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A ROUSING welcome Is planned for the members of the Pauliot boys' choir
Finn, now returning to Chicago from abroad where they sang before the
carried off tho first heftoro in competition at Philadelphia. As a result It was
at Paris. Thoro In competition with COO choirs that numbered the best talent
In the United States was not only repeated, but the Chicago boys became the
CROW SAVED LIFE
Rooster Is Instrumental
Averting Child's Death,
in
fiut for His Act Woman Would Not
Have Observed Two Little Ones
Running Toward Pond In
Cleveland.
I Cleveland. A cantankerous rooster
.that crowed and complained whenever
ny one entered the yard that ho con
sidered his own saved tho life of llt
tlo Alex Galoskey, four, when ho fell
into tho Cleveland-Akron Bag com
pnnys' pond at tho foot of East Thlrty-ceventh-stroet.
Had it not been for the rooster Mrs.
Jrf)uis Busser would not have seen the
itwo little children who rnn through
.her yard and down the hill to the bank
of tho pond early in tho afternoon.
Mrs. Busser looked out of the window1
when she heard the rooster expressing
his displeasure and saw tho Galoskey
child, with six-year-old Johnny Zglenl
ki, running through tho yard.
Shespoko to her husband, Louis,
about them and he looked In their di
rection from time to time. He was
sitting on the back porch putting his
shoes on when ho looked the last time
and saw tho elder of tho boys running
MP tho hil. The smaller one was no
where in sight. Surprised, he looked
again toward tho pond and saw a tiny
hand appear above tho surface of tho
(water.
Ho sent his son Frank, fifteen, on
the run to call help from tho mill,
thinking that tho men could get to the
pond from tho mill quicker than he
could. An instant later tho hand ap
peared again with another hand be
sido It.
I Busser saw ho must act Instantly,
so he ran shoeless down tho hill,
leaped over the fenco that surrounded
the pond and jumped into the water.
'A moment later ho had the baby In his
arms.
1 Busser and his wife laid the baby,
unconscious and apparently Head, on a
tench and rolled tho water out of
ARE AID IN SAVING FORESTS
Pupils By Reading and Distributing
State's Circulars Do Good Work
In Preserving Woods.
Harrisburg, Pa. As a result of the
distribution of forest fire circulars by
,tho Pennsylvania Conservation asso
ciation and other bodies ongaged in
jtho good work, together with a more
ifavorablo season, thoro have been
fewer forost fires up to date In this
state during tho present yenr than
have over been known for tho snme
period.
Early in April tho organizations In
tho state interested In conservation,
,wlth the assistance of tho stato de
partments of education and forestry,
began tho distribution of 1,000,000
circulars relating to tho prevention
of forest fires. Tho distribution waa
principally through tho public school
system of tho state, although tho stato
forestry department, heads of the
parochial schools, the Boy Scouts and
other public service associations as
sisted materially in the distribution.
On account of tho rural Bchool closing
early In the spring only 700,000 of the
circulars wore distributed; but tho
remaining 300,000 will bo distributed
to tho rural schools when they open In
'the fall, and chlldron may read how
to holp prevent the fall fires,
j Tho forest fire circular has brought
homo to tho children, their parents
'and teachers an important lesson in
auch a way that a general interest has
eon aroused all over tho Btato for
the preservation of tho forests from
destruction by fires. It Is estimated
that many i thousands., of dollars havo
been saved to tho stato this spring
as a result of thiu campaign.
him. After half an hour of work the
child began to show signs of life and
his rescuers put him to bed. They
had no idea whoso baby he was.
for tho houso and on the way mot tho
Mrs. Minnio Spettlguo of Croton
avenue S. E., in whoso charge tho
Galoskey boy had been left while tho
mother went out to work, heard ho
had been drowned and that tho body
was at tho Busser home. Sho started
boy's mother, who was returning from
work.
When tho two women arrived at the
Busser homo they found Alex sitting
up In bed and blinking happily and
devouring raw eggs.
FOOLED BY VOODOO DOCTOR
Woman at Atlantic City Claims He
Made Her Believe She Was
Horizontal.
Atlantic City, N. J. One of tho
strangest cases ever brought to tho at
tention of the police, Involving a clev
or negro, who claims to bo a voodoo
doctor, was brought to light through
tho arrest of Timothy Minnot, a West
Indian. Minnot was arrested on tho
chargo of witchcraft and fraudulent
practices, preferred by Rose Miner,
from whom ho Is said to have ob
tained ?50, and the talo told by the
woman was almost beyond belief.
Hearing of tho curative powers of
Minnot, she told the police that sho
visited the man at his ofllces, 1721
Arctic avenue, in an effort to bring
about a euro of an ailment from
which she had long suffered. Sho
was told by Minnot that, because of
a spell cast upon her by an enemy,
sho wns traveling through life in a
horizontal rather than a perpendic
ular position, and so great was the
persuasive powers of tho "healer"
that ho convinced tho woman of tho
truth of hi3 assertions.
Ho demanded $50 for his treatment
and this his victim borrowed from a
relative. When sho made tho pay
ment Minnot provided her with a pil
low upon which she must sleep, gavo
Long Aeroplane Flight
Three British Blrdmen May Attempt
to Make Record Trip of
4,500 Miles.
London. From London to India by
air is tho daring scheme which It la
proposed to carry out this year. An
advisory council has been formed In
London for tho purpopo of making tho
necessary preliminary arrangements,
and Mr. Ernest Esdalle, a prominent
Anglo-Indian, 13 acting as secretary.
It Is expected that at least three
British avlutors will participate In tho
attempt, which will bo mado about
next September. "The feat," said Mr.
Esdalle, "Is not as imposslblo nB It
appdars, and I say with confidence
that the flight will be accomplished
this year.
"Wo aro already negotiating with
several British aviators, and our plana
aro already woll advanced. The route
is fairly clear as far as Vienna, and
nftor that the aviators will follow the
courso of tho Danube, as far as Nlkc
uoll, and go ovor the Shinka Pass to
Adrlanoplo.
"From Constantinople the Abatolla
railway will bo followed to Bozantl,
and the route afterward lies via Tar
sus, Adana, Aleppo, Bagdad, the Eu
phrates and Tigris, to Bushlro, along
the coast of tho Persian Gulf of Bunda
AbbaB, and thence along tho Arabian
sea of Karachi, whicji is tho first
point that can be touchod in India.
"Tho dlstnnco, roughly speaking, la
about 4,500 miles, and somo tlmo be
fore tho flight takes placo wo shall
havo established posts nnd petrol sta
tions, I am going over the route ray-
and tholr leader, Father J. W.
Pope Plus X. The Paulist choir
selected to rcpresont this country
cf the kind In Europe, the victory
rago of musical Europe.
her powders with instructions to burn
them at stated Intervals and charms
which ho recommondod sho should
wear, and repeated prayers which Bhu
was instructed to offer.
MUSIC IS AID TO THIEVES
Phonograph Drowns Noises Burglart
Mako In Pillaging Home In
Minneapolis, Minn.
Minneapolis, Minn. Strains of mu
sic from a talking machine early in
tho morning were taken advantage of
by burglars to cover up tho noise
made by their entrance Into tho homo
of P. H. Ware, 211C Nicollet avenue.
Loot valued at nearly $100 was'takon
whilo occupants of tho premlsos, all
unconscious of what was going on, sat
and listened to tho songs that ema
nated from tho machine.
Members of tho Ware family had
been to a railway station to m,oot a
midnight train. When they returned
to their homo they set tho talking ma
chine going. Mrs. Ware said that
twlco while tho songs wero being
played sho heard scratching noises In
other jiarts of tho house, but thought
nothing of it. Soon tho family retired.
Philip Ware, four years old, who
had been asleep In tho bedroom whilo
tho music was being played, missed
part of his clothing. Tho garments
wero found under a window, whero
tho burglnrs had placed them as a mat
to prevent tho leaving of tracks. Then
Mrs. Ware missed two pocketbooks of
alligator and seal, ono worth $18 and
tho other $10. In ono pocketbook
there were $10 in cash, a gold chain,
a locket mado of a fraternity pin, a
check book and a photograph of Mr.
Ware, taken when ho was four years
old.
Tho burglars had entered through
tho window and taken tho articles
from a dresser in tho room In which
tho llttlo boy slept.
III Health Caused rastor's Suicide.
East Liberty, O. Continual brood
ing over his own nnd his wife's ill
health caused Rev. Alonzo Skldmore,
a Christian minister, to ccmmlt sui
cide recently. He was found dead in
his room, hanging to a bedpost, having
mado a rope of pieces of a shirt.
self by motor car to make tho neces
sary arrangements.
"I have approached a number of
British aviators on tho BUbJect, and I
hnve got quite as tunny as I require at
the moment. Wo wnnt tho wholo thing
to be all British, tho machines as well.
"It is impossible to say how long
tho flight may take, but a start will
not bo mado until after tho monsoon
season 1b over at tho end of Septem
ber. Wo mean to leavo nothing what
ever to chance."
LARIAT SAVES MAN'S LIFE
Harrds Only Above the Surface of
the Water Are Roped and
the Rest la Easy.
Santa Monica, Cal. Tho most pern
liar rescuo of a drowning man ever ef
fected along the bay shore was that
of Nicholas Cook. Ho is a workman
on a pier and fell into the sea, to
gether with a heavy Iron wheelbar
row. His feet became entangled In tho
barrow and It held him undor, with
only IiIb hands protruding from tho
breakers. He wnved frantlcnlly and
attracted the attention of Arthur
WllMos, nnother workman, who waa
formerly n cowboy.
Wildes snatched up a long rope,
tied It In a nooso nnd lassoed the'
hands. So accurato was his aim that
at tho first cast his noose slipped up
on tho wrists and tightened and Cook
wns drawn to safety.
Tho Wheelbarrow camo up with hua.
Tiny Shop Spikes Wheel of Commerce
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CHICAGO. "Tho march of com
inerco" from time to tlmo has pur
sued divers courses to obviate a halt,
or tho semblance of n halt, but It has
fallen to tho lot of ono of Chicago's
largo wholosalo concerns to employ,
probably for tho first time, a courso
which la marching nrouud, undor and
over tho threatening obstacle.
Tho obstacle encountered by ex
panding commerce In this lnstanco is
the person of John P. Walsh nnd his
little hardwnro store, located midway
between North Canal street and tho
Ohleago river, on tho south sido of
West Lako street.
A Ab a nlmon-puro ndhoront to stand
pntlsm John Walsh has completely
eclipsed tho lato originator of that
term.
Now, John Walsh Is not clinging to
tho policies of any particular political
cotorio, but la standing pat firmly in
his llttlo shop, which is a lono re
maining section of a onco fairly largo
building.
His legal or moral right to stand
firm on tho privileges of his five-year
sstfi3wt
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Poodle Cause of
INNEAPOLIS, MINN. Ono llttlo
whlto French poodle nttacked a
Minneapolis policeman tho other
night. Tho policeman shot tho poodlo.
Tho poodle's mistress nttacked tho
policeman. A riot call was put In for
tho police
When tho din of battle subsided, tho
poodle's mjstress nnd ono man wore
under arrest for disorderly conduct,
nnd tho poodlo lay dead In tho street
and tho policeman was ileelng undor
cover of dnrkness to his homo and a
wholo pair of trousers.
Tho poodle, cause of all the trouble,
was "Snoozlums," pet of Mrs. Bertha
Forslund. Tho policeman who was at
tacked and who shot "Snbozlums" was
Pollco Driver David Molbouff, nnd tho
man whoso championship of tho poo
dlo resulted In his own arrest gavo
tho nume of Robert Bonsman nt cen
tral station.
Policeman Melbouff, who Is driver
nt tho South Sido station, was riding
homo on a bicycle at 10 p. m. Accord
ing to his story tho poodlo ran from
tho walk nnd seized him by tho leg of
the trousors.
It was at this stago of tho conflict,
according to Pollcomnn Melbouff,
I when ho was complete master of tho
flold, that Mrs. Forslund nppoared on
tho scene.
Uncle Tom Bloodhounds Are Eaters
ST. LOUIS. Four large hounds, pos
sessed of nppetltos commensurate
with tholr slzo, aro perplexing William
U. Halhert, of Bellovlllo, public ad
ministrator of St. Clair county, Illi
nois. Tho dogs formerly belonged to
an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" show owned
by E. C. Chunn, who died In Enst St.
Louis several months ago, and Hal
hert says they rapidly are eating up
nil that Is left of tho estate.
Tho hounds, each ono of which
stands a few hnndB Bhortcr than a
small pony, rnmo by their nppotltcs
honestly, It would seem. For years
they chased tho eluslvo Eliza across
tho papier macho Ice, always Just a
trifle too far behind to sink their
teeth In tho persecuted young womnn.
After the show was closed they cried
for Eliza for a while, but later signi
fied they would bo satisfied with plain,
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Frisco Laborers Find a Wine Cellar
SAN FRANCISCO. That men may
drink chnmpngno on a Bteam beer
salary lias received convincing proof.
Around tho ruins of tho Orand Hotel
nt Stovonson and Now Montgomery
Btrects were a lot of $2-a-day laborers
tho other day who wero nursing as
sorted "heads," but who were very
happy just tho snme.
During tho work of clearing tho
ruins an old rock crusher that stood
on the lot was toppled over undor tho
lustructionB of the foreman. Tho foro
inan, tho day being hot, then ndjourn
ed to n nenrby buffet to quench hl3
thirst. When ho returned to tho field
ho found that every man Jack of hla
laborers had disappeared.
Their coats were still hanging
around on fences and tho foromnn wns
puzzled, not having reason to believe
thero had been a walk-out, until tho
sound of popping corks, coming from
tho near distance, mingled with gUBty
laughter, attracted hla attention to
where tho rock crusher hnd stood.
leaso of tho 25x40 foot bIiop Is disput
ed by no ono, although a mammoth
building now In tho courso of con
struction must have tho fow feet occu
pied by Walsh's shop if tho northern
face of tho structure, when completed
is to prosont an unbroken front.
"Perhaps they thought I would tnko
an afternoon off, tlo my leaso up with
pretty pink ribbon anil carry It ovor
to thorn on a silver tray, decorate?
with Amorlcan Beauty roses."
"Woll, you seo how badly they wora
mistaken. I'll havo no truck with
them. I'm horo to stick. I'vo my lease
nnd ll runs for trhreo years yot."
Tho entlro area, bounded by Weal
Randolph, North Canal and West Laka
streets, nnd ono of tho present build
lugs of the concern, with tho excop
tion or Walsh's llttlo Btoro, was in
readiness for tho construction work
to bo b'ogun. And Walsh steadfastly
Ignored all arguments.
As o last expedient, tho uniques
plan of allowing the now Btructuro to
rear Its stool girders ovor tho very
roof of tho llttlo store, excavating tho
basement, and erecting walls on throo
sides, wub rosorted to,
Now Walsh 1b being bullded around
on all sides, top and bottom, except
tho front, which will remain hla very
own, freo and unchallenged, until thq
expiration ,of tho lease, and "tho
march of commcrco" goes on unhalt-ed.
Death and Arrests
"You havo killed my pot. You lmvo
killed my baby, 'Snoozlums,'" tho
woman Is said to havo shriokod as
sho stopped over tho body of tho fall
on poodle and toward tho policeman,
who, busy with tho trousers which
had been torn, waa somowhnt at a
disadvantage
"I didn't want to hit tho womnn,"
said Policeman Molbouff, "so 1 Just
hold her off."
About this tlmo, according to Mel
bouff, Robert Bronsman took a hand
In tho fray. This mado things easier
for Melbouff for. Bronsman was not a
woman. Tho battlo raged merrily.
In tiro meantime neighbors, hearing
tho barks of "Snoozlums," tho shot, tho
screams of tho woman, had turned In
riot cnlls for tho pollco.
Leaving "Snoozlums" whero ho lny
in tho street tho pollco took tho man
and woman In tho patrol wagon and
to central station, whero charges of
disorderly conduct woro placed
against both.
ordinary beef, or something bettor.
When Halbort first camo into pos
session of tho dogs tho rest of tho os
tato of tho onc-tlmo owner of tho show
was Intact, and ho oven could afford
to buy porterhouso for tho animals If
thoy insisted on having it. Halbort
hadn't had chargo of tho estate long,
however, when tho dend owner's fath
er,.!.' C. Chunn, filed a claim for tho
personal cffoctB of his- son. Thoso
personal effects consisted of a passcn
gor coach and scenery and other para
phernalia necessary to tho show.
Halbert fought tho giving up of tho
pasbengor couch with tho idea that if
tho worst camo to tho worst ho could
houso tho hounds In it nnd ship hem
from plnco to placo that thoy might
"board around" on their relntlvea. Ho
lost tho Biilt, however, and found him
solf tho mortified possoBsor of tho
dogs, which, nftor tho manner of tholr
kind, lost no tlmo in signifying thoy
would bo pleased to sit down to a
good meal.
So far theyAhavo cost him moro
than $100, and none of them bus In
dicated ho is ready to get old and dlo
or quit eating Just becauso tho novelty
has worn off.
Ho hurried over thero to discover
his entlro crew sitting around tho floor
of tho wine ccllnr that had been ex
posed, drinking tho cream of tho
cholco stock, of liquors that had made
tho old Grand hotel bar famous.
After tho wreck of tho hotel In
190C no ono gavo a thought to tho
wlno collar and tho stock of old
wines, assuming that tho Btock had
been ruined.
Colonel Klrkpntrlck of tho Palaco,
when advised of tho find nnd asked
what disposition ho wanted mado of
tho wlnea, said:
"Lot tho laborers dispose of it. Tho
wlno 13 theirs by right of discovery."
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and your appetite is
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of some tasty things to cat
don't tax your mind
don't fret and fume. Order
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Sausage
Hot or cold, they are
scrvablc in a jiffy, and equal
the imported kind in taste
and flavor.
Once you have learned
their real quality you will
always want them.
Always Buy Libby's
Don't accept a substitute.
Libby's Foods present a wide
assortment, all the acme
o quality and reasonable in
price.
At Every Grocer
Libfoy, McNeill
& Libby
umcago a
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WASN'T A FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
Class One of Chess Fanatics Properly
Objected to Qarrulousness of
His Opponent.
Two elderly chess fanatics woro ab
sorbed In a gamo at tho Mechanics'
instltuto in San Francisco rccontly.
Both woro exports and rigid follow
era of all tho rules of tho gamo, writ
ton nnd otherwise. For nearly five
hours neither had spoken a word.
Backward and forward, moving and
countormovlng, tho gamo swung, with
no porcoptiblo advantago to elthor
player. Finally ono of tho old fol
lows mado n fatul break. Quick as a
flash his opponent moved his knight
into position and softly murmured,
"Check!"
Tho other playor, making no effort
to conceal his displeasure, ro3o front
tho gamo.
"What's tho matter?" demanded hit
friend. "Going to quit?"
"I certainly nm. I'll bo hanged if
can play chess with a darned old chat'
terboxl" Saturday Evening Post.
At the End of the 8pat.
Hubby You know, dcnrcBt, that you
aro my star.
Wlfey Do you mean a aky star or
a stago star?
Huby Oh-or-why?
Wlfoy Becauso if you mean tho lat
ter, I want to tell you that your star
doosn't bandlo as much money as an
ordinary soubrotto.
Tho man who has something to sell
is always an optimist.
DUBIOUS
About Wh.at Her Husband Would 8ay.
A Mich, woman tried Postum be
causo coffco disagreed with her and
her husband. Toa la Just as harm
ful as coffco because it contains caf
feine the same drug found la cof
fco. Sho writes:
"My husband was eick for thro
years vlth catarrh of tho bladder, and
palpitation of the heart, caused by
coffco. Wan unablo' to work at all
and Id bed part of the tlmo,
"I bad stomach troublo, was weal
and fretful so I could not attend to
my housework both of ua using cof
fco all the tlmo and not realizing i
was harmful. :
''Ono morning, tho grocor'a wif
said sho bellevod coffeo was tbo causa
of our troublo and advised Postum. I
took it Iwmo .rather dubious what my
husband would say ho was fond, ol
coffeo.
"But I tonic coffoo right off tho tabh
and wo havnn't used a cup of it slnco
You should .have seen tho chango is
us, nnd now my husband never com
plains of hoatt pulpltatlon any more.
My stomach troublo went away In tw
weekB after I began Poatum. My chll
dren lovo It, and It does them good,
which can't bo said of coffoo.
"A lady visited ua who was UBuallj
half sick. I told ber I'd mako her a
cup of PoBtum. Sho said It was taste
less stuff, but sho watched mo make
it, boiling It thoroughly for 1G minutes,
and when done, sho said it was splen
did. Long boiling brings out tho fla
vor and food quality." Name given by
Postum Co., Battlo Creok, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for tho famous llttlo
book, "Tho Road to Wcllvlllo."
Ever rend the above letter? A uerr
ono nppenra from time to time. Tbey
ore genuine) true, uud full of Itumaa
intercut.
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