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Burgess. J. D. W. Reck. Justices of the react O. A. Randall, D, W. (Uitrlc. Oounciimen.J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O, It. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh, K. J. Hopkins, W. u. uaiuouu, a. a, Kelly. Constable Charlei Clark. Collector W. H. Hood. School Director J. C. Soowden, R. M. Herman, Q. Jainieson, J. J. Landers, J ' C. Uelat, Joseph Clark. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Meinber of Congress P. M. Bpeer. Member of Senate 3. K. P. Ball. Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judae W. D. Hinckley. Associate Judgei-P. C. Hill, Bamuel Aui. Frothonotary,Regitr& Recorder, tie. -J. C. Ueist 6'heritrH. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Ueo. W. Holeman. Commissioners Win. II. Harrison, J. M. Zuendel, H. II. McClollan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger. Jury OominUsionera Ernest Nibble, Lewis Wagner. Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr. County Auditors George H. Warden, A. O. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. County Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent U. W. Morri son. Heaular Term mt 0rt. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meetings of County Commis sioners 1st and 8d Tuesdays of montn. ('birch mmi Sabbaih 8ebl. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. m. t M.K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour: Rev. U. A. Uarrett, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbvterlan church every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. aud 7:30 p. in. Rev. U. A. Ilalley, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourtn Tuesdays of each month. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TI'.NESTA LODUE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. M eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274 U. 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 Wednesday evening of each month. TF. RITCHEY, . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ' Tlonesta, Pa. MA. CARRINGEK, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Olllce over Forest County National Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co, AC BROWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Offloein Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa. FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S. Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bnnk, TIONESTA, PA. DR. F. J. BOVARD, Pbysloian A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. BIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER, C. F. WEAVER, Proprietor. Modern and up-to-date in all its ap pointments. Every convenience aud comfort provided for the traveling public CENTRAL HOUSE, R. A. FULTON, Proprietor, Tionseta, 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 El in street. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grettenborger GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and General BlaekBinlthiug prompt ly done at Low Rates. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear of and lust west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa, Your patronage solicited. FRED. ORETTENBERGER WaJl Paper I have juet received Two Thousand Hulls of 1911 WAIX PAPEIt No is the time to get your paper ing done before the spring rush. Then it will be almost impossible to get a Eapcrbanger and that will delay your ousecleaning. Wall Paper, Window Kundcs, Oil Cloth, Paints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine Supplies and Notions. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tionesta, Pa. ' J Commission Refuses B., R. & E. Right to Construct Road. . For the 8econd Time the Public Serv ice Commission. Has Refused to Grant the Prayer of the Railroad, Claiming That There Was No Neces sity for the Building of Road Other News Items. . For the second time the New York tdate public service commission, Second District, has denied the appli cation of the Buffalo, Rochester Xc Eastern Railroad company for a certi ficate of public convenience and a ne cessity, end for permission to con struct a steam railroad across the State between Buffalo and) Troy. The decision was by the unanimous vote cf the commission. The commission passed adversely on a previous application on March 1!, iflOO, and the following year an ap plication for a rehearing was made and granted. An analysis of the situ ation nt Buffalo shows In great detail that the proposed road does not In fact connect with the Grand Trunk at the International Bridge, but only extends as far as the Lackawanna yards at Black Rock. That there 1? no place for a local freight station nearor the Interna tional Bridge than at Ontario street, beyond the point whore the tracks of tho Lackawanna cross the tracks of the Central. That It would bo impossible, were tho road constructed, for It. to obtain a pound of freight from either lake hoalH or existing elevators without using the facilities of other roadd which, it Is claimed, are inadequate for handling tho existing business, and the incoiir.istonty of supposing that the road cculd he well served by facilities which it now claims are In adequate, Is dwelt upon. It Is the plan of the applicant to construct Its own elevator and dock facilities at a point down Niagara river near the Wlckwlre steel plant, and, therefore, the constninctlon of the road would bring no additional busi ness to the elevators nt Buffalo slnco nil of the grain elevating business handled by the road would have to be that handled at Its own river plant The situation also Involves the re sult that passenger traflis could not be brought within five and one-half miles of the center of the city upon tho line of the road itself and no freight could be brought nearer the business portion of the city than Black Rock, without resorting to ex-' 1st in g facilities which the proposed road thinks should be superseded. It has not thow-n any delays in handling any eastbound through freight coming from the west either by rail or water and delivered to ex isting rail lines at Buffalo since 1907. The commission finds,' after a re view of all the evidence that the cost of the proposed road would be not less than $100,000,000. The adequacy of the existing through facilities is next considered, and it was shown that upon the former application each and every commissioner reached the conclusion from the evidence that the then existing facilities were adequate for the then existing through traffic. GIRL'S VIOLENT DEATH Mabel Dolliver of Wallace Killed In Runaway Mother Hurt. In a runaway accident at 'Wallace, near Bath, N. Y.. Miss Mabel Dolllvcr, 20 years old, was killed, and her moth probably fatally injured. A family reunion was to be held at the Dolllver home and Miss Dolliver and her mother had gone with a horse and wagon to secure extra furniture. Returning home, the horso bocame frightened and ran away. Miss Dolliver was thrown from the wagon and struck upon her head and f.liouldeis. Her mother was also in jured, and it is feared she may die. Miss Dolliver is survived by several brothers and sisters, Mrs. George Hope and James Dolliver of Wallace, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Charles Brush and Mrs. Ernest Maynnrd of Avoca, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dol liver. Boy Fatally Shots Himself. Clarence Hartwcll, 12 years old, Jasper, near Hornell, is dead, and his playmate, Grayton Snyder, 12 years old, Is prostrated a sthe re sult of the accidental discharge of a shotgun. Young Hartwell went to Snyder's house to play and asked to see his father's shotgun. After ex nmlng It he was about to lny It on the floor when It was discharged. The charge struck Hartwcll in the Juglar vein and death was Instantaneous. Despondent Farmer Suicides. Despondent because of a Judgment rendered against him in court, Daniel H. Brand, a wealthy farmer, went to the barn on his farm at Fair Plains, near Gowanda, N. Y., and, taking a thotgun off a hook on the wall, blew off the top of his head. Death was instantaneous, Veto PHI Passed House of Lords. The creation of new English peers has been avoided. In the house of lords Friday evening, when the division was called ou the veto bill, 131 stood for It, while there were 111 against the bill. APPLICA D JAMES R. MANN His Point of Order on Wool Bill It Ruled Out. SENSELESS ON A HIGH POLE Bradford (Pa.) Lineman Got a Shock of 2,200 Voltt at Olean. Harry Patterson of Bradford, Pa., a lineman employed by tho National Transit company, at Olean, while working at the top of a pole at Union and State streets in that city, had a narrow escape from death. Rittl.ig astride the topmost arm, hi3 leg brush' ed against an exploded electric light wire. His body stiffened convulsively, the pliers flew from his hand and he fell limp and helpless over the cross arms of the high pole. Only 'his position prevented him be lng dashed to death on the brick pave ment. His groans brought another lineman who succeeded In bringing the nearly senseless man to the ground. Patterson's right hand was badly blistered and part of his trous ers burned off. Aside from the shock however, he Is none the worse for hav lng 2,200 volta of electricity shot through his body. BUTCHER KILLED BY STEER Cohocton Man Trampled to Death When About to Slaughter Animal. Henry Beechner, a well-known and lifelong resident of Cohocton, N. Y., was killed at the Jerome D. Flint farm by a young steer which he was about to slaughter. Beechner, who was em ployed by Foults Bros., went to the farm, where he captured tho steer. The animal was In the barnyard and Beechner was about to kill It when It attempted to run away. The rope by which it was held became twisted about Beechner andi tripped him. in the melee the steer trampled on him, causing internal Injuries of which he died soon after. Beechner was well known in Co hocton, where he had spent the 40 years of his life. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. I GOVERNMENT'S ESTIMATES 1 OF STANDARD CROPS. J Following are tne government 4 f estimates of the yields of ttdii'l- X ard crops for this year: Corn, 2,620,221,000 bu. Winter wheat, 455,149,000 bu. Spring wheat, 209,646,000 bu. Oats, 817,800.000 bu. Barley, 139,352,000 bu. Potatoes, 249,893,000 bu. ; Tobacco, 600.588,000 lbs. it in .nn rt . tJlil.Y, 13pli7,uyu lOnS. A Mob Burns Negro to Death. A mob of 400 men battered down the doors of the Coatesville, Pa., Hos pital Sunday night, dragged out Eio klel Walker, a negro, charged with killing Special Policeman Rice, Satur day night, carried him half a mile, manacled to his hospital cot and burn ed him alive. The lynching was accomplished only after the negro, mad from pain, had leaped from the blazing pyre built over ihim, and tried to escape, drag ging the bed to which he was bound by his handcuffs. A crowd of 2,000 watch ed the mob leaders beat the creature with fence rails and force him, shriek ing, back Into the flames. Three times he bounded up and three times was thrust back, until finally, the quiv ering body fell into the fire. Will Extend Operations. The Olean Electric Light Company has tiled with the secretary of state at Albany a certificate to the effect that It intends to extend the Held of operation to take in the towns of Genesee, Allegany county and the town and villages of Portvllle and Alleghany. Charles C. Gates to Be Married. Florence Hopwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Hopwood of Minne apolis, well known In Mill City, will he married to Charles C. dates, the son of John W. Gates the well known American millionaire, who died In Paris, according to an announcement made In Minneapolis by her father. Chautauqua Fair Gets $2,200. The approapriation from the state for the Chautauqua county fair will aggregate $2:200. Tho fair is to he held at Central Park this month. The Taft campaign for renomlnatlon In 1912 is reported from the West. RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL Soldiers and Police Charge Mob and Many Are Injured. Strikers Loot a Bread Cart and Wreck a Saloon Shipowners Have De clared a Lockout and 30,000 Dockers Are Idle All Freight Traffic In Liverpool Has Been Stopped Soldi ert Held in Readiness to Quell the Riot. Liverpool, Aug. 15. Rioting broke out here again and some of the scenes of yesterday were again wltDf-Ased The rioting took place in thd Cbr's tian street district and tho strikers looted a bread cart and wrecked a saloon. . The foot police and soldiers charged the mob and many were in j u red before the crowd had been (lis persed. . Sir Thomas Hughes, a Liverpool magistrate and former lord mayor, was stoned by the rioters and r.eri- ously injured. Tom Mann, the labor leader, who took part in yesterday's riot, fct-Ued that 75,000 men would be out on strikt by today and that the trans-Atlantl steamship traffic would be tied up. Soldiers Held In Readiness. A hundred soldiers have been held In readiness at St George's Hall where the riot broke out yesterday, to cope with any possible outbreaks All the dockers, with the exception of the coal heavers, expressed the! willingness to return to work, but the shipowners declared a lockout he- ginning at noon. All the freight traffic in the city has been stopped and the entrance to the docks have been cloRed. Between 20,000 and 30,000 dockers are concerned in the strike and the lockout The Cunard Steamship Company an nounced that the steamtihlp Caronia will not sail for New York because of the strike. OFF FOR MOROCCO British Mediterranean Fleet Sails for That Country. London, Aug. 14. Interest wan taken today in the German occupation of Agadir, Morocco, from which posl tion Germany refuses to budge whtn the announcement was received from Gibraltar that the British Mediterran ean cruiser fleet had sailed for To tuan, Morocco. The French' warships Forbln, Lans guenct and Surprise have also sailed for Casa BHnca. Germany has two or three warships at Agadir and with the warships of Great Britain and France assembled at other Moroccan ports the Moroccan situation has an ugly appearance. FATALLY SHOOTS HER SON Woman Declares She Fired In Self defense. Reading, Pa., Aug. 15. A probable fatal shooting occurred here when, following a quarrel. Mrs. Caroline Howe fired four revolver shots at her san, John Semoro. One Bhot took ef fect In the back of the victim. At the third shot, Semore cried out, "Shoot again!" He was hurried to a hospital, and the mother was placed under arrest. She was not remorse ful, and olnimed that she shot In self- defense , after her son had made a threat to kill her. Flvo years ago, near the scene of the shooting, Semore killed a negro, Daniel Anderson, by cutting his throat. He claimed self-defense, and was aqcuitted. PUTS FRIEND IN WIFE'S BED Allentown Man's Generosity Lands Him and Guest In Jail. Allentown, Pa., Aug. 15. When Mrs. Samuel Bechtel returned home last night and found a strange man snoring in her bed she was at first alarmed, but when she observed the stranger was wearing her best ki mono for a nightgown she became in dignant. Mrs. Betchel soon learned that h::r husband had met James Finn of Scranton, and that the two had cele brated too freely. Mrs. Bechtel's In dignation over her husband's bring ing Mr. Finn and lending him her own raiment to sleep in resulted in their apprehension by the authorities and now both men are In Jail. Terrible Heat In Germany. Berlin, Aug. 15. The heat wave which has prevailed In Berlin for the last few weeks became worse yester day, the temperature climbing to i)8 degrees In the shade. Not for 77 years has the German capital suffered such great heat. Gives Up the Fight. Portsmouth, O., Aug. 15. Alice Bolt, nged 124, despondent became poor business compelled her to give up management of the Hotel Portsmouth here, swallowed poison and died in a few hours. Admiral's Life Attempted. Canton, Aug. 15. Three Chlnose anarchists made an unsuccessful at tempt on the life of Admiral LI Chun, commander of the Chinese Southern squadron, by throwing a bomb. WOOL BILL AGREED TO Conference Report on Underwood La Foliette Measure Adopted by House. Washington, Aug. 15. The confer ence report, on the lTnderwood-La Fol letto wool bill was agreed to by the house of representatives. The voto was 206 to 90. Thirty Republicans and Representative Aiken of Now York, the politically unclassified mem ber, voted with the Democrats for the report. Immediately aftor the conference report had been called up In the house by Representative Underwood, Representative Maun, tho minority floor leader, made a point of order agulnst It on the ground that the con ference committee had no right to fix in some cases, higher rates in their agreement than wore contained either in the house or senate bills. Some surprise was expressed that Mr. Mann should haxe presented1 this objection In view of his admitted fiv mlllarity with parliamentary preced cnts, as Speaker Clark, without much trouble was able to dig up precedents from the ri'llng of Sneaker Schuyler Colfax, John G Carlisle, David B. Henderson and Joseph G. Cannon made it a simple matter for him to overrule the Mann point of order. It was a matter of comment that the vote of 206 to 90 was more than sufficient to pass the bill over the veto of the President so far as tho house Is concerned. HIS HOLINESS IS FREE FROM FEVER Pain and Swelling In His Knee Are Gradually Vanishing, Rome, Aug. 15. The pope passed a good night and today his physicians found that the pontiff was free of fever and that the pain and swelling In his knee are gradually vanishing His Holiness was well enough to leae bis bed and rested In an arm chair. The pope asked his phylciati when he would be able to resume giving audiences. The physician advised that he have plenty of rest and abstention from work during his convalescence. Receptions at the Vatican in which the pope was to have a part have been put off until the weather becomes cooler. His holiness is now taking food, but his weakness is consider able and makes necessary the utmoJt caution. The slightest Imprudence on the part of the pope Is most likely to prove fatal. The anxiety which has prevailed at the Vatican since the pope becu ne ill has been relieved. The only care of the authorities is to keep the po;( quiet. Much comment has been caused in this city by tho application of the regulations which are to govern the election of the pope's successor. The statement is made that any cardinal attending the conclave who shall ac cept any change from any person or government that claims the right to veto the choice of a pope shall be excommunicated. In other words, Pius proclaims that the veto is abol ished. Otherwise the regulation gov erning the election of a pope are the same as formerly. DOGS KILL IMPORTED SHEEP Eleven Shropshlres and Eight Angora Goats Destroyed In Great Bar ington. Lenox,' Mass., Aug. 15. Dogs last night killed eleven thoroughbred Shropshire sheep and eight Angora goats on the Edgt-wood farm, in Great Barrington, of Dr. Frederick S. Pear son of London. The sheep came from a flock owned by the Duke of Norfolk, in England, and were valued at $50 each. The goats were imported also from one of the royal flocks of Knglund. Charles W. Freehan, the superintend ent, traced the ownership of the dogs to farmers in Alford and the select men of that town ordered them shot. Dr. Teorson's loss is $800, for which Berkshire county must settle. MILLIONAIRE'S CAT BURIED Feline Cemetery Overcrowded With Friends of Tiger's Owner. Philadelphia, Aug. 13. Lying in a tilk -lined mahogany coffin, Its head resting on a satin embroidered pillow, Hger, the pet Angora cat of William Gray Brooks, a Philadelphia million aire, was burled In the cat cemetery at Radnor. The attaches at the Morris refuge for oats sent out Invitations to the neighbors of Mr. Brooks to attend the funeral and so many of them re sponded that the cat cemetery was overcrowded. A headstone will be erected above Tiger. Dr. Baker Leaves Matteawan Hospital. Fishklll Lnnding, N. Y., Aug. 15. Late liuit night Dr. Amos G. Bake-, as sistant superintendent of the JlaUoa wan State Hospital, sent his resigna tion to Superintendent of Prisons fccott. The resignation takes effect at once. Harry K. Thaw wad under direct charge of Dr. Baker at the state hospital. He held that Thuw la Insane, being a paranoiac. PARAGRAPH Summary of the Week's News 'Urixj. of the World. Happenings From All Parts of the Globe Put Into Shape For Eaty Reading What All the World Is Talking About Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches. Wednesday. Four persons are dead as the result of a train hitting a wagon near Utica N. Y. The approaching retirement of A. B. Aylesworth, the Canadian minister of justice, 'was announced. Chief Justic Marcus P. Knowleton of the Massachusetts supreme court resigned because of defective eye- bight. The pope's physicians announced their patient's condition to be satisfac tory, with a hope of his complete re covery In a few days. The British armored cruiser Corn wall was refloated from the Cape Sa ble ledges, and, proceeding to Clarke's harbor, took the Nlobe In tow, bound for Halifax. Thursday. The pope waa reported as suffering acutely from an attack of gout lu the right knee. The American practice squadron Commander R. S. Conntz, sailed from Gibraltar to Annapolis. The strike on the London docks grow more serious; It was estimated that 70,000 men were out. Admiral Togo ended his trip to AVashington. visited both houses of congress and saw a new 14-inch navy gun. The Tevenne cutters Seminole and Cnondaga returned to Norfolk, Va.,aft er a fruitless search for the yacht Cor onet, reported in distress with 30 members of the Holy Ghost aud Us society aboard. Friday. The government crop report Bhowel a tremnedous decline in the condition of the principal grains. The pope's condition was quieting, his temperature remaining at 100 and the gout showing a tendency to spread. The Carlton hotel, London, wae partly destroyed, by Are, and an Amerl can, believed to be an actor named Finnln. was burned to death. Secretary MacVeagh, after a con ference with Chicago bankers, decide! to withhold his ruling as to the status of security holding companies. Mls3 Julia Steel French, daughter of Amos Tuck French, and John Ed ward Paul Geraghty, son of the owner of a livery stihle, eloped from, New port and were married;, , Saturday. A minor operation was performed on the pope's knee to relieve the pain; the patient's general condition is Im proving. Suit was brought against Senator Iorimer by a Chicago firm to recover $3,000 for work claimed to have been done on his summer home. The federal court of appeals nplHd the conviction of three olllcers of the Vnlted Wirele3s Telegraph company for using the malls to defraud In vestors. The damage causedi by the burnim; of the Carlton hotel, London, was esti mated at nearly $.100,000, all covered by Insurance, Including the belongings of the guests. James R. Nugent was deposed as chairman of the New Jersey state Democratic committee for his Insult ing toast to Governor Wilson; there was almost a riot at the committee meeting. Monday. Admiral Togo visits Went Point, re views the cadets and cliata with American women. Judge Gary is credited before the Stanley committee with the destruc tion of all steel pools. Frank J. Gould In an Interview spe cially cabled from London deprecates American attacks on corporations. Prices of all grades of tobacco Is to be advanced, owing to the poorness and scarcity of tho crop hero and In Cuba. Dr. William Polk displays temper os a witness for Dr. Doty at the In quiry into Qunrantie condition at New York. Tuesday. A dispatch from Cleveland stated that there are fears of an outbreak of Asiatic cholera in that city. President Taft's uuto was In collision with another car In Salem, Mass., late on Saturday, but no one was hurt. The condition of tho pope continues to Improve, his temperature being lower and the knee pains diminishing. Two of the three men Imprisoned in the Hast colliery, neitr Ashland, Pa., were rescued1 alive; the tulrd la dead. The ledges off Capo Sable on which the Niohe and the Cornwall grounded was officially reported to be unchart ed. James W. Polk, who shot his sister-in-law, Mrs. James H. Lawrence of New York, was urrcsted near t!:o scene of the shooting at I'ocotuoke City, Md. Atlas and His Load. Ptrlctly speaking, "iitliisi" is a mis nomer for a map book, shire it' was not the world, but the heavens, that the "atlas" of mythology upheld. Mer entoT, the fusions Dutch geographer, who made globes for Emperor Charles V. of Germany, was tho lirt to use the name in this connection, choosing It as n convenient and in some soft un appropriate title, because Atlas, , the demigod, figures with a world upon his shoulders as u frontispiece of somo early works on geography. , Atlas, It was' said, made war with other Titans upon Zeus and, being conquered, was condemned to beur heaven upon his head and hands. Lat er tradition rcrresentcd him us n man changed by means of Medusa's head Into n mountain, upon which rested heaven and all its stars. In any case, Atlas was always asso ciated with a heavy burden strongly borne. Thus Shakespeare makes War wick say to Gloccester: Thou art no Allan for so groat a weight. It Is not (litflrult to sec how by an association of ideas this came to be chosen ns the name for u book of maps which upholds and exhibits to as the whole world. Marshal Turean and Hit Soup. There Is a quaint old shop In Loudon which still bears the name of Samuel Birch, tlie llrst purveyor of turtle soup In the English capital. Amid nil tho changes of the city Birch's shop In Coruhlll survives In the guise it wore when its owner was lord mayor of London In the memorable year of Wa terloo. Siiniuel Birch achieved distinc tion lu many fields. He was an orator and a patriot; he was colonel of the city militia and accepted with great good nature his nickname of Marshal Tureen; he was a man of letters, pro duced plays that held the stage and hooks that were readable, though now seldom read. One of his plays, "The Adopted Child," wiin popular long aft er its author had killed his last turtle. Ills daughter married Uininrtlue, and one of his sons, a line classical scholar, begat n family of scholars. Yet Birch's claim to fame rests most upon the fact that he was the man who made turtle soup popular. City merchants, templars from the Inns and dandies from the west end all flocked to Corn hill, the turtle house of all London. Argonaut. Reign of the Dandias. In the matter of dress we have fallen upon a lifeline since the days when the I Mike of. Wellington was refused ad mission to Alinack's because he was wearing trousers Instead of breeches ii ud silk stockings. Even Alinack's, however, had to admit trousers within its closely guarded portals the follow ing year. When Gladstone was "up" nt Oxford the rcigu of the duutlies was lu full swing. When late in life lie re visited the university to lecture to the undergraduates on Homer be was asked by ). W. E. Itusscll whether he noticed any difference between his au dience ami the nieii of his own time. "Yes." lie replied, "In their dress an enormous change. I am told that I had among my audience some of the most hhrhly connected and richest men lu the university, and there wasn't one whom I couldn't have dressed from top to toe for 17." St. James' Gazette. A "Fast" Train. "Speaking of railroads," said the truthful man, "the ultimate word, In my experience, was n certain 'limited' ou which I traveled last summer. At a point where we were making our greatest speed a man stood at the side of l he track with n moving picture machine. I leaned out of the window and called to him, 'How are you get ting on 7' lie stopped turning the crunk and spoke with an expression of deep dis gust. "It don't seem to be no use, he said. 'Hold your lieud si III, please. I want to get n time exposure.'" Ev- erv body's. The Burglar's Prayer. Sir Herbert ltlsley, sneaking of the castes of eastern Bengal at a meeting of the Hoyal Anthropological Institute, said it curious system of religious wor ship prevailed ainoiii; n caste who were professional ' burglars. They made a space In the ground, and a man then cut his arm and prayed to one of the earth gods that there might be a dark night and that he might succeed in ob taining great booty and escape cap ture. London Standard. No Whiskers on Hit Sea Food. Two colored porters paused to rest moment ou their mops in u down nvii olllce building recently. "Boy," said one, smacking his Hps, "did you ver eat lnushriit? " "Mushrut?" re uriied the other. "No; 1 never eat my inushmt. The only fancy sen food 1 ever fussed with was lobster." Sew York World. Puzzled. Mother (at lunch) Yes, darling. these little sardines arc sometimes eaten by the larger llsh. Mabel inged llvei-But, mamma, how do they get the cans openV-Imdou Ideas. The Truth. "TiMilh Is as clear ns a hell," quoted th wise guy. "Yes, but It Isn't always tolled," add ed the simple mug. riilladelphlii Itec ord. Not Seriout. "I hear there are grave charges against Senator Jinks." What are they'" The sexton's bills." Your labor only may bo sold; your kouI must not. liuskln.
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