2 • \ Have You Considered as a Gift to Your Own Household the Uprights SSOO to S6OO Grands $650 to $1550 Terms: Cash or Partial Payments All in Strict Confidence Pianos of Scarcely Less Player Pianos of Fame at Lower Prices Acknowledged Leadership : Makes that liave passed the ex- Whose quality is sure, and whose perimental stage and have stood the reputation is established. The test of time. The Everett, SSOO to SBSO Chickering-Angelus, $ 1050 Hardman $425 to SSOO Knabe-Angelus, Bush & Lane, S4OO to SSOO Emerson-Angelus $825 P oo i e to 5547 B » Janssen-Angelus, S7OO Merrill $350 to $450 Autotone, $550 to $650 Kimball, !'.'.!!!!!! $325 to $450 Au topiano, Playatone and Pianista^ SJUS to ssoo Any of which you may be justly A practical demonstration will proud to own, and can now choose easily convince you of their merit, and have set by for Xmas by mak- Come in any day or evening, ing the required cash deposit, which Be sure to ask about our music is quite nominal; balance monthly, roll library privileges and let us ex quarterly or otherwise. plain our Liberal Payment Plan. Order Your Xmas Victrola Another large shipment of the latest improved models has just arrived. Come in and hear them demonstrated side-by-sidc. All prices, sls to $275 ; Cash, or liberal Xmas terms. STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK J. H. TROUP MUSIC HOUSE Troup Building 15 South Market Square - HAIRPINt AID IN SURtiEKY Strangling Girl's Throat is Held Open Just in Time to Save Her Pittsburgh', Dee. 2. —Four hairpins, in lieu of a silver tube, saved the life of Blanche Bost, aged 15, of No. 307 C'opeland avenue, North Braddoek, when two physicians as a last desper ate resort made an incision in her throat after she had ceased breathing, and to all appearances was dead. Early last week the girl developed signs of quinsy. Dr. Clarence Bair, of Braddoek, was called and treated her. § I STAR-INDEPENDENT. f \\ H > ABRAHAM LI N&VIN ±Alfl: '*NOMJE}AaRV |& Uj !! i, p WITHOUT TWO CERTAIN BOOKS —THE BIBLE AND Fif (I ! | {££ ?H AT E | S^NO R T E L r O «S^° TAT,ON USEO IN LTERATURC SB ■s not taken FR Pr aaafite fflt I | The above Certificate 1 ' ;; Entitles bearer to this $5.00 Illustrated Bible!| pres«nt«d at th« office of tSii newspaper, together with the stated amount *k-» I I !» c< "* c u r L h Mr n r;r rr f Ex P ENsE k i> T . sjc :: , i $ 11 j I MAGNIFICENT (l&e illustration in announcements from day to day) is !! 0 111 IICTDATrn H n .! n flexible limp leather, with overlapping covers * 1 < ► ILLUoIKAI tli and title stamped in gold, with numerous full-page plates i! 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The ( I , , illustrations consists of the full-page en- < ' J » out the Tijsot and text pictures. It will be distribution p'r'o ! 1 1 I *"**"* b °° k * an<l at the * an l e A< n°unt Expense Itema. with the necessary Free Certificate. I I ' > M * IL ?, RDK J W T7^ ny bolt by pareol poat. Include EXTRA 1 cants within ! ' I ™ oenta It# to 100 mllaa; tor imltr di.tancas uk your trostmaat* ' 1 , , amount to Include for I pounds. v < i Friday night she suffered a setback, and early Saturday morning Dr. Blair ( was called, and, seeing the serious con dition of the girl, called a throat spe cialist, Dr. D. A. Metzgar, of Brad i dock, into consultation. On discover s ing the stage the disease had reached, Dr. Metzgar said the child was beyond human aid, but that an operation could be performed to lessen her suffering, as she was slowly strangling. Realizing the necessity of immediate . action, and 'fearing to delay until they could secure a silver tube, the doctors I made an incision in the child's throat, and Dr. Metzgar held the cut' open . with four hairpins while Dr. Bair HARRTSBTTRG ST A K-TNDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1914. , rushed to his office, where he pro f cured the tube. No anesthetics were used in the op eration, which was a complete success. - The girl was taken to the Braddoek - General Hospital and is now on the i road to recovery. ' "nly One "BROMO QUININE" I 75.. , nev V you feel a cold coming on. tnlnk of the full name. L*AX \TTW > Look for signature ; hj. W. GROVE on box. 25c. , NAVAL AUTHORITY DEAD I Admiral's Writings ou Sea Power Modi fled Policies of Nations Washington, Dec. 2.—Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, U. S. N., retired, who was admitted to have had a greater influence upon the naval policy of the world than any other man of hii's time, died here yesterday. Admiral Mahan had been a patient in the Naval Hospital. He and Mrs. Mahan came to Washington several weeks ago from their home at Quogue, N. Y., to spend the winter. About a week ago the Admiral suffered an at tack of heart trouble and was taken to the hospital, wher e ho remained until his death. f *, NEW First Glass Up-to-Date BARBER SHOP ' NO. 208 STRAWBERRY AVE. Bear of Bolton House | The patronage of the | general public as well as my friends and former i patrons is respectfully I solicited. i Chas. F. Kuhn Proprietor THE PLANTING OF TREES Can Be Set Out Any Time in Fall and Winter when (Hound la Not Frozen, Saya Surface A correspondent from the northern part of Pennsylvania wrote to State Zoologist H. A. Surface, asking for in formation as to the proper time to plant trees. The raply may interest many persons who wish to plant one or more trees about their premises before the next growing season. It in based upon experience in planting thousands of trees, and is a« follows: ''You can transplant trees at any time in ~the fall or winter when the ground is not frozen. I would just as soon plant in the fall as in the spring as far as future growing is concerned, and, in fact, I during recent yenrs have been doing most of my planting in the fall of the year. Trees that are hard to get to grow, like cherry, are much better planted in the fall. The main point is that if you have the trees at hand for very early spring planting, and they have been wintered properly and in good condition, thalt, on the whole may prove to bo the best time for planting; but between planting late in the spring and at any time during the fall or early winter, I very much prefer the latter. The poorest time of the year to plant trees is late in the spring. I am frequently asked, ' How 'ate can I plant f There is but one re ply to this, and that is, ' The earlier the 'better.'' "You should bear in mind that at the time of planting the tops should be <rut back in proportion to the root cut ting that was done in digging the tree. This means in most cases that three fourths of the top should be cut off. Leave some twigs with buds, as growth starts quicker and surer if the buds are there than though the tree must push forth new shoots from latent or unde veloped buds." SCHOLARS LEAVE TO MUSIC Even Teachers Did Not Know Class room Was Ablaze Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—With a live ly march record on the school phono graph and a teacher playing an accom paniment on a piano, 460 pupils of the William S. Pierce Public School, Twen ty-fourth and Christian streets, march ed out of the building in perfect or der, unaware of the fact that fire had broken out in one of the classrooms. Not until the arrival of fire engines did the children and most of the teachers know of their danger. The smoke from the fire was discov ered coming from behind a cooking range by the teacher of a cooking class. She informed the principal, Miss Mary Wallace, who told the pupils that they were to bo dismissed early and started the music. An overheated pipe prob ably caused the fire, which was ex tinguished before much damage was done. TO HANG ONR AT A TIME Arizone Board of Control Overrules Governor's "Bee" Plan Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 2. —"Hang them one ait a time," was the word sent by the board of control yesterday to R. B. Sims, warden of the peniten tiary. The board refused to grant a permit for a special scaffold for the hanging bee on December 19, and re jected an offer foom J. F. Kudian, ot Cheyenne, Wyo., to construct a scaf fold on which all the men would spring their own traps at the same moment. Governor Hunt had said that the i scaffold in the jail yard, the only where it could be placed under the j law would have an undesirable effect j on the other prisoners. The list to baji>g 6n Deceunber 1!) ; was reduced yesterday to six, when | the Governor was notified that W. W. j Kermeen, Francisco Garcia, Atha M. ! Leonard, John Tomlin and Kichard j had succeeded in get- I ting applications for new trials before I the Supreme Court. The governor h'as practically decid j ed to test in court the law taking from ! him the pardoning, reprieving and I commuting power and placing it in the ! hands of the board. This law was pass j ed by the Legislature and upheld by the voters last month. Plunges 30 Feet With Wheelbarrow Wilkes-Barre, Doc. 2.—As he was running a wheelbarrow loaded with con crete over the scaffolding at the top of the second floor of the now Nanti coke High school building yesterday, Pasquale Deserte, aged 35 years, ran the .barroW into a snag and "it pitched over the side, carrying Deserte along. Deserte and the barrow fell fifty feet amd 'he sustained a bad scalp wound and several broken bones, besides in ternal injuries which may cause his death. Oregon Abolished Death Penalty Salem, Oro., Dec. 2. —Official returns from the recent election yesterday showed that, the amendment to abolish capital punishment in Oregon was car ried by a majority of 157. The affirm ative vote was 160,552 and the nega tive 100,395. Lebanon Jury Wheel Filled Lebanon, Dec. 2.—Judge 0. V. Hen ry and Jury Commissioners Adolphus F. Lohse and William Miller, with their clerk, W. L. Brunner, deputy sheriff, yesterday filled the jury wheel for next year. Six hundred and fifty names were placed in the wheel. Entertainment to Boost Playgrounds Lebanon, Dec. 2.—The Lebanon Ath letic Association will give an entertain ment in the Academy of Music on Sat urday afternoon and evening for the purpose of raising some part of a fund necessary for the prnper equipment of the children's playground which will be opened to the children of the city in the spring of 4915. Size of an Atom "Radium emanations," said Profes sor William Crookes in a lecture in Lon don, '' are due to the breaking down of th« atom of radium, and electricians are constantly flying off with about two-thirds the speed of light (182,000 miles per second). These electrons are now looked upon as being absolute units of negative electricity. To try to illustrate their size is difficult. Im agine on e drop of water magni<fle<l to the size of the earth (8,000 miles in di ameter). An atom would then be about the size of a walnut or a cricket ball. Now magnify the cricket ball or atom to a cube of about 100 feet each side. 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Included in his report was the killing of Patrick Rigney, on a trolley bridge, and tJhat of Stiney' Porcilaitis, who lost his life in the rec'ent Girardville fire. Out-of-town customers need not wait until they come here personally. Our Catalog (free on request) explains why. Price printed on every article. We buy from manufacturers and, can save you the middle-man's profit. H. C. Claster, s. Gems, Jewels, Silverware, 302 Market Street. Adv. Child Palls and Scalds to Death Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 2.—Bertha Dianski, aged 2 years, daughter o£ John Dianski, of Glen Lyon, fell into a bub of scalding water thait her moth er had placed on the floor yesterday, and was so badly scalded that there is no hope of the child's recovery. Mrs. Dianski had left the house to hang clothes on the line and when she re turned the baby was in the water. Tried to Stop Belt, Nearly Killed Nazareth, Dec. 2. —Trying to stop a moving belt, as a test of his strength almost proved fatal at the Fiery flour •mill to Paul Yotter. The young man boasted of his strength to companions ■and grabbed hold of a belt attached to a line shaft. The next instant he was flying through the afr. An arm was broken. fviyJs'C \\ \>\ fla y or * The P ul P was dry t r*"" stringy and the juice—well, there / «j/J / :.; ! ;' 1 wasn t much of it but what there was you found jy ( KC I to be flat and sour. Not much pleasure in eating * « 1 I ? ran^ es that! The fruit was insipid and taste (V \ "P, J less because it didn't ripen on the trees. V / Again you have eaten the other kind of Florida oranges— \ Ys. " 7 '- / thin-skinned fruit filled with sweet, delightful juice. These \ "?*<■< / oranges tasted so good— um! How you smacked vour \ te at ?u Clr deUghtfu l flavor! They were so fine, simply \ / because the growers had left them on the trees until fully ripe \ / miners of the fruit, progressive th ° Se of the con ' \ I co-operative organization. The members Are nl#><Wri t u r° r, da some years ago formed a \ / handled with extreme care tP V*® fruit * that *»* been \ J for market—it never isSuchSby hu^h^dl' T pare *2* fruit 1 I This mark in JWB M MWBL A and wrappers Jj Z""hu/, I ■ HHH VHP | \i. the Pan™ Brown—named alter L «Sd old SLffct '3 "??• Th \«"»'s r P»« °< tie / \ preacher who had a fine orange crove Th«* Ct Produced by members of the Florida m \ Parson Brown oranges ma3n KbrrTnH £"" Exchan 6.<\ When you buy Parson / \ November, and often \S£ S, gCa that <*"* the Ex- / \ inside before tluy have become altogether tmeTnlmt SUre .! hey are / 2ss " u / /^ > / \ Bo ? k,rt •* citn » *™t recipes, telling how te use and I WTe ' m,i ** ' our centl " *timpi by jpj|ppp ft jji I f 11l HUNTERS ABE KTT.T.F.D Reports Compiled for Hunting Season Just Ended Chicago, Dec. 2.—On© hundred and eleven dead and 162 injured is tlhe 'hunting toll in 17 States for the sea son just ended, as comparer! with 135 dead and 125 injured a year ago, ac cording to reports received Ihere. Last year's statistics came from, twenty-one States. Accidental discharges of guns claim ed 35 victims, 24 men were shot for dragged guns accounted for 12, and tlhe remainder sli'fiped and fell, were cleaning guns or were drowmed, eight meeting death toy drowning. CHRISTMAS TREES 0 CENTS Farmer Gets That Sum While Ultimate Consumer Pays 50c Rutland, Vt., Dec. 2.—Shipment of 1,000,000 Christmas 'trees from .this State to city markets j n other parts of the country has 'begun. Within the past two or three days several carloads of evergreens hatfe been started on their way. The farmer has received six or seven cents a tree from shippers this year. In the retail markets the trees may bring fifty cents ami upwards. New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and 'Bal timore are the chief cities to which trees are shipped from Vermont. Two Entombed Miners Rescued Hazleton, Dec. 2.—William Judge and Joseph Jat&de, McAdoo miners, employed in the Beaver Brook slope of the C. M. Dodson Coal Company, were rescued alive after having been buried by a fall of coal, and are con valescing in the Ilazleton State hos pital. ACCUSES MAN OF ATTACK Woman of 80 Points Out Alleged As sallant In Court Williamaport, Pa., Dec. 2.—"That's the man," exclaimed 'Mrs. Christiana 'Le'hman, 82 years old, as she pointed to Christ Schilling, who was arraigned in •court yesterday on a charge of attack ing t'he aged woman in her home near Hepbumville, where she lived alone. While telling her story on the witness stand the aged woman Collapsed and •had 'bo 'be carried from tlhe room. Schilling denies his guilt and wit nesses were called to establish an alibi. AUTO DEALS DEATH TO DODGER Confusion Leads Him to Step Directly in Its Way Potfcsville, Pa., Dec. 2.—While driv. iiig his automobile near Sit. 'Clair, Jef ferson Crow, a prominent 'contractor, struck 'Charles Pavela, who ibecame 'be wildered and stepped rigiht in the way of the machine. Pavela sustained a five inch ga-Sh in the right temple and many lacerations, 'besides internal 'hurts. He died at the local 'hospital. Wit nesses exonerate Crow from blame. Fined for Taking Coal Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 2.—Nineteen persons, all but one of whom were wom en, each paid a fine of $lO and $3.50 costs for the alleged taking of coal aiti the plant of the Eastern Steel Company here. It is alleged that, t'hey had about forty tons stored in their cellars. Train Kills Brakeman York, Pa., .Dec. 2.—Henry M. Wil liams, Baltimore, a freight brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, was instant ly killed in the local yards here yester day 'by 'being struck by a special train. There were no witnesses to the acci dent.
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