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em. .far Al.. . ir i: a azrr I I I .11 7" lT r .' r a- DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publliher. Dakota city, . Nebraska, B3T FRIEND8 OF THE FARMER. Tho Department of Agriculture has como to the relict of tho grosbeak. Ho Is a Tory much maligned bird, this high authority avers, and Instead of being destructive to crops, Is of groat benefit to tho farmer. A bullo (iln Just Issued by Secretary Wilson says that soven kinds of finches known as grosbeaks summer within tho boundaries of the United States. jThey aro easily distinguished from other .finches by their stout form, Tr!ght plumage, raoBslvo bills and melodious voices. Those which most Interest tho farmer are flvo In num ber tho rosobroastcd, tho cardinal or fcdblrd, tho black-beaded, tho bluo and Uio gray. Tho bulletin concludes as followsj "Present lnvestlEitlnnn provo that tho services of tho gos teak In dontroylng Insect pests aro In valuable. Each kind pays especial at tention to certain pests which If un checked would causa enormous loss, Fow of our birds aro to bo credited with more good and with fower evils than tho grosbeak, and nono more clearly dosorves protection by tho practical farmer." Tho probability Is that tho farmer would do hotter to protect tho whole raco of birds than to look with toleration on their Indis criminate slaughter. New York and Now Jersey aro mak ing a Joint study of tho evils of cold storage. A bill is pending in congress looking to a reformation of the snma evil, says tho Clovcland Plain Dealer. Tho question Is a largo one, with many angles. It Is not so much talked about ns it was a year ngo, but still merits tho attention of legislative bodies. Cold storago of food products Is & modern necessity. Rightly used, It serves tho public by keeping prices steady, by storing In the season of plenty for uso In tho season of nat ural shortage. No ono argues against cold storngo as an Institution. It Is when food is held back in order to maintain abnormally high prices, ihcn It Is kopt so long that It bo comes poisonous, when cold storage Is made a curse instead of a blefnltiK to mankind, that government must step in with n retraining hand. The period of storago should bo strictly limited, and the sale of stored prod ucts rigidly regulated. Long ago the vrasp waist, consid ered so fashionable departed from fomlnino favor. Now the small foot Is following in ltd wake, which proves that womankind is falling into lino In approving safo and sano fashions. Occasional freaks like the hobhlo utyrt may appear, but In tho main wXmnn. artf deciding in ?avor or com mon Benso and freedom as opposed to the ridiculous and unbrouitlful rnstrle tfons of other days. A woman In Pennsylvania got two licenses simultaneously ono to get married and ono to teach. This was a wlso provision, as in cobo ono failed thero was the other to fall hack on. A western aviator who flow ovor three statos in nn aftornoon was em braced, wept over and kiBsed by Mmo. Bernhardt when ho landed. Next tlmo, probably ,ho will keep on flying. ,A Philadelphia woman says tho na tion's host cooks are farmers' wlvoa. And tho old dlnnor bell makes Bwoet or music ihan the hotel orchestra. A high-hatted and opera-cloaked burglar was given tho option of leaving tho country or going to Sing Sing. Ho chose to go abroad, as they do not lires for dlnnor at Sing Sing. When It becomes necessary to ar rest a man for sobbing too loud nt n funoral'wo begin to suspect that tnero 1b somothing more than sorrow in his system. A bachpior puta himself up In n raf fle, tho proceeds to apply upon a church -debt This Is taking commercial no count of a well-known and unromnntlc cstlmato of mnrrlngo, , A monument has" boon erected In London to William Perm. It Is up to Philadelphia to go tho Londoners one better and ralBo n monument to Con nfo Mack, Another attempt will bo mado to fly across tho Atlantic this tlmo without an cqulllbrntor. How do thoy oxpoct to prove an alibi in caso of failure? A French aviator has succeeded In flying 102 mllos in an hour. Luckily ho didn't do any of tho recordbronk lng coming down. Now Jorsoy has taken to dynamiting mosquitoes. Tho scientific crusade for their extermination has apparently wound up in desperation. Somo pcoplo bellovo Implicitly in tho prophecies of tho katydid who re fuse to believe the woather man, !en should be careful how they take their pens In hand to wrlto lot jtera, a in tho course of human evcnl oiibody knowB how or when the lutur will vhow up In court Ocuit willy u day passes without news of i' broken noroplnne record or brnVau neck A luvtvuter, O.. man banged him iswtf lor m Joke This Is our notion UC going (oo tar to be funny G of OtDEfc NATIONS On the Scene of the Recent Massacres In New Turkey Even the Men Who In Cold Blood 8lew Americans Are Permitted to Walk at Liberty. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Adana. I watchod Baltimore burn. I trod tho nmoklng ruins of San Francisco. I bavo threadod my way HirniiL'h rnmtiH of myriads of starv ing Chinese, in the 2rt famlnn of I four years ago. Hut no experience I havo over undorgono has been bo depressing as a vUIt to Adana, tho center of tho Armenian massacres of a year and a half ngo. Throughout theso investigations in Turkey, Adana has kept nriBlng as a specter. Now I havo seen what remains to be Been of that holocaust of blood and flro and plllago. Tho heart of the city is still in, ruins. Pcoplo aro only beginning to rebuild. Widows nnd orphans bulk largely In tho popula tion. A measure of self support Is coming through tho picking of the cotton crop, nt which a family may cam as much ns 25 cents a day. It Bcomed to mo, as I walked about the streets of tho city, and had pointed out to mo Individuals as well us neighborhoods which had been re sponsible for a share of tho ilvo thou sand doathB, as if thero were a cyn ical loor upon tho faces of tho 'Purl.s who watchod tho stranger pass. A Pall Upon the Country. I camo down through Asia Minor to Adana ,and two days hack in tho Taurus mountains I wns told Unit "Horo tho massacres began." Tho Christians wcro harried through many villages and Into Adana nnd Tarsus. The whole region ran blood. with n crnun nt nnnnln without nulek- I ly hearing echoes of thoso awful days, I chanced to meet six prisoners Just out of Jail, where thoy had been Im prisoned slnco tho massacres, because they had dofended their village against tho Turks who assaulted it. Some of tho BtorloB of tho defense of Individual homos and vlllago com munities aro thrilling to tho lost de gree Ono English spoaklng young man told mo quietly whon I ques tioned him that ho had not been in Adana nt tho time, but in a near-by vlllago which had successfully resist ed tho attacks of tho Moslems. At tho last attack, when tho Turklch soldiers and tho fnnatlcs camo upon thorn, tho men of tho vlllago moved in a body outside tho walls, to make thero n last stand for their homes and loved ones; for thoy know If tho butchers sot -within llie Kf, nil would bo over, Tho massacro swept llko n forest flro ovor all this beautiful region, It gives n visitor n creepy feeling to have a reBldont point out to him, hero jind thflro, nn Individual who led In tho attacks upon tho Christians. Tho real leaders In tho massacre woro never punished, To tho credit of tho young Turks, bo It sold, thoy hnnged fifty-six unimportant persona whom thoy hold responsible. On tho spot I find an ominous questioning ns to whether tho party In power haB not boon obliged to mnko terras with tho reactionaries. Unavenged Americans. It comes ns a Biirprleo to lourn that nobody has been punished for the cold-blooded murders of Rogers and Maurer, the two Americans who were shot down whllo engaged In carrying water to extinguish a tiro. Tho vory namos of tho inurdororB aro mon tinned horo. It would suom as If tho simplest kind of detective work on the part of tho government could find tho culprits. I Haw tho exact placo of tho tragedy. Tho mon woro shot from n window that was pointed out to mo, whtlo thoy were engaged In a work of mercy. It was not random halls from n distance tho nature of tho street prccludos thnt but well aimed Shots from tho hemo of n well known citizen, occupied nt tho tlmo by Turkish neighbors. Trowbridge, tho third Amorlcnn, eseapod only by fnlling on his faco. Horo nrhves nn Important question. Tho safety of nil other Americans In Turkey is endaijgored by tho Immu nity of tho murderers of Rogers aud Maurer, Tho fanatics havo not been hJow to spioud the news that two for eigners had been killed and nobody punished. If this may bo dono with Impunity onco, why not again? Amer icans In this pnrt of tho world nro quite porturhod ovor tho situation, nnd they point to tho well-known UBngo or Grout nrltain In following lo tho bitter end whosoever Bheds Brit ish blood. Tho donpoBt Instinct of nationality calls for tho protection of cltlzons nhroad, Tho department of State has filed n caveat with tho Turkish government, so that the way is yet open to demand tho punishment of tho offenders and Indemnity to tho families of the slain. It is truo that a fow porsonB of no consoquenco were punished for tho murders of Hftcon thousand Christians; but nobody hua been punished specifically for tho death of tho murdorod Americans, The Reason for the Massacres. "Whon tho hlvo is full wo gather tho honey," Is tho way ono Turk Is quoted as having explained tho Adana massacro, und thoso that havo pro ceded it throughout tho past fifty years. That is to say, many foreign ers resident hero believe that tho prosperity of tho Christians, which Is markedly superior to that of tho Mos lems, Is a temptation that provokes the mnsBncrcs, This would mako tho end chlolly sought not vengoanee but simply loot Certainly, In addition to the miistmcroa, tho houses and stores of tho Christians wore completely gut ted. I saw whole llnoH of slops that had been stripped bnro by tho Turks. The lattor aro no bettor for all tholr plunder, for "Como easy, go easy " Most of It has been spent In dissipa tion and gambling The lattor vlco sits heavily upon Adann Another reason, greator thnn the loot, was tho carrying oh of Christian girls nnd women to Turkish harems cvCAAKIN W7e This In a phase of tho massacro which naturally cannot bo written about In detail. It was no caso of haphazard plunder, such as that In which tho Sablnes used to figure; it was rather Turks making choice of tho daugh ters of neighbors with whoso un veiled faces they woro familiar. Each iriHii had his prize marked beforo the signal was given. And this applied also to loot as well as to lust. One typical instance was recalled to me, nn I met a woman who had lost In tho massacro ovory member of her own and her husband's family. Hir daughter, I was Informed, was ono of tho twctity-sovcn Armenian girls who braided their hair together and per ished in n burning house, taking this moanB of making sure that none of them In an ngony of pain would os capo from tho fiery prison, which was rallv a dcliveruuco from tho fate thoy most dreudod. It In undoubtedly true that some of tho Armenians had been indiscreet In tho use they mado of tho liberties granted by tho constitution, thoy talk ing patriotism nnd a possiblo renewal of tho ancient Armenian kingdom, Thoy followed the general custom of carrying firearms ond they openly practiced with them, They woro llamboyant and Injudicious, nnd gavo this slight pretext for tho awful crimed which followed. The Holy Law of Blood. The fundamental cause must bo sought deeper than any of tho consid erations named, Tho reason lying at tho bottom of tho massacres may not bo doubted. It 1b clear to who ever would look. It was tho appeal of Abdul Hamld to tho holy law of tho Shoriat. Ono need not go far ther back thnn tho Indubitable fact that tho ono lino of division which marked tho massacro was tho lino of religion. It was Islam raising tho sword ngalnst Christianity. Tho Sherlat was tho bond that held to gether tho murderers' legions. Tho power of tho hodJaB and mollahs was Internationa) Mis tho machlnory chlofly used In organ iziiiK U iit..sHcs. Tho ono great wenpon left In Abdul Hamld's hands was his office as Caliph, "tho Com mander of tho Faithful." So, to con- found tho plans of tho Young Turks, and to lnvoko foreign Intervention, he gave tho command to strike Only tho power of tho Young Turks pro vented slmllnr massacres In many plncca. This Is n chapter mostly un written Somotlmes It wns a force ful governor who prevented tho ful fillment of ordors from Constantino ple. In ono case It was a Young Turk military officer, who, upon receiving nows of tlwo plan, went Into tho pres ence of tlio Governor nnd Bald: 'I want you to understand that if thero Is to bo n massacre here, It will begin with you," In Adann, strangely enough, moat of tho Christians still blame tho Young Turks for at least a measure of re sponsibility. Thoy say that tho Young Turks wanted to glvo a losson to tho turbulent Armenians and Macedo nians. Thoy point out that tho worst massacro occurred nine days after tho first, tho Christians having been dis armed In tho Interval. Tho Snlonlca soldiers they chargo with participat ing In tho slaying of the Christians. There aro somo things that cannot easily ho explained about the massa cre, If the Now Roglmo is to be ac quitted of all responsibility, yet there Is no doubt, whntovor agencies con tributed, tho real powor of tho mas sacro lay In tho Ineradicable hatred for Christians on tho part of tho fol lowers of tho Prophet. Will There Be Another7 Whon I asked tho Minister of tho Interior In Constantinople Tnlnat Uoy, If thoro could bo another massa cre, ho lifted up his hands and cried, "God forbid." Tho Sheikh nl Islam assured mo positively, and ho was speaking as tho religious head of Islam In the Turkish govornment, that such a thing could not occur again. Tho cnllghtoned and strong bunded governor of this province, njomal Roy, gavo mo his word that there would bo np more massacres In tho region of which ho has since tukon cUirgo. No assurance could bo more positive than thoso I have had fioin tho highest quarters, Nono the Icsb, In tho Interior of tho country tho peoplo feel otherwise. Tho Christian community, which rep resents many denominations of tho older churches, stand solidly together in u conviction of a possible repeti tion of the massacres. At Adann I had an lntorvlow with tho loaders of tho orthodox Greok church, tho Greek Catholic church, tho Armenian Cath olic church, tho Gregorian Armonlan church nnd tho old Syrlac church, und thoy woro a unit In declaring that the nttltudo of lslnm toward Christians has not chnnged, and that tho worst Is still possible, although thoy have confidence In tho good Intentions of tho present Governor. Even tho Rev, W N. Chambers, tho American Uoard missionary, who has been tho fore most figure fn events subsequent to tho massacres, and Is easily the lead er of the community, Is under tho Bnmo cloud of depression. Small won der, when ho rocnlls tho murdered friends who died Is hla nrms, and tho bodies which ho rescued from mutila tion. Tho argument for tho possibility of another massacre lies In tho fact that there has boon no change In tho minds of tho peoplo The Moslems havo not been made over by tho pun ishment of an Inconspicuous tew of their number. They still look upon tho Christians with antipathy. Tho village Moslem children cry nt their Christian playmates: "I am going to get that dress when Wo kill you." A Crop of Orphans. The aftermath of the massacres Is tho multltudo of orphans, each with a story ns Individual and as tragic as if his were tho only story of sorrow in tho land. I havo mot many at Tarsus, where C.000 Armenians refugeed In tho American school, so that only two hundred wore slain. I saw a little boy of 7 or 3, Whoso father and broth ers had been killed beforo his eyes. I asked how ho oscnpod. With a sig nificant gesture ho answered: "I lay among tho, dead"; that Is, ho had fallen down ns If slain nnd had wait ed until tho murderers left. The mission schools" are over whelmed with these orphans. In Adana they are so thick In ono of tho schools, which tho missionaries hopo may ono day bo mndo larger, that they sloop on tho floor so closely that tho teachers must pick their way among their bodies In order to reach tholr own rooms. Pathetic tales of tho murders are legion. Hero Is ono, for Instance, of a widow who has to support a swarm of little children, nn aged mother, and an Idiot sister, and who herself has no training for earn ing n llvcllhodd. Tho missionaries havo started Industrial work among tho Armonlans, and they have also established an international hospital, which Is to ho a permanent memorial of the Adana massacre. Surveying the Situation. It seems to mo as If "Remember Adana" ahould bo written on tho mind of tho Young Turk party when It Is tempted to boast; and also beforo the eyes of all the statesmen and pub licists who havo anything at all to do with affairs In the Turkish empire. There are some reasons why this massacro may nof easily bo repeated, but thero aro greater reasons why a dupllcato of It may burst upon tho ion Mcspltsi, Adana. world at almost any time. For the mind of Islam has not chnnged. (Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. T3owles.) Barney Won. Henri Greaslt, tho Savage advance man, who, -it. Is claimed, Is tho per fect snrtortaf gem of his profession, sailed yesterday r. the Cretlc for Mediterranean points on a flvo peeks' pleasure trip. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning Uarnoy Rellly decldod to o along. Thoy had to hurry, but they caught tho ship. Quite pompously Henri went nbroad. Darney followed him in anything but n pompous man ner, A few moments before the moorings were cast off Henri, talking to an other passenger, said: "My man and I had to hurry to get hero In time." Harney heard him. He knew ho wns that "man," and ho wnsn't ex actly pleased. Stepping up to Henri ho asked: "Where did you tell mo you're to bo head waiter when you return to New York?" Henri turned uway, drew a pink silk handkerchief from his alcove and mopped his brow. New York Tele graph. Dig for Gold to Pay for Building. Tho local lodge ot Odd Fellows ha& engaged In mining at tho site where its new buildliig is being erected. Whllo workmen wero excavating for foundations for tho building a rich prospect of gold was discovered on bedrock, A sluice box was put In and nil dirt excavated Is being run through It to extract the gold. Good values aro being taken out dally, and tho total sum will amount to a large fin urc. The lodge will use tho gold to ward pay I i:g for tho building. When excavating was first started u gold coin of early mintage was found. It Is nngravod on ono side, "Augustus Humbert, United States Acsayor, 1852," and en tho other aldo "United Suites of America. ?H, 884 thoiis." Ono side contains an eagle and th other sldo n beautiful scroll. Such coins aro raro now and worth n lnrgo sum. Placervillo correspondence San Francisco Chronicle. Use of Ice In Germany. "Household Ice has always beet looked upon ns a necessity by out American friends," says a writer in Die Kuche, "nmHt Is becoming more so ovory year with us. Its useful ness for keoplng moats and vege tables In good condition is nlways np predated, but of Into tho American Ice water is asserting Itself In, Ger many, and the American who orders It with his dinner is no longer looked nt with largo eyes, but his example Is frequently followed by those who onco wondered at tho custom." Tho writer then glvo tho price of Ico as quoted by a Hamburg Arm. For flvu pounds dally, $1.S0 a month; for ten pounds dally, 2A0 a month ; for fifty pounds dally, $5.70, nnd for ono hun dreds pounds daly, $8.25. Some Uses for Antiquities. Old parchments on which state doc uments woro written have been Bold In England for various purposes. Fish mongers nnd tobacco dealers mado uso of many tons of them, n gold beater bought largo quantities to bo Bold to boys to bo used In "whipping tops, nnd some were turned over to n pastry cook, who Intended to make Jelly out of them, but found Uiom too poor for the purpose. 'EttdGSq and other; Cities Organize a Ball Team for Weak Minded ISPS mis wiu.ene. TH' BOYS SOMETHirT TO THIHK ABOUT NEW YORK. The Urgent need of nn appropriation of 1600,000 from the legislature for Letchworth Vlllago, tho now state Institution for tho feeble minded at West Haverstraw, was dls tussed at a meeting of tho board of managers at the office of Prank A. Vnndorllp, tho president, at tho Na tional City Bank. The board went over final plans for tho erection of buildings on the 2,000 acres of lnnd owned thero by tho state, which will evontually house 2,500 adults and chil dren of both sexs. Dr. C. S. Little, tho superintendent, told of tho nrrlval at tho Institution of the first quota of inmates, thirty two boys from Randall's Island. Dr. Little said that the boys took to farm life quickly. "I havo to tako back with mo a baseball outfit for two teams nnd a. suit of armor for tho um pire." explained Dr. Little to tho man agers. "Wo expect to organlzo a league within the Institution. A state leaguo, taking in teams from tho in stitution for the feeble-minded at Rome and Sonyea, Is not an Impossi ble Idea." lAAsnpaifnr Chinese Masons Have a Weird Funeral NEW ORLEANS, LA. Tho most spectacular funeral ovor held in New Orleans took place the other day when tho body of Chlng Sing, secre tary of the Chinese Masonic lodge hero and ono of tho wealthiest China men in the south, was taken to tho Firemen's cemetery. Thero wero 10, Q00 peraons In the vicinity of tho. un dertaking establishment, 10,600 along the route of the funeral out Canal Street to the cemetery and 5,000 at the cemetery. Arrayed In tho robes of their offices, Chinese high In rank of the local or der of Masons participated in the ceremonies, which Included tho plac ing of a cooked chicken,, of rice, tea, and other foodstuffs, favorites of tho Chinaman, nt the grave, tho beating Of tom-toms, to drive away tho evil spirits, the chanting of Chinese hymns, the burning of incense, and Joss sticks. Gowned In a brownish costume and weartntt a black cap, tho body was in an elaborate coffin. At tho head was a picture of the dead man and on each side of the coffin woro long white banners, which gavo a brief sketch of tho dead man. Chincso guards in quaint costumes, peculiar to Chinese Masons, stood around. Chi nese banners woro hung about tho room. At tho feet of tho dead man was erected an nltnr, before which hymns wero chanted and prayers read. Dog's Caress Brings Death to Child W INFIELD. L. I. Martha Quls, 4 years old, and Toto, a llttlo ter rier that for a year had been tho child's Inseparable companion, were frolicking In tho yard of Uio Quls homo in this city ono morning about a fort night ago as a neighbor's dog slunk past. With frantic yelps Toto stnrted in pursuit, though Martha called In pleading tones for him to come buck. It was tho first tlmo Toto had dis obeyed his little mistress and sho was heartbroken. Tho other dog nttacked Toto florco ly and In n few moments Martha's play-fellow limped back to her whim pering from a dpzm wounds. Taking tho dog In hor arms she washed tho smarting dust from tho cuts, which soon healed under tho tonder minis trations of tho little nurse. Martha was sufforlng from heat rash, which caused her great discom fort. She scratched tho heat sores till she drew tho blood. In pain hlniBolf rrom his wounds, Toto seemingly sym pathized with Martha, and to demon MVWWWIMMMAAAAAMAMM Boston Orders Police to "Swat" Flies BOSTON. Tho noston pollco havo added to their duties tho job ot killing files. It is claimed that they have already demolished or othcrwlso put out of actlvo business some 150, 000 or 200,000 and that beforo tho end of tho season the busy bobbles of tho Athens of America will hnvo stmt 500,000 of tho biting and tickling dip torn to fly heaven. JuBt what tho pollco nro up ngalnst may bo Inferred from tho following figures: A female house fly which has hlbornnted In a dwelling house, or elsewhere, writes Prof. F. I Wash burn, may produce in tho spring, at tho lowest cstlmato, 120 eggs. Assum ing that one-half of theso hatch as fe males and allowing that the breeding goes on without check for four months, we havo as tho descendants of a sin gle hibernating Indlvidul enough flies to mako quite a broad belt around the earth nt tho equator, placing close to gothor Why Is this nrmy of files? It In vades, tt attacks, it Is moro fearless and elusive than my other army known to tho thing called life. Euch unit of that urray is a threat of dis ease, tho buzzing of It tho Initial thrumming of tho cataclysm that Is to swell Into tho horror of tho crack of doom Each un" unes from places so dls- . . . V jC 1 S '.' A Ni-rjUw J i i Dr. Little said ho didn't want it un derstood that play was to bo tho only thing In Letchworth Village, because much of tho work of building up tho Institution and running it after it is built is to bo dono by (Tie inmafes. "Only thoso who are able to work will bo required to do so," said Dr. Llttlo. "The boys tho first duy work ed in the gardon until 10 o'clock, tfcon went swimming in tho creek that flows through tho villago and In tho afternoon went back to tho garden." "Do you think tho feeble-minded boys can be mndo to understand tho Intricacies of baseball?" somo one ask ed. "I do not hope to dovelop any Hnl Chaso or Ty Cobbs," replied Dr. Little, "but I think we could turn out a good grado of umpires If nil I read In the sporting papers 1b truo." Dr. Little, who was a football star at Dartmouth In 1891, was asked if he Intended to Introduce that game. "Yes, of the safe and sane variety," he re plied, "We will organize teams in the colonies and have championship games. We hopo In this way to de velop a spirit that will do the same thing Tor tho village that college spirit does for a college." Thoso now at tho Institution are comfortably housed, but the $000,000 appropriation is needed to provide for thousands who aro on tho waiting list and to build schools, dormitories and workshops. ftrand Master Charley Fo6 opened tho ceremonies. Waving his hands, ho advanced to the coffin, making an address. The other Chinese bowed in reverence. Chin Bak On, the as sistant grand master of the order, fol lowed Foo. Geo Tol Sing followed. Ho is tho second priest of the altar. Then all the Chinese in the room, In pairs, marched to the feet of tho corpso and bowed down in reverence, kissing the floor as a tribute to tholr lender. Throughout lh proceedings not a tear was shed. At tho cemetery Chin Bak On, as sistant grand master of tho lodge, led tho procession Into tho tomb, whero, with a fow waves of his hands, ho drovo tho evil spirits from the placo. Tho foodstuffs that had been placed ot tho feet of tho corpse In tho undertak ing establishment were placed In front of tho grave. A grate In the tomb contained a Are, In which Incense was thrown. Then thero was more chant ing, the cover was fastened upon tho casket, and the ceremony was over. Tho body will bo shipped to China. strate his affections ho would lick her hands. Tho family smiled at tho strong bond of attachment between tho child and her pet. Then ono morning Mnrtha went to the rear yard to get Toto, as was her custom. Tho doghouse was empty and Its tenant was nowhere to be found. Martha was lnconsolablo. Sho cried half tho day and called continually for Toto to como back to her. Search was made for the missing pet, but it was unsuccessful. Martha became 111. At Arst it was supposed that It was the heat and tho faithlessness of her llttlo playmate that affected her. Soon, however, tho child became de lirious. Always she called for Toto, appealing to him to como back to her and not mako her cry by being bo "bad." Hor pitiful pleas wrung tho hearts of thoho tit her bedside. A doctor wa3 summoned, and after ono glanco at Martha he called in consul tation n follow practitioner. They both agreed that Martha had hydro phobia. Thoy examined the child for traces of a dog bite, but all they could discover woro tho scars from tho rash. Everything was dono to combat tho disease, but soon Martha was beyond any human aid. Chloroform wus ad ministered and the child was kept un der its influence till death ended her suffering. gusting that tho very thought of it alighting on tho nose or on any part of tho body sends a shiver up and down the spine that is like tho rigor mortis. It is a knell of dtseaso and death on a billion wings In every city and town in tho world, dreadful ns the scourge of Egypt. Tho habitat of tho larvae from which the fly is born is well known. It Is In tho refuse of back ynrds nnd in the hardly less offenslvo refuso of front yards, streets, exposed lunch counters, uncovered nnd unemptied garbage re ceptacles, back yard wells, decaying fruit cf the markets and unkempt gro ceries, all of which a properly rcgu lated city and town would only make conspicuous by their enforced absence Tho cleanliness of the methods ot each houso, stnblo, grocery, market, is the sum of tho rlennllnes of that town and city, Scientific, patriotic, energetic cleanllncs would utterly destroy the breeding placo ot the flier nnd there you aro. V' " fl& N ALWAYS Ovm DYING MAN'S WISH BARS EVERY WQIVIAN NONE PERMITTED TO ATTEND FUNERAL OR LOOK UPON HIS FACE, DECLARED ALL TREACHEROUS Wife's Desertion Made Harness Maker Lifelong Enemy to Those of Hsr Sex Tells Friend on Deathbed Why He Cherished Hatred. EvAnsvllle, Ind.- Soured on the fair sex because his wife deserted blm in Loulsvlllo, Ky., years ago, John Stel ler, aged 67 years, beforo ho died hero mado the request that no women bo permitted to look upon his face after he had passod away and that they be kept away from his fu neral. "They aro mlschtof makers and as treacherous ns a rattlesnake," tho old man said on his deathbed. Out of gratitudo for the man who had been his truo friend nnd who as sisted him in his last days, Steller left a good farm in Warrick county, near here, to Joe Unas, a grocer and poli tician. Years ago Steller camo here from Louisville atl got employment as a harness maker. Ho tolled steadily at his bench, and seldom lost a day from his worlc Among the large number of employes H this establishment Stel ler was regarded as eccentric. He talked little, and to none of his fel low workingraen did ho make any mention of his past life. Most ot the men with whom ho worked thought he was a bachelor, none knowing that at ono timo he had a happy homo; that ho had become a. woman-hater because tho wlfo he loved tenderly eensed to love him, and deserted him when tho hand of af fliction was laid upon him. In stlcnco and alone Steller bore his burden and saved his money. He had no one to live for, and cared llt tlo about the companionship of his. fellows. He lived alone above the. John Steller. grocery store of Haas, and not until his last illness was the story of his life revealed. Steller was taken 111 and remained in his room. Ho was ill for several days before any ono mado inquiries about him. Then. Haas, who had not soon tho old man for somo aays, went to his room and found tho door lock ed. He broko In, and thero found Stel ler lying on the bod in a semi-conscious condition, from which he was with difficulty aroused. When Steller fully realized that tho end was near he told Has that he wanted to talk over somo matters with him. Then he told tho grocer tha story of his llfo. Ho had been married, ho said, and was happy with his wife In their home in Louisville. After their son was born his wlfo asked him to deed over his property to her. Ho arranged mat ters so that she could take control of half of It. A short time afterward he became 111 with typhoid fevtr. After strangers had miniB4ered to him, he asked for his wlfo. Ho was told she had gone away. When ho sent word bogging her to return to him ho 3nld she replied that sho didn't love him any more and he .would havo to get along with out her. Later ho obtained a dl vorco nnd enmo to Evansvillo to work at his trade. "Now you know why I am a woman hater." ho said. "I hate them all. Thoy aro a curso to tho race, meddle somo and treacherous as a rattle snake and ns uncertain ub Hfo It self. "I guess it's all up with mo now. Before I dlo I want to mako one re quest of you. I don't want any liv ing woman to attend my funeral. Keep them all away. They would only como through curiosity, any way." A short whllo later he was dead. HaaB obeyed th dying request. He nlono accompanied tho undertakers to to graveyard where the old man was burled.. He will erect a mon ument over the grave and pay for it hlmsolf. Besides tha property left to Haas, Steller had a $1,000 life Insurance pol icy, payable to his son. The son did not attend tho funeral. It Is said bo will collect tho life Insurance, but will not attempt to contest tho will be queathing tho Indiana farm to Haas. FINDS POSSUMS IN BANANAS Storekeeper Opens Box and Discover! Mother and Four Young Ones Frm the Tropics. Nekoosa, Wis. A storekeeper ol this city found a traveling menagorlc in a crate of bananas. Snugly cuddled Inside the crate were ilvo "possums." a mother and four llttlo ones. The "possum" had built its nest in Us native country. It gave birth to lbs young and was brought forth from the tropic to this part of tho world with out leaving the nest. Tho mother ( about the size of a largo rat, whllo the llttlo ones are not much bigger thaa mice. i It 11