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"(i", rjar-- "' r I j i. 9 1 1 Red Cloud Chief. Pt'ULlHtlKD WEEKhY. RED CLOUD. NEHUASiCA An unusual number of persons, lack ing In civic pride, nro killing them selves In Chlcngo Just on tho verge 0 census taking. Tho United States nnvy la long on ndmlrnls nntl short on nblo seamen a condition arising from the fact thnt ndmlrnls nro made, "while sentneu have to be enlisted. One of tho sennto committees Is now Investigating tho alleged deleterious action of alum as a constituent of bak ing powder, which wns demonstrated Jinny years ago In Englnnd. Small amounts of alum Improved tho nppcar ngco of bread made from Inferior Hour, out tho product was prejudicial O the ncnlth of tho consumers nnd its env ployment was prohibited by law. President McKlnley lins tent to tho cennte n letter from Oi-n. Otis trans mitting n letter of Ar-.ulnahlos, dated at Mnlolos, Jan. 17, 18HJ, earning Sc nor Honlto Legardo to this effect: "I beg you to lenvo Manila with your family and eomo here to Mnlolos, but not because I wiuli to frighten you. I merely wish to wnrn you for your satisfaction, although it Is not yet the day or tho week." 2 This letter, wilt ten eighteen days baforo the war with the Filipino insurgents was begun bj their night nttack of Feb. 1, 189:1, mny yet Bcttlo tho question na to who be gan the war. In replying with considerable asper ity to the Invitation to be present .it tho Chlcngo celebration of tho anni versary of Dewey's victory at Manila, Duke D'Areos, tho Spanish Minister, wns following tho general lines of dip lomatic usage. At the time of Dewey's arrival In this country, invitations to his Now York reception wero sent to nil members of tho diplomatic corps in Washington. After a llttlo conforenco they decided thnt it would be improper that they, ns representatives of na tions friendly alike to Spain nnd the United States, should manifest Interest In n victory of ono nation over tho other. Some of the diplomatic repre sentatives, it Is said, did not even re ply to tho Invitations. It is overywhero recognized what a soldier Is best paid for doing his duty by n strip of ribbon or a pecuniarily valueless medal. On the other hand, a badge in itself often spurs on its owner to deeds of valor and honor. Harry von Trott, a young graduato of tho Agricultural College of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, was among the pas sengers on u vessel recently wrecked off the const of Mexico. The llttlo Christian Endeavor pin was on his coat. Ho throw off his outer garments, nnd fastening the pin in his Under clothes, swnm through tho shark-Infested water nnd over surf-beaten rocks to bring relief to the Imperilled passengers. A great crisis calls for energy, skill nnd self-sacrifice, and fortunately for tho credit of this age, it does not often call In vain. ' After a lapso of over th'rty years, Rear Admiral Hlchborn, the- chief con structor of the United States navy, re turns to California, the Ftnte from which ho was appointed In the navy ns an assistant naval constructor in 18C9. In California ho spout tho early days of manhood and Rcrvcd as a Journeyman shipwright, master ship wright and assistant naval construc tor, and those California days are full of reminiscences of the early time in the history of tho Golden state. Not withstanding his continued employ ment so far from tho west coast, Ad miral Hlchborn haB been ever in touch with its interests nnd has done much to foster and promote the welfare of the shipbuilding Interests, both nt the navy yards and prlvato shipyards on yie Pacific coast. ... (jfr if- . 1 Tho proverbial foible of many per sons for concealing or misrepresenting their nges Is proved by tho census to be a reality. Careful scrutiny of tho returns of population according to nges In successive census years shows that there is n widespread tendency among boys nnd girls to report themselves older than thoy really nro, ns it to anticipate manhood and womanhood. Among those who are approaching middle ngc.the tendency Is in tho oppo site direction, nnmely, to report them selves younger thnn they are. Finally Jn tho case of tho very old, thero is an inclination to ndd to their years. Thoy seem to take prido in every year they have lived since thoy could boast that thoy wero octogenarians. It Is n little strango that this weakness of , ' human uuturo should be so widespread Kf aua mat ooin men nnu women snouiu do so sensitive upon mo suoject 01 their ages, seeing that there Is no 'condition or clrcumstanco of life for KM which the individual is less rosnonslbln Sfttban his ngc. For speed tho transport Thomns is now tho recorn-nouior on the Pnciflc route. ne nrriveu at .Manna March j27, Just twonty-flvo days from San hFrandsco, not stopping at Honolulu. ,j.Tbo ship was not expected in Manila Hill April 1 and created surprise in the (farbor. Capt. Snwtello, son of Quar- Etermastor General Bawtcllo, was in IJsharge of tho Thomas on what tho (Manila Freedom declared was a rec ord-breaking trip. Some idea of tho Amount of mall sent to tho Philip pines may bo gleaned from tho fact iHat the Thomas carried G52 sacks. HE RESENTS A DUN Matthews Kills Creditor in Fit of Anger, WEAPON SOME HEAVY INSTRUMENT Wounded Mnn Walk n lllork nnd Then Fnlla to Hldnuulk Uneoiiaclnua Dlea of 111 Wound I.nter Wni Prominent Cltlien. An Alliance, Neb.. May 20, dispatch says E. O, Walt a jeweler of that place was killed by Henry Matthews. It HceniH ehat Walt was trying to collect a small hill for repair work done for Matthews, nnd became persistent in IiIh r (Torts when Matthews struck him over the head with wmio heavy instrument, felling blin to the Iloor, Wait got up and walked for over n block and then fell on the sidewalk un conscious, lie was taken at once to his rooms whero a physician attended him. Walt died nt II o'clock p. m. with out regaining consciousness. He leaves a wife nnd t.vo children in very poor circumstances. At llrst It was not generally sup posed that Waifs Injuries were serious, k nn action charging assault with in tent to commit great bodily Injury was filed before L. A. Hurry, justice of the peace, and Matthews was nrrestcd nnd placed under S.'.OO bonds for pre liminary hearing. Later it became ev ident that Walt was in a more serious condition than was at first supposed, nnd a new complaint was (lied charg ing assault with intent to commit murder, and the bond Increased to $.1,000. Later, after Mr. Walt died, he was again arrested on the charge of murder and his preliminary hearing set for May 28 at 1 o'clock p. in. before the same justice. Alliance people nre greatly shocked at this occurrence. Matthews has borne a hard name. FOUND DEAD IN THE DEPOT Divorced Wife of Kullroud Agent X Hulrlde. A Hastings, Neb., dispatch says: Mrs. .lennlc I'ugsley was found dead in the apartments of her divorced hus band, the Elkhorn railway agent nt Inland, and while the ense Is one sup posedly of suicide, there are circum stances thnt will probably call for an inquest. The dead woman went to Inland Iriday evening and remained through tho night with friend's named O'Hrieu. haturday morning she went to the depot in the upper story of which her husband lived, but failed to gain ad mission. She appealed to the section boss, who went to the depot with her and gained ndmlsslon to the living rooms with keys that Mr. Pugsley had given hiui the previous evening, adding that he expected to bo away. They found Mr. Pulley Jn the rooms, anil the section man left the couple nlono together. Some time afterwards I'ugs ley left the depot and went over to n fr end of his wife's named Phillips. In a little while the section man came over and told him that there was a smell of carbolic acid about tho depot, and ho had better investigate. Pugsley ins sted on Phillips going with him, and when they arrived at his apart ments they found the woman lying lead on tho bc.l. iKicy remarked that a few days ago he hnd received n letter from his wife, saying that if she was found dead he would find in the bottom of the satchel the cause. He then opened the satchel and took out a bottle and without looking at it asked Phillips what was on the label. I he latter replied "Chloroform." Pugs ley took auother bottle from the satchel ami went through the same process. It also boro a chloroform ""... 11c seemed to have no other concern in the woman's death but to establish his perfect Innocence in con nection with it. CORPORaTphIPPS WOUNDED Outcome of Hcrlmumge Hetween Cudeta anil Town Hoy. A Franklin, Neb., dispatch says: George A. Pliipps, who was n corporal in company L of the Third Nebraska, was shot in the right shoulder. He is under the doctor's care, nnd the bullet has not been located. Mr. Phipps is a member of tlie cadets, a military de partment belonging to tho Franklin academy, where hu is attending school and thoy wero out for their yearly camp. A lot of town boys went out to camp with tho intention of mis- ciikji with the above result. Aa no arruhts have been made. yet Taper Mill to Unite. The print and manllla paper mills of Wisconsin are to be united In a buylug nud selling agency if tho plans are car ried out which wero discussed at a meeting of the representatives of prac tically every paper mill In tho state held at Milwaukee. No formal action wastnuen, but an association which would buy paper mill supplies, espe chilly coal and sulphur, nnd which might act s 11 selling ngency for the entire product of thu mills will prob ably bo incorporated as a result of the meeting. North Dnkotnn Mint Hang, At Hismnrck, N. D., Ira O. Jenkins, 27 years old, was found guilty by a Jury of murder in the first degree. Jen kins' crime was the murder of August Stark, a farm laborer who worked for Jenkins' father. Tho jury fixed the death penalty. Heuten und Kobbed, Frank Fowler who lives at tho Greenfield hotel in Omaha, wns brutal ly assaulted by two men while on his way home from word at the Hoagland lumber yards and robbed of 825 and a silver watch. JAPAN JOINS IN PROTEST Object to tlio Inoruliitlon Itulo nt Hun i'ritnrlaro. A dispatch from Washington snys: Through Its charge here, Mr. Kelslro Nabeshltna, the .Japanese government has joined the Chinese government in n strong protest against the compulsory inoculation of Japanese and Chinese in San Francisco with anti-plague serum. The Japanese protest conveys a very plain intimation that while there could be no objection to n general inoculation if such was regarded necessary to pre vent the extension of the plnguc, it cannot be contemplated that tiny dis crimination should be practiced against the Japanese and Chinese. Tho com munications have been referred to the surgeon general of the marine hospital service, and it is presumed that the result will be nu abatement of the rigors of the quarantine measures now being enforced in San Francisco. At San Franolsco.Muy 2.1, the United Statos circuit couit took under advise ment the petition of Chinese residents of the city to restrain local and federal authorities from inoculating them against tho bubonic plague. It is ex pected the court will render a decision May 20. MARQUETTE'S MONUMENT Oinrcra and TriiKtera of Association nt Chicago. The officers and trustees of the Mar quette monument association had their first meeting In Chicago Saturday, coming from all over the northwest' Among them wero Franklin McVengh, president of the association; Governor Peek of Milwaukee, Mayor Maybury of Detroit, Peter White of Marquette, Archbishop Ireland, Hishop Davlcs of Michigan, Hishop Foley of Detroit nnd Edward O. Hrown of Chicago, tho lat ter being secretary. The association has been incorporated under tho laws of Michigan and its object is to build n fitting national memorial to Father Marquette, the great missionary priest and explorer. The Island of Mackinac has been selected as the most appro priate place and the Michigan park commission has dedicated a magnifi cent site for the monument. The meeting was well attended and enthus iastic and the work of raising by sub scription the necessary fund for its erection will bo immediately entered upon. It Is estimated that the statue will cost 325,000. BURKETT SHOOTS HIMSELF lllulr Young Mini la Found Hiully Wounded In n Hotel. Itlalr, Neb., was In a state of excite ment Saturday night over the attempt of Harry llurkett, brother of Congress man Hurkett, to commit suicide. About 8 o'clock three shots were heard in the neighborhood of his room in the Will Denny hetel, where he has been staying for the past two months. Two shots took effect in the forehead and one in the neck. The weapon used was a 22-enlibre revolver. Mr. Rur kett's patents live in Glenwood, la. The last reports nro to the effect that the young man, who is about twenty live years old, will recover. He left a hastily written note, in which he stated that he had lost con siderable mon ey of late in card play ing. In his short stay of two months he hnd made many friends here nnd was looked upon as a bright, prosper ous and prominent young man. REST OF LIFE IN PRISON Welliind Canal Dynamltera Given Sen tenc. Karl Dullinan, John Walsh, and John Nolln were convicted at Wellund, Ont., of having attempted to wreck lock twenty-four on the Welland cannl, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in Kingston penitentiary. Walsh and Nolln were the active participants in the crime, having lowered two valises filled'wlth dynamite and fuses. They were caught almost red-handed. The jury was only five minutes arriv ing at the guilt of the accused. Neither made any remark on receiving sen tence. No evidence was produced as to the motive of the men. although the crown claim that it was hatched by the Claii-Na-Giill. New Mill to He Organized. An Indianapolis, Inch, dispatch says: Leaders of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers sny that they arc determined to organ ize several largo mills when the new scale is signed by tho manufacturers. They say It Is now time to force sev eral mills, including tho Hraddock nnd Homestead plants of the Carnegie com pany, into line. W. II. Kvans, tho sus pended vice president of the Fifth dis trict of Indiana, has not been rein stated. It seems very probnble tlia President Shatter will be relected. Florida Town Fire Swept. An Apalachlcola, Fla., May 20 dis patch says: Fire which broke out here at noon destroyed three blocks of busi ness houses and many privnte resi dences. Tho fire originated In tho res idence of Mrs. Hroughton, It leaped over to the Methodist church, which was destroyed, and from there spread over the business portion of tho town. In less than three hours three block wero entirely destroyed. Theo. II. Price la Murrlrd. Thcodoro II. Price, of Price, McCor mick & Co., of New York, and Misa Henrietta Eugenia Dyer, daughter ol the late General Alexander U. Dyer, II. S. A., of Washington, wero mnrricd nt the residence of tho bride's sister, Mrs James L. Taylor in Washington. Aaaaulta Ilia Wlfe'a Father. At St. Joe., No.. Frank Gosnoll ns saulted his father-in-law, Franh Walsh, with a hatchet, inflicting wounds which will prove fatal. He had abused ills wife and Walsh had in terfered. Uosncll Is under arrest. OLD RIILNO STAND Methodists Make No Change in Amusements. THE WHOLE MATTER WAS TABLED Cannot Come Up for-Action for Four Vcura An Attempt to Ceimure tlio Frealdcnt on Canteen Qucatlon Waa Defeated Other Nowa. At its session Monday the Methodist general conference took unexpected action In regard to the committee re ports on card ploying, dancing and other prohibited amusements. The ofllclnl vote by which the minority re port was accepted recommending no notion was announced as anil ayes and 200 nays. Then, to the suprlse of the largo audience, on motion of Dr. Ruck lev, the minority report, was laid on tho table by 11 vote of 2.11! to 2.13. Hishop Fitgeralil then ruled, how ever, that the question was no longer before I lie. house. It is cvtreniely Im probable that Hie matter will again be taken up for action, as the standing of the Methodist church for the next four years in regard to forbidden amusements will be unchanged. Samuel Dickie of Michigan then pre sented the majority r'port of the com mittee on temperance, which severely censured the president for his stand 011 the anti-canteen law. Dr. J. E. Price of New York pre sented the committee minority report which struck out all of the majority report in which President McKlnley wns condemned. Considerable discussion ensued, the debate taking on n political tinge. The minority report, with Dr. Illicit ley's amendment, was then adopted by an overwhelming vote, with the fur ther amendment that the action was not in the interest of any politio.it party. The conference substituted Omaha for Topeka as an episcopal residence, and Hishop McCnbe was assigned as the bishop resident. WOUNDS PROVE FATAL. nnrry llurkett Illca Without ItcKnlnlnc CouicloiiHiieaa. The death of Harry Hurkett, who shot himself at Hlair, occurred Monday morning nt the Denny hotel. The young mnn had been led into playing poker and last week it is claimed lost 82.1. This probably weighed upon his mind until he grew morose and took the step he did. His father had arrived from Glen wood, Iowa, and was with his sou when he died. He did not gain con sciousness from the time of the acci dent to his death, and did not know of his father's coming. Mr. Hurkett had made many friends during ills short stay in the city, nnd the entire community feels that a cloud rests upon them. He was a prominent member of the Haptlst church, and until two weeks ago was a faithful attendant. Three TIioiikuuiI Men Idle. A Calumet, Mich., Mny 26 dispatch ,ays: Over three thousnnd men are idle owing to the fire which started in No. 2 Heela shaft of the Calumet and Hccla mine. Tho management de cided to close down all except the Sooth Hccla and the Amyduloid shafts owing to the gas from the lire, which has gone to all parts of the Calumet branch and part of the Heela. It can not be told how long the fire will last or how long the men will be laid off. The fire may spread to other parts of the mine. Fonr Illahopa Couaecntted By the lying on of hands of the twelve bishops and In the presence of 3,000 persons nt the auditorium, at Chicago, 111., four new bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church were con secrated Sunday, May 27. The newly consecrated bishops are David Hast ings Moore, assigned to the Shanghai district; John William Hamilton, as signed to San Francisco district; Ed win Wallace Parker and Frunli Wesley Wnrno, missionary bishops asslgucd to India and Malaysia. The ceremonies were brief und simple. Former Die of Injurlea. John Vogel Tnnz, a well known larmer of tho Dodgo neighborhood, near Fremont, Neb., died from in juries received last Saturday. In get ting into his buggy lie accidentally slipped and fell, and sustulned internal injuries. His spine was also affected and paralysis followed, resulting ns stated. Deceased had lived In Dodgo county thirty years and leaves live children in good circumstances. Thrlllliifc Kocupe from Fire. Fire, which originated from an un known cause, on the second floor caused the almost complete destruction of the Home of the Good Shepherd at Peoria. The fourteen sisters In charge of tho eighty inmates, young girls, succeeded in csenping without injury though there wero some thrilling es capes. Change In Date. The prohibitionists were to have neld their state convention in Lincoln on July 10 and 11. Hecause the audi torium is engaged for these dates the convention will bo postponed nnd held on July 13 nud 13. The fuslonlst con ventions have secured the auditorium for July 11. Keeps Out the Orlentnla. The Colorado state bonrd of health decided to quarantine against tho en trance of Chinese and Japanese into Colorado. AFTER THE ICE TRUST Attornry (Irurrnt Smyth lli'Rliia Suit AR.ilnal Omaha L'oiutilne. Tlio war between consumers of Ice and the trust at Omaha is on in tho courts. Attorney General Smyth has filed suit In the district court against the Reservoir Ice company charging that it is existing in violation of the state law relative, to combinations. The attorney general asks the courts to declare the defendant company not entitled to transact business and that It be prohibited from further continu ing in the sale and delivery of ice. It is set forth that last December the ice dcnlers of Omaha entered In a con solidation under tlio name of the Res ervoir Ice company, and that it was the Intent in making such arrange ment to rnlse the price of ice and to control It by combined force. The companies named as co-defendants nro the Seymour Lake Artesian Ice com pany, the Artie lee company, the Klin ball Ice company and others. Young I.sidy Found Ilpnd. Emily Price, aged eighteen years, a daughter of a well known farmer near Tcrre Haute, Intl., wus found dead. Her body was discovered in a pond near Youngstown, lnd. There were clots of blood on the face and her cloth ing was disarranged. The coroner and his deputy left for the scene. The ghl has not been diving lit home for some time, but lias been employed In the household of a prominent farmer who lives near the scene of the trag edy. It Is not known whether the case is one of murder or suicide, but the people of Youngstown Incline to the belief that the girl met with foil' p'y- I.oi'iite Murderer. After having been on her trail for fourteen years, the police of Spring Held have been notified of the arrest in Chicago of Ella Lee. The woman was arrested at Springfield in 18S0 for mur dering l.er baby ut her home in that city and throwing the body in a well where it was found. She nnd two other women while In jail at Sprtng field. 111., secured keys to the back door of the jail and one night slipped down stairs, opened the doors and made good their escape. Jeweler HhootH n ICubber. A bold robber almost met death when he attempted to hold up Jacob Wolf's jewelry store, in Thirty-first street, Chicago. Three bullets were sent into the man's brain before he fell to the floor, releasing his grasp on the plucky jeweler. Wolf is suffering from three ugly cuts on tlio head. They were inflicted by means of a rusty iron bar wielded by the high wayman. Girl Killed by Lightning While returning home frimi a candy store in Chicago during a storm Lucy Holden, thirteen years of age, was in- stnntly killed by lightning and her sister, Irene, ten years old, burned about the right hide and shoulder, fell by the side of the dead girl In nu un conscious condition, but will recover. The clothes of both girls were ulmost burned from their bodies. Allvged Theft of Cuttle. An alleged cattle stealing case in Hrown county came before County Judge Potter at Ainsworth, Neb., on a preliminary trial. A ranchman named Samuel Johnson was arrested for the alleged theft of a steer belonging to Theodore Jones, and after a hearing Johnson was bouud over to the dis trict court. Aged Couple Wilt Wed. August Croft, aged eighty-six, nnd Kate Putnam, nged eighty-eight, were married at South Hloomfleld, O., Mon day. May 28. The wedding party was a large one, nnd no one whose age was less than sixty was invited. At the nge of 1.1 and seventeen they were devoted lovers, but did not become formally engaged until last January Neither had ever married. Fire Hub t Went I'ulnt. A firebug is around In the vicinity of West Point, Neb., again. The other night the fire department was called out to extinguish n bXaas in the buggy warehouse of Carl Sehwind. Strong fumes of coal oil were scented. The warehouse wns literally splashed with oil on one side. Murderer Mutter Returned. Samuel Moser, confessed murderer of his wife nnd two children at Tie mont, was brought before Justice Knpp at Springfield, 111., nnd waived exami nation. He .vns remanded to the county jail without ball to await the action of the grand jury. Hoy Drowned While In Hwlmnilng. Floyd, the fifteen-year-old son of Richard Meredith, while in swimming in the river with a number of other boys, about a mile above Nebraska City, was taken with the cramps and drowned. The body has not been re covered. Dlea From n Hlnw. Eddio Tenbout, the colored pugilist who was rendered insensible nt Hridge port, Conn., as the result of a blow re ceived during a boxing match with William Forsvth, died without regain ing consciousness. Forsyth is in jail Senda Itoddy n Challenge. From Hhick River Falls, Wis., Tom Thunder, who aspires to the chief talney of the Winnebago Indians, has sent a challenge of mortal combat to his rival, T. It. Roddy, in Chlcngo. Roddy has answered that he will be at Hlnck River Falls June 20 to settl' the difficulty. Factory Hurned. The factory of the Union Straw compaay nt Foxboro, Mass., was des troyed by fire. Loss, 5150,000. AMU9ING TRICK I'liijcd on 11 HIr Croud by n Patent Mcdlt'lno Fukcr. "I never hear that expression 'got 'em on n string,' " said a guest of tho Gruncwnld last evening, "without re calling an incident that occurred a number of years ago In a town out in Kansas. I wns spending a few days in tho p.co looking after a cnttlo deal, and early one evening a patent medi cine friklr put in nn appdarnnco on tho Court Houso squnre. Ho wns In a lino two horse rig und had a partner with a, banjo, who soon drew a big crowd, Then tho fnklr proceeded to hawk a cure-all liniment at n dollar a bottle. The price was steep and tho stuff went slowly, nnd I noticed that nt each sale ho wrapped up the bottlo In a sheet of white paper, upon which ho ostentatiously penciled n largo cross. When four or five wero disposed of, ho culled on the purchasers to bring up their wrappers and handed over a crisp dollar bill In exchnngo for each. 'I nm doing this simply to introduce our wondeiful pain specific! ho shout ed, who's the next lucky mnn to tako n bottle In n marked wrapper' At that the sale picked up and when he re pented the llttlo comedy of selling tho nostrum and redeeming tho wrappers a couple more times, the stuff was go ing llko hot cakes. Men fairly fell over each other to get to the buggy nnd every now nnd then the fakir would bawl out, 'Hain't time to stop Just now, gentlemen, but be suro to preserve your wrappers!' When ho had sold perhaps 100 bottles, and the crowd was about elenned out, he stopped sud denly nnd held up his hand for atten tion. 'Now, gentlemen,' he said, pro ducing a ball of nnrrow pink tape, 'I want all of you who havo n marked wrapper to take hold of this ribbon. Get In line, please!' 1 tie crowd obeyed with a rush, nnd presently 400 men were strung out nlong the curb, hold ing to the tape and wondering what wns going to happen noxt. The fakir drove slowly up the street, paying out the tape as ho went. 'Hold on to tho magic ribbon,' he yelled. 'Don't let go of the magic band.' The tape was five blocks long, and when ho paid out tho last of it ho whipped up his team and vanished In tho gathering night, leav ing 400 large, nblc-bodled chumps hanging patiently to his infernal string. When the trick dawned on them he was half way to the next township. Was I In lino, did you nsk? Yes, d it, I was." Now Orleans Times-Democrat. FAMILY HORSE Ato the Head of I.le Limba Until Doaed with lied Fepper. Rochester Spe. New York Mall and Express: Fred Wllner, a well-known and prominent farmer of Portage, Liv ingston county, reports an astonish ing occurrence on his farm. On nu merous occasions of late ho has found in his pastures young lambs of hia herd with their heads completely eaten away, but not mutilated in any other portion of the body. After losing sev eral in this mnnnor Mr. Wllner armed himself with a rifle and spent tho greater part of two days and nights In nn effort to solve tho mystery, but without avail. Monday morning he dis covered several more deud lambs in the field with their heads eaten off and also a dead lamb in the barn. Not having time to bury the carcass found In the barn he threw it into the yard, when suddenly, to his amazement, a six-year-old family horse rushed up nnd commenced engerly eating his head off. When the next lamb died Mr. Wllner placed a lot of cayenne pepper on tho head and threw it to the horso, who, nfter taking a few bites, dropped the carcass, nnd cnnnot now be made to touch a lamb or any other animal. Cheeae Wna Too Old. Here Is a story from the New York Telegraph: "A few years ago," said Harry Cunningham of Montana, "tho late Charlie Broadwater of our state gave a banquet to about a score of his personal friends. It was an elab orate spread and one of the chief items wns some 20-year-old brandy that cost Mr. Hroadwnter a fabulous price and regarding which ho spoke with much enthusiasm. At the wtnd-up of tho fenst coffee and Roquefort cbeeso wero brought In, though the latter was not commonly down on Montana menus at that period. Sitting near tho host was one of his special friends, who, nfter eyeing the Roquefort a trifle suspic iously, tasted it, mnde a wry face and shoved his plate to ono sldo. 'You don't seem to llko that,' remnrked Mr. Broadwater. 'Indeed, I do not, Char lie. Your 20-year-old brnndy Is all right, but I'll bo hanged If I llko your 20-year-old cheese.' " Mistook Attention for Admiration. The possibilities of the automobllo coat wero shown by a family party which walked down Fifth nvenuo on Monday morning. Tho man woio n very baggy long box overcoat, nnd his wife's automobllo coat matched it In color, but was even more baggy In its effect. A llttlo boy nnd n girl, who might have been eleven or twelve years old, walked between tho couplb nnd woro coats which wero duplicates of those of their patents. Tho coats wore nil new and It was evident that tho wearers mistook tho attention which they attracted for admiration.- New York Sun. Pilot Ilntte. Standing out on tho level plain near tho lino of the Union Pacific rnllroad, in Wyoming, Is a fantastically-shaped mound of rock and earth of the size of a small mountain. It Is ono of the most celebratod of several such monumen tal ovldonces of nature's curious turn In that country. Detroit Free Press. rswsr?-363: ri.atotM&aV' .i.