UTTLE WILLIE IN CANNING TIME
(Vhn m gt l"iy cannm' thing about
thi time o' yaar
'And leave m with the baby ftr to watch
the little dear, ,
Krt. thing you know it falla some way nd
get an awful bump
An' ma come tearin' up the taire, nbout
ix at a jump.
She aendi me down to watch the atuff
that'i boilin' in the pot.
And oh, the ainell that cornea from here ia
good, I tell you what!
But pretty toon, aomehow, It geta to lub-
blin' from the top
And ma cornea falling over chaira and
thinga to make it atop.
She geta the cana all act in row, and when
it'i boiled enough
It aplaabea on her handa and burna while
ahe pour in the atuff,
And juat becauae I'm lookin' on there a
anmething alipa aomehow
And down the can gop on the floor, and
gee! but there a a row.
When ma gel buay cannin' thinga I wiah
that I could go
Far, far away from home about a thou-
aand mile or ao
And then come back along about the time
the table' aet
And inaV got out a can or two of good
atuff to be et.
Chicago Record-Herald.
r
HE CAME TO HIS OWN.
J
Herbert Vinton passed his band
caressingly over his rather grayish,
though still luxurious, locks, and
studied the picture before him. It
was the photograph of a girl, or
rather of one who had been a girl the
day before.
Around him were many evidences
of wealth. In spite of his bachelor
hood he had all the cares and com
forts of a splendid and well ordered
house. He was not a clubman; he
had little taste for society; he had
traveled all he cared to; he had
grown weary of plays, and at fifty,
still as vigorous as he had beon at
thirty, he preferred to spend his leis
ure moments In his library. '
"Yes," he said to himself, still
looking at the picture, "If her mother
could be as she was twenty-five years
ago they might pass for twins."
He drew a long sigh. Twenty-five
years ago her mother had said no to
him and married a man who was
fifty-five.
"I was poor then," Vinton mused,
"and he was rich. Now I'm rich and
he well, I forgive him. He's dead.
And they are poor, and she Is still
ready to give not her soul this time,
but her daughter, 'for money.' "
The letter that lay on the desk
was from her. It was the first she
had written to him since their part
ing. She had at least been loyal to
the man she had chosen. Why, he
asked himself, had she sent him the
picture of her daughter, if not for the
purpose that had first suggested Itself
tb him? Why had she not sent her
own? Her letter, coming so soon
after the beginning of her widowhood
and the loss of her fortune, meant
but one thing.
When he entered his library the
next morning his eyes at once sought
the picture of the fair-faced girl.
"I'll go," ho said to himself, after
taking up the portrait again and gaz
ing at it for a long time. "Why
shouldn't I? There will be no unfair
ness about it not, at least, on my
part. .hey both of -hem owe it
to me. I've waited twenty-five years.
Why shouldn't I be rewarded now?
It will only be a case of turn about.
He took her In the glory and fresh
ness of her youth, when she right
fully belonged to me. But here"
he looked earnestly at the picture
again "sho has returned just as she
was whe:i they robbed me of her. 1
Fate
to do. She forgot that, through tier a
debt was to be paid, and that through
her they were to be Insured against
poverty. She forgot all save that
Vinton was estimable and kind, and
that It made her glad to know that
he was happy.
One day when she was away buy
ing things fo the wedding, her
mother and Vinton sat alone to
gether.
"You are going to be very happy
after all," she said.
"Yes," he answered "after all.
My glad old dream Is to come true
after all. You are good to let It
happen so; bui I shall have only what
Is mine after all, you know. The
years I have lost can never be given
back; they are gone forever. Still, 1
Digging Our Graves With Our Teeth.
By na. tALRBUV.
in tne whole realm of life there
are no two tissues more contrasted
than flesh and fat. Flesh Is muscle,
consisting of extremely active cells
of living protoplasm; fat consists
also of cells , but they contain prac
tically no protoplasm at all, and in
stead of It are simply filled with life
less oil. Fat cells are scarcely more
worthy to be called alive than the
; cells which compose our nails or
hair. Fat is In no sense part of the
living tissue of the body. It may
i act as reserve food; It may serve to
relieve pressure and to retain the
gladly give them for the Joy that is pwarmth of the body; but mnscular
returned to me. Only those who have
been robbed as I have been robbed
and who have won their treasures
back can know the gladness that
comes with tho returning of what is
my own. Only they who have been
loved and lost can know how deep
and how dark Is the valley which love
has come to call me out of. Forgive
me for saying these things to you. I
know you cannot understand them.
It is my present Joy that makes me
look back with pity for the hopeless
thing I was down there in the dark
ness where it was so lonely and so
cold. I have waited so long, I have
denied s long, that I am Intoxicated
by tho sweet aroma even before the
cup touches my Hps. You have
not "
With a pitiful cry she put hat
hands to her face, and for a moment,
while she sobbed, he stood looking at
her. Then he lifted her up, saying:
"Ood help me! I had forgotten
that all I have been denied you also
have been denied, and that if I return
to claim my love where It was taken
from me you must go on through the
darkness alone."
Eleanor drew back from the half
opened door anil went away softly,
leaving her mother in his arms. S.
E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
ELECTRIC SLEEP IN SURGERY,
will have her. She Is my own.
has glve:i her back to me."
He found them In plain little quar
ters, and Eleanor they had given
her her mother s name placed her
hands in his and looked up with a
look that awoke a thousand memories
in him. It wps the look that he had
o often, waking and dreaming, seen
before. Her fingers seemed to give
the old, glad, thrilling touch. Her
voice was the voice that had been
calling him through all the lonely
years. He had found hlB love again
' fair, undented, just as Bho was
wbon h had lost her.
The other looked upon them and
was silent. Youth was no longer
hers. Gladness was not In her eyes.
Her smile was not the eager smile of
nope. Much of her beaut she re
tained, but it was not the beauty that
Inspires love. It was such bei.uty as
might be chiseled out of marble.
In the days that came and went
Vinton's Joy was boundloss. There
had been dark years, in which he had
been sure that lie would never taste
the sweets of love again. He laughed
at hlniBelf for having harbored such
doleful thoughts. And always he
kept assuring his conscience that he
was preparing to claim only what was
hlB.
"She is mine; she has been re
turned to me by them that did me
wrong," he declared. "I have won
her by waiting. I will have my
own. "
Eleanor did not dread his coming.
Often she sat at the window looking
eagerly for him. She had learned
from her mother why he had been liv
ing in loneliness. She had heard from
her mother of the wrong that he had
suffered. She had learned that it
was their duty to make reparation.
Once, in a moment of depression, she
had asked:
"If he were still poor, would you
think 1 ought to give myself to him
to right the old wrong?"
Her mother had turued from her
and failed to answer.
They returned to something akin
to luxury. me doubts concerning
ihe manner in WHICH thv were to lot
along had been cleared away. In the
mother's eyes there was a look that
.was new and strange. Not a look of
jay, not a look of content. Perhaps
Hit look of the llonoss that has eaten
Iter whelp to satisfy her own hunger.
irernapB.
j wul uieunor discovered In good
time that she was not to be sucrin,
'Affection' for Vinton bad found its
way into her bieaBt. She did not
green for shame Ol the .alng she was
Professor Leduc Says He Has Discov
ered a Perfect Anaesthesia.
Stephane Leduc, .the eminent pro
fessor of the School of Medicine at
Nantes, France, has discovered a '
method of causing electric sleep,
which. It is declared, will replace !
chloroform and other anaesthottca in '
all surgical operations. The discov
ery proceeded from study of the ef- -fects
of intermittent currents and 1
from tho knowledge that the skull
and brain offer but little resistance
to the current.
For a human being a current ol
thirty-live volts Is applied intermit
tently In its full strength for minute
fractions of a second. Two electrodes
aro applied to the skull in a special
manner, ih polntc of application be
ing first carefully shaved.
Professor Leduc made scores of
experlm .nts on dogs and on himself.
All wer successful. The application :
of the current on the head is not
dangerous, and no ill effects follow,
even when the experiment lasts for
hours.
Tho advantages of the electric sleep
are said to bo numerous. Anaesthesia
by chloroform, morphine or other is
disagreeable, always dangerous, and
has often proved fatal, while the ;
awakening 1b painful. During the
electric sleep the patient is perfectly I
quiet and the awakening occurs U !
Boon as the electrodes are withdrawn. 1
Tiio sensations after the operation
arc quite agreeable. The mind ap- 1
pears to work more clearly and more
rapid, and there is a sense of in-
creased physical vigor.
This last circumstance led Pro
feMOr Leduc to use his brain elec- :
trlsation for cases of nervous exhaua- !
tion, and even ordinary fatigue and
morul depression, with wonderful re- ;
BUliS.
Incidentally the scientist assort": !
that the application in a certain man
Mr of hla special current will electro-
cute a subject in an absolutely pain- 1
less mr.nnor, gentle sleep being fol- I
lowed by Gradual hut certain death.
New York Times.
Wireless Money Lending.
One of the most interesting typei;
on tho American track Is the profes
sional money londer. Money lending
is absolutely forbidden, and so the
ontlre transaction must be conducted
sub rosa, but If a person who is "on"
goes broke, and he has some article
of jewelry of value with him, It is
easy for him to realize money on it.
The lender is an irreproachably
dressed person who sits in the grand
stand with the rest of the crowd, and
Is known in his true colors only to
the habitues of the track. A mnn
who wants some capital makes an un
obtrusive sign to him, and twirls a
ring he may be wearing at the time.
Shortly afterward both will proceed
to a restaurant, where, for the benefit
of onlookers, they will greet each
other as ordinary acquaintances. The
exchange is then made over tho drink
they order; the loan broker has the
ring and the better his capital. If
the latter cashes in on the next race,
he will roturn the money and the
agreed upon premium, and will re
ceive back his ring. From "The Peo
ple and the Ponies," by C. F. Peters,
in The Bohemian.
tissue is crammed with life, and di
rectly serves its purpose.
We recognize this distinction,
while Ignoring it, when we say that
a man is "putting on flesh"; but he is
never doing anything of the sort
when we say so. He Is putting on
fat; nay, more, if he continues the
. process ho will very soon begin to
replace flesh for fat. His muscle
cells. Including those of his heart,
will degenerate, die, and become
I replaced by lifeless oil of fat. I say
advisedly, then, that when a man Is
said to be putting on flesh he Is losing
flesh, for flesh Is muscle, and the
. muscles of a man who is becoming
j stout are undergoing either simple
I atrophy or else atrophy with fatty
', degeneration and infiltration.
No one has any business whatever
1 to bo as stout as the John Bull of our
I artists who are wise in what they
j select for the touch of caricature.
: That gentleman's corporation is a
sign not of health but of disease. He
eats too much and works too little.
1 His blood pressure is too high, his ar
I terles are becoming hard, his power
of thought is becoming impaired; in
t due course he will have a "shock."
If he recovers from it his had habits
will soon recur and he will have an
j other. If the state of the nation
j and its probable future has any cor
respondence to the physical state of
the grossly overfed and degenerate
person whom the cartoonists portray
it is high time that the national will
was made and our possessions ap
propriately bequeathed.
As a German writer pointed out
not long ago, "the whole secret of
prolonging one's life consists in doing
nothing to shorten it," and there is
nothing more certain than that over
eating shortens life.
It is only quite lately, however,
that we have begun to understand
this question, and one of the discov
eries we have made is that though
obesity shortens life and is a sign
of overeating, yet many a man may
overeat who does not become obese.
There is no question here of making
unpleasant remarks about stout peo
ple alone. The truth is that very
few of us, Indeed, can escape a gen
eral condemnation, whether we are
stout or not. Thus there is no need
for the stout person to point out that
he eats no more than his neighbor,
who Is not stout. Most probably
his neighbor also eats excessively, but
merely. has a different method of dis
posing of the surplus.
Now the point I wish to make is
this that for every Individual, ac
cording to his bodily structure, his
habits as to exercise, clothing, work,
worry, aim so rortn, mere is on any
given day a certain amount of food
which is the best for his health, and
all beyond that is merely an excess.
Matter is indestructible, we remem
ber, and If, having use for a certain
amount of matter, we deposit more
within ouraelves something has to be
done with it.
Jt is quite possible that in some
i v the least amount of harm may
be effected by turning the superfluity
into fat and storing ii away as con
veniently as possible. Though this
is bad enough in many ways, it may
be less injurious than the attempt of
the body to consume and destroy the
superfluous fuel. In many caseB this
is done, so that thousands of people
who eat far more than Is good for
them never become stout, though
they may bo eating more largely and
doing themselves more harm than
their plump neighbors, at whom they
point the finger of ascetic scorn.
These aro all preliminary consider
ations and I have not yet begun to
approach the really Important matter
to which I wish to devote these arti
cles. It is really nothing to me that
my neighbor should be too stout, but
it is a serious matter to mo, as a
student and lover of society, that the
mental powers of the middle age,d
and elderly of both sexes should
full In any way below the level which
may be expected of them.
Perhaps my elders will forgive me
for preaching at them it I aver that
my prime motive is a recognition of
the value of experience. Human ac
tion Is controlled by Intelligence and
not instinct, but though intelligence
can learn everything, it has every
thing to learn. For myself I pro
foundly believe In government by
the elderly In years. It Is a fact of
biography that the greatest works
In philosophy and political thought
and science and organization have
been the achievements of the elderly.
What could be more natural? Other
things being equal, the mere lapse
of time, the mere length of education
muBt tell.
But now observe the famous dic
tum that "a man is as old as his ar
teries." For myself I prefer to' say
that a i.ian Is as old as his mind, and
that a man's body Is as old as bis
arteries; but mind Is correlated with
brain, and all nervous tissue Is abso
lutely and continuously at the morcy
of Its blood supply. There Is, there
fore, a direct correlation between
the health of a man's arteries and the
health of his mental powers, as every
doctor knows. The great achieve
ments of thought which stand to the
credit of elderly men and old men
were most certainly associated wltb
young arteries, and an elderly man
with young arteries quite a rarity
in modern society !s in effect a
young mhn with an old man's experi
ence. He, and he alone, can make
the best of both ages, and where he
exlsta he may be found to dominate
and to lead his class, whatever It be.
Now, the reader will say that I
began to talk about overeating and
have permitted myself to wander into
a dissertation about arteries and old
age, but there has been no digression,
for in consequence of recent Investi
gations it seems extremely probable
that before long the doctors will be
compelled on all hands to denounce
overeating as probably the chief
cause of the premature arterial de
generation. Involving premature phy
sical degeneration, which is one of
the lamentable facts of our time,
our surplus food is In effect a mild
poison, or the source of poisonous
substances produced within the body.
Circulating in the blood vessels con
tinuously, these poisons naturally
Injure the delicate living cells which
line their walls, and arterial degen
eration follows, with consequences
which show themselves in every or
gan of the body, but most markedly,
of course, in the most sensitive and
dellcete and needy of them all, which
Is the brain. Aertrio-sclerols, or ar
terial hardening, is one of the most
Important of all diseases, though the
public hears little of it.
I am not stating anything novel
or sensational. Every doctor knows
the truth of the saying that "a man
is as old as his arteries," and great
medical conferences will devote them
selves for days to nothing but this
one subject. This morbid arterial
change may actually be felt by tho
doctor at almost any elderly wrist
In the country, and the wrist at which
It is felt is elderly, whatever its own
er's years.
Arterial degeneration is the cause
of practically all cases of apoplexy
or Bhock. No man can burst a
healthy blood vessel from within.
The bursting is a mere accident, de
pendent upon the fact that the vessel
is diseased. But, quite apart from
these calamities, arterial hardening
13 a personal and national cureo, es
pecially as It effects the efficiency,
the capacity for adaptation and the
energy of those who rule us, whether
in the pulpit or the press or Parlia
ment or elsewhere.
There appears to be a tendency
toward the Incursion of the young
man and the driving out of the old,
but what I want to see is young beads
on old shoulders, elderly men wltb
soft arteries, who will combine the
mental activity and fitness of youth
with the experience of age. Most
of our elderly men suffer from
chronic food poisoning with arterial
hardening, and they need some one
to tell them bo. This is quito an un
selfish task, for all the virtues of
youth lie In its soft arteries, so to
say, and If the middle aged learn how
to keep their own arteries soft, Inex
perienced youth will havo longer t
wait for the prizes it desires. Pall
Mall Gazette.
When tlie Sea Smokes.
Explorers tell of the peculiarity of
the Arctic regions. When it is very
cold a steam aa If from a boilin; ket
tle arises from the water. At forty
degrees below zero snow and human
bodies emit this vapor. It appears
that the colder the temperature the
more numerous are the deoeptive
signs of heat. When the tempera
ture is lower than forty degrees the
trees burst opeu wltb a loud report,
and there is a cloud of vapor as If the
thing had been done with powder.
When it is still colder the earth
cracks open with loud noises, rocks
break and Btreama of smoking wa
ter pour from the cracks in the earth.
Fire on the end of a cigar will go
out, but the cigar will emit smoke
from the whole surface as if it were
burning under tat wrapper. Phila
delphia Grit.
Foreiter Plnchot advises people to
use the ood but save the roods.
The Crime of "Shaving" Milk.
Taking as a standard the thou
sands of tests that havo been made,
both in this country and abroad, it Is
for the purposes of this argument
more than safe to take throe and one
half per cent, as the amount of butter
fat in average New York milk before
it is tampered with. Which is the
same thing as saying that 100 pounds
of this milk will make three and one
half poundB of butter. Now the law
declares that all milk which contains
less than three per cent, of butter fat
is adulterated. This means that any
milk containing three per cent, or a
trifle more of butter fat is perfectly
pure milk. And here is where the
dealer makes his little profit. The
average milk that he receives has at
least three and one-halt per cent, of
batter fat a great deal more. In
other words, than is necessary to pass
the legal test. Why not' pocket the
difference? Because the law declares
that adulterated milk is not only
milk to which something has been
added, but milk from which some
thing has been taken. But the law
doesn't amount to so very much out
in the country creameries, where in
spectors are few. So some may ro
move a cortaln amount from the
cream, "Bhave" It just to the danger
point, and send the cream thus
gained into the city, where it is sold
at from $5 to $10 the can. It is a
very simple matter to estimate the
amount of money which Judicious
shaving would bring in from the milk
supply of New York. The writer, to
gether with several Board of Health
officials, estimatod it at (4600 a day,
making large allowances for pure
milk, averages, etc. The amount of
loot thus annually accumulated may
be placed at awmttUtug over a million
and a halt of dollars a year, a tidy
sura. From "Life, Health and Out
Milk Supply," by Carrlngton A.
Phelps, in the Metropolitan Magazine.
Optimisms.
Our happiest moments are when we
forget self In useful effort.
Through the deBlre and effort to
express, we will reach the highest
good, or paradUe.
Man has always fallen upward, and
when ho haa kicked the ball. It has
aiwa.4 been toward the goal.
The wise man is ready to relinquish
anything and everything, confident
that something better is In store.
Happy la the child born Into a fam
ily where there is a competition of
ideas, and the recurring theme is
truth.
Mankind Is moving toward the
light, and such Is our faith now in
the divine intelligence that we do not
believe that in our hearts were plaut
ed aspirations and desires that are
to work our undoing. Elbert Hub
bard, In Llpplncolt's.
j i News of Pennsylvania J
JI'DGE LAYS DOWN LAW.
Sheriff Must Use t'p All The Force
In The County.
Bellefonte (Special) At a spec
ial sitting of court here Judge H. A.
McClure. of Union County, told
8horlff Henry Kline, of Center Coun
ty, very plainly what his duties were
under certain circumstances.
When the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company one nlgbt last week
brought 600 men here and put down
a branch road through the Nlttany
Iron Company's yards but on land
to which the Nlttany Valley Railroad
Company claimed title, Superintend
ent Oardner got out an Injunction
and gave it to the Sheriff to enforce.
The Sheriff merely read the Injunc
tion, and considered his duty done.
Judgo McClure told him that an
Injunction was a document that must
be enforced and It was his duty at
tho time, when the Pennsylvania
people refused to obey the law, to
deputise force enough to arrest every
nun or else throw them all in the
ireek. even if he had to call on
every able-bodied man In the county.
McClure was brought here by the
Nlttany Valley Railroad Company to
hear argument on why the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company and Nlttany
Iron Company had not obeyed the
Injunction and the result was he is
sued a writ of assistance compelling
the Sheriff to see that the Nlttany
Railroad Company's rights be con
served. This action will provent the
Ponnsy from using the new track
and puts the case back where It
originally was.
'PHONE COMPANIES PROSPER.
State Convention Of Independent
Association.
Harrisburg (Special). Tho fourth
annual convention of the Pennsyl
vania Stnto Independent Telephone
Association was held In the city.
There were present 200 representa
tives of ninety-eight companies.
The President's report contained a
summary of the year's work, and the
treasurer, C. E. Wilson, of Philadel
phia, reported that the treasury is
In good condition.
Some interesting figures were con
tained in the report of the secre
tary, H. E. Bradley, of Philadelphia.
He said that In the last year the
prosperity of the independent com
panies has been general and steady.
In the toll line business there was
an increase of 20 per cent, over that
of the previous year. There aro now
200,000 Independent telephones in
the State, 331 exchanges and 2238
toll stations. Better and more toll
lines are needed, he said, to effect
bettor returns in the business.
The question of admitting to the
association the companies of Dela
ware, New Jersey and Maryland was
brought up. F. A. Demareat, of
Trenton, and George Wllaon, of Phila
delphia, spoke for admitting them.
Thero wbb some, discussion and tho
following committee was appointed
by the president to consider the mer
ger: H. E. Bradley, Philadelphia;
E. D. Schade, tohnstown, and W. H.
Donllnger, Patton.
ENGINES CRASH.
The Actress Was Suspicious.
There is a charming young actress
who numbers among her friends a
well known clubman of Washington.
During her recent engagement. In the
national capital, the player was la
menting to her admirer the fact that
ahe was getting thiuner and thinner.
"Oh, not at all!" came from the
gallant clubman, who saw the lady's
detestation of too lean a figure. "On
the contrary, I assure you, you are
aa plump as a partridge!"
The young woman surveyed him
for a moment through narrowed eyes.
"Are you paying me a compliment, or
are you making game of me?" she
asked. Llppincott's.
TELEGRAM'S STRANGE SEQUEL.
Voriinn Revived From State Of
Coma.
Scrauton (Special ) .--A most as
tonishing sequel has come to light
of the case of Violet Klbler, who ap
peared at borne alive when her fam
ily expected ber dead body. A tele
gram was received on Monday by
Mrs. Henry Boetscher that her
daughter had died In Wstertown, N.
Y., and that the body would be for
warded at once. The girl herself
arrived In the train which was ex
pected to bring her remains.
Immediately after she came home
she was attacked with convulsions
and has been in a Berlous condition
ever since.
Thursday she confessed to her
mother that the telegram was sent
by a physician at the Hospital In
Watertown, who supposed that she
was dead. She revived from the
state of coma In which she had lain
and by huperhuman effort dragged
herself to the station and started for
home.
- Her Illness, she said, was caused
by the vlcloue attack made upon her
by a young man In Syracuse whom
she had refused to marry. Pursu
ing her for a fortnight with all sorts
of threats he Anally sprang at her
throat and nearly strangled her to
death. She still bears the marks of
his Angers. During her dellmlum
since she came home she has been
crying "don't choke, please don't kill
me," and the physicians here Bay
that she may never fully recover
from the experience she has undergone.
Lives Of Many Workmen Were
Imperiled.
Mt. Carmel (Special). By the
collision of two mine locomotives at
the Richards colliery one man was
killed and a half do.en others serl
ouBly injured, while the lives of a
hundred other were endangered.
Locomotive No. 4 was coming
down the mountain from the No. 4
slope carrying several cars on which
a hundred miners were, ildlng. En
gine No. 2 through Bouie misunder
standing of orders was going up the
mountain. At a sharp curve bulf
way up tho mountain the two en
gines mot. Both were smashod. En
gineer James A. Shaffer was Instant
ly killed. John Mohan and Peter
Dugan seriously Injured, while a
score of other.) sustained bruises.
Mr. Shaffer was an old resident
of thla place and for fifteen years
was borough treasurer. For twenty-
five years he was an engineer on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
SLEPT OX GOLD.
$27,000 III Currency Ami Coin Dis
covered in lied of Eccentric.
Carlisle (Special). Secreted In a
spiral-shaped spring In the bod on
which J. D. McDurniond, n well
known citizen of Newvllle, died there
wnB found $25,000 In thousand dol
lar bills and a small box of gold,
amounting to a couple of thousand
dollars.
McDurtnond was rather eccentric,
but none of his neighbors imagined
that he had so large an amount of
money In his possession. For tunny
years he was a traveling man, and
was 75 years old when he died.
Ills wife, who Burvlvea him, and
who Is also seriously ill, suspected
that her husband had money hidden
In the house and told her nolghbors
whoni sho trusted to seach carefully,
with the result that they discovered
tho fortune.
Blind Man Lost n Mountain.
Pottsvllle (Special) Totally
blind, Henry Meyers, of Philadelphia,
i loBt on tho Broad Mountain, near
here, and all efforts to locate him
have proven a failure. Meyers start
ed from the Ccmmerclal Hotel to
walk to Ashland for the benefit of
his health. When he was on top
of the mountain some one started
him on a short path through the
woods. It is feared the exposure
during the cold nights will prove
fatal before he Is found.
llrukemuii Scalded.
Easton (Special). During a fog
a collision occurred at Island Park
between two east bound freight
trains of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
resulting In all tracks at that point
being blocked for several hours. A
caboose was smashed and a steel
car thrown across the tracks and tho
onglne damaged, f-'red Mollur, aged
24, a flagman, who was In the ca
boose, was caught in the wreck and
had his leg badly scalded by escap
ing steam before, he could be resou
od. Ills home Is at Faokerton. He
Is In the Boston Hospital.
HISTORIC MANSION SOLD.
Washington's Headquarters Before
The Battle Of Trenton.
Doylestown (Special). Historic
Keith homestead, In Upper Makefleld
Township, at one tlmo the bead
quarters of General Oeorge Washing
ton, haa been sold at public sale to
Poore & Slgafoos, of Rlegelsvllle.
Mr. Poore, the head of the firm, is
County Treasurer. Besides the his
toric stone mansion, there are 231
acres, 72 of which are timbered.
Tho price paid was $9,200.
It was there that Washington had
his headquarters previous to te bat
tle of Trenton, marching with his
army to the river and crossing at
what Is now known as "Washing
ton's Crossing,'' at Taylorsvtlle, on
tho night of December 25, 1776, and
capturing the Hessians at Trenton.
Ended Career In Poor House.
Doylestown ( Special ). -"-Robert W.
Kelly, an Inmate of the Bucks County
Homo, attempted suicide by cutting
a small gash in his throat with a pen
knife. He died a few hours after
Inflicting the Injury, but death was
not caused by the wound. Kelly had
beon In poor health for Bome time
and his condition had gotten quite
serious, scarcely being able to
breathe. Up to a few years ago
Kelly had been active in business
and politics, but later met with re
verses and a year ago landed in tho
poor house. He was formerly a resi
dent of Bristol.
Hunter Lost Both Eyes.
Honesdale (Special). The first
0
hunting accident of a serious nature
that has occurred In this reglou this
season took place near Pleasant
Mount, Wayne County, when Earl
Miller, a married mnn, was shot by
one of four companions he was hunt
ing with. Mr. Miller received the
entire charge of bird shot In the
face and lost the Bight of both eyes.
QUINCES FOR STOMACH ACHH.
Woninn Say She Took One To
Relieve I'nln.
Reading (Special). Charged wit
malicious mischief in stealing quince
from the farm of her neighbor, Mil
ton Schlegel. of Exeter Township.
Mrs. Susan Troxell, wife or a promi
nent farmer whose property la near
that of Mr. Schlegel, was arrested
and held In bail for court by Magis
trate Koch.
The prosecutor alleges that for
three or four years he has been ex
perimenting, by grafting, in an effort
to produce the best quinces In tho
coluntry, having sent to France and
other countries. for scions, or twigs,
one object Being to avoid the Sab.
Jose scale. He asserts that ho
caught Mrs. Troxell stealing the fruit
at 2 o'clock In the morning, havlnf
set a watch when be noticed hla
choicest specimens disappearing.
Mr. Schlegel declares tbe Troxella
are jealous of his line fruit. At tho
hearing Mrs. Troxell assorted that
she took a quince to relieve a pain
In the stomach and that she had no
Intention of stealing the fruit. Sho
denied having made previous visits
to the orchard, although the prose
cutor alleges that the tree was strip
ped of at loaBt three pecks of quinces,
HUNTED FOR LEAK.
A ut omo M list Found Where The
Gasoline Was Escaping.
Allentown (Special). Thomas
Gehringer of this city had a narrow
escape from death In a Are which de
stroyed his garage and a new auto
mobile. Gehringer had just return
ed to the garage after a short run
and noticed that the carburettor was
leaking. Taking a lantern, ho crawl-'
ed underneath the machine to looato1
the trouble, and succeeded in doldfj
so only too quickly.
There was a burst of flame, which
enveloped Gehringer and set his
cothlng on Are. Rushing out ol
doors be extinguished the Aames on
the Clothing by rolling in the grass,
and then ran to a physician's office,
a mile away, to have the burn dress
ed. He is badly burned about both'
hands and arms and his mustaoha'
was singed from his face. The total
loss Is about $4,000.
FARMERS AOA1N8T GUNNERS.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Struck by a train and crushed,
Stewart Kohler, a switch tender at
Lehighton, died Just as he was
brought to St. Luke's Hospital, at
South Bethlehem. He was 29 years
old.
The directors of the Lewlsburg
National Bank elected James C.
Pnckor, of Sunbury, president, to
succeed the late Major I). Bright
Miller. John W. Rucher, for many
years assistant cashier, was made
cashier.
Merchants In the western section
of Chester want the Mayor to com
pel storekeepers In that locality to
close on Sunday. They claim that
the Sabbath Is being openly violated
and all kinds of establishments, with
the exception of saloons, sell goods
on that day.
The timber men at the Reading's
North Franklin Colliery retired from
the mines because they would not
submit to an alleged extra duty
without more compensation.
Probably the biggest field of corn
grown In Center County this yoar
was cultivated by Jerome A. Confer,
on his farm on Marsh Creek, In the
Bald Knglo Valley. Mr. Confer has
u field of about fifteen seres and Its
average height Is fourteen feet six
Inches. It is nine feet from the
ground to the ears of corn.
Samuel J. Klstler, of Allentown,
has puchased the Nace Farm of for
ty-one acres, located back of Lehigh
University, on tho top of Lehigh
Mountain. The price paid was $20,-
000.
Rev. J. P. Smith, later of Middle-
burg, has been elected to the itussel
Ulbllcal chair of German theolog' In
Lebanon Valley College.
J. W. Sherman, a painter, employ
ed on the house occupied by Deputy
Attorney General F. W. Fleltz, at
Scranton, foil thirty-six feet from a
ladder and broke both of his legs.
Mrs. George Harmon, aged 70
years, one of the oldest residents
of Munhelm, was fatally burned at
her home, when she applied a match
to a pile of waste paper In her yard,
when her clothing took fire.
While hunting rabbits, Earl Ruff.
of North Berwick, in climbing over
a fence discharged his gun, the load
atrlklug him In the shoulder and
causing a serious wound.
Esther Myers, the 8-year-old
daughter of Reuben D. Myers, died
at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster,
us the result of bc.ng knocked down
while fondling her pet cow.
Henry Baruhart, 70 years old, a
voteraa of the Civil War was knock
ed down and trampled upon by a
horse at York and severely Injured.
Johu Salasavage, aged 19 years, a
Shenandoah High School Senior, left
home to go chestnuttlng on Septem
ber H4 Ust, and nothing has bean
heard from htm since, although dili
gent search has boeu made of the
mountains and mine breaches In this
locality.
Trespass Notices Posted In The
Counties.
Chester (Special). With a view
of putting a stop to the destruction
of their property by careless gun
ners, the farmers in the southern
and western sections of Delaware
County have organized a protective
association. Notices have been Is
Miie6 warning gunners not to trespass'
upon their properties, which in the
aggregate comprise 5000 acres.
The new organization will be known
as the "Farmers' Protective Associa
tion," and It will employ special offi
cers to patrol their districts. Tho
land owners are as determined as
are the farmers of lower Chester and
Lancaster Counties to stop the dep
redations of gunners
Murder Witness Killed.
Shamokln (Special). Wallace
Norozl, was instantly killed by a
Reading freight, train near here. He
was the principal witness for tho
prosecution in an ensuing murder
trial, hi- brother having been shot.
It ia alleged by Michael Bednas and
John Bernis, In jail charged with
murder, a Jury having found a true
bill against them.
Think Murderer Insane.
Hollldaysburg (Special). Pro
ceedings were begun In tho Blair
County Court to declare Insane Roc
co Cirullo, who was recently con
victed of murdering his wife and Is
now resting under sentence of
death. The petitioners are relatives:
of Clrullo, who allege that he killed
bis wife In a fit of Insane passion
and that he cherishes the delusion
that a bug crawled Into his head
and is dancing on his brain pan.
Wants Rabbit Season Changed.
Reading (Special). Petitions to
the Legislature for a change in tho
rabbit season from October 15 to
December 1 to November 15 to De
cember 15 are being circulated here.
The movement Is expected to Bpread
all over the Slate, as the early open
ing is very unpopular. Most the
game bagged the last few days haa
been under-sized and unfit to eat.
Accused Of Murder.
York ( Special). Believing that
the murder of Warren Peterson was
deliberately planned by Fletcher
Vennble and Richard McVey, u war
rant will be Bworn out charging the
former with murder. Venable Is now
in the county jail and McVey is a
fugitive from Justice.
Extru Money For Miners.
Hazleton (Special). The Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company has
notified Its miners lu the Panther
Creek Valley that they will be paid
1 11.000 hack monev thta mnnth
Thts money was awarded them as
extra compensation for double tim
bering.
Hough Rider Killed.
York (Special). Warren Petor
Bon, colored, a member of the Roose
velt Rough Riders, was shot and In
Btantly killed at Jacob's Mills, near
here. The shooting was doue by a
colored man named Richard McVey,
of Philadelphia. Both men were em
ployed on the work of building the
trolley line between here and Han
over. The shooting was the out
growth of a dispute over the commis
sary department. The dead man
was from Olean, N. Y. McVey fled,
but is being pursued by constables.
Jump In Reservoir.
Media (Special). Rose Sweonuy.
a domestic employed In the family
of William H. Corlies. of Media,
Jumped Into the reservoir of tho
Springfield Water Company for the
purpose of committing uiclda, but1
upon being .rescued by Justice of the
Peace Bonner said that the water
was too cold to die in. She was
later committed to jell fey Justice
Bonner, who thought tho woman had
ben dritkiog. She was released
from Jail on the advice of the prison
physician, who said that the woman
Is suffering from brain fever.