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V i n Columbus Journal STROTHER & STOCKWELL, Pubs. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. jl BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Othar Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Washington. The population of the island of Porto Rico is 1,118,012, as shown by the complete returns of the recent Census. This Is a gain of 164,799 or 17.3 per cent as compared with the census of 1899. San Juan is shown to be the largest town in the island, its population being 48,716. What is assumed to be Italy's for mal demand for the extradition of Porter Charlton, the young Amer ican In the Hudson county. New Jer sey jail, charged with having killed his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, at Lake Como, Italy, reached the state department. As the case has Hot reached the jurisdiction of the de partment, the papers were returned to the Italian embassy, whence they came. Emigration from and immigration to Canada is the subject of a state ment issued by the immigration bureau. During the twelve months ended March 31 last there were 74, S21 arrivals of aliens and citizens from Canada for permanent residence In the United States, against 61,517 during the previous twelve months. In the same period there were 103,789 departures of aliens and citizens from the United States into Canada for permanent residence, against 59, B32 the previous twelve months. Foreign. Fighting continues in Formosa, ac cording to advices received from China, and popular subscriptions are being collected to supply the Japanese troops with comforts. The Spanish ambassador to France, Eenor Perez-Caballero, declares that the report that King Alfonso is show ing signs of mental weakness is a ma licious invention of the clerical press. The accession declaration bill, strik ing out the phrases offensive to Rom an Catholics in the declaration made by the king after accession and substituting the words "I am a faith ful protestant" was passed by the house of lords on third reading. With a view to preventing the es cape of Dr. Crippen and Miss Leneve through a technicality. Scotland Yard decided upon the advice of the attorney general that so far as it con trolled in the matter all formalities Involved in the extradition laws of Canada should be complied with in the case of the prisoners under arrest at Quebec. General. Democrats of Minnesota nominated John Lind for governor, but it is said be will not accept. Automobiles will be fifty per cent cheaper next spring. Unsold thous ands are being stored away by manu facturers to prevent the public from realizing the true conditions of the market Thousands of 1910 models will be dumped on the market next year as models of 1911, and at one half the present prices. Several of the largest automobile manufacturers are laying off men in all directions; two or three factories already closed. Many dealers who started in last spring when the boom was on, are now out of business. Statistics show a shrinkage In the meat supply of the country. Major J. E. Hanson, aged 73. presi flent of the Central of Georgia rail road, is critically ill. John Mitchell was suggested to Mr. Roosevelt as good material for the New York governorship. President Taft and ex-President Roosevelt sent sympathetic tele grams to Mayor Gaynor of New York over his attempted assassination. Mayor Gaynor of New York was Knot on a trans-Atlantic steamer as he was about to sail for Europe by James Gallagher, a disgruntled city employe who had recently been dis charged. The wound, a serious one, 16 in the neck, but is is thought the mayor will recover. His woul-be as sassin is in jail. The steamer Princess May was lost In Alaskan waters, but the passen gers and crew were saved. Vice President Sherman reiterated his previous denial of any connection with Indian land contracts. The president of the United States and the president of Chili met at Bev erly with an exchange of formalities that were cordially informal. Church services In Esperanto, the International language, will be con conducted at Washington, on Sunday, August 14. for the first time in the history of the national capital. Japanese newspapers publish speeches by Takenokoshi Josohuri. a noted Japanese historian, in which he says a war between Japan and Amer ica is inevitable. Sixty farmers from Auburn. Neb., have just become aware that they are victims of a land fraud in which they are losers of $110,000 cash, as the re sult of lax methods of the Utah State Land board. It was announced by 4ie war de partment that examinations of civil candidates for second lieutenants in the army will be held at Fort Leaven worth, Kas.. November 1. A force of 400 men under general Lee Christmas, an American follower tl General Bonilla in Spanish Hondu ras, repulsed 200 of the government troops, under General Diaz. Tuesday. Hubert Latham made a flight from Cbalons-Sur-Marne to Paris, a dis tance of ninety-seven miles. He made two stops en route. His aeroplane passed over Paris at an altitude of 1,850 feet Inspector Dew denies a report that Dr. Crippen had confessed. The standpatters were badly defeat ed by the insurgents in Kansas. On the whole, it is thought crops this year will be about the same as last The corn crop of the counttry is not up to the ten-year average. Speaker Cannon says he is not wor rying over the result in Kansas. Postmaster General Hitchcock is cutting down the deficit in his depart ment. Senator Gore gave the full details concerning a bribe he alleges was offered to him. Joseph Wendling. alleged slayer of Alma Kelner, reached Denver on his way to Louisville. President Taft helped dedicate a monument to the pilgrims who landed at Provincetown. Mass. Wholesome legislation for Indians is expected to follow an expose of the charges of Senator Gore. The papal nuncio at the Spanish court has been warned to make ready to depart on short notice. Claude A. Swanson has been ap pointed U. S. Senator from Virginia in place of Daniels, deceased. At the meeting of railroad men at St. Louis the decision was reached to demand an eight hour day. Representative Bird McGuire of Aklahoma sa's Senator Gore is not much better than a slanderer. With the coming election Cuba is facing as serious a crisis as has yet confronted the young republic. Swarms of locusts recently invaded Athens, rendering the streets slip pery with their crushed bodies. The total population of the United States under the last census will hardly beknown before October. Serious floods continue throughout Japan. Thousands of houses are sub merged and many lives were lost. One of the first duties of the United States supreme court will be to pass on the Kansas bank guaranty law. Sweeping authority is given the commerce commission by the law which is to take effect August 17. Secretaries Wickersham and Nagel are keeping out of the Alaska quarrel while visiting the territory. Professor "Rein of the medical fac ulty of the university describes the present outbreak of cholera in Rus sia as an imperial danger. Betting on elections became illegal in Georgia when Governor Brown signed the anti-betting bill just passed by the legislature. The prohibitionists opened their campaign at Liberty, Mo., in the in terest of the state-wide prohibition constitutional amendment. The French government has accept ed a bronze copy of Houden's statue of George Washington, which was presented by the state of Virginia. Fritz Mergenthaler. son of the in ventor of the linotype machine, was killed at Cape May. N. J., when an express train ran into his automobile James B. Watt, the oldest tele grapher in point of service in the As sociated Press, died at his home in Nashville. Tenn.. at the age of 62. Lionel Waldron and Jules Pages, the American artists and Alexander Garfield, the American explorer of Africa were decorated with the legion of honor. The Nebraska State board of equali zation told Omaha bankers they can not deduct $1,211,531 full value from assessed value of capital stock on ac count of prospective bad loans. John Wilson, jr., long absent from his home in Johnson county. Nebr., turned and established his identity as right to the $30,000 estate left by his father, who died five years ago. With her throat cut from ear to ear, the body of Mrs. Joseph Wolfe, aged 51. wife of a Dennison, Tex., contractor, was found by her daughter lying fully dressed on a bed in her home. Robert Black and Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick. who were among those injured when an automobile was wrecked by a Southern railway train at Birmingham. Ala., died Monday, bringing the total dead to four. The ancient and long established pass book system used in ordinary savings institutions, will be adopted for the proposed government postal savings banks. Because of the race riots at Gray, Jones county. Georgia. Governor Jo seph E. Brown was requested to im mediately spend troops to that vicin ity, the request coming from the sher iff of the county. With an armed guard on each side of him. Dr. Crippen attended divine services in the Catholic chapel of the provincial jail at Quebec. Miss Leneve declined to join the protes tant prisoners at this service. Personal. Nebraska was well represented at the Knight Templar conclave in Chicago. The police of Cleveland, Ohio, are convinced that Lawyer Rice was kil led by thieves. John D. Griffin, one of the best known comedians on the stage, for years a favorite in vaudeville, died in Providence. Jacob Hamon accused Congressman Creager of soliciting a bribe from Lawyer McMurray. Congressman Creager of Oklahoma explained the charges against him made by Jake L. Hamon. Thirteen were killed and twelve injured in a train collision between San Francisco and Santa Rosa. Attorney General Wickersham says there is no law to warrant the re moval of the statue of Robert E. Lee. A man believed to be W. J. Mugfur of Ishpeming, Mich., was found dead in the hydraulic elevator tank on the roof of a hotel in Chicago. The governor of Louisiania conven ed the legislature in extra session. Timothy Woodruff told President Taft republicans will win in New York. Dr. Charles H. Shaw, professor ot biology in the University of Pennsyl vania, was drowned in Kinbasket lake near Revelstoke, B. C. Mrs. Mary B. Train, who gave her age as 70 years, her home at San Diego, Cal., and estimated her wealth "nto the millions, was married in Cm ?ago to James Dibs of New York, ar Vssyrian linen salesman, 23 years oi ( ige. m DOR'S CONDITION BULLETINS IN HIS CASE FAIL TO SATISFY. UNDERCURRENT OF ANXIETY The Would-Be Assassin Preparing for Defense, Which It is Thought Will Be Insanity. New York. William J. Gaynor may be making satisfactory progress as his attending physicians persistently maintained Thursday, but there is an undercurrent of anxiety evidenced that runs contrary to the official bul letins. His surgeons say that he had a satisfactory day, that he is cheerful and stronger, and was resting quietly, more than holding his own against the pistol shot wound inflicted on Tuesday by James J. Gallagher, the would-be assassin. As opposed to this attitude of op timism those who read the 9:30 bulle tin thoughtfully noted reference to a "complete radiographic examination," indicating that it was necessary to take a second set of negatives in or der to accurately find the position of the bullet That an additional set of negatives was taken has been report ed heretofore, but the rumor lacked confirmation. Nothing is said in the bulletin of the "split" bullet as indicated in the first pictures. Instead, the lead is now said to be lodged in the roof of the mouth. Whether the other shadow as indicated in the first pic ture is a splinter of bone, none of the physicians would say. A sample of the patient's blood was examined carefully and pronounced satisfactory, the relation of the white and red blood corpuscles hav ing been found so near normal as to cause no alarm. Although rumors are afloat that his physicians are in the midst of a disagreement, Robert Adamson. his secretary and E. 'J. Lederle, health commissioner of New York, gave out a statement disregard ing the reports of friction among the medical advisers. The statement does not deny the report specifically, but by implications as follows: "The surgeons in attendance on the mayor are Dr. William J. Arlitz, Dr. George F. Brewer, Dr. George D. Stewart, Dr. Charles N. Dowd. During their absence on Wednesday art rmn Dr. Charles H. Peck attended ..he mayor. The mayor's family physician. Dr. John W. Parrish. also attended him. No other surgeons or physicians have at any time been connected with the case. This statement is neces sary because of unfounded reports and statements by those pretending to be connected with the mayor's physicians." Gallagher, the would-be assassin, in prison in Jersey City, is beginning to lay the groundwork of his defense. It will be insanity. His lawyers and Dr. E. S. Potter, an alienist, held a con ference with him this afternoon. Alexander Simpson of Jersey City of counsel for the prisoner says he has investigated the man's record and finds a basis for a trace of heriditary insanity. Agitate Freight Rate Raise. Topeka, Kas. A movement was started here by railway employes to secure an increase in freight rates. Petitions are being drawn up and these will be sent out over all the railway lines in the United States to secure signatures of employes. These are directed not only to the state leg islatures, but to the interstate com merce commission. The plan is to secure signatures in every state. The American Railway Employes as sociation is behind the movement. Corn Crop All Right. Omaha. "I feel safe in saying that this year's corn crop will be greater than that of a year ago," said Super intendent W. R. Cahill of the Union Pacific, who arrived after a trip of observation over the line. Mr. Ca hill said that he found the corn bad ly damaged in a few spots in the northwest where the soil is sandy and the rainfall scant, but for the most part he regards the conditions as very favorable. Law Sustained by Court. Boise, Idaho. The supreme court held the direct primary law enacted by the last legislature to be consti tutional. The court held that the provision of the law for voting for second choice candidates was man datory. Madriz Envoys in Washington. Modesto Barrios and Sebastian Salinos. the envoys sent to this gov ernment by Dr. Madriz to negotiate for peace in Nicaragua, were received at the state department, Friday. Increase in infantry. Washington. More regiments of in fantry, a general service corps and a system of retirement for aged civil Ian employes of the war department are the recommendations made to the adjutant general by Brigadier Gener al C. L. Hodges, commanding the de partment of Dakota. Troops return ing from the tropics should have at least four years in this country to recuperate. General Hodges says, and he believes there is no probability that will be possible unless the infan try is increased. Charlton Hearing Goes Over. New York. A move was made Thursday in behalf of the Italian government in the case of Porter Charlton, who confessed to having murdered his wife at Lako Como, Italy, and is being held in Jersey City awaiting extradition proceedings from that country- The hearing set for Thursday went over by agreement until September 20. but the Italian vice consul in New York appeared be fore Supreme Court Justice Blair in Jersey City and filed the dossier in Charlton's case. ALL OVER NEBRASKA Thieves Met Warm Reception. Gage County An auto load of chicken thieves visited the farm of Clark McCurdy near Diller the other night. Mr. McCurdy heard them in his chicken house and opened fire with a shotgun. The thieves escap ed without taking time to rob the roosts. Program of Interstate Shoot. Hall County The program for the interstate shoot in Grand Island August 22, 23 and 24, is now in print, and ready for distribution by the lo cal secretary, F. F. Kanert. Aside from the official program it contains many interesting sketches of sports men and cartoons. Lightning Strikes Barn. Washington County. During an electrical storm lightning struck the barn on the farm of William Wilken ing, near Telbasta. Fire that fol lowed destroyed the building. The horses were gotten out, but the hay, two or three sets of harness and some tools were consumed. The loss will be $1,200. Attacked by a Dog. Dodge County. Mrs. Jacob Weiss, who resides on a farm notheast of Fremont, is in a serious condition at the 'Fremont hospital, as a result of an encounter with a dog. She at tempted to punish a puppy because it bad torn up her slipper, when she was attacked by the mother of the little animal. Blood poisoning has set in. Fails at Rush for Liberty. Madison County Joseph Teutan, held as an accomplice of Ed. Man ning, now serving a sentence for theft in the state penitentiary, at tempted to escape from the county jail during the absence of Deputy Sheriff Smith, but was foiled by the plucky resistance of Mr. Smith's wife and son, who fought desperately with him and finally overpowered him. Mail Carrier Makes a Record. Furnas County. Harrison Wixson, of Beaver City, has carried the mail on star routes for the United States for twenty-eight consecutive years. He retired from the service at the end of his contract. June 30 of the pres ent year. In the twenty-eight years Mr. Wixon has traveled 128.000 miles, or more than five times around 'the world. He first carried the mail in 1882. before the Burlington had built into the southern part of Furnas county, going from Arapahoe to Wil sonville. and later from Beaver City to Precept and Spring Green, country offices, which were discontinued when the rural routes were established. For the last nine years he has carried mail from the main line of the Bur lington at Oxford, meeting the fast mail from the east, and returning to Beaver City the same day. On this route he traveled more than 100.000 miles. Mr. Wixson is 67 years of age. moved to Nebraska in a covered wagon and never rode a railroad train until last summer, and then but a distance of fourteen miles. He has never seen a street car or been in a city since the earlist days of Ne braska. Back From China. Johnson County. Mortimer J. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. I Brown of Tecumseh. and his wife, landed in New York City on their re turn trip from Tien Tsin. China. They left the Chinese city in June and have been traveling in Germany. England and Scotland. They sailed from Liv erpool. July 30. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were in Tien Tsin for over two years, where Mr. Brown instructed adult pu pils in a government school, his work being in chemistry. Mrs. Brown was a physical culture director in a girls' schoool. She's One Hundred Years Old. Seward County Mrs. Susanna Par- of Seward, who is undoubtedly the oldest woman living in Nebraska, celebrated her 100th birthday. She was born August 2, 1810. and is still hale and hearty. Sending Stock to Market. Custer County. During the last week there have been thirty-one car loads of stock shipped from this point. The continued dry weather is responsible for the farmers shipping their cattle at this time. On Tues day. G. Nansel, a local buyer, paid out $3,500 to the farmers for hogs alone. Boy Horribly Mangled. Johnson County The three-year-old son of George Badberg. a farmer living six miles northeast of Tecum seh. was probably fatally injured by being run over by a disc. Mr. Bad berg was working in the field and the little son. Walter, followed him from the house. Mr. Badberg sent the boy back from the field and supposed that he had gone. The child, however, went to sleep on the ground and was run over. House Blown to Pieces. Lancaster County. Roy Wilscam. whose residence in Lincoln was mys teriously blown to pieces by a terrific gt.soline explosion put in the hospital. Wilscam's face and hands are badly burned. It was supposed that the house had been destroyed by his ene mies. No trace was found of the sup posed incendiaries, however. Later it was learned that Wilscam was at Waverly and would see no one. He lias not yet been questioned as to how he suffered the burns. The matter means a suspicious look. Probably Five New Counties. Custer County. The county divis ion petitions are now about filed, and that the citizens of Custer county will again get to vote upon the question of dividing the county this fall is now a certainty. The new lines as adopted at the Grand Island convention will, il carried, divide Custer county into five counties, the northeast being Corn county, the southeast Rose, the south central Albany, the southwest Arbor and the northwest Custer. II is thought division willl carry. '1 a liJNroiTcKricvTr wMWwWrWmWWWLtJill iU Nebraska a Leading Shorthorn State. Only three states in the union will receive as high as $1,500 from the shorthorn breeders' association to ward the shorthorn exhibits of the country this year. The states are Ne braska, Iowa and Minnesota. Upon Investigation it was shown that Ne braska was entitled to as much con sideration as a shorthorn state as any state in the county, and so she was placed this year among the top notch ers. Those who attend the different state fairs of the county have been aware of this for some years, but it was not until this year that the board of directors of the shorthorn associa tion could be made to see the wrong position in whic Nebraska has been placed in former years, and the new board promptly changed the record so that this state is placed in the first class. Visitors to the state fair this year. September 5 to 9, will probably see the advantage gained in the in creased exhibits of shorthorn cattle. Nebraska Fair Beats Them All. Several days ago a machinery firm wrote the secretary of the state fair, W. R. Mellor. asking for a lol on which to make'an exhibit. Mr. Mellor replied that all the machinery lots had been assigned, but if they wished to come, that they would place him somewhere on the ground. Later the following reply was received by Mr Mellor: "Your letter of the 4th at hand, and we learn with deep regret that the space on the machinery ground is all assigned. You state that you can sandwich us in some place in the machinery department. Now. if you can do this we will certainly con sider it 'worth while.' Last year we sold more machines on your grounds than at other fair, and from the point of actual buying the Lincoln state fair has always been a prize winner. We shall certainly be there, so hold the best place you can for us." Irrigation Injunction Dissolved. Assistant Attorney General Ayres has reported to the attorney general that Judge Grimes of the district court of Lincoln county has sustained the motion of the state board of irrigation to dissolve the temporary injunction obtained by the Gering Irrigation dis trict from tlie county judge of Scotts Bluff county. The injunction dissolved restrained the state board of irriga tion from closing irrigation headgates in Scotts Bluff county which sunnly the district with water from the Platte river. The gates had been ordered closed by the state board in order to enforce the state law which provides for the taking of water by irriga tionists in the order of the priority of their appropriations legally allowed by the state board. Utilizing Nebraska Water Power. Burdette Boyers of Seward has ap plied for and received the approval of the state engineer for an appropria tion of water from the Blue river for the purpose of operating an electric power plant. lie proposes to begin work Immediately and to expend 560. 000 to 5SO.O00 for the construction of two dams and power plants to be op erated together. It is his intention to supply electric power and light in the cities of Milford. Seward Beaver Crossing and perhaps David City. Will Go to Louisiana. Professor Albert T. Bell, professor of botany in Nebraska Wesieyan uni versity for the past eight or ten years, has been appointed professor of bot any in the Louisiana state university at Baton Rouge. He succeeds Profes sor Ernest A. Bessey. who goes to the Michigan state agricr.Itr.ral college at Lansing. State Bank Assessment. The capital stock of state banks which is assessed separately from real estate owned by such banks, shows that a slight increase is reported this year by county assessors in the value of stock listed for assessment. Last year a total of I2.44S.24S was listed as the capital stock of state banks. This year, with Gage county not heard from, the amount listed is $2.631.S.". State Fair Railroad Rates. Secretary W. R. Mellor has received notice that a round trip rate of one and one-half cents has been granted by railroads for the Nebraska state fair. This rate is to be given by all of the leading roads for stations where the fare is more than one dollar. Value Nebraska Poultry. The figures compiled in the office of the state board of equalization show the value of Nebraska jwultry to be $2,360,895 ihls year, as compared with $1.S39.4S. last year. As reported by the county assessors, only a few counties show a decrease. The civil service commission has called attention to the amended an nouncement of an examination at Lin coln for tariff clerk for the interstate commerce commission. August 24. which change opens the examination to persons who are conversant with the various passenger tariffs and divi sions, and circulars pertaining to rates charged for transportation, etc.. and as a result of the examination separate registers will be established for freight tariff clerks and for .passenger tariff clerks. Labor Unions Endorse Maupin. The central labor union of Lincoln has forwarded to Governor Shalleii berger resolutions approving the offi cial acts of Deputy Labor Commis sioner Will M. Maupin. The Lincoln business men's league, an organiza tion of manufacturers, asked the gov ernor to remove I.abor Commissioner Maupin on the ground that he had employed a woman living outside of the state as a special inspector of fac tories and that he was using his office for labor unions and cot for the public. DAN WEBjTER VASE Among Rare Exhibits in Boston's Public Library. Valuable Relic Is Made of Coin Silver and Weighs at Least Thirty Pounds. Pure Boston. The Daniel Webster vase, now the property of the city of Bos ton, has been placed among the list of rare exhibits in the fine arts de partment of the public library. It Is made of pure coin silver, weighs at least thirty pounds, and Is worth in trinsically a tidy fortune. The vase was presented to Mr. Web ster on October 12, 1835, at the Qdeon. which was the name by which the old Federal street theater was then known, and a crowded house of Inter ested spectators were treated to a re sponsive hour-and-a-half speech. In acknowledgment of the gift, by the foremost political orator of his time. The current newspapers records of the event say that the money to de fray the cost of the vase was raised by small subscriptions. No one sub scriber was permitted to contribute a sum in excess of one dollar. The re sult of such a restriction was a large list of contributors and no attempt seems to have been made to preserve the names. Neither was there any reference made to the aggregate of the sum which was raised. "We shall say nothing descriptive ol this massive piece of plate," said Edi tor Buckingham of the Courier of Oc tober 13. "until we can obtain a more exact account than we are now pre pared to give." The Courier also said that 3.000 per sons witnessed the ceremony of pre sentation, a large estimate for the ca pacity of Boston's first theater, and listened to the speeches. Francis C. Gray spoke for the subscribers and re ferred in many complimentary phrases to the services of Senator Webster in his debate with Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina in 1S32. Mr. Webster, in closing his address, said: "Now I want you to go on. right on, straightforward in maintain ing in your utmost zeal and with all your power the true principles of the best, the happiest, the most glorious The Daniel Webster Vase. constitution of a free government with which it has pleased providence in any age to bless any of the nations of the earth." In 1865. or nearly thirteen years after the death of Mr. Webster, cer tain public-spirited citizens of Boston purchased the vase of the heirs of the Webster estate, and in a formal letter to Mayor F. W. Lincoln conveyed the "massive piece of plate" to the city of Boston. Among the list of sub scribers to this enterprise, which was headed by George V. Lyman, were such prominent names as Henry J. Gardner. F. O. Prince. G. S. Hlllard, H. W. Paine. E. D. .Ionian. Peter But ler. H. D. Parker. J. P. Healey. Lev erett STaitonstall and Peter Harvey. STOPS KIS BOUNTY ON FLIES fttiddlesborough (England) Alderman Is Swamped With Insect Disease Spreaders. London. "Please have mercy on me and withdarw my offer to buy dead hies and bluebottles." writes A'd. Mat tison of Middlcsborotigh to a local newspaper. A lew days ago .ir. .Mai tison. aware of the baleful influences cr houscOies and bluebottles on the public health, proposed through the sanitary department to pay a penny (two cents) for every 50 flies and a penny ior every 12 bluebottles deliv ered, impaled on pins, to the corpora tion offices. His offer stirred the wags in Middiesborough. One wrote to Mr. Mattison: "Will you quote me a price on daddy Ionglegs? I can deliver a choice lot." Another wrote: "What Is your quotation today on gnats and fleas?" This was the funny side of Mr. Mat tison's adventure into practical philan thropy, but it also had Its serious side for him. Flies and bluebottles arrived at the corporation offices by the thousands. Every small boy in Middleborough was busy and even men and women Joined in the crusade. One boy de livered 1.200 dead flies in a single lot and the clerks had to leave thrir or dinary work to receive, count and pay for flies. The corporation office reeked with the odor of the disease breeders. Children besieged filth heaps In looking for flies and their mothers are after Mr. Mattison's pcalp. Hence the alderman's frantic cry to the newspapers to call off the .hunt. He is out il 15 ($75) in cash. i "I don't mind that." he wiites. "but Z I have 200.000 dead flies on my hands end have lost my reputation. I want- C(I to promote the public health, but I j am afraid that I am going to give every boy in town some infections dis ease. Another Misunderstanding. The stenographer finally convinced herself that the sleeves of her new shirtwaist were a mile too short. Just wait till she'd see that near-dressmaker and the boss. letter in band, broke In on her irritating thoughts with: "Now, Miss Klicker, I want you always to avoid abbreviations, ex cept" "Indeed!" Interrupted the angry stenographer. Indignantly; "please un derstand right now that I'll take dicta tion from nobody aa to bow I shall Iresa, sir!" Illustrated Sunday Maga-dne. L.BM .sBbbbbbbbbbbET" ILsbbbbbbbbBBbkl- BBB CBBBBSBSBP'BsWBBBVeSBSBSBSr NOT J0KINQ THEN. H 1 wEbt B BBB """" M r jjJIlI I j959DnBBBBV I H YMf094cfB BBBBBBaH bsbbbbbssbB bbbbbbbVv Ba v bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVJQV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKr tC BSsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBrBBBBBBBBBBBsV-X 15 WBJ. Helen I neyer know whea your friend Greet la Joking and when ke la la earnest. Henry He's In earnest whea ke tries to borrow money. RAW ECZEfcW ON HANDS 1 bad eczema on my hands for tea fears. I aad three good doctors but tone of them did any good. I then ased oae box of Cutlcura Ointment lad three bottles of Cutlcura Resolvent tad was completely cured. My hands were raw all over, Inside and out, and the eczema was spreading all over my body and limbs. Before I bad used one bottle, together with the Cutlcura Ointment, my sores were nearly healed over, and by the time I had ased the third bottle, I was entirely welL To any one who has any skla or blood disease I would honestly ad vise them to fool with nothing else, but get Cutlcura and get welL My hands hare never given me the least bit ot trouble up to now. "My daughter's hands this summer became perfectly raw with eczema. She could get nothing that would do them any good until she tried Cutl cura. She used Cutlcura Resolvent and Cutlcura Ointment aad In two weeks they were entirely cured. I have used Cutlcura for other members of my family and it always proved suc cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falln, Speera Ferry, Va, Oct 19. 1909." Cleaned Out. "I can't pay this taxicab bill.' 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