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And, oh, how glad we were. an
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good time.
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lay with me,
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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,
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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.
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“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
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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.
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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
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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.
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