The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 June 1908 — Page 6

—-I - Syracuse Journal ! WALKER & PANCIL. SYRACUSE, - - IND. ~Even when a boy nas nad a "coming »ut” pailydhis advent is not complete. He haa/to be tried out Winston Churchill was silenced by a luffragerte with a bell. He tried to tell her, but she tolled him I An English poet says: “I have had enough of women and enough of love.” Can’t call! him a sweet singer. If the bandit Raisuli ever catches • the man who reported that he was dead, he. will make him take it back. General Nogi’s nephew -is studying to be a dairyman. Evidently some bright young Japs are taking, to the peace habit. ; A lot of girls are going to Wyoming, or Montana; we’re not sure which, to establish a manless town. They are probably doing it for spite. “Just like the men,” remarked the Merry Widow, “to make fun of the only hat we have worn for a long time that will keep the sun oil our complexions.'’ A Texhs man and woman waded ten miles through mud and water in order to be married. That is nothing, compared to the performance of Helle and, Anna. ' The man who had already had his vermiform appendix removed, but who was operated on for appendicitis, had some excuse for tearing the stitches with laughter. . A celebrated chef comes from Europe to show Americans IGB different ways of cooking eggs. One sure way of tellIng without sampling whether the egg Is worth cooking any old way would be worth all the rest. / ’ ■ ■ The story is told of a fierce bull that kept a girl In the branches of a tree for three hours. There should have been a young man near, to rescue her. A girl that could climb a tree when . clift sed by a fierce bull would be worth having. The Countess Szechenyi has transferred $2,000,000 worth of bonds from New York to Budapest. There must have been some mistake in the report that the count was,rich enough to support his bride' in the style to which Bhe had been accustomed. It took one week and half a day for a Chicago journalist to go from Chicago to New York by trolley car. The time ’is not so significant as the fact that all the distance between is interlaced by electric roads. The only breaks In tjie journey were between Kankakee, 111., and Lafayette, Ind., and between Hudson and Tarrytown, N. Y. ’ An interesting contribution to a new work on English synonyms was made by Senator Dolliver, of lowa, the other* day. He was asked by Senator Bacon, of Georgia, if the. provisions of the employers’ liability bill, recently by both houses, would not annul thd state laws on the subject. His reply was that they “would not annul, but. would supersede!,” the State laws. Pressed for an explanation of the difference, he said that “to annul a statute is to disregard it, to ignore it and render it a dead letter, .but to supersede it is to overlay it with a greater jurisdiction.” When the laughter had subsided, Mr. Baeoh retorted that it was a distinction which did not amount to a difference.. The head of a large commercial establishment says that the blunders and mistakes of its employes cost $25,000 a year to correct, notwithstanding his utmost vigilance, and that though hundreds of thousands of men are out of employment, yet never before was it bo hard to get a good employe for almost any position as to-day.” The great cry since-the world began is: “Give us a man.” The scarcest thing in the world is a man—a man who can accomplish something, a man of fotce, a man with concentrated energy, a man who has a definite purpose and knows how to fling his life out to it with all the weight of his being. Such a man is needed in every calling. “I have two hundred millions in my coffers,” said Napoleon, “but I would give them all for Marshal Ney.” He wanted a man. The wotid wants men who can produce results, men possessing tact, practical ability and executive force. The times demand men who are well balanced and not cursed with some inherent defect or moral weakness which cripples their (usefulness and neutraltees all their (power. The! call is for men who do inot take half views of things, men of common sense, men who are trained all over—whose hands are deft, whcjse eyes are alert and microscopic, whose brains are keen and well developed, and whose hearts are stout enough for any task. Never did the world call more loudly for men with force, energy and purpose than to-day. f The New York Sun publishes a letter from a who says that he was asked by a young friend to name the twenty-five greatest men in history in order to help settle a dispute. Ad-» mittlng the authority, there was no great difficulty in settling the dispute, but the aueirtlon reminds us of the i - ■ '. i ’*’■ ■■

hundred best books and the tong controversy over them and other everlasting puzzles of a like nature. In the present case the authority appealed to begins with Moses and ends with Herbert Spencer. He has four Americans in his list—Franklin, Lincoln, Emerson John Fiske. Besides Spencer there are from the British Isles Milton, Shakespeare, Bacon, Cromwell and Newton. There is but one Frenchman —Napoleon—among the twenty-five, unless Charlemagne is accepted as a Frenchman; the Germans are represented by Beethoven and Goethe; the Italians by Dante, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. Rome contributes Julius and Augustus Caesar, and Greece, or the Greeks, Homer, Aristotle, Pericles, Plato, and Archimedes. Such lists are interesting when they are made up by intelligent people chiefly because of the 'diversity of opinion they exhibit That any man should be a court of last resort when the range is so large and the* standards are so mixed is, of course, absurd. Only as regards a very few names,.is the judgment that of time proclaiming the opinion of all mankind, and what time is held to de cree may be the subject of debate. But the thing we would note particularly in the published list is the relatively large representation in it of the English and Americans. It. is a safe guess that a Frenchman or a German or an Italian or a Spaniard would not have absorbed in Anglo-American claims as our authority, Who is of old American stock going back to an English origin. National pride exercises some influence over a choice and also the familiarity that comes from a common history and a common speech. Much depends also on the nature of one’s ■ interests, whether. for example, they are literary or. political, religious or scientific. To satisfy all judges by the inclusion of their favorites the twenty-five would have to be multiplied many times. There would be an army of the greatest. MORAL SUASION VS. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. I’ll beat you until you are a good boy. Rm H\U ' ffl Isl ' Now, my boy, you have the making of a fine man in you if you’ll only brace up and do your best. A Misundentod Jest. Lord Lytton, when ,viceroy of India, was seated one day at dinner next to a lady whose name was Birch, and who, though very good looking, was not oveyintelllgent. Said she to his excellency : • “Are you acquainted with-any of the Birches?” - ' “Oh, yes!” replied Lord Lytton. “I Knew several of them most intimately while at Eaton—indeed, more intimately than I ,eared to.” “My lord,” replied the lady, “you forget the Birches are relatives of mine’.” “And they cut me,” -resumed the viceroy, “but,” and he smiled his wonted smile, “I have never felt more inclined to kiss the rod than I do now.” Sad to say, Mrs. Birch did not see the point, and told her husband his excellency had Insulted her. Proving It. “Keep up your courage, old man,” said the passenger who was a good sailor to another who was leaning over the railing and paying tribute to Neptune. “Never mind me,” came the answer between gasps. “I’ve always heard that it took travel to bring out what there is in a man.” Not Important. “Mrs. Jinx is taking on terribly because of the loss of her cook.” “Her husband ran off with her, did he not?” “Yes, but that Is merely a detail.”— Houston Post If brooms could talk, how the old broom would deride the work of the i new onei

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THE YOUNG MAN IN PUBLIC LIFE. By United States Senator Beveridge. •

The man who stopped thinking decades ago and who thefefore believes that all questions are spurious ' except those about which he was thinking in his prime, but which have been settled long ago, cannot even grasp the meaning of public, life to-day. Indeed, the latter is a real obstacle’ to the solving of our present-day problems. Such a map forgets that every year a full million young men . and

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young women come of- age, whose minds, fresh and strong, are thinking new thoughts to~day, just as his now obsolete mind thought fresh thoughts in his day. * ■ Such a public man does not understand that the con- . i stantly renewed intellect of the nation is yeasting with new ideas, bom of new conditions; and so he thinks that all new questions are restlly no questions at all, and would dismiss them altogether if he could. Public men must take their stand op public questions while those questions are up for decision, not after they are decided. The public man* who has no views is more dangerous than the demagogue. The man who utters pleasing generalities instead of taking definite positions on public questions is either a coward of a deceiver of the people, and usually he is both. Never in history was there such a day for young men in public life as that which has now dawned. There is so much more to be done than there ever was before, so many more hands needed for,, that work jban ever before—<lean hands, strong hands, trained hands. American public life is crying aloud for men who are honest, industrious and equipped. SANITY BEFORE PROSPERITY. By Ex=Gov. Black of New York.

This is a splendid country. Not one in history has equaled it in its past achievements or in the glory of its future promise. But it must turn in its headlong pace and regather its scattered senses if it would realize the wonderful future which its past accomplishments foretell. Government is a system which must be carefully thought out, and the results even

of that deliberation must be cautiously applied. That is the plan which has built up on continent a government which. we believe is better than any other in the world. We should not change it now except after long and careful consideration. Foundations securely laid should not be uprooted in excitement. Plans conceived in the study should not be overruled in the stable. The best is none too good for

THE VILLAGE BAND. Its Delights Are I nknown to Boys and Girls Brought Up in Cities. “When I was a little shaver and didn’t have anything to do in the daytime but go down and see that the 3:40 train got in all right and had nowhere else to go at night except on Thursday, when the Jonesville Cornet Band met in the village council room for weekly practice, I used" to envy the city chaps and think I was having a pretty ’rotten time of it,” said the man from the little prairie town in Illinois that has never made up the decrease in population caused by his removal to. the city. “Now that I can see how city boys really do spend their young days, I feel like giving three cheers for my youth. “This is not an informal talk on the

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pleasures of seeing the 3:40 go through, but a little confidential chat on the joys of the band practice. I figure that ’I tun qualified to speak on the subject, not only because my father was leader of the band and the only mam in town who could solve the mysteries of an E flat cornet, but also because I qualified as a member of the band - myself, having with some difficulty. mastered the alto horn. “I had a uniform with just as much gold braid on it- as father’s had, and when the Jonesville Cornet Band went over to the county seat to play at the Fourth of July celebration I walked at the head of the parade and was the envy of all the small boys of my size in the plgce. the band practiced in the village council room. That shows how Important the band appeared in tHe eyes of )the village. "The /council room had two cells at one end, that were never used except the titne when fifteen tramps were rounded up In the neighborhood following the robbing of a clothing store In a nearby town. The band instrument# could, accordingly, be left in the ceils frith perfect. safety, where they ■hared quarters with the polling booth*. \ “When xThursday night rolled around

us, and the best never was and never wifi be devised by 4 those who do not think. 'Sane methods should never be abandoned, no matter how quaint they are. They have stood for many yeaiis, and wider them the enduring things of the world have been accomplished. By methods sometimes thought too slow our forefathers carved out results which stand as landmarks in the progress of the race. They were not always swift, but they intended always to be right. Their judgment and example should not be forgotten now. We should remember that the conspicuous is not always great; that high places do not always make great men; the sound of water does not always mean the ocean, and the landscape may be painted on a husk. I entertain’ the- firm belief that the problems which now dishearten us will be decided right. Political questions may sometimes go by unheeded, but the problems now confronting us .involve the elements of honesty and fair play. These are moral questions, to be decided by ’ conscience and education. Tliese two together are not likely to go astray. - REINCARNATION—ITS MEANING AND PROOFS. 4 By Annie Besant.

* . ■ for the master minds of antiquity, this universal belief has been waved aside as a pagan superstition. Reincarnation is found to be interwoven with the texture of all schools of philosophy and all systems of religion. It is imbedded in every scripture and forms the Conner stone of common daily life. In India now, as in the elder days; evexy peasant recognizes as an unquestionable fact that he-i has been many times reborn on earth, and prepares himself for a coming rebirth; rebirth is an active factor ih his daily life. When once we realize the grandiose scheme of human evolution, then we see that what we call sin is only ignorance, lack of experience, youth of- the unfolding life. There is no height of splendor into which man may not grow, for he truly is God incarnate upon earth, and the Christs of the race are but the fair first fruits of the universal human harvest which the future shall disclose. Power of brain, strength of will, d&ftness of finger, nobility of character —they are all of our own weaving; we make the garments that we wear. Not one of the miserable waifs of our foulest slums but shall, by repeated births, rise to perfect manhood, to manifested divinity. Such is the promise contained in the word reincarnation.

the of the town assembled in front of the calaboose, as the Town Hall was called. They had to go early because the band practice always drew a lot of farmer boys in town, and the few . seats in the council room were at a premium. * “Along about 8 o’clock the f'band would also begin to congregate, 'and shortly afterward each man would try out his instrument. When the leatherlunged tuba player entered into; the contest with the snare drummer which could make the most impression on the community and a few others players joined in by running the scale, usually in a far from perfect manner, the harmony wasn’t any. better than some of Wagner’s effects. “It never feazed the citizens assembled inside and outside the calaboose, though, and wTTtm the rehearsal finally

got under way it wasn't possible to get even standing room within fifteen yards of the place. Sometimes the rehearsal lasted until along on to midnight, but do you suppose any small boy got tired and sneaked off' home to bed before the lights- were put out? He didn’t unless he went at parental orders. “You couldn’t find one of the citb zens who would admit that there was another band anywhere in the world as good as the Jonesville organization, and I was convinced at the time that there wasn’t either. I’ve heard bigger and better bands since then, but I am convinced that every member recalls the rehearsals in after ye<irs as one of of youth.”—Utica Globe. A Good Boy. Mr. Ryly—Why are yez decoratin’ Mrs. Murphy? Mrs. Murphy—Me b’y Denny is cornin’ home the day. , • Mr. Ryly—l t’ought it wuz for foive years he wuz sint up? Mrs. Murphy—He wuz; but he got a year off for goodtjtehayvure. Mr. Ryly—An’-sure, it must be a great comfort for ye to have a good b’y loike that. —Tit-Bits. A man wfbo yells at the top of his voice seldom wins an argument.

To many people the round of reincarnation carries with it an ideal alien, almost grotesque. ;■ Even men who in their youth studied ‘the humanities” and were familiar with the many allusions to it in Greek and Roman authors, never regarded is serious the belief on which the greatest classical authors based their views of life and framed their canons of morality. However deep their reverence

CHARACTER IN WALKING. Traits Wliicli are Readily Disclosec by One’s Gait. “There’s a conceited ? man coming down the streets,” said the girl in th< group on a corner. “How do I know! By his.walk. I can tell the chief trait of any person’s character by watching him or her walk. For instance, if s man walks with a heavy lift to his hips he’s sure to be obstinate. If ht sinks down a little on his heels he has a comfortable attitude toward wife anc the world in general—in fact, he’s a bii lazy. That woman coming down the street now is a gossip. Any one coiilc tell that because of her mincing, fussj gait, indecision is the chief character istic of that woman’s character across the street. Don’t you see how she swings h?r foot rather hesitatingly ir the air before she puts it down? “The man who walks with his knees, leading is sure to be of the pious ’typ< —the disagreeably pious type, I mean You see that bld codger who is cross ing the road with his stomach seem ing to lead the rest of him—well, ol course it is evident that feeding is his chief delight. When an intelligent man walks his heads leads. That gir who Sways so is self conscious. Yes that girl going down the Street has s ’pretty walk, gliding and quiet, bm watch out for her; she is treacherous in the extreme. r “The man who puts his feet dowr especially solidly is heavy and somewhat stupid. That little person cross ing the road with a.quick, clean stei is energy personified, but he has th< sort of ehergy which has no regard foi the lights or feelings of others. The girl coming out of that store has ar ugly streak in her nature. Don’t you see how she puts her foot down un willingly as if she werh saying: ‘i won’t!. I won’t!’ _J shouldn’t advise any man to. marry her. “Os course I don’t pretend to knou thoroughly a person’s character by his walk, but I do discover his predom inatrng characteristic.” Creative. A certain man coming from abroad was. taken up by the smart set. “We’ll make a lion of him,” quott they; “for the distinction he will there upon, reflect upon us.” But the man was too little. It takei much material to make a lion. ‘’Then we’ll make a monkey of him,’ said the smart set, determined to hav« some exercise for their creative geniius Nor was the world the worse off For, after all, it is the contribution t< the gayety of nations that is especially needed.—Puck. Painfully Natural. Playwright—ls her acting "naturalManager (enthusiastically)—Natural! Why, when she appeared as the dyiiy mother last night an insurance agent who has her life insured for S2S,'XX and who was in the audience actually fainted. —London Tit-Bits. After praying for what you want ge tnigy and do a little hustling. ''' ' ■ I l

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The first gooseberries of the season have reached the Evansville market, and the crop is said to be the largest in years. The prices are low. Bloodthirsty dogs in the vicinity of Crawfordsville are again playing' havoc with the sheep and since the first of the month nearly. 100 have either been killed or maimed. George W. Everhardt, 51 years old, city engineer at the municipal electric light plant at Lawrenceburg, while working at the switchboard touched a live wire and was instantly killed. He had been’in the employ of the city for six years. .The switchboard is an old : style contrivance, with the wires and metals exposed. A novel method of beautifying the . City Park at .Muncie has been adopted by local lodges, which are preparing to set out flower beds representing the various orders. There is great competition among the numerous lodges to see which shall put out the most attractive flower-bed. It is probable that prizes will be offered. The barn on the farm of Adolph Cooper, cashier of the'Farmers’ State Bank of Middletown, w r as destroyed by fire. Besides the loss of the building Mix head of horses, several hundred dollars’ w'orth of farming ' implements, with harness' and ha,y, were burned. The loss is $3,000, partly covered by insurance. There is no clew as to the' origin of the fire. William C. Purl, 08 years old, of Goshen, was kicked-in the head by a broncho in a box stall and instantly killed. He was" a wealthy retired farmer and a pioneer, having been bom and reared on a farm, now in the heart of the city of Goshen. He served in the Second. Indiana cavalry. He raised many horses, being very fond of them, and he was about to take the broncho out to break it when he was killed. As one of the results of a street carnival held in Jeffersonville by the Fraternal Order of Eagles the city has been sued for $2,000 damages by Miss Anna Clegg, a sister ,of the chief of police, who stumbled over a stake left by the carnival people when they removed their tents from the street. On the ground that the proceeds w’ere for charitable purposes the city collected nothing from the shows under its license- ordinance. The. explosion of. a gasoline stove started a "blaZe that completely destroyed the home of Lindsey Herkless in Elwood, with all its contents, the loss being estimated at $1,400, with insurance of $450. Herkless had just closed a sale of a piece of property for $750, and the money was in a bureau drawer, where it could not be obtained in time to save it from the flames. The family escapeikfrom the burning building in their night clothes. Grester Thomas, the 5-year-old son of Otis Thomas, a wealthy farmer near Petersburg, was instantly killed in a peculiar way. Together with a hired man he was riding on a harrow, to weight it down, when the horses reared and one animal fell backward on the harrow, pinioning the chijd underneath. The farm laborer was unable to lift the horse off the boy, and it was nearly an hour before the body was removed. Death was ous, the lad’s neck being broken. horse was badly injured and may have ; to be killed. A general exodus of Gibson County teachers tor the Philippine Islands is taking place this spring. A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schlenk, of Oakland City, left for the Isalnds, and at a recent meeting of the School Board it was learned that Miss Jessie Ritchey, assistant principal, and Geo. Dragoo, principal of the schools, were •preparing to accept positions in the auditor’s office in Manila. -ji?rof. Claude Reavis, of the faculty of Oakland City College, was selected as superintendent; Superintendent Kinnick, against whom a petition wfcs circulcated a few weeks ago, ‘not being an applicant. Mr. Kinnick’s work as superintendent was indorsed, however, by many patrons of the schools. Robert Davidson, head of a large wholesale dry goods house in Evansville, has called on the business men of the city to send out circulars to farmers along the Ohio river urging them to plant fifty-two-day corn this ! season as their only resource.. The ; flood of a few days sgo, which was the fifth since the first of the year, ' played havoc in the lowlands and many have abandoned planting corn this season. The planting of fifty-two-day corn has never, been tried in this part of the State as far as known. In Wisconsin, July and August are the only months, it is said, when frost does not f fall, and farmers of that State who de-i upon planting fifty-tw6-day corn; raise as good crops' as do the farmers of Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois. The first cherriespf the season have appeared on the trfm-ket at Owensville. They were sold (or twenty-five cents a gallon. The cherries were large. The crop will be much larger than that of last year. Preliminary preparations are nov under way looking to. the erection of i. long projected city bm*mng at Muncie The structure will Cost about $100,00(1, and will be erected on the site of this present building, which is old and te'adequate.

The City Council of Boonville completi d the specifications, for aM| $60,000 sewer, which will be passedM| upon at (the next regular fl,Williafen Clemence, 16 years old,' diedß in a sanitarium at Princeton as the suit of gangrenous aifection of theM| arm. Fj s hand was severely in a do igh mixer at a local bakery few days ago and gangrene developed.M| His arm was twice atnputated with theM ] hope of 'saving, his life. jMj . Jamej Watt, 40 years old. a tural ii on worker, was overcome ( the he; t while working on the top a building at Gary, and he fell off steel girdex to the ground below was instantly killed. He was a cago bran, .but the authorities do notW; know liis address in that city. Ralpjh liefc/s and barely’ escaped being killed by j.-, ning during a severe rain Ray’s (Crossing. They were fishing fl when ’it began raining. They shelte;’- under a large tree. Lightning fl struck the tree splintering part of it. fl Both , Campbell and Lewis were fl knocked to the ground. Lewis received fl a burned hand. s fl While the funeral services of Mts. John ;A. Losh Were being held in the Friends Church, at Cammack,, a bolt, of lightning struck the church steeple!, tore hole through the roof. part of the bellfry and injured several persons. The church was crowded the mourners Were singing “Rock Ages ” For a while a panic nent, but the people quiet’ed. r fl An unusually large quantity of wild I ginseng iis being found near Owens- ■ ville this year. During the last three. B yeans not enough of the root has been B found to pay for it and gin- E seng dealers had reachefl the conclu- B sion that they must depend on those K who cultivated the plant. This year, ■ however, considerable quantities of ■ wild ginseng are being collected in tSe I hilly region north of town and ginseng ■ humers are making good money. ' ■ Mrs. Elizabeth Clark testified that ■ she knew the cackle of Her own hen, ■ and she also told Judge Gass, in the I City Cburt at Muncie, that anybody I knowing the fowl would also recognize [ the cackle. She was a witness agains**B Hai’ry Howard, who was stealing her p . <i She . Iso said gi]fl ehica ' v. ■ fl th-’ wi.-e-sereer where the chick- ■, nttd 1.-etn sfl John Farmer, one of the jnost farmers |n Shelby County, oufd at his home; two miles west of .Sh«- o byville, last week, the result of heart trouble. He had been in the barn jgfcding the live stock, when he was tuSen suddenly ill with heart trouble. He reclined on the hay and shortly after- ! told one cf the farm laborers thfafehe believed.he was dying. A minute later he breathed hjs last.' Mr. t Fhrmer was 5,1 years old and leaves a w.dow and one daughter. William J. Bowman, a well-known engineer of,the Pennsylvania system, residing at Jeffersonville, is in a seri- > qiis condition, the result of a third injury within four moiiths, this time sustained as he hastened to 'the house fi'omjhis yard to avoid a sudden storm l]e hurt his knee-four months ago in ; tjie qa‘f> of his engine. He fe,ll ’a sfecopd time while convalescing and injured it. He was-'walking out, hav- ; i,)ig nearly-recovered, i when h£ was . again 1 hurt. . This time the other knee ijs -injured and is semi-paralyzed. I There is a great mortality among iorsQs in the vicinity of Hagerstown from overwork. ’ Farmers have been ;>ut back so much by the late season md unfavorable weather that when suitable days came for planting corn ' hey felt they must strain every nerve. The .result js that dozens of valuable .lorses have been killed by the unusual fl jxertion. Farmers sity they have known such a condition. Vv (fertilizer ’factory keeps ib-usy day and night answering the from farmers who wish dbnd removed. The stork was a passenger on the Monon fast mail train one night last week, and when it arrived at a wreck B of an extra that had struck a bad rail M (and mid been ditched, five miles south of Bedford, Mrs. C. P. Speitel, Frankfort, who was in . a delicate Mition and on tier way ( tp French Lick Springs, became excited, and, calling Conductor Condon, made known her wants. A hurried searc’q of the train for a physician resulted in finding five, who lost no time in extending their services, assisted, by a number of women passengers, jwho responded spontaneously when/called tor. A couch was made of cushioiis at one end of the dining car, which was partitioned off, and soon a baby boy made his advent into the world. .Charles Meckle, a night watchman for the Evansville &. Terre Haute railway station, t’ell asleep on the trffeks at Evansville and a passing off his right foot. He came near bleeding to death, and .he may not recover. Miss Anna J. Rhodes, a young and •» pretty telephone operator at Mays Station, south ol! Newcastle, aroused citizens aik*l o’clock in the morning and prevented robbery at the postoffice and three general stores. The yeggmen escaped in a hall of bullets. , ■