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JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
Judge Robert Von Moschzisker,
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Eric.
STATE TREASUREIt,
Jerciniah A. Stobcr,
of Lancaster.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
W . II. llullock.
Forty mall carriers and twenty-
two clerks of the Wllkes-Barre post
office will receive an Increase of
?100 a year, beginning July 1. And
now all the rest of 'em will look up
That "fleas have smaller Heas to
bite 'em, and so on ad Infinitum"
has been proven true by a sharp
ered bacteriologist. Oh wo should
dearly love to see, a flea's, flea's,
flea's, flea!
The Judges of Luzerne county on
Tuesday signed an order summoning
a grand jury to meet on August 23
to probe the new court house con
spiracy charges. Luzerne county
seems to be In style.
And now It Is stated that the
African tse-tso fly has been out
rageously slandered. He doesn't
produce "sleeping sickness" from
his own private stock, .lust takes
it from one man and presents it,
with his bill, to another. But it
doesn't make any difference to the
victim that wo can discover.
It may be of interest to know that
a sample of alcohol, made entirely
from saw-dust, which was recently
tested by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, was pronounced equal,
In all respects, to that made from
grain. It isn't "wood-alcohol" at
all, but Is an ethyl alcohol, the same
as that made from grain. This be
ing true we expect that illicit dis
tilleries will soon spring up in very
many people's chip-yards.
The seventeen .London suffragists
sentenced to prison terms for dis
turbance at the house of Premier
Asqulth, are keeping the prison
officials guessing. The women will
not put on the regulation prison
clothing, they smash everything
possible within reach, and have
steadfastly violated all the rules of
the prison. The authorities, who
have never before "met up" with
such a bunch, are cudgelling their
brains for a remedy for this new
state of affairs.
The National Printers League of
America will hold its first annual
rnnvpntlnn nn Kdntnmlipr tn 9F
In Manhattan. This league differs
from all other trade organizations
in this country, inasmuch as Its
purpose is to bring together the
employes as well as the employers in
friendly Intercourse, and to do away
with strikes. It embodies the Ger
man idea of district joint commis
sions, trade courts and boards of
arbitration, with legal authority and
power. It originated In Brooklyn,
and Henry Cherouny was Its father.
The Brooklyn Eagle, at the time of
its organization, described its pur
pose and objects. Since that time
the league has grown and prospered
wherever it has been in operation.
Railroad gross earnings, in the
fourth week of June, while much
better than for the same week of
last year, continued the decline In the
percentage of gain which has been
in progress since the first week In
May. The total for June Is in ex
cess of 1908, but below the high fig
ures of the few preceding months.
The aggregate gross of tho twenty-
five railroads selected by the Wall
Street Journal was during the fourth
week of June 111,017,628, which Is
6:6 per cent, above the same total
a year ago. In the second week the
gain was 10.5 per . cent, and the first
week 12.3 per cent. June shows a
total for these roads of $34,896,951
as compared with $31,896,951, or
an Increase of 9,2 per cent. For the
twelve months ending June 30 the
total was $424,561,422, or 1.4 per
cent, above the same total for year
ago.
If you are out of employment, It
may be interesting to know that
50,000 harvesters are needed in the
West. But, perhaps you aren't look
ing for that sort of a job.
Pennsylvania leads all states in
aggregate of saving deposits, says a
Washington dispatch of Tuesday.
The complete report of the com
ptroller of the currency shows the
sum of $96,703,678 In savings de
posits of National Banks. That's a
few.
The Connecticut Supreme Court
of Errors on Tuesday last handed
down a decision In favor of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road, which declares that the em
ployee's liability act, passed by Con-
gress, April 22, 190S, is unconstltu
tlonal. Well, we suppose that set-,
ties it. I
I
On Sunday last, Coney Island and I
Rockaway Beach were storm swept, j
Sixteen people were drowned, seven-!
ty-flve injured by a falling building,
and thousands drenched. It was
the expiring kick of that same storm ,
that struck Honesdale the same af
ternoon.
Orvllle Wright has stretched his
aeroplane record a little. On Tues
day, at Washington, he made a con
tinuous flight of one hour, twenty
one minutes and 45 seconds. Dur
ing his flight he ascended 280 feet,
tho highest point attained by that
sort of machine. The distance trav
eled was about 71 miles.
And now we are told that Andy
Carnegie has a coat of arms, which
he has Just had built. It hasn't on
It any wild beasts, dragons or such,
but has a weaver's shuttle, a shoe
maker's knife and other tools
which his ancestors used. Has a
crown upside-downside, topped by a
liberty cap. The supporters are
Scotch and American flags. The
motto is "Death to Privilege."
Whnt's tho good of it, anyway?
Wllkes-Barre's mayor, It Is stat
ed, lined seventeen-year-old Mary
Williams, who was caught In a
"raid." She didn't have a cent to
pay her lino, so the Mayor made a
speech and then passed the hat to
collect money to pay tho line. He
remarked us he counted the lucre,
that It was "two dollars shy," but
he kept the contribution and allow
ed tho girl to go free. Very mag
naminous. But why didn't ho sus-
pond sentence if he felt so interested
in the case?
We don't print this item with the
idea of frightening any of our
friends who are enjoying "single
blessedness" but, read it: Among
1,000,000 suicides of all classes, it
has been found that 205 married
men with children destroyed their
lives: 470 married men without
children: 526 widowers with and
1,000 widowers without children
With respect to the women, 45 mar
ried women with and 158 without
children committed suicide, while
104 widows with, and 238 without
offspring, completed the list.
It has been decided by the Solicitor
of the Treasury, that plumes of the
white heron, called aigrettes and
much worn by women cannot be
sold in New York even by tho Gov
ernment. Aigrettes to the value of
$1000, from Brazil, smuggled here,
were seized by the customs inspect
ors, who prepared to sell them at
public auction. The president of
the Audubon Society protested. The
collector asked the Secretary of the
Treasury and he referred the matter
to the solicitor. He declared that
the sale would be a violation of the
law of 1900 and that Uncle Sam has
no more right to sell the plumes
than any other chap. Wise judge!
FOOL DISPATCHES.
If Ex-President Roosevelt is
aware of the idiotic stuff that "fake"
dispatch senders are furnishing news
papers of this country, he is, we be
lieve, disgusted. Here's the latest,
which, like many others, hasn't, we
believe, a word of truth in it, from
start to finish:
"Roosevelt had an exciting experi
ence yesterday while endavorlng to
secure a cow hippopotamus. He
went out on Lake Nalvasha, In a
rowboat with two natives. Some
distance from shore the boat was
surrounded by a DOZEN hippopot
ami, which attacked the boat, some
diving under and striking the bot
tom of it with their backs. The
natives became terrorized, but Roose
velt was undismayed and selecting
the FINEST BULL and the LARG
EST COW shot them both. Event
ually the others were driven off."
Whew! Three Ittle men, In a
little boat, and a dozen hippopotami.
Among other things, creeping,
crawling and otherwise, Ex-Presl-dent
Teddy Roosevelt has acquired,
in Africa, a new title. It is "Bwaua
Tumbo." In the language of the
native, this Is supposed to mean "Big
Chief." We servilely salaam.
Things Theatrical.
Kirk Brown will nppear In "Brown
of Harvard' next season.
Arthur Wing Plnero and Beerbohm
Tree were lately knighted by King Ed
ward. The latter part of the year Isadora
Duncan will make a tour through New
England.
Suzanne Santje, who was once lead
ing woman with Richard Mansfield, Is
to return to the stage.
Grace George will appear In a new
play in London the fall after next. Au
brey Smith, nn English actor, will be
her leading man next season
"Quo Vadls," which once had such a
phenomenal run, has been turned Into
an opera and has been secured for the
New York Metropolitan Opera House.
"
The UOOKbOOK.
Bolle(j r,cc or bakod tato ,
wen with sweetbreads, and the dish
Is good for the sick.
For a change add to tho scrambled
leggs half a dozen mushrooms cut Into
bits and cooked in a teaspoonful of
butter with half a green pepper
mlnecd fine.
Liver Is delicious cooked as follows:
Cut slushes In tho liver and thread
Into them thin strips of bacon, season
with salt, pepper and thyme and bake
for an hour or so.
A plain rice pudding, tho variety
that is mode with rice and milk and
without eggs. Is much Improved If a
cupful of almond meats, blanched and
chopped very line, Is put in to be
cooked with the pudding.
Law Points.
The owner of property lost while in
a railway chock room is held in Terry
versus Southern It. Co. (S. C). G2 S. E.
240; 18 L. It. A. (N. S). 205, not to be
bound to show negligence on tho part
pf tho railroad company to bo entitled
to hold It liable for the loss
One undertaking to provide a homo
for another during life in considera
tlon of his promise to convey certain
property to her nt his death Is hold
in Newman versus French (Iowa), 1H1
N. W. 408: IS L. R. A. (N. S.), 218, not
to bo entitled to n specific perform
ance of tho promise to convey prior to
the death of the promisor, since, she
lias not performed tho consideration
Tales of Cities.
Part of Sixteenth street in Wash
ington Is to have Its name changed to
Avenue of the Presidents.
Before the earthquake tind fire three
years ago San Francisco had 400,000
Inhabitants. Today the number ex
cccds 500,000.
New York city is increasing Its cx
ponses more rapidly than It is lnereap.
ins its population. Tfto annual aver
age for each inhabitant is now ?33.40,
Ton years ago It was ?21.
Pittsburg Is planning to spend near
ly $3,500,000 iu leveling a hill which
is regarded as an obstacle to its prog-
roes. The work will involve a chango
in elevation of thirty city blocks.
Electric Sparks.
Within a circlo of sixty miles in di
ameter, ..with its center In New York
there are more telephones than In all
Great Britain.
Several metallic oxides and sulphides
have tho remarkable property of con
ducting electrical currents better In
one direction than another, especially
at low voltage.
British -warships have talked togeth
or by wireless telephone while under
full head of steam fifty miles away
from each other. Improvements are
constantly being achieved in this latest
Invention.
British Briefs.
There are 7,514,481 voters In the
United Kingdom.
There are 3,490 factories and work
shops In the city of London.
Electric lights, fed by storage bat
teries, have been Installed In a new
London ambulance.
Of every thousand English people,
fourteen men and seventeen women
are unable to write.
By the mining laws and customs of
Derbyshire a miner, If he finds ore,
may dig for It upon nny person's
ground.
German Gleanings.
The German Navy league numbers
000,000 paying members.
In Berlin tho pawnshop is a royal
and philanthropic institution. Any
profit that Is made Is spent on charity,
It is proposed in Germany to have
an organization for providing old age
and disability pensions for bank offi
cers and bank clerks, annuities for
their wUows and education for their
orphans.
Proverbs.
You spoil a good dish with 111 sauce,
Spanish Proverb.
Be not busy In detecting other men'i
faults. Chinese Proverb.
A small cloud may bide both sun
and moon. Danish Proverb.
He who has much weeps ns well as
he who has little. Greek Proverb.
'A TRAMP ABROAD."
Interesting Letter from Mr. August
I. Rchbcln.
PART II.
This is an age of vanity and nov-
lty. In travel, as in every thing
else, we desire to obtain the mini
mum of expense, so when the great
transcontinental railroads offered
liberal rates to the tourist and
pleasure seeker who desired to
lslt the Pacific coast, we concluded
to take advantage of these reduced
rates and ordered our tickets and
sleeping reservations from Chicago
going over the Chicago and North
western and Northern Pacific rail
roads to Seattle, Wash., and Port
land, Oregon, and returning by way
of the Southern and Union Pacific
R. R. to San Francisco, Col., Los
Angeles, Cal and Denver, Col.,
back to Chicago, HI. thus giving us
an excellent opportunity to see the
west with Its great altitudes, its re
freshing air, Its clear skies, its cool
nights, Its snowy mountain ranges
and isolated peaks, its canyons and
fertile valleys, and last but not least
to renew our old acquaintances, and
call on many friends and relatives
whom we had not seen for years
and who are always near and dear
to us.
These tickets via California are
secured at a slight advance in cost
over the piece of tickets direct to
Seattle and return, but see what an
excellent opportunity It affords to
visit Southern California and vari
ous other points of interest at such
a small additional expense.
You will be surprised before we
have finished with these letters to
learn what a vast amount of terri
tory we have covered and tho many
things we have seen, and nil because
we had it planned, studied and sys-
tematlzed before we left home, and
made notes on our way, of the vari
ous things of interest we saw. We
left Chicago at 6:35 p. m. Wednes
day, June 16th. Tho Northwestern
line between Chicago and St. Paul,
Minn., is equipped with every known
appliance for safety and comfort
An excellent roadway of heavy steel,
well ballasted and carefully main
tained, and equipped with the block
signal system, affording the fullest
measure of comfort and safety, con
sequently our minds were at ease.
We had a good night's rest and
uie nexi morning iounu us in
St. Paul, Minn. Having about two
hours before leaving on tho Exposi
tion special of the Northern Pacific
R. R. we took street car rides about
the city, and visited the new white
marble Capitol of Minnesota. It
being too early for the guides, we
Introduced ourselves to the watch
man In charge as tourists from
Pennsylvania. He said: "I have a
warm spot in my heart for laoso
from that State my wife came
from Pennsylvania." Ho acted as
guide and took us through the build
ing. This building is one of threo
or four noted public buildings in the
United States. In its architecture,
artistic embellishment, appointments,
and adaptation to its uses, it is a
notable achievement, and reflects
great credit upon northwestern
progress. Some of the granites used
are very beautiful. St. Paul, the
Capitol of Minnesota, is gracefully
located on a series of hills overlook
ing the Mississippi River at the head
of navigation. The river divides the
city and is spanned by several hand
some bridges, one known as High
bridge, affording a magnificent view
of the city.
We left St. Paul at 9:15 a. m.
passing Hamlin University, (Metho
dist), the University of Minnesota
and some of tho large flouring mills
for which Minneapolis is well known,
and traversing the stone arch via
duct across the Mississippi at Minn
eapolis, the Falls of St. Anthony are
seen to our right. By noon we have
passed St. Cloud and Little Falls,
important towns from a lumbering
and manufacturing standpoint, and
at half past four ,we are at Fargo,
N. D., the head of the Red River
Valley. This great valley, from
twenty-five to seventy miles wide
and more than 300 miles long was
once the bed of a vast post-glacial
lake, to which scientific men have
given the name, Lake Agassiz.
Very few fences are to be seen.
The whole valley appears, as far as
the eye can see, as one vast wheat
field, Intermingled here and there
with a small patch of corn or oats.
There are here raised yearly large
quantities of wheat, besides much
flax, corn and other cereals. Leav
ing Fargo, the train speeds on
across the wide level Red River
valley, to Jamestown, in the James
River valley on, up to and across
the Coteau country, a grandly,
rolling, billowy prairie land to Bis
marck, the Capitol of North Dakota.
It s nearly ten o'clock, but we look
out in the hope that among the peo
ple at the station we might see the
face of one of the Grambs Bros., who
a few years ago came here to settle.
We leave Bismarck, cross the Mis
souri river and pass on through
Mandan to Dickinson and Glendlve,
a great grazing and agricultural
country, where thousands of cattle
are fattened yearly for eastern mark
ets. During the night we were in
the heart of the picturesque Pyra
mid Park, or "Badlands," and the
next morning finds us in Montana
and following the Yellowstone River.
The Yellowstone Valley is an lm
perlal one, now rapidly taking its
place among tho rich fertile vales
that supply the world needs in
breadstuffs. Irrigation has done It
The Huntley reclamation lands,
thrown open to settlement by the
government only a few years ago,
are situated Just east of Billings
They have a large board sign along
side the railroad track that can be
read from the train, advertising land
for sale. About an hour before
reaching Billings we could see to
our right, a mile or so from the
track, a large, reddish-brown rock
standing out alone, some 200 feet
high, rather oblong In shape and
having about twenty acres of level
surface on top. This rock was
made historic by Capt. William
Clark, of Lewis & Clark, the noted
explorers of 1804-6, and named
Pompey's Pillar. One of our party
who had been on the top of this
rock, told us, that Captnln Clark's
name, cut by him In the rock in
1806, was still to he seen. Also
near Billings is the Custer battle
ground In the Little Big Horn val
ley, cared for by the National Gov
ernment. This national cemetery
markes the spot where General Cus
ter and his brave Seventh U. S.
Cavalry were killed by the Indians
June 25, 1876. Montana Is now
the largest wool producing state In
the Union, and Billings is in the cen
ter of the wool industry for a large
section of the state. Wo follow the
Yellowstone river for nearly 350
miles, and before us can be seen
the snow capped tops of the Rocky
Mountains. Those wishing to visit
Yellowstone Park, change cars at
Livingston; the tour of the Park
includes six days, south of Livings
ton, and the tourist Is in t..e Park
Itself five and one-half days, as the
trip is usually made and costs about
sixty dollars for each person. We
did not have time to take In this
side trip. Soon after leaving Liv
ingston we pass through the Boze
mnn tunnel at an elevation of 5592
feet. Between Bozeman and Logan
the train follows tho Gallatin and
Jefferson rivers. These streams are
two cf the main streams forming the
Missouri, the third being tho Madi
son which we cross in passing from
the Gallatin to the Jefferson Valley.
The Gallatin Valley Is mountalned
on he south by the Gallatin range,
which contains tho highest peaks in
the sate, and to the north rises the
commanding Brldger range, named
after old .lames Brldger, a noted
guide and mountaineer. Secagavca
peak, named after the little Indian
woman who was with Lewis &
Clark, is visible from Bozeman. From
Logan we follow the Missouri river
t0 Helena, the capitol of Montana,
over tho main ranco of tlin Rnnkv
Mountains via the Mullen tunnel
55CC fret above sea level to Garri
son, and from Garrison to Missoula
the train follows the Hell Gate river.
The coloring of the rocks through
out this vicinity is magnificent. The
artist has not overdrawn tho picture
that we have so often criticised. We
cannot and will not attempt to pen
a description of those rugged bluffs,
arbed in their strong and striking
colors. There Is the rod, pink, yel
low, gray, and drab blended togeth
Ths Era of New
This year opeiio witn a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
of a mixed paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with the unwary.
"SoSSTCHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.
There are reasons for the pre
1st So one can mix a better mixed paint.
2d The painters declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
3d Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his
own expense, every surface painted with Chilton Paint that
proves defective.
4th Thosb who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to others.
STOP
READ
HERE'S THE PROPOSITION.
with every box of 6 pairs of
Retails for $1.50 a box of 6 pairs.
'fiome in Black and Tan. Sold with a Six Months Guarantee on Every Pair.
See Window Display at
L. A. Helferich's.
er In such harmonious effect, that we
can only exclaim: "They are beau
tiful and must bo seen to bo ap
preciated." During the night we
crossed the state of Idaho, which Is
only -eighty-eight miles wide at this
junction, and passed into the state
of Washington about seven o'clock
in the morning. We were up early
4:30 to renew our sightseeing,
for we were passing wholly between
mountain ranges, with a beautiful
stream rolling alongside of tho
track, and did not wish to miss any
of the beautiful scenery. We were
repaid for our efforts. It was fine.
.We soon came out of the canyon
when on our left we beheld Lake
Pend d' Oreille, a beautiful sheet of
water; at Sand Point is a large im
ported lumber plant on the lake. Tho
name of this lake Pend d' Oreille
(hung from the ears,) is an old
characteristic frontier French name
applied to the Indian tribe of this
region. At 7:40 we enter Spokane,
Wash., a place of much wealth and
Influence. Our stop was only ten
minutes, so we could not see much
of tho town.
The train now crosses the plains
to the Columbia river at Pasco;
from there it follows the Yakima
river and valley for about one hund
red and fifty miles, when it crosses
the Cascade range of mountains.
These mountains are covered with
timber from the bottom of the
deep, precipitous gulches to the ut
most limits of the divides and
peaks. The crossing is made
through the Stampede tunnel, two
miles in length, 2852 feet in eleva
tion. Our train was on time all the
way until this last day when wo lost
and kept losing time until when we
reached Seattle, we were two hours
and thirty minutes late. Mr. Ford
Smith, brother of Mrs. A. J. Reh
beln, and Mrs. Smith were at the
station to meet us, and although not
having seen each other In twenty
threo years, we knew each other at
once.
Before we part, let me introduce
you to some of our fellow travelers
enroute, whom we found very enjoy
able and pleasant companions: Mr.
and Mrs. J. Johnson, two sons and
one daughter, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
Mrs. Harris, sister of Mrs. Johnson
and one daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Person, Winstcd, Conn., and Mr.
Milton R. Levy, of Los Angeles
There were others In our car but we
did not get their names. Wo had an
entertainment each evening. Most
all the standing room was taken and
so we passed our time very pleasant
ly when tho scenery became mono
tonous or when It was dark. Our
next letter will give our impressions
of Seattle and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition and what wo saw
there.
AUGUST P. REIIBEIN.
(To be continued.)
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