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FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
Iron and Steel Stays.
It is not a hundred years ago since
stays for women were composed not
of whalebone or hardened leather, but
of bars of iron and steel from three
inches to four inches broad and 18
inches long. Again, during the reign
of George III the top of the steel stay
busk had a long stocking needle at-
tached to it to prevent girls from
spoiling their shape by stooping too
much over their work.—New York
Sun.
Queen Maud.
Queen Maud, in spite of her small
and fragile looking figure, is wonder-
fully athletic and an adept at all out-
door sports. As a skater she had few
rivals, and as a skier, although she
has but lately taken to the pastime of
her country, she surpasses many of
those to the manner born. It is a
graceful spectacle, and one in which
her husband's subjects delight, to see
Queen Maud skimming through the
air in her long skis as adroit and
fearless as thought she had done noth-
ing else all her life.—London Ma-
dame.
Chief Hospital Nurse.
Miss Ilsther V. Hassen of Washing-
ton, D. C, is to be the chief hospital
nurse of the navy. She .is a graduate
of the New Haven Training School for
Nurses and has served in her profes-
sion in Philadelphia, on the hospital
ship Relief and on the Isthmus of
Panama. Her appointment will make
her head of the corps of women nurses
in the naval hospitals here and abroad
but not on board ships of war. The
corps of naval nurses will number
eventually more than 50 and will have
an organization similar to that of the
army women nurses.—New York Sun.
The Cynic.
“There’s a wonderful mystic in
town,” said the pretty believer in my-
sticism at the Hungry club Saturday
‘night. “He or she, you can't tell
whether it’s a male or female, has
told me the most marvelous things,
told me what mine to buy shares in,
how many shares to bup, everything.
You put a dollar in an envelope, ad-
ress it to a woman whose name I will
give you, she will send it to another
address, she to another and when it
has passed thréugh four or five hands
it will reach the mystic.”
“These hard times,” said the wom-
an who sat beside her, “when I let go
a dollar I want to know more about
where it goes than that and what I
am to get for it.”—New York Press.
A Welcome Innovation.
An innovation which mothers will
welcome has been made at a hotel in
this state. The daughter of the pro-
prietor, having three little girls of her
own, knows that a woman rarely gets
much benefit from a stay at a summer
resort if she has her children to look
after, and they must be locked after,
else they run at large from morning
till bedtime. She therefere has secured
the services of an experiencd teacher,
who conducts a morning ciass five
days in the week for the children at
the hotel. There are somestudyingand
a good deal of recreative work. It is
thought that, besides relieving the
mothers, this little daily session keeps
the children from acquiring any of the
bad habits that a long, idle vacation
is likely to engender.—New York Tri-
bune.
Dress for Business Women.
Said a Frenchman to me not long
ago as we sauntered through a model
department store:
“Your working girls—they are won-
derful. Sce, they are ladies! Such well
kept hands, such beautifully coiffed
heads, such smart shoes! They must
spend much time to make themselves
ready for work. Nowhere else in the
world will you see such girls earning
their living.”
The self-supporting woman in Amer-
ica has won an enviable reputation for
good taste in dress. Not even in Paris
where every woman is supposed to be
chic and to have an “air,” do the self-
supporting girls bear the stamp of
gentility in clothes that you can note
in any large city or factory town in
the United States.—Anna Steese Rich-
ardson in Woman's Home Companion.
Slums of London.
Aristocrats who profess to be intee-
ested in the amelioration of the condi-
tions under which the lower classes
live have often been accused of insin-
“slumming” simply in
order to provide themselves with a
new and novel sensation. No such ac-
cusation, however, can be levelled
against the Dowager Duchess of New-
castle, who 12 years ago founded the
settlement of St. Anthony in the
Whitechapel slums, and she has now
given up her West End residence and
gone to live at the settlement. Al-
though her grace is one of the rich-
ek and best looking peeresses of the
realm, she elects to live and work in
ote of the dreariest districts in Lon-
don. The fact, by the way, that the
Marquis of Queensberry was recently
received into the Roman Catholic
church reminds one that his uncle,
Lord Archibald Douglas, became a
order some
ald had for
orders de-
yr poor i full bow at the
and homeless boys, and he established
a bakery for the purposc of giving a
certain number of them educatien,
shelter and employment.—Tit-Bits,
The Modern Child.
Victor Hugo wrote that when he
gazed into the eyes of a little child
he saw there a reflection of divinity,
and he trembled. This is the poetic ex-
pression of a great truth; the beauty
and sacredness of the human entity
when it is nearest to the source of
all life.
Ellen Key, an eminent Swedish au-
thor, abandoned some years ago the
advocacy of woman’s social and politi:
cal emancipation, declaring that a no-
bler conception of woman’s natural
mission as wife and mother was of
much more immediate moment. Those
who study the childhood of today
strongly realize this fact. It presents
marked contrasts with the childhood
of our grandfathers. The modern child
is too apt to be denatured, so to speak
at a tender age; to be pert, to be pre-
tentiously knowing, self-conscious and
selfishly impulsive.
What a world of sadness is there in
the remark of a well known observers
“There are no longer any children.”
This view, extreme «though it be, is
based upon an actual condition, which
is due chiefly perhaps to two things:
Neglect of suitable correction of chil-
dren, and silly, indiscreet and flatter-
ing admiration of them at all times
and on all occasions. Children may be
adored and yet properly influenced to
their good.
There are faddisms in child train-
ing and child development which
work immense harm. It is a crime to
make any child the victim of one-sid-
ed or extremist theories of any kind.
The spontaneity of juvenile nature
needs to be guided, not forced.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
How to Cure Insomnia. -
What, then, can the sleepless wom-
an do to help herself? Let her note,
in the first place, some things that
she ought not, to drink tea or coffee,
especially toward bedtime; for these
stimulate the brain. She ought not to
spend all her time indoors, but rather
live much in the open air and breathe
deeply the while. She ought not, im-
mediately before retiring, to read
thrilling stories of “battle, murder and
sudden death.” She ought above all,
not to fear the idea of not sleeping;
and the fear of not sleeping will be
dissipated by the firm conviction that
even though she should remain awake
for hours, some at least of the benefits
of sleep can be obtained by: using
those hours aright. One goes to bed
primarily to rest; secondarily to sleep.
If one does not sleep, one should not
keep turning over and over, growing
more and more impatient with one’s
‘self, but should impose on the mind
calm, peace, and a state as near va-
cuity as possible. As has been well
said, “Sleep is like a pigeon. It comes
to you if you have the appearance of
not looking for it. It flies away if you
try to catch it.” If possible, approach
bedtime with a feeling of indifference
and learn to say within yourself, “If 1
sleep—well; if I don’t sleep—also well
though not so well.” This little lesson
thoroughly learned will have the most
beneficial influence in attracting sleep.
Assuming, then, that the sufferer has
removed the physical causes of sleep-
lessness, that noise, and light, and
material discomforts are excluded—
there is now no reason -for the insom-
nia. She has but to suggest to herself
properly or talk to herself sleep for a
while and it will come. Relax the
limbs. Close the eyes. Inhale a few
deep breaths, and repeat silently and
slowly some such formula as this:
“There is no reason why I should not
sleep. I can sleep. Therefore I will
sleep. I will sink down lower and low-
er. I am sinking down. I know I am
now going to sleep. I feel sleep com-
ing. It is here. I sleep, sleep, a
long unbroken sleep.”—Correspondent
of Harper’s Bazaar.
Fashion Notes.
The half-tones of all colors lead.
Buttons are a significant mode of
decoration at present.
Silk cashmere, one of the newest
weaves at the silk counter, comes in
all colors. :
_ Khaki is still largely used in trim-
mings and all smoked effects will be
a la mode.
Some neat frocks for general wear
are of the one piece variety, in light
weight wool or heavy silk like Rajam.
Many hats have noticeably graceful
lines about the face, being neither re-
verely straight nor sharply turned up
or down.
The regulation yoke is a less prom-
inent feature of the latest gowns than
the chemisette and vest of different
size: and shape.
Have you taken note of the fact
that an appearance of greater delicacy
is given the hands wien the very long
sleeves are worn?
Very rich in appearance are the trim-
mings of coarse-meshed net, ribbon
embroidered, that are beingrused in a
multitude of ways upon dressey
gowns.
A new collar is in the shape of a
Directoire stock made of tu and
corded lawn with ¢
top and a color
net frill at the
>» scarf with a
THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. M. L. BURTON, PH.D.
Theme: Jesus as Prophet.
Brooklyn; N. Y. — For the union
services of the churches on the
Heights, the preacher Sunday was tae
Rev. Ma arion Leroy Burton, Ph.D.
pastor-elect of the Church of the Pil
grims. His subject was ‘Jesus the
Prophet.” He selected his text from
Matthew 21:10-i1: “And when He
was come into Jerusalem, all the city
was moved, saying, Who is this? And
the multitude said, This is Jesus the
Prophet of Nazare sth of Calilee.” .Dr.
Burton said in substanca:
The central question of all this in
Christian life is, how does Jesus save
us; how are we to profit by Christ's
life?. Ii is impossibie in- this short
time to answer. Dut one phase of the
three which our Sawour lived, as
Prophet, Priest and King, Yet each
conveys its part of truth ubon a pro-
per concept of“His holy life. How-
ever, it is ‘weil to concentrate upon
the prophet side of His life, not to im-
ply at all any sense of separateness
between them. . We cannot give at-
tention now to the kingly aspect, but
to that of prophet, which Jesus lived
for our salvation. What was it that
caysed the multitude tg follow Him,
and, as St. Matthew tells us, take
Him for a prophet? It was He who
proclaimed the truth and.in this light
we can. see how Jesus is related to
our life.
Without going into the questions
and different divisions which natur-
ally arise on all sides, let us consider
how He lived as a prophet. In what
sense does He stand as our prophet?
In the first place, we know that He is
a prophet in regard to God. He has
revealed how God is taking us be-
neath His forgiveness and patience
and ever .watchful care — how we
cease to exist without Him. Let us
note, in the first place, Jesus’ revela-
tion of God's attitude toward sinful-
ness: There are those who declare
sin is underestimated, but if we are
wide, we can understand Jesus’ true
attitude in regard to sin. It is shown
in His denunciations, in His opinions
of the leaders of the day, in the Ser-
mon on the Mount, all of which show
His conception of sin. Not only ths
man who is the adulterer, but he who
lives in conditions of lust; not only
the murderer, but he who inspires the
act and remains silent; not alone the
perjurer, but he who fails to be truth-
ful by keeping silent. These are
‘‘likewise’ sinners.
But God’s attitude toward sin con-
cerns not alone our outward acts, for
the inner being is brought into ac-
countability and cannot escape. Jesus
has called upcn us not only to do
something that makes for our salva-
tion, but also to have in mind that we
should bz something. It is of the in-
ner self that the victory over sin has
to be won. We should have a life not
of action alone, but also of being.
Jesus has taught the world the terri-
ble consequences which are to follow
our wrongdoing, that the man whe
sins will condone it by suffering. He
has told of the penalties of sin. He
who deceives the little one had better
tie a millstone about his neck and
perish in the sea. What awful penal-
ties that follow the sinner! But not
alone has Jesus revealed to us God’s
attitude toward sin, but in the second
instance He has revealed God, through
Himself, and has shown His manifold
purposes of our destiny.
Let us study the character and life
of Jesus and we shall see that He has
revealed God to us and shown His
clemency and patience. Why was it
the multitude followed Him? Be:
cause they took Him for a prophet?
It is not that alone, but because of
His magnetic personality, which at-
tracted all to Him and made Him be-
loved of all men. No wonder the
twelve disciples came at His call and
served Him with true love and faith.
It was not confined to this inner cir-
cle, however, that Jesus attracted
men about Him by His wonderful per-
sonage. Nicodemus cams to Jesus.
The centurion was wont to seek Him
out for counsel. The multitude list-
ened to His words of wisdom. He
was a friend of the publican and sin-
ner. At the day of the feast the
Greeks came and said, “We would sce
Jesus.”” He spoke in infinite love and
drew all to Him. He sought to lead
them through the paths of His truth
and to teach them quietly, sincerely,
of life and their salvation. How mar-
velous and how perfectthat He should
lead men toward the truth and a bet-
ter and less sinful life. Witness Him
teaching the multitude to the path-
ways of truth and see Him carry them
to His Word. Hé knew that much of
His teachings fell on barren soil and
took no root, but He was patient with
His people. Oh, the beauty and pa-
thos of the parting with His disci-
ples! “It passes all understanding.
It was a crisis in the. lifz .of Jesus,
He taught them the truth, and Tie led"
them out in vital existence.
Teaching the people, Jesus was pa-
tient at all times. Even ths: same
twelve men who gathered at His call
to preach the Gospel to the world oi-
ten forgot His teaching of the Word.
On the way to the Last Supper they
quaireled among themselves as to
who was the greatest among them.
But He was patientand forgave them.
Did not the priests take before Him
an adulteress, and when the accusers
had fled, did He not say, ‘‘Where are
those who condemn: thee? Neither
do I condemn thee. Go and sin no
more.” Oh, the infinite love and for-
giveness of the Master! Then Jesus
tells of the Prodigal Son and shows
that forgiveness with the Father is
possible. Peter sinned three times,
and Jesus forgave him. And not
alone has He forgiven the sinners,
but the marvelous basis for cur won-
der is that He suffered to save them.
Jesus was willing to suffer for His
truth, so that His attitude toward
God and men might be recognized as
the true way.
These characteristics of the life of
our Master reveal God's attitude to-
ward us and His purpose in infinite
love. Jesus has said that God is only
atisfied to save Y He w ould hav
the et cs of life.
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repent-
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Jesus is all that God is -in infinite
love.” Who hath seen Jesus hath'seen
God. Oh, the glorious wisdom of
Him who hath seen God!
Jesus was a prophet not only in
telling us- of God’s attitude toward
sin, with clear positiveness, but He
also was a prophet in regard to ocur-
selves. He tells us what God is in all
His glory and Het tells us what man
is, what we are ourselves. Jesus is
the ideal type. The critics pass Him
by. Ian His almighty wisdom, we sce
how ignorant we are. In His holi-
ness; with its overpowering glory, we
observe. how sinful, how mean, how
low we are. Study. Jesus’ life and
draw out from you as you know your-
selves to be. How small, infinitesi-
mally small, do you seem! Ie has
been a prophet, for He has shown how
small we are. Two sides, the dark
and the light, Jesus has shown us,
but He- has not alone given us view
to the dark side by showing us cur
smallness. He has also brought up
the light side and with full hopeful-
lness not only tells us how small we
are, but shows us our largesness. He
tells us of the power and potentiali-
ties within us. ‘Ye, therefore, shall
be perfect in love.” You are a sin-
ner, but you may be a son of God.
Jesus is glorious as a prophet of God,
for He tells us how it may be if we
live as He lived. : ni
Not only a prophét of God and
men, Jesus sought to expand the rev-
elation of God, and beneath it all,
with prophetic note, gave the ideal re-
lationship of life, that of father and
son. Did time permit we could con-
sider the many lights between God
and man. Jesus came and in His ear-
lier years lived in simple communion
with His Father, before He gathered
abouit Him His twelve disciples. He
prayed in the mountains and prayed
for the forgiveness of the sins of the
world. He set the right relation be-
tween Son and the Father—a per-
sonal relationship. He never lost
hope in all His suffering, but trusted
in His Father. din His life He would
tell us that the infinite relation is that
of Father and Son.
Not only would Jesus teach us the
ideal relationship between God and
men, but He lived the life between
man and man. Should we follow the
precepts of Jesus, this relation of
man to man would be one of sacred
example. Follow the teachings of
Jesus. and get all the power and po-
tentiality that is in you. Develop self
by developing others. Find life by
losing it. It will be a victory for self,
the inner self. By the Word of God
we are one, or non-existent. Jesus
tells us of God’s relationship.
How can any one ask, knowing
these things-and God’s relationship to
man, how He effects our salvation?
Can “any. one be convinced and say,
“Can Jesus save Me?” He demands
of us ouf love. He demands that we
follow Jesus and do what He did. He
demands that we follow Him as Jesus
did and secure salvation by His for=
giveness. We know that the penal-
ties of sin are awful, for Jesus has so
taught us. The truth that 1 am
small He has impressed upon me, but
that I am to become larger through
hope and forgiveness I know through
His word. Jesus calls upon us to be
prophets in His name. We can take
His teachings throughout life, but we
do not follow them. That is not rec-
ognition of the word. He has done
His part and we should do ours. He
cannot make us or we would not be
personalities.
Jesus said to the multitude, Chris-
tians, follow Me, and as the apostles,
they left and followed Him. Jesus
calls us up from our worship of gold
and the money gods which we serve.
He called to the people, love Me niore,
and they worshiped Him. He calls to
us, love Me more. By Thy mercy we
will hear Thy call and will serve Thee
by love and service best of all.
© Net Common People.
“The common people’ heard Him
gladly.’”” ~ That phrase may be mis-
leading. What Mark says is not that
the ‘common people,” but that the
“much people heard Him gladly.”
He does not mean to refer to a low-
er class of people. The Bible never
calls this sort of people ‘‘common,”’
and it was not the lower class of
people that came to Christ in the
crowds. There was the Pharisee, the
Sadducee, the ruler, the publican,
the poor man—all classes were
drawn to Him. Where He came caste
straightway melted away. When He
came into Simon’s house, the poor
harlot, who had never crossed the
threshold before, went right in and
came to His side.
For this reason Jesus can no more
be the head of a labor church than
of a capitalist club. He has nothing
to do with men in sections. He deals
with man as man, and when He
looked out upon the crowds He did
not see a Pharisee or a publican;
He saw a man, a son of God by crea-
tion. He saw as God saw.—Rev.
G. Campbell Morgan.
Br a
Notes For Workers.
Here:are some good suggestions for
League workers:
“Find your work where Christ has
put you.”
“Seek to make at least one spot of
the earth brighter by a deed of
yours.”
“When you begin to worry, do not
forget that God still has control of
everything.”
“Christ has redeemed
"you up, that-you;
others.” :
*If you truly love God, your heart
will be filled with His Spirit, and you
will be obedient to His commands.”
“The true Christian is like the sun,
which pursues his noiseless track, and
everywhere feaves the effect of his
beams in blessings cn all.”
-“One has well said that our chief
concern should be, not to obtain
higher places, but to fill well the
places we already hold. Better fill a
humble position well than occupy one
above our ability.”—Pittsburg Chris.
tian Advocate.
and - lifted
in turn, may. lift up
Get a Future.
There are those who want to get
away from all their past; who if they
could, would fain begin ali over
again. Their life seems one long
failure. But you must learn,
must let God teach ou, that
to get rid of you
future out of i
Poo
The Lord d
PENNSYLVANIA
tates Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State,
ACTION NEEDED. HE SAYS
Officials Make Partial nvestigaticn
of Waynesburg Bank Afairs.
Waynesburg.—E. W. Lawrence,
special representative of Attorney
General Charles J. Bonaparte; Stan-
ley W. Finch, chief bank examiner
for the department of justice, and H.
J. Wagner. a stenographer, of Wash-
ington, D. C., were here at the in-
stance of President Roosevelt to make
an investigation "into the affairs of
the defunct Farmers and Drovers Na-
tional bank. Owing to the absence
of several persons whose testimony
was wanted their examination was
only partial.
One of the officials sald: “There
is certainly nced of action in regard
to the bank’s affairs and the prose-
cution of those guilty of violating
the law.”
The government's representatives
returned to Pittsburg, but will come
back to Waynesburg later to continue
the investigation. » :
MYSTERICUS DEATH OF GIRL
Body Is Found in Wagon Shed—Au-
topsy Reveals Startling. Facts.
Lebanon.—The authorities have
been investigating the mysterious
death of Mwollie Leisey,” a single
woman, 20 years old, whose body was
found in a wagon shed. An autopsy
shows that she was probably given
stimulants and then likely assaulted
and that death was due to heart fail-
ure.
Miss Leisey was last seen chatting
with a male companion. The man
who found the body declares that it
was not in the shed when Iie put in
a wagon there late in the evening,
which has given rise to a rumor that
the girl died at some other place and
that the Lcdy was carried into the
wagon shed.
SPEAKERS’ STAND GIVES WAY
David M. Reighard Serious
at Altoona.
Altoona.—David M. Reighard, Dem-
ocratic candidate for the legislature
in the Altoona district, was severely
injured here when a platform from
which he was addressing an open air
meeting collapsed. He sustained
spinal injuries, the extent of which
cannot be told.
Humphrey D. Tate, candidate for
congress, was also hurt, but not seri-
ously. Committeemen and candidates
were precipitated several feet to the
ground, all being shaken up.
Injured
Connect B. & O. and Pennsy Lines.
The Baltimore & Ohio has built a
single-track line at the eastern end
of its Susquehanna bridge, to a point
on the Pennsylvania railroad’s Point
Deposit branch near Perrysville, for
detouring trains during the rebuild-
ing of the bridge. On the other
side of the bridge, from Osborne, on
the Baltimore & Ohio, to Oakington,
on the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore
& Ohio will build a double track line
for detouring. The work will be
done by the company’s forces under
D..D. €Carothers, chief engineer.
Work is to be started immediately.
It is expected that the new bridge
will he ready for service some time
next year. A large amount of the
material has already been delivered.
Fatal Collapse of Roof.
Wilkes-Barre.—Peter Mullin, aged
45, was killed and two others were
seriously injured by the cyllapsing of |
the roundhouse roof of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad in this city. Twenty
other employes were on the turn-
tables situated in the center of the
building and escaped injury. Mullin
and the two Italians were repairing
the roof when it fell. A number of
locomotives were damaged.
Veteran Drops Dead.
Rochester.— Leland McKown, aged
68, a Civil War veteran and for 16
years sexton of the l.acock cemetery
here dropped dead at his home. He
was born in Butler and in 1884 re-
moved to Rochester. He was a mem-
ber of the G. A. R. A widow and
one son, John McKown of Fairmont,
W. Va., survive.
Pottsville Has $150,000 Fire.
Pottsville.—-The large furniture
store, warehouse and auditorium of
Levi Hummel and the beiler and stove
works of G. A. Schimpf were destroy-
ed by fire, entailing a loss of $150.000.
The fire started from an overheated
chimney ond spread so rapidly that
enly a small amount of stock was
saved.
Find Wcman Dead in Home.
Titusville.— Friends of Mrs.
beth Phillips, becoming alarmed at
her ncn-appearance, broke into her
apartments and found her lying dead
in her bathroom. She has often told
acquaintances they would find her
dead from heart failure some day.
Blamed Hard Cider.
'w ashington.—Declaring hard cider
caused his downfall and asking len-
fency on that ground Stephen Keenan,
19 years old, pleaded guilty to steal-
ing $50 from a grocery. The court
did not think much of the excuse and
sent the youth to Huntingdon.
Burglars Start Fire.
Beaver.—Fir e started by robbers
ed ‘the re Siqence in West
ter of John A. Burnsworth,
a loss of $4,500, covered by
rescu
insurance
valuables before ih e fi
way realed that clot
the silverware had beer
An Ptlempl to
Eliza- |
FOUR KILLED
Notre-Giycerine Factory Demolished
by Explosion—Four Blown
to Pieces.
Oil City.~—Four persons were I[it-
| erally blown to pieces and the Har-
| per nitro-glyercine factory at Kane-
ville, about seven miles north of here,
were demolished by an explosion of
nitro-glycerine.
The dead: Peter McGuire, aged 40,
of Rouseville; Daniel Feeley, aged
30; Arthur Feeley, aged 9; =2Carl
Feeley, aged 8.
The two men were employed as
treaters at the factory and at the
hour, when. the explosion occurred
were generally through with mixing
the high explosive and filling it_into
cans. It is supposed that one of the
men dropped a measure, or one of
the cans, which set off the entire out-
put of the day, 460 quarts. About ten
pounds of skin, bones and hair was
all that could be found of the two
men. - The bodies of the boys, who
were sons of Mr. Feeley, were found
about 300 feet from the factory with
every bone in their bodies apparently
broken. They were on their way
home to the factory to walk home
with their father. when the accident
occurred. McGuire is single. Feeley
leaves a widow and three children.
IS RICHEST STATE IN THE UNION
Pennsylvania Personal Property Sub-
ject to Taxation Is $1,104,513.428.
Harrisburg. — Pennsylvania now
leads in the amount of personal prop-
erty now owned within its border and
returned as subject to taxation. The
report of such property for 1908 was
completed for the Board of Revenue
Commissioners and shows that the
personal property reported increased
almost $92,000,000 over the aggregate
of 1907, which was the high water
mark, and that the total now reaches
the great total of $1,104,513.428.94.
No other State comes near touech-
ing such a figure of personal proper-
ty returned. New York being fully
$200,000,000 behind Pennsylvania.
Leaves Million to Widow. '
New Castle.—The will of the late
Matthias H. Henderson, past grand
master of Pennsylvania Masons, has
just been admitted to probate here
and disposes of an estate of $1,000,
000. His widow, Mrs. Lucy B. Hen-
derson, is made executrix without
giving bond, and she gets all the es-
tate except about $8,000. The will
gives 100 shares of Pennsylvania
Railroad stock to Trinity Episcopal
church of this city; 20 shares of the
.same to Lodge of Craft. No. 433, F.
and A. M., and $1,000 to the Masonic
home of Philadelphia.
Summerville Bank Is Closed.
Washington.—A telegram was re-
ceived by the comptroller of the cur-
rency from Bank Examiner John B.
Cunningham, stating that he had
closed the Union National bank of
Summerville, Pa. The bank has a
capital of $60,000 and is said to have
accumulated a “considerable quantity
of paper of doubtful value which ne-
cessitated its suspension. Mr. Cun-
ningham has been appointed tempor-
ary. receiver.
Auto Ditched; Three Hurt.
Sharon.—Austin J. Fulton, his wife
{ and their baby, were injured when
! their automobile turned turtle and
| they were pinned under it. The ac-
cident was caused, it is said, by a
farmer who turned his horse into the
path of the car. Mrs. Fulton’s
wrists were sprained and her face
was cut. Mr. Fulton's back was
sprained, his arm cut and one leg
scalded. The baby escaped with
scratches. The car was wrecked.
Horses Killed by Boar.
Washington.—Two farm horses be-
longing to T. Rielly Huffman of
Waynesburg, were killed by a feroci-
ous boar at Huffman’s farm, in Jack-
son township. The horses, which
were valued at $300 each, were disem-
boweled by the animal's tusks. Dur-
ing the night dogs attacked a flock of
sheep belonging to Huffman, killing
15.
Fined for Killing Birds
Butler.—For shooting robins on
Sunday Antonio Latro of Redmond,
ir Slippery Rock, was assessed
.07 fine and costs by Justice John
Ta aylor. Latro and 50 She eahinng
miners were hun g in th woods
near Redmond, shooting all 1 kinds
birds, Sunday evening. Constables
{| T. C. Campbell and John Stillwagon
swooped down tn them, but all es-
caped save Latro. The officers chased
him four miles.
1,500-Barrel Well Struck.
Butler. What looks like the
gest gusher in this ¢ O1 in
years was bi ht in by the 7. W.
Phillips Gas & Oil Company on the
Carnahan farm, two miles from Bak-
eretown. In the first 12 hours the
well flowed 60 barrels an hour and
has every indication of making a
1,500-barrel preducer. Oil men -flock-
ed to the locality and leases are be-
ing taken rapidly.
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