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I flfen Who Figured in Kentucky Feud Which I " Resulted in Murder of J. B Marcum vMpi"fji vV77 vBl&K UcattyvlTle, Ky. The Jury In the Hargls-Callalian trial returned a ver dict of uuot guilty l "hort order iftcr ono of tho moat desperately , fought battles In a Kentucky court ' ' for years. Judge James Harris and Edward Callahan were charged with tho murder of J. B. Marcum. Curtis Jett, who was brought here from tho Frankfort penitentiary, testi fied that bo killed Marcum. The verdict of not guilty Is the culmination of a long and bitter fight In courts In an attempt to convict James Hargls and Ed Callahan as chief consplrntors In ono of tho dark est crimes In Kentucky history. James Ii, Marcum was a mountain Hopubllcan lawyer of excellent stand Ing. Ho was engaged threo yours ago ns an attorney In tho contost against Hargls and Callahan, respectively Pemocratlc judgo and sheriff-elect, to oust them from their offices on an allegation of corrupt election. Much bitterness was aroused and frequent open ruptures occurred. Killed at Jackson. In Mny, 190.1, Marcum was shot to dentil from behind In tho Jackson ; , courthouse. Curtis Jett and Tom ,' Whlto worn convicted and sentenced to llfo Imprisonment for tho murder. It was charged that they wore tho !' tools of Callahan, Hargls and others. I Jett, after his' conviction, confessed that he shot Marcum and that his act was Inspired by Callahan and ! Hargls. On tho witness Btand, how ever, ho repudiated tho confession I nnd said ho alono was responsible. l.-i Tho acquittal followed largbly on this iL . repudiation. t A Jury of Cork county cltlzons re- 2JL turned a verdict for $8,000 damages It a year ago against Hargls on tho al- V legation that ho had caused Marcum ' f to bo killed. Tho suit was filed by S Mrs. Marcum. Hargls and Callahan y nro yot to bo tried In tho Lexington fL- court for tho killing of James Cock- J.O rcll under similar circumstances. I Ewlng a Star Witness. I B. J. Kwlng, who was standing In ,1 tho courthouse door talking with I J. D. Marcum when tho lattor was tVl murdered by Curtis Jett and "Tom" J Whlto, was tho star witness for tho M 1 commonwealth at Iho trlnf of Hargls H I and Callahan. Kwlng was a deputy -,B 1 sheriff under Callabnn nnd a closo H and trusted friend of Judgo Hnrgls. r Ho said Judgo Hargls was confidential ,i & with him and told him of many of bis troubles and ambitions. Ho said ii 4i Hargls had asked htm why he did not kill Marcum ono night when tho latter had remained at his house all night. "Next tlmo you get a chance take that fellow on a walk and return without Jlm." Kwlng said he under stood Hargls to moan that ho wanted him to kill Marcum, but ho did not tako tho hint. Ho said Hargls, after tho murder of Marcum, had naked him to resign ita deputy sheriff, so that ho could sit on a Jury that might try tho men accused of his murder. Attorney Young, for tho prosecu tion, attempted to make light or Kwlng and was rebuked by Judgo Dorsey. Km lug said that he had Identified Jett uml admitted that ho was tho Hrst to revenl tho nuinu or tin- nsbiiBstn. Ho was also asked ir his hotel had not been burned to the ground shortly utter ho had mndo thu admissions which resulted In the arrest of Jett, and Whlto said that It had been burned and that ho had licon forced to leave Jackson Tor rear or nssaHslnatlon. Other witnesses who told or pnrts of tho plots to tnk'u tho llfo of Mar- ( cum were John T. Noble, who was a clork In tho Hargls store; Hczeklah Combs, K. I.. Noblo, N. II. Combs nnd othors. Tho widow or tho murdorod man, with tho boy whom tho rather had carried to nnd rrom his offlco with IiIb nrms around his neck to ward off tho bullets of tho assassins, who feared killing the child, was In tho courtroom. Hargls took a deep Interest In tho trial, whllo Callnhnn, as usual, was listless and gavo llttlo nttentlon to what was going on. Judgo Dorsoy made several rulings that grently ills-g appointed tho commonwealth. l Curtis Jett, tho self-conrcsaed as sassln or Marcum nnd Cockrlll, cam'o hero to testify rrom tho Frankfort penitentiary In tho chnrgo of prison guurds. Ho was brought hero to toll tho story of tho assassination or Mar cum and of tho nlleged plots formed by Hargls and Cnlalhan to havo him murdored. Man Officially Dead Still Lives. For an officially dead man, Henry Pancoast, a local ltvoryman, manages to enjoy his moala and surroundings fairly well; and tils Is ono of tho odd est of recordB. I'ancoast enlisted In tho civil war from Atlantic county and was discharged from tho Kchlngton hospital, Washington, D. C, on Janu ary 7, 1803. Somehow tho datos got mixed, aud ho was reported as dead by tho surgeon, nnd so tho recordB state to-day. It took him 20 years to prove bo Was allvo enough to got a pension. For 31 years Pancoast has boen In tho ltvory business horo, nnd during that tlmo ho has novur entered a church, nover attendod a circus, novor wns In the local opera house or attend ed any amusoment whatover, and nover went to a Fourth of July cele bration. Tho only placo of entertain mont ho has visited was a reunion of . PRSON TRUCK FARN f Jorforson City, Mo. Warden Mnlt II W. Hall, of tho MUsourl penitentiary, Is a gardener on quite nu extensive icalo. This year ho has devoted a 'a part or tho state farm, located Just I east of tho prUon, to "gardun truck," and Is Just beginning to renllzo somo of or tho results that follow enroful and rj Intelligent tilling or tho soil, In tho 19 way or palatable and healthy addl- ft tions to tho prison menu, aud at a H minimum or oxpenso to tho stato. , It Tho farm In In chnrgo of John V. II Brunor, who works sovornl convicts In caring for thu place Just now tho I "snap bean" crop Is In full bearing. fg Tho benn patch covorH Bovornl acros L.j of ground, and tho crop on tho state J (arm Is unusually prollllc. , I Tho soil on top or tho hill seems I to bo ospeclally adapted to tho beau, and thoro will bo sovoral "mossos" ' for all bands In the warden's family of 2,600 persons. Somo Idea of what It takes to go ''. round In tho prison is gained when It " Is known that It requires 75 bUBhels of snap beans for ono meal, llocontly . that amount of beans wns turned ovor ' to tho prison kitchen, aud It reculrod all of It to give ench convict all tho beans ho could eat Sovoral hundred vM. pounds or bacon worn required to v cook them properly and give tho right I Havor. I Kndlshos wore grown In great quan- I titles carllor In the season, and onions have been sorved sovoral tlmos rrom I tho rarm. Thoro Is a great quantity 1 or tho onions utlll In tho ground. m This healthful, If somewhat odorlfer- J ous, vegetable Is oagorly wolcomed by (I tho convicts as, In fact, Is all tho gar- - V den truck. 1 "John," said Mr. Hall, to Brunor, the man in chargo of the farm, "wo mus V bavo a llttlo slaw for tho Fourth of l' July dlnnor. How many heads of cab- m bago can yon let Uowon havo for that 1 day?" I "About 1.100 or l.EOOheads," was tho reply, TIh-bo cabbages will aver ago perhaps two pounds to thu boad, so It will bu observed that sovoral thousand pounds of raw material en tors Into the problem of providing thu prison population with tho ono Item of a llttlo cold slaw for tholr holiday dinner. Tho cabbago patch on tho state rarm Includes 18,000 growing plants, nnd tho crop' Is flourishing, but big ns thu patch Is n few rounds or "cold slaw" will mako heavy Inroads on It. There nro several ncres or potatoes, a roasting ear patch or two or three ncri'H. hut tho crowning glory or tho big garden Is thu tomato Hold, whom thoro nro t3,000 or 14,000 flourishing plants growing that give promlso of a groat yield or this most delightful or all vegetables. Somo or tho vines are loaded with tomatoes thnt will bo ready for use In a few weeks, while others have Just reached thu blooming stngo. If noth ing happens to injure tho vines there will be an abundance of this crop, for the vines will continue to produco un til frost kills thorn. Warden Hall and Mr. Brunor figure that nftor tho season Is ovor thoy will havo unripe tomatoes enough on hand whon the frost comos to make sevornl hogsheads of chochow. It is worth a trip to tho stato rarm to see tho gardening on a largo scale that Warden Hall has Inaugurated. Ills theory Is that whatevor oxponso Is Involved In growing tho vegetables for uso or tho convicts Is muro than offset by tho diminution or tho sick list Tho land has dotorlorntod somewhat during tho Inst fow yenrs, when It was leased by tho atnto to private In dividuals, and Mr. Hall will by sys tematic offort seek to build It up and restore It to a high degree of produc tiveness. To this end much of It will bo sown In cowpcan this summer, and this will be turned under early In tho fall. his reglmonr-, tho Twenty-fifth Now Jorsoy volunteers, In Atlantic City, a year or two ago. Ho says there is not another record llko hU in tho stato. Tho old Eoldlor has left his homo every morning before tho family was up, and returned most of the tlmo after thuy had retired for thu night, and hardly had a speaking acquaint anco with his four children, all of whom grow up to fill prominent posi tions in llfo. Kaiser Plana World's Fair, norlln. Tho government has decld od to Invito tho nations of tho world to partlclpnto In a great International exposition to be hold here In 1912. It Is proposed that tho exposition atiall surpass all world's fairs, not except ing tho marvelous expositions tor which Paris Is famous, or the two groat Amorlcan fairs at Chicago and St. Louis. CEMETERY IS A COLD MINE Graveyard Claim la Jumped by an En thusiastic Piospector in Montana, Butte, Mont. Tho Jewish come tory has been "Jumped" as a gold mine. So has tho entire south half of tho Mount Morlali cometery. All tho land Intervening between tho Cath olic und Protestuut comoterlcs has also been staked out to comprise a ton-ncro placer claim known as tho Palm Loaf placor. Hjtrmun Muoller, a wealthy saloon keopor, declares that there Is gold In tho cemeteries. Ho liau locatod his placer claim In ground around thu two graveyards and his corner poutu touch thu Catholic cemetery fence, tho boulevard and tho common, and ono sacrilegious stake has boon drlvon In thu Mount Morlali soil not far rrom thu W. A. Clark plot. Tho Jewish cemotory has been completely ouvoluped by thu location, and, technically, the Jews havo now no cemotory, Jows about town are boiling with Indignation, and public protests have boon made. Indignant citizens havo pulled up tho northwest cornor post of tho Palm Leaf placer, driven noar u headstone, and have thrown It over tho fence. The ground lu supposed to bo tho property of tho Northern Pacific Hallway company, and was given by tho courtesy of tho company to tho various denominations desiring bury lag grounds. Mr. Mueller declares that tho land commissioner rulod that tho ground was a government common. Ho says that bo and Ous Nlcklo located the ground 12 years ago, but that since that time tho mlno has boen aban doned. Ilccontly ho mado.the reloca tion which Ih causing so much com ment and protest. Muollor says ho diMts not prnposo to let sentiment In terfere with his fight for forlunn )N 1 Eas.il.Ult4.1Aittt.Uifi..Utia..WAAila.Ai..Utiy.l ' ie Girl From the Circus. BY L. A. HAKKEn. fe The pchol.ir stit In his study before his writing table, but he did not write. He leant his elbow on tho tablo and tils head on hU hand, and ho was thinking of Phyllis far away In tho mountains with her husband. Tho ta ble wail piled with books several ood open luWtlugly and n fnlr whlto hcpt of paper lay on his blotting-pad -but hr did not wrlto. Presently the maid oM-nrd tho door and mi Wl: 'There's a oung Minian, sir, asking to see j oil, htmll I say you're eu-KUgolY" 'A young woman?" queried tho srhul.ir. "What sort of n young wo rn m?" "Well sir," uml the iitnld closed the Uxir behind llor. "She sa)s she's ftvl 'the iirrus lent that's pitched on the lot behind tho school bouso." - "From the elrcus?' repeated "iho scholar. "What can she want?" "She won't ghe her name or mes sago, sir Shall I say that you're engaged, sir?" Thu maid iiiusldeiod It the "height of Impudence" that a hussy from the circus should daru to nsk to see her masiur. Fine doings. Indeed, for such ns sin to be asking for gentlemen, as bold as brass' The scholar iKindered. then he snlil. 'half tD himself, "Phyllis would like me to seo her sho was always Kind You 't.n fchow her In." ' Tho maid departed, aud presently ushered a young woman Into thu room and shut the door after her carefully. The young woman ndvnmed Into the middle of the room and then stood utlll awkwardly, and said nothing. She was a tall, slight girl, attired In a Variety or gnrmeuts, startling In hue, juid having apparently no connection M(lth ono another. Her hair was crowned by a hat of portentous size, adorned by sexeral rather dejected looking feathers Hut undor the rurze bn8h nf hair theface was oval and al Lgiost bonutirul lu Its regularity or fea tures and puro color. Iho scholar rose and bowed, thru with old-world courtesy ho set a chair for her, and having seen ner seated, murmured something shyly as "to what ho was Indebted for tho pleasure of this visit?" The girl stared nt him with wide blue eyes, then said abruptly: "I say, you're a knowlu' old cove, aren't you?" Tho scholar Btired a llttlo at this utScrlptlon of hlnuclf, nnd waved his hands deprecntlngly. Tho girl went on: 'I've heard In the town as you aro always u-studyln' old books, and Knows all borts of heathenish lin go; now do you know how to make a love poshln?" The fccholar gazed at her In speech less astonishment, then ho grasped tho edge of his writing table for support and stammered: "Do I understand you to ask me If I kliow anything about love philtres?" "Yes, that's the ticket," said the girl, genially, "1 want a loe jioshlu to give my young man. He's been and took up with Mnd'selle Leonore, what does the trials of strength, and I want to bi'mg him bnck to me. I was sure as you'd know." The scholar felt quite wirry for her when he realised the dlsapiKilntmeut ho was about to Inlllct, she smiled so prettily nnd looked so pleasant. Ho uhook his head, then he said gently: "I'm afraid I am quite unable to help you In this matter 1 know nothing of such things, neither do 1 believe that thoy can have the smallest effect." "But I thought you was always a studyln' ancient days," said the girl, lu nil uri;umeinauve voice, leaning tor ward In her chair. "I)o think In somo of those old books" (waving her hand in tho direction of tho bonk lined walls). "Ain't there something In Mine of thorn old books?" "I fear not," said the scholar almost sadly, she- was so eager, so much In earnest. Tho girl drow herself up In her chair nnd said abruptly: "I'm a honest girl, I nm," "That I am suro you are, and there fore you ncod no love philtres. Believe me, yen are qulto pretty nnd good enough to Inspire love, nn honest lovo, without resource to mnglc " Tho schol ar spoko persuasively, his voice was very gentle nnd his manner courtly. Tho girl winked her wide blue eyes, and m a do a llttlo swallowing motion with her throat, then she coughed and continued: "My father's brought us up strict. Ho don't nllow swearing for women; anil If we was light he'd luy Second Expense Account of Special 1 Examiner Showed He Had a Sense of Humor. Kx-Commlssloner of Pensions Waro told nn nmuslng story of tho expense account? of u special examiner of tho bureau, In tho American Spectator. Tho first account, whon examined nt tho end of tho month, was found to contain the Horn: "Portor. CO conts." Tho auditing olllco promptly notified tho oxamlnor that tho government did not pay for thu malt refreshments of Its servants; whereupon thu exam Iner patiently explained thnt the CO j cents hud boon given to tho porter on a train for holplng with his bag gage He wns then Informed that tho Item would ho allowod, but that In future In similar rases hu would uso tho form ""porterage" ' I tho hot Be whip about our shoulders, hi would He's clown In our show, h Is." 1 litre was silence for a minute M the big library, then tho scholar saM gently: Why do you wbiU a love phfl trc? Is the man you are engaged t4 fickle?" ' "Well, hn runs after Mad'sello Leo note, and 1 can't stand It, and h4 laugh; at me, und I'm mlecrablft, t nm. " The girl's voice broke, and great tears rolled down her cheeks. Hh wiped her eyes with a gayly-bordarad pocket handkurchlof and said. "What would a lady do?" Tho scholar pondered for a momont then said, diffidently, and with extrema shyness "1 think that she would not ahow Hut she minded. That she would try to bn always sweet-tempered nnd gra clous, ulsive nil to Madam what's-her name. Don't let him think himself so prcrloi's, my child, we all valuo what Is haul to obtain He's too suro ol )ou, or hu wouldn't tease you. If you nro wl.e, and if he Is worth having If he's worthy of you and or your good rnthir, you'll find that all this non sense will come to an end ns a tale that Is told " It was a long speech for the scholar to make, hn Hushed n little as ho maoe It, and the circus girl gazed at hliu ad miringly, exclaiming, "You are a know In' old rove!" The scholar shook his head and snld humbly, "1 fear I am Ignorant In these matters. I have only kikiwn threo women Intimately In my llfo my mo ther, my wife and my daughter " "Is that what your dauahtor did?" she asked, eagerly. "I don't know what sho did," nn Mwered the scholar gently, and Indeed It was true, for tho engagement bad come to lilm ns a boll rrom the blue while hn was thinking of Phyllis as still In pinafores. "Wns she very hard to please?" per sisted the girl "Had Phyllis been hnrd to please?" the scholar asked himself. He did not know. H had not taken long to pi cam hor, nnyhow, ho he said, "I don't know If she was hard to please, but I know that whatever she did was right and womanly, and you can do all that your self, my dear." "I wish I was n lady!" sighed the cirrus girl, "but father says ono ran bo, ns good a girl In a troupe us If one was a scrlpturo reader, What do you say?" "I quite agree with your father; ho must bu a most sensible man, and I wlsn I knew him. Itelleve mo, u circus Indy can be just ns good nnd useful n lady at- any other If sho will only try, and I nm sura you'll try." Tho girl rose from hor scat, so did the scholar; she held out bur hand and hn took It, and the old man and Iho girl looked uilo each other's eyes. "flood-by." said the girl: "I'm glnd I come, though jou are so Iguornnt' alKiut love iKishlns!" "I'm very glad m ennio," said tho scholar heartily; "and, believe me, you need no 'love Mishlns,' you are quite charming enough without." The girl Unshod up to thu roots of the furze bush Then the scholar said' "Would you like 301110 roses?" The girl said "Pleaso sir," In the shyest, smallest voice, and the Eiholnr held the door open for her to pasn out. Then hu followed her across tho hall and through thu open front door. He look his pruning knife from his pocket and he cut her u great bunch of roses that were famed throughout the county, then ho walked down thu drive with her, mid at thu gate lie bade her good-by. J Sho Marled down the road, nnd then, looking bark and seeing him still standing nt the gate, she ran back, say ing breathlessly, "I wish you'd ronis and fee me rldr. I ran Jump throned the hoops beautiful, I ran! I should like to show you " Tho scholar's eyes wore very kind, but he shook his head, saying: "I'm getting an old man, my denr; I hardly' ever go out at night " "But thero's a matinee nn afternoon show,'' she explained, "this afternoon" Tho scholar wavered, then tho bo seeching blue eyes caught his and held ,theni. "Phyllis would like mo to," hn murmured; then "I will come and seo you rlile this afternoon " "I shall look out for you, mind," snld tho girl, "don't you forgot!" I The irholar did not foignt be went! (CopyrlKht I'' by J'mnli II Bowl" ) Joked With the Bureau When tho nccount for the following mouth was received the nudltor waa astonished to find a charge of two dollars for "cabbage." "Ho must be running a boarding house or a rabbit farm." was tho of flcer'H comment. It was only after another exchange of letters thnt It developed that It had been for local transportation, and not for vegetables, that the expendi ture had been mndo. Can't Always Tell. Oyer Ilonom doosn't look llko a man who would strike another when I he's down, does ho? ' Myor I should wiy not. I (lyor Well, that's tho kind or chap ho Is. Ho struck mo for IS while I was lying on tho sofa the othor ovon ' Inc. Chicago Dally News. '1 A NEW INSULATOR PIN. M One Recently Devised Which Haa H Many Advantages Over the H In tho description of the trnnsmln- slnn line nnd third-rail system or tho H Long Island railroad, published in a H recent Issue, tho Scientific Amor lean mentioned a new typo of Iron H lusulntor pin employed. This pin, which Is n radical ileparturu from H previous practice In plu design, Is the Invention of Mr. W. N Smith, of Westlughouse, Church, Kerr & Co., H who has applied for n patent on tho H tlovlco. The new pin combines sev- oral Important advantages, as tol- H lows: It does away with thu ncccs slty or boring In the crossnrms, thoro- H by conserving the whole strength of the arm nnd lengthening Its life; tho metal composing It Is distributed in tho most cnVethu manner possible, H mS Its cross section Is greatest next to tho arm where the greatest resist- unco to bending Is required; nnd finally, tho shrinkage of thu arm ran H more effectively be tnken enro of by tho Uliolt and strap than any of tho other forms or pin fastening In com- nion use, ns there Is no tendency to distort the boll, nnd. consequently, ,H there Is no possibility of tho plu H standing crooked upon tho arm after thu shrinkage tins been taken up. i . f .'Mar"S-w 4i H Tilt: NUW INHULATOtt PIN, iiH Furthermore, It Is practically Indo- ' structlblo, nnd Instead of being ono or the weakest rectors In lino con- structlon, this pin is expected to bt H tho strongest. M More than 8,000 or tho pins, as H orlglnnlly designed and shown in thu M accompanying Illustration, wore usot M In tho transmission lino construction , H of thu Long Island railroad, carrying H 2S0.000 circular mil cables In Bpans M avnraulnir lf.ll feet In Iniu-ili mH aaaaafl no failures bnvu yot been reported ' H after over n year of scrvlco. A M dozen or more standard sizes of tho improved design are being worke.il up H to lit several sizes or rrossarms nnd H polo tops, and to carry Insulators ol M varying sizes up to thu highest .volt M ages lu practical use. Thu pins will H be mndo of wither cast or mnllcabla Iron to suit different conditions, and H will, It Is believed, fill a long foil H want for a plu which combines at H a reasonable cost the maximum ol M strength and durability Isith in Itsoll M and In the crossurm to which It is (.--av fastened. Whllo It la deslgnud par- feJ tlcularly for uso with wooden cross- B arms, It can readily bo adapted to M steel crossnrms, nnd to such special M fixtures as are often necessary In M heavy transmission lino construction M On account of Its superior mechnii' M leal design, It will also without doubt M find n place In heavy catenary trol M ley construction, which Is now being M actively developed for thu olectrlllra- M Hon of railways by tho slnglo phase M SIMPLE ELECTRIC HEATER. M One Which Can Be Easily Made nt H Home, and Which Will Provide H Considerable Heat, M A good electric boater Is mndo ns M Illustrated. A and 11 aru two por M eeliilu disks. Through n hole lu tho M center of these run an Iron rod hav- Jl Ing bolt tluonds nt thu ends. Hold tlii 11 bolt firmly, saja Practical Martiin- H 1st, by a 'i-lncl Iron plpo covering M It und forming n bult ut each ond. M Use Herman silver wlro for the . colls; Its resistance is in.01 ohma ifli nnd by sending a current of ulec- sK? trlrlty through the rolls, threo times BfeVJ "-J . "S liBll M- '- r. r .' A . JLwJwwx- J M TIII3 KLIICTIUC IIKATKH. H as much heat U neneratoil ns with H g.tlvunlzoil Iron colls; It requires mora H current to hwt the (lornian sliver H oolls, however. No, n nnd 1C or H Nos. 12 aud H wire aro suitable, H Thread both ends of a suitable H lotigth of IV Inch lorlcntod ooiidult H plpo to fit lU-liiuh uaps and drill H Vt-lnch holes 2 Inches apart, around H tlm elrcumferetice of thu pipe for U H full length. Fit this ovor thu boater, H passing the feod wlroa to heater H through '.i-lucli hole In tho ctps, ' H t v