Newspaper Page Text
16 i Wife Tries Ironclad Rules on Her WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 18. — "How to Govern a Husband; or, Home Rule l>y 8 Wife," is a subject on which Mrs. Dora D. Sutton, of Luzerne coun | ty, Pa., might talk with great fluency and some spirit. She has tried a new way with singularly poor success. It would be the simplest thing 1 in the world, she thought, and after being • separated from her husband, owing to a disagreement, she resolved to adjust the whole matter by making twelve household commandments. "Anewer these," she wrote, "and I will live with you again." But instead of answering them the husband, W. Byron Sutton, himself drpw up the grievances of his side and, although only nine, they have proved effective —the pair are still apart. Must Sign Them First. "II is easy enough," said Mrs. Sutton, I "all he has to do is to agree to these I measures, and then I will live with him, ■ but he must sign them first and swear to them, and then, when he has done that, he must keep them. The things j I ask are not so hard; he can readily do them." But Mr. Sutton pertinently inquires whether or not a husband shall rule his own house. Can he not get up When he- likes? Can he not bathe when {he likes? Can he not go to church or stay away? Can he not dress as he ; pleases? And all the spirit of a man's inde . jx.-ndenee arises within him and de clares he can. Had Mr. Sutton agreed to his wife's demands he would have established a precedent which might -have caused trouble to husbands of every clime. Imagine a man finding, instead of his honored name on the doorplate, the abrupt command, "Harry, wipe your shoes!" Think of seeing in your sitting room, instead of the cheering and satisfac tory "God Bless Our Home," the dread question, "Have you had your bath this week ?" How would you, t^ie average hus band, feol if you saw in delicate crochet work, done by your dead mother-in law, the motto, "Provide material for cukes and pies," instead of "God lov eth a cheerful giver." When you jam your hand In the fur race door and want to describe the sensation without deliberation, would you like to see across the furnace in letters of light, "Swear not." Sutton thought of these things, and he thought of many more, and he sent back the twelve commandments un signed. ''No," said he, "I will not sign away my freedom." So off he was hauled to court by his irate spouse and charged with deser tion. Now, being a wise man, he engaged an unmarried attorney, clever young Evan .Tones, who, not being afraid of a wife, was not frightened by Mrs. Futton, and when the attorney engi naered the giving of testimony and ex hibited the documents the case was is on. Sutton was discharged. But Mrs. Sutton is not defeated. A woman who can make commandments for the household has strength of mind. 2Mrs. Sutton has that. She has more grievances, which are rot outlined in her commandments. "Why," she said, "he used to sit up half the night reading cheap novels, nnd~what do you think? —instead of giving me twenty cents for cutting his hah 1, as he did when we were first mar ried, he actually went to a barber shop—and I used to buy the children^ strekings with the money." iihe claims that Sutton is now liv ing in her house, and she is determined to regain possession of it and to make him support her if possible. J :ut Sutton does not care. He has a document that proves that she has no right to demand aid from him, and this is another chapter in the history of the case. A Fatal Paragraph. For the consideration of a brown mare, Jennie, his wife surrendered her right to support from him, and he has the agreement. It was made April 20, 1902, signed by husband and wife, and witnessed by Ruth Cannon and Rita Yosburg-. The paragraph in question is: "'1 hat in consideration of my said husband, W. Byron Sutton, giving into my possession one brown mare, Jennie, the rc-ceipt of which is hereby acknowl edged, I agree to waive all rights of support and maintenance from my h.iid husband for myself without qual -1 neat lon and for my children as long as 1 may be able to support them." On his part the husband agrees not to molest or interfere with his wife ' E. J. ROMANS, ildent Retail Drug-gists' Association. -~ C. T. HELLER, Executive Committee. Prominent among the commercial organizations of the Saintly City is the Retail Druggists' association, which Includes in its membership nearly every one of the sixty or more drug gists doing business in SL Paul. WORK OF NATIONAL GERMAN EPWORTH LEAGUE UNION ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Oct. 18.—The National German Epworth League union is holding Its annual convention in this city with fcearly 400 delegates present from all parts &■■■ '■ '■''■ I :^W^d^^: ' '■"'" '■ l O^-^V- ' Vll''9 '■".''-'■.' Sp^ '";' V '■ - ■■■■■• i^^a^V1 *I^^^ '-■'. V"-■'■'■■ ' "''-'•."-'■" ."■' *-.*'■" jS^ -^ Vr^-^^ii^^fft ■ " '■ ' "Tv. "H, "\i. '>>.. *^i"d.-. ■ ■,■ '■■ ■.■ 1'^I..''-- I.''-' ... .... ;'•*, .:.V"". . . -<*'': I**' -l***" .-'-iv W. BYRON SUTTON, PITTSTON, PA. providing she allows him to see the children once a month. Mrs. Simon's Twelve Commandments. Get up at 5 o'clock without my calling you. W<% _- - —Provide..material for one cake a week. 3 —Provide material for pies each week. i —Twenty-five cents worth of ' beef Tuesdays and Saturdays. ■ . -; i sClothes for you that will make you look attractive and clean. ■-■ • • ;. —You wjll not use vulgar ■or ; profane language at all. " ■-' You will go to church"- and:' - Sunday school at Wyoming, and not make my life a burden to get you there on time. —Remove all mother's things and her cow: I cannot tend her. '•■'•--■■.>,!,. —Buy us one quart of milk a day. 10—You will ■ take a bath all over once a week? 11 —Ruth must not peddle, buy or carry things. 12^—Wipe your feet clean when you come in the house. ' . Sign name here. (Answer each or no.) Mr. Sutton's Nine Objections. . ' I—She is unable to furnish any ade quate support for herself...her. daughter. Ruth and a deaf and dumb pauper wlioni • she has contracted to .- support -;for. on^ year for no remuneration but her serv ices. ' '" "•" '»*•.-■"■•■» <*-*i^J-'ini;.v-i%- ul ;: 2—She engaged said pauper to care for my children, and leaves them in his care. The poor unfortunate is more beast than man. ' ■■.--.:--■■*■>**;•** 3She is in the habit of cooking un wholesome food, such as meat* that the dog brings in. ■ --..>• ■- v :-:.., r .^-'. 4 —She is uncleanly with her table, using j the dishes commonly for two or -three meals without washing them. *:. :." i s—She5 —She neglects my children while: caring for others, having at one tima three nursing children to care for. _• >- •--• ■"■• 6She refuses to allow mcV to visit the children, and when I go there: is quar relsome and thretens me. -; ; ■'■■->^;:i' 7 —She threatens to leave - the coun cil miM ua.iptitp 8q; sjpj}- pu^"jLij>' She has done so before. ' '' "• • "-•-:--?£' —She teaches the children to abhor me by telling them stories which are whol ly the product of- her imagination.' ■ ■'- —She is subject to fits of passionate and uncontrolled anger with little or no provocation. ?'■> { *'''"'"-!:!;';{ :>-3 Mrs. Sutton Is Indorsed. -it Domestic ethics involved in the twelve commandments set up by Dora Sutton, of Wilkesbarre, for the guid ance of her unwilling lord" and mas ter, has excited the interest. of - New York clubwomen. The provisions they indorse almost unanimously, but wh'iVe I all agreed that docility is a requisite I in the well ordered husband, opinions differ as to how discipline should Jbe administered. _, ■ . ...----:; The stronger minded favor Mrs. Sutton's direct method of laying down the law in writing, with neither pre face nor apology, imposing the whole duly of a married man with one fell stroke of the pen. Others prefer to conceal the yoke, and pin their faith to the unwritten law, which, they con- i QUARTETTE OF MEN PROMINENT IN ST. PAUL DRUG BUSINESS. . . ' J. P. JELINEK, Treasurer. - > ■ .; ■ A. A. CAMPBELL, Executive Committee. Organised some five years ago, prin cipally for protective purposes, social ,'md other features have been added, until its weekly meetings are popular with the trad?. At these sessions trade matters are discussed, social features introduced and the occasion made aa entertaining as possible. of the United States. The sessions will last until Sunday. The session opened with a Bible study, "Jesus as the Petitioner." by Rev. 11. R. Schwiering. The general topic for discussion was "The Mission of the Ep vorth League for Itself." The theme for this afternoon was "The Home and the League." A mass meeting was held at which an address was delivered on THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1902. tend, is the more effective that it is unsuspected. A judicious mixture of coddling is their prescription. "Cleanliness, godliness and a decent support are the sum and substance of Mrs. Sutton's commandments," said Mrs. Clarence Burns, of the West End Republican club. "What woman could ask less or what wife demand more? In my view she is reasonable to an al most deplorable extent. Take the mat ter of baths, for instance. Mr. Sutton plainly had a fixed prejudice against soap and wateri An aversion of that sort will not disappear under a once a-week application. Only a daily scrubbing could achieve the desired effect. In such a case I should say marital discipline required a shower bath, with the nozzle in the hands of the wife. That would be the only effective argument*. Mother-in-Law Clause. "The mother-in-law clause is one which will commend itself to the wise wife. The changes rung on the 'bread that mother made,' now so destructive to-" the peace of many households, would be still more unfortunate with mother on the spot. Mrs. Sutton sees the only cure in the removal of the cause, and is ready to sacrifice her own feelings in insisting on its accom plishment. She perhaps places a little undue stress on her housewifely art in her various requirements, but there again the mother motif may enter in. On the whole, she seems to me ad mirably within her rights." "The woman who asks a man to rise ■—a-nd especially to rise at 5 a.m. with out her calling him," announced Mrs. Hattie Ostrom, of the Woman's Health Protective league, "loses her kingdom in that instant. The male animal hates above all things to get up, and the first duty of every wife is to coax him into submission by a sympathetic at titude toward his pet weakness. Five minutes per cliem is required for this process. Sne will begin with 'Dear, it Is time to get up,' and go through all the phases of 'I'm so sorry my. poor boy has to* open his sleepy eyes' to 'Henry, breakfast is waiting* (mean while having judiciously set back the clock), and he will remember all through the day how sweet she was about it. Any other method means discord and an alarm clock. "Mrs. Sutton is too drastic. She in sists that her husband shall not use vulgar or profane language at all. How ranch better it would have been to put it like this: 'No swearing pave in office hours.' It would mean quite the same thing and sound so much less harsh. The first rule for ruling a man is to realize that he never looks behind your words, and why disturb his belief in himself while you are making him over into the helpful, orderly, considerate i ii i i -L'lLi P. H. MIDDENTS, Executive Committee. \ H. W. RIETZKE, Executive Committee. At its annual meeting held a few days ago 10. J. Romans was selected president, J.I. 10. Coan and Anna Urn iand vice presidents; J. P. Jelinek, treasurer; A. J. Schumacher, secre tary, and A. A. Campbell, C. T. Heller, H. W. Reitzke, P. H. Middents and W. E. Lowe members of the executive "Christianity as the Basis of National Heroism." University President Installed. LAWRENCE, Kan., Oct. 18.—Frank Strong, former president of the Ore gon slate university, was yesterday in stalled as chancellor of the University of Kansas. The exercises were largely being that he fondly * Imagines him self?" "Matrimonial diplomacy," said Miss Minnie Wortendyke, oh the Rainy Day club, "is still in She primitive stages. Mrs. Sutton's commandments are too transparent. Sh^ alloiss her husband to see that she Ivants' a hold on the purse strings. Her insistence on pie is all right. Man ft a pje-eater by na ture and habit. %he ofilinary husband would take this as a consideration for his comfort and^accept it with good humor. Her mistake is in the beef. The beef would be forthcoming in any case, and that allusion to the quarter simply draws man's attention to how much it costs to live. The church and Sunday school injunction is another error. A man is a rrtueh better Chris tian if you leave him to his smoking jacket and his Sunday newspaper—and never appear grieved to do It. He will presently conclude you are much too happy without him." "If a man will not be clean and neat and attractive without a command ment to make him so, I doubt if the cure would be lasting," said Mrs. Ed win Knowles, director of the Women's exhibition, "but I am willing to ac knowledge that different men may need different methods. Till a man is a hus band he ia undoubtedly in the rough. The woman is the homemaker and has to train him to fit into it, and Mrs. Sut ton's list of the proprieties in the case, while somewhat crudely put, about fill the bill. As I am. a pie-maker myself, and have great faith in the efficacy of a good pie to foster good temper in a man, I fully indorse that particular claim. Every wife wants a well-fed, well-bred husband, and if he is that his dressing well is a natural conse quence." Methods of Other Wives. When Alice Fidelia Tower and John Henry Waggoner, of Buffalo, were married on May 15 last, it was by a civil contract that was drawn up to govern their future relations. It provided that the husband must practically divide his income with his wife: that title to her clothing and all the furnishing and decorations in their home should vest in her; that she have e<\ual choice in the choosing of their domicile, and it concluded with this parr'graph: "That said second party also agrees that if he should so far forget himself as to commit an assault and battery on the first party, rendering her inca pable of performing her household work, or carrying-on her separate pro fessional business, he will pay to the said first party a sum equal (if in his power) to the loss^sustained thereby. "It is further agreed by the _party of the second part that whatever real property he may 'have*- at the present time and whatever real property he may pcquire in the' future shall be held jointly." George S. Edgar, of Pittsbur;\ made rules for his wife's guidance. He was rich, but his wife held that his man ners and habits were not commensu rate with his position. So she sued him for divorce a couple of years ago, asking that $200,000 of his estate be turned over to her for the support and education of t&'e-,,children. In her suit Mrs. Edgar brought out the fact that her husband prepared thirteen rules, whfch he posted in her house, and which he said she must obey. These are the rules: I am to be boss of the house. I am to be master and head of the house and must be respected. I am to handle all the money. No servant shall be employed with out consulting me.. .- No servant shall be dismissed with out consulting' me. 'My wife shall ..not speak to the servants unless it Is extremely neces sary. My wife shall not dismiss help with out my consent,, unless it is under ex treme provocation; then she can dis miss them, during, my absence, with out my consent. All purchases, such as vegetables, groceries, clothing for the wife and children, are to be bought with my personal consent or written ordef. My children shall be taught to re spect me. In correcting^ my children, no pick handles, rolling*pins or sad irons shall be used. No presents shall be given to any one; nor should old clothing be dis posed of without my consent. Nothing whatever shall be bought without consulting me. All parties whose names appear on cards in the hall-rack shall be ex cluded from my house, and other par ties that I may mention hereafter. ''';'";- -'. ''jj^^z^^-j^ •*• > " \J**&tife& r ' M. E. COAN, First Vie© President. r A. J. SCHUMACHER, Secretary. committee. A delegates is sent annually to the National Druggists' association, the last one of which was held at Cleve land last month. E. J. Romans was the delegate to this convention, and at the annual meeting he spoke enter tainingly of his trip. attended by the alumni and several noted educators were present Arthur T. Kadley, president of Yale, was the leading: speaker. Our ■ Safety Deposit Vaults are_the best Security Trust .Company N« Y. Lit* Bildg. FRANCE IS RESTLESS COMBE'S RELIGIOUS EXPULSIONS MAY CAUSE DISSENSIONS AND THE PREMIER'S FALL STRAINED RELATIONS WITH VATICAN THOUGHT UNWISE Serious Division of the French People Into Hostile Camps Over Polemical Politics Said to Be Weakening the Republic's Stability—Premier's Pol icy Regarded as Short-Sighted and Reactionary. Special Cable to The Globe. PARIS, Oct. 18.—Violent as the popular attitude is and has been to wards the republic's reactionary pol icy in expelling the nuns it is but the forerunner of far more serious trouble. This coming warfare will have wide political significance and may prove to be the source of civil dissension in France, the full result of which no man can foresee. The republic's pol icy toward the various religious orders has involved It with the Vatican in a question which, In France itself, will find both espousers and opponents— that Is to say, conflicting convictions on the point at issue will divide the nation into hostile ranks, concurrently with whose fierce battle for victory the general welfare of our people will suffer. Many there are here who at present recall the days of Bismarck's opposi tion to Catholic ascendancy in Ger manyj_and these readers of history re member how Bismarck can hardly be said to have won the game. There were of course differences in the great German chancellor's anti-Catholic cru sade, but what real difference is there between any defeat when the finale shows a record of internal national un rest, with nothing but injury accom plished to the losing side. If the re public of France —or rather those who direct its destinies—choose a policy which weakens the stability of gov ernment —the fault may be theirs, but the, party aggrieved and injured are the" people at large. This expulsion of the religieuses Is regarded by people of various shades of religious opinions as impolitic at any time, but more especially so while the advocates of monarchial restora tion are active as they are known to be at present. To antagonize the rural masses^ of so Catholic a country as France is to offer a premium to the supporters of monarchy—an institu tion which here has throughout his tory, as a whole, been faithful to the church. His Personal Animus. II is easy to attach a sinister sig nificance to any movement which la fathered by one who, like Premier Combes, in pursuing a political course anagonistic to the church, is open to the charge that, having himself once been "an ex-priest, he is actuated by a personal animus. A striking- example of the truth of the remark I have just made as to the stimilus given to royalist agitation by this anti-religeuse policy, is vividly il lustrated by the popular spirit shown today in Brittany. Of all parts of the country, Brittany is loyal to the bour bon tradition, largely because the throne means the dominance of the church in France. Well, in Brittany the people have literally arisen in their might and wrath against Premier Combes and his ministry. . Barricading of the sisterhood schools at Roscoff, and victualing of the be leaguered sisters by the peasantry; Pol de Leon demonstration In the highways, of crowds bearing emblems of religion and rending the air with cries of "Vive Les Soeura;" the adult and adolescent males of Landerneau on militant guard around the threatened school structures, obstructing the pas sage of the most innocent wayfarers lest the latter be emissaries of the "Godless" republique—all such signs as these should open the eyes of Combes and his associate reactionists to the perils they are creating for themselves and their country. Scenes at Lyons. Take an important urban center such as the city of Lyons. It is there that the disgraceful scenes have been wit nessed in the streets of adherents of the social and the church parties bom barding each other with decayed veg etables. Lyons has all but escaped— she may still have before her—a condi tion of most dangerous riot. Throughout the communes are oc curring a repetition of violent scenes. Citizens declare that they will inau gurate a system of resistance to the enforcing of the law of expulsion which will make the streets resemble the condition of Paris during the reign of the veritable Commune itself in 1870-71. They will fight the armed forces of government behind pavement barricades. Dinan is one of the historic spots of France. It still preserves with rever ence • the memory of the great Ber trand dv Guesclln, who nearly six centuries ago saved the place from the long English. The unveiling of his statue in Dinan had been for some time a great event in prospect. "What was the realization? After big preparations had been made to turn the unveiling of the statue into a great religious ceremon ial and Dinan had filled with visiting priests and laymen there came down from Paiis the present minister of war, Gen. Andre. Then what a change was there! All the religious part of the ceremony was hastily abandoned, and, as if the "heavens were telling" of the displeasure of Providence, the day turned out dismally wet. Dense crowds totally dispersed, and, with an audience of one or two weather defy ing and doubtless disobedient small boys, the chief director of the nation al military system perfunctorily per formed the duty of unveiling the statue. Gen. Andre s Attitude. Back of all this demoralization of the popular enthusiasm stood—not the torrential rain—but the fact that Gen. Andre was known to be a disbeliever, a son of the church who had long since cast off his allegiance. If one asks, as I did on several oc- WHAT IS THE USE? What is the use in putting cream and sugar in your coffee if it suits you as well or better without it? If there is no sense in doing this there is much less in buying a Piano at a store where a music teacher is paid a commission of $25 and a canvasser the same amount and a retailer $100. These items of expense can be avoided at this store—no commissions paid to canvassers or teachers—no middlemen to cut in—and the Himball is the most popular piano in the world. ; : , , EASIEST TERMS EVER. MADE- " | $10 DOWN ON $100 ! And $5.00 down on range and beater purchases. These I z . special terms are made for a i limited , time only and:: > *'• ' for the purpose of enabling us to sell out - !10 CARLOADS OF GOODS I Just received which w« want to close out at once. We give you I;'these goods at the best prices and easiest terms ever made by ]*";^~~ 0~"<'-~ .-'-■■* •' ~z*^ a. *urnure hnij-r in ' . .na^^ter-n _r. ; •.•■■-•■- /Jja\ (lnn'f Miss llsj|^;| • '^•'fILJB.-^ Lfuiil iviico * S ! '-_' W &a^P anie greatest furniture —-/" \ jr»-" j >--"-«'-"■-•"■.':■.';. :»]T^*Ounloading sale ever aJS'i'lz* I \-Z:'4Laaßß&'~'-—-%4& started in St. Paul. |£Tn_'if[lX ■ ': 1 v . -_ • fgjjT Read these, prices cars-: , *V*^*^.—^r »■ ' I «^T 4abt k. Cr; 98C Jf-nT^rVrl^JlO^O ' <-■/-■.>-> v )....•. •: - . j JU« boards.. . I Monitor Steel d>oo fin m 1 i 1 1 '.pi — ■■■ :...■■ Rahgesy lif^e cut!... «p«.0( UU Tj^^—tf^S !- Golden Oak :.-. CQ CO RIP -Ifewt'SS !..; Ail-wool 2-piy. Ingrain yjQO E»J^ ;; Carpets; per yard... .... 4P I St. PaulHou^efurmishing Qn. I THE LOW PRICE EASY PAYMENT STORE. ; : 133-135 East Seventh St. LOWEST FURNITURE AND STOVE PRICES in the WEST — TEN CARS OF FURNITURE AND STOVES - LEARN THE iiiL-eeoER BUSINESS. MONEY IN IT. casions, of any village cure, why old Bretagne has this year suffered from crop destroying weather generally, the reply will certainly be that given to myself: "Those whose votes have put agnostics in high place can look for no favors from God." . People think variously on matters of religion, and all receive due respect and consideration in our enlightened age, but while tY.^rty in Frp.nc? who are not affiliated with the Catholic church disapprove strcngly on purely economic grounds to the policy of Premier Combes, it Is natural that the loudest pretests should come from the Catholics. Personally, I have gone over the ground and viewed the ques tion in an impartial spirit, being neith er prejudiced against nor inflamed in favor of either party to the contro versy over the expulsion of the relig ious orders, but I have found a per va.ding opinion among thinking Frenchmen that the Combes minis try's policy in this matter is, on the general grounds T have intimated above, an unwise one, a3 anything is unwise which disturbs, on flimsy pre texts, the internal economy of a coun try. There Is In truth a popular impres sion, and it seems justified to an ex tent by the ministry's own action, that not only religious discrimination is favored by the present party in power, but also that it is intended to exclude from the public service people who don't hold the same political views as the party tn office. This Is a very inopportune momenf to promulgate such a doctrine, and have it seized upon for a popular cry In connection with that of religious persecution. In any event, to the tolerant Anglo- Saxon eye, a political policy which in the twentieth century includes even the suggestion of sectarian discrimina tion must bear the aspect of being re actionary, short-sighted and contrary to the spirit of the age we live in. And it seems that M. Combe's ministry, if it is, as claimed, an agnostic one, can bear malice against those who stick to Christian belief in the general sense, quite as readily as did the Christian bigots of old persecute each other upon merely sectarian grounds. —Emile Fave. RUNAWAY WEDDINGS MADE JEHU'S FORTUNE Cabman of Philadelphia Old Gretna Green Leaves $50,000 Earned Haul- Ing Elopers. CAMDEN, N. J., Oct. 18.—Christopaei Geist, who died, leaving something mon than $50,000, owed his fortune to the t'ac- that other people got married. When Camden was Philadelphia's Grot na Green some years ago it was a sourc of profit, not only to clergymen, but tL cab drivers, and it was in those days that Geist flourished. No marriage licenses wore required liere then and every eloping couple, not only from Philadelphia but from many other cities went there to have the tied. There were ministers who made a spe cialty of catering to this "trade," and an army of hackmen was always in waiting at the ferry to receive the couples. In many cases the hackmen had an understanding with certain of the minis ters by which they received a fee for driving strangers to them, and, of course, they always came in for a liberal fare from the bridegroom. To this source Geist owed his comfortable fortune, which was retnarkably large for a man of his occupation. Thousands of men starting ■with a very small capital have mado millions In the mail-order business. You can do the tame with energy and thrift if you will follow instructions of the " National Advertiser. " The "National Advertiser" is a newspaper devoted exclusively to •<lvertisin£. It teaches its readers how It's done and jives them the benefit of its twenty-four years' experience In successful advertising. It should be read hyevrry business man. Parents should recommend It to their sons as a business educator. Published weekly, thirty-two pages. Established 1878. This valuable paper will ba seat to tar Address fur one year for §,1 00. Address THE NATIONAL ADVERTISER, No. 6 East 14th St., New York. OLD HERMIT MUST GO TOTHE ALMS HOUSE Romance in Life of Aged Recluso ir? Woods of Massachu setts, WEBSTER, Mass., Oct. —Becom- ingl a recluse in the Douglas woods aft er having been jilted in love by a beau tiful girl, Joseph Jennings has at last become afraid of the winter cold he has braved for many years, and has consented to be removed to the East Douglas . almshouse, where he will spend his remaining days. - ■. '-.' "■ •; A solitary life in his isolated retreat, far from habitation, has In some de gree drowned his sorrow, for it is said that many years ago he loved a beau tiful girl, but that she jilted him when the marriage service was about to be performed. , ,v : Since then he has tried to forget the world, and buried himself in the wilds of the wods, where he had no friends except a huge torn cat, the birds and creatures of the woods. ;: •-• Recently he became blind, and even in this predicament he refused to go with friends. Tottering with age, and blind, he was reluctantly led away a few days ago from his home of years to the town.farm of Henry D. Mowry, an overseer of the poor of East Doug las. Although the hermit's age is not known, and probably never will be, Mr. Jenney is certainly in the eighties, while some say he is over ninety. Last winter he suffered terribly, and several times was near starvation. Mr. Jenney lived for years in his hut before even his nearest neighbor was aware of it, although they saw at times a, strange old man wandering throu the woods. He existed on what he could shoot or fish. One day about five years ago a par ty of Webster hunters accidentally stumbled upon the hut, but the hermit with gun in hand warned them to "keep moving."- He wished to live and die in his hermitage, far away from ev erybody. ■ !j?,* .*>Vi So far as known, he has no relatives. Years ago a cousin, it is said,' came (6 visit him at his abode. One night. n returning from a,hunting trip, the 'Id man found his supposed relative . -t _.. -v, nr _ He h.-vi slnsherl bis throat from ear to ear. and h*H >><>,•!> dead some time when discovered. Of late the Douglas authorities have been keeping an eye on the old man, as they thought he would. end his life. NAME OF MINNESOTA i.MoURANCE COMMISSIONER USED .lr. Dearth Member of a Committee of the National Association. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. Ig.—PreaKU nt A. I. Vorys, of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner, baa an nounced the appointment of the following Important standing committees: Blanks—Frederick L,. Cutting. Massa chusetts; C. W. Fletcher, Maine; James V. Barry, Michigan; Elmer H. Dearth. Minnesota; Henry D. Applcton. New York; J. J. Brinkerhoff, Illinois; John T. • Erasee. Ohio. Unauthorized Insurance —James v. Barry. Michigan; Bean Folk, Tennessee; ,T Nedder.son, Wisconsin; George W. Marshall. Delaware; James R. Young, North Carolina; W. A. Wright, Georgia. —THIS STORE MAKES HOUSEKEEPING EASY —