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V O L . X X V I . LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. N O . .24.
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, L I T I T Z , P A .
IF YOU ASK any one in Müggendorf
when the cheese factory burned,
or when the new town pump was
set up , lie will tell you at once that it
was in the year that never began, and
that is the same as saying the year that
Gustaf came to Müggendorf.
At midnight on New Year's eve ea,ch
year, just as the great clock in the town
hall tower struck 12, all t he Muggen-dorfers
gathered in the public square
and celebrated the coming of the new
year, and for an hour big folks and little
folks blew horns and shouted and fired
crackers until every dogin town crawled
under the beds and the nervous old
ladies stuffed cotton in their ears.
Every Muggendorfer enjoyed the
New Year celebration, and it was too
bad that Gustaf should ha ve come just
in time to spoil it all. if he had not
come to Müggendorf just when he did
the year would have had a beginning
like any other year.
Gustaf had learned the clockmaker's
trade and one day he tied his best suit
in a handkerchief and started out to
make a fortune in t h e world.
His mother kissed him and told him
to be a good boy and stick to the right,
and Gustaf tramped away.
When he caine to the turn of the
road he repeated what his mother had
said "Stick to the r i g h t , " and h e did,
and whenever the roads branched or
crossed he took the right-hand road,
and that is how he came to Müggen-dorf.
He walked into the main street and
scratched his yellow hair, for there was
not a man to be seen on the main street,
and the more he looked the more he
scratched his yellow hair.
And no wonder, for all t he shutters
were up and t he candles in the street
lamps were burning, for all the world
as if it was the middle of the night.
Gustaf walked to the public square,
and there he found an old 'man in a
cocked hat sleeping Soundly. The old
man had a lighted lantern beside h im
on t h e bench, and he nodded and nod-ded
until he nodded so far that he
knocked the lantern over, and then he
awoke suddenly and said he had not
been asleep. •
"That may be," said Gustaf, "or that
may not be, but I wish you would tell
me where I can find where the town's
people are."
" T h a t / ' said the old man, very de-cidedly,
has nothing to do with it. I
was not asleep and I can prove it. I
am the night watchman, and of course
a night watchman does not sleep while
on duty, so you see I couldn't have
been asleep. You must admit that or
I shall not say another word."
"Very well sir," said Gustaf, " I ad-mit
it. But why you should be on duty
now I can't see."
When should a night watchman be
on duty but at night?" asked the old
man.
"When, indeed!" said Gustaf, "but
the sun is shining, sir."
"Yes," said the old man sadly, "it is
a way it has here. It shines at night,
and sets in t he morning. It tias acted
that very way ever since it was be-witched."
I wish you would please tell me
what town this is and where I can get
something to eat," said Gustaf, be-wildered.
The old man told him it was Müggen-dorf.
"But," said he, " a s for eating,
you cannot get anything to eat until
the sun sets and the baker opens his
shop, so you may as well go to sleep on
the bench here and wait."
"That is all very easy to say," said
Gustaf, "but I fear it will be hard for
me to sleep with the great round sun
shining."
"No doubt," said the night watch-man,
"everybody here does find it hard,
but t h a t can't be bettered. Night is t he
time to sleep, so sleep at night we must.
And now I must go m y rounds," and
and he pottered off with his lantern,
trying the dpors of the shops as he
went to see that they were locked and
barred.
At last the streets began to be dark.
The night watchman returned, yawn-ing,
putting out the street lights as he
came.
"Good morning," he said. Almostas
he spoke the jolly baker threw open his
shutters and Gustaf walked across to
the shop. "Good morning, my brave
lad," said the baker, "how come you
to be out so early?"
" I come from the capital of the coun-try,
where the king lives," said Gustaf.
"That is good," said the merry baker,
"and how is his worshipful majesty t he
king these fine days?"
Neither better nor worse, sir, said
Gustaf politely, "but better than a
clockmaker's condition may hope to
be. But I have not eaten these twelve
hours and I have ten silver pennies in
my pocket and I will gladly give one or
all of them for a bun. If it has sugar
frosting it will be none the worse."
"Bravely said," cried thejolly baker,
"and I have a bun with sugar frosting
and you may keep your ten silver pen
nies to jingle in your pocket, for
want none of them."
By that time all the shops were open
and the streets were quite dark, and
Gustaf got ready to go. But t h e baker
made him sit down again. "For," said
he, " I t is not every day in the year we
have a visitor from the capital of t he
country, where the king lives."
Then Gustaf told the baker why he
had come to Müggendorf and asked
him if a clockmaker's apprentice could
make his fortune in the town.| j
OThe baker shook his head doubtful
Jy, for he knew there was but one
clock in all Müggendorf, and that it
never gained or lost a second, and he
told Gustaf so. But when Gustaf said
he thought he should journey on into
the world the good natured baker dis-agreed.
"That I would not be so quick about,"
he said, "for to night is the beginning
of the year and a great time in Müg-gendorf—
such as comes but once
year."
The main street was as dark as t he
cellar when the candle goes out, but
every one was busying himself
usual, buying and selling and going
about his business as if the sun shone
I t was very bad for their eyes, for of
course no one lighted a candle because
it was day, and it was especially hard
for the little dressmaker over the
baker's shop for she could not see at
all, and ran her needle into her thumb
every stitch she took.
I t was all very strange, for in Müg-gendorf
noon came at midnight and
breakfast in the evening, and supper
just as the sun rose, and all because
the sun was betwitched. As soon as
the sun set every one got out of bed and
the children were sent to school and
the cows driven to pasture, and the
farmers went out to plow, if it happen-ed
to be the time of the year for plow-ing,
and very funny, crooked furrows
the plows made in the dark.
I n fact, everything was just wrong
in Müggendorf, and all that should
have been done at night was done
while the sun shone, and all that
should have been done by day was
done in the dark. It was most incon-venient,
except for the butcher who
always slept in church, and he liked
it for no one could see whether he was
asleep or awake.
When Gustaf fell asleep in the sag-bottomed
chair the baker told the
grocer that he had a visitor from the
capital of the country, where the king
lives, and the grocer told the butcher
and the butcher told the keeper of t he
big red seal, and in a short while every
one in town knew it, and t he chimney
sweep, who was mayor of Müggendorf,
knew it too.
Now, no stranger had come to Mug-,
gendorf for over a hundred years, and
though the Muggendorfers had tried
every way they knew tounbetwiteh t he
sun no stranger had ever tried, so t he
chimney sweep said Gustaf might be
the very one, and they arranged for a
grand delegation to call on him and
ask his advice.
The delegation was headed by the
mayor, and with him were the keeper
of the big read seal, and the keeper of
the town clock, and the custodian of
the hospital for t he cure of the incur-ably
lazy, and the parson, and the
town scribe. And with them went all
the men and women of Müggendorf
and three dogs.
When they entered the baker's shop
Gustaf awakened and rubbed his eyes,
for he could scarcely see a n y of them,
and he could not see t he sooty mayor
at all, but he heard his voice.
The mayor told him what they had
come for as well as he could, which was
not very well, for the whole delegation
talked at once, and the people kept
stepping on each other's feet and beg-ging
each other's pardon very politely.
But Gustaf managed to hear a word
here and a word there and he slowly
learned that they wanted him to take
the spell off the sun.
"Two years ago," said the mayor,
the sun began to move too fast, and it
moved a little faster each day, until it
got so far ahead that now it shines at
night instead of by day äs it should,
and at Doon it is midnight, and at mid
night it is noon. I don't mind it my-self
for it is always black inside a chim-ney,
but it is h a rd for the town scribe,
for he can never tell whether he is put-ting
his mucilage brush into the muci-lage
bottle or the ink, and he has writ-ten
so many pages of the town records
with mucilage that they are all stuck
together."
Gustaf heard the town scribe sigh and
he was very sorry for him, so he said
he would see what he could do about it,
and the delegation and all t h e Muggen-dorfers
went about their business.
" A n d how:," asked Gustaf of the
baker, "do you know the sun is be-witched?
It is not so in t he capital of
the country, where the king lives."
" That may be," said the baker, "but
it is here, for we can tell that by the
great clock in the town hall tower.
The king gave us this clock one hun-dred
years ago, and it is so fine that
there is no clock in the whole world
like it. So fine is it that we have
never needed watch or clock in Müg-gendorf
except this one. Well, two
years ago, when the almanac said the
sun should rise at 7.15 in the morning
it rose a bit before 7, and while the
great clock has kept going quite as
usual the sun has been gaining ever
since until now it is full 12 hours ahead
And I hope you can unbewitch it, for
my wife's brother is the editor of the
'Müggendorf Herald,' and in the dark
he cannot tell 'a' from 'z' and his paper
looks like a Chinese puzzle. But that
doesn't matter much, for no one can
read it in the dark. But his subscrip-tion
list has gone to nothing, and
have to feed him a nd his wife and four
children, as well as give them house
and home."
" I have that in my pockets, said
Gustaf, "that will take the spell oft t he
sun. Wait until the big round sun
rises and then we shall see." And he
curled up in the sag bottom chair and
went to sleep.
When Gustaf awoke it was Müggen-d
o r f s evening and the sun was rising
on the other side of the public square,
but the news had gone abroad that thè
boy from the capital of the country,
where the king lives, would unbewitch
the sun, and a great crowd stood out-side
the baker's shop, and the mayor
with them ; but nobody knew the
mayor, for he had washed his face.
None of the Muggendorfers had gone
to bed, for it was New Year's eve and
all intended to wait for the beginning
of the Near Year; so it was a very
great crowd indeed, and every one was
there, from the keeper of the big red
seal to t he little dressmaker with her
thumb tied in a white bandage. All
were blinking like owls, as they were
not used to the sunlight.
As Gustaf came from the baker's
shop the band began to play and t he
people cheered, but Gustaf pushed
through the crowd and walked to t he
town hall, all following his as closely
as they could. When he had mounted
the steps of the town hall, he turned
and told them, that at the stroke of
midnight he would unbewitch the sun.
As midnight approached, the small
boys gathered with their tin horns, and
crackers, and watchmen's rattles, and
the brass band chose its loudest
tune, and t he bass drummer tried his
muscle, and t he grocer's uncle loaded
the brass cannon to thé muzzle, and
got a coal to light the fuse. Everyone
was ready to begin some sort of noise
as soon as t he hands of the great clock
in the tower of the town hall pointed to
12, and everyone gazed on the hands.
As for Gustaf he climbed the ladder,
in the tower of the town hall, and a
minute before 12 he grasped the craDk
that moves the hands of the great clock.
When the first stroke of 12 sounded
the terriWe racket began.. The boys
blew their horns, and fired their crack-ers
and whirled their rattles and t he
band began to play, and the grocer's
uncle fired his cannon, and everyone
cheered. But before they could cheer
twice Gustaf turned the crank and it
was 1 oclock, and before they could say
1 Happy" it was 2 o'clock, and before
they could say " N ew Y e a r " Gustaf
turned the crank 12 times, and it was
12 o'clock of the next day, and t he
middle of the first day of t he new year.
And that is how it happened that
Gustaf was made keeper of the great
clock in the tower of the town hall,
and how he took the spell oft t he sun,
for he regulated the great clock and
after that it was always day in the day-time,
and everybody was very glad ex-cept
the small boys who had been cheat-ed
out of the beginning of the new year.
And to repay the small boys for their
disappointment the mayor issued a
proclamation that there should be two
Fourths of J u l y that year. And that is
why, if you ask anyone in Müggendorf
when there was a Fourth of J u l y on the
first of February, he will tell you it was
in the year that never began.
Yoa Make no Mistake.
You make no mistake, we assure you
if you live by t h e golden rule. It will
pay you in a number of ways ; possibly
not always in a pecuniary sense, but
when not in that way, it will in some
other that is more lasting. You make
no mistake, we assure you, if you do
what you know to be right, even if it
should seem at the time that some
other course might pay you better.
You make no mistake if you give a lift
to a man who is down, whether the self-ish
world approves of. t h e act or not
will not signify.
You make no mistake, if you staunch-ly
adhere to the t r u th in word and act.
The truth always justifies itself to all
men. But you do make a great mistake
if you t h j n k you can act dishonorably
and not be found out. You do make a
mistake, if you imagine that it is folly
to follow the golden rule in life. You
do make a mistake, if you conclude
that kindness is ever wasted. You do
make a grievous mistake if you believe
that you can wrong anyone without
suffering for it. And you do make a
costly mistake, if you act o n the theory
that you can violate the truth without
losing your own self-respect. See to it
then, that you make no such mistake.
What Makes It Difficult.
I n theory there is no serious diffi-culty
in the way of successful self-gov-ernment
by the people of a country.
Government of the people, by the
people, for the people, really ought to be
no more difficult than a monarchy, un-less
it be a fact that the common people
are incapable of properly governing
themselves, which supposition is not to
be entertained. Hence popular self-government
is all right and easy in
theory; but it is difficult in practice.
And why is it difficult in practice?
Simply and solely because the great
mass of the people give themselves too
little concern about it. Many are not,
willing to devote the time required for
thorough understanding of the work-ings
of government, and a great many
others are too indifferent about the mat-ter
to trouble themselves at all about it.
Here, then, we see what makes it diffi-cult.
Ignorance and indifference
where intelligence and zeal are demand-ed
for success makes failure next to a
certainty, or, at least, render the ex-periment
an exceedingly difficult one
to those who earnestly strive to do their
duty as citizens. If all the people knew
their duty and were willing and re-solved
to do it to the best of their abil-ity,
there would be no real difficulty
in the way of successful self-govern-ment
by the people.
Naturally.
As a gen tleman was stepping from his
carriage in 1-Iarrisburg to take the train
for Philadelphia his coachman said,
"The oats are getting low, sir."
"Very well," said the gentleman,
"you telephone Miller & Jones to send
up some."
Mike went to t he telephone when t he
following conversation took place:
" I s this Miller & Jones?"
"Yes."
"Well, you sind up six bags of oats,
and hurry up with 'um."
"All right; who are they for?"
"Arrah, now, don't you get gay—for
the horses, to be sure," and Mike rung
off.
Mark Twain's Cheroots.
Mark Twain, says the Anglo-Ameri-can
Magazine, is an inveterate smoker,
and whenever a long journey is before
him a plentiful supply of tobacco is his
chief worry. One time at Victoria, B.
C., he was to sail nextday for Honolulu.
During a walk he espied a wholesale
dealer in cheroots and bought 3000 of
them, together with fifteen pounds of
pipe tobacco. In the afternoon he
went back to the store and. bought 3000
more cheroots. That evening, shortly
after beginning his lecture, he surprised
his manager, who was in t h e audience,
by beckoning him to come.to the stage.
Thesummons was obeyed w ith alacrity,
much to t he curiosity of the audience.
The manager mounted the platform,
and when at the lecturer's side Mark
Twain stopped in his talk and, turning
to his manager, said:. "Pond, I fear
that cigar store will close before I get
through here. Go there now and get 1500
more cheroots." And turning to his au-dience
Mark Twain went on with his
lecture as though nothing had happen-ed.
Next day he sailed with the 7500
cherootsand fifteen pounds of tobacco,
perfectly happy and with his mind
easy.
Blasted Hopes.
A Sunday school class of boys, noted
for being mischievous and unruly,
found itself some time ago without a
teacher, the last one fitting that uncon-genial
role having peremptorily resign-ed.
It fell to the lot of the wife of a
prominent merchant, a woman very
enthusiastic over matters pertaining to
the church, to succeed to the vacancy,
and, while not without-some misgiv-ings
she entered upon her duties with
the conviction that the ^proper method
and a little perseverance could not fail
to bring results. For several weeks it
was uphill work, and her patience at
times was sorely tried. One Sunday,
however, there seemed to come a
great change for the better. Her
labors, she felt, were beginning to bear
fruit. The most troublesome boy in t he
class, the one who rarely showed the
slightest interest, was paying the
closest attention, never taking his eyes
from her. Bent on following up her
advantage, she addressed her remarks
entirely to him, when in the midst of a
a sentence the youth broke in :
Say, Mrs., them things in your hat
look just like onion sprouts."
"The Two Admirals."
Almost three quarters of a century
ago J . Fennimore Cooper published his
excellent novel, entitled "The Two
Admirals." Cooper's novels are still
read with much satisfaction by many
lovers of good fiction, but perhaps not
as generally as they ought to be. The
tale of t h e two admirals, Sir Gervaise
Oakes and Richard Bluewater, the for-mer
holding the rank of vice admiral
and the latter that of rear admiral, in
the British navy, it seems to us, would
prove unusually interesting reading to
all Americans who had closely follow-ed
the developments in the Sampson-
Schley controversy. Admirals Oakes
and Bluewater were associated in the
command of a fleet as commander in
chief and his subordinate, and their
relations were always most cordial, ay,
even affectionate. There was no sort
of friction between the two, although
they differed widely in some of their
political views. What a beneficial ef-fect
their example must have exerted
on the service! It is, indeed, a pity,
assuming that Sampson and Schley are
familiar with the story, that they could
not find it in their hearts to imitate the
example of the heroes.
THE OLD RELIABLE
A Swindle.
I n the wire grass region of Georgia
quail are very abundant, and are known
to the natives as "partridges."
Recently dne of the South Georgia
"crackers" sold off"a lot of turpentine
land, and decided to indulge himself in
a trip to far off New York while his
money was still in hand. Once in t he
amazing metropolis, there was another
indulgence he was determined on.
Delnionico's was a name that had long
ago tickled, his fancy, and quail on
toast was a high bred dish that he had
long yearned to know personally.
So to Delmonico's he hied himself,
and there ordered the delectable bit. It
came, he eyed it severely, then tasted,
finally sampling thoroughly. But his
after commen t oh the feast savored of
that sad knowledge which borders
close to disgust.
"Well, if I hadn't come to New
York, I ' d never knowed that quail
on toast warn't a blamed thing but
Glynn County pa'tiidges stuck up on
burnt light bread."
Mystery.
A story recently told at a banquet
again illustrates t h e wit of t h e Celt. .
An Irishman having bet on a horse
in the race, was shouting at seeing his
choice at the quarter ahead, and still
ahead at the half. But at the head of
the flat he was away behind and finish-ed
beaten by t he field by ten lengths.
The Celt left the grandstand, walked to
the fence, and called the jockey who
rode his choice and said: "In t he
name of heaven what detained you?"
The Smart Blacksmith.
" I 'm going tell my daddy on you,"
said little Frankie as the blacksmith
was paring some shavings from the
horse's hoof."
"Why, what have I done?" asked
the blacksmith.
"You haven't got any shoes to fit our
Dobbin, and you're cutting his feet
small to suit those you have got."
The Lone Man's Wish.
They had been pressing him hard t he
whole week. The house was full of
widows and pretty girls, and all the
other men but himself had flown be-cause
they could not stand the pace.
He refused to be disturbed in his sum-mer
arrangements, and so h e stayed on.
Sunday night they had him in the
corner and the time began to wane,
when some one started the game of
What you'd rather be if you had
your choice?" There were a lot of
answers and a chorus of laughter, and
the usual noise that goes with summer
resort pastimes, and they saved the
lone man for the climax. When it
finally reached him it found him not
only ready but willing.
"What would you rather be if you
could have the power of changing your-self?"
" A syndicate," was the reply.
A Good Sign.
Secretary Long has written to the
naval'committee of t he House, stating
that he had received many requests
from libraries and other quarters for
copies of the testimony in the Schley
case. That means that the American
people are still deeply interests! in the
case and are desirous of sifting and"
weighing the evidence for themselves.
The typical American is a lover of
justice and likes to investigate, for him-self
; and it is to be hoped that thqse
who represent that type may never
grow less in number. And we will
add, that as far as t he habit of investi-gation
for oneself is concerned, there is
nothing that ought to commend itself
more to the favor of a self-governing
people that very habit. Moreover, it
might not be out of place here to sug-gest
that Congress should see to it that
enough copies of the evidence in t he
Schley case are printed to meet the de-mand.
Absolutely Pure
THERE ÍS NO SUBSTITUTE
OVER THE STATE.
Youthful Affection.
While Mrs. Peterby was busy cutting
her husband's hair, their little gon
Johnny proceeded to pick up some hair
that was scattered over the floor.
"Please, ma, m a y n ' t I have a lock of
papa's hair? I want it so badly."
"Yes, my child. Justsee there, John,
what an affectionate little fellow he is;
that child has more heart than any
child I ever saw."
"What do you want the lock of hair
for, Johnny?" said Mr. Peterby.
" I want to tie it on tail of my hobby
horse," said Johnny.
Not That Kind of Pearl.
Four smart young men entered a
cafe a few days ago and took seats at a
table. A moment later a young woman
appeared for the purpose of waiting on
them. They were quite talkative, and
each in turn tried to ascertain the giro's
first ñame, but without success. Final-ly
she Informed them that her name
was Pearl.
"Oh, I see!" said one, "you are the
pearl of great price."
"No," she replied, " I am one of those
pearls that are sometimes cast before
Tourist Bates v i a t h e Seaboard.
Winter Tourist Tickets are now on
sale at greatly reduced rates, via the Sea-board
Air Line Railway, to all points in
Florida, also to Cuba and Nassau, as
well as to Pinehurst, Camden and the
leading Southern Winter Resorts.
These Tickets ¡ire good for stop-over,
either going or coming, until the end of
the Winter Season.
The Seaboard is the short route from
the North and East to Florida and t he
South Atlantic States.
For further information and Book of
Winter Tours, apply to Agents of t he
Seaboard Air Line Railway and those
of connecting lines. Also for "The Land
of Manatee," about a region on the west
coastof southern Florida, in three book-lets:
No. 3, Historical and Discriptive;
No. 2, For Gardener and Fruit Grower;
No. 3, ForTourist and Sportsman. Ask
or send for the one you wan t.
C. B. RYAN, G. P . A .
Portsmouth, Va.
—In dedicatinga book by two women,
President Roosevelt wrote this : "The
man or woman who deliberately avoids
marriage, and has a heart so cold as to
know no passion, and a brain so shal-low
and selfish as to dislike having
children, is in effect a criminal against
the race." The book says that native
American women have the fewest chil-dren.
The Diamond Drill and Machine
Company, of Birdsboro, has awarded
the contract for a pattern shop, 60 by
80 feet', and four stories high. :
Henry Reiflnger, of Schweyer's,
Berks county^ employed at Moatz &
Schrader's óre miñes, was' caught in a
fly wheel, making 300 revolutions per
minute. His life was saved by the al-most
instantaneous stoppage of the en-gine,
but his condition is serious.
Seaman & Merkel, manufacturers of
agricultural implements at Fleetwood,
Berks county, broke ground for a large
four story warehouse.
Falling into a tub of hot water, at
Shamokin, Frank Stankawicz, aged 3,
was scalded to death.
A bill has been presented in Congress
for the purchase, for $25,000, of the col-lection
of butterflies of Dr. Herman
Strecker, of Reading, for the Smithson-ian
Institution. As an amendment to
one of the repealer bills it was ruled out,
on a point of order,: but may be acted on
as a separate measure.
Charles F. Molly, to the use of E. K.
Woelfley, brought an action, at Read-ing,
against the Reading Suburban
Real Estate Company, to recover com-missions
alleged to amount to $105,000,
for the sale of building lots at Wyo-missing.
George Johnston and Claude Stieff
were held for court at Reading charged
with the larceny of ¡ trunks belonging
to Ethel Barrymore, Harry Davenport,
Annie Oakley and other members of
theatrical companies. They admitted
their guilt.
Judge Biddle, at Carlisle, decided
that Coutíty Commissioners have the
right to borrow money in order to meet
current expenses in county affairs.
Notices were posted at the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company's Pan-ther
Creek colleries, announcing that be-ginning
Monday the colleries will work
nine instead of ten hours daily.
Application has been made to Gover-nor
Penny packer for a respite of sixty
days for Charles Grether, sentenced to
be hanged at Stroudsburg on the 24th
instant for the killing of Constable
S trunk.
Out of the fifteen new cases* to be
brought in the February term of t he
Monroe Court seven are for divorce.
Four out of,the seven divorces are by
women seeking release.
A convention of t he superintendents
and principals of the Schuylkill county
public schools, held in Pottsville yester
day, was addressed by Superintendent
H. H. Spayd, of Minersville, on "How
Should We Procure Better Pronuncia-tion
on the Part of Our Pupils?" and
Professor J . N. Nelin, of Pottsville,- on
"How Much Assistance Should a
Teacher Give a Pupil in the Preparation
of a Lesson?"
Secretary Lee, of the Slate Board of
Health, urged Governor Penny packer's
aid in securing the appropriation of ¡550,-
000 to the Board to suppress epidemics.
Fire at Tarentüm caused the death of
one member of the Craig family and in-jured
four, two of them fata i t y.
A natural gas explosion following a
small fire in Pittsburg burned six fire-men.
Thomas Goodman shot and probably
fatally wounded Maggie Elsely at
Bristol. Both are negroes.
The Easton Steel Company will mine
coal for its use under the rolling mill at
its Pottsville plant.
Joseph J . Liddy was blown to pieces
at York Haven by the mistake of an
Italian in turning the curren t i n to a
blast.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
United Mine Workers was held at
Wilkesbarre, in the inlerest of a $75,000
purse for John Mitchell.
Not so Dull.
" J o h n , " who lives in a Pennsylvania
village, was thought to be very stupid.
He was sent to a mill one day, and t h e
miller said:
"John some people say you are a fool.
Now tell me what you know, and w h a t
you don't know."
"Well," replied John, " I know mill-er's
hogs are f a t ."
"Yes, that's well, John. Now what
don'tyou know?'.'
" I don't know whose corn fats ' e m ! "
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