A LITTLE CHILD LAUGHED.
A little child lnii(thH-and the mm came est
A little child laughed glory echoed hiii shout.
The birds caught the wonder and carried it far
In the long that tbey aang to the clou. Is and the atar.
A little child laughed and the ahadnwa and mint
By the beama of love'a beautiful aunahine were kiaaed.
A little child laughed -and our burden and care
Fell away aa our aorrowa fall oway after prayer.
Baltimore Sim
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WILL MANNING, MODERN SPORTSMAN.
n v RAVMOND H. aPF.AR
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Will Manning, his schoolmates said,
could get more time out of n day than
any other boy about the Saranac
Lakes.
"Why," exclaimed Arthur Com
stnck, "he milks a cow and goes Ash
ing before breakfast, gets his Latin
before school-time, and after school
splits a cord of wood, makes a boat
paddle and gets enough berries for
supper! You never saw the beat of
It!"
Will's father Is a section-boss on
the railroad, with little time to spare,
and depends on Will to shorten his
day by as much time as the wood
pile or garden requires. Between
times Will finds new pleasures of his
own choosing. For a long time he
preferred fishing or hunting, accord
ing to the season, but one day he
read In a book that "In every woods
scene a good eye selects the spot of
typical beauty." A woods boy, too,
used to arching trees, sloping moun
tains and pure-eyed lakes, Will had
not thought to look for more than
deer-tracks among the lily-pads.
That afternoon he paddled his
home-made canvas canoe to Bluff
Rock iBland down the lake, and
looked back over his course between
the Islands. "No wonder the Indians
called this the 'lake of the clustered
stars,' " the boy thought. "Wish I
had a camera."
It was In some such way as this
that most of the sixteen-year-old boy's
desires originated. His father taught
him to use a shotgun, but a deer
track led him to want a rifle which
he got by selling berries.
The more he thought about a cam
era the more he wanted one. Only
the week before, as he was going up
the Stony Creek ponds on a camping
out expedition, alone, he saw a deer
among the lily-pads six rods, or less,
away. If he'd only had a camera!
Months later. In the fall, over a
partridge potple one night, he said
to his father: "Can I get me a cam
era?" "Yes. What are you going to get it
with?"
"There'B those traps you used to
use."
"That's so," said the man. "I'd
get some anise oil and try for a fox
If I were you."
So Will sot a line of traps up the
lake shore and through the woods to
the top of Ampersand Mountain; but
he caught only minks, muskrats and
skunks; the foxes were too shy. At
Christmas time he owned a camera
that would do the kind of work he
wanted of It fairly well.
His learning to take, develop and
print plctureswas In keeping with his
setting traps. He went about It Just
as he had begun to shoot with a rifle.
He put up a mark Gyp, the hound
and exposed plates, one at a time, ob
serving the focus, stops and time.
Then he went hunting with his cam
era. He ran foxes with bis hound,
but Reynard being a wise dweller of
rocky hills beyond camera range, only
photographed a rabbit.
"Gyp, as a mere dog, is a trite sub
ject, but Gyp galloping on a fox-track
Is a picture of general interest." That
wat, written by Will on his first good
print, and he endevored to make
every subject a story In Itself.
In the course of time the Inevitable
happened. Will saw the difference
between his own 4x4 plates and the
5x7, 8x10 and 11x14 taken with a
first-class lens; and In his mind he
wished for a 5x7 of the finest quality.
With such a one, he knew he could
get beautiful pictures. He did a little
work for which he was paid, and
cleared the cost of his camera and
materials In that way, but did not
earn enough to buy a hundred-dollar
lens.
One day In July there was news
for the hunters and summer people
around Saranac Lake. Before day
light that morning the long-drawn,
quavering cry of a panther camo
thrusting down Ampersand Mountain,
Btirrlng the) night echoes, startling
the campers nud bringing back mem
ories of wilder days to the old-time
sportsman. Will Manning was on
Ampersand Pond that night with his
camera, waiting for a sunrise snap
shot at deer among the lily-puds.
The cry was loud In his eara, so close
that the screamer's breath scorned to
lift the ripples of the quiet pond. A
moment later Will heard a deer rush
from the water Into the woods. Then
he kuew what t lie screaming animal
was. At daylight the yelling ceased.
Unarmed and alone, Will was
frightened, too, for had he not hoard
the tales woodsmen tell of panthers
that hunted men? Long after the
sun rose, he started for his boat at
the head of Lower Saranac. It was
characteristic of the lad that he care
fully tested his camera aud carried It
ready for use all the way.
"I'll come back," he thought, "Just
as Boon's I get a gun."
A mile down, the trail was a little
muddy for a dozen feet. Here was
the panthor's track. Beside the big
paw-prints were those of a smaller
cat the track of a panther kitten,
which accounted for the mother's
screaming. The sunlight shone on
the tracks, and Will, hoping to pre
serve a likeness of them, made three
exposures of plates. A little way be
yond he cut across through the woods
for Loon Bay, where he had loft his
boat.,
Of the three plates, one made a
good negative, showing two paw
Prlnts ono of the old panther, the
others of the cub. Will took the
Plate to the village that afternoon to
now Allen what be had done. A
tniaibur of summer people were buy
Jjjs" Pictures of local places when
we boy entered the store.
"Hello, bub!" greeted Allen. "Why
a you kill that panther the people
P.ta lake, are telllyg about,?;;
answered Will,
"I saw where
"I don't know,"
rather embarrassed
she'd been."
"Yes, you did!" said Allen.
"Well, anyhow, here's a picture of
her tracks," Insisted the boy. This
was an Interesting announcement to
the customers, who wanted to know
how and when and where at once.
One of them said: "I've got the
best camera I could buy, and I haven't
got a good picture with It yet. I'd
give It tor a photograph of that pan
ther and her cub."
"To me?" asked Will, who had seen
the camera while Allen was exam
ining It a few days before.
"Yes!" the man said, with a laugh.
"You fetch me the picture to my
Eagle Island camp, and I'll give you
the camera on the spot."
Allen told Will how to use flash
light powder, adding that the panther
would make a few good meals of him.
Hut as It happened the flash-light In
formation was not of value that trip.
At daylight the next morning Will
was paddling up the lake again, a
fresh breeze behind him and six days'
rations In his pack, besides three
dozen of the best plates he could buy.
He Intended to get some good woods
views at any rate, whether he saw the
panthers or not. Moreover, he had a
heavy revolver with a stock fastened
to It. By noon he was at Ampersand
Pond camp. He knew the chances of
ever seeing the animals were a thou
sand to one against him, and then the
chance was they would be in poor
light. But no matter, he would try.
He circled the pond that afternoon,
and finding no signs, he went over to
-- - . ii .
o'clock, the shadow of the top twig
of a pyramidal balsam showed, and
then that of the bare side of the rock.
Wilt watched It climb to the white
Ice line, over the lichens and moss
Into the quivering leaves of the
bushes. He was worried lest a
shadow should cover the panthers
when they came. If they came after
sunset, would they stand still long?
These thoughts were suddenly In
terrupted. A kitten not three feet
long came down apparently from the
sky on the deer, growling and show
ing Its teeth, trying to look more
ferocious than playful. Will's Jaw
dropped. The sticks covering the
deer wore clawed aside, and In a mo
ment the kitten was purring at the
bloody throat. A low bunch of alders
beyond the rock stirred, and the great
face of the mother beast rose Blowly
as she stepped gently to the rock,
eying her kitten with short glances
and the swamp borders with longer
ones. ,
Suddenly she growled low and
sharp, stiffening every muscle to the
one that showed her teeth. The air
currents, baffling to the mink, had
warned her of danger. The kitten
stopped mauling its prey to lift Its
head. The old one began to crouch,
her claws curling the bushes three
feet away as she sunk Into the roots
for a good Hold. That was a spectacle
that stopped Will's breath, and drew
his banc's Into his fists, one of them
on the rubber bulb. A little click
overhead told him of a forgotten but
faithful camera.
The cats heard It, too. and sprang
away Into the swamp, fluttering the
leaves and twigs like birds, leaving a
lad weak with excitement, wondering
that his hand should have closed at
the right moment, and hoping that
the plate would make a good nega
tive. Never did the way home seem so
long to Will as on that day. Toward
dusk be felt that behind him was a
silent, fierce-eyed creeper following
him," now on the right side, now to
the left, then so close behind that
claws seemed about to grip the back
of his neck. Tho breaking twigs un
der his feet, the rustling of leaves
over his head, the dread that was lu
the air sent him on fast and faster.
Time and again he turned to face
nothing that he could see.
Don't Die Old Maids.
Not many women die old maids.
Though there seems to be a great
many old maids In a town, most of
them marry some time, If their
chance Is a little lato In coming. More
men die old bachelors. After a man
reaches fifty he becomes very proud
of the fact that he Is unmarried, and
regards It as a piece of cunning on
his part to have escaped with so many
women after him. Atchison Globe.
Caine's Wife to Visit America.
Hall Calne is preparing for another
visit to this country, and this time he
will be accompanied by his wife. The
Manxman takes pride In averring that
he owes much of his success to Mrs.
Calne. who acts not only as his secre
tary, but as his literary adviser. Mrs.
Calne Is a soft-voiced woman, who
cares little for society, yet who dom
inates social affairs In the Isle of
Man. Once a year she goes to Lon
don, and entertains a little there, her
taste running to literary and artistic
persons. She has seen her husband
rise from obscurity to no small meas
ure of fame, and frrfm comparative
poverty to wealth. Many times Calne
has sought to have her resign the du
ties of secretary, but she still attends
to all his correspondence and turns
out his manuscripts on the typewri
ter. She never courts attention, pre
ferring to Btand reflected In the light
of her husband, and it is said consent
ed to come to America with him only
on the condition that she shall not be
put to any social exactions. New
York Press.
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v ; Hi iU y, m niCiVt ?t y-
Stick to the thing you know.
Don't forget the toll, the thought, the planning you have
Invested in the business you have mastered.
Don't lose sight of the safety .the certainty that the
work In hand affords you.
Don't let rosy visions of opportunities afar blind your
eyc3 to surer opportunities close at hand.
Don't forsake the duties of to-day, for difficulties that
may swamp you.
Stick to the thing you know! System.
White Lily Pond, half a mile distant.
In the sand on Its shore was a fresh
track of the old panther, but not of
the cub.
"If only I could find that little
one!" thought Will, looking at the
rock-Btudded and tree-grown slope of
Ampersand Mountain. He returned
to camp then, and caught a few trout
for supper. At dark he went to sleep,
tired out with all the day's work he
had done. To tell the story of his
patient and systematic search for the
panther's lair during the next three
days and of the pictures he took Is
not necessary. The fourth day had
Its reward.
A cliff rises on the south end of
Ampersand, and Is laved by a little
pond called Tear-Drop, because it is
on the face of the mountain. The
outlet of the pond Uowb down a,
beaver meadow three rods wide and
thirty long. On each side Is a dense
tamarack swamp. The water is a
dozen feet across In the "meadow,"
but a mere brook. Inches wide, where
it leaves the open.
Half-vay down the meadow a wide,
flat rock raises Its head to the level
of the grass tops. This rock Is cov
ered with blueberry bushes eighteen
Inches high. Will, who had never
seen the place before, arrived at the
upper end of the meadow about ten
o'clock In the morning. He started
down the outlet to see how large a
stream was there. Near the rock he
noticed some drops of blood on the
grass blades and the tracks of a
plungir.v, deer.
"Huh!" he thought. "Somebody's
violating the law."
A couple of rods away the animal
hail fallen, as the matted grass
Bhowed. In the mud near by was
the Imprint of a panther's spread-out
claws. A glance showed that the deer
had been dragged to the top of the
rock and covered with sticks and
grass.
"Now's my chance!" thought
Will., "She's gone for Lor cub aud
I'd bettor hurry."
With that he waded across the out
let up to bis hips In water aud mud.
to set the tripod opposite the rock
Inconspicuously among some alders.
He focused the lens on a twig lying
on the deer, got out his extra plate
holders and sat down out ot sight,
the shutter bulb In hand
It grew darker; the mountains cast
deeper shadows. Dusk settled down
relentlessly. Something cracked a
twig behind him a veritable some
thing. Will turned and fired with his
revolver once, twice, three times.
The echoes died away. A minute
passed, then another. From the
ridge over which he had come came
the panther's cry; again, muffled,
from the hollow beyond; then, loud
and clear, from the foot of the moun
tain, farther away each time. At
last far uway. Just over the top of
Ampersand Mountain a farewell
scream.
A few rods farther on his trail was
Will's canvas boat. He carried It
from its hiding-place to the water of
Loon Bay, launched It, and paddled
to a rock Island, where he ate a good
meal by a Are. Then he started down
the lake, strong and vigorous once
more, singing songs that caused Isl
and camps to listen wondering.
On the next day. Will developed
his plates one by one. Two or three
were blanks, but the panthers showed
up clear above the twigs and leaves.
He carried that plate, as soon as it
had died, to the Eagle Island camp,
and when he returned, the coveted
camera was his own.
Now with the old camera he plays;
with the now one he seeks on the
beechnut ridges for bears. As for
the pnathers. Will Finch, of North;
wood, eighty miles over tho woods
from Saranac Lake, told me thut h
saw their tracks at Moose River last
I fall, fcur months after you.ig Man
1 ulng's adventure. Youth's Coiu-i.aniou.
Don't Guide n Man.
"We were late," groaned the girl,
I 'who was tired, "because we went fif-
teen blocks out of our way."
"Why did you do that?" asked her
brother. "Why didn't you keep your
eyes open and take the right car?"
"I did," said the girl. "I knew
which way to go, but my escort got
confused and I didn't dare put him
on the right track. If I had he never
would have forgiven me. I have lost
the friendship of three Interesting
men by that very evidence of strong
mindedness. Experience has taught
me that next to being caught in a flb
the thing that most riles a man Is to
be guided by a woman. To wander
around like a babe in tho woods, to
retrace his steps a dozen times, and
Anally to arrive somewhere an hour
late are blunders that he can cover
tip with one excuse or another, but
for a woman to take the lead and say,
'We want this car' or 'We must go
this way,' presupposes a state of la
mentablo Ignorance on his part and
makes him hate that woman forever-
more." New YOrk Press.
Walking Sticks That Are Not.
According to the prevailing fash
Ions In carrying canes, they represent
the (get that as walking stickB they
are not walking sticks at all. A man
may carry his cane in any manner he
p'.eases except one, the old-fashioned
way or touching It to the ground as
he walks along. He may and this is
the most approved style carry It
hooked over the bend of his left arm;
he may hook It onto a button on his
coat; he may hook It up behind his
upper left arm, with the point of it
sticking out In front of him as he
walkB. But If he wishes to be the
"real thing," he must, under no pos-
I sible circumstances, touch the ferrule
Then came dancing troops of mos- to the ground. New York Press.
qultoes, bluck fllus and punkles, each
Individual with n sting of Ub own.
The punkles felt like streaks of Are,
the Ales crawled along his temples
Into his eyes, while mosquitoes bored
deeper tnd deeper. Hut Will bad
tar-oll with which he kept his face
The World's Wheat.
The possibilities in Increasing the
world'B supply of wheat, as well as
that ot the United States, are maul
fold and Impossible of estimation.
Vast regions of land in South Amer-
and hands dripping, and so he bore ;t . North Africa and Asia are await-
the discomfort. The bit oi log ou
which he sat worked thiough the
crust ot alder roots and slowly sank
to the mud In which the boy's feet
were already burled. Nevertheless,
hours did Anally pass.
Every minute had Its novelty.
Dragon-Ales swept over the rock,
great meat-flies gathered at the pan
ther's cache. Shrikes and blue Jays
hopped among the tree braucbes,
coming closer, all eyes for danger.
A mink searched lu and out among
the grass hummocks for sweetmeat it
could smell but could not place. The
drowsy hum of insects made It a
sleepy scene. Drowsing, the watcher
was roused by dropping twigs, or a
mosquito's attack; At bout three
lng tne demand tor "still moro
wheat," which shall bring to them the
teel plow and the self-biuder, and
cause them to yield a food product
suIAclent to feed a new population
of untold millions. And were mod
ern agricultural implements and ag
ricultural knowledge in the hands ot
the Russian and European peasants,
another addition, the extent ot which
can hardly be guessed, could be made
to the world's wheat supply Tho
Century.
Hat Perfuming.
One of the tricks of the Parisian
milliner Is to perfume the chapeaux
for her special customers. The odor
from large hats laden with artiAcial
Aowers, ribbons, etc., is often notice
able, especially before the hat has
been worn several days In the open
air. To conceal this the clever Pari
sian milliner stiffens the ribbon bows
with wire wound with scented wool,
and sews tiny sachets no larger than
buttons at the base of bows and Aow
erB. Large flowers often may have
the calyx removed and Ailed In with
a tiny bit of shirred silk or satin that
covers n tiny sachet.
In this case, however, unless the
sachets or perfumes are renewed they
soon cease to be odorous, so the tin
lined hat box has been invented. In
one corner of this. Axed flrmly so it
will not tumble about is a small per
forated vinaigrette Ailed with strong
sweet powder, and the hats are bun :
around it. In this way they absorb
enough scent to be perceptible for a
day, and the hat being returned to Its
scented case at night absorbs a fresh
supply for future giving out.
Of course the scent from tho hats
Is delicate, and is made to correspond
with the perfume the owner affects.
New York Times.
AH Will Wear Waistcoats,
fivery hour brings the dressmakers'
and milliners' fateful fall opening
neare. Indeed, one may see these
temptresses ready now, with grasping
hands outstretched. But, cheer up,
husbands und fathers'. You soon
will know the worst. Hero's one hint.
A simple faihlon for women's wear
for autumn Is the waistcoat. Such
garments have been seen a good deal,
but this autumn and winter they will
be more fashionable than ever. One
may be worn as a separate garment
or it may be made In one with the
coat. Waistcoats will be seen In ev
ery variety of cut and material. For
cold weather there will be knitted
waistcoats of corduroy velvet In plain
colors or In pretty rainbow shadings;
but the autumn will boast the greater
number of new designs and materials.
Brocaded silk or satin waistcoats,
and hand embroidered and braided
waistcoats will be worn, as well as
waistcoats of a now material that may
be described best aB a knitted design
ou canvas. These are suitable for
wearing with tweed and serge cos
tumes and the heavier makes ot
cloth, but for use with Ane face-cloth,
silk and velvet, the favorite material
will be the new tinsel fabric. New
York Press.
John W. Gates Is about to carry
out some ambitious plans at Port Ar
thur, Texas, on Sabine Lake, near ths
Gulf ot Mexico, where he has pro
Jected goU links to cost J 86J,00-9.
Pure Food Campaigner.
Thut it Is woman's business to see
that the world Is clean, and that she
cannot do this without knowing the
sciences ou which cleanliness depends
bacteriology, chemistry, etc. U
the belief of Professor Walter McNab
Stiller, of Missouri University, HU
capable wife, Mrs. Helen Guthrie Mil
ler, chairman of the Pure Food Com
mittee, General Federation of Wom
en'g Clubs, has consequently had
every advantage In fitting herself for
her responsible work In promoting
tlrt pure food campaign through the
women's clubs ot the country.
Of the work for pure food by the
Women; .Qt.u.K National CoflimRte.
It has been said by no less an author
ity than Dr. Wiley, of the United
States Bureau of ChcmlBtry, that It Is
largely due to them that the Food
and Drug act was passed at that time.
Mrs. Miller was born In Kanesvllle,
Ohio; educated In Putnam Seminary,
and she was married to Professor
Miller In San Francisco about twenty
years ago. She became Interested In
the milk problem when she could not
get certified milk for her baby, and
took part In the first Pacific Coast
Congress, in San Francisco, which
voiced the first demand of women for
clean food.
She has studied the food sciences
since her marriage, taking courses at
universities In Nevada, California,
Lelpslc, Germany, and Missouri. An
active member In Christian, charity,
art, public honlth and college organi
zations, Mrs. Miller is proudest of the
fact that she Is mother of wo sons,
and their chum as well.
' NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHINESE GAIN'S A PAHRON.
Marlborough Duchess Is n Convert.
That the Duchess of Marlborough
has just joined the English suffra
gettes was an interesting item of In
formation Inparted yesterday by Mrs
Philip Snowden. Mrs. Snowden,
wife of a distinguished Member of
Parliament. English suffragette, lec
turer before Yale, and other univer
sities, visited at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Aked, No. 2 West Eighty-sixth
street, says the New York Tribune.
Dr. Aked. who is pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Church, which Is John D.
Rockefeller's religious home, was a
former colleague of Mrs. Snowden In
the woman suffrage movement In
England.
Mrs. Snowden Is young and pass
ing fair, of the dainty pink and white
type of English beauty. She is not
of the most militant variety of the
suffragettes. She has never been In
Jail or smashed a window or chained
herself to a park railing so the police
couldn't make her move along, but
Bhe marched at the head of the flrst
monster procession in London, last
June, between Lady Frances Balfour,
3l8ter-ln-law of King Edward's sister,
on one side, and Mrs. Henry Fawcctt,
widow of Victoria's Cabinet minister,
on the other.
"We have hundreds of titled per
sons who are members and contrib
utors to the movement," said she.
"At one meeting alone, attended
mainly by the aristocracy, we took up
a collection of $35,000. I don't know
what part the Duchess of Marlbor
ough Is going to take, because ahe
joined Just before I came away. I
think she was influenced by the Hon.
Mrs. Bertland Russell, sister-in-law
of Countess Russell, who is also a suf
fragette. Mr3. Russell, who was for
merly a Philadelphia girl, Is a great
triend of the duchess.
"Annie Kenncy has brought more
fashionable women Into the move
ment than anybody. Annie Kenney
is the little factory girl whom W. T.
Stead has called the Joan of Arc of
the movement. She started the whole
thing with a question to John Burns
at Albert Hall one night soon after
the Liberal Government, came In. Be
fore an audience of eleven thousand
he was outlining what the Liberal
party proposed to do for the various
classes of men. Annie Kenney leaned
out of a box and said, 'What are you
going to do for the women?' The i
audlence would have torn her in
pieces if It could have got at her. At
the same time Cristabel Pankhurst
was doing tho same thing at a meet
ing in Manchester, and she was put
out of the hall with her clothes torn
half off her. The things that have
been done to tho BUffragettes by the
stewards of political meetings in
which they asked questions would not
be believed in America."
Leo Gum You, Who linn lleen In
Prison Since I HIM.
Harrlsbnrg (Special). The S'ate
Hoard of Pardons rerommended for
pardon Philadelphia's Chinese mur
derer, Lee Gum You, who has been
In prison since 1894 for killing a
fellow countryman In one of the
oarly Tong fights. You was found
guilty after a noted trial and sen
tenced to be hanged, but because
of the circumstances surrounding his
(V.lme tho State Hoard granted him
commutation and he was sent to the
Eastern Penitentiary. Twice he has
been denied pardon, once In 1898
and again In 1901. Thursday ap
plication was made for him on the
ground that he had been punished
enough, considering his crime and
'he facts Rbout It and the Governor
will sign his pardon.
Commutation wm recommended
for Francis M. Shults, who murdered
bis daughter In Falrmount Park.
Philadelphia, and Anebalo Lnmbardl.
murder. Mercer. In behalf of Shults
It was urged that he was of unsound
mind.
Commutation was refused, Rich
aid MeKwaync, murder, York: Raph
ael Perrle, murder. Philadelphia;
Joseph Alello. murder, Jefferson
f'ounty, and Salvafore Oarrlto.
Pardons were recommended as fol
lows In other rases: Frank Defaleo,
Luzerne; John Lukacs, manslaugh
ter, Allegheny; Bernard Hubbard,
larceny, Erie; Thomas Hughes, man
slaughter, Heaver; Daniel Cornish,
attempted Incest, Warren: Bernard
Dombrowski, highway robbery, Lu
zerne. Pat-dons were refused Samuel H.
Harbison, assault. Philadelphia, and
John T. Shoener, embezzlement,
Schuylkill.
ST FIX COMPANY CHANGES.
LAFAYETTE FOUNDERS' DAY.
Schwab Assume Full Control At
Bethlehem Plant.
South Bethlehem (Special). A
general change among tho executive
officers of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany took place at a directors' meet
ing, nt the local plant.
Mr. Schwab himself becomes presi
dent of the concern, former Presi
dent Arch Johnston being made flrst
vice president, and First Vice Presi
dent H. S. Snyder being given the
newly created office of second vice
president. The office of general
manager is created and General Su
perintendent E. G. Grace promoted
to that position.
C. A. Buck, former assistant su
perintendent, has been promoted to
general superintendent. Barry H.
Jones was reelected secretary and
iruiiiFor A I) Mixsell has been
made general sales agent In place of
Fred Conlln, Burgess oi ueinieneiu.
F. A. Schick Is auditor, R. S. Van
n. nurnhuolniT jiL'ent- T. O. Cole.
traffic manager, ind .1. H. Ward, sec
retary to Presideut Schwab.
EDUCATIONAL HEARINGS END
State Commission Will Now Rcgln
Preparation ot Heport.
Wllliamsport (Special). Tho
State Educational Commission held
Its last public meeting here. The
members will devote most of their
time from now until February first,
la formulating a report from the
suggestions received at their various
meetings held In the State for the
past year.
Prominent educators jom all
over this section of the Siate were
present at tho meeting and suggest
ed legislation for the benefit of the
schools. The discussion of ward and
city representation drew much Inter
eat. Dr. Nathan C. Schaefer. State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, presided at tho meeting.
NEWEST
FASHIONS
The wings ot the season are mar
velously blended color schemes.
Pope shapes of strictly Dlreclolre
lines provide a few chic models.
The grayish amethyst hues are re- j
peated again and again In all millin
ery. The popular peacock blues and
greens figure prominently In these
wings.
Wide brims faced with contrasting
color are numerous, and the trlcorns
Is found occasionally.
All shades of yellow will be used,
but burnt gold and golden brown will
euJuy especial favor.
Turban shapes In draped velvet or
satin are encircled by feather breasts
and trimmed with egrets.
Dahlias in velvet and silk, and In
the most oxqulsite fancy and natural
colorings, are u smart novelty.
There is a noticeable tendency to
ward the slmpUAcatlon of trimming
effects, which Increases dally.
One of the prettiest combinations
of colors la a delicate pink and au
equally delicate lavender shade.
Swauskln Is one of the- new trim
mings for hats which the mllllnon
are arranging in crowns, bands, etc.
A hat of the Robinson Crusoe type
Is u series of overlapping rows of
pleated ribbon extending from centre
of crown to edge of brim.
Immensely full Aounces aud crown
pieces mage of ostrich in the new
kangaroo fringe style are the height
of fashion.
Smart collars made to correspond
with the mev plumage covered hata
are the latest thing, and come in ull
the new shades.
Many variations of the Incroyable, j
that now coat cut oft square at the
waist lino, with long skirts and broul
revers, are appropriately worn with
costumes along the general Hues ot
theBMsou'Mvored dusiaiu.
Baptists For Local Option.
Norrlstown (Special). The con
vention of the Baptist Churches of
the State, which have been In ses
sion here for the post three days,
with 795 churchea represented, clos
ed by the adoption of a resolution
expressing the conviction that the
Baptists of Pennsylvania should
work, and vote for nominees for the
next general assembly, who will
pledge themselves to work and vote
for tho enactment of a local option
law.
ITEMS IN nHIEF.
Stopping from one track to an
other to avoid being run down, Dan
lei Jones, 18 yearn old, was killed
by a Reading Hallway water train
near Mahanoy City.
Because of the inability of the Col
umbia County Commissioners to se
cure a competent tax collector for
Centralia, County Treasurer II. H.
Rhodes will have to collect the taxes
there. The amount of the duplletae
Is about 11,300.
The State Health Department has
completed arrangements for the
opening of a tuberculosis dispensary
at Hazleton next week.
Charged with forgery Harry Snave
ly, of Delta, was arrested. It Is Bald
that the prisoner passed numerous
bogus checks on merchants In Del
ta. He is only 2 0 years old.
Captain John Wrlgley, of Pitts
burg, said to be the oldest fin man
In the State, crippled by many in
juries sustained lr htB hulf century
as a Are flghter, died in his 79th
ypar. Wounds received during the
C'vll War and us a fireman were
contributory causes to his death.
The Schwenkf -lder General Con
ference, at Its Fall meeting In th
Uosentack Church, adopted a resolu
tion declaring that "the church as a
body fully Indorses the local option
movement as embodying a principle
of liberty of conscience tor which
our forefathers stood."
Horace McNeil, assistant station
master of the Eait Broad Top Rail
road, at Three Springs, who fell un
der the cars and was badly hurt,
died of his injuries.
Charles Bleiihetni, who gained the
confidence of York business men and
then gave them worthless checks,
was sentenced to nine mouths In
jail. He wus found guilty on tour
indictments.
William J. Tithman, aged 4 7 years,
a mine worker aud a lleuterrant In
Company F, Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry during the Spanish-American
war, dropped dead on the street
at Tsmaqua from heart failure
Seniors Plant Oak Tree and College
Confer Degree.
Eaaton (Special). Founders;'
Day was celebrated at Lafayette
College by the Senior class planting
an oak tree on the campus.
At 1 1 o'clock the college trus
tees, faculty and students assembled
In Pardee Hall and heard Prof. Wil
liam R. Mason, of Rensselaer Poly
technic Institute, give the address ot
the day. Dr. Mason's subject was
"A Plea for a Wider and Better
Extension of the Knowledge of Sani
tary Science." He began his ad
dress by referring to the Importance
of pure water and pirre air. Human
life, he stated, has a money value
and the town which cuts Its typhoid
rate In half by the erection of a
filter plant receives very quick re
turn for the funds expended.
Dr. Mason eiIbo declared that bad
air is responsible for moro deaths
than alcohol. Much as we deplore
the evil effects of strong drink, Its
victims, both innocent and guilty,
are few compare.) with those of the
"Great White Plague," he said:
The following honorary degrees
were conferred by the college:
LL. D.. Prof. W. R. Mason, pro
fessor of chemistry at Reneselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.
D. D., Rev. O. T. Holmes, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Irwin,
Pa.
A. M John K. Stewart, professor
of Greek at Shippensburg State
Normal School.
NO PARDON FOR liRIHKR.
Hoard Refuses Rehearing To W. A.
Martin, Ot llttsburg.
Harrlsbnrg (Special). William
A. Martin, the former Pittsburg
Councilman, sentenced to three
years for bribery In connection with
a street railway franchise in Alle
gheny County, was refused a re
hearing by the State Board of Par
dons and his application marked "re
fused" after Attorney General Todd
had expressed himself In a stinging
manner regarding the former Coun
cilman's offense.
The application for a rehearing
was made at the conclusion ot a
day's hearing, In which the longest
calendar before the board In months
was half completed. Last April
Martin's appeal for pardon was de
nied and his attorney, Senator
Charles H. Kllno. renewed it. He
gave grounds of 111 health as his rea
son. Attorney General Todd said:
"That man's offenBe was one of the
grossest crimes society Is suffering
from. I shall never consent to rec
ommend a pardon for a man con
victed of bribery."
WORK FOR STEEL MILLS.
Orders Coining In Steadily For The
Big Steelton Plant.
Harrlsburg (Special). There is
joy at Steelton, over the orders
which have been received lately by
the Pennsylvania Steel Works, es
pecially one for 5,000 tons of steel
rails for the Reading Rallwoy.
While none of the rail or bridge or
der! placed lately have been large.
It is rtated that they have been
steady and show that things are
picking up.
Lancaster (Special. The Penn
Rolling Mill, which had been idle
since June, resumed operation
Thursday. It employs about 400
men.
Long Record As A Voter.
Chester (Special). Stephen L.
Armour, a merchant, points with
pride to the fact that he has only
missed ono voting jr a presidential
candidate but once in forty-eight
years and thnt was while he was be
hind the lntrenehments at the battle
of Petersburg. He east his flrst presi
dential vot for Bell and Everett In
1860. They wore the candidates for
the American party.
Fix Date Of Educational Convention.
Reading (Special). The Execu
tive Committee of the Directors' De
partment of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association met here
and decided to hold the annual State
convention at Harrlsburg. February
4, and 5, 1909. .The committee ar
ranged a program of addresses. One
of the principal subjects to be dis
cussed will be the vaccination law
Collecting State Money.
Harrlsburg (Special). State Trea
surer John O. Sheatz arranged with
the surety companies for the closed
Cosmopolitan Bank of Pittsburg, for
the repayment to tho State of the
1100,000 of State money held by
the hank when It closed its doors.
Progress Is also being made In the
recovery of the money on deposit in
the Allegheny National Bank.
I mind Guilty Of Murder
York (Special). After deliberat
ing less than an hour the Jury in
the Govogovltch murder " trial
brought In a verdict of guilty In the
first degree. The defendant, George
Govogovltch, last March killed Mi
chael Tlntor, a fellow-countryman,
after a night of revelry In the camp
of the foreigners at New Holland.
Caught with the proceeds of a
robbery committed at the hotel of
Ceorge Hudock, of Freeland, John
Itrcnnan and John Waters pleaded
guilty when arraigned before Justice
Buokiey, and were committed to Jail
In default of $500.
No fewer than 372 diffarent ways '
of spelling Ypsllantl have been cop
led from envelopes and recorded by
the postmaster.
France Imports nearly $30,000,
000 more of foodstuffs than she ox
ports. Henry P. Davidson, vice president
of the First National Bank, ot New
York, and Prof. A. P. Andrews,
members ot the National Monetary
Commission, have returned from an
official trip to Europe-.-
It has been announced In New
York that Major John Jones Blnk
. iin.il for 34 years connected with
tho Insurance Department of Illinois,
..us become tho actuary of the Asso
ciation of Life (M-.ur.uie.. Presidents.
Anna Knox, of Conway, N. H.
recently found a clover with 11
leaves.