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Jwiticea of the iVooe 0. A. Randall. D. W. Clark. Qnmcunicn. J. W, Tenders, J. T. Dale, O, II. Robinson, Win. 8mearbaugh, K. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. It. Kelly. Ckmstable Ij. Ij. Zuver. Collector W. H. Hood. A Aoot Directors . C. Itnel, J. K. Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. II. Ilium. FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS. Member of Congress V. M. Hpeer. Member of Senate J. IC. P. Hall, Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judge W. I). Hinckley. . Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph M. Morgmi. Prothonntary , Register & Recorder, t. H. H. Maxwell. Sheriff Win. H. Hood. Treasurer W. H. Hrar.ne. Commissioners Wm. II. Harrison, J. C. Hoowden, II. II. MeClellan. District Attorney M. A. Oarrlnger. Jury Commissioners J . U. KJen, A.M. Moore. Cbroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr. Countu Auditors ('norge H. Warden, A. C. ("regit and H. V. HlileltlH. County Surveyor Koy H. Bradnn. County Superintendent J. O. Carson. Heaular Terna af ('carl. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of May. Fourth Monday of Snptetnber. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Coinmls ilouers 1st and 3d Tuesdays of inontb. Ckurra mi Mabbata Mchaal. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a. ui. : M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. tn. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W.8. Burton. Preaching in the F. M. Church every SHbbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. Oarrett, Pastor. Preaching in the Presbytorlan church every Sabbath at 11 MM) a. in.' and 7:30 p. in. Itev. U. A. Uailey, Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T. U. are held at the headquarters on the second and fourtu Tuesdays of each mouth. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. pi' .N EST A LODtlE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F. X Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Partridge building. CAPT. GKO RGB STOW POST, No.274 O. A. K. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock. CAPT. OKORGE STOW CORPS, No. 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening of each month. rp F. RITCIIKY. 1. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Tiouesta, Pa. MA. CARKINGER,. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Office over Forest County National Bauk Building, TIONESTA, PA. CURTIS M. SHAWKEY, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Warren, Pa. Practice in Forest Co. AC BROWN, ATTORN K Y-AT-LA W. Olllce in Arner Building, Cor. Elm and BrVlge Sis., Tinnosla, Pa. nRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. S. 1 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. J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor. Modern and up-to-date iu all its ap pointments. Every convenience and comfort provided for the traveling public. HENTRAL HOUSE, L R. A. FULTON, Proprietor. Tlonsela, Pa. This Is the mostcentrally locatod hotel in the place, and has all the modern improvements. No pains will bo 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 stroat. Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion glveu to mending, and prices rea sonable. Fred. Grottenborgor GENERAL BLACKSMITH & MACHINIST. All work riertaining to Machinery, En gines, Oil Well Tools, Gas or Water Fit tings and Genoral Klacksmitbiiig prompt ly done at Low Katos. Repairing Mill Machinery given special attention, and satisfaction guarautoud. Shop in rear of and just west of the Shaw House, Tidioute, Pa. Your patronage solicited. FRED. GRETTENBEKGER THE TIONESTA Can supply your wants in such staple lines as Hand I'uiutoil China, Japan ese China, Decorated dataware, and Plain atx' Fancy Dishes, Candy, as well as other lines too numerous to mentiou. Time to Think of Paint & Paper. Before you plan your spring work jo painting and papering let us give you our estimates on the complete job, Satisfaction guaranteed. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, Tioneeta, Pa. BELIEVE POLICE ENTANGLED IN IT Murder of New York Gambler Causes Sensation SLAYERS GET AWAY EASILY Driver ot Auto Which Hauled Gun Men to Scene Says He Was Told by Party That the Police Were "Fixed." Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, was shot dead on the Btreet In front of the Hotel Metropole, New York, a few hours before he was to he called bo fore tho district attorney and tell what he knew of the relations betwoen the police department and the gamblers. The murderers drove up to the ho tel in an automobile and easily made their escape after the shooting. Several men are under arrest, In cluding the owner and driver of the motorcar. After the Burns men questioned Wil liam Shapiro, driver of the car used by the killers, and conferred with the district attorney they went to work believing that Rosenthal was slain by a gang with the knowledge or the ap proval of a policeman. From Shapiro, who Is trying to save himself, they secured the most aston ishing information yet obtained. Sha piro says now that the assassination was a leisurely affair, that the killers did not leap desperately at their work at all and that they lounged In front of the Metropole and they pistoled Rosenthal with no apparent fear of arrest. The gray car's owner cursed his pas sengers for dragging him into the mur der and sat down ami told In detail all that he professes to know about the murder. He was pressed hard to clear up certain points that have been only vaguely referred to. Rut Shapiro, re membering the threats made by Rosenthal's murderers that they would kill him, threw himself altogether upon the protection of the district at torney and swore that he was walking the straight line of truth. "I am Innocent, so help me God," he said with emotion. "I had no more idea that my car was going to be used for murder than I thought I was going to Jump in the river. "Rose has been an old customer -if ours. But he has not paid for Mon day night's ride and we would like to have the $."i0." Because of Its Importance much of Shapiro's story was withheld by tho authorities. Relating the scene after the shooting Shapiro said: "The men that shot Rosenthal walked away from him with their re volvers In their hands. They put the guns in their pockets without any rush and they stood In the middle of the street half a minute before they start ed back toward me. They strolled back, walking slowly pml they got in the car as easy and quiet as you could Imagine. "I thought sure that policemen would appear and grab us all and I hoped they would. So I stalled with the motor until I got a wallop along side the head that made me seo stars." "Going up Fifth avenue," Shapiro continued, "the man who had banged me over the head told me I was a fool tn get scared. He said that no body was going to get Into trouble be cause the Job had been fixed and that the police weren't doing anything. And then I was warned to keep from talk ing If I didn't want to get a hole bored Into mo." District Attorney Whitman sug gested that the elimination of Rosen thal was of so much advantage to what he termed "police system" that the death must be laid at the door of police terrorists. Mr. Whitman said that whether or not gamblers killed Rosenthal he could not believe other wise than that the responsibility lay elsewhere. The killing of Rosenthal will not cause the Investigation to be dropped, said Mr. Whitman. He had already obtained from Rosenthal the names of ten gamblers and they will be ex amined. And Mrs. Rosenthal, the dis trict attorney says, stands ready to supply the grand Jury with Intimate details ot her husband's business. Police Commissioner Waldo an nounced the suspension of Policeman William J. File, who was In the Hotel Metropole at the time of the murder. WEAK WILL, SAYS SWARTZ )irl Slayer Writes Confession Before Committing Suicide. Nathan Swartz, branded by hl father and sinter as the murderer of twelve-year-old Julia Connors, was found a suicide In a room In Christie street, New York. Gas caused his death. About the walls, on tho margins of newspapers, even on a collar in a cor ner was scrawled in disjointed sen tences a confession. On a newspaper were these lines: "I read about my mother and father not being able to rest and I thought I'd do this and not to disgrace their name. I never made good on any Job anyway. I was born with a weak will, formed only for love." Another scrap read: "Toll my mother that I am really guilty and that she shall not cry her eyes and heart OJt. I'm sorry I done it. but I got crazy as I often do and you can't biame me nor anyone." New Yoik Gambler Victim of Sensational Shooting 0 t 4 I'hoto by American Press Association. HERMAN ROSENTHAL. REBUKE F0RPRESIDENT Senate Resents Interference In Lorl mer Case Congress Doings. Senator Bailey's resolution de nouncing alleged attempts by the president to influence the votes of sen ators upon the question of the right of any senator to a seat was passed by a vote of 35 to 23. It referred to the Lorlmer case, although no names ap peared in the resolution. The resolution asserts that the gen ate alone is the Judge of the qualifica tions or election of its members and that the attempt of the president to influence any members is an "invasion of the rights of the senators." Not a Democrat voted against the resolution. Six Republicans voted for It: Bourne, Clapp, Fall, Gallinger, Mc Cumber and Works. Those Republicans who voted against the resolution were Borah, Brandagee, Bristow, Burnham, Burton, Catron, Crawford, Cummins, Dupont, Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, Massey, Mc Lean, Nelson, Oliver, Page, Perkins, Root, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Suth erland and Townsend. Archibald Respited Until July 29. Judge Robert V. Archbaht of tho United States commerce court was formally arraigned In the senate on the articles of Impeachment presented against him by the house. The Judge appeared and entered i plea of not guilty and asked time in which to answer The time for tho answer was extended until July 29 and further time will be given for a rep lication and for further pleadings by the defense, but under an order en tered by the senate the pleadings In the case must be closed by Aug. 3. Bill Creates New Department. The house passed Representative Sulzer's bill creating a -new depart ment of labor. President Gompers and other labor leaders have argued vigorously to secure enactment of the bill, which they describe as a "recog nition and Important benefit" to the workingman. If the bill finally be comes a law U will add another sec retary to the next president's cabinet, Death Blow to Fight Filmi. Moving pictures of prize fights are practically abolished by the passage In the house of the bill to bar such films from transportation by any methods between the states or their Importa tion from foreign countries. Nothing but the signature of President Taft is lacking to make the measure a law, the senate having recently passed It with little opposition. a Agree on Harbors-River Bill. The senate and house confereei on the river and harbor appropriation Mil reached a complete agreement on un amended bill carrying a total am?ro priatlon of '33,000,000. An aniendaivnt appropriating $300,000 for Improve ment of the Allegheny river was passed. Cotton Futures Bill Passed. The house passed the Beall bill pro hibiting dealings on cotton futures. A bill was also passed removing the in ternal revenue duly from cigars cod turned by workmen In cigar factories DYING GIRL ACCUSES TWO Enticed to Barn and Forced to Drink Whisky, She Declares. Following the death at Uutler, Pa., of seventeen-year-old Stella Hocken berry . from acute alcoholism, Carl "Snyder, agd twenty, and Ncr Kci3ter, twenty-one, are under arrest and the police are looking for another man. According to the girl's story, as told her mother and a doctor, she went riding with the two, men, Saturr day night. They took her to a farm, she alleged, and there forced her 10 drink whisky, The glii was taken home Sunday In a serious condition. Her death followed and her story' Is being investigated. The men dented that they were re sponsible for the girl's condition and named third party lor whom the police are now searching. mn u J CANAL PROTEST ISDEIiYED Cot Some of England's Argu ments Are Known U. S. HAS ANSWERS READY J. Bull Assumed That When Hay Pauncefote Treaty Was Signed There Would Be No Discrimination. Although the expected statement of the British protest, against the pend ing proposal to permit American ships to ubo the Panama canal without charge did not arrive at the state department as expected Secretary Knox, It can be said, is already In pos session of the arguments which Great Britain advances in the formal docu ment now on its way to Washington. The British government in entering the protest against the proposed canal legislation will call attention to the fact that Great Britain has from the very first acted with the utmost feel ing toward the United States, especial ly In regard to the isthmian canal and matters affecting South and Central America generally. The United States will be reminded by the British government that that government cheerfully entered Into an agreement facilitating the construc tion by the United States of the canal. The removal of the difficulties In the way of the construction by the United States found In the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was proof positive of this friendly spirit, it will be stated. Had Great Britain refused to eliminate this treaty by declining to negotiate the Hay-Paunceforte treaty the United States would have been most seriously embarrassed in its endeavor to con struct alone the canal. The British government Is likewise prepared to remind this government that Great Britain gave acquiescence to the fortification of the canal while a protest against its fortification was going up from other nations. It was assumed by Great Britain, it will be said, that tho United States would coincide with the British inter pretation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and open the canal on equal terms to the ships of all nations in cluding American ships. Among the answers to these argu ments which have been suggested to the state department and which have already become known unofficially to the British government are the fol lowing: That the change of sovereignty In Panama since the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was ratified alters the status of the entire matter and renders tho treaty no longer binding. This argu ment, however, will not In all proba bility be very strongly urged, If used at all. That the United States Is the only nation that could build the Panama canal. That no nation in the civilized world could have lor a moment superseded the United States in building the canal as a matter of philanthropy; that it must have been accepted as a matter of course that the United States would seek to obtain profit from the canal, at least gain some return upon Us huge Investment, and that It must have been equally evident that the United States would probably choose (o confer some of the benefits of the canal upon its own shipping. In answer to these statements the British officials have further argu ments. They will hold that the Unit, ed States is the one nation which has the least Interest In the canal from a commercial standpoint Inasmuch na there is practically no American mer chant marine engaged In foreign trade; that If the United States desires merely a return upon its Investment it will Inevitably, through the absence of an American merchant marine, receive such a return through the tolls paid by the shipping of other nations and, finally, that as far as national benefits are concerned the United States as a nation will gain an Incalculable ad vantage from the canal through the uniting of Its double coast line and doubling the efficiency of the Ameri can navy. DISCOVERY COST $7,200 Data Bearing on First Trip of Colum, bus Found in Spain. Ledgers recently discovered at Palos, Spain, contain Interesting facta concerning the outlay made by Chris topher Columbus on his expedition to the new world. The arniament of the little fleet, the personal expenses of Columbus and his officers and the cost of the voyage total about $7,200. FARMER'S JUMP TO WEALTH Sells Place For $194,000 Paid $8,0C0 For It Four Years Ago. E. E. Lauffer has just closed a deal In Morgantown, V. Va., for the sale or his farm n Fayette county, Pa just across the state line. He bought the farm four years aso for $S,000 and Hold it for $1'J1,000. lli sold tho coal lights for $181,150 and the surface for $10,000. There are 127 acres on the farm. Bluefield Has Big Blaze. Fire destroyed the McCue & Wright milling plant. In Bluefield, W. Va., and four adjoining buildings, causing a loss of $200,000. Otiioan Chosen by Tatt as His Secretary TV 4'.'.'. jiv t i-. a -V lfi V 1 3 CAUMI THOMPSON. 0HI0ANS ARE PLACED Administration' Changes Unofficially Announced. 11 vo important changes in adminis tratlon officials were unofficially an nounoed. I"ojr of these v.iii lie taken care of by Ohio men, as follows: Carml Thompson will become secre tary to the president; Sherman Allen, assistant secretary to the president, to succeed A. Piatt Andrew as as sistant secretary of the treasury; L. C. Laylin, Ohio manager of Presi dent Taft's campaign, to succeed Thompson in the interior department and Granville W. Mooney, former speaker of the Ohio house of repre sentatives, to succeed Allen. Ralph Cole of Ohio will be appointed confi dential legal adviser to the comptrol ler of the currency. ACTIVITY BEING FELT Reduction in Price of Grains Helps business Boom, Says Duns. Dun's Review of Trade says this week: "Progress Is In the right direction. A noteworthy incident this week is the decline in prices of all grains, es pecially wheat, which was sharply de pressed by reports of exceptional crap advancement in the northwest. T?n days will place the spring wheat crop beyond danger from drought. "In the west manufacturing plants are busy and labor is well employed. Higher wages, larger payrolls an 1 great activity in industrial lines mark the progress of events In tho Pittsburg district and stimulate all branches of business in that section." W. R. THOMPSON NOMINATED West Virginia Democrats Name Can didate For Governor. William It. Thompson was noniln.it ed by acclamation for governor by the Democratic state convention. John II. Holt of Huntington was named temporary chairman. He sound ed the keynote in an address that bristled with denunciation of the rulo of special privilege under Republican rule and a promise of a chance under Democratic rule. MAM FALLS 700 FEET Two Others Hang by Fingers and Es cape Death In Mine Shaft. As Wlllicm Griffith, employed as a carpenter for the Kingston Coal com pany in Edw ardsville, Pa., and Edward Richards and John Wikaloula, helpers, were on a scaffold over the mouth of the shaft making repairs the scaffold gave way and Griffith was plunged to death In the 700-foot shaft. Richards and Wlkalonis succeeded In grasping the bunting and hanging by their lingers for half an hour. Both men were exhausted and collapsed after being rescued. LINES EAST BOOZELESS Pennsylvania Railroad Orders Alco holic Drinks Off Trains. Tho Pennsylvania railroad luu censed to serve intoxicating liquors on its trains on lines east of Pitts burg. Inquiry disclosed tho fact that or ders to that effect had been sent to H. H. Baker, chief of the dining car service at the Pennsylvania tc ;ilnal, New York, ami the cars on reaching that point had been cleared of their stock of alcoholic drinks. PITTSBURG MARKETS. Butter Prints, 28'if2!); tubs, 274 ff? 2S ; Pennsylvania and Ohio cream ery, 2.".ifi2.V'a. Eggs Selected. 22'i.fffl ZZV-i- Poultry ( Live)-Hens, ITflfi. Cattle Choice, $X.7"i'fi fi.2,'; prime. $S.2.wi S.Oj; . good. $7 flSUi; tily butchers, $7.2.. 7.85; fair, $8 ft 7: common, $5416.25; common to goo.l fat bulls, $4'(6.75; common to good fat cows, $:ifi fi.f.ll; heifers, $5f?7.50; fresh cows and springers, $2." fi .55. Sheep and Lambs Prime wethers. $I75?!"5; good mixed. $ 25'M.r,(l; fair mixed. $:'.59''H; culls ami common, $ 1 . 50 'rf .' ; yearlings. $:!?( 5.50; spring lambs, $t.r,liT 7.25; veal calves, $!l.5M 10; heavy and thin calves, $tlfi7. flogs Prime heavy, $X.ln'Ji 8.15; heavy mixed, $S20tfi8.25; mediums, heavy Yorkers and light Yorkers. IS.I'.r.fi" 8.40; pigs. $8? 8.25; roughs, $6.75 7 25: stas. Sift 6.40. WAYS GREASED FORjGAfjiPAIGf Republican and Democratic Com mittees Named BOARD OF 14 TO ASSIST WILSON Democrats Adopt New Idea Twelve Will Help Chairman Hilles to Fight For President Taft's Re-election. A board of fourteen men, eight at present members of the Democratic natloual committee and six from out side the organization, will direct Woodrow AVilson's campaign for the presidency. A linance committee of from thirty five to forty men from the four quarters of the country will collect the funds in collaboration with the finance committees to be organized 'n every state from suggestions of the respective national committeemen. Committees on publicity, on speak ers and what not, also to be organized, will look after details of the light. The fourteen members of the cam paign board are: William V. Mc Combs, Joseph 1. Da vies, Wlllard Saulsbury, Delaware; Colonel Robert Ewlng, Louisiana; A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsylvania; Josephus Dunkles, North Carolina; Judge William H. King, Oregon, and Robert S. Huds peth, New Jersey, of the national com mittee ami Senator T. P. Gore, Okla homa; Senator James A. O'Gorman, New York; Congressman Daniel J. Mc- Glllicuddy, .Maine; Congressman Albert S. Iiurloson, Texas; Senator James A. Reed. Missouri, and W. C. McAdoo, New York, outside members. Further announcement by the gover nor was that the selection of a vice chairman of the national committee and of a treasurer will be postponed. Republican Executive Committee. The personnel of the executive com mittee of the national Republican com mittee was announced by Chairman Hilles at nntional Republican head quarters in New York. The committee will consist of J. P. Adams, Dubuque, la.; Charles H. Brooker, Ansonia, Conn.; Prod W. Estabrook, Nashua, N. II.; James P. Rooilrich, Winchester, Ind.; Alvah H. Martin, Norfolk, Va.; T. II. Neidring hatis, St. Louis; S. A. Perkins, Ta coma, Wash.; Alfred T. Rogers, Madi son, Wis.; Newell Sanders, Chatta nooga, Tenn.; Charles B. Warren, De troit; Ray C. West, Chicago, and Ralph Williams, Dallas, Ore. Glasscock For Teddy. That he will support Theodore Roosevelt and not President Taft for the presidency Is the substance of a statement Issued by Governor William E. Glasscock (Republican) of West Virginia and at last sets at rcBt tho question whether ho had deserted Colonel Roosevelt. The governor makes It clear, how ever, that he Is for the Republican state ticket anil proposes to do nil ha can to elect the regular Republican ticket with the exception of President Taft. ANOTHER STEEL PROBE Corporation's Dealings With Railroads to De Investigated. The Interstate commerce coinnii? uion has ordered an Investigation In volving the I'nited States Steel cor poration. The committee's Inquiry will be Into the rates, practices, rules and regula tions governing the transportation oi cement, iron ore, iron, steel and their products, inasmuch as iron oro, iron and steel constitute a large part of tho traffic on many roads tho Im portance of the Investigation is ap parent. The object of the commission's move will be to determine if Hie rates are excessl-e and to ascertain if the relations that exist between tho rail roads In tho Cnlted Slates east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and rolomac rivers ami concerns engaged in mining and producing Iron, steel and cement. Tho sweeping character of the pro ceedings Is indicated by the fact that 300 railroads are named as de fendants. The commission has not yet fixed a date to begin the investigation. The order directs the inquiry be made with a view to compelling the respondents to desist from any such practices. PARKER BACKED BY MILLION 6hechan Gives Evidence About Demo cratic Fund In 1904. According to William K. Shechan, manager of the Phi-Kit campab,n In 1004, the Democratic presidential m:pal;:n fund that year contained about $1.0110.1)1)11. He gave tills evi dence before the neiiate committee invesiit;a!i';i,r campaign funds. Mr. Shechan admitted August lie!- Inont was a large contributor. He was asked if Thomas P. Ryan also gav5 money ami he replied In the affirma tive. Tho witness said the conim'ttce made It a rule :iot to accept contribu tions from trusts. More Money For Steel Workers. Almost fi.ooo workmen of the Jones Lauglilln Steel company of Pitts rir will be affected bv a wnce In crease which was announced bv Hie company. The advance averages alio it 10 ur cent. HUMID NOW, NOT MUGGY. An Old Time Familiar Weather Word That Has Passed Into Disuse. "Fifty years ago," said the middle aged man, "close, sticky weather was commonly described as muggy. No body ever said 'humid' or spoke of the humidity In the air. "Scientific persons knew then, as everybody does now, the cause of the air's seeming closeness and stickiness, but the common people, of whom I was one, did not. We all in thoso days described close, sticky weather as muggy. "But the present generation knows 'muggy' not at all. Everybody now knows that the 'closeness and the stickiness are due to excessive mois ture In the atmosphere, to high humidity in a high temperature; this as far as it goes exact present day knowledge being due to the establish, mint tf the weather service and to the widespread dissemination of its reports through the daily newspapers. Now, whether we realize It or not, we all have a scientific knowledge of the cai.se of this weather condition and now we all say 'humid' and 'humidity not 'muggy' or mugginess.' "And so that good old word 'muggy,' once in universal use, has now passed into all but total disuse. It Is rarely heard; never indeed except as It may be spoken instinctively or reminls cently by the older inhabitants." New York Sun. HUSBAND MAY SPANK WIFE. Took Jury Nearly 24 Hours to Come to That Decision. After being out for almost twenty four hours a Jury In Judge Vandeven ter's court in East St. Louis decided that a husband has a right to spank his wife. The Jury therefore refused to give a divorce to Mrs. Hannah Rebecca Yowell. Yowell testified that at 2 A. M., he got up and gave his wife "a good spanking," because she had kept him awake for four hours talking to him. He then dressed and went to a neigh bor's hoiii e and told nbout It "lie called me 'red head' when he wanted to make me mad," said Mrs, Yowell, whose auburn locks attracted the cye3 of many spectators. Yowell said that the night he spanked his wife he asked her repeat edly to refrain from her hurricane of words, but the verbal storm lasted for four hours and he was unable to get a wink of deep. Baltimore Sun. Forks for Soldiers. Turkey's war minister haa Just ordered forks for tho convenience of soldiers in barracks. The fork did not appear in Europe as a common table implement until tho seventeenth century, though as early as the thir teenth century gold and silver ones we;e made for special purposes. Tho ordinary dinner wns only provided with a trencher, napkin and a spoon. Por knife he used his own, which lie carried about. There was no r-econd trencher, no second spoon. When the several courses came along he exercised his Ingenuity and mopped his trencher with his bread. Denman Thompson Feared Failure. Thompson used to love to tell why he was afraid "Tho Old Homestead" would never be a great popular suc cess. Actors who saw It at rehearsals were moved to tears and to laughter just as thousands of theatregoers have Place been moved. It is a well known stage superstition that when actors like n play nt rehearsal the public will not like it when offered for regu lar performance. "The Old Home stead" was the great exception that proves the rule. Boston Evening Record. A Mountain as a Gift. The Church Armv has In tho coursn of lt:i existence received many novel gifts, anil now It has been favored with the offer of a mountain. A friend In Wales has written offering to the society what he describes as a small mountain. Tho exnlanation la thnt the mountain contains n larce niintitltv .. . , , ., j of stone which tho donor thinks may be useful in providing employment in quarry lug to the men under the society's charge. London Evenlnif Standard. Wireless From Aeroplanes. The first tests of wlrclins from aeroplanes by the Government In this pari or me couniry were made at Potomnc Park. Efforts will be made to have a number nf ollliers tr.iinnil In aviation and experiments will be made In sending wireless messages to the War Department laboratory In Wash- ii'Ktnn, the Navy Yard and the wlre- icss station at Annapolis. Washing ton Evening Star. Postage Stamp Inventor. Who Invented the postage stamp? w riter in Chambers's Journal points out that the Inventor of l!m "adhesive postage stamp" was undoubtedly Row land Hill. In ls:7 lie proposed the use of "a bit of paper Just large enough to bear the stamp, and covered at the back with a glutinous wash, which the buyer might, by the application of a little moisture, attach to the back of the letter." Dait for Early Bass In Indiana. P.irly fishermen say that crawfish, the best bait for bass make their ap pearance In the canal and in small streams. Whenever they me found If is bellevej that bass will bite. Con nersvillo correspondence Indianapolis News. t
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