ft THE FOREST REPUBLICAN. RATES Or APVERTI8WCI One Square, one Inch, one week... f 1 00 One Square, one lneb, one month S 00 One Sqaare, one inch, 8 months...- 6 00 One Square, one Inch, one year .... 10 10 Two Squares, one y ear ......... ......... 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 80 00 Half Column, one year. .. 60 00 One Column, one year . 100 09 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each Insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, but It's oash on delivery. Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Offioe in Smearbaugh & Wenk Building, ILH BTBKBT, TIOKBSTA, PA. Tens, SI. 00 A Vur, Slrletly la Mnum, Entered m second-class matter at the noat-nfllue at Tlonesla. Fore No subscription received for a shorten period tliau three monllis. r '1 1 . li.it ha nnMM will be taken of anonymous ooramunloa-T VOL. XLIV. NO. 24. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911. lions. Always give your name. $1.00 PER ANNUM. REPUBIvIGAM BOROUGH OFFICERS. Burgess. J. D. W. Reck. Justices of the Peace V. A. Randall, D. W Clark. " Couneitmen. J.W. landers, J. T. Dale, O. Ii. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh, K. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calbouo, A. B. Kelly. Constable Chafes Clark.' Collector W. H. Hood. School Directors J. O. Boowden, R. M. Herman, Q. Jamlnson, J. J. Landers, J. C, Oeiet, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of ' Congress P. M. Speer. Member of Senate J. K. P. 1111. Assembly W. J. Campbell. PresidentJwlge'W. D. Hinckley. Associate Judges-?. C. HiU, Samuel Aul. J Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, e. -J. C. Gelst. MeHT-S- R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Wm. U. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, 11. II. MuClellan. District Attorney H. A. Carrlnger. Jury Commissioners Ernest Sibble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. Oountv jludttors-Oeorge H. Warden, A. C. Uregg and J. P. Kelly. County Superintendent D. W. Morrl- son. Hcaaliu- Terae mt rt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montu. Chare gabbalh HcmI. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a. m.; M.K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Presejilng In M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath eveuing at the usual hour. Rev. (J. A. Uarrott, Pastor. Preaobing in the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. U. A. Hailey.Pa.-tor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the seoond and fourtn Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE 8T0W POST, No. 274 G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o'clock. CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Weduesday evening of each month. m K" WTTPHRY. 1. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Tlonesla, Pa. MA. CARRINGEK, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. 8 HAWKEY, ATrORN E Y-AT- LAW, . . Warren, Pa. Practice in Foest Co. AO BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office In Arner Building, Cor. Sim and Bridge Ste., Tiohesta, Pa. FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. 8. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank, TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Physician A Surgson, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, O. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and up-to-date in all its ap pointments. Every convenience and oomfort provided for the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor, Tlonsela, Pa. This is the mostcentrally located hotel In the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on Elm street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of cuKtom work from the finest to the ooarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to wending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettonborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tingsand General Hhtcksmithiug prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and just west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER WaJl Paper I have just received Two Thousand Holla of 1911 IV A I.Ii PAI'KIt No is the time to get your paper ing done before the spring rush. Then it will be almost impossible to get a paperbaoger and that will delay your housecleaoing. Wall Paper, Window Shades), OH Cloth, Paints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine Supplies and Notions. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. KILLED SWEETHEART, Young Farmer Slays Girl Who Refused to Marry Him. , Then Puts Bullet Jnto Himself, Which Caused His Death Murderer 8wore Young Woman Should Never Marry Anyone But Him Other News of General Interest. Because Inez Marshall, the girl he lovod, would not becoma hit) Wilts, John Ornst, 21 years old, shot and killed her last night at his home In West Brighton, near Rochester, and then killed himself. Ornst lived with his mother on a Email farm about two mllos from the citv. On Saturday he brought his mother to the city, leaving her with relatives, and then took the g'rl out to tho farm, where the tragedy oc curred. Ornst had several times asked the girl to marry him and hud (-aid she never should marry any one clue. SMALLPOX AT EAST OLEAN Brickyard Workman Didn't Know He Had the Disease. A well developed case of smallpox hns been located at. East Olean, N. Y. A man named Hook, employed at a local brickyard, was taken ill a week n po with a sick heariuch3 and was treated with home medicines. It de veloped later that his ailment was smallpox of a virulent type. The house In which Hoog lives, a two-family flat, has been quarantined i'nd the board of health will take ao llve measures to confine the disease to its present limits. The sick man, however, has mln pied freely with hia fellow workers nnd tho neighbors 'had visited back and forth at will before the nature of the maldy had been determnied. It Is believed that vaccination will be enforced upon a large scale. No ap prehension is felt concerning the spread of the disease. TOWN IS EXCITED Young Mn and Girl Suddenly Leave Village of Panama. There Is excitement In the little vil lage of Panama, N. Y., over the an nouncement that Clarence Buck, a young man, 19 years old, has left town coincident with the disappearance of 15-year-old Hiram Gates, who was Luck's employer. Buck Is accused of forging three cheeks aggregating about $!)0 before departing. The men whose names are used on the checks are George Hub bard, proprietor of the Panama Hocks hotel; Mr. Gates and Austin Connelly. Four Killed at Railroad Crossing. The northbound train on the Black River branch of the New York Cen tral struck n wagon containing five ipeople on a crossing about seven miles from IHIca. Four deaths result' ed and three of them were Instantan eous. Those who were Instantly killed were Mrs. Philip Nausbaum, 35 years old; her pon Julius, eight years old, her daughter Edith, 10 years old. Miss Coldy Goldstein of Rochester, who was In the wagon, was so badly injured that she died soon after being brought to a Utlca hospital. Jacob Nausbaum, 15 years old, another son, hadi a brok en leg. The horses attached to the rig were killed. Three Hurt When Auto Upsets. Miss Kate Fowler and her grand mother, Mrs. E. S. Grosvenor of New York, were injured and their chauf feur probably fatally hurt when a seven passenger touring car turned turtle on a hill east of Ithaca, N. Y. They were coming to Ithaca from Fleecevllle to board a train for New York and were going at a rapid rate over a muddy roadi, which caused the rear wheels to skid Into a ditch. Cow Drags Boy to Death. Dewey G. Grotsley, aged 13, of Port Murray, N. J., was dragged and kicked to death last week by a cow which ho was taking to pasture. Tha boy had tied one end of the rope around the cow's horns and the other around his waist. He teased the animal and It started on the run. upsetting and dragging the boy behind it. Three Burglaries In Attica. There have been three burglaries in Attica during the week. At George W. Wells' dry goorls store, where about 7."i rings were stolen; at George C. P.roadbook's hardware store, where five revolvers and a quantity of cart ridges were taken nnd at St. Vincent s rectory, where the burglars helped themselves to lunch. Ex-Senator Murphy Dead. Former United States Senator Ed ward Murphy of Troy, N. Y., died In his- summer home at Elberton, N. J., lest week Thursday as the result of an operation which he underwent some weeks ago for an enlarge abdominal gland. Mr. Murphy was 76 years old. Oat Crop Is Normal. The oat crop at Forestville, N. Y now being harvested, yields a full crop. Some farmers are getting 70 bushols to an acre. Early grapes will be ready for market within a week. DUCHESS DE CHAULNES With Her Mother, Mrs. T. P. Shonts, She Is Visiting Cape May. PENNSYLVANIA CROPS Suffered More From Fly . In Wheal Than From the Drought. The report was given out recently at the department of agriculture that the wheat crop of Pennsylvania was safely harvested, though but lit tle thrashing has as yet been done. The ravages of the Hessian fly will reduce the normal yield at least 40 per cent. Immense damage has been done In the Lebanon valley and In certain other portions of the state by the Hessian fly, entire fields being devas tated by them. Oats are not yet harvested, but bid fair for an average crop. Hay Is more than half harvested, and It probably 20 per cent below the average. The crop, however, though smaller, Is of splendid quality and was harvested in good condition. Corn is making rapid growth and promises 1 per cent above the average crop. Bolt of Lightning Paralyses Lineman. In an electrical storm at Vurren, Pa., Friday Stc.art Custer, a telephone lineman, was struck by lightning while on top of a pole, and his lower limbs were puralyized. The bolt struck wires and passed' through Cust er while he was nt work in the net work of w'res po charged. He escaped being knocked to the ground by hold ing on to one wire with one hand. Ho then succeeded in sliding to the ground where he was picked up by a woman and her daughter and carried Into their home His condition is se rious. Jackson Fined $45,000. Edwin E. Jackson, Jr., who was on Friday afternoon arraigned in Now York by United States District Attorney Wise for his connection with the steel wire trust, and who was termed by Mr. Wise as "the head and brains of the entire trust," was fined '$45,000 by Judge Archbald In the criminal branch of the United States circuit court upon pleading nolo con tendre in the case of the nlno Indict ments found against him. He was fined $5,000 on each Indictment. Young Man Kll'ed by Lightning. Alva Lawrence, 19-year-old son of Charles Lawrence of Jamestown, N. Y., was struck and Instantly killed by lightning at Ellington Thursday after noon. Lawrence had been drawnlng coal to his home when one of the hard est storms of the season overtook him The horses lay as dead for nearly four hours, but were revived. Young Law rence leaves two sifters and two brothers besides his parents. Hay Seeds Are Prosperous. The highest price that has evor been offered for timothy seed is now being paid the farmers of Tuscara and Holmes counties, Ohio, which usually fwnlshed a large crop of seed. Dealers are now paying $8 a bushel, about three times the usual price. It is claimed tho dry weather has caused a scarcity. Cows Killed by Lightning, During the heavy electrical storm that passed over Dunkirk und vicinity Thursday night, a herd of 13 cows he longing to Eugene Straight of Cassa daga, were struck and killed by a bolt of lishtnii'.g while gracing in the pasture. Several dwelling were struck nnd more or less damaged. Thieves Blew Safe, More than $r00 In stamps nndf $'10 In coin was taken by thieves who forced an entrance Into thu Whltelako (N. Y.) posto'Iice early Friday and blew open the safe. The building was badly damaged. Found Dead In Home. Mrs. Franklin Lockrow of Glovors ville, N. Y., was found dead on the floor of her home at noon Friday with three gas Jets open In the room. She wa3 to leave later for the state hos pital at Utica for voluntary treatment for a nervous and mental malady. New Savlnns Institution at Cortland. The Dime Savings and Loan associ ation of Cortland. N. Y.. has been granted, a certificate of authorization by the state banking department. MAKES APOLOGY Alleged Congressman Lafferty Insulted a Washington Girl. Representative Lafferty Addressed a Letter to Miss Kubel, to Whom He Had Not Been Introduced, Asking to Meet Her Lawmaker Denies Writ ing the Letter, Saying Some One In His Office Did It. Washington, Aug. 8. By writing a letter to Miss Florence Kubol, the 37-year-old aughter of S. J. Kubel, chief clerk of the geological survey, express ing the hope that he would meet her "some time," Representative A. W. Lafferty of Oregon seems to have In volved himself in a lot of trouble, , Congress circles ha"ve not been stir 'red In a long time ns they are over the publication of a letter addressed by Mr. Lafferty to Miss Kubel, whom be had never met and who came to his notice through the publication of the young woman' picture In a local newspaper. The Incident happened early In May. Mr. Lafferty charges the disclosure to his political ene mirs. Lafferty's Letter to Miss Kubel. Mr Latferty'a letter to Miss Kubel, dated May 7, read as follows: "Dear Miss Kubel: Your picture in tho paper so impressed me that I hope 1 will get to meet you some time. Please overlook tho unconventionally of the request if you can. I enclose card to the members' family gallery, which I hope you will use If you have occasion to visit the house. 1 hap pen to be a bachelor without any fami ly of my own. Very, truly yours, "A. W. Lalferty." In a statement explaining how he came to send this letter to Miss Kubel, the Oregon member said: "Three months ago I sent out about 300 cards of admission to the house gallery, 'most, of them going to Portland and a few to friends hee;- In Washington. In one case I sent a card to Miss Ku bel, whom I had not met, nnd stated that if slis would have occasion to vis It tho gallery at the house I hoped the would use the card. I also stated that I would feel honored to have an in troduction to her some time In the future, If agreeable to her. That was all the letter contained." Mr. Kubel, the father of the girl, guve out yesterday a letter that he re ceived from Mr. Lafferty, which In one Important particular doe3 not agree with Mr. Lafferty's authorized state ment. The letter follows: Note Written Without His Knowledge. "Mr. S. J. Kubel: "Dear Sir: You have Just called my attention to a letter which was sent from my office last Saturday to your daughter, Miss Florence Kubel, and I beg to assure you that the same was not written with my knowledge or con sent, but prepared by others In ray of fice. The circumstances were that Saturday afternoon In looking over the paper I noticed a picture of Mlsa Ku bel and stated that she appeared to be very nice looking. Tho boy.i In my office had been Joking me about being a bachelor and have several times tak en It upon themselves to try to havo me meet some young ladles and then Innocently took occasion to send the letter in question, thinking it might result, in my meeting the young lady, for whom I had expressed the highest nd most respectful admiration. "When I learned the same had been sent I regretted It very much and would before this have taken steps to correct the matter if I could have thought of anything thr.t I could have done that would not have further em barrassed the young Indv. "For her sake I am very sorry It has occurred', and If there Is any fur ther apology I can make for the let ter having been sent from my office, I shall be glad to make It. or if there Is anything else that 1 can do to right the matter it will only be too gladly done. From the way you stand by your daughter, I know that she has been raised right and Is entitled to the high ept respect. "Further, I want to assure you that I have always had that opinion. It seems to me that I am tho one that has gotten the worst of it by the let ter having been sent. It cast reloctlon upon no one but myself. While I am the one that has suffered on account of It I will gladly do all I can to settle the matter and If you will try to pre vent any further publicity being gtv n me in regard to it you will do me a favor that will not be forgotten. I depend upon your good sente and judgment to do me this favor. With kind regards. Very sincerely yours. "A. W. Lafferty." Father Called on Lafferty. According to a statement of Mr. Kubel, ho called upon Mr. Lafferty soon after the receipt of the letter ad dressed to his daughter. Ho went to Lafferty's office with the intention of "properly punishing him." "When I arrived there," said Mr. Kubel, "and found him a much smal ter man then myself I told him that I comldercd giving him a thrashing, but demanded from him an explanation of what he meant by his attitude to wards my daughter. "He then told me that he did not write tho letter, but that he knew It had been written by one of the young men in his office. He begged me to give the matter no publicity nnd told me what It would mean to him politi cally if the matter Bhould be aired in the newspapers." STOLE A FRAME HOUSE Was Carried Away by Thieves anc the Sleuths Get Busy. Cloveland, Aug. 8. Some one stol and carried away a two-story fi-anv.1 house belonging to the city. The build ing stood on tho Wert Thirty-eighth street playgrounds. The discovery was made yesterday by Assistant Park Superintendent Starkey that the thief or thieves had left a hole In the ground above which the dwelling stood. The foundations, too, were not molested. The police are trying to learn who took the building. Several weeks ago the city bought several lots and a frame dwelling In West Thirty-eighth street, nenr Fulton road. The building was In good condition end the city officials decided to let the building stand as a storage place for the playground equipment. When the city officials started to inspect the building they found 1' missing. SOCIETY LEADER . DROWNS HERSELF Attack ol Typhoid Fever Had Unbalanced Mind. Alton, 111., Aug. 8. After piling up articles under the covers of ber bed In the form ot a dummy so as to de ceive the nurse and make her think she was still in bed Mrs. Hattie Park er Levis, wife of Charles Levis, presi dent of the Illinois Glass company, the largest concern of Us kind In America, drowned herself In a neighbor's cist ern. Mrs. Levis was one of the Eoclety leaders of Alton. She had been sick for several years and an attack of ty phoid' fever unbalanced her mind. Be cause her relatives were fearful of what she might do a strict watch was kept over her. Last night the nurse wok-s up three times between midnight and 5 o'clock this morning. At midnight she talked with Mrs. Levis. Some time later she woke and thought by the raised outline under the bed' clothes Mrs. Levis still was in the next room. On investigation this morning Bhe was missing and lator her body was found In the cistern. SUICIDE MYSTERY UNSOLVED Letter Left by Lieutenant Brillhart Gives No Explanation. York, Pa., Aug. 8. With the mys tery as to tho cause of his suicide un solved, Lieutenant Charles 15. Brill hart, the young naval officer who was found dead In tho Astor House, New York, last Thursday, was buried yes terday. Two thousand curiosity seek ers assembled at the cemetery and for a time the services were interrupted. Mrs. T.ose Brjllhart, the widow, was among tho mourners and she was the center of attraction. Mrs. 3rIIlhart hud brought with her to York the let ter written by the lieutenant shortly before his d'enth. This ahe read to the relatives here, and there was not a line that Indicated that he contem plated suicide. It was written in en dearing phrases. Mrs. Brllllinrt left Immediately after tho funeral for Washington. Contrary to expectation there was no escort from the navy de partment at the funeral. CURIOUS ANIMAL Dainty Young Woman Waves z Para sol and Runaway Horse Stops to Have a Look. Alton, 111., Aug. 8. When a dainty young woman, her slender figure clad In a white dress and wearing white shoes, stopped in the middle of Market street yesterday afternoon and waved a white parasol in front of a runaway horse, spectators expected to see her dashed to death. The horse, attached to a light spring wagon, which had started from the Adams Express office while Its driver was inside, reared back. Then Miss Myra Bray dropped her parasol, grab bed the bridsil strap and held the horse until men came running to her aid. With a nod of acknowledgment to the cheers which followed her, Miss Bray, who Is only 16 years eld, de parted. SUICIDE WITH HANDS TIED Boy Subject to Fits Hurls Himself In Front of Train. Klgln, Tex., Aug. 8. Felix Gonrales, a 19-year-old Mexican, committed sui cide by throwing himself before a freight train. The boy was subject to fits, so his mother kept his hands tied behind him. They were so tied when he was killed. The brakeman on the train had Ills arm broken In trying to push the boy off the track before the train hit him. Skin Sold by the Yard. Orange, N. J., Aug. S. Tho Orange Memorial hospital has purchased for $15 75 squaro inches of cuticle needed by a patient who had been burned. Tho young and vigorous youth who sold the skin is Alden Amies of this city. More skin is needed, but 75 souare Inches was all Armes could vpare. SHORTERNEWS ITEMS Pithy Paragraphs that Chronicle the Week's Doing. Long Dispatches Frcm Various Parte of the World Shorn of Thsir Padding and Only Facts Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. The British cabinet decided not to present the veto bill again in the house of commons until Aug. 7. A train ran into an automobile at North Randall, O., killing two women and probably fatally Injuring a man. The United States government was requested to send troops to LI Oio, Mexico, where anti-foreign riots were reported. Delegate Wlckersham of Alaska qualified his charges against the attor ney general In testifying beforo a con gress committee. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C. stated that 152 cotton mills in North and South Carolina were shut down because of the drouth. Thursday. A slight change for the worse was reported in the condition of John W. Gates. The congressional committee invest igating the Remson pure food board almost, abandoned Ws, inquiry because of a row over hearsay evidence. Resolutions -were Introduced Into the Texas legislature for the closing of saloons from 7 p. m. until C a. m., a ten-mile law and a quart law. The German minister In Teheran Joined in the movement begun by the Russian minister there to render Im possible the task of W. Morgan Shus ter as treasurer general of Persia. In a freight wreck on the Erie rail road at Concord Tuesday morning, Flagman John Shea of Meadvllle, was so badly Injured he died soon after entering the hospital at Corry, Pa, Friday. E. V. Oomez, Mexican secretary of the interior, resigned at the request of President de LaBarra. Antoine Simon, president of Haytl, left Port an Prince on board a Haytlan cruiser, leaving tho revolutionists in undisputed control of the republic. Joseph Clary, imprisoned by a cave in In White Oak mine, near Joplln, Mo., since Saturday, was reached by rescuers and taken from tho mine alie and well. An American and an Knglish news paper man were expelled from Aga dir; the commander of the German cruiser at Agadir offered to intercede on behalf of tho Englishman, but the latter declined. Saturday. Tho thermometer registered 48 do grees, or 16 above freezing, at Denver. Arbitration treaties with Great Brit din and France were signed in Wash ington. Lieutenant Charles K. Jlrlllhart, U S. N., shot himself dead In the Hotel Astor in New York. Edward Murphy, former United States senator from New York, dledi in Long Branch, N. .1. A New Orleans dispatch stated that cotton prices rose sharply on general buying which started In Liverpool and spread to American market. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., stat ed that c-x-Governor Vardaman won the Democratic nomination, for United Statesi senator by about 20,00ti majori ty over Senator Percy and C. H. Alex ander. Monday. Henry L. Stimson, secertary of war, left Santlga de Cuba for Havana. Robert Bacon, American ambassa dor to France, sailed from Liverpool lor New York on the Campania. A battle was reported between Peruvian and Colombian troops, In which the latter were defeated with great loss. As reprisals because a few men struck work 19,(100 metal workers In Lolpslc and Thurlnga, Germany, were locked out. Cnptain Felix, directors of tho Mili tary Aviation school, mode a record at Etampes, France, by ascending 11,3.14 feet In 63 minutes. Counsel for Dr. Wiley at Washing ton examined the department of agri culture solicitor In an effort to show friction over pure food prosecutions. Tuesday. Dr. Simon Flexner told' a conference of physicians in Albany no cure had been found for infantile paralysis. Tho bodies of two Brooklyn girls and a New York youth were recovered from Greene lake, near Catskill, N. Y. It was rumored that tho men who mutinied on Saturday aboard the Spanish warship NumancU had been shot. Lincoln Beachey, after returning to New York from his flight to Phila delphia, performed thrilling feats at the Nassitii Bo'ilevard aerodrome. Rioting continued1 In tho Brooklyn car strike, 2." persons being hurt and about 50 arrested; the police "strong arm" squad put many mob to flight. The body of Mrs. Chatiea Mowrey, a vaudeville actress, was found with her throat cut in a Kansas City (Mo.) rooming house; Charles Mowrey, her husband, was held by the notice. Kingsley's Stammering. Charles Kingsley loved talking, had an enormous deal to say on every cou celvnblo subject nnd longed to say It But his stammer was always checking him. He gurgled and gasped and made faces and would sometimes break off In a conversation or a meal, rush out Into the open nlr and liber ate bis suppressed emotions by rapid exercise or physical exertion. Yet, as. has ofteu been observed In similar cases, when be bad to preach the stammer subsided, and, though there was some facial contortion, the flow of the discourse was never Interrupt ed. Ho said to bis friend Tom Hughes: "I could be as great n talker as any man in England but for my stammering. Wbeu I niu speaking for God iu the pulpit or paying by bed sides I never stammer. My stammer Is a blessed thing for me. It keeps me from talking In company nnd from going out as much ns I should do but for It" G. W. E. Russell In Wlucbes Vx Guardian. Lisbon In Pepys' Timet. Tepys' Diary gives nn unflattering picture of the Lisbon court In bis day. On Oct. 17, ltitll, be talked with Cap tain Lambert, fresh from "Portugall," who told him It was "n very poor, dirty place I mean the city and court of Lisbon; that there are no glass windows, nor Mill they have any; that the king has bis meat sent up by a dozen of lazy guards and In pipkins sometimes to bis own table nnd sometimes nothing but fruits and now and then half a ben. And now that the infanta Is become our queen she Is come to have a whole hen or goose to ber table, which Is not ordi nary." Some few months later, when some "Portugall ladys" had come to Loudon, Pepys found them "not hand some nnd their farthingales a strange dress. I find uothlng in them that Is pleasing, nnd I see they have learnt to kiss nnd hok freely up nnd down already and I do believe will soon forget the recluse practlco of their own country." Opportunity. There Is a story of a sculptor who once showed a visitor bis studio, which was full of gods, some of them very curious. The face of one was entirely concealed by the hair, nnd there were wings ou each foot. The visitor asked this statue's name. "Opportunity," was the reply. "And why Is his face bidden?" "Because men seldom know him when be comes to them." "Why has he wings on his feet?" "Because ho is soon gone nnd once gone can never Ihj overtaken," was the reply. We nil know the story of the man who sold the old farm which be had bandy been able to get n living from during his entire life nnd bis nmnze nient nnd chngrlu when the uew own er discovered gold upon the laud the lirst week of bis ownership. A great many of us are lu that very condition with regard to our opKrtuultles If we did but know It Washington Star. Pampered Pups. The dog doctor was making out a bill for the month's expenses of a Japa nese spaniel. The Items were room rent, board, medical attendance and electric light "Electric light?" exclaimed bis sec retary. "What on earth does a dog need with electric light?" "Ho doesn't need it ut nil," snkl tha doctor, "but ids owner has ordered If, nnd ho has been supplied with two eight-candle power lights every even ing be hAs been In the hospital. He Is one of those spoiled pups who were put to bed In n light room In their In fancy, nnd now lie cannot sleep in the. dark. Wo always have two or three of that kind on band. They occupy a special ward where the lights burn all night long." New York Sun. Collar at a Verb. The verb "collar" has long been iiscd transitively, meaning to "seize or take hold of a person by the collar; more loosely, to capture." The verb was thus employed early in the seventeenth century. Steele lu the Guardian, No Si, wrote, "If you advised him not to, collar any num." Other instances are Gentleman's Magazine, 17(5'J, "His lord ship collared the footman who threw It," nnd Marryat's sentence lu "Peter Simple," "He was collared by two French soldiers." A Tenant For Life. "Havo you boarded Ions at this house?" Inquired tho new bonnier of thu sour, dejected man sitting next to lit in. "About ten years." "I don't seo how you can stand it. Why haven't you left long ago?" "No other place to go," said tho other dismally. "Thu landlady's my wife." The Family Scrap Book. Mrs. Sauers (to Willy ns minister calls to see Mr. Sailers) Willy, Is your father In? Willy Yes; he's upstnirs looking over your scrap look. Sirs. Sauers (puzzled) You mean my family account book? Willy-Well, It's all the same, lie and you ulwuys have ft scrap evcty time be goes over It. "Portrait of a Gentleman." The Professor-Can you define a gen tleman, Miss Cutting? The Suffragette (l(il.v)-('ertiilnl.v. A gentleman was contemporaneous with the old masters, who often painted his portrait Ex change. Suited Hie Temperament. "(Jrooce is u very gruiiehy sort of man, Isn't be?" "Yes. Won't even ride In anything but a sulky."--Baltimore American. Seek knowledge as if thou wert to be bero forever. Herder.
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