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Measles arc epidemic nt Wilkes
Bnrrc, 100 cases havliiK been report
oil In three days.
Allcntown Is likely t,o bo given a
wide berth henceforth by tho hoboes,
in consonuenco of n chain Rang policy
Inaugurated by Mayor Hlnn.
Every one of tho "1,400 convicts of
tho Now .Jersey Stato Prison Is to be
vaccinated to prevent tho further
spread of typhoid 'fever, under orders
of the Board of Prisons Inspectors.
There are live casc3 of typhoid In the
prison.
After attending the funeral of hor
only sister, Mrs. I. Davenport, who
died suddenly, Mrs. Thomas Argust,
of Beaver Meadow, contracted pneu
monia and herself succumbed.
At a hearing In Allcntown, Mrs. M.
B. Gillespie, widow of James Jeffer
son Gillespie, was committed to pris
on for Issuing worthless checks by
the wholesale.
Isaac Black, a farmer, of Ferndale,
Bucks county, has a genuine white
crow. The bird is tho same size
and shape as its -dusky brothers and
has tho same "caw." It was shot in
the wing by Mr. Black three years
ago and has slnco lived In a cage
and become a pet.
Herman Illnkle, of Weatberly, is
exhibiting a freak in tho shape of
three hen's eggs, all In one shell. It
Isn't the usual two or three yolks In
ono shell but three distinct eggs
one regular-sized egg. another a llttlo
smaller and the third still smaller,
nnd all connected by a little stem of
shell.
Death of Hiram Pintler.
Mr. Hiram Pintler died suddonly
on Dec. 2G. 1911, at his homo In
Bethel township, Sullivan county, N.
Y., in the 75th years of his age. De
ceased was born in that township on
March 29, 1S3G, and had spent near
ly all of his life there, excepting
about ten years 'when he romoved to
Wayne county, Pa. The old homo
ties were strong, and about four
years ago he returned to tho scenes
of his boyhood days.
The Pintler house near Bethel,
which was famous as a stopping place
for man or beast during tho old stag
ing days, was conducted by the sub
jet t of this sketch and his sisters for
2S years. The parents of tho de
ceased, George and Martha Pintler,
settled there when they moved from
New Jersey and reared a large and
respected family.
Requirements Are Based oo
Record Breaking Flights.
MORE MACHINES NEEDED.
Declined a $12,000 .Joli Tin Benson.
Friends of Representative Alfred
Marvin, of Matamoras, In this city
and the surrounding country will bo
Interested in knowing that through
the offices of Senator Boles Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, ho was recently of
fered the post of Envoy Extraordin
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
ArpAtitinn Tim snlnrv nf tlift nfTlcn
Is $12,000 a year, but when Mr. Mar-1
vin learned that it woum cost turn
$17,500 above the salary to maintain
the post, he felt that tho title of
Envoy Extraordinary wasn't extra
ordinary enough to warrant tho ex
penditure. Al. informed tho Senator
that he would have to practice law
In Pike county some 99 years longer
before he could consider such an
honor. Port Jervls Union.
Last Saturday, Dr. Edward Burns
of Honesdale, and Dr. G. A. Flko of
Dundaff, held a consultation on the
case of William Burns, who Is suffer
ing from diabetes. Forest City
News.
William Brower, of Scranton, was
fined $075 Wednesday by Justice of
tho Peace J. H. Orcutt, of Towanda,
for hunting rabbits with a ferret.
Browor was arrested at tho Instance
of Game Warden C. S. Lowry. Tho
rabbit hunting was done on Sunday,
another Infraction of tho laws of the
state. It Is said that Browor might
have been fined $2,800 In all, hunt
ing on Sunday, hunting rabbits with
'ferrets, killing game efcept by gun
from tho shoulder, in each lnstanco
constituting separate and distinct of
fences under tho same laws.
Brigadier General Allan Want Another J
Appropriation of 1125,000 to Continue
the Work War Department Now Hat '
Stv Aarontan.. !
Brigadier G (moral James Allen, chief
tlfnal offlcr, has prepared new speci
fication for military ncroplancs to be
hereafter purchased by the war de
partment. They nre the result of im
provements demonstrated by the aero
plane work of last summer nnd ns yet
are tentative in character
"Each aeroplane," It in required,
"must carry two persons, with the
rents so arranged as to permit of the
Jnrgest possible field of operation for
both. The control must be capable of
use by either operator from either scat.
The value of dual control, It will be
recnlled, was established In the flights
of Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson nnd John
H. Towers In the navy hydroaeroplane
Triad.
"The machine Is further required to
bo able to ascend at a minimum rate
of 2,000 feet In ten minutes while car
rying a weight of 4.10 poundB nnd fuel
supply sufficient for nt least four hours
of continuous flight. This requirement
recalle that the American weight car
rying record established by P. O. Par
mcleo at Chicago last August Is 458
pound. Claude Grnhnme-White, car
rying a paMengcr on Sept. 30 nt Nns
sau boulevard, rose 8.2S0 feet in nine
minutes.
"The engine," It is provided, "will
be subject to an endurance test In the
air of two hours' continuous flight.
The aeroplane must develop a speed
In tho nlr of at least forty-five miles
an hour."
American duration record for a ma
chine with two persons Is 3 hours and
42 minutes, made by G. W. Beatty at
tho Chicago meet. The world's reenrd,
however, is 4 hours 23 minutes, estab
lished recently by nerr Rnvelaek near
Berlin.
"In case the weight enrrying capaci
ty Is Increased to 000 pounds," the
specifications state, "the minimum
speed may bo reduced to thirty-eight
miles per hour nnd the climbing pow
er diminished to 1,000 feet in ten min
utes." Another requirement Is reminiscent
of tho recent French military compe
tition, in which several machines fail
ed on the same condition as follows:
"Tho machine must be capable of
landing or nrlslng from plowed fields."
Other requirements are as follows.
"Thc.ncroplane must be easily trans
portable by road, rail, etc., and easily
nnd rapidly nsscmbled and adjusted.
"The starting und landing devices
must bo part of the machine itself,
and It must bo able to start without
outside assistance.
"Tho engine must be capable of
throttling to run at reduced speed."
The war department now has Mx
aeroplanes, four at Augusta, one at
San Antonio and ono on Us way to
the Philippines. Theso include throe
Wright, ono Burgess-Wright and two
Curtlss machines. Anothor Curtlss ma
chine has not yet been delivered.
Brigadier General Allen has $70,000
left of tho $125,000 appropriated by
the last congress. Ho will not pur
chase any more machines for a month
or two, as he wishes now to train the
officers with the machines on hand.
By July 1 the balance of the appro
priation will have been spent, and It
Is expected that thero will bo availa
ble another $125,000 appropriated by
congress at this session.
More aeroplanes are needed by thf
army If tho experiments now being
mnde are to be carried out properly.
General Allen said when he appeared
before tho house committee on mili
tary nffalrs.
Strong recommendations that n
grade crossing law that will protect
overy crossing In tho Stato owned by
a steam railroad will ho made by tho
members of tho Stato Railroad Com
mission In the annual report which
will bo completed next month. Tho
subject Is one which has been hold
ing considerable attention and statis
tics showing tho percentage of acci
dents nt such places will bo used to
rclnforco the recommendations.
Such recommendations wero mnde
prior to tho sessions of 1909 nnd
1910, hut bills embodying tho com
mission's Ideas wero never 'passed.
Now Typo of Station Construction.
A new typo of station construction
has been adopted by tho Lehigh
Valley railroad. The company has
built a number of passenger stations
entirely of terra cotta, to mako them
absolutely safe from lire. Tho terra
cotta 1s not vlslblo in the completed
structure. It is in tho form of hol
low blocks, which nro covered by
plaster Inside the building and by
stucco outside. Tho fireproof quali
ties of the material wero established
by severe tests. An additional ad
vantage, duo to tho fact that the
"dead air" spaces mako the blocks
non-conductors of heat, Is that the
stations are warmer in winter nnd
cooler In summer than If they were
of wood or brick. The Lehigh Valley
has built several of theso new-style
stations already, and will probably
build more next year.
DR. W. H. FURNESS SAYS
CHIMPANZEES THINK.
Psychologist's Experiments Give Him
Faith In Their Power to Reason.
Dr. William 11. Furnest, a psycholo
gist of Wnlllngford. Pa., nfter several
years of work has succeeded In edu
cating two chlmpnnr.ees to a point
where, he declares, they have proved
they have reasoning powers.
His experiments, he says, have con
clusively demonstrated that chlmpan
iccs nre capable of discriminating be
tween objects nnd thnt tho lower ani
mals when properly trained utilise the
functions of brain and really thluk.
When tho chimpanzees had nttnlned
perfection in mimicry n gradual devla
tlon was made to other lines in order
to determine their reasoning iower.
At this point tho animals pass from
those of merely tho nnlmnl into the
near realm of the human.
Boards were placed in the cages hav
ing a large rquure opening and lar'cp
holes. The nnlmals were given a ball
and square piece of wood, both of
which exactly fitted openings In the
board. Tho careful scrutiny of the
instructors saw thnt the nniinnls ex
amined the block nnd ball nnd pound
ed them ngnlnst the board In high glee.
After a few days ono of tho chimpan
zees looked Intently nt the squnre open
ing in the board nnd endeavored to
force the ball through It. The open
ing was too small to allow Its passage,
nnd tho chimpanzee then picked up the
square 'block nnd pushed It through.
Later both nnlmnls, Dr. Furness says,
by the slow process of pure reason
without the slightest nsslstnnce on his
part, learned that only the bnll would
fit into the circle nnd only the block
would pass through tho square.
An extension of tho experiment has
been made during the past two yenrs,
nnd it has been learned that tho chim
panzees will now differentiate any sire
or shape.
PAYS 20-YEAR-OLD DEBTS.
Gives I'p Business.
Tho Scranton Fire Insurance com
pany has announced that It will ro
tiro from business and has sent out
letters to that effect.
The Scranton Flro Insurnnco com
pany was chartered In 1908 and bo
gan business December 20, 1910. R.
J. Cramer, of Philadelphia, ono of
the promoters, was secretary. Tho
company suffered from insldo trou
ble, and a reorganization was
brought about In 1910, with W. J.
Davis as president, F. J. Bishop
treasurer, and J. Sanderson Trump
secretary. As tho result of tho
change a number of suits were filed
against the company, ono by tho old
eecretary, Mr. Cramer, who sought
to recover In tho neighborhood of
$100,000 for alloged breach of con
tract. .
FOUND TOMB OF ANCIENT RACE
Tho Llttlo Bed Sclioolhoiiso.
A year or two ago a Vermont town
employed a trained superintendent, a
college man who know what a school
ought to be, to exorclso supervision
over all tho schools In that town. It
was tho first time some of tho schools
had ever been visited In an olllclal
capacity by a salaried administrative
officer. In ono school a llttlo tod
dler was found studying percentage,
learning It by heart.
"You should not teach him per
centage," the superintendent said:
"He does not know how to add and
substract."
"But I've got to," the teacher an
swered; "the front part of tho 'rlth
motlc Is torn out." Exchange.
Fanning Uland, In Mid-Pneiflc, Yields
Interesting Ethnologic Belie.
News of an interesting archaeolog
ical find on Fanning Islnnd, In the mid
Pacific, indicating that the island was
once inhabited by a skilled race, was
brought to Victoria by the steamship
Mnkura.
Excavations hare unearthed a large
stone building 200 by CO feet in di
mensions. No mortar was used In its
constructldn, the stone having been
skillfully mortised together.
Near this building was found a tomb
containing a human skeleton, with a
necklnce of tho teeth of tho cachelot
and other articles, including the skull
of n dog.
It Is believed the Island was one of
the resting places of the Polynesians
In their early mlgrntlous. Recently it
was purchased by a Britlsh-Conadlan
syndicate for uo as a coaling station
in view of the opening of the Panama
i canal.
Owl's Bite Causea Death.
John Ruffner, Sr., nged eighty-seven,
died at East Franklin township, Pn.,
from blood poisoning. On Nov. 22 Mr.
Ruffner caught an owl and, Intending
to mako a pet of it. took it home. While
taking the owl out of a bag it bit him.
Mr: Ruffner paid no attention to the
bite, but blood poison set In and caus
ed bis death.
Minnesota Miller, Now Rich, Remem
bers Men He Owed In 1890.
F. A. Bean, a miller of New Prague,
Minn., is distributing large amounts
nmong men whom he owed when he
fnlled twenty years ago, when he was
fifty-one years old. He is paying Inter
est at 0 per cent on $100,000 which he
then owed.
When ho failed he was tho head of
the Polar Star Milling company of
Fnrlbault. This was in 1890. He went
to New Prague, leased an idle mill and
rebuilt his fortnno at the ago of seventy-one.
GOOD SLEIGHING ON MARS.
New Fall of Snow Reported by Pro
fessor Percival Lowell.
A telegram received by John Ritchie,
Jr., former narvnrd astronomer, from
Professor Percivnl Lowell, brother of
nnrvard'8 head, states that the old
snow on Mars has disappeared and a
new layer has fallen.
As Mr. Lowell has said that Mars Is
Inhabited by n race approaching our
own In intelll-nce, they are supposed
to like sleighing.
The new tap of snow Is In latitude
70 degreca.
Tli.u ArnutpA T h . m .
"It is said thut Impetuous jwople
have black eyes."
"Yes, und If they don't have them
they are apt to get them." New York
Mall.
The Uninvestigated,
Oh, happy many times aro these
In mediocrity's position.
With wealth enough to know some eaaa
And not enouftli to cause suspicion.
Washington Btar.
Properly Named,
Wigg nenpeckko has bought a mo
torboat and named it nfter his wife.
Wagg Can't manage it, ch7 Phlla
delpula Record.
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