The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, December 02, 1909, Image 9
} '*"'*"10 HAPPENINGSj R"
JL^ N .. .'" ; of General Interests
' 1 Parts of the State. |
Dho lancing to Penitentiary. Ja
o. Special.?Sobing like a ;|?
PJh? ihuu ?.- eprpinjr Jutl^e Dantzlcr to m
k *bange his sentence ironi 20 venrs
Met ,' an
tn the State penitentiary to hnngIjM*
J. W. Mcsservey. the slayer of en
slibourne ami A It man, oe
?1 > ly 6, was led from the u
c?hi?. 'hursdav morning at
MM* the jury having an- >0
| verdict of guilty of hi
wan and Judge Dant/Jer , r.
. i:uv meed the sentence of
w minutes later. l'"
|p "''i'- 1 ; was "That you. J. \V. [U|
JPh V - confined in the State ^
C** > t such labor as von are
W ...... ?ll
w-rav 4 V/ ^V4A.V4U1 1UI lilt* fit* riUll Ol -U
I yea re." "
The jury had deliberated 11? liours B.
j and when court convened in the I in
morning for the purpose of hearing .j?
j* their verdict, the i'ormean announced . ?
^ :hat they had just agreed but desired
? some instructions as to tlie form of 1
& their verdict. It was learned that
two of the jurors were for acquittal ad
* and the 10 at tirst were for murder He
w out agreed to compromise on a very
diet of manslaughter. ^
^ Judge Dauizlet* again instructed
them and in about 10 minutes thev VVI
^ returned to their seats and an- H
nounced that they had agreed upon he
a verdict. 1U
4 till
Dies Horrible Death.
McColI, S|?ecinl.?About 4 o'clock ri
Monday afternoon a horrible accident ()l
occurred at the Carolina Sash & 111
Door works. Mr. Andrew Woodle
was working at the planing machine
' the same at which Mr. Duncan Morri- 1
son lost an eve last year, and while (,p(
trying to replace some belting wbieli ^
had slipped, he was eanght in it. and
fatally injured. His left leg was cut ta
off below the knee and his faee and
^ head fearfully mangled. After one V**
piercing scream, the poor fellow mer- wi
^ cifully lapsed into uneonsciousness. ,ij,
T)rs. Hamer, Dell. Moore and Reese .l(j
were hurriedly summoned and render- j
^ ed every assistance possible. .Ie lived "
^ onlv a few lumrs. an
W \vl
Br. J. M. Lanham, Prominent Spar- is.
tanburg Physician, Passes. jt>(
Spartanburg. Special.?Dr. .T. M. *
Lanhatn. a prominent physician <<l
the county and brother of llie Ian
Governor Lanham of Texas, died a* tw
* his home near Woodruff Thursda> ^ >L.
as a result of paralysis. About :
year ago he was stricken wit I Pi
paralysis and it was thought had en
, tirely recovered. Wednesday whih
binding t lie broken leg of a you?? | ^
boy was stricken again, his entiri
left side being paralyzed. He dier (^e
without having regained conscious ft
ness. He is survived by his wife on
who was Miss Louise McC'ravy. am (0
six children, the eldest being S. T
Lanham. master in equity of tin
county. The funeral will he held at 1 1
0 the Tabernacle M. E. church. na
ol
0 Colored Girls' Dormitory Burns. th
Orangehury. Special. ? Brabham g,
0 hall, the girls' dormitory of the South ^
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
p college for the colored race, coedu- ol
....-1 lh? ILL n '
>utioiitii. linn me <iiiiiiiir room ni (lie
p college. were completely destroyed
"Wednesday night by tire. Brabham
** ball and the dining room were Jntild- re
ings imposing in structure and com- s.
p modinus in space facilities. The loss
will he between $70,000 and $30,000. ,,
r I
Serious Fire in Pickens. er
Pickens. Special. ? Wednesday <h
morning about 2 o'clock the planing ro
mill and lumber yard of Bruce & s|,
"Bivens was totally destroyed by tire. jn]
m- The loss is about $0,000. There was .
,i i i nu
no insurance on the plant.
s.
? A. S.
A Green- ne,
?fc many an
lie Col- a 1
night as
JL ' ief ill- an,
noted ,)h
0 'Tn U ,,el
KTl ,,n
L ma
an
fatal
nljrht
L laugh- D(
ipson,
pencil en
| 10
until
L i<*n it a
beau- G<
i who ^
a,ents Ol
liave the deepest sympathy of this 1,
^ -entire community. 2,1
Jgf Father in Defense of Mother.
Laurens, Special.?In defense of ;t0
e liis mother and other members of the M<
k family, John Irby Fuller, aged 18, ap
B Friday shot and killed his father, to
Jesse V. Fuller, at the Fuller home. Tli
4t miles east of the city- The elder \fj
Fuller had, it is asserted, brutally as- pr
saulted his wife and, pistol in hand, ac
-was threatening to shoot her when the tw
son emptied a load of hirdshot into an
his father's abdomen, death resulting \A]
p four hours later. id,
I
IEGROES CONFER AGAIN
chard Carroll Ha3 Important
Meeing In January.
Columbia. Special.?Another race
uference will be held in Columbia
nuarv 11 to 14 at the Columbia
sat re. Two years ago Richard CarII
called such conference together
d there were 1.400 delegates prest.
Carroll stated that there would
more than 2.000 delegates present
the meeting to be held in January,
me of the ablest negro orators in
j State will take part in the protun
me. The conference will stress
8 agricultural and educational lure
for the negro. Kx-Gov. \V. L.
irthern of Georgia. ex-Gov. lleyird
of Charleston. Justice C. A.
oods. Judge Robert Aldrieh, Jos.
Cummiugs of Augusta, J. II. Kims.
Dr. C. C. Brown of Sumter,
dge Gage and E. J. Watson will
invited by Carroll to make adesses
to the negroes. Superintennt
Swearingen will also make an
dress on the schools, and Jas. A.
jyt will speak on the aid of the
ess. The interest of the negro
rmers and the rural school system
II be discussed at the conference,
le programme for the conference is
ing made up by Richard Carroll
d his associates. Others who are
[crested are Rev. Jas. II. Dillard,
istee of the Jeans fund of New
leans, and \V. B. S. Williams of
impton Institute, Ya.
Pellegra Victim at Clinton.
i union, sspeciai?airs. l.. .1. Moore
?d here Thursday nijrht alter sufrinir
for years with a very painful
so of peile^ra. Mrs. Moore had
en confined to her bed for about a
ar and had been .irradually growing
>rse for some time. Her case was
ijrnosed by Dr. T. L. W. Dai ley
out three years njro and pronounepollajrrn.
She was afterwards o.\lined
by Dr. Mabcock. of Columbia,
10 confirmed Dr. Mai ley "s diajrnosThis
was the first case of peltra
in Laurens County to be prounced
as such. Mrs. Moore was
years of age aiul is survived by
0 eliildreu and her husband, Mr.
J. Moore.
issenger Train Derailed at Edgefield.
Columbia, Speei d. -- Southern
lilway pasenger train So. 200 was
railed at 8 o'cloek Thursday night
mile and a halt' north of Edgefield
1 its ivoy to Edgefield from Trenn.
The passengers were badly shakup
and were a bit frightened, and
e short delay was taken good
ituredly by nil hands. Two of t lie
dest, most careful and best men in
e company's service were in
right and Engineer llughes. and
e train was running at a low rate
sped at the time of the aeeiden*.
Three Burn to Death.
Spartanburg, Special.?A message
ceived here Friday from S wit/.or.
('.. says that three negro childn
were burned to death near then
idnv morning. Nora Evans, mothof
the children, leaving the cliii en
in bed, kindled a lire in tin
oin where they slept and went a
ort distance to a neighbor's house |
it before her return her home was i
lined ami the children perished.
Killed a Desperate Negro.
Yorkville. Special.?Truninn Turr,
a liveryman, Monday night shot
d killed Whitman Hurley, colored,
noted desperado, who had a record !
a ct-iminal, having killed one man
d shot several others.
The trouble arose about Harlev
ing a team from Turner. The
irro was insulting and rnn his
nd into his pocket and Turner,
owing the desperate nature of the
m, with whom he had to deal, shot
d killed him.
Cotton Crop Estimate.
N.ew Orleans. Special.?The Timesunoc.rat
in presenting its coresponnts'
final reports on the cotton
op of 1000. states that the concens
of opinion points to a total of
,625,000 bales.
The fi?rnrns liv Stitnu ?? ?
ima. 1,050,000: Arkansas, 725,000:
>oivria and Florida, 2,000,000:
misianu, .'150.000; Mississippi, 1.0,000;
North Carolina, 725,000*
tlahoutn, (125,000; South Carolina
150.000; Tennesson. ,*M)'l,()00; Texas
1100.000; to al. 10.025.000.
New Mexico's Governor.
Washington, Special.?Chief Juse
W. ,J. Mills, of the New
?xieo Supreme Coui^. has been
pointed Governor of the Territory
succeed George Carry, resigned,
le tender of the office to Justice
ills was made last week, and lie,
omptly indicated his willingness to
cept. It followed conferences heeen
Postmaster General Hitchcock
d National Committeeman Solomon
ma, of New Mexico, with the Pressnt,
and later with Secretary Bailee.*.
I WASHINGTON NOTES i|
Admiral Sperry has been detailed
oy the Secretary of the Navy to assist
'.he national waterways commission
;n its work. lie will give attention
:o various questions and will aid the
oinmission in the preparation of its
forthcoming report. The commission
will report to Congress about the lirst
ai" next January.
James Freeman Curtis of Boston
Mass., now assistant United States
district attorney and once intercollegiate
champion of the United States
has been chosen Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury. Announcement to
this effect was made by Secretary
MaeYeagh,. Mr. Curtis succeeds
James B. Reynolds, who resigned to
become a member of the tariff board,
and he will have special charge of
customs matters.
Preparations arc being made for
400 marines to sail from Philadelphia
either for the canal zone or for
Nicaragaua. This will constitute the
first armed force to land in Nicaragua
if developments in the situation
within the next few days require
such a course to be pursued. All will
depend upon the action to be taken
by the state department, which is
marking time pending the receipt of
additional details of the killings of
the two Americans, Grace and Cannon.
The gunboat Princeton was Friday
ordered by the Navy Department to
sail for Corinto. Nicaragua, to join
the gunboat Yicksburg. already at
this port. The Princeton is now at
the Bremerton navy yard. Washington,
undergoing repairs. On her way
down the coast the Princeton will
stop at San Francisco. Sonic tinic
ago it was arranged that the Princeton
should relieve the Yicksburg on
the western coast of Central America,
and it is in eoformity with this plan
that the Princeton is now ordered tc
Nicaragua. The Yicksburg. however,
will remain at Corinto. or the immediate
vicinity, until peace in Nicaragua
has been restored.
John W. Langdale. the aged assistant
superintendent of parking, who
was arrested Monday night for culling
the throat of a negro who had
followed and assaulted him, died sud_a
n - a ?T
urnly :n ueorgpiown i Diversity. tinsfiital
of paralysis of the neck. Ber
nartl Brown, t ho big negro whose
throat was cut from ear to ear bv
Landale. is still alive, a patient at
the Casualty Hospital. The negrc
as soon as he is well will probably
be placed under arrest and charged
with having killed Longdate.
The gold mines of the United State*
produced $94,560,000 worth of the
precious metal during 1908, according
to the Geological Survey and the
Bureau of the Mint. The total gold
product was 4,574,340 ounces, a net
increase in value of $4,124,300. Col
orado leads with a productive valu<>
of $22,871,000, Alaska was second
with $19,858,800 and California third
with $19,329,700. Porto Rico was tlie
smallest producer, with a total ol
onlv $600. The Philippines show an
increase of $219,800 to $284,500.
George II. Brown. who laid out
the grounds surrounding the Capitol
and the White House, died at hi*
home here Tuesday of pneumonia.
Mr. Brown was superintendent ol
the Botanic Garden. Since 1870 h*
had been in the employ of the Government
in Washington.
Collector Loch. of Xew York, lefl
for home Tuesday, after concluding
his conference with President Tafl
and Secretary of Ihe Treasury MacVeagh
and other officials here, regarding
the customs conditions at his port
Washington's first snowstorm of
the season drove Robert E. Pearv
Artie explorer, into a taxicab Wednesday.
He stepped out. to the pavement
in front of President Taft's office
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and.
with his coat collar turned up around
his ears, hurried into the reception
room. After waiting about half an
hour, Mr. Peary was admitted to the
inner sanctum and was closeted with
President Taft for about 20 minutes
While no expression of opinion
could he obtained here Friday on the
proposed selection of King Edward
as arbitrator in the AIsop claim,
which this government is pressing on
/n.!* " -
i valine- i??r seiuemeni, 11 is generally
understood that the State Deparmetil
will weleome any niove that will
bring about an adjudication of tin
vexed question. The claim which involves
more than $1,000,000. has been
held against Chile for more than a
quarter of a century. It is based on
concessions made by the Bolivian
government to a syndicate of Americans.
Despite a Seed of protests reach
ing the Treasury Department, flavin;
the government because of the use oi
a label which is claimed to be the
government's guaranty on Philippine
cigars, the fault lies not with the
United States government but will
the Philippines which uses the labc
complained of at ita discretion. Thii
statement waa made officially at th<
Treasury Department and it wa
pointed out that the remedy lay witl
Congress.
WmL Aijhn*>i *j? i n > ^
TRIBUTE PAID D'ARMONI
Thousands Attend Funeral of th
Dead Congressman and His Littl
Grandson.
Butler, Mo., Special.?No sue
honor and show of affection lor
depart ml eiti/.en lias been displace
in Missouri in many yea-a as wa
paid Friday by hundreds of promieti
public men of the State and man
from outside the State who joined tli
citizens of Butler in paying their re
sped to the la.'mory of the late Con
pressman David A. DeArnioud. wh
burned to death here last Tuesday i
a fire that destroyed bis home. Con
pressman DeArmond died in a vai
effort to save the life of his favorit
grandson, David A. DeArmond, 3d.
The bodies of both victims wer
ourieu in tiio local cemetery in on
casket following simple services a
the Methodist Episcopal ehltrel
where the late Congressman was
member. The burial services were i
charge of the Masons.
Mourners literally blocked th
streets leading to the church am
hundreds followed the bodies to th
cemerterv.
REVOLUTIONISTS GAIN GROUN]
Commander of the Cruiser Des Moinc
Now in Nicaraguan Waters Wire
That Blockade by Revolutionar
Forces is Effective.
Washington, Special.?The Nicars
guan revolutionists are gamin
ground, according to advices receive
here front the eomniandcr of tli
cruiser L)es Moines now in Niear;
IMMIII MM.- 1
cm... mi.'io. tin- au<l> III;
American interests are being protee
ed and that the blockade by the rei
olutionary forces is effective.
A New Orleans special says there
much rejoicing among the revoh
tionarv forces in Nicaragua, aecon
ing In passengers arriving Thnrsda
on the steamship Marietta di Giorgi
from Hluetiehls. The following i
General Kstrada are elated ovi
what they claim has thus far prove
a successful advance against the go
ernment of Zelnyu and are sanguim
ly predicting the fall of Managua, tl
Nicaraguan capital, within u slm
time. This air of hopefulness h:
been strengthened hv ilie attitude
tlie United States, threatening a o
maud on Zelay for reparation l<
the death of the two American
Grocc and Cannon.
That the revolutionists have recei
ed what is a comparatively fnntiii
able supply of arms and ammuuitK
was the news received In*re Tliursd;
by Consul General Sussnian, repre
en ting the Estrada government i
New Orleans. According to a cab
to the consul the steamship T'tstei
which was loaded and sent out <
New Orleans with war supplies f<
the insurgent forces reached H!u
fields. The vessel cleared at New 0
leans for Port Rnrrios hut remaint
at that port for only a short time b
fore proceeding to Rluefields.
Air. Sussman made known for tl
C a J' ...
ursi nine just wliat tlie I tstein ra
iro consisted of. It was as follow:
Two Gatling suns. 2.100 rifles. 25f
000 rounds of ammunition and a cor
plete outfit for makinsr cartridges.
Croce and Cannon Held Commissioi
in Insurgent Army.
Washington, Special.?Groce ar
Cannon, the two Americans exceu
ed by order of President Zelaya <
Nicaraijna last week, held commi
sions in the insurgent army, aceori
iiiir to private advices received he
from Blueficlds. where the revolutio:
ists' srovernment is located. The di
patch stated that the State Dcpnr
nient of the I'nited States had bet
notified to this effect. The State 1)
part men has been anxious o clear i
the point whether the two men lu
commissions or were merely actinjr
their imlividunl capacities, for in tl
former event they would have bet
entitled to treatment as prisoners <
war.
Lyman J. Gage Weds Again.
San Diego, Cal., Special.?I.ynu
J. Gage. former Secretary of tl
Treasury was married Thursday a
ternoon to Mrs. Ada Ballon, at tl
home of the bride's parents.
1 Ooronado. Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Gai
1 left Thursday night for Denver at
later will visit cities farther eat
The bride grave her age as 35, a:
Mr. Gage his ace as 73.
The Pan-American Thanksgiving
Washington, Special. ? Preside:
Taft and his official famil
the diplomats representing tl
, South American republics, Cardin
Gibons. head of the Catholic Chun
in America: Mgr. Diomede Faleoni
the Papal Delegate; Director Jol
I Parrett, of the lbireau of Americi
! Republics, and other diplomats ai
officials joined in the service he
at St. Patrick's Church, this fit
i where the pan American Thanksgi
i ing was inaugurated. The id
i was suggested by Rev. Dr. Willia
* T. Russell, pastor of the church, w
formerly lived in I'altimore.
Five Cars of Flour Seized.
* Macon, Ga., Special.?Pure fo<
; Inspector P. A. Methvin has seiz
* five cars of flour which it is alleg
have been bleached through the u
! of nitrogen peroxide in violation
the pure food laws of Georgia a:
1 the United States.
Two of these cars are held at M
* con; one at Tliomasville; another
* at Cedartown and the fifth in h<
at Brunswick.
) I DR. COOK DISAPPEARS.
ie Brother Quiet3 the Exasperations
le By Saying the Doctor is Near
New York Taking a Rest.
h Now Y?>rl<. Special.? Dr. Fredora
irk A. Cook dropped completely from
,1 public view Sunday. Not even .lolm
^ II. Bradley. whoso money was behind
i his polar explorations. knows where
v lie is. ('mitidiug his secret to only
e one man ami perhaps to his wife, the
Brooklyn explorer slipped quietly
and mysteriously away, leaving: hehind
a string- of pu/./.lcd ami exasper1
ated friends, ami a debate more aeri'*
inoniotis than that which followed his
l" announcement of September last that
" he had discovered the North I'ole on
c April 21. 1J?0S.
Charles Wake, an insurance man ol
c this city, appears to he the only one
e who knows llie mystery of Dr. Cook's
t whereabouts. And Wake i-. tirm in
i. his resolve to keep his lips sealed una
til Cook himself sees tit to take the
a public into his confidence.
A New York dispatch says that
8 they found Dr. Frederick A. Cook
I ZMimniy in-lit. that is. an siutlionlu0
tive statement was issued bv iiis
brother. \V. 1.. Cook, saving tlisil the
explorer, who mysteriously dropped
D Iroui publie view Ssitnrday. xvas still
iu the vicinity ol" New York. reeu!S
peratiujr. lie xvas on the verjre of a
nervous breakdown stud his ntirey
tii-ait x\ as absolutely neeessary.
The stsiteineiit. sis issued by Mr.
. Cook 1'olloxxs:
t, "I)r. Cook is in the vicinity of
"J Nexx York tryimr to <ret a niuchneeded
rest. It' he decides to ?o to I
'' Knrope there will be no secret eon- ;
l~ cerniutr his departure. I think that
II his friends and critics alike should
' lie cliaritslide enough to allow hint to
'* rest until his health is fully restored.
lie has not been residing the nexvsIS
papers in the last few days and is
i- not responsible for the statements
1- that have liiw'ii I..- il...... ..1...
V wore acting as iiis spokesmen,
io "In sending his data to Copenif
liagen, Dr. Cook lias fulfilled his ol>
r ligations to the public."
v- WALTER WELLMAN SPEAKS.
a- Takes Strong Ground Against the
rt Claims of Dr. Cook?Believes Him
,s an Impostor.
if Washington. Special. Walter
i- Wcllman. who>c preparations for a
it* conquest of tin- North I'ole in an
,s. airship were ahatuloiieal upon the announcement
of the claims of Dr.
Frederick A. < ook ami ('ommamler
K'obert K. I Vary issued here Sunday
)n night a long statement in which he
analyzes the narrative of the two explorers.
declaring that of l'eary
" preicse. workmanlike. consistent.
, credible in every patricular. and denouncing
that of Dr. Cook as a selfn*
evident and even deliberate impos"
tn re.
9r "Cook's story is suspicious both in
p- what it docs tell and what it does
r- not tell." Mr. Wcllman declares,
id "He is generally vague and indctic
nite but. like most men of his class.
altogether loo precise at the wrong
ie place. Nowhere does the story ring
r- true. It was always an approximate
tion of reality itself. This is true of
his figures, his description, everyn_
thing.
"Those of us who have had a
share in Arctic work." say Wcllman,
is i:i considering his analysis, "and who
have felt anxiety that no blot of
l(] fraud should stain the proud record
{_ i?l ellort ami sacrifice. Iia<l a lirst
.(p hope?t hat Dr. ( \iiik would be able
s- demonstrate liis ifood t'ailli. This
j_ was disolvtd in I In* analysis of hi*.
( own story. A second hope ihal lie
was the victim of some hallucination
of mental illness ami himself believed
he bad been to the I Vic though ot
course lie has not. vanishes in t lie
n lijrht of earlier and subsequent
e" events. Tlnre remains, tlimrab one
says it with keenest alternative
that the journey wnielt he did make.
in and the report which he j*avc of it.
te were deliberately planned front the
Mi outset."
af The uist ?.f Mr. Will mail's finding
is that with his meajrer party and
equipment Dr. Cook eould not possibly
have momplishcil the feat for
in which he claims credit, that his astronomical
data are too minutely preeise
to have been made under the
* " claimed conditions in the field, and
'_1<? that the explorer's dash for the lec1,1
turc platform and his acceptance of
?e 'crowns of (lowers placed upon his
id head by innocent women and eliilst.
dren'' before submitting his field recld
ords to scientific examination all conspire
to his discredit.
Triple Murder and Assault.
Frontetiae, Ivan.. Special.?A triple
?* murder and ar. assault on a woman
lie
aj was enacted on a h nely rea?l a mile
p!, north of .here seme time Friday uiirbt.
io. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. William
!"i Dork, (Jermnns. of Frontenae, and
their son. who was 'J l-'J years old.
1,1 Mr. Dork was presumuMx killed while
' 1 tryinjr to defend his wife. The child
-V* probablv \\a-> slain because the murV
...I ... t --
uvin ni^.itni III S.I' are llllll. I III'
ea Porks were Friday :ii.;lit. when the\
nn start oil t <? drive !.< tt> Frontcnnc
ho from the home of j*.< rk's mothe*
two milrs oat isi tl:? <ountry.
Kills bweethtart's Father,
rami 1 In. (la.. Special.?Pursuing
ml liis eloping daughter w ho hud run
ed away from homo with Columbus
j Iluey, T. J. Sellers, one of tin
wealt'ieist farmers of Mitchell eounl8e
tv, was shot to dentil in the public
road 10 miles southwest ot here Sat"d
urdoy afternocn. when he caught the
fleeing couple. Leaving his body in
a- the road, Huey and Miss Sellers, it is
is alleged, went on. driving rapidly in
>ld a hnggy. in'mitling to complete the
' elopement with a wedding.
With the Funny^
- A
Rita Meier.
Rita. Rita.
liruwuiK swita
Every day:
Will you never.
Never, ever
Come my way''
Kit. . Rita.
When you niita
t'hap like inc.
You .should copper
Sueh iin opporT
inity.
Rita, Rita.
Why. nray. trita
F? low so?
Won't vott ever.
Kver. uwer
N.t say: "No?"
?W J. Lamp ton. in Lippincott's.
Tin- Journalistic Touch. *
"At this time of year wasps are a
subject of perennial interest."'?Tlx#
London Telegraph.
Heard in a Restaurant.
"Tt gave me the slip."
"What did?"
"You're dead slow. The rash reg?
Ister."?Boston Transcript.
Itnd Outlook Foe Oholly.
Maud?"Has Chollv Sapleigh a sister?"
r^iiu-i? ,\n. n\ii nc win have one It
lie proposes to me."?Loston Trail*
script.
All Sinners \Vashe?l.
Vicar?"All sinners. Mary, will bo
washed whiter than snow."
Mary (anxiously)?"Not them as
truly repents, sir, 1 opes, sir."?Tin
Tutler.
Disclosures Coming.
Pall?"Gall has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors."
Hall?"Well, the inventory of hit
estate ought to show about half a
dozen of my umbrellas."?New Yorlf
j Press.
At Either Pole.
She?"Confess, now. that you
would I'ke to see women voters at
the polls."
He?"I should, indeed! Either of
i "em. North or South."?Illustrated
bits.
The Angler.
Ho?"What showy hats Miss Catchy
cat wears."
She?"Yes; she evidently thinks
that, you men are like trout, easiest
caught with a gaudy feather."?Boar
ton Transcript.
A Joint Deal.
"My ilonr."
"What is it. hubby?"
"I wish you would drop around a.
the market to-day and inspect a steak
that i hold an option on. Then, if
I you like it. call at my office, and we'll
sign the transfer papers."?Kansaa
VJi: > Journal.
Looked Promising.
Mrs. Highsonte?"Why did you
leave your last place?"
Applicant (for position a"To
toll ye the honest truth,
the missus discharged me."
Mrs. Highsome?"Then you didn't
leave of your own accord. I'll take
you!"?Chicago Tribune.
A Serious Question.
"Will the discovery of the pole result
in any tangible benefit to manhind?"
"1 don't know as it will." answered
the press humorist. "I doubt if the
few new jokes it afforded will offset
the raft of good old jokes it put out
of commission."?Louisville Courier*
Journal.
Croat Snake?.
uiiiiiu i n l nil* ciLiii? ice, oy
.love, there's very little you can teach
me. I've been everywhere, done
everything, seen everything!"
The Scotch Member?"Young man,
did ye ever have D. T.'b?"
Smith?"D. T.'s! Great Scott*
no!"
The Scotch Member?"Then ye'v#
eccu nowt."?The Sketch.
Why She Wept.
Mr. Styles?"What are yon crying
about, dear?"
Mrs. Styles?"I'm crying because I
didn't spend that $20 you gave me
this morning."
Mr. Styles?"Well, you shouldn't
cry about that. You're better off not
lo have spent it."
Mrs. Styles?"No. I'm not. either,
t lost 11!"?Yonkers Statesman J
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