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DYING MAN'S WISH - BARS ETERY WOMAN NONE PEr.MITTED TO ATTEND FUlERAL OR LOOK UP'ON HIS FACE. t ti DECLARED ALL TREACHEROUS u P Wife's Desertion Made Harness Maker e 't.lfelong Enemy to Those of Her e Sex-Tells Friend on Deathbed ' - Why He Cherished Hatred. 0 r Evansville, Ind.-Soured on the fair sex because his wife deserted him in Louisville, Ky., years ago, John Stel ter, aged 67 years, before he died 9 here made the request that no women be permitted to look upon his .face after he had passed away and that they be kept away from his fu neral. "They are mischief makers and as treacherous as a rattlesnake," the old nan said on his deathbed. Out of gratitude for the man who had been his true friend and who as sisted him in his last days, Steller left a good farm in Warrick county, near here, to Joe Haas, a grocer and poli tician. Years ago Steller came here from Louisville and got employment as a harness maker. He toiled steadily at his bench, and seldom lost a day from his work. Among the large number of employes in this establishment Stel ler was regarded as eccentric. He talked little, and to none of his fel low workingmen did he make any mention of his past life. Most of the men with whom he worked thought he was a bachelor, none knowing that at one time he had a happy home; that he had become a woman-hater because the wife he loved tenderly ceased to love him, and deserted him when the hand of af fiction was laid upon him. In silence and alone Steller bore his burden-and saved his money. He had no one to live for, and cared lit tle about the companionship of his fellows. He lived alone above the Ik h t - ti John Steiler. rocery store of Haas, and not until is last illness was the story of his fe revealed. Steller was taken ill and remained ihis room. He was ill for several t ays before any one made inquiries bout him. Then Haas, who had not a *3en the old man for some days, went 'his room andl found the door lock 'd. He broke in, and there found Stel * r lying on the bed in a semi-con aious condition, from which ho was Ith difficulty aroused. When Steller fully realized that the nd was near ho told Has that he 'antedl to talk over some matters with him. Then he told the grocer the rtory of his life. He had been married, he said, and 'as happy with his wife in their home ix Louisville. After their son was orn his wvife asked him to deed over is property to her'. He arranged mat ars so that she could take control of .alf of it. A short time after-ward ho 'ecame ill with typhoid fever. After 'trangers had ministered to him, he e~sked for his wife, Hie was told she had gone away. When he sent word begging her to return to him he said she replied that she didn't love him any more and - .me would have to get along with out her. Later he obtained a di -orce and came to Evansville to work ".t his trade. "Now you know why I am a woman hater," he said. "I hate them all. They are a curse to the race, meddle some and treacherous as a rattle Fnake and as uncertain as life it .elf. "I guess it's all up with me now. '3efore I die I want to make one re rluest of you. I don't want any liv ing woman to attend my funeral. I: KCeep them all away. They would C only come through curiosity, any- u A short while later he was dead. i Haas obeyed the dying request. He C S alone accompanied the undertakers to to evyard where the old man was led.. Ho will erect a mon ummen over the grave and pay for it c himself. Besides the property left to Haag, t Steller had a $1,000 life insurance pol- a icy, payable to his son. .The son did e not attend the funeral. It is said ho f will collect the life insurance, but will l1 not attempt to contest ,the will be- f quonathing the Tnmiana fam ta n.. , s RAN WHO STOLE BEES DOES RUNNING STUNT VOULD BETTER HAVE CARRIED OFF RED HOT STOVE WITH OUT ASBESTOS GLOVES. Savannah, Ga.-The man whose bievish instincts led him Into the %king of a red hot stove without the rotection of asbestos has been held p as an example of enterprise in this articular line, but he must step into econd place for the man -who attempt. d. to steal a bee hive from E. W. Jew. tt, of this city. The particular hive eleotod by the thief in the absence f a census of its occupants is esti. iated to accommodate somewhere in he neighborhood of ten thousand ees. The hive was found just outside the ate through which it had been taken, ts position indicating that it had een left in a hurried manner. When fr. Jewett found the hive its top nd bottom were both off, and the ten Thief Steals Bee Hive. housand bees were circling around rying to repair the damage which ad been done. Knowing the resent ient that bees show when people M nock the top and bottom off their t ives and otherwise manhandle them, fr. Jewett is uncertain just how far be bees chased the thief before re ttrning home to take stock of the amages. Mr. Jewett's theory is that he thief knocked the top off going lirough the gate, and the bees sallied arth and began to puncture the ma auder, causing him to drop the hive nd start an extemporaneous effort to et up a few running records. 1ALD EAGLE FIGHTS SOLDIER nfurlated Bird After Being Wounded Savagely Attacks Man Who Fired the Shot. Lynn, Mass.-Corporal Thomas 1amp1bell, formerly of New York, of ie 14 7th company, United States coast rtillery, stationed in this city, is suf ering from injuries received in fight ig an American baldheaded eagle ere. He was summoned into court harged with violating the game laws f Massachusetts and fine $20. Campbell found the bird perched in I tree. He got a gun and fired. The< ullet only stunned the bird, whichi ben began to fight. Thomas Egan, ho wvas with Campbell, had his over 11s torn from his body while attempt vepwee. h bid s.alvean nde srgcaltraten atth _hm FotEagleAtak Ind.-W ieraue igcticastor the bir.at seiyaway verowredtTh Epirdpa ishurch and tned sugiay trameta the homgah re iname thren Tcrd s edf e. heet Burneds startig APrayer Bookhl yectrcstorm of Shreck wsevrt burne romn ver hisdt whihtning stucke Lunnth a ny fh wosiersgth 1 h 01 WAKE UP a Shake off that 0 tired feeling due to w sluggish liver, kidneys, w stomach and bowels. * Cleanse and purify p> your system with the e greatest of tonics, OXIDINE -a bottle proves. c The Specific for Malaria, Chills and d Fever, and a reliable remedy for A all diseases due to disorders of g liver, bowels, stomach and kidneys. 50c. At Your Druggists TnR 13113NS DRUG 00.. Waco, Texas. Worries of Rich Women. After receiving requests from beg ing letter writers for sums amount ng in all to $22,000,000, Mrs. E. H. larriman of New York, the widow of he railway magnate, has appealed to he bureau of municipal research to ;uperintend her mendicant mail and to tssist her in wisely dispensing charity. 3he is not alone in discovering her ielf the target of innumerable profes dional begging letter writers. Miss Ielen Gould has reeived in the last .welve months 50,000 such letters lontaining requests for sums amount ng to $2,000,000. Wedding rings and )ffers of marriage from poverty ;tricken correspondents are a daily 'eature of Miss Gould's mail. iANDS WOULD CRACK OPEN "About two months ago my hands t tarted to crack open and bleed, the kin would scale off, and the good lesh would burn and itch dreadfully. When my hands first started to get ore, there were small blisters like wa er blisters which formed. They b tched dreadfully, it Just seemed as bough I could tear the skin all off. I vould scratch them and the skin would I )eel off, and the flesh would be all 'ed and crack open and bleed. It wor- 1 'led me very much, as I had never iad anything the matter with my skin. 1 was so afraid I would have to give a 1p my employment. "My doctor said he didn't think it would amount to anything. But it kept getting worse. One day I saw a piece n one of the papers about a lady who lad the same trouble with her hands. 3he had used Cuticura Soap and Oint- 1 nent and was cured. I decided to try hem, and my hands were all healed >efore I had used one cake of Cuti ~ura Ointment. I am truly thankful4 or the good results from the Cuticura 3oap and Ointment, for thanks to them I was cured, and did not have to lose day from work. I have had no re urn of the skin trouble."' (Signed) drs. Mary E. Breig, 2522 Brown 3tredt, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-. I nent are sold everywhere, a sample I f each, with 32-page book, will be nailed free on application to "Cuti ura," Dept. 6 K, Boston. Pat Was More Than Willing. A very pretty girl who recently re urned from Ireland tells of an en-I ~ounter with an Irish cabby in Dub. in. She had started out from the iotel to do some shopping, but de sided instead to make a tour of the ity on a Jaunting car. Arriving at he first car stand, and having so ccted the smartest looking vehicle, he told the driver that she "wanted .o engage him for the day." Pat, tever backward in paying homage to >eauty, earnestly replied: "Begorra, na'am you are welcome. I only wish t was for life!" Ii Would Purchase Index Finger. One of the queerest advertisements rhich has ever appeared in a news- r aper was one which the other day i nade known the wish of Mrs. Rlegi tald Waldorf, a wealthy lady of Phila Lelphia, for a new index forefinger. dra. Waldorf's right forefinger was Lmputated after becoming infected by in accidental cut with a rusty knife. she appealed to D~r. Fred B3. 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It was Billy's first experi ice in an elevator, and he did not ghtly understand the nature or pur Dse of it. On his return he describ I some of his experiences to his em loyer. "When I got ter de buildin' I axes yaller boy wut wuz er standin' in a inside ob de front doah whar Mr. rown's office wus, an' he tol' me ter )me wid him, an' he would show me. , tulc me inter er big cage an' sh4t e doah, an' den we begun ter move. .n', Marse John, I'se tellin' you de ospel trufe, we got off right whar 'e started an' God knows we riz." ippincott's. WANTED SOMETHING SOLID. Airynort-You asked me to take 'ou up in my balloon; now you want o go down. Do you want the earth? Nerviss-You've guessed it. That's ust what I do want. Thought He Felt a Hop. An Irishman went into a public iouse one day and asked for a mug of 'eer in a great hurry, stating that he vas so dry that he thought he could rink a gallon. The publican told him f he would drink it at one draught, vithout taking the measure away from Lis lips, he should have it for nothing. "Agraid," said Pat, "and be the Lowly Saint Pathrick I'll do that ame." The landlord then drew a gallon of nto the measure, handed it to Pat, vho eagerly raised it to his mouth Lnd drank away until the measure was LImost perpendicular. The publican's yes followed its motion in astonish nent, and, looking in it, ho exclaimed,. haking the froth out: "Pat, didn't you feel something go ng downt with the beer when you Irank it?" "Bo jabers," said Pat, "I thowt I elt a hop, sur." Risked Punishment for Dog. A pleasing story of a prisoner's love or his dog comes from North Yaki na, Wash. Michael Short, sentenced o the street chain gang to work out its fine, escaped with two oilher men ocently, but somewhat to the surprise if his overseers turned up again for v'ork the next morning. 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