‘i enow-should cheer ~up:~It-won’t do - to Teworraic; atc BY P. GRAY MEEK. : INK SLINGS. —Well, March came in like a lion sure enough. —If March doesn’t soon make up its mind to behave April 1st flittins will be on sleds. —Anyway RyAN will have one on VANCE MCCORMICK when the 17th of March comes. —Well, the first year of a Democratic administration hasn’t been so bad. Has it? Be honest. —If General CARRANZA really is dead he certainly must have a very strenuous ghost flitting about in Mexico. —There is some satisfaction in having lots of snow to shovel. Your back will be in prime condition to start garden digging. —If the bosses are to select the ticket we are to vote for what's the use of the much talked of preferential primary, anyway. —A sewing circle hasn’t anything on the borough council when it comes to | everybody trying to talk at once, and all upon different subjects. —Isn’t it soon time to think about re- organizing the Coleville band for next summer? Don’t tell us there isn’t going to be any more summer. —Never mind, those spring chickens that are coddled under the kitchen stove now will make a more appetizing aroma when broiling on top of it later. —The gentleman was evidently think- ing of MITCHELL PALMER when he re- marked that the Democratic party in Pennsylvania is a one cylinder machine. —The Departments at Washington are advertising for male stencgraphers, to begin at $840 a year. GORE’S experience made them “wary of women at the Capitol?” —With a preacher and a teacher both in the field for Congress there ought to be no doubt of getting a good man to represent this district, so far as the Democrats are concerned. —Teach your child to live morally right and you need have little concern as to his living legally right. But re- member, that everything that is legally right is not morally right. —The twelve hundred people who were marooned in BILLY SUNDAY’S tabernacle at Scranton all of last Sunday night marched out in the morning singing a hymn and it wasn’t “Let the Sunshine In.” ' —You fellows who are tired of the lose heart at this stage of the game when the saplin’ bender, the poor man’s manure, the onion and daffodil snows are all to come yet. —The Pittsburgh Democrats are hav- ing the time of their lives. They are running the party out there like a big, mammoth, double Uncle Tom’s Cabin show. They want two county conven- tions and two county chairmen. —Sunday night's storm paralyzed busi- ness in the east as effectually as did the terrible blizzard of March, 1888. Rail- roads, telegraphs and telephones were at a stand-still Monday and the loss occa- sioned by the tie-up will mount into millions. —With all the CAMERON millions back of him it can’t be possible that VANCE McCorMICK is so tight that he is per- mitting State chairman MORRIS to use State committee funds to promote his candidacy for Governor. Yet that is the charge that is now being made. —“Preferential primary.” Let's see, what does that word “preferential” mean? When the law was passed it was intended to mean that a voter could vote for the man he preferred as the nominee for a stated office. Now it seems to mean that he must vote for the man that PALMER or MCCORMICK perfers. —The Rev. SNYDER, a Pittsburgh Unitarian preacher says “there is a hell,” and this is it; meaning our present day surroundings. If Rev. SNYDER is right and “this is hell” a preacher of another denomination in this place, who has near- ly killed himself shoveling snow this winter, will understand the trials he has had. —Dr. J. WESLEY HILL, president of the International Peace Forum, got so angry at another minister during a debate at Hartford, Conn., Tuesday night, that he | punched him in the face atter they had tody of the bank he would be guilty of retired to an ante-room. Peace is a wonderful thing, but no more wonderful than the means some men employ to bring it about. -—QOne of Pittsburgh’s police sextette, that proved such an inspiring musical feature during the BILLY SUNDAY cam- paign there, was killed while on duty on Tuesday. In her inexpressible sorrow can you imagine anything more com- Has Senator | VOL. 59. Woodrow Wilson’s First Year. The first year of WOODROW WILSON’S administration as President has expired and every Democrat may take just pride in the record he has made. It is a record of achievement without parallel in the history of the country. No pledge has been broken, no obligation betrayed. It reveals a splendid triumph of conscience and character and though the full meas- ure of benefit has not been felt it is cer- tain to follow. The cost of living has been decreased and will continue to diminish until a fair level has been reach- ed. Time is necessary to work results and experience will demonstrate the wisdom of the policies which President WILSON has put in operation. The most important achievement of the Wooprow WILSON administration was the restoration of the government to the control of the people and this has been fully consummated. Wall street no longer controls the legislation or in- terprets the laws of the country. The predatory interests made a hard fight to continue their power over the people but utterly failed because of the courage and capability of the President. He was too strong to be vanquished and too alert to be deceived. When the MORGAN inter- ests yielded to the inevitable the battle ended. The interlocking directorates were the entrenchments of graft and greed and they have been dethroned for- ever. It would be impossible to give a de- tailed description of the achievements of the first year of WooDROW WILSON’S ad- ministration within the limits of a news- paper. Tariff taxation has been reduced, a splendid currency system established, the lobby driven, not only from the halls of Congress but from the seat of govern- ment; trusts have been dissolved, con- servation of natural resources upon a common sense basis has been inaugu- rated and treaties between this country and most of the commercial countries of the world, which guarantee peace and prosperity, have been ratified. Vast re- forms in the departments and bureaus of the government have been effected and much money saved. k The administration inherited many troubles and complications, and all have been wisely dealt with. The operations on the construction of the Panama canal are being closed in a masterful manner and great improvements have been made in Porto Rico and the Philippines. The Mexican situation, the most complex and perilous problem which any President has ever encountered, has been managed so well that the minimum of evil has resulted. But President WILSON is not weary of well doing. He will continue fulfilling the party obligations with scrupulous fidelity and the Democrats of the country may well point with pride to the victories for justice and conscience he has achieved. Misappropriating Funds. Mr. ROLAND S. MORRIS, chairman of | the Democratic State committee, con- tinues to levy tribute upon the office- holders and solicit subscriptions from’ others, to meet the expenses of a cam- paign for a faction. The treasury of the committee, according to current reports, has been freely opened to pay the cam- paign bills of VANCE C. MCCORMICK, a man of great wealth and A. MITCHELL PALMER, an aspirant of colossal gall. Every dollar taken from that source for that purpose is misappropriated and ulti- mately there will be a judicial inquiry into the matter. The money contributed to the Democratic committee is intended to be used for the party, not for a fac- tion. Mr. ROLAND S. MORRIS has no more right to use the funds of the Democratic party to buy newspapers plate seryice for McCormick and PALMER than the presi- dent of one of our local banks has to use the funds of the bank to pay his personal debts. If the president of a bank would make such use of the funds in the cus- embezzlement, and would be prosecuted and punished. If an officer of the Demo- cratic State committee abuses his power in the same way, he ought to and will be | subjected to the same penalty. After the coming primaries ‘have changed the complexion of the State committee there will be a reckoning on this question. The employment of thé machinery of the Democratic State organization to promote the interests of one Democrat forting to his widow than the thought that the leisure time of the last eight | against another is an, offence too atro- weeks of his life were spent as it was. : cious to be contemplated by any man oth- —1In West ward politics and in council | &¥ than a moral pervert: The organization Dr. KIRK has some reputation as a fighter, | is intended to create harmony and ' pro- but Old Boreas took a fall out of him | | mote the interests of the party. For Sunday night, somewhere between Belle- | M0r¢ than a year it has been used to fonte and Zion, that pretty near proved build up factions and traduce Democrats. his finish and left the Doctor thinking he Right minded men, whatever their opin- is only an amateur when it comes to ions of individuals, will not condone such throwing his hat into the ring with a a prostitution of power and those who sixty-mile gale and snow drifts steen feet are guilty of this crime against reason high. i ' and justice will justly be held to account. STATE RIGHTS AND FE BELLEFONTE, PA. MARCH 6, 1914. | Suggestion to Intolerants. In an interview published in a Phila- _delphia contemporary, the other day, { Mr. EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS, a prominent | capitalist and somewhat distinguished ! financier of that city, remarked that “de- nunciation of men is not a good invest- ment.” He was telling of an early ex- perience in politics. He had been elect- ed a member of the Gas trust and his opinion of a majority of his associates in that body was, to use his own expression, “neither flattering to them =or always warranted by the facts.” But he bluster- ed about in the sea of intolerance, just the same and excuses himself now by a plea of “the enthusiasm of youth” and the “lack of knowledge.” There are a few young bloods assum- ing to manage the Democratic party of Pennsylvania who are afflicted with the same evil at this time. Mr. VANCE C. MCcCORMICK’S Harrisburg Palriot de- nounces as “indecent,” every man who doesn’t favor his nomination for Govern- or and Mr. A. MITCHELL PALMER anath- amatizes those who disagree with him as “bi-partisan conspirators.” These young gentlemen will learn as they grow older, unless overtaken by paresis, that men may disagree with them and be quite as decent and just as honest as they. Not long ago Mr. MCCORMICK imagined that anybody who voted for WILLIAM JEN- NINGS BRYAN was a political recreant. That he has learned better is a whole- some sign. The Democratic party can win this year in Pennsylvania if it is harmonious and aggressive. But denouncing every- body who doesn’t shout for MCCORMICK for Governor will not make for harmo- ny or stimulate aggressiveness. We know Democrats in Pennsylvania who have done more for their party and their State than all the MCCoORMICKS in the | Harrisburg family of that name, who are ! not for VANCE for Governor and will vote for him reluctantly, if at all, even though he be nominated. Bigotry is not the quality which commends public men to | popular favor and Mr. VANCE MCcCoRr- ' MICK would profit by a few lessons from | | tiie experiefice 6f EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS,’ “eminent banker,” of Philadelphia. ——There is a quasi agreement that KATE EDWARDS is not to pose for the | picture show business. But there are a | lot of fools who are trying their best to | negative the good which might come from that agreement. In other words sentimental idiots are making that de- generate women as conspicuous as pos- sible. Platforms of Three Candidates. Mr. J. BENJAMIN DIMMICK, of Scran- ton, who had previously announced his candidacy for the Republican nomina- tion for United States Senate, promulgat- ed his platform, the other day. He de- clares that he is a Progressive Republi- can and pledges himself to all kinds of reforms. He believes in the initiative and referendum but not in the recall of judges or judicial decisions. But he is loyal to the tariff. He insists upon mak- ing the consumers pay profits to the pro- ducers of manufactured products and wants an expensive commission to eat up a considerable proportion of the tax. . Creating new officesis a great fad with all Republicans, progressive or other- wise. 0 Mr. Boies PENROSE has not issued his platform as yet but it may be expected that he will, within a few days, declare that he favors progress and Republican- ism and a tariff. For several years he has been zealously advocating a tariff commission and may embody that in his platform, though that is not certain. The tariff commission was heretofore advo- tion of the tariff. Now, of course, it would be used to prevent an increase of . rates and might prove very effective in | that respect. It is possible, therefore, | that PENROSE will omit that proposition | | from his bid for the support of tariff grafters in his campaign. | PINCHOTT has not indicated his plat- | form as yet, but it may be assumed | that his claim upon | Pennsylvania is limited to his friendship | for ROOSEVELT. He is the only, original | conservationist, of course, but his activi- ties in that direction have been entirely interested in the marketing of the pro- ducts of the west than in conserving them, and this may make platform build- ing a trifle difficult for the outside can- didate for Senator for Pennsylvania. It is a safe bet, however, that the platforms will be practically alike and the promises of politicians are “like pie crusts,” easily broken. ——Philadelphia is likely to be made a reserve centre under the new currency law but the office broker who imagines he is running things at Washington can scarcely claim credit for it. cated as an expedient to delay the reduc- | | in the future as it has in the past. | has not aroused much public interest. the people of 4 3 | people have no sympathy with calamity furthering it. Fels grew rich as a soap | howlers and those who have financed this maker. His factory was run ona co- in the west and Pennsylvanians are more | DERAL UNION. How Lewis Was Selected. Effect of Statewide Primaries. The Republican ticket is practically From the Harrisburg Star- ndependent. fixed. BOIES PENROSE will be the candi-| The outsider who could oniy have a date for Senator in Congress, Dr. BRUM- | superficial knowledge of what took place . ! in the conference of the State Bull Moose BAUGH, of Philadelphia, for Governor |. dersin the Commonwealth hotel, is and former Auditor General SISSON, of ; wondering how the process by which Erie, for Lieutenant Governor. Dr. they agreed to support Dean Lewis for HouGH, present incumbent will be named the Governorship nomination in the pri. Jor Secret f Int I Affairs and | maries differs in effect from the old-time or retary of . ‘nterna. Anairs machine-controlled convention style of GEORGE KUNKEL, of Harrisburg, for Jus- selecting candidates, to which Colonel tice of the Supreme court. The ticket Roosevelt so strenuously objected in na- of the Bull Moosers is also cut out for | tional politics and as a protest against the voters. GIFFORD PINCHOTT wili be ; which, we have always understood, the ) Progressive party came into being. nominated for Senator, DRAPER LEWIS, | How can the leaders of a party which for Governor and whomever FLINN names ' has placed so much emphasis on the ne- for the other offices. The Democratic gessity for a free chojcs of candidates n . . < | the primaries make that policy dovetai ticket is the only one that is open and | with the plan of getting together and fix- the bosses are trying to fix that to suit 'ing up a slate to satisfy themselves which their fancy. | is practically certain to win at the party Thus the futility of Statewide pri- | primaries? The leaders “let it be under- tharies § tablish da The reason. given) stood” that the endorsement, for instance, 1es 15 estaniisned, 1h gIVeN | of Dean Lewis for the Governorship for that piece of legislation was that it nomination “is not to prevent any others would put an end to boss control in mak- | from announcing their candidacy and ing nominations. But QUAY never had | going into the contest. : s But what chance, may we ask, would as complete a cinch upon a Republican | ;,,v" other candidate have to win the nomination by convention as his former | nomination for Governor when it is con- colleague and hereditary successor has sidered that half a dozen of the men now by the other method. So far as the | 10st prominently spoken of for the Bull Moosers are concerned, therank and | nomination, either themselves or though Lie | representatives, were parties to the slate- file never “had a look in.” ROOSEVELT | making conference and therefore pre- and FLINN assumed control from the sumably agreed to eliminate themselves? beginning and PINCHOTT is RooseveLr’s |. About the only chance, as we can see : s it, would be for some strong man to come personal appointment. Without the back- k independently of the on which ing of the ex-President he wouldn’t get! does not seem likely to occur in view of 5000 votes in the State. the fact that the most available material But why should the Democrats of for Governor participated in the making Pennsylvania submit to the bossism : of the agreement on Lewis. which a handfull ot self-appointed man- | agers are trying to impose upon them? 2 Tying p Pon { From the Lancaster Intelligencer. The Democrats of Pennsylvania have : : Ex-President Taft, whose course since never had a boss. The last time the pig retirement from the Presidency has party had a certainty of electing its can- | been admirably dignified and patriotic, is didate was when Justice MESTKEZAT was | entirely right in his view of the difficulties elected to the Supreme bench and twenty | of armed intervention in Mexico. His 3 : .. "| view of that task is also the practically candidates appeared in the competition | ynanimous view of military experts, who for the nomination, on equal footing. | agree that while our military strength This year there is more than an even | should very quickly establish supremacy chance and three gentlemen assembled | 2 the capital and throughout the coun- in Washington to name the ticket. No! try, the task of pacification and of the greater insult was ever put uponan:inde- | of law and order would be | pendent electorate and if the Democratic | ing xpensive. And, voters of the State are worthy of th wore, diff The Mexican Mule. youd |; Many who know well the DIC ITave said at Le [SSO (S —_—— ! | cans need more than a generation of en- — February went out with compara- 'lightenment before they can be expected tively mild weather, considering the ex. £0 maintain tranquil self-government,and FH I that is the only kind of government that treme cold of portions of the month but we could try to teach them. Meanwhile March came in like a roaring lion and Uncle Sam would be riding a very balky Sunday and Monday, especially the latter and troublesome Mexican mule. He "might often find himself in the position i oe iy ii rough Jum Spualts of the fabled Irishman who let a foot slip ang high winds comprise e weather from the stirrup when riding a fractious portion dealt out to Centre countians on donkey, and was surprised to observe Monday but Tuesday the storm dimin- ' that the animal had caught one hoof in ished and since then it has not been so the empty iron stirrup. Begorra,” he bad, while we are promised warmer exclaimed, “if your'e going to git on TI git off!” weather for the end of the week. It cer- | err tainly has been a rough winter and itis! Farming vs. Industries. cause of general thankfulness that there ! RE 5 g | From a paper by President Wilson. are only eleven more ground-hog days, i “It has, singularly enough, come to pass because he has surely been some hog that we have allowed the industry of our this year. | farms to lag behind the other activities teens : of the country in its development. I — There is a large part of last year’s peed 8% Siop © tol you how fundamen. : : _ tal to the life of the nation is the pro- wheat crop in Contes gownty wt un- | quction of its food. Our thoughts may marketed, farmers holding for a ! ollar 2 ordinarily be concentrated upon the cities bushel. Some farmers have their entire | and the lives of industry, upon the cries crop on hand, while others have market. of the crowded market place and the ed a part of theirs. There is also con- | clangor of the factory, but it is from the siderable hav still: on hand, -as It h | quiet interspace of the open valleys and 3 y , as It has the free hillsides that we draw the been impossible for the balers to get sources of life and of prosperity, from around much since the deep snowfall in the fom and the Fanch, from the forest hail ? | an e mine. ithout these, every the beginning of January. Stest would be Silent, every office desert- ——The Pennsylvania Railroad report °° every factory fallen into disrepair. | And yet the farmer does not stand upon for 1913 shows that all records for the the same footing with the forester and amount of traffic have been broken but ' the miner in the market of credit. He is the net profits are short of the best fig- | the servant of the seasons. Nature de- ures. Still if the returns on investment | SETTInS POW Lt pe Jus wait Jor us are reasonable we can see no reason for | cage He may give his note, but the be complaint. Nobody, so far as we know, | son of its maturity depends upon the is under obligation to make the dividends | season when his crop matures, lies at : : the gates of the market, where his pro- of that splendid corporation abnormal. ducts are sold. And the security he 0 tac Ma os gives is of a character not known in the n Monday, March 2nd the Lock | broker's office or as familiarly as it might Haven Express celebrated its thirty-third pe on the counter of the banker.” birthday. Though Republican in politics | the paper is among the WATCHMAN'S | most appreciated exchanges because of | en te baie fos . . . From the Peoria journal, iis very newsy features. May it con- "wp other one agree or disagree with tinue to wield as potent a force for good the single tax idea, it is impossible not to admire the sincerity of its best known i advocate in this generation, Joseph Fels, ——The movement of COXEY’S army | who died in Philadelphia Sunday. Here { was a case of a man with a hobby who ‘not only talked and wrote of it, but who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars Joseph Fels. The purpose is too transparent. The “their labor | operative plan and his employees will | share in the business after his death. The | leisure that came to him as a result of — We are not offering puzzle prizes | financial independence, as well as a large but the fell ho finds D fter | hare of his fortune, was spent in pro- ut the fellow who finds DIMMICK after | n,yjgating the doctrine of single tax in enterprise are likely to have for their pains.” | the primary votes have been cast will be the United States aud Great Britain. | entitled to some substantial reward. Of Single tax is a long way from general ac- | ceptance, but Fels had the satisfaction of carrying on probably the greatest cam- paign ever undertaken by an individual in behalf of a personal conviction. course it can be said as usual, “others ran.” ——The price of sugar has not per- ceptibly declined on account of the new tariff schedule. Butit will. Competition | - . o i | From the Philadelphia Ledger. will bring the price to a just level and Mr. Pinchot will speak for the Progres- the new tariff schedule means competi- | sive cause in Louisiana. If the chances tion. seem good perhaos he can establish ares- be——— idencethere ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. Louisiana May Object. ——Have your Job Work done here. SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —The net cost to the county of maintaining Somerset county’s poor farm and insane hospital was $19,971.81. The sum paid for out-door relief was $4,179.72. —Three hundred quail are being fed now with- in the bounds of Lycoming county, under the supervision of State Game Protector: Joseph Smith, a resident of Muncy. —Mrs. Lizzie Gillan, of Goshen, fell from a load of hay while on her way to Clearfield last Thurs- day and was badly injured. She was removed to the Clearfield hospital and is said to be making a good recovery. —Beef brought from the Argentine Republic is said to be selling in Johnstown at two cents a pound less than the home product, in spite of the fact, as is alleged, that the big home dealers control the import market. —Harry O. Smith, a much respected resident of Punxsutawney, returned from his work the other evening and suddenly dropped dead. He wasin his 29th year and, apparently, had been in excel- lent health. His wife survives. —Jerome Bubb, a reputable citizen of Williams- port, avers that on Thursday last he captured a garter snake on the ice in the Susquehanna river, near the Lumber city. He took the reptile home and is prepared to show it all doubters. —Last Saturday evening thieves entered the office of L. B. Shaw, at Riddlesburg, and carried off express and telephone money to the amount of $50. - This is the second time the express com- pany’s money has been taken in the same man- ner. —Idamar, Indiana county, will soon be a town of the past. Itis a coal town and the Divon Coal company’s operations there have been closed down for several months, many families have left the place and the company store will be abandoned April 1. —Harry Thon, Jr., charged with the killing of Dominick Remedia, at Janesville, on New Year's day, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced by Judge Bell to eleven months in the Clearfield jail and to pay a fine of $50 and costs of prosecution. —Jacob Hummell, residing in back of Morris- dale, and Wm. T. Spackman, of Bigler, have pur- chased the timber on over 2,000 acres of land be- longing to the Bates heirs near Karthaus. The timber is in Centre and Clearfield counties. They will market the timber this year. —W. W. Ulerich, a representative in the gen- eral assembly from Westmoreland county, com- mitted suicide Thursday morning in a Pittsburgh sanatorium by hanging himself from the door. He was 54 vears old and was formerly superin- tendent of the public schools of Westmoreland county. —Eight of the most prominent men in Blairs- ville, the steward and directors of the Moose club there, have been arrested charged with selling liquor without license. In the indictment of the Moose lodge it is claimed that the organ- ization is running a full-fledged bar, with a cash register. —While walking along the railroad tracks last Saturday evening, Mrs. Mary McCann, of Irwin, startled by the explosion of a railroad torpedo, jumped over an embankment, falling a distance of thirty feet and breaking her neck. She was 56 years old and is survived by a husband and six children. —Albert and Harry Wilson, of DuBois, picked up some carbide the other day and took it home for experimental purposes. As a result of their ie a experiments Albert, the eldest, severe complete establishment and maintenance | pyrned De Sldewt, was i Ay ‘head and face, and will proba- lind. Harry was also quite ngrchants: lodicout For the EA coins. The counterfeits made their appearance ‘in Erie several days ago and since then a number have been discovered. The Erie police are try- ing to find the maker of this bad money. —Senator Penrose will spend a few hours in Punxsutawney on the 19th inst., while on his way to DuBois, where he is to become a member of the Mystic Order of Sphinx. According to the Spirit, he will be accompanied by Lieutenant Governor Reymolds, ex-Congressman Hicks and Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs Craig. —Hunters in Derry and vicinity are excited ever rumors that a wolf is located on the ridge near that town. According to reports the tracks of the animal have been seen by several persons, who believe the animal is a wild cat which has been in the neighborhood for several years and has always managed to elude the hunters. —One man is dead and two others are suffering seriously from burns as the re- sult of oil from a newly struck well catch- ing fire on a farm near North Washington. The drillers had gone into the third sand when there was a roar and in a few moments they were en- veloped in flames. The rigging was destroyed and the tools dropped into the weil. —A herd of twelve deer, one of which isal- most pure white, has taken quarters near the Trout run bridge, about a mile from the village of Trout Run, on the Liberty road, Lycoming county. The deep snow on the mountains evi- dently forced the animals to seek elsewhere for food. Several people have carried hay to them and they have become quite tame. —During the month of February there were fifty men applied for enlistment in the regular army at the recruiting station in Altoona. There were only fifteen accepted, however, owing to the rest not being able to pass the examinations. Forty applicants were American, while ten were foreign born. The fifteen who enlisted were all American born, and joined as follows: Two in the infantry, six the cavalry, six the coast artil- lery, and one the field artillery. —The store of W. A. Slaughtenhaupt, at Cur- wensville, was entered by burglars Sunday night. Fourteen pairs of shoes and other articles were taken. The robbers left behind them an Italian newspaper and some Italian matches. As a re- sult of this clue the stolen goods and sixteen ad- ditional pairs of shoes, together with a large quantity of dress goods, etc., were located in a tool house shanty about two miles from Curwens- ville and Dominick Azia and John Daley placed under arrest. —Last Sunday morning Ross H. Gilson, who farms the Pomeroy farm at Port Royal, went to his barn and discovered that somebody had stolen a bay horse belonging to him as well as a sleigh, a set of harness and a saddle belonging to Darwin C. Pomeroy. The thief was caught late that afternoon at Shade Gap, gave his name as George Shaeffer, said he was a native of Mount Union but had been absent since 1872, and alleged that the horse and outfit had been placed in his care by a stranger answering to the name of Walker, with instructions to take them to Chambersburg. —One little stick of dynamite came near put- ting the middle division pay train, clerks and crew of the Pennsylvania railroad completely out of business on Wednesday, during a trip over the Bedford division. It was Charles Lingfelt, the special duty engineer. who discovered the dyna- mite just as it was about to be shoveled into the firebox of the engine. The pay car had stopped at State Line, Pa., to hand over some cash to employees at that place. Engineer Lingfelt turn- ed to see what the fireman was doing and noticed a peculiar object on top of the coal about to be thrown into the fire. Calling to the fireman to stop, he found the black stick was dynamite. It was the opinion of the train crew that the ex- plosive was carelessly thrown into the coal pile at the mines.
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