LESSON OF INTEREST FIGURES THAT ARE CALCULATED TO STAGGER IMAGINATION. What Old King Midas Might Have Ac cumulated Starting With the Mod est Saving of Ten Cents a Week. Why didn't King Midas, tlio~- gold lover, try to save ton cents a week? says the Chicago Tribune. He could have given the world a wonderful ex ample of the value of the saving hab it. Besides, he would have loft money for the members of his family alive today. Midas was one of the kings of Phrygla. As the Phrygian line was wiped out by the Cimmerians about 670 D. C., we may assume he lived about 800 B. C., or at least 2,711 years ago. If King Midas had started in sav ing ten cents a week he would have saved a dime, therefore, on each of the 140,870 weeks. This would make him the neat little sum of $14,007.20. Although not a fortune in these days, $14,097.20 is quite a fair sum to save by giving up one cigar a week. But there is more to follow. In those days of political upheaval and commercial uncertainty, capital was entitled to a bigger return on its investment than it would be today. The risk was much greater. Though we have no actual records of Phryg ian rates of usury, it is fair to assume that tho Midas' account drew ten per cent, interest compounded annually for at least the fust 2,000 years, or un til the commercial world had reached a comparatively recent, stage of de velopment. Beginning, therefore, 800 years be fore Christ, Midas put into his savings ten cents every week. At the end of the first ten weeks he had a dollar. The interest on one dollar for one year is not great, even at ten per cent., but it adds another dime to the ten already saved. At the end of the second year there is something more than two dimes to be added. At the end of the first hundred years the accumulation on the first dollar, at ten per cent, compounded, would be $13,780.00. Thus Midas, in the year 700 13. C. would have had $13,780.60, resulting from his first ten weeks' savings. The compounding goes on through the next century so that at the end of 200 years, in the year 600 B. C., Midas would have had $189,900,590.04 from his first dollar. At the end of the next hundred years, or in 500 B. C., the results from those first ten dimes put away would bo $2,619,038,149,100.33. Continuing this compounding through the follow ing 2,411 years it is not a complicated mathematical problem to arrive at the sum Midas would have today from his first one dollar saved. Remember, moreover, this sum, which would be up among tho un countable trillions of dollars, would represent the increment of only one dollar put away by Midas. Midas him self, busily saving dimes, would have started a new series of dollar pyra mids every ten weeks. At the end of the first year's saving he would have started five, and a half of these stu pendous fortunes. To compare any one of these with the $14,097.20 he would have saved if he had received no interest, certainly represents the interest habit in a favorable light. Tribute to the Onion. the onion and you leave n gap Jn the universe. Kill anything else and there is a substitute. The potato is akin to the cereals, squash and cab bage and turnips and cauliflowers are of the same family, beans are elong ated peas, the lemon is a pessismistic orange, beef reincarnated grass, wa termelons just the survivor of a very fit cucumber, and so on. But the onion Is sui generis, alone, unique, trium phant. It is a special creation to tempt the palate of a weary world. It proves the futility of man's wisdom. He might have guessed at everything else under tho sun, but ho would have never guessed an onion. Science may deduce a new star beforo it becomes visible, or radium beforo its discov ery, but this succulent, fragrant, star ry vegetable would have gone unin vented forever, had not its own insin uating, yet not bashful qualities forced themselves into tear-brimnied eyes and liquescent anticipatory lips. With what a mixture of gratitude and awe should we view the spectacle of na ture turning her enrgies to the trans muting of mere clay into a vegetable with an artistic temperament. American Architecture. "There is an American architec ture," 6aid tho traveler, "but not many Americans will believe it until they havo taken a course in moving picture shows in foreign countries. That was what convinced me. Owing to ignorance of foreign languages we sought most of our dramatic enter tainment in Europe from the cinema tograph. No matter where we went one-half the pictures were American. Sometimes they were so labeled, some- ; times not, but whether they were or not we soon learned to tell American pictures by the architecture. Sky scrapers, of course, were the chief distinguishing mark, but high-stooped stone houses and frame cottages with two or three wooden steps leading up to a porch were just as unmistakably American. All the way from Inver ness to Cairo the minute we set eyes on one of those houses we knew we were looking at something that couldnt be duplicated outside the United States, and all the rest of the )*udl«&o« knew it, too." . . MADE HIM EARN CHERRY PIE Resourceful and Independent Daugh ter Gave Old Eph Just the Lesson He Needed. Eph Wasson did not believe in the sweetness of bread ean.cd by the sweat of the brow—at least, not by tho sweat of his own brow. So Mandy, his wife, like many another industri ous colored woman, not only took in washing to pay for the groceries, but chopped her own wood, built the fires, and waited on Eph besides. But there was a change when their daughter Clarissa came home. "Clar," who was an expert cook, had gone to school and become a teacher, and had acquired an independent spirit. She quickly took in the domestic sit uation. Now all the spring Eph had watch-, ed the cherry tree in his back yard with a watering mouth. If there was one thing that Eph liked more than another it was cherry pie; and Clar was famous for her cherry pie. As good luck would have it, she had come home just as the cherries were ripe. "Clar, honey," said Eph, in a wheed ling tone, the morning after her ar rival, "won't you cook yo' ole daddy a cherry pie?" "Very well," said Clar, and Eph shuf fled off happily to his usual loafing place. "Law, honey," said Mandy, when Clar started to make the pie, "dar ain't enough wood. Yo' mammy'll have to get some." "Not a stick!" ordered Clar, em phatically. Moreover, there was no sugar, and only a half-cup of ilour. However, that did not disturb Clar. She pick ed a pint of cherries, put them in a pan, and poured over them the pint of flour stirred in water. This mix ture she putin the oven and lighted the only two sticks of wood in the house. At noon Eph came in with eager anticipation, and sitting down at the table, called for his pie. Clar set it before him. He rolled his eyes at the mess In astonishment. It was a queer-looking pie; still Clar was al ways learning something new. He cut into it and took a big mouthful. "Why," he exclaimed, done for got to put the sugar in!" "No," said the daughter. "You for got to get it." "'Tain't half done!" ho grumbled, with the sour, clammy mixture stick ing to his teeth. "It cooked as long as the wood last ed," said Clar, unconcernedly. "And I ain't had a cherry pie for more'n two years," Eph said, pushing the plate back and shaking his head mournfully. "When you get something to make it with and something to cook it with, I'll bake you a cherry pie," said Clar. "Huh!" grumbled Eph) in disgust. "If l's got to work for a cherry pie, I'd ruther have greens." "All right," said Clar. "The greens are out in the pasture; go eat 'em." But the next day there were wood and flour and sugar in the house in time for a cherry pie. After missing three regular meals, Eph had conclud ed that victuals of any sort were worth working for —if he could not get them in any other way.—Youth's Comi>an ion. Artificial Rubber Factory. A factory to produce artificial rub ber has been established at Yumiden, the port at the mouth of the North Sea canal. It is said that the com pany instituting this factory has suc ceeded in producing a substance hav ing the qualities of rubber and also certain special advantages over gen uine rubber. The process is a secret, but the principal ingredient of the product is said to be fresh sea fish, which are brought to Ymuiden in vast quantities by the Dutch fishing fleets. According to report 15 to 16 per cent of natural rubber is added to the fish, nnd the result is a substance as flex ible and elastic as rubber, but much cheaper—about as 1.25 to 8 in price, compared with renl rubber. The low price of this product will be caused partly by the by-products which are possible, for it is said that much al bumen will be made from the fish and that half of the factory is arranged for the manufacture of guano. It is stal ed that this artificial rubber can be vulcanized in a short time; that it is benzine proof and can resist the effect of heat. At first sight the substance much resembles real rubber. A slight ly fishy smell betrays the chief ingre dient, but it is explained that this will bo prevented by extracting tho fat of tho fish. Predicted 1912 as "Black Year." Astrology is the pseudo science which essays to foretell future events by studying the position of the stars and ascertaining what their influence may bo on human destiny. The Chi nese, the Egyptians, the Chaldeans, the Romans, and most other nncient na tions were implicit believers in astrol ogy, as were the later Jews, the Arams, with other Mohammedan races t and tho Christians in mediaeval Eu rope. So we see that the science has a long nnd honorable record behind it. : "Young Moore," tho British astrologer, predicted long ago the social nnd po litical troubles of recent days. He ' wrote of 1912 as the "black year," and tells us how it is done. He says: "Genuine astrological horoscopes and ; forecasts are based exclusively upon exact astronomical and matheinatic calculations, nnd the trnlned scien tific astrologer will calculate the past or future of any person by the same methods that the astronomer employs to calculate the return of a comet, the new and full moon, eclipses, high and low tides, weather changes, and other natural phenomena.'* /& WANTED-A RID'ER AGENT If l iJ[ IN EACH TOWN and district torlde and exhibit a sample Latest Model ft - if. 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I , ,fi; tw\ FiliiVli If veil aro then not perfectly .satisfied or (io not visit to keep the r \ M lfti\ ['(■<'i'VQ cycle ship it imck t<\us at our expense and von will not be out one (cnt, 112 iJr%\ : Ji, Yj FACTORY PRIfcFS furnish the highest grade bicycles it is t . j /liA) II Vvia , ~ * possll.io to make at one small profit, above u «c y i !' iI, r P. factory Cost. lon save ?lrt to 925 middlemen's profits by l>uy- S ,' , c L'i£ ll,o manufacturer's guarantee behind your 1 " ' /K IliSftH " B y< V,l DO NOT auY !l bicycle or a pair of tires from an,on, at an, ■ ■ fftw RV ilf un "l you recetvo our catalogues ami leant our unheard of /acton ■ a,l d rimarkable special offers t<> rider agents. IV i / 'if W* ou WILL BE ASTONISHED SSSSSfLtIT %\ !if \tl 'X 1 ' «•»" yrfu til In y«'«r. Wo Mil tlio highest g ratio tricycle* for I J" nirvrt r- n£nT£!iiV ,ml,Rny ot, !f r V. on,vratlsil.d with s|.u) „r„iitul,.,vo factory «-oHt. I JC/firilrrs iIiUmI CUU ° under your own nuino plate at clou Irio our prices, Hflfa)> oiCVCLES. We <Io not roeularly lmncllo worn! lian<l tricyolo*. !»ut usually liavo mnrrin.. 'Vmn'Su ♦ "ii .'V » >y ""I I Y 1 ? il > tores * wockur out promptly at prlcea tr« m»3 t-- - 801 SflO.• 1>«- _rlptivo Imrpntn lists mailed 1 tcm*. 0 £l A s \ cR-BfffiKLS. " w w w ■** Ba M v j equipment of ull klnddat hulftha regular retail priceSl 3 & HetSgetliora Puncture-Proof S, M 80 11 j Self-healiagTifes Ok will sell you a ta-nflr i-airfursi.SO(cash mitl>nrJ*r $ 1 v NGSfiGBETROUBLEFRCMPUHCTURES [( / / / / NAILS, T/«cks, or Clar.s will not let the air out, t f;y . . 7 . j£skf / / ( j oiEawraßKroiwr i..I / y ridintr. vory durable and lined inside withv / Si special <jualil.v r of rulibrr, which never i»r-\. . ' , v . v / comes porous and which closes up small liunctun's without alio wins' the air to escape. J JK We have liundreds of letters from satisfied customers g ill thickrubbertread statintrthat. their tin sha veonly heen punnx'd UP once PUiicturestrip«"B" or twice in a whole season. They H ,112 an ordinary tire, tho puncture resisting qualities heintr " to prevent rim cutting. This Kiven by several layers of thin, specially prepared v tiro will outlast any other fabricoll tho tread. Tho regular price of these tires la make—-SOFT, ELASTIC and is SIO.OO per pair, but for advertising purposes wo are u EASY RIDING. makintr a special factory price to tho rider of ohla* JI. SO per pnir. All orders sli!pped\amo day letter is received. Wo shin C. O I), on approval. Vou do not iiay a cent until\ou have examined and found them strictly as represented. umt'u 'nol\'^a n ? a ? h d ' sco, '" t or r ! l" r « nt (tUorehy maklnK the price $4.55 per pntr) 1 112 ymi wnd FULL CASH WITH OHUtH mi.t enclose this nitvertlsement. run no risk 111 sending nn an order the nmv Ihi returne<l nt OUR exin-nso If for liny reason they are not satisfactory nn exiiinlniitlon. We are perfectly reliable yon ;^^n^rk T ;w^? , |!^.!lr3? ,C,O ,OU W '" «' vo u " y "" r " rUtT - »'»»'* lif YQ&f /|££o TlftiiS 'ruVure e'r'o, .rTir "o"" v n l l,tn 7°" w "" 1 tnr «palr of n«l K cthorn J. L. HEAG CYCLE COHPANY, CKIC&BO.ILL. ' INDICTMENTS AGAINST BAYLESS AND HAMLIN Potter County Grand Jury Returns True Bill in Austin Dam Case Coiulrrsport, I'M., Sept. 1-1. An echo of 11n* Austin disaster WMS lifMrd this wock when Ihe I'olter county rimikl jury returned tine i.ills in two euses Mgainst t", Hii vless, N. llmnlin and M. ('• liailey, eharging (item wiih voluntary inansln.ii};liter. Two other eases, in which tlie same I charge is made, are now awniting 'trial in the Tioga county court, having heen transferred from Pot ter county l>y ordei of tlie Supremo ! court on petition of the defendants. A Distinction With a Difference YOU may not always get what you pay for. It takes a Rood judge of values to do that, but if there is one sure rule in business it is—you pay for all you get. You may not be able to see the difference between engines of similar appearance at different prices, but if you buy from a reputable firm you may be sure the difference in quality is there. IH C Oil and Gasoline Engines cost more than some others because they are more carefully made, and more thoroughly tested. Skillful designing, better material, better workmanship, more careful assembling, and more thorough testing, tell in the long run. Given equal care anIHC engine costs less per year of service than any other engine you can buy. If an IH C engine is given all the work it will do, pumping, sawing wood, running the grindstone, feed grinder, hay press, silage cutter, repair shop machines, cream j separator, churn, washing machine, etc., etc., it will pay for itself in a very short time in money and labor saved. j I H C engines are made in every style— i horizontal, vertical, air and water-cooled, j stationary, portable and mounted on skids, to operate on gas, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, dis tillate or alcohol, in sizes from 1 to 50 H. P. Kerosene-gasoline tractors, 12, 15, 20, 25 and 45-H P. The I II C local dealer will give you cata logues and full information, or write International Harvester Company of America I i (Incorporated) FJmira N. Y. Mjfo I H C Service Bureau I'll.' pirposn of this Bureau if to furnish, free (wj^nL of « i" ill. tli" best information obtainable , , tf/cfh >ii I. it.-.- I h'ii.iiic if you have any worthy ques- 'KWfJjjf ii .'is t- >ii" • nij ..nils, crops, land drainage, irrl- I i I 'mi. i. I : :i/- s. I - . ni.iUe your Inquiries specific MWSsmfJ/ tlii in "i Bureau, Harvester j — SB i Panther Throws Suburb ot 112 Altoona in State of Terror Altoona, Pa., Kept. 7.—People living in the vicinity of Kidorado. a suhuilr, have heen in M slate ol 1 terror for tile last week, because ol s the pi'escncc of a panther, 'j <'harles CHair and Harry Lynn ''and Emory Kichern, hoys, were ! returning from a ■, isit to the Luthei 1 | farm along Sugar run and were fo!- ' lowed for over a mile hy the ani ': mal. When it came within a few ' i yards of I hem they look to their Cjiieels. ij Some of (ho farmers are afraid "i to vent ure out at night. Local hunters are organizing a party to ■ make a search for the creature. Their Good Excuse "I've heard that the Mathesons are going to give a large card party next week Friday," remarked Mrs. Allen to her husband. "Keen Invited?" asked Allen, not looking up from his paper. "No, the Invitations aren't out yet." "Well, I suppose we'll be asked, all right." "Yes, that's the trouble." "Trouble?" echoed Allen, laying down the paper. "Yes, trouble. You know, Tom, I just can't bear those stiff, tiresome parties Mrs. Matheson is always giv ing. The last time we went to one we both declared that we'd never goto an other." "It's simple enough to send regrets, isn't it?" "Without any reason and cause an old friend and neighbor to be offended for life?" "Then send an excuse. Say that I'm ill or that your Angora cnt. is under the doctor's care because of an attack of the pip." "Don't be silly, Tom. This is a se rious matter. The Mathesons always know everything that goes on in this house. How could they live right across the street and not know wheth er I was telling the truth or not if I said you were ill? No, we've got to have some real reason for declining." "We might run out of town," sug gested Allen. "The Ashing is fine." "Fishing!" Mrs. Allen gave her hus band a withering glance. "When you feel impelled togo fishing, Tom, please leave me at home. I've had enough of leaky boats, wet feet and blistering sunburn." "Well, we might goto some other city for a little change." "I'm not prepared togo away from home. My clothes aren't in order and I have a dressmaker coming next week. I think we'd better Just Invite some people to dinner the evening Qf the card party. Suppose we ask the Doolittles?" "Do you think," inquired Allen, "that an evening with the Doolittles will be any more enlivening than a party at the Mathesons? Have I got to listen for three hours to Dooiittle's maunder ing talk about his one hunting expedi tion to the Maine woods and to Mrs. Dooiittle's bromide reminiscences of her single trip to Paris? Why the Doo littles, my dear? "You know very well that we owe them somo hospitality. I think Mrs. Doolittle is quite Interesting and that story Mr. Doolittle tells about the moose he missed is really exciting." "Yes, the first twenty times you hear it. After two dozen repetitions my hair has ceased to stand on end at the crit ical moments." "Well, anyway, I like them." "No accounting for taßtes, my dear. If asking the Doolittles to dinner will satisfy a soul craving of yours, ask them by all means. Never Vnind me." "Don't be ridiculous, Tom. You know I'm not crazy over them, but as long as we have to have some one, I think we may as well have them." "Oh, very well," replied Allen. When he left the house a few min utes later he dropped a note of invi tation into the nearest post box and grinned. Three days later he asked his wife: "Ave the Doolittles coming?" "Yes, Airs. Doolittle telephoned an enthusiastic acceptance. She has had some of her Paris photographs en larged and she's going to bring them over to show us." "Has Doolittle had any photographs taken of his moose story?" "Tom, you ought to be ashamed." "I am, my dear; but I'd rather be ashamed than hear that story again. By the way, did you remember to send your regrets to Mrs. Matheson?" "No." "Why not?" "Well, it's awfully strange, Tom, and I can't understand It at all —we're not invited by the Mathesons." "Not Invited! And the sacrifice on the Doolittle altar is all for nothing?" "Hut I can't see why they didn't In vite us." persisted Mrs. Allen. The night of the party after the Doo littles had taken leave, Mrs. Allen gazed dolefully from her front win dows. "Just look how gay it is over there, Tom!" she said. "After our dull evening the lights and laughter are really alluring. It appears to be an unusually lively affair. I honestly can not see why we weren't asked." "We weren't; that'B the main thing to bo thankful for." "I'm not a bit thankful. I'm greatly disappointed." "Why, I thought you never wanted togo there again." "I didn't, but I don't like to be left out and you know yourself, Tom, the Doolittles are the worst bores among our acquaintances. I don't see why you insisted on having them." "Why, my dear, I never —" "Now, don't deny it, Tom. You said for me to have them by all means. Those were your exact words. Look, they've begun to dance over there. Oh. dear, I haven't danced for an age!" —Chicago Daily News. Never, Never, Never. A woman is never as old as th« women who are jealous of her think she looks. Surprised. "I wish I knew how to hill timet 1 * "Why, I have heard you sing." " *" ) SYDNA ALLEN ARREST FT FOR COURT-ROOM MURDER Intercepted Letters to Virginia Sweetheart Results in His Apprehension Pes Moines,lowa,Sept. 14-Sydna Allen, wanted for shooting the judge, sheriff and others in the Virginia court-house murder, was captured here to-day at noou and the police expect to apprehend Wesley Edwards here in a few hours, as he is working near here ' on a grading gang. The arrest was accomplished l>y intercepting letters from Sydna Allen to his Virginia sweetheart. The court-house murd er shocked the whole country and police oflicers all over the country have hunted for the Aliens for months. NO TRESPASS BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT KIND. WE HAVE THEM AT 50c PER DOZEN. THE NEWS ITEM REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF First National Hank of Laporte of Lu|x>rte, In the State of Pennsylvania at the close of business Sept. 4.1912 RESCOURCES. Loans and Discounts 52,368 06 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 205 83 V. S. Bonds to secure circulation 25,000 00 Primums on U. s. Bonds 292 62 Bond Securities, etc 2.970 00 Banking house, Furniture, and Fixturcs-8,448 46 Due from approved Reserve Agents 6,92919 checks and other Cash Items 5B 83 Motes of other National Banks 2,190 00 Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels aud Cents 2789 Law ful Money Reserve in Bank, viz: Specie 4,845 60 Legal-tender notes — 2,220 00 7,065 60 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent circulation) 1,250 00 TOTAL 106,801 58 LIABILITIES. Captial stock paid in —-25,000 00 Surplus func , 3,500 00 Undivided, Profits, less expenses and Taxes paid——— 31992 National Bank Notes outstanding 28,000 00 Due to other National Banks 36 49 Individual deposits subject to check 35,398 51 Demand certificates of deposit 17,521 01 Certified ckecks 6 00 Cashier's checks outstanding 24 65 Total 106, sOl 58 State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan, 1. Kdward Lad lev, Cashier of the above-named bunk, do solemnly aillrm that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge aud belief. EDWARD LADLEY, Cashier. Subscribed and affirmed to before me this 20th day of June, 1912- ALBERT F. IIEESS, Prothonotory. CORRECT ATTEST; A. II BUSCHHAUBEN, F. W. MEYLERT, E. J. MULLEN. Directors. SUBSCRIBE NOW. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anvone sending a sketch and description ma* qulcki> ascertain our opinion free whether in Invent ion is probably pateutaole. Communlea- Hons st riot ly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent! scut free, oldest agency for securing patents. Pat cuts taken through Munn A Co. receive »pfcial notice , without ?harge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scieutlUc Journal. Terms, $3 * year. four mont hs, 112 L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co, 361 Broadway, NBW YOfk Branch Ofßce. 625 F 8t« Washington. **o - Best place to buy goods is olten asked by the pru dent housewife. 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