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FRAUD IN OKLAHOMA.
Three County Commissioners Said to
Have Fled.
Washington, Sept. 8.--A telegram to
S-:vret:iry Hitchcock i'rom United
Slates District Attorney Horace Speed
of Oklahoma says thai, the Unit-d
States grand jury has found three in
dictments against Contractor Stockes
Kiowa county for making false vouch
"Wlowa county for making false vouch
ers and false certificates tor the pur
pose of defrauding the government
connection with the building of.
bridges. Stockes is under arrest and
Ms bond has been fixel at $4,500. The
three indicted county commissioners,
it is said, have Tied the country. This
action has been taken at the .instance
of secretary Hitchcock as the result
of an investigation Instituted by him
several months ago, which revealed
the fact that gross frauds had been
practiced in Oklahoma in connection
with contracts for bridge.-, roads and
buildings in the three counties opened
for settlement three years ago.
PLEA OF THE POPE.
Powers May Be Asked to Stop the
Massacres in Macedonia.
Rome, Sept. 8.Pius X. has repre
sented to the Austrian emperor the ad
visability, especially on the part of the
Catholic powers, of coming to an
agreement aa 10 the host way to stop
the massacres in Macedonia. Several
cardinals have expressed Hie opinion
that the pontiff should publicly de
nounce the situation in Macedonia to
the civilized world without distinction
of religion, calling upon all the powers
to take common action on humanitari
an grounds.
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SOUGHT MAYOR'S LIFE.
Two Fvlen Attempt to Assassinate a
City Official.
Tuscola, 111., Sept. 8.Two men at
tempted to assassinate Mayor McMas
ters last night as he was putting up
his horse in the barn. The two men
attacked the mayor with paving
bricks, felling him twice with blows
on the head. One blow was struck
from behind. The mayor louglft off
the assailants and they lied. The may
or believes he recognized the men as
friends of two women whom he arrest
er yesterday. No arrests have been
nrttde.
FORTY R03BERIES.
Express Company Employe Charged
With St&aling Packages.
Kansas City, Sept. 8. Albert. An
drews, an employe of the Wells-Fargo
Express company, is under arrest,
charged with systematically stealing
packages from rthe company during the
last two yeajps. Andrews, the police
say, has confessed to forty robberies,
including diamonds, watches and oth
er articles, the total value of which
amounts "to many thousand dollars. He
said that there were other Wells-Fargo
employes implicated with him.
THREE MEN ARE KILLED.
Bad Freight Wreck on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
Altcona. Pa., Sept. 8. One of the
worst freight wrecks on the Middle
division of the Pennsylvania railway
in years occurred iate last night at
Ryde. fifty-four miles cast of here. One
east-bound freight train ran into an
other and forty cars and their contents
were scattered over the tracks. Three
men were instantly killed. All pas
senger trains were from four to nine
bonis late. The property loss will be
about $100,000.
ATTEMPT TO KILL A KING.
Servia's New Ruler Becomes Unpopu
lar.
London, Sept. 8.A dispatch from
Vienna, to the Daily Telegraph says
that advices from Ssrvia leave nc
doubt that a serious crisis is imminent
in that country. It is reported that an
attempt was made on King Peter's lif
at Nish last evening. Stones wer
thrown at the carriage in which h
was riding and one hit him on th
cheek.
ADULTERATED WINE REFUSED.
Government Turns Away That Con
taining Salicylic Acid.
Washington. Sept. 8.The first in
stance of the government/8
refusal to
admit to this country adulterated
-wines, under the pure food act, tool!
place Saturday, when entry was re
fused of a shipment of white wiae
from Bordeaux, France. Upon analy
sis this wine was found to contain
salicylic acid.
DENIED BY STICKNEY.
Says the Great Western Road Is Not
for Sale.
Omaha, Sept. 8.President Stickney
wf the Great Western road last nigbt
denied that negotiations for the sale
cf the road are in progress. He says
the stockholders are satisfied with con
ditions and that the road is not in the
market.
Desperado Is Killed.
Middlesboro, Ky.. Sept. S.Marshal
Cray shot and killed Lee Smith at
Nicholson mines late last night. Smith
was known as a desperado. He picked
a quarrel with Gray and fatally
stabbed James Loonoy. Gray fled.
1 Three Crushed to Death.
lx)S Angeles, CaL, Sept. 8.Threft
laborers were crushed to death by ttw
caving-in of a sixteen-foot bank at th
'.excavation for the site of a new hotel.
She:.men were buried under tons of
^arth.' __
Soldiers Accord Popular Author a
Magnificent Demonstration.
One day while in Norway,'an opnur
tunity was given to an American tiwv
eler to see that the name of Bjorn
Btjeme Bjornson means much to all
Norwegians. "A battalion of Nor
wegian and Swedish cavalry, infantry
and artillery, between 3,000 and 4,0M
strong, was returning from its maneu
vers to the post in Christiania," he
says. "In passing Aulestad the gen
eral in command sent his adjutant In
advance to get Ejornson's permission
to give him an ovatio'n. With his fam
ily and guests assembled about Mm
on the veranda the monumental figure
stcod with bared head to receive the
military greeting. As each regiment
passed In review below, presenting
arms- as to their chieftain, there wont"
up a deafening shout of personal
salutation from each of the soldiers,
-who then joined in singing the nation
al hymn, to whose author they were
offering this spontaneous salute.
There was the unique spectacle of a
man in private life, being accorded a.
military demonstration by the nation's
army which a king might envy."
RELIEF FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Newly Enacted Law a Blessing to
Abused Peasants' Wives.
By a newly enacted Russian la-sv a
peasant's wife, on showing to the dis
trict judge d'instruction that she is
habitually ill treated by her husband,
or that he will not support her, and
makes her the drudge for his own sup
port, can demand a separate passport,
with which she is at liberty to leave
lier oppressor and earn a living else
where. Hitherto there "was no possible
redress or release for the long-sufffir
ing victim so long as it was obligatory
that the wife's namo^ras entered in^
the husband's passport and papers of
legitimate. Anyone at all intimately,
acquainted with village life in Russia
will readily appreciate the relief tbiisr
brings to tens of thousands of peasant
women who are the grievously abused
domestic slaves and beasts of burden
to their drunken and brutal conjugal
proprietors.
Bird Vengeance.
A naturalist recently witnessed an
encounter between a large swan and
a little brown duck. The duck had
apparently insulted the swan by trying
to cross its path, for it was suddenly
seized by the swan and held under the
water until he was sure it would he
drowned. But at last the swan let it
go and sailed majestically away. The
duck, after taking breath, looked
around to see where Its enemy was,
and seeing it rose into the ait and
deliberately came down, flapping its
wings, on the astonished swan's hack.
The swan fled in terror, and the dnck,
apparently satisfied, quietly swam
away.Pearson's Weekly.
To Clean a Sewing Machine.
Place it near the fire to get warm,
that the congealed oil about it may
melt, and then oil it thoroughly -vita
paraffin. Work it quickly for a few
minutes, then wipe off all the paraffin
and dirt and treat it to a little more
clean paraffin. Wipe it again, and
after the application of a very little
of the ordinary lubricating oil it will
be ready for use. People often shirk
the trouble of thoroughly cleaning
their machines like this, but a clogged
and "heavy" machine under this treat
ment will become like new, and its
easy working will be aa ample reward
for any trouble incurred.
Fiimflair.rned Again?
Has the alert J. .Pierpont Morgan
been fooled again? In consequence
of the announcement that he would
place on exhibition a collection of car
pets that formerly belonged to the
royal house of Spain several Spanish
newspapers have asked for an investi
gation, as before the reign of Alfonso
XII. the royal collection was complete.
The Heraldo of Madrid insinuates that
Pierpont Morgan has been the victim"
of unscrupulous dealers, who, it al
leges, have palmed o imitations on
the multimillionaire.
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Queen Victoria's Love of Flowers.
Queen Victoria was a great, flower
lover from the days when a toddling
child she made daisy chains on the
lawns of Kensington palace, and per
haps wore them with more pride than
she ever did her jewels. Whea she
paid her one and only visit to Spain,
Queen Christina asked, "Is there any
thing the queen is especially fond of?"
"Yes, flowers," was the answer, and so
.flowers in lavish profusion decorated
the streets, the houses, the railway
station, and the palace.
A Lingual Phenomenon.
"An' you says, Brer Eph'm," said
the .convert, thoughtfully, "dat Ah
kain't cuss nor sw'ar none atter I'se
been baptize'?" "De Bible says so,
Brer Saul." "Nor say 'Good Lor',' nor
one o' dem t'ings?" "Not unless you's
in. meetin', Brer Saul." "Umh'! I ain't
drive no mules in meetin' en I kain't
take de meeting ter de mules. Dat
Baptis' 'ligion ain' no 'ligion fir" a
mule driver. De baptism li'bls ter
swink his bocabulary."Washington
limes.
Feather Beds Coming Back.
The feather bed, after its banish
ment during about half a century, is
oeing received back into favor in cold
er countries. Hygiene experts con
demned it on account of its heading
nature and the difficulty of thoroughly
airing and purifying nevertheless, it
Is actually being recommended during
winter for delicate, nervous, neu
ralgic women, and particularly for el
derly persons and those who are trou
jg^jrith insomnia,
HONOR NORWAY'S GREAT MAN. THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTHORS! LAWYER MADE AN APOLOGY.
Really Good Writers NceJ Noi Fear
Discrimination
The rush pt the crowd to read a
book which r/iay have no literary merit
or vitality, either of raate.-ial or of
presentation, simply because it is
talked about, Is never wholesome, and
if the crowd has grown more critical
and clear-minded In its judgments,
and has ceased, to move upon sudden
impulses and learned to decide for
itself, the loss wilhfall, not on writers
of real merit, but on a few whose re
wards .were generally beyond their
deserts. The average of literary work
in this country in many departments
is high: If great books are not pro
duced in large numbers, good books
are produced in very considerable
numbers, and in soundness of knowl
edge, in good taste and literary work
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation.
It is a period pf quiet progress, a time
of preparation rather than a time of
accomplishment.
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY.
And the Colored Porter, He Thorough
ly Enjoyed It.
The other day a colored porter from
one of the hotels was sent to buy some
tin cups. After making the purchase
he started lack to the hotel and met
one of the hostlery's best patronsa
commercial travelerand the latter
asked the negro to carry his sample
case to a Washington street store.
A few minutes later the negro, sam
ple case, and tin cups, were in front
of the store. The traveling man was
in the store. While waiting for him,
the negro sat down on the sample
ease, and in less, than a jiffy fell asleep.
One of the tin cups was in his hand,
and it fell forward, as does the cup
held by a blind man.
Perhaps you won't believe it, but
that negro collected 43 cents while he
slumbered. Passersby thought him a
blind mendicant. And maybe that por
ter didn't enjoy the joke! He did
'deed he did.Indianapolis News.
What One Man Said.
At the City Federation meeting In
the Waldorf there were many amusing
incident^. Husbands of the broad
minded/ women tarried in the ante
room waiting for their spouses to go
home. One ot these patient escorts
was Lflroy Sunderland Smith. He
gazed ibrough the glass doors once,
sighedjmd returned to his chair. Men
would come, inquire for their wives,
and then retreal\o the cafe below. One
man heard a few minutes of a certain
paper. He said: "If these women's
clubs did. not struggle with the prob
lem of how to raise other women's
children ttaey would have no excuse
for being." He flung out the last
words pfwagely and then disappeared
to the pka.ee where highballs are con-
cocted.-^'ca? 'fork Press.
)fcAn Enterprising Woman.
Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo,
Oregon, is the owner of a valuable
mining claim In the Granite district,
which she "jumped" precisely as the
year 1903 came in. Learning that the
claim would be vacant the 1st day of
January, she drove through a blind
ing snowstorm on the night of Dec. 31,
the mercury 14 degrees below sero,
and, waiting the advent of the new
year, staked her claim. Another pros
pector had done likewise earlier in
the evening, but Miss McCubben was
legally in the right, and the court sus
tained her. She is a Portland girl,
19 years old.
Reminder of Old Times.
A rich man who has joined the mul
titude in' New York since his quick
fortune caine to him was entertaining
friends at dinner the other night. The
service was magnificent and so was
the dinner."The wife, gorgeously clad,
reigned over the table. During a lull
in conversation the rich man watched
a servant who was dexterously remov
ing crumbs from the table. Then he
looKed down the glittering table at
his jeweled wife and remarked:
"Sadie, remember when you used to
shake the tablecloth out of the back
door to the hens?"
A Paper May Criticise.
A. trial jury in England gave the
manager of a fifth-rate show a ver
dict of $3,750 against a newspaper
which published an adverse criticism.
The Appeal Court reversed this, and
held that the jury had no right to sub
stitute its own opinion of the merits
of the play for the critic's opinion..
The court said it was of the highest
importance to the public that the crit
ic should not be exposed to the risk
of having a jury pass upon his taste,
and held that the trial judge misdi
rected the jury.
The Artist's Revenge.
A Chinese story tells how a very
stingy man took a paltry sum of
money tj uSuartist, who always ex
acted payin^S in advance, and asked
him to palmi portrait. The artist
a^. once conn id with the request, but
when the pourait was finished noth
ing was visible save the back of the
sitter's head. "What does this mean?"
cried the sitter indignantly. "Well,"
replied the artist, "I thought a man
who paid so little as you did wouldn't
care to show his i^ee."
He Was Kept Busy.
That was a curious little confession
made to an interviewer the other day
by Color-Sergeant Barry, for twenty
seven years keeper of the stage door
at the Lyceum. In reply to a remark
about his knowledge of plays and play
ers, Sergeant Barry remarked: ''I
have never seen a play in all my life.
My place Is at the stage door. I have
never any time to see what is going
on the gtaga,"fattflqp Tit-Bits.
Revised the Opinion as to the Intellect
c-f the Court.
Some yeais ago there was an old
judge on the b^nch in Berks county,
Pa., whose decisions, in consequence
of numerous reversals did not always
command universal respect. One day,
in a case in which he was sitting, one
of the lawyers lose patience at his in
ability to see things in a certain light,
and in the heat of the moment re
marked that the intellect of the court
was so dark a flash of lightning could
not penetrate it. For this contempt
the judge showed a disposition to be
very severe with the offender, and it
was only after much persuasion by
friends of the latter that he yielded
and decided to accept a public apol
ogy. The following day the lawyer,
accordingly, appeared before his honor
and made amends by saying. "I re
gret very much that I said the intel
lect of the court was so dark lightning
could not penetrate it. I guess it
could. It is a very penetrating thing."
HAD HAD LONGER PRACTICE.
eyes beamed on the boy. '"Yes, sir
but I've been.practicing eating twelve
years and I ain't owned a gun but six
months," was the laconic reply.New
York Times.
Most Expensive Tree in World.
Probably the most expensive tree
in the world is in the city of London,
on the corner of Cheapside and Wood
is an enormous oak and is said to be
100 years old. It is protected by a
clause in the deed of the property
which forbids destruction of tree or
branches. Architects were compelled
to plan a rather peculiar building to
avoiu the branches. There
itC ul uia^upo. "TV
development bf the elec ron The
roots of the idea go -back about twen- I
ty-flve years. The growth of the stem
has taken place within the last ten
years, and now we have a flourishing
a cause for gravitation, explains the
leading phenomena of the spectra of
hot gases and co-ordinates hypothet
ically a host of miner phenomena that i
seem at firs*t sight to have no discern
iblejnutual relationship, says Electri-j
Small Boy's Distinction Between Ap
petite and Patriotism.
Gen. O. 0. Howard occasionally ad
dresses juvenile patriotic clubs. An
organization of this type entertained
the veteran at a sociable and dinner.
A little chap near the general dis
played a good appetite. ''You eat
well, my son," said the old soldier.
"Yes, sir." "N"ow, if you love your
flag as well as your dinner, you'll
make a good patriot," Gen. Howard's speaking terms. 'Hullo, Jackson! he
rsmarkpn, "what a ti maHor with
so
the corner of one of the busiest v._..._J
streets in London, occupying ground
of enormous valueand positively
the only tree in the city of London
outside of .the parks.
cent lecture, traced the history of the
Development ef the Electron. i omnipotence. In the third place, you
Dr. Kaufmann of Germany, a re-
cal World.
intto 22,798
foliage of trees twenty feet from the i fP?*
fe, ..n' ont
ground practicing the same deception
on the birds and getting the bird
tiD
ever
Queen Victoria Paid a Debt.
3 King Edward's appointment of Sir
Evelyn Wood to be a field marshal
has brought out the interesting fact i
that the family of th,e king was once
deeply indebted to the grandfather of
Gen. Wood, Matthew Wood, a London
merchant. It was through the gen
erosity of the old merchant that the
duke of Kent was able to come to
England from Germany so that the
future Queen Yictoria could be born
on British soil. The first baronetcy
bestowed by Queen Victoria upon her
accession was on Matthew Wood.
Microbes Hard to Kill.
That the microbes which cause dis
ease cannot be killed by firing them
out of a gun has been proved in offi
cial government experiments. Mi
crobes of malignant postule, of ab
scesses and of "the intestine were
smeared Upon the face of the gun
wad, put next the powder afid fired
into sterile gelatin nad agar-agar. In
each casethe microbes developed,
each after its kind, in the medium re
ceiving the wad.
a
er
the crowd which was pressing into
one of the rooms to see an exhibition
of artistic work. "Ladies and gentle-
men," said the janitor, "will you
please make your exit through this
door and go out of the other."Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
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THE NEW ARMY RIFLE.
It Is Practically Certain to Be the
Ecst in the World.
The new United States army rifle
Is a remarkable evolution in small
arms,, since the old Springfield single
loader had its day. Practically twelve
years cover the period of the develop
ment, although the experience of the
Spanish and Philippine wars has nat
urally made the progress more rapid
since 1898 than before that time.
\.hen the Krag was made the basis of
the army magazine rifle there was
more or less criticism, but it was
poorly conceived. The Ordinance de
partment has never regarded any
model as necessarily a finality, but has
ever been bent on improvements.
Consequently modifications have been
numerous and steady, and there is no
reason why, with this constant appli
cation of experience and inventive ge
nius the United States service maga
zine rifie should not be equal to any
in the world.Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican.
BOY WAS TOO PREVIOUS.
Came Near Causing Physician to
Lose a Patient.
A doctor tells "& good story in con
nection with a lad who until recently
was in his employ. It was part of
this youngster's daily duty to answer
the surgery bell, and usher the pros
pective patients into the consulting
room. One morning there presented
himself at the surgery entrance a
mechanic, with whom Buttons was on
remarked "what's tho matte with
you?" "Oh, I just want to see the
doctor," replied the visitor. "Have
yer brought yer symptoms with yer?"
I inquired Bu tons, "'cos that's the fust
thing he'll ask yer about. If yer ain't
got 'em ye'd better pop back an' get
'em." "And would you believe
it?e"
adds the doctor, "that fellow was actu-
allJ
abT0U
street, about midway between the ^en I entered the surgery !''-Pear-
Eank of England and St. Paul's. It
an
"ft on the boy advic
weeKly
Take a Look at Venus.
Young man, when you have finish
ed your dinner to-night, go up to the
roof or out in the street or yard by
your home and take good, long look
at th stacr of the evening. She will
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How Snakes Decoy Birds.
That the rattlesnake uses his tail
to decoy birds has been observed a
number of times by a correspondent
of the Scientific American, who says: Notice"of the "commissioners, involving
"The snake hides himself in the tall
.l
the mere fact of your having thoughJt
enough to spend the time to do this
will aid your mental development. In
i the second place you will have to lift
i your eyes and chin from the mire of
the street about you to clean glory of
five minute
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plane absorbill calm
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star wit
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plant and a large literature on the
subject. Broadly speaking, the latest Charity in England.
theory accounts for inertia, suggests
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One of the janitors of a public 77
v_/ic i t*-n j"- ovorvhnHv, takt pvprvhnrlv, who
buildingu who- has" more politeness
than book learning, was stationed 'in
the hallway of the structure to guide
A Sad Outlook. i lions of United States capital is now
Auntie-"Do you let your husband invested in that country, and forty
have a room to himselt?" Mrs. Mo
i Bride"Oh, yes of course he must
I have a place to smoke in." Auntie
"You poor dear, I see your future
through a rain of tears. He'll sneak
off there and lock himself in whenever
I you want to talk to him' seriously.
I Jfou nia/k my words."Life.
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dividetd- separat2,314,735,c
grants. The ag
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gregate income from stocks, securities
and annuities aggregated 646,517 in
1902. During the three-quarters end
ing Dec. 31, 1901, 1,670 new charities
founded by will or deed came to the
6 grass and imitates the buzzing of a
bee. The insectivorous birds, such as
the phoebe and kingbird, are attract- r.ng f^"^
ed w4es 'The view: on PrlTeZ
mttlesnakes3
concealed" in the dense pertained by?Turks and Jews re
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and upward.
extent to which be
an
lief influences the conduct of each
illustrate
anecdotQ
th following one day in a boat.b Suddenly the
A Tur
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a Je
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Allahg ison great,F' he saidt,j 'Allah
t,' retorted the Jew, 'but our
boat is small.''
Wrong Foot Out of Bed.
About half the world puts the wrong
foot out of bed in the morning. But
which is the wrong foot? It is a
superstition as old as the hills that
if the left foot touches the floor first
you will have bad luck that day.
Probably many men avoid this by
sleeping on the right side of the bed,
so that in rising the right foot natur
ally comes first in contact with the
floor. It is said to be a fact that most
people lie on their right side because
of the prevalent notion that the heart
has freer action.New York Press.
What We're Coming To.
As we have already transmitted fair
ly recognizable pictures of individuals
by wire we may be able, before long,
to do the same thing without wires.
Why not? And then for the wireless
lychromotelepantophonophotoscopehea,everybodyegencaew
everybody
to everybody
whenr.
ever and wherever we please without
cost, anywhere on the surface of the
globe." And then, hurrah for a short
Mar
inflt
0 uHumor.t cheg
ff!-Magazina oQf
The Development of Mexico.
Facts in regard to the commercial
annexation of Mexico are given in the
National Magazine. Twenty-eight mil-
Mexican investment companies in Chi
cago are sending in a million dollars
a month. In the city of Monterey
alope 10,000,000 was recently invest
ed in one plant The Standard Oil
company has invested $18,000,000
Mexican "mines within two years, and
will put in ?40,000,000 more.
CLEANLINESS AS A VICE.
Young Matron Criticises Methods of
Her Motner-in-Law.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, I
know," said the young matron whose
mother-in-law lives with her, "but
there is such a thing as carrying it
too far, I think. Now, my husband's
mother is fearfully and wonderfully
neat. In fact, at times I feel that to
live in a pigpen would be a relj
Prom morning till night there is, not
ing but clean, clean, clean. Bits
carpet are laid in the places most
likely to trip you up. These are in
tended to keep the floor underneath
free from stain and then the carpets
are taken up and the floor underneath
scrubbed as carefully as.if it had not
been protected all the tim^"-You. cim
not imagine just how tryln% it Is. But
the other day she reached the limit.
She came in, took off her shoes, care
fully washed them and set them out
to dry! Think of it! It's a wonder she
did not wash her hat."
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STRENGTH OF MEN AND OXEN.
Bulk for Bulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.
Few people know that a man, bulk
for bulk, is stronger than an ox, but
it appears that such is the case. The
matter was tested net long since at a
fair in America, one of the attractions
of which was a coc+est of a yoke of
oxen against an equal weight of men.
A drag was loaded with granite blocka,
weighing in the aggregate 4,95
pounds. The yoke of oxen that made
the trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing 160 pounds to
the man, were set against them. Ttie
'men took hold of the drag first, and
easily walked off with it, covering a
distance of 95 feet in the space of two
minutes. The oxen at their trial moved
only eighty-five feet in the same length
of time, and the men were accordingly
declared winners.Pearson's Weekly.
Governor Saves Boy's Life.
It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garvin of Rhole Island is a
physician and surgeon of standing.
The governor and a number of north
ern friends were at Andersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory of Rhode Island soldiers
who died in Andersonville prison.
While the exercises were in progress
a carriage team took fright, ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Calla
way, one of "h occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severing
an artery. Gov. Garvin, on hearing of
the boy's plight, hurried to his help,
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just in time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
Bank's Burglar Trap Didn't Work.
In its account of the recent bank
burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette explains that the trap set by
the bank for robbers did not work.
The trap in question is unique enough
to be interesting. "Above the vault,"
says the Gazette, "was a thin ceilinfW
and about a ton of sand above it
This was there in case cracksmen
should attempt to blow open the safe,
when the ceiling would burst at the
explosion and the sand fill the vault,
making it impossible to get at the
safe. However, the ceiling did not
burst and the sand remains undis
turbed.Kausa:Oit (Mo.) Journal.
Chorus Girls of Wealth.
Among the twenty girls who took
part in an amateur comic opera per-'
formance in Philadelphia' the other
evening were fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. It is said that the
girls in question represented some
$40,000,000. The affair was the big
gest event among the Hebrews ,o
P'liladelphia for twenty years. "A
trainload of wealthy New Yorkers
went over specially to. take part in or
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mer
cantile club.
Brave Sailor Soon Forgotten.
Discouragingly tardy progress is be
ing made with the proposed monument
to Rear Admiral Janles E. Jorrett. It
was thought that the gallant conduct
and wide popularity of the admiral
would have called forth generous re
sponse to the committee's appeal, but
that expectation has not been realized.
The headquarters of the association
are in Washington and Rear Admiral
A. E. K. Benham is chairman of a
committee having the matter in imme
diate charge.
The Ones That Suffered.
An aged Scotch minister, who was
very boastful, says ex-Speaker Joseph
L. Barbour of the Connecticut legisla
ture, once said to his good friend.
"Think of it! I preached two hours
and twenty minutes last Sunday!"
"Didn't it weary you very much?" in
quired the other solicitously. "Oh,' no,"
said the minister. "But you should
have seen the congregation!"New
York Times.
One Point of View.
"I am very much afraid that you do
not appreciate the spirit of a free
country," "Oh, yes I do." answered
the man who had recently landed in
New York, in a dialect which it is
needless to reproduce. "What do you
understand by a free country?" "It is
a place where you are free to do as
you choose if you manage to get on
the police force."
Had Had Opportunity.
Two society buds at the Waldorf
Astoria were commenting upon the
I marriage of Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd to
William K. Vanderbilt. "It's a fine
match," saHone "the bride certainly
1 belongs to the "Upper Ten." "She ought
to," was the tart answer, "she's mar
ried three of them!"New Yoek
Times,