mo More Reading Matter. “Martha Smith, the village post- mistress, is in a fine humor,” confid- ed the rural mail carrier. ‘Going to get a raise in salary?” asked the city boarder. “*Nope! That wouldn't please her half as much as the new postal kyards.™ “New postal cards?” “Yeou bet! Since people are al- lowed to write on both sides of them Martha has had twice as much to read every mail."’— Chicago News, ouT. BACK GAVE A Typical Case of Kidney Trouble and a Typical Cure. Chloe Page, of 510 8. Pitt Alexandria, Va., sayu: “My back hurt me terri- bly, I had sharp, shooting pains, changing to a dull, dragging ache, I could not stand for any length of time and my back hurt me when I sat down, My feet and ankles were badly swollen every evening and 4 my stomach was out of order. Doan’'s Kidney Pills cured me of these troubles in 1902, and for five years I have had no return.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs, street, Essay On An Auto. A Punxsutawney schoolgirl was re- quired to write an essay of 250 words about an automobile. She submitted the following: *‘My uncle bought an automobile, riding in the country going up a hill. 50 words. The my uncle said when he was walking back to town, but they are not fit for publi- cation.”—Philadelphia Record. He was when it busted I guess this is about other 200 are: what Deafness Cannot Be Cured bylocalapplications as theycannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti- tutional remedies. Deafness is caused byan inflamed condition of the mucous Lining of the Eustachian Tube. W hen this tubeis in- flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entire! y closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam- mation can be taken out and this tube re sto to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ved forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused bycatarrh, which is nothingbutan inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that can- not be curedby Hall’ 8 Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free, F.J Crexey & Co. Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75¢c. Sake Hall's Family Pills for constipation, Not That Kind. “What is your occupation?" asked the police justice “I'm a answered matchmaker, your honor, the prisoner, a seedy hobo who had run in for vagrancy “No levity in this court!” thunder- ed the justice. The prisoner drew a ragged sleeve across his eves “Your honor wounds me deeply,” he said, “by misunderstanding me. I'm not a matrimonial bureau. | make real matches—the kind your honor scrapes on your honor's pants leg when your honor lights a cigar.” “My friend,” said his honor, lean- ing forward and regarding him be- nignantly, “in this age of specialized industry, to say nothing of labor-sav. ing machinery, it not likely any man produces a complete match, ab initio de novo, as we say in Latin. You probably split the wood into chunks suitable for the machine We have no matchmaking plant .at the workhouse, but | will endeavor to see that vour muscles do not suf. fer from lack of their accustomed exercise. You will pound stone for the next 30 days.”’— Chicago Tribune. heen coat is or Ine xorahie “Good sir,” said the “gent.” “may 1 have with you. [ am as you see a ber of the great army of the ployed. I am" “And I am a member of the army of industry, to which you conld long if yon had the proper: pride in your breath I shall You uo quarter,” Hecord-Herald seedy-looking word mem unem just a he give Chicago TAKE THEM OUT Or Ferd Them Frod They Can Study On. When a student gins to break down from lack of the right kind of food, there are only two things to do; either take him out of school or feed him properly on food that will rebuild the brain and nerve cells, That food ifs Grape-Nuts. A boy writes from Jamestown, N.Y., saying: "A short tigpe ago I got into a bad condition from overstudy, but Mother having heard about Grape Nuts food began to feed me on it. It satisfied my hunger better than any other food, and the results were mar- velous. 1 got fleshy like a good fel- low. My usual morning headaches disappeared, and I found 1 could study for a long period without feel ing the effects of it. “My face was pale and thin, but Is now round and has considerable color, After | had been using Grape- Nuts for about two months I felt like a new boy altogether. [ have gained greatly in strength as well as flesh, and it is a pleasure to study now that 1 am not bothered with my head, | passed all of my examinations with a reasonably good percentage, extra good In some of thea, and it Is Grape-Nuts that has saved me from a year's delay in entering college. “Father and mother have both been improved by the use of Grape Nuts. Mother was troubled with sleepless nights, and got very thin, and looked care worn. Bhe has gained her normal strength and looks, anl sleeps well nights” “There's a Reangon.” Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. be GIRL SLAYS SU ITER. High School Stude nt Accusing Ypung Man Of Perfidy. { Special) —~Miss leader Lucy I 18 years, of the I High School Sophomore class, and a very pretty girl, killed William Klinger, her sweetheart, after which she her fe bul- lets her revolver completed the which it is believed was Klinger's refusal to marry had demanded that performed at Shamokin Doughton, ocal ended own Two from tragedy, aused by the girl after she he ceremony must be mee. lived in Locust old, He Gap and frequently the early Summer to call on Miss Doughton. Then his visits ceased and she Imagined he had grown tired of her. It is illeged she told a friend she would low out Klinger's brains. He arming himself ceded to the g her in the rear eparating them he wanted to he used him of perfidy wxchange of words which girl suddenly drew a pis- ol from wnder her apron and com- menced firing Both were dead be- fore any one could reach them When Klinger's body was regioved to an undertaking half-drawn olver wag found ¢ letter in the pocket the Klinger was 23 years ame here during and pro- He found fence came here s home, Sard with a Klinger told her friendly. She ac- and ap angry followed, after rirl's the res in to shov It was as having ghton it un- : identified been written vy Miss Dou reads last letter write you er that v but I must going to to write, Are do want marry FISHWAYS IN DAM. Commissioner Meehan Plans For ee { Raaeriald rd Hw % Approves Four Fishways, Comms heries t Meehan for M , Coop. ‘11’ Call's the located on of The fishways are to be the Lancaster County side river beginning well up in the bay an i through along the at a the iliway below chan ool length of 250 feet ~Althau : 3. Lot located i ‘ommi inves emba a to five formerly the main the river The whole the fishways being about minnta one down to sioner 3 whi h Conowli the Marviand au proper fishways gtructure, if the nego, FORFE 1"s BOND. GRAIL TER Principal In To Pitts Fey principal failed to a 110d ¢ iled Appear For Sentence. Charles 8S Ca the Ti ¢ name before al Court here, and his ry niin Imounniing non-appearance, to $12,000, rfeited by the Court arrest was im- R. Richardson, the broker. who was also implicatad in the case, was ailed and stepped to the bar to pay the penalty of the law. When it be- came apparent that Cameron was not present Richardson's sentence was deferred I Killed Ww alking A Track. Sunbury (Special), Mrs. Abra- ham Renn, was instantly killed by being struck by a passenger train yn the Penneyivania Railroad here. She had just returned from her farm below this place and was on the way to the horse of her son to tell him that the crops had all been harvested and she was returning to stay with him during the Winter. While walking on the railroad track she gid not notice the approaching train and stepped directly in front of the engine Quo Warranto Refused, Harrisburg «The application of the City of Pittsburg for a writ of quo warrabto against the Philadel- phia company was refused by Attor- ney General Todd The Attorney General gives no reasons for his ac- tion. Representatives of the City of Pittsburg contended In an argument before the Attorney General that the charter of the Philadelphia Company ought to be revoked, because of the exorbitant price charged for gas by that corporation in Pittsburg. STATE'S SURPLUS IS UP, Excess Of Receipts Over Expenditures May Reach $3,000,000. Harrisburg (Special).—The indi- cations that the Btate revenues for the current ending Novem- ber 30 next will be larger than those of last year Up to date they ag- gregate $24,648,204.05. or $206,- 776.07 of the returns at the same of 1906, The total revenues last year were $25,818, 924, while it is estimated that those for this will exceed $26,000,000, The increase this vear is due to the close collections by the Auditor General's Department and the pros- perous condition of Pennsylvania cor- porations. The increase in the value of the capital stock of these corpora- tions has resulted in a corresponding increase in the amount of their State taxes. For example, the Philadelphia & Reading Rallway Company, whose stock has been way up until the re- cent slump, paid $170,000 more tax on its capital stock this year than it paid last year. All of the large corporations, with the exception of the Philadelphia company, which eont: the trolley lines and the gas companies in Pitts. burg and its vicinity and pays the State a tax of about $250,000, have airecady paid their taxes for the cur- rent fiseal year. The payments by the State Treas- for this vear aggregate $22,420. 134.52, which is $2,228.158.583 In of the payments for a corres- period one year Ago The filsal officers estimate that the reve- nues for this vear will exceed the vments by from $2.5600,000 to $3.- This the reve- payments are Year in excess date ols pa increase in in the Qf Ty CHa Lie Silat 3 and decrease 1 riahle th CRRurer appropria- 000 as soon as the ble next June rial increase al tock corporations gte revel rt*of those 01 in al- school tion 3 1.500, money of nues gho last two There Fa heavy “har artment an in th in bonus rom corporations ters 3 ponding fall- by the d a corres money received State BARS WIFE SPANKING. tules That Husband May Not Iuflict Such Punishment. ‘Is there contract right to much her?” upon, that not the id i uild, thank Ag « VE rtion Court, to in, and he thinks George J ed of eo} palm of his i $6 a i she will him pan k alled decide there is quently Quinn, astising hand, week to sup- not be and suffer ind BRocy with the forced to port her, an quired to live with i spanking Mrs, Mary Quinn, the wife, told the Judg® that her husband abused neglected her But that ind sc much When the iliation ally spanked on sever- however he said it and Jef we ay ris. and did i her she not m her to han OCCAS was him LAUGHS AT HIS TOMBSTONE. Dead Man Home And Visits His Grave. {omes Mourned as erectod of a Thomas Aller fown (5p dead and with a tombstone ee ray ve £4 there been away from home About three months of a man, had freight train nd gton Bradiev's sister remain as those of her the: interred and mark his Has who was fou rother were a tombstone erected to the spot ive been ntirely On fe return he visited supposed to hi and | a hearty and « like laugh about it where buried IRE Jilted Girl Kills Herself, Meadville (Special) Feeling keenly the disgrace being jilted, Miss Cora Brown, aged 28, daughter of Samuel Brown, a proaperous farm- er residing near Conneaut Lake, swallowed earbolic acid and. died before a physician could arrive. Miss Brown was a pretty and accomplish- ed girl, and the family say the wound to her pride was the dircct cause of the suicide. of Marriage Certificate Destroyed. Spring City (Special). ~The most peculiar robbery that has ever hap- pened in this part of the State oc- eciirred at the home of Daniel Hilde didle. During the absence of hig wile thieves broke into the house and took the marriage certificate {rom the wall, removed it from the frame and tore it into bits. Nothing else was taken. STATE OBITUARY. Lancaster —Dr. L. A. Warren, one of the oldest practicing physicians in Lancdster, was found dead in the bathroom at his home, death having been caused by heart discase, De- ceased was a native of York County and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1868. For thirtystwo years he had practiced his profession in this city. Altoona. Albert Ford, aged 64, chief clerk to the superintendent of the Pennsylvania & Northwestern Rallroad, died of paralysis. anna nsmsrs A HN RIRE SAM NAV OLEO LAWS, Dairy Interests Throughout State United To Correct Defects. West Chester (Special).—Farmers, dairymen and others throughout the State who are interested in pure but- ter united in an endeavor to correct defects in the national laws, which, ag they now stand, it is alleg- ed, assist the oleomargarine dealers to the gerious detriment of dairymen and farmers. This campaign was recently inau- gurated by the sending out of thou- sands of petitions that are warded to President well ag to United States Senators and Congressmen The petition to the President prays that he lend his assistance to secure at the next ges- sion of Congress such remedial legis- lation as will give adequate protec- tion to the dairy Interests of the nation, Capable attorneys have investigat- ed the subject for the farmers, and they report the word “knowingly,” generally used in connection with every offense under the Federal laws, practically nullifies successful opera- tion. They algo recommend that the definition of oleomargarine under the Federal act be so changed that “but- ter, with or without coloring matter, shall not be used In the manufacture of oleomargarine.” Other recommendations follow: "The national law should be so changed that it will not be necessary to prove that the yellow color of oleo- margarine ls due to a foreign sub- stance introduced for the purpose of giving color. If the Federal law was nded so make it practical- ly conform to the Pennsylvania law | this subject, it would afford pro- {tection to which is not national law on have Roosevelt, as ame as to on pure butte: at present given hy question Revenue ‘ollectors can, hig color “As the Reven consent of ury, by faws now stand, by and with of the Treas- compromise all civil inal cases arising from vio- of the law This opens the abi on the part of viola- able to bring men of promi- i their rescue; nsequently, such feature or of the law should be elim- ue ( the Secretary and ¢ lations WaY tors for Tues are ang infivence to iy provision inated." MAY OUST ERIE'S MAYOR. Election Attacked For Treating Vot- ers To Liquor And Cigars. (Special). - Attorney allowed a suggestion warranto against Mayor of Erie upon the al- forth of elec- liebel, when he elected Mayor, in that he did not include expen for the gen. {eral treating of voters to liquor and {eigars. Such expenditures, according to a of Judge Walling, of {| Erle, constitutes {llegal election ex- | pengen The suggestion for a quo warrantg is intended inquire by what war. {rant Liebel claims to exercise the {office of Mavor and to show cause why his election should not be de clared void and his office vacant The action to be brought in Erie County Harrisburg General Todd {for a writ Li action is far que Jr. based setting by { Michael © The { legged { tion { wag rop imp: expenses tures decision io is « Fell Five Hundred Feet, (Special).—Dashing down the new 1000-foot shaft at the Eagle Hill colliery just before quit. ting time, Frank Trone, aged 20 years, met a frightful death, every | be in hiz body being broken. He wag being hoisted in a bucket when shouts from a companion caused him to jook down Losing his balance when the bucket wag but he fell haif depths, Pottsville fie out way up the dizzy Tipstaves Get Increased Pay. Hazleton (Special) Following a demend for increase in their pay {from $2 per day the tip of Carbon County Court surprised when Judge Hoydt on adjournment of court Saturday | han nded down an order granting the { increase an to $2.50 staves the were Heart On Right Side, {Special} Albert Her is boarding house the Coro- heart was 62 years at Potts Reading man foil dead at h here... When examined by ner it was found that his on the right side He was pold and leaves four caildren ville. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Misa Florence Linebangh, a tailor- ess, was walking along the street, of Altoona, when she was struck by a falling awning and perhaps fatally injured. l.evi H. Ritter, of Near Mountain- ville, fell from a pear tree and sus- tained a broken neck, from the ef- fects of which he died in a short time. Andrew J. Gumpf, a prominent gunemith, of Lancaster, dropped dead as he was entering the office of his physician for medical treat- ment. The high water mark for farm land was reached at Lancaster, when Clayton IL. Nissley, a director of the poor, sold his farm of 1056 acres in East Donegal Township. at private sale, to Ell L. Nissley, for $210 an acre. Fire destroyed the boller and fan house of Chystal Run Colliery, Frackville, at a loss of several thous- and dollars. The plant employs 150 men and has had a run of il luck. Rev. A. G. Peters. pastor of the Zion Reformed Church, North Beth- lehem, has accepted a call to St. Stephen's Reformed Church in Le- banon and Grace Congregation at Avon, Lebanon Conlity. While engaged in family work at her home in York, Mrs. Emanuel Mitzel dropped over dead. She was 64 years old and death was due to an affection of the heart, Progress, Caxton had just Invented the print- ing press, “Fine,” cried the colleges boys, “We can now send home for money for books.” Thus did the discovery meet with early appreciation. —New York Bun. A Brief Te Topic. 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