DF AD. 'Ah Qo4l bow strange the rattling In ths street Coomb to me where I lie end the houre pass. I watch beetle crawling up the sheet Tkat oo vert me. and curious, note The green ana yellow back like mouldy braae. And can not even shudder at the thought How eoon the loathsome thing will reach my face And by euch thing alone I meaaure out The alow drip of the minutee from Time'a eaves For if I think of when I lived. I doubt It waa but yesterday I brushed the flowera; Bat when I think of what I am, thought leaves The weak mind diaty in a waste of hours. O God, how happy is the man that grieves! Life? It waa life to look upon her face, And it was life to rage when she was gone; But this new horror I In the market-place A form, in all things like me as I moved Of old, ia marked or hailed of many an one That takes it for his friend that lived and loved- And I laugh voicelessly, a laugh of atone. For here I lie and neither move nor feel. And watch that Other pacing up and down The room, or pausing at his potter's wheel To turn out cunning vessels from the clay Vessels that he will hawk about the town, And then return to work another day Frowning; but I I neither amile nor frowi I see him take his coat down from the peg And put it on, and open the white door. And bruah some bit of cobweb from bis leg. And look about the room !cfore he goes; And then the clock goes ticking aa before, And I am with him and know all he does, And I am here and tell each clock-tick o'er. And men are praiaing him for subtle skill; And women love him God alone knows why! He can have all the world holds at his will But this, to be a living soul, and thin No man but I can give him; and I lie ind make no sign, and care not what lie is, And hsrdly know if this indeed be L Ah, if she came and bent above me here. Who lie with straight bands bound about my chin! Ab, if she came and stood beside this bier With aureoles aa of old upon her hair To light the darkness of this burial bin! Should I not rise again and breathe the air And feel the veins warm that the blood beats in Or should I lie with ainewa fixed and shriek As dead men shriek and make no aound? Should I See her gray eyes look love and hear her speak And be all impotent to burst my shroud? Will the dead never rise from where they lief Or will they never cease to think so loud? Or ia to know and not to be, to die? Richard Hovey, INISTERING UNTO HIM. By the Late Dr. T. J. Barnado. It was a murky ovening at the close ci September, and the outlook was drab and dreary. A few splashy drops of rain fell occasionally, and the muddy streets were most unpleas ant for pedestrians. Truly, an un lnvitiug night In which to be abroad! I had been attending the board meeting of a society In which I was Interested, and I was absorbed in thinking over some few points of the business transacted. I hardly noticed, therefore, that as I left Moor gate street station a timid little voice began to assail my ear. "Matches, i Blr," It said In a curious persistent 'whine. I walked steadily on, but the voice followed, challenging my atten tion. The speaker must have been a diminutive little match seller, for the sound was near the ground. Again he repeated earnestly: "Two a ha-' penny! Two boxes a ha'-peuny! Buy 'em, sir!" Then after a pause, he resumed: "Could give yer three, but there ain't much profit!'' That curious chant wiih Us quaint comment at length checked my pro gress. My thoughts were effectually broken into. I stopped, and at a glance took In the scene and the peaker at once. I saw a sight, com mon enough, alas, in London a lit tle street vender, shoeless and stock Ingless, his bare feet well mudded, his trousers ragged, his jacket torn. Trousers and jacket were all he had to cover him from tue drizzling rain and shivering fog. A queer little old patched cap was perched on one side of his head In a knowing fashion, pathetically at variance with the sad lines of his face. The child looked to me about eight years of age; but I guessed him to be nine, for he was of stunted growth. "Sold much to-day?" I inquired. He shook his head. "Six boxes ain't much only free ''pence for the lot." "Who sent you out?" "Mother." "And why does mother send out a chap like you?" "She can't help if she'd werry bad." "Where is she?" "Home." "Anybody else there?' "Sissy." "How old is she?" "Oh, Bhe don't count! She's littler than roe lots littler." "Do you make much money?" "Sometimes, If I'm lucky." "Are you often lucky?" "Not xactly often; I wor In real luck yesterday." "How's that?" "Such a nice gemman kem along and says he: 'You are a poor little chap;' and he gev me a bob. Oh, he wor a nice gemman, he wor.' My young companion had wasted no words, and now, when such em phasis was laid upon th!s particular gentleman, I felt he was being held up for imitation! "Why don't you go home with your three ha'pence?" I continued. "Ta,n't no ue," said the boy. Tatn't no use going homo with lit tler nor a tanner, sir!' "Must you always have a tanner? The little head was nodded quick ly and emphatically. Clearly six pence was tho Irreducible mlmimum. Well, now," 1 said "tell me where your mother lives." "Thirteen Plough Court, Banner answer81' LUk6'''" I knew Banner street well; tha Place was not more than teu min utes' walk awny. "Come on with m. I said, "and I will see your bother. I am a doctor, you know and perhaps 1 can do hor some good " Without more ado the little chap gave himself up to the new idea, and trotted off by my side, his tongue waging briskly the while. Here was ao adventure, or at least, an event! Me managed to keep up a never la1. u stream of small talk which, I cam not,helP observing, always uue round, often by very sharp an gles, to the "nice gemman!" We goon reached Burner strest. A few minutes then brought us to the corner of a dingy, pestilential look ing court, lined on each side by tum ble down two story houses which looked as though they had been or iginally Jerry built, and had been out of repair for many years back. They were noisome in the extreme, fetid, reeking of slime and neglect. No. 13 resented a set of creeky and very fllthf stairs. My guide hooked his small hand firmly Into mine, and without delay we began to climb up and up, until at last we reached a back room on the top floor. The boy ran in first, while I waited outside. Only a minute elapsed, when the door was opened, and !n response to a muffled "Come In, sir," I entered. The room was literally devoid of furniture. There was no chair to sit down; no table to All up the bare floor space. Yet there was a mar velous air of peace, and even of com fort, In that empty garret! All, for Instance, was wonderously clean. And one felt that there was a decent and gracious air about the place which spoke well for its human occupants. It was sometime before my eyes could take in my surroundings. But presently I saw a figure lying near the window, on the floor, on a heap of rags. It was that of a poor, decent looking woman. A few words of sym pathy and explanation, and I learned her simple story. The woman was a widow of about forty-five. She had injured her leg, and the wound, in stead of healing, apparently had fes tered. A large, unwholesome ulcer was exposed to view as I examined it. She had gone twice as an out patient to the nearest hospital, but she could walk no longer. Her work as a char woman had had perforce to be given up; so there she lay, helpless to move hand or foot on her own behalf! By her side stood a little girl of about six years of age "our Bess," she called her a bright-eyed, w- ..me little lassie. But Billy was the bread winner! He it was who kept the wolf from the door. It was he who had boldly gone into trade in. tho endeavor to supply mother, sister and himself with bread. Deeply affected, I listened to the simple, homely, heroic story. Men are inclined to the belief that heroes are made only on special occasions. Yat in truth the finest heroes are homespun, and often hidden in ob scurity. Billy was of the true stuff, and his modest struggle might have made an epic. Why, I asked of the woman, did she not go to a hospital? The ques tion was hardly asked when I felt re- I Puked. What would become of the j children?" said the poor woman. "Billy might dosfor a bit by himself; he is a brave lad! But our Bess ," ; And then the poor soul fairly broke dowa. Yet in a minute the tears j were wiped away, and as I looked at the calm, resolute face, I discovered where Bill got his bravery from. wen, ti.en, said t, "why not try to get the children into some home or refuge, while you are taken to the hospital and properly treated?" "Ah, yea, sir!" replied she eagerly, "that's what I would like; but then I don't know how to set about It." Then, to my surprise, she added, In the simplest, most matter-of-fact tone Imaginable, " have been praytn' to the Lord all the time I have been aere to take care of the children, and to keep our Bess from the streets." Here In this wretcheu room, de prived of everything, depending ab solutely upon a child of nine years of age for food and fuel here lay this decent, industrious creature with n firm trust In the Ood of prayer, and in her breast there still burned the flame of faith and hope. "Yes, Indeed, God has His own in every nook of the great city! Poor Mrs. Rider was a Christian woman, strong In prayer, and drawing in sim ple trust upon all the powers of the Omnipotent. "Look here, sir," cont!nud the woman. Sho put her hand under tho pillow, and nulled out a leaf of a j will known religious weekly journal. "Look here, sir, read that!" Ana under my very eyes she placed a short narrative of one of ray own rescues, which had been reprinted In Its' col umns! How the page had drifted to her I know not; but the last lines of the story contained the statement of mine which hss been so often re peated, and which all my readers know so well: "Never during all these years have I refused a single destitute child who has made appli cation at our doors." "There, sir," said the poor creature, not knowing In the least to whonv she spoke, "I have been hopln' and praying that Ood would let Billy and our Bess get In there. I know they'd be safe, and they'd both be together, and then I'd go In cheerful to the 'ospltal." I thought for a few moments be fore I answered. At length I said slowly: "I did not tell you who I am; but now I must let you know." The poor woman looked up with something like alarm written on her face. I continued: "My name Is Barnardo, and I have a great many poor girls and boyB in my keeping. And really that Is why I nslted your little lad to bring me here to-day. Now, if I can help you by keeping the children for a while. I will." It is impossible to describe the emotions of wonder and amazement which passed over thnt poor suffer Ir . mother's face! The tears poured down hor cheeks. "Billy," she called, and the boy ran quickly to his mother's side. "Bess, dear," she added; Bud then, holding the two children in her trem bling hands, she said: "This !s the gentleman thnt has all the little boys and girls. I told yer Ood would hear me, and now He's Just sent him here to take and keep you both until I am well again." As for me, I felt at once humbled, encouraged and thankful ; humbled to think that in any hour of dark ness and difficulty I had ever doubted that Ood heard and answered prayer; encouraged by this fresh proof of our Father's guiding hand; and thankful for the opportunity thus afforded me of stretching out a helping hand to one of our Lord's own children. There and then I entered fully Into the mother's story, nnd made notes of the various names and addresses with which she supplied me, so that we could verify the facts and nssura ourselves that there was genuine need and friendlessnes in the case. I left with a promise that, if all proved right, I would admit tho chil dren to the homes for a time while the mother entered the hospital. Of course, I saw to the Immediate needs of the family, but not until I mudo Billy tell me once again the story of the "nice gemman." "Now, Billy, what shall I do to be like the nice gentleman? Shall I give you a shilling now, or shall I take you both into my home, and send your mother to the hospital?" Billy hesitated; but there was no feeling of doubt in Bessie's mind. The words were hardly out when she sidled over to me, and placed her little hand trustingly in mine. Billy said more slowly: "If mother wor well, I think it would be nicer to have the shillln'; but I'll go with you, sir, all right." Ere long one of my good woman helpers was In the room supplying the wants of the patient, bringing food and fuel and a few needed gar ments to the children, while I ob tained an order giving admission to the hospital to this poor member of "the household of faith." And that was how Billy and Bess came to be counted among the great est family in the world, 5450 strong! Sabbath Reading. ENCfNICS The greatest heat is never found on the equator, but some ten degrees to the north, while more severe cold has been registered in Northern Si beria than has been found near the Pole. A patent has recently been issued to a Washington chemist for extract ing alcohol from natural gas, and It is announced in tha consular reports that a plant for demonstrating the commercial value of the invention is soon to be erected at Bradford, in Pennsylvania. The product obtained is like wood, not potable alcohol. Five thousand feet of gas, at a cost of from twenty-live to fifty cents, will produce about fifty gallons of alco hol. What is claimed to be the first elec trical furnace for the production of steel In Belgium is approaching com pletion at the works of the Societe des Aclerles Llegeolses, at Brussels. It 1b of the KJellln-Roechling type. Pear-shaped balloons are the fash ion in Belgium. The point Is upward, the base of the balloon 1b spherical. It Is claimed that balloons of this shape pierce the air vertically with far greater speed than the ordinary spherical balloon. Consequently they are steadier. Also the upper pointed end prevents the accumulation of moisture or snow on the surface, which frequently weighs a balloon down and destroys its power to riBe. The "luminous owls" that lately startled certain good Britons almost certainly owe their light, it is now agreed, to foreign matter on the feathers. Thhs is probably phospho rescent bacteria from decaying wood, but it might be a phosphorescent feather fungus such as is known In geese, or an excessive section of ex uding oil from a diseased condition of the oil gland. Professor T. D. A. Cockerell, of the University of Colorado, describes a well-preBerved specimen of a wasp, belonging to the genus Paratiphta, found in the shale rocks of Miocene time at Floiisant, Col., which exhibits a peculiar venation of the wingl, ex actly an It appears In the same geuus to-day. The most striking peculiarity characteristic imperfect vein in tnu wing, wlik-ii persists In the same insect at the present time. TO GIRLS WHO HAVE TO WORK Many a girl is obliged by force of Mrcumstances to make her own way in the world. When such Is the CBse, she Is indeed fortunate if she has neen brought up to work and given the necessary training for her career In life. But there Is another sort of lrl who starts In life heavily handi capped by her Ignorance of any kind 3t craft or profession the girl who Is suddenly left almost penniless, to face the world as best she may; or the girl whose parents have lost, their money and who feels it incumbent on nerself to provide for her own main tenance as well as assist in their sup port. Now, the first thing that any wo man should do who is obliged to make her own way In the world Is to carefully consider what talents she has, so that she may not take up work for which she lias absolutely no natural taste and in which she ran never lie a success. For Instance, It is unwise for the girl who is a good housekeeper and who has been thoroughly trained in all the domes tic arts to try to find artistic work. Even the homely occupation of tak ing boarders will pay her much bet ter and bring hor more happiness In tho end than a profession for which he has no natural aptitude. The chief rule of success Is to per severe, and yet to persevere again. Work Is not easily found, and rebuffs ire sure to be many. But the girl I who succeeds in life Is never daunted nr disheartened. She accepts defeat cheerfully, and in trying to rise above circumstances eventually conquers them. In an article of this sort it is Im possible to particularize on exactly how one should go to work to make money, for circumstances alter cases jo greatly, and the sort of thing that would be a success in one environ ment would fall in another. One ;nn only generalize, but the follow ing few hints may be useful: Do not ittempt to write unless you have a ?ood education and are certain you nave a talent for writing. To wend jne's way successfully through the :horny paths of literature to the goal Jf success one needs not only talent, out an endless amount of energy and patience. If a girl is a particularly bright and interesting letter-writer, she may safely assume that she will write an Interesting, chatty article; but articles are many and competi tion is great, and I should advise sveryono to try a less overstocked market. A doctor's daughter might take up massage. There is always an open ing for a skilful masseuse. It is not fery expensive to take a three months' course, and you may be a tong time In working up a connec tion, but if you send your business :ardB to all the doctors of your ac inaintance or, better still, interview :hem personally, modestly explaining our capabilities, they will probably do only too glad to recommend you :o patients In need of your services. If you have deft fingers and are Jlever at the better kinds of fancy work, you can nearly always dispose if good needlework at the shops or woman's exchanges. The great, thing :o remember, if you wish to sell your work, is to keep It spotlessly clean. It would be as well if Bome of the SlrlB who work things and expect ;helr friends to buy them would re member this. I should be inclined '.o allow a cake of soap to every large piece of work. ' I have said nothing about the pro Jessions of stenography, bookkeeping jr trained nursing. In which many thousands of women nre profitably smployed, because these are profes sions that require from one to three jr four years' training, and this ar ticle Is Intended especially for girls thrown suddenly on their own re sources, who are not able to spend such a long time In preparation. Perseverance in whatever line you take up cannot be too great, but it must be perseverance allied to dig nity, a stern and wise desire to get Dn, not a vulgar wish to elbow every pne out of the way. All girls should be careful of taking offense at real or imngluary slights. I have helped a good many people both to seek and And employment, and I must regret fully say that the chief thing that has struck me about the girl in re duced circumstances who wishes to work is her want of perseverance and her readiness to Imagine she is being slighted. A friend once asked me to help such a girl to get something to do. She said she had no accomplish ments, and she did not think she was very useful. However, she was a nice girl and exceedingly pretty, with beautiful large dark-brown eyes and a tender, mobile mouth. It struck me that she might with advantage make sometbing of her precious gift of beauty. I consulted a celebrated lady art ist, who was also a friend of mine. She offered to let her sit as a "study of a head" to a class of lady pupils. The pay was fairly good and the work Mgtit (four hours a day), and she was not obliged to keep her head in one stiff position. She came to see mo after the first day, and seemed very pleased and grateful. Then suddenly I heard she had left. The artist told mo she thought it a great pity, as she could have given her l plenty of work. I met hor not long afterward and askud her why she had left. She said the pupils had treated her as though she was a com mon model, and "had not even said 'Good morning' to her" when she came into the room. Now, that is the sort of spirit which is the keynote of failure. Girls must remember thut there aru both kind and unkind people in the world. Thoy may meet the former; they are certain to come across the latter. It women wish to enter Into competi tion with men as bread-winners, they must be ready to take the bitter with the sweet, and remember that, al though the bitter often comes first, with tlmj aud steady perseverance the sweet will always follow, and that BUCcesB iu auy profession Is not gained without hard work. McCall's . Muguzine. It Is said that the method of pro ducing anaesthesia by means of dec trlclty, discovered by Professor Le Due. of Nantes. France, is applicable to the painless execution of criminals. The aluminium books for the blind now being printed In Edinburgh aro of thin sheets embossed in the usual way. They are easier to read than paper books, do not soil and are prac tically Indestructible. Their expen slveness Is their drawback. Radium acts upon the chemical constituents of glass, porcelain and paper, imparting to them a violet tinge; changes white phosphorus to yellow, oxygen to ozone, affects pho tograph plates and produces many other curious chemical changes. 5 .NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA 2a -. -s. uwu-.auttuustt'A j Professor Roy, the French Espe rantlBt, is urging the establishment of an independent Esperanto State In Europe. The site he hns selected for his experiment is on a neutral strip of territory which lies on the frontier between Germany, Belgium and Holland, some five miles from Alx-la-Chapelle. The world has never learned the name of the genius who conceived the Idea of spreading butter upon his bread, combination of food ele ments more palatable, more whole some and more universally popular than any that tho combined wisdom of all the professors who have ever lived has been able to devise. Ground mica is used in somewhat Increased quantities, the coarser grades in mica bronzes and paints, and also as an absorbent for explo sives. Ground mica also forms an Ingredient in some heavy lubricants. The finest ground mica, or mica flour, finds a considerable market with the manufacturers of high-grade wall paper, the lustre obtained by the use of the muscovite dust having the advantage of both permanency and brilliancy. To demonstrate his faith in the practicability of electricity for all do mestic purposes, an official of an Illi nois electric company has recently built a hoiiBe at Cairollton, 111., with out a chimney or any other means of making use of Are. The house Is heated by steam and the cooking la done by electricity, both supplied by the heat, light and power com pany with which the gentleman Is connected. This construction marks the beginning of an effort to obtain customers for current to be used in the kitchen and a special rate has been fixed for that kind of service. BULLDOG aids BCICIDE. HarrlBburg (Special). After mak ng two attempts to commit suicide, when a vicious bulldog used Its best ;ndeavors to prevent the rescuers 'rom pulling the man, weary of life, rrom the water, Henry P. Turpln, lged about 32 years, managed to lrown himself In the old Pennsyl vania canal at Steelton. near hero. Turpln spent the night drinking ind early In the morning, accom panied by his bull terrier, went to the canal nnd plunged In. Edward McCord and Frank Magnellla made sn attempt to reach him. but the log sprang at them, biting a piece 3Ut of the wrist of Magnellla. The Jog was thrown aside and held by another mnn, while Met ord nnd Mag nellla Bwam to tho Bide of Turpln and drngged him ashore. Turpln ap peared nngry because the men would not permit him to end his life. Shortly after 6 o'clock hd return ed to the rnnnl and again Jumped In. Another attempt to reach him waB made by the two men, but the dog attacked both and bit McCord on the neck Once more Turpln was rescu ed and n policeman was telephoned for. Before he arrived, however, Tur pln, with the assistance of his faith ful dog, got away from his rescuers and made a third nnd successful at tempt to drown. He ran to the -nnnl. yelling "good-by" and Jumped In. Once more the men followed, hut the dog, more vicious than ever, chased one after the other from the edge of the canal. One of the men succeeded In passing the dog and lumped into the stream, but the dog followed and attacked him. After some minutes an officer ar rived, nnd by shooting at tho animal scared him from the canal. The res cuers then succeeded in dragging Turpln to shore after repeatedly div ing for the body, but he was dead. Turpln was the son of James P. Turpin who committed suicide 10 years ago. STATE TO APPEAL. Harrlsburg (Special). An appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court from the derision of Judge Wanner, of York County, In the case of tho commissioners of York County aginst H. M. Schmauck. which in volves the payment of personal property tax to the State and under which the Commonwealth wou'd lose many thousands of dollars. It 1b charged that the defendant, who lives at Hanover, did not make true returns to the assessor for years and that he escaped payment of State tax amounting to $48,000. To make this up the commissioners reassessed the man. but at the expiration of the year for which the tax assessment was made. This action Judge Wan ner declared was illegal. The appeal will be made at once so that In the event of nn adverse decision the Legislature ran bs asked to pass a bill covering the defect in the law. Senator John B. Fox, Of thlB city, represented Auditor General Young In the case. LAI BR MAY BE INSANE. Wllkes-Barre (Special). Because Frank Boner, who Is charged with felonious wounding is InBane, aud John Boner, his son, who is charged with murder, is believed to be, the cases against them were postponed by the Court and a commission in lunacy was appointed to examlue John Boner. During a family fight last Fall, John shot and killed his brother, Louis, and was then stabbed and severely wounded by his father. The latter became insane after a few weeks in jnil and Is now In an asy lum, and the son has been acting queerly for some time. TREE'S RESTING TIME. The Evergreen in Winter Tropical Plants in the Dry Season. "What we call evergreens," says a gentleman formerly connected with the Park Department of St. Louis, "are not really green during the win ter, nor are they really alive, but are dormant. "Every plant- must have its period of rest at some time in the year, and In our northern latitudes the winter 1b, of course, the most appropriate season. The evergreens generally re tain the greater part of their foliage during the winter, but a close exam ination shows that it dries to such an extent as to be really dead, and a large part of It falls off when the plants begin their spring growth. Tho drying is not peculiar to the foliage. The branches and stem become as dry as the foliage, and being almost en tirely devoid of moisture are little damaged by the winter's cold. "In some parts of tho tropics, how ever, as in the highlands of Southern Mexico and Central America, the sum mer is tho resting time of the trees. The intense heat of the sun dries up the earth, the trees drop their leaves, the woody portions become as dry as our evergreens in winter, and the tree takes Its rest until the autumn rains begin. "Of course this rule does not apply to a large number of tropical plants which grow in moist jungles or swampy places. They have accus tomed themselves to their conditions, but even they still retain the resting habit, and at some time of the year relax in their growing and become aB near dormant for a time as circum stances will permit." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. New England Breakfast Food. There Is a village in New England which clings fondly to the customs of the past and ha small regard for innovations. Not long ago an old resident died. The lawyer who went up to settle the family affairs staved I over night at the little inn. I He was a dyspeptic, and ever cautious about his food. Therefore he looked searchlngly at the waitress 1 as she stood at the breakfast table ' the next morning to greet him. I "I'm er obliged to be very care i ful of myself," he said solemnly "My diet is extremely limited. What sort of breakfast food have you? That is all I take in the morning except dry toast." "We have apple, squash and mince," said the girl, regarding him in kindly and sympathetic faahir.n "You can take your choice, or have all three, if you like." Youth's Com I 'nlon. REDUCE LAND VALUES. Harrlsburg (Special). President Judge Kunkel has rendered a de cision in the matter of the appeal of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company from the valuation of property in Rushtownshlp, this county, In which he reduces the as sessment over $100,000. The com pany appealed because there was an Increase of over $50,000 In the values, the assessors' valued what had been previously assessed as wood land as coal land. In the decision Judge Kunkel di rected that all land within the coal measure be valued at the uniform rate of $15 an acre, that timber land be taxed at $9 per acre and barren land at $3 per acre. The decision is Important as it la the first appeal of the kind to be made In the county, which has a large area of coal land. Some of the cuts made were strik ing, one tract being reduced from $43,180 to $3,951, another from $16,611 to $1,911, and a third from $16,640 to $2,025. HEALTH OFFICERS AT work. Reading (Special). A corps of field officers from the State Depart ment of Health arrived here and started work on the water shed of the Maiden Creek supply to see if the pollutions which were discovered along the stream some time ago have been abated. The health officers, who have been at work for Beveral weeks cleaning up the water Bhed of the Schuylkill River, are progressing rapidly with their work and expect soon to reach Reading. ENJOINS ONION MIXERS. Butler (Special). On the appli cation by attorneys representing the Independent Coal Mine Operators lu the Butler-Mercer field. Judge J. M. Galbreath, in the county court is sued a preliminary Injunction against President Francis Feehan, fourteen organizers and all members of the United Mine Workers' of America in '.he field. In the petition filed with the ionrt, It was declared the employees if the various operators had been satisfied with the terms on which '.hey had been employed until organ izers from the Mine Workers' Union put in an appearance. It Is said in the petition that hose who refused to join the union were termed "scabs" and "black lands," and that in addition to this they were frightened by the dis charge of revolvers, rifles or explo lions of old powder kegs, accom panied by threats. Conditions at he mines are quiet. HURT ON "PENNSY" LIMITED. Pittsburg (Special). Three pas sengers on the Pennsylvania Limited, lue In Pittsburg at 9.45 o'clock P. M., were Injured when the combined Pullman and observation car Jus .ltta became derailed just outside Union Station. The train was bound from New York to Chicago. The Injured were Matthew Wil kinson, of Philadelphia, hurt about shoulder and head; Mrs. Matthew Wilkinson, contusion of left side and face; W. D. Wilson, Chicago, leg sprained and head cut. Nothing to It. A gentleman, whose name is with held by request and who conducted a largv bakery until he lost all he had ou the stock market, is quoted as authority for the assertion that "this casting bread upon the water don't always work out just as some 'oiks claim It does." Toledo Blade. WANTS LANCASTER TOBACCO. Lancaster (Special). That the fame of Lancaster County's tobacco has become widespread was evidenc ed by the receipt of an order for seed from Prince Hayoji rtad III. (iaekevar of Barada, India, by John 3. Weaver, of Klnzer. The Indian prince specifically stated that he desired the broad leaf seed and that experiments would be made on his farms at Barada. Hunk .i-l.. i Dies Suddenly. Milton (Special). Major John M. Caldwell, cashier of tho First Na- I tlonal Bank, a Civil War veteran. I and one of Milton's most prominent citizens, died suddenly of a bowel malady. Trollcymcn Reject Wage Cut. Pittsburg (Special). By practi cally a unanimous vote the street car men of this city have rejected the reduction of one cent an hour pending arbitration. The Octopus. Measuring ten feet atx Inches, an octopus, while being killed at Too radln, Victoria, entwined a tentacle so firmly around the fpot of one of Its captors that the membrane had to bw out to free the man Home Mission Workers Meet. Cheater (Special). The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Phil adelphia Methodist Conference held their quarterly meeting in the Madi son Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. C. W. Btckley preslii log. The devotional exerclaes wen conducted by Miss Carrie N. Wilsou and Miss Anna Me.Nult; Mrs. Sey mour Eaton read the minutes. Mrs J. A. Hudson read a report on the Young People's Mlulonsry Move ment. Miss Bertha Fowler, of the Deaconess' Home. Philadelphia, de liver. d un uddreas. PARENTS FORGOT CHILI). Shamokln (Special). William Rothermel and wife, of Klngerstown, awoke early and found the bed they occupied being licked by flames. The house was on fire in many places. Fleeing for their lives they forgot Nellie, an Infant child. As the roof fell In the child crawled down the burning stairway to the street. The house burned to the ground, entail ing a loss of $2,000. TRAIN ROBBERS ON "PENNSY." Pittsburg (Special). Two men se creted on the New York-St. Louis express on the Pennsylvania, which left tnis city at 9.55 P. M., entered the express car at Walkers' Mills, ten miles west of this city, on the Pan Handle Division, overcame the express messenger and escaped with four sealed bags containing currency. Candle Starts Blaze At Funeral. Chester (Special). During the funeral services over the remains of Mary, the 14-year-old daughter of Saverlo Cariello, one of the lighted candles Ignited a lace curtain. The room quickly filled with smoke, but. the blaze was extinguished before any serious damage resulted. The body was about to be removed from the house when the fire broke our. The fire companies responded, but did not go into service. Accused Of At tempt To Steal Patenr. Reading (Special). Chargod with being implicated in an attempt to secure from the local plant of the American Iron & Steel Company a secret process for the manufacture of a screw spike, which is a new thing used in railroad construction, W. P. Kelly, a stranger in the city, was arrested and committed to Jail in default of $1,000 bail. Several employees of the plant may be ar rested as accomplices. Chester Fire Victim Dies. Chester (Special). Charles Pul len, one of the colored workmen burned at the explosion and 'fire at the American Dyewood Extract Com pany's plant, died in the Chester Hospital. The other twelve men in the hospital became very restless when they saw Pullen's dead body removed from the ward. Several of the men are in a critical condition. Motonnen Budly Beaten. Chester (Special). Two motoi men were assaultod at' Twelfth Street and Edgmont Avenue by strike sympathizers and badly beat en. They were rescued by Lieuten ant Voorhees, of Troop A, State Con stabulary, who arrested one of the men suspected of being in the at tacking party. STATE ITEMS The Schuylkill County Commis sioners, despite the depressing finan cial times, have decided to redeem $60,000 of bonds, $20,000 more thun they had agreed upon for this year. ThlB will leave but $250,000 of coun ty Indebtedness. Rev. A. R. Meyers resigned as pastor of Covenant U. B. Church, Lancaster, and Rev. Dr. Lowery, pre siding elder of the East Peunsylvan a Conference, appointed Rev. O. E. Pil grim, of Lisbon, Iowa, to ti e charge. State Constabulary Trooper Cooiev was compelled to use bla revolver at Freelaud In an effort to subdue Sal vadore Messinie, an Ilallau, whom io caught stealing' brass from the shops of Coxe Bros. & Co., at Dtif ton. After a hand-to-hand encoun ter In a dark alley the brass thief was eventually subdued. Following a recent order suspend ing 100 employees at the fuxton shops of the La high Valley Railroad Company, near her.', another oua wa i issued suspending forty more in i If litwly and placing those who rvntain U work on half t!mo. The company is retrenching ail along fis liar -
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