Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 July 1910 — Page 6

u . i - I'he Ligonier Banner LIGONIER, - ; - INDIANA. e ————————————RY HARD TO PICK GOOD NAME R . Authorities In Dispute as to What Fliers of the Future Are to Be Qalled., The New York World the other day_ undertook to decide whether a man who flies in an afzroplane should be ealled a “man-bird” or a ‘“bird-man,” but finally gave it up in despair. While it found the former term to conform to “man-milliner,” it drew the line on the use of “lady-birds” for women when they shall enter this new field. It falled to show, however, any Obfection to the term that was fast making headway, “aviator,” when some fellow objected to the Latin or couldn’t tell it from Japanese began to use what he evidently thought the simpler form. There would seem to be no more necessity for a feminine form denoting one moving like a’bird than for tennis-player, golf player, bi: gyclist, motorist or a host of others. In fact, the whole tendency may be pald to be toward the dropping of the once famillar feminine forms for Eng: lish nouns. But when you come right down to it, nelther’ the English “bird” nor the Latin “avis” necessarily sig: gests flying, either with wings or motors. The. rooster or ‘“chantecler,” now holding the center of the stage, never made a great hit at skyward flight, nor did the peacock, once honored alike on the dinner table and the awn. : :

; Perfectly Welcome. | Night was approaching and the rain | was coming down faster and faster. | The traveler dismounted from his | hotse and rapped at the door of the i one farm house. he had struck in a f five-mile stretch of traveling. No one | came to the door. As he stood on the ' doorstep .the water from the eaves | trickled down his collar. He rapped | again. Still no answer. He could feel | the stream of water coursing down his { back. Ariot.her'spell‘ of pounding, and j finally the red lread of a lad of twelve .was stuck out of the seconod story. ‘ | “Whatcher want?” it asked. . “I want to know if I can stay héte | over night,” the traveler answered,l testily. . ; The red-headed lad watched the | man for a.minute or two before an-' swering. : ‘ ‘“Ye kin for all of me,” he finally answered, and then closed the window.— ‘ Lippincott’s. j | Do You Know. * ; Do ‘you know that a newspaper laid on a bed acts as a coverlet to keep a film or layer .of air quiet, and thus less heat escapes from the bodies of the sleepers? If a person in riding finds his garments too cool, a newspaper placed ‘under the coat or vest, or under or over the trousers, even only on the side next to the wind, will do a great deal to check the outflow of heat and keep him warm. . Two or three thicknesses of newspaiper crumpled a little and put under the coat or overcoat, are almost as effective in keeping in warmth as an extra garment. , A Gambler's Superstitions. . Like so many incurable gamblers, | Kluge .is exceedingly superstitious. all ihis peculations were carried out in sums divisible by three, and he informed the judge that ‘this “was a temperamental necessity to him. He . never spent money that he had won, as he believed that it brought bad luck in play, and on one occasion he and a lady companion traveled all the way from Paris to Berlin without eating rather than touch a sum of £l,OOO which one of his three-hour spells at the baccarat table had brought him in. —Berlin Despatch to London Telegraph, Pneumatic Tires. _ » Edinburgh is gofng to put up a bronze statue to the inventor of the pneumatic tire, but Edinburgh is not certain whether it was Thompson, who took out a patent in 1845 for affixing a belt filled- with compressed air to the rim of a carriage wheel, or whether it was a -veterinary, Dr. Dunlon, who, in 1888, helped out his kids riding on the rough stones of Belfast by rigging up a crude set of pneumatic tires for his tricycle. Thompson never did a thing with his patent, nor would have pottering Dr. Dunlop. =~ ee e e e e Rights. The American people undoubtedly are entitled to a great many rights, and if the truth were known it would show these rights to be worth having. But the trouble. with these rights is that they are never around when they * are needed. They are either in cold storage or in safe-deposit boxes or in llitigation or in somée ward-heeler’s vest pocket. Inaccessible rights are worse than no rights at all.—Life. . Strictly Impartial. . First Matron—Yes, my doctor has th'e reputation of being quite a ladykiller. _ Second Matron—O, - indeed! Mine —doesn’t make the slightes® ®'sunction between the sexes.—Stray Stories. __ Conventional Getaway. Sympathizer—Weren’t you almost overcome with joy when your lawyers told you that you had won your suit for alimony? : Sparkling Brunette—l was—but 1 went home unassisted—C. W. T. Conquering a Peace. “I was only acting the part of peace.maker,” explained a prisoner. * “But you knocked the man senseless!” the magistrdted pointed out. . “I did,” was the answer. “There ,was no other way to get peace.”— ‘Btray Storfes. o i Afraid to Tell. . " The Playwright—Honestly, now, what do you think of my new play? The Critic—Don’t ask me. You're 80 mmug:g ‘and stronger than I am!--Stray Stories. :

BAL CHIEF SLAIN

SURGI.AR MURDERS IRA G. RAWN, PRESIDENT OF THE MONON,

THEY EXCHANGE BULLETS.

Awakened by Prowler In: Summer

Home at Winnetka Railroad President Seizes Revolver and Is Shot Down, Thief Escaping. :

Chicago.—l. G. Rawn, president of the Monon railway, was shot through the heart and instantly killed at his summer home in Winnetka by a would-be robber. The burglar escaped. There is no clew to his identity.

Servants and women in the house, aroused by the shot, found Mr. Rawn lving in the hallway on his face. The front door was open. There was no one in sight, : The fact that:the murder was committed by a burglar was established by the finding of jimmy marks on the door, which had been forced open. The story of the shooting of Mr. Rawn was told by Ralph G. Coburn, a son-in-law of the victim. “Mrs. Rawn was awakened by sounds on the first-floor of the house,” he said. ‘“Mr. Rawn also was awakened and he also heard the sounds. He Ingisted upon going down to ascertain ... cause, although Mrs. Rawn tried to persuade him not to do it. “He descended the stairs and had barely. reached the landing when ev--2 \; ° S : ) G 57 : - ,tl Yor = b \hj ‘ WA //‘(i “ 'J, ¢ (76 NG 'y : AN ! / \'"fi‘éff'%‘:‘/' g l';; 7 1 Z W /4 D &7 ” /3 ’/ .

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eryone in the house was awakened by the roar of two shots fired in quick succgssion. .

“I rushed out as did the others. We found Mr. Rawn lying in his night clothes. Blood was trickling from his breast. i ;

‘““‘He struggled, turned over, tried to speak, and could not.’ We sent in hurried calls for a doctor. Mr. Rawn died within five or six minutes after the shot had been fired. He did not regain consciousness.” ' “We& -immediately summoned the Wingetka police, and it was they who foung the mark on the door which established the fact that the crime had been committed by a burglar. Other than that we have no clew. )

“The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Rawn, their daughter, Mrs. Bigelow, and my wife and myself and our two chhdren. There were also gree servants in the house, the cook, rs. Rawn’s maid, and Mrs. Bigelow’s maid. None of the rest of us heard the sound ‘of the burglar.” Only one bullet took effect.: The other went wild. - A half hour after the murder had been committed Pinkerton detectives and other private detectives were hired by the sons of the dead man. “We will offer a reward,” said Mr. Coburn and spare no expense to capture the assassin.

Following so soon after the burglary at the home of Laird Bell last Saturday or Sunday night when Mr. and Mrs. Bell were out of town, the incident has aroused the residents of the suburb. Plans for better police protection are being talked of and the crime of this morning probably will incite the villagers to take immediate action. While Mr. and Mrs. Bell were away from home at Lake Geneva last week burglars entered their home and stole several thousand dollars’ worth of si}verware, jewelry, and heirlooms. No report of the matter was made to the local police till after Mr. and Mrs. Bell returned home on Monday. Mr. Rawn became president of the Monon road last October. He was 55 years old. He rose in the railroad work from the job of student telegraph operator which he took at 15 years of age. He was born in Delaware, 0., and his only education was in the common schools there. LT

lindiana County Loses in Census.

Washington, Ind.—Census returns show Madison county, Indtana, has a population of 65,224, a decrease of 5,246 inhabitants.

Monitor Up Mississippi.

New Orleans.~—With’ the arrival here Wednesday of the United States monitor Amphitrite begins the under taking of driving this vessel up the Mississippi river from New Orleans to St. Louis under direction of Missouri state naval representatives. :

Want Yokohama Free Port.

Victoria, B, C.—Agitation has been begun toward making Yokohama a free port similar to Hongkong, according to advices brought hers by the steamer Sumeric Wednesday .

May Yt Telephone to England.

Dover, England.—Telephonic communication between England and America may soon be a possibility if a new experimental submarine e¢able recently laid across the English channel by the British post office authorities answers expéctations.

Western Banker Arrested.

Portland, Ore.—W. D. Outman, treasurer of W. P. McMonies & Co., of this city, was amnested here Tuesday on a charge of receiving money, knowing a bank to be insolvent. /

16,000 RAILROAD MEN 6D OUT

STRIKE ON GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM TIES UP FREIGHT.

Passenger Service.ls Congested—Mlik Famine Threatens Montreal—‘Strikers Are Orderly.

Montreal.—lt was estimated . TuesCay that 16,000 men were out of employment as a result of the strike of employes of the Grand Trunk railroad system which went into effect Monday night. 2 ‘ The strike order was obeyed by 6,000 condyctors and trainmen and the company Tuesday locked out 10,000 men in the shops in the hope that they would accept the positions deserted by the conductors and trainmen. The coup has not been successful. ~ Freight and passenger traffic on the entire Grand Trunk system is congested. Freight is piling up in immense quantities at the various transfer points, with no likelihood of being moved for a long time. A few trains were run by minor officials of the road, with office clerks to take the tickets, but this method has proven a failure. Passengers will not purchase tickets because of the inability of the company to guarantee a through trip to any point. A milk famine is threatened in Montreal by reason of the company’s failure to deliver any part of the usual supply of that commodity from outlying points. Also there is a marked scarcity cI other necessities u.. transported by the railroad. = - There was nothing approaching disorder among the strikers at any point along the system, excepting in one instance, in which a brakeman on a Crand Trunk train at Flint, Mich., was attacked by the strikers and saved by his mother, who shamed the strikers into retreat. ; .

Toronto, Ont.—The second day of the strike on the Grand Trunk has been uneventful throughout Ontario. Through passenger trains are running fairly on time. A few locals have been abandoned. No attempt is being made to move freight. : The freight situation in this city is indeed serious. The yards and sidings are congested with cars. The ice companies are suffering and much perishable freight is being ruined. But stories that the city is undergoing a milk famine and soon would suffer for want of meat are unfounded. Cleveland, O.—“ There msblutely be no quarter given in t ght between the Canadian trainmen and the Grand Trunk and Vermont railways,” sald President W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, on his return to this city. : “The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors will back the strikers to their last penny. ! “The strikers will hold out for the same terms granted by the Baltimore & Ohio, and which every other railroad excepting the Grand Trunk and the Vermont has accepted.”

GOV. CARROLL IS INDICTED

Grand Jury Returns Bill Charging lowa’s Chief Executive With Criminal Libel.

Des Moines.—Gov. B. F. Carroll was indicted Wednesday by the Polk county grand jury here on the charge of criminal libel preferred aaginst him by John Cownie, former - member of the state board of control, whom the governor forced to resign under charges of misconduct preferred in affidavits by girl inmetes of the Girls’ Reform school at Mitchellville. After his resignation Cownie declared he was forced td resign without justifiable cause and Governor Carrol! issued a published statement in which he set forth the claim that Cownie had sold diseased cattle belonging to the state and had conducted himself unbecomingly among the girls at Mitchellville. :

The governor ‘was released on his own recognizance and. will demand an immediate trial. His effort will be to prove the truth of his statements and show justification for publishing tnem. Under the lowa statute the penalty upon conviction is imprisonment in . the penitentiary not to exceed one year or a fine not to exceed $l,OOO.

REPORT CRIPPEN IN CANADA

Liner Steward Declares Alleged Wife . Slayer Reaches Montreal on : ‘. Steamer Megantic.

Montreal, Que.—Positive statements that Doctor Crippen, the London murderer, sought by Scotland Yard, arrived here Sunday on the White Star Dominion liner Megantic was made Monday by H. J. Airress, saloon steward of this ship, who is corroberated by two other stewards. : The actions and appearance of a passenger who was attended at table by Airress and accompanied by a woman registered only as ‘“Carruthers,” seemed suspicious to the steward. ! }

The police believe Crippen has left Montreal for American soil.

Woman Eats Four Babes.

Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo.—The disappearance of Dominican children near the Haytien frontier has been explained by the horrible confession of a Haytien woman that she had murdered them, eating four.

Ohio Judge Sees Roosevelt.

New York.—Theodore Roosevelt had a long talk with Judge Kincaid of Toledo, 0., Tuesday and it was generally understood that political conditions in the judge’s home state came in for discussion.

Bank Fugitive Is Under Arrest.

Philadelphia.—Private detectives Monday arrested J. Howard Lowery, who is said to be wanted in Utica, N. Y., for embezzling $lOO,OOO from = bank there. It is said that his whereabouts was revealed by a woman.

Eleven Killed; 68 Injured.

Melbourne, Australia.—Eleven persons were killed and 68 injured Monday when a crowded state line suburban train crashed into the rear of a train standing on the tracks at Rich mond, four miles north of here.

DIE IN GUN BLAST

ELEVEN ARTILLERYMEN KILLED EIGHT INJURED IN FORTRESS " MONROE DISASTER.

MEN ENSAGE IN PRACTISE

Bodies of Victims Blown to Picces When 12-Inch Rifle Explodes— Wives and Children See Men Slain.

Norfolk, Va.—Eleven already dead and eight more injured was the dreadful toll exacted Thursday by a 12inch rifle at Fort Monroe when the breach of the gun exploded without warning. e Whether the accident was due to faulty mechanism in the gun, or negligence upon the part of the men who were hurled into eternity is to be determined by a board of inquiry which is still investigating the dreadful arfair. ! The killed: First Sergeant Harry G. Hess. Corporal Charles C. Atkins. Corporal Albert Bradford. Private Roy Duffey. e Private Cleve N. King. Private Alfred W, Smith. " Private James H Turner. Private Arlie Adey. . Private Andrew J. Sullivan. Private J. E. Hogan.

The only man seriously wounded was Second Lieut, George 1. Van Dusen, U. S. A,, who had a leg broken and sustained painful burns and bruises.

Five men were slightly though very painfully hurt. Target practise hnd been in progress only a few minutes when the accident Lappened. - Naval tugs, tuwing targets which represented a ‘“hostile” fleet trying to pass Fort Monroe to reach Washington, had ‘just appeared = in sight and all of the batteries had opened fire. ~ The fire was very effective during the few minutes and the targets were badly battered, but when the explosion occurrd interest in the mimic, battle was lost. ;

Colonel Townsley, commandant of the fort, sdid that he did not know whether the mechanism of the gun was at fault or whether the accident was due to the carelessness of the men around the gun. Colonel Townsley . stated that the shell. is still in the gun and that only one breach was blown away. The whole breach block was blown away and was carried some distance by the force of the explogion of the 300 pounds of high expicsive. The projectile was left In the gun and excepting the breech block the gun was not damaged. The men and the gun were in a concrete pit about fifty by fifty feet and the whole effect of the giant charge took effect ih that small inclosure. The Ilen were torn to pieces, arms, legs and heads being scattered in all dwrections, some of them going into the waters of the Reoads and other ‘parts of the land side. All the men close to the breech end of the gun were either killed or wounded. The powder which forms the charges for the 12-inch guns is made up into pyramids with holes pierced through them. Several of these pyramids were scattered around in the pit unconsumed and the holes were . filled with blood.

Many of the dead were so burned and mangled that they had to be identified by the shreds of bloody clothing that were left on the pieces of bodies. The wives and children of several of the men Kkilled were present and saw them meet a terrible death.

700 HEMMED IN BY FLAMES

Towns of Bloomville and Heinemann, Wis., Menaced by Forest Fires— Railroad Tracks Burned. .

Merrill, Wis.—Seven hundred persons of Bloomville and Heinemann were hemmed in Thursday by forest fires at the former town with seemingly no means of escape. N The fires have destroyed the railroad tracks for some distance between Bloomville and Merrill, making it impossible for the inhabitants of the doomed village to seek refuge in that direction. The situation at Bloomville is critical. The 400 homeless ¢f Heinemann fled to that village only, to be confronted by a similar peril. Gleason, north of Bloomville, is isolated by the fire, and it has been impossible to get word from the village for many hours. This leaves Bloomvjlle with its 550 persons cut off on every side. With the population nearly -tripled, the question of feeding the people is a serious one. Reports from Bloomville tell ot the fight of scores of people, some going on foot and others in wagons. The loss in buildings is over $200,00%.

Several farmers’ families have not been accounted for. Fields which were about to be thrashed and live stock and buildings were abandoned.

Estimate 2,100,000 in Chicago. s Chicago.—Children to the number of 814,115 now living in Chicago, according to the school census. report that was made Thursday to the board of education, represented families that it is estimated have 2,100,000 members all told.

Burned by Mischievous Boys.

Pittsburg, Pa.—Robert Finley is in the hospital, painfully burned. He fell asleep on a bench in East park:Thursday, and mischievous boys threw a burning newspaper under him. °

Cyclone Sweeps Over BSweden.

Stockholm, Sweden.—Central Swe den was visited Thursday by a cyclone. No iives were lost, but there was much damage to property. Many farm houses and factories were unroofed, especially in and about the city of Eskilstuna. : :

Death in Car Wreck.

Boise, Idaho.—ln ‘4 head-on col. lision between cars on the Boise & Interurban railroad near Boise Thurs.day, Motorman Willigm Earwood was kted and four passengers burt

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E HAVE today visited an ostrich farm in lovely, balmy South California, situated betweend Los Arngeles and Pasadena, a farm that contains 200 gigantic birds. The guide Informed us that some seventeen odd years ago fifty birds were brought from South Africa by Mr. Cawston, the proprietor. Of these, several died on board ship, others after their arrival, and a few only eventually became acclimatized. The latter bred and multiplied. Other birds were added, and cross breeding, the fine climate, care, regular and® good feeding, brought these farm ostriches to. be the superiors of the wild birds which have to struggle for existence on the African deserts.

The first and largest of the corrals contains the Kindergarten. Fine children it held of various ages, continuously on the move, after the restless manner of yquth. “The boys wear black coats, you will perceive,” said our cicverone, “the girls gray, which underviating uniform is an assistance to strangers in determining sex, for the females run the males close in size The babies are round that corner the same side.” Three had recently been hatched out of a sitting of sixteen. “One dropped off, and then there were two!” Two perky liitle ones, of ten days old, with funny stubby little backs, looking as if tousled horse-hair replaced the soft down of the callow peaiod common to wmost birds, but the body such perfect Hvals that tuck in the heads and legs, and prestro! one perceives they <ould again adriotly refit into their varated, big, creamy-hued shells. The parent birds, we learnt, concern themselves little about thier young after their advent. Possibly the forty days they are engaged over the hatching satisfies their paternal and matefhal instincts. At any rate, in this farm they are brought up by hand by an attendant, as they require to be dedlt with judiciously to tide over the early months of babyhood. For the first four days they are unfed, aft®r which they are allowed alfalfa, and they pick up gravel to aid digestion, being busily employed thereat as we surveyed the couple, with the adroit alacrity of a robin picking up worms #ut of the newly-turned soil in our northern lands. Seemingly sturdy &7 are their little frames, they have 1o be sheltered at night even in eguable California, for damp or chil! would enendanger them at this etrly period of growth., :

In the marital relaticdship the ostrich sets , a good exsraple to all classes of society. It °8 constant in attachment, never atteflipting, but resenting, divorce. Th& mate shares the long-darwn-out hcurs of incubatlon with the hen, tae wife of his choice. At the age o! four the male bird seeks his spoufe, and having found one to his likirg, sticks to her and to her only; and when she pregents him with the eggs that are to carry on their kind, ke does turn and turn about in the sifting, and sometimes extra innings, the good lady being exercised at the cutset by the laying of an egg about three pounds in weight—each equal to thirty chicken egegs.

Alternate days until thirty days give them a store worthy their deveotion to the further requisite weeks demanded for the bringing into being. There is no billing and cooing and gathering up of material for nest-making. Such a big nest it would have to be! Instead, in their native state the birds scoop out the warm sand and deposit the eggs therein; and at this Pasadena breeding corral, on a corner of

Large Demand for Rubber

New Plants Supplying Product are Eagerly Sought—Efforts to Find . Substitute.

Rubber is in such demand for modern uses that not only are new plants supplying it being sought, but eager efforts are being made to produce substitutes. Artificial indigo and artificial camphor are among the great successeu of mnodern chemistry, and artificial rubber seems to be near at hand, as the production of caoutchouc by synthesis has been already announced by Mr. Allsebrcok and Dr. Docherty, of Burton-on-T:ent, England. A process yielaing an adequate supply would take rank as one of the greatest of chemical achievements. Subgtitutes for rubber find some uses, and one of the most promising recent ones seems to be a patented German composition containing glue, glycerine, ~hronie salts, “‘lead plaster,’ vegetable “4here carchmented by . acids, gum ~ “'le balsams and wa-

the bare ground, lay an incompleted | heap which, when the tally was com- | pleted, the huge patient birds would | start on, without the doing of much beyond the covering of the giant eggs with their giant bodies. As they sit in the open, readily dis- ! cernable to the naked eye, in the clear g air of their native regions, nature has ‘ provided them with suitable colored feathering. The gray of the ,femaleg for the daylight, the black of the male ‘ for the night hours. But on this our | visit, Mr. Washington had. obligingly | not tarried for the shadows, but wds | lolling on the eggs that good Mrs.{ Washington had abandoned, and was | stretching a long-drawmn-out neck and ‘ taking a gentle side roll for relaxation, while Dame Washington was‘ easing her cramped legs by a stroll round the corral, congratulating her- | self doubtless on being early off duty. | These long-necked birds bolt the 1 most extraordinary things, such as§ iron and steel nails, gimlets, tennis ! and other hard balls, jewels, andl stones. The gardner took from a bask- % et oranges, of which fruit they are | exceedingly fond, and decorously bid- | ding the previously quiet but now | eager birds to ‘wait their turn and—- “ Place aux dames, let Madame have | the first,” his hand scarce neared the | gaping beak protruding ready, than | gulp, and in the long thin neck the | arange showed the way down, gone ere | a lady watching could exclaim, ‘“she | does not even seem to taste it though | we sec it going.” ‘“Why certainly,” re- | sponds our gardener, to whom the re- f mark seemed not unexpected, “its a | lengthened-out enjoyment. You re- | member Mark Twain and the giraffe.” | Plucking season, we are told, is announced fn the local papers, and. visi- | tors throng for the interesting event, | which, in reality, is a cutting of the larger plumes and only a plucking of | the smaller ones that are ready to | fall. There is no pain in the removal, as the lsrge feathers are also ripe for i falling, but the birds resent the initial | handling, and an angry ostrich is a danger, as they kick with a power and | directness well known to denizens of |

the degert. Consequently they are beguiled, not driven, into a corner of the corral by several men, and a hood is drawn over their heads, when, realizing their helplessness they offer little or no resistance. !

Th» oldest ostriches stand eight feet high and weigh 300 pounds. The featl'ers of the male are in some respects superior to those of the female, harder in texture, retaining curl longer and are capable of taking a beautiful glossy finish. On the live birds they are not the long, thick plumes we seek in purchase, but are single, flat and somewhat unusable looking. Three or more of like length and width are placed together and other methods of treatment are adopted to .obtain the richness, flufiness and grace that render them so attractive for personal sdornment.

S. FRANCES LATIMER.

Wireless Pocket Apparatus.

A wireless telegraph apparatus was exhibited recently by the inventor, Professor Cerebotann, the priest in charge of the Munich parish, during a scientific lecture before an audience of persons engagerd in the various branches of scientific investigation. The instrumeént consists of 'a wood en base with the lstters of the alpha bet thereupon arraaged in a circle. A small metal indicator swings oa a pivot in the center, so adjusted as to respond to the wireless dot and dash currents and spell out the messages. The apparatus is simple and somewhat larger than the Eotdlnary card case. -

ter glass. A process of making rubber from naptha is sald tc be under tert on a large scale in tl}e Caucasus.

It Doesn’t Go.

George Ade, at a dinner in New York, tzlked about Ameri®an humor in England. “If we draw our American characters like comic valentires.,” he said. “the English think us funny. Thse characters were all comic valentines in ‘Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch; you know, and that play ran a year in London.

" “Our own native humor they don’t quite understand over there. So never try to be funny in London, for it’s like making faces in church—-hardly anybody smiles, while a host of good people are annoyed and shocked.”

- Untrue. “They say she’s fickle.” *Nonsense! I know three fellowr she was engaged to for over a year.”

PAWNSHOP SWINDLE Loan Shark's “Dead Sure ~ Thing” Crooked Game. | ; : | Ticket Calling for a Ririg Is Adver § tised for Sale and the Pur chaser Finds He Has | ' Been Duped.” ' | New York.—"“The crokedest. game 'on Broadway,” so déscribed by a jew- | eler of Long Acre square, appears to ' be absolutely beyond the reach of ths | police authorities. It is a pawnshop i swindle, with the pawnbroker as the principal crook. - | The scheme first became -known ' among the Broadway jewelers, who of late have received an amazing number | of requests for valuation on articles of | jewelry, mostly - diamond rings, pins i and bracelets set with other precious | stones. : | Here is a sample of the conversa- | tion that takes place in the jewelry [ shop: ; ) { Customer—l have a ring here which | I would lke to -have you examine i and tell me what it is worth. : | Jeweler—We charge one dollar for | placing a valuation, ) ‘g Customer—Very well, here {8 the | ring. , | 'The jJeweler seldom asks 'what the | customer paid .for the ring; it is his

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part of ‘the bargain to say what the bauble is actually worth. He steps back to a rear window where there is a good light, and in less than five minutes he returns with something written on a small piece of paper. The markings read about like this: “Diamond; pure white stone, 1% carats, $175. - “Setting, $l5. “Total, $190.” o ) : Customer—What's this? C

! Jeweler—The ring is worth exactly | $l9O, just what it would cost you it | you wished to buy a duplicate. | Customer—You are away off, my ' man. Why, that ring -was pawned for - $250. - ) i Jeweler—Yes, I know, and you gave ' $25 for the ticket. o | i Customer—How do you know that? Jeweler—l] am sorrv to inforin vou.

Jeweler—l am .sorry to informn you, my dear sir, but you have been swindled. Let me ask you, did you not read an advertisement in a newspaper offering the ticket for-sale? -

Custoxyer—Yes. I did. But I'm not fool enough to believe that a pawnbroker would lend $250 on a ring that {s worth- only $l9O. Why, everybody knows that pawnbrokers, as a rule, lend only one-third the value on any article, no matter what it is. Jeweler—Entirely wrong, my friend. A pawnbroker might not lend you quite the actual value of your jewelry, but he will lend himsel® a great deal more than the article {s worth, and then give the ticket to a friend to advertise for sale. Do you catch the drift of what I mean? ;

The pawn-ticket bargain hunter begins to see a great light, but he is not satisfied until he has paid at least three jewelers one dollar each to tell him that he has been robbed. The crooked pawnbroker simply takes 5 ring out of stock, puts it up in a package and pins on it a ticket with a fake name, indicating that on a certain day the ring has been pledged for $l5O. : : The dpulicate ticket is turned over to the confederate, who then inserts an advertisement in an evening newspaper which reads as fellows: ‘ “Owing to financial embarrassment 1 am compelled to dispose of a pawn ticket for beautiful diamond ring pledged for $150; worth $250; only one month’s interest due. Will sell cheap. Address Needy, 176, this offl'ce.'l : ) s

The sucker may have had some experience with pawnbrokers, and he knows well enough they are too shrewd to lend $l5O on a ring unless it .is worth considerably more than that amount. He makes an appointment with “Needy” and takes a look at the ticket. The holder wants $25 for the ticket, but finally comes down to $lO. In fact, he will take almost anything he can get. L : Very well. You pay $lO for the ticket and go at once to redeem the pledge. The interest on $l5O at two per cent. for one month is three dollars, making the ring cost you in all $lO6. Any jeweler will tell you it is worth only $lOO. : Sk

Penny-in-the-Siot Light.

In the little Silesian town of Zar kau the authorities have adopted ar ingenious automatic device for ' the benefit of those who are afraid to gc home in the dark. The introduction of a coin in a slot at the foot of an electric light standard after extinguishing hours, will light the road: way for twelve minutes.

The Grasshopper's “Ears.”

Grasshoppers have their organs of hearing at the base of the abdaomen, that, is, at the same place where the corresponding organ of the Noectuidas has been discovered.

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She Lives in Bingwville: A South Missouri paper is carrying this ad.: “Attractive woman, not a day over thirty, would be pleased to corre;pond with eligible man. Not absoutely necessary that he should be young. Would prefer one with property, but one with a good paying position would be satisfactory. The young lady -is of medium height, has brown hair and gray eyes, not fat, although, most decidedly, she i{s not skinny. Her friends say she is a fine looking woman. Object matrimony. Reason for this advertisement, the young woman lives in a little dinky town, where the best cat:}e’s‘ are the boys behind the counters”in the dry goods and clothing stores, gnd every one of them {is spoken for by the time he Is- out of his short pants. Address Hazel Eyes, Box 23, Bingville, Mo.”— Kansas City Star.

Autoing and Optics.

“Is not auto driving terribly hard on the eyes?”. we asked. )

“Well, 1 guess not,” repliled the chauffeur, withering us with scorn. ‘Why, pefore I got to runnin’ a car I was thinkin’ o’ gettin’ specks, my eyesight was that poor I couldn't see the contribution box in church until it was so near past me it was too late to dig for any money. But I hadn't been runnin’ that wagon two days till I could see a policeman’s little fingers stickin’ out from behind a tree four miles away. 1 could even see which way a copper's eyeballs were turned if he was standin’ in the shade three miles off. Hard on the eyes! Well, not much!. It’s the best mediciae for weak eyes that was ever invented, don’t you forget it.” His Clalm to Promlinence. At a social gathering a certain man, intent on knowing every one, was introduced to Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan. > “The name Burrows is very fAmiiar to me,” he said. “I am certain that you are a man of some prominence.” ~ “Yes,” replied Senator Burrqws, “I am the man that ‘died at first’ just before Casey came to bat in that celebrated ball game in Mudville."—Suo cess Magazine, ~ e

HARD TO PLEASE . Regarding the- Morning Cup. “Oh how hard it was to part with coffee, but the continued trouble with constipation and belching was such that I finally brought myself to leave it off. “Then the question was, what should we use for the morning drink? Tea was worse for us than coffee; chocolate and cocoa were soon tired of; milk was not liked very well, and hot water we could not endure. “About two years ago we struck upon Postum and have never been without it since. ] “We have seven children. Our baby pow eighteen months old would not take milk, so we tried Postum and found she liked it and it agreed with ner perfectly. She istoday,and has been, one of the healthiest babiés in the State. . . “] use about two-thirds Postum and pne-third milk and a teaspoon of sugar, and put it into her bottle. If you could have seen her eyes sparkle and hear her say “good” today when lsgave it to her, you would believe me that she likes it. : “If 1 was matron of an infants’ home, every child would be raised on Postum., Many of my friends say, ‘You are looking so well!’ I reply, 1 am well: I drink Postum. I have uo more trouble with constipation, and know that 1 owe my good health to God and Postum.’ . “] am writing this letter because I want to tell you how much good Postum has done us, but if you knew how I shrink from publicity, you would not publish this letter, at least not over my name.” e _ Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,”in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” ous Savite doon i 45 eTy