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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HORSE IN SPAIN.
Selected by the King as a Present For His Bride.
LAP-BOARD.
Has Features of Simplicity, Con
venience and Efficiency.
It is well known that lap-boards
and sewing tables are often used for
‘‘cutting out” garments, and for ac
surately performing the work the
{loth must be maintained in an un
irrinkled and comparatively taut con
lition. An Ohio woman has patent
ed a lap-board which has features of
tlmplicity which could also be applied
to a table or any similar article.
Holds Down the Cloth.
The lap-board shown here Is of the
ordinary kind, a marginal groove
»eing made in the sides. In this
marginal groove is placed a strip of
penetrable material, as felt, into
which pins can be easily stuck. The
groove and strip can extend part way
or entirely around, as convenient.
In a table It would be desirable
to insert into all sides, while in a
lap-board the side containing the
concave recess will generally not re
quire the strips. Such a lap-board
would be useful in holding work
while a seam is being basted or
sewed. Even the Clothes could be
held in position on the table by the
addition of such a groove, and when
used on library tables, the strip used
as a pin-cushion.
IN THE PliBLIC EYE.
Photo of Young Queen Wilhelmina
. and Prince Henry, Her Consort.
For the Hands.
A few drops of cider vinegar rubbed
Into the hands after washing clothes
will keep than) smooth and take away
the spongy feeling they always have
after being iu the water a good while.
An Aid to the Housewife.
Handling boiling clothes with an
ordinary pole was not considered an
up-to-date method t>y aa Iowa in
To Handle Boiled CiotUes.
The Chinese -Bride’s Veil.
Doesn’t it look like a latest In
lampshades? There’s the top In
bead blossoms and the deep fringe.
But it isn't.
Rather not.
It’s the bridal veil of a blushing
Chinese maiden who 13 about to
promise to love, honor and obey her
mother-in-law forever after.
Portable Cot.
“Take up thy bed and walk.” This
is the Biblical quotation which in
spired a North Carolina woman to
design the portable cot shown here.
It is especially suitable for travelers
and others who have need of a bed
or couch which can readily be moved
from place to place. It is construct
ed to be particularly useful upon the
ordinary “day coach” or railway
trains, when it is impossible or un
desirable to secure a sleeper. In
/hen
rfbldeei.
Pits Into a Suit Case.
addition It is equally well adapted
for use a3 an ordinary couch or bed
in the home, upon the lawn or upon |
camping trips. The body portion is
in two sections, hinged together. The
cushions are also hinged together,
one of the cushions having draft
guards at the top and sides. The en
tire cot folds neatly and compactly to
form a package approximately the
size of a suit case. A waterproof
carrying case is provided to protect
tlio cot from the weather, with means
for conveniently carrying it as ordin
ary hand ba—rage.
Apostle and Epistle.
A Philadelphian riding through
the mountains of Tennessee stopped
one evening to water his horse before
a little cabin, outside of which sat an
old colored woman, watching the an
tics of a couplo of colored boys play- .
lng near by.
“Good evening, aunty," he called.
“Cute pair of boys you’ve got. Your
children?” i
“Laws a massy! Mah chillun!
’Deed dem’s mah daughteh’s Chilians.
Come hyah, you boys,” she called
sharply, “an' speak to d' gemman!”
As the boys obeyed the summons,
the Philadelphian inquired their
uahies.
■“Clah to goodness, sah, dem chll
luns Is right smaht named!” said the
old woman. “Ye see, mah daughtfeh
done got ’llglon long ago, an’ named .
dese hyah boys right out do Bible,
sah. Die hyah one’s named Apostle
Paul, and de udder’s Called Epistle
Peter."—Pittsburg Post.
ventor. He therefore evolved the
apparatus shown here—a pair of for
ceps so shaped as to firmly and posi
tively grip the clothes so that they
can be handled without tearing. It
resembles very much a pair of scis
sors, having two levers intermediate
ly pivoted. One end of the levers
is shaped to form a handle and the
other into spoons. These spoons are
hollowed out to form a recess, the
back being slotted, which reduces the
weight and ^so affords a firm grip.
Between the handles is a spring. It
is the Intention of the inventor to
manufacture these forceps of alumin
ium.
Bitter Cry in England.
To cultivate a desirable, elevat
ing and charming social set is as
much the province of parents as to
feed and clothe their progeny.
Nevertheless, the bitter cry of the
British daughter is heard in the land »
”We know so few people. We hardly
ever see g man.”—World and. His
Wife.
WHAT WILL LABOR DO?
—
Politicians Anxious About Its In
fluence in Presidential Race.
Gompers Plans to Put Mitchell on
Ticket For Vice-President—
Congressmen Opposed.
Washington. D. C.—Whether or
j ganized labor is to be a great and
j perhaps controlling factor in the next
i Presidential election is a question
I that is being given serious attention
I by far-sighted politicians,
i Much will depend on the success
or failure of organized labor in its
campaign this fall to defeat certain
i members of Congress who are
charged with being unfriendly to the
legislation organized labor is de
manding. If the plans of President
Gompers are successful and a num
ber of candidates for Congress are
defeated by the labor vote, then un
doubtedly plans will be laid by the
labor leaders for the largest possible
participation in the 1908 campaign.
Already preliminary plans have been
discussed.
An allliance with one or the other
party, whereby the labor people will
secure the nomination for Vice-Pres
ident, will be attempted if the labor
leaders can see their way clear to se
cure it. John Mitchell, president of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, is the man they have in mind for
the second place on the ticket. The
first announcement that he would be
brought out as a candidate for the
nomination for Vice-President came
from the anthracite coal country, but
it appears the subject was discussed
in Washington at the headquarters
of the American Federation of Labor
before it was mentioned at Wilkes
barre.
The suggestion of Mr. Mitchell’s
name has been kindly received in la
bor circles everywhere, and there are
many indications that if things go
well with this year's program of the
A. F. of L., Mr. Mitchell may find
himself in the midst of a full-fledged
jjoom next fall.
The large question in the way of
any successful participation of the
American Federation of Labor in pol
itics is, however, whether the mem
bers of that organization will stick
together when it comes to voting, or
whether each member will vote his
own individual preferences. Many
politicians see in the action of Presi
dent Gompers and his associates in
deciding to enter the political field
the —cakening of the A. F. of L.
They believe it will follow in the
path of the Knights of Labor some
years ago, which was disrupted be
cause it went into politics, and that
it will cut no large figure in the Con
gressional elections.
WESSON’S TAXES ONLY $12,000.
Revolver Manufacturer' Left a For
tune of $30,000,000.
Springfield, Mass.—With all his
$30,000,000, Daniel B. Wesson, the
revolver manufacturer, who died here
paid in taxes only $12,000, a sum
less than the assessment on $1,000,
000.
This revelation has caused great
interest hero, and there already is
a public demand for an explanation
from the city officials. In the Muni
cipal building it was said that most
of Wesson's wealth was in first mort
gages, which could not be assessed.
Against this it is said the Wesson
mansion alone i3 valued at more than
$1,000,000. Wesson was the sole
owner of the revolver plant, in which
it is said there is machinery to the
amount of $1,000,000. The assessed
value of all property in Springfield is
$86,000,000 and the amount raised
by taxation is $1,200,000 a year. So
that with a fortune more than one
third of the entire assessment, Wes
son contributed only $12,000 to the
taxation total.
Wesson’s last will was drawn a
year ago by William W. McClench,
vice president of the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company. It
superseded a will made several years
previously. It is understood that the
will leaves the bulk of the property
to Wesson’s Sons, Walter H. and Jo
seph H., who are named as executors
of the will.
COSTS MORE THAN CHICAGO.
New York Twice as Big, But Expense
, of Government Is, Quadrupled.
Washington, D, C.*— Starting out
•with the flat-footed statement that
New York has twice the population
of Chicago, the CenSus Bureau In a
bulletin issued shows that the ex
penses of New York are nearly four
times as great as those of Chicago.
After Chicago the next six largest
cities of the country together spend
less money for running expenses than
New York spends.
Though Chicago is one-third larger
than Philadelphia, the latter’s run
ning expenses are greater. Though
about equal in size with Baltimore,
Boston’s current expenses are nearly
three times as great.
Of all the cities mentioned New
York has the largest land area—
209,218 acres. New Orleans, with
125,600 acres, and Chicago, with
114,932, rank next. Hoboken, with
825 acres, had the smallest land
area.
Of the individual cities, the larg
est per capita net debt was reported
by Newton, Mass.—$125.58; the sec
ond largest by New York—$113;.25;
the third by Boston—3108.17, and
the fourth by Pawtucket—3104.19.
Japanese Poachers Killed.
The killing of five Japanese poach
ers by Americans on Attu, one of
the Aleutian Islands, and the taking
of twelve Japanese prisoners for
poaching by the revenue cutter Mc
Culloch was reported to Washington^
European Travel Decreased.
Steamship men reported the rush
of travel to Europe ended and a to
tal of 270,000 passengers carried
from North Atlantic ports.
NEFF GETS SEVEN YEARS.
Former Auditor of Erie County Sen
tenced to Auburn.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Former County
Auditor John W. Neff, convicted of
grand larceny in connection with the
graveyard scandal, was sentenced at
Warsaw to seven years in Auburn.
Execution of sentence was stayed,
pending an appeal.
Candidates For Zion’s Leader.
Voliva and A. E. Bills filed In Chi
cago certificates of their candidacy
for overseer of Zion.
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WASHINGTON.
Commander J. C. Fremont has
been appointed naval attache at the
American embassies in France and
Russiu.
Opinion is growing in Washington
that the United States agents on the
seal islands acted too hastily in kill
ing Japanese poachers.
Assistant United States District
Attorney S. Easby-Smith has ten
dered his resignation. He was for
many years Pardon Clerk of the De
partment of Justice. He is a native
of Alabama.
A rumor that the nation's fighting
ships were in want of spiritual ad
visers brought the Navy Department
a flood of letters applying for situa
tions as chaplains.
Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn of the
Navy has been ordered to appear be
fore a court martial at Mare Island,
Cal., on a charge of “scandalous con
duct.”
George B. Rafferty, son of Gilbert
T. Rafferty, d wealthy coke operator
of Pittsburg, who was in jail threat
ened with indictment for passing bad
checks, has been discharged from
custody.
According to a decision handed
down by Judge Stafford, of the Su
preme Court of the District of Colum
bia, the Smtthonian Institution is a
national gallery of art.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
After March 1, 1908, no one but
the Government will be permitted to
import opium into the Philippines.
Papa Islo, the bandit and religious
fanatic who caused so much trouble
in Occidental Negros, is the latest
claimant for posthumous existence.
There was placed on file in the Su
preme Court of the United States an
appeal by Homer E. Grafton, a Uni
ted States soldier, convicted in the
Philippines of homicide and sen
tenced to twelve years in prison for
killing a native.
Director of Health Victor G. Hei
ser reports that deaths in the city of
Manila, P. I., show an annual rate
of 35.64 per thousand inhabitants.
Nearly half 'of the deaths were in
fants.
Eight of the past and present
American officials of Porto Rico, in
cluding Governor Beekman Winthrop
and ex-Governor William H. Hunt,
are accused of conspiracy in a dam
age suit which has been brought
against them in the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn by Hobart S. Bird, a
lawyer.
Fifteen provincial governors at
tended the opening of the Moral Pro
gress League at Manila. The league
will endeavor to devise measilres for
the suppression of cock-fighting.
DOMESTIC.
Cix Indictments were returned by
the Federal Grand Jury, which has
been investigating alleged rebating
by the railroads entering New York
City.
To prevent the Ice Trust’s repeating
high prices another year Mayor J. P.
Studley, of New Haven, is consider
ing plans to build a dam near his
Sprngside home.
Dr. James Weir, aged fifty, of Ow
ensboro, Ky., a former medical pro
fessor and author, of several medical
works, died at Virginia Beach, Va.,
of dropsy.
Joseph Likens, of Mount Holly, N.
J., said Charlie Ross was living in
Galveston under the name of Van
Hodge.
James S. McClelland, of Philadel
phia,caused the arrest of Mrs. Helen
Hamilton, of New York City, on a
charge of matrimonial swindling.
The Corporation Counsel’s office of
New York City served notice on the
Interborough Railway, that it would
begin action to have the courts or
der the removal of the third elevated
track in Third avenue.
Father Paul Ryan, a Carmelite
mission preacher whose early life
was spent in Englewood, N. J., died
of typhoid fever contracted while
seeking rest at Gallatzin, Pa.
Emil Streub, father of John, the
twelve-year-old boy whose body was
fouud in the woods near Housatonic,
Mass., was arrested, charged with
the murder of his son.
Edgar Brown, sixty-four years old,
a pioneer iron man who a few years
ago was worth from seven to ten
million dollars, died in the County
Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie.
Prosecution of the alleged Ice
Trust came to an end at Jacksonville,
Fla., by the ice manufacturers enter
ing into an agreement with the Pros
ecuting At orney whereby they prom
ise to at once dissolve the Jackson
ville Ice Delivery Company.
FOREIGN.
Bulgarians attacked Greeks at
Philippopolis and seized two churches.
Two persons were killed and several
wounded, and further disorder is ex
pected.
The Cuban Congress at its recent
session appropriated $1,000,000 to
be used for the purpose of inducing
immigrants to come to Cuba from
Europe and the Canary Islands.
The police of Are.caju, capital of
the State of Serglpe, Brazil, revolted
and attacked the Governor’s palace.
Service:? over the body of Admiral
Train were held at Yokohama. Ad
miral Togo’s aid represented the
Japanese Government.
Secretary Root and his party land
ed at Montevideo, Uruguay, and were
warmly welcomed by all classes.
Signor Arnaldo Vassallo, a jour
nalist, who was celebrated under the
pseudonym of “Gandolin,’* died in
Genoa, Italy.
Advices from St. Petersburg ara
conflicting, Leaders of the labor
parties have decided not to call a
general strike, but have issued proc
lamations to the nation, the peasants
and the troops, urging them to rise
to gain liberty.
Emperor Nicholas has directed the
Crown Lands Department to make a
report of lands suitable for division
among the Russian peasants.
Japan’s attitude concerning the
collision between poachers and Aleu
tian guards on the seal islands so
far has been friendly, though re
served.
M. Krondreachuk, who represent
ed the province of Grodno, in the
Russian Duma, was arrested on his
return from Viborg. The charge
against him is inciting the peasantry
| to rise.
R. A. Had field, the president, and
the other officers of the British Iron
j and Steel Institute gave a reception
for the members of the American In
stitute of Mining Enginers, in Lon
don.
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REPOSES TO GO TO ASYLUM
Miss Calhoun, of Augusta, Gav
Shoots Herself.
Bullet Pierces • Tin Picture of the
Man She Loved Placed Over Her
Breast—Declared Insane.
Augusta, Ga.—Rather than go to
an insane asylum, where her relatives
sought to send her, Miss Ida Calhoun,
eighteen years old, a niece of the
Rev. C. M. Wilkinson, a prominent
Baptist clergyman of this city, fired a
bullet into her breast. The mortal
shot was fired just as a lunacy com
mission, which had been appointed to
decide the question of the girl’s san
ity, came to the conclusion that she
should be committed to Dr. Mc
Naughton’s Sanatorium.
The girl killed herself under pe
culiar circumstances. She escaped
the vigilance of her nurse, who had
been engaged to watch her, andj
rushing to the West View Cemetery,
she stood on the grave of her mother.
Then she took the photograph of the
man with whom she was in love from
the folds of her skirt, and, placing
the picture against her breast, fired a
bullet through it and died Instantly.
Miss Calhoun was a member of one
of the most prominent families in
thi3 part of the State. She inherited
more than $100,000 from her mother,
and she lived most of the time with
her uncle. The death of the mother,
however, seemed to have affected the
girl’s mind. She became melancholy
and her relatives asserted also that
she was suffering from hallucina
tions. They suggested to her that
she go to a quiet retreat where she
would receive medical attention, but
Miss Calhoun refused.
When it became apparent to the
relatives that the girl’s condition was
becoming worse, they applied for a
lunacy commission, which was ap
pointed. The girl resented the ap
pointment of the commission, and
refused to appear before the com
missioners. The men who were ap
pointed to determine Miss Calhoun’s
mental condition resolved to have a
talk with her and they went to her
house. Miss Calhoun was compelled
to dress and appear before the com
missioners, who questioned her about
an hour. She was told that she could
retire, but instead of going to bed,
the girl slipped out of the house and
went to the cemetery.
Not knowing that the girl had
died, the commissioners considered
the evidence they had taken and
finally concluded that Miss Calhoun
was insane and that she should be
sent to an asylum. One of the girl’s
relatives went up to Miss Calhoun’s
room after the commissioners left the
house, but found that she had gone.
The house was searched in vain.
The police were informed of Miss Cal
houn's escape and a search was made.
No trace of her was obtained until
one of the caretakers in the cemetery
sent word to the police that a girl
had committed suicide on a grave.
It was found that Miss Calhoun had
killed herself on the grave of her
mother.
BANK TELLER WRAY CAUGHT:
Pittsburg Absconder Will Not Resist
Extradition From Canada.
Toronto, Ontario. — Clinton B.
Wray, the defaulting teller of the
Union Trust Company, of Pittsburg,
Pa., who with C. S. Hlxton, the indi
vidual bookkeeper, robbed the bank
of $125,000, and which may be
$300,000, was arrested. Miss Grace
Laughrey, of Kittanning, near Pitts
burg, who has been traveling with
him, was foftnd in a boarding house
on Victoria street, where it is alleged
she and Wray have been Hving for a
week, and was also taken into cus
tody.
To detectives Wray admitted he
had embezzled about $125,000.
“Where is the money?” asked the
sergeant.
“I gambled it,” replied Wray.
"How did you spend it?”
“Oh, I lost it all on the stock mar
ket. I seemed to be in wrong.”
BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED.
Ground to Death Beneath the Wheels
of an Electric Car.
St. Joseph, Mich.—Hiram B. Hel
mick and his bride of two weeks,
while driving from Benton Harbor to
St. Joseph were ground to pieces be
neath the wheels of an electric car
which struck the runabout to which
they were driving a skittish colt.
Mrs. Helmick was instantly killed.
Mr. Helmick lived for a few minutes,
although literally wrapped about the
wheels of his rig. Physicians were
summoned, but Helmick was dead
before they arrived.
Just before the. runabout and its
occupants reached the trolley cross
ing Mr. Helmick drew up the colt,
which, however, plunged madly for
ward as the car bore down at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
The colt broke from the shafts and
left the rig on the tracks.
Miknsu Refloated.
The Mikasa, Admiral Togo’s flag
ship, which was sunk at Sasebo after
the peace treaty was signed between
Russia and Japan, was floated.
Chineso Immigrants Taxed.
The measure providing a head tax
of $300 on all Chinese entering New
foundland has been put in force by
the Colonial Cabinet.
Accuse Captain of Cowardice.
Advices from Madrid-say that sur
vivors of the. wreck of the Slrio
charge tl?e captain with cowardice.
Moonlight Balloon Flight.
Roy Knabenshue and Dr. Julian P.
Thomas landed at Brant Rock, Mass.,
after the flrsi moonlight balloon
flight ever made iu this country.
Southern Pine Easy.
Ease in Southern yellow pine is ex
pected to last until the autumn.
Kentucky Girls in Paris.
Thirty-two Kentucky girls, prize
winners in the Courier-Journal con
test, arrived in Paris, France, and
caused popular commotion.
Services For American Admiral.
A memorial service for Admiral
Train, United States Navy, was held
at Che-Foo, after which the Ohio
Bailed with the body for Yokohama.
Education Promotes Crime.
Associate Superintendent Stevens,
of the New York City schools, in a
speech at Ithaca, blamed education
for juvenile crime.
C. W. ENNIS & Co.
SUCCESSORS TO ENNIS & PARKHURST
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JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years,
has been in the firm of L09NEY & Cab
roll, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
Plumbing,Tinning, Steam
and Gas Fitting
at their OFFICE, 41 Mill street, tele
phone 284-1, or at the store of William
£L Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as a plumber
Is too well known for any furthercom
ment. 2538.
Established 1830.
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MORRISTOWN, N.- J.
Hardware and Iron Merchant
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Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS
LAND AND DRAIN TILE, FARM
MACHINERY.
Contractors’ Supplies, Etc.
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Carpenter and Builder
CARPENTER WORK IN ALL
ITS BRANCHES.
Estimates Cheerfully Given on all kinds of
work In my Line.
Office and Shop on Horrts street, below tha
Depot.
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