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l It. It. Wilt Clean I'p.
A houso cleanliiK will tnko placo
on the Pennsylvania 'Ilallroad pystom
in a short time for the purpose of
sanitation anil iniiirovement of con
ditions In general hcttorlnB tho
health of tho employes and prevent
ing tho spread of disease. Scperate
committees aro at present at work
on the various divisions and hranchefl
headed hy company officials and at
an early date a sanitary Inspection
of tho shops, yards and rights of
way of tho entire system with a view
of ascertaining tho sanitary condi
tions and making improvements
where necessary.
Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern's rail requirements for 1D12
amount to approximately 20,000
tons. Around 20,000 tons was or
dered last year. Neither tho board
of directors nor tho executive com
mittee has authorized tho purchase
ns yet. but aro expected to take such
action shortly. The requirements
comprise not only renewal neces
sities, but will be used partly for new
construction.
Without an Interuption of traffic
the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
company has accomplished the gen
eral revision of grade between
Nlnevah and Oneonta, thirty-seven
miles. Ten miles of track were
raised ot lowered in 'bringing about
tho improvement which cost $2"0,-000.
Dr. W. J. Condon has been ap
pointed Erie physician at Susque
hanna to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Dr. Clayton Wash
burn who left for the south a month
ago.
Thomas Davey, ot Stroudsburg,
who has been Acting Master Me
chanic at tho Erie shops, has been
ofilclnlly appointed Master Mechanic
to succeed William H. Taylor, deceased.
"UVKItY UTTIil-: MOVIi.MH.VT HAS
A MliA.VI.VG OK ITS OWN,"
"livery Little Shipment."
(Apologies to Madame Sherry).
"Eery little shipment has a meaning
of its own,
Every new consignment, by an in
crease, can be known;
And each new carload that comes a
rolling
O'er our road bed Is just extolling
By its presence, which is consoling
Some good hustler, that's all our
own."
ERIE.
SIRESAHDS0NS.
Kubellk, the famous violinist, Ravo
120 concerts Inst year, at an nverngo
fee of 51,200, making his year's Income
nearly (ZOn.OOO.
Maurice Uurke-I!ocln grandson of
the late Frank Work nnd heir to a
large fortune. Is working ns a clerk for
the Lackawanna railroad.
Cnrndoc Roberts, on whom Oxford
recently conferred the degree of doctor
of music for an oratorio, worked at a
carpenter's bench only a few years
ago.
Andrew Ronar Law, retired Glasgow
iron intrchnnt nnd leader of tho
Unlonl party In England, Is socially
unknown, owns no land and Is simply
n business mnn. He Is tho son of n
simple Scottish pastor, Is without uni
versity oducntlon nnd Is n nonconform
ist. William P. Fowler, for cloven years
head of the Institutions registrations
department of Itoston, who has Just
resigned, has regularly turned back his
snlnry of $3,000 a year Into the city
treasury for that length of time. He
is wealthy nnd does not need the sal
ary nud. besides, declares the bulk of
the work Is done by clerks.
Dr. Philander Priestly Clnxton. the
new United Stntcs commissioner of ed
ucation, graduated from the University
of Tennoseo at tho ago of nineteen,
managing to borrow sulllclent money
to enable him to keep In school with
out loss of time. He meant to be n
lawyer, but teaching obtained such a
hold on him that he devoted himself
to the work.
ze? WORLD
Murphy, the young Scrnnton short
stop, who Is to bo given n tryout by
tho Albany Club of tho Now York
State League, 1b said to possess a
wonderful throwing arm.
I President Lynch, of tho National
! League, In spcnklng of tho now out
law league, says "Theso follows talk
as If they could start a now imnjor
league on a postage stamp."
Hughcy Jennings appears to bo
i right on the Job In Detroit for ho
I hns signed most of his big stars In
tho Tlgor lineup.
It will bo tough on Charlie Murphy
If Drown, his great pitcher, should
arcept the Job ns manager of tho
United States League, tho new out
law organization.
Marty O'Toolo, tho Pirates $22,
500 pitcher, writes that his arm Is as
good as ever, nnd that ho expects to
finish up the senson among tho lead
ing pitchers of the league.
Seeing that 'Wallace is to bo kept
in command of tho Browns another
season all tho scribes of the Mound
City are strong for him now, though
they knocked him freely enough all
last summer.
Rules of War.
Mclntyre, Botlle and Callahan will
form the outer trio of the White Sox
In 1912, unless some of tho young
sters oust them out of their Jobs.
It Is announced that the nations aro
making an cfTort to codify the rules of
war. The first rule of war Is always
to jump cn a weaker nation. St. Paul
Pioneer I'rrs
A Europenn commission hns started
out to study "modern methods of wnr."
Simple first select a weaker nntlon
nnd then blow It off the map before It
knows whnt you are about. Harris
burg Telegraph.
There are many worse first base
men In tho majors than "Dutchy"
Schaeffer and It will take some tail
hustling to toss tho Washington
comedian Into tho discard.
This being the time for the making
of good resolutions "Slim" Sallee,
tho lanky twirler, has signed the ,
you know. Wonder for how long?
Pert Personals.
lirie's linpi'oemcitt.s.
The Erie railroad Is building 14 0
miles of double track on tho Ohio
division between Leavittsburg and
Marion, in Ohio, of which 42 miles
was completed during 1911. Dur
ing the past few years tho Erie rail
road has made a number of Improve
ments upon its system for expediting
and economically handling its rapid
ly growing traffic. It has replaced
US 4 bridges with steel structures
capable of carrying the heaviest
equipment, nnd there Is not a single
wooden bridge on the main line be
tween New York and Chicago. The
system has replaced one rails to
the extent of 177,000 tons with new
rails within a few years. The Erie
recently placed an order for 45 new
locomotives, CO passenger cars and
4,000 freight cars, which will be de
livered in January.
New Bogus Five Dollar Bill Out. !
A new counterfeit five dollar silver ;
certificate has appeared' In circulation,
and the secret service hns circulated j
wnrning. The counterfeit Is a poorly I
executed photograph on two pieces of i
cheap paper, tho back being colored j
with green water color paint. The 1
note bears check letter A, "Series
1899."
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
German Composer Who Is
Near Death In Berlin.
Besides, Dr. Mary Walker Is the
twenty grentest women. Baltimore
Sun.
P. A. B. Wldener bids fair to be as
successful In collecting Rembrandt ns
street railways. New York World.
J. Plerpont Morgan hns established
his private office on the thirtieth floor,
thereby rendering it all tho harder to
reach the man higher up. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
It Is reported that Kipling can got
1 a word for every word he writes.
If that Is the case ho ought to be pub
licly thanked for the restraint he ex
hibits. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Writers.
jrrank G. Carpenter, the travel writer
man, has purchased a homo In Wash
ington for $30,000.
Maurice Maeterlinck has been forced
to give up the use of tobacco, which
he formerly used in prodigious qunnti
ties, while writing, but he sticks to Ids
pipe, filled with a denlcotinlzed prep
aration. Mary Roberts Rinehart, although she
has an elegantly furnished library in
her home, does very little of her writ
ing there. She had a study In one of
Pittsburgh's largest office hulldlusv
where she spends n certain number of
working hours each day. When at
home her at tout Ion Is bestowed entire
ly upon her husband nnd throe sons.
German Gleanings.
I An average rood potato crop In Ger
I many totals alnut 50,000,000 tons.
. There Is much unhappiness in Ger
I many because the excessive heat of
I last summer resulted in a short crop
j of cabbage and consequently of sauer
I kraut.
Before electric motors are permlt
j ted to be used In Gorman coal mines
, they are exhaustively tested In va
. rlous gaso to show that thoy will not
I cause explosions.
The Old, Old Story.
Consress Is In session.
Clark Is In the chair.
Undo Joey Cannon
Sits serenely there.
Taft is In his glory.
Bob La Follette, too;
Public now a-waltlns
To see what they will do.
Lots ot bills are pending,
Piled up In a row.
Congress doesn't worry.
Takes It mighty slow.
Red tape there a-plenty,
Speeches by tho score.
Congressmen are sleepy.
Hear their gentlo snore.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Flippant Flings.
Edison's proposed cement furniture
won't be any softer to stumble over In
the dark Philadelphia Record.
The man who opposes the revival of
the knee breeches Idea will be subject
to suspicion, no matter how impersonal
his motives. -Atlanta Journal.
A nlnctoen-year-old boy asked a New
York court to make his bride of twenty-five
his guardian. To the looker-on
this Is needless formality. Baltimore
Sun.
A Loudon scientist proclaims that
shock has been known to alter the
color of tho eyes. Usually, we have
observed, it makes them black. St.
Paul Dispatch.
Berlin, Jan. 0. Engelbert Ilumper
! dlnck, the noted composer, Is seriously
111. For two days ho was unconscious,
but regained consciousness,
i While the precise nature of his dls-
ease Is not known. It Is said that symp
i toms of paralysis have appeared.
WHO WOULD BE
A BACK NUMBER?
Electric Sparks.
It Is probable that a telephone serv
ice between England and Switzerland
will soon be established.
A storage battery Illuminated elec
tric sign has been Invented to bo worn
on the arm of a person selling refresh
ments In theaters or other public
phves, to save the In bar of crying hi
wares.
An oscillatory electric spark ha
been' found by O. Caudrellor to bo
made up of about 10,000 individual
sparks per second. An air current
separated tho sparks ono-half inch, nnd
this and tho velocity of tho air gave a
means of estimating tho number.
KILLS MOTHER AND SELF.
Boy of Seventeen Believed to Have
Been Insane.
MUford, Mass., Jan. 9. Clarence L.
Racine, seventeen years old, murdered
his mother, Mrs. Louis Racine, with a
butcher knife, set fire to their home
and then killed himself.
The blaze was extinguished by fire
men with little loss. Tho boy Is be
lieved to have been temporarily Insane.
From the nppenrance of the rooms it
It believed that Mrs. Racine fought
desperately to save her life. It was In
the kitchen that the youth first attack
ed his mother with tho Knife. A trail
of blood and upset furniture through
the dining room ami Into a bedroom
Indicated that Mrs. Racine had en
deavored to overpower the boy. Her
body was found In tho bedroom with
tho head almost severed.
Statue to Carnegie.
Dunfermline, Scotland. Jan. 9. Till
city, tho birthplace of Andrew Carne
gie, will erect a statue to him in rec
ognition of his many benefactions.
Advertising Pioneer Dead.
St Louis, Jan, 9. Ewing mil. orlgl
nntor of street enr advertising In
America, Is dead here, aged seventy.
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