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VOL. XLV. NO. 48.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1913.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgets.J. C. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace 0. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Councilman. J.W. Zanders, J. T. Dale,
G, H. RoblnBon. Wm. Sraearbsugh,
R. J. Hopkins, Q. K. Watson, A. U.
Kelly.
Constable L. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
School Directors W . C. Itnel, J. K.
Olsrk, 8. M. Henry, Q Jamienon, D. 11.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress P. M. 8 peer.
Member of HewtteJ. K. P. llall.
Assembly A. R. Mechllng.
President Judge W. D. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, te.
-8. R. Maxwell.
Hherif Wm. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
C. Hoowden, II. H. MoClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners J. B. Eden, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. O Kerr.
Countv Auditors George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg aud 8. V. Shields.
County ilurveyor Roy H. Braden.
County (Superintendent l.O. Carson.
Kcaular Terati mt Vmurt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis
sioners 1st aud 8d Tuesdays of month.
Church ana Mabbalh Hehaal.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at9: a.
m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching In M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W.H. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at tbe usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbatn at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
in. Rev. U. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at tbe headquarters on the
second and fourtb Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TP . N ESTA LODG E, No. 369, 1. 0. 0. F.
Meet every Tuesdny evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each mouth at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
F F. RITCHEY,
1. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
M
A. CARRINOER,
Attorney and t'ounsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT- LA VV,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
"RANK 8. HUNTEK, D. D. 8
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Rank,
HON ESTA, PA.
DR. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tented and Glasses Kitted.
D
R. J. B. BIGGINS.
Pbysiciau and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
-V
DR. M. W EASTON,
OSTKOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
or Oil City, Ps.. will visit TionesU every
Wednesday. See him at the Central
House. Setting bones and treatment of
nervous and chronic diHHHHex a specialty.
Greatest success in all kinds of chronic
diseases.
HOTEL WEAVER.
J. li. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date In all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tlonseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the 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 finest to
the coarsest and guarantors his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
TIONESTA. PENN
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WOULD ADD TWO
MOREJSTICES
Senator Gore's Bill Provides
For Larger Supreme Bench
MIGHT MAKE IT DEMOCRATIC
Pomerene't Resolution Hat to Do
With Future Impeachment Cases and
Provides For Impeachment Court.
Two additional justices of the su
preme court of the United States are
authorized in a bill offered In the sen
ate by Senator Gore of Oklahoma.
This would raise the membership of
the court to eleven. The Democrats
now have three members, the chlel
justice and two associate "Justices,
Lwrton and Lamar. It Is believed that
the author of the bill has no expecta
tion that it will pass this session, but
under the stimulus of a Democratic
administration it might go through a
Democratic congress. In that case
President Wilson would name the
justices and probably reverse the
Democratic representation on the
highest court to five out of eleven.
One almost certain result of the pas
sage of Senator Gore's bill. would be
to make the supreme court, which Is
now Republican, 6 to 3, a Democratic
body, for It is almost certain at least
one vacancy will occur In the next ad
ministration. Bill Provide For Impeachments.
Taking his cue from the impeach
ment of Judge Archbald Senator Pom
erene of Ohio introduced In th senate
a joint resolution which proposes a
constitutional amendment in regard to
Impeachment trials.
The proposed amendment provides
"that congress may provide for other
causes of Impeachment than those now
provided for and other methods for
the trial of all civil officers except the
president, vice president and supreme
court Judges."
The resolution would provide a spe
cial Impeachment court to try Judges.
Senator Pomerene's Idea In Introduc
ing the resolution, he explained, is to
broaden the constitutional limitations
on Impeachment in order to remove
by statute all doubt of the right of
congress to impeach an official who
at the same time could not be in
dicted. Postoffice Bill Passed by House.
An attempt to revoke President
Taft's recent order placing fourth
class postmasters under the classified
civil service and to remove from
classification assistant postmasters
and clerks In first and second class
postoffices by an amendment to the
postoffice appropriation bill failed In
the house. The bill, carrying $278,
4S9.781, was passed..
The bill shows an Increase of about
$7,000,000 over the postal appropria
tions for the present year, due iu part
to the expenses of the parcel post.
Vntu nn Six-Year Term Near.
prThe senate agreed to set apart the
legislative day of Jan, 30 for a vote on
the resolution introduced by Senator
Works of California and reported from
the Judiciary committee proposing a
constitutional amendment limiting the
term of the nresident lo six years and
making him ineligible for re-election.;
DON'T MAIL BABIES
Parcel Post Won t Take 'Em Georgia
Woman Asks Directions.
The mailing of babies by parcel post
Is the real infant industry Postmaster
General Hitchcock has been asked to
foster.
In the circumstances of his bach
elorhood Mr. Hitchcock Is considering
seriously calling into consultation ex
perts in the transportation of babies,
as a letter which he received presents
to him a mail problem with which he
is quite unfamiliar. To add to his
embarrassment the letter contains a
note of genuine pathos which appeals
strongly to the postmaster general.
This is the letter, identically as it
was phrased and punctuated:
"Ft. McPherson, Ga.
"Postmaster-General,
"Washington, D. C, sir I have been
corresponding with a party in Pa.,
about getting a baby to rais (our home
being without One). May I ask you
what specifications to use in wrapping
so it (baby) would comply with regu
lations and be allowed shipment by
Parcel Post as the express co are to
rough in handling Yours"
DOCTORS AMAZED
Mother and Three Children Each
Have Two Hearts.
"A case said to be the first in medl
ra! science was discovered In Eastern,
Pa., by a physician who was called to
the resident of Barton Perkins to at
tend one of the children who was suf
fering from smallpox. When he placed
his hand on the right side of the
child's chest the doctor was amazed
to find a heart beating there and a
moment later was astonished to find
another heart on the left side.
It led him to request Mrs. Perkins
to allow an examination of herself
and the other Children and the phy
sician found that not only the child
but the nictlier and two other children
In the family each had two hearts. Ac
companied by several of the leading
physicians o' the city another vist
was paid to the house when the dis
covery was confirmed.
Succeed Crane In
United Slates Senate
T Vfft'Mlwr,
Copyright by American Press Association
JOHN W. WEEKS
of Massachusetts.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Trade Shows Gain Though Business
Is Conservative.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"Trade in most important branches
continues to show a satisfactory gain
over last year in volume of transac
tions. Business sentiment, however,
while confident, is conservative. A
notable development is the marked
increase in railroad activity. While
track construction is at low ebb the
railroads are, with conspicuous ener
gy, adding to their rolling stock and
extending their terminal and other
facilities.
"Railroad earnings continue large,
the record of gross earnings for the
first week of January showing a gain
of 11.6 per cent the largest increase
in over a year."
ASK $5,468,000 DAMAGES
Claims Filed Through Loss of Titanic.
Mrs. Harris Wants $1,000,000.
ClainiB aggregating more than W
468,000 .have been filed with United
States Commissioner Gilchrist in New
York city against the Oceanic Steam
Navigation company, Ltd., for loss of
life and property, together with
mental and physical suffering oc
casioned by the sinking of the Titanic.
No claims have been submitted by
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, the Wideners
of Philadelphia nor the family of
Charles M. Hayes, former president of
the Grand Trunk railroad. The largest
claim was submitted by Mrs. Irene
Wallack Harris, wife of Henry B. Har
ris, the theatrical man, for $1,000,000.
LANDED AFTER LONG CHASE
Levine, Wanted In Pittsburg, Captured
in South Africa.
After eluding the police of the world
for nearly two years, in which he
traveled more than 16,000 miles by
water and rail, Louis Levine, charged
with stealing $18,000 from the Mer
chants Savings and Trust company,
Pittsburg, of which he was foreign
manager, was arrested In Capt Town,
South Africa.
Immediately upon receipt of a
cablegram Superintendent of Police
McQuaide ordered Detective William
H. O'Bryan to go for him.
PARSON FOND OF PANCAKES
New Jersey Divine Eats Thirty-two
Big Ones at Sitting.
Rev. Harold Paul Sloan, pastor of
the Pitman Methodist Episcopal
church in Metuchen, N. J., is reported
to have broken all records for pan
cake eating at a pancake meet.
The dominie got outside of thirty
two pancakes twenty-three inches in
diameter and two-thirds of an inch
thick. There Is no record of anybody
in America having eaten as many pan
cakes in one sitting.
Masked Bandits Get $300 From Grocer.
Three masked men armed with re
volvers entered the grocery of Louis
Reiter in Throop, Pa., held up his son
Samuel and a butcher, looted the cash
register of $300 and escaped. .
Enginemen on Strike.
Two hundred engineers and firemen
on the Bangor and Aroostook (Maine)
railroad are on strike.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints, 36Mi?f37; tubs, 36
6V. Eggs Selected, 27. Poultry
Hens, live, 18.
Cattle Choice, $8.2.")8.50; prime,
$7.8.18.10; good, $7.fo7.7.'; tidy
butchers. $7(fi7.40; fair, $6 6.75; com
nion, $."i6; common to good fat bulls,
$16.75; common to good fat cows
$3.30(56.50; heifers, $47.50; fresl(
cow3 and springers, $50fi7o. Sneoii
and Lambs 'Prime wethers, $6.10
6.25; good mixed, $5Ji6; fair mixed,
$5(ff6.50; culls and common, $2.50
3.50; lambs, $5.509.25; veal calves,
$11011.50; heavy and thin calves, $7
(fi8. Hogs Prime heavy, $7.80
7.85; heavy mixed, $7.!iOft8; mediums,
$8.05 8.10; heavy Yorkers and light
Yorkers, $8.10ft 8.15; pigs, $7.50
7.85; roughs. $6.50i 7.10; stags, $6
6.25.
'a0
HOUSE IS SLOW
TO MAKE START
Organizing ot Committees De
lays Legislative Work
LONG SESSION IS PREDICTED
Mass of Bills Will Be Ready For Con
sideration When Legislature Does
Get Properly Under Way Sheatz
to Introduce Important Measure
Which Would Give Assistance to In
digent, Abandoned or Widowed
Mothers.
BY ROBERT HAIGHT.
Harrlsburg, Pa. The Pennsylvania
state legislature is still experiencing
some difficulty In getting down to the
real task of law making owing to the
mlxup over the appointment of the
standing committees and the adoption
of the new rules as authorized under
the new method adopted at the or
ganization of the house. So far the
senate has had little or no difficulty
in getting under way, but It cannot
do much until the popular branch has
started the actual work, and It will
probably be a week or more before
the standing committtes of the respec
tive houses are properly organized and
ready for the consideration of bills.
Every sign at the present writing
points to the fact that the ses.iion will
be an unusually long one and old ob
servers are of the opinion that it will
be well into the month of June before
a final adjournment can be effected.
A tremendous mas3 of legislation hau
been prepared for presentation and as
much more is still In progress of
preparation.
Public hearings by the various com
mittees on the different pieces of pro
posed legislation will be held at as
early a date as possible so that the
calendars can be brought up to a point
when bills can be placed before the
membertfcp as a whole for final con
sideration, but it will undoubtedly
take several weekB before this can be
accomplished. The acute drawing of
the factional lines over the speaker
ship battle has not yet died away and
there are some ugly rumblings heard
of coming alliances, both offensive and
defensive, that do not look well for
t'he active and prompt consideration
of bills and report3 of commissions.
It seems that during the recess
every member has been working over
time grinding out bills which he thinks
would be beneficial to his constituents
and the state at large and thh ac
counts for a congestion In the lioppers
of the clerks.
Probably one of the most Important
bills to the business men of the Bt.Ve
that will come before the legislature
is the one providing for the repeal of
the mercantile tax lawB, which have
long been regarded by the tradespeo
ple as being unfair and iniquitous. At
tempts have been made at almost
every session of the legislature to
wipe out this form of taxation ever
since It became operative, but each
time the political pressure was so
strong on the members that It fell by
the wayside. This time the friends of
the repeal are banking on the fact
that the present legislature is so in
dependently inclined that it will at
least heed the appeal of the merchants
and wipe out this law. The present
agitation gets its real Impetus from
the business associations of Alle
gheny county, which has addressed a
memorial to the committee on revision
of taxation authorized by the last
legislature. This body is asked to
recommend to the legislature that this
form of taxation be repealed on" the
grounds that it is an unjust, inequit
able and unpopular form of taxation
for the reason that it Is directed
against a certain class of business men
of the state, while the manufacturer,
the architect, the engineer, the sub
contractor, the doctor, the lawyer, etc.,
are not taxed for the business they
do 1n the state.
Another reason advanced is that the
gross receipts of a business are taxed,
regardless of the profits, which is
claimed to be very unfair, as soma
uerchants do a large business on a
smaM margin of credit which operates
to the benefit of the community. It is
furthermore claimed that the present
tax falls heaviest on the retail mer
chant and that the self-assessment
feature of the present law is really a
tax on honesty, as the less-conscientious
merchant is able to evade the
payment of a portion of his tax. The
memorial further declares that only
seven other states in the Union have
mercantile tax laws in existence and
these include five of the smaller west
ern states which are sadly in need
of the revenue derived from it and
that inasmuch as Pennsylvania is the
richest and most solvent state in the
Union, having a surplus or about $10,
000,000, it should not inflict this tax
on its merchants.
Aiding Widows and Mothers.
State Senator John O. Sheatz of
Philadelphia has prepared a bill for
introduction at an early date provid
ing monthly payments to Indigent,
widowed or abandoned mothers for
partial support of their children In
their own homes. The measure Is
made applicable to cities of the first,
second and third class throughout
Pennsylvania and proposes a state ap
propriation for the niaintainance of
such children, the cities benefitting to
contribute an amount equal to the
allotment by the sUte.
It further provides that the gover
nor shall appoint not less than five
nor more than seven women resi
dents of the cities of the first, second
and third class to act as trustees to
carry Into effect the stipulations oi
the act. To make possible the innova
tion the bill provides for an appro
priation by the Btate of $100,000, of
which $30,000 shall be available for
cities of the first class, $30,000 for
cities of the second class and $40,000
to be divided among cities of the
Turth class by the auditor general
and state treasurer, according to the
respective populations In the census
of 1910. The payments for the sup
port of such indigent children at their
homes would be made direct to their
mothers by the state treasurer on war
rants to be drawn by the auditor gen
eral. That only worthy cases may be pro
vided for the bill stipulates that no
payments shall be made until the trus
tees have satisfied themselves that in
order for the mother to keep !her chil
dren at home a monthly payment is
necessary and then only upon reports
from the teacher of the district school
stating that the child or children are
attending school and that the case is
in every respect a worthy one.
- To Improve State Charities.
Notwithstanding the fact that Gov
ernor Tener in his messabe recom
mends that the present state board of
public charities be continued and that
if necessary the legislature grant it
more potent powers, an association
has been formed throughout the state
for the purpose of urging the passage
of additional law3 which It Is claimed
would put the charitablu and state
aided institutions on a mare effective
basis. Briefly stated the objects of
this association are: The entire elim
ination of politics from the state's
charitable system, the adoption of a
sound state policy in making charit
able appropriations based on scien
tific standards and classifications, the
development of an adequate system of
state institutions before extending
state aid to local charities under pri
vate management, the segregation of
all feeble minded persons by 1918,
adequate care for the insane and the
adoption of preventive measures
against insanity as un auxiliary to
state care, the immediate removal of
all children from almshouses, the pro
viding of adequate state or county
care for the tuberculous within five
years, the establishment of a state
industrial home for women and the
modernizing of state penitentiaries
and county Jails, t'he adoption of more
modern and scientific methods in deal
ing with Inebriety and vagrancy and
the strengthening ot probation work
and methods, particularly for adult
offenders. ' -
Against Changing School Code.
Although the state board of educa
tion in Its biennial report states that
the sanitary conditions of the rural
schools in Pennsylvania are deplorable
they uphold the efficiency of the pres
ent school code and the report adviHes
against any radical changes being
made in the law. The reronns neces
sary, it states, are matters of local
administration solely and could be
remedied by ihe local school boards.
The state board, however, Btrongly
urges an increase of $5,000,000 in the
annual appropriation and declares that
the reduction in the size of the local
school boards is one or the most bene
ficial pieces or legislation ever enact
ed, as it was shown that an incalcul
able amount or time was thereby
saved and the efficiency or the school
adininistiution was increased'. The
board gives as its ultimate object the
equalization or educational oppor
tunities throughout the state to pro
vent the desire for transfer of at
tendance by pupils from their home
to another district.
On the question or an additional ap
propriation the report states that with
out this increase the school code can
no( .be.fll3?ff'ectlve. The money ob
tained from the local communities is
Bald to be insufficient and the present
school tax rate is as great as the tax
payers will bear. It is shown how
hundreds or farm owners move to the
cities that their children may receive
a better education and the biirden is
consequently thrown uion the tenant.
This difficulty may probably be re
moved in certain localities by a re
adjustment in the apportionment, but
a general survey or the state shows
the pressing necessity for greater
funds.
The board states that it lias been
working toward the creation or a
permanent state school fund and de
clares that Pennsylvania Is one of the
few Btates that does not benefit by
such a provision. Such a fund is made
possible by the school code, the
revenue to be derived from escheated
estates, the sale of water rights, the
forest reservations and other sources.
Statements have been obtained from
the stockholders of the Kdlnboro,
California, West Chester, ImcK Haven,
Ploomsburg and Clarion State normal
schools that they would be willing to
enter into negotiations with the state
for the sale of their schools and this
jmrchase Is strongly recommended.
The property of the thirteen normal
schools is worth $5,702,356 and the
Btate holds liens to the amount of $1.
571,086 and a private mortgage against
the thirteen schools amounting to
$820,165.
The Pennsylvania state college haB
forwarded to each nu'inber Its esti
mate of the needs of that Institution
for the ensuing two years and has
prepared a memorial asking that these
Kuius be granted. The grand total
asked ror is $1,820,000. The repori
shows that the attendance has In
creased rrom 433 in the year 1900 tr
2,500 In the year 1913 and this Is cited
as the wholesale need ror an increased
appropriation.
HOME RULE BILL
GOESJO LORDS
Passes House ot Commons by
Vote ot 367 to 257
REDMOND CLOSES LONG DEBATE
Cjmmont Again Hears Warning of
Ulster Rebellion When Belfast
Hears of Vote There Is Indignation.
I
Amid scenes or rervid Joy by the
Irish Nationalists; which were shared
by the other members of the govern
ment coalition, the ftome rule bill
passed its third reading and the final
stage in the house of commons in Eng
land by a majority of 110, the voi
being 367 to 257, and was sent im
mediately to the house of lords. It wat
the climax of a debate which lasted
fifty-two days. Every possible vote
had been whipped in and the house
was crowded.
Bonar Law, the leader or the op
position, and Augustine Birrell, the
chief secretary of Ireland, were the
principals In the final encounter. The
Unionist leader reiterated his deliber
ate conviction that no rebellion would
be better Justified than one by I'lBter
against the new Irish parliament. He
said he knew that Ulster would rebel
and she was bound to succeed because
the Ulstermen were ready to give their
lives for the cause. If a hundred men
were shot In the streets of Belfast a
thousand more would be ready to take
their places and the responsibility ol
the shooting would be on the govern
ment. Chief Secretary Birrell criticised
Bonar Law for attempting to belittle
and almost denying the existence of
the Nationalist movement, which fot
years had been the soul or Ireland,
He did not deny that the Ulstermea
disliked the proposed idea or an Irish
parliament. He even admitted that If
the Unionists' fear of oppression were
verified that 'the Ulstermen would be
Justified in offering resistance, but he
asked how could the present mode of
government continue indefinitely. . No
body except Englishmen, he declared
would tolerate the present ridiculous
state of things.
When the final debate on the bill
was resumed in the house there was
not a seat vacant either on the floor
of the house or in the galleries. The
crowd was awaiting eagerly the
speech of John Redmond, the Irish
leader.
"We oppose the exclusion of Ulster
from the home rule bill on several
grounds," said the Irish champion,
"but the supreme objection is that
nothing would compensate the Nation
alists for the mutilation of their coun
try." Mr. Redmond then reiterated what
he stated In the debate on the first
reading or the bill namely, that the
Nationalists accepted the bill as the
final solution or a vexed question. He
thought it would lead to the reconci
liation or all the interests at stake be
tween the north and the south of Ire
land. Mr. Redmond declared t'he Nation
alists refused to regard Ulstermen as
anything but brothers and he Invited
them to join with the Nationalists in
the emancipation and the government
or their common country. He went
on: ..
"I believe that lit spile of the house
of lords the home rule bill is going to
pass Into law within the lifetime of
this parliament. The house of lords,
we know, Is going to throw it out, but
although the lords still have teeth
t'hey cannot bite."
Ulstermen Furious.
There was an excited manifestation
against the passage of the home rule
bill in Belfast, Ireland. There was a
demonstration In the streets and a
copy of the bill was burned In tragic
fury. There was no rioting, however,
and the troops who were in the bar
racks were not called out.
WHITE REMAINS AS LEADER
Official Vote of Mineworker An
nounced by Canvassing Board.
John P. White of Oskaloosa, la., was
re-elected president of t'he United
.Mine workers of America over A. Brad
ley or Mount Olive, 111., by 95,fi8,i
votes. The committee which has been
canvassing the vote completed Its
work and made the announcement.
Frank J. Hayes of Illinois had no
opposition for re-election as vice presi
dent. Edwin Perry of Iowa was re
elected secretary treasurer over his
two opponents, former State Senator
William (ireen of Ohio and Joseph
Richards, also of Ohio. Terry re
ceived 75,534 otcs, (ireen 68,87 114
and Richards 20,851.
396 Pearls In One Oyrter.
C. F. T. Tape, a Jewler Butler,
Pa., found 396 pearls in an oyster
which was served to him at his home.
This is believed to be tho record.
Never Again For '"Uncle Joe."
In his valedictory in the house
"Uncle Joe" Cannon said he was going
back home to Danville, 111., never
again to seek public olllce.
Moslem Refugees Dying.
Thousands of Moslem refugees aro
reported dying of exposure In Sa
lonika. Forty-Three IJves Lost.
Forty-three persons lost their lives
In the wreck of the liner Vcroiicbe.
BATTING SNOWBALLS.
With a Broom for a Bat, and Many
Boys Pitching, Hita Are Few.
About fourteen boys having a snow
light in the street, and then out of
he area of a house at one side or the
lattlerield appears a boy with a
ii ooni, who begins to sweep his side
.alk: sent out, probably, by his
lot her.
Promptly the battle ceases and all '.,
i ik's begin to throw snowballs at thw
my with the broom. And does he
iii.il or whimper? Not either; this
i a heap more fin for him than
weeping the sidewalk. He Is laugh
ig and jumping now and swinging
lie broom, striking , at the balls as
'iey come.
It Isn't much of bat, a broom, and
ie balls come at him from all around,
r.u he makes a hit only now and
; n; but when he does make one all
.out; and so this ball game goes on;
ut when they've thrown on the Bide
alk about fourteen times as much
now as there was when the boy be
a:i, and tho boy at bat shows no
s:i or wearying but rather seems
i 'je having the most run, the battle
n the street is resumed, and they
t the boy on the sidewalk go on
weeping. New York Sun.
An Idaho Buffalo Herd.
Ranchers in the northern part of
'cTiner county have recently seen a
trd or rrom ten to twenty-five bur
.'.: up north or Priest Lake. H. B.
!oward, a rancher of Bonner county,
i.vs that the animals frequent a park
town as Lost Park and have been
en there for years, coming, as the
eM'ers think, from over the Canadian
order. The tract is isolated to a
c-giee and resembles somewhat the
'.ilder portions of Fremont rounty.
'lie buffalo migrate to the park in the
.'inter returning to the Canadian
dies in the summer and It 's said
'iat II;e hi.e been in the country for
ears and that there is no likelihood
hat they are wanderers from the Yel
o.vstone Tark herds. Idaho States
urn. Shot Deer From Fast Train.
Earl Johnson, en route from San
"iiincisco to New York, performed an
uuisual feat when he shot a large
n.ik deer from the Union Pacific
r.i'n In which he was a passenger,
olinson was examining his rifle when
:e suddently caught sight of the deer,
flic train was running forty miles an
our, and although he had no idea of
;illing tho animal, Johnson thought
c would like a shot. The bullet went
rue to the mark and the deer fell
'cad. Johnson left the train, and
vith a team went back and Becured
he galne continuing his Journey after.
-Medicine Bowl correspondence Den
ver Republican.
A Dirge.
She laid the still white form beside
ho.-e which had gone berore. No
i b, no sigh, forced its way from her
e:,rt, throbbing as though It would
urst. Suddenly a cry broke the still-e.-'s
of the place one single, heart
Mf.iklng shriek; then silence. An
!'l:er cry; more silence. Then all
lent, but for a guttural murmur,'
vlihh seemed to well up from her
ery soul. She left the place. She
.inild lay another egg to-morrow.
'rinceton Tiger.
"The Honorable and Respected."
A curious old Bavarian custom Is
lift about to be altered In Bavaria by
he Minister of Justice. Criminals
vecuted in the prison of Straubing
ive hitherto been burled with mem
rlal crosses placed over them stat
ng, "Hero lies the honorable and re
:c;ted so and ho" If the criminal
e:c n married man, while the graves
f the condemned and executed
adielors bore the words "Here lies
ie virtuous so and so." It has now '
: n decided in future to Inter them
it'iout any such complimentary re
Kirks. London Evening Standard.
The Latin Language.
Latin was one of the original
iiiguages or Europe, and rrom it
I rang the Italian, French, Spanish
ul Portuguese languages. Many
urds or our own language are of
.'.tin origin. It ceased to be spoken
i Italy about 581, and was first
Might in England by one Adelmus in
he seventh century. The use of
.a tin in law-deeds in England gave
vay to the common tongue in the
ear 10'JO. American.
Separation of Sexes.
The separation of the sexes seems
;n have been formerly by no means
n uncommon practice iu the Church
f Kiighind. In fact, Edward VPs
irayerbook specially mentions that ,
t the communion service "the men
ihall tarry on one side nnd the wo
i:en on the other." The papers of
i church In Westmoreland Include
'Itibnrate directions ror the division
if the sexes at its services.
Hop-Pillows for Insomnia.
Our (ieorge III. derived great bene
fit from the "hop pillow" prescribed
or liim by Dr. Willis after other
iedailxes and drugs had failed: and a
iimllar re.nedy was eminently sue
fill In IS7I with his late Majesty
King Edward VII.-then I'lme of
Wales -who was suffering from
typhoid fever. (Letter iu London
Telegraph i.
Something More Necessary.
.ti artist can t prove lie is a genius y
by the simple process of negioctV
ihe hurber. Atchison (ilobe.
Thomas Edison reaps royaiue to
the amount of K.no ft week from his
rifeiita on movlu ukture machines.