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mwiwwt. .00 A Ttf. eue.B svsav Visjes.es Aaaeesa 0Memisvi.aa VS rsaoino vimss runuMmu 00. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, Justice to Controller Ijesxler. The importance of the office of City Controller has again been demonstrated by the default of the City Treasurer.

The city of Reading is fortunate in hav ing a gentleman of Mr. Leader's character and ability filling thia office. The coarse pursued in the present examination of the Treaaurer'e accounts must commend itself to every thinking person. It was a vigilant, tactful performance of a most unpleasant duty. Under the city charter the City Controller is required to audit the accounts of the Treasurer monthly.

On the first day of February Mr. Leader commenced the monthly audit. This work was finished before midnight of the next day. The result showed an apparent dsn ciency. This might have been a clerical error, or an error made in the examina tion of the Controller himself.

Had he ate ted hastily, without disclosing the results of his audit to the Treasurer, and allowing him to make a full explanation, in case of mere error in accounts, the 'Controller wonld have been subject to never and ust criticism. There can be 310 more serious charge than one which Sects the integrity of a public official. Such charge should not be lightly made nor made without satisfactory belief in its truth. Mr. Leader gave tbe City Treasurer ample opportunity to compare the audit made with his books, and to point out any error in either.

On the morning of the fourth of February the City Treasurer stated to tbe Controller that he had discovered an error in his books, and that by some mistake a deposit of upwards of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) bad been placed to his private account to force a vote. President Dole has Btarted for home, but he will make sev eral stops on his way to San Francisco, from which port ha expects to aail on or about the 33d inst. Every effort to get him to talk about the pending annexation treaty, for publication, failed, ow ing to his correct ideas of propriety. During his stay in Washington Mr. Dole nrovad himself to be a a scholar and a statesman, whom every patriotic American will be glad to wel come as a fellow citizen.

A bill to tax bachelors is being drawn in the New Jersey. Legislature. The subject has engaged tbe attention of the lawmakers of Massachusetts, Virginia and some of the Western States. The tax that the bachelors will be asked to pay will possibly be as high as (3 per capita. The taxing of single men ia not an experiment in New Jersey.

For fifty years the single men of that State paid 2 a year for enjoying the aweeU of siosle blessedness, but in 1887 William Mcllroy, who lived in Warren county. became tired of paying for the privilegea that he enjoyed as a bachelor and bad the measure repealed. Jj The Jttut The late snap of Klondike tempera ture has passed over, the snow has dis appeared from the streets, and the warm smile of Old Sol has effected something which the police authorities of the city seemed unable to accomplish put a stop to tbe perilous practice of coasting upon tbe public nowever, tne Man About Town regrets to say, before tbe occurrence of several serious acci dents, in which coasters themselves were not the only victims, but bapleaa pedestrians suffered broken bones nnd other painful and more or leas serious in uries. It may perhaps seem like a useless waste of words to dwell upon this sob THE HEADING DATLT TIMES AND DISPATCH, UK A PENNAt A Bit of Wyide Talk 2 The undertaken of Lancaster have formed an organisation. Tbe objsot of tue association is to arrange tor toe en tertainment of the delegates to the State convention which will be held in that city in June.

The members, realising tnat tne onjeot is a grave one, say tney are in dead earnest in this matter. Tbe late Bev. Wm. J. Paxson, D.D., who some years ago filled one of the Methodist pulpits in this city, was bold in his utterances and never hesitated to give expression to hie opinion, when, in doing so he believed it came within the line of his doty.

He called a spade a spade on such occasions, and never dis guised or buried his declarations in verbiage wnten could be construed into other meanings. The editor of the Chester Republican says of him: "It ia strange that a man of hia intellectual endowments did not reach a higher place in the church, but possibly it was his boldness in such matters which stood in the way of his ad vancement, as such characteristics often do in other walks of life. The man who is opsn and, free in tbe expression of his opinion, not infrequently unwittingly creates for himself obstacles which bar his nroaress in life. Men often rise nrominenee bv truckling to the preju dices of passing lightly over the errors of otners, witn wnom tney are mruwu in contact. But if auoh methods ever pre vail in church organisations It.

fsxton waa a man of that a tamo who would acorn to employ such political ladders to climb to places not earnea oy merit. We have always regarded Dr. Paxson not only as a man of more than usual en dowments and logical oast ol mind, but have admired him for the boldness and fearlessness displayed in the presentation of the things he held it his doty to call to the attention of those who were entrusted to hie teachings. He never hinted at his purpose, but went straight to the mark in his denunciation of that which he believed to be wrons. and never altered in announcing those tnings ne believed were right.

There are some very interesting ject now that the mischief has been done I old Bibles in the famous Caesell Library and the danger is no longer present, but is to be remembered that the winter is not yet over and that lor at least six weeks to come enow storms may not unreasonably be anticipated. All past in tne rkeystone wni lusteaa 01 10 1 afresh, and that once more travel upon of tbe city: that he had had the whole I the streets in the north eastern section of his private account marked to the City Treasurer's use, and had corrected the error. Mr. Leader made a hasty re examination of the matter and ascertained that tbe statement was ialse. He was therefore justified in assuming that his former audit was correct and in taking official action upon the matter.

Subsequent events show that the facts were as he found them in his original audit. Tbe good judgment displayed by Mr. Leader in immediately notifying the bondsmen and collecting the deficit at the same time that he placed the matter before tbe Finance Committee of Councils, probably saved the city expenses and the delay which would result from the bringing of suit upon the Treasurer's bond. His action can be better appreciated by a comparison with tbe course taken in the but too recent defalcation of John Obold when City Treasurer. It will be remembered that the suits brought upon the Obold bond were vigo rously defended, and it was only after legal battle that tbe city was enabled to make a compromise with tbe bondsmen The partisan attempt to arraign the Controller who discovered and collected the shortage in Mr.

Young's accounts. accompanied as it is by an admission of official dishonesty, deserves no notice. It is eurprising, however, that the counsel for Mr. Young is not aware of the fact that the fiscal year begins not with January but with April of each year, and that the official report of tbe Con troller, which he complains he could not find, is not only on record bnt was pub lished in the newspapers and in pamph let form for general circulation at the be ginning of the pieeent fiscal year. The issue is not a political one, but demonstrates the importance of careful selection of city officiate, irrespective of party affiliations, and more particularly of the care which should be taken in fill ing the most important office in the city Government, that of Controller.

It ia a pleasure to be able to commend the course purened by tbe present Con. trailer. California's golden jubilee reminds ths world of ths fact that ths gold standard baa always prsvailed in that Stats. The California silver bug ia a man whose safe is fnll of gold contracts. Berks Conntjr Historical Society.

experience goes to prove tnat in sncn an event the coasting evil will break out of the city will be rendered perilous by the headlong night of heavy sleds down their steep declivities. Whether or not snch occupancy of the streets should be permitted is a qnestion which to the mind of the Man About Town appears so absolutely one sided to admit of no reasonable dispute. A city ordinance prohibits fast driving upon the streets, and its violation is risoronsly guarded against and sum marily punished by the authorities. The ground of prohibition is that of the public safety tbe avoidance of accidents to pedestrians and occupants of vehicles npon the streets. Were a man to drive or ride a horse through the atreets at a speed of twenty miles an hour, he would be promptly arrested and roundly fined, yet there would not be a fraction of the danger in snch a performance that tbere is in the night of one 01 the pon derous coasting tillers" down the road way of a steep street.

In the hands of an ordinarily skillful driver a horse is nnder control, and al though the animal may be going at rate of speed not compatible with entire safety, yet bis driver in case of necessity, is able to swerve him to the right or left, to quickly slacken hia gait, or even to bring him 10 a complete stop within a comparatively ebort distance. Yet all of these conditions do not and sbonld not warrant or excuse immoderately fast driving npon the city streets, and the practice im, as it unquestionably should lie, absolutely and inexorably prohi bited by municipal ordinance and sum marily repressed by tbe police authori ties. Bnt the danger incident to the fast driving or riding of horses upon tbe city streets ia exceeded ten fold by that of roaating. The speed and momentum of a long, heavy "tiller" loaded with a dozen or more passengers, as it goes thundering down the long decline from the eastern line of the city to Eighth street, is something startling to witness, No matter what the sudden emergency to atop the sled or check its speed is an absolute impossibility, while it is al most equally impracticable toquicklr deflect its course.and even if attempted this expedient can only be resorted to at great peril to its occupants. At four different points between tne neaa ana tne loot of tbe incline street railway tracks 1 crossed, and when to this danger ia added that of tbe constant passage of vehicles and pedestrians along the a treats traversed and those crossed by the flying sleds, tbe imminency ol the danger must be at once apparent.

There are people who are disposed to I in Montgomery county, as described in a letter to the Times last September, and thus referied to by a writer in tne mile delphia Record: "There ie an old German Bible which is, as far as known, the first German translation of the Scrip tores, having been made some years pre vious to Martin iutnerre. it is eaiieu the 'Uralte Deutsche and bears the date of 147a A wealthy German bad a translation made and a small edition issued for the use of his family and friends. It was printed from wooden blocks, on wbich the letters were carved, movable types not being invented until several years after that time. Tbe capi tals were put in witn a pen alter tne book came from the press. It is not likely that Luther ever saw this trans lation in 1520.

'The only cony of tbe 'Uralte Bibel America is in tbe possession of James Lennox, of New York, and was obtained by bim at a cost of $3,000. We have some 50 old Bibles, of as many different editions, many of which are upwards of 300 yeare old. Some of these editions are known to antiquarians by very einguiar names. One is celled tbe breecbes edi becanae the translation in render ing a passage in Genesis saya 'they sewed fig leaves together and make themselves instead 01 aprons, as tne otners render it. Another edition is called the 'Molasses on acconut of the text, 'Is there no balm inGilead being rendered 'la tbere no molasses in A Berka oonnty woman fell in a faint upon seeing her husband enter the church and sit alongside her ia the pew for tbe nrst time in twenty years.

Moral Don't attend ebnrch without first notifying your wife. Tbe shock some day might prove fatal. Norristown Jfrrnld. When the boys and girls are putting on more clothing to keep out the cold a curious rock crab that lives in the ealt water along the New England coast sheds its shell. These little creatures begin casting their bard ahells in De cember, and tbe shedding process continues for two months.

After the bard shells are cast the crabs sis quite soft, and are considered very desirable for the table. What color can you aes farthest? Paris engineers have been experimenting with tbia intereating question, and they find that in clear weather white is most distinctly visible. Then come hussar blue, llgnt blue, scarlet, green ana a ark blue. Gray and tbe color of dry foliage are almost invisible. In clondy weather nothing is altered in case of white, blue.

green and brown. Hussar blue becomes less visibls; so also scarlet. On the other hand green becomes more visible. At night the results were the same as in clondy weather, except that white beoomtj invisible. These facte are of very great interest in deeidinsr on ths color of aoldiera' clothes.

Soldiers mast be dressed so that they can remain unseen to the enemy as long as possible. Consequently the dark blue of the American soldier ia among the best of colors, while the gray of the one time confederate soldier waa even better being still more Invisible at distance. A soldier in white or light blue wonld make a target lor ths enemy's bullets a long way oil. New rules governing the naturalization ot foreign born residents have been adopted in Lancaster county. Under these rules applicationa will considered on the first Monday in March and October.

Tbey must be filed with tbe pio thonotary and advertised three weeks prior to the hearing, and tbe applicant must have some knowledge and comprehension of the principles ol the government of the United States and of this Commonwealth. All petitioners must, be residents ol tbe county. To supply table decorations from an out door garden in winter is no easy feat, yet the thing can be done; and now that flowers are recognized as an essential of daily life gardeners should not be content unless tbey can do it. There is a subtle charm about winter flowers, and the Christmas rose or hellebore, the scented violet and ivy in soft, brown green tints, with its buds and fruit, combine most admirably. Procure three aballow white glass bowls one larger, two smaller place in these your Christmas roses supported by sprays of winter ivy: lsy long trails of ivy on the table; have two tall silver candlesticks, with transparent white candles, silver supports and wbite and silver shades, and here and there, between the leaves of ivy, put tiny acorn glasses filled with violets and ivy leavea, with, perhaps, an early primrose or two among them.

Pnff a little "frosting" over the whole and you have a table decoration that is at once delicate and most seasonable. Had Blei ih ride? Mice, Isn't it? 80 invigorating. Bo fall ol italitT is tbe crisp, keen, ozone laden air. All ia so fresh and bracing. One doesn't feel the cold.

He soon becomes paralysed. Feet so nnmb that one doesn't realise that he has any. If hands become cold. sit on them. That stops the circulation.

And there a no sensation after that. Car laps down and collar up. Muffler over all. Only eyes and nose exposed. The Tiew from a sleigh is always gorgeous.

Though you can't see it for the water in yonr eyes. Nose stings like fire. It's the only red hot thing ia sight. So you are compelled to enjoy it. Sleiifhers don't talk.

They're too bandied up. lnen tne otner one can't hear for tbe same reason. That's why they pat bells on the horses. Just as they have orchestras at bunqaets. To prevent talk before talking time.

le lightful sport, this sleigh riding. The! motion is exquisite. You are pushed, pulled, slid and bumped. And you feel in an enormons hurry. That is, to have it over with.

And have yoorcircolation restored. And feel something elae of yourself besides your nose. And be un wad died once more. And wnke up to the fact that you are not a mummy. And haven't been embalmed three thou sand years.

And can take a whole breath. Without danger of tearing the frills off from your lung i. Sleigh rides are nice if seldom, short and sadden. So says a writer in Scran ton lYuth. The Reading reorganization is again sound on Iondon 'change.

Knglishmen were always good to the Reading. The late Franklin B. Gowen used to slip over the water and borrow ten millions at any ime, and thought very iigntiy or small ran sac ions of that kind. THE Ki NETOSCOPE. France is sputtering round as If she bad got thu wrong kind of an egg In bur lull, unc 11.

I'tniauuJpnia I'rusn. The obvious duty of our educators, and of the taxpnyers as well, is to keep our common schools abreast of all genu! no progress. Metruit rue iress. A fashion journal says. toned buMlo is coming forward a vain Evidently tluit huwtJeiloes not know where 16 belong.

CjiiuhiiiHll TIiiics tttr. Four Indian chiefs applied fur divorce In Kansas tbe other day. The w.vngts are fitting themselves for civilization and Chicago souiuty. New Orleans Picayune. The man with a floo bill in his posses sion now gM about with as guilty an ex pression as If ho expected to be nrrcsted for carrying concealed weupons.

Chicago Post. Wo have had hoy orators, boy preacher. boy lawyers and now Philadelphia comes to the front with a boy luurdurer. The boy business is being overdone. Washing ton Post.

At the rate British com man dors are fnll Ing in Kgypt and India tho dlMinctlon nf being lunula nd only jtcnernl will soon be long to General Booth. San Francisco Chronicle. Dishwashing In ono of the unnecessary burdens of civilized life and wood split ting Is another. Why don't people out of! wooden plates and then use them to kin dle the kitchen Are with the next niorn WtfV Atiial Wanamaker's. Wanamaker's.

Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 9. AHERICAN AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEM mooting st in rooms or the Koara I A t. i of Trade tion ciety, mm Absolutely PuPo Short Stories for "Times" Readers A True Kna tlsb. Ghost Story.

take. A German Actus Oflleer'a Story, SKI This is a true English ghost story of an unconventional kind! A young lady ar rived late at night on a visit to a friend, She awoke in the darkness, to finds white figure at the foot of the bed wouesne watched tne bed clothes were suddenly whisked off and the appari tion vanished. After an anxious, not to say enmy, mgnt tne visitor went down. with little appetite, to breakfast. At the table she was introduced to a gen tleman, a very oia iriena or the family, who bad, she learned, also been sleep ing in the house, lie complained of the cold.

"I hope you will excuse me," he said to the hostess, ''but I found it cold daring the night that, knowing the room next mine was unoccupied. I took the liberty of going in an carrying off the ueu oioxues vo supplement my own." The room, as it happened, was not unoc cnpiea, out ne never learned his mis i nis story is told by a German army omcer: It is strictly against the rules of the military academy for a cadet to enter any of tbe beer gardens in Berlin unac companied by a relative. A friend of mine, however hoping to be undetected, ventured one night unattended. A gen tleman came and sat at a small table near him and began chatting pleasantly, when suddenly one of the chiefs of the academy passed them. "Sir," whispered the lad, "will you be my "Certainly," said the gentleman, smiling.

Next morning at parade the unfortunate youth, who had hoped to escape, was called by name from the ranks. Trembling, he obeyed the call and came forward. "Von were in the beer garden last nighty" gruffly aaid his captain. "Yes, sir; but I was with my uncle." Your 'ancle happened to be the crown prince, who wrote thi morning to ask me to let you off punishment. Never let it happen again." Who 'JCory Wm.

Southey's definition of fame as being killed in battle, and having your name spelled wrong in the newspapers, finds a kind of synonym in this story from the Bangor (Me.) Commercial: li. Hall Mo Cornnck, a wealthy Chicagoan and a Bar Harborite, and an earnest searcher after art treasures, relates the fo lowing anecdote which came under his nersonal experience while straying through a Lon oon art ganery on his recent tour abroad While gazing at a large oil painting of Henry Clay, a passing employe of the ganery stop pea, ana Air. Mccormick, in order to start a conversation, said qui zically: "Can you tell me, sir, whom does this picture represent?" The attendant, realizing that his qaes noucr was an American, replied in rather pedantic manner: "Why, air, do 1 understand you to mean that you don't know who that 'ere is? Why, sir, that's ciitv viay, ir." "Henrv Ciav renemed Mr: I mick, with a merry twinkle in his eye, The old fash I whv, I never heard of bim. Who is he. 'Why, sir," ejaculated the pitying nruoo, ana you uon't Know "Knry Clay, 'nd you an American, Mr.

Why, Enry Clay's the man what makes the cigars, sir." and with a contemptuous frown the attendant went about his business. Choekfnl of Fi A clerical friend of mine, says Cbaun CeV M. Deoew. told me a ftanital itnrv nf a Vale man who was the stroke oar of I bis crew and tbe chief athlete on the football field. He entered the missionary and spent years in the missionary labor I in tne tar west.

Walking one day through the frontier town, a cowboy stepped up to him and said: "Parson, jou uoni nave enougn tun. Jake drink!" Tbe minister declined. "Well. he said, "parson, you must have some 1 on. Here's a laro layout.

Take hand in the The minister de clined. "I'arson," said the cowboy, "you'll die if you don't have some fun And he knocked the parson's hat off bis neaa and nit mm a whack on the ear. The old athlete's spirit arose; the science which had been learned in the college gymnasium and forgotten for quarter of a century was aroused, and a blow landed on the jaw of that cowboy ma sent mm sprawling in the street. The parson walked over him as if he bad been a door rug, picked him up and uanieu tne siue 01 tne no use witn aim. mopped up the sidewalk and, as the itt PROSY IN HAWAII.

J. AY CLAIMS THE DISEASE THERE IS DIMINISHING. ITe Says There Are Not More Than 1,100 Inciters at the Molokal Settlement There Am Not More Than SOO Undeveloped Gases One Hopeful Sign Revealed. In answer to questions regarding tho existence of leprosy on the Hawaiian Islands Dr. F.

B. Day, formerly of Chicago nnd now physlolan to President Dole of the Hawaiian republic and accompanying him on his visit to the United States, said "My attention has been called to recent articles In American publications concerning leprosy in Hawi.il, and notably to onu that appeared In the November number of Tho North American Keview by Dr. Morrow, who asserts that tho disease Is increasing rather than diminishing on tho Hawaiian Islands, that it Is urcvnlunt imiong the foreign reeidontsof tho islands, anil vKi.t .1 i the dlseaso to the people of tho United States will bo intensified and increased by annexation of Hawaii to the United Stutes. 1 'I remember Dr. Morrow's vltiit to the Islands in 1HUU or 18Ut, nnd that ho visited tho leper settlement at that time.

Kince then ho has evidently kept informed cm. the subject from the tiiedieal reports of the board of heulth of the isluncls. "In his articlo Dr. Morrow has exntr gerated two Important mutters, nnd upon these two points he has bnsrd the conclusions of his article. Ono of these points is in reference to the number of latent or undeveloped ensos at lai'Ke: tho other, the number of foreigners showing evidence of tbe disease.

Ho states that 10 per cent of the native Hawnlinns ore lepors, either de veloped or latent. Tho lust census that 1 I Jr, i rr" I undertone, when the arduous wmk the arduous woik for ths organiss 1 of ths Berk. County Hi.toriLi so by.th" p' There will be a demand for the artistic, timeiespising work h. w. tended.

ont coJZ the French the work of mingled love, labor and art that this evening. Ia anawer to request from ths editor of the Times, to set forth ths why the establishment of a County His torical Society should be favored and en' coursged by our citizens, A. O. Green, ons of ths projectors of ths move ment to revitalise the old organization, or to form a now one, bss outlined at soma length, in soother part of to day's Tim eh, the benefit and necessity of such a Society in our growing city. Briefly snmmed up, tbe object of ths move who ocennv ths bir hona imnerlllina I ves AmencaD WUUltU UiaUV iUXUHCS OI QreSS.

none of the fabrics above fifty cents a yard trroup to day's text. Price hints follow All wool Storm Serge, navy blue, 42 in. wide, 37c a yard. Maybe it is fairest to call it 50c goods, for we haven't found its match even at that. 37 lie son, what did you foul me for? You are chocklul ol fun." Bla latorsMilatsd Prayer.

In the new Polychrome Bible name of tbe Deity is given as Jhvb, the this "tillers" are not boys, tbey are grown I But American lOOnlS and dve DOtS are C101Ilr WOllderS I Yowelleac form beiusr near tbe original no Tonns men. together with of tea a 1 a i i I Hebrew the Eulih BlnhAhut rn 1 t. i i i i a Tin innse wonders tret sncn snowinc nere as nnwnpre eist i cvuaiuar.irifj npriDKiinK ui men wno can I not properly be railed "roans" and not I saw mm at a asa. Bh infrequently a proportion of yoana and mature women. If the coasting practice were confined to the rsal boys, with thoir little toy sleds, there would perbsns be no greet objection to it, bat each i.

far from being the case. At any rats, however, ons coarse or ths other with regard to the matter should it a pounn o' Juiy Arcsncan uress uccas this show here to day. American eoods in no former season ever held so much of artistic color and beauty. Make tbe test hard the goods can stand it. Think of msnt is stated to be, among other things, I be adopted and determinate! carried I hundreds and hundreds of Weaves and colors and tinting! ths collection and preservation of "such records, papers and material, as may still zist, relating to the early history of ths Province of Pennsylvania, and especially of tbe county of Berka, and the elucida tion of Its past history and progress." Ths responses to the call for this evening's meeting bsvs been so decided as to fully assurs ths success of ths under taking.

Not a single Henator wbo baa spoken against tbo ratification of ths treaty for tbs annexation of Hawaii has presented a convincing argument against annexation; consequently thoss Senator, wbo were for tims ia doubt bavs nearly all announced their intention to vot for annexation, and the ratification sf the trssty ia now snored when a vote is taken. no wins; this. Senator Davis, wbo as chairman of ths committee on Foreign Relations, has cbargs of tb treaty, i. patiently waiting until its op ponents have been given an opportunity ont by tbe city authorities. They should sither permit coasting upon tbs streets to be indulged in without let or hin drance or slss put a stop to it nromotlv.

completely and permanently. With each recurrence ol snow lor yeais past tbs asms farcical performance Das taken Dli i ne street coaster, nave maaetneir ap pearance and every night for a week, if tbs sleighing lasted that long, tbs police bavs made balf bearted and futile attempts to stop them. Tbe officers bavs neen jeersa at ana practically aened. and arrest has been made, and svsa then tbe culprit bas Invariably been dismissed with a reprimand. It is time a new svs tem was adopted.

Tbs polios authority of ths city should not be brought Into contempt, and therefore tb coasters should bs a iven lull lihertv or else it should be unmistakably understood tbst street coasting win not be tolerated, ana everyone arrested for violating th prohibition should be mad an exempt of. 1 HS SI AS ABOtTT lOWW. Te Oars a bold la Oa Da Tabs Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drna gists rerund money If it fails to sara. AO to ssy their ssy before taking any steps Genuine bas I B.

Q. oa sack tablet. That's one press it. This reminds a writer in the Rochester Post Express of a storv told of tbe lainous Oerman prolessor, Ewald, who once inserted a parentneticai loot note to a prnyer. Ewald was in the thick of a fight (such as scholars wage the on wilh the other) with th eminent uesenius when ne arose to pray in his clHSftroom.

And he began thus in slow. solemn voice "(J thou great, omnis cient. Infinite Mali and then added. half to himself, "not as that ioji uesenius says." He fallswed One upon a time a printer brought to Booth for inspection tne proof of a new poster, wnicn, aiier tne manner ot its kind, announoed the aclor as "tbe emi nent tragedian. "Edwin Booth." Mr.

Covert Cassimere, intones of gray, blue, beige, tan, I Booth did not fully approve of it, relates brown and in black and white 36 37jac. If fis, Wnen, Cited ItS merits fairly the lot Will KO in a day. We hoped tO I tragedian' business. I'd much rather mrlT. nf I have it simple 'Edwin he said, get more OX It.

I very Kood. sir." bilk and wool Mixed buitintr, broken checks, six spnnir I Ths nsxt week th actor saw tb first color schemes, 3 in agc Only enough silk to reach a cer n'VnrrSe rn Mia cncci. A 11 wool 19 inc oasis. po8ir announced tne comini ngae 3a in. Suitings, like the Scotch in all but price.

31c. im of simple Edwin Booth J. Fancy Figured Solid, 40 50c. Two tone. roT otF Silk flecked Natte, six color plays.

40 45c. w. r. Connon.neTIi fbmnBn oi the IVlUiU COlOrea Jtrurea OUltinirS.eient COlonn rS.IO I ona ae part men on tne kock island. ru 4.

1 A rMTi Jr Mr. neaciqnB wuaucaui viepe muiuic wiuiu. colorings, 3U in, All these southeast of center on east side of Main Aisle. John Wanamaker quarters at HerinKton. has bv a Ktanhophoae com pany to tell funny lories Into their machines.

He la said to be tho bet Morv teller in Kansas. A 'an sas City journal. Men and Bedlctneaare udvd by what they I do. The arvat cures by Hood's Haraaparilla ui ve I ia a uuu name a very are. of 18U0 gave the native nnd the half white population as If Dr.

Morrow's es timato is correct thcro are 4,000 native loiters. At the present time there aro not more than 1,100 lefwrs at the Molokal settlement, which would leave almost 3,000 undeveloped or latent esses. In my opinionand I have been intimately acquainted with the subject for a number of years there are not at the most wore than U00 undeveloped cases. I have been on tbe examining board for the last four years. In 1893 we sent 100 lepers to Molokai; In 1894 wo sent IliO: In 1895, 127: in 18U6, in 1897 only 07 were sent.

During this period segregation has been more rigorously enforced than during any prior period, and it Is safe to say that there is a comparatively small number of lepers still at large. The so called latent cases thoso that have tho germs of the dlfea.se, but as yet show 110 signs are therefore tho only ones wo can speculate upon. Dr. Morrow estimates the number at 8,000. If such Is the case, there must of necessity bo within tbe next few years an enormous increase of recognized cases, because our olservatlons in the islands lead us to think that he period of incubation that is, the period in which the disease is developing without Miowlng visible signs is froiu to 5 years.

'It 0,000 cases are carrying the discs ee with thorn today, they inutt In all proba bility show pronounced signs of thediseuse within that period of time. Huch propo sition Involves an Increase that every med ical man on tne inlands can emphatically deny will take place, and I think thev will sustain my statement that not more than one tenth of Dr. Morrow's estlmuto, or Uoo latent cases, aro In existence. Ono hopeful sign being manifested In our handling of the disease, leading us to reel that wo are getting to the end, is the fact thut almost all tho casesexniitined arc what are termed recentcases, showing but sliKht manifestations of the disease. 189:) and 1894 tho number of advanced cases those of several years' duration was about SO per cent of the whole iium bcr examined.

During the last year the number of advanced cases hoe not been 6 per cent of the whole. This is a hopeful bian, because It loads us to believe that of the oases which formerly were ill lowed to he at large are now wards at Molokai. It is better to take the number sent to the settlement annually as a basis of comparison than to take them from long periods of time, as Dr. Morrow has done viz. the first lio years after the estab lishmenc of the settlement and comparing tnat witn tne roiiowing ten years, tnese periods there lias been marked Hue tuatlon in carrying out the segregation laws.

During the first period, up to 187, they were never rigorously enforced. Hut from lt87 to 1890, when the reform party was In power, efforts were made by the minister oi toe interior, u. a. hurston. to carry out the laws faithfully.

From 1890 to 1893 there was considerable relax at ion and consequent falling off of the number sent to tbe settlement. From the advent of the present government. In 1893, to the present ttmo strenuous efforts have been made toscKrcRiito all known cases. with very encouraging results. "Chicago Aiecoru.

KB. BHESKAH'S VOICE. Bis Favorite Relaxation Is Hlna'nf a llKbtral "fins, Hd, Plus. Representative James Schoolcraft Pher mun or ftow York has several fiiialiflca tions that commend bim to hia bouse col leagues. He can speak In almost a con versational tone of voico and yet be dis tinctly beard in every part of the hull of ivproaentntivca.

io Is an admirable pne sitllnic otllcor and spurs the lauulng members wbo aro In control of publia business on to prompt action with an energy thnt Is praisewortny even in tne eyes of Speaker itoiMi. uuiMiy or rnce and well ntun matcnlcss In his physical proportions. Air. Sherman ridos a bicycle with unusunl grace, bultliiK not at bills and maintain ing a smart pneo. nut one ot Mr.

fohcrman sniottt pleasing aeconipusnmcnts is ma sweet tenor note. I i ivihvhui uim vou ijs.cs II I ill jjii tutj vurri It is too much to hope that America will at an early vZi.iZ. 1 dur of nous trni in soma ditty an of bundling Indian appropriation bills and tbe like is over, but his favorlto rvlsxatlon IsslnKiaK a duliHhtful "uinK. Dlna. Dins.

In Imitation of the banjo. The people who ne.ru tne surjanrd tones as he passed along the corridor recently stopped to hesEjiliu until Mr. James Schoolcraft IShvriuaa noted his arrowing audience and euduenly season to nasnuigton Pus. Tha llatldlnaT or llattlesaips. On the vrholo.

It aeerns bettor to bnild warxhlpa and (rut money for thirm than to build warah I ps and naonoy for theui. Detroit Newt, Ar th Mes0n0rt etf Jbiih, the Telograpti STAtera ol um hutnan bodr. NervOO extend from inn brain to mmrf part of the body and reach every or Ran. NorvOB) ro like ft re good servants but hard aim iter. Norvoo are fed by the blood and are therefore Monros will surrly be atrong and steady It the blood Is rich, red and vliraToti.

NorVOO nnd a true friend In Hood's twUM lilla beeause It makes rtch, red blood. KofVOO do their work naturally and well, the brain Is unclotHled, there are no neurit Igio aalns, appetite and dlgetv Uon are good, wnen you take Ctrroaparilla The One True Blood rurlfler. All drtifcirlsts. 9U Preps rvd only by CI. I.

Nomt Lowell, Mass. rlOOCl PIUS and Urer sua ulant. afro RIGHTER'S, Pennsylvania Railroad THE STANDARD RAILROAD OP AMKKIOA ROTKOTKD THKOm ROfTT BV TM Interlocking Switch and Block Signal Systen Mm KObet Nov. 9, 1S97. Tmlnsletave BRADINO.

Per PotMown, Phainlxvtlle, Norrlstown, mnd rhllavdelphl. BroM Mtreet Htatlon), 6 00, 600 (7.n4 KxpretM), tkiid 10 1ft (RxpreM) 1 45 MOOExpnm), 35, atiid 8 55 in week day Sundays, 6 00, 5 30 IS IO, 9 55, akiid 7 O0 p. For Havmburtc nd Fottaville, 8 85 (IO 15 Kx PKM) 12 28, 4 SO 15 55 Kxpren) 8 53 Kx prem) in. On iind.w, 9 10, 11 50 tt 8 IO For 8ft. Oiir and Morris Jc, 8 10 15 tt 12 28.

6 55. avud 8 55 WMktn. Hunrfavs 9.10 a. m. For Hhrnndofth.

8.88. 10.16 av. 12.2A BJV. and 8 55 tn 9 10 a tn for new nonon, iu.jo a. tn.

ana p. m. week days. Hundaya, 9.10 a tn. For I.

Oarmel and Shamokln. 885. 10 18 a 12 28 and 5 55 in week daya. Sundays, 9 IO a For Suubiir. 8ft.

IO 15 a m. 19 as WB Mar. days. For Wlillamaporl. 8 85, 10 18 a MSB weekdays.

For Melton, 1018 a tn, 1928 and 8 55 a weekdays. Hunday, 9 10 a For Wllkenharra and (teranfton. 10 IB am. 19 weal days. run HBAUinw.

LmtC Raunburt? (7 24 Ridimmi. 9 98 a 1 At 24 Kxprem) 5 85, 8 18 m. On Sunday. 7 87 D.8 12, 6.16 I reara Poftlsvllla (9 88 ggnrsaw). 9 00 a m.

19 50 KxpresM) 6 00 and 40 tn. On Sunday 00 a tn 2 85 and 6 85 m. FROM FHILAUELrHiA (Broad fttraet). For Readtntr and Intermediate stations: 8 91 in a KxptwBMS), iu i a tn. IO (4 IO Kxpreas), 8 82, Diiproai i weeaaaya.

Bla.1 10.5 40. 8 80(IEXprMS i da vs. FOR NEW YORK. and 12 01 nlr hi waak dayi a OA. 1 1 an a an.

a AA, aui Wast at eraav FOR aaVriaatVllTK CITV Mundaya, 50 Rxprens, weak days, 8 20, 4 OB, 4 80, 18, 6 80 7 iu zi (innluf; Oar), 11 00 a na a dooii, 1 iiimiia iw ana Dtiitiia: Carat. 140. 290 IXnltiar Carl. 8 2D. a a on i 'UK Kmrf, a uu, SB, 1UW and 12 01 iila bt.

Hundava. 8 20. 4 OA. 4 AO 6 15,8 20,8 88,9 50,10 31 (llninir Oar, 1186am, 1235. 1 06 (IMnlna Car).

2 80 Dining? Oart. 4 at iifimiieu kb I'ininR xmrj, 9 ju, a so tti: 85. 7 02. 48. 10 00 m.

12 01 nuths. nxptsM iot hchsod, witnoui citmagm, llDDia ror rea uin, npnns waitnar UCMB rove, Asnury Park and bona; 20,11 14 a want wp wevK aaya. For amrertvHle (New Honal. Gap. and Meranton.

9 50. 9 00 a in. 12 00 noon. 8 59. 6 00 Iaantbertvllla and Raton only) week days, and 02 pm daily.

Buflalo, 9 00 a aa weak day ana im na anuy. WAHHINOTOIf ANDTHBSOT7TH For Baltimore and WanhlnsTton. lU.llo.in Man, 1138 a 12 09. 12 81 Ilm. Ilnlnfj Oar), 1 12.8 18,4 25 OonsTPSsloikal Mcnlted.IM nlna 6 59 IMnlns; Oar) (7 81 pm Dining Oar) ana iv uo nwni wee a aavs.

nunnavs. a no. aJ, 12. II XI a 13 1 12, 4 41, (5 25 Ooni ion! uiniwa, innini iar), vw iinning (781 Dlnltur Oar) and 12 06 n.arht. PROM HARRIHBURO.

For Matshura and tne Wast mwrw dav at 8 10 and II 45am, 100 (8 00 na Pannsylvanla IJmltrdhSao, 7 90, and 1156 an. Way train or aiKWD flwpm avery nay. ror rimourg oniy, a uv anj oa a an vaiiy, iu aw For Klmlra, Oanandalo na, Roca eater, Buffi Nlarrara Falls. 80 a dally. 11 40 a Ntaaara Falls.

i For WT 630 Penn Street. ITalo. and Milam port, 86, 12 01 nigh. IsSS Rrnad ear sat ataslon. via laaUaaM Blvai Brtdae.

Ktttusas. 09 na dally. Saaav Baaraas iihmi nan. It press, 09 am. niiiiuaa, sso, vaaa as tao For CJaoa Ha i tj aw ana owp mt.

Roily Beach. Hea Anal! Isle OH la li and Htone week days. Bundayi For noBtars Point. Wlldvrood, and City. Ocean Olty, Aval on, Rsprasm, 900 na, 4 00 a as raBOOam.

k.praaa.8 80a 1.800,400, I BOO ns mreek davn. Hundava. a aBa an Tbe Union Tmnafar Oosnnany will sail and cherk havaare rroaa howsls and raaldam J. B. HIJTOHlNWN.

J. M. WOOD. wenarai atanaa er. general rmmmmwrnwrn Airt umv it, mwrawwr.

I aa mm a. mm. NOTVOO will be wmk and exhausted If the I 3 fiL H.nswrl la thin, tkmlsa aiMl Imiuirw I Tiara Tails i a Krrairr Jn SS. lane. Trains leave Keadlna (PA station) forOlh i raltar.

Me fart, Blrdeboro. Joanna. ItoiinaTfleld. Wavneabura tee, Chadd's Ford Junction, B. fc O.

Junction, iirniiiKMJn aixi inpui lueaiaes sasatone aept aundays, at IO and 989 a and 08 as. Sundays only at 8 90 a and 8 08 m. ror riprlnafleld and pater's, dally ssaspt ounoaya, at 7 IO and 9 99 a and 111 pm For Haltltootaand Waahlturann U. sfTo. BL BLI nan dallyaacan Mundaya.

at 10 and 9 89 a and win. nunoays only at so a as and a on as. aw u. Mouatini.t 111. WiwniBs uvtiuuit.

Jnparln tends nt. Pan. Paaa. Agt INtUMNCI. JOSEPH ALLGAIER.

CONVKVANOKR OTA MY rUBLIO Baal Xstats aad Iasaraaa. Aasat, ui rBMM smmr. if sass a Isaa earrsal i (Y. M. C.

Ferris' Waists, Nazareth Waists. C. A. Building). A SALE OF WHAT'S LEFT Another Break in Prices As the Winter season is closing and the Spring approaching, we are anxious than ever to sell out the balance of our Winter's stock.

We have marked them down another notch. The prices for everything we offer to day will not cover the cost of the materials used. Here are a Few of the Bargains: At $7.98 Tailor made Suits of Black Cheviot Serge, Jacket and Skirt all Silk lined; fly front Jacket; fall ekirt latest cat: At (4 98 Baltic Beal Collarette with ABtrachan lining, heads and tnils trimming, high flaring collar. At $1.98 Children's All Wool Walking Coats, ina a variety of colors, materials and trimmings from 2 to 6 years. At $3.98 Tailor made Jackets of Beavers, Kerseys, Cheviots and Boncles.

Latest shapes. At $5.08 Plush Capes, made of Salt's famous rain proof plush, handsomely lined and trimmed. At 98o Heavy Flannellette Wrappers, handsomely finished and trimmed, very wide skirts, separata linings and dressmaking At98o cloth facings. Black Sateen Skirts, doubls rnllle, corded edges, hair Something New in Mackintoshes. Capes with velvet tops, in garnet, green, navy, tan and black, $5 98.

Call and ask to see them. Tag End of Huslin Underwear. Closing out broken lots. At 9o At'BOo A lot of CORSET COVERS At 25o (large sizes), were 25c. A lot of NIGHT ROBES, were 69c and $1 0O.

At 7 So A lot of NIGHT liOBES, were (1 25. At $1.00 A lot of NIGHT ROBES, were $1 60 and $1 75. At 38o At 39c DRAWERS, A lot of were 50c A lot of were 75c RAILROADS. UNDEKSKIRT8, UNDERSKIRTS, A lot or FLEECE LINED UNDERWEAR, VESTS and were (iOc IN CORSETS We carry the following reliable brands: G. P.

TSJ Righter's, 630 Pcnn St. Y. M. C. A.

BUILDING. RAILROADS. Philadelphia Reading Railway Kngines Burn Hard Coal No Smoke IN EFFECT NOV. 14, 1897. Trains leave READING: For New York via Philadelphia, week days, RxraKMa 606, 8 00, 10 15 a 12 00 noon, 8 28, 8 27 pm.

Accommodation, 5 55, 7 10 am. 12 25, 6 10, 9 40 m. Hundaya, Express, 5 05, 7 50, 11 a 8 40 m. Accommodation 9 20 a 5 47 nt, For New York via A lieu town, 7 05. am, 8 20 m.

Sundays. IO 68 a m. For Philadelphia, Readlns; Terminal, week days, Express, 6 05, 8 00, 10 15 a 12 00 noon, 8 2B, and 27 m. Accommodation. 5 55, 7 10 a 12 25, 02, 6 10, 9 40 m.

Sundays, Express, 8 OO, 760 11 22 a 8 40 m. Accommodation, 7 00, 9 20 a m. 4 20, 6 47 m. ror Aiientown, Oa, JO 18 a 8 80. 8 05.

8 SB a modatlon, 9 12 a m. 8 80 m. ins. For Siattufrton, week days, 7 80 a 6 10 an. For Pottsvllla, week days.

Express. 1 85, 10 0B am, 12 OO noon 6 66, 8 20 m. Accommodatloa, 7 10, 10 15 a 4 19, 8 25 pm. Sundays, Expresa, 1 86, 6 0S, 10S2 a 6 55 m. Accommodation, 9 20 am, 8SMpx.

Leave Franklin street. Kx 1 22, 10 00, 11 47 a 6 47, 8 09 m. Acoom modatlon, 6 406,802 pm. Bundaya Kxpreas. zz, a 07, io 44 a 6 47 Dm.

Aocobv For Tamequa, Anhland, Mi Ckarmel and Sha mokln, 1 85, 7 IO, 10 08, 12 00 noon, 4 19. 6 00, 8 20 Em. Sundays, 185, 6 OS, 10 62 am. 655 pan. isava Franklin atmet.

1 22. 6 53. lom 111 a. 4 06. 47.

8 OV m. Hundava. 1 Z2. A 67 in a i s. 6 47 tn.

ror nunoory ana wiiiiamsport, 188, 7 10. 10 OH. 12 noon. 6 ti tn. Hun.Uva 1 aft in mA m.

Leave Franklin itiet. 1 2a in on. 1 1 147 pm. Sundays, 1 22, 10 44 a nx. For Lebanon and 06, 7 16, (10 IB Ex pi li urea ow, ira 920 a m.5 55, 10 28 For Carlisle, 6 06, OS, (188 Express).

(6 68 For 6 06, 10 15 a iBitaettaburar 10 IB, am 6 56 m. 100 Bxpi 1018 aj). Bund Fast BS, BBS am 1 88 am. For Laencaarter and (Vlumhla aa mm 6 pm. Sundays, 7 20 am, 8 00 pm.

Trains for RKADINC4: Ki. Sundays, 8 80s, Cham pswaoiarBT, 06, Leave New York via. Philadelphia, 480, BOB, WOO, 11 80a to, 1 80, 100, 400, 480, 8 00 9 00 m. Illlnlfhl. Sundays 4 80, 11 80 a aa, 2 00, 6 00 m.

13 ia nifcbt. Leave New York via OB of and A I lento wit. 4 SO, 9 10 a tn, I 80, B4B ax. Sundays, 100, 6 00 pm. Leave New York via L7R8 and A 1 Ism straw 6 20 a in, 1 40.

7 00 m. Sundays, 1 15, 8 18 xa. Leave Philadelphia, Read Ins; Terminal. Week days, Ex preas. 8 86, IO 10 a 12 46, 4 08, 6 80, 1180 m.

Accommodation, 4 80, 7 46 a 1 42, 4 SS, 6 00. 7 20 m. Bundaya, Exprsas, 4 0O. 905 a 4 OS, 880, 11 80 Aooommodationw I 00 a 1 45, 6 15 m. Leave A llmitown, A 80, 8 48 m.

12 20, 4 80, 9 49 m. Sundays, a 00 a 4 25. 9 05 m. Leave Harrtabura 8 OS. 6 20, 7 65 02 Fast Kx.

preen) a 1 lo, 8 So. 6 15, 6 45, 7 40 nx. Sun days, 7 25, 8 50 a 4 00, 6 45 pa. imvm Lsriiatiuii, us, no, BS FM Ka 0l, 4 45, 6 an, 7 2H, S81 pa. Sundays, Leave Slatlnston, week day, 7 40 a Ota.1 Lsaave foltavllla.

I OA a m. 2 SO. 7 96 m. AammmridaMnn on, so m. nunaays, Kxprwa, 65, 10 15 a am, 7 80 aa.

Accommodation, 8 00 a tn. 6 00, 4 88 am. wiiiiamnport, istopplna; at Pud bury) 7 42, IO 90 a aa, 12 84, 400, it av av 20 a aa. 05,4 00. 11 OB 8 46.

11 06 a Suadaya Leave Rhamokln. faannnlnav a WtL ri i i Ashland and Tamaqua) I 88, 10, 80, 991 a as. For KH. ud InHrmidlu. point, iri7 suaoajra, as, nta.lw daily, and mmmh Omr.

row Ick Havea I lmwm anran.ni TMaaa lia.la.. ISSand dally. U40.nj.sa. and I SurrV SoTmVnd ItZ'mZ nunoaya, swan and lUpi dnllv, II eo a and a at at dally, eko.pt Hun dav. For K.n..saia wa dally, aad li 0 a at and S.

at dally, lapl Bandar. tsaava Oolnmbta, 8B a Bundaya. 8 OB a at. 8 48 as. Mava ia, II OB a at, 488 aa nave Hhlppenabuiw.

40, 11 St a as, B00 as. Issava IB, 11 OO a na, 438 a as. Leave Oar I isle, 8 00. 11 80 a as. at.

4 8p am. ATLANTIC CITY DIVlHIOlt. tjeava Phlladelnhla. OhaaSniiS mini Wtaaa and Mouth Htreet Wharf, for Atlanrio Oltv? Week daya Ksprsas, 900 a an. 800, 400, 900 pj aa.

Aeonmnaodatlon. OO a an. aaYI an Bsese. Bays Ks praam, IfflTft a ai 8 ssomaiuiiatlun. BOO a m.

4 48 a am. Iseava Atlantis Olty Depots Week days priiss, 8a, 900. a as. 880, 880 a. Aaooesasod.

Hon. 8 IB a ss. 408 aa f1.is.rla mm It 80 m. Aocoojnodatton, rarior ears on an a. preas trains.

I Philadelphia Altaadlas Mailway Blefeet sasnt I or addreas t. a. wKlaARD, KDffOff J. WKKKflL wan upen niaaiaeaa. uesi'i rasa, jtat Keatdlng Tenant mat, rhllndalakta.

UPHOLTCWY, FURNITURE RE UPHOLSTERED Rs EQUAL TO MEW. All work don aaeer ear jimaal ssasnlslea DRADDURY, Cor. 5th and Franklin St ITI'ATIOK WANTKD Ol.r4ral work moot Aasljr MS OHBMHY ST,.