BARRIE AND HIS MOTHER.
A Loving So n't Enduring Monument to
Hit Dearest Friend.
J. M. Barrle, novel 1st and playwright
and tbc most successful of contempo
rary writers for the stage, has never
written a book or a play that is not a
monument to his mother, a monument
tsuch as tho pngan author declared he
had erected for himself, "more endur
ing than bronze."
Most of the material' which Barrio
has woven into his delightful stories of
Scotch life and much of that which
makes his plays so quaint, so individ
ual nnd so charming wore furnished
him by his mother.
Barrio In that extraordinary and
most intimate of books, "Margaret,
Ogllvy," tells how when he had deter
mined to become an author a decision
that gave his simple mother n tremen
dous shock, as she had made up her
mind that he should become n minis
ter he continually called upon his
mother for old stories of his native
town and its rugged typos, which ho
embalmed in such classics as "A Win
dow In Thrums," "Auld Ltcht Idylls."
"The I.lttlo Minister" and, last and
most vivid of all, the new Maude Ad
ams play, "Wkat Kvory Woman
Knows."
Besides being chronicles of what he
is familiar with tho true matter of an
artist's handiwork, according to Bus
kin Barrle's books and, plays contain
another feature which Is altogether
peculiar to them. This Is that Ills dear
old mother appears in them all. The
guise may differ, but this gentlo pres
ence is in everything that this most
devoted of sons ever wrote. It wos a
saying in the Barrle household when
the young author had begun to receive
checks for actual money from a Lon
don editor for his stories (and this edi
tor struck Mrs. Barrio as a most guile
less sort of creature, oven for an Eng
lishmanto be paying good money for
what she considered only an old wo
man's recollections of the humble deni
zens of an obscure Scotch town) that
"Margaret Ogllvy Is in It again." Mar
garet Ogllvy was tho maiden name
of Barrio's mother, and Margaret Ogll
vy sho remained to her death. Barrio
has said that, try as he would, lie
could not keep his mother out of his
books and plays. She might nppear as
the elfish Babbled in "The Little Minis
tor" or as the humorous and shrewd
Maggie Wylle of "What Every Woman
Knows," but appear she would, and
this persistency of his mother to ap
pear was the cause of much good na
tnred chaffing In the family and n
MAUDE ADAMS.
source of tho most gratifying delight
to tho old lady herself, much as she
might try to conceal it. '
It is in "What Every Woman
Knows" that Margaret Ogllvy appears
most to the life. Maggie Wylle of the
Maude Adams play is in every detail
of simplicity, hard common sense, hu
mor and a shrewd managing, tactful
knack tho humble old mother of the
great author.
Truly Margaret Ogllvy was never so
thoroughly "in it again" as she is In
her son's greatest comedy, the finest
product of the stage in many n dec
ade, "What Every Woman Knows."
Consequently the thousands who have
seen Maude Adams at the Empire the
nter, in Now York, during the past
winter and tho thousands who will yet
poo her there and In other cities of tho
country have witnessed and will wit
ness In "What Every Woman Knows"
a great writer's tribute, a son's endur
ing monument to his dearest friend,
his greatest helpmate his quaint, hum
ble, tender. Inspiring mother.
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FACTS IN FEW LINES
The population of Russia is increas
ing at tho rate of 2,600,000 per annum.
In the last half century Japan has
recorded more than 27,000 earth
quakes. Although the world consumes a mil
lion tons of sugar a month, tho produc
tion is more than sufficient.
In Egypt as well as in southern Eu
rope tho olive crop 4s a failure. Asia
Minor had about half a crop.
Owing to the scarcity of whales the
whaling industry is dying out. Only
150 are now caught each year.
Recent excavations In Mexico have
brought to light the remains of a man
who, it Is stated, must have been fif
teen feet tall.
The Bulgarian sobranje has voted to
tax bachelors over thirty years of age
$2 yearly. The proceeds will be devot
ed to education.
Tho Church of England bishopric of
Mackenzie river, In British North
America, is five times as large as the
United Kingdom.
There are only two automobiles in
the Turkish city of Saloniki, and the
use of a mo'or car outside the city lim
its is impracticable.
Accordions, rattles, tin whistles and
bugles were recently used as weapons
of obstruction in the Austrian parlia
ment. The debatt was postponed.
There is only one day in the year on
which the inhabitants of Monte Carlo
are allowed to gamble at the casino
tables. That day is the F-rince of Mo
naco's birthday.
Mongolia, with an ared of 1,307,053
square miles, has a population of only
2,580,000, whereas Manchuria, with
only 303,700 square miles, has a pop
ulation of 8,500,000.
Rioting lias been common In the
neighborhood of the Chinese city of
Amoy, following the refusal of natives
to obey an order prohibiting the plant
ing of opium popples.
The Spanish cabinet has accepted
the British bid of $40,000,000 for the
construction of the now Spanish squad
ron, subject to some modifications of
plans on the part of Spain.
A single dealer in Madrid sells an
nually 30,000 larks, finches and other
small birds for food, and the total
number thus consumed is estimated at
a million in that city alone.
In Europe at the time of the French
revolution there were only twenty-one
cities of over 100,000 inhabitants. Now
there are 1G0 such, and fifty-five of
them have over 250,000 Inhabitants.
In Europe n first class peanut oil Is
the most highly esteemed of vegetable
oils, after olive oil. It is also used in
the manufacture of butter substitutes.
The low grade oils are used for soap.
One of tho functions of the Salvation
Army in India is to teach natives to
use Improved hand looms, paying them
wages at once. They are soon able
to earn up to $5 a month, a big sum in
India.
M. Paul Wolfskel, professor of math
ematics at Darmstadt, has' instituted
a prize of .$25,000 as an inducement to
rediscover the famous theorem of Far
mat, which has been lost for over two
centuries.
American Minister Rockhill, at To
kin, probably will be a special am
bassador of this country at tho funeral
on May 1 of the late emperor of China,
whoso body is now in a temporary
resting place.
The Vienna College of Physlclhus
will celebrate the centenary of tho
death of Aucnbiiiggcr, the Inventor of
percussion, on May 18. A marble me
morial tablet will be placed on the
house In which ho died.
Amputating a horse's leg at the fet
lock joint, Professor Udrlskl of tho
veterinary school at Bucharest has re
placed the lost portion with a leather
artificial leg that enables the animal
to walk about and take exorcise.
The geological survey has formally
denied the statement going the rounds
that its experts had deeided that one
fourth of Alaska was a coal field. Tho
latest ofllclal estlmato is that there are
nbout 24,000 square miles of coal areas
In th?t country.
John Burns, president of the local
governing board of London, has al
ready granted funds up to !?8,7S2,000
and loaned ?."0,000,000 at a low rate of
interest for use in starting public
works on 4,200 Improvement schemes
In order to give employment to the un
employed. Last year 12,551 women registered In
Boston to voto for school committee.
Twenty-n ino ?ears ago, when tho priv
ilege of voting at these elections was
first granted to women, only !)00 reg
istered, nnd for the following 1 1
years the average was only a little
over 1,000.
The government of Mexico has voted
an appropriation of $50,000 for a mon
ument to a humble hero Jesus Oar
da, a locomotive engineer. Garcia a
year ago bravely hooked his engine to
a burning car filled with dynamite
and hauled it out of Kacazarl, Mexico.
He saved the town from disaster, but
was blown to pieces himself.
Two Poles employed at a Palmer
(Mass.) wire mill made a wager as to
who could draw the largest amount of
wire in a week. The two together
drew seventy tons, the one winning
drawing only about 200 pounds more
than the defeated one. Each ton of
wire had to be handled six times, and
each man netted more than $30.
Booker T. Washington was born near
Hales Ford, Va., about 1859. His moth
er was a slave in tho Burroughs fam
ily, whore sho was known as Jane Bur
roughs. Her husband lived on a neigh
boring plantation. Booker Washington
was educated at Hampton institute,
Virginia, where he graduated in 1875.
He taught there until he was selected
head of the Tuskegec Institute, which
ho organized.
A Woman n Top of the World.
Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman, n
New England woman, has completed
the undertaking of crossing two of
tho four greatest glaciers of the Hima
layas, situated on tho Indian frontier.
She is the only woman who ever
crossed these famous glaciers. She
left Hasmlr in June, 1008, and com
pleted her task in September. After
she and her party scaled the virgin
peaks and passes she reached the
height of the snow at an altitude of
nearly 23,000 feet. After passing sev
eral weeks on the Hlspar glacier she
crossed the 18,000 foot Hispar pass,
descending the Blafo glacier, Baltls
tan, from which province over three
weeks' marching was necessary to
reach Serinagur, Kashmir. Her broth
er, Colonel A. George' Bullock, lives
in Worcester, Mass. An account of
her trip was sent to him by Mrs.
Workman.
Discards Hockey For Golf.
Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden,
who some day will be queen of that
country, has discarded hockey and
taken up golf as the more dignified
game of tho two.
Musical Accent.
"Now, sir," said the barrister to the
musical expert witness, "you say the
two melodies are the same, but differ
ent. What do you mean by that, sir?"
"I meant tho notes were tho same,
but tho accent different."
"Accent! What is musical accent?
Can you see it?"
"No."
"Can you feel it?"
"Yes."
"Come, sir! None of this beating
about the bush. Tell the court .and
jury the meaning of what you call ac
cent." "Accent in music is tho same as em
phasis in speech. If I were to say,
'You are an ass,' the accent rests on
'ass.' But if I were to say, 'You are
an ass,' it rests on 'you.' "
This concluded tho cross examina
tion. London Express.
Changed His Mind.
Pinero, the playwright, has the repu
tation of being a martinet at rehears
als, and actors and actresses who dis
agree with him are apt to find them
selves severely taken to task. During
tho rehearsal of one of his plays tho
dramatist was much annoyed by the
way in which one of the actors pro
nounced a certain word in the dia
logue. Ho mildly protested, but the
actor would not take tho hint. "I have
always pronounced the word like that,
and I shall continue to do so," he said.
"My dear sir," retorted Mr. Pinero
suavely, "by all means do as you think
best. I would not deprive you of one
of your laughs for tho world!" At tho
next rehearsal tho actor changed his
mind. Argonaut.
Subtle Self Praise.
Once when Moltko heard himself
compared to Caesar, Turcnne, Marl
borough, Wellington and others ho re
marked, "No; I have no right to rank
with such great captains, for I have
never-commanded a retreat," which at
the same time conveyed a subtle com
pliment to himself.
Bismarck whs equally subtle when
ho was asked whom ho thought to
have been tho nblost plenipotentiary at
tho congress of Berlin. "I don't know
about the ablest," he replied, with a
grim smile, "but tho next ablest was
certainly Lord Bonooiisfiold."
iSflOKE
BOB" HAM
10 CENT
CHOSCE MISCELLANY
Disaster and Earthquake.
"Let us set aside all sentiment and
try to differentiate between the disas
ter as such and the earthquake Itself,"
writes Frank A. Perret, formerly hon
orary assistant at tho Royal Vesuvlan
observatory, concerning the Messina
earthquake in the Century. "Let us
realize the fact that if the population
of these cities had been ten times as
large the dlsiister would have been
correspondingly greater, while tho
earthquake would have mnalned , tho
same and the still more interesting
fact that if instead of those rubble
built cities a large army bad been en
camped on the spot there would have
been no disaster whatever, the earth
quake still remaining the same. Years
ago laws were passed prohibiting the
erection of houses having more than
two stories, but avarice led to the
building of tall, lilmsy structures
which would accommodate many fam
ilies nnd bring tho owners a goodly
rental. And yet this was in a well
known seismic area, where quakes
were of frequent occurrence and a
great one might bo expected at any
time."
He Got His Papers.
While Justice Martin J. Kcogh was
holding court at Carmel, Putnam coun
ty, recently he took up a few naturali
zation cases. One of them amused the
court. Tho applicant was Ludovico or
some name like that. Ho approached
tho judge with the air of one who was
fully prepared to present his qualifica
tions for citizenship. The judge, hav
ing plenty of time on his hands,
thought that he would tost the appli
cant's knowledge of affairs, and he be
gan with:
"Well, my good man, do you know In
whose presence you are?"
"Yes, your honor," was the reply. "I
am before the judge."
"And how does the judge get here?"
"He's elected by the people."
"And do the people also elect the
governor and president?"
"Oh, no, sir," was the prompt reply.
"The Republicans attend to that."
"You are quite correct," said tho
judge smilingly as he signed the paper.
New York Tribune.
The Postal Shower.
"What are you going to do with all
those postals?" asked a girl upon see
ing her chum poring over an assort
ment of postal cards.
"We're going to give Tom n postal
shower on his birthday."
"A postal shower! What is that?"
asked the chum.
"Goodness! Don't you know? Wo
get everybody we know to send a
dozen or so postals to our victim on a
certain day and sign them all with
different names. Now, in Tom's case
we will sign 'Lovingly, Molly;' 'Ten
derly, Sue,' or 'Your Own Ruby.' You
might as well pick out some while
you're here. I will give you his ad
dress." "Surely not his office address?"
"Sure! That's the best part of it.
Jack. got 300 on his birthday." New
York Press.
Women's Gloves.
In a recent divorce case In Scotland
it was testified that a lady searching
her maid's trunks found 200 pairs of
her own old gloves therein.
"Abroad," said a dealer anent this
happening, "It isn't unusual for a wo
man of fashion to have 200 pairs of
gloves. At tho sale of the Duchess of
Somerset's things over 2,000 pairs, all
as good as new, were put up.
"You see, gloves nre cheaper abroad.
Over there you'll pay a dollar for an
article that would cost you two and a
half here. But, aside from that, for
eign women incline to go in more for
gloves and boots, too than we do.
The foreign woman Is likely to bo bet
ter gloved and booted than her Ameri
can sister." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Pneumonia.
Lecturing at the Harvard Medical
school, Dr. Elliott P. .Toslln declared
that pneumonia was tho most fatal
malady In Boston In 1008, claiming
3,000 victims, heart disease ranking
second in this regard and the "white
plague" coming third. Pneumonia af
fects all ages, and about 25 per cent of
the cases result fatally. It is not usu
ally contracted from n cold, as is gen
erally supposed, said Dr. .loslln, but de
velops from bad physical or hygienic
conditions and from exposure. It is
contagious In that one may catch it by
breathing in tho atmosphere where
there is a pneumonia patient In the vl-cinitv.
ILTON
CIGAR.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Get 8etl Gol
Unleash the doggerels of baseballi
The season Is about to open with tht
usual eclat. Already the baseball re
porter is rubbing his facile pen on tht
seat of his pants, preparing to grind
out something like this:
"Smiling Harry came to the bat foj
the local gladiators. He was 'a good
waiter and got three counterfeits
Lanky . Jim, who was handling tht
damp spheroid for the opposing nine,
finally unwound his superstructure
and put the Joy pebble to the liking ol
his merrlness. Smllcr pressed ngainsl
tho little, comforter for a one sackci
out into rjght truck farm. Smiling
Harry tarried not long on the Initial
sack, but, when Lanky Jim was nol
sitting up and taking notice immedi
atcly drug his anchor toward the sec
ond dopot, which lis larconled in safe
ty. The long 0110 showed symptoms ol
taking on n sky pilot at this time, and
Lonesome Jim, the next batter, reach
ed the first oasis via the charity route
However, his narrow lankshlps took
a caucus with himself, and Handsome
Ike whiffed the ozone, the understudj
for the Singer building occupying tht
box for the visitors putting Ike tc
sloop with three of his fadoawaj
knockout drops. In the meantime
Smiling Harry and Lonesome Jim per
formed a twin pilfer and were safely
occupying second and third refuge
when tho smoke cleared away. Hank
the Blto put n fly in Lanky Jim's oint
ment by neroplaning to tho midway
plalsance, Smiling Harry ambling on tc
the lowly thatched cottage on the put
out." Puck.
Its Reason.
"I see tho cmpiro styles in dress will
bo tho rule for tho spring."
"That's tho force of habit."
"Habit?"
"Yes. If you notice, women are al
ways getting back to tho empire style.
It matches so well with their love of
ruling." Baltimore American.
Progress.
"How is your boy getting on n(
school?"
"First rate," answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "He's goln' to be a great help
on the farm. He knows tho botanical
names for cabbages an' beans already,
an' all he has to do now is to learn to
raise 'cm.' Washington Star.
In 1920.
"Jeskop died while under tho Influ
ence of liquor."
"Too bad. Ho was an aeronaut of
considerable ability."
"True. But last night he mistook a
chimney for 11 hitching post, nnd when
tho furnace started up this morning
he was suffocated." Puck.
Joys of Being Rich,
"Oil, mamma! Don't you wish you
was rich an' could afford to hire a
servant to break your dishes?''
Cure Worse Than the Disease.
"According to this magazine," said
Mrs. Bifllngham, "sliced onions scat
tered about a room will absorb the
odor of fresh paint."
"I guess that's right," rejoined Bif
Ingham. "Likewise also a broken
neck will relievo a man of catarrh."
Detroit Tribune.
Appropriate.
Boothby All, mo boy, well met! And
what have you been playing of late?
Lushlngton I've been out with a
tauk drama.
Boothby Melodrama, eh? What part
did you play?
Lushlngton Tho tank. Cleveland
Leader.
Her Constitutional Right.
Gladys So you've sent Herbert
about his business, have you?
Mnybelle Yes. But I have since
used tho or recall on him. Chicago
Tribune.
Her Idea.
Ida What's your idea of a properly
furnished house? ,
Alice A dozen packs of cards and a
nost of bridge tables. Now York Life.
We hive n Insurance agtiitst
panics, BUT
Wo want to sell
Every business man In Wayne
county a good sized life or en
dowment .policy that he may
use as collateral security for
borrowed moncy-tldeyouover
tight places when sales are
poor and collections slow-possibly
head off Insolvency.
Wo wnnt to sell
Every farmer a policy that will
absolutely protect his family
and home.
Wc want to sell
Every laborer and mechanic a
saving policy that will be im
possible for him to lapse or
lose.
If not Life Insurance
Lotus write someof your FIRE
INSURANCE. Standard, re
liable companies only.
IT IS BETTER TO DO IT NOW, THAN
TO WAIT AND SAY "F"
HITTINQER & HAM,
General Agents.
WHITE MILLS, PA.
JOTICE OF UNIFORM PRIMARIES
. In compliance with Section 3 of the Uni
form Primary Act, page 37, 1. h. 1906. notice
is hereby .Riven to the electors of Wayne
county of the number of delegates to the
Slate convention each party Is entitled to
elect, the names of party ofllces to be filled,
and for what county offices nominations are
to be made at the Spring Primaries to be held
on Saturday, June 5th, 1909.
rilEPUBLICAN.
1 One person for Jury Commissioner.
1 Two persons for Delegates to State Con
vention. 3 One person In each election dtstrictlfor
member of County Committee.
DEMOCRATIC.
1 One person for Jury Commissioner.
2 Two persons for Delegates to State Con
vention.
1 Oneperson In each election! district: for
member of County Committee
PKOHIBITION.
1 One person for Jury Commissioner.
Four Delegates to State Convention,
3 four persons for alternatcidelegateslto-
State Convention.
4 One person for Party Chairman.
5 One person for PartylSecrctary.
Jt One person for Party Treasurer.
For Jury Commissioner, aTpctitioner must
have no less than fifty signatures of mem
bers of his party who are voters ; for Dele
gates to State Convention, Committeemen
and party officers, no less than te tgna
tures. All of these petitions must be filed In the
Commissioners' office on or before Saturday,
J. E. MANDEVILLE.
.1. K. HOHNHECK,
T. C. MADDEN,
Attest : (iKO. V. linss. urfc.
Com'rs.
Commissloners' Office. llonesdale. Pa.
April 5. law. fflvvl
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