Finding His Happy Valley. PROGRESS OF THE PILGRIM TO SCENES OF HIS YOUTH yours he longed to bo elected a Con gressman, but always In vain. A tradition that he had once compared a poor man to a wet dog embodied the popular distrust of his aristocra tic nature; and his pet speech of compliment to each village where he spoke that the fairness of 1U daughters almost persuaded him to renounce bis bachelorhood usually waked sarcasm, rather than applause. After the General came the Col onel, an attorney so genial that, it was aald, he habitually bowed to trees and hitching posts, from mere force of habit. Every one suspected him of storing up popularity against the day when he might run for office. Whether bo ever compassed of even desired such an end, I do not know. The Town Beauty, I learned, had long since married an officer in the army. We had, I think, even more than our share of handsome girls, but to gaze upon her was such an un alloyed delight that she came to be prized as one of the chief attractions of the town. It used to be said, jo cosely, that after visitors had seen the new court house, they were al ways made to wait until she passed, before any one would show them the way to the fair grounds. Certainly she never disappointed tho fondest anticipations, except during one sad season when the whole town mourn ed. Most Inexcusably she had at tempted to Improve the lily and the rose of her complexion by moans of a cosmetic, which must havo been de vised solely to further the sale of the same manufacturer's healing lotions. The damage wrought was most dis tressing, and recovery was slow and anxious, but happily complete. There was some desire to express the public ranxiety that there be no more such experiments: but the lesson had been learned, and thereafter her loveliness only bloomed the richer. The persons mentioned were all conspicuous members of the local aristocracy, to which tho professions of law, and to a lesser degree, of medicine, were the open sesame. The chief members of theso professions, together with all such persons as were distinguished for family, and a selection from those who were dis tinguished for wealth, made up a Bomewhat exclusive set, which gave an annual ball, invited friends to din ner, and went on vacations some times even to Europe. As for the How He Found a Shrunken But, None the Lena, Real Joy In Old Faces and Places The Town Beauty Missing, For She Had Married an Army Officer. The writer has but recently re turned from a visit to the home of his youth with a bundlo of such pleasant memories that he Is tempted to set them down as a stimulus to the remembrance of others who look back upon early days In a small town, In the first part of the Journey thither, repeated efforts failed to conjure up anything like a full and definite picture of the place. But, auddcnly, as so often happens, the mists of memory cleared, and It seemed as though I had never been away. This almost theatrical change causing me to look about with sur prise, I became quickly aware that the train had swung into the be ginning of what we used to call "The Happy Valley." With a sigh of con tent, I sank back Into comfort of old adjustments, with a senso of their completeness that could como only from a knowledge of later malad justments to compare them with. This valley, perhaps a hundred miles long and from a dozen to a acore of miles wide, is walled in by blue mountain ridges of from twelve hundred to two thousand feet In height, their bases sweeping nearer or further and their sky lines high er or lower In a series or almost sym metrical curves. The game restrained variety characterizes the surface of the valley, which billows and rolls throughout like a solidified section of mldocean. The mountains, foot hills and small patches of the valley are still covered with oak and cheat nut, pine and cedar timber, which makeB spring time delightful and the autumn splendid. Eljewhere all Is fertile farm land, squarely fenced or marked with low walls of ever avail able limestone, which also provides firm, smooth roads stretching away in every direction over hill and mead ow. Many farm houses and barns are built of "this stone, softened with the mellowness of years. Later structures of local brick with slate roofs seem scarcely less sturdy. This same pleasant variety of sur- faco and solidity of building char acterizes the town itself. Cheerful two-and-one-half-story houses, of red brick, with green shutters still pre vail, although about the central square and along the business blocks the height is usually greater. I well remember the builder of the first three-story house in town. Tho first four-story structure was reared In my boyhood. Its completion was celebrated with fireworks and the first electric lights seen in the town. Now there are even cut stone bank fronts, and they are building an apartment house and a five-story de partment store. Near the edses of the town, where the dwellings stand back from the streets with lawns and flowers and trees, the march of Im provement is particularly noticeable as indeed it well might bo, for the place has doubled in size since I loft. Theso dwellings indicated to me that local prosperity had caused the tide of physical well-being to rise to the second, or shelter, stago. For merly, ideas of luxury centered chief ly in food, which was consumed in a variety and abundance that would have made a dletlan Bhudder. The land is still one of plenty of good cheer, and a progress through the town would delight tho monarch who said, "Let me have men about me who are fat," but other creature comforts have come to be considered also. The stage of personal adorn ment has yet to be reached; the men seldom have their hair trimmed or their trousers pressed, and the cos tume of the women la simple. The local attention to such matters seemed interestingly different from the metropolitan order of clothing, shelter, food. The Old Town Jlnll. But It was not progress that I had chiefly come to see. I found myself returning repeatedly to the old town hall, which once sheltered the oldest bank and Is still surmounted by a tower of strange local architecture, bearing an equally erratic clock. All this, like evorythlng else in the place, seemed by no means so large or so imposing as I had remembered It, aud the bank's disappearance pre vented the repetition of our one local author's Jest concerning "tho bank where the wild thyme grows." But when I once more climbed the tower and picked out, one by one, the old landmarks, I felt all of my early fondness for the place return. No one, I believe, can be without a cer tain proprietary affection for a place upon which he has often looked down from a tower. There, above the town, my momory of many of its personages became vivid. First, always, we admired the old Governor we never called him "ex," although he had been that for many years. A fine, burly figure, even In old age, he was usually seen driving to or from his model farms In a vehicle which must have ante- umeu me one-hoss shay. And he seiuom passed without some one re lating how. when a misguided ram. not being in position to be awed by IiIb countenance, made th tlonal attack, he expanded to bis full est: netgnt and. with his favorlto ex pletive, thundered: "Continental dam, sheep! What do you mean?" Tho Senator, who logically came next. Was by no means an tnuiraealva- or, being regarded chiefly as a pro vider of political places, he was forced, when he walked abroad, to ossume an abstraction profound omiugu 10 make him oblivious of iue nungry eyes of his constituents. I fear that his was not a hinnv nr.. at least when he was at home, which grew more and mora seldom. The General, however, loved to parade his tall, proud figure. It was currently reported that he wore stays. Certainly he carried hia shoulders al ways reudy far epaulettes und his head poised for a eiapeau. For by the difficulties of n harlequin In attempting to get through a wall the door of which mysteriously changed from place to place, while from time to time the wall became all doors or ehowed no doors at all. What a Sensitive Man Did. Sometimes the few bookish peoplo gnthercd Into reading clubs or wel comed visiting lecturers, who also conducted discussions and criticised essays, when anybody wrote them. The only lecture I recall dealt with Rugby, and Impressed partly for Tom Brown's sake, but chiefly because on that occasion the moat sonsltlve man In the town covered himself with confusion by absent mlndedly clap ping his hands together In pursuit of a mosquito, with the effect of ap plauding loudly at a most Inappro priate tlmo. The after lecture dis cussions struck me then as very learned, but I Judge now that I must have been easily impressed, since the only specimen I remomber wbb the statement that "Carlyle was a bear, wallowing In a aea of words," made by the principal of the high school. Even now I should consider him as remarkable as his rhetoric. For ho was not only the official head of the dozen schools In his building, but he also taught, alone and unaided, all of the clasaes In tho high school, preparing us for college In every sub ject from algebra to zoology, and do ing It well. His only limitation was that he chewed tobacco, secretly, or as secretly as he was able with the eyes of thirty boys constantly upon him. Not the least interesting feature of my visit was the opportunity It pro vided for noting the present status of old schoolmates. Most of them had developed in directions that might have been anticipated from their youthful traits. Even the fact that the two most harum-scarum had be come responsible bank directors, was explained by the remembrance that youthful lawlessness may often rep resent merely a superabundance of excellent energy. Tho school dreamer had become the chief confectioner of the town, expending his imagination on a new art shop and a summer gar den lighted by the electric eyes of Cheshire cats and owls perched in the treeB. The serious hoy had ac quired practice as a physician until his stout body and largo head seemed bursting with Incommunicable knowl edge concerning the local human comedy. The clever boy had become a successful attorney, more than sat isfied with his profession as an ex cellent working hypothesis in an un lnteliglble world. The boy who had become a musician pleased me, per haps, most of all. With a talent that would win distinction anywhere, he rejected the distractions of cities for a simple environment, where he might discover and develop bis spon taneous self. A Change In Old Comrades. If those I had known as boys were tMeBM THE PROFIT OF LOSS. "There Is no loss of fortune, no wreck of personal affection no disaster in the sphere of the visible, but can be turned by tho soul's Inner energy Into some higher phase of living. Pascal, as his sister tells us, made his 111 health into a means of spiritual perfection. Wesley accepted the wreck of domestic unhapplness as anotner call to nis public work. J. urlorley. i OClIMM oy mo m ical, as S plrltual 9 pplness 2 great majority, the mon were devoted chiefly to business aud some few to politics; the women to their homes and their churches, which last regu lated all of their social as well as their religious activities. Recreations of Other Days. For tho recreation of our elders there was always a groat deal of driving. It was possible to keep a carriage on an income that .would not sufllco for that alone in the met ropolis. Tho carriage roads were and still are excellent and the coun try charming, with here and there a stately old manor house for historic atmosphere. Even then the mount ains were frequently resorted to. Now they are easily accessible, and boost not only numerous hotels, but many cottages to which the more fortunato go back and forth dally In summer. To my boyhood tho mountains rep resented not only untamed nature, but their hotels wero outposts of the great world beyond. The mountains represented history nlso, for on the side of one was a battlefield, marked with a huge cairn of stones, and they meant literature, as well, for in one of the gaps wan the home of an au thor whose novels und poems were in the town library. With us young poople bicycles wero popular to a degree that once, in the days of old. high wheels, drew even a uatlonal meet to the old town. But the simple attractions of the place palled on our traveled guests, and the occasion began to look like a failure until, In the evening, the en tertainment committee got together and started a false alarm of fire, which allowed the visitors to pull the hand apparatus of the local fire com panies madly about the streets, until their superabundant energies wero exhausted und they went to bed con tent. These volunteer tiro companies were :eBtrus of the Intensest Interest, making up hi anticipation and prep aration for the practical efficiency which, happily, they were seldom called upon to demonstrate. They held innumerable initiations, elec tlous, anniversaries, and organiza tions; and they were always consid ering, with Infinite attention to detail, the adoption of new uniforms nnd the purchase of uew equipment. All of which we youngsters ardently em ulated with an organization which, In. a vocabulary more aspiring than accurate, we called "The Junevlllos." Even more, If possible, than by the fire companies, our Interest was stir red by the annual county fair, which, for four days In the autumn, crowd ed the town with visitors and ftllud the central square, of evenings, with all sorts of traveling mountebanks. This waa easily welcomed us pructl oally our only opportunity for famil iarity with the hlstrloulc art, for the attractions of the town theatre were not of a sort to be generally approved. I remember, however, attending at least one performance when young enoatjh to bs tremendously puzzled now men, those I had known as ma ture were old now. The fine old clergyman who for years had led In every movement for things of good report now saw much of his seed bring forth abundantly, and he had the personal satisfaction of knowing that his youngest son had won dis tinction as the first Rhodes scholar from his State. The one local artist, a landscape painter, still pursued with modest determination his hon est, If undistinguished, toll. Tho old florist was still tho finest of idealists in his devotion to nature, irrespective of worldly considerations. I was happy to note that he seemed to have prospered materially, in spite of his fondness for giving and his distaste for selling his flowers. One or two old men I had known regaled me with memories of "the Rebellion," and of the installation of the town water works. But most of my familiars of that generation had passed away. The two old admirals who had so strangely chosen such an inland berth for their final cruise, the old doctor who urged his horse by explosively uttering the words "ef fervescent" and "fundamental," the little old librarian with his fondness for Josephus, and the sadly wheezy conductor of "The Madrigal Club" even the decayed old gentlewoman who wore different colored wigs to suit her gowns all were now gone. But, in spite of many such ab sences, and of some sadder memories, my visit was one of profound and lasting pleasure. I did not mind the omniscient small town scrutiny, which somehow apprised my friends of all I had been doing, even before I called. And I found the whole place full of the most delightful lit tle interests, even for one who had so little of "the restless analyst" about him. From the point of view of contrasting the residential values of capital and province, the advan tages of the old town are, perhaps, largely of a negative character. But all the essentials of llfo are there, al though in little, and success being so much less difficult, and failure so much less disastrous, the balance ol vitality left over Is satlsfylngly large. It was not at all a bad place to spend one's youth, and It would be by no means a bad setting for one's old age. From the New York Evening Post. A Dog's Artificial Tail. Artificial teeth, legs, arms and hair are common, but a dog wltb an arti ficial tall Is rare, tfoll, a terrier be longing to an Oluey family, sports an artificial tall. In accordance with custom. Foil lost bis tall early In Ufa. only a stump about two Inches Ions remaining. To this stump bis psesent owners havo affixed a tall which can wag any way the dog lfces. The tall Is fastened by a strap and buclafe, and when In place is very like the real article. Foil enjoys wearing it, and at night submits gracefully to Its re moval. Philadelphia lUeurd. AtfDECOnfOMIES 1 NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 3 The First Mitch. A curious distinction belongs to Miss Elizabeth M. Kllbourne, of Wln Bted, Conn. She claims to be the first woman who ever took a stitch on the. sewing machine She was for merly a teacher In Hartford, where she visited Ellas Howe'B shop and was given a chance to try his new In vention. He told her that she was the first of her sox to use the machine which has done so much to relieve the household toll of woman. Les lie's Weekly. Japanese Woman's Clothes. A Kobe newspaper gives the cost of the wearing apparel of a Japanese woman of fashion. She wears $1 3. AO worth of clothing under her kimono, which costs 125. The obi costs an other $25. Numerous tying para phernalia sum up to $17.50, and a set of footgear amounts to $9. Combs and hairpins, ornamented with gems, cost $245; a shawl, $7.50; a diamond neck clasp, $160; handkerchiefs, twenty-five centB each; a gold watch, $150 about $918 in all for a season. A middle doss woman wears about $160 worth of clothing each year. Montreal Star. Picture Styles. The picture styles are prominent In the fashionable wardrobe and the picture wraps and coats are particu larly attractive. There is a velvet shoulder cape which has caught the passing fancy because of its beauty and convenience. It is mado with long ends hanging down the front of the gown, while the back comes only to the waist line. There are no sleeves, but the arms are thrust through shawl-like pieces which fall , from the neck something in dolman fashion. Large, handsome ornaments fasten the front. This picture gar ment can be worn day or evening. The Height of Queens. Nearly all the sovereigns of Europe are shorter than their consorts. Our own King, for example, Is not quite as tall as Queen Alexandra, the Kaiser Is decidedly shorter than the Oerman Empress, Queen Amelia of Portugal is a head taller than Don Carlos, the King of Spain is quite half a head shorter than Queen Vic- catod existence with that of tho great John Buskin, who had but four toys during his entire childhood, but who spent many enraptured hours with these, and he attributed his taste for architecture to the fact of his blocks, one of the toys, having Interested him in building at so early an age. Mil waukee Free Press. Jet Passementerie Mndc nt Home. Jet trimming of all sorts is ex tremely fashionable this winter, and Is not only used on black gowns of all sorts, but also on colors. It Is an expensive garniture to buy ready made, but very effective bands and motifs of the sort can be made by sewing jot beads and spangles on strong black lace or net. Lace li easier to work with, because, In this case, the outllres or the design are followed. If plain net is used, a pat tern traced on paper Is usually placed on tho net and the beads put on by this guide. Those bands, when com plete, can be used for Insertion, pas sementerie or can be even made Into waists or entire drosses fr.r evening If there is enough of them. Jetted belts are also very pretty made In this way. A jetted lace dress, If the jet be of good quality, is one of the safest Investments for a lady of limited means who goes out socially a good deal. It will last and look handsome for several years at tho very least, and It can be worn over a black, white or colored lining. McCall's Magazine. I'AimoNH FAVORED. Harrlsburg (Special). The Board of Pardons recommended pardons for Barney Paul, of Elk, second degree murder; E. J. Hamm, of Heaver, sell ing liquor without license; W. B. Drumm. of Lancaster, larceny and receiving stolen goods; Peter Vara vada, of Lawrence, second degree murder, and Mrs. Dora Newman Pike, second degree murder. The board commuted tho sentence of Alfred F. Jones, of Fayette, to life Imprisonment, and held under advisement tho application for a com mutation of the death sentence of Dominic Ramunno, of Jefferson. Applications for a commutation of the death sentences of Jung Jow and Mock Knng. Philadelphia; Wil liam Hendy, Northampton; William Smith, Allegheny; Michael Holko, Venango; Morfls B. Holmes, Alle gheny; Max Sotfer, Philadelphia, and Lulgl Ferrlohl, Philadelphia, were refused. Pnrdons wero refused Robert Slmo- lson, Westmoreland, larceny; Joseph r Belserawltz, Luzerne, assault and batter; Claude Baker, Warren, rob bery; Robert Curtis, Luzerne, for gery; Earnest Santarro, Allegheny, larceny; Andrew Morrow, Beaver, burglary and larceny, nnd Morris Baum, Allegheny, felonious rape. HearlngB were refused In tho cases of John H. Dally, Philadelphia, sec ond degree murder, and James Mont gomery, Chester, assault and battery. Fashionable Bridesmaids. Then there Is the question of bridesmaids. Rita had bogun by say ing that that, at least, is simple she will have no one but her two dearest friends, Dorothy and Nellte;but when her mother pointed out the propriety of adding Bob's two slaters to the list, she had yielded. Dorothy and Nellie are both blondes and favor light green dresses, but Bob's two sisters are of a sallow complexion, and refuse, with that passionate acer bity which even the moat amiable women will show when their personal appearance Is at stake, to be seen alive or dead In green. A compro mise is finally effected In pink; and Dorothy, who has already been a bridesmaid fifteen times, and can hardly drag herself through the cere- NEGKO MVKDKHEU HUNG. Easton (Special). William Han dy, a South Carolina negro, was hanged here for a murder of Police man Shuman, of South Bethlehem, last summor. Handy declared to the last that he did not remember having shot the officer. After the shooting, the negro, who was drunk, went to sleep In a lumber yard near the scene of the crime and 1 was found there a few hours' later. ! Handy is known to have shot a de I tectlve ta New York somo yeara ago. There were no unuBual Incident at tho execution. Handy being In different to his fate to the last. He would not accept tho consolation of a spiritual adviser, preferring to spend his time playing solitaire In his cell. STOOD ELECTRIC SHOCK. To Serve at Afternoon Tea or Reception Caviar Sandwiches 01iveSandwich.es Faricy Cakes. Tea Chocolate Creaned Oysters Olives Brown. Bread and Butter Coffee Punch Sardine Sandwiches Nut Sandwiches Gherkins flltnonds Pineapple Ice Small CaKea Anchovy Toast Lettuce Sandwiches Cheese Straws Tea, Coffee or Chocolate Luncheon Menus - Oyster CocKtails Crean of Pea Soup Salmon Cutlets Duchesse Potatoes Broiled Ch,ick.en Broiled Mush.roocns Rice Apple Salad Pineapple Ice Sponge Cake Coffee Raw Oysters Baked trout Sweetbreads in Timbals Green Peas Fruit Salad Cream of Potato Soup Fish Turbot Candied Sweet Potato Spinach Prune Wtyp Angel Cake Coffee Fruit Frappe Fried Oysters Cold Slaw Escallopei Tomatoes Curried Rice Banana Salad Ginger Ice CracKers Coffee Dinner Menus Cream of Asparagus Soup Roast Lamb Green Peas Stuffed Onions Pick,led Peaches Lettuce Salad CracKers Cream Cheese Pistachio Ice Cream Coffee Pan Oysters Consomm6 Roast Beef Rica Croquettes Baked Squash Stuffed Tomatoes Orange Salad Cracker Camembert Cheese Jelly With Whipped Cream Coffee Cream of Corn Soup Roast Spare Ribs of Pork, Spiced Apples Mashed Turnips Baked Sweet Potatoes Celery Salad Squash Pie Cheese Coffee Grape Fruit Cocktail Breaded Yeal Cranberry SaUce Baked Potato CakesCreamed Asparagus Fruit Salad Apricot Parfait Wafers Coffee Lancaster ( Special ) . Clayton Henry, an employee of the Hershey Foundry, Manheim, still lives, and will recover, after being subjected to a shock of 1100 volts of electric ity. He accidentally grasped a live wire while trimming a light, and as he couldn't lot go, soon became un conscious. Clnton Ulrlch, who went to his I assistance, wub also badly shocked. Henry was only released after the current was shut oft. Tho flesh of his hnnd was burned to the bono, and be is in a serious condition from shock. torla Eugenie, the Czar appears quite small beside the Czarina, and so also does tho KIn of Italy, who scarcely reaches to tho shoulder of his beauti ful Queen. The King of Norway and the Prince of Montenegro are the only two who ore very much taller than their wives. London Women. Worth on Jewels. "It Is just the same with jewelry. When my daughter was about to be married I took from the bank a sum of money that her grandfather, the founder of our house, hud left by will to be expended upon u wedding pres ent for her," says Worth, the great Paris dressmaker, writing In Harper's Bazar. "The amount waa sufficient to purchase a necklace of diamonds. "But I did not wiBh such a posses sion for my daughter. "Instead of presenting to her In her grandfather's name an ornament composed of stones of which not one would be really uncommon, I bought Just a single stone a solitary blue diamond, flawless, superbly cut; In point of fact, perfection. Few people may notice that diamond when my daughter wears It, but she owua a gem that Is lmmacblate, and that Is enough for me and fo,- her." Ruskln und Master DoUurs. Miss L. E. Stearns, in her lecture on the "Thankless Child," pleaded for children to have time to be children. "I know of a Milwaukee mother who was surprised lately to find that at a birthday party which her daugh ter (a child of eight) had attended two liveried pagos stood at the door to receive the gifts the children brought. "The same little girl who wal hostess at the party, when In a formal mood. Is apt to go to call upon some child of her own age iu her mother's carriage, accompanied by footman and driver, and when she arrives, pre sents her visiting card before seeing her friend." Miss Steams compared this compll- mony, and Nellie, who is not rich In this world'B goods, and If she affords any dress wants a warm, plain cloth and not a pink chiffon, and Bob's two sisters who are still grimly aware of not looking their beet all four pro cede Rltu up the aisle In varying stages of depression. Harper's Bazar. HOUSE CALLED HELP. Wllliamsport ( Special ) . While he was alone In the woods skidding logs near Rutland, William Avery was thrown by a rolling log, which broke his leg and pinned him fast. After ho had laid for hours in the snow and cold he was found by John Benson, who was directed to Avery by the letter's horse, which had started tor home. The physician who set Avery's leg found he had contracted pneumonia by his long contuct with the snow nnd his llfo Is dlspalred of. SAVED BY HIS DAUGHTER. Ten Chances to One For the Baby. "A contury ago the anxious parent of the new-born babe had good reason to be uneasy," says Dr. Woods Hutch inson, in writing on "The Irrepressi ble Tendency of BableB to Qrow Up," in the Woman's Homo Companion. "That was still the age of dirt and a huge Infant mortality. "Less than half tho children born lived to be five yeara old in London, in 1760, 74.6 per cent, died and more than one-third perished In the first year. Now such a condition Is rapidly disappearing, and remains only In our slum and most Ignorant peasant communities. "To-day the average mortality iu the first five years of child life In the entire United States Is less than twenty per cent. The mortality for the first year, about ten per cent., and eliminating tho slums and our for elgu population, the rate is nearly three per cent, lower yet. So that your baby, gentle reader, has ten chances to one of reaching his first birthday, five to one of reaching his fifth, and three to one of attalnliig adult life. Surely this is not an out look to Justify serious worry or con stant unxlety for fear that somethi dreadful will happen." Sixty Million Comics Sold. The publishers Bay that nearly 60. 000,000 cnilc valentines are sold yearly, the bulk of them belug dis posed of iu this country. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Thomas Hcathcote, aged 69, was acquitted of the murder of his 66-year-old wife on December 18. The acquittal was due largely to the testimony of the prisoner's pretty 15-year-old daugh ter, Annie. The girl testified her mother had first struck her father and that the latter, who had u bottle of beer In his hand, tried to ward off the blow, and In doing this he struck his wife tho blow which caused her death. Freight Shipments Increased. West Chester (Special) . As an Indication of tho general resumption of bnslness freight shipments to and from this place havo been gradually Increasing during the past month, with every promise that the normal volume will soon bo reached. While February is always a Black month here, the business has boon steadily climbing and is uow past tho mark made during some of the Fall months, which are usually busy ones. Oirl Missing From Home. Ambler (Special ) . Fourteen-year-9ld Hester 8tgns, daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. John Signs, has been miss ing from home since Sunday. Her parents have been worried to death tbout the whereabouts of their laughter, and they fear foul play. 8he was last soy t at 8unday School. She was dresse g a white dress and i light gray cof with collar and mi's of green, and a white hat. Miners Quit The Union. Pottsvllle (Special). The unthra ite coal operators having announced :hat they will refuse to recognize tho Jnlted Mine Workers in the nego tiations for another wage scale he :ause not 10 per cent, of tho miners ire members of the union at the resent time. District President lohn Fahy, Miles Dougherty and Tor rance Qinley arranged for a series )f meetings In tin. Schuylkill region o get the miners to return to the inlon. It Is a tradition of the Austrian royal house that no Emperor must die lying down. He nmst eland up to receive the last dread messenger. Death Of Corporal Tlmm. Morton (Special). Walter C. Tlmm, Sr., aged 61 yeara, a veteran at the Civil War and prominent in Grand Army clrclea, being known over the State as ".Corporal Tlmm," succumbed to heart failure at his home here. Deceased was a former ! postmaster of the borough and mem ber of the acuool board. He was a member of Post Commandry No. 14V Q. A. R., of Media. Bertram Lodge of Free MasoaB and the Knights of Pythias. He la survived by bis wife und four chlidreu. MINER TOO INIH STItlOl s. Pittsburg (Special). That a man can be too Industrious and even be arrested for being over-zealouB In his employment Is demonstrated in tho arrest of Steven Spair, an Italian miner, employed In the Pittsburg Coal Company's mines at Beading. Spair thought to oke out the money he had been earning digging coal by being an early bird and by going Into the mines Boon after daybreak, mine a large quantity of cool before the rest of the day shift were on ths Job. Spair was evidently unaware that ho was violating the mining laws and endangering the lives of his fel low miners by going into the mlneB before the fire' boss had made bis Inspection and he was arrested when he was found making dust fly in an Inner chamber when the Are dobs ar rived. Inspector Morris charged the man with misdemeanor and be was held for court. LIVELY CONTEST FOR OFFICE. West Chester (Special). Indica tions point to a lively canvaas for the office of District Attorney in Chester County, for Robert 8. Gaw throp and Harris L. Sproat have each announced their candidacy for the position. Mr. Sproat Is tho present Assist ant District Attorney, while Mr. Gawthrop has been working under the wing of District Attorney Mac Elree for some time. He came prominently Into the public eye here In conducting the Lewis murder csbo, a fight which he won single-handed agalnBt two members of the bar of long standing. Both are young men of ability, so that there is every promise of a sharp contest for public indorsement at the primaries. MAD SCRAMBLE FOR LIFE. Mahanoy City (Special). Crowd ed with passengers, mostly miners on their way to work, a Schuylkill traction car stuck In the snow on the Reading crossing here just as the early Philadelphia express swept Into view. There was a mad scramble among the passengers, doors and windows being torn loose, from which the men Jumped or were pushed with Irreslstable force. With but few moments to spare and the car only half empty, the motorman heroically stuck to his post, succeeding in Btartlng the car out of danger as the train rushed by. Several of the men were so scared that they refused to go to work. SIXTY YEARS MAN AND WIFE. Stroudsburg (Special). Isaac Q. Strunk, aged 85, and his wife, aged 87, celebrated the sixtieth anniver sary of their wedding. Both are en Joying the best of health und Btlll attend personally to their farm work. A large number of old people past 70 years paid their respects to Mr. nnd Mrs. Strunk, whose entire life haB been a happy one. Chandler For National Delegate. Media (Special). The announce ment that Fred T. Chandler, presi dent of the Philadelphia Stock Ex change, and a resident of Lansdowne, had been selected as one of tho dele gates to the Republican National Con vention, has aroused great interest In political circles and will likely start a warm contest In Delaware County, as the friends of J. Herbert Ogden, a manufacturer, who also re sides at Lansdowne, are anxious to see his services to the party reward ed by having him elected as a nation al delegate. Fatally Gored By A Bull. Hazletou (Special). Andrew Neu man, farm hand, of Black Creek Township, was terribly gored by a bull, and is laid up with injuries that it is feared will prove fatal. Neuman works on the farm of his uncle, John Neuman, and went to the stable to feed the cattle, when the bull attacked him. He had his right arm and leg broken and the bull's horns also lacerated his thigh and abdomen. Died Rather Than Testify. Plttston ( Special ) . Despondent because of a domestic scandal and because she had been summoned to appear as chief witness in a case against her husband and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Van Luven, aged 40, of West Plttston. committed sui cide today, by drinking carbolic acid. I on n.l His House Hud Disappeared. Mulllca Hill (Special) When Ber nard Haughy looked over his farm he discovered that his tenant house, occupied by Aaron Cooper und fam ily, had disappeared during the night. Going to the spot, he found nothing but a cellar filled with ashes, the house having burned down In the night While the family were away. STATE ITEMS. John B. Sensenlg, a farmer, ot Karl Township, Lancaster County, who has Just died, aged 88 years, was married three times, had six teen children and leaves ninety grandchildren and a number of great and great-great-grandchildren. Mrs Harry J. Shoemaker, wife ol ex-Congressman Shoemaker,' died at Doyiestown after a lengthy Illness. Peter Barlett, aged 61 years, a veteran In the Civil War, died sud denly In Pottsvllle from apoplexy. Dr. Richard Simmons, medical In spector of Northumberland County, was placed in charge of a free State tuberculosis dispensary establishment In Shamokln. The Industrial Commission, of Bethlehem, will hold Its first ban quet ou March 12, and has asked Charlee M. Schwab to be it.-, guest. Two peddlers were killed on the Pennsylvania main Hue at Wllmore by the main line express. They did not hear the train approaching. Steve Rltlk and Apul Lacker while on their way to work at Siegfried were atruok by a passenger train aud instantly killed.
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