Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 28, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 October 1903 — Page 2

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MYSTIFIES HIS FRIENDS. : ] A Wealthy Farmer Disappears For the Second Time. Flora, Ind., Sept. 30 —John M. Flora, ex-trustee, and a prominent farmer of this township, who left mysteriously two weeks ago, after having borrowed $1.50( cash of the bank of Flora suddanly turned up at his home, and without explaining his recent strange actions, packed up his personal effects. His son, David Flora, watched him to see that he did not leave the house during the night, but Tuesday morning his room was empty. Mr. Flora took with him such personal belongings as he could conveniently carry. including over $2.000 in cash, it is said. . _lt is believed that Mr. Flora is mentally unbalanced. He owns a farm valued at $15,000. Three years ago he was the unsuccessful candidate of tha republican party for treasurer of Carroll county. -

TOMATOES ON POTATO VINES.

Novel Yield Secured By a Dubois ' County Farmer. ; Evansville, Ind., Sept. 29.—H. W. A. Hemmer, a farmer living near Holland. in Dubois county, has succeededl in a novel experiment this season. He has produced a erop of fine tomatoes on potato vines, while at the same time he has raised a good crop of potatoes sn the sameé vines i thHe ground. The tomato stalks. were grafted into the potatoes a few inches above the ground early in the spring, and while a crop of tomatoss was growing on the vines above excellent potatoes were forming in the ground betow. Thé potato and the tomato both belong to the same botanical family. Mr. Hemmer‘ took a load of the tomatoes to Huntinghurg, where he sold them. They are of fine flavor and quality. |

: A FATAL QUARREL. - One Man Killed and Another Probaly Fatally Stabbed. : : Bedford. Ind., Sept.. 283 —Charles Cain, of loolitic, Ind., a small town near here, was killed and Frank Dor.s2y, proprietor of a restaurant, was probably fatally stabbed in the latter's i restaurant Sunday afternoon during a fight between six young men, who had | driven here from Oolitic, and who, it is claimed, were using profane langnage and acting in an objectionable | manner. Dorsey -endeavored to eject, ‘ them and was stabbed several times in the back. As Dorsey fell he fired, iha bullet striking Cain in the mouth and killing him instantly. Two of the erowd are under arrest. They are . William. Duncan’ and John Patton. D~rsey is in a serious condition from Lis wounds. : . " DiISAPPOINTED PATRONS. They Wreaked Vengeance on a Theatrical Man and His Troupe. Marion, Ind. Sept. 29.—Because he did not give a racy performance, as promised, to three hundred men- to whem he had sold tickets at $1 each, | Ralph Bailey, a Marion showman, was compeiled to flee for his life from Van Buren, an oil town near Marion. Bailey succeeded in making his escape by going across the open country to azcther town. His show tent was burned by the mob, together with all his 'show property and the wardrobes of the female performers. ° Because He Didn’t Write. Evarnsville, Ind., Sept. 29.—Philip Peters was fined for assaulting his brother, - George Peters. George had besn away from home for five years, and when Philip saw him entering the yard, it is said, he jumped on him and gave him a beafing because he had failed to write while he was away. - Indiana Pioneers Dead. : Greoansburg, Ind., Sept. 29.—FEzra F. Connor, the oldest mason in this city, was buried Monday afternoon. Mrs. Kate Crawford, one of the old residents of this county, is dead at the residence of J. M. Woodiill, in this city. Mrs. J. W. Deem died Sunday night after a short illness. CiEanhe e e _ Ate Paris Green. . Wabash, Ind., Sept. 30.—The little son of Bert Havens died Monday night | as the result of eating paris green which was on a head of cabbage ‘bought of a grocer, and left within reach of the child. The potson had been ge on the cabbage to kill insects. : 1 ; To Protect Game. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 29.—The Vigo county protective society was incorporated, and it-is likely to be followed by thae incorporation of many similar associations. Its purpose is to prevent trespassing on private property by bhunters and fishermen. - " Brakeman Killed in a Wreck. . Elwood, Ind., Sept. 30.—W. W. Armstrong, 44, married, of Lima 0., and a Lake Erie & Western freight brakeman, was killed in a wreck at Newby crossing, two miles west of here, early Tuesday. A train ieft the track, and - four cars and the engine were wrecked. “ A Strong Gas Well, o Shelbyville, Ind., Sept. 28.—0 f the . eight gas wells drilled by the Citizens’ Natural Gas Co. this season, the strongest has just been brought in. . The pressure showed 135 pounds and .is steadily increasing. . ' New Company of National Guards. . Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 28.—A new company of Indiana natlonal guards was mustered in here Sunday with an enrollment of 106. The comimissioned officers are: Captain, Raymond Wood; first lieutenant, Ralph ;&){hnson : second lieutenant, Charles White. : Will Support Gilbert For Governor. - Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 26.—Elmer ~ Leonard has announced himself a candidate for re-election to the republican state committee and pledges his - support to Liewt. Gov. Gilbert as a candidate for governoy. - =

" NEW ALBANY WATERWORKS. A Movement on Fcot to Enable the City to Purchase It. New Albany, Ind., Sept. 29.—1 t is said by well informed New Albany men that a movement is on foot which will enable the city to purchase the waterworks system on such terms that the receipts from the consumers and the saving in the annual rental for fire protection will make it possible to pay for the property without levying a cent of additional taxation. It is stated that a propostion will be made to the New -Albany common council at the next meeting for the consideration of the members. So far as learned. the proposition, if it is made, will be to transfer the entire plant of both the New Albany waterworks and the Indiana Water. Co. to the city at a figure approximating $500,000.

BRAVE OLD HORSE. Collapsed After the Run to a Fire in : Which He Was Hurt. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 3).—Waile making a run Tuesday afternoon in response. to an alarm of fire one of the oldest and best horses in the local department slipped and fell. The heavy Lhose reel passed over his body. Despite -his injuries the brave old animal immediately righted himself and hurried to resume his position alongside his running mate. The firemen soon patched up the damaged harness, and the old fire horse equaled his best efforts in the run to the burning building. Once there, however, the poor animal collapsed. He is'so badly injured that he will die.

UNIQUE COMPLAINT.

Asks the Court to Place An Injunction ‘on Neighbor’s Mouth.

Laporte, Ind., Sept. 30.—A unique complaint was filed in the circuit court Tuesday on behalf of James Povlock, asking Judge Richter to enjoin his neighbor, - Hamilton Hoover, from swearing at his (Povlock’s) children. It is sought by legal process to have the circuit court place an injunction on Mr. Hoover's mouth and bring. about a reformation. Povlock is the father of five children, who refuse to attend school because they are compelled to pass the Hoover house and are thus forced to listen to the profane language in which he indulges.

His Body Ground to Pieces

" Bloomfield, Ind., Sept. 28.—Arthur Mears, living near Island City; this county, met a horrible death under the Illinois Central east-bound freight near, near Switz City. . Upon arriving at Switz City trainmen found evidences of the accident on the pilot. A few miles back the bedy was found, ground to pieces. Mears was about 39 yvears old and |a coal miner. It is thought he committed suicide.

~Addison F. Armstrong Dead.

Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 28.—Addison F. Armstrong, the wealthiest citizen of this place, died at the home of his son-in-law, Prof. T. C. Howe, at Irvington, of Bright's disease, aged 70 years. In the earlies seventies he represented this district.in the state senate as a democrar. He gave to Butler college over $50,000. . :

Charged With Assault.

Sullivan, Ind., Sept. 29.—Deputy Prosecuting Attorney W. T. Douthitt, of this city, it is charged, assaulted Mrs. Ella Coffman Stein Chandler, manager of the Coffman house, in the hotel office. It.is alleged 'that Mrs. Stein had circ‘ulated some story concerning Mr. Douthitt. Mr. Douthitt was arrested.

A Weazlthy Manufacturer Dies.

South Bend, Ind., Sept. 28.—DMartin V. Bieger, president of the Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co., died following an operation for appendicitis. He was 58 years old. Hé¢ served in the civil war as a member of the 138th Indiana infantry. He was president of the board cf trustees of Depauw university and a tristee of ClLautauqua assembly. !

Help Did Not Come.

Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 30..—Walter Moore, of Cincinnati, who was arrested last week for attempting to pass a forged check on a local bank, waived examination in the police court and was bound over to the grand jury. He was expecting relatives from Cincinnati to help him, but they did not appear.

May Join the Ohio.

_Evansville, Ind. Sept. 28.—The Wabash Valley Improvement association will become a suborganization of the Ohio Valley Improvement association. The matter will come up at the convention of the Ohio Valley Improvement association in this city .next month. - -

Old Bank Incorporated.

Bluffton, Ind., Sept. 30.—The Studebaker bank, of this city, which was owned by Hugh Dougherty and John Studebaker, as a private bank since January, 1869, will become an incorporated bank under the state laws, with a capital of $200,000_ on October 1. Children Ate Poisoned Candy. Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 30.—Two sons of John Gee %nd two of John Metzker ate poisoned candy they found back of a grocery.” One of the Gee children died Tuesday night and the other may die. Why Mrs. Crouch Was Angry, Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 29.—Mrs. Curtis Crouch, a young woman, tried to ¢commit suicide Monday afternoon by taking chloroform -and carbolic acid. She was angry, it is said, because her husband would not take her to see a circus. : v .May Go to Louisville. Andeérson, Ind., Sept. 29.—The sheet and bar mill of the Republic Iron and Steel Co., at Alexandria, may be sold to the Tranter Co. In that case it will be dismantled and removed to Louig ville, Ky.

- THE FOWLER AND THE LARK. : N B L 5 1 , A AR A MY 5., = &X'V S "'ali i g e O N T *“' % '\ \ )J . '.l""f .:‘ ’,‘.:&‘, : 2\ . ! v i : N 2 :":,:g‘;i it m‘@ . ; . R ‘ ;‘&/ s /a o — \‘_. \/‘S T ] :/)‘ 1 ‘ ,/,'-_;'j;"\‘“"\‘m\‘- ,-/(/’4 "2 4 b daidy ey 71\ | NNz OB N[y 4 Y V" | A Vi 4 i/ / - \ [ : ; / ',‘A ! ‘ (&L i‘A ' ‘\\ {(/‘]’ // LA \r‘:__- “fi“‘ =7‘fi '| "’* /11 : fi’g w 7 — =o\ W, e bl ST \L" ¥ e ! < 4 i ) — : \// ;. = <. 3 N ’ N> Y/. \tfé““ - %gc 7 ;=: ‘= oy a. ' % : mob’dnmu e ' KFind Another Man. : : " A Lark, caught in a snare, pleaded earnestly with the Fowler for her life. “What have I done tha* I must die?” said she. “I have Stolep neither gold nor silver, but, only a grain of corn to satisfy my hunger.” The Man without defgning any reply, twisted her neck and threw her into his sack. : MORAL—The irregular adm?nistration ot justice in the world is indeed a very melancholy subject to think of, :

MISTAKE OF THE PLOVER.

Wary of the Gunner Who Is Afoot, But Careless If He Comes Along .

in a Wagon.

The shooting of upland plover, whether the birds be the slender yellow-legged ‘'variety, the great golden plover or the dowitcher, is a sport in itself different from all other forms of field shooting, says the New York Sun. It is characteristic of all members of the plover family to be desperately afraid of-a man on foot and not at all ‘afraid’ of 2 man on horseback or in a vehicle. Consequently the gunner who' pursues them on foot will have an arduous chase of it. He who hunts them. from a light cart er buggy will have all the shooting he can attend to, and will be put to very little trouble. Plover feeding upon pasture will permit a horse between shafts to approach within 20 feet, sometimes within ten feet. If hunted on foot it becomes one of the wariest and hardest sorts of game. A man will need then a 12-gauge of good weight and both barrels closely choked. His shot should be No. 6 chilled ‘on top of three stiff wads over three-and a half drams of powder. What he wants is reaching capacity and shocking capacity when it reaches. His birds will flush at an average of 40 yards away. While the plover is of broad wing and slow pinion movement, it rushes or slides through'the air a great.deal faster than it seems to be going, and when it has 40 yards the start a quick and sure shot is needed to bring it down. With the bird flushing at that distance the man must get his muzzle on the target well inside of two seconds or he will not bag anything. It is another characteristic of the plover to decoy well. A flock at an elevation of 300 feet will see a band of decoys on the pasture land when they would be invisible to a man using a strong glass, and if other conditions be favorable will come sweeping in. The man will be sheltered behind a hastily constructed - blind, low and inconspicuous, or else will be lying flat on the earth, rising and shooting as the birds go by. " .. The sport will be improved-if he has a plover call and works it occasionally, - giving the soft plaintive note which the bird uses so much in its night flights. Apparently it has no other, unless the péculiar, sad barytone moan it makes when hiding in the grass with a broken wing can_be called a note.

The plover is not often seen singly, and when it comes to the decoys is apt to come in bands of from four to ten. If the man will wait until this bunch sweeps by, flying close together, and hold a couple of feet ahead of them at 30 yards he may get nearly all of them with a single barrel.

The plover are now on their southern migration and will not remain a great while in the north. Nearly all of the dowitchers have gone down already and the golden plover will follow soon. It #s a peculiarity of them that they pick up an immense amount of flesh on the autumn trip southward and when they reach their winter home are so heavy that they burst on striking the ground from a height of 50 feet. The fat then covers their flesh with an inch thick layer and must be pared before they are fit for table.

After living all winter in a mild qllmate and eating for ten hours a day they are mere skeletons held together by skin and feathers and on their northward trip in the spring are not worth shooting. : ‘

A Mighty Hunter.

The beautiful Miss Gusher simply yearned for fame, so she decided to write a book. Her theme was to be the homely life of a homely people, and in order to study her subject the good lady betook herself into the country to catch the native at his best. ‘“Who is yon sturdy yeoman, and what is his mode of life?”’ she asked her maid, as a well-built young rustje_was seen approaching. e “That’s Jim Smith, mum,” said the girl, “and he’s a—a—a—hunter, mum,” she continued, hesitatingly. : “Ah! a huntsman—a disciple of the mighty Nimrod,” exclaimed the mistress, in a soulful tone, “and does he mount his noble steed, and over moor and dale pursue the majestic deer?” . “No, mum, he don’t—not as I knows of,” said Mary Jane, “he takes a little dog and catches ’em in the barn. He hunts rats, he do, mum!”—Stray Stories, His Noble Rage. Reporter—Ccunt, there is a rumor to the effect that your wealthy American father-in-law refuses to spend any more money in repairing your anc¢estral chateauy: The public would like to krow whether or not there is any truth in the.story.

Count Boylon de Bakkovisnek (pale with indignation)-—You tell ze public eet ees none of ze public’s you be darn by. George peesness!—Chicago Tribune.

SCOPE OF THE CENSUS.

It Is Much More Comprehensive in the United States Than in Other Countries.

There is a wide difference between the scope of the word “‘census” in the United States and in other countries. The American census is an invaluable national ‘“account of stock,” costing the American people, in 1900, $11,854,817.91. and embracing extended inquiries concerning population, mortality, agriculture and manufactures. Each of these topics is considered a legitimate part of census investigation, and receives equal care and consideration, says W. R. Merriam, in “The Census in Foreign Countries,” in Century. In most other cen-‘s_us-t’aking countries the census is much less' comprelfensive, being generally confined to an enumeration of population by sex, age, nativity, conjugal condition, occupation, etc., together with, .in some cases, details concerning number and kind of dwellings. In Europe, up to 1901, only five countries—France, Hungary, Germany, Denmark and Belgium—had taken industrial censuses; and these, although including some valuable data not secured in. the United States, were much. less comprehensive than our-census of manufactures. In France and Hungary nothing more was undertaken than the collection of information relating to the occupation and personal condition of employers and employes. The German industrial census paid but little attention to the personal condition of employes, ‘but called for a detailed state‘ment of the kind of establishment, and } the motive power and machinery used. 'The Danish census was, in the main, ’ similar to the German, but omitted machinery, and asked for the wages paid to employes, classified by kind of work done. The most detailed and comprehensive of European industrial censuses is the one taken by Belgium in 1896. This, like the French and Hungarian censuses, comprsies- detailed information regarding the occupation and personal condition of employes, and in addition called for the hours of labor and periods of rest, the wages and method of payment, the kind of products, and the motive power. :

SHE CABLED A FEW.

And Harry Threw a Few Fits When the C. 0. D. Loomed Upon

His Gaze.

A Philadelphian whose wife was going abroad felt that it would show sincere affection if he encoyraged her to go to the expense of sending him a cablegram announcing her safe arrival in Liverpool, says Woman’s Home Companion.

“Just a word or two, you know, dear,” he said at parting. “You know cabling is a very expensive piece of business.” “I suppose so, Harry dear,” she said, tearfully. “And it’s so sweet of you to want me to go to such an expense. 1t is lovely of you.” : They had to fetch him a glass of water, and they feared a stroke of apoplexy when the “word or two’” came a week later C. 0. D. 1t was as follws: ‘“Dear, Dear Harry:—Here I am all safe and sound, and can hardly realize that lam really and truly in Europe. I had a perfectly lovely trip across, and I wasn’t the least bit seasick, and I was the only lady at our table who didn’t miss -a single meal. Wasn'’t that lovely? And we had one real stormy day. But I just enjoyed standing on deck and watching the billows roll and the whitecapped waves sweeping hither and thither. And we had a burial at sea. It was dreadfully solemn. It was one of the sailors. Poor fellow! - I know I'am going to have a lovely time, and I'll be a regular European by the time you come over for me in the fall. Don’t you let your horrid business or anything else keep you from coming. And do, do, do take the best care of yourself, and write every steamer. There, I guess I have cabled all you will want to pay for, so - good-by. o o T

The Ruling Passion. He fell from the top of the building, but fortunately struck an awning and went through that onto a fruitstand that broke and deposited him gently on the sidewalk. :

A moment later he was out on the curb, looking up at the building, “How high is it?” he asked. Some one told him. “Did anyone time me?” was his next gestion. > . No one had. .

“Too bad,” he sighed, “too bad. My automobile has got a short-distance record, but I'm almost convince that I beat its time for the distance I traveled. It’s a wonder some of you people haven’t got enough sporting blood to be on the lookout for speed records of any old kind.”—Chicago Post. :

Some Suggestions Which Will Make Mine Host’s Task Easy. : Few Men Carve Well, Although They May Acquire Skill in That Direction by Observing the Hints Given Below. Féw men in this generation carve well; in fact, carving seems to be al-

most one of the lost arts. Much poor carving, however, is dué to a lack of trussing or proper preparation of the meat for the oven previous to it being

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cooked. It must be remembered that all meats and poultry retain the shape, after cooking, in which they were placed before. You cannot fold nor shape a piece of cooked meat; but if that same piece is folded and fastened down previous to being cooked, it will remain in that shape after cooking, even if the trussing or fastening is pulled out. - ‘Where the bones are removed from a rib roast before cooking, that it may be rolled, the carving is very simply done. Hold the knife flat, and with a quick sawing cut clear across, removing slices from A to B. The first joints of a sucking pig are usually removed from the legs before it is cooked. The pig should be carefully roasted first on one side and then on the other; and, when cooked, placed

l AN G e o ; ‘,j ) qf.,.,- :::::::-:47,_. PPR Srozmma s sog Y a 0 PN \ (a 0 b e ) _+ A SUCKING PIG, ROASTED WHOLE. on a platter standing on its knuckle bones, .in a deep bed of cress. When carving first remove the head, A to B, then the ham, C to D, and next the shoulder, E to F, on the side away from the carver. Tilt the pig slightly, and remove the ham and shoulder nekt to you; make a cut the entire length of the belly, G to H, exposing the stuffing, and then cut thin slices of meat from I to J. Then carve the head, the ears first; then sever the lower jaw, carving little bits or slices from the bone. Then cut the hams into thin slices, then the shoulder, carving precisely the same as you would a leg or shoulder of mutton. In serving give each person a piece of lean meat from the body, with a little stufing. As many people prefer a portion of the ear, tongue, and lower jaw, it would be well to ask their preference. A fillet of beef is cut into slices half an inch thick from one end to the other; the thickness being greater in some places than in others gives the carver an opportunity to offer well done and rare meat from the same piece. For a sirloin roast, first cut close to the bone the tenderloin, A to B; next

remove end C to D; then remove the sirloin, going close to the bone, cutting from E to F. Slice the meat across the grain. Persons who like fat should have a thin slice from the

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end of the piece, which waill be sweet and juicy. : When serving fish boiled or baked cut off the head with a silver knife, as indicated in the illustration from A to B: then run the knife along the backbone from C to D. Cut the upper half into slces or pieces as indicated by dotted lines. After you have served

T oA >0 D ST, LN G D CARVE FISH WITH A SILVER KNIFE. the upper half loosen. the backbone, turn it to the back of the plate, and proceed for the under as you did for the upper side. For planked or broiled fish, cut through the backbones, being careful to strike the joints, breaking them quickly that you may not mash the flesh. The best piece of beef for roasting or baking are from the standing ribs, sirloin, and pinbone; the latter, however, can only be bought in certain places. The standing ribs, six in number, come from the forequarter, and the sirloin and pinbone from the hindquarter. A small family had much better purchase ribs from the small end, and the larger family take the “middle cut,” or the large ribs. As meat is always sweeter when cooked with the bones in, remove only the long top bone; chop off a par-

tion of the lower bone, and place the meat, bone side down,in the roasting pan. It requires no fastening of any sort. When done, dish with the bone side

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toward the carver, so that he may draw the knife toward him in cutting. First cut off the end from A to B; then run the knife down at C close to the ribs, loosening -the meat from the end and around the ribs to B. Next cut off the outside slice, D to E, and put it on the side of the dish, and then slice toward you. y e el T el : Questions. : “Leisure, Effigy and Atoms—how far apart are they, pa?”’ “Fh? Far apart—what are you talk'ing about?” ‘gWhy, pa; Leisure, where married people repent, you know; Effigy, the town where they are always hanging somebody; and Atoms, the place that things are blown to!"”"—Puck, A Prize for All. Braggsby—Why do you call marriage a lottery—there are no blanks; every one draws a prize? : . Waggsby—That’s s 0; but most of them are booby prizes.—N. Y. Times,

AMBASSADOR IS DEAD.

Sir Michnel Herbert, British Representative at Washington, Dies in Switzerland.

London, Oct. I.—Sir Michael Herbert, the British ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday at Da-vos-Platz, Switzerland, after a long and plucky fight against consumption, which terminated with tragic suddenness.

The overstrain of Sir Michael’s duties at Washington, especially in connection with the negotiation of the Venezuelan dispute, reacted seriously on his lung weakness, and was largely responsible for his end. With him at tne time of his death were his wife, his brother, the earl of Pembroke, the countess of Pembroke and his sister, Countess de Grey. Interment will take place at Wilton,} England. Sir Michael Henry Herbert has been British®*ambassador to the United States since June,l9o2,succeeding Lord Paunce-~ . oo T gl et SIR MICHAEL HERBERT, fote. At the time of his appointment he was secretary of the British embassy at Paris. He served practically all his life in British official life, the greater part of the time in the foreign office, arsd at various legations. He was born June 5, 1857, the fourth son of Rt. Hon. Sydney Herbert. His mother was Lady Herbert of Lea. In 1888 Lord Herbert married Miss Lelia Wilson, daughter of Richard T. Wilson, of New York. ~ In 1888-9 Lord Herbert came to Washington as charge de affaires, relieving iLord Sackville West, serving until the appointment and presentation of Lord Pauncefote. From 1892 to 1893 he was secretary of the British legation at Washington, thefollowing two years he served his government at The Hague, from 1894 to 1897 he was at Constantinople, and from there went to Rome for a twoyears’ mission. He was then sent to Paris as secretary of the legation, and his distinguished services at the French jcapital brought him the appointment at ‘Washington on the death of Lord Pauncefote. Two sons are left by Sir Michael, one attending school at present in Eng- | land, and the other at a French school.

A SIGNIFICANT MOVE.

Japan Decides to Send Troops to Corea—Possibilities:of a War Crisis,

Paris, Oct. 2.—According to reliable information received here, Japan has decided to send two regiments of infantry to Corea. This is regarded inauthoritative quarters as being a most important step, as affecting Russo-Japanese relations, and as likely to accentuate the possibilities of a war crisis. Japan’s dedision is considered to be directly related to Russia’s proposition to evacuate Manchuria October 8. It is now accepted in the highest quarters that this evacuation is impossible of accomplishment, as China has not signed the terms on which Russia conditioned her evacuation. The advices received show that China inclines to continue the present Russian status in Manchuria, rather than commit herself to finally signing the proposed agreement. In view of these conditions, Japan’s decision to send troops to Corea is regarded as being a most significant step. The advices further show that the war spirit in Japan has materially augmented during the last fortnighg. i

Paris, Oct. 3.—lnformation received here through- official sources at St. Petershurg show that the explanation given of Japan’s moving tfroops to Corea is calculated to remove suspicion concerning her intention. The number of troops moved is estimated at between 8,000 and 10,000. Japan explains that the movement is part of a plan of experimental mobilization, for the purpose of showing her ability to mobilize a considerable foree in connection with the friction between Japan and China; but that it has no connection with differences between Japan and any other power. The officials refuse to comment upon the explanation.

Dropped Dead.

New York, Oct. I.—A man supposed to be John W. Lill, a prominent politician of Lexington, Ky., dropped dead in the Morris and Essex hotel Wednesday. He had just returned from a trip abroad and went to the hotel to remain over night. Mr. Lill was about to register when he fell to the floor and expired almost immediately.

Rhode Island Democrats.

Providence, R. 1., Oct. 2.—Two hundred and twenty delegates, representing the democracy of Rhode Island, met here Thursday and nominated unanimously a full state ticket, headed by L. F. C. Carvin, of Cumberland, for governor.

Hunter Accidentally Killed.

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 2.—Daniel H. Ogden, a prominent business man of this city, was shot and killed while duck hunting at daybreak Thursday morning, 14 miles west of Ogden. The wound was inflicted by a stray shot, the one firing it being unknown.

Is at Liberty.

San Quentin Prison, Cal., Sept. 29.— Charles Becker, considered the cleverest forger in America, is once more at liberty. Becker left San Quentin Monday, after having served seven years for raising a $l2 draft to $22,000 on the Crocker-Woolworth bank of San Francisco. . :

- Given a Life Term., Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 29.—Mitchell Boubedoux, charged with the murder of David Tohee, formerly chief of the Towa tribe of Indfans in Oklahoma, has been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. :

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WHICH ONE WAS RIGHT?

Four little girls, all in a row, ‘ Before the blackboard jetty; ‘ One little word they had to write, ’ They thought and thought with all their

might; - Then R and I and T and E, . The first one spelled triumphantly. - And “Good!” the teacher said, said she, To laughing little Letty. .

The second looked, and frowned a bit Although she wasn't fretty. Should she begin with R? Instead She wrote a W at the head. And “Good!” again the teacher said, To happy little Hetty.

Now to the third each little word Looked very smail and petty; SO WRIGHT, B A long, long word she wrote in glee, — And *“Good!"” the teacher said, said she, To knowing little Netty.

Then, last of all, a little maid, With blue eyes soft and pretty, Took off the W, left the G, - And wrote it, RI G H T. And “Good!” the teacher said, said she, To bonny. little Betty. -

Four little girls all wreathed in smiles, They Jeft the blackbsard jetty; ; For here's the funny thing I've heard About that very funny word— Though each one's spelling, as you see, Was diffcrent from the other three, Each wrote it RI G H T, From ILetty down to Betty! . =—Youth's Companion, .

PUSSY WINDS THE CLOCK.

Intelligent Kitten Never Forgets to Perform Household Duty Allotted to Her, '

This is a picture of a cat that winds a clock. She _does not forget it, but when the hour draws near in which she is accustomed to wind it she seats herself in front of itand watches until the hands point to the exact tinre. Then, climbing

\-’-/ ////// e/ / g fi ) e % - A ——— ; : # /.,—-‘— TG ‘ o KITTY AT THE CLOCK-WEIGHT. . up, she catches the weignt in her paws and drags it down. The clock is then wound up for another 24 hours. This valuable pussy belongs to a Nortk Dakota farmer, who thinks she is worth her weight in gold.—Detreit Free Press.

Shep's a Good Fishing Dog.

Abram Deyo went fishing the other day in Butternut creek, Ulster county, N. Y. He took his dog Shep with him. He fished with two poles, setting one by sticking its butt into the bank, while he handled the other. The dog sat near the set pole, watching it. Presently he gave a sharp bark, and his master, who was fishing some distance away, looked around ‘and saw that there was a vigorous pull on the line. Before he could get to it the fish had yanked the pole out of the bank and was swimming off with it down the creek. The dog jumped into the stream and swam after the pole. He overtook it, seized it in his teeth, brought it ashore and kept right on going until he had hauled out the fish, which proved to be a ' threepound eel. . =

Not Complimentary.

“I sent your wife a copy of my novel, ‘Nine Points of the Law.” How did it impress her?” asked the author. “Well,” replied Henry Peck, “she seemed to handle it like any other -law. She was forever laying it" down.”— Philadelphia Press.

Undoubtedly.

“He seems to have been the victim of circumstanees.” - “How s 0?” “The jury convicted him on circumstantial evidence.”—Puck. -

A Cluster of Windmills

HIS is one of the nicest toys a boy T could have, and one of the best things about it -is that he can easily make it for himself. _ Get a thin strip of wood-about two feet in length and tack it to four crosspieces, the upper piece being six inches in length, the second piece nine inches, the third 12 inches and the fourth 15 inches. This will complete the framework for the windmill. Now get some stiff paper of various colors and cut 15 pieces, each three

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inches square. Slit each piece as shown in Fig. 1. Then out of colored tissue paper cut three round pieces, about the size of a silver dollar, for each of the 15 mills, and with a dull knife scrape their edges until they curl.like the petals of a rose.. If you crinkle the cen}er of the pieces they will look still more ike a rose. . Laying the three pieces one on top of the other, thrust a big pin through them, and draw them well down over

COLLIE MATHEMATICIAN.

“Guess” Car Add, Subtract and Maltiply and Rarely Makes a Mistake in Figures, =

““Guess” is one of the most intelligent dogs ever known in this section of the country. She is a black Scotch collie, and is now five years old. She candozil of the ordinary dog tricks promptiy upon being told, but where she particularly ‘shines is in mathematics. -

By giving her slowly a long string of numbers she will not only add, but subdbtract and multiply, giving the answer, invariably correct, in sharp barks. When any member of the family goes after a - 3 % 3 ~ - e e L-« : ] = kS '3, - s “‘& i W T R i ARy e 3 Gt IR | Shm ettt Sl ? : SRS R L e 5 SRR VGERE T, ——. | THE DOG MATHEMATICIAN | pail of water she will take her pail ard accompany them without being toid. She will also take parceis to any member of the family by name, bring her master his slippers each evening as soon as he sits down, and when ready for bed will go to the kitchen get and bring in her mattress and give any one occupyring her chair clearly to understand that she wants it. : ' Guess never forgets a friend or for‘gi\'es an enemy. In her mathematical i accomplishments she isalert and observ'ing of everv move made and Tarely 1 makes a miss in simple figures —Clizwozn | (Wis.) Letter.

- AN ACT OF CHIVALRY. True Kindness of Heart Depends Neither on Age, Education - Nor Social Stafnding. Altruism is a pretty high scunding word, but the feeling that it represenis is rot all confined to the upper classes, as the following, taken from the Baptist Commonwealth, shows: - It was a fatisuingly hot day, and only those whose business was urgent were found upon the scorching hot streets. - Presently a little newsbhoy appeared in sight. He was not alert and bustling, as is the ideal nmewsboy; om the contrary, he moved along as though each step he took was painful to kim. Meeting an acquaintance, he stopped 1o exchange greetings under the friesdly shade of an awning. ’ . ‘“What’s the matter with you to-day.” Jack? You get along 'bout as fast as a snail.” . ) “So would you, I guess, Tim Ragan, if your feet were full of blisters walking on the hot sidewalk. Every time I put a foot down it’s like to set me cr¥ing,” the other answered. Tim looked down at the bare fest in question, and glanced at-his own, encased in a pair of shoes that had certainly seen duty, but which stifi afforded protection from the heat of the dazzling pavement. . Quick as a flash he dropped down on a step, and the next minute was holding out his shoes to Jack. “Here, you can wear them until to-morrow. My feet gin't blistered. Take ’em, Jack, it’s all right” and away he went, crying: “Three o’clock edition of the Post,” at the top .of his voice, seemingly unconscious that he had just performed a brave deed. Nantucket Rich in Names. Nantucket, island and town, isin Nantucket county. Some oi_the places im that county worthy of mention ars Coatue, Coskata, Nauma, Wauwinst, 'Pocomo, Squam, Quidnit, Quaise, Sachacha, Sankoty Head, Pulpyg iasconset, Pochick, Tom Never’s H¥ad, the territories of the late sachems Wanunochmamock, Autdpscot and Potconet, tha Shearizg Pens, Shawkemo, Shimma, Monomoy, Massasoit Bridge, Nopgus, Wannacomet, the Washing Pond, No ‘Bottom Pond, Saul’s Hills, Cain's Hill, Folger’s Hill, Hensdale, Popsguatchet, 'Hills, Trot’s Hill, Eel Point. Madde'quet, Whale House Lookout, Miacomst ‘Pond, the Haulover, Tuckernuck, Muskeget,, Abram’s Point, Jeremy's Cove, !Wigwam Ponds, Egypt, The Gut and " The Pines. :

the pin’s head. Then, bending the opposite corners of each square of paper until they all rest over the central dot marked on each (see Fig. 2), force the . pin, with the flower on its head, dowm through the five thicknesses of paper, and drive it well into the wood of the | frame. Be careful not to crease the curved edges of the mills. ] The mills are arranged on the frame, ‘as shown in Fig. 3. o If you find it inconvenient to gt many colors of the paper for the miils, use

common note paper—all of one tint o even white—and use pink tissue papes for the roses. This will give a peat and pretty effect. You may even use common manila wrapping paper, if you choose, without- the flowers, and yom will have a cluster of mills that will turn _beautifully fn a light wind. In putting up the frame—out of doors, of course—tack it securely so that a gust of wind may not tear it down— Louisville Courier-Journal.