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VOL. XLVI. NO. 11.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1913.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Burgess. S. C. Dunn.
Justuses of the reaoe C. A. Randall, D.
W. Clark.
Oounctimen.J. W, Landers, J. T. Dale,
G, H. Robinson, Win. Stnearbaugh,
R. J. Hopkins, O. F. Watson, A. 1).
Kelly.
Constable 1j. L. Zuver.
Collector W. H. llood.
School Director W '. O. Imel, J. R.
Clark, 8. M. Henry, Q. Jatnleson, D, 11.
Blum. i
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.
Member of Congress Vf . J. Hillings,
Member of tienate J. IC. P. Hall.
Assembly A. R. Meobllng.
President Judge W. D. Hinckley. '.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Drothonotary, Register dt Beeorder, te,
8. R. Maxwell.
HherirWm. U. Hood.
Treasurer W. H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
C. Hoowden, II. H. McClellan.
Dint-rid Attomsy M. A. Carrlnger.
Jury Commissioners J. B. Eden, A.M.
Moore.
Coroner Dr. M. 0 Kerr.
County Auditors-George H. Warden,
A. C. Gregg and H. V. Shields.
County Surveyor Roy H. Braden.
County Superintendent J . O. Carson.
Iteauliir Terns mt Cean.
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.
Cksreh aa4 Habbath 8ehl.
Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m. t M. E. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. tn.
Preaching in M. E. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. S. Burton.
Preaching In the F. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
U. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching in the Presbvterian churob
every Sabbath at 11:00 a. in. and 7:30 p.
m. Rev. H. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the W. C. T.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'"pi . N ESTA LODG E, No. 869, 1. 0. 0. F.
A Meets every Tuesday evening, In Odd
Fellows' Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No.274
G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after
noon of each month at 3 o'clock.
CAPT. GEORGE 8TOW CORPS, No.
137, W. R. C, meets first and third
Wednesday evening of eaoh month.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER.
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTIS M. BHAWKEY.
ATTORN EY- AT- LA W,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Hta., Tionesta, Pa, ,
FRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank,
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F. J. BO YARD,
Physician A Surgeon,
TIONEdTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
Pbyaiclan and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
DR. M. W. EASTON,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
of Oil City, Pa., will visit Tionesta every
Wednesday. See him at the Central
House, Setting bones and treatment of
nervous and cbronio diseases a specialty.
Greatent sucoesa in all 'kinds of cbronio
diseases.'
HOTEL WEAVER,
J. B. PIERCE, Proprietor.
Modern and up-to-date in all its ap
pointments. Every convenience and
oomfort provided for the traveling public.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tionsela, 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 Btopping
place for the traveling public.
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet'a 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
f ive perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
lon given to mending, and prices rea
sonable. JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
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SEVEN DOCTORS
HEL0J0I1 JURY
Pittsburg Men Charged With
Using Mails to Defraud
HEAVY BONDSJRE REQUIRED
Alleging That Practitioners Are Fake
Postofflce Inspectors Testify at Hear
ing Decoy Letters Trap Doctors.
Seven alleged fake medical prac
titioners and the proprietor of an In
stitution said to have been conduct
ing the same fake game in Pittsburg
and vicinity were held for the fed
eral grand Jury In Pittsburg by
United States Commissioner Lindaey
upon charges of using the United
States maills to further a scheme to de
fraud. The ball under which tho men
were held aKgregated $20,000.
The defendants are Drs. R. It. M.
Mackenzie, J. F. Shafer, Jesse O. Dil
lon, J. A. Kohler, Von R. Kins. II.
Leslie Lantz and Abraham Manheimer,
in charge of the Dr. Rhodes Insti
tute, and J. G. Blakeney of Cincin
nati, proprietor of the Rhors concern.
Testimony that postoffce Inspectors
had sent bottes containing mixtures of
cold tea, salt, ammonia and library
paste to the physicians was Introduced
and the witnesses on the stand swore
that they had received replies from
the various physicians advising that
careful examination of the "speci
mens" bad been made and that the
senders were In serious condition, re
quiring Immediate treatment of the
kind furnished only In their respective
offices and Institutes.
In the case of .Mackenzie Inspector
Honvery told how he had written a
letter which was sent to the post
master in Mercer to reniall to
Mackenzie and that he had received a
reply from the physician inclosing a
blank question sheet which he was re
quested to All out and return.
Honvery caused much laughter in
the courtroom by telling how he had
tilled out the blank and had sent a
bottle containing a mixture to
Mackenzie and had received an im
mediate reply telling him not to marry
and advUing him to take immediate
treatment, for which he was to pay
$10 the first month and $6.50 per
month thereafter until cured.
Inspector Leonard testified that he
had also mailed letters to Mackenzie
under a fictitious name from Millhall,
Clinton county, with the same result.
Leonard sent a bottle of tea, ammonia
and salt for analysis. He received the
same advice as did Honvery. Similar
letters mailed under other names from
Rockwood, Pa., produced the same re
sults. Inspector Robert Lewis told of going
to the ofllce of Dr. Mackenzie and ask
ing him If he had conducted the cor
respondence In question and that the
doctor had admitted It.
"I asked him If he had made an
analysis or the fluid sent him and ho
answered 'yes,'" said Lewis. When
asked for a record of the analysis,
Lewis said, Mackenzie had told him It
was destroyed.
51 WIDOWS; 131 ORPHANS
Figures on Mine Disaster at Courtney,
Pa., Given Out.
Practically all the bodies have been
recovered from the wrecked Cincin
nati mine of the Monongahela River
Consolidated Coal and Coke company
in Courtney, Pa. Ninety-six bodies
have been taken from the mine. AH
the bodies recovered, excepting two,
have been identified.
The victims of the mine disaster
were divided by nationalities as fol
lows: Americans, 38; Russians, 21;
Italians, 12; Austrlans, 9; Scotchmen,
5; English, a; Belgians, 2; Hungarians,
1; Lithuanian. 1; Welchmen, 1, . and
French, 1. Of the 38 Americans 19
were white and 15 were negroes.
One hundred and thirty-one children
were made orphans by the disaster,
while 51 wives were made widows.
The Inquest into the explosion will
be held in Monongahela Monday, May
12, according to an announcement
made by Coroner J. T. Heffran.
Fortune Tellers Arrested.
Two women members of a band of
gypsies were arrested at Punxsutaw
ney, Pa., on charges of larceny from
the person and held for a hearing.
The women are alleged to have taken
a wallet containing $76 from John
Agert, a grocer, while telling his for
tune and to have slipped $9 from the
pocketbook of J. Lu Gourley, an in
surance man.
For Gettysburg Celebration.
Plans have been made for a big
fully equipped field hospital to lako
care of sick or Injured visitors to the
battle of Gettysburg anniversary cele
bration. China Officially Recognized.
Recognition of the republic of Chins
by the government of the United
States was announced as an accepted
fact at the state department.
Dr. Abbott Fired.
Because he signed appeal for naval
appropriation Dr. Lyman Abbott has
been dropped as one of the vice presi.
dents of the peace society.
$100,800 Paid For Canvas.
The record price of $100,800 was
paid at an auction In London for
a Gainsborough painting, "The Market
Cart."
One of Philadelphia's Two
Police Women
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Photo by American Press Association.
MR3. MAKY I). DIEHL.
WARNING FOR
TARIFFJEVISERS
Democrat Sees Party's Downfall
Unless Care Is Taken
In a course of the debate In con
gress on the foodstuffs schedule
In the new tariff bill Represent
ative Dies of Texas, one of the wool
protectionist Democrats, sounded a
note of warning to his Democratic as
sociates, charging them with a dis
position to smash the tariff wall at a
rate more rapid than the scientific
development of a changed industrial
condition warranted.
He warned the Democrats la a later
speech that the course they were pur
suing could lead only to Republican
success in the 1914 elections with the
probable return of that party to power
and a wreck of the Democracy for an
other period of twenty years.
His first speech was framed as an
attack on his colleague, Mr. Hardy,
and by its very daring brought the
house up standing. It was warmly ap
plauded. ,
"The wild asses are now in the
green of the corn," shouted Mr. Dies
amidst the laughter of his nominal ad
versaries. The removal of the duty on flax and
flax straw caused Representative An
derson of the ways and means com
mittee to sing the requiem of the flax
industry of his home state, Minnesota.
Mr. Anderson told the committee
that "the fields of the great northwest
would no longer shine with the pure
blue flowers of the flax plant, but in
Its place must again come the yellow
ing decay of the less profitable
corn."
W. Va. Strike to Be Probed.
Senator Kern of Indiana announced
his determination to secure a congres
sional inquiry Into the conditions of
alleged peonage, terrorism and sus
pension of civil rights in the coal
fields of West Virginia.
This announcement by the senator
from Indiana followed the receipt of a
telegram from ex-Senator Watson of
West Virginia requesting that the pro
posed Investigation be dropped. Mr.
Watson called attention to the fact
that the Btrllte was over and an In
quiry would not result In any good.
In making known his intention to
secure a probe Senator Kern said:
"The strike is not the question here.
Peonage is the question. Representa
tions of the hunting of men across the
hills as though they were escaped con
victs or wild beasts Is the question
and we are going to have an Inquiry.
"Charges of violation of contract
labor laws and the use of martial law
are among the things we will prohe. I
propose to have It shown that when
federal experts Investigated the con
ditions last year, whole pages of the
report were suppressed by the depart
ment of commerce and labor."
Kick on Eagle's "Pants."
Letters from 587 bank presidents
and cashiers throughout the country,
protesting against washed money and
proclaiming it "the counterfeiter's
delight," were offered for printing as
a public document by Senator Mar
tine. Objection from Senator Smoot
prevented the printing.
During the discussion Senator Mar
tine said a bank president in Ten
nessee had written him declaring that
the "man should be tarred and feath
ered who put pantaloons on the
American eagle adorning our cur
rency." Senator Gallinger suggested
that the treasury's money laundering
process might "wash the pants off."
Punished For Testimony?
The senate may be called on to con
sider a case of contempt growing out
of the impeachment of Judge Robert
W. Archbald of the United States
commerce court. William P. Boland
of Sera n ton, Pa., who was the chief
complaining witness against Judge
Archbald, has laid before certain sen
ators statements which he claims tend
to prove that he has been "punished"
as a shipper by some of the railroads
on account of the testimony he gave.
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CONSTABULARY
BILLJEFEATED
House Is Opposed to Making
Addition to Force
ELECTION REFORM BILLS PASS
Governor Tener Attaches Signature to
Mothers' Pensions BUI, Making It
Law Many Bills Are Passed.
Opposed by the labor interests, the
Ambler bill, making an addition of 120
men to the force of state police and in
creasing the salary of Superintendent
John C. Groome from $3,500 to $5,000,
was defeated in the Pennsylvania
house, getting only 95 votes, 9 less
than the constitutional majority.
Two progressive election reform
measures, recommendations of the
Democratic and Republican platforms
and of Governor Tener, passed the
house without any real opposition.
They were a strict corrupt practices
act and a bill providing a nonpartisan
ballot for city and county officials, in
cluding judges in the primary and gen
eral elections. The latter formed the
salient recommendation In Governor
Tener's message.
There was no opposition to the pas
sage of the strict corrupt practices
bill while the nonpartisan ballot bill
passed by a vote of 165 to 7.
The Humes bill, abolishing the party
square, a measure the Democratic
platform pledged, was defeated.
The Flynn bill, giving congregations
the right to vest title in their prop
erty In the bishop or other heads of
the church, was committed to the
judiciary special committee of the sen
ate on motion of Senator Snyder, its
chairman.
The pet measure of Senator Joe
Thompson, Beaver, former coach of
the University of Pittsburg football
team, finally passed the house and
will now go to Governor Tener. The
measure would prohibit the furnishing
of cigarets to minors and provide
penalties for both dealer and minor.
A proposition that future amend
ments to the constitution be published
by the sending of a printed copy to the
residence of each elector In the state,
Instead of having them advertised in
the newspapers, was presented in the
house by F. J. Herman, Wyoming.
The bill to create the ofllce of con
troller of boroughs was reconsidered
by the house and passed finally by a
vote of 146 to 13.
A. F. Hobbs of Lackawanna secured
unanimous consent for the Introduc
tion of a joint resolution to make the
song "Pennsylvania," by John E. Bar
rett, the official song of the state.
Action of the house in defeating the
Schuck bill to create a division of
distribution of public documents, an
administration measure, was recon
sidered and the bill passed finally by
a vote of 144 to 31. It was opposed
in vigorous terms by George W. Allen,
Allegheny.
The bill to repeal the prohibitory
law of Midland, Beaver county, is in
the legislative graveyard. By a vote
of 94 yeas to 90 nays the measure
failed on final passage In the house.
The house bill to establish voca
tional education for the public school
system of the commonwealth and for
state reimbursement of school dis
tricts at the rate of two-thirds of the
amount expended by them for such In
struction, became a law by approval
of Governor Tener.
Governor Tener affixed his signa
ture to the Sheatz bill, providing a
system of mothers' pensions. The
money is to be distributed through
the various counties and it Is left op
tional with each county whether they
will accept the act or not. The coun
ties can adopt it or reject it.
Governor Tener also approved the
following bills:
The bill reorganizing the attorney
general's department.
Making an appropriation to cover
the deficiency in the act of 1911 for
judges' salaries.
Amending the school code providing
for the preservation of school records.
Regulating the storage and tale of
linseed oil.
Making the deer season Nov. 10 to
Nov. 25.
Authorizing first-class township com
missioners to appropriate money to
fire companies.
Amending wage attachment act of
1876 to provide for service of notice
of attachment and allowance of twenty
days for appeal.
Enabling a married woman desert
ed, abandoned or driven from home
by her husband to sue him upon any
cause of action and making her a com
petent witness against her husband.
Regulating the manufacture of mat
tresses and prohibiting use of any ma
terial used in such articles in hos
pitals or by persons affected with in
fectious or contagious disease; the
use of "shobby," or materials previous
ly used in fabrics.
Woman Wins Hunger Strike.
Declaring she preferred death to
separation from her two children, Mrs.
Martha E. Ettle went on a hunger
trike when committed to prison at
York, Pa., Saturday on a charge of
larceny and the authorities, fearing
she would die of starvation, released
her.
Italy to Help Austria.
.Italy will aid Austria in Montenegrin
crisis.
Bryan and Johnson in
Contrasting Moods
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1913, by American Press Association.
The secretary of state and the gov
ernor of California felt In much better
spirits before they had conferred on
the anti-alien land bill in the Cali
fornia legirlatufe than after, as these
pictures demonstrate.
PALMER A CANDIDATE
Democratic Congressman Will Run
For Governor Next Year.
The gubernatorial boom of National
Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania has been launched. Rep
resentative Warren Worth Bailey of
Johnstown seems to have taken tem
porary charge of the political fortunes
of his colleague from the Twenty-sixth
district.
Bailey, In discussing the fight for
governor in Pennsylvania next year,
declared there is a movement among
Pennsylvania Democrats to make
Palmer the party nominee.
"The movement for Pa'mer is be
coming fairly well defined," Bailey
said. "At this time he is not an active
candidate for gubernatorial honors.
Perhaps it is better to say that Mr.
Palmer is not a candidate in the sense
that he has his lightning rod up. He
Is allowing matters to take their
course."
CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE
Business Situation Shows Light Re
cession According to Dun.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"While the ' business situation
throughout the country shows a
further slight recession In activity
there appears to be a growing confi
dence as to the future and the volume
of current mercantile transactions Is
much larger than Is generally realized.
"It Is, moreover, significant that
labor continues well employed and
that wages are fully maintained, and
in the case of the railroad firemen
have been advanced by arbitration.
The exceptionally favorable crop out
look, whloh developments during the
past week have in no way diminished,
accounts in a large degree for the pre
vailing feeling of optimism as to the
future."
CHARGE TO BE DUPLICATED
Blue and Gray to Advance on Each
Other at Gettysburg Celebration.
The interesting spectacle of Union
and Confederate yeterans of the Civil
war occupying the same ground and
advancing upon each other In the
same manner as took place in the
battle of Gettysburg fifty years ago
may be seen at the reunion to be held
on that battlefield in July with the
difference that instead of advancing
upon pointed bayonets the veterans
will meet with outstretched hands.
The Buggi-stlon that the Confederate
veterans unite with the Union vet
erans emanated from Henry Howell of
the 124th regiment, New York volun
teers, and is being indorsed by Grand
Army posts all over New York.
- Forgiveness Exhausted.
Saying she had forgiven her hus
band seventy-seven times, tho biblical
limit, and would do so no longer, Mrs.
Elizabeth Thomas of Pitcairn, Pa.,
told in desertion court in Pittsburg
of some of her troubles. Her hus
band is in Juil on a bigamy charge.
PITTSBURG MARKETS.
Butter Prints, :I2; tubs, 30. Egs
Selected, 2. Poultry Hens, live, 18.
Cattle-Choice, $8.4l)ft 8.50; prime,
$S.:!il!( S.40; good, $S. 1 Ofi 8.25; tidy
butchers, $:.(;(l(fj8; fair, $7.25fi 7.75;
common. 7; good to choice heif
ers. $7ffi8; common to choice heifers,
$(i'5 6.40; common to good fat. bulls,
$ 4 f 1 7 ; fresh cows and springers, $110
75. Sheep and Lambs Prime weth
ers, $5.85f?6; good mixed, $5.40'?15.80,
fair mixed, $4.50(5.25; culls and com
mon, $2.50f(3.50; lamhs, $4.5nfff 8.10;
spring lam'-?, $7(!TI0; veafl calves, $9(fi)
9.5li; heavy and thin calves, $57.
Hogs Pri: e heavy $8.508.55; heavy
in i x ; tl . Ic.').')? 8.60; mediums and
heavy Yorkers. $8 658 70; light York
ers awl pigs, $8.70(?(8.75; roughs, $7.50
7.75; stags, $6.50i3G.75.
JAjU ' 1
ALIEN LAND BILL
PUSHED THROUGH
Measure Passes Both Branches
ot California Legislature
CARRIES LEASING PROVISION
Governor Johnson Says He Will Walt
Reasonable Time For Word From
Wilson Before Signing the Bill.
With the passage of the alien land
bill by the assembly the California
etate administration gave the finishing
touch to Its defiance of President Wil
son and his suggestions.
The unusual procedure of a bill
passing the senate and being read
three times in the assembly in the
same day was carried out. It neces
sitated the suspension of the Cali
fornia constitution to accomplish the
feat, but it was done under the whip.
The bill, It Is admitted, will allow
the occupation of land by Japanese
under the three-year lease provision
for an unlimited time by transferrins
leases every three years.
Assemblyman Bradford, author ot
the first alien land bill to pass either
house of this legislature, defended the
leasing of land to the Japanese, al
though he opposed ownership by them.
That was the one bone of contention
in the entire fight.
The governor has telegraphed a veri
fied copy of the bill to President Wil
son. Governor Johnson said later:
"I have promised President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan I would grant
them a reasonable time In which to
offer whatever objections they may
care to make," but he did not say
what he regarded as "reasonabls
Johnson declared he re
joiced over the passage of the bill as
an administration victory. He said
"We have accomplished the big
thing. We havo prevented the Jap
anese from driving tho root of their
civilization deep into California soil,
There has not been an inch of reces.
sion by the senate or the administra
tion on California legislation. The
three-year leasing clause was done in
the interests of our people to give
them time to adjust their affairs to
new conditions.
"The big thing California set out to
do has been done, without swerving,
and I resent the imputation that there
has been a backing down or a trim
mlng with the situation because of any
influence whatsoever. In all presenta
tions made by President Wilson and
of Secretary of State Bryan" on the
alien situation not one word, not one
line has been uttered or written con
cerning the leases of lands. The at
titude of the national administration
was not made known at all on this
phase.
"Every bill that has heretofore been
introduced on this subject has con
tained leasing provisions of from one
to fifteen years. For the first time
California is standing firm for what
is our right and we mean to have It."
MAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS
Woman Concealed Sex Served In
Civil War.
To go masquerading as a man for
over fifty years without detection is
the record of a woman inmate of tho
soldiers' and Bailors' homo In Qulncy,
111., who is enrolled under the name of
"Albert D. J. Cashier."
The woman adopted the garb of a
man before tho Civil war, in which
she fought for three years, and has
worn the clothes and taken the part
of a man since. Only twice has her
secret become known and It was not
until Sunday that it was made public.
The woman has been In the home
nearly two years and has always been
extremely companionable with the
other members. She has become en
feebled mentally and her secret be
came known to the authorities at the
home a few months ago. So far the
authorities have been unable to learn
her real identity. She keeps It a pro
found secret as she did the secret of
her sex during the last hiilf century.
The woman soldier is a native of
Ireland and claims to have come to
this country shortly before the Civil
war broke out. She donned boy's
clothing and obtained passage across
the Atlantic as a Btowaway When
the struggle between tho north and
south broke out she enlisted in Com
pany G, Ninety-fifth Illinois infantry,
and served three years In tho war.
When her company was mustered out
the records showed there were only
thirty survivors.
Trooper White Acquitted.
Frank J. White of the Pennsylvania
state constabulary, charged with tho
murder of Robert Myers at Sharon on
March 2, when the members of Troop
D were stationed there during the
flood, was found not guilty.
Carnegie Gives to Pittsburg Again.
Andrew Carnegie, has increased his
grants to Pittsburg by a gift of $150,
000, or as much thereof as may be
necessary for the construction of a
wing to the library building on the
Northside.
Lad Crushed by Auto Truck.
Samuel Dins. aj?ed five, son of Mrs.
Jennie Dins of Jeannettr, Pa., was run
over and killed bv ihi automobile truck
of a brewing company. The wheels u'
the auto truck passed over the lad'i)
chest.
NOTED POET WELL GUARDED
Paludan-Muller Was Kept From All
Social Intercourse by His
Eccentric Wife.
'i'he famous poet of Denmark, Palu-daa-Muller,
was closely guarded in his
later years by an eccentric wife, great
ly his senior. Of her preposterous odd
ity, writes Mr. Edmund Gosse in "Two
Visits to Denmark," stories were
everywhere current in Copenhagen.
She kept him as much as she possibly
could from all 'Intercourse with the
outer world. During a visit to Copen
hagen the host of Mr. Gosse decided
to invite the poet to dine, and his
daughter and guest were sent on a
mission to Invite htm.
If we could secure him for a night
convenient to him, writes Mr. Gosse,
all that was brightest and best in Co
penhagen was to be constrained to
come, too. But fortune was against
us; if we had found him alone it is
possible that success might havo
crowned our efforts. When we ar
rived, with our dinner invitation on
our lips, we were damped by being
told that the poet had gone out for a
walk, but that Mrs. Paludan-Muller
would receive us. The fierce little
lady, in fact, closed our retreat by
peeping round the edge of the door
and commanding us to enter. Miss
Aline Fog, overwhelmed by the event,
lost her presence of mind, and blurt
ed out the invitation, which it would
have been wiser to suppress.
The answer came at once: "Impos
sible, my dear lady, impossible! I
could not sanction It! Mr. Paludan
Muller is weak; he is good-natured;
he la only too ready to go into so
ciety. It is my privilege to prevent
it. I say to him, 'You are too deli
cate, my dear, to mix with others.
You must positively consider your
health.' "
Miss Fog feebly asked whether the
poet might not himself be appealed to,
"Such old friends! so small a party!
so early an hour!" The lady was quite
obdurate, however. "I could not trust
him with your message. He is so
weak, so good-natured. His place is at
home with me. I do not wish to dine
abroad, why should he?"
PUTS OUT PETROLEUM FIRES
Caustlo Soda Solution Mixed With
Alum la Found to Be Most
Efficacious.
There are no fires more disastrous
than those In which petroleum min
eral essences, benzoin, etc., play a
part, on account of the difficulty of
getting them under control. No real
ly efficacious method has ever been
put Into use to extinguish fires of
hydro-carbonic origin. Water is ut
terly useless. Danger may be at
times reduced to a minimum by pre
venting contact of air with the flame,
choking It between blankets, mats,
damp cloth, earth, or sand, but this
Is by no means always sufficient. For
this reason scientists are Interested
in some experiments made recently in
German laboratories bearing on the
possibility of controlling fires of vary
ing chemical origin. It is said that
If a stated quantity of caustic soda
solution bo mixed with an equal quan
tity of alum It forms a dough or mor
tar fifteen times as great as the or
iginal single quantities. This dough
is very light and foamy. If this sub.
stance be flung over the petroleum,
etc., and the entrance of air impeded,
the fire will at once be put out.
An experiment was lately tried in
Germany to establish these facts be
yond question. An improvised fire
extending over four cubic millimeters
wos extinguished in less than two
minutes by an clghty-per cent, solu
tion of the above mentioned sub
stance. Kept Its Minister Long.
"The town of Lnncaster, Mass., in
which I live," said Mr. Harold Parker,
"is a place of little size not ove?
2,000 population and yet It has
enough of individuality and quality,
not to speak of history, behind it to
make its inhabitants very proud ol
living there. In the first place it I
ancient, a charter having been grant
cd It tn 1C53, and the same year wit
nessed the establishment of the first
parish church, which I can assure you
Is no commonplace house of worship.
"Tho present structure Isn't so very
old and yet It dates from 1810 snd
looks good to last another century.
Tho remarkable feature, however, Is
that In Its history of over 250 years
this church has had but eight minis
ters. Including tho Incumbent. Sev
eral of them were pastors for fifty
years or more and the average Is over
thirty years, which I Imagine Is a rec
ord no other religious congregation
can duplicate." Baltimore American.
Just His Job.
Joakley Now, there's a fellow who
doesn't do anything but pick up plm
all the time."
Conkley Well, well! that's a queel
superstition.
Joakley Oh, no; it's not a superstl.
tlon, but an occupation. He's em
ployed In a bowling ulley. Catbolifl
Standard and Times.
Every City's Pride.
"No matter what city yon strike,"
remarks Senator Gore, who travels all
over the United States each year,
"Somebody Is certain to confide to
you: 'There are more automobiles
used here, for the population, than
anywhere in the country.' That's one
fact about bis own town that every
nun firmly believes."