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Difficulties of a
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He Narrowly Escapes
Hanging
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Professor Dibbley was in his room in
University hall examining some theses
of students on the antiquity of man
when a sweep entered and deposited a
box. When it was opened it was
found to contain a lawbone and a let-
Professor Dibbley dropped the letter
and snatched up the bone.
‘“Thank heaven, the teeth are pre-
served!” he remarked as he flashed his
eyes on them, and, taking up a mi-
croscope, he brought it to bear on
every tooth, every protrusion of the
bone.
There was a knock at the doorm—
several knocks before the professor
heard any of them, so intent was he
on his treasure. Finally he bade the
knocker enter. Professor Hollister
came in.
“Hollister,” cried Dibbley excitedly.
“what do you suppose Bowers has sent
us? The jaw of a prehistoric man.
They've struck one of those caves that
abound in Europe and have added
one jawbone—the first discovered in
America—to the world’s collection of
relics of the men of the old stone
age.”
“What race?”
“Very, like the Neanderthal.”
“How do you know ©’
“By the teeth. They are all in place.”
“Let me see, where do you archaeo-
logic gentlemen place the Neanderthal
man?’
“He flourished at least 25,000 years
ago; probably further back than that.”
“You'll have to go out there and ex-
amine the cave yourself. We must re-
port the matter at once.”
“There are explicit directions as to
the location of the cave,” replied Dib-
bley, taking up another paper which
he had not noticed.
Professor Dibbley reported the find
and the same evening was on a train
speeding westward. So long as he
was in a car under the care of the con-
ductor and the porter, with a dining
car next forward from which to draw
food, the professor was all right. He
‘was so engrossed in bones and stones
—the students called him Archie, which
they considered an abbreviation of
archaeologist—that he was utterly defi-
clent of the common affairs of life. A
facetious sophomore asserted that he
must be of the canine species himself,
he was so addicted to bones. But
when Professor Dibbley was put out
of the train in the Rocky mountains to
shift for himself he was like a child
who had not learned to walk. There
were a few houses near the station.
and before one of them a horse, sad-
dled and bridled, stood without a rs-
ter. A rough looking man came along,
and the professor asked him if the
horse could be hired. The man gave
him a glance such as a cat would give
-@& mouse and assured him that it could.
A brief interview followed, at the end
of which Dibbley gave the man $5 and
took the horse on which to ride to the
cave.
The professor mounted the beast
with difficulty and set out on a jog
trot, stopping occasionally to hold his
directions up against his glasses. He
bad difficulty in following them, and,
meeting a girl of the country mounted
on a mule, he appealed to her for infor-
mation. , An interview ended in her
effering to show him the way.
“What y’ goin’ thar for?” she asked.
. “That cave,” said the professor, in
the beginning remembering that he
was talking to ignorance, but soon for-
Setting it. “contains the bones of a l
man of great antiquity, at least 25,000
years.”
“That beats the old feller in the Bi-
ble, don’t it?” >
“Several races occupied Europe suc-
eessively,” continued the professor,
“some of them being hundreds of thou-
@ands of years”’—
“Lord, save us! What kind of lookin’
things was they?’
‘Something like an ape, smalj facial
angle, heavy protrusions over the
Ges. But the latest race of mea who
ved In the stone age were not 80 un-
‘Uke modern civilized men ax might be
supposed.”
“How old was they?”
“They are placed by archaeologists
at 10,000 to 15,000 years.”
“Geewlillikins! Was the women that
eld too?”
“Of course.”
The girl lcoked sidewise at the pro-
fessor pityingly. She wondered how
.@ person with an upset brain had been
permitted to get off by himself to talk
~about people thousands of years old.
Presently there was a sound of horse's
“Boofs galloping behind them. The girl
terned and saw a horseman coming
“Hekety split. When he reached the
'¢wo wayfarers he reined in. They
Beard an ominous click and the words
“Hands up!” The professor turned
«8nd looked at a ferocious party cover-
fag him with an immense revolver.
“ #he girl spurred her horse between the
professor and his enemy and made
signs to the latter to desist from shoot-
ing the former, who didn’t know
enough to put up his hands when told
to do so.
“What is it, Mart?’ said the girl.
“What is it? Why, he’s tuck my
horse.”
She appealed to the professor, who
explained that he had hired the horse
from its owner. .
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DRY MEASURE
P il GINGAESS
House Gommittaa Voies to
Recommend Prohigition
———
GAPITAL AGOG OVER ACTION
Immigration Bill Passes Senate by
Overwhelming Vote; Measure Con-
tains Restrictive Literacy Test.
Nationwide prehibition took a long
stride toward congressional considera-
tion when the house judiciary commit-
tee unexpectedly voted to recommend
adoption of the resolution to submit a
constitutional amendment forbidding
the manufacture and sale of liquor for
beverage purposes in the United States.
Even the most enthusiastic champions
of the amendment had not expected
favorable action so soon from the
committee, which at the last session
voted to postpone itg consideration in-
definitely.
Coincident with the committee’s ac-
tion on the amendment, the prohibi-
tion issue was brought directly to the
attention of the senate when the Shep-
pard bill to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of liquor in the District of
Columbia became the unfinished busi-
ness to be kept before the senate until
disposed of. As an amendment to
this bill Senator Underwood has pro-
posed a referendum to the male
voters to the district. Senator Kern
of Indiana has added a proposal that
women also should participate in the
referendum.
Seven members of the judiciary
committee voted against reporting the
prohibition amendment. They were
Gard of Ohio, Dyer and Igoe of Mis-
souri, Graham and Steele of Penn-
sylvania, Walsh of Massachusetts and
Danforth of New York. Representa-
tives Elza Williams of Illinois and
Carlin of Virginia, who were opposed
to the resolution at the last session,
voted this time to recommend its
adoption.
Woman suffrage advocates won a
partial victory in their long fight to
have the Susan B. Anthony federal
amendment voted on in congress,
when the house judiciary committee
reported the measure for considera-
tion without recommendation. A cam-
paign now will be launched to get a
special rule to bring the amendment
before the house for action, probably
some time in January.
Both suffragists and anti-suffragists
expressed satisfaction over today’s de-
velopment and are confident of vic-
tory on the floor. The vote in favor
of reporting the resolution, 11 to 8.
does not represent the sentiment of
the committee on the issue.
The immigration bill, with the re-
strictive literacy test for aliens’ admis-
sion, which caused three presidents te
veto such a measure, was. passed by
the senate, 64 to 7. The bill as
amended in the senate now goes to
conference. It passed the house last
session.
Unexpected opposition was voted
down and Senator Willard Saulsbury
of Delaware was elected pro tempore
of the senate, succeeding the late
James P. Clarke.
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittsburgh, Dee. 19.
Butter—Prints, 421,@43c; tubs,
413% @42c. Eggs—Fresh, 48@60c.
Cattle—Prime heavy, $10@10.50;
good, $9.60@10; tidy butchers, $8.50
@9.25; fair, $7.650@8.25; common, $6
@?7; heifers, $5@8.85; common to good
fat bulls, $4.50@7.50; common to good
fat cows, $4@7.50; fresh cows and
springers, $40@85.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$8.90@9.26; good mixed. $8.26@8.76;
fair mixed, $7@8; culls and common,
$4@5.50; heavy ewes, $56@7.50; spring
lambs, $9@13.75; veal calves, $13.50
@14; heavy and thin calves, $6 @9.
Hogs—Prime heavy, $10.65@10.75;
heavy mixed, $10.60@10.65: mediums
and heavy Yorkers, $10.46@10.50; light
Yorkers, $9.90@10.15; pigs, $9.25@
9.60; roughs, $9.50@10; stags, $8.25
©@8.50. !
Cleveland, Dec. 19.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $9@9.25;
good to cheice butcher steers, $8@
8.75; fair to good butcher steers, $7.50
@7.75; common and light steers, $8.56
@6.60; choice heifers, $8@8.26; fair
to good heifers, $6.50@7.50; good to
choice butcher bulls, $7@7.50; bologna
bulls, $6@6.25; good to choice cows,
$6.60@7; fair to good cows, $5@6;
common cows, $4@5.
Sheep and Lambs—Good to choice
gpring lambs, $13@13.10; fair to good,
$11@12.50; culls and common, $3@
10; good to choice wethers, $8@8.50;
good to choice ewes, $8@8.26; mixed
ewes and wethers, $8@8.26; culls, $5
@6.
Hogs—Heavies, $10.25@10.30; medi-
ums, $10.207°0.30; mixed, $10.16@
10.25; Yor: 710@10.06; pigs, $9;
roughs, $5.1. . ags, $8.25.
Chicago, Dec. 19.
Hogs—Bulk, $9.76@10.10; light, $8.20
@10; mixed, $9.56@10.20; heavy, $9.65
@10.285; roughs, $9.65@9.80; pigs,
7.36@9.10.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $7@
11.65; western steers, $7@10.10;
stockers and feeders, $5@8.10; cows
and heifers, 33.86@10; calves, $8.50
@12.
Sheep—Wethers, $8.85@9.70; lambs,
$11@13.25.
Wheat—Dec., $1.533,. Corn—Dec.,
988¢ec. Oats—Dec., 495ec.
HIS LEAP TO REAR ADMIRAL
HAS CAUSID A RUMPUS
Photo by American Press Association.
DR. CARY T. GRAYSON.
ANTI-AMERICAN RIOTS
BREAK OUT IN JUAREZ
General Pershing’s Force Evacuates
Colonia Dublan In Withdrawal Move-
ment From Northern Mexico.
Anti-American riots broke out in
Juarez, Mexico, across the Rio Grande
river from El Paso, Tex. Sunday.
Mobs stormed street cars on which
Americans were riding and drove the
Americans from the town.
Pershing on Way Home. i
Orders for the withdrawal of er-
ican troops from Mexico were officially
announced by the war department
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*. THOUSANDS OF SETTLERS
FLEEING FROM MEXICO.
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* Seven thousand American set- *
* tlers are fleeing in the wake of *
* General Pershing’s army, ac- *
* cording to reports brought to *
* El Paso, Tex. »
: Americans and other foreign- *
* ers who have tried to establish *
* homes in Mexico, believe that *
* Pancho Villa will order tie mas. *
* sacre of any Americans found in *
* Mexico as soon as General *
* Pershing’s trocps are across the *
* United States border. Arrange *
* ments are being mage aiong the *
®* border to care far ths siregae *
* of refugees. ®
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with the statement that tke northward
movement of Geuerzl Zersuning’s men
began Sunday mernins =i Es evacu-
ation of Colszia Deklaz.
As soon as tne regulars reach the
border a large proportion of the na-
tional guardsmen still at the border
and possibly all of them will be re-
: lieved and sent home for muster out.
Many army officers high in the serv-
ice believe that the withdrawal of
Genera! Pershing will mean early oc-
cupation of the territory about Col-
onia Dublan by Villa and his follow-
eds.
BRITAIN BALKS AT
U.S. SHELL ORDER
Hadfields Not Allowed to Undertake
Work For American Government
While War Lasts. ;
The British government has refused
permission to the Hadfields, Limited,
to proceed with work on the contract
for shells for the Amsricam navy “so
long as the exigencies of war con-
tinues.”
The announcement is made in the
form of an official notice by Dr.
Christopher Addison, the minister of
munitions, in ‘which’ attention is called
to the fact that the entire steel out:
put is under his control.
“lI will wait until I get official an-
nouncement,” he sald when asked
what alternative presented itself.
The secretary pointed out that the
department ‘now bas available $1,
600,000 for a government projectile
factory. Plans are being completed
and it has already been determined to
socate the factory with the armor
plant for which a site is still to bs
selected.
Blair County Wheat Sold to’ Allies.
‘Wheat buyers for ‘the entente allies
have been forced to pay $1.80 to $1.85
2 bushel for all the wheat purchased
from Blair county farmers, the high-
est price there since the Civil war.
Some farmers are holding their wheat
for $2.
Escaped Prisoner Wore Stripes.
James Elliott, aged t:I!rty-eight, who
escaped from the Allegheny county
workhouse, was captured by Police
man John Tate neal! the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad yrds at “Tazermged
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Nature Sets an Example, and Many
Poor Mortals Folisw it.
Extravagance is a relative term
usually misapplied. If & man is worth
a hundred million it would not be con-
sidered extravagant for him to spend
a hundred thousand dollars on goldfizh
if he wanted to. If a family of ten
people living on $1,000 ‘a year should
get their pictures taken that would be
extravagance.
Extravagance, however, is not exact
ly buying something you cannot afford,
What you cannot afford now you may
later, and the very fact that you have
bought it may have been the cause of
your future prosperity. ' Extravagance
‘is an’ exceeding of the speed limit. But
who shdll say what this is?
~One of the chief difficulties in defin-
ing extravagance is the general as.
sumption that it is something wicked.
Yet extravagance is often necessary.
‘The sun’ ‘is’ extravagant—the greatest
beat prodigal. Bo is nature. 80 1s a
river. Rain clouds are horrible exam-
Dles of® extravagance. -They pour out
all their possessions without regard to
what they get in return and then fade
away. How like some people that Is,
and what a glorious time they have
doing it! Think of spending a million
raindrops ‘a’ minute, knowing it will
break you, and not caring!
The chief fault of extravagance,
whatever it may be, is not so much
in the results it brings about, which
may be good or bad, ag in the time it
wastes. It is immoral because it takec
away from our capacity for indulging
in the real joys of life.
It isn’t the money you spend; itis
the time you take to speamd it that
causes the damage. —Life.
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ABOUT EXTRAVAGANCE. | GOOD AND BAD MANNERS.
And the Brand Used In the Privacy eof
the Home Circle.
There are three sorts of manners—
good, bad and the sort that are used
in the privacy of the home circle. The
last named sort are usually the worst.
Good manners seldom come naturally
to any male. This is proved by the
fact that they must generally be ham-
mered into small boys with a large, ro-
bust cane, the flat of the hand or the
tear side of a hairbrush. As the boy
gd to manhood he displays hig na-
ive bad manners by telling his‘ vife
what he'd like to say to the tiresome
folk ‘who come to call and the people
who give parties which he is expected
to attend. His early training, how-
ever, prevents him from exhibiting his
bad manners in public. Occasionally a
male child is blessed with good man-
ners from birth, but he usually expires
with exceptional thoroughness shortly
before or immediately dfter’ his fifth
birthday.
Men with bad manners.are generally
very successful in life because. their
competitors and opponents lose their
tempers, thus making it easy for the
persons with the bad manners to de-
feat them. Before a bad mannered per<
son becomes wealthy he is known as a
selfish boor. Afterward he is said to
be eccentric.
There is grave danger that while a
bad mannered person is still in the
boor class some strong minded and
strong muscled individual may resent
his bad manners and spread his' fea-
tures hither and yon over his face with
a few brisk and well directed blows of
a pair of No. 11 fists. Ii oue cares to
run the risk, bad manners are great
things on which to gawlle-—Ie: 1
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HIS SMUGGLING TRICK.
A Mexican Trader's Way of Evading:
the Customs Inspectors.
There are ways of eva duty
down on the Rio Grande impossible to-
the port of New York. The Mexican
found a way. He was a merchant
on the other side of the Mexican
der. He had two vases which had
caught the fancy of an American cus
tomer, but they were dear, and with.
the duty added—not to be thought of.
The customer told the Mexican so. ‘The
Mexican fell $5. But the price was
| 8till too dear. The Mexican fell again.
But still there was the :
the customer in the oll Su
denly, without explaining how, the
Mexican guaranteed that . the vases:
should be delivered free of duty on the
other - side. of .the Rio .Grande—next
morning at breakfast time,
i the Mexican add in a char
acte C' manner, “I wil
oollonts 1 be there to
At breakfast next morning, as the:
customer was eating leisurely, ‘the Mex--
HIOAD ADpeazed.
“Where are the Vases?” the customer
inquired.
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“In the next room, senor,” replied the-
Mexican, smiling blandly.
“And the duty?”
- ere ‘is no duty, senor.”
OW in thunder did you manage it P™
asked the American, amaged. og
1 paid a greaser: a dollar, senor.
With. the. vases strapped to his back,
he swam the Rio Grande, Bee, senor”
—hurrying to bring in a vase from the
Dext room and touching it gently with
his fingers—*“they are whole, perfect.”
WNew York Post. >
The wrice of milk has been reduced
by milk dealers in Warren to eight
| cents a quar
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