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Bellefonte, Pa., June 26, 1903.
EE EE AT ARIA,
TOWN BOY'S OWN ACCOMPLISH-
MENT.
Last night a boy came here from town
To stay a week er so,
Because his maw is all run down
And needs a rest, you know,
His name is Cecil, and he’s eight,
And he can’t skin the cat.
His maw she calls him “Pet,” I'd hate
To have a name like that.
He wears a collar and a tie
But can’t hang by the toes ;
I guess that I would nearly die
If I had on his clo’s.
He can’t ride bareback, and today,
When we slid on the straw,
He ask if roosters help to lay
The eggs I pick fer maw.
When our éld gander hissed, he run
As though he thought he’d bite,
And he ain't ever shot a gun
Or had a homemade kite,
He never milked a cow, and he
Can't even dive er swim;
I'd hate to think that he was me ;
I'm glad that 1 ain’t him.
He thinks it’s lots of fun to pump
And see the water spurt,
But won't climb in the barn and jump
For fear of gettin’ hurt.
His clo’s are offle nice and fine ;
His hair’s all over curls
His hands ain’t half as big as mine ;
He ought to play with girls.
A little while ago, when we
Were foolin’ in the shed,
He suddenly got mad at me
Because I bumped his head,
There’s lots of things that he can’t do;
He thinks that sheep ll bite,
And he’s atraid of ganders, too,
But he can fit, all right.
«Chicago Record-Herald.
A TOUCH OF SPRING FEVER.
She watched bim all the way down the
hill, and across the meadow, till he reach-
ed the gap in the hedge. There he turned,
and, contrary to his usual custom, stopped
an instant to wave his hat in farewell. She
fluttered her apron in reply, and shrieked
after him not to forget the saleratus, and
then turned and went into the house. On
her face was a carious set expression,
around her lips lurked a queer little smile.
Her step was full of deliberation, and yet
of determination, too; it was almost the
step of a tragedy queen, as of one who has
iong planned a murder, and up to the mo-
ment. of the deed has played the part of
guileless innocence.
Mrs. Jenkins did not go back to her
work. There were quarts and quarts of
milk waiting to be skimmed, and several
baskets of strawberries to be hulled, while
out of doors there were three flower beds
that badly wanted weeding. But all these
things weighed not on Mrs. Jenking’ mind;
she went into her bedroom and sat down
by the window and folded her hands, as if
she had nothing in all the world to do but
sit and gaze out into other people's back
yards.
*‘I don’t care if I do sit down once in a
while, and I don’t care if Mrs. Thompson
does see me and think it shiftless. I haven't
BEG wa WUUTS [E30 witHUUD Sutiutleleg an
my mind to worry me since I've been mar-
ried. I haven’t sat down once without
crocheting or knitting or something to do
while I rested. Why, when John and I
went on our wedding trip to Niagara Falls
* I had that piece of red worsted work with
me and I knitted on the cars all the way
from Boston to Buffalo. It kept me from
being oar sick, though, so that’s one com-
fort. Idon’t know what I should have
done without it.”’ :
She sighed reflectively.
‘I suppose Mrs. Thompson thinks I'm
just awful not to get out and weed that cor-
ner bed; goodness knows it needs it bad
enough. But I don’t know as I care very
much what Mrs. Thompson thinks, it ain’t
her verbeny bed. She can’t even raise a
sun flower bigger’n a ten cent piece.’’.
Her eyes fell upon her husband’s pictur
on the shelf over the cabinet. 4
‘‘Prohably John would be some surpris-
ed if he knew I was sitting here taking m
ease, and him working all day in that stuffy
tannery. I wish I'd told him to take his
dinner. It’s so hot to come way home at
noontime.
“Oh, how I do wish John ever bad a long
vacation like be told about at the school he
bad at Whitney’s Harbor the year before
we were married. Seems as if be never got
a holiday, hardly a breathing spell.”
She paused, and stole another glance ai
the picture. i
*‘] wonder what" you’d say if yoa knew
what I’m going to do? Twould sort of
surprise yon, I gness. I’’—she drew a long
breath—*‘I’m going to have a vacation my-
self, and I don’t care what other people
think about it.”’
She rose as she spoke. She had a queer
way of talking aloud to herself, from being
so much alone. Shestepped briskly to the
heavy wardrobe, and took out her hest bon-
net and her best jacket. She stopped at the
looking glass to give a dab or two at her
front hair,then she went out into the kitch-
en, her skirts held high. (Such is the in-
fluence of one’s best hib and tucker.) She
scribbled a few words on a piece of paper
and left it on the kitchen table on top of
an apple pie, along with the bread box and
a pickle jar. Then she stepped resolutely
out into the fresh June air.
She went out to the barn, and laying her
jacket out of harm’s way, proceeded to lead
old Doll and harness her. As she worked
she thought once that she heard a noise in
another part of the barn, and it seemed as
if she heard the shutting of the outside rear
door, but the noise, real or fancied, did not
come again. She worked swiftly, and the
buggy was ready in a few moments. Then
she took her shawl,climbed into the buggy,
gathered up the reins, and with an en-
couragiog cluck drove out of the barn.
‘‘I ain’t even going to lock up the barn
nor see if Towser is tied up, nor look after
the chickens getting in the lettuce beds. I
didn’t pull down a single curtain go that
the sun won’t fade the carpet, and I didn’t
fasten the screen in the parlor so that the
flies can’t get in, and I’m glad! glad !!
glad !!! I'm going to have a vacation,and
I’m not going to be bothered with thinking
about housework all day long. |
She flapped the reins over old Doll’s back,
and with a farewell glance at the now de-
serted house, and at Mrs. Thompson osten-
tatiously hanging out clothes in her back
yard, Mrs. Jenkins drove around the turn
of the road that hid house and all from her
sight. She settled back with a long, happy
sigh of relief.
“It's an elegant day. I most wish I’d
put on my white muslin with purple
strings. It ain’t much cooler, but its more
stylish than this.”
| Corners was excellent, but the falsehood
glanced down the- right hand road at a red
factory building, ny me a steady
humming, as of many hives of bees. She
smiled. Then she turned deliberately and
took the left hand road.
got dinner at her
She told Abby F
way to Burnell to buy
‘Fashions. are st
Sherwood Corners,’ she said to Abby Fos-
shi
in Burnell.”
Mrs. Jenkins had not meant to lie; her
standing in the Baptist church in Sherwood
rippled tight off her conscience like water
off a duck’s back, She was indeed enjoy-
ing a vacation.
*‘And how is John'?’? asked Abby Fos-
ter. ‘“Why counldn’t he come with you ?’’
‘Oh, he can’t get a half day off,”’ zeplied
Mrs. Jenkins; “and I didn’t tell him I was
coming, anyway,”’ she said to herself.
And as she drove out of the yard, Abby
Foster and her husband stared, at the gate,
and watched her. ~~ ps
‘Terrible glad you came, Sophy,” said
Abby Foster, her cousin; “it’s beep such a
nice visit, and such a surprise, t0o.””
Mrs. Jenkins smiled grimly.
‘A surprise to more than one I reckon,”
she said ; but Abby Foster was beyond ear-
shot. :
All through the long, sunny afternoon
Mrs. Jenkins drove still away from Sher-
wood Corners, till old Doll’s pace began to
lag, and the shadows grew so long on the
hills that Mrs. Jenkins felt that she must
turn back. :
“I sha’n’t drive through Simpkinsville,*’
she said to herself, ‘‘because Abhy Foster
will be watching to see my new bonnet.”
She chuckled at her own villainy. ' The
thought of the imaginary bonnet pleased
her. She remembered Abby Foster's eredu-
lous smile when they were talking about
Barnell fashions. : :
‘Guess I'll keep on half a mile and take
the road to the left through the clearing.’
She jerked the reins and old Doll quick-
ened her pace. They were almost at the
turn, when she caught sight of a figure
coming along the road. It wasa fisherman
returning home. He carried his pole over
his shoulder, and his basket slung across
his back. By his gait, the basket seemed
heavy. : arr aet
‘‘Someone else on a holiday,”” thought
Mis. Jenkins.
As he came nearer, she could hear the
regular swish, swish, of his water soaked
boots. Mrs. Jenkins was near sighted, so
she did not look closely at the man, and
not till he came abreast of old Doll and
stood aside to let the buggy pass, did Mrs.
Jenkins give him a second glance. As she
did so, her eyes met those of the stranger.
She gave a sort of gasp and sank helplessly
back against the cushions of the buggy.
The man started back, his pole fell, and his
basket swung off in the bushes. His face
turned an ashen gray.
The woman recovered herself first. She
looked the man straight in the eye, and she
spoke to him as though they were strangers
meeting causunally for the first time.
‘‘Been fishing ?’’ she asked.
The man still looked at her in dumb as-
tonishment.
‘‘Pretty tired, ain’t you, John? ‘Better
get in and ride home. I was just thinking
‘twas about time I turned around.”
The man still looked at her, his mouth
half open.
‘‘Come, John, it’s getting late, near sup-
pox & XEwpw J Ow got w mond _mafg A
trout. ’Tain’t often we both take a vaca-
tion, is it John ?”’
The man understood at last. He torn-
ed, and, without a word, picked up his
basket and rod and climbed into the buggy.
‘‘Roads are rather heavy for walking,”’
he said, briefly, when he had settled him-
self; ‘‘terrible glad you happened along,
Sophy.” :
“Did you get the saleratus ?’’ she asked.
But on her face was an expression’ that
showed she had no need for saleratus.—By
Ruth Potter Maxson, in The Household
Ledger for June.
Girl Dying of Rare Malady.
Vietim of Most Painful Affliction Known to Medical
Science. i
Stricken with myelitis, one of the rarest
maladies, Miss Pauline Burkhardt, an un-
usually bandsome girl of 16, lies dying in
St. Luke’s hospital, New York. Up to
two weeks ago she was enjoying robust
health. At firstshe complained of severe
pains in her back and along the entire
length of her spine. Simple home remedies
were tried, but she complained that the.
pain was becoming agonizing in its inten-
sity and that she had not a moment’s re-
spite. $ 8 :
Then her extremities were affected and
in a few days she lost all power of locomo-
tion. The paralysis seemed to creep up-
ward from her feet to her waist. The fam-
ily physician was puzzled and he called
several other medical men in consultation.
No fall had preceded the paralysis. The
girl suffered no injury in her spine and
there was no family history of any such ail-
ment to afford a clue to her malady. Ex-
perts at St. Luke’s hospital concluded that
she was suffering from myelitis. Myelitis
is really inflammation of the spinal marrow
or the membranes of the spine.” It is in-
variably indicated by intense pain along
the spinal eolumn, accompanied by nervous
or vascularirregularities of function. It is
usually due to a fall ora blow on thespine,
but sometimes comes from hereditary blood
disease. 2
The President's Elk-Horn Chair.
Tacoma citizens had prepared a hand-
some present for President Roosevelt, says
the Tacomo (Washington) Ledger. To
Fred Edwards, the local taxidermist, had
been given the seven pairs of antlers that
have been shed in seven years by the old
buck elk ‘‘Roosevelt’’ at Point Defiance
Park, and from the horns he constructed a
handsome armchair. The horns are of var-
ious sizes, from the single spike horns that
were grown and shed by the buck the first
year Uf his life, to the massive antlers shed
the past winter, measuring 5f¢. and 2i:. to
the end of the longest prong. In the ar-
rangement of the horns, the longest consti-
tute the front legs, curving back for the
arm and then curving again to form the
back of the chair. The six year old horns
form the back legs and reach to about the
same height as the longer horns. The oth-
three pairs are interwoven in such fashion
as to make a good comfortable seat amid a
forest of spikes. The horns are all in the
finest state of preservation, having been sav-
ed with great care for Superintendent Rob-
erts for some special occasion such as this.
The seat of the chair is to be upholstered,
but to maintain the character of the chair
the cushion is to be woven and made of the
manes of the elk deer. :
~—«~*Don’t always trust the fellow who
gives you the glad band,’’ says the nbig-
uitous philosopher. ‘‘He may have brass
Just then she came to a cross road. She
knuckles on the other.’’
The sun grew /botter. At gow Mis. 3
Jenkins drove throng d
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hptand ue hanes in.
ter, ‘‘and you can get 80 much nicer things |
Published through the courtesy of the Centre Reporter. ¢
THE NEW LIBRARY IN COURSE OF ERECTION AT STATE COLLEGE—GIFT OF MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Work has just begun at The Pennsylvania State College on the new Library, for which Mr. Andrew Carnegie bas donated
$150.000. The building is designed as shown in the accompanying cut. : t *
The architects are Davis brothers, 907 Walnut street, Philadelphia, and the builders ate Messrs. Geo. F. Payne & Company,
of Philadelphia, who also secured the contract for the erection of the Auditoriamn presented hy Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Schwab.
The design of the Library is simple but effective and especially considered with reference to the needs of the institution for
~ which it is provided. The ground plan is about 130x95 feet and the building contains practically three stories. The basement,
which will be mostly above ground, will contain the heating and ventilating apparatus, a large room for the filing and storage
of newspapers, magazines. etc., a large safety vault, a room for the bindery, janitors’ rooms, toilet rooms, and a large packing
room from which a lift will carry books directly to the cataloguing room on the first floor. The first floor will contain a spacious
central reading room with alcoves for speoial libraries and for other uses on each side, together with the librarian’s room, cata-
loguing room, ladies study, ete. The third floor will he occupied almost exclusively by seminars for the différent Departments,
and the principal seminars will be connected by an inside staircase with the corresponding department libraries immediately be-
neath them.
Back of the main structure, and convected with it by a single opening, will be the stackroom, four stories high. Only a
portion of this part of the building will he erected at present, hut this will be designed in such a way as to provide for exten-
sion to meet the future growth of the Library, and it is intended ultimately to construct a large art gallery and memorial hall
over the stackroom, when extended. The building is under contract to be completed not later than April 1st, 1904, and is to be
dedicated in the course of that month.
OS
Postoffice Abuses.
The Charges Made by Tulloch Found by Bristow to
Be True. Amazing Irregularities Under Perry 8.
Heath’s Administration—Positions Given to Men
Who Did No Labor.
Postmaster-General Payne recently gave
out the Bristow reply to the Tulloch
charges of scandal in the Washington post-
office which he had held up since May 4th
last. Mr. Payne was forced to give out the
Bristow reply. He bad intended to sup-
press it, but the pressure was so great that
President Roosevelt ordered him to make
the document public.
Mzr. Payne, fearful of the effect on the
present administration, attempted to shift
most of the blame to former Postmaster-
General Smith and tbe McKinley adminis-
tration.
Mr. Bristow substantiated the charges
made by ex-cashier Tulloch, of the Wash-
ington city post-office.
It proves conclusively that Perry S.
Heath, now secretary of the Republican
national committee, and former first assis-
tant postmaster-general used the post-office
department and particularly the Washing-
ton city post-office, as a clearing house for
the payment of the political debts contract-
ed by Mark Hanna during the first McKin-
ley campaign.
-.Whan Tpllooh first made the charges in
writing to Postmaster General Payne,
Payne held them up to public scorn. He
called them ‘‘hot air’’ and said that Tul-
loch was a ‘‘wind-bag,”’ He said the doc-
uments was a *‘stump speech.’”’ In giving
out recently the Bristow reply to Tulloch
charges and the reports of inspectors who
investigated the charges, Mr. Payne care-
fully refrained from any remarks about
‘‘hot air’? or ‘‘wind-bags.’’
When Tulloch made his charges Post-
master-General Payne was forced to ask ex-
planations from Charles Emory Smith,
John A. Merritt, the postmaster of the
Washington city office; Perry Heath and
Comptroller Tracewell, as well as of Mr.
Bristow. 2
Smith, Heath, Merritt and Tracewell
all entered general and specific denials.
They pleaded justification in various ways,
and Mr. Payne immediately gave out their
letters for publication. Bristow answered
on May 4th, two days after Mr. Payne
made his'request.
His reply was first in. He included with
it such damaging proof against Heath that
Payne held up the report.
Bristow’s reply iu itself is non-committal.
Bristow did not have to speak himself.
He took from his desk the report of two
sets of investigations and appended them
to his reply. The report of the investiga-
tors show :
Heath forced appointment after appoint-
ment on the Washington post-office.
He arbitrarily ordered the payment of
bills that had been held up for irregulari-
ties.
He paid bis own traveling expenses out
of the funds of the Washington oity post-
office, instead of from those of the general
department.
He had his personal friends drawing two
and sometimes three salaries from the gov-
ernnient while doing no work.
He brought supplies recklessly, withont
competitive bidding, and paid excessive
prices for the same. |
He used the Washington city post-office
to further the political ends of the Repubhli-
can party, without regard to protests from
auditors or financial officers or from any-
body else.
The documents made public include the
following :
First—A letter of Postmaster General
Payne, dated May 1st, 1903, addressed to
Fou:th Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow requesting a complete statement re-
garding the trath or falsity of the Tulloch
charges.
Second—Mr. Bristow’s reply, in which
he says:
In response to your inquiry of May 1st,
1903, as to the truth or falsity of the as-
sertions of S. W. Tulloch, I beg to hand
you herewith an abstract of these reports
made by the inspectors on the condition of
the Washington postoffice. The first,
marked Exhibit A, refers to the transfer of
the postoffice to the present postmaster,
James P. Willett, made June 30th, 1899.
At the time this inspection was in progress,
as nearly as I can remember, chief inspec-
tor Cochran and inspector-in-charge Smith
advised me thet their subordinates had dis-
covered many serious irregularities which
seemed to be anthorized by the depart-
ment.
During the inspection -I was advised that
Supt. Beavers, of the salary and allowance
division, had suggested to an inspector
that when he came to certain Supa uments
that appeared irregular he had better make
no reference to them, as they had been
ordered personally by Postmaster General
Smith. I told the chief inspector that I
did not believe the Postmaster General had
knowingly authorized any irregularities,
and instructed the inspectors to report the
facts as they would in any other investiga-
tions.
The inspector-in-charge submitted a
special report on July 6th, an abstract of
' which is herewith submitted, marked exhib-
it B, which disclosed apparent glaring irreg-
ularities, and I submitted it personally to
the Postmaster General, suggesting to him
that it contained matters to which I
thought he would want to give his personal
attention.
Referring to the statement that I had de-
manded a thorough investigation of the
office of First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath. I beg to say that the inspector-in-
charge in his special report stated that he
had discovered a condition of affairs which
. required an immediate, thorough and ex-
| haustive investigation. I submitted this
* report to the Postmaster General with my
approval, but I did not consider such ap-
i proval as a demand on my part that Mr.
Heath's office be investigated.
| The confidential report of inspector-in-
charge Smith in connection with the in-
spection of the Washington postoffice, con-
cluded June 30th, 1899, setting forth irreg-
ularities which indicated ‘‘a condition of
affairs demanding an immediate, thorough
and exhaustive investigation.”’ and showed
the following instances of irregularities .
Four clerks appointed to military roll be
+ First Assistant Postmaster General Heath,
i ‘none of whom performed any service in
connection with military postal matters,
' and no good reason appears either for their
original appointment or continuance on the
rolls.” :
January 3rd and 10th, 1899, First As-
sistant Postmaster General Heath trans-
ferred twenty clerks to military roll. Most
of them were on duty in the Washington
office. j
W. 8. Larner, a military postal clerk,
paid under protest hy the cashier of the
Washington office, under orders of Mr.
Heath. Payment subsequently disallowed
by the anditor.
Premiums paid on bonds of military pos-
tal clerks by the Washington office on
authority of Mr. Heath. Payment made
illegally.
Highly excessive payments, authorized
by Mr. Heath, for postal service supplies,
furniture and traveling expenses, aggregat-
| ing nearly $10,000. Articles purchased
without competition.
Eight specific instances of irregularities
in connection with payments made to
clerks and laborers’ in the Washington
office. These payments made by order of
Mr. Heath. :
Irregularities in appointment, compensa-
tion and promotion of O. A. Smith. Smith
was appointed by Mr. Heath and payments
to him ordered by thas official. Inappoint-
Washington postmaster. ‘“Thisis the gen-
tleman whose appointment has frequently
been recommended by youn.’” The post-
master had never heard of Smith
the receipt of Mr. Heath’s letter.
Irregular vouchers authorized to be
paid by Mr. Heath for expenses of himself
and Superintendent Beavers in visiting
Philadelphia and New York.
seven ‘‘cleaners,’’ placed on the payroll of
the Washington office by Mr. Heath. In-
spectors reported ‘Practically no service
whatever has been rendered for the money
expended.” j 1
Loss to the government of $625 through
overlapping lease of substation.
Loss to the government of $2,000 through
carelessness in notification of removal of
station. ; i
Irregular payment of $4,652 on authority
of Mr. Heath as per diem in connection
with claims of letter carriers for overtime
charges. Dispensed without authority of
law.
Irregular appointment and payment by
authority of Mr. Heath of J. E. Jones as
postoffice physician at $1,7000 a year.
Irregularities in advertising contracts.
Failure to furnish affidavit of publishers
showing that rates charged were not ex.
cessive. :
Irregular payment of $90 for clerical
services on postoffice directory.
Irregular payments for ‘‘cleaning.’”” No
details shown.
Irregular payments for street-car tickets
by authority of Mr. Heath.
Irrrgular payment from accounts of
Washington office of approximately $35,
000 on ‘‘account of mailbag repair shops.’’
Irregular payments by order of Mr.
Heath to eight ‘‘mechanics’’ two of whom
were also paid as clerks. °
Irregular payments on incomplete vouch-
ers by order of Mr. Heath, including drug
hill for seidlitz powders, pills, pennyroyal,
calomel, ete., contracted by an employee
on military roll. :
The confidential report of Inspector
Smith says that the files of the cashier’s
office show full, direct and positive orders
from superior authority (Mr. Heath) for
the disbursement of all] the questionable
SOA
Irregular appointinent and payment of | AR. ausomDaLY Ion. Statement be Pash
ing Smith, Heath said in a letter to the |
items mentioned in his report, that the
responsibility for the many illegal appoint-
ments, the payment of two salaries to one
and the same person and the disbursement
of thousands of dollars for which practical-
Iv no service was performed should be
placed where it properly helongs and the
many abuses corrected.
An attached supplemental report by In-
spector Gwings says that the name of one
charwoman was found on the rolls of three
separate substations, and the saperinten-
dents of the stations did not know what
duties the woman performed or what salar-
ies she was paid. Inspector Gwings says
that Saperintendent Beavers requested him
to inform the inepector in charge that when
be struck the names of the charwomen off
the stations it would be well not to men-
tion them in his report, and they were
‘‘personal appointments of the Postmaster-
General." g
WASHINGTON POSTMASTER IGNORED.
Exhibit C is the answer of Fourth Assis-
tant Postmaster General Bristow to Post-
master General Payne, consisting of an ab-
stract of a report of inspector Little on a
later inyestigation of the Washington office
dated. July 31, 1900. The report shows
that Mr. Heath forced employes on the
rolls of the Washington office without re-
quest of the post master, and that at times
it was difficult to find employment for all
persons foisted upon bim in this manner.
The inspector says:
The roster appears to be an elastic one,
to be added to whether the postmaster has
requested it or not, and sometimes render-
ing it difficult to find places for them. The
office roll bears the following persons, who
are detailed to work outside the postoffice :
E. 8. Allen, bookkeeper, engaged in in-
stalling canceling machine; G. E. Barnard,
bookkeeper, traveling inspector of cancel-
ing machines; H. C. Graff, bookkeeper,
inspector canceling machines; E. 'B. Com-
finance clerk, detailed Porto. Rico; J. A.
Holmes, stenographer, detailed salary and
allowance division; Henry Hood, distribu-
tor, detailed salary and allowance division;
| Dorthy Mamon, bookkeeper, detailed 'de-
partment; R. T. Reeves, record clerk de-
partment; D. C. Saunders, bookkeeper,
detailed Porto Rico; Laura L. B. Wunder,
inquiry clerk, detailed department; F. L.
Templeton, distributor, detailed “depart:
ment. i
. Altogether the salaries of the above men-
tioned persons, aggregating $16,100 a year
were paid out of the Washington office, the
postmaster knew nothing about them, save
that they had been appointed by the depart:
mental order. ii 3 seria
W. A. Hutchins, formerly superinten-
dent of an important station, was not able
to issue a money order, and could no
make out a simple report. «= air
M.S. Williams, a money-order clerk,
| was not able to perform his duties, but
| continued on the rolls ata high salary.
prior to- A $600-clerk performed the duties of both
Hutchins and Williams. 2
Ten thousand dollars a year too much
was paid in cleaning the postoffice lobby
and shining up the brass work.
About $2,900 a year too much was ‘paid
for ‘‘cleaning’’ at various sub-stations::
master - General Payne says Tulloch’s
charging concerned another administration;
that present conditions are being investi-
gated, and the facts will eventually be
made publio. v -
Newfoundland Dog Saves Girl.
Rex, a large Newfoundland dog belong-
ing to William C. Shields, a Bath Beach,
N. Y., hotel keeper, jumped into the water
at that place and saved the life of eight-
year-old Eona Burke, the only child of
Thomas A. Burke, a well-to-do dry goods
merchant of Troy, N. Y. who, with his
family, is a summer guest at the beach.
While out with her nurse the little girl
leaned too far over the end of the pier and
before anyone was aware of her peril lost
her balance and fell into 30 feet of water.
The dog jumped overboard and, Saiching
the child by the dress, held her up an
tried to swim against the tide, but made
little headway. Shields went to his as-
sistance in a boat and brought the child
ashore unconscions. A physician revived
her after a half-hour’s work.
The little girl’s father ordered the best
dog collar that could be bought to be suit-
ably engraved, testifying to the rescue.
Homes for Railroad Men.
‘The removal of the Pennsylvania rail-
road’s middle division headquarters from
Harrisburg to Altoona has cansed a scram-
ble for homes by the 50 families affected.
There is not a vacant house available at
this time in Altoona. The Pennsylvania
railroad, it is stated, will cover the situa-
tion by building a block of corporated
homes in Altoona. This is the frst step the
Pennsylvania has taken toward furnishing
residences for its employes.
Why a Tainted Breath?
HOH OY la rmaTeena sna
What Causes it and How it Should be Treated. The
Trouble is'the Result of Decomposition Along the
Respiratory Tract, and the Remedy is Pure Liv-
ing, Pure Habits, and Cleanliness. Foul Breath
Any one inflicted with bad breath, in-
stead of using disinfectant washes or gar-
gles, should try to discover the cause of
the bad breath. It is almost ridiculous to
keep using disinfectants while the cause of
the fetor continues to operate. “ Suppose
any one were to notice a bad smell in the
back yard. Instead of finding out exactly
what the cause of the bad smell is, he
would simply throw a disinfectant around,
or deodorizer, in order to stop or disguise
the smell. Such a procedure would be
silly indeed. No one but a sanitary officer
would do such a thing. roi)
. A bad breath indicates some decomposi-
tion going on eomewhere in the respiratory
tract. It may be a hollow tooth filled with
decomposing material, or the teeth may be
80 jammed together as to inclose portions
of the food, . which ferment and fill the
mouth with noxious gases.’ *
The trouble may be in the posterior
'| nares. , Ope or both nostrils may be stop-
ped up, This leaves an unventilated space
| ust back of the nostril, in the upper por:
tion of the throat. The want of ventila:
/| tion allows the mucus to accumulate and
decompose, which forms a very fetid gas.
Or, again, the trouble may be caused by
enlarged tonsils. These sometimes assume
a globular form, with deep crevices and
seams which retain mucus. Again, mucus
collects behind and above an enlarged
tonsil, where it is sure to decompose and
| cause bad breath.
‘Any portion of the respiratory tract from
the throat to the lungs may be the seat of
the difficulty. The mucus surface is liable
to catarrh, and the catarrh abrades the mu-
cous membranes here and there, forming
superficial ulcers, which furnish a continu-
ous effluvia to the breath. Little volcanoes,
they pour out their eruptions of noxious
gases day and night to contaminate the
breath.
The stomach has often been accused of
being the cause of bad breath, but the fact
is the stomach rarely is the canse of a bad
breath. The breath does not enter the
stomach. Respiration bas little or nothing
to do with the stomach. Breath is simply
the act of drawing the air into the lungs
and expelling it again.
The fetor of bad breath sometimes origi-
nates in the lungs and is no doubt the re-
sult of a deranged condition of the whole
system. The blood, being surcharged with
foul gases and decomposing material, gives
off these gases at each respiration. This is
why the breath of a person who drinks li-
the liquor. At first the breath undoubted-
ly smells of the liquor simply because in
passing through the mouth and throat some
of it adheres to the mucous surfaces. If
any one were to rinse out the mouth with
liquor, the breath would smell for a short
time, but only for a short time. With the
diam drinker the case is different. The
liquor having passed into his stomach, it is
absorbed into the blood. Through the
blood it reaches the lungs, and with each
respiration from the lungs a portion of the
fumes from the liquor are given off with
the breath. This. illustrates. how a bad
condition of the blood can taint the breath.
Undoubtedly onions and many other
aromatic substances find their way out of
the system through the breath. In this
way a bad stomach may taint the breath.
This is why a bad stomach means bad
breath. ' Bad digestion produces a bad
quality of blood. = The blood, circulating
throngh the lungs, gives off bad odors,
which find their way into the breath. Tn
this round-ahout way the stomach may
cause bad breath, butas a rule the cause of
bad breath ean be found | closer at hand—
either in the teeth, posterior nares, tonsils,
throat, or bronchial tubes.
~ Instead of ‘using mouth washes or 'per-
fumes of any sort to cure a bad breath, a
person ought to have the cause of the bad
breath discovered. Unfortunately it would
be of little or no use to sucha person to
call on the average doctor, as he knows
nothing or cares nothing about such
things. He is simply engaged in prescrib-
ing drugs and spends very little time in
ferreting out causes or removing obnoxious
ailments by harmless and rational meth-
ods. In these matters every person must
use his own common sense and try to be
his own doctor. ohh
~ Noone should be content to allow a bad
breath to continue. It. is very unhealthy
and is very obnoxions to other people.
Every man and woman is entitled to a
sweet breath, and with a little care and
judgment this can be had. But so long as
any one continues to take drugs or use
bave a perfectly sweet breath. A pure
breath comes from pure living, pure habits,
and the continuous practice of absolute
cleanliness. The toothbrush and cold wa-
ter should be used thoroughly once a day.
Gargling the throat should inediately
follow. The nostrils should be kept clear ;
deep breathing. practiced. These things
alone will do very much toward insuring
the possession of a sweet breath.— Medical
: Girl’s Long Steep Walk.
Went Four Miles in her Nightgown and Fell Into a
Pond,
Miss Nora Reynolds, the sixteen-year-
old daughter of Wenlock Reynolds, resid-
ing southeast of Washington, Ind., was
missing from her bedroom when * her par-
ents arose this morning and at first it was
feared she had been kidnapped while
asleep. Posses were soon scouring the
country. She was not found until late
the next afternoon, when W. H. Summers
located her in a straw. stack, asleep and
chilled by exposure. Her nightgown. was
covered with mud and her bare feet were
scratched and bleeding.” ~~
Upon being aroused she told a most re-
markable story of her thrilling experience.
She said that she retired at the usual hour,
and does not remember leaving her bed-
room. She says she knew nothing of what
she was doing until she fell into a pond of
water on Jesse Billings’ farm, four miles
from her home. The plunge in the ioy
water Jose jean she Haig a Sesperats
struggle to keep from drowning, finally,
reaching the bank in safety. :
She can only account for her actions by
saying that she believes she walked from
her bedroom while sound asleep. Upon
dragging herself from the pond she started
to return home, but had traveled onl
about a mile when she became exhausted.
Seeing the stack of straw she made her
way to it: insanton o vot bo
She slept until sunrise, but was then
ashamed to try to reach home in scant
attire, so she crawled beneath the straw
and was waiting for darkness when one of
the searching party found her. iol
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quor will become tainted with the smell of
narcotics to any extent he cannot hope to