Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 September 1908 — Page 6

Three GirU

DA-RK HOKS-E Mrs. Seton-Hall had throe pretty Girls stoppln with hor. Majori) Blake, tall ami fair, wltli lovely wide eyes nnU an indescribable way of wearing her clothes. Eunice AdaJr. sallow anil ollvoskinned. with glorious dark eyes and lips like crushed ohorries. Lastly, Anice Hart, gray-eyed, with brown hair; not so beautiful as the other two. but more dlstlnguistiou Vlilvl i wt Ulli V . looking and a genius for selecting the nehf fhlticr in rroo.kK. Mrs. Seton-llnll was proud of her young guests. "Hob will havo to lose his heart to one of them." she confided to Penelope Chalmers.

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wavs did agree wirb Mrs. Seton-Hall. whic!- was whv the older woman hked her so well !.. M- u-.ii.iu-..n f.- ii imicninii " inquired Pen. lope. IS .ill. uuiurisrii i v . ' nun...".... You have seen his portrait, ami ne i is my brother.'- said .Mrs. Seton-Hall. t I . - . 1l'tMUMOp IMUSIH-a. r "Put 1 do not know wnethr he is tall or medium, or Indifferent or masterful." she hastened to tx plain, apoloKetlcally. "You romantic little soos." said ' t

Mrs. Setonllull. "To me Mob is Justice unter s qiucK sjmpuuiv uu uu. a nice, pleasant fellow, who would j emotional beauty, make anv girl a good husband. 1 wish Oh. It Is Runice!' she exclaimeil. you would observe him well this even-1 Pshaw!" said Pol, "you are not a Ing and let me know how he looks to bit clever. 1 would just as soon live in you. After all. my dear, you have con- j the house with a hurricane." iddcrable s n?.e even If you are stupid Penelope! Penelope!" called Mrs. about some things. Run ami ill ess S.-ton Halls well-trained voice, now, you luve admired me lonu ! ' routing! " answered the girl, enough, and. Penelope, do put ou I've been searching everywhere for something becoming. I want everyone you." said M's. Seton-Hall. to look their b stHob is so critical."' i Ssh! He's made his cholco," said "As If it made any difference how 1 j Penelope, "and Just gave mo to underlooked." thought Penelope, but. never-island It was Anice Hart!" theless. she donned a rose-colored; It is just like a man to pick out the crepe, the only nice frock in her ward-; rlainest-looking girl. I suppose her robe, and went downstairs looking .ligntry appeals to him. There is a reg

, like a wild rose. , Mrs. Seton-Hall sent her brother In with a girl on either arm. selecting !

Majorie Wake, the blonde, and Eunice jail the horses are out or disabled?" Adair, the brunette. , Penelope tied up a broad sun hat. Anice Hart sat directly opposite the; -hv the wav. dear, after I get this young man. where her superb figure (affair of Hob's off my mind. I mean to and magnificent frock showed to the n uit of a holiday- a little trip

best advantage, Hob Waldersea was not easily im- a presseu, uemg someining oi a man oi the world, and much traveled. A pret-,

ty girl more or less did not make hls;one's expenses do mount un so these

pulse tremble. He was quite at his ease, and In a most entertaining mood Penelope Chalmers, tucked away at the far end of the table, watched him In fascinated admiration, and wondered how those other girls could laugh and chat with him so calmly. Majorie Blake and Mr. aldersea ;

had been engaging in a merry war of qUjte attached to her. but she ls altowords when Miss Adair protested. "I gether matter-of-fact." claim Mr. Walderseas attention." she I Meanwhile. Hob Waldersea. from pouted. "It is as much as five mln-!nls corner of the veranda, was also tites since he has given me a glance." watching Penelope, and suddenly he "Impossible!" exclaimed the young started up and followed her.

man, m mocK noxror. inmn wnai . joy I have been missing all that time. Tell me something, quick, quick, or someone else will speak and I shall have to look away again," he said. In a half whisper. "What shall 1 tell you?" "Tell mo who tho tall girl Is with; rrn vo nt tho mW end nf th.. in-1 ble.' "Why. that Is Penelope Chalmers." "Indeed! Well, Penelope Is a very quaint name for a very odd-looking girl. Who Is Miss Chalmers, anyway? Where does she come from?" "Don't you know? She is Mrs. Se-ton-Hall'B companion and secretary; comes of some very old and povertystricken family, I believe. Awfully sweet girl; we are tremendously fond of her. nnd so sorry for her. you know. It ls too bad she Is not pretty, don't you think? She might marry well If she vad more style." When Dob Waldersea had boon at Dream Vale, his sister's country home, for three weeks, he discovered that Penelope Chalmers was the power be hind the throne. It was Penelope who 111 11-, till V'MV . . " VUVIUNU W ,.., i.,.c ,.i , i n ,.ow. t tennis when necessary, and she ex1 n1 nt ifin ennrt It tna Pnnnlnna M-hn ronil nlnnri whlli. fh irnmnn am. broldered nnd the men smoked lazily on the broad veranda. It was Penelope who went up town on the warmest day of the season to execute com missions for t verybody. One day Itob rante across the useful voiins won an outstretched in a hammock. Ii -T;xd for a moment staring down nt 1: r. ;ind she se med to feel bis gar.e and IrHiked up. Miss Chalmers In a new role," he said, liphth . laziness personified." Her so'ious eye sparkled, and a dimple der'ed her cheek. "I will confSF Honje',ing " shr whispered; "I ant the laz, st person you ever met." "What a!rs von do put on. then; why. sometime you have pretended to be almost nergetlc." "It Is all pretense. I just hate to move. I should like to have a little !avo boy follow me around to move things out my way and pick tip articles I m L'ht drop." i.aty people are usually sympnthetTHE HALTER OF FASHION. The Chief Vanity of Man Cravat Why Not? Is His How Innocent a bit of folly Is a man's necktlo. From tho G-year-old, with his Fauntleroy collar and large Windsor tie. to the dignified white lawn bow beneath the clergyman's chin, what article in tlte male wardrobe Is So representative of the vanity of mankind? Who has not witnessed the lnconFlstency of tho youth who tosses on hastily every other part of his attire nnd spends fl teen minutes s riig;llng with his four-in-hand? Gray hairs aro not a ways beyond a lingering hope that Belinda may be subtly conscious l"u M"v.v"t... u. Ul .vu ... SeUatO Craau Both in tho purchase nnd In the wearing there is no part of his dross on which man expends so much thought. We have all met that gentle being who trims his mother's bonnets and wears a pink tie; we know, too, tho Individual whose approach Is her

and a Man

IJV THE "RACE ic," said Hob. "1 wonder If you are." "You might try aud see," she sugRested. Hob sat down on a .long chair beside the hammock. "Do you know why wy devoted sislex invited me down here?" ho said. Ponelopo tlushud. "I suppose I can guess the reason, she sal.!. "Well, do you kuow, I hae tnaiie up - . my mind to behave myself and please a" u-iuuua "Roally! Penelope sat up in bor exciteinant. -Which one Is it?" "Guess." Pniifimit thought for a minute. He cnreiiiiiy snem inure um Mnrjorie than with elthor of the other Rlrls. "Miss Blake, she said, Waldersea threw back his head nix! laughed. . . i "I wo" as soon nuirrj an ceuuri,. mouo.es art? bwu m iuiv .... I Sphinx would be more companionable, in daily life. Then Penelono recalled that althouah they had not gone about so 'much together, she had often seen Mr. i Waldersea and Eunice Adair in earnconversation. She remombored . ...n.i istered letter at the post-office, and ;jmi are the only one who can si me. Would you mind walking over jihro.nl. and. of course. I shall not need companion, so you might be on the lookout for some other position. I am snrH i shall miss you terribly; but , 'days. "Of course." said Penelope. "Is there anything else I can do for you in the village?" "Xo. thank you." Penelope started off. and Mrs. SetonHall sighed resentfully. "She has no feelinus. that slrl. I have become ..Vw nm vmi jynirn? now."" b askod. as he caught up with her. There was no answer. Then he peered beneath the big lint. Tho lovely eyes were dewy with i tears, and the long lashes glistened. I "Pnni- Mittit ii-hnt ic t!w mnltnr'" , . reneiope s puuoi nuenipi ai eaun noss was scattered, and she broke down and sobbed. "Mrs. Mrs. Seton-Hall Is going away, and and " "And she will not want you?" he af' "sil. Penelope sobbed harder than evor, so that he knew his surmise was corlect. "What are you going to do?" "I I don't know." "Where are you going now?" "To the post-ofllce." She has sent you to the village this broiling day?" "I I don't mind that; only afterwards I have no place to go to. Oh!" "Yes yon have, Penelope; I want you to come and live with me." Penelope dropped her arms at her . it side and stared at him A cc,,"lanion to HSKU. Anice?" she t 1 Ompanion to nobody as my wife." " You you said it was Anice. You can not care for me." "I will show you whether I can or not. You are the most attractive, the umiiiimieu. a'1 the n,.ost fMclnatlnB girl I have ever seen in my life. "Nobody has ever said such things to tno before," snld Penelope. "Hut many people will say them In the future. You will creato a sensation In my world." When they told Mrs. Seton-Hall she said, coldly: "I am very glnd, I am sure; but I might have saved myself the trouble of having: all those silly girls around, and now I suppose you will put on airs and not be willing to wait on us any more." Hob lifted his eyebrows. "My wife will certainly never wait on anybody not oven herself." Ii said decidedly. Spare Moments. aided by the rosy reflection of a scar j lot puff tie held In place by a large horsoBtioe or nriuiuius; tue man m the made-up tie which Is never fastened down at the hack; the hard-working man with the frayed tie. and the man who wears a blue tie with his tuxedo. Surely, If Shakespeare had lived in our day. Polonius would havo cautioned Laertes "that the necktie oft proclaims tho man." Yet Is it not the very irony of fate that this chief channel for man's vanity should be the only portion of his costume which is a visible joy to every ono but himself? A young lady re cently argued that It was a man's duty , to , not hInweIft lmt ,s fri(,nUll, , , cnok.t, of a neckU g , , wn, ts constftnt Mlo,;,: (era. nie man ionised, however, and Kavo ns the reason that strangers ! nftnn imiifml tilu virt- nlmranti.i. I... it. I.. fragment of his attire. Certainly if a man's entire career Is lufitioncod by tho scrap of color under his chin, ho does well to select It with tho grüntest caution Youth's Com-

ALICIA'S fURSt

J Stortettf There Is an appearance of sweot

simplicity Jibout Alicia, au lugonnous- forll It myself, and papa wouldn't news of expression, an Innocent, half- BOt jt for ,0 as ons H i hnd the old inquiring, half-wondering look in her om, big blue oyos and an artlessness In still. I'm sorry for that young her observations on things in general man i suppose ho thought I'd bo nl that rendar hor friends very anxious nnxtrell's for a long time nnd he'd on her .account. 1 am anxions myself ROt tno ,)Urst, and bring It back to mo very anxious. and surprise me. 1 wonder If he Isn't I am afraid that ono of these fine walking tip and down Slate street now days some designing youth with wJtn ,lmt wretched little purse In his imdded shoulders and pointed shoos hnm looking for me?" will persuade Alicia to a matrimonial , ..j wonder!" 1 said. And as 1 re-engagement-There are many such j ninrked before. 1 am still wondering, young Impostors dangling around her, , Chicago Dally News. and It is rather remarkable that nothtug of the sort has happened. Not SEEK LOST TREASURE, thnt it Is anything to me personally, Cdufon!1'1 hat l Al,ClU ,m I Hunt Is Started For $2,000.000 B.rled Knmotlmnfi. thnnifh. I catch myself i Off Mexican Coast.

wondering if Alicia is really as guile-) .. . i . - ' U,8S as sll0 swms. j wondered wnen j 8lu, tolu ,no anoni losing ner pur .

a shopping expedition yesterunj. 1 i by a svndlcnte of Americans to rews dreadfully worried about it." she j cover lno tnnsure that is said to He said. "It seemed so careless of me. I i Jn Uie hoi(l of llu, American vessel, don't suppose men ever do lose their t Golden Gate, sunk just off the coast purses, do they?" ' f,f Mexico about 50 miles southeast ot

Never,' 1 replied, ' or almost ,

never." j orations nre received hero almost "Papa never does." said Allein. I j daJy Although the vessel was heard him tell ninmma that ho never . uoacne(l j,, n terrific storm in 1SC1. its did. That was when mnnnnn lost hers. postion jn the water has not changed. Ho says it Is so foolish tor women to Tno nmsts nre stin visible, carry their pocketbooks around in I Tno t,ssei ls gaj,i t0 hove carried their hands: but I'm sure I don't know , abmJt j2.000.OOü In gold. This troas how else they could carry them tin-1 ure was ij, transferred from San less thev Mlnnced them on their prancisco to New York. The ownem heads. Pesldes, when I have mine in j oJ. ,ne vt,sse began to recover the gold my hand I always know It's there; It j soon ftfter the wrocki an,i jn isC2 .1. Isn't as If I had It In a pocket -where u j0hnst0n recovered gold bullion to I'd never be sure that somebody Ul0 amomu (,f $900.000. Several inhadn't picked it." J effectual efforts wore made in the "Of course not," I agreed. " Hut if veftrs Jlmt follow! to find the 1ml

you carried yours in your nanu now .11,1 ..ah fru- It i laid It down of course. I was

?, and jooking at embroideries nt Spoonder-1 of San praiieiSCOi ntted out an expesn !or i by's anl you can't look at embroid- j dUJon to n seek tho ,.pCOvery of

vnes wuu uuc imuu. i wnntel the embroidery for a gulmpe." said Alicia. , "For a what?" i Oh. never mind. Anyway. I must j have gone away and left my purse ly-, ing on tlte counter. i Know in n i , must have done so. but I didn't think t but I dldu t uunk t Qf it at the time. It must nave ueen Issod lt. I had got nn hour before I missed thronen with my shopping at Spoon ! iierhv'.q and I was in Raxtrell's "You hadn't bought much. then. "What makes you thluk so?" "I just guessed " "I wanted a sample of albatross and " "Did you say you were In Raxtrell s or Lincoln Park?" Albatross Is a cloth, silly," said i Alicia. "I had a sample of It in my purse that I wanted to match and when I went to look for it I found, of course, that I hain't got it " "You looked for if in your hand, I suppose, and to your great surprise your hand was empty?" "Yes." said Alicia, simply. "My first thought wan that I inut have dropped it somewhere on the fl r anil I began to look aroun l for it. Just then a voice at my elb-v said. 'I beg pardon, but have you lost an thing?" What kind of a voice?" I Dsked. it was a very musical voice." replied Alicia, "rich and deep and penetrating, with an Indescribable quality In It. vou know what I mean." "A liquidity?" "Not exactly n liquidity, iso. I nero , was a sort of sympathetic timbre. But you don't know what I mean. You are Just laushing at mo." I assure you I was not. was u a roans voice or a w.pn: Whv. a man's, of course. satii

Alicia, widening her eyes. "How could ; jn tn0 PVent the treasure Is recovera man speak In a woman's voice? And j P(j jo per cent of the amount will

he was just splendid. Tall and dark and with the loveliest little siik niacK moustache." "I wish I had been there." I said, i'm sure I don't know why you should, because he was perfectly re spectful. I think lie saiu, nave you lost anything, madam?'" "Oh. one of the lloorwalkors." "He was nothing of the kind. Ho didn't look In the least like a floorwalker ; most of them are bald and middle-aged. They are at Raxtrell's There are some young ones at Spoonderby's. There Is ono In the ribbon department who Is per " "Never mind, what did you do? Did you freeze him?" Of course I know that tho Idea of Alicia's freezing anybody Is quite preposterous. "You should have done so." I said. "I told him that I liftd lost my purso and he w"as most polite and concerned. He didn't try to be silly as some people do." "What people?" "Never mind. He asked me to describe the purse and looked all around under the counter and stools and everywhere, but we couldn't find It. and then I told him that I'd probably left it at the embroidery counter In Spoonderby's and he offered to go back there with me." Alicia." I said severely, "I'm going to speak to your mother and ask her not to let you go shopping alone. The idea of walking around the stores with a stranger a young man you know absolutely nothing anout and talk Inu with him and smiling at hint and , "But I didn't walk around with hint." protested Alicia. "I told him that I wouldn't think of troubling him und I asked the o.Iork to show mo hoiiio albntross and he bowed and walked

awav just ns niceiy aw uouiu ne. ne u ran; was' perfects lovely about It and l' "'Meeting this morning the gentleielt mean because I was afraid he man called Mephisto or Beelzebub, I

would think I was trying to snub him." "You did perfectly right," I said. Perfecllv right." "I don't know." sighed Alicia. ' I don't like to be nub- Well, when I tlaoiab looking at the nllmtnm I went Imck to Spoonderby's and. whnt do you think? They told me that somebody had Just called for the purse and described it exactly and that they bad ;iven H to him. and. do oii know, it liiuvr bine been the snttle young man. The d-scrlption the young

woman gave of him makes mo abso lutely cortr.ln that It was he." "I nevet keep my money In my purse when 1 go shopping." said Alicia, with a faint blush. "There were a lot of wimples In U. though nnd car fare, and 1 hated dreadfully to lose It. Hut papa bought me another and I'd wanted a new ono for

ever so long. It's Just tho boautlfulost mti., thlnu. but 1 never could have nfThoro ,8 uluch intorest taken here jn tlje effort ti,at u n0v being made . 0 ionorts fnn the scone of opbut lhtf owners nnally guvo up the task. P W. .lolinaton (be forttine. It ls said tnai ne nan r celvetl mnto description of the plan of tl,e jterior of the vessel from his brother, who was In charpo of the ex1)0tllton for tiie owners when $900.000 wag j.ecoverod. This latter effort was , unsuccessful. It ws through Mr. Johnston that tho ,,resent expedition was organized A V0SSPl lms jUst RrrVed hero from from San Francisco, having on board B. F. Richardson, of Philaelphln; J. E. Phillips, of Denver. Colo., and S. E. Phillips, of Danville, 111. They are members of the syndicate who aro financing the operations under tho direction of C W. Johnston. The expedition ls well equipped. The sunken vessel lies within a few hundred yards of shore, and as a preparatory step a temporary pier is being built from the shore to tho vessel. It will tike several weeks to complete this work. The difficulties that have prevented the success of former expeditions havo boen that tho hold of the vessel is filled with sand, covering tho gold bullion and a large Iron safe, which is known to contain $C5.0M In gold coins. The bullion is stored in boxes. Th present expedition is equipped with a powerful centrifugal sand pump, which will b placed upon th temporary pier. It is believed that with this pump the hold and Interior parts of the vessel can be ouicklv cleared of sand, anil that expert dtver will thn be nb'e to locate the treamire. Machinery has ben taken (0 the spot for use in hoisting the treasure boxes, and the afe to the surface when they are found. Pp to tllS time more than 525.WM) uns been (expended by tue present, tressure t,ninr;. luve to be paid to the Mexican government, under the lnw relating to the discovery of hidden treasure. It Is stated that th- syndicate Ins obtained a clear title to whatever of value they may recover, from the heirs of the original owners of the wrecked vessel. Kept a Diary Seven Years. Henry Arthur Jones, the noted English playwright, was giving the student of Yale nn address on the drama. "Your American vernacular is picturesque." he said, "and it should help your playwrights to build slrong. racy plays. But neither vernacular nor anything else I of moment If perseverance Is lacking. "No playwright can succeed who ls like a man I know. "1 said to the man one New Year's day: "'Do you keep a dairy. Philip?" "Yes. he answered. I've kept one for the first two weeks In January for the last seven years." Paved With Good Intentions. A diplomat was talking in Wash ington about the late Hon Auberon Herbert, son of the earl of Carnarvon. "He was connected with the British Embassy here," said the diplomat. "hut after ho turned Utopian he would have naught to do with diplo imif-v. Why. he once addressed a crowd In New York like thi: "The mad. blind struggle for the dollar, with no thought of the higher life, is ruining your country. The hearts of your men nre like the rocks tuai tintiorne join yiem ruy. il i a great city of hard hearts "Mr. Herbert was always original. I once heard him address a New Year bäumtet of clergymen. I'll try nnd ( repeat the nddresn In his own words. gteotd him politely ami said "'How are things down your way?' "'He grimaced and shook his head. He pointed to the mud on It in hoof and tall. We are in a duooe of a moss down there." he nld. "This Is the season, you know, when our pavements are being laid. He who knows bow to live knows when to die. Ability Is the measure of answerability.

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Little Items of Interest ALL Over the Length and Breadth of Indiana

Heinz Donates $25,000. II. J. Holnz, of Hfty-soven varieties fame, has contributed $25,000 to Winona Assembly for tho oieotlon of a Sunday School auditorium. Wabash Expects 400 Mark. Wabash College oxpuets to break nil records of attendance this year when the fall term opens on Septombur 15. He Played with Matches. Harry, the three-year-old son of George Wallace, whilo playing with matches in a barn at Sidney was burned to death. "Shoving the Queer." Huntington banks are warning people against lead dollars, counterfeits of sliver dollars, which are found in largo nitmbors In that vicinity. R. R. Carriers Convene. The seventh annual convention of the Indiana Rural Letter Carriers' Association Is being hold in Marlon .this week. r-atai i-au uown oiu.ia. Leaving his bed to go down in the kitchen for a drluk of water, Joiin n. Grube, of Indianapolis, stumbled nt the head of the stairs and fell to Instant death at his residence. Drowns Trying to Save Brother. Called on for help by his nineteen - year-old brotheV. Eldon Virgil I.'wis, Is iintitnn nwam to the rescue and went down in a futile attempt to drag His brother to saiety. Little Girl Bonfire's Victim. The clothing of the three year-old daughter of Robert Wland. of Marlon, caught fire when she was playing about a bonfire, and she was burned to death. Utopia fccneme up ,.,. Plans for the development of a cooperate e Ptopla. centered about Utopia Scheme Up In Air. Homecraft, have come to nauplit a Dunblin. Wayne county The project was financed ny n. t. .ncisou. a urn-. llonaire philanthropist, of St. Louis. Cou.cn t iop nc.ng. Henry Ijiuib. Cfl years old. a civil r veteran, while driving with his n Nelson, nrar Wabash, was Selzen war with a lit of sueeziug nnd died before help could be reached. Her Dangerous Plaything. ! Ttv the accidental discharge of a re volver In the hands of his ten-year-old sister, Jessie Hanklns, whllo tney were playing nt the home ot a remWalter HankinS. a "'--t ----- six years old. wn3 shot and Instantly killed. Shot Wife, Then Self. Following a quarrel nt their home in itnliriiifmoliK Henrv Stuckman. 30 years old. shot and killed Instantly his wife. Lizzie. 33 years old, and thon took his own lire. Honest Governor Folk. Governor Polk, of Missouri, has returned 100 to A. K. Ward, trensuror of the Sullivan Chautauqua, having beon overpaid that amount when the troasuier settled with him. Come3 Out for Bill Taft. Tho Lake County Times, one of the largest circulated dalllos In northern Indiana, printed nt Hammond, and heretofore un Independent paper, has declared Itself for Taft and his platform. "Shades of Death" to Be Resort. The Globe Realty Company of Crawfordsvllle lms sold the "Pleasant View" summer resort nnd the "Garland Dells Mineral Springs," known as "The Shades of Death," to a syndicate which Intends to make It one of tho best resorts In the Middle West. throiiHh the efforts of Thomas Hart, capitalist and manufacturer Tan Shoe Looked Like Squirrel. Thomas Hlsgen. Jr., cousin of tho Independence league candidate for President, was shot by his father-in-law near Petersburg, while Hunting sniiiriels. The fnther-ln-lnw mistook while hunting Hisgen's tan shoo ;u the brush for a squirrel. Hlsgen is badly wounded. Come on. Boysl Charlie Llndy. a ranchman, of near Los Angeles, enme all the way to Petersburg to be married to Miss Mattie Patterson. Miss Patterson Is the second of twelve sisters, nearly all of marriageable age, to bo married during the last few years. Killed as Parents Were. Prank Wolf, aged ifi. a farmer, was killed bv the Chicago flyer on the Michigan Central railroad near Lake Station, with both of his horses. II is exactly a year ago that his father and mother were killed at Hobart by a Lake Shoro train In the same way. Noted Historian in Bad Way. Prof. Cyrus W. Hodgln. for many years head of the history department at Karlham College, author of many text books and other works of a lila torlcal naltiro. is in n critical slato of 'loalth, and Is not uxpocted to recover.

Muncie Has S100.000 Factory Fund.

Although little has been said about jreetra. way U tie w thout ffi .,.3

It and there has been no public bur-. for wnt0r work rah In connection with it. a factory fund now known to be in excess of ' nn. J'r" 1 fA S cent

5100.000, has been raised In Muncie

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Shoals Shaken Some. Two earthquake shocks touched up Shoals last week without doing any harm. Terre Haute a Big Town. Torre Haute Is claiming 70,000 pe pie, but has to go across tho Wabnh to do it. More Indiana Oil Territory. A largo oil well was drilled in east of Oakland City last week. Spwu Intors havo gobbled up surrounding territory.

Jumped to Death in Delirium. Silas Gouttnl, aged 79, delirious from the use of cocaine to dead pnin while his tooth was extracted, thought v heard a fire alarm and jumped through a window at Wabash, bt-tug, fatally injured. Garter Only Clew In Mystery. The disappearance of Miss Ella Saunders. 1G years old, from Ander son, and the finding of a blood-stained garter on the banks of White river have caused the local authorities tr work (in tho tlinnrv ihnt ihf mlHttlm yirl had been sinln nuu tbrown tnt. ; the stroma. Light and Heat War Ends. After ii ten months' ileht. which .it I times waged so bitterly that tho best I nf frffinila hnoitme enemies llif Yin I ceuues Light and Power Company j which has been supplying the am ficlal gas for th city, has bowed f the Black Hawk Light. Heat and j Power Company, which furnishes nat urul ens. and the latter coiiitKiiiy in now in complete possession of th. field. Death to Kckomo Mosquitoes. Instructed by the State Board of Henhh the Kokomo Board of Health ) has poured barrels of oil into Wildest ' nnd Prairie creeks In low places to I cet rid of the mosquito nest. The riri riepartment also tlu.h! the entire M SN8tem t,f the city and a big . ; ,,. b t to work , ( fl , . . Kokoino 8 ufferim! emiildemlc of typhoid feer Farmer's Loss from Fire Bugs, i In a fire near Hlllsburg Curt GoV. , Mlne ft ,0HS of abiwl ( m Qm lndjcalioni, 0int to the flw . ,mv,nR ,,,, nn jcediary origin. TV . f h lareest and barn wn6 one of the largest and most modem In Clinton counts Three valuable horses were burned. Including Doc Reynolds, tho fninou pacing stallion, valued at $5.00 and Low Jim. a draft stallion, vafued st $3.000. What Drought Costs Wayne County. Walter S. Rati; ff. one of the beht known authorities In the State on agricultural and horticultural matter, has estimated that the existing drought will cost the farmers f Wayne countv betwoen $20.0ott an1 $25.0fl". Half of this amount will lost through Irreparable damage dotw to one-quarter of the total com crop Tho remainder of tho loss will result from the destruction of tho meadows and pastures. Tried to Be Dime-Novel Hero. Dime novels aro said to have leen responsible for the acts of Earl Stitt. a 10-vear-old boy of Howard countv who wrote a "Black Hand" letter and was caught trying to work a "get-ricli quick" scheme on his uncle. Kdward Nail, near Columbus, whom the youth mtmi in v!it He Is now In the Bbttholomew countv Jail. Mr. Nail wa much excited over the letter, which made It Imperative for him to see forty-one of his neighbors and get $f,00 from each of them under penalty of death. The Shame of Miller. Citizens of Miller, a village of 1 Inhabitants, two miles east of Gary, are talking of Impeaching tho town board for incompetence and stiperan ntmtion. Several Indignation meeting im. im held it is ehnrced that tho board granted a franchise for a .,!..!.. a in the board awarded an electric light contract and agreed t. forbid the use of oil lamps for light lug tho street corners. "Electric" Belts Filled with Cayenne. t?...n.r.rd In northern Indiana find riitii'-i 4 .1.., i.tif. been victimized uy r.1.1' r-tr. ihwtnrs who have been doing a wholesale business In Sellin: what they called electric bolts. Thw who bought and wore the bolts dured great agony, due to 11 burninp sensation. It was borne with heroism tho victims believing that the smart lug was caused by electricity. An examination of the belts by ni .il clan showed that tho contained ' 1..., vmiiH. neniier. The ueuf 1.1 .fill w... v....w fi' sold at $1 to $5 each, and the Chicag' men reaped a harvest. Brookville In Its Dotage. Hrookvllle was 100 years old ls week and had a big colebrat on. . was tho fourth town settled in M nnu. Justifiable. "A microbe expert says death lur"8 In tho telephone." "Profanity lurks In ours, I RU. from the langunges I heard John nnm when he got out of bed at ml " go and hoar some 0110 say, Th Is : I wrong number: ring otfl,M-HoJU Post.