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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1906)
- - . " - - . - ' - - - . J' , " - . : = , . . . . . . : . Market Place at Bethlehem. I tt , ; f " ' 41 : > > . . . , . . . . . . ' , " ' . " ' " ' . ' . . ; , ' . , . . , ; : ; : . " . , , . . . ! , . . j ' - J\ " , . . . , , . : : ; . ' , , ; , , . , , , , 'r , " ; ; 'T ; , , : , < ' , . : ' . ' . l' . ' " ' ' . . , ( j " . , , " , , .1 ' : " . Irfl\ : 0' " 2".f. , , . ' . < < . , . - " . . . , , A" , .W. : ' ? t. . ; ' _ . . 'M1B I -T' . " " - ' : . : : ' : . . , . " : , ' I'roM Iter.olfralb , COI'Trlght , bT Underwood & : Underwood , N , ' Y. , ) , f- . : . . This Is the place which Mary and Jose'Ph saw crowded on the Holy Eve. " . : , The Inn , where they found room In the stable , stood on the slto of that church : > ' . directly facing us across the square. . I ; . ' - " , ' - : ; : ' : ' , A , COOPfRATIVE CITY . .c . " LOUISIANA TOWN WEiL R N FOR GAIN OF PEOPLE. , , ; . . . . . . Not Only Public Utilities , but Amuse. - - I ments of Monroe , Are Controlled . . -Good , profit Realized on the Work , , Monroe , La.-1\tonroe Is looltlng for I . new fie1l1s to conquer-will some ono i 1)leaso come forward with a sumes. . tlon ? For municipal ownership of , street railways , and of many other V activities as well , has lroven success. ful In till's city of 5,000 residents. The' ' , co-olleratlve idea in muul lpal affairs Ilrevalll ! to an almost utopian degree. Light , power , transportation , educa. . tlon , medical attention , sewerage , household supplies , and even amuse- I me t are furnished by the municipal. Hy. What will be next ? The CItizens of 1\Ionroe entel' a theater - ter directed by the mayor and his as. slstants ; witness a ball game In a park owned by the city ; ride on trolley cars ; . whoso crews are 1,1.ald by the people ; , take electric light and llower from I I i ! \-.L . " . : . , . ' , ; , .t. " < ' I ' - . . : ' , - " - ' . . . . . " . _ ' Location , of Co.operatlve City. I ! ; , plants wrested from a prIvate monop. , ely ; cross the Ouachita river on a mu. ' ' . nlclpal bridge without paying toll ; pur. , ) chase household supplies In a cIty mart - ' : t Itet house ; are taken to a municipal ' ' " . . ' , . hospital when they get 'hurt , and when they die tue glvon final attention by a municipal undertalecr. All this has been accomplished since the election of Mayor A. A. Forsythe IIIX' years ago. Ho has succeeded him. self year after year , standing for mu. . . nlclpal O\vnershlp to the limit , having f behind him a city council which believes - lieves In the theory as devoutly as himself. . The municipal electrlo railway was built without the necessity of a bond Issue. The people had already paid I out the tax levied 'to establish ! 'ower- , ago , water , light and power systems , a marltet house , a city hall , a free traffic bridge , free wharves and warehouse , , and the city council toolt the liberty of using $100,000 of the reserve fund for f ' ' ' ' the purpose of building and equipping . . a street railway. The lIne , covering . . . nine miles of streets , was thrown open - - - - - - - - - - " ' - . , July 11 , and proved a money.malecr from the start. The city officials arc looltlng forward to a Irofit of 10 per cent. at the end of the fiscal : rear. Ever ) ' conductor and motorman on the system Is required to sign a pledge that he will not dl'lnl , or gamble , on or off duty , while he Is worldnr ; for the city. 'fhe ) ' must also declare to the mayor that they are morally clean. When any provision of this pledge is violated It Is understood that the offender - fender , by his own action , has severed his connection with the municipality. The traction department is under the direction of C. A. Downey , who Ie re. sponslble to the mayor. The water , power and light s 'stems are directed by J. N. Stafford , who also reports to the chief executive. A. J. Renaud Is secretary and treasurer of the munlcl. pallty , and through him pass all funds after being receivOlI by the mayor. The street railway system 'has re. contly been extended eight miles to a suburban jark owned and operated by the city for the especial benefit of those in moderate circumstances. The park embraces 125 acres , skirting a lalte where free bathing and boating is afforded the masses attho expense of the munlcllmllty. A summer theater on the lake shore was erected by the city council , a d I ! ! operated by a staff In the employ of that body , all profits . . reverting to..the .clty treasury. The same arrangement applies to a baseball diamond and grandstan 1 , and a half.mllo racing tracl , . All these amusement onterIrlses are owned ab. solutely by the clt ) . , and the revenues are devoted to extending vital depart. ments of the city's utl1ltles. A certain per cent Is set apart for treet paving extension , another for additional sew- drage lines , more for water 1J0rvlce , and the remainder goes In the surplus fund. Plans for the Interurban oxtenslon of the electric railway Include a complete - plete belt 75 miles In diameter , the Intention being to throw the population - tion In that territory , Into direct touch with the city. It will probably be necessary to Issuo' bonds for this von. ture. ture.There There are plenty 'of opportunities for graft in Monroe , but advantage of them has , never been talten. The municipal. Ity is operated on strictly business principles , and there has never been a hint of dishonesty on the part of public officials. There Is no such consldera. tlon an municipal politics In Monroe. The people . . . .ote at the city primaries merely to carry out the form and bo In ! 1no with the imrlsh and state govern. ments. Another unlquo feature of the city In its high liquor license. Defore Ma 'or Forsythe was elected , the dramshop license was $100 a ) 'ear , Imt three months after he was elected ho had It Increased to $500 , and later to $1,125. The law cOI pelled most of the saloons to go out of business. Monroe Is the county seat of Ouachi. ta lJarlsh , Louisiana , and is 35 miles south of the Arlmnsas line and 55 miles west of the 1\lisslsslppl \ river. It Is 150 miles north of Daton Rouge , the state capital , and 21G miles , as the crow tiles , northwest of New Orleans. Two railway lines and the Ouacluta river figure in the commerce of the place. The government census of 1900 gave Monroe a population of 5,428 , but these figures ha vo been materially In. . creased. . - - - - - - - - - - - - - , , ! A WOMAN OF 91 HUSKS CORN. Richmond , Ind.-Osler's . theory was dlsprovell in Hamilton county by : Mrs. . . . , Laura Ann Owen while celobratlng , her nlnoty.first birthday anniversary. ; ' . When she arose from the dinner in 'I ' , i\ - her honor she spoke of beinG' In un- usunl health for ono so advanced In ' years and said she hall the strength i -1 ; < " to do the work which she performed . , ( f dally 60 years ago. Some of her rela. UVC8 quostlonlnG' this , mndo Mrs. Owen anxious to prove she hud not yet outlived her usefulness. Throw. - - . : . . - - - - - - - - - - Ing a shawl over her hond and shoul. ders and donning a lJalr of gloves , Mrs. Owen went to the. farm and husked a row of corn around a 30.acro field without stolplng to rest. Not an Admirer of Phonographs , "Mamma , . will there bo any pllQno. graphs In heaven ? " asked the little slx.year.old [ ; 11'1. "No , my dear , " was the mother's ' roply. "That Is the way wo'll know I It is beavon.-Yonkors Statesman. . - - - - , - " HAS GOLD-fiSH fARM HUNDRED.ACRE TRACT .DEVOTED TO UNIQUE INDUSTRV , . - - - , F , C , Solak , of ROldlng , Pa. , RalGes the Beauties for Market-Four Men Needed to Take Care of Them , Rending , Pa.-Com111encln In a modest WI\Y a few 'car8 ago , F. C. Solak , or Ul'adln ! ; , now Ims the largest goldfish farm In , the tfnlted Statos. It is In Cumru to\\'nshll ) . Fresh water spRtlgS in ahundance exist on his 100. acre tract , and they are utilized to supply his 1:1 : 110nds , which are from ,10 to G5 feet in dlam tcr , with a depth o [ from three to six feet , the deeper ones being th wlntor l1onds , whore the finllY beauties are safe from freezing. The fish In the Cumru 1)011118 are of three varlotles , Including the fallcy , shaped ones from Japan : the comets , with Iecullar.shalcd tnlls , and the common goldfish , In each o [ the ponds where the vadotles are bred you find them of many size ! ! , from ono.half Inch up to the larget ones , four inches nn oven larger. In color they 1\1'0 also varied , some resembling pure gold , others In sliver tints , pure reds , and othol's with 'tJ } } ' ( o or four colors , nnd when these m : rlnds swim the ' atol's under the sun's brll. lIant ra's , the ) ' present ono of the most enchanting spectacles. Attondlng to the wants of 100,000 goldfish , the number no stored In the CU1nru township ponds , talees a good deal of time , and a stili gl'eater amount o [ patlenco , as there are al. ways certain pests that are dotrimen. tal to the raising of goldfish-especl. ally bullfrogs , snappers and snalees , besides sarno 35 dlfforent kinds of bugs and Insects which prey on young goldfish. About a ) 'ear ago a largo Snalper got Into the pond , and be. [ are 1\11' . Selak could get the 16.pound fcllow out ho hnd done much mlschlof. Four persons are conslantly em. plo 'ed looltln ! ; after the fishes' wel. fare. After the hatching season the fish have to be separated In the numerous - erous ponds 'vhere the different sizes are kept. They ha..e also to be fed regulnrly with special food , and d ffor. ent grasses have to bo grown in the pen s , of which the most noted are the water mllfoll , water "Iolet , Illnle fanwort and tapegrllss. TheBo plants to a cortaln ( Jxent furnish by oxhalatlon cQrtaln parts o [ the food ror the golden boaulles , though at cortaln times they are gl..on prepared waters and other substances , known only to the expert fancier , who 11as had a IIfo oxperlenco In this line. line.Goldfish Goldfish never thrive In largo rl"ers ; even In largo ponds they readllr revert to the color qualities of the original willI stock. 'rho ' fiourlsh ( } st In small ponds , where the ator is constantly changing , such as spring water , and which does not [ reezo easily. In such instances they have multiplied railidly , sometimes breed. Ing three different broods In ono year , and such surroundings also help them In their growth , as they have In some cases been Imown to attain a length of 1 : : : inches , though such apeclmens are very rare. , GYPSY MOTHER HAS EVIL EVE , Six of Her Children Died on Their Seventh Birthday. Genova.-A strange story is told of auelderly gypsy woman who Is at present traveling with a tribe of Doho mlans In the canton o [ Dorne. The woman has ha six chlldron , four boys and two girls , all of whom have died on reaching the ago of Boven -the last dying a few days ago. Three of the children died on their seventh birthday and the ethers a day or two after. It is stated that all the children fell 111 as every birthday apt preached , but the 111othor tool , no no. tlco of their I11nosses until the critical s venth year was' reached , when she nursed th m dovotedly. The women of her trlbo shun her , believing that she possess os the "evll oye" and is responsible for the death of her children. but the unfortunate woman's husband Is devoted to llcr" After the dealh of her sixth child the trlbo became so hosl1lo tllat bel' hus. band has decided to talte Ins wlfo away and wl11 shortly return to Dohemla. The children died from no particular dlseaso and seemed simply to have wasted away. The doctors who signed the death certificates never traced the cause of decease. Guard Children From Bears. Altoona , Pa.-li'earing an attack from a pull' of ferocious bears , farm. ers are sondlng theIr children to school at Planeten on the now Nortage railroad under heavy guard. Irarm hands , armed with shotguns , are pressed Into servlco as escorts. Tho' bears made their appearance several days ago , and were so bold that the farmers are afraid to trust their chll. dren arone. The whole countr'sldo ifJ In a state of panic , and no ono vent tures out after nightfall. Too Much Autolng ; Baby DICI. London.-The death of Mrs. Mar. hall O. Roberts' two.year.old girl baby Is attributed by doctors to excesslvo motoring. The doctors alwaya main. lalned that the woakliness of the child was duo to the practice , with , lho nccomll nylng excitement which I Its mother Indulged in before its bltth. There are said to be several similar I caLles among Eng\1sh \ fashionable woo men in late rears. I - - - " , - DOG MEAT IS NOT SO DAD , First Choice of the Eaklmo and of Many Indian Tribes , - I Now Yorli-I nst 'car 0\01' 1r.OO i dogs were IIlallghtorcd [ 01' fOOlt In I l'I'ussm. Probnbh' ono coulll ( 'al dog' froUl cholco all ' 11\01'0 than ono coulll bo a cnnlllb\1 : frol1l' ( 'holco. But l1\an ' Indlnn trlhos hn"o enten dog for gcnl'r' atlons. The Esltll1\os \ Cllt dos ! wh'n the ) ' can calch thom. Arctic oxplorl'rs : from nil cOlllltrlcs , looltln ! ; for the 11010 , ha " 0 caton dog wlthollt eOmll\H\ctlon and on so\'oral occl\slon9 llll. . . . { ) t'ntl'l1 theh' comrades or human Itlnd. Dog meat Is In'oot , 11I\0 11\1110 ment , and till' best Imrt of It Is not next to the bml' : : , as Is the ease with ether meats. bllt that b'lng next to tlto slt/n / , which mllst bo balcd to a CI'ISI ) . Thal able general , Chler .Josoph of the Noz POl'ces , ) ) refers dog to all ot1ll'r meats , His sccond 'cholco always WI\S grlzzb' and his third Hoclt . muuntnln sheOI ) . When Wattlslwwlcow o [ the Umatlllns heard of the drowning of unOl'l11 llS qllmtltll'B of 1I0gs 11111101lnl1. cd In New YOI'1ho wcpt. Whcn the Umnl1l1as have 11 great feast dog 1'8 the . picco do reslstuncc. 'I'ho brownol1 sltln , with the hall' on It , Is served to the hlu'l11\tclta'l11u'liS , or chle [ gllests , anl ( If ) 'OU hnllllcn to bo ono o [ the muclt-a. mllcliS rou must gnaw thla hit of sldn as ' u woull1 n rib of bee [ in call1l1. l\1an ' l > alcfaces lu\\'o done it anll come fl'OI11 the fon9t lilting dog. 'rho Caucaslan's projudlce comes from that IIttio word "not. " A 1I0g Is n pot . alld lractlcl\lly a member of the fnml1 ' can not stomach the Idea of eating a ! Jet. LOOT DISCLOSES A.ROMANCE. Thief's Note In B rled Sliver Pitcher Tells of a Girl In Case. Drooldale , N. .f.-Booty that was burled In the woods near hero maI'o thnn a decade ago was brought to light the ether dar by two huntora. The men were digging a halo in which to lll1d a wood fire , when they found a sllvor pltchor and several sllvcr knives and [ 01'1'13. Insldo the Illtcher was n nato , dated . Juno 3 , 189r. , 3 a. 111. , which read : "Jim : I lea\'o these hero In the hOIO that you. will find them. I ca not talto thom to the house , as I got a tip that I wa3 bolng watched. In fact , I ImvJ been told that If I wont to the placo'to.day 1 would bo rOIod In , so I have decided to hop the early morning freight. I don't Imow as 'et where I will go. It probably wl11 bo to the old Illace'ou know , where the swag comes cas ) ' . "I will droll 'ou a IIno I [ I think it safe. Say , Jim , do you Imow that I hate to leave the vlllago ? A d its all on account of Mabel. I never thought I'd be so Boft hearted. Just think , if she only know whnt I mn. Toll her that 1 was called away by n death in the family , or something lIke thnt. Sho'll ne\'or get wise. " There were no InlUaln on the pltchor , nor soons nor an .thing about them to glvo a clew to their owners. RAISES GRE T PRUNE CROP. - One California County Could Supply the Whole United States. San Franclsco.-Prlor to 188G the prunes consumed in this countr ) ' came ahuost entirely from Franco and the , Danubian Irovlnces. The consump. : tlon WIlS small and the fruit was con. . sldered a delicacy. Now moro than 100,000,000 pounds of dried lrUneS are eaton yearly in the United States , In the year above mentioned American prunes first ap. peared on the market and each suc. coodlng ) 'ear the supply has increased , until the Imllortatlon of forolgn prunes has been reduced to small proportions. i Most of the enormous suppl ) ' that finds , I its way to boanllng house tables Is grown In California. The largo out. ' put of the IIrunc orchards there may 'be jUdged from the fact that In Santa Clara county there are 3,700,000 trees growing on 37,000 acres , 100 trees to the acro. The quantity or prunes cured there this ) 'ear wl11 meet the requlroments of homo consumption for the entire countlJ' . But there Is a largo export trade to talm care of and this absorbs the surplus. I ' CONTRACTS TO KILL COYOTES. Expert Trapper Agrees to Rid Count try of Troublesome Animals. Lander , Wyo-1. F. Kallbrenner , an expert tl'llPpor , hns contractell to Itlll 1,200 co'otes for the Sweetwater Range company dllrlng the coming six months. For the first 800 ho w1l1 re. celvo $1.50 each f'Om the company ono dollar each from the state , and prohablY 75 cents each for the hides. For the last 700 ho will recelvo $2.50 each from the comllnny , ono dol. lar each from the ctate , and probably 75 cents each fOI' the .hldes. If ho maltes good. ho will clear $5G75 In the six " months. The district in which Ka"lItbrennor has agreed to kl11 the coyotes Is 40 by 115 miles ia dlmen. slons , and Is In the shape of a figure eight , with the conteI' at Point of Rock , a station on the Union Pacific. I ast month Kalltbrenner trapped 261 coyotes. Can Drink , But Not "Treat. " Lincoln , Nob.-After l 'ing dormant for nearl ) ' 20 years , the antl.treatlng section of { he Slocum lIqllor law haa been revived at the village of Dol" chester. A ropresontatlve of Kan. Bas City liquor house named l\utchell \ , , who treated some of his customers , [ md others , was arrested and fined $50 [ md costs. It waa the first convfc- Ii lion under the statuto. . - " ' . , . . 1" " ' . . . , I A New Star on tlac Flag. . . . . . I . . , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n - - - _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _ _ I The star near the lady's : lower hand represents the latent state to Join the union , Okl homa , The new state Is composed of Oklahoma and Indian Tor- l'ItOl'Y , has an area of nearly 70,000 square miles , and n population of moro than sOOOOO. , ' . : r..r..r.r..r..o7..r.r..r.rJC : < : . . . . . . . .o'.r " . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r.Qj'.r..1.2 WANT AMERiCAN WOODo DIG INCREASE IN LUMDER AND FURNITURE EXPORTS. Nine Month ! : of 1906 Revells Increase of 33 Per Cent , Over 1905 In SatcD In Foreion Countrlcs , Washington.-Wooll and mnnufnc. hires of wooll are forming It constant. Jy'lncrel1slng parl o [ the ox ports of the I Unltell Stales , The total vnluo of wood anll ItE mannfacturos ox ported In the nine months cndlng with SOil' . tl'mbcr , If10G , oxcoellOlI by 33 per cont. I that In the corresponding POl'I II of' ' Inst year anll aggrcgatod , for the nine months , not less than $59,000,000. If to this arc adlled the shipments to the noucontlguous torrltory of the Unltod States , not now Inclulled In the for. olgn h'allo figures , the value of woOtJ and Its manufactures leaving Amorl. , can ports In the nine months wll1 ag. gregato $ G1OOOOOO , or at UIO rate of $81,000,000 a ) 'ear. A decade ago the tolul vaillo of wooll anll Its manufactures OX portell wns practically $32,000,000. The In. crenso In the year 190G over 1905 was $11,000.000 In the shlpmonts to [ or. elgn territory. PrncUcally the whole world la nslt. Ing for Amorlcnn wooll nnd Its prod. ucts. Even of "Ioga and sawed and hewn timber" the total exporls for the tlscal ) 'enr 190G were $16,333,333 , ngalnst $7,33:1,333 : In ] 80G , and ship. ments of the matorlal in this crude form wonl not only to all of the prln. cllml European countries , but to 1I10St of the countries of South and Central Africa , Australia , the Ph1l1pplno la. lands , .Japan and even ACrlca. Tho'aluo of Illmuor sent to the Unltod Kingdom In 19JO was $ G,750 , . . 000 , against less than $2,000,000 In 1890 ; to' Germany , nearly $2,250,000 , against $333,33:1 : In ] 890 ; to Drltlsh orth America , a lumbor'produclng country , over $2,500,000 In 190G , ngalnst a lIttio moro than $ GOO , OO In .1896 ; to Cuba , $2,500,000 in 1906 , against loss than $333,333 In 1890 ; to Mexico , $2,000,000 , against less than $7GO,000 In 189G ; to Argontlna , $3 , OO , . OlJO In 190G , against 1\ little less than $1,000,000 In 1890 ; to British Ans. tralasla , over $1,000,000 In 1900 , against $500,000 in 1890 ; to Bfllglum , more than $750OlJO ; Franco , $500.000 ; Iln.ly , $500,000 ; Netherlands , $2GOO- ,000 ; Drazll , $500,000 ; Chili , moro than $500OOlJ , nnd t Central American 'state : ! , over $750,000. The next Inrgest Item In lho total of exports of wooll an Its manufactures Is that designated as "furnlturo , " of which the value eXJlOrted In 190G was $5,250,000 , against $3,250,000 In 189G , the increase In "logs and sawed and hewn tlmbor" and "lumber" having 'Story of a Murder Nearly 100 Years Ago Graphically Related. Plttsburg.-Among the many roman. tic spots In western PennsYlvania none Is better Imown , 11erhaps , than Whlto Rocles , near Union town. This particu. lar spot was made famous by Philip Rogers wl11rully castmg Polly WII'I IIams , to whom ho was engaged , down the face of the rocls Into the darl , depths below , causing her death , This event , which occnrred in August , 1810 , has boon done In Bong and story , but the plain facts have never been related more clearly than by Charles D. Pen. nlnlton , of Carmlchaels , Pa. "Polly Wl11lams' parents moved from Fayette county , PennsYlvania , Into Ohio , " said Mr. Ponnlngton , "leaving Polly In the care of a neighbor family to bo married to her betrayer , Philip Rogers. The couIlle stele orf together ono day , she from where she was star' Ing and he from his worle , I believe at an unclo's , and met at an appornted place. She , it is lUpposed ! , was under the Impression that ho was going to talce her to a preacher to bo married. Some tlmo afterward a couple of girls were sathering hucldeberrios at the Whlto Rocls and noticed n small picco of cloUllng on a bush near the edge of a roc1e. 'I'hey looltcd o..er the preclplc(1 and saw a dead person lying below , which on Invcstlgatlon proved to bo PoUy WfIllame. ueCll greater lrollOrllonat < : ly than that ahown hy "furniture. " Of the $5 250 , . 000 worth o [ "furnlturo" exported In lJ ! O 1\1oxlco was the largest customer , the .amount oXllOl'lOlI to that country being $8,18,279 , An oxal'nlnatlQn of the expert recant . of wooll nUll wooll products for a lon8 term of ) 'enrs indicates that the meal rap1 ! "gl'owth Ims occurrel } tJ"urlng the last decade. As far bac1t as 187G the \'aluo of wood anel wood manufactures ox ported was only $17,250,000 ; In 188B , $20,500,000 ; In 1896 , $32,000,000 , and In 1906 , $ GDOOOO JO , 'bxcIuslvo of the shlpmonts to noncontfLuous torrltory , most o [ which was Inclllllt.'d In the fig. urca or 1890 , 1\1111 If I\Il11ed to these 01 19G ( would bring the totnl UI ) to $7 ] , ' 000,000. 'rims the 6rowth from 1878 to ISSG WI\9 only 'nbout $3,000,000 ; that from 188G to 189G about $12,000" OO anll that frol11 189G to 11100 , $37 , . . 000,000. PRIZES TO PROMOTE MATRIMONY. Greenville , N. J. , Juntlce.Elect Offers Gifts to Induce Marriages , Jorscy City , N. J.-Justlco of the Poace.elect Charles Fay of the Grcen. v1l10 section intonlla to malto things hum In the marryJng line. 1\11' . Fnr said the other tJny : "I am going to glvo away souvenll'll to ovcry couple that comes to mo to got married during my term of oInco , IH'ovided , of coursc , both contracting . lJarties IIvo In Greonv1l10. Dut. that's not nU. No\v , lIsten ! The firnt ton ouillel ! whol\r " IAuncl elJ. out upon the SOIL of matrimony by 1110 won't have to hand ever ony , roe at aIr ; They will bo married free. Isn't that a ralt. Ilroposi. tion ? Dut wait ! I ha vo such a bura4 Ing deslro to see Oreenvl11o men ant' maidens hallllY tlmt I intend glvln/t / ILway tons of coal , barrels of Hour , gas ranges , dlnl'lIg-room tables , brass bell. stenda , ILnd china tea seto , as an In. ducemont to OreenviIJo girls to marry tllO boys they have Jmown all tholl' IIvea and with whom they wont to school , instead of S011l0 outsldor. "Now , I don't intend to convey the Impression that ovorrbotJy who gets married w1l1 receive ono of these pres. ents I have mentioned. Not at alii Dut what I do mean' that every sln glo glrJ ltas a chance to get ono or them. Each couple to wed w11l rOe celvo a number designating their posl. tion in the contest. For instance , the fifth couple w111 bo givcn the number 5 ; the sixth number G , and so on. J have a bool ( in the 11OU80 in which al'II recorded the lucl , numbers , and bOo ! llnd each Is written the prlzo it talee/l. / "If this plan falls to bring Greenvl1l8 lads and lussles closor' ' and' dearer to each other'u hearts-weH , T shall resort - sort to ether methods. I tIlInl ( , 110W4 over , it w11l ltave the desired etrect , " TRAGEDY 1H ROCKS TOLD. ' I "Rogors owed his freedom from JUS4 tico to the efforts of his J wyer , but U Is said that ho lived a mlserablo lifo and some ono who Itnow him said h8 scarcely ever slept but would 110 in. bed and chew tobacco aU through thG , night , " , - , Rapid Growth Deranges Mind. Los Angeles , Cal.-The abnormnr growth of II. II. Kleeno's physlquEf Is said to bavo caused his mind to become deranged , 110 was committed to the Insane asylum by JUdge Gibbs. Kleelle , who fs but 17 years old , is six feet three inches in height. Until three ) 'eul'a ago he was small for his ago and then the rapid physical de- velOllInent began. With his rapid Jrowth his mind began to fall him. When ho waa arraigned' before the - judge hl8 conversation WtUf unlntel/f. / sible , nil ho changed rapidly from tears to laughter. Rat's N st Worth $150. , Now Yorl-Workmen engagetJ in tearing down a partition between two rooms In the farmhouse of Jacob Zim. morel' , in East Passaic avenuc , moom. . field , N. J. , dlscovored n rat's ncat .in a corner aod lo nd it bnd been con. structed out of bank notes of va. rlous denominations. The money wall made UI ) of bl1la ranging from $ J to $20 , and all were In a badly mu. tllated condition. They were rem. nants of at lcnst $160.