State
of
xm SAS
BRIDGE SINKS INTO RIVER.
Priver Of Heavy Lumber
Has Close Call.
Exciter is at
Hereford Township,
Palm, —
heat in
County,
{aver
Berks
nent
on asooun
damage done gang
men who stole twenuy-
of dynamite at the wa
Staurer Bros.
the count
The
iron
dama
or dangerous, but
Iuriber team of Oliver
was ready to pass
ture collapsed
River
Edwin
in landing
over the slowly
He had a narrow
nearly pinned
loaded wagon, which weighe
tons,
The matter has
fore the County C
the bridge {3 closed
thorough invest ion will be made
On several nights explosions took
place at various places, all suspected
to have heen accon plished by dyna-
mite stolen the store of Stauf-
fer Bros. i will
damage done
cost the about $1,000
3
Oy tae Younus
POULGS
rehiouse
exploded
Of
whanen a
Boek,
over,
into the
the driver
the
Solt,
four maul
sinking tructure
FCape was
fast by the heavil;
d five
and
ana
brought he-
ssioners and
travel A
been
ommi
to
igat
from
The
county
BANK WRECKER FREED.
Roosevelt Opened Doors Of Peniten-
tiary For Edward McMillan.
Edward P.
sper of the
urg. Machin,
a foriaer bookke defunct
Enterprise National
leased fro
through
former
having
of a six
tence.
Mrs
clemen
Roosevelt,
band had
empioyer,
who commit
failure of
Charles
ployee
leased, h
shortene 1
and Leme
in connection
be given his
re-
Bank, was
Penitentiary
the utive clemency of
alter
Years
81
Roosevelt
and a hal
mone
SOTV
years
two
and six
Mac
*y order
main
Miliam, whe
fro:
tained
of
d
will
fa re.
liberty next Tuesday.
DYING WORDS HIS WILL.
Estate Of Engineer Who Was Kiiled
Court Gives To Widow,
An
before
Reading
was
Wills Gregory
Harry A. Brideg
ic death by fall rom the
his engine on }
and was ground 1
on June 23, 1 le application
letters on his
“Get me ou R : going to
die, and my wife Is have all”
were the last he injured
railroader.
Joseph A. Rebhol Rob-
inson and Thomas F. Reno, members
of the crew, words
were the
Brideg
en and
od
ed
unusug
begun f
of
a trag-
of
wh widow
) met
fan x
Railroad
wheels
for
Joseph L
hese
upon i
low
$1,000
to the wi
at
BIRD'S RESCUER JAILED.
Woman Broke Law In Taking Young
Eobin From Boys,
Mrs
got herse
expense in an unu
days ago she rescued.a young
from boys, who torm
and placed the bird a ca
it Fecovered: ge nt a nif
a day Yi
a nn Le
Bruce.
The woman protesatad
only saving the life of a young
robin, which had been stoned by
boys in a tree in front of her home,
when neighbors preferred charges
against her. The woman sald she
placed the bird in a canary's cage
on the roof of the house, where the
parent birds fed it
Yon dd Ts ¢ * ‘ i heals
Reading al ary Kubeck, of
this city If into trouble and
Two
robin
*
sual manner
! nting it,
While
ght and
ahd costs
Alderman
were
in
ni
diita
i
» $1
1 jall ar
fir
to
that she was
Dies Of Fall From Cherry Tree.
Danville. — Casper Diseroad, a
well known contractor and builder,
of Danville, died from Injuries re-
ceived a week ago in a fall from a
sherry tree He was a veteran
the Civil War and a past commander
of Goodrich Post, No. 22, G. A. R.,
of Danville. 4
Two ‘Bridges Blown Up.
Reading.—A township bridge In
Hereford Townshis, a wooden strac-
ture, and an iron bridge, built and
maintained by the county, were
blown up with dynamite, The mo-
tive of the parties {8 a mystery, The
dynamite was stolen
boring store,
Tamaqua Passes Curiew Law.
Tamaqua.-—At a meeting of Bor-
ough Council, a curfew
wag passed,
dren under 16 years of age, unless
accompanied by parents or guardl-
ans, to be off the street at 9 P. M.
under penalty of arrest and subject
to fine,
Strangled To Death Yo Hammock.
Lancaster.— Norman Blote, aged
16 years, was dairangled to death
while sleeping In 2 hammock at his
home at Ephiraia. The hammock
was an old fashioned affair, with
Joop ends. While tossing in his gleep
the boy fastene? his head in a loop
and in this porition was strangled.
The body was found by his is parents.
a
sit fp
Willlam Haetly, of South Beth-
lehem, a walter on Charles M.
Schwab's private car Loretto, suffer-
ed a fatal stroke of avovlexy.
STABBED WITH HATPIN.
Woman Attacked
Was Taking Her
Pittsburg A
Bands, of
Policeman
To Workhouse,
an, Hearry
in a4 Bg
as a result
hatpin while
policem
Duquesne, is
at his home
stabbed with a
a colored woman to the work
The stabbing occurred on
te Monday night. T
and when ti}
rious
s[oner tiley
ined to leave
a pin from
enian
WOMAN IMPALED ON FENCE.
To
Probably
West |
ighle
Tree Cnt, Ree
Injuries,
Rescue
Fatal
Mrs
celves
nester Marsha
Willian Highley
Iz gare Bridge, nem
8, Was inmpa i upon a fence and
proba nj furet d
climbed a tree
i
when
slipped
twenty
round
fence
passed
anothe
, and a
abdomen.
palings
i ip
er
RUSTY NAIL KILLS BOY.
Causes Wound That Developed Lock.
Jaw Aad Agonizing Death.
‘BLAST FURNACES BURNING.
ig Iron
Pe
Production Increases
r Cent. In Four Months,
Want Paid Fire Chief For York.
§ Un
appol
™
i ae arg «
Comn
¥
JBCOD
Council
STATE ITEMS.
sn and
destr
were
in a serious
poisoning and
saving her
nrobakly
probabil;
stare
will
£3 sith eo
in & finger with
Dr. E. H. Romi BOCTotary
Pottaville Y. M. C. A., has resic:
to accept the pastorate
Congregational Church in
paia
In a8 runaway
of
Philade
accident in Bridge.
port, Mrs McKay, of Upper
Merion, was thrown from ‘the wagon
and sustained a broken arm
Abrabam R. Claiv and
Graver, of Cheltenham,
Montgomery County
award of a jury which laid out Tox-
ony Avenue Clark was awarded
$250 damages and Graver none. A
dozen other properly owners were
given nothing, but they have not ap-
peaied
Clara, the
Gseorge
Jotun =
appealed in
Court from
the
two-year-old daughter
of Willlam Ruscavage, of Mahanoy
City, was burned to death on the
street while playing with matches,
The death of the child was withessed
by many terror-stricken people
William Anderson, a dairyman,
Lansdowne, was kicked by
unconscious,
of
a horse
He was
His
The Bchool Board of Lansdowne
tion of a new saition to the school
house to William Elliott & Company,
of Coatesville, at > bid of $24,000.
Work will be started at once,
John M. Root, a young machinist,
of Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, has
ne stole
gold watches and other articles from
his room-mates, John E. Engel and
John H. Kellenberger. Root pawn-
ed the watches at Harrisburg,
The assessors’ returns show that
the taxable property of Dauphin
County has increased $837,500 dur.
ing tha nast vear, and personal prop-
business depression,
Fire of incendiary origin destroy.
ed two dwellings and two stables at
Lewistown. Loss, $3,000
During the absence of men, fire
broke out near Bear Valley, threat
ening many structures, A lot of
women and girls formed a bucket
brigade and by herole work prevent
ed what might have been a disas-
trous fire,
A little child of W. H. J. Wil
liams, of Slateford, bit Into a dyna-
mite cap, which it found on the
street, and in the explosion that fol.
Joes its face was terribly lacera-
ted.
FARM NOTES.
Salting cows regularly has much
do with the ease difficulty
which the butter come,
As a rule mlik is unfit for use af
least two weeks efore calving time.
milk seems to
or
will
yWEYer, some
tiberally on
the are confines on
NG corn
woeaks bef ng
may be allowed with the
should be fine and
meal sprinkled r it
n not
give only
should given
Linseed
hay,
the
we calving meal
which
cut linseed
Ove
is necessary for a cow to
a small quantity orf milk
in order to give rich milk. One can
use np hreoed that is famous for large
vields of rich onilk rather than get
rich milk and low yields Every
farmer should look around him before
purchasing a cow and make it a
point to know about the breeds which
will sult his purp»e —Epitomist
DAIRY HINTS
Don’t think because the hardest of
the winter, presumably, is past, that
it 1a safe to let wp on the good care
of the cow. This is often done, partly
through carelessness and partly be
canse the feed fs scarce. The cold
winds and early Spring rains, are
harder tipon stock, espec
the milk cows, than the winter
go continue to give the
water, the good clover hay
softest nubbins
A good pian Is to keep some of the
best clover hay until May: this will
be greatly appreciated by the cow,
aa the long run of dry feed is hard
upon her,
A warm bran mash, slightly salted,
will be greatly relished of a morning,
und if one has extra vegetables to
give, the increase in the milk flow and
in the cow's appearance, will be an
agreonble surprise,
If no vegetable cutter is at hand,
pice the cabbage, potatoes, turnips
or pumpkins In a wooden trough or
hucket and chop with a sharp spade,
Quite an amount can be out in a little
time by this method.
Give the eabbage and turnips about
noon. then there will be no taste
“f then in the milk
A mess of oats 1s a good feed, and
relished
bedding "when
there be plenty
to the cows, the liquid
ted in the bedding 1s
use as fertilizer.
ing In the way
will never result in
“hollow tail,” nor
either
{and
is
will be greatly
Give clean
needed and let
tae comiort
that is satura
worth lots to
Care, someth
above |}
lowshorn” or
stomach,”
milk
be in the ds
it 1s
Besides
ol
“hol.
in
int 4
| "hoi Ww
A good
i should
best care.
other
i
COW
ry)
Indiana Farmer,
SHEEP AND WOOL.
sition of profitablenese In
ving, of course, into
account both mutton
This Is well stated bya sheep
Mr. L.. C. Re
letter to the Drove
nal, in which he
“That the comb
returns
p raiser than the fostering
quality is a seifestabli
it gives ralser
tunity ve div
investment twice a
yiit
no
worthy o
| the
The que
takes
woo! and
Erowe!
ynolds,
rs’ Je
of Michigan,
S4YS.
ination of
profit
wool and
more to ne
ny
of an
the sheep an
¥ *
irom
opi
to recel ridends
year
that he is able to Fase
wo differen
ton
from
a good price
market
the mut
i
wool pro
ducts
mar
the
ket
flock
and
As a general rule a good
% 3 p 1 ris tA
yf both wool and mu mn
ucts
erally command
will net
the ©
mutton sold
wner
on
wool Ww
ria ind
mainte
HOW ORCHA
sum
The past
rate Crod
iefactive
ut fwenty
to
yw
nounted
Now. ht
ary farm
through the same
the situation may
A portion of the land
father, independent of
referred to somo
at $135
chang
this
some
about
iands 'n
section
review of
old orchard sold
acre
hands
fa no ex
an
ed
since
syd iy
eniiy
farts yoears
has rec
at 360 an and
ception.
acre
S80Y BEANS AND COW PEAS
1 would like
about raising
peas,
1. What kind of ground
suited for them 2. When.
hey be sowed and how much per
acre? 3. Can they be cut and fed
as a dry feed in the winter? 4 Wher
can 1 obtain the seed, and what ia
the price per bushel—George Scott.
Ans. 1. Any good corn land suits
them well. Sandy loam is best, Cow
peas often do well on rather thin
land
2. Sow in June. 1 peck per acre
¥ drilled or 1 bushel if sown broad:
cast.
8. Yes if ent when in bloom.
4. At any good seed store. The
price varfea from $2 to $3 per bush
ol.—Indiana Farmer.
COLLEGE MAN FARMER.
Secretary Wilson, the Depart
ment of Agriculture,
vinced that the college man
ter than any one else, When he 18
casting about for men for his depart
ment,
information
cow
some
soy beans and
is best
shoold
of
sities he was gradoated from. “What
{ want” says the Secretary,
one line of Inquiry than anybody else,
and who jr able to set forth clearly
for the benefit of others the results
of his inquiries.” Secretary Wilson |
has a deep knowledge of agricultnre |
himaelt and got a lot of it on a farm
out in Tama county, lowa,
France has 7.883 postal saviegl
banks. {
ESSENTIAL IN
The beautiful,
French dressmaker,
aesthetically | without
eration of utility. Utility,
philoscphers defined it, is
faction of human
tiful m therelore, be
and will consider it
nesthetic point only
in the truly beat
auty of the pe
health
ITDOSES
BEAUTY.
famous
RE.
aAYs on
is that
eases
ns
the
The
useless,
sal.
wants
ay, quice
from
we
Wavs
the be
ries and
aong
chief
in the
and
sgevera
another,
one
fairly
results
-Philadelphis
MOTHER'S CHOI
want
f
firat of
ONE
The man
marry mu
wast all be ¥K
ing cons
sideration for women
and ankmnals, giving his pro
weak and helpless
He must
school education, suffi
him to conduct ordinar)
telligently, and he must
in the leading questions of
in order that he may not becom
dre
tection to
need
non
enahle
he whenever
a good comn
tient to
business
od POSSORS
rested
iay
be ints
the
th
daughter's husband
have a healthy mind and body
tc ahstain from the use of tobacco
and alcohol, not only for my daugh
ter's sake but for the sake
children which may come
be affectionate,
through their honeymoon but through
all their life, showing those little at.
I want my
of
the observance of birthday and wind.
ding anniversary, and an oocasional
compliment,—say, several times a
year.
As to the family purse, 1 should
want him to set aside for household
jarge as
would be compatible with his income.
1 should want him to be anxious that
guests, whether of his inviting or
hers. With a husband having the sat
tributes | have mentioned 1 think my
daughter's happiness would be as
gure.~~FMorence A. Richardson, Okla:
homa, in the Housekeeper.
GARNETS REVIVED.
The garnet 18 the jewel of con.
stanoy and fdelity. It is the birth
stone of January, but to judge from
stone at the jewelers its use is by
no means to be restricted to the
January girl
{ts warm rod hue harmonizes well
with the rich, dark reds to be worn
this winter, and it is probable that
it will enjoy a return to high favor,
ft 1s pot an expensive jewel. A
bracelet of gold plate, solldly ine
crusted with a in four sot
$10, but since
$0 much worn
bizarre nor
than
jewelry
| tings, costs less
{ Inexpensive is
i this plece is not at all
bad taste
B
of parnets take
ioned round form
r new bird
Ww tterils
Carne
women's ©
a
ine the {
ART PI'T
ni Ld
Mra Noliar
od an arts
sold for ti
logis colon
Nichols, her only
at the Saranac :
terested his mother in th
{ collection is
XD
| er's fine taste in
| tivated largely by
Cincinnati. She
the largest
in that
pottery
ensive
art,
of
one of
potteries city
now 1}
original
pierces of
{out are from her
New York Press,
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Sofia Loebinger was
president of the new organization of
guffragettes which waz formed in New
York city. It Is composed entirely
of wage earning women. Miss Aus
a vender of cosmetics and other toils
articles, waz elected secretary: Mise
Wingers, a designer of women's cost
tumes, was chosen as vice-chairman
while Mre Louise Valkmann, a real
estate dealer, was made treasurer
The membership iz sald incl
teachers, stenographers, lawyers
doctors.—~New York Sun.
elactod
$
to 1 ig
A THRIFTY WOMAN
A thrifty woman has learped tha
gaudy silken hose can be dyed bia
for a small sam, and accordingly she
avails herself of the various "sales
when odd sizes and bright colors are
shown at great reductions. Some
times the only objection to them ie
‘the too ornate embroidery in bright
hues, and this when “dipped” makes
the stocking a thing to be envied.
New York Tribune,
DEPUTY REGISTRAR.
Mrs. Looy BE. Peabody, of Denver
thas received her appointment as
deputy registrar of the Colorado State
Board of Land Commissioners, Mrs
Peabody #8 widely known through hot
efforts to have the oliff dwellings in
southwestern Colorado preserved by
including them in Mesa Verde Na
tional Park. Refore her marriage she
held a Government office in Wash
, ington. —N¢w York Sun