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HEN SAW PINK BEAR
wife Thought for Time That Hus-
} band Was Crazy.
1ubsequent Events Proved, However
| That the Old Man Knew What He
Was Talking About-A Com
pIete Nindication.

From Bridgewater, W, the cheerful
news comes TO the New York World that
khe mystery of Hen Whites pink bear
has been cleared, and Hen has been re-
stored to his ola place among the sane
minded and truthful citizens ofthe Cor
ners. There was time few weeks ago
Ehen he was looked at askance and
elassed with Nose Perkins, who, while
Aaying, declared he had run across a
nest of purple snakes, with eyes in their
halls.
The pink bear nrst put in an appear
ance at the Bigelow abandoned farm,
whittier Hen had gone alone TO gather
6utternuts. 1t was Investigating an old
bee tree when the farmer first laid eyes
IN it and then was so spellbound at the
sight that he swallowed a lump of spruce
yum he was chewing. The bear had his
head in the bee hole and hadn't seen
Hen.
When Hen arrived he was so out OF
breath that il was considerable time
before he could explain matters to his
wife. Mrs. White is a practical woman
and she advised her spouse 10 put his
feet in hot water, take a pint of catnip
tea and go to bed.
When, after nights rest, Hen still
declared he had seen pink bear, Mrs.
White allowed" there must be some
thing in it, but strongly advised that the
story be kept for home use. But Hen
insisted on telling the neighbors. They
treated the man kindly, but shook their
heads and spoke to Mrs. White about
the state insane asylum at Waterbury.
Her husband might get dangerous at
any time. they told her, and urged her
TO take time by the forelock and send
him away before he murdered the baby.
The arguments were beginning to have
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his way. Then several OF the women
began to cry. Some of the party were
afraid to go forward, but others urged
that they must pass on to find an outlet
before the candles burnt out. The scene
was one of indescribable confusion.
The men shouted in the hope of MAX
Ing those who had gone on ahead hear
but there was no answer, and the party
In state Of greatest excitement, wan
dered on through passage after passage,
turning in and out amid the piles of hui
man bones. This went on for an hour
and a half, and some of the candles were
burning very low.
Nine. Chambronty, a French woman
who had been in the Catacombs several
times before, at last noticed a spring OF
water, and exclaimed in broken English
that she knew the way For another 20
minutes the visitors followed her, and
when nearly all the candles had gone
out they came to an exit. But it was
locked, and there was another cry of
despair. Happily, some keepers, who evi-
IDENTIFY thought that all visitors had left,
appeared and unlocked the iron gates.
According to rule, the men in charge
are ordered to count the number OF Wis
itors who enter and leave the Cata-
combe, but this precaution Is evidently
neglected. For the future 1t has been
decided, that visitors shall be accom-
panied by two guides, one of whom will
60 in front of and the other will follow
q party.
The Catacombs Of Paris are aban-
doned Quarries extending under a large
portion Of the city. They were made
into receptacle for human bones in
1855, when the cemeteries Of the city
we're condemned and the bones removed
fhithar
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MET IN A CEMETERY.
And Fell in Love While Weeping
O'er Partners Gone Before.
Courtship Begun I'm Strange Place
Ends i'm "a Happy Union-Love in
h Lunatic AsyIum-Cupid
in Jail.

A cemetery seems hardly the kind of
spot one would choose to go accounting
in, yet it proved an attractive trysting-
place to a couple who were married in
Baltimore the other day. Both had
been married previously, and the &C
Quaintance OF the bereaved widow and
widower began through visits made to
the cemetery containing the remains OF
their departed partners.
MIR. Charles ii. Ogie, VINO is an engi-
neer on the Pennsylvania railroad and
80 years of age, lost his wife year ago,
and, having been very happy with her
in former days, frequently visited the
spot where she lay buried in order to
mediate and put a few flowers on her
grave. Mrs. katherine Elder, who lost
her husband three years previously, and
who is now only 26, spent much of heI
time in the cemetery with the same
praiseworthy object as Mr.. Ogle.
The two mourners soon began to no.
tice one another, and one day Mr. Ogle
stepping over to the tombstone of the
deceased Mr.. Elder, offered the weeping
widow his sympathy, which was CRATE
fully, If tearfully, accepted. A few days
later the two mourners met once more
and, having laid their floral offerings OF
the graves, strolled cut of the cemetery
together. Almost unconsciously their
steps led them in the direction of the
parsonage of the Church of St. John
wehre Rev. Thomas Lowe, who seemed
to expect them, speedily made them
one.
A lunatic asylum. one would think. II
q queer place in which to find a bride
A gentleman. whose home Is In the ives,
OF England. found 1t necessary in 1900
to put his wife In an asylum. as she had
developed suicidal mania Here she re-
manned under close observation foI
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RUSSIA NOW
TALKING PEACE
London Hears Special Council Declares
War Should Be Avoided.
CAUSED BY ENGLAND s ATTITUDE

St Petersburg, jan IS. - Emperor
Nicholas pacific utterances made dur
ing the New Years reception at the
winter palace in St Petersburg. Thurs
day last, together with the favorable
comments of the foreign press, which
have been reproduced here, have Great
ed splendid impression and have also
had good effect in perceptibly dimin-
fishing the war talk in army and navy
circles, which were quick to take their
cue from the assurances coming from
the throne.
The newspapers, which have been
discussing the Far Eastern situation
with considerable freedom, have grown
almost silent. and what they do say is
commendatory of the improved pros
poets of peace.
The czar continues to talk peace. and
the dowager cZarina, in conversation
remarked: WAR is a horrible thing
There will not be war"
That the two countries are not Sc
far apart may be fairly inferred from
the following statement made by Mr.
kurino, the Japanese minister: "WaI
now would only be disastrous to both
countries. Owing to the geographical
situation an armed conflict would re
suit in great drain of the men and
treasure OF both Japan and Russia
without being decisive. Besides 1 be
lieve it would not be worth while to &C
to war on the questions still In dis
pute."
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effect when the vindication of Hen came
IL most unexpected manner.
John Bugbee, who lives back in the
hills on farm he bought in the spring.
both indicated Hen and killed the pink
bear. The farm buildings needed much
liking up when Bugbee took the place.
and the first thing he did was to lay
in supply of red paint In fair weather
ne titled the soil, and when it rained
ne painted. The soil was pretty rocky
and promised little the first year. 40
Bugbee bought dozen hives of bees.
he inquired that the honey with what
crops he could raise would carry him
over the first winter, and then the SAIL
Ing would be before fair wind. The
bees thrived and the farmer hived sew.
eral swarms and then built bee house.
This he completed about a week before
Hen saw his bear.
ordinarily Bugbee wouldn't have
painted the bee house, but inasmuch as
ne had some red paint he thought he
would make good job of it. There
wasn't enough of the red paint to do
pne work, and he added some white lead
end spread coat over the house. In
zoe and out, floor and ceiling, The next
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GENERAL MARKETS

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 20. - Flour
steady; winter superfine, $32063.5O:
Penna. roller. clear, S39OG4.lO: citv
mills, fancy, s5Q5.2o. Rye flour was
quiet, at 1925 per barrel. Wheat was
firm; No. 2 Penna- red, new, 91h 092c-
Corn firm; No. 2 yellow, local, 53c.
Oats were quiet; No. white clipped.
47c.; lower grades. Acc. Hay steady;
No. i timothy. large bales. S15II5.5O
Pork firm; family. $1,000. Beef was
steady; beef hams, S20Q21. Live poul-
try, lac. for hens and 9Isc. for old
ROSTERS. Dressed poultry. I3c. for
choice fowls and 10c. for old ROSTERS.
Butter was steady; creamery, &c per
pound Eggs steady; New York and
Penna., 33c. per dozen. Potatoes were
steady; Soc. per bushel
Baltimore. Md, Jan. 20. - Wheat
strong; spring contract, 91A 092c.:
spot red western. 9215@92%c.; steam-
er No. 2 red, S41a6S4Ac. Corn firm:
spot, 50Ss 150%c. Oats strong and
higher; No. > white, 47@47kc.; No. 2
mixed, 43@ 43lAc. Rye firm; No. 2, In
export elevator, GOOGLE; uptown, 65
Q66c:; No. 2 western. in export eleva-
tor. 61@62c.: uptown, 67@6Sc. But
ter firm; fancy imitation, 20Q21c.;
fancy creamery. 25G 26c.; fancy ladle,
l6Q1Sc.; store packed, 15G17c. Eggs
hrm; zoe. per dozen.
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morning he awoke to find that a bear
had invaded the bee house and ripped
open several hives. The newly painted
floor showed many tracks. and the walls
were scratched where Bruin had at
tempted to climb them. 1t then devel-
oped that he had eaten SO much honey
that he had difficulty in making an
exit through the low narrow door
through which he had entered, and that
he had been forced TO lay down and
worm his way to freedom.
Bugbee would have taken the news to
the village and Hen would have been
cleared at once, but the farmer had too
much to do to gather his slim crops and
repair the bee house to indulge in an
afternoon off. Then, too, he was bound
to get the bear, and sat up several hours
every night awaiting his return. Final
ly, early in the week, he was rewarded.
The moon had just come up when
Bugbee heard movement back of the
bee house and soon discerned an odd
appearing animal sniff around the cor
ner and look in the door. He was a
dirty pink and the farmer knew the old
marauder had come back for more
honey. After few more shifts the bear
| erawled inside and Bugbee sneaked up
and pounded on the side of the house
with the stock of his rife.
Instantly the bear stuck his head ont
Of the door and, seeing the farmer
growled. The moon gave plenty of light
to shoot at ten PAGES, and Bugbee fired,
| catching the animal between the eyes
and killing him instantly. When he
was drawn from the bee house Bruin
was found to be faded and soiled pink,
the paint having dried on the hair and
then become dirty through contact with
the woods
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War Must Be Avoided.

London, Jan. 1S.-The Russian cor.
respondents OF the Times hear that
q special council presided over by the
car arrived at the conclusion that
war should be avoided. The inference,
they say. is that the speech Of Pre-
mter Balfour at Manchester, January
IL, In which he said: mo one can con-
template hostilities between two great
civilized countries without feelings OF
misgiving and Of depression" declar.
ing that Great Britain would carry out
to the fullest extent all her treaty
obligations. greatly influences this de-
cisian.
1t is reported that as result of this
conclusion Russia intends to open
ports In Manchuria, withdraw her pre-
tensions with regard to Corea, and
possibly even not retain Port Arthur
as military stronghold.
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nearly a year, during which time she
was placed in the special charge OF a
pretty, fair-haired nurse Of "a, who
seemed to have made pleasant impress
sion on the husband of her patient.
In the summer of 1901 the lady died,
and of course the widower had no fur
Their need to call at the asylum. But
after a few weeks he began to miss
seeing the pretty nurse, and when six
months had passed he felt so strong
desire to know IL she were still in
the same situation that one day he called
and inquired for her. Six months later.
Ing had expired, he proposed. was &C
cepted, and the two are now the happi-
est married couple you could wish to
see
Jail is not altogether pleasant place
In which to meet ones future life-part-
ner, but several instances go to prove
that there are unlikelier spots. Early
In the nineteenth century young man
OF the name of Benjamin Flower was
imprisoned in Newgate for writing a
spirited defense of the French revolu-
ton. While there he was visited by a
Miss Eliza Gould. a lady of philan-
thropical turn of mind, who spent much
OF her time visiting the prisoners in
their afliction." and. when permitted to
do so, reading TO them and writing their
letters.
Mr.. Flower was strongly attracted by
MISS Gould's goodness no less than by
her remarkable beauty, and when his
term of imprisonment expired and he
gained his freedom. the friendship be-
gun under such romantic circumstances
continued, and the two frequently met
Ultimately, finding that they could rot
i've apart, they were married. Two
daughters were born to them. one of
whom, Sarah, gained Immortality as the
authoress OF that beautiful HYMN.
Nearer. NV God tn Tbaa
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PENNSYLVANIA EDITORS MEET
VIII Make Efforts to Have Salus-Grady
Libel Bill Repealed.


Harrisburg, Pa. Jan. 20.-The Penn
sylvania State Editorial Association, at
its annual meeting in this city, decided
to hold its regular summer session at
st. Louis during the week of June 16.
The committee on legislation appointed
at the convention held at Atlantic
City last summer. for the purpose of
organizing the newspapers of the state.
without regard to political lines, to
make united effort to have the Salus-
Grady libel law repealed. reported
favorable progress. 1t was decided
that efforts should be made by the as -.
ISOLATION to secure pledges from candi-
dates for the legislature this year TO
vote at the next session for the repeal
of the present libel law and the pas
sage of a more liberal act.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Die
trich Lamade. Williamsport; first vice
president. A. Nevin Pomeroy. Cham
bersburg; second vice president, T. II.
Harter, Bellefonte; third vice presi-
dent, w. l.. McQuown, Clearfeld; sec
rotary and treasurer, r. II. Thomas.
fredericksburg; assistant secretary, r.
II. Thomas. Jr., Chambersburg; cor
responding secretary, Cyrus T. Fox,
Reading; executive committee, o. d.
Schock, Hamburg; A. D. Gould, FL
dred; /. o. Missley, Middletown; w
Hayes Grier. Columbia, and c. H
Griffith, Marion Centre.
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WOMEN DENoUNcE MoRMoNlsM
Mass Meeting Petitions U. s. Senate
to Probe Charges Against Smoot.

Mass Meeting Petitions U. s. Senate
to Probe Charges Against Smoot.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1S.-At a mass
meeting held under the auspices OF
the leading women's clubs of this city
at Horticultural Hall, resolutions were
adopted denouncing polygamy and
Mormonism, and petitioning the Unit
ed States senate to investigate the
charges made against Senator Reed
Smoot. II the charges are found to be
true, the resolutions ask that he be ex
PEELED from that body. A half score OF
Representatives of the Mormon church
were present listening to the bitter de
nunciation of Mormonism. At the con
clusion of the meeting they handed
around literature.
The meeting was presided over b,
DR.. Joseph Swain, president of Swarth
more College, an institution dominated
by the Quakers. Mrs Frederick
Schof, of this city, president OF this
National Congress of Mothers, one OF
the speakers, explained why the wo
men of the country had taken up the
fight against Senator Smoot, ana SAID
that 10000 women are already engag
ed in the movement I'VE have engag
ed Representative Taylor as our lega,
adviser" she said, land was assured
In Washington that had we women moi
done so, no objections would have beer
made to seating Mr.. Smoot"
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billing and cooling with a much Older
woman, while the other sat sulking ten
feet away. He passed on as before, and
again the young man overlook him to
say:
Reckon yo' am sorter surprised obel
de change, eh?"
Yes, rather. You were counting the
daughter two hours ago"
Oats fact, sah.''
And you said it was case of love al
first sight"
yes, said dat"
We'll, why did you drop her for the
other?"
"Dey am mudder an daughter, sah.'
so | should say, but what of that:
You amt going to make love to both al
once, are your"
NO, sab; no, sab. lie gwine to lei
de gal slide"
But for why?'
"Bekase, sah," replied the lover as he
dropped his voice TO the confidential
pitch, 81 has diskibered dat it's de mud
der who owns de house an has de $500
In de bank"
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A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, January IL,

Governor Pennypacker, OF Pennsyl-
vania, has reappointed John G. De-
laney factory inspector.
Mrs. Ruth Bxown Thompson, daugh-
ter of John Brown, OF Harpers Ferry
fame, is dying at Pasadena, Cal.
The office OF the Pittsfield (A~ss.)
Gas company was blown to pies By
q gas explosion. No one was injured.
Postmaster Albert eastman. of
Stahl, Mo-, is under arrest for embez.
zling government funds to the amount
of $1,000.
The American Car and Foundry
company, of st. Louis, has reduced it's
employees wages 10 per cent About
5000 men are affected.
Lawrence White was killed and
three other miners injured by the ex-
plosion of a box of dynamite at the
Lyle colliery, near Pottsville. Pa.
Friday, January IS.
George +. Randolph has been elected
first vice president and traffic manager
of the b. & o. railroad.
The Kentucky house of representa-.
tives has invited Senator Arthur p.
German to address them
Three unknown miners were drown.
ed at Charleroi. Pa, while crossing
the Monongahela river on the ice.
ALI the wholesale grocery houses of
Central West Virginia have CONSOLE
dated, with a capital of $1,000 900.
Mrs. Elizabeth w. Lee and her two
daughters were burned to death in
their home at Terre Haute, Ind. The
building caught fire from an over.
heated stove.
Saturday, January 16.
Brigadier General Frederick D.
Grant has assumed command of the
department of the lakes.
General Lee. a negro, was lynched
near Charleston, s. c., for attempting
to crimina,ly assault a white woman.
The three-story car barn and SO cars
OF the Coney Island and Brooklyn rail
road In Brooklyn were destroyed by
fire. Loss. $125.000.
William J. Bryan will publish a daily
edition OF his newspaper, The Com
moner, during the Democratic national
convention in St Louis.
The boiler of freight locomotive on
the New York Central railroad ex
ploded at Syracuse, N. Y, killing the
engineer and brakeman and fatally I'm
Turing the fireman.
Monday, January IS.
All the steel mills at South Chicago
have resumed, but at greatly reduced
wages.
Colonel John H. Bacon, former
mayor Of Colorado Springs, Colo, com
mitted suicide because OF illness.
William Niemaler was killed and
three others fatally injured by a dyna
mite explosion at a lumber camp near
Phillips, Wis.
Charles Bonier. aged "a years, was
found guilty Of first degree murder al
Buffalo, N. Y, for killing an old Ger
man couple for their money.
Losing control of his sled while
coasting, Earl Bird. 10 years old, OF
Shamokin, Pa, plunged from a bridge
30 feet into a ravine, fatally injurine
himself
Tuesday, January 10.
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CANAL TREATYIN SENATE
Heated Controversy Followed Favor
able Report From Committee.

'Catcu controversy FOiioWeO fdVOr>
able Report From Committee.
Washington, Jan. 10. - While the
Panama canal question has been be-
fore the senate on general principles
during the greater part of the present
session, the Panama canal treaty was
not reported until yesterday. 1t had no
sooner been reported favorably to the
senate in executive session than Il be-
came the subject OF heated controversy.
Senator Cullom made the report in
favor Of the treaty, whereupon Senator
Morgan, as a member of the commit
tee, at once entered formal protest
against the acceptance of the report,
on the ground that when the commit
tee decided to report the treaty an
amendment was still under considera-
ton, and that he had not had time to
present an amendment looking to
the striking out of article % Of the
treaty, in which Panama renounces
her right to participation in the earn
ings of the canal when built.
Senator Allison suggested that Dem
ocratic senators could offer amend
ments at any stage of the proceedings
In the senate. and assured them thai
all such amendments would have fair
and deliberate consideration.
- No action was taken on Senator
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Bright scheme That r.,,,

Brlstling with ambition. a young
physician who has a limited practices
recently thought OF scheme which he
felt would be money maker for him
His idea was to fool his neighbors into
the belief that he was overrun with
business. This he attempted to do by
inducing all the charity patients he
treated at the dispensary with which
ne is connected to come to his office.
telling them 1t would be convenience
for him, and that 1t would cost them
nothing. But the result was not all he
anticipated. While his office was al
ways crowded, the number Of his nav
Ing patients did not increase, and at
the end Of the month he had made a
visible impression on but one person.
His landlady raised his rent. because
she was sure he had acquired an ex-
tenive and prosperous practice.
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ALL DANGER OF WAR ENDED
At Least London Confirms Belief That
tension Is Greatly Relaxed.


London, Jan. 19.-The car in re-
ceiving the ministers in state at Tsar-
koe-Selo, on Sunday, declared, says the
Daily Nails st. Petersburg correspond
ent, that all danger of a conflict was
now ended.
All the special cablegrams from st.
Petersburg published in this mornings
papers confirm the belief that the ten
sion has been greatly relaxed; but, ac-
cording to the correspondent OF the
Paris edition of the New York Herald.
there is a strong feeling in official
quarters in st. Petersburg against the
representatives of both Great Britain
and the United States
The special cablegram from Toxic, on
the other hand, still reflects the belli-
cose feeling of the Japanese press and
people and suspicion Of the Russian as
surances.
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EYE TO MAIN CHANCE.
CoIored Man Forsakes Daughter
When He Finds That Mother
Has Money in Bank.

At ten o'clock the other forenoon a
citizen passed a house on Brush street,
in Chicago, to see young colored man
and woman seated on the doorstep
with their arms around each other.
The pedestrian smiled and passed on,
but before he had gone block he was
overtaken by the young man who,
shamefacedly, said:
seed yo' GRIMM, boss, an !
thought I'd explain dat 1T was a case
OF love at first sight. was jest took
wild dat gal de first mint l sot eyes on
her, an l reckon she'll dun promise
to marry me befo' noon"
Three hours later the citizen returned
that way, and he found the young man