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EpITeR
P. GRAY MEEK,
Hastings and His Cabinet.
General Haerixes has displaved a
determination for selt preservation
that is indeed admirable, in thus early
announcing the names of ithe men
whom he will call upon to help bim
. carry on the administration of the af
fairs of this common vealth, during his
term of office as its Governor.
Searcely had the slate makers time
to make up a cabioet for him ‘ere he
announced what he bad done himself.
His action was a very wise one from
one point of view, but from another it
is readily believed that the Governor
elect has made himself a political dead
duck in the western Pennsylvania
pond at least. Politically his choice
can be said to be a strong one, for he
bas called General FRANK REEDER, of
Northampton county, to be Secretary
of the Commonwealth, - Mr. REEDER
being a persistent office seeker who
has met with much success is neces
garily strong with bis party bosses, else
he would not be able to stay at the
publie crib se lovg. This selection
looks very much as if Senator QUAY
had pressed the button and Geo. Has-
mings had done the rest.
In the selection of ex-Congressman
Hexry Cray McCormick, of Williams:
port, to be Attorney General, he has
rewarded a man who has been a warm
personal “friend for years. This ap-
pointment is not destined to please
Gro. B. OrnaDY, of Huntingdon, who
went to all the trouble of taking
Lovely out of Love's road to the
judgeship in this district and strained
his brain conjuring up that Pittsburg
aphorism, with the hope that possibly
this plum would fall into his basket.
As Adjutant General he has selected
TroMas J. Stewart, of Montgomery
county, whose duty it hasalways been
to hold the Grand Army to the Re-
publican line. Mr. Stewart will
make a popular official and his mili-
tary record merits (?) all the honors
his party can bestow upon him.
Col. Jas. H. Lausert, of the Phila-
delphia Press, is to be Insurance Com-
missioner, a job he didn’t want, but
then Mr. Quay's dislike for the Phila.
delphia organ would never make it
good politics to appoint its managing
editor Secretary of the Commonwealth,
the position he was lead to believe he
would get.
These are the principal places Gen.
Hastings will have to fill and that
every one of them has been given to
men east of the Alleghenies makes
a danger of an explosion some #here
apparent.
CTT.
The Loaves and Fishes.
Notwithstacding the fact that ramor
says to the contrary, now that Gov.
Braver and our energetic Republican
friend Mary have both been turned
“down for positions under the new State
administration, there ought to be no
trouble in securicg for Centre county
more than a messengerahip and a clerk-
ship at Harrisburg in addition to the
two staff positions expected. All’ told
there are 249 good appointments at
the disposal of Gov. HASTINGS and his
friends, exclusive of the beads of de-
partments. These range in salaries
from $860 to $3,500 and are divided up
as follows :
Executive department 6 ; Sec. Com-
monwealth 16; Attorney-General 3;
Auditor General 17; Sec. Internal
Affairs 21; Adjutant General 13; In:
surance Commissioner 6; Bank Exami-
ner 8; Factory Inspector 13 ; Public
Printer 1; Dairy and Food Commis:
sioner 2; Public Buildings and Grounds
8; Coal Inspectors 18 ; State Library
8; Medical Examiner (first year) 6;
Fish Commissioner (first year) 3; Senate
Employees 32; House Employees 44 ;
Senate Pages 10; House Pages 14.
With all this patronage lying
around loose and with a Governor, two
members of the Legislature, a Republi-
can Senator and a Republican Lon-
gressman surely whe Republican
workers of the coanty will get more
than a mere smell of the political flesh
pots. They have aright to look for
and expect a goodly share of the
_party’s patronage and the WATCHMAN
earnestly bopes they will get it.
TARE
Good old Dr. James McCosH,
who for so many years was the presi-
dent of Princeton College, ie dead, and
to-day there is not an alumus of the
institution who will not seriously
mourn the unique and tender hearted
Scotchman who is no more, but in im-
mortality. A truly remarkable man
hie was who commanded the respect of
everyone of the varied natures that at-
tended Princeton
ance.
under h's guids
The Remedy of Arbitration.
The lawlessness that has become an
incident of labor ‘strikes is doing the
greatest injury to the labor interests.
Workingmen, who t00 often have rea-
son to complain of injustice and oppres:
sion, forfeit their claim to public sym-
pathy, and turn frien la into enemies,
when they resort to violenze and be-
come law breakers.
This is the unfortunate and injarious
position in which a largs portion of
the strikers in the coke and bituminous
coal regions have placed themselves.
Their violent conduct has been subver-
sive of public order upon which the safe
ty and well being of society are based,
constituting a defiance of the law that
must be checked if law is to maintain
its authority and government is to
continue to exercise its functions.
There is no orderly governmeat and
no safety of life and -property when
gangs of turbulent men claiming a
grievance in regard to wages, dominate
a region, as has been the case in the
coke and bituminous sections,endanger-
ing lite, destroying property, coming in
colliston with the regularly coustituted
guardiavs of law and order, and intimi-
dating and restraining the liberty of
those who want to work to relieve their
necessities. The latter feature of such
lawlessness, the forcible interference
with the individual citizens right to
labor if he wants to, is something that
particularly should not and cannot be
tolerated in this free country.
The most deplorable and intolerable
circumstance connected with this state
of affairs is the fact that the chief actors
in such scenes of disorder are usually an
ignorant foreign population, who have
been brought into the-country to com:
pete with the labor of American Citi-
zens. They turn upon and rend
those who brought them here for the
benefit that was expected to be derived
from the low rate of wages for which it
was thought they would be willing to
work.
It is not possible that the American
people will allow the labor question to
drift on in this disorderly and avarch-
ical condition. Order must be brought
out of this chaos. Not only is there the
most urgent necessity for checking the
disturbance incideot to this state of af-
fairs, which threatens the orderly reg
ulations of society and government,
but the material welfare of the country
cannot afford to have business inter
rupted by labor disturbances which at
one time may deprive the country of
its supply of coal by a miners’ strike,
and, at another, may close the avenues
of transportation by the obstructive
demonstration of railroad employes.
A stop can be put to this industrial
anarchy only by the exertion of gov-
ernmental authority. In cases of con-
flict between the interests of employes,
which under the present loose method
of settlement is attended with such
wide-spread injury, a higher power, rep
resenting the authority of the govern-
ment, and aiming at an equitable ad-
justment between the conflicting inter-
ests should step in and require a sot
tlement by arbitration. The labor
trouble is drifting into such dangerous
chape and assuming such wide propor-
tions, carrying with it such a menace
to the peace and good order of society,
involving such disasirous consequences
to the business of the country, and ev-
idently so incapable of adjustment by
the interest oppositely involved, that
no other remedy can be looked for or
relied upon to ensure practical and eat-
isfactory results than arbitration insti-
tuted by national legislation and en-
forced by the general government, hav-
ing for its main object the equal rights
ot all parties concerned.
——One by one the old masters are
called from the scenes of their triumphs
and the world mourns their death. Not
50, however, because they are to be for
gotten, for the names of those who
have accomplished a work that bas
once fastened itself upon the people
will live as long as time lasts. The
death of ANTON GREGOR RUBINSTEIN,
the Russian composer and piarist, ¢n
Tuesday, takes such an one from life.
As long as music fills the soul of wor-
tal will the memory of him find wel-
come there through the harmony of
his compositions:
—————
—— Previous to the election the
NieperingHAUs Tin-Plate Co., of St.
Louis, promised its employees to start
its works, at increased wages, if the
Republican party was successful.
Mott of them took the bait and voted
the Republican ticket. The company
is now trying to start up at a reduction
of 25 per cent and its men, like other
idiots who voted against their convic-
tion because they believed every fool
lie that wds told them, are realizing
how much the promise of a protected
Republican manufacturer amounts tc.
ETRE
——1If you want printing of any dee-
cription the WATCHMAN office
place to have it done.
is ttel
Has anybody heard yet of
wages being advanced up at Scotia?
Profuse promises of better wages and a
liberal supply of rot-gut increased the
Republican vote very largely ahout
that ore mine and as the free whisky
is about run out and its effects wore off
the men are wakening up to discover,
as political idiots elsewhere are exper-
iencing, how easily some people are
fooled and what asses others can make
of themselves. Notwithstanding the
overwhelming Republican victory they
are still working for eighty cents a day.
ee —
—— The death of Senator GEORGE
Ross, of Doylestown, Bucks county, is
a sad loss to the community in which
be had attained prominence as a
| lawyer and Democratic leader. He
| was a man to be admired because he
{ was above the petty things of party-
‘ism and his ability and integrity were
| recognized accordingly.
SS ——— I
Compl ete ‘Offictal Returns.
|
! 3
| The official vote for governor and
lieutenant governor by counties fol-
| lowa :
LIEUTENAN
GOVERNOR. LIEUTENANT
| GOVERNOR
i. Sy N —
an un dE EE
2 5 o =
COUNTIES. | © B 2 5
i | B 0 | ®
| | = = m nt
| = © : | F
i : : :
| Adams .... 5
i Allegheny
| Armstrong..
{ Beaver...
Bedford
Berka...
Blair ...
Brad ford..
Bucks®..
Butler.
Cambria ..
Cameron.
Carbon...
Centre.
Chester...
Clarion...
Favett
Forest wr} (
Frankl - 3 586
F . 1126
Green........ y 3 30
oh 1 917
sries “yo 1 816
Jefferson... “| 2 338
Juniata..... - 21 16%
Lackawanna... 14 27] 11 #40) 14 446] 11 531
Lanecaster..... «| 19 ar ? 7 260
Tawrence.. 1712
Lebanon 2 389
Lehigh ? : 8 495
Luzerne 39 g 13 693
Lveoming. b 992 5 660! 5 856] 5 691
McKean... 3 3'0] 1245 3264 1277
Mereer.. 6 |76! 3 987] 6 623] 4 040
Mifflin .. | 29295 1660] 2 239] 1665
Monroe..... | 1152] 2374 1136] 2344
Montgrmery 14 238! i1 191] 14 171 11 109
Montour... 1130] 1.390] 1104] 1399
Northampt 3299] 9 290{ 8330 9 9235
Northumber 6 697) 5712] 6621] 5 666
Perry. | 3 gl 2212] 3157 2 211
Philad 139 201 51 060(138 112| 52 777
Pike.. 642 974 633 968
Potter..... . we 25280 1411 2 511] 1 410
Schuylkill... 13 881] 11 882| 13 740| 11 720
Snyder..... 2156] 1042] 2135 1 013
Somerset . | 4620 1522 4620] 1521
Sullivan Yd 11 1 194
Susquehanna... | 4 045] 1771 4031} 1782
TORE crreresriorieess | ¢od47| 1579] 5965 1 610
Union... | 2039 eer] 2065 995
Venango.. | 3730 1764 3639 1 765
Warren....... | 380s 1457 37211 149
Washington : 8 362] 5 284] 7875 5333
wWayne............ | 2919] 2169] 2891 2 188
Westmoreland...| 12 231) 7 745| 11 944| 7 768
Wyoming.. 2009] 1721) 2000 1717
VY Orit. cee .| 10 31 11 630! 10 576] 11 595
Total 74 801333 104/564 396/332 465
Pluralitie 241 397)..cvveenene 231 93Lh..eeeinnn
I I ———
Death of Rubinstein.
The Famous Rnssian Composer Died of Hear
Disease Yesterday Morning—Sketch of Hig
Liye.
Sp. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20,— Anton
Gregor Rubinstein, the famous Russian
composer. and pianist, died at Peterhoff
pear this city, this morning. The
cause of his death was heart disease.
Rubinstein was "born at Wechwoty-
nez on the frontier of Roumania, Nov.
30. 1830. As a child he was taken to
Moscow and studied the piano under
Alexis Villoing. His first appearance
in public was made when he was only
8 years of age. At 10 years Rubinstein
went with his teacher to Paris, where
he remained for two years, his per-
formance at several concerts winning
for him the advice and encouragement
of Liszt.
Rubinstein next visited England,
Sweden and Germany, and mn Berlin
he stndied composition under Dehn.
Having completed his cours: of instruc.
tion, Rubinstein devoted himself for
some time to teaching in Berlin and la-
ter to teaching in Vienna. He retarn-
ed to Russia later on and was appoint-
ed pianist to the Grand Duchess
Helena. Subsequently he became
director of the musical concerts of the
Russian Musical society. Rubinstein
visited the United States in 1872-73.
Among the dead composer's operas
are “Dimitri Donski,” “Les Chassenrs
Siberiena,” “La Vengeance,” “Tom
Le Fou,” “Les Enfants des Bruyeres,”
«Lalla Rookh,” “Nero” and “Ivan
Kalashorikeff.” The jubilee of Ru:
binstein's public service was celebrated
in St. Petersburg Nov. 18, 1889.
Since 1867 Rubinstein has held no
office, spending his time in traveling
and composing. In 1869 Alexander
II, ennobled the composer and 1877
France decorated him with the cross of
the Legion of Honor.
————— RATS
Death of Senator Ross.
DoyLestowN, Nov. 19.—State Sena:
tor George Ross, died at his home here
this mormng. Mr. Ross’ term would
have expired with the present Legis.
lature. He was not a candidate for re
election.
Mr. Ross was horn in Doylestown,
August 25 1841. He graduated from
Princeton College in 1864, and prac-
ticed law ever since in Bucks and neigh-
boring counties. He was a member of
the State Constitutional Convention in
1873 ; was elected to the State Senate
in 1886 and re-elected in 1890. He
was the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress from the seventh district in 1884
and 1888.
Hastings Names His Men.
The Governor-Eleci Ends all Speculation on His
Cabinet — Reeder Takes Harrity's Place.—Me-
Cormick to Be Attorney General, Lambert In
surance Commissioner, Stewart Adjutant Gen-
eral, Beitler Private Secretary. ;
It was stated Monday on what seems
to be unquestionable authority that Gov-
ornor-elect Hastings bad decided to end
all speculation about his “Cabinet” and
two other offices, having made up his
mind to appoint the following :
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Gen-
eral Frank Reeder, of Northampton
county.
Attorney General, Henry Clay Me-
Cormick, of Lvconiing county.
Adjutant General, Colonel Thomas J.
Stewart, of Montgomery county.
Insurance Commissioner, Colonel Jas.
H. Lambert, of Philadelphia.
Private Secretary, Lewis E. Beitler,
of Philadelphia, now Secretary to Mayor
Stuart.
Although the formal official announce-
ment of the foregoing appointments may
not be made for weeks, the present her-
alding of the names is fully authorized,
and is practically as clinching as the
final formality will be. Each of the five
men has been requested by General
Hastings to take the position, and each
has accepted and knows that the matter
is finally settled. Colonel Lambert, who,
with Mr. Beitler, represents Philadel-
hia among the selections, says he thinks
that in view of all that has been pub-
lished on the sabject it is but fair to
himself to say that he has never been
an applicant for any place under Gov-
ernor Hastings, and he accepts the office
of Insurance Commissioner at the earn-
est request of the Governor-elect. Col-
onel Lambert does not intend to relin-
quish active work in his profession as a
newspaper man.
MAGEE WANTS HIS SHARE.
The only other important appoiat-
ment, not local, which the new
ernor will be called upon to make at an
early date is that of Superintendent of
Barking, the salary of which is $4000 a
year. Inasmuch as the +‘slate’’ publish-
ed in Chris L. Magee’s Pittsburg organ
had put State Chairman Gilkeson, of
Bucks county, down for Insurance Com-
missioner, and ex-State Treasurer John
W. Morrison, of Allegheny county, for
Superintendent of Banking, it is inferred
that Mr. Magee will fight to shut out
Uolonel Gilkeson, and secure Banking
Superintendent Krumbhaar’s place for
Mr. Morrison. In fact, by all accounts,
it will take a deputyship or two in the
Cabinet, in addition: to Bank Superin-
tendent, to satisfy Mr. Magee and his
friends.
A. FT ONT
Fitzsimmon's Fatal Blow.
Syracuse, Nov. 19.—Con Riordan,
the Australian heavyweight boxer,
was accidentally knocked out by Bob
Fitzsimmons Fridav night, acd yester-
dav morning at 3.30 o'clock he died
from the effects of the blow. Fuzsim-
mons was arrested and released oo
$10 000 bail.
Riordan, who, ot late, has been
drinking heavily, was employed about
three weeks ago as sparring partner to
the middleweight champion of the
world. They were old friends, having
first met in Australia, were both hail
from.
The body of Con Riordan, was laid
in a vault at Oakwood cemetery this
morninz. The funeral services were
beld in Mallin's Morgue by Rev. A.S.
Durston, Secretary of the local Y. M.
C. A., and were attended by members
of the company with which Fitzsim
mons is traveling. Fitzsimmous and
the rest of the company left later in
the morning for Boston, where they
will fill an engagement.
PT ET
Suddenly Collapsed.
The Kribbs Libel Case Will Go to the Jury To-
Day. :
Crarioy, Pa., Nov. 21.—The case of
the Commonwealth vs. J. J. Schick, of
the “Jacksonian,” on the charge of
libel on the oath of Congressman
Kribbs, was resumed this morning.
Owing to the ruling of the court the
case turned upon the alleged actions
of Kribbs and Grown in the Normal
school, The defense gave these parties
a terrible roasting, and showed up a
bad state of affairs in connection with
the management of the finances of the
school. Bills for dining and wining the
members of the legislature, it was al-
leged, in connection with obtaining the
appropriation, were rushed throngh
and paid.
This afternoon the case seemed to
suddenly collapse, but three witnesses
being called for the defense, and after
presentation of law points the defense
occupied the balance of the day in the
argnment to the jury. The case will
close tomorrow.
PET,
Japan Declines With Thanks,
WasuINaToN, November 21. —Secre-
tary Gresham has received a reply of
the Japanese government to the offer of
meditation made by our government be-
tween Japan and China. While Secre-
tary Gresham declines at present to give
out the text of the reply received from
Minister Dun, the United States repre-
sentative at Tokio, the nature of that re-
ply has been distinctly known in Wash-
ington for several days, and has been
plainly foreshadowed in the United
Press dispatches. It is well known
that Japan bas courteously declined the
offer of the United States and delares
that in view of its successive victories,
overtures of peace must come from Chi-
na.
Eo AT
Follows Closely on the Heels of the Re-
publican Victory!
Dusois, Pa., Nov. 16.—At a meet-
ing ot the Bell, Lewis and Yates min-
ers, at Reynoldsville this afternoon and
here this evening, they decided to ac.
cept for the present the reduction to 35
cents per ton. |
I —— ETRE
—— Now that the election is over
prepare for winter and subsrite for,
the WATCHMAN.
se T———————
Gov-
*
Hard At Work. }
President Cleveland laboring on his Annual Mes |
sage to Congrees— Working all Day and Half i
the Night.
WasHINGTON, Nov. 20.—President
Cleveland is exceedingly painstaking
about every detail of bis public papers.
He dictates nothing to a stenographer,
but writes every word of his message,
and consequently, as in the present case,
when the meeting of Congress is less
than a fortnight away and all bis secre-
taries have not finished their reports,
which the president reads from type-|
written copies before he adopts their
suggestion, constant manual labor is re-
quired to have the wessage ready for
presentation at the proper time.
President Cleveland expects to see no
visitors whatever until the message is
out of his bands. He has no idea that’
he could complete it if he permitted
himself to be interrupted. It engages
his attention all day and more than half
the night, and renders it easier than
usual for him to bear the confinement
which would otherwise be imperauive
upon him just at present by reason of a
rheumatic foot, which hes troubled him
off and on for years, and which bas ren-
dered walking almost an impossibility
for several days past.
The rumor toat the president had
badly sprained his ankle on a pebble
yesterday is easily disproved by the fact
that he has not been able to walk out of
doors for several days.
nm ————
The Pop Gun Bills.
Senator Harris Will Push Them as Soon as
Possible.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Whan the
Senate reconvenes on the first Monday
in next month, unless the program
mapped out by certain Senators should
be re-arranged, there will probably be a
renewal of the discussion on the tariff
question.
Senator Harris states that he intends
to push the supplemantal tariff bills for
action as soon as possible after Congress
convenes. which probably means imme.
diately after the holiday recess.
This in accord with the statements he
|
is
i
made on the floor of the Senate at the
{ime these so-called “pop gun” tanff
bills were referred to the finance com-
mittee. The bills relating to free iron
ore, coal and barbed wire came back
from the finance committee practically
as they went there, but the bill placing
sugar on the free list was pigeon holed
and a substitute was reported, placing a
uniform duty of forty per cent on all
sugars, thereby doing away with the
differential one-eighth duty that oper-
ates to the advantage of the refiner, and
that the discriminating one-tenth daty
that operates against the German ex-
porter.
CTT
Over Four Hundred Deaths.
Rove, November 20.—The deaths
caused by the earthquake in southern
Italy and northern Italy are now
koown to number more than four hun-
dred killed. Forty-eight bodies
have been recovered from the ruins of
the church, and several bodies are still
under the fallen walle.
EET —
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
— The Dubbs faction of the Evan-
gelical church held its first communion
service at Millneim on Sunday.
— Earl, a 6 year old son of Samuel
Reeder, of Mill Hall, died of membra-
neous croup on Saturday night and was
buried Monday.
—On last Tuesday morning as Fred
Burd, an 18 year old son of Frank Bard,
of Aaronsburg, was driving a load of
amber from Wolfe's Store to Coburn,
the brake lever slipped and he fell under
the wagon. One of the Lack wheels ran
over his chest. The young man, though
seriously burt, got up and walked back
to his employer Haine’s where a ph ysi-
cian was sent for. The casing of his
lungs was found to be broken and in-
ternal injuries sustained which will
probably end in his death. The acei-
dent occurred on Sholl’s hill.
PLEASANT GAP SCOURGED BY DIPH-
THERIA.—That dread contagion diph-
theria has become prevalent at Pleasant
Gap and is spreading with alarming
rapidity. On Sunday Wilbur Irvin, a
bright little boy fell a victim to it. On
Tuesday a three year old daughter of H.
G. Meese, of Lauvertown, near by, died
and an older child is not expected to re-
cover from the disease. Mr. Meese is
the school teacher at the Springs and
did not have any idea that his little
daughter was suffering with diphtheria
until D. J. Y. Dale, of Lemont, was
called on Monday when it was too late.
Wednesday morning Ira, the five
year old son of David Rimey died with
the same affliction, That same morn-
ing the public schools were closed and
will remain so until the danger of its
spreading is over.
«Drzay Loves’--Is the title uf a
cute little poetical work of Mr. H. T
Eckert, of Sunbury, which has just been
published. The author displays a re-
markable genius in the composition of
his verses the sentiment of which are
truly original. ‘Dream Loves” is the
principal work in the book, but besides
it are a number of miscellaneous poems
from Mr. Eckerts’ pen. Many of his
productions have been published in the
leading magazines and newspapers, yet
this is the first compilation of his own
work by himself. “Night” and ‘Are
we Immortal” are two poem$
through which he has captivated many
who have read them. If his work
meets with as much success as’ there is
genius displayed in its composition we
congratulate him on the royalties thal
wi 11 accrue.
DenorNiNG Mirce Cows Nor HARM-
FUL.—The report of the experiments on
the effect dehorning has on milch cows
has been sent out by The Pennsylvania
State College Agricultural Mxperiment
Station, and is substantially as follows :
“The period of experimentation upon
the herd of guernsey cows recently de-
horned at State College has been finished
and some interesting results have been
noticed. On fifteen cows an examination
of the amount of butter fat contained in
the milk yielded for the two days, in-
cluding the days of dehorning and the
following day, shows a loss of 227-100
pounds of butter. fat, or equivalant to
93-100 per cent. of the yield for the two
days. A similar examination tor the
subsequent two days shows that the
average yield for the specified time is
the same as the average yield for the five
days preceding the date of deborning.
These results show conclusively that the
effect of dehorning upon the flow of
milk is practically unnoticeable and the
great benefits to be derived from such
an operation make it highly commend-
able to all farmers.”
THANKSGIVING, 1894. —To the friends
of the Huntingdon Home for Orphan
and Friendless Children : :
Every Thanksgiving ‘day for vears
past you have remembered the Home,
and the managers feel that you will be
willing to help “just a little’” this year,
when you have the fact brought to your
knowledge that the needs of the Home
are very pressing.
The hard times have brought more
little ones under the care of the Home
than ordinarily, and thus the expenses
have been increased. And uow at the
beginning of the winter, the treasury is
empty. The contributions last Thanks.
giving were not quite sufficient to pay
for the heating plant which was put in,
and therefore the small surplus fund
vas exhausted in completing the pay-
nent for the heating.
A small contribution, as a Thanks-
giting offering, from each friend of the
Houe is earnestly requested in order
thatthe beneficial work may be contin-
ued. If the general community could
realize wht benefits and comforts are
bestoved on many poor little child waifs,
from ay to day and from week to week,
the number of friends to the Home
would greatly increase.
Contrbutions can be sent to the Home,
or to J.R, Simpson, Treasurer, Hunt-
ingdon, Pa.
Forest RESERVES IN PENNSYL-
vaNTA.—The State forestry commission
is perseverng in its effort to protect the
vast woodet areas of our State from the
devastatingax and in this way to pro-
duce a beneicial effect on climatic con-
ditions, partilly provide against sudden
floods and ue growing frequency of
drouths as wdl as to protect in a certain
degree by mantaining a natural retreat
for game and sh.
Dr. J. T. Rthrock has been: giving
the matter his #tention for several years.
He looks upon be clearing of our forests
as an action tht will have more than
one disastrous reult to our people. The
story of the effict vast wooded areas
have in breakingthe force of the winds,
absorbing the rin fall and holding it
against future dryseasons is too old an
ove to be retold hee, but primarily it is
the one which Dr. Rothrock would re-
tell were you to ash his reasons for be-
ing so deeply concened in the preserva-
tion of our forests. Ie has embodied his
suggestions in a mesure which he bas
framed, and will prsent the bill to a
conference of state oficials to be held in
Harrisburg in the nea future. This bill
provides for the appoinment by the gov-
ernor of a commissior whose duty it
shall be to locate three tate forestry res-
ervations within the ommonwealth ;
one to be in Pike, Monre, Luzerne and
Lackawanna counties ; aother in Sulli-
van, Lycoming, Clinton, Jentre or Pot-
ter counties, and the thirdin Clearfield
Elk, Cameron, McKean o Forest coun.
ties. Bach of these reservaions isto be
one continuous area, whch may be
taken from one or more of he counties
indicated.
The lands selected shall be £ a char-
acter suited to the growth of ees and
that at least fifty per cent. of tio area of
auch reservation shall have an altitude
of not less than 800 feet above te level
of the sea. The commission shallbe au-
thorized to purchase the lands at, price
not exceeding $2 an acro., Failingto ac-
complish this, the commission shallhave
power to condemn these lands andsub-
jeet them to such conditions as the leally
constituted authorities may impose. "he
value of the lands so taken and on-
demned shall be fixed by a jury of ia.
partial citizens.
The commission shall consist of fiw
members, one each from the state agri
cultural society, state geological com-
missicn, state fishery commission, state
board of health and the state forestry
commission. The governor, superinten -
dent of public instruction, president of
the board of public charities or his dep-
uty, shall be ex-officio members of the
commission, the governor being ex~
officio president.
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