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A I fi 4 i ti a1 in J1 'tern R3arArll.rffIKIW Hnnn 5j i MR TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, 11AY iotn ana 17111. FINE SOUVENIRS TO EVERY PURCHASER. You arc most cordially invited and welcome whether you buy or not. mm Lii 1 Vi lir'A 5i I 1 Your Clothing is the first thing that another person sees and you are judged by it, so be sure that they fit well and are made right. We sell this kind, so $10 buys a men's olive gray Worsted Suit Herringbone stripe, good serge lining and stylish.

$12 buys a Men's Gray Worsted Check Suit two shades. Good serge lining. $5 buys a Youths' Gray Cheviot Suit (14 to 19 years). $2.25 buys a Boys' 2 piece Suit, Brown or Gray Check, all wool (8 to 15 years). $2.50 buys a pretty Vestee Suit, assorted fancy colors, nicely trimmed and very latest novelties (3 to 9 years), MYERS Tailors, Clothiers and 508 PENN LEINBACH BR0M Cor.

8th and Penn Ste Our Phenomenal Success is Due to Our Large Stock, Hones HE Men's Furnishers STREET. Suits in mixed and fancy Cassi meres, $4.75, $5, $5.50 and $6.00 Bicycle Pants, $1.25 to $2.75 Our favorite combination suit consists of Blue Serge skeleton coat and shepherds plaid trousers. Price for entire suit only $4.70. FINANCIAL. NOTICE TO INVESTORS.

First Mortgage Bonds FOR SALE. (15,000 worth of Reading Traction 6 yr. Bonds, $1000 denominations. at a price that will net 4 8 10 per cent, free from State taxes, and are icjual to a mortgage of 5 2 10 per cent. These bonds are a first class security and will advance in price.

Call on VV. VV. LIGHT, 35 North Sixth Street. 4212. iiRODSTEIN" HERE'S A GOOD OFFER Save nil you cast off garments and your not io d.tinty shoe.4.

We'll buy them at price in cash. We think you won't refuse. Can bring t'lem or we'll call for them. Just any way you choose. Will eall for goods day or evening.

BRODSTEIN, SOUTH SKVENTfl UKADINO. CUSTOM SHOES. IM. 11 flailiniT lln fn.rtQfa DrnrliiMinne onrl I nur Pripoc uoaiiiig, ui iu uaiu iiuuuuuuiu uuu tun iiiuuj. We have the largest variety of Furniture and Carpets ever shown in Reading and onr exclusive designs enables na to quote yon the best constructed goods at the lowest passible prices.

Parlor Suits, 5 pieces 15 00 np to 125 00 lied room Saits, 8 pieces 16 75 np to 120 00 Sideboards, Golden Oak 7 75 np to 75 09 Extension Tables, Golden Oak 4 00 np to 35 00 Dining room Chairs, i doz. caue seat, Golden Ojk 5 75 up to 18 00 Dining rooai Chairs, wood seat, Golden Oak 3 00 up to 800 Couches Corduroy or Velours 5 50 up to 35 00 Lounges Corduroy or Velours 5 50 up to 12 00 We have a very complete line of China Closets, Book Cmes, Olllce Furnitur), etcj Our Carpet department has been eularged and the Block embraces all the new productions in Tapestries, Bodies, Velvets and AxminstiMd. A visit to us will not only be profitable to yon, but at the same time instructive. G. S.

HERBEIN, 812 PENN ST. Furniture, Carpets and Bedding. SILVERWARE. $3.25 PER DOZEN Is what we are selling the genuine 147 Rogers or C. Rogers fi Bros', Surely you have never bought them as cheap.

They will soon be all at this price. Better buy now. SCHLEGHTER'S, Sixth and Pnn Sts. OLD SHOES, ETC. in Pays the highest cash price fur Old Shoes, Clothing, Will call at house on postal request.

FAIR DEALING IS HIS MOTTO. F. BANGSER, 2o S. 7th St MOTELS AND RE ST A URAMTS WALTERS' SALOON AND RKSTAUB AN 14 and 10 South Seventh street. Meals served at ill hours, liar supplied with high class liquors, been, CW.

us mm THE BftiDMa DAILY TIMES AND DISPATCH, BEADING, PENNA, 'RRANn' SUMMER OPENING i WILL TAKE PLACE OUR GREAT REDUCTION SALE OF SPRING MILLINERY, SUITS AND JACKETS CONTINUED TODAY FASUlnM 518 Penn inWIIIVIl) U.mM$VX7i? CUSTOn MADE SHOES. A floe lot of samples to select from. STRICTLY HAND MADE. Prices from 84 upward. Repairing neatly and promptly done.

I llinfirnf 830 Court St next door to V. LlnUDbnbu'r oaiue' a WANTKD A Competent Pressman who understands cylinder work can hear something to bis advantage by addressing Box 87, Heading P. O. trfiOt fi Street, READING, PA! LECTURE. RAJAH TEMPLE Tuesday Evening, May 16 Lecture and Recital By Eev.

Henry G. Ganns. Subject: "The Formative Period of Music." Tickets for sale at Boland'g, 635 Penn. Tickets OOcts. AMUSEMENTS A CADKMY OF MUSIC.

MONDAY, MAY 15. Sixth Timk in Beading. fiENNESSY LER0YLE and talented company in the comedy, 'OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY' Ga'lery 15, balcony 25, first floor 50c. READING cnnDay MAY 26 TENTH and AMITY Streets AND THE WORLD'S ROUGH RIDERS. A Kindergarten of History.

2 Decides in Existence. Teaching Equcs'rlonism, Primitive Savage, Civil and Military. Conjoined with an annex of Colonial Equitation Illustrated by the horsemen of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii And a vivid and inspiring reproduction of history's Latest Martial Triumph, Presented by a detachment of those modern marvels of volunteer Military merit, to all future known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders Worthy heirs of the fame of Plainsmen and veritable "Ohirsof thuOl Block" Together with their companion Patriots and Laurel crowned Paragons of Bravery Discipline, Endurance and Skill; the UNITED 'STATES REGULAR CAVALRYMEN. COL. CODY, "BUFFALO BILL" Armours at each rerformnnee.

Charge Up San Juan Hill A vivid, truthfu', thrilling, heart stirring, dlo ramic reproduction of whifh will be presented by some of the GENUINE PARTICIPANTS in the famous battle. This will be but one of the Speotaoulaii features added to the intensely interesting and instructive programme or tins World fumed Cosmopolitan Exhibition. Read the unique Muster Roll of the World's Mounted Warriors Rrnuirht together for the first time in history in peaceful rivalry and forming a grand exhibition ot the urotiiernooa oi man. United States Cavalrymen And Artillerymen German Ouirass'ers Cossack Artillerv Arabian Acrobats Queen's Own Lancers Mexican Lassoists South American Gauchos Sioux Indians Cowboys Filipinos. Hawaiian Bucking Mustangs Johnie Bit Annie Oaklo PARADE OF ION Led by Buffalo Bill's World Famou MOUNTED COWBOY" BAND Friday Morning May 26, at 10 o'clock.

TWO EXHIBITIONS DAILY Rain or Shine Afternoon at o'olork, Night at 8 o'clock. Doors Open One Hour Kariier, Night as light as day, and as complete in detail, en oral Admission, 60c Children under 9 years. 25 cents. Numbered coupon, actually rcseved seats, will be sold on day at SchlechLer's Jewelry store, Gth and renu streets, DENTISTRY. tcts That Cannot be Disputed by We never do any bluff advertising.

The Albany Dental Association is the only Dental Association having officers in nearly all the principal cities of the United States. OUR REPUTATION FOR FINE WORK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR OVER ELEVEN YEARS IN READING. BEWARE OF GOLD CAPS AND BRIDGE WORK, UNLESS IT IS WELL DONE. Albany Dental Association, S9yi PENN STREET, Heading. Extracting free when plates are ordered.

JEWELRY. TOILET 8KT8 I SUA VINO SETS I MAMCUKK BET8 SKWI N'U SETS I Oomhs, Brusnes, Mirrors and all kinds silver Novelties suitable for gifts. mm The Jeweler, 9 351 Penn St 1100.00 REWARD. A boy lost, about the size ot a man. He was last seen walking on Penn street, with his father's clothes on.

The clothes were selected and mude at Philip Shapiro's Tailoring Shop. We have imported a large quantity of fine patterns for Spring and Summer wear. Our prices are low and our work cannot be beat; we promise a good fit. Satisfaction guaranteed. We still do cleaning, repairing and pressing.

Philip Shapiro, IS North Sixth Street. EXETER HORROR COSTS 29 LIVES (Continued from First Page.) ride he invariably indulges in a game of cards with passenegrs of his acquaintance. On Thursday evening he forgot his deck of cards, and when he announced this fact to a friend he was told that if he forgot them in the future there would be trouble. On Friday evening as Mr. Mayer was leaving his home he happened to remember that he did.

have his deck of cards with him. He went into the house and procured them, after which he left for the railway Btation. When the train arrived he took his customary seat in the rear car of the regular train. A short distance below Heading he started through the train in search of his friend, and when Exeter Station was reached he was in one of the forward cars. Then came the crash, In which he was thrown to the floor.

With the exception of a few bruises he escaped unhurt. Mr. Mayer attributes his escape to the deck of cards, as had he been In his accustomed seat in the rear car he would surely have perished. HIDING THE FACTS. Despite the many obstacles which the railway officials placed in the.

way of the reporters who were detailed to inquire into the facts concerning the disaster, the Times was able to publish an almost complete list of the killed and wounded when it went to press shortly after 3 o'clock Saturday morning. To accommodate the public and supply the great demand for the Times, the presses were kept running almost continuously until 8 a. and every copy was sold. Col. George Schall, of Norrlstown, who was killed in the wreck, was a nephew of Horatio Trexler, Fifth and Franklin streets, this city.

Up to a late hour last night the injured at the hospitals In this city were doing nicely, and no apprehension for their recovery was felt by the physicians. THE INQUEST. The Jury empanelled by Coroner Rothermel, consisting of William Groll, George H. Nagle, J. George Hintz, A.

R. Eisenbrand, S. H. Reeser and H. L.

Wickel, viewed the remains of the killed on Saturday. The inquest will not be held until the beginning of next week, owing to the large number of witnesses to be subpoenaed. The examination to determine the responsibility for the affair will be held in the Board of Trade rooms. For newspaper opinions concerning the Exeter horror, see Second Page. AID FOR THE INJURED.

Dr. J. S. Rittenhouse, who has an office at 38 South Fourth street, was at work in the yard of his country home at Exeter when the collision took place. He hastened to the scene accompanied by his wife and together they worked wjth the Injured until every person requiring treatment was attended.

CIDER RAN IN THE STREETS. It Was Confiscated Stuff and a Vestryman Stopped the Show. Canaan, May 14. The main street of Canaan ran with hard cider for half an hour yesterday afternoon. Had it not been for a vestryman of Christ's church the gutters might still be flowing with it, as the supply of the State Law and Order League, under whose auspices the cider emptying ceremony was to have been conducted, was not more than half exhausted.

The affair was to have been most auspicious for the law and order people. Ten days ago its officers made a raid upon the two speak easies, which for more than a year have been run by the Fitzgerald brothers. From one place they seized 49 casks of hard cider and from another about as many barrels. These were carefully stored in the cellar of the town hall for safekeeping. As no one appeared to claim the liquor, the league officers proceeded to empty it in front of the Town Hall.

It leaked into the Sunday school room of Christ church and a vestryman dashed across the square and den ed that the stream be shut off. "We are destroying this accu. stuff which is eating into the vitals of our youth," said the league man solemnly. "And it's eating into the vitals of our new carpet," cried the churchman hotly. "Stop or I'll have the sheriff on you." The threat prevailed and the cider was carted to the railroad track, where it was dumped without finishing the ceremonies which the league had intended.

STRIKERS ATTACK CARS. Shots Fired at One and Another Partly Wrecked by the Use of Dynamite. Duluth, May 14. Two attempts were made to kill a non Union motor man, and another car was wrecked by strike sympathizers here last night. The first shooting took place as a car was crossing the Duluth Superior Bridge, two shots being fired with pistols by persons in a boat immediately beneath it.

The car was crowded with passengers. As the car was turning into Tower avenue, in West Superlod, a few minutes later, four shots were fired into it by a man standing on the corner. He was arrested. As a Woodlawn Park car was approaching Third street, West Duluth, there was an explosion of dynamite, and the car was lifted from the track and turned half around. The front wheels and truck were broken to bits and the framework was damaged, but none of the passengers were injured.

COMPRESSED AIR TRIAL. Successful Trial Trip Over a Chicago Line. Chicago, 111., May 14. For the first time in the history of street railroad traction in Chicago compressed air was used as motive power yesterday. A compressed air car made the trip over one of the principal trunk lines of the North Chicago Street Railroad company, and officials of the company who made the trial trip pronounced the new motive power highly successful.

This car will be run for some time as an experiment. If it proves a success, it is the intention to run all the night cars on the north and west side cable lines by air. In appearance it resembles the ordinary box trolley car except for the absence of a pole on the top and a difference in the trucks below. DAYS OF ABRAHAM AT Y. M.

C. A. This evening at 7.45 the Biblical Archaeology Study Class will met in the Y. M. C.

A. building. The special subject for study will be "Is there any external evidence of the Israelitish oppression in Egypt." The study will be In charge of Secretary Edwards. The latter part or the hour will be given to Dr. Saadl, who will describe the life of a "Nomad" as he exists today on the plains of Arabia, and which is identical with the life lived by Abraham nearly 3,000 years ago.

Kev. Dr. Good at 8.45 will speak on "The Separation of the Church Into the Eastern and Western; or some account of Greek Christianity and Latin," GERMAN IRON STEEL TRUST. Organized to' Meet the Competition of American Foundries. London, May 14.

The Birmingham Post has received a trustworthy report from Berlin of the formation of a Ger man lion and steel trust of considerable dimensions. This movement is neces sitated by late developments, as Ger man iron founders feel that unless German power is more concentrated they will suffer severely from American competition. A. Bendel, 144 North Sixth street, celebrated his 40th birthday anniver sary on Saturday. READING'S "W00RST FRAU." SKETCH OF A WELL KNOWN FE MALE LOCAL CELEBRITY "BRAUCHA" METHOD OF CURING.

The New York Sun of' yesterday contains the following letter from Reading, A family of women named Ebbert have been healing by "pow wowing" and "breathing upon" and "passing the hands" over burns and wounds and afflictions here for many years. Daughter, mother and grandmother have been freely and openly practicing "braucha," the grandmother for half a century, and have never been in trouble, nor have they been seriously interfered with. In all this time thousands of cases of wildfire, tetter, ringworm, spasms, fits, shriveled limbs, skin diseases, felons and all manner of strange and painful afflictions have been brought to them to be "blowed upon" and cured. The present practicing Ebbert woman occupies a small brick house on a back street, where the "braucha" business has been carried on for many years. A small time worn tin sign, with her name and business, is tacked on the front shutter.

For all these years people from East Pennsylvania have been coming to the "woorst frau" to be healed. By that name she is best known. The country people call her the "washt frau." Either her mother or grandmother sold sausage and was known as the "sausage woman," or "woorst frau." Time and again regular doctors and medical societies tried 'to put a stop to the pow wowing, but they invariably failed. Not only have country people come to the pow wow house, but farmers, Justices, aldermen, merchants, lawyers, editors, railroad men, Judges, preachers and many other professional men have been pow wowed. The Ebbert women had the respect of thousands.

All ha1. faith in their curative powers. Thousands still have. Mrs. Ebbert has all the recipes and pow wow prayers of her people that have been used for these long years.

She is a small, mild mannered woman past the middle age. The writer years ago had one of his eyes pow wowed. But first the woman's mother heated hot lard on a stove plate, and the patient was stood in the back yard under the hot sun with the greased plate before his eyes. This hot fat in the sun was to draw out the fever from the inflamed eye. Before this the "woorst frau" had made a few passes over the painful optic.

Then she breathed upon it gently and repeated a few sentences, using words not understood. The "stove plate in the sun" episode made the patient laugh, whereupon the "woorst frau" was displeased, saying that if her treatment waa lightly regarded it would do no good. Mrs. Ebbert Is Intensely in earnest. When pow wowing she never smiles.

It is too serious. It is a prayer to the Lord to send relief to the sufferer. The prayer is said to have some Biblical authority. The Ebbert women have pow wowed 10,000 people who came not only from this city and surrounding country, but from Philadelphia, Trenton and New York. German people in all the Atlantic States have heard of her.

The "braucha" of the Ebbert women was in practice a quarter of a century before Christian Scientist healing was every heard of. The pow wow lays no claim to mysterious healing by incantations or casting out of devils, but Mrs. Ebbert demands absolute faith in her power. Then she will pray as the New Testament directs her, "Whatsoever ye wish, ask in His name and it shall be given unto you." The "pow wow woman" has sublime faith in all she does. She has seen thousands of cures by Not only do women pow wow, but men also.

If a man is the possessor of a famous pow wow prayer, and he is about to die, he dare not tell it to a man, but may communicate it to a woman. It must not be written down. It must be closely listened to and remembered. It passes only by word of mouth. A dying woman having a pow wow prayer dare only tell a man.

It is a most grievous sin to die without communicating a pow wow prayer. The Ebbert women imuincated their pow wow knowl to near male relatives, who in a told the women heirs of their mysterious knowledge. Some pow wowers have as high as a dozen such prayers. How many of these prayers Mrs. Ebbert has she will not say.

It is not a matter for boasting, nor to be talked about. She does not like to be written about, and never solicits business. She asks no one to call upon her. They must come of their own free will, and have faith. Besides pow wowing she sells salve and other medicines and herbs made by herself from formulas in possession of the Ebberts for a half century.

No one questions her privilege or right to administer to the suffering. All those who know her have absolute faith in her pow wowing. Christian people in full church membership here speak of going to the "woorst frau" with as much unconcern as do other people when speaking of going to the post office. One ot her neighbors years ago was the famous Mike Heller, who could cure the most poisonous snakebite ever brought to him, but they operated on entirely different lines. Pow wowers in general dare not make any charges for their healing.

It would be wrong to take money for a prayer. When the sufferers are relieved and well, then they make a gift. If potions, drugs, herbs, teas, salves, roots or barks from the mountains be furnished direct to the sufferer, then a price may be accepted, but never for the "braucha" or pow wow. Passing the hand lightly Just over the afflicted part and blowing upon it gently is part of the pow wow, but the main power of the pow wow is the silent or whispered prayer. It is generally In rhyme, or a few short lines in Pennsylvania Dutch.

Sometirneg the vernacular seems to have no special meaning. It is unihtelligible, having been handed down from mouth to mouth so many years. Had the powwow prayer been written out, it would not have been changed. Sometimes a dying man or woman may have whispered it unintelligibly, and the true words may have been lost. Still, it is believed that the greater part of the pow wow prayers have been preserved.

It is noteworthy that no one knows what the ypow wow prayer of the other is. If two men or two women can or do pow wow, they cannot tell whether they use the same form. Their knowledge is only revealed at death. And it is never referred to or practiced unless absolutely necessary to relieve pain. Any trifling with powwow powers is sacrilegious.

GREAT DANE WHIPS A LION. Fierce Encounter In the Zoo at Cincinnati The Lion Had Enough. Cincinnati, May 14. An exhibition of the remarkable strength of Col. Stephan's Great Dane Mardo was witnessed by the keepers of the Zoo.

Mardo was strutting proudly about the Carnivora building when Dewey, the fierce young lion, was taken out of his cage to be shipped to his owner. The dog that the animal had attacked the keeper, sprang upon the lion fearlessly. The keepers allowed the chains to fall, and, seizing long iron bars, tried to separate the two beasts. Meantime the dog was worsting the lion. The keeper's efforts to separate the animals were futile, and not before the Hon had been whipped and skulked away from the big dog were they able to get near the lion.

It was an easy matter to get the Hon into the shipping case after the encounter, where he lay licking his sore spots. The fight lasted only a few minutes. Dewey is nearly two years old, and is the size of a full grown Great Dane. Secretary Palmer Poroner, of Jefferson Building Association, No. 3, sold the brick dwelling, 354 North Fourth street to Christian Grieshaber for $1,800.

THE HERO OF THE NILE. (Continued from First Page.) Mohammedan and Christian faiths, Dr. Saadi referred somewhat humorously to the former's conception of self denial as a preliminary virtue, entitling the believer to become "an honorable saint." The candidate ad one year to deprive himself of all manner of personal cleanliness not to wash himself or his linen, or to shave; in fact to remain absolutely dirty for twelve months. If he stood the ordeal satisfactorily he then became "an honorable saint;" was allowed to cleanse himself thoroughly, put on suitable clothing and carry "a stick; thenceforward he was regarded as a sacred character, and became so fanatically respected by the people as to carry great influence in even political circles. The Sultan himself shared with the populace this veneration for the "honorable saint," for whom, after his death, a shrine was built, where the masses flocked to pay homage to his remains.

Dr. Saadi, inalludingto the alleged remarkable prayerfulnees of the Mohammedan, pointed out that he repeated the same prayer about five times daily. He then repeated the prayer and compared it with the Lord's prayer. In this comparison it was shown that the Mohammedan's "petition" was merely a eulogy of "Allah and his Prophet," at once extravagant and trumpery in Its phrasing. Dr.

Saadl In summing up the rewards of Mohammedanism to its followers, insisted that their very vileness was the reason why 250 millions of people accepted it as a religion, which practically told them to do as they pleased in this life, and promised in the next to each "good" Mohammedan 70 wives and 30,000 to wait upon him in a garden of celestial grandeur with all the delicacies that Imagination could invent. In other words, it was a religion which appealed to the passions of its believers, and it was not surprising It had hundreds of millions of ignorant people pinning their faith in its carnal promises. On the other hand, Christianity offered entirely different and nobler rewards. The speaker referred to the abject condition of the Soudanese as an illustration of the non progressive effects of Mohammedanism on race development. The Soudanese were not as civilized as some races that worship idols, and he maintained that a religion which failed to lift a nation from a lower to a higher plane of civilization could not be of divine origin.

Dr. Saadi takes a pessmlstical view of the future of Christianity in Turkey; yet he thinks that if it is to win a victory over Mohammedanism it will not be by cannon balls but by the power of the Holy Spirit. Armed with this spirit instead of gunpowder, missionaries may hope to accomplish good among the followers of the "false prophet." Dr. Saadl concluded his very able address by singing a verse of the hymn, "Come the Saviour" in Arabic, all present vigorously rendering the chorus in English. GENERAL WHEELER SNUBBED LEFT OUT OF THE CHARLESTON PARADE BECAUSE HE WEARS THE BLUE.

Charleston, S. May 14. The fact that Gen. Joseph Wheeler was snubbed in Charleston because he was an officer of the United States Army has furnished another sensation as the result of the convention of the United Confederate Veterans. In the great Confederate parade on Wednesday afternoon thousands of people lined the streets and screamed and yelled for Wheeler, but the long procession moved by with the little fighting hero missing.

The city today has Just come to realize the situation. Gen. C. I. Walker, the commander of the State division, is responsible for it.

In the list which he gave to the committee of guests who were to ride in the procession the name of Gen. Wheeler was not Included. Two lists, in fact, were made by Walker, and neither of them mentioned Gen. Wheeler. Walker's excuse Is that he forgot Wheeler, notwlthrtmding that he was the chief guest the convention.

He has further attempted to lay the blame on a sub committee, but the committee has repudiated him, and tonight the blame Is all on him. Gen Walker hag made himself conspicuous by his bitterness at this convention. He refused last night to preside at the Auditorium because Col. Henry L. Turner, of Chicago, was among the speakers.

It is publicly said here that he, with a few others of the same bitter stripe, intended all along to leave Gen. Wheeler out of the parade, because he would overshadow the rest. URGED TO RETALIATE. rtev R. C.

Ranson Wants Negroes to use jjynamue. Cleveland, May 14. Rev. R. C.

Ran son. pastor of the Bethel African Meth odist church, of Chicago, discussed the race problem last night before a large audience in tne sr. jonn Aiiican mem nicf hiti.h hor T4ia lpptnre was en titled, "The Black Man's Burden," and some of his uttenances were sensational In fVio ovlranw. Referring to the lynching of Sam Hose, the speaker placed the blame for that horror at the door of an Atlanta newspaper. He advised the negroes to become skiuea in tne nanonng vi uj namite, and to use it when attacked for the protection of their homes and "The black man is no coward," he continued.

"Kl uaney ana nan juau Hill proved that. Persecution he has endured, and he cannot be exterminated. In permitting these horrors the fundamental principles of our government are attacked, and even American civilization Jeopardized. PLOTTERS AGAINST A KING. Alleged Accomplices of the Would Be Assassin, Acciarito, to Be UTieq, Rome, May 14, The five men charged with being accomplices of Acciarito in the attempt to kill King Humbert last year will be tried next week.

Acciarito is a repentant scoundrel, but his remorse is accompanied by a nerce desire for revenge. His statements, which have never varied under cross examination, show that a group ot seven Anarchists, including nimseir. formed a secret revolutionary Junta. They determined to kill the King and drew lots to decide who Bhould make the attempe. The lot fell to Aacia rito.

He has since satisfied himself that the lottery was a Job, In which he was destined from the first to draw the murder ticket. The five prisoners declare that they never plotted with Acciarito, and always regarded him as a harmless lu natic. A CARGO OF SNAKES. New Orleans, May 14. The Portuguese bark Atlantico, from Para, Brazil, was released from quarantine yesterday and reached New Orleans to day.

Her cargo entirely consists of snakes, gathered largely on the Upper Amazon and including one poa constrictor thirty three feet long. The owners are Goze Rentri and his wife, snake charmers of French nativity, who have been 23 years making this col lection, which includes not only American but Asiatic and African varieties, and which they value at 50,000. The snakes are to be shown at the Paris Exposition, GLEANINGS. Tho highest house In Paris hai eight stories. London's record of deaths by vlolonoe was 8,514 hist yojir, being 124 nbovo tho Avorngo'or the preceding ten years.

A pmfl diver considers it a good dny's work if ha collects anything over 200 shells. A tlioUBiind 6hells is tho record of ono dny. Sumo continental governments ninko money through lotteries, l'rnssin raised 1,000, 0l: last year mid Italy secured )0 ly such means. A 6 yeivr oKl rhilailclplii.i boy fell out of third sliiry window, and his lifo was raved by liulitins on a man wearing a aill. luit.

Thn wan ruined BASEBALL SATURDAY'S GAMES. Brooklyn 12, Washington 1 (1st game). Brooklyn Washington 3 (2d game). Philadelphia 9, New York 0. Boston 2, Baltimore 1.

Pittsburg 6, Cleveland 0. Chicago 5, Louisville 4. Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 3. Richmond 1, Lancaster 2.

SUNDAY SCORES. R.H.E. St. Louis 6 9 2 Cincinnati 5 17 1 Batteries Powell and Criger; Breit enstein and Wood. Chicago vs.

Louisville, rain. Newark 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 9 6 Scranton 30100010 16 10 4 Batteries Brown and Gunson; Risley and Thackra. Paterson 20000000 02 6 2 Wilkes Barre 10202110 7 12 0 Batteries Bowen and Duncan; Jamison and Gonding. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Won. Lost. P.C. St. Louis 17 6 .739 Philadelphia 17 7 .708 Chicago IU 7 .696 Brooklyn 16 8 .667 Cincinnati .14 8 .636 Boston 14 10 .583 Baltimore 11 13 .458 New York 9 13 .409 Louisville 9 13 .409 Pittsburg 8 14 .364 Washington 4 20 .167 Cleveland 3 19 .136 ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

Won. Lost. P.C. Wilkes Barre 11 4 .733 Richmond 11 5 .688 Reading 8 6 .615 Scranton 8 8 .500 Newark 8 8 .500 Lancaster 5 11 .412 Paterson 5 12 .294 Allentown 3 10 .231 TODAY'S SCHEDULE. Philadelphia at Brooklyn.

New York at Baltimore. Boston at Washington. Chicago at Pittsburg. Cincinnati at Cleveland Louisville at St. Louis.

Wilkes Barre at Paterson. Lancaster at Allentown. Newark at Reading. Scranton at Richmond. THESNAP MULE.

Times When lie Is Quicker Than Clmln Lightning. "The populur impression that tha inulo Is a slow beast, liko most generalizations of the kind, is conducive to error, for if there is anything quicker than a well trained 'snap mulo' I for one have never scon it" The speaker was a man who has employed mule teams by the thousand on levee and railroad contracts. "The 'snap as you may or may not know, is a sort of free lance about the dredging work, whose duty it is to 'snap on' in front of a scraper team to give the final jerk that will set the filled scraper in motion. As there is but one snap mule to 20 teams, dispatch is necessary, and it is next to marvelous how the othorwise stupid benst lenrns to know the exact moment to pull. Ho concentrates his entire muscular energy in that momentary effort, and something has got to move.

The. instant ho fouls motion in the lond he relaxes his effort and is passed on to the next team. The 'snap mulo' is driven by very long lines that pass back over the team to the driver, who walks behind. Not long ago we hud big green negro on ono of tho scrapers up In ono of tho Yazoo levee camps. The first morning out tho now negro got a good scraper load, and when it came his turn to 'snap' the extra lines were passed back to hiui, and, not knowing whut to do with them, he swung them over his head nnd let them lodgo firmly on his shoulders.

Tho team mules, cheered on by th vigorous languago of tho driver, slowly braced themselves for the pull When tho precise moment arrived, a tremor pussed through tho 'snap mulo's' frame und thon, unwinding liko a released watch spring, he gave tho supreme jerk, and that green negro simply turned thrco somer saults over scraper and team and landed half way up the levee. It was all over In an Instant, nnd tho mulo had relapsed into his accustomed insensibility. Quick? Why, Fitzsinmions wasn't in it with that mulo. New Orleans Times Democrat. Elder Shnkespcare'a Beer Teat.

Shakespeare's father, they say now, was a government oiheer. He waa called an alo Conner," or publio analyst of fermented liquors. Dr. Bernard Dyer mentioned this fact in speaking at the recent annual dinner of the British Society of Public Analysts. According to Dr.

Dyer, his method of conning ale was certainly a simple if per haps a somewhat crudoone. He purchased a quart of ale, took it outside tho inn, poured It on a bench, and then, dressed iu a pair of leather breeches especially do signed for ale conning, sat down in the beery pool. After a prescribed timo ho got up again, and if he found that tho breeches stuck to tho bonch ho held tho liquor to have been adulterated, and the innkeeper suffered accordingly. Conld Have Shot Washington. "It was onco in my power to havo shot General Washington," said a British soldier to an American as they were discussing the events of the great struggle after the concluding of peace.

"Why did you not shoot him then?" asked the American. "You ought to have done so for the bcnoflt of your oouutry men." "The death of Washington would not have boon for their benefit, roplied tho Englishman. "Wo depended upon liiin to use our prisoners kindly, and we'd sooner have shot an oilioer of our own! Juvenile Hnninn Nntore. "Please, sir," said ono of the small twins as they entered tho grocery, "wo frant a cent 8 worth of beans. "What do you want them for?" asked the grocer.

'Cause onr mamma's gone out, nnd she told" us not to swallow any beans wlillo she was gone, and we (jan't find any in the house, was tho reply. Chicago News. The Shark's Eck. A shark's egg is one of the oddest look ing things Imaginable. It is unprovided with shell, but the contents are protected by a thick, leathery covering almost as elastic as India rubber.

Tho average size )s inches by 2 inches, and tho color Is almost pure black. Somo Idea of the educational influence of the British museum can be gathered from tho fact that over 1,000,000 persons visited it last year. At tho battlo of Waterloo 61,000 men Wero killc or disabled. Thero were 145, 000 soldiers in that great struggle. TOWN TOPICS.

St. Paul is to havo a tea Inspector. Now Jot us havo a beer iiiFrcctcr appointed for tho Saintly City, and all will bo well. Glencoe Register. The good neoplo of Boston seem to havo "called off" tho raid against tho English sparrows there, probably as a result of the Anglo American alliance.

Wilmington News. If tho wind would put In a bill for blow ing tho dust out of the streets, no doubt It would bo audited, for that way is bettor than no way to get rid of the blinding stuff, Kansas City Times. Prairie fires are raging ngnin In somo of tho wards of Chicago. Tho billows of flame sweeping over leagues of grassy solitude form a spectacle unknown in nny other metropolis. St.

Louis Ulobe Demo Children deprived of fats and mineral foods have weak bones, flabby flesh and thin watery blood. The milk of nursing mothers, enfeebled by chronic diseases, or long continued nursing, produces the same results. Scott's Emulsion is cod liver oil partly digested and with the hypophosphites, forms a fat food which acts on the infant, through the mother's milk, giving rich blood, strong nerves and sound flesh and bones to both. 50c. and 1.00, all druggists.

SCOTT BOWNE. Chemists, New York. WANTED. WANTKD Christian man or woman to tjt! ify for permanent office work; salary $000, Enclose reference and self addressed stamped envelope to Director, care Timea. 'ANTKD Oood cook must onderstan patting.

i a)6s jLj jicr iiiuiihi. suumi, "Cook." Times Office. WANTED A (rood elrl for general housework. One thut can do cooking. Call at once, 207 North Sixth street.

UQt CENSUS 56,000 position. Olerka IO stenographers, bookkeepers, enumerators, etc. Salaries, $540 to $fi000. Address, EDWARD TKOAN, Madison Wis. WANTED A situation by a Bookkeeper and Stenographer, to take eharare of a set of books or to do shorthand and typewriting in Apply 831 North Ninth street.

WANTED by a young man. Has experience on Ice cream, or will work cheap at anj other work. Address G. II. Times Office.

WANTED By married man, worK at driving team or tending horses or clerk in grocery store. Apyly 612 CHESTNUT. ANTED Work by the day or sewing. 1017 OOTTON ST. WANTED Case of bad health that I A 8 will not benefit.

Send 5c to Blpans Chemical New York, (or 0 psmplpsand 1 .000 testimonials FOR RENT. FOR RENT Furnished and unlurnlshe rooms to rent, with elevator service i Staufer building, 62 South Sixth. Meals served in restaurant same building. FOR RENT. 12 rooms, furnished or unfur nished, single or suite of rooms, with ue of parlor nnd elevator ervice; first class restauraal in building; rooms well ventilated.

Forpartlc ulars inquire at 129 SOUTH SIXTH ST. SPECIAL NOTICES. ANNUAL ELECTION. The annual meeting for election of twelve trustees four to serve one year, four for two year and four for three years will be held at 228 Wood street, Thursday evening, May 18th at 7.80 o'clock. Hope Rescue Mission WM.

S. ES810K, Secretary, FOR SALE. PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. The Schuylkill Valley Building Los a Association will sell the following described Valuable Beal Estate on Saturday afternoon, May 20. 1HS9, at 1.30 o'clock, at the Beadinr Ii change, corner of Court and Reed Stieet, Heading, Fa.

No. 6 All that certain piece of ground situated on the North side of West Win. sor Street between Front and McKnight street, containing; in front Kant and West along said W. Windsor street, 279 feet (H lots) and in depth North and t'outli to a 10 feet wide alley 110 feet. No.

7. All that certain piece of ground situated on the North Side of West Windsor street, between McKnigbtand Weiser street, containing in front Kast and West along said W. Windsor street 279 feet (14 lots) and in depth North and boutb to a ten feet wide alley, 110 feet. No. 8 All that certain piece of ground situated on the Couth Side of West Windsor street betweea Front and McKnight streets, containing in front East and West along West Windsor street 279 feet 1 14 lots) and in depth North and touth to a ten feet wide alley 110 feet.

No. 9. All that certain piece of ground situated on the South Side of West Windsor street between McKnight and Weiser street, containing in front East and West along Windsor stteet 279 feet (14 lots) and in depth North aud South to a ten feet wide alley 110 feet. Terms and conditions will be made know on day of sale. By order of the Board of Direct ors.

W. VAN RKED, President. P. M. ERMENTROUT, Secretary.

FOR SALE. No. 143 Sontb Eighth Street a three story brick dwelling with a two story brick back building.containinglO rooms. All modern conveniences. In first class condition.

Price, $4600. No. 157 Button wood Street a two story brick dwelling, Mansard roof, with a two story brick back building, containing 11 rooms. All modern conveniences. In first class condition.

Price, $3500. For real estate at office. Mengel Mengel, (Successors to Geo. P. Zieber.

Raul Estate, Loans and Insurance. 60 Sontb iiixth Street. to $20,000 Choice Real Estate I have number of very desirable place ol real estate In every part of thecity, ranging la prices from (900 to $20,000. Borne are romark ble bargains. Call and get a list.

Dwellings, stores and rooms for rent. JOHN H. EH0AD8, Real Estate and Tnanrance, 24 N. 5th fit PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE READING SCHOOL DISTRICT, B0Y3' HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. PROPOSALS. Scaled proposals will be received at this oiflce until Wednesday, June 14tli, 18U9 at 5 o'colck p. for furnlBhing and laying flag, 3, 4, 5 and 6 feet long, 2i and 3 inches in thickness, also furnishing and setting curb, 4 by 20 inches blue, and 6 by 20 Inches granite, and resetting old curb and resetting old flagstone. The right to reject any or all bids la hereby reserved.

P. ROLAND, Secretary. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until Friday, May 19th, 1S99, at 5 o'clock p.

for removing the dirt and ashes from the various school houses of the clly. Ashes from the following school buildings must be delivered to the Thirteenth and Green Btreets building: Mulberry street building. Tenth Hiid Green, Nos. 1 and 2. Twelfth and Greenwich building.

Twelfth and Windsor. Ninth and Elm building. Tenth and Douglass. The right to reject any or all bids fs hereby reserved. F.

ROLAND, Secretary. SEVENTH WARD HOTEL AND BESTACRANT, Vt.y BEXTH AND BUTTONWOOD, JOHN F. MlTTiTrtrT, Tro, STEWED TVRTLE. HARD SHELL ASD DEVILED CRABS. BASS ASD LAVEK'8 CELEBRATED ALES DYfTHKN IN 11VEM7 STLK.

UMlLlKa SUPPLIED WIT3 OYSTEP" ADD CLA.UB At THE SHORTEST NOTICE. Accommodations for transient and permanent Boar'ters a reasonable rates. Telephone BflO OPTICIAN. Let ng examine yours. RFYFfil 761 Penn Street.

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