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    DONE IN A CHURCH.
THIEVES RIFLE THE POOR BOX
AND KILL THE SEXTON.
Tl» polio*' Huy That the Nsiton Know
the TbktM and They Killed Him to
CohmI Hi*> I’rima- A moody Hand
print.
IIE unanswered
question In and
around Shepherd,
Mich., Is "Who
murdered Elmer E.
Struble, cashier of
the Farmer#*
bank?” The un
solved eulgma In
New York city la,
•■Who killed George
Stelz. the assistant
sexton of a wealthy church In Wil
liamsburg?"
George Stelz, assistant sexton of Ho
ly Trinity church, Mont rode and Gra
ham avenue#, Williamsburg. New York
city, was murdered Sunday night by
persons who knew the church, who
knew the people In the neighborhood
of the church, and who knew the
murdered man and his habits. In fact,
as the Investigation continues, it Is
shown that ho was not murdered for
the money In the poor box, hut for the
purpose of concealing the tracks of the
men who were caught robbing these
boxes. That they were desperate In
concealing their tracks Is borne out by
the fact that after beating Htelz Into
Insensibility they fell upon him and
(hoked him so that the bones of his
neck were broken and his windpipe
was punctured.
That they knew the church la evident
by their finding their way to the poor
boxes in the vault under the vestibule.
To get to these boxes without passing
through the big iron gate#, which are
kept constantly locked, one has to pass
through winding passages that are
known to only a few of the narishlou
era.
Blood spots on the stairways. In the
vestibule and on the walls of the vesti
bule show plainly how and where the
murder was committed. It was Stela's
custom to sound the Aligelus at 7
o’clock In the evening. He went to the
belfry as usual on Sunday evening
leaving the center doors of the church
unlocked and carrying the hunch ol
keys, which were afterward found lying
by the side of the dead body, In hi*
hand. The bells were heard tolling foi
five minutes or more, then the sexton
descended Into the vestibule.
No more of his movements can bt
traced, except for the blood spots. II
Is supposed that he had descended tc
the vestibule and was preparing tc
lock up the church for the night, when
he heard a noise In the cellar and went
to Investigate. Then he saw the twe
thieves breaking open the lower end ol
the poor box, which ran through from
the church door.
The first spot of blood was found on
the cellar floor, showing that he had
been struck there. Then there were
blood spots leading all the way up the
stairs to the vestibule. Here there
were signs of a struggle. At the height
of a man’s head blood was smeared on
the walls. There were blood prints ol
a man’s hand on the floor, as If the
murdered man’s bead had struck
there.
On the stairway leading to the second
floor there was a pool of clotted
blood, extending to the third step, and
on the fourth step there were prints ol
two bloody hands. It was here that
Ste’.z fell unconscious. It was here
that he was choked to death.
Undoubtedly there were two men
concerned In the murder of the sexton
The appearance of the dead man’s head
shows that more than two hands dealt
the blows which felled him Into Insen
sibility. Both a sharp and a blunt In
strument were used in the assault
There waB one wound between the eyes
and one at the back of the head Just at
the base of the skull. The wound In
front of the head was made by a sharp
Instrument, while that In the back was
made by a blunt Instrument. If it lie
that the murder was done by a single
person then the weapon was both blunt
and sharp.
Theu there were four other wounds
In the back and top of the head which
were not made with the same Inatru
AMIHWAY WtlKKK HKXTON WAI
mi'NIV
■■•at The (laser mark* on the want
throat would ladleale that dlf
tor eat ailed Infer a had crushed (ha
hoaa*
Of the all roone* hoi** la lha church
oaly one bad barn tampered with Thia
•food l« lha cellar directly between
taro hlf Iron door* and o**r the ala
lu* of an angel which guard* the tooth
of rather John Ml) and Kathay John
Rlhritrr Within Ian feel of thia
etatu* atanda Ihe alaloa of another aa
fai. and halweea the loo Iguren it a
grayer bench Hue of lhaa* angeia
fad Ihe bench had been uaard hy the
Ihtoana an n aaana* by * m. a they «owij
Ctleib to Ihe tort h*d hreah ll ogen The
hooch woo flared hrrwaa iha head of
tfto IT1 Theo |li|f of Ih# AMO,
HlftTf ngoo M tod, ogee the boa
grtth A ft tori anti look no' the ateaey
that was intended for the poor. It is
the opinion of the police that Stela,
after discovering the thieves In the
church, started to run toward the front
door, with a view of locking them In.
Ilefore he could gain the stairway one
of the men dealt him a blow on the
head and then as he ran up the steps
he was dealt repeated blows. When
be reached the vestibule he attempted
to protect himself, and here he was
beaten Into Insensibility, falling on the
stairway as before described.
"No murderer could be tempted to
commit such a crime for ho small a
sum as Is usually found In the poor
boxes of the church,” said one of the
detectives. "Thero Is never more than
$60 In the six boxes all told. That
murder was not committed for lust or
gain; It was committed to conceal u
crime."
MURDER AS A TRADE.
Hanot* Ha* a Rival fur the Henriei
Family.
Not since tbe horrible crimes of the
Render family were revealed has south
eastern Kansas been so' excited and so
bent upon vengeance until the bloody
butcheries committed by the Staffleback
family at Galena we*-c brought to light
by the recent confession of Cora Btaf
fleback and George Staffleback on the
witness stand at Columbus. When upon
trial for the murder of Frank Gal
breatb, whose body was found floating
In un old abandoned mining shaft near
the Staffleback home last July, Cora
.Staffleback weakened and told all she
knew about the murder of Galbreatb
and others whom the family had killed.
George Staffleback. Cora’s husband,
without knowing what his wife had
revealed, made a similar confession.
They said that Galbreath, who bail
been murdered and robbed by the Staf
flebaek boys and their mother, was nef
GEORGE 8TAFFLEBACK.
the only person they had murdered, but
that mi Italian peddler, whose name
they did not know, bad been killed and
robbed about two years ago, and his
body thrown In an old abandoned min
ing shaft about forty yards from the
Staffh-bark house. A' that time Mrs.
Charles Wilson, mother of the Staf
fleback boys, kept a questionable re
sort In tbe four-room log eabfn where
these crimes were committed. Two
girls whose names George Stafllebaek
could not give, were living there at the
time, and saw the peddler murdered.
They were threatened with dire ven
geance if they should ever reveal wbat
they saw. A few nights later one of
tho women quarreled with Mike Staf
fleback and threatened to leave the
house. Fearing she would betray him
be seized her by tbe throat and choked
her to death In the presence of Ed Staf
fleback and the other woman. The lat
ter attempted to save the girl from
Mike's murderous clutches, when Ed
crushed her Hkull with a six-shooter.
The dead bodies were then wrapped In
a sheet and put under the bed until
late at night, when they were thrown
Into the same shaft where the peddler’s
body had been dumped. Thpn a lot of
loose earth and rocks were thrown Into
the shaft to keep them from coming
to the surface, as Galbreath's body had
done. Cora Stafllebaek was taken to
Galena and pointed out the shaft where
the bodies were thrown. A steam pump
was put to work and the water pumped
out of the shafts near the Stafllebaek
house. From one of the shafts a pair
of men’s drawers with particles of rot
ting human flesh adhering to them
were fished, and a piece of a woman's
waist was also found there.
Il«n|« lo Ills Job.
The city of San l.ul* I’otoal I* build
ing a ball that will be the eighth won
der of the world It ha* coat million*
and will coat million* more. Seven
year* ago a doxen akillcd atone maaon*
Iron) FeiinaylVtintu w> re imported to do
ihe oruameuial carving of It* front.
One Fourth of July a number of the
party got drunk and killed a Mexican
In u liar room brawl. Ill* companion*.
In the language of Men. ('rook. *‘ro*e
like a flock of quail and lit running " j
lie waa tried and condemned to be
shot. Then aroee the certainty that
with blui !u the grave there waa no
one to do the faucy carving on the eity
hall. It waa derided to heep him at
work aad ahoot him when he had fln
lahed Kvery day. la autuiuer'* ablae
and wlater'* »nuw, thte workman hang*
j like a fly again*! the great white wall
! and path* away at gerguyla* and grlf
j Ana' bead* A Ale of auldtera atanda
' in the *treet looking up at him Mi
' Ilf# end* with hie )uh, aad they any that
he la the avoat deliberate workman ever
la the Mexican republic or nay other
republic At the preaout rale of prog
reaa, according to the beet obtain*bl*
calculation*, the front of the city hail
will be euAcleatlr ** rolled and verted
*b«MM the middle of lava
ttwrgtar alarm* can now he attached
to Meyelea The de Vic# t lMli*(fl *»f •
hall awreuuadiag a afcmb m#< bantam
which la faateaed to the frame A level
prefect* la Haa with the ap*>hea la the
haeh wheel# to aonad lh* alarm wke.i
the wheal la mu**d *
WOMAN LEI) ROBBERS
CORA HUBBARD HAS WONDER
FUL NERVE AND TACT.
How Many Mad Aho lla« Klllml flaring
liar Wild Waat C'arear May Never Re
Known-—Abort, bat Ntocklly Rail! and
Very Nervy.
ORA HUBBARD Is
a bank robber. She
Is a fine shot,an ex
pert horsewoman
and a raider with a
record. She Is the
newest of the new
women; right up to
date; fearless, dog
ged, desperate. At
the age of 20 she
rode with Bob Dal
ton in some of the bloodiest expedi
tions ever organized In the west. How
many men she has killed may never be
known. In the garb of a cowboy,with
her short, black hair, worn pompadour,
concealed beneath a waving sombrero,
she assisted three desperate men In tho
robbery of the bank at Plnevllle, Mo.,
recently, In broad daylight. While
they Intimidated the cashier and looted
the vault, Cora stood guard outside and
hold the horses on which they were to
make their escape Into Indian Terri
tory. She played her part well, und
when the shooting commenced, none
were handler with a revolver than she.
Nobody knew she was a woman.
Cora lives at Weir City, Kan., with
her purents and her brother, Bill Hub
bard. She Is only 26 years old, yet
she was u member of the notorious
Dalton gang, and It was with a revolver
bearing the nume of Bob Dalton that
she shot at her pursuers, held Lhem at
bay and escaped, although the horse
she was riding was killed in the skir
mish.
A month or two before the robbery
Bill went to Plnevllle and obtained em
ployment with a farmer In that vicin
ity. He studied the local conditions
carefully and then made a diagram for
the use of himself and confederate*.
There seems to be no doubt ’hat be
went there for the especial purpose of
planning a robbery. He Imported the
other three bandits from Kansss, In
cluding his sister, and their work was
vsllMAW
another of the gang wag Imprisoned,
and the others were scattered. But the
girl seems to have been fascinated
with the danger of the life she had been
leading, and when her precious broth
er, Bill, suggested to her that they rob
a bank, she was right with him. It
didn’t take her two mlnutea to aay yes.
What did she care for the danger? She
loved the excitement. Since the Dal
ton crowd hail been scattered she had
pined for a taste of the old life. Her
nerves were getting rusty, they bad
been Inactive so long. She wanted
something to make them tingle and
thrill, to warm her stagnatwt blood,
and make her pulse beat with the mer
ry leap that It knew of old. What
better than a bank robbery? Surely,
there could be nothing more to her llke
Ing. She found the excitement, and
she enjoyed It. She tried to oacape.
failed, though she gave her pursuers u
beautiful run for tbelr money the
money she had stolen. She took the
arrest philosophically, find Is prepared
to go to the penitentiary If necessary.
And it will probably be necessary, for
Cora has already Admitted her guilt,
and U> prove It would not be difficult,
even without her unexpected display of
candor, Cora Is a stoic. Considering
her record, she Is a wonder
BOUGHT HER OWN PICTURES.
Southern hoclsly Wnnmn Paid f«r
Photo* In Job l.ots.
Mr*. Rdward Bright, one of the most
beautiful of the society lenders of New
Orleans, has just succeeded In buying
up a large stock of her own photo
graphs which were offered for public
sale In many retail shops In New York.
Mrs. Bright, who as Miss Ella Mchle
was the belle of New Orleans, was a
queen of the Mardl Gras ami was pho
tographed In her costume. In some
way the negative escaped from the
hands of the photographer* and found
Ita way to New York. Prints were
made of It for the purpose of Illustra
ting a new process of photography, Of
course nobody knew who the beautiful
original wxs, and the prints were scat
tered broadcast. So long as the picture
went to the photograph trade only,
Mra. Bright did not hear of it. Hut
when some enterprising photographer
reproduced It In large sixes, labeled It,
"A Southern Beauty,” am! sold It to
fancy shops, which offered the pictures
CORA AND BILL.
well done. Hut Bill made ihe fatal
mistake of losing bis diagram In the
midst of the excitement, and this led
to the capture of three members of the
gang, himself Included. While the rob
bery was In progress a poBse of citi
zens was formed and they gave chase
to the highwaymen. A running skir
mish ensued and many shots were ex
changed. Cora Hubbard's hat was
pierced by three bullets and her horse
was shot and killed, yet she escaped
unharmed. Several officials of the
bank and other citizens continued the
chase and at Southwest City, I. T., they
overtook and wounded White Tennl
son, one of the robbers, and captured
him. On the Sunday following the rob
bery Bill Hubbard was arrested at Weir
City, Kan., and during the day his
daring sister was also taken Into cus
tody. John Sheets, the fourth robber,
was captured recently at Weir City,
Kan. The quartet secured $58(5. Of
this amount $301 has been recovered,
Cora had burled $141 in her back yard
and It was not found until last Wednes
(lay. nilt* null Iiinu uui ini uvi uni iihh
the suit of clothes she wore at Plnevllle
and the Dalton revolver with which she
shot at her pursuers. The revolver Is
a tb-rnllbsr ('oil's, single action, six
shooter, with "Hob Dalton" rut on the
wood handle and nine lib lies filed on
the nickel plate. This Is supposed to
be the record of the men Dalton bus
killed
Cora Hubbard Is five feet four lot lies
In height and rather sttsklly built,
ilcr hair Is coarse and bla< s and her
complexion swarthy, and she gi>ally
resembles an Indian woman. Her fen
turea are coarse and masculine, a are
her taates. Once she had a husband
his name was Darker but she took tbs
trouble to get a dtvorvs from him and
since then she has been kuoaru by her ;
maiden name, which wa* Hubbard i
Kver nines she was a girl she ha* been
of a roving and reekles* disposition,
and what would ordinarily be called a
tu(Taut although, as far as known, she
was virtuous Hat she cared no mors
fur cuas**|w*nc»a (ban a toad dor* for
side pocket* and dul not hesitate lu
lackl* tk* toughest proposition that
presented itself t'uuesqu.aHy a ben
Hob Hallow Invited her lu lwmu> a
member of kta aaag ul Mr marauders. :
•be promptly accepted and d aued mat*
stiir* In tbst garb sb* was ebased all !
over tk* plains of Oklahoma and In
dlan Territory by t'nited aut** mar
shal* but *h* did aal ait* tip tk* wild
Ufa of a ktahwavman until ike gang
was anally hruken up Hub ihtltM
was klHmt. t'berukes Hill waa hung
for sale at 16 cent* a copy, Mrs. Bright's
friend* in New York goon wrote to her
about the matter, and the lady was nat
urally Indignant.
Her husband engaged n detective and
ordered him to buy up all the copies he
could. Disguised as a peddler of pho
tographs he purchased all that were
offered for sale. When he chanced into
the shop of a dealer named Rosenbaum,
In I’ark Row, he found 6u0 of the
prints. These had been bought at auc
tion for $3.
Now that the story Is out, It Is pos
sible the supply of Mrs. Bright’s pho
tographs will increase and the offer
MRS. RDWAKD BRIGHT
Iiikm be mi Urge aa to go beyond the
rayai'lty of Hr. Bright'* bank acrouui
to pay (or.
A lady at l*a.. tiring about to
taka * bath. rammed hrr four diamond
ring*, worth ft.wW. wrapped them In a
pirn' at tlawu# paper and left them on
the waah stand Th# maid throw the
w*d into th* drain I'lum wra hav*
now bora M'arrhtag threw day* for
them, and after they hav* torn out all
th* pip** la the house they wilt pur*uw
the ring* lata th* *«w*r
TM Mel Moaned.
forty • *# yeai* la bed to the rweord
of Hiaa I'lnrh* »l i'hatteria. ta t'am
bridge eh lie who died it he
wa* disappointed ta twee and (hut her" i
•wit np la har bediueta whleh she war
ar left aBew dhw wa* Wall u* aad
uwwnplodi hwrawlt with taaey aowdtw
work
•
V rrp n ahow* that thera arw l.lft
parawa* la the world haowa to ha«*
wii tagwr* wa on# hand aad dll with
•wtwa fcagere
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III. OCT. 17 ACTS 24:
10-25.
Golden Test -"rear Thou Not: for I
oin with Thee" Isa. 4|. to Back
ground of the I/Cmuii I'aul llrfore
the Itotnnn Governor.
Tlme.-&» A. D.
Place.—The court room of Felix'# pal
ace In Caesarea.
Paul Before the Jewish Council.-Clau
dia* Lysias, the chief captain, could not
make out from the confused cries of the
crowd what his prisoner was charged
with; not understanding the Hebrew Paul
spoke to the people, the speech did not
enlighten him; and when he thought to
force h confession from the prisoner him
self by the barbarous practice of torture
Paul's Homan citizenship foiled him. Ho.
at his suggestion, this council meets, with
more or less of formality, to try Paul.
Twenty-two years ago Paul hl nself had
sat on the council seat and joined In the
condemnation of the first martyr of
Christ. Now he stands where Htephen
then stood, face to face with th<* same
prldo and hatred. Bsventy-two of the
most learned and eminent Hebrews #•
around In a half circle. Many a once fa
miliar face Is before him. Carefully read
the whole story (Acts 23. 1*10). His spsech
was brought to a sudden end by an appeal
to the Pharisees against the Hadducees.
The trial was broken up In tumult, and
soon Paul, again rescued by Homan sol
diers, was again safe within the walls of
Antonia.
Paul In the Castle of Antonia. Kven a
prison, with Its silence, must have been
a relief after all that strife of tongues.
Hut I'aul Is for th# moment, doubtless,
crushed with disappointment. Two things
he had determined to do; to bring the
Jews to Christ and to sail sway to Home.
The Jews had rejected his appeal; he Is
In chains, and hfs hopes of reaching Home
are scattered to th#1 winds. But In the
black stillness of midnight there comes a
Visitor to his quiet cell, Th*- soldier chain
ed to Paul's side sees nothing, but the
apostle rec jgniSi s the pr# s#»nc«* of th#* Lord
whom h«? m#*t on the road t#» Damascus
ami again at Corinth, and hears th** words
"Be of good cheer, Paul: for us thou hast
testified of me in Jerusalem, so must
111 II iM'nr Wlin* nn mi
the next midnight he I* on Ills way to he
tried hy Kell* m Caesarea.
Paul In Caesarea - For the first lime
Paul sturida In chains before u Roman
tribunal, accused hy his own people. The
trial Is held In the Judgment hull at
Caesarea, and upon the bench Hits as
Judge the cureless, unjust and
sensual Felix, a slave lifted to
a throne. Paul's aecuslr * are
heard, but their charges are scatter
ed to the winds hy hie manly, dignified
defense. He asserls, what no witness
can disprove, hi* orderly, law-abiding
conduct, yet boldly owns himself to he a
disciple of Jesus Christ, through whom
he looks for the resurrection from the
dead. The Judge s plainly that the
prisoner Is Innocent, hut, with desire to
win popularity from the Jews, remands
him to prison until other witnesses can
he summoned. Here ihe great apostle
languishes for two years, cheered hy tlm
companionship of tried friends and hy the
visitors from the Caesarean church. At
the very beginning of this period comes
our lesson.
I,cm 4011 Hymn,
In the silent midnight watches, Dlst—
thy bosom door!
How tt knocketh, knocketh, knocketh,
Knocketh evermore!
Huy not 'tie thy pulse Is leu ting; »’Tls thy
heart of sin;
Tl* thy Havlor knocks, and crleth, Rise,
mid let me In!
Death comes down with reckless foot
step, To Ihe hall and hut;
Think you death will stand a-lcnocklng
Where the door Is shut?
Jesus walteth, walteth, walteth; Hut thy
door Is fast!
flrlevcd, away thy Havlor goeth: Death
breaks In at last.
—A. Cleveland Coxe,
Hints to Teachers.
I. Our lesson contains two pictures, of
which the first Is Paul before Felix.
Verse* 10-21. Kxplaln who Felix was, the
fifties which he held, and how Fnul came
to stand before him. Notice whut Paul
showed while on trial before the Roman
governor. 1. HI* manner. Contrast the
style of Tertullus. full of compliment and
flattery, with the courteous but sincere
address of Ihe apostle. There was a pe
culiar hearing In the apostle which every
where bespoke the gentleman, and which
greatly Increased hi* Influence over men.
ICvery Christian should show Ills gentle
birth, for he Is the son of a king. 2. Ills
belief. Paul knew nothing of "the er
rancy of Scripture.” He believed "all
things which are written In the law and
In the prophets." He could trust the
Ulble, and so can we. 3. His worship.
lie nan conn 10 Jerusalem to worsnip tno
Ood uf hla futhers, and he was engaged
In the service of worship when seized by
his enemies. He sought Ood In the or
dinances of his house, and so should we.
4. Ills conduct. Verse 16. This was actu
ated tiy an aim to keep his conscience
pure both In respect to Ood anil to man.
Home llvu for gain and others for fame;
here Is a principle In life nobler Ilian eith
er. G. Ills expectation. He looked for
ward to a resurrection and u Judgment,
not, us do many, with fear, hut with joy,
for he expected to llnd It unto life eter
nal. What Is our outlook < n the future?
11 Kellx before Paul. Verses 22-26. In
the second picture the relations of these
two men are revers'd helix sends for
1‘aul In a condescending, patronizing way.
tint he rinds that he, ulid not Haul, la on
trial. 1. Note hta Interest in the Uoepel.
U>- was Interested, but It was the Inter
est of Idle curiosity, not uf earnest pur
pose. 2. Note w hat he heard. Verse 26.
He exp'rled to hear of forms or abstruse,
curious dis'lrtnea He heard of sternly
pracil. at irutIm, and they were truths
which carried cinvirilon tu hts soul, y
Note his feeling "He trembled," was
this true repentance? No, for there was
n<> renunciation of sin A man may trein
hie and »W|| an*l agonize: but If he dots
sot turn I rout hts ztn hiz la no repent
ance.
■larealla I,agio
Tommy "All ihe wind is out of my
Hr**-'* Mr flag "All ihe gir, you
mean Wind la air In motion " Tammy
"Then It t* air when the wheel w
•Mil and wind whvu I am riding, glut
It, p«w7" Indianapolis Journal.
MltSUkUt. AN V.
John J Ingall'g daughter Constance
ran an a m tm gtreet car In Atehtson
during on* evening In yl*N of the reg
ular toiMurmgn
rtwai nu of graanhoppefn. loathing
like *tre«k* of nitrr in ik* nlr. knee
i «'*»d in g aurtferaatsrty direction over
Wilbur. Mash lately
(trend as n doily artist* uf pang la
uoed only ky about an* third of the
I kaMteMu people that vuMtiintn the
pi ewe at population of the Milk
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LOVERS' CURIOUS OATHS.
Ilrvrngr for Tlielr DlMppolittnrnt la
Norrl Way*.
Apart altogether from the brcach-of
proraise question, there Ib always an
element of danger In putting a pro
j posal of marriage on paper, as a young
I mechanic who was enamored of a pret
ty maiden discovered some time ago.
says Collier's Weekly.
He wrote a letter expressive of hi*
undying love for the girl of his cholc*
and asking her In honeyed terms to
become bis wife, but, unfortunately
he neglected to fasten It securely and
the envelope opened out In the posl
When the maiden got the letter It
was marked: "Found open and of
ficially sealed," and she was so con
vlnced that the poslofilce clerks luul
been reading the proposal that *h*
cried for very shame and at once wrote
an indignant reply, saying that sh*
could not marry a man who was (art
less enough to expose a billet doux to
the prying eyes of government of
ficial*.
This sincere rebuff cut the median!*
to the heart, and hastening to the res
idence of the fair one ho eloquently
pleaded forgiveness. Hut the mulden
wouldn't listen, and forbade him to
come near her or to speak to her again
Whereupon the poor mechanic, altnosi
beside himself with rage and dlsap V
polntment, swore he would nevei
again make use of the poslofilce, elthei
directly or Indirectly. This vow h*
has stubbornly kept, and for the Iasi
four years he has never bought a post
age stamp or used a sheet of writing
paper.
Deserted by his lady love, a middle
aged doctor proeured a testament,
tragi* ally kissed It and affirmed In sol
cmn tones that he would not again
speak to a woman, whether young ot
old. It was a foolish oath, but to lih* 4
loveless condition he felt equal to any
thing and from that moment rigidly
earned out his determination. Heed
less of the harm which he did to Ills
practice, he flatly refused to see any
female patients and even went so far
un to advertise in the local papers that
lie once and forever adjured woman
kind. Ills headstrong action, besides
damaging his medical reputation to a
serious extent, landed him In endless
difficulties and complications, hut h>
never wavered in his purpose and be
came one of the most, confirmed mis
ogynists In the country.
MAJOR'S BIO STORY.
I«lsi» of Ills Wife (Using Him 19 W..n
III in it Pi-la*.
There were five or bIx of them sil
ting about the stove In the drug store,
and they hud been telling some pretty
tall stories, says the Detroit Free Press,
The druggist was a man of some bit
mor and invention, anil he concocted
a mixture of great potency ami fine
flavor, composed of sp. frumentl, sac
eharum alba, cortex llinonis, carophyl
lus aromatlcus and uqua puru q. s.
I This mixture he proposed to admin
ister to whomsoever should tell the
1 biggest story, und the party at once be
gan to stretch their Inventive powers
to the fullest extent. A tollct-soui>
drummer was appointed judge, and the
prize mixture, steaming hot, sat In un
eight-ounce graduated measure upon
edge of the stove.
The colonel told a war Htory of the
Munchausen variety, the squire related
a hunting adventure that evinced a
decided genius for evading the truth
and the postmaster made a strong hid
for the prize with a snake story big
enough to make a sea serpent jealous.
The others followed in turn, and the
lust man, tlio major, entered the com
petition, Tlut major had in his mind
a remarkable nurrutive about a dog
that he owned that did some wondui
ful things, and he began bis story In
this way:
"i„nst Wednesday morning i got u).
a little later Ilian usual ami went down
to breakfast. Most of you have seen
that brown setter of mine—he’s good
deal smarter than most men. Well,
that dog wan In the dining-room when
I went in. As I came In the door m.i
wife, who was waiting for mo, said:
“ 'John, when I went In to wake yon
up this morning I found this $5 bill on
tbe floor. You must have dropped li
from your penket when you undressed
last night.' Then she handed me tbe
bill. Now, that dog of mine was-"
"Walt a minute," said the toilet-soap
drummer, "you needn't go any furihei
with your story. Ilte prise Is your*
I'm a married man myself, and that
He you've just told Is one that you'll
never improve on. I hereby render a
decision In your favor."
As there were no single men In the
crowd not a voice waa raised lu pro
test against the judge's verdict
lie sat In his utflee musing. “Now.
here are two ticket* for the theater
tonight. ' he said "If I ask Jones to
■ go with me I’m sure to And out that tta
the only thing that a be«n hero in n
year that tuy wife really wanta to
see, and If I don't ask anyone to go
and plan to lake her I'll learn when I
get huttie to dinner and It's loo Into to
make any < lunge that nothing could
hire her lo alt through the old piece"
i lie pusgled hi* head over the >|U*e
1 thru for an hour end then h- toeard a
goal ter to le<’tde what he waald do. g|.
though he knew he would lose whlufc
io| nay It mine t'h s<go |\mI
Peewnwe el NutA
A eohued genii-man who tell into a
•etlnrway had the presence of mind
Mt strike head Aral, nnd saved hie I Me
Hold ter* in the Italian itny are ,«n
nulled to ei*«p n couple wl hour* at
| mid-day