Ligonier Banner., Volume 44, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 August 1909 — Page 2

THE STORY o#. JONATHAN MILIIR]

h AUTHOR'S NOTE. 3 | A e 8 & The material facts In this N I R stoery of circumstantial evidence B | K ace drawn from an actual re R R corded case, onily guch change ¢ R of names and local color being ¥ : made ag 1o remove them from { R the cisséification of legal re- ¥ : ports to that of fiction. All the @ B essential points of evidence, ¥ B however, are retained. } A o I AIS A S ) 3 ihe memners of the Call Skin b Cdrappel into I Ladew 8 et i dead !e! piahedd modn and JDenifed = Loaring Hiis wihite Haiy Lo and White maitton chop w i “% Korg hotokinod e : 35 re gt ol lorx ogper m‘ pate whigh Yeverenen Hir t‘ thig I"‘;’:" « ,t t : dafice af B wearer of the % & C ereptes f Higebptonins Jdavs ga o IMnetE ntreadured ) hini o 6e tha DOWaN Brinedl With ninny B Afler the tilnes Gf pood 19 ANBOE . R B i i often w hes s £ eby s i & o Gt oan PR i ral oo case mN o 8 foml on b il and ¢ $ 3 i Oy 5 £ Wll had farrived ;’«.i‘ & Cihy { puilt ovon the Givs wen W teas 11 Wak fioin thiE settrenry ana Hreg thile rHlingw now ‘\ ¥ i Bebd wit the tinwer of the 100 e e » iat o v . arade of mleen o » . i i) W ithin iy OWE Oxberiencs there i * : LA 5 whie! 1 A EYe R Friknge BOY Oof Board and which - wiw, négl lohked Back upod™ it ¢ i f hedauny th gty ima €5 ‘ Liv o ent upen i ¥t SR BRE faittied oW ave o) dead sud ¥ letl 1 Loy the fiest i w i elty on the eirecit in wideh | ohavs REIG feniel for nin . { Gy ty Yhay ol thiary w it eme (e A Betd Keot hyoa \\’-‘ : i 1 i 15) i 3 D B irieag i ik than-Milery Iwas the favor 4 cand thas the most primiaent and best t 3 f 33 tho @ik the fiine Righert LanWay airived atothe hotal 48t B sapper fnstrnctedd Miller to sond g cvind un ta his room and remarked in the hesy ive of ;!u-“.-v: Al the dissk that he did pol cire to have them 16l in the gen eral hageare TOom a 8 he was o reing a far more expensive e of satinions than usual. He also ank d that the door be carefally locked apd the key hradeht to Bl - Supper over, he fell In with a salesman for a shoe honse and one for a clothing frm and they repaired to the bar where they plaved coards and drank until i 1 o'cloek, when theéy all retired. 1t Bappened that the hotel was well filled and the clothing man and the shoe man had been forced to take a doable room together This room was direcily across the hall from the one occupied by the fewelry galesman, e About two o'cloek in t‘?i/z-,::ax}'n:‘l!\s: the two roommates were awakened by FEJ.U:&«“ which seemied to come from the room of their companion of the evening across the hall, “They arose and without stopping to dress hurried out to see what the trouble was. You can imagine their horror to find Conway, the jewelry man, dead, the hed blood-goaked, and standing over him, a dark lantern in one hand and a bloody Knife in the other, Jonathan Miiler, the landlord, who tremblied vielently and gasped incoherently when they burst into the chamber of death. - “The case seemed black enough agzainst him. There was not a suspicion in the mind of anyone in the city that he could be otherwise than guilty. Yet when taken before a justice for a preliminary hearing he most ‘stoutly maintained his innocence and told a story which bad it not paled into improbability by the side of damning clrcumstances against him would have been plausible in the extreme. . “He said he had just reached his room after, as was his custom, sitting up until a train due at half past one, came in. He had not had time to remove his clothing when he, too, heard groans coming from the neighborhood of Conway's'room. Like the two salesmen, he had hurried to investigate, ‘and as a weapon of defense he had taken the knife. He also picked up the dark lantern which he always used in making his last rounds of the hotel and which was still lighted. i

“When he reached the jeweler's door he was surprised to find it standing open. The groans had ceased,

Used His Victim’s Care

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was the last I heard of him until I learned that he had been arrested in a near-by town for swindling. As my card was the only one found on him, ~e was docketed in my name. I disJovered in the newspapers that I was behind the bars without knowing it.”

Did a man ever ask you to go on a fishing trip with him but what he asked you if you could row?

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America's Famous Song.

" The author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was Francis Scott Key, who lives in American history as one of its notable figures. The inspiration for the song came from the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British fleet. Key had been taken prisoner and witnessed the bombardment from one of the British men-of-war on which he was detained. As the battle progressed the American patriot could catch fleeting glimpses of the Stars

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and Stripes waving defiance at the British guns from the tall staff on the parapet of the fort.

This suggested the song to Key, and almost before the guns had been silenced he had written some of the inspiring lines which later were completed.

Of Course They Are,

“Shad is a fine thing.” “So is marriage. Sometimes I wonder if either is worth the trouble.”—e Louisvile Courier Journal. -

Romances of Progress Bv Albert Pavson Terhune | SOLON—The Man Who Discovered Democracy.

The popuiace of ammmm? insane as inapired of the gods Solon s poem incited Bls fellowcountrymen to recaplure the rich island of Sals | mis, which had deen wresled from them 6 a recont war Pelleving him the mouthplecs of the diety. they olioyed, and the expedition was & suc cess. Then Bolon suddenly became quite safie again The people, pealls Ing how clevery he had tricked them | into dolng their county so greatl service. made bitn “archon” (ruler) of | ihe city and siais of Athens == = This was what Solon had plansed for He found hmesl! «t once so pepulnr that he might readily have doriared himeelf absclste @monarch ARG have ruled s m iyrant Inslead o he Lent iy genios to the MiWMI of hix fellow wen Athens st this time was in wretched condition A few of ihe wesithiest families beld | the reine of power and wrang unjust taxes trom the people. The rich were daily prowing richer and mote arro | gant . The pour dally wared poorer Therefore people loft the country | by hundredw. oy Muoreover, the criminal laws, die tated - years before by a Lulge ruler | pamed Diraco, were so biveh AE 10 resder life most uncertain, Dheath | Firet Frisad of v 190 P the Pigin Pes o Doy Pl] : “uffense The man | - P e who stols an ap ple suffersd the same fate as he who murdered a whole family. Under ali | these eonditions agriculture, come | merce and manufaciure were al low | Q"?’b'vv ; o Hii v S » His first act of power was 1o fres every débtor and cancel every deby | Al martgages ware doclared vold. and | people whis had staggersd on upder & welght of poverty and oppression were set on their/foet agatn. Lenlent. | just criminal laws were framed This | drastic course set the ruling classes | aghast. That any archon should sct| a 8 defender of the poor man wWas & thisg uhheard of Jut Solon was tno | sirong with the grateful people at largs to be overthrown: too wary o be assassinated S 0 he had his wa:!II Now that the stress of poverty was relieved. Solon set to work bullding | up the state He mado education dom: | pulgory and ft‘snw-fxi. EVEry YOUng man | to serve two years fu the rmmn»‘ gerves, He pext created a politieal | syriem that giave every citizen a share , in the government The poorest man |

LYCURGUS --- Father of Egquality, Patriotism and Socialism

A young nobleman had Just come back to Sparta He had left home years before, for what his friends deewied the mosl foollsh of reasons He had actually been dissatisfied with -the wild, barbaric lawlessness of Spar - ta and had gone to Egypt, India and other civilized lands to study the art ' of good government Now that he ‘had gained .such knowledge he pro ceeded 1o put his learning to nstant use. Thanks to hie high rank and the favor he enloyved frowm King Labotas - of Sparta this returned traveler, ILy curgus by name, bad a free fleld for wetk. He found Sparta groaning under - misrule, ignorance and harbarism The nohles ground down the peaple The people hated the nobles The government was lax, the country poor. Lycurgus' firgl step was to confiscate all property, divide ft into equal por Ctions and distribute it fairly ameong *the Spartans. He next broke up the Lold tyrannieal system of arbitrary rulership and ordained a sendte of 28 . men (elected for {ifel, all of them over 60 years old. - Instead of one : King, he chose two These were to rule Jointly, more as high priests | than as sovereighs, were to serve in . the senate and were (nvested with { less power than has the president of . the United States. . . " Every citizen was a voter. The - senate was elected by the people and i it commands could be set asidg by . them. Senators were at once lawP . makers, under ap--s‘" Men Equal; proval and secret i Govqrnmgn( by direction of Ly the People.. curgus, and judges {in civil and ‘criminal trials. 1o addi i tion to these were appointed a board | of magistrates i{known as ephorsi, . whose duty it was to protect the peo ' ple's rights and (o act as a restrain {ing influence on the kings. . | Lycurgus also divided the populace {into three classes: Warriors, trades- | folk and helots (or slaves), assigning | especial duties to each, ! Now that he had arranged for the ! people’s temporal and political wel- ! fare by a system of socialism and pop { ular goverament, Lycurgus turned his | attention to a still greater need. Spar- § ta was a small, rather barren country, | sandwiched in among larger, richer lhnds. Lycurgus saw it was only a | question of time before one of these stronger powers should. seek to annex Sparta. Agalnst this he guarded by making his country so dangerous | to any of her foes that none dare attack her, | o Sparta’s only hope was in her army. S 0 he made practically all the populace one vast army. It was a clear case of the survival of the fittest. From the age of seven boys were placed in the care of the state and

Quaint Inscriptions on Bells

The inscription on church bells are often quaint and interesting and frequently relate to historical events. They are more often than ncf in Latin, sometimes bad, but nearly always terse and vigorous. The 12 o'clock bell taken down in the French revolution bore the inscription: “Ego sum vox vitae, voco—orate—venite."” The Honly Ghost bell at Strasburg bears the motto: “O Rex Gloriae Christe, veni cum pace,” and is only

®as given & vole and had ax mack Noice o affairs of state as Bad the Tichest This was the foundation of | modern democracy & government tor and by (he people. Buch a scheme was | regsarded as sheer madoess by many, Bat s instast syccess proved Hs worth, Popular elections, lHmited terms of ofice sod & public rendering of accounts by every offivobolder wers the thres chie! features of these lawas | The people at lsrge were put & complete control of public affairs. Any | man over 39 could vole Solon also appointed & sonate. o Which were eligthle only such thes ax kad ae fuitted themesives Lighly in public of Ber This body's Auly was to advies IBe state Hut the peopds Bad full power to Yolo Is commands, thus giv. g senators asthorily only as jomg ss ; they held the voters’ confdence | Pupuiar govern frent W ithuut anarchy, | Tiberty =it Heenee, Inir play for fich and poor aiike and the general Hplifting of peopls and ountry-—— | hewe -n;nm» Solons alm - And he e : arhioved them . | t?g ‘g“;:?‘ Q:: For the Brat tinme | ¥ the pisin peanie o . received; freedom | and dustien . o Cod Thoussnds of Atheniane upder the torprer unjust rule bad emigraled To tentore this dpfielt Solon tried to in duce there sypatiriates (o return and Also ofered indyevments for foreign. | #rs to =ettle in Athense To sveid discriminate lmmigration be foreed | #Bch pewbomer o pay an apaual tax RB4 o provide Bimaslf with & bosds | wat who should be responsible for o Bis pood behavior Commeres and manafacture were also revived and Freatly tmproved. - ' ; © Mest men would have been salisfed al ail this . Bolon was sot. To bearn | more sbout government he feft Greece | in bix ol sge and lravelod for ten years in the VArkins bestgavernod | countrien of the world, trying to ac | quire new idess for the aggrandize ment of Athens. On these travels he ! was welcomed sverywhere as the | greatest man of his day. King Croe | sus of lLydia, the richest weonarch ia | the waorld, and other soversigns de- | lighted odo him honor o " | fuff returned at lsst to Athens and sirove o pul intd effect the fiew ro | forms he bad gathered during bis pil grimage 0o 550 B C. st the age of | 8 the Fatker of Democracy | died, | having accomplisked more for the poople and for posterity thdn any oth. er man who had ever lived g 4 I‘ Woprrightets :

wery thencelorth sublected 1o an ende course of discipline. palp and Wik They wers (3ight o go for BB YN without food or sfeep) to endura torturce, perils and Lardships that would kil anx ordisary man They wire trained by the séverest system ¢of athletivs and iostructed in the use i every weapan . # A 8 & result uxrf‘,\’ Spartan iad, by the time he madched manbood, was oot only an ideal sojdier. but consid erad {t childish o give signs of pain or fatigue. He was a perfectly doyeloped human rmachine There was little or no home life for htm. - His future was ot the service of the state, pot of bimsed! Sickly children were put to death A #tupid man had po chance in life Power of boddy and shrowdness of mind allke were peces. sary for success, or even existencs in that stern community. Sobristy and Women's Great .-ST e and fntegrity Debt to- Spar- wers the watch tan Reformer. words ot the eountry. Hovs were tuade 1o gaze on the antics of a drunkeén helot to dis'xu,ﬂ;’. them with tippling. They were shown the ressons for other nations’ fall, to varn them against the same faults. To promote personal equality, every Spartan was obliged to contribute his share 6t food 10 a common table. At these public tables on terms of familiarity, all were forced to eat, from king to dommoner. Women, in olden times, were looked on as little better than slaves. Lycurgus changed all s To him women owe much of their present high position. For he gave their sex its firet impetus toward betterment by declaring women the equal of men. As mothers of future warriors he demanded that they be treated with all reverence. Girls were taught wrestling, boxing, runping and other athletic sports and acquired the more rugeed virtues of courage and selfsacrificing patriotism. A . Spartan mother néver wept at her son’'s death. But if he were a coward she went into mourning. : Having lifted his country from barbarism to high civilization and set ft on the road of progress, Lycurgus announced that he was going on a long journey and made the Spartans take a solemn oath to abide by all his laws and reforms until he should return. Then, sacrificing himself for the land and people he loved, Lycurgus left. He never returned. No one knows what became of him; whether he killed himself or hid somewhere In voluntary exile until his death, in order that Sparta might forever keep the odth to obey his precepts until he came back to take up again the reins of government. : e (Copyrighted.}

rung when two fires are seen in the town at the same time. The following is a quaint and fairly common inscription: “Funera plango, Fulgura frango, Sabbato pango, Excito lentos, Dissipo ventos, Paco eruentos.”—London Globe. : “Still Mrs. Boyle, the kidnaperess, says she is very fond of children.” “So are cannibals.”™

Mr. Taft's Style Is Most Earnest . When He Plays. His Drive iz a Strenucus Performance A Laugh Invariable at the End of Each Sirghe—Mia Put- : ting impressive ' Wasrtington - Whes President Taft piays goll Bin sivie I 8 rost | edrnest wshen making the pisry and most Bon chalant and Jdeliberate biét wen sirokes Hoe walis froge one grive In the cdher g thougl Be was o 8 8 #auntering tour When ilhe presidont 38 10 drive off ko miakes Bis owyn tee of sand He does ot use IBy pa? { iittke ol ber tese Ror does ko have a caddy bulid Thie fsa2ls " fiiy t Mr Talts theary o thie s =st i that 11 e good for the peneral exercise ! bis Yeely and Seally good fox w®Eat ight e termied ) ) il wménd fo wiaah sioey = gl 18 Fat she ;:.’v";.,"v!' Ke { fows n.B way That péver will reduce the waisg Bre He stands on o fomsl &l ede. vales e other in the stiade of W man et BInR a 0 Toßs & i fable for a lobg shet. Having 3 i the ol 5 the lew IRy ordesiden! takew & tong hard ook al the ‘ { thire i 9 converation bhanind Big b turne atound and ahoot Fare™™ in a rome that eanhot be 5 txket Eree § B Blrer { et AR . ! l~v"'3' ook b 2 ! w ' a 3 ¥ Aa Ihavugd 3 = #iani® | vy A s : % I g L B §‘. S 3“ 3g ; } - ’ :‘"éﬂi ?5' F R BE o\ )"I ENS W T 8 *;1“ I;; )3 iR T, - e L Sk i Neo R Y o i es L R ¥ el B R g, igemt. T A A President Taft as a Goifer, ; bill or defy Aldrich, and swi ;"a"a?‘?-: ail the force of romething moere than “Hr pounds of active muscle and bogé immediately the straoke is wmads the i.’,é*:« dent assumes invariably x‘.;v atu-tudse-~that of anxious =xpectahey. ” He aiways “follows through on drives and brassie or irop shots so his-elub Cutes up over t(he left g% tider It remning there while he walches the course of the ball, his lips _siightly apart and his body bent forward When the ball has settied be straightens up and laughs. ‘ No one who ever plaved with _the president missed that laugh a 2 the énd of Lis stroke. If the play is a gz‘n::s,fnne the president’s laugh is 4 shout: but even T it is a drive into a bunker or off the coursé, he laughs ~ Senator Bourne, Gen. Edwards, Vice President Sherman and others who play often with Mr. Taft h;‘n:v remuarked on the fact that he refuses to lose his temper. 1t makes it hard for 8 man who does get angry and swear, and thege three feel that they have a grievance. No one of them hesitates to express his opinion of & ball that does - not go where he intended to drive it, exzept I whén he is playing with the president. I Mr. Taft probably {8 most impressive in his golf game when putting. His putter is a massive piece of wood, fron and lead. The face that strikes the bail is broad, corrugated and with weight behind it The president does not smooth the turf in front of the ball before putting. He squares himself, carefully shifting his feet until he is directly in line with the hole. Then he putts with care, and watches, again, anxlously the course of the ball. I it goes around the cup, instead of into it, the president says “"Pshaw.” Then he laughs, and tries again. That laugh is the most trying part of being a partner or opponent of the president at golf. It gets on the nerves of a man who wants to swear. i

idea of University Education,

In University Administration former President Ellot of Hayard. says: “The bread and butter métive should not prevail in a university's profeseionul school to any gredter extent than it should prevall in a college. In both departments it is reasonable for the individual student to keep in view the means of earning a livelibood, but in both alike the dominant motive should be the desire to be serviceable and to be well equipped to give and to enjoy giving effective service.”

The Modern Way.

Alfred Henry Love, the president ot the Universal Peace union, said in the course of an Easter address: “Lincoln abolished slavery; but what good is that whilst war stil goes on? |

“Men no longer steal the poor savage and sell him into bondage. They now steal his country and charge him an outrageous rent for the privilege of living ip it."” : -

A SURE SIGN. When It Appears Act at Once. Trotble with. the kidney secretions §s & cortzin sign that your kidaeys are devanged and thatl you shouid use Doas's Kideey Pills. They cure all I regularitios and AnßOyantes, TenOYS backacke apnd side pains and restare the kKidnors to heaith, Charies Cole, 3 N Bockeye St, lola ’ Kats, #savs *The - Kidney scerelicns were irregular 3 b sranty and painful s bt and ('rf‘.‘..‘;.f‘.-‘dy sl | f" 57 ment. My balk was - i ; sUff and lame and r%:""l,'f‘fr!, swelled, 1 grew weak and discuraged, Doan's Kidner Pilis re mored ihese troubles entirely. | have e well-for (%0 yYears ™ Hemember the game—ldan's. BSoid by &l deajors I 3 conts a box. Fos ter-Milburs Co, Beffalo, N. Y. . HEARTLESS. eel : X = K T——— {3 i: [ - ] i B gy . Horsrs= ARt Miss Owace, what 8t 12 young man 4o wsen e wanls 6 write. spting poetry? Grace-——ite stioukd see 8 doctor, " Defined. : UHay, popn, what's rivil service?™ "R I's an acl governing the seryice in the deparimesnt, the cus tog:s: the pustia:, thes guvernment print gt dad, whal does it mean® “ReanT It weats where a busy man e ¥ g - the 3 3g P o K By SOlna -Sin »\ fails 5 iißne waits an hogr apnd 2 2 tes betfore 1« hicg the window - tHeq xiter tendering a hup &r el 3 hedrs the taliowfaced clerk, murar pleasantly "Wl exsie stiines al the next window | plogse’ Bohemian Physician's Mean Trick A dowtor was ane day stupped In the sireets Ly it ! bis woman patients w B B [LA.RGY WaR [ ¥ AEILATY e Jucinf, W was known for his ittoleranes of and B mpathy with ¥ I 1 ifler listening some w ¥al lmipst 1y 1o the = iGn R de ¢ ed A £t ol 8 ner feelings and gy I ntnmg o 8 5 by 1 gyt “r Gves a t 1 ¥ » p ot i s PO ;_z{v did- s £ine sging her oves In & fow an 8 nowhere o Roseel the 2oman awalie WO by hersel Lie s tharanibinre with Lot ejes shut and ber tosgue LEsElng ) The Water Bite, He was six vears oid and had never gazed int the mynst s of &8 mi R Several siides containing BHATHA 3 vd been dispiayed 10 his astonished viston He was too amazed to make any comment unt Le came 10 one siidethatl sremiad more wWriggly than any of 1f thers, 1t was merely a drop of water The little fellow gared at it & long time. with all {ts nimble particies of animal life, and fisally exclaimed to his mother “Oh, mamma, now I know what {t Is that bites you when you - -drink soda water: * And the Old Man Grinned. “Duke.” paid the lLeiress, eagerly, “did you see father?” “Yes " “Well?™ *We talked about thé weather” “What? lLose your nerve again? Why don't you brace up and talk like a man?—a subject of a king on whose domaln the sun never sets!” MCan't.”. moaned the duke, “All the time | was in your father’s office he kept gritning st a big painting ™ " *“What painting?” “The battle of Bunker Hill"”

THE NEW WOMAN Made Over by Quitting Coffee,

Coffee probably wrecks a greater percentage of Southerners than of Northern people for Scutherners use it more freely.

The-work it does is distressing enough in some instances: as an illustration, a- woman of Richmond, Va., writes:

“I was a coffee drinker for years and for about six years my health was completely shattered. I suffered fearfully with headache and nervousness, also palpitation of the heart and loss of appetite, . - :

"“My sight gradually began to fail and finally 1 lost the sight of one eye - altogether. The eye was op erated upon and the sight partially restored, then I became totally blind in the other eye. .

“My doctor used to urge me to give up coffee, but I was willful and continued to drink it until finally in a case of severe {liness the doctor insisted that I must give up the coffee, 80 1 began using Postum, and in a month- I felt like a new creature.

“I steadily gained in health and strength. About a month ago I began using Grape-Nuts food and the effect has been wonderful. I really feel like a new woman and have gained about 25 pounds.

“l 1 am quite an elderly lady and be. fore using Postum and Grape-nuts I could not walk a square without exceéding fatigue, mow I walk ten or twelve without feeling it. Formerly in reading I could remember but little but now my memory holds fast what I read. -

- Several friends who have seen the remarkable effects of Postum and Grape-Nuts on me have urged that I give the facts to the public for the sake of suffering humanity, so, although I dislike publicity, you ecan publish this letter if you like.”

Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” Ever read the above 1:::«-9 A mew one appears from time time. They are genuine, true, and full of humap