Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 15 February 1896 — Page 6

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TRAGIC FATE OF A YOUNG INDIANA GIRL. Three Men Are Hcll for the Murder of IVar! i:ran-.Mac of Contradictory L'onfcssions Her IIcadlc-4 Corpse Found and Identilicd. Story of a Dark Crime. The f inrr.il of Fcatl Kryaa was hcM st Jro'in".t!( Ind.. ami the services wen' Mpokcn "vcr headless corpse. While the relatives were m the vault then was a mucins uf the young and middleaged men of the city, and it was said later that some tweniytive or thirty of these A e tileik'e.l themselves t -V SAa-s. to each other to V ?.VK avenge the girl's fVv V. A Vde.it h if the murderI v'- r ' ers were not hanged v V., i.v th- law. Th- orw li t. Vv o;. ; n i ; a t i o n thus forncd i- said to le regarded simply as the ;su, ! !" a larger one which will take the I.r.v its own hands if Scott Jackoi?. A cape the o'irts. The iii . Wailing and Win. Wood eseiue penalty i:t the ('iacinnnti is ef Saturday. Fei. 1. there was f.. in.': at Fort Thomas. Ky.. the lieadVss -crjse of a yu ii wma:i. For a time. :.'vi:titifi:i was impossible. Hai iftuii :i being made for I 'earl F.ryan. a I re:--: -a.r!e girl, who had h i t her home xvitit t!; aowed purpose f visiting a friend at I udiaitapoli. She was a-eoin-Sa:tied to tho train by Win. Wood. s-n of h Moth mI'ist minister, and went to Indianl!i. stopping there only between trains. !:! thn went on to Cincinnati. Nothing v;s thousht of lier temporary absence fmni l,. :ne: but when the time am' fr her return, and she came not. the family began to wonder. Then eame the account of iinding the headless lndy of a woman near Cincinnati, and the announcement lli.it the e rpse wore shoes that had been purchased from Luis & Hays, of !reen--astl' After that identifieation was quVk ar.d certain, and investigation led t the arrest of the throe men named, -luekson and Walling were students at the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati. They nd Wo 1 are said to have been intitnate wirh the girl. Kut a maze of eontra--tlktory confessions by all of them has made impossible the tiing of din-ct re-.h'!i.-:il;i!ij: and this confusion is coinjli ar i by the assertion of I.uhi May JlolliusVMrth. of Indianapolis, a friend of Petri's. In the series of confessions Jackson says Walling carried the woman's head tin . . ? "f 1K A lit- r.KVAV. in a valise to the 'ovinton supeiision lridro. :u:d be believes Wallin. tlitew it into tle river, or be may h:ive taken it to Iiis home at Hamilton and thrown it from the .Mia. mi bri !u'e at t.hat ; laee. .laekst.n ays ! !it ;:-?t wiMi Walümr on th.trips. u the contrary Walling says .lackturn burled tii.- head in a sandbar the hi river opj"site Dayton. Ky.. or dropped i; in the sewer ;i Ki-lini'ml street. 'im :i:nnti. Fa.-li aflinns the belief that the other admiuisti n l a fatal dru to rodi:ei.' ; criminal ojieratioji, and neither fonfe.-ses k:iowleii. of time 'r place of do(.-;ipit.ir; n of the corpse. Kac'i charges youn. Wood, of t Ireeneastl.'. with responsibility f r the girl's eni;tiiii. and .Lo kKon says he was the medium through vhoin Woo l was to n mit Ö4I t. Wallins for performi.'is t!ie ojx-ration. On th othor hand, yuns Wood denies his rerpo'isi'niüty. b it admits knowledge of the Kirl's preilieameiit, because Jackson, who was responsible for it. told him of ir. He nays the only part he to.k in the matter was t advise I Varl to undergo an operation. To make the matter more unintelligible, liulu May Ibdünssworth. of Indianaxlis, iwho was arrested, suspected of complicity in the murder, said: 'T shall be able to clear Jackson. He la resporislblo for Miss liryan's condition. .10 VV . wmmm M'OTT JAC:m.Y. Af.ONZO WAI.MXO. hlt lit' W:H M 't !es)ottsible for her Icatll. I d'Hi't think, either, that Wood had anytJiing to d it!i thi case. I Ix-eaine jnitoiTstisl in the girl because I had once laiown her und chaned t meet her ar he Fnion station. Slo- told me what had liappenoi!. and said Jackson was to blame. IVViiol I UA 1 her w hat drugs to get sho said

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she would take them in Jarksons presence and die there and then so as to throw suspicion upon Jackson and get him into dilliculty." Miss Iloilingsworth afterward said sh administered the fatal drugs at the re. l'iet of Miss Hryan. The police ilisredit this. Miss Hollingswortli is regarded as a notoriety seeker. She once ligurcd in an elopement from Ter re Haute. Cim-innati police found Jack-on's bloody coat in a sewer. Jackson claims that Walling wore his clothing on the night of the Jnurdor!

HONOR FOR UHL. He Succeeds Kiitiynn as Ambassador to the tJerniait Capitul. The Fresitlent sent the Senate Monday tin nomination of Fdwin F. 1,'hl, of Michigan, now assistant Secretary of State, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister pienijwtteiitiary of the United States to (Jennany. The Senate in executive session continued the nomination. Mr. Fhl was appointed assistant Secretary of State Nov. 1. iS'.i:.. He is best known as the author f the dispatch to Spain calling upon that country in a peremptory manner to account for the tiring on the Allianea by the gunboat Comle df& EDWIX F. rilL. de Venadito off Cape Mayst, on the coast of Cuba. The new ambassador is a man of considerable wealth, nnd was once Mayor of i I rand Itapids, his former home. The (I rand liapids Common Council adopted a resolution congratulating F.dwin V. Fill upon his appointment and prompt continuation eis ambassador to Germany. Mr. Fhl will return home before going abroad, and numerous banquets and receptions are already planned for him. Mr. 1 hi is a prominent Democrat of Michigan. He is widely known as an able lawyer, a brilliant orator, and a keen politician of the stalwart type. He was very active in the last presidential campaign, giving not only his time to speechmaking for Fleveland and Stevenson, lu he pave largely of his private purse to the campaign fund. His appointment to an assistant secretaryship gave great satisfaction to Michigan Democracy. Mr. Fhl was born in New York State fifty-five years ago, but has livel in Michigan since 1M'. when his parents moved West. Ho was "brought up" on a farm near Ypsilanti, in which city he attended school. He also was a student in the State Fniversity, nnd in ism; he entered upon the practice of law. Two years later he made (rand IJapids his home, and his ability soon made him a leader at the bar of that city. It !s estimated that now his law practice- is worth from $.) to S.'HMMMl a year. lie has twice been Mayor of (2 rami Iiapids, and the Democratic congressional nomination from his district was a standing offer on a silver plate to him for ten years before Mr. Cleveland called him to Washington. It was an offer, hc .vevcr, which he never accepted. WEYLER IN COMMAND. At Once KcvicwH Troops and Issues u Proclamation. Ynh'riano Weyler. new captain general of Cuba, arrived at Havana Monday, and was tendered an ovation by the loyal Spanish. After taking the oath of ollue, he reviewed the troops, and issued a proclamation le laring that, backed as he was by ali Spain's resourci's, h should never give up Cuba to the insurgents. He app ah-d to the gallantry of the army and navy, and especially to the loyal inhabitants, native or Spanish born. He announced his purpose to be generous to the subdued, and to all who render service to tiie Spanish cause. The plan of campaign of (Jen. Wey lor is not known. He is likely to call in all the small detachments of troons which i have from ti e first had such a weakening, ' ffect upon tiie Spanish operations, and ho ! will try to lriv the insurgents into a iositioii from which they cannot escape without a pitched battle. Ho will enleavor to protect prop ry to the utmost, but in so doing ho anticipates being able to call in several thousand men who are j doing snjall garrison duty in places where iipparoii-Iy there is no necessity for their presence now. (Jen. Weyh-r will also do everything; iossible to mustiT as strong a force of cavalry as he can. Considerable re-enforc'tnMits of this branch of the service have already arrived, ami more are expected. In short, his first efforts will be tlir'cteil to coiiccntrutin? his force's and rstoring public confidence. Later he will try to engage the insurgents, who are understood to be concntrating theii forces in anticipation of having a much more litlicult task before them than they have had up to the present. In fact, sonn reports creilit the insurgents with lesiring to cnoen träte all their scattered detachments ami columns into one lody, and so bring the insurrection to a direct issu. If so, then si-ems to bo no doubt that lh Spanish genrals will not put any obstacles in the way of the insurgnt commanders. Hut Spaniards whe are well postal on the situation say that then is no truth in the report that the insurgents will make any elTrt to risk s pitched battle. Pine llMcc 1'ow-Wow Opened. The great Fine Kids hwwov conven i-l at Fine Kidg Neb., Monday. For some months a privat subscription ha. Imi-ii circulated soliciting aid among tin Indians U send debates to Washington to -onfer witJi the authoi ities in refereiict to matters pertaining to the Fine Kidgt agency. It was sahl 7JHH) Indians wouh) bo prsjMit at the jwwow, but there is no probability that so larg a number wiK atteml. Not 7JO got in Momlay. At this season zero w-oat'her is probable any lay, ami th Indians for this reason will not travel much. The scene of the meeting is Wounded Knee, twenty miles distant.

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WASHINGTON AS A STATESMAN.

Washington's Greatest Honor, Like AU His Honors, Came Fnsouht. y A. ot I lie great iMMI'l ot have been equally distinguished as statesmen. Caesar. Cromweli and Na poleon all had a senilis for government as well as for war. It takes a great mind and will and sc!f--on-ttol and moral pura military commander or ru!er o the nisi order. ims uvans a great man. Kevolut ions in modern civil governi nients are generally marke! by three sinI i-essive stages or conditions. First comes the contlict of ideas, the protests and remonstrances against grievances and op pression: then the actual contest ot anus; and last, the healing of the wounds of war. the rebuilding and reorganization afier its havoc and confusion. It is in this last stage that the statesman comes to the front, after tie agitator, the ora- : tor and the soldier nas each played his part. At h a critical hnar-really darker and more perilous than any hour during lh war-it was Ceorge Washington who again saved the country and the cause f liberty in America- saved them now in this deadly peace as he had once before saved them on the bat th Held. As I read the history of that time. 1 am moiv and more impressed with the conviction -and I Wonder that the fact has not been made more prominent that had it not been for Washington's great iull.ience and activity in calling that constitutional convention, it might probably have never been held: and after it was held had he not been its president ami most intbicntial member, it might never have as reed upon a draft to submit to the people; and then, even after that, but for Iiis great name and influence and his active and tireless efforts in its behalf, it might never have been ratihYd by the requisite number of States. History shows that it is by fortuitous circumstances, or providences, that nations nnd great causes are saved -a man at the right conjuncture, an influence at the right time, a word at the right moment. When the first I 'resident of the new republic was to b elected, all eyes were turned to Washington, ami he was unanimously chosen. Not a vote was cast against him. No other name was even suggested or thought of. What a tribute nnd proof of his pre-eminence, when it is remembered that the country was full of able men orators and statesmen like Patrick Henry, Adams and Jefferson, and Leo and Kut ledge and Hancock, and a score of others. This great honor, like all his honors, came to Washington unsought, and he accepted it. as he had others, with distrustful modesty and from a sense of public duty. After the impressive inaugural ceremony in New York he announced his cabinet, and the new government was fairly launched. He called Hamilton to the treasury and Jefferson to the State Department. What prescient I and patriotic wisdom at the outset! These were the two places of pressing moment and responsibility. The new government was starting without nionev or credit or I common-, and heavily in debt; with in-dp-ndence. but without weight or standing among the nations. Washington knew the genius of Hamilton, who had been his military secretary in toe revolution; he knew the resources if that wonderful mind, and so he ealle.1 him to this plac of tirst n'sponsibility, where he soon brought order out of confusion, put. tln national credit upon its feet, and. as Webster said, "smote the fo k of ur national resources until streams of revenue gushed forth." Who so tit to give character to the other place of state as the learned, the philosophic, the patriotic JefPOKTKAIT OK W A si 1 1 N ; TON' AT .). ferson, the author of the immortal Declaration of JndepMidenoeY Knox, the sturdy New Fnglaml soldier, was made SeTetary of War, ami Randolph, th able Virginia lawyer. Attorney ( Jtuieral the only remaining places then in the cabinet. Sundy, if judgment of men be n of the highest tests of fitness to rub, it was here illustrated in a pre-eminent legre. Washington was a pra-tii-al statesman. His mind was of the solid, practical ordT. When it came to executive duty h was a model of business, of order and law. ltut he not only recognized his obligation to the pople ami to the law, but b was ever mindful of the still higher obligation to the principles of justice and humanity. As early as 17N(i, just aftr the revolution, he wrote: "There is no man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the tbolition of slavery." And these noble -vonls ho put into practical effect by the emancipation of his own slaves by will, humanely providing for the supiort of the aged and infirm among them. It took the lightnings ami the thunders, the havoc ami the desolation of a great civil war and the sa-rilic of half a million lives to bring about the gnat n'sult which Washington dsird so pea-efully to accomplish. Hut, thank (Jod. his noble examph was not lost, and now North and South, again united, with slavery gone forever, join hands in th great paeeful work of the future as they did in Ihose lark lays f trial and pril in the long war for imbp,nden-o. whn the great h ader leaned on them both for support. WASHINGTON'S MOTHER. Described ly Lafayette nn the Only Koinan Matron of the Day. The bravest battle that ever was fought, Shall I tell yu where ami when? (hi the maps of tin world you'll find it not; It was fought by the mothTs of men. A humlnil years have rdll by since the reverel form of Mary Hall Washington was laid at rest in Fredericksburg,

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'fi i f , "Inferwovcn as is the love of liberty j with every lisanicnt of your hearts, no I recommendation f mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attahm'i.t. The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear t you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the ditie of your nal independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your pa-e abroad: of your safety; of your prosperity; of that vry Liberty which you so highly prize. Hut it is easy to fon-see that, from different causes and from lifferent quart rs. much pains will be take::, many artifices employed, to weaken in ,..,o oiw.us ,.. conwenou oi uns .ruin; j as t Ins is tin ixtint :n vour political tor- : tress against which the batteries of in- i ternal and e.brn:il enemies wi!! b most; onstantly and actively (though often j covertly and insidiously t directed, it is of ; inlinite moment that you should properly ! estimat the immense value of vour na-! I .. I. . . i tional I'uion to your collet live and imli-i Ya. For nearly fifty years the grave of this tyu of th Kontan matron, this dead mother of a hei-i. lay entirely unmarked. Then, in is.";;, a citizen of the metropolis. Hon. Silas . Hurrows. offen ! to rei t a monument at his own expense. The corner stone was laid with impressive ceremonies by I'n'sident Jackson. I disaster shortly afterward came to the generous lonor, and for another half century the grave of Washington's mother lay ticgloded, save that an obelisk, unrelated to a neighboring podstal. lay near by. to designate the hallowed spot. The movement inaugurated by patriotic Amricau women only a few years ago to revive ancestral memories and renew lealty to the traditions of their lwolutionary ancestors, brought into being tin .Mary Washington Association. The inoiiatuen t ti Mary Washington became an established fact. The shaft was raised, ami this eleventh-hour memorial to a sainted mother is marked upon the page f history. Mary Hall was well lorn, inheriting an ample fortune; and. even at an early ag, forecasting; the imperial estat she was destined to attain. In tin old family Hihh Mary Hall's marriage is inscribed as having taken place on the six t li of Man h, 17.".. The sann old lille records thbirth of the lather l 1 1 is ( out.ry U i "vc 11th of lYbruaty. K:t-L', about 1M i i o ' i -.',ifc m 9 u'"oi ihe morning." .Mary Washington's fea-1 es bore a striking resemblance to what : in t tun is believed to be the most literal otlisy of (Jen. Washington extant -the lust by Hotidoii. sculpture! frm tiie dath mask of t he hero. In person. Mary Washington was of nn-diuni size and w-ll proportioned, with au nvt carriage and a ügnity of bearing giving sonietliing of stateliness to her prescnc'. Her featur's wi re regular and stronsly marked, her brow noble in outline and hT eyes a perfect blue. She hail in lnr exprosshui that mingled atmosphere of sweetness and latnt stei-imss that -hara-terize the familiar portraits of her son. Twic during her later years she was caile! upon for memorable leave takings the parting with Lafayette, before he sailed for Franco, and tin solemn farewell to her son at a later Iat. When her blessing. upn his journey home, was invokcii by Lafayette, she prayed, with -laspcl hamls and uplifted fa, that "(I od might grant him every blessing of safety, happiness, prosperity and peace." "I have sen the only Kornau matron of the lay," said Lafayette. It was in April, ITS'.!, that Washington, having been elected to the pn'sidoncy, came to ask (lodspood of his venerable mother before on-t-ring upon his career f stat. With a prciimuition born of presciem'o the hroic obi mother insisted that this fateful meeting would be their last. IIr benediction and farewell were in the following words: THE LATEST

The Elder Washington (in surprise) George, my boy, how did you i;el such a tremendous broMl of young chickens ? Little ti. W. nroudlyj 1 cannot toll a lie, father; I di I It with my little hatchet.

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vidua! !;;.;. piuesil at you should cherish a cordial, habitual .;nd immovable attachment to it; accustoming yotirslves to think and speak of it as tin Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching ior its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatev-r may j sumsest even a siisoicioii that it can in i any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of -very attempt to alienate any iortion of our country from the n-st. or to enfe-blo the sacred ti-s which now link together the various parts. For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest. i v . : t l : ... 1. .. 1 : . iu. us. . . ...uu or c nou-e, oi a n.iuu.o countrv. that count rv has a right to -oncentrate vour affections. The name of Ameri.-an. whi.-h belong to yon. in ym:r national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any :ippl!ation lerive! from local lis-rimi-nations." From Washington's Farewell Aldr-ss. "You will see me no more," she said; "I shall hot b long for this world; I trust in i (oil; 1 am prepared for a better. Hut g'1. ' i". i . . i ". n .1. . l -. . i . i . ..: i i. ! 'irnr;r, aioi iiiiiiu nie iiign oesiui null Heaven appars to assign you. (Jo, my son. and may that Heaven and your mother's blessing be always with you." When tin supreme moment of parting came and went. sh- sank in a chair lost in reverie, and her grandson found her with drooping head and eyes that saw not. Less j than lit roe months after, wasted with ' the 1 isca so. wliieh even tln-n had fastened its death-like fangs upon her, she passed , away in her eighty-third year. A wibw j for neatly half a -ontury, Mary Washing- ; ton remained loval to the memorv of her herislied mate, who died in his fiftieth year. The wovo-n in America never befon so MONI'M KX T T) WAsIlI.(;Tox's MOTIIKR. successfully joined hands in an atioii not onlv in itsejf historic and m.-morable, but pointing for all time the ossibilinVs that may be achh'vcd by unity of thought, working to the a-coniplishmoiit of an ox altl purpose. In the annals of the hores of the world, it will bo remembered that to these daughters of revIut.ionary ancestors was due the lasting tribute to the in othr of Washington, which stamls at Fredericksburg, Ya. "What She Was I'oinis. Mistress (calling; upstairs! What on oarth ar?? you dottip; to that child, Sarah, to make it scream so? Sarah Nothing, ma'am. I'm spanking it t make it stop. Jmlge. VERSION.

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! Two Occasion on Which lie Said "Well, ficncral," to WoM-Iey. 'War corrspoiidot;i.-:!" ex-laimou Lord Wolscb-y. ".iij f theiii :ir desperately brav-, while others aivanything but b.ei-s. The majority. I think. b their luty well. ev-n when it leads theiii into tight phu-es. I'.y the way. talking of tight places and war correspondents. I remember an in-i-leiit that may intetvst yu. It was at the begiunins of the Ashantee -aui-jiaisn, just jsftr nr landing: a squarebuilt little man ann up to nie and said, speaking slowly, and with an unmistakable American : lit : ( 'icp.eral. allow nie to introduce my. .lf; I am the crr'sp.nleiit 1" the New York Herald. I ' "Too busy to aiteml to him. I cut him short with "What -an I 1 for you, sir';' "lie lvplied. iiuperttirably. wiih tin same exasperating slowness. 'Well, Ceih tal. I want to 1m- as near you as I can if there is any lishtin' to be seen." "('apt. So-at'd lias bärge of all the arrangements concerning conv-sti'-udciis." I rejoineil. i-ufily: "yon had better e.. hiui." And with tb's I tinned on my Loci and went about my business. "I saw no Mio!- if my i-oiTespo'.ub'iit with the aggravating coolnos ami slow r;ess of speech for many a lay. I did not rVfii know whether be was aco'npanying ilie column or not. "IVr- .naliy speaking. I was .:ily in langer otic during the whole -xpedi-tioti. It was shortly before we uitered ( ootiiosi". I had pn-ssed torward with tli advance troops, hoping to lueak the l..st etl'ort at resistance and haveilone witii theatTair, when the enemy, utili.ing i In havv covert, camo ! lown and fairly sitrroum!-l us. I'or : a few minutes the position was erit- ' ieal. and evi-ry man had to light, for j the enemy's tin was pouted in at close. : ptarters. They pressed upon us from ill sides, dodging from tr-e t tr'-. ami j '"ntinually edging closer, hoping o get Iminl to hand. In the hottest f it my ! attention was caught by a in: u in ' civilian's clothes, w ho was soin tiftecii r twenty yards in front of me. ami who was completely Surround by th ad vaiiciiiir sav.-iL-i-s Il siioinil to iuv ' 1 . u( t t ,,, k,u.,ding j , , . - 011 kn,'('- "",k n""- :,n'1 Uu'il :ll-'am ! au1 ni:ain- :ni'1.1 lu s;'',' U'it j 'vciy time he lin d a black man fell, j I VV:,S fascinaH-d by his dangvr and j colnss". As our main body ame up and the savages wen lrivcti !ack. I went forward to sec that no harm aim I to my civilian friend, who rose just as I ivaohed him. To my astonishh;ont it was the correspondent of the NewYork Herald, ami he began again in the sann slow, calm way: " Well. Ccncrn 1 "Again I intcrruptei him: 'You wer lucky to escape. Didn't you see that you wen surrounded?' "'Well, (lem-ral. In bgan again, 'I guess I was too much occupied by th niggers in l'nmt to pay much attention to those behind. "That was evidenily the simple truth. Whatever men may say in tlu ni'ure aootit Henry M. Stanley, no one : that lias svn him in lat.L'er will leny that his courage is of the tirst quality. I tk a liking to him n the spot, ami wo lnvanie g:r'at frh'tnls; nor has anything occurred since to alter my opinion of him." London Saturday Kview. Companions for Life. When does a daughter appar so attractive as when showing her love t fatl:er and mother as when employe! In lightening their cares or relieving their burdens. It would not bo far from w nuig to say to a young man t,!io is looking with MUiio legtve of interest for a lif companion: Would you know what kind of a wife she will make upon whom now you have yotir eye? Ask what kind f ji daughter she is now. If she is imlolontly sellish, leaving" pare ami work to her mother s;oeia!ly ff sin is unloving r umlutiful -bewan f her sh is not I i k 1 to make you happy. If she is an affction;ite and sdf-lotiying daughter, if she is intimate and confidential with her parents, you have in that the bst promise of happiness in the future. The eye of mother and father beamwj,h ,1''li,lt :ls. U ,vs,s u"Mn ;l hiughter's form, movmg lightly in their pnsem . is an unspoken ivcomuiondatiu )f untdd valm 3Iarried in a Ituy. A couple at Koni. Ca.. wen married on the highway last week while seatol in a bu-ruy. the flioiaiing; clergyman also being in his buggy. The pair w ent t the minister's house, but foumllh.it ho had goiu ur o dtne and was not expected back until very late. F.eing lndispsd to postpone the wchling un til next lay. th-y started out in a buggy for tin Ionise whn tlu minister was dining, iiih'iiding t have him perform the ceivmony there. Kut I hey met hint on the highway, returning. They halted him ami explalne! thir errand, he two buggies wen driven alongside each other ami th ceremony was prformed thn. Ilritisti Possessions. The ttal area of the British empire is lL.'k'lö.SiH; sptare miles, while the land era of the earth is oUimated at rl.J.Is.(HM; that is, (Jreat Kritain pssesses a little more than '22 jr cent, of the earth. Of Hritisli siilje-ts tliero are :sl.o:,,7.:,7l. out of an cstimatel world poulation of 1. ts7.lHNi.iKHi persons; that is, nearly -' per rt'tit. f tin total populathui ar Kritish subjects. Including Alaska, the t'tiited Slates lias a gn'ati'r area than the Dominion of Canada. Took Her Curl. Fhh'tly coipitte Just imagine! My maid took throe-iuarters of an lnur t curl my hair this morning. II er dearest friend Why didn't 3"U tike a walk in the mean time? Now i'uik Town Topics.