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VOL. XLIV. NO. 28.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, "SEPTEMBER 6, 1911.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
XCAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Surges. J. D. W. Rook.
Justices of the Peoet O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark. ,
Oouneimen.3, W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
O. B. Robinson, Wm. Smearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calhoun, A, 11.
Kelly.
Const able Charles Clark.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Directors J. O. Soowden, R. M.
Herman, Q. Jainleson, J. J. .Landers, J.
O. Gelst, Joseph Clark.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress V. M. 8 peer.
Member of Senate J. K. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. I). Hinckley.
Associate Judge-P. C. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Prolhonotary , Register Jt Recorder, de.
J. P. fJnlL
8heritrB. R. Maxwell.
Treasurer Geo. W. Holenian.
Commissioners V m . H. Harrison, J.
M. Zuendel, II, H. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners Ernest Slbble,
Lewis Wagner.
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
County Auditors-George H. Warden,
A. C. Uregg and J. P. Kelly.
County Surveyor D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent D, W. Morri
son. Keslr Terns f Caart.
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.
Charea Sabbath Bchaal.
ftrfesbyterlan Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. t M.K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaohlng 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, Uarrelt, Pastor.
Preaohlng in the Presbyterian churoh
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. aud 7:30 p.
m. Kev. U. A. llalley, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
. month. -
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TP. NEST A LODGE, No.B69,I.O.O.F.
M eeta every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
G. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets firet and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTOKN E Y-AT-L A W,
Tloneata, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counse!lor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AC BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT -LA W.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician 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 and
comfort provided for the traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor,
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the plaoe, 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 BHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grooery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
?;lve perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
ion given to mending, and prloes rea
sonable. Fred. Grettenborgor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings and General Blacksmlthiug prompt
ly done at Low Kates. 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
Kolis of 1911
WALL PAPER
Now is the time to get your paper
ing done before the spring rush. Then
it will be almost impossible to get a
Caperhanger and that will delay your
ousecleaniog.
Wall Paper, Window
Shades, OH Cloth,
Paints, Oil, Varnish, Sewing Machine
Supplies and Notions.
G. F. RODDA,
Next Dflot to the Fruit Store, Elm
Street, Tlonesta, Pa.
YOUNG LAD POISONED
Dies In Agony After Drinking
Oil of Wintergreen.
Boy Found the Bottle of Oil on the
Shelf and After He Had Tasted of
It Drank All There Was In the Bot
tle Doctor Was 8ummoned, but
His Efforts Proved Unavailing and
the Little Fellow Died Other News
Items.
George Barnard, the three-year-old
on of T. E. Barnard, who resides In
Mt. Morris, N. Y., died Saturday morn
ing from the effects -of drinking a
:pinntlty of oil of. wintergreen.
The little boy was playing In the
house with his brother and sister Fri
day evening while his mother was
busy In another part of the home. He
found a bottle of oil on a shelf and
after he had tasted of It drank all
there was in the bottle.
He was Immediately taken with
cramps In the stomach and Dr. G. C.
Flsk was hurriedly called. Everything
possible was done for the youngster,
hut he had drnnk so much of the oil
that mod leal aid was of no avail. Ho
died after suffering great pain during
(he night.
BARLEY AND FLAX
Canadians Plant Enormous Acreage
In Anticipation of Reciprocity
Agreement Becoming a Law.
The Dominion Immigration depart
ment has just Issued nn official state
ment based upon the reports of its
agents in the prairie provinces, show
ing that the farmers of those pro'
Incos, In anticipation of the reciproci
ty agreement becoming law, planted an
enormous crop of barley and flax this
year and will bo prepared to export
great nuant:!es of flaxseed and bar
ley to the United States this fall, if
the government Is returned to power
and reciprocity goes through parlia
ment. The barley acreage In Sas
katchewan and Manitoba Is 1,2000,000
acres, or an estimate of 36,000,00,0
bushels, while the flax acreage In Sas
katchewan Is 700,000 acres, with an
estimated yield of 8,400,000 bushels.
The- exportable surplus of flaxseed
will bo seven and a halt million
bushels.
AGED FARMER DROPS DEAD
Thought His Wife Had Been Struck
by a Passenger Train.
Oscar Fox, un aged farmor, living
In Danube, near Little Falls, N. Y
dropped dead ar, the result of fright
at a moment when he thought Lis
wife had been struck by a West Shore
train
Fox, with his wife, was attempting
to drive their cows from the railroad
tracks, whero they had wandered from
the pasture. He was on one side of
the tracks imd his wife on the other.
They heard the oncoming train and
their efforts to eret the animals out of
danger were rewarded as the train ap
proached. Rut In the excitement the
aged woman fell.
It seemed to her husband on the
opposite sjde she had fallen In front
of the train. In his frantic efforts to
reach her he was stricken with heart
failure and toppled over dead.
Ills wife was unharmed.
"Dips" Reap a Harvest at Hornell.
With the 22,000 visitors in Hornell
attending the fair, thieves reaped a
harvest. Among the losses reported
were: P.. D. Maon of Fresno, Gal., $."0,
which was taken from his pocket as
he was alighting from a Buffalo train
at the Erie depot. Whllu mingling
with tho big crowd at the fair grounds
William Robblns of Greenwood, wag
touched for $43. Elmer Ferry of Al
mond, mourns the loss of $110; Will
lam Doherty was robbed of $C0, and
a dozen others have reported losses
ranging from $! to $20.
Arrested For Toting Gun.
The first arrest under the new law,
regulating the carrying of weapons,
was made at Hornell, N. Y., Sunday
when the police picked up Edwin Han
tcoin, 1." years old, who ran away
from his homo In Elmlra. Patrolman
Dniley saw the boy lounging about
the streets with his hip pocket bulg
ing out in a suspicious manner. He
searched the boy and found a 32-call-ber
revolver. The boy was locked up.
He declines to state where he got
th gun and what he Intended to do
with it
Have Developed Smallpox.
Three cases of smallpox have devel
oped In the town of Rexvile and It
was learned that thousands of people
who vlBlted the Hornet! fair were ex
posed during the week. Following
their return from the fair two mem
bers of the Smith family and one of
the Slocum. fau.Ily of Rexvllle were
taken seriouslv ill. Dr. Bennett, the
health officer, finds they are suffering
from smallpox.
Shot at Woman Storekeeper.
Because Mrs. Blols, whose husband
conducts a store In Wellsboro, Pa.,
would not open It up Saturday night to
Boll a man named Stryker from Match
Creek a sack of peanuts, he drew a re
volver and fired at her, narrowly miss
lug his mark. He is under arrest,
charged with attempt to kill. He had
been drinking at the time.
FRANK GOTCH
Victor In Great Wrestling Match
In Two Straight Falls.
1 7WMiM;M 3SS
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LIGHTING COMPANY SOLD
Madison County Gas and Electric
Company Bought In Bankruptcy
Proceedings.
The Madison Countv Gas and Elec
tric company was sold In bankruptcy
proceedings last week at the court
house In Swnmpsville, N. Y., for $125,
M0 to Charles H. Tyler of Boston,
representing the Boston bond holders'
committee of the Hudson Ulver Water
Power company, of which the Madison
County company was a subsidiary con
cern. The sale was conducted by Senator
Harvey D. Hlnman of Binghamton as
special master, having been appointed
by Judge Ray.
The property consists of gas and
electric lighting systems In Oneida and
the electric system in Ganastoia. The
sale closes the affairs of the Hudson
River Water Power company.
The other properties In Saratoga
and adjoining counties were sold ear
lier In the week at Rallston Springs
for $7,500,000 and bid In for the same
committee.
TROUT SEASON CLOSED
Anglers Report Fishing For Speckled
Beauties Vcy Poor This Year.
The season during which trout
can be legally taken from the waters
of New York state came to nn end Fri
day night and the speckled beauties
will now be under the protection of
the law until next April.
As a rule anglers who have been
out In quest of trout this year have
been disappointed, as they found the
fishing very poor.
The open season In the Adiromlacks
for deer hunting Is from Sept. 16 to
Oct. 31.
Aviator Dashed to Death,
John J. Frisble, wellknown as a
parachute Jumper and as an avi
ator, was killed at Norton, Kan.,
when his aeroplane dashed 100 feet
to earth at th3 fair grounds. Frisble
Is the 17th aviator to lose his life
since flying In heavler-than-alr ma
chines began. Of this number 10 hava
been killed In the United States.
The hissing and Jeering of an Impa
tient crowd of spectators. It may be
said, drove Frisble to his death.
Two Suffocated In Sewer.
Rexford D. Lyon and Oliver K. Har
wood, civil engineers, were suffocated
In the sewer In Syracuse. Their
deaths occurred at the corner of South
Clinton and Glfford streets. The two
men went Into the sewer to make
measurements. While thore .they
were overcome by gas and died before
assistance could reach them.
Child Scalded to Death.
Theodore Kubink, three years old,
was playing In the kitchen of Mrs.
Krelmmel, next door to his mother's
house in North Olean, N. Y. He back
ed into a washboiler of scalding water
standing on the floor. The shrieks of
tha child brought help quickly, but It
came too late. The little fellow lived
for several hours In terrible agony.
Crops Are Generally Light.
Early season Indications of bumper
crops did not generally materialize In
Niagara county. The long draught
and the terrific windstorm raised hav
oc with orchards. Peaches, apples,
?ears, beans, tomatoes and potatoes
are all showing a lighter yield than
was expected.
Gowanda Postmaster Dead.
William N. Wallace, postmaster of
Gowanda, N. Y., Is dead at his home
m Chapel street. Mr. Wallaco was f5
years old and had been postmaster of
Gowanda for 13 years. Ha was one
of the most prominent Republicans In
Western New York.
Allegany Oil Fields.
In the Allegany county (N. Y.) oil
field during August here sixteen wells
wore completed, with a new produc
tion of 12 barrels. Nine wells were
dry. At present there are 13 rigs
building and 12 wells drilling.
Home Burns While Family Are Away.
Fire destroyed a house owned and
occupied In ISath, N. Y., oaiiy Sunday
morning. Both Mr. and Mrs. Covell
were In Hornell at the time and the
cause of the fire is not known.
GOTCH BEATS HACK
First Fall In 14 M in, 18 1-5 Sec.
and'Second In 5 Min. 32 1-5 Sec-
Russian Lion Was Untrained and Hog
Fat and Was a Beaten Man When
He Entered the Ring First Fail
Gained on a Reverse Body Hold and
Wrist Lock Iowa Farmer, Secured
Second Fall by His Fatal Toe Hold.
Chicago, Sept. 5. Outgamed, out
strengthened and outfought, George
Hackenschmldi, the Russian Hon, yes
terday afternoon laid down his hope
of the world's wrestling championship
to Frank Gotch, world's champion.
The first fall came In 14 minutes 18 1-5
seconds on a reverse body hold and
wrist lock. Tho second fall came In
5 minutes 32 1-5 seconds, Gotch using
his fatal toe hold that won him the
championship three years ago.
Hackenschmldt, untrained, was hog
fat. He had no chance whatever. He
was a beaten man when he entered
the ring.
Gotch Trained to the Minute.
Gotch, trained to the minute, beat
Hack at every stage of the game. The
masterful strength which Hack was
supposed to possess did not show to
advantage when Gotch clasped tho
Hon. The Iowa farmer was simply too
good for the Russian. He pitted phys
ical strength against a man who had
practically no strength. The result
was Inevitable.
The second and final fall came S)
quickly that the great crowd failed to
appreciate the fact that the match
was ended. The wrestlers had spar
red for an opening. Like a flash
Gotch caught the Russian around his
legs, spun him around and dropped
him on his stomach. Gotch's head was
at the lion's feet and his legs wero
wrapped about Hack's body.
He worried the Russian for a few
moments about the legs and then.
In a twinkling, threw both bands
a round Hack's left foot. There was
a quirk sharp twist. A look of In
tense pain passed over Hack's face.
Iowa Farmer Too Strong.
He sought to break; he sought to
tear his pained leg from Gotch's grip,
but the Iowa farmer was too strong.
He twisted again and Hack gave up.
Hack broke the hold before the Iowau,
could apply leverage. Hack broke
a crotch hold and camo to his feet.
Gotch said after the bout: "Honest,
I did not think It would be so easy. I
expected to win, but not with the ease
with which the feat actually was ac
complished. I had not been In tho
ring three minutes when I knew that
Hack was even less to be feared than
he was three years ago.
"I have nothing to say," the defeat
ed Russian grunted'.
NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED
Germany Has Received RevUed An
swer of France to Her Proposals
In Moroccan Affair.
Berlin, Sept. 5. The negotiations
over Moroccan affairs which have been
suspended for some days were ro
sumed when the French ambassador
M. Cambon, handed to the German for
eign minister, Herr Von Klderlln
Waechter, the written statement out
lining the revised answer of France
to the German proposals.
The foreign minister In accepting
them said that he would submit the
matter at once to. the Imperial chan
cellor and that the answer of Germany
would be given within as brief a time
as possible under the circumstances.
Later Dr. Von Bethmann llollweg,
the chancellor, left Berlin for the pur
pose of Joining the kaiser at Kiel. It
Is presumed that, the documents will
be back In town tomorrowbut there
will be no developments In the mean
time so far as known.
In the Interim there is a distinct feel
ing of uneasiness and prices on the
bourse declined sharply, although noth
ing Is actually known as to tho
character of the French reply. Th3
uneasiness Is of a general nature.
DR. HILL LEAVES BERLIN
Former American Ambassador Goes to
Switzerland With His Family,
Berlin, Sept. 5. Dr. David Jayne
Hill, the former American ambassador
to Germany, started for Switzerland
with his family yesterday afternoon.
Before leaving he took luncheon with
Herr von Kidorlin Waechter, the for
eign secretary. All the members of
the American embassy were present.
Many friends gathered, at tho rail
road station to say goodbye to Dr. Hill
and hlsf wife. The kaiser was repre
sented by his master of ceremonies
and Von Kiderlin Waechter and the
undersecretaries represented the for
eign office. Many bouquets were pre
sented to Mrs. Hill.
GENERAL REYES ROBBED
Moh of Maderistas Forcibly Take 3,000
Pesos From Opposition Candidate.
Mexico City, Sept. 5. Stormed and
forcibly robbed of 3,000 pesos by a
mob of Maderistas In the principal
Btreet of the capital, General Bernardo
Reyes, candidate for presidency in op
position to Francisco I. Madero, wa.
forced to abandon an effert to address
his constituents and run the gauntlet
of a Jeering crowd upon whom the po
lice had received ordurs not to lire
except as a last resort!
TAFT A BUSY MAN
Put In Seven Hours of Play on First
Clear Day at Beverly.
Beverly, Sept, 5 President Tafi
crammed In seven hours of play yes
terday, the' first clear day of his Btay
at Beverly. fter he set out for My
opia club house In the morning he did
not return until late In the afternoon.
All morning he stuck to golf and
lunched at the club house as the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Buckner Walllngford.
friends from Cincinnati. In the after
noon he attended the Myopia horse
show.
When Mr. Taft arrived at Paramet
ta he went at once to his study to
work upon the address for the West
ern trip. He did not leave off work
until dinner time.
He played seven hours yesterday
and that Is undoubtedly the record for
his vacation this year. Sunday he got
up aboard the Mayflower at 6 o'clock
to review a case. .
It was learned that the case was
that of Lieutenant Robert G. Ruther
ford, II. S. A., who had been sent
enced by a court martial to dismissal
for alleged irregularities in the mess
fund which was intrusted to him.
The president, after spending sev
eral hours In reviewing this testi
mony, reversed the sentence of dis
missal and order that Lieutenant
Rutherford be reduced 50 numbers In
rank.
CHINA DEVASTATED
BY SUMMER FLOODS
Half a Million People Homeless,
Bodies He Unburied.
Peking, Sept. 5. Summer floods
along the Yangtseklang and Its tribu
taries, and also other great rivers,
are repeating In various provinces
the conditions In Anhwel and Klangsu,
which have not yet been relieved. In
the province of Anhwel early in Aug
ust hundreds of thousands of acres
of rice were destroyed by the floods
and half a million persons were ren
dered homeless.
Many thousands of square miles are
now submerged and the bodies of hun
dreds of persons lie unburied.
The Chinese government as well as
special committees, is subscribing
relief funds, which Is a new departure
for the administration and shows the
advancement toward modern ways, but
the project for nttacklng the root of
the evil, control of the watersways
and the reclaiming of lands, has only
up to the present been suggested and
mildly discussed.
Hence a repetition of these horrors
may be expected each year, according
to C. D. Jameson, the American e
glneer, sent by the Red Cross to Chi
na to study the situation.
SOLDIERS' GRAVES ROBBED
Body of 1812 Veteran Stolen From
Port McArthur (Ohio) Cemetery.
Kenton, O., Sept. 6. Discovery has
been made that graves In the For; Mc
Arthur cemetery, west of Kenton,
have been opened. Investigation dis
closes the fact that the body of oaa
soldier of the war of 1812 had been
removed. Fresh dirt on other graves
shows what Is thought to be evi
dence of the work of grave robbers.
The cemetery marks tho resting
place of many soldiers of the early In
dian wars and also of the War cf IS 1 2.
The cemetery Is one the Blta of old
Fort McArthur, built by General Hull
when he made his march through this
section on the way to Detroit.
Assails Sleeping Victims.
Lumberton, N. C, Sept. 5. Cray
Tolar, a wealthy lumberman, was prob
ably fatally Injured and his wife made
the victim of an attempted assault by
a colored man, who entered tho To
lar home In the suburbs early today.
The couple were asleep.
DREADNOUGHTS READY SOON
Florida and Utah, Most Powerful
American Ships, Almost Finished.
Washington, Sept.. 5. The sister
dreadnoughts Florida and Utah, the
mightiest warships In the American
navy, will be in fighting trim ly Nov.
15, nccordnlg to the calculations of
the naval experts.
Within a week the Utah, Jtuit placed
In commission, will enter tho docks of
the New York navy yard to receive tho
finishing touches. This work Involves
the Installation of conning towers and
the sights for the guns. As much se
crecy surrounds these devices, they
are Invariably constructed at a gov
ernment yard Instead of In the plant
of a private builder.
The Florida will be placed In com
mission about Sept. 15 and will be
ready for active service simultane
ously with the Utah.
These two floating fortresses will
be attached to the first division of
the Atlantic fleet, the Florida becom
ing the regular flagship of the di
vision. Two Girls Drowned.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 5. While
stepping from a crowded rowboat Into
a canoe In the middle of the Susque
hanna river at Falls, a ummer re
sort, Miss Anna Llewellyn, acd 19,
and Miss Kthel Evans,, aged 13, of
West Pittston, wero drowned.
NEWSY
PARAGRAPHS
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Happenings From All Parts of th
Globe Put Into Shape For Easy
Reading What All the World li
Talking About Cream of the News
Culled From Long Dispatches.
Wednesday.
T. J. O'Brien, the American ambas
sador at Tokio, Is entertained by
Thomas Sammons, the consul general
at Yokohama.
Charleston, S. C, and Savannah,
Ga., were damaged by a hurricane.
Several lives were lost and property
was damaged to the extent of millions
of dollars.
President Taft Is busy preparing
taiiff speeches which he Is to deliver
on his twenty-four-state tour next
month as the first blows In the 1912
campaign.
Paul Beattle testified that Henry
Clay Beattle, Jr., confessed to wife
murder, while Mrs. Owen, mother of
the slain woman, tells of her daugh
ter's unhappy married life.
Thursday.
The first anniversary of the annexa
tlon of Corea to Japan was celebrat
ed at Seoul with public rejoicings.
A secret offensive and defensive a I
llance was reported to have been
signed between Chill and Colombia.
Mayor Gaynor's excise policy
praised by the mayor of Binghamton,
roused the cheers of the stata liquor
dealers' convention in that city.
It was reported In Berlin that four
American crulters, the Saratoga, the
Olyrapla, the Brooklyn and the Ral
eigh, were about to be sold to the
Turkish government.
At least seven deaths and $1,000
000 damage to property were reported
In Charleston, S. C; the Clyde liner
Apache arrived there from New York
after a perilous voyage.
Friday.
Military activities near the French
and German boundaries cause an im
mense sensation In Belgium.
A Mt. Vernon (N. Y.) youth risked
his life off the Maine coast In a vain
effort to save a girl when theiir canoe
capsized.
Lehigh Valley railroad attorneys
said in Manchester, N. Y., the train
wreck tlv're would probably cost the
road $7-r0.000 In damages.
Sir Thomas Whitney, premier of On
tario, expressed the belief that the
American sponsors of reciprocity ar
tlcipated ultimate annexation.
Francisco I. Mndero, Jr., was noml
nated for the presidency by the Con-
stitutlonal Progressives of Mexico at
the party convention, held fn the cap
ital. Saturday.
Suit was filed by the federal gov
ernment In Detroit against Michigan
members of the alleged lumber trust
France named her terms to Ger
many by offering specific portions of
the French Conio In exchange for ab
solute recognition of her rights in
Morocco.
The Republicans or Alabama, in
state convention at Birmingham, in
dorsed the administration of President
Taft and Instructed its delegates to
support him in the next national con
vention. Reports camo from Paris and other
cities In France of serious discontent
among the people bv reason of the
high cost of food; paraders marched
through the streets and, iu some in
stances, rioting resulted.
Monday.
James R. Keene, who Is ill In Lon
don, suffered a relapse.
Nine balloons were entered for the
International race at Kansas City on
Oct. 5.
Seven men were drowned In a col
lision between a freight steamer and
n launch at Toledo.
Lew Simmons, an old-time minstrel,
was struck by a trolley car and killed
nt Reading, Ta.
Harry N. Atwood, In Boston, an
nounced his entry in the San Francisco-New
York flight.
Joseph S. Cummlncs fell 300 feet In
a monoplano Into Dorchester hay, but
escaped with bruises.
.Toao Chagas formed a cabinet for
Portugal to succeed the provisional
ministry, which resigned on Aug. 28.
Tuesday.
Six miners were killed In a cago
accident In the Black Rock mine, near
Ilutte, Mont.
The complete roster of the new
Chagius administration in Lisbon was
published.
Governor Deneen of Illinois suf
fered a broken leg In Springfield when
he Jumped from his automobile.
Maron, the French aviator, was kill
ed near Chartres by a fall of 600 feet,
caused by the sudden failure of his
motor.
It was announced lit Washington
that t lie sister dreadnoughts, Florida
and Utah ,thu largest battleships in
the navy, would be In lighting trim y
Nov. 15.
The agitation In France for lower
food rr'ees showed signs of subsid
ing; government measures were strin
gent and negotiations between agi
tators and storekeepers were frequent
ly successful.
The Filial Chinaman. '
Many examples of Chinese filial piety
strike the occidental render as ridicu
lous. There is the famous story of
Lao Lnltsu, which Mr. R. F. Johnston
repsats In his "Lion aud Dragon In
Northern China." Lao's parents lived
to such extreme old age that be was
himself a toothless old man while
they were both still alive. "Conceiv
ing it his duty to divert their atten
tion from their weight of years aud
approaching end, he dressed himself
up In the clothes of a child and played
about In his parents' presence ' with
the object of making them think they
were still a young married couple con
templating the innocent gambols of
their Infant son."
A similar case Is that of Wang P'ou,
whose mother bad att unconquerable
dread of thunder aud lightning. When
she died she was buried in a mountain
forest, and thereafter, when a violent
thunderstorm occurred, Wang T'ou,
heedless of the wind and rnln, would
hurry to her grave and throw himself
to his knees. "I am here to protect
you, dear mother," he would say.
"Do not be afraid."
Making a Gunstock.
A party of men were out hunting,
and an old woodsman who was with
them broke his gunstock In Home way
or other. It wus Just about nightfall
when the accident occurred, and inas
much as be was very anxious to do
some shooting early the next morning
he decided to fix up his shooting iron.
Fluding a walnut fence rnll, he set to
work. His only tools wero nu ax and
a big pocket knife. All night long he
labored vigorously at his task, and by
morning the gunstock was finished and
back In place and worked like a
thnrm.
"How did you do It?" asked one of
the number, greatly surprised.
"Very easy," was this old hunter's
reply. "No trouble at all. Just get a
piece of wood about the size and kind
that you want and then whittle away
all that you want whittled away.
When you have all tho wood cut off
that you don't want yon have a gun
stock." Kansas City Journal.
The Msaiur.
The ancient Judge sat before the
scales of worth.
"Bring forth the royal treasure!" he
cried, aud the hurrying slaves poured
luto tho huge pan sacks of golden
metal, caskets of sparkling gems until
it seemed us if all of the wealth of
earth were there. Yet the balance
never stirred.
"Let the learning of the nges be add
ed," came the order, and tons upon
tons of the wisdom of sages, philoso
phers, scientists and poets was heaped
uihu the pile. And still the great arm
of the scales remained high In air.
"Add now the men of power and
high position," snld tho Judge, "and
the scale will fall." But all in vain.
"But what Is on the other side that
outweighs nil these?" asked one.
"It Is character," said tho Judge.
rortul.
A Good Sleeper.
Talleyrand used to tell an extraordi
nary story of the lmpnsslveuess of
Louis XVIII. When he was minister
of foreign affairs a courier ruino to
him one evening bearing unpleasant
news, and ho therefore postponed tho
communication of It to the king till
next morning, wheu he explained that
he was afraid the tidings might have
disturbed his majesty's sleep. Tho
king replied: "Nothing disturbs my
sleep, as you may see from this In
stance. The most dreadful blow of
my life was my brother's death. Tho
courier who brought this drendfid
news arrived at 8 o'clock In the even
ing. For many hours I was quite
overcome, but nt midnight I went to
bed n lid slept my usual eight hours."
The story is told by tho iHichesso de
Dlno, Talleyrand's niece, In her mem
oirs. Sons of Butchers.
Three of the stained glass windows
In tho hall of tho Butcher Guild, Lon
don, contain the portraits of Cardinal
Wolsey, William Shakespeare nnd
Daniel Defoe In recognition of their
connection with tho meat trade.
The cardinal was the son of a "re
spectable" butcher nt Ipswich, in Suf
folk, and "the Immortal bard" assisted
while a youngster a butcher in his na
tive town of Stratford-on-Avon.
Defoe, nowadays known as the au
thor of "llolilnson Crusoe," but In his
day nn adventurer nnd secret agent of
his government, was the son of u
butcher In Fore street and n member
of tho guild. National Provlsloner.
Time, but No Money.
Street Missionary My good friend,
why Idle away tho precious hours In
this fashion? Don't you know that
time Is money?
Loafer Don't you believe It, guv'nor.
If that was so I should be a bloomln'
mllllonhalr, I should. I've been doing
time on and orf ever since I was a
nipper. London Mall.
The Mean Thing,
"riijills Is the meanest kind of a gos
sip." "What makes you think so?"
"Because she never tells you apy
thlng herself, but gets you to tell her
all you know."
A Poor Plan.
The trouble with some men who
reach thu top is that they ro light on
over nnd down the other side. Chica
go Record-Herald.
A Parting Shot.
Cabby (badly worsted In tho dispute)
Well, I 'opes ns the ne.' four wheeler
ye tikes, mum, will bo au 'curse!
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