' A Modern Highwayman. By CLAUDE ASKEW. Clara Stanhope looked hard at her partner; he Interested her, and It was seldom a man did that. She had actually danced four times with Roger Meredith; It waa quite against her strict code that now she was sit ting out with him In a dark earner. It was the evening of the Medford tall; all the country was there the big flsh and the small fry; It was a gay aud animated scene; curious glances were cast at Clara and her partner, for she was the big catch of the country. Little was known of Roger Meredith beyond the fact that he was a handsome scapegrace, and the Bishop of Radford's nephew. "He Is almost . a man I could care for," laughed Clara Stanhope to her self; "and what Is there to prevent him liking me? I have youth, good looks and money, and I am tired of a lonely life; he may bo a scamp very likely he is, but I can nfford to marry whom I would, and I like this mai hugely." "I am leaving this section to-mor row morning," Roger Meredith's pretty head nodded In unconscious Imitation of her mother's, but Clara Stanhope sat erect and upright, thinking new thoughts, dreaming new dreams. "I shall meet him again," she thought; "and then " Her reverie was suddenly Inter rupted. The click of a revolver resounded through the country lane, and the forgotten cry of a past century, "Your money or your life," roused sleepy James and the easy-going old coach man to a state of cringing terror. A highwayman seemed to have started out of the hedge. The car riage lamps revealed that he was tall and thin; ho wore a crape mask and a riding cloak, and carried himself with an assumed swagger. "Hands up, my good men, or I Are! Now, ladles, while I cover the ser vants with my revolver, I am afraid I must ask you to step out of the car rlage, and hand me your jewelry. want all the valuables that you are wearing, and as I mean business and voice broke In suddenly on the girl's have no time to waste, I must have meditation; "so to-night will mean i the Jewels before I count ten, or good-by for many years, I am afraid. I am off to the far West." "You are going abroad?" "Yes for some time. Hark! they are striking up a waltz. Shall wo dance It together?" "Impossible. Lady Halcross, who la chaperoning mo I am staying with her, you know ordered the car riage at 2. S sharp. It Is nearly that now, and sha hates to keep the horses waiting. I am afraid I must go and get my cloak. You will not be stop ping with your uncle again beore you go aboard?" "No; so this is good-by. I have barely known you for three weekB, Miss Stanhope, yet I can assure you that you are the only woman I have ever regretted saying good-by tp. " His speech and manner were uncon ventional, but there was a ring of truth In tho voice. Clara 8tanhope caught her breath A horribly Buggestlve click of hut revolver sent Lady Halcross flying out of the carriage with an agility re markablo In a stout and elderly chap eron. "Take my diamonds, take them all you wicked, cowardly man!" sho sobbed, tearing off her gleaming, glit tering gems. "Only spare our lives. Glvo him your pearls, Janet, my darling." Poor Janet stood trembling by her mother's side, but as Lady Halcross spoke sho put up her little shaking hand, and offered her pretty trinkets to the highwayman, who seemed to take them against his will. "I suppose you want my jewels, too?" Clara Stanhope spoke. In Im perious tones, and faced the assailant boldly. The two frightened women had slunk back Into the carriage and were cowering' together; the coach -irmii and footman on the box had flhe realized that for the first time , their arms up, leaving the horses to In her life a man had touched her chance and fate. heart. She found no pleasure lu her maiden freedom and almost mascu line Independence; she became frank ly primitive and wholly natural. Crimsoning even to her brow, she asked, slowly: "Why should we say good-by?" "My friends call me a bad card; besides, I've fallen on evil ways. If I had met your earlier In my life well, well, we are all pawns on Fate's chessboard; so good-night, Miss Stan hope and good-by." "As you like, but remember If you ever care to see me again, I am twenty-eight, and my own mistress." She gathered up the folds of her tulle ball gown and stood up, a tall and splendid specimen of young wom anhod. She was brown-haired, with deep coloring; she carried herself su perbly, and wore, as few women could, a magnificent tiara of emer alds a famous Stanhope heirloom. Roger Meredith caught her hands Impulsively. "If you were only a b?ggar girl, I'd take you abroad with me; out to a new life in the West." "I might not go." "Ah! but you would go." He dropped her hands, saying, as he turned away. "To each one his own destiny. I have met you a year too late. "Have you?" She spoke in a clear, low voice, then movod forward, and In a few seconds was lost to sight. Roger Meredith followed her with his eyes till the crowd hid her from his view, then he sighed shortly, and turned Irritably on a norvous-looking, fair-hatred man who was advancing to meet him, and said: "I thought you were never coming, Harry. Is my horse ready?" "Yes; Jim Is waiting with It In the shrubbery; It's almost time to start. Have you found out from the girl what time the Halcross carriage was ordered?" "Yes, for 2.30; and it wants four minutes now." "We are In luck to-night, Roger. Lady Halcross U wearing most of her diamonds. You will snoop an Im mense sum with the old lady's Jewels, to say nothing of Clara Stanhope's emeralds." "I cannot do it; I throw up the Job." "What! Showing the white fenther at this hour? Besides, there's no risk, m, dear boy! Who would rec ognize you in a crape mask, or sus pect the blshop'8 nephew? There's not been a knight of the road in these quiet country lanes for the last eighty years. It will wake the good folk up give them something to talk about! " "Blame the good people; It's a hateful Job robbing women. I tell you I won't do it, Harry." "You seem to havo forgotten tha. women havo pretty well robbed you. Also that unless you can square old Levi within the next few weeks he will come down smartly on that young brother of yours. The young ster waB a ueuced fool to forge your fathor's signature, of course; still, you took him to see Vera, knowing her and her kind." "I know I did. Well, ho shall have the tour thousand all right, and get back the bill. Cheer up, Harr. old man. I'm going to see the game through. Forget my momentary hes itation to become a scoundrel I know IfB Impossible for me to ralBe the money In any other way, so here H04;." AtlU wlth "nt. mocking augh Roger Meredith turnod on hi heel, and his friend whistled softly. The moon hBd gone In, and the nark countryside seamed almost de serted; Lady Halcross' carriage lum bered safely along, her ladyBhlp doz ing happily, while her pretty debu tante daughter and Clara Stanhope ept up an animated, if whispered conversation. After a while the younger girl ceased to prattle, her "I certainly do," was the stern, short answer. "Then take them, thief!" As the girl spoke she i eld out her wonderful tiara and as the man seized the glow ing green Jewels she sprang at him Ilko a young tigress, and half tore the crape mask from his face. Then a sharp cry broke from her. "I know you!" she cried. "Oh, I know you! " Before she could say moro she was struggling In the highwayman's grasp, and his hand was over her mouth. "Can I trust you to keep silent If I spare your emeralds?" She nodded her head; and, as he removed his hand, "I will keep Bllent on my honor," she whispered.. "Very well, tako the stones." He handed her the Jewels; then added, half under his breath: "I'm not rob bing for my own sake." It was doubtful if the girl heard him, for she had sprung back Into the carriage. The highwayman looked In, and as ho met the look In Clara Stanhope's eyes, he reallzod what he had won and lost. "Drive on, you pair of frightened curs!" he cried to the coachman and footman, and tho carriage rumbled swiftly away. Suddenly, above the sobbing of the women Inside, he heard a cry, nnd tho carriage window was Hung open. "Here, I don't want your bribe; take It." A Hash of green shot through the air, and Clara Stanhope's emeralds fell on tho path. The highwayman left them there. Peoplo supposed afterward he had dropped them In his flight. Lady Halcross never recovered her diamonds, and the mysterious high wayman was never discovered. The detectives had many theories, and were quite certain who the man was. He had baen wanted for some time, and was a notorious criminal, they said. Clara Stanhopo used to smile when nho heard them talking; but her snilo was a very sad one. And, out in Texas, Rogor Meredith was learning to write his name on a clean slate, the namo of an honest man, the memory of a girl's face ever with him, and her Indignant cry ring ing In his ears. The words Clara Stanhope spoke when, she hurled her emerald tiara through the carriage window were branded upon his soul. The life he lived was a hard one, but at least a clean, one; he was alone for days, but the wild life of the ranch suited him, and the loneli ness of the young country appealed to him. Ho liked to look at the stars at night and remember that they shone on the land of his birth; that the samo noonday sun poured Its rays on the old land and the new. He felt that he was done with his home forever; that he was exiled by his own deed from Intercourse with the woman he still loved; but, all the same, he Intended to work out a new life, for well, perhaps for her sake, perhaps for his own, for his old life and old sins had grown dlBtasto ful to Roger Meredith. He knew thero was something better In life than anything he had fouud yet, and he had a strange sort of feeling that Clara would understand one day the real Roger Meredith, understand and forgive him. So the days passed on days In which the man's character ripened and strengthened, aud the careless, Buou-ior-naugm ueveiopea Into a grave, reliant man, a man who did his duty, neither asking nor expect ing reward. Clara waited at home, waited as women have to wait, keeping her love story to herself her broken, un finished love story. She sometimes board news of Roger through tho Bishop of Rad ford, who delighted to speak of his nophew to a sympathetic listener. "Getting on splendidly, my dear, splendidly. Put his shoulder to the wheel at last. .Ah! I always said thero was good stuff In Roger. Texas Is making a man of him." Clara used often to go and lunch at the bishop's residence and talk to the old man. She was very fond of the bishop, but not even to herself would she confess that she still cared for the bishop's nephew the high wayman, the thlof. Ono day she heard a piece of news that colored her face, and set her heart beating wildly. "My nephew Roger hns had to come home. My brother Is not at all well, and ho wanted to see Roger again before ho died. The dear boy arrived last week; ho will bo staying here for a night or two soon, so you must dine with us, Clara, and meet him." The bishop may havo boon getting blind, but Clara's telltale pink blush gave him a sudden clew to the girl's throbbing heart. "He's been turning over a new leaf, ray dear," he said, gently; "It's a great comfort to me, Clara, a great comfort; and God bless you for It, my child. If It's your work." Clara said nothing; what was thero to say? She privately determined not to dine with tho bishop; but, of course, she went. She found a very different Roger from the man Bhe hnd parted from nearly five years ago; and Roger noticed that some of the freshness of youth had left Clara's face, to be re placed by a softer, sweeter look. The hard, brilliant girl had sortened Into a tolerant and merciful woman. Roger flushed under his bronze as he touched Clara's hand; she noticed the shame In hlB eyes, aud her heart bled for blm. "I am very glad to meet you again," she said slowly, looking steadily at him; "very glad, Indeed." "I do not deserve this," was his low answer. Somehow, after dinner how It happened neither Clara nor Roger was ever quite aware the two found themselves alone In the small Inner parlor, the other guests having con gregated In tho larger room, where singing was going on. Roger looked at the woman he loved, the woman he should love to the end of his days, and an Intense desire came to tell her the truth, to let her know he had not robbed for his own sake, and so redeem himself ever so little In her eyes. "I want to tell you something, Miss Stanhope," he said, in low tones. "Will '.you hear me? It's quite a short story?" Clara Inclined her head Bllently. She looked at the man as he stood up in front of her, and she knew that whatever his faults were that she loved him, loved him as only a strong woman could. What was he going to tell her? She could not trust her self to speak. In a few words Roger Meredith ex plained Why he had stolen the Jew ols. "The boy was saved by my theft," he finished, in a whisper; "and my brother runs straight enough now. He has had bis les son." A long pause followed. Clara looked at Roger. His eyes wore fixed on her, but he said nothing. "Why have you told me this story?" She tried to Bpeak calmly. "Because I love you forgive a thief for his presumption. Clara MIbs Stanhope, I return to Texas next month; say you .'orglve mo before I go. I shall never see you again after to-night. Say you understand over so little " Clara interrupted him. "Do you still want uiy emeralds?" Roger flushed to his eyes. "I beg your pardon well, perhaps I deserve that speech." "I accompany my emoralds," mur mured Clara. "Clara, my dear, you don't mean oh, no, it is impossible. I'm not worth your love." "Perhaps not," was Clara Stan hope's answer; "but you have It all the same." Then she added, shyly, "Don't you want to keep It?" Roger gave her the best answer to her question. New York Weekly. Food For Poultry. An experienced poultryman says three parts of ground sunflower seed and one part cracked corn Is a fine mixture for fattening poultry. Where only a smnl quantity Is grown the best results are obtained by throw ing tho heads to the poultry and lot them have the exercise of picking out the seeds. Farmers' Home Journal. Orou- Forage and Food It. One of the greatest helps, then, to the farmer In cheapening the cost of his crop Is the production of forage of high feeding value and the feeding it to cattle, thus adding the cattle to his Bources of Income, and from their manure spread broadcast on his land Increasing tho humus content nnd furnishing a valuable plant food. I Progressive Farmer. Kick tin- I'.nrn Door. I One writer advises his re.derj not , to kick the cow when they get mad but to go and kick tho barn door. A farmer may bo considered Insano who would kick tho barn door, but there is about as much sense nnd a great I deal more benefit to the cow in so doing than to give the cow a sound i thrashing for something she cannot reason out. Florida Agriculturist. To Monsure an Acre. To mensure un acre, tie a ring at each end of a rope, the distance being sixty-six feet between them; tie piece of colored cloth exactly In tho middle of this. Ono acre of ground will be four times the length and two and a half times the width, or the equal of sixteen rods one way and ten rods the other, maxlng the full acre 160 square rods. Keep the rope dry so It will not stretch. A rod Is sixteen and a half lineal feot. An acre Is 4840 square yards, or 43,500 square feet American Cultivator. Tho Farm Horse. I find It is cheaper In the long run to keep the farm horses In a healthy, thriving condition. Neglect sconer or later la apt to bring on heavy cost. Poorly ventilated and damp stables aro Ilablo to bring on coughs and colds and other diseases. Regularity In feeding Is more Im portant than I used to think it was If horses are disappointed by failure to feed them at tho proper time they become uneasy and do not thrive bo well, while Irregular feeding with different kinds of food Is more liable to bring on colic and indigestion. The food should be regulated ac cording to the work done. A great deal of food Is wasted through the winter by overfeeding and careless feeding. J. C. C, iu the American "lultivator. Money In Good Management. By having good pasture as many months In the year as possible, one , win Do able to carry his dairy cows I through the twelvemonth at small I cost, and they will supply fertilizer to Improve the plowed part of the farm. Supposing that one-half or ono-thlrd , of the farm was used for cultivated crops with such management, it 1 would bo possible to malco that one half or one-third yield as much net 1 profit as all the farm under the sys tem of farming that is all too common ' now, and the direct profit from the pasture or dairy would remain as so much extra profit. That good nian I agement would materially aid in the , paramount problem of fowor acres i and more bales, bushels or tons per ; acre, with more net profit got moro certainly. Progressive Farmer. A Conservative Speech. There were some doubts in the community as to Homer Floyd's fit ness for a position on the school board, owing to certain lapses In his early education, but his first speech in his official capacity silenced the tongues of all critics. He listened to several recitations with a grave and Interested air, and at the end of the last one he rose to address the school, "by request." "Some things are in my province as member of the school board, and some are not," he said, with a genial smile. "It's within my province to say that I never heard scholars answer up more promptly tha you children of District No. 2. "As to whether your answers were or were not correct. It Is not my place to aay. Your teacher knows, and in her hands I leave the matter." Youth's Companion. Rats. My experience quite agrees with the remedy of H. C. B., which you published recently. For readers who have not complete flies this seems worth repeating. It Is a radical and absolutely clean cure, as follows: In a dwelling the rat holes will be found In the cellar against tho foundation wall, and bo sure to find all the holes and pour Into aud around each one a good supply of pine tar. not coal tar. In forty-eight hours there will not be a single rat in the house, and they can be kept out by replenishing tho tar when It becomes hard. A two quart can of tar will keep the house clear for a twelvemonth. Tho writer, many years since, drove out and kept out of his house a great body of rats for all the years he lived In that house after he learned how. A. J. P., in the Country Gentleman. On the Job. Amusing epitaphs are common enough, but It is not often that a tombstone Inscription Ib meant to carry a business advertisement. A West Virginia man tells of a singular ono which may be seen In a cemetery of Wheeling. It waa the Idea of a widow of a man named Perkins, a partner In a commercial house known as "Perkins & Parker." Soon aftai the deceaso of her spouse, Mrs. Pejr kins married Mr. Parker, her late husband's business associate. The Inscription reads: "8acrod to the memory of Jamot Perkins, for thirty years senior part ner of the firm of Perkins & Parker, now Parker & Company." Harper's Weekly. Distant Fields. The toiler in the city had boon glv on an advanco tn salary. "Now," he said, Jubilantly, "I can begin saving to buy a farm." Out In Washington the agriculturist looked at the cheek received for his season's wheat. "Ar other such crop or two and I can move Into the city," he muied. Philadelphia Ledger. Farm Tools Lost. Many farm tools are lost because the farmer has no definite place to keep them and could not find them when wanted. These lost toots often come to light In courBo of time unless spoiled by rust and neglect. Many an Implement has to be replaced In a year or two which would have laatod a long time If given proper care. Besides the tnjury to the tools It Is probable that most farmers waste more time searching for tools that are wanted for uso than would amount to the damage done to tools by neglect. It li not difficult to get Into the habit of keeping each tool and implement In a convenient place and returning It to that place after use. It la much easier to walk a con siderable distance toone known place than it is to go here nnd there in the attempt to locate a tool that has no place In particular for storage. merican Cultivator. will have quite as good a ground of complaint under the law as the -jji-suspecting housewife upon whom the unscrupulous peddler foists nutmegs made of basswood. In this war on the sale of fraudulent foods let no guilty man oscape. Rochester Demo crat and Chronicle. Pork Raising To sum up tho few essential ele ments Involved In profitable pork pro duction thoy Include good quality in the breeding stork, as the pure-bred sire is the farmer's best, friend In all live stock breeding, although some do not realizo this fact and think that a common-bred sire will do as well. The pure-bred sire la prepotent and Will have n uniform rlaaa nf nfTanrlntr I . . 1 I . V. 1 l.n.l,. possessing quality, while the other I nrpny B pocsei on "" "'"'' J, NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA - ItLAMK FIVK WORKMEN. Pittsburg (Special). A page of the report of Joseph Murphy, the dead fire boss of tho Darr mine, found on his body after the explosion Inst month, which cost 233 llvos, was pre sented to the Coroner's Jury, sitting nt Smlthton. Tho coal company claims the report, which Indicates that the second right room of No. 29 entry had been fenced off, places tho blame for tho explosion on five men. vhose bodies wore found In tho pro hibited entry. The note book was Identified by the rescuers, who had taken It from will impress or Intensify upon his off spring lack of quality or perfection and the difference in the price of the two will not Justify the results. Provide range, an abundance of grass and succulent feed, a well bal anced ration, regularly fed, also char coal, ashes and salt and an abund ance of pure water. If not blessed with natural shade In the summer provide It. Have dry, clean, comfort able pens, with abundance of sun light, stock kept free from vermin, good troughs and clean fepdlng floors, and success Invariably will be the re ward. R. E. Roberts, Corliss. Wis Crimson Clover. Can it be sown In summer In grow ing corn, to plow undor the follow ing spring, without Injuring the corn? J. B. A., Logansport, Ind. Answer: Yes. Sow ten pounds of seed per acre Immediately preceding the last cultivatlpn. If that Is done with an Implement with eight or ten moder ate Blzed teeth, similar to a spring tooth cultivator, It will be better than If the last cultivation is given by an Implement having fewer and larger teeth. Ordinarily, clover seeds sink Into the ground and grow without being covered, but at the season when it Is proposed to sow It the ground may be dry, and heavy rains may not supply sufficient moisture; therefore It is best either to harrow or culti vate In the seed, although success frequently comes by sowing imme diately after the cultivator when heavy rains quickly follow the Bow ing. It will not Injure the corn to any appreciable extent. We are In clined to believe that the shade the clover furnishes la a compensation for tho moisturo and plant food which the roots take from the soil. Fre quently this crimson clover Is killed during late winter and spring, but this need not discourage you from sowing It, since the quantity of nitro gen and other plant food which it will gather or Bet free for tho use of fol lowing plants is very large, although there may be no clover In May to plow under. If It lives through the winter nicely, so much .the bet ter. The seed may be sown from horseback, the horso being muzzled If the corn is tall. Country Uontle-man. I'ho page Introduced In evidence was tinted on tho day or tne explosion. It read: "I havo examined sections 28, 29 nnd 30 and found gns In second loft on 29. 15, 16, 17, IS on second right on 29 fenced off falling, and third right, on 2 8 fenced off. Balance of working places clear and In safe con dition." The Boot ions fenced off by Murphy were required under the law, as coal nnd slate had fallen and thero was evidence of gas In tho workings. In tho second right of 29 the dead bodies of five miners, the body of a pit mule and a pit wagon partly load ed with coal and a miner s cap with on open light were found The position the officials of tho company will take is that these five men went to the working that had been clos' 6 And took down the fence and Btartnl to work there. The sup position Is that they fired a shot and thnt thlB released the gas. which was Ignited by tho miner's open lamp and spread through tho whole mine. LAWYER THREATENS JUDGES, ACri'SKD OF MlHDElt. Easton (Special). Hobert A. Stof Ret, a young lawyer In this city, who was dlBbarred over a year ago, and who waa refused readmisslon to the bar in a scatchlng decision handed town by the Court, was arrested on bench warrant lssuod by Judge Scott and taken before the Court. His physician, Dr. Evans, was sum moned, In order that his mental con dlt Ion might be Inquired into. It Is believed he Is Insane, and finally the Court appointed a commission tn lunacy. It became known to officers that Stofllet had, so It Is alleged, threat ened to shoot both Judge Scott and Judge Stewart. At the time ho made these threats he had a loaded revolver on his person. A man who had befriended him heard of tho mat ter and got his revolvor away from him. Stofllet Is said to havo remark ed that he had two other revolvers. These Mr. 8tofflot managed to hide. Those who know him well are of the opinion that Stofllet has been brooding over his nnfortunate plight for some time, and that his mind has become affected. THIEVES TOKTl'KK. Chicks Dying in the Shell. It is nearly time for those who havo Incubators to begin to put them to work. The papers and incubator catalogues are full of reports of won derful success with incubators, and there must bo good results as a rule or peoplo would not buy them, but we seldom hear of the failures. Mrs. Gomperts, writing to the Florida Poultry Journal, gives a bit of her experience as follows: My experience with Incubation may bo of benefit to some one. I would be glad If some ono else would try It and make a report through our and with eft(.h demanQ for money the Lock Haven (Special). Sheriff J. H. Mussina and deputies arrived hero with three prisoners, Guy Young, Bert Sowell and George Clark. The men aro charged with assault upon Henry Gnau, nged seventy-six years, who lives alono In a remote section of Leldy township. The old man was aroused late Tuesday night by a knock at the door and told a man had fallen from the buggy and wns badly Injured. The ruse worked and when the throe men gained admittance a demand WaB made for money. Being refused he was badly beaten over the head with a club. As a last resort tho fiondB twisted a towell about the aged man's neck Puro Food For Animals. George B. McCabe, solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, remarks that the national pure food law Is for the benefit of beasts as well as hu man beings. The following exnmple Is cited: Suppose a farmer living In Indiana, near Chicago, should haul hlB hay Into the Illinois metropolis for marketing. Suppose, also, that this farmer claims his hay to be tim othy. If he sells it under this claim and the purchaser discovers thnt the hay contains rod top the farmer la lia ble to prosecution under the pure food law. Quite proper. Likewise, presumably, the faithful horse wko tt the dinner hour finds shoe pegs -vrved, whim the menu calls for oats- paper. In order that notes on results might bo compared, perhaps profit ably for all of us. I can't remember Just how many Infertile eggs I had fifteen, I think. They were eggs I ordered, and I was afraid I would get them too hot, bo I run tho Incubator rather low. I have noticed that when I run the Incubator a little high that Is, a lit tle past the mark and had plenty of moisture I got hotter hatches. Every fertile egg, except three. hatched one time, and every one ex cept five at another time. These were my best and they were hatched when It wbb warm and I kept the tempera ture uv as high as I dared. I take time In turning and cooling eggs. I leave thom out and then leave tho door open, unless It Is cold, until I trim and fill the lamp. Then I bring the temperature up slowly. but surely. Now, I do not mean that I run the temperature as much as one-half de gree higher than the directions, but full up to a hair's breadth past the mark which is given In the instruc tion book with your machine. I firm ly believe that low heat is one cause of egg weakness. I always turn the eggs twice dally from the day they are laid until the day before they are hatched. towel was given an extra twist. From this torture the old man bo came unconscious and the thieves, thinking him dead, placed him on the bed and covered him with a sheet. They then ransacked the house, se curing five dollars and a revolver. H ARRIS LEFT OCT. Harrlsburg (Special). Former State Treasurer Frank G. Harris, of "Mearfleld, was turned down for re appointment as a member of the State Board of Game Commissioners y Governor Stuart. Arthur Chapman, of Doylestown, Bucks County, takes the place of Harris, who was appointed three rears ago by Governor Pennypackor. To the amazement of all who fol lowed the public Investigation of the Capitol graft cases, Harris wbb a can- ildate for reappointment, and the tact that the very day his term ex pired Governor Stuart gave his place '.o another la sufficient to convey the Governor's opinion of the attempt of Harris to receive a vindication. Pittsburg (Special). George B. Hartzell, 22 years old, Is In Jail In Wllmordlng, a suburb, charged with tho murder of his chlld-wlfe on De cember 29, who at the time was re ported to have killed herself because of despondency due to being left slono at night while hor husband worked. The body Is to be exhumed to look for evidence of murder. Much evidence was given In sup port of tho suicide theory at the time of nor death, Including statement credited to tho woman, who was only 16 years old, that hor husband had failed to keep repeated promises to secure day work and that she could stand It no longer. Tho arrest was made upon com plaint of Mrs. William Casey, mother of the dead girl, who has been pros trated over since the tragedy. Hart zell, it Is alleged, has boon visiting his mother-in-law every day since Wednesday, she avers, that when she said she did not believe her girl had killed herself Hartzell burst Into tears and said sho had not; that ho had fir ed tho fatal shot during a fit of pas sion when they renewed a quarrel that had started several day before. Mrs. Casey sent for an officer and hnd him arrested. To tho police he denies having made a confession to his mother-in-law. DIDN'T BATHE IN U YEARS. Washington, Pa. (Special). Charging that hor husband has not bathed Blnce their marriage thirty years ago, that he has abused, hu miliated and over-worked hor, Mrs. Irene A. Strain, of near Washington, Is suing for a divorce from Thomas R. Strain. Strain in turn lias brought a coun ter suit for separation against the woman in which he makes some start ling charges. For sensation and In terest the case has not been equalled in the local Court in years, both be ing Identified with well-known and comparatively wealthy families. Her husband's threats to kill her, Mrs. Strain says, were so forcible that1 Bhe thinks her departure from his house two months ago alone saved her life. Neighbors corroborated Mrs. Strain's tale of abuse. t On the stand the husband said that a small fortune which he had ac cumulated had been dissipated ':v his wife's extravagance and her reckless expenditures. That when angry she burned his grain and hay, destroyed hi? farming Implements and "made my II fo miserable." Jl'IMiE ROBBED. Hollldaysburg (Special). The residence of Martin Bell, President Judge of the Blair County Courts, was robbed, and silverware, Jewelry and ball-room garments formed the booty of the thieves. Chief of Police James McGraw ar rested John Dolan, a Philadelphia crook, while he was In tho act of selling Mrs. Bell's silk dress to a merchant. Tho booty was discovered hidden away In the Hollldaysburg Rolling Mill. Charles Llgbtner. of Oaysport, whom Judge Bell merciful ly released from Jail a few years ago on a suspended sentence, was ar rested as an accomplice In the bur glary. The same men entered the Zlon Lutheran Reformed parsonage, but Rev. Thomas Retsch, the athletic pas tor, chased them from the premises with a gun. DEATH FOLLOWED SKATING. Huntingdon (Special). Miss Au gusta Herncane, an attractive young lady of Petersburg, went skating by moonlight with her sister. Mrs. Clar ence Klshol, at Alexandria. Upon their return Miss Herncane threw her self upon a lounge and went to sleep. When her sister endeavored to nwak- en her a few hours later, she was unable to do so, and sho died a short time after. Coroner Sebum thinks the girl died from oedema of the glottis or acute pneumonia, caused by wearing very light clothing over her bosom while exposed to the cold weather on the river. Tot Kills Baby Sister. Oil City (Special). While playing with a revolver secured during the temporary absence of their mother, the 5-year-oid son of W. O. Klein. Walnut Bend, near here, accidently shot and instantly killed his 3-year-old sister. STATE ITEMS. Malno's Wasted Wood. There are 15,000 cords of wood at a modest estimate going to rot In York County, according to John Mer- J serve, the agent for the Blddeford i Record, who knows every crossroad I and about every farm in the county. This wood is left by the portable mills In the shape of tops. It U not cut I up, because It would coBt more than I It 1 worth to haul It to market, o It lies there rotting on lots stripped by the portable mills. Mr. Merserve says that he was offered as much as ho wanted of oak, maple and beech tops for sixty centB a cord. In some cases, where the stripped lots are near enough to make It worth while farmer are saving their owu wood and cutting up this refuse for fuel, paying twenty-five cents cord. In one lot over In Lyniau he estimates that there are 500 cords of good wood going to waste. Kennebec Journal. Free Nigh School 0xncd. South Bethlfthem (Special). A free night school has been Inaugu rated at Lehigh University, with Prof. Hughes in charge. The common school branches will bo taught to boys who are compelled to work dur ing the day, notably the members of the apprentices' school at the Bethlo hem Steel Work and other. .Monument For Montour Soldier. Danville (Special). The proposi tion that Montour County assist to build a monument In memory of tho soldiers and sailors of the Civil War was approved by the Grand Jury In session here, and the recommenda tion was made that $6,000 be ex pended for that purpose. The Mon tour County Soldiers' Monument Committee has in hand $5,000 and to this amount tt It the Intention to add $5,000 by subscriptions. Longed For Jail, Altoona (Special). When Bert Johnson, of McKeeport, was sen tenced to twenty days In Jail by Mag istrate Irwin for railroad tresspass ing, he said: "Can't you make it thirty, Judge? The weather is cold, time are hard and I can't get work, so I would Tho Alternative. The milk dealer, fined for selling a watored article, protested. "Why," he exclaimed. Indlanantlv. "If I didn't water the milk half of rather be in Jail where I would have my customers wouldn't get any."- warm place to sleep and three Philadelphia Lodger. meals a day." "Law only permits twenty days, ' .replied Irwlu. B. Franklin Hall, formerly mana ger of the Swarthmore College Farm, and a native of Delaware County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Amy W. Hickman, West Ches ter, of paralysis, In his 83 th year. Maurice Chalfant, postmaster of Atglen, who has been suffering from, an attack of grip, has developed an attack of typhoid fever. ' A Coroner's Jury Investigating tha deaths of three miners who were kill ed In a gas explosion at Scott shaft, near Shamokln, found that as the top of a Bafety lamp was open, one of the men had been careless and dis obeyed the mine laws. The com pany was exonerated from blame. John M. Kelper, a prominent re tired merchant of Lancaster, died, aged 78 years. After blowing open the safe In the creamery at Northbrook, bur glars got away with about $8. They also broke open the telephone pay station box, but got but a few cents from this source. While operating a fodder cutter at hlr home, near Kennett Square, William Becker, a prominent farmer; had his arm badly crushed by being caught In the gearing of the machine. He was reniovod to the Chester Coun. ty Hospital. William Rone, 20 years old, em ployed as a driver for the Pennsyl-4 vanla Glaas Sand Company, at their Juniata work,- -tour miles west of Lewlstown, was caught between the mine cars and timbers and fatally crushed. Burglars entered the home ot John Schaffer, an aged resident, of Free mansburg, who Is blind, and after cruelly beating him, administered m drug and then robbed him of all bis earnings, which amouuted to quite a large sum. Between 300 and 400 Carllble pu pils, or 2: per cent, of tho school at tendance, are Hi with grippe.
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