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PAINTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Signs of Attack on Bears-Scare for
Campers and Travellers

Williamsport Correspondence Philadel-
phia North American.
The panther scare that has laid hold
of the Pine Creek region and which
began month ago when Abram High
wood of Lucullus found a COW and two
heifers slain in the woods has been
intensified by a discovery made by a
state forest ranger, NJ r. Westcott of
Slate Run, during an inspection trip
over his range.
At a point about two miles up Slate
Run his attention was attracted by the
torn up condition of the ground leading
to the edge of a steep bare embank-
ment, and a trail could be very easily
discerned in the clay soif of the en-
bankment itself. showing that some-
thing or somebody engaging in des-
perate struggle had gone down over
the embankment Westcott followed
out his discovery, fearing that perhaps
some luckless trout fisherman had been
attacked by a bear or catamount and
had met his death at the foot of the
embankment.
dence at the bottom OF the embank
ment to show what had taken place
there The ground was terribly torn
up and so fresh that he concluded that
the battle must have taken place that
day. Great patches of long black anil
NAL hair to which in some instances
torn flesh adhered were found upon
the ground as+s
The brush was disturbed for yards
around and splotches of blood were
found. The hair was evidently that of
black bear, and that the animal had
been attacked by a panther there wasn't
much doubt, for no other creature native
to the Pine Creek region would tackle a
full grown black bear. The attack had
evidently started at the top of the ledge,
for a subsequent examination showed
the excariatcd bark of a Tree from which
the panther evidently had made its initial
leap upon tae unsuspecting bear as the
la liter Passed beneath.
The distance the fighting animals rolled
was about 80 feet and the way the grounS
was torn UP al the foot of the bank
showed the fight had continued for some
time and that the bear had suffered terri
BILE wounds.
Wescott made thorough search of
wide area OF territory. expecting to
find the carcass of the bear, bur was un-
able to do so. and he concluded that bruin
at last got the better OF the fight and
drove the panther off
| The proved presence OF a panther in
the Pine Creek and Black Forest region
lias created the widest sort OF interest
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elect folks to office, or hand them
appointments just because they air
smart. Not on your life, Amos. If
they did you might now be Secretary
of State, or sumthing, and well
ANGUS modesty forbids that | bring
myself into this discussion.
Polyticks is game that ANGUS
newer set in, and if he fools with it
long he will lose his shirt. ANGUS is
the rong number and there is no es-
Gaping it, and if he is nominated
against John Lawrense, why take it
frum me, sumboddy wants to see
ANGUS take the count. John will
throw dust in ANGUS eyes all the way
frum the start till he gets far enuff
ahed for it to settle before it gets to
ANGUS, which won't take long.
IL ANGUS sets in the game with
John, John will blush when he takes
the bacun, believe me. 1t will sim
ply be too easy. There air lawyers in
Gadsden whom ANGUS could give a
handicap of all the Soopreem court
DECISIONS in the national library and
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fake IL through half done. Division off,
GERS are quick to observe tho chap who
jumps TO every duty and stays with 1t
until il has been finished ship shape. And
there are just lots of duties to do. Scrub
hing down and holystoning decks is the
first thing in the. morning The watch
that comes on deck at a. m. attends to
this and as the watches alternate each
day. by the insertion of the short dog
watch in the early evening, the crew
takes turn and turn about with this. A
battleship. except while coaling, always
looks clean as a pin. IL takes work to
keep IL so In spite OF the fact that the
navy is not bothered with dust and dirt
as folks are ashore. Decks are washed
down every day and swept down about
every Is minutes. The boatswain's whistle
to sweep down is the first call the lands
man learns. Breakfast follows at
O'Clock. Then comes bright work. Bright
work IL as bad as the disease of the same
rame but again would advise to do
your part well. No matter how much
brass you have to keep polished, make
yours the shiniest on the ship and curse
the man who dares touch II with naked
band after your job is completed. Bright
work over. all hands have a few moments
to clean UP when the call for general
quarters Is sounded and here begin the
real duties of the day. But this must be
| left for another story. / started out with
knotting and splicing for a text and must
| hasten to o'la4 muttons. st@+
| Knotting and splicing is another relic
of >, 1T days when ships we're as full
| Of NJ TO as dog is Of fieas. The next
time sdies isit some seaport town go
to thoes KS and get permission TO wan
der a.. :, some sailing craft putting on
~ llderness of ropes. big ropes and little
ones long ropes and short. You would
not believe it possible but each of those
ropes has a name and each little mean
! ing all Its own. | knew about these
things once but have fortunately forgot
| ten them. But have not forgotten how
| to splice and tie knots. OF course In
| the iron battleship the only ropes are
the painters" on the running boats
that secures them to the boom when ship
is anchored in port. So, and here again
Is rnOWH iHt libtH Vi a tNAet iNPtotth
observation, while there Is no longer need
to be acquainted with the possibilities of
piece of rope, and how many contor-
tons II can be twisted into, hoary ira
dillon requires that a landsman must
be on more familiar terms with II than
he is with his mother. before he can
hope for promotion to ordinary seaman.
After ingenuity has been exhausted, and
the executive officer is absolutely at a
loss to give the crew something to do. in
stead OF allowing them a few minutes
OF pleasant idleness. the call for knot
ting and splicing is sounded. I'm response
all hands assemble in circles about the
several decks, an old fashioned salt sits
down in the middle tutor, and the SOL
enn ceremony is started. II continues
until the executive officer has discovered
something for the crew TO do, when
knock off rings from the boatswain' $
whistle.
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real knowledge of the problems of Bir-
mingham. There would be no compulsory
authority in such a meeting, but it might
easily prove the beginning of evolution
towards a more efficient management OF
the municipal and county business
Neither of these bodies of Gentlemen las
sufficiently close touch With the citi-
zens. They are growled at by multitudes.
thanked by a few. but too seldom have
the Lease knowledge of either the growls
or the thanks.
And we, the citizens hear OF reasons
which influence or decide certain DEBATES
in council. but we are too busy to get
really acquainted with the merits of the
case, pro or con. We should go to school
with the men whom we have chosen 10
be our servants and learn the facts, and
then divide, for or against, as our own
consciences require.
monthly public conference between
the two authorities under which BIrming-
ham is organized, to be followed perhaps
by neighborhood discussions in the ,ar-
Gus school buildings. all for the PURPOSE
of calculation, seems we'll worth adopting
as, q shadtSn %nTfn. his the Scotchmen SAN
I'VE desiderate. Let truth and falsehpok
wrestle." IT Is a sitting process wherqtv
we learn what things are the greatdSV
the most eminent, the foremost. the mJsd
necessary. the most ugent. the first in
logic and In scientific management. by
all means let our stewards take us into
their confidence We are one family. Oui
needs are all in common.
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I EDDITUR-Who

HISTUR EDDITUR-Who is
MI ANGUS Goodhew, who as this
! - article is being ritten is so
much talked of as the Bull Moose can
didate for congress against "our John
Lawrense Bramdun" up in the seventh
district? May be before this story
is published Amous will be circulating
round the seventh in the vain endever
of getting Johns goat and dangling
Johns scalp in the November elect
sion. If ANGUS runs against John, 1t
will be the only real first class pale
blue cinch with lace trimmings that
John has ever had in the seventh.
Not that ANGUS is lacking in all the
qualities and makings of a good and
abul Representative-not at all. Far
be it frum US to detract frum ANGUS
ability. ANGUS is as sharp as hole
tree full of owls on menny and divus
subjects. He is just about one of the
biggest and most successful lawyers
in the State of Alabama, and he can
dig back into the musty arrives of
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vate life for somewhat more than year
The rumblings of approaching war we're
already in the air, the result of which
no thoughtful man of the time could for
a moment doubt. War was inevitable
It was a time which called for all the
ablest.
From his retirement Colonel Dowdell
was summoned to become a delegate to
the secession convention of Alabama
Tho war followed, and Colonel Dowdell
raised a regiment of volunteers. the Thir-
ty-seventh Alabama, which regiment was
assigned to duty In the west under Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnson. At Corinth, Col
onel Dowdell was distinguished by cool
ness and courage at the head of his conf
mand. Some time later his frail consti-
tuition gave way under the exposure and
hardship of tho camp and march. and
he was forced to retire. Nor was this
step voluntarily taken because he de-
clined to withdraw because of the detri-
ment of the example and for other rea-
sons. and did so only under orders from
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was noted. Five years after becoming
a citizen of Alabama he offered for
the legislature, and though defeated in
his first canvass, he succeeded in so
impressing the people with his force
fulness, that the following year he was
chosen as an elector on the Pierce
ticket. This afforded an opportunity
for the deepening of the impression on
the public, and a year later he was re-
warded by his adopted district with a
seat in the national Congress. BY a
political move some time later, how
ever, he was placed at disadvantage.
The congressional districts of the state
having been reorganized in 1883, he
was thrown into the district in which
Montgomery was. But reliant on the
public for a due recognition of his
record, he did not hesitate to offer for
election in opposition to Hon. Thorn
as H. Watts. a competitor of gigantic
power, skilled in debate, and perfect
ly familiar with current qeustions. This
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was the period when know -nothingis m
was rampant, and as a political fad,
novel and striking, gave to its adj
herents the advantage of the excite
ment which 1t produced. The contest
with Mr.. Watts was a notable one, the
district was agitated as never before
by the contesting aspirants, and Mr..
Dowdell won by a narrow majority.
He regarded this as one of the most
decisive victories of his life.
Returning TO Congress for a second
term, in 1855, he was again opposed at
the end of the next two years, In 1851
by Col Thomas J. Judge, then In the
prime of mis- intellectual vigor. Again,
The greatest forces of Colonel Dowdell
were summoned into exercise. again was
conducted a notable campaign and again
Colonel Dowdell won. Never violent, and
yet never shrinking from an onset in a
contest, he had manner OF meeting it.
which while 1t showed he was unafraid
he was thoroughly intent on doing right
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ticement by reason of varied public
life, he maintained character I'M
smirched. and was honored for his un-
compromising preservation of virtue.
In this respect the tenor of his life
was uniform. In public and in private,
always, he was the same. Nothing fell
from his lips that the most refined lady
might not hear. Yet in intellectual
combat on the hustings, or on the floor
of Congress, where mind clashed against
mind, he was always an antagonist to
be accounted with. While In the rush
and onset of debate, he never failed
to stop at the boundary of propriety
There was an instructive halt and
shrinkage in the presence of wrong
Nothing could betray him beyond
ON the entrance of Colonel Dowdell
into public life which was but a few
years after his removal to the state, he
was brought into sharp contact with
several of the intellectual giants for
which that period of the states history
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in each instance, and disdained to seize
the slightest advantage unless 1t was
compatible with 1.-The code of right. This
did not fail to challenge the attention of
the crowds, and ELECTED not little pop
ular acclaim.
The reputation gained in two campaigns,
the conditions of both which made them
unusually noteworthy. served to increase
the grip OF Colonel Dowdell at Washing
ton, and profuse were the congratulations
of his peers when fresh from the COM
bat he returned to resume his duties at
the national capital. At home he came
TO be regarded as invincihle. in which
opinion some of the lions of the state cap
ital shared. These two contests fixed
for all time his reputation in Alabama.
The peculiar cast of his ability came to
he recognized. he was honored for his
sense of absolute fairness, and trusted for
his integrity. He had opened the door
of opportunity which no man could shut.
Alter having served in Congress for
three consecutive terms, Colonel Dowdell
voluntarily withdrew, and retired to pri-
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| among all the settlers of those n
and the lates; find, showing the de7
ton of the creature in tackling a,
has added to the natural trepid
! Samuel Lebo of Luculus. a ranger
district lies in the very heart of Il e,
bear country, and embraces soiue
widest territory of any owned
state. has equipped himself parti'
| Tor action II lac comes in sight of ii
! Their.
| The theory is that IL there is on
tier there are more, so that over IN
stretch of range throughout McHen
| Brown townships In Lycoming
and in Gallagher township in q
county the closest watch is being L.
for these destructive animals.
The presence of panthers has virtually
driven the grazing business out of that
| section, as after the loss OF the cattle
| from the Highwood drove the farmers
are fearful that the panthers will repeat
| their visit. The Hghwood cattle showed
| the same kind Of torn Wounds that the
| loose hair and torn flesh found by We
colt on Slate Run indicated. II Is
| lieved that there must have been at le
| two painters to have done the kill
4 of the Highwood cattle. though tn
may have been killed on different night
| In each instance the abdominal req
| Of the carcass had been torn opel
| the entrails partially eaten, showing
! lloodthirstiness of the creature that h.
done the work
/ The panther scare has driven traffic OFF
the old Coudersport pike except as per-
sons go in pairs, and then always pro-
! tected with firearms. The scare will not
abate until the panthers have been kill cd,
/ for as the summer wears away and II
becomes harder to procure the creatui
are bound TO become even more ferocious&
This locality was becoming great part
of the country for camping parties to take
! advantage of the state forestry depart
nent's offer for the use OF the state
preserves for recreation camps. but the
panther fright has driven all these ou-..
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ICING-By McLane Tilton, Jr.

I am a modest man and will not state
precisely how many knots | can tie Also
I dare not do so for fear my friends may
lose confidence in my veracity. Some of
these knots everybody should know about.
Upon occasion the knowledge is useful.
| will give the names of the more import
ant: overland knot German knot granny
knot dhis is the sailors abomination),
square knot. sheep shank. bowine. beckett
bend sheet bend with toggle, single car
rick bend, stevedore, single bow. double
flemish loop, chain knot with toggle, half
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~ person. Jnat IS lhf only way
| car describe the delights of the situa-
ton. The temptation is strong to linger
longer on this delightful feature. tho
watch below from IL to a. m, because
there is little else of delight to describe
Duty calls to the other matters less
agreeable.
Our rating is now landsman. indicated
10y a single stripe upon the left wrist OF
the blouse. Our watch. port or starboard
is told by another stripe at the left or
right shoulder. Our number Is stencilled
with ink upon every article OF wearing
apparel we are permitted to bring on
board, little enough, as we'll as on the
other articles We are permitted to pur-
chase. Two suits of blue. two OF white
short, called a pea jacket; blue hat, a
white canvas hat. two pairs of COM
Portable shoes. four changes of socks
and underclothes. completes the ward
robe The little dItty box, about IL by
"a inches houses Jacks treasures. Into
this nobody is permitted to look. Oc-
c.sionally Jack gets access to 1t and a
few undisturoed moments gazing with
streaming eyes at the picture OF the girl
he left behind him, kissing once more
that cut of curly locks and worshpping
over whatever penates he happens to
cherish. But Jacks one ambition now
Is TO get two stripes on that left wrist.
the signal that he has won his first pro-
motion, from landsman TO ordinary sea-
man, and say IS added to his original
ray, which was s13 per month and RAJ
tons, such as they are.
To get ahead in the navy my advice Is
very simple. Keep clean. stay sober.
obey orders and step lively. One thou
sanu men aboard ship are much the same
as any 1900 men ashore. Some are fast
to learn, others slow. Some 10 thoroughly
every task assigned them, others try to
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Return Of the Chaperon

From The Gentlewoman.
Queen Mary is said to have deploI
the easy fashion in which mothers hid
allowed their girls TO run about at tn
own sweet will during the last few >
sons, Anyhow the chaperon has
reinstated at girl and boy dances
or course, girl and boy dance
called, are for those already out
world but the new "fapper dances
quite different thing. and are
for girls of IL TO Is and their frien
These entertainments are run o.
lines that. have made them so pc
In Paris. Governesses and even n
hover about II mothers, aunts and IT,
friends are not on the spot. The dante
are usually afternoon affairs. and be
sides the '.two-step' and ''three-step'
tine gayotte and mtnuet are popular
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~ URING his career Col. James F.
j Dowdell occupied a number of
- important and responsible posi-
lions. He became a citizen of Alabama
at the age of %, when he removed
from Georgia to east Alabama and en-
tered on the practice of the law. His
parents we're virginians, his mother
being a remote relative of Henry Clay.
Colonel Dowdell was favored by SUI
perior conditions In the outset of life,
being a graduate from Randolph Ma
con college. which has long ranked
as one OF the best in the south He
was also favored by superior legal
training, having studied law under
Gen. Hugh HARRISON of Lagrange, Ga.
The gifts and requirements of Colonel
Dowdell were rather unusual. While
thoroughly Independent in thought, he
was modest in his disposition. Unob-
trusive, he was yet firm in moral stead
iness. Drawn within the circle of en-
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NINCE the days when Drake whipped
the Spanish Armada to a FRAGILE,
~ wonderful changes have come in
the character and equipment of fighting
forces afioat. The squadron under Drake
in 1883 was very little different in the
style of it's component parts from the
frgate which John Paul Jones carried to
immortal fame 200 years LATER Jones
flagship, the Bonnie Homme Richard, was
in turn much the same as the grand old
Hartford which Farragut commanded il
the battle of Mobile bay. 1t is apparent,
therefore, that these great changes in
naval fighting machines have come about
: within the memory OF men now living.
The Merrimac ushered in a new era when
she steamed out of James river and en-
gagged, single handed, and decisiyely de-
feated the very flower of the Union fleet
In the lower Chesapeake. The appear
ance of the Monitor and the Merrimac, a.
the same place, at the same time, tn
product of two independent minds, mus
ever be recorded as one of the miracle
of the nineteenth century.
1t is a far cry from the Merrimac
our present day battleship of the dres
raughs type, the fines- representatives e
which now compose Uncle Sans Altar
or home squadron. 1t seems incred ~
that such brief period was require =
produce these masterpieces of offe lfa
and defensive strength. The journe, sas
marked by several successive sagp~
each producing class of ship -uqs1
peculiar structure was distinct .dVsace
over its predecessors. The fir s4fiia
squadron sent a SILVER of deliEhf ssfff
the spines of patriotic Amerieen ~
was built in Cleveland's adm aistaatioa
unde, the leadership and inspfstioa q
Secretary Whitney. From taat aT ~
this we have gone steadily 'oroalA ~
the determination to be up3 arpie ~
tress OF our own seas. Y NfSH Efes
leap to the front produc 90 Iore5fa
an her day the finest We sEAt fS
journfy around the Ho m faae1.
engines urged to the Il ~ ii1fi Peg
reporting at Key West ss for aftet
thanks to the efficiency "a tsin ai1ti
and Chief Engineer NJ ~ tse reF1fa
she made shortly after f's sanAafe.
all combine to furnis ae tae NEST
brilliant exploits in aisilsy g. ~ 81
service
But the oregon lool hlis tQs aiqns-
side the Connects HishtinG Doh
lagship in the arc, world cruise
Connecticut col % a 1nza1 ois--
and then b. Rty fsf NO
BILE. But her IL tsa ahu
l. The super - w
of enorrn, 1isa'
power. are, ssas 81 -
IT tss bees
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bitch, fishermans bend. round turn al
half hitch, crowned wall cats paw, ha
ness hitch hawser bend, and jurymas
With diligence the novice can short
master all the artistic and practical pl
Tor the children on rainy Afternoon
you wish to look further into his
ness and become a competent instrue
turn to a big dictionary, title knots.
am a graduate but have not time to Il
you details in this second contribution
Life on the Ocean Wave.
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Not that we shall ali of US think alike.
There will be here. as everywhere, the
people of progressive and open minds, and
those who for various reasons object to
change. What will happen is that the
majority will prove to be progressives.
Because conservatism and reactionism are
always in the minority, they baptise aris-
tocracy with the title democratic and
cling with all tenacity to privilege and
conventional usages and the bank where
on the wild. .thyme.iimggaf ;ai@r4MSeeetqo
reach the heart OF the questions that come
up, not as partisans, but as students
Hence there is a suggestion to be made:
Let the city commissioners invite the
county revenue board to public meeting.
to be held once a month. In the evening.
when citizens may come together and
listen OF even ask questions, and cultivate
mutual good WILL mutual confidence, and