Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 December 1909 — Page 3

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Änlhor el "In Grass Country," "A Daughter's Heart. "A Sister's Sin," "Jack's Secret," Etc., Etc.

CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.) She had sunk back almost fainting against the cushions of the couch. Th? young man could not help seeing how deadly pale she was. and there was a look in her eyes that positively frightened her. "You are 111! Miss Garland." he cried, "let me find your aunt let me end for a doctor?" "No. no it is nothing." she gasped, "only a little faintness I am subject to it it is nothing at all. Get me a Class of water quietly, without mäkln? any fuss; I shall be all right again in a minute." lie flew to do her bidding, and for a few moments she remained absolutely alone in the semi-darkness of the halflit balcony. The lingerers had all gone, the band was playing a polka, and the sound of the dancers' feet on the parquet floor kept time to the music. Oh. why is one made to live through such n.oments as these? Why does not something come and kill us before we are allowed to suffer like this? Married! And that must be his wife! That yellow-haired, painted woman, who was quarreling with him just now! lie must have been engaged to her first, ere ever he came to Chatswell. and made believe to care for herself. No wonder he was ashamed even to make a sign to the unhappy girl whom he had tricked and deceived! No wonder that he had met her eyes blankly, and as if she had been a stranger! She got up from her seat, she forgot Algy Desslnger's very existence. She fled through a side room, and luckily she met Lady Garland. . "I am tired I am ill take me hom for pity's sake, aunt!" she said to her brokenly. And when Mr. Dessinger returned to the balcony with the glass of water for his divinity, her place was vacant. Irene had vanished. CHAPTER XVII. Ever since October Rupert Carroll and Agatha his wife had been living together in Chester Square. There was a third inmate in the house in the person of Miss Louise Carroll, who, having let llarvington Lodere furnished for a year to a most desirable tenant., brought !?er god-daughter up to Londo.i, and took up her abode as well !r the house which she had engaged for her brother. For a long time after their weddingday Rup.ert and Agatha never even saw one another. Agatha did not dio. as perhaps she would have liked to do but she recovered very slowly from her serious illness, and when she was better she was ordered change of air, and Miss Carroll took her for three months to Bournemouth. Then when her etrength came back to her, there arose the question of what was to be dor.'1 about her future. Agatha protested that nothing would Induce her to live with a man -ho had publicly stated on her weddirg-day that he had only married her under a hallucination, and she declared th.it if he did not love her, but someore else, she would be no wife to him; whilst Rupert, though humbly anxious to do all in his power to promote her welfare, was clearly In ro way desirous of any closer connection with the unhappy girl, whom he liked and respected, but whom he could never love. In fact, to live apart was the wish of both. But Louise had strong Ideas of duty, and she would not hear of such a plan. She contended that Rupert and Agatha were as much bound by their marriage vows as any other husband and wife. and that If only to silence the voice of scandal, it was incumbent on them to live together and to make the best of a bad business, at any rate in the eyes of the world. It was more than six months after their marriage that the first interview took place between them in Miss Carroll's presence. She brought Agatha up herself to Ruperfs bachelor rooms In town, and the two met with much reluctance on both sides. "I wish to give you your liberty, Ru pert." said poor Agatha, not daring to lift her sad eyes to her husband's, "and to leave you perfectly free; but it seems that it would not be right for me to do so. I have only come to tell you that I will do exactly what you and your sister wish." He took her hand kindly. She was frightfully altered she had grown very thin and pale, and the good looks which love and happiness had con jured up for a short time In her had all faded away again. Rupert pitied her from his heart. "There is nothing I will not do to make you happy, Aggie." he said, "you shall have, everything I can give you every penny of my money. I do not want your money, Rupert." she Bald, quietly, "I want your affec tion." lie was silent: he bit his lip and looked down on the ground, in painful distress of mind, for he could not anwer her as she would have liked him to answer. "Now this is all nonsense, my dear children," here broke In Miss Carroll, briskly. "Ve are not going to discuss matt rs or sentiment, but matters of fact. You have both known and liked ach other all your lives, and you must both manage to make the best of one anoiner ior me iuture. uupert, you must take a house In London for Ag gie and you, Aggie, must go and live under your husband's roof, like a good girl "Auntie." she haid. hesitatingly, "if you would only come and live with us?" "What a capital Idea!" cried Rupert, with animation. "Yes, Louie, come and help us patch up our life together, and then we will both do as you wish' and endeavor to make each other as happy as we know how." i And so it was eventunally settled. And In due course of time this queer and uncomfortable trio took up thei abode In the very furnished house thac Miss Carroll's fancy had been originally set upon. Little by little thy fell into the llf that a great many married people lead; that Is to "say, there was no display of love and devotion but they wer. very good friends. They did not quarrel, and they did not hate one another that Is always something. In thesdays of ill-assorted couples! Rupert was kind and scrupulously polite to Aggie, and Aggie was submissive am1 always obedient to Rupert. When first Rupert had recovered h memory he had used every means In hl3 power to discover what had become of Irene. He had frone down t Chatswell repeatedly, and had mi.d s Inquiries about her. He soon learnt, of course, that Mr?. Garland had died h: the November of that fatal autumn and that her daughter had gone away

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with her aunt Immediately after the funeral, but beyond the fact that It was "somewhere abroad," her humble friends and neighbors could tell him nothing. a hen came the London season, that brought the Garlands to England, an I In the list of the debutantes at Her Majesty's first drawing-room. Rupert read this sentence one morning in the newspaper: "Miss Irene Garland by her aunt, Lady Garlond." So she was in London! W?ll, Irene need not have been afraid of meeting him. Rupert went out very little now-a-days; and that sentence In the Morn ing Post was quite enough to put a stop to his going- out at all. She was alive she was well and since she had been to a drawing-room, she was presumably happy enough to go into society. He felt that this knowledge ought to be enough for him. Hj believed that he had lost the desire to see her now, and, at least, he had no Intention of seeking her out. or of putting himself in her way, although involuntarily his eyes were always on the alert In the streets, or as he passed on his homeward way through the park, looking out for the face that, to him, was the only face he wanted to see In all the crowd, and yet he never saw her. He told himself that he was glad of It glad that Aggie's health prevented their going out in the evening, and that he went nowhere where he was likely to meet her. Meanwhile. Agatha was, if anything, even more to be pitied than her husband. Her health was extremely bad, often for days she lay prostrate on the tufa, unable to do anything at all. About this time Rupert gave her a victoria, as prettily turned out as any in the park, and the horse was as handsome a one as money could buy, and Aggie and Miss Carroll were delighted with their new toy, and took dally drives together whenever Aggie was well enough to go out. On one of these occasions the little carriage was standing In the shade by the end of the railing near the Row at Hyde Park Corner, and the two ladles were idly watching the gay scene, the brilliant equipages, the. coaches with their shining teams, the bright dresses and gay parasols, and the crowd of happy faces that went by ihern, when suddenly some feminine voices exclaimed excitedly close behind them: "Why, I declate, there is Agatha! and Miss Carroll." They turned round and beheld the phalanx of four the Goodford giris in all their glorj who came crowding about the victoria with noisy and delightful greetings. After all. It was pleasant to see familiar faces, for Agatha and Louise Carroll knew very few people in London, and the Goodford girls were so genial and jolly that it uas impossible to help liking t'iem. Then followed a crowd of questions and answers on either side. "And how is your husband, dear?" asked Cora. "Papa heard from somebody that you and he are such a model couple; quite devoted to each other, and all little misunderstandings blown away, eh? And oh. by-the-way, have you heard about Lord Netherville, Aggie? People say he is always about with such a horrid woman a widow, who paints, and dyes her hair! Such a pity, isn't It? I do hope he won't marry her; but I daresay you know all about it?" "No. indeed," answered Agatha, a little eagerly. "I have not seen Lord Netherville at all. Is he is London?" "Who wants Lord Netherville?" cried a voice behind them. And Agatha saw her old lover takiig off his hat to her over Cora's head. CHAPTER XVIII. One afternoon . on his return from the city Rupert found Lord Netherville sitting in his wife's drawing-room, lie rose, somewhat nervously, at hfs cousin's entrance, and it was a relief to him to find how cordially and heartily Rupert shook hands with him. "I met Mrs. Carroll In the park two days ago, and she was good enough to tell me I might call." he began, apologetically. "We are both delighted to see you, Netherville." "Lord Netherville was telling me all the news of the fashionable world," said Aggie. "Go on, please, about that girl who is so lovely." "I am afraid I have very little to tell you about her. I do not. Indeed, know her myself, only as you asked me who is the prettiest girl In town this season, I must unhesitatingly give the palm to Miss Garland. She Is decidedly the beauty of the year." Carroll was standing with his back to them. All at once he seemed trans fixed into stone, and remained staring at the dusty square garden over the tops of the whive marguerites and scarlet geraniums that were banked up on the balcony outside. "What Is she like?" inquired Aggie, who was faintly Interested and amused. "You must not ask me to describe her; for I am a duffer at that sort of business. I can only tell you that she is certainly a very beautiful creature, although I have only seen her at a distance,- and have never been Intro duced to her, and, to tell you the truth. I have no desire to know her. All the young fellows are in love with her, but she is aq arrant flirt, and they say she bowls them over at the rate of two a week! But I hear that she will cer tainly be engaged before the end of the cason." "Who Is the favored man?" "Well, it seems d young lady like -riost of our grirls nowadays has an ye to the main chance, and there Is a nan with a lot of money always dang'.ug after her, and people say she will ,.robably end by marrying him. I hear that she is as cold as ice, and as heart 'ess well, as the rest of your lovely ex. Mrs. Carroll!" "Don't you think I have good caus to be cynical, Agatha? Have you al ways behaved so nicely to everybody?" lie had lowered his voice, so that Ru pert, standing by the window, with his back towards them, did not hear him Agatha lifted her eyes, dewy with unshed tears, to his. "I did treat you badly!" she mur mured back. "Dut, perhaps, I have been punished for It. No, I don't mean that," she said hastily, seeing an expression of pained surprise In his face. "For, of course, I card for Rupert, and ihere was nothing mercenary in what 1 did. And I hear there Is some one el? ou like now, so, perhaps, you have 'orgiven.me. and got over it." "My dear," he whispered. "I have forgiven you certainly; but as to getting over It that Is another matter! And there is r.o one else not in the sense

that you mean there never win" bei T.here Is one woman who is a great friend of mine nothing more I shall never wish to marry again, Yon will always hold a place apart in my life. An!, Agatha. I want to say to you

t . k I it 'l.i Ulli. UM IUUJS u ever want anvtnintr uon i for you if you ever want a friend re- - i 1:1 i.iinr mat you may always recnon cu mt to my life's end." At this moment Rupert walked over from the other side of the room and joined thorn. "Who is this man with money, whom you say Miss Garland will probably marry?" he inquired of his cousin. The question surprised them both. Agatha looked up startled. Nor had Netherville imagined that he had even listened to his gossip. However, he answered him immediately. "It is a man called Taunton, I am told; but really I know very little about it." "Taunton!" repeated Carroll, with disgust. "Why, the fellow has nothing on earth to recommend him but his money! Her, friends must be mad to allow her name to be coupled with that of a snob of that description!" "He la a cad, certainly." replied Netherville, with a shrug of his shoulders: "but money covers a multitude of sins; and I'm told that he Is head over ears in love with her." "They can never allow her to marry such a man as thatl"' repeated Rupert, excitedly. "It would be a crime," (To be continued.) REVENGEFUL COCK ROBIN. Constantly Attacks Samaritan Ha Suspects of Injuring Offspring. Who killed oock robin in the Mother Goose tale has long been answered by the assassin himself; . but out at Fort Thoma3 some weeks ago, during th robins' nesting season, the stolid si lence maintained by the rascal who almost killed cock robin led the saucy father of the maimed and dying bird to suspect the Good Samaritan who found the little nestling and rescued him of being the cause of the bird's condition. The robin and his mate built a nest in the honeysuckle vine under tue eaves of the veranda, the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune says, but being a young couple they did not build expertly. During a severe storm in which much rain and more wind played havoc, the nest in which were the two nestlings became unfastened from its moorings 'and one of the young birds W2S thrown to the ground. It fell about twelve feet and was lying on the gravel walk, gasping for its life in the pelting rain, when the Samaritan found it. Its featherless back wa3 skinned and bruised and the ants had already attacked it for their plunder. Touched, with its suffering, the Samaritan intended to put it out of. its misery, when he determined to give it a try for life. He revived it with hot water and greased its bruises well. Then, securing a ladder, ha fixed up the nest, and strengthening it with sticks and twine put the little bird back. The proceeding was long and tedious, during which the mother bird watched with ceaseless vigil, but offered no remonstrance. Before the birdling'Was replaced the father, who Had been on a foraging expedition, returned with1 a luscious worm. The sight of some one bother ing "his ne3t filled him with wrath, and immediately he remonstrated. Before attacking, however, he, unforgetful of his husbandy, passed the worm to I1I3 mate. Then he started a series of swooping charges aimed at the head of the birdling's rescuer. So vicious was the robin that the man was" forced to cover his head with his arms and ward off the bird with a stick. When he finished and descended from the ladder the robins hurried to the nest and the rescuer of the bird thought the adventure ended; but not so with cock robin. For six long weeks afterward, while the birdling was recuperating, the father bird rever left the nest, and forced the mother to do all the foraging. Every time the Samaritan put hl3 foot on that porch or lawn the bird perceived him Instantly and, uttering crieä of wrath and danger, never failed to swoop at him at full flight, wheeling off just before colliding with his head. Any other person could go near the nest without being molested, but the Samaritan never appeared without the robin attacking him. If he sat upon the porch, the robin would strut before him on the lawn, walking, not hopping, in an arc, 'and at the slightest movement would dart right at his eyes, swerving off when the "man raised his arms to protect his head. Finally, the birdling got well and learned to fly, and the nest was abandoned. Ever since, however, the robin never allows the Samaritan to show himself without taking cognizance of his appearance with antagonistic cries, though he has ceased to fly at him In attack. Slaking Eyes at Senorlta. In the uncertain illumination of the electric lamps some of the senorltas of Teplc City appeared very attractive In breezy, fluffy gowns and fetching mantillas and they knew it pretty well too. They like to have you look at them directly and admiringly, and Ihey will not drop their eyef5, says Outing. If you have the nerve to give one a look of this kind such a look as would be considered extremely rude iu any American city the chances are, when you meet her on the next turn you will be rewarded with a smile and a challenge from the black eyes, and if you have a sufficient stock of nerve In reserve you will sp2:i"c to hor and pay her some complimentary remark upon the first opportunity that offers. Thl3 13 good breeding and will not be resented. Should you then become infatuated with the lady, you will search out her home, visit her barred window and mope under it for an hour or wc every morning; and If you Impress her favorably she will make your heart glad by talking with you through thq bars or dropping little scented notes to you. Should you become real seriou? you will hire a stringed band to sev enade her at night, now and then. To conform with the custom you should start your band out at midnight and let it play as long as youi money lasts. Generous Child. "Ma, what are the folks In our church gettin' up a subscription for?" "To send our minister on a vacation." "Won't there be no church services while he's gone?" "No. dear. "Ma, I got $1.23 in my bank can I give that?" Cleveland Leader. True happiness consists not In the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice. Ben Jonson. Nearly two hundred million people of India are dependent on the soil for existence.

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EECOE F MOST The year ll'O'.t is Jost: nod to figure 33 r.n important one in history. Whr.t . ...... i i...... a tv.i Ivenicnui it lias oeen, aim uon pi eat its manifold venders of happening and at TOinplislinio.it : Flying a r-ertainty; the North Pole discovered; Turkey reformed; Persia reformed; England's ideas of the ethics of taxation upset; India restive; China subjected to a mass of new impressions; Belgium passing under a new and, it U to be hoped., more beneficent rule; events now in progress in Nicaragua ;hat may lead to a further extension of civilization and peace; the distance across the Atlantic further shortened; the distance across our own country about to be decreased; wireless telegraphy entering into the realm of common utility; efforts now being made for the better protection of life in mines and on the great waters. If the cave man lived to-day he could hardly repeat his now famous declaration. "Romance is dead." By science, contrary to many fears, wonder and mystery have been increased. The year 1909 is associated with events of supreme interest and Importance at home and abroad. A glance at this summary will recall them to mind, and preserved for future reference it will be found a valuable aid to all: JAM'AHV. 2 China deposes reform Grand Councilor Yuan Shi Kai. 3 Earthquake rocks Stromboli Island and parts of Sicily and Southern Italy American warship fleet arrives at Suez and sends boats to relief of Messina. 4 Supreme Court voids $29,000.000 fine against Standard Oil Co. Ü-7 Severe cold wave envelops country. 7 Night riders convicted of murder in Union City, Tenn. S Rev. J. II. Carmichael kills Gideon Brown in Church at Battle Run, Mich. 10 Twenty-four men killed In mine explosion in Zelgler, Ilk, 11 Rev. J. II. Carmichael, preachermurderer of Battle Run, Mich., kills himself in Carthage, 111. 12 Explosion in mine near Bluefield. W. Va., takes 100 lives. 14 Death of Vice Admiral Rojest vensky in St. Petersburg. 15 T. Jenkins Halns acquitted of complicity in murder of Wm. E. Annls. Great strike of hatters in Eastern States begins. 19 Elihu Root elected Senator from New York. 20 Sixty lives lost by burning of waterworks crib in Lake Michigan, off Chicago. 22 Sentence of Herman Billek. Chi cagp poisoner, commuted to life im prisonmcnt. .. .Congress votes to build two large battleships. 23 Six thousand die in earthquakes in Central Persia. 23 Liner Republic sunk near Mar tha's Vineyard, after collision with Italian steamer Florida; six lives lost . 2u Death of Coquelin, French actor 27 Former State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier, of Michigan, convicted of misapplying State funds. 2S United States withdraws frm government of Cuba; Gomez Is Inaugu rated President. v 21 Earthquake and tidal wave do vastate routhern coast of Spain... Fierce blizzard sweeps United States. 11 ; n ui' a u v. 4 Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma indict ed for land -frauds. 5 Disastrous Moods in Germany. 6 liattleship Delaware launched at Newport News. 10 Anti-Japanese legislation defeat ed in California Assembly. 12 Centenary of Abraham Lincoln's birth generally celebrated over United States. 13 Train held up and robbed near Denver. .. .Protocol with Venezuela signed. 14 Three hundred die in burning theater In Acapulco, Mexico. 17 Death of Apache chief, Geroni mo...Dr. Jas. B. Angell resigns presi dency of Michigan University. 21 United States fleet arrives off Hampton Roads after globe-girdling trip. .. .Bloody race riots In South Omaha, Neb.... Death of Carroll D Wright. 22 Great naval pageant at Hampton Roads. ! 31 ARCH. k 1 Death of E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, noted turfman. . 3 Fire in New York tenement house kills ten persons. 4 Wm. II. Taft and James S. Sherman inaugurated as President and Vice President. .. .Sixtieth Congress adjourned sine die. G Dei th ,of Joseph W. Blythe of Iowa. 8 Tornado at Brinkley, Ark. 9 Naval battle between NIcaraguan and Salvadorean vessels. 13 Congress convenes in extraordinary session Death of Mrs. Eleanor MacCartney Lane. 16 Death of George T. Angell. 1" Payne tariff bill introduce! in Congress. 18 Willie Whitla kidnaped from Sharon. Pa. ! , 19 Parkersburg, W. Va., flooded by explosion of water tower. 22 Willie Whltk. restored to father in Cleveland. $10,000 ransom being paid Gov. Curry of New Mexico resigns. Million for Cancer Itenenrch. By the will oP the late George Crocker, Columbia is to receive $1,000,000, to be used In conducting original research for the cause and cure of cancer. Both Mr. Crocker and his wife died of this disease. Spokane Flicht Continues. Ten more I. W. W. men who attempted to speak on the streets of Spokane were arrested and jailed. Fifty of the agitators who had served sentences of thirty days were released. They told of horrible conditions and brutal treatment in the holes which were used as jailing places. A Turldiie Iiorumollre Xeil, President Iteid of the Glasgow University has announced that a new steam turbine electric locomotive is being constructed, which, if found practicable, will undoubtedly lead to the application to the railway engines of the world the turbine system which has so revolutionized steam propulsion on the ocean. It Is the question of the cost of such a locomotive which is raising doubts as to Its general adoption. Itul AVIns Freedom. Ines Ruiz, Mexican revolutionist, who has been Imprisoned at San Antonio and whoso extradition had been demanded by Diaz, was set at liberty by order of Commissioner Earl Scott, who ruled that the Mexican government had not produced evidence sufiiclont to warrant extradition. The prisoner was defended by the Political Refugee League. Mrs. Russell Sage gave d $100,000 collection cf early American furniture to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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miPOKX&OT nt k I 1 I 23 Man and woman, kidnapers of Whitla boy, arrested in Cleveland.... Ex-President Roosevelt sails for Africa. 20 Prir.ce George of Servia re nounces right to succession. 27 Creek Indians . ambush officers near Hickory Ground, Okla. APRIL. 1 Federal prison in Ft Leavenworth, Kan., burns. 3 Great fire in Fort Worth, Texas. Death of Admiral Cervera. 6-7 Country swept by destructive storm. 8 Death of Helena Modjeska, great Polish actress. ' 9 Death of Ethan A. Hitchcock, former Secretary of the Interior. Payne tariff bill passed by House. .. .Death of F. Marion Crawford. American novelist. 10 Cipriano Castro forcibly expelled from Fort de France. Martinique.... Death of Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet. 22 Death of Gov. Lilley of Connecticut. .. .Theodore Roosevelt lands at Mombasa, East Africa Death of former Senator David Turpie of Indiana. 23 Gov. Willson of Kentucky pardons alleged Goebel conspirators . Death of ex-Sen. Stewart of Nevada. 24 Constantinople taken by constitutional army. 25 Sultan's palace in Constantinople surrenders. 27 Abdul Hamid, deposed and his brother installed as new Sultan of Turkey, Mehmid V. 30 Daughter born to Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland. .. .Severe storm sweeps lake States. MAY. 1 Strike of lake seamen begins. 3 Second peace congress begins in Chicago. i I 5 Steamer 'Adelia Shores goes down In Lake Superior. 6 James Boyle convicted of Whitla kidnaping. 8 Mrs. Helen Anna Boyle convicted of Whitla kidn iping. P Death. of Mrs. Augusta J. , Evans Wilson. 10 Mehmid V. made Sultan of Turkey by sword ceremony. 11 Capt. Peter Ilains convicted of Annls murder Twenty persons drowned in Ohio River near Pittsburg. 14 -Tornadoes In Kansas, Missouri ard Oklahoma. 17 Tracy & Co., broken, fail In New York. 15 Death of George Meredith, English novelist, 19 Death of Henry II. Rogers Standard Oil magnate. , 24 Five children burned to death during school exercises In Central City, Ky. 26 Earthquake shock felt in Illinois and adJVining States William Lorlmer elected Senator from Illinois. 29 Tornadoes In Oklahoma. .. .Madden. Pouchot and Boyle convicted of iabor grafting in- Chicago. 30 Zephyr. Texas, destroyed by tornado. ' , JlE. 1 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition opened In Seattle. 2- 3 Riots maiked street-chx strike in Philadelphia. 6 Death of Col. A. K. McClure. 9 Ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, damaged by boat. .. lEIsie Sigel murdered by Chinese convert in New York. 10 Death of Dr. Edward Everett Hale. 11 LIn:-r Slavonla goes ashore In Azores. 12 Earthquake devastates section of Southern France. 13 Corporal shoots three officers at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa. 14 Death of President Penna of Brazil. .. .One hundred and forty-nine perish In "burning ship near Aomon, Japan: 18- 19 Automobile races at Crown Point, Ind. 19 Nine persons killed in collision of interurban cars near Düna Park, Ind. 22 Daughter born to King and Queen of Spain. 23 Mine explosion atWehrum, Pa,, kills seventeen men. 24 Death of Sarah Orne Jewett, American authoress. 1 27 Bomb explosion in Chicago injures seven persons and does $150,000 damage. JULY. 1 Earthquake at Messina, Sicily.... Sugar trust ofHclals indicted in New York. 3 Tramp murders four persons near Rudolph., S. D. 4 Patriotic celebrations take twelve fewer lives than in 1908. 7- 10 Floods in Missouri valley. 8 Senate passed tariff bill. THIS AND THAT. Dogs valued at $100,000 were recently on exhibition at the dog show in New York. The controlling interest of the Christian Publishing Company of St. Louis has been purchased by R. A. Long, of Kansas City, for $100,000. "Grandview," the Lawrence C. Phipps residence in Pittsburg, Including twelve acres of land in the east end, has been sold to Walter P. Fräser for $57D,000. President Taft has accepted an invitation to attend the conservation convention to be held at Indianapolis in February, Fy the will of the late Charles II. Farnam, Jr., filed In the Probate Court at New Haven, an estate estimated at about half a million dollars Is left to Yale University, to be used for buildings for,the Sheffield Scientific School. It was officially announced at the War Department that former Senator J. C. S. Blackburn had resigned as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and that his resignation had been accepted by President Taft. A full set of autographs of Presidents of the United States, from Washington to Roosevelt, was sold In New York fon $9,300. With a view to drawing the universities of the United States and Great Britain into closer co-operation, George R. Parkin of London has come to America to hold a series of conferences with educators of this country. Rev. William Cowden, son of thechaplain of the United States Senate, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Universalist Church of Colorado Springs, Colo. Mr. Cowd'n has been pastor of a Universalist -hurch in Somerville, Mass.

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F IT HE YEAR 1900 11 Death of Prof. Simon Newcomb, astronomer. 12 Naval maneuvers begin off Massachusetts comst Steamer John D. CjwIv sinks in Lake Superior with fourteen of crew. 16 New Shah proclaimed in Persia. Sncll will case decided in Clinton, III. J 13 Ella Gingles case In Chicago ends in her acquittal Tunnel under Hudson between New York and Jersey City opened. 26 Tipton, Ind., bank robbed of $C0,000 by assistant cashier. 2-28 Riots and carnage in Barcelona, Spain. CO Severe earthquakes in Mexico. 31 Osaka, Japan, has great fire.... Conference report on tariff passed by House. AUGUST. 5 Payne tariff bill passed by Senate and signed by President. .. .Congress adjourned. .. .Chicago street car men voted to strike. 10 Alabama Senate passes income tax act Death of Col. A. A. Pope, and of Richard Golden. 12 Court holds Harry K. Thaw insane. 13 Death of Rev. Hiram W. Thomas of Chicago. . ' 19-21 Fatal automobile accidents in Indianapolis. 27-23 Destructive floods In Mexico. 31 Pennsylvania train held up near Lewistown, Pa, SEPTEMBER. I News received that Dr. F. A. Cook, American, discovered north pole April 21, 1908. C Labor day . . . .Peary reports discovery of north pole. S Death of Gen. II. C. Corbin. 9 Death of E. II. Harriman. II Halley's comet sighted from Heli delburg President Taft names tarlft commission. 13 President Taft begins his "Western trip. . . .Secretary Ballinger cleared, of Alaskan fraud by President Taft. ?1 Explorer Cook arrives at Xevw York. 22 Death of Robert Hoe, printing press maufacturer. 23- 1 Hudson-Fulton celebration begins In New York. 29 Death of Col. W. R. Morrison. 30 Peary reaches New York. - ocTonmt. 5 Fatal collision on Illinois Central Railroad near Farmer City, 111. G Death of Dudley Buck, organls: and composer. '11 Key West devastated by hurricane: 13 Steamer George Stone wrecked in Lake Erie. 16 Presidents Taft and Diaz meet on International border.... W. I. Bu chanan, ex-mlsister to Panama, dies In London. .. .Nebraska bank guarantee law found Invalid. 19 Death of Prof. Caesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist. ' , 21 Death of U. S. Senator M. N Johnson of North Dakota. 23 NIcaraguan troop3 defeattd bj insurgents. 24 Death of JusticeRafus W. Peckham cf United States Supreme Court. 2' Prince Ito assassinated at Harbin Steamer Hestla Tost in Bay of Fundy; thirty-four persons drowned. .... Death of Gen. O. O. Howard. 23 Government troops defeat rebela at Salamis, Greece. x ovum 11 nit. 2 State and municipal elections. S Eight men burned to death in Brooklyn (N. Y.) fire. 11 Negro and white man lynched In Cairo, 111. 13 Horrible mine disaster In Cherry. Ill....Mme. Steinheil acquitted of double murder in Paris. 16 Death of Chas. N. Crittenton, philanthropist. 18 Death of Richard Watson Gilder. .. .Warships ordered to Nicaragua. 20 Twenty-one men saved alive from Cherry mine. Sweeping decision against Standard Oil Company oi New Jersey. 29 "Wets" win in Alabama elections ....Zelaya's army in Nicaragua defeated by insurgents. 30 British House of Lords rejects the budget bill. .. .Switchmen of northwestern roads go out on strike. ' DECEMBER. 1 1 Diplomatic relations with Nicar agua broken off. C Regular session of Congress opened. 8 $750,000 fire in Kalamazoo. 13 Tenement fire In Cincinnati ends seven lives. 1C Zclaya resigns' presidency of Nicaragua. 17 Death of King Leopold of Belgium. Prise fur Toberralouls Care. Yale University has become the custodian of a prize, of $100,000, the name of the donor remaining a secret, but known to be an alumnus of Yale, which' is to be given to the person who first discovers a cure for tuberculosis. The trustees have invited many well-known physicians to become members of a board whose duty it will be to pass on the merits of cures submitted. The Interest on the money will be used In Investigating such cures and to pas', the expenses of quarterly meetings of the Advisory Board. To prevent the consideration of bogus remedies, one condition is that any remedy to be considered must have been in use five years and backed up by testimonials thaMt has resulted In cures. The object of the prize is to encourage the seeking of a cure. Charles P. Taft, brother of the President, has purchased a rare portrait, probably the finest of its kind in the world, in Limoges enamel, for which It is understood me paid $100,000. It is a portrait of the Duke of Nevers. by Limousin, a sixteenth century artist. Syrian immigration may be considered soon by the' President's cabinet. The courts have held that Syrians are entitled to naturalization, but the naturalization bureau has taken the opposite view. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway has Just been awarded a gold medal for the large map of the United States exhibited by that company at the Golden West exhibition. Earl's court, London, last summer. This map was over forty-nine feet In lengtji and over thirteen feet in height. Edwin Ginn, a Boston publisher, has n.ade provision in his will that upon his death $1,000.000 shall become avallal.;e for the cause of universal peace. Mr. Ginn will contribute 550,000 annually to the peace cause during the remaining years of his life. Dr. N. D. Hillis, of Brooklyn, would rather be a preacher than a millionaire. Recently he discovered a rich coal vein in a ranch he owned In British Columbia. He sold the property to Western men at a profit of $75,000. Now the coal Is said to be worth $3,000,1 00. A material extension of the scope of membership of the National Council ot Commerce is under consideration and probably will be decided upon at a meeting of the executive committee of that organization in Washington shortly.

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REVIEW OF INDIANA

Mrs. Annie Baker, a widow, of Wilkinson, and Clarence Clark, of Shirley, are at St. -Vincent's hospital, in Indianapolis, suffering from injuries received near Wilkinson, when a buggy in which they were riding was struck by a Big Four train. Grace Vincent, of Sullivan, has filed suit against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company for $10,000, alleging that the conductor did not assist her in alighting from an interurban car and that she fell on an icy pavement and broke her leg. David Tuttle, a driver for the High Street Milling Company of Muncle, died from Injuries received in a runaway accident. When the holrses he was driving took . fright Tuttle wa draggei over the pavement by the team. Six hours after he was removed to a hospital Tuttle died. He is survived by a widow. Isaac Lowe, a farmer near Terre Haute, after receiving a delinquent tax notice, learned at the county treasurer's office that when he paid his taxes some time ago he went to a window used by residents of a distant town ship and giving, his name paid the taxes of a farmer of the same name living in Honey Creek Township by mistake. ' Asher R. Clugston has sold his 100acre farm west of Columbia City, better known as the Scheultheis farm, to John Lynch for $6,000 and a sum has been paid down on the sale. The new owner will be given possession March 1st. Mr. Clugston just recently sold his other farm adjoining this one, bet ter known as the Mosher farm, to Dennis Gallivan! Miss Kate Merrlfield, one of the old est teachers in the Middle West, having instructed the young in South Bend and Mishawaka for fifty-five years, died last week, aged 71 years. She began teaching in Mishawaka in 1852. In 1876 she began teaching in South Bend, and for twenty-five continuous years she never missed a day in the classroom. Dr. O. E. Metsger, of South Whitley, was called upon recently to remove a leaden pellet from the right cheek of Ed Edmonds, living a mile north of South Whitley, on the Alf. Hathaway farm, which had lodged there . from the gun of Freeman Bunch while out hunting. Bunch took a shot at a rabbit when he was too close to Edmonds. Laura Currans, who had just received the prize "for the prettiest girl in the school district;" Alma Utterback, her chum, and William Johnson, the girl's school teacher, were drowned near Bedford as they were trying to reach their homes after a social by crossing Indian creek in a rowboat. The boat upset and they were unable to reach the bank through the icy water. Much comment has been aroused at Greencastle by the' action of Ralph T. Moss, who represents the Fifth Indiana district in Congress, in attacking the custom of distributing free seed packages to farmers. Representative Moss, who is himself a farmer, declares that it costs the Government 40 cents to purchase and send out a package of seeds, wheh any one can buy at a cross roads store for 5 cents. Oliver Elliott sold to John Graves, a stock buyer of Carmel, what is said to be the largest bog raised in the State this year. I. N. Beeson, a butcher, bought the hog of Graves, paying $60.73. It weighed 810 pounds and sold for more than an ordinary steer at $5 a hundred would bring. It was so large it had to be 'quartered before it could be taken through the door of the butcher shop. One shoulder weighed 103 pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Carter celebrated the sixty-second anniversary of their wedding in p. quiet way at their home in Plainfield. They were both born in North Carolina. In the early life they came to Indiana, and were married December 15, 1847, in the old spring meeting house near Arno, according to the custom of Friends, as both are birthright members of that church- Mr. Carter has been preaching for more than forty years and has traveled extensively. He is S4 and she is S3 years old. Only two persons are now living who attended the wedding Eixty-two years ago. A common house 4og, or no parties tilar breed, saved a human life near Union City. While Jacob Miller was out at the barn he heard the dog bark so vociferously that he went to the house to see what was the matter. On opening the door the do sprang &t him and then dashed itself against the door: On opening this door Miller discovered his wife hanging by a rope around her neck. He cut her down and she revived in an hour. Mrs. Miller, who is CO years old, is in ill health. She has attempted to hang, herself before, and this is the second time her husband has cut her down in the nick of time. , Orville Horn was sent to prison for from one to eight years , because he kept a purse containing $C3 which he found .in a Terre -Haute restaurant, where he was a waiter, and knew whose it was. The Rev. F. L. Hardly, pastor of the First Baptist church of Columbus, has recovered from an attack of hiccoughing which continued for forty-eight hours. His friends were alarmed but a .physician finally succeeded in stopping the hlcccughs. Little Maude Bollinger, aged 10, and daughter of Henry Bollinger, of Henryvllle, found a dynamite cap, and while playing with it, the cap exploded. Her thumb and two fingers were later amputated. John Downing, commissioner of Jackson county, has in his possession a short rpear that was found in plowing up a gravel road in Hamilton County. It is believed that the old spear is an Indan relic and has been buried beneath th road for thirty years. The blade is 5ouble-cdged and pointed, and is about two inches in width. Daniel Cosby, aged 23, living near English, has been rejected at the Evansville recruiting station, because he was unable to write his own name. It has b.ien his life ambition to be a soldier. ' Fran Barnet a.d C. P. Newberg, both of Indianapolis, believe they hold the cold weather record for the season at hook and line work. During the recent cold snap they went to Lake Maxinkuckoe and in two days landed thirty-two black bass, two salmon and one straw bass, the average weight c which was two pounds fourteen ounces.

Charles Hubbard has sold a fresh water pearl for $C00 at Cdrydon. He found the gem in a mussel shell in the Ohio rived, alorg Harrison County. The last request of Anderson Hogston, aged 76 years, a wealthy farmer, was not complied 'with. It was his desire to have his body cremated, but his relatives did not favor his plan and his body was buried at the Odd Fellows cemetery at Marion. His home was near Reeseburg, and he had gained fame by raising watermelons. Brazil is flooded with counterfeit . silver dollars, which were distributed there at various department stores during the holiday rush. When the merchants opened their tills they, found a number of these spurious coins. The bogus money was of the Issue of 1880. The counterfeit Is an excellent one and hard to detect except by close inspection. Lizzie Sanders, aged 16, who for two years, since their parents died, has been a mother to four little brothers, died at Hammond last week. She had been ill for some time with tuberculosis, but Insisted on working at a factory up to the last, bo that she could buy them Christmas presents. The girl had refused to let the boyc go to an orphans home, and her life 'as a sacrifice to their care and comfort. In a fire that desroyed her home, Mrs. Catherine Corcoran, aged 80, was burned to death at Tipton. Firemen discovered the aged woman's , shoes and dug for an hour in the smouldering ruins in the rear of the dwelling before finding the charred body. It Is presumed that Mrs. Corcoran discovered the fire, which was caused from an unexpected pressure of gas, and in trying to extinguish it her clothing caught fire and she was burned to death, being alone in the house at the time. The bursting of a large equalizing saw in front of which, he was standing at the time, cost the life of Tilden Miller, aged 33. He was workng at S. H. Adams & Co.'s factory In Portland. A car of heading running on a track from the dry kiln to the saw, overturned and was thrown on the saw. The saw burst and part of it struck Miller on the right leg just below the thigh, severing it from the body. Before medical aid could be summoned he died 'from loss of blood. A wife and three small children survive. John Buzzard, a farmer of Huntington County, marketed three hogs for $72. The three animals weighed 900 pounds and were about as fine specimens as have been seen in the Huntington market for some time. Mr. Buzzard had previously marketed fort7 hogs and has now $700 to tell the story of his hog sales for the season and expects to equal the amount by a bunch of thirteen fat cattle which he ili market this wee? lie figures that the corn he has fed his hogs which were marketed brought him at least. $1 a bushel. All the feed was raised on his eighty-acre farm. 1 f Maria R. Taylor, colored, who died a few days ago at Richmond, is said' to have been more than one hundred years old. She was the mother of children who were slaves twenty-five years before the Civil War. Until two years ago the negro woman worked and made her own living, and when unable to continue her labors refused assistance from various charitable organizations, although she received attention from people for whom she had worked many years ago. A life insurance policy for $S5, on which she had paid a premium many years, was found among her effects. Although he fell a distance of thirtyfive feev down an elevator shaft at the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet Works In Newcastle, S. T. Guype, of MIddletown, an employe of the company, escaped serious injury. Guype was making repairs at, the opening of the shaft on the second floor, and when some timbers gave way he fell to the basement. When picked up Guype was unconscious, and a physician was summoned hurriedly. Just as the doctor started to examine him Guype jumped to his tiet, gave himself a shake and asked that he be allowed to return to work.,. He was seemingly none the worse for his experience. Elmer Mills, of Muncie, found, halffrozen and almost helpless, a strange bird, unlike any fowl ever seen there, and although many persons haTe tried to Identify it, none has succeeded as yet. It is as large as a full-grown chicken, and is the color of a quail save for two long black streaks, one on either side of Its body. It has a long, Eharp beak, which it snaps viciously when approached by anybody but Mills, and it emits sounds similar to ' the growl of a dog. After being warmed it became active In the storeroom where it was placed, but it did not attempt to fly, and contented itself with stalking around the room. It is believed the bird Is a native of a warmer climate, and was driven out of its habitat by storms. In a quarrel at Evansville over the quality of whiskey they had purchased in a bottle, George Cline, aged 19, was stabbed to death by Owen Logsden, aged 18, who was arrested. Workmen building a sidewalk In Clinton, near the Chicago & Eastern Illinois right-of-way unearthed an interesting book, in a fair state of preservation, bearing the minutes of the Town Board from 1867 to 1873.' At that time Clinton had a population of three hundred. Henry Garrett, a ' wealthy farmer from Posey County, was sandbagged and robbed cf $30 at Evansville. Ills skull was fractured and he may die. The police are looking for his assailant W. C. Hart, aged SC, who lived n Evansville, is dead of lockjaw, caused in a peculiar way. While slicing a piece of tobacco off his plugr a few days ago. Hart cut his finger slightly and paid no attention to it until it began to swell and tetanus developed. Hart's body was sLipped to Hartford, Ky., where he formerly lived. ' Adolph Melzer, millionaire soap manufacturer of Evansville, is building a large stable, where he will this winter feed the horses of poor people who aro too poor to properly care for Ibeai. The Ralless Club has been organized by a number of young women at Converse. The club met last week at the home of Miss Lora Carmichael and denounced the use of rats in hair dressing. Twelve girls are members of the club and, as they belong to the circle that sets the fashion in Converse, it will not bo long before Converse is a ratless town,