( THE RIVER-DRIVER M5rc Told by T. J. Dsvia and Set Down by Haloli Slock. RIVERA let Down W One hears a great deal of the dan gers f sports such as mountain climbing and big game shooting, and of trades such as that of the steeple Jack, but very few Wide World read ers. I Imagine, have any knowledge of what (s, perhaps, the hardest and most hazardous occupation on earth "rlver-drlvlng." Mr. T. J. Davis, who now reside in the Northwest Territories of Can ada, knows, perhaps, as much as any man living of the dangers and fas cinations of this trade, which should more properly be called log-drlvlng. Born as he was on the shores of one of those vaBt. inland seas that so belle' their Insignificant title of "lakes," and that. Joined by rivers, form a chain across Eastern Canada, he early acquired a love of tho water only known to those that have to de pend upon It for a living. Gigantic floating islands of logs, sometimes half a mile In length, lay moored to the, shore almost at the door of his home, awaiting the floating village of "river-drivers" to steer them to the mills, where they are sawn Into timber. Here Is the story of Mr. Davis' evolution as a driver, told to me by himself. It is a life that seems to get hold of one after a year or two. You are generally wet through for twelve hours out of the twenty-four; "ten of you sleep In a twelve by fifteen foot shanty, you live on fried everything, "black strap," treacle, and stewed tea; you go to bed at 10 and get up at 3; you are everlastingly cursed and never praised by the foreman, your life is In danger more or less all day long, and you never get more than $35 a month for work that Is worth $100. "Then why stick at it?" you say, and all I can answer Is "Just give it a fair trial for a year and then you'll know." As children we used to run out across the bioms of logs, which is a good deal harder to do than you might suppose. One of us, perhaps would fall through, but such an accl dent never aroused any comment from our companions. They would rush on heedlessly, hopping from log to log like a lot of monkeys, and leaving the unfortunate one to sink a couple of feet below the surface of the water, bob up, hit his head against an unresisting log, and gen erally .scratch and bruise himself thoroughly beforo scrambling like a half drowned kitten to the surface once more. That is how we learned not to mind a ducking, and also to shift for ourselves when we did get one.. Have you ever tried to stand up Tight on a log perhaps a foot across the butt, out In an open lake, keep lng your balance to every roll and dip of the log? Well, If you had you would realize better the marvellous balance of the man who not only has to do this, but also maneuvre other logs down the current with a long pike pole, chain booms together with numbed Angers, and, In fact, t'o the whole of his day's work while bal ancing on a twirling, twisting, half submerged tree trunk. At the age of thirteen I had t get out and earn my own living. Tlmci were hard, and every one who has a aound pair of arms and legs has to work for tho right to occupy the earth down on those Eastern lake shores. One morning along came an ' alll gator boat," towing a floating colony of river-drivers to work the boom of logs that lay moored out in the lake Here was my chance. My brothers and sisters had been packed off to school, and I was left to chop wood. Why should I chop wood for love when I could drive logs for $35 a month? I was off across that boom of logs like a jack rabbit, and soon found myself surrounded by a good natured ring of grizzled faces. "What's tho matter with tho kid?" asked the foreman, a gigantic, beard ed man In long loather boots, as he surveyed me from head to foot. "How's chances of a Job?" I asked, with as much dignity as I could as sume. A roar of laughter floated over the lake and echoed through the maples far up the banks, but It didn't abash me in the least. "You all think you're awful smart," I remarked, scathingly, "but I'll stand on a log with any one of you for the Job. If I'm put off I'll go back nome and sit down, but if you can't put me off I want work at $12 a mpnth for a start." There was a twinkle In the fore man's eye as he said, "Done"! Jack, try him a twirl." 'i no next minute I found myself standing on one end of a small pine log, and my adversary, a hulking "driver" with spikes half an Inch In length on the bottom of his boots, on the other. Slowly at first the log began to turn lu tho water. In answer to the pressure of my adversary's spikes then quicker and quicker, till It fair ly spun round, with my naked feet pattering away on the hard ba.k like a woodpecker's bill. Then, aud denly, my wily foe would stop It al most dead, and I had to wave my arms like a windmill to keep my bal ance, but I kept It. All tho time shouts were going up from the cump raft, "Go it, kid! Stick to him! He can't get you inrst this way, then thai, the lot twirled; next, by way of variation, the lumberman would take a play ful Jump and send me aud my ond of tho log clean out of the water. And then well, I don't know exact ly how It happened, but there was a frantic waving of long huh.., and six feet of rlver-drlver splashed Into the lake, to reappear more lu tnt) sem blance of a playful hippopotamus! Roar upon roar of laughter went up from the raft, and half an hour later I found myself Installed In a very smelly shack as "cook's devil" at 912 a month and board. I stayed with tblu outfit for three years log-drlvlng In the spring and uninier and bush-working in the Winter. At the age of sixteon an opportu nity happened my way that helped me out of the beaten track of rlver- drlvlng. Every dog has his day, ana this particular one was mine. You must know that, to get the logs over rapids, the big lumbering companies have to build large dams at the edge of the fall to hold back the water, leaving a narrow passage way In the middle, through which the water rushes like a mill race, carrylr- the logs swirling r.nd tumb" ling ovr the rapids to the next lake. The greatest care has to bo taken In sending the logs through this chan nel, and as many aa fifteen to twenty men are required to keep them from jamming." With all our care on this particular day a "Jam" occurred. A tog became wedged with one or two others right across tho "chute," as the passage Is called. The result was the same as Invariably Is. Hun dreds of logs came floating slowly but irresistibly toward the chute with the current and found a restiug place behind each other, with the dam as tfietr foundation. Hundreds more came sweeping on, and, finding the current too strong to allow them to rest behind their forerunners, piled themselves In a muddled heap on tho top. The water began to rise, and more and yet more logs piled themselves up, till a solid wall of timber at least twelve feet high stretched across the- chute be hind the dam. Meanwhile therlver-drlvers bound ed froVn log to log, risking their Uvea every second In the vain attempt to disengage the Jammed logs, for if the Jam had given way it would have carried every man to almost certain death. "Somobody'll have to And those jammed logs and cut them," said the foreman, quietly, knowing full well that he was asking some one to tsmpt death. "Of course," he continued, "I can't make any of you do It; unless some one offers I'll have to do it myself, but I'm kind of heavy for the job. There's $10 In It and drinks for the crowd." Six of us stepped forward simul taneously. "You're all wool, boyB," said the foreman admiringly, "but I'm glad the kid offered, 'cause he's the light est of the crowd." A thick rope was promptly tied se curely round my body under the arms, by way of a belt, two longer ones fixed to It on either side, and I was ready for work. Sixteen of the heaviest men were picked from the gang, and eight climbed up on to the 'dam each side of the Jam. An axe Was then handed to me, and hand over hand I wa let out on ope side and drawn in on tLi other till I hung suspended In mid air half way across the current. T-tien,- In answer to a sharp order from the foreman, the two sides si multaneously commenced to pay out rope, and I began to sink lower and lower toward the jammed logs, which creaked and rasped ominouJly under the attain of the water behind them. I cannot remember any other sen sation than that of suppressed excite ment as I reached the level of the water and finally stood on the tremb ling, groaning mass of logs a mass that might sink from beneath my feet at any moment. I was only sU teen, and $10 was a lot of money to me, apart from the glory of the achievement. For several seconds I stood on those logs without moving, fascin ated with the delicious possibilities of the thing, till at last a gruff shout from the foreman reminded me that there was work to be done. Carefully I crept to the edge of the mass of logs; then I slowly slid from log to log down to the seething ' water below. Where were the jammed logs? That was the question. Above me rose the butts and tops of innumerable logs.. What if they gave way now? I should be hurled to my death at once. Hastily put ting the thought from me, I felt be neath the surface of the water with the axe handle. Yes, there they were, firmly wedged a foot down. Then I set to with a will, the water splashing all over me. With each stroke of the axe a tremor went through tno pile on which I stood. It seemed as If I had been chop ping an hour. My her.rt was thump lug against my ribs with the exer tion, and I gasped for air between the douches of cold water that splashed me from head to foot. Sud denly, without the slightest warning, there was a report like a muffled re volver shot, a stream of water shot Into my face, a hoarse cry came from somewhere above, and I felt myself Jorked from my feet high Into the air, sinking, rising, and again sink ing like a bouncing ball. Then, with a roar and a mighty splash, the whole structure of piled up logs on which I had been standing three sec onds before collapsed like a house of cards, and log after log went sweeping and eddying through the chute and over the rapids to the lake below. Either the jammed log had broken or I had chopped it through; no one ever knew which. I don't quite know how they got i me back on to the dam, for the first thing I remember after that was see ing a green piece of paper In my left hand that I knew to be the promised $10 bill, and a ring of perspiring, grizzled faces close to mine, breath ing gruff congratulations. TheWlde World Magazine. Quaint and furious. Every sheep carries Its own barom eter. It Is the wool on Its back. The more curly it becomes the finer the weather. Vodka, n fiery whisky, usually dls tillod from rye, made in Russia, ex ceeds In alcoholic strength that of any other spirit. The music of "Home, Sweet Home," Is generally supposed to have been adapted from a Sicilian air by 8lr Henry Bishop. Nnietecn women have been elected members of tho parliament of Fin land. No other legislature has ever had female members. The tallow tree grows In Malabar, India. It Is thus called because its seeds, when boiled, produce a tallow which makes excellent candles. Memorial Day turns out to be the most ancient of American observ ances. The Ponsepatuck Indians, on Long Island, have held It, in honor of the dead, for 935 years. The fastest regular long distance run without stop In tho world Is on the Great Western, from London to Bristol, 118 miles in 120 minutes, or practically sixty miles an hour. A lake of quicksilver, covering an area of more than three acres and having a depth ranging from ten feet to fifty feet, has been discovered in the mountains of the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Tho value of the pro duct Is estimated at millions. This lake has been known to the Indians for many generations. The sacred fires of India have not all been extinguished. The most an cient which still exists was conse crated twelve centuries ago in com memoration of the voyage made by the Parsees when they emigrated from Persia to India. The fire is fed five times every two hours with san dalwood and other fragrant materi als, combined with very dry fuel. On a trip through Iceland the trav eler sees thousands of mountains covered with eternal snow, outrival ing the Alps in grandeur; great gey sers and innumerable hot wells; wat erfalls, one of which the Gullfoss is second only to Niagara in size and beauty; crystal streams and lashing rivers; lava beds of fantastic figures, covered with moss that glistens in the sun like hoar frost, and, as a crowning glory, the atmosphere is so brilliant that objects over fifty mile? distant appear close at hand. FLAT FOOT. A Painful Affliction Remedied Only by Wearing a Support. Flat foot Is a very common afflic tion. It Is also one which is fre quently overlooked by physicians, says the Medical Brief. The patient complains of pain In the heel, the ankle, the Inner border of the foot, great toe, the muscles of the calf, the knee or even the hip. The busy practltionor notes these symptoms In a hurried, casual way, attributes them to rheumatism, pre salicylates and what not, and another flat footed Individual plods his weary way. Increased deformity is added to what may have been merely foot strain In tho first place. A curable case has become well nigh incurable, and the medical profession Is again Justly liable to well deserved censure. Any factor which tends to dimin ish the muscular power of tho foot may cause flat foot. A great Increase In the weight borne by the foot may cause It. This Increase In weight may be ac tual, such as occurs In people who put on a great deal of fat, athletes, jump ers especially. But by far the most common cause is a cramping of the foot, brought about by Improper shoes. For treatment of this condition me chanical support to the deformed foot is practically all (hat is necessary. This mechanical support Is best af forded by means of the footplate made from highly tempered steel and molded upon a plaster cast of the foot. The footplate should be worn as long as It Is required, but no longer. Additional wearing of the plate be yond the time necessary, as indicated by the symptoms, is simply an addi tional cause of harm. With the foot plate a shoe should be worn fitting the normal contour of the foot. I Trees Are Money. By EDWARD EVERETT HALE, In Christian Register. Is It better for the Nation to have a million dollars tn gold laid by lu kegs in the basement of the Treasury or to have a million dollars of -wood- land which in thirty years will be worth Ave times what It Is worth ' now? You meet very few people 1 who understand or remember that every European nation now relies largely for Its annual revenue on 1U forests. Our people do not choose to re mombor perhaps they do not like to remember that a forest, from the nature of the case, can be taken care of by a Nation or a State as It can not be taken care of by an Individual. In the first place, the individual wants to see his profit within five or ten years at the outside. The Na tion, because it never dies, can put forward tho question of profit as no thrifty man dares to' do. Nations do, not always choose to take this view. But the eternal law remains, "You cannot have your cake and eat your cake." See what happens to such nations. Remember the days when Solomon built his temple from the cedars of Lebanon. Go to Lebanon to-day and find that the "forests of Lebanon" have dwindled down to a fow hundred trees. And then look north ami south and east and west from. Leb anon to see that the very regions which produced such men as Solo mon and David are now, as ono of them said, peeled and stripped, that they are regions to which beggars cannot be paid to emigrate. Take sla Minor minor with a ven- oance! Here is a region which in Us time supported such cities as Ephesus and Tarsus and Antiocb a region whose tributes made up such wealth as seems fabulous tho wealth. Indeed, of Croesus. And this Asia Minor la now a hnrharnns nrnv- 9 ince through which adventurous travelers work their way with diffi culty, and where they speculate with doubt as to what was the site of one and another of those treasures of the world. For the people did not preserve their forests nor pre j tend to do so. They killed tho bird J which laid the golden egg. The I mountains were shorn of their beau , ty and It was more than beauty which was destroyed. Tho rivers which i had made tho valleys fertile became the mountain torrents, dry In sum I mer and overfull In winter, which carried devastation In their freshets, I and yet which failed tho valleys when j they needed most the treasures of ! rain. The history of the decline of civilization in any region which has a written history Is tho history of the destruction of its forests. If in New England to-day you send to a carpenter, and bid him make you a cabinet or a table made from that white pine which was tho glory of our forests In tho days when Paul Jones fought the Serapis, tho car penter will tell you that It will cost you about as much to use white pine as to use mahogany. Smaller and smaller have become the plno trees which you cut down for your annual service. There were days when your foresters did not touch a tree with the ax unless the tree were 200 years old. To-day they can use the little trees for this and that service, though they should not bo three inches in diameter. Here Is our own deforested State of Massachusetts. For her railroads and hospitals and other necessities she has Incurred large .debts, not payable for many years. But these debts are provided for by the sink ing funds which grow and grow as the years pass by. And, when the debts mature, money will be ready. Yes, such has been the foresight of our Government. But think of the gain to Massachusetts, If from year to year she were Investing such funds where she is sure of the great alli ance of nature; in planting her bare, worn-out wilderness with the forests which will be almost invaluable In a hundred years. Men die and they cannot make provisions for what comes after them. But States live. Nature is always kind, and a State can invest with perfect security tn Its forest lands. Such a policy as this has com mended itself almost of course to the great States of New York and Penn sylvania. They have learned to rely upon tho forests of the future, as Prussia does and Bavaria and Wur temberg. The United States as a Nation need not be afraid of the same policy. It is not Impossible that the five States, watered by the Merrimac and the Connecticut, the Saco and the Androscoggin, may be called upon to unite In the annual expense of pre serving the White Mountain district. To preserve the water power of three great rivers is a duty of this genera tion, and this water power can be preserved only by preserving the for ests at their headwaters. News of Pennsylvania rarv WAS FOROOTTCWi Mother, Hargnin Hunting;, I"ft In fant In Street Car. Scrantnn (Special). An absent minded mother, Mrs. F. O. Ellison, lnadMertently left her baby on a street car and for sometime the trac tion company officials wero puzzled as to what to do with the Infant for whom no owner put In appearance. Just when they had decided that It was a caso of abandonment and were about to take It to the police station, a frantic, voice at the 'phone demanded to know how a baby was to be found that had been mislaid. Later she explained that she had forgotten the baby had accompanied her on a bargain expedition. DOG A LIFESAVER. Harking Brought Help Anil Kept Gill From Drowning. Lanoaster (Speeial). To the sa gacity of her pet dog Miss Mary Fry, a popular school teacher of East Cocallco Township, owes her life. Miss Fry started across a deep crook near her homo In a boat, ac companied by a pet terrier. While attempting to land the young woman foil Into tho water. Hor dog began barking violently and her father, hearing the commo tion, Investigated. He managed to drag the girl from tho water while unconscious. MILLIONS NEEDED FOR HOARS. Inspecting State Nurseries. .Harrlsburg (Special). Alleged "nurserymen," who really have no claim to that title, are not going to benefit at the expense of the State this year. Chief Nursery Inspector Engle will start his annual Inspec tion this week. He Is now prepar ing the certificates which are need ed If tho nurseries are found In sat isfactory condition. So for Economic Zoologist Surface has detailed D. K. McMillan and P. H. Herzog to assist htm. Others may bo detailed later. In all, about 130 nurseries will be 'nspected. Applications For State Aid From Various ( mintlcs. , Harrlsburg (Special). Since the recent publication of figures stating the amount of State road funds re cently apportioned among the various counties by the State Highway De partment, the Department has been deluged with letters urging early re construction of many roads through out, tho State, the writers of such letters evidently falling to under stand that the published Agures show simply the total amount of State funds apportioned for road building purposes from the passage of the first State aid act In 1903 to, and including, the apportionment for the fiscal years 1907-1908. The fact Is that In many counties of the State the total apportionment beforo referred to has been already entirely consumed by the cost of roads already built or now under construction, so that in many coun ties there are no funds whatever available for present use. The department has at Its disposal for the present fiscal year $1,850, 000 for road building purposes. An additional $150,000 is by law to be paid direct to townships already pos sessing stone roads, for maintenance purposes. The interest In the Improvement of the public roads of the State can be realized when Jt is known that, against this $1,850,000 now avail able, there have been applications filed with the State Highway Depart ment which would require the ex penditure by the State of $30,000, 000. If applications continue to be received at the same rate that they are now coming In, the next Legis lature will find the people of the Commonwealth asking for road Im provements which will cost the State not less than $50,000,000. It is probnble that at the next oesslon of the Legislature the road question will be the paramount Issue, and It. Is also probable that the members of that session will not bo satisfied to continue this important work with a paltry $2,000,000 a year. Coal Investor's Heavy Loss. Pottsvillo (Special). The Read ing Coal and Iron Company purchas ed tho coal tracts and breaker of the Bluck Diamond Coal Company, at Branchdale. The latter corpor ation proved disastrous for its stockholders, Philadelphia and New Jersey investors, who will lose the biggest part of the million dollars Invested as the entire property brought but $46,000. T. V. Pow derly was president of the defunct company and It Is alleged that he was given $100,000 in stock tor the use of his name. Girl's Suicide Plan Fails. Scranton (Special). Mary De houst, aged 17, tried to chloroform herself to death because she could not live without her mother, who died during the typhoid epidemic She Is not yet out of danger. She had written a letter selecting her pallbearers and saying good-bye to a street car conductor for whom she cared. Shot To Ih-nth By Brother. Pittsburg (Special). Floyd Culp a machinist of Turtle Creek, a sub urb, was killed at his home, during an altercation with William Culp, his younger brother. Floyd was abusing his wife and the younger brother Interfered to protect her. In the melee following Floyd was shot through tho heart. The broth er, William, Is In Jail. HEROISM SAVED MAN. Rescued From Schuylkill Ry Brave Spectators. Norrlstown (Special). The brav ery of Rawle Rrown and Daniel FlnoJ prevented Harry Rossln from drown lng here. Rossln and Charles Harf rlson were out on the river in canoe, when the craft was overturn, ed. Rossln was unable to swlfrjjj while Harrison was Just about ami to keep his head above water and1 was unable to render Rosstn any as sistance. Brown and Finn wero along the) shore when the craft overturned.' Brown kicked off hi shoes and Jump ed Into the water. When he reach ed Rossln the latter grasped him and the two went under the water. Then ensued a desperate struggle between the two men. Brown Anally, broke loose from Rossln and pre vented him from sinking by holding on to a sweater which he wore. Finn then went to Brown's as sistance and the two men succeeded in getting Rossln to shoie. He was unconscious, but regain his sense after being rolled on a barrel. HAD HEART LIKE A SHOE. Man Whose Anatomy Was A Medical Marvel Dies Suddenly. Reading (Special). Samuel Culp, the man with the freak heart, which was frequently discussed In medical journals and was an object of In terest to the medical world general ly, died suddenly of heart disease, aged 24 years. The heart' was shap ed ilke a shoo and was unusually large. The least exercise made him ill. While a student at tho University of Pennsylvania, from which insti tution he was graduated with honors In chemistry two years ago, he was subject to X-Ray examinations by eminent physicians, but all their treatments were in vain. PARKS FOR HARRISBURG. A Useful Witness. A witness was being examined as to the sanity of one of the Inmates of the asylum. "You hold that this inmate is Insane, do you?" a lawyer asked. "I do," was the Arm reply. "Why are you so sure?" "The man," the witness said, "goes about asserting that he is Santa Claus." "And," said the lawyer, "you hold, do you, that when a man goes about assert ing that he is Santa Claus, It's a clear proof of hlB Insanity?" "I do." "Why?." "Because," aatd the wit ness, In a loud. Indignant 'voice, "I happen to be Santa Claus myself." Sau Francisco Argouaut. William street, In New York City,, v. t known as ;' Horse and Cart street" lyack lu the eighteenth ' century. The Henuty of tho Sky. It. Is a strange thing bow little in general people know about the sky. It la the part of creation tn which Nature has done moro for the sake of pleasing man, moro for tho sole i and evident purpose of talking to him and teaching him, than in any other of her works, and It Is just the part in which we least attend to hor. There are not many of her works in which some more material or essen tial purpose than the mere pleaBlug of man Is "not answered by every part of their organization; but every es sential purpose of the sky might, as far as we know, be answered, if once in three days or thereabouts a great, black, ugly rain-cloud were broken up over the blue, and everything well watered, and so all left blue again until next time, with, porhaps, a film of morning and ovonlng mist for dewk But instead of this, thore Is not a moment of any day of ouv lives when Nature Is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, aud working still upon auch exquisite and conatani prin ciples of the most perfect beauty, that It is quiU' certain It la all done for ua, aud Intended (or our perpet ual pleasure,--Rusklu. And the Sun Stood Still. A postmaster, not many inileB from Blllvllle, posted the following notice on his shutter recently: "All parties expecttn' mall are hereby notlAed to git all that's comin' to 'em In ad vance any time before next Thurs day, that beln' the day we have ap p'lnted to go huntln' not havln' had a holiday from the Government since July 4, and the said Government seeuiin' to forget that bein' only hu man, wo need rest and recreation oc casional. There's some little mall here for the Joneses and the Tom pinseB but It don't amount to much, as It's all got one-cent stamps on It. There ain't nutln' much in tho busi ness nohow!" Atlanta Constitution. Hydrophobiu Among Cuttle. Foster (Special). An outbreak of hydrophobia among horses, cows and dogs here is causing much alarm, resulting in -a visit from one of the State inspectors, who Is ordering the killing of all Infected animals. About a month ago a dog belong ing t John Wood went mad and bit several cows, horses and dogs be fore he was killed. The outbreak of the disease occurred twenty-one days after the animals were bitten. Football Injury Fatal. Washington (Special). --William W. Davie, aged SI years, a student of Grove City College, diedhere from an affection of the heart superin duced by a football Injury. Davis was a star athleto and cen ter rush on the Grove City team last fall. In a game on Thanksgiving Day against a Newcastle professional team he was injured. His condition at first was not thought to bo seri ous, but he later bocamo ill and never recovered. Pussy Wok The "Burglar.'' Pottavllle (Special). A "burglar," who was discovered making his way over the roofs of Market Street resi dences caused great excitement. Several shots were, fired at the "man," who suddenly disappeared. Tho mystery was explained later wiien Health Officer Williams was notified to remove a dead cat from the locality. Pusty made a noise like a man lu walking the tin roofs and received the shot Intended for the burglar. Ijist Obstacle Removed To Acquiring Desired Tract Of Land. Harrlsburg (Special). The last obstacle In the way of completing the principal feature of the Harrls burg park system was removed by an opinion of Judge Kunkel, In which he overruled all objections to a bond offered for the condemnation of the Fllckinger tract In Susque hanna Township. All other lnnd needed for the greot artificial lake, which la to be one and a half miles long, has been acquired by tho Board of Public Works by gift or purchase. The owners of the Fllckinger tract refused to part with It and con demnation proceedings wore resorted to. The objection to tho bond held op tho matter until now. i , i p STATE OBITUARY. Some Youthful Definitions. Among the answers to questions at a recent school examination wore tho following interesting examples of youthful misinformation : "Gross Ig norance is 144 times as bad as juat ordinary Ignorance." "Anchorite, an old-fashioned hermit sort of fellow .who has anchored hlsaelt to one place." "The lWer Is an Infernal or gan." "Vacuum la nothing with the air sucked out of it put up in a pickle bottle It Is very hard to' get." Harper's Itniar. Saved Big Roll Of Money. ' Scranton tSpeclal). P. Hamil ton, general nmnnsar of the Scran ton aud m'oosIc Lake Railway, often routes home carrying largo sums of money. He wan held UP late Triiirs dny nlftht la 'he central residence soctiou of Use city. He told the foot pads h tad but fifty cents aud pre sented It to thorn with auch earnest ! protestations that they took It aud hla word. As a consequence he got away with a wad of $300. Fisherman Nearly Browned. Cheater (8pecial). Thomas John son, a butcher residing on West Broad Street, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Delaware Riv er. Johnson wan allghUng from a boat at the Consumer' ice Company Wharf when ho fell in the water. He was going down for the third t'.mo when John Bousliel'.o and -Edward Mason jumped in tho water and brought him to the aurtaoe Hi was restiscuateu witn tr.e am or overal physician, i The men had been fishing and were returning home wheu the cclrtnt occurred. Lancaster. Nathaniel N. Hensel. one of the best-known men In the county, died at Fairfield, aged 80 years. He was prominent In Repub lican affairs far many years. He came of German stock, his great giandfath'-r, Frederick Honsel, beiug one of the earliest settlers of North ampton County. A son of this emigrant, William, served lu tho Revoluntary War, and was one of Washington's army at 'alley Forge. The father of Nathan iel was also a William Hensel, and a soldier of the War of 1812. Ex Attorney General W. U. Hensel Is a nephew of the deceased. , NorrUtown. George W. Rogers, the oldest member of the Montgom ery County bar, died at his home here, aged 70 years. He had been ill five weeks with heart trouble. For more than fifty yearB he had been one of the beat-known legal ad visers of the local bar. Of late he devoted his time to foreign travel. He was a native of Bucks County. Reading. - -Alfred C. Kemp, who was Sheriff of Berks County thirty years ago, died at his home In this city, aged 68 years. Meadville. Fred Ott, a PlttBburg hotelman, and a guest at Hotel Bart lett, Cambridge Springs, was st lck B with death while sitting in the village park. He had juBt come in from rowing a party of friends and sat down to rest. r Chnscd Ry Wild Man. "Pittston ( Social). A party of berrv picker from Yatesvllle borough went into the wocds for huckle berries and returned home shortly afterward badly frightened. They avowed they had been chased by a wild man, dirty In appearance, scant ily clad and with disheveled hair. He screamed at them in a wild man ner. The men of the village organised a party and nearched tho woods, but have not yet made his capture. Drank Acid For I'aragoric Scranton (Special). Mary Strupp, a young girl of 16, daughter of Louis Stupp, while alone in her borne, drank carbolic acid aud is dead. Her parents had gone to fbUrbh. and when they returned she was unconscious on the bed lu her room, and before the doctors arriv ed he died. The examination prov ed that carbolic acid had killed her Her parents say that be mistook tLi bottle for one containing para- gorlc. They assert that abe had no love affair and wa happy lu her home. Child Scalded To Death. York (Special). Nettle J. Wolf, 2 years old, daughter of Charles A, Wolf, was scalded to death. The child pulled the plug from the wash lng machine which was filled with scalding water, and the content poured over the little girl s face ana body. She was so severely burned that she died shortly afterwards. Boastful Swimmer Drowned. Oil City (Special). Peter Bender, aged C6 years, was drowned ir the Allegheny River here. Bender was an expert swimmer and boasted that he could swim the stream at on of the most treacherous spots be tween Olean and Pittsburg. He wag overcome by the current and sank before watchers could reach him. Threatened By Black Hand. Mahanoy City (Special). Unleea they deposit $200 In their coal bins within twenty-four hours, the lives of George Wesner and Jacob Wentz, of this place are threatened with death by the chief of the "Black Hand." Neither of the two men treat the matter seriously. Woman Killed Snake. Hazleton (Special). Mrs. David Davis, of this city, had an exciting experience with a copperhead snake. She was walking along a stream In Butler Valley, picking wild f.owera, when she came across the snake, which showed fight and at once made a desperate attack on her. Grasping a large rock she took a good aim and crushed the snake's head. It measured three and a halt feet. Bear Frightens Berry Pickers. Tamaqua (Special). About a score of huckleberry pickers hurried into town from the Owl Creek Moun tain, 3 miles from town, shortly be foro noon, all claiming that they had seen a big black bear. No bears have been seen In this vicinity for many years and a big party of armed met left town In search of bruin. Four Generations At Anniversary. Catasauqua (Special). At the sil ver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bartholomew four gen erations were In attendance, lnclul ing Mrs. Jonas Bartholomew, mother of Mr. Bartholomew; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bartholomew, the celebrants. eight children and two grandchlMren. Blinded By An Owl. Carlisle (Special). As Mrs. George Burke, of Relay, Yor"k Coun ty, was housing her chickens foi tho night an enormous barn owl swooped down at her and made a vicious attack. The hiavy bird caught Its talons In her face and she was terribly torn and has lost one eye aud will probably lose the other. The owl has frequent!' carried off young chickens from Mrs. Burk'a yard and on aoveral occasions at tacked her wheu she endeavored tc relievo It of Its prey. ITEMS IN BRIEF. Fred J, Ryan, a young Iron work er of Danville, Jumped from the river bridge, with all ha heavy work ing clothes on, to show his daring The river at the point where the Jump was made Is but five feet deep, the drop Is fifty feet, but Ryan was uninjured and easily cwam ashore. Michael Malonslk, Is dead, his wife Is dying and two dwellings are in ruins at Wlckboro, Armstrong Coun ty, as a result of an early morning fire, caused by an oil lamp exploding. The loss on the dwelling, and con tents was $4,000. A Flag Day Association, ' the tlrst of Its kind to be organized in Penn sylvania, has been formed In Allen town with the purpose of assuring the observance In proper patriotic style of the anniversary of the adop tion of the national emblem. A. 8. Moyer, commnnder Yeager Post. No. 13, G. A. R., is president. Colonel Asher Miner, of the Ninth Regiment, announces that If $6,000 can be raised to pay the expensed he will take the regiment to the Jamestown Exposition to take part in the Pennsylvania Day ceremonies iu September. Solebury Farmers' Club adopted a resolution urging upon the Legis lature the enactment of a law for bidding by heavy penalties the manu facture, sale or use of all fireworks known as balloon, rocketB. etc., con taining combustible materials which may Jeopardise or destroy property, F. W. Beam, formerly superinten dent of the public schools of Mon tour County, wa made principal of tho new Pottsvlrhv school at a salary of $100 per mdath. Mia Nellie Q. Sparks, at a salary of $50 a month, ai'd Mlaa Marlon Betz. at a salary of $40 per month, were made his as sistants. While Chnrle Aklmus wa diving with a number of companions lrJ Mason Pond, in West Snranton, h was drowned. He made u deep dive aud never came to the surface. 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