RIVERTON WATER
ORDERJS ISSUED
Improvements to Spring Fur
nishing Supply Ordered;
Governor Prepares to Go
Plans hava been
to the Rte n ' s " P '
L. ' s believed will
* about condition
West Shore, and in parts of Cum
berland county. Under a decree or
the stato the company was required j
to install certain appliances and has
Just had plans approved for walling
in springs and caring for the wa
ter supply.
Tho Department of Health has
also approved plans for extensions
of the sewer system in Catawissa.
A number of extensions of systems
have been approved for western
Pennsylvania towns where indus
trial expansions have taken place.
I,ocul Cases—The trolley faro sit
uation in the Harrisburg district
will como before tho Public Service
Commission next month when the
complainants against the Harris
burg Railways Co., will submit their
objections to the company's finan
cial statement. The testimony re
garding service is all in. The val
uation of the Valley Railways lines j
and property is now in progress and
a hearing will be held about the
middle of January. Argument will
also be heard next month by Public
Service Commission on the objec
tions to the steam heat rates in llar
risburg.
Governor to .Move. ■ — Governor j
Martin G. Brumbaugh will take up j
his residence in Philadelphia inime- j
diately after ho leaves the Cover- j
nor's chair. He is arranging to move ,
his personal belongings and his
books from the Executive mansion
tho second week in January.
••Exam'' Dates.—The State Bu
reau of Medical Education and Li
censure has announced the follow
ing as the dates for the examinations
for January, all to be held in Phila
delphia: Medical, January 7, 8 and
9; massage and allied branches,
chiropody nd druglcss therapy, Jan
uary 7 and 8.
Codes Effective. —Four state sys
tems for safety or business will be
come effective on January 1. The
code of safety and sanitation for all
printing establishments and the code
for safety on plant railways, as rail
roads inside of works are styled,
drafted by the State Industrial Board
will be operative that day. The uni- j
form system of bookkeeping and ac- |
counts for electric and water com- j
panics will also be effective. Part of
the water account system went into
effect early in the yar.
Rush Eor Tugs.—Over 70.000 li
cense tags for pneumatic-tired auto- {
mobiles have been issued by the
State Highway Department's auto
mobile division and it is expected
that 20,000 more will be Issued by
the first of the new year. Last year
82,000 tags were issued for 1918 by
January 1. Receipts for licenses
were $126,000 on Thursday alone.
Public Service Cases. —Public Ser
vice hearings will be held during the .
coming week in l-larrisburg and
Philadelphia. An executive session
will be held on Monday and Tues
day tho Schuylkill Haven complaint,
which involves a petition for re
scinding of nn order, will be heard.
Thursday the Mechanicsburg dial I
telephone and Tamaqua electric
cases will be heard.
To Probe Road.—Tho Public Ser- j
vice Commission has listed for next j
Thursday a hearing in this city on |
the inquiry instituted by tho com
mission itself into the condition of
the Doylestown and Willow Grove
turnpike, the. first of the kind to be
undertaken in a long time.
Hoards Reminded.—Local draft
boards are being urged In circulars !
issued by Major AV. G. Murdock, i
tho chief draft officer, to complete '
the reports asked by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder and to pre- j
pare to reduce their office forces and 1
expenses on January 1, Instructions |
as to the final sealing of records is
expected soon.
Oleo lu Demand —Almost 1,000 li
censes for the retail sale of oleo
marglne including hotels and board
ing houses have been prepared by
Dairy and Pood Commissioner James
Poust for mailing early next week
so that they will be in hand on Janu
ary 1. Many of them go to Philadel- j
phia, where there has been a large In
crease in the sale of the substltuto,
according to state officials.
(lonipensittfon Session—The Work
men's Compensation Board will sit j
"SYRU POFFIGS"
CHILD'S LAXATIVE
Look at tongue! Remove
poisons from stomach
liver and bowels
Accept "California" Syrup of
Figs only—look for tho name Cali
fornia on the package, then you
are sure your child is having the
best and most harmless laxaclve or
physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its de
licious fruity taste. Full directions
for child's dose on each bottlo. Give
it without fear.
Don't Catch Cold
or the Influenza may get you yet.
At the first sniffle, sneeze, sore
throat or headache, take some
"Solof-Quinine"
tablets to break up your cold right
at tho start. Don't lot It got the
best of you. No bad head effects
as when qulnlno is taken alone.
Geo. A, Gorgas Drug Stores, llar
risburg. Pa.
L
SATURDAY EVENING ftAimiSBURG TELEGRXPH DECEMBER 28, 1918. ~
at Harrlsburg on Tuesday, January
7th at 1 p. m„ and at Philadelphia
on Wednesday and Thursday, January
Bth and 9th at 10 a. in.
Here For Weekend Governor
Brumbaugh has returned from New
York and will spend the weekend
here.
Clerical Rate* —Officials of the Pub
lic Service Commission have declined
to make any statement about what
might arise when the railroads re
store the reduced rates for clergy
men next Wednesday. The reduced
rates in this state, lllto the passes
which have caused such a furore In
New Jersey, were abolished by the
Pennsylvania Public Service Com
pany law. The clerical rate restora
tion may bring the clash which will
raiso questions of federal and state
jurisdiction which all here expect Is \
coming, but which no one about the ,
Capitol will discuss.
Fox Declines—An Easton dispatch
says: "It became known that Ed
ward J. Fox, president of the Easton
Trust Company, and who retires De
cember 31 from the State Supremo
Court bench, had written to United
States Attorney General Gregory stat
ing he was finable to accept the ap
pointment tendered to him to become
Assistant United States Attorney
General. The offer by Mr. Gregory
came to Judge Fox two weeks ago
entirely unsolicited, and while it was
felt by Judge Fox to be very flatter
ing and a high honor, he finally de
cided he could not accept. He was
strongly tempted, however, by the
alurements of the position and ap
preciated the compliment to his legal
attainments.
M iddletoivn
Mrs. William Arnold, 60,
Dies From Heart Trouble
Mrs. Willlanj Arnold, aged 60
years, died very suddenly at Iter
I home in State street yesterday noon
I from heart trouble. She had been
| out in the yard and while on her way
Wo the house fell over. Neighbors saw
her falling and went to her aid. They
carried her into the house and a
physician was summoned, but before
he. arrived she was dead. She is sur
vived by her husband, three daugh
ters, Mrs. Elizabeth Overdeer, Co
lumbia; Mary and Katie Arnold at
home; one son, "William Arnold, Jr.,
of town; ta/o sisters, Mrs. Annie
Crowe, Royalton, and Mrs. Katie
| Wise, Harrisburg; one brother, Jacob
Crown, of Harrisburg. Funeral serv
ices will bo held at the homo on
Monday afternoon. Burial will be
made in the Mtddletown Cemetery.
Ereline ShaefCcr with several other
| children were coasting down the
iUnion street subway hill in an ex
press wagon when they lost control
of it and ran into a polo, Ereline cut
ting a deep gash in her forehead.
She was taken to the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Melvin Leonard, Swatara
street, and later to the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schaef
fer, South Union street.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Nauss, who
had been living at Upham, North Da
kota, for the past two years, but at
present are spending some time in
town, will leave again in March for
Upham,, and will be accompanied by
their daughter, Mrs. A. Metcalfe.
! N. C. Fuhrman received a letter
Wrom his nephew, Jerome Palmer,
who was seriously injured in both
knees while in action overseas in
July, 1918. He was in a base hospital
for four months and about a month
ago was bifmght to the United States
and taken to the Rockefeller llos-
Ipital, New York. He is somewhat
j improved but expects to be in the
(hospital for the next two months and
jfrotn there will be sent to his rcgi
|ment when they return from over
seas. His brother, Aaron Palmer,
who is a member of the units listing
the dead and wounded, is still over- 1
seas and does not expect to return
for at least a year.
David Zorger and son, George
Zorger, have returned home from a
j week's visit to the former's son at
' Altoona.
I Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hartman re
ceived a telegram from their son,
(Second Lieutenant Norman Hartman,
(who had been overseas for the past
'several months, had arrived in the
(United States and is stationed at Vir
ginia.
Alexander Conley, Jr., of Philadel
phia, is spending several days in
town as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
N. C. Fulirouvn, Swatara street.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tyson and
three children, who spent the past
week in town as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Condran, Emaus
street, returned to their home at
Phoenxville to-day.
Mrs. Ella Deaverson, who former
ly resided in town, but has been living
jat New Cumberland with her daugh
iter, Mrs. Clarence Sweeney, has gone
jto Philadelphia where she is under
going treatment for the nerves in her
| cheek.
| The funeral of Mrs. Frank Markey,
I who'died at her home at Round Top,
I Tuesday morning, was held yester
day afternoon with services at 2
o'clock. Burial was made in the
11-lummelstown Cemetery.
The large building on the fair
grounds that was used for display
was put up at public sale this aft
ernoon.
The choir of the Presbyterian
Church will render the following
program at the Sunday morning
services at 11 o'clock: "There Were
Shepherds," Ashford; ladies chorus,
"Ring the Bells of Gladness," Wil
son; "The Song the Angels Sang,"
Sears; violin obllgato, John Whit
man.
Mrs. Kat Weaver, of Lancaster,
is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. Webster
Weaver, North Union street.
Jacob Haar, apprentice boy in the
barbershop of N. C. Fuhrman, receiv
ed $ll.OO in his Chrisnias box.
Miss Minnie Daniels, of George
town, Va., Is the guest, of Mr. and
Mrs. A. K. Wallaco, Nissley street, for
two weeks.
The Boy Scouts of town will hold a
1 special meeting in tho Methodist
Church next Tuesday evening, and
Scoutmaster Christian Hoover, has
asked every member to bo present.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer, of
State street, received n letter from
their son, Harry Schaeffer, who is
located at Camp Shelby, Miss., that
he lias oeen promoted and is now a
first sergeant.
Charles Coyle, who spent the past
week In town and Falmouth, left
to-day for Camp Beauregard, Alex
andria, La., and expects to be there
for t.he next three months before
he will bo mustered out of service.
The "Big Five" basketball team
played the Marietta team at the lat
ter place last evening.
MTB. D. C., McNurtlo, Emporia,
Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Yurnall,
Swarthmore; Private William McKay,
of San Francisco, Ca., but located at
Camp Meade, Md., and Mrs. D. T.
Little, of Conway Springs, Kan., are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Spring
er, Main and Spring streets.
The choir of the Market Street
Presbyterian Church entertained tho
soldier boys at the Y. M. C. A. hut of
the Aviation Depot last evening.
Miss Mabel Kurtz spent yesterday
1 at New Cumberland us the guest of I
fheWonderful M
a -Mti By L- frank Baun. Q
The Marvelous Powder of Life
(Copyrighted by L. Frank Baum for the George Matthew Adams So vice)
considering the
( matter carefully, Tip de-
L elded that the best place
faltSflric t0 locate Jack would be
at tho bend in the road,
a little way from the
house. So ho started to
carry his <man there, but found him
heavy and rather awkward to han
dle. After dragging the creature a
short distance Tip stood him on his
feet, and by first bending the joints
of one leg, and then those of the
other—at the same time pushing
from behind—the hoy managed to
Induce Jack to italk to the bend in
the road. It was not accomplished
without a few tumbles, and Tip
really worked harder than ho ever
had in tho fields or forest; but a
love of mischief urged him on, and It
pleased him to test the cleverness
of his workmanship.
"Jack's all right, and works
finei" he said to himself, panting
with the unusual exertion. But just
tlion he discovered the man's left
arm had fallen off in the journey;
so he went back to find it, and att
crwarcl l>.v whittling a new and
stonier pin for the shoulder joint, he
repaired the injury so successfully
the arm was stronger than before. |
Tip also noticed that Jack's pump
kin head had twisted around until
it faced his back; but this was easily
remedied. When, at last, the man
was set up facing the turn in the
path where old Mombi was to ap
pear, he looked natural enough to
be.a fair Imitation of a Gillikin far
mer—and unnatural enough to
startle anyone that came on him
unawares.
As it was yet too early in the
day to expect the old woman to
return home, Tip went down into
the valley below the farmhouse and
began to gather nuts from the trees
that grew there.
However, old Mombi returned
earlier than usual. She had met a
crooked wizard who resided in a
lonely cave In tho mountains, and
had traded several important secrets
of magic with him. Having in this
way secured three new receipts,
four magical powders and a selec
tion of herbs of wonderful power and
potency, she hobbled home as fast
as she could in order to test her new
sorceries.
So intent was Mombie on the
treasures she had guined that when
she turned the bend in the road
and caught a glimpte of the man,
she merely nodded und said:
"Good evening, sir."
But, a moment ufter, noting that
the person did not move or reply,
she cast a shrewd glance Into his
face and discovered his pumpkin
head —elaborately carved by Tip's
jack-knife.
"lleh!" ejaculated Mombi, giving
a sort of grunt; "that rascally boy
lias been playing tricks again! Very
good! very good! I'll beat him black
and-blue for trying to scare me in
this fashion!"
Angrily she raised her stick to
smash in the grinning pumpkin
head of tho dummy; but a sudden
thought made her pause, the up
lifted stick left motionless in the
air. , ,
"Why, here is a good chance to
try my new powder!" said she,
eagerly. "And then I can tell wheth
er that crooked wizard has fairly
traded secrets, or whether he has
fooled me as wickedly as I fooled
him."
Se she sat down her basket and
began fumbling in it for one of the
precious powders sho had obtain
cd.
While Mombie was thus occupied
Tip strolled back, with his' pockets
full of nuts, and discovered the old
woman standing beside his man and
apparently not the least bit frighten
ed by It.
At first he was greatly disappoint
ed; but the next moment he became
curious to know what Mombi was
going to do. So ho hid behind a
hedge, where he could see without I
being seen, and prepared to watch.
After some search the women
drew from her basket an old
pepper-box upon the faded label
of which the wizard had written
with a lead pehcil "Powder of
Life."
"Ah—here it is!" she cried, joy
fully. "And now let us see if it is po
tent. The stingy wizard didn't give
me much of it, but 1 guess there's
enough for two or three doses."
Mrs. Clarence Sweeney.
Miss Pearl Condran, clerk in the
Citizens Hunk, is ill at her home, in
Emails street.
John K. Kugle and Miss Minnie H.
Ober, both of totwn, were united in
marriage at the Church of Cod par
sonage, North Spring street, on
Christmas evening, at 8 o'clock, by
the Rev. O. M. Kraybill. They will
reside at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
David Beyer, East Main street.
T. C. Senseman, principal of the
Central grammar school, and who
spent tile past several days with his
parents at Mechanicsburg, has gone
to Florida, accompanied by his par
ents who are both in ill health. They
will remain there for sometime. Mrs.
H. B. Garver will substitute in place
of Mr. Senseman until he returns.
David Nye, of Philadelphia, is
spending some time in ltoyalton as
the guest of his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Nye having been called
neve on account of the illness of his
father. . . , ~
The local Ministerial Association
has arranged a series of union serv
ices each evening at 7.30 o'clock, in
the various churches of town, includ
ing ltoyalton, beginning next Mon
day night, and closing Saturday
night. Following is the program for
the week, indicating the churches in
which the services are to be held, and
tlie ministers who ure to preach the
sermons: Monday, December 30, Roy
allon United Brethren, the Rev. James
Cunningham; Tuesday, First United
■Brethren, the ltcv. Fuller Bergstress
er; Wednesday, January 1, St. Peter's
Lutheran, the Rev. T. C. McCarrell,
1). D.; Thursday, Presbyterian. the
Rev. O. it. Kraybill; Friday, Church
of God, the ltev. Charles K. Boittel;
Saturday, Methodist Episcopal, the
Rev. K. A. G. Bossier.
MIDDLETOWK CHURCHES
Royalton United Brethren The
Rev. C. R. Beittol, 10.80 a. m.,
"Faith;" 7.30, "Preparation For a Re
vival."
First United Brethren ■— The Rev.
E,'. A. G. Bossier. 11.00, "Revive Us
Again;" 7.80. "Walking With God."
Presbyterian - The Rev. T. C. Mc-
Carrell. 11/0, "A Christian Broth
erhood;" 7.30, "Learning From Ex
perience."
Church of God The Rev. O. M.
Kraybill. 11.00, Christ Our Pass
over;" 7.30, the ordinances of feet
washing and the Lord's supper will
be observed.
St. Peter's Lutheran ~ The Rev.
the pumpkin head of lii 3 man Jack.
Sho did this in the same way one
would pepper a baked potato, and
the powder sifted down Jack's head
and scattered over the red shirt and
pink waistcoast and purple trousers
Tip hdd dressed him in, and a por
tion even fell upon the patched and
worn shoes.
Then putting the pepper-box .into
the basket, Mombi lifted her left
hand, with its little finger pointed
upward, and said;
"Weaugh!"
Then she lifted her right hand,
with the thumb pointed upward,
and said:
"Teaugh!"
Then she lifted both hands with
all the fingers and thumbs spread
out, and cried:
"Peaugh!"
Jack Pumpkinhead stepped back
a pace, at this, and said in a re
proachful voice:
"Don't yell like that! Do you
think I'm deaf?"
Old Mombi danced arountf him,
frantic with delight.
"He lives!" she screamed; "he
lives"! lie lives!"
OLD MOMBI PUTS JACK IN THE STABLE
Tip was much surprised when he
overheard this speech. Then he saw
old Mombi raise her arm and sprin
kle the powder from the box over
Then she threw her stick into the
air and caught it as it came down;
and she hugged herself with both
arms, and tried to do a step of a
jig; and all the time she repeated,
apturously:
j "He lives! —he lives! —he lives!"
I Now you may well suppose that
Tip observed all this with umaze
j ment.
At first he was so frightened and
horrified that h wanted to run
away, but his logs trembled and
shook so badly that he couldn't.
Then it struck him as a very funny
thing for Jack to come to life, es
pecially aft the expression on his
pumpkin face was so droll and
comical it excited laughter on the
instant. So, recovering from his first
fear. Tip began to laugh; and the
merry peals reached old Mombi's
ears and made her hobble quickly to
the hedge, where she seized Tip's
collar and dragged him back to
where she had left her basket and
the pumpklnheaded man.
"You naughty, sneaking, wicked
boy!" she exclaimed, furiously; "I'll
teach you to spy out my secrets
and to make fun of me!"
"I wasn't making fun of you,"
Fuller Bergstresser. 10.30, "Children
in the Church;" 7.30, "End of the
Trail."
Methodist Episcapol The Rev.
James Cunningham. 10.30 and 7.30,
the Christmas entertainment will be
held.
St. Marys' Catholic The Father
Jules Foin. Mass, 8 to 10; Vespers
and benedictions, 7.3 U.
St. Michaels and All Angels The
Rev. Floyd Appleton. Serman at
4.30.
Royalton Baptist The Rev.
George Brown. 10.30 and 7.30.
Forty-Three Saloons
in Cleveland Closed
Cleveland, Dec. 28. —When the
county treasurer's office closed at
noon yesterday, forty-two saloon
keepers had failed to pay the sec
ond SSOO instalment on their annual.
SI,OOO liquor license.
Treasurer John J. Boyle held a
few checks for SSOO each, but re
fused to accept them, as they were
not certified. . , _
"Several saloonlsts who paid the
SSOO said they wanted to do business
i through the holidays so as to dispose
of stock," Mr- Boyle said. "1 look for
many requests for rebates after
' January 1 from saloonlsts who de-
I cide to close."
British Warship Takes
Two Bolshevik Destroyers
London. Dec. 28.—Tho British
warship Calypso has captured two
Bolshevik destroyers In tho eastern
Baltic, according to an admiralty re
port yesterday. Ono of the destroy
ers was engaged In bombarding
lighthouses near Reval.
Officers and men on board the
destroyers were made prisoners.
There wcro no casualties on the
Calypso, which was commanded by
Captain Bertram 8. Theslger.
. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets, — Adv,
voice, while his face continued to
wear its jolly smile, that Tip again
burst into a peal of laughter.
Even Mombi was not without a
curious interest in the man her mag
ic had brought to life; for, after
staring at him intently, she pres
ently asked:
"What do you know?"
"Well, that's hard to tell," re
plied Jack. "For although I feel
that I know a tromendous lot, I
am not yet uware how much there
is in the world to find out about. It
will take me a little time to dis
cover whether I am very wise or
very foolish."
"To be very sure," said Mombie,
thoughtfully.
"But what are you going to do
with him, now ho is alive?" asked
Tip, wondering.
"I must think it over," answered
Mombi." But we must get homo at
once, for it is growing dark. Help
the Pumpkin to walk."
"Never mind me," said Jack. "I
can walk as well as you can. Haven't
I got legs and feet, and aren't they
jointed?"
"Are they?" asked tho woman,
protested Tip. "I was laughing at
old Pumpkinhead! Look at him Isn't
he a picture, though?"
"I hope you are not reflecting on
my personal appearance," said Jack,
and it was so funny to hear his grave
turning to Tip.
"Of course they are; I made 'em
myself," returned the boy, with
pride.
So they started for the house;
but when they reached the farm
yard old Mombi Jed the pumpkin
man to the cow stable and shut
him up in an empty stall, fasten
ing the door securely on tho out
side.
"I've got to attend to you, first,"
she. said, nodding her head at Tip.
Hearing this the boy became un
easy; for he knew Mombi had a
bad and revengeful heart, and would
not hesitate to do any evil thing.
They entered the house. It was
a round, domesharled structure, as
are nearly all the farmhouses in the
Land of Oz.
Mombi bade the boy light a can
dle, whilo she put her basket In a
cupboard and hung her cloak on a
peg. Tip obeyed quickly, for he was
afraid of her.
After the candle had been light
ed Mombi ordered him to build a j
fire in the hearth, and while Tip
was thus engaged the old woman I
; GET NEW ITRE APPARATUS
! TjCivistown, Pa., Dec. 28. —The
City Hook and Ladder Company
, has received its new truck and hose
s cart. Now four of the town's fire
companies are equipped with mod
! ern auto hose trucks. A parade
was held this afternoon in honor of
! the arrival of tho new apparatus.
- In order to swell the fund • being
raised to pay for these two llro
fighting machines, the firemen held
a tag-selling event to-day, asking
i for silver coins toward the amount,
and raised a big sum in this man-
I ner.
The hook an dladder truck was
constructed at a cost of $1,750 and
the hose truck cost $1,900.
ARBUTUS DEARDORFF DIKS
Iffiivlsbctry, Pa., Dec. 28.—Arbu-
I tus J. Deardorff, son of Mr. and
' Mrs. Daniel S. Deardorff, who live
on a farm near Lewlsberry, died on
1 Christmas Day after severa ldaya'
[ illness of pneumonia. He was aged
1 about 35 years and is survived by
his parents, four brothers and two
| sisters, Charles Deardorff, living on
a farm east of tho borough; Harry
! Deardorff, living on a farm near
. this place; Bruce Deardorff, of New
Cumberland; Francis Deardorff, at
home; Mrs. William B. Weiglc, of
Lewlsberry, and Mrs. Will Haring,
of near Nauvoe.
i Ce.ting Too Fa!?
Try This—Reduce
i People who don't grow too fat are
tho fortunate exception. But If you
' find the fat accumulating or already
■ cumbersome, you will bo wise to fol
-1 low this suggestion, which is endors
ed by thousunds of people who know.
, Ask your druggist (or If you pre
fer write to the Marmola Co., 884
• Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.) for a
) large case of Marmola Prescription
r Tablets. 75c is the price the world
over. By doing this you will be safe
from harmful drugs and be able to
reduce two, three or four pounds a
r ) week without dieting or exercise.
ate her supper. "When the flames
began to crackle the hoy came to
her and asked for a share of the
broad and cheese; but Mombi re
fused him.
"I'm hungry!" said Tip, in a sulky
tone.
"You won't be hungry long," re
plied Mombi, with a grim look.
The boy didn't like this speech,
for it sounded like a threat; but he
happened to remember he had nuts
in his pocket, so ho cracked some
of those and ate them while the
woman rose, shook the crumbs from
her apron, and hung above the lire a
small black kettle.
Then she measured out equal
parts of milk and vinegar and pour
ed them into the kettle. Next she
produced several packets of herbs
and powders and began adding a
portion of each to the contents of
the kettle. Occasionally she would
draw near the candle and read from
a yollow paper the receipt of the
mess she was concocting.
As Tip watched her his uneasi
ness Increased.
"What Is that for?" he asked.
"For you," returned Mombi,
briefly.
Tip, wiggled around upon his stool
and stared awhile at the kettle,
which was beginning to bubble. Then
he would glance at the stern and
wrinkled features of the witch and
wished he were any place but in that
dim and smoky kitchen, where even
the shadows cast by the candle upon
the wall were enough to give one the
horrors. So an hour passed away,
during which tho silence was only
broken by the bubbling of the pot
and the hissing of the flames.
Finally, Tip spoke again.
"Have I got to drink that stuff?"
he asked nodding toward the pot,
"Yes." said Mombi.
"What'll if do to me?" asked
Tip.
"If it's properly made," replied
Mombi, "it will chango or transform
you into a marble statue."
Tip groaned, and wiped the per
spiration from his forehead with
his sleeve.
"I don't want to bo a mablc sta
tue!" he protested.
"That dos'en't matter; I want you
to he one," said the old woman,
looking at him severely.
"What use'll I be then?" asked
Tip. "There won't be any one to
work for you."
"I'll make the Pumpkinhead work
for me," said Mombi.
Again Tip groaned.
"Why don't you chango me into
a goat or a chicken?" he asked anx
iously. "You can't do anything with
a marble statue."
"Oh, yes, I can," returned Mo
bi. "I'm going to plant a flower gar
den, next spring, and I'll put you in
the middle of it, for an ornament. I
wonder I haven't thought of that
before; you've been a botlior to me
for years."
At this terrible speech Tip felt the
beads of perspiration starting all |
over his body; but he sat still and
shivered and looked anxiously at the
kettle.
"Perhaps it won't work," ho mut
tered, in a voice that sounded weak
and discouraged.
"Oh, I think it will," answered
Mombi, cheerfully. "I seldom make
a mistake."
Again there was a period of si
lence —a silence so long and gloomy
that when Mombi finally lifted the
kettle from the fire it was close to
midnight.
"You cannot drink it until it has
become quite cold," announced the I
old witch —for in spite of the law j
she had acknowledged practising
witchcraft. "We must both go to bed
now, and at daybreak I will call you
and at once complete your trans
formation into a marble statue."
With this she hobbled into her
room, bearing the steaming kettle
with her, and Tip heard her close
and lock the door.
The boy did not go to bed as he
had been commanded to do, but still
sat glaring at the embers of the dy
ing fire. ,
Next Story—"The Flight V>f the;
Fugitives," in which Tip decides to j
run away, than stay and bo ;
turned into a statue by old Mom- j
bio in the morning, lie goes to the i
cupboard for food and finds there, I
accidentally, the magic Powder of |
Life, which he takes with him so
that Mombi cannot do further harm
with it. .Not liking to leave Jack
Pumpkinhead to the mercies of the
| witch, he lets him out of the stable
| and the two escape. Does Mombi
! follow them? Wait! You will see.
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. .. BIG BARN DESTROYED .. . [
..Lewlstown, Pa., Dec. 28.—Fire
broke out in the barn on the farm!
owned by Roscoe North and ten-!
anted by Isaac Yetter, just a short |
distance south of Miffllntown, atj
an early hour yesterday morning.
The barn, one of the largest hi j
Juniata county, was completely de-|
stroyed. The whole year's crops l
were consumed, along with two!
mules and two horses, farming im-'
pleinents, wagons, etc. Tho loss
will reach $9,000.
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May All Join in Making the Year 1919
Both Joyous and Prosperous
Upon the New Year's threshold, with Yuletide happiness so fresh in the memory,
how clearly we see opportunity for progress and improvement that might at other
times pass unnoticed.
The time is ripe for directing our steps in paths that lead to safety and profit in
financial matters throughout the coming year.
With the Season's Greetings, the Directors and Officers of this Bank, extend to the
members of the community a cordial invitation to view this Institution in the light of a
financial home, where the. spirit of good-will and helpful service is at all times predom*
inant.
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TEACHERS WILL
BOOMJNCREASE
Legislation Will Be Endorsed
at Meeting of the State
Educators Here
Legislation looking to an increase
'in the stute school appropriation
especially for the purposes of ad
vancing vocational education and
Americanization will be urged,,by
the educators of the state in addi
tion to the proposed war increase
of salary bill for the teachers of the
state at the sixty-ninth annual meet
tny of the Pennsylvania State Edu
cational Association which will meet
here next week. The enrollment of
teachers for the convention is ex
pected to be the greatest, ever known.
Home of the counties are planning to
have all teachers enroll, and as many
as possible? attend. Legislation and
the problems arising from the war
with emphasis on Americanization
will be the chief themes.
Governor Martin O. Brumbaugh
and Governor-elect William C.
Sproul are scheduled to speak at the
convention together with Provost
Edgar F. Smith, University of Penn
sylvania; Dr. William Chandler Bag
ley, professor of education at Co
lumbia University; Dr. Francis G.
Blair, superintendent of public in
struction of Illinois and representa
tives of the United Slates, British
and French governments of the
state.
The sessions will begin Tuesday,
and the legislative committee will
report Thursday morning. On Mon
day a series of conferences on Am
ericanization and other important
themes will be held. Dr. John P.
Garber, superintendent of Philadel
phia schools, willl preside ut the
Americanization meeting.
Annville Soldiers Return
From Military Service
Annville, Pa., Dec. 28.—The fol
lowing Annville Army boys have
returned home: ' Lieutenant G. It.
Kreider, Jr. Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
honorably discharged; Lieutenant
Calvin Pencil, University of Pitts
l urgh, honorably discharged; Cor
poral Miles Fink, Camp Meade,
Maryland, honorably discharged;
Private Paul T. Bachman, Loo Hall
Aviation Field, Lee Hall, Virginia,
honorably discharged; Lieutenant
Joseph Donohue, on furlough;
Lieutenant Edward 11. Smith, of
Washington, on furlough; Private
John Keller, on furlough; Private
John MeCluro, on furlough; Pri
vates Victor Nye and Victor ileffel
flnger, on furlough.
Privates Hoy Gollam ant William
Flowers, In Franco, expect to be
home soon.
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Justice fired over the city, bombard-t
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