Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 15, 1906, Page 4

1 § | T Late News of the World By Wire Domestic--Foreign--Fmancial--Social--Political and Commercial % MAGOGN IS GOVERNOR RELIEVES SECRETARY TAFT A8 HEAD OF PRQVISIONAL GOV- ERNMENT OF CUBA. ¥ILL FOLLOW PREDECESSOR’S POLICY TAFT, BACON AND FUNSTON SAIL FOR UNITED STATES AFTER THE CEREMONY, 15.—Charles E. Ma. the governorship of Cuba at noon, succeeding War Secre- tary Taft, and issued a proclamation to the effect that under the authority conferred by the Platt amendment to the permanent treaty between the United States and Cuba and by the aot of the United States congress of March 2, 1901, and by the appointment Havana, Oct. goon assumed GOVERNOR MAGOON. of the president of the United States he had assumed the provisional gov- ernorship of Cuba. In his proclama- tlon Governor Magoon eald: Magoon’s Proclamation, “The policy declared and the assur- ances given by Secretary Taft will be strictly adhered to and carried out, As provisienal governor I shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided for by the third article of the appendix to the constitution of Cuba for the preservation of Cuban inde- pendence and the protection of life and property. As soon as consistent with the attainment of these ends I shall seek to bring about the restora- tion of the ordinary agencies and methods of government under the other und general provisions of the Cuban constitution. All the pro- vislons of the constitution and laws which for the time beilng would be in- consistent with the exercise of the powers provided for by the third art- icle of the apendix must be deemed to be in abeyance. All the other pro- vislons of the constitution and laws continue in full force and effect.” Having completed the task for which they were sent to Cuba War Secretary Taft and Assistant Secre- tary of State Bacon started on thelr return to the United States during the afternoon. They were passengers on board the battleship Louisiana. Brigadier General Funston boarded the battleship Virginia, which, with the battleship New Jersey, sailed from Havana at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The transport Admiral Sampson ar- rived here during the morning, having on board 15 officers and 281 men of the Eleventh United States infantry. The troops were promptly landed and proceeded to Camp Columbia. TAFT REPLIES TO REBELS. United States Not Ready to Announce Date of Withdrawal, Havana, Oct. 15.—The United States, through its peace commissioner, is not ready to announce when it will with- draw from the island of Cuba and sur- render the reins of government to the Cubans, The statement was made by Gov- ernor Taft as a sort of valedictory address to the revoiutionists’ commit- tee with which the American commis- sioners dealt in inducing the rebels to cease hostilities and negotiate peace. Headed by Alfredo Zayas the com- mittee visited Governor Taft for the avowed purpose of requesting him to declare the policy of the United States toward Cuba and the policy of the provisional government concern- ing appointments to public office. Governor Taft replied pointedly that he could not outline the policy of the United States more clearly than was done in his proclamation establishing a provisional government for the isl- and. Governor Taft would not predlict | when a satisfactory condition would be ' reached, but he said the Cubans them- , selves could hasten that time if they were disposed to do so. A fair and honest election, on the results of which | the Cuban people were willing to abide, Governor Taft declared, was pecessary before the United States would feel justified in withdrawing from the island. Earthquake in New Mexico. Albuquerque, N, M., Oct. 15—The most severe earthquake shock in! months was felt in Socorro, N. M., during the afternoon. was an evewr or_ eauwn GAD)Y N NEED OF GASH 8aid Manuel Silveira Financed Cuban Revolution. New York, Oct. 15.—Manuel Sil- velra, the Cuban banker whose alleged embezzlement of $1,000,000 belonging to J. M. Ceballos & Co. caused that firm’s failure, financed the recent re- volt in Cuba, according to Havana ad- vices to the Times. Part of the money, k is stated, was spent in the purchase of arms. Silveira's activity in the revolution is declared to have been due to a quarrei with President Palma. They had been together in some large eat- tle deals, Silveira supplying stock for Palma's estate in Bayamo. While these deals were proceeding Silveira became Interested in the Tacon the- ater deal, which involved a sale to the governmeht at $200,000 above the pur- chase price. While this deal was pending Palma found that he had been badly beaten in a cattle deal and thereupon frustrated the theater trans. action, . Silveira at that moment became Palma's enemy and began plotting revolution. Then he employed Jose Miguel Gomez as manager of his sugar estate. The government openly per- secuted Gomez, sending troops and artillery to coerce people near the estate to refuse to deal with Gomez or Silvelra. The result was the dis- missal of Gomez, who went to New York. Then Silveira began other ne- gotlations and when the insurgent leaders took the field he supplied them with funds. PASSENGERS [N A PANIC HUDSON RIVER STEAMERS COLLISION, TWO PERSONS BEING KILLED. IN Kingston, N. Y., Oct. 15.—The night passenger steamers Adirondack of the People’s line of Albany and the Sara- toga of the Citizens’ line of Troy col- lided near Glasco, twelve miles north of the city, at 1:15 a. m. Clarence Sherman of Melrose, N. Y., an oiler on the Saratoga, was Kkilled and George Horton of New York city, clerk on the Adirondack, is missing. The collision occurred in a dense fog which prevent- ed the pilots of elther boat from see- ing the other. Both, it is thought, missed their bearings. . The Saratoga sustained the greater damage. The Adirondack was on her way to Albany and the Saratoga was en route to New York. The Adiron- dack tore off the port side of the Sara- toga, which listed to port, and her boiler went overboard and sank. Sherman, an oller, was killed ‘in- stantly by flying timbérs. An employe named Horton on the Adirondack is supposed to have been knocked over- board and drowned. Many passengers on the Saratoga were knocked down by the force of the collision, but the crews of both hoats assisted in rescuing them and later they were transferred to the City of Troy, landed at Tivoli and sent to New York by train, The passengers on both boats be- came panic stricken and only by the coolness of the officers and crews of both hoats was heavy loss of life pre- vented. . The Adirondack, after ‘the fog had cleared, was able to proceed to Albany, The Saratoga listed to port and was hauled to Glasco dock, where sheis anchored. Captain Brown of the Sara- toga at once came to Kingston and arranged for wreckers to raise her sunken boiler. BURGLARS USE AUTOMOBILE. Busy Gang at Tenafly, N. J.,, Appar- ently Led by Woman. New York, Oct. 15.—Prints of a wo- man’s rubber soled shoes leading to a window of Arthur Coppel’s summer home at Tenafly, N. J., gave convine- ing pioof to detectives that a woman was leader of a-gang of burglars that broke into the house before daylight and stole $5,000 worth of silverware. The track of an automobile was found near by and the woman’s footprints were traced to within a short distance of them. This is the fifth burglary in Tenafly and vicinity within a week and in nearly every instance the automobile tracks were found. The detectives believe that the automobile gang of burglars that operated so daringly on Long Island a few weeks ago has transferred its field to New Jersey. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED. Negotiations for Peace in Santo Do- mingo Delayed. ‘Washington, Oct. 15.—Peace, which was to have been' made between the San Dominican government and the Insurgents, has been postponed indefl- nitely. Dispatches received in Wash- ington Indicate that although the in- surgent leaders promised to meet the government officials in San Domingo city and arrange for peace some of the leaders fafled to do so and the nego- tlations therefore are delayed. Marriage of Fraulein Krupp, Essen, Prussia, Qct. 16,—The civil ceremony of the marriage of Fraulein Bertha Krupp to Lieutenant Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach took place during the day at the registry office of the village of Bredoney, near here, The proceedings were strictly formal, only the brother of the bridegroom and a cousin of the. 4 ur Krupp ot Vlenn.. being CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW YORK REPUBLICANS ONE-TENTH OF USUAL AMOUNT. NEW LAW CAUSE OF THE DEFICIT CORPORATIONS FORMERLY SUB. SCRIBED EIGHTY PER CENT OF ENTIRE FUND. New York, Oct. 15.—The Repub- lican state committee up to the pres- ent time has received only one-tenth as much money in campaign contribu- tions as in any year since 1891. This announcement was made by State Chairman Woodruff after a long con- ference with George P. Sheldon, treasurer of the state committee, Mr. Woodruff said that the falling off in contributions was due to the recent law forbidding corporations to con- tribute to campeign funds and that the situation which has resulted is so serious that something must be done at once. He said that just now he is sending letters to Republicans all over the state requesting financial aid for the campaign. * “We don’t hesitate to say,” Mr. Woodruff declared, “that in former years approximately 80 per cent of the campaign contributions came from the corporations and the Republican party, knowing last year that the public de- manded a change from the system and in spite of the fact of its being the party which profited by contributions from the corporations, drew up and passed the law which prohibits any corporation from giving anything to a campaign fund. “While we admit that corporations contributed to former campaigns I think the Republican party is entitled to just commendation for meeting the wishes of the people and changing the law to curb corporation -contribu- tions.” PURELY A STATE FIGHT. Candidate Moran ‘Repudiates “Bryan- lsm and Hearstism.” i Boston, Oct. 16.—District Attorney John B. Moran has formally an- nounced his acceptance of the nomina- tion for governor tendered him by the Democratic state convention. For several days there had been consider- able doubt as to whether Mr. Moran ‘would remain in the fleld. He has not accepted the resolution endorsing ‘William J. Bryan for the presidency which was adopted by the Democratic state convention. Mr. Moran says that “Bryanism and Hearstism” must be eliminated from the contest. He made his announce- ment In a letter of acceptance ad- dressed to John P. Feeney, chairman of the Democratic state convention, and to the delegates to that body, in which he says: “I am attached in no way to either Mr. Bryan or Mr. Hearst. Mr. McFar- land and Mr. Williams know that 1 vetoed the suggestion that Mr. Bryan speak for me in Boston. Mr. McFar- land and Mr. Eddy know that I vetoed the suggestion that Mr. Hearst speak for me in Boston. This is to be a state fight, not a national one. Bryan- ism and Hearstism must be eliminated from the contest.” NEW YORK OFFICIAL RESIGNS. Says Mayor Insists on Injecting Poll- tics Into Department, New York, Oct. 15.—John McGaw ‘Woodbury has resigned as commis- sioner of the street cleaning depart- ment of this city. The resignation was accepted by Mayor McClellan. He was first appointed by Mayor Seth Low in 1902 and reappointed by Mayor McClellan. Recently he was given a hearing by a committee of the board of aldermen on charges affecting his conduct of his department and as a result the charges were not sustained. In his letter of resignation Mr. Woodbury said that owing to the in- sistence of the mayor to inje® politics into his department it has become “no_longer possible for me to admin- ister the office with a decent regard for the public service or consistently. with the maintenance of my self-re- spect.” Mayor McClellan, in accepting the resignation, denied the charge, add- ing: “As a matter of fact I have been making my best efforts to prevent politics from creeping into the depart- ment of street cleaning.” IN HEARST'S CAMPAIGN. Moving Picture Machine and Phono- graph to Be Used. New York, Oct. 15.—Both the phono- graph and the moving picture ma- chine will be called to the aid of the Democratic candidate for governor in an attempt to have his voice heard and his figure seen in every town and hamlet of the state. Records of sey- eral of Mr. Hearst’s campaign speeches already have been made and films for the picture machines depicting the candidate in various platform attitudes are now beiug prepared for use. The plan as’ outlined is to have a large number of machines and to have them operated before gatherings in all parts of the state between next Wednesday l.n.nfl the close of the campaign, -the French Cable company in this CAUSE GREAT STIR IN FRAN(?E. Revelations: Resulting From Publica tion of Hohenlohe's Memoirs. Paris, Oct. 16.—The revelations re- sulting from the publication in Ger- many of the late Chancellor von Ho- henlohe’s “Recollections” continue to make a great stiv in France on ac- count of the sidelights thrown upon German policy toward the republic and the newspapers here are filled with artlcles on the subject. The gen- eral verdict is that Emperor William's action in dismissing Prince Bismarck for counselling infidelity to Germany's ally, Austria, was highly honorable to the emperor, but nevertheless entailed grave consequences. The Republique Francaise points out that Bismarck's object was to repair the bad effects of his policy at the Berlin congress by Insisting on a renewal of the secret “reinsurance” arrangement with Rus- sla previously existing despite the Austrian alliance. Emperor William, the paper adds, threw Russia into the arms of France, thus becoming responsible for the dip- lomatic situation of which he now complains @nd which he vain'y at- tempted .to modify by his bold stroke of policy at Tangier, The prevailing opinion here is that there ig some important secret behind the publication of Prince Hohenlohe's “Recollections,” but there is a disposi- tlon to attribute it less to court in- trigue than to a maneuver to advance the anti-monarchial movement by dis- crediting personal rule in Germany. WIPES OUT ENTIRE FAMILY TENNESSEE FARMER KILLS HIS WIFE, HIS SIX CHILDREN AND HIMSELF. Knoxville, Tenn,, Oct. 15.—Chalburn Hintooth, aged fifty, a farmer near Newpert, Tenn., murdered his wife and four children, fatally injured two other children and then committed suicide by cutting his throat. It is be- lieved Hintcoth became suddenly in- sane, An axe was the weapon used. The wife and children were braiced. DEFENSE OF DR. BROUWER. Will Attempt to Show That Arsenic Was Used After Death, Toms' Rlver N. I, Oct. 15.—The de- fens¥ I the 'ase of Dr. Frank Brou- wer, charged” with the murder of his wife. will endeavor to show that what- ever poison was found in Mrs, Brou- wer’s_body found its way there after death. This~was shown when Dr. John Marshall, a Philadelphia chem- ist, testified regarding a chemical an- alysis which he had made of a por- tion of Mrs. Brouwer’s brain, Dr. Marshall said that his anaiysis re- vealed 600-100,000ths of a grain of arsenic. He said it was most unusual to find a weighable quantity of ar- senic in thke brain if the poison had been introduced before death. In this case a comparatively large quantity had been found and this, he said, indi- cated that the poison had been intro- duced after death. In reply to'ques- tlons Dr._Marshall said that if the pump used by an undertaker in em- balming a body with non-arsenic fluid had previously been used with a fluid | containing arsenic any arsenic deposit that might have been left in the pump would be {aken up by the fluid and carried into the second body. The undertaker who embzlmed Mrs. Brouwer's body testified that he used a non-arsenic fluid, but that the pump had been nsed before. MONT PELEE NOT IN ERUPTION. Cable Cumyany Has Direct Denial of Report. New York, Oct. 15. -At the office of city it was stated that there hed bcen no fresh ernption of the volcano cf Mont Pelee, on the island of Martinique. Reports of such an eruption came from Guadaloupe and St. Thomas, in ihe West Indies. A statement issued by the French Cable company reads as follows: “We deny the information printed concerning a fresh eruptiocn of Mont Pelee, such being incorrect; nor was anything of this nature reported by the French Cable company or the United States and Hayti Cable com- pany. Telegraphic communication with Martinique by these routes is in per- fect working crder.” Superinteadent Sweeney of French Cable company’s office sald: “I have this moment received the following from Martinique: ‘Stories of fresh eruption of Mont Pelee false. Volcano 1s calm.’ the Enquist’s Case Taken Up. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.—The com- mission " which is investigating the conduct of the Russian officcrs who took part in the battle of the Sea of Japan has taken up the casc of Rear\ Admiral Enquist, commander of the' light cruiser squadron, who escaped ! to Manila. Bnquist will be heard on Tuesday in’justification of the with-! drawal of his ships during the battle.' Football Man Dies of Kick. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 16.—W. Glenn Ellls, aged twenty-one years, of To- ronto, fourth year modern history man at Toronto university and manager of the third Rugby team last year, is dead: from ln!urles received in a prac- tice football game on the ‘varsity lawn Wednesday afternoon. It is believed he was kicked in the head. ‘ the same manner in their room at the MOODY WILL DECIDE| QUESTION OF PROSECUTING OIL "TRUST UP TO THE ATTOR. NEY GENERAL. PUBLISHED RUMORS ARE UNFOUNDED BTATEMENT GIVEN CIRCULATION THAT PROCEEDINGS WOULD BE DROPPED. ‘Washington, Oct. 15.—In response to inquiries regarding the status of the investigation into the affairs of the Stundard Oil company, with a view to determining whether the company I8 operating in violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law, Attorney General Moody said he was not at liberty to discuss the subject beyond stating that most of the rumors published re- cently in regard to the matter were without foundation. He added, how- ‘ever, that Messrs. Morrison and Kel- logg, who were appointed some months ago as special assistants to the attorney general to investigate the Standard Oil methods, were prosecut- Ing thelr work with commendable vigor and care and had accumulated a vast amount of lestlmony bearing upon the case. This testimony was now being gone over by the department and it was quite likely that a definite conclusion would be reached within the next few weeks a8 to whether there had or had not been violations of the anti-trust law. It is well understood that Attor- ney General Moody is to retire from the cabinet and resume his law prac- tice in Boston on Jan. 1 and it is stated that he himself fully intends to take the personal responsibility be- fore he retires of inciting proceedings against the Standard Oil company or of publicly stating that in his judg- ment such proceedings could not be Justified by the facts obtained. ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. Action Begun Against International Harvester Company. Topeka, Kan., Oct. 15.—In the dis- trict court of Shawnee county erim- inal proceedings were begun against the International Harvester company of America on fifty counts by the filing of papers by Fred S. Jackson, assist- ant attorney general of Kansas. The charge is made in each count that the defendant has entered into an unlaw- ful combination with the International Harvester company of New Jersey for the purpose of preventing competition and establishing a monopoly in the trade of harvesting and other agricul- tural implements in Kansas. All of the counts are based on the exclusive contract feature of the con- tracts issued to agents by the Inter- national Harvester company. The suit is to recover penalties for the viola- tions of the law that are alleged to have already occurred and not as an ouster from the state. means a fine of from $100 to $1,000 on each count, ,WEALTW/ IN GYPSY CAMP. Officers Find Over $50,000 in Gold and Currency. Carmi, Ill, Oct. 15—On complaint of Gus Mitchell, a gypsy, a warrant was sworn out for the recovery of $1,000 which Mitchell claimed _had been stolen from him by a rival band of gypsies. Taking a dozen deputies, all heavily armed, Sheriff Grissom went to the camp and began to search. In the first wagon examined more than $10,- 000 was found, mostly in gold. The second wagon contained the richest treasure, $15,000 in gold being foand. A certificate of deposit for $25,000 issued by the First National bank of Chicago was found. On sixty-four men searched several smaller certificates were found, - More than $50,000 in gold and cur: rency was found in the camp. The officers were amazed at the display cf wealth, but were unable to identity Mitchell’s alleged loss. ONE LIFE IS LOST. Minnesota Man Perishes in North Da. kota Blaze. Larimore, N. D.,, Oct. 15.—At 2:156 a. m. fire started in the frame build- ing owned by H. E. Arnold and occu- pled by G. W. Mowris, a barber; Fred' Kingston, restaurant and lodging- house; L. A. Chase, confectionery, and Frank Love, barber, The building was entirely - destroyed. The fire spread from there into the new Arnold build- ing and across the alley into the old Pioneer building, owned by Richter & Arnold. 2 One life was lost, that of Leonard Halmsquist of Sauk Center, Minn, He ‘Was a young man about twenty years . of age and employed by the Great i Northern in the roundhouse. 'He was | sleeping in the second story and prob. ably suftocated. Carries Out His Threaf Tupelo; Miss., Oct, 16.—G. W. Camp- bell cut the throat of his wife from ear to ear and then killeq himself in Johnson hotel, which Mrs. Campbell conducted. It is stated that Campbell . had threatened frequently to kill his wife and then commit suiclde as the result of unhappy marital relatfons. A conviction | CONTROLLED BY RAILROADS. Charge Made Anant River Improve- ment Convention, 3 La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 16.—That rail- road emissaries controlled the Missis- sippl River Improvement assoclation convention just closed at Minneapolis and by their crafty influence secured the passage of a memorial to congress, the reallzation of which would delay a six-foot channel on the river for elghty years, is the charge that Judge Ray 8. Ried, secretaty of the La Crosse board of trade and one of the delegates from La Crosse. Briefly, Judge Ried charges the rail- roads “steered the meeting.” It is even said that the leading spirit among the delegates is a lobby- ist who was the leader in the rump convention held in Chicago some months ago, when, after attempting to control the manufacturers’ conven- tion, held to give support to President Roosevelt in his fight for railroad rate legislation, the corporation delegates bolted the regular convention. This was probably made possible by the fact that the delegates were un- suspicious, a condition that’ makes it easy for a few smooth men to quietly direct the proceedings of a large gath- ering, ‘What actually was done was to urge upon congress the adoption of the six- foot channel plan by the provision of an appropriation of $500,000 at each session of congress. Judze Ried shows that this plan means the consumption of eighty years in the work, a period so long that it will probably be on obsolete lines before finally done. GROWING MORE TENSE. Contest Between Church and State in Spain. Madrid, Oct, 15.—The conflict be- tween church and state is constantly growing more tense, Minister of Jus- tice Romanones proposes that the bishops, who by virtue of their posi- tion are senators, interpellate the gov- ernment on the question of civil mar- riages at the reassembling of parlia- ment Oct. 20. The government has declined to acknowledge the receipt of the com- ‘munication from the five bishops who recently met at Burgos and sent a message to the government violently protesting against the “anti-Christ’n movement” and announcing that ti sy will not obey laws which violate the rights of the church. Street Car Plunges Down Hill. Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 15.—Eugene Peronas was killed outright and twelve other persons_ were seriously injured, four of them fatally, when a street.car plunged down a steep hill at Maoy and Pleasant 'streets at terrific speed and dashed into a telegraph pole. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. A cigar stub left in the opera house at Bristow, Ia., started a fire which destroyed the business section. Miss Harriet ‘S. Curtis of Boston won the women’s national golf cham- pionship at West Newton, Mass., by defeating Miss Mary B. Adams, also of Boston. By the death in London of Mrs. “Sam” Lewis-Hill, widow of “Sam” Lewis, the well known money lender, about $15,000,000 will be distributed in charitable bequests. Isaac H. Shaver, pioneér banker and business man of Cedar Rapids, Ia., is dead, aged eighty-one. .In .1863, at Cedar Rapids, he built the first eracker factory west of the Mississippi river. Frederick M. Frost, a prominent resident of Waterbury, Conn., was in- ‘ stantly killed by an automobile owned by A. A. Young, president of the Con- necticut Railway and Lighting com- pany. Mr. Frost was struck by the automobile just after he alighted from a trolley car. > MARKET " QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Oct. 13.—Wheat—Dec., T4%c; May, 78%c; July, T9%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 77%c¢; No. 1 North- ern, 77%c; No. 2 Northern, 75%c; Ne. 3 Northern, 721 @73%c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Oct. 13.—Cattle—Good to . choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.50@ 5.75. Hogs—$5.90@6.50, Sheep—Weth-| ers, $4.60@5.00;- good to prime spring lambs, $6.25@6.85. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 13.— Wheat—Dec., 74%c; May, 79%ec. Corn—Dec., 42%c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec., 33%@34c; 1 May, 35%c. Pork—Jan,, $13.77%. Flax —Nothing doing, Butter—Creameries, 19@26%c; dairies, 18@22c. Eggs—15 @19c¢. - Poultry-=Turkeys,” I4c; chick- ens, 10%c; springs, 10c. : Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 13.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 783%c; No. | 1 Northern, 773%c; No, 2 Northern, 76%¢; Oct,, 7734¢; Dec., 75%c; May, July. 80%e. Flax—To" arrive, $1.11%; on track, $1.1214; in store, _$1.11%; Oct, $1.11%; Nov., $1.11; Dee.,. $1.09; Jan., $1.09%; Mny, $1- 12%.0 chlcago mck Vlrdl. Chicago, Oct. 13.—Cattle—Beeves, 450, good heavy, $6.35@6.75; rough heavy, $5.85@6.20; light, $6.25@6.72%; - dgs, Her Husband’s Book. “James, dear, will you bring me up & scuttie of coal from the cellar?” said & busy wife. “That’s just the way with you,” said James, with a frown, as he put down his book and rose from the armchair. “Just the way with me?” “Yes!” he snapped. “As soon as you see me enjoying myself you have some- thing or other for me to do. Didn't you see I was absorbed in my read- ing?” “Well, dear, I will do it myself.” “Yes, and tell everybody, your pioth- er especlally, that you have to carry your own coal up from the cellar, No, I'll do it. Let me mark my place.” So he marked the place in the book at which he had ceased reading, and ‘when he went down to the cellar, grum- bling all the way, she picked up the volume and found it was a love story and that the passage he had been ab- sorbed in was as follows: “My darling, when you are my wife I will shield and protect you from ey- ery care. The winds of heavens shall not visit your face too roughly; those pretty hands shall uever be soiled by menial tasks; your wish shall be my law; your happiness”’— . Just then he reappeared and, drop- plng the scuttle upon the floor, said: “There’s your coal! Give me my book.”—Tit-Bits. Man and His “Galluses.” The “gallus” marks the freeman and the man of genuine, unpretending cuil- ture and civilization. Your snob and your savage abhor it. In Mesopotamia the wild bashi bazouk wears a belt; in Yucatan the Indian wears a girdle of shark’s teeth; in Senegambia the shameless cannibal sports a gunny sack; in Atlantic City some years back the dudes used to wear sashes. But find a man who when he throws off his coat to begin his daily toll lays bare a pair of heavy sky blue galluses and you'll find a man who pays his way in the world, loves his wife, rears his chil- dren in the fear of the Lord and votes the straight ticket. The “gallus” is useful, it Is graceful, and properly adorned with hand painted flowers and brass buckles it is beautiful. To be ashamed of it, to conceal it or to aban- don it for a somber leather belt is to fail in an essential of true manhood and fly in the face of fate.—Baltimore Sun. The Unicorn. The unicorn was one of the fabled monsters of antiquity. It was, accord- Ing to a summary of the opinions of several of the old time writers, a beast about the size of a common horse, but with very short legs. The people of the ‘middle ages believed in the existence of three kinds of unicorns—the magnifi- cent white unicorn, which had a purple face and blue eyes and a single horn a yard in length; the eglisserion, which resembled a gigantic deer and had a very sharp horn growing from the mid- dle of the forehead, and the monoceros, or common unicorn. The white uni- corn’s horn was of three different col- ors—white at the lower part, black as ebony in the middle and red at the point. Common unicorns were sald to have had horns about eighteen inches in length, but so strong that they could easily kill an elephant. Clock Inscriptions. In former times it was the custom of clockmakers to inscribe on the dial plates of their clocks quaint verses, one of the most common being the fol- lowing: 1 serve thee here with all my might To tell the hours by day, by night. Therefore example take by me To serve thy God as I serve thee. Another favorite Inscription was “Tempus Fugit,” or “Time Flies,” and thereby hangs a tale. A well known English clockmaker who flourished to- ward the close of the last century, vn being asked by a customer whether a certaln clock was of home manufacture, replied: “Oh, certainly. Don’t you see the name, sir—Tummas Fugit? I often_ have his ‘clocks through my hands.” The Circle County. The oddest shaped county among the thousands which go to make up the separate divisions of the various states 18 Warren county, Tenn, It lies almost exactly in the geographical center of the state and is about as near a perfect elrcle as any division of land could possibly be. The circle would be per- fect but for the fact that there is a short stretch of the northern boundary line which follows a small stream for a short distance. It is bounded by Cair non, Dekalb, Coffee, Grundy, Van Bu- ren and White counties, Reserve Buds. - BEvery one has noticed how, when a large branch of a tree is cut off, small branches will shoot out around the stump. These branches are from the reserve buds, of which all trees have a great number at every portion of their surface. Under ordinary circumstances these never.come to maturity, but when the tree I8 wounded or cut off or loses some of its-branches the reserve buds at once come Into play and renew the | toliage. z "Her Scheme. Mrs. De Style—He never gave her any part of his wages, but spent it all In a nearby saloon. Mrs. Gunbusta— How mean! Mrs. De Style—But he gives her every cent now. Mrs. Gun- busta—She’s reformed him, eh? Mrs. De Style—No, but she runs the saloon. —~New York Times. False Doctrine. $4.00@7.30; cows and ‘helfers, $1.65@ School Bxaminer-What is the mean- 5.30; i stockers and feeders, $2.56@ ‘Ing ‘of false doctrine? Schoolboy— ‘exans, . $3.76@4.35; Westerns, Please, sir, it's ‘when the doctor gives -$3.80@5.75; calves; $6.26@7.75. Hogs the wrong stuff to the people who are ~—Mixed lnd butchers, $6.26@6.72% -slck.—Christian Register. *A’mallhry runs on wheels, and $6.75@ 6.30. Blmp.‘lsnon: lamba, svery hand ‘ofls the wheels as they run. $4.76@8.00.