BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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een.
—Would you sooner see the Eagles
Parade on Labor day ?
Or come in for the cireus show,
Its awful big, they say ?
Or wait for the Granger's picnic,
To while some time away ?
Or hold off for the county fair
The real, big, boom de aye !
Which ever one you'd sooner do,
Of course, that's your affair,
But if you don’t see all of them
You won't be “gittin’ there.”
There's only this old life to live
So jump in for the fun
And strive to keep your bloomin’ self
From gittin®' on the bum.
— There were dark days in Bellefonte
until the sun came ous.
—Along with the oyster comes a little
increased traffic in embalming fluid.
—And, talking about hot air, it won't
be long until it will feel very comfortable
to have a little in your house.
—Penny’s press muzzler got a few hot
shot at Harrisburg on Wednesday.
—The American Bar Association de-
nounces trusts, but that isn’t going to put
the price of meat down.
—The ticke$ is named. Now letall turn
in and hustle for it. It might be elected.
Stranger things than that have happened.
—The physician who wrote that ‘‘be-
tween a knowledge of higher mathematics
and a knowledge of smimming, the latter
is to be preferred’’ must have been thrown
overboard somewhere recently.
—1In the city of Milan, Italy, over seven
hundred couples were fined last year for
publicly kissing each other. In this coun-
ty it is different. The kind of kissing that
is done in public bere is the kind nobody
cares anything abont.
—1If this paper warfare that is being
waged along the coast of Maine should
serve the purpose of retiring a few paper
officers in the same manner that the recent
real wars did with the real officers it would
not be such a bad investment.
With book and slate beneath his arm,
The bad boy’s off to school.
And now its up to him to try,
To fracture every rule,
—Mr. MAGELSSEN, our Vice Consul at
Beirut, will be able to read his own
obituary; now that it has turned out that
he wasn’t assassinated. He will be one of
the few men who know how it feels to be
a fake martyr.
__With Lou Dillon smashing the world’s
tro tting record and Hamburg Belle run-
ning away with the rich Futurity who said
that the ladies among the quad rupeds were
not keeping up with the strennous pace
set up by the modern woman’s rights ad-
vocates ?
—The Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin
came out Monday with this big scare head:
Schooner Goes to the Bottom During a
Northeast Gale.” That wasn’t so terrible.
Scores of them go to the bottom, wrecked
on the bars at Bellefonte without any gale
at all.
—They have named a county down in
New Mexico after Senator QUAY and
“Bull”? ANDREWS gives such glowing ac-
counts of its fertility and prosperity that
we presume every cactus plant and chapar-
ral bush will be yielding prolific plom
crops ere long.
—Sunday’s performance at the Masonic
camp along the Bald Eagle revealed the
fact that goat riding isn’t the only stunt
that Masons can do. ~ When it comes to
aquatics they aint so worse. And FOSTER,
QUIGLEY and MINGLE are the captain
generals of the web-feet.
—The contention among American col-
leges as to which one has the most students
will probably result in affidavits from the
ser ub-women and other menials about the
institutions. There was a time when
newspapers indulged in such foolishness
concerning there circulation.
—You Demoocrats who think you will
bave no issues for next year, just smoke up
and wait. By the time the winter months
come rolling round labor wiil be eating
snow balls in many of the industrial cen-
tres that have been boomed by fictitious
values and unsound business methods en-
couraged by the present administration.
-- According to a story published in the
Erie Evening Herald it was Col. REEDER
who got the fish batobery for Bellefonte.
How easy it is to be mistaken in little mat-
ters of this sort. Now everybody about
here thought it was Tom HARTER and
Judge Love. Tom blew so about it and
the Judge looked so wise that it wasn’t any
wonder that 'we were all mistaken, but
since the Colonel is the man who turned
the trick there is no telling what we
counldn’t have in Bellefobte if he were on
the bench.
—The investigation of the supposed as-
sassination of the American Vice Consul at
Beirut has revealed the rather ridiculous
circumstance that Mr. MAGELSSEN only
thought he was assassinated. Some one,
probably within a mile or so of where the
Vice Consul was driving, fired a pistol and,
of course, Mr. MAGELSEEN being the most
important (?) man in Beirut at the time,
thought the shot was intended for him and
laid over and died—telegraphically speak-
ing. It madeagood newsitem for warseek-
ing American journals and the President
ordered our European squadron to Beirut
instanter.
VOL. 48
The Beirut Incident.
The sensation in the public life of the
country of the past week was the order of
the President to Admiral CorToN, of the
navy, to take his fleet to Beirut, Syria, to
menace the Turkish empire because of a re-
port that the American Vice-Consul at that
port had been assassinated. There was no
intimation that the government of the em-
pire was responsible for the crime, if it had
been committed. It was not alleged that
the authorities eitherat Constantinople or
Beirut failed in any public obligation. The
United States Minister at Constantinople
through whom the information came to our
government stated that he bad demanded a
vigorous prosecution of the perpetrators of
the crime and received assurances that
there would be no default in duty in the
matter. Yet the President, with headlong
haste,ordered an American fleet to Turkish
territory with a hostile message to the au-
thorities. That was practically a declara-
tion of war without authority of Congress
and in violation of every principle embodi-
ed in the laws of Nations.
If the worst had happened the action of
the President would have been inexcusable.
The rules of commity between Nations are
created by the actions of individual Nations
which become precedents. Since time out
of mind it has been the rule among Nations
that the citizens of one must be protected
iu their lives and property while sojourn-
ing in another just as completely as if he
were a oitizen of the country in which he
happened to be. That is to say if a citizen
of Turkey, Russia, Germany or France is
despoiled of his property during a stay in
this country the courts must be open to him
for redress and if he is murdered the perpe-
trator of the crime must be punished as
promptly and effectually as if the victim
had been a citizen and the criminal an alien.
It this justice is denied after a proper pre-
sentation of the facts a‘‘demonstration’’ may
be made to enforce the international law.
But ROOSEVELT in the case in point didn’t
wait until the government of Turkey had
refused to perform its duty. He sent the
fleet first and demanded reparation after-
ward. Upon the principle which governs
the mob in lynching its victim, ROOSEVELT
ordered the fleet to menace and make its
inquiries afterward.
"Happily, howeW¥, ‘no evil results are
likely to follow the absurd incident. That
is, it is not probable that the action of the
President will be interpreted asa prece-
dent, though it is likely to be justly regard-
ed as a grotesque exhibition of buffoonery
by the whole civilized world for the reason
that it turns out that there was not only no
assassination, but not even an attempt at as-
sassination. There were a few friends of
the Vice Consul with him at a wedding on
the night on which the assassination is al-
leged to bave occurred. It was a gay party,
probably, and after the ceremony they in-_
dulged in a Feu de joie, which may have
been attended with a pyrotechnical display
and possibly the discharge of firearms in a
jolly way. But there was no crime unless
a too exuberant congratulatory explosion
is a crime and in view of all the faots the
ouly resuls of the incident will be to reveal
to the world the absolute unfitness of
ROOSEVELT for the office he occupies. But
that is enough, all things considered.
Southern Men and Trade.
The reasons why southern merchants
pass through Philadelphia and go to New
York to buy are deeper than an excursion
ticket without stopover privileges. A
Philadelphia contemporary pretends to be-
lieve that if it were not for excursion tick-
ets which the Pennsylvania railroad sells
at certain points in the South to New
York the southern merchants would never
go to that city. Nothing could induce
them to go further than Philadelphia, it
implies, except that miserable and measley
excursion ticket and it issold by the Penn-
sylvania railroad for no other reason than
that: Mr. CASSATT has a spite against the
Philadelphia merchants.
Before the war it is recalled that all the
South came to Philadelphia to trade and
the rich planters and opulent ‘merchants
never thought of going anywhere else for
goods and when they wanted a little rec-
reation in the winter or a bit of rest in the
summer they came to Philadelphia and
Cape May, which was the summer resort of
the Philadelphia ‘‘smart set’” and the
southern aristocrat. But things were dif-
ferent then in various ways. Philadelphia
was a great city socially and in a business
way and a just city in its political rela-
tions. Southern merchants and planters
came there then because in the official and
social life of the city they found some who
were in sympathy with and none who were
unjust to them.
What do southern visitors to Philadel-
phia encounter now that entices them to
return if they happen to stop off in mem-
ory of old times. A bigoted community
of political pirates who would ostracise
them socially and crucify them politically.
They find merchants and manufacturers
and lawyers and doctors who contribute to
funds to debauch elections more freely than
they give to the churches and who would,
if it were possible, exclade them from the
privileges of citizenship and the liberty of
speech. The southern men dou’t mind
the car fare and would go to Philadelphia
to trade now, as they did before the civil
war, if they found conditions the same.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
Three Times Convicted.
For the third time CALEB POWERS, who
in January 1900 was acting Secretary of
State of Kentucky, bas been convicted of
the murder of Governor GOEBEL of that
State. Twice he was tried before Judge
CANTRIL, found guilty and sentenced for
life. The third trial was before another
Judge and ended a week ago. The verdict
of the jury was guilty, as before, and the
sentence was to death by hanging. As in
both the other trials the evidence was over-
whelming and positive. The sentence was
in accordance with the testimony, but there
will be an appeal again. A Republican
partisan court of appeals reversed the judg-
ment of the lower court in both the other
cases. At present the Republican party
hasn’t a majority on that bench.
The murder of Governor GOEBEL was
one of the most atrocious crimes of recent
years. His predecessor in office had been
a Republican and in the campaign which
resulted in his election every form of fraud
and force was employed to compass the
election of the Republican candidate. The
state militia was perverted into a Republi-
can machine, but notwithstanding all these
expedients the Democratic candidate, Sen-
ator GOEBEL, was elected. In order to
defeat the result, however, the defeated
Republican candidate was inaugurated
ahead of time and when the rightfully
chosen executive came to qualify his claim
was resisted by force. The day before that
fixed for his inauguration he was assas-
sinated, the ehot coming from a window
in the office of the Secretary of State,
CALEB POWERS.
Manifestly the motive for the crime was
to prevent the inauguration of the honestly
eleoted Governor and the court officers
directed their efforts to discover the perpe-
trators. Soon one of the mountaineers who
had been brought down to terrorize the
community confessed his part in the affair
and implicated others. They confirmed
his statement and added something. In
that way the chain ef facts was followed
until finally it was traced to Governor
TAYLOR and Secretary of State POWERS.
TAYLOR became a fugitive from justice
and attended the Republican National con-
vention of 1900 as the lion of the occasion.
Subsequently President ROOSEVELT, then
Governor of New York, refused to honora
requisition for him and he located in In-
diana, where he has since remained under
the protection of Governor DURBIN who
was recently commended by President
ROOSEVELT for protecting a negro who had
outraged a white child from a mob.
POWERS, with more confidence and less
discretion, took his chances ofa trial and
exhausted every expedient to secure his
acquittal. All the resources of the Republi-
can machine were invoked and witnesses
were bullied and bribed and in every other
way urged to refuse to testify. But they
told the story with the result that one of
the murderers of Governor GOEBEL is now
in the shadow of the scaffold and the
chances are that he will pay the penalty of
the crime on the day set in November.
Quay and the Extra Session.
Senator QUAY is not in favor of an extra
session of Congress in October. He thinks
the Democrats might make political capi-
tal ous of it and probably he is right. An
extra session of Congress will reveal the
fact that the Republicans are far from har-
monious on the currency question. The
leaders of the party have been in the habit
of claiming that there are no differences of
opinion among them on fundamental prin-
ciples and important policies. Upon such
questions as the currency, for example,
they have always claimed to agree. But
as a matter of fact there is as much differ-
ence between the New York Republican
and the Montana Republican as there is
between GROVER CLEVELAND and ToMm
WATSON on the same questions.
Senator QUAY is keen enough of intel-
lect to see that the disclosure of such dif-
ferences will be fatal to the party. The
ROCKAFELLERS and MORGANS and STILL-
MANS and SCHIFFS wili not give millions
to the Republican campaign fund if the
eastern financial notions are not certain to
be adopted and an extra session of Con
gress would reveal the fact that such a
thing is impossible. Under such circam-
stances ordinarily the remedy would be to
have no financial legislation. But the
eastern money kings are not satisfied with
such a solution of the problem. They
want some sort of legislation that will help
them to cinch their hold on the people and
the refusal to give it to them will be as of-
fensive as adopting the western ideas.
But QuAy can hardly be credulous
enough to imagine that his party can fool
the people by postponing the extra session
until after this year’s election. That sort
of gold brick is no longer good in the
moss stupid sections of the country. The
leading financiers of the Senate have nosi-
fied the President that there is urgent need
for immediate action by Congress on the
currency question and failure to act re-
veals at once an intention to deceive. The
people will resent that as adding insult to
injury for it is an aspersion on their intel-
ligence as well as an exvosure of their
business interest’ to the gravest danger.
All things considered it is as well to call
the extra session before as after the election.
BELLEFONTE, PA., SEPTEMBER 4, 19083.
The Democratic Convention,
The Democratic State convention couldn’t
possibly have performed its work better.
The ticket was practically chosen by popu-
lar opinion in advance of the meeting and
the candidates for Auditor General and
State Treasurer were nominated unani-
mously and by acclamation. It was not for
the reason that there were no other aspirants
‘that the convention was so unanimous.
There were plenty of capable and popular
men willing to accept the nomination. But
the records of ARTHUR G. DEWALT, of
Lehigh, and JoeL J. HILL, of Wayne
county,in the Senate were so exceptionably
commendable on the questions which natur-
ally appeared important that they were
chosen by common consent.
With respect to the candidates for Supe-
rior court judge there was naturally a dif-
ference of opinion. CALVIN RAYBURN, of
Armstrong county, who by service on the
common pleas bench had acquired a dis-
tinguished reputation as a. jurist was the
unanimous choice of the convention. But
for the other place on the ticket there was
some difference of opinion. The friends of
Hon. R. ScoTT AMMERMAN, of Montour
co unty,an eminently fit man believed that
his name would strengthen the ticket and
offered it for the favor.
the Philadelphia delegation supported en-
thusiastically and energetically by the
delegates from the eastern counties, pre-
sented the name of JOHN A. WARD, of
Philadelphia, and he was nominated by a
large majority.
The platform is of equal merit with the
ticket. It is a clarion call to the Democ-
racy of the State to the fulfillment of
duty. It defines the issues clearly. The
officers to be chosen at the coming election
are essentially state officers and the issues
are state issues. The iniquities of the Re-
publican party are condemned unsparingly
and emphatically and the press muzzler is
fitly denounced as the sum and substance
of legislative atrocity. The failure of the
Republican party to fulfill its pledges and
especially its utter negleot to enact ballot re-
form legislation is reprobated, and alto-
gether the ticket and platform are splendid |-
in character and aggressiveness.
4. Justice Gray's Blunder,
. Justice GRAY, of the United States Su-
preme court, will not commend himself to
the favor of Democrats as a presidential
candidate by such rubbish as he uttered
the other day in commending President
ROOSEVELT for his action in the anthracite
coal strike. According to the interview in
question the distinguished jurist thinks
the obtrusion of the President into an
affair entirely outside of his province and
which exemplified in its most direct form
paternalism in government was an evidence
of the loftiest patriotism and the most pro-
found statesmanship. As a matter of fact
it was a subversion of every cherished prin-
ciple expressed in the constitution.
No doubt the scarcity of coal was a grave
matter at the time the President interfered
and practically forced both the operators
and operatives in the coal region to con-
sent to an arbitration of their differences.
But it was a usurpation of authority, nev-
ertheless, and a procedure involving the
greatest danger. Justice GRAY admits in
bis interview that there was no constitu-
tional or statutory warrant for the action
and that it was a usurpation, pure and
simple. That being true it is not easy to
see, how he, a justice of the Supreme court
can condone it. Suppose, for example, the
legality of the action should come before
the court of which he is a member for ad-
judioation. If in that event he expressed
the view from the bench which he freely
declared in his interview, he would violate
his oath which ohligates him to ‘‘obey, de-
fend and support’’ the constitution.
As a matter of fact it looks as if Justice
GRAY were trying to recompense ROOSE-
VELT for the several favors which the |
President has bestowed on him by booss-
ing him on an indefensible proposition. In
other words Justice GRAY, who has been
able to add materially to his income by
compensation for extra service on assign-
ments by. the President, apparently wants
to return the favor and gives the weight of
his judicial character to supporting the
President at his most vulnerable point. If
is all 1ight for Justice GRAY to take such
a view of his duty in his capacity as a citi-
zen, but when he perverts the office he
occupies to the service of paying personal
obligations he reveals a moral delinquency
which won’t do in a Democratic candidate
for President.
——Governor PENN YPACKER appointed
a man who bad been dead three years to be
one of Pennsylvania’s representatives to
the Farmer’s National Congress at Niagara
Falls. And so far as the good they do the
agrionltural interests of the State he might
have picked the entire body from the
cemetery. i
——From Thursday noon ontil Sunday
3 inohes of water fell in this vicinity. A
remarkable precipitation for the given
time.
ER Lu
On the other hand
NO. 35.
Democrats Name State Candidates.
Hill, Dewalt, Rayburn and Ward Nominated by Con-
vention. Muzzler Denounced. Platform Scores
New Libel Law in Vigorous Language.
In a strikingly harmonious and business
like convention the Democrats of the State
met Wednesday in the hall of the Board of
Trade, at Harrisburg adopted a platform
devoted tostate issues,denouncing the press
muzzler and other vicious legislation of the
Republican majority in the last Legislature
and singling ont for special condemnation
the failure of the Quay machine to make
good its promise of ballot reform. er
This was the first time a State convention
of either of the two great parties has been
held outside of the opera house. :
Three candidates were nominated.
For State Treasurer—Senator Joel G.
Hill, Wayne county.
For Auditor General—Senator Arthur G.
Dewalt, of Lehigh county. : es
For Judges of the Superior Court—John
A. Ward, of Philadelphia, and Calvin Ray-
burn, of Armstrong county. :
The interior of the convention hall, which
lends itself readily to decoration, was drap-
ed with the American colors and the stage
was draped handsomely with flags. The
Steelton band was seated in the gallery at
the left of the stage and played a number
of patriotio selections during the afternoon.
Chairman James K. P. Hall called the con-
vention to order at 12:15 o’clock, after the
playing of a medley of popular airs by the
Steelton band, Secretary P. Gray Meek, of
Bellefonte, read the call for the convention
and then the State Chairman apnounced
the temporary officers of the convention as
follows :
Secretary, W. Hayes Grier, of Columbia.
Ascisgant Secretary, E. L. Humes, Craw-
ord.
Reading Clerk, J. Woods Clarke, of In-
diana. : -
Assistant Reading Clerk, John G. Lesh-
er, Northumberland.
Sergeants-at-Arms, Cyrus Brungart, Cen-
tre; E. J. Brennan, Elk; T. Gleason, Jeffer-
SOD; John Fishet, Westmoreland; August
Dettling, Dauphin; N. A. Bender, Alle-
gheny. >
Door Keepers, James A. Sweeney, of
Hazleton; Richard F. Bryant and John H.'
Emminger.
After speeches by presiding officer W. J.
Brennan and John F. Shea the convention
took a recess until 3 o’clock p. m.
When the convention met again shortly
before 3 o’clock Chairman Clarke, of the
Committee on Credentials, submitted his
report seating the sitting members of the
delegations from Westmoreland and Lu-
zerne counties. :
On taking the gavel Senator Grim re-
hearsed the sins of the Republican machine,
le scored the Republican majority “for
the age of the press muzzlef whic 3
ol not Yo butorced, - mH 2 kn
The permanent chairman then called for
the report of the committee on resolutions,
which was read by the Hon. Robert E.
Wright, of Allentown.
The reading of the resolutions was punot-
uated by frequent applause, especially the
plank dealing with the press muzzler.
The platform was immediately adopted
without dissent.
Hon. Robert E. Wright, of Allentown,
presented the name of Arthur G. Dewalt,
of Lehigh county, for State Treasurer. He
said the Republican machine had been
flayed on the hustings and in the news-
papers for the recklessness of its career in
the Legislature in recent years. He said
that in his intercourse with Mr. Dewalt for
many years he had teen closely associated
with him politically, socially and profes-
sionally. :
Representative Leopold Fuerth, of
Wayne, presented the name of Senator Joel
G. Hill for State Treasurer. Inthe course
of his nominating speech Mr. Fuerth paid
a glowing tribute to Mr. Hill. The seo-
onding speech was made by Senator
Herbst, of Berks. ;
Felix A. Matthews, of Cumberland, nom-
inated Representative R. Scott Ammerman,
of Northumberland, for Superior court
judge, and the seconding speech was made
by H. W. Savidge, of Northumberland.
John A. Ward, of Philadelphia, was
nominated for the Superior court bench by
Dallas Sanders and the seconding speech
was made by W. H. R. Lukens, of Phila-
delphia.
Calvin Rayburn was nominated for
judge by W. J. Brennan, of Allegheny,
and J. C. Kelley, of Butler, seconded the
nomination.
The convention bhalloted on the three
names, hut before the vote could be an-
nounced Mr. Matthews and Mr. Savidge
withdrew the name of Mr. Ammerman and
on motion of John M. Garman the nomina-
sion of Rayburn and Ward was made
unanimous.
THE PLATFORM
The oranized Democracy of Pennsylvania,
addressing Pennsylvanians of all political par-
ties again calls upon them to unite with it in
a supreme effort to ride our Commonwealth
of that selfish, corrupt, extravagant and. de-
basing rule which still controls its affairs.
We repeat the charge elaborated in the
platform of our last State Convention and
reaffirm with the emphasis of recent demon-
stration, that to the pledges and to the candi-
dates of the Democratic party alone can the
people of our State turn for deliverance from
the evils under which they suffer.
No one pledge made by the Republican
Machine as a condition of its continuance in
power has been kept, but in reckless disre-
gard of public opinion the last Legislature
was but a repetition of its digraceful predeces
sors. The hope and assurance held out by
the so-called “better class” of Republicans,
that in the personal character, independence
and integrity of their candidate for Gover-
nor, the people might safely rest for protec-
from Machine misrule, has proven a delusion
and a snare. Today we witness the aston-
ishing spectacle of almost the entire Republi-
can press of the State and country denouncing
him for his approval of the Grady-Salus
Libel law, the product. as they declare, of
the worst motives and purposes of the Repub-
lican Machine. This law they charge was
deliberately intended by its authors and pro-
moters as an assault upon the freedom of the
press,and yet was eagerly approved by the
Executive. As if to emphasize its disregard
of public opinion as reflected in their party
papers, the recent Republican State Conven-
tion not only failed to denounce the measure
but proclaimed its deflance by unanimously
nominating for Audiior General, a State Sen-
Spawls from 0 the Keystone,
. —While stealing pigeons at' Ashland Sat-
urday night Francis Gallagher, of Centralia,
was shot by the owner of the pigeons, Michael
Moylan. Gallagher was so badly wounded
that he died at the Miners’ hospital two
hours later.
—Mis. Charles Lenox, of Winburne, left
her three weeks’ old baby sleeping at home
Monday and went to the house of a neigh-
bor. When she returned the house was in
flames. The mother made frantic efforts to
get her child, but was not successful, The
Central Trading company’s store adjoining,
was badly damaged by fire.
—The New York Central has purchased
the Clearfield southern railroad, which is
about thirteen miles long, and with which
connection is made with the Beech Creek
line at Clearfield. The line will be extend-
ed fifteen miles to Irvona, from which point
the Pennsylvania’s tracks ill be used for a
distance of twenty miles to Amsbry.
—Mrs.. Mary E. Adams, of Harrisburg,
who sued Simon Hallam, of Lewistown, for
breach of promise in not carrying out his
contract to marry her as claimed, was award-
ed one dollar last week. She claimed $20,-
000 damages and alleged she loaned the de-
fendant $1,300, which he never repaid. A
dollar isn’t a very big price to pay for the
bruising of a widow’s heart.
—The Berwick and West Nanticoke Elec-
tric railway is the owner of the old Penn-
sylvania Canal company dam at Nanticoke.
It is the plan of the railway people to place a
great plant at West Nanticoke, which will
be fitted with powerful turbines and dyna-
mos. The thousands of horse power now
going to waste daily at the dam will be
utilized in operating the cars.
—The east and main buildings of Bucknell
University would have been destroyed by
fire Thursday evening if Professor Edwards
and his wife had not been sitting in front of
the academy building when flames broke out
from spontaneous combustion in the former
structure. The pair gave the alarm and
quickly organized a bucket and hose brigade
that controlled the flames until the town’s
fire d epartment could respond.
—It cost William F. Seddon, a Locust val-
ley dairyman, just $62 to put a small chunk
of ice into his milk which he peddled to Ma-
hanoy City. After the ice had melted Sed-
don fell into the clutches of a pure food
agent. Seddon’s plea that he used the ice to
keep the milk cool was rejected. George
Mathias, another dairyman, pleaded guilty
of using formaldehyde as a preservative. He
was fined $100.
—At the Newton Hamilton camp meeting
ground Saturday, while the Methodists in
attendance were engaged within the tenting
circle in prayer and song, Sheriff M. Bricker
and his auctioneer, in another part of the
grove, were selling the entire property to
satisfy mortgages. The property went to
Colonel Rufus C. Elder, of Lewistown, for
$2800. He represents the mortgagees, who
will make no change in the management.
—While Hutchinson Wilson, a farmer,
‘| residing near Tuscarora, Juniata county, was
plowing in one of his river bottom fields
along the Juniata river his plow turned out
a human skull. Upon further investigation
| he found the bowl of a stone pipe, believed
to be an Indian pipe. The relics were found
at the foot of a mound which tradition says
was made by Red men for the burial of their
dead. The skull is supposed to be that of an
Indian.
—The strange sight of a rooster taking
care of a brood of young turkeys can be seen
on the farm of A. S. Greenwalt, at Kempton,
Berks county. The old hen, tiring of her
young, left them, when the old rooster took
up the motherly duties that the hen had
abandoned toward her young. During the
day the rooster hunts food for the turkeys,
calling the little turkeys when he finds a
dainty morsel. When evening comes the
turkeys, as many as can, get under the pro-
tecting wings of the rooster.
. —A ghastly and ghostly story is given to
the world by an undertaker at Otto, near
Herndon, in Northumberland county. He
states that six years ago an 18-year-old girl
of Simon Fisher was ill and her likeness ap-
peared mysteriously on the ceiling. It was
visible to all but her and she died next day.
The likeness remained although the paper
was removed and the ceiling whitewashed.
Last week a son died in the same room under
identically the same circumstances and both
pictures are now to be seen.
—Edward Harpster, of Altoona, who was
admitted to the hospital last week to have a
bullet removed from his leg, submitted to
the operation Tuesday morning. Not only
did the physicians take out the ball,but they
also removed a piece of shell. Harpster was
a soldier in the Philippines and was wound-
ed four yearsago. A Mauser bullet struck
him on the inside of the left leg, near the
knee, and passed down almost to the ankle.
It was never removed, but the wound healed
and never gave him any trouble until re-
cently, when he began suffering great pain.
He went to the hospital and the ball and
shell were speedily removed.
—Thbe Sharon News tells of a girl who
found a package of love letters that had been
written to her mother by her father before
they married. The daughter saw that she
could have a little sport and read them to
her mother, substituting her own name for
that of her mother and a fine young man for
that of her father. The mother jumped up
and down in her chair, shifted her feet,
seemed terribly disgusted, and forbade her
daughter having anything to do with a young
man who would write such sickening and
nonsensical stuff to a girl. When the young
lady handed the letters to her mother to
read, the house became so still that one could
hear the grass growing in the back yard.
—Jesse Hurley, who is aged about 24
years, while attempting to board a freight
train a quarter of a mile west of the Tyrone
depot about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
fell to the roadbed and had his left foot bad-
iy crushed by the wheels of a car. He was
removed to the operating room at the depot
where his injury was temporarily dressed by
Dr. J. M. Gemmill. He was taken to the
Altoona hospital on fast line, where the foot
was amputated at the ankle. Hurley former-
ly with his parents resided at Plain Mills,
Juniata county, but more recently resided at
Bellwood and was employed on the north-
western railroad ns ‘an ash pitman. He at-
tended a picnic Tuesday at Antistown, be-
low Bellwood, but how he strayed to Tyrone
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no one knows.