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AIRS. I?. II. BURNETT
WHOSE
RECENT MAHniAGE
A SURPRISE.
IS
tt AUo Proved a Hoiirco of ItoRrot to
Bovoral Admirer Story of llor
Htrocctn for a I'tultlon Aniuiic Orcut
Author.
The recent marriage of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett to Stephen Town
send, the English physlclan-actor, has
created much Interest, and not a little
surprlso in this country. When she
left Washington u few years ago she
positively declared that she did not
have the slightest Intention of ninny
lug again, and yet she man led almost
Immediately after reaching Genoa.
Italy, whero Mr. Towiibeud was stay
ing. Mrs. Burnett's life ha3 not been nil
roses. Her literary successes, gieat
as they were In every respect, did not
bring her Joy. She is said ta have
spent few happy days since she played
with her sisters under the blue skies
and in tho sweet-smelling woods of
sunny Tennessee. Mrs. Burnett is
now fifty-one years old. and sho has
been a bread-winner ever since she
was fifteen. She was born In Man
chester, England, and came to Ameri
ca with her mother and sisters In IStiS.
fl'he fumlly was so poor that the little
(which she could earn as a country
School teacher was most welcome.
Tho change from the tall factory
rhlmney scenes of Manchester to the
open, new country of Tonuo-soe filled
de-
MKS. HODGSON BURNETT,
tho heart of little Frances with
Bght. It was during these early strug
gles that sho conceived the plan of
sending a story to the magazines Her
sisters sold grapes for tho postage
which carrlod her first effort to the
publisher. Fiom that time forward
Mr- Burnett's ascent to tamo and
w was easy as tho proverbial des-
ce. io Avernus.
Her first story was published In 1867,
and the products of her pen have been
in big demand since that time. The
creator of Fauntleroy was celebrated
as a clover story writer and romancer
at twenty-four, and it was at that age,
In 1873, that she married Dr. Burnftt.
Almost slnco that time Mrs. Burnett
has lived in Washington. That Lass
o' Lowrlo's, one of her most widely
read stories, was written and publish
ed in 1877. From this success dated
her career as a book writer.
Mrs. Burnett first met Towns'Mid in
a professional capacity. Since then
they have been almost Insepaiable. He
was tho cause of her dlvoice from her
husband an act that alienated many
of nor friends.
THE MACABEOE SCOUTS.
Filipino Nutltr Who lluto I'roTo4
(jrpitt Alii to tliioln Nun.
Capt. Mathew A. Batson. originator
of the now celebrated Macahebe scouts,
who played so Impoitant a patt In tho
locent campaign in northern Luzon, Is
now In this country and will submit a
proposition to the secietnry of war to
the effect that a regiment of Macahebe
cavalry be foinied to light the Insur
gents and bull ones on their own
ground and after their own fashion.
Capt Batson Is most enthusiastic In
his commendation of the Macabehes as
soldiers and he will urge the formation
of a cavalry legltnent as a result of his
six months' experience at the head of
the first command of Filipino soldiers
ever enrolled under tho Stars and
Stripes. "The Macabehes are born
swimmers," he says. "Whenever we
came to a river there was never any
hesitation about crossing it. The com
mand would march up nud Into It with
scarcely so much as a preliminary hilt,
and I found, to my astonishment, tint
eveiy man could swim, and swim well.
I rmlc a Filipino pony during tho
greater pait of my service In tho field
with my Macabehes, and 1 soon learned
that the ponies swam as well ns the
men, or very neatly so. The Idea soon
occur: nil to me that a picked organiza
tion of Macabehes on Filipino pontes
would be a most powerful force in end
ing tho lawlessness In the island of
Luzon. I know no more nbout tho
other Philippine Islands than you do,
and not so much. I'm sure. But Lu
zon I do know pretty well, and a tegl
munt. such as I will uige, could follow
the insurroctors and ludrones wheiover
they might go and so rapidly as to ef
fect their complete disorganization.
You see. the Macabehes live off the
country. They therefore requliu no
wagon train and all they need Is am
munition. They can live on very lit
tle ami as for water, there Is really no
need to cany a special supply beyond
that which each man carries In hta
canteen. Once In a while the men
suffer a little for water, but these pe
riods are never of long duration The
enemy will, as he Is harder pressed,
seek the swamps nnd bays and Into
and through these he must be pursue I.
There aro no troops that we can mus
tor in the United States so well adapt
ed to this peculiar warfare as the M:i
rabebos. They know the country and
they hate the Tagalogs, and thoy are
splendid fighters. Tho ponies, besides,
being good swimmers, aro strong
little brutes and every Macabebe can
: Ide."
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charge of two guards, en louto to ono
of the eastern army Infirmaries nt
night, and while tho train was passing
over the bridge, leaped out, and was
Immediately followed by one of tho
guards, who was permanently Injured.
The Insane man was never found.
TO LOSE ID' NTITY AT HANDS
OF HEUUILDERS.
Jtanrtft of tndlnti I'onqlit There Vo.ir
Ago, Ami Horror Unto lleen Con
tinued There liter Slum ltundrrvou
of ltotilmr.
NIPPED IN THE DUD UY UOSTON
POLICE.
SNAKE'S LONG FAST.
Probably no place In the United
States has been the scene of more
crime than tho Morris cieek railroad
bridge, near Montgomery, W. Va.,
which Is soon to lose Its Identity at
tho hands of bridge builders engaged
to remodel It, and the creek which It
spans. Tho original owners were the
Morris brothers, who held the p.itnt
from tho state of Virginia, and fiom
theso brothers the creek heirs Its
name. How ninny tragedies occurred
hero beforo the white man came Is not
known, but tradition says the cieek
was tho scene of a number of conflicts!
between the Mlngoes and the Shnw
nces, and tho quantities of arrows and
Btono hatchets which can be found
there hear out the correctness of this
statement. At ono time this creek
was ono of tho prettiest bits of scen
ery in the Kanawha valley, but tho
tallroads and coal mines have taken
away much of the beauty which It
onco possessed, and the beautiful
stream of water Is now but a discol
ored drain for all the Impurities of the
different mines along Its lourse. In
August, 189-1. Dr. .1. W Davis, a prom
inent physician of Montgomery, was
returning from a professional visit up
this creek, when he was fired upon and
received wounds from which he died
In a few hours. This assassination was
carefully planned, nnd lite was opened
upon the doctor by his Invisible as
sailant before he had got Into danger
ous range. The doctor whipped up his
horses and tried to escape, and In so
doing was compelled to drive nearer
to the ambush of his foe. He drove
i:ittru
havo
great
r-ntirl. Truth, tlm Hetf-Htjrled ItUIno
Heftier, Operated by Mull AH Through
tho Kill tint Htnte on h Ittiiiuirknblo
1-ttrc rlnite.
Veitomnu t ml In n t'olmt llmn't
Anjlhluc for 'l'l Month..
All bona-llilo fasting records
been broken by Ui Tosca, tho
Indian cobra at the Zoo. This snako
has boi u under close scientific observa
tion for I!:! months past, during all of
which time the reptile has not tasted
a morsel of food. Bacteriologists from
several medical colleges and others
loprooouttng pharniactutlcal concerns
have been endeavoring to secuie speci
mens of the big snake's venom, which
brings Instant and horrible death to
all fount! of animal life, but La Tosca.
in her voluntary fast of 22 mouths,
has never onco opened her mouth wide
tnough to enable theso scientists to
secuie the venom by any of the ordi
nary methods of snake handling. The
venom-fang Is n long, sharp conical
tooth of the upper Jaw, by means of
which the poisonous fluid Is Injectel
Info the punctuied wound. This fang
is attached to the maxillary bone, au.l
may be thrown foiwnrd or laid fiat by
a peculiar mechanism by which the
bones of the upper Jaw change their
relative position. This tooth or fniiB
Is folded upon Itself for the convey
ance of the venom, and Is also con
nected with the duct of the receptacle
which contains the poisonous lluld
The mechanism of the hones Is such
that the opening of the snake's moiiMi
widely caiincs the erection of the
venom fang, and when the mouth Is
closed upon the object bitten the sani'
movement Injects the venom, nnc
death ensues forthwith. Some of the
bacteriologists seem to think that the
Founded To ii, 1 hough llllml.
At the close of the civil war Gen.
A. H. Johnson of the Confederate
army, was left without money, with a
wlfo and family to support and. worst
nf all, stono blind, hi.s sight having
been entirely destroyed by a shell dur
ing ono of tho last battles of the war.
Ho removed to Texas and plucklly set
about building up a fortune. In tho
days before tho war ho had been a sur
veyor, and he was thoiougbly familiar
with tho topography of tho state. Con
sequently his services soon became
valuable in locating and setting up
land claims. Twelve years ago he
succeeded In Interesting northern
capital in his scheme for founding a
town at Marblo Falls, Texas. A city
of 10,000 people sprang up there al
most over night. Then Gen. Johnson
built a big cotton and a shoo factory,
and finally he succeeded in persuading
one of tho Texas railroads to build a
branch lino to his town. Still tho
prosperity of Marble Falls Is gi owing
and Btlll Its blind founder is its most
honored citizen.
BOOTBLACK TO SENATOR.
Timothy "Dry Dollar" Sullivan Is a
unique figure in New York politics
who has been brought into public no
tice lately by his antagonism to tho
movement against gambling nnd other
forms of vice In the metropolis. It la
but natural that Sullivan should not
bo In sympathy with such a campaign.
Ho was born nnd has thrived In tho
atmosphere of which District Attorney
Gardiner Is trying to tld Now lorn
and lie sees no harm In it.
Sullivan began llfo ns a uootmacK.
Now he Is a leader In the state senate.
He was born In New York thirty-seven
years ago and his boyhood was spent
a:ound the Five Points, where he
blacked shoes and sold papers nnd was
a leader of the gamins. As soon as ho
could voto the politicians took him up
and at twenty-throe ho was able to de
mand a nomination for the assembly.
He has been In office ever since, never
tasting defeat. Slnco 1892 ho has been
In the senate. He has maintained his
Inilnetice by befriending such of hla
constituents as ran afoul of tho law,
by organizing relief movements lor
the poor, and by giving "Dry Dollar"
Sullivan picnics and balls to which tho
votois of his district aie Invited. Ho
has u host of relatives, all of whom
livo In hls-dlstilct and every ono of
whom lecelves aid fiom the senator.
When ho moved Into tho upper houso
of tho leglslatuie he had his nephew,
Timothy P. Sullivan, hotter known as
"Boston Tim." elected to the assembly.
Although ho Is looked up to as a very
'hgp" c-3 L
Ono of the most gigantic, frauds of
recent yen is received Its death blow
tho other day In Boston when Francis
'I ruth, the self-styled divine healer.was
plnced under arrest. Truth occupied
luxurious apartments In Boston, ami
had established his healing business
mi a large scale throughout tho ''nltcil
States. The gieat bulk of tho corre
spondence taken In possession by the
1 police after Truth's arrest was found
to ho from such distant parts as 'lexas,
California, Washington and Florida,
ulthoiigh niier.it Inns were being con
ducted by him In practically every
state In the I'nlon. When tho busi
ness was taken In hand by the police
it Is estimated that tho "healer" was
taking In on an average about fliO.OOO
m week. In his olllce he employed 110
i;lrls to answer to his advertisements,
and it took the girls all their time
writing at a very rapid rate from 8
in the morning until 0 at night. Ad
vertisements were placed in the lead
ing papers all thiough the United
States and in the Boston Sunday pa
pers half-page advertisements were
taken. The le.sull of this extensive
advertising was that Mr. Tiuth's mall
became larger than that received by
any 111 in In Boston. The postal au
thorities weie Induced by this fact and
the character of the advertisements In
the newspapers to look Into the mat
ter. Postolllce Inspector Evans, as
sisted by Inspector Swift, made an In
vestigation and their suspicions were
at once moused. About the same time
Chief Watts of tho Boston Criminal
Investigation Btiioau thought that Mr.
Truth's career had reached a cilsls.and
he also Investigated the scheme.
He arranged matters so that a young
man of his acquaintance wn employ
ed by Truth as door tender. This young
man kept a clo.io watch over nil that
was going on and promptly reported
all that he learned to the chief. Tho
P'llinax was reached when tho postolllce
inspector's department henrd from
Washington olllclals that a fraud or
der would bo granted for the suspen
sion of Mr. Truth's mall. A warrant
was then secured for the man's arrest
ion the charge of "devising a scheme
and artifice with intent of using the
United States mall for tho purpose of
defrauding the public."
An arresting party composed of Chief
Watts. Deputy Marshal Waters nnd
Postofilco Inspectors Evans, Swift and
Lothorman, congregated at tho llevoro
liouso, directly opposite to Truth's es
tablishment, ut n time when ho was
the ohalr befoio Waters remarked:
"I have a treatment Hint will mako
you sick," ut the same time slipping
u pnlr of handcuffs from his pockot
and placing them on Truth's wrists.
As he was being escorted to tho Jail
by the chief and deputy, Truth re
marked that It was lather hard on him
to be arrested when his labors were
Just beginning to yield fruit. During
the first year or so after he com
menced the healing business ho spent
about all his Income In advertising,
ami his business had Just reached n
point where he was receiving an en
ormous amount of money with com
paratively small expenditure.
Truth operated the healing business
both by personal treatment and mall.
It was the custom of Mrs. Truth to
open the mall and extract the $5 which
was demanded In absent treatment.
Thou the letters were sent out to tho
mailing department and were answer
ed by the girls. As soon as the letter
was received from n sick person, pro
vided tho $5 was Inclosed, tho follow
ing typewritten lottor was sent!
"Dear Friend Yours of even dat.
with Inclosiiro of $5 for ono month's
absent treatment, nt hand. Thank
ing you very kindly for samo, I will
do my utmost to heal you by dlvluo
power, and trust you will do your pari
in bringing about the desired rosulf.
Please observe carefully the Inclose
special directions, as they form a very
Important part In lestorlng you to
permanent health and strength. Wear
tho handkerchief upon your chest next
to the lle.sh. Send a clean handker
chief to be prepared after the Inclosed
Is soiled. Pteaso write about onco In
two weeks how your case Is progress
ing, ns 1 like to keep In touch with my
patients. Wishing you wen, ueiiovu
mo, yours for health and happlncs
"FRANCIS TltUTH.
"Dictated by Francis Truth."
There were other forms of letters
which were sent to patients, after one,
two or three months' treatment. Truth
also edited and published a monthly
paper called tho Divine Healer. Ho
gave Instructions personally mid by
mall to persons who wished to learn
the art of divine healing. For a courso
under bis personal supervision, con
sisting of thirty private lessons nt tho
Truth Institute of divine healing, ho
charged $100. payable In advance upon
entering the Institute. Tho mall
course. Including 1.1 lessons, he gavo
for fid a week. To aid him In ndver
tiMlni? the concern. Truth had hun
dreds of testimonials purporting to bo
from various parts of tho United
States. These letters were published
broadcast, and thousands of easy vic
tims wero led. by reading of thoso
marvelous cures, to nnswer the adver
tisements nnd "drop" their coin. It
is needless to say that most or tneso
testimonials weio fakes and without
foundation.
MORRIS CREEK. BRIDGE.
Nuiliiti Unity.
In the Church of All Saints In Cairo
took place lately an Interesting cere
mony, whero an Infant memorial of tho
overthrow of khullfadom In Africa was
christened In tho presence of a large
gathering of English people and under
tho nusplces of Queen Victoria. Tho
small herolno of the gathering was tho
laughter of Col. Sir Reginald Wlngato
(pasha, sirdar of tho Egyptian army
nnd governor of the Sudan) and of
Lady Wlngato. Tho queon, represented
by tho Hon. Mrs. Tnlbot, was tho prin
cipal godmother. The child was
born tho day after Sir Reginald
Wingato's victory over tho khalifa at
Om Dolnikat, whoro tho dorvlshes wero
routed and tho khalifa killed. Her
majesty presented a diamond pendant
to her godchild, who also received a
bandsomo cup from Lord Cromer, n
golden cross from tho bishop of Jeru
salem, who performed tho ceremony,
and a diamond cross from Sir R. Slatln.
Tho child waB christened Victoria Alox
andrlna Catherine.
'Z'SrTxSM "SS'h;. "2$Sr z'
Soattlo'a denth rato last year was
eight por 1,000.
TIM SULLIVAN,
man by his retainers,
his
ironerous
oiimitv. mice earned, attends his vie
tlm to tho grave. His followers boast
that ho unhorsed Byrnes anil drove
McCulIagh out. They wil give you tho
names of half a dozen police captains
who havo suffered various forms of
degradation because, as his henchmen
say, thoy have Intorfored with Sulli
van's Interests, political or financial.
In his own district thoy look up to
Sullivan as a feudal lord, and bollovo
that neither money nor tho law can
defeat him.
An Improvement.
"1 8iippoho you aro a self-
?" Bobbs "No; If I wero
t flhould havo built my stomach to
correspond with my appotito." Balti
more Amorlcan.
Dobbs-
mado man
through a hall of bullets, threo of
which took offect. wounding him mor
tally. Bloodhounds weie placed on the
trail of the assassin, and In a day or
so Bud Cleiulennln, a man who but a
short time before had recovered fiom
an Illness through which the kind
hearted doctor had treated him fiee of
charge, was enptured. Do was tried,
convicted nt Charleston and given a
life sentenco in tho penitentlary.whoro
ho subsequently died, protesting his
Innocence to the hist. The fact that
It was on tho eve of an election, and
that for some of the Jurymen to vote
It would be necessary for them to ills
pose of the case that night, saved
Clendennin fiom the gallows, as 11
of the Jury were for hanging, tho
other was not, and, declaring his In
tention of holding the fort, tho rest
gave In, so that they might vote. In
tho same year, and hut a few months
later, the body of Dr. J. C. Aultz. a
well-known surgeon, was found a life
less mass under the fatal bridge. Un
known parties attempted to blow up
the bridge with dynamite dining n
strike In 1891, but owing to tho fact
that they wero not familiar with the
explosive the force of the explosion
was tinconflned, and though the brldgo
was somowhat weakened, comparative
ly little damage wns done. During all
the time that tho Lowls gang of rob
bers and murderers existed this wns
their rendezvous, nnd every move
which they made was planned under
the shadow of tho old bridge. Hero
It was that John Cochran, miner, was
coaxed ono night In March anil mur
dered, robbed nnd then his lifeless
body cast Into tho Inky waters of tho
cieek, and washed out Into tho bosom
of the Kanawha river. Vlers, who led
tho white element of this gang, made
an effort to throw tho responsibility
for this murder upon an Innocent man
named Lewis, who was an enemy, but
on the scaffold his nervo failed him,
and ho confessed that his former state
ments wero falso, and that Lewis had
nothing to do with tho inurdor.
Back In 18S0 tho first lynching that
over took place in that section occur
red within a fow hundred ynrds of this
bridge. Mart Lee, who had assaulted
a white lady, was turned ovor to tho
sheriff of Fayetto county by tho sheriff
of KiMiawha on this bridge, which was
thru tho dividing lino between two
counties. It short time a mob over
powored tho snorlff, and, taking Leo,
swung him over tho river from tho
Hi st available tree.
Many peoplo have fallen botween
tho tracks of this brldgo, and sustalnod
sorlous Injuries. Tho bat of thoso was
venom might have some curntlvo prop
erties that would make It a valuable
adjunct to the materia niedlcn, nnd
for that leason they aro making re
newed efforts to get some of tho pain
on. La Tosca sleeps most of thi
time, mid pays no attention to mi
thing that is traiispliiug about her
She was brought hero from Bornec
nbout two years ago, and, nrtcr eating
I ho three snakes that madn the voyagf
with her, icfuseil all descriptions ol
food, and seems to get along very wel
without It. This variety of reptiles
never eats anything but snakes. They
have been known to kill bears and
horses, and aro feiucd by all tho na
tives of Borneo, Java and the smallei
Islnnds of tho East Indies, whero thoy
are found. La Tosca Is the only speci
men of her kind in America, and, un
less she can bo Induced to cut, must,
fcooner or later, die. She measures H
feet lu length. Philadelphia ltccoiil
MiEi ML
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Confe4il nnil M'm I.ynrlieil.
Charles Humphries, who entered tA
room of Miss McCoy, daughter of u
wealthy fanner near Phoenix City,
Ala., was lynched by a party of num.
Tho young woman recognized Hum
phries, nnd n mob immediately start
ed In pursuit. They camo upon tin
negro nbout ten miles from Phoenix
City. Ho confessed and was theu
strung up.
Inilluus L'hHrguil "llh Mnnlor.
Tho steamer Cutch, which has arriv
ed at Vancouver, B. C, fiom Skagwuy,
brought news of tho arrest of nlno In
dians, tho perpetrators of a murder
there last October. Tho victims were
Mr. nnd Mrs. Frnnk Worthing, whe
woro Bhot down over their tiro nt
night. Tho bodies wero hidden in
cave.
Trintl HotHB HIckiirM.
Horso sickness has broken out
earlier than usual In South Africa. At
a rule It comes In February. Tin
Boers bolng entirely a mounted forco
tho trouble will affect them moro thnu
It will tho English armies.
Kllleit Iludiiuid, Shot Hrriolf.
Early tho other morning Mrs. Leon
ard Wagnor killed her husband and
then shot herself at their homo near
Sandusky, O. Tho cnuso of tho crime
Is bellovcd to havo been Jealousy.
A Query.
Edith Ho says If I don't marry hlu
he ho doesn't know what hoil dol
Ethol Ah! has the poor follow nc
trade? Puck.
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A
FRANCIS TRUTH,
to rccelvo a wagon load of mall from
tho postolllce. When the hugo hags
of mall were being carried In at the
front door Deputy Marshal Waters and
Inspector Evmis wont ncioss to tho
Truth place and entered. Tho In
spector was troubled with rheumatism
and tho deputy had to assist him as ho
hobbled up thu stairs with a pair of
crutches. When they wero ushered in
to Truth's private office Mr. Evans
said:
"I havo heard a good deal about you,
doctor.and I think that you might help
me."
Then followed a colloquy about tho
prlco and Mr. Truth said: "I receive 'i.
a visit, but If tho treatment Is given
by lottor I charge $5 a month."
"You want personnl treatment,
don't you, Undo George?" asked Wut
crs. "Oh.yes, I want personal treatment,"
was tho reply of Mr. Evans,
"It Is a good deal bettor for you to
havo letter treatment, hut If you pro
fer It, you can have personal treat
ment," replied Mr. Truth. And so, as
Mr. Evans insisted on It, and as he
laid down tho required ?-, tho "treat
ment" was given.
Truth commenced by rubbing the
legs of Inspector Evans, nnd ho suc
ceeded In causing quite a glow.
After tho treatment was nil overv
and Truth had specified a timo for
Mr. Evans to return and pay another
?2 for being cured of his Infirmity, tho
deputy marshal said to Truth: "Now,
lot mo try tho samo treatment on
you."
"Oh, I am not sick, and do not need
It," ropllcd Truth.
"But JtiBt lot mo try It, nnd soo how
I do it," said Wntors.
"Perhaps you can do It ns well ns I
enn," said Truth, "hut I do not need
It, nnd so thero is no uso In trying
it."
"Sit down In that chair, and let mo
try It," commandod Waters, and as ho
spoko ho pushed Truth Into a chair.
Truth had hardly beeomo seatod in
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
Deadly Fnml Kiuleil by Tronic Death of
l'rliiclpaL.
Tho shooting through tho heart of
James Hllo by Joseph Noland created
considerable excitement lu the oil cen
ter of St. Marys, W. Va. Noland Is
tho ex-prosecutlng attorney of Pleas
ants county. Last January Hllo had
him arrested for intimacy with his
(Hllo's) wife, and also Instltutod a
VJ0.000 damago suit. Tho case was
tried In February with tho result that
Noland was acquitted. 'Hllo recently
bragged that either ho or Noland must
die. Ho then got a gun and started
after Noland, who escaped Into his
own house. Tho men mot ngaln and
Noland onco more retreated to hid own
home. The latter went Into a room
and locked tho door. When Hllo
tried to break It down Noland llrod
through tho door, shooting Hllo
through tho heart, killing him Instant
ly. Noland surrendered to the authorities.
I'.lKht Hkitlntona Unenrtheit.
Eight skeletons, believed to ho
thobo of traders murdered many yeaixi
ago, wero unearthed by laborers build
ing a switch near Guthrie, Ky. A
close examination of the skeletons dis
closed a murder. Tho skeletons mo
tho remains of men who had been
burled at least twenty years. In tho
spring of 1832 eight traders left Nash
ville for St. Louis with a largo herd ot
cattle. They disposed of the stock,
and a few days later started upon
their return home. Nothing moro was
ovor hoard of them, although thov
were traced to a section whero tho
skeletons weie found.
It Miuln Him Inlie-
Bleached hair of tho young and pret
ty wlfo of Andrew Maxwell, a farmer
living near Nowklrk, O. T., has driven
her husband Insane. Mrs. Maxwell's
hnlr was Jet black, but she rccontly
had It turned yellow by a hair dress
er. When tho young husband camo
homo and found his wlfo with dif
ferent colored hair ho fretted ovor It
until ho lost his mind. Mrs. Maxwell
has already paid twice tho sum sho
spent In having her hnlr dyed to get
it black again, but to no avail. It Is
now a pale green.
Molliifiiix rinyii Checker.
Roland B. Mollnoux Is the champion
checker player In tho "dead houso"
at Sing Slug prison. Tho plnycis nev
er meet, but by a Bystom of numerals,
which thoy Bhout ncross the corridors,
thoy mnnago to keep tab nnd got over
tho board in reasonably fast time. Mo
llnoux has a now checkerboard and a
series of games between ho and Dr.
Kennedy, tho muideror ot Dolly Rey
nolds, rosulted in a victory for tho
former.
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