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VOL. XLVI. NO. 8.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
st
ICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. J. 0. Dunn.
Justices of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
0)UHCiimen.J. W. Landers, J. T. Dal,
G. H. Robinson, Win. Smearbaugh,
K. J. Hopkins, U. F. Watson, A. B.
Kelly.
Constable 1j. Ij. Zuver.
Collector W. H. Hood.
fcJiool Directors W. O, ImI, J. K.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jamieson, D. H.
Blum.
FOREST COUNTY OFFICES, -
Member of Congress V. J. Hullng.
Member of HewiteJ. IC. P. Ball.
, Assembly K. K. MnchlinK.
President Juitge W. D. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Hamuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothimotary, Register A Recorder, te.
-H. K. Maxwell.
Sheriff Win. H. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brazee.
Commissioners Win. H. Harrison, J.
0. Hcowden, II. U. McClellan.
District Attorney M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners 1. B. Eden, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
Oountv Auditors -George H. Warden,
A. C. OreifH and 8. V. Shield.
County Surveyor Roy 8. iiraden.
County Superintendent J .0. Carson.
Kraulur Term mf 'urt.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of Heptemlier.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meeting of County Commis
sioners 1st and 3d Tuesdays of month.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
ui.i M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Bab
bath evening by Rev. W.8. Burton.
Preaching in the F. M. Church every
Sabbath eveulng at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. Rev. H. A. Badey, Pa-tor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of eacb
mi nth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
pi' NESTA LODUE, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
1 Ments every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GKOKOKSTOW POST, No. 274
U. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of eacb month.
F. MTCHEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-Ii AW,
Tlonesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Offline over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. 8HAWKEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Offloe In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Sts., Tlonesta, Pa.
FRANK S. HUNTER, D. D. 8
Rooms over Citizen Nat. Rank,
IIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BOVARD,
Physician x Surgeon,
. TIONESTA, PA.
Eyea Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Physician and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
DR. M. W EASTON.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
of Oil City, Pa., will visit Tlonesta every
Wedtienilay. Sxe him at the Central
House. Setting bones and treatment of
nervous and curonio disHSNns a specially.
Greatest sucoess in all kinds of chronic
diseases.
HOTEL WEAVER.
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up to dale in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
com tort provided for the traveling publio
pENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel In the place, and has all the
modern Improvement. No pains will
be spared to make it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling publio.
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 guarantees his work to
?ive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
ion given to mending, and pricea rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
TIONESTA. PENN
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LONG JN HOUSE
Underwood Proposes to Have
Vote Before May I-
DEMOCRATS STILL IN CAULU
What Fight Democratic Congreaamei
Might Want te Make on Tariff Wll'
Be In Caucus and Not In the House
It is the purpose of the Democrat!
leaders to put the Underwood tariff hi.
through the house on or before May 1
This was made known by Represent
ative Cnderwood, the Democratic
leader.
.Mr. I'nderwood said there would be
very little opposition to the bill and
ho saw no reason why action by the
house should not be concluded by May
1 if not earlier.
The opponents of the bill among the
Democrats of the house will limit the
fight to the caucus. Alter the caucu
has approved the bill the Democrat
opponents will take their medicine l.i
voting for It when it comes up for
passage. Present Indications are that
the Democrats opposed to free raw
wool and free sugar to the number of
about sixty will vote against the bill
In caucus, but there the opposition will
cease.
Further consultation wa- given the
tariff bill In caucus. The glass and
earthenware schedule wai delated at
length and finally approved as It was
introduced. .Members from Ohio and
New Jersey sought to have many o!
the rates of the schedule increased but
they were voted d.r.n in every in
stance. Debate on the metal srhcd'.ile
was begun. Chairman Underwood said
that the caucus would enJ Saturday
night and the bill wou'.d be fonna'.ly
reported early next week.
A leature oT the ;j -.cv.s was a brie?
address by Speaker Ciark. lie made
a plea for party harmony. He said th
tariff bill under consideration was not
perfect, but that it represented the
work of conference and compromise
and that members should give It their
support, even if it did not meet with
their approval.
Democratic members of the senate
committee on finance began work on
the I'nderwood tariff bill. They were
In session ajout three hours. Concen
tration was given to the chemical
schedule, but no conclusion reached
and some attention was given to items
In the earthenware schedule. The
committee decided to call in the ex
pert who assisted the ways and means
committee in the preparation of the
bill.
President Wilson went to the presi
dent's room at the capitol and dis
cussed the tariff bill for an hour and
a half with the ten Democratic mem
ber of the 'senate financial commit
tee, At the conclusion of the con.creiu'e
he announced he hoped the meet ins
would lie repented olt,en In the 1-iluro.
It was the first visit of this ciia.'acler
by a' president since Lincoln's time.
The conference was devoted mainly
to considering the latest developments
in the situation in the senate with re
spect to tariff legislation. It was
practically agreed there would be no
segregation of the sugar or woolen
schedule from the main tariff hills.
The president was undoubtedly
much encouraged by what he learned
aa to the situation in the ' senate.
Views were exchanged as to the time
that will be required to pass the bill.
It was generally agreed that the bill
will probably not reach the senate be
fore May 10 or 13.
The president wa8 told In the con
ference that the Republican senators
among the regulars will not seek to
delay the passage of the bill through
the senate. The regulars will not offor
any substitute, but will propose some
amendments.
But after allowing for all possible
delay the president and his advisers
reached the conclusion that the bill
can be put through the senate before
July 1 and finally go to the president
before Aug. 1. President Wilson made
It plain that he is impressed with the
necessity of passing the bill as prompt
ly as possible In the interest of reas
suring business and preventing a busi
ness or financial depression.
Lots of Bills Appear.
Bills and resolutions to reform the
nation's currency system, to prevent
floods in thft Mississippi river, to pro
vide for relief of flood sufferers, to
build goverument railroads in Alaska
and for a host of other purposes were
Introduced iti both houses of congress.
Senator E.irton presented a resolu
tion for a $2,000,000 grant for the re-
j lief of Dayton flood sufferers, and in
the house Representative Ansbury in
troduced one to appropriate $25, 000,
.000 for the state of Ohio. The Burton
resolution proposed that the war de
partment be first reimbursed for the
amount it had expended in relief work
and that the balance be placed at the
disposal of the American Red Cross.
.
Clark Re-elected Speaker.
Champ CUrk of Missouri was re
elected speal-.er of the house by a vote
of 271 as asainst 111 for James R.
Mann, Repi'Vilcan leader, and IS for
Victor Miirdock of the Progressives.
Five Repub'iraiiB who did not support
either of Uii; three candidates scat
tered their votes, one going to John
. M. Nelfoa of Wisconsin and four to
Henry A. Cooper of the tan state. -
Probably Will Succeed as
Money Trust Head
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ft 11113. by Ainericun Plena Association.
GEORGE W. BAKER.
Mr. Baker was snapped In the Wall
street district of New York on his
way to the office of J. P. Morgan &
Co, Although over seventy years old,
it is said Mr. Baker Is the most promi
nent figure In financial circles since J.
P. Morgan died.
APPROVE NEW AMENDMENT
Thirty-six States Indorse Direct Elec
tion of United States Senators.
Direct election of Vnited States sen
ators by the people was made compul
sory when the Connecticut legislature
ratified the constitutional amendment
submitted by congress less than a
year ago. Ratification already had
been given by thirty-five states. Penn
sylvania was the thirty-fourth, Tennes
see the thirty-fifth.
When to!d of Connecticut's action
President Wilson said: "I am sincerely
glad that the" amendment has been
ratified so promptly and a reform so
long fought for at last accomplished."
While the proclamation of Secretary
of State Bryan announcing final rati
fication of the amendment is required
by law, Senators Brlstow and Borah,
leaders in the direct elections fight in
congress, expressed the opinion that
the amendment. Is, for all practical
purposes, now a part of the constitu
tion. "Any man who may be elected to the
senate hereafter must be elected di
rectly," said Senator Borah.
FLOODS AND TARIFF
Help to Make Trade Quiet Business
Good, However.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week :
"General trade is quiet for the time
being, many railroads and Industrial
centers not having as yet fully recov
ered from the effects of the western
floods. Satisfactory .progress, how
ever, is reported at many points.
"The readjustment of the tariff, now
in progress, produces more or less
hesitation In some trades, but It spite
of these two unfavorable factors there
Is no indication of a permanent set
back in business. An encouraging de
velopment of the week was the very
favorable report on the condition ot
winter wheat which is far above the
average."
$2,000,000 SMELTER PLANT
Burgettstown, Pa., Gets Immense New
Industrial Concern.
A new $2,000,000 zinc smelter and
sulphuric acid plant is to be located
in mwgettstown, Pa. The American
Zinc and Chemical company, a sub
sidiary concern of the American Metal
company, Ltd., is being organized
under a Pennsylvania charter to oper
ate the new plant.
It Is figured by the promoters that
the concern in a few years will em
ploy 1,500 men.
Says Wife Committed Bigamy.
Declaring that his wife knowingly
entered into a second marriage while
still his wife, S. E. Ferry of Pittsburg
filed a libel in divorce against Jennie
A. Ferry. He alleges also that She de
serted him in August of 1903. They
were married Aug. 11, 1897.
Mme. Poincaire Dies.
Mine. Poincaire, mother of President
Polncare of France, is dead.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints. 38'; tubs, 38. Eggs
Selected, 20. Poultry Hens, live, 21
j24.
Cattle -Choice, $8.C0ffi8.80; prime,
$8.2.1 (fi8.6."; good, $8(Tf8.40; tidy butch
ers, $7.75ff?8.10; fair, $7.237.7o;
common, $6.2.r(ff7; good to choice
heifers, $708; common to fair heifers,
$,"if! C.'iO; common to good fat bulls,
$4ifj7; fresh cows and springers, $G0
(g 80. Sheep and Lambs Prime
wethers, $fi.4n(7i 6.60; good mixed, $6.10
(fi6.;i."; fair mixed, $.").."i0'f?6; culls and
common, $2.."i0(ft :i.."o; lambs, $4.fi0f
8.10; spring lambs, $K)ifil4; veal
calves, $!t..j0fi 9.75; heavy and thin
calves, $t!fI7. Hogs Prime heavy
hogs, $9.60; heavy mixed, $9.6.".(fT S.70;
mediums, $9.7."); heavy Yorkers, $9.75
Ti9.S0; light Yorkers and pigs, $9.80
(9 85; roughs, $88.75; stags, $7
37.75.
iHnEE BULLETS
MISS ALFONSO
Unsuccessful Attempt Made to
Slay Spain's Ruler
MONARCH'S HORSE IS STRUCK
Young Man Rushes Out From Crowd
and Points Gun Directly at Alfonso.
Popular Demonstration For King.
King Alfonso of Spain had a narrow
escape from death when a young man
fired three shots at him while he was
on his way to the palace in Madrid
after administering the oath of al
legiance to the troops.
One of the shots hit the king's horse
but the king himself escaped injury.
The assailant was arrested after a
hard struggle in which he used a dag
ger. He rve the name of Rafael
Sanchez Alegre.
The king was riding through Alcara
street and was bowing to the plaudits
of a crowd in front of the Bank of
Spain when a youth dressed in a coffee
colored suit rushed out of the crowd,
pistol in hand, and fired three shots
in rapid succession, aiming directly at
the king. The crowd and members of
the guard rushed at the would-be as
sassin, while Alfonso's escort formed
a cordon around him. The king ap
peared unmoved by the attempt on his
life.
The enraged crowd made frantic ef
forts to reach the assailant, but the
mounted soldiers cleared the street
and prevented the youth from being
torn to pieces.
Great excitement reigned through
out the city following the attempted
assassination and It was feared that
there might be further outbreaks of
disorder because of the high feeling.
Some of the shots fired by the young
assailant narrowly missed members of
the royal escort.
Queen Ena and the queen mother
had driven to the palace and were al
ready there when the king arrived.
The monarch related the circum
stances of the shooting, but treated It
as a trivial matter.
Meanwhile the people went toward
the palace in great throngs. The
square on which the principal en
trance to the palace fronts was soon
packed with cheering thousands. Such
a tribute could not be ignored by the
king and he appeared on the balcony.
This was the signal for another frenzy
of enthusiasm and shouts of "Long
live the king!"
The monarch stood on the balcony
saluting for several moments. Then
he heard cries of "Long live the
queen!" whereuson he re-entered the
palace window and soon brought His
wife to the , batcony. . At this frantic
cheering was renewed. The queen
bowed and the king saluted for sev
eral minutes and the third attempt to
assassinate the young monarch ended
in a great demonstration of popular
Joy.
Three other persons were arrested
in connection with the shooting. One
was a Frenchman, who was In
Alegre's company when the latter
dashed at the king's horse. The
Frenchman bolted down the street,
but was chased and captured by the
police. No weapon as found on him
and he declared that he had nothing
to do with the outrage.
The other two persons arrested were
Spaniards, a man and a woman. The
former was arrested near the Credit
Lyonnais building with a revolver in
his hand. He refused to give satis
factory answers to questions of the
police. Nothing has been learned as
yet as to the Identity of the woman or
the reason why she was arrested.
,- Says Neighbor Swiped Boardwalk,
v Accusing him of taking a boardwalk,
Rudolph Pastonltsch swore out a war
rant at Ford City, Pa., for Anton
Habovsky. In the recent flood
Pastonitsch's residence floated away
and was towed by Habovsky to his
home. The owner claims he made a
fruitless demand for his property.
Dr. Patton to Retire.
Rev. Dr. Francis Landey Patton
president of Princeton Theological
seminary and former president of
Princeton university, will resign and
retire from active work at. the end of
the present seminary year.
Former Senator Henderson Dies.
Former United States Senator J. B.
Henderson of Missouri died in Wash
ington, aged eighty-six.
Mrs, Pankhurst Released.
Mrs. Emnieline Pankhurst was re
leased from Holloway jail, London.
Prison on Fire.
Convicts and guards fought $700,000
lire in Kansas state prison.
Chicago's Cabarets Raided.
Chicago vice probers raided cabaret
shows.
DEATH LIST IS 500.
Revised statistics compiled by
agents of the Red Cross report-
iug to headquarters in Colum-
bus, O., were given out Bhowing
that 500 or more persons were
drowned in Ohio in the floods of
March 25. The last previous
estimate of the same authorities
"' bad made the death list 463.
CRAB'S WALK OF 98 MILES
Homing Instinct Is 8hown by 8om
Recent Experiments in'
England.
Some remarkably Interesting de
tails regarding the movements and the
homing instinct of the edible crab
were presented to the Eastern Sea
Fisheries Committee. During the
past two years Fishery Inspector H.
Donnison has been carrying out In
vestigations on behalf ot the com
mittee, and the results of his worK
cannot fall to be of considerable use
to those concerned In biological re
search. In the course of an exhaustive re
port he stated that between July and
September, 1910, nearly two thousand
crabs were captured, and after being
labeled were again set free along the
Norfolk and Lincolnshire coasts. The
crabs had recently cast their shells,
and new ones were then In process
pf hardening.
Rewards were paid to fishermen
upon returning the crabs when recap
tured. They were returned to the sea
at varying distances from the shore,
and up to the present 21 per cent of
the labeled crustaceans had been re
captured and full data tabulated.
With regard to the Norfolk crabs
liberated In the places from which
they were originally obtained, fifty
two were recaptured within one mile
of their first home, but one traveled
as far as Flamborough Head, a dis
tance of ninety-eight statute miles.
Nearly three hundred had traveled
only three or four miles from where
they were originally taken. London
Standard.
MARK GRAVE CF. HEROINE
Clubwomen to Preserve Memory of
Woman Who Gave Life to Help
Smallpox Sufferers.
Clubwomen, assisted by the doc
tors of North Blllerlca, Mass., are tak
ing steps to preserve the memory of
Sarah Hodgeman, who gav her life
more than a century ago in her efforts
to help neighbors who were suffering
from smallpox. It happened during
the smallpox epidemic In 1811. On
learning that a family of four persons
with two guests were Hi with the dis
ease, and had no one to help them,
Miss Hodgeman, against the protest of
her family and friends, entered the
Infected house and did all In her pow
er for Its Inmates.
Within two weeks It was noticed
that the customary smoke did not curl
from the chimney. Some of the towns
folk finally mustered up courage to in
vestigate. It was found that the en
tire household, Sarah Hodgeman In
cluded, had died of the disease. It is
now proposed to erect a monument In
the place of the old gray headstone
which marks her grave.
Hope Not Realized.
Dean Sumner of the Cathedral SS
Peter and Paul related the following
story at the recent banquet of the
Chicago Association of Commerce at
the Hotel Sherman. "A little Jewish
toy went to his father on Christmas
day and asked him for a quarter.
Upon receiving It he Bauntered out
Into the city streets and didn't return
until evening. His father called him
as he came In and Inquired what he
did with the quarter he had been giv
en. 'I went to the candy shop next
door and changed It Into nickels, said
the boy. Then I went to the news
stand on the corner and changed the
nickels into pennlas. After that I
went back to the candy shop and got
five nickels for my pennies, and then
I went to the delicatessen -and got a
quarter for my five nickels.'
. "'But why did you do all that?' de
manded the father.
"'I hoped that somebody might
make a mistake and give me too
much," replied the boy."
A Polyglot Playwright.
M. Dario Nlccodeml Is a citizen of
the world. He was born In Italy. He
was reared In the Argentine Itepubllc,
where h was Initialed in Spanish cul
ture. Ho wrote his first play in the
language of Cervantes. It was pro
duced at Buenos Ayres aijd was called
"La Duda" (?he Doubt).
Soon after that an Italian actress In
South America offered a prize for an
acceptable play In her mother tongue.
M. Nlccodeml took the prize with his
play "Per la Vila." He soon after
ward wrote "L'HIrondelle" (The Swal
low) In French and it Is played at
Brussels. At Paris he began his work
by translating and adapting the Eng
lish play of "Baffles." Le Crl de Paris.
Recovers Ring 18 Years Lost.
A class ring lost 18 years ago by
Mrs. J. H. Reese, when she was a pu
pil of the Lancaster hlli school, was
restored to the owner.
Mrs. Reese, then Miss Leila I Ur
barn, lost the ring, which was engrav
ed with her name, while walking on
the lawn of her home. It was recov
ered by men resetting a fence. Lan
caster Correspondent Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
A Cruel Retort,
"I'm afraid of woman suffrage,"
said Little Binks. "My wife Is a mu
tant suffragette, but up to date I am
Julius Caesar In my house."
"I guess you arc, Dinks, 1 guess you
are," said Wiggles. "There ain't
many deader ones than Julias Caesar
tn this world." Harper's Weekly.
She Talked Too Much.
Mrs Benbam Money talks.
Eenhaxa Keep tte change, pleas
MATT PENSION
BILL IS PASSED
Lower House Approves by Vote
ot l66to 7
ADJOURNMENT OAIE NOT SET
New Primary Election Measure, Sup
ported by Republicans, Appears in
Legislature Dunn Bill Is Defeated.
The Matt pension bill was passed
finally In the Pennsylvania house of
representatives by a vote of 166 to 7.
The measure would carry with it an
appropriation of $1,500,000 and pro
vides for pensions for soldiers, sailors
and marine: who served iu the Civil
war from Pennsylvania.
The pensions would be graduated ac
cording to rervice, $5 a month being
payable to veterans who saw one
year's service, $6 to those who served
two years and $7 to those who served
three years or more.
The aigrette bill, which would pro
hibit the sale of aigrettes in Pennsyl
vania, was passed In the house with
out any discussion by a vote of 174
to 0.
The house defeated the Dunn bill,
to amend the school code so as to pro
vide that no married female teacher
could be employed unless her husband
was unable to support her or thera
was no single female applicants for
the position. The fight against the
measure was led by W. W. Clerich of
Westmoreland. There were 110 nega
tive votes cast against the bill.
Anti-liquor and organized labor
forces joined hands la the house and
defeated the McAleer bill, to provide
a system of licensing of dining, club
and cafe cars for the sale of liquors,
only seventy-five voles being mustered
for the bill to 111 against it.
The senate bill to provide for two
pay days a month was passed by the
house, 131 to 1, and goes to the gov
ernor. The bill would require one
payment between the first and fif
teenth of each month and another be
tween the fifteenth and last day of the
month, aniens other-.vl.se stipulated In
a contract. The penalty for violation
would be a fine of not over $100 and
the act would become effective on
July 1. 1913.
Another bill of interest to railroad
men, especially conductors, that was
passed finally was the tioss measure,
to authorize conductors to place under
arrest disorderly passengers.
The North bill, to provide $1,000,000
for 'the cre and maintenance of the
indigent insane, was postponed on
motion of Representative North.
The Cox loan bill, a composite ol
eight or ten bills -presented to this
year's house, was passed in the house
by a vote of 1S6 to 1. It would require
persona engaged in the business of
making short-term loans to take out a
license at $100 a year and give a bond,
their charges being limited to from
1 2-3 to 5 per cent, according to size
of loans, a scale being fixed.
The house voted twice within five
minutes on the Coniff bill, to allow
persons related to school directors to
be elected to positions by a vote of
two-thirds of a school board. The bill
would amend the school code. On the
first vote it lacked two of the constitu
tional majority of 104, there being .14
votes against it. Immediately after
ward James A. Dunn, Philadelphia,
moved reconsideration and It carried,
the bill being then voted on again and
passed, 138 to 37.
The attempt of Representative
Carey L. Schuck of Westmoreland to
fix May 15 as the date of final ad
journment of the legislature failed
after Speaker Alter made a speech
against the proposition. Ity a viva
voce vote the resolution was sent to
slumber in the house rules committee.
Schuck contended that, by fixing a
date of final adjournment the house
would do more work and the session
be brought to a close. Speaker Alter
left the chair for the second time thii
session to address the house. He
pointed out that the house was work
ing rapidly and in due time the rules
committee would be prepared to fix a
dale for adjournment.
A new primary election bill, which
ba.4 the backing of the Republican or
ganization leaders, was presented tn
tho senate by Samuel Salus of Phila
delphia. This measure Is to bo substituted
for the primary bill dratted by the
state elections commission. It pro
vides for a primary ballot for new
parties and eliminates nominations by
nomination papers.
In odd numbered years the full pri
mary Is to he held on the last Tuesday
of September and in even numbered
years there is to be a spring primary
the second Tuesday of April under
the new bill. The present system of
electing delegales to national and
Mute conventions Is left unchanged
and ihe same is true of Hie system of
nomination by convention of all state
ollirers.
The new hill does not contain the
present provision permitting candi
dates fr delegates to have primed
the name of tho man they will sup
port for nomination printed after
their own names on the ballot.
In the senate the nominations of
Governor Tcner were confirmed.
Tinners of Three Towns Quit Jobs.
All the tineers of Sharon, h'arrell
ind s'h;i'-i'- !l!e, I'a., struck for an in
crease of fifty rents a day,
PERFUMER'S DAY WILL COME
rhen He Will Have Odors That Will
Move Mankind Most
Profoundly.
A perfumer was talking shop.
"When will my trade," he said, "itr
felop as It should? When will perfume
iway men's minds as drink and fame
lo now?
"I have a dog. Often la the country
n y dog will spy a dead, rotting, sun
lrled bird or fish. The odor of that
sarcass fills my dog with ecstasy. He
oils upon it in a delirium. It Is diffi
cult, even with a club, to make him
itop. Well, there, Just there, Is the
perfume that sways dogs, and a dog
perfumer, patenting It, would become
i billionaire.
"The serpent arum Is a plant of
strong odor. The arum has, Indeed, a
stench. Well, this stench attracts te
It from miles around all those Insects
that fed on carrion. If you look Into
the cup of the serpent arum you are
sure to see a very Inferno of Insect
Irunkards hundreds of them, Intoxi
cated by the arum's odor, whirling and
leaping and spinning in a mad dancce;
For the serpent arum's odor is the
odor par excellence of insects, as the
rotten, sun-baked fish odor Is the odor
par excellence of dogs.
"Have I any perfume that sways
mankind like that? No, none. Tmag
,ne my new-mown hay drawing a
lady from her milliner's or her pet pi
mist's! Imagine my girofle drawing a
man from his beer or his jackpot!
"Yet the day will come, I am con
vinced, when we shall have perfumes
:hat will move mankind as profoundly
is the spoiled fish perfume moves a
log and as the serpent arum perfume
moves the Dermestes and Saprlnldae.
In that day my address will be River
side drive, Newport, Jekyl Island,
Monte Carlo and Los Angeles."
WOULD HAVE MISSED FIRE
Julius Kahn's Story of Hoosler Who
Lccked Himself Into Hit
Hotel Room.
Julius Kahn had Just been re-elected
to congress by a very small margin,
and one of his political supporters was
reminding him of the service he had
rendered in the campaign.
"What would you have done If It
hadn't been for me?" he asked.
"Why, I would have been In the po
sition of the Hoosier In the hotel," re
plied Kahn. "He and two companions
occupied one large room together. Aft
er a day In the metropolis devoted
principally to following fire engines la
the hope of seeing a conflagration, the
cement sidewalks proved too much for
feet that were accustomed to plowed
ground, and he retired. When bis
companions returned a few hours later
they found the door locked. They
kicked on the door until tbey awak
ened him and asked for the key.
"'I threw It over the transom,' he
replied.
"When they hnd found It and un
locked the door one of them aBked:
" 'Whnt would you have done It
there had been a fire?'
"'Why, I wouldn't have want'"
Saturday Evening Post.
Plants That Go to Sleep.
Plants have a mind ot their own!
on the subject of winter sleep, and
gardeners have tried various meth
ods of waking them np prematurely,
to furnish blossoms at a time when,
they are scarce and costly. Mere
greenhouse heat and moisture falling
to yield the desired results, they have
successfully tried warm baths and
other vapors to shorten the hibernat
ing period of bulbs. From Germany
comes a description of the latest plan
devised by a man named Weber. By
sticking a needle Into the base of the
bud be has caused It to unfold two
or three weeks ahead of its fellows.
Still more time was gained by Inject
ing water Into the buds. Not content
with water, a physician has tried in
jections of water with ten per cent,
of alcohol. Ity this means he suc
ceeded In gaining ten days la the
budding of oak twigs.
Art.
Art la the great and universal re
freshment. For art Is never dogmat
ic; holds no brief for itself; you may
t.iko it, or you may leave It. It does
not lorcq Itself rudely where It Is not
wanted. It Is reverent to all tempers,
to nil points of view. Dut It Is wlUul
the very wind In the coalings and go
ings of its Influence, an uncapturable
fugitive, visiting our hearts at va
grant, sweet moments; since even be
toro the greatest works of art we
often stand without being able quite
to lose ourselves! That restful ob
livion comes, we nover quite know
when and It Is gone! But when It
comes, It Is a spirit hovering with
cool wings, blessing us, from least to
greatest, according to our powers; a
spirit deathless and varied as human
life itself. John Galsworthy In the
Atlantic.
A Card to the Club.
Old Colonel Dick Hrlght of Wash
ington was shaved for many years by
a nogrn barber, who, not being blessed
with the splendid longevity of the col
onel, finally died. Ilrlglit went to the
funeral, and at the dinner table that
evening said he had put his visiting
card In tho old barber's coflln.
"That's tho craziest thing I ever
heard of," remarked a friend. "What
on earth did you do It for?"
"Well," explained the colonel, "If
he goes to heaven, he won't need It.
Hut, if be goes to the other place. It
will introduce him to a lot of good,
fuLows. Fopnlar Mechanics.
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