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HOLDS UP WOMEN.
Highwayman Fires Three Shots, Hit-
ting Carriage.
Norristown Mrs. Anna
gnd her daughter, Dolly, and
Eleanor Andrews, King of
sla, had an exciting experience Will
a highwayman while driving along
the road between Port Kennedy and
King of Prussia The women wore
passing alongside of a woods
a man stepped out in the
tried to stop the horse.
Mrs. Pechin the beast witl
the wh an he ge leaped in the
air and almost knocked the highway-
man down As the animal ]
down the robber fired
ghots fron
One
horse t
another kno
wheels
wild.
Mrs. Pechin
the King of Prussia Hotel
horse 1 §
of Prus-
when
road and
struck
ho
struck
part of the
gpoke out of
and the third
in
bullet
succeeded in
before
of
they
collay 1 from loss hlood
organized and
woods for
GIRL OVERCOME BY GAS,
Found Unconscious In Bathroom And
Hurried To Chester Hospital.
~hester Shortly after she had
her mother,
Phillips,
4 |
T- i
t
been sent
geventeen -
daughter
East Ten
floor of
with the
jet
Elsie
Phillips,
found on
unconscious
Going
Mrs. Pl
but failed
detected an
upstairs foun
in a cramps
The girl
ter Hospi
up a hard
later statin
to recove
a statems
SURRENDERS FOR GIRL.
Climber Who Broke Jail At
Allentown Returns,
Allentown William Meckes,
porch climber, of Philadelphia,
escaped jail scaling
thirty-foot wall, enclosin
on yard, was brought back to
by his sweetheart, a Beth
Warden Wieand remembered
Meckes has been
this girl. When he called
confessed that Meckes
cape had come to her and
her to el he warden
ed her wi prosecution
the escape.
Rather ti
to jall Mec
der.
Porch
from by
1 the
pris-
prison
One
»
th
his sweethes
1 ’
consented
an see
Burned To Death By Molten
Altoona Knocking out t}
prop under a cupo i
vania's ont}
Ludwig
a shower
ed from
hours
n his
fami! i pr
the annivers
Metal,
Refuse To Throw Out Votes.
Pottsville Puzzled by the o
whelmi turns fro
the i Wards
Shenandoah, :
ers ref ans
vote, al ent. of
1.8370 votes are ded 1 to he
dulent
ed
with
County C«
ners
they
the
Silver Plate Company Fails.
Lancaster. —A receiver was ap-
pointed for the Lancaster Silver Plate
Company its assets were stated
be $49,712.13 and the liabilities
$34,901.33 Numerous creditors are
threatening to press claims and the
property rights and credits of the
company in New York have been at-
tached.
to
Eighteen Miners Overcome
Tamaqua Eighteen men
ed in the Lehigh Coal and Naviga-
tion Company's No. 11 mine were
overcome by gas, but were brought
to the surface in time to save their
lives. Zeigler and Amos
Hartranft unconscious for sev.
eral hours
By Gas.
arn nly
empioy-
(ienrge
were
Killed In Trolley Collision,
Ofl City Homer Beck, aged 21,
employed on a work car on the Citi
gens’ Traction lines, was caught in
a rear-end collision between trolley
cars near Monarch Park, sustaining
injuries that resulted in death. A
cousin of the deceased, John W,
Beck, illed in a rallroad acel-
dent Wooster, Ohio. Both
bodies buried together at
Venus.
was |
near
were
Wife Slayer Released On Bail,
Altoona Frank McMillan, aged
82, who shot and killed his wife in
mistake for her paramour a week
ago, was released on $3.000 bail
Judge Martin Bell, who heard the
homicide cages the defendant was en-
titled to ball,
tended to prove murder in the first
degree,
Woman, Revolver, Panle, Arrest,
Altoona. —In a street crowded with
shoppers, Mra. Henrletta Sell, of Dun.
cansville, brandished a revolver in
the face of her daughter, Mrs. Elda
Nale, of Windber, while persons close
to the impending tragedy fled to
get out of range. Thomas Loonard,
a street cleaner, wrenched the gun
from the womans’ hand. Both wom-
en were arrested, and Investigation
later disclose” that the mother heard
her daughter had eloped and wanted
to find the man. The elopement
. was untrue.
| BLACK HAND BURNS BARN.
{ Demands Unhasded, Disappointed
Criminals Carry Out Threat,
Pottsville
getters
lam E
man, wio
several
Wil-
busi-
Unheeding
Black Hdnd,
well-known
to
under
fv vy
from the
Lecher, a
refused deposit
um of money fla
fig Was de
and large wareho
burned d
ring
ire vag cole
arly
no doubt it was
yointed cerimi-
u
of
it
are now
Lecher sus
thousand
Mr
several
KILLED IN WRECK,
Cars Fast
(On
Runaway Crash Into
Freight Lackawanna,
that
Delaware,
Rallrog
gyl A wreck
gtanding on
ran
was
away
ap~
into
fit
STUNG" IN CASH DRAWER.
After Loot.
Store,
Robbers Leave Placard
ing York Gocery
ole
1o-
9 vears ole anda JO
Years, were
with robbing
a Eroce
Charged
ryman,
25 boxes of
f ang con-
hers
and placed It
he wrote
ITEMS.
ekoff of
member of the
Board of Education, and
sth Beardslee, of New
ried in New York by
‘orbes
of George F. Baer, presi.
Reading Railway Com
} for $100 to the
of Reading, as
omoting the playground
The money will used
needed apparatus
Cadelboro, while working
Stone Quarry at York
in elevator whicl
crushed stone to the to
hute When at the topmd
part he dropped a distance of twenty
» foe breaking botl
to
her
th
ae
3 legs
farme
County,
Years
shoe
was
business at
over tb
cans of
known as
received
Camp, United
Pennsyivania, and planted in the
Schuylkill River, Manatawny Creek
and the Schuylkill Canal. The fish
were sent here from the State hatch.
eries at Torresdale,
By will of the
F. Lachman, which
probated, Trinity
of Pottstown,
Swamp Reformed
amoun
A refusal of a family
a key
fact
two
commonly
have
been
y Pottstown
Sportsmen of
NO. 21.
the late William
has just been
Reformed Charch
receives $200, and
Church a simila:
to deliver
to a fire alarm box, despite
that the fire conld be seen
in the destruction of the
home of A. C, Gibboney, at Altoona
When key was denied the tele
phone was used to summon the fire.
men, but the wrong address was
given, causing further delay
Judge Johnson, at Media, dissoly.
ed ‘the temporary injunction prevent.
ing the Philadelphia, Baltimore &
Washington Rallroad Company from
changing their track at Cheyney, on
the West Chester division, so as tc
pass the new station. The petition
for an injunction was presented by
Joseph Sager, owner of the land
through which the raliroad runs.
Judge Broomall, at Media, issued
a temporary injunction against the
Delaware County & Philadelphia
Eleetrie Railway Company, prevent
ing them from constructing double
tracks on Baltimore Avenue, Lans-
{downe, so as to Interefere with ac.
| cong to the conduits of the Bell Tele.
i phone Company.
Company H, Sixth Regiment, N, G,
P.. of Media. will go into camp with.
‘out a eaptain, Three ballots were
taken for the eaptainey to succeed
Walter R. Johns, resigned, but no
one was elected.
Out of work and despondent,
Prokop Nazar, of Newport, drowned
bimaelf in the canal.
The Columbia County commission.
ers have decided that hereafter all
the
resulted
the
report, Fallure to do this, they
tions.
City Engineer Edmund B. Ulrich,
of Reading, is lying critically {11
with lead polsonmg at his home in
that city. How he contracted the
disease is a mystery. He has lost
entire control of his limbs,
/
HORSES, |
experience
SOME FACTS ABOUT
A horseman of
gives mportant
various kinds of horse
well to study, say the Fai
Journal He says:
1 arg
iarge
these | facts about
contract
the
Ohio
cently
an
ing a very
fully You will be
the {dea that
being done wit}
the hind
Lome
opportunity
heavy jos
most
the
foot is mx
ets on the groun
is bent at the hook
does not slip, and the
enough
ahove
to the back
3
hook, will
for his load.
pers Thin by . "
pulling on the tend
and ug
close
8, straigh
the hody to n
or Wor
the nerf rmance
aten that the
of ox the
§ a
groqtor
and hind
length of
hind quar
nead o
an excellent »
fowls
thou
abou!
f your yards
aire’acked lime
houses and yards
keep them d'sinfected
In starting in poultry business
the average man man is
apt to get too enthusiastic and
to do too much. The way is
begin on a small scale
with ths bus'n
ence and capability
{4 you are
town lot and
food. a substitute can be
alfalfa meal. This feed
large cont
be mixed
meat meal
meal, which
dry mash
Oats and
daily ration
£0 a long way towar?
‘rom becoming too fat and, <
quently, more healthy and vigorous
Laying hens ned anima! food now
as they are right In the heaviest
are w
scattered
frequently
and purified |
the
or w vary |
try
to |
"ne
ori-
heat
Aang
enlarye
justify
grow
a8 AR €X]
riising chickens
Any
supplied in
on a
do not have green
H 18 fa very
and can
bran, middiings
corn
firat-claas
ner of
wh
and ab
wiil
nratein
with at
tit 5 oer cont
make a
1art af thas
hon Ww
keaning her
bran "na n
for the lay
£14
Ho
YI ae
inv.
scraps should be furnished. Theso |
will not only increase the
but the fertility as well
A dalryman of large
value of skim milk for pig and ealf
feeding, and the manure of each cow
nearly equals the cost of feeding 2a
cow per year. This leaves the but
ter, or cream product nearly a clear
Nobody can tell me just how to do
my work, each must figure for him.
been dug out the soll In practical
work is worth much more to us.—0C,
8. Stetson, Penobscot County, Me.
Poultry need alr and exercise to
make them produces fertile oggs and
vigorous chickens that will live after
thes are hatched. One of the best
means of accomplishing this fs to
give them a shed open to the south,
where they can scratch on the little
ground for thelr grain, and
benefit the
in pleasant weather,
on the
have the full of sunshine
ind alr
FERTILIZATION FOR POTATOES
3 4st
profitable in
The potato crop is one that m
cases Will View Very
from
restate
potato
the
make more money
inorease
an repay the ¢
several husiels
can
Agr
reas
wild
necoRsar
hanged
anagetnent
Ing sie to
alas requires
¢
dee of
feeding uten-
ue of milk
oomsiderable ¥
kind of animals
seding Know es
neceasity of keep
The val
the
right
1g the
's clean skim
for young
given to right
in the
The
ter and
separator
way
farmer who but
from
manufactures
milk direct
calves and pigs ia
little soil fertility.
necessarily improve
which in itself is no
of profit —Epitomist
feeds skim
to
very
the
oye ry
small
year,
item
ROUGH SOIL
Neither
much
seeds nor fertilizers ara
in coarse, rough
The finer the soil the stronger will
be the voung plants and the
will they mature, and fertilizers will
t more effec Fertilizer 13
plant food, the same as bread, meat
and dairy products are food for man,
that corn and hay are food
animals For any dertilizer to
“ton plete,” it should be made
nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid
and should be properly balanced. N°
tosen can be drawn into the ground
from the air by nitrogenous plants,
and perhaps the soil contains all the
potash needed. If so, wh waste
money in buying more? Study yom
goil and find out what it needs Epi
tomist
anil
gOOTOF
w far ive
Ww ‘or
be
ap of
JOHNNYCAKES FOR CHICKS
Where or*y a few chicks are rails
ed the feeding of johnnycakes is of
ten practiced, but when so many
chicks are kept that the baking of
preferable,
a stiff batter. The addition of a few
infertile eggs will improve the cake.
Rake slowly until well
through. Make the cake thick so ae
cales may be made as follows: One
pint of corn meal, one-half pint bran
1" teaspoonful ment meal, 1 raw ege
1 teaspoonful soda, add water to make
stiff batter, and bake two hours. Or:
Ten parts corn meal, 3 parts wheat
middlings, 1 part meal by measure:
mix with water or swim miik, and
bake Farmers’ Home Journal,
FITTED
Of
FOR
the
an to ge
DU”
COUI8e
id nothi
Hite give
must when n
i
large
those of the
will
kntehts
opolized
business
And we
looking
first
nO
ticles,
wornan
ness of sell
fs particular]
nee A
alwars In
UT yf
Lhe
herse]
ean do. It In &
dilate and expand
tureg of such of
iay be gelling
en are quick
them good
over with original
have a thorough
weaknesses — New
brimming
and
story
good humor
knowledge
Haven Register
nn 3
of mens
DOUBLE VEIL
The double veil fad,
discarded two seasons ago by gener
al request of the men, because it was
an Impossibility to who was
bowing to them, has been
with vigor. At the Casino at
port, Mrs. Philip M. Lydig came
wearing a heavy dark
veil over a white tulle effect
another woman shook Mrs, lodig
the hand she remarked, “1 hardly
knew you” Mrs Lydig replied, “I'm
gure | did not know who were
till you spoke”
Then in came
with another
only her eves and a
forehead, and Mrs
Carroll followed These are
either of brown, green or white, and
are caught in (he back of the head
and worn from the bridge of the
nose and well under the chin The
eyes and forehesd only are shown
It was an wave of veils at the Ca.
gino. Mrs. Smith Hollis MeKim, of
New York City, came in wearing a
white serge gown with a lavender
colored parasol, a Panama hat turns
ed up in front and down in the back.
with a silk tulle vell carrying almost
to the ground. Miss Ethelinda C.
Morgan, Mrs. Oliver Harriman, and
Mrs. Joseph R. Dilworth wore the
extreme long drooping veils.
FAD
tell
tennis
by
you
Miss
donbis
Anna Sande
veil showing
portion of the
Royal Phelps
veils
WHY SOME CHILDREN STEAL.
1 have a feeling of compassion for
growing lads and lasses who have
ro ways of earning spending money.
It is so pitiful to need a ttle
shange and no way to get it. Some
parents do not consider the matter
ae one of importance. I recall the
sixteen-year-old son of an honorad
D. D., who was caught stealing tur
keys from farmers. He was tempted
and yielded, the owner of the birds
made no fuss and the father pald
ewsboy
Another
produ: ta
and ba
Vogue,
DAY OF
Colors
nress of Brazi
WV. Gogelin,
watchmakers
ous of all Geneva
lin spent
permanently
ing to fit the
cal ved $25 G00,
years at the
tt Tee
weakened his ey
watch together
which he held
a small price. The watch is exactly
one-fifth of an inch in diameter and
is set in a circle of amall diamonds
ring. It is wound with ana
old-fashioned key and keeps excellent
The Princess is said have
bought the watch for ts
original value, although Bn
ropean museums were in the market
it—New York Press
10
time to
jess than
geveral
GIRL LAWYER WINS MURDER
CASE
Women all over France are giving
praise to Mlle, Miropolsky, youngest
and prettiest women lawyers of
of
murder of
Miropolsky
eloquent
vears in a
assert
prosecution. It
Mile
ost
own daughter
+ 3%
one Lt the
indeed, it is
outzhone the
time a woman
appeared in a murder trial in Paris
Mlle. Miropolsky drew a picture of
the Jean woman in terrible dostitu
led her
lawyer
upon her daughter to share her mis
ery. The young pleader ruled the
fury from her opening sentence to
fast. Not once in the trial 4id
she betray emotion, but when the
verdict of not guilty was announced
she dropped into a chair, and, with
her hands to her face, indulged in
a truly womanly cory~New York
Press.
FASHION NOTES.
Rich laces and gleaming jewels
have their share In beautifying a
splendid costume,
The tipe of satin shoes are em-
broidered with jet beads, pearls or
gold and silver thread; the heels are
high and the buckle is jowelled.
The deep girdle of lace remains
popular with the slender woman.