Mercer Dispatch

              0ND REPUBLICAN.
femldj
VOL. 23, NO. 41.
MEBCEB, MEBCEB COUNTY, PA., FBIDAY, DECEMBER _tt 1010.
VOL. 69 OLD SEBIES
CONGRESS TO CONVENE.
Short   Session    Opens    Monday
With Full Calendar-Taft
Wants Action.
When Congress meets next Monday it
will bave jnst three montbs in whiob to
perform whatever may be tbe demands of a
Repnblioan administration. After tbat the
fate of the Taft legislative program will depend upon the will of a Demooratio House
and a Repnblioan Senate, a oondition
wbioh will oontinne nntil tbe end of President Taft's present term of offioe.
Confronted with • situation strewn with
confusion, the snooess or failure of the ap-
proaohing short session of tbe Sixty-first
Congress is believed to rest with tbe oharaoter ot the Exeontive message to be sent to
the legislative bodies. Tbe Administration
is manifesting a desire to ntilize tbe time to
the best advantage in oarrying ont plans
formulated before the ohange in tbe politioal complexion of tbe oonntry had taken
plaoe, far, gratifying as was tbe reoord of
last session from a party point of view,
President Taft finds his demands for legislation still incomplete.
Personally, the President has made it
olear to his callers that he does not purpose
to withdraw any part of bis program, although oompelled to alter his plans some
wbat, jnst beoanse tbe Demoorats are abont
to oome into oontrol of the House of Representatives. Tbe short time that remains of
Republioan majorities in both branohes of
the National Legislature is nsed by the
President as an argument in favor of pressing forward.
Within the short session fourteen regular
appropriation bills, carrying an aggregate
of a billion dollars or more, must be passed.
Otherwise, there would be neoessity for an
extra session next spring. The result of
snoh a session wonld be to bring tbe Demoorats faoe to faoe witb tbe neoessity of
doing something nine montbs in advanoe of
ths time tbey would ordinarily be called
upon to assume responsibility. For many
reasons neither Democrats nor Republioans
want to preoipitate tbis situation and it
will be avoided if possible. So far as appropriation bills an oonoerned, it is not believed there will be lack of oo-operation to
{Militate tbeir passage.
If the ooming session is not a record-
breaker in tbe actual number of important
bills enaoted into laws, it will not be tbe
fault of President Taft. Despite the prediction Of Representative Mann, of Illinois,
that very little wonld be aooomplished, the
President intends to do his utmost to force
through an ambitions program, so that the
oonntry may be given an objeot lesson In
what Republioan unity and harmony oan
achieve. Tbat tbere be Repnblioan harmony
fa one of his greatest desires. To attain
this snd be is willing that all past differences be forgotten. He will meet tbe so-
oalled insurgents on a friendly oasis, and
will admit tbem to tbe White House councils.
In tbe message now being drafted the
President will ask for an appropriation lor
fortifying the Panama Canal and will re-
new his demand far a ship subsidy legislation. It is also probable tbat Mr. Taft will
urge farther railroad legislation and a Federal incorporation law. Ha will recount
what has been dons in tbe way of prosecutions nnder tbe Sherman anti-trnst law,
bnt will deal with this snbjeot carefully, so
that the oases now before the Supreme
Court may not be prejudiced.
In reference to further- oontrol of tbe
railroads, Mr. Taft does not want to do
anything tbat will tend to depress business.
He is to oonfer shortly with the stook and
bond commission authorized by tbe test
session ot Congress to consider the best
method of Federal supervision of stooks
and bonds of the railroads. The commission, however, is not nearly ready to make
a report, and it is not likely tbat the President will make any definite recommendation on this soore until he has tbe report.
While several of the insurgents may oontinne to fight to tbe last ditob to further
their politioal purposes, most of them will
meet the President bait way In bia efforts
to restore harmony to the ranks of the
party. All tbey want is an eqnal say in
the framing of legislation and in the ooun-
oils at the White House. This will be ao-
oorded them.
The reoent express strike in New York
and New Jersey, whioh at one time threatened to spread tbroughont the United
States, bas enoonraged tbe Postoffioe Department officials to believe tbat Congress,
at tbe ooming Bession, will give careful consideration to the recommendation of tbe
Postmaster General, for legislation that will
permit tbe department to make a trial of
the parcels post Bystem. It is believed by
advocates of the system tbat one effeot of
the reoent express strike will be to remove
some of tbe opposition of the small oountry
Are your funds properly cared for ?
Who la yonr banker ?
These are questions that require
careful consideration.
At this bank yon may be sure of absolute trustworthiness, fine business
methods and all modern facilities.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OP MERCER, PA.
CAPITAL,      .      ,      .      $120,000
SURPLUS, .
BESO URGES,
.   9120,000
•1,000,000
merchant to the bill, wbioh is to oome up
before tbe House Committee on Postoffioes
and Postroads early next montb.
A limited paroels post for tbe rural free
delivery routes will be reoommended by
Postmaster General Hitohoook in his forthcoming annnal report. In announoiog this
the Postmaster General foreeses the establishment of a general paroels post throughout the oountry aa soon as tbs Postal Savings system is tborongbly organized. As
tbe preliminary step in the development of
such a service Mr. Hitohoook will ask Congress to authorize the delivery on rural
routes of paroels weighing as high as eleven
ponnds, wbioh is the weight limit for the
international paroel post.
President Taft on Tnesday called a bait
on a billion dollar Congress. Assured by
bis Cabinet offioers tbat tbe estimates for
tbe ooming year had been pared down to
tbe minimnm, he nevertheless insisted that
fuitber sweeping reductions be made at
onoe. He went over some of tbe estimates
personally, and wben tbe members of bis
Cabinet retnrned to their departments, they
got to work to out every item to tbe bone.
It was roughly estimated tbat this one day
of tbe President's labor has saved to tbe
United States Government in tbe neighborhood of $15,000,000. The President made
it plain to all Government officials Tuesday
tbat bis eoonomy inquiry is not merely a
theory, but a fact.
The message President Taft is preparing
for Congress is expeoted to exceed Id length
any he bas ever sent in. It will contain
over 40,000 words.' Although tbe President is spending every moment available
on his task, it is stated that the message
probably will not be ready for distribution
to the press associations until Satnrday
night or Sunday. Ur. Taft will urge Con*
gress to pass a pension retirement bill for
civil employes. It is not likely tbat be
will advooate any particular bill, but will
leave tbis phase of the matter to Congress.
Court House Notes.
The following marriage lioenses were issued: Frank R. MoKee and Bessie M. Rupert, Findlay township; Ross W. Coyer and
Delia Nelson, Grove City; Elmer E. Camp-
man, Erie, and Anna R. Beirbrisse, Sbaron;
Charles Lauderman, South Sharon and Eva
L. Gnnsley,Sbaron; Fred Tubbs, Conneaut,
O., and Margaret Hute, Grove City; Geo.
H. Creeks, Sbaron, and Josephine A. Kuep-
pers, Pittsburg: Harry J. Livingston and
Lida May Irwin, Sandy Lake; Jobn W.
High, Omaba, and Phoebe E. Ross, Deer
Creek township; Clyde J. MoCarl and
Flossie E. Truan, Grove City; Harry Mlnner and Maude Palmer, Meroer; Ralph E.
Paokard, Hempfleld township, and Anna
Collins, West Salem township; Cbaunoey
A. Gamble and Alios E. Reiobard, New
Hamburg; Ernest J. Young and Hazel Z.
MoCandless, Grove City.
Tbese wills were filed for probate : Clarenoe M. Rioe, late of Sharpsville, deoeased;
Anna P. Rioe, exeoutrix. Jane Fawoett,
lata of Stoneboro, deoeased; John Fawoett,
exeontor. Charles Lees, late of Cool Spring
township, deoeased;. W. D. Lees, executor.
In the estate of Mary J. Christie, late of
Sbeakleyville, deoeased, letters of administration were granted to C. E. Davis.
Sbeep olaims were filed as follows: Mrs.
Jane Bixler, Shenango township, one killed
and eleven wounded, CIO; Howard Montgomery, Sandy Lake, tear wounded, $15;
P. W. Hogne, Fairview township, one
killed, $9 50; J. R. Wisbart, Hiokory
township, five killed and fonr wounded,
$130 50; Tbos. L. Forbes, Shenango township, one killed and five wounded, $7.56;
D. R. P. Zahniser, Jaokson township, one
killed and one wounded, $10.60; Wm.
Nioklin, Jaokson township, one killed and
one wounded, $10,60; W. N. Zahniser,
Jaokson township, three killed and three
wounded, $29.60.
Orchestral Mnsio by Honey s Boys.
While for twenty years the vooal feature
bas been given muoh tbe greater prominence in Roney's Boys programs, this season tbe instrnmental features will have
first plaoe. Musio by violin, flute, piooolo,
olarinet and orchestral bells in solos, duets
and with all the instruments will predominate and only a few vooal numbers will be
interspersed. Tbis innovation partly removes tbe peril of having tbe boys laid up
witb colds and throat troubles whioh in the
past have often interfered with the oarrying out of tbe program. Time, effort and
money have not been spared in keeping to
the standard set long ago. The same standards will be adhered to in tbe instrnmental
work of the boys. It is believed tbat tbis
feature will prove an inoentive to boys and
girls everywhere to learn to play orchestral
instruments. Tbe personnel of the oompany will be as follows: Master Kurt Hel-
mutb Dieterle, violin, alto; Master Mau-
rioe Licbter, flute, piooolo, alto; Master
Vernon Hayes, olarinet, alto; Master Fred
Yule, soprano, orobestral bells; Master Willie Hooper, soprano, triangle; Henry B.
Roney, accompanist and manager. Remember tbat tbe Roney's Boy, will be bere
next Wednesday evening, Deoember 7.
There are good reserved seats in the lower
part of the opera house and the north side
of the gallery will be reserved. Seats on
sale at Hinkley's Monday, December 6.
WANTS SUGAR TRUST DISSOLVED.
New Auto Tag;, for Dealers.
State Highway Commissioner J. W. Hunter bas direoted that a ohange be made in
tbe form of the automobile dealers' lioense
tag for 1911 to avoid confusion in numbers
and consequent troubles in oourt, snob as
bave ooourred in a number of instances
tbis year. The 1910 individual owners'
tags and tbe dealers' tags were alike exoept
for tbe word "dealer" in small letters.
The orders respecting tbe 1911 tags will ba
that tbe numbers on dealers' tags shall be
preoeded by an X, Tbis is tbe plan adopted in otber States and will make the tag
distinctive from the owners' nnmber plate.
The tag for 1911 will be yellow with tbe
letters and figures in blaok, the small metal
keystone being in the same position as this
year.      	
Shenango Valley Tin Plate Center.
Ten more hot mills are to be added to
tbe 30 hot mills in the Shenango tin plant
of New Castle, making it the greatest of its
kind in the world, aooording to the announcement Saturday. It is said tbe
Amerioan Sheet and Tin Plate Company
will add to the oapaoity of tbe South Sharon
tin plant also, making the Shenango valley
the seat of the tin plate industry. The machinery of the tin plant to be dismantled at
Niles, O., will ba moved to New Castle.
Fully 1,200 men will bo employed in New
Castle.    	
—The "ware that wears"—aluminum,
at J. M. Graham's. .
In Sensational  Salt  Government Charges
Great   Concern   With   Monoply, Fraud,
Graft and Oppression.
In one of the most sensational petitions
ever presented to the federal oourts tbe
National Government on Monday appealed to tbo United States Circuit Court
to ontlaw tbe sugar trnst. The combination is oharaoterized as a "ruthless monster"
whioh orushed all it oould not oontrol and
tbe courts are asked to dissolve it "by reoeiver or otherwise," and restore to the
sugar trade tbe oldtime competition.
Trust agreements, monoply, fraud, graft
and the ruthless use of power to orusb or
oonquer independents are among the reasons
given for asking tbe oonrt to end the giant
combination's aotivity. Against the Have-
meyers and tbeir associates, who bnilt up
tbe trust, the government brief says:
"Tbey managed and direoted all the
affairs and business of the former competing oonoerns whose shares they held, destroyed oompetion, fixed tbe prioe of sugar,
prevented others from entering trade and
commerce therein, and foroed tbe retirement ot many also engaged. Enormous
profits resulted and the publio was damnified."
A bill in equity to dissolve the Amerioan
Sugar Refining Oo. was filed by United
States Distriot Attorney Wise. A perpetual injunotion is asked, restraining the
oompany from paying dividends and the
stockholders from exeroising any privileges
as stockholders.
Tbe petition charges an unlawful combination and conspiracy in donimating and
fixing tbe selling prioe of raw sugars effected by 49 defendats, corporations and individuals in New York,New Jersey, Maine,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Mary land, Louisiana, Missouri and California.
Ls general, the petition oharges tbat the
defendants "for some time past bave been,
and are now engaged in an unlawful combination and conspiracy to retrain the trade
and commeroe among and between the
several States and Territories ot the United
States, and with foreign Nations, in raw
sngar, sugar beets, refined sugar, molasses,
syrups and otber by-produots and raw sugar
and sugar beets, and to monopolize the
same.
"Suoh unlawful combination and conspiracy is tbe result and outgrowth of a
series of wrongful aots extending over a
period of many years, and participated in
by defendants. In participating in the
various aots, agreements and combinations
all of the defendants have been aotuated by
wrongful intent to restrain said interstate
and foreign trade and commeroe in raw and
refined sugar and related artioles, and to
monopolize parts thereof."
STATE FIOHTIIIG TUBERCULOSIS.
Report of Bealth Commissioner Shows
Over 0,700 Patients ^Treated and That
There are Now lis Dispensaries.
The free dispensaries whiob State Health
Commissioner Dixon has established
throughout Pennsylvania are helping hundreds of tuberculosis patients daily. In
the commissioner's annual report for 1908,
just published, interesting statistics compiled by Dr. Thomas H. A. Stites are given
as to 6,728 tuberoulosis oases treated at tbe
department dispensaries from July S3,1907,
the date of the opening of tbe first dispensary, to Deoember 31, 1908.
It is interesting to note that 398 of the
cases testified to living in houses that had
been previously oooupied by oonsumptives.
Of oourse, there were hundreds tbat bad no
knowledge of the oondition of tha former
occupants. Tbe 398, however, constitute a
convincing argument for tbe neoessity of
thorough house disinfection wherever there
is any possibility of lurking infection.
Ot the total number of tuberoulosis oases
treated 8,132 were in either the inoipient or
moderately advanced stage of the disease,
2,429 were listed as advanoed oases, 990 as
tar advanoed and 177 as nnder observation,
tbe stage of tbe disease not being set down
at the time of the report. One hundred
and eighty oases were discharged from the
dispensaries as praotioally oursd, while
marked improvement waa shown in the
oondition of 1,634 others. Of those still
registered at the dispensaries on Deoember
81,1908, improvement was reported in 1,-
389 oases.
Tbere are now 115 State Department of
Health dispensaries that up to Ootober 31,
1910, had treated 37,020 patients.
Fad Warnings.
Drink water and get typhoid fever.
Drink milk and get tuberoulosis. Drink
whisky and get jimjams. Drink soup and
gat fat. Eat meat and enoourage oanoer
and apoplexy and appendioitis. Eat oysters and absorb typhoid gastrio poison
germs. Eat vegetables and give the system
Asiatio thin-blood weakness. Eat dessert
and die with paresis or something else.
Smoke oigarets and die too soon. Drink
ooffee and fall into insomnia and nervons
prostration. Drink tea and get weak heart.
Drink wine and so drink gout. Blame it
all, if yon want to keep well, quit eating
and drinking, smoking and loving, and before breathing or touching anything see
that the air and everything is perfeotly
sterilized. Some soientifio oranks or madmen think every man shonld so live, wbile
another sat of oranks think all modern soi-
enoe is nonsense. There is a soientifio moderation bl living that almost rarely insures
long llfat no matter what tbe different
kinds of oranks say.—[New York Press.
Sohool Prinoipal Resigns Office.
Prof. John F. Bigler, for eleven years
prinoipal of tbe Edinboro Normal sobool,
has deoided to leave bis position at tbe end
of the school year next Jnne and oast his
lot with a new institution at Wilton Junotion, Iowa. Hs bas bought of the Bev.
Dr. Latsbaw a half Interest in Oa Wilton
College, at that plaoe, and will take np tbe
work there at tbe opening of tha next
school year, September, 1911,
FREE BOOK ON PILES.
Tells How So Cue Them With Internal
Medicine.
Do you know the cause of piles?
II it internal or external ?
Will salves, suppositories or outting remove the oause ?
How oan one be oured permanently ?
Do you know how Dr. J. S. Leonhardt
found the oause and oure ?
All these questions answered fully in a
booklet mailed free by Dr. Leonhardt Co.,
Station B, Buffalo, N. Y., or at C. R.
Lindsey's, Meroer, who sells tbe suooessful
remedy, Hem-Roid, nnder guarantee, at $1
per large bottle.
100,000,000 PEOPLE.
Census Figures Show Enormous
Growth of Population of
United States.
The oensns of this year will show a population of more tban 100,000,000 in the
United States and its possessions, near and
remote. Applying tbe peroentage basis indicated by the returns to date from sixteen
States and two Territories, it is shown that,
inolnding the Philippine Islands and Porto
Rico, but not inolnding Guam and part of
the islands of tbe Samoan group, tbe Amerioan flag floats over a popnlation of 108,.
942,767. Exolusive of the Philippine Islands, Porto Rioo, Ouam and Samoa, but
inolnding Alaska aad Hawaii, tbe population of tbe United States, on tbe same bants ot calculation, is 93,471,648. Ten years
ago the population of tbe same territory
was 76,303,387.
Tbe offioial figures will not be annonnoed
for several weeks Eighteen States and
Territories show a total gain in the last ten
years of 5,151,425, or 21.8 per oent. Three
of tbe ten largest oities of the world are in
the United States, namely. New York, Chioago and Philadelphia. New York is the
seoond oity, Chicago the fifth and Philadelphia the ninth.
The drift of the population from tbe agricultural distriots to the oities in the older
States of the Union was olearly indicated in
the oensns returns of tbe States of New
York and Ohio. In New York 16 ot tbe
61 oounties showed a deorease in population, wbile others made only meagre increases. Only the oounties containing tbe
larger oities made any considerable gains in
population. The movement was more
marked in Ohio than New York. In the
Buokeye State 39 of tbe 88 oounties showed
decreases, while hi 91 otber oounties the inorease was less than 3,000 inhabitants.
New York City for tbe first time has beoome greater in point of population tban all
the remainder of tbe State. While tbis is
the most striking feature of the New York
State oensus figures, almost as remarkable
is tbe rate of growth of the Empire State.
Sinoe 1870 it has doubled in population and
tbe rate of inorease dnring the past ten
years, 25.4 per oent., is tbe greatest sinoe
the decade between 1840 and 1850, wben
tbe peroentage of inorease was 27.6, This
increase is largely attributable to the
growth of tbe oities of the State and is believed by tbe oensus officials to be due to
tbe developments of the mannfaoturing interests and foreign immigration.
With this inorease in popnlation will
oome a larger representation in tbe lower
branoh oi- Congress, wbere New York now
has 37 members. The exaot number ot new
representatives will be ten if the present
ratio of apportionment is retained by Congress.
Of the 9,118,279 people in New York
State, 4.766 883 are in New York City and
4,346,396 in tbe State outside the oity,
making the oily 430,487 people tho greater
in population. In 1900 New York City
oontained 394,490 inhabitants less tban the
State ontside tbe oity. Of the inorease during tbe past ten years 1,329,681 were contributed by tbe city, while only 614,704
persons was the inorease in the State outside Greater New York.
With only Spokane, Wash.; Dulutb,
Minn., and Superior, Wis., missing, the
oities of tbe United States ot 25,000 and
over have an aggregate population of 28,-
254,343. Forty-seven oities oontain more
than 100,000, and of tbis number eleven
bave risen into the 100,000 olass sinoe the
oensus of 1900. Tbere bas been a muoh
larger growth in the oities below 100,000
tban in those above, tha percentage for tbe
former being 39.4 as against 31.8 for the
latter.    	
JOHN P. ELKIN FOR SENATOR.
Republican Leaders Reported to Have
Seleoted Supreme Oourt Justice to Succeed Oliver.
Politicians in various seotions of the State
are interested in a report emanating from
Chester that an alliance has bsen formed
between United States Senator Penrose,
Senator Sproul, of Delaware oounty, and
Congressman Griest, of Lancaster, for the
purpose of defeating United States Senator
George T. Oliver. Justioe Elkin, of the
Supreme Court, was mentioned as a probable oandidate to be nrged in opposition to
tha inoumbent.
Justioe Elkin refuses to oommit himself
upon the subjeot beyond saying tbat be
will not seek tbe offioe nor will he do anything tbat will plaoe bim in the light of a
contestant.
Senator Penrose and State Chairman
Walton were with Governor-eleot Tener
nearly all of Sunday, holding a conference.
Senator Penrose, when asked oonoerning
the Elkin boom merely smiled, and said
there was nothing at all to say on tbe
matter.
Governor-elect Tener and State Chairman
Walton were asked oonoerning tho stories.
Mr. Tener refused to talk politics, although
he had seen the story of Justioe Elkin being a probable oandidate.
A Sensible Ruling.
Judge O'Connor, of the Cambria oounty
oourt, at the opening of the Ootober term,
in referring to the vast number of unimportant oases sent to oourt for trial at enormous expense to the taxpayers, made a
statement to tbe effeot tbat in tho future,
wben trifling oases ot desertion, snrity oi
peaoe, eto., are returned for trial, he will
expect the alderman or justice te oertify
tbat be bas made a reasonable effort to in-
duoe the parties interested to settle suoh
oases in order not to put the oounty to useless expense. Where tbe proper certification ot tbe alderman or justice was not
forthcoming, tbe Oonrt said be would throw
out tho oases and that tha erring magistrates would stand for tbe oosts in suoh instances. 	
The Price of Butter.
The disonssion given to the subjeot of
oost of living has direoted more or less attention to the Federal oleomargarine tax
and tbe prioe of butter. People who are in
favor of repealing the present oleomargarine law have taken advantage ot tbe situation to loudly condemn as "undemocratic and un-Amerioan" this "burdensome
tax on a pure, wholesome and nutritious
food produot." They oonveniently forget
to explain that over 97 par oent. of tbs
oleomargarine put upon the market is taxed
at only one-fourth oent per pound. Tbey
do not explain that only tbat oleomargarine
that is artificially oolored is taxed at ten
oents per ponnd. Even tt it were all taxed
at ten oents per pound tt would bave absolutely nothing to do with tbe prioe of butter after the latter reaches thirty oents a
pound, retail. It oosts about fourteen oents
a pound to prodnoe the very best grade of
oleomargarine. Add to tbis a ten-cent tax
and the oost ot produotion wonld be
twenty-four oents. The produot oould be
retailed at thirty oents at a handsome profit
to manufacturer and retailer.
Looking at the question from any view
point tt is olearly seen tbat tbe oleomargarine law bas absolutely nothing to do
with the prioe of butter. The dairj* interests of the oountry are not enjoying any
benefit through oleomargarine legislation
exoept as the integrity ot the industry is
maintained. In this every honest citizen
should feel a keen interest. Tbe whole
proposition may be thus summed np:
Oleomargarine is mads to taste and smell
something like butter. Tbe manufacturers
want tbe privilege of putting it upon the
market so tbat it will look like butter, thus
making it easy to oommit fraud. Every
good oitizen should be interested in effective pnre food legislation and the oleomargarine law is just suoh legislation—no
more, no less.
$14,000 FOR YEAR'S APPLE CROP.
Two  Lawrence   County Farmers   Realize
Fnormous Sum From their Orchards In
One Season.
3. Bruoe Johnston, who lives six miles
north of town on tbe New Wilmington
road, harvested during tbe past summer a
orop of apples from three orohards ou his
farmjthat amounted to almost eight thousand bushels, says the New Castle News.
Tbis bumper orop, aooording to a member
of tbe Pittsburg Prodnoe Exohange, waa
sold for $8,000. This not only establishes
a high reoord mark for the amount of apples
grown on one farm, but also a reoord for tbe
amount of money reoeived from one orop.
Mr. Johnson's brother, Rev. J. C. M.
Johnson, who lives nearby, raised a orop of
nearly five thousand bushels, for wbioh he
seoured $6000. Fourteen thousand dollars
from two apple orops is a fabulous sum, but
this is exaotly wbat these two thrifty farmers have added to their bank accounts.
Tbey an likely to beoome independently
wealthy by the growing ot apples and otber
fruits alone.
Tbe orop harvested by J. B. Johnson was
tbe most perfeot ever gathered in tbis State.
The apples were all firm and round and
were free from worms or deoay. He bas
three orohards. He makes a speoialty of
the Ben Davis and Baldwin apples. He v.
J. C. M. Johnson's orohards produced as
many apples, oompared with the number
of trees be owned, as did those of his
brother. They are ot tbe best quality. The
profit to eaoh grower will ba about 80 per
oent. figuring as expenses the time given in
oare and the oost of liquid in spraying.
HARRISBORO TO BAVE BIO FAIR.
Anti-Saloonists Make Olaims.
Assertion is made at she State headquarters of the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon Leagne
tbat twenty-six members ot the next State
Senate and eighty members of the next House
of Representatives are pnblioly or privately
pledged to tbe support of a looal option bill
and a determined fight for tbe passage of
suoh a measure will be made in the session
of 1911. In addition to the eighty members ot tbe House, the statement is made by
officers ot the league that tbere are "nine
others, wbo, although not personally
pledged to looal option, filed papers in the
Keystone party and wonld be expeoted to
stand by the plank in ita platform, wbioh
deolares for looal oontrol of the liquor traffio." There are still nine others whom it
is olaimed may vote for looal option beoause of sentiment in their'distriot, although
none of tbem is pledged. It is further
stated: "Our strength is to be found in
these ninety-eight members. It requires
104 votes to take a bill out of oommittee or
seonre its passage."
Infantile Paralysis at Erie.
Infantile paralysis, the new disease
among infante reoently discovered in the
medical world, has reaped its harvest in
Erie, six death having already rssnlted
within a very short time with a probable
seventh oase discovered. Tbe deaths have
been among infants under sohool age with
the exoeption of one oase, wbere a 12-year-
old girl, attending one of the puplie sohools,
died five days after she was taken siok.
The sohool building and premises were
thoroughly disinfected and a quarantine
fnneral held.
—The soothing spray of Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm, used in an atomizer, is an unspeakable relief to sufferers from catarrh.
Some of tbem desoribe it as a God-send, and
no wonder. Tbe thick, foul discharge is
dislodged and tbe patient breathes freely,
perhaps for tbe first time in weeks. Liquid
Cream Balm oontains all tbe healing, pari,
tying elements of the solid form, and it
never fails to satisfy. Sold by all druggists
for 75c, inolnding spraying tnbe, or mailed
by Ely Bros., 56 Warren street, New York.
Exhibition   of   Farm   Products,   Notably
Corn   and    Grains,  Is   Being:   Arranged
tar State Capital.
Harrisburg will have tbe largest show of
farm products, notably com and grains,
during the meeting of the State Board, of
Agrioultnre that has ever been known in
the Capital sinoe tbe days of tbe old State
Fair, just atter tbe Civil war. Tbe show
will be beld in tbe two buildings of tbe
Chestnut Street Market Company, whioh
have been engaged by the men behind tbe
projeot and it is planned to have tt last a
week in the latter part of January.
The show, of whiob a large portion will
be devoted to oorn, is being planned by a
oommittee representing tbe State Live
Stook Breeders' Assooiation, the State Dairy
Union and tbe State Board. Among tbe
men prominent in tt are W. C. Norton, of
Scranton, a former legislator, and E. S.
Bayard, of Pittsburg. Tbey have beld oonferenoes with State the offioials, who have
furthered the project, and say that, by reason of the bountifnl orops this year, tbe
show will be an objeot lesson and will probably surprise many people.
Tbe oorn exhibit is expeoted to be huge
beoause this year's orop is one of tbe best
in six years, both in quantity and quality. >
During the week of the 16th the State Horticultural Assooiation meets at Harrisburg
and tt is planned to have the usual apple
exhibit. This exhibit will be devoted to
Pennsylvania apples and tile advanoe in
grades, due to the State's work for oontrol
of pests, will be demonstrated.
RECENT DEATHS.
WILLIAM   L.   HAWKE.
William L. Hawke died at his home in
Grove City Tuesday of last week of asthma,
after a long illness. He was born near
Meroer 65 years ago aud bad been a resident of the oounty praotioally all his life..
He was a veteran of the Civil war, having
served in Company E, Fifty-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was
a man of good oharaoter and energetio
habits and was respeoted by aU who knew
bim. He is survived by his wife, who waa
Miss Henrietta Hedglin, of Meroer, and the
following ohildren : Mrs. Archie Barber,
of Fine township; Misses Nellie and Hazel,
W. E., Herbert VV., Elmer and Harvey, of
Grove Oily; and Frank, of Brent. Four
brothers, John and Eli, of Meroer; Sheridan, of Detroit, and George L., ot. Grove
City, and two sisters, Mrs. Sylvester Webster, of Harrisville, and Mrs. Damn Van-
Horn, of New Castle, also are living.
NKWTON KICK.
Newton Rioe, a well known resident of
Springfield township, died at bis home in
Leesburg last Thursday. The end, oaused
by heart disease, oame very suddenly and
was a sad dosing of the festivities following
the marriage of his son, W. Fred Rioe, to
Miss Cora L Dodds. Mr. Rioe and his
wife, together with W. Fred Rioe and his
bride were at the home of Mr. Robert
Dodds, the bride's father, where the day
was spent very pleasantly) In the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Rioe left for home,
and on arriving Mr. Rioe took bis team to
the bare, and tben dropped dead. The
son, witb bis bride, drove home about an
hour later. Mr. Rioe was about 60 years of
age Hid had been a life-long resident of
Leesburg. He was an elder ia the Presbyterian ohuroh of tbat plaoe and was generally beloved by all wbo knew bim. He
leaves a wife and six ohildren to mourn his
death. The funeral ooonrred on Sunday
from his late bome and was oonduoted by
Rev. E. J. Wright.
Bat-Killing In Bombay.
The bubonio plague has killed 169,000
people in the last fourteen years to the oity
ot Bombay alone, tbe highest mortality being 20,000 In .1903 and tbe lowest 5,000
during tbe past year. The reduotion of the
mortality oan be traoed vary largely to the
number of rats killed in tbe oity, who are
the industrious oarriers of tbe disease. A
half million rats were killed last year tali
that oity alone, of whiob number 90,000
wore examined by the bacteriologists ot the '
health department ^nd 9,000 of them were
found to be infeot..* vith the plague. The
wholesale destruotk.- of these rodents waa
aooomplished by tbe most careful municipal
plan and oo-operation of bealth and polioe
departments, whiob soattered bread smeared
with poison oertain hours eaoh day in all
parts of tbe oity and furnished thousands of,
disinfeoted traps to the inhabitants, who
oaught tens of thousands of them.—[Tho ,
Christian Herald.
Law and Christmas.
Chief Factory Inspector Jobn C. Delaney
has issued orders to deputy faotory Inspectors to oall attention of mercantile establishments to tbe provisions of the State tew
relative to the hours ot work of employes
during tbe holiday season so that "the law
will be kept intact" and at the same time
"meet the extraordinary demands of the
holiday season." He likewise direots tho
deputies to oo-operate with the ednoational
authorities in reporting names of all minors
of sohool age who are dismissed from employment atter the holiday season.
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