HIS ATTACK OF COMMON SENSE. By William MacLeod Raine. Miss Halllo Darrell sauntered up the path while Robinson beached thf boat. "I wish you'd have an attack of common sense," she suggested severe ly, when he had rejoined her. "Didn't I beach the boat properly?" "You know I'm not talking about the boat. It's the other thing." "In which you are sensible enough for both of us. Tls the only one of your virtues I hope Isn't catching. Too strict a sense of sense Is dreary nonsense," he contributed, "Thank you, sir." "Don't mention It." "I don't want to Impose on you. Since you find me dreary " "It's Lent," he Interrupted hastily. "I prefer not to be taken as a duty." "My dear," he protested, "I would take you on any terms and for any reason." "I'm not your dear. Bo sensible, Jack." "Afraid I'm Immune," said Robin ton cheerfully. Hallle glanced curiously at him. It was not like Jack to assert himself when he was with her. By way of changing the subject Miss Darrell viewed scenery. They came to a clump of willows and found seats beneath them. Miss Hallle disposed herself and her Bklrts gracefully In a shower of silken rustle. "Beautiful, Isn't It?" Bho mur mured presently, apropos of scenic effect. "Lovely," agreed Jack, his mind and eyes monopolized by living pic tures. "Such harmony, such color ef fects. " "Such a golden aureole In the sun light." Envious friends had been known to call the golden aureole red hair. "The whole so restful and peace ful!" "Hm! Do you think peaceful quite tho word?" Jack didn't, nor restful for that matter. "Of course it's the word. What would you call it?" "Everything that's lovely and charming, but with the possibility of gusty storms always present." "How stupid! The island Is per fect to-day," she told him Impa tiently. "Oh, the Island! Yes, It's a very Garden of Eden," agreed Jack, look ing at Eve lazily. She shot him with a little slant of amused eyes. "I'm glad you're appre ciative of your mercies." He puffed at his cigar silently. "You ouQit to remember them when you sigh for the unattainable," tie continued. "I don't recognize any desirable thing as unattainable. When 1 see what I want I ask for It." "Apparently so. Four and one makes Ave." "Yes; and five and one will make six," he added cheerfully. "Why not spare yourself the trou ble?" "No trouble at all to show goods, ma'am." "But when I tell you I'm not pur chasing to-day?" she said, with vel vety gentleness. "Though I dou't doubt that what you have to offer Is of the very finest quality," she added, with a llttlo twist of a smile. "I might Induce you to change your mind. That's what you are a woman for. You must be tired of the eternal negative Variety spices life, I've heard." "Then you'd better try It. What's the use of being a parrot. Jack?" The young man smiled. "I suppose It isn't exactly news any longer. Shall I tell It to some other girl for a change?" "I wish you would." "Who, for choice?" "Oh, any nice girl that suits you." "Minnie De Lacy, say?" "Not good enough for you." "Sarah Jessup, then?" "Too good by half." "MIbs Ellwood?" "She's thirty If she's a day." "Tessle SteynT" "A child In short dresses." "That oxhausts my list and brings me back to you. Miss Darrell, will you marry me?" "Again?" "I didn't know it had happened once. " "Oh, bother! I moan your asking me again. That makes six times." "Does It? Make It my lucky num ber, please. Do I hear you say yes?" " You hear me say no." "It's a word I'm getting to detest," said Jack, with a smile. "So we'll JuBt say no more about the subject," pursued Miss Hallle swiftly, with a sweeping catlike glance at her mouse. "Till next time," amended Robln on. The girl coaxed him with shy glances and a sweet, appealing voice. "You're charming a a comrade, Jack, but as a I mean In any other role I don't like you so well." "Oh, yes, you do. You like me very much Indeed, my dear."' Miss Darren's very modern brown eyes searched his face. "What's that you say? Be care ful. Jack," advised the young womau. Robinson's cheerful countenance was a study In audacity. "I said you liked me very much as a lover. The trouble with Is that you're afraid you like me too much." Hallle Darrell gasped. Comprehen sion came slowly to her, but when it Old she understood in a flash. It waa turning of the worm. Patient Jack Robinson with opinions of his own. Her eyes sparkled with the newborn Interest of battle, but her voice carried only an edge of indolent corn. "On, you twentieth century men!" e flung at him. "No ,o. Hal. You'd like U imply it is my conceit, but we both know it Isn't." Miss Hallle flung r. pebble at an In quisitive squirrel and watched It scamper up a tree to safety. She timed her carelessness to the proper second of speech. "So I'm head over heels In love with you. am I?" she challenged. His smile waR complacent, and con sequently Irritating. "Well, I wouldn't put It that way. You're very fond of me, but as you don't want to be en gaged you have persuaded yourself or at least you are trying to that you don't care for me. 1 think that's about It." MIbs Darrell looked at him In of fended amazement. "Well, upon-my-word! Jack Robinson, you astonish me." He was astonishing himself a good deal, for that matter. "I'm the new man emancipated, you know. You're a very Independent young woman, and of course I've fetched and carried for a year with out daring to call my soul my own, so you're a trifle puzzled now," Jack went on coolly. "But you'll get over that, my dear, and then we'll be ma.--rled as comfy as can be." "You take a good deal for grant ed," scoffed Miss Hallle. "Well, you're certainly a good denl to me," admitted Jack, and as he looked at the girl her unconscious challenge of sex fired his blood and mastered him. "I'm going to take more for granted," he said suddenly between his teeth. He put his arm around her, caught both her resisting hands In one of his, tilted her pretty flushed face toward him and deliberately covered her Hps, her eyes, tho curve of her neck with warm, passionate kisses. Thoae kisses would have revenged him for a year of snubs If he had cared for revenge which ho didn't. She struggled to her feet In a flame of resentment. "How dan; you! How dare you!" she cried. "I don't know how I dared, but I did," he cried triumphantly. "You're mine now, my raging little beauty. You can't wipe away those kisses, no matter what you do. You belong to me." "I hate you," she cried passionate ly, a storm incarnate. "I'll never "11 send Bob hack for you when he gets hom from school this afternoon. Try not to be lonesome, dear." Jack swung away whistling to the beach. Hallle could hear the splash ing of oars for a few minutes. Then the sound died away. Fo.- a long time there was more golden silence. Hallle stolo to the edge of the wood and looked out. Neither the boat nor Robinson was In sight. Ho must have taken her at her word and left her. A rush of warm anger flooded the girl's veins. How dared he lanve her alone. Did he think she could be marooned like any pirate? She would make htm eat dirt for treating her so. What had come over him, anyhow? He had never been like this before. She Btampcd her HI tie foot in rage. She hated him bated him hated him! Her anger was genulno enough, but trirkling through it, scarcely rec ognized as yet. was a new pride In him, an admiration born of defeat. The world-old Instinct of her sex was at work In her. Sh.; had found her mate and her master, and in much the same way that her savage ancestors had found theirs. He had trampled her pride under his feet, had beaten down her will with klBses, Just ns his fathers two thousand years before had beaten into submission with clubs their Utiles and lissom loves. It was the old primordial battle over again, with the same result. She still fought against surrender, hardly realizing as yet the Immlnency of it, but her fight was a useless one. Already she was thinking with a kind of fascinated fear of this boy whom she had been used to order about at her will. He would never again be her unreasoning slave, and deep In her heart she waa glad of It, glad that the manhood In him had asserted Itself to defeat her. She felt, too, a new strange craving for his presence. The memory of his strong embrace still shivered through her, the hateful delight of his kisses still burned her face. She had but to shut her eyes and let go to feel her self snatched to him again. Shamo and anger might surge In her, but deeper than either was tho awakened Instinct of her strong young woman hood. She had come Into her natal inheritance. And even though she feared to match herself against his new-found strength she wished he had not left her by herself. She felt oddly de pendent and alone. Always aggres sive and unafraid, fear at last had found her, and In this little island where she had been at home since childhood. For now she was shut off from retreat, and defeat, making clear her weakness, had sapped her strength. Vague alarms filtered through her, fancies of the woodland folk and fettered power lurking in the shadows to seize her. Perhaps some Caliban of the forest LONG LIST OF ROYAL MURDERS MANY EUROPEAN RULERS VICTIMS OF ASSASSINS HOW A SOUL, EXPANDS. There Is a rift in our heart, a window that opens to tho outer light when we have assumed tho weight of another's burden. Wo get a new strength, a new sort of strength, and a new sort of Joy. The pressure that bears us down seems to open a new valve of power. We may grow weak In every physical and worldly sense, yet are strong with a fresh vigor. There Is a rift in our skies. We see beyond, travel another world. Our interests have nnnexed the other's interests, and the two together form a new life, a new substance like in the chemical equation. And this the solitary individual interests cannot do. They must have the addition. The chemistry may be mysterious, but the reaction al ways is certain to mean this greater power. All may wonder how, or where, but we have it, a power to bear the burdens, no matter how grave. Washington Star. speak to you again. You're not a gentleman. " "Perhaps not, Hal, but I'm a good deal more of a man than I was' five minutes ago." "Never speak to me again," she commanded, as she Hung away. "Never is a long time, Hal," said the young man. "Better make it a day before. Elso we'll have no time for a honeymoon." She shut, a choking postscript at him over her shoulder. "I never was so insulted in my life." "I'm glad to know I was the first," he said, very honestly. "Don't talk to me, sir. I hate you." "That's surplusage, my dear. You told me that before," he callod after her. "Besides, It doesn't happen to be true except for the moment. You're going to love me Just as soon as you quit hating me." "I wouldn't marry you If you were the last man on earth," she cried. Tho tilt to Miss Halite's Baucy little chin became a trifle more accented if possible. Apparently she had wiped Jack RobliiBon off her map. That young man smiled In a large content. He had been Impudent, of course, and overbearing, perhaps, but he had a divination that what Miss Hallle ueeded was a little of the Pe truchio business. At tho most It could not eventuate in worse failure than the scrupulous overweighted courtesy of the past year. Le had heard that women liked cavalier woo ing. Well, there was nothing like Judicious experimenting. At the expiration of an hour and a half Jack went on a search for Miss Darrell. He had seen her down at the beach struggling unavailiugly to launch the boat. Proving unequal to It, she had disappeared in the woods. He found her under a tree in the heart of a little grove. She was star ing straight before her, aud appeared to be havlug a heart to heart com mune with herself. When Jack spoke she did not bear. He spoke again and she continued lu dustrlously not to hear. "I merely want to say that we shall have to leave the Island pretty soou or be late for dinner," he said suavely. Mlsi Darrell regarded tb,e scenery with a fond Interest. "It will not be necessary for you to speak unlets you so desire. If you care to make me so happy as to Join me on the return trip you may meet me at the boat In five minutes. Other wise, I shall assume you prefer to walk borne." It silence Is golden the atniosphece must have been surcharged with wealth. "Uood-by. Hallle," ho called gaily. She glanced round fearfully, ready to scream aloud. But behind her was only the still forest, Instinct with Ulen life. How aulet It wan Tho I very stillness awed her. It seemed to reach out hands toward her. Sbo I got up, skirts gathered for (light. Sweeping tho hazel bushes aside, she plumped into the arms of Jack Rob inson. . I "You here! " she gasped. "I thought you had cone." And hn fn tn sobbing on his shoulder, burying hot head In his coat. He let her cry it out, petting her to his heart's content. "You were horrid," she said at las , between her lessening sobs. "You treated me you know how, and then you went away. I 1 hate you." "That's all right, Hallle. You may hate me If you want to, but you've got to love me whether you want to or not," he told her. There was a new masterful ring to his voice not there of old. She caught the lapels of his coat and shook him, not wholly In fun. "How dare you talk that way to me, sir?" "I don't know. I suppose because it's true." He took her face In one of his hands and made her look at him. She tried to turn her eyes from him, but he compelled hoi- gaze. "It Is true, Isn't It, dear?" She found the ghost of a smile. "I'm like Baby Joe when his father asked him If he loved him," she said shyly. "What did little boy Joe say?" "He squirmed, and tried his best to get out of It. Then at last he said: 'I do, but I alu't going to tell you.' " She burled her blushing facs swiftly lu his coat ugaln. But he could not let his triumph rest. "You must say It. Haven't I waited long enough to hear It? Say It, dear heart: 'I love you, Jack Hob luBon.' " "I don't want to, Jack. Please, no." But he made lier repeat It after him. She tortured It out, word by word. "I love you " He shut her Hps with a kiss before she could say Jack Robiuson. From Alnslee's Magazine. Their Age is in Sight. Women of the Ivory Coast In Africa lengthen their necks by wearlng'lron rings. Every year they put a new. ring around the neck, which they can stretch so far that It Is nothing unu sual to find It as long as the face.-- New York World. An effort is being made to organize the workmen of Moxlco on the same lines as they are in other countries Britain Had Her Share of Tragedies in Olden Days -One Empress and One Queen in the List Some Attempts to Kill That Failed Russia's Reign of Terror. Tho assassination of the King and Crown Prince of Portugal recalls tho long list of monarchs who havo been killed by rebellious subjects with real or fancied grievances against the Slate of by conspirators against the throne or by maniacs. Since the very earliest days of history the hends that wore the crowns have had good cause to reBt uneasy. Often the next heirs or close relatives of the monarch have been the Instigators of their murder. In the case of Ed ward II., King of England In 1377, It was his wife, Queen Isabella, daugh ter of Philip IV. of France, who sug gested that he should be done to death and she looked on calmly while the murderers killed the King by thrusting a red hot poker Into his abdomen. The assassination of James I. of Scotland in 1437 was like that of Dom Carlos In that his wife. Queen Joan, tried to shield him with her body as did Queen Amalla, but In the case of James also the heroic effort of his wife was unavailing, as he fell pierced" by the swords of ' the murderers. In this age of reason there are many doubts cast upon the reputed murder of Edward V., who, with his brother, the Duke of York, is sup posed to have been smothered in the Tower. Bayley In his history of the Tower of London quite discredits the story, and It may be that Richard III., the wicked uncle of tale and pic ture, did not really have this deed upon his already overloaded con science after all. James III. of Scotland, who wds? stabbed at Kylesithe In 1488, appears to havo rather deserved the fate some of his long enduring people meted out to him, for he caused great suf fering among them and was absolute ly regardless of right or justice. But the assassination of William of Or ange at Delft in 1584 was quite with out adequate reasou. The murderer was not Dutch but Burgundlan, and was lu the bodyguard of the Prince. His only excuse for the deed was that he was convinced that "so long as tho Prince lived he seemed likely to remain a rebel against tho Catholic King and to make every effort to disturb the rights of the Roman Catholic Apostolic religion," so he fired three shots at his royal master, who fell exclaiming "Oh. God, have mercy on my soul! Oh, God, have mercy on my people!" The murder er wan submitted to horrible tortures and finally put to death. Henry III. of France, the last of the Valols line, was killed by a Do minican monk In 1589. As he was undoubtedly a cruel King and the in stigator of three murders among his unfortunate relatives, the nobles, who were certainly relieved by his sud den exit, ought to have rewarded the monk for his Bervice, but Instead they most, ungratefully put him to death at once. Henry IV. of France was killed by Ravalllac in 1610. This King seems to have been as kindly as he was wise, and Ravaillac's only reason for the crime was that he killed the King because be feared that he was going to war against ihe Pope. Gustave III. of Sweden, who was stabbed to death in 1792, was the victim of a conspiracy. The nobles were discontented with their mon arch and resolved to put him out of Elkins on Iticli Senators. Senator Elkins. of West Virginia, the other day had one of the current lists of millionaires In the upper branch of Congress. It carried him as the third richest man In Congress, one whose credit would be $25,000, 000. There were thirty other sup posed millionaires on this Senate list. "Discount those figures by ninety per cent.," said Senator Elkins. in all seriousness, as he surveyed he names of his very rich colleagues, "and they will be more nearly cor rect. It is the honest truth that many of the men listed In the Senate by these writers as wrth all the way from fl, 000, 000 to $60,000,000 each would be willing to take ten per cent, of these estimates in cash to-day. "Run over the names of the wealthy men of the Senate," contin ued Mr. Elkins. "There are admit tedly some wealthy men among its members. They are nothing like as rich as they are repsesenied to be, but with only one or two exceptions you will find they are self-made men, who started In very modest circum stances. "In some ways this kind of exag gerated talk about millionaires pre dominating in the Senate Is not just. I have Mersoual knowledge from my long business associations that tho figures are greatly exaggerated. Ob servers, familiar with affairs here, know that very rich men do not con trol In mutters of legislation. They bear their part of the work, according to their ability and service, just as do all other Souators." Washington Post. Man's Endless Quest. As a great preacher once said: "Man Is continually looking for his lost Inheritance of happiness, which the allegory of the Garden of Eden prefigures. He knows it exists for him somewhere, and he Is ever knock ing, knocking generally at the wrong door, of selfishness, greed, am bition, lust, all sorts of foolish doors, ami we call his mistaken seeking by a name, din.' " How Ancients Did. By rubbing metals with salt, be fore applying mercury, the ancients obtained a reaction similar to that for which copper sulphate is used. The chlorine released from the salt formed a silver chloride easily at tacked by the mercury, sc ts to form an amalgam. the way. According to time honored anarchistic methods the murderer was selected from their number by drawing lots. The man who chose the fatal paper which made him a re gtcldo decided to kill the King at fancy dress ball which be was to at tend at Stockholm, so as Gustave en tered the ballroom he received his death blov. The assassin was exe cuted, but all the Instigators escaped punishment. Emperor Paul of Russia spent his entire life trying to escape assassina tion and at last was choked to death by a band of conspirators. His ex cesses were so horrible and he was bo insane in his cruelties that It Is small wonder his life was always threat ened. His murderer was not put to death, but merely sentenced to ex pulsion from St. Petersburg. On June 4, 1876, four days after his abdication, Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, was found deud. He was probably assassinated. In 1881 Alexander II. of Russia was killed by a bomb thrown at him as ho was driving to the palace after he had taken the oath. There was no great surprise at tho murder of Nasr ed Din, Shah of Per sia, for the lives of Eastern rulers are notoriously Insecure, but hlB Majesty had been twice to England and by his personal charm and tact had made himself very popular. The special feature of this crime was the cruelty with which tho assasBins were punished. They were placed In pits as deep ns they were tall and these were filled In with plaster of paris. Then water was poured on, with the result that as the substance set the poor wretches were slowly crushed out of existence. The murder of the gentle and sore ly stricken Empress of Austria Is still fresh In people's minds. Luc chonl, her assassin, said when cap tured: "If all anarchists do their duty us I havo done mine bourgeois society will soon disappear." The Empress was killed at Geneva. King Humbert of Italy was assass inated In 1900 by an anarchist, An gelo Brescl, hailing from Paterson, N. J. In 1903 King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia were killed In their palace by some of their own people. Their history was not a pleasant one and they seemed to have rushed from one mad act to another without con sidering what the end would be as their unpopularity increased among their subjects. Besides all the royal victims who have suffered death "here have been numerous others who have escaped assassination, but who hnve spent all their lives in fear of It and ofton on the very verge of it. Frequent at tempts were made on the lives of. Napoleon III. and the Emperor of Austria. Queen Victoria, popular as she was, was not free from danger and only Just escaped the attacks of Oxford and a naif wltted youth name O'Connor. King Edward, when he was Prince of Wales, was fired at In Brussels. William I. of Germany was seriously wounded in an attempt on his life. The narrow escape of the King and Queen of Spain on thelt wedding day Is worldwido knowl edge, and of course the life of the Czar of Russia Is one constant pre caution against the machinations of his enemies. New York Sun. NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA ia- 9 A Religious Despot and His Rise. Tho amazing story of "Elijah" Saudford and bis sect of "Holy Ghosters" Is told at length in Har per's Weekly. It is an almost In credible story the story of a relig ious fanatic who has built a fleet of ships and acquired a fortune for the propagation of his faith, and who numbers his followers by the thou sand. What Is the secret of Mb re markable rise? It is, answers the author, F. I. Anderson, immense per sonal force. "He Is," Bays Mr. Anderson, "In sistent, persistent, despotic. He will brook no opposition to his will, which is absolute law at Shlloh which has been absolute law since the day, fif teen years ago, when he turned the first spadeful of sand on the hiil-top. His whole life has been one of In tense individualism. In his baseball days he was the absolute boss of the team; In his college days his com panions had to stand with him or fall with him. When an idea obtained ascendancy in his mind, he worked 4t out to its conclusion as he saw the conclusion. He did not seek, nor did he accept, advice. Coupled with this intense egoism was the develop ment of the belief that he, like Moses, Mohammed and Jeun d'Arc. was divinely inspired and had direct communication from the Deity. The psychology of the contagion of faith that met him Is not difficult of an alysis. It Is a state of mind common lu country communities, slmllai, though more advanced, to the hys teria of a Georgia negro camp meet ing. The Frencn describe It as 'Folle a Dleux.' a term for which we hav no equivalent." BANKKRfl held in cellar? Pittsburg ( Special 1. Imprisoned for three days and nights in a tomb llko chamber of the sub-cellar under tba aafe deposit vaults, Tellor Henry Ilelber and Auditor John Young, al leged defaulters and embezzlers, were subjected to a most drastic "sweat ing" process by the officials of the Fnrmers' Deposit National Hank, bo fore they divulged any Information oncoming their Irregularities which resulted In their arrest. John O'Lo-ary, of Klrkwood. O'Leary & Company, brokers, against whom a civil suit has been filed by the bank. Is authority for the state ment that Relber and Young were kept prisoners In the underground chamber In the bank for threo days. It Is also developed at tho bank and at police headquarters that a new process, by whicn Information was wrested from the two suspects, was used by tho directors and other offi cers of tho big bnnking institution to obtain Information concerning Relber and Young's method of procedure. It Is said, however, that on Satur day, when It became known tnere wns a shortness. Relber nnd Young wore taken to a room down stairs and locked up. A strong guard was plac ed over them while auditors worked upon tho books, and otllcials of the bank were to "put Relber and Young through n severe course of sprouts. Officers of the bank worked in re lays with Heibor and Young, and, it is said, that when the two suspects were turned over to tho Fodornl olll cers Monday thpy were haggard and their sjgrM swollen as a result of me loss of sloop. Their meals were enr rled to them from a nearby restau rant, but tho prisoners woro denied the use of the telephone and other luxuries. The whereabouts of Relber nnd Young was unknown to their famines until after their arrest Monday. Relber and Young ns yet havo been unable to secure ball. EIRE IX THREATKB. Towanda (Special). A panic was prevented when a fire occurred on the stage of Hale's Opera House by the ready tongue of a man In the gal lory and the coolness of others. There wns a shower of sparks on the stage, a burst of smoke and a mass of burning scenery fell from the loft, having been thrown on the stage to prevent It setting Are to oth er pieces. Instantly the audience was on its feet, there were cries of fire, the cur tain was lowered. A panic was im minent, when a loud voice in the gal lory was hoard saying: "Keep up that cnrtaln, we want to see you put out the fire." Others took up tho cry, there was laughter and applause and the cur tain was raised. Actors and stage hands were seen beating out the blaze, and the audience, with Its con fidence restored, sat down and watch ed them doing It. The stage was cleared and the play resumed. rewards old PRECEPTOR. Oxford (Special). Rev. Richard B. Dllworth received his reward for a life devotPd to charity and the up lifting of his fellows when he re ceived word that a man whom he had helped In his studies many yeara ago, had died at Haynesvllle, N. J., leaving him $7,000. The studying had been done in the West when Mr. Dllworth waa a missionary to the Indians there and the friends hnd lost all track of each other. Tho Now Jersey man, however, did not forgot, and In his will was tho legacy to R. B. Dllworth. Detective at oneo began a search for such a man, but found no one for several months until they finally struck Ox ford. They soon discovered that they wore on the right track and wont at once to Now Jersey, where Mr. Dllworth has boon staying for several months. Tho legacy will stand him in good stead as his chari table acts have left him but little of this world's goods. DirKINSOX NOTCH.XGED. Carlisle (Special). President George Edward Reed, of Dickinson College, upon his return here from making an address In Philadelphia and at tho York Methodist Episcopal Conferences, where a Hoard of In quiry was appointed to Inquire why Dickinson's trustees had announced Dickinson as a non-sectarian insti tution in availing Itself of Carnegie foundation help for superannuated professors, said that the relation of Dickinson College to the Methodist Episcopal Church Is today precisely what It has boon since the year 1833. when the college camo under the aus pices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, not a line or even a word of its ancient charter having been changed, In order to secure place upon the Foundation. NEARLY ENDS IX TRAGEDY. Pottstown (Special). A burglary, which came near ending in a tragedy, was committed at the restnurant of Clayton Isett, and as a result of the robbery John Davis and Lafayette Levengood are now In the Pottstown Hospital In a precarious condition from Inhaling gas. The thieves af ter rilling tho cash register, broke the connection of the gas meter and removed $8.00 In quarters. The gas leaked out rapidly and soon found its way to an upstairs room where the victims were sleep ing and they were unconscious when found. TO CUT MINERS' WAGES. Altoona (Special). Central Penn sylvania coal operators do not pro pose to continue the present pick mining wage scale of slxty-Blx cents a ton In effect In this field at tho present time without a struggle. At a secret meeting hero of fifteen of the biggest operators their Inter ests were diBCiissed. They decided on not less than a ten per cent, cut all around, so It is said. PUtE PROM FLAMES, Pottsville (Special).-The family of Ellaa Kelgel at an early hour awoke to find their sleeping apart ments In the homestead, at Spring Garden Junction, all ablaze and them selves hemmed In by a circle of fire. Not stopping to change their night clothes, they plungod down the stairs, which were also afire. A Rare Find. In a collection of Egyptian papyri Professor Jules Nicole Is .eported to have round among some Greek texts an ancient Latin guide through Rome. As It contains an inventory of seulpture and indicates the local ity where each piece was located, aa well as describing each, It may prove of Importance In supplying us with data for the attribution of as yet nameless statues. Devil's Darning Needle. The "devil's darning needle" Is the : popular name of aeveral species of the dragon fly. They are so called from their cylindrical bodies, resem- j bllng needles. They are not unisonous. XAMEH STEEL RECEIVER. Media (Special). Judge Johnson appointed ex-Mayor Howard H. Hous ton, of Cheater, as receiver for the Tidewater Steel Company, which un til a short time ago, operated an ex tensive plant In that city. Woman Commits Sult-ide. Toughkenamon ( Special") Suffer ing with nervous troubles, Sarah, wife of Herbert Owen, of this place, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor at her home Murders Woman, Kills Self. Wllllamsport (Special). --The find ing of two bodies lu the woods near Munson disclosed a double tragedy, murder aud suicide, the outcome of an old love. The corpses were those of Frank Roberts and Mrs. Gustlne Brlzette. Both had bullet holes In their heads and close by the hands of Roberts lay a revolver with two chambers empty. Roberts had a wife In France. Mrs. UrlzetU- Is survived by a husband and two children. A rich widow never has to give any references as to whut a good wife ahe was. DV.WMITERS AT WORK. Hamburg (Special). James Fran cis, of this borough, has become greatly alarmed because three unsuc cessful attempts have already been mado to Injure or destroy his prop erty by the use of high explosives. Two of these explosions took place on Sunday evenings, during the hours of church services. The loud reports were heard throughout the borough, causing considerable excite ment. Small fragments of Iron pipe were discovered scattered all over the back yard, while at the point where the explosion occured a hole was torn in tho ground. Mr. Francis has en listed the help of local and State authorities to ferret out the guilty. It Is believed that the pipes are load ed with dynamite and powder. In one instance the fuse failed to ignite the charge and the pipe and danger ous contents were found intact. RAILROAD COMMISSION CASE. Harrisburg (Special). The Penn sylvania State Railroad Commission has fixed Thursday, April 9, as tne time for a hearing in the complaint filed by the Manufacturers' Associa tion of York, against the Northern Central Railway Company and the WoBtern Maryland Railroad Com pany. The complaint in this case Is concerning switching of empty scd loaded cars between the railroads having terminal facilities wltb'n the city of York. This case is the first herring fixed by the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission. Polneer Oil Operator Dies. Titusville (Special). T. V. S. Mo rain, 90 years old, a well-known oil operator in this vicinity for sixty years, is dead. STATE ITEMS. Henry Bender went to his room at the DanielBville Hotel after spending Several pleasant hours witli friends and committed suicide by swallowing poison. He wns 4 5 years old. The Lehigh Valley Symphony Or chestra organized at Bethlehem by electing those officers: President, A. G. Rau, of Bethlehem; treasurer, M. J. Shlmer, of Bethlehem; secretary, E. Donnecher, of Allontown. O. Call, a prominent young busi ness man, of Waynesburg, ended his own llfo by firing a bullet from a revolver through his heart. The State Treasury bought for the State sinking fund $35,000 of the State bonds due In 1912, at 102, the lowest prlco ever paid for them. With ordinary earthworm bait, which they first saturated with brandy as an experiment. Policeman Thomas Clark, of Darby, and Police man John Carr, of Yeadon, caught 150 pounds of fish. Suspended employees of the Penn sylvania Railroad on the Shamokin division sought legal advice relative to the relief fund of the company. They fear that If they are not re-engaged they will lose a lot money paid into the fund. It is announced by delegates who have returned from the Indianapolis convention that John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers will soon speak in Shenandoah. Roccl Couldanitl, 5 years old, was burned to a crisp In a stable at Mount Carmel. At a meeting of the class of 1908. Pottstown High School, the follow ing were chosen to write and read papers on Class Day exercises: Class history, Charles Hellman; Charles Brown and Miss Blanche Bach will read tho class prophecy, and Mabel Khoads and Edna Wlsler will read the class statistics. After three years of legal battling In the county and Supreme Courts, the Pottsville Gas Company won a victory in court against the Potts vine Borough, a Jury deciding that $3 Is an excessive charge for a per mit to open the streets In order to repair gas mains. The Schuylkill Canal Is being pre pared for an early resumption of navigation. The usual damages in curred by Spring freshets did not materialize, consequently, the chan nel Is open aud ready for the antici pated brisk coal traffic between Port Clinton and Philadelphia. Ralph Morettas, mounted State po liceman, was badly injured at Shamo kin when hlB horso, which was run ning away, fell upon him. The farmers of Berk County are payiug the highest prices for clover seed, seed corn and seed potatoes this Spring that have been known since the inflated values that pre vailed during the Civil War. Fire of incendiary origin destroy ed the new bank barn on the farm of C. C. Nells, at Rossvllle, while the family was absent at a sale, lue loss Is about $4,000. One of the startling facts develop ed by the Public Service Conimls slon of New York City Is that' ovei SiOO persons are killed or sftlously lujured every menth by the urban railways under - the commission's jurisdiction. The annual toll ol deaths in accidents is between 500 aud 600. Bolivia ranks secoud among the tin-producing countries. The Bureau of American Republics announce that the Bolivian exportation of tin, to Europe and America la 190 amounted to 15,300 tons, against 18,380 tuns in 1906.
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