Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 6, 1907, Page 4

Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office | Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pad Strange Story of a Dream. ‘A correspondent sends the following anecdote, or, as he culls it, “case of thought transference,” which was told him by an eminent engineer, whose name we withhold: This well known engineer had been to Bulawayo on the occasion of the opening of the rallway to that place. A friend who accompa- nled him on the occasion contracted enteric fever and dled on the home- ward voyage.. Half an hour before he died his hair turned perfectly white. On arriving In England the engineer Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Statio went to break the news to the young man's sister. He found that not only did the lady know of the death of her brother, but she knew the time and the circumstance of the hair turning ‘white. The engineer was requested to break the news to the father and moth- er as gently as possible, but to say nothing of the halr turning white. Aft- er a journey of 100 miles he found that both father and mother, whom he saw separately, not only knew of the death of thelr son, but knew of his hair turn- fng white at the time of his death. Each had had a dream, a vivid dream, at the moment of the death taking place, and each had kept his and her own counsel, and they had not spoken to each other of the dream.—London Mall. The Old Feather Bed. What has become of the old fashion- #d foather bed? We mean the kind so Bigh 1t required the service of a step- ladder to climb into 1t? Did you ever ellmb into one of them when you were & kid and sink down, down, down, tlll you gasped and wondered when you would touch bottom and if you didn’t need a life preserver?- And do you re- member how good it felt upon a cold morning when you poked your head from under the covers and saw the window panes frost covered? And do you remember how you used to climb out of its billows, half dress yourself, shivering, teeth chattering, run down- stairs and steal behind the kitchen stove, half your clothes in your arms? ‘And how good those griddlecakes and sausages smelled! Feathers may not be healthy to sleep on, as claimed by @octors, who probably never slept on them, but they seemed mighty good to the kid. Why doesn't somebody write & song about “The Old Feather Bed?” —Milwaukee Sentinel. bhegend of the White 8ky Calf. The Kiowa Indlans have a queer story of the “white'sky calf.” Accord- 1ng to the legend, that portion of the American desert was formerly very fertile, supporting large herds of pure white buffaloes, each having a black tall. These creatures were held sacred by the savages and never killed for any purpose. Finally an old medicine man, Ne-ka-ta-mah, vowed that he mould have a tepee built from the sa- cred white skins. The chiefs of the tribe tried hard to dissuade him from the notlon, but all to no purpose. He Qaclared that he would commence to collect the skins on the morrow. Dur- ing the night a great white light ap- peared in the sky and in its center a white buffalo calf. The calf slowly de- scended to the earth, took charge of the herds, leading them northward, and from that day to this the Klowas have Bever geen a white buffalo. Engraved Easter Eggs. Bngraving on eggs Is a speclal art in South America. The tools used are extremely delicate, and the utmost precision must be used In the process. Ohe varying depths of the engraved line give light and shade to the de- #ign, and the result of this pure line engraving on the smooth oval shell is surprisingly beautiful. On the first day of apring the Easter eggs are put on exhibition, and no store 1s too small #nd shabby, none too important and imposing to fail to have its stock of eggs ready. A popular design shows 8 map of South America on one side and on the other two clasped hands, with a Ifberty cap below and a rising s above.—New York Tribune, A Few Years Honce. As she tiptoed into the bedroom her husband raised his head from the pil- low sleeplly. “Mrs, Jay was here to see you,” he murmured. “She said she'd call again mome other evening.” “And what did you tell her, John?’ the wife asked as she laid her money and latch key on the bureau. “Ob,” he answered, “I just gave her the address of your club.”"—New York Press, . Obliging. 1 Dismal Old Lady—I don’t suppose I shall ever want another palr, Mr. Stib- bins. Oleaginous Elderly Shopman— I ’ope you'll wear out a lot more shoe leather yet, mum. Dismal Old Lady— ‘Ab, but I've one foot In the grave al- ready. Oleaginous Elderly Shopman— Most 'appy to sell you a single boot, mum.—London Mail. Entertaining. “Is your family entertaining this sea- son?” inquired the soclety devotee, “Well,” answered Mr. Cumrox, “mother and the girls seem kind of amusing to me, but everybody else seems to take 'em seriously.”—Wash- ington Star. Foroe of Habit. New Arrival—Is my wife in there? Bt. Peter—Yes. What are you doing? New Arrival—Merely removing my shoes before going upstairs.—Harper's Bazar. . ‘The New England Consclence. The New England consclence isn't an idea. It's an inherited disease.— Life. ‘Work Is not a man’s punishment. It 13 his reward and his strength.—George Sand. % ocument Files, Note Books, Time Book: T0 DOWN NICARAGUA ALL OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES UNITE IN ASSIST- ING HONDURAS. ZELAYA'S INTENTIONS QUESTIONED FEARED THAT IN EVENT OF VIC- TORY HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO RULE ALL. ‘Washington, March 6.—News re- ceived here regarding the situation in Central America is disquieting in the extreme to the officials, who had been hoping that the trouble between Nie- aragua and Honduras could be local- ized and soon terminated by arbitra- tion. It is now stated that there is every indication that Salvador, Guate- mala and Costa Rica will join forces with Honduras, making a combination of all the other Central American countries against the single state of Nicaragua. This state of affairs has been brought about, it is said, through a conviction on the part of the gov- erning elsments in Salvador, Guate- mala and Costa Rica that Nicaragua has been the real aggressor in the boundary dispute with Honduras and that if President Zelaya is allowed to prevail over President Bonilla he could not resist the temptation to overrun the other republics and make himself master of Central Amerioa. The United States gunboat Prince- ton, which is now on the Southern California coast, will be ordered to Central America to assist the cruiser Chicago in looking after American in- terests threatened by the war between Nicaragua and Honduras. It also has been decided to send either the Du- buque or the Paducah to Bluefields, Nicaragua, to assist the Marietta in looking after American Interests on the Caribbean side of Central Amer- fca. RAILROAD RATES EXORBITANT. Cuban Planters Unable to Market Su- gar at a Profit. Havana, March 6.—The present su- gar crop will prove a financial failure unless the price of sugar advances. Although the weather is good and the abundance of cane has enabled grind- ing to be carried on without interrup- tlon the cost of production is exces- sive. The cost of labor is nearly dou- ble the average for recent years, Span- ish silver is nearly at par and the rail- road rates are very high. Planters complain that they are working ex- clusively for the benefit of the rail- roads, which are charging from 25 to 60 cents for hauling a sack of sugar of 325 pounds weight to port. It is alleged that the principal railroad, which recently increased its stock 50 per cent, did so to hide the high divi- dends it Is earning. These, it is said, are almost entirely due to the high freight rates on sugar. IN ATTENDANCE. TROOPS Trial of Judge Hargis Begins at Jack- son, Ky. Lexington, Ky, March 6.—Forty men of Company A, Second Kentucky infantry, of Frankfort, under com- mand of Adjutant General Henry Law- rence and Captain W. C. Longmire, arrived here on a speclal train and went to Jackson, Breathitt county, to remain there during the trial of Judge James Hargis on a charge of assas- sination of Dr. B. D. Cox. The sol- diers will report to Special Judge Carnes, who is trying the case, and the men will be placed in the court- house. The soldiers accompanied Judge Carnes and Attorneys Young and Pollard, for the defense, to Jack- son. FAMINE CONDITIONS WORSE. Terrible State of Affairs Exists in Central China. Victoria, B. C., March 6.—Advices from Central China report famine con- ditions becoming worse. Middle aged ‘women are being sold for from $10 to $15 and children for $3 to $4. Com- plaints are made that officials are de- laying shipments of flour sent by the foreign rellef committee. A corre- spondent who toured the famine- dis- trict reports it denuded of animals and lawlessness Is growing. In some places dogs are being caught by starv- ing people by means of traps and books and are eaten as soon as cap- tured. ONE PASSENGER KILLED. Two Men Hold Up Missouri Pacific Train. Pittsburg, Kan.,, March 6—Two dis- guised men held up a Missouri Pacific train, shot and killed one man, wound- ed another and escaped with probably $100. There were few passengers on the train and this accounts for the small amount secured by the robbers. One of the Defendants Iil. Culpepper, Va., March 6.—The ill- ness of Phillip Strother, charged joint- ly with his brother James with the murder of Willam F. Bywaters, brought the trial to an abrupt stop. Just as the proceedings were to begin John L. Jeffries, senior counsel for the defense, announced that Phillip, the younger of the Strother brothers, was too {1l to appear in ¢6urk STUDENT ADMITS BURGLARY. Confesses te Robbing Wealthy Resl. dents of Lake Forest, Il Chicago, March 6.—Richard O. Hoops, twenty years of age, a student at Lake Forest university and a son of Ira C. Hoops"“ lawyer of Kokomo, Ind,, is under ar®st charged with rob- bing the residence of Hobart Chat- fleld Taylor, a wealthy resident of Lake Forest. The robbery was com- mitted three weeks ago and property valued at $5,000 is said to have been taken. Hoops was arrested while try- ing to dispose of some of the jewelry in a pawnshop. . Following the arrest of Hoops de- tectives searched his room in the fra- ternity hall at Lake Forest university and found a trunk filled with prop- erty said to have been taken from the Taylor residence. It consisted of diamond rings, silverware and curlos which Mr. Taylor has spent years in collecting. Hoops confessed to the police that he had also robbed the residence of Robert McGann in Lake Forest. In making his confession Hoops de- clared that he was not able to say why he had robbed the two residences, @s he had everything that he needed. He said that he could give no other reason than his desire to possess beau- tiful and artistic things. FORTY PERSONS Half Ton of Dynamite Explodes Near Mount Carmel, Pa. Pottsville, Pa., March 6.—By the ex- plosion of 1,000 pounds of dynamite in the storehouse of the Richards col- liery near Mount Carmel two score of persons were injured, one of them, Lewis Dowie of Mount Carmel, fa- tally. The explosion caused damage to the extent of $150,000. The dynamite house was about 125 feet from the offices of the company. No one is known to have been in the house at the time and the cause of the explosion is a mystery The office building in which the clerks were at work, the supply house and the car- penter shops, all filled with workmen, were wrecked. Most of the workmen were Injured by flying splinters and several sustained fractured arms or legs. The large hoisting engines in two slopes of the mine were torn from their foundations and were almost completely wrecked. The explosion made a hole in the ground fifty feet in dlameter and fifteen feet deep. Seven hundred men and boys were thrown out of employment. INJURED. TWO POINTS OF DIFFERENCE. France and the Church Not Agreed on Form of Contract. Parls, Feb. 22.—The ecclesiastical and state authorities are still at odds over two points relating to the con- tracts for church leases, namely, the clause holding the parish priests, as lessees, responsible for keeping the churches in repair and the clause pro- hibiting members of dissolved relig- fous orders from becoming parties to contracts. The church authorities maintain that it is impossible for the priests to personally assume liability for keeping the churches in repair. This clause, however, is considered to be adjustable, but upon the other point the prelates who are close to Cardinal Richard are less optimistic, claiming that the former monks are now secular priests and that it would be insulting to exclude them from act ing as parish priests. The negotia- tions on the latter point are apt to be slow, as Cardinal Richard must con- sult with his colleagues in the episco- pate and secure the approval of the Vatican at every step. The Clerical newspapers claim that the continua- tlon of the negotlations is a distinot viotory for the church. DINNER TO “HAS BEENS"” OChamp Clark Host to Retiring Mem bers of Congress. ‘Washington, Feb. 22.—Representa- tilve Champ Clark of Missourl will give a dinner to nineteen of his col- leagues Saturday night and all of the | diners, with the exception of the host, will be representatives who will not be in the next house. Representa- tives Grosvenor of Ohio and Sibley of ! Pennsylvania are the only Republicans invited to the dinner. “Yes, its going to be a little unus- ual, this dinner of mine,” Mr. Clark remarked. “Usually when a member glves a dinner he is charged with eurrying favor and looking for influ- ence or something of that sort. But nobody can make that charge against me, for my guests are all leaving and I'm sorry for it.” The Adden A full grown adder may measure two feet In length and about six Inches around the thickest part of its body. Its movements are sluggish, and of course the idea that it i8 capable of transferring its head from one extrem- Ity to the other every six months is due simply to superstition. The fact is that the tafl of thiz snake does mnot terminate in a paint, as with ophidians generally, but Is stumpy and resem- bles the head so much that it Is diffi- cult for an observer situated at a dis- tance of a few yards to distingulsh the one from the other; hence the story of its being two headed, the fallacy of which no intelligent observer could fall to detect.—Pioneer. The Pendulum, Honors are belng stolen from most of the great men of former days. Gal- flel was sald to have discovered the law of isochronism of the pendulum while pursuing his studles at Plsa tn 1581, Now we learn that the pendu- lum was used as a correct measure of time among the Arabs as far back as the year 1000. | INHONOROFSOCIALISTS RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATION AT ST. PETERSBURG FOLLOWS OPEN- ING OF PARLIAMENT. MANY PERSONS WOUNDED BY TROOPS RED FLAGS DISPLAYED BY THE MOB AND REVOLUTIONARY SPEECHES MADE. St. Petersburg, March 6.—After the adjournment of the lower house of parliament a great demonstration was organized in honor of the Socialist deputies. Revolutionary speeches were made and red flags were displayed in the crowds, which had by that time swelled to about 40,000 persons, who packed all the streets for blocks around the Tauride palace. Some of the demonstrators began to pelt the police with snowballs and the police charged and broke up the demonstra- tion, mounted policemen riding down the crowds and using their whips right and left. Many persons were beaten, but no one was seriously injured. Among those beaten by the police in | the demonstration was M. Kuzmin- Karavaieff, member of parliament from Tver province, who was caught in one of the crowds of Socialists. Attempts were made to renew the demonstration and Cossacks and the Chevalier guards were ordered out, the Cossacks, contrary to custom, car- rying their formidable lances. At 7 o'clock in the evening cavalry patrols occupied all the important thoroughfares, but no more demonstra- tions had been reported. Thousands of revolutionists at that hour were holding a meeting at the university, where fiery speeches were delivered. RUSSIAN DUMA OPENED. House of New Parliament Meets at St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, March 6.—The duma, or lower house of the Russian parlia- ment, was formally opened at noon in the Tauride palace in the presence of all the ministers and many high functionaries. No member of the im- perial family was present. The first ceremony was a religious service, in which the metropolitan of St. Petersburg, Antonius, the higher clergy of the diocese and a full choir participated. M. Goluboff, vice president of the council of the empire, accompanied by Baron Uexkull de Gyldenbandt, secre- tary of the empire, entered the hall after the services. The former imme- diately called the lower house to order and, in a colorless speech, invited the members to sign the oath of allegiance to Emperor Nicholts. The Conserva- tives cheered the mention of the name of the emperor, but the opposition members remained silent. The Social Democrats did not enter the hall until M. Goluboff had finished speaking, when they came in in a body, demon- stratively. After signing the oath the balloting for president of the lower house be- gan. There was no serious disorder, but the crowds outside the palace were unruly and several times had to be driven back by infantry and mount- ed gendarmes. . Feodor Golefin, president of the Mos- cow zemstvo and Constitutional Dem- ocratic member of parliament from Moscow province, was elected pres- 1dent of the house. The council of the empire, or upper house of parllament, also convened during the day. The only business transacted was the adoption of a res- olution of sympathy with the widow of Count Alexis Ignatieff, a member of the council, who was assassinated Dec. 23 at Tver. DIRECTORS ARE HELD. Lower Coroner’s Jury Blames Company for New York Central Wreck. New York, March 6.—As a result of the coroner’s investigation into the cause of the wreck on the New York Central in the Bronx on Feb 16 last the coroner’s jury places the blame upon the directors of the company. ‘When the coroner had announced his decision to hold the directors and the president of the road attorneys for the road objected vigorously, with- out avail. Coroner Schwannbeck de- clined to say what charge he would lodge against the officials held by him. LIKELY TO BE A TOTAL LOSS. Little Hope of Saving Great Northern Liner Dakota. Yokohama, March 6.—The passen- gers and crew of the wrecked steam- ship Dakota have been landed from ithe Japanese steamer Hakuai. They {&re in good health and spirits and ex- jtol the conduct of the officers of the | Great Northern Steamship company, ,Who have done everything possible for | their comfort. They confirm previous Yeports that the Dakota probably will be a total loss. lowa Man Shot in Chicago. Chicago, March 6.—Olaf Ringer, a stockman of Ridgway, Ia, was mis- taken for a burglar when he entered the room of John Bogman at 4z51:Hal- sted street and was shot by Bogman and fatally hurt. Ringer entered Bog- ,man’s room thinking it was his own and Bogman pulled a revolver from beneath hig pillow and fired Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Township Plats in book form, Most Complete Stock West of Duluth hristmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, Pens, Letter Gnry Books, Paper BARFIELD TAKES THE OATH. Assumes Position as Secretary of the Interior. ‘Washington, March 6.—James R. Garfleld took the oath of office as sec- retary of the interior at 9:45 a. m. The oath was administered in the ffice of the secretary by Warren R. Choate, chief clerk of the bureau of corporations, over which Mr. Garfield has presided up to the present time. Secretary Hitchcock, who retires as secretary of the interior, was present, as was also Secretary Metcalf of the navy department and Assistant Sec- retary Murray of the department of commerce and labor; Labor Commis- JAMES R. GARFIELD, sloner Neil; Mr. Pinchot, chief of the forestry bureau; Mr. Leupp, commis- sioner of Indian afi Dr. Stratton, chief of the bureau of standards, and H. Knox Smith, the new commissioner of corporations. Mrs. Garfield, wite of the secretary, also was present. Before leaving the department for- mer Secretary Hitchcock expressed his appreciation of the manner in which the press of the country had upheld his hand during the many try- ing ordeals of his administration. STANDARD OIL TRIAL. Opening Statement in Behalf of the Government. Chicago, March 6.—Opening state- ments in behalf of the government in the trial of the Standard Oil company before Judge Landis were commenced during the day. Assistant District At- torney James Wilkerson opened the case for the government. He reviewed the charges set forth in the indict- ment, claiming that the Standard Oil company had accepted rebates from railroads on shipments of oil from ‘Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis, IIl, In direct violation of the law. He claimed that the full and convincing proof would be offered and said that the government did not desire a con- viction unless it proved its case be- yond the possibility of a doubt. At the conclusion of Mr. Wilker- son’s address Attorney Miller, for the defense, said that the opening ad- dress for the company would be rte served until after the government had Introduced its evidence. The taking of evidence was then commenced by District Attorney Sims, who intro- duced a certified copy of the articles of incorporation of the Standard Oil company of Indiana and read it to the Jury. TURNED DOWN BY COUNCIL. Municipal Ownership Knocked Out in lowa Town. Council Bluffs, Ia., March 6.—The city council has turned down the mu- nicipal ownership proposition in the city waterworks plant and voted tc grant a new franchise to the water company, whose franchise expired some months ago. The action was taken after a monster petition, signed by almost every business man in the city, had been presented to the council asking that the municipal proposition be killed. The expense and misman- agement of municipal plants in gen- eral were given as reasons for turn- ing down the municipal ownership idea. GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO. Regis Henri Post of Bayport, L. I, to Succeed Winthrop. ‘Washington, March 6.—Regis Henri Post of .Bayport, L. I, a former as- semblyman for that district, has been selected by the president as governor of the island of Porto Rico to succeed Governor Beekman Winthrop, who is to become an assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Post is now secre- tary of the insular government and is about forty-three years old. Goethals on Canal Commission. . ‘Washington, March 6.—The formal announcement of the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goe- thals to be a member of the isthmian canal commission was made at the ‘White House during the day. Colo- nel Goethals and Major D. D. Gaillard, who also is to be appointed a member of the commission upon its reorgan- {zation, will sail from New York for the isthmus in a few days. Senator La Follette Improving. ‘Washington, March 6.—The condi- ! tion of Senator Robert M. La Follette | of Wisconsin, who has been confined to his apartments at Chevy Chase, a suburb of this city, since last Thurs. day with an attack of grip, shows im- provement. The senator was feeling 80 much better that he sat up for a while and expects to be able to be out again in a few days. ips and Fasl colored Blotters, Letter Cop) % rs, Rubber Bands, Letter les, Invi Typew: esses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & | s, or Supplies, Postal Scales, Complies with the pure food laws of every state /J BAKING Bread, Biscuits GALUMET HEALTH Columet 1s made of the finest materials pos- sible to select, and makes light, easily digested mended by leading physicians and chemists, vEG“NOMY In using Calumet you are always assured of a good baking; thercfore, there is no waste of S ial or time. Calumet is put up in air-tight Ul keep longer than any. other Salts or Alum in the food. chemically correct. POWDER or Pastry; therefore, it is recom- T on the market and has more TF issocarefully andsclen- ET fogmeivaa that the neutralization of redients is absolutely perfect. cfore, Calumet leaves o Rochelle Itis $1,000.00 given for any substance in- Jurious to Liealth found in JEROME DEFIES GOURT BINSATIONAL INCIDENT MARKS OTHERWISE DULL DAY AT THE THAW TRIAL. BISTRIGT ATTORNEY AND JUDGE CLASH FORMER DECLINES POINT BLANK TO SUBMIT LEGAL AUTHOR- ITIES CALLED FOR. New York, March 6.—What prom- Ised to be a very dull session of the Thaw trial was made notable in the cowrt annals of New York city by District Attorney Jerome placing him- self in the position of openly defying the presiding judge. The disirict at- torney declined point blank to submit certain authorities to Justice Fitzger- ald on the ground that the question of law involved was so elemental and the authorities so abundant that he must assume the court to have knowl- edge of them. “I have too much respect for the courts of this jurisdiction,” declared the district attorney, “to submit au- tal.” district attorney that it was his duty to submit the authorities called for and said he would assume that the district attorney declined to do so that he did not know of the existence of any such authorities. The spectators were thrilled into absolute silence during the tense mo- ments of the extraordinary debate he- tween the judge and the district at- torney. Mr. Jerome's manner of ad- dressing the court was as defiant as his words. He seemed thoroughly aroused and Justice Fitzgerald seemed to retain his judicial calm only with great effort. Court Sustains the Defense. The point under discussion was as to whether or not the district attorney on cross-examination could take a wider scope than was permitted coun- sel for the defense on direct examina- tion. Justice Fitzgerald finally sus- fense. During the debate, which began between the district attorney and M Delmas, the latter characterized Mr sald they tended to lower the stand- ards and dignity of the court. Justice Fitzgerald interposed at this point and the war of words went on between him. and the prosecuting offi- cer. During the debate District Attorney Jerome took occasion to declare that the legal assumption before the court is that Thaw is now insane. He said the defendant has been shown to have heen insane on June 25 last and it is the assumption of law that he contin- ues in that condition until shown to be otherwise. Justice Fitzgerald at this point called for the authorities and precipitated the scene with the district attorney. Dr. Charles G. Wagner occupied the stand most of the day undergoin Jerome. MRS. HANNA ASKS DIVORCE. , Sult Against Only Son of Late Chio | Senator. Cleveland, March 6.—Suit for di- | vorce was filed during the day in com- i mon pleas court by Elizabeth Gordon | Hanna, wife of Dan R. Hanna, only i son of the late Senator Hanna. Hanna is accused of gross neglect iof duty, abandonment and extreme oruelty. Mrs. Hanna asks for divorce, ade: quate alimony and the custody of her | daughter Elizabeth, aged five years. The petition was sworn to before a notary in New York city under date ! of March 1. The plaintifft is Hanna's second wife, her first husband being Walter i de S. Maud, an Englishman She was | atvorced in 1900 and on Feb. 19 of the same year she was married to Dan thorities on a proposition so elemen- | Justice Fitzgerald admonished the | tained the position taken by the do- | Jerome’s remarks as “offensive” and ' | cross-examination at the hands of Mr. ! i |Hanna. THanna also has been mar- ried twice. CHICAGO - MURDER CASE. Brother of Mrs. McDonald Gives Im- portant Testimony. Chicago, March 6.—The inquest who was shot recently by Mrs. Dora McDonald, wife of Michael C. McDon- ald, was commenced during the day. The most important testimony was given by Harry E. Feldman, a brother iof Mrs. McDonald. He said that Mrs. McDonald applied to him for funds, saying that Guerin was extorting money from her. He asked her why | she did not lay the matter before her husband and she said that she did not dare to do so because he was suffer- ing with heart disease. Feldman then said that he had Guerin watched by detectives and found that he was en- tertaining other women at his office. Later Mrs. McDonald had a violent quarrel with one of these women. Dozen Persons Injured. i+ Toronto, Ont.,, March 6.—The Grand Trunk railway express from Toronto for Montreal crashed into a stalled freight train just outside the city lim- its. A dozen people were hurt, none seriously. The crews of both trains | saved themselves by jumping. Cruelty of Mahouts. “Kipling and other writers talk about the kinduess that the Indian mahouts, or drivers, lavish on their elephants,” 8aid a missionary, “but as a matter of fact no overworked old cart horse suf- fers half the cruelty that falls to the Indian elephant’s lot. The mahout sits on the elephant’s head, a goad, or { ancus, in his hand. With this goad he | prods the elephant, and, though the ! prod is gentle, the animal responds | with wonderful alacrity. But do you | know why? It is because on the ele- ! phant's forehead, where the goad may | reach it handily, an open sore, a dread- | ful open sore, is kept. The sore, prod- | ded, causes the elephant exquisite pain, and he naturally obeys with | strange readiness the man who makes him suffer so. Whenever you hear a , traveler tallt of the mahout’s affection | for his elephant ask the speaker if he ever noticed the running sore on the | elephant’s brow.”—Esxchange, A Grape Growing Spectacle. The grape of grapes for the table is . grown in Belgium and under glass, says the London Globe. It is in no | Arcadian rustic spot that this ideal | culture flourishes, but in the wide awake metropolitan suburb of Hoez- laert, near Brussels. Here there is a | whole "region of glass—nothing but glass over a wide vista. The spectacle 15 one of the shows of the country, for amateurs and sightseers alike. A good many lovers of table fruit whose inter- |est in the subject extends no further !than the dessert stand will probably s be surprised to learn that it is from no native hothouse, but from Hoezlaert, that the great fruiterers in London, Paris, the Riviera, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg and, mirabile dictu, even New York receive the bulk of their ‘winter supplies. Every Friday hun- dreds of chests of choice fruit, admir- ably packed, are dispatched to the United States alone. ‘The Truth of It. Teacher—Johnny, can you define for. us the difference between “caution” and “cowardice?” Johrny — Yessuia. ] ‘When you're scart to go out on a boat and stay home for fear it'll sink and the boat comes In all right, it's “cow- ardice.” Teacher — Well? Johnny — And if you're scart and stay home and the boat does sink, then it’s “caution.” 1} Many a Slip For the Farmen “Raising wheat is no easy task,” re. {marked a farmer. “One year I had i 500 acres of as beautiful wheat as ever {lay out of doors. It stood breast high, | end 1t seemed good for forty bushels to the acre. That meant to me a profit of $7,000. I had the teams and harvest hands engaged and expected - to begin cutting on Monday. On Fri- day afternoon there came out of the ! northwest a greenish gray cloud. Fol- { lowing a heavy rain, the hail fell. In ten minutes the wheat was flattened to | 81X Inches from the ground. ‘We cut a { Ylttle of It for hay. The remainder rot- ted on the ground. The mortgage on the farm was foreclosed, and I hired i out by the day to support my family, " Do you wonder that the wheat farmer | 15 not boastful of his crop until he has In In the grenary ?”—OQutlook. (R e {Into the death of Webster S. Guerin, - cressram g —— i S (I SNSRI - ]