MARKET.
I went to Market yesterday,
And it ia like a Fair
Of everything you like to aee; .
But nothing Live ia there.
The Pigeona, hanging up to eat
And Rahhita, by their little feet
But no one aeemeu to care.
And there were Fiahea out in rows
Bright onea, of every kind:
'And aome were Pink, and Silver, tooj
But all of them ware blind
Vea, everything you want to touch:
It would not make you happy, much
But no one aeemed to mind.
'And lovelieat of all a Deer!
Only Ita eyea were blurred.
And hanging by It, very near.
A beautiful great Bird;
So I could smooth hie feathera through,
And 'kiaa them ( very aoftly ) , too
But oh. he never atimn!
Joaepsme Preaton Peabody. in Harper'a,
IN THE COILS OF A
BOA-CONSTRICTOR.
v o. p.
KING8LIY
Early In the year 1900 I was atn
tloned In the south of Negros Island,
In the Philippine group, at the little
pueblo" (village) of Bayanan. Here
I acted In the capacity of sanitary In
spector of the La Carlota Sub-District
of Negros". The territory In
cluded in my district was many miles
In extent, but owing to the fact that
the greater portion was wild, and
inhabited only by roving tribes of
Visayans, whose haunts lay far in
the unexplored interior, my work was
confined to the small settlements lo
cated within a radius of forty miles,
many of these being extremely diffi
cult of access on account of the dense
tropical growth and the unsettled
condition of the country.
As I sat in my office one pleasant
morning, contentedly smoking a ci
gar and contemplating with pleasure
a short trip I had planned for the
afternoon, a sharp rap on the door
brought me back abruptly from my
reverie. At my invitation a native
entered, bearing a letter, which he
deposited upon the desk and with
drew. A glance at the address
showed me that It was from the Chief
Inspector of the Department. The
contents, which I rapidly glanced
Over, directed me to proceed without
delay to a little "barrla" called La
Paz, situated some thirty miles in
land, to investigate a reported epi
demic of smallpox raging in that vi
cinity among the natives.
Realizing the gravity of the situa
tion, should the report be true, I de
cided to start at once. I had never
Tlsited the place before, and was not
.ure of the exact distance or the dif
ficulties liable to be met with en
route; for these reasons I was de
sirous of having plenty of daylight to
travel by. Hastily collecting the
necessary equipment, together with
my revolvers and ammunition, I
crammed the things into mj saddle
bags and stepped out Just as the
horses were brought up one for my
self, the other for my old servant
Juan, who was to act as guide and
interpreter.
Our route for several miles lay
llong a well-beaten trail, which would
have been pleasant enough for ordi
nary travel had it not been for the
fierce heat of the sun. Soon, how
ever, we reached the Rio del Sangre,
the bamboos along the banks of
which afforded a delicious shade,
though the river-bed was practically
dry. My guide now informed me that
by following the channel we could
shorten the distance by several miles,
and I therefore turned my horse up
stream, glad enough to. keep in the
shade.
As we advanced toward the inte
rior the scenery became more wild
and picturesque, the vegetation rank
and luxuriant, the trees meeting in
many places and forming a series of
leafy tunnels. The only sound was
the dull thud, thud, of our horses'
hoofs, hardly audible in the soft river-bed,
with an occasional shrill cry
from a monkey who had discovered
us from his leafy bower, or the lazy
flutter of a gaily-pluined parrot as it
changed its position.
Advancing in single file, owing to
the narrownoss of the river-bed and
the many obstructions that were
constantly being met with In the form
of roots and fallen tree-trunks, I was
soon some distance ahead, and, en
tering a space comparatively clear of
obstructions, I spurred my mount in
to a gallop, as the sun was rapidly
sinking towards the horizon and I
was autious to reach my destination
before dark. Rounding a sharp bend,
my horse, with a wild snort, plunged
heavily, wheeling Bharply to the
right. Being unprepared for such a
manaeuvre, I was hurled headlong
from the saddle, striking upon my
head and shoulder In the soft, mud
dy river-bed. My face was smeared
with the filthy, ill-smelling muck, my
neck felt as though it was broken,
my brain was In a dizzy whirl, and
my eyes were, blinded with the odor
oub mud.
For a moment I did not attempt to
move. Although I was aware of a
curious movement beneath me, I sup
posed I had been thrown upon aome
roots, which were slowly giving way
beneath my weight.
Suddenly my attention was at
tracted by a strange hissing noise
which sounded quite close to me, and
which, in my dazed condition, I was
at a loss to account for. Meanwhile,
the movement beneath me increased
rather than diminished. This was
certainly unnatural, and I rolled over
with the Intention of reaching firmer
ground, but found that njy right leg
was entangled in something. At my
first movement the mysterious hiss
ing Increased until it sounded like
escaping steam, and the movement
beneath me became so violent as to
partially raise mv hndv from thn
river-bed. Dashing the mud from my
eyes as uest i could, I threw out my
hands for some available support. My
right grasped mud, but the loft
caught hold of a cold, slimy, wrig
gling body. And then the truth o(
my situation dawned unon m i
all freezing my blood with honor,
.while the most sickening sensation I
it". I lay In the folds of a greut boa
constrictor! Had I been in the beat of physical
condition, tunarmed I should have
been no match for this great reptile,
an situated as I was practically In
a semi-conscious state I must sure
ly fall an ensy victim.
The thought of my position mad
me frenzied. I attempted to rogaln
my feet, but now my left log waa
pinioned with my right, and, strug
gle as I would, I could not free them.
In frantic rage I clutched the slimy
colls, to fling them from me; but
only to be dashed down with stun
ning force.
Again and again I tried to wrench
myself free, but all In vain. With
clenched flats I beat the great body,
and endeavored to tear the creature
to pieces with my nails, but the thick
scales were as proof against my at
tack as armour-plate. Meanwhile we
rolled over and over In the river
bed, as with strength born of des
peration I fought the loathsome mon
ster, which was slowly crushing the
life out of me. The thought of my
pistol flashed through my mind, and
I felt for my holster, but it was emp
ty; I had placed the weapon In my
saddle-bags. Frantically I endeav
ored to tear from my body the ever
tightening folds, but, struggle aa I
would, it was of no avail. I waa
fast becoming exhausted, a dlixinesa
seized me, and the trees and shrubs
seemed to be tumbling and whirling
about in wild conclusion. Suddenly
my strength seemed to desert me al
together, and I ceased to struggle,
while just above my face, swaying
now to the right, now to the left, waa
the snake's head, like a pendulum of
death, whose every stroke was bring
ing me nearer to destruction.
Strange thoughts flitted across my
mind; incidents of boyhood life long
since forgotten were brought vividly
to memory, and I seemed to stand
again in the old homestead with ray
friends about me, though all were
strangely silent. Aa I watched, the
scene began to melt away like a
mist.
A blinding flash, accompanied by a
deafening report; the rush of a dark
body over me; then all was darkneaa.
When next I opened my eyes my na
tive guide was rapidly unwinding the
now lifeless serpent from my body)
while on the ground beBlde me lay a
blood-stained dagger and a pistol,
still smoking. Having freed me from
the reptile, Juan brought water and
proceeded to remove the worst ol
the filth from my person. The cold
water also served to revive me, but
I lay helplessly upon the soft grasi
while my guide recaptured mv horan
This done, Juan assisted me Into the
saddle and supported me until a
settlement was reached, where I re
mained at the house of a friendly na
tive until I had recovered somewhat
from the effects of encounter. My
nerves, however, remained In a
wretched state for months: mw
dreams were haunted by great dra
gons and hydraheaded monsters, who
chased me over river and lunclo
Just as they were on the point ot
crushing me to death I would awake
with a wild yell, bathed In cold ner.
splratlon and trembling in every.
iimD, nut by degrees this wore off
until I became my natural self.
Juan, good fellow that he was. .
cured and preserved for me the Bkln
of the reptile which so nearly made
an end of me. It measured fourteen
and a half feet in length and eleven
Inches in circumference. In due sea.
son I had it mounted as a little souve
nir of my sojourn In the Philippine
Islands, and with the revolver and
dagger which put an end to its ca
reer. The Wide World Magazine.-
Tests For Boiler Water.
Will you please print some simple
tests for boiler water? E. G. A.
Answer. Test for hard or soft
water: Dissolve a small piece of
good soap in alcohol. Let a few
drops of the solution fall Into a glas?
of the water. If it turns milky, it
is hard water; If it turns clear, it Is
soft water.
Test for earthy matters or alkali:
Take litmus-paper dipped In vinegar,
and, if on immersion the paper re
turns to its true shade, the water
doeB not contain earthy matter or al
kali. If a few drops of syrup be
added to a water containing any
earthy matter, It will turn green.
Test for carbonic acid: Take equal
parts of water and clear lime water.
If combined or free, carbonic acid is
present, a precipitate is seen, and
If a few drops of muriatic acid be
added, effervesence commences.
Teat of magnesia: Boll the water
to twentieth part of its weight, and
then drop a few grains of neutral
carbonate of ammonia into a glass
of It and a few drops of phospbato of
soda. It magnesia is present, It will
fall to the bottom.
Test for iron: Boll a little nut-gall
and add to the water. If it turns
gray or slate-black, iron is present. I
Second: Dissolve a little prussiate ot
potash, and, if iron is present, it will
turn blue. Technical World Maga
!
Thackeray used to lift his hat
whenever he passed the house In
which he wrote "Vanity Fair."
Robert Browning could not sit still.
With the constant shuffling of his
feet holes were worn In the carpet.
Chicago, It Is said, has more rats,
in proportion to Its p6pulatlon, than
any other city in the world. The
average Is about two rats for each
inhabitant.
Three good washes are received by
an Abyssinian during his career at
his birth, on his marriage-morn, and
at his death. At all other times he
shuns soap and wacer.
Dinlzulu, the Zulu chief, has a
graphophone, with which he enter
tains his guests, and also an organ
of England build, nn which he him
self performs.
The number thirteen Is deemed so
unlucky In Paris and Berne that none
of the houses In these cities bear
that numeral. Instead of It the num
ber twelve and a half is used.
The English city of Birmingham ts
securing control ot the street-car
systems there. Early in January the
municipality instituted electric trac
tion covering eighty miles of track
age. Schoolchildren in Copenhagen,
Denmark, must keep clean. Three
times a week they have to bathe, and
while they are thus engaged their
clothing is being purified in steam
ovens. In England a man devised a train
wrecking scene for the amusement o(
an audience. The engine driver en
tered so recklessly into the spirit ol
the occasion that he killed the author
of the entertainment, who was lying
bound upon the track.
A native of Egypt who recently
died left $400,000 stored in gold in
his house. Many Egyptians who are
possessed of wealth will borrow mon
ey at interest to conceal the fact.
Large quantities of gold coin are an
nually melted In Egypt and converted
into ornaments.
The Philadelphia Record declares
that Charles C. Reber, an employe
in a shirt factory at Strausstown.
Berks County, Pa., Is an expert at
sewing on buttons. He sewed on
4200 buttons last Friday in Ave and
one-half hours, which means six
hundred shirts, seven buttons to a
shirt, or about fourteen buttons in a
minute. At another time, not being
aware of the fact that he was being
timed, he sewed on seven buttons in
twenty-five seconds. Mr. Reber
claims he can fasten, on a wager,
twenty-one buttons In a minute, sev
en buttons to a shirt.
PICTURES OF SLEUTHS.
Chile' Deposit of Saltpetre.
Conflicting stories are told about
the nitrate beds of Chile. Rumors
have been current in this country
and Europe to the effect that the sup
ply was limited and likely to give out
in twenty-five years, It the present
rate ot consumption is maintained.
This statement is now contradicted
by the United States Consul at Val
paraiso. He says that a Chilean offi
cial whose business it is to keep
track of the matter is quoted by the
Chilean Times as saying that the
Government still possesses 2,000,000
hectares of nitrate grounds. Even
if the deposits were limited to 1,000,
000 hectares they ought to yield ten
thousand million quintals of nltiate.
A quintal is 101.41 pounds. The ex
portation has never reached 40,000,
000 quintals a year, but even It It
were 80,000,000 the supply ought to
last 125 years. "If to these 1,000,
000 hectares belonging to the State,"
aays the official, "there be added the
grounds belonging to private persons,
the number of years of duration
would be three orfourtlmes greater."
The cost ot living Is still Increas
ing in German cltlos at an alarming
rat.
Criminals WhoSnapshot Detectives
Uses of the Photographs.
Have you ever noticed to use an
Irishism that you hardly ever no
tice the portraits ot Scotland Yard
detectives In the Illustrated papers
until they are either retired or are
just about to retire?
Did you, for Instance, know how
Detective Inspector Walsh looked
prior to his quitting his service the
other day, or were you familiar with
Chief Inspector Arrow'B features un
til he accepted, a month or two ago,
the post of chief of police at Barce
lona? If you think carefully over these
two questions you will have to con
fess to yourself that you are unable
to answer either of them in the af
firmative, the reason being that nei
ther of the officers mentioned was
ever previously photographed for
publication. This Is one of the many
unwritten laws of Scotland Yard.
Nevertheless there Is hardly a de
tective in London who has not been
photographed over and over again,
for the simple reason that there is in
existence a class of men who make a
specialty ot snapshotting police of
ficers, with a view to selling the por
traits so obtained to professional
criminals.
Such photographs are, for obvious
reasons, greatly sought for. Certain
detectives make a specialty of cer
tain lines of crime'. One, for exam
ple, deals with coiners, another with
anarchists and undesirable aliens
generally, and so on. All really high
class criminals also specialize In
crime. There you havo the thing la
a nutshell. For a professional coin
er to be familiar with the features
of the man who Is on the lookout for
him is, from his point ot view, emi
nently desirable.
And be usually is familiar with
them, thanks to the snapshotters,
themselves for the most part crim
inals or ex-criminals. In fact, one
notorious counterfeiter arrested the
other day by a clever ruse waa found
to be in possession not only of the
photographs of the men who arrested
him, but of carefully tabulated writ
ten descriptions of them into the bar
gain. Pearson's Weekly.
A Precautionary Measure
By TOM P. MORGAN.
"Uh-well, snh," Judicially remarked
old Brother Quackenboss. "I Isn't
parsln' no 'pinions on de eppersody,
one way or do tudder, muhse'f, but !
dess glvln' yo' de skin and bones of
de pubseedin's and leavln' yo' to
draw yo' own exclusions. 'Twuz dls- j
uh-way: Endurin' of de funyal, uh- i
whilst Pahson Bagster was delivering
of as comp'mentary an address to de !
cawpse as yo' 'most ever ltstened to.
a aection ot de plaster, 'bout dat wide
and mebby die long, fotched looao
turn de cellln' and 'acended on do
Pahson's head and knocked htm1
senseless Yeasah, put him plumb,
out'n business for de time beln'l'
Well, uh-cou'se, yo' know, de orgies
hatter go on uh-kase dar was de
cawpse and dar was de 'semblage,
ah-waiUn' wld polite impatience
but dar wasn't a-nndder preacher td
be had; so Puhfessah Toombs, de un
dertaker, stepped into de brltch, aa
yo' mought say, wld his mout uh
anappin' like a steel-trap, and aays
he, sawtah dognatlously :
" 'Yo'-all will please make note,
Bruddren and Slstahs, dat I takei
muh stand right whuh de Pahson
stood, uh-kaze turn de place whuh
de plaster done fell down dar kaln'l
no mo' plaster fall down, uh-kaz
It's plumb dono down and th'ofl
fallin', no matter how bad I stretches'
de troof; and wld dese few words o
'applanation I'll puh-seed, not uh-kaz
I'a stuck on de lamentable, but uh
kaze I takes a puhfessional pride Iri
muh Art and admires to have d
celebration go off fltten and ship
abape wid de fudder conformation
dat die yuh isn't muh pussonel sedi
ments (not by sev'ral, uh-kaze our
depahted feller-citizen, uh-lyln' dar,
done owes me a balance of six dol
Iahs on de funyal of his fou'th wife)
I'll puhseed to read fum dls yuh
book de remahks dat was writ to be
used in a burial at sea, b'llevln' dat
dey sounds solemncholy enough to
fit de 'casion and far enough fum de
troof not to cause no mo' plasterln'
to fall.'
"And den he done so. Dat's de
way 'twuz, Brudder Bosanko yo
can cut It over to suit yo own bias."
From Puck.
News of Pennsylvania
WORDS OF WISDOM.
All compromises with evil are ,
bonaage. . i
Some men would rather "lose out",
than "win out."
The world likes its apologists, but
hates Ita friends. . i
The law of giving is the law ot
life no more, no less.
Blessed are the pure In heart, for
they shall see people.
A Pharisee has never yet had pow
er to deliver a publican.
All painting in "clay" Is doubtfu)
until it has been "fired."
Noon is the vindication of the fa
natlc streaks of the dawn. . I
In the human heart are burled vast
belongings that are eternal.
God ne'er dooms to waste the
strength He deigns to impart.
I must live pure, speak true, right
wrong follow the King else where
for born?
Be a whole man not legs or arms,
or stomach or shoulders, or even a 1
head but be a whole man. Home I
Herald. I
UNABLE TO CHKCK SLAUHGTKR.
Chief Ins,,, , i, ,, Roderick's Annual
Report
I inn I stni i n (Special). Increase
of the number of mine Inspectors
has failed to bring about the hoped
for decrease In the number of min
ing accidents. Chief of the Depart
ment of Mines Roderick makes this
admission In the first part of his an
nual report for the year ending De
cember 31, 1906, Just made public.
Mr. Roderick compares the United
States with Great Britain, pointing
out that Great Britain has thirty
eight Inspectors with 103 mines In
charge ot each inspector In addition
to quarries, with a total of 18,642
employees inside mines under the
Inspector's Jurisdiction and a total
production of 6,663,870 tons for
each Inspector. Pennsylvania has
twenty bituminous inspectors with
jlxty-nine mines each, with a total
of 7,093 employees and a produc
tion of 6,476,649 tons per Inspector.
Pennsylvania also has twenty anthra
cite Inspectors for thirty-two mlne3
each, and 5, SIS employees and 3,
511,028 tons per Inspector. Mr.
Roderick then says:
"In the anthracite coal fields of
Pennsylvania the number ot Inspec
tors has been Increased since 1900
from eight to twenty, and in the
bituminous fields from ten to twen
ty, and In the hope that the augment
ed number might result in hrlnglnc;
about a decrease in the number of
accidents. The records show, how
ever, that the reverse has been the
case, and It will be necessary, there
fore, to resort to some other method
to bring about this greatly desired
result."
The chief does not suggest anoth
er method, but a little later on in
his report says:
"Assuming that the English Gov
ernment takes as great care as any
other European country of the mine
workers, It appears that Pennsylvan
ia Is greatly in advance of European
countries In the care and protection
afforded Its mine workers, and yet
the number of fatal accidents In
this State Is greater than in any of
those countries. The department
has frequently been subjected to
very unfair criticism for undertak
ing to place the responsibility for
fatal accidents where it belongs."
The statistics are quoted showing
that of 557 persons killed at an
thracite mines, 274 wero the result
of the victims' carelessness; sixty
nine to carelessness of others, 188
unavoidable and twenty-six resulted
from accident for which responsi
bility could not be fixed. Of the
477 killed at bituminous mines.
307 victims died from their own
carelessness, ten by the carelessness
of others, 142 unavoidable and
eighteen by accidents for which re
sponsibility could not be placed.
The chief then says that the fig
ures show that two-thirds of the
accidents resulted from the victims
own carelessness and tnat the re
maining third may be taken as the
reasonable percentage of accidents
to miners. "It seems impossible to
adopt any methods," ho proceeds,
"either by legislative enactment or
by special rules, that will tend to
lessen the loss of life among the
mlne-worker3."
BURNED DIG R.ARN.
To
Discharged Employe Confesses
Constable.
Allentown (Special). Justice of
the Peace Llnderman and Conatable
Lelby, of Egypt, distinguished them
selves again by arresting another
firebug In the person of James Shaf
r, aged 17 years, from whom they
got a confession concerning the barn
Ing of a barn of Charlea Snyder on
the nlgbt of July 7. Llnderman and
Lelby several weeks ago arrested
Robert Hartsel, a member of the
gang which had burned so many
barns and houses In Lehigh and
Northampton Counties, after Hartsel
had successfully eluded the Allen
town police.
Llnderman heard that Sharer had
been langhlng at Snyder while the
latter was talking of his loss to an
other man, and the boy was arrested.
Four hours scientific sweating gained
the confession, and Shafer is now in
the Lehigh County Jail on a charge
of arson. In the fire which destroy
ed Snyder's barn eleven horses were
burned to death. Shafer said that
revenge for being discharged from
Snyder's employ had prompted the
deed.
MARRIED HIS NURSE.
Norrlstown Man Married Woman
Who Helped Him Back To Health.
Norrlstown (Special). A pretty
little romance has Just come to light
by the announcement of the wedding
of Louis R. Derr, a young society
man, and Miss Llllle M. Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T.
Smith, of Pennsburg. The bride is
a professional nurse, and It was while
serving in that capacity In the Derr
household when the bride-groom
suffered a severe and protracted ill
ness that the little god Cupid played
his pranks.
When the family bid good-bye to
the nurse last June they little dream
ed that she was to return a member
of the household. A letter received
this week from the bridegroom pre
pared the family to be in readiness
for a bridal reception, as it stated
that he had married Miss Smith and
was spending the honeymoon at
Rockvllle, Md.
OLD AGE A FAMILY TRAIT.
STARTLING LETTER.
Received By Wealthy Lancaster Man.
Lead Pencils.
Cedar suitable for use in the man
ufacture of lead pencils is yearly ber
coming more scarce and expensive.
Germany alone exports 16,166 tons to
foreign countries every year, or about
3,033,200,000 pencils. The difficulty
and axpense of procuring suitable
wood led to careful Investigation for
a substitute and for some time a
German company has been making
pencils the core of which ia encased
In a composition whose principal in
gredient is potatoes. It Is said these
pencils are a trifle heavier than those
made of cedar, but they are easier to
sharpen, and the available supply of
potatoes is practically Inexhaustible.
A pencil of the best quality costs the
manufacturers only $0.00928, while
one of second quality can be marketed
for about half that figure. The pos
sible yearly output is estimated at
14,000,000,000 pencils. Forest and
Stream.
Lancaster (Special). "Give up
$10,000, or be murdered where you
sit," was the demand made upon
Charles B. Grubb, the last male rep
representative of the family of that
well-known name In this section, and
one of Lancaster's wealthiest men.
The letter was received by Mr. Grubb
at his rooms in a local hotel, where
he is almost a recluse.
The letter says that the writer
had been chosen by lot as a mem
ber of an organized hand, "the
I Strong Forty-two," to secure from
! him, $10,000, or if he refused to give
it, take his life. It was directed
i that the money be placed beneath
a water trough near the Quarryvllle
Railroad, and a failure to comply
, would result In death.
The attention' of the police was
called to the matter and the threat
ening epistle was sent to Postmaster
I S. Clay Miller, who believes he knows
j the writer and It is likely he will
! Boon be found and arrested.
Grundpurcnts Of Those At Miller
Reunion Weiss- Centenarians.
Spring City (Special). At the an
nual reunion of the Wllmer Miller
family, held at the home of Elmer
Miller, the four children were pres
ent, whose ages total near the 300
nark. This family are noted for their
iong living, as the grandfather lived
to the good old age of 101 years,
while the grandmother died at the
age of 104 years.
The four brothers and sisters, who
all enjoy the beBt of health, are
Miss Eliza Miller, ot Phoenlxvllle,
aged 68 years; Mrs. Martha Russell,
of Philadelphia, aged 75 years; Mr.
Samuel Miller, of Atchison, Kas.,
aged 71 years, and Mr. John C. Mil
ler, of Phoenlxvllle, aged 80 years.
Another brother, Joseph Miller, who
was absent at this annual event ow
ing to sickness, is 78 years of age.
Jack The Slnsher.
York (Special). "Jack the Stock
Slasher" Is at work in this county,
and E. E. Horn, who owns a farm
near Blttersville, discovered that a
portion of the tall of his driving
horse had been hacked off and that
the animal's mane was gone.
At the adjoining farm of Bert
smith a cow was taken from its
stall and an ear was found split the
entire length and a portion of the
tail cut off. The cow In this condi
tion was put to pasture, where It
was discovered.
York detectives are trying to fer
ret out the case and apprehend the
flend who Is Inflicting the cruel treat
ment on dumb animals.
'LEAKING HOUSE FOR II ABIES
Pittsburg Dub Wobmd'i Plan Otj
Caring For Stray Infants. .
Pittsburg (Special). PlttsburJ
club women propose to establish M
clearing house for stray babies.
project caused a long discussion
a union meeting of different club),
but friends of the id won finally
The Idea Is to establish some cen-
tral place where unfortunate womft,
ran leave their children for adoptloU
At present, friends of the schema
charge, mothers are compelled to
abandon their Infants, leaving them
on doorsteps, and when found the1
little ones are in such physical conX
lit bin that they die
Opponents of the idea declared
that a clearing house would encour
age women to desert their little onesy
as they would thus be relieved of
Inconvenience In keeping them.
STOLE FOR WEDDING OUTFIT.
Abraham McLaughlin, of Laneastort
Arrested For Stealing Hones.
Lancaster (Special). His eager
uess to get married landed Abraham
McLaughlin, aged 23 years, of thlaf
city. In the county Jail a self-con
fessed horse thief. Instead of the,
connubial bliss he anticipated M63
Laughlln, who is a well-known young
man. faces a long term of Imprison
ment.
On Monday night a team belong
Ing to H. G. Rush, of West Willow,
was stolen. A description of thai
stolen property was telephoned all
over the county. Tuesday morning
a man endeavored to dispose of a
team answering the description to
George K. Dlller, of Blue Ball, for
$100, about one-third of the actual'
value.
The Intending purchaser, becom
ing suspicious, telephoned to police
headquarters here and he was told
to take the man into custody This
he did and the thief gave his name
and admitted the theft. He was to
have been married in a few days and
said he wanted money.
SILK LOCKOUT MAY COME.
Twenty-Two Mills Now Affected By
The Scranton Strike.
Scranton ( Special ) . Twenty-two
silk mills In this vicinity are now
affected by the strike. The last to
show its influence is the Providence.
Mill, which has shut down, throwing
150 girls out of employment, who.
it is said, had no lntenion of striking.
mere are now 3701 girls on
strike. It Is intimated that a ereneral
lockout will be the next step, al
though the operators are reluctant
to take such a course. Running
short-handed Is profitless, and it is
probable that the owners will close
their mills unless a settlement can
be reached. The owners declare
that an eight-hour day is Impossible
except under the conditions which
can be made general throughout the
country.
Seventy-flve of the one hundred
girls employed at the West Pitts
ton Mill of Frost and Van Riper
went on strike in sympathy with the
other striking silk mill workers.
They had presented no grievances
and made no complaint to the managers.
Violating the Unities.
Theatrical folk, as a rule, cannot
resist the temptation to respond to
applause. It Is music to their ears.
To "get a hand" gratifies the ambi
tion ot the humblest actor and the
"star" alike, and they are prompt to
render their acknowledgment, regard
less of the shock it may give to the
Illusion of the play.
A well-known actor bad taken the
part of the hero In a drama in which
it was necessary tor hlzi to be killed
off In the next to the last acene In
the last act. He had won tremendous
applause by dying In a most realistic
manner. The curtain went down, but
the hand-clapping was insistent, and
he appeared before the curtain, bow
ing and smiling.
"Oo back!" yelled a deeply -interested
but horrified little boy in the
gallery. "Don't you know you're
dead?" Youth's Companion.
A Lake ot Quicksilver.
A lake ot quicksilver more than
three acres in extent and from ten
to fifty feet in depth has been dis
covered in Vera Cruz, Mexico. It la
said to be worth millions of dollars
and has been known to the Indians
for eome time. It Is high up in the
mountains and almost Inaccessible.
A plan is on foot to dig a tunnel from
the base of the mountains to the bot
tom ot the lake and let the quicksil
ver leak out that way. Kansas City
Journal.
There are 27,941,960 people whose
lives are Insured in the United King
dom, the total value of the policies
In force amounting to thu enarscous
sum of 10, 005,808,5811.
Use of a Volcano.
Residents of the district round Ve
suvius have p it to practical use the
lava which has flowed from the vol
cano in past and recent eruptions.
Naples and its vicinity appear to be a
world of lava. The streets are paved
with It. There are lava stair-cases
and statues, drinking troughB, bric-a-brac,
and even Jewelry. The guides
make profit out ot It by pressing
coins or other objects on partly
cooled fragments and selling these
to visitors. On the asby sides of the
mountain there Is enough lava to
build a large city. In appearance It'
resembles u shoreless, frozen sea ot
dull black that shimmers strangely
.purple in some lights. Loudon Dally
Mall.
Two Killed By Train.
Pittston (Special) George Wright
and Michael Ahren, of this city, were
run down and killed by trains wlth
I In half an hour of each other.
' Wright was on his way home and as
I he crossed the Delaware. Lackawan
I na ft Western aRallroad tracks be
came confused by the passing of two
! trains and was struck and killed by
one of them. Ahren was killed In
! almost the same manner at the
j Broad Street crossing of the Erie
j Railroad.
Prospecting For CotkL
Hazleton (Special). Four large
I tracts of land In Carbon County have
j been leased by H. D. Stlmson, a
1 wealthy Philadelphia soap manufac-
turer, who Intends to embark In the
I coal business. He has organized the
j Penn Forest Coal Company, which
I will do the prospecting. One of the
tracts Is In Banks township and the
other three In Penn Forest and are
heavily underlaid with coal.
First Ride In The Cars.
York Opeclal). Mrs. Leslie
Sheeler, of Red Lion, who Is 66 years
old, made her first trio on a steam
' car coming to York over the Mary
1 land and Pennsylvania Railroad.
1 On account of fear of a wreck Mrj.
; Sheeler could nevor be Induced to
board a train.
In 1898 her son was killed In a
wreck near Port Royal, Pa., while
I on his way homo from the World's
j Fair, Chicago. In speaking of her
first ride on the cars she said she
I really enjoyed It.
There are 10,000,000 American
women doing their own work In their
own homes without pay, while 1,500,
000 servants and waiters look after
the wants ol the remaining 6,000,000
families lu thla country.
Shot Wrong Man.
South Bethlehem (Special). After
a scrap at the New Jersey Zinc
Works between Rudolph Philippl and
William Alcorn, Philippl, who got
the worse of the fight, went to bis
home, socured a shotgun and return
ed to the works, discharging a load
of buckshot into the legs ot Thomas
Alcorn, whom he mistook for W il
liam. Philippl then took to the woods
and has not yet been apprehended.
Alcorn's wounds are serious.
York Factory Burned.
York (Special). A fire entailing
a loss of $125,000, totally destroy
ed the plant of the York Felt and
Paper Company. Jere S. Black, late
Fusion candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, is president of the com
pany. Five loaded freight cars, standing
on a siding, were destroyed by the
flames. Three employees of the
plant were compelled to jump from
windows to escape the flames, but
none were hurt.
There was a partial Insurance on
the plant. Spontaieous combustion
caused the Are and ttm flames spread
so rapidly that the York Fire De
partment was powerless to check
them.
Locomotive Spark Starts Fire.
Lancaster (Special). Sparks from
a locomotive on the Quarryvllle Rail
road set fire to a shed in the lum
ber and coal yards of W. O. Mellinor
ft Bro., at West Willow, and owing
to Inadequate Are protection, the en
tire plant was destroyed. More than
000 tons of coal were set on Are
and the blaze will continue for sev
eral days. The loss will reach $12,-
000.
Escaped From Prison Guard.
Allentown (Special). While em
ployed with a gang of other prison
ers in grading the prison yard here,
William Meeker, serving a term of
six months for receiving stolen goods,
escaped from the guard. Meeker
simply put on a black coat which one
of his tramp co-workers had lM
off, over his atrlped suit, and walked
out ot the prison yard. When the
guard discovered what ho waa doing
ne nrea several shots at. the fleeing
man, but none took effect.
Dives With His Crutch.
Chester (Special). One of the
most expert, youthful swimmers in
this city is Harry Brown. 15 veara
old, a one-legged boy, who learned
to swim before he became a cripple.
A few years ago he was run over
by a train on the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad, his leg being cut
off near the knee. Since meeting
with the accident Harry has been
going about with the aid of a
crutch.
He frequently makes a dive at a
point eight feet above the water,
carrying the crutch with him, in or
der that he may be able to walk
when In shallow depth. He swims
with apparently as much ease aa
any of his companions and ia re
puted to be the best diver of them
all.
STATE OBITUARY.
York. Samuel E. Ilgenfrltz, one
of York's oldest and most respected
cltlens, died suddenly here from
heart disease. The deceased was 70
years of age and leaves a family
surviving.
Carlisle. Mrs. Ellen Duncan FV
Reflly, a former poBtmlBtrcss of Car
lisle, and the widow of the late Mat.
or William F. Reilly, died here af
ter an extended illness. The de
ceased's first husband, who died
twenty years ago, was Abner Rheem.
a prominent Carlisle bualnaaa man
Mrs. Reilly had many prominent
friends in southern Pennsylvania.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Mine Official Killed.
Irwin (Special). John H. Jones.
ot Pittsburg, general manager ot the
United Coal Company, and Joseph
Graham, Are boss, were killed In
Edna Mine, No. 1, by a fall of slate.
The officials were Inspecting the mine
When caught by the sudden cave-In
and killed.
Michael Boyle, ot Coaldale, while
at work In a mine, lost bis balauco
anil fell headlong down a chute, a
distance of 145 fet, escaping with no
more serious Injury
fractured rtbe.
Miss Mae Wells, of Wllkes-Barre.
who left two weeks auo to vialt.
friends at Bridgeport, Conn., has sent
word to Wllkes-Barre friends that
she has been married to Albert
Smith, of Bridgeport.
The rapid increase of earn In the
Bald Eagle Creek is causlna- alarm
to Center County fishermen, aa the
carp are destroying the bass.
Joseph Klsis. aged 15 years, of
Port Griffith, on returning home
from work In the breaker, started
for the Susquehanna River to waah.
While croasiug the Lehigh Valley
Railroad be was struck by the Black
Diamond Express and Instantly 'kill
ed. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will epend a million and a
half of dollars in the construction
of a new yard at Wllllamsport. Tho
new yards will be adjacent to the
mammonth yards of the Reading
and the New York Central.
Captain Smith, of Troop C, State
Constabulary, stationed at Blading,
has aunounced the promotion ot
John 8. Van VoorJUs to Arst uemeant.
Bnd Mark A. Prynn, from private to
sergeant.
Mrs. Agnes Healy, of Delta, whil
descending a flight of stairs, caught
her foot in her dresa and alio plunged
iiemnuuft uumi me inn dislocating
her hip and otherwise badly injur
ing herself.
Mrs. Mary Naae. of Aiaus. who is
nearly 90 years old. took nan In a
than several Icakewalk at a festival near her fcozaa
I and won the rake