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A NARROW ESCAPE.

rtstnct of Mind In the Face of a Terrible Danger. One of the strangest incidents of the sepoy rebellion is told by Wil liam Forbes Mitchell in his "Rem y iniscences of the Great Mutiny. Mr. "Mitchell, who was sergeant uf a highland regiment, had tSe'misfora,; . ti-i w 41, n greatcoat which every soldier cartied folded in what was known as a "Crimean roll" and strapped to the shoulders in such a manner that i it crossed the 'breast; Many a man owed his life to the fact that bullets became spent in passing through these" rolls. It happened that in the heat of the fight my roll was cut right through where A l. x ,1 x il, er by the stroke of a keen edged tulwar, which was intended to" cut me. As the day was warm, I was rathV er glad to get rid of it, but by 10 o'clock at night there was a difference in temperature, and when I was Telieved from patrol duty and panted to lie down to f1 o I felt the cold', wet grass aiming but comfortable, for a kilt is not the most suitable article of dress or' a cold November night in upper In-i dia. My company was encamped in ilU UUVUU UJHJ.U sjl. vuu aaa.uw of Oudh. A large inclosure SurUJL VUUU. XI. lUlU lUtlUOUlC DU1rounded the building of the tomb itself, and on tho inside of this" fchese apartments and asked permisßion to sleep in one of them, but

were small rooms built for the ac- her daughter to ho shod by the ucv commodation of pilgrims. When I il' and so making her lame both in entered tho inclosure I noticed hands and feet. The fact having

was refused. I had to make the a tar barrel and burned lit Dornoch. , lu"u "s -e iaai two nscai best of my position, but was too un- The weathcr bcii.g cold at the time, Ri'STL.JT' comfortable to sleep. wc are told i!:at she "sat composed- fätSSS. It struck me that some of the se- iy warming herself by the fire pre- ness not yet due, at a time, too when poys might have dropped their pared .to consume her while the oth- . the general fund was already overblankets in their hurried departure. er instruments of death were get-' rawn and when the revenues accruWith this hepe I went into one of ing ready." : mS to ßUcn a fund, were being antici- . the rooms where a lamp was burn- pne j j ( :ifompt to execute a Pted far in advance.

mg, tooK it on luv; Biieix anu vwuiuju ui wa. vi 6aCu uV,u nrvflnnn nr fnrn T a ;,4 i, .loi- "k Irl ii.u.u wiu uaiu, w Bee nothing, so I advanced slowly, noldmg the lamp over my head, looking cautiously around untü I was in the center of the great vault, where my progress was obstructed , bv a bur black hean about four or five feet high, which telt to my feet l" 1 a-v a-v rl 1 -w a - aI t y- Ä.-r ä t T , 1 11 i cd I was standing ankle deep m loose gunpowder. About forty hunx iu i:iuu iiiv iiiiiuj liiu uiaLuv cidredweight of it lav under mv nose, ; and a hasty glaive around showed xne twentv or thirty barrel of the lame substance, out a h.uidre.1 ! eight-inch hcü.s, all lorded and with fuses ILxed, and a profusion of spare fuses and slow matches lying about. I took in my danger at a glance. 4 There 1 was up to my knee- nearly in gunpowder, with a naked light in my hand. My hair literally stood on end, and my knees knocked together. Cold perspiration broke . out all over me. I had neither cloth nor handkerchief in my pocket with which to extinguish my light, and the next moment might be my last, for the overhanging wick already threatened to send the smoldering red top to my feet, with consequences too dreadful to contemplate. Quick as thought I put my left hand under the down dropping flame and, clasping it firmly, slowly turned to the door. Fear so overcame all other sensation that I felt no pain of the burn until I was outside. Then it was sharp enough. I poured the oil from the lamp into my burned hand. Then I knelt down, and thanked God. Text I staggered to Captain Daw- ?

on and told him. lie did not be-; Anmtwr Hypnotist --See. 1 make the liere me and told me I had waked 1 passes or.o- twv -throe. Now try to up from a dream. I showed him the step back. You can't do Id-riek-Me-powder still sticking on my wet feet. He instantly roused the sleep-! Nearly rhrougn. lng men and quenched every spark: A stranger entered n church in tof fire on the premises. ;tho middle of the sermon and seattj cd himself in tho back pew. After Madam, do "you believe in wüm-1 awhile he began to fidget. Leaning in'a right?" asked the man stand- over to the white haired man at his tng in the car. eitle, evidently an old member of "I do' the replied shortly the congregation, he whispered: "Excuse me," he went on. "I am "Flow long ha 1m been preachbut an ignorant male seeking lightning?" Iay I aük if you construe these' "Thirty or forty yearg I think," rignti to iacluae the privilege pi tlvo old nmf answered. "I don't prcading your really becoming know exactly."

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WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND.

The Last of the Judicial Prosecutions and Executions. Sir Matthew Hale, it is true, had hanged two poor women at Cam-, bridge m 1664, but a few years later Lord Chief Justice Holt set himself strongly against such charges d in every case tried before him directed the vary to bring m a verct of acquittal. In a celebrated tnal at Guildford m 1701 not only Tas the supposed witch found not guilty, but her false accuser, one i John Hathaway, was condemned to a years imprisonment and to stand, ia the pillory three times, let,1: horrible to relate, a woman named Hicks and her daughter, a child of nine, were hanged together at TT-nn fin rr rlrm nn .Til 1 v 2S 1716. for raising a storm of wind in league with the devil. I The last judicial sentence for 'witch craft in England was in 173G, one Jane Wenham being actually i found guilty, according lo the indictmcnt, of "conversing fanulhirly with (ho devil in iho i'orni of a cat' The judpe, however, procured a reprieve for poor old Ja.no she was ultimately released, to cur! lier days in pence. Last, the wilchcmfl net was re pealed 'for the Unite;! Kingdom ithe same year. It v-.-ts quite lime. XV1 VJllY Xlli.IV; 1 V IU 11 ( 1 1 I IUI 111 I I v, a woman was brought before Cap a VVUJIlilU Wilis Ul V i 1 X. UL'lUlf Vvilj' tain David loss, deputy sheriff ol Sutherland, charred with "causim: "been proved to the captain's 'satis-; faction, the old woman was put into witcl in KnlrUuid ended disastrously lor tne pcrretrators. m iyoi a! rr, r.n . - m i. .M I .1 r i , , 1 , . , I rlTI v LY. U (IlU ULJUfJlli llillllUU. US" Dome, mw una wile, nemg suspected of wjtrhcrai't, were seized by a crow stripped, cro? bound and irown ni0 a l)01cl. Both died of jj'-'H trcatnent But the 0 ;,.-t hnd' been repealed, j m -.-r..i iL. i , r..,..rri1 ,,.-ilinsl one Col. ley, the diu'.i i!:::g:ur oi the av - u 1 .. .. l' n i 1.. i. lauit, nc w;is 111 uae oursc iru fl niJI)fI..Cornhiil -latrine, . . OTo ricant voll. -at 1y ff?"vr- . it A -'ip-F ... . U 1 A. V- ' Harold V The M,"I'll stay then' decided the stranger. "lie must be nearly! done.'' Everybody"! Umzjuih.

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QPEH LEiTEt ID COL DUEllI

! Asked tt Exp m Hanly's Chargi That Durbln Lft a 8600,000 De-: I ficit Other Loading Questions. j r Dear Mr. Durbin:- . Your keynote speech has Just beta .read by eur statistician, and I find so many omissions, so many tilde-fort many life3, so many half-truths, that I am impelled to write you for information mL ces wo the? mj.ke the boast that your a6V Mn was a great financial cue ;hi", ecu nection the publio -dditior 1 light on ain:; -anage ;tlu me üs Ha. dre ' if airs publi in hi '..nr ... .MY our is exj jz . fO) .0 ItJO incl ;üs n; av .A ;ar ei C si? peable And tii esti lated jost of Mie j esent ses Ion of the general ass nibly, p'v$403,000 in excess f the estimated revenues, accruing t tho state within such nscal year. This condition of the finances will become an actual embarrassment to the treasury before the end of the current year. It can be met only by borrowing money out a- w - 5lffh by anticipating the revenues mo haw uoLiax j'cai. "It is due to two causes. First, to the large appropriation! made by the last cnnornJ nraomhlv marrrA fs o i substantial invasion of the general , fund for the purpose of making payments on the state debt. The sum of 40,379.45 has been taken out of the . " uUO marKei witn money from the rener.il fn tid in tha fa f t, f r . : " " 1118 IaCe 0t the fat that there Was aura Va 1. j o .i, .. .. i.wavj ucnuu in mat iuna at the close of each fiscal year Debt paying is commendable, but the presnt embarrassment could have been Baved by conserving the general fund to tho Payment the debt, especially t 8fuc-h W0U!d have been ample to meet the entire bonded fordebt long before it would have beCOine dllf Th rfnnnna try f Vi present year have been antlcinattvl to Tu a 7 . i"lr -I " anucipaiea to ' To the average mind, Mr. Durbin, a deficiency such as you left is not consistent with a good business policy, and the methods you pursued are too much like robbing Peter to pay Paul. You also boast, Mr. Durbin, of your big payment on the state debt in 1S02. Have ytm so soon forgotten bow you did it, or do you merely expect the taxpayers to forget? Don't you remember that over $600,000 was turned over to Indiana by the National Government on . thewrjjli'si .and that

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

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wnon uio niustrtout Grjint asked land thundered their "No." Is this the "ignorant, prejudiced and cravtnM In

that money was part or yöur päymenx of the state debt? 02 course, Mr. Durbin, you don't expect an intelligent people to give you credit for the $600,000 with which you had no more to do than the man in the moon? It seems, too, tlmt you try to take an unfair advantage in comparing the cost of maintaining the state benevolent institutions when you were Governor with the cost today. Do you expect the people to overlook the fact that there are many hundreds more inmates in the state institutions to be fed and clothed now than 12 years ago? Do you expect them to overlook tho fact that we have state institutions ner that were not in existence when ro were Governor? Do you expect them to overlook the xct that material costs more now; hat food and clothing cost more now, ban When you were Governor? You ought to know, Mr. Durbin, that there isn't a man in the state whorse household expenses are not from 50 to 100 per cent, higher now than then because Of the tariff you stand for and the tariff-made trusts and monopolies you defend. It seems, too, Mr. Durbin, that you have found it well to utterly ignore the happenings of the four years of rule by your party that intervened between your term and that of Governor Marshall four years of extravagance and waste, that resulted in as bad a financial' condition when the Democrats took charge as you left for your Republican successor. As a matter of fact, politics aside,

don't you know that the Democrats nave made & magnmcent nnanciai showing considering the fact that for 16 years your party kept running the state intb-tgeficit after deficit. You know that the $103,000 on the Coliseum bonds should have been paid while the Republicans still retained control of the Finance Board but that no payment was made until the Democrats took charge when it was paid. You know that the Democrats have paid $150,000 on tho state debt three years before it fell due and saved the tax payers $5,000 in interest. You kuow that the Democrats are preparing to make another payment of $135,000 on the state debt within the next three or four months. V.,. Imtir flm T, v u r a been forced to meet the expenses of maintaining the Southern Hospital for the Insane and the Tuberculosis Hospital at Rockvillo for the first time and have done it. And you know that with aU this, the Democrats have reduced the total tax levy from 17 to 15 and a half cents, a reduction to tho taxpayers of $300,000 every year. You know it because you aro m business man and your own tax rtceipte ibow it, doesn't it, Mr. Durbin? Yours for truth, CURIOUS CITIZEN. From New York World. 'W" ..WA.VA.

a third term the people of New Eng-i11""

reason Roosevelt calls New Engländers ' hiu recent speech? '

His Favorite Game Bird. Ät a dinner one ' day, says t writer in the Philadelphia Publio Ledger, some men were discussing the merits of different kinds of game birds. One preferred canvasback duck, another woodcock, and still another thought a quail the most delicious article of food. The discussion and the dinner ended at about the same time. Cj$ow, Frank' said one of the men to the waiter at his elbow, "what kind of game do you like best?" "WeJl, suh, totell the traf, almost &y kind of game suits me, but wbat I like bes' is an America

eagle served on a silver dollar: Exasperating. From the dark kitchen there emanated a series of thumps and angry exclamations. Jones .was looking for the cat. "Pa!" called the son from the stairway. "Go to bed and let me alone P blurted Jones. eTve, just barked my shins." "Pa!" insisted Tommy after a moment's silence. "Well, what is it? Didn't I tell you to keep quiet "I I didn't hear your shins bark." And the next moment Tommy was bein pursued by an angry sire with e hard hairbrush. Chicago News. She Felt For Him. He had sat looking absentmindedly out of the train window for two hours, whistling the same tune : not on the key. The passengers had become well nigh distract ed. A well known actress sat behind the young man. Finally there came a moment when the wliistler paused for breath, and in that moment the quick witted actress leaned over and said: "I know just how it is. I never could whistle either." , Ladies' Home Journal. JL German Dogberry. Burgemteiv What, ground foruplcion haveryou that the prisoner is tia murderer? Constable-Principally his denial o It, sir. That's always a suspicious da tnmstance. Fliegende Blattr. Sarcastic. There is a certain Wilmington business man, of a rather waggish disposition, who contends that his wife has no imagination. At dinner one night he chanced to mention a tragic circumstance he had read in the evening paper on his way j home. A passenger on a transatlantic steamer had fallen overboard in midocean, and he had never been seen again. 'Was he drowned ?" asked his wife. Of course not, answered tho irrepressible hubby, , "but he sprained his ankle, I believe." Argonaut. Just Her Habit. ;A widower was beim? married for

the fourth time recently. During . I000 that the followers of Mr, Bryan the ceremony one of the guests is'a "traitors to the flag" 7 surprised to hear violent sobs pro-' 0f stm bllQ' " yfou b,f! V , - r Insisted for a quarter eel a canturj that ceeding from a woman in a corner ; Democrats are incompetents ? worst of the church. and that their leaders, iacludinr Jf-

rWho is that lady who is crying ' bo bitterly?" he aks of the byBtanders. "Oh, if a only Martha, our cook7 j answers one of the bridegroom's i nlirnva WnhWa children. "She always blubbers when papa gets married 1" London Mail. , Ought to Bo Thankful. "Doctor," growled the patient, "it seems to me that $500 is a big charge for that operation of mine. It didn't take you over half a minute," J.U. V UCill bU, 1ÜUUUU LUU itUUUUO j specialist, 'fin learning to per XVJX JH I O . il' ' :..4.AV T ute I "puiuuuu m mux u mmiiiu n hve spoiled over eleven pecks of lucli eyes as yours.?'-3ucces M

yes as yours.

ETTER TO VERIDGE Asked to Explain How the Interests Are Against Him With the Harvester Trust For Him. Dear Mr. "Rnrnvirfo-n . "5 t A lUgVr . You have been nominated by thS Bull Moose for Governor of Indiana, and with your usual fine eloquence you are now engaged in advocating the policies proclaimed Jn your party platform. You have departed radically from tho position you occupied for a quarter of a century in - taking up many new Isms that you would have denounced in 1896, as you denounced the reforms proposed by the democrats that year, as "anarchistic." You contend in your keynote that yoa have long stood for woman's suffrage, for the initiative, referendum and recall, and for a public utility commission, and insist that the "bofcses" made it impossible to incorporate planks along these lines into tin old party platforms. As a matter of fact, Mr. Beveridge, wern't you in undisputed control of the Republican state convention of 1910? Didn't you appear in person before tho resolutions committee with a platform of your own which you literally forced down tho throats of the committee? Were you not responsible for leaving out of your platform that year all reference to tho county option you now hold dear? And Isn't It true that you made no attempt to write a single one of the so-called humanitarian measures ou now advocate lato your platform? And did you have yourself In mind when you eai$ In your kaynote that the "bosses" prevented the adoptloij of such planks? In all your speeches this year you are saying that the, Interests aro agaihut you. Isn't it true, Mr. . Beveridge, that your caief sponsor now is Georgs W. Perkins your long-tljk friend and companion mi& that Mr. Perkins ia the financial prop of your movement? Isn't tfour friend and support, Perking, the financial chairman now, . A as was the organizer, of the Harvester trust that robs th farmers whenorej they buy twine or tools? ! Isn't Perkins one of the heavy men ' in tho United States Steel trust? j Wasn't ho long tho first lieutenant of J. Pierpont Morgan? ! Didn't ho play an Important .part ; in tho stealing of tho money of tbo policy holders of insurance companies to financo tho Roosevelt fight in 1904 and didn't he narrowly escape the penitentiary as a result? And this being true, and the world knows it is true, isn't th Harvester trust, the Steel trust, and a portion of Wall strppt with you and beklnd you? More than that, Mr. Beveridge haven't you at different times received largo campaign contributions frm Mrr. Perkins and don't you kavo reasons to know that you will get more a contributions, from the same tainted ftonrce this year? Then why say the Interfsts arc A against ytfu while a largo portion of " tho big men Qf Crooked Business ar for you? In this campajgn you are appealing to Democrats for votos on the ground that the Bull Moose mRvemont is not a Republican by-product but a iure enough new party. Do you still feelierb f you did In 1S36 that the followers of Mr. Bryan were a crew of "repudiatora" b$nt on dishonoring the flag? Do you still believe as you did In för&on, Jackson, Tilden, Hendricks, Cleveland and Bryan are incapable! And if you aro rtady to swallow Tour words along thesa lines aad, sUU lfiiBt ta tha Bull Moo is not a ty product f o Republican party why it you not insist or a county ticket in rary couat And ia oiullWa where you do not cft tip a county ticket why 4o you announce that lb Bull Moos must support tht RtFtibllcan county ticket in every instance, and not the Democratic tloket in any instance 7 Isn't it tut to the fact that you art now as you havValwaya been a nar row partisan, bigoted in your partis- ... ' . , - t m i t- a . I -a t a,,Honor fcfigkt; isnt it true that you irf aerely Ä Republican out of a Jb? YpAirf for ruci.4rr. A. A At CÜ1UQVS CITIZEN.

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