Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 April 1903 — Page 2

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ADVEKT1SINO RATES made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. Plymouth, Ind., April 9, 1903. President' Diaz's message to. tbe Mexican congress indicates ttiat some of our prosperity has overflowed into that country. But that's all right -with us; we've got about all we can use, anyway. Judge Adams of St. Louis, has dissolved the temporary injunction preventing trainmen of the Wabash Railroad from striking, but an amicable settlement of the difficulty is expected. Reed Smoot rises to state that he has not received an invitation to address the American club, of Pittsburg, and that he is not expecting one. Evidently Reed feels that he will be able to find trouble enough without looking for it. President Roosevelt, speaking at Milwaukee, praised trust legislation by last congress, declared it adequate lor the present, promised right enforcement of statutes and expressed belief that trust eyll cannot be reached "by means of tariff changes. The Columbia City Post is of the opinion that whe.i a man Is retained in a public office too long he is very apt to get cranky and indifferent, toward those who have business to transact with him.' For tnat reason it is a good idea to make changes every four years or so. s The president's determination to go to the bottom of the postoffice scandal and to permit no guilty person to remain in the service may receive the condemnation of the politicians whose favorites are in danger, but It will command the respect of the vast majority of the voters. George Washington said in bis address to congress: ''To be prepared lor war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." Theodore Roosevelt said in his Chicago address: It is too late to prepare for war when war has come." These are self-evident propositions. The fact that a Los Angele", man has replaced bis watch dog with two geese is heralded as if it were a new gcherae to put geese on guard. It only goes to corroborate the assertion that there is nothing new under the sun. The - Romans worked this game ever so many years ago with splendid success. Canada is to have another transcontinental railway. Its .terminal will be at Quebec in the east and Port Simpson, B. C, in the west. The road will run parallel with the Cana dian Pacific, but will be from 200 to 400 miles farther north, traversing the very heart of Canada through the wheat and nuln wood belt. The road M I will be called the Trans-Canada rail way. 1 Under the irrigation law of the last congress the secretary of the interior has. approved, of five irrig ion pro jects recommended by the United States geological survey. They are located one each in Wyoming, Color ado, Nevada, Montana and Arizona. It is estimated that they will render possible the irrigation of about 1,000, 000 acres of land, at an average cost of 17.50 an acre. That will not make Tery cheap land tor settlers and it is doubtful if the goyernment will ever get its monev back. Indianapolis Journal. Circuit Attorney Folk, of St. Louis, who has been so presistently and effectively pursuing corruption ists in that city, ha3 been snubbed repeat edly by the democratic leaders. Al though he is a democjat and was elected as such, he was not invited to a democratic banquet, and his name did not appear as a vice-president of the democratic ratification meeting. More recently a St. Louis democratic paper threatened Mr. Folk with ring rengence. The man who does his duty seldom has the support of the ring managers in any party. United States Judge Adams, at St. Louis, has dissolved the -injunction granted March. 3 against the officials of certain railroad brotherhoods restraining them from ordering a strike of the Wabash employes. His present decision is based on the ground that the averments of the complaint were not sustained, that the "employes themselves not only fayored but had ordered the strike, and that there was no evidence of conspiracy on the part of the officials to interfere with the operating of the road. The opinion leaves no doubt that if there had icen evidence of a conspiracy against the railroad or of a purpose to bring on ctrike by coercion it would have granted a permanent injunction. The courts are as careful not to Interfere ,4h Trir.-i riht3 L3 they are to jr-tcct then rjaln interferes irjz2 others.

' Senator Allison says Roosevelt will be the unanimous choice of his party for president and will be triumphantly elected in November, 1904. The German officials announce that they are satisfied with Admiral Dewey's explanation of the newspaper interview incident. So is the admiral, and thus the incident is closed.

Under the decision of the St. Louis judge the Wabash employes can strike. But what good will it do if they are to conform to his other in junctions that interference with prop erty or person Is forbidden? If they cannot stop other employes from tak ing their jobs they will only lose them. Elkhart Review. There is considerable light-weight timber now being talked of for gov ernor of Indiana by both parties, says the Milford Mail. This state has pro duced some heavy-weights in .its day. but it seems as if the soil bad quit producing giants, or, rather, that the giants are not pushing tbemselyes to the front just now. There are over 1,000,000 employes m the railroad service of the United States. That would be a nice addi tion to the 44 patronage " of senators and representatives of the dominant party if the government should "take over" the railroads. The party that could not keep in power with ( that would be deserately short of brains. It is hoped that the Department of Justice will investigate the circum stances of the shooting of union miners in West Virginia as requested by President Mitchell, and while the investigation is on that it will be ex tended to cover tne charges of shoot ing and Intimidating nonunion miners and other inhabitants of that terroriz ed locality. Governor Odell of New York be came aware of the fact that bribery was being attempted to defeat the proposed increase of liquor Heenes. and he put detectives on the track. As a result be summoned seventeen republican legislators and warned them if they bolted the bill he would see that investigation of bribery was made. They did not bolt, and the bill passed. The revised returns of railroad con struction of 1902 show a total of 6,025 miles, the largest cince 1888. Heavy as this is, the probability is that the construction of 1903 will not only ex ceed it, but also surpass any previous year, uver eignty-nve hundred miles to be constructed during the year are actually under contract. In addition to the rbads under contract under con structlon, some three thousand miles will probably be built, making a total of 12,000 miles in round numbers. One year ago traffic experts were saying that railway earnngs could not possibly equal the high mark of 1901 with Its total gross in crease of $110,000,000. The figures which have been completed in railway operations for the calendar year show that this prophecy was unfounded and that the railroads enjoyed the most remarkable year in their history. Total gross earnings of railroads hav ing about 200,000 miles of read were, in round numbers, $1,700,000,000, which is an increase over the previous year of about $105,000,000. One fact brought out by the Investigation of the office of Assistant Attorney-General for the Postoffice De partment, formerly filled by James N. Tyner, of Indiana, is that several law firms in Washington, have for years been living off "get-rich-quick" con cerns. turf companies and other schemers doing questionable business. Inspectors have in band documents showing that it was i "favorite prac tice of these law firms to notify these shady concerns that they (the lawyers) could, for a good, fat fee, prevent interference by the Postoffice Department. The hew license law passed by the New York legislature increases the fee 50 per cent. In New York city, where it is now $800, it will be $1,200. In Brooklyn the increased license fee will be $750. Outside of the larger cities the license is much less. It is expected that a revenue of $18,000,000 will be derived from the new license. On the other hand, the'saloon people claim that the excessive fee will close 6,000 of the 28,000 saloons in the state. In the discussion the issue was between a tax on land and a tax on the saloon. Every republican but two in the house voted for the bill. i -According to reports. Senator Gorman has learned that Recently many democrats have become '-modified protectionists." This probably does not bother the Maryland man much. Gorman and two or three other democrats in 1894 changed the Wilson free trade bill in such a way that Its author did not know it, and repudiated it. Mr Cleveland's opinion of Gorman's work at that time is on record, and does not make pleasant reading for democrats. The 'modified protectionists" are much more numerous In the democratic party today thza they vrcre v?hen Cleveland vras denouncing them nine yecxs to.

; The ElJuiu Law. ; A mistaken impression prevails re

garding the Elkias law. The act does not prohibit any railroad or other common -carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion or to mu nicipal governments for the transportation of Indigent persons, or" to inmates of a national home, or state homes for disabled volanteer soldiers, or of soldiers' and sailors' orphans homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge under arrangements with the board of managers of those homes. . Neither can anything in the act be construed to prevent railroads from giving free carriages to their own officials or employes, or to prevent the principal officers of any railroad company or companies fitim exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers or employes. It does, however, forbid the issuing of passes or the allowance of reduced passenger rates to Influence business, and likewise the granting of rebates to shippers. A Great Indiana Enterprise. The amicable adjustment of the controversy betweea the Wolf Lake and Indiana Harbor interests at Hammond, insures the building of a great -industrial city in northwestern Indiana, which will be of very great importance to the state. There is no room for question that the location offers fine opportunities for harbor facilities, with shelter from the storms of the lakes, and Incidentally great opportunities for manufacturing and other industries. There is every natural advantage that could be asked except the supply of fuel, and a coal road direct to the Indiana coal fields will supply that need. With these advantages, and with the constantly growing commerce of the lakes, the locality is certain to develop rapidly, and this development will be increased when a ship canal to the sea board shall be constructed, as it is certain to he sooner or later. New York's preparation for a barge canal is a long step in that direction, and the Chicago drainage is no doubt only one mo ye toward a transportation canal to the Mississippi. Many people have predicted that the whole south shore of Lake Michigan will become one great city practically and the prediction seems in a fair way toward fulfillment. Indianapolis Sentinel. Must Pay Election Debt Special Judge Funk, in the Laporte Circuit Court, Thursday decided an election bet. In the fall of 1900 Edward Etberington, a wealthy farmer, was a candidate f(3r the republican nomination for sheriff. J. A. Bract made a deal with Etberington for twenty cords of wood, and while wood was being delivered Etberington made a proposition to Brant that if he (Etherington) became the next sheriff of Laporte county Brant was to pay him double price for the wood, otherwise the wood was to cost Brant nothing. The latter agreed. Etberington was defeated for the nomination. He sued Brant for the value of the wood, the case coming to trial Thursday. Ether ington claimed the bet was called off before the convention. The court ruled against Etherington, and declared Brant was entitled to the wood. Decrease in Speed ol Trains. There appears to be an understanding among railroad managers looking to the securing of a general decrease in the speed of many of the important passenger trains. Extremely heavy traffic, both , freight and passenger, makes it practically impossible for most lines to run trains on schedule time, especially during the fall and winter, and this is not much improved during the spring and summer, as another principal cause of delay is the Improvements that are being made to roadbeds. The detention of freight trains causes great loss to railroads, and the fines imposed by the Postoffice Department the last.six months because of failure to deliver mail according to sebedule time amount to an enormous sum. - , Mountaineer's Harsh Judgment Bishop ' Coleman of Delaware goes on a tramp through the mountains of West Virginia every summer and, of course, has many odd experiences. Last summer, clad in old and dustcovered clothes, he entered an inn where several mountaineers sat talking. One of them with characteristic hospitality invited him to take a drink but the bishop courteously declined. "Do you eat hay?" said the native. "Why, no, my friend," said the stranger wonderingly. "Then," said th mountaineer with scorn, "I don't thjnkyon are fit company for man ' or beast. Come, boys, let's take something. ' ; Rod Law cf IS59 SUnds. The supreme court decided in a case from Howard county Thursday that the read law df 1899 providing for special assessment against property within two miles of the road, based on benefits from such improvements, doc3 not repeal the 1889 law that provides fox a tovm:hip election and general tax for the proposed read, v

Crushed by Sawlojs. Jacob Rmggenberg, living about four miles east of town, met .with a well-nigh fatal accident, Tuesday, lie

had hauled a load of sawlogs to the mill at Ayr, there being five or six logs In the load, and in unloading them he was caught under one. which crushed several of his ribs. A large knot on the log prevented the full weight from coming on him, or he would have been crushed to death instantly. The attending physician thinks he will recover if 'inflammation does not set in. ne was taken to the home of Mr. Slabaugh, near by. Bremen Enquirer. Paragraphs frorr. President's Address. It is too late to prepare for war when wa has come, and If we only prepare sufficiently no war will ever come. I believe In the Monroe doctrine with all my heart and soul; I am con vlnced that the Immense majority of our fellow countrymen so believe in It. We wish a powerful and efficient navy, not for purposes of war, but as the surest guarantee of peace. If we have such a navy there is but the smallest chance ihat trouble will ever come to this nation. There is a homely adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the Amercan nation will speak softly and yet build and k&p at a pitch of the high est training a thorougnly efficient navy, the Monroe doctrine will go far Kodak Cure lor Ill-Temper. What would happen in Chicago homes if Mrs. George Watkins' sug gestion for temper curing were taken seriously? And what would happen in Chicago's clubs, in streets, shops. churches and in every place, in fact, where two or more persons are gath ered together? Mrs. Watkins said: "Do you know how to conquer a wom an's bad temper? Take a snap-shot photograph of her and be sure she sees the proof. I feel perfectly convinced that would be sufficient treatment for the worse case of temper on record. A woman has no idea how ugly she looks during temper raging. She is the most repulsive creature in the world. Every soft line, every bit of grace she usually possesses, is wiped away completely. She does not realize this. A kodak picture would help her to see herself as others see her. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Little Word "LucX." We of ten bear of how So-and-So" made his mark in this or that vocation. We seem to forget that one of the greatest factors in our lives is the word "luck." Ability and shrewdness are excellent things, but "luck" is a good part of the "game." Five years ago a friend of mine borrowed $150 from an Erie railroad conductor. He was inboard luck" and could not pay the debt. Meeting the conductor one day, he said: "I can't pay you. old man, but here is the title and deeds to 200 acres of waste land in California. Take them as an equivalent and call our account square." The conductor did so, and often joked about bis land possessions. He tried in vain to hell it for $50 It was very lucky for him that he couldn't. Today he owns 200 acres of the richest oil well lands In the world, has $2,000,000 in money and rides about the country in a thirty-thousand-dollar private car. Some people will .say he was shrewd. But what about the little word "luck?" Trade With Germany. The German meat inspection law, passed almost three years ago, went fully Into force Thursday. It is supposed to be in the interest of public health, and the suggestion that it is meant to cripple trade with the United States is repudiated. Tb;i law absolutely forbids the importing from this country of grape vines and potatoes. Live plants or parts of plants, and fresh fruit, if It appears from examination at the port of import that they are infected with the San Jose scale, may not be imported. All sweet substances or articles of food containing sweet substances are excluded. The importation of meat in airtight cans or similar receptacles, sausages or other chopped meats, is forbidden, as is the importation of meats cored by boracic acid, formaldehyde, sulphur! 5id and other acids. Fresh meats, unless consisting of the whole carcass containing the Inner organs, so as to permit of sanitary inspection, may not be imported. There are other provisions of great severity. It is to be borne in mind that the exclusion of meat in cans, boracic cured meat and sausages has been in force since September 1, 1901. This has had the effect of greatly lessening American exports. However, it is said that the exporter are endeavoring to cure meat without the use of loracic acid, and it is thought that the meat trade will not be greatly curtailed. Our exporters may be trusted to find some way of meeting the emergency. And it may be that the restrictions will not operate unsavorably after all. The prices of meat in Germany are high, and tne supply is scarce. So there is likely to be a chance for American meat. Indianapolis News.

Rev. McKenzie Opposes Divorces. At the meeting of tho ministers as

sociation at Lafayette last Monday morning, Rev. W.E. McKenzie, for three years pastor of the M. E. church at Plymouth, read a paper on "The Right Attitüde of the Church on Di vorce" which brought out a lively dis cussion and was published in all the Lafayette papers. As a result of this paper the preachers of Lafayette announce that thev will hereafter re-marry no divorced 4 person except the innocent partywhere divorce was grantÄ on the charge of adultery. Mr.' McKenzie's paper was an exhaustive discussion of the divorce question from a scriptural standpoint and while declaring 'that the church should know no standard of marriage lower than the standard set by Christ, he showed that nothing is doing more to demoralize society and. undermine our civilization than our divorce laws, and the attitude of some ministers in dealing with this question. ne showed conclusively that Christ taught that marriage is ordained of God for the union, two in one flesh and that the intention of God in creation was for two, and two only, as long as both shall live. Marriage and divorce mark the beginning and dissolution of the family. The family is no temporary arrangement to be set aside because of some fancied or real injury of one or the other parties. Persons entering upon christian marriage undertake a responsibility from which there is no escape. He closed by declaring that the evils of unrestricted divorce and marriage are of so serious a nature as to call for the most vigorous treatment. The church can In no way put her stamp of disapproval upon divorce so effectively as by denying remarriage to diyorced persons. It will be a glad day for our national and family life when all branches of the church act in unison upon this great subject that so vitally affects society. Threatened Strikes. We hope that all the laboring men that are striking or threatening strikes will remember that the people have already suffered much through strikes. The coal strike, in which they sided, with the miners throughout, cost them millions of dollars in increased prices for coal, and no one knows bow much suffering. Yet they did not complain. They stood by what they beleived tobe right. All this should be remembered now. Especially should Indiana miners who suspended work Tuesday night and who threaten- to strike, remember this. The people who have already been taxed so heavily for coal, both bituminous and anthracite, will not be disposed to look with favor on another coal strike. Most of them feel that they have made all the sacrifices that ought to be asked of them for the present. In their minds there will be a strong presumption against those who bring on a coal strike. Indianapolis News. DEATH OF JOHN LtTBER Box Containing Two Largo Live Hogs Fall on II Im from a Wagon and Crushed H tin. Shelbyville, Ind., April 3. John Luther, who lived at Hope, Bartholomew county, was found crushed to death under a box containing two large live hogs. The spring wagon owned by the man was found overturned near his body, but the horse, which had broken loose from the wagon, was not found for several hours. It is supposed that Luther's horse became frightened and ran away, upsetting the wagon and contents, and that Luther was thrown to the ground. The box of hogs piled upon him with such force that his life was crushed out almost Instantly. Death occurred at least two 'hours before he was found. He was 40 years old, married, and s member of the Hop Board of Trade and was also a stock dealer. Statesmen Have a Difficulty. Little Rock, Art., April 3. A fight took place. here yesterday in front of the Capital hotel on one of the most prominent streets of the city between United States Senator James P. Clarke , and Representative Brundige. Clarke lost no blood, while Brundige bled freely. Both men were struck over the head, but Clarke used something hard. Gorernor Will Go to Shlloh. Indianapolis, April 4. Governor i Durbin and staff. Major General Lew Wallace, Senator Feveridge, and a par.ty of 400 will leave on a special train this evening for Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., to dedicate the monuments to the Indiana regiments and batteries In that battle. The exercises will vbe held Monday morning. Minora' Wage Scale Hang Fire. Terre Haute, Ind., April 4. No basis has been reached for agreeing upon a wage scale for the bituminous miners of Indiana.' The operators were in session until late last night discussing the shooter question. They adjourned to meetat 7:30 tonight, when Bogle will be here. . Aged Widow Arrested.' Lafajette, Ind., April 4. Mrs. Mageret P. Ellis, a widow 79 years old, has been arrested here charged with violating the pension lawti by asserting that she was a widow of a civil war veteran, which is alleged to be false. Paid Them for Their Trouble. Terre Haute, Ind., April 4. Five masked men blew open the care of tlo Phillips' store at Judson. They eecured about C2.CC0 in messy and nctca end Cot away ta a hand car.

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'S VETO BUSY Puts It Down Hard on Some of the Propositions Made by the Allies, VENEZUELA NOT TO FAY TEE COST Of the Blockade, Because the Question Cannot Go Before the Hague Conrt at All. Washington, April 4. A Jo!nt conference between Bowen and the i ritIsh and Italian ambassadors and the German first secretary was held at the British embassy yesteruay on the Venezuelan imbroglio. Bowen presented his reply to the amendments which the allies had proposed to his original draft protocol. He accepted several changes of phraseology in the convention, but informed the other negotiators that under no circumstances would he accept the insertion of a new article providing that Venezuela should pay the costs of the blockade In case the decision at The Hague be adverse to preferential treatment. His refusal on this point was absolute. Bowen' Object? on Go Abroad. It was agreed that Bowen's objections and arguments should be cabled at once to London, Berlin and Rome. It is not expected that an answer can reach here before Wednesday. In the meantime, Bowen will go to New York for several days' rest. Some AmcaJmeDti Were Satisfactory. Several amendments submitted by the protocol ere verbal, or of minor importance, and are acceptable to Bowen, among these being one to strike out of article 1 the words "by reason of the fact that they blockaded the ports of Venezuela so as to compel her to make a settlement with them." Bowen, however, strenuously objected, adding to article 1 of his protocol this amendment proposed by the allies: "In deciding the question of . preferential or seperate treatment to be granted the blockading powers the tribunal shall have regard to the resources of Venezuela other than the 30 per cent customs revenue? so set aside, which may be available for the claims of other powers." This One Be Wonldnt Hare. He also opposed Inserting the following as a new article to be designated article 2: "If preferential or separate treatment is not given to Great Britain, Germany or Italy, the tribunal may consider whether any and what compensation should be made by Venezuela out of the 30 per cent of customs revenues set aside to these powers for the expense which they hare incurred in connection with the blockade." BOWEN'S REASONS FOB A VETO Declares the Two Amendments BaTo No Place In the Controrersy. Bowen, In a letter to the British ambassador, thus stated his objections to these two important proposed amendments. "1. They constitute new demands or claims, and consequently can have no place In this protocol or in this conversy. "2. You are precluded from gaining recognition cr favor for them by article 5 of the British protocol of Feb. 13, 1903, 'which states that the 30 per cent of the customs revenues of La Gnayra and Puerto Cabello, to be assigned for the payment of the British claims specified in article 3 of the said protocol, and similar claims preferred by otlier governments, are to be alienated for no other purpose. It is evident from that agreement that no part of the said 30 per c?ht can be assigned to pay these new demands or claims.. . . "3. By the terms of the British protocol of Feb. 13, 1003, the only questions that are to be submitted to The Hague tribunal are those relating to the distribution of the said 30 per cent, and for preferential or separate treatment. These new demands or claims, therefore, cannot be submitted to The Hague tribunal. . v "4. Inasmuch as the German and Italian protocols of Feb. 13, 1903, contain the same provisions in regard to this matter as the said British protocol, and as all three of the said protocols are duly, signed and sealed, they must be considered binding on all the parties thereto. The said protocols of Feb. 13, 1903, being binding on all parties thereto, were accepted as one of the bases for negotiating protocols with the other powers having claims against Venezuela. . Your new demands or claims must for that reason alone be denied recognition and favor' , , v Receivers for a Car Works. 'Chicago, April 4.' In the United States district court Judke Kohlsaat appointed Edward C. Day and Henry Y. Wilson receivers In bankruptcy for the Peace Car and Locomotive works, at Hegewisch. The liabilities of tne concern are said to be $250,000 and tfc assets are placed at $75,000.

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The -wonderful progress of this Association is shown by the following table of sales : WRATH OF A BIG WIND Wreaked on a Por"on of Southern Indiana with Two Knorvn Fatalities. x SCHOOL K0JSE WALL BLOWN 13" One Pnpil Wounded to Beath Factory Wrecked and Workman Mortally Hurt Notes. Washington. Ind., Arril 4. One of the most destructive siorms in years swept over southern Indiana shortly after noon yesterday. Great damage was done In this county. The storm came from tue southwest, and after crcsslng White river swept through the country, carrylg barns, houses, tree and general destruction with it At the Wathen district school forty children were eating their dinner. One end of the building gave way and fell inward. Thote present were on the opposite side yt the room, but a child named Carrie Smoot was struck by a flying brick and fatally injured, and several others were badly liurt. Tbe two-story house of Frank Palmer was lifted entirely off its foundations. Palmer's barn v.-js totally destroyed and valuable machinery lost One Other Person Fatally Hart. The storm ran through the country, uprooting large trees and destroying over twenty barns. The old Christian church was blown down here. A number of plate glass windows were broken in the stores, and chimneys and small buildings were levtltd. The storm was accompanied by rain, and followed by a drop of 20 degrees In temperature and a change of wind to the northeast. The damage here isestimated at 25,000. At Oakland City the south wall of the Oakland City Manufacturing company's building caved in. O. C. May, an employe, was burled under the debris. receiving injuries that will prove fatal. Killed by a Felling Tree. Alexandria, Ind., April 4. During the storm and hig'n wind here yesterday Oscar Cummins was perhaps fatally injured and his 10-year-old daughter was instantly killed by a falling tree. He and his two daughters were returning from a short visit to a neighbor, and found the water over the road. He carried one child over and had returned for the other when the high wind blew a large tree over on them. FCSSY HAS A CURIOUS FAMILY She Is Nursing; Three Kittens and El ran. Young Rats and Treats Them All Alike. Richmond, Ind., April 4. Charles W. Miles, a farmer on the Middleboro pike, four miles north of Eere, tells a story of a cat that is nursing three kittens and eleven young rats. Miles says the cat is not partial in her motherly care. While making an excavation near his barn a few days ago, the farmer dug into a rat's ntst. In the barn, not far away, was the cat with her kittens, hardly twenty-four hours old, in a box. Miles took the rats to the barn and placed them near the box. The mother cat showed interest at once and lifting one rat in her teeth, helped it into the box with the kittens. In a short time she had taken charge of all the strangers. The cat has no trouble in watching over her nursery and Miles Is wondering what she will do with the rats when they open their eyes and begin to show traits of their species. ' Kootovelt Family at a Fish Fry. Norfolk, V., April 3. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children enjoyed a Virginia fish fry on the shores of Lynnharven bay yesterday, and an open air jster roast as well. MIL Maker of and Dealer in ARM ESS FI?t!E r.EPAir.ING A SPECIALTY Qz?.zk Uzz ci Horse 0:c-s Lcrrs Lf:2cf S:erC::;s