Lititz Record

              BATES OF ADVERTISING IN THE RECOBD
1 week
2 weeks....
8 weeks....
1 m o n i h ...
2 m o n t h s .
8 m o n t h s .
G m o n t h s .
1 year
1 in 2in Sin. Ji c. 14C- 1 col
fin SO 1 2ft 2 25 4 no 7 50
75 1 Hfi 1 «0 3 2ft ft 7ft 10 00
I (X) 1 75 2 no 4 2ft 7 50 12 50
! 2ft 2 Ifi 3 00 ft 2ft tt 2ft 15 on
2 (K) Ü 2ft 4 50 7 50 IS 25 23 00
2 R0 4 25 fi 00 » 75 17 00 31 IK)
S BO (i 2ft » 50 1ft no 2« on 54 00
5 00 9 50 13 75 26 00160 00 9« 00
Yearly advertisements to be paid q u a r t e r -
ly. Transient advertisements payable in
advance.
Advertisements, t o insure immediate in-sertion,
must be handed in, at the very
l a t e s t , by Wednesday noon.
J o b Work of all kinds n e a t l y a n d prompt-ly
executed a t short notice.
All communications should be addressed io
RECORD OFFICE,
U t i t z , Lane. Co., Pa.
LITITZ
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXVI. LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1902. m . io.
Published Eviry Friday Morning by
ur. tfRANK BUCH,
OFFICE—No. 9 S. Broad street, Lititz,
Lancaster County, Pa.
TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.—For one
year 51,00, if paid i n adyance, and $1.25
if payment be delayed to t h e end of year.
For six months, 50 cents, and for three
months, 30 cents, strictly in advance.
failure to notify, a discontinuance
at the end of the term subscribed for,
will be considered a wish to continue
the paper.
, ^ - A n y peroon sending us five new
cash subscribers for one year will be
e n t i t l e d t o t h e RECOBD f o r o n e y e a r , f or
his trouble.
H L L N E W
Styles in Overcoats and other
Ready-made Clothing at the
Broad Street Slothing S*ore.
Come and see us. We have just what you
want at prices we guarantee cannot be as low
elsewhere, and our stock is larger • to select
from now than later in the season. We can
truthfully say we never had a nicer lot of
Ready-made Clothing to select from ; or Piece
Goods from which to choose if you prefer a
made-to-order Suit.
Hats and Caps,
Neckwear, Gloves, &C.,
are up-to-date in style, and we claim to sell
cheaper than most dealers in these lines. All
we want you to do is to come and see for your-self
and the goods are half sold.
Record Building, Utitz,
W. H. BUCH.
It Costs
-TO-Still
we know you would rather see it go to the Shoe-maker
than the Doctor.
We have good solid shoes, made from Box Calf, Black
Russia and Enamel, exact imitations of the men's styles,
that will make the boy as happy as a king. Quite a saving
on the pocketbook when you see how long they last him.
O H A S . H . F R E Y , Leader of Low Prices.
3 and 5 E. King St., Lancaster.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c o o o o o o o o o o o o oo
o
o
o
o
TALK
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
oo o
o
o
o
o
o
o 144 N. Queen St.
o
Is not needed to sell our Hats,
Caps and Gloves. Values and
Prices speak for themselves and
form the reason for our steady
and ever-increasing patronage.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Newt. Wingert, Mgr. o
o
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
H. L. BOMS,
Guns and Ammunition,
Fishing Tackle,
Timothy Seed,
Fodder Twine.
DON'T FORGET OUR CHEAP
Ranges and Stoves.
DON'T LOOK SAD.
W r i t t e n for t h e BECORD.
Can you frown when n a t u r e smiles?
Can y o u i - h e a r t be sad,
When the e a r t h with merry wiles
Would your h e a r t make glad ?
I t Is foolish so to do,
Sinful sad to be,
When all t h i n gs are f a i r to view,
Smiling pleasantly.
I t behooves you with a song
N a t u r e ' s smiles to greet,
And her merry, gladsome throng,
W i t h a smile to meet.
E ' e n when n a t u r e wears a frown,
And t h e e a r t h looks sad.
Do not let your hopes go down,
Making worse what's bad.
A. S. B
The Thankful-ness
of
Farmer Dermin'
"W
LITITZ, P A.
ES, TIMES are growing
harder, and no mistake !
N o t h i n g seems to prosper
as it used to. Can't take
up a daily paper but first
t h i n g one sees some discouraging story
of business trouble, and the whole
financial situation grows more trying.
Then my wife wants me to invite
William Hutehins and his family to
our house Thanksgiving day, and I 'm
j u s t determined not to do i t ! It is true
William is my own cousin, a n d his wife
is cousin to my wife, so it might be
natural enough to invite them all in
and feast t h em well, but it's my opinion
t h a t cousin William is lazy and might
get more work if he tried. It's the
rheumatism, always the rheumatism,
t h a t serves as an excuse for his giving
up work every little while and letting
people help him out. Now, whatever
else I may consent to I mean to hold
f i rm to one t h i n g : William Mutchins,
his wife and two children may spend
Thanksgiving day wherever' they
please, but I don't have t h em at my
h o u s e !"
And yet, farmer Denning had fared
none so poorly d u r i n g the year. True,
there had been seasons when he had
made more money, but even d u r i n g t he
past year h e had not lost a c e n t . To the
contrary, the lofts were well packed
with hay, the kitchen cellar with
vegetables of various kinds. The poul-t
ry had more t h a n paid for their keep,
and over a n d above all expenses a small
sum had been added to t h e account at
t h e savings bank.
But with regretful eyes his good wife
noticed that the farmer grew a little
more close—" near " she called it—
every year that he lived. Last season
a t Thanksgiving time he h a d tried to
get another farmer of the church to
send a turkey to t h e minister, a n d the
good man would willingly have done it
only t h a t seven out of his solitary brood
of turkeys had died, and he had but
t h e one remaining for his own dinner.
And I 'm mortal 'fraid to trust him
out o' m y sight for fear he'll slip up be-fore
Thanksgiving comes," he had add-ed,
ruefully.
" The idea of asking Mr. Perkins to
send a turkey to t h e minister when he
had eight a n d you had t w e n t y - e i g h t !"
Mrs. Denning said in disgust.
But she was reminded in a tone of
wounded feeling r a t h e r than of anger,
t h a t it was hard work to raise poultry,
t h a t it was no trifling to work for the
support of a family, a n d t h a t her hus-band
had done well by her and the
children thus far, a n d she should trust
to his judgment as to what he could
afford to giveaway. So she had said no
more.
This year there was still stronger
revolt. And Mrs. Denning closed her
mouth, firmly resolving to say n o more,
after t h e former h a d relieved his mind
with unnecessary force concerning poor
William H u t e h i n s a n d his meagferly-fed
family. Yet farmer Denning was au
affectionate man withal, and dearly
loved his wife a n d two young daughters.
Lizzie was 12 a n d almost through the
grammar school already, being an
ambitious scholar a n d a very good girl.
J e n n i e was 10 and considered' quite
a prodigy in music for such a child. In
dreams, t h e farmer already saw Lizzie
i n college, whither he had resolved she
should go, did matters but go on pros-perously,
a n d as for Jennie, she should
have all t h e advantages both for vocal
a n d musical culture t h a t he could give
her.
I t wanted but 10 days to Thanks-giving
Day, a n d Farmer Denning must
needs go a day's journey to see some
cattle he heard were to be disposed of at
a very low figure, and as other business
was to be a t t e n d e d to a t t h e same time,
he left home expecting to be absent two
nights.
You are quite decided, are you,"
his wife had asked t h e morning of his
departure, making a last attempt to-ward
carrying out her own kindly
wishes, " t h a t Cousin William a n d his
family cannot come here for Thanks-g
i v i n g ?"
" I thought I had said so p r e t t y plain-l
y , " was the almost pettish answer.
I may send them some vegetables,
but I t h i n k he ought to earn even
these."
" How hard father is g e t t i n g , " sighed
his wife, as she relinquished all f u t u re
hope of extending t h e genial invitation
she felt sure would do so much good.
Conscience pricked Farmer Denning
as he started away t h a t clear November
morning, but it only pricked a little
and he soon silenced it. The visit was
successfully accomplished, and the
evening of t h e third day he was expect-i
n g to be at home. iVt noon on the
train he heard a few words at which his
heart froze with apprehension and
t e r r o r :
" A t a Farmer Denning's; four of
them, and not oneescaped." Such were
t h e words he heard.
He turued his head after a moment's
silent dismay, but was too late to make
inquiry of the man who had spoken.
The train had halted at a way station
when the words fell on his ear ; the
speaker had left the train, and they
were in motion t h e next moment.
I n vain the farmer called himself t he
stupidest of all stupids not to have
immediately pinned the man and de-manded
information. Now, how could
he ride on for hours in the suspense
already choking him ! How could he
have allowed the dreadful words to
so nearly paralyze h im at first ?
When the conductor came around
Mr. Denning arose, and in a voice he
strove vainly to render steady, asked
h im if he had heard any reports con-cerning
his township or in connection
with t h e name of Denning.
No,the conductor had heard nothing.
He had seen the morning paper, but
noticed nothing concerning t h a t local-i
t y . But the paper was still in his
pocket and he handed it out.
After looking t h e sheet through with
such nervousness as he had never ex-perienced
before in his life, Farmer
Denning realized that for three mortal
hours he must endure as best he could
t h e anxiety that was nearly beyond
endurance. For one t h i n g he was de-voutly
t h a n k f u l . A swift train was
bearing h im with all possible dispatch
toward his home. Oh, to know that
his loved ones would only be there
to greet h im ! " Four of t h em !" Just
t h e number he had left at the great
comfortable f a rm house only day before
yesterday. Wife, Lizzie, Jennie and
Phillis, t h e faithful colored woman who
had come to them when Jenpie was
a baby.
Then the thought occurred that he
was vexing himself needlessly. Neither
fire, nor flood, nor foe could have swept
from h im at one fell blow all t h a t really
made life sweet, or money worth toiling
for. Money ! Ah, it hurt there ! He
had been t h i n k i n g altogether too much
of money. He had hoarded that and
everything else too carefully,had grown
almost miserly outside of j u s t his own
home.
Could it be that, having steeled his
heart toward nearly all considerations
of a charitable or kindly nature except
those pertaining strictly to his own fire-side,
he had offended his good Father
in heaven who had really blessed him
all along ? No thankfulness h a d welled
up in his heart in reviewing the year
which had brought h im no losses, even
if but small gain.
Oh, how t h a n k f u l , h ow unspeakably
t h a n k f u l , he would be now, could it
but be permitted h im to sleep quietly in
his blessed home t h a t night with wife,
children and faithful handmaid alive
and well. But t h e reverse of t h e long-ed-
for assurance would present itself,
and it became impossible to remain
perfectly quiet. It was snowing out-side,
so not for a moment could t h e un-happy
man open a window on his fellow
travelers. But the heat of t h e car join-ed
with t h e fever heat of his disturbed
brain, caused Mr. Denning to go for a
few moments to t h e p l a t f o rm outside.
E v e n the wild rush of wind and
snow against him as he stood was a
relief. He had scarcely realized how
overheated • h e was on leaving the ear,
but he lingered, loth to re-enter the
close, heated place. But when he again
found himself seated inside, watching
t h e whirling flakes, he drearily asked
himself what would be t h e result should
he find that no allusion had after all
been made to h im and t h a t all was yet
well with the loved ones at home.
Oh, what a generous measure of pota-toes
should find its way to t h e dinner
for t h e factory boys ! The largest gob-bler
he possessed should almost fly of it-self
to the minister's door. But before
he had quite reached any thought of
poor cousiu William Hutehins his
troubled mind had returned to the
words that had smote his ear. He was
always spoken of as " F a r m e r Den-n
i n g . " The name was not a common
one, and then he felt sure that the
speaker was a man who lived in the
next township to his own. Surely his
face was familiar.
But the, harrowing journey was at
l e n g t h ended. And now the poor
traveler was to realize how far one's
imagination will go in times of trial or
distress. He fancied t h e station master
wanted to avoid him, when, after a
hasty nod, he began running slowly
f r om the building. No one else had
left t h e t r a i n in the storm, and while
farmer Denning was looking at the
station master the shabby hack had
driven off, he thought, with unusual
haste.
' I must meet my fate alone," he
thought, as he tramped through the
snow, longing for the turn which
would bring h im in sight of his own
dwelling. At length he reached it, but
his heart nearly stood still when no
cheery light greeted his sight. He had
forgotten t h a t the fast-increasing s t o rm
must have s h u t it out for awhile.
All at once t h e "light a t home" glim-mered
through the white loom of the
snow. " T h a n k God!" burst from
Denning's lips. Yet he trembled like
an aspen leaf on approaching the door.
The dear wife came forward to welcome
him. Lizzie a n d J e u n i e bounded in the
hall and a warm gust from t h e kitchen
redolent of a bounteous, delicious re-past,
all ready and waiting, floated
forth as Phillis made an errand from
her cozy domain to t h e d i n i n g room.
Oh, it all seemed so heavenly! Why
" f a t h e r " should seem for a moment
" Mamma told us not to tell you of
it first t h i n g ."
There was a general laugh. Then
farmer Denning said with unusual
cheeriness : " O h , I guess I can stand
a n y t h i n g , seeing you're all alive and
well."
Then it took but a few moments to
relate how four tramps t h a t had been
committing unlawful depredations in
t h e next township had been tracked to
t h e back of the great barn, where all
four h a d been arrested t h e night befoie.
" And not one escaped," gratefully
added Phillis, who going to and fro in
p u t t i n g t h e ample sugar on was an in-terested
participant in the revalation
" How lovely papa seemed to-night,
d i d n ' t h e ? " J e n n i e said to Lizzie as
t h e y were going to bed. And later
farmer Jones told his wife j u s t what he
had suffered during the long, trying
afternoon.
" I shall make good my resolve, too,
said the farmer, " f o r never u n t i l this
day have I ever begun to realize the
half I have to be t h a n k f u l for."
I n kindly, judicious words, t h e wife
admitted the fears she had entertained
fears lest a growing love for money was
making her husband blind to his many
mercies. But not a word spoke either
husband or wife relative to William
Hutehins.
And strange as i t may seem, at Wil-liam,
Farmer Denning halted. He had
said with manly decision he did not
wish to invive h im to his house on
Thanksgiving Day, and his wife had
accepted the matter as settled. Now
would it be best or wise to reconsider
what had been laid at rest ?
But t h e question was settled by Provi-dence
in an unexpected way. The next
day, but one, after reaching home,
Farmer Denning reaped the conse-quence
of his thoughtless exposure on
the train.
Rheumatism ! Oh, t h e misery of i t!
I t drew up one limb, sending cramp-like
pains through it t h a t Phillis tried
to spirit away by means of dried bur-dock
leaves soaked with hot vinegar.
That eased it, but at night it attacked
t h e other leg, t h e n went shooting along
his back, pinning him as completely
and quietly to his softest a rm chair as
though he had been a helpless child.
The next day he said it was becom-i
n g impossible to breathe without pain,
his back was still lame, a n d both limbs
ached, but he felt as though God was
mercifully going to g r a n t h im a reprieve.
" T h a t ' s what Cousin J u l i e H u t e h i ns
tells me William s a y s , " remarked Mrs.
Denning with a smile, " when he begins
to be free f r om pain for a spell, he says
God is mercifully g r a n t i n g h im a rest."
Farmer Denning waited no f u r t h e r in
self-parley as to what would be wise or
dignified in maintaining his assertions
concerning his cousin. " Oh, t h a t re-minds
m e , " he began. " Thanksgiving
Day is only four or five days off, a n d I
want you to make a n errand to William
and J u l i e ' s as soon as you can and insist
on their coming with the children to
spend Thanksgiving Day with us."
"Yes, I will," replied his wife, quiet-ly.
" I ' l l go t o - n i g h t ."
Yes," continued the farmer, " a nd
seeing as we're having such a stormy
month, h a d n ' t they better stay over a
day or two? We shall have lots of
stuff- cooked up t h e y might as well stay
and help us eat u p ."
Mrs. Denning laid her hand on her
husband's arm. " Oh, father, I am so
g l a d ! " she said.
" Well, you see I was getting into
a bad rut;—a bad r u t , " exclaimed the
farmer, " b u t God Almighty has just
touched me, and after all I profess to
love him, and I do love him, and I
propose to show it by being t h a n k f u l!
And I am t h a n k f u l , I declare I a m ."
Last Days of
Geo. John A. Sutter
BY WILLIAM S. ILL CE, FORMERLY OF
MANHEIM, IN THE '' OUT WEST."
The Youth's Companion Calendar Free.
The publishers of The Youth's Com-panion
are sending free to new subscri-bers
to the paper for 1903 a very hand-some
Calendar, lithographed in twelve
colors, with a border embossed in gold.
The exquisite home scene which forms
t h e principle feature of t h e Calendar is
suitable for framing. The Calendar is
sold to non-subscribers for f i f ty cents,
but to new subscribers for 1903 it is s e nt
free, with all t h e issues of The Compan-ion
for t h e remaining weeks of 1902,the
paper then being sent for a full year, to
J a n u a r y , 1004.
The Youth's Companion,
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
Moved 30 Times in 10 Years.
Mrs. Josephiue A . Thornton secured a
divorce a t Indianapolis last week in t he
Supreme Court on h e r own testimony.—
She said that she married John A.
Thornton ten years ago and t h a t they
had moved thirty times, or on the
average of three times a year, her hus-band
contending t h a t it was cheaper to
move t h a n to pay rent.
She said her husband is g e t t i n g a good
salary, but after the first year of their
married life he had figured out t h a t he
could move cheaper t h a n pay rent and
t h e y had left every house they ever
lived in when ejectment proceedings
were threatened, and had never paid
but the first m o n t h ' s rent a t any.
Immense Silk Mill.
Ground has been purchased in Ross-mere
by Stiehle & Co., silk weavers,
on which will be erected the largest
silk mill in the United States. The de-cision
of the firm to build t h e mill rest-ed
on t h e outcome of the vote for the
construction of new sewers. The Clay
street sewer runs near the present
plant of Stiehle & Co., a n d in its pres-dumb
and overcome with feeling his ' e n t condition it was declared a nuisance
wife hardly understood. But when he
asked with assumed indifference if any-t
h i n g had happened d u r i n g his absence,
Jennie, child as she was, a t once blurt-ed
o u t:
by t h e firm.
The mill will be 900
three stories high ; will
1,000 hands.
feet long and
employ about
After his misfortunes in California
General John A. Sutter—on whose
ranch in 1848 t h e first gold was discov-ered—
came East a n d made application
to Congress for a claim to t h e gold dis>
covered on his property which had
been quickly grabbed up by squatters.
He finally settled in t h e Moravian vil-lage
of Lititz, in Lancaster county, Pa,
A curious combination of circum-stances
led h im to make his home in
the quiet Pennsylvania town. His son,
J o h n A. Sutter, J r . , had been for many
years U. S. Consul a t Acapulco, Mexico,
and had married a Mexican l a d y . The
General, not approving his grandchil-dren's
educational advantages, brought
t h e two girls to t h e Moravian Seminary
at Bethlehem, P a . For some unknown
reason the school did not quite suit the
old gentleman, so h e next tried Linden
Hall, also a Moravian institution at
Lititz. The peaceful life of a pastoral
community appealed strongly to the
rugged California pioneer, worn with
hardships and buffeted by misfortune.
Moreover, the waters of the Lititz
Springs seemed a panacea for rheuma-tism,
with which he was a great suffer-er,
so, after spending à summer there,
he adopted it a s his home.
He built in 1871, for himself a n d wife,
a roomy stone house, where t h e y spent
t h e remaining days of their life.
General Sutter was originally a L u t h -
eran, a n d in his later years was not con-nected
with a n y church ; but his kind-ly
ways and open-hearted hospitality
endeared him to his Moravian neigh-bors
who regarded h im as one of their
foremost citizens.
A few of his old cronies are still liv-ing,
a n d they condemn Congress more
severely for its negligence t h a n did the
General himself. Before t h e t a t h e form-er
never showed the bitterness of his
disappointment ; but when thé news of
his death at Washington, after Con*-
3 had adjourned in June, 1880,
reached them at Lititz, all agreed that
he had died of a broken heart. His
death occurred just four years before
t h a t of Marshall (the rather worthless
fellow who actually found the gold).
The funeral was held at Lititz in the
Moravian church, built more than a
hundred years ago.
I t was the most pretentious funeral
ever given a citizen of t h e town. Rev.
Charles Nagle, of Philadelphia, preach-ed
t h e sermon, a n d among t h e General's
pioneer friends in the West who were
present were Gen. Fremont and Gen.
H. T. Gibson, who spoke feelingly and
most forcibly about Sutter's services
rendered to his country, his disasters,
and t h e N a t i o n ' s ingratitude t h a t dark-ened
t h e last days of his life, in conclu-sion
saying " God g r a n t t h a t there is a
realm waiting for Jiim amid t h e crowns
of glory."
Some of the Lititz gentlemen still
living, who knew the General well,
who called at his hospitable home to
d r i n k his wines a n d listen to his tales of
adventure, are Mr. H . H ; Tshudy, Capt.
J o h n R. Bricker, a n d Dr. J . H . Shenk.
They say t h a t the General was troubled
with rheumatism and always walked
with a cane, and, consequently, never
walked a great distance. He was very
regular in his habits, arose at four
o'clock, and returned promptly a t eight
of a n evening. Both he a n d his wife
were noted for their hospitality when
visitors called at their home. All day
long h e diligently read magazines, news-papers,
a n d his l i b r a ry books. He spoke
five languages fluently -English, Ger-man,
French, Spanish a n d I t a l i a n ; a nd
is said to have been the most entertain-ing
conversationalist t h e town of L i t i tz
ever had. Sometimes Sutter confided
to his friends his disappointment at
Washington, which, of all his troubles,
was t h e hardest to bear.
His claim had been passed by the
committee of t h e House, a n d was in t he
Senate on its final passage when one
senator, over-zealous in his appeal for
Sutter, insisted on delivering such a
long harangue that the senators grew
weary and adjourned, a n d the bill was
not reached again t h a t session.
General Sutter admired the quaint
custom of t h e Moravians in t h e burial
of their dead—the bodies of the rich
side by side with the poor, a n d only a
simple gravestone laid flat o n top of t he
low mound ; t h u s verifying t h e old ad-age
" D e a t h levels all, both great and
s m a l l . " His sympathetic Moravian
neighbors to whose hearts h e had so en-deared
himself made an exception in
his case a n d buried h im in t h e cemetery
located on t h e rising ground south of
t h e church.
After entering the gate the visitor
finds himself in a beautiful avenue of
cedar trees which separates the graves
of t h e males from t h e females, t h e form-er
on the right and the latter on the
left. For instance here will be found a
row of numbered graves containing
none but married women ; farther on
those of single women ; a n d still f a r t h er
on the little girls and boys under the
age of twelve years. The first inter-ment
was t h a t of a child, a n d was made
in 170S.
The Sutter vault stands apart from
t h e other graves, and consists of a sim-ple
marble slab resting on a granite
base, the whole enclosed by a . granite
coping. The slab, besides the Sutter-coat
of arms—an eagle and a shield—
has the following Simple inscription :
GEN. JOHN A. SUTTER,
Born Feb. 28, 1803
At Kandern, Baden.
Died June 18, 1880
At Washington, D. C.
Reqiriescat in Pcicem.
ANNA SUTTER, nee DUBEI,T,
Born Sept. 15, 1805
In Switzerland.
Died Jan. 19, 1881
At Lititz.
I f Sutter's life was rough and filled
with disappointments, his last resting
place is quiet and peaceful beyond be-lief.
Age has lent its softening touch
about his tomb, rows of cedars and
pines, almost a century old, wave their
d a r k branches over the plain marble
slab, so typical of the unpretentious
man whose life It commemorates, after
t h e simple manner of the Moravians.
I n treating of General Sutter's last
days among t h e Moravians, with whom
he was so intimately associated, to
mention here a few of t h e quaint and
beautiful customs of these people, ob-served
in the cemetery : where he lies
buried, would not be amiss.
Upon t h e death of one of the congre-gation,
the event is announced not by
t h e mournful sound of the tolling bell,
but by the deep-breathing melody of
trombones borne from t h e c h u r c h steep-le
to t h e village where t h e people revel-e
n t l y drop their work to listen and
softly say, " t h e horns are blowing,
some one has gone home," These last
words express so fittingly, the unques-tioning
faith of these devout people ;
a n d the sincerity of it all is clearly
shown in their lack of mourning at the
death of members of a household, how-ever
deeply beloved ; so firm is t h e Mo-ravian
belief t h a t death is but the en-trance
to a happier home.
Perhaps no more unique or appropri-ate
ceremony can be found t h a n the
manner in which they herald t h e dawn
of the Eastertide. Through the star-lit
streets in t h e s t i l l hours of t h e morn-t
h e trombone choir walks from
place to place in the village, pouring
forth their music upon the stillness of
t h e night, t h u s announcing to the in-habitants
the advent of the glorious
day. Soon lights appear at the Win-dows,
and, before sunrise, throngs of
people may be seen wending their way
to t h e church, where a service is Con-ducted
until the brightening sky an-nounces
t h e approach of dawn. Then,
in silent procession, headed by the
trombone choir, they pass from the
church to t h e cemetery beyond on the
hill, where the congregation stands in
a semicircle facing t h e east. Thus as-sembled,
the service of song and re-sponsive
readings is continued in the
gray s p r i n g morning of the Eastertide,
where in spiritual communion with
their loved ones gone before, t h e y wait
t h e coming of the sun which ushers in
t h e Resurrection morn.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Big Year for Farmers.
This year the farniers of the United
States h a v e been blessed with bountiful
harvests. So great is t h e yield of grain
t h a t Uncle S am will have not only au
abundant supply for his own use, but
will have a large surplus to export to
Europe. He can celebrate Thanks-giving
Day with a heart full of grati-tude.
Remarkable apple crops are being
gathered in Hancock and Brooke
counties, West Virginia, two of the
heaviest producers of apples in the
United States.
How the crop is t u r n i n g out is evi-denced
by t h e statement of ex-Senator
Brown, who said he had estimated his
harvest a t about 3000 barrels, but when
i t ripened and he began gathering he
found he needed 4000 barrels more..
The same ratio of increase will hold
good all over both districts.
It Is No Small Thing.
To some people life seems a small
thing. They regard it with indiffer-ence
a n d acknowledge no responsibility
for it, living very much like the irra-tional
brute. A moment's careful
thought should suffice to convince the
majority of such people of t h e stupen-dousness
of their error. Rational life,
such as m a n k i n d is endowed with, is
t h e greatest t h i n g in the world. There
is nothing that can be compared with
it. All else has value only in its rela-tion
to t h a t sort of life. Truth, beauty
and goodness exist only for beings pos-sessed
of conscious life. Conscious life
is t h e n no small thing, a n d to be ignor-ant
of thé true worth of life is the
greatest of misfortunes for those who
possess t h a t life. To have that life, to
have due appreciation of it, and to
make t h e most of it, t h a t is greatness,
t h a t is wisdom, t h a t is immortal glory.
To live so as to get all t h e good t h a t is
possible out of life, t h a t insures happi-ness.
It were well for most of us if we
could realize more fullly what life in-volves.
J. P. S. Gobin to Retire.
Lieut. Gov. J o h n P. S. Gobin, who
is also senior brigader general of the
State National Guard, announced on
F r i d a y t h a t he had decided to retire to
private life. With the expiration of
his term as Lieutenant Governor in
J a n u a r y he will end his connection
with politics, and after his commission
in the National Guard ends next sum-mer,
he will go to his home at Leba-non.
The announcement made by
Gen. Gobin, who is at Philadelphia at-tending
the reunion of the Medal of
Honor Legion, was a great surprise to
his friends. Gen. Gobin says t h a t his
retirment from t h e National Guard has
no political significance.
Lancaster Votes for Betterment
As t h e result of the special election
on Tuesday, Lancaster city will expend
during t h e next few years $395,000 on
municipal improvements. Two propo-sitions
were voted : To borrow $145,-
000 for water works improvement and
$250,000 to build sewers. The former
proposition carried by a majorsty of
1170 a n d t h e l a t t e r by a liiajority of 913.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE fS NO SUBSTITUTE
OVER THE STATE.
Struck by a Jersey Central passen-ger
train, Elmer Smith, 25 years old,
was killed at Tamaqua.
Trying to repair his stalled car, Trol-ley
Conductor J a m e s H o y was seriously
and perhaps fatally i n j u r e d by a 500-
volt shock at Easton.
Miss Kate Drexel, of Philadelphia,
who is devoting her life to mission
work among the Indians, plans to
build a $56,000 school for Navajos in
Arizona.
Mrs. Louise Alten, daughter of the
late Louis Bergdoll, sr., has again
agreeably surprised t h e members of t he
Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company's
Employees' Beneficial Society in Phil-adelphia,
by tendering her individual
check for $2,000 as a donation to their
work.
Rev. Stewart W. Herman was in-stalled
pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Wrightsville. He is the
youngest minister of the West P e n n 'a
Synod, being only 23 years. The ser-vices
were conducted by Rev. T. B.
Thomas, of York, and Rev. Dr. E . J.
Wolf, of the Gettysburg Seminary.
After discussing t h e death of a friend,
Mrs. Mary Burke, of Chester, aged 81,
remarked : " People fall because they
are careless, I count my steps. I'll
never f a l l . " A few hours later, she
was ascending t h e stairs a n d fell, dying
soon afterwards.
Because Laura Seip'e, of Lansdale,
20 years of age, refused to give her con-sent
to marriage, Nason Flehr, aged 25,
residing in Coppersburg, attempted to
shoot t h e girl, with whom he was in
love. When she screamed he thought
t h a t the bullet from a 32-calibre revol-ver
had taken effect upon her, so he
placed the revolver to his breast and
fired. The bullet passed through his
heart, death resulting almost instantly.
York is at last assured of a sanitary
hospital t h a t will cost $5000.
Four cash registers in Harlaeker's
restaurant at York was rifled by thieves.
John Bair, of York, was found dead
on the turnpike west of Mountville.
F j ^ d Clark was terribly burned in a
gas'explosion at Glade Run, near Corry,
ahd may die.
Theodore Delbaugh, ten years old,
was killed in Shamokin by an awning
pole falling on him.
Rather t h a n pay a $10 fine for shoot-ing
a rabbit out of season, Harvey C.
Frantz, of Myerstown, has appealed
his case to Court.
The Altoona Foundry and Machine
Company, at its annual meeting,' de-cided
to increase its capital from $35,-
000 to $100,000 to enlarge t h e plan!.
I n a runaway near Fayetteville,
Joseph H. Shoemaker, aged 65, was
dragged 300 yards, over a mountain
road, a n d had an ear torn off, three
ribs broken and sustained probably
fatal iuterual injuries.
Growth of Our Schools.
The grand total of 17,299,230 pupils
a t t e n d i n g the public a n d private schools
of this country is recorded in t h e annual
report of United States Comniissioner of
Education William T. Harris for the
year ending J u n e 30. This is an in-crease
of 278,520 over t h e previous year.
Besides these nearly 500,000 were en-rolled
in the special night a n d trades
schools of the cities.. Value of school
property rose to $576,963,089, excluding
colleges. The expenditure per, capita
was $2.93, as compared with $1.64 in
1870 a n d $2.83 last year.
Thirteen Cent Postage Stamps.
The new issue of thirteen cent postage
stamps is out. The Postmaster General
has j u s t received the first sheet of the
printed stamps, a n d the stamps shortly
will be on sale in all t h e post offices in
t h e country. The issue bears the por-t
r a i t of t h e late President Harrison.
Didn't Seem Possible.
Mi\ Staylate—Is t h a t clock right?
Miss De Pink (wearily)—I think It
must' need cleaning. It's been two or
three hours going that last hour.—
Stray Stories.
You can't have a good time today
unless you forget tomorrow, and if
you forget tomorrow it will punish
you when it is today.—Atchison Globe.
8 0 Years' Experience.
Rectal diseases cured permanently.
Piles, Fistulae, Fissures and Ulceration
Cured, without t h e use of knife or un-dergoing
an operation . Also, Specialists
and cure guaranteed in diseases of the
ear and throat—especially catarrh and
r u n n i n g ear. Send for little book on
above diseases, free. At the Franklin
House, Lancaster city, every alternate
Thursday.
D r s . MABKLEY & SHOEMAKER,
19 S. 9 t h St., Reading, Pä.