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    DAKOTA COUNTY E
M0TT0-A11 The News When It Is NewR.
Stat
c "fclorical Society
VOLU3IE 19
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOIIKU 28. 1010.
number u
ETHEL LEN'EVE FREED
COMPANION OF DR. CRIPPEN,
SENTENCED TO DEATH, AC
QUITTED OF CHARGE.
PATHETIC FIGURE AT BAR
Hearing of Only a Few Hours Re
cults In a Verdict of Not Guilty
No WiWsses Are Called by the
Defense.
London. Ethel Clare Leneve was
aequ;Lted Tuesday as fin accessory
after the fact. In the murder of Belle
Elmore by Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen.
The trial lasted but three hours.
Tt was for love of Mlas Leneve that
Dr. 11. II. Crippen, now under death
Bentence, murdered his wife. The
crown counsel, Richard Mulr, failed
to show that Miss Leneve had knowl
edge of either the American's inten
tion or of the crime Itself.
No witnesses were called by the de
fense. Immediately upon the conclu
sion of the epeech of Miss Leneve's
attorney, P. K. Smith, Justice Alver
stone delivered his charge, to the Jury
and they retired, returning In twenty
two minutes with a verdict of ac
quittal. Miss Leneve's slim, girlish figure
was the center of Interest as she stood
before the bar and, In a sweet, low
voice, replied to the court's interroga
tion as to how she would plead:
"Not guilty, my lord!"
Barrister Arthur Newton appeared
as chief counsel for the girl. After
Ethel left the prison van which had
brought her from Bixton jail, police
men had to use force to make a path
for her through the mob of curious
women.
In the court room the spectators'
seats were filled with brilliantly
gowned women spectators.
News Editor Parris of the London
Chronicle was fined $1,000 and costs
for publishing an alleged confession
of Dr. H. II. Crippen shortly after
Crippen's nrrest by Inspector Dew In
Canada. Parris was committed to
jail pending the payment of the fine.
RUIN WROUGHT BY CYCLONE
Believed 100 Lives Lost In Storm,
Tidal Wave and Volcanic Erup
tion in Southern Italy.
Rome. The extent of Um Tiavot
wrought Monday by the simile ele
mental combination of cyclone, tidal
wave and volcanic erurffrn m the
slopes of Vesuvius and on tin' island
of Ischia, has not yet been i!e:initely
determined, owing to the interruption
of communications.
One hundred persons ;:r said to
have been killed. The monetary loss
will probably be great.
The disaster appears to have come
in the form of a cyclone, having three
centers, the first over the island of
Ischia. the second over the town of
Torre del Greco on the east coast of
the Bay of Naples, and the third
sweeping the gulf of Salerno.
Accompanying the cyclone were a
cloudburst, a tidal wave and violent
eruptions from Mount Vesuvius and
from a crater suddenly opened on the
summit of the long extinct Mount
Epomeo on the island of Ischia.
Many houses collapsed In this city,
due to the subsidence of the surface
of the earth during the recent vol
canic eruptions, and thirty feet of
mud covers many of the roads in the
outlying districts.
The inhabitants fled to the higher
parts of the Island, and thoso who
escaped the rush of water are report
ed to be suffering from hunger and ex
posure. The Italian minister of the
interior has been appealed to for relief
measures.
Ischia is an island almost directly
west of the city of Naples in the Med
iterranean tea. The storm which
caused tho wave has broken communi
cation and details are lacking.
It is reported that shipping was
damaged and many boats lost. Prop
erty damage in Casajnlcclola was
heavy.
Tho minister of the intei.or has or
dered four men-of-war to hurry to the
scene with men and supplies.
Casamtcclola was nearly destroyed
by an earthquake in July, 1883, when
about 1,700 lives were lost It has
since been rebuilt and baa a populu
tlon of about 4,000.
Naples. An eruption of Vesuvius,
accompanied by a cloudburst, Monday
wrought considerable damage in the
bay and on the slopes of the moun
tain.
Mud from the crater destroyed a
whole street in Torre del Creco at the
foot of the mountain, engulfing two
families. Five bodies have been re
covered.
IjOhr of life Is also reported from
Cetara on the bay of Salerno and at
Ro sin a, which was built on the ruins
of Herculaneum. The authorities
and troops are working heroically to
rescue the injured.
Steamer Lanham Burns.
Houghton, Mich. The steamer Lan
ham, owned by James R. Adums of
Detroit, burned Sunday to he water's
edge and was beached off Bete Oris
Keweenaw Point. Tho crew came
ashore in safety. Loss, $150,000.
Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge.
Marlon, 111. -Robert Miller three
weeks ago 6hot to death Charles Wil
Hums in this city. Monday Miller
pleaded guilty to the indictment and
received a Ufa sentence. The trouble
grew out of a card game.
STRAUSS VISKES TO RETIRE
AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY ANX
IOUS TO LEAVE SERVICE.
United States and Ottoman Govern
ments Are Without Single Diplo
matics Hitch.
Washington Believing he has ac
compllshed his mission. Oscar S
Strauss, the American ambassadoi
to Turkey, is desirous of retiring from
the diplomatic field and return to thf
I'nlted States permanently.
Mr. Strauss saw the president and
reported that all the matters in dis
pute between Turkey and the United
States which he had been delegated
to adjust have been satisfactorily dis-
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Oscir S. Strauss.
posed of, leaving the two nations foi
the Hrst time in many years without
a single diplomatic hitch between
them.
Because of thir. state of affairs and
for the reuaon that his acceptance ol
t lie Turkish ambassadorship wai
bused on the representation that his
services were needed to restore har
mony between the two governments,
Mr. Strauss feels that his mission has
been accomplished and" there Is nc
lurther reason for him to expatriate
himself, lie has not resigned hlB post
and if the president insists upon it
Mr. Strauss will return to Constanti
nople at tiie end of his sixty days'
leave of absence.
TWO INDIANA BANKS CL0SEC
Lebanon National Goes Into Liquida
tion, American Trust Company in
Hands of State Officials. .
Lebanon. Ind. The Lebanon Na
tional bank, capital $80,000, has gone
into voluntary liquidation by resolu
lion of the board of directors.
Pending the payment of depositor
the Institution was Monday placed in
the hands of the controller of the cur
rencv with Oscar L. Keller, a bank
examiner from Washington, in charge
The bank's cash and securities have
been transferred to the First National
bank, and it. is given out that arrange
ments are being made for the Immedi
ate settlement with all depositors in
full. The first intimation the public
had of the action of the bank was a
notice posted on the door by the bank
examiner in charge.
The American Trust company, an
auxiliary organization of the Lebanon
National, is temporarily closed and in
charge of N. H. Oglesbee. of the bank
department of the state auditor's office
$10,000 IN GEMS ST0LEI
Hotel Thieves Steal Handbag Contain
ing Jewels From Salesman While
He Is Registering.
Chicago. Police of the entire citj
are scare-bin;: for sneak thieves whe
Monday robbed J. '.. Foster, travel
ing ngent for D. L. Auld & Co., manu
facturing jewelers, Columbus, O., ol
$10,000 worth of gems. Foster placed
his suit case beside a chair in the
Great Northern hotel and stepped ur
to the desk to register. When he
turned around to pick up the suit
case It was missing.
Foster, who is a graduate of the
Ohio State university and a resident
of Hlgby, ().. was dunifounded when
he discovered tho loss.
His case contained a full line ol
fraternal pins and diamond, ruby and
sapphire stickpins, he told the police.
PICK POSTAL BANK OFFICES
Trustees Name One Place In Each ol
Forty-eight States to Test
Savings Plan.
Washington. The board of trustees
of the postal savings bank system has
approved a list of forty-eight second
class post offices at which the plan
will be given its first trial.
The list includes one oflice for each
state and territory. Among them :. e:
Pekln. Ill-: Prlnciton. Ind.; Decorah,
la.; Houghton. Mich.; Bemidji, Minn.;
Nebraska City. Neb.; Wahpeton. N.
D.; Ashtabula. ).; Dead wood. S. D.;
Manitowoc. Wis.
Fire Loss Half a Million.
Superior, Win. A huge anthracite
coal storage shed .in the M. A. Hanna
coal dock caught lire Tuesday and is
a total lost:. It contained 250,000 tons
of anthracite coal. The entire fire
department and several fire tugs were
working to prevent the blaze from
spreading to '!' r big docks and
boats near by. Loss. -00,U()0.
German Flyer Is Killed.
MuBdVburg, Pruiitda. Lieutenant
Monte fell with a Wright aeroplane
Tuesday and wits killed Instantly.
ENDING OF THE
WORLD SERIES Ei
PHILADELPHIA "ATHLETICS" WIN
BASEBALL PENNANT
FOR 1910.
LOSE ONE GAME OUT OF FIVE
Oecldlng Contest Is Played at Chicago
Before Record Crowd Great Pitch
ers' Battle for Seven Innings Col
lins Plays Brilliantly.
Clubs. Won. Lost. Per ct.
Philadelphia 4 1 -800
Chicago 1 4 .200
Statistics of the Five Games.
Attendance
Receipts 173.9,9 .50
Players' share 87,(ii7.70
Each club's Hliare 6S.TJ0.8a
National commission's share 17.137.93
Chicago. Tue 1910 baseball pen
nant was won by the Philadelphia
American league team, the men from
the Quaker city defeating the Chicago
Nationals four ouUof live games.
At the deciding contest on Sunday
one of the largest crowds that ever
attended a ball game in Chicago
27,374 was present, and up to the
eighth gave one of the rarest exhibi
tions of 'rooting" ever witnessed In
this city. When Chicago scored in
the second inning the "fans" went
wild and when the Quaker City men
took the lead in the fifth the crowd
begged and pleaded with their favor
ites to 'come back" and win out. But,
after the fatal eighth, when Philadel
phia scored five runs, they sat back
In their seats and watched silently
the work of the youthful machine tri
umph over the veterans whom they
had regarded as unbeatable.
Brown and Coombs, the latter the
Iron man of the series, fought a great
pitchers' battle for seven Innings and
Brown then blew. In the eighth the
entire Athletic team went to bat and
hammered Brown hard. Four bits,
two of them doubles, a wild throw by
Zimmerman and a wild pitch by the
three-fingered twlrler, sent five Ath
letic players over the plate and
blasted the hopes of the Cub follow
ers. Collins, the second baseman of the
Phlladelphlas, was the star of the
game. He drove out two doubles and
a single, and. when the battle was
won, stole third, that be might display
his speed. In fact, Collins was a large
factor in every contest between the
(wo teams.
Score, n. It. R.
Athletics .1 0 ft 0 1 0 R 0-7 It J
flilrano ..0 1 0 0 n 0 0 1 02 9 2
Two Dnse lilts -Chnnr. Murphy, Ixird,
f-olllns (2). Hlii-ekitrri. S.-icrlflea hits Zim
merman, Hurry. Ktolon tBes Hartsel,
Collins (3), Zlinrn'TTnan. liases on balls
Off Ilrown. 3. off Coombs J. Struck out
l!v Brown 7. ny Coombs 4. Wild pitches
Brown 2. I'm pirns O'lJuy, Sheridan. Con
nolly sml Kluler.
HRE LOSS WAS $15,000,000
Recent Forest Blazes In Northwest De
stroyed Six Billion Board Feet
of Lumber.
Washington. Six billion board feet
nf lumber, valued at about $16,
000.000, was destroyed in the re
cent forest Area upon the national for
ests In Montana and northern Idaho.
The total area burned over In this one
district was put at 1.250,000 acres.
The first rough estimate of the fire
loss In the great district was completed
by officials of tho government forest
lorvlee.
Canal Gates Cost $5,500,000.
I'itlhburg, Pa. Manufacture of fiO,
000 tons of structural steel for the
lock gates of the Panama canal, at a
eost of $5,500,000, wa.t started Wed
ncHday In one of the Pittsburg mills.
The first shipment will bo made in
hree weeks.
Lisbon Scene of Big Strike.
Lisbon. Portugal. Light thousand
freight and express wagon drivers
struck Tuesday. Soldiers and firemen
are being used in the transportation
of necessaries of life.
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BASEBALL SEASON
DEATH FOR DOCTOR CRIPPEN
FOUND GUILTY OF WIFE MURDER
AND SENTENCED TO HANG.
Lord Chief Justice Severely Arralgni
Prisoner, Who Is Unmoved When
Sentence Pronounced.
London. Dr. Harvey Hawley Crip
pen was Saturday sentenced to death
by the lord chief Justice of England.
It required only 30 minutes for the
Jury to find the American physician
guilty of murdering his actress wife,
Belle Elmore, whose mutilated body
was found under the cellar floor of
their house.
Crippen, In reply to the usual ques
tions of Lord Alvcrstone If he bad
anything to say why sentence of death
Dr. H. H. Crippen.
should not be passed upon him, re
plied In a low voice: "I still protest
my Innocence."
When the Judge pronounced the
death sentence, Crippen listened un
moved bo far as outward appearances
showed.
After tho doctor was sentenced the
foremnn of the Jury banded to the
lord chief Justice a noto, after look
ing at which the Justice said: "That
shall bo forwarded to the proper
quarter."
The "proper quarter" might menn
the homo secretory, who has Jurisdic
tion In such matters. The Jurors re
fused to discuss the Incident.
CAMPAIGN ON TUBERCULOSIS
Exhibition of Association for Study
and Prevention of the Disease
Opens in Jackson,' Miss.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 25. Tubercul
osls is again lie l lie theme of an all
south campaign, which opened hers
today, with the American exhibition
of the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis,
under the direction of K. G. Uoutzahn!
Within the past two years every
large city ea.-it of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio, except Mobile, has
been stirred to activity in the war
against consumption as a result of the
crusade that has been carried on.
In Georgia, North Carolina, Flor
ida. Alabama, and Virginia, state
sanutoria for the treatment of
tuberculosis have been erected or pro
vided for. Local sanatoria providing
for the treatment of hundreds of pa
tients have been established In four
teen cities In seen different states.
Skull Broken 12 Years.
New York. Although Corporal Wil
Ham K. Richards suffered a fracture
of the skull when the battleship Maine
was blown up in Havuna harbor
twelve years ago, he did not know it
until a few da s uo, when he was
so informed by a surgeon here.
Blown to Dsath In Mine.
Central City, Col.--Jack Dean, p.
V. Moore and Christopher Grendmey
er, miners at 'he Krontenac mine,
were killed Tuesday by a premature
explosion in the oi'klngs.
THE TEACHERS HEET
A FINE PROGRAM HA3 GCCN
ARRANGED.
NOTED TEACHERS WILL SPEAK
Nebraska Art Association to Give an
Exhibition In Lincoln at
Same Time.
The program issued for the meet
ing of the Nebraska State Teachers'
association, which convenes at Lin
coln for three days November 23, has
a number of the most prominent edu
cators in the country on it.
Frank A. Crane of Chicago, once
pastor of the First Methodist church
of Lincoln will deliver the addresa on
Thanksgiving morning. William E.
r'hunrpllor of Nnrwnrk. Conn.. Ed
ward Howard Griggs, author of "Mo
ral Education," Herman Harrell
Home of New York university and
author of "Philosophy of Education,"
Henry Suzzallo of Columbia univer
sity. Miss M. Adelaide Holton, pri
mary supervisor in Minneapolis, Hen
ry Purmort tames, musician and su
nnrlntendent W. M. Davldpon of Oma
ha, are on the list of distinguished
pedagogues.
The Nebraska Art association will
give an exhibition at the same time in
tiie TTnlversltv Library building and
an Industrial exhibition and competi
tion will be held nt the city auditor
turn hv the irrammar and high schools
of the state, State Superintendent E.
C. Bishop is in charge of tnis contest
and the awarding of I2D0 premiums.
flesldes Superintendent Davidson
who will speak twice, other Omaha
educators who will be on the program
are. Principal E. U. Graff of the High
school, in a symposium on debating;
Mrs. Ida Atkinson, head of the Amer
ican history department of the High
Hchool discusses the teaching of his
tory; Dr. Joseph M. Alkln speaks on
parental deficiency and alcoholism;
Miss Fannie Arnold, supervisor or
music on child voice culture, Ben
Cherrlngton. on playground atnletics;
Miss Elizabeth Allan of Mason school,
Miss Emily Wood and-Mrs. Harriet
H. Holler of the Detention home on
primary and kindergarten work. Mrs.
Charles Martin will sing at one of
the programa and Miss Grace Miner,
president at the. Omalm Story Tellers'
league, will take part in a discussion
on that subject.
Three or four hundred teachers usu
nltir aHunrl thn convention, and it Is
hold rinrlnc the Thanksci Vina' vaca
tion to give them the opportunity. It
is taken as the occasion for college
reunions. Panquets will he held by
graduates of the university and of the
Peru, Kearney and Fremont normnl
schools.
For Loss of Hand.
W. A. Philpot,' who alleges that he
was employed at the Lincoln asylum
for the Insane, asks for $5,000 person
al damages from the state and has
filed his claim. He alleges that while
operating a corn cutter at the silo at
the asylum he lost all of the fingers
and a part of the thumb of the left
hand.
Nebraska Pioneers.
S. D. Fltchie of University Place
writes to the Lincoln Journal as fol
lows: "A remarkable meeting of
three pioneers occurred last Monday
at the Burlington depot at Nebraska
City. William Campbell of Stockton,
Cal.; Richard Cleve of Nebraska City,
and Thomas Ryan, a conductor on the
lturllngton. The two former were
pony express riders fifty years ago
and Tom Ryan at the same time was
driver on the overland stage from Ne
braska City to Utley's station, one
mile west of whore tho town of Syra
uiile west of Syracuse.
Claims Against the State.
Deficiency claims have begun to
pour In upon the state auditor, lep
uty State Aditor John Shahan has n
nice big box full of paper which he
will turn over to the finance commit
tee of the next legislature, If the com
mittee cares to call on him. One ol'
the largest will be claims for the
traveling expenses of district judges.
The last legislature reduced the ap
propriation for traveling expenses for
district Judges by half and added ho
tel expenses to the list of expenses
to bo paid by the state. Th total of
$n, 000 was not sufficient to stand this
added burden of hotel bills contracted
by district judges when they are
away from home on court business,
and as a result a total of $755.44 de
ficiency claims have already been
filed, and only eleven of the twenty
eight district Judges in the state have
been heard from.
Charity Calls Normal.
Charity organization society reports
show that the calls upon that organi
sation are Just about normal for this
time of year. These calls increase in
number with the coming of winter.
Spurious Money.
Traveling men reaching the city af
ter the past week in Nebraska -rri-tory
say that a number of bad $20
bills have been reported aad that sev
eral such have tinned up at Grand
Island.
Hessian Fly Trouble.
Lincoln grain ilcale-s an- unwilling
to believe that there Is ;uiy wide
spread danger o. Ilessiiiu fly trouble
In the winter wheat fields. A report
from Fremont that seve:;.l fields were
attacked by the pesH is raid to indi
cate a local cuuJitluu
NED.T'.SKA riR DAY.
When Inttruction Will Ce Given In
Sshcc!s.
The iii-.si. Friday in November, No
vember 4. HMO, will be known as lire
day. F.wry tea.iicr will be requested
to give the children some Information
about lire atisks and what to do in
case of fire. The work of the teach
ers will be systcinized and aided
through the use of a lire prevention
text book which has been prepared
under the supervision of Fire Warden
A. V. Johnson. About 10,000 copies
of this book will be distributed among
the teacners.
"Fire day" has been fixed for No
vember 4 by State Superintendent
Bishop.
On this day a program devoted to
Are education will be urged upon all
of the teachers, the program outlined
In the text book being as follows:
Each teacher will arrange a pro
gram from the material at hand and
obtainable, and In accordance with
ihe facilities of the school. These
points should be kept in mind.
1. Program should he such aa to
stimulate an interest In the subject.
2. Some helpful knowledge should
be Imparted.
3. The program should be such
that each pupil will feel a personal
responsibility in taking the proper
precaution In his own home and In
other places where there is occasion
for the presence of fire or materials
which might lead to the production
of fire.
Special Invitations should be given
to school officers and patrons to bo
present "fire dny."
The program may Include the fol
lowing features:
Music, patriotic selections.
introductory remarks by the teach
er as to the origin of fire day and the
need of its observation.
Compositions by pupils on the fol
lowing subjects:
"The use and abuse of matches."
"Use of kerosene and lamps; how
to kindle a fire and how not to kindle.
a fire, etc." '
Story of the origin and results ot
the Chicago, Baltimore and . other
fires.
Discussions by the school on sub
jects presented In compositions, and
questions by the teacher which will
bring out discussions.
These questions should be made so
direct that any cnreless habits in
handling fire or fire material will be
brought to notice. Pupils will become
Interested In knowing the safest and
best ways of dealing with fire.
The text book also includes short
chapters on the - following subjects:.
The extent of tho fire waste, careless
ness with matches, the safety match,
when matches cause death, coal oil
or kerosene lamps, kindling a fire,
stoves for cooking and heating, fires
from chimneys, stovepipes and smoke,
sparks, the ash heap and the coal
pile, danger from heating gas, danger
from Christmas trees, electricity and
fire protection.
The business of the fire commis
sion Is to prevent fires where possible
and to hunt out incendiary fires. In
the work of fire prevention a general
campaign of education la regarded as
effectual and the Issuance of the text
book In connection with the programs
fo be carried out In all schools on
"lire day" is an attempt to make fire
education a live subject.
Three Guardsmen Released.
The general court martial of th
Nebraska national guard called for
November 15, which is giving a bad
caso of shivers to two or three score
of guardsmen, no longer has any ter
rors for O. M. Boehler, R. L. Liberty
and K. A. Miller or Company L,
Second regiment, of Alma, the home
town of Governor Shallenberger, commander-in-chief.
The charge of ah
scence without leave and disobedi
ence of orders, preferred by Adjutant
General John C. Hartigan against the
guardsmen named, has been with
drawn by the adjutant general upon
recommendation of the captain.
Dairymen's Association Meeting.
S. C. Iiassett, secretary of the Ne
braska dairymen's association, writes
as follows from Gibbon: "At a meet
ing of the directors of the Nebraska
dairymen's association the date for
the twenty-sixth annual meeting of
the association was fixed for January
18, 19, 20, 1911, at the university farm,
Lincoln. The following named per
sons were appointed as delegates to
attend the annual meeting of the Am
erican dairy farmers' association to
be held in connection with the nation
al dairy show at the coliseum in Chi
cago on October 25, 1910. Charles
Harding, Prof. A. L. Haecker, E. M.
Little, J. K. Honeywell, 11. C. Young,
George E. Haskell, Paul Hunter, Hen
ry C. Glissman, J. 3. Clark, David
Cole."
In Memory of Judge Lake.
The supreme court held services is
memory of the late Judga George H.
Lake, formerly chief justice of the
court, who died at his home in Oma
ha July 27. A committee appointed
by the court, delivered addresses and
presented resolutions.
Lincoln Again Chosen.
Lincoln was again chosen us the
place of holding the annual meeting
of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
Two cities were candidates foi
the convention, York and Omaha.
More Time for Donahue.
The .supreme court has given Chief
Donahue of Omaha until the ncxt sit
ting of t lie court to answer the com
phiint of the attorney general that he
should hi' remotd from oflice for
wilful failure to enforce the liquor
laws in Omaha.
AT PUTS ON STYLE
A8TONISHES 8POUSE BY PUR
CHASE OF 8UIT OF PAJAMAS.
ndlgnant Irishman Berate Merchant
Who Failed to Explain How Night
Garments Were to Be
Worn.
Wben Pat McCaffcry got a boss'- Job
be thought It due to his advancement
In society to sport a now suit, while,
at the men's furnishing store ho no
ticed some pajamas.
"An' w'at be ye oskln' fer thlra
summer outln' suits?" he asked the
3lerk.
'Those." smiled the young man, "are
the latest style In pajamas."
"Pajamas, is ut? An w'at bes the
use at thlm?"
"Why, gentlemen who pretend tc
any fashion wear them when thev re
tire."
"Retire fr'm blzness, ye mane?"
"No. When they retire for the
night. Go to bed."
"Ah-h, me young feller, that's it. Is
nt? Well now, Pathrlck McCaffory'i
not goin' short anything av a fash
nahle way av shlapin'. Ol'll take a suil
av 'em."
"Yes. sir. What Hize of shirt col
lar?"
"Sixteen an' a half."
So the clerk put up the purcbasei
and Mr. McCaffcrty went happilj
home. lie had a little scheme to aa
tonlsh Mrs. McCaffery. Going stralgh'
upstairs, he put on his new suit, hl!
the pajamas In the closet, and went
down stairs again,, where he displayed
the new clothes to the delight of Cath
rlne. j
"Ah-h-h. but," thought Pat to him
self, "wait till ye see me pajamas."
A little before his usual hour for go
Ing to bed Pat said: "Well. Katie
darllnt, Ol'U go upstairs and lay awaj
me garmlnts."
Mrs. McCaffery finished the socki
and mittens she was mending, anc
then followed Pat. When she got tt
the bedroom door it was fastened.
"Pat w'at lies ye doln' wP th' dur
locked?" she called.
"Whisht. Katie, 0111 let ye in ir
about a mlnlt. OPm gettin' up a little
s'prlse fr yes."
Two or three minutes passed but Pa
did not open the door. Katie got im
patient and thumped on it. "Pat Mc
Caffery, let mo in. Wbat divelmlnt
are y up to. anyways?" A smothered
voice spoke from within: "Jutst wan
moor second, Katie." .
Another minute passed, then Katie
kicked the door and shouted: "Path
rlck McCaffery, Is ut crazy ye are?
Open th' dure, or Ol'll schrame f'r an
orfneer," The door waa opened, and
there stood Pat. He surprised her.
all right. The pajama trousers had
fallen down over his feet, he had on
his nightshirt, and the pajama shirt
over that. Ills hair was in his eyes
and his face red with anger.
Mrs. McCaffery screamed, "Howly
hlvens, Pat! Are yes bavin' a fln?"
"Fit, is ut? DIvcl a fit can Ol get.
The dommed little Jew nlver fowled
me if the pajamas go on over th' night
ihlrt, or varsit versy."
Unnecessarily Alarmed. '
A young lawyer was taking his din
ler out at a moderate priced restaur
nt the other evening. The room was
ailed, but there was a couple of vacant
seats at the table at which he sat A
big, flashy-looking man took one of
these seats. Ho ordesed ham and
!ggs. and proceeded to give a flnjahed"
performance of the art ot sword swal
lowing. There was a pat of butter
in a dlBh. with Lie all around it. In the
center of the Ubie. The flashy-looking
man didn't pay any attention to his
Individual butter dish. Tho young
lawyer looked at his vis-a-vis disgust
ndly. "Look here, my friend," said he,
Snally, addressing the man across the
table, "do you expect other people to
partake of that butter after you have
excavated around It In that way?"
The sword swallower looked up at
the man with the greatest good nature
In the world. '
"Naw," Bald he. "I'm a-goln' to eat
ill o' that butter myself." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Roar of China's Duoks.
Tourists In China are always sur
prised by the number of ducks they
see. There are more ducks In China
than in all the rest of the world. Their
voices are a familiar sound In every
town and country spot of the sea
coast and the interior of the vast em
pire. Even in the large cities ducks
abound. They dodge between the
coolies' legs. They flit squawking out
of the way of tho horses. Their ln
llgnant quack will not unseldora drown
the roar of urban commerce.
Children herd ducks on every road,
on every pond, on every farm, on
pvery river. There Is no backyard
without Its duekhouse. There is no
ror.t, little or great, without Its duck
quarters.
All over the Innd there are great
luck hatching establishments, many Of
them of a capacity huge enough to
produce 0,000 voting ducks every
year. Duck among tho Chinese Is av
Ktaii delicacy, it ia salted and
-iiuokcd like ham or beef.
Firm of Purpose.
Is ! ihn third alarm clock you
fcue touiii iri the lut two weeks."
" Yes," ivplicd the ian v.ith good
'v.U nt Ion'. "I et tlicm to t ing at In
'n:ls of I::;!: r.n lain:' each. I be
livvc In Uul: e. ;Uo truth apd knowing
Junt how much 1 at;i ovtrslcoplng niy
ci!f ." Wiir-Mt-cton Star. .
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