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MANUEL'S ROYAL LI3
New York. —Gaby Deslys, who is
credited by common report with hav
ing overthrown the kingdom of Portu
gal by infatuating King Manuel and
enticing from him what was left in
the royal treasury, is now here to fill
professional engagements. She says
she is to receive SIB,OOO a week and it
is probable that some of the SIB,OOO
will be real money. She brought a be
wildering array of clothes and jewels
and also her reputation as a monarchy
destroyer.
The wonder is that this talented ac
tress has not come over sooner. Why
this strange delay? A lady with a
redolent past and the destroyer of
monarchy, she certainly had a right to
expect sympathy and appreciation in
republican America from the first.
The only reason imaginable for her
delay in coming to the country to
which foreign artists hasten to make
their money as a rule is that she is so
modest she did not realize the extent
of her exploit. No doubt she said to
herself that Manuel was such a little
Gaby Deslys.
king that his destroying siren would
hardly receive credit for having done
anything worth while.
And, to tell the truth, Manuel was a,
very little king even at his best. To
one who knew him as intimately as
Mile. Deslys he probably seemed
even smaller than he appeared to the
average newspaper reader. Compared
even with a medium king like the late
Leopold of Belgium, he paled into in
significance.
But the people over here are not so
carping and critical as to hold that
against her. She took the only king
that was probably in sight at the time,
and if he didn't happen to be one
whose conduct amounted to very much
internationally, that was the lady's
misfortune and not her fault. She did
her best with the material at hand. Of
course, her reception would naturally
be a little warmer and her receipts a
little larger if she had managed to
bring down larger game from the Eu
ropean ropal preserves. Had she done
that, it might not have been necessary
for her togo to the trouble even of
dancing in order to make the show a
success. But that is another story.
CHOKEslflAir DOG TO DEATH
' Man in Fight to Save Children Kills
Animal With His Bare
Hands.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Daniel llond,
i twenty-lour, choked a mad dog to
death with his bare hands here. He
! was severely bitten about the arms
' and wrists and was taken to the City
hospilal, where the physicians quickly
terized his wounds and then put him
in the observation ward to make a
fight lor his life should hydrophobia
develop.
Bond, walking down Atlantic ave
nue, saw a big mongrel, frothing at the
Chokes Dog to Death.
mouth, dash toward a crowd or school
children. He started in pursuit. The
dog snapped at him and leaped tor his
throat. Bond caught the beast by the
neck as it leaped. In a furious battle
of several minutes the man was the
victor, but not until he had been se
verely bitten.
TAKE TO BANISTERS
IN A BARGAIN CRUSH
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Crowd of Women at a ClearanM
Sale Slide to the Lower
Floor.
Kansas City, Mo.—At a recent clear
ance sale at a dry goods bouse here a
crowd of women making for a lower
floor, where some handbags were on
sale at cut prices, took to the banis
ters and slid down. The women en
tered the store on Baltimore avenue.
The entrance floor on this street la a
above that on Main street, where the
Women Take to Banisters.
bargain was on sale. They found the
stairway was full and women were
struggling and swaying in a congested
mass, unable either to advance or
retreat.
"Come on," a leader cried, "there's
no getting through here. As she spoke
she gathered up her skirts, gave a
quick spring and landed astride the
banister. There was a flash of stock
ings and lace, and the next instant
she was on the floor below, fighting
her way toward the counter. One after
another the bolder ones followed un
til the banister was full of Bliding
women. One after another they land
ed at the bottom in shrieking heaps
and would plunge into the struggling
mass in front of the counter. At the
handbag counter the usual bargain
tactics were resorted to. A woman
would seize four or five bags and hold
them all untli she had made a choice.
Many women were accompanied by
their husbands, and it was their part
to "hold out" desirable looking articles
until the wife decided which was the
most desirable, the rest would be
dumped back on the counter.
CRAB BITfcS FAMILY GUEST
Tethered to a Table Leg, His Crab
ship Starts Something During Din
ner Hour.
Chelsea, S. I. —Do not let your little
boy make a living toy of a hard
shell crab, you can never tell what
will happen. John Kane, who lives on
Pecker avenue, caught some hard
shell crabs and his son John, live
years old, appropriated the largest
one, tied a string to it and amused
himself by watching it crawl back
ward. When he wearied of this
amusement small Johnnie tethered the
crab to a leg of the dining-room table
and soon forgot all about It.
Kane had his brother-in-law, William
Tennyson, to a crab-meat supper.
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Crab Bites Guest.
Suddenly Tennyson let out a yell,
sprang into the air, tipping the table
onto two legs, and hopped around the
room. "What's the matter, William If"
cried Mr. and Mrs. Kane, who feared
Tennyson had gone mad. "A scorpi
on! A scorpion! It stung me! I'm
a dead man!" shou'ed Tennyson. "Oh,
that's my crab!" exclaimed Johnnie de
lightedly. "I forgot about It. Give it
to me." His papa "give it to him" —
where it would do the most good.
Eats 58 Corn Ears at Sitting.
Boston, Mass. —Another world's rec
ord was smashed by Charles W. Glid
den, champion eater, who. In a res
taurant, devoured 58 ears of corn in
one hour and 55 minutes.
FAINTS AT SIGHT OF HIMSELF
Hermit, After 40 Years, Sees Face in
Mirror, Then Beats It to
Barber Shop.
Pittsburg, Pa. —For the first time
since 1870 Jacob Steinman, a hermit
living back of Reserve township, saw
himself a few days ago In a mirror.
He immediately fainted and when re
vived hustled to a barber shop and
got a shave, an experience he had not
had in forty years.
For the first time since he was a
young man Steinman came to town
and visited his cousin, Mrs. Sarab
McCune, in Perrysvllle avenue. It was
there by accident that he glanced lntc
the mirror. "Great Scott!" he ex
claimed, and toppled over. When re
vived he remarked: "What a great
Fainted at Sight of Himself.
change has come over me since 1 saw
myself in a lishing pond just fortj
years ago." Then he seized his hat
and ran to the nearest barber shop
where he was shorn of his beard
which was three feet long.
BEE STINGS FOR RHEUMATISM
Man Afflicted With Disease Spend 9
His Time Getting Stung to
Effect a Cure.
Ansonia, Conn. —William F. Fitzgnr
aid of this city spends two hours a
day in the garret of his home on Cot
tage avenue, Inciting a hive of honey
bees to sting him, in the hopes of cur
ing rheumatism from which he has
suffered for a number of years.
After consulting specialists and be
ing in hospitals he was brought home
Taking the Bee Cure.
four months ago unable to stand up.
A friend suggested the bee cure. A
hive of bees was putin the attic and
Mr. Fitzgerald was carried there every
day for two weeks, the greater part of
his body being exposed to the heroic
treatment. Now he Is able to get
around on crutches and the treatment,
physicians believe, will ultimately
oure htm.
HAVE ADAM AND EVE PARADE
Society Procession as Aftermath of
Bmart Dance Shocks Pennsyl
vania Town.
Latrobe, Pa. —Society of this place
is shocked over a parade, the after
math of a smart dance, which oc
curred along the main thoroughfare
of Latrobe early the other morning.
Some of the costumes worn by mem
bers of the fair sex in the parade were
too shocking to mention. Some ap
peared as "Eves" and their male com
panions as "Adams." And there were
enough "Salomes" to fill a small-sized
theater.
Shortly before dawn the residents
of Latrobe were started by yells thai
sounded something like Indian wa:
whoops. As soon as the paradersi
were sure everybody was looking they
gave a series of dances in the middle
of the street.
Some one telephoned the police. A
policeman, who incidentally is a Sun
day school teacher, was sent with or
ders to arrest the crowd. He went,
he saw, but he failed to conquer, be
cause he could not stand the sight
He ran back to the police station
emitting cries of "O, horrors!"
Next day he was"put on the books"
for failing to arrest the masqueraders.
The parade given by the smart set ol
Newport was a Sunday school meeting
compared to this parade, according
to those who viewed it from bedroom
windows.
APc OH oLj t.i v.
"Dare-Devil Spike," a Native of
South Africa, Raises the
Devil Generally.
FIREWATER HIS FINISH
Monkey Takes Liking to Liquor and
Gives Good Imitation of a Pitts
burg Millionaire on an "O Be
Joyful."
New York.—John Hampton, a pros
perous auto dealer, recently returned
from South Africa, bringing a large
ape, which he christened "Dare-Devil
Spike." He and Spike found accom
modations at Ike Hirschorn's hotel
here, and one day Hampton let Spike
"set 'em up" for everyone in the ho
tel bar. This gave Spike his first
drink, and gave him the desire for it.
Nobody minded much, however, uniil
the monkey drifted downstairs from
its master's room shortly before dawn
and gave a good imitation of a Pitts
burgh millionaire on a spree.
One morning recently before the bar
room was opened for the day the ;ipe
appeared to have a thirst of the sort
which only seasoned drinkers are sup
posed to possess. Spike sneaked out
of Hampton's room, slid down the bnn
ister and deftly entered the bar room
through an open transom. When Carl
Hassenfleck, Hirschorn's lunch-counter
man, appeared on the scene shortly
after 5:00 a. M.he found Spike in the
state of exhilaration peculiar to some
college students after winning a foot
ball game.
Spike greeted Hassenfleck with a
shrill cry of welcome, followed by a
heavy tumbler, which missed the
man's right ear only because Hassen
fleck had learned to dodge in his
youth. Jimmy Samponi, a porter,
went to the lunch man's rescue,
with the result that the two men
passed an unenviable time hiding bo
hind the lunch counter in a storm of
falling steins, bottles, plates, knives,
forks, and other objects. Several '»f
Spike's outshoots, Hassenfleck said
afterward, would win for him a place
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"Spike" Extends Greeting.
in a major league. Hampton was
aroused from bed by employes of the
hotel, who observed the excitement
from afar. He entered the saloon,
nnd Spike, delighted at. fresh sport,
took aim at him with the largest glass
left standing.
"O, nix on that!" Hampton ex
claimed. "Come on! I'll buy you a
regular drink!"
The monkey instantly let a plate
fall and leaped joyfully toward its
master, who seized him tightly and
transported him to his room to sleep
off the effects of the spree. Hirschorn
then took an inventory of his loss
■which he conservatively estimated at
"more than $50." Hampton said if he
couldn't make Spike pay he'd pay him
self.
CHOPS TREE TO CATCH THIEF
Woman Fails, However, to Capture
Peach Loving Lad, Who Scamp,
ers Off.
Alton. 111. —Rather than lose the
fruit of a peach tree by boys stealing.
Mrs. John Dufold chopped down a treu
in which a boy sat on a branch grin
ning at her. The boy munched peaches
during the razing operation.
Her pleas to let her peaches remain
on the tree were not answered by the
neighborhood boys. When she saw a
boy on the topmost branch, she or
dered him down. He did not obey.
When she began whacking on the tree
trunk with an ax the boy climbed to
a lower branch.
"Now I've got you," she shouted as
the tree fell.
She was mistaken, however, as the
boy scampered across the yard when
the tree and its fruit struck the
ground.
WOMAN FINDS NEGRO
BURGLAR UNDER BED
Intruder Took a Snooze and His
Snoring Awakened Occu
pant of the Room.
Memphis, Tenn. —Awakened at 3
o'clock in the morning by loud and
prolonged snoring coming from under
her bed, iMiss Frances King retained
her presence of mind when she dis
covered an armed burglar under her
bed. She crept out of the room and
Burglar Under the Bed.
quietly called the next door neigh
bors.
She stood guard with a feather
duster until J. M. I'rescot and J. A. and
Dolan Atwell, with revolvers, ranto 1
the scene. Grabbing the negro by the
feet they pulled him from under the
bed. He gave a big yawn and then
tried to flourish his revolver, but was
quickly subdued. He was taken to the
police station. The negro stated that
he had entered the house and con
cealed himself, intending to "get
busy" after the household was asleep;
but he fell asleep himself.
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Artress J. J,. Winoman, Lewisburtf,
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Money saving advantages
arealways being searched ior
l.ose no time in making a
thorough ex;iminalion of the
New Line of Merchandise
Now on
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Farmers' Week.
Farmers, Week at The Pennsyl
vania State College has become one
of the established features of work
in that practical institution. Many
hundreds of the more progressive
farmers of the slate gather at State
College during the wvck to listen to
discussions of various phases < 112
farming. This year the lectures
will begin Wednesday, December
27th, and will close Wednesday,
January 3rd. One hundred and
ten lectures will be given by fifty
two scientists and practical men.
Some of the most widely-kuown
authorities in agriculture are on the
program which is exceptionally
good this year. Our readers should
write to "School of Agriculture,
State College, Pa." for programs
that will inform them regarding the
lecturers and their subjects. Any
one who has ever attended one of
these Farmers' Week meetings
knows their value to practical men,
but there are thousands of farmers
who should avail themselves of this
opportunity for meeting with the
leaders in the best agricultural
practices. This conference of farm
j ers is divided into sections so that
I horticulturists, dairymen, animal
| husbandrymen, general farmers,
ietc., may give all their time during
(In l week to tliii particular line < 1"
subjects that i. teres Is them. Send
for program and goto State Col lego
for this Farmers' Week.
Convict 25,314, James B. Mc-
Nainara ; Convict 25,315. John J.
McMamara, confessed dynamiters of
the Los Angle.; Time bitili.ing in
which 21 lives were 10.->t, began
their sentence in the San Queutiu
prison last Saturday, James was
! sentenced for life and John for 15
years.
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