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'—*"The Sick man of the East’ is not so
well, thank you.
_~=An income tax wouldn't hit many of
us very hard these times.
=The new Saltan of Turkey is red
beaded. He should be hopeful, as well.
. =TEDDY bas shot a gou and a wilde-
beeste. The wilde-beeste is not gno. It
id an old animal with a new name.
~The mighty hunter is killing thiogs in
Africa. Every day the cables tell of some
more animals that have fallen before his
unerring aim.
—Poor ABpuL Hanmi! Think of having
to pay over three hundred and twenty-five
million dollars and giving up four thous-
and wives. It is awfal to be a deposed
Saltan.
—The yonog bank clerk who was ar-
rested in Philadelphia on Monday for tear-
ing she ruffles off the skirts of ladies whom
be found in crowded street cars must have
the lingerie mania.
—Yesterday is what some folks would
call a “pippin.”” If you don’t know what
a “pippin’’ is you are just about as well off
because the less you know about days like
yesterday the happier you will be.
—Thne young Pittsburg matron who has
soed SAMUEL HERRON for stealing a kiss
aod a bug from her will not be satisfied
with a verdiot requiring the shiel to return
the stolen goods. She wants five thousand
dollars.
—Governor STUART has signed the bill
increasing the license fee of automobile
drivers and making the speed limit twelve
miles an hour in built up districts and
twenty-four miles an hour in the open
country.
—A new law in Wisconsin is designed to
prevent type-writer girls from teiling the
seorets of the offices in which they are em-
ployed. O! course you will understand
that in reading the above the accent should
be strong on the word designed.
=A bill bas been introduced in the New
Mexico Legislature taxing bachelors and
widowers for the support of unmarried
women. The annaal tax is to be twenty-
five dollars. It will be cheaper for the
viotims of thia aot to buy a wash tab and
rubber and marry the women.
—Colorado has just passed an aot requir-
ing the State to pay the campaign expens-
es of the political parties in that State. A
similar law in Pennsylvania would be a
little hard on the treasury so far as the Re-
publican graft is concerned, but, my, what
a boon is would be to Democracy.
— Vogue, a woman's fashion paper, is for
woman’s suffrage bat it believes they
should not have it until they bave reached
the age of forty. What's the use of itas
all if itis to be withheld until that time.
When the average woman reaches forty she
is too decrepid to ges to the polls.
—The high price of wheat just now
might turn out to be maintained at the
oost af next season’s crop. Ibis altogether
likely that the European buyers of our
wheat will turn to Rassia and the Argen.
tine for grain, should the present price be
maintained, and that would mean a small
foreign demand for the orops we will bar.
vest in the early fall.
—The New York clergyman who was
visiting in Chicage and during the course
of a lecture, took occasion to declare that
PATTEN, the wheat gambler, ‘‘is a fine fel-
low and a great charch worker,” probably
told only hall a truth. He might be a
great church worker, all right enough, but
the work he does in his Presbyterian socks
isn’t a ciroumstance to what he does in the
wheat pit.
—This paper heartily endorses the atti.
tude of the Keystone Gazette relative to the
olosing up of what have been regarded as
public streams for the exclusive nse of pri-
vate parties. The Gazelle today devotes
considerable space to a discussion of the or-
ganization of the ‘‘Marsh Creek Fishing
Club’ and its purposes and while we
koow bus few of the facts in this partion.
lar case we can’t see how a stream that has
onoe been stocked with fish as the State's
expense can ever be held as private fishing
ground. In fact this theory has always
been held and we are of the opinion that
the courts would so regard it.
—Seventy Lebanon business men walk-
ed twenty-six miles to Lancaster to see a
base ball game on Taesday. While the
performances of walker WESTON bave
brovght the advantages of walkiog, as a
means of exercise, very prominently to at-
tention lately there is more than the fol-
lowing of a fad in this performance. Sin-
gular that eeventy men could leave their
places of business in a town like Lebanon
at the same time. There can be hut one
explanation, and that, thas there is uo hus-
iness to keep them at home. It would be
interesting to know how many of these
seventy walked to the polls last November
and voted for a prosperity that they
thought sure woald bave made Tuesday's
absence from their places of business next
to an impossibility. Really we can see
very little difference between this pilgrim.
age and the march of cue CoxEY, who
soe years ago started at the bead of an
army of forlorns to walk from Massillon,
Ohio, to Washington. The oharacter of
the marchers was different, but the under-
lying cause was the same : No busines to
keep them at home.
Some Fooled Contemporaries.
The complaints of Republicans against
the tariff revision which has been proposed
would be amusing if is were not so serious
a subject. The St. Paul Pioneer Press, lor
example, is greatly outraged. “If AL-
DRICH and PAYNE push their game too far,”
our esteemed northwestern contemporary
declares, “If they tamper much longer,” it
continues, ‘‘there is grave danger of the
disruption of the Republican party.”
Obviously our contemporary is one of
those “‘mounlders of public opinion’ which
believed that the Republican platform
meant genuine tariff reform. There were
a number of esteemed contemporaries who
believed, or pretended to believe, daring
the campaign, that Repablican victory
guaranteed sach tariff revision as would re-
move the shelter from the trusts and monop-
olies and restore the commercial and in-
dustrial conditions of the country to a state
in whioh independent industry and effort
would bave at least a living chance. Bat
they realize now that they were mistaken
and don’t accept the truth gracefully.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper
of high character and just impulses. When
it interpreted the language of the Republi-
can platform as ambiguous it, with others
of its kind, appealed to TAFT and got from
him an explicit statement that whatever
the platform meant the Repablican party
stood for genuine tariff reform, and having
obtained such a statement of fact, proclaim-
ed it with an assurance of good faith. Of
course to such the subterfuge of PAYNE
and the false pretense of ALDRICH are not
only disappointing but disgusting. They
imply deliberate fraud and involve the
guarantors in the orime.
Bat we are'not able to sympathize with
our esteemed contemporary in its disap-
pointment and disgust. It had no right to
be deceived either by the Republican plat-
form or the Republican candidate. TAFT
was not an unknown quantity in the polit-
ical equation. He had been in the public
eye for some time and was known by all
who took the trouble to analyze, as a putty
man in the hands of RoosEVELT, who was
either without courage or conscience. He
was RoosgveLT's candidate and if be had
been anything else he wonldn’t have been
nominated.
The language of the Republican platform
was purposely ambiguone on the tariff ques-
tion because the Republican leaders intend -
ed to milk the trusts and monopolies as
they bad always done and TAFT was per-
mitted to say what he said for the reason
that the leaders knew that he wasn’t par-
tioular whether his promises were fulfilled
or not il they brought the desired results.
Oar esteemed St. Paul contemporary ought
not to have been fooled.
Penrose Has Made His Choice,
Senator PENROSE has already selected
the ticket of his party for the comiug cam-
paign, according to newspaper gossip.
Senator Si1ssoN ie to be the candidate for
State Treasurer and Senator CRow, of Fay-
atte connty, for Auditor General. There
has been no general coosnltation, as yet,
on the subject, but there is no need for a
general consultation. The Philadelphia
machine has announoced that it is for any-
body whom PENROSE favors and that is
sufficient. The Pittsburg machine is of
like mind and that ends it. The daslegates
from this county and other counties will
have no alternative bot asquiesce.
PENROSE got rather a severe lesson in
the last nomination for State Treasurer.
He imagined that JOHN O. SHEATZ would
be as tractable as other machine men, with
reform pretenses, whom he had taken on
other ocoasions. SHEATZ was not forced
apon bim a+ many believed. He was
bargained into the nomination ander
pledge that he would be obedient and the
pretense that the Senator had yielded to
popular sentiment was made in order to
deceive the public. PENROSE himself or-
ganized the SHEATZ movement and direct-
ed it. Batalter the nomination and elec-
tion SHEATZ failed to keep his agreement.
It is even suspected that he believed that
he bad forced himeell on PENROSE and
was able to dely him.
Obviously he intends to take no chances
this year, however. He knows that both
S1ssoN and Crow will keep the faith with
bim. He has had them under bis com-
mand for many years and they have never
even halked at his orders. There can be
no pretense of reform with them as the
candidates, however. They are known as
machine men through aud through. Dar.
ing the session of the Legislature recently
ended they were on the job all the time.
McNICcHOL was no more responsive to the
machine lash than S1ssoN,and KEISER was
no more obedient than Crow. There is
no necessity for false pretense, however.
The people like the machine,
—
This is the lass day of April bus
from the weather yesterday it seemed more
like January. It was not only cold but in
the morning it rained, snowed and sleeted, so
that it bad a very wintry like appearance.
Later in the day there was thunder and
lightning.
BELLEFONTE, Pay
The Appropriation Bills.
Information comes from Harrisburg that
Governor STUART will cut the approptia-
tions made by she Legislature during the
recent session in the neighborhood of one-
third. That is to say the aggregate of the
appropriations are about $68,000,000 and
they are to be cut to $45,000,000, she dif-
ference being $23,000,000. How the Gov-
ernor will proceed to the achievement of
this result has not been indicated. Previous
to the administration of Governor WILLIAM
A. STONE there would have been but one
way open. He could bave cus specific items
out of the general appropriation bill or
withheld his signature entirely from other
appropriation bills. Governor STONE created
the precedent of ehaving percentages off of
any bill and approving what was left and
the Sapreme cours sustained him.
The State constitution is specific on this
point. Sestion 16 of Artiole 4 declares :
“The Governor shall have power to dis-
approve of any item or items of any bill,
making appropriations of money, embrao-
ing distinot items, and the part or parts of
the bill approved shall be the law, and the
item or items of appropriation disapproved
shall be void, unless re-passed according to
the rules and limitations presoribed for the
passage of other bills over the executive
veto.” Alter the Supreme court had been
“‘electioneered’’ by Governor STONE and
his friends, however, it affirmed the right
to shave items and that has been done by
his successors in office, PENN YPACKER and
STUART. As we bave said it is clearly a
violation of the constitution but it will
probably be done again this year.
Governor STONE vetoed bills in violation
of the constitution in order to create big
treasury balances to be mnsed by favored
bankers in serving speculative politicians.
PENNYPACKER vetoed bille in violation of
the constitution in order to maintain vast
treasury balances lor the use of the grafs-
ing contractors concerned in the construo-
tion and furnishing of the capitol. What
reasons will influence Governor STUART to
this violation of his oath of office is lefs to
conjecture. Two years ago he was fooled
into the belief that there was danger of a
revenue deficit though there bas been a
treasury balance of from $10,000,000 to
$18,000,000 all the time since. But he
must know sow that the facts are being
misrepresented to him. In the first place
the appropriations are not $68,000,000 and
secondly the revenues wil! exceed $45,
000,000. A out of $5,000,000 would make
the balance and that might easily be made
by vetoing distinot items or bills which
ought to be vetoed.
The Tariff Sliuation.
The developments of the last week in
the tariff discussion at Washington are
more or less interesting. That is tosay it
has been practically proved that there is
little, if any difference, between the AL-
DRICH bill and the present law in so far as
schedules are concerned. Where the
PAYNE bill increased the rates as in the
matter of hosiery, the ALDRICH bill outs
them down to the DINGLEY bill standard
aod where the PAYNE bill makes redune-
tions the ALDRICH bill restores the DiNa-
LEY rates. This has not satisfied the
President or any other members of his par-
ty except the stand-pasters. Senators
DOLLIVER, of Iowa, LAFOLLETTE, of Wis-
consin, and NELSON, of Minnesota, have
openly declared that they will not support
such a false pretense and a number of oth.
er Republicans have intimated as muoh.
These signe of discontent have alarmed
ALDRICH and his associates on the Senate
committee on finance and they have an-
nounced the purpose of bringing in a bill
to create a tariff commission. Of course
none of them favors a tariff commission.
They all know that the constitution vests
in Congress all legislative powers and that
the oreation of a tariff commission woald
work a sobetvision of the constitution.
But they also understand that a tariff com-
mission wonld delay tariff revision for at
least two years and that it would therefore
be preferable to a bill which involved an
immediate decrease in schedules. Two
years of tariff epoliation under the socbed-
ules of the DINGLEY law would mean a
good many millions of dollars in the pook-
ets of she tariff mongers.
For these reasons we would not be in
the leass surprised if both the PAYNE and
the ALDRICH bills would be abandoned
and a bill oreating a tariff commission
passed instead. There are other advantag-
es in this course besides that of delay. A
tariff commission would create a vast
amount of rich political patronage and
that is exceedingly enticing. Nobody
would think of providing for salaries of
less than $10,000 a year for each of the
commissioners and the olerks, secretaries,
stenographers, aoccountsnts and others
would be well paid bee! eaters on the
treasury. Possibly the insurgents may
yield to party exigencies and consent to
the passage of a bill like that of ALDRICH,
and that is what the tariff mongers want.
Bat if shat doesn’t happen the commission
is inevitable.
We bave information from Washington
that ‘‘the Department of Justice is pursu-
ing with vigor its policy of urging to a
final determination all cases, civil and
criminal, involving violations of the SHER-
MAN auti-trost law, the interstate com-
merce aot and the act probibiting the
grantiog and receiving of rebates.” This
is tolerably interesting but mot exactly
illuminating. That is to say, it leaves us
in doubt as to what she Department of
Justice proposes to do. For example soon
after the present Attorney General was
indaoted into office notice was given that
a lot of such cases begun by bis predeoes-
sor bad been dismissed as frivolous. Now
we are informed thas that policy of the De-
partments isto be pursued with vigor. The
gnandary ie, therefore, whether it will be
prosecution or dismissal.
We are glad to learn, however, that
among the cases to be considered in one
way or the other the DUPONT powder case
is incladed. The principal investigator in
that case is JAMES SCARLETT, Esq., of this
State. It is known that Mr. SCARLETT went
into the case with much earnestness and
considerable zeal and it has been said that
be bas had is well in band for some weeks.
But since the ohange in the bead of the
Department of Justice all proceedings in
the matter have been called off. Mr.
SCARLETT bas been anxious to proceed,
sosording to the gossip of the national
capital, bas to no purpose, and those in-
terested in the master, incloding the com-
plainant, had about come to the conclusion
that it was among those dropped as frivo-
lous some time ago.
The powder trust is certainly one of the
violators of the SHERMAN anti-trust law
that should be brought to a reckoning. It
bas not only combined and conspired
in restraint of trade but it is chang-
ed with having robbed the govern-
ment most mercilessly. Every time the
administration sends a warship to tar-
get practice the DUPONT powder trust gets
a graft of several thousand dollars and its
work bas been made so complete and per-
feos that there is no means of redress. We
‘wope therefore that in this case, at least,
the polioy of the Department of Justice is
prosecution and in that event it can’t be
too vigorous or too summary. Mr, SCAR-
LETT is ready for trial, we understand,
and the trost needs drastic discipline.
But we own that the statement on the sub-
jeot is not entirely olear.
Sowing the Wind, Indeed.
The Philadelphia North American devotes
two columns of its editorial space in yester-
days edition to a cleverly phrased warning
to its party representatives in Washington.
It calls to their mind the platform pledges
of their party at Chicago last year, as well
as the earlier utterances of President TAFT
concerning the tariff and inveighs against
what it is pleased to call ‘‘the thimble-
rigging plans of ALDRICH" and *‘the trick-
ery now in progress at Washington."
All this is very fine and the facts related
are true but the impress to be made on the
publio mind by the North American will
not be discernible. It is mere play to the
galleries. Forif either the ALDRICH or
the PAYNE bill is passed, or if this Con-
gress passes no bill as all and refers the
whole tariff business to a commission that
couldn’s possibly report inside of two years
the North American will be in line aslusual
supporting all of the Congressmen that it
arraigns as pledge breakers snd obarges
with sowing to the wind. And the very fact
that they know this so well is one of the
greatest reasons why they will support the
‘“‘thimble rigging’’ plans of ALDRICH and
continue sowing to the wind.
The North American's admonition would
pot appear so shallow if it were to put
itself on record now to refuse to support a
single Congressman or Senator from Penn-
sylvania, should he be a candidate for re-
election, who has in anyway been a party
to this trickery. If it had the courage to
take such a stand and carry it into execu.
tion it might hope for more serious consid-
eration of such editorials as the one of yes-
terday.
——The postoffice department at Wash-
ington sent out notice on Tuesday that a
new two cent stamp of special design | ®d, bas
would be issued and ready for sale on June
1st. The stamp, which is intended to
commemorate the development of the
Alaska—Yukon territory, will be some- |
what larger than the present two-cent
stamp, rectangular in shape aod red in
color. On the top the words ‘‘United
States Postage’ will appear. On the bot.
tom “Two Cents.” The centre of the
stamp will contain a circle bearing a rib-
bon with the words ‘‘Alaska—Yukon Pa-
cific, 1909,’ while the cirole will contain
the portrait of William H. Seward who, as
Secretary of State, conducted the purchase
of Alaska. Beneath the cirole the numeral
2 will be entwined with laurel leaves.
Examinations for teachers permanent
certificates will be held in Bellefonte today
and tomorrow.
From the San Francisco Star.
By putting a high tariff on foreign stock-
ings, te Ausrigs maoufacturers have
been given to charge more than
a fair rion 100 tpolt produse dnd their “in.
fant industry” bas rows up and become
one of the big family of tariff-protected
trusts. But the wages of the factory work-
ers bave been cat again snd again, regard-
less of the protective tariff, and those work.
ers are among the pooress- paid of the Amer-
joan wage earners. Now the greedy manu-
facturers besiege Congress again, avd ask
for still more protection, which will enable
them tocharge still higher prices to the
American consumers,
Under the Dingley law the maoufactur-
era’ license to loot she pookets of the con-
sumer is broad and wide enough in all con-
science; but they demand more. Yet see
how careful the stocking manufacturers are
not to offend the wealthy, how careful they
are to place the heaviest burden on the
poor, who are least able to bear any bur-
den at all. Stockings that cost 70 cents a
dozen abroad must under the Payne
bill 115 per cent tax.
That is, on $10 worth of such stockings
the tariff tax will be $11.50. Bat on for-
eigo stooki worth $5 a dozen, the Payne
tariff tax is the same as the present Dingley
tariff tax —55 per oent; that is, on those
high-priced stookings, worn by the wealthy,
on $10 worth the tariff is now and is to be
under the Dayue bill on $5 50, or 50 cents
less than half as much as the Payne tariff
tax on $10 worth of stockings worn the
the
povresh sla ! And that is the rule
publican tariff laws—the tax is always
higher on the articles worn by the poor.
The matter with the home-made, or
American, protected stocking is that the
tariff tax enables the manufacturer to hold
up the consumer. The master with the
protective tariff aystem is that it enables
the manufacturer to cut down the wages of
the employes on the one hand, while ocon-
tribating cam fonds for the election
to Congress of such agents of loot as Sereno
Payne and Joe Cannon.
Another Dingley Bill.
From the Pittsburg Post.
It requires no prophetic vision to under-
stand justice of Senator Dolliver's re-
mark relative to the results of the present
tariffl-making. ‘‘While is may be,” said
he, ‘‘that there are only a few increases
and quite a large number of reductions in
this bill, I ventare to say that when we are
through with is, is will be so nearly like
the Diogley law that many men will won-
der what was the extiaordinary ocoasion
that called us here.”
Every d t of the past few weeks
has sustained that view. In the first place
came the star-chamber meetings of the Sen-
ate finance committee, at whioh the stand-
patters’ favorite interests were allowed to
diotate how this or thas particular schedule
should read. More recently, Senator
Aldrich attempted to explain the terms of
the bill, bot it was accomplished with
much hemming and bawing and the sorry
admission that the estimated revenues
noder the bill would not begin to meet the
expenses of the Government, unless those
expenses were immensely reduced.
And because there are one or two Repub-
licans in the Senate who are honest enough
to speak their minds plainly and without
equivocation, the chiel tariff juggler is
highly incensed. If ever there was need
for a prohibitive tariff such as that con-
ceived by Mr. Diogley, that time bas
passed. The people in every part of the
country realize that they have been duped
and robbed by such measures. They bave
rebelled. They bave demanded honest
revision. It has been promised to them
by the Republican party. Senator Aldrich
may duck and dodge all he pleases. It he
does not honestly keep his party's pledges
he may expect to take the consequences.
it Was Afraid to Show
ftself Then.
True Bat
From the Boston Herald.
Alter waiting for the first barst of indi-
gestion to subside, admirers of the late
Senator Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania
bave renewed action in the Legislature
authorizing setting up his statue in the
pew capitol building. Protests are being
renewed, and attention is being called to
the record of the man. On she other hand
it is being pointed ous, ironically, that
such a capitol building can be most fitting-
ly tarnished by the statue of precisely the
sort of man Quay was. Ii is proposed that
the statue monument, if erected bear an
insoription, closing thus: *‘A greatful Com-
monwealth has erected this monument on
the spot where grew that plum tree he
1 #0 well.” Quay reoeived the highest
political honors the state of Pennsylvania
could give him during his lite, and held
them to his death. Legislative condemna-
tion of the man and his methods would
bave been more effective and inspiring if
it bad been enfciently courageous to bave
appeared during his life.
His Mighty Achievement.
From the Chicago Record—Herald.
Vice President Sherman, we are inform-
» of thirty formal dinners
in thirty days. It is no small feat to be
able to partake of thirty formal dinners in
thirty days, but to do so without being no-
ticed is indeed a mighty achievement.
uly a Vice President could be expected to
o is.
Bad Times for the Saltans.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Sultans are not having a very good time
; while the Tarkish one
at Stamboul
faithful, but the faishfal no longer obey.
——Sanday will be the day for the ded-
ication of the new Lutheran church at
Bellefonte as can do so have been invited
to attend.
Spawls from the Keystone.
-—A committee appointed by the Business
Men's association of Lock Haven is already
planning for the celebration of the coming
Fourth of July.
~Gold has been found on the farm of
Jacob Herbst, near Windsor, York county.
Bat it exists in lees than half the propor-
tion that pays to work.
~The poor farm at McKean county is now
# misnomer, fora fifty-barrel oil well has
been drilled on one of the 345 acres owned
by the county and others will follow.
—The superintendent of Bethany Or-
phans’ home, Womelsdorf, reports that 972
dozen Easter eggs were sent by friends of
the little inmates to that institution.
~The borough council of Shamokin will
spend $86,000 for the paving of streets in
that place during the present year and the
contracts have been made for the material.
~—It has been determined by the school
authorities of Hazelton that children under
14 who cannot read and write shall be taken
out of the mills and factories by truant offi.
cers.
—The African Methodist Episcopal seciety
of Philipsburg has let the contract for a new
house of worship, which is to be completed
June 13th, according to the terme of the
coutract.
—Miss Edna Dornblazer, of Philipsburg,
ie sole heir to the very considerable fortune
of her grandfather, Peter Meitzler, whose
death in Lock Haven was noted in these
columns recently.
~The Rev. Dr. W, H. Gotwalt, field secre-
tary of the Anti-Ssloona League, declares
that Pennsylvania spends $2,000,000 more
snnually for liquor than the total worth of
her mineral prodvets.
—Harold Cole, a young man living at
Montoursville, Lycoming county, died at the
Williamsport hospital on Sunday, the result
of injuries received the previous night while
stealing a ride ou a freight car.
—In the Clinton county court on Saturday
the jury returned a verdict of first degree
murder against Frank Latempo, charged
with the murder of Antonio Mazzino on the
night of November 22, at Renovo.
—John W. Christe, principal of the Sayers
Business college, at Kittaning, turns out to
be John L. Powers, brother of Caleb Powers,
and one of the men over whom indictments
for murder have been hanging for the last
eight years.
~Over 250 Reading public schoo! teachers
were examined last Saturday for permanent
certificates in order to get ahead of the new
tchool code, which requires passing in seven-
teen branches instead of the present eleven
to procure such a certificate.
—The erection of a silk mill at Lewistown
is now a certainty. The check in payment
for the site has been received by Mr. Flem-
ing from the Susquebanna Silk Mill com-
pany, and ground will be broken for the new
buildings at once. They will be 300 feet
long by 200 feet wide.
—Two Williamsport ladies who placed
well filled market baskets in convenient
places while they did some additional shop
ping, returned to find that enterprising
sneak thieves had appropriated the baskets
and their contents. The moral of this is,
keep your basket with you.
—The Newton Hamilton camp-meeting
grounds, which were devasted by a fire two
weeks ago and which later were advertised
for sale, will be retained by the stockholders,
and all the buildings on the site will be re-
built. The sale of the grounds, which was
scheduled for May 4, has been called off.
—Fred Hox. residing with his mother on a
farm two miles north of Williamsport, was
instantly killed by an explosion of dyna-
nite Saturday afternoon. He bad intended
to take the deadly material to his work, but
in some unexplained manner it exploded.
Hie mother was bad], ' cut about the face.
—James Gatehouse is opening a new mine
near Madera, which will have a capacity of
about 400 tons per day. A side track is now
being built to the operation, and it will not
be long until the mine will be ready for ship-
ping coal. This new development will bea
still greater stimulus to Madera’s prosperity.
—The entire left side of Mrs. Joseph Kin-
sey, of Johustown, was paralyzed by the
sharp lightning during the severe electrical
storm last Sunday evening and for two days
sho was unable to talk or swallow any food
or drink. She sustained the shock while
walking under a guy wire leading from an
electric light pole to the ground.
—William Murray Andrews, a minister of
the Reformed church who for a number of
years preached at DuBois, in this State,
starved himself to death in a hotel at Akron,
Ohio, where he was engaged as a chef. The
man was born in Germany and educated at
Heideiberg. He left the church after leaving
DuBois because of doctrinal differences and
domestic troubles and has since served as chef
in various hotels.
—While walking along the bank of the
Conccochesgue creek last Saturday, Jobn
Lindsay, a resident of Chambersburg, lost
his balance and fell into the water. He was
beyond his depth and would have drowned
had it mot been for the heroism of Mrs.
Frank Witte, who clung to the abutment of
a bridge with one hand while she grasped
the collar of Lindsay with the other and
pulled him to shore. He thanked her and
told her to goand buy the best gown she
could find in the town and he would pay for
it.’
—Forestry commissioner, Robert 8. Conk-
lin, and chief engineer, Captain 8. T.
Moore, were at Lewistown last Friday where
they made arrangements for the erection of
an irrigating plant for the State nursery lo-
cated at that point. This nursery is the larg
est maintained by the State and has a capaci-
ty of 1,000,000 plants anoually. It is admira-
bly located with every requisite for the suc-
cessful starting of young timber, except that
the water coming from the mountains was
found to be too cold at all seasons of the
year for irrigating purposes. A large reser
voir, or lake, will be built on the sunny side
of the mountain and a ram of heavy capaci-
ty will be plzced in the creek bed to pump
the water into the reservoir where the sun.
shine will raise the temperature to that of
natural rain and the fall from there to the
spray the beds. George C. Tate, of .
es secured the contract for the
new work.