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YOL. XXIX.
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OPENING
•g|"T HAS always been to us a satis-
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and friends to tell them
that, we are prepared to meet the cloth-ing
demands of the season, not by way
of saying we have the cheapest and
the best, but by saying we will show
you as good a line of
SUITINGS .and
OVERCOATINGS
in piece goods as is in the market.
Ready-made Overcoats, heavy or fall
w e i g h t s ; Rain Coats, Mackintoshes
and Rubber=Lined Coats, Ready-made
Suits for men, youths, boys and
children.
Hats, Caps, Shirts
Gloves, Suspenders, Collars
Cuffs, Neckwear, Umbrellas, Half
Hose, Overalls, Jumpers
Knit Jackets
and a full line of Wool and Fleece-lined
Underwear as low as can be
bought at any legitimate or reliable
clothing store in the county.
Walter H. Buch
CLOTHIER
Broad Street Lititz, Pa.
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BATS,
CAPS.
WINGERT & HAAS.
(Successors to H . L . Boas)
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You will find them here in end-less
variety for dress or work.
Railroaders Gloves, furs and
waterproof, a specialty.
Our HATS and CAPS are up-to
date at all times.
Prices always reasonable
*Dt\ IReeb'e C u s h i o n S b oe
fot ¿Ifcen anb Monten
-EASIEST SHOE ON EARTH
In summer the heat penetrates the sole, and in winter dampness and cold
result in rheumatism, neuralgia, etc.
The Dr. Reed Cushion Sole prevents and cures all these afflictions.
This cushion is entirely unlike any "inner sole," and is built into and be-comes
a part of the sole. This fibre cushion is pliable and a non-conductor of
neither heat or cold. The feet are kept at a natural temperature. The cushion
conforms to and fills every curve of the foot, distributes the weight evenly and
admits of perfect blood circulation.
We have the agency for these thoes, and have in stock Vici and Box Calf
Shoes for men, and Vici with patent tips and k id tips, light and heavy sole
shoes for women.
3 and 5 East King St.,
Lancaster, Pa. eHHS. H. FREY
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Do You Want a Present?
Christmas is rapidly approaching. Be among the first to
have a choice of the beautiful and very large stock now exhib-ited
at
HENRY WEEBER'5, 7 W. King, Lancaster.
LARGE STOCK OF J E W E L R Y . R E P A I R I N G DONE.
Don't fail to see and price
our large line of
Stoves
Heaters and Ranges
Wringers
"Washing Machines
Terra Gotta Pipe
Hardware, Cement
Paints, Glass
LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1905/ NO. 13.
Published Every Friday Morning by
J. FRANK BUCH.
OFFICE—No. 9 S. Broad street, Lititz,
Lancaster County, Pa.
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entitled to the EECOBD for one year, for
his trouble.
BLANKETS, ROBES, &c.
We have t h e c e l e b r a t e d Wallace Moun-t
a i n Robe.
248 a n d 245 N o r t h Queen St., LANCASTER
goods do not go to
W E I N B E R G ' S
FOR H E K E E PS
ONLY
First-Class Men's, Youths' a nd
Children's Clothing a nd
Furnishings
CALL AND S EE
W e i n b e r g ' s
A. E. BOMBERGER, LITITZ, PA.
Dressy
for Ladies
Frequently a Stylish Shoe is made
and sold merely on the merit of i ts
good looks. Its beauty is only skin-deep,
and i ts life of service exceeding-ly
short. Have you ever been "stuck?"
The Shoes we offer are stylish—but
serviceable—honest—good-wearing, as
well as good looking. We can give
you the best Shoe made for the money,
at any price from $1.25 to $4.00.
Misses' Shoes, 75c to $2.
Infants' Shoes, 50c, 75c, $1.
A full line of Natural Wool Lined
Shoes for Men and Women.
TH€ KINZLCR SHO€ CO.
E. F. DEICHLER, Prop.
161-163 N. Queen St. LANCASTER
regiment?" asked young T H E N A N D N O W .
THE
TEST OF
AFFECTION,
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By F. B. WRIGHT.
S END your orders by m a l l or t e l e p h o n e to
PHILIP RUDY'S
HARNESS and TRUNK STORE
When you want shoddy
106 N. Queen Street,
LANCASTER
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We have a F i n e liot o f
FALL AND WINTER SUITING
Pant Patterns and Overcoating.
If you do not need a new Over-coat
bring your last year's one
to be repaired. We are getting
in new goods every day.
R. EISENBERG
MERCHANT TAILOR a n d IMPORTER
217 N. (¿ueen St., Lancaster
Hull Telephone. !'.i!0.l. '***'
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HAVE YOU
SEEN
The new way in which
we are getting up photo-graphs
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It's a Platino Carbon
put up in folder form.
Very pretty and g e t -
ting to be very popular.
WOLF
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
22 N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pa.
J. K. CARPER
HarpgSS Maker
21 South Broad Street
LITITZ PA.
MY WORK SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF
The largest assortment of goods
Northern Lancaster County,
CAPITAL fiAS and GASOLINE ENGINES
Are m a d e w i t h i n 20 miles of L i t i t z . This
a big a d v a n t a g e a n d s h o u l d not be o v e r -
looked by t h e pospeetive p u r c h a s e r . Write
for special price o n o u r 3J4 H . P. engine.
Saw Mills, Threshers, New a n d Second-h
a n d S t e am a n d Gasoline Engines.
C. H. A. DISSINGER & BRO.,
W R I G H T S y i L L E , P A .
K A U T Z ' S S T O RE
East Main Street, Lititz.
D r y Goods, Notions, Groceries
and nearly all else found in a general
store. Try a pack of new kiln dried Corn
Meal, different makes. New Buckwheat
will soon be in.
Special attention is directed to my
choice line of special blended
and fresh roasted
Coffees
which have no equal
in price and quality.
Fine Crushed Canned Corn, 6c a can.
Litnberger Cheese, 16c a lb.
Come and see me the next time you
want goods, as it shall be my constant
aim to please all customers, be they large
or small buyers.
E. E. KAUTZ.
"WOODPECKER"
G A S O L I N E G A S ENGINES
ALL SIZES Write for Catalogue
GEO. XT. BEST
Franklin and Mifflin Sts., LANCASTER
HE was a pretty girl, a very
pretty girl, though just where
the centerpoint of her beauty
lay was hard to determine, each
man having a different idea on
the subject.
Aside from her good looks, which
were free to any man with eyes, she
had subtler attractions for the indi-vidual.
Miss Maberly obeyed the in
junction of the apostle and was all
things to all men.
With one she rode, and very well,
too. With another she golfed, and
he was prepared to swear that she
golfed like an angel—which might
be true enough, and yet not make her
mistress of the cleek and brassy.
With a third she talked of Shakes-peare
and t he musical classes.
From all that has been said it will
be plain that Miss Maberly cut a
wide swath in the field of unmarried
officers stationed at Sheridan bar-racks.
From Carroll, who was very
young and ingenious and h ad a pretty
color in his cheeks, up to t h e senior
major, who was grizzled and a widow-er,
and had no color at all, except in
his nose, they were all u p u p to their
eyelids in love.
The only reason the colonel escaped
was because he was her father. He
was at this time perhaps the most
popular colonel in t he service.
Miss Maberly came in June, bringing
with her " t h e summer and t he s u n ,"
as Lieutenant Winthrop said she told
him, and i t was now near t h e holidays.
She was going- to give her friends a
few gifts after the New Year's Eve
ball.
Including t h e artillery and infantry,
there was a number of men in her train.
It was manifested improbable that she
would give presents" to"aTf,Tfiefefore"
the man who received one would be
indicated for preferment.
It was agreed that the lucky man
should bring his present to t h e mess
New Year's morning unopened, and
then show it as proof that he had won.
After that he was to have free field.
Young Carroll felt this to be unfair
in a way, but yet h e could not in honor
warn his friends that he was to be t he
lucky man.
It was by accident he found out.
He happened to catch Miss Maberly at
work with a lot of worsted, though
what the work was he did not discover
because she hid i t behind her when he
entered.
" I didn't want you to know anything
about it until New Years," she said.
" I t is to be a surprise—and anyway,
please don't mention i t ."
He did not mention it, but he walk-ed
about for some days on air, and
threw a chest that was perceptible
across the parade ground. He felt a
yast pity for those other chaps who
were to draw blanks in t h e New Year's
lottery.
Never had Miss Maberly looked
prettier than she did at the dance on
New Year's Eve, never had she "sat
out" so charmingly, never had she be-stowed
her favors more impartially.
It was a singularly cheerful crowd
that gathered at the bachelors' mess
the next morning. Each man bore
himself with an air of benevolent su-periority
to his fellows that was hard
to account for on any reasonable
grounds. It was as if none of them
had lost, which was absurd.
Dr. Slote, as a married man, had
been selected as the master of cere-monies.
"And now, gentlemen," he said
when the breakfast was over, "let
us proceed if you please to t h e show-down.
Will the gentleman who holds
the four aces kindly put his cards upon
the table.
There was a simultaneous move-ment
on the part of every unmarried
man present, a simultaneous diving
into pockets, a concordant rustling of
tissue paper, and then—silence. On
the table lay 24 bright red mittens oí
" t h e kind that mother used to make,"
and with each pair a card—"with Miss
Maberly's best wishes for a Happy
New Year, and hopes that these may
be of comfort in the winter of your
discontent."
Major Dunwoodie was t he first to
break the silence, and what he said
i i not printable. Then he rose and
pinned his present to t h e mantel shelf.
Each man did the same, until 11 pairs
of mittens hung displayed.
Only Carroll refused. "After a l l ,"
he said, "she made 'em, and t h a t 's
something. I intend t o wear mine."
"And you hope to win her yet, do
you, youngster?" asked the junior
major. Well, you needn't. I went
over to the colonel's last night after
the dance and learned something
which puts you all out of the running.
Miss Maberly's to be married in t he
spring."
"Married !" The mess gasped
one man.
"What
Carroll.
"None, my son. He's a godforsa
I ken, qualified civilian—a lawyer, or
professor, or something like that,"
| said the doctor.
Then Major Dunwoodie rose.
"Gentlemen," said he, " I didn't sup-
I pose it possible for the regiment to
lose, and to lose to a rank outsider,
too, but it has, and we must take our
defeat gracefully. Any man who has
succeeded in finding out that Miss
Maberly cares for him must be a won-der,
and I move we drink his health
I and hers !"
And it was done.
One School Law Kills Other.
Upon an opinion just rendered to
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-tion
Schaeffer by Attorney General
Carson, "you cannot, under the com-pulsory*
education law, impose a fine
upon parents or guardians for the non-attendance
of pupils who have been
excluded from the public schools on
the ground that they do not present
certificate of successful vaccination."
The two laws have conflicted so se-verely
under the State Health Commis
sioner's orders to exclude all pupils not
vaccinated and Superintendent Schaef-fer's
orders to arrest parents of pupils
who belonged in school but failed to
attend that the Superintendent appeal
ed to the Attorney General for guidance,
The results is the nullification of com-pulsory
vaccination where it conflicts
with health.
This has grown to be a mighty im-portant
matter, as in the Cumberland
Valley many parents have refused to
heed the vaccination edict since it con'
flicted with the compulsory school law.
I n Pottsville there are now about 1200
children threatened with dismissal from
schools for failure to vaccinate, 400
additional children having been found
whose vaccination never "took."
Low Excursion Bates to Florida and
Other Winter Resorts of the Sooth.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway, the
shortest and quickest route to the
principal Winter Resorts of the South, I shl a l f o l i o t w a r i g ; .
offers excursion rates to Pinehurst,
Southern Pines, Camden and other
famous resorts of the Carolines, Georgia
and Florida.
Tickets sold via this route allow thirty
days transit limit in each direction,
with stop-over privileges at a n y points
bothf going a»d refc»r«iegi . - - -
Having two through trains daily from
the East to Florida, with Pullman
Sleeping Cars and Dining Cars, the
Seaboard Air Line offers t h e very best
service, in addition to being the short-est,
quickest and most attractive route
to the South.
This line has issued attractive illus-trated
booklets and other advertising
matter, and if you are contemplating a
trip, you should write J . J . PULLEB,
Dist. Pass'r Agent of t h e Seaboard Air
Line Railway, with offices at No. 1429
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, who will
cheerfully furnish literature and a n y
information desired regarding resort
points, rates, schedules, climate, hotels,
etc.
F a m o u s III! m i U«-XH.
The hog played an important part in
Roman civilization, and it had its influ-ence
on religion, too, in another corner
of the world, for Buddha died of an
overfeed of dried boar's flesh. In re-cent
times there has been more hog at
the table than upon it. Perhaps the
best livers of olden times were the
French noblemen of the middle ages.
The modem world has never seen such
luxuries and extravagances as attend-ed
the banquet of the pheasant given
by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy,
when he was striving to organize a
crusade against the Turks. Lucullus'
famous banquets were a mere baga-telle
to the dinners given by Yitellius.
This glutton of proverbial memory
spent nearly §10,000 a day, or its equiv-alent
in tlenari, upon his eating, and it
was not uncommon for him to give a
little feast that cost $60,000. At one of
these there was served a golden bowl-ful
of peacocks' brains. Another dish
was made of tongues of the flamingo, a
very rare morsel: To procure these
dainties It was necessary to send sev-eral
ships'to the strait of Gibraltar and
companies of hunters to the mountains
of Krapac-ks.
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A Queer Proceeding.
The oldest temperance society in the
world is the abstaining commune in
Achlylta, in Siberia, all of whose mem-bers
are strict teetotalers every day in
the year except one. Regularly on the
1st day of September, year after year,
all the adult members of the commune
assemble In the parish church, and ev-ery
one takes a solemn vow before the
altar to drink 110 wine, beer or spirits
"from the morrow" of the following
day for the whole year. The clause
"from the morrow" is introduced in
order to give them a reward for their
virtues in the shape of a whole day of
drunken carnlvfil. As soon as they
leave the church they begin to indulge
In a horrible bacchanalian drinking,
which continues throughout the day,
until neither maii nor woman in the vil-lage
is sober. This Is naturally follow-ed
by considerable physical suffering
and then by mental remorse, whereup-on
the penitent parish enters upon its
twelvemonth of model sobriety, and all
live like the Rechabites. Some students
imagine that this queer proceeding
tnay be a prehistoric tribal custom.
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Second Letter From a Lancaster
County School Teacher to his Chum
at College.
DEAR JACK : T h a n k you for answer-ing
so soon. There's one thing I want
you to tell me in your next letter.
Has hazing died out a t W— College ?
If it has, i t ' s for the best ; i t often be-comes
a brutal show of bullyism. All
the same it was funny when the
"Sophs" had you on a pile of logs and
"speechifying" on dressmaking. Of
course it wasn't quite as funny when
they put me u p on t h e forum and I
favored them with "The Good Old
Summer Time" to t he t u n e of Yankee
Doodle. But then we were Freshmen
and now you are a Junior and I am a
pedagogue. Do you know you make
me homesick for college with your
breesy letters. But life in Milington
has i t ' s consolations.
' F a t t y " Strang took me for a drive
on Sunday afternoon, and by t h e way,
he told me another of those ' 'stretcher'
Dutch stories. I accused him of pil-fering
from some almanac, but he
dared me to show my hand, but he
added : "If you should find something
similar to what I 'm going to tell you,
It would only go to show what a little
world this is and fairly overflowing
with remarkable coincidences." This
is his story he claims that occurred at
the home of one of his patrons. He
teaches in the northern part of Mill
township. Here is his tale : A cattle
drover was purchasing heifers on t he
farms lying about his school house
and came to one farm, where no
English is spoken. He hailed the
house and the Mrs. accompanied by
one daughter answered. He politely
asked, (in English, for he spoke no
other tongue), "Have you any heifers
for sale?" The Mrs. misunderstood
him and said, "Nay, unser heffe sin al
fol lodwarig." (No, our crocks are all
full of applebutter). He remonstrated,
"No, no, have you any heifers for
sale ?" She quickly replied, emphatic-ally,
"Nay, ich hob dir 'gsat unser
No, I told
you our crocks are all full of apple-butter).
He, being at a loss what to
say, motioned toward the garden,
where he saw a man j u s t coming up
the walk. Thé Mrs , addressing her
daughter, said, "Sal, gae un sag der
dad gpljfluJJhfir kuma." (Sal, gp and
tell father to come here ) The Mr.
came to t h e wagon, vigorously chew-ing
and spitting streams of brown
juice, some getting no farther than h is
chin. The drover addressed his oft-repeated
question to him. "I was
asking t h e women folks whether you
had any heifers for sale." The Mr.
turned around with a p i t y i ng glance
at his wife and said, "Why, mam,
husht du der arem monh net forsteh
kenna. Er will ein hoffe fol schmutz
for sei waggeradt schmeera. Ich denk
er wart an hase bix hovve." (Why,
mother, could you not understand this
poor man. He wants a crockful of
grease to lubricate his wagon. I sup-pose
he has a heated axle).
The Pennsylvania Dutch, at least
those of Lancaster county, are very
kind-hearted and good-natured toward
tramps. It was only last night that a
half-crazed German was given permiss-ion
to sleep in the stable of Mr. Bosser-man.
This is where I lodge. Before
sunset, the tratnp was lying in t he
straw and playing on his harmonica
until a late hour. It sounded very sad
to me, issuing from the rearmost corner
of the stable. When the strains of
"Way down upon the Swanee River,"
My Old Kentucky Home," and
Home, Sweet Home," greeted my
ears, my thoughts went back to you
and home, and I became lost in
reverie. How true it is, that music
has charms for t h e soul ! "Fatty"
Strang is going to take me with him
to Millersville State Normal School on
a visit before long. This is the county-folk's
great pedagogic school in Lan-caster
county. You no doubt remem-ber
the football game with Franklin
and Marshall two years ago. I met a
young man from Lampeter township,
who tells me this story : He was asked
by a neighbor where he was attending
school, ii he was going to Millersville
or not. Upon replying that he was
attending F. and M. College, the
neighbor sighed, "Oh, then you are
only preparing for Millersville." But
this is only one of many. Lancaster
county folks do not all think that
colleges are only preparatory schools
for normal school.
As I write the wind whistles through
the cracks and clinks of the school-house,
while the gladsome sounds of
the children resounding at play form
an echo in the neighboring woods.
Just at t h i s moment I was interrupted
by a noise back of the school-house ;
the window being open, I heard a
scuffling and some cheering. Above
all I distinguished the voice of a
youngster yelling, "I'll make him
sweat." The smallest one downed
the larger I knew they should have
some punishment, for fighting, you
know, cannot be allowed, but imagine
me, an exponent of the "best man
wins," reprimanding two youngsters
and making them each stay in fifteen
minutes at noon. You never thought
I could be a good disciplinarian. Aha !
I'm learning not only to train child-ren,
but to train myself, and t h i s is
the most to me. On Monday last I
was favored with another "beginner."
His father brought him.to school and
told me I had a " T a r t a r , " a stubborn
I N EVERY Receipt that calls for cream
of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use
the Royal Baking Powder. Better results
will be obtained because of the absolute
purity and great leavening strength of the
Royal. It will make the food lighter,
sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and
wholesome. It is always reliable and uni-form
in its work.
Alum and phosphate baking powders—
some of them sôld at the same price and
some of them cheapèr—will make neither
dainty nor wholesome food.
ROYAL. &AKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
'Tartar" to handle. He seemed to
like school all right, but after return-ing
at noon and playing awhile with
the rest of the pupils, someone told
him, t h e teacher (that's me, you know,
grand title, isn't it !), was coming with
the whip. He was frightened so bad-ly
he r an home, and even though his
mother brought him back, he would
not stay at school. This morning,
however, he returned and he has gain-ed
courage to tell me some of his
home-happenings. One of the other
boys made him laugh out loud this
afternoon, and when I reproved him
he replied with his peculiar German
accent, "Well, Sammie, makes me so
laugh."
I still have ten minutes before i t 's
time to call school. What may be
crowded into ten minutes ! What
history has been made in ten minutes !
How many persons have gone into the
wrong path ! How" many ten minutes
of anguish have you and I had ! How
many of pleasure ! Let us hope and
pray that all our ten minutes may he
productive of good, you at college ; I
at teaching. Let them be filled with
pleasure and good, not only for us
only, but for all mankind. The leaves
are beginning to turn into vai ied colors
and autum's reign is come. "Ah,"
you say, " I know what's coming."
Yes, I ' l l not spare you. This is t he
pill you must swallow :
A heavy f r o s t o n field a n d wood t h i s morn,
A t h i n w h i t e b l a n k e t o n e a c h leaf a n d t w i g ;
Soon o u r eyes a f a i r y l a n d will behold,
B r i g h t gay colors, r i c h w i t h red a n d gold,
U n t i l w i t h every sound of w a t c h e s ' t i ck
Down to m o t h e r e a r t h , each brown leaf is
borne.
The green fields t u r n e d t o b r o w n a n d yellow
hue,
The ivy v i n e c h a n g e d t o b r i l l i a n t s c a r l e t;
But soon field a n d v i n e will be f o u n d so b a r e,
That n e i t h e r blade nor leaf will be seen
t h e r e .
Once b r i g h t as t h e d r e s s of a gay h a r l o t .
Then p l a i n a s t h e l a d y i n Q u a k e r ' s pew.
The milkweed's w h i t e - t o p p e d balloons float
slow
O'er t h e field a n d wayside, w i t h t h e t h i s t l e 's
down ;
While t h e t w i t t e r i n g birds, t h e i r pinions
guide.
And fly t o t h e T r o p i c ' s sun, side b y side.
Now, a c o r n s a n d c h e s t n u t s come t u m b l i ng
down,
And f r om t h e j u i c y grape t h e wine doth
flow.
I n the field lies t h e c o r n i n b r i g h t yellow
h e a p s ;
And the p u m p k i n s hid a m o n g s t t h e s t u b -
bles,
Give t o u s d r e a m s of r i ch a n d luscious pies.
What could be m o r e pleasing t o o u r w o n -
d ' r i n g eyes,
Than, where t h e s p r i n g in t h e w a t e r - c r e ss
bubbles.
Or t h e l a d e n b r a n c h e s , where s q u i r r e l leaps.
And now comes t h e b l u e b i r d t o say goodbye,
Nodding a gay f a r e w e l l on h i s way south.
The b l a c k b i r d s ' d u s k y horde now winds i ts
way
To where reigns t h e e t e r n a l summer day;
And no m o r e t h é c a t b i r d opens wide i ts
m o u t h .
To scold t h e i n t r u d e r s who come too nigh.
The p e r s i m m o n ' s yellow skin tempts us
now,
The wild-grapes' p u r p l e sack l o u d l y calls;
The rosy-cheeked apple t u m b l e s down,
Adding t o e a r t h a s p o t t e d golden crown,
And g e n t l y whispers as i t s w i f t l y falls,
" S u m m e r is g o n e arid A u t u m n is h e r e j u st
now."
Be good to yourself, old chap, and
write soon.
Yours,
WILIV BERGE.
Care JACK MANNING,
W College, Sept. 30, 19—.
Mayor March, of Easton, has signed
the ordinance requiring the removal of
all perihanent awnings and swinging
signs; but owners say they will defend
their property.
How Do You Write One Billion 1
There is one sum expressed by the
Arabic numerals upon which the Amer-ican
and the English mathematicians
have never been able to agree, the ex-act
number of naughts to be used in
expressing the sum of 1,000,000,000. In
this country as well as in France and
several other European nations a bil-lion
is a thousand millions and is ex-pressed
with a figure 1 and nine
naughts—thus. 1,000,COO,COO. In Eng-land,
however, they speak of a billion
as being "a million millions" and in
writing it with Arabic characters al-ways
use a figure 1 and twelve naughts
—thus, 1,¡000,000,000, COO.
OYEfi THE STATE.
Shamokin police are after wholesale
robbers of workmen's dinner-pails.
A fall of coal buried and killed Mrs.
George Yenn, aged 75 years, near Cole
dale.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Watres has
sprung his gubernatorial boom at Free-burg.
Painter William Woods, of Rich-mond,
Va., was killed trying to board a
freight train at South Bethlehem.
Harry Hitter, at Kreamer, Snyder
County, attempted to board a freight
train, fell under the wheels and his
foot was cut off.
The State Treasury has handled over
$12,000,000 more in 1905 than in the
year before, and paid out $7,800,000
more than in 1904.
The Lancaster district revenue re-ceipts
for November were $279,100.88,
an increase of $4,000, and cigars fur-nished
$220,416.36 thereof.
John, the 10-year-old son of John
McCann, of Slate Run, was cut in two
by a freight train wh'ch he was at-tempting
to board. He is the fifth
child of the McCanns that has died
within a year.
Jacob Kissinger, aged 19 years, of
Pleasant Hill, a surburb of Lebanon,
sou of James Kissinger, was instantly
killed at Annville Friday afternoon in
jumping from a moving train. His
head and both legs were cut off.
A highwayman at Altoona struck
Mrs. G. W. Winters and attempted to
snatch the purse in her hand under the
glare of an electric light. Her husband,
who was following, knocked the man
down and turned him over to the police.
Former Director of Public Safety A.
L. Euglish, former City Architect
Philip H. Johnson, James D. Finley, a
former city employee, and John W.
Henderson and H . Batan, paembers of
a contracting firm at Philadelphia, were
indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the city
in connectionwith the contsruction of a
smallpox hospital.
Unable to remember anything that
happened before his violent fall in
Coatesville recently, or even to tell
which secret society it is that he be-longs
to, Amos Baughman, of New
Freedom, puzzles the doctors.
I n coutempt for (he city's new spit-ting
ordinance almost everybody is
spitting on the sidewalk in front ot t he
premises of Common Councilman
Charles Hoberger, author of the
measure.)
Who would exchange the merry noise of
children at play, with the childless--home
where the clock tick can bo heard hour
after hour in the dull silence? But there
are a great many who would
like to people the silent
house with the children-tliat
fate has refused them. Fate
is often in this case.4only
another word for ignorance.
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