Demon atc.
BY P. GRAY MEEK. !
INK SLINGS.
—The first real touch of winter touch-
ed us on Monday. |
—Only 36 days until Christmas. Are
you getting ready? |
——There is a tango hair cut so you |
have a chance to go crazy at both ends.
—The war stocks begin to tumble |
every time the word peace is mentioned.
—What do you imagine would happen !
to Dr. JOSEPH GORICAR were he to go
back to Austria? !
—A really good man never needs to |
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LEFONTE, PA., NOV
EMBER 19, 1915.
Dewalt for National Preparedness. |
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In a public speech delivered at Read-
ing on Sunday afternoon, Hon. ARTHUR
Germany Under Grave Suspicion. | Penrose and Brumbaugh Impending.
What Makes Prosperity.
The sinking of the Italian liner Anco- | - The friends of Senator PENROSE are . From the Philadelphia Record.
na by a submarine carrying an Austrian |
considerably alarmed over a rumor that
: : i G. DEwALT, Congressman-elect for the
ell Lis fellows how good be is. They all; Berks-Lehigh district declared himself as
know i: and admire bim, emphatically in favor of President WiI.-
| SON’s program for increasing the defen-
| sive facilities of the country. In eloquent
—Let us make the coming Holiday sea-
son a great one for our home merchants
flag further complicates the relations be- | Governor BRUMBAUGH will compete with
tween the government of the United him for control of the Pennsylvania dele-
States and that of Germany for the rea- gation to the Republican National
son that it is alleged that the submarine convention next year. Of course PEN-
ROSE has no expectation of getting the
by buying everything we need for Christ-
mas right here at home.
—Of course it was a mere coincidence
but the very night Bellefonte flashed on
a great “White Way” our Methodist!
friends started a revival.
—America is short of beans because
Serbia is the great bean exporter and
Serbia being at war needs all of her
beans for her own bean shooters.
—Anyway the Franklin car is about |
the only one that doesn’t have to scram-
ble off the water wagon the moment |
freezing weather puts in its appearance. |
|
—Of course there are many things to |
be thankful for every day, but let next |
Thursday be your day of general Thanks- !
giving. If for nothing more than that
you are no worse than you are.
—Dr. DIXON has put a lock on the big
spring and the temperance pople want
to cut out the booze. Verily the time
is coming when a man will be at a loss
where to go to quench his thirst.
—All summer the girls wore dresses
from seven to nine inches down from the
neck. Now that winter has come they
turn them upside down and they are sev-
en to nine inches from the floor. What's
the use of the fur at the top of the shoes !
if it can’t be seen?
—If the Philadelphia Public Ledger re-
ally wants to fight why doesn’t it move
over to the other side? We are inclined
to the belief, however, that England, for
instance, can attribute most of her pres-
ent troubles to just such carping nui-
sances as the Ledger is making of itself.
—Justice CHARLES E. HUGHES, of the
United States Supreme court, is one of
those wise men who believe that a bird |
in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Republican blandishments are not going
to persuade him into giving up a life-
term job for the glory of leading their
spirit of patriotism revealed.
terms Mr. DEWALT urged the citizens, ir-
respective of party, to give cordial en-
dorsement to the President’s plans “to
protect the country from enemies” and
guarantee peace in the future. Other
speakers followed the same line of
thought and the patriotic societies under
the auspices of which the meeting was
held, were greatly encouraged by the
In the next Congress Mr. DEWALT will
be the recognized leader of the Demo-
cratic delegation for this State. It will
be his first service in Congress but his
splendid legal training and ability and
his long experience as a Senator in the
General Assembly of Pennsylvania will
fully equip him for the work which will
devolve upon him as spokesman for the
Pennsylvania Democracy. He is thor-
oughly familiar with the hopes and pur-
poses of the real Democrats of the State,
having served as chairman of the State
committee through two important cam-
paigns, and will be a willing as well as
capable leader of the delegation on the
floor. His position will impose hard
work upon him but he will be equal to
every demand.
Congressman DEWALT will not be an
office broker in Washington or Pennsyl-
vania and he will not sell official confi-
dences or trade upon his influence or in-
timacies with high officials under any
circumstances. But he will be a faithful
representative of the Democracy as ex-
pressed by JEFFERSON and interpreted by
the Democratic leaders from the tounder
of the party until now. He will give
voice and force to the opinions of the ;
Democrats of Pennsylvania, in particu-
lar, because he is an honest and able
Democratic statesman, free from the vice
of selfishness and untainted with the evil
of hypocrisy. . We welcome Mr. DEWALT
to the leadership that will come to him
and congratulate the Democracy.
——The shecp-growing industry is to
was a German and not an Austrian ship
and it is a well established principle of
international law that changing the flag
on a ship does not shift the responsibili-
ties for its actions. Germany is under
solemn pledge to not operate submarines
against passenger ships and though the
pledge does not bind Austria it does bind
German craft under whatever flag they
operate. In fact if the statement with
respect to the flag be true Germany's
culpability is magnified.
The Ancona was a purely passenger
ship. It carried no troops or munitions
of war. It contained no arms in its car-
go and was heading away from rather
than toward the theatre of war. Among
the passengers were a large number of
Americans, bound homeward on peace- .
ful missions and some of them were
drowned or died from exposure incident
to the brutal manner in which the vessel
was destroyed. Unless, therefore, the
German government is able to exculpate
itself from the charge that has been
arid is sustained by substantial evidence,
the German government is guilty of a
crime which cannot be condoned under
any circumstances. The most condign
punishment must follow.
The record of the war thus far stamps
German authorities, if not the German
people, as the most depraved savages.
Every step has been in the direction of
savagery. Every act that of uncivilized
people. Of course we do not want to go
to war with Germany or any other pow-
er. But barbarians should and must be
taught that even war must be conducted
nomination himself and it may be said
with equal accuracy that BRUMBAUGH
has no hope of the nomination. But the
future leadership of the party in the
State will depend upon control of the
delegation and both of them are indulg-
ing the belief that he can secure this
advantage. The Governor's recent jun-
kets within and without the Common-
wealth have been made largely for the
purpose of promoting this ambition.
In the impending contest for mastery
both leaders have substantial backing.
BRUMBAUGH will have the active support
of Senator VARE and his brother, Con-
gressman “BILL.” On the other hand
PENKOSE will be enthusiastically support-
ed by Senator McNICHOL and practically
the solid QUAY following. This will in-
clude the OLIVER and ARMSTRONG force
of Pittsburgh and the vast majority of
the local leaders in the several counties.
Both sides are depending upon the newly
elected Mayor of Philadelphia, Tom
SMITH, and he is the uncertain quantity
in the reckoning. Thus far the VARES
have had the call on him but PENROSE
shows singular confidence that in the
final alignment ToM will be with him.
It has recently been suggested that the
members of the Public Service Commis-
sion will likely enter the fight in behalf
of BRUMBAUGH. The rumor comes from
the BRUMBAUGH side and probably “the
wish is father to the thought.” It grew
out of the activity of ex-Mayor MAGEE,
of Pittsburg, now a member of the Com-
mission, who has been interesting him-
as nearly as possible on civilized lines Self in the matter. Mr. AINEY, president
and principles even though resort to a Of the board, is also a BRUMBAUGH par-
declaration of war should be necessary , tisan and possibly the Philadelphia mem-
to convey the lesson. Germany protests , ber will align himself on that side. But
that the submarine was not a part of her i PENNYPACKER, BRECHT and others who
naval equipment, but Germany has come | are under some obligations to PENROSE
to a level that her word cannot be ac- | Will hardly desert him in such an emer-
cepted without strong corroborative evi- gency. Mr. RILLING, being a Democrat,
dence. ' is not likely to mix in it at all.
——The death of BOOKER T. WASHING- !
——The Panther hunting club are mak-
forlorn hope in the next presidential race.
—When the final break between Mr.
BRYAN and President WILSON comes, and
many persons are convinced that it will
come at no far distant date, where will
Col. WARREN WORTH BAILEY, of the
nineteenth Pennsylvania district and
the Johnstown Democrat, land? Surely
such an unhappy denouement would
place the able Pennsylvania Member be-
tween the upper and the nether mill
stones.
—Repeated rumors of peace proposals
emanating from Germany give rise to
the lope that they may be something
more than rumor. Sooner or later the
Germans must become exhausted. They
do not have the resources that the Allies
have and it is just possible that the Kai-
ser is. beginning to realize that his
plans, to win in a short, decisive cam-
paign, having failed it were better to sue
for peace before his people are too ex-
hausted to have any weight in naming
the terms.
—While Republicans are taking much
comfort out of the fact that they elected
their Governor in Massachusetts, at the
recent election and seem to be hugging
the delusion that it presages Rcpublican
victory next year, they are really clutch-
ing at straws. As a matter of fact the
Democratic nominee for Governor re-
ceived 56,000 more votes than President
WILSON received in Massachusetts in
1912 and the Republican nominee receiv-
ed 63,000 fewer votes than the TAFT and
ROOSEVELT vote combined. If Massa-
chusetts showed anything at the late
election it showed, beyond a question,
that large numbers of the Progressives
have come over to the Democratic party
because they realize that it is the party
that legislates for the masses, without
bluff or bluster.
—A baby five days old is dying, possi-
bly it is dead by this time,in a Chicago
hospital, all because the little one came
into the world a physical derelict. A tri-
fling operation would have saved its life
but only to have endowed it with an al-
most hopeless existence. With the ac-
quiescence of the parents the surgeon in
charge refused to operate and left na-
ture to take her course. Who knows but
that this may be the first case founding
the propaganda that has already been
generally discussed concerning the ex-
tinction of beings born unequal to the
fight that is imposed upon them to live.
It is far too profound a question to dis-
cuss in a paragraph and we merely men-
tion this Chicago case as significant of
the new and strange ideas that are grad-
ually encroaching upon the old order of
things in our lives.
be revived in New England. The high
price of mutton and the high price of
wool form a combination which appeals
to the Yankee intelligence and dormant
farms complete an enticing combination.
Roosevelt’s Bitterest Disappointment.
er,
Colonel ROOSEVELT is greatly disap-
pointed. He has been indulging, accord-
ing to SIDNEY BROOKS, New York cor-
respondent of the London Mail, a pipe
dream of military conquest in connection
with the European war, to forego which,
“has been one of the bitterest disappoint-
ments of his life.” When the Lusitania
was sunk, the BROOKS story goes, “and
American intervention seemed inevitable,
it was a fairly open secret that Colonel
ROOSEVELT made instant preparations for
raising a. force of about 12,000 men on
the lines of his old Rough Rider regi-
ment.” The source of his authority to
organize such an expedition is left to
conjecture, but presumably he would
have simply usurped it.
The Colonel wasn’t going into this
great enterprise in a haphazard fashion
either, if Mr. BROOKS’ statement may be
relied upon. “His Generals, Colonels,
Majors and some of the Captains were
actually selected,” the narrative declares,
“and for his Adjutant General ROOSEVELT
picked a man long known to me as one
of the ablest officers of the United States
cavalry.” Every detail had been covered
“and the ex-President calculated that
within three months after the declara-
tion of war, he and his men would have
been in Flanders.” No buccaneer ever
conceived a more ambitious undertaking
and no pirate ever dreamed of a more
daring adventure. But it is ROOSEVELT-
ian from bottom up.
We may well believe that such a vast
and lawless scheme was fostered in the
addled brain of ROOSEVELT. It would
have been without precedent in the his-
tory of civilization but that’s no matter.
That it is preposterous makes no differ-
ence. ROOSEVELT dreams that some
time he will be able to exploit himself as
a military hero and if the opportunity
presents itself he will seize it. But we
can think of nothing more unlikely. If,
unfortunately, we should become involv-
ed in a war with any part of Europe, no
rational mind would think of dispatching
a brigade or division of soldiers to Flan-
ders. That would be the height of ab-
surdity and no living man except ROOSE-
VELT would think of it.
——The times are certainly “out of
joint.” THEODORE ROOSEVELT declined
an invitation to speak at Reading on Sun-
TON is a distinct loss to the colored race
and to the country. He was a man of
ability and integrity, and his activities
for the advancement of his race were
ing arrangements to go out on the Alle-
Professor William Howard Taft gave
“an amusing instance of Republican logic,
; or lack of it, when he remarked in an
: address at Chicago that “present pros-
: perity is no reason for continuing the
; bresent National Administration in pow-
(er. The Wilson Administration was not
: an agency in bringing on this prosperity.”
i This is the line of reasoning usually fol-
‘lowed by G. O. P. spellbinders. When
: the Republicans are in power and the
: country is prosperous, that prosperity is
i exclusively due to the authorities at
: Washington. If business troubles come,
the Democrats are to blame for them.
This argument does not apply to Demo-
: crats, however. When they are in pow-
i er and the country is exceedingly pros-
| perous, as at present, that prosperity is
; in spite of them, and they must receive
i no credit for it. In a word, all prosperi-
| ty is Republican and all depression Dem-
i ocratic. It is the simplest thing in the
; world when you once grasp it.
The weak point in this theory is that
there is nothing in the history of the
United States during the last half centu-
ry to support it. During that time there
have been three tremendous financial
panics here—more than any other coun-
try in the world has had—and they all
came under the Republican tariffs. The
panics of 1873, under Grant, and 1907,
under Roosevelt, were exceptionally se-
vere. That of 1893 came under the Mec-
Kinley Tariff of unlamented memory.
As a matter of fact, the Wilson Ad-
ministration is entitled to a great deal of
credit for the present exuberant prosper-
ity. It gave the country a sound finan-
cial system, which has been of inestima-
ble value in enabling it to meet the cri-
sis caused by the European war. By
moderate legislation it has put an end to
the Trust agitation, which so long dis-
turbed the nation, and by a careful re-
vision of the tariff it has put all parts of
the country upon an equality. The Ad-
ministration has fostered American ship-
ping, which is now more numerous than
ever, and in many othor ways it has giv-
en aid to the American business man.
The old G. O. P. yarn that the sun
shines only for Republicans, and that
nature gives bountiful crops only when
high tariffs prevail, is an argument fit
only for idiots. Mr. Taft ought to be
above such nonsense. His occasional re-
version to it shows that he is still nar-
rowly partisan when the painful memo-
ries of 1912 are evoked.
One Man Power.
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; From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
| Fayette county just now is suffering
* from financial disaster, as few communi-
: ties have suffered in the history of Penn-
| sylvania, because the people of that
{ county allowed one man to own the
ghenies for their customary annual deer county politically and in a business way.
“hunt the first two weeks in December | Of course, J. V. Thompson's limit was
They will camp on their old location | the Sky, without respect to business
day. Probably a guarantee of the ex-
penses did not accompany the invitation.
along the right lines. He cared more about eight miles north of Orviston,
for industrial than social equality and | where the deer are plentiful enough, even
his precept and example were alike di- though they are hard to shoot. In this
rected to the moral and mental improve- , connection, it might be said, that Centre
ment of his people. It will be hard to | county will furnish its usual quota of
fill his place. deer hunters. Clubs in every section of
Great Britain in the War.
ten days to two weeks in the mountains.
| Reports from bird hunters who have been
The British forces in the war seem al- in the woods are very encouraging over
ways to be a “day after the fair.” That! the prospects for deer. Over in the Seven
is to say they never reach the point that | mountains there are places where the
is menaced until after the damage is | ground is covered with deer tracks. One
done. Belgium was devastated from one | morning last week several Bellefonte
border line to the other before English gentlemen came across a place where a
forces came to her aid. France was oc- | herd of deerhad spentthe night and they
cupied by the enemy almost to within counted just eight beds. In many places
the shadow of Paris before British forces in the county deer have been seen in the
intervened and now Serbia is being de- : fields grazing like cattle, so that hunters
luged with hostile forces, while Great are anticipating some good sport when
Britain, according to public information, « the season opens. :
has more than a million men in training | —
camps and other retreats, safely out of | ——Members of the state constabulary
range of the German guns. This may | have been quite active in the mountains
be an unavoidable misfortune but it is of Centre county since the opening of the
hard on allies which have less to gain or hunting season endeavoring to spot illegal
lose by the war than England. | hunters. They travel in civilian’s clothes,
While the Austrian and German forces and at times in full hunting regalia. So
were pounding the Russian troops in "far as can be learned no actual cases of
Poland and forcing them back at the illegal hunting or violations of the game
point of the bayonet, England was always 1aws have been found in Centre county.
promising but never rendering aid to the | A very few cases have been found where
retreating army. One stronghold after the hunter had his license tag in his
another was compelled to yield to the : Pocket instead of on his arm, but when
advancing enemy, because of inadequate ' told that the tag must be worn so as to
supplies of munitions or inferior strength be conspicuous the hunters readily con-
of the force. But vast numbers of British , sented.
soldiers were amusing themselves by
playing golf or other games in the train.
ing camps, apparently oblivious of the
perils or privations of allies on the firing
line or in the trenches. Such a state of
affairs doesn’t “look good” to an im-
partial observer of events at this distance
from the theatre of war. {
Possibly Great Britain is doing all that
it can in the circumstances but it certain-
ly ought to accelerate its speed some.
Serbia and Belgium have been made the
unwilling “goat” in this strife for mas-
tery between the more powerful allies, | EEE
France has met her obligations to the’ ——Congressman MANN, of Illinois, has
full measure and Russia has suffered a job of his size in view at present. He
greatly. But England has not cut a very Proposes to investigate the dismissal of
attractive figure. With command of the an assistant post-master. The combina-
sea it has permitted or perpetrated out. tion of inquisition and spoils suits him
rages upon neutrals which are inexcus- | €Xactly.
able if not intolerable but has kept out
of range of guns as much as possible
both on land and sea. Unless there is a
great change in the near future England
will come out of the struggle with little
credit however much it gains otherwise. '
——The tariff is essentially a political
question and one who says it ought to be
‘taken out of politics is either a fool or a
knave. If he is sincere he is without
understanding of the subject and if not
he speaks from ulterior motives.
——The strike-breakers are “jumping
their job” at Wilkes-Barre. Of course
there ought to be no interference with a
“man who desires to work but a strike-
_ breaker is about the most contemptible
figure in life.
| ——There are at the present time
| eighteen prisoners in the county jail, the
largest number Mr. Lee has entertained
since he has been sheriff.
~—=Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
| the county are arranging to spend from :
| sobriety, political morality, or the final
f result to his friends. The outcome is
that his friends are ruined, the county
lis bankrupt, and his political pawns are
!'in the shadow of the jail.
i The Thompson-Fayette county affair
| is a concrete example of one man power
iin a community; a horrible example of
mixing business and politics.
There are other communities where
one man power holds political and busi-
ness sway, to the advantage of the polit-
ical and business insiders. For years
and maybe decades that condition of
affairs apparently works out to the ad-
vantage of all. Then comes a day of
reckoning either by misjudgment, busi-
ness immorality, death, or the hundred
and one ups and downs of the human
family. The community bathed in the
sunshine of a real or fancied prosperity,
awakes to stern reality of things as they
are. And then—
Think it over.
Repudiates the Hyphen.
From the Baltimore Sun.
“I am an American—of German birth.
There should be no such thing in this
country as a German-American, or a
British-American, or an Italian-Ameri-
can,” declared Mayor Rudolph Blanken-
burg at the City club, and continued: “I
love the beautiful German village where
Iwas born. Ilove the fatherland, every
foot of it, but if any foreign foe should
attack the United States I should want
to be the first man, 73 years old as I am,
to shoulder a musket and fight for my
country.”
Anyone who heard the address and
knew anything of Philadelphia’s “Grand
old man” knew there was no buncombe
about that declaration and that the
speaker meant every word of it.
Itis reported that a certain class of
Germans have blamed and denounced
Mayor Blankenburg for just the senti-
ments he expressed at the City club, but
we are glad to believe that the great ma-
jority of American citizens of German
birth or lineage agree entirely with the
sturdy old patriot from Philadelphia.
Why Doesn’t He Call on Loeb?
From the Charleston News and Courier.
To devise an argument showing that
the results of the bi-elections are en-
couraging to the Bull Moose cause seems
to have baffled even the ingenuity of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Quieting an. Editor.
From the Milwaukee Journal
We were succintly informed that wom-
en wear fur-topped shoes for the same
reason men wear cuffs on their trousers,
after which we held our peace for a long
time. : .
America Isn't so Badly Off.
From the New York World,
As against a people who have a hy-
phenated king, a people with a few hy-
phenated private citizens must. be ac-
counted comparatively fortunate.
i SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—For killing and shipping game to market,
eter Solle, of Franklin, was fined $950 and costs
| at a hearing before *Squire Shaver of Brockway-
ville,
—The contract for the erection of Clearfield’s
; High school building has been awarded to W.
A. Lukens, of Clearfield, the contract price be-
; ing $62,078.75.
| —After a quarrel with his wife, Oliver Stuber,
i of Allentown, dived from the second story porch
| to the concrete pavement, but his only injury is a
| lacerated head. .
| —Residents of Jersey Shore are rejoicing over
i the announcement that the silk mill at that place
; will be increased to double its capacity and will
| employ about 200 more hands.
i
{ —City prisoners, in the city of Johnstown, dur-
ing the month of October, worked 360 days on
the city streets, and by so doing the city saved
the sum of $648 in the highway department.
i —Mistaking the attendant at the county home
for a burglar, Dr. John S. Miller, who lives near
Somerset, shot the man, whose name was not
learned, as he was about to ascend the stairs in
the Miller residence.
—The Harbison-Walker Refractories Co., with
fire brick plants at Philipsburg, Retort, Wallace-
ton, Clearfield, Woodland, Grampian and other
places, has increased its common stock dividend
from 1 to 1 per cent.
—The new houses being erected above Newton
Hamilton by the Aetna Explosive company are
all nearing completion and workmen are now
grading the streets and making terraces and
lawns about the houses. -
—As a result of the improvement of business
all over the country, the coal business in the sec-
tion surrounding Clearfield is rapidly improving
and gives prospects of being more successful
this season than in any former year.
—Genaro Schettino was found guilty in a trial
at Tionesta, Pa., of the attempt to kill District
Attorney M. A. Carringer, of Forest county, on
August 13th. He was sentenced to pay a fine of
$5 and costs and serve from five to seven years
in the western penitentiary.
—By the middle of next week the contractors
will begin the difficult job of the removing the old
Charles M. Schwab mansion in Loretto from its
present site to make room for the palace he wily
build. Fora part of the way the old building
will be carried over the treetops.
—James Gorman, of New Washington, was
accidentally shot by a younger brother while
hunting in that vicinity last week. The entire
load of shot struck the man and he was taken
to the Spangler hospital, where the wounds
were pronounced not dangerous.
—While plowing a field recently John J. Keller,
a farmer living near Sunbury, plowed up a worm-
eaten pocket book which he recognized as the
identical one he had lost twenty years before and
vainly searched for. The dollar it contained
when lost was still concealed in its folds.
—Business on the New York Central, at Houtz-
dale, has picked up to such an extent that it was
necessary to mark up four extra crews, which
makes nearly thirty crews at that place at pres-
ent. The officials are predicting one of the
busiest winters inthe history of the road.
.—Robert Brooks, of Elton, Cambria county,
aged 42 years, a negro, died Sunday night at
Johnstown’s Memorial hospital, from a gunshot
wound said to have been sustained late Saturday
night after an argument with John Shepherd,
over a board bill. Shepherd is still at liberty.
—Butler county’s first hog raising contest
closed with a hog roast and the awarding of
prizes offered by the Progressive Farmers’ club
for the best hog raised. Thirty pigs were regis-
tered and the credit for raising the biggest one
went to an 8-year-old boy, Ray Powell, son of the
president of the club. :
—Seventy-five men employed in the Westover
tannery walked out a few days ago, not being
satisfied with a five per cent. increase in wages.
They wanted more pay and shorter hours. The
places of the strikers have been taken by men
brought from Pittsburgh. Sheriff McCloskey has
detailed deputies to maintain order. :
—The Woman's Club of State College and the
Pennsylvania State College have united in an in-
vitation to the State Federation of Woman’s
Clubs to meet there next fall for its annual con-
vention. The invitation will be considered when
a committee representing the federation meets
to decide next year’s meeting place.
—It is announced that a settlement has been
effected in the suit of Miss Bertha Lewis,
stenographer, against W. I. Stineman, the South
Fork coal operator, of Johnstown, for damages
in the sum of $50,000 for breach of promise. It
is reported that Miss Lewis compromised on a
sum of between $10,000 and $17,000.
—Former Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker,
who is a member of the State Public Service
Commission and who met with an accident re-
cently, in which he broke his right arm, has a
new accomplishment. He has learned to write
with his left hand, having practiced the art while
housed up by his injury. He is past 70.
—Mrs. John Torrence, aged 23, of Uniontown
on Monday selected a terrible death for herself.
Going into a back room in her home she sat-
urated her clothing with kerosene oil and then
applied a match. Although her husband arrived
within a few minutes, he found her clothing
burned off and her body roasted. She died a
short time later. It is supposed Mrs. Torrence
become unbalanced mentally.
—Announcement is made of the proposed re-
sumption of operations at Marshall furnace, at
Newport. The furnace is the only one left in
Perry county, which 50 or 60 years ago was one
of the big iron producers. The Marshall furnace
was formerly called Juniata furnace and was
built in 1871. It is the sole survivor of a number
of noted furnaces of which Duncannon, Monte-
bello, Oak Grove, Laura and Caroline are best
remembered.
—George Mathias, a highly esteemed resident
of ‘Hyner, Clinton county, was instantly killed
last Saturday by the accidental discharge of his
gun. He started on a hunting trip accompanied
by his only son and carrying a hammerless dou-
ble-barreled shotgun. While in the act of climbing
over a fence the weapon was discharged and the
load blew off the top of the man’s head. He was
45 years old and is survived by his wife and the
son who saw him killed.
+ —In court at Chambersburg on Monday evi-
dence was taken to show that Jacob Musselman,
living near Mercersburg, although married twen-
ty years ago, insisted on being married a second
and third time. His wife, to please him, went to
Hagerstown and they were joined in wedlock the
second time, For a while Musselman was satis:
fied. Then he wanted the knot tied the third
time. An investigation showed that illness had
caused his mind to become unbalanced. J. U.
Poffenberger was appointed as his guardian. The
Musselmans have nine children.
—James Best and his son, Merrill, of Milton
R. D. 33, had a narrow escape from death when
attacked by an infuriated bull several days ago,
The animal broke the chain which held it in the
barn and battered its way through the door and
the barnyard gate. It charged Best's grandson,
who was playing in the yard, but the boy escaped
to the house. It then attacked the two men who
ran from the field and seriously injured ‘them,
They would undoubtedly have been killed had
not the family dog attacked the beast and given
the men a chance to escape. Angus Fairchilds,
‘a neighbor, was summoned by telephone and
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bull cha it but a single shot from the gun,
fired at close range, ended its mad career.