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March 9, 1910, at the post office at
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3, 1879.
The noise of the lawn mower is
again heard—a sure sign that sum-
mer is here, notwithstanding the
frosty nights and cold winds.
Have you seen the comet? Is a
question we often hear, and anyone
who can answer, yes, is to be com-
mended for their “git up” so early in
the morning.
It is to be regretted that there
should be an epidemic of some pecu-
liar malady going the rounds among
our wouldsbe congressmen. Already
two of the aspirants ‘have been sO
stricken as to compel them to with-
draw from the contest and we do not
doubt that others will be “sick” be-
fore or on the 4th of June.
at hand.
Only twelve days until we shall again
Decoration Day is near
be called upon to honor the men who
fought so valiantly for the preserva-
tion of this grand country of ours, and
to strew flowers on the graves of our
departed friends. In some cases,
this custom might be carried to ex-
tremes; but we should not neglect to
eommemorate the day with appropri-
ate exercises and ‘by placing some
flowers and flags upon the graves of
all soldiers and our immediate friends,
if we wish. ‘What preparations are
you making for this occasion? If
nothing has’been done, it is high time
to’ be making arrangements for the
proper exercises on that day. A com-
mittee should be selected (if none al-
ready exists) to look after this mat-
ter in due time, and make the occa-
sion a pleasing one, as well as, to
eommemorate the day set apart to
give honor to those who have lived
and now rest from their labors.
Again there is another thing to con-
sider in the honor and respect we
have for the dead. The condition in
which the cemeteries are kept, is a
mark of our thoughtfulness along this
line. We have noticed the cemetery
in such a condition that it was
very difficult to walk through it;
the briars and weeks grown up so as
to make it appear as though no one
lived there, or anywhere near. Our
idea is, that a cemetery
kept in as good a condition, at least,
as your front yards at home.
can be looked after at any time
throughout the year, but now, as Dec-
oration Day is near at hand, it would
be a good plan to see that everything
is in ship shape for that occasion.
The sole aim of Japan, asserts Ar-
thur M. Knapp, in the Atlantic, is to
secure the future safety and to en-
hance the prosperity of its own Is-
land Realm, and of its eminently
peace-loving inhabitants. Foreign
conquests, or acquisitions of territory,
form no part of its dreams. Its in-
tense patriotism, because a veritable
religion, is centred upon and bounded
by its own beautiful land, and it cares
for no other. Its tremendous struggle
to secure its safety now over, it is
seeking by every possible means its
development on industrial and com- |.
mercial lines through the lawful
channels of trade. Whatever may have
been the momentary stimulus given to
the military spirit of the people by
their two great wars, that spirit is
alien, not only to their history, to
their habits of life, and to thelr in-
grained love of seclusion, but more
than all to their passion for industry
and for -the peace by which it can
alone be fostered. When, conjoined
with this, the position of their coun-
try, enthroned upon the seas, with
the same mighty stimulus to commer-
cial life which has brought Britainiitss
enduring fame, is taken into account,”
the underlying ambition of the Jap-
anese becomes plainly manifest.
TE
should be’
This
SYLVANIA
Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
OIL LEASERS BUSY
IN INGOMAR FIELD
Another 100-Barre! Well—Allegheny
County Active in Devel-
opment Wark.
Oil operators are busily engaged in
leasing property in the Ingomar dis-
trict in Allegheny county, near Belle-
vue, this territory yielding more than
‘the ordinary run of light pumpers. Al-
ready there is more work under way
and starting there than in any other
gection of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Harbison & Company have just drilled
their No. 5 on the Jesse Neely farm
into the 100-foot sand, and it is pro-
ducing 100 barrels a day. Cameron &
Company have a well on the Neely
farm that has been producing 100 bar-
rels a day for several weeks.
Laughner & Company completed a
test on: the W. McElhaney farm,
southwest of the old Gringo pool in
‘Beaver county and have a light gas-
ser,
BOYS CONFESS THEFTS
Three Washington Lads Say They
Stole a: Horse.
‘Wiashington—In court, Excell Ross,
aged 12; Albert Jones, aged 10; and
Max Brockman, aged 10, confessed to
several thefts. They were caught last
week in the alleged robbery of Dr.
H. L. Clark’s poultry house. They
said that they made considerable
money in this way.
They said they once stole a horse
from a field near town and took it to
Wheeling where they sold it for a
small amount of money and a rifle.
When arrested the boys gave ficti-
tious names, They were placed in
the detention room of the juvenile
court.
MINE TIPPLE BURNS
Avonmore Company Plant Near Erie
Damaged $5,000.
Erie—The tipple of the Avonmore
Coal and Coke Company here was de-
stroyed by fire early in the morning.
It is alleged incendiaries started the
fire. The loss ig $5,000. A strike has
been on at the mine but other men
were taking the places of strikers.
A report to the police says several
strikers went to the tipple, forced the
watchman away and set it on fire. An
alarm was sounded and miners nearby
responded but the tipple could not be
saved.
Deputies Held Responsible.
-Greensburg—Coroner H. A. McMur-
ray’s jury, investigating the death of
Paul Renomeno, killed in a riot Sun-
day evening, returtied a verdict find-
ing that Renomeno was killed by a
gunshot wound in the abdomen, at the
hands of deputies at the mines, and
recommended the following deputies
to be held to awalt action of the grand
jury: Thompson, McWhorter, Mec-
Closkey, Deere, Crogan, Fee, Fuller,
Brown, Zimmerman, Truxal, Howard,
Reece, Marshall, McClure, Hargan,
Murray, Samuels, Daniels, Elliott,
Pratt, Broady, Korher and Campbell.
‘At the Westmoreland hospital here it
was stated that Henry Siser, 18 years
old, who was shot in the abdomen in
the riot, cannot recover.
Prohibitionists Name Ticket,
Washington—The Prohibitionists of
the county met here and named the
following ticket: Congress, Twenty-
fourth district, Captain M. F. Mar-
quis, New Castle; State Senator, J.
B.' Smith, California; Assembly, B. C.
Stout, Bast Finley township; G. S.
Campbell, McDonald; O. M. McCon-
nell, Hanover township. County of-
ficers were elected as follows: Coun-
ty Chairman, D. C. McGrew; Secre-
tary, Louis Van Ordan; Treasurer, F.
W. Hall.
Gas Plant Is Destrcyed by Fire.
Kittanning—Fire shortly after mid-
night completely destroyed the big
pumping station of the Philadelphia
‘Gas Company on the Banks farm near
Ford City. The fire was caused by
a defective fitting, causing a leakage
of the gas and an explosion when the
gas reached the boilers. Two en-
gines of 800 horse power each and
seven boilers with a capacity of 250
horse power each were destroyed and
the buildings they ‘oceupied were also
ruined. Loss will amount to several
thousand dollars.
Pittsburg Councilmen Guilty.
Pittsburg—Councilman A. V. -Si-
mon was found guilty on two indict-
ments of bribery after the jury had
been out twenty-two hours. A pre
vious jury was unable to reach ano
agreement. Fi
After being out almost forty-nine
hours the jury considering the case
‘of Councilman T. J. Moran was dis-
charged, being unable to agree on a
verdict.
Falls from High School Dome.
Somerset—While tearing down the
flag of the junior class which had
been placed above the dome of the
High school building, and replacing it
with the flag of the class of 1910, Da-
na M. Fogg, a member of the graduat-
ing class, fell 40 feet, sustaining seri-
ous injuries. He was to have deliv-
ered an oration at the commencement
exercises.
TO INVESTIGATE STATE
HOSPITAL FOR INSANE
Attorney General Todd Says Statutes
Give Authority for Action.
Harrisburg—The state board of pub-
lic grounds and buildings has decided
to employ a competent architect to
make a thorough examination of the
work of construction on the State Hos-
pital for the Insane near Allentown.
Attorney General M. Hampton Todd
gave an opinion to the board that it
had authority to make an inquiry, cit-
ing the statutes giving the board cer-
tain powers and explaining them.
At the conclusion of the meeting
the following statement was issued:
“In view of the opinion of the at-
torney general that the board has au-
thority to employ an architect, the
board of public grounds and buildings
will appoint, at the earliest possible
moment, a competent architect to
make a thorough examination of the
progress and condition of the work at
the state hospital of the treatment of
the insane under Homeopathic man-
agement at Rittersville, Pa., including
therein whether or not the plans and
specifications have been faithfully
carried out and complied with.”
BIG APPLE CROP EXPECTED
Yield Should Be Immense in Pennsyl-
vania This Year,
Harrisburg—7Unless cold weather
comes Pennsylvania will have a ban-
ner apple crop this year. All re
ports made to the department of agri
culture and division of economic z0o-
logy indicate that the prospects are
excellent, and, coupled with good
early conditions, there is a general
effort to join in a campaign of exter-
mination of the coddling moth, the
railroad moth and the wolly aphis,
which are especially enemies of the
apple, :
‘State Zoologist H. A. Surface says
that his reports show that, except in
portions of the Schuylkill and Leban-
on valleys, the apple crop indications
are fine and the damage done in those
localities is not heavy. The apple
crop last year was good, and, as many
trees have commenced to bear, the
yield for 1910 should be immense.
P. R. R. GRANTS INCREASE
Telegraphers Get Concessions on Lines
East of Pittsburg.
Philadelphia — Several important
concessions have been secured by the
5,000 telegraphers on the Pennsylvania
railroad system east of Pittsburg fol-
lowing a meeting of the general com-
mittee of the operators and General
Manager Myers. Sg
Among the concessions granted were
these: In addition to the general 6
per cent increase in wages recently |
declared by the company, supplemen-
tary increases in proportion with the
amount of work performed; adjust
mentof rights of employes; extension
of the pass privilege; an ent
that when vacancies are advertised
any employe may bid for them.
A few other requests made were
not acted upon.
Deputy Is Fined.
Greensburg—In the criminal courts
here W. H. McKenzie, a deputy sheriff
who had been stationed at the mines
near Westmoreland City, pleaded guil-
ty to assault upon a‘ striker and was
heavily fined, friends having to pay
the costs. !
M. C. Smith, another deputy sheriff,
had entered suit against Paola’ Valen-:
tine, a miner, for. aggravated assault.
and battery. The jury acquitted the
deputy but placed the costs on him.
Judge Doty gave the sheriff's officer
a severe scoring for the activity he
was shown by the evidence to have
taken against the strikers.
Pushing the Shawmut, id
New York bankers are offering pri-
vately the unsold {portion of the
$3,000,000 first mortgage bonds recent-
ly issued by the Pittsburg & Shawmut,
the proceeds of which are to be used
in pushing the extension of the line
from Knoxdale to Freeport and which
work it is hoped and expected will be
completed before snow flies again.
The portion already built and now in
operation extends from the southern
terminus of the Pittsburg, Shawmut
& Northern at Brockwayville to Knox-
dale, 37 miles, while the extension now
under construction will be 65 miles in
length. The total authorized issue of
bonds for the purpose is $12,000,000.
Brewery Refused License.
Washington—A decision handed
down by Judge Richard H. Holt, on
the application of the Waynesburg
Brewing Company for a license, re- |
fuses to grant a reopening of the case.
This closes the case unless the brew-
ery wishes to take it before a higher {.
| court. + When a. license was refused
the management of the brewery was
| changed,
Machinists Refuse Offer.
Bethlehem—The South Bethlehem
machinists’ local’ refused to consider
the Bethlehem Steel Company’s. offer
of .an increase of two cents an hour
in: wages tothe machinists’ still on
strike. The proposition was rejected |
because it did pet include other em-
ployes still out. on hei
Loos =
WHY SHE CRIED.
Mice Muriel Million was sitting alone,
With a very disconsolate air;
Her fluffy b
awry,
And frowsy and rumpled her hair.
“Oh, what is the matter?” I said in alarm,
“T beg you in me to confide;” ;
But she buried her face in her kerchief of
ace
‘And she cried, and she cried, and she
cried.
Come out for a spin in the new motor-
car, :
The motor-boat waits at the pier;
‘Or let’s take a drive in the sunshiny park
Or a canter on horseback, my dear.”
*Twas thus that I coaxed her in lover-like
ones
As TI tenderly knelt at her side:
But, refusing all comfort, she pushed me
cried. ,
“Pray. whisper, my darling, this terrible
woe’
You know I would love you the same
If ‘the millions of papa had vanished in
smoke
And you hadn’t a cent to your name.
If you came to the church in a garment of
rags
I WW wed you with rapturous pride.”
‘She nestled her cheek to my shoulder at
this,
Though she cried, and she cried, and she
cried. -
wail,
“That love of a hat that I wore—
‘The one with pink roses and chiffon be-
in
And a fluffy pink feather beforel—
I paid Madame Modiste a fiver for that,
And our parlor maid, Flora McBride,
Has got one just like it forfifteen-and-six!”
And she cried, and she cried, and she
, cried.
( —Tit-Bits.
“Why, the closer a man is the harder
it is to touch him.”—Houston Post.
he was overworked.” ‘Pooh! He
couldn’t have been so very busy or
in.”—Life. :
Doctor—*‘See here! Didn't I tell
you not to dare venture out of the
door for another month?” Patient—
“It is all right, doc. I climbed out of
the window.”—Judge.
I’ve never seen a purple cow,
Or any of its ilk,
But I can tell you, anyh
ow
T’ve seen that kind of milk.
—Philadelphia Record.
The Male—“Heavens!
third person we’ve hit.” The Female
—“Control yourself, Richard.
not accustomed to. motoring?”’—
Puck.
“Why,” said the man,
wouldn’t vote if you had the chance.”
question,” replied the weman.
“What I want is the chance.””—Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
“How's your birthday party com-
ing on, Tommie?” “Finely. I've
they've all promised to come. All
I’ve got to do now is to ask mamma
if I can have it.”—Life.
He loved her before marriage;
: His love is greater since.
It has to be
Because, you see, ;
She’s harder to convince.
He— “Would you please, madam,
have the kindness to remove your
hat? I have paid three dollars for
in order to have it seen. ’—Judge.
- “My ‘publishers inform me that they
copies of my new novel.”
discouraging?” “Discouraging? What
do you mean?” ‘That there are so
many silly people with money to
spend.”’—Chicago Record-Herald.
“We don’t use wine as‘a beverage,
you know, Mrs. McGarvey,” said Mrs.
Lapsling; “but it’s goed to have a
little of it in the house for medicinal
purposes. You know how grateful 1
am for the bottle you sent ever the
other day. To thank you in words
would be merely a work. of super-
irrigation.”’—Chicago Tribune.
; £ :
The Inquisitive Juror.
“In a certain county of Arkansas a
man named Walters was put on trial
for stealing a watch,” said Frank J.
Jenkins, of Little Rock, at the Riggs.
“The evidence had been conflicting,
and as the jury retired the judge re-
marked, suavely, that if he could af-
ford .any assistance in the way of
smoothing out possible difficulties he
should be most happy to do so.
of the box, but the twelfth remained,
1 hesitancy.
| the prisoner really stole the watch.’ ”
—Washington Post. :
India’s revenue from the’ opium’
‘trade last year amounted to about
) $23,079,000," Nek : Br mgd 4d 4
ue tea gown was fastened’
away,
While she cried, and she cried, and she:
“You know,” she exclaimed, in a piteous
“Post committed suicide because
he wouldn’t have found time to do it
That's the |
Do
you want every one to know you're:
‘you
“That has nothing to do with the
asked all the beys and girls and
my seat in order to see.” She—'"And |
I have paid forty dollars for my hat
‘have already sold more than 300,000
“Isn’t it
“®leven of the jurors had filed out
and there was on his countenance an.
expression indicating great perplexity..
« ‘Ig there any question you would/
like to ask me before you retire?’ his'|
Honor asked, observing the jurors:
“The man’s face brightened: ‘Yes, |
your Honor,” he replied, eagerly. ‘I'd ;
like to know, your Honor, whether
———
IN MEMORY OF GUSSIE IRWIN.
Died April 21, 1910.
|
A rosebud from our class has gone,
Gone to Heaven where she will bloom,
Casting her sweet fragrance at Jesus’
feet,
There to bask in the Heavenly sun-
light,
Where she will be forever beautiful
and bright.
We now look upon her vacant chair,
We hear from those about us every-
where, '
“Oh classmate, you have left my side
Your shining face that once made joy
Now shines before Christ your King.”
Yes vou have left us Gussie dear.
We strive to think = that the Lord
knows best.
Yes, he knows what our hearts can
bear.
All will be right when we get up
there
And we clasp hands with them in
Heaven there.
Farewell, and yet not farewell, class-
‘mates,
Where I am ye may also dwell with
the King,
And as I pass on within the gates
ajar
Angels are sweetly singing “I belong
to the King,”
He has called me to his Palace
above.”
Parents and classmates, do not think
me dead,
You may not see my beaming eyes
- and golden hair,
You may not care to look upon
vacant: chair,
For they are idols of hearts and of
households
And they never, no never, grow old.
the
You may miss me in morn and even-
ng,
My song on the street and in
home,
Those little white arms that encircled
the:
Father and Mother, and the smiles of
the home :
Shedding sunshine as they bid me
Good-night.
Be not disheartened, classmates,
Though weary the days may seem,
Strength will come with the toiling.
When the days long course is run
You will hear the words ‘Well done.”
Be not disheartened, brothers,
Though you lose your precious things.
For our loss is sometimes gain.
Wait for the Lord's good hour,
‘When he'll make his meaning plain.
Grieve not for me, dear sisters,
Though the home may he bare and
silent,
But Heaven is just before, sisters,
And your path leads up to the Portals.
Leok up and never doubt Him: His
will be done.
Mourn not for me, dear father,
For every step of the narrow: road
Is under the eye of the Father
Who measures the weight of your
load. :
Jesus your Savior
home.
will Pilot you
Weep not for me, dear mother.
In your dark and lonesome days,
When the dearest, noblest and truest
From your arms -have been caught
away. /
You will some day hear Him call, and
cry with joy, “I come.”
—By her Sunday School Teacher, H.
W. Rabert.
$500 POSTAGE STAMP
Has Profile of Edward VII and ls
Most Valuable.
Washington, D. C.—A postage stamp
with a philatelic value of $500 was
received by Postmaster General Hitch
cock from the International Postal
Union headquarters at Berne, Switzer
land. The stamp bears the profile of
the late King Edward VII. It was is
sued for the Straits Settlement and
has the highest face value of any pos
tage stamp ever issued. It is beauti-
fully printed in two colors, light
orange and lilac.
The stamp has been turned over te
‘Stanley Islack, curator of the postal
museum, to be placed on exhibition.
. Big Verdict ‘Against Neely.
New York—The second trial of the
‘civil suit brought by the United States
government against Charles F. W.
Neely, in charge of the bureau of fi
| nance in the department of posts dur
| ing the American military occupany of
Cuba, resulted in the jury bringing in
‘the government... = .
a ‘verdict for $112,961.21 in.favor of