Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 27 December 1906 — Page 3

A YEAR OF DISASTER.

RECORD OF 1906 !S A DK AND BLOODY ONE. Nature Causes Terrible and Wideprnd Destraclloa of Life I Property Grim Reaper Work More Peacefully. A notable characteristic of the ye?v 190G Is the destruction of life and property which has been caused by the forces of nature. These forces have uyt, been so active or so disastrous In 'üeir results for many years past, lne record is a formidable xie. In Janu ary an earthquake killed fourteen persona at Gonzauo, Italy, and a tidal wave on the Colombian coast swept away 2,500. In February a hurricane visited the Society Islands, a favorite rsort for hurricanes, and 1,000 perished. In Mf.rch fi cyclone swept through Mississippi and 21 were killed, and an earthquake in Formosa destroyed 2,009. In April the Vesuvius eruption killed 2,000, a second earthquake at Formosa 109, the San Francisco earthquake 44S, and a cyclone in Texas 2GL la July there' were two smaller .disasters, a cloudburst at Ocauipo, Mexico, which killed 10 persons, and a waterspout at Lyons, France, which killed 31. The furies broke loose In August and 2,000 were victims of an earthquake at Valparaiso and 12,000 of floods at Hunan, China. In September there was a long series of disasters. A landslide and storm in the Caucasus cost 2öo lives, the typhoon at Hongkong 10,000, a flood at Tepic, Mexico, 10, a herrlcane at New Orleans and Mobile 140, and a cyclone in southern Spain GO. In October a hurricane off the coast of Florida, which started from Venezuela, skirting Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Cuba, left 98G dead in Its path. During November nature took a little rest, a great lake storm In which 32 sailors perished, being the principal disaster. In December came the flood which destroyed the village of Clifton, Ariz., and caused the loss of CO lives. Including the losses of life by lesser disasters of this kind the record shows already that more than 50,000 persons nave perished this year by earthquake, hurricane, and other manifestations of nature's fury. It Is not strange that tfte prophets of evil are already at work figuring the time when tue world shall . pass away as the result of some great natural cataclysm, and the religious zealots are certain that the destruction of the world began In San Francisco and Valparaiso and will go on to the end of all things because, as they affirm, it is written "the cities of the nations shall fall Accident has also taken its toll of human lives in the horrible railway wrecks at Salisbury, England. Atlantic City, N. J, and Woodville, Ind., and la the sinking of the Italian emigrant ship Sirlo off the Spanish coaät, and of the Valencia off Vancouver Island, as well as in the mine disaster at Courrieres, France. Death in more peaceful guise has been buy among the well-known ones of earth, laying In the grave President W. R. Harper of Chicago University, the aged King Christian of Denmark, Miss Susan B. Anthony, Johann Most, Carl Schurz, Henrik Ibsen, Russell Sage, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Gen. W. It. Shafter, Rev. Sam Jones, Judge Gary, and many others. Denmark, Norway and France have installed new ruler; dnring the year; political affairs in. Russia have been In a turmoil and outbreaks of violence and assassination nave been frequent; the United States has been compelled to Intervene to save Cuba from revolution and possible anarchy; the young King of Spain has taken a wife, and Oklahoma has been admitted to the Union of States. Other prominent happenings of 1906 have been the prevalence of dishonest bank failures. President ' Roosevelt's visit to Panama, the restoration of Captain Dreyfus, the finishing of the great Croxm dam above New York City, the Longworth-Roosevelt wedding, the resumption of navigation on the Missouri River, etc. The principal events of 1900 are briefly summarized below: January. 4 Explosion in mine at Coaldale, W. Va, kills 21 miners. 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, N. Y., kills. L persons. 10 Ten lives lost in fire in West hotel, Minneapolis. .. .Death of President W. It. Harper of University of Chicago. 11 New Croton dam in New York finished. 12 Famine in" northern Japan. It'- Death of Marshall Field. 17 Clement Aiaaand Fallieres elected President of F vre- . 21 Eightey a-' LVes lost in fire panic in Philadelphia -!urch. . . .Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban sunk by explosion and 212 men perish. 23 Steamer Valencia goes ashore on Vancouver Island coast; 148 lives lost. 2o Death of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. 8. A..... House passes joint statehood tail. 20 Death of King Christian of Denmark. SO Frederick VIII. proclaimed King I Denmark.... Death of Paul Dresser, Indiana song writer. February. 1 Colombian coast towns destroyed j tidal ware following earthquake. ß Hurricane sweeps Society and Tuasnotu Islands, destroying thousands of Era.... Mine explcta tcs? (klfcill, T7. 7a, HIIj 23

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9 Death of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, negro poet. 16 Pat Crowe acquitted of Cudahy kidnaping by Omaha jury. 17 Longwortb-Roosevelt wedding in Washington. 15 Peavey elevator burns in Duluth. with loss of $1,000.000 M. Faillieres takes oath as President of France. 19 Explosion in mine at Maitland, Colo., causes 1G deaths. 23 Johann Hoch, bigamist and wife murderer, hanged in Chicago. 2 Death of ex-Speaker David B. Ur dcrson. Marriage of Prince Eitel Frederick o .rusia and Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg, in Berlin. March. 2 Tornado and fire destroy large part of Meridian, Miss. 4 Death of Gen. J. M. Sehofield. 7 Rouvier ministry falls in France. 5 Fifteen Americans and C00 Moros killed in fierce battle on Island of Jok. 10 LOGO die in mine disaster in Courrieres, France. 1H Death of Miss Susan B. Anthony. 16 5 killed in railway collision near Florence, Colo. 17 Death of Johann Most, anarchist. 21 Death of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. April. 1 John Alexander Do wie deposed at Zion City, I1L, as head of Christian Catholic church and succeeded by Wilbur G. Voliva.... Henry C. Ide inaugurated Governor General of Philippines. 2 Great coal strike begins. 8 Vesuvius in eruption destroys towns at its base. 11 Death of James A. Bailey, great showman. 14 Two negroes burned to death by mob in Springfield. Mo.... Two officers and five men killed by explosion on battleship Kearsarge. .. .Earthquake ia Formosa. 15 Four trampled to death and many injured in panic in St. Ludmilla church, Chicago. 18 Earthquake and fires devastate business district of San Francisco. . 19 Prof. Pierre Currie, discoverer of radium, killed in Paris. 22 Dust explosion in mine 40 miles west of Trinidad, Colo., kills 22 men. 2G Tornado sweeps across Texas. 30 Tornado strikes parts of Furnas county, Nebraska. Mar. 1 Mob violence and wild disorder in Paris.... Iron workers strike in Chicago . . . .Many minor strikes start in the East. 5 Pennsylvania anthracite miners vote to not strike.

THE NEW BOOKKEEPER. 14 Death of Carl Schur. 18 Railroad rate regulation bill passes Senate.... Forest fires destroy towns in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.. 23 Death of Henrik Ibsen. 25 Seven political assassinations in Russia. 31 Michael Dayitt, famous Irish leader, dies.... King Alfonso of Spain weds Princess Ena of Battenburg Bomb thrown at Spanish king aad bride kills 20 persons and injures 100. Jane. 4 Death of Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland.... Senator Burton of Kansas resigns Death of John C. New. 4-7 Tornadoes In Texas, Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. 14 Explosion on British boat at Liverpool kills 9 persons and injures 40. . . . Massacre of Jews at Bialystok, Russia ....Bill admitting Oklahoma as State passed by Congress. 18 Death of Gov. John M. Pattison of Ohio. Lieut. Gov. Andrew L. Harris sworn in as successor. .. .Republicans celebrate 50th anniversary of foundation of party. 20 Death of Chas. E. Tripler of liquid air fame. 22 Prince Charles of Denmark crowned King of Norway as King Haakon.... Richard G. Ivens hanged in Chicago. 25 Harry Thaw of Tittsburg shoots Stanford White in Madison Square Garden. New York. 27 Earthquake in South Wales. 29 Mrs. James Tanner killed in auto accident in Helena, Mont. CO Adjournment of Congress. July. 1 23 American tourists lost their lives in train wreck near Salisbury, England. 4 Son born to Crown Pricce Frederisk Wilhelm of Germany. ' 5 Capt. Dreyfus restored to full former standing in French army. 15- Death of Lady Curzon of Kedleston, formerly Mary Leiter of Chicago. 20 Reign of anarchy in central provinces of Russia. 21 Czar dissolves the douma and trouble b eaks out. 22 Death of Russell Sage, financier. 30 Death of John L. Toole, English comedian. .. .Kassian troops mutiny and capture fortress at Sveaoorg. August. 1-3 Mutinies of Czar's troops at prominent fortresses put down. 4 Great strike ordered by Russian revolutionists begins. .. .Death of Rear Admiral Train.... 300 drowned by loss of steamer Sirio off Spanish coast. 13 Death of Mr. Pearl Craigie, English authoress. 10 Violent earthquake at Valparaiso. Chile. 17 Death of Rebecca S. Clark (Sophia May). IS Death of Lewis Morrison. 20- Cuban revolution breaks out. 2H Real Estate Trust Company's bar.k fails in Philadelphia. ' Enthusiastic greeting to Wm. J. Bryin in New York. 31 Edward Rospwater of Omaha Bee dies suddenly of heart failure. September. 3 Paul O. Stensland, absconding Chicago banker, captured in Tangier, Morocco. .. .Naval review on Long Island Sound. 8 Great massacre of Jews in Siedice, Poland. 9 Mountain slide buries 255 people near Tiflis, in Caucasia. 13 Ucited States sailors landed In Havana, bat recalled almost immediately. 14 President tends ultimatum to Cuba. 18 Terrific typhoon sweeps Hongkong. 21 Jellico, TeaiL, wrtci fcj djniraits explosion

22 Fierce race war in Atlanta, Ga. 24 Steamboat traffic on Missouri rivsr resumed after ten years. 20 Bank Wrecker Stenslana sentenced to Joliet. 27-IIurricane sveeps States along Gulf of Mexico. 25 Cuban government goes to pieces and United States intervenes. 20 United States establishes provisional government in Cuba.

October. 9 Death of Adelaide Ristori, famous Italian actress. 12 Fierce hurricane and tidal wave In Honduras. 14 Chicago White Sox win baseball championship of the world. 10 Evangelist Sam Jones dies on train in Arkansas. 1G Death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis.... French submarine Lutin lost in harbor of Biserta. Tunis. 17 Western Cuba and southern Florida swept by hurricane. 19 Ten lives lost in boarding house fire in Birmingham, Ala, 21 Blizzard and severe rainstorm hit Western States. 24 Colorado river turned from Salton sea into its former channel. 28 Train plunges from trestle into sea at Atlantic City, N. J destroying 70 lives. .. .Two -persons killed and 5 buildings wrecked by natural gas explosion in Coffeyville, Kan. 31 Judge Joseph E. Gary of Chicago, who presided over anarchists' trial, dies. November. 1 Death of Congressman Rockwood Hoar of Massachusetts. 5 Cashier Hering of failed Milwaukee Avenue bank in Chicago sentenced to State's prison. .. .Bank robbery at Ladd, Illinois. C Election day. .. .$1,000,000 fire In Hamilton, Ohio. 8 President Roosevelt starts, for Panama. 12 49 persons killed in B. & O. collision at Woodville, Ind Death of Gen. W. R. Shafter. 18 Bomb exploded in St. Peter church in Rome. .19 Ecclesiastical court sustains heresy decision against Rev. A. Crapsey of Rochester, N. Y. 21 23 lives lost In storm on great lakes. 22 Collision of liners Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Orinoco in English channel causes 13 deaths. 28 Explosion in Annen, Germany, kills 300 persons and lays town in ruins. 29 President Samuel Spencer of Southern railway and three guests killed in wreck on his own road. December. 3 Congress meets. 4 Sixty lives lost In flood in Clifton, Ariz. 7 Burning of Chi Psi chapter houss at Cornell university. Ithaca, N. Y. 14 Edward Muller elected president of Swiss confederation.... Fuel famine in North Dakota. 17 Several changes m President Roosevelt's cabinet effected. 19Death of Bishop C. C McCabe. SCHOOL CHILDREN ON SALARY. Unique Charity of St. LonU Phllan throplst for Little Ones. N. O. Nelson, millionaire manufacturer and philanthropist, has made a proposition to the women's clubs of St. Louis to end child labor in that city and place every little worker in school. Mr. Nelson offers to pay half of the wages now received by every such child if the women will raise the money to pay the other half. Thus the children may receive their pay and N. o. nelson. go to school at the same time. The offer applies to all children who are obliged to work to assist ia the support of their families. Untii the women can take some action on the matter Mr. Nelson is paying the salaries of children in all the worthy cases which come under his notice, in the belief that he will accomplish a greater work for charity than if he gave the money direct. For the last two months he has investigated every application made to the truant officers for permits under the laW for children under 14 years to work in factories. He says he has found seven worthy cases. These children now go to school and call each week at Mr. Nelson's office and receive their pay just as if they were working for him. 292 FOREIGNERS IN MONTH. Immigration Into the United State Heavy In the Sonthtveit. Immigration into tbe United States at southwestern border points was heavier during the month of November than it has been for many years. According to the monthly report of L. C. Steward, immigration agent for the San Antonio district, 202, foreigners were admitted at the ports of Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio and Presidio in November. Thirty-four passengers were debarred as not being fit to become citizens. In this number are not included Mexicans, Cubans, Canadians or Newfoundlanders, who are exempt from the head tax of $2. The increase in the amount of the head tax required does not seem to have had the effect of decreasing immigration, and foreigners coming to this country seem to be fairly we)' supplied with money. In 1SS2 the head tax was only Ü0 cents. It was increased to $2 in 1W3. Darknem. The beautiful girl was lost in thought. "And you say that you would value one kiss from me more than anything on earth," she remarked. "What would you go through for one kiss?" The young man smiled. "I guess a tunnel would be about the best thing," he said, with a far-away look. Bess I hear that Gladys has had her portrait painted. Jess I thought that complexion didn't look natural.

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CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) "Mercy!!" cried the unfortunate woman, taken by surprise, and, involuntarily tightening the reins, the horse stopped "who are you?" Villiers never said a word, but tightened hU grasp on her throat and shortened his stick to give her a blow on the head. Fortunately, Madame Midas saw bis intention, and managed to wrench herself free, so the blow aimed at her oxdy slightly touched her, otherwise it would have killed her. As it was, however, she fell forward, half stunned, and Villiers, hurriedly dropping his stick, bent down an eiesddz ping his stick, bent down and seized the box whic'i he felt umter his feet and intuitively guessed contained the nugget. With a cry of triumph he hurled It out on to the road, and sprang out after it; but the cry woke his wife from the semi-stupor into which she had fallen. Her head felt dizzy and hee.vy from the blow, but still she had her senses about her, and the moon bursting out from behind a cloud rendered the night as clear is day. Villiers had picked up the box, and was standing on the edge of the bank, just about to leave. The unhappy woman recognized her husband, and uttered a cry. "You I you !" she shrieked, wildly, "coward! dastard! Give me back that nugget !" leaning out of the trap in her eagerness. "We're quits now, my lady." retorted Villiers, and he turned to go. Maddened with anger and disgust, his rife snatched up the stick he had dropped, and struck him on the head as he took o step forward. With a stifled cry he staggered and fell over the embankment, still clutching the box in his arms. Madame let the stick fall, and fell back fainting on the seat of the trap, while the horse, startled by the noise, tore down the road at a mad gallop. Madame Midas lay in a dead faint for toms time, and when she came to herself she was in the trap, and Rory was calmly trotting along the road home. At the foot of the hill, the horse, knowing every Inch of the way, had settled down into his iteady trot for the Pactolus, but when Madame grasped the situation, she marvelled to herself how she had escaped being dashed to pieces in that mad gallop down the Black Hill. Her head felt painful from the tJTects of the blow she had received, but her one thought was to get home to Archie and Selina, so gathering up the reins she sent Rory along as quickly as she could. When she drove up to the gate Archie and Selina were both out to receive her, and when the former went to lift her off the trap, he gave a cry of horror at seeing her dishevelled appearance and the blood on her face. "Heaven save us!" he cried, lifting ker down; "what's come to ye, and where's the nugget?" seeing it was not in the trap. "Lost!" she said, In a stupor, feeling her head swimming, "but there's worse." "Worse?" echoed Selina nad Archie, who were both standing looking terrified at one another. "Yes," said Mrs. Villiors, in a hollow whisper, leaning forward and grasping Archie's coat, "I've killed my husband," tnd without another word, she fell fainting to the ground. At the same time Vandeioup and Pierre walked into the bar at the Wnttle Tree Hotel. Pierre went to his bed, and Vandeioup, humming a gay song, turned en his heel and went to the theater. ' CHAPTER XIV. The Wop pi es family were true Bohemians, and had not yet lost their way to the pleasant chy. They accepted good and bad fortune with wonderful equanimity, and if their pockets were empty one 4ay, there was always a possibility of their being full the next. When this was the case' they generally celebrated the fvent by a little supper, and as their present season in Ballarat bid fair to be t successful one, Mr. Theodore Wopples determined to have a convivial evening after the performance was over. That the Wopples family were favorites with the Ballarat folk was amply seen by the crowded house which assembled tc lee "The Cruet Stand." The audience were very impatient for the curtain to rje, as they did not appreciate the overfire, which consisted of airs adapted for the violin and piano by Mr. Handel Wopples, who was the musical genius of the family, and sat in the conductor's seat, playing the violin and conducting the orchestra of one, which, on this occasion, was Miss Jemima Wopples, who presided at the piano. Then the orchestra played the "Woppies' Waltz," dedicated to Mr. Theodore Wopples by Mr. Handel Wopples, and during the performance of this Mr. Villiers walked into the theater. He was a little pale, as was only natural after luch an adventure as he had been engaged In, but otherwise seemed all right. He walked up to the first row of the stalls, and took his seat beside a young man of about 2", who was evidently much amused at the performance. "Hullo, Villiers!" said this young gentleman, turning round to the new arrival, 'what d'ye think of the play?" "Only just got in," returned Mr. Villiers, sulkily. "Any good?" "Well, not bad," returned the other; I've seen It in Melbourne, you know the original, I mean, this is a very second-hand affair." Just as the orchestra were making their Knal plunge into the finale of the "Wopples' Waltz," M. Vandeioup. cool and calm as usual, strolled into the theater, end, seeing a vacant seat beside Villiers, walked over and took it. "Good evening, my friend,'" he said, touching Villiers on the shoulder. "Knjoying the play, eh?" Villiers angrily pushed away the Frenchman's hand and glared vindictively at him. "Ah, you still bear malice for that little episode of the ditch," siid Vandeioup, with a gay laugh. "Come, now, this is a mistake; let us be friends. Seen your wife lately?" This apparently careless inquiry caused Mr. Villiers to jump suddenly out of his seat, much to the astonishment of his friend Barty. Altogether "The Cruet Stand" was a s-iccess, and would have a steady run of three nights at least, so Mr. Wopples said. Villiers, Vandeioup and Barty went out, and as none of them felt inclined to go lo bed, Villiers told them he knew Mr. Theodore Wopples, and proposed that they should go behind the scenes and see him. This was unauimously carried, and after ome difficulty with the doorkeeper, they obtained access to the mysterious regions of the stage, and there found Master Sheridan Wopples practicing a breakdown while waiting for the rest of the family to get ready. He volunteered to guide them to his father's dressing room, and on knocking at the door Mr. Wopples voice boomed out "Come In," In uch an unexpected manner that it made them all jump. Of course, they all expressed themselves delighted, and as the entire Wopples fam Ily had already gone to their hotel, Mr. WoTTl with Lis thrct gussts wtat oat

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of the theater and wended their way towards the same place. They soon arrived at the hotel, and having entered, Mr. Wopples jmshed open the door of a room from whence the sound of laughter proceeded, and introduced the three strangers to his family. The whole ten, together with Mrs. Wopples, were present, and were seated around a large table plentifully laden with cold beef and pickles, salads and other things too numerous to mention. Mr. Wopples presenter! them first to his wife, a faded, washedout looking lady, with a perpetual simper on her face, and clad in Ä lavender muslin gown with ribbons of the same description, she looked wonderfully light and airy. "This," said Mr. Wopples in his deep voice, holding his wife's hand as if he were afraid she would float upward through the ceiling like a bubble, "this is my Hutterer." Why he called her his Hutterer no one ever knew, unless it was because her ribbons were incessantly fluttering; but, had he called her his shadow, the name would have been more appropriate. Mrs. Wopples fluttered down to the ground in a bow, and then fluttered up again. "Gentlemen," she faid, in a thin, clear voice, "you are welcome. Did you enjoy the performance?" "Madame," returned Vandeioup, with a smile, "need you ask that?" A shadowy smile floated over Mrs. Wopples' indistinct features, and then her husband introduced the rest of the family in a bunch. "Gentlemen," he said, waving his hand to the expectant ten, who stood in a line of five male and five female, "the celebrated Wopples family." The ten all simultaneously bowed at this as if they were worked by machinery, and then every one sat down to supper, Mr. Theodore Wopples taking the head of the table. All the family seemed to admire hin; immensely, and kept their eyes fastened on his face with affectionate regard. When it was nearly twelve o'clock Vandeioup rotte to take his leave. "Oh, you're not going yet," said Mr. Wopples, upon which all tie family echoed, "Surely, not yet," in a most hospitable manner. "I must," said Vandeioup, with a smile. "I know Madame will rxcuse me," with a bow to Mrs. Wopples, who thereupon fluttered nervously; "but I have to be up very early in the morning." "In that case," said Mr. Wopples, rising, "I will not detain you; early to bed and early to rise, you know; not that I believe in it much myself, but I understand it is practiced with good results by some people " "Good night, Messrs. Villiers and Jarper," said Vandeioup, going out of the door. "I will see you to-morrow." "And we also, I hope," said Mr. Wop ples, ungrammatically. "Come and see 'The Cruet Stand' again. I'll put your name ou the free list." M. Vandeioup thanked the actor warmly for this kind offer, and look himself off; as he passed along the street he heard a burst of laughter from the Wopples family, no doubt caused by some' witticism of the head of the clan. He walked slowly home to the hotel, thinking deeply. When he arrived at the "Wattle Tree" he saw a light still burning in the bar, and, on knocking at the door, was admitted by Miss Twexby, who had, been making up accounts, and whose head was adorned with curl papers. "My!" said this damsel, when she saw him, "you are a nice young man coming home at this nour twelve o'clock. See," and, as a proof of her assertion, she pointed to the clock. "Were you waiting up for me, dear?" asked Vandeioup, audaciously. "Not I," retorted Miss Twexby, tossing her curl papers; "I've been attending to par's business." CHAPTER XV. Madame Midas, as may be easily guessed, did not pass a very pleasant night after the encounter with Villiers. Her head was very painful with the blow she had given her, and added to this she was certain she had killed him. Though she hated the man who had ruined her life, and who had tried to rob her, still she did not care about becoming his murderess, and the thought was madness to her. Not that she was afraid of punishment, for she had acted only in self-defense, and Villiers, not she, was the aggresor. Meanwhile she waited to hear if the body had been found, for ill news travels fact ; and as everyone knew Villiers was her husband, she was satisfied that when the corpse was found she would be the first to be told about it. But the day wore on, and no news came, go she asked Archie to go into Kallarat and see If the discovery had been made. " 'Deed, mem," said Archie, in a consoling tone, "I'm thinkin there's no word at ail. Maybe ye only stopped his pranks for a wee bit, and he's all right." "I gave him such a terrible blow," she said, mournfully, "and he fell like a stone over the embankment." "He did not leave go the nugget, anyhow, ye know," said Archie, dryly; "so he couldn't have been very far gone, but I'll go to the town and see what I can hear." There was no need for this, however, for just as Mcintosh got to the door, Vandefoup, cool and complacent, sauntered in, but stopped short at the sight of Mrs. Villiers sitting in the arm chair look, ing so ill. "My dear Madame," he cried in dismay, going over to her; "what is the matter with you?" "Matter enough," growled Mcintosh, J with his hand on the door handle; "that husband o' hers has robbed her o' the nugget." "Yes, and I killed him," said Madame j between her clench d teeth. j "The misfoief you tiid," said Vandeioup, ' in surprise, taking a seat, "then he was the liveliest dead man I ever saw." "What do you mran?" asked Madame, leaning forward, with both hands gripping the arras of her chair; "is is he alive?" ; "Of course he is," began Vandeioup; "I " but here he was stopped by a cry from Selina, for her mistress had t fallen back in a dead faint. j IlaKily waving the men to go away, ) she applied remedies and Madame soon revived. Mrs. Villiers felt intense disgust toward her husband as she sat with tightly clenched hands and dry eyes listening to Vanddoup's recital. "V11." said Mr. Mcintosh at length, rubbing his scanty hair, "this child of Belial is flourishing like a green bay. tree by many waters; but we may cut it down an' lay an axe at the root thereof." "And how do you propose to chop him down?" asked Vandeioup flippantly. "Put him in jail for running away wi' the nugget," retorted Mr. Mcintosh, vindictively. "A very sensible suggestion," said Gaston, approvingly. "Now that he has obtained what he wanted, perhaps he'll leave me alone; I will do nothing," said Madame Midas. "Do nothing!" echoed Archie, in great wrath. "Will ys let that friend o Beelrebub run away witti a three hunYcd ounces of gold an do nothing?" Keep

This was the first time that Archie had ever dared to cross Mrs. Villiers wishes, and she stared in amazement at the unwonted spectacle. This time, however, Mcintosh found an unexpected ally in Vandeioup, who urged that Villiers should be prosecuted. "He is not only guilty of robbery, Madame," said the young Frenchman, "but also of an attempt to murder you, and while he is allowed to go free your life is not safe." Selina also contributed her mite of wisdom in the form of a proverb : "A stitch In time saves nine," intimating thereby that Mr. Villiers should be locked up and never let out again, in case he tried the same game on with the next big nugget found. Meanwhile there was another individual in Ballarat who was much interested in Villiers, and this kind-hearted gentleman was none other than Slivers. Villiers was accustomed to come and sit in his office every morning and talk to him about things in general, and the Pactolus claim in particular. On this morning, however, he did not arrive, and Slivers was much annoyed thereat. He determined to give Villiers a piece of his mind when he did see him. He went about his business at "The Corner," bought some shares, sold others, and swindled as many people as he was able, then came back to his office and waited in all the afternoon for his friend, who, however did not come. (To be continued.)

ART OF VENTRILOQUISM. Known to the Priests of Ancient Earypt 3,000 Years Ago. Ventriloquism Is a curious Illusion. We have watched It, declares a magazine writer, under the workings of celebrated stage performers. There are two erroneous popular notions regarding it. One Is that It Is a special gift unattainable by ordinary mortals, and the other that the ventriloquist produces the sounds he utters from his stomach, as the word appears to signify, and "throws" them this way and that, as he pleases. As to the first point, any one can learn to ventriloquize who Is willing to work at it hard and long enough, and, rsgardlng the second point, the fact is that no man can produce vocal sounds otherwise than with his larynx. It Is simply a matter of cheating the ear. I have read that Professor Helmholz, to whom modern ophthalmic science is almost wholly due, often said that the eye was an Imperfect and rather poorly devised Instrument; but many think that the ear Is much more justly to bs complained of. And It Is the defect of the latter organ that makes ventriloquism possible. The auditor cannot at a little distance t-ill at all accurately whence the words uttered come, anif the performer needs only a facility In speaking without moving his lips, and a little skill In misdirecting the attention of the ppoctators, in order to successfully mislead. Ventriloquism was known to the Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago, and Is said to have been much used by priests of old to make the oracles talk nnd for other miraculous purposes. The simplest ventriloqulal trick for the beginner to try Is performed by going to the door of a room full of people and opening it slightly, thereupon conducting a conversation with an imaginary ptrson In the hallway.. The deception can be made effective If well carried out A more difficult thing of the same sort the writer saw one day, when, upon entering a room in a big office, building, I found a red-faced man conducting a violent quarrel through a ppeaklng tube with somebody five floors higher. His own remarks were loud and fierce and the replies were faintly audible. I was not a little surprised to find such a thing 'going on and it was not until aft erward that I learned that the redfaced man was doing the whole conversation. Ventriloquists often play such quaint jokes. At church one Sabbath day, an exceedingly wicked and accomplished ventriloquist was present. The preacher had a habit of stepping from behind his pulpit to the right side of It, while illustrating his Ideas. On this occasion, when he stepped to the right, a voice that seemed to be directly under his feet, cried: "You are standing on my head! Do please get off!" The astonished and startled divine got off as quickly as he could. He looked at the spot, then at the audience, then at the spot again, perfectly bewildered. He avoided that place during the remainder of the sermon, but the temptation to step aside while Illustrating his thoughts with anecdotes was so great that he next took a posllon on the left of his pulpit "Oh, sir, you are standing on my legs and It hurts! Do please get off!" The congregation and minister were too astonished for utterance. A hasty benediction was pronounced and the services ended. They made a search under the platform for the unfortunate Individual and the ventriloquist aided them. They never knew who he was. The Family "Spoons." While rummaging through the drawers of a bookcase in her daughter's room in search of some writing paper, Mrs. Wlmberllng came upon a bundle of letters tied with a. blue string and emitting a faint perfume. She untied the bundle and glanced through several of the letters. Then she picked them up and went downstairs and confronted her daughter. "Eunice, she said, In a high state of indignation, "who is the idiot that you're corresponding with I'd like to know? Of nil the lovesick trash I ever heard this Is absolutely the worst I shall consider it my duty to report the matter to your father if this thing goes any further. Who wrote these letters?" "I am not going to lie to you about them, mamma,' said Miss Eunice, serenely. "If you will put on your glasses and look at them again you will find that they're a lot of old letters papa wrote to you when you were a girl." Interviewing Kriiuer. Poultney Blgelow relates In some reminiscences how he attempted on one occasion to interview Paul Kruger, and how he met with the treatment experienced by many other interviewers who had endeavored to chat with the President of the Boers. Mr. Rlgelow found the old man In a very bad humor, and could only get monosyllables In reply to his questions. He employed every art of the Interviewer, but to no avail. Finally, despairing of getting any Information o use to him by straight questioning, ha determined to be diplomatic and approach Mr. Kruger from his famüy &lde. So he said, very nonchalantly: . "Is your wife entertaining this season?" Short and Rharp came the gruff answer: "Not very.H And th Interview dostS ttrc

v v y Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIGNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER Graceful Night Dress. So many women have discovered the comfort and freedom of low-necked dresses that the larger number of gowns are now made In this way. The dainty bit of lingerie shown here Is a graceful model of this style.. The fulness of the front and back may be adjusted to the square yoke with either gathers or tucks, falling loose over the bust. The owning is at the left side of the front and Is fastened with buttons and button-holes. The yoke Is of wide insertion- embroidery, cut with shoulder seams. Some prefer short FATTERIT IfO. 1C09. sleeves and some long ones, eo botb lengths are shown here. Serviceable night dresses after this design may be made of cambric, longcloth, or fine muslin that are simple enough to appeal to the busiest housewife, yet dainty and graceful with no suggestion of clumsiness. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on repeipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to. give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following couion : . Order Coupon. No. 1G09. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Mannlnh Little Reefer. The needs of the small boy should now be looked to. In the matt?r of top coats, as It Is desirable for him to have something warm that Is easy to slip on, our changeable weather making this a necessity in our climate, even during these early fall months. It is well to be ready for the first cold days. The suggestion of masculinity in the little reefer coats always appeals to a boy's fancy and strikes him as being just about the right thing, so this style is a favorite with the lads. It is an easy design for the home seamstress to follow and she can turn out a very satisfactory garment by following this model closely. The coat has a decidedly swagger air and a number of suitable materials will suggest themselves for It. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon : Order Coupon. No. 1C0S. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Items of Interest. Between 12.000 and 13,000 liquor licenses are In force In New York City. Of fish, the oily varieties are no! easily digested, and are not favorites with the epicure. To get rid of ants, mix equal parts of sugar and borax and sprinkle shelves and doors. In Virginia gulls eggs are commonly eaten, and in Texas the eggs of terns nnd herons are gathered along the coast The largest round hairspring stud in a watch is four-hundredths of an iucb in diameter, and about nine-hun-dredths of an inch in length. The researches of the last few years have furnished us with the lost constitution of Aristotle, fragments of Sappho, Isocrates and Hyperides. In the Gulf of Mexico, tea miles southwest of Sabine Pass, is a calm stretch of water two miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide. It Is known as the Oil Spot, and is always placid. No case of smallpox has been found In a revaccinated person for years in Chicago, says the commissioner of health. In 1857 the whaling Industry of New Bedford was worth more than $12,000,000. Then came the discovery of min era! oils and the wbare fishery languished. Many curious instances of old laws may still be found in England. In Chester tbe man who falls to raise his bat when a funeral is passing becomes lhtla by aa ell law to bs Ulzi b:!:r

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TEACHERS WAGES INCREASE. Report to Governor Shows Ap?rr elable RUe Ih Salaries. Fassett A. Cotton, In his report to Gov. Hanly, will show that the wage f the school teachers of the State have Increased in the last three years to am appreciable extent. In 1904, .according t the figures, on an average the teachers of this State received $2.63 a day; in 1903 this was raised to $2.72 a day; and the completed tabulations for this year, just made, show that the av-rage daily wage of the school teachers no.v is $2.73. From 1905 to 1906 the average daily wage of the teacher in the township has increased from $2.50 to $2.54; teacher in the town, from $2.84 to $2.91; teacher in the city, from $3.20 to SGJfcL Correspondingly, then, the average yesrIy wage, as just figured by Mr. Cotton, increased from $443.78 last year to $158.05 this year. This includes all techrs of all public schools and the ninety-two cxmmty superintendents. The present report will show a total of 1G.G17 teachers tmployed, as compared with 16,495 that the .last report shows. There is a decrease in ta country teachers from 10,533 to 10.531; leerease in the town teachers from 1,616 to 1,599 ; and an increase ia the city teachers from 4,343 to 4,487. The otal wares ! paid teachers increased from $6,S3S,191 to $7,125,830.40. LEAGUE'S AID FAILS TO SATIS. La Porte Mam Fovad Guilty of XZi der 1st Seeond Degree. Antone Lambert, for whose defense the Kpworth Lea rue of the First Methodist Episcopal church of La Porte provided able attorneys, was found guilty of warder in the second degree and was given a life sentence. Lambert shot and Liüed Jacob Schwarts at Sooth Eend. Tbe defense pleaded that if Lambert fired the fatal shot, the State having but one witness to testify that he did, that he was wholly irresponsible by reason of drfcx. It is stated that the Epworth League will now provide money with ' which to carry the case to the higher court. INDIANA PIT FOILS ROADS. Millions of Tons Fall to Fill It T5o Bottom Is Foaad. The Erie, Tan Handle and Indiama Harbor Railways, which pass through Lake County, are having bafiing experiences with the sink hole near Hammond. It extends for a distance of ten miles and is about forty-feet broad. Daring the last five years millions of ton ef rravel and cinders have been dumped" in the crevice without apparent effect. Pt!e have been driven to a depth of 100 feet and have disappeared. The sink Me has been sounded, but no bottom has ever been found. CARE FOR NAN'CT HANKS GRAVE Learlalatare to Be Aaked for Appro prlatlon to Redeem Reatlna; Pia. After many years of agitation without tangible result it now appears that proper care soon will be provided for tbe grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, located in SpencerCounty. The plan is to put the case strongly before the Legislatrre, which meets' next month, and ask for a soQcient appropriation to redeem tbe grave from its present disjrraceful conditioa. The grave is said to be overgrown wfth weeds and covered with debris. Cb lid As;ed Five a Marderer. Broncho Brooks, aged 5 years, took a loaded shotgun and shot and iastsatry killed Ilarel Huffington. 8 years old, in Aurora. The children had been playing together, when a childish quarrel arose. Tbe boy seized his father's shotgun and, pointing it at the little girl. pulle? the trigger. Merchant's Danahter Elopes. Miss Fannie, only daughter of üleary Beadell, a wealthy Fort Wayne dry gd merchant, was married secretly ia Stargies, Mich., to George C. Hart, a fresco artist. Her father thought she wta visiting in Chicago. Infored in Earthquake, Dies. Jacob Dotterer died in Kokomo from injuries received during the San Francisco earthquake. The shock destroyed his power of speech and affected his längs and spine. Klled by Boiler Exploaloa. Thomas Gast and James Thrush were seriously injured at Akron, when the stopcock blew off the boiler of the new electric light plant. Gast died at midnight, but Thrush wflf recover. Child Smothered toDeath. The body of a small child was fsvad near the door of the cemetery ia La rorte. It was wrapped in a newspaper and apparently had been smothered to death. Bor Shoots Babr with Shotsraa. While Mrs. William Svckman Lagro was attending a dance near her home in Wabash her lOyear-old son got hold of a shotgun and fatally wounded the basy. - Contractor Commits Suicide. John W. Splawro, aged 04 years, a railroad subcontractor, committed suicide by shooting himself in Boonville. He was despondent and, it is said, heavily in debt. Within Our Borders. Jesse Tage and wife were struck aad instantly killed by a passenger train while driving across the Big Four tracks at Farmland. The vegetable canning factory of the J. P. Tolk Si Co. at Greenwood burned. The loss is estimated at $220,000. Insurance $70,000. ' While crooning a lullaby to an infant on her lap in Richmond, Mrs. Martha Baily, 73 years old, fell to the floor dead of heart disease. Elsie Leepert, aged C daughter of Rer. A. J. Leepert, pastor of the Gcnnaa Methodist Episcopal church in La Porte, dropped dead while romptng wkh her playmates. It is believed ;hat she stumbled and fell and that her neck was broken in the fall. Harry E. Royse, a member of the Indianapolis City Council, was indicted by the grand jury for having an interest in public contracts. Mi? Mary Stubbs, the first woman ever appointed to a State office in Indiana, has been cmnmNsioned as chief of the State bureau of statistics. Mrs. Lena Dedrick, wife of Henry Dedrick, is dead at her home, west of Columbus, as the result of being struck in the eye by a cow's tail while milking. Mrs. Dedrkk was compelled to go to bed. A physician pronounced it blood poisoning. She saclj rapidly until death came. Estella Van Hook, aged 15, was arrested in Terre Haute accused by her fat'rfr and mother of trying to poison them by putting carbolic acij in the milk. The girl admits she was about to leave home because of alleged cruel treatment by her parents, but denies she tried to kill her parents. Williah Myers, Nob?esville farmer, has been a raving maniac for three montia, and was to have been taken to an asylum. His physician, by chance, learned that ifyers had suffered a fracture of tla aull years ago. It was found that a portion cf Cs skull was pressing tJ.zzl tis trdx .It was removed, tri I! 5 t: "it:!y t : r rtt!:- :A

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