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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.
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