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T THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; PATTKDAT. XOVEMnKK trt. 1004. 3 ' -t ! X I U 5 ! i REAL MONEY IN A GOOD NAME laTentor Edison Blocki an Attempt of OrafUn to Fleece the Public fOOLISH SON STIRS WIZARD TO ACTION 'VAesw L Y ansa b arsstfa Wbb1 H.ABt?4 Vstt rmur that nu sasse Might Be tsea fraaa Order Issaea. Thomas A. Edison, the famous Inventor, took drsstio meana to protect hla name nd by the same meana exposed a akeleton la the family rloaet. At the request of Mr. Edison, subple m anted by ample proof, the Postofflce de partment laaued a fraud order ecalnet Tha Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., Chemical Company of New York" and Its officers debarring them from the use of the mails and brought to light a condition of ;in"alis which tha posts) authorltlea rgarJ-i us showing conclusively a fraudulent at tempt to get money out of the pocketa of a trusting public by use of Edison's nam. The order Indud') also Thomaa A. Edison, Jr.,- aon of the electrical wizard, and the evidence In the can Indicates a state of trained relations between father and son. The offices of tha Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., Electrical company are at U and 1 Stone alreet. New Tork. The company offered for sale a device styled "tha magno tseclrle vllaJIsr,"' which consisted prin cipally of sn alleged electric battery. In February, VA, tha patent ofllca denied an application for a patent of the device on tha ground that tha battery consisted only of two plates of copper with Interposing acidulated blotting paper, which the ex aminers pronounced Inoperative because there was noaher any relation of copper and sine as required for a battery cell. Alterations were suggested by the patent office to meet the requirements for a bat tery, but they were not satisfactory to the examiners snd a second application for a patent was refused. The Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., Chemical com pany advertise! Ita device extensively. In on of Ita statements it said that young Edison had refused 750,060 for his Inven tion. It wss stated also that young Edi son had Inherited the Inventive genlua of Ilia father, but had devoted It to the cause of humanity and waa proving his philan thropy by offering tha mag no-electric vltal Iser for sale at coat 1. Readers of tha advertisement were Invited to send a de scription of their aliments to Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., at tha company's address and it waa shown by the evidence submitted that responses were sent to these to the effect that young Edison had found that the symptoms described were such a could be cured by his Invention. Assistant Attorney General Goodwin, In tha opinion recommending the fraud order. Says: 'It appeara that the article which the company is endeavoring to sell to the pub lic Is Inoperative; that all matters of opinion relative to Its curative power for diseases, and other matters of opinion, are made dishonestly, and with Intent to de ceive and that falsa and fraudulent repre sentations are made regarding foreign pat ents, tha Inventive genius of Edison, Jr., Ills Inventing this vltallxer, the personal attention alleged to be given to the treat ment by Edison, Jr., tha laboratory of Edison, Jr., and hla motives In offering the article for sale." Ilgaattrt Vsed. Another feature 'in tha case was tha fac simile of tha signature of Thomas Alva Edison, sr., used by tha company for a considerable Uma, but afterwards discon tinued. It appears from the evidence that the company Imitated the signature of ' Edison, sr. -In bis opinion, As'l't.-int At torney General Goodwin aays: "Tha company throughout I's literature expressly and Impliedly seeks to convey to tha pnbllo the impression that Edison, )., la a man of Inventive genlua as great a that of his father. For instance, the following was written by Manager Sparks: ." 'Never has tha truth of the' law of heredity btan so well .Illustrated as It baa In tha Edlsons father and son.' " It. was disclosed Edison, Jr., was not tha Inventor; that under tha agreement ha had with tha company he never re ceived over $36 a week, while the company , sold thousands of the Vltallier at $8 per set at a large profit- v From the evidence before the department It- appeared tha vltallxer waa never pat anted. Examiner George W. Seeley of the patent office found it Inoperative. In Feb ruary, 1908, Mr. Beeley said tha "so-called BEAUTY OF SKIN PURITY OF BLOOD Ancient' and Modern Ideas on These Interesting Subjects. UP-TO-DATE METHODS for Purifying: and Beautifying the Skin, Scalp, Hair and Hands. Socrttea call ad beauty a short-Hred tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature, Theocritus, a delightful prejudice, Tneophrastos a silent cheat, Carneadee a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious gift of nature, Ovid a favor of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty waa better than all the letters of rec ommendation la the world, and yet one of these distinguished authorltlea has left ns area a bint of how beauty U to be perpetuated, or the ravages of age and disease defied. Time soon blends the Illy and the rose Into the pallor of age, disease dots the fair face with cutaneous disfigurations and crimsons the Roman nose with unsight ly flushes, moth. If not met, corrupts tee glory of eyes, teeth, and Hps yet baauUfil by defacing ths complexion, and All the aenslUre soul wlttt agony. If such be the unhappy condition of one afflicted with slight skin blemishes, what must be the feelings of those la whom torturing humors have for years run riot, covering the akin with scales and sores and charging the ' blood with poisonous elements to be come a part of the system nniV death f tt Is in the treatment of torturing, disfiguring humors and affections of iae skin. scaJp and blood, with loss of hair, that ths Cutlcura remedies have achieved their greatest success. Orig inal la pom position, scientifically com pounded, absolutely pure, nnchangti able la anjr climate, always ready, axd agreeable to the most delicate and aen Utve, they present to. young and old the most successful curatives of mod era Uwcs. battery cell appears to be Inoperative." Amendments were proposed and a year later Mr. 8eley found the device still In operative, the body of the patient receiv ing little of the current In the circuit. Among other representations to the pub lic as one that the alleviation of human suffering waa the object of tha company, the profits being but slight. Where Idea Originated. Franklin Everhart and W. Newton Ben nington in 1901 organised the Edison Chem ical company, under tha laws of Delaware. After a few months' operation they were enjoined from using the name as a result of a suit brought against them by Mr. Edison. Their claim that a C. M. Edison wss a member of their directorate, and that It waa hla name that waa used by the company waa not upheld. Then Everhart, Bennington and certain other men In "the street" approached Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and secured a,tllle to the right to use hla. name. They met young Edison In this city. He was lra prei.onable, and it was therefore an easy matter for Everhart to get the boy to permit the use of his name in connection with a new company for a consideration of $2S per wer-k. With this accomplished, tha concern known as the Thomas A, Edison, Jr., Chemical company waa organised under the laws of Delaware. t'ntll they coul.t hit upon some electrical term to give to the company's products the associates simply sold Ink, bluing, pa per, perfume and other commodities. One day young Edison happened to speak of an Idea he had in connection with a medical electric battery. Everhart and Bennington seised upon the Idea Instantly. An appli cation for a patent was sent to Washington. The answer came back that the affair was Inoperative. This did not deter Everhart In the least. Ha decided that he had the rough outline of an apparatus which might be trimmed up and made a wonderful Invention. He secured the services of men who had some knowledge of electricity, and by December C, 1902, had been able to construct, a com plex bit ,of head and body harness which was called the magno-electrlc vltallxer, and said was cspable of curing every disease known to man. On that day he drew up a contract with Thomas A. Edison. Jr., assigning all rights to the latter and a royalty of t2 on every vltallxer sold, the price of the article be ing fixed at 18. Blow to Thomaa Edlaoa. Thomas A. Edison, the veteran and bril liant Inventor, after bearing for almost two years a heavy weight of sorrow be cause his son and namesake for a paltry weekly stipend plunged the family nams into disreputable association, put all tho energy of his declining years Into the fight which came to a successful termination today. The son, repentant and broken In health. Is, even now with the battle won, under the watchful eye of a nurse at Greenwood Luke, lest In his present nervous condition he might unwittingly yield to the persua sion of other smooth-tongued men. Reconciliation is at hand between father and son. The one is willing to forgive and forget; the other wants another chance. So anxious was Edison, Jr., to take ad. vantage of the friendly hand of aid which his father extended to him in September that he got up out of a sick bed and went to Washington as a witness In the case. Thomas A. Edison appealed to the Wash ington authorities in this wise: "The Thomas A. Edison, Jr., Chemical company Is and has been engaged In an Illegitimate, fraudulent and deceptive schema for Imposing upon the credulous public, and particularly upon persona In-, capacitated and made desperate by dis ease. My son, who Is named in the com pany's literature as a great Inventor and medical authority and In personal charge of the regulation of the vltallxers to he needs of Individual cases, Is a young man of no scientific or inventive attainments. He never represented himsulf such. All tho statements attributed to him In the alleged interviews and In the publications of the company are false. He has no in terest in the company and never was dl. rectly connected with Its operations. "The boy was gotten hold of solely for tho use of his name. In the way of re muneration he never received more than $36 a week. "He did suggest to the company on one occasion the advisability of marketing an electric medical battery, but It was not the 'vltallier.' My son is Incapable of making any Invention or diacovery of mrlt. "Before 1808 he was employed in a cler ical capacity in my office. Ho has had no regular employment since, but has sup ported himself by the sale of his name to a number of persons, who have sought to trade on my reputation." Baa's Confession. To his father, Thomas A. Edison, Jr., made this confession: "I was a stockholder In the company bearing my name, but in August, lflul, after having received only $35 a week for clerical work In the office, dropped It ifnd never went back again. Those vltallxers were made by the wholesale t Cambridge port, Mass. I never saw anv of h onm. pany'a letters until I signed an affidavit, on August ii. iwk. Ai statements which have been attributed to me In hn pmnnanv. literature are false. I never gave an In. terview to anybody. I was misled by one named Newton Bennlnaton and a. raaliicd that I was being Imposed upon. several occasions I protested tho men- lion or 'Mr. Edison' In the comnanv'a lu. erature and ths una of your signature, wnicn waa taken from a photograph. "It Is hard for me to realize nnw hn t could have been so weak as to yield to tha persuasion or mass men, who have been trading on our family naina anil reputation." NEW YORK'S FLOWER SHOW Soma ISO Varieties of Chrysaath. mama Exhibited la Ceatral Park Greeahoase. There Is a wealth of color In tha ex hibition of chrysanthemums which, with one of other flowers, opened Monday at tha Central Park conservatories, Fifth avenue and One Hundred and Fifth street. There wera soma 160 varieties of the beautiful blossoms In all colors and shades, very evenly divided. A feature of the' show was the mass of little Mlspah chrysanthe mum which tormed a border to the larger plants, extending around the sides and center of. the north conservatory. These are small plants with many little daisy-like blossoms, tha greatest number of a deep magnsta pink with here and there ona of yellow or white. Thomas Humphreys Is the new chrysan themum of tha year; It la a beautiful rich terra-cotta, with yellow under petals, which turn up to form a medium slxed and very pretty blossom. Rider Haggard Is an old friend, with white petals and beauti ful sunflower-Ilk center; Shavings la a funny little narrow, curled petaled flower In yellow and yellow and red, which looks half wilted; Sliver Cloud is a big, creamy whit beauty, and tli Petaluna ar sharp petaled blossoms which look like small hedgehogs. Acacls and genestas make a feathery background of green and In tha center are pig tree ferns and New Holland plant. In the stov house adjoining th north greenhouse ar the pitcher plsnts In which tha children delight, and quite a crop of peanuts has bean raised ia th cgnstrva- tories this year. A heslthy plant on ex hibition shows a mammo4heanut on the surface of the ground. Peanuts r not tubers, they tell the children who Inquire, but a fruit, a seed pod which In Us last stages work Itself Into th earth. Ther are beautiful sensitive planta In this house, the foliage plants in -green ana wiui. red, a green snd white pineapple being na which Is always Interesting. In the main greenhouse they have a small coffee plantation, raised since last year, snd In the entrance one big coffee plant some eight feet high and In full fruit, good-slxed pods, eacn containing a double berry. In the rear comer of the main conservatory I the most valuable plant In the collection, a great Australian flame tree at least twenty feet tall and with a leaf resembling that of the pin oak. The tree was In blossom last month, show. Ing brilliant flama-colored bloom which will not be seen again for another year, This plant Is a fine specimen valued at $1,000. In the center of the house Is th big royal palm tree, with a fountain of silvery strings on the trunk well below the leaves. the fruit of the tree. There are enormou Chinese fan palm trees, whose leaves would make fan for giant, a sago palm with Its husk-covered trunk, and an enor mous banana tree, with a big bunch of half. grown bananas. These are the red variety. The leaves are seven and eight feet long. Btag-hom and eelphant-ear fern are al ways Interesting In tha fern house, and there I a new lot of orchids the cattleya dowlana. a cream top and rich crimson lip, a beauty, and a queer little leopard' spoted tygopetalum mackayl, which Is In teresting. Nothing Is more beautiful than th tea roses In full blossom In the south green house. These ar trained across one end of the house l'ldore, the petals tinted with deep shell pink; the pearl de Jardln, a deep yellow, and a large-petaled pure whit blossom nlphltus. President Pallas of the park board has suggested many Improve ment In the plant work since he came Into office. The exhibition will continue for a month. New Tork Times. COULD NOT STOP CRYING Love Letters of a Constable la aa Amaslas; Breach f Promise Case la aa Irish Coart. The love letters of an Irish constable kept the Longford county court In roar of laughter tha other day, when their author waa sued for breach of promise. The Judge, scenting amusement at the outset, cheerily remarked that th case would probably be a pleasant change after a long day of dull litigation. His forecast was correct Though he cried when he left her and did not know when he waa going to stop, Con stable Patrick Greallsh, formerly of the County Longford force, and now stationed In County Mayo, did not marry Miss Agnes Fanning, a dressmaker, but chose someone else. Consequently Miss Fanning sought 600 damages. She was awarded 65. The couple became engaged In' October, 1902, Greallsh being then at Longford, and Miss Fanning living with her brother, who kept a public house opposite the barracks. When he had nothing else to do Greallsh, according to Miss Fanning' counsel, says the Irish Independent, spent his time in tha public house making love to Miss Fan ning. Then he was transferred to Drum Ush, and love letters poured upon Miss Fan ning by the shoal. But hla affections changed. The first In timation Mis Fanning had of the change waa dramatic. She heard that her lover had married someone else. Counsel .was armed with. a large bundlje of the love letters. The following are ex tracts: i It Is needless to mention tcf you. my Ag nes, I am heart-broken it- this place (Drumllsh). I arrived here quite safe about & p. m. I must mention, AHr.es, that I cried th whole way out. (Laughter.) You know, Agnes, I could live in a wilderness and be happy as long as 1 could have vou with me. But, dearest, it's something desperate on me to be separated from you. However, It'a not long, darling, we shall be apart, although, darling, while I am writing this letter 1 am crying as much as when part ing from you yesterday. 1 don't know when I am going to stop. Not, 1 suppose, until you are with me. Well darling, they are all glad to see me In nrumllsn. Mrs1. Burbnge went so far as to kirn me on my arrival last night. (Laughter). But that was not to be won dered at, aa we are from the same town land and went to school together. Also Father Kevllle. When he met me he stretched me out his two hands, and tha next thing he says to me: "You must give me a half sovereign toward the building of the new chapel." (Loud laughter.) I am sure I muft have been noticed when leaving you yeaterday. I mean my crying, dearest. I was more or less ashamed, darl ing, but I could not help It. The next letter was a model of briefness. "Just a few line," It ran; "I am In very bad form for writing, a my hand is shaky." He added, however, "Love to death" and three crosre. 'Subsequently ho was in better form, though "still lonesome": It makes m very lone'y to see all the market people going to Longford today, and your own Greallsh In a hut In Drum ltsh. Well, my dearest Agnea, there la one matter now which I must mention to you, though, darltog, at the same time it makes me blush to have to admit it. That la our marriage, which Is to come off befor Ad vent. I by myself am not In a position to carry out the wish of my heart that is, to be married this month. But, darling, it would be the wish of my heart that we could be married before Advent come In. So now, Agnes, darling, I suppose at the very low est It will take about 10 to attain that object; so, dearest, let mo know by return If you will be able to give me that much. (Laughter). Then, darling, w will be one until death. His last letter was undated. It cam from Lanes borough. It ran: My Dear Agnes: I have got the rings by this morning's poet. I trust in God It will fit you all right, as you can keep any ona of the rings you like, and send the other two back, aa I must return them tonight. Tou ran keep the case; It is free. 1 will put the ring on your Anger tomorrow. You can keep It until then. Goodbye, your lov ing Patrick. Send ma a note tonight. Don't forget. The defendant did not appear, but his eounsel startled tha court by stating that tha defense was Insanity. He afterward explained that this was a Jest "But," he added, "If the Jury took the bundl of let ters I have here up to the room with them and looked them over they would come to tha conclusion that a more Imbecile bundle of productions was never written." Miss Fanning gav It as her opinion that the letter asking for 10 waa a mean ona. She "had written and told him so. She did not aend tha money. London Mall. WEAR TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS Advle of a Shoe talessaaa to Resi dents of the Eastera Blls sard Belt. "I see you wear two pairs of socks," said the- shoe salesman to the customer. "You are very wise. A good many people are beginning to do It, especially between seasons. "People ought to do It all through the winter. There Is mor warmth In two pairs of summer socks than ther I In th heavi est pair of woollens that ever wss manu factured. ' "If you are troubled with cold feet, you will find that the combination of a pair of woollens and a pair of lightweight socka balbrlggun or llsl thread will fix you uj comfortably th coldest day that comes If your feet ar tender, you can wear the thread ones Inside and th wool without. If you ar eatra cold reverse the pro. Wulcbsv you do, you wUl find the thin ft ' w WE HAVE ALL AGREED ON THIS THE pair easily doubles the value of the thick one. "There is, generally speaking, an alto gether wrong notion as to the, best way to keep the feet warm. People ask for heavy soles and cork soles and Insoles and, fleece soles, and fhlnk they are protecting; their feet. 'It Is all a mistake. The soles of the feet are not sensitive to cold. It Is not through the soles that you catch cold or feel cold. Any ordinary shoe affords the feet all the protection necessary, so far as temperature Is concerned. 'To avoid cold feet the ankles and Instep should be protected. That's where your second pair of socks does Its work. But, as a matter of fact, In very cold weather everyone should wear cloth tops covering the whole upper part of the shoe. "With spats and doubled socks and me dium weight shoes you can walk on ice in sero weather and not know It's cold so far aa your feet are concerned. Of course you feel the cold most In your toes, but the protection of the upper part of the foot where the larger blood vessels run down Is the main thing. Your toes won't feel cold if the rest of your foot is warm. "I'd like to sell you a pair of tops. These black ones would Just go with your new shoes. They're only no, not this time? Well, call again." New York Bun, MILLIONAIRE FOR BUSINESS Bank; Clerk Who Handles a Haadred Millions Daring; Each Year. Tha handling of sums of money approxi mating $100,000,000 each year is a feat with which but few people have to trouble them selves. Lemoyn S. Hatch of Chicago la on of these few. Mr. Hatch Is In charge of the "currency bin" of the First National bank and annually bank notes, silver cer tificates and gold pass through his hand to a total of tha amount above named. He ha been handling money for the last six years, so he has counted In his life something like over S5O0.0O0.OOO. On night recently at a contest held by bank clerks h conclusively proved the old adage to the effect that practice make perfect, by counting a total of $6,000 In note of vari ous denominations In the record-breaking time of twenty-one minute six and a half seconds. This money. In the form of notes of dlf. ferent denominations, 6s, 10s and 20s, was wrai ped In ona large package divided by trip Into small parcels. In counting th money Mr. Hatch sorted th denomination together, counted them, wrapped them up In package and made out a complete state ment of tha currency handled. Each pack age of each denomination wa "proved" after being orted and after being tied up, so In all th 816 bills of which the amount consisted were handled three times, equal ing tha counting of 2,636 bills one time. Thl t considerably aver 100 bills per min ute. "This Is a little faster than w generally work during th day work," said Mr. Hatch, "but still we count a good many note each minute during the day. W wora about seven hours each day and count money all th time. Th counting of money In the currency bin of a bank Ilk thl is not th slmpl process that many peopl might think. There 1 ona thing that must d attained In a department where there la each year handled tlflO.OOO.OOO In cash, and that I accuracy. The pain to which w go to obtain thl will prov a surprise to many who imagine that money Is counted Dy one man, then wrapped up and pos sibly proved by another. "In handling the money in th currency bin It Is not only necessary to properly count th amount handled. Money must ba sorted Into the different denominations and Issues. When note ar to b returned to the government and this Is don her with all old money It la required that th vari ous Issues ba returned In separata packages. Thus ths man counting a stack of bills containing sevsra) thousand dollars la dif I I II I mm.. i fv 'J--JlVaKCl IM Afo V he :H.kN NATIONAL CATARRH REMEDY ferent denominations and Issues, must not only keep track of hla count and sort out ths denominations, but he must also watch the Issues and do the same with them. "It will be realized that to make a mis take under these conditions does not require much effort on the part of the clerk. So the money Is proved three times, and when we are through with It you could look a long tlmo without finding an error In It. This Is not so much because of the effec tiveness of the system aa of tha accuracy which the counter with years of practice acqulrea In the contest held here last week the only error made In counting among all contestants was one of 2 cents, and that was made by a man adding checks on the adding machine. "A man gets to be almost mechanical in accuracy If he is adapted to this work and stays at it long enough. It requires little mental effort on hla part to count, and aa for the physical end of It, while it Is hard on the wrists and fingers as first, one gets used to It. I can thumb bills all day and not feel the least bit tired at night. But my hands and finger are calloused, as you can see. No, most people don't get cal louses on their hands from handling bank notes. "The money that gives the most trouble In counting is the old bill and the one that la mutilated. This money is only countod so -that It may be returned to the govern ment, as the bank here only Issues 'fresh money. We get notes worn so thin that they seein ready to fall apart. These are hard to handle, of course. They stick to gether and otherwise give trouble. The bill with the corners torn off Is nearly as trou blesome. ' "The theory of microbes abounding In old bill does not seem altogether to be able to stand alone when put to the practical test. If it did, I ought to have contracted every disease In existence. But the old money never troubled me, and my five assistants actually seem to thrive and grow fat band ling It." Chicago Tribune. Congress of Foresters. Knrlv In tha evmlns vear an American forest congress will meet in Washington under the auspices of the American For estry association. The congress la called The people who from the nerve tissues of body and brain. It doesn't matter whether you work with your head or with your hands, if your work is worth while doing, you require health and strength to do it. Ghirardclli's Ground Chocolate contains all the nutriment in the cocoa bean, (and cocoa outranks nearly every other food in nourish ing value). And more than this, it has the strength und flavor of the best Breakfast Cocca and the mellowness of sweet cake chocolate together with a delicious flavor of its own. It being in condensed form is stronger and more convenient than cake chocolate for beverages as well as baking. Lock for the patented hermetically sealed cans used only by GhirardellL All others are imitations. to consider the forests In their relation to the great industries closely dependent on them, such as lumbering, transporta tion, Irrigation, mining and grazing. Its Intention In general Is to guard intelligently our forest resource, and bring to an end the Ignorant and destructive ravage of the lumberman and the wood pulp man, who, left to themselves, would In a cen tury denude the continent and provide the way for It to become a deeert. The con gress is of national Importance, the presi dent will address it, and Its alms have the sympathy of everybody with sufficient in telllgence to comprehend their bearing on the public welfare. The congress may bear In mind and flourish forth anew Hum boldt' dictum that wherever man has ap peared on the earth he has prepared the way for his extinction by his destruction of forests. New York Tribune. "MAMMY" CALLS ON "MISSY" Old Colored Servant Brashes Aside 1'ollceinnn and Pays Farewell Call on Bride. While the last preparations were going on In the residence of Thomas E. Still man of New York, the millionaire lawyer of 9 East Seventy-eighth street, for the wedding of his daughter, Miss Mury E. fltlllman to Edward S. Harshn.s, a tickety old farm wagon, occupied by a white haired negro mammy and a wee picka ninny, drawn by a horse whose bones al most broke' through its mud-colored hide, cluttered from Fifth avenue Into Seventy eighth street and halted before the Still man doorway. Down the stoop and across the sidewalk an nwnlng had been erected. Underneath a width of soft carpet had been laid. Around the entrance uniformed policemen and de tectives stood as a guard against curious loiterers. As the strange vehicle drew up beside the curb the old negro woman roso to her feet handed the reins to the little boy at her side and began to smooth out the wrinkles in the gorgeous velvet gown she wore. As she patted her finery two policemen darted forward. The first to reach her said. "Move have to work need all the help Made in California uhert ill talt i$ ioubU that of all atkf cocoa combined a provf of tit upriority. SUBJECT Hers been welcomed Iby-us all to reli eve our people from the ravages of CATA RRH AND CATARRHAL. diseases. on." Then he moved forward toward ths horse aa If he would lead It away. "Yo' Jes' let dat hawse 'Ion, mister," fr torted mammy. Before the copper had time to think the) old negress had made a leap to th velvet carpet and grabbed hla coat tail. "But you can't stop here, auntie," he said. "Can't stop hyah? Who can'tT" SB snorted. "Shucks, chile, you go 'way fata hyah." "But" began the officer. "Now, now," droned the old woman, "doan you reckon I knows what I wantsl Heh?" "Tommy," she said to the small boy in the wagon, "you take good keer o dot wagln till grannie come back." Without more ado, still shooing off the policemen, she marched up the carpeted step and opened the front door. A liveried servant got In the way here, but his ob jections were no more successful than those of the policemen, "Doan you t'lnk I knows what I wants?" she repeated. "I'se gwine to see my honey Missy before she gets married, I'se." The first liveried servant called another. The r.cgress shooed both of them away. About that time Mr. Stlllman, hearing the commotion, hurried to the door. "Why, It's Aunt Celia." ha said. "Sure 'tis, honey," cried th old woman. "I'se des came to de' weddln' an' dere's a letter present out der In der wagln fer Missy." The policemen, detectives, butlers and footmen retired, defelrted, a the lawyer or dered the door opened to the guest "Cella Johneon, dat's mah name," as she de scribed herself who was the family ser vant of the Stlllmnns for thirty years, until the bride's father bought her a farm over Jersey way. The present In the "wagln" was a hug pumpkin. Chicago Tribune. Valentine lirarlns Mondny. CINCINNATI. Nov. 23. Joseph T. Vnlen- tlne. president of the Iron Molders' I'nlon of North America, waa In police court today to answer to the cnnr;e or alcilng unci anei ting the malicious destruction of property. The hearing of Mr. Vulcntine was 'set for ninnnn' next. The case o: Thom:is Bracken, churned with complicity in the murder of Weakley, a nonunion molder, was set for tomorrow. they can get 6 o .A 1 -