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.—<An ordinance b
been passed by the City Council an
signed by the Mayor, and is effective
at once, which among other things
regulates matters relative to the
cleanliness of barber shops, and then
provides:
“It shall be unlawfnl for any bars
bor in this town to eat onions bee
tween 7 o'clock a. m, and 9 p. m,
No barber, while shaving 8 customer,
shall insert his thumb or finger in
the said customer's mouth.”
-
money tall
trumpet,
Record
need
Phila
of us
the
When lots
An ep: confepses
hetween 8
defines
There is this
funatic st
the Pittsburg Disp:
son with a lunatic
jifference
ibhorn man,
You can
and a
rea
h for bad
muses t
a good one
It is
man to
Atlanta
become
easier a
notorious,
for
TH UC
become
Journal, than
famous,
very
he
to
to he
chirps
talked
isn't willing
by her children,
Globe, will be
neighbors.
A mother who
imposed upon
the Atchison
about by the
etill
contends
a few old-fashioned
the Chicago News
an automobile
There are
people,
who never rode in
When
fre some
die for theirs
News,
it comes
heroes
moralizes
than live up to them
It
fan
his
>
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
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