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VOL. XXVI. LITITZ, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1903. NO. 18.
Published Ev«ry Friday Morning by
0. FRANK BUCH.
OFFICE—No. 9 S. Broad street, Lititz,
Lancaster County, Pa.
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only give you a faint
idea of the stock we
carry and shall en-deavor
to give you
some idea of what can
be bought at our store.
$4.00, to $23.00
$5.50 to $11.00
$3-50
$2.00
90c to $3.50
Men's Suits as low as
Men's Swagger Overcoats
Men's Reefers
Men's Working Coats
Men's Pants
Men's bestOveralls and Jumpers 50c
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A large line of Underwear, the A
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the best fitting White Shirt in the
market, called the
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A Complete List of Our Neighbors
a n d Friends Who Were Called
Home D u r i n g t h e Year 1902 and
Where Their R e m a i n s Best.
Broad limi Minn House,
Record Building, Lititz,
W. H. BUCH.
Old Father Time.
Old Father Time is about to reverse his glass and start
in on 1903. "So runs the time away."
With a promise to do all and more for friends and pa-trons
during the coming year than we have done in the past,
we extend a
New Year's Greeting.
Trusting and hoping we may all be here, hale, happy
and hearty, when it's time to reverse the glass again.
CHAS. H. FREY, Leader of Low Prices,
3 and 5 E. King St., Lancaster.
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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.
H. L-. B07ÎS,
144 N. Queen St. Newt. Wingert, Mgr.
Skates, Sleds,
Sleig-hbells,
Snow Shovels,
Stoves and M m very Cheap.
Give us your order for CLOVER
SEED for Spring.
Î. It. B
L I T I T Z , P A .
Jan. 2, at Kissel Hill, Elmer M.
Broome, aged 21 years. Kissel Hill.
J a n . 3, in Clay township, Harvey
Walters, aged 30 y e a r s . Mellitiger's
near Schoeneck.
J a n . s, at White Oak, Amos Arthur
Hassler, aged 16 years. Bergstrasse.
J a n . 10, at Neffsville, Sarah, wife of
Jacob Stump, aged 73 years. Neffs-v
i l l e Lutheran.
Jan. 11, at Lititz, Mrs. Thamar Shelly,
aged 84 years. Moravian.
J a n . 12, in Penn township, Miss Ella
Stehman, aged 19 years. Kreider's
near Manheim.
J a n . 12, at Landis Valley, Daniel
Burkholder. Landis Valley.
J a n . 13, at Womelsdorf, Herbert, son
of Sydney Weidler, aged 2 years.
Rothsville Lutheran.
Jan. 16, near Weidmanville, Harry
Shiffler, aged 22 years. Lincoln
cemetery.
J a n . 16, near Rothsville, William, son
of George S. Pipgress, aged 14
months. Rothsville Lutheran.
Jan. 17, at Lexington, Elijah Buel,
aged 76 years. Lititz United Evan-gelical.
Jan. 24, a t Durlach, Mrs. George Enck,
aged 77 years. Brickerville Reform-ed.
Jan. 25, near Brickerville, Mrs. Lizzie
Frederick, aged 60 years. Muddy
creek church cemetery.
J a n . 25, in Clay township, George
Nies, aged 88 years. Lincoln cem-etery.
Jan. 26, in Penn township, EHas Eit-nier,
aged 84 years Erb's
Jan. 26, in Ephrata township, Mrs.
Catharine Engle, aged 53 years.
Lincoln.
J a n . 28, i n Clay township, Albert H.
Eberly, aged 35 years. Emanuel's
Lutheran, Brickerville.
Feb. 1, near E p h r a t a , Samuel S. Engle,
aged 60 years. Lincoln.
Feb. 1, a t Brickerville, May, daughter
of Elias and Agnes Dullenbohn,
aged 15years. Emanuel's Lutheran,
Brickerville.
Feb. 1, a t Lititz, Mrs. K a t h a r i n e Rapp,
aged 64 years. Machpelah.
Feb. 6, a t Phoeniz, Arizona, Daniel Z.
Erb, aged 24 years. Erb's meeting
house.
Feb. 7, near Kissel Hill, Mary L.,
wife of Samuel Korte, aged 33 years.
Nefisville U. B.
Feb. 8, near Kissel Hill, Samuel Korte
aged 33 years. Neffsville U. B.
Feb. 8, near Lititz, F r a n k Victor, son
of W. M. a n d Lizzie Pfautz, aged 11
years. Longenecker's.
Feb. 9, at Lititz, Mary, daughter of
Aaron and Minnie Eshleman, aged
3 m o n t h s . Moravian.
Feb. io, at Disston, Rebecca, wife of
Jacob Fry, aged 82 years. Rothville
Lutheran.
Feb. 11, at Lexington, Lena, daughter
of Lydia Evans, aged 1 year. Roths-v
i l l e Lutheran.
Feb. 14, at Rome, Samuel H., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Huber, aged 9
years. East P e t e r s b u r g Mennonite.
Feb. 14, i n Manheim township, Jacob
M. Moyer, aged 73 years.
Feb. 15, near Lincoln, Mrs. Lucy
Kurtz, aged 74 years. Lincoln cem-etery.
Feb. 15, near Nefisville, Alvin Herr,
aged 18 years. Nefisville Lutheran.
Feb. 17, i n Lititz, Helen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Haydn Ringer, aged
5 years. Moravian.
Feb. 19, in Lititz, Frank S. Krick,
aged 24 years. Moravian.
Feb. 19, a t Brunnerville, Lincoln E.,
son of Lincoln and Emma Weachter,
aged 8 m o n t h s . Erb's meeting house
Feb. 21, in Lititz, Theodore, son of
Samuel and Lizzie Bear, aged 7
years. U. E . cemetery.
Feb. 21, a t Owl Hill, Mrs. J o h n Martin,
aged 41 years. Millport cemetery.
Feb. 22, near White Oak station,
Frances, wife of Martin G. Keller.
Feb. 23, at Rothsville, Franklin M.
Slick, of Manheim borough, aged 62
years. Akron Evangelical.
Feb. 26, near Nefisville, Emma, wife
of George Zahm, aged 39 years.
Feb. 28, at Lititz, Charles F . Hearing,
aged 57 years. U. E . cemetery.
March 1, a t Brownstown, Mrs. Barbara
Shirk, aged 93 years. Brownstown
Mennonite.
March 2, a t Lititz, Leon, child of Jacob
and Lizzie Kissinger, aged 6 weeks.
U. E. cemetery.
March 6, i n Elizabeth township, Mrs.
Luzetta Earhart, aged 84 years.
White Oak church cemetery.
March 8, at Lebanon, Joseph Smith,
from near Lititz, aged 60 years. Lan-dis
Valley Mennonite.
March 11, at Nefisville, Charles B.
Reidenbaugh, aged 17 years. Nefis-ville
German Baptist.
March n , at Rexmont, Lebanon coun-ty,
Mrs. Catharine Williams, aged 63
years. White Oak
March 12, in Penn township, Samuel
Pfautz, aged 64 years. Middle Creek
meeting house.
March 22, at East Petersburg, Catha-rine,
wife of Daniel B Erb, aged 70
March 30, i n Penn township, Mrs. Eliz-abeth
Longenecker, aged 90 years.
Fairview cemetery, Manheim
March 31, in Warwick, John Huber,
aged 80 years. Moravian
April 6, at Lititz, Emma, wife of Chris-t
i an Haisch, aged 56 years. Moravian
April 13, at Owl Hill, Harold, son of
Phares Michael, aged 3 years. Long-enecker's
April 14, at Manheim, H a r r y B Sum-my,
aged 34 years. Fairview
April 17, in Clay township, Moses B
Snyder, aged 67 years. Shenk's
graveyard
April 17, in Warwick, H e n r y W Miller,
aged 81 years. Mellinger's meeting
house near Schoeneck
April 18, at Lititz, H a r r y A Hoft, aged
44 years. Machpelah
April 20, a t Nefisville, Mrs. Anna Dus-singer,
aged 70 years. Nefisville
Lutheran
April 25, at Lexington, Edwin L Kry-der,
aged 66 years. Graybill's
April 25, at Manheim, Miss Carrie
Hershey, aged 22 years. Fairview
April 26, at Brownstown, Solomon
Hoover, aged 90 years. Evangelical
April 27, at E a s t Petersburg, Rev. J o hn
B Landis, aged 82 years. Mennonite
April 27, at Schoeneck, Dr. Samuel S
Wiest, aged 74 years. Steinmetz's
April 28, at Lititz, Erna, daughter of
Edwin and J u l i a Sturgis, aged 14
years. Moravian
April 28, at Lititz, Roy, son of Levi
and E l ' e n Rudy, aged 3 years. Mo-r
a v i an
May 2, a t Reading, Mrs. Amada Stu-denroth,
aged 34 years. Hess' meet-i
n g house
May 2, at Lititz, Abraham L Lane,
aged 60 years. Moravian
May 6, near Penryn, Mrs. Sarah Ann
Gantz, aged 77 years. Brickerville
L u t h e r an
May 7, in Warwick, Wilson, son of
Adam and Kate Rollman, aged 5
years. U. E. cemetery, Lititz
May 8, in Clay township, Henry H
Bingaman, aged 67 years. Paradise
U B
May 8, near Kissel Hill, Hilda, daugh-ter
of Albert Weber, aged 9 years.
Machpelah
May 12, at Lititz, Jacob Palm, aged 65
years. Moravian
May 12, at Owl Hill, Sidney, daughter
of Adam Rollman, aged 3 years. U
E cemetery, Lititz
May 13, at Lititz, Roy, son of Lemon
and Kate Miley, aged 4 years. U E
cemetery
May 14, at Owl Hill, Annie, daughter
of Adam Rollman, aged 2 years. U
E cemetery, Lititz
May 28, at Ephrata, Maria, wife of
Peter Dixon, aged 60 years. Kissel
Hill
J u n e 6, at Neffsville, Mrs. Sarah A
Long, aged 75 years. Landis Valley
J u n e 8, near Neffsville, Rev. Christian
Brubaker, aged 83 years. Longen-ecker's
J u n e 10, at Brunnerville, Nancy, wife
of Samuel F Shultz, aged 46 years.
Mellinger's
J u n e 12, at E a s t Petersburg, Christian
Kauffman, aged 75 years. Petersburg
Mennonite
J u n e 13, at Owl Hill, Elizabeth, wife of
Lemon Lutz, aged 38 years. Gray-bill's
J u n e 14, at Brickerville, Mrs. Moses
Wunderly, aged 75 y e a r s . Scheaffers-town
J u n e 16, in Clay township, Mrs. Sarah
Johnson, aged 62 years. Paradise
church
J u n e 17, in York county, Mrs. Stella
Eberly, aged 27 years. Brickerville
L u t h e r an
J u n e 20, in Penn township, Mary, wife
of J o h n H o f f e r t , aged 65 years. Hern-l
e y 's
J u n e 28, in Clay township, Mrs. Su-sanna
Powell, aged 60 years
J u n e 30, in Clay township, Minnie,
wife of George P Miller, aged 21
years. Interment near Reading
J u n e 30, at Landis Valley, Martin N
Brubaker, aged 73 y r s . Landis Valley
J u l y 5, at Warwick, Hettie, wife of
J o h n Adaire, aged 60 y e a r s . Peters-b
u r g Mennonite
J u l y 6, at Kissel Hill, Isaac George,
aged 77 years. Kissel Hill
J u l y 7, near Brubaker, Miss Lavina
Zentmyer, aged 82 years. Kissel
H i l l
J u l y 8, at Warwick, Christian Mohn
aged 62 y e a r s . Middle Creek
J u l y 11, at Lititz, Mrs. Catharine Con-rad,
aged 75 years. Moravian
J u l y 13, at Lititz, Monroe Kauffman,
aged 22 y e a r s . J/oravian
J u l y 14, in Ephrata township, Lydia
Ann, wife of Martin B Doster, aged
34 years, Brickerville Lutheran
J u l y 16, at Brickerville, Miss Anna
Schnerer, aged 76 years. Bricker-ville
Lutheran
J u l y 20, at Kissel Hill, Luella, daugh-t
e r of Mr. and Mrs. E l am Buchen,
aged 4 months
J u l y 21, near Lexington, Sarah, wife of
Albert Sesseman, aged 65 years
G r a y b i l l 's
J u l y 24, a t Brickerville, Margaret, wife
of Moses Miller, aged 86 y r s . Brick
erville Lutheran
J u l y 28, near Millway, Victor, son of
Monroe Greenly, aged 15 months
Hess'
J u l y 30, in Rapho township, Mrs. An
nie Balmer, aged 65 years. Kreider's
near Manheim
Aug 2, at Rothsville, J o h n K Ressler
aged 35 years. Rothsville L u t h e r an
Aug 7, at Clay, John, son of Wayne
Boyer, aged 8 m o n t h s . Brickerville
Lutheran
Aug 10, Lititz, Mary E , daughter of
William and Mary Sturgis, aged 5
months. Evangelical
Aug 13, a t Brownstown, Isaac R Buch,
aged 75 years. Evangelical
Aug 15, a t Warwick township, Mary,
daughter of H e n r y McQuate, aged 2
years. Petersburg
Aug 15, a t Lititz, Taylor B Mercer, of
Christia,na, aged 61 years. Interment
Christiana
Aug 16, a t Warwick, A n d r ew Minnich,
aged 71 years. Brunnerville U B
Aug 20, a t Lititz, Charles, son of Mon-roe
and Anna Whitcraft, aged 14
months. Hess'
Aug 20, at Millport, Michael, son of
E d w i n and Mary Spangler, aged 2
years. Rothsville Lutheran
Aug 22, at Lititz, Mrs. Susan Brown,
aged 86 years. Machpelah
Aug 25, a t Owl Hill, Adam S Lutz,
aged 61 years. Middle Creek
Aug 29, a t Owl H i l l , Mrs. Mary Hagen-berger,
aged 71 years. Petersburg
Mennonite
Sept 2, at Litit'i, Mildred, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Longenecker,
aged 14 months. Moravian
Sept 5, a t Rothsville, Samuel Weidler,
aged 55 years. Rothsville L u t h e r an
Sept 8, at Lancaster, Mrs. Caroline
Baker, aged 80 years. Lititz Moravian
Sept 9, near Kissel Hill, Mrs. Sarah
Steinmetz, aged 40 years. Kissel Hill
Sept 10, a t Neffsville, Samuel Wechter,
aged 80 years. Neffsville L u t h e r an
Sept 10, in Elizabeth township, Joseph
Keener, aged 76 years. Hernley's
Sept 12, in Warwick township, Gabriel
Carpenter, aged 88 years. Lexington
Sept 13, i n Warwick township, Phares,
son of H e n r y a n d Mary Miller, aged
16 years. Longenecker's
Sept 18, at Lancaster, Jacob Beck, of
Owl Hill, aged 56 years. Zion's Breth-ren,
Rothsville
Sept 18, H e n r y a n d William, t w i n chil-dren
of Mr. a n d Mrs. William Riess-ner,
aged 2 months. Moravian
Sept 26, a t Brunnerville, J o h n Badorf,
aged 71 years. Erb's
O c t l , at Brickerville, E d w i n Elser,aged
74 years. Brickerville L u t h e r an
Oct 4, a t Warwick, Lottie, wife of J o hn
D Getz, aged 20 years. Moravian
Oct 6, a t Neffsville, Joseph Whitmyer,
aged 71 years. Landis Valley
Oct 8, at Lititz, Thomas B Dussinger,
aged 23 years. Machpelah
Oct 8, in E p h r a t a township, Michael
Bollinger, aged 75 years. Middle Creek
Oct 23, a t Lititz, Albert G Killian, aged
68 years. Bergstrasse Lutheran
Oct 28, in Warwick township, Henry
Shoemaker, aged 84 years. Machpelah
Oct 30, Maria, wife of Jonas Erb, aged
70 years. Landis Valley
Nov 1, a t Rothsville, E p h r a im Bender,
aged 82 years. Rothsville L u t h e r an
Nov 1, at Rothsville, Samuel Huber,
aged 00 years. Hess'
Nov ], at Lancaster, George L Sheaffer,
aged 36 years. Zion's Brethren,
Rothsville
Nov 2, a t Petersburg, Emanuel J Min-nich,
aged 76 years. Petersburg
L u t h e r an
Nov 4, a t Lancaster, James M Bicking,
aged 82 years. Lititz Moravian
Nov 9, near Pennville, Abraham B
Longenecker, of Warwick, aged 67
years. Longenecker's
Nov 13, at Akron, Samuel Stauffer,
aged 57 years. Neffsville German
Baptist
Nov 14, a t Lititz, James Orr, of Phila-delphia,
aged 52 years. Philadelphia
Nov 19, at Brownstown, W m G Bear,
aged 55 years. Evangelical
Nov 19, a t Lancaster, Jefferson Keener,
of Lititz, aged 50 years. Machpelah
Nov 22, in Clay township, H i r am B
Bucher, aged 40 years. Hammer
Creek
Nov 24, at Nazareth, Emma L., wife
of Peter G Ringer, aged 53 years.
L i t i t z Moravian
Nov 29, at Lititz, Charles H Seaber,
aged 74 years. Moravian
Nov 30, a t Lititz, Miss Clara Catharine
Grosh, aged 18 years Moravian
Dec 1, in Clay township, David Jacoby,
aged 63 years. Brickerville Luth-eran
Dec 8, at Rothsville, Frederick L.
Ulhig, aged 70 years. Rothsville
L u t h e r an
Dec 10, at Lititz, Mrs. Rebecca Habeck-er,
aged 65 years. Moravian
Dec 15, at Neffsville, Michael Ham-bright,
aged 70 years. Lutheran
Dec 17, at Mohnsville, John Shirk,
aged 39 years. Lititz United Evan-gelical
Dec 28, a t Kissel Hill, Charles Monroe
Greiner, aged 17 years. Lititz United
Evangelical
Dec 30, at Lititz, Samuel E. Grosh,
aged 68 years. Moravian
Cows Called By Violin.
At a recent concert of the hospital
music fund, given in the Cambridge
City Hospital, one of t h e musicians did
a t h i n g which recalls t h e ancient story
of Orpheus and his enchanting lyre.
At the farther end of a field opposite
t h e institution two cows were quietly
grazing, with their backs towards the
street. The first violinist asserted that
he could speak to these cows b y means
of his violin at that distance. Being
doubted, he played one chord on the
two lower strings of his instrument.
The animals immediately quit feed-ing,
raised their heads, t u r n e d in t h e di-rection
of t h e sound a n d looked interest-ed.
The violinist drew his bow on the
strings a second time, a n d the animals
came directly across the field and put
their heads over the rails of a fence,
with ears thrown forward, nostrils di-lated
a n d eyes inquiring. The third
time t h e chord was played t h e animals
simultaneously answered with a sharp,
short lowing and uneasy stamping of
forefeet.
A word in cow language was plainly
said by t h e violin and was answered by
t h e cows. The incident was seen by
Dr. Dixwell a n d six or seven others in-terested
in the hospital music charity.
Some of t h e more incredulous members
of the party thought perhaps the ani-mals
which answered the sound were
looking for another cow, hidden from
view. But there was no near hiding
place, a n d t h e sunlight was clear.
Watered Stock
A woodsman, says the New York
Sun, was one day chopping a tree over-h
a n g i n g a stream, and pausing in his
work to flirt with a passing milkmaid,
he dropped his axe i n t o t h e river.
The woodman sat down comfortably
and proceeded to bemoan his fate.
Mercury, hearing his lamentations, ap-peared
before him, and upon being in-formed
of t h e axe he a t once dived into
t h e water and brought up a golden
hatchet.
" I s t h a t yours?" asked Mercury.
" N o , " replied the man.
Mercury thereupon plunged into the
water for a second time and brought up
a silver h a t c h e t . Again t h e m a n denied
t h a t the axe was his.
For t h e t h i r d time Mercury disappear-under
t h e water, a n d at last brought up
t h e very axe t h e man had lost, which
t h e woodsman eagerly claimed as his.
The god, being pleased w i t h t h e m a n 's
honesty, presented him with t h e gold
and silver hatchets also.
The man told his friends about this
and the Mercurial Gold and Silver
Company was at once organized with
a capital of a billion or so. They bought
up all the rivers and ponds in the
country and honest woodsmen were
employed in double shifts to drop iron
axes into the water and get gold and
silver ones for t h e i r honesty. The stock
paid very well.
That is t h e t r u e derivation of t h e t e rm
watered stock. As for the milkmaid
( t h e causeof it all), t h e woodsman very
properly married the girl.
Marriage Custom.
At Cardiff each Mayor has to award
a marriage dowry to a domestic servant
who, h a v i n g been in her situation for
at least eight years, wishes to marry.
She has to declare t h a t t h e money will
be of use to her, a n d has to possess an
excellent character. The money itself is
t h e interest of a gift of £1003 by the
Marquis of Bute, himself a former
Mayor of t h e town. Last year the in-terest
amounted to £28—surely a nice
present for a servant about to marry.
When the mayor is presenting t h e gift
to the intending bride, she must be
accompanied by the intending bride
groom, a n d his worship has to read a
passage f r om t h e Gospel appropriate to
t h e occasion, and to deliver a short
sermon to t h e two on t h e solemnity of
matrimony.
The Marriage Vow.
The old-fashioned ecclesiastical ritual
requires wives to promise obedience to
their husbands in the marriage cere-mony.
The exaction of such a promise
was supposed to rest on good, sound
scriptural warrant, a n d a literal inter-pretation
of m a n y passages in the Bible
unquestionably demands it t h a t wives
should be subject to their husbands. A
relation of subjection implies obedience.
A more liberal, or up-to-date interpre-tation,
however, requires, a t least so it
is alleged, an elimination of the word
obey" from t h e marriage ceremony.
Theologians are taking sides on the
question, a n d have for some time given
considerable a t t e n t i o n to it. To us it
seems t h a t there is little room for con-troversy.
All that the so-called
modern interpreter claims is t h a t the
wife should stand on an equality with
t h e husband in all matters affecting
their domestic relations, and there is
little to be said in opposition to that
contention. Yet, conceding all t h a t , it
still remains to be settled whether one
or the other, in case of a tie or dead-lock,
to have a casting vote; and we
t h i n k it is best to have that question
settled in the marriage ceremony.
Moreover, as long as the husband is
held legally responsible for the sup-port
of t h e family, i t is no more than
right that he should be t h e legal head
of t h e family and empowered to con-trol
all its members, including the
wife. That does not signify t h a t the
husband is to be a despot, or t h a t he is
to rule his wife, children or servants
with an iron hand. In this country,
it is still the prevailing opinion, we
believe, that the marriage relation
should be entered into only by those
who are already bound to each other in
ties of mutual affection. Now it will
hardly be controverted that where
true love exists, t y r a n n y is impossible.
Hence we say all this controversy about
t h e continuance or elimination of the
word "obey," in or f r om the formula,
amounts to a mere waste of time ; un-s,
perchance it is contemplated that
we are coming to an era of loveless
marriage. In true-love marriages the
presence or absence of any particular
word or words in t h e contract, or cere-mony,
signifies n o t h i n g at all.
Spasmodic Heroism.
A man who resided in Derby, Conn.,
committed suicide in a fit of melan-choly.
His case is remarkable from
t h e fact t h a t after he had swallowed
t h e fatal dose of morphine, he proved
himself something of a hero. He was
twelve miles a w a y from home when he
took t h e drug ; but a f t e r h e h a d taken
it, a great longing took possession of
h im to see his little children once more
before h e died. By t h e most heroic ef-forts
he fought off the effects of the
powerful soporific u n t i l he reached his
home and kissed t h e sleeping children.
Then he collapsed and died within a
few hours. One cannot help t h i n k i ng
t h a t t h a t man ought to have been a
hero. In fact he was a hero in the
last a c t ; but he was a n y t h i n g except a
hero when he decided to end his life
and deprive his helpless ones at home
of their natural protector. His hero-ism
was all of t h e spasmodic kind, or
one might say it woke up too late. If
t h e man had been a t r u e hero he would
not have yielded weakly to adversity,
but he would have kept heart and
breasted t h e s t o rm manfully, ever hop-i
n g and ever striving for better things
to come. And what an incentive he
had to heroic action ! His great love
for his little girls. How strong that
should have made h im to face a frown-i
n g world ! h ow persevering in his ef-forts
to breast t h e tide of misfotune for
t h e sake of his loved ones! However,
in his character there was a strange ad-mixture
of cowardice a n d courage.
OVER THE STATE.
York claims to have h a d 53 inches of
rainfall t h e past year, without a Noah's
Ark!
Eight-year-old Michael Furey was
almost scalped in a coasting collision at
South Bethelem.
Cumberland County had 855 births
a n d 611 deaths in 1902, a n d 60 of the
latter were consumptives.
Miss A n n i e Richards was f a t a l ly a nd
her mother severly burned by coals
dropping f r om t h e i r range, at Shenan-doah.
For the second time in a month the
residence of William Jones, a t Narberth,
was entered by thieves F r i d a y evening
and a q u a n t i t y of clothing stolen. The
haul made was silverware a n d clothing.
Jacob Miller, Democratic Commis-ionerelect,
was denounced by the
Berks County Committee for entering
i n to a deal with his Republican col-
F i r e at Shamokin destroyed three
buildings a n d caused $20,000 loss. A.
Zanger rescued his three children from
a burning dwelling.
The State Game Commission recom-mended
that non-residents and aliens
be required to take out licences before
hunting.
Heavy rains caused a ten foot rise in
t h e J u n i a t a river a t Lewistown.
By the collapse of a trestle bridge in
process of construction at Bath, Pa., a
locomotive and cars, with a number of
workmen, were precipitated to the
ground.
An emptied passenger coach and a
runaway freight car were derailed in a
rear end collision on the Wilkesbarre
and Easton road at Kineytown.
The Oakhill colliery, near Duncott,
was so badly damaged by Thursday's
explosion t h a t work will not be resumed
for some time.
P a t r i c k Crowe was killed by a shift-i
n g engine in the Pennsylvania Rail-road
yards, Harrisburg.
Judge Davis Wit
The late Noah Davis, justice of the
Supreme Court of New York, was one
of the many judges and lawyers who
make the court-room t h e scene of some
of our best wit and humor. The Com-mercial
Advertiser gives some illustra-tions.
Once a lawyer objected to a witness,
but J u d g e Davis refused to sustain him.
The lawyer cried, " B u t your honor, I
submit—" a n d here h e broke off.
T h a t ' s right," said the judge,
quickly ¡alwayssubmit. Crier, adjourn
c o u r t !"
I n one case over which he presided,
there were fifty-five district offenses,
and four counts on each offense, two
hundred and twenty in all.
' W e l l , " said Judge Davis, " t h e re
are more counts than in a German
p r i n c i p a l i t y ."
What Sam Thought.
A prominent Southerner, during his
t e rm as Congressman, visited New
York, and stopped a t one of t h e Ameri-can-
plan hotels. Upon s i t t i ng down at
dinner, t h e waiter obsequiously handed
h im a bill of fare. Tossing it aside, he
passed t h e t h e waiter a dollar, with t he
remark :
" B r i n g me a good d i n n e r ."
The dinner was satisfactory, a n d the
Congressman pursued this plan during
his entire stay. As the last tip was
changing hands, he mentioned t h a t he
was about to r e t u r n to Washington.
' Well, s i r , " said the waiter, " when
you or any of your friends t h a t can't
read t h e bill of fare come to N ew York,
j u s t ask for S a m ."
" T h a n k y o u , " returned t h e Congress-man,
without disturbing Sam's
i n g belief in his usefulness.
Interesting.
A woman with her little son, a child
of 4 years of age, inquired of a man
s t a n d i n g in one of our railway stations.
Can you tell me what time t h e next
t r a i n leaves for Scranton?"
1 A t t-t-went-y-m-m-inutes p-p-past
f-f-four." About five minutes later she
again put t h e same question to t h e same
man, a n d he repeated t h e same answer
in t h e same s t u t t e r i n g way. When she
approached h im for t h e t h i r d time with
t h e same query he said to her: "W-why
do y-y-you a-a.ask me s-s-so m-m-many
t-t-times? I-I-a-a-al-ready t-t-told you
t-t-twice."
" I k n ow you d i d , " replied the, wo-man,
" b u t my little boy likes to see
you work your m o u t h ."
How He Felt.
Mrs. Ferguson reached over, took a
long, dark hair off her husband's
shoulder, a n d held it up for inspection.
" T h a t , " h e said, a n g r y a t her implied
suspicion, "is from the horse's mane.
I have j u s t been carrying h i m ."
" W h a t made you suppose," she ask-ed
haughtily, " t h a t I thought it was
a n y t h i n g else?"
At which he s h r a n k back behind his
newspaper again, feeling as if he had
kicked hard at something and missed
it.
Kissed Till He Fainted.
The power of t h e feminine kiss is ad-mitted
the world over, but there are
some illustrations of its potency that
make interesting reading.
The p r e t t y girls of Australia recently
kissed a fair British soldier until he
fainted. It was on t h e occasion of the
arrival of t h e Australian soldiers a t Mel-bourne
from the seat of war. They
were welcomed by a g a t h e r i n g whose
enthusiasm t h e police were quite power-less
to control.
The female portion was particularly
demonstrative and in many instances
t h e brave fighters were literally torn
from t h e ranks to receive a veritable
hurricane of favors from their lips.
Many of t h em were overcome and one
of t h e sturdiest and handsomest of the
soldiers actually fainted under the
s t o rm of labial salutation conferred by
over 300 Victorian damsels.
A Suggestion To Bankers.
" If t h e bankers of t h e country only
k n ew t h e great difference a little soap
and water makes in dirty bank note,
there would be more clean money in cir-culation,"
said a Treasury official while
t a l k i n g with friends one day last week.
" I f you have never seen t h e operation,
just spread a soiled note out upon a
marble slab, a n d use a small brush that
has been well soaped, and go to work
scrubbing lightly, of course. But a few
strokes is necessary to secure a clean
note. I give m y personal attention to
all the paper money brought into my
household, a n d I tell you I feel prepaid
for t h e little work it causes.
" I can see every reason why there
should be a person employed in the
banking houses for t h i s particular. Cer-t
a i n l y the neglect in doing so gives
ample cause for complaints from the
patrons concerning t h e dirty, oilynotes
t h a t are too frequently handed to them.
They may be full of germs, which, of
course, are dangerous, and this risk
could be easily eliminated by the use
of soap a n d water."
Another John.
A few Sundays ago, a t t h e Southwest-ern
Reformed Church, the pastor was
telling the children of the Sunday
school about the Scripture a n d closed
his remarks b y relating to t h em t h e life
of St. J o h n . When he had finished he
wanted to see if t h e children had been
paying attention to his sermon and
asked if any of them could tell him
about t h e life of St. J o h n . After a few
minutes a little girl in the end of the
Sunday school raised her h a n d a n d said,
"Yes, sir; I tin tell you about h i m ."
" O h , " said the minister, " I am so
glad some one has been p a y i n g a t t e n t i on
to my remarks. Now let us hear about
St. J o h n . " The little girl began:
" J o h n , J o h n , t h e piper's son,
Stole a pig a n d away he r u n ."
Three of a Kind.
Always do your best, of course, but
d o n ' t expect t h e world to give you any
bonus on it.
I t is h a r d to see our own faults, but
it is a whole lot harder to believe them.
Being honest with.oneself is a rather
difficult matter for t h e reason t h a t there
is no one who is easier to cheat or who
likes i t better.
Would do Likewise.
An eminent medical professor, well
known in Philadelphia, was once ques-tioning
a class in surgery, " The right
leg of t h e patient, as you see," he said,
is shorter than the left, in conse-quence
of which he limps. Now, what
would you do in a case of t h i s kind?"
" Limp, too," was t h e quick response
of a bright student.
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" A n d what has become of J a s o n Bills?"
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"Last I heard of h im he was driving
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Why, he once gave promise of being
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got j u d g m e n t ."
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