Wooing Sally Plum
B, LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY
Copyright, 1910, bj AtioclaMd Liuru? I'teu
The records of the Plum family
tear witness that Sally Plum, as a
baby, a child and a young girl, wan
different from others. She was se
date and serene from the first. She
vent through scarlet rash and whoop
ing cough and measles without a
compiulnt. sue bad no use for rag
dolls and play houses. She did not
climb trees nor play marbles with
the boys.
At the age of sixteen Sally attended
a Sunday school picnic which lasted
all day. The only time during the
day she was heard to utter a remark
gg when a woman asked her if she
wasn't sorry she came. She replied:
'Tes, ma'am," and that was all.
It was because Sally was 80 dif
ferent from other girls that her
grandfather left her $20,000. He
also left Sally's widowed mother half
that amount. The two lived In a
Tillage and were the richest persons
Id It.
Besides being odd and different,
Gaily was plain of face and rather
awkward of figure. At twenty she
fjatl never thought love nor talked It.
No young man had walked with her.
She bad never read a novel, and she
did not know the meaning of romance.
6be cooked and washed and Ironed
and baked and sewed carpet rags, and
as serene.
What's going to happen to a plain
girl who inherits $20,000? She's going
-tS. I ill omr Z7ce-
to have offers of marriage, of
course more offers than a good-looking
girl without any cash. Sally Plum
began to have offers. The first came
from Deacon Harper. The deacon was
fifty, had four children, and was
looking around for a good thing. He
Bropped in to court Sally. The
toother left them together a whole
evening, and the only words Sally
Jittered during the three long hours
as In reply to the deacon's question
M to why she was so silent. She
thought for a moment and then re-tilled:
"Caune I've got a stone bruise on
tey heel ! "
The deacon didn't rellnaulsh his
plans, but he felt tired.
The merchant of the village was an
14 bachelor. He had known Sally
for years and years. Considering that
WMloo, with the additional fact that
nr mother owned her house and that
lie could live there rent free, It
wouldn't be a bad match for him.
He also went wooing. Sally was cut
ting carpet rags that evening. She
and sewed and wound them into
balls, and he talked and talked. He
lad been to New York, Boston and
Chicago. He had seen a man hung.
He had almost seen a mad dog. His
brother John had been rohhtwl on th
highway. All these things be men
tioned In hope of drawing Sally out.
8he didn't draw. She kept the same
sober face and silent Hps from start
to finish. There were times when aha
JookPd at the man, but what's a look?
The merchant worked harder to
draw Sully out and break the ice than
ne ever had to sell $r,00 worth of
goods, but not a word from her until
bad his hat in his band to go.
Then she made a long speech, for her.
She asked: 1
"Did the man you saw bung kick
found much?"
The third candidate waa William
8lmms. He was twenty-three years
14 and worked In a sawmill. Ha was
Plain-faced young man and not
ttuch given to talk. He came court
to with a small package in his band,
4 when left alone with Sally he
landed her the package with the
remark:
"Some spruce gum that I got oft
the logs this afternoon." ,
Sally accepted and began to chew.
She was knitting that evening. Mr.
Stmms canted bis halr back on lta
bind legs against tho vail and said
nothing further. He bad killed a big
black snake In the mill yards that
day, but he didn't mention it. He
had heard at the postofTtce that a
trolley car in Philadelphia had run
oft the track and killed five passen
gers, but he didn't repeat it. In fact,
he dozed and nodded and slept, and
It was the clock striking 10 that
aroused him. Sally bad knit and
chewed and had a real good time.
"Bring you some more gum some
time," said Mr. Stmms as he rose up
and yawned and took his departure.
"Qum's good," was Sally's reply as
she shut the door after him.
The fourth man came from a village
ten miles away. He was a lawyer,
about thirty years old. He was talk
ative and up to date. He made an
afternoon call. He decided that Sally
was plain, but that tho $20,000 was
good. He had traveled, and he set
out to arouse the girl's Interest and
curiosity. He told her of Niagara
Falls the great cities the fine hotels
ocean steamers London Paris.
She looked at him in amazement, and
he was flattering himself that he was
making a great impression when she
opened her mouth and asked:
"Did you ever see a cow fall down
on the ice on the mill pond In win
ter?" He never had. He acknowledged
that he never had, and Miss Sally
Plum had no further use for him.
She went out into the garden to weed
the onion bed, and there was nothing
for the lawyer to do but take his de
parture. Then the fifth man came. He was
a clerk from a store In another vil
lage. He was up on dress and eti
quette. He was smooth of speech.
He brought a bouquet with him. He
raised his hat to Sally and again
to her mother. He found them on
the veranda, both sewing. He ex
tracted a scented handkerchief from
his pocket and did a lot of small
talk. He alro flattered both women.
He was getting along bravely, when
the mother withdrew. He began to
talk about the poets, to see if Sally's
approachable Bpot lay in that direc
tion, and after a long hour she in
terrupted him to ask:
"Were you ever bit by a hyena?"
He riever bad been, and there was
no call for the girl to say more. Then
Deacon Johnson returned. He felt
that be had not been explicit enougn.
He returned to say that In case of
marriage he should buy a gtlt-framed
mirror for the parlor, and that the
bridal tour should Include Niagara
falls. He bad never been there him
self, but had talked with a man who
had, and be was going on to tell of
the awful majesty when Miss Sally
Interrupted blm to ask:
"Deacon, do you believe that 'tater
bugs burrow Into cucumbers?"
Then back came Mr. Simms. With
out any previous warning be drove
up in a one-horse wagon, banded
Sally another package of spruce gum
and Bald:
"We are going over to Scottsville
to the circus."
Sally got ready without a word.
On the six-mile drive hardly a word
was spoken. She chewed gum and he
whistled the air of a hymn. When
they arrived in the town be bought
gingerbread and root beer. In the
menagerie they walked from cage to
cage, and Mr. Simms briefly ex
plained: "Lion here."
"This is a Bengal tiger."
"Blamed hyena here."
"Elephants over there."
While witnessing the circus per
formance they had peanuts and lem
onade. The clown was funny, but
Mr. Simms and Sally sat there as
solemn as owls. The riding and tumb
ling were good, but they made no
comments. When the circus was out,
Mr. Simms handed over some more
spruce to replace the "cud" thrown
away to eat the peanuts, and they
Jogged home. Two weeks passed,
and Mr. Simms called at the house to
say:
"Sally, I shall get the preacher next
week."
She didn't reply for a minute, and
then said:
"William, them hyenas was aw
ful." "Yep."
"But the peanut was fine."
"Next week, Sally."
And Sally plum was wooed and
won. Any one could have got her
and her $20,000 bad they studied her.
She was different, you know."
Language Was Justifiable.
Ml4 Profanity of Man Who Pounded
His Thumb Upheld by Brooklyn
Magistrate.
A fussy Brooklyn woman asked Mag
nate NaBh the other day for a sum
iom for a man Bbe ha4 empioyea. He
M been profane In her presence, she
Magistrate Nash expressed bis
"ow at this fact.
I will gladly issue the summons If
DA It. . .
-- -m oeen profane." said he. "Per
Tou bad best relate tho olrcum-
WushlDgal1 dmn lt, M ,a'd " woman
"Some authorities bold that 'damn
,, "Jpfanlty: ald Mr. Nash, gray'
"What waa he doing at the Urn
"aid 'damn Itr "
,UH' w" laying carpet tor me," said
woman. ,
Jt,airf Prompted the magistral
" nit his thumb."
Ifti.,0. r,tbeM conditions." said Mag-
Nash, "and having laid car
la te ,,elf, an1 having inadvertently
J own. thumb with the hammer,
while laying said carpet, I shall have
to rule that your employe was not pro
fane. He waa only vulgar. Summons
refused." Cincinnati Times-Star.
Packed Like 8ardlns,
People who were bathing along the'
beach at Santa Crus, Cal., one day
not long ago bave learned what It Is
to be packed together like sardines.
The sardines came to show them. The
fish appeared suddenly, thousands In
numbers, among the bathers In the
shallow water. They made the beach
black with their bodies and white
with the spray they kicked up. Fish
ermen went out on the beach with
nets and caught so many fish that they
could not haul the nets In to land
without breaking the meshes.
The Greatest Victory.
No man to such a conqueror as tha
man who has defeated hluiselt
Beecber.
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STATE
NEWS
York. A Joy ride by a party ol
Yorkers resulted In fatal Injury tc
Mrs. Daniel Strathmycr, a young
woman who recently separated from
her husband. Other participants in
tho trip were Mrs. George Test and
two unknown young men, who were
badly cut and bruised. The accident
occurred on the Chanceford turnptko,
about a mile south of the city limits
The car was traveling toward Dallas
town, at the rate of about 40 miles
an hour, It is said, when a tire was
punctured. The machine skidded and
dashed Into -a fence. The occupants
were thrown owt, and Mrs. Strath
myer struck on her head, fracturing
her skull. Her face and body were
also badly contused. The automo
bile was so badly wrecked that it
was loft lying on the road.
Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
fohnson, of this city, received word
lo the effect that their son, Wil
liam Johnson, and nephew, Clarence
Boyle, were both shot by a farmer
near Clayton, Del. The boys bad
been visiting friends In Clayton and
were returning to Smyrna. It was
about dusk and they were making a
ihort cut through a farm when the
owner of the place, who evidently
thought that the lads were trespass
ing for evil purposes, fired at them
with a shotgun. Boyle was shot In
the face and Johnson In the neck.
It 1b feared that Boyle may lose the
sight of an eye.
Pittsburg. Evan Lloyd, who sev
eral weeks ago served on a coroner's
Jury, lay on a slab In the morgue
that he had picked out as his rest
ing place when he Inspected the
building for the first time during
his Jury service. Lloyd, as he gazed
about the place, had a premonition
that ho would soon die, and, point
ing to a particular slab, said he
wanted to be laid there. Thursday,
while entering a theater he dropped
dead of heart disease. He was taken
to tho morgue and his body placed
where he had designated. Later rel
atives claimed It.
Norrlstown. William II. Moyer,
president of the West Telford Board
of Health, attempted to make a per
sonal inspection of the plumbing in
the home of Henry C. Wambold, of
that town. Wambold, he declares
assaulted him and Moyer caused hit
arrest on the charge of reBlting an
officer. The cbbo was tried in Crim
inal Court, the Jury bringing In 1.
verdict of not guilty, the court ruling
that the president of the Board ol
Health is not such an officer as ii
contemplated In the act. Moyer
however, was ordered to pay th
costs.
Allentown. At the session here ot
the State Council of the Daughters
of Liberty, that body decided tc
change Its name to Sons and Daugh
ters of Llborty. The State Council
will teBt In the courts the legality of
the award of seventy-five scholar
ships in the University of Pennsyl
vania by Philadelphia to pupils of
all schools, contending that the
awards should have been restricted
to pupils of the public schools. The
next annual session will be held at
Scrantou.
Williamsport. The State Associa
tion of Directors of Poor and Chari
ties adjourned, following a short
business session. Next year's meet
ing will bo held In Indiana. These
0 Ulcers were elected: President, H.
W. Ochse. of Etna; secretary-treasurer,
L. C. Colburn, Somerset; as
sistant secretary, Colonel E. T
Gould, of Erie.
Bethlehem. A stone that weighed
1200 pounds suddenly became loose
In a stone quarry in North Bethle
hem and fell to the bottom of the
Quarry. The rock landed squarely
on James Ehrlg, aged 65, and com
pletely severed the spinal cord and
fractured his skull, killing him in
Instantly. Pittsburg. Caesar Columbus, ot
Eastvllle, appeared In the United
States Circuit Court here and de
clared he had been waiting for Co
lumbus Day before asking far nat
uralization papers. Columbus said
be could trace bis line without a
break to the man who discovered
America.
Chamborsburg. The Prison Board
of Franklin County has decided to
drive out the hoboes which are al
ways numerous In winter time. Thej
were put to work on the streets un
der guard. The city pays 26 centi
per day tor each man to the Sheriff,
which enables blm to give them bet
ter food.
Tltusvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Wlnton, well known residents of
Centreville, were killed at-a gradi
crossing at Tyronvllle, near here,
when their wagon was struck by a
fast freight on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
York. James Hutchinson, of this
city, waa arrested at Red Lion on
tho charge of stealing chewing gum
The defendant, it is said, had gon6
to Red Lion to install gas fixtures
In C. C. Kanard's place of business
While thus employed, it Is said, ho
stole the gum, worth $4. ,
Clearfield. J. E. Harder, Chle'
Burgess at Clearfield, died suddenly
of apoplexy, aged 65 years. Mr.
Harder was captain of Company L,
Fifth Regiment, during the Spanish
American War. He was a prominent
business man.
Johnstown. Tearing through th
streets at forty-five miles an hour,
an automobile collided with a heavy
freight engine at a crossing, serious
ly injuring the five occupants of the
automobile, one perhaps fatally.
George McFeaters, superintendent ot
the electrical department of the Lo
rain Bteel Company,, who was driv
ing the car, is In the Memorial Hos
pital with a fractured skull and In
ternal Injuries.
Lancaster. Charlee T. Btelger
wait,, ene of the best-known nuui's
matlsta In the United States, made
an assignment. .
AMERICAN BOYS LIKE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT
Lfe Iff wife
THE boy scout Idea, adopted from England, where It was started by General Baden-Powell, baa "caught on" in
the United States and the movement Is spreading rapidly over the country. The American Hoy Scouts are or
ganized In many places and their numbers are Increasing. The lads like the work and their ciders are quick
to appreciate the Immense benefit the boys get out of the training and drill that keep them off the streetH and
out of mischief. At several national affairs of recent date In the East tho Amerlcun Boy Scouts have taken a
very creditable part In the program.
SMARTEST ARMY DOG
Accomplishments of Cupid Are
Many and Increasing Rapidly.
Little Boston Terrier, Owned by Capt.
Oscar J. Charles, Knows All
About West Point Does
Many Tricks.
New York. Capt. Oscar J. Charles.
Seventeenth United States Infantry,
adjutant of the United States Military
academy at West Point, Is the owner
of the siuurtest dog In the army.
Cupid Is the dog's name and Boston
terrier his breed. What he does not
know about the army In general and
West Point In particular Is not worth
telling. To tell tho truth about Cupid
would fill a book, for certain It Is
that thlB little Boston terrier can do
more tricks and understand more
words than any other dog, big or lit
tle, the army has known.
When Captain Charles was married
a little more than a year ago, a friend
in Chicago, his borne city, sent him
Cupid, and straightaway Captain
Charles started to educate hlra as no
other dog was ever educated before.
Cupid's accomplishments are therefore
already many and varied.
"Now, about your education, do you
want to go to Harvard?" Captain
Charles will ask.
Cupid merely wags his stump of a
tail and looks disgusted.
"How about Yale?" Captain Charles
asks. Still no reply.
Captain Charles suggests in turn
Cornell, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Chi
cago and several other Institutions.
Cupid only Indicates bis mild disap
proval. "Well, then, how about Annapolis?"
Captain Charles asks, and Cupid
growls, to show that he is Insulted.
He knows that West Point's greatest
rival Is the academy on the Severn.
"All right, we'll cut out Annapolis,
then. Will you go to West Point?
How does that "
Captain Charles does not have a
chance lo finish the sentence. Cupid
wags his little tall and barks so Joy-
Hobble Skirt Race.
New York. Mrs. Sarah King of
Brooklyn will shortly receive a tall
sliver 'cup as the winner of the "100
yard hobble skirt championship of
Greater New York." A rare for the
trophy was the result of a seashore
outing at North Beach, L. I., the other
day.
The promoters announced In their
program to the contestants thnt wom
en desiring to enter "who are not
equipped with hobble skirts will be
hobbled with ropes until they are fully
as uncomfortable as it dressed In the
height ot faahlon." Mrs. King was the
winner ot the 100-yard hobble with
only seven tumbles. No time was
taken.
fully that he can be heard in the Of
ficers' club, half a mile away.
Then Cupid proves that even a dog
can master the drill regulations.
"Walk your post," commands Cap
tain Charles, and Cupid, his tall rigid
and head to the front, marches sol
emnly back and forth on the porch.
'"Tentlon," orders Captain Charles,
and Cupid stops in bis tracks ond re
mains as rigid as a statue until Cap
tain Charles says "At ease."
"Double time" Is tho next command,
and Cupid does a hundred yards In
about five seconds.
"Take your post, sir," is the final
command, and the dog marches sol
emnly across the room and seats him
self on the discarded sofa pillow that
serves as his couch.
"Now, Cupid, show them how you
act when you are on the train," says
Captain Charles, whereupon Cupid
sits up and tries to look like a drum
mer reading the sporting edition of
en afternoon newspaper.
Then slowly Captain Charles calls
off the names of the stations between
Weehawken and West Point.
"Englewood, West Nyack, Haver
straw, lona Island, Highland Falls."
Cupid poyB no attention.
"West Point?" shouts the captain.
Cupid Jumps up, emits a loud bark,
and runs down the steps Into the yard
Just as he would do In alighting from
a train.
Of course, Cupid can walk on his
hind legs, he can play "dead dog," he
can beg for his .food, and do nil the
other tricks which smart dogs are
supposed to do. He Is learning new
ones now, some of them so far be
yond the capabilities of the ordinary
run of dogs that It would bo foolish
to indicate what they are, If you wunt
to keep a reputation for telling the
truth. .
Gets Record Swordfish.
Avalon, Cal. Fishing from a launch,
Col. John E. Stearns of San Frnuclsco
caught the season's record swordfish,
weighing 292 pounds, after a battle
which lasted 45 minutes.
Before the struggle ended all oh
board were drenched to the skin.
PRINCE IS COMING ON VISI1
Tour of Young British 8on of Royalt)
Recalls Tour of King Edward of
United States.
London. Plans are making for the
expected visit of the young prince ol
Wales to the United Stas, a tout
that recalls the travels of the lat
King Edward, then prluce of Wales
to America.
Edward's swlns around tho Yankes
circle was a continuous march of tri
umphs, his democratic ways winning
plnudlts and friends In every city In
which he visited.
The coming travels westward of ths
boy prince are exciting great Interest
In England for the reason that al
though his father, King Gporse V.,
"saw" Amprlca, he did not get so In
timate a view of the land of the free
as did Edward.
King George was entertained In
America as tho prince of Wales also
but he had arrived only on Its post
ern shores In command of tho Eng
lish fleet participating in a Canadian
celebration and did not go Into the
Interior. In fact, he did not leave
the fleet, as he merely took pnrt In
BoBton and New York rerpptlons to
members of the fleet and then sailed
away. .
BLUE HEN'S CHICKS MASCOTS
Delaware People Pull Off Unique Gift
to Battleship Named After
That State.
Wilmington, Del. When the battle
ship Delaware wob presented with a
$10,000 silver service by the citizens
of this state on October 5. a blue
game rock and hen, emblematic of the
"Blue Hens chli'kens" wero likewise
given to the warship. Miss Jennie
Cunnlnphnm, a patriotic young wom
an of Wllmlneton. donated the gnmo
chickens. They will be the vessel's
mascots.
Recently Commander Cove of the
Delaware requested tho Wilmington
board of trade to secure "Blue Hens
chickens" for 1ho Bhlp because this
type of fowl were carried in the Revo
lutionary army by Delaware troops
The soldiers were known as "Blue
Hens Chickens."
Makes $50,000 Washing Clothes.
Sharon, Pa. Sam Sing, who has
conducted a laundry at Sharpsvllla
for thirteen years, returned to his
native country. It Is estimated that
his wealth Is close to $50,000, and
he saved It all at the washtub.
DEAD ON THE FROZEN HILLS.
Eskimo Custom, Centuries Old, Comes
From Impossibility of Dig
ging Graves.
Port Hope, Alaska. The Interment
In the Episcopal burying ground here,
under the direction of BtHUop P. T.
Rowe, of the skulls and bones of an
estimated number of 1,200 Eskimos,
picked up on the surface of the ground,
where they bad lain for years, and
perhaps centuries, has aroused un
usual Interest.
All along the shores of the Arctic
this apparently heartless custom of
leaving the dead a prey to wolves and
half wolf dogs has prevailed from time
Immemorial.
There Is nothing that more Im
presses the Arctic traveler than these
ever present skulls as they stare out
from their dark moBS beds on tho
frozen bills of the northland. Some ot
them have kept their long vigils
through centuries and crumble at the
touch like chalk. Others are startling-
FINDS CAUSE OF PELLAGRA
Recent Investigation by New York
Scientist Said to Prove Maize
Theory Erroneous.
New York. One great result of the
Investigation 1 which Doctor Sambon
has been .conducting of pellagra In
Italy, says the Fost-Graduate, Is the
overthrow of the maize theory wblcb
for over a century has hampered a
proper Investigation of the disease.
He entirely repudiates the maize
theory. Pellagra la not due to the
eating of Indian corn either sound or
damaged. He has ascertained In the
moat definite manner that, like other
endemic diseases, pellagra baa Its
own peculiar geographical and topo
graphical distribution.
In each one ot the affected provinces
the disease presents special "stations"
or "endemic fool," characterized every
where by the same topographical and
ecological conditions.' These "sta
tions" 'bave remained the same tor at
least a century.
According to Doctor Sambon pella
gra Is linked to the running stream
Just as malaria Is linked to the swamp.
He has shown that the sandfly (Slmu
llum) explains the epidemiology of
pellagra Just as the mosquito (Anop
heles) explains that of malaria. Al
ready last winter before leaving Eng
land he had suggested the Slmullum
as the probable carried ot the. pellagra
Infection. Now, after a careful sur
vey ot the pellagra districts of Italy,
be states that be has been able to
establish quite conclusively the truth
of bis surmise.
SHARK MEAT IS A DELICACY
Learned Men Attending, fisheries Ses
sions Point to It aa Hard
Times Expedient.
' New York. Shark meat la a dainty
of high quality, according to the
savants who are here .attending the
seselona of tbe American Fisheries so
ciety. They declare that tbe creatures
ly fresh from the framework of the
living.
The custom of leaving the dead on
the Arctic hilltops to be the food of
savage beasts 1b natural and unavoid
able. The digging of a grave In the
far north, even In summer, with the
tools poBsessed Dy tho Eskimos was
next to Impossible, for evon In July
the ground Immediately beneath the
moss that covers the surface every
where is frozen as hard as granite
Even where no underground Ice Is
found the Eskimos would consider tbe
making of a grave a cruel proceeding,
for the thought of having to lie In Icy
water Is unbearable to an He k Imp. Sc
the dead are left on the dry hilltops.
Although tbe dead are left on their
mossy bet's underneath the unpro
tectlng stjrs, It must not be thought
that there la no sorrow when death
visits an Eskimo village. There are
no more affectionate people In the
world, but their grief, like that of chil
dren. Is acute and is soon over with.
are quite edible, and that It la only a
iuuiibu prejudice wnicn keeps them
from being served as a delicacy.
One scientist said be prefers shark
to lobster. Prof. Theodore Clll do
clares that shark meat broiled has "a
flavor as fine aa anything ,hii,
from tho water." Several ot the dele
ms expressed me belief that ths
cultivation of the shark as a food flub
might do much to aolva tha
---- I'lwumms
of the higher cost of living. -
A discussion of caviar occupied one
of the sessions for three hours. Dr
Louis Husakoff, assistant curator ol
cniuyoiogy oi me American Museum
of Natural History, aald that most ol
the caviar sold In this country was
made from the roe of the Mississippi
spoonbill, und not from tbe sturgeon.
He reassured consumers, however, by
the assertion that the Imitation prod-
net la "aa good as or possibly bettei
than the genuine."
Everything Sounds Good Then.
"He makes bis greatest oratorical
bits when he la half Intoxicated,
doesn't he?"
"No, when bis bearers are."
STATE I
CAPITAL
One Htale Hoard.
The subject of the proposed school -rode
occupies a prominent part In
Hie annual report of Dr. N. V,
Schaeffer, State Superintendent ol
Public Instruction, which was iu
luado public hern.
Dr. Schaeffer does not show verj
much favor of the 'dea of creating
a State Board of Education. Hi
spcaKB of tlie subject at leuglh and
declares that It would cause delay
in securing action on qufnUon
which are now decided promptly. :
Dr. Sliaefter says there is a di
vision of opinion on the subject o
creating a State board, remarking:
"Those who favor a State board
claim that such a board would unify
i lie system, as well as work otln
.desirable chanties. Philadelphia has
'always been adverse to coming uu-
der the State school system, an1
jwlien the last Legislature was cou-
sldering this question, the leader
promptly eliminated the Fhiladel
phia Bchools from the Jurisdiction,
of the proposed State Board of Edu
cation. If a State board Is not too l
;for Philadelphia. Is it good for thJ
reHt of the State?"
Tim superintendent points out thai
experience with the college and tini-
versity council shows how difficult
It is to get a quorum of a boarii
whoso members serve without com
pcnsttlon. In discussing the subw
Ject, ho says:
"lure, If anywhere. Individual
preferences should be subordinate
to tho general welfare of the schools.
;lf functions which are now vested)'
;ln superintendents and school boards,
or In the Legislature itself, can wlthr
advantage be transferred to a Statu
Board of Education then such or
'board Bhould be created. If, on thq
other hand, such a board Is an un
necessary adjunct to the State schoo.
department and a hindrance to the
local administration of the schools,
then It would be unwise to create;
such a board, even though a ma
jority of the States have seen fit to
limit the power of the local authori
ties by some central authority abova
the department of public Instruction."
Halts Milk Complaint.
The State Railroad Commission. -i
declined to go any farther into thj
complaints of L. F. Flick, Jr., 08
Philadelphia, regarding milk ship
ments Into Philadelphia unless thej
are supported by health authorities.
And these must show that by rea
son of delays or unsanitary condi
tions the milk Is injured.
Flick had complained against the)
milk service into Philadelphia, b
both the Reading and Pennsylvania.
Railroad Companies. He alleged that
there were delays, inadequate accom
modations and unsanitary conditions.
The commission decided to s?nd
him notice that, because of Improve
ments made by the companies, as
shown by the answers filed by them,
tind in view of the fact that Flick,
had sent no communication since he
was advised of tho filing of answers,
the commission does not fool like go
ing ahead unless the complaints are)
supported by some health authori
ties, alleging that the delay occasions
'"such change In the character of tha
fluid as to make it injurious for;
use." Thine are questions which tha
Commission holds it is not compe
tent to determine.
At tho office of the Commission;
It was stated that answers of the
companies hail been forwarded ta
Flick.
;ettjslmig Board.
Representatives of the National
Government and of the States ant
Territories, named at the Invitation
of Pennsylvania to participate In the
arrangements to observe the senile
centennial of thp battle of Gettys
burg In 19 13, were formally wel-J
coined here by Governor Stuart.
Tho representatives Include a num
ber of distinguished men from 23.
States and a committee of Congrepa
headed by I'nited States Senator;
Cleorgo T, Oliver.
Tho representatives wore escorte.f
to the Capitol by Colonel Iewla K.
Beltler, of the Governor's start
There tho members of the Pennsyl-j
vanla commission awaited them.
General Louis Wagner, of Pliila-t
delphia, chairman of tho Pennsji-r
vanla commission, presented the)
members, and the Governor briefly
'welronied them.
Immediately afterward lunrhcow
was tendered to the visitors at tie
llarrisburg Club by the PennsvU
vanla commissioners. There senti
ments expressing opinion that th
proposed celebration should have ai
love feast and reunion between nicnj
of tho North and South were glvea
Delegates from Northern and South-,
ern States fraternized.
Leung Kwok Chun and othena
have been given a trial of the mo
nopoly of spirit licenses at Canton
on the ground that wines and spirit
are a luxury. The monopolists muse
undertake to pay an annual revenuer
of $420,000 gold.
Philadelphia las attained lta popvw
larlty as a point from which b&lloon-j
Jsta start their flights for the reams
that it has a plant capable of suiH
plying 700,000 cubic feet of gas at;
a time at a distance from high bnlld
lngs, which might prove dangerouaj
It la well known that soy-bcanr
pake has for year been the rnoe
popular fortlllxer In Japan. Now
however, that the United Kingdom
and tha Continent ot Europe and
America to a less extent, bave b-,
come purchaser of Mancburtaia
beana, the - question arlaea whether
Japan will continue to be able ta
buy bean cake in huge quantities II
tbe price rise a appreciably.
Buenoa Ay res la the largest hide
and wool market in the world.