Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 June 1909 — Page 2
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JASI'En.
INDIANA.
Vnat a simple fool any wrongdoer
leems -after he Is caught.
Tho sprint; huts must havo caused a
big boom in the hair market.
Shackleton evidently prefors tho rathskeller and Poary tho roof garden. But the spring poetafways drives us hack to the winter of our discontent.
Count Zeppelin has proven that in the airship business everything la not "all Wright."
Take off the storm door and hang at onco tho screen door, for spring has come and so have the tiles.
Baseball players and battleships dread the day when thoy must take places in the minor leagues. Guatemala naturally denies that It 1b making war. because, you know, war conies already mado in Guatemala,
iU UölL KböIvIö Little Items of Interest All Over the Length and Breadth of Indiana. State Prison Barn Burned. Strike Loss Is $100,000. Tho barn of tho Michigan City, Tho cost of the Evansvllle street prison was destroyed by lightning last ' car strike to date has exceeded $100,weok. Warden Hold's auto was de- 000.
s troy ed.
Acquitted of Manslaughter.
Merchant Beaten to Death. John MeDougal. 40 yours old.
Joseph E. Milbum. who stabbed prominont merchant at Van Buron,
Vincent Hermann to doath at Logans- ws beaten to death and three port, has been acquitted of tho chargo brothers Francis, Alva and Lester of Involuntarv manslaughter. I Mlllor aro held in jail as being rej sponsible for tho killing. Francis Milß.,LL.j , , . w.. lor, who Is said to have been IntoxlGrabbed a Live Wire. cnted ,8 n d w uaye deaU Uuj
uicnaru wa'tors, it years otu, wnue blows that resulted In McDougal's wading In a pond at Peru, seized an death, while his two brothers aro held
eioctric guy wire and was killed in- as accessories
stantiy.
Once Around the Axis
Trir On ihe "Btg Wheel
George Ade a Trustee. George Ade, author and playwright, Purdue, 'S7. was elected trustee of
Purdue University at the Alumni Asso
ciation's annual reunion last wook.
. -
hjuuw, iruit and vegotablo hat
trimmings aro a heap bettor than the
butchar shop trophies of bird mlllln- nelther tardy nor absent.
ery.
Punctual at Crawfordsvllle. The annual report of Superintendent
L. X. Hines for 190S-1909 shows that
pupns or urawtordnvil e wore
"tt'lc tl...
'.i. um.- una snown me i am wrong," reads a line In Alfred Austin's latest poem. It takes "wise time" to
make some people understand.
Selfridgos. an American department store, has paralyzed London shops. It allows people to go in and paw over
tae goods whother they buy or noL Dill) rtf Plnln--.ll. ... .
- w. .uwwiuuii a weaitmest wo
men is determined to marry her chnuf-
teur. hen a woman has wheels the
maiady la liable to assume almost any
Olio rtf tVio
w ,....- ouicjuiBis claims tn hnvn
Invented a machine which will make It
possible to detect liars. He may ex-
Pect to be denounced by the Ananias
(J1UD.
mis national silliness! Spain
i going to spend $40,000.000 on n navy that couldn't fire straight enough to
i me rock of Gibraltar if anchored
uuy reet off the shore line.
Crops Damaged by Rain. Reports received from northern Indiana Counties indicate that great damage has been done to crops by the heavy and almost unprecedented rainfall. Big Factory for Brazil. The Brazil Factory Club has closed
a contract with a company that will soon erect there the largest glass factory of its kind in the United States.
The plant will cost $100,000.
Indiana Town Changes Name. The Postolllce Department has
changed the name of the postofflce at Lima from Lima to Howe. The new
name is derived from the Howe Military School, which is located there.
Heavy Loss to Farmers. Farmers of lower Clay County re
port that the high waters of Eel River
have damaged the farms of that section to the amount of at least 5200.000
by washing out the crowinc crons.
Must Have Been Sport. Clark Combs and Miss Bertha Smith
of Owensboro, Ky., were married in
tho middle of the Ohio River In a
Black Hand in Indiana.
Postolllce Inspector Fletcher states that in the regime of tho Black Hand
Society In Ohio It demanded $3,000
of Indianapolis victims. Inspector
Hotelier says those who have re
ceived threatening letters declare
that they have not paid any money
but he believes big sums havo been
handed over, as the letters inspired
terror. Tho entire activity in lndi
ana Is the work of the gang that has been captured In Ohio, according to
Fletcher. Was It Murder or Suicide? Michael Stumpf, aged seventy,
retired soloon keeper, was found dead
in his bed at Charlestown with
bullet hole through his head. Miss Virginia Wolf, sixty years old, who
was a frequent caller at Stumpfs home, gave the alarm and was taken
In custody to await the verdict of
the coroner. The woman admits call
lug at the house this morning, and that Stumpf gave her $2, but says he refused to give her more. She told conflicting stories, but says the
man killed himself. The police say the circumstances, however, indicate
that Stumpf did not fire the shot. He was a wealthy bachelor and lived
alone.
A Virginia nreacher whn
'ormed the marriage ceremony for km at m,dn,B.ht at, Rockport, as they an' ending .900 loving couples is anxZ to JUr fUn IL 1 had been'
urmg nis record up to 3,000. Ambition sometimes shoots off in queer direc
tions.
Here's the Green Bug.
The green bug is said to be dolnc
great damage to the wheat crop In
many sections in southern Indiana.
In Posey County farmers say that the
The blind of the world havo hn
ceieoraung- the centenary of their ben- DUKS are eating up the heads of the
eiacior, the French blind m. Tio smm.
.uwuio
Braille. He Invented the system of
umuossea point writing which tho
ouna use, and which bears his name.
Smallpox Scare at Veedersburg. The State Board of Health has been
appealed to by health authorities at
Iconoclasts who are tellinc in tw ,Vcetl,er8UurS to aid in quelling an out Ripnnoi .. . - ... .g "3 that break of smallpox. Twenty-five per
ua uul ueauuiui, mat Ho- sons aro afflicted and 150 more have
ii.ca oues were written to boom the J been exposed
wine business, and that Paul Revere
am not ride, are plainly determined Brother Kills Brother.
to leave us nothing to believe in ox- William West, a laborer, was shot
cept tho disinterested philanthropy of n, öu , b?ther Joh? at ?vans" the Standanl mi m.- W cllle- The ,atter sava ho tol1 hls me standard Oil magnates. brother not to come around his house Chuane tvi. ; .. anv mo. and when he showed up he lirin ki5 Cheese philosopher, shot him. It is alleged bad feeling
" 'a "iure unnst, wrote: sieu oetween tne men for several
i tie pure men of old slenf win,... years
dreams, and walked without anxiety
I bey ate with discretion, breathing
" uiiiia. r or ntirr mnr. .1-
Plight of Romantic Pair.
Attired in men's clothing, her mas
querade being so deceiving as to defy detection, Miss Sylvia Daily, eighteeu, who says she lives at Alexandria, was arrested by the police at Richmond In company with Clarence Wells, age twenty-one, who also gave Alexandria as his place of residence. Miw Daily told a strange story to the police, one that Is deeply romantic, but one which did not have such an ending as the girl's fondest hopes
She said she and Wells
were in love a1 decided to elope
from Alexandria. Ti.?y were practically per.illcss, howtver, and decided that In order to .lot money to launch their matrimonial ship that both should contribute their labors. Wells Is a bollermnker by trade and the girl offered to don masculine attire and become his helper wherever he might find work. Instead of punishing the pair the authorities will obtain positions for them, and they will be married when Wells is employed.
Beats Coal All Hollow,
William Garrett, a coal miner Hvinc
isi f . ...
breath from i,i .... 111 -,UJ uiy. nas turned nis nttenoreatn rrom their uttermost depths, tlon to the mining of gold, which he
Bays ho discovered on his farm of ten
acres In paying quantities. He has
tho vulgar only from their throats."
v,.,m.,u, who discovered the
Koruia in an African forest, was de-
imeu a nature fakir when he first
iom me story of his find to the scientists. If Mr T l.
woi(jii innKo a cor
respondingly Important discovery, his
been at work for about six weeks
making excavations, from which he
says he has taken several specimens
or quartz.
Gave 'Em Licenses, Anyway.
The County Commissioners of Spen
have countrv hnmoa . .
-w...wu ui JMI1 inmi rn
which there are springs which flow slowly from a low, boggy soil. The purpose of the little book Is to sue
lo maKe such springs Into
countrymen will take his word for it cer County granted three saloon li
even though he doesn't brine hnmo n cenßes to men at Lincoln City over
specimen. t ui m iiuuihu ui imcoin
uuy, wno set up tue claim that it
A curious little palnDhtet hw,,., i'.-"1 n to-.havo
the iroolnirlrni an-,.,... u . 1 mwwu bu uuur uio pant wnere isancy tne geological survey has to do with Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abra
in improvement of natural springs. ham Lincoln, Is burled
i .u appeal to many persons who
mat s rMtcmng Some.
In a game of ball played in Nobles
vllle between the Black Diamonds, a team composed of colored men, and the Northslde Club, George Bowen, who was the box artist for the latter
more attractive as well as more fruit tea,u' 8truck out 24 n,en and allowed ful sourcos of wntor D..,.. .... . onlv one hit. Young Boweu, who Is
fnrmln. ,W .1 Z' "' ?"'' " yea" Old. pitched BCVOruI HO-
""-" "'e rounta na. hit cames ast season.
geysers or rills, or by covorimr thm
with pretty rustic spring houses A" Tnln9s Coming Bill's Way.
. 7 William Pierson, a Wabash river
iiiu ienai, noro and abromi nt mussel digger, enjoyed a double or
n " i . .
runur HKating, a pastime that wan in,,,u UI0B8,k one day last ween. In very popular a scorn nr .th" froon the mussel digger's little
' " w JLUI n HLT I lrttis i.tn.. ..UU.. 1 1 1 a l
reminds a Tn,ln .. vwiwu uy uio HiorK, wmcn
... . JUUiwniiBl ol tne ieii twin boys for his keeping. Richly
iaio oi tne pioneer Bkater, ono Joseph lI(,sel In the morning, Pierson was
awn iuruier pursued uy good fortune.
tor no lound a line poarl in the after
noon. The gem broticht SCOO.
Morl In n Tliitnl. ...r-.i. . - . .
t.uuiiiiuic, wno went to England in 17C8. Wishing to give an exhibition of his invention, which Is describod ns "n pair of skates designed to run on small wheols," ho was permitted to appear at a masquerade ball at a nobleman's housebut his debut seems to havo boen not quite HuccMBful. "Not having provided the moans of retarding his velocity or commanding Us direction," an oyowitness recordod, "ho Unpolled himsolf ngainst a mirror of moro than five hundred pounds' valuo, dashing it to atoniH, broke a violin to pieces, and wounded himself severely."
Post List of "Souses."
acinic uniier mo new atnto law.
Chief of Police McWeonv of South
Bend has sent printed lists of 150 in-
ebriates to South Bend saloon keep
ers, nouiyiiig tnem that thev must
not poll liquor to, any of tho persons listed. Time to Let George Out. Tho paronts of Georg Allmugh of Kokomo. who has boon confined In the Slato Prison at Jefforaonvllie noarly nine years for the thoft of a silk handkerchief, have been informed ho is to bo released in July.
Clark County Votes "Wet." Clark County last week at the polls declared In favor of the retention of licensed saloons, thus joining a tier of Ohio River Counties in Indiana which have voted "wet." The un
official majority for the saloon cause, as now indicated by returns, Is 1,004. Tho townships giving "dry" majorltios are reported as follows: Charlestown, 59; Utlca, 27: Silver Creek. 40; Bethlehem, 55; Owen, 7; Wood, 35; Monroe, 101; Union, 20;
Washington, 99.
Those voting "wet" and the major Hies were: Jeffersonville, 1,316; Carr,
104; Oregon, 27.
The city of Jeffersonville voted
"wet" by a majority of 94C. It is believed that business interests here.
since New Albany and Floyd County voted "wet," and since saloons flour
ish In Louisville, at the other end of the river bridge, supported the
liquor license proposition to a general extent because of fear of loss of
trade. There are sixty-one saloons
in this city which are affected by
today's voting. Elopements In Melon District.
That tho girls living in the melon
district, west of Owensville, are inclined to be romantic is shown by
the numerous elopements in the last three months. Five pretty melon
maids have figured In a like number
of elopements, and according to re
ports lovo-light is burning brightly for nil concerned. An elopement In
tho melon district does not create
much excitement any more. How
ever, the parents are keeping a close eye on their sons and daughters, de
spite the fact that true love is never
outwitted when Cupid gets busy.
Tne approaching melon season
probably will result In the usual number of romances. The girls cannot resist the temptation to write their
names and addresses In the canta
loupe basket that Is in tum Bhlpped to some distant market Almost Invariably the basket falls into the
hands of a young man, and a letter to tho melon maid naturally follows.
'ihe correspondence usually results
In the marriage of the principals.
Must Label Bleached Flour. According to a formal notice sent
to millers and flour dealers of tho
State a month ago. tin lnsnectors
of tho food and drug department of
no btate Board of Health aro now
on the alert to discover tho sale of
bleached Hour when not properly la-
ooieu. unuer a recent rulinc bv Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson. Hour
bleached by oxides of nitrogen Is out
side tne pure food regulations, and taking this ruling ns a basis the State Board of Health has ruled that such flour must not bo sold except whon labeled "bleached flour."
PARIS FASHION HINTS.
Business on tho Big Wheel wns rather slack that afternoon, and she sat in solitary dignity in her saloon compartment until, just as tho olllclal was about to close tho door, a young nmn darted in. He was good-looking and well-dressed, but when sho saw him sho started up and rushed toward tho door. "Lot me out I've changed my mind, she cried, but tho man outsldo shook his head. "Very sorry, Miss, but it can't bo done. You must wait till tho Wheel goes round; only twenty minutes, Xl Inn II
uiaa, "If It is my presence that distresses you," said the young man who had come in, "let me assuro you I shall in no way molest you." "Your presence is ftself molestation." sho returned. She was very pretty, very young, aud ovidently
iwiww wuai oecame ner. "I heg your pardon; porhaps you
ui nut aware tnese are public cars,'
ue sum, wun elaborate politeness.
tnuer tne circumstances I should
nave tnougnt even you would havo
nave bad good taste enough to re
irain irom Intruding on me."
intruding? A mere accident has brought us together. Wo shall part
in twenty minutes. Let us hope Fate
"my not again be so Indiscreet." She made no answer, but was an
parently absorbed in the view, as their ony will bo
-.w aiuniy ruse iiigner and nlglier. The strains of the band, the whirring rush of the switchback, and the
snrieks of the passengers, became
lainter and fainter, the elenhants and
camels in the court below receded to the size of dogs, and the men running
onsKiy about appeared like some fantastic kind of toys. The car was near-h
at tho greatest height when the pause made by the wheel to allow passengers In the bottom ones to get In and out
grew strangely longer. She looked over the edge, checked herself on tho verge of an exclamation, looked again, hesitated, and final
ly said, anxiously:
"What Is the matter? What are wf
stopping so long for?"
"I presume the Wheel has stuck,
ae saiu, caimiy.
"Stuck! Do you mean we can't get
aownr
Justice Olson, of Chicago, advocates the establishment of a farm colony as a reformatory feu- tho wayward hoys of that city. A law in Massachusetts prohibits tho salo of air guns to minors under llftuon years of age. Those who soli them arn liable to a flue of from $10 to $50. The ginger grown in Jamaica com. mands more than double the price of any other. Under favorable conditions an aero will produce as much as 4,000 pounds. Fireproof bricks, made of paper, aro coming Into use for building purposes. They aro made witli u hollow centro, to insure uniformity in hardness, and tho hollow is afterward filled with comen t. When the famous tenor, Caruso, lngs the part of Canlo, In "I Pagllao:l," he earns $1GG.GG n minute. Ho resolves $2.000 for each performance and that part requires just twelve minutes of actual singing. William H. Harrington, of Claremont. N. H., is a lucky man. At tho nge of 81 he Is cutting a third set of
teeth. Toothache has never troubled him. nor has he ever .required tho services of a dentist. "Limberneck," a new diseaso, 13 playing havoc with tho chickens In Ewan, N. J. Ono farmer has lost nearly 500. Tho fowls lose all control of their necks, and their heads droop until they almost touch the ground. A recently enacted law In Nevada
provides that applicants for divorce must be residents of tho state two years instead of six mouths, as In tho past. The longer the residence requirement, the smaller the divorce col-
Apparently so. I myself am not an
acrobat, and I fear you would find the
task of climbing down beyond your
powers.
"But but It's 5 o'clock. I have to
catch the train at half nast G. I must
get down."
He was silent, but the shrucr of Ms
shoulders said much.
"Oh! Why don't they cet ladders or
sometning? It Is shameful! I believe
they have done U on nurnose."
An: I Hadn't thoucht of that." he
returned.
She flashed upon him a look half In
dlgnant, half reproachful, and evident
ly kept silence only by an efforL
Ho lighted a ciKarette. and settled
himself In an easy chair, not even
troubling to look out of tho window.
She, on the contrary, bent eacerly
outwards. Below she could see neo-
ple gathered in groups, every eve
turned up to tne Wheel, and out of
every carriage window eacer heads
were tnrust.
She bore her anxiety In silence for
half an hour, and then once more ad
dressed her companion.
"How long do you think it will be
before they get it to move?"
"I haven't the very slightest Idea."
ne returned equably.
Sho was looking out of the window
again; so she did not observe a slight
smne or tnumpn on his countenance, but at the end of another half an hour
she suddenly burst into tears.
'Oh, perhaps we shall stay hero all
night, and they don't know what has become of me, and Aunt Julia will be
In such a rage."
"Yes, It is rather awkward." ho as
sented. "And you do-don't c-care a bit, but Just s-sit there smoking your horrid c cigarette," she sobbed. "Pardon me, but the last time we met you distinctly told me your affairs were no business of mine, and that thenceforward we were merely strangers. I can hardly be supposed to take such interest in a stranger, however charming she may be" this In a tone of distant politeness. "Oh. Jack! I I dl didn't think you'd be so horrid and vindictive." "And I didn't think you would flirt so outrageously before my very eyes with Buch a presuming fellow ns young Simpson."
"I wasn't flirting." "Whatever you can see In tho fellow to like beats me." "I d don't like him. I hate hin ." "Then why wouldn't you see me the day I called after the dance?" "Why did you speak to mo like that
berore Alice Thompson? She said you weren't waiting till we were married till you were master." A long paus, during which the cigarette went out of the window, then a small voice
said: "Jack, aren't you a little bit sorry?" "Are you, Daisy?" "A little bit: a very little tiny bit" "So am I. A great Mg bit." "Oh, Jack, dear Jack!" "Oh, Daisy, dear darling Daisy." They were occupying only one of
tho many comfortable seats of tho car.
when she raised her head and gave a little exclamation of surprise.
"Why, Jack, the Wheel's moving!" "By Jove, we're nearly down again!"
he Bald, in similar accents.
"They have been very quick about t today." "Don't you wish they had been
longer?"
"Perhaps, Jack, dear; what a luckv
accident It was you coming Into the
same car. If I had been alone I should havo been dreadfully fright
ened."
"Would you, dearest? Well. I'm
awfully glad I came. I had to run It
very flno lest you should got out
again."
"Then It wasn't an accident?" And he had only just tlmo to an
swer her satisfactorily when their car stopped. They had completed tho circle. Waverly Magazine
A horticulturist In Boston has succeeded In producing a new and remarkable fruit by crossing cucumber and orange plants. The new fruit, which Is yellow In color and devoid of seed, is suid to possess a most agreeable flavor. A huge wedding cake, six feet eight Inches high, Ave feet In diameter at its base, and weighing 700 pounds, was baked recently by Lulgi Marablri, chef of the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chicago, and shipped to Hamilton, Ont. Tho fruit used in the making of the cako was soaked in brandy and wine for six days. A modest hero is about to have a $50,000 monument. In Nacarozl, Mexico, a year ago, Jesus Garcia, a locomotive engineer, bravely attached his engine to a burning car of dynamlto and hauled it out of the town. Ho thus saved the town from disaster, but was himself blown to pieces. Now tho Mexican Government has voted him a monument. A municipal judge in New York
City, who Is noted for his witticisms,
but not hitherto suspected of Irish blood, recently relieved himself of tho following amusing torrent of mixed
metaphors: "Ah, well, Mr. So-and-so," addressing counsel, " it Is of no uso
your going on; your arguments are quite thrown away on me. They aro
like water rolling off a duck's back;
they go In at one ear and out at tho
other."
A scientist In Berlin cleans away mow by the uso of electricity. His
Apparatus consists of a platform, upon which the snow swept off the roadway is shoveled, and beneath which is a
series of pockets formed of thin metal kept hot by electrical radiators. Tho snow falls from the plaform Into tho
pockets, and is quickly discharged as water from the hoppers. The platform is mounted on wheels for transport to
various parts of tho town.
In Fall River, Mass., it Is risky to
sell liquor to a man whose wife is opposed to his drinking. A Judge in that city recently fined the Rochambeau Social Club $200 for selling two
drinks to a member whose wife had warned the organization not to let him have a drop.
In southwestern Arizona a petrified
forest, a hundred square miles in area, has existed for centuries. Thousands
and thousands of petrified logs strew the ground and represent beautiful
shades of pink, purple, red, gray, blue and yellow. One of the stone trees spans a gully forty feet wide.
Gervase Ponsler, an electrician of
Marseilles, says that It will soon bo possible for a man to stand at ono
end of a telegraph wire and not only speak to, but plainly discern, the per
son at the other end, although hundreds of miles may separate them. Television the seeing of a person at
a distant point is not far off.
Taxatioa Is high In Holland. A Hol
lander pays about 12 per cent, of Ills yearly income for taxes. He is taxed for his business income, for the inter
est he collects, on his house rent, Ms furniture, on six fireplaces and all the
stoves in the house ho rents or owns, on his horses, bicycle and 'servants.
On an Income of $2,400 a year he pays
about $2SS. Tho death of Lord Burton is announced In England. His grandfather, a carman named Bass, founded tho brewery at Burton, which now occupies considerably over 1G0 acres of land, employs over 3.000 men, pays over $1.500.000 a year duty and $1.250,000 a year for freight (loading somelimes 700 cars a day), and has a year-1;-revenue of $25,000,000. Three highwaymen In Chicago held ui a pedestrian at the point of a pistol and found in his pockets Just 40 cen?8. Judge Kersten sentenced the
thr63 to life imprisonment. This severe sentence Is legal according to a law nassed two years ngo declaring that Ahen a pistol is displayed to enforce the demand of a highwayman llffl luprJsonnicnt is the penalty. Tiietaxlcab Is pushing the horse out of business, and the wireless telegraph Is crovding out the carrier pigeon. Ak each c'. tho important warships ol France hau now wireless apparatus there Is no longer any uso for tie pigeoiiH. Tho French Minister of Ma rlnc has intimated that nfter next Nov Year's tay the maritime dovecote at Rochefo't will not be maintained.
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Where Chess Is Most Popular. 1 Games may come and games may go, but chess bids fair never to lose its popularity. N'owhero else i it so popular as It is in the village f Srobeck, near Halbcrstadt. in Prussian Saxony. Some timo in the pW.-nth century County Gunnelln. held .i prisoner In a stone tower In the Milage, amused himself by carving a s't of chessmen and teaching the pame to his jailers. The tower, which still stands, Is known as the Chess tower. The Jailers taught tho game to their friends, who were so plensed with It that they devoted all their spare tlm to practice. This delight in chess cod tinues to the present in Strobeck. Every person plays. The villae-- hrtol is called the Chess Inn, tourr.n nt are held every year, and prizes art1 given to the best players. If a mg man goes to an adjoining village f r 3 wife who cannot play chess Ik- must pny a line, to be used toward the expenses of the next tournament This subtle ordinance has spread a knowledge of tho game among the ynutic la dies of all tho surrounding Villahs.
Old Time Barbers. The Barbers' Company was founded in England In the year 1308, and It is interesting to note that up to 1.4 tho comnnnr Included both bariwr
and surgeons, the surgeons tln-n ep
nrating rrom it to rorm mo uuj. lego of Surgeons.
Kind of Him. "Mr. Chairman," began the man who is unaccustomed to public speaking. "I er I er I or " "Well," Interrupted tho chairman knldly, "to err is human." Washington Herald.
Her Way. y "Mrs. Ca Flippe Is down with double' pnoumocla." "That woman always did go to extremes li everything." Bohemian Magazine.
Whites and Colored. Of tho races of the world 000 aro white, 700,000,000 yellow. 215. 000,000 black, 35,000,000 brown, or Malayan, and 15,000,000 rod, or Nortn and South American Indians.
Uncle Allnn. "Fach may ho uLjbborn things."
A Happy Marriage. "Are they happily married?" "Yes, indeed. I understand thoyro actually out of debt." Detroit Free Press.
moralised Undo Alien Sparks, "hut I've ncticed that a lie is a good deai harder to kill off." Chicago Tribune.
The Wine Product. Tho vlnoynrdB of tho world yle'd 3,G5i,41G,000 gallons of wine a year.