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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dria Is full of unpublished traditions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.
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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.
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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.
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