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GOOD ROADS. What Department of Agriculture is Planning. SYSTEM NOW ADVISED Appointment of Committees on 'very Phase of the Work-Department Intends Raising the Standard in Every State to That of New Jersey and Massachusetts, Said to be the Highest in the World. The United States department of ag-iculture is opening a campaigr for the improvement of roads trough out the country. The department intends to use every means in its power to raise the standard of the roads in every State to equal, it not surpass, the standard which prevails in New Jersey and Massachusetts, said to be the highest in the world. In a letter on the subjec. just is sued by the department the plans are outlned in detail. The letter of the department of agriculture is as follows: "Statistics recently compiled by this office show that there are nearly 2,500.0o miles of public roads in this country, only a small percents age of which are improved. Neces sarily it will be many years before a large percentage of this great mile age will be improved. An expendi ture of nearly $80,000,000 per annum is being applied to the maintenance of these roads, and it is safe to say that the loss from improper methods is well up in the millions. "There are certain principles which underlie the art of road building and maintenance, and certain methods known to many engineers and road builders which are easily put into practice. Unfortunately, these sim ple principles and methods are not universally known. "In explanation of our plan we in vite attention to the following tenta tive outhne: "The organization on the part 0: the local communities of associationE designed to bring about an improve ment of the public roads in the re spective counties and townships these associations to have a definit< aim and to have sections or commit tees somewhat along the followini lines: "Committee on road administra tion: This committee should ascer tain the revenue for road pr:-poses how derived, how expended, wha accounting system is followed, unde what laws the work is being carrie( on; what organization exists: mak recommendations for reform in roa< laws, organization, systems of ac counting, etc. "Committee on road materials This committee should ascertain th location, character, quality and avail ability of all road materials in th county, cost of transportation and make recommendations as to wheth er the source of supply should be se cured by the county, and any othe pertinent information and sugges tions bearing upon the subjiect o road materials. "Committe'e on road constructio: and maintenance: This committe< should ascertain mileage of all pub lic roads; classify them according t< amount of traffic and importance ascertain what improvement is nec essary; the probable cost;.draw up general plan for the gradual improve ment of all the country roads alo~n definite, intelligent lines according to the means available. It should ob tain data bearing upon all phases 0: road construction and should cooper eat closely with the committee ox road materials in drawing up its rec ommendations as to the kind an< amount of road construction to b< undertaken. It should make close study of road maintenance with a view to introducing the best and mos1 economical methods in the treatmen1 of common roads and should famili arize itself with all classes of roac equipment and recommend such as are best adapted to the local condi tions. "Committee on ways and means: The aim of this committee should be to uphold and fvrther the work of the other committees by devising plans for financing the association and for carrying out the various lines of work indicated. "The office of public roads, after the proper organization has been in augurated as above described or when requested by the local author ities will so far as its limited appro priation and persionnel will permit, assign lecturers in such manner as will best meet the requirements of the local situation, and wlll further the efforts of the various commit tees of the association by assigning experts on road administration and accounting, road materials and road construcaion, who will, under the di rection of the county association, make a thorough investigation along the respectives lines above set forth. ''The part of the office of public roads in this general plan -'ay be said to conform to the follow.ng se quence: Govornment publications, lectures, expert investigations, re ports and advice, where a plan of road improvement has been decided upon, a practical demonstration of road building and temporary road school to instruct the local men in the principles and methods of road building. "The plan of cooperation of the local authorities and citizens is (a) organization. (b) working commit tees, (c) the adoption of a definite system and the inauguration of de finite reforms as the logical result." TEN KILLED) IN h..TEL FIRE Inmiates~ l urning Building Jump fromt . ia:,Uows to Death. Fire destroyed the Webb Hotel. at Shelton, twenty miles fromi Tacoma. Wash., Thursday night. Ten per sons perished. The fire was discoveredl about 1.4" in the morning. It started in the hotel annex, probably fromn a lighted eigar dropped in the sample room]. The hotel was a three-story struicture. Within a few minu]'s the hotul was a mass of fiames. Pesons in th upper stories were entirely cut ofl from the stairway. and at least seven or eight jumped fr-om the windows before help could reach them. ien are known to be dead and one dying. All but three were killed BIG LAND FRAUDS. Secretary Garfield Preparing For Heavy Prosecutions. Men of HIigh Position to be Indicted. I'urpose of the Government to Laind Some of Them in Jail it Possible. Sirce the return to Washington of Secretary Garfield, of the interior department, from his extensive tour of the west and southwest, it has de veloped that startling revelations are soon to be m-ade regarding lan( frauds of which the government has been the victim. For several years Secretary Gar field's immediate predecessor in of fice, Secretary Hitchcock, relentless ly pursued the public land grafters in the West and Northwest and land ed many of them oehind the bars. Cases which Secretary Hitchcock in itiated are still pending, all of these indicted not yet having been brought to trial. The list of men indicted through the efforts of Secretary Hitchcock included a United States senator, representatives in Congress and others prominent in their states. Grafters all looked alike to Hitch cock and it made no difference to him that they happened to occupy high positions and were influential and wealthy. So it appears to be with Garfield. Since he became Secretary of the In terior, he has made a special study of the land fraud cases. with the as sistance of Richard A. Bellinger, commissioner of the gereral land of fice. Garfield and Bellinger were class mates in college and long time fiends. They have been described as "anatically honest" and the de scrittion fits both of them. Neither one of them would hesitate to send his bebt friend to the penitentiary, if that friend were convicted of a crime against the public service. It follows, therefore, that the wealthy and powerful land grabbers will have a sorry time trying to escape from Garfield's prosecution of them. I The operations of the government in the land fraud cases were begun in Oregan and California and in these two states most of the indictment. have been found. During the past few months the work of investigatior has been extended to half a dozer other states in the west. The theatei of present activities is the middlE Rocky mountain region, including the states of Colorado, Wyoming an( Utah. The investigation, which i. being conducted by agents of the In terior Department aided by Secre1 Service operatives has disclosed E really startling situation. Tens oj thousands of acres of land have beer acquired unlawfully by individual. and corporations from the govern ment. It is asserted that substan tially the ent're area of coal lands ir Colorado, Wyoming and Utah which formerly belonged to the gov ernent, has passed into the posses sion of three or four big corpora Itions. Every acre of this land is said to hav e been illegally obtained fron the govemnent. Already the department ->f Justiec -has begun to act. The prosecution of the offenders is being directed b2 Earl Cranston, United States distric attorney at Denver. About sixty in dictmnents already have been fount and they constitute only the begin lng. It has been discovered in many in stances that the individuals and corn panies which have acquired the land have cut away the timber and mined the coal. Now the government is considering what proceedings may be taken to recover the value of th4 timber and coal. The men, for the most part, against whom proceedings eithe: have been begun or e - in contem plation, tare of high degree and oc cupy notable positions in the busi ness, and social life of the west: Notwithstanding this fact, however, it is the purpose of the government to follow the cases to their logical conclusion and, if possible, recover the lands and put the land grabbers ,in jail. _ _ _ _ _ Paragraphs WiithI 'oints. With a capital of $:-20.000,000, the new paper trust figures that it ought to be able to beat its competitors tc a pulp. Now that Mr. Rockefeller has de cided to give out no more inter views, there will be less good advice Iwasted on a cynical public. IThe average life of a mosquito is Isaid to be three days, and any close observer will swear that they are three mighty busy days. Tom Lawson's advertisement ad vising people to "buy stocks" are not so very attractive just now w e are looking forward to the neccessity of buying coal. IWith one eminent financier flay ing the President on dyv and anoth er defernig h'm the next day, it looks as if the need of W\all street no~w is better teamnwork. That Chester (Pa.) bride who fainted at the altar is no doubt be ing pitied by the girls who are sure they could go through the marriage ceremony without the quiver of an The Portland Oregonian says that "automobiles are the most convinc ing sign' of weahth.'' In a good ,many cases, however. an automobile is a pretty good sign of coming pov erty. After saving 14 human beings and 16 horses from a fire, a Pittsburg he ro met his death by falling over a pail of water. Even grim fate seems to be playing pranks during the silly season. A man named Godfur Hellovaplass has applied f om naturalization papers but if there is an anti-profanity so ciety in existence it should take steps to make him change his name before receiving them. No one is so independent as the farmer; he doesn't have to truckle: if he is insulted he can resent the insult without fear of losing trade, and there is no earthly reason, with the improved farm machinery he now has in use why he should not have an eight-hour day and such leisure for reading and study as would soon make him one of the test informed mien in any calling. Why shouldn't the farmer be all this and more': Surely he has the possibilities. Sis surprisinz ho;w tuickly a man ecovers from winit he imagined was ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS. o~me Facts Which Every Person Should Keep in Mind. I is well to know some of the an tidotes for the more common poi sons, for so quick is their action that often the victim may be beyond recovery by the time the doctor ar rives. Here are a few, arranged al phabetically, for convenience. They do not in any case give all the reme dies, but only those most likely to be found in the ordinary household. Alcohol---Strong coffee; aromatic spirits of ammonia keep body warm and head cold. Aniline inks or dyes-Brandy or whiskey; aromatic spirits ammonia; keep patient in horizontal position, and supply plenty of fresh air, Arsenic, fly paper, Fowler's solu tions etc--Starch' linseed oil, elm bark, mucilage, sweet oil gruel, keep patient warm, and give brandy or whiskey to prevent collapse, Benzine--Mustard; plenty of fresh air. Camphor--Mustard, then castor oil after vomiting; brandy or alcohol; hot water bottles, etc. Carbolic acid-Alcohol, followed by water; vinegar or whites of egg; apply warmth to extremities. Carbollic acid--Supply oxygen; cold water thrown on face; coffee. Chloroform--Strong hot coffee; hot and eold douches; restore respi ration by working arms; if inhaled. not swallowed, lower head and pull ton<rue forward to admit fresh air. Cocaine--Mustard and hot water; strong decoction of oak bark or wal nut leaves. Mercury. gold or copper com pounds-Mustard, white of eggs, brandy. Phosphorus, rat poison, matches Mustard; tu, :Gentine and water every half hoar; charcoal and lime water: Epson salts; no oil or fat. Ptomaines--Mustard; strong tea; castor oil. Silver compounds-Salt and water or mustard; warm water; white oJ eggs or milk. Snake bites-Such wounds; inhal ammonia; give aromatic spirits oj ammonia; work arms if respiratiox is impaired. Sting of bees. etc.,-Ammoni water or onion, extra sting stimu lants. Strychine, nux vomica, etc-Mus tard: strong tea; work arms if respi ration is impaired. Toadstools,---Mustard; brandy keep body warm. Tobacco-Warm water of mustard strong tea: abundance of water brandy; keep patient recumbent body warm and head cool. Turpentine--Mustard: water, lin seed oil, elm bark tea: hot fomenta tions to the loins. Zinc compounds--Mustard, whit of eggs or milk, strong tea, hot fo rmentations. Do not choose between these rem edies but apply as many as possibl in the order given. Most of thes treatments are only partial, and doetor should he sent for at once t supplement the earlier antidotec The first object of each is to caus evacuation or purging. Above all don't loose your head but keel Icool. A Strange Case. A dispatch from Chicago says th old saying that "murder will out some time in an unusual way Wed nesday night, when Policeman Wals! awakened a man who was asleep in; doorway of the Illinois Hospital Washington boulevard and Halstea< street. The man, long a fugitive from jus tice, opened his eyes, saw the police man'~sta andleaped to his fee "You want me for the murder You are a policeman!" he cried, a he stood dazed before Walsh. A mc ment afterward he collected his wit and ran, but the policeman, drawinj his revolver, forced the man to stoj and led him to the station. At the station, the prisoner at firs denied being a murderer, but- latel broke down and confessed that he i: Charles F. Burbage wanted in Green leaf, S. C.. with a man named W. P T. Rawley, for the murder of Gui ITanner, a negro, two years ago. He says he was arrested after the murder, which occurred in a saloor brawl, but escaped. Brawley, he said, escaped arrest at the time. Bur bage added that he had been a fugi tive from justice for two years. The strange part about this case is that the man is not guilty of the murder he says he is. This mnurder was committed by another man, whc was arrested, tried and convicted of the crime. Burbage was not even it the vicinity when the murder was committed. Burbage was convicted of violat ing the dispensary law. Gov. Ansel was Solicitor of the circuit when he was convicted and knows all about both cases. A Pathetic Scene. The Charlotte Chronicle described a pathetic scene which transpired at the Southern Railroad depot in that city recently when Mrs. Thomas B. Young tried to kiss her nine-year-old daughter, Irene Glenn, of Gastonia, who, with her uncle and aunt, were at the station on their way to Co lumbia, S. C. The mother had not seen her child for many months- --in fact since the mother and father. N. P. Glenn, were divorced. The court gave the child to her father and Mr. Glenn has had the little girl in Gastonia with him since. Within a fe-w hours after the di vorce was granted, Mirs. Glenn was married to Mr. Young, of Charlotte and had been making her home there. When the mother went to her daughter at the station and lovingly threw her arms around her and kiss ed the child, the aunt of the child rushed to the little girl and tried to take her away. The mother, said, Irene, don't you know me, it is your mother; don't you love me?" "No, I don't love you, don't kiss me any more," was the child's reply. "I haven't seen you for so long, Irene, kiss me," pleaded the mother. The child began to scream, and it was then that her aunt came to her assistance and the mother turned and walked away. There were many bystanders and the attention of them was attracted by the child. Mrs. Young is a hand some brunette, tall and graceful. She is well known in Charlotte. The af fair was a most pathetic one and rany a heart was wrung by the treatment of the child to her moth er. This is one of the beauties of the divorce law. What more could be expected of the child. Her mother ad father had been divorced and he -- sther had remarried. I TIRED OF WAITING. Plucky Mother Slipped Aboard Steamer With Chillidren. Watched Her Chance to get on Board -Discovered by Captaii but, Al lowed to Work Her Passage. A New York special to the Phila delphia Record says: "Weary of waiting for her husband to raise money enough in this country to bring her and two of their children from Rotterdam. Mrs. Annie Samel gan stowed herself and her two little boys away on the steamship Estonia of the Russian-End Asiatic Line on August 16, and arrived here Thurs day. So struck with her pluck and her story was Capt. Christopher Neu man of the Estonia that he brought the stowaways to this port and help ed them pass the immigration auth orities. They were turned over to Mr. Samelgan on Thursday, and the whole family is now living happily at No. 9?1 Putnam avenue, New York. "A year ago Samelgan, the hus band and father, came to this coun try and obtained work in a Brooklyn tailor shop. Eight months ago he sent for his two eldest daughters and four months later for the eldest boy. The four went to work to raise the money to bring over the mother and children who were still in Rotten dam. SAW HER CHANCE TO GET ON BOARD. "As the months passed by and the word went home that it would take some time to save enough to pay for three tickets across the ocean, Mrs. Samelgan became desperate. She went to the dock every day and saw the crowds boarding the big stesm ships and going about, apparently with no person to stop them. "Why could I not $mix in that crowd and just go aboard? They will not drown me when they find me," she thought. "She finally determined to take the chance. When the Estonia was getting ready to sail from Rotter dam on August 16th she went to the pier with. her two boys, Leo, six years old, and Ferdinand, nine. She had slipped a couple of trunks to New York by the steamer and had only a change of clothing tied up in a bun dle to take with her. With the twc boys she joined a crowd of immi grants and walked aboard the ship. "Mrs. Samelgan had only 18 guld en (about $7). Of this she gave sev eral dollars to the sailors and they took the little boys into the fore castle and hid them in their bunks. Mrs. Samelgan was concealed in the steerage by several women to whor she told her story. DISCOVERED BY CAPTAIN. "Two days out Capt. Neuman was aL taking an inventory of his passen. gers, when he ran across one very small boy. "What is your name?' he asked. " 'Leo Samelgan,' was the reply. "'Where did you come from?' "' Rotterdam, sir. and I am go ing to my father in New York.' esteerage list and found no Samelgar record there. When he began ques tioning him the youngster began t< .cry. Thinking he had simply an or adinary stowaway aboard, the big captain tried to comfort the boy, bul jhe refused to be comforted. Upor further investigation Capt. Neumar was surprised to discover that in -steae of one small stowaway he hac ta stowaway family aboard. "When he learned the mother's story he was filled with admiratior Sfor her and said: - ALLOWED HER TO WORK HER wAY. "Well, I cannot send you back. Al] SI can do is to take you to New York. 'You will have to work in the kitch en." L"So Mrs. Samnelgan went to work Sand earned passage for herself and Stwo boys. Arrived here, the father was notified. He could scarcely be lieve his eyes when he arrived at the dock and saw his family. "Capt. Neuman took the stow. aways over to Ellis Island and a spec ial board of inquiry was called. The immigration officers decided that the *family is made of the stuff wanted in America and they were admitted, al though the laws had to be stretched almost to the breaking point." THEATRE PANIC. Film of Moving Picture Miachine Took Fire. A thousand persons in the Bijiou Theatre at Kankakee, 111., were thrown into a panic Wednesday night 'by the burning of a film of a moving picture machine in a room near the street entrance. Sonme one shouted "fire"~ and every body made a rush for the exits. There were a number of women and children in the theatre and many persons were knocked down in their excitement to reach the street. The entire comp~any went on the 'stage and sang a song to quiet the fears of the audience, but the ex pedient proved unsuccessful . The greater portion of the audience got out of the theatre before the flames had been extinguished. Several wo men fainted during the excitement but no one was injured. After quiet had been restored tihe audience filed back into the theatre and the performance was begun alI over again. M1oney Needed. The trusts are doing all they can to cripple the money market, and, if possible, bring on a panic. For this reason the money market is very tight and our banks are experiencing some trouble in getting money to Imove the crop. No doubt there is a great deal of idle money in the hands of the people. If this was all put i the banks where it could be used to help move the crops it would do a great deal of good. So if you have any money let the banks have it un til the stringency is over. In thirty days the South will have plenty of* money and can snap her fingers in the face of the thriving trusts. Plen-: ty of money means good prices. Let us all do what we can to help the: banks to move the crops. When you* sell cotton but the money in the banks until you need it. Every little helps out. TINIE was not far back when the boodler was called a statesman, or, at worse, a shrewd politician. It is: to the g eat advantage of this coun-> try that he is now known by his erht name, *HJIV 110O (fllV.1131 V - The Story of a Church Twice Struck by Lighting. The congregation in a hilly district in Ohio, says the Youth's Compan ion. bought a smaIl tract of land and erected a church upon it. Then the question of insurance came up. Mr. Sipes, the weathiest member, who had contributed more than half the money needed for the new structure declared that he did not believe in insurance. "This is the Lord's build ing- He'll take care of it," he said. His view prevailed and there was no insurance. In a few weeks the building was struck by lightning and almost totallyiconsumed by fire. An other one was erected. Mr. SipeE contributed the greater portion oj the fund as before. This time the demand was almost unanimous thai it be insured, but Mr. Sipes agair objected on the same ground. "If it burns down again, breth ren." he said, "I'll agree to rebuild it myself." Again he carried his point. Ix less than a month the new churel was struck by lightning again, and although strenuos offorts were mad( to save it, the loss was almost total. "The e must be some reason foi this brethren," said Brother Sipes 'I am going out to find out what it is." Thereupon he employed a force oJ men to sink a shaft on the site of th< twice destroyed church. With in - few days a rich vein of ore wa found sold for many times thi amount need to buy land in anothe: locality and build again. "I tell you brethren," said Broth er Sipes, "it pays to trust the Lord He's a great deal better busines manager than anybody in this con gregation." SHOT TO DEATH. Black Hand Gang is Run to Eart! After Thrilling Chase. While jumping through a trolle car window to escape the police Paol Castellano, an Italian, believed to b a member of the "Black Hand," wa 'shot to death Tuesday in New Yorl Caught in the act of taking mone from a victim who they ha threatened with death, three Italian who, the police believe, are ring leac ers of the "Black Hand." were cal tured by detectives after a fight on car on Second avenue, in which on of the Italians was shot. Croanoni, a wealthy barber, ha been receiving letters dmandin $5 00. He was told that his plac would be blown up and his family at nihilated unless he gave in to the dq mand. The barber reported the matter t the police and the officers told ti barber to meet th alleged blackmai ers of Second avenue. The barb( met the men and the money was turi ed over. The barber gave a signal and tt detectives rushed from the drug stoi The three Italians sprang on a pas ing trolley car and might have escal Ied, but . the motorman stopped tI car. Two of the men jumped froa the car and after a short chase wet captured. The third made a lot dive through the car window at vwas shot while in mid air. TI wounded men were seized and take to a hospital a prisoner. He gave h name as Paolo Castallenlo. The tw others. Erneslo Colleti and Vince2 Ambhroso, were taken to the static h oose. ROBBERS RAID TRAIN. Passengers Forced to Give Up The. Pocketbooks. iThe Omaha and Texas express o he Rock lsland was raided Frida morning, near Murdock, Neb., lz iree masked men. The robbers wer through the chair car robbing evet imssen'iger theein. securing their pocl etbooks and purses, covering th train crew with revolvers, and et cap~ed. Railroad detectives and sher iffs posses are in pursuit. The robbers were passengers o: the train. Shortly after leaving Mur dock. the men arose in their seat with their faces covered with masks and with rexolvers covered the pas sengers. The'n the leader orderet e'veryb~ody not to rsist, else the; would be shot. The men went dow1 the aisle with hats in hand, while thi third kept the passengers covered AllI the passengers were ordered t< throw their pocketbooks into th< hats which was done. The conductor appeared in the ca with a pistol in hand. but he wa: prompltly" covered with four gun and forced to drop his revolver. Af ier getting the money in the car thi robbers jumped from the train. At attempt was made to enter the sleep er secaon, but the door was locked and the attempt was unsuccessful. IT LESSENS CRIME. Crimininals in Declaware Fear W1hip ping Post Above All Things. Th'le people of Delaware, aspecially in the lower part o f the State. ar<: heartily in favor of continuing the whipping post as a means of sup' pressing the operations of criminals. 'he post is recommended as a whole somei remembrance to the culprit whc has violated the laws that he must not repeat the on'ense. In many cases the punishment in flicted here has the desired effect. There are instances where one man has been at the whipping puost more than once. but the cases ai'e ver'y few. SLould the whipping post be removed frm D~el aware it is believed that crimie would increase beyond imeas ure. In miany instance criminals who have teen sub~jected to publllic flogg ngs felt so dlisgraced that they open ly said they would never visit Dela ware again. Many a criminal has asked a long penitentiary sentence rather than serve a short sentence in iail and submit to the last. W\hen in attempt was mad1e at the last ossiont of the D~elawa re legislatu re i atbotli lie whipping post, every :embher was opposed to the measure. THlE name of our town stands for a picture in the minds of all who ave lingered even for- a few fleet. g days within the charm of its oong i.eauty. It stands not alone s a ple'asant picture, but as thc fu ure ideal to its own loyal citizens. t is unique among its sister-s in this ounty as an ideal city of hornes, even as the country is uniaue for its GIRL IS STILL MISSING No Trace Found of New York Baker's Daughter. Four-Year-Old Louisa Florentino, While Walking With 1Her Brother, Was Seized by a Black Man. Nothing has been learned of the fate of Louisa Florentino, the four year-old Italian girl who was snatch ed up and carried away less than an hour before noon from her brother's side at the crowded crossing of Ninth street and First avenue New York. If the boy's story is correct, the carrying off of the little girl was as daring a trick as it was success ful. Nicholas Florentino, the brother of the missing girl, is but seven years old, three years her senior. Suspecting that his strange story might be an invention of his to hide facts in case he had lost his sister or neglected to care for her, Detective Caravetta and others questioned him several times. He stuck to his story stoutly, repeating again and agair that "the mana nera carried off sis ter in a big baker's wagon." The home of the children is at 34. West Eleventh street. Wednesday 5 not long after 11 o'clock brother and sister went out together. Nichola was told to keep an eye on his sister. The two walked hand in hand to Firsi avenue and down to Ninth street Nicholas says that there he becam interested in watching something 0: other that was passing. Withoui quitting his sister he turned the oth or way for a second or two. The: were right at the corner of First ave nue and North street. He noticed that a wagon which ha< been driving slowly along at som distance behind them came up to the curb and stopped. He did not pay an great attention to it. It was, h e thinks, a baker's wagon. As his fath er is a baker, the boy ought to know Without attending. he noticed thai one of two men in the front seat o the wagon jumped out. A few moments later the boy turn ed around, called by a sudden cry His sister was not by his side. H a looked around quickly. His eye jus e in time, caught sight of her. She wa: in the arms of the man, who wa climbing back into the covered deliv g ery wagon. In a moment the girl an( her captor were out of sight. The, had plunged into the inside of th< wagon. The driver whipping up an< trotted off around the corner. Nicholas was too small to attrac 0 people's attention very easily. Hi I raised a shrill outcry. By the tim4 a knot of passers-by had stopped t listen to his story the wagon had ha< time to turn several corners. Th, e boy was taken home. When his par e ents heard his story they felt sur that they had been visited by th, Black Hand. The Florentinosnevertheless. wen straight to the Fifth street polic station and told the storyv to Lieu e tenant Fennelly. A general alarr dwas sent out for the little girl, s' that the police might identify he: wherever seen. The delivery wagoi Sin which the kidnapping was accomr s plished was also described as closel: as possible, from the account of tha brother. Nobody could be found wh, had any idea of the direction in whic! the wagon drove off on leaving th corner where the little girl was sei2 ed. irPietro Florentino, father of th missing girl, is suspicious of th Black Hand, as also are the police He is just snch a one as the black~ " mailers would pick out for a subject y He runs a prosperous bakery, em . ploying two delivery wagons in hi business. Only one thing is agains tthe blackmailing supposition. y The kidnappers are not in the halb - it of stealing girls. So markedi e their preference for boy children a -prizes, for which ransom may be col -lected, that according to the police this will prove to be the first case oj akidnapping a girl, should the fact be - proved that the little girl was taker for blackmail. Those working on the c ase are greatly puzzled because thi - kidnappers seized the girl when the: had their choice of both children and -might haue snatched up the seven year-old Nicholas, the son of the Florentino family, with the same ease as the little girl. TO TALK MILES AT SEA. Battleships; of Big Fleet to be Fitted With Telephones. -The navy department is making ar rangements for the installation of wireless telephones on all of the bat tleships which it is proposed to send to Pacific. Tests of the instruments will be made on two of the battle ships. probably the Connecticut and the Virginia. and if it is found that the apparatus works satisfactorily, all the ships will be equipped with the wireless telephones in addition to the wireless telegraph outfits which they all carry. It is claimed by the company which proposes to furnish the wireless tel ephones that their use is practicable in any kind of weather for a distance of five miles. and that they can be used for commnunication at a mutch greater distance under favorable weather conditions. The Yankton has beeni assigned to accompany the fleet for the use of the commander-in-chief' in place of launch or small vessel in going to ports where the fleet will stopi. She is able to make 1 4 knots and as the fleet will run ten knots she will have no difficulty in keeping her place in line. IF perchance, a copy of this paper should fall into the hands of any who are in search of a new location a place where church, school and so cial advantages are given emphasis, and where you can Live out your al lotted-number of years without fear of pestilence or famine, we say, like one of the old "Come thou with us and we will do thee good," without; emphasis on the "do." IF every business man could d~o business on a strictly cash system it would be a blessing to us all. If we all had to pay cash we would learn to live within our means. It would save business men the expense of! bookkeepers and the loss of bad! debts all of which some one has to! nay for. If our town could grady~ work into a strictly e - y tem it would be better for us all.I ANOTHER RIOT IN 'FRISCO. Police Act Quickly, However, and Results are Not Serious. Another riot resulting from labor troubles occurred in the M1ission die trict of San Francisco Thursday, but was quickly quelled by the police af ter several arrests were made. A large number of members of the Structural Iron Wokers' Union re turning from the funeral of one or their former associates, J.JT. Peterson. who was fatally shot during the Lab or Day attacks on United Railroad employees, had reached the corner of Guerrero and 16th streets when some of the men began to create a disturbance. Soon stones and other missiles were flying, and in a few moments the windows of four or five street cars had been broken. The crews of the cars drew their revolvers and fired several shots into the air to intimidate the crowd. This caused the arrest of Motorman P. J. Delphs for carrying a concealed wea pon. One passenger, Mrs. C. L. Gage, was struck in the face by a stone. No one was seriously hurt. however, owing to the prompt arrival of the police who quieted the turbulent crowd. Five men. believed to have participated in the attack on the cars, were placed under arrest. GENESIS OF BELL ROPE. Combat That Settled Conductor's Su prenacy Over Engineer. Although there does not seem tc be anything common between pugi lism and railroad rules, yet the adoption of the familar bell rope that stretches through every car 0: the modern train was the result of i fistic encounter. At the same tim and by the issue of the same combat says the Philadelphia Public Ledger the supremacy of the conductor i railroad travel was ordained. I1 was Philadelphia which gave both t< the world. One of the oldest railroads in th4 country is the Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore, now knowi as the Philadelphia, Baltimore an( Washington, which was opened i 1837. The first schedule containe< one passenger train, which went t< Baltimore one day and came bacd the next, which was considered a re markable feat in rapid travel. Whei a train a day each way was place< in service the people of the tw< cities served concluded that the acm; of convenience in transportatioi had been reached. Next to the president of the rail road the most important functiona ries were the engineer and condue tor. It was a question whether o not the head of the line was consid ered a subsidary official in popula estimation to the men who ran th, train; but Robert Fogg, who pulled the throttle, and John Wolf, whi collected fares, won the deferenc< eof the public because of their. hig1 -and responsible duties. SFogg, an Englishman, had all th< the tenacity of opinion of.his race rWolf, an American, had the ingenu ity ofthe Yankee, and seeing th< -need of some method by which hi could communicate with the engi n feer, devised a scheme of running cord through the cars to the locomo tive. As the engine was a woo< eburner, Wolfe fastened one end c the codto a log, which was placet on the engineer's seat and was pull ed to the floor when the conducto: desired to signal for a stop. Fogg resehted what he considere< an interference with his rights o: the platform of the locomotive, an< on the first run out with the new de vice paid no heed to the displace ment of the log from the seat whe: the conductor desired to take on passenger from a farm near Gray' Ferry, but sped on over the bridge and did not deign to bring his engin< to a stop until Blue Bell statipn. or the south side of the Schuykill, ha( been reached. Then he demanded to know of Wolfe why he had beer jerking that log all about the loco, motive. Wolf hotly declared that he hac signalled to stop, but Fogg retortec that he would stop when and where he leaedand that, too, witnout any reference to c rders from the conductor, whom he did not regard as his superior in the management of the train. The altercation grew very heated, and Wolf invited the engineer from his cab to settle the matter, and the challenge was quick ly accepted. Passengers and a group of men who had gathered at the station to see the train come in formed a ring about the combatants, but the fight did not last long, as Wolfe proved by far the superior artist with his fists and with a few blows made it almsot impossible for the engineer to see sufficiently to completely his run; but Fogg admitted that he had benfil beaten, and the suprem acy of the conductor on a railroad train was settled. As the log signal was crude and ineffective, Wolf devised the use of a bell on the locomotive, and this method was soon adopted by all of the American railroads. Then a Icode of signals was adopted, and these remain practically to this day. IThe only change in the bell cord is that by use of the air from the Ibrake system a whistle has _super ceded the bell in the locomotive. IT will take every dollar in this county to move the crops. So if you have any moncy that you are not using put it in some one of the banks of the county so as it can be used to help out. WE are proud of the fact that we are all laborers in this community practically every citizen is included. for who among the number is there who does not, to a greater or less extent, perform manual labor. PROMPT settlement on the part of customers has much to do with the ability of our merchants to swing their business in so able a manner, On the other hand, too liberal a. redit without regard to whom, has: been known to put many an honest merchant out of the business. WHILE we beautify ours gardens and premises we should not fr.ret our relatives and friends who are at peaceful rest. There are m tre ittle mounds in our cemetary than there are residents in our city and it is fitting that our Silent Cityv should be kept in order. None of us are to) poor to plant a rose above the resting place of a relative GAVE HIS LIFE A To Save That of His Fellow Workman. stove to Rescue Companion, Who Had Succumbed to Naptha Fumes. At New York, N. Y., on Tuesday Martin Boar, 26 years old, sacrificed his life in'an endeavor to save Jacob Leiber, a fellow workman, after Lieb er had succumbed to naptba fumes in a tank in a manufacturing plant in 'Newark. Lieber. had. gone. to the tank to clean it ~and cried when he was in danger. Boar promptly jump ed in the tank and tried to lift Lieb-_ er out. but was himself overcome.. Other workmen with the aid of ropes, rescued the two men, but Boar soon died. Lieber, a stronger man than Boar was unconscious for several hours, but was finally revived. HIS METHOD OF PROCEDURE. Pat Congratulated Himself on Doi4' A Good Days Work. A farmer living in the northern part of the state of Delaware was about to leave home on a bright afternoon in the early part of the month of March, says the Magazine -of Fun, when a florid son of the Emerald Isle approached him and asked: "Measter Farmer, will you give me a jo's of worruk?" To which the farmer replled.. "There is little doing at this time of the year unless you know- how t trim fruit-trees." The Irishman replied, "Measter I have trimmed many a tree in .the ould country, and I kin make yoi'S good job." "Well," said the farmer, "hererIs an axe and a saw; there is a-fine young apple orchard, just com menc ng to b:!ar; if you know how to trim-1 fruit-trees do your best on these, - and on my return, if I like your work, I may be able to give you steady employment." It was after dark when the farm returneJ, and Pat was sitting by the kitchen stov. "Well, Pat, how did you ;et along?" asked the far mer. "Very well, indeed, sir," replied Pat; "I did you a good job of worruk." ~ -How many trees did -you trim, Pat?" asked the farmer. )"Och, suie, I didn.'t trim Iny of . thim, but I got thim all cut down,. and I'm going to trim thim to-mor row." Court Amenities. "The learned district attorney has the misfortune not to know anything - of the law." l "The learned counsel labors under fthe handicap of .being an ignora'. [ muns!" -' "Sir!" r"Sir! to you." Then the wheels of justice resume [ their grinding.-Philadelphia Ledger. [ Bad Batter. -Sir Thomas Lipton, whose grocery jshops, "Lipton's Limited," are as :thick in London as the fog, was talk ing to a New York reporter on -his last visit about pure food laws. "And that reminds me," said Sir Thomas "of my youth, when I -was running my first grocery, and ileeping Sunder the counter. "A rival in the next street was selling notoriously bad goods, and I heard a story about him with delight. "It seems that a customer entered1 his shop and asked for a pound of butter. " 'Yes, sir,' said my rival. 'The renl or* thte imitation, sir?' "'What was it you sold me yester day?' inquired the customer. " 'That was' the real, sir.' "'Then give me the imitation.' " His Gentle Hint. The train was crowded. In one compartment, a dignified, middle aged gentleman was trying to read. A-nong the passengers was a lady ,M t a very sprightly little girl who had blue eyes, a head of glistening gold, and an inquisitorial- tongue. She asked the dignified gentleman in numerable questions and ,played with his watch chain. The mother fairly beamed upon him. He was becoming nervous, and, turning to the lady, said:, "Madame, what do you call this sweet child?" The mother smiled, and replied: ,"Ethel." "Please call her, then." Ill-Advised. "That speech, was ill-advised" said Senator Cullom, referring to a col league's too outspoken address. "It reminds me of a speech that a widow made to her new husband en the honeymoon. " 'Oh, she sighed, throwing her self in the man's arms. 'bow happy poor dear James would be if he could - only know by what an agreeable gentleman he has been replaced.' A Conversationalist.. NelIIke: "You seemed much inter ested tonight in the conversation of Mr. Tomnlinson." Edith: "Yes; his conversation was about sensible matters. such as few -M the young men of the day discuss." Nellie: "What was it?" Edith: "The superior advantage f married life as compared with achlordom."-Illustrated Bits. . Plausible. "It looks plausible," said the mna who occasionally lets out an audible thought. "What looks pt M? queried the party with the b" .-ini w-h1 "That goat's milk should : eld the . trongest butter." exclaimed the noisy thinker.-Chicago News. True Happiness. 'Tis not in money nor in land That life its happiness reveals; Tt is in dodging miicrobes and