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VOL. XLV. NO. 3.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1912.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. C. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Councumen. J. W, Tenders, J. T. Dale,
O, K. Robinson, Win. ftuiearbaugh,
K. J. Hopkins, (J. F. Watson, A. li.
Kell.y
Countable Tj. h. Zuver.
Cbeor W. II. Hood.
(k'hoot Director W . O. Iinel, J. K.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jainieson, D. II.
Blum,
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congest P. M. Spear.
Member of Senate J. IC. P. Hall.
Assembly W. J. Campbell.
President Judge W. U. Hinckley.
Associate Jwiges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, de.
-8. K. Maxwell.
VAenT-Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Rraxee.
Cbmtmnafoners Wm. II. Harrison, J.
C. Nunwdnn, II. U. McClellan.
District Attorney V.. A. CaTlnger.
Jury Commissioners J. li. Eileo, A.M.
Moore,
Coroner Dr. M. C Kerr.
Cmmtv Auditors -iionrgo H. Warden,
A. C. UrKK and 8. V. (Shields.
County Iturveyor Koy 8. Braden.
County Superintendent J. O. Carson.
Itcaular Tcrmi f ('cart.
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 month.
( knrrh mni Habbatk Mchaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
in. ; M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Ke v.W.N. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. (larrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. H. A. liailey, Pa-lor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
ni nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi' NESTA LODliE, No.3H9, 1. 0. 0. F.
J- Ments every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. HKOROBSTOW POST, No. 274
O. A. R. M Huts 1st Tuedy after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. OEOROE STOW CORPS, No.
Iff, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening ol each month.
rr F. RITCHKY.
. 1. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER.
Attorney and Counsellor-at Law.
OlnVe over Forest Countv National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. HHAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW,
' Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co,
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OtHoe in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge 8ts., Tionesta, Pa.
FRANK 8. HUNTER, C. D. S
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank.
IIONESTA, PA.
DR. F.J. BOyARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONEfiTA, PA.
Eyes T'ol and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SWUINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER.
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up to d Hie in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
com tort provided for the traveling publio
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tinnseta, 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 custom. work from the liuest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. Fred. Orottenborgor
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST.
All work pertaining to Machinery, En
gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit
tings aud General Rlackamithing prompt
ly done at Low Rales. 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. GRETTENBEROER
THE TIONESTA
Racket
Can supply your want in such staple
lines as Hand Painted Chins, Japan
ese China, Decorated Glassware, and
Plain ami Fancy Dishes, Candy, as
well as other lines too numerous to
mention.
Time to Think of
; Paint & Paper.
Before ynu plan your spring work
'in -painting and paperng let us give
you, our estimates on the complete
job. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Next Doo to the Fruit 8tore, Elm
Street, Tionesta, Pa.
SOUTH POLE
FOUND AT LAST
Roald Amundson, Norwegian
Explorer, Announces Success.
STAYED THERE THREE DAYS
Sir Ernest Shackleton Says Amund
sen and Scott Parties May Have
Met at the Pole Itself, So the
Honor Would Be Divided.
London. The supremo honor of
planting hia nation's Aug at the most
southerly poiut of the globe has betu
won by Roald Amundsen of Norway.
Definite news has been received la
London by way of Christiania that
he reached the Pole between the 14th
and 17th of December.
The Chronicle publishes this cable
gram from Leon Amundsen, brother
of the explorer.
"ChrlBtlaula. Following telegram
received from Hobart: 'Pole attained
fourteenth seventeenth December,
1811; all well. Roald Amundsen.'"
Captain Amundsen's brother Leon
says Roald will go on a lecture tour of
Australia and Europe, after which he
will head an expedition to the North
Pole. The Fram after making neces
sary repairs will go to San Francisco
where AmundHcn will meet her in
1313.
Christiania. In a special the
newspaper Social Demokrater an
nounces that It has received a private
cable despatch announcing that Capt.
Roald Amundsen succeeded in his
quest for the south pole. Whether he
got there before Captain Scott is not
stated.
London. While Intense Interest
has been aroused in the results attain
ed by the South Polar expeditions un
der command of Captain Roald
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer,
and Captain Robert F. Scott, of the
British Royal Navy, respectively,
which are returning from the Antarc
tic regions, dispatches which have
reached here on the subject are con
flicting. . CaHaln Amundsen has arrived at
Hobart, Tasmania, on the steamer
Fram, and according to the first word
from that port Amundsen declared
that Captain Scott had reached the
Dole.
Tha first message with the definite
statement from Amundsen that Scott
had reached the South Pole was re
ceived from Wellington, New Zealand,
by "The Daily Express."
Sir Ernest Shackleton, who has
been predicting news soon from the
Antarctic, is not surprised at the re
port that Scott has reached the goal.
He said he was confident that Scott
and Amundsen met In the narrow pas
sage through which both were obliged
to pass in order to reach the Pole. He
thinks If Scott had been successful
the newB of it would most likely be
brought by Amundsen as Scott was
obliged to divert his ship's course In
returning to civilization in order to
pick up a part of his expedition.
. Sir Ernest Shackleton in a special
article on the discovery, says:
"Analyzing somewhat the brief ca
ble announcing Amundsen's attain
ment of the South Pole, one, from pre
vious experience, would assume the
journey was done in extreme rapidity
and under very favorable conditions
as regards weather, assuming that
the latitude of Amundsen's winter
quarters was 78:44 south; that is,
only 676 geographical miles from the
pole. This place was named the Bay
of Whales on my expedition.
"If Amundsen did fifteen miles a
day aud reached the pole on Decem
ber 14 he would have started south
about the beginning of November, but
it Is much more likely he did not trav
el at that rate, especially for the first
hundred or two hundred odd miles, so
we may assume ho started for the
pole about the beginning of October.
There is no indication whether
Amundsen followed the route of my
expedition In reaching the mountains
that guard the approach to the pole.
It may be possible he found a new
route and an easier one up to the pla
teau, which lies about 9,000 to 11,000
feet above the sea level.
"Word that the pole was attained
December 14 to 17 evidently means on
reaching the geographical pole he
waited three days, taking the noon ob
ervatlons so as accurately to deter
mine his position."
Shackleton said that If Amundsen
left ttie pole December 17 he would
very likely, with a fair wind behind
him, return to winter quarters in
about forty-five days.
Amundsen had with hiai oon the
present expedition a hardy band of
Norwegians, who probably were great
ly aided by skis in traversing the gla
cial ice, and he put his faith in a
great pack of Siberian dogs for the
supply Bldeges.
ORIENT ROAD RECEIVERSHIP.
Arthur E. Stilwell, Promoter, Blames
the "Money Trust."
Kansas City, Mo. Creditors of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Rail
way filed with the clerk of the Fed
eral Court in Kansas City, Kan., an
application for receivers for the road.
E. C. Dickinson, of Kansas City,
vice-president and general manager pi
the road, was appointed a receiver,
and another receiver is to be chosen.
A, n. Stilwell, promoter, blames tfcft
Money Trust. .
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PLANS OF THE 8TATE ORCHARD
WORK HAVE BEEN
CHANGED.
TAKING OUT STATE LICENSES
Capitol Park Extension Work Is Pro
Dressing Nicely Little Difficulty
Is Experienced in Obtain
ing Options.
Harrlbburg. More attention will be
given to supervision of orchards as a
means of practical demonstration ot
methods for the prevention of the
spread of fruit pests this year than
heretofore, according to the plans out
lined to the orchard experts who are
here for Instruction under State Zoolo
gist H. A. Surface. The demonstra
tion work in the 900 model orchards
of the state will last but three weeks
this spring, commencing next Monday,
after which the demonstrators and in
spectors will work In orchards which
have been put under the supervision
of the state on condition that fruit
growers may be privileged to inspect
them.
The reason for this arrangement is
that last fall and early winter the
demonstrations were carried on al
most to Christmas bo that practically
all demonstrations In the three weeks
beginning next Monday will be sup
plemental for the farmers and or
chard owners.
Taking Out Licenses.
Insurance Commissioner Charles
Johnson's notice of last week to in
surance companies that all agents and
Bolicitors must take out licenses and
that brokers must not write life in
surance has brought prompt answer
in the shape of applications for li
censes by the score. The notices
were Issued last week as a result of
an opinion given to Mr. Johnson by
the attorney general's department and
required every person soliciting insur
ance to take out a license, this being
the provision of the insurance act of
June 1. The licenses have come chief
ly from the large cities, although
many men In smaller towns are look
ing after the required papers.
Park Extension Work Progressing.
The Capitol park extension com
mission Is having little difficulty in
obtaining options on properties in the
park district and within a short time
they will have as many as the allow
ante for this year will permit. It is
possible that It advantageous bargains
can be made that the commission may
ask for additional funds which can
be given If the governor, adltor gen
eral and state treasurer agree and
there 13 sufficient money In the treas
ury above appropriations to justify
the allowance.
$75,450 to Be Redeemed.
Harrisburg. Less than $76,000 of
the $1,605,050 of bonds of the state
of Pennsylvania called for redemption
on February 1 are outstanding and It
Is probable that the remainder will
be presented for payment within a
short time. The cancellation of the
state debt preceded in February at a
rate beyond the expectations of State
Treasurer C. F. Wright and steps to
obtain the bonds yet unredeemed may
be taken soon.
The bonds falling due on February
1 were of the issue of 1882 amounting
to $1,076,800 of 4 per cent and $528,
250 of 3'4 per cent, the rest of the
Issue having been bought In from time
to time. During the month just closed
the state redeemed $1,001,900 of the
fours and $527,700 of the others, leav
ing only about $500 worth of 3Vs per
cent unpaid.
The state has the funds in hand to
pay off all of the remainder of the
Issue and also to more than meet all
other evidences of debt on most of
which interest ceased long ago. In
a short time the sinking fund will be
$100,000 ahead of the debt remaining
unpaid.
Must Observe the Law.
Harrisburg. Dairy and Food Com
missioner James Foust has given di
rections to his agents to secure sam
ples of all cocoanut candy on the
market in the state for the purpose
of determining by chemical analysis
whether cereals are being used in the
preparation of the confection in defi
ance of the law. The commissioner
has lately received a number of com
plaints that cocoanut candles were so
stiff that children could not bite Into
them and that when wet some of
them seemed to be partially made of
flour paste. Samples analyzed showed
that flour was being used. "Under
the state food laws, flour cannot bt
used in making confectionery any
more than it can be used in sausage.
State Capitol Notes.
An outbreak of rabies has caused
considerable stir in Lehigh county. A
uumber of dogs in Macungie liavs
been ordered quarantined.
According to the latest gOBsip, a
regiment of cavalry will be estab
lished, although national guard offi
cials say they know nothing of It.
The Capitol park extension commis
sion has secured almost a dozen op- '
tlons on properties in the extension ,
district and moro are in sight.
IEEE
AMUNDSEN TELLS
STORY OF HOW
HE FOUND POLE
Conquering Norwegian Reaches
Antarctic Goal in Wide Plateau
After Plunge Through Ice.
MOUNTAINS OF ICE
BLOCKED THE WAY
Glaciers in Plenty Norwegian Flag
Pitched at Pole on Dec. 17 Najned
Huge Mountains for Queen
Maud Confirms Scott.
New York. The New York Times
publishes Captain Roald Amundsen's
account of this discovery of the South
Pole. The interest excited by the new
of this great feat was sufficient to
keep thousands of persons out of bed
until copies of "The Times" could be
secured.
Captain Amundsen describes the
long Journey over the great Ice bar
rier aud tells how he followed the out
line of South Victoria and King Ed
ward Land. A great mountain range
which stretches across this region,
the general direction of which ho fol
lowed, he named the Queen Maud
Range. The hardy explorer does not
devote many words to his descriptions
of his feelings upon arriving at the
Pole, but there Is Just sufficient vague
ness with regard to details to suggest
that he shared the great discovery
with others. He says that he left his
winter quarters on the Bay of Whales,
on October 20.
After crossing the great ice barrier
and following the mountain ranges he
arrived December 8 at Shackleton's
Farthest South. Following the due
southern direction, he came to a great
plateau in six days' inarch. This plat
eau, which he reached on December
14, was a vast plain, monotonous In
its appearance, stretching for miles in
every direction.
Observations showed that the party
was in latitude 89 degrees 55 minutes
South. On December 15 the party
travelled nine kilometres in as near
as possible a direct southerly line. Ob
servations taken at the point then
reached on December 15 and the fol
lowing day fixed this as the approxi
mate position of the Pole. A hut was
erected here and the Norwegian flag
hoisted. It remained as the only evi
dence of the discovery when the trip
back begau.
The Pole was In the midst of the
great plateau, which Amundsen, In
honor of the King of Norway, named
King Haakon Plateau.
The following is that part of
Amundsen's narrative, copyrighted by
the New York Times, which tells of
his actual attainment of the South
Pole:
The Pole Attained.
"That day was a beautiful one a
light breeze from southeast, the tem
perature minus 23 Celsius, (9.4 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit,) and the
ground and sledging were perfect. The
day went along as usual, and at 3
P. M., we made a halt.
"According to our reckoning we had
reached our destination. All of us
gathered around the colors a beauti
ful silk flag all hands taking hold of
it and planting it
"The vast plateau on which the pole
is standing got the name of the 'King
Haakon VII. Plateau.' It Is a vast
plain, alike In all directions; mile
after mile during the night we circled
around the camp.
"In order to observe the polo as
close as possible, we traveled as near
South as possible, the remaining 9
kilometres.
"On December 16 there we camped.
It was an excellent opportunity. There
was a brilliant sun. Four of us took
observations every hour of the day's
twenty-four hours. The exact result
will be the matter of a professional
private report.
"This much Is certain that we ob
served the pole as close as It is in hu
man power to do It with the Instru
ments we had a sextant and an arti
ficial horizon.
"On December 17 everything was In
order on the spot. We fastened to the
ground a little tent we had brought
along, a Norwegian flag, and the Fram
pendant on the top of it."
Captain Amundsen sums up the
principal results of the expedition as,
first, the determining of the extent of
the Ross' Barrier; second, ascertaining
the apparent connection of South Vio
toria Land and King Edward Land
and the huge mountain ranges therein
which probably continue across the
Continent. He named them Queen
Maud's ranges; third, the exploration
of part of King Edward Land; fourth,
confirmation of the discoveries of Cap
tain Scott
'RECALL IS REVOLUTIONARY."
President Taft Denounces Attack on
Courts as Crude.
Toledo, Ohio. President Taft made
a direct reply In a spech at a mass
meeting in the Coliseum here to the
recall of judges and of court decisions
advocated by Colonel RooBevelt In his
Columbus speech. Although Mr.
Taft mentioned no names, his refer
ences were plain. The President
characterized the recall propositions
ao "crude, revolutionary, fitful and unstable."
PRICE OF COAL
BOOKED TO RISE
Will 'Scenes of a Decade Age
Be Re-enacted?
UNCERTAINTY IN SITUATION
Mills Store Large Quantities of Coal
in Anticipation of Labor Troubles.
English and German Situation
Cause to Foreign Demand.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Prices of coal, both
hud and soft, are expected to reach
an unprecedented figure w.thin An
next iew weeks. Uncertainty exists
an to whether there wi.l be troiiuie
with the miners April 1, when -sxist-Ins
wese contracts expire. Th's has
led raimnds and mills throughout he
counlry to store large quantities of
b.ti,m;nous and anthracite oal. Last
wet s tun of mine oca! sold at $1.50
a ton iu Pittsburgh, a jwiiip or 45
cen's. Furnace coke at the ovens
took a leap fiom 1.75 and $1.80 a ton
to .
Hie demand for coal at present Is
said to far exceed the supply. In ud
d tion to the threatened strike of niiu
eiu, the northwest has experienced a
ctl famine, due to a paralysis of
ti. '.asportation facilities resulting Irom
Irozrii lakes and snowbound tiaias.
Dcaleis say the labor troub e In Kng
land and poss.ble trouble In Germany
have also increased the demand,
which had the effect ot raising prices.
With.n the next two wec-ks dea era
will know whether the operators and
miners ran reach an amieabe settle
uiciit of wage scales. This week in
New York, representatives of ISO, 000
a:itlr.aciie miners will meet operators,
i'lie woikers are asking an increase iu
pay of 20 per cent. It is understood
he miners would he willing; to accept
a letiuct.on from this figure.
Kepreceutatives of bituminous oper
at'uis and miners in Western l'enn
syhan.a, Cli.o, Ulionis aud Indiana
w.ll meet in the Hollemlen hotel,
Cleveland. O., March 20. The miners
want a flat rate increase of 10 per
cent, if any agreement can he reach
ed at .his conference it is thotiiiit
there w.ll he no danger at labor ton
liicts in other states when wage con
tracts expiie.
Ko lowing the conference between
bituminous operators and workers,
t;-:t-i(lent John P. White of the In.er
naiional uu.on. United Mine Workers,
iil call a meeting of representatives
of a 1 scale committees of the different
dstiicts. This will be held iu Cleve
land on Maren 25.
Each bituminous district has a scale
committee. These committees were
authorized at the recent inU;i nationa.
convention in Indianapolis, litd., to ne
gotiate a wage scale subject to th-3 ap
proval ot the woikers themse.ves.
Should the operators and the work
ers at the first conference arrive at au
agreement as to wages, the matter
wi.l ihen be submitted to the scalo
comm ttee representatives. If it re
leives their "O. K.". the scale will
next 1: p need before the miners at a
general meeting for their ratification,
in case no agreement is reached, the
miners will outline a policy to govern
the United Mine Workers and decide
whether or not they will resume work
Apr.l 1.
i, on and steel industries in the
Pittshuigli district have laid in bis
supplies of coke. Most of the mills
own their own coal mines, and the op
era .Ion of the plants would not he af
fected if the men were to walk out.
Such a condition night, however,
make it more profitable lor the indus
tries to se'l the coal on the open mar
ket than use It themselves.
Should no agreement he reached, it
is prohnb'e the railroads which need
vast quantities of coal would seize a 1
fuel on the tracks, as they did ten
years ago.
Shou.d the anthracite miners quit
and the b'tuminous miners continue
work, dealers expect a heavily increas
ed demand lor Boft coal. During the
lafat anthracite trouble, many consnm
ers became accustomed to using the
soft variety, and from that time there
was a permanent Increase in the de
mand for bituminous.
Will Make Work for More Men.
St. Cairsville, O. Work will be
commenced next month on the open
lug of a new mine at Fairpolut, ltcl
mcnt county, to employ about lino
men. The Provident Coal Company
of Cleveland purchased several hun
dred acres of coal lying nloir; the
(ieve'and, Lorain & Wheeling divi
sion or the Baltimore & Ohio rui'road
and will spend about $:ioo oou in equip
ping and opening the mine.
Date Set Long Way Off.
Tarentnm, Pa.-divangelist "Hilly'
Sunday wi'l conduct meetinss here
during September or November. I!M:'.
is the announcement made by the Alle
gheny Va ley church woikers. A de!
enation conferred with Sunday at
Wheeling, W. Va., where he Is con
ducting meetings and he promised to
come to Tarentnm.
Followed Wife After Sixteen Years.
Washington, Pa. Just Iti years to
the day since the death of his wife,
John Newman, aged X2, died here ori
Friday night. lit; spent most of hiJ
life on a farm. Five children mirvive
Threatened Suits Over 83 Cents.
Franklin, Pa. A difference of S3
cenls each between eight men who
served as special policemen on Hal
loween and the city of Franklin is like
ly to involve tin- city in elht lawsuits
Tin; men went io work with the under
standing that they would receive i
each for their services, but Common
Council Is wil ing to pay them on'j
$2.17 each, that being the amount -a
reKil'ar off her receives daily. Th
elsht specials have left their accouu
with a-Justice or the peace to collect,
Tltli Instructions to commence suit il
tha bl 1b are n t raid.
FEWER MINORS
NOWJM? LOYED
Number Is 10,000 Less Than
Six Years Ago.
THE VIOLATIONS ARE FEW
Owners and Managers Show Desire to
Obey Law Prosecutions in West
ern Pennsylvania Have Not
Been Very Nnumerous.
Harrisburg, Pa. f'Tliere ar fewer
minors by 10,000 employed iu the in
dustrial establishments of Pennsyl
vania than there were half a dozen
years ago and the decrease is marked
in the great industrial c iters of
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,'' said
Captain John C. Delaney, the state's
chief factory inspector, in speaking
about conditions.
Conditions have changed materially
and I have found that owners and
managers of establiahinenta prefer not
to have minors employed because of
the risk and notoriety they run in
case of prosecution. It has been a
matter of satisfaction to find that
men will not only rectify a condition
when brought to their attention, but
ask our inspectors if there is any
thing: else. In Pittsburgh we have
found the heads of plants willing to
help us at all times and the violations
re few and far between.
Captain Delaney says that the pros
ecutions In Western Pennsylvania
have not been numerous and practical
ly the only ones of recent date were
In Beaver county where some arrests
had to be made to get bakers to un
derstand the laws.
Considerable importance is attached
to the hearing to be given March 1:1
at the Attorney General's office in the
case against the Oreenvilie Water
Company, a Mercer county concern,
which Is accused of having violated
Hie stream purification act by Dr.
Samuel G. Dixon, the state health
commissioner. Dr. Dixon declares
that the company's source of supply
Is liable to cause an outbreak of dis
ease as it is unsafe for use and that
the company In securing Its additional
supply ignored the requirements of
the act of 1905 which gives the state
jurisdiction over all public water sup
plies and which has operated so suc
cessfully iu a number of places. The
company is liable to have Its fran
chises revoked if the attorney general
sends the case to court.
PITT'S POWER COULD RUN NAVY.
Immensity of Industries Pictured as
Gigantic Engine and Fly Wheel.
Pittsburgh, Pa. A gigantic steam
engine of 7!)l,047-horse power with a
i-yiinder half as long as a city block,
a driving rod as thick as a church
steeple, and a flywheel as high as the
Henry W. Oliver building would be
required to generate power that would
bo required to generate power that is
used in operating the different plant.'
and Industries In the Pittsburgh dis
trict. This exemplification of the
magnitude of Pittsburgh's industries
has been made from the figures com
piled by Director E. Dana Dtirand of
the United States Census Bureau.
It is estimated that the power used
by Pittsburgh's Industries could drive
every battleship and armored cruiser
of the United States navy at top
speed, and there would he enough
power left to draw 10 express trains
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The census bureau, at the sugges
tion of the Industrial Development
Commission, compiled a list of all
mills and plants which belong to fmj,
Pittsburgh metropolitan district. The
Industries thus listed represect an In
vestment of $ti42,527,04tl. The valu.i
of the annua! product for 1910 was
$578,815,19!, and the total yearly pay
roll was $115,019,921.
CLEARFIELD JURY'S RECORD
Awards Damages of $338,728.20
Against P. R. R.
Clearfield, Pa. Again lias a Clear
field county jury broken ull records
for awarding damages to an aggrieved
coal operator in a discrimln. 'ion case
against a common carrier. The Jury
In the case of the Ileulah Coal Com
pany against the Pennsylvania Cou!
Company brought in a verdict for tho
plaintiff for $;i;iS,72S.20, or three fold
the amount It found the company had
suffered by reason of the alleged dis
crimination. The claim covered several year1!
from IDOL', during which period the
plaintiff alleged the defendant com
pany refused to furnish cars and
otherwise discriminated in favor of
certain shippers to the injury of the
plaintiff. A new trial will lie asLad
for by the railroad.
New Equal Francise League.
Washington, Pa. At a meeting in
the assembly room of the court houso
here tho Washington County Kqual
Franchise League was formed with
about 50 members, men and women.
The officers are: President, M'rs.
Louis l.y!e; vice president, Mrs. Min
nie Uorchers, Mrs. Kdwln Linton, Miss
C. C. Thompson, the Hev. Pressly
Thompson aud Mrs. Henry Head; sec
retary, Miss Margaret Alexander, and
treasurer, It S. Mariner.
E. H. Harrlman Left $100,000,000.
Newhurgli, N. Y, The tlnal apprais
al of the estate of the late Hdward H.
Harrlman of Arden, to determine the
amount of tlje stale transfer tax, will
b" li ed at Coshen on March 13. Pres
ent indications are that the value of
the state will be In the neighborhood
of $10(i,0oo,oii0. Of that sum one per
cent, will be turned into the slate
treasury. The csiale is the largest
liver probabted In New York.
President Taft now has IOC de!
gates pledKud to vote for his renomt-Datlon
EFFECTS OF INTENSE LIGHT.
Retinal Fatigue Depends on the
Amount Received.
It Is not so much the intensity of
the light focused on the retina as it
is the quantity received by that sen
sitive organ that causes retinal fatigue
or worse. In the great snow fields of
the artlc regions the natives protect
their eyes from the glare of the Bnow
by goggles made of hollowed pieces
of wood in which they have made
small holes to look through. This,
says the "Optical Review," reduces
the quantity of the light which passes
into their eyes with consequent relief
from the glare.
So. too, if we look through a min
ute pinhole disc at the sun we can en
dure the very bright light much longer
than when we look with the naked
eyes. If we look at a distant electric
arc light there Is no retinal fatigue,
while If we look at the same light
."ro:n a short distance there Is great
discomfort, and yet the two retinal
images are of equal brilliancy, only
,n ti.e first case this Image Is very
much smaller than In the second
case; that Is the quantity of light is
very much different.
Then there is the flaming electric
light which is now to be found in all
of the large cities of the country.
This light Is much less brilliant than
that of the arc light, and yet Its size
Is so great that this more than ninkeg
up the difference, and it Is therefore
very glaring and uncomfortable to
look at. In skiascopy It Is possible to
use a very intense light if It is made
small In area, and for the reasons
above stated.
Developing A Character,
The late Frames E. Wlllard said:
"There are so many kinds of beauty
after which one may Btrlve that we
are bewildered by the bare attempt
to remember them. There Is beauty
of manner, of utterance, of achieve
ment, of requtation, of character;
any one of these outweighs beauty of
person, even in the scales of society,
to say nothing of celestial values.
"Cultivate most of the kind that
lasts the longest. The beautiful face
with nothing back of it lacks the stay
ing qualities that are necessary to
those who would be winners In the
race of life. It Is not the first mile
post but the last that tells the story;
not the outward-bound steed but the
one In the home stretch that we hail
us victor."
Enemies of Matrimony.
Wedlock seems to be In bad way
In the mountains of the Dauphine.
The confirmed bachelors of the
country decided to meet every month
and to.ist celibacy. Invitations are
sent out with the Information, "Oood
feeding, good drinking, much laughter,
much dancing." An added insult to
matrimony is that the invitations
were sent to all spinsters who have
"put on St. Katherine's cap"; that
is to say who are over 25 and are
therefore presumed to be on the high
load to old maidenhood. The con
firmed bachelors announced their
intention of eating, drinking, laughing
and darning with the old maids every
month, lint their very hardihood may
he their undoing. London Telegraph,
Why a Horse Rolls.
Horses are fond of rolling on the
ground and no animal more thorough
ly shakes Itself than they do. After
a mil they give themselves a shake
or two to remove nnything ndheiing
to the coat. The habit Is of much
servic e to horses living In open pliilns.
On being turned loose at the end of
a j.Mirney an Arab horse rolls In the
sand, which acts as blotting paper,
lib-orbing exudations from the body.
A shake removes the sand, and the
coat soon dries. Cavalrymen In hot
cli'i'ates sometimes put sand on their
horses as the simplest and quickest
way Id dry them. Selborne Maga
zine. Barmaids in South Australia.
South Australia Is suffering from a
barmaid famine. Two years ago bar
maids were abolished In that State
by act of Parliament. No more could
be legally engaged, but those already
employed could remain on condition
that they registered themselves.
There are now only 100 of them left,
and the competition for their services
was that their wages Jumped fiom 25
shillings to t'3 n week. The hotels
that have had to employ barmen re
port a considerable change for the
worst' In their receipts. London
Chronicle.
Opium Smuggled in Barrel Staves.
Through some clever work on the
pari of the customs secret services
men 199 i nns of opium hidden in the
slaves ot barrels containing lamp
blacking were seized and the would bo
importer and his assistants were ar
retted. As the slaves of the barrels
were nither thick just In the centre
Instead r being hollowed, the smug
g'ets had carved out a small sort of
pin kct large enough to contain a
narrow can of opium in each stave.
When the staves were set together It
was impossible to see these openings.
- Manilla Times.
A War on Wild Pigeons.
A givil slaughter of wild pigeons
took place all ovei tho Isle of Wight
and It ums estimated that quite a
thousand guns were enrolled for the
campaign, among them beng land
owners, occupiers unit shooting ten
ants who were publicly invited to take
part. The guns were sta'ioncd in
woods ami coppices over a wide area.
Some big bnus were obtained. The
farmcis liu e suffered terribly owing
to I ne depredation caused by the wild j
Picons'- London Evening Standard.