GRAF & CO. All the news that's fit to print” TUBSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1906 Much-Traveled Vio o ! Barasate, the world renowned vio ‘Maist, has taken his instrument all over the world. It has been the com- seo of the 40 years of his manhood . "Sarasate my son, wed thy violin, bul never & woman,” is sald to have been the advice which was given him with * Bis first prize at the Paris Coanserva Soins, and Sarasate has been frue to It : Chirp of the Cricket . The chirplog of crickets on a hot Sommer might falls into a rhythmic “Beat. and this beat is a very accurat thermometer. In the latitude of Bos 108, according to Onting, the crickets chirp about 50 times 4 minute when the temperature Is at 50 degrees. They 2 four chirps a minute for every de above that. 3 Motor Boats in Venice, s Motor boats of all sorts are becom- " fng more and more numerous on the Venetian canals, threatening to dis- | place the old-time gondola The gon. " dollers are much disturbed. In s dis. pute between two of them and two electric launch men lately the latter - were stabbed, one fatally Eiperl Bowman. : There are a few men in England whe still practice archery. Sir Ralph Gal wey i= sald to be the most expert, and f1 Is further sald that it Is no uneom mon thing for him to shoot an arrow s guarter of a mile and bit his target Example of Thrift _ "By George, but [I've got a jewel of 8 girl. | proposed by wire and told Ber to answer at my expense.” “Well” “And the frugal little thing waited un- ‘til six p. m. and got night rates — Louisville Courier-Journal i Big Job of Cleaning. * The Vatican was thoroughly cleaned lately and a quantity of re . painting done. The work employed $700 people for six months Merely " ip cleaning wall papers, 1,000 loaves of bread were used dally. =] : Fader to Son. Warren Belcher, for 63 years post. master at Winthrop. Mass, has re to be succeeded by his son, David Belcher. In time of service be ~ was the oldest postmaster in the Unit ed States. ap - Oldest Game. With the exception of chesa, dios throwing Is sald to be the oldest game still in existence. The ancient Tew fons indulged In games of dice, and sh not only risked their fortunes “but their liberty on a single tara. To there were over 100 different ‘kinds of games of dice in England Artist-Constable. A Leeds (England) police constable Who soma time ago sent a picture to the ‘Royal academy, ‘Which was acoepted, But Afterward crowded out, has tempt. od fortune again, and another work from his brush —a landscape—has been accepted for the forthcoming exhibi. tion. Perfume Cones. “wu Deletrain, of Geneva, has com- bined certain materials, put together the form of a small solid cone, when dissolved in petrol of ben WINDING UP "UP HARTIE CASE. Attorneys Make Argumente—No Deal. sion Tntil Fall PITTSBURG, Aug. 7.—The bezin nlog of the end of the famous and sen Hartje divorce was begun before Judge Frazer Mr. and Mrs Augustus Hartle en dured the final ordeal when their law- yers made arguments, both libelant and respondent getting a hot scoring, the conclusion being a rapid fire speech by John Marron for the libelant Reference to the children of the cou ple seeiued to move Mr. Hartje and his wife very much. During Mr. Mar grew ghastly pale at Mr. Marron's as sertions. Mr Harte was greatly af- fected by the stateinent of Mr. Marron that be had wot kissed his children for & year Attorney W. B Rodgers made the first address for Mr Harte [He made & sharp attack upon the character of Mrs. Hartje He spoke fer a little mere than an hour He referred first to the separation of Mr. apd Mra Hartje. saying that the real reason for her desertion was to be found In the love letters alleged to have been writteu by her to the coachnau core spoudent, Tom Madine Mrs. Hartje, overwrought by the wecks of excitement, gave way to her feelings as her attorney, Marcus W. Acheson, Jr, was making his plea Attorney Acheson Inclined to the pa- thetic side of the cuse In Lis argument aud Mrs. Hartje cried silently It was the most murked display eof emotion alie bas given since the trial begun It is expected the argutnents will be completed today or tomerrow. Judge Frazer will leave the city for 8 vaca tion, and the court's decision is net expected until fall ~ WIND PAVORS YACHTS. New Yerk Yacht Club's Hun te Yew. port a Saceess. NEWPORT, R I. Ang 7A fairly strong soUthwester turned the run of the New York Yacht club fleet from New Londen to this port frow & threat ened fallure to a gratifying success with a picturesque down the wind fin Ishi at Brentou's reef lightshilp For hours the feet flapped round Race rock, four miles from the start, scarcely able to stem the tide. But finally a faint hreeze sprang up and wafted thew slowly along the Rhode Island shore until just to the west: ward of Polut Judith, when thee cute a flerce puff from the southwest that snapped off the Yankee's topmast and sent the rest of the fleet down to thelr rails. From that time on there was no com plalut and during the last seven wlles from Point Judith to the Anish, spin nakegrs were far our to port apd all light malls were pulling. As on Satur day, F. F. Brewster's white schooner Elmius had the place of honor at” the bead of the feet, but Ler margin was oot quite sufficient uver J Hoger Max well's Queen, and the latter won by teu seconds, with the Coruna some dis tance astern. W. Gould Brokaw's yawl Sybarita beat William E. Iselin's Emer- ald boat for bout * App Sunday Rest in Ttaly. The question of Sunday rest is be ing agitated to a large extent in Italy and a commission was named some time ago which recommended that as far as” possibile an uninterrupted rest of from 22 to 16 hours should be In- sured to all the working classes and that in case of public services, the men who worked on Sundays should have one day off in the week by turns, domestic servants being entitled to a half-holiday per week. The law does not apply to fishermen Big One Story. Senator Clay, of Georgls, was once showing a constituent the sights of the national capital when the Wash ington monument was reached “What do you think of It?” careless ly asked the senator, as the constitu ent stood gazing in awe at the stately shaft “Senator,” responded the Georgian gravely, “that’s the darnedest highest one-story buliding I've ever seen.” She Didn’ t Know, “Don’t you think,” asked Mrs. 014. cestie, "that the new minister wus somewhat recondite last Sunday? i didn't know what it was at the time” replied her hostess as she toyed with her diamond studded fan, “but | do re- member that bis face looked kind ot red and his eyes was sort of glasdy, Still, we oughtn’t to be too hard on the poor man. He might of taken it for the ‘ia grippe.’ “—Chicago Record Herald. Hounds Eat Each Other, New Albany, Ind —Four blood- hounds, the property of Sheriff Ray- mond Morris, which were neglected by a farm hand In whose charge they had been placed on the C. Kraft farm, north of New Albany, developed can uibalistic tendencies and two of them were devoured and a third killed The hounds, which had been In train- ing, were confined in an outbuilding, and it Is believed the three stronger brutes when starved to a point of des peration fell on the weaker one and ate it, and when attacked again with hunger another battle ensued, leaving only two all The final struggle be- o resulted in the death left st Gregg's Racket Store, Waverly. After 11 o'clock noon call the main office at Sayre, Valley ‘phone 128X, N. P. L. excursion to Elmira Wednesday, Aug 15, via Erie, Justice Bensley of Barton was in Waverly today. William Shipman and wife spent | Sunday in Elmira Miss Gertrude Lang of Towan- da is visiting Miss Lillian Barnum of the south side N. P. L. excursion to Eldndge park Wednesday, August 15, via Eric. Full particulars later. 72 | E.C Tracy and D O Decker are enjoying a ten days trip down the Susquchanna. They expect to go as far as Harrisburg. Two special trains morning and afternoon, Wedne