—The CATLIN commission insures tat-
tlin’ permission in Philadelphia.
—The Grangers drew a fine week for
their picnic at Centre Hall and they had
a fine picnic.
—Anyway it would be nice to have the
Pen near home, because we wouldn't have
so far to get there.
—TENER may not proveja mental heavy
weight at the Governor's convention, but
he will certainly be high gun.
—Mr. EpisoN says that sleep is not a
necessity. Right you are THoMAs! Itis
a luxury for the patients of a colicky
baby.
—It will take a blanket ballot, sure
enough, at the coming primaries. But
then it is growing cool and blankets are
in order.
—The AsToRs will probably have less
trouble getting their divorce, when they
decide they want it, than they had get-
ting married.
—The fateof HENRY CLAY BEATTIE has
this moral for every young man. Marry a
good wife before you fall under the lure
of a bad woman.
—The farmer with a good potato crop
isn’t worrying where sugar goes to nor
what the segregation of the Standard Oil
companies means.
—ANDREW CARNEGIE'S desire to die
poor, gives great promise of being real-
ized. He has just announced his purposes
to start a newspaper.
—The gentlemen who are aspiring to
defeat the ladies for school director might
discover that the hand that rocks the
cradle can rock something else as well.
—An aviator named FOWLER has start-
ed in an aeroplane trip from San Fran-
cisco to New York. If there is anything
in a name he ought to be a good flier.
—If you don’t attend the primaries you
will not have done your duty as a citizen.
Certainly you can’t say that the field is
not large enough to make a choice from.
—A German scientist has figured out
that if a man were cut up and put into
marketable stuff he would bring but $4.50.
And that would be a big price for some
men.
—There is one satisfaction in having a
lot of candidates in the field. There are
always enough people at the picnics, fes-
tivals and horse sales to make them a
success.
—A bee can carry twice its own weight
in honey, but this knowledge won't make
_VOL. 56.
Taft and the Tariff Commission.
Governor HARMON, of Ohio, spoke in There is a good deal of mental specula-
Boston last Saturday evening and said ' tion and political perturbation, particular-
some interesting things about President !y in Western Pennsylvania, at present,
TAFT. He showed that after HARMON's | Over a decision recently handed down by
first election to the Governorship of Ohio one of the Pitsburg judges to the effect
President TAFT encouraged a Republican | that the ALTER bill, enacted during there.
Legislature to prevent needed reforms cent session of the Legislature, to extend
and then after his second election with a the terms of certain offices, is invalid.
Democratic Legislature to support his re- One of the amendments to the State con-
form propositions, TAFT came forward | Stitution, adopted in 1909, provides for
and hypocritically claimed to favor them, | the election of all municipal and county
This reveals TAFT in lus real character. Offices in odd-numbered years and of all
As Governor HARMON says, in Cincinnati State and political offices in even-number-
he is a scurvy politician but in Washing. | ¢d years. Some of such officers, chosen
ton he pretends to be a broad-minded in 1908 and 1909, for three and four year
and patriotic Chief Magistrate of the terms, would be entitled to sit until after
country. In other words he is a false theelectionof 1912and the ALTER bill was
and fraudulent pretender. to extend their present terms until the
Governor HARMON realizes that Tarr Subsequent appropriate election.
will be the Republican nominee for Presi- The decision in question, handed down
dent next year and presents him to pub- Dy Judge DAvIs, of Pittsburg, is to the ef-
lic view in his true character. He didn't | fect that such an extension of the term
need the advice and information of a Of an officer is repugnant to section 13 of
tariff commission to promise tariff revis- article III of the constitution, which de-
ion downward during the campaign of clares that “no law shall extend the term
1908 or to sign the PAYNE—ALDRich Of any public officer, or increase or di-
monstrosity enacted during the first Minish his salary or emoluments, after
session of the Sixty-first Congress. He his election or appointment.” It was as-
didn’t need the advice of a tariff commis’ sumed by the Legislature that the neces-
sion when he took the stump and declar- Sity caused by the change in the constitu-
ed the PAYNE-ALDRICH bill "the best tion would work the abrogation of this
piece of tariff legislation ever enacted.” constitutional provision. But the concen-
He didn’t need a tariff commission to in- Sus of legal opinion, since the question
| form him that the wool schedule of the | has been raised, is to the effect that the
PAYNE-ALDRICH bill “is indefensible.” | constitutional inhibition is unavoidable.
But he refuses to relieve the country of The result will be that the Governor will
the burdens imposed by that monstrous : have the right of appointment wherever
measure until advised to do so by a tariff | vacancies occur on this account.
commission. i There is really no ground for astonish-
As a matter of fact the tariff commis- ment at the decision of Judge Davis.
sion has nothing to do with the case. Early last Spring Judge GEORGE KUNKLE,
President TAFT vetoed the wool bill and Of the Dauphin county court, asserted
| the other tariff measures enacted during ' Precisely the same legal premises in
| the recent special session in order to pro- | denying the application of Judge BAR-
' long the period of tariff graft for another A RETT, of Philadelphia, for a mandamus to
| year. Heis substantially under agree- compel the Secretary of the Common-
| ment to do this. During the year which | Wealth to certify the name of the Phila-
| must elapse before another tariff bill can | delphia jurist to the Commissioners of
| be presented to him for approval, the | Philadelphia for nomination this year
tariff barons will be able to rob the coun. ' Judge KUNKLE stated that the fact
try of more than $100,000,000 through that the schedule of the amendments
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
a
Conspiracy to Disrupt.
The other day, according to newspaper
statements, Mr. A. MITCHELL PALMER, of
Stroudsburg, ran over into Lehigh county
and fixed up a political slate for the
Democrats of that county to last for a
couple of years. Lehigh county Demo-
crats have an organization of their own
including a County Committee and an en-
tirely competent chairman. Under an
agreement made many years ago, and
scrupulously followed ever since, the
Congressional apportionment for the dis-
trict composed of Berks and Lehigh coun-
ties provides that Berks shall have three
pear to suit Mr. A. MITCHELL PALMER,
and though he doesn't live in the district
he has ordered a change.
To achieve the result desired by Mr.
PALMER, the newspaper reports indicate,
that he has appointed a Chairman of a
county and announced that any campaign
fund raised in, or contributed te,that
county for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of the next congressional cam-
paign must be lodged in the hands of the
Chairman of the Congressional commit.
tee, appointed by himself, for disburse-
ment. Having thus provided ‘‘the sinews
1of war,’ Mr. PALMER announced that
Congressman ROTHERMEL, who is now
serving his third term under the mutual
agreement of years ago, shall be renomi-
nated and the claims of Lehigh county be
utterly ignored. Berks being the larger
county might easily accomplish this re-
sult so far as the nomination goes.
Mr. ROTHERMEL is an excellent gentle-
man, a capable Representative in Con-
gress and a splendid Democrat. But we
hope he will not be tempted by this siren
song from Monroe county to enter into
this conspiracy to disrupt the Democratic
party in its safest citadel. The Berks—
ed in Congress by other than a Democrat,
for the reason, mainly, that the Demo-
cratic voters of that district have always
been fair with each other. To balance
Lehigh district has never been represent |
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
=Thousands of acres in Brady township, Clear-
field county. have recently been leased by a New
York firm that promises large developments.
=The plant of the Brockwayville Glass com,
pany has been started up for the winter's rum
with an increased force and enough orders book-
ed to run all winter.
—Frantz Kroeck, a 13-year-old resident of Lan
caster, was playing with cartridges, when one of
them exploded and tore off the thumb and one
finger of his right hand.
—Entangled in the rope and dragged by the
cow she was leading to pasture, aged Mrs. Rose
Crawford, of Cabin Run, Columbia county, suf-
fered a broken leg and other injuries.
~Mrs. Anton Popovich, who was in Ebensburg
the other dav, lost a roll of bills containing $380-
Fortunately an honest man picked it up and it
wasn't any trouble to locate the owner.
—=Daniel Fletcher, of DuBois, caused quite a
sensation on the busy streets of that town on
Friday night, when he took a dose of carbolic
acid. He died at the hospital a little later.
—Reports from every part of the State show
the enrollment of an increased number] of chil.
dren in the public schools. In some sections the
increase is so heavy as to embarrass the school
authorities.
NO. 36.
Stirring up the Mess.
Fits the PROGINS Pot, 98 Seok 8
i Lexowing of Philadel
in earnest yesterday, and og
is at white heat. Sensations ot
astounding character are expected. - |
deed, there is reason to believe that by
the time the existing rottenness is fulls
exposed the crippled State machine will
' be so badly damaged as to make
showing in the which is now Fiona twenl
A . - ty acre field Michael Kelly, of
| itating the Quakes a Te Joga) West Grove, lie thread, watly Ar binds. of
wheat, in addition to which he had thirty-five
tons of straw. He received over $800 for the
wheat and straw.
—The Pennsylvania railroad has notified the
State railroad commission that in response to a
petition filed by the citizens of Crosby, Clearfield
county, a freight and passenger station will be
erected at that point.
; —Albert McDivitt is in ths Clearfield hospital,
| shot through the lower part of the heart. Several
stitches were taken in the organ and, at last re-
ports he was still living. His revolver fell from
his belt and exploded when it struck a stone.
—Mrs. Julia T. Glazier, defendant in a number
of suits implying her connection with the de-
funct Glazier bank at Huntingdon, has filed her
answer, denying any such connection or tha:
she in any way meddled with affairs of the estate.
~The DuBois board of health hasthad one of
the councilmen of that town arrested on account
of the unsanitary conditions at his home. A pig"
sty, piles of rubbish, and other funsanitary ob.
stacles were specified. He had to pay the fine and
costs and must clean up within tenjdays.
—There is a mix-up among the farmers around
Harrisburg on the milk question.!|The agricul-
turists of Dauphin county claim they can’t furnish
milk at a profit for less than eight cents a quart,
while a dairyman on the other side offthefSusque-
hanna claims he can make a profit at (three cents,
—Lock Haven citizens who are interested in the
beautifying of the city are not pleased with coun-
cil for refusing to appropriate 2850 to buying
shrubbery for the old canal bed, which it is propos,
ed to turn into apark. That body, however, pur-
chased the old cemetery site for a public park,
looking toward future needs.
—A colored man supposed from papers found
in his pockets to have been David Collins, of
Philadelphia, was shot and killed at Tunkhannock
on Tuesday by a railroad detective while stealing
aride upon a train. Collins kicked at the de-
tective when ordered to hold up his hands and
then turned and ran. The detective, Burton E.
Summers. of Pittston, shot him in the back, cut-
ting off an artery.
s
1B
any particular advantage over another.
But no matter, in goes the probe, with
the several bosses and factional leaders
sitting around the committee table snarl-
| malfepgaticd in office, Divector Clay
, clares nvestigation was inspired
| Boss Penrose in order to discredit
| Reyburn administration and bolster the
cause of Earle, his chosen candidate. The
| the accuser of
| ers are
ye
| n
| Ssnatorial Soisunittes uthorieag a
! resolu n response request
| the yers' committee, of which Logan
| M. M itt, a well known reformer, is the
| vails in the one-time solid a
| Director Clay, who has been lopping off
| official heads of the adherents of other
The People Will Pay.
| From the Allentown Democrat.
William Howard Taft is the first Presi-
o'clock. Mr. Lidgett was accustomed to go to
excessive tariff taxation and TAPT im. Of the constitution, adopted in 1909, pro- |
: : | ner for the extension of the terms of |
to the fellow who is lugging it up the cel- | agines that out of that sum they will vided .
lar steps. | freely contribute enough to buy his re. certain offices, inferentially forbid the |
—The rye straw in their bunks might election. extension of the terms of all other offices.
the little scuttle of coal seem any lighter
the discrepancy in population between the |
ies the iw | en that mE ate 25 he
and has al been re- y 3 ’
nent was made ways n re- | ey Jeu
spected. But Mr. PALMER, whose head tr ust, for “tra EE the
appears to be swelled out of all propor- | president and the trusts have been re-
taxX- | is coal bank to dig coal fora short timelafter the
evening meal, and when he didn’t return at
| usual time the family became alarmed on
| count of the storm being so severe in that
| tion, and upon investigation, found their
; dead.
Wed. That is why he vetoed the bills and his The remedy, Judge KUNKEL declared, lay |
have kept the: Grangers wer oR | blather about the tariff commission is I? the appointing power of the execu:
ight but we know of another !
Rey | rubbish. tive.
form of rye that would have been more
effective.
—With something over three thousand |
candidates for local offices in the field in
Centre county it necessarily follows that
a lot of good men are going to get lefton
the thirtieth.
—We presume that the County Com-
missioner’s are so busy getting themselves
renominated that they haven't noticed the
condition of the public grounds between
the court house and jail.
—We hope President TAFT gets all the
pleasure possible out of his latest swing
“around the circle." Because he certain-
ly hasn't been able to glean much out of
the compliments that have been paid his
administration.
—There was a lot of gum shoe work
done in Bellefonte on Saturday about the
time the hours for filing nomination pa-
—Now is the time when research work | ——Probably Dr. Woop, head of the
‘on the pig skin occupies the seriousat- army, is right in his idea that officers
tention of most college students. i recently graduated from West Point have
‘no right to resign. A man who owes the
| government for a liberal education ought
to be compelled to give a reasonable
| amount of service in return.
' Only One Grave Mistake.
Senator OWEN, of Oklahoma, has un-
dertaken to incorporate the Democratic
party. That is to say that Senator and a
few associates chosen by himself have
Corruption in Philadelphia.
| obtained, through the courts of the Dis: | py. iqance brought out by the CAT-
trict of Columbia, articles incorporating | LIN Commission, now in session in Phila-
| the “Federation of Demecratic Precinct | delphia, certainly presents the REYBURN
| Clubs.” This corporation proposes toap- ,yyinigtration in a bad light. It has
point “committees of 100 prominen: been shown, beyond the peradventure of
i
t tions, is now “butting in” to make trouble
‘and we hope he will be disappointed in
. his sinister expectations.
. ——Four firemen and four engineers
were reprimanded, at division head-
quarters at Harrisburg, on Tuesday last
{ for making an unnecessary amount of
i black smoke within the city limits, with
| the information from the railroad officials
| that a second offense would be punished
| by suspension and a third by dismissal
| from railroad service. Some of the engi-
! neers and firemen, who have charge of the
| railroad engines here at Bellefonte, would
! hold their jobs about thirty minutes if
| that rule were enforced hereabouts.
Democrats for each State and the Terri- , j,,1 that in awarding contracts one | the arbitration treaties at heart for it is
| tosies;" and Hise committees: “will have set of plans and specifications has been a matter of record that he tried to secure
personal supervision of their own locali- given to the bidders, and after the con- similar conventions during his service as
ties.” The purpose, according to the pro- | tract is awarded, another set is given to ‘President. But he is incensed against
moters of this enterprise, is to “quarantine | yo contractor. In the plans and specifi TAFT and imagines that that is the Pres- |
the party against the corrupting influences | ., ine given to the bidders expensive ident's most vulnerable spot. In such
ROOSEVELT may not be opposed to , coast. He will make over two hundred ,
lieved of the burden of putting up forthe | —To determine the coal and the depth of the
| expenses of their en the | vein underlying farms in lower Hempfield, Se-
| tiger tastes blood the beast yearns for Wwickley and South Huntingdon townships, West-
| more of it. The trusts have tasted of 'moreland county, farmers in a district ranging
the blood of the common people. They from Mendon through Waliz's Mill and to the
want more of it. They are not satisfied | vicinity of Hunker are organizing to make test
with the blood that they suck out of the | drills. Theywantto know how much coal they
financial veins of the masses through the ' are selling for a few cents a ton before they close
medium of the Beef Trust, the Sugar! deals for their farms with the speculating syndi.
Trust, the Woolen Trust, the Cotton | cate.
Trust and every other trust that contiols | —The Rev. Richard H. Sawtelle, of Altoona,
necessary to maintain the household, ' last Thursday went to Blanchard, this county,
they want more blood and they are for- where he delivered an address, from which place
cing the people to pay for the traveling ' he went to Williamsport where he was scheduled
ex of their representative in the |to make two addresses on Sunday. At three
White House while he is away trying to ' o'clock Sunday morning he was taken violently
again fool the people and convince them ' ill and at nine o'clock was removed to the hos-
that black is white. pital where a delicate operation was performed.
! Mr. Taft has arranged another “swing | He was taken to his home in Altoona Monday
{ around the circle” to occupy six weeks | where he is slowly improving.
{and to cover the country from coast t0' (ys Hoopes, aged 30 years, of Doe Run,
near Coatesville, Pa., bled to death while being
taken to the Coatesville hospital in a carriage,
one horse attached, in a record breaking run in
an effort to save his life. Hoopes, a son of George
Hoopes, a prominent farmer, was attacked by a
. boar while he was attempting to feed it, the boar
| goring him in the leg and severing an artery. His
screams brought a hired man, who chased the
vicious hog away, but it turned on him. He
speeches and these will be devoted frank- |
ly to a defense of his administration and '
to an appeal for a renomination.
Danger of the “Let Alone” Policy.
From the Mobile Register.
Woodrow Wilson
ves his answer to
pers were drawing to a close because oy. interests, influences which they | : :
i eled
things looked very much as if there are oo po brought to bear in the event | TeAetidle ne required, dh = sa
Some Peone wih ih . Bugis in of the election of a Democratic Presi- and specifications 3 2, 10 the itife lame
a } dent.” cheaper materials are substituted. Only
ated slate makers. : In other words this incorporated com-! the bidder who is to be favored knows in |
—The Governors of the United States | of popitical managers will undertake | advance about this and he bids lower
are in conference at Spring Lake, New | oie the civil service under any | than the oth uld afford, i
Jersey. Of course what the Governor of others co 0 |
Sy Y Eo Democrat who happens to be elected! This is plainly a conspiracy to serve |
Ohio says to the Governor of New Jersey p . iqent of the United States. In order | favorite bidders. But that isnot the
will be interesting but not nearly so re- | to make certain of the fulfillment of the of it. It also defrauds ity in ;
freshing as what the Governor of South worst the city i 4
8 a nected to be frequently say. | CXPectations of Senator OWEN and his | another way. It enables the favorite bid-
Carolina is expec Nets Cacolica. | colleagues in the organization, there will | der to skimp even the plans upon which |
ing tothe ore ‘be no partiality expressed as between | he is operating. For example if the plans
—Business men of Bellefonte! Don’t candidates before the nomination. CHAMP given to the bidders before the award |
wait until the fair is over to decide you 'CLark, Governor HARMON, of Ohio; Gov- | had been the same as those given to the |
are going to do something for yourself | ernor MarsHALL, of Indiana; Governor | favored contractor after the award, the |
by boosting it a little. Boost now, for : FOLK, of Missouri; Governor WILSON, of contract might have gone to another bid- |
three big days in Bellefonte. There hav- New Jersey, or any other ambitious Demo- | der and there being no understanding ;
en't been many big days since the last| crat will do, if he will agree to delegate | between the contractor and the authori-
fair and we fancy a few of them | the dispensation of patronage to the or- | ties, a rigid inspection would have com. |
make you feel very fine. Get into it right ganization and subscribe to the doctrine | pelled a full compliance with the specifi
now. | of the “initiative, referendum and recall.” cations. The contract having gone to a
——The Congress of Governors which i These are the only conditions prescribed. favorite, however, the inspection is per-
has been in session in New Jersey this Thisis really a very pretty enterprise functory and the contractor to able to
week has never achieved much of public and we can discover only one grave ob- cut here and there in work and materials. -
value and this year it is likely to be less | jection to it. That is it didn't begin, The inquiry has not gone far as yet
useful than ever for the reason that near- | quite right. The only citizen of this great | but it has certainly justified itself. It
ly every Governor is u candidate for “land of liberty,” properly endowed with | has shown that the REYBURN administra.
President or something else, in one party | authority to organize Democratic ois ae oF the city government is rotten :
or another, and they have all been play- ' and fully equipped with the essentials to from centre to circumference and that:
ing to the galleries. | pertorm that altruistic service, is the Hon. the Republican machine is blamable for °
— The argument that women won't do JAMES I. BLAKESLIE, of Lehighton, Penn- ‘all the malfeasances that have been
on the school board at this time because | sylvania, who has recently had experience | charged. It is more than likely that the
of the momentous financial problems that | in that work. If Senator OWEN will re-| investigation will be stopped before the
are confronting the district won't appeal | linquish his office as the head of the full depth of the iniquities has been
very forcibly to those who understand | “Federation of Democratic Precinct sounded. We have never believed that i
that the men brought on the crisis and | Clubs,” and will call Mr. BLAKESLIE to | one faction of that corrupt combination
that any way the cat jumps there will ithe fore, we will no longer have any | will go to the limit in exposing the other,
still be a majority of men on the board. | doubt as to the wisdom or expediency of | for both are criminally involved. But
Neither is this an admission that women the undertaking. Mr. BLAKESLIE doesn't | the rottenness has already been revealed |
are not good financiers, for we know know what the principles of organiza- | and unless the people are really “corrupt |
some a bit more apt in business than many | tion mean, probably, but he is the only | and contented,” enough has been shown
men. | real organizer. | to turn them against both factions.
-4
- memory of the late Dr. George F. Harris
| the doctors simply convened and adjourn- | pan
matters Mr. ROOSEVELT never allows that | A On hy Jor ? Jotlet Hinge
traditional little monitor, conscience, to things have a tendency to deteriorate and
interfere with movements or utterances. | you cannot let them alone. I am told
_ : that I have 5% in me and you have in
——Neither the stalwart Republicans 'you germs of disease, and the only ques-
who hold President TAFT in contempt | tion is whether you and I have red cor-
nor the Insurgents who despise him will | p
uscl
those ies. And if
be able to defeat his nomination in the | mic enemies down . the force is
next Republican National convention. | turned and they begin to gobble us up in-
stead of us
way in poli
TAFT has absolute control of the “steam vin
, ishness
roller” and he will employ it to the limit.
—Pittsburg undertakers are com. } 30318 YOU doe the a will
plaining of dull business and most people your vitals and deteriorate
would be glad to see Pittsburg under- | all.”
takers overrun with work if the man) = WIONE
with the scythe used proper discretion in | aecendency.
. Itis the old story of the
the selection of his victims. ! conflict between light and darkness; and
—1It is a safe bet that Director CLAY, ' rr ——
of Philadelphia, would much rather that Single Tax Gains.
charges presented to the CATLIN COM- | From the Pottstown Blade,
mission were less explicit. When CLAY | When _ the first single tax conference
was demanding specific charges he was | met in New twenty-one years ago,
: { New Zealand had just begun experiment-
only joking. i i with the Singlé tae fox munici ipalities,
ency has alr crea
——The regular meeting of the Centre legislation some of its fiscal, with a view
County Medical Society was io havelesh & breaking ip jarge Holdi ; but the
held uesda respect distinctive single tax mi came in
eld on 7 y but out of jothe with the local option law, under which
| nearly a hund
ig them, It is the same
into
end it
The answer is good. If the men of
Te —
n=) and agricultmial, have adopted for
ed. The regular monthly meeting in local p land value taxation exclu-
October will be made a memorial service | gvely, ‘ ’ that its Vode Lave pre-
c or it as a superior fiscal measure
for the deceased member. } Ivars heart realized inthese. New
municipalities. Its industrial advantages
also have been demonstrated; but the
tax rate is as yet too low to accomplish
the great desiredatum of abolishing land-
lordism.
—A large flag pole was erected fast {
Thursday on the campus in front of the |
the new High school building. The pole
was cut on Nittany mountain and stands | ——
fifty-nine feet in height. It is surmounted | Watching for a Great Sight.
by a gilt ball and the first pennant run |p... he Minneapolis Journal.
to the top was the green and gold one of Milwaukee is about to hold a dai
the class of 1913. { show. It will be worth the price of
— | mission to see the Milwaukee farmers
~Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. ' trying to blow the cream off the milk.
es in our blood enough to gobble up
become anae-
is a germ of self-
in the body politic all the time,
corpuscles |
t ideas do not show activity, the men !
ideas will always have the'
municipalities, both ur- |
wielded an axe over its head and stunned it:
| Hoopes was rescued, physicians were called and
every effort was made to save his life.
~All arrangements have practically been com
pleted for the unveiling on October 4 next of the
Barnard statuary now in position at the front of
the capitol building on either side of the main en-
trance. George Gray Barnard, the sculptor, has
given his supervision to the placing of the groups
in position and nothing remains but the ceremony
of unveiling and acceptance by the State, for the
accomplishment of which a legislative committee
was created, with Robert R. Dearden, of Phila-
delphia, as chairman, and Frank Bell, of Harris-
burg, secretary. Within the past few days chair-
+ man Dearden and Bell have about perfected ar-
rangements.
—E. R. Neill, 45 years old, of Tyrone, was taken
. from the train on the Erie division at Lewistown
" Junction Saturday night in a semi-conscious con-
| dition from a drug he claims was administered to
. him in a barber shop at Wilkes-Barre. Neill and
! his daughter, six years old, and son, five years
i old, had visited an aunt at Sugar Notch and were
; returning when they stopped at the barber shop
| to have the son's hair trimmed. He was invited
to take adrink with a man at the shop and says
, that was the last he could remember. The con-
ductor said the children told him where they were
going, and the boy took a mileage book from the
. father’s pocket, from which he cut their trans.
portation. Neill had $852 in bills and a check for
$6 in his clothing and wore a diamond ring. He
has been a prosperous tinner.
~The business of apple culture in the section
“of country represented by the hilly parts of
| Lycoming, Potter and Clinton counties is at high
tide these months. Old farms that were run
down at the heel so far as general farming is con-
| cerned; little farms on the knobs of the hills,
| dotted among the wooded sides, are passing into
| new hands to be used for orcharding. Old orch,
| ards, which 20 years ago were supposed to have
! lost their usefulness, are being pruned and scrap-
ed and sprayed, the ground under them plowed
into fertility, under crops for fertilizing planted on
the ground and the general appearance of the old
trees ‘“‘spruced” up so that one would hardly
know them—all because the teaching of the Agri-
cultural Department of the State has brought into
appreciation what possibilities there are in the
+ old orchard while the new ones are growing.