A GOOD TIME, ERS ER CCIE — EE ————— SS BY MOUNCE BYRD. I’ve had a Life came with rosy cheel Aros the morning fields to And, oh, how glad we were. an And 1 aughed and kissed cach other good time. ts and tender song lay with me, er along y the sea. I’ve had a good time. Love came and met me half way down the road: Love went away A little dfeam to T've had a good time. but there remained with me help me bear ot lo A something more to watch for b sea. Death came and took a rosebud from my yard; But after that, I think therc svaiked with me. To prove me haw ‘he thing was not so hard, An angel here of evenings ‘by the sea. I ve had a good time. A good, good time, Nobody Shoe ve good a time but me, With nights and days of revel and of rhyme, rtears and Jove and longing by the séa —From Harper's Monthly Magazine. NN NN NA oR el A — =e ~~ SAA Romance By PANE BIg MOND, - FS, $j rm—— aay! te SND —— See = T= A strange voyage! And still it had begun so pleasantly; in fact I have never started to cross the Atlantic under such good auspices. La Prov- ence is a swift, comfortable boat, commanded by the most jovial and gentlemanly of captains. When we were about 500 miles out from Havre we were overtaken by a wireless dispatch flashed to us through the air. It read: ‘Arsene Lupin is aboard, traveling first cabin; blond hair, a wound on the right arm; is alone and goes under the name of R ."* At this moment a clap of thunder burst through the air. The electric waves were disturbed and the rest of the telegram was not de- livered. . ! Thus we, on board the boat, knew only the first letter of the name adopted by Arsene Lupin. Had the news concerned anything or anybody else, I am sure the secret ‘would have been conscientiously kept, but there are things which defy yon to keep them secret. Already the very same day all of us knew that the famous, or should I say notorious Arsene Lu- pin was among us. ; . Arsene Lupin-on board! That slip- pery | criminal whose deeds had filled columns and columns in every Euro- pean newspaper! - The mysterious outlaw whom old Janiward, the Sher- lock Holmes of France, had chal- lenged to a duel to the finish! Lu- pin, the gentleman burglar, who J‘worked” only in chateaus and sa- lons, and who once left Baron Schor- mann’s residence empty handed, leav- ing behind him his card, bearing the words: ‘‘I shall return, my dear Pa- ron, when you shall have become rich enough to buy.- real silverware and jewels instead of the plated goods and paste gems your house is now filled with!” ‘““And this state of affairs is going to last for five times twenty-four hours yvet,”” Miss Nelly Underdown cx- claimed the next morning. ‘That is unbearable! I hope they will catch him.” And then, turning to me: “And you, M. Audressy, who are such a close friend of the captain, you don’t even know anything.” .- = Chicago Girl's Queries, I should have given much to have known something, just to please Miss Nelly: : She was one of those bewitch- ing creatures who immediately capti- vate the hearts of all and who are al- ways surrounded by a court of adniir- ers. Educated in Paris by her moth= er, who was a French. woman birth, she was now on her way to | visit her father, the Dollarking Un- -derdown, of Chicago. She was ac- companied by a friend, Lady Yer- land. “I really know nothing, Miss Un- derdown, but there is nothing to pre- vent us from starting an investigation | of our’ own, following the detective ‘methods of old Janiward, Arsene Lu- pin’s arch enemy. We possess quite a few clues: 1. name beginning with an R. “2. He is traveling alone. “3. He is a blond. i by | | | Ar, A= See XOCHRNCN == “Why, M. Rozaine,” she exclaimed, “have you nothing to say?” An Embarrassing Situation. All eyes were turned upon him. He was blond, and I must admit my heart began to beat rather fast. The situation was a very unpleasant one. “I did not answer,” said M. .Ro- zaine, who was the calmest of us, ““be- cause I have already come to the same conclusion in the same way, and I think that I ought to be arrested, as I am the only person on board whom the description fits.” “But you have no wound on your arm, have you?” Miss Nelly asked, rather anxicusly, I thought. = “No, that at least does not tally with the description,” he said, and nervously he bared his arm, which was without 2 blemish. A thought shot’ through my brain at the same ‘moment, however — he had shown Miss; Nelly his left arm. I was just about to make a remark to that effect, when something hap- pened to distract our attention. “Lady Yerland, Miss Nelly’s friend, came rushing up from below, terribly ex- cited.. Only with the greatest effort was she able to stammer: “My jew- . was Rozaine, who had been knocked down while out scouting. He had also been robbed of all his valuables, and a card bearing the following words was pinned to his coat: ‘“Ar- sene Lupin thanks you very much for the 20,000 francs.” Rozaine had had just that amount in his wallet, which was quite empty. Whole Ship in Panic. * A real panic ‘broke out. No one dared enter his stateroom or walk the deck alone. The passengers ¢lung to- gether’ in groups, the members” of which’ knew they could trust one ‘an-. other.. Arsene Lupin was. everybody, and everybody was Arsene Lupin, who was now thought to: possess su- pernatural powers. It Sas beliéved that he could assume any disguise and: that he appeared new as the no- ble. Count Von. Rayerdau, and then as Mdjor Rawson. ; " ““How_ pale you are, Miss Nelly,” 1 said to my- companion, who was lean- ing heavily | on my arm. “And you,” she said. “You, too, are looking quite changed.” The gangway was:now in position, but before we were allowed to leave customs officers, policemen and por- ters came aboard. If any one were to tell me that Arsene Lupin had left the boat be- fore we came to Sandy Hook not even that would surprise me,” said Nelly. Rozaine passed. The officer whis- pered to Gaminard, who shook his head and let him go. “But, my God! whére is, then, Ar- sene Lupin?” Real Thief Unmasked, There were only about twenty more people on board. I told Miss Nelly we had better wait no longer. As we came down the detective barred the way. “What does this mean?’ I cried. He looked at me for a moment and then said: ‘“Arsene Lupin, I believe.” ‘No, sir; my name is Bernard d’Audressy,” I said, with a laugh. “Bernard d’Audressy died in Mace- donia three years ago and I can tell you just how you got his papers. You might as well give up the game, Lu- on.” I hesitated a moment. Suddenly he struck me on my right arm. A cry of pain escaped me. He had hit the poorly healed wound mentioned in the dispatch. I saw that everything was lost and turned to Miss Nelly, who was pale as death. : * Her eyes met mine; then she looked at the kodak I had handed her a moment before, and I saw that she |. had guessed everything. Inside the kodak were Lady Yerland’s jewels and Rozaine’s 20,000 francs. She passed by me and started to go back on the steamer. Half way up the 239099099390909 s333333sssssansessssasansssssanasss eo? 3 : P : [- Z EH Faith, Pride and Enthusiasm Needed. ~ 8 e9 wy ; oe . 80 $s i , 83 eo? If the farmers would put a little more spirit, a little more og eo of the fire of enthusiasm in their calling, there would not be @@ 4 so much humdrum work done and ' such dilapidated places 23 en (called farms) as we see throughout the country. The farmer en 80 should have as much pride abeut his farm buildings as any ®@@ $8 other class of men have about theirs. He should have and 23 @® ne=ds all modern improvements. The lack of pride, not money, eo @® in many instances has a great deal to do with this. They have © Se * not been struck with thesdfire of enthusiasm deep enough to ss @® reach their pockets.—Mrs. Mary E. Cage. : e 09600080800000868 2€R2CPE37°6686608200200C2032200 80 C0983 09CLC0C00069 20 8280663559 088850000630600000000 els! — my pearls! — everything has been stolen from me!” 4 The news created the greatest ex- citement, and we all agreed it must be Arsene Lupin’s work, carried out in.his best, most mysterious style. At the dinner table the two seats next to M. Rozaine were empty.” No one cared to sit next to a man who might be in a penitentiary a month from now. In the evening we were told that the captain had sent for him, asking him to come to his statercom. We all thought he had been arrested, and breathed considerably easier. After supper we had a hop, and be- tween two dances I told Miss Neily that" I loved her, and she did- -uot seem at all displeased. The following: morning we were surprised to hear that Rozaine was free. There were no proofs against him. He carried papers which proved beyond any doubt that he was the“son of a well known merchant at Bor- deaux, and there was no cut or wound on either of his arms. Reward Out For Lupin. Somebody remarked that at “the Lupin ds traveling under n time the jewels were stolen Rozaine was known to have been walking on the promenade deck. - Half an hour later a slip of paper “Now, the first thing to do is to Was passed from hand to hand among run over the list of passengers in the | i officers and passengers of all classes. first cabin and pick out all those ' On the slip was printed that M. Louis whose names begin with an R.” | Rozaine offered a reward of 10,030 I had the list in my pocket, so I francs to any person pointing out, Ar- took it out and ran my eves over it. “I see there are thirteen pass whose names begin with an R,” I said. ‘Of these nine are traveling | with their wives and servants. This | leaves only four: Count Von Rave- dan—"’ “Who is attached to the German Legation,” Miss Nelly interrupted. “I know him.” ‘Major Rawson—" “My uncle,” somebody said. ‘‘Signor Rivolta—"’ “Here,” came the answer from one of our group, an Italian whose black beard almost hid his face. sene Lupin or producing the stolen engers | jewels. “1f no one will help me to find this thief,” Rozaine declared, ‘I shall Her- ret him out single handed.” And really the search of the boat gave no result, but the next day the captain’s gold watch and chain were | stolen out of his pocket. Furious at his loss he doubled his efforts and his eyes never left Ro- zaine, with whom he had been alone several times. Ic the evening the watch and chain were found in the ; first officer’s collar box. Now this was all very wonderful, “The Signor cannot be accused of and showed that Arsene Lupin was a being blond,” Miss Nelly said, with a’ i the silent and melancholy Rozaine I “Then we are simply compelled to could not help secretly admiring him. laugh. think that the guilty party is the last name on the list, M. Rozaine,”” I re-| plied. “Does any one know M. Ro- gaine?” No answer, but Miss Nelly turned to the Young man whom I feared as a gival. | | together with a strong silk cord. master of his art. When I looked at Two night before we were due in New York the first officer heard some- body groaning in a dark corner of the deck, and when he ran over to investigate he found a man prostrated on the ground. His hands were tied I} gangway she collided with a waiter and my kodak fell from her hand into the water, between the steamer and the dock. -Degply touched I looked after tier disappearing - figure and sighed: “Sometimes I am really sorry that I am no honest man. ”—New York Eve- ning Journal. wWonns or WISDOM. - An ounce of silence is worth a peck of trouble. It, doesn’t take long to tell some people what we think of them. ‘When a man is afraid to form an opinion fdr himself he ought to get married. One way in which a woman can get even with a man is by marrying him. The chronic borrower doesn’t like to think “we ‘shall recognize our friends in heaven. Clothes may not make the man, but the lack of them would be at least embarrassing. The trouble with kraves and .fools is that they haven’t sense enough to keep from being found out. Sins of ommission are more popu- lar than sins of commission because they involve less effort. You can: give a man good advice until you are blue in the face, but give him a good scare and you will see results. Some men are so convinced that they are going to wake up some morning and find themselves famous that they can’t: Bleep. It makes a small man big to stand on his dignity. Most of us are proudest of the things we intend to do. Some people are only tireless ic making other people tired. All things equalize themselves. Finding faudt, for instance, is merely losing time. ~ Admire a woman and she will re- ciprocate, at least to the extent of ad- miring your good taste. When a woman believes everything her husband tells her it's a pretty good sign they haven’t been married long. It may be more blessed to give than to receive, but the men who live up to this theory often gp into the hands of the receiver.—From ‘“‘Mus- ings of the Greenwood Lake Philosd- pher,” in the New York Times, | Athens. “to. have been much greater than it is Zin our own day. E Streets littered with persons THE SOAPLESS AGE. Health Without Sanitation or Ration. al Medicine, - Apparently very little was done in the way of municipal sanitation, ex éept that some cities were well sup- pied with water. Soap was unknown to’ the classical age both in Greece and Rome. Pliny mentions a com- pound which he calls sapo made by the Gauls and Germans, and the in- gredients that entered into it. He al- 80’ informs us that it was more used by the men among the latter than ‘bY the women. It appears, however, ‘to have been a pomade for the hair rather than a soap. ‘Whether the Ferm is Celtic or Teutonic we do not “positively know; probably the iatter. ZFhat the word was later borrowed by the Greeks from the Romans ap- pears certain from the name sapon still in common use among them. The name eventually was adopted by most of the people of Europe, the Turks calling this article so much in de- ‘mand in our day sabun and the Finns saippio. In its stead the ancient Greeks used flesh scrappers. These were so highly esteemed that they Were sometimes made of gold and given ag prizes in athletic contests. Herein. we see how men’s ideas of the fitness of things change with the people and the age. Nowadays one would hardly commend himself to a friend or an acquaintance by the gift of a cake of soap or a comb. ‘This can, however, not be said of The mortality does not seem Five hundred years B. C.|the average of human life was reckoned at about thirty-three years. We are often astonished at the enor- mous populatien assigned to some countries. There are few large cities in the modern sense of the term; as the houses were seldom more than two stories. in height the population cannot have been very dense. In Athens the reputable women seldom went out of doors; the men spent Jost of their time in the open air. ‘What effect occasional overcrowding produced may be seen from the de- scription of the terrible plague in ‘Athens near thé end of the fifth cen- tury, B. C., as given by Thucydides, when the surrounding population was driven into the capital by the exi- “gencies of war. As the countries of which we know most were grouped around the Mediterranean Sea, where the climate is mild, outdoor life oc- casioned n~ discomfort, to say noth- ing of habit. In some parts of Italy whole families still live in caves, In :-Spanish cities the tourist who is out Jate at nights is surprised to find the ‘asleep; to the natives it is the most natural thing in the world. The pop- ulation of China is evidence that filth is not incompatible with an exception- ally large number of inhabitants to the square-mile, notwithstandingsthe prevalence of infanticide The writ- ers who have made the most careful study of the economic condition of France have reached the conclusion that the population of the country at the close of the Middle Agés was as “great as it is now. It was, however, fearfully cut down by the Hundred - Years War and the plague. Yet dur- ing all this pericd there was no ra- tional practice of medicine. quite recently most of the villages of continental Europe were without a ‘resident physician... Such is still the gase in many parts of the worl.’ that are reckcned civilized. ‘While nobody doubts that medical practice fills an important want in modern civilization, there is no ques- t'on that it is largely due to civiliza- tion that the want exisis.—New York Medical Journal. Benedict Arnold's Flagship. The New York State Champlain Tercentenary Commission has ap- . pointed a special committee to make -the necessary arrangements for rais- ing the hulk of the Royal Savage, Benedict Arnoid’s flagship, sunk on Lake Champlain in 1776. In the summer of 1776 Arncld was commissioned to construct a fleet on Lake Champlain, to assist General Gates in his land campaign, and the Royal Savage was the flagship of the thirty-seven vessels collected. With his ships drawn up in a line across the channel between Valcour Island and the mainland, Arnold was attacked on October 11 by. a Byitish fleet double the size of his own, commanded 1. Captain Pingle.. A desperate action ensued, which lasted for five hours, ‘and Arnold finally escaped with the remnants of his flotilla:® However, the Royal Savage. had. gone aground and fell into the hands of the enemy, who burned her to the water's edge. The commission which is interested in raising the wreck of the old flag- lying | Until | ship has little hope of recovering: any treasure, but “relies of great his- torical value are certain to be found. ~—Harper’s Weekly. He Couldn't Put It Out Farther, Doctor (to Gilbert, aged four)— “Put your tongue out, dear.” Little Gilbert protruded the tip of his tongue. Doctor—*“No, no; put it right out.” The little fellow shook his head weakly, and the tears gathered in his eyes. “I can’t, doctor; me.”-—Home Chat. Hamburg is the only one of the three leading seaports on the north- ern coast of Europe which shows an increase in business during the first eight months of this year as compared with 1907. it’s fastened to Its Inquiries completed, the Rus- gian Government has decided to order an airship from M. Lebaudy, the Arench constructor, sae PENNSYLVANIA | Interesting Items from All Sections of the Keystone State. DATE SET FOR CAPITOL TRIALS ea Judge Kunkel Fixes April 5 for Hear- ing of Next Case. Harrisburg—Judge Kunkel fixed April 5 as the date upon which the third of the series of trials growing out of the scandal surrounding the contracts for the capitol furnishings will be started. The case to be tried is one which charges conspiracy to defraud the State out of $25,577 in a bill for $61, 948 for desks supplied to the State. The defendants in this case, it was announced, would be John H. Sander- son, Philadelphia, a contractor for furnishings; Joseph M. Huston, Phil- adelphia, the architect of the build- ing and designer of some of the fur- nishings; former State Treasurer W. L. Mathues, former Auditor General W. P. ‘Snyder and J. M. Shumaker, former superintendent of grounds and buildings. With the exception of Huston, these defendants have been convicted and sentenced for defrauding the State In a wooden furniture contract, but are out on bail pending an appeal to the superior court. MONUMENT TO TEACHER Miss Wilson of Punxsutawney Only. Absent Two Weeks in 55 Years. Punxsutawney.—Twenty-four Punx- sutawney citizens organized the Mary Wilson Memorial association to erect a monument in honor of Miss Mary Wilson, who died last month after serving 55 years as a teacher in the primary schools here, missing but two weeks in all that time, when she was stricken with the illness which caused her death. Three thousand pupils were taught by Miss Wilson, 2,000 of which are living. It is the intention to locate all the pupils possible and through subscrip- tions raise enough money to erect a monument in the public square. The officers of the association are the Hon. W. O. Smith, president; Lex N. Mitchell, secretary, and Jacob L. Fish, treasurer. . FOUR SHOT Man Wounds Three and Ends His Own Existence. Johnstown.—In full view of scores of terror-stricken bystanders, John Stormer, a blacksmith, 35 years old, shot his wife, her brother and the latter’s wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Kurtz, and then placing the revolver to his own head, sent a bullet into his brain, dying instantly. His three victims, all severely wounded will live, with the possible exception of Kurtz. Mrs. Kurtz was shot in the hip. Mrs. Stormer was shot in both legs and sustained a scalp wound. All are in the Memorial hospital here in ‘a serious condition. MONEY LEFT TO MISSIONS Presbyterian Boards Get Bulk of Re- becca Cunningham’s Estate. Washington.—The will of Rebecca Cunningham, admitted to probate, be- queathed $2,000 to the board of home missions of the Presbyterian church, $2,000 to the board of foreign missions with a proviso that half be used for medical work and $1,500 to Rev. J. Addison Alexander, former pastor of the Second United Presbyterian church of Washington, now of Craf- ton. After making a number of personal . bequests the testator directs that her residuary estate be given to the board of foreign missions of the Preshyte- rian church. Want Labor Leaders Pardoned. Wilkes-Barre.—A petition was sent, by the representatives of 20,000 union’ workmen in this vicinity to President Roosevelt asking him to pardon Gom- pers, Mitchell and Maorrisen, who were last week sentenced to prison by the supreme court of the District of Columbia for contempt in -the Bucks stove case. The petition is sent through the Central Labor Union of Pittston. Shot by Highwayman. Washington.—Because he had only $8 and a railroad ticket, Lodi Visken, a foreigner, was shot down by an un- known negro at Bentleyville late at night. The bullet . shattered a bone below the knee. Visken was confronted by the negro and produced all his valuables wiht- out question. The footpad with a curse then deliberately shot his vie- tim and fled. “Preacher Retires: Washington.—Rev. W. A. McCon- nell has retired as pastor of the Mount Pleasant United Presbyterian church at Hickory and the pulpit has been declared vacant. Mr. McConnell bad been pastor almost fourty-four years. The church has been in ex- istence since 1795 and has had but four pastors. B. & O. to Build Branch. As a result of a coal deal closed this week, whereby the Indian Creek Coal and Coke Company purchased the holdings of the late Jeremiah Lohr, in Somerset county, the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Company will build a branch through Somerset county. D. B. Zimmerman, of Som- erset, is president of the coal com- pany and announcement is made that development work is to be started as soon as the railroad company com- pletes the new branch. - The sale in- cludes the surface as well as the coal, At an obscure spot, BIG COAL LAND DEAL cn v Pittsburg Capitalists Acquire 1,500 Acres in Greene County. = Another large coal land deal was completed when J. V. Thompson, the Uniontown. banker, sold to Charles McKnight, president of the National Bank of Western Pennsylvania, ‘and Alexander Laughlin of Pittsburg, about 1,500 acres of high grade cok- ing coal land, located in Morgans and Jefferson townships, Greene county, nedr the town of Jefferson and along Ten Milé creek. The coal is in a eén- tiguous body, the major portion being on the north side of South Ten Mile creek. The vein is about 340 feet below the usrface and the body. is about 73% feet in thickness. The consideration was about $500,000. Railroad surveys have been made up Ruff’s creek, near the mouth of which the coal tract is situated, and along Ten Mile creek for a distance of more than one and a half miles, for the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburg. & Lake Erie and the Wabash railroads. The proposed Short Line from Union- town to Wheeling also goes through the property, while the Pennsylvania already has a line to Rice’s Landing, in the vicinity. BOUND, GAGGED, LEFT IN coLD Coal Company Store Manager Is Vie- tim of 11. Masked Recbbers. Latrobe.—Bound and gagged Leim- uel Matthews, manager of “the Humphries Coal Company’s store at Superior No 2 plant, remained over 24 hours in a back yard, where he was thrown by men who looted the store Sunday morning. He was found in the morning and is suffer- ing from exposure. : Eleven masked men took the keys ; from Matthews, entered the store and filled a wagon with groceries and general merchandise. Another wagon- load was later stolen from the store at Superior No. 1 mine, Many resi dents for weeks have been receiving blackmailing letters signed by the Black Hand. Mine Superintendent George A. Hoerr received so many such letters that he resigned as’ Su- perintentdent and as postmaster at Superior and moved to lairobe, CHURCH WAR ENDS. Prospect Pastor Drops Suit When Congregation Pays $366-— Butler.—The controversy between the Lutheran church of Prospect: and the Rev. J. H. Batholomew, locked- / out pastor, which was waged for over a year, has ended in withdrawal of the minister's suit for $610 back sal- ary. Mr. Bartholomew, now living in Greensburg, accepted $366 on agreement of the church officials to pay court costs. In the gsttlement he is paid for one of the two months he was locked out of the church, following a request of the official ‘board that he resign - Bfter a pastorate of five years. Cement Rate to Be Cut. Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania railroad is preparing to make a heavy cut in its rates in cement from Northampton and Lehigh counties in this city. The present rate on ce- ment from the Pennsylvania fields io Jersey City is 80 cents a ton, while to Philadelphia it is $1.20 a ton. The railroad is now considering the estab- lishment of an 80-cent rate to. this city. Alleged Forgers Held. Washington.—At a hearing before Justice of the Peace John Hornby, of California, George Amos Brenton, of California, were sent to jail in_ default of $500 bail each on charges of forgery and passing forged checks. It is charged Amos forged his mother’s nam¢ to a check for $200, - which was honored at the People’s bank. Many Great-Grandchildren Present. @ Washington.—At a reunion of the descendants of Isaac Wright, who set- tled in Washington county in 1780,. Mrs. Christine Sprowls, 95 years old, of East Finley township, ate her Christmas dinner. with 13 great- grandchildren. The reunion was held at the home of James R. Wright in this city. Franklin in Third Class. Frahklin, —The City Council passed on first reading an ordinance provid- ing for the surrender ‘of Franklin's charter; which was issued in 1868, and acceptance of the provisions of the act relating to third-class cities. Franklin and Monongahela are the only cities in the State still operating under special charters. ~ Alleged Counterfeiter Arrested. : Greensville.—Secret Service Opera- tive Washer of the Pittsburg district, took into custody Elmer Rzlston ar- rested by the local police on a charge of passing counterfeit money. Ralston, who*is a carpenter, is alleged to have passed a number of bogus dollars here and when arrested others were found in his possession. Century-Old Toll Gate Abolished. Altoona.—Tollgates on the Holli- daysburg and Bedford pike extending between the two towns are abolished by a decree made by Judge Martin Bell. They had been in operation nearly a century. The county com- missioners decided to condemn the road, but a compromise price of $3,500 was agreed upon. Washington.— While hauling a load of oil well tools Alvin Ross, the 16- year-old son of John Ross, fell from his wagon and was instantly killed, a wheel passing over his neck. and Carl . - a 3 2 Aw Pr fl the sin hus anc als of pin ver Ne we Wh her pla ma. cha poi q phe if 1 and tele son ind pal ter: it i A oh ys 0 = 3 °c C = E we cS
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