THE LfH BOY WHO DIED.
In a quiet tipper chamber, where the aunbeam'a ruddy gold4
Sift between the broken shutter, a the day ia growing old,
There's a little faded picture of baby face no fair,
Stained with finger-marks and teardrops on the quaint old bureau iik.
And my recollection wander, aa I gaze at it with pride,
Bringing back a fond remembrance of the little boy who died.
Back ndown the paths of fancy I ran aee hia dimpled face;
I can hear his romping footstep aa they pattered 'round the place;
I can feel the gentle prewire of a tiny hand, and hear
Little slumber songs which aweetly, softly fall upon my ear.
.And the echoes drifting to ins in the hush of eventide,
Waft the "Now-May-me" whipered by the little boy wh died.
Oftentimes I steal up yonder, where an empty little bed
Held the sleep-bound, white-robed figure of niy tiny golden head.
There are little shoes and jackets which I fondle o'er and press
To my lonely, empty bosom with loving tenderness;
There are battered toys and trinkets reverently laid aside.
Waiting for a clasp of welcome from the little boy who died.
Sometimes in the dusk of even as I sit and idly dream,
I can hear faint ghostly music drifting o'er the crystal stream
From the heaven-land out yonder, in a cadence soft and low,
And the laugh of little children echoes through the afterglow.
Then the pearly gates, in fancy, seem to open, open wide,
And reveal the shining figure of the little boy who died.
The United Presbyterian.
The Detective's Portrait.
lly JAMES B. HAMMOND. .
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It was an exciting time in Llnd
fcurst the day Jonathan Stubba was
found murdered In the road near
that place, the deed having been per
petrated in broad daylight. The mur
derer had seemed determined on
making sure work ot it, for not only
vu Stubba' throat cut from ear to
ear, but hla skull had been frac
tured by a blow from a bludgeon ot
some kind. His little son, a boy some
twelve years of age, was lying by his
Ide, and though living, -was speech
lesa from the blow of a club on the
skull. By skillful management the
boy was resuscitated, and after a
long and severe Illness was Anally
restored to health.
Jonathan Stubba was what Is called
a self-made man. His father was a
drunken ' spendthrift, while his
mother was a confirmed invalid, more
than halt the time confined to her
bed, both ot whom Jonathan had to
support from the time he was a mere
boy. By indomitable energy, untir
ing industry, and good management,
however, he had overcome every ob
stacle that presented itself in his ca
reer, and winning the smiles of for
tne, had succeeded in accumulating
some ten thousand dollars, when In
a evil hour he hearkened to the in
sidious persuasions of an olly
tongued scoundrel, and embarked his
means '.u a speculation that promised
eoormouB profits, and in a few
months was fleeced out ot every dol
lar hj had in the world.
Left without a dollar, an aged
, rather and mother, a wife and two
children to support, be rolled up bis
sleeves and began anew the battle
ot life with redoubled energy, and at
the time of his brutal murder was
worth some twenty thousand dollars.
That he wag murdered for the pur.
pose ot robbery was evident from the
fact that both his and bis son's pock
ets had been rifled of their coiitentB,
even to their pocket-knives.
Notwithstanding the able-bodied
citizens turned out en masse, and
prosecuted the search for the mur
derer with vigor and pertinacity, no
clew was obtained to the perpetrator
of the bloody deed. So great was
the excitement that several persons
were arrested on suspicion, all of
whom, however, were released on ex
amination with the exception, ot one,
the last that wag arrested.
So strong was the circumstantial
evidence Hgatnst him, or at least so
strong did It seem to the minds of
the excited residents of LIndhurst,
that they determined to take the law
into their own hands, and notwith
standing his earnest protestations ot
Innocence, execute him according to
the code, as administered by Judge
Lynch.
Joe Stulbs, who by this time was
beginning to gain a little strength,
bearing ot what was going on, peti
tioned to see the man before he was
executed. The doctor, on being con
salted, gave It as his opinion that the
excitement would be too much for
Joe, and as far as lay In his power
forbade his being allowed the privi
lege ot seeing the roan.
"I'll see him," said Joe, on being
Informed of the doctor's decision, "if
I have to get out ot bed and crawl
en my bands and knees to the JalL
I'd know the man that killed pa, and
tried to kill me, it I was to meet him
la the middle of Africa; and when I
get well and get big enough, I intend
to follow him to the end of the world,
if accessary, In order to find him, and
when I find him I Intend to kill him."
On being informed of Joe's deter
mination to see the culprit at all
hazards, the doctor reversed bis de
cision, and granted the desired per
mission, though accompanied by the
saving clause that he would not be
answerable tor the conseauences. So.
after the administration of stimu
lants, in order to fortify his system
gainst the excitement into which It
was anticipated he would be thrown
by the interview, the condemned man
ww led Into the apartment, when Jot
immediately exclaimed:
"That's not the man. .;Hv was us
big again as this one, and different
looking every way."
As Joe persistently stuck to it that
this was not .the man, the citizens
anally agreed, though with some re
luctance, to release the prisoner. At
a most foul and brutal murder had
been perpetrated, they had set their
hears on hanging somebody as a pro
pitiatory sacrifice on the altar of jus
tice; and te listen to the remarks of
one ot the ringleaders of this elf
constltuted Judicial tribunal, en
would come to the conclusion that
' la their estimation it was not halt as
important that the actual perpetrator
ot the bloody deed should meet with
the punishment due to his crime at
that somebody should actually b exe
cuted. "What," they urged la opposition
te turning their prisoner loose, "one
. t our best cltlxens brutally mur
dered right here in our midst, and
nobody hung for It!" and this, not
withstanding the positive and repeat
d declaration ot Joe Stubba that the
they were so anxious to bang
had no hand in tho commission ot
the murder.
As Joe's strength increased, he be
gan to cultivate a talent for which ho
had shown some aptitude before he
was disabled that of portrait paint
ing and so rapid was his progress
toward proficiency in the art, that
by the time he had entirely recover
ed his health and strength, he could
paint a pretty fair portrait. With re
stored health, continuing with re
newed energy the cultivation of his
chosen pursuit, he Anally succeeded
after a great many trials in produc
ing what he considered a striking
likeness of the murderer of his father,
painted from memory. Mis object was
to take It with him in his search for
the original, under the belief that It
would be ot great advantage to him
in the prosecution of his search. It
was this idea that had inspired his
labors during the long years he had
spent In the practice necessary to the
perfection of himself In that art to
which he had dedicated his life.
At seventeen years of age, an age
at which but few boys arrive at any
very well-defined ideas as to what
they shall follow through life
him know confidently that he had
plenty mort at Ban Francisco, he was
admitted to confidential relations
with that worthy, especially when his
clay was pretty well soaked with
spirits. Finding that Hotchkiss was
not particularly averse to Indulging
in stimulants, especially when fur
nlshnd at somebody else's expense,
and as Joe had plenty of money and
nothing better to do with it, he kept
him furnished with a liberal supply
of his favorite beverage.
One day, having Imbibed rather
more than usual, he became quite
communicative and confidential, and,
among a great many other exploits
related, how, on one occasion, while
passing through a certain section ot
country, he had come upon a man
and boy, both ot whom he had knock
ed In the head, and as the man had
drawn a knife on him, he had cut his
throat with it. Joe's blood ran cold
In his veins as he listened to the hor
rid recital. That night he took
Hotchklss's portrait to a secluded;
spot In the jiountains, some half-mile
from town, and concealed it, and then
returned to his habitation.
The next day, after promising
Hotchkiss to bring back with htm a
supply of choice whisky, Joe left for
Sacramento, to be absent several
days, satisfied in his own mind that
during his absence Hotchkiss would
confine himself to short rations ot
spirits, and be ready for a big drunk
on bis return.
The event fully Justified his antlcl.
pations, Joe having brought with him
the promised supply of whisky.
MotchklBs drank until an overpower
ing sense of drowsiness overcame
him, when staggering up to a lounge
that occupied one side of the room,
he threw himself on it, and in a mo
ment was sound asleep. Cautiously
drawing hfs revolver from the drunk
en man's belt, Joe took out the cylin
der, and replacing It with one loaded
with blank cartridges, returned the
weapon thus rendered harmless to the
belt whence it had been taken. He
then examined his own weapon, and
finding It all right, took his seat and
awaited patiently the waking up ot
the drunkon wretch.
Having at length slept off the ef
fects of his potations, Hotchkiss
roused himself, and took a stiff horn
of spirits to steady his nerves, when
Joe proposed to him to take a walk.
Now, Inasmuch as Hotchkiss looked
upon Joe as a greenhorn that he
meant to "clean out" as soon as he
got hfe funds from San Francisco, he
Pry Sheep Darn.
The sheep barn must be dry and
well ventilated. Foul odors and too
much heat bring on pneumonia.
Drafts and dampness will also bring
pneumonia. Damp, filthy litter will
cause foot-rot. Some prefer to leave
the litter down all winter. It kept
level and trodden down compactly It
gives off no greater odor that can be
absorbed by the fresh litter thrown
lu dally. Farmers' Home Journal.
A I In inly Contrivance.
Yhen going to town with the heavy
farm wagon, it is often desirable to
take a few eggs, apples or some other
article that Is easily damaged by the
Jolting of the wagon, and I will tell
the readers of the Agricultural
Kpitomlst of a device that I made to
meet this requirement, which wovks
admirably. I took some cast off bed
springs attached to boards, and made
a little plRtform large enough to set
three bushel crates on. This I place
In the oottoni of the wagon box, then
place the egg crate or whatever else
I wish to carry that requires careful
handling, and it rides safely. F. H.
Dow, Steuben County, N. Y.
PERSONAL EFFICIENCY.
Elbert Hubbare
tfJSvIX firmly In your mind what you would like Do do, and
"3? then without violence of direction you will move
straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and
splendid things you would like to do; and then as the days
go gliding by, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing
upon the opportunities .that are required for the fulfilment of
your deHlre. Picture In your mind the able, earnest, useful
person you desire to be, and the thought you hold will be
hourly transforming you Into that particular individual. To
think rightly is to create. We become like .that on which our
hearts are fixed. The sweet smile, the subdued speech, the
hopeful mind are earth's most potent conquerors, and he
who cultivates them becomes a very master among men.
Yesterday's successes belong to yesterday with all yesterday's
defeats and sorrows. The day is here. The time is now!
whether they shall be Presidents ot
the United States or presidents ot
one-horse debating societies, Senators
In Congress or first-class cobblers
Joe Stubbs had by close and assidu
ous application reached a point ot
perfection in one of the most difficult
ot arts that but few men reach at
forty.
Packing a satchel with a few nec
essary articles of apparel, Joe bade
adieu to his family, and taking the
portrait of the murderer 'along with
him, he set out on his mission ot
bunting up the original and bringing
him to Justice. After visiting a great
many cities, and submitting his por
trait to the Inspection of the police,
without obtaining any clew to the
object ot bis search, he was Anally
cheered by the information that his
portrait was a perfect likeness of a
noted desperado In Texas. Hurrying
to that remote territory as rapidly aa
steam and horesflesh could carry him,
he was not long In ascertaining that
he was on a somewhat cold trail. Si
Hotchkiss, tor such was his name,
having left Texas some months be
fore, as was supposed for California
Taking the first train for San Fran
cisco he arrived at the latter city in
due time, safe and sound.
Submitting his portrait to the in
spection ot the police, he was in
formed that no such man was or ever
had been in San Francisco. Though
somewhat disappointed, he was not
In the least discouraged, and the next
day found him on the road to Sacra
mento. Here he met with the same
report as at San Francisco.
Striking out into the mountains,
he stopped one day at a ranch to get
his Cinner, and while there a cara
van from across the plains drove up
in front ot the house and halted.
Prompted by curiosity, Joe went out
to the road, and while sauntering
along by the side ot the train, look
ing with curious eyes upon the toll-
worn and travel-stained outfit of men
and mules, his attention was arrested
by the glimpse of a pair of eyes that
peered forth from beneath the shadow
of an immense sombrero.
It required no secoud . look to
prompt Joe to utter to hKnself:
, "That's the man!"
A second and better look he soon
had an opportunity ft taking, how
ever, and in such a manner as was
not calculated to excite suspicion of
undue curiosity, which only con
firmed the first Impression.
- Obtaining permission to Join the
train on some pretext or other, he
was not long in making the acquaint
ance, along with a number of the
other gold-seekers, of Mr, Si Hotch
kiss. Learning Hotchkiss' Intention
to stop at the next town, Joe sudden
ly discovered thst he had business
that would render It necessary for
him to sojourn there also.
Stopping at the same house, Joe
continued to cultivate Mr. Hotch
kiss' acquaintance, and with such
flattering results, that aftur allowing
him to win a couple of hundred dol
lars from him at cards, and letting
was disposed to keep on his good side
until that event occurred, and so
readily agreed to the proposition,
DIreotiug their course toward where
Joe had hidden the portrait, they
presently reached a point within a
few feet of It, when, at Joe's sugges
tion, they seated themselves and en
tered into conversation.
Presently Joe got up, and going to
where the portrait was concealed, un
covered it, and asked Hotchkiss it he
knew who it was intended to repre
sent. Hotchkiss, surprised at the tone of
Joe's voice, and astonished at the
sight of the portrait, suspecting that
a trap ot some kind was about to be
sprung on him, leaped to his feet, at
the same time drawing his revolver,
and in a very excited manner inquired
of Joe what all that meant, threat
ening if he didn't explain himself in
less than no time he'd blow his brains
out.
To his great surprise, Joe, instead
of showing the white feather and
blanching with fear, deliberately
drew his own revolver, at the same
time repeating In a stern and author
itative tone of voice:
"Who docs it represent?"
"Me, of course," was the reply.
'Whore do you suppose it came
from?" inquired Joe.
"I neither know nor care," said
Hotchkiss, doggedly.
"Well, sir," said Joe, "I'll Inform
you. The boy you knocked on tho
head the time you killed his father
in the suburbs ot LIndhurst, on recov
ering from the effect of the blow,
learned the art ot portral-palnting,
and paluted that portrait from mem
ory. That boy now stands before
you, anl that portrait was the means
of your discovery at least, it put me
on your track. Now, 81 Hotchkiss,
as you've Just got five minutes to live,
you'd better make the best use ot
the time that you can."
"I'll do that," said Si; "and about
the best use I can make ot It will be
to blow your brains out,'.' and suiting
the action to the word, he elevated
bis revolver to a level with Joe's head
and pulled the trigger. A flash was
the only result, when almost simul
taneously a report from Joe's pistol
was followed by HotchkUs springing
Into the air and falling full on the
ground, a bleeding, ghastly corps.
New York Weekly.
Fertilizing Corn.
TestR made with Tennessee finely
ground phosphoric rock, twenty-eight
per cent, phosphoric acid, 1000
pounds per acre, on my farm, gave
results us follows:
Where no phosphoric rock was
used the corn averaged 4S.97 bushels
per acre. Where 1000 pounds phos
phoric rock was used the corn aver
aged 65.82 bushels per acre, making
a gain ot 16.85 bushels per acre over
the untreated soil. The soil was thin
where tests were made.
The 16.85 bushel gain used 10.11
pounds of phosphoric acid, leaving
12S.S9 pounds of phosphoric acid for
the coming crops. The phosphoric
acid becomes available much faster
after the second year.
Stall manure, with which 100
pounds phosphoric rock was mixed at
time of hauling, made a gain of 17.49
bushels per acre over untreated ma
nure. The manure was lued at the
rate of nino spreader loads per acre.
By getting the supply of phosphoric
acid In this way it is a saving of more
than half. The soil is very deficient
In this element of plant food. Ira E.
Deer, in the Indiana Farmer.
Foods Iliiii in Protein.
Besides alfalfa, clover, soy beans,
cowpeas and some other legumes
which we grow on the farm, wheat
bran, linseed meal, cottonseed meal,
germ meal, tankage, gluten meal,
which is a corn product, and some
other concentrates are rich in the
nitrogenous clement of food so essen
tial to young and growing live stock.
When corn is high, the by-products of
corn will be high. If oats are cheap,
its by-products will be cheap, and so
along the line. In buying any of these
feeds, figure the number ot pounds
of protein lu a tou, and then, know
ing the price usked per tou, It can be
readily kani?d what a pound of pro
tein costs.' Iu this way you know
which food Is the cheapest source ot
protein.
Most of tho grains that go to pro
duce this list ot by-products are rich
in carbohydrates, but as the manu
facturer wishes this particular part
of the grain to make his product, he
returns the grain better than when
sold to him; that is, better for pro
ducing milk or growth. He not only
does this, but he grinds ana cooks
these foods and maker them very pal
atable. Indiana Farmer.
now to Thaw a Frozen Stork Pump.
At this time of severe cold weather
the farmer and his family are often
much Inconvenienced by finding the
stock pump frozen, up solid in the
morning, and all efforts to thaw it
with salt or hot water are slow and
ofttlmes wholly ineffective, nu tha hot
water runs out r.t tho spot, while that
beloy In contact w'.Ci tho Ico soon be
comes cold, doing no work. The pump
must finally bo taken out and thuwod
III the klicjen. It may be worth
something to know that, with a small
tool costing but a f-'vr pennies, tin
most stu'obora ens? of frozen pump
i can be tha .vcd cut Just hh easily and
pleasantly as to cut th3 kindling.
Cet a pleca of quarter-Inch gas
pipe about five feot long, with a
coupling oa ons end, and tie a piece
o'. binder twine, or oth&r string about
a yard long, underneath the coupling,
and you are prepared. Slip the pipe
down along the sucker rod, till the
lowor end rests on tho Ice. By means
of a small funnel pour hot water In
above, and the pipe will sink a hole
down through tho ice as fast as an
auger would bore. Hold to tho string
and keep your eye on tho plre. When
it drops through, bold it there and
pour In maro hot water, which will
be delivered below tho Ice and will
thaw out nil the rest, ruining out
cold 'ot tho spout contrary as would
otherwise. Ono application will pay
for Itself, and convince you that It
Is Just as easy to thaw the pump as
faed the chickens or swe;p tin walks.
F. W. Shu's, la tho laaiana
I'arncr.
A Suitable Name.
"What's that you coll your mule?"
"I call htm 'Corporation,' " an
swered the old colored man.
"How did you come to sire blrn
such a name?"
"F'um studyln' de animal an' read
in' 'de papahs. Dat mule gets mo'
blame an' abuse dan anyt'lng else la
de township, an' goes ahe.td having
his own way Jes" de same." Wash
ington Star. , . .,
Pew parsons would guess that the
smallest things visible to ths eye are
the stars.
take some other man's word for It.
but do It yourself.
The percentar.j of fat in milk from
a single cow may vary, one day giving
different results from the next, la
an experiment with a choice Jersey
cow the milk was found to range
from 4.45 per cent, to 5.83 per cent.
A single test with a cow may, there
fore, be ot no value, as In the one
case more milk would be required
to make a pound of butter than in
the other, as was shown In the varla.
tlon of fat with the above experiment.
Let the calf stay with the cow a
few hours only, then milk the cow in
a few hours after removing the calt
and put the bucket ot warm milk to
the calf's nose so as to touch it, and
In a minute or two it will drink, and
tho work Is done. Tho calf will thus
have learned to drink like other ani
mals, and all trouble of feeding milk
to it will be over. The mistake usual
ly made Is In allowing the young calt
to run with the cow several days, and
having learned to suck, it is hard to
teach it any other way. Epltomist.
St
te Pennsylvania
Feeding Fat Into Milk.
Dairymen have been divided In
their opinion as to whether or not it
1b possible to Increase the fat content
of milk by different methods of feed
ing, and particularly by the feeding
ot an Increased amount ot fat in the
food. The experiment stations long
sinco proved that It was not possible
to feed fat into milk, but some dairy
men have been "slow to accept the
facts In the case.
Professor Jordan, of the Geneva
(New York) Experiment Station has
completed a test that Is conclusive.
He sent 1000 pounds chopped bay and
1500 pounds of cornmcal and ground
oats to a linseed oil company, and
had this company extract all
the fat from the feed. This
company makes linseed meal by ex
tracting the oil or fat from the flax
seed, and they are therefore prepared
to extract all the fat, or at least their
process leaves only a-trace ot fat in
the material treated.
A Jersey cow, young and vigorous,
was chosen for the trial. She was
thin in flesh and four months after
calving. At first this cow was given
a normal ration, consisting ot un
treated timothy hay, cornmeal,
ground oats and wheat gluten. Her
milk yield and butter fat content of
milk for this period are carefully re
corded. Then her food was changed, and
Bho was ted the prepared feeds, free
from fat. If the cow must derive her
milk fat from the fat iu the feed,
something unusual must happen, be
cause there is not sufficient fat In the
feed to account for the largo amount
of fat In the milk. The cow gave the
normal amount of milk and fat. aud
gained In weight on the fat free feed.
Professor Jordan found that the cow
produced sixty-three pounds of fat,
and her feed only contained twelve
pounds ot fat, ot which she digested
only six pounds. The cow gained in
flesh and grow somewhat fatter dur
ing the trial.
We naturally nsk them from
whence comes the fat. Professor Jor
dan determined the amount ot pro
tein in tho feeds, and the amount that
was digested, and the amount that
appeared in the casein and albumen
of the milk, and after deducting all
these amounts ot protein, he found
that only a very small part ot the fat
in the milk could have been derived
from the protein part ot the feed, and
he believes that practically none ot
the fat is derived from this source.
The protein part ot tho ration Is
needed, however, to furnish the pro
tein part of the milk, and to build up
the protein parts of the body, and
protein acts as a stimulant and re
Juvenator to the system.
By elimination we are driven to the
conclusion that practically all of the
fat in the milk is derived from other
parts ot the feeds than the fat aud
protein. These other constituents of
feeds aro starches, sugars and woody
fibi'3, all three ot which constituents
we cull carbohydrates, and these
same constituents build iy the sugars
in the milk, and give heat and energy
to the animal. This cow ate several
hundred pound ot carbohydrates.
The cow, then, derives a very large
pnrt of the fat, It not all of it, from
the carbohydrates.. The fats are made
up ot tho three chemical elements,
carbon, hydrogen and o.ygen. and the
! carbohydrates contain the same iflen
I ttcal elements, or component parts.
except that they are arranged a little
differently In. the mixture. The cow
I-as the ability to take one form ef
the mixture and change the relation
ot the parts somewhat and thus pro
duce tat.
Protestor Jordan Is a. patient,
painstaking investigator, and we owe
him a dobt ot gratitude for proving
so convincingly that the source ot the
fat in tho milk U the carbohydrate
part of the feed. Inland Farrunr.
.Uk $120,000 Damages.
"Norristown. The Lehigh Valley
Transit Company was sued for $126,
000 damages by victims or survivors
of an accident, which occured at Fort
Washington on September 6 last,
when an automobile was wrecked by
one of the company's trolley cars.
There are four different suits. Au
gust Plnkbelner and Annie, his wife,
ask for $55,000, $30,000 for the
Injuries which ehe has suffered, and
$25,000 which the husband feels that
he Is damaged by reason of his wife's
hurts, which consisted of broken
bones and Internal Injuries. Louis.
Blanche, William, Eliza, and .loan
Etchells. children of Joah Etchells,
ask $50,000, because their father
suffered mortal Injuries, dying three
weeks later. Frances Baker, another
of the auto party, asks $20,000, and
John A. Wells, trading as the Auto
Livery Company, owner of the El
more auto, valued at $3,000, wants
$1,000 for the damages done to the
machine. All of the plaintiffs are
residents of Philadelphia. They al
lege negligence In the operation of
the trolley.
Girl Shot In Scuffle.
Ashland. Thomas Hurst, brother
of Tim Hurst, the baseball umpire,
hot and mortally wounded .Miss
Viola Currey, 18 years old, at her
home here. Tho shot was flrpd
during a Bcuffle in which Hurst al
leged he was defending himself
against three persons, Including the
girl. MIpr Currey was taken to the
Miners' Hospital, where Hhe died nt
2 o'clock. Hurst had been placed
under $500 bail, but when his victim
Brew worse a warrant was handed to
Constable Dolphin to rearrest Hurst.
The constable could not tlnd him.
The State police, after an Investiga
tion, arreBted Dolphin on a charge
ot assisting Hurst to escape, and he
Is now In Jail. The police ure on the
track of the fugitive. Miss Currey
was to have been married next
month.
Hurt At Funeral.
Sellnagrove. A funeral train en
tering a cemetery was scattered and
a mourner fatally Injured at Fish
ers' Ferry, when a horse driven In
the procession Beared and so excited
other teams that the sorrow-stricken
occupants were forced to Jump from
vehicles to save themselves from in
Jury. Thi horse driven by John L.
Shipnian. of Shamokln. sank deep In
to a hole In the road, and Jumped so
frantically to Tree itself that Ship
man was hurled from the buggy. He
fell over the dashboarJ, and before
the excited mourners could extricate
him, he wus fatally injured. The
horse kicked him with Its sharp Iron
shoes, and his skull was fractured
and every rib in his body broken.
Cat Attacks Woman.
Pittsburg. With her body, face
and hands torn and her two children
suffering with Innumerable scratches,
.Mrs. tieorge McXemery, of the North
Side, bears evidence of an encounter
with a cat that went mad. Mrs. Mc
Nemery had ppened a rear door,
when the cat Jumped for her, and
yelling and tearing at the woman,
attracted the children, who were In
another room. The mother beat it
off, and It then attacked the children.
A neighbor rushed In and was en
deavoring to kill the cat with a
curtain pole, when a policeman rush,
ed In and broke Its back with hi
club.
How Women Earned tl.
Media. The members of the
Woman's Aid Society of the First
Presbyterian Church here have a
novel way of raising funds. At a
meeting each member was dlrcted to
earn $1 and turn the amount over
to the treasurer. I'p to date $40
has been raised. the members
selling chickens, old scrap iron, eggs,
bottles, paper, etc. Some of the
members earned their $1 by old
fashioned sewing. One woman mend
ed her husband's wallet and another
earned a dollar by feeding stock.
Suffocated In Mud.
Ijincaster. Suffocated to death,
the body of .Tames Douglass, nn aged
resident of Smithvllle. was found
lying in a mud puddle near his
home by friends. Douglass had evi
dently slipped on the soft ground unci
fell on bis face in the mud. He was
unable to raise himself, owins to
bodily weakness.
Museum Freak Stolen.
Ywrk. Two men representing
theif selves as detectives forcibly took
away from an apartment house In
this city "Turtle George," a freak,
4 4 years old. and only 18 Inches
high, who had been placed In charge
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair. The
men were traced as far as Lancaster,
where it Is said, thev took a train for
Philadelphia.
Mm ned In Odd Way.
Pottstnwn. Throwing water In
his furnace In order to cool It. Irvin
Hoffman, of the Half Way House,
was seriously burned by the result
ing explosion at the C.losgow Iron
Works. His hair was burned from
his scalp and his arm and face were
also Injured. The gus formed by the
water and hot coal exploded.
Jail Their Hotel.
Lewl8town. Charles Duck. Jack
Wyle aud Lewis Ball, all of Phila
delphia, traveling salesmen, were
placed in a ludicrous position when
they arrived in town on the last
train. After applying at all the
hotels one alter another and walking
the streets until after midnight, they
applied at the county Jail for lodg
ings. Sheriff S. H. Boyer tendered
them his spare room and they par
took of prison fare next morning.
Dcuth Itolw Him Of I'cmiiil.
Tamao.ua. Having saved suffi
cient money to keep hiivself and fami
ly comfortably for the rest of their
lives, Joseph Karrots. a Slavonian,
was working his last shift nt the No.
11 colliery when he was killed by
a rush of coal. The Karrots had
made arrangements to sail for Sla-vonla.
Mule Kills Hear.
Huntingdon. Dnniel Shuwley. a
West Township farmer, hearing a
commotion among his stock arose
from hla bed and on going to the
harn found a 22ii-pound black bear
being beaten lo death by his mule,
Maud. The bear wus lylnw on his
side feebly defending himself from
the deadly blows of the donkey's
four feet hiiJ died iu a few minutes.
Bruin ha 1 entered the barn with
evident Intention of 1'oraniug for
chickens, large numbers or which
had lately disappeared from premises
of farmers lu vicinity.
Teacher Cliiinise Pupil's Name.
Chester. One of the teachers In
the public schools here, changed
John Szatko '8i;l's name to John
Rush, because the pupll'i right name
was too difficult to pronounce. When
Satkowskl applied for a work cer
tificate. A'lss Hebeoca lvtns, clerk in
the superintendent's alike, was un
ablo'lo locate him under his rlsht
name. The lad then Informed her
that he had been traveling under the
name of Hush and related the circumstances.
Maniac Sets Fire To Almshouse.
Kaston. Clinton Danner. nuej 24,
was sent from the county almshouse
to the Norrlstown Insane Asylum,
after making two attempts to start
fires lu one of the buildings. When
10 years of age be s-t lire to his
lather's barn. Ten years ano he was
brought to the almshouse and had
been. Inoffensive until he suddenly
developed a mania for arson.
Protect Parents' llodie.
Media. The Court handed down
a degree perpetually restraining Geo
K. Warrell, of Maple Township, trom
Interfering with the tombstones or
' disturbing or removing the bodies
of .lames Wilds aud Alice Wilds from
j a lot in the Media Cemetery. The
i petition for injunction was tiled bj
! W. Marshall Wil ls aud Joseph W
Wilds, both of Marple, who asserted
that Worrell, who is their uncle, had
threatened to remove the bodies of
their parents, and that he hail re
moved bodies of other relatives
Worrell failed t'o make an answer
to the suit aud the costs were plumed
on him.
Test inn the Cow.
There Is much variation in the yield
end quality ot milk trom tho cows,
end no farmer can have n herd uni
form unless he breeds for uniformity
by adhering to one breed; It may even
be necessary to rely on some particu
lar family ot the selected breed,
liven then close and careful culling
of the herd will b necessary to secure
uniformity In rich nous of : t;ik. Have
treasures and scales, learu how much
difference there Is in the ylpld of the
tows, then have milk from each cow
tested for butter fat and figure out
UkO most profitable cows. , Do sot
Wnmna Who Hunted Herself ;cs.
York. Mrs. Michuel Gantz. C9
years old, who he need herself by a
bed cord, suspended from ra'ter
In her heme, died Thursday The
woman's net was Inspired by sick
ness, which made it necessary for
her and her husbai-.d to arruuge to
clve uu their home.
Preferred Peutli To Ind'sestii n.
Shumokln. Lewis Naukltll. suf
fering for a long uer'od from ptom
e'h troub'o, put a bullet through his
brain on the rear porch of his home
here. His father found the body
sevei-al hours later.
Fewer Ml no .Wldonts.
Mahanoy City. Mine lns-iec'nr
Fentnn, of th twelfth r.nthraci'e
district, comnle4el his nnnti reuort
f' the 11 collieries untf'ir hi super
vision. The report shows a totet
production of over two nad one-hal'
million tons, 7,138 employee., and 20
'"M acclden's, wMeh created 11
vWows and 32 orr-hans. Compared
M'h 1908 the reuort shows greater
tonnage and far fewer accidents.
As He Viewed Marriage.
"There would be less divorce," said
ex-Governor Pennypacker at a dlnuer
at Phllalelphla, "If there wore fewer
men llku Wlllians Wladl.
' "Wlillain Wlndlo embarked on an
excursion steamer for Point Breeze,
and a tow miles out, as be paced the
upper deck and drank in the bracing
Clone, he spied his friend Jackson.
" 'Why, Jackson, how sro yo?' be
exclaimed, 'Are you out for pleasure,
or Is yer wife alonj?' " Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Pitching a Carve.
Came Warden "This deer was
found dead on your premises, aad yet
you deny that you killed It?"
Farmer "Waal, It happened like
this: My wlfo was throwln' a stun at
the hens, an' some way the deer,
which was feedln' round back o' the
barn, got kit." Boston Herald,
Frank Ik-ltrl. k Dead.
Wllkes-Harre. Prank Deltriok.
rorruer city clerk, potentate of the
Mystki Shrlncrs, and one of the most
rromlnent men in the Mononlc circlet
'n the Ftate, died at his home from
i complication ot diseases, aged 43.
illrx dttoiinris To llitnt Crlmln.aU.
Media. Cltlsena of Delaware
County, since the escape ot two
murderers, are advocating the use of
Idoodkound for the police la towns
of the county.
J'ye Specialist A Bulctdo.
York. Dr. O. J. Lanis, a srioclsl
Ist on eyo treatment, committed sui
cide here by lnha lx illuminating
its. He was discover lying serosa
a bod in hie apartments with several
taa Jets tamed on. No reason for
the set can be given. He was one
i of the leading members of the York
Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles
The sulclue was 37 years old aad
leaves a family.
Thinks Bristol Mnn Drowned.
Bristol. It Is believed thst Valen
tine Bevaa. who disappeared Febru
ary 12, met bis death in the river.
State Charter Granted.
The following charters have been
Issued at the State Capitol: Morgan
Coal Company, Wllkes-Barre, ea;ital
$5,000; Klntzing Wire Coviv-any.
Hanover, capital, $45,000: Lleber
man Brewing Company, Allentown.
capital $100,000; and the jswarth
more Publishing Company. SwHrth
more, capital $5,000.
Scnldinu; Water K IN Ch Id.
Catasauqua. Franklin, the 2-year-old
son of Mrs. Frank Groller, of
Copluy. fell Into a tub of hot water
snd .vaa scalded to dea'h.
Find Hody lleshle Trolley Trsr::,
1'ristol. An unidentified man. be
lieved to have been resident of
TuMytown, was found dead near the
trolley tracks at Land ret h seed
farms. From the mangled condition
of the body It la supposed he
struck by a car. The mun wns about
4. years old. 5 feet ! Inches hlh
on I weighed about ' " ' nnr.-' ' .
bnd brown hair, ti;.;!;.! ::itJ w.:j
gray.
Potlsv'lle Wants More Trains.
Pottsvllle. A large delegation of
PottsvH'e business men railed nn
General Superintendent Dice, ot the
Heading Railway Company at hie
office here, and ashed for improved
service oat ot that place, Inrludln
more trains to nolnts in the coal
regions and for Willlamtport.
Catch Fugitive Counterfeiter.
Eaaton. Edward Terrlll, a Secret
Ecrvtce officer, artested Peter Way
net, alias Peter Waexooris. aged .13.
on a charoe of counter'eltlng. The
prisoner escaped arrest at Allantown
five months ago, when a eon federate
wm arrested. . He fled o Phi adel
phla and then moved to Phlilinabtirr,
and began working In a silk mill.
U wss there be was (.Create-.
The gospel is preached In 3A dl
terent laaguaires la- the I'nltei
States.
Germans To Meet la Ileadinc.
Reading. At -a meeting of ths
Cerman-Amer.can Alliance arrange
ments were made for the State con
vention, to te held la this city Jun
17. 18 snd 19. The 8tate Eatnger
s to bo he'd following the conven
tion, Juno, 20 to 14, was also di-cs-ed.
The Saengerfest will be bell
nnrier the ausrloes ot the KeaJ.ng
l.leJorkrans.
Opals are strongly la vog-.i.
German eoronnuti are experiment
ers: v lib filling balloons with super
hcakd stesin.