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Commissary General Eagan on Trial
Before a Court of Prominent
Military Officers.
THE USUAL FORMALITIES OBSERVED.
The General Enters • Qualified Plea of Not
Guilty. Taking Refuge Rebind the
President*! Promts* of Imraanlty for
WI mease. Giving Evidence Before the
War Investigation Commission.
Washington, .Inn. 26.—The board of
army officer* designated by the sec
retary of war to sit as a court-mar
tial in the case of Brig.-Oen. Charles
F. Eagan, commissary general of sub
sistence, charged with conduct unbe
coming an officer and a gentleman,
■nd conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline, in con
nection with his testimony before the
war investigating commission, met in
the Kcd Parlor of the Ebbitt house at
10 a. m.. and almost immediately pro
ceeded to the business in hand.
The memliers of the court, who ap
peared in full dress uniform, were
seated about a long table placed
lengthwise of the room. Cen. Merritt,
the president of the court, occupying
the seat at the head.
THE COURT OPENED.
At just ten o'clock Col. Dnvis called
1he roll of the court, all of the mem
bers responding to their names. As
he concluded, Gen. Eagan appeared
with his counsel, Mr. A. S. Worthing
ton, formerly United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia,
and took seats near the judge advo
cate at the foot of the table. Gen.
Eagan also wore the dress uniform of
his rank. Almost immediately Col.
Davis arose and introduced Gen. Eagan
and his counsel, and then proceeded
to rend the order convening the court.
The judge advocate when this was
concluded, turned to Gen. Eagan and
inquired whether he objected to any
of the members of the court as desig
nated by the order. Gen. Eagan re
plied: "I do not.”
CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS.
The members of the court then
■rose and took the usual oath. The
charges and specifications were then
read. The charges are: Conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentleman”
and “Conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline.” the
rj>cciticntions in each case reciting the
offensive languages used by Gen.- Ea
gan in his statement read before the
war investigation commission and
heretofore published.
During these preliminary proceed
ings Gen. Eagan exhibited no signs of
nervousness, hut the expression of his
face and manner clearly Indicated that
be realized that the trial involved con
sequences to him of the gravest char
acter. While he stood listening to the
charges and specifications, his face
seemed somewhat paler than usual.
QUALIFIED PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.
At the conclusion of the reading, on
be ing requested to plead to the speci
fication to the first charge, he said:
“Not guilty," not denying, however,
that the specifications set forth cor
rectly part of the language used.
To the second charge he pleaded
“Not guilty.”
The judge advocate then arose and
said that the case in hand was a peon-*
liar one. but presented no unusual
difficulties. The accused had seen fit
to add to his plea of not guilty, some
Words tending to qualify it, but he did
not think the plea relieved the court
from the necessity of proving the facts
■llegcd.
RESPONSE FOR TI1K ACCUSED.
Judge Worthington responded
briefly and explained why the qualify
ing words had been used upon his rec
ommendation. The specifications did
the accused a great injustice iu that
It selected particular expressions with
out giving the context and in one or
more instances the specifications quot
ed begin in the middle of a sentence.
Continuing Mr. Worthington said that
be desired to state briefly to the court
the substance of Gen. Fagan’s defense.
Whatever,said he, the court may think
of the propriety of the language used
by ( ien. Eagan before the war investi
gating commission, there was no
doubt in his (Worthington’s) mind
that he was fully protected in using
that language by the laws of the land.
In no court, civil or military, he said
could the accused be held accountable
for his language even if it could be
shown that the speaker was actuated
by malice.
PLEADS IMMUNITY.
In addition to this the president of
the United States had instructed the
war investigating commission to an
nounce publicly that witnesses before
that tribunal would be given immuni
ty for whatever they might testify to.
This was a solemn promise given by
the president of the United States and
counsel had no doubt that the court
would find that Gen. Kagan could not,
under these circumstances, be held to
answer to a military court martial for
his language.
Gen. Miles, he said, had appeared
before the committee about three
weeks before Gen. Eagan had made
his statement, and on that occasion
had made most serious and sweeping
charges against many of his subordi- t
nates, ami particularly agaiust him, |
the commissary department of the
army. He had charged Gen.
Eagan with being incompetent and
neglectful of his duties, and had in
fercntially charged him (Gen. Kagan)
with issuing poisoned meat to the sol
diers of the army, and had averred
that many had died in consequence,
lie had also implied thut (ien. Kagan
went to the secretary of war and
l
iislted leave to bring charge* against
him.
TOOK HIS CFE FROM (JEN. ALGER.
(Jen. Alger had replied that under
the president's order of immunity,
CJen. Miles could not be held responsi
ble for the language before the com
mission. The newspapers then took
it up and goaded (Jen. Eagan almost
to desperation. He had come to be
lieve that the press and the country
at large had accepted the accusations
made by (Jen. Miles a* true, and the
condition of hi* mind, in consequence, J
grew worse anti worse, until he was
in a state bordering on distraction.
The language which (Jen. Eagan used
under these circumstances was the
natural outburst of an honest man
suffering under an unjust accusation.
In closing Judge Worthington said
that (Jen. Eagan could not be held ac
countable for his language before any
tribunal in this country, civil or mili
tary and particularly under the presi
dent’s order of immunity.
TAKING TESTIMONY.
Maj. S. C. Mills was called to testify
on behalf of the government. He said
he wns the recorder of the war investi
gating commission and was present
and heard (Jen. Eagan’s testimony be
fore the commission. The manner of
(Jen. Eagan in giving his testimony, he
said, was that of a man laboring under
great excitement, but trying to con
trol his excitement. Witness was
shown a copy of the specifications and
identified the language there quoted
ns having been used bv Gen. Eagan.
Judge Worthington interrupted to say
that Gen. Eagan did not deny the lan
guage quoted, and hnd not the original
statement been destroyed after the ob
jectionable words had been expunged
he would willingly produce it here.
Mnj.-Gcn. McCook, retired, a mem
ber of the war investigating commis
sion. wns the next witness. He was
present and heard a part of Gen. Ea
gan's testimony before the commis
sion. “The impression T had,” he said,
“was that (Jen. Eagan must be labor
ing under great nervous excitement.”
He recalled some of the language used
and it agreed substantially with the
testimony as published. He was shown
a copy of the specifications and identi
fied some of the language ns having
been used by Gen. Eagan.
THE CEDERSTROMS.
Baron Odi'nlrnra and Ailelin* Patti Mar
ried, A inn! Public Dennniatra
tiona, at Brecon, Wales.
London, Jan. 26.—Adelina Patti, the
singer, was married at Brecon, Wales,
to Baron Cederstrom, director of the
Health Gymnastic institute here.
Mine. Patti took a train from Craig
y'Nos. her residence, to Brecon, which
was prettily decorated for the occa
sion. The band of the South Wales
Borderers met the party at the sta
tion and, with the fire brigaade and
police, headed by the town banner and
the mace bearers, escorted the wed
ding party in five landaus to the
Roman Catholic church, which had
been specially decorated. Sir George
Faudel Philips, former lord mayor of
London, gave Patti away. The service
was very short.
Baron and Baroness Cederstrom
emerged from fhe eh arch at 11 o’clock,
entered a carriage, the procession was
reformed and the bride and bride
groom proceeded to the railroad sta
tion and started for Lon«Von. They
received an ovation.
The wedding breakfast was served
on board the train, which was com
posed of the special corridor cars
built for the prince of Wales.
“DOOMSDAY BOOK” STOLEN.
The Priceless Treasure Found Among tlie
Spoils of Rev. J.mes Britain Miller
at New Haven, Conn,
New Haven, Conn,. Jan. 26.—Prof.
Day of the Yale theological school re
cently complained to the police that
his copy of Martin Day's famous
“Doomsday Hook" had been stolen. The
book was printed in 181.'!, and only a
few copies are in existence. It is one
of the most valuable books in Amer
ica.
Scrgt. Daly, of the detective bureau,
suggested that perhaps it might be
found in the collection of stoh n books
found in the possession of ltev. James
Hrittain Miller, the Yale theological
school student from Ipsilanti. Mich.,
who was arrested last month. A
search revealed the precious volume
lying in a pile of French novels on
the floor of the police station. Had
the book never been recovered, the
Yale library would have lost one of
its most valuable possessions.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
(Second Section.)
SENATE.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The senate,
after routine business, on motion of
Senator Davis, went into executive
session.
HOUSE.
The house resumed the debate on
the army reorganization bill. Satur
day, February 18. was set aside for
the delivery of eulogies u]ion the late
Representative Northway. of Ohio.
Mr. Gibson (rep.. Tenn.) was the
first speaker to-day. He advocated
the passage of the Hull bill.
Proposed Bli jrle Saddle Trust.
New York. Jan. 26.- The Herald
says a scheme is afoot to combine the
principal bicycle saddle manufactur
ers of the continent and that a meet
ing to effect the union will lie held at
Cleveland this week. The combine is
to be capitalized at $1,500,000.
Th« I>**bt Wlpfd Oat.
Chicago. Jan. 26.—W. M. R. French,
director of the art institute, an
nounces that the debt of $100,000 on
the lake front enterprise had been
wiped out by subscription, from its
friends during the last ten days.
The Situation Informally Discussed
by the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
ARE OPPOSING SENATORS IN EARNEST?
Arc They •• Am Iona for a Tote u They
Profess to He 7-Opinion Generally Ex
pressed thnt an Early Vote Would be
Bought Practically Decided to Accept
Senator Gorman's Proposition.
Washington. Jan. 26.—The senate
committee on foreign relations dis
cussed the situation of the peace
treaty in an informal way. giving espe
cial attention to the pro|x>sition that
a vote should be taken immediately.
There was apparently a division of
opinion whether the opposing sena
tors are really as anxious for a vote as
they profess to be. but the declara
tion was made by the friends of the
treaty that they were not opposed to
an early vote, and while no formal in
struction was given, the opinion was
generally expressed that an early vote
would he souirht.
TO PRESS CONSIDERATION.
The opinion of the treaty supporters
on the committee was,however, unani
mous that the committee should hold
the matter of fixing the date in its
own hands. Chairman Davis was in
structed to press consideration and to
allow no time to l*e lost.
The members of the committee say
the vote should come soon, but they
name no specific day.
The committee decided practically
to accept the proposition formulated
by Senator Gorman to take a vote at
the expiration of ten days’ debate, but
determined to hold the decision of the
matter in its own hands. It was con
sidered probable that there would be
more speeches than could be made
within this time, and Mr. Davis was
authorized to extend the time so as to
permit a reasonable opportunity for
debate.
CONFIDENT OF RATIFICATION.
The committee supporters of the
treaty still generally express the opin
ion that when the vote is taken the
treaty will l>e ratified. They admit
now that there is apparently a ma
jority against it. but express the opin
ion that some of the op|>onents will
change front before the vote is taken.
No disposition was manifested in the
committee to accept a compromise on
the treaty.
To Takt1 a Vote oil tin* Treaty on Febru
ary 6.
Washington, .Tan. 2(3.—The senate
has agreed unanimously to take a
vote on the peace treaty on February
3, at 3 p. m.
DOLLARS FOR THE DONS.
A mend nient to the Sundry Civil lltil Ap
propriating 0.000,000 to I’ay
for the tMillIpplum.
Washington, Jan. 2(3.—Senator Da
vis. from the committee on foreign re
lations, lias offered an amendment to
the sundry civil bill appropriating
$20,000,000 to Spain according to the
terms of the treaty. The amendment
has the indorsement of the committee
on foreign relations.
Dewey** Indorsement of Eng I Mild'* Impe
rial Policy.
London. Jan. 26.—Hamilton Brown,
editor of the British Kealm, has re
ceived a letter from Bear-Admiral
Dewey, dated Manila, December is. in
response to a request tor an expres
sion of opinion on (treat Britain's im
perial policy. The admiral says:
"After many years of wandering I
have come to the conclusion that the
mightiest factor in the civilization of
the world is the imperial policy of Kn
gland.”
Found with Their skull. Cru.hed.
Barr, Col., Jan. 26.—The dead bodies
of Charles X. O'Hara and his wife
have been found in a hole in one cor
ner of their ranch near here. They
hud been missing for several days anil
a search was instituted by the author
ities here resulting in their being
found with their skulls crushed.
Frank Harold who has been employed
on the O'Hara ranch, and B. .1. Mc
Clearx are under arrest, charged with
the crime.
Ex-Secretary I>»y In Florida for Ml.
Health.
Cincinnati. Jan. 26.—A special to the
Commercial Tribune form Jackson
ville, Fla., says: William B. Day, ex
secretary of state, and president of
the Spanish-American peace commis
sion. arrived in the city from Canton
O. Mr. Day is accompanied by his
wife, and is on a pleasure trip for the
benefit of his health.
Severe Gale Along the Gulf Cna.L
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 26.—A severe
gale is reported along the gulf coast.
The steamer Morgan, from New Or
leans to Galveston, was unable to get
inside the bar. and has been carried to
sea by the gale. The lighter Santiago,
( apt. Kennedy has been l>eached near
Bagdad and is a total wreck.
Killed In nn lllfV4tor.
San Francisco, Jan. 26.—Jacob Bas
theim, of the shoe manufacturing
firm of Kahn. X'ickelsburg A- Co., of
this city, was killed in the company’s
freight e lea vat or. His head was
caught between the elevator and the
jam. and was almost severed from the
body.
Going to Washington.
Chicago, Jan. 26.—Mrs. Lillian M. N.
Stevens and Miss Anna A. Gordon,
president and vice-president of the na
tional W. C. T. I'., will go to Wash
ington to uttend the national couucil
of women and the mothers' congress.
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.:
Oliver Koy, ft pionner of Kankakee
county. III., diet! Tuesday, aped 87.
Jockey Arthur Dean was thrown
and killed in a race at New Orleans.
The wreck of the Merriinae. lyinp in
the mouth of Santiapo harbor, is to b«
blown up.
TV R. Breed, of Freeport, has been
appointed clerk of the Illinois board
of pardons.
Mrs. Marie Ackermann. aped 89
years, died Tuesday, at her home In
Trenton, III.
John Jlenninp. who fell over the
baluster* at his home, in St. Louis,
died of his injuries.
William Xodinp. a wealthy prain
merchant of Shelbyville. lnd., has been
left a maniac by prip.
The Indiana pipe line concern is
erectinp a refinery at Kankakee, 111.,
to fipht the Standard Oil Co.
Three trainmen were killed in a
freipht collision on the Great Western
road near North Hanover. 111.
Resolutions laudinp the late Col.
Rroadhead have been spread upon the
Missouri supreme court records.
Rev. Erdmann, of Ellsworth, Kas.,
dropped dead on the street. Heart
failure is supposed to be the cause.
Georpe W. Foyle, a Chicapo travel
inp man, was arrested at Davenport.
Ia., charped with havlnp seven wives.
John Cannon, colored, wanted for
the murder of John Evans, near Ly
ons. Miss., was arrested at Helena,
Ark.
While fellinp trees near Odessa. Mo.,
James Keith, a prominent farmer, was
instantly killed by one fallinp upon
him.
Isaac X. Weaver, charped with em
bezzlement. appeared in court at 1’ana,
111., and his bond forfeiture was set
aside.
.Mrs. Alary Mend, for the past half
century a well-known resident of
Quincy, 111., died Tuesday, aged 81
years.
Ex-confederate officials at Jefferson
City, Mo., join in the protest against
the proposition to pension ex-confed
erates.
The I'ass ley family of Mounts. 111..
Two members of the l.w.EgxzfiflffflBfH
Two members are dead, and four are
dangerously ill.
Judge Shirley, at Springfield. 111.,
ruled that all members of a mutual in
surance company must pay assess
ments equitably.
Walter ( raft of the Fourth Illinois
volunteers playfully pointed a revol
ver at his younger brother. The boy’s
wound is serious.
John Taylor, a respected citizen of
Kunkle, O., committed suicide by
hanging. He had been despondent
and was probably insane.
Itev. H. H. Blackwell, aged ss years,
died at his home near Foristell, St.
Charles county. Mo., of grip. He was
one of the pioneer settlers.
The sail lighter Adelaida, with eight
men on board, is thought to have been
lost in a gale that swept the western
coast of the (in If of Mexico.
The Atlantic flouring mills, operated
by Hoffman A- Reichstein at Atlantic.
Ia.,were totally destroyed by fire Tues
day. Loss between $s.000 and $10,000.
The body of John Reuben Smith,
who died in Amesbury, Mass., will be
placed in a sitting position ip a chair
in a tomb he had erected especially to
house his remains.
Near ( loud Chief. Okla., Charlie
Cardwell, aged ten years, while lead
ing a mule to pasture, tied the rope
around his waist, and the animal ran
away and dragged him to death.
Rev. J. B. Campbell, a veteran Rap
tist preacher, fell from his chair at
Beaumont, Tex., while rocking the
cradle of his grandchild, and expired
before assistance could reach him.
Saloonkeepers of St. Louis declare
that the war tax, which the brewers
refuse to divide with them, eats up
their profits to such an extent that
many will have to go out of business.
Lord (Imrlsx Hrrrofor.l Kn Route Horn*
Yokohama. Jan. 26.—Rear-Admiral
Lord Charles Heresford, who has been
visiting Chinese ports, sailed for the
United States on his way to England.
In an interview previous to his de
parture. the admiral laid emphasis up
>n the necessity of an understanding
between Japan. Germany, the United
States and Great Britain in order to
prevent war in the far east.
I’rruarliii; to l>n Haiinro Id Havana.
Chicago. Jan. 26.—Mr. W. B. Crosby,
of this city, will start for Havana in
a day or two for the purpose of se
lecting a location for a cold storage
plant. A number of Chicago capital
ists have taken the preliminary steps
to organize a corporation to erect
warehouses in Havana, Santiago and
San Juan, and deal in butter, eggs,
fruit and game.
N«K*tlT« A ft* urtt tire.
Washington. Jan. 26.—There was an
absence of advices from Gen. Otis
which led the officials at the war de
partment to the conclusion thut there
had »>cen no appreciable change in the
conditions at Manila or Iloilo, and
some satisfaction is felt in even that
style of negative assurance that the
impending trouble at Manila has been
at least postponed.
Agonrllln Will Not be Recognized
Washington. Jan. 26.—The presenta
tion to the state department of the
communication of Agoncillo, Agulnal
do*s representative, as he styles him
self. has not changed the attitude of
the department towards him and there
is not the slightest probability that he
will be officially recognized by the
president of the department.
Figarlug to M*k« It* Owu Iloxr*.
Columbus, ()., Jan. 26.—A special
from Akron, O.. says: The Diamond
Match Co. is figuring to secure control
of the plant of the American Straw
board Co. If the deal goes through
the match company will make !u> own
boxes.
I
The Cleveland, 0., Engineer Reas
serts a Statement Published
a Few Days Since.
HE COULD SAVE TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS.
Take* luar with the Publlihsd Denial of t
Member of the Nicaragua Canal Com
million that He (LeHiron) Had Offered
to Do to fVaihluKton and Kxplaln Ilia
Route to the Com minion.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 26.—F. Francis
Le Baron, formerly an engineer con
nected with the Nicaragua canal, who
a few days ago announced he had dis
covered a route for the canal which
would cost $22,000,000 less than any
proposed, nnd which he claimed the
commissioners refused to consider, has
written a statement in which he says
in part: “My attention has been called
to a published denial from a member
of the Nicaragua cnnal commission of
my assertion that 1 had offered to go
to Washington and explain my pro
posed route to the commission. Such
denial coming from a member of the
commission is unaccountable, and I
can only explain it by supposing that
the member to whom i wrote failed to
bring the matter to the attention of
the commission.
WROTE TO PROF. HAUPT.
“When the commission was first ap
pointed I wrote to Prof, Haupt. a
member of the commission, and not
only offered to go to Washington to
explain my proposed line, but to go to
Nicaragua and point out the line on
the ground.
‘\Moreo\er. 1 have a letter in reply
from the member named, asking me
to disclose the location of the line by
letter, to which I replied that I was
unwilling to do this, as 1 looked on
the matter entirely from a profession
al standpoint, and. while I had no
route to sell, and did not ask or ex
pect tlie government to pay me any
commission or large bonus. I considered
it more than fair that 1 should be
paid for my time as an engineer, nnd
if the commission called me in consul
tation and I was able to indicate a
line straighter and more feasible, and
that would effect a saving in the cost
of constructing the canal, of $22,000.
000, or even half of it, 1 would expect
to receive a suitable foe as a consult
ing engineer."
TAKING TESTIMONY.
Tb© Mlftrtotirl Sei» *t** I u v***t if»*t lug (nuimit
t**e H.»» llegun Taking Testi
mony nt St. I.ouis.
St. Louis, Jan. 28.—The ‘•Lexow”
committee of the state senate has be
gun the work of investigating-the mu
nicipal affairs of St. Louis. The com
mittee began taking testimony in pub
lic nt the city hall at 11:30 a. m.
Assistant Comptroller Fred Gabel
was the first witness placed on the
stand. The examination was conducted
bv Attorney McDonald.
1 he purpose of the examination of
Mr. < inhel was to lay the foundation
for a complete inquiry into every of
fice having to do with the public
funds.
It is the intention of the committee
to acquaint itself with the working de
tails of every department of the city
government that handles money iii
any way whatever, in order to know
what office offer opportunities for
stealing.
Having secured this information
and become master of the municipal
mechanism, every office Through which
city funds pass will be investigated
regardless of charges preferred.
AN IRREPARABLE LOSS.
Tire Does Great Damag* In the I'rebate
• Room of the ( ourt home at
Carlinville. m.
Carlinville. 111.. Jan. 26.—Fire start
ed in the probate room of the large
stone $2,000,000 courthouse in this
eity. and before it was subdued hud
done inestimable damage to the large
number of wills, notes, mortgages and
estate letters. A large desk in which
dates, seals and records of every de
scription were stored for 30 years,
was destroyed, and the iron boxes
containing valuable papers are so hot
that they can not be opened to ascer
tain the condition of their contents.
The janitor claims the tire was of
incendiary origin, and it is recalled
that an attempt was made ten years
ago to burn the same papers.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vsn
derllp Seriously III.
Chicago. Jan. 26.— Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury Frank A. Yander
lip is seriously ill at his home in this
city. Secretary Cage's assistant has
been in Chicago several weeks, having
come direct trom Washington. Before
that time he was suffering from ty
phoid fever in Florida, and it is the
after effects of this illness which con
fines him to his bed now.
Terrible Smallpox Epidemic Among the
Zunl Indians.
^anta Fe, .V M., Jan. 26.—Late in
formation from the Zuni Pueblo, in
western Valencia county, tells of a
sad state of affairs among those In
dians. Smallpox is raging with terri
ble results and deaths are numerous.
Since the disci se broke out 217 deaths
have occurred and 600 Indians ure
sick.
Condition of t'rouilnent Calient*.
Washington, Jan. 26.—tien. Sexton's
condition remains practically un
changed.
Ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, has
Wen ill with the grip at the Cairo, in
city, but i* itupruviu^.
ABOUT WHISKERS
Til* Mere Mention of Tkem at -n_
Seta People to w*aoKb- **
In*.
“I have often wondered.*’ began th*
Ivohack philosopher* musingly.
dressing nobody in particular in them"
tie gang of his friends and neighbor*
congregated around the stove iD is*
corner grocery, “what there is particn!
larly humorous about the mere won
•whiskers.’ Of course there are fount
lookin’ whiskers in this life, the samt
us there are comical-appearin’ ear>
noses and so on. but why there should
be anything provocative of mirth
the word itself is beyond my compr^
hension.
"I presume that one word of twa
syllables has caused more laughter
than any other single word it the En*.
lish language. You may say that th*
wind blew through the forest, or the
key-hole, or through anything else j0a
ran think of, and the announcement
will not produce even a grin, but if you
say the wind blew through his whi,.
kers everybody laughs fit to kill, ^
comedian of the kind we usually hare
in the town hall here, who is such »
hopeless, failure as a fun-maker that
his best efforts only serve to make hi,
hearers yawn, can always evoke a hur
ricane of mirth by workin’ the word
•whiskers’ into his remarks in almost
any inappropriate way.
"There is no reasonable reason for
this, so far as I can see; whiskers are,to
my notion, rarely more humorous than
a chunk of rye bread, and occasionally
theyaredownright pathetic—especially
when they are dyed a ghastly and dis
mal black and hung on the neck of a
dodderin' old fossil with oue foot in the
grave and the other, so to express it,
reachin’ out after a third w ife. I ,l5cj
knew an old fool of this kind who
Ileh! you ain’t goin’ home, are ye
deacon?”
“Yes. 1 am!" was the snappish an
swer. as the elderly wearer of such ,
beard as had just been described rose
with indignant alacrity fro^n hisaccus
tomed seat in handy proximity to the
grocer's cracker barrel and clumpef
wrathfully out.
“Now. 1 w onder w hat's upset Detco,
Prilliman?" innocently commented lb,
philosopher, w ho had not intended hi,
remarks to have any persona! applic*
tion, and had failed to notice that ther
had done so. “Mebby his rheumatism
3s hectorin’ him again; the deacon ha,
been gittin’ around pretty spry of lat#
for hnn, though. Come to think about,
they—er—heh!—do say the old fellerii
sorter settin’ up and takin’ nctici
around for another wife, but I doji
know how true it is.’*-r-N'. Y. World.
Ha*|<x C'Uance.
“Your money or your life!” cried tie
robber.
Tla, ha!” laughed the artist, andle
drew a pistol.
The artist had no money, and, accord
ing to the critics, not much life, but
that was not why he laughed.
He laughed because he belonged!#
the school which draws rapidly and
boldly, rather than the school whkli
draws laboriously, with great attention
to detail.—Detroit Journal.
^ What does it do?
It causes the oil glands
In the skin to become more
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and glossy, precisely **
nature intended.
It cleanses the scalp from
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one of the great causes of
baldness.
It makes a better circo*
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the hair from coming out
li Prevents and I
Cures Baldness
Ayer’s Hair Vigor will
| surely make hair grow oa
i bald heads, provided only
1 there is any life remain*
' ing in the hair bulbs.
It restores color to gray
or white hair. It does not
do this in a moment, *5
will a hair dye; but in*
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of age gradually disap*
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of youth takes its place*
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