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THE ItICII3IOXl PAL LADIU3I AAI SUX-TEIiEGRA3I. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 190S.

QUAKERS REGULARLY SPANKED THIS YEAR

Football Season a Failure So Far as E.arlham College Is Concerned. ODDS FAVOR DE PAUW. METHODISTS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE IN TROUNCING LOCAL COLLEGE TEAM SEVERAL PLAYERS OUT. By Tort. Last Saturday when the doleful re-t Bults of the Rose-Earlhara encounter were flashed to-Richmond, the championship dreams of Earlham completely evaporated. This season Earlham has been rigorously, religiously and regularly spanked by all her opponents with the exception of, one tank college its name at present escapes us located somewhere, in the Ohio corn belt. The Quakers season closes Saturday of this week when they meet their ancient rival, DePauw, at Reid field. DePauw has an exceptionally strong team this year and the odds are about 10 to 2 she will contribute another can to Earlham's already large season's collection. Earlham has been exceedingly unfortunate this season, luck having broken hably for its warriors at every I turn. Right at the kick off of the season three or four of the veterans, who were depended upon to be the mainstays around which the team was to have been built, were forced to join the arnica souad and since then the majority of the best players have been constantly in dry dock. Perhaps Larrance has been missed more than any of the regulars. Had he been able to play at quarterback the team would have bad the services of a capable, dashing field general. In his absence his place has not been filled by a satisfactory substitute and the result has been that the Quakers have gone through game after game like a ship In a storm without a rudder. The end positions have been weak nearly all season. At the start the Quakers bad a brace of ends, Hancock and Gaston, the equals of any in the state. Hancock was forced to retire with a bad knee and Gaston was laid off for failure to keep up In his studies. The loss of these two men alone weakened the-team 25 per cent, then the team was further crippled by Captain Harrell's forced retirement. WILL GO HALF WAY Peterson Will Not Wrestle Defensive Against Olson. on CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. By Tort. C. Peterson, who Is matched to wrestle Charley Olson at the coliseum Thursday night, writes the following to the Palladium: "As I am matched to wrestle Olson on the 12th inst. in ydur city, and knowing he is a man who Is able to defend his title of light heavyweight champion of American, I fully realize that I have to be in rood condition on the night of our contest, r-nd I assure you that I am doing everything to be in condition, and able to, give him the hardest tustlo he ever had. ' We are about the same weight, and as he has agreed to throw me threo times in 75 minutes, I am of the opinion that he has undertaken something he will not be able to carry through, for I really think there Is not a man in America that can throw me three times In that length of time, especially so when I have a chance to go on the defensive, but I don't Intend to do anything of that aorL It is my intention to meet him 'halfway, and I am sure the people of Richmond will see a contest, such as they never have seen before. I have wrestled for over ten years, have held the championship of the Pacific Coast and British Columbia for eight years, so I am not afraid of Olson, having much the best of me." We are also in receipt of a letter from Bob Manogoff, the Turk, and as near as we have been able to decipher his script, we think he wants another match with Olson. Boy says something about having $2."o to bet that Olson can't throw him again. " At the present time the Turk is In Chicago. It is not probable that Olson will take him on again. , CITY BASKETBALL ! LEAGUE PROBABLE Gamp.s May Be Played Y. M. C.A. at A city basketball league is proposed for this winter.' It is not expected the Y. M. C. A. will endeavor to select a team this season. It is probable the league will be made a six or eight team affair. Games will be played under the supervision of the T. M. C. A. and at the gymnasium. Korlol Fcr digestion "" A Relieves sour stomach pyloitatioa of the heart. Digests what yoa eaj

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Charley Comiskey thinks he,, has picked up a crack young firEt baseman in Tennant of Decatur. " Lajoie says all he wants out of his fall and winter grabs is a Class A southpaw. Catcher Billyam Sullivan of the White Sox contemplates spending most of the off season in Ireland. He will take his frail and boy Stanley with him. Christie Mathewson's first bit of insurance business was a $20,000 policy written for J. McGraw. Western league critics think that the Reds have got about the best young pitcher in that body in Furch: ner of Sioux City. Arthur Granville is touting the juvenile. Armbruster, the former American leaguer led the Connecticut State lea SALOONISTS TO TEST OPTION LAW Does Measure Kill Present Remonstrance Law? New Castle, Ind., Nov. 9. A est case as to whether the county local option law rendered void the remonstrance feature of the Moore law probably will be instituted here. James McCormick, one of the saloonmen deposed by remonstrance In Henry township, which closed his place about a month ago, has given formal notice that he will apply to the county com-; missloners at their December session for a saloon license. McCormick's application notice is very carefully worded, so as to comply with the law in every respect. The room in which he proposed to open a bar is in the Ward Block, and formerly was occupied by a saloon owned by Andrew H. Ward, now in business in Indianapolis. The application is made despite the remonstrance is in effect here and in Henry township, and under its provisions the last saloon has not yet closed and will not close until next month. The remonstrance became effective last Thanksgiving day, hence will not cease to be effective until Thanksgiving day, 1909. McCormick, it is understood, Is to be assisted in the test by other- saloon men of this city, and possibly several outsiders where similar conditions prevail and where the outcome would have the same effect. It is contended the county option law repealed the Moore law, and that when this law died, the remonstrance secured under it also expired. McCormick filed his application notice with a local newspaper, and expects to be heard, by the commissioners before there js time to hold an election under the local option law. HALE'S INTERVIEW WITH KAISER FOR CENTURY KILLED (Continued From Page One.) managing editor of one of the largest Philadelphia newspapers. BERLIN PRESS SHY. Independent Papers Indulge in Sarcasm. I Berlin, Nov. 9. Obviously in response to pressure from official quarters the Berlin press is almost universally silent Jn reference to the sup pressed account of the interview with the kaiser by William Bayard Hale, which the Century magazine was to have published in its December issue. Only three journals, which boast utter independence of "inspired" influence, mention the incident The Tageblatt publishes a cablegram from its New York correspondent directly contradicting the assurance given by the foreign office last night that no pressure was brought to bear by the German government The correspondent asserts that the government actually "resorted to extremes in order to avoid warlike developments." The socialist Vorwaerts asks sarcastically who Is going to reimburse the Century for its destroyed plates and whether the government perhaps has a secret fund for use upon such occasions. The democratic Morgenpost declares it is a genuine piece of good fortune that the Interview was "killed." The incident is certain to figure In Tuesday's debate in the relchstag and be adduced by various speakers as a fresh evidence of the necessity of constitutional safeguards against "imperial indiscretions." WIFE LED TAFT INTO POLITICAL ARENA SHE SAYS (Continued from Page One) Taft, brightening up. "Indeed I do. I have studied the situation gravely, and I think I understand it well. Nothing in the whole campaign so pleased me as the compliment paid Mr. Taft by the gain in Republican votes In Virginia and other Southern states. It spoke worlds for his principles and for his popularity." Guards Husband's Diet Probably Mrs. Taft's domestic life tells better what a woman should do

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gue catchers. He made but one misplay in 120 chances. He was with Holyoke. Fred Clarke is not out with his usual Patti-like winter announcement of his retirement. On the contrary, he has assured Dreyfuss he will be back in the spring. Larry McLean, the Cincinnati catcher, has gone under $1,000 bond to ahstain from demon rum during the winter months. Of course, all bets are off when the 1909 season opens. Esthetic tendencies of Pitcher Harry Coveleskie, the Giant buster, do not deter him from working in a mine at Shenandoah, Pa., during the off season. Hyatt of Vancouver, a Pittsburg capture, tallied 100 runs in 140 games. That's close to the record. to further her husband's interests than anything else. She guards Mr. Taft's diet, sees that his wardrobe is of a suitable sort and always in faultless condition to the minutest detail, regulates as well as she can his hours of sleep, and sees that all papers and books in which he is interested conveniently arranged for him. are Mr. 1 Taft has always carried1 much of his 1 1 work home with him, and one of Mrs. I Taft's most constant thoughts Is to have every possible convenience for him in the way of desks, stationery, book of references, etc. Mrs. Taft spoke Jongingly of her children and it is evident that she is having a struggle to keep them away from her. It is probable that Charley Taft the mention of his name here always brings forth a smile and a word of good feeling the younger member of the family, will eat Ma Thanksgiving dinner with his parents. AN EPISODE OF WAR. The Only Coward Evans Ever Saw In the Naval Service. After Admiral Evans had been so grievously wounded In the attack on Fort Fisher during the civil war he was picked up by a marine named Wasmouth and carried Into comparative shelter. Wasmouth was killed a few minutes later. Evans' own account continues: "After Wasmouth was killed I soon fell asleep, and when I awoke it was some time before I could recall my surroundings. The tide had come in, and the hole in which I was lying was nearly full of water, which had about covered me and was trickling into my ears. I could see a monitor firing and apparently very near, and the thought came to me that I could swim off to her If I only had a bit of plank or driftwood., but this I could not get It was plain) enough that I should soon be drowned; like a rat in a bole unless I managed to get out somehow. Dead and wounded men were lying about in ghastly piles, but no one to lend me a helping hand. By this time I could not use my legs in any way, and when I dug my hands into the sides of my prison and tried to pull myself out the sand gave way and left me still lying In the water. Finally I made a strong effort and rolled myself sideways out of the hole. "WhenI got out I saw a marine a short distance away nicely covered by a pile of sand and firing away deliberately at the fort. I called to him to pull me In behind his bar of sand, but he declined on the ground that the fire was too sharp for him to expose himself. I persuaded him with my revolver to change his mind, and in two seconds he had me In a place of safetythat is to say. safe by a small margin, for when he fired the Confederate bullets would snip the sand within a few Inches of our heads. If the ma rine had known that my revolver was soaking wet and could not possibly be j fired I suppose I would have been buried the next morning, as many other poor fellows were. As soon as 1 could reach some cartridges from a dead sailor lying near me I loaded my revolver, thinking it might be useful before the job was finished. "When I was Jerked in behind this pile of sand I landed across the body of the only coward I ever saw in the naval service. At first I was not conscious that there was a man under me, so completely had he worked himself into the sand. He was actually below the surface of the ground. The monitors were firing over ns, and as a shell came roaring by he pulled his knees up to his chin, which hurt me, as it Jostled my broken legs. I said: 'Hello! Are you wounded?" 'No, sir, he replied; 'I am afraid to move." 'All right, then,' I said, "keep quiet and don't hurt my legs again.' The next shell that came over he did the same thing and the next notwithstanding my repeated cautions. So I tapped him between the eyes with the butt of my revolver, and he was quiet after that" The Glove on the Pole. A quaint custom in an English town, Honiton, is "proclaiming the fair." The town obtained the grant of a fair from the lord of the manor so long ago a 1257. and the fair still retains some ol the picturesque characteristics of bygone days. The town crier, dressed in picturesque uniform and carrying a pole decorated with gay flowers and surmounted by a large gilt model of a gloved hand, publicly announces the opening of the fair, as follows: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The fair's begun, the glove is up. No man can be arrested ! till the glove is taken down. Hoi coins are then thrown among the children. The pole and glove remains displayed until the end of the fair. How Hammer of Death Struck James. The old parish church of Plumstead Is probably at least 1,000 years old. The picturesque churchyard, a cherished haunt of the poet Bloomfield during his visits to Shooters Hill, contains a delightfully choice "derangement of epitaphs. One of these on "Master James Darling, aged 10, teaches a lesson of moderation during the cherry season to the youth of othei places besides Plumstead. Speaking from his tombstone. Master Darllnf exclaims: The hammer of death was give to mm For eating the cherries off the tree. Westminster fiaiettfc

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S TO ERECT CHURCH Funds Will Be Solicited Beginning About the First of Next Year. THE DESIGN IS SELECTED. WILL BE GOTHIC, AND BEAUTIFUL IN SIMPLICITY MAGAZINE NOW ISSUED FOR LOCAL CONGREGATION. In the November number of fit. Mary's Parish Monthly, the second issue of this excellent periodical, a cut is shown of the proposed St. Mary's Catholic church. Under the cut there is a line which reads "Is it Worth an Effort?" The design was prepared by a Louisville, Ky., firm of architects. The style is Gothic and beautlful in its simplicity. The cut shows stone and the front ornamented with ten beautiful stone pillars. The usual steeple is conspicuous by its absence. Father Thomas A. Hoffman, assistant rector of St. Mary's church, states that no definite plans for the con struction of the new church building ! have yet been completed, but he thinks preliminary work to raise a building fund will be started the first of next year. About four years ago the church bought considerable property surrounding the present church building and the school building, North Seventh and A streets, at an approximate expense of $20,000. Father Hoffman states that this debt has been nearly all paid off and that as soon as the entire indebtedness has been wiped out, plans will then be formulated for raising funds to erect i the new church, which will undoubtedly be one of the most beautiful structures of its kind in the state. Magazine Interesting. The monthly magazine that St. Mary's church is putting out, is In every sense a "live wire." Every article appearing in the November Issue is of the utmost interest to the church members. The editorials are bright and crisp. One of the editorial para graphs reads as follows: "Who is thej wealthy Catholic in middle north islej ivho gives a nlckle in the envelope col- j ectlon? Watch and see. Guessing ! contest will, close the last Saturday in November. Liberal prize for correct answer.' Foster Will Attempt to Oust Congressman-Elect Boehne. PLAN OF ACTION DECIDED. Evansville, Ind., Nov. 9. Contests in four counties in the First district are to be started by the defeated republican county officials to get a recount and reinspectlon of republican ballots thrown out in Tuesday's election. It ls hoped by Congressman Foster that recount In Posey, Spencer, Warrick and Gibson counties will show enough protested ballots were thrown out by democratic election boards to overcome the eighty-nine plurality credited to Mayor Boehne (Dem.) candidate for congress. It was officially announced by friends of Congressman Foster that he hopes to win out yet over Mayor Boehne and to carry his case before the congressional committee. In or der to make a strong case, the republicans are proceeding against democratic workerst who are alleged to have Intimidated voters on. election day. Tov this end the republican county commissioners today revoked the saloon license of George Eckstein, upon affidavits made by a nephew of Congressman Foster that Eckstein fought a colored man away from the polls. Similar efforts were made to revoke the license of J. J. Manning, another Democratic saloon keeper. Prosecutor Luhring (Rep.) la having the grand Jury investigate cases in precincts where Democratic workers are alleged to have beaten up negroes. Another case being investigated by ' the grand Jury is that of Deputy City Controller Oslage, who swore out affidavits against two negroes for violations of election law. The cases were discharged in City Court In Posey county a Democratic Inspector will have to answer to Federal court An affidavit was issued for his arrest by Deputy United States Commissioner Wartmann here today. SPARKS CAUSE BLAZE. But Little Damage Done Home. to Warfel Sparks from the chimney ignited the roof of the house occupied by John Warfel and family, 243 South Third street this morning. The departments were called. Practically no damage was done. BASKET SUPPER. A basket supper will be given Friday evening, November thirteenth, at the Middleboro school house. All are Invited to attend.

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Ruth Bryan Leavitt May Not Ask Decree. Denver, Col., Nov. 9. '"Divorce courts are a horror to me, and my father, mother and all the family are utterly opposed to divorce on principle." This was the substance of a letter written by Ruth Bryau Leavitt to an intimate friend in Denver. Reports are that she will seek separation from Artist Homer Leavitt, who is reported in Paris. Mrs. Leavitt, it is stated, will never live with her husband again, but is content to be wife in name so long as her husband remains away. In the last, two years she has been engaged in literary work, writing little plays and short stories. She is said to be now writing a play for Mary Mannering. SPENT DAY ALONE Charles W. Morse Denied the Privilege of Seeing Relatives Sunday. NO FAVORS SHOWN HIM. New York, Nov. 9. Charles W. Morse, former banker and ice king, who is confined in the Tombs prison pending an appeal from his fifteen years' sentence, spent a quiet Sunday. He didn't express a desire to attend the regular Sunday service held in the prison and spent most of his day smoking. At other times he sat on the side of his couch with his face burled in his hands as though deep in thought Not a single person, other than the keeper, spoke to him all day. On Sunday visitors are not permitted in the prison and even his counsel, Mr. Ldttlefield, was denied an audience with the prisoner. "We show no favors her!. said Warden Flynn. "Morse is no more to us that any other." Members of Morse's family were told Saturday it would be useless for them to attempt to see him on Sunday, so none of them came. The prisoner awakened at -7 o'clock and soon after was handed breakfast consisting of ham and eggs and coffee. After he had finished that he had a rarebit He ate heartily and then smoked. At dinner time he had beef, potatoes and bread. For a time he paced the narrow limits of his cell, but looked up as keepers passed the door. He had several papers, but did not manifest much interest in the news. RICHMOND DISTRICT MiSSIOIKONVENTION Women of M. E. Church Meet At Dunkirk. The thirty-first annual meeting of the Richmond district Women's For eign Missionary society, M. E. church, will be held tomorrow and the day fol lowing at Dunkirk. A very interesting program has been arranged and there will be quite a number of Richmond women attend the meeting, including Mesdames T. M. Guild, W. M. Nelson, Frances Kelley, Alden Mote, A. B. Price, C. E. Thomason, R. W. Phillips and the Misses Ella Kelley and Florence Lacey. PREACHES FIRST SERMON. The Rev. J. O. Campbell preached his first sermon at Centerville yesterday. He will supply that pulpit until the conference next spring. Owing to the fact that there is no parsonage at Centerville the Rev. Campbell will still make Richmond his home. NIPPING A CAREER. Young W. S. Gilbert's Brief Interview WithChsrles Kean. At the early age of fifteen, according to the author of a biography of Sir W. S. Gilbert, the future dramatist showed his theatrical bias to his own undoing. Enraptured with a splendid performance of "The Corslcan Brothers" at the Princess theater, then under - the management of Charles Kean, ' younjr Gilbert packed up a few clothes In a hand bag and actually succeeded In making an entrance to the theater j with a view to going on the stage, i Greatly elated at receiving the mes- . sage that Kean would see him in his room, the boy lost courage when he was face to face with the great actor. "So you would like to go on the stage?" said Kean. "Yes, sir, replied Master Gilbert, trembling In every limb. "What's your name?" The boy's imagination failed him at a critical moment in bis life. "Gilbert," he faltered, seeking refnge In the truth. "Gilbert, Gllbertr reiterated Kean. with a sharp glance at the embarrassed boy. "Are yoa the son of my old friend. William Gilbert?" T-es." Kean turned to an attendant "See this young gentleman home," said he. this cowsr? roa, careTnBr. u uweU'e Syrup FPin.l coski y irnera i to care iodicestioa, c Obstipation, sk k faea ' - offensive brert. f5?airi ana all iaeas :ng trotr . PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY.

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C. A. BLAIR. Home Telephone 2062. THEFT OF HORSE BEP0RTE0J0 POLICE Jesse Starr, North of City, Loser. The theft of a horse and burgy belonging to Jesse Starr, who resides northwest of the city, has been reported to the police. Starr visited friends at Williamsburg last evening and when ready to take his departure found his horse and buggy missing. The police are inclined to believe some one' maliciously turned the horse loose, although It may have been stolen. The horse and rig were located at Economy this afternoon- . Net Stumped. Once, when the renowned Mrs. Siddons was playing In the Theater Royal, Dublin, she, as Lady Macbeth came to that part where a drum should sound and she exclaims: "A drum I A drum! Macbeth doth corner There was some difficulty or neglect In obtaining the necessary Instrument, and to her amazement a trumpet Bounded. She Immediately saw how absurd It would be to say "drum" while the well known sound of the trumpet met the ears of the vast audience. So she said: "A trumpet! ;A trumpet!" then stopped short, not knowing how to rhyme It, when a voice from the gal-! lery called out, "Macbeth doth stump ' It!" at which the house broke out Into one peal of laughter and applause, and the tragedienne advanced to the footlights and bowed her acknowledgment for the relief. Average Length of Life. The man who lives till he is more than a century old and the child who dies in infancy are alike Included In the law of .averages. They balance each other's chances, as it were. Of 100,000 people living at the age of ten only 05.614 will live to the age of ' twenty-one. only 82.284 will be living at forty, only forty-nine will be living at ninety-six and only nine at ninetyseven. At thirty the average man may take it that he has under thirty-five years to live, at forty under twentyeight years, at fifty under twenty-one years and at sixty under fourteen years. In each and all of these cases bow he lives will determine whether he will have a longer life or a shorter life, but the average will Infallibly work out within a space of ninety years. Cassell's Saturday Journal. The Kissing Germ Menace. In the waiting room of the Union station at Washington recently the wife of a federal official who Is extremely fond of dogs figured In an amusing incident. In the next seat to her sat a small dog, evidently belonging to a showily dressed woman In the seat Just beyond. As the canine, a friendly little beast. . evidenced by sundry wags of his tall : his desire for friendly relations, the ; Washington woman leaned over and began to pat him on the head. Then, as she leaned even closer toward the i dog. the showily dressed individual, i whose air of concern Indicated her dis approval of the situation. Immediately reached out and withdrew the pet from the stranger. "Excuse me. said she, "but I never allow my dog to kiss strangers. Philadelphia Ledger. Consistent Cutter. "Who on earth cut your hair? gasp d Mrs. Gunson as her husband arrive home. "A locksmith, my dear. replied Mr Gunson. "Did you think a barber had anything to do with Itr "Indeed I did not" retorted Mrs Gunson. "Judging from the. shaggy tray it has been trimmed. I thought perhaps it was dona by a backman. Bohemian Magazine. The man who really knows morf than the boss usually gets to be boss. If ha only thinks he knows more, he usually gets fired Salt Lake Herald.

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P. & T. A Richmond. IaeV TOOK CLOTHES FR0M LIKE Cambridge City Man. Faced Theft Charge. Elmer Smith. James Phillip and John Keever of Cambridge City are under arrest and in custody at the county Jail. Smith is accused of the theft of clothing, blankets and robes belonging (to Dr. Mauk. John Lackey, Charles Bertsch and other residents of Cambridge. Keever and Phillips are being held on the charge of public Intoxication, but are bel'eved to be Inciminated in the thefts along with Smith. It is claimed Smith has stolen clothes off of lines in yards. In his possession was found a number of horse blankets and buggy robe. Smith . has been In trouble In Richmond upon several occasions. He has given his promise to the courts to reform. THE UPPER AIR. Danger In the Chill That Comes With the Fall of Night, Few people who visit Denver realize that it is located only a few feet short of a mile above the sea level. At such altitudes the climate Is always treacherous. The midday sun may be broiling hot, bat after dark the air Is soonchilled and one Is liable to contract a cold. Several of the Spanish cities stand upon the crests of tall blUe, where such climatic changes occur after nightfall. When, as a boy at the grand opera, I saw Spaniards In "Carmen or "The Barber of Seville" toss their long cloaka or capes about tbHr faces I assumed that the act was Intended to disguise them to hide their faces. Nothing of the sort. The Spaniard, like the Italian, of the Alpine regions, always covers his month after sundown to minimize danger to his lungs from the night air. Curiously the women haven't any fear of the chill that follows the darkness. They may be seen In low cut bodices at all hoars of the evening la the cafes, at balls and on the streets. The men, however, are In terror of cold night winds. Pneumonia and tuberculosis carry off a great many victims In Spain and northern Italy. Juiius Chambers In Brooklyn Eagle. Net a Dead One. The hour was long past midnight, but the young girl had not yet retired. Moaning, wringing her bands, aha walked the room distractedly. "Oh. father.A stately, white haired figure In evening dress had entered. "Father, speak. Has Wlnterbottom Hance killed himself? I heard a commotion without at midnight a crack as of a revolver, a fall as of a heavy body. I refused Wlnterbottom early In ths evening, and at be staggered from the room, despair writ large upon his pale brow, he swore wildly to take bis own life." The old man's eye gleamed as with some secret Joy. "Refused him. did you 7 he chuckled. "Reused Wlnterbottom, eh? Well. I'm Iad you did. Ilea just cleaned me out of $7 In a poker gam at the club. New Orleans TlmeDemocrat Legend of Moses. The story of the cause of Moses slowness of speech Is given In the Talmud and runs as follows: Pharaoh was one day sitting on his throne with Moses on his lap when the child took off the klnga crown and put it on bis own bead. The "wise men tried to persuade the king that this was treason, for which the child ought to be put to death, but Jethro replied: "It is the act of a child who knows no better. Let two plates be set before him, one containing gold and the other redhot coals, and yoa will find he will prefer the latter to the former." The experlmeat being made, the child snatched op one of the live coals, pot It lata Its month and bcrned Its tongue so severely that it was ever after "heavy and slow of speech. New Xock American-