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Page eiuhT AlTOOWA TRIBUNE, TUESDAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 5, 1V15 a. It Utccna UilbuneJ if His Sacred Honor Established 1851. The Observer Topics of the Day Waned Daily Except Sunday by HE ALTOONA TRIBUNE 1110 TwelftH Street. It is the undoubted privilege of any and that means 'Good Night' for the poor chap who cuts loose. versity and that in spite of repeated promises to modify his utterances.

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whom he wishes to vote at the gen The Attitude of Bulgaria Whatever may be the sentiments of the Bulgarian people, their ruler is evidently strongly pro-German. Nor is that to be wondered at since Ferdinand is a German by. blood and training. Per hn D. Meyer Secretary H.

Schwartz Editor cuss for running an independent candidate for the purpose of strengthening the Democratic candidate. Several hundred votes ahead of his nearest competitor, the game that was worked four years ago cannot be employed successfully this time. Under ordinary circumstances, then, when a man says "I will support the ticket nominated," his constituents have a right to expect him Izabeth Akers Assistant Editor eral election. The primary is purely partisan affair so that no individual who has not previously registered as a party man can participate in the Despite the sameness of the proceedings, a balloon ascension is always replete with thrills for The Observer. 1 We heard some people at the fair belittle the attraction, saying it "was always the same." We must confess we are of more plastic mind, for the sight of the big gas bag and its human load stretching away far below, suspending in air by a narrow strip of tubing and some slender ropes, is a sight that always possesses rare interest for our unsophisticated mind.

V. Taylor City ICditor haps if his subjects were permitted to R. Crawford Advertising Mgr. speak freely they would declare that Probyn Circulation Mgr. primaries of any party.

At the gen they strongly desire to retain a strict fhe TRIBUNE invites letters to the JWe had always been curious to know just what was meant by "cutting loose," and Messrs. Dalton and Cook showed the novel contrivance that separated the big bag and the parachute. As most people know, the parachute is nothing but a big canvas bag about fifteen feet long. The bottom of the bag is alit thirty feet in diameter when opened and the top of the bag is about nine inches wide. The toj is always opened and were it not for this place for the air to escape as it inflates the parachute the performer would have an awful time controlling it.

litor on topics of Interest All letters ly neutral attitude, since they have had enough of war and its horrors to erai election it is different A voter may cut his ticket to suit his personal list be accompanied by names and ad' tosses not necessarily for publlcai ion, last the balance of their lives. At pleasure. This rule does not apply to the gen It as an evidence of good faith. to be as good as his word. They feel that he has pledged his honor to loyal Freedom of Conscience and Speech We are persuaded that in this land every person has a right to hold such views and teach such doctrines as may seem right and true.

But no one who is employed by another to do a specific work has the right to ignore his employer's wishes or to take advantage of the situation to teach doctrines abhorrent to that employer. It occurs to us that a sincere propagandist would have no desire to use a place to which he had been appointed under certain conditions to promote his own radical notions. Professor Nearing is not a martyr; the University of Pennsylvania simply concluded that it did not require hiB services at the expiration of the term for which he had been engaged. Any employer has that right. he.

TRIBUNE is a full member of The acquiesence in the will of the major iieman wno was a candidate for a Isociated Press, one of the largest news ity and that he is bound in all honor Ithertng associations in the world hav- a special wire and operator in ma partisan nomination at the primaries and who was unfortunate enough to score a defeat. In his announcement, tutorial rooms. to do what he would have expected the other candidates to do had he been nominated; The ticket would present it appears that they are going to get into the war, regardless of their personal desires, and that they are going in on the side of Turkey their old and relentless foe. Both sides have been bidding for Bulgarian support and at the moment this is written her statesmen claim to be for neutrality, but actions speak louder than words. It was our good pleasure to have a chat with the intrepid balloonists while they were putting the rigging in shape for the first ascension.

There were two experienced men in the "company." Clarence Cook, who made the ascensions at Dell Delight Park, has been in the game for ten years, while the manager of the enterprise, Ed Dalton, has been shooting up into space for fifteen years. Subscription Rates. published in the newspapers he vol he Tear (in advance) iu untarily and positively declared that have pleased him with his name on tor Month he would support the ticket nomi it. Why shoul the mere accident of Ingle Copy 10 nated. That settles the matter if he TELEPHONE CALLS Bell Phone.

be an honorable man and If the pri mary vote was fair and legal. unsuccess lead him to adopt a different and a destructive course? The Tribune believes that when any person who was fairly beaten at the Both were very courteous and agreeable young men and from them IThe Office and Various Departments lay be reached through the private ranch exchange, No. 2480. At the recent primaries in Blair we learned some of the methods of A Place for Radicalism The sincere balloonists. United Phone.

primaries fails to carry out his pledge Iditcrlal Rooms 45X to support the ticket and announces lualneis Office 45 Running up through the chute is a long piece of rope, one end of which is fastened to the ring above the bal-loonist's head, while the other end is attached to a Jointed piece of steel, with a spring on it. The contrivance is similar in design and working to the handle of a padlock. Th.i Observer is no mechanic and we are poor at describing mechanical things, so you will have to Jraw on your imagination a great dua! to understand what we are trying 'to say. Anyhow, a sharp of the rope attached to the jointed steel releases it from the balloon and down goes the balloonist. In a second or so, he has dropped 400 feet, when the rush of air at last enters the folds ot the parachute and as it bellies in the wind, the rapid descent is checked and the rest of the journey is comparatively safe.

We should not care to risk our life on such a delicate contrivance and prefer to remain poor and be on earth than draw a large salary and flirt with death. himself as an independent candidate the proper course for his friends to take is to repudiate his pretensions His Proper Attitude When an individual is ambitious for office and seeks the endorsement of the majority party he should not say over his signature "I will support the ticket nominated," unless he actually intends to do so. He knows his own mind when his announcement is made and he understands quite well whether he really means what he says or whether WEEKLY EDITION Published Every Saturday Subscription Rates. county it has been reported that some illegal votes were cast in Tyrone and adjoining districts. So far as the Tribune knows there is no truth in the rumor.

Even taking the case at its worst, there is no charge that the election officers falsified the result of the voting. And the number of votes involved is so small that it could not possibly change the result in a single instance. The entire thing is neglig ler Tear (strictly in advance) $1-00 lix Months oOo Advertising Rates made known on up- and stand by the regular candidates of their party. In no other way can party organization be maintained; in no other way can men retain their faith in each other's integrity. Falsehood in politics is identical with falsehood in business or social life.

lllcation. Did you know that a panchute artist drops 400 feat through space before the big umbrella-like canvas catches the wind and stops the plunge? That's what it does! How many Tribune readers would care to fall from a height of 4,000 feet, trusting to the opening of the "chute" to save you from being dashed to smithereens on the unfeeling ground? A balloonist intending to xr.ae a parachute drop must soar from 3,000 to 5,000 feet in the ethereal blue before cutting loose from the big bag. That certainly is "going up in the air," and while we have been in that peculiar frame of mind more than once, we have never had a parachute along to let us down easy. NEW YORK OFFICE Room 415, 71 Broadway radical will never lack a hearing. As the prophets of old lifted up their voices against the selfishness, the greed and the wrong of their times, saving their lands from destruction, so the modern radical is the voice of one crying in the wilderness, making the situation uncomfortable for the individual or the corporation that seeks to win material success at the expense of the poor.

He is the salt of the earth, the servant of the higher powers, the potent instrument by whom is stirred up that divine discontent which moves men to altruistic action. Yet he must not seek to make use of points of vantage belonging to the conservative. He must go out, leaving all behind him and proving his sincerity by his unselfishness. Pile of tne Tribune on hand Visitors ible. llways welcome.

For the office of county treasurer Entered at Post Office at ALTOONA as he intends to be a candidate in spite of his promise In the event of defeat at the primaries. In the latter event he should say: "I am a candidate for office at the Republican primaries. I am also a candidate" on the party ticket. If the Republicans nominate me I will support the ticket The man who has no regard for his word, voluntarily pledged to a certain course of action, is not the sort of Second-Class Mail Matter the lead of H. E.

Deshong was so decisive as to cut the ground from under the feet of those who have been exerting themselves to find some ex- person who should be put in a re sponsible office. and persuade my friends to do so. If liTOONA, OCTOBER 6, 1915 the Republicans fail to nominate me I will run on the ticket." Wholesale Massacre i Nobody would That would be honest, be deceived. GOOD MORNING! The Doves of Peace Among the con Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for th8 budding flower and A man named Tom Baldwin made the first parachute drop in England. He made only one drop.

He dropped so hard, there was nothing left of him. His parachute was like an umbrella closed at the top and when he cut loose from the balloon, the parachute began to wobble and finally turned over. In this manner, poor Baldwin came to earth. His sacrifice, however; taught others the proper mode of "chute" and nowadays the chief source of accident to a balloonist is when landing. Frequently, the parachute drifts three and four miles and while some guidance can be given the "chute" when landing, by swaying back and forth, it is ineffectual in a strong wind and often ballonists are forced to descend from Mr.

Dalton is the gentleman who originated seven and eight drops at Hanover several but his daring feat has been surpassed by a chap named Hudson, who makes ten parachute drops from one ascension. While at Binghamton last year, Mr. Cook made a fine ascent, but failed to-give the proper attention to the ropes holding the parachute, witit the result that he dropped 1,000 fee', before It would be a difficult matter for any humane American to sympathize with the nations that have almost blotted out the Belgians and are at the opening heart; to hope always like God; to love always this is duty. scenes are occurring in the same territory, the only difference being that "Abdul the Damned" has passed and the new massacres are perpetrated under the jurisdiction and with the sanction of "toehemet the Damned." The same excuse is made now that was made then, the savage and un Nearing and the University Dr. J.

William White, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, has written a letter concerning the refusal of his fellow trustees to re-engage Professor Scott Nearing in which he says that while he is personally in sympathy with most of the theories advanced by cluding exercises of the Grand Army of the Republic in Washington last week was the dispatch of four carrier pigeons from the dome of the capitol bearing identical messages to the rulers of the world, expressing the hope that universal peace would soon reign. The birds were sent off toward the four cardinal points of the compass. While this act was purely symbolical and may never come to the knowledge of the world rulers, yet it was a very appropriate and impressive spectacle. We do not know of Most of us are conscious that per fection is far from us. the wind caught in its folds and stopped it "What were youthinkina: about at that time?" we asked Mr.

DiUon. "Well, I reckon I wa3 thinking it was about time for the chute to open," said he with his Yankee drawl, for he is from New England and has quite a decided twang. He boasted the roofs of houses and the tops of The haze is beginning to lift a bit governable Kurds are doing this fiendish work against the protests and the efforts of the Turkish offi trees. on the several war fronts. On Thursday afternoon, we watch cials to make an end of it all.

The Bulgaria continues to hang on the ed the big bag as it slowly expanded of his ancestry, claiming his ances ragged edge of indacision. excuse contains just as much truth now as it did then. Doubtless the with the influx of hot air. Thou Nearing he would have voted with his fellow trustees had he been present. Freedom of speech is allowed among the professors, but Nearing's views had excited much opposition and the trustees were simply promoting the best interests of the school when they permitted him to go.

He had gone out tors landed at Plymouth Rock, but he this moment engaged in exterminating the Armenians because they are Christians. The central powers, as it has become the fashion to call them, have not perpetrated these atrocities jointly. But each has done its own work of brutality and assassination and the odium rests upon all. For weeks the Armenians have been suffering persecution and murder. We are told that a million and a half of them are being massacred.

Already entire districts of Armenia have been depopulated and the work is going steadily forward. We do not care to put down here the lurid details that have been narrated by eye witnesses of the horrors that Somehow it is difficult to get excited Kurds are doing most of the bloody added naively: "That doesn help me any while I am in the air." lever the dollars of the packers. work; but they have the encourage any company of men in the world who are better acquainted with the horrors of war and the blessings of peace than the veterans who fought out the ment and the active assistance of Never ask another for information I you can acquire without assistance. They know of his way to say things which greatly Civil War to a conclusion Irritated many good friends of the uni- what it costs. -Every Monday morning the news- Turkish officers, to whom the cruel death of a Christian is a very pleasing sight.

1 Scores of perfectly reputable witnesses, representing almost every nationality under the sun, have declared that the Armenians have of fr I papers fairly reek with the record of automobile fatalities. sands of people culstered about it like flies, while from a distance thousands of others watched the big bag with intense interest. At last the word was given to let go and the balloon rose with a bound. Cook was seated on the thin horizontal bar, his hands grasping the ropes tightly as the balloon made its plunge upward. In a second, the long ropes holding the parachute were taut and Cook was lifted high In the air, going high-.

er and higher all the time until perhaps 500 feet above the earth, when because of an inadequate sufplv of hot air or lack of current or density of atmosphere, or something else, the balloon began a lew hundred yards from tia fair grounds. Song and Story I The Golden Rule works just as well have befallen this unhappy people. It In politics as it does in any other de partment of human activity. We are living in hopeful expecta tion that the day of judgment for the unspeakable Turk is rapidly approach ing. "Do you ever feel nervous just he-fore going up?" we again asked Mr.

Cook. "No, not a bit," said he. forget all about being nervous. fact, every balloonist is an optimist. We never, figure -on getting hurt.

I believe fellows who do the paranhute act are greater optimists than men in any other line of work. We have to be. It would never do for us to make an ascension fearing something might happen. We'j lose our nerve before we were half way up." "Ever have any accidents?" we continued. "Only one," said he, "and that was last fall about this time at Binghamton.

I was a little bit careless before going up. Dalton told me to straighten the ropes on the 'chute' but I thought they'd be all right and the result was I dropped 1,000 feet before the parachute opened. I was unable to guide it properly and landed in a tree. I was in a hospital for about six weeks with a broken leg, but was lucky1 to escape with my life. I never go up now but what I am sure everything is all right.

Everything depends on the ropes being straight. If they become tangled, the parachute will not open If I Had the Time. If I had the time to find a place, And sit me down full, face to face With my better self, that cannot show In' my daily life that rushes bo. It might be then I would sae my soul Was stumbling still toward the shining goal. I might be nerved -by the thought sublime, If I had the time! If I had the time to let my heart Speak out and take In my life a part.

To look about and to stretch a hand To a comrade quartered in no-luck land ways." The woman looked up, breathlessly, and said: "Why, bless ye, I ain't got no sideways." Louisville Herald. What She'd Do. A Boston man recently returned from London tells of standing, in a raw March wind, alongside of two English girls as a regiment of Highlanders marched past. "If I were a man," he heard one of the girls say, "I'd be There is no candidate on the Repub Mean ticket who is not entitled to the does seem incredible that men and women should be tortured and killed at this late day for no other reason than their Christian faith. A third of a century ago when similar scenes were being enacted in Armenia the unspeakable Turk endeavored to shirk responsibility for the horrors that were occurring from day to day by declaring that the perpetrators of the terrible outrages were the savage Kurds who rushed down out of their mountain fastnesses without warning and committed their hideous crimes before anything could be done to save their unarmed and helpless victims.

The Turkish fered no provocation to their enemies. They tell us that the Turks and the Kurds carry on their bloody work without let or hindrance and that they have converted large sections of the country into little better than a cemetery. The wild men of the mountains have been assisted by Turks and officials of the sultan have looked on with approving gestures and words of encouragement while the wholesale murders were being perpetrated. The United States can do little at this moment except utter an unavailing protest, but neither the government nor the people should be expected to go out of their way to enthusiastic support of his fellow citi sens. No matter how unlucky one may be, Oh God! If I might hut Just sit still It had not gone high enough for a parachute drop and The Observer and 40,000 people were disappointed.

All looked for a thrill, but it wa3 not forthcoming. The big bag dropped slowly to earth and wnsn Ccok leap-ed from his harrow sea, the balloon once more mounted to the heavens. It soared as high as it had been tht first time, but gradually the hot air poured from its mouth a bis black cloud and in a few moments the immense stretch of canvass was prostrate on the earth. The balloon ascensions were over for 1915, for the next day it rained and the fair really ended with Thursday's festivities. And hear the note of the whip-poor-will.

If one is able to preserve his self-re epect he is still rich In a very vital I think that my wish with Uod would rhyme, If I had the time! tense. If I had the tima to learn from you How much for comfort my word could The election is less than a month do: distant and the prospects of Repub So would replied the other, "but I'd Join a regiment that wore trousers In the winter." Boston "Transcript." Not Seeing Things Now. The artist was painting sunset, red, with blue streaks and green dots. The old rustic, at a respectful distance, was "Ah," said the artist, looking up suddenly, "perhaps to you, too, nature lican victory all along the line were seldom brighter. authorities professed to be horrified by the excesses committed but declared that they were unable to check or thwart them.

Nevertheless William Watson described the situation truly in the series of poems he wrote And I told you then of my sudden will To kiss your feet when I did you ill; If the tears aback of the coldness feigned Could flow, and the wrong be quite explained Brothers the soul of us all would chime, If we had tha time! Richard Burton, in New York Evening Mail. Uncle Sam is rather particular a lavur upon a nation as bloodthirsty as the Turks. It is the crime of the century, this wholesale slaughter of Christians simply because they are Christians. And we sincerely hope that the war now in progress will not end until the Turkish power has been completely and permanently crushed. about the sort of explanations he is trilling to accept, especially where 77ie Finns a Great People and dedicated to "Abdul the Damned," ubo uiciicu uci Bny-pimures page Dy page? Have you seen the lambent! human life is involved.

name dawn leaping across the livid who then ruled in Turkey. Thirty-three years later similar Hadn't Read Both. Congressman Frank E. Wilson, of New York, smiled the other evening when reference was made to those east; tne red-stained, sulfurous islets; floating in the lake of fire in the west: One of the splendid things about some men and women is that when By the National Geographic Society. the ragged clouds at midnight, black as a raven's wing, blotting out the who pretend to be book wise.

He said they cannot praise another they re main scrupulously silent. 1 snuddering moon?" that he was reminded of Percival i In Other Counties Claude. no, replied the rustic, shortly; Gracious affability, kindly and courteous treatment of the humblest, Some time ago Percival Claude was introduced to a beautiful young girl at not since i signed the pledge." "Tit-Bits." a elad reception. A few evenings later untiring devotion to the highest ideals Samuel I. Spyker has been re-elect uch were among the characteristics At the Picture Show.

She sits with eves intent unnn th ed chairman of the Republican com Washington, D. Oct. 4 "The Finns, traces of whose almost un recorded way are to be found today from the Balkan peninsula to. present Finland, have played no inconsiderable part in the development of Great Russia," says the latest bulletin issued by the National Geographic society. "In Russia proper, the Finns predominate in the lake region of the north, 'The Lake where forests replace farm and pp ture land and where the chief means for livelihood are hunting and fishing.

The whole of this country, likely, was once occupied by the Lapps, whom duction has been fatal to the babj. The Finns also believe that the dead member of the family lingers in the household 40 days before taking its final departure. "The Finn thoroughly enjoys bathing, and, shares with the Japanese the custom of both sexes bathing together. Finns predominate in the country north of the Duna, or Dvina river, which the Germans are now attacking. Here, they are agriculturists.

Farther north, they are Russia's fishermen, trappers and hunters. They catch 40 or more kinds of fish in The Lake District, the best of which they send to the big markets A quiet woman with work-hardened mittee of Huntingdon county. of the late Justice Elkin, of the su preme court of Pennsylvania. nanas he was permitted to call on the dear one, accompanied by an automobile. During the conversation on chocolates and one-steps reference was made to books.

"I presume, Mr. Blinx," remarked the dear one, "that you read quite ex Beside her squirms an eager, shock-head avid A. Burtnett, aged 79 a veter an of the Civil War, is dead at his uuy; Upon her lan a little rumnlert irlrl The author of commonplace sen home in Windber, after an illness of With petalled cheek and bright, play-roughened hair: tailor. He is remarkably well-preserved and during the last season was on a trout fishing expedition. Frank L.

Johnson, a brakeman on the Renovo division of the Pennsylvania railroad, stepped In front of an approaching train and was instantly killed. He was 23 years old. Johnson's young wife, to whom he Iras married a month ago, is an inmate of the Lock Haven hospital, suffering from typhoid fever. 'Having noticed that th miiu tences may not achieve immortality, several months. While, bulwark of the little family John D.

Adamson, Republican can but he may attract the attention and Influence the life course of others one uncon- Her husband looms, with scious arm didate for auditor of Indiana county, is an inmate of the Indiana hospi who will turn out to possess all the the the Finns drove northward. The trying along ner chair-back. So they tal, the victim of typhoid fever. potentialities of true greatness. tensively." "Oh, yes," was the prompt assurance of the other.

"I try to keep up with the procession." "How dreadfully nice!" sweetly exclaimed the fair girl. I suppose, of course, that you have read 'Romeo and Juliet'?" "Weil," hopelessly floundered Percival Claude, "that is to say I have read John Fischer, prominent business Finns, in turn, were pressed backward by the Slavs, but they left many thousands of stragglers behind and a strong strain of Finnish blood runs in The new scheme of the administra man who ran for mayor of Williams- port at the recent primaries, had Just the veins of Muscovy. 32 votes more than hail or an tne "The Russian Tsar rules over some votes cast for mayor. tion to introduce the protective tariff by consular action, authorized by a forthcoming act of congress, is receiving considerable criticism, some of it serious enough, most of it sarcastic. Often, and for a few cents, more or less Slip through the wicket-gate of wonderment That bounds the beaten paths of everyday.

The Indians and the horses thrill the boy With dreams of great adventure; "the big man Likes the great bridges, and the curious lore Of alien folk in other lands; the child Laughs at the funny way the people die. And she? The way the-hero's overcoat millions of Finns in Russia proper, Adam Miller, a well known banker a people distinguished ior tneir hon and farmer of Jefferson county, aged 72. died in Punxsutawney, a few the newspapers had not been removed from the porch for several days neighbors sent one of their number into the home of Mrs. E. M.

Deiffen-bacher, the aged widow of the Rev C. Dieffenbacher, of Greensburg," and discovered that she was dead in bed. She had evidently been dead two or three days. A new electric lamp socket has a lock and key feature to prevent surreptitious removal of the bulb esty and stubbornness, all of them plain of feature, with light hair, often Calamitous. A Brockville man, who has a home in Scotland, to which he returns in davs ago.

his disease naving Deen as white as prepared flax, with promi diagnosed as appendicitis. nent cheek-bones, broad, flat noses, According to the Centre Hall Re the winter, bought an expensive fur ran in this country to give to his wide nostrils, flat foreheads and porter Penns Valley farmers are harvesting only half a crop of potatoes. pointed chins. This general type has The New Republic is too fine a weekly magazine to be made the subject of such a practical Joke as was perpetrated by the author of the "Exit Brumbaugh" editorial in the current number of that interesting periodical. to the south.

Their own diet consists almost entirely of fish and coarse bread. They mix stale fish with their flour and make a flat cake, to enjoy which the stranger first needs considerable experience and resolution. "The peasants hunt squirrels in winter, when their fur is thick and valuable. The pelts are sold at the Nijni Novgorod fair. They also hunt otter, bear, and game birds, the last of which are killed as recklessly for the big city markets as was once the case in this country.

Russia's stom of game birds still appears inexhaustible, and with her vast northern for-ests and plains teeming with this life, with her ten thousand lakes rich feeding and breeding grounds for duck and goose, there has been little need of curtailing the activity of the peasant huntsmen. Many thousands of tons of hare are killed for the city tables. The northern peasants, however, are satisfied with their fish, their coarse bread, their onions and their turnips. One marked difference between the Finnish and the Russian been largely varied by inter-marriage In the borough of Centre Hall the between Slavs and Finns, and the re yield is up to the average. gamekeeper.

Two years ago last winter he took it over and presented it to the old man, who was delighted with it. The cap was very serviceable, having ear flaps, and would wear almost suiting product has proved a most A large steel sterilizer in a room heavy one. 'As firm as our own granite' the Finns say of themselves, Sets to his shoulders; or a lock of hair Tossed back impatiently; or else a smile, A visible sigh, an eyebrow lifted, so, They touch strange, buried, dispossessed old dreams. Ond while her hand plays with the baby's curls Unthinking, once again she' sees the face That swayed her youth as ocean f.ries re swayed Until she broke her heart to save her soul And fled back to her native town and left In the gray canyons of the city streets All the high hopes of youth adjoining the operating room of the Spangler hospital exploded, seriously burning Miss Grafius, a nurse. She and their Russian neighbors bear a lifetime.

The next winter tne Amer Daily History Class Oct. 5. 1805 Lord Cornwallis, the British com-' mander who surrendered York-town to General Washington Oct 10. 1781, died in India; born 1738. Battle at Allntoona Pass.

Ga. witness also to their quality of being While times are very much better than they were this time last year and while there is much reason to believe they will continue to grow better as tiA winter annrnflrhoa thoro n-lll oHll was burned about, the face, arms and headstrong in the proverb 'Once light a fire among Finns and it will burn upper portion of her body. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, aged nearly be a few who will need the sympathetic aid of the generous public. 93, died at her home in Clearfield last Friday.

Until a month ago she was found in her place in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of that ican again returned to Scotland, and noticed, to his surprise, that the old man did not wear the fur cap. "What is the matter with the cap I gave you last winter?" he asked. "I haven't worn it since the accident," replied the old gamekeeper. The man from Brockville pondered. "You didn't write me concerning any accident," he said.

"No?" mused the gamekeeper. "A man offered me a glass of whisky and I didnt hear him." Everybody's That is always true in a community i like Altoona. peasant is that the Finn much prefers coffee to tea, while the Russian seldom goes beyond an hour's marrh throughout Eternity. "The Finn is the most highly prized servant in Russia, because, in tharpest contrast with the Russian peasant, he will not steal. In Finland, or among Finns, the Russians say, it is never necessary to make use of a lock and key.

The Russian and the Finn display the same love for getting drunk and for going to church. The peasants of both races are admirably regular in their pursuit of these pleasures. Moreover, the Finn and the Russian are alike super sne nas picked up Her life since than, and made a goodly thing Out of the fragments; that is written plain Upon the simple pages for all to see. I fancy that she hardly thinks of lnm Through all her wholesome days: but when, at night. They go a-voyaging across the srreen, And suddenly a street lamp a gleam On a wet pavement a man sits alone On a park bench or else goes swinging past Confederates under General French surrounded the post which made a desperate and successful defense against them.

1892 Alfred Tennyson, Baron d'Eyn-court. laureate of England, died; born 1809. 1914 Von Moltke was relieved from the head of the German general staff. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening stars: Mercury.

Jupiter. Mors. Venus. Morning star: Saturn. of the steaming samovar and the tea-up betide it" town, nearly every Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Work, prominent residents of East Mahoning township, Indiana county, will celebrate the golden anniversary of their marriage today.

Their seven children and their grandchildren will join them. E. Bollinger, aged 84, who has conducted a merchant tailoring establishment in Fhilipsburg for the last 44 years, has closed out his business and accepted a position with another Honorable and lucrative positions become vacant every year. They are usually filled by persons who have already demonstrated their competency. The successful men of the future are In the schools today.

The fidelity with which theysolve the problems of the school room is an unfailing index of gheir future. Daddy Sent Them. Vicar's Daughter "Where did get those nice khaki mittens. Daisv? stitious. The tead of the newborn With that expression to his overcoat She Hadn't Any "Sideways." An elderly woman who was extremely stout was endeavoring to enter a street car when the conductor, noticing her difficulty, said to her: "Try sideways, madame! try side- child is thrust Into the open door of Did your mother knit them for you?" the stove in order that its family's Daisy "No, miss.

Daddy sent them hearth spirit may become acquainted home from the front at Christmas." -with it Now and vain, this Intro-1 "Punch." bne does not picK this player-man, or that. But all the heroes have some trick of his. Karle Wilson. ter in the Yale Beview. I Corona Borealis.

the Northern Crown, seen north of west 0 p. low..