WHEN FALLS THE CURTAIN,
(When bill the curtain, he who play th
elown
And he, the kinc ere on a common
level ;
The villain with the rirtuoui one lite
down.
The angel erailee on bim who played the
devil ;
The peaaant fraternize with the peer;
And village mnid and courtly tlaine
And queen
Minnie together without fear or neer
They're only player all, behind 'io
scene!
When fall the curtain on the play of life
This play designed to entertain the
foo
The part nqirned u in ita mimic strife
(Though now we think o) will not make
much odd;
Who play on earth the king will be a
mean
A any thrall that wearied him with
prayer
Peaaant and peer and country girl and
queen
Behind the scene will all be only
lamas I
Dent A. McCarthy.
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a startled cry and looked back.
"Billy!" she screamed. "Billy!
Hush! Look! Look! The cattle
the cattle are coming!"
With the song frozen on his Hps,
the cowboy gave one swift backward
glance, leaped square In his saddle,
and wheeled his pony Into the road
beside the girl.
"They've stampeded, hv thunnW"
no muttered between set teeth.
The sun beat down fierce and hot
pen the Dakota pralrlesand Im
parted the temperature or a bake
oven to the endless red road, where
the shuffling hoofs of the cattle raised
a smothering cloud of dust.
Riding beside the "bunch," on a
wiry little buckskin cow-pony, gal
loped a girl of fifteen. In a short
cloth skirt, high leather shoes, and
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Wk IUUBD IIUUUL'I UIUUDU. D11U1L, UlUlltTICU UflWtTIl Bet teetQ,
wavy brown hair blew loose and free was feared It might happen! Th
beneath the shadow of a broad- river the river ride, glrll Ryi
orimmea ten nai. i 101
She sang as she rode In and out I tu
along me wavering, snorting line, I to
cracking her long whip and shouting.
"HI! Hoy,! Whoop-la!" as she tended eyes the girl gripped her
arove a Btraying steer or a wanaermg oriaie-rein and looked back.
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Before the cattle, and upon the I thundered a wild, dark, packed mass
uiuri DIUC, 1 1111 c a tunuuj 111 1110 W1UQ I Ul
sombrero and leather "chaps," and lii
hphfnil thn hunpli a wnmnn riifa 111
slowly, her tall, straight figure se- stampeded cattle, with lowered
verely outlined by a black dress, and heads, blind and mad with thirst and
her face shaded by a broad-leafed fury, came plunging on.
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.. ...... . nc, .. Mil . 1ULU UP V
It was past noon, sultry and still, she waited for no second glance at
rl th.. tt I., t.l.wlt.i.l -it,' .. I. ,., ,. I I, . . .1....H, .L j m .
crowding bodies and mnrllv inicim.
and horns, as along the road between the
iun and the steep embankment the
e death which thundered an rlnw
behind her, but, followed by the
and the cattle plodded quietly along th
the road with droonlne heads. he
"Ride up a little, Billy," called cowboy, piled quirt and spur, as she
the girl, in a high, clear voice, "and galloped for life along the narrow
lot 'a not rttt f nf tl.tr. H.tatl Tt...,,'!! II
nv . I,.. w u L v, IIIIO MUOt, A 11 IT gt.
quietly enough now, and mother is
oenind to drive."
Touching her pony with the quirt,
abe galloped on to the head of the
coiunin, ana tell in beside the cow
trail.
"Ain't there a turn nn hprp in thp
road somewhere?" shouted thp
boy, as with strained muscles they
plunged on, urging the terrified
ponies to their utmost. "Ain't there
" " i ..i ,. w uioi, uiuiuBi. am l mere
boy, who, with one leg over the horn somewheres we could turn out so's
nf Kla no. 1.11.. .. .1 1. 1 - i . . . , ki. i I - . . . . .
to get a chanst to turn 'em or mill
em.' we can't hold out lone this-.i-
way! Hurry, Jess! Faster, faster
girl! Give him the gad! Can't you
of his saddle and his hat on his k
was pacing along beforo the herd,
inglng lustily.
"Hot lan't It Tlllv"
, - . .hi. vivo mm me gau : uan i you
"You bet It Is! I'll be glad when make that old pony go no faster?
on. " ooiuo auuue, anu, looKing i ney re a-gamin on is every mln
li ii L- nf ill.. .1 ,i . , .1.11.1 I ......
-.--. n vuw auuimiD i nil L JJIUUUcU I U
wearily behind him. "them nore crlt-
i -1 o , .. . nuatguL mm
ters will, too. They ain't had no square in her saddle, with her Hps
. j i.i.. , auu x riuu ei ii rm ana wnite, and her quick
t.ucui Biuvra is piumo ary.
"I reckon they are. Door thimrs
It seems kind o' cruel to drive 'em
on a day like this, but this bunch had
to '.be got back to the ranch. It
won't be long now before we get to
the river.' There's the bluffs over
yonder."
They both gazed ahead to where a
high bluff loomed up before them, its
red sides broken with outcropping
rocks, and variegated with green
patches of weeds and clumps of stunt
ed timber.
As they approached it, the level
prairie road wound close In along the
edge of the bluff, while the land at
the other side of the road gradually
dwindled away until there was only
the width of a narrow wagon - road
between the high walls that rose up
above their heads and the steep bank
that fell sharply away Into the river
twenty feet below.
The shade thrown by the high bank
was grateful after the ride along the
broiling road, and the cattle threw
up their heads and sniffed noisily,
while the cow-ponies fell in side by
Bide, and the girl lifted her hat from
her damp hair with a blissful sigh.
"Isn't it cool and lovely here?"
she murmured, gazing up at the steep
bluff and out over the shining river.
"I wish this trail went all the way
home."
The cowboy, who had been looking
back over his shoulder uneasily,
turned In his saddle, and said,
bluntly:
"Well, I don't. Not by a Jugful."
"Why not? Don't you think this
is a prsjtty road?"
"H'm-m, wal, it'g pretty enough, I
guess, but it ain't any good to drive
a bunch of thirsty cattle over, I II tell
you that."
Both riders turned in their saddles
and looked back.
"Oh, they're all right, Billy," said
the girl, easily. "See, they're coming
along as peaceably as can be."
Behind them the cattle ambled
alonj, quietly, and through the still
Bultry air the voice of the woman
came to them in the soothing, croon
ing, long-drawn "Yo-hee, yo-hee yo-o-ho-hee!"
which the cattle love.
Billy jerked his thumb over his
shoulder.
"Yer mother knows what the dan
ger is," he said, quietly. "Harken
at her? She's a-alnging to 'em back
there for to keep 'em quiet an
steady."
The girl turned her head, and a
soft brightness shone In her wide
frank gray eyes. ''Yes, she knows
tuuiuer uoes, sne said, softly. "She
anows most everything. poor
mother!"
The cowboy glanced at the sun
browned face and wistful eyes, and
"""" cnangea the subject.
an' slch like?'
"Mother taught me," answered the
I
a
all you're worth! We can't never
rn 'em here! Our only chance Ik
get out of hero! Ride!"
With blanched face and widely dls
keen gray eyes trlanclns; now hphlnd
her, now in front along the curving,
narrow trail, shook her head.
She had been over thla rnnrf manv
times before, and knew there was no
turn in the road, no widening of the
trail for more than a mile ahead,
and before they could reach that
The thunder of hoofs came closer,
the snorts and bellowtngs of the
maddened beasts were In hpr pom
With shuddering heart she glanced
uacK.
As far as she could see alona? the
trail behind her came the black
wave of tossing horns and lunging
forms, comfntr everv flprnnr! nfinmr
and nearer, bringing a death the hor
rors or which this prairie girl knew
all too well.
Sotting her teeth hard, ahe rath-
ercd her reins firmly in her hand
and bent to the neck of her nonv
"We've got to do it, Buck!" she
almost sobbed In his ear. "We've
got to risk it, boy! It may bo our
last Jumn. but there's nothlntr elan
for us to do!"
Then, as the foremost nf the ent.ip
rose as a breaking wave, hehinii her
she screamed, "Jump, Billy, Jump!
It's our last chance!" And giving
the buckskin a cut of the whin aha
plunged over the embankment and
same into a stone oeneath the rush
ing, yellow waters of the river.
At the same moment the leading
steers, unable In their mad wild ruBh
to see or heed the turn in the road,
plunged after her over the embank
ment, in a nuddled, plunging, strug
gling mass of hoofs and horns.
The cowboy, caught on the brink
of the bluff by the wild rush of the
cattle, had no choice but to leap
Into the river with f.hem or he
ground to atoms beneath their tramp
ling hoofs.
The chances of life were small
anyway, and with something like a
prayer on his lips, he shouted to his
horse, and went over the embank
ment into the river In the midst of
a struggling heap of horns and hoofs
ana tumuiing carcases.
The ctrl struck the water a mo
ment ahead of the avalanche of liv
ing creatures from above, and came
up gasping and panting, but in fair
swimming water. With a cry she
urged ber pony on with whip and
spur, and struck out into the middle
of the channel in time to avoid being
crushed to death or drowned by the
frantic struggles of the cattle.
Olaaclug continually behind her as
the brave little buckskin breasted the
current, she saw Billy Callahan's red
head bob up from beneath the waves,
ana Dreathed a thanksgiving as she
saw 14s powerful horse strike out for
clear water.
AS Billy Cams tn the aiit-fnfp he
looked about him, and then began
"v u iuuu aoout mm, and then began
You shore can r Me .imyip .!.. i -i i .. .. . RB"
Jess." he said. Irrelevantly ' I seeu I and water bad le L.fr'8ht
you yistday over to the round-up. "HI, there!" he yelled "HI
How come a eetle a-ui litre ... k. .1.:
-'cattle you makeVr The s'hore? w'Lt vl'
doln 7 Airyecrazv? Wh.t
current, swam in among the cattle.
He called to the girl to keep well out
from the Bhore and away from the
quicksands, and adding his familiar
whistle and whoop, as he circled In
and out among the bewildered ani
mals, herded and drove them on one
side while the girl "held the bunch"
on the other. So they guldod the
swimming cattle down-stream with
the current, until at last they were
able to drive the now thoroughly
meek and subdued creatures out of
the water and back to the road.
As the ponies came out of the
river, with their riders safe but drip
ping on their backs, the girl turned
In her saddle and sent a Joyous
"Whoop-ee!" ringing over the
prairies.
"We're safe, mother!" she shout
ed. "Safe and sound, and we never
lost a steer!"
And Billy Callahan, wiping his
dripping face upon his dripping
sleeve, echoed, with a grin, "Never
lost a steer! She saved 'em all, she
did, and there ain't another girl in
all Dakota could have done it!"
From Youth's Companion.
Antics of Our "Yellow Rich"
.it ' OU tut! I wssjm v gij auu ItfUVe lIKlfJH CfltHfl!"
Klrl. simply. ' When-after father sh&uted Je.a. "n
a VLV J!? - to andhose
...,., iu ,JU lulUKij ror ug cattle arown? O. Blllv ,,..t.. m
""I.?0 mother ana 1 bad ' do all the help me to save them! Thev .2
PROFITS THROUGH ADVERTISING
work ourseu' J t .. nj " - "VB lnem! They they 're
then, so', to ha : hir: k, "oe V. w?." " 'roai
. " au wuieuu hi nara to net them tn-
wh!.ee ."SSL1 TJJ X ---wy. w. ,7
hard keen "" ,u nla n ln taco again u i let them drown!
pre,? y "nd ll-ut fluh 8h trusted them to me I'll save
iZ cZu th" brWn 01 h" t.m if I drown myself tryini!"
k,:dw'aT0rran f,v.. e pKr-s
present y and the , ll'ui ? '"ld' Pny ta am0Dg tb' mass.
fenr subleel h h ? 00 6 8hou Meanwhile the "HI, hoy
I !, !1 'i'8 burt loud woop-la!" With was as familiar
roar of song and caroled and yodeled music to their terrified ears.
Suddenly in th. midst of a M. Callahan gave a mighty answering
I v,. ... mi gaveisnoui, ana putting uu hors. into the
It Is the Cheapest Form of Salesman
ship, Diners Arc Told.
Men who help to sell goods for
those who make them sat down in
the concert hall of Madison Square
Garden at the first annual banquet
of the New York Advertising League,
tn I discussed their problems. Ger
ald B. Wndsworth, the president, In
the introductory remarks' said that
the work of the advertising agent
was "not how can we catch suckers,
but how can we give a square deal."
W. S. Crowe talked on "The
Fourth Party," meaning the pur
chaser. The other three were the
advertiser, the publisher and the ad
vertising agent. Mr. Crowe said that
the fourth party was the most im
portant, because he fed the other
three. Ho ridiculed the idea that
the advertising cost in disposing of
goods to customers had to be added
to the selling cost, thus making their
price necessarily higher. Advertis
ing was, in fact, he said, the cheap
est form of salesmanship, which was
the reason why mall order business
had proved so profitable, and why a
New York house could sell goods
cheaper to a man In Buffalo than to a
man across the street. Advertising
was the world's Industrial university.
"On account of a few fake adver
tisements advertising agents as a
class have been blamed," said Mr.
Crowe, "probably on the principle
that the braying of one jackass can
be heard above the neighing of 9
hundred horses. I don't so much ob
ject to lying per se as I do to the
lack of style. What distresses me la
the utter stupidity of the ordinary
sort of advertising lying." New
York Eveuing Post.
Canada Beats Us.
The foreign trade of Canada, ob
serves a writer In Harper's Weekly,
has grown during the last ten years
from $239,000,000 to $552,000,000.
and Is now two and a half times per
head that of the great American Re
public. The expansion of her home
market is attested by the statistics
of her economic prosperity. Last
year her railroads, in which $1,289,
000,000 are Invested, carried 30,000,
000 passengers and 102,000,000 tons
of freight and earned $106,000,000
The paid-up capital of the banks in
the Dominion is $83,000,000, and
the sum of their assets is $767,000,-
000. In 1905 the revenue of the Do
minion was $71,000,000 for 6,000,
000 people; In 1855 the revenue of
the United States was but $65,000,
000 for 27,000,000 people. No bet
ter proof could be afforded of the
Immensely greater purchasing power
of Canada to-day than was possessed
by our republic half a century ago.
In view of these facts, it is not
strange that Canada should face the
future with supreme confidence. It
remains' to add that the opening of
the short route to Europe by way of
Hudson Bay a route which will bo
open for five months In the year, and
will shorten the distance between
Liverpool and the Western shippers
of grain by about 2000 miles Is now
definitely assured, no fewer than six
railways to Port Churchill, the best
of the Hudson Bay .harbors, having
been already chartered.
Primitive Surgery.
Natives in Africa have a great be
lief in the efficacy of fire as a cura
tive agent. When Livingstone's body
was being carried to the coast one
of the party received a dangerous
gunshot wound in the thigh. His
companions made a hole in the
ground deep enough to take him,
seated, with his legs out In front.
Leaves were bound about the Injury
and earth and thick mud heaped over
his legs. A bonfire was now made
over this mound, and, so that the
man might not suffocate from the
smoke, they thou(tfully reared a
mat In front of his face. By the
time that the heat had made its way
to the wound the man was in agony
and perspiration poured from him.
He roared for help and was dug out.
The native surgeons now held bim
fast, while strong men tugged with
all their might at the Injured limb,
then bound him in splints. This was
the treatment usual in such' cases,
and the natives said that It had In
variably been perfectly successful
for gunshot wounds through a bone.
Chicago News.
ny the Editor of The Argonaut.
A well known writer has been trav
lng on the steamship Amerlka, which
may be said to he the last word in
naval architecture and ocean splen
dor. He finds plenty to admire ii a
floating hotel that can accommodate
about 4000 people, and that Is fitted
up with the same mkgnlflcence as
may be found In the most luxurious
hotel. But even magnificence is open
to criticism and the appointments of
the Amerlka are the subject of caus
tic comment directed against those
vulgar ones who are Irresistibly at
tracted, not so much by comfort and
luxury as by the simple opportunity
to spend money lavishly and to sum
mon all the world and his wife as
witnesses thereto.
The special occasion for animad
version Is the Ritz-Carleton restau
rant, which Is to be found on the
Amerlka. There is no objection to
the gymnasium, the children's nurs
ery, the conservatory, the brass band,
the two string orchestras, or the half
dozen pianos. All theso things can
be defended on the ground of sub
stantial comfort, but there can be no
palliation for the restaurant, which
Is simply a tawdry excuse for spend
ing money. This Is what he says:
"This wonderful cafe, which in ser
vice is equal to anything on either
side of the Atlantic, is ostensibly for
the purpose of supplying a la carte
meals to passengers who do not find
It convenient to eat at regular meals.
In reality It Is a remunerative conces-
I slon to that class of Americans
) termed by Owen Wlstcr the 'Yellow
Rich,' who wander up and down the
earth consumed with a burning de
sire to exhibit to the public tangible
evidence of their riches. All of the
big modern flyers that preceded the
Amerlka In the past ten years were
amply provided with private dining
rooms, where, if the traveler had the
price, he could have meals served at
most any hour in the twenty-four,
but as these private dining rooms of
fered no opportunity for a public dis
play of wealth the Rltz-Carleton res
taurant became in a degree a neces
sity. Within Its elegant glass walls
the 'yellow rich' not only enjoy the
privileges of paying four prices for a
meal, but they are also permitted to
show the common herd, which, for
reasons economical and otherwise,
muBt worry along on eight and ten
course meals in the main dining sa
loon, that they actually have the price
and glory In the opportunity for
spending It. The cafe is, of course, a
convenience for others who desire to
sleep late or retire late and who drop
In occasionally and order a meal to
vary the regular saloon fare, but this
class of patronage would be Insuffi
cient to remunerate the orchestra,
which Is a good one, and it is only
through the heavy expenditure of
the 'yellow rich' that the Rltz-Carleton
pays even."
The trouble of this sort of thing is
that it gives foreigners a false idea of
Americans. We are told that on this
particular voyage there was a baron,
a count and "some minor sprigs of
royalty," but they had not a valet be
tween them. The Americans, on the
other hand, had retinues of valets,
gentlemen's gentlemen, man-servants,
maid-servants and all the other rep
resentatives of the parasite tribe.
There is certainly room for the mor
allzings that follow:
"There may appear In these notes
evidence of a personal grievance and,
to a degree, I plead guilty. But the
grievance Is not specific, and it did
not have its origin on the Amerlka.
Neither is it altogether my grievance,
for it is one that is murmured by
thousands of other Americans who,
annually, on business or pleasure,
visit the Old World. Our 'yellow
rich' have set a pace afloat and ashore
that It la very difficult for the plain,
everyday Americans to maintain.
Some of the ex-puddlers in the Penn
sylvania Steel Works never seem ta
have anything smaller than a sover
eign for a tip, and the ostentatious
manner In which they bestow it daz
zles the eyes of the cringing minions
to such an extent that the shilling of
the 'American' American is over
looked or treated with haughty dis
dain. It is the effect of this osten
tatious distribution of wealth of
which we of the ranks complain, as
it renders It very difficult for us to
secure what Is coming to us."
It would seem that smart society
afloat Is somewhat worse than smart
society ashore.
News of Pennsylvania
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Concrete For Paving.
Concrete Is now being employed
for paving purposes. This material
promises smoothness, cleanliness of
surface and durability. A foundation
of cinders to the depth of ten inches
is first mailt.' and permitted to pack,
well for a week. Then the concrete'
curbing Is made in the usual man
ner. Finally the concrete is mixed
and thrown Into place, considerably
higher in thu centre and sloping to
either gutter. Immediately before
the concrete hardens it is marked off
with an instrument to resemble a
pavement laid with brick This
method will Insure a firm footing for
draft horses in the winter. -'Philadelphia
Record.
Poor excuses we have always with
us. 1
Anything that is almost right Is
wrong.
Criticise yourself to-day and others
to-morrow.
The man who looks for trouble Is
seldom disappointed.
Silent watches of the night are
those we neglect to wind.
I An Indian scalns his enemy: a
white man skins his friend.
It's well to remember that It Is a
mistake to forget a favor.
A confidence man has very little
confidence in other people.
Savage dogs have caused many a
man to travel for his health.
And the man who sells parasols is
engaged in a shady business.
You can't dodge the worst by sit
ting down and hoping (or the best.
Kisses that are to be had for the
asking are seldom worth taking.
A fool can answer questions that a
wise man would be ashamed to ask.
If a woman . . willing to let a man
talk It is b.cau-ie she has nothing to
tell.
A grass widow who has plenty of
the long green Is seldom left at th.
post.
An artist Is no more anxious to
secure a model wife than Is any other
man.
A woman ought to be ashemed to
brag ot her husband's ability to sew
on buttons.
Good sens. Is better than good
looks, but so few people are afflicted
with either.
Any man who can get used to
drinking poor cotfee can get used to
being married.
FIGHT with m i.i..
Farmer Slnutz Ruptured ninod Vrs
sol In It Is Struggle.
Doylestown (Special). After
struggling for nearly half an hour
with an enrapd bull, at his farm,
near Neshamlny, Got rge L. Stantz
walked to his home and shortly after
ward became unconscious and died.
It Is believed that death resulted
from ruptured blood vessels.
Stantz was In the middle of a
large field repairing a ditch when
the bull attacked him. He kept It
away with a pitchfork for some
time, but flually lost his grip and
the maddened animal knocked him
down. Stantz Is a powerful man
and. getting the animal by the
horns, kept It from goring him for
nearly twenty-flvo minutes wlien
neighbors saw his plight and came
to his assistance. They finally drovt
the bull oway.
The dereuBtM was 45 years old
and came from Philadelphia five
years ago. He Is survived by a wife
and two children.
HANK'S LOSS HEAVY.
Creditors Of Cashier Clark Get Two
Per Cent.
Pittsburg (Special). Creditors of
T. Lee Clark, the cashier who after
wrecking the Enterprise National
Hank of Allegheny, committed sui
cide, will get less than 2 per cent,
of the claims.
The audit of the estate was con
firmed by Court. There aro claims
of over $2,586,603.34. and the as
sents are only $55,255. The largest
creditor Is the wrecked bank, which
claims over $2,392,000 and will get
$42,452.38. Fred G. Winner, form
er president of the bank, Is the
heaviest individual loser, Clark ow
ed him $51,284, and ho will get
$907.94.
Judge Over, In hln opinion, does
not save the dead man. He scores
his methods and also refers without
naming, to others who aided Clark
and have been convicted for their
offenses".
SNAKE ATTACKS GIRL.
Reptile Enters House During The
Night.
Taraaqua (Special). Miss Mary
Kennedy, aged 16 years, residing in
Rush Township, three miles from
town, had an experience with a large
copperhead snake as a result of
which she may not recover.
She entered the kitchen to pro
pare breakfast, when the reptile
Jumped at her and bit her six times
on the arms and logs. She scream
ed for help, but the scnake made Its
escape through the open door before
assistance reached her.
Plnguc Of Snakes At Sellersvllle.
Sellersvllle (Special). Copper
head snakes are so numerous in this
vicinity that they cause alarm. Har
ry (lantner, Jr., saw a large copper
head on Main Street, this borough,
directly in front of the National
Bank. He tried to kill it but It es
caped. N. M. Packenthall killed one
of that species which measured three
feet.
Minister's Great Pluck.
Towanda (Special). With the
broken bones of his right leg pro
truding from the flesh and suffering
untold agonies, Rev. H. B. Allen,
pastor of the North Towanda Metho
dlst Episcopal Church, lay all night
on the lonely Mountain Lake Road,
unable to decide In which direction
to go In the inky darkness.
When daylight came with a tie
strapped around the broken leg he
crawled to his carriage and drove to
North Towanda.
Mr. Allen was injured by Jumping
from his carriage to calm hla horse
which was frightened by lightning.
Pittsburg Claims OOO.OOO.
Pittsburg (Special). The popula
tion of Greater Pittsburg is more
than 600,000, based on estimates
made from the number of names
in the new city directory Just issued.
The directory Includes more than
200,000 names of residents of Pitts
burg, Allegheny, Wilklnsburg, Swiss
vale and Edgawood. The population,
based on these figures, shows a gain
in the greater city of over 30,000
last year.
Arsenic In The Feed.
Schwonksvlllo ( Special ) . Arsenic
placed In a large quantity of mixed
feed In the granary of Harvey Lesh
or, a farmer of Sklppack Township,
killed 250 chickens. The same feed
Is usually fed to all the live stock,
but the presence of the poison was
discovered before the horses and
cows were fed.
B. C. Wl3mer, a neighbor of
Lesher, found a quantity of blue
stone, also a poison, among the feed
In his barn, but none of It had been
used.
JEALOUS WOMAN SHOOTS HAN,
While He Hlta At Hnppor She Fire
From Behind.
Norrlstown (Special ). Shot by
the woman for whom he deserted
his wife In Philadelphia, Samuel
Meng lies dying at the Charity Hos
pital. Mrs. Fern Arlington, pretty,
educated and well-bred. Is In Jail,
and probably will have to answer a
charge of murdering Meng.
While Meng was eating his supper
af. their home in the old Rldgeway
mansion on DeKalb Street, the cou
ple quarreled about his attentions
to other women. Mrs. Arlington
left the room and returned with a
pistol she bought some time ago
when Mng threatened to shoot her,
flred, hitting him In the back. No
sooner had she seen Meng fall for
ward on the table with blood gush
ing from the wound, than she re
pented. Throwing her arms around
the man's neck she cried:
"Oh Sam, I'm sorry I shot you."
She .telephoned for an ambulance
and had Meng removed to the hos
pital where It was found that the
bullet had penetrated his left lung
and had caused Internal hemor
rhages. Dr. C. H. Mann, his physi
cian, pronounced Meng's wound fatal
and an ante-mortem statement was
taken. Meng spoke well of Mr.
Arlington and said he was making
arrangements to marry her.
"I expected to end all our trou
bles," said Mrs. Arlington when ar
raigned In the police court for the
shooting. When told she must go
to Jail, she agreed, saying:
"I'm perfectly satisfied. I have
been under a terrible strain for two
weeks. If he had been as true to
me as I have to him this would not,
nave occurred. Turning to ner
daughter, she said: "Behave for
your mother's sake."
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Altoonn Man Give Up Life To Stb
His Friend.
Altoona (Special). An act of he
roism In which he saved the life ot
a friend cost John McConnell. aged
20, his own life. McConnell and
Charles Foreman were crossing th.
Pennsylvania tracks at Cresson when
McConnell saw a freight appoach
ing and stopped to let it pass. T
his amazement Foreman walked In
front of the train apparently with
out iretlclng It.
Springing forward McConnell gave
Foreman a push which sent him out
of harm's war. The effort threw
the rescuer on the tracks and tb
next Instant the train struck and
crushed him to death.
NEW PROKKSSOH FOR STATE.
Oi l Kits BABE FOR --iO.
Woman Hopes To Realize Enough
To Pay For Medicine.
Washington (Special). In order
that she might die owing no one,
Mrs. Oscar Temanos, of Monesson,
whose husband deserted her three
months ago, and who is now lying
at the point of death, offers her
four-months-old babo for sale for
$50.00 which she owes for food and
medicine.
The child Is said to be exception
ally pretty and it Is upon Its beauty
and disposition that the mother
places Its value.
Painted Union Picket Whiskers.
Scranton (Special ) . Non-union
painters have been at work during
the painters' strike and Wednesday
John Nowlckl Interfered with some
who were at work on a house In
South Scranton. Eugene Melcholr,
the owner of the building, descend
ed the ladder with a lot of paint
and painted the belligerent Nowic
kl's whiskers a bright pink. They
were long whiskers and the enrag
ed Nowlckl' race through the streets
to an Alderman's office added much
to the gayety of a hot July day.
Furnace Tops To Abate Ore Dust.
Pittsburg (Special). The Jones
& Laughlln -Steel Company, whose
president, B. F. Jones, Jr., was fined
$5,000 last week for contempt of
court, In not abating ore dust from
escaping from the Eliza furnaces,
may equip its furnaces with the top
invented by Julian Kennedy to com
ply with the order of Supreme Court.
The new top was under consideration
some time ago, but was objected to
by some of the employees who
thought a closed top -would Increase
the danger from explosion.
Boy Burned To Death.
Lock Haven (Special). One life
was lost and a number of proper
ties destroyed In a fire at Mackey
vllle, a little village nine miles west
of this city. The blaze started in
the barn of Andrew Smith and
spread quickly to adjoining build
ings, two bouse . tour barn3 and
numerous smaller buildings being
destroyed.
Malcolm Smith, the 7-year-old
grandson of Andrew Smith, lost his
life trying to save a horse, his char
red remains being found In the
ruins.
Wumuii Found Dying In Fit-Id.
Allentown (Special). Stricken
with apoplexy while walking through
a field on her way home from
church, Mrs. Levi Knerr, of Schnecks
vllle, lay In a cornfield all night dur
ing a pouring rain. She died Monday.
Doctor Dies Under Knife.
Pottsvillo (Special). Following
an operation for appendlcltlB, Dr.
Charles K. Cleaver, of Frldensburg,
died at the Pottsvllle Hospital. With
a premonition that he could not
stand an operation, Dr. Cleaver re
peatedly warded off attacks and
yielded only to the surgeon's knife
whon the disease reached an acuto
stage.
He was one ot the county's best
known physicians and was State cen
sor ot tho Schuylkill district
Drinks Acid And Dies.
Sunbury (Special). Mrs. Wllllsm
Bonier drank carbolic acid and died
in agony. She had juBt returned
homo after a visit with friends, who
are at a loss to know what impelled
her to take ber lite.
Meat Inipeitttr Appointed.
Reading (Special). Dr. Otto
Noack, of this city, has been appoint
ed State Meat Inspector for Eastern
Pennsylvania. He was no sooner ai--potnted
than be visited Keudlng'
slaughter houses and ordered a num
ber ot radical changes to be mad.
Ambler Votes 935,000 I,oan.
Ambler (Special). Ambler citi
zens at a special election decided by
a majority of 63 votes to increase
Its debt $35,000 tor the purpose of
putting the streets and highways In
better condition. The vote: First
Ward, for 39; against, 56. Second
Ward, for 36; against 32.
Ward, for 90; against 13.
for, 164; against, 101.
School Of Agriculture Gains A
Widely-K 111 ih 11 ImsIi-ui tor.
State College (Special). At a ri
cent meeting of the Executive Com-i
mlttee. of the Pennsylvania Stat
College, John W. Gil more was elected'
professor of agronomy In the School
of Agriculture and Experiment Sta-!
tlOfi,
Prof. Ollmore was born In Arkan
sas, reared In Texas and educated at-
Cornell. After graduation from col
lege he spent two years In mission,
schools in China, and traveled wide-'
ly In the Orient, spending some tlmo
In Japan, India, the Philippines andj
Hawaii . He-has been connected with
the College of Agriculture of Cornell,
University during the past four
years, where ho has shown himseltj
to be an Insplrlug teacher and a
careful Investigator.
DROVE KNIFE THROUGH BODY.
Victim Ran A Block To Tell Ot
Murder.
Plttston (Special). Although h
had a frightful stab wound near the
heart and through his body, Scarplno
Doprlno managed to run a block
and rush into a saloon, crying "Oar
men stuck me." Then he fell dead.
Carmen Delprlore was arrested a
few minutes later and Is now In Jail.
It Is alleged that he pursued Doprlno
out ot a saloon after a quarrel and,
catching him, drove .a knife into hla
breast with such force that it came
out at his back. The physicians aro
surprised It did not kill him instantly.
Selfishness Present Day Evil.
Trevose (Special). Present day
evils were condemned at the Simp
son Grove camp meeting by Rey.
Dr. John W. Sayers, who delivered
a sermon on "Character." He said
among other things: "If one-halt
of the American people operated on
for appendlctis would Instead have
their evil qualities and selfishness
cut out, they would have no trouble
In living with a respectable appendix."
Camps Cost State $ 150,000.
Harrlsburg (Special). It will re
quire $150,000 for the individual
pay of troops attending the National
Guard encampments this year. For
last week's camp the First Brigade
was paid $47,968.22. and the Third
Brigade $51,600.82, and warranto
for the pay have been sent from the
adjutant general's department.
It will require $50,000 to pay the
Second Brigade, which goes Into
camp this week at Tipton.
Pike Snakes Bring Fancy Prices.
Stroudsburg (Special). Pike
County snakes are bringing record
breaking prices (his season. Dr.
William Chapman, of New York
City, paid $5 for a two-foot pilot
snake a fine specimen. William Van
Why, of Bushklll. filled the order.
Crashed Under Wheels Of Train.
Mount Carmel (Special). While
attempting to board a moving pas
senger train at the Lehigh Valley
depot here John Augustallls fell un
der the train and was so badly In
jured he died at the Miners' Hospi
tal. He resided at Shenandoah and
leaves a wife and nine children.
Third
Total.
Suicide's Aim Wom Poor.
Stroudburg (Special). Allen
Black, of Tobyhanna, came to town
and told a party of friends that he
was going to commit suicide. Half
an hour later he tried to send a bul
let through his bead, but it glanced
off without penetrating the skull.
Girl Finds Pearl In Clam.
Bangor (Special). While grind
ing a quantity of rasv clams in a
machine. Miss Myrtle Stock, a do
mestic In a local restaurant, found
that some hard substance refused to
be crushed. It proved to be a pearl
the size of a vast button, valued at
least $300.
A local jeweler offered $260, but
it will be sent to a New York Jewel
ry house for disposal. The pearl Is
said to be perfect.
Murdered With Basehuli But.
Plttston (Special). When Mike
C'arss, of Plttston, returned home
from work he found four countrymen
entertaining hla sweetheart, daugh
ter ot boarding house mistress.
When the men were leaving Mike
picked a quarrel, and In a tight he
was struck on the head with a base
ball bat His skull was broken and
his brains scattered on the sidewalk.
Police arrested the murderers an
hour later as they Were making their
escape across the mountain uear
West Plttston.
Children ' Hutchins- Estate.
Pittsburg (Special). The will of
Thomas Hutchins, late geographer
general of the United States, who
died in Philadelphia recently, was
filed. An estate of unestlmated
value is disposed of to the three
children ot the deceased The as
sets of the estate consist of realty
in this and several other States,
and the beneficiaries are Thomas
Hutchins, ot Princeton, N. J.; Mar
garet McKlnnoh, of Charleston. S.
C, and Susanna Hutchins, now re
aldlng In Pnnsocola. Fla.
Puintar's Fall Fatal.
Shamokln (Special). William
Mowrey and Charles Chaundy, paint
ers, fell forty feet from the roof ot
a building here through the break
ing ot a rope. Mowrey will die.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The Dodge Mine, at Scrauton,
which for twenty-five years has only
beep Idle during coal strikes, has
been closed tor two months. Mil
lions ot tons ot coal have been
mined and after the Dunmore vein,
the last to be reached, is exhausted,
the mine will be abaudoned.
The Board of Home Missions ot
the Reformed Church has elected
Rev. Lewis Robb, of Wilklnsburg,
Allegheny County, successor to the
late Rev. Thomas M. Yundt, of Keat
ing, as general superintendent of
home missions.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has been notified of an epidemic ot
typhoid fever at Sbllllngton, Berks
County, and a rigid examination la
being made of farms and dairies to
ascertain the origin ot the trouble.
Whole families are down with the
disease.
Thomas O'Boyle, 14 years old, ot
Scranton. while returning from Sun
day School attempted to steal a ride
ou a coal train and was killed, hla
head and legs being severed trout his
body by tho wheels.
Harry Ltsk. while returning trust
work at the Brlsbln Colliery, Scran-j
ton. was struck by a passenger train!
on tne Lackawanna Railroad and In-j
stantly killed. In attempting to)
avoid a trelght locomotive he stepped)
In front of an express.
A aocrct anaur is uns sriu Is unaUei
10 keep a neural.