1 I ,- - - V i , J" i: I I V, V THE FOREST REPUBLICAN Published every Wednesday by J. E. WENK. Offloe in Smearbangh & Wenk Building, BLM HTBBKT, TIONKHTA, FA. Turns, SI.OO A Yew, Hirlotly la Advaarw. Entered sa second-class matter at the post-otnee at Tiontmla. No Butuutri ption received for aborter period than three month. Correspondence solicited, but no notloe will be tuken of anonymous oommunlca lions. Always give your name. Fokst Republican. . VOL. XLIVaf , TIONESTA; PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY17, 1912. $1,qq PER ANNUM. BOROUGH OFFICERS. Burgexit.J. 0. Dunn. Juxlicea ufthe Peace O. A. Randall, D. W. Clark. Oouneiimen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O, . Kohlnson, Win. Smearbaugh, It. J. Hopkins, U. K. Walson, A. H. Kelly. OonntableTi. L. Zuver. Collector W. H. Hood. School DirertoraW. O. Imel, J. K. Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamioson, D. H. Hlum. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Oonore P. M. 8 peer. Member of tSenateJ. IC. P. Hall. Auembty W. J. Campbell, President Judge W. I). Hinckley. Ainocxnte Judge Samuel Aul, Joseph M. Morgan. Prolhtmntnry, Register i Recorder, de. -8. R. Maxwell. Hhertir Win. H. Hood. Treasurer W. H. Brazne. CommiMionera Win. II. Harrison, J. nNoowden. H. II. MnClellan. T A '-.., M A J 'a r r I n tr Q I Jury OaniMUtionert J. 11. Eden, A, M. Moore. Coroner Dr. M. O KerY. County iiwitCor -George H. Warden, A. C. (Ireiiu and 8. V. Hhlehls. Cbiiry Purveyor Koy 8. Braden. nly Superintendent J. v. Carson. ItcauUr Terms ( Curt. Fourth Monday of February. ThtrH Monday of May. Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Commis sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of montb. Church end Hnbbnlh Hrl. ' Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. in. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. ra. Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab haih AVAninir hv Kav. W . M. Burton. Pi.aa.tlilnu In tlta M M r?lilir,'h AVArV Subbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. Wurrett, I'sstor. frearlilng in me rresoyienan ennren ivorv ShIiIihiIi atll:lN) a. in. and 7::10 D 111. ttev. i, a. nituwy, rvuir, The regular meetings of the W. C. T. C. are held at the lifladquarters on the second and. fourth Tuesdays of eacb uk nth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 1 ' pi NESTA LODGE, No. 809, 1. 0. 0. F. 1 Menta every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellow' Hall, Partridge building. Cfjarr. GKOKUESTOW POST. No. 274 UA, K. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon ulti'h luonth at 3 o'clock, CAPT. GEORGE 8T0W CORPS," No. 1.(7, .W. R. C, meets Qrst and third Wednesday evening ol eacn iuomu. T.F- R1TCIIEY, A TTO UN EY-AT-IAW, Tioneta. Pa. A. VAKKIXUEK. . Atturney and tkiiiimellor-Bt-Law. ' OlbVe liven Forest Coiintv National B-iiik,Bullllng, jTIOXKSTA, PA. CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTOK-NKY-AT-LAvV, Warren, Pa. . Practice in Forest Co. . AO BROWN, . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta. Pa. - FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. 1). 8 Rooms over Ctlizeus Nat. Rank, m IIONKSTA, PA. DR. F. JrW)VARD, ' r Physician A Surgeon, TIONESTA, PA. . Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted. D R. J. B. SIGGINS. Physician and Surgeon, OIL CITY, PA. HOTEL WEAVER. J. B. PIERCE,- Proprietor. " . Modern and up to-diue in all Its ap poiiitiiienls. . Every convenience and nifort provided for the traveling public . CENTRAL. HOUSE, J R. A. FULTON, Proprietor. Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will " be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling public pillL. KMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store on' Elm street. Is prepared to do all v "Kinds of custom work from the finest to Vue coarsest and guarantees his work to ?;lve' perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten ioji given to mending, and prices rea suitable. ' 1 Fi-ed. Grottonbergor . ' GENERAL ' BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work pertaining to Machinery, En ' Riues, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Wator Flt ' Uingsand General Blacksinithlngprompt- ly done at Low Kates. Repairing Mill . Machinery aren special attention, and ' satisfaction guaranteed. Shop in rear oj' and just west of the Shawjl ouse, TiUioute, fa. . Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBERGER THE TIONESTA I' IvemillBI MAN LETTERS FROM HI Over $403,000,000 is from Equitable Vai SH COMMISSIONER IS BESEIGED WITH REQUESTS FOR SHIP- MENTS OF FRY. lUSF FURNISH RECOliEND WEALTH STUNS IMAI Money and Securitlea Th covered. Indicate All E -structlon $20,000 for Life Society Heads -New York. A movem that etnggered the lma on about the shell of the TliilMr,tcr tn tl.n tl.l.1 41 n. . ... . . . . . H uru. i wo siianuy nine drawn by a Blngle sten style, transported the more than $400,000,000 of death and devastatl ago to the new ofllce o TruBt Company, at No.i and to the Bunkers at No. 7 '.Vail Btroet. ures of thA transfer t tentlon were the PreHfaU(j man on the seat wltli ... the escorts of police completelysurroundej their short but Btatrf J. dition to the 'l41l0,Lor, from vaults In the rL nnn than $45,000,000, Inf '," . i the In cash, was traiiHe , vaults of the Amerli . ' tional Rank, at NoJf' , , ... jits In the tpinnorarv ndl the Knickerbocker un),' mr. j P were i no uuiur uuurs Food Commissioner Foust Has Given Notice to Hit Agents to Look Out for the Bloated Oyster. by the le ina- nd the accom- found to be Bomew heat and water, b nlpulation they yl rest of the task w plished. In Ilia linort n mean time, fifty fr11'1'"" their tltne betw.1'0!8'1!16 corners a final w ging for DuttulU seventy-five lab In the and dig it, wfclle by the find fifty IVrecklng Jlicrvising Jiureau of Cdti supply y-.ni r wann in such staple lines as llstnl l'ainted Uhlua, Japan . . " Vse China, Dc-cnrated Glassware, ant , ' Plai ajjil Fancy Dishes, .Caudy, .as" "well as other Iinea too numerous to . mention, Time to Think of Paint & Paper. Before you plan your spring work in painting and papemg let us give you our eHtiiiiH'cs on tjie complete job. batirituciiou guaranteed. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm street, lioucata, I'a. Thompson-Starr employed by tl Company work Inspector O'Coii . ........ .... Tll,ll,ll... lmpil"l"K,;,uu, walls and clea ance So of the dl fund hot u lamllles ves in the i men who ill be illa tion. The Walsh -will lea of the other five mJ have per lshed.. All tli) have been serious injure!"'"' deceive an enuul shaM fund. With addltip that the contents of te vaults of the Equitable11 "nes and the Mercantijlt Company had escaped " appear- a,i .viiipnt tinned loss of The Kqultab ciety, through rectors, voted tf to exceed $20 of the men wig fire and for th were Injured .1 United wlthc family of Sat pluire alike Harrisburg.;- Althoupi FIbIi Com missioner Nathan R. Buller has not yet received any of the new forms for the Issuance of trout fry his office has received scores of letters from sportsmen In all parts of the state asking for shipments to be made to them in the spring. The commission er has outlined a new plan for mak ing shipments of fry, it being his de sign to check up on all shipments and to obtain best results. Applications must be endorsed by the senators or members of the legislature in the dis trict where the applicant resides and assurance given to the commissioner that the fry will promptly be placed In streams and results watched. The Idea Is to prevent waste and streams which are stocked will be Inspected later In the year. The belief Is that the hatcheries output will be fair. STRIKE RIOTERS CLOSE BIG MILLS Thousands of Operatives Battle With Police at Lawrence. FIFTY-FOUR HOUR LAW CAUSE State Cut Their Wages Hundreds of Foreigners Strike for Same Pay That Thsy Got for Week's Work That Was Two Hours Longer. Foust After the Oyster. Dairy and Food Commissioner Jas. Foust has given notice to his agents to-: -ok out for the bloated oyster. this jelng the season of the year when he is served. The commissioner says that in many towns dealers place the bivalves In water to "fatten" them and thereby destroy not only flavor but food value as well as appearance, Added water Is as much against the law as added preservatives and nu merous arrests will soon be reported. more than $ blyidwludle of the magn and the furn 325 tenants fire-proof vaj BACON Ambassador , sis Fads. RJ . j o tne unii firms the .In dlscusiement the Dlplom Bacon said li ould proba- destructlon ble building scords of Its not In the Mine Workers Pleased By Selections. The mine workers named to sit as members of the commission to draft the anthracite mine code are said In Scranton to have been selected at the request of officials of the United Mine Workers and the me'n Identified with that organization say that they will give all the assistance possible to the Btate commission In the task of fram ing new laws. The mine officials are also well known men and it is said that some preliminary drafts of laws have been made. The commission will be called to meet at Wilkesbarr at an early date. Game Preserve Near New Pen. Two new game preserves are to be established this year by the state game commission, making a total of seven In all. One of the new pre serves is likely to be located near the site of the new Western penitentiary in Centre county, and the other in the northeastern end o' the jtate. 6 POST. Lid Not Re- ambassador aPris, coi)- ignation. from Ambassador g and earn- rf's; ; 'i'J f )N, i 'estly Intefird, and had been for of the bo lie cou honor of verslty. a member l decline .the tfrw of the uni- .M1NEFjEMANDS. ' Want Mof" Arbitration Scranti anthraclt wages, rd paid for car and hands of. received Reading, V1 rying roij presidepf Bt&UU iUI mands of the r increased e union, coal ad of by the uy are in the having been Baer of the f the coal cur lier coal road Co has b'etto Governor to Press Button. Harrisburg. Theodore Lamper, rep resenting the mid-winter1 fair of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' as sociation, the State Horticultural As sociation of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Dairy union, which is to be held In Pittsburg the week begin ning January 15, was in. Harrisburg and 'visited Governor 'Tener with an invitation to be present at the opening and make an address. While the Governor was not certain' that his engagements would permit of hs. being present, he promised to touch "the button at his ofllce in the capitol and start the great machlne.y at the exposition to moving. For the latter purpose a wire will be run into the govern.vj private rooni. Winter Wheat O. K. Harrisburg. Reports received at the state department of agriculture from" whpnr. ernwlner nprllnna nf rhn state indicate that the snowfall dur-T ing the past ten days was so general that the cold wave caused compara tively little damage to the winter wheat. In the southern and central counties the fall was from two to four inches and the fields were well covered before the temperature fell. Practically all of the wheat sown in Pennsylvania is winter wheat and last year 1,289,000 acres were planted, the yield being 17,400,000 bushels in round numbers. The acreage sown this season will probably not run as high as last owing to the wet weather which occurred about the time farm ers generally sow wheat. In a num ber of i counties the sowing was so late that the wheat has not had a chance to come up. Alien. Mr. Nelson and Mr. Enck of this place purchased a bog from Mr. Brlndle of near town which pulled. Ae beam to 603 pounds. Officials' Admlrer Steals Their Pictures Some unknown worshipper at the shrine of fame smashed the display window of a local photographer in IlarrlKlmrg and curried oft pictures of former Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Murphy, Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, Secretary of the Common wealth Robert McAfee, Presidi-nt of the Senate William K. Crow, Repre sentative William S. Tunis anft a num ber of other state officials. The Iden tity of tbe thitl iB as nM fn doubt as bis m'u'tfva. Lawrence, Mass. The new 54-hour hour law enacted by the last Legist ture at the Instance of the labor un ions prohibiting the 'uployment of women and children in the mills and factories of Massachusetts for more than 64 hours in a week, 'was the cause of a wild outbreak In this city A riot call was sounded, women were knocked down and trampled upon, heads were clubbed, much dam' age was done to machinery, five per sons were arrested for inciting to riot and 12,000 operatives left their work .either from inclination or by compul sion. The mill district of this city resem bled an armed camp, following the riotous outbreak. Before the trouble ended several persons had been severely injured, a number of girl operatives had fainted and six arrests had been made. The mill agents found that bo many opera tives had quit work through fear of the angry strikers that it was decided to shut down the Wood and Ayer mills. The Washington mills and those of the Lawrence Duck Company, to which the disturbance extended, were kept in operation, although 800 operatives at the Washington mills and 400 at the duck mills struck. As the Wood mill, the largest worsted plant in the' world, employs 6,000 hands and the Ayer mill 3,500, nearly 11,000 opratlves became idle. In the Washington mills there was an indiscriminate hurling of bobbins and shuttles. Delia Clark, an opera tive, was badly cut by a shuttle and Overseers John Blodgett and Thomas Begin were hit on the head and seri ously cut. Considerable damage was done to mill property. In the Ayer mills the mob broke down an Iron gate. Inside the Wood mills the rioters cut many pulleys, opened fbe sprinklers and did other damage to the machinery. Practically all the windows on one side of the Lawrence Duck Company's mills were smashed by bricks and lumps of ice hurled by the mob, 'which made its last stand there. Although they had threatened to march on the big cotton mills of the Pacific Cor poration, the malcontents were dis persed by the police before reaching that point. Five hundred weavers and spinners in the Everett and Arlington cotton mills joined the strikers in the after noon, and the feeling was general -that the strike would involve 25,000 mill workers in the city. Squads of police are patrolling the streets, and to aid in detecting and preventing any attempt to damage mill property during the night a Mtg4 searchlight on the roof of the Wash ington mill has been called into ser vice. The police force fought hannVo-hand-with strikers -for three hours. The rioters carried Italian and Ameri can flags. Strike at Fall Rlyer. Fall River,' Mass. About 100 spin ners employed by . the American Thread Company struck because they did not receive pay for 56 hours work although they were employed but 64' hours. . M'KEESPOHT IS 21 YEARS OLD Tube City Celebrates With Elab orate Freedom Party." PROMINENT MEN SPEAKERS Great Regret for Unfortunate Illness of Mayor Arthur Weather and Age Prevents Congressman Cannon's Presence, . MADE SON KILL HIS FATHER. French Baroness Sentenced to Death and Boy to Twenty Years. Paris. Robert de Couvrigny and his mother, the Baroness de Couvrig ny, were found guilty by a jtrta in' Caen, the youth charged with' parri cide and the Baroness with complicity in the crime and attempting to polBon her husband. The court sentenced the Baroness to death and the son to twenty years' Imprisonment. . . The youth 4s only 18 years old. McKeasport, Pa. This city known throughout the .commercial world as the "Tube C.ty," is now a man, Mon day being the twenty-first unniversa ry of the incorporation of the old borough of McKeespoit into a city of the third class. In commemoration of the event, an eluboiate banquet wag held under the auspices of the McKeesport. Chamber of Commerce, iu the Elks' temple. Mon of nation al reputation and men prominent in the government of the city were among the speakers. A touch of brilliancy was added to the banquet by the presence of many of McKees- port's well-known women, who occu pied scats in the gallery, surrounding the banquet chamoer. An unfortunate occurrence that called forth the sympathy of the en tire population of the city was the serious Illness of the cli.ef executive Mayor H. S. Arthur who is suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia. Mayor Arthur was to have delivered an address on the growth of the city since its incorporation. His illness caused a change in the program Formed Mayor William H. Coleman clerk of the county courts, delivering the address for Mayor Arthur. Another disappointment was re ceived by the committee when word was received from Congressman Jo soph G. Cannon, former speaker of the House, to the effect that he was unable to attend, owing to the incle ment weather and that his hta.tti would not permit the Journey. Ex- Mayor George V. Guthrie of Pitts burgh spoke in his stead. Joining in the celebration with the Chamber of Commerce were tha members of the McKeesport Mer chants', association and tle McKees port council. Covers were laid for 275. The figure "21" was promt nent among the decorations in the hall, which were e.aboiate. Fiags, bunting and cut flowers were the ch ef decorations. Ly. T. L. White, one oflic oldest residents of thcity, who Tins been identified witlfthe majority of the civic improvements; was toastmaster. Following were thja speakers and their subjects. Wil.iam H. Coleman, "History of McKeesport;" Congress man John Dalzell, "American .Mer chant Marines;" Attorney Lee S. Smith, "Civic Bodies," Commissioner of States Highways E. M. Bigelow, "Good Roads;" J. J. Bedel, president of council, ','Municipal Affairs;" E. P. Douglas, represent. ng the Chambei of Commerce, and Ex-Mayor George G. Guthrie of Pittsburgh. , Merchants decorated tboir build lugs, and in the schools the history of the city was related. Aside from the decorations of the buildings, no other sign of the celebration was seen during the day. There was no street demonstration and business was car ried on as usual. Si nce the incorporation ' of the city many changes have taken p'.uce In' the city. New and large build" ings have been erected and mills' anu 'factories -have been enlarged to such an extent that one viTsit.ng the city today would not recognize any of the downtown portion as tha of the old borough. Now that McKeesport has- become of age, it was predicted' that several of the surroundings boroughs anu townships wilt ask to be annexed Taken as a whole the celebration wat pne that will be long remembered am. tbe beginning of a new era of im provement in the city. BRYAN'S ROUT DUE TO M'GRAW His Motion Kept Guffeyfon Na tional Committee CLOSE FRIENDS FOR YEARS West Virginia Said to Favor Wilson's Nomination for President. Helped Choose Baltimore as Convention City. Grafton, W. Va. That Colonel John T. MtGia.v of this city, Democratic national commit eeinan was not re tiled from activity in the Democratic pontics of this state wlien he was de leaied for tne t nited States senate lust wiiuer, was amply ueiiionsiraieu at the nifccing ot the Democratic na tional comuiiuee at aslnugton last week when lie successfully routed no lebs a persona-ie than Co onel Will iam J. Bryan. Although a stanch friend of tbe Jseuiaskan, whom he supported loyal ly ihiee timea when a candidate lor President, Colonel .MuGraw uelieveu that tne Commoner was in the wrong when he attempted to oust Coiouei James Guiley oi Pennsylvania from the national conimuuo, and it waa on the motion of the West Virginian that tho iikIii of Guilty to a scat on tbe comumleo was susiuined. National Committeeman McGiaw and the Pennsylvania Democratic leader have been personal tnends and business associates ter a long number of years. They have leu their parties in two Republican stateb and tougut together under adverse conditions. Reluming Democrats say it was the eloquence of McGraw before the national committee appealing for his lnend, Gutley, thai roused Colonei Biyan to mai.e the vehement speech in which the i'eiuisyiNunia committee man was atlucked utimerciiu.iy. Aim the national committee sustained Mc Graw by a vole of 'M to IS. Colonel McGraw iiiso was a leader in the tight 10 take ihe Democratic national convention to Baltimore. A mouth ueloie the meeting lie prom ised to support Baltimore, and at Washington he had eliutve of tue con test which resulted in Uie selection of that city by the proximity of Hie .Maryland metropolis to West Virginia, where hundreds of West Virginia Detiiociats can attend the convemiou. Wh.le in attendance at the Wash ington meeting, Committeeman Mc Giaw came out unequivocally lor the nomination of Woourow Wi sou for President and conducted a large num ber ot his loi.owers who were in iisiiingion to the Wilson headquar ters, where they pledged their fealty to the Now Jersey candidate to the discomfiture of the other presidential possibilities. The statement of .Me Graw expressing a preleienee for Wil son indidcates that he will make an eilort to secure the West Virginia del egation tor the .scholar politician. RATES Of ADVERTISING! ' One Square, one inch, one week... 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month, t 00 OneSqaare, one inch, 8 months.... 6 00 One Square, one inch, one year 10 10 Two Bquarea, one year 16 00 Quarter Column, one year 80 00 Half Column, one year 60 00 One Column, one year 100 00 Legal advertisements ten cent Berlin each insertion. We do fine Job Printing of every de scription at reasonable rates, bat it's cash on delivery. PfcST VICTIMS LIE THERE Grave of Five Who Died of Smallpon In 1811 Found In Bellerlca, Mass. Closely adjoining the site of the Boston & Maine car shops in Blllerlca, the surveyors discovered a gravestone marking the spot where 100 yeara ago five persons, victims of smallpox, were buried. The stone is still In good condition, although mossy with age. The foot stone as well as the headstone li solid, giving evidence at careful work on the part of the ones who placed It there. The grave was evidently chosen a century ago as a secluded spot, and when found trees, underbrush and shrubbery nearly hid it from sight. The words on this headstone are: Erected in memory of and to desig nate the place where Asa Grost, Jr., Levi Frost, Eleanor Farmer, Sarah Ilodgman and Samuel Batchelder were buried, who died of smallpox, August, 1811. At first the Boston & Maine con sidered, getting the consent of the state to remove the stone and the dust of the bodies, but it has been de cided to let tbe grave remain where it is. So these Ave persons will rest where they are and their bed ot the last century will not be disturbed. No relative of the ones burled seem at all concerned about the grave and it is doubtful if any descendants of them are living In Blllerlca or Lowell at the present time. SOME ODDITIES IN SIGNS STEEL OUTLOOK BRIGHT. -TURKISH WARSHIPS SUplK. Seven Vessels Burn and Founder In Severe Naval Fight. Rome. The first important naval battle In the Turco-Itallan war occur red In the Red Sea outside the Bay of Kunfida, a smaH welled town of Ara bia with a garrison and two forts. An Italian cruiser squadron, fought a,nd sank seven Turkish gunboats after a sharp conflict. A large number of Turkish seamen went down with their ships, but others were rescued by the Italians. HOT SPRINGS FOR MORSE. Convicted Banker To Be Treated There by Taft's Order. Washington Charles W. Morse was ordered by Preside Taft transferred from Fort McPherson,- Georgia, to the Army and Navy Genera Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. ' Because of his physical oonditlon Morse rerenUy was transferred to Fort Mcl'herstm fYoi Atlanta peniten tiary,. --where he was, serving fifteen years fcr violation of the banking ia'--vs Fool and Money Soon Parted. Wllkes-Barre, Pa. John Jay Mc Devitt, "millionaire for a day," came to earth with a dull thud in New York Saturday afternoon and followeu by his "party" minus his negro valet, whom he "fired" en route to New York, and a crowd of newspapermen, departed from the Waldorf, where Ik slept que night, carrying his own trav eling .bag, while empty-handed bell bops looked askance at the retreat. u., figure of the mushroom Rockefeller. "Save your money" was his on!y tip to the bellboys on his departure. Mc Devitt had become possessed of a cou pie of Thousand1 dollars or so .and ' blew In" the whole thing In a joy ride to New York with special train and all the fixings. Work Is Assured for Mills for Weeks to Come. Pittsburgh, Pa. Specifications for Bteel products are being received at the steel mils at a rate siilt'icient, with the large amount with whlcU the m. lis opened the year, to Insure oper ation ut the present gait for weeks. The December report of the United States Steel Corporation shows the largest inciease tor a month since tho monthly report system was insti tuted in 1910. The Cai'negio Steel Company has blown in a half dozen furnaces in the past fortnight. The. pig iron mar ket has opened up during the past week and several large orders have been takeu. BISHOP DOANE DEMANDS DEATH. Artist Kooreman Dies In Poverty. Berkeley, Cal. iByak Kooremun, a portn'ait painter, who was for years a director of the Royal Academy ut Leyoen, Netherlands, has Just died here in poverty, "atter an illness oi several years. Child Scalded to Death in Bucket. Ell wood City, Pa. Clifford, Uio 4-year-old boh of Chiii'les . lleatty ol Buinstown, 'backed into-a bucket ot" scalding water and later died from theehects. Fire Leveb oouit House. Logan, W. Va. rue which started 'in a depart tin nt store here early Sat urday, swept tt.e whole business block and spread to the county court house, which was entirely destroyed. 1 lie loss lu (.linialttl at $2.111, nun, only partly covert il l i s T.tiife. Has Toid All He Will. Boston, Mass. I lie Kev. Clarence V. T. HUheson will never make pub lic a more detailed confession of hia pohonlu of Avis l.iuucll than has al ready beta t'iveit tfuW ia fbo opinion, of bin (x'uubui, William A. Mu'ibu. Extreme Penalty Right, He Says, and Quotes Bible. Albany, N. Y. Whomsoever shod dcth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." This was the an swer of Right Rev. William Croswe.l Doane, bishop of the Episcopal dio cese of Albany, whon asked whether he believes in the abolition of capital punishment, the question having been suggested by the attitude of Governor Dix and Colonel Joseph V. Scott, state superintendent of prisons, who have announced their belief that the deatli penalty should be abandoned in this state. "Capital punishment is right," said the bishop. "The objection to it Is purely Benliniental. Those who have been declaring tliemselveB in favor of Uie removal ot the death penalty over look the one great significant instruc tion God's own word which I have quoted." They Do Not Mean Just What They Say, but Certainly Attract Attention. "Teeth extracted while you wait," is the rather superfluous announce ment of a dentist; while another ad vertiser appeals to ladles In this se ductive manner: "Ladles having old feathers can be re-dyed and made equal to new." Equally open to mis construction are the following no tlces: "All gloves in this window 50o per pair. . These won't last long at the price." "Dine here once, and you'll never dine anywhere else; and "A competent person wanted to un dertake the sale of a new medicine that will prove highly lucrative to th undertaker." But perhaps the best of these am biguous advertisements is that of a Japanese laundry, which runs thus: "Contrary to our opposite company, we will most cleanly and carefully cheap prices as follows: Ladies, $2 per 100; gentlemen, $1.50 per 100. After these one reads without a phock such notices as the following: Vnder a pair of hob nailed boots "Unwearable, $3;" in the window of a small store In Portland "New milk," and on a card immediately underneath "our own make." Izaak Walton. The customer had waited fifteen minutes for the flsh he had ordered. He was very quiet as be sat there, but Internnlly there was a seething. At the end of the sixteenth minute the waiter, who had been In total ecllpi-te for fifteen minutes and a half, bustled up. "Thut fish will be here, sir, In Ave minutes." Five minutes elapsed three times. Then the waiter bustled up again. "The fish will be here, sir, in a minute." The customer turned to him. "Tell me," he said quietly, but with a certain emphasis, "what bait are you using?" Contract for Shafts Awarded. Brownsville, Pu. The Brownsville Engineering Company has been In formed by George C. llosack, presi dent of the Cross Cieek Coal Compa ny, that it was awarded tho contract lor constiucting two sliatts of the company near Utirgettntown. The two shafts are to bo 270 feet deep each and will cost $!l0,(inu. John A. Bell of Carnegie, and II. J. Heinz of Pittsburgh are stockholders In the coal company. Police blunder Aids Robbers. Marion, O. Sale ciackcrs, believed by the police to be members of the same gang operat.ng in Springfield last week, used nitroglycerin to break Into the office Bate of Drs. AuytiBte and Herman S Rhuc Sunday and es caped with cash, diamonds and Jew elry vuitud at $l,i)uii or more. A woman living in the Hat was aroused by the explosion and notified the of ficers by telephone. Tim police has tened to Uio Kliuo homo in the city outskirts, and this blujulW 11VU tho lybburu Uwv IS luUU'o tfJo'J tUtir il kaii'u. Masterpiece of Advertising. A physician of Montpelier, France, was In the habit of employing a very Ingenious artifice. When he came te town where he was not known, he pretended to have lost his dog, and ordered the public crier to offer, with beat of drum, a reward of 25 louts to whomsoever should bring It to him. The crier took care to mention all the titles and academic honors of the doc tor, as well as bis place of residence, lie soon became the talk of the town. 'Do you know," says one, "that a fu Jious physician has come here, a very :lever fellow? He must bo very rich, 'or he offers 25 louls for finding his log." The dog was not found, but pa dents were. Slow Progress. A friend met a youthful and lazy luthor on the street. "How is your uovel getting along?" )e asked. "Oh, I've begun it," answered the author proudly. The two did not meet again for several weeks. At the next encounter, the friend again asked: "Well, how's your novel?" The author paused a moment. "Let me see," he said, "where did tell you I was in It when I saw you Ihe last time?" "You said you'd begun it," answered Ihe friend. "Well I've still begun it," con lesscd tho author, guiltily. Goods and Goods. At the approach of the angel wlffl be naming sword Adum bent upon Eve a glance of profound cousterna Ion. "We are caught," he exclaimed, 'with the goods on!" "Not dry goods, at all events!" glg iled the first mother, nervously, as vilu a consciousness that it was too uie for u bon mot, bowwer clover, u t.ivo tbu situation. Puck. t i
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