THE GOODLY COUNTRY.
I've nsver seen a hill but looked At mc with grave content,
Good naturedly and cheerfully, whichever way I went;
Though it were bleak and bare and brown, it shouldered to the sky,
And looked at me in quiet peace when I went alowly by;
But any building, be it house, or templed phice or mart.
Will face a man with chilling browa that act him far apart,
I've never Been a country road that did not have the time
To loaf beside the forest where the blossomed vines would climb,
To coax me softly, lazily, to rest with it awhile
Anil see the comfort it could find in creeping mile on mile;
But city streets they blare at vou and will not let you stay;
They huatle you unceasingly and drive your dream away.
I've never seen the sky that shields the country-side at nigh
An ebon velvet drapery looped up with gems of light
That did not seem to bend to me all friendlywise and bless
And pour a balm of comfort on my heart in ita distress;
But when the city has its night, the glare beats in your eye
And look whatever way you will, you cannot sec the aky.
I've never seen a country road, or brook or hill or tree,
That did not have a kindly word to speak or sing to me;
They never crowd us to one side, they never sneer nor frown.
Nor view us strangerwisc as do the streets and walla of town.
And so sometimes I think that this may be the hidden plan
Tn show us how much better God could make the world than man.
Chicago Evening
ttttt I1NHFR THF RnilMTFRWFIRHT. It
By ALBERT W. TOLMAN. &V 4P
the cry rising so unexpectedly under
his feet, started back, and stood for
an Instant petrified. Then realizing
that a life was at stake, he screamed
to the bridge-tenders;
"There's a man la the pit! Stop
the bridge!"'
Monroe, flavtening himself against
the cement wall, awaiting with trem
bling knees the doom that he feared
could not be averted, saw In the dim
light admitted by the sliding back of
his dungeon lid the black threatening
mass of the great counterweight over
head, and dropping slowly, remorse
lessly. He heard the shout of the
man above. Would the tenders un
derstand in time?
Down came the weight, lower, low
er. Three seconds more and It would
surely crush him. He groaned In de
spair. Then It stopped, so close to
his head that ho could have touched
Its slimy bottom with his finger tips,
and he knew that he was saved.
Youth's Companion.
Cuba's Custom-Fettered
Women and Their Homes.
Among his friends Harvey Monroe,
H Jolly, good hearted commission
merchant in one of the cities on the
great lakes, was known as "The Late
Mr. Monroe," a title that Indicated
Ills only serious falling. Harvey was
ft thief of time. To be sure, his pecu
lations generally extended to no
more than two or three minutes, and
often could be measured on the sec
ond dial. Still he was never just on
time, and his acquaintances formed
the habit of appointing their Inter
Views flvo minutes earlier than they
wished to see him. By that means
they succeeded In keeping hlra fairly
punctual.
On November 7, 1903, Harvey met
with an experience that effectually
cured him of procrastination.
At 10 that evening he had an im
portant business appointment at the
railroad station with a customer who
Was to stop off an hour between
trains. To reach the station it was
necessary for the merchant to cross
the river which spsTt the city In twain
and served as its harbor. Leaving
home five minutes late, as usual, he
arrived at the Horton streot bascule
bridge Just as it wus raised to admit a
tug, towing two barges. A little ear
lier and he would have avoided this
delay.
The river presented a long black
,vlsta, lined on each side with gloomy
.wharf ends nnd storehouse. At In
tervals It was spanned by bridges
sparkling with misty white electric
Vara. Now and then a red and green
lighted tug, churning automatically
Along with tow of barge or schooner,
,whlstled at this bridge or at thrft.
,Up tilted the swlngingends, while the
ponderous counterweights sank into
the dismal pits below.
Through went the tug. Down
'dropped the bridge as the weights
rose, and the clogged streets emptied
themselves of vehicles and pedestrians
until the next shrill whistle split the
spans once more.
Like most chronic procrastinators
Harvey Monroe was always In a hur
ry. It seemed to him that the span
.was kept raised unconscionably long.
Growing impatient he ducked un
der the streot barrier and leaned over
close to the abutment to see where
the barges were. The bridge tenders,
busy with their duties, did not ob
serve him, and no other foot passen
ger was near. Deceived by the black
ness he made a false step. The next
Instant he was falling besldo the
granite abutment!
A few feet below he struck on his
hands and knees on a cement ledge.
The shock was violent, but a thick
cushion of slush and drippings from
the bridge broke the force of his fall.
Down he slid, clawing despera'Jv for
a hand-hold, but finding none. Sud
denly he shot perpendicularly feet
first Into a narrow chasm, bringing
up neck deep In Ice cold water. He
had dropped Into the pit containing
the Iron counterweight that balanced
the bridge.
The suddennes of his catastrophe
dumbfounded Monroe, although he
had suffered no injury beyond being
shaken up and bruised. But the cold
water In which he was immersed soon
recalled him to himself and empha
sized tho need of immediate action
By feeling about he discovered that
he was In a triangular space with
hard, slimy cement on two sides and
a mass of steel on the other. He
must get out at once
Just as be thought of shouting for
help the machinery began to clank
and grind overhead, and tho counter
weight slowly lifted, brushing past
him in Its ascent to the position It oc
cupied when the bridge wbb dawn.
As It rose, the water, which had al
most touched his lips, began to fall
ana soon was no higher than his
knees
The commission merchant realized
that he must lose no time in lotting
his position be known. He threw all
his breath into vigorous shouts for
help, but as the roadway of the bridge
settled Into place above, it sealed the
pit with a lid of wood and metal
which prevented his cries from being
heard. Hurried footsteps passed
overhead; the rumbling of wheels
echoed through his prison, but his
frantic shouting, muffled by the Inter
vening root, attracted no attention.
Slipping-, stumbling on the slimy
bottom, Hurvey splashed round his
cell, vainly fingering the chill walls in
hope of discovering some way of es
cape. But, high us he could reach,
the hard cement afforded not a single
ledge or crevice, and In that pitchy
darkness ho could not tell how much
farther the walla rose above him. He
had no means of ascertaining, for
there wan nothing to give him a foot
bold. Harvey realized with sudden terror
that deadly peril threatened him
when the counterweight ahould next
descend. In grouping round his
dungeon he bad lost his sense of po
sltlon, and could not be sure of the
corner into which he had fallen. So
far as he knew, it was the only spot
that bad not been occupied by the
tons of metal now suspended above
bis bead. When the bridge was
i -sing ri our timber supply.
raised again and the weight fell,
what chance had he to avoid being
crushed to a jelly!
Cold and fright set Harvey's teeth
to chattering; his legs shook so mat
he could hardly stand. Unless he
could make hie cries audible to the
bridge-tenders or some pedestrian the
next whistle, signifying that a tug
was approaching from up or down
river, would mark his doom. At all
hours of day and night the harbor
was a busy place, nnd no very long
period could elapse before the dread
ed signal would be hoard.
As the horror of his situation
dawned fully upon him a wild wave
of unreasoning terror swept over the
unhappy merchant. Almost crazed,
ho hammered the walls with bis fists,
dashing round and round through the
Icy water, and making the well re
verbrate with his cries. Then he be
came more calm. Of what use to
wear himself out thus vainly! He
must save all his energies for an at
tempt to gain the notice of some ap
proaching pedestrian.
He stood in the middle of the pit in
dead silence, broken only by vague
sounds from outside and tho gentle
lapping of water against his dungeon
walls. Presently he heard a faint
tapping of feet on the plank walk ap
proaching the bridge. Now was his
opportunity. At the top of his lungs
he screamed hoarsely for help.
The feet stopped, as if their owner
had heard his voice and was trying to
locate it. Hopo buoyed the. prisoner
up. He redoubled his shouts, listen
ing painfully at short intervals. Then
to his bitter disappointment the steps
passed hurriedly on.
Despair smote Harvey. Of what
avail to try again If those cries that
had almoBt burst his throat had ac
complished nothing! But death was
sure If he remained silent. Perhaps
the man above had been deaf, and the
next would have bettor ears. He
waited, hoped, trembling.
All this time the dread of an ap
proaching whistle hung over him.
Again und again he seemed to hear
It, faint and penetrating, and at every
suspicion his hair bristled. The
bridge lifted often at that hour. Al
ready it had remained down much
longer than he had supposed possible.
Any second might herald his doom.
There was little prospect of attract
ing the notice of the bridge-tenders,
snugly ensconced In their house on
that cold night. Would another pe
destrian never come?
Waiting there in the centre of the
pit Harvey forgot the freezing water
In which ho stood, forgot his smart
ing hands and numbly aching Joints.
All else was overshadowed by the
nightmare of those tons of Iron sus
pended over his head, ready at any
Instant to descend and crush out his
life. He knew that men had fallen
Into these wells before, and that their
bodies had been taken out unrecogniz
able days and weeks afterward. Was
that to be his fate?
On a sudden another footfall
sounded above, firm, unhesitating,
rapid. Evidently its owner was bent
on business. A thought of his own
appointment, of tils friend waiting in
the comfortable station, consulting
his watch and wondering why he did
not come, Hashed through Harvey's
mind, and he remembered that It was
his fatal habit of being behind time
that had Involved him iu this predica
ment. All this shot through tho mer
chant's brain even as he rulsed his
voice to shout again.
This time the passerby, apparently
preoccupied with his own thoughts,
was not arrested by the faint cries
under him. Without hesitating the
footsteps passed on and died away.
Monroe had been almost deafened by
the echoes of his own clamoring.
Strange that no one elso could hear
it!
Then, almost paralyzing brain and
body, came the thing he had so long
dreaded. A faint whistle penetrated
his dungeon. He knew that In the
open air outside It was the loud
screech of an approaching tug. All
would be over ere many seconds had
passed .
Just then rapid footsteps above
again fell on his ears. Evidently
some one was hastening to get across
before the bridge should be raised.
Moiroe, grasping at the faint hope of
rescue, set the pit ringing with his
cries.
, Overhead camo a creaking, a clank
ing. They were starting to raise tae
draw. The footsteps stopped sudden
ly. Tho man had been too late to
cross, and must wait until the tug
had passed. -
Tho roof ofthe merchant's prison
slid harshly back. The counter
weight was descending. Whatever he
did must be done within the next few
seconds. Could he make the man
above appreciate his peril, bo that he
in turn might cause the bridge-tenders
to understand in time to check
the counterweight?
Harvey's voice rose in a hoarse
shriek of agony, strange in his own
ears, hardly that of a human belug:
"Help! Help! Stop the bridge!"
The pedestrian above, astounded at
Three Times as Mnch Timber Used
Each Year as the Forest Grows.
Every person In the United States
Is using over six times as much wood
as he would use If he were in Eu
rope. The country, as a whole, con
sumes every year between three and
four times more wood than all of the
forests of the United States grow in
the meantime. The average acre of
forest lays up a store of only ten cu
bic feet annually, whereas it ought
to be laying up at least thirty cublo
feet in order to furnish the products
taken ont of It. Since 1880 more
than 700,000,000,000 feet of timber
havo been cut for lumber alone, in
cluding 80,000,000,000 feet of conif
erous timber in excess of the total
coniferous stumpage estimate of the
census in 1880.
These are some of the remarkable
statements made in Circular No. 97
of the Forest Service, which deals
with tho timber supply of the United
States, and reviews the stumpage es
timates made by all the important
authorities. A study of the circular
must lead directly to the conclusion
that the rate at which forest products
in the United States have been and
are being consumed is far too lavish,
and that only one result can follow
unless steps are promptly taken to
prevent waste In use and to lncrea3e
the growth rate of every acre of for
est in tho United States. This result
Is a timber famine. This country is
to-day in the same position with re
gard to forest resources as was Ger
many 150 years ago. During this pe
riod of 150 years such German States
as Saxony nnd ' Prussia, particularly
the latter, have applied a policy of
Government control and regulation,
which has immensely Increased the
productivity of their forests. The
samo policy will achieve even better
results in the United States, becauso
wo have the advantage of all the les
sons which Europe has learned and
paid for In the course of a century of
theory and practice.
Lest it might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion of Amer
ican forest resources is sufficiently
accounted for by the increase of pop
ulation, it is pointed out in the circu
lar that the Increase in population
since 1880 Is barely more than halt
the Increase in lumber cut in the
same period. Two areas supplying
timber have already reached and
passed their maximum production
the Northeastern States in 1870 and
the Lake States in 1890. To-day the
Southern States, which cut yellow
pine amounting to one-third the to
tal annual lumber cut of the country,
are undoubtedly near their maximum.
The Pacific States will soon take the
ascendancy. The State of Washing
ton, within a few years, has come to
the front, and now ranks first of all
individual States in volume of cut
New York Evening Post.
Germs as Hired Men.
The farmer emptied a white pow
der into a pail of water, and added
thereto a tiny wad of cotton.
"I'm getting ready to vaccinate my
land for tho spring," he said. "This
Is the virus. The Government gives
mo the virus for nothing, and tho
vaccination increases my crops from
fifty to 300 per cent."
Stirring the fluid, he went on:
"Dr. G. T. Moore, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is the Inventor
of soli vaccination. Thanks to him,
you can fertilize for four cents as
much soil as 40 worth of nitrate
would cover.
"You see, the thing that fertilizes
soli Is nitrogen. Well, there Is a lot
of nitrogen in the air seven-tenths'
of the air Is nitrogen. And Dr. Moore
has bred a germ, a little living germ,
that all Its life long works like Rocke
feller at extracting this nitrogen from
the air and storing it ."a the soli
around it.
"This germ 1b what I vaccinate
my laud with. This germ, put In
my soli, tolls day and night a fine
little hired man. To It the air, the
free air we breathe, is a perfect
guano bed, and from that guano bed
I draw all the profit.
"And the result? Well, a potato
field yielded fifty per cent, more po
tatoes after vaccluation; an oat field
yielded 300 per cent, more oats; a
wheat field yielded fifty-two per cent,
more wheat; a rye field yielded 400
per cent, more rye. Minneapolis
Journal.
With Few Exceptions.
Wilton Lackaye says that while on
a downtown "L" train one morning
recently he chanced to overhear por
tions of an Interesting conversation
between two young women occuplng
adjoining seats.
"I see by the paper," observed one
of the young women, "that Mr.
Blank, the octogenarian, Is dead.
What on earth Is an octogenarian,
anyhow?"
"I don't know, I'm sure," was the
reply, "but there's one thing certain
they're a sickly lot of people. Yoft
never hear of one unless ho Is dying."
Lippincott's.
A well known figure In Washing
ton is Stephen Vail, sou of Alfred
Vail, who co-operated with Morse
nnd Henry in the invention of the
telegraph and built the first steam
engine that ever propelled a ship
across the oi.
By Mrs. C. R.
To the Independent American wo
man the life of her Cuban sister Is
simply Incomprehensible. It Is dull,
uninteresting In fact. In many in
stances aggravating. From childhood
to old age she rarely does as she
llkos, but Is a slave to antiquated
customs. As a child, a servant ac
companies her to school and calls for
her In the evening, and her playmates
are few. When tho marriageable age
is reached, her courting Is done In
the presence of others, for the young
man who calls on the Cuban senorlta
really visits the entire family, as at
least one of them always remains in
the room, which Is brilliantly lighted,
and Its occupants are in full view of
anybody passing along the street.
Even If the girl talks with her lover
through the grilled window some
member of tho family is always near
by. If he takes her to a place of
amusement she Is always properly
chaperoned. After they are engaged
tho vigilance of the parents Is In
creased, and the young couple are
never for a moment left to them
selves. A yonng man may be fond of
a girl, yet In no position to marry,
but after he has spoken tt her father,
which he mnst do early In tho court
ship, ho Is expected to visit her homo
every night and enjoy her society
along with tho rest of the family.
If they should go to a dance, with
the family, of course, the girl dances
every set with her escort.
To the American woman this stylo
of courtship seems particularly exas
perating, for nowhere are there more
romantic spots than around Havana.
In fact, everything throughout the
Island suggests the romance of lovers
wandering about free to enjoy each
other's company, unconscious of the
existence of the rest of the world.
Yet there such pleasure Is denied
them. The- Cuban girl of the better
class is usually pretty. The beauty
of her clear, olive skin is heightened
by sparkling black eyes and very
white teeth, while her head is
crowned by awealthof coal black hair.
Her whole make-up suggests happi
ness, but from an American point of
view she never really attains It. I
am told that occasionally one Is bravo
enough to break down customs.
Finally this courted in the presence
of the family girl marries, and unless
the young husband Is wealthy, even
the Joy of a wedding trip 13 denied
her. She at once settles down to a
life of Inactivity, and, as tho result,
grows fat, and Inside of flvo years has
lost every vestige of her girlhood
beauty. Sho is usually the mother of
a large family, and be It said to her
credit she makes a devoted mother.
She is the picture of domesticity and
rarely leaves her home. Domesticity
does not always bring happiness, nnd
unhappy marriages aro not uncom
mon. Divorces are unknown, and
when separations occur the unfortu
nate couple simply live apart and
neither can remarry. This seems to
be the swinging back of the pendu
lum to the other extreme, as com
pared with the loose divorce laws of
some of the States, both systems re
sulting In immorality. One has but
to visit the big orphan asylum in
Havana to learn something of Cuba's
moral depravity. At the entrance
there Is a large turn-table, on which
a child may be placed aud "turned"
into the Institution. The good sister
receives It and no questions are
asked.
Tho Cuban matron has little to say
In the management of her own house
hold, as the family literally board
with their cook, who has solo control
of the cuisine. . When a cook la on
gaged she Is paid so much per month
ten, fifteen or twenty dollars, as
the case may be for her work. She
at once Inquires how much Is allowed
for the marketing, which she Is to do
each morning. On being told, she
figures out how much she can save
from the amount, and If the graft
amounts to say fifteen or twenty
cents per day, she Is likely to accept
the position. She rarely sleeps at the
house, and' usually has a family at
her own who are fed from tho larder
of her employer. Early breakfast Is
light fruits, rolls and coffee and
at noon there Is a meal known as late
breakfast, which resembles the Amer
ican luncheon. When this Is finished
the cook spends a few hours ut her
home and returns at five o'clock in
time to prepare dinner. A half
grown girl Is employed to wait on the
table, answer the doorbell, etc. In
some families male cooks are em
ployed. If the meals do not suit the
master of the house he adds more
money to the marketing allowance.
Meanwhile, the wife enjoys life in
a rocking chair, reads a little, and
doeB needlework occasionally. She
powders her face with a coarse pow
der until she becomes positively
ghastly. Even the children are Bent
out with a coating of this ugly stuff
to mar their otherwise pretty faces.
She never goes shopping and knows
nothing of the Joys of bargain days.
The Cuban matron contents herself
by sending for the shopkeeper and
having him bring goods to her house,
and from these she makes her selec
tions. Social calls are made and en
tertainments are given, but these are
rigidly confined to each grade iu the
social world.
I met a man In Havana who had
been educated In the States, and who
was so thoroughly Amerlcau In his
manner that I expected him to suy
that his wife did Just as an American
would do, but I wus destined to bs
disappointed. Indeed, he seemed
shocked when 1 uuuounced one even
ing that I had been wandering about
Havana alone during the day. "You
would not do that if you were a na
tive," be said. "Oh, you might want
to, but you wouldn't," and then he
added In a half-apologetic manner,
"My sister goes out frequently." The
idea of a woman wanting to do any
thing and not doing it was so utterly
preposterous that 1 questioned In
vain for the reason, only to bo told
that it was "not the custom."
Many of the boys are sent to the
United States to be educated, and
only the other day the president of
the Lehigh University told me that
be welcomed both the Cuban and the
MILLER.
Porto Rlcan, as they made excellent
students. The girls, however, rarely
have thp samo advantages, and are
sent to Spain, where they are educa
ted In convents and retain their old
Spanish customs. If by chance one
marries an American of the right sort
these Ideas of seclusion vanish and
tho real woman comes to the surface.
I saw au evidence of this in the Inter
ior of the Island where I met a
charming Cuban girl, the bride of a
few months. Her husband was tho
typical American business man de
voted to her and his business. She
was rapidly learning English and be
coming Americanized. One day she
came to my room, hor arms full of
bnndles. her eyes dancing with de
light, nnd her pretty face wreathed
with smiles. I soon understood thai
she wanted me to examine her pur
chases, and so in true American style
we discussed her bargains.
Before the Spanish-American wat
the women of the higher and middle
classes were never employed outside
their own homes, but since that time
a few. forced to it by poverty, have
broken the customs and accepted po
sitions. Many, however, even though
they may be pitifully poor, refuse,
and marry In poverty and rear a fam
ily under the same conditions. The
native woman makes a splendid
dressmaker and does some wonderful
work In copying from fashion books
without the aid of patterns. If by
chance you should give her an old
dress to copy, be sure It Is not darned
or patched, for if such bo the case
yonr new gown will be sent patched
or darned in tho same identical spot,
even though new goods mnst be cut
away. She is a born imitator and
copies to the letter.
Tho cigarette factories employ a
large number of women, and a visit
there will destroy the romantic idea
of Carmen. These girls are for the
most part slovenly, rouged beyond all
reason, and many of them smoke as
they work. None of them presents
the trig appearance of the American
working girl. It mwt bo taken into
consideration that their hours aro
longer and pay less. In tho busy sea
son, I nm told, they sleep sometimes
on chairs at the factory In order to bo
at work etorly. There Is no child-labor
law in Cuba, and many little girls
who should bo at school are employed
In these factories pasting stamps,
packing cigarettes, etc. The fore
man explained that the children
worked from necessity, as they were
orphans, their fathers having been
killed In the lato war.
Havana Is a theatre-going town,
and here one finds the Spanish and
Cuban actress. She differs little, as
n rule, from the American plaver and
loves publicity. At the Abisbu Thea
tre one evening I saw two little one
act Spanish plays. They were some
what like the delightful comedies
which made Roslna Vokes famous.
Three of these aro given each evening
at -this theatre by a stock company,
who have been playing there each
night for three consecutive years.
Tickets are sold by the act rather
than for the entire evening, and one
may come to any or all the plays. An
orchestra chair may be obtained for
the sum of fifty cents for each play.
Standing on the lower floor Is sold for
thirty cents per act. For the first
play our tickets were blue, and for
the second, when we sat on the oppo
site side of tho theatre, they were
pink. These slips were taken up at
the close instead of tho beginning of
the performance. The crowd usually
comes in for the second play, which
begins about 9 o'clock, and In which
Senorlta Esperanra. Pastor, the star,
usually appears. This lady ft) viva
clous nud graceful. Sho dresses u
part well and Is a comedian of ability.
The Cuban home is built for cool
ness, and the patio, which Is filled
with beautiful plants and often
adorned with a fountain, is the cen
tral feature, and all the rooms open
on it. If the house Is two stories
(the majority are one) tho living
room Is on the lower floor while the
sleeping rooms are above. If the
family should own an automobile or
carriage It is kept in tho front hall.
Tho horse Is often stabled in the rear
and adjoining the kitchen. There
are no chimneys on dwellings In
Cuba, and no provision Is mado for
heating the houses. Hot water Is a
luxury, as the only fire is in the
small charcoal stoves on which tho
cooking Is done. All garbage is re
moved at night, and one Is spared the
nauseating garbage cart so common
in our cities. Few private houses
have bath rooms. A house on tho
Prada will bring from $100 to $200
per month, while a most ordinary
dwelling In a good neighborhood will
rent for $50. Tho ceillngB are very
high at least fifteen feet. Carpets
are not used, as tho floors are of fan
cy tiling, which Is kept scrupulously
clean by mopping each day. Tho
furniture Is made of mahogany, with
cane seats, or is of the wicker va
riety and rocking chairs predominate.
Upholstered furniture is never used.
The windows have grilled Iron bars,
many of which are fashioned In fancy
designs. Glass panes are rarely
found, but Inside shutters are used
to shut out tho sunlight during the
day.
The typical bed in Cuba is of Iron,
and decorated at the head and foot
with mednlllons of painted scenery
Inlaid with mother-of-pearl. A mat
tress Is not often used, and sleeping
on woven wire 'springs with only a
thin quilt between the sleeper and
the springs Is not the most pleasant
sensation. However, after a few
nights one realizes the comfort of
cool beds In the tropics. At Santiago
they never use feathers in pillows,
but fill them with a species of grass
which bears a small seed. The mice
aro fond of these, and one night I
was awakened by something movlpg
under my head. I soon discovered
that it was a mouseeujoying the seed.
As the majority of rooms lu Cuban
hotels have two beds, I simply trans
ferred my quarters to the other side
of the room and did not disturb the
little animal at his midnight lunch.
Leslie's Weekly,
ISfEWS
r Pennsylvania
itM.lt ENTERTAINS FARMERS.
-Millionaire Agriculturists Dine With
Rending' President.
Rending (Special). The members
of the Farmers' Club, of Philadel
phia, were entertained by President
Baer, of the Reading Hallway, at his
country place, Bruin's Choice, along
tho Schuylkill River, above Reading.
Tho party came In a special train
composed of Mr. Baer's private car,
Philadelphia; the private car. Atlas,
of the Jersey Central Railroad, and
two Pullmans. The party returned
this evening.
In the party were George F. Baor.
J. Donald Cameron, T. DeWItt Cuy
ler, Rudulph Ellis, James L. Fish
er, Clement A. Grlsrom, Wayne Mae
Veagh, James McCrea. E. T. Stotes
bury, W. N. Appel, Judges J. Hay
Brown, Frank L. Connard. William
O. Coxe. Judge Vernon W. Davis,
Robert W. de Forest, Samuel Dick
son, Charles W. Gould, Judge George
Grey, W. U. Hensol, Isaac Hlester,
Judge George C. Holt, Richmond L.
Jones, Chief Justice Tames T. Mitch
ell, Heber L. Smith, Francis Lynde
Stetson and Judge Henry G. Ward.
EXPLOSION KILLS 7 MINERS'
The Bodies Torn and Clothing BurnJ
Off.
DOG SAVES HIS MISTRESS.
Attack Cow That Was Trampling
Young Woman To Death.
Harrlsburg (Special). Miss Clara
Rupp wa3 attacked by a maddened
eosv on her father's farm In Swatara
Township. After the enraged ani
mal had knocked her to the ground
and was fiercely horning and tramp
ling her, a large collie dog succeed
ing In getting the cow to turn Its
attacks from his bleeding mistress.
While the dog and cow were In
tho midst, of their battle, Miss Rupp
attracted the attention of her father
by her cries, who ran to her assist
ance. She Is badly bruised and cut.
SANDWICH NOT A ME').
Consequently Ire Cream Cannot Be
Sold As A Desert On Sunday.
Altoona (Special). Magistrate
David Klnch has officially decided
that a snndwlch and a plate of Ice
cream does not constitute a meal,
In the legal sense, for the purpose
of avoiding tho Sunday blue laws.
Constable Mnrkey nrrested Frederick
Wise for selling Ice cream Sunday
at his cafe, at South Altoona. Wise
alleged that he served the Ice cream
with meals. It turned out that Wise,
remembering tho law, refused to sell
the cream unlesB a sandwich was also
purchased, hoping thus to come with
in the scope of the law.
"Its violation of tho letter and
tho spirit of tho law," declared the
magistrate and he Imposed a fine
of $4. Mnrkey also arrested Robert
Rltter and H. B. Heffey, Lakemont
Park caterers, for selling cream on
Sunday.
Enlarging Insane Hospltnl.
Danville (Special). Wo-'i was
commenced on the new $90,000 fe
male Infirmary for the Hospltnl for
tho Insane, which Is provided for in
the new $429,000 appropriation bill.
The building will be 210 feet long,
and 80 feet wide, and will accommo
date 200 patients. It will be two
stories high and will be constructed
of brick.
In addition, there Is provided in
tho new appropriation bill a building
for the acute Insane male patients to
cost $90,000, a building for the acute
Insane female patients, to cost $90,
000. There Is also to be erected a
$15,000 building for the employees
and attondauts.
Whistle Fatal To Girl.
Enston (Special). Annie Lingo,
the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Linge. of West
Easton, wns romping with a number
of other children, blowing a toy tin
whistle, when In inhaling breath the
whistle slipped down hor throat and
lodged there
She cried out In agony, nnd medi
f-al assistance was soon obtained, but
.lemorrhages set in and she died in
an hour.
Light nins Strike Train.
Blrdsboro (Special). During a lo
cal thunder storm, David S. Schmock,
a brakeman on an extra freight train
on tho main line of the Heading
Railway, was struck by lightning and
killed.
Schmock was on top of a moving
box car and was struck on tho head.
The hair was burned off his head
and face, but the car was not dam
aged. The deceased Is a resident of Phil
adelphia, starting out. from the Rich
mond yard.
Rescued By Her Pet.
Allentown (Special). Attacked
by a bull while walking along a road
near Siesholtzvllle, Miss Emma Slch
er was rescued by the Interference
of a pet bulldog. A battle betwoen
the two animals resulted in severe
injuries to the bull and the death of
the dog.
Drowned In Jar Of Water
Litltz (Special). Ruth, the 2-year-old
daughter of Grayblll Mln
nlch, fell Into a huge stone Jar part
ly filled with water and was drown
ed. Tho Jar was on tie kitchen floor.
legacy Will Not Stop Work.
Alradvillo (Special). Aleck Wal
ton, a hostler at tho Major A. C.
Huldekoper Stock Farm, Conneaut
Lake, deposited in a Meadville bank
a draft for $10,000, hU share, with
six othor children, of tho estate of
his father, a London butcher. Wal
ton's bride, Maggie Barr, arrived
hero from England on June 10 und
thoy were married that aften.oou.
Walton will continue to work on the
stock farm.
Smed By Fellow-Workninn.
PotUtown (Spoclal). It was duo
i3 the prompt action of David Swavc
ly that Clarence Smith, a bricklayer,
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of a flue when he was overcome by
gas ui me ro. a furnace of tho War
wick Iron &: Steel Comimnv a.,ui.
belns- senseless across a irairnM
iid In the Interior of th Ana -i,n..
a dense volume of coil gas from the
rurnac surrounded the two men.
Swavely secured a rope and lowored
his uucousclous fallow-workman to
,tn bottom.
Scranton, Pa. (Special). SevB
men were killed outright and two
others seriously Injured in two Ms
plosions of mine gas In tho Johnson1
No. l Mine, at Prlceburg. The Ant
explosion, which occurred about 8
o'clock, was caused by the careleos-
ness of a door tender who. by leaving
a door open, allowed gas to accumu
late In the workings. One man was
Injured as a result of this explosion.
The second explosion which resulted
in me death of seven men and tht
Injury of another, occurred about I
o'clock and resulted from tho Ignl-
tion or the deadly firedamp which
accumulated after the first explosion,
Of the eight men who were work
ing In the main gangway at the tlm.4
of tho second explosion, seven wer
Killed Instantly.
A runner, who was near the fool
of the shaft when the second ex
plosion occurred, quickly gave the
alarm and a rescue party hurried to
the scene of the explosion. All th
victims were frightfully burned, ths)
clothing being burned off most 01
them.
News of the explosion snreacl ran.
Idly through the village of Prlce
burg, a mining hamlet Just north ol
Scranton, and hundreds of wives.
children and other relatives of tho
who are empolyed In the mine hur
rled to the breaker. So badly dls
figured were the remains of thos
who were killed that identification
at the time was Impossible, and tht
wildest excitement prevailed. Harsh
measures had to be pursued by tn
mine officials to keep tho crowdi
back, and hundreds followed thi
ambulances to undertaking establish
ments. It was with the greatest dif
ficulty that any authentic news ot
the affair could be learned, becaust
of the excitement that prevailed.
About 1,500 men work In the
mine, but as no account was kept of
those who had come out before the
explosion occurred, It Is Impossible
to determine until the rescuing par
ty returns If the present death list it
complete.
Historians Fraternize.
Lancaster (Special). The Lancas
ter County Historical Society held
its annual outing at Accomac, on the,
Susquehanna, and entertained the
Berks County Historical Society.
Addresses were made at tho dinner,
presided over by S. M. Sener, of Lan
caster; by Dr. John W. Jordan, Phila
delphia, president of the State Fed
eration of Historical Societies, and
R. F. Kelker, Harrlsburg, head ot
the division of State archives.
Killed By Liglittirng In Field.
Sollnrgrove (Special). So anxious
was Michael C. Moyer to replant a.
corn.".;ld that he continued his labors
while a storm was gathering. A
bolt of lightning struck and Instant
ly killed him as the work was almost
completed. His body was pierced
from shoulder to shoulder and shoes
loosened from his feet.
Young Bather Drowner.
Danvillo (Special). Fred Miller,
tho 10-year-old son of Charles Miller,
of Riverside, was drowned while
swimming with several companions
In the river front about a mile be
low town. The boys suddenly found
themselves In deep water and a
strong current and when, after a
struggle, they reached shore tho Mil
ler boy had disappeared.
Argument Was Convincing.
Pottsvllle (Spoclal). Jay Sunday,
aged 14 years, wns shot by a com
panion, here. The boys had a Flo
bert rifle. They had an argument at
to whether tho gun was loaded. To
show Sunday It wasn't, his compan
ion pointed It at him and pulled th
trigger. The bullet entered Sunday's
leg.
Pittsburg Needs More Workmen.
Pittsburg (Special). Owing to
the dearth of unskilled cheap labor
In the Pittsburg district the United
States Steel Corporation has sent
agents at Ellis Island In an endeavor
to Becure 5000 and has been fairly
successful.
Church Struck By Lightning.
Reading (Special). A terrific
electric storm swept over the south
western pnrt of the county. The
only building damaged was the
Wyomlsslns Church, of Couplers-
vllle, which was struck by lightning.
The roof was torn up. The rafters
were split.
To Kill Every Dog In Town.
Hazleton (Special). A mad dog
played havoc at Gowen and Rock
Glen and before he was shot every
dog In tho two towns, as well SO
a man and girl were bitten. The
State Constabular will be despatched
to tho towns to kill every dog.
Buried In Bridal Robes.
Choster (8peclal). Mrs. Kathryn
Sprague Dehner, a well-known mem-
dot oi t rinity MSthodllt Eu sronal
Church, died at her home on Par
ker Street after a few minutes' Ill
ness. The deceased was married
onlv three months asro. Shn una
burled In her bridal robes.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Judgo Johnson has approved tho
contract for tho erection of a now
bridge over Darby Creek, connecting
the township of TInlcuni to Prospect
Purk, at a cost of $68,000.
James F. Dougherty, aged 64
years, a well-known hotel man ot
Danville, and a Democratic poll-1
tlclnn, who has served a number
of terms as member of Council, died
at his home, following an illness ot
six weeks.
Berwick Borough Council has de
cided to again enforce the curfsw
law, which baa .Men a dead letter
for several months past.
County Commissioners of North
ampton and Lehigh Counties, tho
Bethlehem Borough authorities and)
the officials of the Lehigh Valley
Transit Company have decided to)
build a new $100,000 bridge to upon
the Monacacy Crook, In Bethlehem.
The structure will ho an arched ooa
crete bridge, 475 feet long, 6. fees'
high and 00 feet wide.