. . T - . i , i - .rif i i ii. - , ,
WHILST YOU'RE KEEPIN UP Tf' FIRE.
BY ISAM I. ST M is. '
I can hear the old man aarin' long before lie went awa?
To the calm, untroubled country where the wiaeat of 'era atay, s
That plain, ol' fanhioned Ira thot we took to heart for good:
"Whilat you're kecpin' up the Hre you're a-burnin' up the wood'"
II.
Sorter aet ua all to thinkin' aa, when harvest come along.
An' we iuiw the prospect brighten like a aunbeam in a ong;
An' the ailver jingled cnrrlinn hkr -that word we under tood:
'While your'a keepin' up the tire you're a-bumin' up the wood!'
in.
Dream your dreama there muat be dreamera in a world the Lord made bright
The dreamera of the darkneaa, an' the dreamera of the light;
Of the aowin' an' the reapin' dreama of glory an' of good
You muat keep the fire blasin , but you're burnin' up toe wood! "
IV.
.Teat (hat ol'-faahioned lemon: an I'm glad we read it right,
An' felt ita deeuer meanin' 'fore he aaid hia laat "Goodnight;" '
For where the heart heata truest atill in where it 'a underatood:
"Whilat you're keepin' up the fire you'ra a-burnin' up the wood!"
From Uncle Remua'a Magazine.
e-;-
A DEAL IN CIGARS
Just a Casual Venture Involving a Little Profit.
'A Tale of the Now York Ghetto.
Hj in 111 Goodman's assistant, Yan
kele Schleifan, had bceu busy through
the early part of the day, -with a
record of sales much to the satisfac
tion of the proprietor. The calm
good nature of Hyman Goodman, one
of those men whom prosperity never
ruffles, became more and more bland,
until Anally he almost smiled on
Yaokele. In fact, Hyman felt so
kindly disposed toward Yankele that
he announced after a time that he
was going to give the young man a
treat.
"It isn't right," he said, "that you
should have to sit cooped up here all
afternoon, like I do. For me it is all
right, because I am the boss here,
and I have to slave for my money.
But you are a young man and you
have worked hard to-day, so I am
going to give you a little outing.
;ints is a fashionable store, and wa
as he stood there digesting Yankele's
remarks. Then he picked up a couple
of boxes and said: "Well, I'll be a
tool Take them," and he picked the
coin from Yankele's hand.
By this time the boy with the suits
had come up and Levi spread them
tenderly before Yankele. "That's
fine," he said, admiringly. "Look at
that finish. Look at that work. And
cheap. Where else could you get
such things?''
"That's what I have to find out,"
said Yankele. "I'll have to see where
else I can get them." And he turned
to go out with great indifference.
"Hold on," said Levi. "You don't
mean to say you don't like that
stuff?"
"It's fine," said Yankele. "I won
der at It." And he started out.
"Wait a bit," said Levi. "You have
those two boxes of cigars. What did
-- - - . 1 vucb iu cigars, wnat did
should have things that are in the I you take them for, if you weren't go
style. So I am going to let you go j ing to buy?"
out and select some brown suits for "Losk now," said Yankele "you
me. That will be good training for f have sold those boxes of cigars at fair
yott, and you will be able besides to and honest sale. But you will try to
i-oim. iu juumm u i upresenung me, gee oacK what you have lost in selling
Hyman Goodman. That. I think, in
no small reward." And he beamed
upon Yankele.
"When you heenn " said Wvmnn
Goodman's young man, "I thought
wonder what I was going to get As
for the air that you speak of, I am
willing to go out to take it. Also I
will take the task that you set before
me. Only I would rather that you
didn't consider It such a favor."
Goodman was slightly taken aback
So I can't take any
the goods to me
chances like that,
where else where
the seller "
"A fine nerve you have," said Levi
angrily. "You're no better than a
thief. You come in here and swindle
me out of the cigars and then you
dodge out of It."
"As for being no better than a
thief," said Yankele evenly, "what
are you but a briber?
"You tell him my business sn he (R
get ahead of mo? That's a fine way
to servs me."
"Don't I give you a chance now to
get ahead, of him?" asked Yankele.
"What more do ynn want? But
what's the use" and he moved to
ward the door.
"Stay," said Hyman. "How much
did he say he'd give you?"
"They sell regularly for $3 a box,
these cigars, but I got them for a
little less," said Yankele. "He said
he'd give me $2 a box for them.
So I agreed to take that, though prac
tically no value for such cigars. I
will be back soon," he said as ho put
his hand ou the door.
"Watt," said Hyman. "I don't
want to be hashy. I will give you
$2.10 a box for them. That way you
make a profit anyway."
"Make It $2.20 and I'll do It," said
Yankele. "Gottlieb said he'd be will
ing to advance a little It need be.
See, they are first class Igars and yon
make eighty cents profit on each box
at $2.20. Besides, see what trade
you draw with each draw from the
cigar," he added, smiling.
Goodman was in doubt for a long
time, but finally he said, hastened a
bit as Yankele fumbled the door
knob: "Well, I'll take them. I can't
let Gottlieb get ahead of me."
"Cash down," said Yankele, as he
returned from the door.
Goodman arose from his chair and
walked to the cash drawer. With
lingering reluctance he took two
greasy $2 bills from It and added
forty cents In change. He handed the
money to Yankele.
"May it be for profit to you," said
Yankele courteously. New York
Sun.
4vo Good Breeders.
There are many more old sows be
ing sent to market this year than
last. This Indicates that farmers are
selling off their big. heavy sows and
keeping young ones for coming breed
ers, or are reducing their breeding
herds. Whatever else you do, save
a good bunch of breeders. It Is a mis
take to sell too close, because of
high prices. Progressive Farmer.
Seamless Milk Cans.
The best milk vessels are those
that have no seams In them, since
dirt and old cakes of milk will get
down In the seams and develop bad
germs In splto of anything reason
able that ran be done to prevent It.
If vessels must be used with seams In
them, the seams should be as smooth
is possible, to reduce the space where
llrt can lodge. Solder can be used
o fill the senms smoothly. Progres
ilve Farmer.
USEFUL NEW WOODS.
Tupelo Found Valuable For Many
Purposes.
The sclentlBc study of the merits of
many species of trees against the use
of which there has been a prejudice
for one reason or another Is one of
the most Important phases of the for
est work of the Government from an
economic point of view, and the In
vestigations already mado have pro
vided the lumber Industry with much
valuablo information.
The latest discoveries of valuable
qualities In a formerly neglected spe
cies resulted after an Investigation of
the tupelo gum which finds its home
in the Southern swamps. Tupelo two
years ago, at the time the study was
egun, was little known and seldom
Pure Bred Poultry.
To start with pure bred poultry It
s not necessary to invest a small for
:une, as many believe. If you have
1 i mixed flock and do not wish to dig
) jOBe of them at onca and start with
pure bred poultry, but want to tm
, prove the laying qualities of your
I mixed stork, get a pure bred cock
I Mrd from some fancier who has a
good laying strain. Mate him with
I i mii mixed hens and the next genern-
tlon will be better layers. Remem
I her the male bird Is half your flock.
You can get a pure bred male bird
that Is not good enough in color per
haps to reproduce his own breed, but
is In other respects a good bird and
I Just what you need to Introduce new
blood Into your mixed flock. Farm
ers' Home Journal.
- a nuunu uuu senium
I Have to go some- ,., PVon in th ..... t tv. ....
T a,wr . "" fV
a. .i.iii oiCH WILLI
where it is most iilonttfnl Tn fhn
ting of cypress in the Gulf States,
where tupelo Is found In large quanti
ties, the trees were disregarded. It
was found that the prejudice then ex
isting against the wood was caused by
a lack of knowledge of its properties
and lack of care In handling the ma
terial. The inveatlcntlnno rnrrla.l ....
by the reception of his word. ht hH 1 n w m "V ,An" Ior an" I United States Forest Service
contented himself with naming a list " your nnve provea tbe value r tlle wood for
of shops to which Yankele might go.
"I trade there regularly and I don't
want you to go to any other place.
Otherwise I'll make enemies," he
said. Then Yankele nut on hi hut
and coat and started off on his errand.
He walked a short distance, his
path taking him past the store of Levi
Micklowltz, whom he knew. The pro
prietor was standing before the door.
"Wie gehts? What are you looking
for? Anything in my line?" asked
Levi. Yankele stopped to explain his
errand, mentioning in great detail
the variety of brown suit he was
searching for.
"Isn't that Just your luck!" de
manded Levi. "The first thing you
leave your store you run across a man
who can sell you Just what you are
after. That I call luck. By the
veriest chance we have In the store
exactly what you are seeking. Come
In."
"No," said Yankele, "yours Isn't
one of the regular houses Hyman
Goodman goes to, so I can't buy. I'd
like to, of course, but I can't do It."
"What difference does that make?"
asked Levi. "I don't care whether or
not you buy. I won't be angry. Only
if I show you the goods and you can't
find them elsewhere at least you can
come back here. Come It. It's a dull
day, anyway, so I'll enjoy showing
you what we have."
"Under those conditions, since you
have said that vou won't he if
i aon t Duy, I'll come in,
Separate Boosts,
When housing birds for winter It
should be taken into consideration
that the young birds require a little
more attention than the old ones, and
that the same conveniences do not
suit all ages. Old stock will get
along well on almost any kind of a
roost, but It is not so with young
birds. Their bones are composed
mostly of animal matter and are eas
ily bent and thus easily deformed.
If a chick is forced to sit all night
on a little, narrow pole It will causa
hint to bend almost double In order
to remain there and be comfortable,
nnd ho will soon become crooked
backed, havo leg weakness, or have a
crooked breast. Have separate roosts
for the young and old stock. The
young birds will choose the flat, wider
pieces of board, and the old stock
will naturally take the higher ones
and better results will follow.
Farmers' Home Journal.
doM Von
kele, "not otherwise."
After they entered the store and a -"'rs
y had been sent for the -.rood. Yn- word' D,dn 1 ou W yu wouldn't
be angry If I didn't buy? What way
Esau Buck and the Buck-Saw.
ANi ,l(1Jiartnur of Ajkansas. whose sons had all grown up and
i i J.m red a yunB ma" by the name of Esau Buck to
hmiJ , ' onh!s farm' u the evening of the first day they
Thi rl ?? a amal'ad of poles, for wood, and unloaded them.
Ihe next morning the old man said to the hired man
m au' lm Boing to town to-day, and while I am gone you
may saw wood and keep the old ram out of the garden. "
i,t h I old man had Bne Esau went out to saw the wood,
but when he saw the saw he wouldn't saw. When Esau saw
'hPL"7(n SaW he couldnt 8aw with that saw. Esau looked
didn't saw w Crtl"a'Mb,lt tnat was tne on'y 8aw h aw. so he
didn t saw. When the old man came home he said to Esau:
ksau, did you saw the wood?"
Esau said: "1 saw the wood, but I wouldn't saw it."
I old man went out to see the saw, and when he saw the
saw he saw that Esau couldn't saw with that saw. When Esau
o ' tf,e ld nia,n S,aW that he cou,dn,t saw with the saw, Esau
picked up the ax and chopped the wood and made a seesaw.
ine next day the old man went to town and boucht a new
buck-saw for Esau Buck, and when he came home he hung the
buck-saw for Esau Buck on the saw-buck by the seesaw S
Just at that time Esau Buck saw the old buck In the
fnrtheQn.eaUag C,abiaBe' and hen 'rlTini him from the garden
oy Uie seesaw UC" 8aW th buck"saw tUe saw-buck
When the old buck saw Esau Buck looking at the new
buck-saw on the saw-buck by the seesaw, he made a dive for
Esau, hit the seesaw, knocked the seesaw against Esau Buck
who fell on the buck-saw on the saw-buck by the seesaw '
When the old man saw the old buck dive at Esau Buck
and miss Esau and hit the seesaw and knock the seesaw aga 1. sc
gyt?i Eh3au, Buck fall on the buck-saw on the saw'buck by
the seesaw, he picked up an ax to kill the old buck. But the buck
saw him coming and dodged the blow and countered on the old
man s stomach, knocked the old man over the seesaw on to Esau
,8ee8aWL "'"l"1"1 Eaa B"Ck. brok"
.v wv i. aim me seesaw.
Bncchorse Corn.
I send you by mail an ear of corn.
Would you kindly tell me Its name, If
It has any? Doea It contain the
largest proportion of oil or protein?
Is It best for hogs and for cattle, or
for horses? H. E. S.
This ear of corn Is of peculiar In
terest. The variety is Racehorse or
Mortgage-lifter dent. The interest
lies In the protein content, which is
high, averaging 9.C8 per cent. When
we came to examine the separate
kernels of the ear wo found one
kernel testing but five per cent, and
another as high as fifteen. We are
; oxamlnlng into the matter of varla
. tion of separate kernels on the same
I ear. The Importance of this matter
can be readily appreciated. We had
noted the variations between adjacent
i kernels on the row when planted as
1 to the height, character of the stalk
I and character of the ear. Wo then
; examined Into the chemical constitu
I tlon of each kernel ou separate ears,
but are not yet ready to report.
I Country GentUunau.
..vi i: aii .1
hoy had been sent for tho goods Yan
kele looked around. He saw a case
covered with cigar boxes, and picking
up one he found from the weight that
It probably was full of cigars. "What
have you done?" he asked. "Havo
you taken on a new line?"
"No," replied Levi, "those are for
customers. This time of the year I
keep always boxes of cigars on hand
as presents. Now, If you were to
buy I would throw In a box of cigars "
"Well," said Yankele, "that is an
other matter. I am not supposed to
buy here. But, anyway, I couldn't
take the cigars. It wouldn't be right,
something for nbthlng 1 couldn't
take.
"Suppose I should offer you a box
of cigars, anyway," said Levi Insin
uatingly, "would you take It?"
"No," said Yankele, "one box
wouldn't be any good to me. Two I
might take, but not one."
"Well, you won't get an opportun-
voYtM'w tW0'" replled Lov1' "Oo
you think I am crasy?"
I,don't thlnk yu a" crazy,"
said Yankele. "I .aid that a. a joke,
wou dn't take one as a gift because
which ,B!7f nt t0 tak0 "rtfctaf for
watch l didn t pay?"
i- YrU' "nce you' so honest," re
?o aBiVl' "cofu"y. "uppo.e I offer
er i i T b0x? Ueie' tor a Quar
ter 1 Blve you a box."
Yankele thought for a moment and
Pul!edPUn T band 10 hU "'
Pulled out some small change and
ooked at It. He had onU- a fifty cent
Place among some other coins smaller
Inn qurtT- Hs looked at Levi
and .aid: "Goodman told me that I
houldn.t trade anywhere thai
if "ularly. However. I
?'ht y that I couldn't get th.
Huartsr ' tW b0Xe' 1 h't
; Lsvi iook pll9d for B m)miat
Is that to keen vour word? Bualneaii
men should bo honest," he added
grandly. Then while the choleric
Levi was gulping dowu a sentence he
walked out of the Btore.
It didn't take him long to find In
another stora what Goodman was
seeking, and after a few hours spent
in bargaining he set out to return
to the shop. He came in with the
cigars ostentatiously displayed. Good
man looked at them. "What's all
I this?" he demanded.
"Well, you see," said Yankele, "I
had a chance to get a bargain In these
cigars. A man I knew had them to
sell cheap. I said to myself it would
be a fine thing to have these cigars
tn the store to give to customers.
That would draw trade when it got
about we were giving them away.
One cigar for so much of a purchase."
"Well," said Hyman. "Did you do
that as a charity to me?"
"No," said Yankele, "I bought them
cheap and thought you would pay
back the cost to tne. 1 won't make
anything out of them, but you are
so considerate 1 thought I would let
you have a chance for Utile money
to help aloDg trade."
"Perhaps I am an idiot," said Hy
man. "Shall I be fool enough to give
away things? You can keep the
cigars. I won't pay you for them."
"I don't mind," said Yankele In
differently, and he started to walk
out.
"Where are you going?" asked Hy
man. "Before I came in I was talking to
Gottlieb," said Yankele, mentioning
Goodman's nearest and' fiercest com
petitor. "He said, 'Goodman's too
mean to take the cigars off your
bauds. . It he doesn't, I will.' So I
am glong to sail them to him. "
"He said that?" asked Goodman.
a number of uses. The result of these
studies largely removed the preju
dices against this gum, and In a Bhort
time the demand for tupelo rapidly
Increased.
The wood is now widely used, not
only In the States where It grows, but
mso in aisiant parts of the country In
the manufacture of wooden pumps,
sounding boards for violins and or
gans, mantels and Interior llnlshlng,
such as molding, door and window
frames and floor jams. It Is also
manufactured into all kinds of lum
ber, including a good grade of edge
grain flooring. Tupelo gum In the
form of flooring was recently found
Competing successfully with Douglas
fir in the Los Angeles market, even
though bearing a freight rate of
eighty-five cents a hundredweight
from its source of production in
Louisiana.
This is only one example of the
studies carried on by the Government
for the purpose of creating markets
and establishing uses for kinds of
wood whose properties are not under
stood. The reason for making these
studies Is that by finding substitutes
for wood now in use which have
grown scarce in consequence of an ex
cessive demand the timber supply of
the country is in effect increased, the
most economical use of wood Is pro
moted and the evils of a general
shortage In supply are to that degree
lessened. Washington Correspond
ence of the New York Tribune.
Equip the I'nrm.
The scarcity of help ou farms will
ultimately drive land owners to
greater economy and to a more gen
eral use of devices and conveniences
which lighten the work. It Is sur
prising how many try to get along
by muscle power alone, never tryhn;
out any other method, which might
save half their work. An old farmer
says that his neighbors called him
lazy when he first brought a hay
loader onto his farm, and when he
rigged up a cable and used a trip
hay fork to unload his hay he had a
good bunch of farmers around him,
"Just to see how it worked." The
close figuring farmer counts all of
these labor savers just that much of
his equipment, and It Is only by us
ing them that he is enabled to meet
present conditions. The walking
stirring plow and walking cultivators
are back numbers. Now the sulky
or gang plow is used, and three big,
lusty horses will turn over three or
four acres a day. A manufacturer
has now gotten out a rotary harrow,
which is attached to the plow, and
the land is turned and harrowed at
one operation. I believe that If any
man Is justified in borrowing money
It Is when be Invests it in up-to-date
tools and implements for more rapid
and better work on the .'arm. In
diana Farmer.
Look on tho Brighter Side.
An Englishman frankly remarks
that American men make Ideal bits
bands. What a blessing It would be
it we couid make tho American wom
en believe this. Buffalo Times.
Teak wood, or Indian oak, will alnk
In water. It is one of the hard
of woods.
Lamba Dying From Wool-Ball.
In cases of lambs dying from this
trouble. It is well to remember that
this may and does arise from two
oparate causes.
Firstly, when grass Is scarce and
ewes are short of milk, in the rase of
twin lambs, It is usually the bigger
and stronger of the twins that dies.
This may appear strange, but it is
easily explainable. When the milk Is
short, the stronger lamb drives off
the weaker one from the dam, and
by Its persistent tugging at the empty
udder for the sustenance It falls to
obtain, it takes Into Its stomach por
tions of wool from about tho udder of
Its dam, which forms Into a ball in
the stomach and causes death. In
such cases the shepherd should lose
no time in going over the flock and
cutting away the wool from the vicin
ity of the udders.
Secondly, when the ewes are af
fected with sheep ticks, the lambs by
the upstroke of the heads in seeking
for the teats dtslodaa the ticks and
these fall Into the coats of the lambs.
They are not accustomed to such
visitors and seek to rid themselves
by biting the ticks and In so doing
take Into helr stomachs portions of
their own wool, death resulting.
Thus in post mortems to elucidate
causes of death It Is necessary to note
whether the wool-ball Is composed of
ewe or lamb wool, before effective
measures of precaution and preven
tion can be taken. W. B. Gilbert, Id
The Epltomlst.
To Cleanse Ponds.
Many ponds, small lakes, streams
and brooks and even the natural
basins which servo to catch the winter
ra4ns to be utilized during the rain
less season for stock water frequently
become clogged with a vegetable
growth which renders the water
nauseous in taste and repulsive In
smell. In almost every case these
conditions are produced by a small
plant whose origin Is unknown to the
farmer and the effect of which Is
serious. To drain the water off will
not cause the destruction of the
growth, for as soon as the water is
returned the plants begin to grow
again. A simple way and an Inexpen
sive one. Is to draw a small bag filled
with sulphate of copper (blue vltrol),
back and forth through the water.
If the pond is small, or tho growth Is
in a stream, the sulphate can be tied
to the end of a pole. If the pond
is large the bag may be trolled be
hind a boat. It frequently occurs
that a viscid growth resembling moss
In strings appears in water tanks
and troughs at the wind mill or where
a stream falls from a spring. The
growth may be effectually killed by
tiBlng copper sulphate as described.
Let It be borne in mind that copper
sulphate is poison and should be used
with care. A dollar's worth will clear
several acres of a pond and a penny's
worth a tank or water trough. Ice
ponds may be cleared of theobjectlon
able moss In this way. C. M. Cln
thor, in The Epltomlst.
V Study of Plant Food.
Th principal foods of plants are
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash,
and it is these substances in the man
ure upon which plants principally
feed.' When fertilizers are applied
the farmer gives his crops Identically
the same principal foods that he sup
plies from barnyards, with the differ
ence that in the use of fertilizers he
knowB Just how many pounds of ni
trogen (or ammonia) .phosphoric acid
and potash he applies per acre, whllo
the proportions of these substances In
the manure are unknown and much
depends upon the kinds of foods from
which the rhanuro is produced and
the manner It has been cared for.
Barnyard manure, while it pos
sesses Just what may be needed, con
tains some substances in greater pro
portion than of others. Thus clover
is a plant that prefers lime in some
form nnd requires very little ammo
nia, while wheat does not require as
much lime as tho clover. The barn
yard manure Is expected to furnish
both substances to each crop, and yet
thero might be a waste of ammonia
from the manure applied to the clo
ver. Tho c'.tstom lias been to haul out
the manure and spread It for corn,
with hopeful results and from tho
same heap the farmers would spread
the same kind of manure on the
ground prepared for wheat. All this
was proper enough In its way, for no
one can deny the fact that barnyard
manuro possesses nearly all the re
quirements of plants of every kind
but why should there be applied
that which would be wasted because
of not being put to proper use'.'
Improvement is taking place in the
domain of agriculture, marching
along steadily and swiftly, cutting
down In its path the follies of the
past and adding more knowledge and
experience to ..he farmers, and to
nothing has more thoughtful atten
tion been given than to the enrich
ment of tho soil supplying plants
with the best available foods, accord
ing to their individual requirements.
Not one kind of fertilizer for all kinds
of plants, but special fertilizer of the
plant that needs it. The Epltomlst.
Taking Can- of the Harness.
"There Is nothing like leather."
But there Is nothing like knowing
how to keep your leather goods in
fine condition, too. Leather is com
posed of a mass of fine tendrils, inti
mately Interlocked and entwined.
When in good, pliable condition, each
tendril is capable of much stretching.
If allowed to become dry and hard,
when the leather Is subjected to a
severe pull, tho tendrils break Instead
of stretching. But this does not
mean that leather boots or harness
should be kept soaked with oil or
dressing. Elbow grease applied In
quantity Is better. "All dressings
should be applied sparingly," Is the
sound advice of a big saddlery con
cern. Black oil should always be
used on black harness and not neats
foot oil, as the latter oil, If it is used,
will draw out the black dye and leave
the harness brown. The black har
ness fats now on the market make ex
cellent farm harness dressing. They
contain the "nourishment" necessary
for keeping the harness in good order.
But first, all dirt should be waBhed
off with lukewarm water and or
dinary soap. The black fat should
then be applied with a cloth, glveu
a short time to penetrate the leather.
and then rubbed dry will, another
cloth. Some make thu mistake of oil
ing without unbuckling the harness.
The parts that need nourishment the
most are under the buckles, where
the metal causes hardness and brittle-
ness. If people would vary the holes
of the harness occasionally it would
last much longer.
An objection to neatsfoot oil la
that It inclines to wash off the bees
wax from the stitches, leaving the
bare thread, which then soon breaks.
American Cultivator.
( NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA
PKONPKKITY LOOMS IT.
Norristown (Special). Work has
begun on an enlargement of the
plant of the Diamond State Fiber
Company, Bridgeport, and the doub
ling of the capacity of March's pork
parking establishment at the same
time, give a hopeful prospect for bus
iness Industry In the center of the
Schuylkill Valley. Both establish
ments give employment to large
forces of men.
In addition to the building opera
tions already awarded at the State
Hospital for the Insane, requiring a
million and a half of bricks, Steward
John L. West is asking bids for still
another brick structure that will cost
about $30,000. These contracts are
to be let this week.
Similar reports cover conditions In
the Iron and steel industries of this
valloy, which are picking up slowly.
The same general conditions exlBts
with more alacrity In other parts of
this county, especially along the
North Penn Railroad. At Landsdale
150 men of tho Coxe Stove Company
are employed at full time, with a
likelihood of the other 150 employees
being called any day. The Central
Radiator Company and Krup's foun
dries have full complements at work.
All Industries at Amber and North
Wales show signs of going full with
everything In readiness to resume
full tilt.
HI'SPKCTKD POISOX.
Pottsvllle (Special). Startling
rharges of poisoning were made In
court here before Register H. II. Selt
zer In the contested will case of Mrs.
Elizabeth Holland, of Mahanoy City,
the disposition of a large estate being
at stake on the issue.
Dr. G. W. Rceae, executor of the
estate, testified that during Mrs. Hol
land's Illness she displayed strong
symptoms of poisoning and vomited
frequently. It was the suspicion that
she was being poisoned, Dr. Reese
said, that caused her to make a
second will, which led to this con
test. Counsels for the heirs sought to
prove that Mrs. Holland was ill with
cancer and not poison.
Mli; HOARD ACCUSED.
Wilkes-Barre (Special). A Coro
ner's jury aBked District Attorney
Salsburg to remove from office the
members of the Miners' Examining
Board of the Third District, David
Hurley, E. P. Griffith and William
Pine, because they Illegally issued
certlflcateB to men incompetent to
act as miners.
It was shown at the hearing that
Ignatz Mooslc, who could not speak
English, had been in this country
only eight months and was not quail
fled to be a miner, was glvon a cer
tificate without an examination. His
Incompetency, the Jury charged, re
sulted In the death of one of his la
borers. Moosic has been held on the
charge of manslaughter.
HORSE IN STALL 13 YEARS.
Altoona (Special). Plus Inlow, a
drayman, bought a horse that bad
been imprisoned for fifteen years in
his owner's stable because tho ani
mal ran off and threw tho occupants
of a buggy Into the road.
The owner became so angry with
tho horse that he registered a vow
never to take the animal out again.
The horBc has stood In his stall from
that day, being fed and watered reg
ularly. Lark of exercise mado the
horse so weak he could hardly walk.
He was also handicapped by his
hoofs, which bad gotten to be a foot
long. Before the animal could be
shod eight inches of each hoof was
cut away.
CAN'T ELECT DEAD MAN.
PottBvllle (Special). The Schuyl
kill County Court decided that a dead
man can not be olocted to office, and
that where a man who Is dead receives
the highest vote on the ticket the
candidate receiving the next highest
vote shall be declared elected.
The Court refused to make an ap
pointment of clerk of East Norwe
gian TownBblp, stating that although
John Cooney received the highest
number of votes at the lost election,
he van dead before the election was
held and the next highest man was
legally elected.
FEDERATION OF LA BOB GAINS.
The best cheese made In Swltzer
land Is usually exported, and Is seU
dom to be had even in the famous ho
tels of that country.
Allentown (Special). The State
Federation of Labor received the re
port of C. F. Qtilnn, secretary and
treasurer, showing a balance on hand
of $381.37, and expenditures of
$1,015.91 last year. There are 280
local unions and thirty-five central
bodies affiliated with the Federation,
a gain of eighteen locals since the
last meeting.
Resolutions wore Introduced and
referred to a committee, opposing
local option, favoring employers' lia
bility bill, wanting wood pulp placed
on the free list, demanding greater
safety in public buildings.
Meivliunt Takes Llf'r.
Lewisburg (Special). At an early
hour W. Brady Marsh, a leading ctti
ten and owner of a big shoe store
In town, apparently committed sul
:lde by Jumping Into tho river from
the new bridge at the foot of Market
Street.
Hand Will Travel In An Auto.
Birdsboro (Special). The Forty
ilxth Regiment Band, of this place,
Is about purchasing an automobile
to convey the band for their different
engagements In the country districts
during the summer season.
Would Protect Man From Hypnotist.
Altoona ( Special ) . Believing that
Hlllls Wayne, who has been acting
strangoly for several days, had boon
hypnotized by a Harrlsbtirg railroad
er, friends appealed to the polloe to
arrest the hypnotist a'nd koep him
confined until he removed "the
spelt," but there was no law cover
Ink the case.
There is an average of one leg or
arm amputated In New York City
each day In consequence of accidents
caused by sarin. elevated or aub
way cars.
'BELLED BUZZARD" CAUGHT.
Oxford (Special). Great excite
ment was caused In East Notting
ham by the rapture of the belled
buzzard which for years has taken
the place of the legendary stork In
that township. Samuel Winchester
was the captor and people from all
the surrounding neighborhood flocked
to his place to see It all day long.
This bird has been known for
years in East Nottingham, because
of Its enormous size and because of
a slelghbell which someone had wired
to Its leg a long time ago. Gradu
ally It came to be noticed that every
time this buzzard was seen hovering;
over a farm house, the family waa
enlarged by a new arrival and of late
years this sign has been regarded1
as Infallible, tho mothers no longer
telling their children of the stork
bringing the little ones, but It Is al
ways the belled buzzard which car
ries these precious burdens. Hence,
the Interest which was felt in Its cap
ture. Mr. Winchester says that he
intends letting the bird free lest race
suicide sweep over the community.
A REMARKABLE TRIO.
Oxford (Special). Hopewell Bor
ough, with three octogenarians in
the twenty houses which go to make
up this smalllest borough in the
State and all of them taking full
share In actlvRles of tho neighbor
hood, takes no Btock In the reputed
Osier theories. Mrs. Martha Toy
climbed, without assistance, to the
roof of hor home and from tho ridge
pole superintended some carpenters'
who ware making repairs there. Her
brother, David Robinson, was prun
ing an apple tree near at hand and
was jumping from limb to limb with
the agility of a schoolboy.
Meanwhile, not far off, David F.
Cope, the veteran poet and school
teacher, 87 years old on his last
birthday, had a number of young
men gathered about him and was
giving them lsona In the wrestling
tricks which were popular fifty years
ago.
FOUR HUSBANDS IN A ROW.
Lancaster (Special). Agues Mil
ler, a pretty blonde of thirty years,
was arrested for having four hus
bands, never having been divorced
from any.
She was married to Isaac D. Lea
man a year ago, and last month mar
ried Amos Henry, after leaving Lea
man, who has now prosecuted her
for bigamy.
Her other husbands wore William
Moore and Jacob Rutter. She left
one after another, because she tired
of them, and Is Indignant at her ar
rest, asserting she has done nothing
wrong.
A STUDENT DROW NED.
Easton (Special). Ivan R. Coffin,
of Asbury Park, N. J., a student at
Lehigh University, was drowned in
the Delaware River near this city.
In comvany with two Lafayette Col
lege students Coffin was canoeing,
and while shooting the Weygat Rap
Ids stood up in the craft in order to
save his clothes from getting wet.
The canoe upset and the three went
overboard. Coffin sank, while the
others managed to reach shore. Tho
dead student was a son of John L.
Coffin, of Asbury Park, N. J., and
was stuydlng electrical engineering.
He was 22 years old.
THIS AND THAT.
Tho mail, telephone and telegraph
are more generously used In the
United States than in any other coun
try. Judge Coffee, of California, has
decided that a bequest of $1,000
made to a pet dog Is invalid on the
ground that it Is impossible for a
dog to inherit money.
French fishermen have recently
been surprised and pleased by the
appearance of fishes heretofore un
known in their waters, including the
sheepshead and the bluefish.
Kelloy and Poare. of La Grande,
Ore., have produced on their farm a
potato weighing CVi pounds, a foot
long, and larger around than the
arm of an ordinary blacksmith.
In Peru the number of rubber-producing
trees Is steadily growing less.
Systematic planting and cultivation
would be of Inestimable benefit to the
country and the individual.
As an evidence of China's progress
it is stated that the number of news
papers published In that country has
been increased greatly in the last
decade. They now number 200.
Twin sisters named Moore, of Chi
cago, aro so much alike that Dr.
Charles A. Street, a dentist, In love
with one of them, was forced to iden
tify his sweetheart by her teeth.
British returns show that 6 per
cent, of the workmen of union mem
bership in the United Kingdom were
unemployed in December, as com
pared with 4.9 per cent, in the same
month In 1906.
One of the many methods proposed
to rid London of its fog nuisance was
the erection of towers In different
parts of the city through which H
was designed to pump the foggy at
mosphere and clarify It.
it costs nearly as much to pay the
salaries of the municipal servants of
New York City as It does to support
the entire army of the United States.
The salaries amount close to $70,
000,000 annually.
Lions are plentiful In Portugese
East Africa, and that region Is a
paradise for hunters of big game.
In some sections the authoritles'offer
a reward for each lion's bead brought
in, and they permit the hunter to
keep the skin.
The present population of Ger
many Is about 63,000.000.
In 1878 there were 71,000 acres
uuder hop cultivation In Kent Coun
ty. England, which has been reduced
to 44.938, and during the past year
202,304 hundredweight or hops
were Imported, of which America
sent 126,122 hundredweight.
Large beds ' of oysters have been
discovered tn the Uhmlatusl Lagoon,
on the Zululand Coast, and a Johan
nesburg syndicate baa been formed
to develop the Industry. It la pro
posed to export the oysters to Loudon.