Wellsboro Girl Attacked By Man Who Used Acid Wellsboro, Oct. 1. —An attack on Mabel White, 20 years old, a music teacher, Sunday morning at her home in Jobs Corners, is agit ating the northern portion of this county. The young woman believed her self to be alone in the house, when in the upper hall some one threw a blanket over her head and hit her in the face, knocking her down. Then her assailant, in attempting to pour carbolic acid down her throat, severely burned her neck and chest. Enraged by the failure of his plans, the man who attacked her cast her headlong down the stairs. Hhe was unable to see his face. Miss White's screams were heard by neighbors, who aided her in leaving the house. When the young woman's res cuers searched the house thev found the rooms empty. Sheets tied togethor showed that the int ruder had let himself down by a rope, and had escaped by a rear window. Miss White bad many admirers, one of whom, A. Austin Andrus, it is alleged, recently threatened her. She also has been recieving anonymous letters. I/ist week, Miss White says, she was accosted by a strange man in an auto. He inquired if her name was Mabel White, and sheaeknow leged it. He then handed to her an undressed letter, which warned her not to keep company with other young men. Andrus has been arrested and is under bail for a hearing on Satur day. The sheriff, his deputy and the district attorney are reticent. Miss White is in such nervous con dition that the hearing may have to be posponed. SEPTEMBER WAS WET Only Four Times Has Its Record Been Surpassed Four times in the past IS years, and only lour, has more rain fallen in this section of the country in the month of September than fell last month. These .were 1897, 1 !•<)">, It 06 and 1911. NO TRESPASS™ BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT KIND. WE HAVE THEM AT 50c PER DOZEN. THE NEWS ITEM Anyone sending a sketch and description mr quickly ascertain our optniiii free whether HI invent ion is probably patent nolo. (niiiinumra ttons strictly cnnOdontlal. HANDBOOK on Tat en La sent free, oldest ageney f»»r securing patents. Patent* t:iken through Alunn A Co. receive sprcial notice, without jhargo, In the Scientific American, A handsomely 1! lust rated weekly. Largest clr dilution of any scientltle journal. Terms, fit a year , four months, fl. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNIUCo, 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office. 625 K 8t„ Washington. r K The Best place to buy goods Is often asked by the pru dent housewife. Money saving advantages arealways beino searched for Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on i E*X*HJ*m T I*o N | ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. AJA answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. MEOW-W-W!!! —Si liiiiler in Indianapolis Star THE CALF: "No Chance for Me." "Ti' I - r .i. MtikilW o. U i V v v v /A la A HSHNnB ■ iMmnT; /J ( : if irj'. A iff + x&mr* rJ co^*ts3Mt N L\;- \ " o- Slßj YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF ME. 112 —From New York Herald. "HONESTLY, WHAT ARE YOU TANNING FOR, THE PRESIDENCY OR FOR REVENGE?" | _ _ —From tlie New York Herald. Sets Himself Afire in Fall Down Stairs ! Sunbury,Oct. I.—Trippiug while ! going down stairs at her homo here ; yesterday. M>h. Mary MeOon-1 ' iniuiihev fell head first to the hot-i ! I torn. She earried somi' matehes in : I her hands and one of these ignited and se* fire to her clothing as she lay there tineonseions. | J A boarder heard her fall and I and wrapping a. rug around her,) saved her life. She is seriously; ; burned about her face and body I and suffered a broken aftkle. /TS WANTED-A RIDER AGENT 11 VI 'Bf 1 * CM JOWN and district to ride and exhibit a sample Latest Model I Ranger bicycle furnished by us. Our atrentsovery where are makini* l t> to anyone anywhere in the U.S. without a tent deposit I Il\ \l WAV r/IVM U \ "d™" o0 ' flight, and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRlALduring I lUm Iff v/VM iV 1 !!? limo £u U may ride tho bicycle and put it to any test you wish. J M i • ! l n , r ? Perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the \ I S*l\ Ml'/ \1 riAVAnu 1 1 imek to UH at our expcniso and you will not be out one cent. , l\ IKt ijA FACTORY PRICES 112»\ rn l sll t,in grade bicycles it is b v'-iIMMI Wjm _ %t i - . . possible to make at. one small profit alx»u .e. 'M ll^Wll *Jr! ft p 0 " 1 . 0 .' factory cost \ou save $lO to $25 middlemen's profits by buy l /T * 'fli i' 1 ;'jJJT 80 no M#vr mVv' 5 £!} e guarantee behind your r I '* /l ih I! »'ti P WOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from an one at any ■. ;t\S oy i\ fl !' «!i 5 r°eeive our catalogues ami learn our unheard of factory I \ special offers to rider a cents. '• 11 •' !i fl ■\ En yKWr a i > ■ Wllbll uud study our superb ruotlelH at thv woudt i \\ ; ff ™r k '! OU *«!" »"« '"ehest en.Jo bicycle* Mr v\ Ijf// BICYCLE DEirEBC . If C , ' T - \\ i' lirr Katlsfii'tl with SI.(K) prolit above factory cost. M,?dnf"?olTed. bicycles under yourowu Minopl«to»td.iul,to our prices. f,'w.n < ? , "t EB i ?*° f '° ™So'»rlsr handlesecond lianil bicycles. but usually liavo '^ uao wo clear out promptly at priced (j > U k S TJER-BR A K ES, SjSfJS * i dffe— Hedgefhorn Puncture-Proof * M M J B| Self-healing Tires Z,S£s££R LL SIO.OO per pair, but to introduce rue jk HI v>lU sell mn a « -"nfl* pair for s4.Bo{cath toith order fI.SS.P~- z ' - —~~W^ U / 112 fTT^ vr Cliiss will not lot t'.r r»ircut.l [ 1 ',<>■ I / Dttcrlipr/ON-I LA.J / " rldincr.vyr.V rluraMe purl lined Inside with 1 n ! :•••• ial i ilny cf rubl«T. w In.-h in v. r l»-V / Come . jioi .ns unci \vhii*h closes up small ®" "ii ji pnm i ••■i-s v.'liiioub nUoivliic the nlr to escape. I]R \\>■ lia .-ehimdri ils of letters from satisfied ru Vomers [ 11 Nolleo the thickrubbertread st tii iht tli. ir tin shave only been immped up oneu v-. 3*. 'A" and puncture st rips"B" or inn xvholo s.-ason. Tliey welich noni< rothan r 'l »nd D"alto rim strip "H" an oru. nai.y lire, the puncture resisting rinalitus being (l If to prevent rim cutting. This given by sev. r.il luyi rs of thin, specially piepan d \ yp tiro will outlast any other fabi'ieon tlio tread. '1 lie resmlar price of these tires || make—SOFT, ELASTIC and is ?!0 rt) per jrilr, butforatlverl ising pnri>oseswo are *■ EASY RIDING. 'VI rl .'! cr ot "" lv , So,)or I)air - A " o«lers shipped same hii v. 'i 'liin' il n'id foiinV thi 'n ns??ep'rSed " U ° Pay a cuuL uuUl JOU with r;iioi«'»^ l !: , .!TiM°»h , :ir^«^Y««^ r lr> T yo " tp" r uLL cA#H r,t .. T OUR. x . H»' r »#V .... , , 112 fenuing us nu order an the tirt'H may he r. IF IOU NEED TIRES PunctVire "r y r'"ir Ht H " y nntM ynu s,>n,! fora P'* lrof H«!KPth<irn I nrW-rtP I t.l ■ ' . > v rif f,.r ,nrii, M,! .. i .ir I "tppr. '-Hlan.! trial Ht thexjHHMal lutro«|(iot«iry El,„Mof 1 C-aUlonuo which descrl boa and quotes all luakca a..J DO &£OT WAIT t'l'r' j V fr PO NOTTHINK OFBUYINGa hl.-yle ompalr of irTX p..„,T.T.Tr*rnev^rvtmn^'VvrA"; t'tWo -v.'" lh ° uow J. mm CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. WOOCROW IS MAKING A GO3D RUN —Johnaon in Baltimore American A FALSE ALARM X"look\ yooVy .M - i.i.., 1 - —Williams ID Indianapolis News. Finds His Wife Dead in Bed Mnncy, Sept. 2!>.--Mrs. Jennie Woo , wife of Dr. George G. Wood, died sn ldeuly shortly afterOo'eloek this morning. Sfie awoke at G o'clock and asked her husband to light the fire. When he returned to the room fifteen minutes later he found her dead. She is survived by her husband and two children, Dr. Kenneth W. Wood and Mis. George E. Heber ! ton. Mrs. Wood was about 60 years |of age and was prominent in tlx | work of Presbyterian church. 11 "SPEAK OUT! SPEAK OUT!" Democratic Stomachs Revolt Against Wilson-Marshall Mush. "Speak out! Speak out!" is the al most desperate cry of the New Yorlft World, the newspaper chiefly re sponsible for the nomination of Wood row Wilson In 1912, as it was for the nomination of Alton B. Parker la 1904. Day after day, It seems, the j World has been waiting with ears to I the windward for some point, some virile, vital expression from its latest presidential Jack out of the box on questions of the hour, some solid positive utterance by the candidate, which it could grab and lay about with as a campaign shillelah. It has waited in vain. Rounded periods of dreary drivel, pedagogical common places that might have come out of a third reader and which had about as much relation to issues of the cam paign as "It is a sin to steal a pin" has to Metropolitan opera, have been led to curious crowds and to editors waiting with whetted p j ns lor red hot meteors of inspiration Disappointment and disgust are not confined to the World office. "We asked >ou for bread and you gave us a stone" is paraphrased in Democratic sentiment by "We asked you for meat and you gave us mush." Nause ated with Wilson they turned to Mar shall only tn find him as aperient of vacuous platitudes as his coadjutor. It's a hopeless appeal. As well try to seize the elusive tail of a greased pig at. a county fair as expect to get anything ijefinite out of Wilson. He was definite enough when he said in his "History of the American Peo ple" that "the Chinese are more to be desired as workmen, if not as citi zens," than "the coarse crew crowding in at eastern ports"—that is, immi grants from Europe. He was definite enough in saying in the same book that congress had "dealt very harshly" in passing the law excluding Chinese from tiie United States. He was defi nite enough in denouncing immigrants from Poland, Hungary and Italy. Evidently Wilson can speak out If he wants to, and the inference is that lie is afraid to On the issue of a navy powerful enough to defend the interests and uphold the honor of the United States he is silent for fear of offending the Democratic majority in congress opposed to strengthening the navy. On the tariff he is, to quote an old comparison, "neither a man, nor a mouse, nor a long tailed rat," but more like one of those ancient Egyp tian monstrosities carved on the mum my cases, with heads looking contrari wise. On one point he is definite—he wants to be president, and he doesn't care much how he gets there. He Is willing to slosh through a sea of bosh, to the White House, and now that he has the nomination he counts upon the world and the rest of the whang doodles to follow, whether they like his style or not. Perhaps they will, notwithstanding grimaces of disgust and protesting cries to speak out. Put the people—they want a rrma for president. "PLAYING THE GAME." Truly, President Taft Does Not Folia** System Politically. That is a criticism often heard of President Taft. it is the professional politician usually who voices it, but often it is repeated by those who are accustomed to take their estimates of public men and their political opinions from others. Playing the game has been the occu pation of time serving politicians from time immemorial. Men who regard politics as a game like to see it played deftly. Other men without fixed ideas on the subject parrot the criticism passed by the experts. Playing the game in politics neces sarily has deceit as Its fundamental principle. The public man who sees develop ing an issue that might prove embar rassing to him personally, and who manages, by guile, to divert public at tention to another, a lesser, but a per fectly safe, issue, plays the game. The public man who makes public' protestations of his enmity toward swollen wealth and then holds secret conferences with the representatlTes of that wealth, plays the game. The public man who preaches one code of political morality and prac tices another plays the game. The public man who utters sounding but empty phrases, no matter how de lightful iiis diction or how superb his eloquence, plays the game. The public man who makes promises imiMjssible of fulfillment plays ths game. The public man who puts the ac quirement of public favor above ideals of public service plays the game. Truly, President Taft does not know how to play the game. He has been reared in an atmos phere of service rather than politics, as we have come to know politics. The thing that has always concerned him is the doing of nil act. not the spec tacular staging of it, nor the exploita tion of it, nor, on the contrary, the concealment of it. To servq, has always been his Ideal, not merely to acquire the appearance of serving. It has been impossible for him to look upon public service as a game. The public's business, as he regards it, i Is serious business. . There is reason for the belief that ' the American people as a whole share I with him this view. The growing In telligence of the nation is rejecting the Idea that the selection of their public servants ia merely a sporting proposition.
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