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FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, l>a., Har. 31, 1910.
JTmammoth
FISH HATCHERY
HAKRISBURG, March 30.
State Commissioner of Fisheries
William K. Meeliau yesterday receiv
ed word that President Taft had ap
proved the act turning over to the
State, for use as a fish hatchery, the
greater part of Presqnelsle peninsula,
lit Erie. The act was passed unanim
ously by congress and was signed with
in three days.
"The Presqne Isle hatchery will be
the largest in tho world," said Com
missioner Meehan, "and its pond cul
ture station will be larger, probably,
thau all others in the United States
combined. Nothing can be done by the
department until the next legislature
has provided funds. We shall ask for
SBO,OOO to start the work and probably
$250,000 distributed through a number
of years, will be needed to develop and
beautify the property.
"This new hatchery is of vast im
portance. For instance, Pennsylvania
has discovered that if the water area
be large enough, it is possible to im
pound sturgeon and have them spawn.
One of the lakes on this new hatchery
is nearly a mile long and more than a
mile wide, and it is our intention to
Stock this pond with lake sturgeon in
the endeavor to restore the sturgeon
industry to Lake Erie, which has been
mined.
"Muscallonge are also rapidly dis
appearing in Pennsylvania waters on
Lake Erie, because nothing has been
done to propagate them. Another large
lake on this new property will afford
plenty of room as a breeding pond for
this great game fish. Two other natur
al lakes there will enable the State to
turn out nearly half as many black
bass annually as the State now turns
out of trout. It will also enable the
State to hatch annually as many yel
low perch as the entire output of all
kinds of fish at the presant time each
ye&r."
GIRL BASEBALL COACH.
Miss Bragdon Anxious to Get ''Slab
Artist and Backstop."
The first young woman baseball and
football coach in the Dnited States
has been found at Revere, Mass. She
is Miss Annie E. Bragdon, principal of
Wolcott school. She turns out nothing
but champion teams. She Is getting
the boys ready for the baseball sea-
Bon. She said the other day:
"During the ball season I will be on
the field during practice and watch
and direct the work of the boys. I'll
give them alj a tryout and then pick
out the best players for tho different
positions. I'm looking particularly for
a good slab artist and a backstop."
MOVE TO LIMIT FUR HUNTING.
Siberian Traders Ask Government to
Help Save Trade.
The greatest market in the world
for undressed furs, held at the libit
fair, Siberia, where hunters' guilds
and traders and buyers' associations
meet annually, recently tool: an impor
tant step. In view of the threatened
depletion of Russia's fur supply a pe
tition was unanimously adopted ask
ing the government to proclaim a
close season for all furred game and
to prohibit absolutely the hunting of
sable for two years,
Convinced.
•To you think a college education
belps a tnuu in business?"
"Sure. I've had two college boys
'here workln' for me durin' the past
year, and 1 was afraid to discharge
either one of 'em for fear they'd find
fault with my grammar when I done
it."—Chicago Record-Herald.
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112 MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION
Is file tet 'my in thimml fie!d to
day. ffloie oor a?i. In this Issue.
Price is steadily. Large j
: profits may be made in this sfoek.
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; A RARE COIN.
K Is Called a "Mlsstrlke" and Is Very
Seldom Seen.
i "See tills penny I got today nt the
i postofflce," said the cashier. "There
. aren't live other pennies like it in the
United States."
. He handed out a cent piece with the
die impression half off the face of the
k coin and with a big half moon of
' blank metal showing along one side,
i "They call it a mlsstrlke," he con
i tlnued. "Ferhaps once in 10,000,000
times the two little notched Angers on
the minting machines that grip the
blank disk and draw it forward to the
die fall to spring away, lu this case
the left hand finger stuck and pushed
tho coin halfway over the die. That
is how the impression is only half on
tho disk.
"You can see the raised edge on tho
blank portion of the metal," the eash
, ier went on as he took up his pen. "It
isn't everybody knows that each coin
goes under tho dies twice. The first
time it Is struck with a blank, dome
shaped set of dies to put an edge on
the disk. Then it gets the regular die
with the familiar head on it.
"What's it worth? Oh, I'll say prob
ably $25 or so. I see It's been in cir
culation for nine years. It's a wonder
some coin collector hasn't nabbed it.
I'm going to keep It as a rarity."—
New York Times.
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Nicely Graded.
It is still a tradition that the people
of Manchester, England, should gibe
at Liverpool with the proverb, "A
Manchester man. a Liverpool gentle
man;" but, it is said, classification is
not so strongly marked lu Lancashire
as In the old days. When stagecoach
es were running a guard was once ask
ed, "Who has tha' getten inside.
Billy?" Billy consulted his list and
replied, "A gentlemou fra Liverpool,
a raon fra Manchester, a chap fra
Owdham and a fellow fra Wigan."
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The famous Antigua Mines of Palniillas, Sinaloa, first opened in 1806 by the great Spanish mine operator, Miguel Felix, and now
the property of the Mexican Mining Association.
Association Stock is now selling at the low price of 5 cents per share in order to '
provide a working equipment for these mines and to replace the milling and smelting j
plant destroyed during the revolution. We cannot maintain this low figure.
"I he PALT.IIi.LAS mines of the Mexican Mining Association are in the same district as the world-famous
Bonanza, Guadalupe de los Ecyes, with over 100 years of continuous production, now working 1,000 men and
credited wnh a production of $100,000,000. In buying Mexican Mining Association at 5 cents you \
stand the chcnca if similar immense profits
ilie ASoCCDiiION now owns seven (7) large mines in Sinaloa, Mexico, upon which more than I
$30,000 worth of work has been done, as follows:
t'ALMiLLAS CONSOLIDATED, consisting of three (3) mines—COLON, BALTAZARENA, and PALOS
LjLC shipper.; of Gracie. and containing a large tonnage of milling silver ores.
LoP v.)LA an : MAGISTRAL two {2) large copper-silver mines, the former well developed, and the two
itxming a magnificent smelting proposition.
•- ...:') «;•«! ; Ai!o:S;.' .3, the former a very large low grade gold mine, the latter a rich silver lead mine, |
1 -<■' "' t' .xtlier to be worked under one management
' 1; ' >s VEN inn.es will be the basis for the greatest mining enterprise on the Western j
Const (l A .. i. iu • w.r operating department in Mexico, we maintain a selling organization in the
great mine buying centers cf the world, London, Brussels and New York City.
jt/e.i :o hac: produced to date over forty-five hundred millions of dollars in silver alone, besides
hundred:: of mauons in gold , and is to be the great gold and copper producing region of the future. The
\ '.it Co r t ;■ r icn, though barely touched as yet, has produced, according to our engineers' estimates, over
nine ftui.d.\ I r.:l ions. Do you not want your share of this immense wealth? If so, the MEXICAN MIN
ING ASSOCIATION is your great chance.
INTERNATIONAL INTERNAT SS raES ca I
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FINANCIAL AGENTS garding the Mexican Mining Association.
Name
s 546 DOUGLAS BUILDING
LOS ANGnLES, CAL. cit y state
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SOLVING A PROBLEM. i
, The Green Country Brakeman Who In- |
troduced the "Saw By."
' Many years ngo a green country boy 112
applied to the superintendent of a j
I western railway for work and, some- !
| what against the superintendent's
wish, on account of the danger to life j
and limb attendant upon such occupa
■ tion, was given a place as brakeman
| of a freight train.
! On one of his first trips it happened !
, that his train met another freight
| train at a station where the sidetrack
, was not long enough to accommodate
, either of them. The conductors were
} debating which train should back up
| to a point where they could pass when ;
the new hand ventured to suggest that
neither should back; that they could
j pass each other by means of the short
'sidetrack if the thing was managed
right.
The idea excited a good deal of |
laughter on the part of the old train- ,
men, but the boy stood his ground. i
| "Well, how would you go about it?" i
asked one of tbe conductors, confident
that the lad would soon find himself 1
I against a stump.
' The boy took up a stick and traced
in the sand a diagram to Illustrate his
1 plan.
"Good gracious!" said the conductor.
"I believe that will do it!"
And it did do it. Today every train
man iu America probably knows how
to "saw by" two long trains on a short
! sidetrack, but it is not so generally
known that the thing was never done
until an inexperienced country boy
who became the manager of a great
railway line worked out the problem ;
for himself.
The Producer.
"Does your husband play cards for
money?"
"Judging from practical results." an
swered ytfung Mrs. Torkins. "I should
say not. Uut all the other men In the
game do."—Washington Star.
i
FRIST ANNUAL
MILITARY BALL
The first animal military ball under
the auspices of Company P, lath regi
ment, National Guard of Pennsylvania,
took place last evening in the armory,
and was a brilliant success,
j The affair was arranged under the
j direction of a committee of the com
pany composed of Lieutenant. Robert
Y. Oearhart, Corporals James Churm,
Harry Landau, Roy Snyder anil Carl
Demott. The music was furnished by
seven pieces of the Necal orchestra, of
Sunbury.
The attendance was large, there be
ing about 100 couples present. Of these
a large number were from neighboring
j towns. All of the military guests ap
j peared in uniform.
I In the matter of decorations the com
| inittee achieved an effect which has
! seldom been equalled in Danville. The
j predominating colors were, of course,
| the patriotic Red, White and Blue,
! which, in flags and bunting, were
I draped and hung inartistic profusion.
| A number of Japanese lanterns added
I to the beauty of the scene.
SPARED THE CHIEF.
| Jackson Admired the Bravery of the
Famous Indian.
J Andrew Jackson was magnanimous
! In his treatment of Weathersford, the
| famous Creek chieftain, when that
j warrior surrendered. Weathersford
had done all In his power to prevent
the horrible massacre at Fort Minis,
but most of the frontiersmen were bit
ter against him, and Jackson himself
hud sworn to put him to death If he
j were taken.
One day after the power of his peo
ple had been utterly broken Weathers
| ford came riding Into Jackson's camp
lon his famous gray horse and stopped
in front of the general's tent.
"How dare you ride up to my tent
after having murdered the women and
j children at Fort Minis?" demanded
Jackson In astonishment.
I The chief denied the truth of the
I charge, but said he: "You may kill me
llf you will. 1 come to get aid for the
i women and little children who are
starving In the woods, if I could fight
! you any longer I would do so, but my
warriors ar> all dead. Send for tho
women and little children. They never
did you any harm. Hut kill me If tho
white people want It done."
The troops, crowding began
:to cry menacingly: "Kill him! Kill
hlui!"
"Silence!" ordered Old Hickory stern
ly. "Any one who would kill as brave
a man as this would rob the dead."
The general treated the chief kindly
and even gave htm permission if he
desired to depart and continue the
i war. The chief afterward settled on a
plantation, where he resided for many
j ears, honored alike by white men and
red.—Chicago Tribune.
The New Life.
Maud Funny you should fail tn love
with a man ten years your senior
Ethel-fie Isn't. We didn't begin to
live till we knew each other, so we're
the same age.
INQUEST HELD
. _ AJJOSPITAL
r Justice of the Peace W. V. Oglesby
- was called to the hospital for the in
sane yesterday to hold an inquest over
, the body of a patient, John Mooney,
who died Tuesday night as the result
eof being scalded in a bathtub last
- Thursday.
t The patient, who was an inmate of
i, the 10th ward, was a helpless epileptic,
1 being admitted from Centralia in 18i)!J.
y An inquest was considered necessary
112 to bring out all the facts anil establish
whether or not. anyone was responsible
- for the death and whether a crime had
e been committed.
? The following jurors were empanel
i- ed: Eugene H. Miles, William E. j
Young, John L. Campbell, George
- Maiers, Newton Smith and John H.
s Brngler.
e Drs. Roy C. Jackson and William
, H. Krickbaum of the hospital staff,
i, and William E. Heller, Jesse Dunc
e heskie and Charles Thomas, attend
. ants, testified at tho inquest,
il The jury returned tho following
verdict.: That John Mooney came to
| his death on March 29th, at the State
hospital for the insane at Danville
through having been b aided in a bath
s tub in ward No. 10 on March 24, 1'JlO;
that from the evidence given it would
3 appear that another patient turned hot
3 water into the tub in the absence of
j the attendant who had charge of said
t patient and that there was 110 evidence
to show that the management of the
. institution was in any way responsi
112 ble for the said accident.
THE MICROBES.
But For Them All Green Plants Would
I Vanish From the Earth.
Few persons .-an realize at first j
t what an immense number and variety
I of microbes there are not only around
I us in the air and dust a:-1 water, but
also in us and on us and in and on
( every living thing. The work, the
( huge system of chemical change and
, the circulation of tho elements—car
, ton, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and
sulphur—which they carry on is In
cessant. varied and complex. Those
( five elements are the main and essen
. tlal constituents of all living things.
, Supposing there were no microbes,
there would be no putrefaction, no
( breaking down of the dead bodies of
animals and plants which were once
alive into gas and substances soluble
In water.
, They by a series of steps in which
different kinds of bacteria or microbes
are successively concerned convert
, the protelds and tho fats and sugars
, of dead plants and animals into less
elaborate bodies, organic acids, aro
matic bodies and other compounds
(some highly poisonous toman), and
at last, when what were highly com
plex combinations of hundreds of at- I
oms in each molecule have been re- I
> duced by the action of first one and |
then of another kind of microbe Into j
»j comparatively simple substances of!
! | twenty or thirty atoms to the mole- !
j cule, the coup de grace is giveu by I
j certain special microbes, which con- 1
j vert these later compounds into still j
j simpler combinations—namely, ammo
j nla and nitrates, which are fairly sta- i
j ble, so that the whole elaborate cliem- j
• ieal fabric of living matter in a few
1 hours or days after death is broken I
| down until it reaahes tho stable "mill- j
J eral" condition, practically carbonate
and nitrate of ammonia—smelling
salts.
; If there were no microbes this would
i never occur. The earth would he 1
| cumbered with the dead bodies of past
i generations of animals and plants—un
decomposed. And very soon all the i
organic elements, all the carbon and
nitrogen, if not all the hydrogen and
oxygen, on the face of the earth would ;
be fixed in these corpses, and the I
green plants would perish from the
whole world for want of sustenance, i
for It Is the green plants which feed i
on and absolutely must have as their j
food the carbonic acid, ammonia and
nitrates into which the microbes re
solve all living things when dead, it 1
is the green plants which from those
simple compounds build up again the ■
more complex molecules, the sugars, :
fats, albumens and proteids and pro
vide for the nourishment and Increase j
!of the most complex of all—the living !
j matter hidden in protoplasm.—Sir Ray !
j Lankester in London Telegraph.
The Perverse Comma. , 1
That curious and now stereotyped |
I blunder of punctuation which gives j i
j us "God rest you, merry gentlemen," I,
as an inferior substitute for the .
> quaint old greeting. "God rest you j
j merry, gentlemen." turns up regularly
every Christmas. It Is a pity for the j 1
ancient formula to be thus perverted '
j since "God rest you merry" or "Rest 1
j you merry" was a recognized form of
I salutation in Elizabethan days and
j may be found in the works of Shake
j speare and of many contemporary
j writers, while for tlitf modernized j
j form, which obscures the original !
sense of the phrase, there is, of course, j
no authority whatever. If any one j 1
j will have the curiosity to look up the j 1
i old Christmas carol which begins with
■ the words lu question ho will find ! '
them conv tly punctuated. Londou 1
World. I '
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Alaskan Glaciers. (
An interesting fact about Alaskan >
glaciers is that some are "dead" and j
others are "alive." Davidson glacier, j '
tvliich is really a tongue of the Muir *
glacier, has been ascended by travel- | „
ers for a number of years. It is a dead "i
glacier, having a moraine of several 1
miles between it and the sea. Looking j I
at it from the boat, it represents a
kaleidoscopic appearance as the sun 1
shines upon it, and the surface seetns j
scratched u Ith tiny pin lines. These
are in reality deep crevices, which 1
must be i.pproached cautiously, for |
they are lurking pitfalls for the un- j
wary.—Vaucouver Providence.
Tho habit of looking at the best side j
of any event is worth far more than a
thousand pounds a year.—Johnson. |
LOTUS CONCLAVE
HOLDS BANQUET
Lotus Conclave No. 127, Improved
Order Heptasophs, held a bauquet in
its rooms,city hall, last, night, attend
ed by some three hundred people,
which proved to bo one of the most
enjoyable functions ever held by a
fraternal organization in Danville.
The banquet was one of those social
affairs, spontaneous in their nature,
periodically held by Lotus Conclave,
which have no other object than to
give expression to the good feeling and
traternal instincts that characterize
the members. Each Heptasoph was ac
companied by his wife,sister or friend.
When it is explained that the conclave
j lias a membership of two hundred and
twenty-five it will be seen that those
present, with their companions, con
stituted a goodly company, indeed.
In making the arrangements nothing
was omitted that would add to the
pleasure of the evening. John Jacobs'
Sons were caterers, so that a well-pre
i pared, a well-served and sumptuous
banquet was an assured fact. Music
for the occasion was furnished by
Miles orchestra and the Orpheus Glee
Club.
The guest of honor was W. L. Wain
wright, Alternate District Deputy
Supreme Archon of the order, who was
accompanied by his wife. The ad
dresses, which abounded in happy hits
ami innocent, raillery constituted a
most enjoyable feature,'and these, to
gether with the good music and the
pleasures of the feast, made the even
ing one that will lingor in the minds
of those present as a delightful mem
! ory.
Among others of rank that attended
the banquet was our townsman, Dis
trict Deputy A. M. Peters, whose dil
igent labors in no small measure have
assisted to build up the order in this
section.
Among other members of Lotus Con
clave whose labors have borne good
fruit are: John Kilgus, archon; W. L.
McClure, financier; Charles G. Cloud,
secretary and Jacob Fischer, treasurer.
j $3.50 Heceipe Cures
Weak Kidneys, Free
Reliever Urinary and Kidney Troubles,
Backache, Straining, Swell
ing, Etc.
Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kid.
neys and Back.
Wouldn't it be nice witihn a week
or so to begin to say good bye forever
to the scalding, dribbling, straining,
ior too frequent passage of urine; the
forehead and the back-of-the-head
aches; the stitches and pains in the
back; the growing muscle weakness;
spots before the eyes; yellow skin ;
j sluggish bowels; swollen eyelids or
I ankles; leg crimps; unnatural short
! breath; slepolessness and the despond
lency?
! 1 have a recipe for these troubels
| that you can depend on, and if you
| want to make a quick recovery, you
ought to write and get a copy of it.
I Many a doctor would charge you 50
I just for writing this prescription, but
I have it and will be glad to send it
Jto you entirely free. Just drop me a
line like this: Dr. A. E. Robinson,k4s3
Luck Building, Detroit, Mich., and 1
i will send it by return mail in a plain
| envelope. As you will see when you
j get it, this recipe contains only pure,
| harmless remedies, but it has great
j healing and pain-conquering power.
It will quickly show its power once
you use it, so I'think you had better
see what it is without delay. I will i
send you a copy free—you can use it
j and cure yourself at home.
WILL ELECT GRANDS
PHILADELPHIA, March :so. j
J The present week is one of interest ;
, to the 150,000 members of the Inde- ;
pendent Order of Odd Fellows of Penn- !
j sylvania. At the last meeting in
( March the Past Grands of the various j
j subordinate lodges will cast their bal- j
i lots for grand lodge officers. The vot- I
' iug began on Good Friday and will be j
! concluded with the lodges voting on |
i Thursday of this week. The contest'
for grand representative to the sover- j
eign grand lodge will doubtless be the j
closest in years. The candidates are J
Wilson K. Molir, of Allentown, pres- I
ent incumbent, and Rev. B. H. Hart, !
of Harrisburg, whose lodge member- |
ship is in Huntingdon.
The vote will be counted in Pliila- i
delphia the latter part of April by a j
board of canvassers appointed for that
purpose.
BAN ON TOBACCO.
Pennsylvania Railroad Giving Prefer
ence to Nonusers of the Weed.
Employees of the Pennsylvania rail- j
road at Pittsburg have been ordered
to refrain from the uso of tobacco j
while on duty and also have been re
quested to break themselves of the
habit. Applicants for positions are
questioned closely regarding tobacco, j
and scores who admitted themselves I
continued tobacco users have failed to i
get positions.
As yet the order has been applied !
only to office forces and to those ban- i
dllng passenger trains.
I Alcohol to Children
Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic
stimulant for children. He will probably sa\\ "\ ery, very
rarely. Children do not need stimulating." Ask him
how often he prescribes a tonic for them. He will prob
ably answer, "Very, very frequently." Then ask him
about Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla as a tonic for the
young. Follow his advice. He knows. j.c.AyfrCo^XowellMas^
The first great rule of health —"Daily movement of the bowels."
this is not so. Then ask him about Ayer's Pills. Sold for nearly sixty years.
' Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
■ Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of Dr. Ki 1 mcr' 3
I Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver a:;i
I ij j, , bladder remedy, be
. j —— Jp? I] cause of iis remark-
I 8 I 3 a ' f ' e health restoring
1 ! ft J 11 properties. Swamp
"l " (•• Root fulfills uluioit
*1 L/v j J every wish in over
' |\v3~\ , [|l coming rheumatism,
I !v tr V") I, 1 • l'-'i'i in the back, kid
' (41 lllf ) w-, | ; Jji neys, liver, bladder
! ,3 jp I j and every part of the
i 11. -eL>c_~. urinary passage. It
' ! corrects inability to
• hold water and scalding pa in in passint»it,
, ; or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
, or beer, and overcomes that unple isant
necessity of being compelled togo often
through the day, and to get up many
s times during the night.
Swamp.Koot is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. It has been thor
-1 oughly tested in private practice, and has
a proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
i ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
; j sent free by mail, also a book telling
| more about Swamp-Hoot, and how tc
, find out if you have kid
ney or bladder trouble.
■ I When writingmention
, offer in this paper and
send your address to
' i Dr. Kilmer & Co., "TT.tnt
', Binghamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent
j and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
. ' all druggists. Don't make any mistake
| but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
' 1 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Raot, and the ad
s | dress, Binghamton,N.Y.,on every bottle
! RAILROAD MEN
; GET INCREASE
' More than 180,000 employes of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company re
ceiving less than S3OO per month, were
9 ' id Tuesday night by posted no
-3 11 j, that they had been marked up
for an increase of six per cent, begin
ning April 1.
1 The last increase granted by the
■ Pennsylvania took place in 1900 when
• a horizontal raise of ten per cent,
was granted. The raise was announc
ed at the time to have been unsolicit
ed on the part of the men. Many of
the latter declared, however, that they
, were no better off after it had taken
' place than they were a few years be
i fore at the old figure, the increase in
, the cost of living having fully absoib
ed the increase in their pay.
Although the employes of the Penn
sylvania refused to strike during the
. winter when it becamejevident that it
was part of the plan of the railroad
brotherhoods to call a walk-out if
: rates of pay were not increased, it has
r been known for some time that there
• was all along, especially among the
I younger element a considerable amount
, of dissatisfaction. Cooler heads among
; the older men restrained the younger
employes from acting rashly and the
rates paid to trainmen and other em
. ployes became the subject of negotia
j tions between the railroad company
' | and representatives of the men.
| The increase applies not only to
those employes whose organizations,
1! such as the Brotherhoods of Conduct -
1 ors, Engineers, Firemen and Train-
I I men, recently made a formal demand.
; for an advance in wages, but to all
i others, such as clerks, track hands,
1 i signal and telegraph operators, men in
the shops and in all the other endless
: lines of activity of the great corpora
! tion. It is estimated that the increas
|ed expense to the company will be
\ from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 a year,
as its annual pay roll is now running
1 considerably over $100,000,000.
I The matter was decided upon by the
| directors of the Pennsylvania railroad
jon Monday, but news of it was care
fully concealed, and it was not until
t the brief notices were posted up Tues
| day evening at important division
j points all over the great system, that
the employes heard of their good for
i time.
A Curious Error.
I The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale
j told how u curious error crept Into the
i translation of the Lord's Prayer Into
[ the Delaware Indian tongue. The Eng
[ llsh translator had as an assistant an
j Indian who knew English. "What i»
'■ 'hallow' In D#laware?" asked thetrans
i lator. The Indian thought he said "bal
! loo" and gave him the equivalent.
| Therefore the Delaware version of the
Lord's Prayer reads, "Our Father, who
j art iu heaven, hallooed be thy name."
As Corrected.
"Tommy." said the teacher to a
bright grammar class pupil, "correct
the sentence "1 kissed Jennie two
I times.'"
"'1 kissed Jennie three times,'" re
j piled Tommy proudly.—Chicago News.
His Ad. Answered.
A man stopped at a newspaper office
l on his way to the theater and placed
an advertisement for a boy. Half an
hour later one fell from the gallery
i into his lap.
Simple.
"How do you keep your ra;:or
sharp'.'"
I "Easy enough. I hide It where nij
wife can't find it."—Cleveland I'laiu
Dealer.