Nebraska Newspapers

    GERMAN VETS
GATHER III OMAHA
FIte topsail D3!ejal3S Take
Pa t in Reunion.
TWO BOSOS ARE III SESSION,
Men Who Fought Shoulder to Shouldci
in Wart of Long Ago in the Father
land Again Meet and Recount The i
Experiences. ,
Omaha, Sept. 2.--The convention o
the National and Western Krli-ae:-bunds,
whicli Ih to continue uiiti
Tuesday evening, convened this nioni
inp at the German home. The tv
bunds are holding their contention
h"rc simultaneously nnd the me-rii!
this mornirg was of the western or
j;;iniz;ition alone. The. sess on wa
largely devoted to the discussion
business tllit'f 'T.
A royal welcome was Riven Uiohan
Mm ll r n New York, president of ti.
National bund, who, with a la rv. ri u . 1 1
her of other eastern delegates, .n iivef
on a special train from the east thlf
nftemotl Over 5.011 I Gcim;;n veter
mis are In the city. y
For this evening at t Auditoriuir
R scheduled the ;irenontat lotl of llvltn
picture of ftie franco German war
Thetw scenes, twenty sc von In mini
ber, are o b given by members o
the Omaha miotics and have hctt
weeks In preparation. They dophr
scene which are familiar to many o
the assembled veterans and oocupj
about two hours In their premutation
The premutation will lie followed bj
a military bnll.
BARTON BACK FROM TRIP
Commissioners From Three Statf
Will Dtcldo Woodman Controversy.
Lincc.ln, S 'pt. 2. Slate Auditor Ilu'
ton has returned from Milwaukee a.
Chicago, 11c reports that the Cam
diau Order of Foresters, charged wf,.':
diverting fundi of the order, accoui
for the funds by saying they have ere
ated a HMflal luiid to be used in malt
Ing food bad Investments of a forinei
(.Ulcer of the order and that none o.
the oMeors ban profited by the niethoi
of account inn. T Insurance com
DilsHloner of South Dakota will Jolt
the auditor ol Nebraska and the torn
mlssloner of lowu In deciding th)
complaint against the management i'
the Woodmen Circle.
Kearney Farmer Dragged In Mower
Kearney, Neb., Sept. 2. Ilert Arm
Mioiik, a farmer living north of here
six miles, was frightfully Injured whin
employed on the Willlnm I)wensteli
lands. The horses became frlghtenei,
wh( n the harnebH broke anil ran awa,
with the mowing machine, to wlilcl.
they were hitched. Armstrong wi.t
thrown In front of tho machine and
the blades of the sleklo cut his ! i
and body In deep riikIi s Medical as
sistnnce wits secured and tin' InjuieO
man stands a chance to recover.
Holdrcge Cow H.is Varied Bill of Far)
Holdngo, Neb.. Sept. 2 A P'l'elp
county cow bun done remarkably wi i
l the nin'ter of solving the Mv,li co..
of living. I'nfortunately it was no:
known how well she was hiic( din
tilonK this line until she was dead It
the stomach o' a three year old In'lfc
1 Wed by local butchers was found
rintirknblo collection of rusty irills
c!d Iron, plan- and Hlmllar nrtlclis no,
(.-cncnill) placed on a cow's bill o'
f'ire
. Arranqlng for Taft's Visit.
Lincoln.' Sept 2 United State
Senator llrnwn arrived In the city lo
the purpose ol completing arrange
mi 'iits for the reception of Ptes'ilor'
Tuft when he vblts Lincoln, Oct. 2
At cording to SIi(iUk i.rown stops wil
te made by the president'.") spo-l:;:
train bet wen I incoln and DaHtlnn
t. which place be noes from here. It
! stild PiosMont Taft will make h
hort speech at each of Hie Htops.
California Liability Law In Effect.
San Knuii isro, Sept. 2. -Cillionilr'
new employer liability law, tibollhl'
ing the contributory negligence aiv
fellow servant defenses In action fo,
damages brought bv Injured eia
ployeeg, went Into effect. The );:
provld"S fixed compensations for in
Jured workmen, benefits to widow;
nnd orphans ami medical and sitrg'.ca
(.Mention. The employer Is bold ila
Mo tor anv in ury sustained tiv at
mployee In the performance ol' hi
duty.
Engineers Overcome by Cas.
Syiacnso, N. Y.. Sept. 2 llen,!o
f). Lyon and Ol'ver K. Iliirw tod. i
engineers employed on an Inlcrcoptin
power, were overcome by rhs In tli
newer here pud died before tl.ey couh
1) resetted. Hotli men were alumt
thirty years old. llarwood was a fa
mouR footl-nll player for Syracuse til
verslty and was at one time nominated
as an all Amorlean center.
Wanders Naked In Desert.
Heno, Nev., Sept. 2 Craod. appar
Mitly, by the heat, James Mahoney, a
former New York policeman, said to
be a relative of W. IVourke Cockran
either perished or Is wandering; stark
nuked on the Nevada desert, fifty
miles east of Reno, near tU Ea.(l
aalt work a.
NEW COURSES FOR SCHOOL
Mason City May Have Manual Tra'n
int vi IV tal Work in Curriculum.
Mason C ity. !a . .-e, t. 'Z To tt.rui.
the pupils t.nisiuiu un1 e;li'h ri;n
Of the public schools an ;i.)i:.i.
course to iodine ile ni to remain in
the schools ot the t it y is the pl.in of
the board of education in its plea to:
au additional ai'piopriuiion ot $175,
i)00 for school putjio es.
The courses o.iiiiiied embody man
aal ttaining. metal work, commercial
courses and agriculture for boys and
domestic science as it Is applied to
the kitchen and the nursery and the
dressmaking departments as well as
a-nlculture for the girls.
If those plans can be carried out
promoters of the scheme say Mason
City will have the best equipped
schools In the state for all depart
ments of active life. The eighth grade,
It is explained, Is.tho point where the
largest slump In school attendance
takes place.
YOUTH HIT BY FREIGHT
Ra'ph Chaney of Jefferson Will Die as
Result of Injuries.
Jcffe'son ta., Sept. 2 Ralph Cha
ney, aged eighteen, was struck by a
train on the North western and now
lies at the point of death with a
crushed skull.
Chanev was coining Into Jefferson
from the north when a special freight
train, running at the rate of sixty
miles an hour, struck the buggy In
which he was riding. Chancy was
caught, In the top of the buggy, which
fell on the engine pilot, and was car
ried a distance of five blocks before
tho trainmen could stop the train and
remove bltn. No hope Is entertained
for his recovery,
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
AT KiMBALLTOWN
Woman Kills Stepson, Shoots
Husband and Self.
Klmhalltown, la., Sept. 2. Mrs.
Paul Anderson, thirty two years old,
killed her eight-year-old stepson, it la
claimed, and shot her husband and
herself. After the shooting she set
Are to their home and It was burned
to the ground. Hut little of the boy's
body was left.
The cause of the shooting is not
known. The Andersons had been mar
ried about four years, and it Is said
that they have had domestic trouble
In the past. There is said to have
been a quarrel, at which the county
attorney and sheriff Interfered. After
the olllcers bad left the wotfiiin is al
leged to have killed the boy and then
attempted to kill her husband and
herself. Neither she nor Anderson
are Injured seriously. The woman Is
In Jail at Audubon.
IS CRARGED WITH BIGAMY
0. K, Hanson, Formerly of Nashua.
Arretted In Missouri,
Nahbua, la., Sept. 2. O. K. Hanson,
former resident of this city, Is In
Jail In Worth county, Missouri, charged
with bigamy. Hanson, who is a train
er of horses, bus a wife and two sons
living in Nashua and on Lee. 4, 1910,
he is salil to have boon married to
Mlxs Lltle (iarrett at Sheridan, Mo..
where he has boon the past two years.
The Hansons left Nashua about
eight years ago, going to North Da
kota, and about three or four years
ago Mrs. Hanson and children re
turned and have since made Nashua
their homo Hanson, whose occupa-j
Hon took blip from place to place, vis
ting them on different occasions, the
last visit being in April of this year.
Runaway Accident Fatal.
Newton, la., Sept. 2. Oeorge
Shields, who had his head crushed In
a runaway accident Tuesday, died of
his Injuries without having regained
consciousness.
Dedicate Fort Defiance Monument.
lCsthorvillo, la., Sept. 2. The two
days' celebration attending the dedi
cation of the Fort Defiance monument
was largely attended.
HIDE DEALER ARRESTED
H. H. THIpy of Aberdeen Charged
With Misuse of Mails.
Aberdeen, S. I)., Sept. 2.-H. JL Til
ley, proprietor of the Dakota Hide
and Kur company, which has been con
ducting a business here for some time,
has ben arrested by Deputy t'nited
States Marshal Hyron McVeigh on a
charge of using the malls to defraud,
pnd upon examination before William
Wnllnre, t'tilted States commissioner,
he was hold to await the action of the
federal ooint.
Tllloy Is accused of advertising In a
nnniber of farm papers In South Da
koia and Montana that he would pay
the highest market prices for furs
and hides and that be would tan them
Into robes and harness lenther, but
the government claims he never man
ufactured the goods received from
the Mdvertlsments, but Instead con
verted them to his own use without
paying the persona who shipped them
to him.
Mosquito Bite Kills Woman.
Kdwardsvllle, pa.. Sept. 2. Jennie
Powell, eighty yenrs old, Is dead here
from a mosquito bite. She was bit
ten on the arm a week ago and poi
soned the wound by scratching It with
her finger nails.
CARMEN IWi
STRIKE AGAIN
Des Uoinss Street Railway Row
May Break Out A.resti.
MOTORUU ROBERTS IS FIRED
Adviser for the Union in Iowa Capital
Returns to Work and Is Discharged
for Smokingf Which Offense He De
niesMrs. Coons Insane.
Des Moines, Sept. 2. Rumors of an
other impending street car strike
were circulated In Des Moines when
Motornian Watson Roberta, adviser
for the union in the settlement of the
late strike, returned to his work and
at the end ot his run was called to
the private office of Superintendent
Kalston anil discharged on the charge
of smoking while on duty. He d nies
the eharge.
The case will he taken up at a spe
cial meeting of the street car men
this alte: noon and arbitration will
again be asked for, ns it was in ill"
case of Conductor Hyatt The result
ant, treaty must necessarily come un
der the old contract, which does not
expire until Oct. 1.
Roberts declared he went to work
to obey the De draff Injunction.
Mrs. Coons Declared Insane.
It was decided to take to the asy
lum at Clarlnda, Mrs. A. G. Coiis of
Des Moines, who, armed with a hat
pin, is said to have threatened the life
of J. R Harrlgan, manager of the
Des Moines City railway. She was
found to be Insane by the Polk county
commissioners of Insanity. Mrs. Coon?
Is said to have threatened to kill Mr.
Harrlgan because of his attitude in
the recent strike of street car men.
Rural Mall Men Hold State, Meet.
The need of an ample national ap
propriation for the construction and
maintenance of good macadamized
country roads was emphasized by
en.ch speaker at the session of the
twelfth convention of the Iowa Rural
I'tter Carriers' association at the
Coliseum. Congressman Prouty deliv
ered the principal address on the
theme of good roads and their devel
opment, POLICE CAPTAIN ON TRIAL
Sioux City Officer Charged With Ac
cepting Presents.
Sioux City, la., Sept. 2. Captain
Jack Newell of the police force was
placed on trial before the civil service
commission. Desk Sergeant George
Pierce testified he saw Retta Tappan,
keeper of the "Bates house," give
Newell money. The Tappan woman
refused to testify whether or not she
did so "on the ground that her testi
mony might Incriminate her."
Edith Sorenson testified that she
gave Newoll a diamond ring. A shake
up In the d"partinent Is expected to
follow the revelations.
tBig Time for Speaker Clark.
Davenport, la., Sept. 2 Speaker
Clark Is to be lionized by local Demo
crats when ho comes to Davenport to
deliver tho Ijibor day oration. A re
ception committee of 100 loading c it I
zona has boon appointed to arrange
for a public reception to Mr. Clark
at the Hotel Davenport Monday even
In?. Claims Contract Is Illegal.
Iowa City la., Sept. 2. An Injunc
tion suit against the city council and
Contractor William Horrabin was in
stituted here. Property holders are
trying to prevent the laying of JiIO.OOO
worth of hlthulithlc paving. The pe
titioners allege the contract was
awarded Illegally.
Calamus Woman Is Suing Lodge.
Clinton, la.. Sept. 2. Claiming her
husband, Nathan Keflh, Is dead be
cause of an absence of seven years,
Mrs. Lizzie Keith of Calamus hhs
brought suit lor 12,000, the amount of
the policy hold by her husband In the
Modern Woodmen of America.
Mrs. Klrkwood Is Ninety,
Iowa City. Iii., Sept. 2 Mrs. Samuel
J. Klrkwood, widow of Iowa's famous
war governor, quietly celebrated her
ninetieth Uirthday. No formal ob
ervnnce was held, but a large num
ber of pioneers called on her and ten
dered fecJlltatlons.
S. V. Carp Is Dead.
Ida Grove, la., Sept. 2 Word was
received here of the death in the Mar
siiatltown soldiers' home of S. V. Carr,
one of the first settlors of Ida coun
ty and the first mayor of the town of
Ida Grove
Iowa Beef Producers Organize.
Dos Mo'nes, Sept. 2. The Iowa
Poof Producers' association has been
organized by breeders and feeders of
pure bred cattle in the state. It Is ex
pected to Include 15,000 cattlemen.
Explode Bomb at Dubuque.
Dubuque, la., Sept. 2. A dynamite
bomb was exploded outside the estab
lishment of George Mulholland. The
detonation alarmed the city, but the
damage was slight.
Motorcycles In Collision.
Rock Rapids, la., Sept. 2 In a
head on motorcycle collision near here
Frank Dougherty and John Bornian,
ons of prominent farmers, wer la
Untly killed.
EEN JOHNSON.
KsntuCfcy Legislator
Who Is First Civilian
Ta In Army Airship.
Copyright by American t'rru Anxoclatloii.
BEN JOHNSON IN FLIGHT
Death Dips in Army Plane Delight
Kentucky Representative.
Washington, Sept. 2. Represent
tlve Ben Johnson of Kentucky has
made his first flight In an aeroplane
and gained the distinction of being the
first person outside of army circles ta
be a passenger at the army aviation
school at College Park, Md.
Lieutenant Arnold, finding his pas
senger courageous, shot higher and
higher and put his plane through th6
whole aerial repertory, Including fjg
lire eights, death dips nnd spiral glides
FORECLOSURE SUITS
Mortgages on University City
Property Mast Bs Satisfied.
St. Iannis, Sept. 2. Foreclosure suits
were filed In the United States cir
cult court hi tioii-tesideiits asking that
throe pieces o. real estate owned by
E. G. Lewis cot.ij. a cs be sold to sat
isfy moitgages. The property consists
of one tract of skly-eight acres of
Improved property In University City,
the Woman's Ma;;arne building and
the real estate It occupied and tha
Woman's XaMonal Daily and its real
estate. The mortgages covered by the
suits ayrcgate Ji:!ii.2."i0.
CONDENSED NEWS
A total production of 12,918,200
bales of cotton as the final yield this
year Is indicated by the department of
agriculture's official report.
Dr. Walter Owen Ryan, sa'd to have
been a wealthy physician, formely of
Springfield, 111., shot and killed his
wife and then committed suicide at
their home In Los Angeles.
During an artillery drill at Fort Sill
Private Eugene Payne was killed
when a six horse swing team he was
driving ran away. He was trampled
under the feet of the horses.
The sum which Colonel John Jacob
Astor settled nmn his fiancee. Miss
Madeline Force, In the marriage agree
ment signed at Newport was $5,01)0,-'
Ooo, according to the New York Her
ald. The National lie-.'kee pets' associa
tion adopted resolutions requesting
rongross to enact a law governing the
interstate shipment of bee colonies
and honey, and the establishment of
apiary departments In state agricul
tural schools.
Hiding for five years the fact that
he had n wcoden leg nnd despondent
when the discovery of the fact led to
his discharge by the railway company
for which he had worked all the time,
Louis N. Hagby shot and killed him
self at St. Paul. Ky.
Dr. A. W. McOavltt. a dentist
charged with a statutory offense fol
lowing the alleged Imprisonment for
fifteen months in his offices at Pan
Hernardino, Cal., of Jessie McDonald,
a high school girl, was held to answer
before the superior court.
Peter narr Sweeney, one of the few
lenders connected with the Tweed ad
ministration In Now York city who
Were held blameless In the exposure
of that historic ring. Is dead at his
summer home on lHke Mahopac from
the effects of an Injury. He was
rlghty six yars old.
Up In Anoka county, Minnesota, a
tew miles from Minneapolis, the farm
ers are digging a million dollars out
Of the groi-.ud. The greatest potato
crop that county ever grew Is ready
for the market. The grower have re
telved all the way from 85 cents to
11.50 t bushel at delivery stations.
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REJECTS DEMAND
OF FIVE UNIONS
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MUllSClin!lt REIUS3S 13 nSCOT -
nize Fedaralai ol Shopman
STILL HOPE 10 AVERT STRIKE
Refuses to Even Recognize Existence
of New Organization Representa
tives of Men Immediately Go Intc
Secret Session.
Sa". Francisco, Sept. 2. The Sout!
ern Pac irie Rdilroad company, throu.4
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice prsidet;
and director of maintenance and opoi
at.lon of the H, riiiian lines. ahs.!,itf-
ly rejected a demand for recognition 1 t,,n ann Uli,t n,? ,s ",l, t0 ll:,nR '"
of tie fed-itiiou of shop employees j D,,ll,, ''''laeity whoo the formation
comprising live shop craii unions' and 1,1111 '"Uustment of its jaws are noted.
25.i)oi) men. j Neither 1 it so much of a mystery how
That such recognition, with its Im ' ho manage to bor through the soil
plications, would hamper the company!80 rapidly that half a dozen nien with
In pei forming its duty to the public j shovels cannot overtake him. for be is
was the position taken bv Its oiliciali !a ni:,ss r l'on' nil(' muscles, partieu-
Union leaders asked for it 011 grounds
of economy and expedition, and ad
mittedly because of a feeling thai
?reatef centralization of capital and
power made corresponding centraliza
tlon anions various unions desirable
The unions Involved had asked thelt
general officers for permission t
strike In the event of the refusal U
grant recognition of the federation.
A conference lasting three houn
and twenty minutes was terminated
by Mr. Kruttschnitt's final answer and
following It the union representatives
sober faced, went Into session by them
selves, to consider the strike vote
which they may accept as binding 01
mav reject, refusing to sanction I
strike.
Kline Presents Case.
President KUne presented the cas
for the unions and replied to ques
tlons put to him by the railroad ofTt
cials, who acted without a formal
spokesman during the discussion. Mr
Kline based his pleading on economic
grounds, and one of the officials snic
"held his out" in the questioning
from his anelo of the case.
Once or twice the discussion be
"ame lively, but It never ranged.be
yond cool headed argument. The rail
road officials, In their turn, took th
position aleady publicly announced
by Mr. Kruttschnitt that the federa
tlon's power and derNands would ren
der It Impossible for them to perform
the duties nnd carry responsibilities
which make them. In the words of Mr
Kruttschnitt' "quasi-public officials."
Kruttschnitt Issues Statement.
At the nd 0' the conference Mr
Kruttavhnitt l"sued the following
statement:
, "A conference was held between th
national officers of the shop employees
:nd Southern Paclfis officials. In th
conference the question of the benefits
jto accrue to both the company and th
jvien from a federation was fully pre
.-.ened by the International officers
r.nd the officers of the railroad com
nanv explained at length the embar
lssment that the company would ex
erience In performing Its public func
Ions If hampered by a committee
"sted with sufficient power to con
ol or partially control Its opera
Inns T!ie discussion ended without
! '.'tering the situation."
I Union leaders have made no secret
I
j their anxiety to avert a strike If
an be dc-e and means to thnt end
veto canvassed fully In their mooting.
"Our meeting with Mr. Kruttsehnit!
was without result," said . W. Kline.
"Neither side would concede any
(thing The demand thnt he recognize
the federation was presented to Mr.
Kruttschnitt. but he refused to grant
ft. However, we still have hopes ol
averting a strike."
The Southern Pacific company con
tinues to lay off men, between seventy
'five nnd 100 men from Its auditing
.staff having been let out. Most ol
(these men have been employed as
train auditors and this work will he
done by conductors from now on.
Train Inspectors Laid Off.
, Omaha, Sept. 2. Again the axe of
retrenchment has been wielded along
the linos of the Harrlman system of
railroads and a hunch of forty-three
heads have dropped Into the basket.
This number of train Inspectors on
the Union Pacific lines In Nebraska,
Kansns, Colorado, Wyoming nnd Utah
have been dropped from the payrolls.
I. C. Emo'oyees Serve Notice.
Chicago, Sept. 2. Representatives
of the International union's compos
ing tbe federated shop employees of
the Illinois Central, whose associa
tion has been refused recognition by
President Markham of the railroad,
gave thirty days' formal notice that
they desire alterations in their con
tracts. Mayor of Cass Lake Arrested.
St. Paul, Sept. 2. A warrant issued
by United States District Attorney C.
C. Houpt for the arrest of Dr. D. F.
Iunins, mayor of Cass Ike, Minn.,
was served on Dr. Dumas while he
was en route from Penildji to Cass
ljike. The warrant charges conspir
acy to -ob a United States post office.
Gives Life to Save Child.
Cleveland, Sept. 2. Clark Presley,
driver of a coal wagon, Jumped In
front of an Intcrurban car at Notting
ham In an attempt to save Ralph Hus
elton, three vears old, from belnj
run over, and was struck and killed.
The child will recover.
SKIN OF A BAD 3E3.
So Loose th Animal Can Almost Turn
SomersauKi In It.
The pelt of an adult badger Is ex
tremely thick and ditlieult for a biting
; adversary to penetrate, writes a trap
' Per lQ Fur e'-vs. and so loosely does
jthe skin cover the body that the ani-
! mal is able to turn almost around in
Its hide.
Should a dog acquire a hold on the
throat the badger turns himself so that
the dog's grip is on the back of thn
tadger's neck without having loosenedi
his first hold. Then the badger se
cures a viselike grip upon some rul
nerable pottiou of his enemy, ami
while hh lonff tnska penetrate to the
limit he digs and scratches with bis
front feet that are furnished with
claws almost as formidable and deadly
s might be expected from an anteater
of the dark continent.
lie who has removed the pelt of a
badirer and fs at all observing does not
wonder at this animal being sharp bit-
' ,nr.v in thp n,,'k- on''st 11,1(1 shoulders,
very similar iu physical construction to
the ground mole.
The badger toes Inward sharply whet
traveling and always on the walk,
twisting about here and there very
much like the movement of a skunk,
while if It be in winter he makes a
business of hunting buried dormant
woodchucks.
lie Is a fur bearer of rather .coarsa
quality, and there Is a great range of
value In the pelts taken, depending
upon the length of the coat. A badger
Is chiefly valuable when It has a long
coat, so that the guard hairs can be
plucked and used to make shaving
brushes.
CORSICAN CRUELTY.
It Loomed Up Large In Napoleon's
Treatment of Children.
Napoleon had a singular rage for
pulling children's ears, sometimes sc
hard as to make the poor children cry.
Caroline was very vexed when she
saw her little Achille the victim of his
uncle's caresses, and more than once
her son's tears made her weep too.
One day the First Consul, pulling the
ears of the little fellow, hurt biui. and
he cried out. To teach him" not to cry
his uncle pulled his ear again, harder.
Achille. having freed himself, came
back to him in a fury and. raising hut
Mttle flst. shouted:
"You are a villain, a wicked, wicked
villain!"
To prove the contrary Napoleon
should have embraced his nephew and
made him forget the pain he bad gra
tuitously Inflicted by some show of af
fection. But tenderness was not In
his character. Corslcans scarcely know
what it meuns. and. though Napoleon
used to say. "I am less of a Corsicau
than one thinks." he was really more
so than any one or he himself thought.
Instead of quieting his nephew he be
came angry uml gave him a violent
slap 011 the face. The child ran weep
ing to his Uncle Luoien. who was pres
ent, while Mine. Murat was so upset
thnt she was taken ill. "from the ef
fort." says Lueien. who relates this
episode, "she made to control her feel
ings, which such violence to her child
outraged. As for the First Consul, he
left the room, shrugging his shoulders
anil u In mm 1 11 it tin, .i.i.l u.i-ttn lmt
iMiv niiiiuiiuu 1 ui. u'n, 1 fi im -.iia.uipi llliil
it, Caroline had always been an ullected
creature and acted like all parents who
polled their children."
Turqiian's
"Sisters of Napoleon."
Old Tim Smallpox Cure.
To cure smallpox wus apparently a
very simple matter In the good old
times. John of Gaddesden. court doc
tor to tiriward II.. has recorded that
he got rid of the disease by the simple
expedient of wrapping his patients lo
red cloth.
"Let scarlet red le taken." he says,
"and let him who Is suffering small
pox be entirely wrapped In 1( or Iu
some other red cloth. I did thjs when
the son of tbe Illustrious king of Eng
land suffered from smallpox. I took
rare that all about his bed should Im
red. and that cure succeeded very
w-ell."--Loii(loti Chronicle.
Would Do Just as Welf.
A well known clergyman .who la
very stout was having unusual diffi
culty one morning in lacing bis shoes.
"My dear, you ought to have a
valet." remarked his wife sympathet
ically. "A valet?" echoed the clergyman.
"Well, my dear. If I bad a valley
where I now have a mountain It would
answer." Ladles' Home Journal.
Shifting the Burden.
"I uote that you employ a great
many quotations from the poets in
your speei-be."
"Yes." replied the orator. "Just now
In my district It Is desirable to say as
little as possible for which you can be
held personally responsible." Well
ington Star.
A Better Way.
"I never throw away old Junk, for
that would make me feel wasteful."
"What do you do with It?"
"I give It away and feel charitable."
Washlngtou Herald.
Paying His Lawyer.
Lawyer (annoyed) Better take your
ease somewhere else. You are to
thin skinned for m. Client Hardly
pay to skia bm, sT Boxtoa Traa-crlpt