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S32s3s3SKiWr ? IW ru. ' Se&fi,i Si15.-&v- -?-,, TWO&K Ik. Li P J SBV V hsx'LrviZ '' IVvT ' ' -. 'IV A-'5"' - -r - T 'aOV tt-j ' ? - I A R I Columbus Journal R. a STROTHER, Editor. F. K. STROTHER, Manager. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. I Performing a Useful Mission. ' The Society for Psychical Research has lately exposed certain pseudo spiritualistic manifestations at Wind sor, Nova.Scotia. The whole, town had been stirred by the singular behaviprr of material things. Boxes and barrels .were moved, chairs were rocked, and smaller objects flew through the air with extraordinary force. Upon hear ing of this, Prof. Hyslop dispatched his assistant, Mr. Carrington, to the ttcene, to investigate the report. The latter, who s something, of a wizard himself, proved, as Prof. Hyslop says, "that all the alleged phenomena at ' Windsor which excited public notice .were frauds pure and simple." Great pains had been taken by those who perpetrated the tricks to escape detec tion. A mysterious hogshead, which was said to roll about the streets on Its own motion and give forth oracu lar utterances, was found to have been propelled by two young Nova Sco tians, while the voice was that of a boy who was concealed within. Strings had been attached to chairs, and secret openings made in walls and doors. A grocer was found to have been a ringleader in producing the phenomena, having thrown apples, broken eggs and moved packing cases. It is a good thing to have de ceptions of this kind discovered, de clares the New York Post Among other things, Jt helps to give Prof. Hyslop's society a standing in the community and another reason for ex istence. Dangers Lurking in Cravats. Girls who gave neckties to men used to get Into the joke papers. Now, no more. Since the notion of wearing knit ties came in a few years ago, the mightiest is not too proud to display such handiwork. And in this act is there not a quaint and charming sym bolism? The tie, fashioned by innu merable delicate motions of soft fin gers, represents In its final form al most a detached part of the lady her self. Mere thread plus her that is the tie. And this resultant the man, a willing slave, knots around his neck. Might not one almost say ' that that silken noose, which, minus what her hands have done, would be .mere yarn, is Indeed her hands? A noose aye, there's the rub! For if once around one's neck, It is but a step from being caressed to being throttled in the re lentless grip of the Superman. Each must decide for himself. As for us, exclaims the editor of Collier's, we are willing to risk it, provided we get the tie. No, this is not fishing. A man used to have to ask his friends to send him knit ties from the other side. Now they may be picked up in every Broadway shop and are become almost vulgar. There seems to be no end to the misfortunes attending the French navy, particularly as regards the Toulon station. The latest mishap was a fire on the battleship Hoche, which proved so serious, threatening to reach the magazine and destroy the vessel, that she was sunk to extin guish the flames. From the beginning of the year to the present time there have been 20 more or less notable oc currences in the French navy. The worst was the explosion on the bat tleship Iena while lying at her dock at Toulon, when over a hundred lives were lost Other casualties include the total wreck of the cruisers Jean Bart and Chanzy, the loss of several submarine boats and torpedo destroy ers, damages by collision while ma neuvering and so on. It looks as though an able-bodied hoodoo Is work lag overtime making trouble for French ships and sailors. Grumblers. Grumblers who have fallen Into the habit of complaining about their real or imaginary troubles are nuisances to those who associate with them. The business maa who is ever grumbling and growling about things makes a bine atmosphere about him. There is no good in grumbling. Grumbling is an evidence that you are looking at the world through blue glasses; that you haven't the proper estimate of other people. Grumbling is an adver tisement to the world that you are ot a success, says New York Weekly. Grumbling won't help things a bit The more you indulge yourself in grumbling the quicker you form the habit and it becomes so fixed upon you that later on you find it almost impossible to shake it off. That forestry is growing In impor tance is evident from the care given the matter in educational institutions and the number of persons taking this . course of instruction. It is announced from Washington that no less than 35 young men who have just graduated from American schols of forestry have entered the government service. They come from Yale, Harvard. Michigan, Nebraska and other universities and colleges. The cause Is one to which talent and skill may well be devoted. Another endurance test in connec tion with the automobile is that to -which the man is subjected who is paying for it on the installment plan and at the same time keeping the re pair bills paid. , A man in Paterson, N. J was killed and his family badly injured by an au tomobile accident Paterson is discov ering that there are more dangerous things than anarchists running at tlarge. The State Capital - Matters ef General Interest rsoM Nebraska's Sett el: Gov Railroads Ready, to Fight.. TbaVthe railroads Intend to fight in the courts the collection of their taxes based on the present assessment was practically assured, when Edson Rich, attorney for the Union Pacific, in re questing that the stenographer taking down the proceedings be sworn, said: "The board may hereafter be inter ested in the correctness of the record." This statement, considered with, the care of the railroad officials anu at torneys in securing a record of every thing that is said and done at the' meetings of, the board, and the fact that a mandamus suit is now pending, in the supreme court to compel the board to furnish a detailed statement of how it arrived at its conclusions rV garding the valuation of railroad prop: erty, makes it almost certain the big corporations are again getting ready to go to the courts. The board spent a day listening to witnesses of the Union Pacific" and Burlington in corroboration of the fil ings of each made several days ago relative to the value of other property in the state compared with the value of. railroad property. Included in the mass of testimony filed by the Union Pacific were 724 letters written by Ne braskans to a man named W. H. Clare of Joliet, a real estate and insurance agent, in answer to inquiries by him regarding Nebraska .property. One of the letters was written, by Secretary of State Junkin, who said land in his county, Gosper, was worth $40 an acre for the best and $10 for the poor land. The assessor valued the land at 11.30 an acre, one fifth of which is the value upon which the taxes are levied. Another letter was from Con gressman Pollard, said land in Cass county was worth $75 an acre. This land was valued by the assessor at $60 an acre. Several letters were re ceived from every county In the state, and in most every instance the value of the land was higher than fixed by the assessor. Protest from a Legislator. In a letter to Railway Commissioner Clarke, Representative Dodge of Doug las confesses to being ".done by the railroads." His letter in part fol lows: "I had some sympathy for the rail roads after the grilling we gave them last winter, till I came to ship two horses, an electric automobile and a buggy from ucrton ana luuud that the rates to the Mississippi river on the highest class of charges was exceed ingly reasonable compared with the rates of the western classification, which, even the eastern railroad men admitted was most outrageously un fair. For instance, a carloaa of mixed goods from Boston to the Mississippi river is $87, and the same goods can not be shipped by carload west of the Mississippi, but must be shipped in less than carload lots, and the four an tides I mention cost $75 to take across the state of Iowa, although it only took $87 to carry them 1,000 miles to the Mississippi river. To avoid this apparently unreasonable and excessive charge the Merchants' Dispatch peo ple billed the stuff separately and told me the total would be about $114. When the goods arrived yesterday morning the charge was $220.20, and I had to pay it in order to get the horses out after their very hard trip and five days' standing on their feet Words cannot express my feelings at the outrageous and anjust charge, but a man cannot do anything but pay the freight and remember. The Mer chants Dispatch people say the rate is eminently unfair, but the western classification or railroad-trust that ex ists west of Chicago demands these exorbitant rates." A Bond from Maryland. A bond for $50,000 given by the state of Maryland was received by State Treasurer Brian. It will net the state 3.84 per cent in Interest and is due in 1914. The receipts during the last month in the state treasurer's of fice have amounted to $370,000. Roast For an Assessor. The assessor of McPherson county was the recipient of a scorching let ter from Secretary George D. Ben nett of the state board of equalization. The schedule from that county is the only one now lacking in the files of the board. No Admittance. No admittance will be granted to the general public to the laboratory of the state chemist because Food Commissioner Johnson fears evidence he gathers against purveyors of im pure food will be destroyed If anyone is admitted to the work room. Fusion on Primary Ballot The democrats and populists of Nebraska have won their fight for fu sion on the tickets .at the first pri mary election on September 3. The supreme court handed down a deci sion overruling the demurrer of the at torney general and ordering the writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of state to permit fusion on the pri mary ballots. The question was ar guM at a special meeting. The fusion ists now have until August 3 to get their petitions out and names of can didates filed. Albert Out fcr Supreme Judge. Judge L L. Albert of Columbus filed his name with the secretary of state as a candidate for'the populist nomina tion for supreme judge. The name was filed by petition signed by twenty five populists as rovided for under the primary law. John Everson of Alma is a populist candidate for judge of the' district court In the Tenth district; William N. Hensley, a democrat of Columbus, is a candidate for district judge in the Sixth district E. F. Mc Clure of Broken Bow has filed as a Socialist candidate. The Inheritance Tax. "& nrf opinion issned from the oftoe oTtho, attorney, general, Deputy Grant Marvimvdeclai:ith4twidao8' dowers awl anestoads m not exempt from tafe operation fv'the 'inheritance tax law. The opinion Is in'aaswer.to the request of Comity Attorney . living fetoaeof Otoe coanty. The opinion .1 have your favorjof.the-28th nit, in which you "propound, the' following question: b "In TOmpntevarae of the in terest 'that a widow takes under the law in! the propertjr of her deceased husband, to 'determine what amount Is. subject ,to, the inheritance tax, In the value"!of the homestead and dower estate and the personal property given to the widow under the statute, aside from that personally that she may take as an heir, included or excluded?" ' The inheritance law provides that all property, real, personal and mixed, which shall pass by will or by the in terstate laws of this state, shall be subject to tax. Th only safe course to pursue vin arriving-at the amount of the inheritance tax in any case is, to compute the aggregate value of all property of whatever kind passing by will or the interstate laws, including the value of the dower and homestead rights. Our inheritance tax law seems to be almost a verbatim copy of the Illinois statute. The supreme court of that state, prior to the adoption of the law In this state, has held that the in heritance tax law, imposing a tax on all property passing by will or by the interstate laws of the state, includes dower whether the widow accepts a devise for her benefit or elects to take dower In lieu thereof. (Billings vs. People, 189 lift 472, 59 N. B. 798.) I regard this as a precedent. which our court will be Inclined to follow so far as considering the dower right in de termining the amount of inheritance tax, and somewhat indicative of the rule which would be applied with ref erence to including the homestead right Express Companies Weaken. After a consultation with the rep resentatives of the various express companies the State Railway commis sion took the matter of issuing a re duced express rate under advisement, but none of the members was willing to say just what would be done. While the express company representatives objected seriously to putting In the 25 per cettt reduction as provided for in the Sibley bill, no definite information could be secured from the commission that it would nullify this law and al low the corporations to charge a larger rate. The Sibley law provides the express companies may charge 76 per cent of the rates in effect Jan uary 1, until the railway commission grants them permission to put in a higher rate. So far the law has not been obeyed by the express compa nies and now a suit is pending in the federal court at Lincoln, brought by the state, to restrain them from vio lating this law. The companies con tend the law does not go into effect until August 5, or one month after July 5, when all bills not carrying the emergency clause go Into effect The express agentstseems to be willing to stand for a 15 per cent reduction with out fighting' the case in the courts, but whether the commission will permit them to set aside the law without first giving the 25 per cent reduction rates a trial remains to be seen. Changes in Faculty. When the university opens next fall several changes will have taken place in the faculty. Dean Roscoe Pound of the law school will have gone to Northwestern to accept a posi tion as head of the law school at that university. His place here will be filled by Prof. G. P. Gostigan. Prof. F. R Clements of the botany depart ment goes to the University of Min nesota to take charge of the botany de partment there. His successor here has not been chosen. Prof. F. G. Mil ler has accepted a position with the University of Washington. Mr. F.-E. Phillips will take charge of the for estry department here In his stead. Prof. E. A.'Losey of the department of elocution goes to the University of Alabama. Miss Alice Howell has been chosen as professor of elocution to take his place. Prof. W. K. Jewett of the library staff, will leave and the position will be filled by Prof. Wyer, who was here some years ago. Regis trar E. H. Clark has been chosen pur chasing agent for the university and P. J. Harrison will assume the duties of registrar. . Board of Health. A meeting of the secretaries of the state board of health was held in the office of Dr. G. H. Brash, of Beatrice. Questions, to be propounded to appli cants for physicians' certificates at the meeting to be held in Lincoln in August were selected and new quaran tine rules and regulations were ad justed. Will Obey Pure Food Law. J. W. Johnson on Friday received several letters from Nebraska retail ers in different sections stating they will obey the state pure food law by refusing to purchase package goods from manufacturing firms outside of the state. These letters came in reply to a circular letter issued Tuesday warning retailers that they would be subjected to arrest and fine if they" sold packages containing prizes and those on which the net weight was omitted. Disposition generally is to obeytthe law. Major Clifford W. Walden of Beat rice has been appointed surgeon of the Second regiment, on recommenda tion of Col. John C. Hartigan, and the apolntment has been approved by or: der of the governor, to take effect July 2. The same, appointment by Colonel Hartigan was disapproved by Gov ernor Mickey when General J. H. Cul ver was adjutant general. It was re ported to have been disproved because General Culver believed Major Walden had been guilty of disobeying an or- ' der issued by Surgeon General Evans I at the Kearney encampment. INCREASE IN STATE VALVES. Value Fourteen Million Over Last Year. The work of the state board of as sessment which Is drawing to a close shows that with returns still, out from Kimball and McPherson counties, the total assessed valuation of all prop erty in the state, including railroads, is $327,179,686.95, an 'increase of $14. 119.379.93 over' that ot last year. Of this' increase $5,330,765.65 .fell en rail road property and $8,788,614.28 on other property. The total assessed value of rallroad'property is $47,708, 031.32. Dawes and Holt counties alone show a decrease in assessed value this year. The following tabulation shows the assessed values by counties for the year 1906 and 1907, two small counties not having yet reported for 1907: 1906. 1907. Adams 15.334.624.32 $5,532.2G3.85 Antelope... '3,001,265.35 3,108,999.99 Banner.... 210.798.70 217,468.64 Blaine 231.692.05 305,594.05 Boone. 3,830.534.45 4,019,001.00 Box Butte.. 1,052.678.46 1.193.960.76 Boyd 1,713.146.00 1,728.397.60 Brown 337.146.75 875.146.73 Buffalo..... 5.550,197.88 6,100.468.57 Burt 4.610,018.66 4,778.393.70 Butler 5,780,701.07 5,936.620.00 Cass 7,298.957.95 7.462,826.41 Cedar...... 4,628,989.00 4,925,728.00 Chase 474.094.42 545,006.00 Cherry 2,251,863.00 2.363.345.14 Cheyenne.. 2.097.561.78 2,273,405.61 Clay 4,778.829.98 4.989.918.04 Colfax 4.066.355.00 4.199,486.62 Cuming;. .. 5.739.138.12 5,864,359.90 Custer 4,389,327.73 4,054.938.02 Dakota.... 2,202,034.39 2,287,782.00 Dawes 1.422.487.42 1.288,224.80 Dawson.... 3,911.429.25 4,343,066.87 Deuel 1.032.858.01 1,145,879.56 Dixon 3.453.411.10 3,598,422.00 Dodge '7,746.989.60 7,512,052.26 Douglas... 30,607,415.00 32,179.076.00 Dundy..... 903,550.16 960,954.45 Fillmore... 5,014.573.95 5,174,088.82 Franklin... 2,423,703.37 2.541.123.37 Frontier... 1.357.164.00 1.489,906.00 Furnas 2.629.245.00 2,890,205.60 Gage 9,341.137.76 9,640,227.00 Garfield.... 403,841.30 407,537.50 Gosper..... 1,211.258.00 1,258,032.00 Grant - 4S7.397.19 576.168.13 Greeley.... 1.827.236.27 1.907.975.70 HalL ,4,989.369.00 5,372.985.52 Hamilton.. 4.855.097.00 5,330.571.59 Harlan 2.457.732.00 2.600,216.91 Hayes 459.323.20 487,391.52 Hitchcock.. 1.202.82J.72 1,280,703.75 Holt. 3.150,386.83 2,799,386.97 Hooker 280.531.79 339.473.84 Howard 2,297.106.75 .2.553.211.00 Jefferson... 4.745,367.74 4,889.719.77 Johnson . . . 3.823,185.35 3,926.261.91 Kearney... 2.851,499.42 2.919,925.84 Keith 1.52S.323.77 1,566.251.49 Keya Paha. 597.04t.80 632,870.00 Kimball... 907,283.10 Knox 3.849.289.00 3,957,346.00 Lancaster.. 16,588.306.38 17.900.453.12 Logan 197.758.87 210,213.88 Loup 212,270.88 233.092.67 Madison . . . 4.681.856.40 4,828.358.55 McPherson. 147.692.13 Merrick 3.387.304.11 3,618.332.38 Nance 2.369.195.00 2.588.079.00 Nemaha 4.785.143.00 4.909.479.84 Nuckolls... 3.866.590.00 4,072.169.00 Otoe. 7.8S6.402.00 7.992.905.00 Pawnee '4,061,744.00 4,158,220.37 Perkins 658,426.50 370.799.72 Phelps 2.858.940.02 3.038.248.74 Pierce 2.984.010.00 3.046.163.00 Platte 6.117.276.84 6.424.044.66 Polk 3.597,389.15 3.773.040.00 Red Willow '1,950,756.82 2.082.190.15 Richardson 6.310.057.13 6.530.111.41 Rock 691,460.03 728.135.98 Saline 5.659,995.70 5,904,365.67 Sarpy. 3,355.515.07- 3.417.827.76 Saunders... 8,312.422.10 8.670.696.85 Scotts Bluff 850.053.30 894.343.00 Sew&rd 5,604.493.00 5.653.987.13 Sheridan... 1.606.844.00 1,739.270.00 Sherman... 1,576,388.00 1,695.846.04 Sioux 695 230.68 758.696.66 Stanton 2.854.476.00 2.946.864.11 Thayer 4,119.287.72 4.232.S78.30 Thomas... "i 317.757.09 384,793.57 Thurston . . 849.904.00 999.235.60 Valley 2.071.94S.08 2.209,625.00 Washingt'n 4,219.914.01 4.327.820.00 Wayne. 3,914.102 01 3.997.975.70 Webster... 3.265,444.00 3,422.055.47 Wheeler... 3G7.6S0.00 404,771.66 York 5,838.915.00 5.968.452.99 Totals... 513,606.301.02 $327,179,680.95 MR. BRYAN'S CANDIDACY. It Will Be Launched in 'Lincoln in The Fall. The candidacy of W. J. Bryan will get an official boom at a dinner to be given in Lincoln by Nebraska demo crats some time, this fall, probably shortly after the election. Prominent democrats from over the country will be present, including Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia and Governor Camp mbell of Texas and other southerners. Prominent democrats from other states will be invited to be present and it is expected Mr. Bryan will give official recognition to the demand for him to again lead, and at the same ttime will outline his platform. Anniversary of Former Nebraskans. Spokane (Wash.) dispatch: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haden (Anne E. Sheare), who were married at Bain bridge, O., April 9, 1857, celebrated their golden wedding at the home of -.Mr. and Mrs. Horace Haden, pear -Wilbur, Wash., south of Spokane, July -19, the feast having been posponed 'because- of the inability of relatives 'to be present at the anniversary.- In addition to these was a number of acquaintances at Bainbridge until 1879, when they moved to Fairmont, Neb., coming afterward to Wilber, where they lived with their son, Djewire Haden. Wasem Bound Over. Lincoln Oscar Wasem was bound over to the dstrict court to answer a bastardy charge. Wasem is famous as a wrestler. Miss Jennie Friend was the complainant. Value of Mules. Lincoln After an extended session of the board of equalization it decided to value mules on a basis of $22.50. All county valuations will be changed to conform to this basis. Reunion at Brownvile. .Auburn Brownville, one of the old est towns in the state, is planning to hold a "home coming woek" some time near August "29, the anniversary of the founding of the historic old town. It is planned to send every resi dent who has moved away an invita tion. Prostrated by Heat. Crab Orchard Miss Olive Waidley was prostrated by the hoat and her recovery is very doubtful. Track Meet at State Fair." An entirely new feature of enter tainment at the Nebraska state fair this year will be a big track meet, open to all amateurs. This meet which will be given entirely under the direction of Physical Director George M. Pinneo of the Lincoln Y. M. C. A., is expected to' be the largest athletic meet ever held in that part of the country. Nebraska is full of young athletes who have made records for themselves as runners. In the con test the public will be shown what they can do. SPANS SEAS JO JOIN CHILD. Deported Syrian Travels 33,6SMHes for Daughter's' Sake. t North Adams, Mass. To outwit the. immigration authorities and Join his eight-year-old daughter here, a Syrian who arrived in this city traveled over 33,666 miles, expended a small for tune in transportation, and consumed six months' time. " The child was brought by her father to the city last winter. The girl found a home, but the father was deported, making the distance traveled when he again arrived at Beirut Syria, 13,500 miles. He reembarked within a few days for Rio Janeiro, Brazil, 7,425 miles away. His intention was to enter the states at a gulf port, not daring to trust himself again to the immigration officials of the larger eastern cities. While in Brazil he reached the con clusion that it would be better had he started originally for Canada. At the first opportunity he embarked on a vessel for Colon, whence he crossed the isthmus of Panama. It required several weeks' waiting before he final ly embarked on. a sailing vessel for Victoria, B. C. He arrived early in May at British Columbia, he had add ed 8,400 miles to his itinerary. In June he journeyed from Victoria to Montreal, 3.291 miles. He then de termined upon a final cast and headed for the United States. At this point he had no trouble in crossing the line from Canada and made 335 miles from Montreal to Boston. The night he ar rived in that city he covered the final 100 odd miles still separating him and his little girl. I TO ILLUMINATE NIAGARA FALLS. Mist and Water Will Flash All Colors of Rainbow at Night Niagara Falls, N. Y. The contract has been closed for the night illumin ation' of Niagara falls, and the pro posed plan - for lighting the mighty torrent will be the greatest feat eyer conceived in electrical illumination. The falls will be illuminated for.fhe first time August 15. The illuminat ing scheme calls for nearly 50 large searchlights, several of them the largest of their kind and capable of throwing a beam of light a hundred miles, and the new color scintillator, a late invention. The projectors will be located below- the falls In two bat teries, one at the water's edge and the other on the high ground of the Cana dian side. Every inch of the two falls will be under light The new color scintillator is an at tachment fitted to the searchlights by which the beams of light can be made any color at will. Thus the mist and water bathed in all the col ors of the rainbow, will surpass any thing in spectacular effect save the great Northern Lights. The proposition is to illuminate Niagara otf a scale in keeping with the surroundings. It is said by the illuminating experts that the rays oi' colored lights when flashed in the air will be visible at Rochester and Toronto. MOSQUITOES HOLD UP TRAIN. Millions of Pest Swarm Into Coaches Near Badgley, la. Des Moines, la. A swarm of mos quitoes, millions in number, literally stalled a Minnesota & St. Louis rail road train at Badgley the other night. For two hours the .heavily loaded train was tied up by its fight with the pests and the 120 passengers were al most crazed before they escaped. The attack was made early in the evening, just as' the train started te pull out of Badgley. Because of the hot weather the win dows in the passenger coaches had been left open and the mosquitoes, driven from the masshes by the rain, swarmed into the cars, attacking the passengers. For a while the pas sengers attempted to fight the pests .with handkerchiefs and hands, but as they Increased in number and ferocity the conductor was finally appealed to and stopped the train. For two hours the train was stalled. while the passengers, driven from the coaches, built fires along the right of way, making a dense smudge which afforded them a little relief. The smudge was then carried into the coaches and the mosquitoes finally driven out Many of the passengers had hands and faces almost eaten raw by the attacks. Historic Rag Exhibited. Washington. The historic national banner of stars and stripes, which inspired -Francis Scott Key to com pose "The Star Spangled Banner," and which floated over Fort McHenry, Chesapeake bay, during its bombard ment by the British on the night of September 13, 1814, has been placed on exhibition at the Smithsonian in stitution ia this city. The flag is the property of Eben Appleton, of New York, who has loaned it to the gov ernment The banner is 28 by 30 Yeet and will be draped on the wall in the hall of history of the institu tion. "New Citizens" Break Record. Washington. All immigration rec ords in the history of the country were broken by -the aggregate returns for the fiscal year cf 1907, which end ed on June 30, last. The total num ber of alien immigrants landed in America during the year was 1.2S5, 349, as against 1,100,735 during the fiscal year of 1906. The increase was about six per cent, over the greatest number of immigrants that ever ar rived in America heretofore in a sin gle year. Doyie Will Hunt for Jewels. London. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, anxious to justify his reputation as a real Sherlock Holmes, has offered his services to Sir Arthur VIcers, the Ulster king of arms, in unraveling the mystery of the loss of the jeweled in signia of the order of St Patrick, which was recently stolen from Dub lin. Berlin, after a careful study of the proposition, including returns from Jamestown, has decided not to hold a world's fair in 1913. American cities without money to cast to the birds will probably live up to that standard. CAMERA AS 'v T-. VM. rfWT "V.v x "C-Vis v,r7 ? 7C. . ."! ". '5C S fi r H "i sf Vv4sJatfBttasjVjKTfSVt.fr xiv"'A .V- lf xv 4S . Z"X ,l3Px &. 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The Bertillon system has been amplified in such a way that the photo graphs now taken bear a much more exact relation to the originals photo graphed than was possible under the old system. The distorting effect ob tained by the use of the ordinary camera and method is well illustrated in the second of our photographs, in which the part of the body that is nearest to the lens is enlarged and out ef ail proportion to the rest 1. A room divided into sections, and arranged for the Bertillon system of photographing criminals and dead bodies. 2. A photograph taken in the ordinary way by an ordinary camera, showing the distortion caused by the usual method of photography. 3. The arrangement that enables photographs to be taken by followers of the Bertillon system in such a way that the figures in the resulting prints are absolutely true to scale with the figures photographed. 4. A perspective pho tograph taken under the new Bertillon system, which makes possible the pro duction of negatives that in no way exaggerate the object photographed. ONE MAN'S TROUBLES. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NAVY YARD BAND. Fred Beversee, Trombone Player, Or dered to Pay $36 a Month Ali mony When He Makes but $32. New York. Frederick Beversee, who plays the trombone in the navy yard band, is trying to figure out a plan by which he can pay his wife $36 a month alimony out of a total in come of $32 a month. All the mathe maticians in the navy yard and in his lawyer's office have failed to get any satisfactory answer to this hard prob lem, but Beversee ' must have an an swer. If Beversee doesn't pay his wife $4 J a month more than he earns he will be in contempt of court and some bard hearted judge may lock him up in a little room so small he will not be able to slide his trombone. Beversee has been ordered to ap pear in special term over in New York county and explain why he has failed to pay the $36 a month for the last two months, and also to explain why he shouldn't be adjudged in contempt of court and locked up in some hot jail for the summer. Lawyer George Hiram Mann, who has a big practice among the people attached to the navy, will be in court to help Beversee explain, and. also to make the court see the injustice of demanding alimony in greater amount than Beversee can earn. Beversee is able to prove that his present cash in come is only $32 a month, which he gets from the government for playing the tmmbone twice a day. In addi tion tS this he gets a place to sleep and a daily ration. JUDGE LINDSEY AIDS LAD. "Wanted to Get Ahead" Gets Place Paying $2,000 a Year. Denver. "I want to get ahead, so I came to work for you." Two years ago Judge Ben. B. Lind sey was interrupted at his work by a boyish voice. Looking up, he saw a youngster with a shock of bright red hair and mirthful blue eyes. He was wearing knee pants and for a mo ment the judge wondered what the small fellow could do. The vermilion crown appealed to him. So Jay Bacon was kept in the juve nile court and given a chance to ad vance. First he was made a sort of messenger boy and "handy Andy" for everyone. He was given the dignified title of clerk, but the young man is authority for the statement that he frequently did many services beneath the dignity of his title. He had studied stenography at; juinnrjuutAnfirirriri ..-...- Big Dog Adopt Chickens. Five Orphan Chicks Are Cared For by Large Black Brute. . Des Moines, la. Performing all the functions of a mother to live-orphaned chickens, a large black dog is attain ing wide notoriety on the. east side. Tho chickens lost their mother in some unaccountable manner and five little screaming fowls made the neigh borhood miserable with their piteous cries. The chickens belonged to M. M. Friedman on East Fifth street, where the dog also belongs. The chickens huddled together after los ing their mother and during the night were taken in charge by the dog, who protected them from the chilly night air. Xow the dog has come into con stant attendance on the five chickens and watches over them all day long. Ed Sunberg, constable of Lee town ship, hearing of the strange incident, went to investigate and tried to take one of the chickens out of the box n-horo lhov hnrl huddled around the dog. He received a bite on his hand I AID TO POLICE V1SSS?fl2,pTWMW0v . STMVrWaaaal f ..iii v, .: . ai iw :-:ktku ,.". A. ViV- - T. -i yx. Al "" -. . - .:- j- V"! . vw. k -zrz?5SXV?Zi s.tirsl-i. 'Some of Beversee's friends have suggested that he raise the extra four dollars by selling his ration; but that would leave bim without anything to eat. and, besides, he might run up against some hard regulation against disposing of a ration allowance. Beversee's wife is suing him for separation. The two lived together quite happily until two or three years ago. They have been living apart for a year. Their son. who is a seaman 19 years old, made an affidavit a year ago, in which he took sides with his mother, and alleges that his papa was a very bad man in his treatment of Mrs. Beversee. Xow, Mr. Mann is armed with a new affidavit from young Beversee which tells of the splendid qualities of his father, with whom he is now stopping. In his new affidavit young Beversee throws some light ou the effect of beer and hot weather upon affidavit making: in fact, he makes it appear that the combination of lager and Mgh temperature caused him to make the former affidavit. He says that after drinking beer all day in hot weather his mothehr induced him to go with her to her lawyer's office in the Pulitzer building and swear to allegations which he now declares to be untrue. After Mrs. Beversee's suit had got under way the court ordered her hus band to pay her $36 a month. Bev ersee was able to pay the amount at that time, as he was playing at night with a big uptown orchestra in addition to his employment in the Navy Yard band. He is a musician of high class, and he says that he would be able to get employment out side now but for the meddling of .his wife. He paid the $36 a month up to eight weeks ago, when he found it impossible to pay that amount out of hisx navy pay. home with his stepfather, D. H. Col burn, who is one of the probation officers, and his first attempt at tak ing dictation from Judge Lindsey con vinced the latter that his clerk could hold his own. Then Judge Lindsey was appointed judge of the new juvenile court Un der the statute creating the court he was to name a stenographer at a sal ary of $2,000 a year, almost as much as stenographers to district judges re ceive. The next promotion had come to Jay Bacon, for' without considering any other applicant Judge Lindsey appointed him to the place. The Plain Thing. The Vassar graduate stood at the corner looking at the threatening atti tude of two angry urchins m the midst of an eager and expectant crowd. "Are the intents of those boys bellicose?" she asked. "No, 'm," re plied the boy addressed. "Them's onb going to scrap." - -- . .. rinruij-uTjM-tnjuiim-i-. as a reward for his attempt to molest the little chicks and tho dog is now left severely alone with his little family- Brick Lost with Body in It Pittsburg, Pa. Friends of Herman Unger, the musician who committed suicide in Boston some time ago and who directed that his body be cre mated and the ashes made into .i brick, are much alarmed over the present whereabouts of the brick. It" has disappeared and all efforts to lo cate it have been fruitless. The brick was shipped from Bos ton niore than a week ago by the secretary of the Boston lodge of Odd Fellows to Morris Xosokoff. of this city, the nearest friend of the dead musician. Nosokoff has the price less violins that Unger owned, but he was very anxious to secure the brick as well. Wise men make mistakes- hut nnlv fools repeat them. f "V Vl ' liSWaLa -rf-vvk- kfk, . ,..-. rtfoafcr.: j (..,- j ?
