8 CONTRACT FRAUDS A ———— and Municipal Police Have . Taak—The System of In- —The Deserters. AS HINGTON- | world, and to-day there are on | tae soldiers that rebellion, vol- | {of the records of the | amounting to several hundred i army work makes reputation tha tl ol and stored 1a his office is the most valuable ever compiled by a govern- | { rgainst the government Gen. Ainsworth's peculiar talent for man of ability and | courage for the rest of his life, When twice performs 8 distinguished ser- vice he is almost | & hero. These opportunities times come In even s0 humdrum a . Hine of army work as that of an en- “gineer officer “Maj. Cassius E Gillette has been . fortunate enough to thus twice distin- ‘suish himself and to-day he is one of - the most talked-of officers in the army. It was he who eight years ago discovered the frauds in governmert contracts at Savannah, Ga, which led to the conviction and imprisonment of his predecessor in charge of that work, Capt. Oberlin M. Carter. He has just completed an investigation of public works In Philadelphia and has shown that the political gang in that city have secured nearly $7.000,000 in graft from two or three city contracts. Maj Gillette knows no Influence ol . ®ny sort in the discharge of his duties - At Savannah he was ostracised by the _ society people because he dared to charge Capt. Carter with fraud. Capt ~~ Carter bad been a social lion in that city, But Maj. Gillette did not hesitate 10 snoounter criticism and ostracism and finally landed his predecessor in prison. In his Philadelphia investiga- . tion he was charged with working for ~ political effect and with so timing his report as to make it influence the city and state elections. This charge had m0 effect on the courageous army off &r, and he stands to-day with the best record of any of his associates in the corps for efficient work in the pro tection of the government and in fer- geting out frauds in big contracts. He #8 a comparatively young man, being But 46 years of age, and the promi- sence be has attained by his unearth ang of the biggest frauds ever known in the army and municipal affairs promises to put him at the head of Lis profession Vandals at the Capitol EORGE WASH. ington, the father of his country, has _ met with a seri- ous accident As he sits in half nude condition on the marble pedes- tal in the capitol plaza and gazes on the big bulld- ing in front of him he has a de- cided squint in He bas sat out there and shine for many yéars, but the elements or the mis chisvous band of a vandal have # worked an injury to his left eye A plece of the marble has either been worn away by the action of the ralo ‘and frost or been chipped off by some gelic hunter or mischievous boy. The damage bas changed the whole ex- gression of the statue and given the - poble countenance as carved bY Grenough. a decidedly comical appear- ance. Some of the irreverent! tourists who have gazed on the statue for the * first Ume suggest that it might now be used as an eMigy ui the notorious Gen. B F. Butler of Massachusetts whose cock-eye is the best remem- bered feature of his face The capitol and the municipal police - in Washington have a hard task In watching public buildings and statues "in order to prevent thelr mutilation By relic hunters or evil disposed per- sons. Some people Dave a mania for defacing the walls of public buildings and monuments Heuvy fines are pro- vided for those who 50 mutilate monu- "ments and walls in the capital city The Washington monument has been ‘guarded closely ever since It was opened to the public, but with all the vigilance of the offigers pieces have “been chipped from the stones inside ‘and marks have been scratched on the ‘outside of that great monument. The . white house has not been exempt from © snipped the curtains in the east room and broken litle ornaments they gould touch undetected. and otherwise mutilated the decorations. % Values of a New Post HE importance of the position of military secretary of the army is Petter realized now that Maj Gen. Ainsworth’ first report cover- ing the whole year of the operation of | spect and admiration of very strong | friends in congress, and he was ad- i i } § { ive branch of the government. The Military Secretary. _+ N HIS capacity as 7 military secretary Gen Ainsworth really exercises the functions of an adjutant gen- eral. He has much to do with the personnel of the army and keeps a | record of the standing of each soldier and knows the charges against them. In his new work he has taken a special interest In the matter of desertions in the army and he has made a study of that sab- ject, so that his opinion on it Is re- garded as of unusual weight and im- portance. Hie report this year shows that the percentage of desertions from the army is higher now than it has iwen for a number of years Gen. | Ainsworth speaks out his mind, and ! has po hesitancy in paming what he | believes to be the causes of men leav- ing the army. He says: “The abolition of the canteen, the wonotony of garrison'life, the increas- ing amount of work and study de- manded of a soldier and the ease with | which remunerative employment can | be obtalned In civil life in these pros- | perous times are all advanced as causes of desertion in the army. Many remedies have been proposed, but pone | reems to be worthy of very serious! rensideration. Those who kpow how the canteen came to be abolished are rot hopeful of its restoration; there Is | ro likelihood of any such increase In the soldiers’ pay as will offset the greater inducement offered in civil pur- sults. the comforts and even luxuries that are furnished to enlisted men in our service are even now criticised by some as being not only extravagant but injurious in their effect on men w hose real business it is to march and fight. encumbered with few comforts and no luxuries, and the discipline rod Instruction to which the soldier is now subjected are not likely to be re- laxed In the future.” 7 > The Consuls’ Letters. T WILL not be the fault of the aver- age United States consul abroad If! the American peo- ple are not kept informed of the progress In scl ences of all kinds. as well as in com- mercial develop-! ment. There 1s scarcely a publ) cation of consular reports that does not contain a letter from a consul somewhere abroad de scribing some new discovery of medl- ca! science and giving to the world the | tenefit of this discovery. There have been valuable reports on the treatment of consumption and the way to handle | plagues and other contagious diseases. | One of the latest contributions Is from | Consul General Guenther of Frankfort Germany, who makes a report on wha’ he considers successful resulta from a new treatment of appendicitis The consul says this remedy has been tried by eminent physiclans in Germany. who claim that appendicitis can be cured by it without an opera ton being necessary even in the worst cases. The pame of the remedy Is “colliangol.” It is a form of pure si) ver soluble in water. The consul says: “The antiseptic property of sliver has long been known Its use, however, hss been very limited Based upon this knowledge successful experiments have been made by some noted physi- cians through the use of soluble, pnon- | jritating and non-polsonous silver In | srppurative diseases. Dr. Moosbrug- ger, of Leutkirch has now used col- ‘angol in appendicitis as well inter- | rally as externally. According to his | statement the treatment has ylelded | extraordinarily good results. Except- ‘ng (WO very severe cases out of 72 which came under his observation and | treatment, all were cured without any surgical operations” i It is claimed that this treatment is much superior to any other and that | the knife does not have to be resorted | to Consul Guenther thinks that the! statements of this German physician | deserves careful attention. i ‘Stumped. | “Do you think there ia as much moe al courage in the world as there was? | ‘About how much was there! - Cleveland Figin Dealer Would Please Father. ! Jasper—What do you suppose your | father will say when | speak to him? | Beryl (sure of him now)—He won't | say anything. He'll be speechless with | joy. Chicago Tribune. i Not Quite Clear, i Borem--1 say, old wan, do you con- fe worth living? | Srag De eT ai nH : ATS odd TIGL ~~ oR is vt] — —— s . A PREACHERS WIFE No. she fsn’t prim and proper, : And she doesn’t care a copper | What! they say She's 80 lnnpcent of wrong And so full of laugh and song, That she = happy all day long On ber way She's as fond of pretiy dressed And of kisses and caresses As = chid But she has a of! of sense, And she doesn't take offend, And she sizes up prelense Unbegulied She doesn’t babble French or German, But she understands a sermor And she Knows When her praise is ba'm and « When the preacher needs a frown, And jus: how to call him down in bard prose iw gealor or fanat t Pave to wax eactalle To be good She's a woman thr Bweet and scnsil Whose religion What she should She's no She does: gh and through, ie, and true i= to dO She's not fond of public speaking, And ‘sbe's not a bit seifsccking, Hers 1; be Not the jeader in the strife, But a happy, helpful wife, Quite content to ive her life Fuil and (rev I'm not sure that she 8 ideal, But wha! s better far she's real, Ard intact, She's no figmer f a dream, Neo imaginative scleme, Nor a post 8 Jie theme Shes a fact —HRobert Whitaker, | THE BIBLE AND THE NATION Extracts from an Address by George May Powell Before the Amer- ican Bible Society Haptist 1a ie The Bible Is the great God-given cad tral sun of moral quality in the indi vidual aud therciore of the nation Without high moral quality, and education even, sources not only of weakness, but of peril. The villain who is both rich and highly ed ucated Is far more dangerous 0 him- self and to others than the poor, lgnor are in practice, as bis poverty and limited knowledge make possible Ihrerefore the Bible being the chief source- of moral teaching, with which to build up that element in individual charac ter, is thus absolutely essential through 10 Da tional iife. We look with pride and perhaps 00 much hope, on “Old Glory” as the Hag emblematic of a national lie never W be quenched, but the speaker has trod den over the ruins of grander cities thao aby in our “West Land —cities of power and splendor in Asia and Africa before Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth in human form-—but thoss pations would not rule in righteous ness, and "the owl hoots through the ruins of Palmyra, and the wind sifts the sands of the desert over the bones of the prophets One of the fathers of our country] told us “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Ey i ‘ogical seminary library. Rev. T. G. Harper, of Wibsey, (Be | newly slected predident of Lhe Wes: leyan Reform union, was origically a | Bedfordshire Unker, reared al Elstow, where John Bunyan was born. lan Maclaren, who Is just leaving the Liverpool church where he has | tury, has been making a collection of | his sermons as a sort of farewell vol- | ume. | Dr. Julius Goebel, who was dismissed | az head of the German department of Stanford university without a hearing | bas been appointed by President Eliot as the head of a similar department at | Harvard. Rev. H. Olin Cady, sow of Evanston, Ill, who has been oconmected with | Methodist missions in west China for the last 19 years, has been retired with a pension by the board of managers of the Misslonary society. | Mr. E Vickery, a leading member of | the Methodlst church in New South Wales, has bought the Lyceum theater and hotel in Pitt street, Sydney, and | some adjoining property, for about $170,000, and intends to hand the whole over to the Sydney Central Methodist mission 0. C. Barber, of Akron, O, known as ['*the match xing” will bulld in the | city named one of the most beautiful {| churches in the country It is (0 be ! an exact duplicate of the Madeleine In Paris and will cost $500,000. As in the original, there will be no windows light being obtained through a system of skylights | Rev. Charles Stelzle, who is labor | representative for the Fresbyterian church, 1s planning to have the Prot- estant churches of each large city by lect a fraternal delegate to the labo» unions, and In turn a member of the | untons it to be given the freedom of the ministers’ meetings. In this way Mr. Stelzle hopes to bridge the chasm between labor organizations and (the church. TALES OF THE TOTS. *Do you know where little boys who smoke cigarettes go? “Yes io be place, but ma's on to It now!” “Do you kpow sald a Sunday school teacher, addressing a new pupil in the infant class, “that you have a soul? “Course | do.” replied the little fellow, placing his han. over his heart, “I can feel It tick" Little Ethel was learning to sew, and one day, after vainly trying to thread a needle, she asked: “Mamma, don't they call the hole in a needle an eye? “Yea, dear” replied the wmother. “Well,” continued the little miss, “I'll bet this old needle Is cross-eyed.” Little Juana had noticed that pearly every Wednesday, the day her mother was supposed to be at home, her ma- ternal relative went cut. One Waednes day ber mother made no move toWard | leaving and Juana remarked “Mamina, this {8 your deception day, don’t you think (t's time to put on your hat and go out!” this vigilance or teach us that politics (not partisanship) is a talent stewardship Teach us that the whip Is to be cut and that part of that vigilance is tc vole as we pray. The dictionary as '"That party We fence is the venture to define of what Is right “The s Bible ethics as The Aare abs sential to national life of thi which lutely es & s0 called is “the Hght we shall overcome all opposition, whether from without or within or both “As the winds come when are render, come as the forests Waves come BRIEF BUT POINTED. A man can be sweet! without being fresh —Ram’'s Horn In choosing for the present do not There is no heaven for the man whe jwill not try to gain it The frontier Is reached strong will is the pioneer God and all His holy angels are ot ithe zlde of the man who attempts thal which Is good The only inheritance when open to the dom of the Might Have Been ! Any woodchuck can a man can build A fool may undermine a faith, only a Christ can restore ft for what he believes to be right; who Is gifted witl the sweet spirit of Christian charity The Infinitesimal Soul An old miser who ventured Lo critic Ise a minister whose salary was behind | and who had publicly requested | that the deficit be made up soon, rudely] demanded of the preacher are you preaching for souls or fou | sibly an undue acerbily ing for souls, but | casnot live them. If | did it would take ten thon sand little ohes like yours to make me ® breakfast” It i= dificuil Lo estimate but It Is certain that the souls of some, men, judging by their actions must be The Lion Bridge At Bangong, China, Is bridge world. It extends 5% miles over an arm of the Yellow sea and it Is sup portad by 300 huge stone arches. The roadway is seven feet above the water inclosed in an iron Detwork. Here 1s a bit of exact reasoning on the part of a little schoolgirl, The teacher wished to impress the idea of the wrong of idleness. He led up to It by asking who were the persons who | got all they could and did nothing In return. For some time there was sf- lence, but at last the little girl, who bad obviously reasoned out the an- swer inductively from her own home experiences, exclaimed, with a good | deal of confidence: “Please, sir, it's the baby!” | INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. i The Cramps have orders enough on | hand pow to keep the 65,000 men em- | ployed in their shipyards busy for the next 156 months The number of persons employed In mining in Great Britain and Ireland last year was 877,067, of whom 5.487 were females The United States last year launched 227 merchant ships of more than 1 tons each, with a total tonnage of 238 - 618 tons Besides these there were launched 9 war vessels, aggregating 170,885 tors louisiana brimstone is now added 10 Texas petroleum, Alabama Iron Carolina cotton goods and southern cotton rice and sugar, as a commer | cial article In which Dixie Is a price | maker and important source of supply The cotton trade in Austria is not { carried on exclusively for home con | sumption. The exports of cotton and cotton goods, with a value of £19512. 000, showed an Increase in 1504 of In Austria there are 3.250000 spindles and the yearly consumption of raw | cotton is about 600.000 bales, whereas its neighbor, Germany, has about three { times that number of spindles, and | consumes about three times that quan- {tity of raw material S80 WE HAVE HEARD. Tight shoes cause baldness The Japs carry money in their ears, | The best glass eyes cost $50 aplece A strong kangaroo can leap 60 feet | The average life of a ship Ia 26 years A “chow,” or Chinese edible dog, costs §75. The Persians have a different name for every day of the month Ten per cent of the bulldings struck by lightning last year were churches Men work best at three In the aft. | ernoon and warst at nine io the morn- i ing « m= 3 Cr Cts At Holy Shrine. Roman Catholies flocked to West. minster abbéy recently to visit the , *hrine of Edward the Confessor, whe was canonized on October 13 1163. All day long pligrims were kneeling at thy rail which surrounds the gombd, and {offering up prayers. Have you ever tried paying cash for your goods? Don’t you know that you pay for the other fellows bad debts under the old credit system; which is both ruinous to you and your tradesman. We buy for cash and sell for cash and propose to give our customers the benefit. : A visit to the West Sayre Cash Store, corner Keystone Avenue and Lincoln Street, will convince you that our motto: LARGE SALES AND SMALL PROFITS “OUR AIM: TO PLEASE," is the only way that we do business. AZglance at a few of the prices below; shows what can be done with a little read) money. Pare Leaf Lard Creamery Batter Dairy Hutter Eggs 10 ibs Buckwheat Flour 0 Good Green Tea 19 ® bars Oak Leaf Soap 35 8 bars Ace Soap : 5 Men's heavy fleeced Undershirts Drawers, the kind that 10 2" 5 a" sold for Ne, at 38 Men's all wool Shirts and Drawers “that gasually sell for $1.00 to $1.25, at. 78 All of our men's, boys’, ladies’. misses’ children’s, infant«’ Shoes and Rab- bers to go at 10% discount during this sale. Ladies’ fleece lined U edergarmenta, all perfect goods, at 1 Children’s wear from So up. These Prices Will Continue Until Dec. For the Christmas trade we have added a full line of Toys, Dolls, Games, Etc. Candies are Strictly Fresh at Prices that Will Keep You Chewing: 25 1b sack Granulated sugar 3 cans Tomatoes . 8 cans Corn 8 cans Peas 3 aos Sudccotash 3 Ibs choice Prunes 1 1b choice Rice California Hams Choice Pig Hams and is usually 16 Don’t Fail to. Visit the 5 and 10 Cent Counter At this counter you can make a 5 or 10 cent piece stretch in purchasing power, like a piece of rubber. There are articles here that other stores charge almost double for, : : \ We carry a full and up to date line of Hardware, Tinware, Groceries, Dry Goods Notions, Shoes, Rubbers, etc.; at prices that will astonish you and keep you guessing how we do it. WEST SAYRE CASH STORE Gorner Keystone Avenue and Lincoln Street. Child, Waltman & Young, Prop’s. —— REMEMBER! JUST 12 1JAYS TO CHRISTMA We've made this little corner store groan with our large holiday stock. But what an attractive display is the result! The whole place breathes of Christmas ! And all on one floor too! No stairs to climb! Yes, we're a little crowded, but take your time, stay as long as you please. You are always welcome. Have you seen our Toys, Dolls, Games? Here is Fairy- land indeed! Here the fairy who will turn that lad of yours according to your choice into a CARPENTER, DRUMMER BOY, ARTIST, FARMER, FIREMAN, ENGIN- | EER, ROUGH RIDER, BAND LEADER, BANKER, MECHANIC, MUSICIAN, ETC, ETC. Furnish the Little Girl With a Complete Outfit For DOLL HOUSEKEEPING DOLLS IN GREAT VARIETY, PIANOS, TRUNKS, COOK STOVES, VERY COMPLETE, CHAIRS, TABLES, DESKS, DOLL CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS, BEDS. Gregg’s Racket Store, Corner Broad Street and Park Ave, Waverly, N, ¥
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