ron mai.i: nt: i. estate.
CIIAB. K. WILLIAMSON 1203 l.'amrn3t
rk-ais
SKIS HENRY II. I'AY.VU 001 N. Y.Y.U'K
- "K-6"
FOR SALE, five, frame stores to Iw re
HY ...2r V..rn .''own, each 20xi; Park
-cnl u """worth; will soil nil to
n,'i r,"ir,.''(,,n.rn,,',y; lftr, n'mntlty of
M?. I li'o0 ',,nu '"'"HflOM lMITllMT In
those, buildings; Frmch platn glass fronts;
hT, !, Ui,r,Knl" fnr pnrllos wnntlng lumber.
A P. lilkey, Hoard Trade. HR-MVA 33
,'iiU,TY ln whoeftlp district. CSxlK, brlng
tett K00tl renI- Ilargnln. Address
f' M, lien EE 412-3
R-ROO.M house, 1M0 Ontario, $0.W.
$Q?M fl"'1 "t;lbl0' 3012 Hamilton,
4-room house, 42d nnd Camden, iw.oo.
'T!"-Vm house, modern. ILiS H. 25th f t..
J Lit). 00,
3 ji'Vwoo' lot Mx,M' 1310 JJorcB8 l for
J. 11. PARROTTE. Douglas Hlk.
HE-ei:. 21
o.ixci.ri.
MOIIANDS winter term for children be
Kins next Saturday; beginners. 10 n. m.i
ndvnnce, 2 or 4 p. m.; hlRh school class.
8 p. in.: adults, Tuesday and Friday, S p
ni. Private lessons dally. Waltz nnd
two-step guaranteed for $S. Crclghton halt.
-811-J-l
I.OST.
LOST, 5 reward for Spitz dot;, taken
from 103 So. Otli St.; no (lucstlons asked.
Lost-Mill 21'
LOST, ladles' gold watch between High
scjjool and lfith at. on Dodge. Reward
for return lo Hee. Lost MI32 23
B.-i" horse, Huddle nnd bridle, no Mines. 3
whlto feet, small sore on back Return
Or glvo Information to 91S S. 31st st.
lisl-K13 53'
AV.tTUll TO IMIUHOW.
WAN'TKD, $3.5) on tlrst mortgage on rlty
property, gilt-cdgo ficurliy. No. K II. It"-'.
IJO SI'
stammering
AMI STlTTIRlIXi.
CURED.
lullu Vaughn, 430 Ramgo ItldK.
-rjo
ACCORDION PI.n.VTIMi.
ACCORDION' nnd sl la plentlng, cheapest,
best, (Ulckest. Mrs. A. C. Mnrk, 9 Pat
terson Ulk., 17th nnd Fnrnnm Sts.
TICKKT lIROKHIt.
CUT rate tlcketH everywhere. P. II. Phil
bin, irA" Famam. Teleiihimo "SI. Ktl
HORN-iU AVIXTIRllJD.
HORSES wintered, Jl p"r month, J. V.
I'lieipu, 'J7 rv. v. laio mug. 'l'lionu in.ii
l'AWMIItOICF.U.V
EAQIiE Loan Olllce, reliable accommodat
ing; all business conlldentlal. 11W1 Douglas.
o.'S
MIIIIUIIl 1'ACTOIIY.
Damaged looking glasses rcsllvcrcd. 70S X 14,
i-t;iiMTini; iii:iAiiii.Nc;.
TEL. 1331. M. S. Walklln. 2111 Cuming St.
627
IllltnS AMI TAXIDRIl.Mt.
STOCK'S Hlrd Store.
1C0O Leavenworth.
-Wo
niti:ssMAKt.(i.
IN FAMILIES.
Miss Sturdy, 318 S. CCth at
LAUNDRY.
OMAHA Steam Lnundry: shirts. 7c: collars
2c: cuffs, 4c 1730 Lenyeuworth Tel. r!7
CAHI'K.NTKIIS AM) JOIIIIKHS.
ALL kinds or carpenter wnrK and repairing
promptly nttended to. J. T. Ochiltree, 2)'h
nnd Lnlte Hts. sw
OSTEOPATHY.
JOHNSON institute, 613 N. Y. L. nidg.: Tel,
juui; Alice jonnson, v. u.. lauies dept.
aid E. Johnson, Ostcopnthlst, Mgr.
513
M. E. DONOHL'E. D. O.. of Still school
Klrksvlllo, Mo.. COt Paxton Hlk. Tel.
519
SUE9 & CO
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II.VMC STATI311HXT.
No. 2C05,
Report of the Condi' Ion of
Till: MMIItAMv.V ,AT1(I.II, H.VMC
At Omaha. In the Stnte of Nebraska, at il
Cloto of Huslnes.M, DeC3lllLcr 13, I'jvl).
RESOL'RCES.
Loans nnd dlscuunts... 718,021 23
overurnrts. Bccureu and
unsecured 1,101
V. S. bonds to Eccuro
circulation , $150,000 00
I. S. bonds to secure
IT. S. deposits 2O0.CO1 00- 330,000 CO
Premiums on U. S.
bomlH ., 19,500 00
HtocKs, securities, etc.. lco.y.d
Hunklnir house, furni
ture and tlxtures ss.om 0)
Other real estato owned 21,073 12
Duo from national
banks (not reserve
agents) lfi?,fc.V. 27
Duo from state banks
and bankers 39,053 93
Duo from npproved re
servo ugents 219,912 14
internal revenuo
stamps
Checks uiul other cash
Items
Exchanges for clearing
houso
Notes of other national
banks
Fractional paper cur
rency, nickels and
cents
Lawful Money Rcservo
CI9 0(5
47,733 St
2i5,037 17
1S.300 CO
137 CS
in Hank, viz.:
Speclo 12.',552 70
Legal tender notes.... M.OWW- 759.211 41
Redemption fund with
l M. treasurer io per
cent of circulation)
11...
7,500 CO
Hiso'twi ro
Totnl
LIAHILITIES.
Capital stock paid ln...
Surplus fund ....
Undivided protlts, less
expenses and taxes
nulil
National bank notes
outstanding
Duo to other national
banks $3s4,39 S6
Duo to state banks and
bankers u.24ti 4j
Duo to trust companies
nnd navlugs banks.... 62,290 41
Individual deposits sub-
Jcct to cheek (Iti.SOu 47
Demand certlllcates of
deposit
'Iiritcert!acn,c.s.f.:,.e: i2'.or,o.
Certllled checks I'.iM CO
Cashier's checks out-
stnndlng B.2W ..
United States deposits W,o9J Oil
t-t... ...of nf IT K illR.
) 4.('10 0)
24,000 00
1.3JG 09
14VJC0 00
b'ursiilB olllcors 92,22 2S- 1,550,293 21
J2.131.501 t)
i...n...i.ii. nnd liellef.
President.
Subscribed nnd' sworn to before mo this
21st day of December, BCIIK1I1BI
(Seal.
Nntarv
i'liuuu.
LEWIS S. REED,
J. S. COLLINS.
WARREN SWIT.LER.
Directors.
Corrert-Attest:
LEGAL .MTU'ES.
VAT1PK
To the Voters of the Vlllago of Dundee,
Douglas county. Nftorafku:
NiV;Cxl tu - of an ..rdlnanci .mssed by tho
ihalrmun and board of trustees of tho Ml-
lago or Dundee, December 15th, 1W0, a
Total ,
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss.
t II ' W. Yates, president of tho above-
named bank, do solemnly swear inai tne
utnlemetlt Is trilO to tho bC!,t Of ltlj'
l.l'.OAI. NOTICF.s,
Pacini election Will be held December y
'.O, dl mhu'd house In said tilingc, from
. ni. in p. in. in vote upon the follow.
ni: proposition.
MhHll the bourd of true tees of the Vlll.ivn
of Dundee, be nuthorlred to purchase nnd
equip two i2i none rrem ntm the heee3snry
hnse cuultrncnt therefor, erert two (! hone
rul holme nnd purchase n fire alarm bell
and tower therefor, supplies, uniforms nnd
equipments for firemen nnd such other lire
cxtinguUhlnK apparatus as mny be neces-
snry lo mny supply nnu equip two (2)
volunteer Imsn companies, nnd to borrow
the mm of one thousand (I,iij) dollars for
not leH ihnn three (3) yenrs or more than
live (5) yenrs. nt not to exceed seven (7i
ier rent per nnnum. payable semi-annutillv,
:o PHV for the hose reels, hose, hninm. ,..tt
tower, supplies, eriuliimcnts nnii nilmr Ore.
extinguishing nppnratus provided for
Herein, nnu to levy nn nnnunl tax on the
uxnuie properly or me village or Dundee
n nnv the Interest nnd nrinHnnt ,.r i.
loan provided for herein, us the samo
mntures.
December IS, 19"0.
, , J. N. If. PATRICK,
Chairman of Hoard of Trustees.
, , E. R. HUME.
Clerk of Hoard of Trustees.
D. 20-lo-t.
STOCIvltnf .DHtlS' MUPTIVf!
Offlco of tho l.ee.oiass AndreDitn Hard
ware i.o., umnna, Neb . Dec. S, loo.
Notice Is berebv elvmi In tlm vf fielthnl'1.
ers of the Iy'e-()las-Andresen Haulwate
ko. inni tne n n mini tneetlrig of the stock
holders of the eoinn.itiv tvlll be ln.l.t nt Hie
olllees of Mild company, 1219. 1221 and 1223
n.irney street, m tile city or omailll, 111 tile
state of Nebraska, on Tuesday. Januarv ,
A. 1).. imi, at 3 o'clock p. m., for the pur
pose of eleetlm: a board of directors for the
company to s(rve during the ensuing year,
and to transact such other buMuess ns may
be presented ut such meeting.
11. J. LEE.
President.
Attest: W. M. OLASS,
r)9-31tm Secrotnry.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEF.TINO.
Omaha, December ID. 19W.
Notlco Is hereby given thnt the nnnunl
meeting of the stockholders of the Omahn
(las Company will be held ut the office of
me company. .Mercnnnts national uaiiK
1 1 ill I1 In u-. at 10 a. in.. Mondnv. Januarv 7th.
IWI. for the election of directors for the
ensuing year nnd for the transaction of
such other bjsliiess as mny come boforo
i no meeting
FRANK MCRPHY. I'reslilent.
GEO. V. CLAHAUOII, Secretary.
D-22-d-lO-t
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Notice Is licrobv ulven that the ann.l.'ll
meeetlng of the stockholders of The Hee
llulldlng eomimny will be held at 4 o'c'.nek
n. ni. Thursday. Januarv 15. IMI. at thu
olllc e of said company In The Hee building,
Omaha, for the election of n board of dl-
tors for the ensu tig year nnd tne trans
action of Hui h other business as may prop
erly come In fore aueh meeting. Hy order of
tlie prt'slilent. c. c. iwskwaikh.
Reereiiir.v.
Dec2.'U123t
HA1I.W.VY T I. 11 13 T.VIII.I
FREMONT. ELKIIORN &
Msourl Vnlley Rnllroad
"Tho Northwestern
Lino" General Olllees,
United States National
Hank Illdg , S. V. Cor.
Twelfth and Farnm Sts.
Ticket Olllce. 1401 Famam St. Tol.5. De
pot, 15th and Webster Sts. Tel., U.S.
i.eavo. arrive
Hlnck Hills, Deadwood,
Hot Springs a 3:00 pin a 5:00 cm
Wvoinlni:. Casner and
Douglas (i j.w pm c u:w pm
llastlngs vorK. uaviu
Cltv. Sunerlor. Geneva.
Exeter and Seward b 3:00 pm b C:00 pm
Norfolk. Verdlitro and
Fremont b 7:30 am b!0:23 am
Lincoln. uahoo and
Fremont b 7.30 am bl0:23 am
Fremont Local c 7:30 am
n Dally, b Dally except Sunday, c Sun
day only d Dally except Saturday. e
Dally except .Mouuay.
CHICAGO & NORTH
western Railway "Tho
Northwestern Line"
City Ticket Ofllce, 1401
Farnnm at. Tolephone,
Ml. Dcnot. Tenth nm
Jtnrcy Sts, Tctophone O.
L,eavc. Arrive,
Chlcnco Sncc-
Daytlgh
clal ...
Chicago
Eastern
a 7:00 am nll:30 pm
Passenger a 4:13 pm a S:I0 mn
wxnress. Des
X f ..I .. .. 1... It.n.t...
Cedar Ranlds and
Chicago nl0:53 am a 4:03 pm
Eastern Speclnl, Chi
cago and East a 4:53 pm a 4:03 pm
l'list Ainu, unicago to
Omahn a 2:4j pm
Oniaha-Clilcngo Limited. a 7:13 pm n 8:00 pm
Fast Mall n S:C0 am
Cedar Rapids Passenger a 5:30 pm
Eastern li.xpress n :i) pm
u Dally, a Dally except Snturday.
SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC
Ha 11 road The North
western Line" General
Olllees, United Stntes
National Hank llulldlng,
S. V. Corner Twelfth
nnd rnrnntn .m. TleWnf
Olllce. 14U1 Farnnm St. Telephone. Ml. De
pot, 'lentil and Marcy Sts. Telephone, 6J9.
, ,. i.enve. arrive
i win l uy express a c:s.i am al0:23 pm
Twin City Limited a 7:33 put a S;13 am
Sioux City Local a S:uo am a 3:50 pm
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL,
Minneapolis & Omaha
Railway "Tho North
western Line" General
Olllees, Nebraska Dlvi
sion, 13th nnd Webster
Sts. City Ticket Olllce.
Fa mam
1 clenhone. till. Deimf
urn aiiu t i-uaiir ois.
, Leave. Arrive.
Twin City Pa9cngcr...a U:Uu am u 9:10 pm
Omaha Passengi.-. . . nll:lO am
Sioux Cl'y & North-
cust Nebraska. a 3:13 pm
a Dally.
CHICAGO, HURLINOTON
& Qulncy Railroad "Tho
riurllngton Route' Ticket
Olllce 1502 Famam Street.
Telephone, 250. Depot,
Tenth nnd Mason Streets,
Telephone. 12S.
I.envn. Arrlun
tun
Daylight Chicago Spe
cial a 7:00 .m nln:!r. nm
Chicago Vestlbuled Ex .al pm a 7:43 am
Chicago Local Express.a 9: SO am a 4:(fi pm
Chicago Limited . . . .uT'SOpm u 7-45 aiti
Fast Mall u 2:15 nm
a Dally.
KANSAS CITY. ST. JO
scph & Council Iilurr3
Railroad "The Hurling
ton Route" Ticket Olllce,
1502 Famam Street. Teh
phone, 230. Depot, Tenth
and Mason Streets. Tele
phone, 128,
Leave. Arrive.
Kansas City Day Ex . a 9:20 am a 0:25 pm
Kansas city .Nignt nx niu:su pm n 6:15 am
St. Louis Flyer for St.
joscpu aim at j.ouis. a pm all:15 am
u Dally.
HURLINOTON & Mis
souri River Railroad
"Tho Hurllngton Route"
General Olllees, North
west Corner Tenth and
Farnnm bireets Ticket
Olllce 1502 Famam Street
Tek'Uhone. .,e.
Hurllngton Stutlon, Teutn
and Mason til recta.
ieleplioue, us.
Leave. Arrive.
T Innnln
Unstlnga nnd
McCook s.iu am a:.ipm
Lincoln, Denver. Colo-
nido, Utah. California. a 4:2j pm a 3:00 rm
T fnnrtlr. .C ItlneL- 1 1 Ills . . II 9 M 11 III IlCl'llim
Montana. I'uget Sounu..a 9:0) pm ft C:45 am
Lincoln Fast Mall... .b 3:W pm a 9:1. am
Wymoro, Heatrlco .mil
Lincoln a 8:40 am b!1:55 am
Deliver, Colorado, Utah
and California a am
South Rend, Louisville.
PluttHinouth b 5 i lira bll:0j am
Ft. Crook. Plattsmouth
and Facile J miction., a 7:00 pm a t:'.M am
llellevue. PlattHinoutli
and Pacltlc Junction .nl2:10 am
a Daily, b Dally except Sunday.
SS OMAHA & ST. LOUIS RAIL-
roan umann, Kansns city
Eastern Rallrmid-y'Tho
Qulncy Routo" Tlckut Of
llce. 1415 Fnrnnm St. Tele,
phone. 322. Depot. Tenth
uud Marcy Streets, Tele
phone, C9.
i.eavo. Arrive.
Cannon Hall
St. Louis
Express
...a 5:0j pm a S:20 am
Kansas City ana Qulncy
I.ocai
u Dally.
.a 7:00 nm a 9:00 pm
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAIL
l oid General Offices and
Ticket Olllees, Southeast
mm
Corner 11th aud Douglas
'iy cam, intjiiiunu, avi. uuijuv,
... . , I' 1 . . . 1 . .t ...
irSv Leave, Arrlv.
St. I.uuls and Kansas
City Express .nlOiOO nm a 6:30 pm
K. C , St. L. Exprc8s...alo:10 pm a u:l5 am
Leave from 15th and
Webster Streets.
v..lr,.ulfn l.neiil. Via
Weeping Water u 4 15 pm alO:45 am
n Dally, b Dally except aunuay.
Tn"E QMAITA PATLY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMB KU 2;, 1000.
FAMOUS TRAGEDY RECALLED
Recollection of a Crime That Blocked the
Country Thirty Years Ago.
DEATH OF THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
SI or j- of (be MiiiotliiK of Albert l,
Rlebnrdsiiii In .New nrli lt., the
lli'Mtbbi il .ViiplInN, nnil tbe
Career of Hie Mirvltur.
Like nn echo from the past conies word
of the death In Homo of Abble Sago Rich
ardson, widow of Albert Dean Rlchnrdson,
who died the day ho married her In 1SC9.
Rlchnrdson and Mrs. Sago were married
when R became evident that he could not
recover from r. bullet wound lnlllcled hy
D.-uilcl McFarlmiJ, Mrs. Sage's former hus
band. No tragedy ever shook tho country
more severely, no sensation ever whs
greater than the shooting of Richardson,
relates the Philadelphia Times.
Scarce had the war censed ln 1S35 when
Richardson, then n correspondent of the
New York Tribune, returned from n con
federate military prison, where for month3
ho had been a captive. Ills wife had died,
leaving him flvo young children, Ho re
sumed his duties on the staff of tho paper
In New York nnd went to nn uptown board
ing hous to live.
Among other boarders In that hoiife was
Mrs. Abblo Sago McFarland, tho wife of a
New York lawyor, who was then earning n
living for herself nnd her two young chil
dren as nn nctress. Mrs. McFarland had
separated from her husband, whom sne ac-
cuned of failure to support her and with
being given to Intemperance. She declared
her purpose of securing a divorce a pur-
poso which later sho carried out; and It
wns understood nmong their friends that
Rlchnrdson and Mrs. McFarland, or, ns
she was known after her divorce, Mrs.
Sage, were engaged to bo married.
Tho shooting which resulted In Richard
son's death took place late In the afternoon
of November 25, 1SC9, ln tho counting room
of the New York Trlbuno newspaper. Rlch
nrdson, a member of the editorial staff of
of November 23, 1869, In the counting room
asked of a clerk for what letters there
might bo for him. McFarland stood within
tho olllce near tho door, and between him
and Richardson was a third man, bent over
the city directory.
The Slioollnu,
McFarland drew a levolvcr, leaned for
ward and reaching over tho figure of the
man at the directory tired one shot at Rich
ardson. Tho latter uttered no cry, nor did
nnyone In tho room suppose ho had hoen
shot. Instantly upon the shooting McFar
land walked out of tho oOlce, followed by
Richardson, who, unassisted, went to tho
stalrcnso by the side of the building,
walked up to his olllce and lay down upon
n lounge. Then ho called an cmployo of
tho paper nnd told him that ho wns badly
wounded, asking that a doctor be sent for.
When the physician arrived he nt onco or
dered Richardson taken from tho olllce, pro
nounced his condition critical nnd his re
covery unlikely. Rlcbnidson was taken to
tho Astor house aud remained there until
ho died, flvo dnys later. Lato that night
McFarland was arrested as ho wandered
tho streets.
Iloth Richardson and McFarland. but par
ticularly tho former, were prominent.
Itlctuinls&n was n newspaper man of great
prestige and popularity and tho news of
tho shooting spread like wlldflro through
the city and country. Hundreds of tele
grams of condolence and sympathy wero
received from prominent men throughout
tho country and ovcu frcm abroad. Flow
ers wero sent to the wounded man's room
and tho employes of the Trlbuno filed past
his bed on the day following the shooting,
each shaking him by the hand and wishing
him rpeedy recovery. Tho doctors were
somewhat hopeful that the man would got
well.
Mrs. McFarland, or Sage, was with rela
tives In Ohio wheu tho tragedy occurred
and sho hastened as fast as tho travellnf;
facilities of those days permitted to join
her betrothed In his sick room.
McFarland, when arrested, seemed un
concerned, or rather duzed, and nt first re
fused to mako any statement. Ho was
locked In a private room In the Fourth pro
duct station houso nnd tho next day gnvo
his Rido or tno nnalr to tho reporters, as
serting that Richardson had destroyed his
marrlod happiness, enticed his wife from
him and ruined him. On tho following day
ho sent a card to tho Tribune detailing his
version of tho affair and ascribing his do
mestic mlsfortutfps to Richardson's ac
quaintance with his wlfo.
A Nunc GrliM-iinre,
It then became known that McFarland
had once before shot Richardson, that time
on the street, whllo Mrs. McFarland and
RAHWAY TIMI3 TAHI.ES.
, CHICAGO, ROCK ISL
and &. Pacltlc Railroad
"Tho Great Rock Isl
and Route" City Tick
et Olllce. 1323 Fnrnnm
Street. Telephone, 42s.
Depot. Tenth A: Mnrcy
Sts, Telephone, est.
Leave. Arrlv
EAST.
Des Moines and Daven
port Local a 7-25 nm bli:35 am
Chicago Exprecs bll:in nm a s:lo r.m
Des Moines Local a 4.20 pm n 4:13 pm
Chicago Fust Express. ,u 5:00 pm a 1:25 pm
Des Moines, Rock Isl
and and Chicago a 7:1) pm a 9:35 pm
WEST.
Lincoln, Colorado Spgs ,
Denver, Pueblo and
West a 1:30 pm a 4:13 pm
Colorado. Oklahoma &
Texas Flyer a 5:20 pm a 9:50 am
WAHASH RAILROAD -
Jlcltet Olllce, 1115 Fnrnam
Street, Telcphono 322. De
pot. Tenth nnd Marov
Streets. Tolephone. C'9
i-eave. Arrive.
Louis "Cannon Ball"
.n 5:05 pm a S:2u am
CHICAGO. MI LWA V K K E
& St. Paul Rallway-Clty
Ticket Olllce, 15oi Far
nam Street. Telephone
ISt. Depot, Tenth and
.wusuii nireeis. Tele
phone, C'9.
Leave. Arr!v
Chicago Limited Ex.... n 0:00 pm a S:05 nm
v,nicimo tt ijiiiiiua i.x ii i;jn am u j:iu pm
a Dally b Dally except Sunday.
UNION PACIFIC'THE OVER
land Route" General Olllees.
N. E. Cor. Ninth and Farnam
Streets. City Ticket Ofllce. 1321
Mirnnm tiirect. ii-iepnone, sit;.
Depot. Tenth und Murcy Sts.
Telephone, 029.
Leave. Arrive
The Ovennnd Limited a S:20 am n 7:30 pm
Tho Chlcugo-Portland
Special a S:20 am a 7:30 pm
Tho Fast Mall uh:50nm a 3:2." pm
The Mall nnd Express. ,nll:33 pm a 4:15 pm
Lincoln, Hcatrlco and
Stromsburg Express, .b 4:03 pm 1)12:30 pm
Tho Pacific Express.... a 4:23 pm
Tho Atlantic Exprojs... a 0:50 am
Grand IMand Local. ... 5:30 pm b 9:35 am
u Dally b Dully except Sunday.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Rallroad-Clty Ticket Of
fice, 1102 Farnam Street.
Telephone, 215, Depot,
Tenth nnd Marcy Streets.
innqsy Leave. Arrive.
Chicago Express a ,:ou nm a 4:03 pm
Chicago Limited a ,:I5 pm a b;05 am
Mimical oil and St.
Paul Express b 7:00 am b 9:40 rm
MlnneupolU and St.
Paul Limited a 7:15 pm a S:05 am
Fort Dodge Local from
Council Hlurfs ., .. b 4:30 pm b 8:15 am
Fort Dodge Local from
Council Hluffs b 7:45 um
a Dally, b Da'ly except Sunday,
Express
p lial'y.
Richardson were walking together. That
wound was not severe, and Rlchnrdson was
able, after being shot, to otrrpowrr aad
disarm his assailant, whom he turned over
to the police. These facts Rlchurdsuu dis
closed In the reply lo McFarluud's card,
dictated by Rlchardsou on what proved his
deathbed. In this ho narrated tho char
acter of tho relations between himself and
Mrs. McFarland, whom ho said he had ex
pected to marry ns soon aa she should be
free to marry him.
Among other things mentioned by Rlch
nrdson in his reply to McFnrlnnd's card
was the fact that the latter hart decUrcd
to hts acquaintances thnt he hnd Inter
cepted a letter from Richardson to his
wife, which he read to such as would lis
ten, accompanying his reading with threats
of what he would do when he rhould meet
the man who wrote It. In this coiricc
tlon Richardson stated that he had fre
quently met McFarland face to face, but
that the latter had never attempted to do
anything then, and on both occasions had
shot htm when ho was unawaro of hts
presence. He added that on the occasion
of tho flr.it shooting ho refrained from
prosecuting McFarland becnuso he desired
to sparo Mrs. McFarland the notoriety
which such proceedings would entail.
McFarland, on his part, Insisted that he
had always lled in "blissful happiness"
with his wife until he met with reverses,
wl.cn sho ut once seemed determined to
leave him. Later he wns forced to secure
possession of one of his children, he de
clared, by legal proceedings, which his wife
resisted, but In which she brought forward
no evidence of his alleged inebriety, upon
which ground she had declared her deter
mination of securing a divorce, ln these
proceedings McFarland was successful.
Later, ho declared, he learned thnt his
wife had secured some sort of a "bogus
divorce" In the courts of Illinois and this
drove him to distraction. It was while ln
this frame of mind that he shot Richard
son.
Curiously enough, when McFarland left
the Trlbuno counting room, after shooting
Richardson, ho wandered up Into Center
street, and, he stated after his arrest, he
felt hungry and tired and entered .1 res
tnurnnt, whero ho ate stewed oysters nnd
drank a cup of coffee. Captain Allaire
and Hctectlvo Flan, who arrested McFar
land, both remarked that when taken Into
custody tho man seemed daicd.
Deathbed Marriage.
Rlclmrdson, In his sick room nt the Ar.tor
houso, grew steadily worse ajid weaker.
nnd suffered excruciating agony. He wns
unable to cat, though the ball, a largo
coulcal-shapod missile, had been extracted
on the day following tho shooting. At last
his entreaties that he should he married
to Mrs. Sage, ns she was then known,
became so pathetic that It was decided that
tho ceremony should take place.
For this purpose tho Rev. Henry Ward
Reedier, who had announced that he would
hold himself ln readiness for the occasion,
was summoned nnd ho brought with him
the Rev. N. M. Field, 1). I).. nnd the Rev.
O. P. Frothlnghaui, both eminent divines of
thnt day.
In the sick chamber Mrs. Sago sat hy tho
bed, holding Richardson's right hand. Tho
ceremony was performed, Mr. Frothlngham
Invoked a prayer nnd Richardson, appar
ently satisfied, lay upon his pillow, sank
rapidly, and In a few hours was dead.
Richardson's death caused a profound
sensation. He was one of the most widely
known newspaper correspondents of his
day, and had been a secret agent of tho
Trlbuno In tho south during the prelimi
naries that led to tho, acts of soccsslon.
Later ho served as a war correspondent
and was captured nnd long held n prisoner
of war.
After tho war Richardson had traveled
across the continent on tho opening of the
Pacific railways, nnd his observations tucro
wero embodied In n book published on his
return, entitled "Heyond the Mississippi,"
which had a wldo circulation, as public In
terest was deeply excited In a region then
but little known.
McFarland was at once Indicted for mur
der when Richardson died. At the trlnl a
defense of Insanity was Interposed and on
this ground ho wns acquitted.
Mrs. Richardson remained ln retirement
for about a year after Richardson's death.
Then, thrown upon her own resources, she
wrote plays, several of which met with
success, nnd secured her nn Income suf
ficient for hor support and the education
of her two sons. McFarland, after his trial
and acquittal, went west, whero ho died
a few years ago.
Moro recently Mrs. Richardson devoted
herself to adapting plays from tho French,
which wero produced under tho manage
ment of Daniel Frohman. Among these
tho most conspicuous were "Tho Prldo of
Jennlco" nnd "A Colonial Girl." A recent
play, called "Sophia," hns not yet been
put on the hoards. Sho was likewise tho
author of several romances.
Daniel Frohman, It might be mentioned,
was a clerk in tho advertising department
of tho Trlbuno nt the time of tho Rlchnrd
son shooting and a witness at tho McFar
land trial.
After Richardson's death Micro was much
criticism of Mr. noechex for having married
the couplo ln view- of McFarland's assertion
that any dlvorco which Mrs. McFarland
might have obtained must be fraudulent, as
having been secured without notice to him.
Amid much recrimination, in which the
Piymout pastor defended himself In his
usual vigorous manner, the sensation wa3
ended.
Richardson, at the time of his death,
though noted in his profession, was but JS
years of age.
LIGHT DID MIT llltEAK I.
lll
(illllllM III
Humor lo
Explnlun Amerlenii
nn Entrllnhimui,
For tho last few seasons, slnco American
productions havo gained a foothold on the
English stage, relates the Saturday Even
ing Post, there hns been much talk In
London about what is known as "the Amer
ican typo of humor," to differentiate It
from tho homo product. When Mr. Nat
Goodwin was In England last summer ho
found himself seated ono evening nt n
largo dinner, next to a man who seemed
much Interested In the stage.
"Hut I can't for tho llfo of mo see," ro
marked tho Englishman, during tho courco
of conversation, "what people mean hy
American humor. To mo nil humor Is
alike, whether It bo of American or Eng
lish origin. Perhaps you can explain to me
Just what distinguishes American humor
from any other sort?"
"Well," replied Mr. Goodwin, "I think
the American typo of humor 1b rather moro
subtle. It doesn't always fully Impress
Itself upon you at once. Tho mor-j you
think about It the funnier it seems. I ran
perhaps best Illustrate my meaning with n
little story.
"A man was walking along tho street one
day when he passed another man, who was
carrying a letter In his hand.
" 'Pardon me,' said tho man with the
letter; 'do you know whero the postofllce
Is?'
" 'Yes,' said the other man, and passed
on. On second thought ho decided that he
had been rudo and went back to where tho
man with the letter was still standing.
" 'Do you wish to know where tho post-
offlco Is?' he aBked. 'No.' said tho other
man."
Tho Englishman's gaze was vacant. "Just
turn It over In your mind for a few niln
utcs nnd tell me what you think of it,'
said Mr. Goodwin.
Ten minutes later the Englishman
clutched at Mr Goodwin's elbow. "You
won't bo offended, will you, old chap?" ne
murmured. "Hut really, I think they were
both blawstcd rude!"
BETTERING RURAL SCHOOLS
Fewer Schools aatl Improved Methods Re
sult from Coniolidation.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE OHIO PLAN
Anieiienn Educational Prourcss In
Ptirto Rleo lllclier Eil uenl Ion
nf 'iiinen TeneliliiK the
?M-leiiec of I'liritilnu.
Educators In the central states nre giv
ing much attention to n novel experiment In
country school consolidation undertaken ln
Ohio. County Superintendent Kern of
Rockford, III., Ii luxestlgntlng tho experi
ment and gives some details of the plan in
operation ln Lake. Ashtabula nnd Trumbull
counties. Ohio. Tho best type of the con
folldated school visited stands In the center
of the township in a community dltlnc Ivcly
country. There Is no village beyond a Btoro
and postodlce, n town hall, n church or two
and a few dwelllnrs. It Is eleven miles from
one railroad and six from nnothrr. It was
iullt In 1900 at a cost of $3,000. There nre
six school rooms with two additional rooms,
one of which may sete ns a library room
nnd the other ns nil ofllce and reception
room. There Is n b.inement under tho entire
building, part of which may bo utilized as a
laboratory and gymnasium. The buiiiiing u
hentrd by steam. To thH building are
btought all tho children of the entire town
ship. Think of tho advantages of this well
heated, well-lighted, well-ventilated build
lug over the eight or nlno miserable school
rooms of former days. And besides a mlirh
better class of teachers can be obtained for
the amount of money formerly expended.
Evidently tho tax on the bonds required to
build uch a school houso would not be
moro than tho expense of keeping In order
seven or eight school houses, ln the primary
renin the vlpltor saw nil the Uttlo ones of
tho entire district being Instructed nnd
cared for In tho proper way. In the high
school room wero a number of bright-looking
firmer lads getting nn education they
would not otherwise bo nblc to obtain. The
children nre brought bnck nnd forth In
wagons, which call for them not Inter than
8:45 a. m. and leave for home at 3:45 p. m.
Thus there Is no tardiness and the little and
timid children, who are often nubjectcd to
refinements of cruelty on their way from
tho ordinary country school, arc permitted
to go to and from school ln peace. No bad
lnnciinco Is nermlttcd In tho wagons. Thero
nre laprobes, soapstones and curtains for
bad weather, and tho drivers nro ns care
fully selected as tho teachers. No tramping
through wet and mud and snow Is required
and the advantages seem to be many In
ever' respect. Tho movement Is spreading
through Ohio.
Superintendent Kern stntes that in one
district in Wlnnoungo county. Illinois,
thcro was only ono pupil In the school:
thirteen districts had nn enrollment of less
than ten pupils; five districts had nn en
rollment of exactly ten: tho per capita
cost ln the district wns J13.C9. Only a few
of tho children can afford to attend tho
Rockford high school and It is not by nny
means the children of the families which
can afford tho expense who rank ns tho
best and brightest pupils. Like conditions
prevail In all western states.
Education In Porto lllt-u.
Tho hopeful sign about Porto Rico, tho
most Illiterate spot In our possession nnd
one of tho most Illiterate on tho western
hemisphere. l. tho eagerness with which
tho Islanders aro seeking tho advantages
which this government Is providing. Prof.
Martin G. Hrumbnugh, commissioner of
education. In describing tho conditions ex
isting on tho Island, recently said:
"Tho people ln theso rural districts nro
enthusiastic over the schools. When a new
school Is established tho first fifty children
wearing clothes (many of tho native chil
dren ln tho rural districts have no gar
ments whatever) arc enrolled nt tho school.
That Is all that can bo accommodated ln
tho shacks or mud houses provided. All
others nre put on tho waiting list and
ndmtttcd as fast as vacancies occur. Thero
nre ns many as 130 on some of these wait
ing lists. A recent case reported to me
shows tho Interest of tho parents. A
mother places her child on her head and
wades across a stream of water up to her
armpits to reach tho school house, nnd,
whllo the Uttlo ono nttends tho session,
gathers fruit and nuts for their food nnd
In tho evening wndes back with the child.
Sho does this day nfter day."
Thero are now In session S00 schools, nn
Increase of 1S4 over last year, and the
number of pupils enrolled Is 30,000, which
Is Just one-tenth of tho school population
of the Island. The system, ns organized,
provides for 100.000 additional pupils, but
the actual work of extending tho teaching
can go forward only as tho money becomes
available. Congress appropriated during
tho last session for Porto Rico's benefit
tho sum of $2,000,000, which was the esti
mated amount of the revenuo collections
before the new laws governing our trndo
relations with the Island worn enacted.
Tho commissioner of education hopes that
a largo part of this fund will be devoted to
educational purposes.
IIIkIk-i- Education of Women.
Tho advance of women In tho higher col
leges of Franco h tho subject of a paper
In a recent number of the Forum. The
writer says: "The position of woman has
undoubtedly changed and tho sentiment
toward her has changed, nd If these
changes aro as yet scarcely noticeable be
yond tho educational circle, It 13 becauso
they arose thcro and nro extending, ns It
were, unconsciously. Women wero ap
pointed this summer on tho Jury of awards,
they participated freely ln the congresses,
they banqueted with their colleagues.
Thero was no restraint on either Ride; no
affectation on the part of tho women, no
mawkish sentiment on tho part of tho men.
Thero was Just that cordial fraternizing
that Americans love, with a mollow touch
of old world courtesy. On tho Juries tho
Judgment of tho women weighed the same
its that of the men; In tho congresses of
education they wore ns ready In debate, and
tholr formal papers showed a grasp of
subjects which commanded attention and
led to fruitful discussion. At the general
banquet of all the educational Juries, com
prising clghty-throo men and fix womon,
the latter wero ably represented In the
tonsts by Mile. Dugard, a woll known
writer and professor. She expressed In
n folk Reus manner the spirit which the
new (.'duration of woman fosters, tho spirit
of loyalty to tho government and nf In
ternational courtesy that courtesy which
Is Itself ono of tho Inestimable outcomes
of higher educntlon.
"This cordial recognition of women, this
free Interchango of Ideas on a matter of
public Interest. U far removed from the
traditional notion of woman which per
adcs rrencn uterinum nnu lias given a
peculiar tono to French society. It lndl
rates even In the university circle a great
change since the eongresses of 1SS9. On
this point I cannot speak from personal
observation, but It struck foreign dele
gates who had tho advantage of having ns
ulsted also at the earlier conferences. Is
thin ehnngo a mrie surface rlpplo? Tho
answer Is not doubtful. The change lias
come, without vlolenco to the inward spirit
of tho people and It accords with a great
world movement.
"Tho efforts of tho French republic In
this matter began with tho trnlning of
teachers for tho public primary schools,
As soon as tho new government felt Itself
secure It passed a law placing thn training
of women t-achers on tho Bame footing as
that of men. This wns In 1S79. The nee
for admission to these sehooM Ilfl-IM.
the subjects, and, more partleulnrb. the
method of instruction, n method whkh puts
the mind upon rellectloti nnd comparison.
Justify the classification of these schools
ns higher. They are not classical, modern
languages nnd science forming their pro
grams, but ln this respect they differ little
from the non-classical courses In our high
schools nnd colleges. In which German or
French Is accepted as an equivalent for
Ijitln. Moreover, the training In these
normal schools Is. abovo nil things, ethical,
because II Is of first Importance that future
teachers of the people should have the
habit of considering all knowledge, even
tho most elementary, In Its relation to th
conduct of life nnd to public duty. This
was In tho past, and still remains, a very
Important part also of our notion of the
functions of higher educntlon."
TenrliliiK In I'll rm I ni;.
It Is Interesting to noto tho extent to
which agricultural education has grown, ns
shown b the annual convention of the As
set Intlou of American Colleges of Agricul
ture at New Haven, which has Just closed.
We are far In advance of Great Ilrltnlu nnd
other countries, comments tho Ilostou
Transcript. Tho agricultural schools and
colleges represent ono of tho three ex
tensive agencies for agricultural education
and research In the united States, tho
others being tho agricultural experiment
stations and the National Department of
Agriculture, which Is, lu fact, a great ex
perimental station.
Thero nro now sixty-four agricultural
schools and colleges, having Income from
xnrlous sources aggregating $0,000,000, with
2,fill teachers aud 31.C53 students, of whom
1,722 tcachcM and 4,!M students aro lu the
agricultural and mechanical arts depart
ments. The only purely agricultural col
lego ln tho United Stntes. however, is that
nt Aml-erst, Mass., though twenty-seven
states havo agricultural and mechanical
urts Institutions. At the University of
Minnesota there Is a special dairy school.
Tho schools for colored people nt Hampton
and Tuskegeo nnd Washington nre develop
ing agricultural Instruction. There Is n
Jewish school In Pennsylvania, supported
by the Daron Hlrseh fund.
Even In countries not otherwise progres
sive thcro Is a strong movement In this
direction. Egypt has nn agricultural col
lrge and last year tho secretary of agri
culture nt Washington was requested by
tho sultan to suggest a form of agricultural
cduratlo:i for Turkey. Tho importanco of
agricultural education Is evident when It Is
affirmed by no less nn nuthorlty than the
present secretary of agriculture that a
knowledge of plants their life history, the
diseases to which they are subject, tholr
relations to the soil, the cllmato and food
necessary to their best development Is so
scarce nmong us that plant physiologists
nnd pathologists cannot be found even by
advertising for them.
Apropos to this question is the latest de
velopment of popular educntlon on agricul
tural lines. The movement In this direc
tion has been begun In Now York state and
In Missouri by its Introduction Into tho
public school systom, beginning with nature
study ln country schools. Every year
shows moro conclusively n need In rural
districts of tho development of secondnry
schools for agrlculturo to fit children for
farm life. There should bo special schools,
conducted economically and conveniently
located for easy access by students. In
addition thero should bo a department of
agrlculturo In tho rural high schools. It
is In lino with tho development of business
and manual training in urban schools.
Education of Coloieil reuple.
mo Atlanta Constitution Is sounding a
poto of warning to tho legislators of the
slate. It calls their attention to tho fact
thnt on ono tide of Atlanta stands Clark
university nnd Gammon Theological aem-
Innry, commanding $2,000,000 of property
This Is for tho higher education of negroes
On another side stands Atlanta university
able to commnnd millions on rail lo tho
north, with an immenso plant already.
This Is also for the higher education of tho
negro. In nnother quarter of tho state
stands Spcllmnu seminary, endowed for the
negroes. It has Just received from John
liockrfcller $100,000, which It Is putting Into
now buildings to carry on the work of negro
education. In contrast to this is tho
pltlablo condition of the University of
Georgia, tho only undenominational Institu
tion ln the stnto for tho higher education of
whlto boys. The buildings nre broken down
nnd practically roolless and the property In
them ln danger. Tho Methodists and
HaptlBts have establishments at Emory and
Mercer, and If It were not for these tho
condition would bo pitiable. As It Is. the
whlto boys of Georgia seem doomed to
Ignorance, whllo tho negto has advantages
equal to the best tho world affords. If tho
wall Is not a Uttlo exaggerated It does In
deed fccem that the people of Georgia should
bestir themselves In tho Interest of the
whlto youth of the state, to whom at least
equal opportunities compared with those
accorded tho negro should bo given.
Cost of Athletics.
Tho financial statement of athletics at
Harvard university for tho season of
1E99-1900 gives nn opportunity to catch an
Inside gllmpso of the cost of athletics in
tho colleges.
For the season tho receipts from all the
different branches of athletics at Harvard
wero J10I.739 and the expenses wero $7S,233
lenvlug a balance of $2C.C0t. Included In
the expenses Is tho sum of $25,101 spent on
buildings and grounds and for permanent
Improvements. If this sum were deducted
It would leavo a balance of over $51,000
nftcr running expenses wero paid, or nearly
50 per cent of tho receipts. Foot ball
paid tho best of any branch of athletics
Tho receipts were $03,920 and the expenses
were $20,877, leaving a balance of $43,013
Paso ball comes next with receipts nf
$15,5S7 and expenses of $ll,99fl, leaving a
balance of $3,791. Tho university boat
club did not pay expenses by $223, but ns
tho freshman crow had n balance of $3C8
boating nt Harvard mny bo said to havo
paid Its way and a Uttlo more. Tho
ekatlng rink and cricket club ran Into
debt, whllo lacrosso and lawn tennis had
each a small balanco to their credit.
Ynlo probably Bpends nearly ns much ns
Harvard, Princeton three-fifths ns much
Pennsylvania about tho same, Columbia
Cornell nnd cnicago universities a sum
somewhat less, while a host of smaller
colleges recelvo and spend from $2,000 to
$10,000 a year each on athletics. In all
tho United States It Is safe to say tha
$500,000 Is received and spent on Intcrcol
Icglato athletics nnnally.
EdlM'iillontll .oten.
Thero nro now W schools In the Island
of Porto Rico, nn Increise of 1M during
the year. At this rate the next gineratlon
of Porto Rleans will bo pretty thoroughly
Americanizeu.
Thero nro nbnut K,.(V).CKo nunlls In ill
schools of the United States as many
flerm-iiiv. Franco anil Italy combined and
three times tuo enrollment oi urent nritani
nnd Ireland, and nv nines ns many a
Russia, with Its population of I0).u.0'0.
Tho miicli-dlscussed Hall of Fnme orcriid
by the New York university will be coin
pleted within n month, the work of put
tlntr on the roof being now under way
Oivlnir to the fai t that so many nromlnon
Amerlenns will no unknown no fur as rer
(ignition In the Hall of Fame Is concerned
the council of tho university hns Inkei:
Htepi to have nn additional Hall of F.uno
erected In honor of lorcign-norn Americans
Tho next meeting nf the Department
Superintendence of tho Nntlnnul Educa
tlolilil association win no ueiu tint mm weei
111 February at University hull, In the Fin
Aria liiilldlm.'. Chlcairo. On the cvenlriL- i,
tho 20th President Arthur Hadley i.f Yal
mllcL-n will lecture. A the space is llm
lied only members of the department wi'l
be admitted, nnu tno neajupiurters will b
nt the Auditorium In order that there in r
be as Uttlo dllllcultv oh possible In nttin.l
ing the meetings, Ono meeting will bo de
voted to tho report or what is uctuniiy dm
In the dnmestli pclineo nnd mnn ial train
lug department ef Hi elementary Bile, d
2B
of the Inrge cities where the work lin been
organized one afternoon will be devoted
to rotind-lnble dlseiison
William E Curtis. th- Chicago Record
correspondent, has been looking up thn
"Kt'fes and finds that more young men nri
Mud) lug medicine tlinii are studying law
ntid theology combined. The tnedlcat
shool f ti. United state nio Instructing
jJ.a young men, tbe college of law havo
1I.&.I and the theological semlnnrlex x.lKI
It Is Imimsslble to ascertain the number
or students ef medicine nnd law who aro
pursuing their studies In the otllces of
practitioners, but that factor would not
materially alter the proportion.
Tho forthcoming blennlnl report of '.ho
superintendent of public instruction show
that there nro l.riAltt mtoiih of school
ago In Illinois, of whom MH.ffi? nre malc4
iit.d .M.tW-i females. It Is an Increase, dur
ing the past ear of 31.525 The number of
pupils enrolled In the pulill- schools wan
u.n. of whom 43,7!C were innles nnd
u.iiii iciiiuicH i ne average uniiv ntieui
nee was 737.S07. The estimated Value of
Chool lironertv U Sl7.ni7.ivs!) This lnrliiilr
12.S01.) school building', and they nre kept
open on nn nverngo f 1(AI days ench year.
Tho whole number of srilnol teachers em.
ployed lust year was 10 31.1, Including fi.'.Ol
mnh teiehers and 1MG3 females. Tbe mat"
nre paid mi average monthly salary of
JiV'34 ami the fi males nn average of $52.15
i ne loini expenditure for the year was
SIS.327.121. Of thl amount there was paid
for sites, buildings, permanent repairs, ete ,
2,vAI. nnd for salaries of superintend-
us iiMi teachers Jll.lll.ir.1.-. i
TO 1,1 VI! MING, (iEi' MlltlttUI).
iltlcr of n Mcillonl Authority on thr
Art to Prolong Life.
If n man wants to live long ho should get
married. No less n medical nuthorlty than
Hnfoland, in his "Art to Prolong Life," has
sscrted the lenellrent Influence of matri
mony upon the physical welfare of mankind
nnd numerous Investigations hate proved
mcc then that thn mortality among sltigln
erple, nt Ic:it nmong the male fct, Is
iiuch larger than that nmoiig the married.
Dr. Printing, connected with the most im
portant German life insurance omnium-,
ho Gotha, furnishes in tho Allegemelnes
Statistics Archiv a further contribution
pon this subject with leqard to Catholic
ml etnngellcnl clergymen.
It cannot bo presumed, argues the writer.
thnt the one ronfesslon has nn Inherrnt
tronger vitality than tho other. At nny
rale, the Catholic clergymen hns. so far
s the necessities of llfo aro concerned, nn
lister path than his evangelical brother.
who frequently has to protldn for n Inrgo
family. According to the Investigations
Hindu by tho Gotha Institution, the expected
enths In the case nf evangelical clergymen
ere S3 per cent, while In tho case of Cath-
lie clergymen the percentage wns 112 -
that Is, Instead of 100 death risks expected
ml figured nn lu the line of premiums 112
occurred. The great mortality among Cath
olic clergymen !s principally caused by
leknesa resulting from the organs of cir
culation, Including paralysis of tho brain.
he development of theso diseases, tho
writer maintain!", is not caused by pecu
liarities of the profebslon per se, but Is
ho consequenco nf certain habits nf llfe
which can bo directly traced to the unmar
ried condition.
Tho most Important reairnn for tho as-
ertlon thnt matrimony lessens tho mor
ality nmong men, according to Dr. Prlnz-
Ing, Is found lu the fact that widowers also
how n Inrger mortnllty that the married
man nnd that In tho ease nf the female sex
tho fclnglo women show not much morn
mortality than the married ones. rno
creator mortality of widowers can prob
ably be nserlbed to the fact that they miss
tho accustomed care which they enjoyed
urlng a well-regulated mnrrled condition.
In regard to Home causes of deith tao in
fluence of married life Is well established
y Indisputable Ktatlsllcs: thus In suicide,
nccldents, nnd deaths which result irem
mental diseases. It Is conclusively proved
that sulcldo occurs moro frequently among
single than among mnrrled people. Tho
writer claims that In the case of thn male
sex suicides are- mostly prevalent nmong thn
single, not so often nmong tho widowers
and least of all among tho married men;
ln tho caso of the female sex suicides are
infrequent nmong married women, but thoy
nro more rroquem among tviunwn oi nu hko
classes than nmong olnule women. In tho
case of accidents the mortality Is still much
more frequent among single nnd widowed
people than among the mnrrled, and mental
dlrenses prevail much more among tho
single thnn among tho married, though In
this case It Is doubtless truo many mentally
deranged people aro prevetued from marry
ing
The presumption prevails that tho lesser
mortnllty of married people cannot be solely
explained by ranltary reasons. George von
Mayr. the celebrated economic scientist, for
Instance, claims that tho material difference
In the duration of middle llfo between slnglo
and married men must be largely ascribed
to the fact that tho group of tho married
men represents a better grado of society In
sanitary respect than that of tho single, be
causo tho latter group naturally embraces
moro members nllllcted with physical nnd
mental defects, who cither cannot or will
not marry. A similar view Is held bv Dr.
Kollmnn. another acknowledged authority,
who also Inys less stress upon the greater
regularity In tho llfo of tho married r.s
upon tho fnct that ns a matter of fact
strong natures nro moro given to marrlago
than tho weaker cues. Put tho vlows of
theso two scientists aro combated by Dr.
Piinzlng. who says that these views do not
explain the fnct of tho greater mortality
nmong the widowers. Ho Is of tho opinion
that family llfo has a much greater tn
lluenco upon health than Is generally cup
poBod, and tho llfo-prolonglng power of
matrimony Is be) nnd question, lu this con
nection ho refers to the undoubted fnct that
tho frequency of marriages changes with
social conditions.
Statistical researches provo that tho
greater mortnllty nmong single peopio is
not only caused by tho fact that wenker
natures do not marry, but that It Is to a
largo extent duo to certain dangers aud clr-
cuuistnnces In llfo to which nlnglo peopio
nro more exposed than married ones. Llfo
Is of more value to thu married man than to
tho slnglo one. Thn tupporter of tho family,
as well ns tho mother, cannot bo replaced,
nnd henco they avoid dangers. Slnglo peopio
are nearly always restricted to hoarding-
house and hotel llfo with its incident, if uot
consequent, addictions to alcoholic stimu
lants, which not only undcrmlno tho health.
but nro detrimental to mental soundLoss.
Therefore, Hr. Prlnwg nrguer, man has tho
opportunity to proloni; his llfo for years by
getting married.
Did Hr Tell the Truth.
After hnvlng supplied a moonshiner In
a South Cnrollna Jail with n month's nup-
ply of smoking tobacco," said a gotern
ment surveyor the other day, "I pre
sumed upon tho deed to ask:
" 'Didn't ymt know it wan ngalnst tho
law to manufacture moonshlno whisky?'
"'I heard that was a law once,' ho re
plied. " "What do you mean by "onco?" '
" 'Why Juba French told mo thar was
slch a law, but when I asked Jim Truman
about It ho says that Juba Is slch a liar
that nobody kin bolevo him undor oath, and
so I reckoned I was safo to go ahead. Shoo,
but I wonder how Juba romo to till thu
truth fur that mm timet"'
llouxeholil elulile.
Chicago Post: When ho reached homo
ho opened tho pnekago ho was carrying
and dlsplajed a numbei of plarards, somo
of which rend: "For Show," and tho others
"For Ubc."
"There!" ho exclaimed, triumphantly, "I
(latter myself I havo solved tho prcb
lom." "Solved tho problem!" sho repented.
"What problem? What In tho world do
you Intend to do with those cards?"
i nm going to glvo them to you," ho re
plied, '"so that you can put them on 'ho
varlniiB sofa pillows scattered about tho
house,"
