Newspaper Page Text
Congr! adopted by a vnte of 211 to 36, de clared the language of the Secret Ser vice paragraph o^liis annual message to be "unjustified and without basis of fact" and "a breach of the privi leges of the House,' Tlie charges contained in some of the speeches, notably those of Con gressman Tawney and Senator Cul' bertson, clearly indicate that if Pres ident Roosevelt's term of office was not nearlng its close impeachment proceedings might bo instituted. They seemed to take the position that It was bad enough for a President, 'drunk with power, to libel individ uals who offended him but intolerable hen lie attempted to libel (Jangress and destroy confidence in the leggis lath'e branch of the government sWILL •Hil "'ik :.§fc§j|3 'fiig ttitei ifesii wmSmi wMkM lllll M&iEv:.', j£j£ EDISON REVOLUTIONIZE STftEET CAR TRAFFIC? Thomas A. Edison has perfected a storage battery, which it is believed will revolutionize traffic 011 street car lines, and possibly on some rail ways. The investor thinks the tests lie-contemplates making on the Third avenue line in New York will prove ••that future traction investments will consist solely in the purchase of cars, their battery equipment, the erection of ^comparatively cheap charging sta tions, yd the laying of'rails over the right of way. \The expensive un derground trolley or overhead trolley systems, he is convinced will be things of the liast along with the profit eating plants for generating power. FIGHTING BOB EVANS. DOES NOT WANT TO JOIN THE CLUB. ^dmiral Evans was asked, at the rooont rec.eption given to him in New York City, why he took the big bat tle £hip fleet from the Atlantic to I he Pacific ocean. His answer wan: "I don't know. I'm glad I did not know, for if I had and had told any body I might have been elected* a member of justly famous club which ,1 .have no desire to join at my age." If Tillman and Tawney and Smith and several other senators and con gressmen had acted with as much discretion as "Fighting Dob" they mUht have escaped membership in the President's Ananias Club. ^ir'the labor leaders are not anUty' cf contempt for Judge Wright opin-j Ions there are a good many people ho thii that they should be, or at least that they have good reason to bp *& V'• a TAX FERRETS COMING. It is not especially pleasing to kne that tax ferrets will soon be in 'midst and disturbing the peace and quiet of the minds of Delaware coun ty people, or a few of them. Years ago, and not so many years ago eith er, Mr. Tax Ferrett came along and idly relieved portions of bank ac counts and long, black stocking of ovor twenty thousand dollars, which, the gentleman calculated, belonged to the county. Messrs. J. B. Work man & Company of Indiana have been given a contract by Delaware county to collect back taxes and will receive as their commission 15 per cent, of monies collected. They are allowed to hunt up in the records five years since the names and amounts due to the county and they, doubtless, will stir up considerable an noyance and indignation. But there* is another feature to the story, and that is, the county should receive such taxes as rightfully belongs to ic, and in order to collect them has hired this firm, which does a general business of collecting throughout the central west, to nils© tlio taxes still due. PROHIBITIONISTS MEET. Rev. R. ,A. Barnes went to De3 Molnes^Jtfonday to attend the state Meeting of the various prohibition leagues and clubs which have perma nent organizations throughout the commonwealth. The federation for constitutional amendment and the Marshal clubs are two of the strong ucpartments in the prohibition jnovo raent. N .•llsses _,ht to this aent was cemetary. stressing acei eneral feeling of ne 'people of this ,$ly friends and ac •\fr. Nix and his fam- ooral servfee held from je on Payette street Thuis '. .ioon, which was in charge "^l. A. Barnes, were Mr. and George Nix of Dubuque, Mrs. T. ink of LeMars and Mr. and Mr f. McHogan of Dyersvilie, rein lives of the late Mr. Nix. .fT- 4 ICE HARVEST BEGINSV aminis- «n«c partial distribution as prayed. Estate of Irvin \V. Staner. Rep'ort of sale ana deed to Prank ICerton approved. Estate of li. W, Graces. Hearing fixed for final report January 8, 1009. Final report of executrix ap proved, executrix discharged and bond released. Estate of Melissa C. Davis. Report of sale to Frank Leslie approved. Estate of L. J. Whlttaker. Hearing concerning payment of collateral In heritance tax. Administrator di rected to pay -such tax and make distribution and report to court. Estate of Emma L. Parker. Final re port approved. Executrix discharge -od ard bond released. Estate of Watson Davis. Widow al lowed $300 for year's support. Guardianship of Ella May, Harold L. and Howard H. Pierce. Report of sale and deed to Thos. W. Lyons approved. Guardian authorized to deposit funds in bank at 4 per cent, interest until such time as same can be loaned on real estate at a higher rate. Guardian allowed as guardian and attorneys fees to date the sum of $35. Estate of Mathias. Ilaasis. Adminis tratrix authorized to sell personal property at private sale for not less than appraised value. Widow allowance $500 for year's support. Estate of A. L. Bigelow. F. B. Blair appointed special administrator as to ciaim of Pbenice Bigelow. As the heavy wagons, loaded to their utmost with great, huge blocks of ice, were-seen being hauled from the river to the Illinois Central Rail road company's ice hou^c last week, fears and doubts were dfelnitely re moved from^the minds ot dealers and those who had read, of canty crop of frozen water which had: been pre-, dieted generally weeks past. A. Slack has aTso began cutting Ice and filling his two storage buildings, and several hundred tons will be packed away for use next summer when the days assume that torrid and sultry •air which seem almost Improbable, viewing the present condition of the weather. A large force of men are required to dispose of the harvest, cutters,' teamsters and loaders being in de-! mand by Mr. Slack. Liberal wages are ffered and are taken advantage of by unemployed people. The cakes ot ice are abut twenty inches In thickness and are of excellent qual ity. GIRLS MADE UNHAPPY. With the beginning of the new year the fair co-eds at the University of Iowa have received the grievous in formation that Sean Mabel M. Vol land has inauguarted a new syBtem of rules in Ranney hall, a dormitory under the university control. The change is said to be in the nature of a reform of social regulations. Ac cording to the recent regulation, the girjs can have but one male caller a week. "Dates" are strictly tabooed, with tlie one exception. Study hours have been instituted and a retiring hour made by dean of women. Music will be allowed only at certain hours, fudge parties may be held on Satur day evenings, and chafing dishes are a thing of the past. DUBUQUE COUNTY CASE. VUUII ty Attorney Nelson of Du buque and R. P. Roedell of the same city are' in the city, being in attend ance at trial of the case of Hanna Schmidt vs. Dubuque county, for $o000 damages. At the first trial, jury returned a verdict for the county, which the supreme court re versed and ordered »e-tried. The ev idence is about concluded and will probably go to-the Jury today COLONEL ALLEN AT DUBUQUE. Col. H. A. Allen of the 53rd regi nient, I. N. G., was at Dubuque last week to investigate the trouble in militia circles in that city. Captain Baumgartner Of the Dubuque com pany declares he will not resign ijii der fire while his opponents make ug ly charges against him, regarding money'matters. THEATRICAL SPECIAL. Last week, several thearical spec ials passed through Manchester from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, at which two cities are located opera houses. In which are presented the popular plays of the day, besides enterUln ing tlie theatre-folk with vaudeville aitraelons. To charter a special train of several cars is 110 small expense, and opera house managers have com plained piis season of unsatisfactory buslnes3, but the' fact is lessened when account is made of certain com- POSER. T6rmerlyof usband, Ree. ated wlth one .-angelistic -leadettr Sr.,Chapman Chas. yho is director of. the has informed' Mrs. Hor will have published and \er relife-ioun hymns'• or. "h she may. compose. ".'AFfst JS been sin accompanist for years, being on the stiff of ana' with Dr. Chapman. It Will jniembered that Mr. Norton -is of the personal workers, and with ..rs. Norton has toured the United jtates extensively in evangelistic work. The influence of song in revival istlc meetings Is acknowledged, and in having successfully presented a number" of her recent compositions, M:s. Norton Is fully recognized as 01 of the leaders in this line of re lic iuos work. CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA. For several weeks, the newspappj-s have been discussing a nqw hog cholera cure which is said CQ be of much merit. It lias been tested .in our neighboring county to tho north, Clayton. It will bo \f interest to know that a veterinary surgeon, pr, Clyde Beamer, of Elkader, has used tlie Biuschettnl vaccine on swlne ex posed to cholera with great success. In the herds affected, he selected cer tain swine which he innoculated with tho vaccine. Thoso treated became immune to the disease, while thipse pet inoculated died. Dr. Beamer tjlieations the statement made by Sfec fAary James Wilson, who holds.that this vaccine was not properly ^inocu lated. His success warrants a dis agreement. Harahan Prints Merry's Speech. At the recent address, madp.^^t Natchez, Mississippi,, by Captaig Fj Merry/ the B^ard^f ..trad?, ot I city determined to..have ten thousand o-pies printed and diatribted, amjilig the agrlculutralists In that section Tho newspapers of the south copied' and commented freely., and favorably! upon the speech, and editorially spoie of it as being One of the best argu ments ever ..delivered for the encour agement of diversified farming in Jhe ...southland. .'lna. as was reported in the ••••rot this city last week, will be .ized a bank in the very near .re by Manchester men, who pur-, .ased a tract of -13,000 acres of a hicago real estate firm. The im mediate vicinity about Lavina affords many opportunities for the.husband' man and agriculturist Fruit grows ladvantageously, and farming raayrbe ci nducted successfully, although ir rigation 1B unnecessary as it is In other parts of the state. The Chlca go, Milwaukee & St.. Paul. railway which is Hearing Its completion to Hi .Pacific. ..coast '.gxtenslon, Jandseekera •ir- iov •SOW* .id homeste^ra are ,Jfi£|Uing Aft THOUGHT QARMCHA^L AT PFIJ ^UQUE. CELEBRATE at J. T. Harahan, president of tlie Il linois Central Railroad company,'has Written to Captain Merry, advlsitng him that the company has ordered twenty thousand copies published 'in pamphlet form, for general distribu tion. •.• •. -K -fe .: i.ii "ANOTHER NEW STAMP."1' The new 2-cent Stamps issued 'by the postoffice department of the giv ernment are immediately Acognixed because they are plainer and look much like an Issue used fifty ydfcni ago. The bUBt head of Washington' is in profile, and the background rl's not as sharply cut as In the prevldus issue. There are no figures on {be new stamp, but "Two Cents" In no Uceaule letters appears at the bot IMJI, the mark of denomination. An eld tlipe heading, "U. S. Postage, and the simple wreath surrounding the profile, constitute the decorations BENNETT PROBABLE 8UCC£880R Of tho names mentioned as a snc cessor to the presidency of UplMr Iowa University, is that of Dr. Ar thur E. Bennett, a graduate of th.e New Yori'City university, and acting president 'of Upper Iowa two yeari following the resignation• of Rev. B1 Basiett. Dr. Benttett came to Fay .ette ill. May. 1905, and has since been dean of education.' He Is a man who stands high with the' educators of the state and'ejoys the personal friend ship of the student body. BARN DANCE CONDEMNED. The daily press of the state are denouncing the "barn dance," a ilcfiv form of dancing in the middle weat It is said'building inspectors in soife of the cities have' declared against the dance on account of the rymthic jumping which tends to weaken the building, if the dance is allowed on any other than the ground floor. COAL RAPIDLY CONSUMED. The intense cold of last week duced the coal Supply and made a strong demand for additional orders. The lighting and heating plant owned by the Manchester Heat, Light and Power company estimated its use of Illinois "pea" coal at seven tons ft day during the two days of the two of the artic weather. ,, NEW ARC LIGHTS. Tue Manchester Hent, Light & Power company has discarded tho frosted globes on the arc lamps used light the down tfwn streets and have placed clear glass shades In tbeir places. v- SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY At the home' of Jacob Pettlon, who jliVes four miles east of town, on Sat urday, January 2, was celebrated the SOth birthday of Jacob' and William I'ettlon, twin brother*, who have lived in the county for-many years. Win. Pettlon now resides near -Hart wick, and with his family and a com pany of guests numbering 18'people, were Invited to the home of Jacob Pettlon on that day to enjoy the -an niversary of these two mou .who have passed the three score years- df life and are-still capable and as energet ic in performing their, duties as they were twenty years ago. The dinner served was characteristic of the day, being aii elaborate affair and' j»t wholesome such as* the good people of thltPJJiglunty, residing iln ,-Jhe .'big farm" hoUSS9 here and. there, oflly knoMi how to prepare. ,. INTSALLING PHONE SYSTEM At the Illinois.. Central passenger depot is being installed *^he Groce system of telephoning, to b'd uaed on •this railway system in dinpatcWng trains'. G. H. Groce is supe^tend ent of telegraph .and telephone:' ner .vice and has perfected this method of sending, train orders, which is be lieved to be a saving of time and af fords accurate information to op6r ators.. along the line. ^Electricians are working west from Dubuque to Waterloo. Between Wat erloo and the company's western terminals Omaha and Sioux City, telephones are now In use, as they are along the lines in Illinois. Fcr some time, the trains pn- southern lines of the Illinois Central,- between Chicago and New Orleans, have been operated by means of dispatching. FIREMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. Robert Brumble of Waterloo, a well known Illinois Centrai fireman, was seriously injured Friday night- while on Engine No. 882, which happened to be in this'city at the time. Brum ble had placed the abater bar on the grate lever and was endeavoring to loosen the clinkers thfe stuck to-the fingers of the grate. Wi an effort.'to jerk the'clinkers lo6se,- th tar slipped off frbm"tho?-'»8wjr and""the fireman was hurled against the piece of iron with such forcer as to break his jaw. When his engineer discov ered him, he was In an unconscious condition ailS remained so Mr three hours. .Medlfcnl atteiiffon wasrgtV}n him, and he"was latW^laketi to home of his father In* Waterloo. —Ol: "l -::asR ,CHOIh Hrb RBtSftteANIZEi'"' The members of the chorus choir of the Methodist Episcopal church are reuqested to attend' a rehearsal on Friday evening, January 15, at 8 o'clock, which will be held In the church. At this time, a. choral club will be organized, for which officers are to be elected, such as a presl dent, secretary and treasurer, and li brarian. Every member of the choir is urged to be present, at this..meet ing. Special music for Easter Is to be prepared, and the director, Mr. H, Ii. Rann, is desirous ot having a full attendance at this first meeting of the. new year. ,3T! fibAftb WASBIJSY. ir. ftnj MrS The boAhi bit auftiSrvtsors. for fiSla-. 'it the first ware.county a*ardedttm contract for and will tako installing abotler-te cost $475 In the te tO)wp of.La ilaat-iaYer re ..usir for several .vised by Mrs Friend, of the ex existing in Mon ccntly located, de to that state in the cure from the govern es of homestead laud, intends to accomauy 3 PATTY ON LECTURE PLATFORM. W. .B. Patty of West Liberty, Ohio, and formerly of Manchester, was at Strawberry Point last week, as a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Roy I. Morse. Prof. Patty is still continu ing his lecture work, addressing au diences in -many towns throughout the United States on the subject of radium, wireless elegraphy and liquid air. His territory is not confined to any one state, but has visited nearly every commonwealth in the union. Poof farm located netir .pelhl. T-hi -Jheatfng apparatus is guaranteed .^) •.have a 2,100-foot ratjation, and wl.i its placing/ the old, boiler is to discarded. Four hundred dollars W.!M transferred from, the ppor fuiid to -the Poor house and farm fond. Th?*on«!3 and reports of the :irious lowntslii officers and county officers were, ap proved. The board arranged its newspaper contracts as follows: The Delaware Couaty News,- The Press •tind The Democrat to bo two of the official pa pers *of the county teach paper to re ceive one-third of amounts allowed.. The Earlvllle Phoenix and The Hop kinton leader to be designated as one official paper. The County Superintendent, F. D. Joseph, was allowed an assistant, whose.salary- was fixed at a month. On account of additional work in tBis office, Mr. Joseph has been obliged to hire extra help, and the board, appreciating thfc^ worth and efforts beinfj'made by the county sup erintendent to improve and better the le«n'dtt'tftiJ'bf natural reaourfiiap. ofi t}ie^yp}intrx 5yd. jtjribwlufe dfc th^iiwork necessarilydpne4 how.best to 4$S'ye proQ^fjrom ,th^ JUp perfortK the&ime, made tho^nboy^ aAowahW.i .j.-.-.v aucj .are, movijpg to thg,iip.-iands^ofc Montana-ltt «9small jiuigtera.I twen86unfl*j* fsohoqla. and "/TRIM YOUR TREES. :Y~KN Dr. H. B. G'tatlol of'lMibVique' wift in the city iatit evening, '%'ftd in colli vcrsatlon with some frffends at tiife Clarence house, told of the supposeil airest of the Rev. John H. Carnll eliael at Dubuque that^ihorning. A-9 l)i. Gratiot was boarding-an Illindts Central train for this place, he saw a plain clothes man, formerly a mein ber of the Dubuque police, approach a man, hurrying to catch a west bnund train, and later arrest him. A mistake, of course, must have been made, as the press disp&tch6s state in this morning's paper that Carmichael had killed himself yester day at Carthage, Illinois. The de tainment of the supposed murderer at Dubuque caused no'-llttler excite ment, according to the story told by tlie Doctor. r.'-S:- At DuWique. the city council has ordered property owners to trim the trees growing on their premises. If the matter Is not given prompt at tention, the city declares It will take Immediate' aclon and have the trees trimmed" and the expense charged to the owrier, If the branahes overhang or shut" off the light from any street lamp. "Dubuque has appointed an official tree trimmer who understands bis -work and Intends to do it at ev-. ery opportunity. It would seem strange that trees should be trimmed in January, but a moment's reflection "would prove that it is a proper time to do such work. The sap is still in the root: of the trees and the- oak or maple or elm \tould not suffer si^h losses of its' life fluid during t£Ts intense ciild as they Would after the 15th ot March. Manchester should also consider th matter' and order a. general cleaning up. Last fall, 'a number of property owners had their trees trimmed, and yet a number of streets and.-blocks are m'ade to appear carelessly kept adcount of the non-trimming of the maples and elms which graee the town, when properly attended to. WEATHERMAN TO RELENT. A&br^ing to the weather forecast given for this morning, Iowa is to enjoy fsiir weather today and Wed nesday. TUie cold wave has extend ed Over the whole of the' central valL leys", except 'along {he gulf toasV the temperature" being down to^lO de grees in central-Texas and "b^low zero Iff MIslibuH ^hdr%S«i8M?. Tile 1owest t^mp^atpe'Tfepoffed-ifltti- that? of. 30 de^to*jeld«- it JWilliWohi '•North Dak'ota. Raii reported-: falling In*' the' upper 'Ohio valley, northern fccHiisiana, 'iind .snow oyer'the*-lakes, Southern1 Illinois, western- Tennessee Oklahoma and1 Rocky mountain dis tricts. Ught snow fell over- Iowa .the first of the week, but fair weather is to prevail'and indications' are -favor able for a rising temperature.. MARRIAGE LICENSES.- B*or week ending. Monday, aJmiary 11, the following nfjfrriage licenses have, been issued from the office ot the County Clerk: Alonzo G,, Grape's and Alda Shep pard, January -5: O. BiiTineuf. and. Belle Foster, Jan uary 4. .- Thos. B. Grapes and Mary C. Egg! man, January 6. Louis E. Tank amT"Ada Schultx, Ja uary 6. Frederick- W,-1.gane|v.,and Mertie J. Kreis, January 7. George Vantadge' and Marie R. Hartbeck, Jaquary 9. ft MASONVILLE. Miss Mabel Moore returned to Colesburg Sunday to resume teaching after spending the holltays at home. Walter Raghtz of Dubuque, spent Sunday here with his brother Fred.. John Antone of Epworth visited last week with his sister,,Mrs. Robt. Haennlg south of town. Emmet Mulvhelll, who has been clerking at Brentford,South Dakota, is home on a vacation. ... A C8dar Falls firm installed a Miss Kate O'Hagan has accepted a position as stenographer in County, Superintendent Joseph's office at Manchester. Miss O'Hagn Is a grad uate of Bayiess Business college of Dubuque. Jay Wellman was a business visit or in Dubuque last Friday. •k Link was a -business visitor to Cascade last Saturday. :ohn Ryan and Rev T. J. Murtagh were Manchester callers last Friday. The M. W. A. camp of. Monti gave a dance In the hall there last Friday night and all report a good tline. M. F. Cooney entertained the-follow ing gentlemen from Dubuque last Sunday: Messrs. Joe Murphy, Ed. Pcryon, Dorf- Mueller, Doc Relnecke, J. O'Brien, Clarence. Rowland and Walter^Ragatz. The party returned to DubuqUe Sunday evening after hav ing spent an enjoyable day. The Masonville Co-Operative creanr e'ry 'coflipany held their annual meet: ing-and election of officers last Tues day. The following directors were Riley Davis, Ira. Havens, sr., Ira Havens, jr.,, Wm. Evans and Jud Lane Wm. Raders, president, and Frank Harris, secretary. The offi cers are practically the samo as last .-v .j 03l jyiEJRCHANT TAILOR .^1 -rw H. year. The creamery is in a prosper ous. condition with a $1,000 in the treasury. A- motion was ma^e to de clare a .six per cent, dividend on each share of stock after January 1, but the motion was overwhelmingly lost by 12 to' 41 vote. The surplus to be used in improving the plant the coming year. 'Masonville can boast of haying one of the best creameries in the' state and one of the best main-" aged, too. The majority approve of the present system of management which has been so successful in the past. We have not the secretary's report at hand to include here, for which we are "sorry, as It is a dandy and daresay, could be duplicated by any other sucfi corporation. ASSERTED HERSELF. .Th».Young Woman Alw Had a Paw Question* to Aik. .The young woman was being Inter viewed., by her prospective employer. The .man bit off his wofds aud hurled them at her In a way to frfghten an ordinary girl but of ber wtta. "Chew gumf." he asked. "No, air." -fc "Talk-alangt" "No, air." "Know how to apeimmctlyr* "Tee, sir." "Use the telephone every other min ute?" ^"Naslr:" "Usually tell the office force, bow mtich the firm ofres and all the. teat of tfid private bnilneMs yod learar' "••No, air." He was-thinking of aomethloc -elae, to a«k hier .wheq. abejppk, a, liand jo 4^e matter and set a few questions "Smoke cigars when' you'iv dictat ing?" Why—er—no!" he (aaped in Alton itfhment. "Slam things "Srouud wben- buslneH a "No." rl ... "Ijiy for your,employees when the net caught. In a block somp motjilngT" ""No,. Indeed." "Think you know! enough about grammar and punctuation to Appreci ate a good aten6grapher'wb*n you gel one?" 1 "i:T i. •-a "I-I think «o." "Want me to go to work. or la'your -time worth .ao little that1 He Interrupted her enthusiastically: "Kindly hang tip your things and let's get at these lettera."—Judge, •'fio. I WOOD-LOTS OF JAPAN. Example Furnished of Tree Qrewlng .. en Small Plata. In these times' of great dralijs on the timber supplies caused by the heavy demand for forest' producttT, of all kinds, Americans may see in jtapan an example of what can be done -in grow ing wood on small plots. That, country contains 21,000,000 wood'lots,'about thiee-fourths of which belong to private -persona and one fourth to communes. The average size of the plot Is lesg -than nlne-tentha of .an acre. They asnally occupy' the steepest, roughest, poorest ground. In this way land la put to use' whlcb would otherwise go to -witfte' "and If nnwooded would iose tfs aoll by the w,ash of the dashing raina. fur nace and hot w'ate'r heating plant In Father Murtagh's residence last week Eddl£- O'Hagan returned to Du buque last Thuraday'to resume his studies-'at St. Joseph's'college, after spending the holiday^ at home. Waltfer Pendergast of Walker called on hil£ slter Mime here last. Wednes day. ", Mr. Slid Mr*.-. Jas. Cummings four ,childWh' have been quite, ill with pneunfljfiia. but'are now convalescing. I a: From Japan's wood lots the yearly yield of lumber Is about eighty-eight feet, board measure, an acre and three fourths.of a cord of firewood. In many cases, the yield, is much higher. More than S00,000,000 trees are planted year ly to make np what la cnt for lumber and fuel. With all the care In cutting and the industry In replanting- It la by no means certain that Japan's foreata are holding tbelr own. If tbe preaervatlqn of the forests Is. douljtJtiul 'there, 'it, is .evident that dppietlpja. i^ust be alarm ingly rapid In other countries which cut unsparingly and plant very little. On the other hand. It Is encouraging to see what can be done with rough, steep and poor land. The United State* has enough of that kind to grow bllliona of feet of lumber—Pathfinder. Fake Ramnanta. A country storekeeper a. pair of long, bright shears la hand, calmly cnt a "roll of al!k Into remnants. "Women," be explained to his dty cousin, "are remnant mad. There' ar* women who never buy except at rem nant sales. 8uch women will,pass bj goods In the piece at a.quarter a yard and snap up the aame good* In rem nant lengtha .at 30 centa. "So great Is the 'demand for rem nants that it la Imposalble to keep op the. legitimate aupply." The country atorekeeper winked. "Hence," he'said. "my present occu pation1."— Los Angelea Times. 8ilenoed. ^•Wasn't that young Mr.- Tiff who left the. house as I egme In?" aaked the judge of bis eldest daughter "Yes. pupn."' "I'id '1 not Issue an Injunction aealnst bis coming here any more?" "Yes, pnpa, -but be appealed to a higher court, and mamma reversed your declaion." ...s .a il-ifc-'i SPOTLESS fpWIir 1 ln Hellandi la the Cl»aa«e" Haee In the Werid. The bouaedeanlng tools, hnng opon" the .wall ln.neat lines, were, aa turner ioua, as diverse and aa handsome as slbe tools ot a carpenter or a cnaulfeur.' There were floor brushes, wall brush? es, picture bruahee—all alxea and shapes. There were rake* and acrapers for corner*. There were pollafaihg In stnimenta of every kind—for glass, for metal, for floors, for furniture.' There were sponges, chamois sklna aoaps and powders of all deacdptlonat "It la a complete set of cleauing tool*, .lan't It?" aald the owner. "It abound be complete. I brought .lt from Holland with me—from Broek—from. a aT 1 "Broek la the cleanest place} In the world,. When you enter lta gates tlte.v give 'yon a pair of new a trow iandal yellow aa gold to pnt on ao that you will not track up the anowy stiijets. "In the bright sunshine yon seem to be walking In a town made of sugar candy. The tree trunka are painted yellow,' the garden fences, area bright blue, the tablea and-chairs before the ?i!ttl«vdana 1 aT.whlte./«a.though oanwdoatcf-snDW. v!'Enter "a'BeaAnrtable. The wallcare racartet, .tbKitnangera are green, the floora areiyellow. The cows' talis are fastened to rtnga in the celling ao that -they may-.not aoll ,nor .be aolled."—Cin cinnati Enquirer. THE ILLS Og MAN, Appandieltia snd Gout-Rampant Theu *«nd« ef Ytar* Aflo.. The lnjurini. dlseaae and peculiar! ties «ftbe.people wholly t4:lA-.tlte.vajb ley of, the Nile from preblatorlc until early HJhrUtUu times, a period (f Over 'B.000 ^eara, are -shown liii-A pathotoglcal collection--on-view at tbo Boyal College- of Surgeona In. LoMon. The collection was obtained during tlM» exploration of fifty-seven cemeteries In the area, of the Nile Valley lyiuj^ im mediately south bf the pillars of- Ko noaso, which mark the frontier~of an -elent Egypt. The aurvey waa carried out under the. direction of Captain B. G. Lfons of the Egyptian government in due grave were found ^be abdominal or gana of a woman ao well preserved that It waa-possible to say that she suffered from appendicitis, -whlcir Is considered to-be. the earliest evidence of this disease. Typical lealon*' of gout weM-found In an early Chrlatlan subject A pair of apllnta, with bandages, were/onnd on the forearms of a ydOng woman's body, -both the forearms, hav ing been broken juat above the wrists. The apllnta are almost Identical with those used at the present day. -nere la a tare little book," aald Methodlat local preacher. "It la John Wesley's 'Primitive Physlck.' Wesley dabbled In medicine, aettlng a fashion that baa not yet died out— Did ypu ever know a Methodlat mlnlater who didn't dabble in medicine?" .. The full title of the volume was "Primitive Phyalck or, An Easy and Natural Method--of Curing Moat pis «ases." The local preacher aald that he had paid M0 for the book, but that as .a medical work It waa hoi realty worth 40 cents. To ahow the we^c neas of John Wealey'a doctoring ho qnoted the following consumption cure: "Every morning cnt up little turf of freab earth and, lying down, breathe Into the bole for a quarter of an hovr. I have known a deep con*umptive^une(l thu*."—New Orieana Tlmea-DemocWtt? The Lettera He Dictated.-. "Well, goodby. dear," said Ifr. Trne bey to hia beloved spouse. "I must gn and dictate those letters—twenty-sir of them—so you mustn't expect me home very. wrly."_ "All right," Was the respond, ""iul I wish yon wouldn't work ao bard." Half an hour later -Mr. Trueboy en tered hia club and sat down, with three .othera, at a card table. "Juat a moment, yon fellows, before tbe Drat band la dealt tye got to keep my word with my wife. One' of you juat take down what I dictate: 'A its® '"'A ty z.' There, those letters are off my mind!" Willie Has Such an Active Brain. "Waa Danlel really such a wise man, aaamma?" aaked Willie thoughtfully. ."Yes, dear, aa wise almoat aa Solo mon, Willie." "Well, mother, I bet Solompn would have done better, than Daniel did, any "way." continued Willie. '"Why,- what do you mean, my son?" "I'U-.betcher Solomon woujd have had sense enough to .charge admlaslon an t. •. when he went Into tbe lions' denC j. Ladle*' Home Journal. Terrible Teats. "86 yon are still looking for an hon eat man?" "I nin," ansmired Diogenes. "What Is the lantern for?". "That's to-test him with. I am golnql to lend biiq the lantern^ and If he brings that back I'm going to try hia 1 with an umbrella."—Washington Star,