THE CITIZEN, FIUDAY, AUGUST 0, 1000.
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LAKEV1LLE.
Newal McKane, of Hoadlcy, is
visiting friends and relatives in this
vicinity.
David Wise is the guest of Mar
cus Kllllam, of this place.
Miss Maine Evan nnd Miss Eliza
beth Jones returned to their homes
at Scranton, after a month's vaca
tion at the "Iteusamont."
Mr. and Mrs. Mlnigan, of Brook
lyn, are spending their vacation at
A. Gobies'.
Mary Schrader, of Leclgedale,
spent a few days at A. Coble's re
cently. The Lakevllle ball team played
some of Scranton's college boys on
Sunday. Score was 13 to 2 in the
home team's favor.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wood
ward, of Adella, spent Sunday re
cently with Mr. and Airs. J. X.
Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Murphy
spent Sunday with Mrs. E. C. Mur
phy of this place.
H. F. Ilanoy is seriously ill at his
home at this place. The last report
is that ho Is a trifle better.
Aug. 2, 11)09.
BETHANY.
Wednesday was a perfect day for
an outdoor festa, and all who at
tended .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Faatz's
chicken-pie supper enjoyed it to
the full extent. About sixty par
took of the bountiful repast and
enrichjjd the treasury over eighteen
dollars.
Henry Kent, of Carbondale, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Ed. Hacker.
Rev. J. 13. Cody attended 1'omona
Grange at Ariel this week.
Miss Clara Halloo, accompanied
by Wayne Crocker, of Wllkes-Barre,
is spending her vacation at the
homo of her sister, Mrs. Edgar Ross.
Mrs. Judson B. Faatz is enter
taining her sister, Mrs. Cott and
husband, from Miners Mills.
Mrs. John Strongman is spending
several days in Xew York.
The T. 1. C. girls arc looking for
ward to ten days of great pleasure,
camping at Beach Lake, and will
leave on Wednesday. The club Is
made up of the following girls:
President, Blanche Starnes; vice
president, Eva Ilarmes; secretary,
Ella Gammull; treasurer, Edna
Blake. Carolyn and Dolhi Cody,
Marjorie llaiiBcr, Margaret Manning,
Grace Miller. Edna I hceseman,
of Flushing, will also bo one
of the party. Miss Gilchrist will be
the chaperon.
Edgar Anderson, of Wilkes-Barre,
is spending his vacation here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley I'aynter and
daughter, Isabelle, of Carbondale,
are enjoying the cool breeze at the
comfortable home of their mother,
Mrs. Laura Miller.
Two Mormon elders passed
through here this week distributing
tracts.
"1 1 i n A A1 ia rinvmnn Tin vm nu
are entertaining, Mrs. Harmes i
brother and wife, Dr. and Mrs. C. i
T. Winner and little son, of Boston,
and Miss Grace Winner, of Pleasant
'
Mount.
Tho ball game Saturday after
noon, between Seelyville and Beth
any, resulted in favor of the visitors,
the score being 15 to 12.
Mrs. Richard Roberts and daugh
ter, Lucy, of Old Forge, have been
visiting friends here.
Aug. 2, 1909.
ALDEXVILLE.
Mr. S. J. Stanton and family
were guests at the home of Mr.
F. H. Curtis, in Curtis Valley, Sun
day. Some of Mr. G. II. Knapp's fam
ily attended Sunday School in Cur
tis Valley, last Sunday.
One of Mr. W. O. Walker's hands
was pierced by the tines of a fork
falling from a hay mow, one day
this week.
Miss Louise and Emma Smith
were callers in the villago on Tues
day. Mr. Samuel Wright, of New
York, is a guest at the home of
John Derrick.
Anna Fitze was a caller in the
village on Monday.
The Doughertles, of Jersey City,
were visitors In this section last
week.
Osborne Snedeker, Stanley Rainey,
Everett Rainey, Jud. Fltze and Glen
Wllmarth attended a dance in
Pleasant Mount on Saturday night.
All report a good time.
An ice cream social and danco
will be held by the Aldenvillo base
ball team Tuesday, August 10th.
All are Invited to attend.
MILAXVILLE.
Mrs. Milton Skinner and Miss
Lorena Skinner wero tho guests
of Honesdale friends this week.
Dr. E. A. Carpenter left for Bos
ton, Mass., on Saturday last.
Mrs. E. A. Carpenter spent Sun
day in Binghamton with Mrs. Henry
Lovoll. Mrs. Carpenter leaves
early in the week for Chicago, whoro
she will bo the guest of her friend,
Mrs. Angora.
Miss Bernadlne Oliver, of De
posit, N. Y who has been visiting
Mllanvllle friends, left Monday to
VILLAGE, HAMLET, FARM.
Doings in Rural Wayne.
Interesting Items Picked Up by Our
Staff of Wide-Awake Correspondents
spend some time at Tyler Hill, with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Oliver.
L. J. Hockor has his house filled
with city people.
Mr. Will Cornell, of New York,
spent Sunday with his family at
their bungalow.
Mr. Herbert Magrudcr, of New
York, arrived Saturday to spend his
viif.ntlnn nl hiinir.ilmv.
C. N. Tyler, of Cortland, K. Y
spent Sundny in town.
Mrs. Gillette and Miss May Gil
lette, who have been enjoying sev
eral weeks of country solitude, left
Monday for Cortland, X. Y.
Aug. 4, iooa.
WAYMAKT.
Death seems to have Invaded our
community the past ten days. Six Crane's and is calling on acnualnt
funerals in so short a period has ances at Uswlck.
caused gloom to pervade our com-j Edwin Waterson, of Brooklyn, N.
munlty and sadness to enshroud the Y., arrived on Wednesday of .last
hearts of many sorrowful friends.
The Epworth League of the M.
E. church held an ice cream festival
on the school house lawn Tuesday
evening, Aug. 3. It was
a success
socially and financially.
Rev. W. E. Davis and family will
camp at Elk Lake during August.
All of our teachers but two have
secured schools for tho coming year.
We have two excellent teachers
whom we can safely recommend to
those who have not yet found teach
ers. There will be an examination held
in the High school building, Satur
day, Aug. 21, for pupils who wish to
qualify for high school work. Pu
pils from the adjoining districts may
take this examination. It will bo
held under Prof. Keohler's super
vision. We urge all teachers who
expect to take tho examination for
permanent certillcate next June, to
pursue a systematic course of homo
work during tho whole year.
Aug. 3, 11)03.
WIUTE MILLS.
Henry IHeeir met with the mis-
fortune to fall out of a tree on Tues-
day and receive a severe cut in the
head. Dr. E. B. Gavitte was called I
and dressed the wound.
The secret of saving money is
out, you must earn more than you :
s-pend.
George W. Kimble spent Sundnv
in Ilawley with his brother. i
M. J. Decker anil Wm. W. Hertel !
spent Sunday in Havlev.
Mr. Thomas Gill loft for Harris-
burg on Tuesday, to attend the Dem
ocratic State Convention. Imon
his return, ho is going to take a trip
firnlllul tlio RfrMtrv nncnmnnnipd l.v
Samuel Saunders of Berlin.
liittinger & Ham spent Sunday
among the Beach Lake farmers
evidently to gain sonic information
and knowledge of high grade live
stock.
Several young ladies from Scran-
. ",lll,,B u"1,iml "uuerunu
wi,'(:; , , ,
, M nor Bro,wn J,'tly had one or
hi k,RB. "l"115', ,nJ,urcd b' contact
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mm .i I,... u urn.- nine.
Aug. 3, 190!).
DHEHEH. !
Xewfoundland and vicinity has
had and is still ha ing a very liberal
share of the summer boarder patron- ( musical Saturday night, was a coin
ago and tho stage coaches from plete success. The exercises were
Cresco and Gouldsboro do a thriv-1 voted good by everyone and over
Ing business in the passenger and forty dollars were cleared,
baggage traffic. Sulky plows, a recent invention,
Our public roads are awfully I are getting numerous around here,
rough and dusty, but it doesn't C. M. Pethick and Thos. Fortinan
seem to interfere with tho traveller. ! are the owners of a couple, and
Haying and rye harvest is about
done, and the farmer is making
ready for oats harvest. The crop
is short in straw but promises a
fair yield in grain.
Joseph Gowger, of Northampton
county, Pa., is calling on friends in
Dreher and Greentown.
B. G. Cross, wife and son, B. F,
Stout, wife and four children, all of I
Moosic, Pa., are guests of Mary
Cross. I
Mrs. R. M. Swartz, of Scranton,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Kerr.
Miss Eleanor Thomas, of Phila
delphia, is tho guest of A. C. Angel
and family.
Rose Angel and Mary Hause spent
Sunday, August 1, In bcranton.
The ten-ton steam road roller on
the state road in Greentown, Pike
county, was ditched near Miller's
bridge on Saturday afternoon, and
It required the services of several
with Jack-screws for a couple of
hours, to get the "big thing" on
solid ground again
F. D. Waltz has placed a concrete .
porch floor In front of the New-
foundland postofllco. For an nma
teur In the work ho has done a very
creditable job.
Tho slate for the rnnf on tlin now i
High school building has been '
sidetracked somewhere In transit,
and as a consequenco tho roof work
Is held up, 1
Mr. and Mrs. Solg have a now ,
baby girl added to their family, born
August 1st
Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Corroll aro
also entertaining their first born,
a daughter, born about July 28th.
A foreign laborer In tho employ
of G. H. Lancaster, of South Sterl
ing, took one of Mr. Lancaster's
horses from the stable sometime dur
ing Saturday evening and rode it to
Tobyhanna. The man was aome
what the worse of strong drln'c and
on reaching Tobyhanna ho tied up
the horse near the road, and being
overcome with alcohol aud sleep, he
laid down nearby and slept. The
horse was missing on Sunday morn
ing and a party went in search of
It. They came upon the would-bo
thief still asleep, and no other evi
dence was required to prove his
guilt. He was brought to South
Sterling and on Monday morning
given a hearing before J. S. Smith,
Esn-" and later taken u' constable
J. B. Kranter to Honesdale for rest
in the county Jail until the sitting
! ot tho Moxt Brand Jury. Another
I llorsG belonging to Mr. Lancaster
wns found dead in the stable on
I Sunday morning from some un-
I known cause.
Aug. 2, 190!).
USWICK AND LAKKVILLE.
Miss Helen Crane, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., arrived at Uswlc.k on Satur
day to spend her vacation with her
parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. S. R. Crane
and family.
Miss Eleanor Waterson, of Brook-
; lyn, arrived on Monday at S. R.
week at the homo of C. W. Pen
nell, at Uswick, and is visiting old
acquaintances here for a couple of
weeks.
i .Mrs. Karran, ot Brooklyn, N. Y.,
formerly Miss Sadie Waterson, of
Uswlck, and her husband, sailed for
England last week Wednesday, the
lattor's birthday, expecting to land
on Monday. They expect to be gone
about six weeks.
Wedding bells at Uswick In the
near future. Invitations have been
sent out.
Miss Tillie Lindan went to Phila
delphia on Saturday for a visit
with her parents, and other relatives
there. Expects to be gone about
two months.
Charles Relneko nnd bride, from
Xew York, are visiting the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Relncke, at this place.
Mr. T?nnlr nf Vmv Vnrlr ni'Hvol
ut Mr. Renscher's on Friday to stay
until Monday with his wife and
daughter, who are boarding at that
place.
Arthur Crane and John Mains are
putting n new roof on Mr. Sand-
ur'H ual'n-
-Vr- c- 15- Glosengor has finished
Iwlng for Mr. Uonscher and is now
'Piping Mr. Kline.
F-, u- Olmsted has finished hay-
lor Mr- hwan aml ls now nel"-
ins Mr. J. Schlcupner.
"lss Jiarriet koiui starts to-day
for tl,e seashore- for her health. She
tako tlle Weilbrenner children,
Madeline and Dorothy, to their homo
''on i'ai. ana will tnen join
some friends at the seashore.
Berries have been scarce this sea-
son'
All'
:ind Mrs. James Carefoot,
ave entertaining .Mrs. Edward Wood
ward and two children from Dun-
moro-
Aug. .'!, lliOil.
TYLHIt HILL.
Showers arc frequent now.
We
nail a Dig rain Sunday night,
Martin Jensen raised his barn
yesterday.
Charles Monnington has taken
.1... a 1. .. n .. . .
me agency ior uie urnim union
Tea Company.
Clarence Fortinan made a business
trip to Lake Huntingdon on Satur-
day.
The open air entertainment and
Thos. Griffith has ordered one for
his fall plowing.
Mary Fromer, of Damascus, was
a recent guest of Sadie Welsh.
Alma Canfield spent Sunday with
Hattlo Slepp.
Mr. Mlnch preached in the school
i house Sunday night, to a large au
dience. He will also preach on
Thursday evening.
There will be a business meeting
of the First Baptist church of Da-
mascus, at that place on Saturday
afternoon.
The Citizen should come to every
home In this place.
Aug. 3, 1909.
NEW PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA.
Qonzalas Valencia Elected to Fill Out
Term of General Reyes.
Bogota, Aug. n. Gonzales Valencia
was elected president of Uie republic
of Colombia by the national congress
to fill out tho unexpired term of Gen
eral Rafael Reyes, resigned. This
moans that he will occupy the post of
chief executive for about ono year
Gonoral Jorge Holquln, who has been
acting president of tho republic, with
drew his candidacy, leaving the con
teat between Gonzales Valcticln niwl
Marco Fidel Sunrez.
Gonzales Valoncla waa vico president
of Colombia in 1005, but ho resigned
tlje oihco in March of that year. Re
cent dispatches from Oolombin cml-
lted him with being tho loader of the
revolutionary movement that broke out
at Bnrranqullla a month ago, following
the departure from CotomOla for Eu
rope of I'rcsldeut Rey.
FACTS IN FEW LUES
All beggars In Italy must be licensed.
Rhubarb la grown extensively In
China.
The Maoris of New Zealand number
42,000.
Budapest Is to have a now bacterio
logical Institute.
Over three-fourths of the people In
England and Wales live in towns.
A rich Laplander sometimes keeps
09 many ns 5,000 reindeer In his serv
ice. The Japanese arc still busy recon
structing ships captured In the war
with Russia.
Stockholm will be tho scene of the
next Olympic games, which will be
held there In 1012.
There aro over thirty periodicals de
voted to ghosts, visions and the super
natural generally.
There are now In England and
France several establishments whore
butterlllcs are bred.
Russia's prisons are constructed to
hold 110,000 prisoners. Over 180,000 are
now lodged in them.
Argentina has 3(1,000,000 acres under
cultivation, three times tho area culti
vated thirteen years ago.
Two-thirds of tho native population
of Uganda has been wiped out by the
sleeping sickness In seven years.
A little boy who fell Into a hike at
Budapest managed to seize u swan,
which brought him to shallow water.
Bank Examiner Edward P. Moxoy
says the great majority of bank em
ployees in this country nro absolutely
honest.
Of all the European countries In only
Austria and Great Britain ls it tho rule
of tho road for all travelers to keep
to the left.
There wero 470 boiler explosions hi
the United States last year, one less
than the year before, but they cost 2S1
human lives.
It is estimated that tho known sup
ply of fertilizer in the shape of natural
nitrates will be exhausted by the
world's demands in less than twenty
years.
Crows of British submarines aro
taught how to use a safety helmet and
waterproof jacket designed to save
them in case the submarine on which
they aro engaged is sunk.
The big trees of California aro the
oldest living things in the world. Es
timates made from cross sections of
some of t lHe which have fallen show
tht the mature trees are more than
4,000 years old.
Almost all the towns In Siberia aro
having arc lights for street use nnd In
candescent lights for houses, and the
larger proportion of the people In Si
beria have never seen gas, which they
regard as an lllunilnant of a past age.
The be.rf.-nra in Spain have formed a
trust and have agreed to try to keep
all of the two cent lino pieces out of
circulation by holding them whenever
they secure any. The object of this
combine Is to make people give a
larger coin.
The expedition organized by the
American Museum of Natural History
which has been exploring the Favum
desert In northern Egypt seems to
have located the place of origin of
the elephant In the lertiary age. Re
mains of the ancestr.il forms of ele
phants, eallc l the mnerlthei-lum, were
obtained.
The SwcdMi state railways, by way
of experiment, will take over the work
ing for a year of the large Majeujnnkn
peat deposits In north Sweden. Should
the result be as satisfactory as Is ex
pected It is understood that tho state
railways Intend to go in for peat pro
duction on a large scale in the north
of Sweden.
Professor Karl Lohmeyer of Konlgs
berg, who died In Danzig at the ago
of seventy-seven, was born without
arms. A special permit was granted
to allow his entry Into tho university
service. Ills students opened and shut
doors for him, but ho turned tho pages
of books with his mouth and could
sign his nanus tirmly with a pen held
between his teeth.
What Is said to bo the largest sign
in tho world is the one which has been
outlined on Yerba Buena island, in San
Francisco bay. Trenches have been
dug in the side of a hill and the bottom
and sides covered with a heavy coating
of lime, so that the words stand out In
bold relief. Each letter Is forty-five
feet high nnd the entire length of tho
sign ls nearly 1,300 feet.
Byron while making a journey round
the hiko of Geneva was driven by bad
weather to seek refuge at Ouchy at tho
Hotel do l'Ancre. Then and there ho
wrote "The Prisoner of Chillon" while
the vision of the cnstle was still In
mind. The hotel survives, though it
ls now called the Hotel d'Augleterre,
and on Its walls has just been placed a
tablet in memory of the poet.
Hans Hubert DIotzsch. a popular
member of tho Berlin Lustsplelhaus
company, does not devote all his time
to tho etage. He ls a sculptor of no
mean order, nccordlng to a recently
published account. His bas-relief of
Matkowsky, which Is now on exhibi
tion, has created much favorable com
ment, nnd a bronze replica which has
been placed in tho Lesslng House hi
mentioned ns n "conspicuous orna
ment." Mrs. Stephen II. P. Pell, wife of a
prominent New Yorker, whoso family
has owned tho old Fort Tlconderag'o
property on the Rhoro of Lake Cham
plain for more than a century, has an
nounced tho family's Intention to re
utoro the old fort. Historical data and
sketches from England and France
have been accumulated, so that tho
now structure may bo Identical with
thcr old. Tho cost of tho work Is esti
mated at $300,000,
SPAIN SAYS CEISIS IS OVER.
The Entire Country Is Officially Re
ported as Tranquil.
Madrid, Aug. 5. The government
has issued an olllclal announcement
saying, that the crisis In Spain Is now
at nn end and that the country Is tran
quil froui the bay of Biscay to the
Mediterranean.
Senor Solortego, n Republican sen
ator, 1ms nrrlvcd here from Barcelona.
He says that the revolutionists during
the two days they wero masters of the
city did not commit a single assassi
nation or act of cruelty. The Inmates
of the religious Institutions lied when
the buildings were burned.
Among the greatest losses at Barce-
J lona nre the libraries of the Christian
scnoois nun tne rseietitinu museum,
containing together 70,000 volumes.
The terrible repressive measures of
the military authorities at Barcelona
have loft a deep undercurrent of re
sentment among tho masses, and fears
still are entertained that the rebellion
may Hare up again In a new form.
JEFFRIES OFF TO EUROPE.
j Says Everything Now Depends on Jack
Johnson as to Fight.
New York. Aug. .".-.lust before his
departure for Europe today on the
North German Lloyd liner George
Washington. James J. Jeffries Issued
a statement that everything now de
pended on Jack Johnson ns far ns a
fight between himself and the negro
wns concerned.
He did not seem to consider serious
ly Johnson's posting i?.,0Oi) In Chicago
this week and said that It was up to
Johnson to meet "reasonable condl-
! tlous."
Aside from a sojourn nt Carlsbad for
his health and a reunion with his
wife and mother In Germany. Jeffries
said he had no tqiecial plans for his
European trip.
Girl H angs Herself After a Whipping.
Unrrlsburg, Ont, Aug. 5. The thlr-teen-yoar-old
daughter of G. J. Bralth
waltc, hotel keeper of this place,
hanged herself to n tree after she had
received a whipping from her stei
mother. LINCOLN PENNIES ISSUED.
Philadelphia Mint Sends Out Coins
Bearing Liberator's Head.
Philadelphia, Aug. 3. The new "Lin
coln" pennies, which the treasury de
partment has caused to be designed
and struck off in honor of the one hun
dredth nnnlversary of the late presi
dent's birth, were issued from the
mint. The head of Lincoln which ap
pears on the coin has been designed
from a photograph showing the face
relaxed and smiling, the nrtist having
sought to reproduce particularly Lin
coln's expression when talking to chil
dren. Tho coin's designer Is Victor D.
Brenner, a twenty-year-old Russian,
Who came to this country as a boy,
told matches In the street In Now York
RUd studied art at night at Cooper
Union.
BANKER A SUICIDE ON LINER.
Charles H. Brown of Buffalo Cute His
Throat on Vaderland.
Antwerp, Aug. .".Charles II. Brown,
a banker of Buffalo, committed sui
cide by cutting his throat on board the
steamer Vaderland as tho vessel was
Hearing Antwerp. Mr. Brown, who
was suffering from melancholia, the
i effects of a nervous breakdown, pre
viously had made an unsrfccossful at
' tempt to kill himself by jumping Into
the sea when the Vaderland was at
1 )over,
i Throughout the voyage Mr. Brown's
, strange actions were the subject of
i comment by the saloon passengers,
i among whom was former governor of
i Xew York Benjamin B. Odell.
DO NOF FAIL TO READ THE FOLLOWING
ANNOUNCEMENT:
It you desire to buy puro whiskey, look at tho end of the barrel before
making your purchnse. There you will find tho date of inspection which
is a sure guaranty as to age. AH straight whiskeys arc inspected by
Government officials, and taxed according to proof. Blended nnd coin
pound whiskeys nro made from straight whiskeys.
PAUL E. McGRANAGHAN,
Wholesale Dealer In
WINES and LIQUORS, 557 Main St., Honesdale, Pa.,
has a large quantity of the best Straight Whiskeys for sale at his estab
lishment. Also Blended Whiskeys, Foreign and Domestic Wines,
and bottled Beer by the case or dozen.
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year opens wicn a deluge of new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
of a mixecf paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with tne unwary.
THE ONLY PLACE IN HONESDALE
AUTIIOUIZED TO HANDLE
IsJADWIN'S PHARMACY.
There are reasons for the pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS
1st No 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 Chiltou Paint that
proves defective.
4th Those who have used it aro perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to others.
SfRES AND SONS.
Busts of Emperor Caracalla in for
clgu museums look like David War
field, the actor. .
Chao Ping Chun, vice president of
the Chinese ministry of Interior, has
been ordered to retire, owing to his
opium habits.
Among the regular lodgers at the
quarters of tho Y. M. O. A. In Wash
higton ls Senator Lorlnier of Illinois.
Mr. Lorlmer lived at tho association
while a member of the house nnd an
nounces that he will continue to make
the association house his abode.
Mr. N. H. Jackson of Greenwich,
Tox., who was eighty-two years old
July 4 and ls the most netlec mer
chant In tho place, celebrated the tlfty
nlnth anniversary of his wedding June
20 and has thirty-seven grandchildren
and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Mr. Whltelaw Reld, the American
ambassador, ls living In Dorchester
House, Park lane, Loudon, lu a style
betlttlug the American ambassador at
tho court of St. James, but it is cost
ing him $150,000 a year at least,
toward which a salary of $17,500 docs
not help much.
Hector Apolllualrc Is the name of n
negro who was admitted to the bar lu
Paris u few weeks ago. He Is a na
tive of Guadeloupe, about thirty years
old, tall and muscular and very black.
Ho enjoys tho distinction of being the
only oue of his race among the recog
nized lawyers of Paris.
Joseph Robinson, managing editor of
the Philadelphia Inquirer nnd one of
tho oldest newspaper men in point of
continuous service In Pennsylvania,
hns been elected honorary vice presi
dent of the Pen and Pencil club, of
which ho hns been n member for many
years, no succeeds the late Alexan
der K. McCluro In that position.
Home Helps.
The cushioned bnck of a Morris
chair has been found valuable In tho
sickroom to placo back of the Invalid
In bed.
To clean dusty carved furniture, dip
a flue paint brush in paraffin oil and
paint over tho carving with It. You
will be surprised how bright and new
this will make It look.
To prevent, accident's with bottles
containing poison buy a dozen tiny
bells nnd every time a bottle of poison
ls brought luto the house tie a bell to
the neck. Even In the dark the bell
will tluklo its warning.
Tho dishwasher who would got
through quickly invests In a soap
shaker and a chain for cleaning pots
and pans. She also has on hand over
the sink a box of borax and a bottle
of ammonia for cutting grease.
Law Points.
Th'.- mere filing and presentation of
repeated motions which are thought
to be for the purpose of vexation or
delay is hold In Johnsou versus State
(Ar.l, 112 S. W. l-lli; IS L. R. A. (N.
S.). 010, not to constitute contempt of
court.
An agreement that Interest past due
upon a promissory note bearing the
maximum rate allowed by statute
shall carry interest is held in Sauford
versus I.uiulqulst (Neb.), 11S N. W.,
120; IS L. R. A. (X. S.), 033, to bo valid
and enforceable, although the right to
stipulate for Interest upon interest at
the time of tho loan or contract ls de-
Prussic Acid.
Prussia acid poisons every living
thing, plants as well as animals.
Breathing.
For each respiration an adult Inhales
on an average one pint of air.
CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS