none itv lex en 777 Lib jVMW.oys' I. HAVE been (or some time gather lug bita of queer gossip and tradi tion about George Washington. A large number ot his paperi are on file In the State Department at Washington. .The National Museum has one of the largest collections of Wasblngtonla In existence. Alexan dria Is full of unpublished traditions of George Washington. 1 spent a couple of days there some time ago, and though I found no one living who bad ever seen Washington, I got a (airly good Idea of him from the stor ies concerning him which have been handed down from father to son. Mount Vernon Is only nine miles from Aletandrla. Washington got the most of his supplies at Alexandria. He went there to vote, and until a lew years ago the little office In which he did business there still stood. It was at Alexandria that Washington met Genernl Braddock. and with him started out on that dis astrous campaign. . Ills last review of troops was made from the steps of an Alexandria hotel about a year before his death, and when I last vis ited the town I was offered a mahog any bed which had stood in this ho tel and on which, It was said, Wash ington had slept many a time. How Washington Renlly Looked. From the traditions of Alexandria, and from any other sources, I have tried to make up in my mind's eye a picture of George Washington as he really was. He was exceedingly tall, and, when young, quite Blender. He had enormous hands and feet. His boots were No. 13 and his ordinary walking shoes No. 12. He was a man of muscle. During bis service In the army he weighed 200 pounds, and was so Btrong that he could lift his tent with one hand, although It usual ly required the strength of two men to place it on the camp wagon. I mean, ot course, when It was folded op and wrapped around the poles. Washington could hold a musket with one hand and fire It. He was a good hot and a good swordsman. The pictures of the father of his country make one think that Washington was a brunette. His face is dark and aombcr. The truth Is he had a skin like an Irish baby, and his hair was almost red. He had a broad chest, but not a full one. His voice was not strong, and dur ing his last days he had a hacking cough. His eyes were cold gray, and It Is said that he seldom smiled, al though there Is reason to believe that he had considerable humor about him. His nose was prominent. He was particular as to his appearance and fastidious in dress. He wore plain clothes and always kept himself well shaven, acting as his own barber. Knocked Washington Down. Washington was an eminently fair man. He had a quick temper, but as a rule he kept It under con trol. Sometimes, however, It got the best of him, Tbla was the case once In Alexandria. One of the county of ficers told me the story as we stood on the second floor of the market bouse In Alexandria and looked down at the open court r.Ithln It, which Is now filled with hundreds of boo,ths where the farmers bring their pro ducts for sale on market days. "It was on that spot," said the officer, "Washington was knocked down by Lieutenant Payne. Payne was a can didate for the Legislature against Fairfax, of Alexandria. Washington supported Fairfax, and when he met Payne here, he made a remark that Payne considered an Insult, and Payne knocked him down. The story Washington's Headquarters While Di recting Survey of Washington City, 1701. J wU like lightning through the town that Colonel Washington was killed. and some ot his troops who were sta tioned at Alexandria rushed in and would have made short work of Payne had Washington not prevent ed them. He pointed to his black eye and told them that this was a person al matter and that he knew how to handle it. Every one thought that this meant a duel. Tfce next day Payne got a note from Washington asking him. to come to the hotel. He xpeeted a duel, but went. Washing ton, however, was in an amiable mood, lie felt that he bad been in the wrong and said, 'Mr; Payne, I was wrong yesterday, but if you have sufficient satisfaction, let us be friends.' There was a decanter ot wine and two glasses on the table which Washing ton bad ordered to smooth over the quarrel. The two drank together and became such strong friends after that that Payne was one of the pallbearers at Washington's funeral." Washington as a Drinking Man. Every one drank In the days ot Washington, and the father of bis country always bad wines upon . his table. 1 have nowhere seen It stated that ha ever drank to neon, although he usually consumed five glasses of Maderia wine at dessert During bis youth he was a very fair politician, and among the Items of his election expenses when he waa a candidate for the house ot burgesses ot Virginia were a hogshead and a barrel ot whisky, thirty-five gallons of wine and forty-three gallons of beer, George Washington was simple In his tastes, and during bis youth ho was a bearty eater, but was not par tlcalar as to what be had. Ho want ed plain food and plent) of it. Dur ing Ms later years be ate very little, breakfast t Mount Vernon was of corn cakes, honey and tea, with possibly an egg, and tfter that he ate no more till dinner. He kept, how ever, a good table, and usually had friends with blm. I have a book written by M Relay, which gives his experiences when he was In the United States Senate at the time Washington was President. Maclay dined with Washington a number ot times, and scattered through his diary are bits of gossip about Wash ington. At two of the dinners he describes Washington as amusing himself between the courses by play ing the devil's tattoo upon the table with his fork. At another time he says: "The President kept a fork In his hand when the cloth was taken away. I thought It was for the pur pose of picking nuts. He ate no nuts, but played with the fork, striking on the edge of the tablo with it." A George Washington Fish Story. Washington, at this time, had some trouble in keeping np his establish ment. When the Revolutionary War closed he had plenty of land, but lit tle money. He had cxhaustod his private fortune during the war, and he bad to borrow enough to take him to New York to be Inaugurated as President. The result wa3 he was quite careful of his expenses, and would not tolerate extravagance. An instance of this kind occurred one day when he founl the first shad of the season on his table. The President amount of tobacco, large numbers ot cattle, sheep and horses, nearly all of which he willed to his wife. This will Is now kept in a wooden box, the top of which la covered with glass. It was torn in two some time n'go by some careless sightseer, and since then no one has been allowed to han dle It. The account books which are kept here In the State Department show that Washington was very care ful about keeping a record of li is ex penditures, lie put clown everything, and among other Items you see here and there the amounts which he lost at cards. In April, 1772, he lost $100 in this way at the house of Rev. Bouscher, and a llttlefurther on there is an Item stating "Paid for toddy for self. Walker and others, at a little jamboree near the Drummond Lake, five pounds." During the time he was candldato for the house of bur gesses of Virginia, when he bought the whisky above spoken of, his losses at cards and at the horse ra s are frequent. The curious thing about His accounts is that there was almost always a deficiency at the end of the year which he could not account for. This made no difference, however, with his starling a new year with a fresh account, for one Item nr. this time is as follows: "By cash, either lost, stole or neglected to charge, 144, pounds, 8 shillings and 11 pence. In other words, he was short that year over $700. Economical, Rut Not Stingy. Through his letters now owned by the Government one may see here and there certain correspondence which .shows that he was very hard up at times. In 1785 he wrote that he could get no wheat on credit, and that he had no cash to pay for it. Three years later he urges a man to Protection of Cows. Far better to rig up a plnn-brush shed than to let the cows or calves shiver during a bitter cold night in the lea of an old straw stack. When storms are brewing Bee that all the stock Is safe and warm. Then you can go to bed satisfied and sleep. Either feed your stock well or sell It; don't have anything lean, hungry, cold and sore-cyed. Farmen.' Homo Journal, 'Vis- Sort IJaslns For Treea, The landscape gardeners of one ot New York City's parkways have devised an attractive way of protect ing the base of tree-trunks by arrang ing a square border of sod, two feet wide, uround each one of the trees bordering the boulevard. In this way tlie soil between the border and the tree-trunk may always be kept loose, allowing the moisture of rains to soak into the ground and nourish the roots. Were it not for this sod basin the travel path, coming close to the tree, would, In time, become firmly trodden down, causing the tree to suffer ac cordingly. The Idea Is one that could be adopt ed elsewhere to good advantage. MARTHA WASHINGTON. ' ' 't. , I 1 , -. v . t P t , , Harvesting Alfalfa. The first point to accentuate ns wo approach the subject of harvesting is the pre-eminent value of the leaves. These contain from seventy-five to eighty per cent, of the protein of the whole plant, that valuable compound that goes to produce milk and meat. It has been estimated that a ton of properly cured alfalfa leaves Is equal in protein to 2800 pounds ot wheat bran; and when it is also estimated by careful observers that the loss of leaves In harvesting, even under favoring circumstances, ranges from fifteen to thirty or more per cent., It is readily seen that the harvesting Is nn Important part In alfalfa hay-making. From Coburn's "The Book of Alfalfa." Scientific Forestry. A Consular report comes from Ger many which shows that scientific for estry is a practical and money-making proposition. It Is stated that the Ger man Empire has nearly 35,000,000 acres of forests, ot which forty per cent, belongs to the State. German forestry methods have resulted in raising the average yield of wood per acre from twenty-two cubic feet In 1830, to sixty-five cubic feet in 1904. During the same period It has trebled the proportion of the sawed timber secured from the average cut. In fifty-four years It increased the money returned from nn average acre of forests sevenfold, yet to-day, the Ger man forests are In better condition than ever before. Farmers' Home Journal. was very tend cf fish, and when the shad was brought Into the dining room his noBtrlla dllatec as the sav ory odor struck them, and he asked: "What fish Is that?" "A shad," replied the steward, ex citedly; "a very fine shad. I knew your excellency was extravagantly fond of this flan, and was so fortunate as to procure this one in the market. It was the only one, sir, and the first of the season." "But the price, man? The price? The price?" demanded Washington, sternly. "Three three three dollars," stammered the steward. "Take it away! Take it away!" said Washington. "It shall never be said that my table sets such an exam ple ot luxury and extravagance." And so the $3 fish was taken from the table, to be devoured by the ser vants. The Richest Man of His Time. As the years went on Washington's lands Increased In value, and when he died he was one ot the richest men of his time. He owned lands and stock and negroes, and his estates amount ed to' thousands of acres. He had houses in Alexandria and property In Washington. He bad valuable lands near the present site of Pittsburg. He was throughout bis life a money mak er, and I was told at Alexandria that when he was a boy be got )S a day and upward for his surveying. He put his surplus money into lands, and an advertisement in a Baltimore paper of 1773 states that he bad 20,000 acres ot land for sale on the Ohio River. His will, which is now kept about twenty miles from Washington, in the safe of the old Court House at Fairfax, Va., gives a detailed state ment of every article he possessed down to the calves and sheep. His personal estate was then put down at $532,000, and this Included a vast pay the $1000 which he owes him. and says he has put oft the sheriff three times already, and that he needs this money to pay his taxes. He was not afraid to dun his debtors, and he Is said to have been one of the shrewd est dealers among the planters of his time. He was always preaching econ omy to his servants, but on the whole was somewhat lenient, as, for in stance, he employed one man, a car penter, making a contract with him for a year and providing therein he was to have four days In which he might get drunk about Christmas. Washington waa economical, but not stingy.. He could not endure waste of any kind, and be went over his estate doing his best to stop the leaks. In one of his letters home he urges that the greatest economy be used In feed ing the hay at the mansion house. He writes: "I enjoin upon you to particularly guard against Mrs. L. Washington's Charles and her boy in the stables, both of whom are Impudent and self willed and care not how extravagant ly they feed or even waste, for I have caught the boy several times littering his horses with hay. I see no sort ot necessity for feeding the horses either grain or bay when they are not used or any horse that is at liberty and able to provide for 1 Licit. I can plain ly perceive' that in a little time there will be nothing either for my negroes or horses to eat without buying it, which will neither comport with my interest or inclination. By Stuart's report I find he still continues to feed horses with corn instead of cut oats, as I directed. What two saddle horses are those which stand In the mansion house report? I know of none but the one Mr. Whltllng used to ride." The planter who demanded reports like that must have been a good busi ness man. FRANK O. CARPENTER. Feeding Frosted Corn. Untimely severe frosts sometimes damage the corn crop so that Its mar ketable value is considerably lowered, but In this event, as in other cases, the hog comes to the rescue. Soft corn is considered excellent for swine, and especially for the young; In fact, many breeders believe they can obtain better gains from soft corn than with the sound, hard grain. In soft corn the maturing of the grain hns been checked, thereby arresting the devel opment of the starch content or fat producing element. When used It Is advisable to add, for finishing, some corn that is well matured. Immature corn that Is frozen and even some what soured may be fed to hogs, but If there is on hand a greater quantity in that condition than can be used on the farm before warm weather seta in it should be disposed of while tho weather Is cold. Ordinarily it may be used In cold weather without dan ger, but it should not be carried over Into the warm season, as it will fer ment and become unfit for use. From Coburn's "Swine in America. " WASHINGTON'S HOME, MOUNT VERNON. ' V v . .-Jr . V , An Unusual Picture, Bhowlng the Impresaivo Portion of the Mansion Turntd - Away From tho River. From a Hitherto Unpublished Pbotocrapu by George R. King. Christian Endeavor World. ; Tin Shoulders or tho Horse. Coming now to what Is meant by "harnessy" shoulders In a saddler, the form Is more or less erroneous, for the reason that the position of the shoulders should be oblique In har ness as well as In saddle horses. ThoBe who use the term mean to con vey the idea that the shoulders are more or less upright and the withers more or less thick and meaty. ' This formation, as already detailed, pre supposes a short neck und a stilted way of going, both of which are very bad faults in a saddler. A certain amount of jerk-and-Blam action may go with straight shoulders, but all the most accurate actors in the high stepping classes have possessed slop ing shoulders; Indeed, a very decided slope is necessary to enable any horse to show the correct sort of action, which may be described as that the i'ore foot Bhould apparently be follow, lug the circumference of a rolling wheel. Forest King was the greatest actor we have ever had in this coun try. Anyone who remembers the set ot bla shoulders will grasp the point Biugut to be made instantly, when it is seated that the truest and best ac tion id never associated with straight shoulders. At that, however, much straighter shoulders will do for ordinary harness uses than tor the saddle, for in the leather they have not to sustain the superimposed weight of the rider. Hence the appli cation or rather misapplication of the term "harnessy" la describing or d It cussing tho shoulders ot saddle uoi3es. Breeders' Caxette, Ilmd Milkers. Dr. David Roburts, the Wisconsin Stslo Veterinarian, writes us on this subject; A cow or heifer T7ltb a nice, large, well developed udder with four sod size tents placed squarely upon same, scenn llko a source of pleasure,, pro viding that they are easy milkers, but the sbtis sort of a cow or heifer being termed as a hard milker is as a rule a source of annoyance, especially to those who do the milking. Owing to the fact that a eow or heifer la a nice, easy milker, they are usually milked out clean at each milk. Ins. la this way they are suabled to arm keep up their regular flow of milk, while on tho other hand If they bo hard milkers the milker becomes dis couraged and impatient, and falls to draw out the natural quantity. The cow or heifer will then soon Bhow the effects of this by drying up on her milk. In this way many a valuable cow has become practically worthless as a milk producer. Hard milking In cows or heifers can be positively overcome In a Bhort period of time and In a very econom ical way, not by the use of the milk ing tube, but by the use of the teat plug. The teat should be washed with an antiseptic solution, the teat plug should be dipped In a like solution, then in a little ointment and passed Into the point of the teat, and being self-retaining, should be permitted to remain In the teat from one milking to another. In this manner hard milking can be made a thing ot the past. I NEWS OF PEMSMSYLlfAMIA t Gold and Gilt. Professor Fraser, of the Illinois Agricultural College, makes n plain difference in "Gold" and "Gilt," the names of two cows on the college farm. He says: They were brought up alike on a farm near Elgin, 111., and obtained their early education In the same herd of 100 cows. Here at the university, with the very same surroundings and equal opportunities, they have drifted apart In character, and their progress has been In opposite directions. It is not a difference of hide, or horns, or temper; it is not that one is wild and the other a pet. It'ls not a difference of benuty or Intelligence, but solely a difference In the way they have worked, a difference In the money they have earned for the owner. All the milk of these cows has been weighed and iested for three years. A record has been kept of every pound of feed consumed by each ani mal, both summer and winter. Each year Gold produced on tho average 11,390 pounds of milk, con taining 405 pounds of butter fat, but during the same time Gilt averaged only 3830 pounds of milk, with 138 pounds of butter fat. These cows were both cared for In tho same way; they were given the same kinds of feed and allowed to eat all they wanted. Gold nte one half more than Gilt, but produced three times as much milk. Equal amounts of feed made in the one case 188 pounds of butter fat and In the other 100 pounds. The one cow produced nearly twice as much as tho other from exactly the same feed in kind and amount. Counting the butter fat at twenty three cents per pound and taking out the exact cost of feed In each case, the one cow brought In a profit ot $34.59, while the other lacked $5.C2 ot pay ing for her board at market prices ot feed each year. This comparison, exact and com plete, for three years, and including the record of both milk and feed, means a great deal more than a single year's comparison or one In which It 13 necessary to Introduce an estimate. It would be gratifying, indeed, if it could be truthfully Bald that these two records are extreme and excep tional, and therefore do not stand for any general condition of the dairy business. But the very opposite is true. Pays Penalty. Allentown.- George N. Schaeffer, the Schiiecksvllle chicken farmer, who killed Leopold Ermann, of Philadel phia, on November 18, 1008. was hanged in the corridor of the Jail hero. The trap was sprung by James Van Hlse, of Jersey City, New Jersey's official hangsman, who used his own scaffold, and who was assisted by his brother-in-law, Edward Doriham. Schaeffer was pronounced dead In eight minutes, his neck having been broken. The body was cut down In fifteen minutes. The crime for which George Schaeffer was hanged here was one of the most horrible in the annals of IiPhlgh t'ounty. ills victim, Leopold Ermiinn, of 130T North Seventh Street, Philadelphia', was an intiner unt Jewelry salesman, who for thirty i year had peddled among the farmers ! of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, i In whose homes hu was u lnont wel I come visitor. i Xo Water At Mine Fire. ! Shnmokin. The big pipe line hnv- i lug been frozen up by the zero weath er, the work of lighting the Phllndcl- ' phla and Reading Coal and Iron Com- I pany's Bear Valley shaft mine fire I has been gravely handicapped. Fri day the (Ire, which had been burning in the out-cropplngs, Ignited solid pil lars of coal, causing much nlarni to officials. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fuel Is In danger of being lost. General Manager William Richards is giving his personal at tention to the work of tlKhtlng the fire. He says the fire, which was discovered last Saturday In the out cropplngs, was caused by forest fires Stop Search. Jersey Shore. After an nil-day search in the ruins of t'.ie fire, hopes of finding the body of little Willie O'Connor, who was burned to death, has been given up The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Draven- Btndt, the other two victims, were tak-1 en to Wllllamsport in one coffin. I Richard O'Connor, father of the burned boy spent the day digging In the ruins. Woniiin Detective Wins. Pittsburg. Amusing the court wtn the recital of her expi rienco as a scullery maid. Mrs. Jennie Jamison, an agent of the State Pure Food Com mission, through her testimony was Instrumental in convicting for thl second time Jesse M. Bowers, charg ed with selling oleomargarine. .Mrs. Jamison told of encountering Bowers at a restaurant owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Schultz. She said: "When I told Bowers that I want ed fifteen pounds he looked at mo In a puzzled manner, grew white, and asked Tor Mr. and Mrs. Schultz. I old him they were out and he said: " 'Well, If 1 thought she was going 'o betray me to those pure food peo ple I would not sell her so much. This does not look straight to me. t will not sell po much to her nsrnln. You know those ;;ure food people do all kinds of things to pet a fellow Rt'd I am inn allowed to sell this stun as It a colored.' " Bowers was lined $:00 with s'x months' imprisonment. Tlir:-,. Killed. Pittsburg. feud among miners which has for months terrorized tho rrsl.lpnts of Midway, a minlna town near here, culminated in the killing of three men, who were shot down In their own homes. Two men, who are believed to have done the shoot ing, have f!ii(l and members of the State Constabulary arp pursuing the fugitives tliroiinh the woods. The populace is aroused to furv and a lynching is not Improbable if the fugitives, one of whom Is John Marks, a grocer, and the other. Tonv Puehy. a miner, are captured and brought to .Sildway. Two ItnuN Kill Forty Hens. MaiHh Chunk. Two young dogs owned by Josiuh Strohf, n farmer residing about ten miles from this place, killed forty of 1,1s laying hens in one day. The dogs, which nre both young, played with the hens until all wire dead I Aged Widower Die Of Grief. 1 Reading. Grieving over the death 1 of his wife on January 22, Peter M. 1 Miller died at the old homestead. where the couple had spent, forty years of their fllty-two years' of hnp- I py married life. Mr. Miller was in ! his elgthleth year. He became 111 on I the day his wife died. His dying I request was that he should be buried ! Just as his wife was in the same ; kind of a casket, with the same min ister and the same bearers. leaves $ili.",00 To tliurity. Altoona. Mary Ann Hodnett's will disposes of an estate of $25,000. of which $6,000 and her homo goes to the bishop of Altoona for the Cres son Orphanage, $.'00 each for the Sacred Heart and St. Mark's parishes. $300 to the rectors of t he same, and after a few personal bequests are paid, the remainder is to be divided between the sister9 of the two par ishes named. Killed .As Revue Was Near. Shenandoah. The body or Florenz Knrlofsky, who was entombed In Shenandoah City Colliery, was recov ered. Kcrlofsky was alive Sunday aflernon. but perished in a second fall just when tho rescuing force was within a few feet or him. Sharon Mecl S'likcis Win. Sharon. The American Steel Foundries Company has sealed dif ferences with its mold.rs and core makers bv granting an advance In wages. Tho core makers w ill get nn Increase of 3."i cents a day and tho mol.lers 25 cents a day. Hurt An Work Is Done. BlooniHburg. Just as he was plac ing the last weatherboard on a new house at Numl lia, Columbia County, Charles Rhoades slipped and foil, striking a scaffolding fifteen feet be low, breaking his jaw and fracturing several ribs and an arm. His con dition is serious. Cancer Victim Chokes To Death. Lanrnster Samuel Zinn, a wealthy contractor of Martindale, died suddenly, a victim o' cancer. Ho was eating dinner when his throat became paralyzed and he choked to death in the presence of bis family. IIe was filly-seven vcars old. William P. Vol i ii Mies In West. Lancaster. Word was received here of the death at Pasadena. Cali fornia, or William Preston Yohn. a native of Montvillo. this countv. Ho graduated from Franklin and Mar shall CnlVce and tho I'ntversity of Pennsylvania Law School. Mo prac ticed law in Philadelphia with the firm of Simpson & Brown. Disappearance of Lukes. Whether the globe on which we dwell Is gradually drying up or not is a question that has been much de bated. Recent discoveries In central Asia have been regarded by some as favoring an affirmative answer, but others have replied that the observed phenomena ore simply periodic changes. Dr. Walser, of Zurich, champlon3 the affirmative view on the ground that a great number ot European lakeB have certainly dis appeared within tho last 230 years. The canton of Zurich, for example, had 149 lakes a quarter of a century ago, and only Beventy-slx to-day. He believes 'that n similar tendency to disappearance has affected the lakes cf Germany and Russia. Youth's Companion. Train Hits Auto Truck. Chester. The Beacon Light Com pany's automobile repair wagon was struck by a fast freight at the Four teenth Street crossing. Klwood Cain, who was operating tho car, jumped from the machine and escaped with a sprained ankle. Tho auto, which was demolished, was hurled across the Btreet. Young ('ouster Killed. Shenandoah. W!:lo John Con stise, aged 14 years, was coasting at Lost Creek, a suburb, his sled struck a wooden footpath. Ho was thrown on his head, being killed Instantly. An Exaggeration. Her hair looked like a stack of sea moss with strands of oakum and kelp and dried alfalfa twisted through It. Occasionally she pushed the bunch back into place, and it trembled like a living thing. "The trouble with the new fash ions in hair," she drawled, "Is the unfortunate fact that the shop girls Belze upon the latest arrangements, don't you know, and grossly exagger ate them." She pushed back the stack as she spoke, and six puffs, three short curls, and a yard of fuzzy filler fell to the floor with a noiseless thud. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Taking Precautions. A young "Briefless" was pcraaiju. Kiting the courts with an air ot scarcely being able to find time to do anything when his boy tracked him down In one of .the corridors. "Oh, sir!" said the boy, "there's a man at your office with a brier, sir." "What, a brief! Great heavens! " And the young fellow began to run through the passages as fast as he could, for fear tho prey should es cape him, "Stop, sir, stop!" cried the boy, who could scarcely keep pace. "You needn't hurry, sir; I've locked Mm In!" M. A. P. Neatly Hit Off. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, at on of her dinners at the Bungalow, her plctureequo residence at Short Beach, Conn., hit oft in a neat epigram a notorious difference ia the world's treatment ot the sexes. 'To say." she observed, "that every body fs talking about a young man li an eulogy, but to say that everybody is talking about a young woman la an elegy." Washington Star. The pen point production ot Sir mtntheiu, Ifiisland, is $20,000,00 a '. Riirned Woman Hies At Chester. Chester. Mrs. Patrick Cassldy, an aged woman of the Ninth Wnrd, who was burned several evenings ago while preparing supper, died at the Crozcr Hospital from her Injuries. Kprlnuhuven ( lab's Fleet ion. Media. At the annual mooting or Sprlnghaven Country Club It was de cided that the dues for nil classes of membership shall remain tho same and that an extra ct-arge Mial be made to every member for the privi lege of playing golf, till charge to be $15. Dr. E. Marshall Harvev was elected a director for two years, and the following for three years: Josenh E. Haines, George L. Cutler, Dr. Chas. H. Schoff, Charles H. Ixiiiff aud John C, Tawney. Woman Lawyer leaves fUHll.UOO. Wllkes-Hnrio. Tho will of Mlsn Laura Cannon, tho well-known wo man lawyer, who died from Injuries snstninod in an automohile accident, was probated hero. Slie left an es tate valued at $so,ouo. Asks Court To Punish Hin Son. Altoona. Three days ago John Leary was arrested as a runaway boy, and when escorted before Magistrate John D. Irwin, said his home was In Philadelphia. Irwin wrote to the father, Michael Lenry, and yesterday received a reply that the boy was in corrigible. The father asked that the lad be dealt with as severely as the law would allow. .Ioki'PIi S. Gillurd Hies. Chester. Joseph S. Gillnrd died at his home from a courolb-ation of dis cuses, aged til', yiars. For .several years he was in cl nrfto of t!io chip I'liin' shoo at tho Ponn Steel Casting Company's plant, in Ms early days bo was a school traclur. Railroad To Aid MinersvMlo. PottsvIMi'. Philadelphia f. Read ing Railway officials, after a con 'or ence with business n. :i of Miners vllle, gave assurance t!i af the town will be donated a now passenger sta tion, additional train service unj freight extension. C.. William L. Mi-hols Die. Olendolon. Colonel William I Nichols, a veteran of of the Civil War. and a well-known contributor tn hl. I torlc.nl periodicals, died nt his ome in Clendolen ns the rwoi't of pnraly ; sis. Colonel Nichols who was In his j idghtv-first year, had been Justice of tho Peace In Darby townshlo and In Clendolen borough for more than thirty years. Minors Get 7 Per Cont. Advance. Shenandoah. On account of the selling prices or coal ot tidewater, Commissioner Nelll notified all the anthracite coal operators that mine workers were to be nnld 7 per cent, above the basis for February. Rests Off Highwaymen. Pottsvllle Held up by two high waymen as he was returning borne from the banquet of the PottBvllle I'lph School footfall ter.m. Earl Pot telger, captain and full-back or the championship eleven, put both of his assalUnts to rout, although he sus tained painful brulBcs and cuts In the unequal battle. As a result of the encounter Pot telgcr is in bed. He carried a large sura of money, together with a gold watch and otfaer valuables. Uurknell Issues Report. Lewlsburg The new Bucknell Unl versity catalogue shows an attendance of 700 students, of whom 627 are In the college. There are over fifty In structors In th various departments. The chief event of the year was C-e opening of East College, devoted chiefly to engineering, erected at a cost of $95,000. ' Pounds Dynamite With Ilatrhet. Shenandoah.- Anthony Gregus, a 14-yesr-old school boy, found a dyna mite cap. He struck it with a hatchet It exploded, tearing off his left hand and badly Injuring his side. Drops Snnrk In Cap Ilox. Hnztlton. A spark falling from his lamp into a box of 100 dynamite caps, as he was taking one out to prepare for a blast, John Eckert, a Harwood miner, sustained Injuries that will prove fatal. Wllkes-Barre. The grocery store of Miller and Pophen. Charles Solo mon's shoe store and H. Levlnskl's wholesa'e liquor store In the town of Luzene, near here, were dentroy ed by fire. Loss, $40,000. Chester. At a meeting of the Leg ls'n"ve Committee of the Hord or Trade a resolution was edon'ed urg. Ing Senators Penrose and OUvr sn1 Congressman Antler to An HI In their rower to defeat the postal savings bank bill. """ To fileen On Track; DeI. Wl'llnmsnort. J. A. Cssselberry. 29 vears "Id. or Troctor, this countv while walking from Powell to Mon rootown. ut down on the Fuiiouevan. ns, pnd New York Psllroad to await never 1 friends. He fell Into a do. A 'rliTht treln struck fcrn nnd inflict ed Injures at caused his death. T Soma or the oarlleut exportation of palm oil wr made from Liberia, so that Liberia was not only the first to commercialize plsssava and intro duce it to Europe and America; but It was among the first to commerclal iM and Introduce paint oil to the foreign markets. ) V?. 'K,
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