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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1902)
BURNS WERE FATAL Alfred Bayos Falls Acroaa Rod Hot Stovo WAS AGED AND EPILEPTIC Nelchhor (!! the Alarm In IIm I'iiIIii', Who KutrSd the Ilium, iiml 1'itiiml the Old .Mittt I.) Int; Aeroni tin, Stoe Most Terrible lliirnnl Alfred Bnycs, iui tKfl epileptic whoso wlfo recently deserted him for u younger nmn, found the cud of his mortal career Tuesday night ax a re sult of hums. The old man wan loinnl lying on n hot stove In hit) hovel at 72S K street. Lincoln. Noli. The neighbors feared to go Into the place to nee what was the tnntter, though the smoke or burning flesh ami cloth was pouting out of the house. The grewHoine sight seemed to have scared the bravest away and no relief wan offered until the police were notified at: I appeared with the ambulance. The man had recovered from the tit which attacked him when he was building n lire In the stove. From the waist to the tip of his nose ho was burned to a crisp. He was removed to St. Kllzaheth'ii hos pital, where he died at 10:10 p. m. In a dilapidated cottage Hayes has lived for several months. He Is a la T borer and has often found employment on the streets. At It o'clock In the morning a neighbor came to the police station and reported that H.iyes was lying on the stovo In his kitchen. Two or three policemen and Health Ofllcer Rohde were soon on the scene. They found Hayes sitting on the iliair in front of the stove. He had revived and found strength to pull himself from the tire and to tear off his cloth ing. He was naked with the exception of his limbs, which wore clothed In thin underwear. FOOD FOR FLAMES Gambling? I)clees ut HuHtlng I'ulilicly Hurned on Order of Court District court convened at Hastings, Neb., with uJdgo Adams presiding. The only case of Importance decided was that of the state of Nebraska against .1. F. Wright. W. H. 1-M wards. Les McKnlght and Charles Auten. The defendants were charged with run ning gambling houses. They pleaded guilty and were fined 5100 each and i costs and the court ordered their con- I flscated goods to be publicly destroyed j between the hours of I and '. In accordance with this order Sheriff j Hill nan an tne poKer tames, louietto wheels, crap tables and other gambling devices stacked In the middle of the road at the south door of the court house and burned to ashes. The scene was witnessed by all the ministers who were instrumental in having the gambling houses closed and by the proprietors and frequenters of the vari ous gambling places. The goods de stroyed by lire were worth nearly three thousand dollare. KINDNESS WINS FORTUNE Old .Man Leaves u Million to Khiimis Cilrl n llefrlemleil Him Hiram Beverly, an old man who re cently died at Seattle, Wash, left an estate worth $1,000,000 to Lizzie Hoyce of Brown county. Kas., because she had shown him kindness when he was In sore need years ago. He did not know the girl's address, and his attorney has written to a paper hero In the hope of finding the young woman. Llz.le Boyce Is the twenty-foiir-ycnr-old daughter of Elijah Boyce, a farmer who lives a few miles north of Hiawatha. Miss Boyce took tho news of her In heritance very calmly, stating that Bhe would believe It when she saw the money or Its equivalent. IAtd Stork K.ipo. According to the official list of en tries for the International live stock exposition, which was made public re cently, the exhibit promises to eclipse any of the previous ones in the num ber of entries and quality of the ex hibits. The entry list, which closed Oct 15. exceeds last year's figures by at least one-third and represents n grand total of 2,4100 entries. The ex position opens November 29th ruid con tinues for one week. Shoots Himself ArHih'liUlly R. O. Strahn, night operator at tho nock Island depot, at Falrbury, shot himself through the right hand with a 32-callbre bullet. It was another rami of "didn't know It waH londrd." Ho was pressing the muzle of the re volver to the palm or bin I"""' IU111 snapping the trigger, when the wea pon was discharged, the ball passing through his hand. Mangled hr 'r Clarence Griffith, a lad of eighteen, whose home Is at Sheldon, III., while attempting to remount a freight train at Columbus, on which he was steal ing a ride, fell and had one foot run over. the. wheels crushing It so badly that the attending physicians think amputation will be iiocewmry above tho ankle. The boy was out seeing tho world, having, ho says, been outlaid away from home. A Dainty Coin. ii lllili A cocoanut Ice that Is oflon served at Cuban tables will Im a novelty to Northern housekeepers. Let the milk from a fresh cocoanut stand In an earthen jfch for two or three, hours, At the iflil of this time p. xort of a eream wll have risen to tho Hiirfaco which Is taken off, iwentetifd to Utile, diluted with water flavored with lemon Juice, and frozen. This will make about a pint of lee. As fresh cwoaniils are rarely to Im bad up here. It wll Im necessary to uw two or even three dried cocoanut to secure, tho reqiilHlli amocnt of foundation crurn. MURDERER AWAITS DEATH NnlgMilliiil Now In llii-Sliiln t'enltrnt lr Wiilllnt; iMti. fr HI Denili Nelgciillud. the ll'erce county. Ne liriml.ii, wlfo murderer. Is again In the utate penitential. e has had his dial and Im now awaiting the date of hlit eMTiitliMi. Maich i;i, 03. Sheriff .loue.i or IMeire county, with an assist ant, brought lilm to the penitentiary, where he will remain until the date, of bin hanging. A new trial has beeu denied li tn Nelgeiiiliid evpivnseil Indifference as to his rale and said he would ho Just as well phased If the date of his exe cution wan sooner in place of four uioiithn distant. lie expresses no re morse nor fear of death, and is In fact a nest Indifferent man. SlierllT Jones said the prisoner made no nttempt to escape and did not seem to caio whether he was allowed his llbeity or conllnnl. He has almost recovered from the gunshot wounds In dicted when he was captured, and probably by the time of his execution the wounds will have entirely healed. Ni' Itullroiiil for Culpa William (!. Ames of Louisville. Ky.. a division engineer of the railroad now being built from Sanctl Springs to Santiago tie Cuba, it In Chattanoogn. Tenn. Mr. Ames says the new railroad will be completed by the first of De cember, and trains will be running as soon as permission can be obtained from the Cuban government. The road is ;t00 miles long. tlood I'rlro for lion At a sale held at the OberMder ranch recently, at Lodge Hole, Amos Meeker of Llewellyn. Neb., purchased the celebrated I'oliuul China boar. Hob Baxter, for $,M10. This Is the highest prlco ever paid In western Nebraska for a iritilo pig. At the same sale Wal ter Clark of Llewellyn bought the well known Poland China boar, Genera? Price, paying $2o0. Itolit-npt llnunil (Hrr In Justice Archer's court at Platts mouth, Hnrry nnd William Hlckson had n preliminary hearing on the charge of holding up and robbing John McQucstlon and Fred Volnagel. After hearing the evidence the court decided that there was probable cause for the charge and accordingly bound the pris oners over to the district court under 3300 bonds each. THE NEWS CONDENSED The Morgan & Wright rubber factory at Chicago, and the Kokomo. Ind.. Rub ber company, have closed down on ac count of a strike. The supervising architect accepted the proposition of R. J. Gaddls of Lin coln. Neb., to repair storm sheds, doors, etc., of tho Lincoln federal building at $210. Saturday's statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $i;o,00O.0u0 gold reserve in the division of redemption shows: Avail able cash balances, $200,177,291; gold, 5114.031 :.7. At Billion, Spain, the Jury in the trial of Sablno Arana. charged with having, sent a congratulatory telegram to President Iloosevelt on the granting of Cuban Independence, returned a ver dict of not guilty and tho prisoner was discharged. The president has declined to accept the resignation of Past Assistant Pay master Charles W. Penrose, lately at tached to tho Michigan post. He was convicted by court-martial of financial Irregularities and sentenced to dis missal. The president has approved tho sentence. A largo number of affidavits were 3vorn against President Pearson and tho officials of the New Orleans Rail way company resulting from their fail ure to place screens or partitions In the street cars to separate the white and negro races. The law was passed last July and the company allowed 120 days In which to arrange for the screens. While looting a chicken coop a man, supposed to be William Kealso, was shot and killed by Henry Bailey, a farmer living In Langdon, Minn. Bailey, aroused in the night by an ularm In the coop, seized his gun, rushed out and fired at random In the darkness, hoping to scare away the marauder. At daylight he found the body of the dead man lying in the yard. Hawkins Martin, a young farmer liv ing In Pemiscot county. Mo., who was declared insane by the authorities and was being taken to the asylum at Ful ton terrorized a coach load of passen gers on the Cotton Belt train at St, louls. Martin managed to secure a revolver from a passenger's coat and springing Into the aisle began shoot ing promiscuously. He was finally sub dued, The pupils at the Andrew Jackson school In Chicago who "went out" last Thurodny, because a popular teacher hail been suspended for alleged In subordination, returned to ther desks this morning. All wer submissive and lamb-like. The strike fever went down several points Sunday when the glrla failed to keep an appointment in "Mrs. Hlley'K barn." where the situa tion was to have been canvassed. A diligent effort Is being made to find Superintendent BenJ. F. Egan, of the Kallspell division of the Great Northern railroad, who about a week ago went Into the mountains to hunt with a party of friends. The party took separate courses, expecting to come, together at ramp In the even ing. Mr. HKnn didn't show up. and It Is feared ho Is lost in the big snow storm. If ho has perished, tho deep snow will prr.vont his body being re covered until late next spring. A complete ticket for governor and state houso officials headed by Rev. W A. Day, of Montgomery. Ala., has been announced by tho prohibitionists of Alabama. Palmer S, Mosely defeated William L Byrd for goverssr of tho Chickasaw nation by a majority of six votes. Mnnely was favorable to tho supple mentary treaty and Byrd opposed It, It Is reported that Omaha Street Hallway ritnpany stock, aggregating if 000 000 liar, been sold in a lump to K New York syndicate, headed by tho firm of J. & W. HellKinan & Co. Tho prlco paid Is ')'! rents on tho dollar for tho total capitalization of tho company, THE (ORN (ROP Yield of 1902 Much Ahead of Ton Year Average NEBRASKA SHOWS UP WELL I'riMlnrtliiit of Tlilrtr IliistieW to the Acre CoM.hliTi.lilr Ahe.til of the Ait-nigi. for thr Country hi it Whole Other rw Thn preliminary estimate of the average yield per ac re of coi n. as pub lished in the monthly report of the statistician of the department of agri culture. Is 20 i bushels, as compared with an average yield of 16.7 bushels In 1901. 25.3 bushels in 1900 ami 1SU9. and a ten-year average of 22 I bushels. The following table shows, for all states having one million acres or up wards in corn the preliminary esti mates of an average yield vr acre In bushels. In 1901. with the tlnal esti mates for 1901 and 19') and the mean of the averages fo. the last ten years: 10-Yr. States 19)2 1901 190-5 Av. Iowa 3.I.0 25.0 .".S.O 30.0 Illinois fo.7 21. t 37.0 31.3 Kansas 30.1 7.S 19.0 20.0 Nebraska 32.0 H.l 2'..0 23.0 Missouri 39.0 10.1 2S.0 25. -I Texas S.l ll.fi lvO IS. 5 Indiana 3S.9 19.4 ns.O 30.5 Georgia 9.0 10.0 10. 0 10. C Tennessee 21.0 H.2 20.0 20.7 Kentucky 27.0 15.0 2U.0 21. t) Alabama S.4 10.9 11.0 12.9 North Carolina .11.2 12.0 12.0 12.fi Arkansas 20.9 S.l 19.0 17.3 Mississippi 11.5 10.9 11.0 H.4 Virginia 21.fi 22.2 lfi.O 19.0 South Carolina .10.7 fi.9 7.0 9.1 South Dakota ..17.5 21.0 27.0 21.3 Oklahoma 25. S 7.3 20.0 Wisconsin 25.2 27.1 40.0 31.2 Pennsylvania . .33.S 35.0 25.0 31.7 Minnesota 23.2 2fi.3 33.0 29.2 Louisiana 12.5 13.7 17.0 lfi.4 Michigan 26.1 CI. 5 06.0 30. S The general average as to quality Is SO. 7 per cnt. as compared with 73.7 last year. S5 5 In 19jO and S7.2 In 1S99. It Is estimated that about 1.9 per cent of the corn crop of 1900 was still In the hands of farmers on November 1. lf -. as compared with 1.5 per cent of the crop of 1900 In farmers' hands on November 1. 1501. and 1.4 per cent of that of liOO In hands November 1, 1900. The preliminary estimate of the aver age yield per acre of buckwheat Is IS. I bushels, against IS 0 bushels In 1901. 15.0 In 19oo and a ten-year average of 17.2. Of the seven states having twenty thousand acres or upward under this product. Including New York and Pennsylvania, which together contain about three-fourths of the entire buck wheat acreage of the country. Ave re port a yield per acre in excess of their respective ten-year averages. The general average as to quality Is S3 1 per cent, against 93.3 last year and 90.2 In 1900. The preliminary estimates of the yield per acre of potatoes Is 95.1 bushels against an average yield per acre of C3.5 bushels in 1901. S0.S bushels in 1900 and a ten-year average of 75.9 bushel3. Of the states having 100.00 acres or upward in potatoes, all except New York and Michigan report a yield per acre considerably above their ten-year averages. The average as to quillty ic 90.4 per cent, as compared with 73.4 per cent in November last and SS.l per cent In November, 1900. Of the eleven principal sweet potato producing states, six. Including Georgia and South Carolina, report average yields per acre of sweet potatoes In excess of their ten-year averages, and five. Including North- Carolina, and Alabama, report yleld3 below such averages. The preliminary estimate of tho aver age yield per acre of hay u 1.51 tons, against an average yield of 1.2S in 1901 and 1900 and a ten-year average of 1.29. The present yield Is. with the exception of 1S9S, the highest ever re ported by the department of agricul ture, and each of the eleven hay pro ducing states reports an average yield in excess of that of last year and also In excess of the ten-year average. The average as to quality is S5.7. against 91.3 In November last and S3." In No vember. 1900. All of the ten principal tobacco states except Pennsylvania report average yields per acre In excess of their ten year averages. The quality of the to bacco crop is fair The apple and pear crop are con siderably above the ten-year average in nearly all the states in which the raising of these fruits is of any im portance, and the grape crop Is slightly below such average. Wireless Td'tnphf on Land A Victoria. B. C. Nov. 10. dispatch sry3: J. N. Greenshlelds, solcltor of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph com pany, announced here today that the company Is about to establish a system of wireless telegraphy across the Do minion of Canada conaecttng Victoria and Cap Breton He said that not only would the com pany operate a system of wireless tel egraphy across the ocean, but also a land line across the continent 'ram Cape Breton to Victoria. All the prin cipal cities and towns in Canada, will be Included in the system. AcM to rirlck FUnt The business of the Table Rock, Nob., Clay company has attained auch proportions that It had to have more land for Its use, and they have Ju3t purchased and bad surveyed thirty-two acres of land, where a new plant will be erected in the near future. Htecl riant Horned The plant of the Portland Iron and Steel company at Tlgonla, Me., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $100,000. Tho fire resulted from an explosion caused by water dripping on a large quantity of molten metai. ROLAND MOLINEUX FREE I'mnoiM Cusp riimllr Disposed of hr Ac inlttil of Defendant A New York, Nov. 11, dispatch says: Itol.ind B. Mollnei, wns set nl liberty today nfter spending nearly four years in prison and being oucn condemned to death and twice on trial for his llfo for the minder of Mrs. Katherlnc J. Adams. The history of the ease Is well known tbioughout the country. The verdict, which was confidently anticipated, was greeted with an In stantly suppressed outbreak of np plausn. Justice ambrrt having deliv ered a sirrn admonition that no dem onstration would be permitted. General Mollneux, the father, when asked for an expression on the ver dict, wrote and signed for nil his re porter friends the following: The struggle Is o'er, the battle done. And might has lost, but right has won. Immediately after the rendering of the verdict the prisoner was formally discharged from ustody and left the court room with his father and coun sel. In passing out of the building tho three were cheered by a great crowd thnt gathered In anticipation of tho acquittal. In tho Tombs the prisoners cheered loudly; the keepers of the prison came out and shook bands with Mollnetix and many people waved handkerchiefs from windows. Cecil Mollneux. the brother of Ro land, after shaking hands, stood weed ing on the steps of the Tombs, whllo Roland himself, smiling and radiant in company with his father, entered a carriage which took them to the fam ily home In Brooklyn. Here they again received a great ovation. SPECTACULAR BLAZE Toner of sev l'.it lllwr llrldge llurns Loss llulf .Million The new East river bridge. In pro cess of construction between New York and Brooklyn, wns damaged to the ex tent of at least half n million dollars Monday night by a tire that for four hours raged 355 feet in tho air, on the summit of tho great steel tower on tho New York side. Three men who were at work on top of the tower when the tire broke out are reported to have fallen into the rover. Owing to the enormous height of the tower It was Impossible to reach the flro with any apparatus In the lire department, and the flames, after devouring all tho woodwork on the top of the tower, seized on the timber false work on the two foot brb'ges suspended from tho main cables, burning away the sup ports until nearly a million feet of blazing lumber fell with a mighty hiss and splash into the stream. The fail of the foot bridge carried away scores of the llchter cables and guys, which trailed In tho water, rendering It nec essary for the police to stop all traffic up and down the river, up and down the river. The fire was the most spectacular conflagration that has eTer been seen In New York. ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY T!ilrr llrmk Into t'hitonln financial Institution hut Are Ilrlvrn Avar A Claytonla. Neb., Nov. 11, dispatch says: This morning at 2 o'clock the burglar alarm In Jones' store rang, waking him up, indicating there was some one In tho bank. Investigating he found the bank was being robbed. He commenced shooting at the rob bers. They returned the Are. but his shots were getting too close for their good health and they soon left, without se curing any money or damaging tho safe. They had dug a largo hole through the brick vault and were about ready to blow the safe when Mr. Jones dis covered them. The sheriff from Beat rice with the bloodhounds arrived on the scene this morning and is track ing the robbsra, but with what success is not known at this time. They also stole a team belonging to Henry Jones, which they abandoned and left near by, being too closely pursued. HERE AND THERE Oxford university has decided to re tain Greek as a compulsory study. E. O. Dana, aged sixty-one, the old est master mechanic of the Illinois Central railway, is dead at Frecport, 111. Now that tho facts In connection with the arrest of Mascagnl at Boston, Mass.. are known at Rome the excite ment caused by that incident has sub sided. Among the passengers who arrived at New York on the steamer Caracas from Venezuela and Porto Rico was Charles Harwell, secretary of Porto Rico. Tammany hall secured control of the board of alderman, which had been controlled by the fuslonlsu since aJn uary last, aJmes Sutherland resigned tbe posi tion of minister of marine and fisheries of Canada and was sworn in as minis ter of public works. R. M. Field, the well-known theatri cal manager ho for many years was the head of the Boston museum, died of Bright's disease. The new D. B. Henderson library formally opened yesterday. Speaker Henderson delivered the dedicatory addresa. Chart-! With Murder A, G. Hall, wanted by the authorities of Grangerville, Ky., for murder, was arrested while working on a farm near Industry. la., by Sheriff Gleason. Hall confessed to the officer that he was the right man. A reward of $200 is outstanding for his arrest. Former Hniband Arretted Newton Cross, a former husband of Mrs. Jesse Tumaa, was placed under arrest at Muscatine, la., under the be lief that be knows something of tha murder of the woman and her hiubaad. 11 "" ' -,,. . . Worst Of All. Acnln I heir tlmt rrcnklnif ntrp; Ue'. r.iip!j:g lit tho ilo.ir: Too well t know the litvilmt "Mind That ubIhti In u horr. 1 ilo tint tremble when I mc-t Th. ntotili'it of tny foe. Hut llr.ivcn ilrfcnc) nif from the f-knJ ho coine. but never koI lie drop Into my easy chair. And ink nbotil the ncw; llo peer Into my tnmiuiicrliit And gives liM cnndM vlew. l!i tellt tno where he llkM the Una, And whero he's forced to Brieve, Ho tukeji the Htrnncent lllwrtiea - llut never tnki'i It let leave Whene'er he corner that drenilful man I)lKute It as I ttiny. I know thnt, like the ntltumn rulr He'll hint throughout the ihi) In vln I Kpenk of urx nt task. In vain t acdwI nnd pout. A frown I no exIltiKUlnh-r It docs not put him out! I mean to take the knocker off IMit crape upon the door. Or hint to John thnt 1 nm icoim To stay n month or more 1 do not tremble when I meet The ntoilte.it of my foM. llut Ileuven defend mo from th friend Who never, never goei" Roman Schoolroom. Here Is a very curious relic which wns recently unearthed at Herborn, Germany. It represents a school room in tho days of old Borne. At their desks sit children, and on tho wall hang two states, one containing a simple sum in addition and the other one In multiplication. Scholars, how over, arc unable to find any mean ing in the words engraved on this rotlc, which is of stone and in tho form of a tablet. The reason probably Is because some of tho letters have been erased. The only point on which they agreo Is that tho word "Veet" refers to tho linen or calico duster which may bo seen hanging between the two slates, and which was evident ly used to clean them. The context shows that this Is the most plausible interpretation of the word "Vest," for otherwise the two preceding words, "Cave Terge." which are clear ly a warning to the pupils not to for get to clean the slates, would have no meaning. It should he noted, how ever, that the word "Vest" is Incom plete. Tho word as originally engrav ed was "Vcstem," but the Anal letters are missing. Long Lawsuit Over a Pig. About a year ago a pig strayed away from tho premises of Charles Trigg, near Corydon. Ky After it had been gone several months Mr. Trigg found a pig at tho farm of Porter Swope, which he believed was his own. Mr. Swope said ho raised It, and a controversy arose. Swop refused to give it up. Trigg was determined to have It. so the case got Into court. The result of the mag istrate trial was a verdict In favor of Trigg. Swope Immediately ap pealed to the county court. The case is still In the courts. The coat In the case I? more than 1200, and no end Is In sight A Dog on a Monument Curious and strange Is a monument which was recently erected in the principal cemetery at Milan, over the grave of a lady named Leonilda .Monti. During her life she was a great lover of animals, and the dog sculptured beside the tall tombstone Is designed to perpetuate this fact. The monu- mmtfMm ilr--. M I " " ifei l -A--. TA- ment is the work of a well-known artist, and Is attracting much atten tion. Queer Flh. Which fish have the power of float ing and swimming back downward? This peculiar property Is possesjed only by the dlodon and the tetrodon. two allied families of tropical fishes which are popularly known as globe flih. The tefodon Is found off the coasts of Cornwall and Ireland. The faculty Is due to tho fact that the akin of the abdomen of ths Ashes Is mucii looser than It It on the back, and they have the power to inflate, this loose tC lr .R'.llA.(nn nl. l. .! .I... gullet. This, of coune. esablet them I t 7'il nr-f i-ty! A s-'a'tr ft I (j' ' rr oasaaBKx) if, IttWflEN. "WSatlS. i.' SCriof Ifi W irkFNlA.ftNVrltf. ( S-DfWrr N AVt m JTCRS&. VEiTt. VICES M k ' r r t r-aw to turn over at will, and. although tho t,'oat French naturalist, Cuvier, did not believe thnt when In this position they could swim ns they pleased, Dar win corrected him and proved that they could swim both forward and backward In this position. It K of course, well known that tho shark and tho dngrWh. owing to tho peculiar position of the nnderjaw, nro obliged to turn on their backs boforo they can seize their prey. ami whllo In this position they nro able to swim for a very considerable dlHtance. This, however. Is done by the muscular force of the Uns nnd tall, nnd not through any special apparatus, such oi the globe-tlnh possesses. Flaherman' Fight With a Whale. Chased by a huge whale with noth ing but a pair of oars to defend him self. Is the story told by a flfihorman, Fred Campbell of Malnadleu, Capo Breton. Mr. Campbell was out In a small boat. He was not very far from land when he noticed a huge sea monster approaching him. Not wishing to en counter It, Mr. Campbell bent hlmielf to tho ears and tried to get In shorn before tho monitor reached him. Tho whale gained on him, and ho soon recnsnlzed that his efforts to reach shore ahead of hla pursuer wero Millie. Hi means of def nso wero not of much arccjunt. but he mado good use of what was at hand. Th" monster oponed his Jiws wide nnd tried to swallow the boat, man and all. Mr. Campbell reached over with an oar and for a few minutes succocdod In keeping the whalo away. When It looked as though Campbell was dfjomed, a small boat hove In sight, and Its occupants noticing tho man's perilous ponltlon, hastened to his aid. Tho whalo then disappeared. Toronto Globe. Vhlte Blackberrlet. White blackberries are tho latent achievement of horticultural science. They have been bred fc- black onoa, by a well-known"gardener, I Luther Dirt-bank, of Santa Rosa, Cali fornia. As a mere freak they would bo Interesting, but they are some thing more, namely, a valuable- new variety, possessing a flavor superior. It Is said, to any blackberries. Bo fore very long they will be on tho market, so that the public will be able to Judgo for itself as to their excel lence. Bottom Fell Out of Well. Will McCIure, a Jerweler of Leltch fleld, Ky., while drilling for a well on the property of Jim McCIure In the suburbs of Leltchfleld, suddenly had the bottom fall out of the well Into a circular subterranean cavern. The well was dug to the depth of 28 feet, when the bottom fell Into the cavern, which Is about forty by sixty feet and from eight to ten feet high. There are two passages leading from this cham ber, one running east and one west. A part of tho eastern passage has been explored to the distance of ISO yards, while In this passage thero are two divergent passages unexplored. In the western passage, which takes a declivity of about thirty feet, a large 'chamber la reached, 30 by 150 feet long, and ten or twelve feet high There are two unexplored passages leading out of the western passage. Tbe walls and top of tbe caverns are covered with a white limestone forma tion. Horse Doe a Watch-Dog Stunt. A prominent citizen of Grfdley, Cat., had a horso that does excellent ser vice as a watchdog. But for the won derful intelligence and faithfulness of the animal which occupies a corral next to the chicken house, a thief would have made his escape with a batch of valuable poultry. During the night the proprietor was awakened by a racket In the henyard, and, on taking a cautious look, saw In the dim light a marauder coming out of tbe henhouse with a sack. At the same timo the hone with a vicious squeal, went toward the thief and, wheeling about began to kick at him. The thief dropped the sack of chick ens and ran, with the horse after him, the horse actually biting out a mouth ful of tbe man's coattalls as he scaled the corral fence. Tbe bag contained eight chickens. Music may be the food of love, but love also manages to find room for large tjuantltles of Ice cream and bonbons. ft is rumored that pocketless trous ers will be the correct thing this falL Tailors evidently realize that men who pay cash for clothes have no use for pockets. Chlcazo New: a.v iy w 'i i mffmjmmrnmmmi SfflCJ mtTVmH-vr, i59"liE mmmfsmoffr'. i rZ JJMrTajf z&m i&smtm i rniM'iiHMiM-i',.t tffre&iMAtV ..v . 'MmmmL: " :, '.MWont'toiA ! SiSMil&jtyi&jg&j'i i Timmmmifiirr!rw.-i" '-i. . iS 'MM I HllMII HUM I I'l MB IWIHlllliBM I T vT3 nA.r-'..T:'r'"-'!,' ,ml mmr 1" - T. . -p,t ,