Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1900 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - ' INDIANA.

SHE COMES BACK RICH.

BOSTON TELEPHONE GIRL GAINS WEALTH. She Placidly Accom panted Her Brother to Atlin in 1896 and Dug Out Her Own Fortune-United Statea Supreme Court Draws Color Line. ' Carrying drafts to the amount of nearly $400,000, Miss Margaret Kelly, formerly a telephone girl in Boston, arrived in Minneajxdis on her way to Chicago. Then she will go "to Boston to see heft; parents and provide for their neceagr ties. Miss Kelly was one of five young women who accompanied their brothers from Boston to Atlin in the spring of 1896. “We had many hardships,” sal® Miss Kelly, “and several members of ourj party died. The McGuire girls and my** self opened a small hotel when w'e led Alaska. In the fall of dt for t,* speculators... 'invested -in move claims. ■ \l7worked two ,and cleaned upJjpfcT.CX'K) in six months. The cost of operation was tremendous. Eventually we sold them for $400,000 icash. We ylanped to go to Nome, but learned that region was poor, so we’ ‘came back. Before we went west my ibrother John was in business at Springjfield. My former vocation was that of ia telephone girl. I used to sit and say . hello all day long for $6 a, week.” VICTIM OF HAZING EXPIRE?. Former Weft Point Cadet Dleß After . * , Twdslearß of Agony. Oscar L. Bo&z, a former cadet at West iPoint Military Academy, who had been lying at the point of death at his home In Bristol, Pa,, suffering from injuries which his patwnts claim were were the result of hazitip at the academy over two years ago, died in agony. The cause of death Was throat consumption. It is alleged by the young man’s father that itabasco sauce was poured down his son’s [throat while the cadets were hazing him. jThe father also claims that red pepper *was thrown in the youth’s eyes, hot grease poured on his bare feet, a tooth knocked out and other fiendish methods «f torture indulged in.

DECIDES FOR “JIM CROW” CARP. United States Supreme Court Draws Color Dine in Travel. In an opinion; handed down the other day the United' States Supreme Court put the stamp o4its approval upon “Jim •Crow*’ cars—that is, Coaches exclusively for colored passengers on railroads. There was, however, one dissenting voice, that of Justice Harlan, who solemnly declared that no State 4i|d a right thus to classify dtixens of th|Rjnited States. The case was that o|r the State of Kentucky against the ‘Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, to compel it to use “Jim Qc“w" car's. The court decided for the State. Turkey to Pay Indemnity. Hassan Pasha, Ottoman minister of marine, ud Gen. Williams, representing the Cradtt) Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia, have signed a contract for the construction of a c-ruiser’for the Ottoman navy. The price to be paid is £350,000, which includes £23,000 as indem-. nity to the-United States for losses sustained by Americans during the Armenian massacres. ’jFxpel Lloyd J. Pmith. Lloyd Smith, acquitted in the criminal courSpf a charge of shipping grain from the warehouse of the Chicago Elevator Company without canceling the receipts, %as found guilty by the board of directors of the Chicago Board of Trade and whs expelled from his seat in that organfcation. English in Kaiser’s Land. Annfhun cement of the nature of Emperor jVilliaui's decree regarding the reform Of the higher schools has aroused the widest interest in German educational circles. The principal feature recommended is the making of lessons in the English, language compulsory in certain classes, Methroning French. Explosion in Chicago Power House. (ien killed, a train wrecked and passengers and employes injured, le results of the explosion of a i the Northwestern Railway Cornpower house in Chicago. The j loss is about $40,000. en. White Pleats Guilty. W. L. White of Grand Rapids. ;ermaster general of the Michigan 1 Guard, pleaded guilty to the of complicity In the State miliithing frauds and was sentenced t Wiest to ten years in prison. Double Tregedy in Jersey. Frank Tuscani was murdered at Hackensack, N. J., and the man who slew him was then in turn stabbed repeatedly by the friends of the victim. It was practically a lynching on the part of friends. Total Population of Russia. The population of Russia was estimated at about 75,000,000 in 1801, the year of the emancipation of the serfs. It is calculated to be over 136,000,000, i<?Civ*tfrhg to a statement just published Gy the ministry of finance. Traina Collide ip Mexico. A terrible wreck, in which a score of persons were killed and about sixty hurt, occurred on the ifexican Central Railway between Tania nncha and Symon. - Dies From MCnrn Onttin sr. Eastwood Eastwmm. Mayor of Central Fall»7R» 1., diotk/rbm Wo<»||poisoßing resulting from a m t in fti« roe during the removal of a corn, * did not dem the'jfcpwtrio'm .at the time, but later the bflg medico* skjjl was employed in vain i»,< flnfe. ci;r<*. j

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

. BMDKN, ILL., BANK ROBBED. Also Shoot an Officer and i Escape on a Handcar. morning by four masked desperadoes who rifled the Farmers’ Bankjvpf Ernden of setpeVal thousand dollars’nml shot and fatally wounded Policetnan Sanford of Dob-van. That the robbers were of the most desperate class seems certain. All of the' tactics of determined bank thieves were brought into play by the men —using dynamite, blasting the masonry of the bank vault and the’ strong box three with as much nonchalance as if ■ they were working in an old and deserted quarry. Then they bound and gagged an inoffensive citizen who reached the scene in time to. give an alarm, and after his easy capture the quartet hastily seized all the, visible funds of the bank and “pumped” a handcar on’'the, rail--road to Delevan. It was when the night patrolling bluecoat, Police Officer Sanford, attempted to stay their flight, that the fugitives fired a volley at him. One bullet passed entirely through Sanford’s body. When the officer had reported' the facts of his encounter with the masked men to the excited citizens who rushed out on to the street it was too late to apprehend the desperadoes. Hurrying to Delevan Junction the fugitives boarded the north-bound '“Hummer” on the Alton, anti before Bloomington was reached the bandits .had successfully covered their tracks. MURDERED BY A LONE ROBBER. W. H. Linter of Cedar Rapids Killed in Burlington and His Wife Shot. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Linter of Cedar Rapids, lowa, who had been visiting in Burlington, were on the way to the station to return home when they were held up by a lone footpad. Mr. Linter struck at the robber, who instantly shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. Mrs. Linter sprang forward as if to Shield her husband and then turned to nee, when the highwayman shot her in the back, the ball penetrating the left lung. A man was captured at Patterson, Idwa, who gives his name as George Anderson. He had two revolvers on his person, one having two exploded shells. He practically confessed to shooting the Linters.

BEATS*, BURNS AND MURDERS. Drunken Man Kills Hi 9 Baby and Trfes to Slay Others^ At Scofield, Utah, Richard Smith, a coal miner, beat his wife almost insensible, struck his 3-months-old the forehead, killing it, then wrapped his twin children in bedclothes, saturated the bundle with kerosene and set it on fire. The mother’s screams for help brought neighbors, who overpowered Smith and saved the twins. While this was going on a neighbor, was prevented by timely interfei'ence from killing his wife and three children. The two men had been drinking together. Four Killed by Explosion. Four were killed,and fifteen or twenty injured by an explosion of nitro-glycerin on tiie river bank at Wellsburg, W. Va. A party of boys, gathered to look at the high river, built a bonfire of driftwood on the bank. One of them caught a tin can floating on the water- and thoughtlessly threw it into the fire.' It contained nitro-blycerin, and its explosion did the damage. Steals Fortune from Desk. Between 1 and 2 o’clock the other afternoon, when I. N. Poe, a prominent Toledo, Ohio, real estate dealer, was temporarily absent from his office, someone broke open his desk and took a strong box containing about SSOO in cash and checks and $20,000 in negotiable paper. Not the slightest clew has been discovered. Schoolgirl Is Kidnaped. Margaret Kelly, aged 16 years, is believed to have been kidnaped by two strangers from Miners Mills, Pa. The girl received a note bearing the name of Rev. Father Kiernan, stating that he wanted to see her. She left the school and went away with the two men and has not since been seen. Chicagoan Dead in a Bathtub. A man thought to be either M. Becklund or R. Ronne of Chicago, was found dead in a bathtub at Seattle, Wash., under very suspicious circumstances. The supposition of the police is that the man was murdered and robbed in a bathroom by one of the inmates of the house. Man Confesses to Murder. Andrew Doig, a stonecutter, was arrested in Cleveland upon the charge of having murdered Mrs. Mollie Knapp, whose mutilated body was found in her apartments. • Doig admitted that he assaulted the woman, and alleged that she had robbed him. Four of a Score Are Dy-onmed. Four men were drowned'-at Spokane, Wash., by the capsizing of a ferryboat la the Spokane river. The ferry was crossing the stream with eighteen workmen from the construction camp near the Great Northern’s new bridge. All the men were thrown into the water. Ax tell Brings 814,700. Axtell, the wonderful trotting stallion that was sold for SIOO,OOO on the day that he made a 3-year-old record of 2:13, Hack in 1889, was the star of the FasigTipton horse sale at .Madison Square Garden, New York. He sold for $14,700. Revenue Expert Dies. George Washington Wilson, commissioner of internal revenue, died at Wash•iagton, D. C*- Pneumonia, following a severe colds was responsible for death. M?. Wilson was 57 years old. Death of Senator Davis. Senatof Cushman K. Davis, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, died at St. Paul of nephritis, aged 63 years.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,35 cto 37c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye. No. 2. 44c to 45c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 22c; potatoes, 40c 'to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 ?o $5.50; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.80; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; bats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.65; hogs, $3.00 to $4.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.20; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 69c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oatsj No. 2, '22c to 23c: rye. No. 2. 47c to 48c. Cincinnati—Cattle,-s§.oO- to $4.95; hogs, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, $3.00 to $3.60; wheat. No.' 2,75 cto 76c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 55e Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.45; hogs, $3.00 to $4.80; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 white,y 2Gc to 27c; rye, 50c to 51c. • Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,50 c to 51c; clover seed, prime, SO.OO to SO.IO. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 3,35 cto 36c; oats. No 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 1,49 c to 50c; barley, No, 2,59 cto 60c; park,_. mess, $10.50 to $11.25. Buffalo—Cattle, Choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.70; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.25. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.35; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; butter,, creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, western, 25c to 2Gc.

MRS. VAN LIEYV GOES TO PRISON. Banker’s Wife at Van Wert, Ohio, Sentenced to a Term of Ten Years. Mrs. Emma A. Van Liew, the banker’s wife charged with having murdered Miss Alice Hammel at Van Wert, Ohio, by throwing a quantity of sulphuric acid in her face, entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. When brought to the court room her attorneys surprised those present by saying that she wished to withdraw her plea. The prosecutor then con- , sente’d to her pleading to the charge of; manslaughter. In a firm voice, as that of a person glad of the opportunity, she answered: "I am guilty.” She was immediately sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary for ten years, and in tyn minutes’ time was on the train, in charge of Sheriff Webster, accompanied by her husband, bound for that institution. NOTED DESPERADO ESCAPES. Martin Kuhns Crawls Through a Coal Hole at Columbus Prison. Martin. Kuhns, a noted desperado, escaped from the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. He was sent down into the basement of tlie administration building to fix a radiator, and crawled up through a coal hole bn the lawn in front of the prison and walked by the guards at the gate, who thought he was a “trusty.” Kuhns was received at the prison July 12, from Seneca County, on a life sentence, having been convicted of the murder of his pal, William L. Campeau. Oscar Wilde Dies In Want. Oscar lyilde, the English author and playwright, once received with honor in the highest society cii'cles of Great Britain and the continent and noted the world over for his brilliant, if erotic, works, died in Paris in poverty and obscurity nail under an assumed name. Honduras Pays the Claim. The State Department received a cablegram from United States Minister Hunter, at Guatemala City, announcing that he had just received from the tfondurian government a draft for SIO,OOO American gold as indemnity for the killing of Frank Pears. Crew Lost in Lake Erie. The entire crew of the schooner Maumee Valley, which sank in shallow water on the Point Au Peloe middle ground, near Toledo, Ohio, has been lost.. There were seven of them, including the officers. Student Dies from Fall. Gustave O. Beuck of Davenport, lowa, a senior in the college ofecivil engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., died from spinal meningitis, due to a fall backward from a chair. Killed in Labor Riot. Ia a fight at San Antonio, Texas, between union and non-uiiion employes of the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Coin]..my one man lost his life and four others were wounded. Rear- ' dnilral McNair X)un<l. Frederick V. McNair, senior rear admiral of the United States navy, ranking next to Admiral Dewey, died at his home in Washington as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. Fails for Three "Millions. A. K. Housekeeper of NarWrth, Pa., was discharged ns a voluntary bunkrupt in the United State's District Court, with liabilities of $2,891,093.43 and assets of $25. Boy Convicted of Murder. Richard Novak, 14 years of age, wns found guilty of murder hy u jury in Judge Tuley’s court in Chicago. Novak strihbed and killed his companion, Albert Olsen, during a quarrel Sept. 17. Collide at Grade Crossing. A Kedzie avenue electric car filled with passengers and u St. Paul freight train collided in Chicago and two persons , were injured.

PLOT TO KILL M’KINLBY. Revealed in a Letter -to the Police of t' Hoboken, N. J, The police of Hoboken, N. J., have received a letter alleging the existence of a plot to assassinate President McKinley. The writer of the letter gave in his communication the name or the alleged chief conspirator, which the police refuse to make public at this tmie. The letter, which is illegibly signed, is as follows: “Sir—Having almost thoroughly assured myself of an anarchist plot against his excellency McKinley, I consider it my duty to advise you of the name of one w r ho is more than suspected of being a leader, whose name is found in the inclosed slip. He is a fugitive from justice and a dangerous man, having been convicted several times, and on the last occasion being sentenced to five years’ imprisotiment for an anarchist -attempt. My Statement can be verified on appealing to the prefect of police at Paris, France. In the course of'the last year he had concealed with him a man named Francois. the author of an aharchist attempt at Scranton, where he mortally wounded an agent of the police.” The writer of this letter, the police say, has been located, and his story will be investigated. INDIANS IN A PITIABLE PLIGHT. Withholding of Ration. Places Sioux Face to Face with Starvation. The Indians of the Great Sioux reservation near Fort Yates, S. D., have accepted the recommendation of Commissioner Jones that their bi-weekly rations be immediately stopped. That hundreds of them will starve to death seems to be a foregone conclusion. Their condition is pitiable in the extreme; their crops were a total failure and their relations are just enough to keep them alive. This reservation is unfit for anything but grazing, and the Indians can never support themselves by fai-ming. A judicious issue of stock cattle might make the reservation self-supporting. Many persons think a small monthly ration should be issued during the winter. TRAIN GOES INTO RIVER. Accident at Eeaver, Pa., Cause. Only One Dsath and Few Injuries. The escape from death of the eighty passengers on the Pittsburg and Cleveland express train, which plunged over a high bluff into the Ohio river a mile west of Beaver, Pa., was one of- the most marvelous recorded in l-ailroad annals. The train with all on board was submerged in ten feet of water. There were early * reports of heavy loss of life having occurred, but the later news puts the number at one, with several injured. The train was going at good speed and went over the embankment without warning. The embankment had been weakened by heavy floods. Baby Brown’s Large Estate. Mrs. Natalie Bayard Brown of Newport, li. 1., guardian of her infant son, John Nicholas Brow.n, has filed an inventory of the estate left to him by his father, showing it to be worth $1,943,690.31. The estate coming to the child from his uncle, the late Harold Brown, will nearly equal the amount of property he receives from his father. Fire in Treasury Building. Fire was discovered in the files room on the third floor of the Treasury Department in Washington, It was extinguished before serious damage was done. The loss is small. The cause of the tire is not definitely known, but it is supposed to have . been either from spontaneous combustion or a defective flue. Boer. Win a Victory. Despite the strict censorship the news has leaked out and has been officially confirmed that one of the most alarming English revei-ses of the war has occurred by the surrender of the De Wetsdorp garrison, with the capture of 400 British' troops and of two guns which were not even disabled. Gold in Street, of Helena. Gold was found on Main street, Helena, Mont., in considerable quantities. George Booker "panned” several buckets of earth taken from an opening in the street in the presence of several hundred people. Severdl dollars of the yellow metal was secured. Dr. Pearson. Gives $50,000. Dr. D* K. Pearsons, the philanthropic Chicagoan whq has disbursed a vast sum among what he calls fresh-water colleges, surprised Colorado College at Colorado Springs witli a gift of $50,000, payable Jan. 1 next. Clerk M'.sing with $45,000. The brokerage firm of J. & F. Bently in New York announced the disappearance of the firm’s confidential clerk, Adolph Wasserman, and a shortage in his accounts of about $45,000. Ask. 58,924 a. Army. Reorganization of the army, with a minimum strength of 59,924 and a maximum force of 96,766, is provided for in a Mil sent by Secretary Root to the House, committee on military affairs. Urttßperadoes Break Jail. Five prisonerijMkl for burglary and assault escaped from; tjxr county jail at Mexico, Mo*, chiseling through a brick wall. Eleven other prisoners refused s o leave. Street Car Held Up in Ch ca •«. Five highwaymen held up a crowded car in Chicago, seriously beat the con-' doctor and robbed Edward bright of $317. • . School Fund. Stolen. A defalcation of SIOO,OOO or more has been discovered In the accounts of the late George Griffiths, clerk of tie Cincinnati Board of Education. Killed by Florida Mob. Spencer Williams, a negro gambler, wa. killed by a mob near Lake City, Fl*., because he shot the city marshal.

DIE IN MOLTEN GLASS.

.DISASTER CAUSES THE DEATH OF THIRTEEN BOYS. Over One Hundred Person. Injured and Many of Them Fatally—Roof of Factory Overlooking Football Game Collapses—Scene of Terrible Suffering. The collapse of the roof of a glass factory in San Francisco from which a large ’ number of people were watching a football game between Leland Stanford and the University of California, caused the death of thirteen people and serious injuries to nearly 100 others, several of whom are fatally injrfred and many others will be maimed for life. Those who were injured fell into the furnaces and seething glasspots below and terrible torture was suffered in many instances. About-twenty minutes after the game had commenced, and without any warning, a corner of the roof collapsed, carrying with.it in its fall all those who had been standing Luckily the whole roof did not give way or the disaster would have been even more fearful. As it was at least 200 fell into the interior of the works, and a few more in the rush that ensued in the other portion of the place to , get down were hurled to the ground. The portion of the roof which collapsed was the covering over the ventilator bars at the apex of the building and was not constructed to sustain any heavy weight. The horizontal timbers in the center, corresponding to the ridge pole of an ordinary structure, broke near the center, and the light framework under,neath, with its covering of corrugated iron, turned inward, forming a chute through which the men and boys were precipitated into the furnaces beneath. Most of those killed or injured were boys between 9 and 16 years of age. Nearly all of the victims had their skulls fractured or limbs broken and sustained serious internal injuries. The factory has been shut down for some months, and for the first time the fires in the furnaces had been relighted and in all the vats glass in its various forms was being melted and refined. Into these seething pots of molten matter the victims of the accident were hurled, some being bodily cast into the fires, others falling into vats the matter was glowing, and still others being incinerated by falling into those huge pots where the glass, seething and bubbling, was being purified. Some of these were killed instantly and others wore roasted slowly to death, their position, being such that htdp couhFnot be given them. The few who were so fortunate as to escape death by the furnaces suffered injuries by falling upon piles of glass slag with sharp, jagged edges, which lay by the sides of the vats, or by falling upon the floor and, stunned by the shock, being scorched and burned by their proximity to the intense heat. Seldom has an accident happened wherein the victims who were not killed have been subjected to such tortures, and the cries of those who in their helplessness and the inability of those to succor them were being burned to death were piteous to hear. To add to the terrible calamity the falling of the timbers into the fires set the building ablaze. The fire was not put out until the greater part of the factory had been consumed.

BIG CRUISER IS SUNK.

Yosemite Goes Under in a Typhoon Near Island of Guam. During a terrific typhoon which visited the Island of Guam the United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite was wrecked and thousands of houses, among them the headquarters of Gov. Schroeder, were demolished. The towns of Indrajan and Terraforo were swept away, and it is estimated that hundreds of natives met their deaths. .The typhoon wns of unprecedented violence. The Yosemite had two anchors down, but both were dragged a mile across the harbor entrance. At 11 a. m. it struck the reef and stove in forward. It drifted for an hour, and at noon struck the rock near Somnye, carrying away the rudder and damaging the propeller. A launch had been sent to find shelter, but it capsized and the occupants, five of the crew, were drowned. Meanwhile the Yosemite was blown seaward, her head down and the forward compartment filling. The boiler and engine rooms, however, were free of water and the, pumps were kept going. The cruiser was kept afloat until the afternoon of the second day afterward, when the United States collier Justin, which also had suffered damage to its anchors and had narrowly escaped the reef, was sighted. The Justin attempted to tow the Yosemite with two chains and two cables, but these parted. Finally 138 of the Yosemite’s crew, 26 marines and 9 Officers were transferred to the Justin, together with SOB,OOO Mexican. The Yosemite soon plunged head foremast and sank. The Yosemite was a second-class converted cruiser which was purchased by the United States government from the Morgan Line during the war with Spain. Her name when she belonged to the merchant marine was El Sud. Her gross tonnage wns 4,659. When she came into possession of the government she was a comparatively new dud stanch boat, with a steel bottom. She wait built at Newport News, 1892, and was purchased with three other ships from the Morgan Line for the auxiliary navy. She was armed with ten six-inch quick-firing guns, six six-pounder quick-firers and two machine guns. Her complement was 285 men, peace footing, and 350 men, war footing. Her service during the Spanish war consisted in patrolling the coast of Cuba, but she did not take part in any action. She was manned by members of the naval militia, chiefly from the State of Michigan.

Notes of Current Events.

Caesar Turner, 117, colored, Norfolk, Va., died. Portugal no longer recognizes the Transvaal flag. She forbids its display, Work on Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenger, Shamrock 11., has been begun at Glasgow. The Society pt the Army of the Tennessee re-elected Gen. Grenville JjL, Dodge president. % The St. Petersburg .press urged independent action by Russia in the Chinese negotiation*.

No Longer Good Form.

Gossip has 'g-one out It Is no longer considered good form to backbite. This, comments the New York Home Journal, is good news, and the best of It Is that there is really a modicum of truth In It. There Is a better social atmosphere in this respeqt than there was a decade ago. This'ls to some extent due to the preachers, but still more largely to the general growth of culture and to the interest in athletics. “People will talk,” and when they had nothing but their neighbors to talk About they soon exhausted the good things they could say about them and fell back on the bad. But society has a great many Interests now that are uot merely personal, and the conversationlevel has risen. Where Mrs. Grundy used to retail disagreeable rumors about Mr. and Mrs. Brown-Jones, she now talks about putts and tees and bunkers. Mrs. Grundy has traveled, too, and she is too full of travel-talk to gossip very much. She realizes, too, that there Is a cer|aln lack of dignity in making other people’s actions the subject of comment, and so she lets them severely alone. This is extremely encoufagihg, for if once evil speaking can become unfashionable, Mephistopheles will lose a winning card.

AN ENEMY TO DRINK.

One Woman, Who Has Done a Great Deal to Put Down This Evil. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 3, 1900.-: (Special.)—When the Independent OP der of Good Templars of Minnesota wanted a State Organizer, they chosa Mrs. Laura J. Smith of 1217 West 33d street, this city. The American AntiTreat League also selected Mrs. Smith as National Organizer. The reason is not far to seek. This gifted woman has devoted her life to a battle against Drink and Drinking Habits. Her influence for good in Minnesota is and has been very far reaching. About two years ago, however, It seemed as if this noble woman would have to give up her philanthropic work. Severe pains In her back and under her shoulder blades, made life a burden and work Impossible. Physicians were consulted, and they prescribed for Kidney Disease. Three months’ treatment, however, failed to give Mrs. Smith any relief. Her hustband was much exerfcised, and cast about him for something that would restore his good wife to health and Strength. He heard of the cures effected hy Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and advised her to try them, which she did. She is now a well woman and says: “Two weeks after I commenced taking Dodd’s Kidney Pills 1 felt much better, and at the end of seven weeks was completely cured. 1 have had no recurrence of the trouble, but I take a pill off and on, and find that it keeps me In good health.” Dodd’s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers at 50 cents a box. They are easily within the reach of all, and no woman can afford to suffer, when such a simple and sure Remedy Is at hand.

A Matter of Form.

“The modern society girl’s ward* robe,'’ said the old lady, “is the moss extravagant thing. Now, Miss Padden’s, for instance, Is an example.” “It is a sort of example,” replied hex niece. “It certainly has all sorts of figures In it.”—Philadelphia Press.

Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you .• package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adults. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. 14 the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.

Killing Rats Not Cruelty to Animals.

Rats are not animals In the eyes of the law, as the Humane Society of Toronto found to Its Intense disgust when It tried to stop the slaughter of them by dogs.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BromoQuinine Tablets.. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature is on each box. 26c. Three things to admire—lntellectual power, dlgulty and gracefulness.

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