Consumption
*
Famous JWchlgan Doctor Announces the Dis
covery of a Marvelous Mysterious Secret
* Compound That Almost Instantly
Cures Consumption , Coughs and
Lung Troubles.
It lias Been Tried and Tested by State Officials
and Great Medical Men Who Pronounce
W
in t" < It the Grandest Discovery
of the Age.
A Large Trial Package Sent Free by Return
Mail to All Who Send Their Name
and Address.
t I hare made the most marvelous dlscov-
. ry In the rcnliies of medicine. I have pro
duced a mysterious compound unknown'to
01 her chemists or to medical science , and It
proven the most wonderful cure for con-
1 Cure Consumption , Coughs ,
Throat and Lung Troubles
Dr. Yonkerman.
siunptlan. coughs , throat aiid lung troubles.
ver discovered. i
1 Lave taken consumptives who were ]
gasping upon their death-beds , given up by
their own home physicians to die in a day1
or two , and I have cured them completely j
Time and again I have restored health to
consumptives who were iu the very jaws
of death. My marvelous and mysterious
compound , of which 1 alone hold the se
cret , will cure any case of consumption ,
coughs , throat and lung troubles , no mat
ter how far advanced. Where there Is life ;
there is hope , for my marvelous compound
will cure consumption in every stage. I fur
nish proof In t1 sands of instances. The
leading men in arly every civilized com
munity have caiefully investigated my won-i
derful discovery and all have been com
pelled by the stories of those I have cured
of the deadly consumption to acknowledge
that my work is little short of miraculous ,
and that I positively do cure consumption ,
no matter how many remedies or doctors
have failed.
My famous discovery for the cure of con
sumption Is emphatically endorsed by the !
followingrioted men :
The Rev. Edward Collins of Detroit , ,
Mich. , one of the most noted pulpit orators'
la the west. ,
Hon. E. A. Moriarity , secretary of the )
Division of Health. Department of Public ,
Safety , Columbus. Ohio.
Hon. A. T. Park , Duluth , Minn. , County
Superintendent of Schools and one of the
foiemobt eaucators In the U. S.
Senator Henry J. Gjertsen of Minneapolis ,
Inspector General of the State of Minnesota
seta , and member of Governor Van Saut's
staff.
staff.Hon.
Hon. Harry L. Fisher of Greater New
York , one of the best known business men
Iu New York , and a famous political leader-
Hon. W. B. Ilenncbsy , managing editor of
the St. Paul ( Minn. ) Globe , and prominent
member of the Minnesota legislature.
Hon. J. M. Brenton , mayor of Dos Moines ,
the capital city of Iowa , and one of the
noted orators in the \\cfct.
Hon. W. II. Ilinrlchson , former Secretary
of State of Illinois , and rvmember of Con
Hon. L. P. McCormacL , State Labor Com
missioner of Indiana , and one of the most
popular men in his state.
Hon. S. M. Fries , Lincoln , Neb. , mem
bcr of the Nebraska State Legislature.
Hon. Richard E. Buikc , Chicago , Dem
ocratic leader in the Illinois House of Rcp-
rcFen ativt's and noted lawyer.
Sllon. Ralph S. Gregory of Muncie , Ind. , ,
one of the most noted criminal lawyers in
the United States.
Jrdge W. O. Cardwell , Kansas City , one )
of the best known jurists and public menj
of the State of Missouri. ,
Sheriff John Powers of Omaha , one of .
the best known criminal hunters in the
west.
Hon D. J. O'Brien , Omaha , who is popu
larly known as "the Delmoulco of Omaha"
'
and'the west.
1 do'not ask any consumptive to take my
word for this , I 'Want every person sick" and ,
suffering from consumption to write me. '
Address me personally , Dr. Derk P. Yon- .
kOrmau , 31 ( > . Shakespeare Bldg. , Kalamazoo - . ,
zoo , Mich. , and I will gladly send them , by i
return mail , a large trial package absolute
ly , free , all charges prepaid , and I guarantee
that no matter how sick or discouraged you
arc this trial treatment will convince you
nud do you more good than all changes of
climate or other remedies.
lAstromomers announce that the
Hr/ar f Bethlehem , wliich directed
the wise men to the birth place of
Uit Savior , \\ill appear once more in
1910 or 1911. Josppbus the Hebrew
historian , speaks of this star , which
is now known as-IIalley's comet , and
since this time it has appeared on
twenty-three occasions. |
If a fl iwer pot is laid on its side
the stalk of the plant growing in it.
v\ih gradually curve upward until it J
assumes a vertical cosition. *
RE WARD-OF $8,500
THE PRICE TO BE PAID ON HEADS'
® F MON TANA DYNAMITERS.
THE GANG BECOMES BOLD
MAKE DEMAND ON ROAD AND
THREATEN IF NOT PAID.
EFFORT MADE TO ARREST
*
i General Manage ! of Northern Pacific
Admits Evidence of riot and
Outlines Plans Doss Not
Know the Men.
86. Paul , Minn. Sept. 29. Genera }
Manager Thomas W. Cooper of the
Northe n Pad ic jailwaj yest r aye n
firmed the report of tue dynamite
outrages against the road in Montana
"It is true that a demand for fifty
thousand dollars has been made upon
the Northern Pacific company by par
ties in Montana , and that we hav ?
had more or less trouble with them
for several weeks past. We do not
know who the parties are , but are us
ling all the efforts possible to discover
( and arrest them. We have takeq
.sufficient precautions to make oui
tracks safe.
"The Northern Pacific has posted a
reward of $2,500 for the arrest and
capture of the dynamiters. The state
of Montana has posted another re
ward of $5,000 , and Po k county , Mon
tina has offered another $500 , making
a total rewaid now of $8,500. "
Mr. Cooper , when asfced if he be
lieved the guilty parties were pro'es '
sional bandits or amateurs , said
"T i * j are dynamiters , and there are
not many of them in this country. '
A dispatch to the Dispatch frorr
Helena , Mo. , says :
In addition to the threats which
have be3n maie against the Kcrthe r
Pac fie railway by a gang of dynami
ters who demand $20,000 cash , Chief o
Po ice Travis has received nutiticatior
from what is be ieved to be the sa-m
, 'gang that unless the two men arrest
ed in connection with the first dyna
mite outrage at Livingston are nol
'released the city jail will ulso be blowr
fup.
Searching parties nave been sent
out to try"to locate the uang and the
ton of dynamite stolen from a ware
house in this city a week a o. Ttu
Hast ultimatum to the railroad expire !
October 4.
Strike of Type Founders
Cincinnati , Sept. 29. The men em-
'ployed by the Cincinnati branch of
the American Type Founders com pan ]
struck Monday afternoon. The striken
include type-casters , dressers , mo'd
t workers machinists , brass-rule-work
'ers ' , nicking machine operators and in
spectors. Thfc men say that ac noon
'today an agreement was presented al
the foundries throughout the countrj
and that a national strike was inaugu
rated because the company refused to
accede. The proposition in the agref.
ment that caused the strike reads as
follows :
"There shall bt. jo discrimination
against unicu uien , and any journey
man , who , during the life ci the
agreement may be given employment !
to fill any vacancy or to increase the
force shall be a member of the Inter-
'national lypogragi ical union , provided
:
vided the uniou is able to furnish such
journeymen. "
The company say they a e willing to
concede all that is asked reg-uditm
wages and hears but that they wi 1
not consent to relinquishing jurisdic
tion of their plants.
Record Run For Auto Car
Chicago" Sept. 29. Bert FTolcomb
and R. W. Uaroun , in a twenty-lour
burse-power gasoline louring car lelt
Chicago yesterday for ISew Yoik ,
intent up n breaking tno record fur
long distance runs , ihe trip will be
made in relays , and it is tne plan of
tbe five men participate g in the
race is to make no stops day or niyht
that it is possihle to a void. Hulcomb
and Haroun will make the first stage
of the run toCleveland , whereLuurie
Duffle will relieve them , taking the
car to Buffalo. At that' point two
othjr men will take their places for
tbe final spurt into the eastern city.
The drivers expect to make the 2,250
miles iufiftyfourhours , or better
\han twenty-three miles an hour.
_ \ged Women a Suicide
Grand Island. 'N'eb ? ept. 29Mrs. .
Louise Lahann , a very elderly woman ,
whose husband died about a year ago ,
and who has since been making her
borne with person and daughter-in-
law in the city , committed suicide
by hanging. She has been in very
feeb 8 condition Sometime in the
morning sne went in to a shed and
was found suspended to a scantling ,
fier feet just torching tbe ground.
THREE DIE IN THE CHAH
TRIPLE EXECUTION AT THE DAN
NEMORA PRISON.
Dannemora , N. Y. , Oct. 2. With
0 it one unforseen incident to mar thij
perfect and dignified execution of the
chatb penalty imposed by the trial
court , sustained by the c urt of ap
peals , and not interfered with by
Governor Odell , Willis , Fredrick M.
and Burton Van Wermer were p . . * o
death in fifteen and one-half jinu
es at Clinton prison yesterday forth" ,
murder of their uncle , Peter A He -
lenbeck , at Green ale , on Christmas
eve , 1901 The men talked fiom the
dco s of their cells in the care of
ihiiirpiitsi and flanked on eltbtr
side by p ison deputies with calm de-
m -anor but extreme pallor.
Father Belang > > r. a picture = q'ip ' ,
while haired 1'gtm * . not intrie rob s
of bis offices , but in tb ° e\ery d y
black fiucK coat f cl'-rral cut , \\itl-
1 'ittle purple s olj hb IIG ib2 s ' 0 iki
ar , v\alknd alonr with eich of the
oufl ran d me-i iu turn sayitm
words o' cons > l.ition.
\Vi is Van Weiiner entered thj
leatu chaml cr at 114 : oO. tbe cui-
ent was timed into his body one
iiinute ater and at 11:57 : he was dc-
laivd dca 1.
Ab 11:11:80 : Fredrick euteicd tile
ipath chamber , at11 42 ihe cuircni
vas turned on and be was declared
ieid at 11:1:5:31 : :
Burton entered the d-ath cbamhpi
it 11:47 , the current was turned o.i
it 1 : i7:3J : and he was declared dja 1
.t 11:48:30. :
The entire proceed'n fiom th ?
r.utof ins tirst man lr mj bis o-ll
; o the doctor's declaration of death
) f the last , consumed but fifteen and
) ne-hiilf minutes and no untoward
.ncideut marred tbe execution of the
aw.
aw.The
The bodies were carried out into
.hi ? prison morgue , and tbe summons
| ur the last brother was tiKen back
XV tbeguards. FaiberB langer writ
/vith / them and when Bin ton Van
iVeimer was brought into the presence
% f rlcaib , be was accompanied by two
icsts F.ither Charboi.neau having
. further need to remain in the cell
oom. Either Burlon was tailor
dian his brothers , or he sat up
itraighter in the chair , for Ihe si-tap
vhich was inten < ed to ( over the eyes
lid not reach high enough to b inf
old him. and is the current was
iwitciied on be was still looking over
Ihe upppr edge ol the s'.rnp tovv-irrl
Ibe priest , lie was kill d ven more
I licklv than the other tw . T e c r
ent was turned on at 11:47 : HO , Only
me application was required , al-
.bouuh it was retained slightlv long-
ir at full pressure than in the other
: as ( > s.
The lust thing any of them said
o Assistant Chief lO-eper Nash was
rom Ihe lips of Burton. Said he :
" 1 have no more fear of th" elec-
ric chair than of this meal which we
tre about to eat. I woul i j ist as
ief be the last one to go in , for I
.now that I can stand the farewell
i am not afraid. "
This was not sdd boastfully , but
p'V qii tlv.
Keep r Murphy , who was in the
ell said when became off dutv yes-
erday morning that he never had
, een irjei bett r'preparpfl for d.at : i
r more luily in possession of their
erve.
{ -I Jell you , " said he to tbeAss"ci-
iterl press repre en tativr. "ihi'y.wen
i lie more seinri mrc-Hed than 1
suing out any question of th i'
ruilt or whether or n > i they otiyhtt"
IP. i h vecnme to likp th se U rer
ellnws , and it made me feel bad to
av go > Jbve to them "
Willis Van Weuiei-s-iiil to Kei pei
liirjhy : \ '
' 1 only wish ihere were three
hurs instead o' one , so that w
uUl all go to b . Tne bard-si
urt of it ail is the - > \\-ponce \ \ , 'm ' t w
e r a-iy We aie grarfMul f < T tb >
in ness whii'li pve'.v b .rly ab nit the
> iciin has cbown io us. "
On ChfisUins < ve , 1 01 , w-iti ! th ii
n.jsui , Harvey BIUCP. Ibe tbre- ! -
b isrlrovc fro n tboir bom0 in Kin -
rl.o k. SOMIC fourtP'ii ' miles io tb-
i.imift < f Gr e-dalo , 'n Col-nn n ?
, mil } vvi'cre livrl IVter A Hallpn
, of tbe Van Wormers
> - ( k. ti e uncle
n th ° wav th'-y topped at tbf
Grrepndale church , vxhnie thcvt e
nun the \eh ' § es of thp lanuers , a
nil nler of P b s .ind whips
Th MUC : they went to th2 Hallpr-
Mr. lla I1 niiccl ,
i' le b'ime v heie
is wile and his i-sicd mother won-
iHtii g m thp 1 impl'ffhl in theirliv-
g riKiru Both lie w IUPII siw
tie u diive past. A few ininutf <
liter t'UM-e ' was a Kno-k at Hie o * or
. .nd Mr. Hal cube k . n > wercl it. tend
nd ma k d me.t hplore mm ami <
with revolveis Burton Van WIMIMP
ji-d the way ndiMi t im 'h' " ' ]
oan grappled. At"nf-ealll' ur b-
c ri a fu illarto nf pistol > bets wbicli
rlv of Mi Ilal-pn-
ai'ly ' rid lied the b
ck Mrs Hallp b elf. tne wife.ran
in o the kitctipn and the l ro lnir %
shot at hpr , bus mi-S' ' d. Her luis-
banrl ordered her to tlee and she ran
upstairs , whither the older wom-in
had piece pd her , and t ie \ AO ; ba--
rii-atlefi i"h m p I VPS in the attic
M- . Hallenbeckalthonuh mnrlal-
Iv wouiiued , br-jku away from hi <
a siilants , and went to tbe IsinrJi u
o i he-stairs , where he kept a Io d-
td sh' t pun. The assailants saw
him jet the gun and fled The oH
man fell to the floor and died.
Post Time On Automobile
Fe * York , 0 t ,2 B rt Ilol'-omb
and Henry Sendall finished a record-
breaking automobile trip f om Chi-
cigo , to New York yesterday , t ! ?
marhine making the trip in seven * j-
six hours. The automobile , a tw n-
ty-'ojr hoise power raachin" , h d
LULU ilelaypd sevt-ral hours on aceoun' .
if loosii g the road The car cover cj
l,188iuiles , an average of fifteen ami
ime-half milts per hour. Ib was driv
en by relays of chauffeurs.
Tf.
MADISON IS DEAD
MUCH HUNTED MURDERER KILLS
HIMSELF NEAR COWLES.
BODY FOUND IN CORNFIELD
FARMER DISCOVERS BADLY DE
COMPOSED REMAINS.
DEAD PROBABLY A WEEK
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS KAN
SAS FUGITIVE.
Ends Ilia lilfe by Shooting . Sup.
posedly When H.trcl Pressed by
Pursuing : Posses Uody
Now at lied Cloud
( Special to Elate Journal )
Hastings , Oct. , 1 The remains ol
of Thomas Madison , the murderer of
Mrs. Ada Wi liamson , her daughter ,
and her mother , in Smith county
Kansas , was found ab no m yesterday
in a ravine , thirty miles south of
Hastings and one mile west ol Cow-
els , by John Harpham ,
The fugitive had been hounded so
c seiy by vaiions posses that he was
compelled to take his own life in
order to escape his pursuers , lie shot
himself under the chin with a38-cali-
bre revolver , and the bullet came out
of the left side of the temple When
found the body was in a horriDle
state of decomposition and all evi
dence shows that he bad been dead
lor ten days. A box of rat poison
was found in his coat pocket together
with an ear of corn , which was half
eaten.
A letter in Madison's pocket was
found which positively identities the
manfuuud to be Madison.
John Harpbam had been cutting
hay all morning on his farm and was
about logo home for dinn r when he
n > iic d that his dog was acting in a
peculiar mnnner down in a ravine
close by. He d o\e his team into
tue ravine and attempted to call ti e
dog away , but the animal refused to
heed bis calls and behaved more
wildly than ever. The dog's actions
interested him to such an extent that
he decided to make an investigation.
His fa'rst impression was that the dr-g
h d rout ° d a skunk-for an offensive
odor greeted him beiore he had
reached the bottom of the ravine ,
but knowing his dog would fight an
ani al of that nature he b > ld y made
way into the tall grass of the ravine ,
and there , amid tangled brushtwist
ed grass and broken brushes , he saw
the form of a human tody , besmear-
eo vv th clots of blood , and apparent
ly all surivelea. A closer investiga-
ti jn revealed that the dead man had
shot hirijS > .lf under the chin and then
curled up to die. PI is cloth ir.g had
absorbed nearly all the blood , aiid
his remains were a terrible sight to
behold.
Without further investigation Mr
Harpham rode tu Co-vies , whre fce
n titied Coroner Hall , v\ho went to
the sceue , viewed the remains and in
company with sheriff McArthur tt ok
the body to Red Cloud , where the re
mains were quickly identified by a
di'Zen people or more to be those of
ihotuas Madison , the much sought
for luguive.
The body is nnw lying in the mor
gue waiting 10 he viewed by Smith
county. K.insas. luthoriiies
The triple murder for which Madi
son wis ; ( Cm cllerl to take l.ilife oc-
cored in thj moming of September
19 a the Williamson farm , seven
miles south of Red Clon' , and' grew
o i of a love allair bntwt'i n Mrs
\ \ iamson \ and Th' ' in s Madis nwhu ,
was a hired man oo the farm. Mis.
W llii'iiMinassuing for a divorce
frm her husband nd the case waste
to have bt en tii'd ' ri the fatJ rlay
at Smith Center ; Kuisas. Mariis
attempted to com pel I her to promise
to many him , but she would not en-
couiage him. This angered him to
Hirh an extint that he killed her
with a beam of a corn cultivator ,
and then killed her daughter and
mother vilh the same instrument
i.e made h s escape , but was houi-d-
ed 10 death by posiis fiom t le si r-
ronn liny neighborhoods The only
clos-i relatives Madis"n has that are
ki Ortti o' is a niece at Deweese and
one at luavale.
Resc-ie khipwrecked Hen.
Fort P.iinr , Me. , Out. 1. Hie ship
ur ckod sailors brought in last t ight
b * the iVali in harkenline Eros preY -
Y d to Le the entire ctew of sixteen
m < -n Irim aFiench fisherman which
walo't the Grind Banks
wa- > on during
a recent gale , bigmils by the Eros
w le read as saying that she had
euhicen out of twenty one. , rl h
Er s is anc'v ' red off this point
awaiting flooduide to leach Bangot
MURDERER IS ON TRIAL
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
MRS. PULS , WITH WHOM HE
WAS IN LOVE.
( Special to Etnte Journal )
Stockville , tfeb. , Sept. , 30. The
adjourned term of the district court
convened here yesterday morning , with
Judge E C. Orron the bench. There
are three cases yet to be tried all of
which are criminal The most im
portant one is that of the state ur
Nebraska atrainst Charles A. Erymire ,
who is charged with the murder of
Mrs. Tracy Puls last February.
On Wednesday , February 18 , Eich-
ard Puls , a young German farmer ,
living near Euslis , was married to
Miss Oldenburg , It is claimed that
two years previous to this a secret
marriage contract or common law
marriage was formed be ween Fry-
ier and Miss Oldenburg. It seems
thau Frymier called on the young
lady the evening before her marriage
with Puls and visited with her , be
ing unaware of hsr intention.
Saturday afternoon he wenttoEustis
where he first learned of her marriage
with Puls. He then drove out to the
home of the young couple where a
tieht ensued in which Mrs. Puls was
shot by a revolver in the hands of
Frymier After the trouble Frymier
took the girl in his Duggy to the
home of a neighbor. Upon leaving
the house it is claimed that Frymier
abused the girl by kicking and brui
sing her. The authorities were soon
n tified and arrested Frymier that
night. The charge first filed was
that of assult with intent to killbut' '
the deoth of the girl the following
Thursday necessitated a new charge.
King of Yap Left Fortune.
San Francisco , Sept. , SO. William
C. Uartriflge , who went tn the Cdr-
lone is'ands ' 1 st May in the interests
of Mrs Caroline O Keefe , widow of
David O'Keefe. has arrived on the
steamer Doric. O'Keefe was known
as the king of Yap , He left his wife
and dat ghter in Savannah , Ga. , in
the early seventies and was wrecked
oil this island , Being the first white
man the natives had ever seen , they
treated him with every possible re
verence and fin illy made him king.
Over a year ago , after visiting Hong
Kong on business , he started to re
turn on one of his vessels and that
was the last ever heard of him. Al
though he had two wivein the Car
olines , he always kept his wife and
daughter in Savannah well supplied
with money. On hearing of his
d ath Lawyer Hartridge was sent
out to see how matters stood. He
found a will in Hong Kong distribut
ing an estate valued at $1,600,010 in
property , all of wliich is productive.
He has left quite a large amuunt ; to
his daughter , Mrs. J.P. Butler of
S-ivarmah , and it is expected that the
Savannah widow will claim about 50
per cent of the estate.
Indians in Day School
"Washington , Sept 30. The divisioL
of the Omaha and Winnebago reser
vation , through the resignation of
Charles T. Mattbewson and subs q-
uent appointment of Wilson for Win-
nebagn and Mickey for Omaha as
bonded superintendents to take
ch-irge of these reservations , has been
confirmed and these two men will
take charge of their respective as
signments at an early date. One of
the thoughts uppermost in mind of
p Irdian commissioner in making
this cl.inge is the abandonm . t of
the Uiijahr boarding school. Several
years ago the Indians protested
against the , boarding school , declar
ing that their children were fully
equipped in every particular to at-
t nd the'day ' she ils. Commissioner
Jonts telieves their assertinns made
at that time to have been correct , as
they have been verified and will rec
ommend in the near future that the
0 naha bearding school be closed and
the children placed in day school.
Sentenced to Prison.
Belgrade , Servia , Sept 30 I'hetriai
of tne army otlicers charged with
conspiracy against the murd.nus ( if
King Alexander and Queen Draga
was i-oncluried to ay. Captains No\a-
kovitch and Laz.irevitch , the former
bein'4 the ringleader , were sentenced
to IAO yejns' imprisonment and the
loss ( if their commissions. Dr. Ye-
likovitch and captain Lotkjevitch
the fmmer aide-de-camp of King
Alexander , each received sentences
o a mouth's imprisonment. Other
otnVers were condemned to from twn
mouths to a year in prison. It i-
anticipated that Kitig Peter will
paruon all the conspirators.
Guilty of The Crime
Lynchbu'g , Tenn. , Sept. 30 , The
coroner's jury has returned a verdict
to the effect lh.it the negro , Allen
Small , who was killed last night
during a raid on I he Mnore county
j.iil , was deliberatelymaliciousl ) and
premeriita edly murderedand twenty-
sven men are n imed in the verdict
as guilty of the crime Fourteen of
the tuob are uud'r arrest and war
rants for the ulheisbave been issued.
EARNS LIVING IN ODD WAY.
Jewish Rabbi Who Draws a Salary
for Breaking Pinter.
A Pole on the east side makes hli
living by breaking plates. He breaks
a considerable number each week for
applicants anf receives a fee for sa
doing. The plate to be broken is
usually furnished by himself , but occa
sionally the customer provides it.
Almost anybody inijiht be expected
to be able to smash n plate with an
iron hammer , wliich is the tool the old
man uses , but the curious thing about
his method is that the blow falls seas
as to break the plate into three pieces ,
two of a certain size and one lurgef
and differently shaped from.the oth
ers. There are few chips and splinter-
ings from his plate-smashing , and nev
er more nor less than the three pieces.
The plates are mortuary plates and
are an important part of the burial
ceremony among certain orthodox
Jews. The two smaller pieces of tha
potter's ware are applied to cover the
dad person's eyes , and tl'e larger and
onger piece is meant to extend from
eyebrow to month. The believers hold
that such pieces of pottery ware placed
within the coliin assure protection to
the soul when it makes its exit from
the body a stipulated time after burial
"Thy pillow shall be the earth , " is
construed as partial warrant for the
custom.
The secret of this particular method
of plate-breaking has come down from
labbi to rabbi through many genera
tions. Originally the plate was split
with a sword. Later the breakage wag
effected with a trowel. Now a ham
mer answers. Formerly the plates foi
mortuary use were supposed to issua
one and all from a certain potter'
kiln near Jerusalem , and some of th < i
plates were believed to be heirlooms
since King Solomon's day. But witU
the removal of the tribes from plactf
to place and the stress of poverty and
strange conditions it has come to be
that almost any plate will do if it b
potter's ware and not tin or metal and
if it is broken by a person authorized
to bless the ceremony.
So this weazened old rabbi of a pe
culiar fast-disappearing sect ainon.
the other orthodox Jews is called upou
by many to perform the ceremony. And
he. has steady employment , even
though his constituents be among the
poorest of the ghetto's people and able
to give only a tithe of the fee whict
used to be considered proper for such
service. New York Sun.
The Tale of Butterby's Kid.
Old man Buttcrby hated Bob ,
Aud Bob , he equally hated him.
And as each was on to his shooting job
It seemed that some one's show wai
slim.
For from Butterby's ranch to Bob'i
home place
Was a mile or so , and that was all ;
So the boys all said , as they viewed th <
case :
"I reckon the coroner'll git a call. "
Well , Bob and Butterby met one day
'Twas a thing , of course , they wen
bound to do
And each of them put a tree in his way.
And then , you bet , the bullets flew.
Bob's arm stuck out , and he got a bal
Right where its passage was bound t <
hurt ,
And old man Butterby had a call
From a bullet that injured the side o )
his shirt.
But they stuck to their trees as if thej
were glued ,
And they hurled some names that an
not in the books. \
'Come out ! " said Bob , and his tone wai
rude.
"You dassent , " said Butterby ; "den
your looks ! "
And the air/was full of bullets an <
flings ,
And adjectives dire of a red-hot brand
And they knew that Death on his mistj
wings
Was waiting about to take a hand.
*
'Come out , " cried Bob , "you cowardlj
cur ! "
For his shoulder burned and hii
thoughts were hot
A laugh rang out where the busJies were
And into the open there strayed a tot
A wee little tot with curly hair ,
And eyes with dreams iu their blui
depths hid ,
The fairest tiling on/the / mountain thertj
And her laughter was sweet it wai
Butterby's kid.
Ller eyes met Bob's , and she laughei
again
As she toddled straight to the tret
where he stood ,
'I've lost my dolly , " she said , "but zen.
I ders 'at oo'll Gnd it ; I 'pose 'at oi
could. "
Bob kissed the babe , and he left thi
tree.
"Shoot if you please , " he cried , "den
you !
There's a job right here that is callinj
me. "
Said Butterby then : "I'm d d if 1
do. "
There is peace to-day on Butterby's hill
There is peace in the home and thi
heart of Bob ,
And the sounds of strife are hushed an <
still ,
And the coroner yet is minus a job.
. ' don't go much on cussing and such ,
But 1 hope the angel the record iid
Of Butterby's oath , err with gentle toucH
Wrote only : "Forgiven because of th
kid.-
New York Times.
lVeihin i the Mayor.
Among picturesque provincial surviv
als in England is the ceremony ol
weighing the Mayor of High Wy
rombe. The Mayor is weighed as soot
as he succeeds to olGce , and is weighed
again when ae leaves it presumably
with the object of discovering whethei
the duties agreed with hinu
Better .Lost thtn Preserved.
Miss Homely I find this balm excel-
cnt for preserving the face.
Miss Cynic Bur ? why do you
to preserve your face ? Smart Set