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I THE COLLECTORS.
I wun't but little boy
When I collected but tor Dim:
'And next I took to poatago-atampa,
And then cigar band were the prize.
I had a lot of bird' egg, too,
And hovehos ome were red with rut,
Mr hornet' neat were thrown away
Vii maid aaid they collected duit. 1
Bnt mother whinpered not to mind.
For ahe had a collection, too,
And ahowed me jut the queereat lot
A baby' cap, a amall pink ahoe,
A rubber cow, a yellow curl,
A ragged book of A B C,
A letter, thick with biota, I wrote
When ahe waa once away from me.
I wouldn't give a quarter for
The atuff, hut mother thinka it' fine,
And only laughed when I remarked
It waan't valuable, like mine.
But when it cornea to keeping thing.
She give me pointer, you can bet)
I old or awapped mine long ago,
But mother ha her rubbiah yet!
Eunice Ward, in Harper'.
The New Boarder at Carrville.
A Pretty School Teacher and Learned Professor.
By EDITH FULLERTON SOOTT.
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"Now sit right down, my dear, do!
.You're all tuckered out with the walk
Bp that hill. I always did say that
hills weren't meant for human beln's
to climb; it's hard enough work) for
horses and other dumb critters with
four legs to help them. Not but
that I'm fond of hills, in a way.
They're most refreshin' to look at
from a distance and I wouldn't be
hired to live in town where there's
nothin' to bo seen but dusty streets
and brick houses, but they certainly
are dreadful hard on your back and
for takln' the breath clean out of you
there s nothin equal to them. Here,
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ing that had been Interrupted for a manners of the r.itv irlri tnth
a - - -, "'r,' mi.
mtnutn liv thn vital I nr 'a arrival I with hai nnfnlnnnJ -m
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Don't you ever get tired, Mrs. any small favors In the shape of occa-
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....mi, ii i iubh, or gins oi nowers which
White?" she asked, noting admlr
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lngly the strong muscles of the bared the less prejudiced offered her, soon
won over the disaffected part of the
arm as the Iron moved swlftlv to and
f r,, wUfiw ,l,i i mi t , , -1 ,i i , , . . l,i An I iinmninnllv 1H...I 1 .
Mw, ...... sw '"in'iin1 vw . i., ,,i i, n . . i Tit 1 1 uuiy regret now,
everything about the house, with no was, that t'uey themselves had not the
one to help you? And I should think pleasure and distinction of being her
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Ju nuillu 11 II l i ' , l -i 1 1 1 li ' , l in i. n iLU I iiudi
nobodv to talk tn rlnrlnir thn dnv " E
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"Law sakes, child, I don't do half Tuesday, the members of the Mis
vhnt T H lit tnn VP ti ra n i-ti T li mi T tint I itlnnativ Qnnlnli. . ... i i. . . . . .-.
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Atllv fl t rl nil inn hniioantitilr l.nt T I 1 1,,.,,. .. hi -a. . ..
... ... . . w u u u v, i n , i a hiuoc, uvy were aii Dually
helped on the farm, milked the cows, at work before the honored guest,
find 11 V li 11 turwlntl tn mv nnin nordnn I u (,,, AA i.,w.... 11 . . . , .
. - v" " u " " " uu iit.u punctuality
patch. I could do it all now, if was considered almost a religious
iwern i ior my lame nip, Dut ever auty Dy these descendants of the Pu
lnce I fell on the ice and was laid
HP with a broken bone for nleh on
two months that's goln' on nine
years ago I ain't ben quite up to
par, and it's kinder hard for me to
get around. As to beln' lonesome.
Why I don't have time to think of
ech a thing. The only time I ever
Aid feel so, was Just after my boy
went away to school. His father
was a very scholarly Bort of man,
ought to have been a professor, in
stead of a farmer, and before he died
he made me promise to send the lad
away for his schoolln'. Well, as I
was sayln', Just after Teddy went
away It seemed as though I couldn't
atand the stillness of the place, and I
got tt be afraid oi my own shadow
von. But then, the Deacon, who
had lost his woman a while before,
come In one night, and he says, says
he, 'Mary Ann' I'd known him ever
lnce wt was boy and girl together
'Mary Ann, you seem dreadful lone
some nowadays, and my house is
goln' to rack and ruin, so what d'ye
aay to Jlnln' forceB?' and then he up
svnd "Well," she continued, a faint
blush overspreading her wrinkled
cheeks, "to cut a long tale short, we
was married the next month and for
'most a scoro of years we've lived
happy ever since, as the story books
Bay."
"I didn't know you had a son,"
the school teacher remarked. "Ho
doesn't live here, does ho?" ahe
aaked rathor hesitatingly, not know
ing but that he might now be num
bered with the dear departed.
"Didn't you, Miss Thomson?
Somohow I thought everybody knew
about my boy, for he's makin' a name
for himself," Mrs. White answered,
her face beaming with motherly
pride. "He's as smart as a whip,
and. like his father, dotes on books.
In fact, he graduated from college,
and la now a professor of somethln'
or other I never could remember
the word, but it ends with 'ology' in
a large private school in New York.
He's makin' lots of money and every
Christmas he sends me a hundred
dollars, which I always put Into the
bank for him, though of course he
don't know that's what becomes of it.
The Deacon gives me all I need, and
:I o.'ten think perhaps Teddy'U be
marryln' some of these fine days, and
then he'll be glad enough to have a
nay uttie sum to go housekeepin' on
rpu . I li lilt I ' i I
.veAhT muV " .fcfrtlly horn, afterward.
given that Miss Thorn,, ..., 1
epted It, and then bidding the Deu
con's uheery wife good-bye, proceeded
oil her homeward way.
The school teacher was tho ono
boarder that the village of Cun vllle
could boast of. Thire was a tradi
tion that lu days goue by, there had
been a small Inn where several stran
gers could be accommodated, but
that happy time was remembered by
only the patriarchs, and even the
hostelry Itself had vanished, though
rumor said that it formerly stood on
the site now occupied by the black
smith's shop. Consequently, the
Carrvillltes were electrified when it
was known to be a fact that Mrs.
Wellwood, a newly-made widow, with
a large farm, but little cash, had
actually advertised In a New York
paper, and as a result of this daring
innovation, ono boarder, in the per
son of an over-worked tnnrhpr in
drink this glasB of milk It's nice I need of rest and country air had
and cool and will set you up a bit." arrived early In July, and had taken
The school teacher "from the city" a room for the remainder of the sum-
rrntaf ill I V niHiontorl tho nffnrnri liov. liter At Ufa, nnm-. il. i t 1. 1
" v- J , . - - ww l ' - - innt miiitit ut lilt) lUUHOl-
rage and then leaning back in the iants were disposed to resent the
ilH -f n ah I tin nit rnnLrj,,. ntutrhail h or t Intriialtiti r, n t i
hostess, who went on with the iron
of a strancor In thalr
sleepy midst, but the unassuming
with her unfeigned appreciation of
ritans, came sauntering up the road,
uuKing as rresti and sweet as a dew
moistened roBe in her dainty white
dress with Its pink ribbon bows. She
brought the breath of youth with her
Into the parlor, and her bright smile
of greeting found its reflection in the
careworn faces of the entire company,
while the stiff horse-hair covered
chair on which she presently seated
herself seemed less uncompromising
than usual, as though it realized that
it was adorned by her charms. Pro
ducing her thimble from her silken
work-bas the girl meekly asked for
employment for her idle fingers, and
the business-like air with which she
at once commenced to sew up the
seams of an apron delighted the en
thusiastic home missionaries.
Wondering at the piles of work,
untouched or in various stages of
completion, Miss Thomson asked for
whom tho things were intended.
"Well, my dear," replied her hos
tess, who was also chairman of the
society, "we believe that charity be
gins at home, so instead of sendin'
our barrels of clothln' to the heathen,
we always send them to New York."
"To Now York?" echoed Miss
Thomson In surprise, for such a pro
ceeding seemed to her rather like
sending coal to Newcastle.
"Yes. You see, my Teddy says
there are any number of poor neg
lected children there, who don't have
half enough to wear, so every
Thanksglvln' we send all that wo.
have made durin' the year to a dis
trict nurse, who 'tends to dlstrlbutln'
'em to those that need warm clothes
for the winter."
Judging, and rightly, that "Teddy
says'! was considered as final by all
Mrs. White's friends, Miss Thomson
discreetly refrained from furtheY
comment on the destination of the ar
ticles. The afternoon passed rap
Idly, until at six o'clock, Mrs. White,
who had quietly left the room some
time before, entered bearing a huge
tray ou which wero set cups of steam
ing, fragrant coffee, sandwiches, and
a couple of loaves of fresh cake. The
appearance of tho refreshments was
the signal for the sewing materials
to be put away, and as Margaret
Thomson folded up her work, she
was surprised to find that she did so
with a feeling of regret that the
meeting was at an end. She had ex-
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fcwiDu n to prove somewhat of a
rm ... . wu. - .i i.u ijiuvo somewhat ot a
Of course he 11 have bis father's farm bore, but she admitted to herself that
when I am gone, but that ain't worth she had thoroughly enjoyed talklnn;
much of nnvthin' nnil all th j. .. u,iti, ,i,.. t. ,. -
- ' "un uvuivi) tarmers wives anil
money there wa went to pay for daughters, who. though not educated
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b,uwuu ja lei riDie I 1U uBimi sense or tho word were
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vi it a my amy to yu-Bassea ot a certain shrewd wls
mlte for his future. h'i doni. nnltn r. i. ., i- alt ,
,,., ., ' . "' uoYer wue mat nau oeen nccuBtomed
lorgets nix old unit in. r .,, ... in , j L.i .
wuira iu - 'ttarueu out less open uml
see ner whenever he gets the chance kindly circle of acquaintances.
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ine young people volunteered
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What! MuaT " io.v ueui. wV am ,,:. , nanaing the plates
Thnmann " hubs uuu wuue tneir elders quiotly
jnomson arose. "Won iv- u.i rMii fm, ih.i. . . '
wOmeyaB,alnt01,nhI,?'.nd y0U muSt W0" ,B h" e,omcnt n"r8 and "e
the Church ui..i' 1 ,orKl ' wnicn she anticipated
L I t! wants met with tho ap-
, ' luren o ciock, or an au uour later the
haJe rea5!0!;?18,',1007 We alway had P-tad. with the excep-
talkln' ?n?t V!"' "ewln' nc tlon of MiM Thomson, who had
hie 'or' vou WUl! b' rt ' iocl- ffered t0 Uy and hoP the
dishes It the Deacon would escort her
The last plate had been w!nH mil
put In Its place, and the womon had
Just vettlnd themselves for a cosy
dial, when tho outer doqr opened
unceremoniously, and lu walked u
tall man.
"Teddy!" cried Mrs. White, de
lightedly, springing u". mil h,rrv.
ing to meet hire. "Why, Ted-dy!"
Bh threw her arms around his neck
and atood thus for a few moment
utterly oblivious o. everything sare
that her boy had come. But then,
recalling herself, sho released him
from her embrace, saying:
"Ob, how rude I'm a-gettln' tn my
old age! Teddy, this Is Mlw
Thorn " b-t when she turned to
look for Miss Thomson, she was no
where to be seen. "Miss Thom
son!" she called, and on a second
summons the girl emerged from the
kitchen where sho had retreated dur
ing the mother's welcome of ber son.
"Miss Thomson, this Is ieddy,"
said Mrs. White proudly, gating with
satisfied maternal eyes In his direc
tion, but Margaret astonished her by
remarking:
"I think we have met before,
haven't we, Mr. BurnhamT"
"What! Miss Thomson, you here!"
exclaimed Toddy, taking her out
stretched hand In his own, and hold
ing it a trifle longer than necessary,
before he relinquished it. "I cer
tainly did not expect to see you to
night." "It Is a perfect surprise to me,
also," she replied demurely. "I never
dreamed of 'Teddy's' being the sa
vant, Professor Edward Burnham.
Your mother, I am sure," she went
on, archly, "hB9 no Idea what a
dreadful ogre of -wisdom you are to
your poor trembling pupils."
"Nonsense! " he said, a shade of an
noyance in his tone. Then, turning
to his mother, he explained:
"Miss Thompson and I were at
Cornell together. I was in the senior
class when she was only a freshman,
and on one occasion in the absence
of an Instructor, I acted as teacher
for an hour or so, and that is how I
met her."
"Well, that's roal nice: I'm glad
you are old friends. And I'm kinder
relieved you happened to come to
night, for the Deacon has a Bplitttn'
headache, and I was wnnderln' If he'd
feel as if he could take Miss Thomp
son home, but now you're here, It'll
be all right. She's boardln' down
to Mrs. Josh Wcllwood's."
"Yes, and I think I would better
go now, Mrs. White, and as the Dea
con Isn't well, why, Mr. Burnham,
If it won't be too much trouble, I
shall be very glad if you will bo my
escort. I suppose I could go alone,
but there have been several tramps
in the vicinity lately, and I don't rel
ish the prospect of encountering one."
Teddy did not deign to comment on
her last suggstlon, but there was a
smouldering wrath in his clance as
ho assisted her on with her Jacket.
But Margaret was not in tho least
afraid of him, for It was wit'a a happy
little laugh that yielding to a sudden
Impulse, she kissed Mrs. White good
night, and went out into the air with
Teddy.
The two walked on In silence for j
time, but suddenly Mr. Burnham
stopped short, saying abruptly:
"Margaret, I can't stand this sus
pense. Tell me, why did you run
away from me, that day, and where
have you hiddon yourself ever since?
You knew I lovod you and I believed
you cared for me. I have searched
for you everywhere. Don't you know
It is wrong to trifle with a man's true
love, and why did you do It?"
The mooullght shone full on his
companion's face, as, with her eyes
half hid by the drooping lids, she
answered the last question, her Hps
quivering as she spoke:
"I don't know."
He heard the words, and saw the
quiver, and thought that was alight
encouragement, he cried boldly:
"Margaret, you do love me. I don't
know why you treated me so, but
only tell me that you will marry me
and I will forgive you."
Evidently the answer must havo
been satisfactory, for the next day
Mrs. White and Margaret had a long
conversation, at the conclusion of
which the former said:
"I'm glad as can be that you're go
in' to be my darter, and it's lucky I
did Bavo up Teddy's presents to me,
for I know the money will come in
handy by and by."
"I was afraid It would seem rather
sudden you, my dear mother-to-be,
but you see, Teddy and I have known
each other for five years," Bald Mar
garet, shyly, "and "
"And you're to come out for a walk
this moment," Interrupted Teddy.
New Orleans Picayune Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
P1UKON RACES.
More Than 2000 Bird In One Event
8ixty Mil. an Hour.
To And pigeon flights classed under
aeronautics Is a surprise to the uninit
iated, but that Is the way It Is done
by the American Magazine of Aero
nautics, which ought to know.
It describes a pigeon flight as "the ,
nrst aeronautic event at Jamestown.
It wns a race of 506 pigeons to Wash
ington, D. C. Before leaving the ex
position grounds the pigeons circled
twice and then disappeared In the di
rection of their homing station. Some
of the birds were not racers, and tho
fastest birds hung back with the slow
est. Tho speed was about forty-flv?
miles an hour.
A remarkable feature of this and
a succeeding race to New York and
Philadelphia wbb that the Washing
ton pigeons flew to the west of a
grand stand that was directly north
of the releasing point, and tho New
York and Philadelphia pigeons flew
to the cast of It, correctly selecting
the direction for their homeward
flight to an exact degree in the points
of the compass, although when they
passed the si and the birds were flying
so low thnt some flew under Its roof.
Only half a dozen birds were non
pluBBcd by the broad expanse of
water of Hampton Roads and Chosa
peake Bay and turned back. The
others without hesitancy went on
toward the point from which they
were brought In closed crates In ex
press cars.
The next event was the pigeon race
In which 2300 birds from New York
and Philadelphia took part. The
birds were all thoroughbreds and the
race was exceptionally successful.
The same favorable weather condi
tions prevailed and tho release occu
pied barely four seconds from tho
time the lids were thrown open until
the last pigeon left the crates.
The pigeon coops were arranged In
a complete circle upon the backs of
benches about three feet above
ground. The birds, when released at
11.15 a. in., rose in a gigantic col
umn and the sound caused by the
violent beating of their wings was
sne not easily forgotten by those
above whose heads the whirling pyra
mid of pigeons rose. An idea of ths
swiftness of their wing beat may bo
gained when It Is said that cameras
which were able to depict a running
horse sharp and distinct showed but
a blur of the moving wings of many
of the birds. This lot of plgeoiu
without hesitancy and without cir
cling took a line straight to a point
north by east and disappeared before
the spectators could fully grasp that
the event was over on the exposition
grounds.
Tho birds made remarkably fast
, time and reached New York and Phil
adelphia in the early afternoon. They
I traveled at the rate of fifty-nine and
a fraction miles an hour. There was
1 a slightly superior speed in rate of
travel by the New York over the
Philadelphia birds, which Is believed
' to be due to the fact that all the
j pigeons followed the Atlantic sea
l coast Hue and that the Philadelphia
j birds turned inward when opposite
j that city, while the New York birds
I kept on the ocean front to New York
City.
There was considerable discussion
among the pigeon fanciers present at
the release on ths exposition ground?
as to which crates were best, those
whose tops opened upward or those
whose fronts ends swung outward.
Opening the entire top gave a quicker
release, while the pigeon fanciers In
favor of a front end opening claimed
that In allowing the blrdB to rise en
masse there was danger ot their beat
ing their wings against each other
and fracturing a pinion. The ques
tion was not settled by the race, as
the point arose too late to take defi
nite notos on the matter.
State of Pennsylvania
tttJCKMn km dkh CROWD.
Efforts To Gl0taH Tin- Man Who Is
Annoying Women.
Lansdale (8pecial). Lonsdale's
"Jack, the Huger," who has In the
last two weeks thoroughly frighten
ed at leaBt a dozen women, complete
ly puzzled the borough policeman
and who has been chased on two
occasions by an angry crowd of men,
has eluded all efforts at capture.
The "Hugger" has operated In
nearly every part of town, but most
frequently has made his appearance
In the East Ward. Ills operations
have beet confined to early even
ing, along a street on which tho
lighting Is not too brilliant. Hiding
behind a tree or bush or in tho
shadow of a building he awaits the
arrival of a woman. It doesn't mat
ter If she be old or young, pretty or
otherwise, married or merely engaged
all are affinities tn tho "Hugger."
Grasping her In his arms he will
give her a tight squeeze and then
push her to one side, and run rapid
ly away. On two or three occasions
he has tried to kiss his victim. In
no case so far reported has he been
known to attempt greater familiar
ities. Women are afraid to travel the
streetB at night unless accompanied.
Fathers, brothers and sweethearts are
thoroughly angry, and threaten to
handle the man roughly if he can
be captured In an act of annoying
any of I.ansdale's women. Several
nights ago he held up a woman, but
her screams brought several young
men and they chased "Jack" some
distance, but he escaped.
Tho police department constBts of
one patrolman, and all the offenses
have happened when he has been in
another part of the town. While It
is known that at least ten or twelve
women have been Intercepted, Insult
ed and frightened, the authorities are
carefully withholding all the names
of the victims who have reported the
occurrences, claiming that any ad
ditional notoriety Is unnecessary.
Xl'RSE TOOK POISON.
Tried To End Her Life Because
Sweetheart Fulled To Call.
Pittsburg (Special). Miss Mary
Elizabeth Ballash. aged 25, a trained
nurse of Atlantic City, attempted to
end her life with bichloride of potash
because her sweetheart failed to call
as she expected.
She is at the Pittsburg Hospital,
where the attenldng physicians be
lieve she will recover.
Miss Ballash, whose home Is 23
North Massachusetts Avenue, Atlan
tic City, arrived here last Saturday.
Charles Price Mustln, a clerk, who
Is also organist at a wealthy Bell
fleld church, called each evening.
Miss Ballash told her landlady that
Bhe and the young organist had been
going together for about a year in
Atlantic City, where he formerly liv
ed. Thursday evening he failed to call.
She waited and worried, and nt 9.30
went to the church to see If he was
attending a rehearsal. Returning
without finding him, she took from
her trunk a bottle, and soon after
drank tho contents and threw herself
on the bed.
Miss Ballash's rather Is a minister,
now engaged with his wife in mission
work in China.
AVEXOKHN MAKE .MISTAKE.
Unsuccessful People.
But for unsuccess there Is ever an
antidote, and of the many thousands
w-ho suffer from it there is not one
who can not overthrow it if he but
choose. Unsuccess never annihilated
a man unless he first decided to al
low it to annihilate him. As the
same medicine is often obtainable in
the form of a capsule, a pul, or a
liquid, so the antidote of unsuccess
exists in forms as varied as the na
tures of the sufferers. One person
finds tho antidote In one of the so
called new religions, which demapds
the exertion of the mental faculties in
forcing fear from the horizon; an
other in the companionship of a cho
sen individual, who infuses him with
courage, and enables him once more
In spirit to stand on firm legs. One
imbibes this antidote from books of
philosophy; another from the con
templation of lndefatlgably shining
starB, and the bravery of the tiniest
of created things ants and spiders,
which never own defeat. The anti
dote is everywhere, and he is half
way to a curs who recognizes that
unsuccess is not a force but a, lack
of force. The conditions change nat
urally with the state; and this la
true, and worthy to be accepted .
unsuccess caunot exist where hope is,
where will is, where enthusiasm
burns like Are In the heart. Erom
"The Failure That Spells Success,"
by Meary Mears, In the Circle.
First Sulphur Matches.
In these days of rapid progress it
does not take long to make an appli
ance old fashioned and out of date.
Not more than seventy years ago the
match was considered an Innovation
of a daring and dangerous type. The
conservative still raped away with
his steel and flint, holding the sul
phur dipped- stick in fear and trem
bling. One Robert Olbbs tolls the story
of the first match he ever saw. A
school fellow who had visited Lon
don brought back with him, besides
his stories of that wonderful town, a
box of the newly Invented matches.
He exhibited them to his wondering
mates, and, as a great favor, present
ed one to Glbbs. The boy took his
prize home, struck it In the chimney
piece and gleefully watched the sur
prise of biB mother.
"Now you may throw away the
tinder box," he said.
"No such a thing," responded the
prudent womun. "Matches which
light themselves will find no place
here. Why, some night we might be
burned In our beds! Qlve me the
tinder box."
A Salem (Mass.) newspaper of
of June, 1836, speaks approvingly
of one of the Inhabitants of Its town.
"Notwithstanding the convenience
of those dangerous Utile articles
which are in almost everybody's
hands, but which, with all thofr
charms, bid fair to prove a heavy
Curse on the community, we learn
that there is one man in Salem, a
respectable tradesman who keeps a
store where we should generally ex
pect to find such things, but who has
never sold them or allowed them to
be used on his premises. He sticks
to the flint. Bteol and tinder; he
shows his wisdom In doing so. How
many more can say as much?"
Youth's Companion.
Thinking Old Womun Watt Disguised
Man.
Shamokln (Special). For some
time a cloaked man has been annoy
ing women In this place at night and
various residents have been on the
lookout for him. Sunday night a num
ber of unknown young men thought
they saw him hiding under an awn
ing in a lonely part of town, where
upon they threw the supposed man
to the ground and kicked and club
bod their victim until she was un
conscious and blood flowed from
numerous lacerations. Then they
fled.
Later the objocl of therr assault
was discovered to be Mrs. Marv Ba
ker, seventy-two years old. She was
on the way home whon she sat down
for a brief rest, throwing a Bhawl
over her head tu protect liersell
from the cold weather. She was
Injured so badly that she may not
recover.
PUUiKB DOWN MINE ROOF.
Out of Practice.
"These kisses you sold me yester
day are hard and stale," growled a
customer at the candy counter. "I
thought you claimed to keep only,
fresh candles."
"Wo do generally," replied the fair
saleslady, "Those mutt have come
from an old batch." Lippkncott's.
The railway commission of New
South Wales are adopting a system
i nt electrlcsllr synchronised rloekv
Not His Fault.
A first grade boy brought perfect
spelling papers home for several
weeks, and then suddenly began to
mis five and six out of ten.
"How's this, son?" asked his
lather.
"Teacher's fault," replied the boy.
"How is It the teacher's fault?"
"She moved tho little boy ttzX ttt
next to me." Llpplncott'a.
The South Metropolitan Gas Com
pany of London apologizes to Us cus
tomers for raising the price ot gas
from fifty to fltty-slx cants a thousand
fast. j
Scranton Miner Takes Si range Way
Of Committing Suicide.
Scranton (Special). Stanley Uten
skl, enacting the roll of Sampson,
pulled down the pillars of the under
ground house where he labored and
deliberately killed himself on Satur
day. It was all because Stanley had
been told by his boarding house mis
tress that she would put him out.
He had been dilatory in paying his
board and aftor making this threat
sue quarreled with him.
The man left the house, went di
rectly to his chamber In the Leggett
Creek Mlue. and, sending his laborer
out of harm's way, proceeded to bat
ter down the propB. Tons of coal
and rock fell upon him before any
one realized what was his purpose.
Minister's Son A Runuwaj.
Lancaster (Special). Boone Bow
man, the 14 -yoar-old son of Rev. Dr.
J. C. Bowmun, one of the faculty of
tho Reformed Theological Seminary
In this city, has been missing since
October 2, and Ills parents and
frlonds are apprehensive for the boy's
safety. The day of his disappearance
he started for school and next day
was seen In Philadelphia. The boy
has brown eyes and hair, Is small
for hi age and has a uottcoablo scar
on right ear and oue on right hand.
Inaane Man At Wedding.
Pottsvllle (Special).- With blood
flowing from wounds In his head.
John Yank burst tn upon the Ebor
home, where the nuptials of Miss
Lena Eber andLouls Seaman were
being celebrated. The man's condi
tion caused alarm aud the gueats
lied lu dismay.
The follow was finally handed over
to the police, where It was found he
was a madman, who had escaped
from the almshouse, and he wai
promptly returned tliero. The
wouuds he received were from falls
After the manluc had been removed
tho uuptlal festivities wr reaumud.
BRAINSTORM FAILS.
Mrs. Fern Arlington Planned To Kill
Whole Family.
Norrlstown ( Special ) .--Brainstorm
was the unsuccessful defense made by
Mrs. Fern Arlington at her t lal hero
for shooting and attempting to kill
Samuel Meng, with whom she resid
ed for several years, the household
being made up of Mrs. Arlington's
daughter and Meng's three children
In addition. She was convicted of
ossault with attempt to kill. It de
veloped during the trial that there
was considerable method In her mad
ness and that she bought the pistol
with which she shot Meng for the
purpose of killing tho entire house
hold. An Interested spectator at the
trial was Mrs. Meng. whose husband
had deserted her to live with the
prisoner.
Upon the close questioning of
Jndgo Swartz Mrs. Arlington reveal
ed her right name as Mrs. Edwin
Dill, of Indiana. She left her hus
band and came Eaat in search of ad
venture. It was while living at a
petty little cottage at Jeffersonvtlle,
two miles west of this town, that
she met Meng, a carpenter, who was
making alterations to the dwelling.
Shortly after that the two took up
a residence In the Rldgway Mansion,
on DeKalh Street, this borongh,
where the two, without any disguise,
lived together, ostensibly as landlady
and boarder.
Mrs. Arlington, as she was gener
ally known, tired of thl3 life because
she said she became secondary to
Meng's 9-year-old daughter. Mrs.
Arlington says that she became fond
of the Meng children and several
months before the shooting she dis
covered him guilty, Bhe alleges, of
certain acts towards his daughter.
It was to avenge thlB barbarity that
she shot Meng.
The principal and Immediate cause
for the shooting, she Bald, was that
she learned on the day of the shoot
ing that her suspicions of Meng's
treatment of the child were correct.
Prison Physician Knlpe testified
that he would not Bay that the wom
an was Insane and yet she had a
species of insanity, which he called
brainstorm, recognized by the medi
cal profession, but not by the law.
"Persons acting under such Impulses,"
said he, "are not morally responsible
as the doctors understand. The law
defining sanity, however, does not
recognize such a condition of mind
as existed In Mtb. Arlington as deny
ing moral responsibility and the per
sons suffering from it."
The shooting, which caused a sen
sation here, occurred on Tuesday
evening. July 16. Meng was shot In
the back by Mrs. Arlington while
at the supper table. The bullet is
still In his body, although he haB suf
ficiently recovered to be In court to
testify.
The Jury deliberated two hours
before reaching a verdict and recom
mended her to the mercy of the
Court.
JUDGE OPPOSES DIVORCE.
Would Limit The Right Of Separated
Couples To Remarry.
Altoona (Special). In decrying
the Increasing number of divorces
Judge Martin Bell, In his address at
the dedication of the remodeled
Courthouse, said that divorcees
should not be permitted to remarry.
His statement was:
From 1896 to the present time 312
divorces have been granted in Blair
County. This large Increase In the
number of divorces applied for and
granted Is worthy ot note on the
part of lawmakers. Speaking for
myself, I would amend our statutes
so that absolute divorce would only
be granted on the ground of adul
tery or for some other very grave
reason. If husband and wife cannot
live together because of incompati
bility of temper or other minor rea
sons let them live apart, but do not
allow them to remarry.
The Judge's words were received
with marks of approval.
Pound Dead In Field.
Reading I Special ) .Joseph Mest,
an aged and well-known farmer of
near Landls' store, was found dead
lu a field, lying face downward, by
a searching party composed of neigh
bors who were summoned by Mrs.
Meat ringing the diuner bell on the
farm when her husband failed to re
turn to the house after leaving for
the fields. James Kemp, one of the
searching party, who is a Deputy
Coroner of Berks County, decided
that there was no evidence of foul
play and Issued a certificate of death
duo to paralysis. Mest was 73 years
old and besides his wife leaves two
sons and a daughter.
Ill V FA US OLD.
Mrs. Freeman's Busy Life Ha
Htrvtched Over Parts Of Three
Centuries.
Clarion (Special). Mrs. Elisabeth
Freeman, known In this section of
the country as "Aunt Betsy," who Is
the oldest living person In the State,
celebrated her 114th birthday anni
versary at her home near Red Bank
Junction. In Madison Township. Mrs.
Freeman still retains her mental fac
ulties and- physical vigor. She is
bright and active and tn excellent
health and when the weather permits
spends most of her time out of doors.
Every Spring sees her making hr
garden, planting her seeds and culti
vating them.
Mrs. Freeman was born In Fay
ette County, near what Is now tho
city of Connelsvllle In the year 173,
that being the first year of Washing
ton's ml administration as Presi
dent, which tact gives her the re
markable dlstnrtlon of having lived
during the administration of every
President of the United States and In
partB of three centuries.
At the age of 23 she and William
Freeman were married and moved
to this county. She Is the mother
of eleven children, seven of whom
are now living. She has flfty-flve
grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren
and three great-great-grandchildren
living.
She has smoked a pipe ever since
she wbb a girl and enjoys her tobac
co today as well as she did seventy
or eighty years ago. A recent caller
took with him a box of good Havan
as. which he presented her upon his
Introduction to her and it is report
ed they held quite a smoker, as he
Is himself very fond of tobacco.
8he is a member of the Presbyter
ian Church and has been for eighty
years.
COLLIERY AHA DOOTCD.
Royal Onk, Falling To Pay Wages,
Is Forced To Close Up.
Shamokln (Special). The Royal
Oak Colliery, owned by the Llewellyn
Mining Company, und employing 300
men and boys, having engaged In a
bitter strike, was totally abandoned,
when the mules were hoisted from
the slope workings, the cars all run
together at one point and the fires
drawn from under the boilers.
The operation flourished for a
number of years but as the coal be
gan to play out, the colliery began
to take a step backward. Employees
appeared for their pay on three oc
casions and were notified that pay
day had been postponed pending the
settlement of some financial matter.
A complete tie-up resulted some
time ago.
Probing For Graft.
Hollldaysburg (Special). At the
opening of Blair County Quarter Ses
sion Court, Judge Martin Bell direct
ed the Orand Jury to Investigate the
charges of extravagance, bribe giv
ing and taking and graft in connec
tion With the recently remodelled
courthouse.
The Judge counseled the Grand
Jurors to hold public sessions and
to subpoena all persons who possess
ed Information, Including the editors
and correspondents of the newspaper
that had published graft charges.
Material For State Roads.
Reading (Special). A large stone
crusher, costing (100,000, Is being
erected at Six-Penny Falls, Chester
County, and five miles of track are
being laid to connect with the Penn
sylvania Railroad at Monocacy, by
the Keystone Stone Company, of
Philadelphia.
New quarries are being opened and
It Is said to be the nurnose of the
company to supply the stone usod in
the construction and repairs of State
roads. Philadelphia noliticlana art.
said to be interested In the enter
prise.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
William A. Carr, who had lived in
Eastou for the past thirty years, shot
hlmBelf and died In a few minutes.
Ho had been suffering from kidney
trouble and believed that he could
not recover. He was sixty-one years
of age, and was a court-crler and
constable.
The post office at Edlnbom was
entered by yeggmen, the safe was
blown and $600 In cash and a quan
tity of stamps stolen. After blowing
open the safe the robbers stole a
horse aud buggy and made their
escape.
Mldlo Tlrottl, an -Italian, who ar
rived In this counthy only tour days
ago. was Instantly killed by falling
forty-flve feet from the roof of tho
Keystone furnace.
While walking on the Reading
tracks from his home In Frackvllle
to the Mahanoy Plane yards, Michael
HarkliiB, an engineer, was run down
by a coal train and had both feet cut
off.
Losing his hold on a train he was
boarding, Frank Shope, a oar Inspec
tor of Altoona, rged 24, fall under
the wheels and was klllod.
Elmer Trumbull, a fanner, while
hunting near Troy Township, was
accidentally killed by the explosion
of his shotgun. The entire load pass
ed through bis heart.
.Inhu McIIiinli, John tirillln and
Hli)ward McAllister, the South Betl'
lehom men who cornered William L.
Handy the murderer ot Policeman
(ieorge W SHuuian, In a lumber yard
and caused his arrest und conviction
were given tho reward of 5500 offer
ed by tho town C'iuu.(sijj,
Thieves broke into the house of,
John Bchleiiuker, at Booro, while
the family was working In field and
stole flOC.
To Push Coal Development.
Pottsvllle (Special). As the result
of a visit of officers of the Delaware
& Hudson Coal Company, it was stat
ed that the development of the coal
landB which that corporation recently
bought lu the heart of the Reading
Company's territory at a cost of mil
lions of dollars will be pushed at
once.
Saved By Nerve,
Altoona (Special). L. L. Mastln.
aged 24, of Forestvllle, Mich., waj
run over by a Pennsylvania Railroad
train west of the city and lay for
hours wit both legs and right band
cut off. When he was discovered he
had so much vitality that be directed
how he was to be raised to be placed
on the stretcher to give htm the least
pain.
III-WIII Cost A Life.
Altoona (8peclal ) . The coolness
between Engineer W. B. Knlsely and
Fireman M. A. Wilson waB discover
ed to be the primary- cause Of tho
death of Levi A. Chroutster. At the
inquest Wilson testified be warned
Knlsely that there was an engine
ahead, but Knlsely Ignored him, a
collision followed and Chronlster was
crushed.
Clnlnw I .nl I- Were 'ounte rfelteu.
York (Special). United States
Commissioner Jobn K. Kell, of this
city, gave a hearing to N. G. Meads,
a Red Lion cigar dealer, ' who Is
charged with fraudulently uilng tta
mall. It Is said that In 1905 Mr.
Mead used coiuitertult union clirar
labels, while trading as N. G. Me-ds.
tho Crown Cigar Company, JetTernon
Cigar Company, und thi Common
wealth Clger Comimny The defend
ant was held In 1 1000 ball for tho
United State Dlstrlet Court,
Puxslrd By Peculiar Vrdl t.
Media (3peclal)..-Juilpea Jii-ii,-u
und P-roomall and several hwyort
wrestled with the pocullar vardlet
rendered In court a few day auu tn
the ease of Joseph Bray Qharged with
tilling James Allen at Fernwoort.
The Jury found Uray guilty of mur.
ier In the first deirree. but recom
mended him to the inircy of that
Court. Tho Court suggested thm
counsel en bott- i t,-s apor bsture
the Board if V:rC jiu itid .,! to
have the sentence cm. united to life
imprisonment. There ( no doubt
but what Ihit will be done