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JJOBMISG JiKCKHBEH 28, 1906. The Saunterer. Song and Story, Deaths of a Day. State Topics. 1 State Brevities.

The Williamsport Gazette and Bui-! A moving picture machlne'exploded letin, one of the oldest newspapers in I in a 5 cent show in Corry on Wednes- James Lafferty. The Day After Christmas. 'Twas the day after Christmas and Willie was glad: The village store as it, existed half a century ago may still survive in isolated localities, and doubtless does. flDornittts tribune. Published Dally Except Sunday by THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE CO.

Hugn Pltcaim. President Henry C. Dern Treasurer A. D. Houck Gen.

Mgr. and Sec W. H. Bchwarte $fllm W. Everhart City Editor W.

M. Circulation Manager P. H. Crawford Advertising Manager James G. Lafferty, a Pennsylvania confident he could not be mistaken.

Yet a little quiet detective work discovered the guilty party and brought confession from his lips, thus removing the cloud of suspicion from the other young man's reputation. From these two incidents it will be perceived that one dare not even' absolutely trust' the evidence of one's ovpci.ht Th nVt, i ilniaa nthon aves the state and a vigorous and efficient i day night, which threw the audience into a panic but no one was seriou "NWbe he Sa'd' roe afraid t0 Railroad company freight brakeman I can yellVl want to and kick. on the at Westmont. died at the Al- toona hospital at 4:30 o'clock vester- door. ly injured.

The building and the Hotel Grand were destroyed, entail but it has pretty nearly disappeared. When the Saunterer was a small lad the little town in which he had his bringing up had no less than six gen And I won't haft to listen tdv sermons no ing a loss of $25,000. advocate of genuine republicanism, is now issued from its new building and printed from its fast new press. The Tribune congratulates the Gazette and Bulletin upon the prosperity which has attended its efforts and hopes it may continue to flourish. The Lackawanna Steel company.

It Subscription Ratss. One Tear, in advance 8 are no1 trustworthy witnesses. The is stated, has purcnased the J. Wt Ellsworth Coal company properties in eral stores, and as he grew older the number increased rather, than diminished. The town was located on the banks of the canal, and was the most 5c man who swore to the identity of that Single Washington county at a price reported to be $7,000,000.

The property con convenient market place for a large farming community. The storekeep Hltoona XEdbune. ers were never over-crowded with business, one may suspect, but their expenses were not heavy, and they Referring to the make-up of the incoming state legislature, the Erie Daily Times says: "Eighteen mine workers have been elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, so that the labor interests will have an inside as well as an outside lobby. The mine workers intend to do a few things around the capitol at the coming Weekly Edition. Published Every Saturday.

Subscription Rates. sists of 1G.000 acres of the best coal lands in the county, on which there are four mines in operation, and 387 coke ovens. Not having enough patience to wait, Enoch Scott, of Burlington, N. crept under a closed safety gate at a street crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad at Bristol, Northampton more; I'll not go to Sunday school and I won't care What anyone savs or misses me there." 'Twaa the day after Christmas and battered up toys Were scattered all over th planet by boys Who had ceased to regard them as being worth while. And rubbish was heaped up in many a pile.

While people had faces that looked as if mirth Had suddenly ceased to exist upon carlh. 'Twas the day after Christmas, and mothers were wan. And fathers declared they were glad it was gone, And a stranger from Mars, had one happened along. Would have wondered, undoubtedly, what had gone wrong And have thought it a jest had you stop- hii to say: lave just celebrated our merriest robber years ago believed he was telling the truth when he identified the wrong man. If events had not turned out as they did he could never have been convinced of his Doubtless the man who was robbed of his money in New York believed that the lady whose arrest he caused was the identical woman who had given him an unsought embrace and at the same time stolen the money.

But the Pep Tear, strictly in advance $1 00 Six Months 50c Advertising vates made known on ap- pucauon. not only managed to exist, but also made money. At least some of them did. In those days each merchant received goods twice a year. They went "to the city" each spring and fall and some time later from the hold of a canal boat would begin to come boxes day afternoon of injuries received in an accident which befel him at 1 o'clock on Saturday, morning, December 15, at JK tower.

Seventeenth street. He had entered the yard while on his way home, was struck by a "Snapping" engine and sustained a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain, numerous body lacerations and bruises. He seemed to rally but took a sinking spell a few days ago and slowly sank until he flassed away. James G. Lafferty was aged 22 years and had been working on the railroad for a few years.

He is survived by his wife, his parents, residing at Mc-Garveys station; three brothers and several sisters. funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Sue W. Proctor.

At 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening Mrs. Sue W. Proctor, a former resident of the city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. Hance, Pittsburg, of paralysis.

She had been in failing health for several months. Deceased had resided in the city for a number of years and only took up her residence with her daughter about, a year ago. The funeral arrangements hav not been completed but interment will be made in HolliJaysburg. Out in Allegheny county it cannot evidence showed tnat he had ac- be repeated too often two young girls and a boy. coasting on a hillisde street, ran into a moving train and ALTOONA, DECEMBER 28, 1906 only escaped a terrible death because Providence was kinder to them than they were to themselves.

It is a dan day. S. E. K1SER in the Chicago and. barrels and packages of various sorts, much to the fascination of the small boys who chanced to be hanging around.

Each box or bale contained a layer of hay and then a layer of goods, especially when it enshrined GOOD MORNING! county, and while crossing the track was struck by an express train and instantly killed. He had recently married a Bristol woman. A negro entered the home of William Himber, at Millvale, a'Suburb of Pittsburg, a few mornings ago and after binding and gagging Mrs. Himber, tied her to the dining room table by her hair, and then started to ransack the house, but was frightened away before getting anything, by the arrival of a sister of Mrs. Him-ber's.

Orin Camp and his wife, Lucy, residing near Erie, have been married gerous practice, this thing of coasting cused an innocent person and given her much annoyance. One should recall these incident and possibly' similar ones in one'3 personal experience when stronglv tempted to bring a railing accusation against another. There is always ihe possibility that our eyes have deceived us. Do you know of anybody who is enjoying the holiday season more hear in a town, for if it is not the steam tily than the boys and girls? cars it is pretty certain to be the trolley that does the damage and plunges a home or two into profound grief. In a suburb of this city resides a matron who prides herself upon her coffee, and those who have enjoyed the hospitality of her board agree that her pride is well founded.

For ANOTHER MURDER. The Tribune Joes not recall precise anything of a perishable nature, and it was the heig'hth of a lad's ambition to be permitted to he'P empty one of those boxes, barrels or crates. Whether any juvenile's aid was required depended largely upon the nature of the merchant or his If entrusted with a part of the work the youngsters always tried to be specially careful. ly the number of Blair county mur- EDITORIAL NOTES. months she has been distressed by the propensities of some of her neigh derers who have during recent years escaped the hand of justice.

It knows The predominance of the nation is probably a certainty of the future; they would constitute quite a company if assembled in one room. It also knows that if justice had been. done over sixty-eight years. Mr. Camp is in his 91st year and Mrs.

Camp is in her 87th. Both enjoy excellent health. Mr. Camp's grandfather was a soldier in the war of the revolution and was one of the men detailed to hang Major Andre, and it fell to his lot to assist in digging the grave. Squire T.

P. A. Carman, of York still, some patriotic Americans are rather- indisposed to hasten the movement. Referring to the fact that "twenty-liquor dealers in Lackawanna county were deprived of their licenses the other day on account of the activity of the Reform League in that section," the Wilkes-Barre News adds: "Some time ago there was considerable evidence presented against forty liquor men there, and by paying a forfeit publicly agreed upon and promising to obey the laws in the future the cases were This time the league official refused to deal with the liquor men in that way." some of them would have been 1 The latest "outbreak of blacks" in bors, who have borrowed coffee, and and that not only, to her occasional but serious inconvenience. It was true they returned vhat they borrowed, or imagined they did, but the coffee they brought back was not of the quality they borrowed.

She could not, in justice to her reputation or her own requirements, or the maintenance of her reputation, so much as use it. On one occasion when her complaints to her husband were particularly sorrowful, he suggested that she keep the coffee returned to her for use when her visitors sought to borrow more, instead of throwing it away as There was another murder in this city yesterday afternoon. The mur county, had made all necessary ar one of the states or the far south turns out to have been a dastardly Lynching Was Averted. Augusta. December 27.

A special from Springfield, says: Following the killing of Tiney Chav. is, a white man, 'by Stephen Clements, a negro, a lynching was averted here yesterday by the negro being rushed to the Barnwell jail. Chavis went to the negro's house to collect a small debt when he was pushed out of the door and shot to death in the yard. Further serloti3 trouble was narrowly averted at. the preliminary trial when a mulatto nam-od Livingston New York, forced himself into the trial and began ques After the new goods had been taken from the boxes, and placed upon the shelves of the merchant there was naturally enough a revival of trade for a week or two.

The women folks would have been less than mortal if they had not felt a strong desire to see the new dress patterns and other articles which appealed to them par rangements to be iharried to a Hagers-town, lady, on Christmas, but at derer was a foreigner. His victim was his wife. The assassin "was caught before he had a chance to wine the the last moment she refused to become his wife. As the squire had fitted up a nice home he has since In the Washington county court the blood from his murderous hands. attack upon a lot of inoffensive colored people, an attack so absolutely destitute of merit as to win for its victims the sympathy and moral support of the best white people of the region.

other morning Judge Mcllvaine. Thus it will'be difficult for him to speaking for his colleague as well as for himself, refused to transfer a li had offers from four other marriageable to cast in their lot with him, but he is disconsolate and says prove an alibi. she had been doing. And she at once The Tribune has nothing against cense, an act which is highly commended by the Washington Observer tioning the witnesses. He was roughly put the plan into execution.

The assertion that extravagance which declares that this business of The next borrower was received sweetly and her request for a portion Handled by friends of Chavis and sustained a severely bruised head and a broken arm. and corruption have already been license transfer has become a dangerous 'thing. The Tribune agrees with proved in connection with the con ticularly. In a surprisingly short time they had made the rounds and were ready to compare notes. Then as now each merchant had his regular customers who were his special friends and defenders, and sometimes the controversy concerning the respective merits of rival displays waxed almost as hot as a political debate.

The Saunterer, whose tastes did not run in that direction in those days remembers only the particulars of a few of the more serious disputes. But people had to have something to talk about then as well as now. of coffee complied with most graciously. It was promptly returned, but he will not marry any one. At the November term of court in Lancaster county a man who gave his name as Charles F.

Roberts was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the eastern penitentiary, where he is now incarcerated. On 'Wednesday William Randolph, of Brooklyn. N. the Observer that a transfer 1n the struction of the new state capitol is with less appearance of gratitude than had been the wont. The plan midst of a term should be an exceptional thing and only for such good cause as death or long-continued illness.

somewhat premature. Charges have been made and suspicions awakened, but nothing whatever has been was continued and applied to the oth ers. "Mrs. Jones' coffee is not of as good proved. An adequate investigation was arrested tor being implicated in the same robbery.

He has confessed his guilt and says Roberts is entirely will be made early next year. this latest violater of the law of God and man. But for the sake of the peace of the community and the maintenance of law and order it is to be hoped he will 'be brought to trial and adequately punished. We know that It would be far cheaper to let the fellow go, with the understanding that lie would never return to this vicinity, than it will try him for the murder he did yesterday. And since he is a foreigner and his victim a foreigner, neither of them occupying very exalted positions in society, we fancy we hear some economical souls protesting against the expense involved in a trial.

And yet, for the looks of the thing." if for no other reason, the trial ought to take place. And it ought to be a innocent. The average citizen who lives on quality as formerly," said one neighbor to another. "So I've noticed," said the other neighbor. In less than a month the borrowing ceased entirely.

Pittsburg Dispatch. Is Here to Explain Matters. Washington. December 27. Consul Frederick Mac-Masters, of Zanzibar, who was suspended from office and has returned to this country to explain certain charges filed against him by the British authorities of Zanzibar and also a certain money transaction, in Nice, France, called at the state department to-day and filed his answer.

The case is now being considered by Assistant Secretary Wilson who ha3 charge of consular affairs, and ho will present his conclusions to Secretary Root for final action. This, it is expected, will be within a few days. No information was given as to the nature of Mr. MujMastor's reply. Peter L.

Buchanan, of Joann Heights, Berks county, who has been less than 1,000 a year and raises a family in some fashion cannot un suffering greatly from hiccough for about three weeks, is reported to be One hears almost anything these days. There is a story afloat that two local option bills have been prepared by the temperance people and that both are to be introduced. One proposes local option by counties, the other by precincts or election districts. Another story tells us that a bill is to be enacted giving landlords the right to sell to guests during meals on Sunday. Another declares that the stale is to have an excise board by whom the licenses are to be granted.

Along derstand why a cabinet officer cannot, live on $8,000 a year. To him that sum would mean luxury. Yet if slightly improving. After his cond The merchants of those days did not understand feminine nature as we'll as do their successors of the early twentieth century. They got their new goods twice a year and put them on their shelves.

That settled it. For the most part there was no village paper, and if there had been it is doubtful if the merchants would have known how to advertise. Our tion was first published in the papers persons from various places wrote to he were to audit the cabinet minis him giving some remedy to effect ter's bills he would soon discover cure, and some sent medicines. Hi hat high position involves large out mail for about two weeks has amount grandmothers lived and died without lay of money. altnut 1 tha nonnla will L-nuu ed to from twenty-five to sixty letters nvinsr ovr.pripnnpH (hp thr 11 nt and parcels daily Only Two Classes Excepted.

New Orleans, December 27. Except for live stock and perishable ----n "i liisr now ninrn nr mis Is pure in- The old man hobbled into the office of a life insurance agent. "I want to get my life insured," he said. "Sorry, sir," replied the agent, "but I can't insure you." 1 "What's the reason you can't?" demanded the applicant. I "Because of your age," explained the other "By the way, how old are you?" "Nothing doing at that age." "But you insure men of 50." "Oh, yes; but that's quite different." vention and how much truth.

Anthony He3kel, a farmer of Men goods, the Southern Pacific railroad Mills, York county, bought a nn gold watch for a Christmas gift for aiioiuiced that the company to-day moved all its freight trains on his son, Ralph, who was 21 years of The Scranton Republican comments on the law "regulating the number of hours' labor for employes, as follows: real trial. If the man deliberately and maliciously killed his wife he ought tofbe convicted and punished. If he can plead justification and show that he acted simply in self-defense he ought to be judicially freed. But there really ought to be a trial. We do not precisely see how the county's going to avoid it.

age on Christmas. He hid the watch in a feed chest in the barn and Christ the Ivouisiana division without any difficulty. No attempt was ade to handle the two excepted classes of freight. Railroad officials said that a 'Bargain Day" adventure. There were no bargain days.

All days were alike, with the possible exception of those first two or three in the spring or fall after the new goods had been unpacked. Then the merchant did casually speak of the new patterns, and if requested would actually take them down and display them on the counter for the benefit of his customers. But there was no excitement in either case. And there was no rush-Shopping, so far as the village life was concerned, was an unknown art. mas morning the hired man had mixed up a lot of feed and given it to the cows before Mr.

Heskel got The more one who is not on the ground tries to get at the, actual facts in connection with the struggle between the republic of Prance and the pope of Rome the more difficult it is to obtain satisfactory information. It seems to be rather well established, however, that the French priests were about ready to comply with the requirements of the law when forbidden by the Vatican, and that the majority of the people are on the side of the government. the strike was no longer felt as a serious inconvenience by the railroad. "But the difference is in my favor," protested the old man. can prove by your own figures that fewer men to the barn.

The watch went with the feed, and was eaten by one of the cows. As the watch is of more value "Local merchants during the past two weeks have been very careful not to work their employes longer than the law allows. Never before have the clerks at stores haJ it so easy in that respect. The, ones who wer compelled to remain late were not asked to report for duty early mornings. The law proved a wise one and did not interfere with the profits of merchants.

Trade is not, very brisk early mornings and during the final hours of the die at the age of 93 than at 50." Chicago News. than the cow, Mr. Menges is deliber ating about getting an X-Ray to locate the watch and then kill tne anima A story is told oi a short-sighted but energetic member of the Russian that may have swallowed it. secret police. He was walking I AT HOME AND ABROAD.

through a little frequented street of WHY NOT END IT? We mean the scourge of typhoid fever which seems to be gaining in virulence with each passing year fn some parts of the state. At the present moment the city of Scranton is the victim of an epidemic the end of which no man can predict. In Pittsburg the death rate from this terrible disease is always heavy. In the city of Philadelphia each week's mortality list contains several cases of death from typhoid. Of course, the Saunterer is now speakins of the women who the bulk of the population; there may have been a rew who considered themselves the aristocracy of the place who had already acou'irel the shopping habit in their visits to other towns or the great city.

But the facilities didn't exist in the St. Petersburg one night, when he spied, high up on a lamp post, a The Knights of Columbus in the United States have, wired their sym "Aha-" he said to himself, scenting pathies to the pope in his efforts to mischief on the instant and alert for adjust the difficulties between the church and the state of France. action. "That's one of those notices about his majesty the czar! It must Blesslnes brlghtn as they taks Iheir flight-Young. BREAKFAST.

Canned Peaches. I Oatmeal and Cream. jt Commenting upon the dogmatic declaration of that Butler murderer that he "had ihe right to kill his wife if he wished to," the Bradford Era declares that he "is certainly a person of brilliant It adds: "Many husbands believe that, they have the right to blacken their wives's eyes, compel them to struggle in do There is a certain restlessness in modern life which is not calculated to improve the national health. But it pervades all classes and conditions of the people so that he who suggests a return to the simpler life of the grandfathers is regarded as a dreamer who ought to have been born a couple of centuries ago. And yet would anything dreadTul happen if some of our great enterprises were deferred and if we all took life In more leisurely fashion? come down at, once." The Canadian government house in Yukon has been entirely destroyed by fire.

Nothing was saved from the With difficulty, being of a somewhat portly build, he succeeded in climbing building which is said to have cost the post and dislodging the placard $90,000. The furnishings were also More excitement, was created by the arrival of the "store boat" than by any other event in the business world of those days. This was an ordinary canal boat fixed up as a store room and traveling from place to place on 'the Juniata canal. Its owner during mestic slavery and to make their lives Peering at it by the light of the lamp valuable. he read the Russian equivalent fo a small edition of sheoi.

but it remain ed for the Butler individual to dis the well-known legend: "Wet The Chinese authorities announce that the city of Nan-Ning, on the cover that a husband's ownership of West river, will be open to foreign a wife includes the death as well as "Well, said the great lawyer, The visitor spoke tremulously. the life of the woman." The fact is trade on January 1. It was declared open to foreign trade seven years "I am a defaulter," he said, "and It is generally understood that typhoid fever springs from water pollution. In various sections where proper remedial agencies have been employed there has been a remarkable decrease in the number of cases and those are usually brought in from olit-side. Once you purify the water supply of a community and keep it pure little danger is to be apprehended from fever.

There wouldn't be any cases if it were not for the trouble outside. Isn't it time for the state and its several municipalities to take some action that will prove effective? Is not the health of the people of paramount I Rolls. Coffee. I DINNER. Celerv Soup.

-c Fuled Smelts. i Mashed Potatoes. I Cauliflower Raked with Cbeess. Custard Pie. Coffee.

It supper. Fried Oysters in Rutter. VvSSyX Egg Toast, lettuce. Preserves. 'S Cocoa.

FRIED OYSTERS IN Select iaree oysters and dry them nn a towel; beat one egg and have fine TV cracker crumbs ready; roll the oysters in psk, then in the crumbs and lay aside until time to fry, which should be done Just as thy ago but has remained closed, never a country which admits to its shores thousands of men who honestly believe their wives are their property, just I want you to defend me." many years was one Thornton Barnes, and its arrival at the village was the signal for commotion among the housekeepers of the town and vicinity. Prices were either a little lower for groceries' than the village merchants sold for or the bargain-hunters believed they were, for the theless. The other snook him by the hand as though they were beasts, is going Certainly, 1 will defend you, my It is said that the social democrats of Germany have about completed to reap the 'whirlwind presently. he murmured kindly, "And stealthy plans to capture the elec how many hundred thousand did you The people of the commonwealth are chiefly looking for an exhibition of strong common sense from the majority of the legislature which will hold its first session on New Year's Day. It is understood that the cranks and others have already prepared multitude of bills which they propose to introduce and some of which they hope to get through, but the majority will most truly serve the people by enacting only such legislation as seems to be de This is the Chester Republican's tions for members of the reichstag in say" comment upon a shameful and an in-' the imperial constituencies of Ber 'Hundred thousand! the client excusable state of affairs: "Munk lin, in which the kaiser's palace is interrupted.

"Oh, sir, don't think me pal water supplies are notoriously the situated. worse than I am. It is only $490 in store-boat always did a brisk business. Whether or not it really did sell a little more for a little less money the Saunterer does not know, but he is confident the women thought it did, and that was all that was necessary. It must have been a money-making enterprise.

source of much contagion every year The national congress of India is all, and I expect to pay back every in this country. In Pittsburg the again in session, this time in Cai cent before I die." a frying pan. lay In the oysters and brown on both sides: as taken up lay each oyster nn paper' to absorb the grease; serve hot, garnished with celery tips. The lawyer rose brusquely. Hid city drinking water is pumped from the filthy Allegheny river, and is be cutta.

It is attended by about 1,000 delegates. The keynote of the ad eye flashed scorn and contempt. lieved to be responsible for the 200 or manded by public opinion. "George, he said to the office boy, ft dress of Dadabhai Naoroji, elected president for the third time, was a show this dishonest rascal out." 300 cases of typhoid fever now existing within the municipal limits: while PROMISE. native governmeTH for India.

Dec. 28 In filstory. A weary 1 congressman, who could Reports from Cuba indicate the ex Would not tne lives that are annually snuffed out prematurely be worth more than all the purification projects would cost, however widely extended it might be necessary (o make them? It is within the knowledge of the physicians, the fcientitic men, the head of the state health department, that purification of the streams from which the people obtain their drinking water would prac-1 it-ally make an end of typhoid fever. As for the village merchants, they do not seem (o have been a specially enterprising or hustling lot. One was a very jovial chap, with a sharp, quick-voice and a fondness for shaking hands which made him th terror of at Scranton the same disease is spreading and the water supply is thought to be' the cause.

It seems as istence of considerable trouble in var 'snore upon the flint, occupied a ious setions of the island and it is room adjoining a German musician's. if in this age we ought to be able Joy hides behind the solemn eyes Of Sorrow in her darkest hours. As under neath the snow there lies The promise of a thousand flowers. LOUISE MORGAN SILL, in Harper's Weekly. stated from Washington that condl You -wil have to give me another ISOi Alexander Keith Johnston, nnted Scottish born In Midlothian; died 1871.

1S25 General Jnmes -AVI1- lilnson, soldier, died in the City of Mexico; to prevent contamination from such a room, I guess," said the congressman tions are not entirely satisfactory to the small people of the One to the hotel clerk. was a perfect type of the old-fashioned the administration, the progress of the provincial government being What the matter? Aren you In reference to the approaching city comfortable where you are?" slow. born Wilkinson en gentleman, even to the little people who were sometimes among his customers. One was a decidedly bluff MADAME RUMOR SAYS: tered the patriot army "Wei, not exactly. That German Mrs.

Charles Weeks, of Mount Ver MMnln 1-7C 1 vny talk and do nothing? Cannot i something practical be put in motion musician in the next room and I don't election the Hazelton Sentinel says: "Let the republicans of this city arouse themselves and concentrate upon some good man of their party non, N. is dead from rable3, hav That these are great days for the chronic bargain hunter. ing been bitten a little less than cany next year? get along well. Last night he tooted away on his clarionet so that I thought three months ago by a pet dog. Dur- for mayor.

The days of making never would go to sleep. After I ty. a Marshal Prim, served with Arnold in the expedition to Canada. He served as a staff offlce.r during the war and became a general. Afterward hs commanded the Indian campaigns the northwest.

In 1WS he was mads governor of Louisiana. ng her last days the unfortunate That the wisest, men and women in the world occasionally blunder. had caugh a few winks I was awaken woman was so violent that It required and independent personage of whom a great many persons were more than half afraid. He had placards scattered about his store at times on which he expressed with the utmost frankness his opinions concerning certain of his former patrons who had transferred their accounts elsewhere without paying up. Those brief but energetic announcements and a cer the efforts of several members of her family to hold her in bed.

ed by a pounding at my door. 'What's the I asked. 'Of you said the German, 'dot, you vould schnore of der same key. You vas go ISSD-Thomas Ehhington Macaulav. cele The French court has rendered a brated English historian, died; born decision concerning the debts of That Old Boreas certainly was in a howling mood Christmas night.

That, the individual who has tamed his temper has accomplished a great work. from flat to G. and it spoils der moo- ninny slates in trie newspapers are over. From new on we must get down to real business and fix our minds on some worthy man for that office, and then stick to him until he is placed in the mayor's chair. In the fifteen years that this has been a city we have had three democratic administrations, and in all of that time we have only increased our population 4,000.

We want a man now who will put some energy into the office of mavor Count de Castellane, rejecting a 1S70 Marshal Juan Prim, virtually th sic. -r-tioston Journal. t-rain brand of horehound candy which money lenders claim lor THE EVIDENCE OF ONE'S EYES. Some days ago while the wife of a reputable physician was walking along the streets of New York, she was suddenly grabbed by a man whom she had never seen before who accus-sed her of having robbed him the day before of a pocketbook containing about $13. The lady stoutly protested her innocence, but was delivered to the police and spent the ensuing night in a cell.

It took two or three days to develop the evidence which proved that her accuser had ruler of Spain, assassinated; died on tho 3nth: bom 114. francs and ordering the count and "Mr. Breddln," asked the retired 13n0 Lord O.eorge. William Armstrong, in- countess jointly to pay certain other claims. This means, of course, that banker, "have you any strictly fresh ventor of the Armstrong gun and a technical writer of note, died at Cralg-slde, Northumberland; born That the gift of affection is the most precious thing which can be bestowed or received.

gs?" "I have about two dozen," Mv. Anna Gould still has a few claims to meet before finally getting rid of her worthless husband. he would only sell to children who had taken his fancy possessed a weird fascination for the embryo Saunterer. who always founj his way there when he could raise the needful penny. Another was fonder of reading than of selling goods, and if he once became engaged in an argument with a foe-man worthy of his steel the customer who wished to be served was fain to and at the same time arouse our peo 1301 Renr Admiral Francis Asburv Ttrm.

Cophagus." answered the grocer. ple to a new life. that. I have been savin? for myself. Captain Louis Wendei, of the First V.

S. retired, a veteran of th civil war, died in Washington; bora but if you want a few I will let you That many a man makes Providence bear the responsibility for his own deliberate misconduct. have them. They will coat you battery, New York National Guard, has been arrested on information The Canonsburg Daily Notes says: A wide-awake citizen who lives with Here he whispered in his ear. "That's all right, Mr.

Breddln." THE LITTLE HAND. charging him as an officer of the state in the boundaries of the county in Pennsylvania known as Washington with having unlawfully received said the customer, pale, but calm, aj take him by tne arm andglead him within; otherwise the argument would lhave gone right on unto' the Perhaps, there are, tenderer, sweeter That assassinations will continue to increase in this country until there is better enforcement of law. money for the performance of certain scribbled something on a sheet of tilings Somewhere In the sun-bright land: of his duties. The warrant is based been mistaken and set the lady free; but she was given her liberty yesterday. For the mortification she endured, the notoriety she suffered, the distress of mind which possessed her, she, seemingly, has no redress.

Several year ago a perfectly innocent young man was arrested in this But thank the Lord for his blessing going down of the sun. THE SAUNTERER. on the complaint of one Edward Martini, who swears that Wendei hired And the clasp of a little, hanrt. wrapping paper. "Send a dozen to that address, if you please.

I am going to see that one poor family in great city has a bright Christmas." Filling out a check for the amount, That he who travels much about hilly towns these days mu3t needs be on the lookout for falls. him to act as assistant engineer at A little hand that softly stole says there are doings among some of the constables of the county which would not bear the closest scrutiny. For instance: Constables will sometimes make -information before a justice of the peace for some alleged violation of the law, say selling liquor without a license, for illustration, and then almost a3 soon as the information is made, Mr. Constable will go to the Tntn mv own that dav: Will Hold No Inquest. Deputy Coroner James McCune yes When I needed the touch that I loved terday investigated into the death of That the most critical persons in the world are frequently those who ought to be specially merciful to the defects of others.

he passed it over, tilted his hat a little to one side and walked out of thw store with that inner glow that comei from a consciousness of a noble deei done. Chicago Tribune. Donato Signore, the young Italian who met death in the Aitoona Machine "Did ye get damages for being in $4 a day, with the understanding that hft was to hand over half his pay to Wendei. A dispatch from St. Lryiis says that the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey, and sixty other companies and corporations allied with it in the government's suit to break up the oil monopoly, has filed a motion in the United States circuit court attacking the power of that court to bring in non-resident defendants by process and petitioning the court to vacate the order of service issued by Judge Sanborn on November 13 when the Bult3 were filed In St.

Louis. city on the charge of robbery. Although his mother was prepared to swear that he had spent the entire night in company with a younger brother in her bedroom, the whole house having been torn up preparatory to removal from, the city, a railroad, caller who happened to meet the robber with his arms full of plunder, swore positively that the innocent young man was the thief; he hadlooked directly at him and was That the poorest way in the world to secure political preferment is to be everlastingly disgruntled with the party and its leaders. much To strengthen me on the way. Softer it seemed than the softest down On the breast of the gentlest dove; But its timid press and its faint caress Were strong In the strength of love'.

It seemed to say' lit a strange sweet way, "I love you and understand." And calmed my fears as my hot heart-tears Fell over that little hand. Perhaps there are tenderer, sweeter things Somewhere in the sun-bright land; But think the Lord for his And the clasp of a little. band. FRANK L. STANTON, shop yard Wednesday afternoon while watching the big electric crane working by being caught between a couple engine tanks.

He decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The funeral of the unfortunate man will take place from undertaking rooms this morning and proceed to the Italian Catholic church where services will be conducted. Interment will be made in St. John'g cemetery. accused and tell him that by all means he should have a lawyer and that he can recommend him to a good one.

The "accused takes to the idea, and asks constable to speak to the lawyer for him, and this is done and the lawyer is secured, and then when the hearing comes off there are no witnesses and the case drops out but certain people are ahead financially, all the samej don't you that railway accident, Bill? "Sure; $0 Jpj: me and $00for the missus." "The missus? I didn't hear she was "She wasn't; but I had the presence of mind to fetch her one on the head with me foot." Harper's Weeklv. That the republican majority in the next general assembly, will be although some members of the majority are quite independent..