" HOSTRLRV.
Jfce doorwey nprn on crumbled inn,
Whose windy eign in creaking overhead
fWi'h worm end weather where nsme
hd been
I Telling the empty title of the deed.
fWe he s hrd man in hie time of gain?
Or were hie cronies costly to hie puree?
Heel he good wife? We she wie or vain ?
How many monrnere followed et hie
hearse?
who from the road
conquering her
1 asked bnrefoot girl
Silently watched me,
fenre.
Who had been hot of thie antique irboile.
"Oh, he'e been dead," ehe MM, "for
yeare nnd yea re."
1 aked the countryside, and no one knew;
I asked the wnated sign-board overhead,
'And heard the hingee nnd the wind that
blew. '
Crying the empty title of the dead.
Hie ledger broken, debt and debtor gone.
Hi corner dark with rottenncm and
met,
8omewhere, mine host wne paying fleeh
nnd bone ,
To lengthen out hie lodging in the duet.
Witter Bynner, in Broadway Magazine.
The Boy He Was Looking For.
Br CHARLES FREDERICK fiOSS.
'hint blankly In the faee while, the
crowd of boys picked themselves up
and stood watching from a safe dis
tance. " 'My Denis would have been Just
about yonr site.' said the half
drunken puddler, and burst Into
tears.
' 'Den't cry! Don't cry!' exclaimed
little Atherton, putting both hands
on his shoulders. In an agony of sym
pathy, for It hurt, him to see the
giant weeping.
" 'Come home with me, lsd,' the
Irishman replied, and lifting htm
down from the bar, led him out of
doors. No one knows Just what hap
pened: but It looks as If the Mc
Olnnlses had adopted the boy, for he
stayed In tbo house, and the 'Volcano'
nas never utuiik anoiner arop.
"Send that, boy to me at 7.30 to- I
morrow morning. I've been looking
for him for twenty years," said the '
president, when the superintendent I
had finished his story. Epwortb (
Herald.
"TH EDITOR AND THE TOWN."
EGYPTIAN "SOUL HOUSES.
"There's a boy In the electrical
hops that I want to recommend to
your attention," said the superinten
dent of the Kureka Manufacturing
Company, as he and the president
came down the steps of the office, at
the noon hour.
"What about him?" asked that
brewd old gentleman.
"He has an inventive turn of mind,
and has already made several sug
gestions that have saved us a lot of
money."
"How old is he?"
"Fifteen."
"Fifteen? He is a mefe child."
"But he has a man's head on his
houlderB. There he Is now the lit
tle fellow that JubI threw that hand
spring. He's the queerest possible
combination of childhood and man
hood thafl ever saw. What In the
world is he up to?"
As the superintendent paused, a
falr-hai.-ed, slightly built lad disen
tangled himself from a crowd of fifty
or sixty workmen who were hurrying
into the street, and hid behind a cor
ner of the building, peering keenly
toward a figure coming slowly dovrn
the road. The object of his attontlon,
a man of almost gigantic mould, was
dressed in his working clothes, hav
ing evidently Just come out of the
rolling mill, where he had, no doubt,
been puddling iron. In spite of bis
dirt stained garments, he presented
not only an imposing but attractive
appearance. His great head was fine
ly poised upon his broad shoulders.
His features were strong, his blue
eyes keen, and his heavy shock of
hair so fiery red that his shopmates
called him the "Volcano."
The boy permitted him to pass the
corner, and then with an agile spring
bounded onto his huge back and
flung his arms around hid neck.
"You little imp!" the two observ
ers heard the giant exclaim, and then
saw him hoist his evidently not un
welcome burden across his shoulders
and start down the street on a run,
the boy's musical laugh ringing out
on the air, and the crowd cheering.
"That's his crony Mike McGtn
nls," said the superintendent.
"Queerly mated pair," the presi
dent replied.
"PerhapB you never heard how
they became friends."
"No."
"Well, this little shaver's name Is
Alfred Atherton. He lived in a little
town up the State somewhere, and
when his parents died a couple of
years ago, struck out for himself and
came down to Cincinnati. For a few
jweeks he sold papers; then got into
the messenger service, and finally
landed here. He was good-natured
and clever, making many friends;
but exciting some hostility by bis in
domitable teetotalism.
"While be was not aggressive about
his temperance Ideas, it became per
fectly evident that he disapproved of
his shopmates' habits of 'rushing the
growler." They reseuted this, of
course, ridiculing, abusing and tempt
ing him cruelly. Nothing could move
htm, however, and they resorted to
the scurviest trick you ever heard
about.
"Eight or ten of the biggest and
roughest boys in the shop devised a
scheme to Inveigle him into one of the
saloons and either persuade or force
him to drink a glass of rum. Some
how or other, they got him inside
the door, and failing to make him
obey.'- them voluntarily, began to
threaten. 'We'll pour it down your
throat,' they Baid. 'You will?' he
cried, with flashing eyes. 'We'll see!
My father till:, a drunkard's grave
and I promised my mother on her
dying uea that id never drink a
drop! Now make me break that
promise If you can.' With these
words still on his lips the little shaver
flung off his coat and set his back
ugainst the wall. ,
"In a jiffy the crowd was on him
and ho went down, but fighting like
a Wildcat! Several of them held his
hands and feet; others pried his
mouth open, and one was Just going
to pour the whisky into It, when this
same big Irishman sprang from his
chair, and seizing them one after an
other, flung them across the room as
if they had been 'five-pound bags of
salt. When he came to little Ather
ton at the bottom of tho pile, he
picked him up: set him on the oar
slapped him on the back, and said to
him, 'You little spalpeen, you mn.ko
me want to sign the pledge.'
1 'Then do it,' said Atherton.
'But I can't keep it.'
" 'You can, with the help of God,'
the boy replied.
"There was something about the
honest look in his eyes, and the clear
ring In his volee :aat mad the giant
tremble. He had been a terrible
man, you understand, having taken
to drink on account of the death of
a little child. He was the best pud
dler in the city, earning eight or ten
dollars a day, but spending it ail in
weekly drunks, and going home to
abuse the uweetest and most patient
little woman in the world.
"Vr a moment McGlunla looked
Recent Discoveries Show That Thcj
Were Burled Under the Sand
Fop HOOO Yearn.
During last winter many pottery
models of houses were brought to
light in upper Egypt. They came i
from 4i large cemetery near Rlfeh, in
the Nile Valley, and belonged to the
ninth or twelfth dynasties, which
wonld be about 3700 to 3300 B. C.
The models were on the "foot
plain'' formed by about half a mile
of desert between the cliffs and the
JNile mud cultivation and cut In a
gravel shoal, accumulated by wash
from the desert hills during rare
storm bursts. So exceedingly rare
were these storm bursts that they
probably occurred only once In a
generation. In 5000 years about
twenty-five Inches of grnvel had ac
cumulated at the rate of about half
an Inch each century.
Explorers on cutting through these
twenty-five Inches discovered hun
dreds of graves. All had been plun
dered of their valuables long ago, but
the plunderers had taken no heed of
the pottery model houses. The mod
els are believed to have been placed
on the graves to provide shelter for
the souls when they came out In
search of sustenance.
These early models, being much
exposed, are seldom perfect. Their
origin Is in the tray of offerings,
which, however, were felt to be in
sufficient for a .'uiul coming up from
the earth below, bo a shelter for the
soul was accordingly built, apparently
copied from the Bedouin tent.
Later a small hut. In shape like
sentry box, was provided, some
times containing a chair; then a por
tico waa added, a raised cope put
round the roof, and a canopy and
shelter from the sun added above the
water tank, which had from very
early times been a part of the offerings.
In time a whole upper story was
added, with a veranda along the back
of the roof, and wind openings, and
then furniture began to be added. In
the latest models of soul shelters
there Is a couch In the front portico,
to get the coolest air at night low
down. There is, too, a chair on the
upper floor, to avoid the dust and
hot air from tho ground during the
day. In some models there Is alao a
stool, and beneath the staircase lead
ing to the upper story a woman mak
ing bread, with a large water Jar by
her side. The offerings are placed
against the wall between two door
ways. There Is considerable varia
tion in minor details. New York
Tribune.
Electric Power For Farms.
A great many things can be done on
a farm with electricity if one has the
electricity. It can ba used for driv
ing small machines, pumping and
even plowing. The trouble Is, how
ever, to get the electricity. Genor- .
ally speaking, anything which will
generate that form of power a gaso
lene engine, or windmill, for Instance
can bo more advantageously em
ployed in doing the work of grinding
or pumping than in generating cur
rent. Howover, if it be possible tc
obtain a supply from dynamos driven
by water wheels the cost Is almost
suro to be low. Little use of this
method has yet been reported In the
United States, but something haa
been accomplished In France. A com
pany was formed at Voyenne, in the
Department of Aisne, to utilize three
small waterfalls more than a dozen
years ago. Slow progress wsb made
at first, but last August the total con
sumption was about 133 V horse pow
er. It was used to some extent for
lighting, but also to drive electric mo
tors employed In grinding, crushing
and cake cutting. The area served is
about forty square miles in extent.
Lamp For Dante's Tomb.
The Italian Dante Society is to fur
nish the tomb of the poet of Kavenns
with a lamp which, it is proposed,
shall bo kept perpetually burning at
the expense of the municipality of
Florence. The lamp Is In the four
teenth century Venetian style, It
main feature being an ostrich's egg
surrounded at its greatest diametei
by a circlet of copper with ornaments
of gems, lapis lazuli and malachite.
The cup of the lamp will be of the
finest Venetian crystal. The work is
pronounced worthy of the best trudi
tlons of Florentine craftsmen. It
will probably be placed in position at
Ravenna in tho course of October.
Loudon Tribune.
Oklahoma Oratory.
Here is the way Champ Clark, of
Missouri, talks about Oklahoma to
her blushing face: "The Garden of
the Gods! A marvel of human indus
try, a coioasai and enduring monu
ment to the American love of home.
A model,progresslve Commonwealth,
the last to bo carved from the mag
nificent empire which Jefferson bought
from Napoleon for u song an em
pire greater in possibilities than that
over which the Mad Macedonian
waved bis ever advancing banner or
over which the Roman eagles flow
when the Seven Hilled City was mis
tress ot the world." Kuusus City
Times.
By D. W. ORAVDON. TELEGRAM,
ADRIAN, MICH.
Communities are different. The
people of one town differ from the
people of another town. An edito
rial policy that will win applause In
one community would create a bushel
of ' stops" in another. The editor
who would be popular and a power
In one community might play a loRlng
game and become a man of small In
fluence In another.
There are towns that will take
almost any kind of plush that nn
editor may give his readers. There
are other towns that almost resent
a real editorial opinion. The editor
Is an evolution. He is growing better
year by year, the town Is an evolu
tion. It Is growing bigger and broad
er and greater year by year. I be
lieve and have always maintained,
both in public and private, that an
editor bolh to be successful nnd in
fluential must play square with the
people.
If partisan politicians, rings or ma
chines are robbing the public and
the editor Is sure of his grounds,
he should be man enough to Bay so.
If special Interests are work ins
special schemoB to give them special
prlvilegs' to benefit the few at the
expense of the many, the real editor
who plays square with tho people
should be willing to oppose directly
and emphatically all such schemes.
The real editor should be broad
enough and have backbone enough
and brains enough to take a stand In
opposition to his best friends, to his
largest patrons, to his heaviest ad
vertisers, If the public Interest de
mands it. The public Interest should
come first. Even from the most
selfish standpoint if no other.
Your best friend may die. Your
largest patron ma sell out or move
awny. Your heaviest advertiser may
go into bankruptcy. But the pub
lic goes on forever.
Play square with tho public and
tho public is your friend, and If the
public is your friend, the advertiser
will go to the paper the public reads,
whether he believes in the editorial
policy or not.
Then on broad principles without
attempting to suggest any plan that
would apply generally, the editor
should be honest. He should be hon
est with himself, honest with the
public and honest in tho presentation
of public, questions.
It Is Impossible to always be right.
Mistakes will happen. "Honest edito
rials are often written on misinfor
mation. But even they should ring
true. They should strike clear. They
should not be written as If the editor
was feeling around for a soft place
to light. More than that, a news
paper ought to have editorial opin
ions. More than that, it ought not
to dodge local Issue. It is the local
questions that interest the local
readers.
A Republican editor or a Demo
cratic editor, who devotes a column
to lambasting the opposition party
on national or State questions, and
permits his party council to give half
the town away, without ever uttering
n protest, is not living up to the
high ideal of a real editor.
The local editor cannot do much
toward shaping the destinies of his
State or national organization, but
with the use of brains and tact and
hard work, he can do wonders toward
helping his home town. It is the
duty of the editor to do all he can
to help his town.
He should favor the policies that
will help his town get new factories,
new enterprises, new improvements,
new citizens. He should help his
town by frequently speaking of Its
advantages, its good location for
business, its opportunities for buyers.
The newspaper that Is not afraid to
get on the right side of public ques
tions will be respected. A great
many editors speak out strongly on
most questions, but weakly dodge the
liquor and similar questions. Don't
dodge anything. Don't be afraid of
anything.
Meet and treat the questions of
the day fairly and honestly. The
public is willing to differ from you
But it doesn't admire an editor who
is always squirming around and
flopping about.
If a Democratic alderman should
make a mistake, take a wrong posi
tlon, the thunders of Mt. Sinai would
not bo equal to the thunders of vl
tuperatlon the Republican organ Is
usuully able to turn loose.
Or if the shoe should happen to
be on the other foot, the roar of
Niagara would be as mild as a sum
mer breeze, compared to the raging
torrents of denunciation and noise
that a partisan Democratic editor
would fire at ' the political culprit
whose ehief fault probably arose
from his standing in the way of some
graft in which some friend of the
partisan journal was Interested
A thousand worse things, however
would go tobogannlng through the
town, creating havoc, piling up taxes
getting tbe town by the ears, and the
same editor would never utter a word
of protest.
It Is my judgment that an editor
should be an editor. That he should
never be a partisan partisan. Belong
) to a party if you feel that to be your
i duty, but don't let the party use you
) to pull Its burning chestnuts out of
tho fire.
Like a just judge sitting on the
bench, the editor should deal with,
public questions from tho sole stand
point of doing the greatest good to
tbe greatest number. I believe that
such policy Is not only the right pol
icy, but I believe I'. i Lis winning
way.
The editor must be fair. He must
be honorable in his deulings with the
public. He should staud fairly in
favor of right principles, sobriety,
honesty. Integrity, honest and eco
nomical public service and "hurrah"
for his town always and all tbe time.
He should print a good newspaper,
a newsy newspaper, au enterprising
newspaper, an up-to-date American
newspaper. He should see that the
local news field is carefully handled,
thoroughly covered, and the paper
edited with a view to making tbe
news reliable as well as readable.
But it Is useless to offer suggestions
As to the town mach depend on
that. Some cities are very proud
of very poor papers. Some cities are
constantly kicking at very good
papers. No hard and fast lines can
be laid down as to what the town
should do for the editor. But I
think It is safe to say that if he will
give hla town his best efforts, even
though they may not always be bril
liant. Just an honest, earnest effort
to serve the people, his town will be
good to him.
The editor must tnke the people,
ns he finds them. He must take his
town ns he finds it. It Is not the
editor's duty to carry all the burdens
of the town on his own shoulders,
hut he will have to rnrry ten times
as many of them as any other man.
The editor should not Imagine that
he is the dlctntor. He should not
swell up and become Infected with
the notion that he is the big boss
or the one overgrown hoy. who is to
do all the talking. That won't go
down with a lot of people.
The town is ful' of people who
know what they want done Just as
well as tho editor knows what he
wants done. They can give him bush
els of points every day In the week.
They can tell him where to back In.
They can toll him when to slow
up. They can ten mm wnen to put
on steam anu wnen tnrow on mo
brakes. That Is a right that belongs
every free American. It Is his
privilege to show the editor where
he thinks he is wrong in batches,
bushels and bundles.
In fact some of the people some
imes get bo excited over their fail
ure to reform the editor that they
are liable to quit taking his paper for
few weeks at least.
If the paper Is really worth while.
they soon come back. After that they
do not try to reform the editor all
the time they begin to stop and eat
once In a while, at least and they
usually stay longer after an experi
ence of that kind.
For myself, I believe In opening
up the columns of my paper freely
to the people who disagree with my
editorial policy. The public Is given
to understand that while I am com
pelled to pay for the privilege of
saying what I plea.Be, as well as pay
for the other fellow's privilege of
appearing in print, the public can use
the columns of the Telegram without
money uud without price to agree or
disagree with my editorial policy or
utterance Just as much as they like
so long as they present their remarks
in a respectful manner.
The real editor It seems to me
should not be afraid to open up his
columns to the kicker, the knocker
or the objector. Give these people
Hpace and if they are wrong, they
will hang themselves. If they are
right, the editor certainly has no
reason for keeping their utterances
from the public. After all every
great reform that has ever blessed
mankind has been started by what
in this day and age would be called
a "knocker."
If the editor 1b the man he ought
to he, he lights the torch of progress
and goes marching up and down the
streets. He asks the populace to
unitedly and earnestly get together
and give the old town a boost.
Sometimes In some towns the
people quickly respond. They fol
low the leader and they do things
for the old town that make the
knockers and the kickers' club waken
up and take notice.
Sometimes In some towns, no
amount of coaxing, no amount of
argument, no matter how well the
story is presented will bring results.
In such a place I can see only one
hope for the real editor, and that is
to sell out and got into some town
where Intelligence, bard work apd
enterprise will be appreciated.
The editor must believe in the
town If he wants the town to believe
in him. It seems to me that he
should keep his paper free from en
tangling alliances of all kinds.
'If an editor is constantly asking
tbe politicians to favor special ordi
nances that will give him business,
be gets into a position where he natu
rally is compelled to favor the ordi
nances the politicians want passed
to give them or some other workers
special privileges.
I don't believe the editor will gel
as much from that kind of method
as he will by keeping entirely free. , 1
don't believe he is doing the best he
can for his town, and I don't believe
his town will do the best for him If
be follows that kind of a policy.
He should ask only what Is .fair.
He should be willing to share tn the
geueral prosperity. He should not
insist on cream all the time. He
should get his results by working for
the good of the whole town.
It seems to me that tho editor who
does this will have greater prosperity
on tho average. He will at least
eujoy tbe confidence and respect of
his fellow citizens. He will live a
life of usefulness for the good of the
old town. He cau make a good liv
ing for himself and leave an honor
able patrimony for bis family.
When at last old Father Time
strikes "thirty" and the work of his
life is done, the old town will be a
sincere and honest mourner that so
good a friend has gone to his re
ward. What more cau the editor ask of
the town than appreciation while
alive and real sorrow when he Is
called to his long rest, well earned.
From the National Printer-Journalist.
r tSSSSsjstJSegi
Newso Pennsylvania
The Dual Time.
Our idea of a soft snap is a Pull
man car conductor, sayu the Holtou
Recorder. All he seenis to have to
do is to take up tbe tickets from six
to two dozen passengers aud give
them a check instead. He has a
porter to do all the work and the
pussengors are expected to pay the
porter bis wages In tips. Only once,
wo believe, have w seen the Pull
man couductor earn his salary. On
that occasion two women held tickets
tor the same lower berth, and as one
of them had to take an upper, that
conductor wore u haunted, haggard
expression ror the next twenty-four
hours. Kansas City Journal.
TO HATCH A BILLION FISH.
Mate Department Wlll'VrodiK More
Fry Than Four Other States.
Harrlsburg (Special). The De
partment of Fisheries Is preparing
for next -year's output of fish, which
It is expected will run to the billion
mark and exceed thnt of any four
States In the 1'nlon.
Four million trout eggs have al
rendv been taken at Corry. and two
million at Bellefonte. It Is expected
that the take at the four trout hatch
eries will be about nine million,
which will be supllmentod by Beveti
million more from private hatcheries.
If the expeditions of the Depart
ment are realtred, the output of
trout next spring will be doubl I thnt
of last year,
Arrnngefnents have been made for
cooperative work with the United
States Government In taking white
fish, lake herring and lake trout
eggs, and with New York for Joint
work In taking lake trout eggs. The
Department will also put spawn
takers on the fish boats going out
from Erie. Eggs have already ar
rived at Brie and by the first of the
year It Ik expected there will be a
hundred million eggs In the hatchery.
STEEL OFFICIALS AOOXJSED.
Held In 910900 Ball On ( barge Of
Forgery In Altering Bill.
Scranton (S p e c I a 1). John L.
Kemmerer and his son, Willis Kem
merer, ex-prosldent and ex-vlce presi
dent of the Kemmerer Steel Com
pany, were held in $10,000 ball on
the charge of forgery. Phillip Rob
inson, treasurer of the company, is
the prosecutor.
It is alleged that the senior Kem
merer altered the price of material
furnished by a Pittsburg firm, to an
amount twice the original bill, and
pocketed the difference, alleged to
be 25,000.
ThlB week the stock in the com
pany was bought for hnlf Its face
value by some of tbe officials.
.Monument Site Selected.
Harrlsburg (Special). The com
mission created by the recent legis
lature to erect a monument on the
battlefield of Petersburg, to com
memorate the bravery of the Third
Division of the Ninth Army Corps,
of the Army of the Potomac com
manded by General John F. Hart
ranft, at a meeting here decided to
locate tbe monument In' front of
Fort 8edgwick.
Seven sculptors have entered the
competition for the design, and each
of these will bo heard before tho
commission makes Its selection.
Among those In competition Is John
Ruckstuhl, who designed tho Hart-
ranft statue on the hill.
Jenklntow-n's New Ward.
Jenkintown (Special). -Commls
sioners appointed by the Montgom
ery County Courts to pass upon tho
advisability of creating an addition
al ward in this borough met here,
and, it Is expected, will report fav
orably to tho proposed change. Not
a single protest was lodged against
the proposed change, while a score
of the most prominent men of the
borough were in attendance and gave
testimony favorable to It. The Com
missioners, Messrs. John Hampton,
James C. McUrdy and Thomas S.
Gillen, at the conclusion of the hear
ing, were taken over the borough
and along the lines of the proposed
change, and will prepare their re
port for submission to the December
term of court.
HUNTING FOR PESTS.
Zoologist Surface Appoints Inspec
tor To Show Farmers How
To Fight Insects.
Harrlsburg I Speclsl ) - Twenty-one
Inspectors were appointed by State
Zoologist Surface to carry on the
Fall campaign against Insect pests In
Pennsylvania. They will give practi
cal demonstrations from now until
next Spring and Professor Surface
believes the work will result beno
ficlally to the frame and rrult grow
ers. The list of Inspectors und the
territory In which they will give the
demonstrations follows:
M. L. Benn. Coudersport. for Pot
ter, MrKcan and Cameron.
James Bergy, Mlfflingtown, for
Mifflin and North Juniata. Hunting
don.
K. C. Bowers. East Petersburg, for
North Lancaster and Lehigh.
P. R. Boltz, Enston. for Northamp
ton.
J. S. BriggB, Norrlstown. for Mont
gomery.
J. W. Cox, New Wilmington, tor
Lawrence and Mercer.
Fred R. Fertlg. Lebanon, for Leb
anon. A. O. Finn, Clifford, for Lacka
wanna. T. C. Foster. Wlnfleld, for Union,
Perry and Snyder.
F. Z. Hartzell. Mechnnlcsburg, for
Cumberland and Franklin.
J. D. Herr. Lancaster, for South
Lancaster and Berks.
P. H. Hertzog, Harrlsburg, for
Dauphin.
D. A. Knuppenburg Lake Cary, for
Wyoming.
R. F. Lee, Bedford, for Bedford,
Blair and Fulton.
E. L. Loux. Souderton. for Bucks.
B. S. Moore, Knlpsvllle, for Schuyl
kill County.
Frank MoClure. Evans City, for
Venango and Butler.
D. K. McMillan, Gettysburg, for
Adams.
J. K. Owen, Freeland, for Luzerne,
Carbon and Monroe.
E. F. Pierce, Coatesvllle, for York.
M. E. 3hay, Tacony, Philadelphia,
for Delaware nnd Philadelphia.
A. W. Stephens, Lewlsburg, for
Northumberland. Montour and Co
lumbia. G. W. Sloop, Indiana, for Indiana,
Armstrong and Jefferson.
W. G. Winner. Calvert, for Lycom
ing. Francis Windle, West Chester, for
Chester.
These Inspectors will visit farmers
and fruit growers to Instruct them
in tho way to fight the pests and to
demonstrate methods.
THREAT OF TORT! RE.
New York City has the reputation
alongitbes lines. You all kuow th of carrying more bedbugs in its pub
thlngrf as well as, many of you better I lie conveyances than any other city
Hum 1 do. I in the world.
legislator Mimics.
Hazleton (Special) . Miss Ger
trude Hellor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Heller, of North Laurel
Street, was married io Frank Pierce
Barnhart. of JohnBtown, by Rev. A.
S. Passlek, pastor of St. Paul's Meth
odist Episcopal Church, of this city.
Foster Heller, brother of the brido,
was the best man and MIhh Ruth Hel
ler, sister of the bride, was brides
maid. Only the families of the two prin
ciples were present. Mr. Barnhart,
who represents tbe First DlBtrlct of
Cambria County In the State Legis
lature, Is a graduate of Princeton
and Dickinson and is a prominent
attorney of Johnstown.
Sleeps On The Railroad.
Bloomsburg (Special). For the
third time within a month trains on
the Bloomsburg ft Sulllvsn Railroad
have been compelled to atop while
the crews removed Hiram Neyhart,
of this place, from the (racks. Every
time Neyhart Indulges too freely he
selects the railroad tracks as the
place for a nap. The train crews
say that they are weary of lifting
him from the tracks and threaten to
handle him roughly If he again com
pels them to stop a train.
Upholding Registration Law.
Hazleton (Speciul). Because the
County Commissioners permitted the
addition of 150 names to the vot
ing list the registrars In this city
propose to take the commissioners
before court. The registrars assert
that all the men whose names were
added had ample time to register, but
when asked for their tax receipts
they refused to show tbem.
Curing For Tbe Miners.
Sim kin (Special). Plans were
prepared here by the Young Men's
Christian Association lor the forma
tion of c for tbe educatlonnl and
moral advancement ot miners. Tbe
work will receive the hearty coopera
tion of coal companies aud Indivi
dual operators. Minors' foremen,
firemen, fire bosses, engineers and
outside men will each have separate
clubs. Joint conferences will be held
regularb and will bo addressed by
experts on various mining subjects.
Children's Strang IVath.
Norrlstown (8poclal). Clayton,
the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nice, of Worcester, was buried
beside his 2-year-old sister who died
less than a year ago, from a similar
ailment. Both ohlldien died from
blood ooslng from their mouth, nose,
and ears, despite careful medical at;
(option.
Those make five children less Mind
7 years old who died In tbe family
from the same malady with In two
years. Tbe otfiers were those of
Mrs. Godsball, of Worcester, a sister
of Mrs, Nice.
Carbolic Acid Thrown On Young
Woman's Face.
Scranton (Special). Letters
threatening the destruction of "their
homes, the chopping to pieces of
their bodies after torture of every
sort violent and terrible have been
received by Miss Agnes Carroll, 20
years of age, of Dunmore, and by
Arthur Schultz, of ABh Street and
Prescott Avenue. The letters follow
ed the throwing of carbolic acid in
to the face of Miss Carroll one night
recently by a mysterious woman In
black. The authorities of Dunmore
are lnvestlgatfng the case and expect
to soon make arrests.
The attempt to disfigure Miss Car
roll, followed by the receipt of tbe
threatening letters by her and Schultz.
has stirred Petersburg and Dunmore
to a pitch of Intense agitation, as
Miss Carroll and Mr. Schultz are both
very well known.
Since the letterB began coming,
about two weeks ago, the young
woman is momentarily in dread that
the threats will be executed. The
carbolic acid came near destroying
her sight and since letters telling her
that she is to be killed and muHlated
in the most horrible manner she is
constantly on the verge of hysterics
It Is thought that a Jealous woman
is at the bottom of the letters and the
author of the plot.
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Young Woman Walking On The
Railroad.
York, Pa. (Special). Miss Emma
J. Metzgar, 21 years old, daughter of
Dr. George W. Metzgur, of 1400 West
Market Street, was killed on the
Western Maryland Railroad by be
ing struck by a passenger train. Her
logs wore broken, her he-ad was
crushed and she wbs hurt Internally.
Miss Metzgar had left her home to
go to Black's Hosiery mill, where she
was employed In the office. She was
walking on the Pennsylvania Railroad
track and upon hearing a trnln ap
proach on that track she stepped
over to the Western Maryland track
wben the out-going passenger train
Instantly hit her.
MisKiug (KM Bride.
Chester (Special). Miss Edna
May Sheldon, the pretty 17-year-old
girl who disappeared from home a
week ago and who the police of all
the large cities In the country have
I been searching for, has been located
In Philadelphia. rno young woman
Is now the wife of Frank McNeal,
the ceremony having taken place In
Wilmington by Mayor Horace Wilson.
Smothered In Hand Pit.
Hanover (Special). John D.
Frock, 4 5 years old, foreman of tho
sand quarries at Me8herrystown, lost
his life by a cave-In while he was
working under a large projection.
The sand suddenly fell and envelop
ed him and he wus suffocated before
his fellow-workmen, who narrowly
escaped, could rescuo him. Frock
was warned ot his perilous position,
but persisted in risking bis lifo, de
claring he had no fear.
Judge's Election Expense mil.
Easton (Special).- Judge R. C.
Stewart who was elected to the full
term on tbe bench at the last elec
tion, kas filed his sworn statement
of expenses Incurred. The total
amount Is (2,648.74. This Is made
up of these Items: Contribution to
(he Republican County Committee,
il2r.ii; printing, t0.OO.46; postage.
$764.64; clerk hire, $3. 06; travel
ing expenses, 14.00. He also swear
in bis statement that he recaived no
money contributions from any source
i. ml that he bas no unpaid political
debts
PROTECTING CfTV W ATER.
State Health Official Inspecting
Heading' Supply.
Reading (Special ) . A force of six
field officers from the State Henlth
Department at Harrlsburg began In
specting the drainage area of the
Maldencreek and Bernhart wator
supplies of (his city to ascertain the
source of contamination and pollu
tion of these watersheds. In compli
ance with a recf.-nt act of the Legisla
ture. The State Department'.! action ha
beep hastened by the, passage at ti.o
election of a 1.100.000 loan for the
Alteration of all tho city's water sup
plies. Three of the officers proceeded to
day to Lehigh County, In which I
one of the tributaries of the Mald
encreek. They are equipped with
blue prints and every contamination
will be marked on the maps, aud
those guilty of polluting at reams will
bo notified to desist.
NOVEL COAL HUT.
Operators Seek To Have Royalty
Paid Lund Owner Reduced.
FreHnnd (Spatial). A suit of far
reaching Importance of coal inter
ests, including consumers as well as
miners, has been begun by Coxe
Brothers ft Co. against the Smith
tract at Oneida. The tract consists
of 430 acres and Is controlled
through the Powers Agency of Phila
delphia. Arbitrators are now taking
testimony. As experts in the case
L. E. Emmerch, civil engineer; E. D,
Jones, mine operator, and Edgar
Kuddlrh. mining engineer, have been
appointed.
T'nder the terms of the contract
the company must pay royalty on a
minimum of 50,000 tons of coal I
year. Tbe company has asked for a
reduction in this amount for several
years on tbe ground that It cannot,
be mined at a profit under, existing
conditions.
WIFE HEATER THRASHED.
Frcelnnd Burgess Applies The Rod
Till HiinIiuikI ... s For Mercy.
Freeland (Special). Stephen
Balna, a foreign miner, was arrested
here charged with beating his wife.
When he appeared before Burgesi
Hartman he solemnly promised nev
er to do so again. Ai the same Uflta
Burgess Hartman promised to thrash
Balna If he failed to keep bis word.
Balna had been at home but a short
time when another call was sent In
for the police and the man was
again taken into custody on the old
charge. Burgess Hartman. equipped
with a barrel slave, whipped the
brutal husband until he begged
plteously for mercy.
A crowd collected about the hall
and witnessed the affair through the
windows and cheered Burgess Hart
man loudly.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
While on his way to work. Bi nja
mln F. Martin, a Pennsylvania Rail
road track walker of Lancaster, was
struck and killed by a train.
The farm owned by the estate of
former United States Senator Mnt
thew Stanley Quay, at Mountvllle,
generally known as the Ste!iman
farm, containing 108 acres, was sold
at private sale to E. H. Kaiiffmaii.
on private terms.
Joseph Smith, n burglar, who was
caught robbing the house of Joseph
Boho, at New Philadelphia, and had
his skull split open with an ax by
the owner of tbe premises, was dis
charged from the hospital and aj
at once placed on trial at Pottavllle
for burglary. He was convicted and
sentenced to elghr years In the peni
tentiary. Harry Jlmmel, aged 45 years, one
of the most skilled operators In the
service of the Reading Railroad and
employed by that company for twenty-four
years, was found dead in bed
at his home at Myerstown. A hem
orrhage caused death.
The borough of Slntington bas a
serious whooping cough epidemic
fully 300 cases being reported to the
health authorities and physicians.
A Laurel line express train enter
ing Wilkes-Barre ran into a coal
wagon killing both horses aud seri
ously Injuring William Prutzeman.
the driver.
Disgusted with the criticism of the
people who objected to paying a 5
per cent, road tax and condemned
because the roads were not kept In
better condition, B. B. Longwell, O.
E. Gay and Theodore Shaw, of
Franklin Township. Luzerne CttiatT,
resigned their positions as supervis
ors. Dr. Charles L. Reding, n feemer
prominent physician of Phoenlwllle,
who haa recently become a victim of
the morphine habit, using as much
as fifteen grains of morphine a dcy,
was ordered committed to the Chest
er County Home for treatment by
tbe West Chester Court.
After serving many years as i'i
lumbla County physician, Dr. J. C,
Rutter, who Is now HI years of age,
resigned the place. The County Com
missioners appointed Dr. Charles Alt
miller to the vacancy.
Jacob Spahr, of York, who for
twenty years has been treasurer of
tbe Sunday School of Zlon Reformed
Church, wu honored by tbe Sun
day School Sunday on the occasion
of hlB 68th birthday celebration. He
was presented with a bouquet -)
tuiulng sixty-eight pink carnations.
Otto Woir, 28' years old, a German
shoemaker, of York, Is strangely
missing from his home and rotative:.'
fearing that some harm bus befalleu
him have notified tbe police.
In tbe Hazletbu District tbe min
ers will be paid their wage in cash,
as heretofore.
Because Contractors Smith and
Campion, who are building the trol
ley line between Tnmaqua and Mid
dleport, refuBed their demand of
$1.66 for a nine-hour day Inroad
of 11.48, about 200 Italians wnt on
strike. They interfered wlih otbr
workmen aud JJjreateped trouble un
til a detaohment of the State Con
stabulary stationed at Summit Hill
arrived on the scene, when all became
quiet.
Capitalists are organizing at Wat
sontown for the erection and opera
tion of a brick plant on an extensive,
scale from the rich deposits at ! ale
at tbat point