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MARRYING JUDGE . ADVERTISES
IN STREET CARS.'
Enterprising Clayton, Mo, Justice ef
Peace Out tor Cellars of Cupid's
Victims Uses Busim
Methods.
St. Louis. Justice or the Peace A.
H. Werremeyer,. of Clayton, has cre
ated co little stir in his section of
country by his rather original way
ot advertising himself -as one author
ised to perform marriage ceremonies.
Justice Werremeyer is out for the
-dollar and as many of them as he
can get, so he is advertising in the
good old-fashioned way. The justice
hasn't had his signs painted on barns
or fences as yet, but in the cars of
all lines running into Clayton he has
put up large cards with the follow
ing wording and arrangement:
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"Go choose the one you love the best. :
: Then come to Clayton for the rest.". :
; JUDGE A. H. WERREMEYER. :
: Justice of the Peace. :
: Kinloch 'phone. Clayton No. 3. Im- :
: mediate appointments.
: Residence. Olivette: Office. County :
: Court House. Clayton. Mo. :
Back of this enterprise or the Clayton
magistrate is the increased cost of a
marriage license in St. Louis. A few
weeks ago the price was raised from
$1 to $1.50. In Clayton it remains
at one dollar. There has been a per
ceptible increase in the number of
marriages at Clayton since the new
schedule became effective.
"I am going to let the people know
that I am in the business," said Jus
tice Werremeyer. "I want my share
of this revenue from performing mar
riage ceremonies, and I am going
right after it People must come here
on one of those car lines, and they
will learn that I am prepared for
them. Besides. I think that getting
leopIe to come here to be married
will be good advertising for Clayton.
They will look around and see what
a fine town we have."
Heretofore Justice Preiss has held
the championship as "marrying jus
tice." Two other justices who are
pleased to officiate are Frank Strobie
and I. VV. Campbell. Including Werre
meyer, there are four justices who
can be found at the Clayton court
house at practically any hour of the
day. Two Clayton ministers. Dr.
N'orth of the Methodist church, and
Dr. Langtry, of the Presbyterian,
have shared in the matrimonial fees,
couples being sent to them by friends
at the court housa. '
Judge G. A. Wurdeman. of the pro
bate court, has presided at a sufficient
number of weddings to attract atten
tion. Justice Werremeyer isn't saying
what be thinks his advertising will
do to reduce the business of his riv
:i's. but his plans are of a substantial
character. The advertising is to be
continuous, with a change every
month.
The verse on the first card was
chosen from a large collection of
verses For next month's card the
verse will be as follows:
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"I am ?oing to Clayton," she blushingly
said.
"May I go with you. my pretty maid?"
"If to the Justice you'll go." she said.
Nor are these simple black and
white cards. That would be too con
ventional for the justice, who had
his first cards printed in blue and
red on a white background.
Electricity as Anesthetic.
Paris. Professor Le Due of the
Medical college of Nantes has per
fected a method of anesthetization by
electricity. He sends a mild electric
current through the body, which so
perfectly lulls the sensory nerves that
any surgical operation can be per
formed without the patient feeling
pain.
Le Due claims that his method
produces anesthetization as deep as
that of chloroform or ether, has none
of the dangers of chloroform and is
much more conveniently used than
ether. Besides, the patient revives
in a stronger condition than from
chloroform or ether.
.. few days ago Le Due himself sub
mitted to a test of his discovery be
fore many of his colleagues, who
seemed much impressed by the re
sults. Cruises by Liquid Fuel.
London. The Times is informed
that the steamship Goldmouth. a ves
sel which burns liquid (petroleum)
fuel, recently arrived at Thameshaven
tfter a passage from Balik Pappan. in
Horneo. a distance of over 12,600
miles, without a stop. The revolu
tions averaged 54.3 and the speed
throughout the passage averaged over
nine knots. This is the third nonstop
run made by this vessel while burning
liquid fuel, the first being from Sing
apore to Rotterdam in May-June. 1906.
and the second from Singapore to
Thameshaven in September-October.
1906. Probably there is no other re
corded instance ot a single vessel hav
ing made three non-stop runs of such
duration with liquid fuel.
MUCH USED WEDDING GIFT.
Silver Card Tray Which Has Been
Presented o Many Brides.
Providence. R. I. A Providence girl
who has been married about six
months had wedding cards a short
time ago from an old schooK friend
who had given her a wedding present,
which, of course, demanded one' in re
turn. Among her wedding presents
the Providence girl had duplicates in
the shape of two silver card trays,
and in a spirit of economy she decided
to give one of these to her friend. It
was marked with her own initials, bat
it would he only a matter of a few
minutes to have them removed aad
the proper monogram cut.
She took it to the jeweler and ex
plained what was to be dose. He pick
ed up the tray, looked at it closely and
smiled.
Madame." said he. lt will .he lav
possible. I have already changed the
initials on this same tray five times
aad it has worm so this that I cassot
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The young Duke of Saragossa, an exceedingly wealthy Spanish grandee.
has developed a passion for engine-driving, and has obtained an appointment
on the regular staff of the Spanish Northern railway. Twice a week he drives
the express from Madrid to San Sebastian.
MANY JOBS FOR A GIRL
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STATION
ONLY 19
AGENT
YEARS
THOUGH
OLD..
New England Young Woman Looks
After Tickets and Freight, Car
ries the Mail and Acts as
Baggage Master.
Rutland. Vt. Nineteen and a girl,
yet station agent, mail carrier, "ex
press agent, baggage master and
freight agent for the Central Ver
mont railroad that is Miss Bessie
fclixabeth Henley of East Granville,
in the Green Mountain range. And
she has held all these jobs since she
was 17 years old.
Admiring friends claim that Miss
Hanley is the only young woman in
New England holding such a position,
or such a multitude of positions that
are so distinctively in the sphere of
the male. , Although just- .emerged
from childhood when appointed, she
has done the work of her office for
two years without a black mark
against her record. Failure to be on
hand at train tima is unknown not
only to Miss Hanley, but to most
of the residents of the hamlet
East Granville is near the upper
most portion of the pass in the Green
mountain range through which the
Central Vermont railway makes its
way from one side of the state of
Vermont to the other. A lumbering
community, extending for eight miles
back into the mountains to the west,
finds a point ot connection by the
road .with the world and its market
places.
The amount of business transacted
probably makes no appreciable differ
ence in the dividends which stock
holders of the system receive, but it
is of considerable moment in the op
GREAT PROSPERITY IN HOLLAND.
Agriculture and Dairy Farming Flour
ished Last Year.
London. The following dispatch
from The Hague to the London Times
is of interest:
"On the whole the year 1906 m-y
be described as one of the most pros
perous years in Holland's recent his
tory. Agriculture and dclry farming,
th- economic corner stones of the
Netherlands, have been more than
usually profitable: the dry summer,
combining with normally abundant
water supply, produced excellent cer
eal and grass crops and prices ruled
very high. Industrial activity was at
a high pitch and commerce and ship
ping left little to complain of. The
lov- water in the Rhine and its estu
aries caused some loss and delays to
the transit and river-shipping trades,
but on the whole these trades also
were very active, reflecting, as they
did. the state of the German indus
tries which use the Dutch waterways.
"Still more conducive to the nation
al welfare was the remarkable pros
perity of the produce trades of Hol
Has Signature tf Marillo.
Duplicate Engraving ef Famous-Picture
Owned by Denver Woman.
Denver. Mrs. Samuel Gay, of 733
South Ninth street, has in her posses
sion a steel engraving more than two
hundred years old, from which she ex
pects to realize a. neat fortune. This
ancient work of art is entitled "The
Virtue oLHoly Charity." and is a dup
licate engraving of Murillo' famous
painting.
The engraving wa3 made in the
year 1700, and was presented to Pope
Clement XL, by the artist himself. It
is the only engraving ever made of
the painting, and two centuries ago
was considered a thing almost sacred.
Is as inscription below the picture
the great Italian artist dedicates the
engraving ,to Pope Clement and asks
the pontiff's blessing.
There is s pretty little story is the
way is which it came to Mrs. Gay.
Fiftees years ago her Brother, Mrs.
Bobbie, was visiting her M home
m Scotland. Jest before sU left her
Eagme Drirr.
eration of traffic through the great
ravine and to the cafety and con
venience of thousands of passengers
on the through trains between Boston
and Montreal, as well as to the hun
dreds of cars of freight which daily
pass the point For on the care and
watchfulness of the girl in charge ot
the company's depot, under the sheer
'cliff of the mountainside, depend their
safety.
No difficulty is experienced by Miss
Hanley in handling everything that
ames East Granville way. She finds
the railroad men all anxious to assist
her Although not many trunks are
taken on at the little depot of which
she has charge, when one does show
up It has as much in it as the rail
road will carry without excess rates;
and the station agent's heart sank
when she saw the first old-fashioned
Saratogas intended for transporta
tion. There are no baggage tracks for
the use of the agent, and she did
nut feel equal to the task of, carrying
the heavy boxes from the station plat
form three car lengths up the track
to the express oar. Willing brake
men saw her dilemma and came to
her aid, and four powerful arms made
short work of it. So also with. much
of the express matter billed to the
town. One man would have difficulty
in handling it, but Miss Hanley's vol
untecis solve the problem in na time,
pilir.g the articles on the freight shed
platform, where they are left to be
called for by the consignees.
Not many difficulties have bees en
countered by the young woman in
the discharge of her duties." East
Granville Is not regarded as a partic
ularly healthy location for tramps
.under any circumstance, and in the
winter time it is too cold for them.
land's vast East India colonies. To
bacco, tin, sugar, spices and coffee
came in abundant supplies and sold
at high prices and this caused a de
gree of prosperity to prevail in Java,
Sumatra and the other possessions
which could not fail to affect the.
numerous Dutch capitalists who -have
invested enormous, sums in these
tropical possessions."
Real Thriller.
Gunner (entering circus) What is
the deuce is all that din? Are we in
the animal tent?
Guyer No, we are about to see the
great thriller for 1907. ,
Gunner Indeed! Is it the leaping
automobile or the falling airship?
Guyer Neither! They are tame In
comparison. Over in that big white
pit which is constructed to represent
a court room you will soon see 17
wild and untamed insanity experts
wrangling with each other over "brain
storm."
The music of this world comes from
lives vocal with love.
native town to return to the United
States her brother, a man of advanc
ed age, brought to her a package.
On examining it she found the en
graving. Mrs. Robbie was sot im
pressed with either the value or beau
ty of the picture, asd told her brother
she did not believe She, cared to take
up trunk' room witha "dirty old rep
resentation of a painting. Her broth
er insisted, however, that she should
keep the engraving, and told her that
years before it had been presented to
him by a wealthy man for whom he
had once performed some important
duty. Mrs. Robbie, after hearing this
explanation, packed up the engraving
and brought it with her to America,
but sever gave the matter sweh
thought.
eewVeelesCeveweM
The Nattosal Union of Hmsgarian
Bakers is orgsslxisg ngraad Intorsa
tiosal exposition of bakery to beheld
at Bsda-Pestk from May IS te Jane 30.
1897.
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FINANCIERS OF FAR EA8T
DUPED j BY , SKILLFUL
COUNTERFEITERS
Experts from the Bank ef England
and the American Bank Note
' Company Are New en the Way
te China te Assist in Separating
the Spurious" from the Genuine
, Notes Held by the Big Financial
Institutions ef the Cast Powers
- May Join in the Attempt te Step
Skillful- Counterfeiting Which
Threatens the Currency ef All
' Nations.
The most stupendous counterfeit
ing operations in, the history of the
.world- are-coming to. light-is the ori
ent. The amount of mosey involved
is great almost beyond reckoning,
and the method of forgery so far
reaching, clever and dangerous that
all the financiers of the east are
alarmed.
The gigantic scheme, so successful
ly carried out that no living man
knows its extent, is practically laid
at the door of the Japanese. Point
by point the fact that the little brown
men flooded all Manchuria and staff
ed the Rosso-Chinese bank with spur
ious money during the war with Ros
sis' is being established by experts.
Sixteen million pounds, or 180,000,000,
of the worthless stuff is said to have
been detected. Nobody can guess
Low much more is extant.
Japanese engravers and printers
have manufactured a counterfeit bask
note that has defied experts for two
years and puzzles them still. The
Russo-Chinese, the Hongkong and
Shanghai, the Imperial Bank of China
and the Indo-Chinese bank all these
have felt the sting of the Japanese
xoney viper. What effect it will have
xm as Tt be only conjectured. Even
.Europe has suffered. - -.-,
Appeal has been made to the Jap-.
inese government to enact and en
.'orce stringent laws to exterminate
.he swarm of shrewd conuterfeiters
n Nippon, and who elude the watch
ful officials of that empire. . It is
claimed scant attention has been paid
o this request. Japan has had many
things to look after since her costly
conquest of the Russian bear.
Now Doubt the Truth.
Experts from the Bank of England
and the American Bank Note com
pany are now,onrthe way to China to
assist in ferreting out the tremen
dous amounts of bogus money known
to be mixed with the genuine. Their
findings, if made public, are expected
to startle the world. They may be
so momentous that they win be sup
pressed to 'prevent- the tottering of
the strongest financial, institutions in
Asia. Bankers of the orient fear.,
with good reason,, that they 'ant hold
ing, locked in thelrv burglar-proof
vaults, tens of millions of pounds in,
counterfeit notes which they took" for
genuine, and which will spell ruin
when disclosed. '
In Kobe has been located a counter
feiting plant which Is said to have
cost $100,000. It has ceased opera
tions, hot worthless notes, so near
perfection that only the minutest
fault can be found by adepts', are
declared to be still coming from the
land of cherry blossoms, chrysanttie
mums and fighting men. Other plants
and ingenious imitators are presum
ed to be continuing the crooked work.
Last summer in the Russo-Chinese
bank doubt arose as to a certain note.
It was for $10, Mexican money, and
numbered .0664. It -was as perfect a
reproduction of the genuine original.
as could be conceived. ' The bank's
experts pored for weeks over It and,
a good note and could find not even
the slightest discrepancy. Tet 'the
bank note officials had strong cause
to believe it a forgery.
Worst Fears Realized.
Similar doubts had come up in the
Imiierial'Bank of China and at the
Indo-Chinese bank. Persistent efforjs,
However, revealed no visible peculiar
ity of a note certainly none suffi
ciently flagrant to be observed in the
regular transaction of business.
Utterly in the dark, the bankers
turned to this side of the water for
light To determine whether the sus
pected notes were real or spurious,
several of them and a number of un
questionably good ones were sent to
the American Bank Note company,
New York, and also to the Bank of
England, says the Cincinnati En
quirer. Consternation has been caused by
the replies sent to the oriental banks.
To what extent they have been re
ceiving these counterfeits during
three years and how manyof them
the banks themselves were and are
holding as supposedly good money
remains to be learned. Sixteen .mil
lion pounds $89,000,000 Is -an
SENT HIM A COFFIN C. O. D.
Revenge of the J)isearded Sweetheart
of a 'German Official.
The police of the Silesian towns are
looking for a pretty young woman on
account of the vengeance she took re
cently upon a sweetheart who jilted
her. She sent him a coffin C. O. D.,
ssd the police think. she intended to
find use both for it and another. if he
had kept an appointment which she
tried to make with him.
The man in the case is a besirko
feldwebeL or district sergeast at Lo
bau in Prussia. The young woman is
Astonie Olenick, and she Is the daugh
ter of a deceased railway managing
director, her socle being Maj. Ges.
R. von Kraine, of Dresden. Official is
qmlry shows that she had ordered a
troessrau to. cost $259 from a Lobas
tradesssaa ssd had spent considerable
Bsosey os purchases for it is Dresses.
- Whes er sweetheart totd her he
had rhsagwii his sUsd aboutsjarryisg
her, she isusediately appeared
frost Lobas. A few days later she
American expert's estimate of the
amousi siresoy rosso.
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It has bees esUhhesedthafsneTasIy semred. and they deteriatsed
coasterfelts were oiaeed ' is circsla
tios v at the opesisg. of the Russo
Japanese war. andposBiWy. before,
instead cf luviigstopped the? tike
has rhws sstfl ;the iaBtcted" sasxer
are afraid elf their ows-paper. because'
they cassot be sure ot IL t ,
Daring the war it was openly
charged that the Japanese , govern
ment ksew of sefarkms operations
carried os aad closed, its eyesj and
ears to them. Every Japanese or
Chinese of the coolie class appeared
with plenty of money. The banks
were besieged, and the report was
rife that the., little brown men were
securing a goodly portion of their
Ightisg expenses from the four banks
referred to.
Experts to Investigate.
Information has been received that
the main counterfeiting plant itself
has bees located in -Kobe. The out
fit is said to have cost at least $190,
900. The most expensive machinery
used in the making of money has
been employed in turning out this
spurious note, and some of the most
skilled workmen in the world did
the delicate engraving of the plates.
The product of the plant is nothing
less than a reproduction of the Rus
sian bank note. In its perfection it
passes the bounds of the word "coun
terfeit.' It becomes a duplicate.
. One of the leading experts consult
ed regarding the dilemma is George
S. Hall, of the American Bank Note
company. He is cow en route to
China, where his mission will keep
him occupied three months. His time
will be devoted toward solving the
problem uppermost there.
Five Days Run.
' J. S. McCune, one of the best-known
experts of England on forgery and
counterfeiting, is also bound for
Shanghai, which offers the most fer
tile field for the skill 'of such men.
That appears to be the headquarters
for the extended investigation now
beginning. Mr. McCune claims Ja
pan has been petitioned by several of
the larger banking corporations of
China, all of which are Europeans in
stitutions, to enact a drastic law,
similar to that of the United States,
making it a high crime even to have
a counterfeit note in possession.
"This is the condition in the far
east," said Mr. McCune. "The bank
ers do not know where they stand.
Runs have been started on them
which were absolutely unaccountable.
I recall in particular the ease of the
Hongkong and Shanghai bank in
Shanghai.
'About a year and a half ago a run
started on this bank. The officials
did not understand why. The institu
tion is an English concern, and has
I radically unlimited capital. In the
middle of a warn summer day a great
rush of notes began. Every obliga
tion was met without question. Dur
ing the afternoon it kept up. The
notes were for the most part present
ed by the coolies. They were univer
sally of the five dollar class. The
officials thought of- a counterfeiting
scheme, and had their- experts in
vestigate the notes. Several hours
were devoted to a study of them un
der a microscope. The experts had
to acknowledge that no discrepancy
could be found.
entered an undertaker's shop in Gor
litz, Silesia, and ordered the coffin.
She showed marks cf profound
grief and told a story which complete
ly imposed on the proprietor. She
said she wanted a coffin built to fit a
woman of her size sent to her hus
band at Lobau. She gave the name
of her recent fiance as the consignee.
It was for her sister she said, and
she told how the poor girl had shot
herself through the head because she
had been cast off by her betrothed
husband, a court official of Lobau.
She also gave the undertaker to
ship in it s myrtle wreath, a bridal
veil and as elaborately printed card,
printed with deep mourning borders,
announcing, as she told the under
taker, her sister's death, but really
her own, of coarse under her maiden
name.
The coffis with its contests was
duly delivered at Lobas to the district
sergeast who was first paralysed
with horror and later with rage whes
the C. O. D. bill for $17 was presented
to him. He indignantly refused to
pay a pfessig,'ssd thes, is the Ger-
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.The officials ksew 'that every
it had is drcelaUos was
that if the people wasted hard
foc.their paper, they ahoeJd have It
That-sight, the bask restttaed-opes,
and; the precessfoatef" coshes kept
up.- -The. next day the, bask dM set
.cfoee;X'AAdevery aW for five days
asd five nights this rash continued.
"Extra fends frost other braschee
of the owixftaYioa were hurriedly re
called asd every noto.met. Thes the
drain slackened and -the officials
treathed easier. How masy thou
sands of dollars is good Esgliss'cdls
was withdraws has sever bees di
vulged. Suffice it to say that whes
the year was, rousded put, asd the
statement ot the banfe'taade. the high
er officials 'were 4 surprised. They
agals set about to see if forgery
had not. been, perpetrated. Their Is
vestigatlon merely. Brought out the
fact that practically every note is
ued by the bank had bees returned,
and that all appeared genuine. Thes
more notes began to come in. Gen
uine depositors and those holding the
real notes began to be frightened by
the rumors floating broadcast, asd
coming for the most part from drunk
en, opium-crazed coolies who had se
cured unacustomed amounts of mos
ey. These depositors begasxto pre
sent their notes for payment Thes
the bank officials knew there had
been a great crime. Inspection prov
ed futile, and they decided to lay the
matter before Americas and English
experts. The result is now knows.
"The Indo-Chinese bank in Shang
hai was similarly affected. It oc
curred about a year ago. I remem
ber it well. A run started through
a rumor 'that forged, notes were In
circulation. The Japanese who were
'in on the counterfeiting, game were
'augmented by the holders of genuine
notes, and In a' swarm they descended
upon the bank.
Where Will It Stop?
"This institution is understood to
be backed by the French government
It paid dollar for dollar on every
note. The run continued in tremen
dous volume, and the officials fixed
upon a drastic move. They recalled
every note of the bank that was in
circulation, and for five days kept
them from passing out to the public.
It was hoped in this way to unearth
the holders of the counterfeits. It was
unsuccessful, and the bank resumed
the circulation of its notes.
"The Imperial Bank of China has
experienced similar runs. Where this
is going to stop the bankers cannot
say. The only reason it has not caus
ed a suspension of business in the far
east is that every man thinks he has
a genuine note and therefore does
not worry. The only mas sow wor
thing is the banker, who is almost
palsied by the thought that the mil
lions of notes he is carefully guarding
in his vaults may be merely a mass
of counterfeits made by the Japanese.
"The bankers look to the paper
manufacturers to save the day. So
i'ar the only basis for declaring any
of the notes forgeries has been a dis
crepancy in the paper. It takes some
thing more than imitation to make'
the grade of paper required for bank
notes. This last condition may be
the means of putting a stop to ..the
activities of the Japs, and likewise
the greatest of counterfeiting
schemes."
They at once saw something more
in the case-than a ghastly joke. The
sergeant told them that the girl had
written urging him to give her a meet
ing on the evening previous to the
arrival of the coffin. He had takes no
notice' of the request bat the police
had no trouble is establishing that
she was os haad and waited until late
into the sight st the place she had
appointed.
She spent the night is the railway
station, and Is the morning hired a
sleigh to drive her to Relchenbach, a
town sear Lobau. She told the driver
to wait for her at a hotel, but flipped
away to the' railway station asd took
a strain to Gorlltx. There all trace of
her. was lost The driver is still wait
ing for his pay..
The police are of two sUads. Sobm
of them believe she intended to shoot
her faithless lover asd thes herself.
Others thisk she intended aserely to
kill herself is his presence, flgmrisg
that his ssavalnsc; regrets wosJd
stake hist pay for the coffis and thes
asssre her the style of bsriai
craved for.
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said Prof. Zacsariah TerwUHswr to hk
clase is psychology. t "Let ss
consider one point that
pressed is the good, old hossely,
-sukisg'ss one's srisd
"A problem cosies sp for selstien
let ss say. Or, to give yet greater di-"
icctsess to the SMtter, let ase cite a
presesLperseasl fact, cosdUioe.
"I am os the threshold of as hsv
pertast decision. What I detenaise'
to do may have s grave bearing soon
my whole future.
"Let as examise ray mental pro
cesses, taking from the study ssch
lessons as we may.
, "First I pander over the matter
carefully. I look at it is its every
aspect, turning it round asd rossd.
so to speak; examining it search
isgly is all lights, from all angles. .
"By the subtle. Indefinable processes
of reasoning I arrive at a certain cos
elusion; perhaps it would be better
to .say that I receive certala strong
impressions. For I happes to be gift
el with as unusually opes mind. v
"Thes as a man ef discretion it
behooves me to secure counsel: 'to
let other misds see this issue in
timately and to allow whatever re
sulting impressions there may be
to become duly arranged, orderly v
fashion; set' forth asd exposed.
- "I listes carefully to these judg
ments, noting zealously each per
son's, individual bias, the so-called
'personal equation, in order to make
proper allowance In each case.
"Then 1 assort asd. as it were,
catalogue these several outside opin
ions. I (nage them alongside my ows
half formulated one.
"I thes step apart psychically asd
view the whole array as the con
noisseur is an art gallery might
view asd observe s group of core
lated paintings.
"Having, -as I modestly beg to
claim, s singularly plastic though
notably individual asd strong mind.
I am able to thus project what. the
Theosophists might call my astral
shape. I am able eves to place my
self momentarily is the attitude, the
personality of Brows, Jones, Smith
and Robinson and to view.-my own im
pressions and my ows status as they
might view them.
"This young gentlemen, is as espe
cially valuable and illuminative exer
cise. I urge yon to cultivate the facul
ty or seek to create it is yourselves.
"Finally I return to propria persona
and give one last, sweeping survey to
the entire subject Then I decide, my
misd is made up. Irrevocably.
"No stress, no threats, so duress
could alter the decision. ,
"No pleading, no cajolery, no urging
could modify it
"Fojr next to moderation asd open
mindedsess, let me impress upon you.
there is nothing so valuable. as firm
ness. I may, indeed, err, but I wffl
follow that course, for I have by this
intricate and painstaking process ar
rived at the absolute conclusion that
it is best
"As .1 intimated, the illustration has
bees taken from actuality. I have
just come to my unalterable decision.
What I have determined upon shall
unequivocally take place.
"As a further object of study, I give
you leave to note the results."
The students departed much im
pressed. A little later the professor, yet is a
glow of agreeable self-satisfaction,
sought his home.
Mrs. Terwilliger met him at the
door.
"Zachariah." she said, "have yon
come to a decision on that matter?"
"Yes, my dear; I have thought it
over most carefully and have decided
to say no.'"
"Really!" There was a touch of
irony in the good lady's tone that the
professor did not altogether like.
"Well, I've thought it over, too. and
I've decided that you most accept, it
would be nonesease to " Mrs. Ter
williger's aspect was ominous.
"Very well, my dear," interjected the'
professor, quickly and meekly. "All
right, do not let as have any words.
Of course I shall accept; of coarse."
Too Rich te Travel.
Camille van Crestenberghe, his wife
and four children were marooned in
Aberden all night because of the fact
that they had too much money.
Van Crestenberghe, who is said to
be a wealthy merchant of Detroit.
Mich., had been visiting with his fam
ily at Ipswich, S. D. They came here
to take a train for Detroit In pay
ment for their tickets Van Cresten
berghe tendered the station agent a
$1,000 bilL The agent could not
change the bill, nor could any one is
town be found with money enough to
break the bilC As a consequence the
family were compelled to remain in
Aberdeen all night and to await the
opening of the banks next morning
before they could pursse their jour
ney. Aberdeen Correspondence 9t
Paul Dispatch.
Bern in Him.
The little sos of the lawyer had fin
ished working an elaborate sum on
the blackboard, and, after the usual
detailed explanation of the operation,
he concluded with: "Therefore the.
answer is 2.645." "Asd can yoa prove
it?" asked the teacher. The boy look-'
ed wise.
"Prove it? Tes, ma'am. I will sub
poena the entire class as witnesses,
bat I must request a postponement
for tes days in order to prepare my
defease."
Children's Defective Eyesight
Either defective sight is os the in
crease among the scholars of the New
York city schools, or else a more care
ful examination of eyes is being made.
Recent examinations made by the
board ot health show that one-hair ot
the scholars are in need of glasses.
Furniture Mover's Advice.
A lady, who is s fsmitsre remover,
carrying os buslsess at MasweU, has
as her vans the followlsg appeal to
the public: "Don't worry
rled end keep on ova.' I
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