2 Gift Suggestions Walk through this big store — and you'll pot a thousand suggestions of Sensible Gifts—all within the purse's reach. And it' it's not eonveuient to pay all cash YOU can settle in weekly or monthly pay ments. Send Your Compliments With a Leather Chair TURKISH ROCKER ja \ f ■» —imitation leather. f*♦ ' & 510.95 ROCKER - heighth of baek, \ljgr — ifms;r: y sw.oo JI f ARMCHAIR - Wing g BF —w y i[ ROCKER genuine \J \| brown Turkish leather. V ST 532.00 ARMCHAlß— genuine Spanish leather, ,>e value. Bring poo. this coupon. A PIECE OF BEDROOM FURNITURE WILL BE APPRECIATED TOILET TABLE —solid — — oak. bevel Freneh CH AA plate mirror *I«Uv || fflj| PRINCESS DRESSER— all $ jSjlAla large mirror, swell front. «|j ;tj( ■> GL oak™!.r. nm : d . $19.00 j| ,v/| DRESSER Bird s - eye fflli !tfj maple, oblong CI? AH ruW Ak) mii Tor v-»*vv PRINCESS DRESSER— ,==^ finished dull mahogany, Co lonial design, good tl iAA fSbe^T 1 " M | workmanship V-4.UV | BED four poster desism. \* 1 \ @ sr w* | BURNS S CO. 28=30-32 South Second Street Gets SM.'Hmi for Husband Selmsgrov*. Pa.. IM'. Is.—A Sny- I der' county jury Sato W«ht9d.ir night returned a verdict of $3,000 in favor of Mr*. Joau Haine-. .Selinsgrove. wno | sued M. L. Krearer, a weaiabv citizen i of for damages for s.-•oo;- Bg her husband while Kreger was bunt i *g last fail. INITIAL TUMBLER OFFER ' ■►COUPON^ f" f I'Tj ' rbis coupon and 48 cents, entitles the bearer to » ! , /£MI One=Half Dozen Fancy Sterling |V|ii| Silver Initial Tumblers II ' I}l (||!nfj Coupon most be presented at the office of |l J Itill THE STAR-INDEPENDENT fjii >' " ' til'J 18*20-22 South Third St., Harrishurg, Pa. If wanted by mail, lo cents extra. if Deputy Collector Named Lan.-arter. Dec. 18.—Revenue Collec tor Pred C. Kirkenda!!. Ninth district, yesterday announced the appointment 1 Jon P. Norton, of Chambersbarg. : «o be deputy .-©Hector for Pnlton. Com - • beriand and Franklin counties, to sue ceed J. C. Oroome, erf Carlisle, a Re publican. resigned. liARRISBrRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, Kill DAY EVENING. DECEMBER 18. 1914. "OLD SNOW FACE" A. CHRISTMAS FATRY BTOKT, BY ADLYX M. KEFFEB Onec UpM a time there lived ■ named Ogutondoldo. but because ot' his Long white beard be was called Snow Faee. He *«• not • wicked pant. as most giants are, but »ti kind and geu tie and wiser than auy one else. He Ined in a great polace at rtw t«»p of the world and wheu people wanted ad viee they would seok Old Suow Face, tell him their troubles and, after taking council with him. would come away wiser and better men and women. One night Did Snow Face sat smok ing his pipe before the big fire place. A puff of wind biew down the chimney auu scattered the wood ashes about tfce i;rate. Old Snow Face looked annoyed at first, but when a fairv form came out of the sparks the old man miled aiul extended fcis bands in greeting. "Welcome, little granddaughter," he »aid. "Oome and sit upon my knee and teU me wha; brings thee hither on such a wild night!" "JVar Orandfuther," she answered sweetly, "the Fairy my moth er, sent me hither with six compan ions. You know. .tear Grandfather. 'tis Christmas Kve. and the children of the earth will be eager for their gifts to-morrow. So make baste and tell us what we can do.'' '•But where are the gifts aad who and where are your companions?" ••They wait without," the little FV&irv answered, "and are eager to start upon the misuons of their mia tress." Old Snow Face clapped his hands and a servant answered his call. He bade him open the door and as he did so six maidens entered, all as beautiful as the rainbow, and bowed low before their master. The Fairies were always clad of a chance to visit Old Snow Face, for he was kind and good and told them wonderful stories of his childhood aud lus visits to the earth people; but morning was drawing near and there was a great deal to be done, so he patted each lovely head gently and said: "Mv ehildreu, it is almost Christmas morning. There is a great work to be done, and yon are to do it. You are to carry the gifts to the earth people. Your (>ueer has made a wise selection aud is sending to earth six of her most precious gifts. Be careful in your dis tribution. Leave rot too mueh here nor too little there! Be fair and just and when you return, she who has done her work the best shall receive for a re ward anything she desires!" And, leaning in his great golden chair, he called each in turn. "What takest thou to man?" he asked of the first. '' I take beauty," answered the lovely creature. "To the men I take strength and beauty of form: to the women beauty of face and figure." Then the second maiden stepped for ward and to the question put by Old Snow Faee she said: "I take riches. Gold and silver I shall sbowet among men so that they shall want for nothing that money can buy.'' ••And thou?" asked Old Snow Face, smiling at the third fairy. She came timidly forward and an swered with a glowing face: ''l take love —love to meu and maidens. Think thee that 1 shall be welcome?" Old Snow Fate smiled at her kindly and answered: '•lt is for thee to discover how much the earth needs Love." At that the fourth maiden stepped forward—a radiant creatnre with gold en bar and *" arkling eyes. '•Aud, thou little one. what takest thou to man?" •'I take happiness,' she reptied. "To rich and poor, young and old, I take that whi h ought to be in every house hold." "You will do well to visit every household,'' »aid Old Sucw Faee gravely and, turning to the noxt maid en, he saw that she entwined her arms lovingly about her companion. '•May we not go together, oh Mas ter? My sister is timid and wishes my support. We take Peaee and Good Will to earth." "Surely sureiy. you may 20 togeth er.'" Ui Snow Face gently. Take care vou do not lose Good Will." So the six lovely fairies departed to take their Christmas sifts to man. Old Snow Face aud his granddaughter stood at the window and watched their descent to earth. "I wonder who will claim the re ward," said the little fairv, her eyes bright with eagerness .jid expectation; but Old Snow Face was busy watching the Christmas messengers. '' Beautv enters first." he ex- claimed. "Oh, how ;;la L are the maid ens for her coming. And the youths, see how thev rejoice in their strength and beautv of form!" •"But look. Grandfather; see how distressed yonder maiden looks! She is nor pleased. She thinks her sii-alm fefl upon the earth. The lore fairy turned away with tears of gladness in her lonely eyes, but no sooner had she started on her home ward journey than she felt all was not well.' She looked back and saw ber gift being trampled upon by some and torn from the breasts of others, and what she had intended as a good and IvMutifnl cift had turned to fierce and raging taasion. Old Snow Face looked troubled. AH wa« not going well; but soon his eyes brightened, for Happiness had come dancing be' way into the lives of men. They forgot the other gifts and took Happiness to tbeir boeom. Nothing else seemed to count as they held 'hap piness in their arms. Old Snow Face smiled gravely as he turned to his little granddaughter. "See, little one. The last gifts to men are entering the earth. Peace and Good Will are at the door." And. just as he bad said. Peace and Hood Will stood hand in hand waiting to add their gifts to the others. Men looked in wonder at the two beautiful strangers and then held out their hands in greeting. Beauty, Riches, n ATLANTA. 2H tm. U* WHITBY. IHhkS mtm 'fc* lß *-* o»h«.>»*»>,an^— Ijove aud Ha.;H , iness were forgotten nnj the land there was great ro joii'ing. Old Snow Faee went t>aok to his golden chair an«l took his little grand dnaghter u;>an hu k»«>e. They wailed in ailence for a short time and then! the door opened and the fairy messen gers trooped in. There were Boatity, Kiehos. Ui>ee aud Happiness. ' Bot where are your companions?" asked the old giant. They looked at ea 'h other for answer, +«at no one eoold I explain. Old Snow went to the window and looked out. A smile spread over h's hind old face and. pointing to- j ward the earth, he said: ••You have all done your best and I brought some joy into the lives of men, but they who have the right to claim the reward are not returning. They remain, B*eaee and Good Will among men.'' COFFEE CLASSED AS FOOD Man Who Sold Liquid Containing Chicory Found Guilty Reading. Pa., Dee. 18. —Coffee is to bp classed as food and uot as a drink, according to the verdict of a jury in | court here yesterday, in a prosecution brought for alleged violation of the State pure food laws. Jacob Kinhoru, a local restaurant ! wan. who was found guilty, sold liquid coffee by the cup mixed witb chicory, and this was regarded as an adultera tion, the question hinging on whether ! the pure food law applied only when chicory is mixed with ground coffee and sold. This was the second trial of the case. At the first trial, Judge Kndlich di rected a verdict of guilty and immedi ately granted a rule for this retrial in order that he might render an opinion. GIRL CARRIES MAIL Miss Etta Kirkland Takea Father's Place on Rough Route Pittsburgh, Dec. 18.—When her father, W. F. Kirkland, a rural mail carrier between Natrona and BirdviHe, fell sick. Miss Etta Kirkland. young i and pretty, took up his duties and, de- j spite several inches of snow and zero j weather, is now delivering the daily j mail on the route, which is considered ] the roughest in the State. Mr. Kirkiand has carried the mail between the two towns for years. On 1 the route liv> large number* of for-! eigners of all nationalities and reputa tions. The courageous young woman stated yesterday that she had no trouble and , that she likes her job. Boy Killed While Coasting Portsville, Pa., Dec. IS.—William Johns. 11 years okl, was killed while coasting at St. <*lavr. yesterday, when, in coming down a steep 'hill, he collided witii an automobile, driven by Hay Bradley, Johns' skull was fractured. Marion Walker, a Pottsville girl, is suf -1 feriug iroju concussiou of the brain, aud is in a serious condition as the re sult of a voUUiou while coasting. Must Hear Woman's Case Xorristown. Pa., Dec. 18.—.Judge Swart* yesterday refused to throw out of court a claim for damages made by , Mrs. Kate Kritide against the super visor* of Worcester township for the loss of her barn, near Centre Point, | wiiieh was set on fire by a spark from the township road engine, which had been left near her property on the building of a State road. Boy's Hand Worth 52,43i> Warren, Pa.. Pec. IS. —A Warren j county iury has fixed the value of the right hand of William Traub. of this place, 14 years old. at $2,430, The i ease was that of Mrs. Anna Traub and son, wao sued the Warren Times Pub lishing Company to re--over $ 14,000 ■ damages for injuries sustained by the t>oy which necessitated toe amputation of his right hand. Siso.ooo Plant Planned X j Reading. Pa.. De.\ 18.—It was an nonn.-ed that t'he Atlantic Retiuing Com ' p»ny is planning the erection of a new i plant to cost $150,000. in West Read i int. when the m*;ter of widening River I rond iu t hat borough was discussed hy i its Boroi*gh i'ouacil Wednesday night. I TheOin^inal / EXTRA Jr JL J^^wganr Oar Trade Mark f Is i j R«irl«(rrfd la the t. Patfat Office aa %•. SUM HAS PROMOTE!) Health for Three Gen -1 erations and in the neck of every bottle i> a SUvv Silwered Kon-Refiliab'e Divici permitting an absolutely free flow without in any { way adacting the color or purity of the contents. butltfii Übl> la Fall Hoarta Patterson & Coane PUILADtLPHM GIGANTIC SUIT AND COAT SALE 600 Mid-Winter Suits and Coats Will BeOn # i P Sale To-morrow in One Sensational Lot, )I h Never Offered for Less Than S2O to $25. | This is your chance. Every woman and tuiag thinking of new doling should mako. sure to inspect these values. Don't wait until after Christinas, hut get it now «t after-Christmas prices. Certainly there hasu't been such an opportunity this season and it's not likely there will be soon again. Coat Materials (None Sent on Sllit Materials Seal Plush—Salt* Arabian Approval or Broadcloths Poplins fco H 4h dU 1 ElChanK6d 1 Weaves- Diagonals Broadcloths Wool Velours ( Many Are Fur \ Fine Serges—Bedford Cords— and Imported Mixtures. ] Trimmed I Gabardines and Cheviots. Women's & Misses' SIStoQG Women's & Misses' $76.50 tfl QC f $16.50 Chinchilla Coats,**'™} (to $lB Coat Suits; Choice, All are splendid warm coats ot" line chinchilla— Thorp ari> perhaps :t 5 in the lot, all ol' which arc just the thing for hard wear. The styles are not new winter suits front our regular stock. Tliev are the latest but the materials more than make up fur broken lines grouped tor quick selling. Broadcloths, it. There are ouljr 15 coats in the lot so come Gabardines and I'oplius; all sizes but not of each early. style. Special Holiday Sale of Furs For the Family Pretty New Fur Fashions at Big Savings $22.50 amine C AA S4O Lustrous Blaok ft fWhiMiH W9.WK PUP SETS f Selected extra quality skins. Of finest. XX selected akins, beautiful natural red or lustrous CAD B P IVQ IITTIC beautifully matched. animal gray; full silk lined. » *ll fflßlf LI I I It ueckpiecos, smart muffs. films —_ - tflll 1)8 Flt®fc SttS it • • here the prettiest and largest as f sill) W#lf Ssts it • • Stunning combination sets. sortment in town. Imt. Knriinc. Gorgeous colorings dyed to im . . ... - ~ Blue, Brown, White and Natural iiato Hod Black ami Natural trimmed with finest quality t.er foney Colored and White Mufa aod othor handsome man Fitch, silk lined. lon including about 100 novelty furs. jets. Special Values in Separate A O A _ C' ► Sets of all descriptions In large, I Muffs and Neck Pieces at T|| I medium and small sizes at $1.98 to sls vUV iU VIW $ 5 to $35 New Arrivals in Children's Coats \ CTDir'U'C Shown for First Time Saturday. J. MmMV/JrE 3 OIL PROGNOSTICATIONS Wildeatting in Missouri Discussed by U. S. Geological Survey Washington, D. C., Dec. 18.—The al most insartitible demand for gasoline and other petroleum products seems to increase as fast as new oil pools cau be discovered. Even the present slump in the oil industry of this country on account of the European war has failed wholly to check the skirmish line of the wildcatters. One of the regions of late invasion is Northwestern Missouri. Advancing from the t>ig pools of Okla homa northeastward weross Southeast ern Kansas, wihere pools of modest production were found Loug ago, the wildcatter is now testing the ground in Missouri in the region of Leavenworth, Kan. i Heretofore the few tests made in I Northwestern Missouri have not met [ with very good results. Now, in order Ito reduce the number of failures as far as possible, the drillers have asked , the advice of the Missouri Bureau of [■Geology and Mines and the United ! States Geological Survey, which uot [ long ago completed a joint examination 'of the region. In rw»j>onse the geologists have pre j j«ired an advance statement to the ef- I feet that conditions specially favorable I for the occurrence of a strong pool 'have not been found in the Leaven worth and Bmithville region, though the j geologic structure at several points 1 which they mention is considerably i better than at others. According to | their statement, there would appear to 1 be a fighting chance of finding oil or gas in small quantities in this region, though, far from finding another great Glenn pool, the driller must not be surprised if he gets nothing more thau a showing of oil and gas. FARMER APHASIA VICTIM Slaughters Steer While Injured, but Remembers Nothing About It Kaston, Pa.. Dec. 18.—Peter Stofllet, I a farmer, living between Nazareth and i this place, was the victim otf an odd ■ >ase of ayhasia. Stofflet wetrt into the I barn to take a steer to the slaughtering ! house and in doing so fell on his head, I inflicting a severe gash. Notwithstand ing his injury, Stotflet took the steer out, killed it and dressed the carcass. Then he became unconscious and was found in that plight. Doctors succeeded in restoring him i to consciousness, but Stofflet cannot re member killing the animal or dressing its carcass. f ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drop in Price of Meat (Maurh Chunk, Pa.. Dec. 18.— Meat prices have taken a drop at Mauch tTnink and other places this week, pork alone having come down five cents per pound. The drop in beef was not so pronounced, but wholesalers admit that sales have fallen off to such an extent, that the reduction has I>ecn made to unload much of the supply now in storage. Aa Improved Qulalnf The happy combination of laxatives in LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE makes the Quinine in this form have a far bet ter effect than the ordinary Quinine, and tt does not affect the head. Re member the full name and look for sig nature of E. W. GROVE on box. Price 25c. Fall of Coal Kills Miner Hazleton, Dee. 18. —George Seam on, of Hazleton, while mining coal at the Coal Company plant at •Harleigh. was killed by a f»il of roof coal. ' Useful Gifts HOT WATEE BOTTLES FOUNTAIN BYRINGES RUBBER GLOVES AT Golden Seal Drug Store, 118. Market Square. 1 S OCIAL and GIFTS FOR BRIDE-ELECT Shower Given For Miss Helen Z. King | By Her Mother Mre. Carrie E. King gave a surprise j miscellaneous shower at her home, 54 7 Seneca street, last evening eonupiiinen tary to her daughter, Miss Helen Z. King, whose marriage to Dr. Howard E. G easier will be an event of the holi day season. The bride-sHeet was the recipient of many beautiful gifts of cut glass, silver, china and linen. Thowe present were Miss Elizabeth Gooisler, M«»s Hazel Webb, Miss dara Heck, Missj Anno Both, Miss Elizabeth Guv, Missj Harriet Mo Morris, Miss IAIVV Burns, j Miss Marie Costello, Miss Virginia 1 Costello. Miss Delia Costello, Miss j Catherine Kiwg, Mrs. Clarence M«-| WOULD cosnio.ooo.ooo Proposed Workingmen's Compensation Bill Is Probed by Experts Be fore Industrial Commission Members of the State Industrial Ac cidents Commission, who held their final hearing on the proposed Work men's Compensation bill, at the capital late yesterday, were informed by C. S. Bunting, a Philadelphia insurance ex j>ert, that the cost of operating work men's compensation in Pennsylvania for a vear would approximate $lO,- 000,000. Mr. Bunting based this calculation upon the experience of New York, ll.e figured there would be about 28,000 plants of various kinds covered and that the total of the claims and ad ministration cost under the proposed plan would require that outlay yearly. He also suggested that the State tax upon insurance under the compensation act should be set aside in a reserve fund instead of going into the genera! revenue of the Commonwealth. This tax will amount to about SIOO,OOO a year. James H. Maurer, president of the State Federation of Ijabor, said that he thought all workmen would eloct to go under the compensation act; but he asserted that no farmers or domes tic servants had asked the federation to lend its efforts toward being in cluded in the law. Mr. Maurer objected to the medical examination feature and said it was not needed. In closing he ! said that the accident prevention move ment had grown by leaps and bounds and that manufacturers were as eager [to work out "safety first" ideas as workmen. Conditions are improving so rapidly, he held, that "workmen's com pensation need not scare anybody." Other speakers included W. H. Hotchkiss. former Insurance Commis sioner of New York, who gave some de tails of the difficulties into which Weet Virginia had gotten with the insurance of its compensation; Newell Bradley, Philadelphia, who urged physical ex amination, and Francis Howie and J. W. Henderson. Philadelphia, who dis cussed the proposition of having con suls look after the interests of de pendents of aliens who live abroad. 0! MK. BEAR MAILS MAX Animal, in Trap, Bites Piece Out of Abraham Parsing's Face Kane, Pa., Dec. IS.—Abraham Per sing, of Oil City, had a narrow escape from death as the result of an encounter with a large black bear near Chapel Fori, eleven miles south of this city. Persing was walking through the woods with his dog when he discovered a bear with its front feet caught in a trap. The animal nttacked Persing, wbo plunged his knife into the bear five times. Tten the bear succeeded in get ting Persing's face in liia jaws, at the Caslin, Mrs. George King, Mrs. Susan Coble and Mrs. Cairrie King. Birth Announcements Mr. aaid Mrs. ,1 amps Hay Javkson, of Indianapolis, Ind., announce the birth oif a daughter, Gra.ce Jackson, •Sunday, December 13. Mr. and Mirs. Ro>b«rt W. Miller, of [Aicknow, announce the birtfh of a daughter, Marjorie Helen, Friday, De cember It. Mrs. Miller was Miss Mar jorie Ross, of Reading, prior to her marriage. Webb-Henderson Wedding Wrightsviille, Dec. 18. —Miss Helen E. Henderson, of this plaice, and Harry M. Weiblb, of York, were nvarried yes terday at the parsonage of tin* Ridge Avenue Methodist Eipiscopal e'hurvh, bv the Rev. Allen C. SShue. They were unattended. same time throwing his paw around Persing s neck. When the bear closed his paws on tfhe left side of Persing's face the man gave a desperate thrust with his knife and pulled away. The flesh was torn from his face, and he had sustained a bad scalp wound. In apito of his iujuries. Persing was able to return to his camp, where thirty stitches were taken in the wounds l.\- a physician. Persing later found the bear dead. Mills of Steel Company Resume liobanon, Dec. 18.—'Work has been resumed in the eight, ten and sixteen inch mills and the puddle mill of the Lebanon Valley Iron and .Steel Com pany at Hebron, near this city, arfter the four plants had been closed down since last Friday. The new order also affects several hundred men. Some of the mills of the American Iron and •Steel (Manufacturing Company, this city, are also being operated on dou ble time. ECZEMA COVERED TOP OF HEAD Disfigured for Time Being. Itching and Burning. Disturbed Rest. Eruption Took Hair Off. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Healed. Atlantic. Pa.---"The eczema broke ou» on my little girl's head when but a baby three or four weeks old. It looked at Unit y/ just like a rash of red pimples. It was that (jf' jrA \ way for a day or two tm* *l\\ then the pimples burst -V open and formed a i light colored scab that covered her head. I pHlts got medicine and ap- I'Xi fi plied It as directed w3f\. wffl I aml i( * ot worse until It covered over the top of her head It child for the time l>elng. It was HO itchy and burning It disturbed her rest at night. The eruption took her hair off her head and It looked like a piece of raw meat. "She had (he eczema probably four or five weeks wben my mother recommended Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I sent and got a rake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment, applied the Ointment and used the Soap when I washed her head, and in three weeks the cure was complet* and her hair now ia beautiful." (.Signed) Mrs. Howard Dygert, Jan. 1, 1914. Samples Fr.ee by Mail Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much for poor complexions, red. rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, and coet so little, that ft is almost criminal not to use them. Sold by dealer* throughout the world. Lttv eral sample of each mailed free, with ,12-p. book on the skia and scalp. Address post card "Cuticura. L>«pt. T, Boston."