Orland Zenith, Volume 5, Number 24, Orland, Steuben County, 10 August 1904 — Page 7

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

HIS SCHOOLMATE-SWEETHEART,

A romantic story of the war, wltJ a very tragic ending, has reached Pari* from Russia, says the London correspondent of the Baltimore Son. Among the men belonging to a .Siberian regiment stationed at Port Arthur was a soldier named Liatnlkof, who was popular with his comrades, but was often “chaffed’’ about his effeminate appearance. He had been selected as a servant by a young officer at whose quarters he lodged. One unlucky day, while he was on an errand, he fell and broke a leg. Liatni koff expressed a very strong wish not to be taken to the hospital, and as fio was being conveyed thither he took a penknife out of his pocket and deliberately severed an artery in his left arm. As the soldier on his arrival there was undressed to be put to bed the surgeons, to their amazement, perceived that he was not what he had represented himself to be. Llatnlkoff, in fact, was a beautiful girl, bare'-y )S years of age. Blood poisoning supervened and the patient had bean only three days in the hospital when ail hope of recovery had to be abandoned. The young woman sent for the officer in whose service she had been and implored him to marry her. reminding him that it was her devotion to hkn which had led her to pass herseff off as a man in order that she miglijt follow him to the Far Bast. His brother officers are also said to have pleaded her cause, but for some unexplained reason he wouid not listen rp them. As soon, however, as he had heard of the death of the poor girl who had loved him so well he returned to his quarters and blew- out his brains.

Romance of the War.

Mrs. John I). Rockefeller of Gentle and Generous Character,

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller was her husband’s schoolmate-sweetheart, a fact as little known as the woman herself outside her circle of acquaintances in Cleveland. Mr. Freese (their schoolmaster fifty years ago) has often said of her that she was the most interesting of his pupils; and when he went over her compositions with me and turned the book over to me with repeated requests to be careful of it, he said;

record of events of the PAST WEE5C

Colfax Women Attacked bj- Man Wearing Dresses- New Well Spouts Much Gas—Spiceland Farmer Is Missing— T«Reclaim Mach Valuable Laud.

Colfax was thrown into excitement the other day when an attempt was made to drug and rob Mrs. Elmer Hendricks at her home near town. Mrs. Hendricks believes her assailant was a man, although he was dressed in woman’s clothing, and heavily veiled. While busy with her household cares her assailant entered and demanded to kuow where Mr. Hendricks kept his money, and when she refused to tell the stranger seized her and attempted to make her swallow the contents of a vial. Mrs. Hendricks struggled and os she fled screaming from the; house she pulled the rope attached to the bell which summoned the farm help and at the sound of the bell the stranger, whether man or woman, disappeared in a corn field. The footprints in the soft ground showed a No. 8 shoe, and a place was

“I remember Cettie Spelman, as they all called her, best of all. Celostia Spelman was her correct name. She was ‘Johnny’s’ schoolmate, hi* sweetheart of boyhood days, and is now lais wife. While the presents ‘Johnny’ has made me have brought many a pleasant thought, the knowledge of the grand spirit of Mrs. Rockefeller is deeper to me than you can know. In her school girl days she displayed the generous, loving nature that has characterized her in later years. She has secretly helped many a poor classmate whose clothes ware not as good as her pwn In order that the difference in their dress might not prove an obstacle to a continuation of their friendship. Since her husband has become th§_richest man in the country she has told me of her struggle between inclination and lack of opportunity to pay attention to the old friend* of her girlhood days. Riches and social prestige have not changed her, for hers is a nature that environment could never change, and she is as thoughtful of oth ers and craves the friendship of friends of old days as much as she did when she was a pupil in my little school, years and years ago. To me she is the same Cettie Spelman I have ever known.”

found wtiere the stranger had evidently stopped to take o£ his female habiliments.

Monster Gas Well Is Shot, The biggest gas well that has been struck in Blackford County for a long time is the No. 6 well on the Renner stuck farm, which was shot With the largest quantity of nitroglycerin ever put in a well in the Indiana field. It was drilled 500 feet in the Trenton rock and first shot with 300 quarts in the deep " sand, then cleaned and with 200 quarts in the shallow sand. The well was drilled for oil, but made only a slight showing, while the gas volume is estimated at 2,000,000 cubic feet a day.

i Women who work, whether in the house, | store, office or factory, very rarely have the ability to stand the strain. The case of Miss Frankie Orser, of Boston, Mass., is interesting to all women, and adds further proof that woman’s great friend in need is Lydia E, PinkharsTs Vegetable Compound*

“Dear Mrs. Pestehaii ;— I suffered misery for several years. My back ached and I had bearing- down pains, and frequent headaches. I would often wake from a restful sleep in such pain and misery that it would be hours before I could my eyes again. I dreaded the long nights and weary days. I could do no work. I consulted different physicians hoping to get relief, but, finding that their medicines did not cure me, I tried Lydia E. Pinkham’S Vegetable Compound, as it was highly recomended to me. I am glad that I did so, for I soon found that it was the medicine for my case. Very soon t was rid of every ache and pain and restored to perfect health. I feel splendid, have a fine appetite, and have gained in weight a lot.” — Miss Fbakkie Orser, 14 Warren ton St., Boston, Mass.

Wealthy Farmer Is Missing;. •Tcba F, Williams, a wealthy farmer residing one mile south of Spiceland, left home a few days ago, presumably to spend a week at Ingalls. When his wife attempted to inform him of the death of a relative she learned that he had not been at Ingalls. She was frightened, and, fearing fond play, an investigation was put on foot. It revealed the fact that 54,000 is also missing. Williams is a man of family, owns a 200-acre farm, and has always borne a good reputation.

Lady Bag Saves Melon Crop. The lady bug has saved the melon crop, according to the reports of the growers in the lower Wabash valley, whence nightly trains of melons are shipped to Chicago and other points. About two weeks ago lice appeared on the melons and the growers predicted a lost crop. Then came die lady bug with a hig appetite for lice and the melons were saved. x, 'w't . , ijaukusee xvrver. Edw-ard Johnson and F. W. Hanna of Chicago, government engineers, are engaged in the Kankakee district in running a line for the construction of a monster ditch to connect the Kankakee and Tippecanoe rivers. This would cause the waters of the Kankakee to be diverted, would result in the reclamation of hundreds of thousands of acres of land and would develop the Tippecanoe river for water power.

Find Giant Guilty of Slaying. After being out thirty-seven hours at the close ol a trial lasting eight days a jury in the Orange County Circuit Court declared Alvin Oldham guilty of manslaughter in killing his uncle, Ephraim Elliott of Orleans. Oldham, who is a giant in stature, according to the testimony beat and. kicked the older man until he died from his wounds.

Short State Items. Two prostrations from heat, both resulting in death, are reported from Hammond. Frederick Sleep. 25 years old, waa drowned while bathing in White river at Seymour. The comer stone of the new St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Whitestown, was laid with interesting ceremonies. Citizens of Peru and vicinity are subscribing liberally tor a new school and dormitory building for the Dunkard Orphan’s home, at Mexico. Three members of the Limarson famdy. near Liberty, have the smallpox. Many persons have been exposed to the disease. The family has been quarantined. in a runaway accident ten miles south of Richmond, Ralph and Reese Kitchell, children of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kitch•11, were seriously and perhaps fatally injured.

At Franklin several light cases of scarlet fever have developed, and. strict quamntine is being enforced to stamp out the disease before the beginning ol the school year. •lames Wisehart, 42 years old, employed by Samuel Allen, near Anderson, was instantly killed by a Big Four Railway train. It is thought that Wisehart intended to commit suicide. In a letter found by the Vincennes police tacked on a tree on the banks of the Wabash river, it is believed a mysterious suicide is disclosed. The letter is sicced by Mary Taley, 17 years old, New Albany, Ind.

The African M. E. Church at Hanover "as struck by lightning and partially dismantled. A Sunday school was in session at the time, but no person waa injured. The home of President Fisher of Hanover College was also s-truck. Hr. W. E. Stott, president of Franklin College, which position he recently resigned, to take effect next June, will take up ilie work of writing a history of the Baptists of Indiana, for which he has been collecting data for twenty-five years, and t<»-teomplete which he resigned the presidents’ of the college.

WINNIPEG EXHIBITION.

The early writings of Colestia Spelman show their beauty of character, which has manifested itself in charitable work in latter years. Two of her compositions of girlhood days are in her old schoolmaster’s treasured book. The first—so sacred a subject that she left It without a title —is an early insight into the noble qualities of the girl. It is a penciled token of the love she felt for her mother. The other reveals her love for nature and her powers, even then, of depicting-nature in an interesting and lifo-like way.— National Mapnrine.

A PRIZE LIST OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Everything Promises to Be Most Successful—A Number of Distinguished Statesmen Will Be Among the Visitors.

Winnipeg. July 7.—The Dominion.of Canada exhibition, to be held in-Win nipeg from July 25 to Aug. 6, this year, promises to be one of the best eycr held in the Dominion. One hundred thousand dollars will be estpendedlin pl-izes and attractions. This of itse.f will give an idea of the maguituib-fo. the undertaking. Winnipeg believes in doing every thing on a big scale. There is notlu.ig halt-hearted about it. Since Jt held

Chief of Police Saved.

Newberry. S. C.—W. II. Harris, Chief of Police, of Newberry, says: “I suffered for a number of years with kidney complaint. There was a dull aching across the small of mv back ■s? ney wefe dark and full or sediment, and lack of control compelled me to rise a number of times during the night. Between this annoyance and the backache it was impossible for me to get much sleep and my health was being undermined. I tried a number of remedies, but nothing helped me until I got Doan’s Kidney Pills. The use of this remedy according to directions promptly brought about a change for the better. After using two boxes the backache all left me, the kidney secretions cleared up and the action of the kidneys became normal.”

Surely you cannot wish to remain weak, sick and discouraged, and exhausted with each day’s work. Some derangement of the feminine organs is reponsihle for this exhaustion, following- any kind of work or effort. Lydia E. Pinkharn’s Vegetable Compound, will help you just as it has thousands of other women. \

fw vs.-fujgjj fo!k>W.ai “ BsarMss. P ineham : —Last winter I broke down stiddcnly and had to seek the advice of a doctor. I felt sore all over, with a pounding in rhy head, and a dizziness which I had never-experienced before. I had a miserable appetite, nothing- tasted good, and gradually my health broke down completely. The doctor said I had female weakness, but, although I took his medicine faithfully, I found no relief. “ After two months I decided to try what a change would do for me, and as Lydia 13. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound was strongly recommended to me 1 decided to try it. Within three days 1 felt better, my appetite returned, and I could sleep. la another,week I was able to sit up part of the day, and in ten days more I was well. My strength had returned, I gained fourteen pounds, and felt better and stronger than 1 had for years. I gratefully acknowledge its merits. Very sincerely yours, Mbs. Bert E. Lennox, 130 East 4th St., Dixon, 111.” Ap FORFEIT if we cccnot forthwith produce the original letters and signatures of NaKCSSfili above testimonials, which will prove their absolute ponum-noas. u9hhu8J«J ic'dia. K. Piukliaru Mod. Co., Lynn, Mass.

eit Ji 6¥“‘‘lM8p 81 it,ija^y''yvtiJhas added to the interest,’the; prize money and an important f,u;tm . the gate.

The prize list comprises a hop! 2U pages, a story of the wonderful do*''! velopment of the province tersely told. The exhibits will include everyihing, grown, bred, painted or manufactured in Canada, from the tine art to the t motherly sow. The speed - program j will undoubtedly be a great attract loi*. ! It wul include boys' and men’s races, | horse races, trotting, speeding, etc., ! etc. The prizes in this class alone will | amount to $19,700. the highest being i $2,000 for a “free-for-all,” others rang- I ing from $1,200 down to $130. Among i the entries so far received are the I speediest horses on the continent. The Canadian Manufacturers' A - so- ; elation have secured control of two i buildings, and the Secretary. -Mr. Young, says there will be such a dis { play of Canadian manufactures as has never been shown before in the Dominion.

A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Chief Harris will be mailed to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo. X. Y. Sold by all dealers: price fifty cents per box.

Practice Makes Perfect.

Shoe Clerk —I’m afraid you can’t get these shoes on, madam. Suppose you try a size larger. Mrs. O’Riley—Niver do yez rnoind. young man. Oi’ll be able t’ git tlrim on afther Oi wear thim a toim or two.

Spanking does not cure children of urine difficulties. If it did there would be few children that would do it. There is a constitutional cause for this. Mrs. M. Summers. Box 420, Notre Dame, Inch, will send her home treatment to any mother. She asks no money. Write her to-day if your children trouble you iu this way. Don’t blame the child. The chances are it can’t help it.

Better Than Spanking.

“But I ain’t no vagrant.” protested the unbarbered hobo, who was lined up in front of the police magistrate. “Do you know what a vagrant is?” asked the man behind the bar of Justicei "I dnnno.” replied the prisoner. “Wot do you.se call a vagrant ?” “A vagrant,” answered the judge, “is a gentleman who is out of work.” "Den, ycr honour. I’m guilty,” said the victim of circumstances. "! thought a vagrant wus a guy wot was lookin’ fer a job.”

Changed His Plea.

A unique plan for the heating of residences is about to be put iu operation at Glenwood Springs, Colo. Water from the famous boiling springs is to be piped into town, and so great is the supply that houses can be heated at a very trifling expense.

Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Kase. A powder to shake Into your shoes. It reigs the foot, Cures ‘Corns. Bunions, Swollen. Sore. Hot, Callons. Aching. Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen’s Foot-Eaie makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all 1 druggists and shoe stores, 25e. Sample mailed l-’RKE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le ttoy, N. Y.

Have used Piso’s Cure for Consumption nearly two years, and find nothing to compare with it.—Mrs. Morgan, Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 2, 1901.

Just Bike a Woman.

All in the Pen.

She received a birthday present.

She —What is the term applied to o who signs another person’s name to check? He —Five or ten years usually, I I Here.

Which was very, very nice; But she was awfully disappointed— She couldn’t learn the price.

Do yo» went a Self Inking Dating Stamp for 73 cents? Address, Lock Box 219, Fort Wayne, Indiana,

Dou't Forget the 21st Auuiia/ Niag-

ara Falls Kexcurslon via the Nickel Plate Road Aug. 36tl For details ask local agent or write C. J Asterlin, T. P. A., Ft. Wa>n% Xud., 1< interesting booklet.

Representative Hardwicke of Georgia is so young looking that visitors to the capitol buildiug often mistake him for a boy.

The Sandwich Islanders alphabet h, only twelve letters.

It you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Bali Blue. Large 2 « „ y age, 5 cents. * v

Insist upon yonr printer using Kogl Linen Paper for your Letter Papej This is the proper thing. Take n other.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.—Confucius.

Write C. A. Asterlin, T. P. A., Nickel Plate Hoad, Fort Wayne, lud., for an interesting booklet about their Annual Niagara Falls excursion.

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