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The Ceredo Advance.
T T. McDOlQAL. Publtbtr.
CEREDO, - WEST VIRGINIA,
Grrat Rritain has four times ns ma
ny millionaires «s France.
Th»re are nearly 270 different re
ligions in the Cnited Kingdom.
The apple rrop In the United
States and Canada will be good.
India’s population is 300.000,000—
one-fifth of ail the people of the world.
Radium, whan brought near a dia
mond in the dark, will make it sparkle.
Since 1850 Vhe nimlbcr of liquor li
censes in Liverpool England, lias been
reduced bv 422.
Over 500 infants are killed every
year in London by being overlaid in
bed by their parents.
The farms of the United States
co\tr 841,000,000 acres and empio)
nearly 10,500:6(10 people.
During July 117 vessels of 24.450
‘tons were built and officially number
ed in the United States.
Funds for the building and endow
^<nt of a (In man s< bool in Yokohama
ire being raised in Berlin.
.A church recently dedicated In St.
rul was erected at a cost of $7,000,
Raised by 10,000 contributors of 70
puts each.
American packing bouse products
tregftte $144,000,000 worth a year,
;r cent, of which goes to the Unit
kingdom.
ilfast city corporation has decided
place shelters for consumptives i.n
Ibe public parks, and protest meetings
are being held.
(The largest tree in the world lies
Broken and petrified nt the end of a
defile in Northwestern Nevada. It is
Said to lie CCtl feet long.
There are few women missionaries
In Africa because of the deadly nature
ef the climate and the social condi
tions of vast territories there.
Lord Roberts’.appeal for the restora
tion of Boer Bibles brought home ns
curiosities from South Africa lias re
sulted in the return of about 80,
Manila has a total population of
cornething like 300,000, about 10.000
American and European born. The
Anu-i lean population is estimated at
about f>,000.
While a miscreant was building up
stones on a railway line near Berlin
in r dir to cause an accident an e*
press dashed past, striking and fatal
Jy injuring him.
I'lai inuni in six times as expensive
now as it was 30 years ago, and Ge
neva jewelers complain that they can
not get nearly -enough of tlie metaJ
for their work.
Sultans are expensive pets The sul
tan of Turkey costs his country
©00,000 annually. We pay our presi
dent only $50,000 and he is worth a
couple of milliuu -sultans.
Wiille fishing in the neighborhood
®f Vigevano. near Milan, a fisherman
discovered a quantity of bronze coin*
cl the time of Constantine, weighing
Jn all about twelve pounds.
George B. Young, the St. Paul at
torney ntaimd bv the Northern Se
curities Co. in 1tie merger trial, re
ceived a fee of flOO.'OOO. Me was spe
cial counsel for the company.
Several rapes <yl ut'empted suicide
by taking corrosive sublimate having
occurred lately in Naples, tbe local
papers aie Indignant .at the ease with
which (lie poison cun be obtained.
Chemists’ shops are limited to a cer
tain number in Germany, nnd new
lirenr-es ere rarely granted. A luisl
rer> was sold for HP.fiOO in Danzig
recently, including SL7t,V()0 for the li
cence
T»n years ago rent* w**rp little* used
In t alifnrnia end the south, an<| were
prartlrally unknown in Nevada, Wy
omiria an<l Arizona. 1mi4 -today th-v
Circulate' everywhere ha benefit
€>f the slot mu' hi nos.
The* oldest mine* in Antrim are
lor ate (1 in Missouri. Th»-> are- the* lead
•n!> nickel mine, in Madison county,
which were worked by tbo Indians ns
early as 1726, and have beon mined
continuously almost ever *;n*»
During the summer lait* j.nn bers
©f women come from Poland. S
and Galacia. to Central Germany to
work In tlie sugar bee t fields. Ti • y
• re driven In gangs by a male over
re r and receive 35 cents a day anil
board.
A farmer In the* central west who
ns** a small tra<fion engine and a
gang of 14 inch plows says that it
reed* him .70 fee 62 rents per acre to
break his ground.
The t mount of human labor now re
quired V> produce a bushel of wheat
from laXf.ning to end is on an aver
•rage only ten minute*, and the cost
Cf such labor' Js 3 1-3 cents.
Tie German government wlJJ Intro
tJ'ire in the rehfo'dag a hill requiring
raloonkeepers to r^'l non-intoxlc*dn*
I>ot and cold drinker and cold fe><x}^
Credit will be fnrbldderf and thf gym
*«r (>f tarir.ald, JImitetl.
IN THE IK OF TIE
Officials’ Prompt Work Prevented
a Lynching at Oxford, O.
The Rcpe W;s Cut and the Victim
Rescued From the Mob— Previous
ly Five Men Were Shot and
Dangerously Wosnded.
Oxford. O., Oct. 2£.—Five persmrs
were shot and dangerously wounded
Thursday night in a tight between offi
cits and several strangers from Ken
tucky wbr> were shooting their revol
vers in 1h« streets during the fa;r.
Two of the Kentuckians were named
Joseph and John Spivey. Marshal
John Woodruff and hts deputy. Jacob
M unroil, endiavuned to arrest them
and were shot. Marshal Woodruff in
the right breast %nd Deputy Manrod
in tin* left wrist. A crowd started in
pursuit of the Spivey brothers and
overtook tnem. Joseph Spivey was
shot hi the tiglh side with a lond of
tmrkshot and his brother was knocked
unconscious with a stone thrown by
some one in the crowd of pursuers.
During the tight a stranger who re
fuses to gtve his name was shot in the
abdomen and is in a dangerous con
<1 If Ion. The Spiveys were arrested.
A large crowd followed and soon
surrounded the jail. They had secured
n rope and endeavored to take both
I.ouis Spivey and Joseph Spivey out
of the officers' hands, but they were
frustrated bv ’the officers. The mob
also had no recognized leader, and
nally Everett Woodruff, tlie fattier of
the wounded marshal, appeared on the
scene and expected the mob to avenge
the murder of his son. himself direct
ing the mob. the door of the jail was
battered down and a long rope was
fastened around the neck of Joseph
Spivey and he was led forth. Fully
one hundred men had hold of the rope
and they dragged him through tie
street in the direction of the public
park. Spivey begged and cried for
merry and implored the mob to allow
him to see his wife ami children be
fore they hung him. Epithets and
curses were heaped upon him. and he
was dragged by tne infuriated mob to
the pdblie park. When they came to
the tree where 11 years ago a mob
hail lynched Henry Corbin, the Negro
who killed Mrs. Horner, and murder
ously assaulted her daughter, a voice
cried out to halt and to hang him.
This tree was also the scene 2f> years
ago rtf a lynching of a Negro who had
also assaulted a lady. The rope was
swung around a limb and Spivey was
jerked into midair. In their hurry the
mot> ‘neglected to tie Spivey’s hands
and he grabbed the rope above his
heart and saved himself. He cried pit
eously and hogged to lie allowed to
write a letter to his wife and children.
A voice lu the mob cried out to leave
him down and the mob released the
rope, and Spivey was given a pencil
and paper, lie vainly endeavored to
write, lint it was utterly unintelligible.
A voice cried out. hang him, ami the
rope tightened and Spivey was again
suspended in midair. He again grab
bed the rope above his head and be
tween strangulations begged and plead
ed frrr an opportunity to write a letter
to his wife and children He was
again 'lot down but only repeated his
former miserable efforts. There wore
in the mob a number of Negroes and
they were greatly excited. A colored
man ralse.d his voice and said that ff
Spivey were a colored man. he would
have been swung Into eternity long
ago. The rope again tightened and
Spivey was suspended for a third time
in midair. There was a sudden jost
ling, and Deputy Sheriff Hrannan and
a few assistants rushed forward, cut
the rope and dashed down the streit
with flic prisoner.
He was rushed to 1be jail and has
been spirited out of town.
John Spivey is dying with a bullet
through his head. The stranger lives
at Monroe. ().. and will die. The mar
shal airfi deputy will recover.
AUTOMOBILE TRIP.
From Chicago to New York in Sev
enty Six Hours.
N>u Turk. Ort. 2.—Bert Hojrom'b
anil Thairy Kendall finished a rrcorik
breaking trip from Chicago to Now
^ °rk Thursday. the machine making
the trip iii 70 hours. The automobile,
a 24-hor*e power ina' hine, had boon
delayed several hours on account of
losing the road Wednesday night. The
<ar cmered 1.177 miles. an average of
, mil*'* per hour. It wae driven hy
r«4ay* of chauffeurs.
Pres* Fiteders to Be Locked Out.
Chicago. Oct. 2. The Chi* ago Typo
thetae has derided to do* la re a he U
out of jr*’** fe*>ders In 400 book and
ioh printing offices Monday morning.
Twenty flu- hundred no n will he look
ed out. the employers declaring that
the union riuluterl an agreement in
presenting n< maii'N for wage in* r<a--e
Without extending a nnfhe six month*
In advance that a change was dt>
sired.
Dan Patch Failed to iLower Record.
( inr lnnatl. Oct 2. han Patch at
tb-e Oakley track Thursday was driven
against his par ing rer or4 of hut
be inlied to heat It, lie went to the
fjitar'er In hM,. to the half in 5f>»
the trtr*’equarters In 130t'4 and rum
pleted Th*- mile in 2:"1'4
Valu»“ of Foreign Coin.
Washington Oct. 2.— The quarterly
statement of the changes Id the value
of foreign ro!n. Issued hy the director
of the mint, shows at. average no rear#
in the valut of silver ("f .081SV rtfhfa
an onnre v
njRKa routed by insurgent*.
Five Engagement* Reported In the
Vicinity of Kenatova.
Sofia. Oct. 3.—Five engagements are
reported to have taken place in the vi
cinity of Kenatovo, where 5,blH) Turks
were attacked tiy revolutionary hands,
and. though many Turks were killed,
the Insurgents were rented. One of
the leaders of the latter, l„ieut. Tont
cbeff, committed suicide in order to
avoid capture.
Advices from the insurgent head
quarters assert that G.000 Turks were
routed by insurgents in the Pirin
mountains after four clays fighting.
The Turkish Josses in this affair are
said to leave Ireen the heaviest during
tlie whole outbreak. They included
three colonels and many officers of
lower rank.
Three batteries of siege artillery left
Sofia early Friday morning for Has
Uovo, near the frontier of Adrianople
vilayet.
tendon. Oct. 3.—With fne exception
of the revolutionary report of the mas
sacre at Mehomla, which is identical
with the town of Razlog, there is little
news Irani the Halkans.
Tire semi-official Journal de St. Pe
tersburg. commenting on the visit of
the czar to Kmperor Francis Joseph,
declares that tlie firm language *-n>
ployed by the representatives of the
Russian and Austrian government at
Constantinople and Sofia has averten
war for the present.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the Anatolian troops recently called
out are merely intended to replace the
unruly troops who are responsible for
the excesses, so the actual effective
ness eff the army In Koumeiia will not
thereby be increased.
WANTS BIG DAMAGES.
Suit Entered Against St. Louis Offi
cials and the Grand Jury.
St. I.onis. Oct. 3—The Hialto Grain
and Securities Co. Friday filed suit in
the circuit court against Sheriff Jo
seph F. Dlckman, Circuit Attorney Jo
seph W. Folk and his assistant. W.
Scott Hancock, for $30,000 actual and
$20,000 punitive damages. The mem
bers of tiie present grand jury are
named as co-defendants.
The petition charges that on Septem
ber 3<* the defendants “Maliciously
combined to destroy the business of
tiie Hialto company and to bring tin
plaintiffs into disrepute by seizing tiie
boobs, accounts, letters and papets of
the company; that they broke open
desks, rifled and pillaged the prem
ises, ail of which was unlawful tres
pass.”
Simultaneous with the filing of the
above petition. Mai. Hugh C. Dennis,
piesident of tiie Rialto company, filed
a suit against t ie same defendants for
$25,000 actual and $25,000 punitive
damages, charging that they caused
him. on September 30, to be taken
through the streets of St. Louis to the
four courts "Depriving him of his lib
erty and subjecting him to great
odium.”
TO AID AMERICAN NEGROES.
Convention Decided to Raise a Fund
of $200,000,000.
New York. Oct. 3.—The Commercial
American Negro convention, which
opened on Thursday in Brooklyn, clos
ed Friday night. It was decided to
name the new organization which had
been effected the American Negro Co
Operative and Industrial association.
The convention decided to raise a fund
of $200,000,000 to aid Negroes in this
country. On the suggestion of the
committee it was declared that the 10.
000.000 Negroes in the United States
might be taxed 41 cents a month,
whbh would create a fund of $50,000,!
0<'0 in one year, or $200,000,000 in four
yrars.
Tiie interest on this sum at 4 per
cent.. $8.000,000 a year, could be used
for the establishment of factories,
banking Institutions, the purchase of
valuable stock and the organization of
other business enterprises for the ben
efit of the race.
Wot« Coat of Mall.
Ttoston, Oft. 3.— Wearing a on at of
mail and using a self-cocking revolver.
Won Lung Friday ni^bt killed a Phi
noun and inflifted serious wounds on
♦ wo other Chinese. The shooting was
the result of a gambling quarrel.
Student Committed Suicide.
Tterlin. Oct. 3.—Robert Cordes. a
student, has committed suicide owing,
ft Is alleged, to the bad treatment
meted out to him by Knslgn von H< fi
nings and several of the sergeants in
his regiment.
Secretary to the British Embassy.
Washington. Oet. 3 Arthur Haikes,
seerefary of the HriHsh embassy, ar
ri' • <1 Friday to r*|ir-n up the embassy
r<rior to the selection of a successor to
'"dr Michael Herbert. He paid his. re
spects to Af ting Sh retarv Loomis.
Part of a Texas Town Flooded.
Hrownwood. Tex.( Oct. 2 'Inch
damage has been done by a rise in the
river hero, the water flooding the
whole lower part of the town, from
w-blrli the families have all moved.
Wm. J. Bryan Leaves For the East.
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 3.— Announce
men* was msde Friday night tha* W.
J. ttryan would leave Lincoln for the
east on Sunday and would not return
until after he hsd completed his Kuro
I * an trip. Ije will be accfimpanied i
abroad by his son William.
Rr. Adm’. Kempft to Be Retired.
Washington. Oct. 3. — Ur. Adm
Kempff will be retired oti October 11.
Orders have been Issued for his dei
iaohment from duty as comtucnriant of
tbe Pacific cava] district to aB.Mt his
retirement.
ALLEGED SHORTAGE
A. Female Bookkeeper Charged
With Grand Larceny.
The Complainants Are Officers of the
United States Playing Card Co.(
Cincinnati — Alleged Pecula- -
lions May Reach $50,000.
Now York, Oft, 3.—Marie Layton
Johnson, wife of Albert kZ. Johnson, a
dentist of Iairohmor.1, N. Y., was ar
rested Friday night on a warrant
charging her with, grand larceny of
$2,000. The total amount of her defal
cations may, it is said, amount to
$50,000.
The complainants are officers of the
United States Playing Card Co., of
Cincinnati. The officers are John Gm
wake, president; R. H. McCutcheon,
secretary and treasurer and manager
of the Ni w York branch, and R. J.
Morgan, manager of the Cincinnati of
fice.
Mrs. Johnson, whose maiden name
was Marie Layton, was bookkeeper for
he New York office, and in addition,
acted as private secretary to Mr. Mc
Cutcheon. She was married to Or.
Johnson in 1901. but did not leave her
position after the marriage. In April
of this year discrepancies are said to
nave been discovered in her accounts,
according to the statement given out
by Inspector McCIusky, and an exami
nation is said to have revealed a short
age of JlO.oitO between January 1 and
\pril 15, in the accounts of the New
York office. —
» •*< ™uiii«&u» liit'lliiKj its Haiti in Iiavo
been as follows: The accounts of the
"oneern were kept in tbe Hanover na
tional hank, there being n New York
md Cincinnati account tlier*-. Cincin
nati would send to New York a hill of
toods. which would be sold for $3,000.
tnd that amount would be placed to
he rrc dit of the Cincinnati account.
Hut. it is alleged. Mrs. Johnson would
"barge the New York office with $r>,
hiO. taking the difference herself. To
nake the nceo* c t» balan(e she would
'hen raise a small bill of goods shipped
rrom Cincinnati from, say $9 to $2,009.
Mrs. Johnson was discharged from
he employment of the company in
Vpril. when. Inspector McClusky says,
-lu* admitted defalcations of $10,900.
It was thought at that time that her
husband. Dr. Johnson, who lias a large
practice, would make up the loss, but
■his was not done. Later, further in
vestigation was made into both the
New York and Cincinnati accounts,
with the result, it is said, that the de
falcations now amount to $33,000, with
h possibility that they may reach $50.
>00.
Dr. Johnson refused to say anything
ibout the case, nor would any of the
officers of the card company talk.
It is ;aid that Mrs. Johnson specu
lated in Wall street and lost consider
able money there.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
t Will Be Called By President Roose
velt in November.
Washington. Oct. 3.—A good deal cf
:>res8iire has been brought to bear on
•he president to induce him not to call
•ongress into extraordinary session in
November: but to all callers who have
spoken to him In that vein he has said
•hat tais government is committed to
he proposition that the Cuban reci
nrocity treaty he made effective at the
-arliest possible dale and he regards
t as a matter of good faith that this
•ountry should keep Its word. He has
leclined. therefore, to consider any
proposal looking to the abandonment
>f tlie? idea of an extraordinary ses
sion.
GIRL ASSAULTED AND KILLED.
0 17-Year Old Boy Confeesed, Imp!!
eating Others.
Gutlirir, OHa., Ort. 3.—Half buried
n weeds by the roadside, her throat
"ut from ear to ear. the body of Mary
Prokosh, 13 .tears* old. was discovered
Friday near her home in Northern
Payne county. Izey E. Rogers. 17
vrais old, has confessed that he as
saulted the girl and afterwards helped
o kill her because she declared that
-he would tell h* r parents. Rogers
ia« implicated Frank Quinness and a
• noth of the name ff Mnlley, now in
iaifrat Stillwater. Hogcis is in jail at
Perry.
King Alfonso to Wed.
Madrid. Oct. 3 It is reported on
'he authority of a high court dlgni
'ary that the queen mother and Km
l f,i or Francis Josef, of Austria, have
irranged fo’- the marriage of King Al
fon>-o to the Archduchess Eleanor, the
“blest daughter of the Archduke Cbaa.
Stephen, of Austria.
Chicago After It.
Glilrago. Oct 3. Chicago is r bid
I't for the national republican conven
tion of lfd>4. In all probability tli©
Hamilton club will lead the fight to
/“t it. The question arose with the
meeting 11* re of the executive com
oittfe of the national r-tpublican
league.
Ohio Man Receives a Degree,
Berlin, Oct. 3. Clarence R Schuttx,
»f Cincinnati, has received the degree
>f doctor engineer from the Technical
university. He Is the first American
>n whom this degree, created by Km
peror William three years ago, lias
been conferred.
The Battleship M ssouri.
Washington. Oct. 3 -The official
trial of the liattlcship Missouri will
*ake olfc'f on the 21st Inst. Capt.
’owles, PK-stdeot Roosevelt's brother
a law, will 1% Iba first commander of
tbs Missouri.
V|
MAIL POUCH THEFT.
It l« Sa d It Contained $500,000 in Ne
gotiable Paper.
New York. Oct. 3.—Word was re
ceived Friday night that F. H. Crosby,
ilias A. E. Bell, alias Hammond, alias
Crawford, had been arrested in Den
ver, accused of stealing a mail pouch
'■ordaining $500,000 worth of negotia
te bank paper at Philadelphia on the
night of September 8. He is charged
with several other crimes, including
swindling and forgery. It is alleged
that Crosby returned to this country
from Crowe, Erg., last summer and
went to Asbury Park, where he repre
sented himself to be a fruit speculator.
Ills wife mingled in good society and
Introduced her husband to prominent
business men and at the bank there,
where he made deposits, declaring to
the officials that he intended to con
tinue his account for the summer
months.
On September lb, it Is said, be de
posited a number of checks payable
to his order, drawn < n different Phila
delphia firms. Two days later he c los
ed the accounts, withdrawing the
amounts due him. He and bis wife
then left Asbury Park.
About this time, it Is said. W. W.
Dickson, chief post office inspector of
Philadelphia, discovered the theft of a
mail poueh containing bank remit
tances from Philadelphia to Pittsburg,
the entire amounts being estimated at
$500,000.
It is alleged that during the last ten
days complaints were received at As
hurv Parle banks that checks accepted
bv th< in had been tampered with; that
the names of the payees had been
erased and Crosby’s name inserted,
and tnat small amounts had been rais
ed to larger ones.
It was recalled that a mail pouch
had he a stolen at Springfield Junc
tion, 111., last April and that A. B.
Hammond had opened a cash account
at the Lincoln Trust Co.. St. Louis, de
positing a number or altered checks
from the stolen mail pouch. It was
suspected that the mail pouch rob
bery was committed by A. E. Bell,
alias Crawford, whose photograph was
identified by the officials of the St.
Louis bank.
Investigation at Asbury Park devel
oped that Crosby was none other than
A. E. Hammond, alias Bell, alias Craw
ford. Post Office Inspector Jacobs
traced him to Denver, where he was
arrested Friday night.
Crosby is suspected of committing
numerous post office robberies in New
York, Buffalo and other cities.
THE MONCCACY SOLD.
A Japanese Merchant Purchased the
Vessel Fcr $11,225.
Washington. Oct. 3.—The navy de
partment Friday received a cable dis
patch from Hr. Adm. Robley I). Evans,
commanding the Asiatic station, say
ing that lie had accepted the bid of
Hashimoto, a Japanese merchant, for
the purchase of the Monocacy. The
purchase price was $11,225. The Mon
ocary is now at Taka. China. She
went to China soon after the close of
the civil war and was present at the
battle of Taku, in command of Com
mander F. M. Wise. Under instruc
Hons from Rr. Adm. Kempff. who was
;n command of the Amerhan ships at
Taku. the Monocacy did not partici
pate in this fight.
The Monocacy has had a somewhat
checkered career. She is a schooner
rigged. sidewheel steamer, and was
built in Baltimore in 18G3. She out
lived her usefulness many years ago.
after arriving on the Chinese roast,
and for several years has been lying
in a mud dock in the Pel Ho. Adm.
Evans was instructed to sell her with
(>ut regard to the appraisement, wh» h
was only $8,000.
FIRE ESCAPE LAW.
A Crusade Against Violation Opened
in Chicago.
Chicago. Oct. 3.—Building Commi i
sloner Williams, who has just opened
a crusade against owners of buildings
Tour stories and higher who have not
complied with the renulrements of the
flic escape provisions, discovered Fri
day that the city hail in which his de
partment has quarters Is In open vio
latlon of the law The county build
intrs also Is unprovided with fire es
capes. and Commissioner Williams will
have both structures provided with
them at once The commissioners hail
overlooked tlx* deficiency, and is now
in doubt as to whether the city ran
impose a fine on itself or not.
A Week's Business Failures.
New York. Oct. 3.- Business failures
in the I'nited States for the vc.k end
ing with October I number Ift.*!. against
1V3 Inst week. If. 4 in the like'week of
IW2. J7.r, in 1 fini. In Canada failures
for the week number 10. as afainst 18
last week.
Failed to Lower the Record.
Cincinnati. Oct. 3.— Print* AWt
paced n mile at Oakley pari; Friday
afternoon ftf fi: 41 o'clock without the
wind-shield and over a track that was
rendered a full two seinniht slow be
iniiso if the rains of t io previous
night, in 2:i»1'',.
Their Demands Conceded.
Chicago. Oet. 3.— Packers and the
rattle butchers agreed on the wage de
mand of the union Friday night and a
new agreement, satisfactory to bo*h
sides, will he signed Saturday. The
demands of the union were conceded
by the packers.
Capt. Dreyfus’ Lawyer.
Pari*. Oit. 8 — Maltre laUiori, a law
ver and defender of Dreyfus, has ac
cepted an Invitation to attend the In
ternational law congress at the 8t.
l-oula fair and to read a paper before
CaiMa’i («• It.
A trifling technicality wan the bi'is of
the aigmuent, and. alter deciding upon a.
rrietee, each tiuui »:*teu bi» contention, ie
Inte© tne Chicago Post.
“1 don't *ee in«* diherence,” ra.i the ref
eree.
"Vou don't!’' cried the argumentative
one*.
"No, I don't.’’
"Well, non, see here.” And e.ich on*
very carefully stated hi* position again.
“Now doyou see it?” tne> askec.
"Well, you are dull.” But. nevertheless
*®th one went over the ground jja.n.
“How about it now?" ti.ey a*Le :.
"1 still tail to see it,” waa the reply.
“Do you ever expect to see it?' one of
them asked. sarcastically.
, "Nut unle** you put it :n writing." he re
plied. "It e all a matter of words, md one
car. t »ee t:ie spoken word.”
I Hereupon t nej flopped the argument long
enough to throw ttie lelttee over ’ ne top wt
a building.
ts»y to Get.
Pierpont, O., Oct. 5th.—Remarkable in
deed i-> the experience ol Mi . A. >. lumer, a,
man now ovei seventy-one yeai» ot age, and.
wno»e Home i» heic.
Por many yearn this old gentleman had
kufititd with a very unpleasant lormot Kid
ney Trouble, a kind ti.at \eiy olten bolti
e:» aged people. He would have to gel up
foui oi fivi limes every night, and tl a vi f,
tiresome disease was last wearing him
out.
At last alter having almost made up hie
mind that he would never he able to get ro
bef, he stumbled over a medicine which re
lieved hnnalmo-i immediately,and i.ascurtd
him permanently. It i- so very easy to get
and *u Minnie that M.. Turner thinks eveiy
or.e should know it. Kvery dealer in the
country lias it, and all you have to do is to
a-k lor Douu s Kidney Pills. Mr. Turner
•ays: -
"1 can heartily and honestly recommend
Dodd s Kidney Pills, lot they cured me. Sev
eral others in the family have used them, too,
and always with tne best result*. 1 think
they have no equal.”
Hlttlit llnrk!
W I t n ort duty I’ioI . Richards, of Yale,
enjoys a j< kr. and Ins pupils often come to
him when they have l.caid a new otic. He
adds to the fun sometime* with a witticism
e! his owu. Such wts the case* » hen one of
tie student* perpetrated the following an
tiquity: " l’iotess< r. wouldn't you like a
good recipe for catching rabbits?” “Why,
yes. - teplied tie profes.-oi. "W’liat is it?’’
"Well, yoa crouch down behind a thick
More wall and in&ke a noise like a turnip,’'
answered the youth, giggling in ecstasy.
Quick as a flas’i caine the reply: “Oh, a
better wat than that would be for you to
go and *it quietly.in a led of cabbage heads
and look natural.”—Chicago Chronicle.
A Good 'I liiiik.
I'.vcry issneof The l’out Track News makes
it eu*ier lot ticket agents and ticket sellers
to secure passenger- lor <i -taut pat ts of the
countty tor the leason that cvei\ articleaud
•very illustration in The Four-'fiack News
js an inducement for leaders to travel and
set’ w hat a marvelous variety ui scenery anti
climate our own countrv |io»c-s(>t * jiie
1,10,0 lhe-e*ftct-are impressed upon the aver
uge person, the more certain he or she is to
1*^ire to travel. J herefore.The I’nur
lrok News j- not only in the interest of ail
the transportation lines and hotels, ii also
bears Tint the I. gend of it- tide page of "An
Illustrated Magazine of Travel und Kdtica
tion. rrom ti.e Buffalo Com mere al.
Modern Mierloek.
The model it Sneilock was told to spot the
ausiiected man.
“Will,” said Sherlock. “I have at leas*
four.d taat l:i« wife is away on a vacation.’’
“How did vmi tind that out?” asked the
mystified IrieiuI.
"He is wearing a safety pin instead of a.
• uependtr button ”—Chicago Daily News.
.A girl would rat her have a half pound o-f 40
rent candy in a famy bt x with a led nbbon
around it than a pound ot St) ci nt candy in a
paper bag Soineiville Journal.
Three solid through trains daily Chicago
to California. (Imago, I niou I’acilic &
North-W esiei n Cine.
The afHuencc of a life may be known by,
it* inlliience Uain s Horn.
He who beg.tvs low can go up higher.—
Farm and Home.
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