Chester County Farmers Happy. West ~The farmers Chester were never in ter they are now wheat and grass never looked fine, and the cattle are already in the meadows and pastures, gpite of the frosts the fruit trees are full of voung fruit, and berries prom- ise a big crop. Most of the been planted, and there is usually large acreage of planted The ason fully weeks ahead time veg , # " 1 is as far advanced isually by the middle of Chester. County rite than bet. Th as an out 1 corn an potatoes is and it Of as May Invest gant Sales, Medina Although Media hibiti borough, the meetis ot as well those interested in the cause they should, At a mezeting W. C. T. U. the question arose to why the attendance is 80 Miss Mary Gibbons ascribed it to the fact that many beer wagons enter t! ie borough The W. C. T. Ll. decided to investigate the sale of cigarettes to minors. +» Cigarette is a Pro temperance altende d as Mi 3 are the as Of 80 Tube Company Raises Wages. Pittsburg Following the nouncement of a wage raise by sev- eral subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation comes that of the Nation#l Tube Company, which has posted notices that all employees’ wages will be advanced. The amount will be one to six per cent A hig! also will affect day labor will «be paid $1 instead a day an- from rat Wii (9 Mayor imposes Unique Sentence. Hazleton Mavor Bruclt a que sentence on brought hefore him on the ch removing brass letiers b indows He fined es deliars and gave them an inc time in which tp settle, They report iim every Monday and pay at lesst one cent until entire amount made good, imposed five boys arge fv irom ¥ un # 0 to evening is Confederate Stamp Carries Mall, Berwick.— Forty-five the close of the Civil mailed by a former from Newport News, James Bowman, of bearing a Confederate stamp, aged to get through the United mails and was safely delivere Years War, a Union Va., to lerwic K je soldier Mrs . and ian- Is ‘ Sia LCs Laborers Unearth Man's Skeleton. While ™® a & Reading were eugag in the work vating at point directly the railroad tracks in Catawis Urg phi red mployees Benefit For Media Library, Paul Clark, Miss Throat Cat, Bent backward hed Woman With Pittaburye broken chair rr neck sla ear to ear and her elo with blood, Mrs. Em 28 years, the down! police ins her place died on Sidney thing o Mills, keeps of ar wn section, was a Tea a The hit 8p ry an ital ghiand of t dead wor found wandering around in the vicinity of the rant, and “after being questioned Jdetectives was placed under ar as a suspicious person. Waitresses at the restaurant have stated that the couple wera violently Jealous of each and had been quarreling for days Atl the nolice station the husband denied any knowledge of how his wife met death mumbling flied herself, she kills d The ing the the Mills vans he restau- hy rest other, “she herself *’ police are ad CARe tively investigal- Play “Along The Missouri." Media Club rendered entitled who too! William The Catholic Dramatic a three-act comedy, Along the Missourl.” Those part were J. J. MeGinley, Morley Paul Malseed, George ith, William L. Suter, Al- bert Marron, Miss Ellen Coppock, Miss May Malseed and Miss Edith Mullen 8m Reading Doctors Elect OfMecers Reading. The Reading Medieal Association held its annual meeting, | when the following officers were elected President, F, G. Runyeon; vice-president, F. Collett; treasurer, A. F. East; seeretary, Jesse Wagner: curator, i. H, Hutching; trustees, Drs. J. E. Longacre, lsrael Gleaver and W. H. Marks. 18 Cents A Day For Postmaster. Saltsburg.-—A job paying 18 cen's a day is offered by the United States | Government to any one who wishes to become postmaster at Wheatflel!l near here. To permit the applicants to show their competency the Civil! Berviee Commission will hold an ex- amination on May 7. Last year the postoflice paid $64, Noted Inventor Dead, Easton.—~John 1. Kinsey, who for forty years wag master mechanic of | the Lehigh Valley Raflroad Com- | any's loeal shops, n this elty, aged 83 years. He weg one of the best known mechanical engineers and inventors | built by na and spoediest type of thelr day, He | Invented a soark arrester for lucomos tives. Twelve years ago Mr. Kinsey retired from active work. him and which bore l e1nis Rescuer, Pottaville Spank Madonas, VERS, Te red desperate because J love. rode at exprese ed on a bicycle down the main i street of Minersville to the bridge vhich crosses | River, : ah i 21 from the wheel Bis. cap and plunged head- the rail to t stream, 20 Lelow, Alexander Morris § and rescued I own tha as Jumped ¢ off ng over ae umped into the the man at life, Madonas re war and thrown all ming { shore excla i the bank: “Why didn't you The would-be me die!” suicide gashed his i head and fa on the rocks on the { bed of the g:rcam. Madonas shortly 1iter his rescue made for the moun tains, vowing would of his life this time. let he | Major Dougher Drowns. { Wilkes-B The body of E4& i ward J. Dougher, major of the Ninth | Regiment, N, G. P., and "an officia {of the local traction company, war found dead In a creek in Bradford County. Major Dougher went attend reunion Knights of Te to Towanda exercises held by Columbus of thal tO Lhe place Failing nt out 3 death {0 return. How is a mystery. a general alarm was se he came to mee! hig is Increase Hazlet: conde ising the surprises Men, mn T otormen and i T ractior ca and | Wilkes- lcton "Rail the thir received ’ Of an increase { ten cents » Or the solici surprise without complete Mrs. Leb Mary Mitchel Page anon Dies, Mitchel widow of the late Rober: J , died at the home of her only Rev, J. Mitchel Page Mrs Page was the daughter of late John Mitchel, the celebrated Irish ournalist, author and nationalist She was born in Dublin, in 1846, and during her childhood shared exile with her in ralia Mrs, Mary the she her fa Aust Woman Fights lectric Media Eliza C un sult in equity the Delaware County EI yiipany from operating a Jdistributing plant nsdowne, on pro near that ! owns asks for an Is plant would land, and wail 14 # ee availability for Plant, Hartsel has to prevent ectric C He perty She 1K i0 the her Prohibitionists Nominate, ter Light 0 5 19 Years, b of of ihe girs peritonitis, the tO have been iam Jennings as housekeeper 3 urned a ver t I's death was due to kicks and nonings for He is fier responsible held in jall without Find Suicide In Ridley The body Elevent y River aving evidently i1 11, wh suposed the fact expressed River, f James Street, was by Samuel been {ua the en Cross dis he com- that he desire 0 Eas: Ri ile nited sulci from bad frequently to end his life a Veteran Dies Mowing Down Grass, Carlisle Captain William H Brickes, of Company M, Third Penn vivania Cavalry, during the Civil Ww fell dead while mowing grass at his home, He was 70 years old Death was due to heart failure. He is aurvived by a widow. | Young Sper Killed By Train. Altoona. ~The body of Charles Perrang, a railroad car inspector of thig city, was found on the railroad. twelve mile: west of this eity He vigited a brother at Cresson, and it is supposed he fell from.a train on the return trip and wag run over, He was aged 24 and Ig survived by his wife and two children. | Engine To Fight Mine Fires. Seranton.—The latest / *acquisition of the Susquehanna Ceal Company is a chemical fire enging der extinguish. ing inside mine fires. One of the i practical features of the engine is j that it can be adjusted to rum on a track of any width, The engine may be transported by any motive | power, by an elecirie or compressed { afr locomotive or by mules, 3 | Another Industry For Chester, Chester. —Another Industry is to be located in this city. The Robert | D, Clark Thread Company, capital | ized at $50, 000, is looking for a suit. | able building site. When the plant ‘is in operation employment will be given to 200 persons. Charles H. | iressy, of Philadelphia, will be as- sudited with the new concern, i i i Bar Pictures From Armories, ing ruling of the Armory Board, mov. Ing picture shows have been discon- | tinued in the new armory of Gom- pany GG. The board isayed an ordor in any armories, A ——— Thousand Men Get Increase Berwick.-~A 10 per cent. ineroaso : | Plant of the American Car & Foun. | dry Co. has been announced, to affect | { 1000 men bees that give and bluster Life Three boast ROLES ; brag, knocker there in good Commoner, but Opportunity the a Ea it Ey wiv; La) A Rog in the New York Herald, ep t ers Cive the Young American Jack Tars Who Man It a WAREHIPS TO GO followl: cheduled to ¢ 4803 the class battles First cl ass bi First-class be F irst-cl lass b First-class b First-class b Vermont Minnezotla o seippd New Hampshire lags be Dreadno Dire ad is of the ON THE CRUISE. ficet which have the fall: Atlantic ancan carly in Nomber of officers and men . 51 Tonnage. Speed Pl. 16.000 is 16,000 18 16.000 16,000 16.000 13.000, 12,000 16,0600 14.9458 14,948 14,948 14,948 14,948 16,000 20,000 20,000 cruise tu ship (flagshl attieship, attieship. attleship. RRO $80 B81 750 7560 E80 512 512 £12 812 Riz $00 ittieship. attieship. attieshi a fic fleet! will Tonnage, Bpeed a 13.880 13.680 3.680 naval po 1 0 ff its peace ore interesting is the fact that ti raize of the si new battle {f the Atlantic feet to the Mediterra- | an has nothing to do with war ynde, but is mainly to give that part f soung America which has cast its srtunes with Uncle Sam's web foot it opportunity of seeing the world. Unique Phase of the Trip. Never before the navy has such a cruis taken for such a purpose, Think of | # personally conducted tour to the Mediterranean in a fleet whose ag- gregate cost excecds that of twenty Lusitanias! But whereas those who might make such a trip by a Lusita- nia would have hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars to pay for pas gage alone, those who go on this trip will have no such expense, but will be paid for going. Immediately upon receipt of the official notice from Washington Lien. tenant Pressey prepared a circular letter, which will be sent to the Navy Department for its approval and then distributed broadcast throughout the country. The circular reads in part: . @ Navy Department has just made a very important announce- ment. It intends to send the battle ship fleet to Europe next fall, prob- ably the Mediterranean and possibly parts of Africa. From now on it will ah inna SNIDER | " BY wl NN wd NS me 8 ee in history of any been under- © your, "This means that thousands of young Americans will have a chance to see the world, and get paid for it. Many people save money for months or years in order to go abroad, and I never heard of one who did it who re- gretted it. I want to ask you this Im- read about it? “Please understand that the Navy The Navy Department, nev- er makes promizes of that nature. it, because thousands will be needed for it. Why shouldn't you be one of Cardinal Gibbons Urges Need of Industry in Hansehold. Baltlivore, Md.--"1 have ten times more respect far the voman who for herself and family and becomes panies away her precions moments in gaid Cardinal Gibs bons In WE gormon at the confirma. tisn exorcises ut St. Joseph's Catholie’ Chureh, “Above all, my hoys and girls, be industrious,” "urged the Cardinal, he 84 A Hs ow whether 3 as I do led to ap me kn if Once, are on the back i Lead i sed envel nee i of as none is own that the plas Atlant req { the 8 03 ded ant is n tha ‘his fleet ow engaged off Virginia coast, rate in a few days and pro- to several “"home’ navy where the crews will be given while such repairs the ves need of will be made. that the Missouri and these being the oldest hed to the fleet, will these Dela- the or will ceed yards, leave ivres gepa their as It ia expected the Wisconsin, ae be replaced by the two newest, being the recently completed ware and North Dakota, of Dreadnaught class. he order which sends the At lantic fleet to the Mediterranean this fall contemplates the despatch of the Pacific squadron to the waters of South America at an even earlier “The Pacific fleet,” the order says, “will ernise to South American ports late in the summer to take part in celebrations to be held in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of Chile's independence from Spain.” DAY STATE'S CHARITY LIST, Hm. A AN SA Nearly a Third of Its Population Got Some Benefit in the Past Year, # Boston, Mass. —That $13,401 per- sons, nearly one-third of the entire | population of the State of Massachu- setts, were beneficiaries of charitable corporations is a feature of the an- nual report published by the State Board of Charity for 1810, Of this number 171,672 were aided free, the remaining 742,029 paying in whole or part for the service ren- dered. In addition to the individual beneficiaries are 4486 families, Thee figures are derived from the returns of 516 of the 683 such cor. porations in the State. Their total valuation is reported as $56,370,865, and their disbursements $7,856,363. Of the 616 nearly half, or 245, are lo. cated in Boston. The 189 city and town almshouses had 10,025 inmates during the year, The annual cost of all paupers, State and town, in Massachusetts has increased from $2,338,678 in 1889 to $5,806,188 in 1909, or from $1.06 to $1.93 per capita, “Keep Your Thumb Out of My Mouth,” Mr. Barber, Waterloo, Neb.— comes her fg true ga ster Charleston 1 drink a good drink shirt ud 75 cents and $2, I drink breeches er, — Ex Democratic York breeches and my ’ irth Carolina the $2.00 and th up $2 and t Glenn of ere g OV comments re tion in # icity World and a dol ilar that wea ood welcome New hat" this ov g 0 is more of it last large costing a town. We need jean years of imml "wo out flow During the there was a grants returnin the flow g to Europe because This out has fallen off 50 per cent nn re months, insists the Phi want of employment cent hand Tense Record. On the other a considerable in tion It Is estimated mney steamshin of > ! » ae NE, immigration this $f won Fryvtd sre of restraint DE AS €Ver are imposed on | The KOT and ang dragged Anything i asked REA E® There's £O W ith go with n & downtown saloon where a teetotal bartender asked for whiskey and imported heer, and remarked that his ‘stone wall “Td call man “Nes,” sa is a graves name on it, but stone it ought to Here's one no to that lic it A customer is in ere mixed the two WAS A tombstone.” mixture it a behind the the abstemious bar remaried Baye 8t. louis Republic: on nomy of room, absence iuction of the non-fight. ing ability almost instantly to attain hich speed efficiency and uni formity of feed. The absence of smoke is of inestimable importance both because it permits a war ship to approach the enemy unheralded Hy a black banner in disguise and de cause {it helps a weaker vessel to speed away, Of all nations ranking among powers of the first rank this is best equipped by nature to supply for its fighting fleets oll in quantity un limited and at minimum cost. From the Alleghanies to the Gulf and west ward to the Pacific const there exist gtores of petroleum whose develop ment already is enormous and whose possibilities scarcely have been fath the promoies eo smoke, fore ” hg | Dasdalus, cunning artificer, ploneer Was the Greek father of al! handiwork, | first artist who made the presentment of a speaking, moving statue. He In vented the ax, the aw! and the bevel aiso the saw, which he conled from the jawbone of & snake. He also In vented the potter's wheel, the turn ing wheel, the plumbd line, gine and gluing, the gimilet and other hand tools. He lald out and built the won derful labyrinth for the Minotaur late ly discovered and uvncovired. He and his son learus were fastened up In the labyrinth for giving Ariadne the clue with which she guided Thenens through its mazes. But Daedalus and fearus cscaped and flew over the sea on wings of wax and feathers made by old man Daedalus himself. Joarus fiving high, the sun melted the feath ers off. and down he plumped Inte the learian Sea, which was named for him. It Is only recently that one could believe there was a soul of truth in the myth, bat poor Dr. Lik Henthal made pretiy long flights on wings that could easily have been formed of tough wax and feathers and sticks. Abhurs Fairbanks Beverage. Vilson 1 was youngster,’ aad’ Nation, st uditor, the other I was poisoned by an ivy vine, : My nose got very red and swelled! up twice {ts natural size. The infec- tion spread to my cheeks, and they all covered with blotches, “1 wag told to use buttermiik. 1 bought a gallon and drank it. 1[ bought another gallon the next day outside of that In fact, 1 much buttermilk that the up about 15 cents a ral- community within a very the poisoning was better it was I couldn't ed ate & and got 4 # . @ GIrang so went $4 that n i not and tn who had rec- ilk that it Why, 1 bet | barrel of butter- ast week, 1 told peaple by itterm me t?’ they shouted ‘what did it? for you buttermilk thie answer, ne arly colla ed. To ook butter ilk in pas City Journal. I replied, + to do with meant with to ace Was this the Cure And Cause Of Deafness. 1 new clor Cl Hep- patient, of tk Dear and one # + $ i Lhe han of doctor, CARES } TEA80n WLy this advic nt row ticks him. by Was 14% a glide Shrewd Trading. - PRT ve want a Jollar 10 cents?” throw them - 0 hey one 100, 141 wermers, au tomo- gtreet-car transfer won't need it. an. home on it Chicago Asking Too Much, The mother of little six-year-old Mary had told heg a number of times not to hitch he sled to passing sleighs, feeling that it was a danger. practice It was such a fasci- nating sport, however, that Mary could not resist it, and one day her mother saw her go skimmi ing past the house behind a farmer's “bobs ™ When she came in from play she was taken to task, her mother say- ing severely, “Mary, haven't I told vou that youn must not hitch onto boba? Besides, you know it is against the law.” Mary tossed her head. “Oh.” she said, ‘don’t talk to me abont the aw, It's all 1 can Jo to keep the Ten Commandments!” Woman's ous New Strength Await "the person” who discovers that a long train of coffee. ails can be thrown off by using] POSTUM lin place of Coffee “The comfort” and strength ‘rom ‘ a" rebuilding of - new sells by the food elements’ in ine oasted swheat used’ in, m Postum., And the relief romeeiee ails come from the absence of rafjéing ~—the natural drug in coffee.” Ten days’ trial. will show any one—- “There's a Reason” for Ley Dy led Bewwiug POSTUM