THE HANDLE. "Not do men light a candle and put it fmder bushel" Matt. 8:15. .Your candle ia so email, ao small. ft maliea ecarce any light; IThe feeble word you may let fall, Haa neither strength nor might? !And there be many greater onea Who outshine you by far, 'As do the sky illuming suna Outgrow the farthest atar? But of all good aounda ever heard There is none half ao fair As one uncalculated word That soothes aome dim doapair, And what a dull sky it would be If all the points of light (Were gone, and we might only ace The auna of wondrous might. He who holds up hia little flame Knows aot what straining eyea May hnd it guiding them from ahame Into a paradise; 'All may not climb the lofty ateep, . All may not lead the throng, But each may shelter and may keep Aglow some word or song. (We know not how our candle gleama, It may be sconced in gold, Or it may send its cheering gleams From some cup worn and old. 'And that which fate haa held apart From pathways wide and grand. May glow with light which hnda a heart Attuned tu understand. The little word, the little smile, The little song you know These make the candle all the while That we must keep aglow 'And we may think its trembling light Unnotieed by all eyes But there ia greater dark of night When that lone candle diea. W D. Nesbit, jn St. Louis Republic. LANOOK AND THE BEAR By HERBERT COOLIDGE. . -T To the east of Mount Shasta lies the country that was once Lanook's. There In the day of his youth he chased deer and antelope and led his people against the marauding. Mo doc. The valleys are all fenced and farmed now, and Lanook In many respects Is "all same white man." But he loves the old wild Indian days, loves to roam again In the land ot youth and strength and achieve ment. The old man was a dally vis itor when I lived in the country that once was his, and time and time again he would bare his forearm and knee, show me the deep, livid scars ot a grizzly's teeth, and tell me the following story. Long before the whites came he nd Nlshka, now many years dead, were returning from Pitt River with a big catch of salmon strung on a pole carried on their shoulders. Nlshka walked ahead. Before them ran Lanook's little dog, clearing the path of chipmunks and squirrels. As they descended a slope which overlooks Fall Valley, they heard the llttje dog yelp as If in great fear, and'saw him burst from a manzanlta thicket. He was pursued by a giant grizzly bear. Nlshka fled. Lanook scrambled up the nearest tree, a scrubby juniper The Upar followed the dog straight for the master's perch, until, catch ing sight of Nishka's buckskin gar ments flitting through the brush, he turned and gave him chaa. Lanook, with breath held and eyes bulging, watched his friend's flight. He was racing like the wind, but it was as if a toddling baby should at tempt to outrun his father. The great slouching brute gained as If the fleet Indian had been hobbled; in al most no time he was close upon him. The poor fellow, in despair, dodged, barely escaped the beast'B claws, and made a dive into a laurel thicket. The bear crashed after then all was silent. """Thesllence awok't Lanook. He leaped from his tree, gathered up the bow he had thrown aside before llimbing, and ran to Nishka's rescue. The bear must have heard the rush of moccasins on the trail, for as Lanook drew within clcfce arrow range, the grizzly emerged from the thicket and reared on his haunches, bating teeth that were dripping blood Lanook greeted him with two ar rows, then fled for his tree. The bear, wounded and furious, chased htm as he had chased his friend, with the fearful speed no man could equal. Nevertheless, the Indian reached his juniper and ran up it like a chipmunk, this tlmo retaining "is hold on his bow. In a ..u. li hung from his neck Lanook carried poison made from black spiders, the fang-sacs ot a rat tlesnake and juice of wild parsnips; and while the grizzly pursued the howling cur round the tree, he tipped three arrows with this death-deallug ointment. The juniper which Lanook haJ climbed was the first treet at hai.d not at all the one he would have chosen to escape a grizzly. Stout branches projected from the very ground; besides, the tree tapered ab ruptly, and was not very tall. Round and round it raced the dog. Finally he made a quick dash, darted ir.to a big patch of deer brush, and there succeeded in eluding his pursuer. Soon the grizzly came back to the tree, squatted on his haunches, and sat fiercely watching the Indian. Then, bis breath recovered, he stood up right on bis hind legs, and stretched a terrible, claw-horned paw upward. And how he did stretch! Lanook said it was as if the animal's limbs pulled out a hand's length at each joint. He climbed till he feared the tapering treetop would breaU. , The bear soon gave up the reach Wig idea and began' to climb. In this be was aa awkward as he had been agile In the chase; but with the lowor branches affording support for hind and torpaws, It seemed likely that he could work his way upward. The great weight ot the brute made the little tree bend alarmingly, and when he wriggled and hitched, both of which he did very violently Lanook felt like an aut on a spear ot grass whipped by the wind. Hope left the Indian; in its place came des perate resolution. He descended as far as he darod, fitted one ot the poisoned arrow to his bosv, and .waited. The bear ceased his struggles a moment, and threw back his head to look upward. Quick as the snake strikes, Lanook burled one arrow then another, in his snaggy breast. The tree lurched so then from the bear's furious climbing that the third arrow flew wide of the mark, and splintered Itself on the stony grou nd. Lanook dropped hit bow, gave a flying leap, and ran, still without hope, for his life. He surprised himself with his run ning, and the bear surpr.Bed him with bis awkwardness in gattlng disen tangled from the tree. Lanook was a long way down the slope and buoy ant with hope before the chase be gan, l ined witn new strengm, ne sped onward like a bird. The ravine he had chosen for a runway was smooth-bottomed and clear of brush; the descent was gentle just right for a long, sweep ing stride. And yet the grizzly gained, at first by leaps and bounds, as a rolling rock bears down on one embedded; then he came on with lessened speed, but still gaining. When he was close behind, Lanook's second wind came, and he began to pull away from the bear rapidly. He knew then that the poison from his arrow-tips was working In the blood of his enemy, and hope grew strong within hira. Had his runway remained clear, Lanook could have escaped easily, but fortune favored the bear. For the ravine suddenly became blocked with brush, and the Indian narrowly escaped being caught in a corner. As it was, the bear was crowding him close before he could get out ot the gully. Here the brush was thinner, but he had to take a winding course to avoid bushes and thickets, while his pursuer crashed straight through or over everything. The bear was at his heels in no time, and Lanook, to pro tect his head and chest from the beast's claws, threw himself on his back and kicked out with both feet. The grizzly seemed stupid . and sluggish, but nevertheless made a savage dive at the Indian, and burled his teeth in hi.- leg just above the knee. Lanook began throwing dirt into the enemy's face, whereupon the grizzly released his leg and caught him by the forearm. Still undaunted. the Indian sent a handful ot dust and fine gravel fairly Into the brute's eyes. Half-blinded, the bear backed away, pawing his eyes furiously. Lanook filled hl3 flat with dirt, and lay motionless, waiting. But the bear never returned to him. H9 continued backing about and rubbing his eyes, and Anally retreated Into th'e thick brush, scratched a shallow hole there, and lay down. There he was found the next day by Lanook's tribesmen, stone-dead. Lanook managed to crrag hlmselt back to the trail, where he was short ly discovered by another party of ftBhermen, and carried home. Nlshka was found and cared for also. He had feigned death throughout the bear's attack, and although crippled, lived to tell his children's children of Lanook, his friend and rescuer, and of his battle with the giant grizzly bear. From Youth's Companion. Fathers in the Home. By ALT A. The mothers generally receive all credit for the training of a child who makes himself a great name. "I'm what my mother made me," Is aa oft quoted phrase which has much truth In It and we like to hear It from the lips of great men. But It Is Just as true and oh, how sadly true, or. the lips of the glutton, the drunkard, the criminal. Her neglect may have caused the boy to choose evil asso ciates who dragged him down to the lower strata of society. Just here Is where the father's good work in the home comes in. They understand better to what evils a boy will be ex posed, they understand better, also, what kind of a young man should be accepted as his daughter's suitor. The mother's love Is beautiful but there is something peculiarly sacred, sweet and strong in a father's love. I often recall this story by an old soldier. He said; "I think one ot the saddost Incidents of the war which came under my observation was Just after the battle of Gettys burg. Off on the outskirts, seated on the ground with his back against a tree, was a soldier, dead. His eyet were riveted on some object clasped tightly In his hands. As we drew near we saw that It waB an ambro type of two small children. Man though I was, hardened through long years of carnage and bloodshed, the sight of that man who had looked on his children for the last time In this world, who, far away In a secluded spot, had rested himself against n On the American Disease of Worry lly (he Editor of "Judge." The book on worry aa "the disease of Americans." written by Dr. C. W. Saleeby, comes at Just the right time. There Is no doubt that we Americans are worrying too much. The worry disease Is more ingeniously compli cated than nny of the rest of our American maladies. A little analysis will show this. First of all, there Is worry Just plain worry. What pro portion of the people are afflicted with this simplest form of the dis ease we do not know; but since the success preachers are as the sands of the sea for number, and since "don't worry clubs" have sprung up every where, we take it that the disease must be widespread. Now come the annoying complications. A lot of folks are worrying because they wor ry. The fundamental affliction is trivial, but the apprehension, the nervous discomfort, and the Imagin ary afflictions which grow out of the consciousness ot the initial grievance, fill them with unhappless. Then, again, some folks are worrying be cause they don't worry. They think that everybody who amounts to any thing worries, and that because they don't worry It must be because they don't amount to anything. This as pect of the malady Is further aggra vated by so simple a thing as fash Ion. It Is the fad to bo full of wor ries. Hence, to be placid, contented and comfortable Is to be out of style. Here, then, are the people who wor ry, the people who worry because NE07S Pennsylvania His Gold Mine. When a Marlborough or a Castellane, Aa scion proud of an ancient line. Doth ask a lady to wed, he says As a matter of course, "Will you be mine!" But after a month or two of blisa Full readily doth the bride divine That what the lineaged suitor meant Waa, "Girl, will you kindly be my mine?" New Orleans Times Democrat. At the Seaside. Sal "Say, SI, what's them ropes for"?" SI "I reckon to keep the ocean tide on, Sal." The Columbia Jester. In Anthropology. Fresh "What did the Indian chil dren play with?" Soph "With their war whoops, of course." The Punch Bowl, Pennsylvania. tree, that he might feast his eyes on ! worry, and the people who wor- hls little darlings, brought tears tc my eyes which I could not restrain. There were six of us In the company, and we all found great lumps rising In our throats, and mists gathering before our eyes, which almost blind ed us. We stood looking at him for some time. I was thinking ot the wife and baby I had left at home, and wondering, how soon In the mercy of God, she would be left a widow, and my baby boy fatherless. We looked at each other and instinctively seemed to understand ry because they don't worry, and be tween the three most all of us are caught. Behold, now, how the strain ot trouble ramifies! There Is the man who worries because he's poor. HIb want Of possessions Alls him with despair, not to say with envy and bitterness. But, on the other hand, the rich man Is equally worried be cause he's rich. Plutocratic misery is a new thing among us. Then there are misguided folks who know they are poor, but want to appear otherwise, and they worry for fear Anecdotes of Celebrities Heel nr. The fierce Greek struck the Trojan hero on the head. "I am no match for you," he ex claimed, and promptly lit out. The Harvard Lampoon. Not a word was spoken, but we I their poverty will be discovered. Of HE'S THE WHOLE CREW. dug a grave and laid the poor fellow to rest with his children's picture clasped over his heart. Over his grave, on the tree against which he had leaned, I Inscribed the words: "Somebody's Father." July 3, 1863. From the Indiana Farmer. WORDS OF WISDOM. Skipper Hall the Cook r.nd the Mate and the Bo's'n Bold of the Angler. Captain Parker J. Hall, of Nan tucket, skipper of the two masted schooner Angler, Is his own mate, steward and crew. His stated rea sons for it are not that he is moody or fond of his own company, or that it is more economical, but simply that, because of an Impediment In his speech, he feels that he can think out and execute his own orders more rapidly than any crew could under stand him if he tried to talk. Captain Hull Is a native of Dux- bury, Mass., but his home Is his schooner, and on board her his young wife goes about her housekeeping duties just the same as she would were it an ivy grown cottage. The Angler uerself Is no chicken, says the Boston Herald. Sne was built In 185 4 ar.d her owner found her an abandoned hulk, half burled In the sand. He bought her for next to nothing, fitted her with second hand spars and began to make a liv ing and a name for himself in the coastwise trade. His brother mariners find fault with him for recklessness, on the ground that his holding irons are not big enough. Skipper Halt is forced to put up with anchors much lighter than those of the average craft of the Angler's build carries, because it would be impossible for any one man to raise the heavy kind unaided. He recently made a record run across the Sound under full sail and came up into anchorage in flna shape, before the admiring gaze of half the town. To enter the harbor Skipper Hall had to make a run through the heavy ice between' the jetties at the bar. The drift of open water was very narrow, and the revenue cutter Gresham ran down to see it she could be of any possible assistance. The crew ot the Gresham are talk ing yet of the surprise their captain got when he saw one man bringing a two masted schooner through the narrow drift. . Some men are born great, but the majority don't even have greatness thrust upon them. It sometimes happens that when an actor finds things coming his way he tries to dodge them. There may be plenty of room at the top, but victims ot that tired feeling never reach it. Men who boast of their virtues would probably have more to say If they enumerated their vices. And the more energy a man ex pends in talking the less he will have left to assist him in making good. Many a man would be unable to paddle his own canoe It he couldn't borrow some other man's paddle. Genius Is said to be a certain form of madness, but the madness of most people Is more or less uncertain. It may not be your fault if you have never been in Jail; more than likely it's due to your good fortune. A man's Idea of good luck is any old kind that leaves him a few dol lars ahead of the other fellow's game. Don't sit down and think about what you would do it you could live your life over. Get bUBy and Im prove the rest of It. It's a waste of time to attempt to dodge a hypocrite. He knows more dodges in a minute than you will learn in a lifetime. And when you hear a man boast of his ancestors it's a safe bet that his descendants will have no occasion to boast of theirs. Bakers' Helper. i course there Is an opposite class who I know they are rich; but the fact haa I not yet become public, and they are ' worrying for fear it may become so. Look at the unhappy muck-rakerr. They are full of fret and worry. Us ing the word In itc largest meaning as comprising all those whose eyea are fixed upon the millennium, the muck-rakers are not only worrying about the state of the world and about their several projects for re forming It, but they are worried among themselves for fear one re form will outrun another, and each Is worrying for fear he will be left In the final millennial rush. And then look at politics. A lot of men are worrying for fear they will be nominated for President, and another group are worrying for fear they will not be. Positively Insulting. "My girl sent me this necktie for Christmas." "Humph! That's no way to talk about your girl." The Chaparral, Stanford University. Shipwrecked. Tramp "Please, mum, me an' my mate are shipwrecked sailors " Lady "Fiddlesticks! Neither of you were over near the sea." Tramp "Quite right, lady. We was on an airship." Punch. Feminine Observation. "It was an outrage, madam! Can you tell me the number of the motor car?" "No, but I can tell you what the woman's hat was like and the color of the coat she wore." Answers. Progressive Hiram. Mr. Fodder "I guess Hiram must 'a joined the band in college." Mrs. Fodder "How's that?" "He writes ter say he's playing second base right along now." The Chaparral, Stanford University. Giants and Dwarfs. In life giants are usually weak- minded, as well as (rail ot body, and as a rule they do not live long. Dwarfs, on the other hand, are often nimble witted and staud a good chance of longevity. An Austrian empress in the seventeenth century took the whim to round up all the giants and dwarfs in her empire and turn then in together. Apprehension waa felt that the big ones would ter rify the small ones, but It was the other way. The giants were com pelled to ask tor protection from the Impish tricks of the dwar.s, and they had to be separated betoe peace reigned amona- lem. Phl'.acl. Telegr";,!!. II Making Him Feel Easy. Sam Warren, the author of "Ten Thousand a Year," haB been the sub ject of many anecdotes, none of them better than one which JPflrst heard re lated about him by his friend Mat thew Davenport Hill. , Looking in one day at Warren's chambers, Hill noticed that he seemed a little troubled. "It Is," said the lawyer-novelist, "most unfor tunate. I ought to have dined to night with the Lord Chancellor, but Mrs. Warren is about to present me with another olive branch; how can I leave her? I hope his lordship won't be annoyed at my putting him off." "Oh," returned Hill, "don't make yourself uneasy; I am one of the guests; I know htm so well, I can Iut It all right for you." With these words the visitor prepared to leave the room. At first profusely grateful, Warren presently seemed a little perplexed, and said: "By the bye, after all, 1 won't trouble you to say anything about me to the Chancellor. Betweeu ourselves, I have not been invited." "Well," rejoined Hill, "make your self comfortable on that point; tot that matter, neither have. I." Pall Mall Gazette. A Maine Methuselah. In a logging camp near Hulton, Me., a few years ago a man by the name of Peter Grimes was accident ally killed and his widow was left in rather poor circumstances. Joseph Breed, a particular friend of the unfortunate man. being some what of a carpenter, decided to make Grimes' coffin, and so cut down the funeral expenses. He told the. widow of his intention and also of carving the name and age of her late husband on the ltd, but be was rather worried when he found that the age was twenty-eight years. "I am awful sorry, Mrs. Grimes," said Joe, "but I never could cut a figure 8." "That's too bad," replied Mrs. Grimes; then, as a happy thought came to her, she asked him it h could cut a figure 7. "Yes, I can cut a first-rate flgurs 7." "Well, then, why not cut four 7's? Everybody knows four 7 '8 are twenty-eight." So the following day Joe com pleted the coffin as she suggested. The day of the funeral came and the late Rev. T. S. Black, of Hulton, was reading the service over the body and had arrived it that part where he was saying: "Our dearly beloved brother, who departed this life at the age of " Here he glanced at the coffin lid for reference, and, his eyes lighting on Joe's row of four 7's, he gave a gasp and, with a startled look In his eyes, exclaimed: "Good Lord, how did he ever miss the flood!" Boston Herald. Hybrid Golf Mid Fish Story. Borne time ago a northern golfer drove a ball a tin;, low, skimming shot across a river. Just as the ball was nearly over a lalnon leaped at the ball and caught It iu its inouth. Such was the pace of the ball that It carried the salmon on to the river's bank, where it was immediately se emed with the ball tightly wedged In 1U teeth Golf Illustrated. Colonies For the Unemployed. In Germany colonies for unem ployed worklngmen make pauperism unnecessary. In each city ire great buildings occupied by union offices, where seekers after work go and register. Tbey bathe, have their clothing disinfected, and If the unions have no work for them to do in the cities they are sent to the farm col onies in the country, where they work at land reclamation, agriculture and other productive occupations. The unions are open to all and provide. Alaska Farming. One of Alaska's pioneer farmers Is J. D. Johnston, of Bear Lake, near Seward, who has taken up a home stead and Is putting It under cultiva tion. After two years' work he can show a comfortable, well-built home, a dozen acres plowed, thirty acres seeded down for pasture and a con siderable part of his claim cleared. He is successfully growing clover, and has planted many varieties ot rrult trees, berry bushes and flowers, most ot which are thriving. He re ports that he finds much profit In Plymouth Rock chickens. Last year he hatched and raised 168 chickens, besides selling eggs to the value of $20 a month. He estimates that each hen has cleared $4 above the cost ot hen feed. He also keeps cows, and sails their milk at a profit. Mr. Johnston has proved that farm ing in Alaska is both practical and profitable. Boston Alaskan. A Reviver. Johnnie "Papa, papa, come quick! Mamma has tainted." Papa "Here, put this ten-dollar bill In her hand." A moment later "Sho says she wants ten more." Fllegende Blaet- ter. The Proposal. He (nervously) "Er-er, Margaret er-er, there's something has been trembling on my lips for the last two months." She "Yes, so I see why don't you shave it off?" The Princeton Tiger. The Habit of Nervousness. "What an extremely nervous woman Mrs. Tompkins is, isn't she?" "I hadn't noticed it, my dear." "Then you haven't been paying attention. Her new silk skirt doesn't stop rustling a moment." Mil waukee Sentinel. Cultivating the Voice. PedeBtrian "What a horrible whine you have In asking for as sistance. You ought to have your voice cultivated." Tramp "Dat's wot I wants money ter, boss. I'm t'lnkln' uv havln' voice irrigated." Chicago News. Tall Hair. Little Girl (who haa just kissed her father good-night) "Oh, father, your beard is scratchy!" Father "Dear me, miss, you are particular. It can't be very bad I shaved it this morning." Little Girl "Well, then, father. It's It's very tall for Its age." Punch. WOMAN A VI TIM. Sold House To Pay Tribute Demanded Hy Fellow -Countrymen. Pittsburg (Special). Trembling before the gaze to two countrymen In Magistrate Brady's Court Mrs. 8tella Pagana, nn Italian woman, told a story of bow her savings of years had been extorted from her by two if her fellow countrymen Giuseppe Furclo and Prlseo Bartlr mo had been arrested upon romplalnt of Mrs. Pagana. who alleged that the two men had from time tG time de manded money by threatening let ters. The demands were for f 20 and 130 at a time. 8o frequent were their demands that the bank account was soon gone and finally she had to sail their property. Her husband knew nothing of this, she said, as she feared that It she told him she would be killed. She was now reduced to penury, she de clared. The men were held for court. Mrs. Pagana asked that heavy ball be flxod as she feared If the men were released she would be assassinated. ASTOJJI STUDENT'S RECORD. Rnuttl H:id A Remarkable ttendh anee Average. Easton (Special). Ellsworth Krantz, who has Just gradus from the high school after a twell years course In the public school of this city, has a remarkable record. He attained a grade of 91.34, cos, siderable above the average in either his class or In the average of alt pupils graduating. In the entire twelve years he missed but one naif days, and In the last nl ;-enrs was not absent at any time. He has a perfevt reco: d as regards punctuality, never having been tardy.' He waa prominent In athletics and during his senior year in the hlght school was captain of the track teased He Is also Interested In Y. MC A. work. A Quick-Delivery Letter. It is a curious fact that a century and a halt ago a letter traveled much faster than ever It has done since. It was la 1753 that Lord March made a heavy wager that he would cause a letter to ne conveyed 100 miies besides opportunities for workers. sHthla an hour. His Lordship en old age pensions, accident Insurance and other benefits. Everybody's Magazine. The Academle des Belles Letties, of Paris, bus awarded 2000 ot the 3000 francs ot the Pru l.oubet to gagod a score ot cricketers, all ex pert throwers and catchers, had the missive Inclosed in a ball, and ar ranging his men at Intervals in a cir cle, got them to throw the ball as swiftly as possible from one to an other. At the end of the hour it was found that the letter had trav Henry Vlguaud, secretary of the elea ftimost exactly 120 miles Era American embassy, for his book on Magazine. Columbus. Fishy. Girl Friend ( to chauffeur) "Well, had a good time? How many have you run over?" Chauffeur "Three pike and two carp." Olrl Friend" ? ? T " Chauffeur "Yes; I tell into the river with my motor." Journal Aniusant. Inconsequential. The Utter Idiot had forgotten his program and his gloves. "Goodness me," he cried, fussed, "In all the ex citement, I am fairly losing my mind." "Don't let that worry you," replied the Caustic Gyurl, soothingly. The Sphinx, Wisconsin. The Ruling Passion. The prison reformer met the con victed lawyer In his striped garb. "And what brought you here, un happy man?" she asked him. His old-time cleverness assorted Itself "An automobile," ho blithely re plied. Cleveland Plain Dealer. FEED POISONS POULTRY. Cockle Ground With Wheat To Make Middlings Deleterious. Hamburg ( Special) .A number of persons engaged In poultry raising have recently complained of cases of poisoning of poultry by feeding "mid dlings." This Is wheat ground for chicken feed because It was unfit for flour owing to the large percentage of cockle which It contains. When unground screenings are fed to poultry the fowls Instinctively refuse to eat. cockle, nature evidently giv ing them warning of Its poisonous character. The Department of Agriculture. In consequence of numerous complaints received, haa Issued a special bulle tin calling attention to the danger In feeding poultry with feed contain Ing ground cockle, pointing out that Its presence can bo detected by the black hulls. Capital Punishment. Mother "Johnnie, why dldu't you come home as soon aa school was out?" Johnnie "I whispered In school, so I had to stay while tUo teacher glved me capital punishment." Mother "Capital punishment?" Johnnie "Yes. She made me write out the alphabet sixteen Uwos Iu capitals." Judge. BLIGHT KILLING SYCAMORES. Trees On Hundred Of Farms At tacked By Insect. Hamburg (Special). A blight. fungous or Insect, as yet undetermin ed, Is working serious havoc among; the grand old sycamore or button wood trees which form such con spicuous landmarks on hundreds of the farms and country homes of southeastern Pennsylvania, threaten ing their complete annihilation. The foliage dries up rapidly and In comparatively brief time the treat appears dead. The attention of the authorities! at Harrisbtirg has been called to the matter In order that remedial meas ures may be applied to prevent Its spread. LEG SEVEN FFET AROUND. McKeesport Woman Has Remarkable Case Of Elephant lasts. McKeesport (Special). The most pronounced case of elephantiasis brought to the attention of the med ical fraternity of McKeesport, and probably the most remarkable in the country, Is that of Mrs. David Lynch, who is at the home of her son, Harry Lynch, near Fifth Avenue. Suffering from the disease, Mrs. Lynch weighs 500 pounds. Just be low the knee her left leg Is seven feet In circumference, or over two and one-half feet in thickness. It is still larger above the knee and weighs over 100 pounds. The right leg measures four feet eight Inches above the knee. The disease Is one of the rarest knpwn In this country. As Mrs. Lynch lies In her bed the lower limbs fill Its width and she is helpless. She suffers little pain. NEW BANK OPENS DOORS. Union National Begins Business Un der Favorable Auspices. Scranton (Special). With an enormous amount of money back of It the new Union National Bank opened Monday. Ex-Mayor W. L. Connell Is president. The Union Is capitalized at $500, 000, and has a surplus to begin with of $125,000. It has nearly 500 stock holders. Its directors are the postmaster of Scranton, the president and a di rector of the International Corres pondence Schools, the owner of one of the largest silk mills In the region, and as vice president, a member of Vie Jermyn family, which represents 'in:, millions. ALIVE WITH BROKEN NECK. Bridge Builder Struck By Handle Of Hand Car. Scranton (Special). With his neck broken as the result ot an ac cident three days ago, David Acker, a bridge builder, la alive at the Moses Taylor Hospital, and his case is at tracting the attention ot the best surgeons of the region. Acker, with a gang ot men, was returning to the city on a hand car after making repairs along the Lack awanna Railroad. The hand car jumped the track and the hand lever hit Acker in the neck. An operation was performed, and there Is some hope that the man may live. CURED OF TETANUS. Boy Recovers From Lockjaw By Antitoxin Treatment. Willlamsport (Special). Local physicians made the announcement ot the complete cure ot tetanus. Three weeks ago William Collins, a lad of Morrlsdale Mines, Pa., stepped on a nail that penetrated his foot. Later his jaw locked tight and every Joint became Immovable. After a consultation the case was given to Dr. B. H. Detwller, of this Ity, who gave three injections of antitoxin a day until the Joints relaxed. Oil And Fire Coat A life. West Chester (Special). Viola Stewart, aged 20 years, -living In Birmingham Township, was so badly burned that she died in the hospital here after suffering terrible agony. She was preparing dinner and the fire was not burning fast enough. She poured coal oil on it, and when the can exploded and set her afire die was alone. When found she was nearly burned to a crisp. Her house and the house ot Mr. Johnson, ad joining, were totally destroyed by the flames, with their conteuts. (Timber Cornea To Grief. 8cranton (Special). John O'Mal loy. an 11-year-old son of J. J. O'Mal ley, (Climbed a trolley pole on Fourth . verm to entertain companions. "Climb higher," his chums urged, and up the boy went. While off guard O'Malley accldoutally grabbed the wire that supports the street car trailer line. There was a scream, i and the next Instant the boy (ell twenty feet to the ground He was picked up unconscious und badly burned. Monster Strawberries Reported. Collegevllle (Special). The strawberry crop in the Perklomeri Valley this season has been one o the most abundant In several years) The berries are of unusual size very luscious. The largest were grown by 8. Umpstead, of Schwenksville. has seven huge strawberries that fill a quart Jar. Mrs. Henry A. Mark ley, of Worcester, grew twenty-five berries that filled a common straw berry box. The three largest meas ured 7, 1 and 8 Inches, reaper tlvely. Jesse .1. Hickman. West Chester (Special). Jesse J, Hickman, aged 77 years, one of the oldest foxhunters and commissioner of this county, died at his home in Westtown after a few weeks' lllnes He was one of the most widely known citizens in this section of the State and held many public offices. His name became widely known aa a breeder) of hogs. He was Regis ter of Wills for three years and was serving his second term as County Commissioner at the time of his death. Elks On Parade. Tamaqua (Special). The feature of the Fourth here was the parade of the Schuylkill County Association of Elks, embracing the lodges of Mahanoy City, Ashland, Shenandoah, Pott.sville and Tamaqua led by the Third Brigade Band, of Pottsvllle. Unique badges with coal ornaments were worn and twenty automobiles carried the older members. James Morgan. Altoona (Special). James Mor gan, aged 49, a prominent Insurance and real estate broker here, died, at the home of his sister, in Bucks County, ot cancer ot the stomach. He went to his sister's to rest and the disease suddenly developed there, an operation failed to save him. He had accumulated a fortune and was) Identified with numerous business concerns here. A widow and daugh ter survive. Hotel Wrecked By Dynamite. Wllkes-Barre (Special). An ef fort to wreck the Frantz Hotel, at Plymouth, was made Thursday morn ing, several sticks of dynamite being exploded against one corner ot It. The side wall was badly damaged, the foundations shaken and all the glass In the front smashed. Flagman Dies From Injuries. Norrlstown (Special). John Haines, of Bridgeport, 35 years old, a flagman on the Reading Railway, died at the Norrlstown Hospital, the result of being crushed between the bumpers while coupling two freight cars at Lansdale. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. John Johnson, aged 22 years, of Lancaster, was drowned In the Con estoga River while In swimming. His body was recovered. Adjutant General Stewart sent word to General C. B. Dougherty, of the Third Brigade, that Health Com missioner Dixon had completed an Investigation of the streams and wells) at the Mt. Gretna camp ground and placarded every well and water course containing impure water with big linen signs. A chicken with four legs la a freak of nature on C. A. Wlsmer'a farm near Gratorsford. William Keel, ot Providence Square, was severely bitten on both hands by a strange dog which he tried to drive from his poultry yard. Dr. Cornelius Bartholomew, who was recently found guilty at Allen town of Illegal practice, was sentenc ed to four years In the Eastern Pen itentiary and to pay a fine ot $500 and tho costs in the case. Reading merchants have selected Wednesday, August 7, as "Reading Day" at Bernvllle's "Old Home Week." Several bands will be en gaged to head the division. Fifteen to twenty car loads of lee are shipped to Philadelphia daily, from the icehouses of the Perklomen Valley. Miss Annie Roorlch dropped over dead while engaged In hanging up the wash In the yard to the rear of hor home in Lancaster. Deceased was 42 years of age An Incubator In the residency of Edwin H. Nolt. of Vogansvllls, ex ploded, setting flre to the house. The building and its conteuts were en tirely destroyed. The loss will reach $3000. Carmen Alosso, on Italian, who Jumped off an electric car at Bath lehem a fortnight ego and fractured, his skull, died without having once recovered consciousuess.
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