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A WELSH MILKING SONG.
“Yr Hufen Melyn” (“The Yellow Cream”).
The winter through
I loved her true,
But tarried;
Till, when the blossoms laughed upon the
boughs,
In shadow cool
Her milking stool
I carried,
While Gwen went calling, calling home the
cows. - ©
Then as they ran
Around her can
In riot
3 hooshed them, hooshed them all into the
shed—
With buck and bellow, black and yellow,
dun and sallow, white and red—
On litter good :
To chew the cud
In quiet,
Then to the milking each in turn be led.
Her touch of silk
Had eased of milk
Each udder;
Yet beating, beating on in wild unrest,
My heart of doubt—
A boat without
A rudder—
Still rode the sighing billow of my
breast;
Till Gwen, her eyes
With soft surprise
Upturning
Read all the trouble written in mine
own,
And lucky fellow, lucky fellow, lucky fel-
low that I'd grown—
Her pride forsook,
. Gave back my look
Of yearning,
Then, Yoranet blushing, from my arms had
own.
—Alfred I’erceval Graves, in London Athenaeum.
BE SY am
: By Wit o
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With his back to the fire stood
Puggles, the office-boy, his hands
deep in his trousers pockets, his legs
wide apart, regarding the clerks with
a patronizing air.
“Have you heard the laiest, fel-
lows?” he asked, with the air of one
who is in possession ~f a secret, and
longs to have the pleco oure oR sharing
it with some one.
The clerks, however, were busy
and paid no attention to him.
“Kitty is getting married,” he an-
nounced.
The effect was instantaneous. Nine
heads were raised simultaneously,
and seventeen eyes—Baxter had a
glass one—Ilooked at Puggles in evi-
dent astonishment,
“Kitty,”” it should be explained,
was Miss Gregory, the pretty type-
writer who, for several months, had
condescended to brighten the dull
city warehouse with her charming
presence. The period of her servi-
tude, however, had come to an abrupt
termination a month previously by
virtue of the fact that a relative had
died, leaving her a legacy of $50,000.
As has been said, Puggles’ and
nouncement created quite a stir; and
perhaps the flush that mounted to
the cheeks of Frank Reynolds, a
blond, good-looking young giant,
was a trifle more pronounced than
any of the others; but in the general
astonishment no one noticed that.
“I thought that would make you
sit up,” said the boy, with a grin.
“Look at Baxter; he’s going to faint.
The news has been too much for him.
Baxter was well in with Kitty till 1
cut him out.”
“Jones,” said Baxter, in quiet, ear-
nest tones, ‘‘will you kindly hand me
that ruler? I've got writer's cramp,
and I understand exercise is good for
at.’
By a strategic movement Puggles
got between Baxter and’ the door,
where he stood grinning.
“I'll kill that boy some day,” said
Baxter, resuming his seat.
‘“He needs a jolly good thrashing,”
said Jones. ‘‘There’s been no holding
him since he got into long trousers.”
“Oh, hasn't there?” exclaimed
Puggles. ‘‘Look here, Jones, you
needn't put your oar in. Every one
knows you tried to hang your hat up
with Kitty, but she told me she de-
clined to have anything to do with a
fellow who parted his hair with a
towel.”
This allusion to Jones’s scanty
locks raised a laugh, and had also
the effect of putting that gentleman
in a rage. He made a rush at Pug-
“gles and caught him just as he
reached the door. Lifting the boy,
he flung him on the counter—face
down, heels up.
“Hold his feet, Gregson!” yelled
Jones.
Gregson, an alert, bright-eyed
youth, complied.
“Now, hand me that ruler, Baxter,”
cried Jones. “I've got writer's cramp,
too.”
Baxter did as*requested and Jones
applied the rod in orthodox fashion.
“How do you feel now?’ inquired
Jones when the operation was over,
“It's a capital joke, isn’t it?”
Puggles walked to his desk, in-
sinuating that, given time and oppor-
tunity, his vengeance was sure.
Just then Wilson, who had gcn=s
on with his work as if nothing uun-
usual had taken place, looked up
from his desk.
“Now, that we’s got all the pre-
liminaries,” he said, ‘perhaps Pug-
gles will tell us how or where he
got his information about Miss Greg-
ory.” :
“Who told you?” demanded Jones
impatiently.
“My brother,” responded the boy,
now feeling himself again. ‘Hes a
compositor on the Record, you know,
and he set up the announcement yes-
terday for to-morrow’s issue.”
“Who’s the lucky man?’
Baxter,
osity.
Puggles looked across at him and
grinned.
asked
“Tom couldn’t remember the chap’s
name,” he said, ‘but he recognized it
talking
about her at home. Oh, it’s her, right
was Kitty through my
enough!
fellows,”
fously.
“That’s very
turned Wilson.
the governor!”
A moment later the occupants of
the counting-house were industry
personified. But it was with scarcely
an undivided attention that they ap-
plied themselves to the columns of
figures.
When Miss Gregory had conde-
scended to brighten the dull city
I'm awfully sorry for you
said the boy, quite ser-
kind of you,” re-
“Look out! Here's
BARRY SHIEL.
unable to conceal his curi-
f Woman }
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warehouse with her presence, all ob-
served with joy that the lady’s left
hand was unadorned with jewelry
of any description, and the general
jealousy that arose in the matter of
paying her attentions must have been
highly gratifying to the lady’s van-
ity. She accepted them all, but ap-
peared to favor no one in particular.
For reasons of his own, however,
Frank Reynolds had cherished a hope
—infinitesimal, perhaps, but still a
hope. He had gone on cherishing it
until the news came that Miss Greg-
ory had come into a small fortune;
then it was nailed down.
During the last few weeks he had
contrived to avoid her; although
some of his friends were hers, also,
and there had been plenty of oppor-
tunities of meeting. He could not
bear the thought that his love should
be open to any suspicion or mercen-
ary motives.
And now came the news that she
was to be married! Well, he hoped
the man, whoever he might be, was in
some degree worthy, and that she
might be happy. As for himself, he
would never be happy again!
* * * » * * $
‘Great heavens!”
Frank Reynolds started up from
the breakfast table the following
morning as if he had received an elec-
tric shock. There in the Record, in
unmistakable black and white, was
his name, coupled with that of his
divinity! ‘What villainous practical
joker had played him this trick?
“A marriage is arranged, and will
shortly take place, between Mr, Fran-
diculous that you cannot Eglp laBgh-
ing at it.” op er
“Oh, I don’t know that it is rdicu-
lous! I suppose I shall be married
some day.” : :
be to me.” &
“It wouldn't? Then I must return:
your compliment, and say it’s awfully
good of you to assure me of that.
Men are not always so outspoken.”
“Now, Miss Gregory, you are wil-
fully misunderstanding me!” ex-
claimed Reynolds, looking with min-
gled vexation .and longing at the tan-
talizing figure before him. ‘‘You
know perfectly well that I—that to
make that announcement true,
I’'d——" .
He turned to pick up his hat.
“I’d better get out before I make
a fool of myself!” he said savagely.
Her eyes met his, smilingly.
‘‘One moment,” she said; ‘let me
understand about this.
ments strike me as being slightly ins
volved, if I may be allowed to say so,
At first you say the idea of marriage
with me is ridiculous, and then you
declare it commends itself to you?’
Reynolds colored. ¥
“You are making fun of me,” he
protested. ‘‘You know my meaning
well enough. If it hadn’t been for
this money—-confound it!—I'd have
tried my luck long ago. Ast is, I
can only apologize to you for my
name being coupled with yours. If
I knew who did it I would horsewhip
him!”
Miss Gregory clasped her hands
nervously, and looked at the young
man in a somewhat quaint way.
‘Would you?” she said.
dear!”
“Would you be very sorry for him,
“On,
Miss Gregory?’”’ asked the young
man sarcastically.
“I—that is ” Miss Gregory
broke off, blushed, and then hurriedly
resumed. ‘“Well,” she said, “I sup-
pose I deserve to be punished. But
a horsewhipping—I don’t think I
could stand- that. Don’t you think
a lighter punishment would fill the
case?”
1 But, really this is beyond
me!’ said Reynolds in a bewildere
tone. “You can’t mean 2 !
Miss Gregory pointed dramatically
to the announcement in the Record.
“Exactly!” she said, in a rather
faint voice. ‘‘The culprit stands be-
fore you. The writer of that para-
graph was—myself!”
“You?” gasped Reynolds.
“Yes; I. And now, before you con-
demn me, let me make a clean breast
of it. You see, when I first took up
my employment in the counting-
house there were such a nice lot of
fellows there that I didn’t know
which I liked best.
cis Reyrolds, of this town, and Miss
A Fre,
SUGGESTIONS FOR
dinate can handle.
Don’t walk a mile to s
time more than pennies.
Don’t shake hands with
smile all the time.
bargain, not you.
Don’t allow your clerks
needs rest.
Don’t be satisfied with
tempting to get more.
Don’t be satisfied until
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ley.
The young man stood motionless
tions to be undergone.
wretched trick on us?’’ he exclaimed
when he was able to speak.
put a stop to it at once.
Ah! if it were only true!”
like spring itself.
pointed to .a copy of
which lay open on the table.
“Have you—Ilooked
with painful hesitation.
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fragists, written by
announcement.
scanned the notice carefully. 1
the shape of an outburst of anger o
annoyance, he was
taken.
there appeared
ment.
then her features relaxed, and sh
laughed whole-heartedly.
fully.
Don’t talk about your competitor.
Don’t waste valuable moments on details that a subor-
Don’t wait for fortune to smile on you.
‘When she does she usually favors those
who hustle, and not those who wait.
Don’t show yourself too anxiofis to get an order.
customer will see it in your manner and he will make the
Don’t work all the time.
Don’t show many different kinds of goods at once.
The successful man uses follow-up
letters and other means to accomplish this purpose.
Don’t worry about things that may happen.
be opportunities, not trials, by the time they reach you.
plete finish.—Chicago Tribune.
Katherine Gregory, only daughter of
the late James Gregory, of Walms-
as if turned to stone. An awful sense
of shame came over him, and a vision
of apologies and unpleasant explana-
“What scoundrel has played this
“I must
And I must
go and see Kitty and apologize to her.
In a highly perturbed state of
mind the young man choked down the
remainder of his breakfast, «nd hur-
ried off to the abode of hiy divinity.
Arriving there, he was ushered into
the sitting-room, and in a few mo-
ments Miss Gregory came in, looking
The usual civilities over, Reynolds
the Record,
through the
Record this morning?’ he inquired
‘“Why—yes,” she answered. “There
is a very amusing article on the Suf-
“I mean—have you seen this?”
he interrupted, handing her the pa-
per and pointing tragically to the
Miss Gregory took the paper and
Reynolds had expected anything in
entirely mis-
There was no frown on Miss Greg-
ory’s forehead, but her lips twitched
and in the depths of her brown eyes
a gleam of merri-
“Good gracious!’ she said. ‘“Who-
ever could have inserted that?” And
“It is very good of you to take it
in this way,” he said a trifle respect-
“Qf course, the idea is so ri-
“I tried several of them for a while
THE BUSINESS MAN.
ave a nickel if you value your
a man as if it hurt you.
Fortune doesn’t
The
to smoke while on duty. :
Remember, even machinery
customers you have without at-
They may
you bring everything to a com-
dl
but I soon found out that I liked one
better than all the rest. I felt cer-
tain he liked me, too, but he was so
, | dense and bashful that things didn’t
progress so fast as I should have
liked. All the same, I felt pretty
sure of him—that is, until the legacy
‘came along. Then »” She
paused.
: ‘“Yes, then,” prompted Reynolds.
‘Oh, "then it was dreadful! He
avoided me in every possible way. The
rest of the fellows in the office
seemed anxious to keep my acquain-
tance, but he wouldn't let me come
near him. I saw how it was, and,
though I honored him for it, it made
me desperate. I began to see that I
should probably get the proposals of
most of the others, and—and I didn’t
want them.”
Her “voice faltered. “Please go
away now!” she supplemented quite
vehemently, as the young man made
no sign. “I’m sure you must hate
and despise me! I 3
She got no further, for at this
juncture the manhood of Mr. Francis
Reynolds came to his rescue. He
placed one hand gently over her
mouth, the other clasped her waist.
‘““There is only one thing that I
am sure of,” he said, very earnestly;
‘‘and that is, that I lgve you as well
as ever a woman was loved since the
world began. As to this’’—he point-
fled to the paragraph—*F should be a
scrupulous fool indeed if I did not
r {now offer to make it true. KXKitty—
my dear, courageous little Kitty—
will you be my wife?” -
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When Puggles entered the office
that morning the assembled clerks
were discussing, amid some excite-
ment, the paragraph in the Record.
“It’s either a misprint, or there’s
another. Francis Reynolds,” Baxter
e| was saying in high tomes. ‘Why,
he hardly got a look in with Kitty
while she was here, and since she left
they’ve never so mfich as met.”
‘““Well, anyhow,” observed Greg-
som, “his lordship will
+ |dan’t turn up at all!” interpolated
“I should think so! But it wouldn?t4’Puggles cocksurely,
2
the way they looked at each other!”
fat, Kitty!”
Your state-.-
be here pres-
ently, I suppose, and then we can
ask shim.” :
“Bet you anything you like he
“Why?” asked Wilson. ‘‘What do
you know, you young mystery mon-
ger?”
“Ive just seen Kitty and Reynolds
walking arm in arm,” said the boy.
The clerks stared incredulously.
“Where did you see them?” asked
Wilson.
“On the lawn in front of Kitty’s
house. Reynolds had his hat off, and
they were walking like lovers. And
said Puggles, with provoking em-
phasis.
: «How did they look?” said Jones.
3 Puggles sidled toward the door.
“Just the way Baxter used to look
"At the same instant that Puggles’
head disappeared an ink-pot smashed
to fragments against the door.
_ _“I will really kiil that boy one of
these days!” Batxer announced.—
From the New York Evening Jour-
nal. * :
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£ Hors Are Expensive 3
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It is apparent to all who have
given study to the congestion of
traffit in New York City that some
change in the methods of delivery
must be introduced, for the cost of
food and other supplies in this me-
tropolis is due largely to the price
paid for trucking within the city,
says a writer in Appleton’s. Rail-
way freight rates tend constantly to
grow less. The cost of trucking in
this municipality is traveling the
other way.
An expert report states that with
auto cars in actual service it is pos-
sible to do the work of from two to
three horse wagons, the motor figur-
ing fifty miles a day, while the horse
wagon will not average more than
fifteen to twenty miles.
Another advantage of the automo-
bile truck is quick delivery on long
runs to suburban stations, where
there is absolutely no comparison as
to time saved. The horse will make
about four miles per hour while the
automobile truck will make from ten
to fifteen, and is ready for another as
soon as the load is off.
The difference in the ‘stabling and
garage room’is important. The auto-
mobile requires no more room than
the wagon, thus the additional space
for the stabling of five or six horses,
harness and equipment is saved—
no light consideration where property
and rent are high.
In addition a table has been pre-
pared showing the respective cost of
operating commercial automobile
cars and wagons drawn by horses.
It is made apparent that the saving
per month in operating a 2500-
pound capacity auto delivery wagon,
as compared with a similar vehicle
drawn by horses, amounts to about
$120, and the saving by the year to
the firm operating the auto delivery
wagon $1439.
This comparison includes on the
side of the auto vehicle, wages of the
chauffeur, wages of a parcel boy, gaso-
line to run a car fifty miles a day,
lubricating oil, repairs, interest on
the original at cost, or $2500, and
depreciation at twenty per cent. The
total cost is figured at $233.66.
In the record of the horse drawn
vehicle the items include the wages
paid to drivers, expenses of harness
and shoeing, the cost of fodder for
the animals, and the loss by depreci-
ation of horses, wagons and harness.
The total monthly outlay is stated
at $353.50. :
If in one small firm the loss in-
curred monthly by retaining horses
in place of automobiles amounts to
more than $100, the total loss suf-
fered by industrial New York in
clinging to the service of these ani-
mals, when auto vehicles would per-
form the same labor more etonomi-
cally, amounts to a prodigious sum.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
A pretty girl’s piety is like prom-
ises and pie crust.
Well bred millionaires don’t brag
about their dough! :
It’s obvious that milkmen should
be as rich as cream!
For a broken heart try the lini-
ment of another love.
The tie that keeps a man safely
tethered is a love knot.
I love my love because the rest of
the family don’t like him.
‘What satisfaction is a secret sow-
row that no one knows about?
‘When a girl sighs it is either be-
cause he hasn’t come or he won’t go.
The" foolishness of fools from the
lips of philosophers would pass for
philosophy.
The way some people can keep a
pose all through life should be the
despair of professional models.
To-morrow may never come; but
the bill laden first of the month
arrives with sickening regularity.
Look at the hands of Luck care-
fully and you will see they are cal-
loused with hard work and drudg-
ery.
One doesn’t necessarily have to
live on the ocean to be a lighthouse
keeper in the most onerous sense of
the term.
Cupid usually shies off from the
woman who wears the common sense
shoes because he has a deep rooted
suspicion that she’ll make him shins
them.,—From ‘‘Eve’s Epigrams,” in
THREE KILLED
Premature Explosion of Blast Thows
Men's Bodies Far from Scene
of Accident.
Hazleton.—Two Americans and an
Italian, al] of this city, were instantly
killed by the premature explosion of
a blast at the stone crushing plant of
Charles Kehoe, on the outskirts of
Hazleton. Thomas Kenoe, a son of
the contractor, was injured about the
head.
The Dead—William Burton, aged
50; John Singers, aged 26; Charles
Gatsy, aged 45.
Contractor Kehoe said that the
death of the men was purely acciden-
tal. Their bodies were blown some
distance from the scéne of the explo-
sion.
CLAIMS LOCKJAW CURE
Hospital in Pittsburg Points to Case
of Boy as Proof of Contention.
Pittsburg.—The Magee annex, also
known as the Pasteur institute, at-
tached to the Mercy hospital of Pitts-
burg, comes to the fore with what
it claims is the first real cure of te-
tanus, or lockjaw. Magnesium sul-
phate injected into the spinal column
is said to have effected the cure.
Harry Gilbert, fourteen, was dis-
charged from “the annex as cured.
His was one of the most severe cases
to come under the notice of the local
physicians, and the cure was watched
with great interest. .
The boy was hurt with a toy pistol
Juiy 4, and July 14 was carried to the
hespital in convulsions.
ENGINE TURNS OVER
A‘ter Plunging Down 20-Foot Bank
Engineer Is Unhurt.
Butler—Engineer E. K. Richey of
the Standard Steel Car Company yard
crew, held to the throttle of a derail-
ed engine, whizh plunged down a 20-
foot embankment, turning completely
over, and emerged unhurt. Fireman
Lawrence Geppner and General Man-
ager John H. Allman, who were on the
train running 20 miles an hour to test
the new type of forged steel car and
locomotive wheels, jumped and es-
caped injury . :
The rails spread and the engine
plowed up the track for 200 feet before
taking its plunge. One freight car
was wrecked.
MORE LUCK FOR DRILLERS
Hoffman Strikes Another Paying Well
in McBride Field.
Butler.—Harry N. Hoffman, whose
big gusher opened up the McBride oil
field two months ago, causing excite-
ment which led to the drilling of 15
wells, brought in his No. 32 near the
old gusher and it showed up for a
small producer. He drilled into sec-
ond pay and struck a pool which is
thought will make the well even bet-
ter than the first strike. It started
out at 15 barrels an hour, with no
sign of the flow falling off. It is 125
feet from the original gusher, which
has put 12,000 barrels into the tanks
to date and shows great staying qual-
ities.
ELECTROCUTED ON STAGE
Manager Is Killed by Live Wire and
Actress Shocked.
Erie.—William E. Wunn, stage man-
ager of the vaudeville theater at Four
Mile Creek, near here, was electrocut-
ed during the fourth act of the per-
formance by accidentally touching a
switchboard.
Miss Dora Pelletier, an actress, was
seriously shocked when she attempt-
ed to assist Wunn. It is believed
she will recover. 3
Worry Causes Suicide.
Pittsburg.—Isaac N. Taylor, forty-
five, a son of a former well known dry
goods merchant of Pittsburg, shot and
killed himself in the yard of the old
East End hotel. Taylor was wealthy
and, with Mrs. Taylor, who has heen
an invalid for fifteen years, spent a
great deal of their time traveling. It
is said worry over the condition of his
wife prompted Taylor to shoot him-
self.
Six Wounded in Riot.
Pittsburg.—During a riot at a Hun-
garian ball at West Homestead, an
adjoining borough, six persons were
injured and eighty-seven guests were
placed under arrest. Among the in-
jured are Chief of Police McDermott
and three officers. Probably a score
of others received cuts and bruises of
a less serious nature during the ex-
citement.
Woo! Crop Helps Some.
Washington.—The enormous clip of
wool in Greene county has contributed
much toward easing financial affairs
in the Waynesburg region. The
Greene county wool clip is the largest
ever turned out. Thirty cents was
the market price, and conservative es-
timates place the value of the total
PENNSYLVANIA
Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
OPEN LAMP AGAIN
Fatal Explosion of Gas Takes Place
in Bellevue Colliery.
Scranton.—One miner was killed,
two were fatally injured and four
others slightly hurt by an explosion
of gas in the Bellevue colliery of the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Company near this city. The man
killed was Gottfried Ross. Those fa-
tally injured are Benjamin Hughes
and Arthur Jones. The explosion is
suppoged to have been caused by a
miner’s naked lamp igniting a ‘“feed-
er” of gas. The mine was consider-
ably damaged.
IMPROVE MARKSMANSHIP
$133,467 for
Pennsylvania Obtains
National Guard.
Washington, D. C.—Under the oper-
ations of the Dick Militia bill, the Na-
tional Guard of Pennsylvania is to
receive $133,467.47. This amount
was allotted to the state by the war
department. Of that amount at least’
$33,367.41 must be expended in .the
promotion of rifle practice and $100,-
162.26 may be used in the purchase of
arms and equipment.
The entire amount may be spent in
the promotion of rifle practice, at the
discretion of the National Guard of-
ficers.
HOLD ANNUAL REUNION
Two Hundred Members of Small Fam-
ily Attend Meeting.
Leechburg.—Over 200 members of
the Small family of the Kiskiminetas
valley attended the reunion at Kiski-
minetas park near here. John BB.
Small is president, George Graham,
secretary and J. G. Small treasurer of
the organization in charge of the an-
nual reunions.
Property Loss Estimated at $100,000
Philadelphia.—What is declared to
be the greatest freight wreck involv-
ing the wreck of steel cars, occurred
on the New York division of the Phil-
adelphia & Reading railway, near
Meadowbrook a suburb, when out of a
coal train of 28 cars, 19 were demol-
ished, entailing a loss estimated at
$100,000.
The train, which was running 50
miles an hour, was thrown from the
track by the breaking of the flange on
the one wooden car in the entire
train. . This car left the rails, drag-
ging the others after it. The tracks
were torn up for 400 feet.
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Foreign Banker Arrested.
Uniontown.—At Brownsville the
foreign bank operated © by . Joseph
Marchneck was closed and Marchneck
wag arrested on three charges of em-
bezzlement, brought by foreign depos-
itors. Marchneck was taken before
Justice J. P. Ross and furnished bail
in each instance, the aggregate being
$2,400. Marcheck says everything will
be settled in a satisfactory manner
and the institution will soon be open-
ed again.
Two Killed in Coal Mine.
Pottsville—Two men were killed
and three probably fataliy injured In
an explosion at the Knickebocker col-
liery of the Philadeiphia & Reading
Coal & Iron Company, about one mile
east of ‘Shenandoah. The acci-
dent was caused by an inrush of gas
in the gangway of the Buck mountain
vein, which was ignited while the
migers were blasting. A fall of top
rock occurred, burying Peter Dum-
binsky, Jacob Keolick, John Kuza,
William Saso and Charles Cowley.
Daughter Testifies Against Mother.
Canonsburg.—-At an inquest held by
Coroner W, H. Sipe into the death of
Frank Talmer here new evidence was
introduced causing the arrest of, Mrs.
Talmer on the charge of murdering
her husband. Mrs. Talmer's mother,
Mrs. Margaret Roberts, was also ar-
| rested as an accessory. At the in-
quest Goldie, the 14-year-old daughter
of the dead man, testified she saw her
mother shoot Talmer.
Death Comes at 110.
New Casile.—Amos Martin, 110
years old, died here at the home of
his stepdaughter, Mrs. Daniel Looney,
where he lived for many years. He
was a veteran of the Mexican and
Civil Wars. He was born in Scot-
land. Sunday Martin was able to
walk about his home. Monday he
suddenly failed. Until the last he
retained a clear mind.
Refuse Wage Cut.
Sharon.—Two hundred employes of
the Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Corpar-
ation are locked vut because of a
threatened strike. A notice has been
posted that the plant will be closed
indefinitely. On July 9 the compa-
ny announced a reduction in wages
to become effective July 16, the cut
averaging 71% per cent.
Work for 450 Resumed.
Scottdale—Plant No. 1 of the Amer-
ican Tin Plate Company here, consist-
ing of nine milis and employing 450
men, will resume operations August
amount disposed of at $250,000.
Woman's Prediction Comes True.
Greensburg.— While visiting her par”
ants in Stockholm, Sweden, six months
ago, Mrs. J. A. Neilson of Greensburg,
predicted she would not survive a
year. She died here last night. Be-
sides her husband, she is survived by
five sons and four daughters.
Name New Candidate.
Butler.—The Democratic committee
on vacancies named Attorney Edwin
W. Humphrey of Portersville for the
Legislature in place of Marion Hen-
thaw of Butler, who withdrew,
the New York Telegram,
8.
Eight Houses Destroyed. ;
Carlisle. — Eight frame dwelling
houses were destroyed by fire at New-
ville, a borough which has a popula-
tion of 1,600, entailing a loss of $4,000.
The houses were owned by Mrs. Eli-
zabeth Skinner All of the occupants
escaped without injury.
Deaf Mute Killed by Train.
Connellsville.—William Duffey, aged
10 years, a deaf mute. son of Michael
Duffy of Leisenring No. 1, was run
down by a West Penn trolley car near
his home and died at the Connells-
ville hospital. >