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5??u!!!5r5u -.- aavewm-pjTr.r---rfi-p frii. lJ 1 V t 1 l t I lj r BIIJ o :jls .3 li J I- ! f f rt t 1 ' DAKOTA CITY JIERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS. In all tbo talk of restricting mar .Tlagcs to persona of unsound bodily .and mental health, there has hereto fore been uo serious suggestion of making the persons who perform the iccremony or lsouo the license the fludges of whether or not the candi date for marriage come up to re quirements. It remains for a mem ber of tho Ontario legislature to put Sis. liczz zlcr.z that line in'o Mi fnrm of a legislative bill. He proposes that no minister or other person author ized to perform tho marriage cero wony shall do so in caso ho suspects that one of tho applicants is Insane or intoxicated, and no official charged (with the duty of issuing marriage li censes shall do bo In such cases, says jthe Luffalo Express. If they do, they will bo liablo to a flno of $500 for each offense, and may possibly go to Jail for a year. Tho question orlBes At once, what clerk will Issue a II censo or what minister will marry a couple In theso circumstances? Also, why should these laymen bo required to Judgo of a person's bodily or men tal condition? Why should not that bo left to experts in tho first place? A way out of tho situation Is provid ed, however, for if tho licensor has any doubts as to tbo eligibility of the applicants he may require a physi cian's certificate. . Italy has tho distinction, cnvlablo or otherwise, of being tho first power to engage practically in aerial warfare It was mado known somo timo ago that she was sending a number of ex perts and daring aviators to Tripoli, equipped with aeroplanes and bal loons of tho most approved pattern, and It wan intimated that in addition to scouting and observation work theso would bo employed in fighting. Now wo aro told that Italian dlrlglblo bal loons have boon cruising over the lines and camps of tho Turkish forcos which aro boleagurlng tho Italians, and dropping bombs upon them, says tho Now York Tribune. Tho effect of tbo aorlal bombardment is not re ported, but wo may imaglno it to bavo been damaging and demoraliz ing to thoso who formed Its tnrgot, particularly as it is not known that tho Turks bavo any guns sultablo for returning tho flro from above. A woman in Now York captured a six-foot burglar and marched him five blocks to a police station at the point of a harmless toy pIbCoI. Another In a Now Hampshlro town, on being do llied damages to her property by tho officials' action, ploead attachments on tho city hall, ana tied up tho entire municipal machlnory for two hours, when tho town surrendered. Still an other In Chicago caused her husband to desort her by following him to hla business ofllco to enresa him. Tho limelight has cortalnly ncqulred tho femlnlno habit. Two moro theaters are to bo built In Now York, In splto of tho com plaints of tho managors that all of tho theators nro losing monoy, W havo not learned whothor tbo build ers of tho new theaters aro trying to bo philanthropists or whothor it is thoir belief that tho only way in which oho mny got n seat in a Now York thoator without paying an exorbi tant prlco to a ticket scalper Is to build ono's own thontcr. A woman In Now York has solved tho wlfo-boatlng problom for tho abused ex. When hsr huaband. whom pho Bupportod, choked her because his supper was not ready promptly, Ehe laid open his scalp with a coal shov el, had him arrested, was compllmont ed by tho magistrate for her doft deal lug with tho situation and vraa allow ed to select her rocreant spouso'a sen leuue fur LUu. Tho hand which can wield tho coal shovel to such good purpose nood not wait for tho ballot A woman In Pennsylvania Is in Jail because ehe married ten husbands In a vain endeavor to find a perfect ono. Jn the monntlmo, tho wifo of tho-por-feet ono hunted was gotting a di vorce from ono becauso sho could not (stand his perfection. It Is impossible to plcaso tho womon. "A Massachusetts chlckon fanclor finds a dlrao In each of four eggs." It looks as though tho men who fix tho jprlcos of eggs havo hired a press Agent J Now a tnodical export says that (women would find it to their advan tage to titand on their heads. Dut women aro not so to bo diverted from their natural tendency' to mako mon loio theirs. A Chicago transit company has put what It calls politeness posts in its cars to prevent straphangers from Jostling ono another and incidentally, iperhaps, from picking ono another's pockets. 'A sticker, closing tho mouth, Is sug gested a a means of stopping snor ting. A Turkish bath on a.' Saturday Inlght would bo a flno experimental .field. Sentencing a wlfo-bcater to beg her pardon and kiss hor scorns to verge on punishing tho Innocent also. We have had an old-fashioned win rUr, and an old-fashioned summer may be In stove for us. TMiW WMfa 1.7AW t-Lt" 'I JL&11 lM W3GIMIEOTED W11MMUMM (BKIMM Pnnrvr? -?5 UULg) BAG DINNER3 f-O-R THE INQMAN. WORK- By M. Soyer, Chef of Brooks Cluj, London. Tho era of paper bag cooking, which I havo had the honor of recently per fecting, v?pns up a happier propped to tho wlfo of tho worklngman, tho clerk or other employe on a small salary, not only In tho quantity of tho dishes she may prepare, but In more 'lelsuro for herself. Lest any frugal houso mother may bo appalled nt tho prospect of having 'to uso somo two or threo bags boforo she can produce a dinner, let mo state 'that all tho following reclpos, each of which I havo tested porspnally, can bo cooked in ono bag, leaving only tho pudding, plo or tart to bo considered. In drawing up these dinnors for a week I havo had In mind n household consisting of mothor, father and threo or four children, ranging from twelve to flvo ycarB of ngo. It must bo borno In mind that meat wastes practically not at all during tho cooking procc-s in tho bag; therefore, if you put four pounds into tho bag. Ifeur pounds will como out, Sunday. Allow a quarter of a pound of meat por head for each child, and a half a pound per head for the two ndulla, pud you will have two pounds left ovor, either for Sunday night's supper or for next day's dinner. As to vegetables, get somo carrotu, onions and turnips, inlxod, and two pounds of potatoes. Pool tho potatoes, sllco them very thinly, nnd leavo In water till needed. Pool and sllco tho onions and turnips nnd Bcrapo tho carrots. Cut nil Into small squares. Wash well; leave on a plate till needed. Take n UUlu Hiiwt or two good tablespoonfuls of drip ping. Rub thlB into half a pound of flour, and salt to tusto, being careful not to overdo this and a llttlo popper. Mix to tho ordinary dumpling coasls toncy with cold wator, and shapo Into 'dumplings uboul tho aim of a big Brazil nut. Wnsh tho beof well, but do not dry 'it. Sprlnitlo it with seasoned flour ithat is, flour to which a llttlo popper and oalt havo been added on both 'sldos. Now groaso tho largo bag thick- ,iy with beet dripping. Tako tho nota ;toos out of their bowl. Do not dry tY -i-m lint fttl 1r In tt mm-. 1 !! 11.. ...I 4 1. I """i "" i " ""- utuuy wiiu i ttno BoaBoncd flour. Then tako tho pot.tocs, carrots, turnips and oj ons, and mix thorn all well together, sprim: ling thorn with a very llttlo Bait. Tako ift handful of this mlxturo nnd somo jdurapllngs, and put them into tho hot torn of tho bag. Then put In tho flank of beof. Press It in nB tightly and as closoly to the vegetables as poBslblo. Light tho ovon gas bororohand, lit it got as hot as It can for eight minutes. jThcn placo tho paper bng on tho rorl lor, put tho brollor on tho shelf of Itho oven, and closo tho door. Turn 'tho gns down half wny. and leavo (tho bag In from an hour and a half ,to two hours. Monday. 1 What 13 left over from Sunday will (mako dlnnor for Monday. . Greaso a bag woll as boforo. Cut up tho romnins of tho stowed boef Into Hurall squaro pieces. DuBt thoso with fresh Bcasouod flour. Put two pounds of potatoes, cut small and dustod with anlt, Into n gronsod bng ns before. Sprinklo tho moat with n llttlo pow. dorod sweet horbs put In tho bag, and add to It a handful o? olthor rlco, bar ley or oatmoal, which has boon Bonk ing all night In cold water. If tho wntur haH not been qulto all absorbed, add this alao, Now ndd tho romnlriB of any gravy which may bo ovor from tho previous day. Closo tho bng, placo it on broilor as boforo, and cook for CO minuted. A Jam turnqver , will bo Just tho right sort of substantial dish to follow tho beof. For this you must havo a bag. Hub. four ounces of lard or good dripping Into halt pound of flour salted to tas'i till It crumbles woll. Add Buflluleut cold water to mako to a stiff paBto; roll out twice. Mark out u squaro and spread this thickly with any kind of Jam liked. Fold ovor tho two sides first and pinch woll together. Now fold ovor tho two nidus In the samo wny. HruBh ovor with wator or milk, and sprinklo woll with brown BUgar. Put Into tho groaBod bag and bako for forty-flvo minutes. Tuesday. Tako two pounds of cold bollod po tatoes, pour on to thorn two wineglass fulB of hot milk or wator, add a good X " & V- J WW.Ji.HW WWIDEBWBKDTO Large and Small Families 'n Dissertation on Animal Life, Quant- lty and Quality Enter Largely Into Argument. Whon man associates hlraBolf with any other animal, it Is generally with tho horse and tho dog. Dut it acorns that ho is ft nearer natural rolatlvo to (ho cow and tho cat Dr. Chalmers Mltcholl has been giving a aorloa of lectures at tho Koyal inBtituUon in London, on tho wild animals. Ono of tho most interesting features waB bis analysis of their feod and focdlng. Ho brought out tho fact that thoro nro tanny kinds of milk. Tako tho cow's milk as tho standard. It is popular with humans, catB and calves. Dut f it is glvon na nourishment to a colt t must bo diluted to about tho Btrongth that Bomo very wicked milk taen mako it, whllo if fed to a boar or iinn nub it li necessary to thlckon and ttrengthon it by adding tho whlto of tu egg und using a lot of crtam. So big lump of dripping or cold bacon fat, and mash to pulp, tbon bent up with a fork till qulto light, Tako one nnd a halt pounds of cither sausages or sau sage meat (if tbo former squeeze tho moat out of the skins) and moke into small cokes each sausage making two cakes. Sprinklo a llttlo finely chopped onion on top of each cako. Make the potato pulp Into thick round enkos, nnd put a sausago cako on top of each, Placo In a well greased bag. Close it, and cook in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Old-fashioned Irish plum porridge Soak half a pound of oatmeal over night In cold water. At tho same tlmo soak four ounces of well washed cur rants In another'dish. Grease a bag well, drain tho currants, add them to tho caimcnl togctb'-r with bit of but ter tho Blzo of a walnut- Mix, place In tho bag, closo, and cook for fifty min utes in n modorately hot ovon. Wednesday. Let tho dlnnor bo roast and stuffed breast of mutton. Tako a loan breast of mutton four pounds weight, gotting tho butcher to bono it for you. Make a stuffing with two ounc"j of atalo brend crumbs, a dust of salt and pepper, a finely chopped onion, and a heaped dessert spoonful of minced parsley, or, if pressed for timo, a llttlo finely pow dered mixed sweet herbs. Add a good lump of dripping or cut a llttlo fat from tho thick part of tho breast, chop this finely, and uso Instead of dripping Dlnd If possible with nn egg, or, fall ing this, uso a llttlo cold milk. Lay this mlxturo on tho lnsldo of tho moat Iloll as tightly as possible, tio Into placo with clean tape or string. Grcnso tho bag well. Put In one pound of peeled and halved potatoes, choosing theso all as nearly of a slzo as pos sible. Then put In tho meat. Add tho other and put in tho rest of tho po tatoes. Put in bug In a very hot oven. Lower tho gas halt way (or push in tho dampers), and cook for an hour and a quarter or, an hour and a half.j according as tho meat la liked well, ovor or underdone Turn out, servo with a llttlo red currant Jam. If Jelly is not possible. linked bread pudding will bo found very acceptable after this. To mako It, soak halt a pound or moro of stalo broad over night In cold, wator. Then beat up with a fork till qulto light. Now add to it an ounce, of brown sugar, two ounces of well washed currants, two ounces, ditto dit to raisins, ono ounco of candled pool, and a good lump of dripping. Dent up tho mixture thoroughly, Sprinklo it, thickly on top with brown sugar. Greaso a bag thickly, put In the mix ture, nnd bako for forty minutes. Open tho bag, slip out gently, dust wfth sifted sugar and serve. Thursday. Chop tho cold mutton loft over from Wodnesday finely. Dust It with popper,, salt, a llttlo powdered BWoct horbs, and add to it a largo finely chopped! onion. Sprinklo tho wholo woll with, seasoned flour. Add any cold gravy which muy bo over from tho day bo foro. and a couplo of slices of lean' flanc o uacoIl ana a tablespoonful of ... Worcester sauco, with tho sarao amount of wator. Groaso tho bag. Put In tho mince. Cook gently for half an hour, turn out, and sorvo with baked potatoes. A Jam roly-poly pudding will bo a nice llnlBh to this dlnnor. It is too woll known to need n rcclpo. Friday. A llttlo fish onco a week not only makes a nlco chnngo In tho monotony of tho midday meal, but 1b often a dis tinct saving both In health and pocket Stuffed and baked haddocks aro do UcIoub. Mako n stuffing In exnetly tho samo way ftB doBcrlbed for ntuffod breast of mutton. Wash tho flsh well and cut off tho head; then put In tho stuffing, Sow up tho IIbIi or securo tightly with whito cotton. Greaso tho outaldo of tho nun Biigntiy, tins to taico tbo placo of tho "tilts of butter" put on fish when tho latter la cooked In tho oven In tho old way. Gronso tho bag woll. Put In tho flah and bako for from 20 to 30 mlnutOH, according to whothor two small flsh or ono largo one la used. Slip out gently and sorvo with baked potatoes. UrcsBOd macaroni will cervo for a pudding. Saturday. On Saturday tho housowlfo usually lias a good deal of cleaning up and mondlng to do for tho morrow, bo alio will nood something which docs not lequtro much preparation beforehand. Liver and bacon, always a highly ap preciated dlBh, will mcot tho difficulty, and thoro Is no fear of It "catching" In tho bng if sho should chanco to bo1 called nwny for a inlnuto or two, Sllco ono pound of very frosh liver, dip each plow Into flour nicely seaBon od with salt and poppor. Put a ploco of liver on top of each rashor of bacon. Qreaso tho bag Hllghtly. Put In tho rashers and Itvor. Cook for twonty flvo mlnutos. Open tho bag, and slip, out tho meat gently onto a very hot dish. Put boiled potatoes round as a bordor, and pour tho gravy ovor tho potatoes. (Copyright, 1011, by tho Sturgls & Walton Company.) Constlng is clnlmlng almost as many victims as football. In primal food man has no relation ship with tho horso; a great deal with tho cow. Thoso who llko very thick cream and an egg In It scorn to bo not distant relatives to tho bear and tho lion. Whon It comes to mother hood tho human comes noarost tho na ture of tho elephant. At tho long list of mothors tho turbot Is nt ono end and tho elephant at tho other. Mrs Turbot la capablo of 15,000,000 children a yoar, and has about a much of a mothor's heart as a pobblo, Tho eggs thorasolvcs oven aro abandonod. On tbo other hand, Mrs. Elephant is a marvol of lovu and caro and Jntolll genco. Dnrwln calculated that tbo nvorago elephant lived a hundred yenrs, and In that tlmo Mr. and Mrs. Elophaj havo only six children. On thorn, ho remarked, they lavished tho tondorcst affections. Throughout nil tho animal kingdom ono rulo holds good -big families mean neglect, and small families mean caro and atten tion. Exchange. mKM ana GARDEN PREPARING THE CORN FIELD Manure, Supplemented With Some Form of fertilizer to Furnish PhosplUrlc Acid, Is Best. (By W. M. KELL.ET.) On tho majority of stock and dairy farms tho corn field Is the Ideal place to apply the farm manure. A corn crop Is ablo to make profitable use of manuro for the reason that it makes its principal growth late In tho season after tho fertilizing elements In the manuro havo been available to nour ish tho growing plants, by tho action of tho elements. The Ideal corn field Is prepared by applying, manure to a clover sod. A light dressing of stable manuro on tho clover sod will make an nbund- Excellent Fertilizer Distributer. anco of nitrogen for tho corn crop and at tho propor tlmo during Its growth to Insure a maximum yield. Tho bac teria in the manure will hasten tho decomposition of tho organic matter contained in tho roots and stubble of tho clover sod and hasten them into a condition available to nourish tho growing corn crop. All farmers know that excellent crops of mixed grass may bo grown on a field that has produced a good crop of corn by tho' application of manuro alone the previous year but it. my opinion better economical re sults may be obtained If the manure is applied at the rato of from 5 to 10 loads to tho aero and supplemented with some form of fertilizer supply ing an abundnnce of phosphoric acid and potash. The phosphoric acid may be pur chased in numerous forms, but in my opinion tho potash had best como in tho form of a high grade or a low grado sulphate. EARLIEST OF SWEET PEPPERS Plants Require Rather Light, Well Drained Soil, and They Must Be Kept Growing From Start. Perhnps tho earliest variety is tho Neapolitan. If well grown plants are set out early they will produce flno fruit in June. Tho fruit first turns to a light yellow and thon to a brilliant scarlet. Tho Ruby King, tho Hull Noso, or Sweet Troll nro flno peppers. They are blunt nosed, round and about two or threo Inches long. Tho Ruby King Is a llttlo largor than the Dull Noso and its flesh is very mild and sweet. Thoso plants grow about three feet high and nro not easily blown down. Tho largest variety Is tho Chinese Giant. Tho flesh Is thick and sweet and can bo eaten rnw. Peppers require rather light, well dralnod soil, and they must bo kept growing from tho start. If tho growth Is checked by cold weather or lack of molsturo they will not nrnturo well. When the plants Hhow two or three leaves in seed bed transplant in small cans or flower pots, and again trans plaiit when all dangor of frost Is passed nnd, in fact, not until the weather becomes qulto warm. Placo n shovelful of well watered manuro In each hill. DEVICE FOR RAKING STONES Homo-Made Affair of Strong No. 9 Wire, Will Be Found Quite Con venient lmplint. An lmplomout that will bo found very handy about tho farm Is a home made affair, mado of strong No. 9 wire. In working stones, they aro easily P' Stone Remover. raked by moving tho tool modorately, and In handling vegetables potatoes and small gardon truck It will ro movo tho noil from them nlcoly. Tho bundle may bo short or lung, as one profera. Removing Fence Posts. A laborer was sent to remove a number of fenco posts from un old fence. Tho Job would havo tnkon a half day of ordinary work, says a writer In tho Popular Mechanics, but two hours lntor wo found him nelcop In tbo shndo, and tho posts nil re moved. Wo lot him Bleep till noon, as wo thought ho had earned his rest. His method of removing tho posts was ory Blmplo, as ho used an ordi nary gravel pick, drovo tho sharp point Into tho post closo to tho ground, put a hardwood block under tho pick and nulted on tho handlo. Tho oporatlon was ropeated as tho post was drawn out of tiro ground. Value of Manure. Progressive farmers rcalizo tho Im portance of saving moro bnrnyard manuro and using It liberally on tho farm. Manuro supplies both plant food ami humus nnd has a teudonoy to rovlVo and reclaim thin nud worn tolls Soils that havo been drossod wlti i"nnuro aro easier to cultivate, mi 1 vlw.t is better, they produce argn' cops FERTILITY MAY BE RESTORED Principal Factor In Restoration, Ac cording to Prof. Alfred Vivian, Is Organic Matter. "Any soil which was once rich can bo mado rich," is tho declaration made by Prof. Alfred Vivian, acting dean of tho College of Agriculture. Ohio State University, In a recent ad dress. Tho principal factor concerned In tho restoration of the soil fertility, according to Prof. Vivian, is organic matter. "Tho destruction of organic matter by cultivation and otherwise, is lnrgely responsible for tho depletion our our boIIs," said ho. "This organic matter must bo restored If wo expect our farms to ha productive. What does organic matter do? It increases the power of the soil to absorb and retain moisture; Improves tho physi cal or mechanical condition of tho soil; helps to control soil tempera ture, and Is a storehouse of plant food. How can organic matter bo re stored to tho soil? "By saving all anlmnl manures and putting thorn onto tho land; by mak ing uso of all crop residues, that is, putting back into tho soil everything not used for feed; by turning under green manuring and catch crops." Prof. Vivian pointed out tho loss sus tained by burning straw stacks and other crop residues and declared that the difference between the careful saving of this plant food and Its wan ton destruction was "the dlfferenco between tho salvation and damnation of our eoIIs." HANDY FOR CHOPPING ROOTS Blacksmith Will Construct Device for Preparing Feed for Stock Edges Should Be Sharp. It Is a slow and tedious Job chop ping roots In large quantities, and If they are to bo fed to animals, a great deal of time Is required. Your black smith will make a good root-chopper by following tho suggestions In the Illustration herewith. Take to him an' old handle of some kind and have It in-. A Root-Chopper. Betted firmly In the chopper and fast ened with screws. Tho edges of tho chopper should be very sharp and tho blade should bo strong enough not to bend under vigorous chopping. REASONABLE WORK IN GARDEN As Rule for Most Things It Is Saft to Walt Until Around Corn Plant ing Time for 8tart. Wo aro always eager to get tho gar den started in the spring, but as a rulo for tho most things it is snfe to wait until around corn planting timo or a llttlo before. No uso to put seed Into cold damp ground only to rot Better start tho plants in tho hot bed and taper off in the cold frame, and then when eot out in tho open they will hump themselves. It's n mighty mean man who will permit his wlfo to spade up tho gar den and do all the work on it tho wholo season through. Never drill strong fertilizer, like Bheop or poultry manure, in tho rows next to the seed. Hotter plan Is to work It Into the ground before plant ing or in the rows just after tho plants appear and closo enough so it will touch. Everybody grows rhubarb, but few farmers know that they can grow as paragus just as easily. It Is one of the most delicious vegetables grown and requires no specinl caro. Start with ono or two year old plants. . Marketing Vegetables. The successful marketing of vege tables, boyond doubt, Is tho most seri ous question of nil our rnmmerolal growers. In many Instances, it Is ap parently impossiblo to mako ship ments to tho city nnd rcalizo a fair profit. This condition 13 duo to high freight or express charges, unscrupulous dealers and too many middlemen. There Is too much difference between Umj price receUed by 11m producer and that paid by the consumer, and this Is tho primary cause of tho high, cost of living In largo cities. Improving Lettuce. .Some gardenors greatly Improve their lettuce, Swiss chard and spin ach by growing them under a canopy of cheoBo cloth, held about flvo feet abovo tho ground by stakes or a light framo. Garden a Fakm Notj&s Ensllago costs about two dollars per ton, tho lack of It about six. Somo llnx and somo potatoes 1b bet tor than nil flax or all potatoes. When tho gophors first show thom Belvos 1b tho tlmo to poison them. Ensilage will furnish a this yenr's substitute for tho clover crop that failed. Don't lot tho rush of spring's work tako tho attention from tho breeding stock. Paint In tlmo saves weathor-checks nnd ensures larger checks In tho event of sale. A llttlo paint goos a long wny to ward making a homo out of a group of buildings. Uond dust will servo to hold tho ni trogen In manuro, using it in tho Btablo gutter. Tho two-horeo, low-goar wagon Is lnrgely UBed by farmers of tho Now England States. Sowing uncleanod seed Is qulto aa senslblo ns to knowingly spread dls easo among ono's stock. Tho cost of clovor and timothy seed must not bo reckoned; their value is too great to let them go unsown. Whllo plnntlng your garden glvo duo attention to tho color of tho flow ers, eo that they may harmonlzo Ashos nro best applied in tho spring, separately or in connection w 1th phos phate fertilizers us a top dressing. AMP 5 Finds $5,000 in a CHICAGO. David J. Winder, who keeps a cobbler shop near tho cor nor of Evanston avenue and Irving Park boulevard, found a handful of di amonds, valued at 5,000, in tho too of an old shoe brought to him to re pair, and for returning tho Jewels to the owner was offered a reward of ono dollar, which he refused. Whon tho story of tho lOBt diamonds and tho reward threatened to become public, Mrs. Robert W. Dunn, owner of tho gems, disappeared. It was said at her homo, 4005 Sheridan road, that sho had left tho city. Winder and Mb wife were both busy In thoir shop when inquiries were mado there "Oh, yes," said Winder, banging a woodon peg into tho solo of a shoo and shifting to ono side a few moro pegs ho held betwoon his teeth. "I found tho diamonds, "it was tho big gest find I ever mado. Thero's hard ly a week goes by, though, but I find money and other valuables in shoes. "Mrs. Dunn sent her old shoes over hero by a girl. There wore flvo of thom in a rickety pasteboard box. My wifo received them, marked them, tossed them ovor in a corner and gave tho girl a check with a number on it "Well, as I commenced to straighten things up for the night my cyo caught tho sparklo of something on tho floor. v r r i i LPvknJJ ' I figggjjyfisscp Si,uSlvii, l8t mili VWWMVVWWVMMA Bible Prompts a INDIANAPOLIS. A Hoosier. who has "seen tho light of Christianity," has been Impelled thereby to write to George W. Miles, commissioner of fisheries and game, "peaching" on himself for hunting on a game pre serve. Ho has confined his operations to .tho pursuit of the Ignominious rab bit however, and has not assaulted the game birds placed in the preserves by tho state. Therefore, ho sought clomency for his "crime" and it has been meted out to him by the com missioner on the ground of lack of in tent Tho letter, in part, follow: "As I am living to all tho light I have on the word of God (the Bible), I foel I ought to tell you of my hunting oh one or two of tho game preserves, which I was only after a rabbit. Tho winter of 1910 I was hunting on tho reserve south of Washington, between tho E. & I. railroad and tho gravel piko road running from Petersburg, Piko county, to Washington, Daviess county. I tell you this so you can know tho reserve. "The reason I wrlto this is because I believe the Lord God Intends for us to do everything honestly before God and man. In First Peter, Chapter 2, thirteenth and fourteenth verses, it says: 'Subject yourselves to every How a Couple Was OSTON, Mo7pb Plmentel, clgnr O maker of Boston, and Mario Jo hanna Llesruann of Amsterdam, Hol land, havo beon married without cither leaving home. Tho queen of Holland consented to thoir marrlago by proxy. Though marrlago by proxy is not allowed in the United States, so many legal steps havo been taken to bring about this union that there seema no doubt tho immigration pcoplo will recognlzo it when tho brldo arrives in America, When Mozes Pimentel htrollod Into tho ofllco of, Charles C. Dasey, acting counsul of Holland, and said ho wished to bo married by proxy, Mr. Dasey did not believe it could bo dono. However, on the Insistence of tho Hol lander ho sent n statement of the sit uation to tho consul general at New Yorlc Tho ceremony of acqulrlug a brldo without being present at tho ceremony as gone through with Pimentel Is as follows: Automobile Chases SAN FRANCISCO. It Is scarcely be coming in nn nutomobilo to pitch Its owner into tho branches of a tree and then get on Its hind wheels nnd threnten to devour him If ho dares to como down. A Texas steor or an African lion, or an orang outang might bo oxpected to do a stunt of that kind, but not n refined motor car. And yet that Is ex actly tho experience that Louis Deg ener, a coffeo Importer, had with hla car tiro other evening. Ho painted a word plcturo of the affair In Police Judgo Sullivan's court, whore ho was on trial for speeding. Degoner had Just purchased tho car. Ho was beginning to master tho driv ing of It, as he thought. Ho invited a friend for a trip. Everything went smoothly until they Btarted for homo about dark. But they no sooner got Into Oolden Gato park thnn tho troublo began. "Thero seemed nothing to do,'' Bald Degoner to tho court, "but let that ma chino tako It3 course. When I tried to hold it down it acted llko It was go ing to blc vc Wo wore going llko r r r-rwr&rjy' I ll J, f f ' m lag-ay J 0 Situtiatirrg; ( M Irfr tfit Shoe; Offered $1.00 I thought it was a piece of glass at first, but then I saw somo moro spark ling points. I got on my knees and picked them up. My wlfo didn't see mo and I didn't say anything to her because I know sho would got excltod. "In n moment I found n llttlo cham ois bag, I knew what had happened somebody had been hiding Jewels in an old shoo. Who it was I didn't know. Dut I did know that It wouldn't bo long boforo I found out "When I had tho diamonds all picked up thero was a handful of them. Any ono of them would havo bought my store. I decided not to tell a soul for fear tho story might spread and somebody break in and murder my wife and mo. "About two days afterward n girl came In almost crying. Sho throw her check down on tho counter. "'My shoes! Where are my shoes? Quick! Hurry!' I looked up and smiled when my wife gave her tho shoes and looked puzzled at tho cus tomer's agitation. "'Tho diamonds! They aro gone! Pleaso give thom back to mo!" shrieked tho girl. "Sho becamo frantic when my wife told her sho know nothing about any diamonds. Then I stepped up and told her tho diamonds were safe. Later I took them to Mrs. Dunn my self. "Yesterday a neighbor brought mo ?1 as a reward for the return of tho ?5,000 worth of diamonds. That was . about the funniest thing I ever heard of. I laughed and laughed and when I was ablo to stop laughing I waved my hands at him and told him to hurry back to Mrs. Dunn with the $1" Poacher to Confess ordinanco of man for tho Lord's sake, whether It bo to kings, aa supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for punishment of evildo ers and for tho pralso of them that do well.' "And again it says: 'If ye forgive not man their transgressions, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive yours.' "I want to llvo a strict Christian life, according to tho Bible, nnd do ask your forgiveness for tho things I havo done. Pleaso let me know what there Is to this. Find inclosed stamp for reply?" Mr. Miles answered: "Inasmuch as I am convinced that you never had any wrongful Intent, It is very easy for me to forgive you for any possiblo infraction of the law you may havo mado in hunting within a gamo preserve." The writer neglected to tell tho commissioner whether ho got tho rab bit Married by Proxy First, a special petition to the queen explaining the necessity for the proxy marriage. This has been dono and consent obtained. Next, a power of attorney giving Hartog Pimentel, his brother, tho right to act for him was prepared. Then a declaration to wed was sworn to by Pimentel beforo a notary. According to the Dutch custom, (ho notary's seal was then certified to by tho secretary of tho state of Massachu' setts, and Consul Dasey certified to thp authenticity of tho seal of Mas sachusetts. These documents were mailed to Amsterdam. When Brother Hnrtog received them ho went boforo tho registry ofllclal In Holland, with tho brldo on his arm, and made all tho answers required In tho marriage ceremony. Tho proxy marrlago in tho city hall at Amsterdam follows closely on tho heels of tho marriage of Isaac Pimen tel, brothor of Mozea, to Flora Lies mann, a sinter of the proxy brldo. This took placo at tho Amsterdam city hall on March 7. Tho cost of all ofllclal Inquiries, le gal opinion, petitions and royal li cense Is nearly as much as It would havo roqulred to cross' tho Atlantic and return again. Mr. Pimentel, how ever, saved tho month's wnges that It would havo beon nocessary for him to glvo up had ho taken the trip to Hoi , land. Driver Up a Tree YR PtiCtteii FEK srttui'i tho wind when suddenly something happened." Just what happoned wan explained by Mounted Policeman Haloy, who had boen pursuing Degener'B car for tv half mile. When Haloy got to tho sceno ho found the car standing on Its hind logs and pointing straight up on tho sldo of a plno tree. Tho ongines wore still humming away. Degoner'B friend was sprawled out on tho road, but Degener was not In sight "Where's tho follow that was driv ing?" asked Haley. "Blest If I know," said tho friend. "Hero I am, up here," said a voice from tho branches. It proved to he Degener. Ho had been tossed Into tho branches b1x foot overhend and thero remained a prls orer until rescued by tie officer. PHjgfSMPRT W&M&imd A svfcr ? i jliWMprwrgjii-tr-jjM -ww w r - v vr" -WW -1 .- 9E7J T 3- A .A -''' " . XfflMnfirWaCifcf -jtf