WATCH YOURSELF GO BY.
.Tust stand naide and watch yourself bo bv:
Think of yourself as h," instead of "I."
Not, closely an in other men you nolo.
The hag kneed trousers and the seedy coat.
Pick . Knd fault; forget the man is you
And at Hie to make your estimate ring trite.
Confront yourself and look you in the eve
Jnat stand aaide and watch youraelf go by.
Interpret all your motives just aa though
You looked on one whose aims you did not know.
I 1 i undisguised contempt surge through you when
You see you shirk, 0 commonest of men!
Despise your cowardice: condemn whate'er
You note of falseness in you anywhere.
Defend not one defect that shames your eye
lust stand aaide and watch yourself go by.
And then, with eyes unveiled to what you loathe
To ains that with aweet charity you'd clothe
Hack to your self-walled tenement you'll go
With tolerance for all who dwell below.
The faulta of others then will dwarf and shrink,
love's chain grow stronger by one mightv link
When you. with "he," aa substitute for "I,"
Have stood aside and watched vourself go by.
Strickland W. Oillila n, in duccess Mngazine.
WITH THREE KEGS OF POWDER.
Just across the wesf field of the
old squire's farm In Maine, at a dis
tance of less than half a mile, lived
our nearest neighbors, the Edwardses.
Thomas Edwards was a genial, kindly
farmer, always ready to assist every
one about him. He would put off his
own work, even necessary work, at
any time to help ub.
It was much the same with his
wife, "Aunt Anna," as we called her,
a rosy, cheery soul, who In one way
or another was constantly doing
grandmother and our girls a good
turn. And as for Kate and Tom,
the children, they were well-nigh as
near and dear to us as members of
our own family. We attended school
together, and nearly all our play
days and good times were shared
with them.
But although they, worked hard,
were economical, and appeared to
plan pretty well, the Edwardses did
not get on well In the world. There
was a mortgage on their farm which
constantly worried them all. Every
year they planned zealously to lift
that mortgage, but for more than
twenty years never succeeded In pay
ing more than the Interest money,
and about every second year they
missed doing that on time.
One of the plans for raising money
during the season of 1S6S, was for
them to do less farming and embark
In lumbering up on Wild Brook, in
what we knew as the "great woods,"
about forty-five miles to the north
of the farm. Throughout the ensu
ing fall and winter they gave all
their energies to this scheme.
As a result, they got nearly seven
hundred thousand feet of spruce and
pine lumber Into Wild Brook, to be
floated down to the - Androscoggin
River, and so on, to mill and market,
With the spring freshet.
But here, as In miny other things,
111 fortune followed them. There was
'ss snow than usual that winter, and
less water In the brook. They got
their entire "drive" of lumber hung
up In a bad "jam," at a tortuous,
ledgy place In the channel of the
stream, and failed to get It out.
There it remained all the following
summer. A vast mass of logs, piled
helter-skelter, was jammed among
rocks In the bed of tho now nearly
dry brook.
At Edwards' solicitation, the old
squire, who had much experience in
Such matters, went up to view the
situation, and advised his neighbor
to blast out the obstructing rocks
and logs with gunpowder, and to do
it during September, while the water
was low.
A keg of powder was secured ac
cordingly, and six river-men were en
gaged to assist In thev operations.
With the powder and crew, olir hard
working nejghbrr and his son re
paired to the scene of their unsuccess
ful venture, and set to work. The
task, however, proved difficult. They
fired four or five blasts, and, in fact,
used up all their powder, without ac
complishing much. And after they
had been up there nearly a week,
Tom came home In haste one night
to procure more powder threo kegs
more, at least. Gunpowder was very
dear at that time; and in carrying
forward his lumbering operations the
season before, Mr. Edwards had
strained his credit somewhat. At
the village hardware store, where
Tom went to get the powder the next
day, the storekeeper asked for cash
In payment.
In consequence of this demand,
Tom came home without the powder.
Meanwhile he had somewhere been
exposed to the mumps, and that night
fell ill of the disease, so very ill, in
deed, that Aunt Anna was not a little
alarmed. He had taken cold, per
haps. And there were Mr. Edwards and
nis crew of men up at Wild Brook,
lying idle, waiting for the powder.
Nor could he be reached by letter or
telegraph, and so apprised of the
cause of the delay. Moreover as
wo surmised later the family was
too proud to apply to us for a loan,
or even to let us know that credit
nad been refused them.
By noon the next day T.m's con
uition had become so serious that
Aunt Anna was obliged to send Kate
to the village, seven miles distant
10 summon, a doctor. She hitched up
and set off alone.
Kate had also another errand In
view. Unknown to any one but her
mother, .he had accumulated during
the vm tW yea" " Ilttle deP8it M
xne village savings-bank thtrty-slx
fhi r Kor rtWW reasons
the two had kept this a secret. What
ever happened, they had not lntend-
wheV?w out thu money- B"t
after., WeDt for the docto- that
afternoon she took her little bank
book and after seeing the physician
III t thArty-,u dollars, bought and
and rt ' threo ke" of Powdor.
& ather' ftnd d0 u hsrself.
late t t 8tie. eni9 homo 11 " too
nigh I" '0r the ltnber.camp that
bt but four oclock the n-xt
with T her 0n hBr " there-th-,
horB and "uckboard, and
h.J I 'wenty-five-pound keg. of
By C. A. STF.I'HI-NS
I
f
The road to Wild Brook was a mere
trail, with only a few scattered clear
ings in the forest. It was a long drive
for a girl alone, which only necessity
justified. Kate knew the way, how
ever; she had been there with her
father twice the autumn before, and
was In no fear of getting lost. Their
horse, old Ben, was afraid of noth
ing; the only difficulty was to urge
him along. But by starting early,
Kate hoped to reach the lumber-camp
that evening.
Danger Impended, however, dan
ger which neither Kate nor her
mother had anticipated. There had
been little or no rain for five or six
weeks. The fields and pastures, and
even the woodland, had become very
dry. For a number of days the sky
had been so smoky that the sun set
and rose red as blood; yet so far as
we knew, there were no near-by for
est fires.
The smoke grew thicker, however,
as Kate Journeyed northward that
day; she could smell burning pine.
And at the clearing of a settler,
named Day, where she arrived at
about noon, the settler's wife told
ner that the sky had looked
very
time being, the distressed girl ran
on nltead for several hundred yards,
to see if the woods were afire on the
road beyond the pond.
To her consternation she soon dis
covered that the fire had passed the
pond to the southward, and was rag
ing fiercely in the thick growth
through which the trail led. More
slowly, too, the flames seemed to be
working back and spreading over tho
small tract which the pond had for
the time protected. Owing to the
long drought, In fact, the woods and
bushes were like tinder, everywhere.
Even the little tract where she stood
would soon be burned over.
The situation was one that might
well have appalled stouter hearts than
those usua'ly possessed by girls of
fifteen. Yet through It all Kate be
haved with remarkable coolness, nnd
never lost much of her self-pcsses-slon.
Mounting a large rock beside the
trail, she looked hastily about her,
and although half-blinded by smoke,
decided that the pond Itself was her
last chance of safety. The water
was now very low, and out a little
distance from the shore was a small,
muddy islpt, on which grew a fo
bunches of bog-bush. If she could
drive Bon across to that little Islet,
she felt etty suro the lire would
not reach them.
Running back to the buckboard,
she found n place where the horse
might be driven off the trail Into the
pond. But a fresh difficulty now
presented Itself. The water and soft
mud between the shore and the Islet
proved too deep to got the buck
board ncross without submerging it.
For an Instant Kate was disheartened.
She unhitched in haste, belli? minded
at first to leave the buckboard there
and ride the horse across. Yet thi
explosion or the powder, when the
fire reached It. might prove fatal
both to the horse and herself on the
Islet. This, too, flashed into her
mind, and she had wild thoughts of
tumbling the kegs Into the water.
But that powder stood to Kate for
all her savings at the bank. More
over, her father needed it. Even in
those moments of peril she was ex
tremely loath to sacrifice It. On the
bare shore whore the water had re
ceded she hastily scooped a hole with
the watering bucket, and one by one
rolled the kegs Into it. The fire was
r
J7ue, HOUSE axxf HOME
Tomato Tonst.
Cook down till thick half a can
of tomatoes, with a plnr h of cloves,
half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash
of cayenne, half an onion, mineral
fine, and a teaspoonful of minced
parsley; have ready buttered toast
without crust, and pour this over
without Btrainlng. Harper's Bazar.
Deep Apple ll- With Cheese.
Bake a nice dop apple pie about
three-quarters of an hour before din
ner. Have a small cream cheese
passed through a rlcer and a little
salt. Press through a pastry tube or
tin funnel on top of the pie In n pat
tern, and serve warm for dessert.
The cheese-and-rream combination
may also be used on n two-crust apple
pie.
A Now Luncheon Dish.
There Is a simple little luncheon
or supper dish which Is nlso a change
from the ordinary: Make some good
sized baking-powder biscuits, and
smooth the tops over when they go
into the oven; when cool, but fresh,
cut out n round piece on top of each
one and take out the crumbs, leaving
a shell; put a little butter Inside,
spreading it around the wnlls, nnd
fill each one with creamed salmo.ii,
or other fish, heaping It up well In
pyrnmld form; put an extra spoon
ful of cream on top, and a sprig of
parsley. Harper's Bazar.
v.v.v.v.v.v.v.
What Will Women Do When They Rule ?
"What will women do when they rule'.'" asked the Berlin
Lokal Anzelger recently. Answers came from all over the world.
Here are a few;
"They rule already and always have, so I can't understand
your question." Lady Alma Tadema.
"Nonsensical things." Mme. Suzanne Despres, Paris tra
gedienne. "They will retain their good and bad qualities as men rulers
have done, do and always will." Mme. Sarah Bernhardt.
"They will not differ much from tho best men rulers. I
don't believe in the superiority of either sex. The world is for both.
They must sway its destinies together." Lady Henry Somerset.
"They will have undisputed power to aid my life work of
supplying gowns to needy actresses." Mme. Yvette Guilbert.
"I would destroy all but a few schools and create a genera
tion of minds free from tradition's of modern wretchedness. Until
there is a new humanity reform can be but superficial." Mme.
Ellen Key, Scandinavian writer on marriage and maternity.
"We would restlessly seek office, but would not spend for
tunes sending warships to the Pacific to terrify our neighbors.
We would strengthen industry, make the church more popular
than the theatre, enforce total abstinence, and open all schools to
women." Belva Lockwood, twice Women's itlghts candidate for
President of the United Stutes.
Filets of Bole in Apir.
A delicious breakfast dish is filets
of solo In aspic. First make a rich
sauce of one pound of butter, one
ounce of flour, half a gill of cream,
a teaspoonful of chopped parsley and
a little lemon juice. Season and mix
with the chopped meat of one lob
ster. Have the filets of sole skinned,
nnd spread the mixture thickly over
each slice. Roll, tie and cook in the
oven for ten minutes, covering with
greased paper. Line a border mould
with jelly and place the filets and
jelly in lavers. Se on ice to cool.
When ready to serve, place a light
salad in the centre. Country Gen
tleman. ,
1
red the night beiore up in the direc
tion of Wild Brook.
Kate drove on, however. She was
bent on getting the powder to her
father. But by the time she reached
Clear Pond, six miles farther, the
spruce woods on both sides of the
trail were full of smoke; und just
above the pond she perceived fire oft
lu the woods to the west of the road.
Now for the first time serious mis
givings beset her. Gunpowder is
dangerous freight to carry through
burning woods. All the fire which
she could see was oft to the left of
her route, however, und in hopes that
this was the only forest fire in that
quarter, she determined to go on, and
put old Ben, who was panting n little,
at his best pace again.
The wind was northerly, and the
smoke drove southward through the
woods. It became worse as she ap
proached the ford of Otter Brook,
oleven miles below Wild Brook; and
from the top of the hill beyond the
ford she saw fire aaln, and this
time ahead and far round to east
ward. At a distance of a mile vast
clouds of dense smoke were rolling
upward, with here and there a red
gleam of flame. The roar of the fire,
too, was distinctly audible now, with
the occasional crash of falling trees.
It was an alarming spectacle. For
some moments Kate gazed on It in
silent apprehension, marking the
spread of the fire on each hand. Fear
fell on her suddenly.
Convinced now that she had been
over-venturesome in coming past the
fire at Clear Pond, she turned old
Ben on the narraw trail, recrossed
the now nearly dry brook, and drove
back as fast aa possible, her idea
being to return to Day's clearing.
She had proceeded but u mile or
two, however, when she came where
fire had nearly reached the road In
several places. The whole forest to
westward appeared to be burning.
Whipping Ben into a clumsy gallop,
she drove close by the blazing brush
wood for some distance, hoping every
moment to get past the worst of It.
Smoke, heat and sparks drifted across
the road, and soon she came to where
the dry buBhes were afire on both
sides.
Terror lest some flying spark might
penetrate to the powder under the
seat goaded her to desperation. She
plied the lash as hard as she could.
A spark set tho horse's flying mane
afire, and another ignited the ribbon
and flower-wreath of her hat; but
tearing the hat off, she threw It away
and drove on.
Fortunately for her, she was now
near Clear Pond. The little sheet
of water to the west of the road had
divided thu conflagration, which
swept past It on both sides. But
where the trail skirted the east shore
of the pond there was still a small
tract of woods on which the fire had
not yet encroached. Here, on the
lee side of the water, the pantlug eld
horse stopped short. Leaving both
burse and buckboard there for the
coming close, but Bho dipped the
horse-blanket in the bond, wrung
it as dry as she could, aud spread it
over the kegs. Then using the
bucket again, she hastily covered
blanket and kegs over with damp
sand and mud to a depth of six Inches
or more all this amid blinding
smoke, with tho lire workins nearer
every minute.
Nor did she abandon tho buck
board to be burned, but turning It
with a great exertion of her strength,
backed It as far out In the pond as
she could, till tho water rose over
the seat.
The fire was now crackling and
roaring all along the shore. Clam
bering on Ben's back, Kate urged him
into the water, and although he floun
dered up to his sides, succeeded in
getting him across to the islet.
On that little muddy Island Kate
Edwards remained, supperless, all
that night, alone with the horse, aud
a deer and a hedgehog that swam
over from the other Bide. Toward
midnight the smoke settled so low
over the pond that she was much op
pressed for breath. The spectacle of
the flaming forests at night was a
terrible one to the girl, sitting there
alone.
At dawn the conflagration had
burned itself out to a considerable
extent, aud Ben having lain down in
the bush, Kate herself fell asleep
there.,
A shout of "Thomas! Tom! Are
you over there?" waked her sud
denly. It was her father.
At their lumber-camp on Wild
Brook Mr. Edwards had seen the
smoke of the fire the afternoon be
fore, and being apprehensive lest
Tom, OB his way up with the pow
der, had been stopped by It, he had
set off very early that morning, and
was picking his way down the still
smoking trail. As he was passing
Clear Pond, Mr. Edwards caught
sight of Ben out on the island; for
by this time the hor3e had got up
and was hungrily cropping tho bog
bushes. Dread lest the boy had perished
In the fire took sudden possession of
him. The sight of the buckboard
standing almost submerged in the
water added to the anxiety with
which he shouted his son's name.
To his astonishment It was Kate,
Instead of Tom, who sprang up to re
ply, and her first words were, "O
father, Is that you? But don't go
near that little pile of sand there!
All that powder Is under It!"
There was so much Are still smol
dering all about that they did not
dare unearth the powder for two
days. But thanks to the care with
which Kate had burled It, all three
kegs were fouud In good condition,
and later contributed their might to
blast out the "Jam" in Wild Brook.
From Youth's Companion,
Pork and Beans.
Pick over carefully a quart of
beans and let '.hem soak all night.
In the morning wash and drain in
another water. Put on to boll In
cold water with half a teaspoonful
of soda. When they have cooked
forty-five minutes drain and put into
an earthen pot. in layers, first beans,
then pork, with half n cupful of mo
lasses. When the dish is filled place
upon the top a piece of pork well
scored, pepper and a little salt.
Cover with hot water, and bake In
the oven six hours. Keep closely
covered so they will not burn; add
more hot water If necessary, but let
them bake nearly dry as they get
done, and remove the cover to allow
them to brown on top. They cannot
cook too long. American Home
Monthly,
Salted Nuts.
Fcr salting almonds the hard
shelled Jordan nuts are best. Buy
them in the shell and crack witn an
ordinary nut cracker. Blanch by,
pouring boiling water over them.
Let stand five minutes, covered, then
remove the skins by rubbing between
linger and thumb. Dry on coarse
towels so as to remove all moisture.
j Allow to each pint shelled nuts two
I tablespoonfuls the best olive oil or
I melted butter. The oil gives the bet
I tcr gloss.
Toss the nuts In the oil until thor
oughly coded, then let them stand
ssTsrsn in me warming oven for
half an hour until they have ab
sorbed much of the oil. Dredge two
tablespoonfuls fine salt over them,
stir In order to distribute It evenly,
spread in bright tin biscuit pans and
set in the oven until crisp and lightly
colored. Shake frequently. If you
wish the nuts to retain more salt than
this method allows, after the nuts
are brown turn into an earthen dish
and sprinkle them with a teaspoon
ful gum arable dissolved in a half
cup of water, taking care not to get
them too damp. Dredge with fine
salt through a small sieve and stir
often until cold. The salt will cling
and not fall off.
"American butter" Is the name
given fa Byrla to oleomargarine.
Housewife Suggestions.
Add a half-cup of milk to mush and
It will brown much nicer when fried.
Whipped cream served on top of a
fredhly made squash pie adds much
to its appearance and flavor.
A mixture of olive oil and black
Ink will lie found useful to paint the
tips of black kid gloves which are
slightly worn.
To remove a rusty screw, first ap
ply a very hot Iron to the head for
a short time; theu immediately use
the screwdriver.
The carving knife and fork should
not be put Into water Hold them
over the dlshpan and rub with the
wet dishcloth.
Always save the water in which
rice, macaroni or anything of a like
nature has been boiled. It la excel
lent for soups, gruvles. etc.
The best polish for engraved si'ver
Is whiting and ammonia. It should
be applied with a soft brush, then
rubbed with cheeaeoloth or soft cot
ton cloths.
A mail box fastened to the wall
near the kitchen table Is a most use
ful article. Meat bills, grocery bills,
etc., that dally come into the house
should be dropped Into it at once.
.When pay day comes none will be
missing.
A plumbing hint Is never to put
rock salt in traps. It Is true that
salt, by absorbing moisture from
the atmosphere, will keep the traps
full of liquid, but the strong salt
solution will attack brass couplings
and trap screws and Injure th !
of porcelain.
A Happy Life.
njr ALEXANDER MACLEOD.
I am an old man as If that could
Interest you In this great city! and
I live alone In a cottage In the Berk
shires alone except for a pet part
ridge that I caught some years ago
on the side of Greylonk. Are somo
of your readers solitaires like my
self? And what do they think of as
better than a quiet house, an open fire
and two dozen shelves of books?
If you print this, your readers will
know that even an old man, "sot in
his ways," can change his course.
Years ago, when I was a school teach
er yes, I taught school for forty-two
years I saw nn article In tho Atlantic
Monthly, called "Through the Night
In a Wherry." I don't remember the
article distinctly; I dare say that, like
many articles, the best thing about It
was the title; but It stirred In me
a wish to live In a boat not a big,
cumbrous thing, like that in "The
Pathfinder" or was It "The Deer
slayer?" but a small affair that
could be managed easily. But I have
given that up; rheumatism is a thing
you can't be oo careful about.
But I have hit upon something bet
ter. It came to me a good while ago.
when reading "The Strange Adven
tures of n Phaeton;" but tho Idea
never worked Itself out until n month
or so ago. I shall journey about In
a "van" like that of the reddlcman in
"The Return of the Native." I had
the "van" made in Troy, and I
brought it over to my cabin a week
ago. It, has a stove, like Dlggory
Venn's, and It Is big enough to look
like aoom Inside. You wouldn't be
lieve a wagon could be made so com
fortable; Not even Dickens' Mrs. Jar
ley could make you believe It. I have
a rug that an old pupil, who became
rich, gave me a prayer rug ho says
It Is and book shelves, and a small
table, and drawers for Hour and sugar
and eggs and coffee and tobacco, etc.
The horses trouble me most I never
liked the work of tending horses but
they are necessary, and I have two
strong, patient fellows that would
take me up the face of Prospect
Mountain if I wanted tticm to.
It is my belief that I am renewing
my youth no. not childishness and
I am looking forward to spending my
days enroute. Winters I shall work
southward, and summers I shall
spend In the Berkshires and In the
White Mountains. Think of moving
from place to place at will, of cooking
my meals out of doors in fine weath
er, of sitting by the fire of wet even
ings and listening to tho rain on the
roof of tho "van." of reading good
books old ones In new places, of
adding to one's collection of mental
pictures day after day! Can any one
suggest a better life for a useless old
man. who loves quiet, with a little
change now and then to make him
forget that he Is In "the yellow leaf?"
New York Saturday Times Review.
t NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 3
Would MAKE SCHOOL TERM
EIGHT MONTHS.
Altooua (Special). "It Is a crime
to keep a child under 14 years In
school more than eight months out
of each year," declared Dr. W. F.
Beck, In an address before the 8tate
Educational Commission, which met
here for a three days' session.
"Th school term proper should
cease on May 1," he added, and the
month of May be spent on farms
owned by the school districts, whore
the children should be given a prac
tical education along agricultural
lines and where they could study na
ture at first hand."
Many In the meeting agreed with
the doctor.
Thp commission was appointed by
Governor Stuart for the purpose of
obtaining suggestions from educators
and others and to recommend to the
next Legislature beneficial changes
in the school laws.
The board is composed of N. C.
Scliaeffer, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, president; O.
M, Phillips, West Chester, secretary;
M. G. Brumbaugh, Superintendent of
the Philadelphia Schools; James
Coughlin. Wllkes-Barre; William
Lander, RMdMMrarti John s. Ril
ling, Erie; David B. Oliver, Pitts
burg. Colonel A. S. Stayer, surgeon gen
eral in the National Guard, advised
a radical change In the vaccination
laws. He said that vaccination
ought to be made compulsory on
everybody, or there should be no vac
cination at all, save In cases of epi
demic. Superintendent H. J. Whlteman
opposed a uniform course of study,
claiming It kills the spirit of edu
cation, but he recommended uniform
permanent certificates to be Issued
by the State. He asked that cities
be permitted to fix their own quali
fications and Issue their own certificates.
RUNAWAY CAR KILLS NINE
LUMBERMEN.
Italston (Special). A work train
on the Susquehanna & New York
Railroad, near Laquin, Bradford
County, was wrecked by a runaway
car which dashed into the train after
descending nesteep grade.
Eight lumbermen, mostly Italians,
were killed outright, one died later
after being taken to a hospital and
fifteen were seriously Injured.
The wreck occurred on the Laquin
Lumber Company's log road leading
up Into the mountains, about twenty
six miles from Ralston. The men
were riding on the log train, which
was being pushed up the steep ascent,
by the engine. A log car ran away
and came down the grade at terrific
speed toward the train.
An attempt was made to reverse
the engine on the log train to avoid
the shock of the collision, but the
runaway car crashed Into the cars
before anything could be done. The
engineer and fireman and those on
the train who were near the engine
escaped injury. The Injured were
taken to Wllllamsport.
CAPITOL ARGUMENT FIXED.
PROBING CHILD'S DEATH.
Good Manners Once, But Bad .Now.
We hardly appreciate the rapid
transformation of human nature, on
Its highest levels, within a single
generation. In this consideration,
"the highest levels" are those at
tained by the great middle class, who
constitute the main audience for the
best literature at least this is the
case In America. Thackeray in his
lectures on English humorists was
addressing such a class In England;
nnd his lecture on Steele, contrast
ing the Victorian with the Queen
Anne era, he Baid, "You could no
more suffer in a British drawing
room, under the reign of Queen Vic
toria, a fine gentleman or fine lady
of Queen Anne's time, or hear what
they heard aud said, than you would
receive an ancient Briton." Tho lec
turer had just before referred to
Tyburn, and remarked that a great
city had grown over the old mea
dows. "Were a man brought to die
there now, the windows would be
closed and the Inhabitants keep to
their houses In awful horror. A hun
dred years ago people crowded to
see this lost act of a highwayman's
life and make jokes on it." Hurler's
Magazine.
Bird Armies.
President Roosevelt in his latest
message to Congress says some strik
ing things about the work of the
Biological Survey. It has shown, he
says, that at least forty-throb species
of birds prey upon the cotton boll
weevil; that fifty-seven species feed
upon scale Insects which attack fruit
trees; that cuckoos and orioles de
stroy leaf-eatiug caterpillars; that
hawks and owls, except a few which
attack poultry and game birds, are
benefactors in destroying grasshop
pers and mice, and that "woodpeck
ers, as a class, by destroying the
larvae of wood-boring insects, are so
essential to tree life that it is doubt
ful If our forests could exist without
them." The plumage of these birds
should bo admired and respected as
the uniform of a winged army which
defends mau against some of his
worst foes. Youth's Companion.
Freeland (Specia.l). Burgess
George Hartman and Officer Welsh,
of Freeland, went to Pond Creek,
a suburban town, to Investigate the
death of 6-year-old Mary Wydock.
Complaints from neighbors of the
Wydock family gave the impression
that the child had been foully dealt
With.
It was learned here that the child
was burled on Tuesday last without
a physician's certificate or a burial
permit from the local authorities.
The child was adapted from the fresh
air collection of little ones sent from
New York two years ago by the
Wydocks. The foster father said the
child had been attended by physi
cians of White Haven, but It was
learned the doctor had never pre
scribed for her. The stories are so
conflicting that the Coroner has or
dered that the body be exhumed.
RESUME WORK ON DAM.
Harrlsburg (Special). After a
conference between Attorney General
Todd and his associates and Messrs.
Gilbert and Bergner, representing
the defendants In the first Capitol
trial, Wednesday, May C, was set as
the time for the argument on the
reasons for the retrial.
It Is expected that the argument
will take two or three days, as there
are 275 reasons filed on behalf of the
defendants, 112 being for Sanderson
alone. Mr. Scarlett will probably
make the chief argument for the
State, answering Messrs. Rothermel,
Gilbert, Bergner and Schatfer.
Preparation for the next trial Is
going forward slowly and the detec
tives will etart out with the sub
poenas for the witnesses, including
former Governors Stone and Penny
packer, the later part of this week.
James Scarlet and Deputy Attor
ney General Cunningham, who have
been at work on the details of the
case, examining the reports of the
probers and experts summoned here
to outline the case, wore joined by
Attorney General Todd with whom
they went over the details of the
case.
Lancaster (Special). Building
operations were resumed on the
mammoth dam and electric power
plant, the largest In the world, of
the McCall's Kerry Power Company,
at Minnequa on the Susquehannu
River.
Three hundred men went to work
and the number will be Increased to
one thousand In order to complete
the plant by Christmas. When the
Knickerbocker Trust Company, the
uuumubj agent or tne power com
pany, suspended last October work
on the dnm ceased. The resumption
of the trust company makes it pos
sible to finish the plant.
The dam is greater than the As
souan Dam on the Nile, and the plant
will generate one hundred thousand
horse power and furnish electric
power to Baltimore nnd Philadelphia,
EXPLOSION IN MINE KILLS FOUR
Jail Breaker Captured.
Carlisle (Special). James Me
Minn Sheaffer, a well known Carlisle
man, who escaped from the Cum
berland County jail In January, was
captured by County Detective Bent
ley, In Harrlsburg and returned here.
Sheaffer pleaded guilty to Jail break
ing and other charges and was sen
tenced to a penitentiary term of
three years. When captured Sheaf
fer Was DOSinir as regular nrmv
i soldier In uniform.
Steel Company Owns Mine.
Cleveland (Special). Members of
the firm of James W. Ellsworth &
Co., when notified of the explosion
in mine No. 1, of the Ellsworth Col
lieries Company, at Ellsworth, Pa.,
said the company did not own the
mine. It having recently been sold
to the Lackawanna Steel Company.
Rice and Flowers.
fn the neighborhood of Shanghai
an English sailor on his way to the
foreigners' burial ground to lay a
wreath on the grave of a former com
rade met an Intelligent looking na
tive carrylug a pot of rice.
"Hello, John!" he hailed, "where
are you goln' with that 'ere?"
"I takee put on glavo glave of my
fiend." said the Chinaman.
"Ho! Ho! " laughed the sailor, "and
when do you expect your friend to
come up and eat It?"
Johu was slleut a moment, and
thn replied, "All time samee your
fiend come up aud smellee your flow
ers. " Cleveland Leader.
The Shop Assistant.
Any mau or womau who accom
plishes a savin, of one hour from the
long tedious day of the shop assist
ant Is well worthy of a itatue being
orected to their memory. Only those
who have spent tho best part of their
lives behind the counter, and spent
whole days at a time of weary, bone
acblng standing, can realise the mo
ment of Sir Charles Dlike's bill.
Outfitter.
The salt of the earth has a sweet
disposition.
Pittsburg (Special). Four men
were killed, three seriously injured
and 100 others had a narrow escape
from death when an explosion oc
curred in mine No. 1, of the Ells
worth Collieries Company at Ells
worth. Washington County.
The dead are foreigners. Their
bodies were mangled and baldy
burned.
It Is supposed the accident re
sulted from an accumulation of gas
In a new entry becoming Ignited In
some manner, at present unknown.
Unusual presence of mind is said
to be responsible for about 100
miners escaping from the mine. Al
though the concussion threw them
to the ground, all retained their com
posure and after great difficulty
reached the Burface.
Jul! For Illegal Fishing.
Ambler (Special). Five foreign
ers were arrested by Chief of Police
Richard Ford, charged with illegal
fishing. They were dredging the
Wlsahlckon with a closely woven
wire bed-spring for a net and had
caught about forty fish, Including
two perch. They were fined f . ;
each, in default they were sent to
jail.
Find Suicide's Body.
Oil City (Specie!). The body of
Mrs. Lavlna Samms, who jumped In
to the Allegheny River from a bridge
here on March 2K una fmin.l flout
ing in the water thirty miles south
of Oil City. The woman committed
suicide the day following the burial
of her husband.
Lawyer Dies In His Office.
Lancaster (Special). John H.
Fry, a well-known member of the
Lancaster bar, was found dead sit
ting on a chair In his office this
morning. Death was duo to heart
disease.
Dedicate College Hull.
Meadvllle (Special). Cochran
Hall, the handsomest building of Al
legheny College, was dedicated with
the oration by Senator Dolllver, of
Iowa. It is a dormitory for men,
was the gift of Mrs. Sarah Cochran,
of Dawson, and cost about $65,000.
The building is 80 by 120 feet, of
red brick, terra cotta trimmed, two
stories, and twelve foot basement.
Following the dedication a public
reception was held In Cochran Hall.
Must File Expense Hills.
Harrlsburg (Special) . Attorney
General Todd gave an opinion that
every candidate for a nomination
at the Spring primaries must file an
expense account and that treasurers
of committees have nothing whatever
to do with expenses at primaries.
The opinion was given in answer
to Secretary of the Commonwealth
McAfee, whose department has ruled
that all candidates uiust file expense
accounts within fifteen days. As
there was some doubt In the minds
of Inquirers the matter wu submit
ted to Mr. Todd.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Harry Paxton, a Jersey Central
trainman, died suddenly at Eastou.
Vincent Macovlch jumped from a
moving Reading train at St. Clair
and was killed.
Ml-fl Mnrirnrel Will tru ni u-aa I
and her husband and 4-year-old child
seriously injured at Pittsburg, when
iney were tnrowu from a buggy.
The horse became frightened by the
barking of a dog and ran away.
Sunday blue laws, which have long
remained inoperative in West Ches
ter, have been revived by Burgess
A. P. Reid and District Attorney VV.
W. MacElroe, and will be enforced
against mauy dealers who have been
keeping open shop on the Sabbath.
The Schuylkill cunal has resumed
operations for this season, and al
ready boats are being loaded at the
docks at Port Clinton.
The thirty-first annual meeting of
the Women's Missionary Society of
the Pennsylvania conference o.f the
United Brethren Church, met at
Shiremanstown. It Is the largest
society of the denomination and
there were 120 delegates present
from southern Pennsylvania and
Maryland.
Alleutown City Councils re-elected
John F. McDermott as water com
missioner. Frank R. Mtnner, former
ly of Berks County, was chosen build
ing Inspector, und Leo .Wise was re
elected city solicitor. "
Thomas Jehnson, Jmes Allan and
George Brown, who were suspected
of being the men who dynamited the
Pennsylvania Railroad ticket office
at Parkersburg, have been turned
over to the Chester County author
ities. The men were arrested at Para
dise, where they narrowl) escaped
lynching at the hands of a posse of
iufurlated farmers.
Rev. Charles J. Smith, pastor ol
the Lutheran Church of the Advent,
at Lancaster, has .r.wigned to accept
u call to the pastorale of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, New York City.
The Cambridge Coal Company Col
liery, of Shenandoah, which has been
fdle since February, undergoing gen
eral repairs, resumed operatlou, em
ploying hundreds of man and boys.
Fire from a defective flue caused
the destruction of the frame houa?
or Alexander Flfa, a Punsylvanla
Hailroad employee, at Glen Riddle.
The flumes also communicated to the
luge coal shed of Samuel U. Riddle,
vblch was also totally destroyed.