The Somerset County star. (Salisbury [i.e. Elk Lick], Pa.) 1891-1929, September 26, 1907, Image 6

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    WEE DORIS AND |.
We're Jaithiu companions, wee Doris
a talk to each other, at least, 80 we try.
he uses quaint language when speaking
to mc
For Doris
She's eloquent
speech
Scarce cver
So far
How
Buch
see.
and
is only a baby,
very in
you
talk, her
resembles a yell or a screech,
she's ne*er uttered a word, but
she Knows
to ask for
shows
flashes
her bottle, and often she
of wisdom that one would
she is inspired with prophecy rare.
That
and I
coun-
Doris
through
On
Go ©
wee
reys
ons
he
Sans
I push ‘long
then try hard to
11
rubles,
I .
For stre 1 he highest to guide me
‘ul and help spread the
paris and Ged, ever
st feclings, its joys and
—Frederick Hawkins, in Ladies’ World.
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Aunt Sally's Conscience,
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there a better-natured,
more tious woman than Aunr
Sally Warner, re of Joab Warner,
who departed this life after a fall from
the roof of his barn. Aunt Sally had
no children of her own, but did have
half a dozen nieces and nephews, and
among the latter the rollicking,
frollicking Joe Henderson, who was
twenty years old at the time the great
calamity. fell upon the house cof War-
ner. Reference is not made to the fall
from the roof of the barn, but to a cal-
amity that overtecck Aunt Sally’s con-
science.
One day nephew
lived five or six miles away, arrived at
Aunt Sally's en an errand. She was
about to set out for the village of Raw-
sonville to do some “trading,” and Joe
volunteered to go along as driver of
old Rommin. Aunt Sally had not been
over that road for a month, and she
was surprised to see circus pictures
masted up on every barn on the route.
Since childhood she had had a fond-
ness for circus pictures, but had been
brought up to believe that eternal pun-
ishment awaited every one who passed
the doors of the circus itself. During
his lifetime Joab had discharged vari-
ous hired men for staying a day off to
go to the circus, and he had refused to
deal with certain men who had accept-
ed free tickets for the privilege of post-
fng pictures.on their barns.
As the good aunt and her nephew
jogged along the dusty highway and
came to barn after barn decked out in
gayest colors of printer's ink Joe heard
her sighing, He didn’t stop to ask
himself whether she was sighing that
she couldn't attend a circus promising
80 much entertainment, but he forth-
with proceeded to concoct a plan.
If a single person could conspire it
would have heen called a conspiracy as
well as a plan. He made no coment
on the barcbackederiders, on the wom-
en jumping through hoops, or the rhin-
oceros grazing along the banks of the
African river, and the hyena sneaking
about in the Indian thicket. He. just
gat still and chuckled, and when he
wasn't chuckling he was talking about
going to Alaska to dig for gold.
When they reached town and found
things in a bustle, he had to make
some explanations. He explained that
an exhibition was to be given that af-
ternoon for the Lenefit of the widows
and orphans, but he didn't say t00
much. While Aunt Sally was making
her purchases the merchant might
have referred to the ‘exhibitions’ and
called it by some other name if nephew
Joe hadn't given him the wink.
When ten yards of calico, fifteen of
sheeting, and needles had been bought
Aunt Sally suddenly remembered
something and turned to Joe and
said:
“If there is anything going on for
the benefit of widows and orphans I
ought to be interested, being as I am
a widow myself. Is it a spelling bee
or anything of that sort?”
“Oh, no. They have got a tent and a
collection of wild animals. It's what
you might call a natural history ex-
hibition. Did you ever see a live lion
or tiger, Aunt Sally?”
“No, I never did.”
“Ever see an elephant or a zebra er
a giraffe?”
“No.”
“Well, you can see .-. m now and
Jelp the widows and the orphans the
same time. It's fifty cents apiece, but
I've got the money for my ticket.”
“But I shall pay for both of us,” re-
plied Aunt Sally as she handed over
a dollar. “When I set out to do any-
thing for the benefit of charity I'm not
one to scrimp at it. There won't be
any gambling or horse racing, will
there?”
**Mercy no.
be nothing to oft
ous. Come on.”
They had a quarter of a mile to go to
reach the tent, and durinz the walk
Aunt Sally was puzzled that so many
people should have turned out in the
cause of charity. If she had had her
glasses on she might have read signs
on the gayly painied wagons to arouse
suspicion, passed into the tent
with the innocence ct a child of five.
“It was the menagerie, and nephew
Joe guided her around and saw that
she missed nothing. It was a real Beat
to the woman, and she telt herself
growing a bit reckless under her wave
of enthusiasm. She ate peanuts and
drang len and after taking an-
other look at the Bengal , Which
bad killed seven men and was anxious
Never was
conscien
was
Joe, whose parents
The bill says there will
end the most fastidi-
but she
tiger
| he wouldn't have
| money.
We came.
3
to finish off seven more as soon as po
sible, she said:
‘Joe, this is real nice, and I'm glad
What are the folks going in-
to that other tent for?”
“Oh, that's part of the show, you
know, There are folks who don’t care
to look at wild animals, and so they
have some riding and tumbling in there
for them.”
“But why
“We can,
more.”
can't we see it?”
and it won't cost a cent
and
How
They went in and found seats,
the circus performance opened.
was the guileless Aunt Sally to tell
that it was a circus? It was her first
attendance, and she never even had a
performance described to her.
grinned from the time :the clown first
appeared, and the hurdle jumping and
bareback riding brought *‘Ohs,” and
“Ahs!’’ from ‘her --until everyhody
around her was delighted. She bought
lemonade and peanuts every time the
boy came along, and-when the perfor-
mance at last was over she said to her
nephew:
“Joe, 1 could go to such a show every
day in the week and not see enough.
I don’t know who got it up for the ben-
efit of the widows and orphans, but I'm
telling you he was a mighty sensible
feller. If it had been a husking “bee
taken in half the
If you hear of any more shows
| like it ‘this summer you let me know,
| and we'll go.’
Something really new had come into
Aunt Sally's life, and she talked of it
all the way: home. Joe left her to do
most of the talking. He was now pre-
paring for the impending calamity.
It came within fifteen minutes of
their arrival home. Mrs. Bronson, a
neighbor, was at the house on an er-
rand, and as soon as Aunt Sally be-
gan to describe the show given for the
| benefit of the widows and orphans the
cat
| Aunt Sally
of the bag.
know what
Warner?” asked
in serious tones.
“Why, I've had a good time.
“Yes, you've had a good time, but
was out
“Do you you've done,
the caller
3
| you are going to pay an awful price for
it. 1 wouldn’t be in your shoes for all
| the money this side of Jericho.”
“But. what do you mean? Isn't it
| everybody's duty to help the widows
and orphang?”
“Not if it's zoing to send your soul
to the bad place. Aunt Sally, you've
been to a circus!”
“No, I haven't! 1 wouldn't go to a
circus for a thousand dollars, and you
know it.”
“You've been to a circus—a regular
circus—with all its wickedness, and
Low on earth you are ever going to get
forgiveness for it is more than I can
say.’
Nephew Joe was called in from the
barn and the matter put to him, and
he had to acknowledge he had worked
a plot.
“I never would have believed it of
you—never wailed Aunt Sally. “To
think that one of my own kith and kin
would take me to a circus and make
me lose my chance of going to heav-
ent’ ?
‘But the animals interested you.”
‘Yes, they aid.”
“And you liked the peanuts and lem-
“Alas, but I did!”
‘And you thought the clown
funny and the riding good.”
“Heaven forgive me, but I did!”
“Well, I don't see where the kick
comes in. 1 don’t believe you are any
wickeder than before.”
But Aunt Sally could not be com-
forted. Her conscience was roused
and she could eat no supper. She
thought of the two-horned rhinoceros
and the girl who jumped through
hoops, and hid her face. She had an
accusing night of it and never shut her
eyes, and early the next morning she
walked over to the house of the vil-
lage minister and told him. He asked
many questions in a kind way, and
when he had got root of the matter
he said:
“Well,
nephew
was
sister Warner, being as your
deceived you and being as
there were animals and peanuts and
lemonade, and being as there might
not be another circus along here for
five years, I think the Lord will let
you off this time, but if your hired man
plays dancing tunes on his fiddle ycu |
feet and don’t let them get |
watch your
to shufling.”— American Cultivator.
Skillful
Gen. Leuis Berta,
alry in the Ptalian army, is one of the
finest horsemen in Europe. The Gen-
eral has trained man and horse to
negotiate serious obstacles and to ar-
rive at such a pitch of per. =ction
that there is hardly any tacle
which can not be overcome.
Chief ariong these conquered diffi-
culties are the now famous ‘giis
sades,” or slides down steep slopes
made with such astonishing success
by the Cavalry School of Tor
Quinto at Rome. After having. ex-
cited the wonder and applause of all
sportsmen, civil and military, these
glissades have taken their place
among the regulation exercises of
foreign cavalry schools.
Not only does tie General hin
perfor the glissades
thus made so popular
a part of his system but he Las a
daughter, Mille. Inez Berta, an accom-
plished horsewoman, who can do the
glissades as well as her father or any
cavalryman in the Italian army.—-
l.ondon Daily Graphic.
European Horseman.
inspector of cav-
cL
wll he
and important
Fired Sometimes, Probably.
“Your husband, has he any aim in
fe?
“Why, 1
sk?”
“My .i
2d."—Hcusicn
don’t know; why do you
and says he is alwa
Post.
ays load-
She’
the art of back peddling; the use of the brake,
the
} ! looked upon as leaders:
de
Tre Bicvelz
& Causes of Its Fall and Rules for Its Proper
and Healthful Use.
i
Envir By Frank
HEN Dame
a whcel.
Sargent Grant, M. D. Amman
approval all the world
When later the self-same arbitrary lady frowned
upon newly found means of exercise out of doors, her
devoted slaves forthwith dropped their steel steeds like so
many hot cakes and consigned them to the dark cellar.
Another reason why the bicycle fell irom popularity
was on account of its abuse. The sport was wrongly bezun,
soon overdone, and the reaction inevitably followed. It
quite characteristic of the Americans to take hold of any
good thing and make the most of it—indeed, very often, the worst of It.
In-the first place,
riding schools was radically WIong. :
Pupils were taught in a few hours or a few 1 ssons how to: niount, Yalinee.
gain confidence and then roll around in a circle from right to left rarely re-
versing the action, until they could do this unassisted, Then they were pro-
nounced adepts, graduated and sent out on the road.
Not an examination was made as to the physicdl fitness of the pupil, not
a lesson was given in the various mounts and dismounts, correct position of
the handle bars, proper haéight and shape of the saddle, and the suitable gear,
the rules of the road—in short,
complete control and management of the wheel.
Reckless riding, brakeless wheels and indifference to the ruies of
have been largely responsible for the present apathy and dislike of the
on the public highways the lovers of the horse,
Another abuse of the wheel was overtaxation of individual power or mus-
cular strength. The perfect, up-tc-date safety provides - us with an ideal
means of carrying the dead weight of the body with the least expenditure. of
muscular ‘effort. Because one, however, can cover a number. of miles, say
twenty-five, after a little practice without apparent fatigue, that is
why one should do so. Do not exact from a wheel more than you
frecm a horse. :
So many
rode
Fachion nodded her
Lhls
»
is
on the
the road
bicycle
by
reason
“expect
no
ride beyond
return trip.
and later in-
who took up cycling overdid the thing. They would
the limits of their physical endurance, never counting on their
Injury rather than a benefit {o health followed in consequence,
difference and disgust for the pastime.
Indulged in moderation there is no form of exercise so pleasant and so
healthful to both mind and body as.a mount on a good wheel.
If the following suggestions were faithfully observed, the writer
the interest in cycling wouid again be revived and would come to
First. Do no! wheel before getting a medical opinion &s to your
physical condition and fitness,
Second. lL.earn to ride properly
before taking to the road.
Third. Sce that your wheel is equipped with some form of reliable brake.
Abandon high gears.
Fourth. Learn to-use and not abuse this wonderful invention and grace-
ful means of ioconiotien.
Fifth. Never exceed
never for records,
Sixth. Be considerate and thoughtful of women and children,
beast and fellow wheelers when out on the road Strictly follow the
the road and compel others to do the same.
believes
stay.
Pas,
rige a
and thoroughly to control your whecl
vour. strengtn. Ride for health and recreation,
man and
rules of
For Profit— Above All
Men Ground Between Economic Conditions
and Social Aspirations.
By L. Julian McIntyre, in the
Ey New York Times. Om anprremninids TY]
LTHOUGH the captured, and
sone unsavory revelations made of his life, force of
vour article on “Low salaries and thrift” is nothing = l¢ss-
ened. The only fault to be found with that artiele is that
it treats of effects only and does not go into the cause of the
described. Buauks, like all other business insti
tutions, are conducted jor profit. The managers are
empleved to create dividends for the owners, not to look
after the well-being of their subordinates. Thus the prov-
ations have no souls.” A clerk may subsist on bread and water,
in a hovel, and send his children hungry to school; so much the better,
for then he can work cheaper and coin more profit for his masters. Profit is
the king, or rather the god, of this world, and a jealous god at that, who will
have no other gods before him. A man may wish to worship a home, family,
children, books, art, music, anything. But the god profit says: “No! I am the
first. Before me all must bow on pain of poverty, misery, loneliness, degrada-
tion and despair. The earth is mine and the fullness thereof. Do my bidding
or be a wanderer in a strange land, with no part or portion therein.”
The whole power of our business institutions is used to press the workers
down to the bare cost of subsistence. And the whole power of our social in-
stitutions is used tc force them to imitate those more fortuately situated.
Whaever. sandard of living set up by the rich, that will be the standard to
which all men will aspire.
Between those two opposing forces, therefore, it is little that
many come to grief. Every student of current events is convinced that these
conditions cannot continue indefinitely. Men will tire of the constant struggle
between low wages on the one hand and an ever-rising standard of living on
the other. Perhaps some of your readers may be able to suggest a solution.
of) pn fp
& Too Many “Good
Citizens’
By William Allen White.
OO often our schools
been
yet the
bank clerk Runyan has
conditions
erh,
live
“Corpor
wonder
and colleges turn out nothing more
considerable than good citizens. Your good citizen obeys
the laws, conforms to the amenities, worships whatever God
there be, and lets it go at that. He does not get under the
load of the world and lift. He is a dummy director who fails
to realize tnat he is a partner in the injustices of this life.
He does not see that until he turns out to the caucuses
and primaries and conventiens and mass-meetings and
makes his protest felt. The thieves that inhabit the Jericho
road will keep right on assailing the weak, robbing the poor and threatening
welfare of society.
One of the curses of this country is the
izens’ who, because they have book learning and well fitting clothes, are
Better is a government of stable boys following sin-
cerely and seriously the light God gives them than a council of “good citizens”
adoring yesterday and afraid of nothing so much as the dawn of tomorrow,
large class of so-called ‘‘good cit-
Educational Progress. South
By Professor Samuel C. Mitchell, of Richmond College.
along three different
HE Scuth is advancing educationally
lines—in education of the neglected white children in the
democratizing of the ideals of the higher institutions of
learning, and in the training of the negroes. The school is
within the reach of every negro child. Upon these schools
the South has expended since the war perhaps as much as
While the ‘negh hould be encouraged to
every avenue of life for which their talents fit them,
it is, nevertheless, true that the great masses of this race
will find their surest opportunities upon the farm. They need to be moralized.
threefold alvanc2%fipon the part of the South constitutes one of the fin-
has seen, and should enlist the
3130.000,000.
enler
Yi
«i313
est experiments in education which mankind
sy. pathetic co-operaticn of the whole nation.
the method of instruction as carried out in nearly all the
KEYSTONE STATE COLLINS
ATTACK ON © COURT DECISION
Solicitor for Philadelphia County
Files Exceptions to Ruling in
Two-Cent Fare Case.
Gendell filed in Com-
mon Pleas Court at Philadelphia, a
bill of exceptions to the decision of
Judges Willson, Audenried and Carr
in the case of the Pennsvlvania Rail-
road Co. azainst Philadelphia county
to test the constitutionality of the
two-cent rate law The court set
Saturday, Sept. 21, to hear the arecu-
ment on the bill of exceptions. :
The ~bill avers thé ‘court in
decision erred in 63 particulars,
cf these being the court's
dismiss the bill.
Among the exceptions. taken by the
defendant's attorney is that the rul
ing of the court that public service
corperations in Pennsvlvania are en-
titled to look ‘for a rate of returns,
if their property wil earn it, of not
less the legal of interest;
and a system -of charges that yields
no mere income than is fairly regui-
site to maintain the plant, pay fixed
charges, operating expenses, pro-
vide a suitable sinking fund for the
rayment of debts, and pay. a fair
profit to the owners of the property,
cannot be said to be unreasonable.
"ren that exception on through
the entire adjudication of the court,
exceptions: were: nade | to almost
every paragraph. The bill covers
28 pages of closely. typewritten mat-
ter. It'is ned by A. W. Crawford,
City Sclicitor J. Howard Gendell, As-
sistant City Solicitor E. Luwengrund
and MM. Hampton Todd, attorneys for
the defendants.
SENTENCED AT BUTLER.
City Solicitor
this
refusal . to
rate
4
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PR
aila
Black Hand Onerator Given Five
Years' Solitary Confinement.
Judge James M. Galbreath of But-
ler sentenced Dominico = Zonzotti,
who pleaded guilty to cutting with
intent to maim, to five years solitary
confinement and to pay $1,000 fine.
Zonzotti lived in Hillsville, headquar-
ters. of the lawrence County Black
Hand. At the direction of a Black
Hand leader he attacked Antonio Pas-
quale with a razor.
In passing sentence Judge Crisswell
said: “A man who is weak enough
or wicked enough to lend himself as
a tool to such a society is all but
equally as guilty as though he had
himself deliberately planned the
crime.”
$2,000. 000 TO MASONS
Former Grand Lodge Treasurer
Leaves All to Male Orphans.
Under the will of the late Thomas
R. Patton, treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania, his
entire estate, valued at $2,000,000, is
devised to the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania, for the education and
support of male orphans of Master
Masons. Peter Boyd, an attorney, is
made sole executor.
Twenty Years Each for Firebugs.
Twenty vears in the penitentiary
was the sentence pronounced at Al-
lentown on Robert Hartsell, who
pleaded guilty to 23 charges of arson
and theft. Hartse!l, with Daniel J.
Adams, was arrested recently,
charged with setting on fire three
business places in Allentown, caus-
ing a loss $100,000. Adams was
tried at Easton for arson committed
in Northampton county and also re-
ceived a sentence -of 20 years. Hart-
sell was sentenced on only four
charges, the Court holding the other
cases open against him.
Fair Ground for Park.
A deal was put through here at
Washington whereby local business
men secure control of the old Wash-
ington Fair grounds, which will be
turned into an amusement park. A
three-year lease on the property was
taken, with the option of purchasing
it for $30,000 The old race track,
a half mile course, will be shaped up
and the work of installing various
amusements commenced. It is the
intention to hold big race meets each
year.
New Coke Dvens Planned.
William A. Wilson and Jacob U.
Kuhns of Greensburg, who recently
optioned 1.000 acres of the Thaw
tract in the Connellsville coke re-
gion, have let a contract to H. Frank
Stark of Greensburg, for the con-
struction of 108 coke oven#4 near
Hecla. A shaft 280 feet deep will
be sunk on the Emanuel Snyder
farm. When the coal is more fully
developed 500 ovens will be built.
While playing with a revolver,
John B .Horton, 6 years old of Wash-
ington, accidentally shot and killed
his b5-vear-old friend, Robert L. Don-
aldson. The boys had been playing
“Holdup.”
destroyed the tipple, elevator
and other shore works at the Pike
mine of the Peoples Coal Company
at Brownsville, causing a loss of
about $20,000. It is supposed that
sparks from a pump boat caused the
fire.
Fire
hundred
home
persons attended
services of the
encampment of
Central Pennsyl-
Fifteen
the harvest
forty-seventh annual
the Grangers of
vania at Bellefonte.
Plague of Caterpillars.
Travelers in the Wodonga and Bar-
nawartha districts find it difficult
(writes the London Mail's Melbourne
correspondent) to get their horses tg
face the caterpillars that swarm the
country ads. They are denuding
vegetation, and it"3s feared the vine-
vards will be devastated. An excur
sion : train, -when seven miles from
Penshurst, was brought to a stand
still threcugh dense masses of the in-
sects blocking the rails. The wheeis,
crushing them to death, skidded from
the rails.~—New York World.
chief-
GIRL ASKS BIG DAMAGES
Minister's Daughter Plaintiff In a
Breach of Promise Suit.
$50,000 damages for breach
of promise to marry was filed at
Uniontown on hehalf of Miss Merce
d2s Gladden, daughter of Rev. W. H.
Gladden of Youngstown, 0O., against
I. C. Smutz, a business man of New
Haven, Pa. It is claimed by the
plaintiff she had promised to marry
Smiitz, and they had agreed on
Wednesday, Sept. 11, as the date
for the wedding at the bride's home.
She says the arrangements were all
made, many of the wedding presents
received and some of the guests had
arrived at Youngstown. On .the day
bafore the intended ceremony, the
plaintiff” charges; she received a tele-
gram frem. Smutz notifying her that
he ‘could not he present and breaking
off the engagement. She a let-
fellowed in which Smptz admit-
he had done her an injury. but
no reason for his action. Smuts,
widower, is not at home. He -
supposed to be in Michigan.
Suit for
Says
gave
LEFT HIM KNIFE AND FORK
Civeorce Cefendant Accuses Wife of
Making Clean “Sweep.
In ‘his ans
his wife for
non-support,
Hanover
county,
against
Strain
sell his
the money to
self penniless:
him frequently
to cock
vent him
Strain
wer to a suit brought by
divorce on the ground of
Thomas R. Strain of
township, Washington
makes unusual charges
his wife.
declares he was
farm of 127 acres
his wife, Ik
that. the
with a
meals and
from cooking
says his wife
corn and farming
fuel; that she left
ago, taking with her all the furniture
which he had bought. leaving him
nothing but a knife and fork, and de-
stroying such things did not
wish tc take away with
forced to
and give
‘aving him-
woman beat
poker. refused
tried to pre-
any himself.
burned up his
implements for
him a few weeks
118
che
her,
as
BREAKFAST FOODS NEXT
Pure Food People Want
Just What Is in Them.
Dairy and : Food Commissioner
Foust has sent to: Prof. Frank Frear
samples of brands of breakfast
and other patent foods for analysis.
These samples were taken as the
result of an agitation which was be-
gun some time ago to know what was
in them. The samples were secured
all over the state, every known brand
being taken. Prof. Frear will ascer-
tain if they are true to name, if
chemicals are used. whether they are
bleached and what they. contain.
This will elear up questions of
what breakfast foods are made of and
if cornstalks are used in some of the
patent foods.
GAS HEARING SEPT. 30
Philadelphia Co. Charter Fight Date
4 Fixed by Todd.
The hearing on the application of
te city of Pittsburg for a writ of
‘luo warranto to declare the charter
of the Philadelphia Company null
and void on account of the alleged
exorbitant price of gas will be held
before Attorney General. Todd on
Sept. 30.
to Learn
—
“0
Bids
Highway
is asking for bids
struct the new state road from Irwin
to the Allegheny county line near
McKeesport. This will give the peo-
ple of Pittsburg a new route over
the pike eastward and will cut off
the big Turtle Creek hill on the pres-
ent = route. The project includes
macadamizing the pike from Irwin to
Circleville, one of the worst stretch-
es of road in Western Pennsylvania.
Are Asked.
State Comn
Hunter
iissioner
to con-
Largest Mennonite Bequest.
The will of Adam Landis of Lan-
caster county, who committed suicide
a week ago by hanging himself in
his barn, because of ill-health, leaves
£100,000 to the old Mennonite home
at Oreville, Lancaster county. It is
the largest bequest ever made to a
Mennonite institution anywhere.
Blame Brakeman for Wreck.
The coroner's jury investigating
the wreck of two engines in the
Pennsylvania yards at Altoona, in
which Engineer Kinch was killed and
two other trainmen were seriously
injured, placed the responsibility
upen Brakeman W. B. McCartney.
The testimony showed that McCart-
ney threw a switch without orders.
C. O. Dillenbeck of Stratton-
was replenishing his automobile
tank with gasoline, when the fluid ig-
nited from the heat of the machine,
and his right arm was so burned that
amputation was necessary.
Dr.
ville
Jones was acquitted at Som-
erset of the murder of George Spi-
VOK. He was charged with murder
by Spivok's wife and admitted that
he kiled Spivok in self-defense on
May 26 last.
Henry
Harnett station, on the Bessemer
railroad, was burned. The blaze was
caused by a defective lamp that ex-
pleded. Frank Fingleman, the night
operator, was severely burned before
he could escape.
A new postoffice has
lished at Manifold, the new mining
town in South Strabane township,
Washington county. G. M. Dodd is
named as postmaster. >
been estab-
Uniontown council has adopted a
motion to exclude newspaper report-
ers from meetings of ccuncil.
Styles in women's clothes in Japan
have not changed in 2,500 years, avers
the Kansas City Star. What a snap
the editions of the Japanese fashion
magazines must have!