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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1909.
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8 FOR THE
BUSY MAN
8 Most Important Happen- 8
8 ings of the World 8
8 Told in Brief. 8
EARTHQUAKE NOTES.
Congress unanimously voted $800,
000 for tho relief of tho Itnllan earth
quako sufforors. In responso to a
mossago from Prosldent Itoosovelt
Ambassador Qrlscom nt Uorao char
tered a atcamor for the work of aiding
tho survivors. lie delivered to Count
Taverna, head of tho Italian Hod
Cross, ?250,000 sent by the American
Red Cross. Tho king proclaimed mar
tini law In tho devastated district, and
Messina and Regglo wcro ordored
evacuated.
Thero was tho gravest alarm among
tho authorities In Italy over reports
from Messina that typhoid fever had
broken out among the earthquake sur
vivors. Strict sanitary measures wore
adopted" at onco in tho hopo of pre
venting tho spread of tho disease out
sido tho districts devastated by tho
earthquake Earth shocks wero fre
quent at Regglo and tho Cannry
Islands were shaken. A third shipload
of supplies wa3 started from New
York.
Tho American Red Cross steamer
Dnyern, laden with food, clothing and
medical supplies and carrying doctors
and nurses, sailed from Clvlta Vecchla
for Messina. American women In
Rome organized to help administer tho
relief fund. Severe earth shocks wore
experienced at Zermatt, Switzerland.
More carthquako shocks wero felt
In several of the ruined Itnllan towns.
At Messina 1,300 victims wero burled
in ono hugo grave. Relief finally
reached tho town of Villa San Gio
vanni. Premier Giollttl, addressing tho spe
cial session of tho Italian chamber of
deputies, thanked tho world for tho
aid given. Tho United States gunboat
Scorpion established a relief station
at Messina. Additional funds wero
raised by benefits, etc., in Now York,
Chicago and other American cities.
PERSONAL.
Frederick Corby Pole, wanted In
Montreal on a charge of grand lar
ceny in tho sum of $25,000, surren
dered himself to the police In Cincin
nati. Fred Van Meter, aged 27 years,
was sentenced at Galllopolls, ' O., to
life Imprisonment at hard labor for
the murder of his wife.
James Treadwell, former millionaire
and promotor of tho Treadwell mines
In Alaska, waa adjudged bankrupt In
San Francisco.
By a a combination of the Democrats
and the anil-admlnlstratlon Repub
licans, Edward H. Shurtloff of Ma
rengo was elected speaker of the Illi
nois house of representatives for the
third time.
Walter Zeller of Vinelnnd, N. J 19
years old, was found guilty of murder
ing hlB grandfather.
Former President Cnstro had a re
lapso after being oporated on In Ber
lin and his condition was critical.
J. Harry McMillan, a millionaire
miner, was arrested In Tonopah, Nov.,
on charges of passing worthless
checkB.
Former President Castro was op
erated on by Dr. Israel In Berlin and is
doing well.
GENERAL NEW8.
The committee Investigating the
Kansas stato penitentiary at Lansing
was shown Just how the old prison
punishment called tho "Alakazan de
gree" was Inflicted. Tho 'committee
laughed and was rebuked for its
levity by Miss Kate Barnard of Okla
homa. By meanB of two false teeth It was
deflnately established that Gideon
Browning of Adair, Mich., wbb the
man who was butchered in tho little
"Rattlo Run" Mothodist church. Tho
supervisors of St. Clair county Imme
diately offered a reward of ?500 for
tho arrest of Rev. John H. Carmlchael
of Adnlr, pastor of tho church, who
was at first supposed to have been
killed, dismembered and then burned
in the stove.
Fiyo lads In St. Louis wero arrested
for stoning a peddler to death.
Two men and a boy wero killed in
a Now York tenement houso fire.
Four sons of ChrlBt Leo were burned
to death near Rico Lnko, Wis.
A new doparturo in its profit-sharing
plan, giving its employes the privl
lego of subscribing to the common as
well as the preferred stock of tho con
cern, wan announced by tho United
GtuteB Steel corporation,
Tho Fort Vlayt hotol at Winchester,
Ky was burned, two Uvea boing JobL
Henry C, Potter, Jr., vlco-presldont
of tho People's State bank of Detroit,
Mich., and former secretary and treas
urer of tho Pare Marquette railroad,
committed suicldo by shooting hlmaolf
through the head.
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WA8HINQTOW NOTES.
Afto- having mndo him tho targot
all day for criticism, with horo and
thero words of commendation, tho
houso of representatives by a voto of
212 to 35 vobukod tho president by
tabling so much of his mossago as ro
unded on mombors of congress re
garding tho secret servlco dotcctlvcs,
nnd also declaring it to bo tho sonao
of tho houso hat they shall dccllno to
consider any communication from any
source which Is not in its own judg
ment respectful.
Senator Culberson's resolution in
structing tho committee on tho Judi
ciary to report whether tho prosldont
had authority to permit tho absorp
tion of tho Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company by tho United States Steel
corporation was adopted by tho sen
ate ,
President Roosevelt made public
tho results of an investigation by
secret servlco men, showing Sorintor
Tillman's connection with an alleged
"land grab."
By direction of President Roose
volt, secrot servlco men shndowed
Sonntor Tillman of South Carolina on
tho theory that ho possibly was In
terested In nn Oregon "land grab," and
tho result of that investigation Is bo
foro tho senato, which has not made
it public.
President Roosovolt informed tho
senato in no uncertain terms that ho
had given his approval to the absorp
tion of tho Tennesseo Coal & Iron
Company by tho United States Steel
corporation and that ho had Instructed
Attorney General Bonaparte not to re
spond to tho senato inquiry as to tho
reason for his failure to prosecuto tho
stool company,
Tho United Stntcs. Colombia and
Panama signed a treaty whereby all
matters In controversy between them
wero settled.
AH American naval offlccrs below
tho rnnk of rear admiral are to under
go physical tests.
Tho supremo court of tho United
States refused to review the $20,000,
000 fine caso of tho Standard Oil Com
pany, rejecting tho government's peti
tion for a writ of certiorari.
By a divided court tho supremo
court of tho United States decided tho
rebate caso brought by tho govern
ment against tho Chicago & Alton
Railway Company nnd Vlco-Presldent
Fai thorn nnd Treasurer Wann of that
company, In favor of tho government
Tho federal grand jury In Washing
ton returned an Indictment against
Jules M. Waterbury, charging him
with false pretenses in tho securing of
money from United States Senator
Burrows of Michigan, Representatives
Hull of Iowa and Bnrtholdt of Mis
souri, and Assistant Attorney General
Ormsby McHarg.
Tho country's forests now cover
650,000,000 acres, or one-fourth of tho
total area of the United States, ac
cording to data compiled by forest
service agents. One-fourth tho total
forest area is owned by tho govern
ment. A mail sack containing bonds, etc.,
worth $200,000, was stolen from a de
livery wagon In tho Chaussee d'Antin,
Paris, in broad daylight.
Kang Yu Wei, tho well-known Chi
nese reformer, who was expelled from
Pckin after tho coup d'etat of 1898,
declared that Yuan Shi Kai had
been dismissed from his high position
as member of tho grand council of the
Chinese empire becauso he1 was In
strumental in tho death of tho late
emperor.
The body of Lieut. Foertsch, the
German aeronaut who lost his life at
sea last October, was picked up In
tho North sea by tho fishing steamer
Orion.
Harold Snowden, chief clerk of the
special delivery department of tho
Denver post office, confessed that ho
had rifled scores of letters in the past
year.
The distress in Anatolia because of
the failure of tho crops has reached
an acute phase in tho districts of Erz
eroum, Yozgad, Kalsarieh and Mardin,
and hundreds of persons are actually
starving.
Six of tho eight night rlclors on
trial at Union City, Tenn., were found
guilty of murder In tho first degree
and tho other two woro given 20
years in tho penitentiary for murder
In the second degree.
Three fires In tho down-town sec
tion of Now York destroyed property
valued at $1,250,000.
Hussein Kinzlm Bly, tho first Turk
ish ambassador to tho United States,
arrived from Europe.
A thousand mutinous Chlneso sol
diers fought with government troops
near Mukden and tho latter were re
ported to have been defeated with a
loss of CO men.
F. B. Slgnor of Oakland, Cal., was
arrested on complaint of James H.
Murray, a multi-millionaire banker, on
charges of committing forgeries ag
gregating about $1,000,000. Ho con
fessed. "Count" Louis Hamon, formerly
known In America and Europo as
"Cholro, tho Palmist," nnd hoforo t
as plain John Warner, Is a fugftvo
from Franco, boing charged with
bezzloment.
' Molvin W, Shoppard, Fred Bellares,
George V. Bonhng, ChnrloB J, Bacon,
Hnrry Poster and John Loo, tho ama
teur athletes who recently woro sus
pended by tho registration committee
of the A, A. U, for alleged profession
alism, woro reinstated.
A party of Dominion government
3urvoyors, who nrrivod at Winnipeg
from Fort Churchill, Hudson bay,
brought with them a report of tho dis
appearance of a party which was Bent
out by MaJ. Moody of tho mounted
police in search of Inspector Poltlor
nnd his party of Eskimos, who also
havo apparently been lost.
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GARMICHAEL GUIS
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LEAVES WRITTEN CONFE8SION
OF HIS KILLING OF HIS
FRIEND BROWNING.
HE WAS EVIDENTLY INSANE
Confession Settles Identity of Slayer
and Slain, but Leaves Many
Points of Mystery Still
Unsolved.
Carthage, 111. Rev. John H. Car
mlchael, confessed slayer of Gid
Browning in Rattlo Run Methodist
church, near Columbus, Mich., cut
his throat in nn outhouso hero
Monday and died a few hours
later. He had nrrlved In Carthago on
Friday and gono to Miss Miranda
Hughes' boarding house. Ho gave his
namo as John Elder, and said that
ho was a cabinetmaker and thought
of opening a shop in Carthage
Monday morning at 7:40 o'clock ho
went out to tho toilet room, and
nothing moro was seen or heard of
him until Miss Hughes went out to
feed her chickens. She heard moan
ing In tho toilet room. Looking In
tho door Bhe saw tho man on tho
floor with his throat cut.
The opening of tho letter addressed
to tho Michigan sheriff indicated
that tho strange man was Rev. John
H. Carmlchael of Adair, Mich., want
ed for tho murder of Gideon Brown
ing, a neighbor.
The confession, after some vague
and rambling sentences about Brown
ing's hypnotic influence over him,
comes down to the time of tho trag
edy in tho church, where tho minis
ter had met him to perform his mar
riage ceremony. It goes on to say:
"Presently he took a big hearty
laugh and said, 'There ain't going to
bo no wedding.' He was sitting
where the gleams of light shono on
his face and his eyes were so bril
liant that I was thrilled through and
through with tho queerest sort of
feeling. I asked him why then he
had made the present arrangements,
when ho said, 'Well, elder, I just
wanted to have a littlo fun. You con
sider yourself an educated man, and
look down on a poor Ignorant fellow
'Hko me And I Just thought I would
show him what I could do. I knowed
if I could handle you I could handle
other men, too, nnd make a big thing
out of it.' Then he said, 'Now, if I
say raise up your hand up she goes.
See, that's no drenm.' I felt my
hand rise with no effort whatever
on my part. Then he said, 'If I say
let down your hand, down It goes,'
and I felt It going down In a singular
manner. By this time I was so
alarmed that I was in a cold sweat.
I then leaned over to see If anyone
might bo on the road, when he began
to laugh again and I saw that he was
holding a weapon of some sort up his
sleeve. Instantly I made a grab 'or
it and got the hatchet from him and
asked what he meant to do with that.
He said, 'I'll show you,' and from his
overcoat pocket drew out a knife In
each hand. He came at me striking
with both hands, while I backed
across the church down the side aisle
and across tho front, but I did not
dare to turn about to open tho front
door. Then I threw the hatchet and
struck him and he fell. I then turned
to open tho door, when he grabbed
mo by tho leg and threw me down
where my hands came upon the
hatchet. There was a desperate
struggle, In which I used the hatchet
until he laid quiet and still. I cannot
tell all that happened after that. I
was wild to dispose of the body. I
was In a horrible terror, sp I began
pulling off hU garments that I
might drag tho body away some
where and hide It, then when my
oyes fell upon ono of those knives I
flow Into a rago and began to cut,
when ho woke up and grabbed mo
again. Then for a while I used that
hatchet until I was sure he was dead.
Then I saw that the fire was hot
jnough to mako tho stove plpo red
nearly to tho elbow, so I grabbed him
by tho feet nnd dragged him down
thero and cut him to pieces, putting
In each part as It was dismembered,
thon I began to put the garments Into
tho front stove, when I remembered
that It had n poor draft and tho
things might not burn; then I saw
thut my clothing was torn and
bloody, whllo some of his wero yet
whole, and I exchanged and then
took all but a few of mlno nnd piled
them In along with tho body. I then
wont up nearly to Tunnel Station,
where I turned by rig about and
started It on tho back track. My big
coat hid my torn nnd bloody garments
until I got to Chicago, whoro I pur
chased others. I am tried of trying
to hide, though I havo succeeded In
eluding tho dotoctlves so fnr. Jl jrpu
got this while I am yet alive, corao
and got me, I shnll not be fnr from
Carthago,' 111."
Canadian Treaty Signed Up.
Washington, D, C. After a lonB
period of hard, patient work, that on
somo featuros ran Into years, Secre
tary of State Root and Ambassador
James Bryco of Groat Brltnln Mon
day night slgnod a treaty for tho set
tlement of International differences
botweon tho United StateB and Can
ada. This is tho agreement which
has been popularly alluded to as tho
"waterways treaty," but its scopo is
broader. It contemplates a disposition
of, everything In tho nnture of differ
ences botweon tho two countries.
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RAILROADS DID FAIRLY WELL
THEIR NET EARNINGS FOR YEAR
1908 WERE $645,078,242.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Submits Its Report to Congress
Accidents Were Fewer.
Washington, D. C. The InterstnU
commcrco commission on Monday
transmitted to congress its report
for tho year 1908. Tho report states
that tho temporary financial depres
sion from which tho country Is now
omcrglng resulted In tho diminution
Df railway revenues considerably be
low the high point reached. In 1907,
tho bannor year in American railroad
hlBtory In respect to gross and net
earnings, as well as volume of trafllc.
In view of tho widely cfrculated re
ports that tho los3 Inflicted upon the
railroads was so severe as to warrant
universal advances In rates or reduc
tion in wages, or both, It Is interest
ing to note that the gross earnings ol
all railroads for 1908, although $164,-
4G4.941 less than tho gross earnings
for 1907, wero $98,875,470 in excess ol
tho gross earnings for 190G and $342,
158;231 In oxcess of those for 1905,
and that tho net earnings for 1908, al
though $111,051,006 less than for 1907
and $59,349,138 less than for 190G,
were $37,G5S,504 in excess of those for
1905. These figures Indicate thni
whatever may have been the fact In
Individual cases, the railroads of tho
country, as a whole, did not suffer so
severely in coinparlsori with years of
normal traffic and business conditions
ns may havo generally been supposed.
In the year ending June 30, 1908,
there wns a remarkable falling off in
the number of casualties to both pas
sengers nnd employes, due to somo ex
tent to diminished trafllc on railroads
generally. The number of passengers
killed In train accidents was 1G5' in
1908, as compared with 410 In tho pre
vious year. Tho number of employes
killed in coupling accidents shows a
reduction of 20 per cent from tho pre
vious record.
The block signal and train control
board has devoted Its time mainly to
the subject of automatic stops. Tho
board has examined descriptions of
371 inventions and alleged Inventions.
Tho commission recommended the
adoption by nil carriers in tho United
States of a bill of lading which had
been agreed upon by a Joint commit
tee of carriers and shippers, and sub
stantially all of the leading carriers in
tho United States have already
adopted the new bill. This bill is con
cededly a great Improvement upon the
bills heretofore in general use.
Tho enforcement of the act by
means of criminal prosecutions still
continues to be necessary. Since De
cember 1, 1906, 4G Indictments for giv
ing or receiving rebates have been
returned.
On a basis of average mileage oper
ated during the year of 226,121 miles,
the frelKht revenue was $1,665,119,842.
passenger revenue $566,905,109, all
other revenue from transportation
$167,873,795, revenue from operations
other than transportation $24,687,9:52,
making total operating revenues 52,
424,040,637, or $10,722 per mile of line
The total operating expenses were
$1,695,101,879, or $7,496 per mile of
line, leaving the net operating revenue
$729,538,758, or $3,226 per mile of line.
25 DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION
Joseph Letter's Famous Colliery at
Zeigler Is the Scene of Disaster.
Duquoln, 111. A disastrous gas
explosion in which 25 men lost
their lives occurred Sunday In Joseph
Letter's famous colliery at Zeigler. A
spark from a trolley pole of an electric
motor coming In contact with a pocket
of gas is assigned as the cause of the
explosion.
Joseph Lelter personally conducted
the first reilef party that descended
into tho mine to recover the bodies.
The lone survivor of the explosion
was an Italian youth who escaped un
harmed. Tho men entombed were en
gaged In clearing away tho debris
caused by tho recent fires in tho mine
and it was expected that operations
would be resumed this week after two
months' suspension.
CHURCH COLLAPSES, KILLS 40
Worshipers Burled In Wreck of
Ancient Edifice In Switzerland.
Bern.e, Switzerland. During divine
services on Sunday an ancient
church near Sion suddenly collapsed,
burying the worshipers In tho ruins.
Practically all tho members of the
congregation were killed or Injured. A
wild panic followed, thoso who escaped
rushing through tho fields shouting
that nh earthquake had overtaken tho
village
Aftor an hour's exertions tho fire
company of tho place extricated 40
corpses, but it Is believed that thoro
nro still a number under the timbers.
Sixty persons woro badly Injured. Tho
collapse of tho church was caused by
tho tlmo-worn pillars in tho under
ground crypt giving way.
Immigration Has Decreased.
Washington, D. C Tho annual ro
port of tho commissioner general of
immigration for tho fiscal year endsd
June 30, 1908, says tho yoar wub re
mnrkablo for u reduction of tho num
ber of aliens entering tho United
States. Tho total immigration for tho
yoar was 782,870302,479 less than
for tho year 1907. Tho not Increase
in population by Immigration wns 209,
filtf. Of thoso admitted, about 26 ppr
cont wore Illiterate. Tho total amount
of monoy brought into tho country by
arriving immigrants wns $17,794,820.
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PENSION!
Points tor
Soldiers and Sailors
and Their Heirs
(Oopjrliht, 1W, by U. K. Janu)
Dowltt, 111.
Query There is nn old soldier In
this neighborhood who has not drawn
his pension since 1898, on nccount of
Insanity. He was pensioned at $14 per
month, but his guardian did not know
that he hnd ever drawn pension until
recently. Can tho guardian do any
thing at1 this time to recover his ward's
pension? Notary X. X.
Answer Tho guardian should mako
application to tho commissioner of
pensions for the restoration of tho
name of the Insane soldier to the pen
sion rolls. The application should bo
accompanied by evidence satisfactorily
accounting for the failure to draw the
pension and showing that tho disabil
ity for which tho said soldier was pen
sioned has existed In a pensionable de
gree since tho date he was dropped
from the rolls.
Baltimore, Md.
Query My husband was a pensioner
at the time of his death, but just be
fore he died he received his check for
the quarterly payment. Ho did not
Indorse tho check, which was for $90.
Can the check now be collected by his
family, which consists only of myself.
Ho had no children or other relatives.
Is It a fact that I am not entitled to
widow's pension, as he was accidental
ly killed and I did not marry him un
til 1S9G? But what then becomes of
the check and tho pension due for 17
days that elapsed from the date of his
quarterly payment until the day of
his death? Mrs. Jano D. W.
Answer The check Is a part of the
estate of the soldier and you should
make application to the auditor for the
interior department, Washington, D.
C, for the payment of the same. You
should also make application to tho
pension bureau for the accrued pen
sion due the soldier from the date of
last quarterly payment to the time of
his death. You have no title to
widow's pension under the general law,
as the soldier's death was not due to
service and line of duty and you have
no title to widow's pension under the
act of April 19, 190S, as your marriage
to said soldier occurred subsequent to
June 27, 1890.
Now York, N. Y.
Query Please inform me through
your pension column If the last con
gress enacted any leslslatlon affecting
the status of tho members of tho Filth
regiment of Mechanic Fuslleers. What
is the present holding of the pension
bureau as to said organization and as
to title to pension of members of the
same under the act of June 27, 1890?
George T. F.
Answer The status of the Mechanic
Fuslleers wns not changed by any leg
islation enacted during the last con
gress, and under a decision of the
secretary of the interior the members
of said organization are not pension
able under the act of June 27, 1890.
Cap. St. City.
Query I married a soldier of the
civil war in 1873. He died a few
years thereafter. I applied for widow's
pension In 1902, which was allowed
at the rate of eight dollars per month.
Am I entitled to back pension or
should I have pension from the date
of the death of my husband? Mrs.
E. C. H.
Answer You would only be entitled
to widow's pension from tho date of
your husband's death In case you could
show that his death was due to service
and line of duty. Your pension will
be Increased under the act of April 19,
1908, from $8 to $12 per month by the
pension agent through whom you ro
celve your pension, without further
action on your part.
Detroit, Mich.
Query I believe that I am entitled
to bounty-land warrant on account ol
my father's service In an old war. If
I write to the pension ofllce about tha
matter will I bo Informed aa tu
whether I am entitled to the same
Abel K. T.
Answer The pension bureau will
not pass upon the title of an individual
to bounty-land prior to the filing ol
a claim therefor. It will therefore be
necessary for you to file an application
for bounty-land warrant to enable the
bureau to determine your title to the
aamo.
Trenton, HI.
Query I am now receiving $30 per
month pension and I havo hoard that
I am going to bo dropped from the
pension rolls. I havo received no
word from tho pension otllce about
the matter. Will It bo necessary for
mo to take any steps in tho case or
will I bo dropped from the rolls with
out notice? Please tell mo what to
do, as I m entiroly dependent upon
my pension and cannot afford to lose
It by waiting. J. J. H.
Answer U tho pension bureau con
templates dropping your name from
tho pension rolls, you will bo given 30
days' notice containing a full state
ment of any charges or allegations us
to why your name should bo dropped
from tho pension rolls or your pension
disturbed or modified, It will there
fore not bo nucossury for you to luko
any steps In tho matter until you re
ceive such notice from tho pension
bureau.
vjtk&tU MMk&pAitM IA&J
TIRED OF CORN-FIELD PEAS.
Amusing and 8eml-TragIc Reminis
cence of the War.
Sovcral prominent ladies of tho
:onfoderacy havo, In tho Inst few
pears, given to tho public their remin
iscences of tho bitter tragedy, Uie
ofton Intermingled comedy, and the
Ingenious makeshifts of their life in
war-time Now Eliza Frances An
drows, In "Tho War-Tlmo Journnl of
a Georgia Girl," adds another worthy
volumo to tho list Sho shows, in her
record of tho domestic hardships and
deprivations with which the -southern
women had to wrestle, tho same gal
lant mlrthfulncss as her predecessors.
Many of tho hardships sho scarcely
minded, but her soul sickened nt corn
field peas.
"Ham add corn-field peas for dinner
ono day, and corn-fiold peas and ham
the noxt," sho lamented. "Mother
does her best by making Emily give
us every variation on peas that was
over heard of. Ono day wo havo pea
soup, another pea croquettes, then
baked peas and ham, and so on
through tho whole gamut, but alas!
they are corn-field peas still, and often
not enough of even thoso."
"The table generally looks well
enough whon wo first sit down," she
recorded again, "but when we get up
it is as bare as Jack Sprat's. Wo
havo some good laughs at tho make
shifts wo resort to for making things
held out. Wo eat as littlo as we can
do with, ourselves, but wo don't want '
father's guests to suspect we are
stinted, so Mctta pretends to a loss of
appetite, whllo I profess a great fond
ness for whatever happens to be most
abundant, which is always sure to be
corn-field peas or somo other coarse,
rank thing that I detest It would all
bo very funny If It were not so mor
tifying, with all these charming peoplo
in the houso that deserve to be enter
tained like princes and are used to
everything nice.
"Metta delicate appetite and my
affection for corn-field peas are a
standing joke between us. She has
tho best of it, though, for she simply
starves, while I 'nawslerate,' as Char
ity says. I make a face at a bag of
peas whenover I go near it In the
pantry."
The Doctor and the Dog.
A family that lives In 'a detached
house out in the Bronx telephoned
for their doctor. Tho call was urgent.
It was late In tho evening.
When the doctor arrived at the gate
the family dog was there ahead of
him. The dog did not like the looks
of a man with a triangle shaped bunch
of whiskers and block satchel.
Tho doctor started to brush by tho
dog and go In. But the dog soon
showed him that he wasn't Joking.
"Maybe they'll hear the dog and
call him off," thought the doctor, and
hj waited. But they didn't.
There was Just one thing for tho
doctor to do, and that was to go to
tho nearest telephone and call up the
family. But he learned that It was
no easy job to find a telephone. It
was then pretty late, and he had to
go half a dozen blocks back toward
town before ho found a place where
he could get a 'phone,
"Dog!" repeated the man at the oth
er end. "We haven't any dog. You
must have stop'ped at the placo next
door. They havo a dog. Now hurry
back here." New York Press.
Whale Caught In Net.
A bottle-nosed whale, 20 feet long,
was caught the other day at Torcross,
Devonshire, England, in a dragnet
Knew the Sex.
He (at the theater) This is a play
that should appeal to women.
She Why do you think so?
Ho Tho plot Is full of flaws, and
nothing delights a woman more than
to pick them. Chicago Dally News.
On the Corner.
Tom It was a caso of love at first
sight with me.
Jack Then why didn't you marry
her?
Tom Oh, 1 saw her on several oc- a
caalons after thatl 9
THE MARKETS.
Financial.
New York. Jan. 12. Money On call
easy at l?i J2U per cont. Prime mer
cantile paper 3 4 per cent. Sterling
exchange 54. ST. .10 for demand.
Government bonds steady.
Grain, Provisions and Live Stock.
Flour Dull; Minnesota patents $5,250
5.65.
Wheat No. 2 red $1.061.07 eleva
tor. Corn New No 2 at 6814c.
Oats Mixed 54 54 14c.
Hay Quiet, Rood to choice (17,00.
Cattle Steers $6.25 0.75. veals $6.00
10.25.
Sheep Steady at $3.00j5.00, lambs
J7.008.00.
Hogs No sales reported.
Cleveland, Jan. 12.V-Flour Minnesota J
spring patents $5.5000.30.
Wheat No. 2 red $1.05.
Corn Now No. 3 yellow 62 c.
Oats No. 3 vhlto.63c.
Butter Best creamery 34c.
Cheese York state 1514c
Eggs Strictly fresh 32c.
Potatoes Best grades 90c.
Hay No. 1 timothy $12.75.
Cattle Best steers !0. 0006.50, calves
$9.009.SO.
Sheep Choice wothers $5.25 5.50, lambs
$7.G57.85.
Hogs Heavy Yorkers $6.00, pigs $5.50.
Toledo, Jun. 12. Wheat Cash $1.08.
Corn Cash OlVJc.
Oats Cash 52c.
Clovorseed Cash $5.55.
Buffalo. Jon. 12. Cattle Export cattle
J8.00iipG.75, veals $9,00CP9,75.
Hogs Steady, Yorkers $5.90 6.10, pigs
$.5.75.
Sheep Wothers 5.405.75, lambs $0.50
P7.C5.
Pittsburg, Jan. 12. pattle Steiu'y,
choice uteera $0.3006.50, veula $e.60(?9.'i0.
lloga Heavy Yorkers $5.956.00, pigs
0,50.5.05,
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