FEUD IS RESULT
OF A REFUSAL
TO KISS BABY
Whole Section in Trouble Because
of Unappreciative Man
with Grouch
COMMUNITY TAKES SIDES
Bill Dunham Open in His Declaration
That Ollie Kebler Shall Yet Beg for
Privilege He Scornfully Refused
Kebler Had Loved Pretty Little
Ones Mother and There Is the Root
of the Whole Trouble Fight So Far
Has Been Interesting with Further
Developments Expected
Cynthiana O Four hundred and
sixty three persons have kissed little
Miss Margaret Dunham aged four
months and three days The tally in
cludes Dave Downing who travels for
McKcehan Heistand Companys
grocery and the five candidates for
office in Pike county Ohio who vis
ited during the recent campaign
which are about all the visitors the
littlo hamlet set down in the beauti
ful Brush creek hills has had recent
ly or at least as recently as the com
ing of Miss Dunham into the world
that has welcomed her with kisses
But despite the fact that she has been
kissed by more persons than any girl
in Pike county and most of them are
kissahlo the fact that Ollie Kibler
has not kissed her has started trouble
divided the town Into two factions and
almost caused a feud between the
Dunhams and the Kibler family
Everybody in Cynthiana over the
age of five months excepting Kibler
has kissed Miss Dunham Kibler alone
has refused to fall in love with her
How Kibler can refuse to kiss her no
one else in town can understand for
she is the prettiest plumpest sweet
est baby ever born That is what her
mother says and besides that 463 per
sons including Dave Downing who
ought to be unprejudiced heing a
bachelor have said the same thing
She is so soft and satiny and so pink
and white and her blue eyes open
with such amazed and delighted
stares and her dimples evolve such
unexpected and wonderful smiles and
her soft little rosebud hands flut
ter so confidingly into even the horny
hands of the loggers that any per
son it seems who has any human
blood in his veins wants to grab her
right into his arms and just squeeze
her and kiss her and then look
ashamed and say I always liked ba
bies and sneak away and wish he
had one just like it
Where Ollie Kibler Lost Out
That is the way little Miss Dunham
has affected everybody except Ollie
Kibler He has not kissed her and
will not kiss her
Therefore there is trouble
It appears from the facts -that are
ascertainable that Miss Margaret
Shannon who was better known as
Madge was the belle of the entire dis
trict around Cynthiana by the time
she was 18 years old Not only that
but the young men from Bainbridge
drove down to call on her and once
it was rumored that she was engaged
to a wealthy young man up at Wav
erly the county seat Everybody
knew that Fred Cravens from Sink
ing Springs was wildly in love with
her Almost all the town boys were
and especially Ollie Kibler who owns
a big farm over Camerons mountain
besides his house in Cynthiana
Then Bill Dunham big hearty good
natured and with a laugh that could
be heard over half the town fell a
victim to the prettiness of Margaret
Shannon and that settled it They
were married and Ollie Kibler became
a sort of woman hater People with
college educations would have called
him misanthropic but Cynthiana sim
ply referred to it as grouch except
Uncle Billy Newell who said Ollie
was peevish
At any rate Ollie ceased to be the
Beau Brummel of Cynthiana and set
tled down to business and was as hard
as flint and as Uncle Billy Newell
vowed as closs as his paw was and
14 shoemakers couldnt have got a
bristle between his fingers and a dol
Jar
Story About the Baby
All those things happened years
ago possibly ten Bill Dunham got
along pretty well in the lumber busi
ness running a sawmill over Newell
Mills way and hauling to Bainbridge
and his wife was just as pretty as
when she was a girl although in a
different sort of way They were hap
py but until a few months ago their
happiness was incomplete
Bill Dunhams friends said he hadnt
an enemy on earth He was one of
the most popular men in Pike county
and a lot of the Republicans up at
Cynthiana wanted Bill to run for coun
ty supervisor and try to wrest the con
trol of old Pike county from the Dem
ocrats but Bill said he didnt care
for politics and refused to run al
though ho let them make him an al
ternate to the state convention which
was quite an honor He took his wife
with him to Columbus and they visit
ed the penitentiary and the blind asy
lum and but that is another story
This story is about the baby
When the baby arrived everybody
said it would be a pretty baby for
its father was big and handsome and
its- mother so pretty Grandma Shan
non said it took after the Shannons
and Grandpa Dunham vowed it fav
ored tho Dunhams but almost every
body said it resembled both Its eyes
were blue like Its fathers and the
upper part of Its face was his one
could see that by putting a hand over
the mouth But its nose and mouth
were just like Its mothers only prot
Uer she said although of course
Bill denied that
Anyhow it was the prettiest baby
that ever came to Cynthiana Every
body conceded that but no one sus
pected that it was going to cause
so much trouble
The First Great Event
When it or she rather her mother
gets mad when anybody calls her
it was just one month old they
took her to the Campbelllte church
and christened her Margaret after her
mother and her mothers Aunt Mag
who sent the little turquoise ring and
the knit jacket for the baby
By that time almost everybody In
town had kissed Margaret her moth
er wont let her be called Mag or
Madge and on the day of the chris
tening almost everybody else kissed
her
They dont have these new fangled
ideas about it being unhealthy to kiss
babies down in Cynthiana and when
Dave Downing kissed Margaret and
said he was going to stay single and
marry her when she grew up Mrs
Dunham was just as proud as any
one could be
The real trouble didnt stact until
Margaret was over two months old
Her mamma had her out riding in her
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new go cart the one with the front
that lets down and the blue silk para
sol with a robe to match all covered
with blue ribbon when right in front
of Wickershams store they met Ollie
Kibler He was standing there talk
ing to Nate Giddlngs from over at
Paint
Kibler Refused Precious Boon
Nate never had seen the baby so
of course he spoke to it and began
playing with it and when it cooed
and laughed and wrinkled up its dim
pled little face he didnt do a thing
but stoop down and kiss her Nate
is a family man himself and has three
or four kids at home and likes them
But Ollie never moved He just stood
there and looked disgusted and Nate
and Mrs Dunham talked baby and she
asked how Mrs Giddlngs was Then
Nate not meaning to make any trou
ble laughed and said Ollie come and
kiss the baby Ye aint afraid are
ye Ollie said something about not
making a fool of himself over any
slobbery brat and walked away
Nate said afterwards he was so mad
he could have kicked Ollie and Mrs
Dunham was so hurt she almost cried
She went straight home and at supper
she told her husband and Bill was hot
under the collar Of course he didnt
care whether Ollie Kibler ever kissed
his baby or not In fact hed rather
he wouldnt but that didnt make it
any better
Swore Kibler Should Be Sorry
And then and there Bill swore that
Ollie would kiss the baby or be sorry
for it He went right up to the store
and told Ollie what he thought of him
before all the men and repeated his
vow that Ollie would be begging for a
chance to kiss the baby before he got
through with him Ollie was just as
mad as Bill was and swore he would
nt kiss anybodys squawking colicky
brat Tho idea of saying that when
Margaret never had colic but once
and that was when Lizzie Muntz gave
her a lump of sugar
Bill and Ollie came near fighting
and would have fought If Mr Wick
ersham hadnt told them to dry up or
else go out In the street and fight It
out
Tho trouble grew serious at once
Half the people In town declared that
Ollie ought to be tarred and feath
ered A few said that the Dunhams
oughtnt to be so touchy The rest
just kept quiet
A few days later Bill came out as a
candidate for township trustee on the
Republican ticket just to beat OHIe
who was a Democrat He only had
three weeks to campaign in but ho
swept the township and it went Re
publican for the first time in years
Made Ollie Spend Money
Bill didnt boast much He simply
repeated his assertion that Ollie would
beg to kiss the baby before he got
through with him Then he went up
to Bainbridge on business and caught
the train for Waverly and what did
he do but buy a tax claim on a piece
of land that belonged to Kibler Ollie
had neglected to pay the taxes and it
was advertised among the delin
quents so Bill bought It just to spite
Ollie and make him spend money
People began to say that Bill Dunham
could be just as bad an enemy as Iie
was a good friend but they didnt
know him until he had two of Olllea
stray cows that were feeding along
the roadside taken to the pound
When Ollie had to pay one dollar each
fine he was so mad he threatened to
lick Bill
Thats the way the feud stands now
Bill still vows that Ollie must kiss
his baby and ask his wifes permission
to do it But Ollie swears hell law
Bill out of Pike county before hell
do it
As for little Miss Dunham she is
growing prettier each day and from
present signs about the time she gets
to be 17 Ollie or any other human
being will beg for the chance
Cheer Upl
Here is some good advice from the
Ottawa News
Cheer up
What right have you to carry a fu
neral in your face The world has
troubles of its own
Cheer up and change your point
of view Your ills are mostly imag
inary Why man alive in five min
utes walk you can find scores of peo
ple worse off than you And here you
are going through the world feeling
sorry for yourself the meanest sort
of pity in the world You are nurs
ing an ingrown illusion Rid your
self of the bogie man and
Cheer up Los Angeles Times
Long and Short of it
Junior Partner Did you see that
short man who was inquiring for you
Senior Partner No What kind of
a looking chap was he
Junior Partner Oh he was rather
tall and
Senior Partner But you just said
he was short
Junior Partner Well I guess he
was At least he wanted me to stake
him to a dollar until he could see you
Chicago Daily News
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GREAT SOLAR SPOT FOUND
Prof Brashear Announces Discovery
Which Portends Storms
Pittsburg Pa Professor John A
Brashear of the Allegheny observatory
has announced a discovery of one of
tho greatest sun spots ever called to
the attention of astronomers He says
electrical disturbances will be experi
enced throughout the country soon
These disturbances he further de
clares may take the form of a dis
play of the aurora borealis or tele
graph and telephone communication
may be seriously affected
Tho present spot is so large that it
can be seen through smoked glass and
the scientist says it is one of the most
active of solar spots In his statement
of the discovery Professon Brashear
says
A very large and beautiful sun spot
or solar disturbance is now crossing
the face of the sun and is approaching
the central meridian This is the larg
est spot that has been seen for sev
eral years Its approximate length is
118000 miles and it is 30000 miles
wide covering an area of about 3500-
000 square miles There is considera
ble activity in the spot and there may
be some electrical disturbances on the
earth soon but this is rather difficult
to predict on account of the position
of the disturbance in relation to the
earth
Besides this great group of spots
there are three other groups to the
west of it and a fourth is just leaving
the sun on the eastern side This
great spot can be readily seen by the
naked eye with a piece of smoked
glass Indeed my attention was call
ed to it by a gentleman who saw it
through the morning fog We have
been observing the spot with great
interest measuring it and estimating
its size It is a great spot stretching
an eighth of the way across the sun
It comes at a time when it is not
usual to expect sun spots and is of
greater interest for that reason Why
it now appears is not explained
FARM LABORERS IN DEMAND
Plan Adopted by Empire State to
Supply Needed Help
New York The bureau of informa
tion and statistics or the New York
state department of agriculture esti
mates that fully 50000 laborers will
be required on the farms of the state
this spring and through its office in
this city is putting into execution a
novel plan which in a small way
proved highly successful in supplying
the demand last year
The department has advertised ex
tensively both in New York and m
Europe for agricultural laborers and
as a consequence is in daily receipt
of many applications from men both
single and married who are anxious
to work on the farms of the state
Many applications have been received
from Holland and other European
countries where whole families are
willing to emigrate if assured of farm
employment here
Many immigrants reaching New
York are at once engaged by the bu
reau of farm employment Last year
the bureau placed 4171 farm laborers
and hopes this year to increase the
number to the 50000 which will give
the farmers of the state a chance to
sleep nights But an investigator who
a day or two listened to 28 appeals
for assistance in two hours spent on
two blocks on Fourteenth street all
of them from men out of work and
then recalled the many appeals of
philanthropic and charitable organiza
tions for funds with which to assist
New Yorks army of unemployed won
ders why it should be necessary to
advertise in Europe for laborers to
relieve a situation within ten miles of
Broadway which is little better than
that of Kansas at the time of the
wheat harvest
HUNTERS KILL LARGE LYNX
Animal with Tassels on Its Ears
Makes Attack on Men
Memphis Tenn An animal weigh
ing 60 pounds with tassels on its ears
yellowish striped fur and a stubby
tail was shot the other day near Port
Jarvis Sullivan county The old in
habitants say that the beast is a lynx
and the oldest of them swears that he
has not seen a lynx in this section
since he was a boy 7S years ago
Since then he says with a chuckle
they have been missing lynx
James Cooley and Andrew Van
Dyke were hunting for foxes which
they supposed had robbed their hen
neries They came across queer
tracks on the snow then the lynx
came across them
The beast jumped from a tall stump
and landed on Van Dykes back It
ripped the heavy clothing from his
back and lacerated his flesh Afraid
of shooting his comrade Cooley
kicked the lynx in the head with his
heavy boots The beast turned on
Cooley fastening its teeth and claws
in his thigh Van Dyke jumped up
and placing the muzzle of his gun to
its head blew its brains out
Reflection from Ore Deposits
German observers recorded as long
ago as 1747 that a luminous emanation
of variable shape will appear in the
dark at points on the surface of the
earth below which there are extensive
ore deposits Immediately before or
during a thunderstorm these phenom
ena are said to be especially striking
Similar observations have more re
cently been made in North America
in the neighborhood of ore deposits
The electric emanation given off from
the surface of the earth has been re
peatedly ascertained photographically
In the Land of Famine
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From stereograph copyright by Underwood Underwood N Y
As a result of the great famine and plague now ravaging China it is said
that over 1000000 natives have already perished The accompanying photo
graph shows how some of the bodies of the victims are disposed cf
iOT ARE SAVANTS
MENTAL FEATS PERFORMED BY
INMATES OF IOWA ASYLUM
One Feeble Minded Boy Is Walking
Dictionary Another a Marvelous
Speller and a Third Has a
Freakish Memory
Omaha Neb The Iowa state insti
tution for the feeble minded children
located at Glenwood has several
idiot savants who are regarded as
remarkable One inmate is used as
a calendar and date record another is
utilized as a dictionary another is em
ployed as a ready rapid calculator and
others show the marvelous but unex
plainable traits of the learned idiots
Dr A R Schier assistant superin
tendent of the institution has just
made his report as required by the
Iowa law The most astonishing case
he reports is that of John S taken
into the institution when he was 12
years of age and who has been there
23 years He is the mental bookkeep
er of the home
When the date of any occurrence
about the institution is desired as in
formation John S gives it He recalls
without error the date of the employ
ment of any new hand or the entrance
or discharge of any inmate
If he has seen a visitor at the home
he can recall the exact date of the
visit the condition of the weather at
that time and some of the incidents
connected therewith even though it
occurred years before any question is
asked him concerning it If given the
day of the month the month and years
of any occurrence as far back as 35
years John S will without hesitation
tell upon what day of the week the
date fell Asked how he does it he
replies that he does not know
Marvelous ability is shown by a boy
inmate about 16 years of age He can
neither read nor write yet he can
readily spell any word given him and
as Dr Schier says He has been
tried with uncommon words time and
time again and never fails to spell
them correctly He is constantly
Structures Costing Over 40000000
Erected Since Earthquake
San Francisco Cal The sum of
40128753 represents the aggregate
of building in San Francisco for which
permits have been applied since the
middle of last May when the building
inspection bureau resumed its opera
tions
Of this 21 new office and other
buildings represent 3050000 reen
forced concrete and other class B
construction contribute 2194100
brick buildings in general contribute
14198549 frame structures 16
387902 and the alterations of build
ings gutted by fire add 4298202
The report showing the above totals
has been presented to the board ot
public works by Building Inspector
Horgan The number of buildings
taken up each month and their cost is
segregated and the rapid rebound in
building operations is shown by the
monthly totals
For May permits were issued for all
classes of buildings to the amount of
795619 June showed a great gain
1689288 The subsequent increases
by months were as follows July 2
3S9501 August 454S551 Septem
ber 6309013 October showed a
slight decrease over the previous
month 6046369 November made a
called upon to settle spelling disputes
and is as reliable as a dictionary
Both his parents were insane
G F H aged 18 years of Danish
descent can multiply three figures by
three figures as rapidly as they can
be written down He never fails in
his multiplication feats but his addi
tion subtraction and division are not
correct
A 17-year-old boy R G L without
education is able to mold the forms
of animals with almost miraculous per
tection Other figures he cannot make
He was found one day mixing saliva
with dust and molding the figures of
animals which from his first attempt
were perfect in almost every detail
ROCKEFELLER GIVES OIL IS UP
New Profits of 40000000 May Offset
32000000 Benefaction
Philadelphia With the announce
ment of the proposed gift by John D
Rockefeller of 32000000 to the Gener
al Education Board comes notice to
the oil dealers and consumers all over
the country of an advance in the price
of oil which will net the Standard
Oil company about 40000000 addi
tional in a single year
It is estimated from the figures at
hand that fully 12400000 of the addi
tional annual tax must come from the
homes of the working class where oil
is used for light and fuel
Notice of the advance in the price
of Standard Oil products was received
by dealers Thursday the same day the
announcement of the great gift was
made Although the advance quoted
to wholesalers is one half cent a gallon
on oil for domestic use the public will
pay one cent additional as the retail
dealers have raised the price to con
sumers from 10 to 11 cents per gal
lon
The yearly consumption of oil for
domestic purposes in Philadelphia is
about 15500000 gallons So this city
alone will pay an additional sum of
155000 annually for the cheap grade
of oil used for light and heat
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Rebuilding
an Francisco
decided gain 7233765 The rains of
the past two months show in the
final totals for December 5915290
and January 5201357
LONDON NOW LIKES AUTOBUS
Popularity of Vehicle Shown by Fall
ing Off in Tube Passengers
London After all the abuse that
was heaped on the noisy evil smelling
and nerve destroying autobus a few
months ago it is now interesting to
note the effect the autobus has had on
the underground railways and what
it means to London
The two penny tube which only
the other day was regarded as almost
the last word of locomotion has lost
1000000 passengers during the year
and the responsibility is laid on the
autobus
This is not an isolated instance for
the same story has been told at almost
every railway meeting here during the
last few weeks It -is wonderfully
eloquent of the hold which the huge
and unwieldly but fast moving vehicle
has gained here and the agitation
which only a few months ago was
raised against the motor seems ludi
crous in the face of such a figure as
that mentioned at the meeting of the
tube company the other day
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