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HUItT IN A WRECK.
Kidneys Badly Injured and Health
Seriously Impaired.
William White, R. R. man. 201
Constantine St., Three Rivers, Mich.,
Ssays: "In a railroad
collision my kidneys
must have been
hurt, as I passed
bloody urine with
pain for a long time
after, was weak and
thin and so I could
not work. Two yean
after I went to the
hospital and
remained almost six months, but my
case seemed hopeless. The urine
passed involuntarily. Two months
aco I beean takine Doan's Kidney
Pills and the Improvement has been
wonderful. Four boxes have done me
more good than all the doctoring of
seven years. I have gained 30 much
that my friends wonder at It."
Sold by all dealers. 5 0c. a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., BufTalo, N. Y.
An official of' fhe American Motor
Car Manufacturers' Association states
that 52,000 motor cars, with a value
of $105,000,000, were produced in
this country in the calendar year
1907, compared with sales of on.'y
$S,000,000 in 1903.
HANDS RAW AND SCALY.
Itched and Burned Terribly?Could
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
Cracking ? Sleep Impossible ?
Cuticura Soon Cured Eczema.
"An itching humor covered both my
rs. hands and got up over my wrists and even
up to the elbows. The itching and burning
were terrible. My hands got all scaly and
when T Rrratrhed the siirfare would he
covered with blisters and then get raw.
The eczema got so bad that I could not
move my thumbs without deep cracks appearing.
I went to my doctor, but his
> medicine could only stop the itching. At
night I suffered so- fearfully that I could
not sleep. I could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for three
months and I was fairly worn out. At last
I got the Cuticura Remedies and in a
month T was cured. Walter H. Cox, lfl
Somerset St., Boston, Mass., Sept. 25,1908."
; Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props,
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
The copper bath in which Marat
was slain by Charlotte Corday is for
7 sale in Paris. It was sold once to a
museum for $600, but it is for sala
again. It is described as an old tub.
"shaped like a wooden shoe and
scarred from ancient usage."
There is more Catarrh in this section ol
the country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed
to be incurable, v For a great man.v
years doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed focal remedies, and by con
stantly iailing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has p.oven
Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment,
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured bvF. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market, it is takeninternally
in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
Jt acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Thev offer one hun
area aoiiars :or any case it rails to cure, sena
for circulars and testimonials. Address F.J.
C&eney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold bv Druggists. 75c.
Take .flail's Family Pills tor constipation.
With the fall of the old regime In
Turkey Abul-Huda, the Sultan's as?
trological guide, philosopher and
friend, has come to the end of his
brilliant and lucrative career. He i?
iuiow confined on the Island of Prinkipo,
in the Sea of Marmora, on a
charge of high treason.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itchinft Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 8 to 1*| days or money refunded. 50c
Hydraulic presses are used in England
for making seamless steel boat hulls.
Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative, agree
ably stimulates the liver, corrects constipation
and relieves a clogged system. Write for
i fl.l J mr_ /* TN t 1 %-T *v
atopies, vaarneia j.ea\.o., orooKiyn, n. 1.
This country has 138 cities with a popu
lation of over 30,000 each.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain,cureswind colic,25c a bottle
The Burma petroleum wells in India
yielded in 1907 $3,000,000 worth of oil.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford Sanitary
Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
The Maoris of New Zealand number
42,000.
Apple Pie Too Good.
The superintendent of the dining
car service on one of our great railroad
systems is protesting hotly
' against the quality of apple pie
served by the baker who supplies this
luxury. "It is too blamed good," he
exclaimed. "We don't want it so
fK>d! It is pie, pie, pie, apple pie,
ail the time at every call for dinner,
and with each slice of apple pie every
passenger demands half a piiit of
cream! If the pie wasn't so good our
cream bill would be about one-tenth
of what it is. It's ten cents' worth of
pie and a quarter's worth of cream!"
?New York Press.
Up-to-the-Minnte Romance.
"Will you be my true love?" he
asked.
"No," she replied; "but I am perlectly
willing to be your affinity."
Then he gave her a soul kiss and
-hey lived happily for a year. The
only difficulty now is the adjustment
of the alimony.?From Punch.
Selfish Lad.
Mother (reading telegram) ?
"Henry telegraphs that the football
match is over, and he came out of it
with three broken ribs."
Father (eagerly) ? "And who
won?"
Mother?"He doesn't say."
Father (impatiently)?"Confound
it all! That boy never thinks of anybody
but himself. Now I must wait
until I get the paper in the morning."
?Tit-Bits.
Our Yearly Sugar Bill.
It is calculated that the yearly
sugar bill of the .-Vfiierican people, for
all purposes, industrial and domestic,
is Tiot far from $400,000,000, and
this increases at the rate of about
five per cent, a year. It is a large
expenditure, and it comes out of the
S pockets of all the people. This is
what gives special and particular interest
to the sugar schedule in the
.tariff bill, though the activity of the
refiners Is considerably more marked
than is that of the consumers.?Boston
Herald.
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BUM SUCCEEDS fOBMEB
LegislativeCaucusNominatesHim
i at Columbus, Ohio.
Charles P., Taft, Brotlier of the Presil
dent-elect, Withdrew From Con?
test to Defeat Senator Foraker.
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\ Columbus, Ohio.?By acclamation
i Theodore Burton, Representative im
I Congress from one of the Cleveland
districts for fifteen years, was nominated
to succeed Joseph Benson Foraker,
of Cincinnati, in March next in
the United States Senate. The nom.
ination was conferred on him by the
! { Republican joint legislative caucus,
I and the election will follow on JanuI
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Usually Burton's appearances have
not been marked by the enthusiasm
of the crowds. He is reserved in
1 manner and is lacking in so-called
; popular qualities, but when he was
i escorted to the Senate chamber to accept
the Senatorial nomination there
. was an outburst of applause, and this
was followed by frequent cheers which
interrupted his speech. Mr. Burton
plainly was deeply touched by the
manifestation of esteem from the legislators
and friends, and tears glistened
in his eyes as he spoke to the
General Assembly. He said that the
true measure of their success would
be the benefits they could confer upon
the publie. He urged them not-to be
swayed by ill considered popular clamor.
Burton's name was put in nomination
before the joint caucus by State
Senator Matthews, of Cleveland, and
was seconded by Senator Thome Baker,
of Cincinnati, who i-as to have
presented the name of C. P. Taft,
l The secret of Charles P. Taft's
withdrawal from the Senatorial contest
became known, and the story, is
confirmed by Mr. Burton, who says
the man who was really responsible
for the action of President-elect Taft
was Frank H. Hitchcock, Chairman of
the National Republican Committee.
When Hitchcock saw that Foraker
would win if Burton and Taft became
tied up, he went at once to Judge Taft
and advised him that his brother
should withdraw from the race.
SULLIVAN IS DISGRUNTLED.
Says ^uros Never Was Champion and
Belittles Johnson's Title.
St. Paul, Minn.?John L. Sullivan
was not surprised at the outcome of
the Burns-Johnson fight in Australia.
"The fight come out very much as
I had predicted," said Sullivan. "Even
with his victory over the so-called
champion?though in my opinion
Burns never wat, the champion prize
fighter of the world?the negro can't
assume that title, for the present-day
fights. They are boxing matches
when padded mitts are used by the
bouts cannot truly be styled prize
contestants.
"I can't see whero Johnson will be
given a high position in the opinion
of the general American public. I
am of the opinion that the American
public is fast losing interest in the
manly art of self defense." .
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CLAUS SPRECKELS DIES:
t Wealthy
Sugar Refiner Leaves Estate
of $50,000,000.
San Francisco, Cal.?Claus Spreckels,
"sugar king" and pioneer refiner
of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, died
from pneumonia in his eightieth year.
At his bedside were his sons, Rudolph
Spreckels, John- D. Spreckels and
Adolph B. Spreckels, Mrs. Mary Hoibrook
and Mrs. W. Alexander Hamilton,
daughters of John D. Spreckels.
Rudolph Spreckels has been the leading
supporter of the graft prosecutions
against the city ring, John D.
Spreckels is an important factor in
the trade with the Orient, and the
whole family for, years has been one
of the most prominent in the State.
The value of the estate is estimated
at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000.
Brooms Are Going Up.
The price of brooms is raised fifty
cents a dozen, and other advances
will follow. A year ago broom corn
in Illinois sold at SI00 a ton. Now
it Is worth $110, with indications of
an advance. Some brokers predict
the price will go to $160. .Threefourths
of the broom factories In the
country are reported to be low in
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Dr. Iriving B. Hayes Killed by Cars.
Dr. Irving B. Hayes, a physician of
Northampton, Mass., was accidentally
killed in El Paso, Texas, while attempting
to alight from a moving
train. Dr. Hayes was on his way,
home after a journey to California,
and was accompanied by a ten-yearold
daughter.
' Hangs Himself From *Car Roof.
Dangling from a rope at tae end of
a freight car, the body of Barclay
Gray, a railroad man, thirty-five years
old, was found in the Erie Railroad
yards at Newburg, N. Y. He had
committed suicide by hanging himself
from the edge of the car roof.
Rioting in India.
The prohibition of the killing of
cows as sacrifices lad to serious riots
near Calcutta, India, and troop3
killed several rioters and seriously
wounded about sixty.
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Anson R. Flower Dead.
Anson R. Flower, the well known
banker, died at Watertown, N. Y.
Senator Lodge Visits Taft.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge left
Augusta, Ga., after conferring with
Mr. Taft. He urged the retention fn
the Taft Cabinet of Postmaster-General
Meyer.
Fleet Ahead of Schedule.
The American battleship fleet
reached Suez two days ahead of
schedule time and the Yankton and
the Culgoa started at once through
the canal.
Newsy Gleanings.
John T. Fay, mind reader, committed
suicide in Oakland, Cal.
Dr. Paul is to settle tne disputes
between Venezuela and Prance and
Holland.
Plans were made for America's
army of occupation to begin to evacuate
Cuba.
Castro said he should put no obstacle
in the way of Venezuela making
her peace with other nations.
Patrick T. Alexander, an English
experimenter, predicted that aeronauts
would learn to fly without mo*
tora-.
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10,852 Persons' Enc
ing New Record in
Chicago.?The crime and casualty
records for 1908, as collected by the
Chicago Tribune In Its annual summary,
show some interesting phases.
Probably the most striking feature
is the steady increase in the number
of suicides and ijhe great percentage
of these that are traceable to the
business depression and embarrassments
of the year. Self-destruction
due to these causes grew fivefold over
the record of the year before, despite
the fact that the financial squeeze began
early in the fall of 1907. As a
weapon of self-destruction the revolver
gained greatly in favor.
Embezzlements involved a larger
total than in 1907, and a peculiar
phase of this record is that more than
two-thirds of this crime, figured on a
monetary basis, is chalked up against
bank officials and employes. The reform
wave seems to have had a good
effect on public officials.
The homicide record?deaths of
all kinds by personal violence?increased
over 1907, but fell short of
that of the previous year. The death
toll for holiday sports aggregated
368 deaths and 3820 Injuries.
The number of suicides for 1908
was 10,852 as reported in the public
press. The following list shows the
steady increase of self-murder: 1899,
5340; 1900, 6735; 1901, 7245;
1902, 8291; 1903,8597; 1904. 9240;
1905, 9982; 1906, 10,125; 1907, 10,782,
and 1908, 10,852.
The causes of these suicides are
stated as follows, the classification,
as in the case of homicides, being a
general one: Despondency, 5318; unknown,
1541; insanity, 810; domestic
infelicity, 778, ill health, 718;
business losses, 632; liquor, 536, and
disappointed in love, 519.
Three thousand one hundred and
two persons shot themselves. In the
remaining cases 2735 died by poison;
1936 by asphyxiation, 1041 by hangFrance
is the V
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Enormous Yearly 52
merits Abroad?
Per C
Paris.?AlL'aoufeu general trade
conditions in France, as in other
European countries, suffered in 1908,
largely because of the reduction in
American demand, following the
financial crisis, figures submitted by
M. Leroy Beaulieu and other statisticians
at the end of the year regarding
the wealth of the French people
demonstrate the imposing strength
of France's financial position and her
right to the title of "the world's
banker." France's fortune is growing
steadily, as the result of an annual
saving of $1,000,000,000, much
of which must seek investment
abroad.
M. Leroy Beaulieu's figures show
that France now receives $360,000,000
as an-annual income from for
eign holdings, which are principally
government stocks, the amount having
been almost doubled in the last
fifteen year^. He estimates the present
wealth of the French people at
$45,000,000,000, or more than $1100
for every man, woman and child,
and as the estimate is based on deSergeant
Draws Big Sum
- Through Army Deposit Plan.
San Francisco, Cal.?Charles Harvey,
a retired soldier, who has been
post quartermaster sergeant at Fort
Rosecrans for some time, drew from
Colonel George R. Smith, chief pay
master, $13,000, the amount he has
saved from his pay through the army
deposit plan.
This is the second largest sura the
chief paymaster of this department
has ever paid to a soldier. Besides
this amount Harvey will -receive for
the rest of his life $67.50 a month.
National Capital Events.
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce gave a large dinner at the embassy
in honor of the Secretary of
State and Mrs. Root.
The President transmitted a special
message recommending a single
head or governor for the District of
Columbia in place of three commissioners.
Felipe Pardo, the Minister to this
country from Peru, who went abroad
the last of November, and who, rumor
said, would not remain as Minister
to this country, has been assigned
to duty here for another year.
jert Carter, in the New York American.
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^SuicideGainj
led Thefr Lives, IYIaki
Line of Endeavor.
*
ing, 1004 by drowning, 825 by cul
ting throat, 85 leaping from roofs o
windows, 65 by throwing themselve
in front of engines, 31 by stabbing
27 by fire, 3 by dynamite and 1 b
starvation. ,
Embezzlements, forgeries and ban
wreckings, amounting to $13,55,5
538, are in excess of those of las
year. Ten bank presidents, twentj
eight cashiers, eleven bank clerk
and four brokers have made way wit
$10,085,472, while agents, forgen
postmasters, public officials, loan as
sociation managers and ordinar
clerks combined have stolen onl
about $3,500,000. Some slight mora
compensation was made on the par
of thirty of these fifty-two financiers
who committed suicide.
A noticeable feature of this recor
is the steady increase of murder b
highwaymen and thugs, being 10
more than In 1907.
That more care has been exercise
in hunting is shown by the decreas
in casualties. During the huntin
season proper 75 persons were killei
and 91 injured, and out of Seaso;
109 killed and 35 injured, a total o
166 killed and 126 injured, as com
pared with 191 killed and 195 ir
jured in 1907.
The principal epidemic- was th
cholera, which prevailed in Russi
and Eastern Asia and the Philic
pines; 7700 died in Russia, 12,00
in the Philippines and 30,000 i:
China.
In the innumerable baseball field
65 were killed and 59 seriously in
jured. nearly all of whom belonge
outside of the league clubs. In th
football field 18 were killed and 31
injured. '.?
The persons who rock the boa
have drowned 8, and the criminal!
reckless who didn't know it wa
loaded have killed 41 and woundei
21.
World's Banker
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ivings?Great InvestWfialth
is $ I IOO
Capita.
clared succession taxes, it is ad
mittedly far below the real figures.
In addition, Mr. Leroy Beauliei
takes no account of the great amoun
of 5>oId and securities which th
French, especially the peasants, kee]
concealed. These probably rival th
hidden treasures of India.
During the last fifteen years $C21,
400,000 in gold was loaned abroad
yet the excess importation amountei
to $785,800,000. In 1900 the golj
holdings of the Bank of France in
creased by $200,000,000; they nov
stand at $700,000,000, the larges
in the history of the bank. The othe
banks hold $833,S00,000.
The balances of trade, which ii
1893 amounted to $140,000,001
against France, are now in France';
favor. Increased taxation, however
keeps pace with the increased wealth
the budget of 1909, owing to the pur
chasa of the Western Railroad an<
extraordinary expenses in connectioi
with Morocco, being the highest ii
the history of the country, not ex
cepting the war period.
Color Bays a Cure For
Inebriety and Crime
Philadelphia.?Cases of drunken
ness and of juvenile depravity cure<
by application of vari-colored light:
were presented by Dr. J. Frank Wal
lis, of the Norristown State Insam
Asylum before the Philadelphia Medi
cal Society.
"Light starvation," the doctor de
clared, "causes criminals.
"With the development of the usi
of light energy as a curative agen
drunkenness and crime will disap
pear." *
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The pacing stallion Minor Heir wa
sold for $45,000.
Ty Cobb says his brother Paul wil
make a hit in fast company.
The Critchley Socker Football Clul
defeated the Columbia oval team.
Harry Nobis won the monthl;
trophy run of the Mohawk Athletli
Club.
Detroit has a new pitcher name<
Corns. How will he get along witl
Cobb?
Garry Herman and John E. Bruc<
were re-elected members of the Na
tional Baseball Commisston.
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Mysterious Plague in Mexico. '
EI Paso, Texas.?According to news a
from a reliable source from Hermo- *(
sillo, capital of the State of Sonora, b
Mexico, a mysterious disease is killing d
many people. The Inhabitants are p
terror stricken and are leaving as fast fj
as possible. Tho disease in most
cases proves fatal, the victims dying tj
in a day or two after being attacked.
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Two-Cent Postage to Germany. h
! wasmngcoa, u. *j.? me iwu-ceni **
postage rate between- the United t<
States and Germany has become op- K
erative. This Government has ex- tl
pressed a willingness to enter into a,
similar arrangements with France. t]
The new rate of two cents an ounce
applies to correspondence sent direct a
by sea between the two countries, and
not to that which is sent through an
intermediary.' ii
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Strangles Himself to Death. pi
Hot Springs, Ark.?With a letter tl
under his pillow wishing himself a n
happy New Year, A. R. Woodford, of ,
St. Louis, Mo., was found dead in his '
bed, where he had strangled hiiself 0
with a cord. P
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Another Statehood Dash. 1(
Washington, D. C. ? New Mexico
and Arizona are preparing for anoth- g
er dash for Statehood. This time t;hey ?
will co-operate, but the effort will be J.
for tw'o States instead of one. President
Roosevelt has indicated that he s
will use his best efforts to further 81
both bills. . a
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Murderer's Sentence Suspended. n
Olympia, Wash.?After being sen- tl
tenced to hang. Oscar Bradshaw has g,
s been pardoned by Governor Mead on
condition that he support his parents. c<
Appeal For Murderer. G
Carson City.?In the hope of secur- o
^ ing pardon for M. R. Preston, candt- s
5 date for President on the Socialist La- k
bor party's ticket and now serving a fj
sentence of twenty-five years for murder,
labor leaders are preparing an .
* appeal to the Board of Pardons, which }
meets this month. , *
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First Wedding in Governor's Mansion,
t" , Topeka, Kan.?The first wedding b
r ceremony ever performed in the exec- n
3 utlve mansion here took place when &
'? Miss Anna Hoch, daughter of Gov- n
y ernor E. W. Hoch, was married to
James W. Reed,
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Child Reveals a Morder? tl
it Leocester, Ma^s. ? A five-year-old p
r- child guided the police to the body of d'
s his father, William O'Donnell, a farm- bi
h er. forty years old, revealing a probabie
murder. The body lay beside the .
i- road with a deep wound on the right
y temple. 0
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il Lilley Resigned Congress Seat. gi
\ New Haven, Conn.?Governor-elect m
'? George L. -Lilley, of Waterbury,, under
date of December 15, tendered h;
^ his resignation as a member of Con- ^
y gress, to take efTect on his inaugura1
tlon as Governor. Mr. Lilley was .
completing his third term as Cond
gressman-at-large from Connecticut. b:
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g Professor Gordy's Suicide. bi
New York City.?Professor Gordy, T
P the New York University instructor,
" anH hJo roifp whn committed suicide
l~ immediately after the death of their
l" only child, carefully arranged so that
their end would be sure and left let- 11
0 ters, In the handwritingvof both, ad- al
a dressed to the sister of Mrs. Gordy, no
|T who is hurrying East, ignorant of the a
J tragedy. n
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Big Brazilian Deficit. '
t Rio Janeiro, via Galveston, Texas.
7 ?In the memorial about the expendis
t^ires for 1908 read to the Chamber
d of the States, there is a deficit of 43,- _
000 contos, in paper, or 21,000 in
gold. The San Paulo papers attack
the Japanese immigration, and say .
? that most of them leave the farm ?
work and flock to the cities, thus In- fc
creasing the number of the unem- r(
ployed. ?]
- Elections in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia.?The municipal
elections here resulted in a victory
for the Constitutional Democrats,
who elected seventy-nine out of 138
Councilmen. w
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Police Kill Slayers of Prince. m
n Tiflis, Russia.?During a fight be
1? *1.. 1: i . i ^ h
^ iweeu iue puuuu auu <% uaiiu ut
0 brigands on the outskirts of Tiflis two
P men were killed. Later .they were fr
0 identified as the leaders in the mur- m
der of Councillor of the .Empire
- Prince Chavodze, who was killed by
. robbers and his home plundered on U1
1 the night of June 27, 1907. ai
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- Chinese Quarter of Cebu Burned. . hi
r Cebu, Island of Cebu, Philippines. tt]
t ?A major portion of the Chinese
r quarter of this city has been wiped
out by fire. Part of the foreign busi- bl
3 ness district also has been destroyed.
' The loss is estimated at $250,000.
3 Considerable insurance was carried, ?]
but exclusively in British countries.
- Four Die in Socialist Clash. re
* Warsaw, Poland.?Four men were
1 killed and three wounded in an en1
counter between Polish socialists and C
nationalists. The police did not interfere.
Cocoa Crop is a Record.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.?The cocoa m
. crop this season is the largest ever ^
i produced in Ecuador and amounts si
3 to 205,000,000 pounds. The price m
. averages about fifty per cent, le^s k<
3 than in 1907, and this fact has had Vi
. an unsettling effect on the financial rpj
situation.
Bubonic Plague in Ecuador. ^
3 Guayaquil, Ecuador. ? Bubonic
t plague has reappeared here. Several
- cases are being treated at ihs Laz- la
arette. **
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[taly Hails Turkey.
3 Rome, Italy.?The Senate and
Chamber of Deputies unanimously
i auupieu iiiutiuiio iu senu iu ess <15^3 ui .
congratulation to the Turkish nation
3 on the opening of Parliament.
Russians Doomed to Die. n:
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' Ekaterinoslav, Russia.?The mili- ir
tary court pronounced forty-one
death sentences, of which nine were
1 for recent crimes. Thirty-two of the
1 condemned men were strikers in the
railroad troubles of October, 190$. is
3 In addition to the death sentences, ti
" twelve strikers were condemend to tl
penal servitude for life. %
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CMCKET AND A SWALLOW..
?? ' ? T1'
ome Odd Experiences With Birds
and Animals on the Field.
The other day an amusing incident
ccurred at Rossall when a hare
ashed in among the players. T. J.
[earne, who was about to bowl, tried
> hit the hare instead of the opposing
ricket. A. N. Hornby threw his hat
t the tinimal, but it was too sharp
>r him and ran to coverpoint. Horny,
Spooner and Frank Harry made
esperate efforts to secure a hare
ie, but in vain. The hare escaped
rom all the players.
Tom Hearne, the uncle of J. T.
[earne, was more successful than his
ephew a good many years ago, when
e bowled a very wide ball at a
igeon which flew across the Islingjn
ground during the Middlesex vs.
'otts match. He killed the bird on
tie spot. Hearne did not eat the realt
of hi3 marksmanship. He had
ae pigeon stuffed^ and it did duty as
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i 1897.
Birds have figured very curiousls
1 many cricket matches. Syd Gregry
was one day fielding at his usual
lace, coverpoint. One of the players,
linking perhaps that Gregory was
ot so keen as usual, startled him by
touting: "Look out, Syd." Gregry,
seeing something black flying
ast, shot out his hand and caught,
ot the ball he expected, bi^t a swal)W.
' )
While Nottingham was playing
rloucestershire at Trent Bridge in
875- the game had to be suspended
)r a time because a large numbej of
wallows flew across the wicket. A
eagull was the means of stopping
nother game the Gloucestershire
laven wftrfl nlavine In. 'Although the
latch was a county championship,
le whole eleven, including the broth*
rs Grace, left off their game to take'
ock-shies at that seagull.
A bowler killed a swallow at
[odalming while bowling to the Ear)
f Winterton. The ball struck the
wallow in its flight. A dog was once
illed by Browne,,of Brighton, the
istest bowler of his day.
As the result of a wager a certain
rundler won the Earl of Tankerville
100 by hitting a feather laid on the
Itch for him to bowl at.
Perhaps the widest ball evei
owled was sent do^urn by Tom Emlett,
the great Yorkshireman. H?
ad just had one of his deliveries hif
early to the top of the-.football pailion
tower at Park avenue. Brad>rd.
Bent on revenge he ran toward
le wicket to send down an "exress."
When he was in1 the act oi
elivering the ball he slipped. The
all flew off toward square leg,caught
te innocent umpire standing the??
i the ribs and knocked him clean
trer. Everyone laughed except the
Dwler and the umpire. It was dansrous
to mention "widea" In Emiett*s
hearing after that.
E. Winter, an Oxford player, once
ad a stroke of good luck. He
nocked the three stumps almost
orizontal without removing the
ills. While in the act of cutting a
all he brought his bat down on the
>p of the wicket so hard that the
alls were driven into the stumps.?
It-Bits.
By Wireless.
Speaking about gratitude, retarked
the wireless telegraph oper:or
of the steamship Comanche, reilnds
me of the time I tried to rescue
United States battleship. We were
inning down off Hatteras one rough
Lght when, about midnight, I heard
>me one trying to send a wireless
lessage in the Government code to
le naval station at Beaufort, S. C.
happened to know the naval code?
ontinental Morse, they call it?and
copied the message as follows:
From U. S. S. Johnston,
wTo Commandant, Beaufort, S. C.
"Find it impossible to land in boats. Sea
owing fast. Can you send tug alongside
i take us off? (Signed) Captain X."
The Johnston operator repeated It
rveral times. Finally I heard Beauirt
give his O. K. Then came the
sply:
Prom R??anfort. S. C.
"To Captain X., IT. S. S. Johnston.
"Must try to land at Fort Point. Can>t
send help until daybreak. Will show
d light at best point* on beack.
"(Signed) Commandant Z."
I read the message twice /to see if I
ere awake. Only one conclusion
iemed possible?a United States
an-of-war wrecked somewhere along
le Hatteras shoals?a rising sea?no
sip for hours.
With visions of a personal letter
om the Secretary of War, not to
lentlon the gratitude of a nation?
house and lot, probably?I tuned
p my spark, yanked over the switch
id called the Johnston. Getting his
j. A."?go ahead?I shot this to
im:
From S. S. Comanche, off Hatteras,
"To U. S. S. Johnston.
"Where are you and what is the troue?
Do you need assistance?
"(Signed) Operator."
The answer came:
CI TT C Ct T~1 i.
["rum \J. o. o. ti uiiiioi/un t
"To S. S. Comanche;
"Butt out! Butt out! We are landing
serves in transport maneuvres. Skiddoo!
" (Signed) Operator."
It hurt our feelings some.?Youth's
ompanion.
The Quipus.
The Quipus consisted of a thick
tain cord, with smaller cords tied to
at certain distances. Upon these
nailer cords the knots were tied by
leans of which the reckoning was
ept. The length of the main rope
irled from a foot to several yards,
tie cords were of various colors, each
ith its own proper meaning?as red
>r soldiers, yellow for gold, whita
>r silver, green for corn, and so on.
he reckoning seems to have been
^rgely regulated by the distances of
le knots from the main cord and tha
jquence of the branches.
The Columbia River.
The mighty river of the Northwest
nowu as the Columbia was discov.
ed on the 11th day of May, 1792,
y Captain Robert Gray, at the tirni
taster of the trading ship Columbia
l whose honor the river was named
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John W. Gate^' was talking abaut\
the accident that befell the Mayretanla
a short time ago.
"When that propeller broke," he
said, "the screw seemed to nut away ?
with the great ship. She wa? racked
as though a host of giant? with
sledgea were beating on her Bides.
We ail'felt for a momeat as lost as?
as lost as those creatures whom the
ark left behind."
Mr. Qates smiled.
"Speaking of the prk," he- sftfd, ,
"I saw a little hoy .at play With his " :.i,
Noah's ark the other day. I watched ; 7^
him put aboard the people,; all the
painted animals, and then, I saw him
place carefully in a sheltered spot
two tiny splinters of wood.
"What are they? my son?" I asked.
"Them's microbes," said he.
"It had never occurred to me betore/'.
Mr. Gates ended,, "but there
must, of course, h&ve been a pair of
microbes in the ark."?New York
tfimes* . / 1
Ron Into, i /
Sympathetic Old Lady (making in- . . / 7vvi
quirles 'at cab stand)?"I saw a policeman
pick the poor man uj*. He's
been run into by one of those- nasty
bicycles, I suppose?" ' \
Cabby-i?"He's been run into, mum,
but it ain't a bicycle this 'time." J,
Sf. O. L.?"What was it, then,. that
ran into him?"
Cabby (reflectively)?"Somewhere'
about arf a barrel o' beer, mum."? i
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New York's Wight frfaiL
' The experiment of delivering mail
at 8 o'clock in the evening in certain /
districts of Manhattan is declared by
the Postmaster-General, in his annual
report, as an unqualified success; ?
This is the second heaviest delivery
of the day, and relieves the morning
distribution to a very great' extent,
thereby enabling the carrier to mak4
his first forenoon round in much less
time than formerly.?Brooklyn Standard-Union:
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Mr. Root a Big Bargain.
The people of the United States do %i
not know how big a bargain \
have had in Mr., Root for several
years. They have had the services of * .
a man worth half a million a year?
that is what he could earn practicing
law in New York?and it has cost
them only.$10,000 a year, or a little
more than enough to pay his house
rent. The people of the United States
are the only client Mr. Root ever had
who beat him out of a fat fee. Great
are the people.?Walter Wellman, in
the Chicago Record-Herald. :
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