THE HOUSE OF TOO MUCH TROUBLE
In the Houae of Too Mnch Trouble
Lived a lonely little boy
He was eager for a playmate,
He waa hungry for a toy.
But 'twas alwaya too much Itother,
Too much dirt and too much noise,
For the Houae of Too Much Trouble
Wasn't meant for little boye.
And sometime the little fellow
Left a book upon the floor,
Or forgot and laughed too loudly,
Or he failed to cloae the door.
In the Houae of Too Much Trouble
Things muat be preciae and trim
In the Houae of Too Much Trouble
There waa little room for him.
He tmut never scatter plaything
?fe muat never romp and play;
Every room muat be in order
And kept quiet all the day.
He had never had companions,
He had never owned a net
In the Houae of Too Much Trouble
It ia trim and quiet yst.
Every room ia et in order
Every book ia in ita place.
And the lonely little fellow
Wears a amile upon hi face.
In the House of Too Much Trouble
He ia ailent and at rest
He ia ailent and at rest
With a lily on hia breast.
-Albert Bigefow Paine, in the Juvenile,
THE LOST WIHF.
MRS. KERRISON'S
HEART.
NMA Short Story.)
When I heard that Tom Frlsby was
married the news "m as a great
shock to me. I asked Jack Ooney,
my Informant, "Ishe mnrrled much?"
"Oh, frightfully!" said Goney.
"Who Is the creature?" I Inquired,
after a tense pause.
And when he replied, "The eldest
Miss Carruthers," I was moreshocked
than ever. That Lillian my beauti
ful, wild white dove should consent
to become a mere tame domestic fowl
and fbr Tom Frlsby's sake, galled
my sensibilities. I remembered how
I had laid the offering of my own un
fledged affections at her feet, and how
she had danced on the elaborate em
broidery of the words in which I had
clothed my passionate avowal.
"I shall go and see them," I told
Goney.
I found that Lillian no, Mrs. Fris
by! was already by way of becom
ing a social success. She was devel
oping into that dreadful thing, an
Ideal hostess. She was obtrusively
tactful and offensively managing. It
was said of her that she had a knack
of bringing the right people together,
which, being interpreted, means that
she strove to pair off her guests as If
they had been vases.
Frlsby himself was boisterously
happy and rosily content and, more
over, most beautifully trained to obey
his wife's lightest word.
"Ah," he said; "you will find your
affinity some day."
"If both of us And my affinity,"
said I, "there will be trouble."
But he was In nowise disconcerted.
He merely waggled his fat head at
me and said: "We must look out for
a wife for you."
And from that moment began the
unconscionable crusade against our
cloistral bachelorhood, in which both
Frlsby and his wife took a meddle
some part, and which terminated In
the lamentable contretemps that it Is
the purpose of this story to deil.
She, of course, was tho more subtle
sinner.
One night Frlsby and I were' talk
ing as man to man. Wo had been
telling each other that we wera both
rather blackguards really, but deuced
fine fellows notwithstanding, and we
were consequ3ntly In a flue glow of
self-satl3factlon.
"One thing I've forgotten to say to
you," he remarked. "It really is se
rious." "Ssrious for whom?" I asked.
He paused, and then, dramatically,
"For her," he said.
I dropped the poker into the fender
with a crash. "For her!" I repeated.
"What are you driving at?"
"Perhaps I ought not to have
broached the subject," ho faltered.
"You haven't," said I.
"It's not fair to her," he jerked
out. "And yet it's all due to that
odlus trick you have of talking to
every woman you meet as if she were
the only one of her sex in the world."
"I don't think they find that par
ticularly odious," si'' ' ,.
"But lookers-on do," said he. "And
it is a bit rough on 'em, you know,
old chap. Of course we who undep
Biand you, know It's only ycur way,
but girls innocent, young, unso
phisticated "
I rose al3o. "Good night," I said,
abruptly, offering, my hand.
"I'll tell you her name, then," said
he. "It's little Miss Kerrison if you
must know."
"Oh," said I, rather disappointed.
"I know tho girl who is so awfully
conscious of her profile."
"My wife's couBln," he sail stiffly.
"And you mean to say that fool
ish chit is in love with me?"
"Oh, come! Well, I suppose so.
But confound your complacency, any
how! "Poor thing!" I murmured. "Poor
silly thing! Pretty, too! Well, what
would you advise me to do about it?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "I
don't presume to advise at all," he
replied.
"Best way, I suppose, would be to
put her out of her misery at once "
aid I.
"Tnere are worse girls than Nina
Kerrison," he said.
"But do you think they would suit
me better?" I asked him.
"No," said he. "You are not so
bad."
"You overwhelm me." I observod,
"with thoso touching tokens of your
approval."
And then we tall-ed of other mat
ters. I had had not the le3st Intention
of golns to the Chandler' dance the
following evening, buf now I deter
mined to go after all, slnca Miss Ker
rison was bound to ba there, and it
were best to get this painful business
over at once.
In tho conservatory I made out a
dim, rounded form In fllmy white,
and came face to face with Miss Ker
rison. She sat there motionlesB, her
bands In her lap, a If awaiting her
late in the person of myself.
"All alone?" I said, lightly.
"I prefer to be alone," she said,
hastily, and rose as It to go.
But I uudursLuod what an luflulty
of meuning tire studied curtneys of
tier words would bavu fain concealed,
and I whispered, 'Please don't for
a&kc me. 1 I came here to look
tor you."
"Why?" she asked. A most awk
ward question.
"Why?" I repeated slowly, to gain
time. "Ob, because thoso people In
there bore me. And you you never
do that, Miss Kerrison."
"Well, it Is something to be a har
bor of refuge," she remarked.
"Thank you. Then, by the way. Is it
really true, this time, that I am to
congratulate you?"
"On my good fortune in finding
you here, do you mean? Why, cer
tainly," I said.
"I did not mean that," she said.
"I meant that that well, the usual
rumor is out concerning you."
"Indeed!" I exclaimed. "But
which of the usual rumors do you
refer to?"
"There Is only one Isn't there
that Is commonly linked with the
name of an eligible young bachelor.
But is it true?"
"Believe me," I assured her, "It la
not true."
"I am so glad," she breathed softly.
"Poor girl! At least that Is "
She wouldn't have covered up her
indiscretion, but perceiving that It
was now too late, she nansl !,i -,...
ly and lapsed Into silence.
Why are you glad?" I asked. "I
had not intended
actly these lines, but I found it diffi
cult to be sufficiently br lltnl nfittf that
the necessity confronted me."
"Oh," she drawled, with a woeful
affectation of indifference, "I think,
aB me song says, 'You aro owre
young to marry yet,' you know."
t wonder what vnur wlfn uin i,
like," she went on presently. "I do
hope she will be a nice, hnlnfui ar.t
of girl, and not a mere society butter-
uy iiKe me.
"If she were like vmi " t ho.
gan, and stopped.
she won t be." snM Mloa r..i..i.
quickly.
"I mean." she exnlnlnoH "Hot h
object of our first f.mov Is nr. o.i i,,,
the person to make us truly happy.
11 we out Knew it.
I remembered th
had told mo this was Miss Kerrison'a
third season.
"First lovo is tho
said firmly. I had temporized with
my conscience too long already. She
must now Da made to rpnli7o th
truth in all Its ghastllncss. '
hat la not so." aha til "Dn
liovo me, Mr. Cravpn. whim r tail mm
that you are ns vet fur tnr, .
know what Is best for your welfare."
Anyway, said I. "whin mv
does come along "
And there I made on nhrunt An.l
for she had suddenly haaHm ...-i'
There could be no doubt about It!
&ne was laughlnE not lvateri, n,.
either, but with unmistakable enjoy-
mciii, a hi un irresistible jest.
Mr. Craven," she said at i .
more seriously, "I think I'll be frank
wun you. My honest rieAllns
conceivably cost me your good opin
ion, uui oniy ror a time. You'll like
me all the better afterward An,i r
am sure you have enough common
sense, really, not to think me un
womanly or Immodest In saying what
I am about to say to you now."
Jllss KerriHon." I cried in nr
distress, "forbear, reflect rnn.Mo,
Don't speak yet. You may save us
both much pain If you keep silent."
nonsense: she exclaimed sharply.
This was an affront. "On on than
if you will," I said sternly.
1 ve an Idea." sho said, "that ,
are at cross-purposes, and that it la
all the fault of those dear, foollBh
rrlsbye. Mrs. Frisby has said some
thing to you about well ahnut mQ
hasn't she? Please be stralirhtfnr!
ward, Mr. Craven."
"No, she hasn't," I answered.
"Mr. Frlsby, then?"
"Yes."
"What did he say?"
I turned on her In desperation.
How can I rem at what hn ui,i i
cried. "Miss Kerrison. let mo Im
plore you to say no mora r.at mo
entreat "
"No," she reDlled. "I will tn
what they said. Thev told von r
well had a pencaant for you."
uiey were wrona!" 1 aiclaimt
still eager to spare her.
Of COUrae thev vara " ahA
t I n .1 1 1 .
as wrong as they were
when they told me well that you
were in love with my unworthy
self. But " And she began to
laugh again. "This woman, I tell
you. had to genie of humor, or of
decency, either, I should think. "But
they meant well. I uPPose. And
there' no harm done except to our
vanity, perhaps. Anyway, the path
they would have us tread hardly leads
to the Wicked place, does.lt?"
And 'eho smiled at me inscrutably,
and I think she would havo added
some pleasant, salving words. But
Jut then a man poked his head round
the bead curtain and be darted up
and went forward to greet him. I
heard her call him "Frank," ami I
guessed then that it was for him she
had been waiting so meekly, all alone.
And at last I understood I knew
that I I had merely provided soma
comic relief from the tedium of her
vigil. The Sketch,.
Trlrtrraprt Operator' Observations of
Domestic Habits of Enffles.
"It sure was strange who was
stealing the wire up there on tho
Lehigh and Hudson, popularly
known as the Lean and Hungry Rail
road," said the old railroad telegraph
operator, who has gained a reputa
tion for his work In assisting Truth
to rise after she has been crushed
to earth. "You see the road is put
ting up a new lino of wires and they
had lot of trouble losing their oqup
ment. "Most of the trouble occurred up
near Sugar Loaf Mountain, near the
old cemetery, Just the other side of
Eastchester station. They never
could seem to find out who stole the
wire.
"A fellow would be sending mes
sages up the road to tho different
summer resorts 'Love me and the
world is mine' and other telegrams
of the soft boiled egg variety from
guys In the city to their girls In the
mountains, but the messages never
would get to their destination.
"Whoever plnchod the wires would
leave just enough of the metal wire
hanging from the pole to reach the
ground, thereby making a circuit and
tho wire would work all right be
tween Eastchester and the end of the
line, but the next morning we would
get a postal card from the summer re
sort saying they lost the wire at
such and such a place. The wire
thieves were literally running the
business of the company Into tho
ground.
"8o the management stationed a
night watchman up near the old
cemetery to nab the marauders and
teach 'em to keep their hands off the
company's property. For the first
three pr four nights there was noth
ing doing on wlrj thieves.
"One night about 8 o'clock as we
regulars wore sitting around the big
I stove in Duff Masten's grocery store,
laiKing over me general condition of
the onion crop, the watchman stum
bled Into tho front door, almost
frightened to death. He allowed
that It was ghosts from the cemetery
who were swiping the Lehigh wires.
"Res Conkllng and all of us pooh
poohed the Idea of ghosts. There
were a good many operators burled
in the old cemetery, but they had had
enough trouble with wires during
their lives without trying to cabbage
any after death.
"Barney Smith and threa or four
more of us framed up an expedltloa
to find out the whys and wherefores
of this ghost business. We Jour
neyed up there by Sugar Loaf Moun
tain several nights wlthou: any re
sults. "About 12 o'clock on the fourth
night wo were about leaving In dis
gust when there was a whirring
sound up behind one the large tomb
Btones In the grave yard and a largo
object went flying over to one of the
telegraph poles and began pecking at
the wire there.
" 'By gosh, it's spirits!' cried Char
ley Crist, ono of the exploring band.
" 'Change your brand,' said (, 'I'll
tell you what it Is. It's an eagle."
"I'd heard only a week or two bo
fore about a pair of bald headed
eagles which had been seen up on
Sugar Loaf Mountain. Barney Smith
agreed with me that tho wire pirate
was the male eagle stealing wire
to bund a nest for his mate.
"Yes, sir, sure's you're born. Of
course, the wire wasn't as heavy as
the modern telegraph wires and
could coll nicely into a line nest for
the lady eagle. The warm mes
sages which had circulated through
the wires to the summer girls would
aid materially in hatching the eagle's
eggs.
"It wasn't very hard for the big
strong male eagle to snap off a length
of wire and fly off with a coll of It
around his neck. Of course it was
just by accident he left enough of it
flying to stick into the ground.
"Well, Blr, the company tried its
best to kill that eagle,' placing a
bounty of $50 on hia head. But no
ono seemed to shoot straight enough
to kill him, or else he was so tough
the bullets took no effect. Even so
sure a shot as Barney Smi'L failed to
bring him down. The big bird was a
pest, too, for every time he wanted
to add an L to his nest or build a new
apartment he'd just draw on the tele
graph line.
"Tho super was at a loss as to
what to do. Finally I hit upon a
scheme. Why not put in a special
brand of barbed wire? It was obvi
ous that if a lady eagle was prepar
ing to lay an egg and sat down nn a
piece of barbed wire, she'd change I
uer mum aoout laying the egg and
say 'Prunes' or words to that effect
in eagle language.
"My schemo worked all right and '
after the barbed wire was installed I
the depredation ceased, although 1
many sharp messages were sent over
IUU ll.lt
"Say," observed the tall, cynical
conductor, 'you've got those nature
fakers spiked to the switch." New
York Sun.
FOREST PLANTING.
A Circular Issued by the Forest Ser
vice to Urge and Advise.
Recognizing tho great need and
demand throughout the New Eng
land States. New York, New Jersey,
all of Pennsylvania except the west
ern portion, Michigan, Wisconsin and
the eastern portion of Minnesota for
reliable Information concerning the
planting of the most desirable tree
species, the Forest Service has gath
ered together the necessary Informa
tion and has Issued It in the form
of a circular which can be obtained
free upon request to the Forester of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture, Washington.
While the nacesBlty for tree plant
ing has not been felt In this part of
the United States o keenly as It has
been, for instance, In the treeless
West, yet sufficient planting has been
done in the past to prove that the
growing of wood crops 1 entirely
practicable. Large area of land in
this region are fit for forest growth
only, and from an economic stand
point it is Important that these lands
be put Into n state of productiveness.
Extensive Investment In forest plant
ing has thus far been unduly discour
aged by present methods of taxation,
ind, in part of the region, by difficul
ty In securing adequate Are protec
:lon. The true vnlue of forest land
ind Its rightful place among the per
nanent resources are, however, be
coming appreciated, and an enllght
med public sentiment is rapidly mak
ing this form of investment safe and
lesirable. .
Throughout this region there are
large lumbered areas on which suc
cessive fires have destroyed all young
rees of valuable species. Inferior
trees, such as aspen, fire cherry, scrub
jak and red maple, as well as shrubs,
Save epr. ng up. This land is worth
less In 1 s present condition, but
where ade unto fire protection can
!o provided forest planting will bring
it again to productiveness.
There Is a large amount of land,
particularly in New England and
Michigan, which was first cleared for
farming, but has since deteriorated in
value either through loss of fertility
' or through neglect or abandonment.
Throughout Massachusetts, Connecti
cut and New Hampshire many of
these abandoned farms and old pas
tures arc now covered with white
pine. But this crop Is rapidly being
removed and little natural reproduc-
' tlon will follow, because seed trees
I are lacking. These lands offer ex
ceptionally fine opportunities for for
I est planting, owing to their nearness
I to market and to their freedom from
I brush cover.
I The barren sand plains of Connec
I tlcut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Mlch-
lgan, which cannot be tilled and are
I a source of expense to their owners,
! will In many instances support a good
I growth of white pine or at least one
. of the more hardy species of pine.
The protection of city watersheds
I demands urgent attention. The an
nual spring floods, which bring der
structlon to thousands of homes in
the lower lying fertile valleys and
are generally followed by epidemics
of serious diseases, would In a great
measure be prevented were the slopes
covered by forest. Forests regulate
the flow of streams, prevent erosion
and turibidity and make waste areas
beautiful and productive, besides In
suring a source of pure water sup
ply. Wherever natural reproduction
cannot be depended upon to cover
the denuded and burned-over lands of
most of these watersheds tree plant
ing operations must be undertaken.
While the Immediate object of this ,
reforesting will be protective, timber
crops will eventually be produced
which will yield good proflt3 on all
such Investments.
Nearly every farm has at least a
few acres which are of little value tor
growing agricultural crops. This land
should be set aside for a woodlot
and devoted to the production of fuel,
fence posts and timber for farm uses.
The species best suited for planta
tions of these various sorts, as well
as planting directions and advice as
to protective measures, are given in
the circular.
j News of Pennsylvania
BEATEN, BOUND AND ROHIIKD.
YnunK Mnn With Gag In Hia Mouth
Wriggled Up Steep Hill.
Easton (Special). John Baler, a
well-known young man of this city,
was waylaid and robbed while re
turning from a visit to the South
side. He was found bound and
gagged with a wound on hi head
and nearly unconnclous from the
logs of blood and shock following
the attack.
It waa late, as Baler was passing a
dark and lonely point, that he was
struck from behind and felled. He
remembers nothlag after that until
he recovered consciousness hour
later. Then ho was bound hand and
foot and thero was a gaging in hia
mouth. He could raise no outcry
and lay upon the sidewalk for a long
time In the vain hope that a pedes
traln would pass and And him In his
predicament.
Finally he decided to make a fight
to free himself and gradually work
ed his way to the stop of a steep
hill at the foot of which there are
a number of houses. He wriggled
over the summit and rolled down
the incline. The roll down the
hill added to his injuries and
when ho reached the base he was
compelled to rest until ho regained
his strength itfd nerve. Then he
crawled to a dooi"ep anil attracted
the attention of the ..'mates of the
house by beating his ha.... against
the door.
Baler was taken In and a physlclh.-
was sent for. He could not describe
his assailants, but said that he had
been relieved of about $20.
COXI'KSSKS KILLING GIRL.
"I Shot Her BcCsWM She Waa Go
ing To Marry My Rrother."
Pottsville (Special). "I shot her
because she was going to marry my
brother." This was the declaration
made by Jealous Charles Wane), who
Is on trial here for shooting and
killing his sweetheart. Miss Mattle
Bolinsky, of Shenandoah. Three
times Warzel shot the girl and then,
when arrested and taken to her side,
while she was dying, he said, "I
am satisfied."
The murderer claims ho sees vis
Ions of his murdered sweetheart,
every night In his cell at the country
prison. Ho shammed insanity o
effectually for several week after
his arrest as to deceive experts, but
one night, during a terrific thunder
storm, when he first saw Mattle's
ghost, he broke down and confessed
his deception.
HI LL ON THE RAMPAGE.
Swims The Susquehanna To Harris.
burg And Clears The Streets.
Hnrrlsbtirg (Special). A young
bull Jumped the fence of a yard In
which he was confined at Marys
vllle, seven miles west of here, fol
lowed the road to West Falrview,
plunged Into the Susquehanna River
at that point and after reaching the
Harrlsburg shore dashed madly
through the business section of this
city, injuring several people. One
of these was policeman Charles
Humphries, who bleeding at the ears,
nose and mouth was taken to the
hospital where the surgeons sent
word to the police station and the
members of his family that his con
dition was critical.
Patrolman Humphries waa so for
cibly thrown to the street that his
head struck the curb and he was
rendered unconscious. The bull
dashed on down Market Street and
was corralled near the Reading Rail
way, but later got away from tho
crowd of excited people.
Benjamin Tenls and S. S. Grove
were also taken to the hospital with
Injuries received by being gored by
the bull at Tenth and Market Streets.
Neither Is seriously injured. At last
accounts the frightened animal was
dashing out Into the country follow
ed by a yelling crowd.
ABATING SMOKE NUISANCE.
Pennsylvania Railroad Instructing
Firemen in Their Duties.
Harrlsburg (Special). An Impor
tant step toward the abating of the
smoke nuisance has been taken bv
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
In this city. Special agents of the
company have been detailed to In
struct firemen how to fire their en
gines without turning out clouds of
smoke.
These mpn, after they have In
structed the firemen and have made
them understand that black smoke
unnecessarily made is no longer to
be permitted, are ordered to report
to headquarters all who refuse to
obey the rules. Suspension will fol
low the first offense and dismissal
Is in store for repeated violations.
JAIL DELIVERY FOILED.
Rig Plot To Rreak from Western
Penitentiary Forestalled.
Pittsburg (Special). Warden W
McC. Johnson, of the Western Peni
tentiary, discovered a gigantic plot.
D) convicts to escape from the prls
on. i no leaaer of the gang was
Walter Dortnan, the accomplice of
the notorious Riddle brothers, who
is serving a life sentence.
Since his confinement Dorman has
been a model prisoner and had the
run of the prison. Monday the offl
e'al discovered, hidden in the chapel
a g.t bundle of ropes, straps, re
vol vers a..-' knives and street cloth
Ing, which the gang expected to use
in making their escape.
In addition there was a sum of
money. Dorman was surprised ex
amining the hidden treasure, and
made a confession. He was placed
In a dungeon Immediately afterward.
SIBLEY TO RETIRE.
Congressman Says He Will Not Again
Re A Candidate.
Sharon (Special). Joseph C. Sib
ley, five times elected to Congress,
twice as a Democrat, then as a Re
publican, declares he will not stand
for re-nomination In the Twenty
eighth District. Friends of the
Congressman Insist they will con
vince him of the error of his ways,
however, and say they will renomi
nate and re-elect him. Though they
are agitating his renominatlon Mr.
Sibley, from his summer home at
Valcour, N. Y., writes that he will
not run again for Congress. Also
he writes he is planning to visit
Egypt and the Holy Land, sailing in
a few months.
Our own live are robbed of aweet
nest by bitter thoughts of others.
Cureless.
During the financial dog-dayB of a
Southern college a wealthy merchant
called upon the president to say that
he had provided In his will for a
rather handsome bequest to the col
lege, to be paid after the death of
himself and his wife. The president
wa overjoyed, and asked permission
to announce the gift in the city pa
par. This request was granted on
condition that the danor's name
should not be mentioned.
Accordingly the prosldent wrote a
eulogistic notice of the donation and
hurried to the newspaper office, Ia
his baste he neglected to give his
Item a title. The editor, huirled and
worried, absently elapped on the first
words that came to hi mind; and the
Item appeared the next morning with
the following caption:
"Two Pair of Shoes to Wait For."
Harper's Weekly.
A Limerick.
A correspondent present us with
this a libel on the language from
Limerick:
There was young peraon named Tate,
Who invited a friend at 8.8.
Tbey dined tete a tete,
Ho I cannot relate
What Tate ate tete a tete at 8.8.
London Chronicle.
An A B C Formula.
A was Americana De
mentia Co., Unlimited.
B bonded It.
C capitalized it,
D dignified it.
E elaborated It,
F floated it,
G gobbled It,
H handled It.
I invested in It,
J juggled It,
K kidnapped it,
L looted It,
M manipulated it,
N negotiated It,
O organized it,
P promoted It,
Q queered It,
R robbed it.
S scuttled it.
T trimmed it,
V underwrote it,
V victimized it,
W watered It,
X exposed it,
V yellowed It, and
Z zeroed It.
Ellis O. Jones, in Lite.
Justifiable Homicide?
"Your testimonials," aaid the busi
ness man to an applicant for a situa
tion, "are very good, and you appear
to be a very pushing traveler. By
the way, I suppose you have never
been In trouble of any kind?" "Once
In my life, sir," was the reply. "I
waa In prison for a month." The
business man started. "Well er."
he began, "I'm afraid that puta a dif
ferent complexion on the case. But,
tell me, what you were sent to pris
on for?" "For nearly killing a man
that refused to give me an order,"
answered the applicant. "Good!"
said the business man; "you're en
gaged." Scottish American.
Four Miles Suved.
Harrlsburg (Special). According
to a statement filed in the office of
the Secretary of Internal Affairs
there are 2328.05 miles of passenger
road and 2714.08 miles of freight
controlled by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company in this State. The
statement Hhows the distance from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg to be 348.8
miles and gives the distance from
one station to another over the en
tire system. According to the Penn
sylvania Railroad time-table the com
pany is charging for 353 miles be
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
Not Coincidence.
A school teacher noticed that it
always rained when the Inspector
happened to call on her. One daj
she mentioned it to the Inspector a
a curious fact, and received flie an
swer "That's because I play golf oa
ine days." London Chronicle.
Bounty Held Up.
Harrlsburg (Special). Whether
the "Daniel Boons" and "Kltt Car
sons", of Middle Paxton and Rush
Townships, this county, have started
to raise fox, mink and weasela in
order to secure the State bounty to
pelt and scalps la not yet definite
ly known, but the County Commis
sioners of Dauphin County are aus
picious and have refused to pay a
bill of $10 presented by Henry
Stock, of the latter township, until
there be an investigation.
ATTACKED BY A CAT.
Pet Spring! At Mistress And Bites
And (Taws Her Viciously.
Shenandoah (Special).---On enter
ing her home after visiting a neigh
bor, Mrs. Andrew Zamanda was at
tacked by a pet cat, which sprang
at her from a table, and bit and
clawed her viciously about the head
and face.
The woman shook the infuriated
animal off, and as. It fell to the floor
It bit her left hand severely, and
when she again shook it off the
animal seized her left foot in its
jaws.
By this time the woman was ex
hausted, but her screams brought her
husband to her assistance, who beat
the cat off and later killed It.
FREE EMPLOYMENT REREAU.
Commissioner Rmkej Contemplate
Opening An Agency.
Harrlsburg (Special). Chief Of
the Bureau of Industrial Statistic"
John L. Rockey Is considering th
advisability of establishing free em
ployment agencies in the larger
cities of the State. The Idea Is to
furnish employment gratultoualy to
Persons seeking work aft-r the ol
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in t nicago and other large cltlk- (
of that state. 4
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"'i- juauce 01 sucn a pian. aia
Mr. Hockey. "I apparent when it
Is considered that the usual expense
In connection with private employ
ment agencies amounts to several
dollars for each application, where
as It la shown by the Illinois statis
tics that the cost to the Individual
furnished employment was nothing
and to the State lesK than sixty
cents."
An experimental agency will ho
established by Mr. Rocky in one of
the cities of Pennsylvania and If It
be a success the next Legislature
will be aHked for an appropriation
to continue the plan.
Children Pluy With Pistol.
Hanover (Special). While visit
ing at the home of his uncle, John
Wentz, of Manchester, near here, tho
8-year-old son of George Wentz, ob
tained a pistol. While he and his
cousin, a little girl of about tne
same age. were playing with the
weapon, it exploded and the bullet
struck the girl under the shoulder
blade and penetrated the right lung.
The child is In a critical condition
and will likely die.
Mine Accidents Increase.
Shenandoah (Special). State
Mine Inspector, A. B. Lamb, for the
Fifth Anthracite District, reports
one fatal, and four non-fatal acci
dents, leaving onj widow and four
orphans for the month of August,
out of a working population of near
ly forty thousand men and boya.
This is the smallest number of ac
cidents in one month, for many
years.
Womnn's Combs Explode.
Reading (Special). Aroused from
slep by the cries of a baby, Mrs.
Minnie Haldman lit the gas and at
tempted to put medicine into a
spoon. The sldecombs In her hair
came Into contact with the light and
exploded. In trying to tear them
from her head she was badly burned
and was taken to a hospital.
CALLER POLICE BY 'PHONE.
After Joseph Rtuy Had Killed His
Rrotler-In-Law.
Lansdowne (Special). Joseph
Bray, aged 24 years, murdered his
brother-in-law, James Allen, at the
latter's home in Fernwood, by stab
bing him through the kidneys with
a long knife. Death was almost In
stantaneous. Both men are colored, and had
been drinking heavily. Allen had
been arrested last week by his wife
for assault and battery, and the mur
der was directly due to the assault
committed by Allen on his wife, who
is the sister of the murderer. It is
alleged that Bray had threatened to
get even with Allen for assaultln
his sister.
Only a few minutes after he did
the stabbing Bray telephoned tor
Constable Robinson and gave him
self up.
Appointed Hospital Trustees.
Harrlsburg (Special). Samuel D.
Townsend, of Hughesvtllo, Lycoming
County, was appointed by Governoi
Stuart to be a member of the board
of trustees of the State Hospital foi
the Insans at Danville, vice Howard
Lyon, commissioner exxplred.
Order Of Good Fellows.
Hazleton (Special). The Gran J
officers of the Order of Good Fol
lows held their annual convention
here, electing the following officers:
Grand Master. Joseph Hund,
Philadelphia; Vice Grand Mnster,
Jacob Malbach. Philadelphia; Chap
lain, John H. Schot.t, Hazleton; Sec
retary, F Winkler, Philadelphia.
Next year's convention will meet In
Philadelphia.
Woman Shocked By Lightning.
Easton (Special). During a short
shower here lightning struck in the
middle of Ferry Street, near Sixth.
Miss Mabel Freok, daughter of Jacob
Freck, was seated at a second-story
window and was so badly sho:ked
that convulsions followed. Mrs.
Fred Derr. living on the opposite
side of the street, was rendered un
conscious for a short time.
Peacemaker Shot.
Chester (Special). Because he
Interfered with Angelo Pezzlaman.
who attempted to beat his wife at
a boarding house on West Fifth
street, Lucl Guidon, a fellow board
er, was shot three times by Pezzla
man and will probably die. He was
hurried to the Chester Hospital
where physicians located the three
bullets, one of which lodged In the
abdomen.
Failed In Imitating Tell.
Pottsville (Special). William
Burke, while at play with hi little
cousin, Bennie Hyer, was fatally
shot by a Flobert rifle which the
child held.
Beunle, attempting to emulate
William Tell, playfully pointed the
weapon at Burke's head. It was a
hair trigger and almost before the
boy was aware of it the piece was
discharged. The bullet penetrated
the forehead and lodged in Burke's
brain. H1b death Is momentarily expected.
Tobacco I'uder Cover Uneven.
Lancaster (Special). After an
Inspection of the tobacco grown un
der cover at the State experimental
station, th9 Lancaster County Tobac
co Growort.' Association decided that
tho tobacco there is as equally un
even as that of the crops over the
entire county.
uruiuber Salad Fatal.
Allentown (Special). From tho
effects of too hearty Indulgence in
cucumber salad, Nathaniel Eck, of
Mountalnvlllu, died at his home
there.
Capacity Of Factory Doubled.
Clarion (Special). The Pearl
Glass Company began Its run for the
coming season. The company dur
ing the summer ha doubled the ca
oacltv of It plant by adding a new
12-hole tank and will now employ
about 400 men and ooy.
Big Pay For Harvest Hands.
Mount Joy (Special). With one
of the biggest corn crops In years,
almost ready to harvest, farmers In
Lancaater County are confronted with
a great scarcity of help. Some far
mer have offered as high aa $2 a
day for corn harvesters, but thoy
cannot get sufficient help at that
high figure. Other farmers are offer
ing 3 cent a ahock and a good har
vester can easily cut one hundred
shocks a day.
Steel Computiies Sold.
Pittsburg (Special). The proper
ties and patents of the Damascus
Nickel Steel Company, at Carnegie,
and the plant of the Black Cutlery
Company, at Scottdale, have been
bought by the Carbon Steel Company,
of Pittsburg.
The price paid !s not known but
the Damascus Company's holdings
are valued at $500,000. Extensive
Improvements are plannod by the
purchasing company.
STATE OBITUARY.
Bradford. Byrou Delano Hamlin,
the nestor ot the McKean County
bar, and for years one of the most
prominent of the earlier realdenta
of the county, passed away at his
home In Smathport. Mr. Haralln,
was born in Bradford Countv May
7, 1824.
Senandoah. Mr. Elizabeth Park
er, who would in a few days hare '
attained her 100th birtbday, died
from heart failure.
Schwenksvllle. Samuel Faust.
who was a member of the State Leg
islature from 1884 to 1886. died at
hi home In Frederick Township,
aged 79 years.
Corner Stone Laid.
Media (Special). Dr. William E.
Staub, pastor, was In charge of the
exercises held here In bonor ot the
laying of the corner atono of the new
$30,000 church for the Baptist de
nomination. Dr. Staub also handled
the ttowl which applied the cement
to seal the stone to the foundation
Addresses were made by Dr.
Thomas Hanua, and Rev. Wesley
Sullivan, both of Philadelphia; Dr.
J T. Childrey. and Rev. W. D. That
cher, of Chester, and Rev David
Tully, pator emeritus, of tho First
Presbyterian Church.
STATE NEWS IN RRIEE.
Harry Leek, of Jeanoivillc, 1 t,.,
County, who has been missing for
the past seven year, was declarec
legally dead by the Court, and hia
estate given to his sister, Miss Ida,
l.tteK.
The large barn of William E.
Hess, a well-known farmer of Upper
Mt. Bethel Towushlp, Northampton
County, wa struck by lightning aud
burned. All the barn' content woro
destroyed, inflicting a loss of $3,000.
Ten years ago Mr. He also suffered
tho loss of a barn.
Richard Jackson end William Poo
ples were held for court by Justice
Kelly, of Huntlngdun, charged vlth
robbing the residence of Joseph Wil
liams, at Mill Creek,, of money and
good.
Georgo Roejo. of Shamokln, has
boon appointed general outside sup
erintendent of the Natnlla Colltory,
The mini! will soon be plaeed In opor
stlon, after aa Idlene of a numbef
of years.
Watson Rice, a eager at tho mine
of thu Crbiu Coal and Coko Com
pany, waa at.-uok tv a Huntingdon
Ik Uroad Tjp pacsecge'r train and
lastantly U'lled.