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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1910)
PARENTAL LOVE THAT LAUGHS AT COURT'S DECREE ECREE granted! It Ib nil ovorl Thoy aro parted by the law. No more unhappInesB through liv ing together, mlsmntod! Tho wholo nffnlr Is Bot tled. Bottled? No, for thero aro tho children. Tho custody of tho chil dren! That must bo decided and tho court arranges it aa ho bogs fit. Dut evon then tho matter Is far from be ing sottlcd. No court can banish mothor-lovo or father-love I Tho llttlo ones may bo allotted to olthor parent, In accordance with tho evidence, but that comos far from settling tho ques tion forover. Tho woman may hear tho decroo of tho court giving her woo ones tp her former husband, and may leavo the court room with n defiant smllo. Dut In a llttlo while tho old lovo for her own comes over her, and then Then sho must seo thom, must have them in her arms, must cuddle and caress thom. Tho mother-lovo must bo gratified at any cost And in grati fying this lovo, many a mother docs tho most astounding things goes through tho most "terrlblo ordeals. "Kidnaping" her own is often her only means of obtaining them, and sho will resort to any method to accomplish this, according to a writer in the Now York World. Thero was Grace Matthews of Brooklyn, who had sued for sepnrato maintenance nnd alimony. Ponding trial of tho caso Mr. Matthows took llie thrco little children to Heart Lako, Pa., hclloving ho could keop them without their mother finding out whoro ho had gono. Dut Mrs. Mat thewa was alert, and whon tho mother lovo in her becamo so overpowering that sho could rcslBt it no longer, sho sought to reclaim her babies. Mr. Matthows, however, though tho court The Caso of Mrs. Matthews. finally awarded .them to Mrs. Mat thowa, would not surrender the chll-. dren and put them in school at Mont rose, Pa. One day, In March, Mrs, Matthews went to Montrose, disguised In poor clothes. Sho engaged a room In tho little hotol facing tho school, and ono morning saw her husband bring tho children to the school and then drlvo away. At noon Mrs. Mat thews went to tho school, took her children out, and, carrying two of them who were too little to walk, she hurried across tho fields to the near er ' railroad station beyond tho town. Baffled Her Pursuers. Sho caught a train and had to cbango at a station a fow mllcB away. Thero sho saw a man who had been despatched by her husband to hend her off, but she eluded him and got on board tho cars. Now she wan awaro that her husband was on her trail, and divined that ho must have telegraphed ahead to have her stoppod, so sho left tho train after a fow sta tions and drovo fifteen miles across country in a buggy. Reaching another railroad sho took n train and doubled on her trail. Then she caught still another train and, at Sayrcs, Pa., took the trolley to Wavorly, N. Y, Then sho rode on the Erlo to Dinghamton, and remained thero two days. Dy this time Mrs. Matthows had made n com plete circle about Montrose, but, Btll fearing pursuit, she changed cars again when she arrived at Albany, to keep out of Pennsylvania, and came to ' New York on tho Now York Central. Sho had covered hundreds of miles, but the fact that sho had recovered her thrco llttlo children was sufficient compensation. Ono day last fall thero was almost a panic In an uptown vaudeville tho- ator lu Now York city through a mother'a efforts to kidnap her own llttlo girl. Tho young mother, was Mrs. Seldner, and her child, Eleanor, was In tho possession of her mother-In-law, Mrs. Tallman, ponding trial of a suit for separation. Mrs. Seldner used often to go to seo Eleanor, and this afternoon she went with Mrs. Tallman aud tho llttlo girl to tho -vaudeville performances Somehow tho mother-craving seized hold of hor. Sho must havo tho child to herself. During a ''dark sceno" Bho said to "Mrs. Tallman; "Eleanor Is nfralet of tho dark. I will take bur outsldo until the lights go up." Mrs. Tallman suspected nothing, and tho mother and child wont up the aisle In a fow minutes, however, Mrs. Tallman grow worried and wont to look for her charge Tho little girl and her mother were gono! Mrs. Tallman rushed out to tho streot, exclaiming loudly, and tho audlonce hearing her, thought that something had happened. People roso and start ed for tho doors, crying. Tho lights wero turned up and tho stage man ager quieted tho audlcnco. Mr. Tail man reached tho sidewalk Just In timo to see Mrs. Seldner leap Into a taxi cab with tho llttlo girl. The mother-in-law called to a pollcoman to stop Mrs. Seldner, and a merry chaso be gan. Down Broadway nearly to Fif tieth Btreet the mounted policeman pursued tho fleeing taxi, finally over taking it . Tho mother was arrested, but after the maglstrato hoard her story he de cided to let her go on tho promlso that Bho would not try to kidnap her baby again. Determined to Have Child. A mother's lovo impelled Mrs. Fred erick Story Forest, who had divorced her first husband, H. D. Nichols of Now York, to carry out a most thrilling kidnaping. To Mr. Nichols had been awarded tho custody of their daughter, Catherine for nine of tho twelvo months In tho year. The three months that Cathcrlno was hers had satisfied tho mother up to that time, but finally sho felt that sho must have her for all tho time, nnd set about to got her. Tho father, perhaps fearing this act on the mother'a part, had -quietly ro- moved tho llttlo girl from his New York homo to Greenwich, Conn., and Mrs. Forest could not find out whoro tho hiding placo was. Dut ono day Mr. Nichols went to Greenwich to bring tho llttlo girl to Now York for medical treatment, nnd his former wife followed him. Hand in hand, 'tho father and daugh ter camo to tho railroad station at Greenwich, when Mrs. Forest, who had been lying In wait, sprang for ward and toro th,o child from her father s arras. Sho carried tho girl out of tho rtatlon, pursued by the father, and rushed up to a boy who snt In a buggy, Mrs. Forest ordered him out of his own carriage, climbed In with tho shrieking girl and dashed away. A mllo away sho entered a livery stable nnd hired a team to tako hor over tho state lino. As she started off sho turned to seo herself pursued by nn automobile In which sat Sheriff Retch. Dut tho motorcar broke down, nnd Mrs. Forest, got over tho lino into New York state without being appre' hended, Tho telephone, however, was faster than her horse, and in Port Chester she was arrested and taken beforo a Justice, charged with kid naplng. The Judge, however, released her, and she loft town on a trolley' car, with the girl still In hor posses slon, Just as Mr. Nichols and his friends arrived In a motor car. New York was reached, and Mrs. Forest went to a hotol, where sho was found, dssplto her efforts to preserve an In cognlto, by her husband. Fearing this, she disappeared, and for a while all truco was lost. Then she was found at a summer resort, and matters were afterward patched up legally. Maternal Love Dared All. The strength of parental love was never more clearly shown than In tho enso of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Clark and their son Carlton, which hns been In the papers so many times In tho past two or three years. In 1905 Forest Clark was divorced In Now York, and tho custody of tho little boy, then three years old, was awarded to him. Tho father had the boy adopted by n Dr. and Mrs. Creamer, and thought A Mother Tears Her Child From Its Father'o Arms. this would end It. But his former wife almost Immediately began to seek possession of tho baby. Sho came to New York from Doston and stole tho boy whllo ho was playing In tho park. Sho was caught and brought back. At this time the lawyers do clared that Mrs. Crcamor, tho boy's foster-mother, was in league with Mm Clark to kldnnp Carlton, but tho caBO was dropped and the boy Bent back to his foster-parents. Then, ono tlmu after another, by the shrewdest of methods, Mrs. Clark obtained posses slon of tho llttlo fellow. Playing In tho streot, sitting on tho doorstep, It made no difference where he was, or how cnrelully he wan wuiciibii, uiu how she would got Mm, and then would ensuo a chaso to bring him back to Now York. Private detectives wero employed by the Creamers on at least ono occasion to get tho boy back, and tho matter of his final possession has never been satisfactorily settled yet. The Phlppt Kidnaping. Tho famous kidnaping of tho chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Lawronco Phlppr by their father from tho Holland house, In New York, Interested the public a short time ago. Lawrence Phlpps, ns Is well known, Is the un of Carnegie's first partner, and n mul timillionaire Marital difficulties had separated the husband and wife, and Mrs. Phlpps hnd tho custody of the children, two llttlo boys. Knowing that tho father wanted them, sho tried to keep her whereabouts secret Sho was living nt tho Holland Iioubo, and strict Injunctions had been placed on tho employes not to let her Identity get out But Mr. Phlpps learned his Trylrg to Carry Off Hlo Two Children. wife was there and one morning, be fore daylight, an automobllo drow up in front of the hotel nnd a man alighted. Ho gave a whistle, and It waB heard by one of tho nurses em ployed by Mrs. Phlpps, who must have been In league with the fathor. Tho nurso awakened the boyB, told them thoy wero to go away, and carefully took them downstairs without arousing the sleeping mother, who wns In an ndjolning room. Tho boys wore put Into tho automobllo and whisked away. Mrs. Phlpps awoko soon after ward to find thom gono, and, divining what had happened, rushed to tho tel ophone and Informed her lawyers ot their disappearance. Joining them, sho hurried to Jersey City and thero encountered hor husband with tho lit tlo boys, on n train for Pittsburg, but though she called on the police to re turn tho children to her, It was Mr, Phlpps' game at that point, and ho went away with his sons in his pos session. Sensation In City Streets. Another father who stole his own children was Frank E. Alblnger, who 'furnished a great chaso up Seventh avenuo, Now York, ono day. Ho and hlo wife wero separated, and, ono afternoon, meeting his oldest eon out walking with tho two smaller children. tho fathor took them. He was soon followed, and tho public had tho spec taclo of mounted police, btcyclo po lice, policemen on foot and tho frantic mother and her friends pursuing tho father and tho thrco children. Agnes Dohorty, tho dancer wlfo of "Billy" inman, an nctor, figured In a hot pursuit of her husband down Broadway, Now York, to. tho entrance of tbo Brooklyn bridge ono afternoon. Mr. Inman bad tried to kidnap their small son and nearly succeeded. Then thero was Mrs. William Mc Greovy, who also had separated from hor husband. Mr. McGrcevy kidnaped their small boy, and took him from Now York to Stamford, Conn. Nothing daunted, Mrs. McGrcevy went to Stamford and Btolo tho boy back. Again tho father got the Ind, and onco more tho mother regained possession of htm. It was finally settled by the court dividing tho custody of tho boy between his parents. Other Famous Cases. The children of John E. Madden, tho famous horseman, were tho objects of parental kidnaping on more than one occasion boforo tho courts finally stepped In and made a decision that arranged definitely for their custody. James Cook was kidnaped by his mother at Jamaica, L. I., and the po lice hunted her down. Mrs. Ida Mny Wood was arrested after a sensational abduction pf her own daughter In "Brooklyn; Mrs. Ethel Terrell of Chi cugo kidnaped her two llttlo girls from tho hiding place, their father had se lected for them In Kenosha, Wis.; Mrs. Charles Koster oi Now Bruns wick, N. J., Btolo her thrco-year-old son from hlo father's houso; E. C. Holden of Hackensack figured In tho papers when ho took his daughter from her mother tho list is almost endless. It all goes to show that thore Ib a love which rises suporlor to law and the decrees of courtB. A woman may, without n pang, leavo tho man sho has sworn to honor through life. A man mny seo her whom he promised to cherish go from his aide, and nevor shed a tear. But when thero aro chil dren concerned It Is different. Nothing can over replace thom. Nothing can evervklll tho love of father or mother for tho llttlo ones. So, whllo thore are children, and whllo men and women break their marital ties, we shall probably always read of such cases as these, whero tho only crime Is In stealing what belongs to you, anyway! 1' : P NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest From Vari ous Parts of State. Citizens of Wymoro aro asking tho B & M to put In a now depot Land in tho vicinity ot Scotia re cently sold for $108 per acre Robbers entered R. 0. Halt's hard ware store at Fairmont and carried off quite a collection ot goods. Cathcrlno Murphy, flvo years old, ot Johnson county, fell upon a stick and lost one of her eyos. Bornard Swanson, 10 years old, of Polk county, lost his life by being caught In a gasollno engine F. W. Watson of Alliance died In Kansas City. In tho past three years Mr. Watson had thrco deaths In his family, all of them by vlolonce. In tho Fremont police court, Wm. Morton, having admlttod that ho bought boozo for another party, was fined $100 nnd costs, Tho Juno term ot district court convening at Beaver City has 68 cases on tho docket, elevon ot thom being divorce. Gov. and Mrs, Shallonberger cele brated the twonty-flfth anniversary of tholr marrlago, on which occasion members of his staff gave to tho cou ple a chest ot sliver of 172 pieces. While riding ono ot the cap stones to placo on tho First National bank building nt Columbus, J. II. Brock re ceived Injuries that may provo fatal. Tho chain broko and ho fell twenty flvo feet. The supremo court has roversed tho caso against Samuel C. Nelson, who was under a flvo years' sentence to tho penitentiary for cmbezzlemont from tho York Milling company. The caso will probably not bo retried at tho present torm of court John Brun ot Elk Crook found a tarantula In a enso of eggs in his grocery store It Ib presumed tho spider was shipped in a bunch of bananas. An alleged horsothlcf, giving tho namo of Frank Ward, waB captured eight miles cast of Droken Dow. Ward had only recently gono to work for L. D. Evans, a liveryman at Soneca, and while tho proprietor wns at din ner took a lino horso nnd equipment from the stnblo and disappeared. Tho school board of Allogheny, Pa., is contemplating tho sending of some of Its tcachors to tho summer school In tho University of Nebraska during tho coming summer. Tho state championship for 1000 1010, of tho Blxty-Bchool Nebraska high school debating league waB won In a hard fought, high grade contest by Mario Douglas of Plnttsmouth. Second honors woro awardod to Van Webster of Hastings, and third honors fell to Jcsslo Ertel of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs D. C. Dlackburn, llv Ing near Holdrogo, celebrated their golden wedding lost week, over ono hundred friends and neighbors being present Thomas Duncan, who resided on a farm near Dunbar for tho past twenty-flvo years, but who recently moved to Oklahoma and purchased somo land, writes that ho has struck an oil well on his land, which shoots a stream of oil thirty feet higher than tho derrick. C E. Dwycr, horticulturist and manager ot tho holdings of tho Mon ton brothers, In tho wny ot farms and orchards and Arbor Lodge in Otoo county, has been making an inspec tion of the applo crop at Arbor Lodge and Bays that this big or chard will not yield sovcnty-flve bushels of apples this season, whero last year tho crop from this estate alono was 10,500 bushols. A traveling man giving his namo as Curt Weber and travollng out ot Chicago and having his headquarters at Omaha "Mnplalncd to tho sheriff of Otoe county that two enrd sharks with whom ho got into a game on tho Missouri Pacific train going south, had robbed him of $40. They dealt mm a band containing flvo aces and when ho displayed all of his money, ono of them grabbed It and Jumped from tho moving train. Word was received at the govern or's office from tho stato department at Washington that tho DrltlBh con sul at Calgary had granted tho extra dition papers for tho return of Frank Shlreman to Ogallala, this state. Shlreman is wanted on a charge of obtaining monoy undor falso pre tenses. A short hearing wn3 held beforo Governor Shnllonborgcr regarding the pardon of Anton Kruplcka, sontenccd to tho penitentiary for II fo for killing his stepfather. It is said that there were extentuatlng circumstances con nected with tho killing and that Kru plcka's guilt was not proven beyond doubt. The convict is a young fellow. It Is believed that tho governor will lssuo a conditional pardon. News has been received In Nebras ka City of tbo death of H. B. Martin and Mies Eva S. Wheoler at Thermo polls, Wyo, They woro smothered by the fumos of sulphur down In a sul phur mlno whero they had gone to tako flashlight pictures. Mr, Martin was born and reared In tho vicinity of Nebraska City, being tho son ol tho late John Henry Martin. Mrs and Mrs,. Postlo ot Albion cele brated their golden wedding. Thoy havo lived In Boono county twenty flvo years. Prof. Herbert Brownoll, who was re cently tendered a position in tho state university, has decided w accept and will accordingly leave Poru at tho close of the summer school about August 1, Tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bonney of Fnlrbury, was quarantined on account of ono of their children bo Ing afflicted with scarlet fever. This Ib the first caso of scarlot fever to br reported In Falrbury this season, ilIiii?il Ending Her Freedom By RICHARD BARKER SHELTON (Copyright, 1909 by Associated Literary Iress.) The Jlnglo ot tho telephone In tho library Interrupted Holroyd'a peaceful hroakfnBt Almost Impatiently ho aroBo from tho llttlo tnblo In ono corner of tho screened porch for, fair weather or foul, hot or cold, Holroyd Invariably breakfasted nut of doom whllo ho was at The Dlrchcs and stumbled through tho open French window Into tho li brary. Ho caught up tho telephone from the tablo nnd shouted a rather Impatlont "Hello!" Into It "Hello!" caino an anxious volco from tho other end of tho wlro. "Is that you, Jimmy?" " "Yes. Who Is thlsT Oh, you, Anno." said ho as ho recognized tho volco of his cousin, Mrs. Dolmar "What on enrth aro you calling mo up nt this tlmo of tho morning fort What? Troublo over thero! What sort of troublo? Has Billy sneezed this morning? Is that It?" "Listen, Jimmy, nnd don't attempt any of your silly humor Just now," tho agitated volco admonished. "What do you supposo that crazy child has dono now?" "What crazy child?" "Nora, of course" "Oh," said Holroyd, not without a sardonic chucklo as ho realized Anno roforrod to Tom Dclmnr's nloco, Nora Ormond, who was spending two weokB nt tho Dclmnr's placo, and who was In cidentally kcoplng Mrs. Dolmar on tho verge of n nervous breakdown In the meantime "What has sho done, Anno? Sot tho stnblo aflro or accidentally shot ono of tho dogs?" i "Will you bo serious, Jimmy?" his cousin's volco demanded. "It's no time for lovlty. Sho has gono for n gallop" thero was an Imprcsslvo pauso "on Blnckflre," caino tho finish In tremu lous tones. "What?" Holroyd Bhoutod In unbo Hof. "Don't you understand? I toll you sho has gono for n gallop on Black fire Sho was up early this morning, nnd sho wont out to tho stnblo and bribed Tim Into saddling that bruto for her. Tho cook saw her stnrtlng out and so Nora bribed tho cook, too, not to tell mo; but whon sho was gono over an hour, Jenny grow alarmed and hau Just como to mo and told mo tho wholo thing1; nnd Tom's away In town and I can't find Tim anywhero around tho place, nnd goodness only knows what may happen to hor on .that horso! Even Tom himself Is n bit afraid of him. For heaven's snko, Jimmy, seo If you can't find her. That bruto has probably thrown hor somo whoro, and. " Holroyd waited for no more. For nil his lazy exterior, ho was n man of marked decision. Ilia unfinished break fast on tho porch, tho engrossing ar tide ho had been reading In a innga zlno ns ho sipped his coffoo, even his omnipresent clgnrotto case waB for gotten, as iio ran out of tho library and crossed tho trim yard to tho llt tlo garago. In n trlco ho had Jumped, hatlcsa, Into tho low blnck road car, and was whirling down tho drlvp towards tho roads at a furious pneo, Norn Ormond hnd gono out on Blackflre Illackflro, a bruto that had a reputation extending over throo counties for his vicious temper and his proncnosB to attempt raurdor on whoever wns bold enough to perch on his Block back. Just why tho girl ' should hnva crowned her many wild feats since sho hnd been at tho Dolmnr'B with this wildest ono of thom all, Holroyd did not attempt to nrguo with himself; but It was eminently llko her, ho told himself grimly. Sho had gone for a gallop on Black flro; that was enough to mako him Bot his teeth and groan Inwardly. Apd moro than probably, Bomowhoro bo neath that placid autumn morning sky Nora Ormond was was Holroyd was afraid to think of tho possibilities. Whoro had sho gono? Thnt waB tho most important question of tho mo ment. Dp tho mountain road, most probably; and with that point decided to his satisfaction, ho swung the spot-ding car into tho road that led up tho slope Ho gavo tho car full speed and went up tho winding, narrow road at a paco that set the car rocking crazlly. Then as ho swung n sharp curvo, ho saw her sitting on a rock by tho roudsldo. Her hat waB gono; hor hair waB rumpled; hor brown riding skirt wns coverod with duBt and badly torn. Thero was a cut Just abovo hor right temple. Tho blnck car camo to an abrupt halt, Holroyd sprang out nnd stood be foro her, amazed, relieved nnd rathor angry. 'This Ib Just about tho limit!" ho snapped. Sho favored him with ono of hor be wildering smiles. "It was glorious!" she said, with enthusiasm. "Ho wouldn't bnvo thrwn mo nt all, If I hadn't been cnrolsss. I was rather overconfident. I thought I hnd tbo ginger all out of him, for I put him to this slope at a tremendous pace. And becauso I was over-confident ho did tho trick." "You've scared Anne half out ot her wltB," said he, aovorely. "Anne hasn't much spirit," sho re turned. "Quito true. But you havo rather too much," he snapped. Sho raUed her eyebrows In mild re proof. "Perhaps I shouldn't have dono it, but tho temptation was too great, and I should havo been all right, If I hadn't been careless, I havo ridden much worso horses than Blackflro." "How long havo you boon horo?" "A half hour, porhaps." "You had bettor got Into tho cnr. I'll tako you back. Thero Is no nocd ot worrying Anno any longer than wo can reasonably help. She turned away her head and her faco flushed. "I think you'll havo to put mo In tho car," sho said, haltingly. "You boo, when ho throw mo, my anklo twisted. I enn't stop on It ' "Good lord!" said Holroyd undor his breath. Then silently ho lifted her In his nrmB and put her In tho road car. Down tho mountain road thoy whirled. Holroyd's Hps were Bet tight ly together, but now and then he turned to look at hor with a certain curious light In his cyos. "You might havo been Killed!" ho snld, at length. "Even Tom, as good n horseman as thero Is In tho state, Is none too fond ot Blackflro, savo for show purposes," Tho girl made no reply. "You need someone to look after you, ho wont on. "Irresponsible per sons llko you Bhould havo a guardian. What's moro you'ro going to havo ono. You hnvo no right to go risking your neck In this fashion," ho ended, hotly. They hnd reachod tho main road. Holroyd stopped tho car before a vine covered cottage "First off," said ho in a tono that brooked no argument on the' point, "we'll havo that ankle looked after by , Doctor Gray, and whllo ho is fixing It. I'll telephone Anno that you are still In tho land of tho living." Again ho lifted her, unresisting, In, his firms, nnd boro her up tho path' A half hour later he nnd tho doctorj placed her back in tho car. Off they whirled, down tho road to tho village Holroyd stoppod tho car atn tiny brick house, nestling bosldo a llttlo church.; "What what?" sho began, and stopped, blushing furiously. "I promised Anno ovor tho tolo-j phono," Bald ho, "that I would sott to it that you did no more of thesa crazy stunts. I Intend to fulfil that) promlso by having myself vested byj tho proper authority, by tho gentleman within, to quash uny euch proceeding! on your pnrt In tho tuturo. Shall rj tako you In, or Bhnll I call tho rcc-j tor out horo to tho car?" For all his mngniflcont assurance thore was u note of almost pleading: uncortnlnty in his tones. Tho gir was quick to catch It Sho laughed lightly; and oven In tbo midst of hor. laughtor her eyes suddenly softonod,' "Thoro Is no nocd ot giving unduo publicity to this ending ot freedom," Bho said, in n low volco. "You you had better tako mo in, Jimmy." , The Cherub. ' i He had lomon-colorod curls and a noso llko a pink button, and his ago-, was close to four. i Ho camo Into tho drug storo accom panied by his mamma, and was lifted onto a stool at tho soda water coun ter. Ilia mamma ordered two chocolate dips, and immediately theroaftor tho youngster's faco wrlnklod amazingly;' and ho uttered nn Indignant "Waw-t aw-nwl" His mamma bout ovor him. "Mako Alglo a chocolato soda," sho said. Tho ordors wero filled. "Waw-aw-awl" shrlokod tho Infant Again tho tnothor bent down. "Alglo wants a plated holder for hla glass." Tho holder was provldod. "Waw-aw-awl" howled tho llttlo cus tomer. "Alglo wants a Btrnw," said mamma. Alglo got tho straw. Thero was a moment's sllcnco, dur ing which tho llttlo angel intently scowled at tho clork, "What la It, dear?" ; Onco moro tho mothor bent down. "Wnw-nw-uwl" "Alglo doesn't llko your faco," aho said to tho clork. "Will you ploaso go away n llttlo whllo?" Tho clork cheerfully went away. Getting Around It. , A Utlca gentleman who was In Now York recently Invited a certain bright nnd charming young lady to go to tho theater with him. Her homo is on tho upper Wast side, In a neighborhood reached by elthor tho Boulevard or tho Amsterdam avenuo cars. As tboy wero leaving tho young lady's homo she remarked to her escort In tho hearing of hor fathor: ''Wo will take tho AmBtergosh avenuo cars. Father won't lot mo sny dam." Llpplncott's. Value of Argentina's Crops. . Argentina's crops this year aro worth $340,808,880, at present prices, which aro slightly bolow thoso ot 1U08-05. Com leads with $134,598,200. followed by wheat with $127,800,000. Sounds Foolish. "An esthete says when the houso feels baro it Ib apt to be crowded." "Dy the same token, 1 presume, when a man fools hungry It Is the re sult ot overeating." Roller skating bos become popular in the Alpine cities of Switzerland. th streets being used. Tho ao U true ot Mnnhelm. Germany. Aruerk-oa skates are popular