TRUMAN H NEWBERRY
ARsistant Secretary of the Navy)
work, as the assistant secretary
in immediate contact with the
of the navy department
“Mr. Darling has served under four
it long, Moody, Morton
Bonaparte. He served a great
} of his term as acting secretary
the navy and while at the head of
department successfully handled a
reat many delicate questions. Being
| MMwyer a great many matters were
0 Mr. Darling which bad
before pertained to the duties of
Mr. Darling was acting secretary of
iL BAYY at the time of the revolt of
be Panamans against the Colombian
government, when, after conferences
th the president and the late Sec
Hay, he ordered the erulser
= on to Panama. Mr. Darling will
"30 fo bis home in Vermont to rest
before entering his new office.
'S OLDEST VEHICLE
Muxiean Carreta Buppesed to
Over 900 Years 0ld—On Ex-
in the chamber of oom:
_imerce, Los Angeles. It is supposed
to be more than 200 years old aad
; ts the earliest primitive eof-
rts of the untutored Pueblo Indians
“This ancient ox-eart was first discov-
| In 1878, in the possession of San
a Pueblo Indian, who resided
the village of Tesuque, nine miles
Sabla Fe, the capital of New
tien. Alfonso, then 85 years old,
been converted te Christianity
sufficient Intelligence to as
Bt In tracing the history of the ve
It was In the possession of his
BO a hundred years The
‘workmanship is crude and not a plece
M Iron is used in its make-up: but as
.gonstrueted it Is strong and shows con-
rable ingenuity. The body of the
a Is composed of ecttonwood, and
AT CARRETA
QQ ped by Untutored
ne)
*« in length is a
Bi mesquite A cross sec-
PUT sycamore was used in making
hee and even now they are
} strong that a great weight could be
iained In a haul over smooth roads
The long tongue extends beyond the
axle and helps to form a support for
@ wagon-bed. Ozen were hitched to
topgue by means of rawhide
£ Thousands view the carreta
iy, and, no doubt, think it a
afer, though slower, means of travel
than the 60-mile-an-bour automobile.
New Theory of Gravity.
Gravitation fs explained by the new
pry of W. A. Nippoldt as due to the
pu of matier having the temuity
assigned to the ether All
Fis In motion, and the smaller
RSsTegalian the Staster 1s the maz.
um ve y. Open space contains
minute particles in rapid mo-
“all directions. The particles
i enough tc pass between the
of ordinary bodies, and ney
or reflected in proportion
‘mass of the body bombarded.
#8 In space shield each other
side, being thus apparently at.
ied
The greatest beneficiary of the canal
will be the people of the United States,
80 that the Panama canal will bb es-
sentially an American canal except
that until our navigation laws are
either Increased or decreased (be
nations, writes Willlam Barclay Par.
sons, in Century. From north Euro-
pean ports to India China and Japan
the distance by either Sues or Panama
will be substantially the same; and
therefore vessels will probably con-
tinue to use the established trade
joute, except In the case of very large
ships that cannot pass over the re
stricted depth of the Suez canal which
I!mits them to a draft of 28 feet. From
Great Britain and Germany to Australia
and New Zealand there will be a saving
in distance of about 1500 miles over
Suez—sufficient, probably, to be a de-
termining factor For American trade
the shortening will be all-important
From New York to Manila the dif-
ference is small; but to Yokohama it
amounts to 3,729 nautical miles; to
Shanghai, 1,629 miles; and, as against
the route via the Straits of Magellan,
to Callao. 6343 miles; and to San
Francisco, 7.640 miles. It will bring
the grain fields of the northwestern Pa-
cific states 6000 miles nearer Liver-
pool, and It will bring the iron and
coal of the gulf states shipped from
New Orleans and Pensacola 9.500 miles
uearer San Francisco, giving to the
former a new great market pot now
cpen, and to the latter a cheap supply
ol raw materials of manufacturing. In
the past the great bulk of our foreign
tirade bas been with Europe. Great
as Is the trans-Atlantic trade, the
trans- Pacific presents greater possibil-
ities. On the far shores of this ocean
there are 400,000 000 persons eager to do
business and rapidly awakening to an
appreciation of the benefits of foreign
commerce. Of these people 8 000000,
or as many as the population of all the
20 states west of the Mississippl and
Missouri rivers, excepting Kansas Mis.
souri and Texas are If not American
citizens, at least under American pro-
tection and control. The value of an-
nual imports and exports to and from
the far east from the port of New York
alone amounts to almost §200,000,000,
and it ls capable of being much de-
veloped by improved facilities The
Panama canal will be second only
to the transcontinental rallways in
developing American trade, both In-
ternal and foreign. It has been an-
pounced that the American govern-
ment is to give all nations equal
terms and equal rights and to levy
toll without regard to commercial
profit. Such a course In bringing
nearer the ends of the earth and draw-
ing closer the peoples thereof, is the
greatest promise of universal peace, and
a long step toward the time when dis-
putes between nations, like those be-
tween individuals, will be adjusted
without oy appeal to arms
Women in Banking.
On a capital stock of $5,000 the Bank
of Joplin, in Missouri, reports $250,000
in surplus funds, deposits, $476579,;
interest and exchange, $5311 The
tank's cashier, assistant cashier and
three bookkeepers are women In
the state of lows, states the New York
World, are at present 14 women bank
cashiers and 15 women assistant cash-
lors Two-thirds of these officials
started as bookkeepers. No lowa bank
directed by a woman has ever [alled,
end no woman placed In a bank posi
twn of trust has proved unfaithful
And this Io a state which has seen 36
tank fallures in five years, leading
te six suicides apd six convictions in
the crimipal courts It has been sald
that io the small things of life—par-
ticularly lo trifling social emergencies
—wotnhen are more readily dishonest
than men Bo far as the evidence of
two states goes, the ratio of reliability
in large fAduciary affairs seems 0 turn
the other way The returns from
lowa and Missouri should pot be lost
upon depositors and policy holders
elsewhere. It may be necessary to de
mand for the commegy good that bank-
ing and !nsurance affairs in general
shall pass to the control of the safer
sox
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, chief op-
ponent of President Palma and now
ing taken up his residence In this
country, is a short, rather stout,
swarthy man with a quiet face and
contemplative eye
the United States he was governor
of Santa Clare province
that annexation to this country would
be preferable to the Palma dynasly
Gen. Gomes Is a soldier with an en
Cuban by birth and possessed of a
long heritage of enmity toward Spain
was sitting io a poker game dropped
dead upon discovering that he held a
royal flush. Some men are so unlucky
that they cant win no matter what
cards they hold
The vesirymen of oid Trinity
church, on Broadway opposite Wall
street, New York, recently refused
$3,000,000 for the site, which was want-
The city of Pertamoulh is the only one
| in New England, it is believed, that stil
: inaintains a liberty pole
At that place, once known as Swing
Bridge. on January 9, 1766, the first “no-
stamp” flag was raised In what ls now
the United States
Io 1731 the town gave certain persons
permission to build across the mouth
of the cove, which in later years was
known as Puddle dock, a bridge which
it was specified should be provided with
a holst or draw to aliow the passage
of vessels into and out of the cove
Judging by the name given to the
bridge, the draw must have been putin
to swing sideways. There ls no record,
#0 far as known. as to when Swing
bridge ceased to be a drawbridge.
Swing bridge came into prominence
on January 9 1766, and on that date the
pame was changed to Liberty ULridge.
On that day a large pumber of the
people of the town headed by Capt
Thomas Manning, John Davenport,
George Gains and others went to the
pouse of George Meserve on Vaughan
street, and demanded his commisison as
stamp agent for New Hampshire, just |
received by him from England.
Mr. Meserve, who had some Ume pre-
viously declined to accept the position,
gave up the document, which was borne |
aloft on the point of a sword at the head |
of a procession of townspeople to Swing
bridge
Accounts as to what was done there |
with the document differ. one being that |
ft was burned amid tumultuous rejole- |
EAGLE AND CAF, AND SHIELD OF
LIBERTY POLE AT PORTSMOUTH
ing and deflant shouts, another story
being that it was torn to fragments and
the pleces cast on the surface of the
Piscataqua river at ebb tide, so that
they might be carried tw Lhe ocean and
wafted across to England to let the king
gee bow the people of Portsmouth
regarded his scheme for taxing the colo-
nies
Another and later account of the dis-
position made of the document Is that
the leaders oo this occasion, after ma
ture deliberation, decided that their ac~
tion would be more lmpressive on the
crown. if. instead of destroying it, they
should return it to the power that is-
sued it. which later was done, through
the mediumship of a shipmaster who
was sworn as a special messenger to
George
In the procession to the bridge was
carried a flag bearing the motto, “Lib-
erty, Property and No Stamp.”
After a lofty liberty pole bad been
erected near the bridge the work of but
a short time by these hardy men many
of whom were experts in the handling
of heavy spars, the flag was hoisted to
its Lop, and Swing bridge was renamed
Liberty bridge, a pame itstili retains
It bas been claimed, and never disput.
ed as far as known, that this was the
first erected of the many liberty poles
that were set up in different New Eng-
breaking out of the revolutionary war
A pew pole bearing a shield with the
motto of the first fag, “Erected July 4,
1524 in Commemoration of July 4, 1776,
that Declared Our Emancipation from
Tyranny aud Gave Us the Privileges of
Freemen,” stands on the same spot a8
the original one, having been erected
{n 1899 and formally dedicated with an
fnvocation, music and an address by
Hoo. Calvin Page, the mayor of the city.
The pole took the place of one that
was dedicated July 4, 1524, and which
though taken down and repaired as ef-
so weakened by age and decay as to be
regarded as unsafe
The original pole was removed to
make room for this one of 1824 and the
by a liberty pole since the first one
was put there by the “sons of lberty,”
| long before the revolution, seeilis am
assured fact
The subscription list for the pole of
| 1524, the repairs of 1872, the pole of 1899,
| and the flags that have at different
times been provided are in possession
of the “custodian of the flag” who,
op the day of the funeral of any sub-
gcriber to the funds, displays the flag
'at half-mast. On all holidays and
| special occasions worthy of the honor,
he files the same at the lofty masthead.
That a liberty pole has had a contin- |
| yous existence (n this town and city
| the citizens point to with pride
| p————
A Predicament.
{. A British army officer In India was
wakened one morning by feeling the
tive servant of a brother officer pull |
g at his foot. “Sahib” whispered |
the man, “sabib, whit am | to do?
| My master told me (0 wake him at
“Eve” sald Adam, “this tastes
clously like a cold storage egg.”
“If that isn't just like a man!” In
dignantly exclaimed his fair spouse
“That is the first egg laid by the firs!
lcackling over IL”
From which it will be seen that Eve
took no stock in the evolutionary the
ry of creation now so generally ao
cepted. —Chicago Tribune.
| His Complaint.
“1 s'pose,” growled the old farmer,
“them air autymobeels iz entitled
balf th’ road, ain't they?”
“Of course they are, Uncle Hiram"
Ireplied the village squire
} “Yaas, | spose 80,” continued the
old man, “but I don't ‘low ex the've
got enny right t' take their half out
juy the middle, by grass'”"—Chicage
Daily News
Both Were Careful
“Tommy Twaddles!"”
“What, ma?”
“What do you mean by using such
‘language? You never bear your father
talking so.”
“No. you bet I don't. And he'll never
hear me usin’ it, either, if | can help IL"
—Cleveland Leader
Hany of the West Stumped.
Henry Clay md just announced he
dent
“United States,
ance?’ we inquired
Being unable to specify his declar
ation naturally lost much of Its
weight -N_Y. Bun ~
Ignorant
Bacon—He looks intelligent
Egbert— Well, let me tell you he's
about as Ignorant as man as yoy, cap
find.
' “You surprise me. Are you sure?’
“Certainly, I'm sure. Why, he's an
insurance company director!”"—Yonk
ers Statesman
college, * or !nsur
A Bwell Affair.
day party last week,” sald Tommy
“That must have been nice’ replied
‘his teacher.
| “Yes, it was awful swell He was
comin’ dowm with the mumps, ‘and
nearly everybody caught ‘em.”—Chi
cago Record-Herald
| An Outing in the Fall
Ella—Fred and | are to have a fall
outing
Stella—You mean a falling oat, don’t
you?
Ella—Not necessarily; we are 10 be
married in October and are going oo
our wedding trip —Judge
Undoubtedly
Her—What a pity It 1s that womebd
cannot do the proposing instead of the
men
Him — What would be the result?
Her—Fewer engagements and more
marriages, 1 imagine —Chicago Dally
News
Usually.
“Papa, is a philanthrople woman a
woman who contributes to all the char
ities?”
“No. son; as a usual thing a philan
thropic woman is a woman who gets
her neighbors to contribute to all the
charities.” — Houston Post
Just Like Ma's.
Mrs Newlywed—Well, Hefry, how
do you like my ples?
Mr. Newiywed—Dearest, they are
just like the ples that my father used
to say were not like his mother used
to make! Life
Sufficient Reason.
Roomerton—Guess I'll have to give
| up boarding
Flatleigh -Golug to get married?
Roomerton—No, but my landlady
wants her money —Chicago Dally
News
The Nursery Rhyme.
Jack Spratt could eat no fat,
His wife no jean, they sa)
$0 they were wise to compromise
On predigesied hay
—loulavilie Courler-Journal
TAKING NO RISKS
She (having just sald "Yes" )—You'l
go and ask papa’s permission to-mor
jrow, won't you?
He—Oh—e¢r—ye-es-€¢s. By the way
he your father on the telephone?
An Autumn Wizard.
King Midas is no myth [I hold,
But walks the earth a wizard bold
Lastnightmy mapie 8 eaves Were grees
As any in yon viny screen;
And now —each one is turned to gold!
King Midas is no myth, I held
~Judge
Two Birds.
Vietim—Wow! Help!
Chauffeur— Hey, while you're under
there | wish you'd just Jook and see L
Ithe jigamarig is broken —N. Y. Sun.
*
Crab-Shall Barometer.
The inhabitants of southern Chill are
sald to foretell the weather by means
of a strange barometer. IL consists 0)
the cast-off shell of a crab. The dead
indicating the apgroach of a moist at
This Is not the first time that a large
sum has been offerad for the property,
but the vestrymen staddfastly turn
such prospects,
V Appropriate i
“Why did you send an anchor fos
your uncle's funeral?’ !
“As an emblem of hope—the wil
hadn't been read ye! "Life. ,
red spots, as the moisture in the alr
increases it becomes entirely red and
remains 80 throughout the rainy sea
son.
New Machine Gun.
to overflowing and our bank account correspondingly low.
offer the following uncommon inducements :
Dinner Sets
Who wouldn't enjoy their Thanksgiving or
Xmas dinner one hundred fold if served in
beautiful new china. You can buy your
turkey too with what you save at this sale.
Reg. Pr. Sale Pr.
Four 100-piece dinner sets, the
very best English Royal Semi-
Porcelain Johnson Bros. make $17 00 $12 08
Two 100-picce dinner sets, Amer-
ican China, one white with gilt
trimmings, one white with’
flower decorations. Very pret-
oration.
Two 100-piece dinner sets, Amer
ican China, blue and white. .
Special one 100-piece dinner set,
American make, green and
white. To close out stock pat.
Two 100-piece dinner sets, Amer-
ican make, blue and white,
green and white
One 112-piece dinner set, plain
white, American make. .....
One stock pattern, not a full set,
white, with pink flower decor
ation. Vary pretty. Odd pieces
closed out at most any price.
One B6-piece toa set, pink and
white decoration globes at
When you come to take advantage of this sale keep an eye open
which are daily arriving. Bring the children.
delivered free of charge.
GREGG'S RACKET
Toilet Sets
Knock Down Prices.
Lamps
Wrappers
A little too expensive for us to
cost.
for our Xmas novelties and toys
STORE
LENIGN AND SCRANTON
HOOTRGHESTRA COAL
Sttictly Up-to-Date Music ee At the Lowest Possible Prices.
for Halls, Parties and all Jake of Soo |
ial Functions, either public or private.! Opders
Any number pieces desired will be fur- | Biore, 33 hm bo Yet » ¥ 1 Sues Deng
iy ed. Call Valley Record for terms, | yards at fayr, Valley Phone 37m.
eto. §
——| COLEMAN HASSLER,
JOHN ©. PEGKALLY, i= “TowNER, M.D.
Specialties,
| Diseases of Women and of the
pam,
Ee
Mr |
CF
Attorney-at-Law
Notary Public
fpecial attention to Pension Papers,
Valley Phooe 11 X,
111 Dewmond Breet,
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