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WERESHOTDOWN Bndred Dars AND THN MADE ESCAPE Ceneral M=3=ser and Assistant Man ager of the Bank Instantly Niiled and a Citizen Passing on the Street Was Shot and Probably Fa tally Wounded. A bank Mbbery, with wild West features, was pulled off by four des peradoes in McKee's Rocks. Pa.. on Tuesday with the slaying of twO men and the possible fatal shooting of another. The robbers themselves. covering their escape of volleys of revolve? shots. got safely away with at least $400 In cash from the offl cers of the Victor Banking comipany. Samuel Fiedman. general manager of the company. was killed, his as sistant, Isaac Schwartz. who was dangerously wounded In the head. died later on the operating table while the surgeons were probing for the bullet, which penetrated his brain, and Robert King. a passer-by. was seriously shot in the groin. The latter is in McKee's Rocks Hospital. Friedman and Schwartz were alone In the bank, which does a foreign ex change business on the outskirts of McKee's Rocks, counting the day's cash. which was spread upon the counter when four foreigners in vaded the place with guns. Friedman was shot twice. wthih one of the men scooped up the mone3 but as they escaed the wounded Friedman fllowed them. -shouting for help, only to fall with anothei voley from the robbers. A police man's face, which appeared arounc the corner Just at the moment wa grased with a bullet. With the exception of the lone of Scer, who appeared at the cornei as the bandits dashed away. thev were no police involved and no wit neises of the robbery. It occurrec about nine o'clock. the hour at whic) the bank usually los. It is be lieved that Friedman was armed an< returned the robbers' fire, for he ap parently tried to dash after them but no revolver was found by i body. Schwartz fen by the counter an< was unconscious thereafter. King who is a rairoad man. was jos leaving Green's Hotel nearby whei one of the fleeing bandits turned fo a last shot at the policeman. n stead of hitting the officer it fC~e King. He may recover. Both Fried man and Schwartz were about thirt: years old and neither was married WIFE SOLD WITH BUSISS. Makes Bad Bargain, Regrets it a Gets a Beading. Sixty dollars for a shoemakini business and a wife thrown in wa the unique bargain made betweel Antonio S. Flourers and Cornelin Pace, in Beverly, N. Y. In the ne gotiations for the sale of busies Mrs. Pace fell in love with the stran ger. . When the business was aoll she begged that she go with it. The husband was willing and al agreement was signed. Everythina went along smoothly for the newl: mated pair. Later Pace, who hai gone to Philadelphia, regretted hi bargain and c~nsulted a nmaristrate Be was told to go to Flourers ani m~ake demands for heg. Confronte< with the agreement and the refusa of Mrs. Pace to follow him. Pacn attacked Flourers and was beaten and left town. DANCE COSTS A LIFE. Snapis Pistol at Wife's Partner an Is mmmlf Shot. -Ergdat the sight of his wlf4 dancing with Bee Hollingsworth, J W. PerreH,. at Hampton, Ark., a cat tIe buyer from Cooper, Tex., leveled a revolver at Hollingsworth Monday night and pulled the trigger, but the cartridge failed to explode. As Hol lingsworth saw the irite husband pull his gun, he reached flor his ows pistol. Before Perrell could shoot again. Homlngsworth opened fire up on his assailant and shot himn twice, one bullet taking effect In the left breast. Perrell was taken to a hotel, where his wife is caring for him, but the attending physicians say there is no hope for his recovery. RATPIN TEAnS TO ARREST. Brooklyn Woman First Victim of At Chicago the first arrest under the aldermen's hatpin ordinance was made Wednesday. Mirs. Ma..d Rol lins of Brooklyn. N. Y.. had just alighted from a train at the Lasaile street depot when she bumped into John F. Slater, a countryman from Baraboo. Wis. The hatpln. one foot three Inches loug and sharp. jabbed him In rhe cheek. Slater gave a yell and Detective Russell went to his rescue. Mrs. Rollins was taken to the Harrison street police station. She was indignant when Judge Gem mill fined her $1 and costs. Th.. po lice kept the hatpln. Daring Robbes The First National bank of Ran dolph was dynamited early Monday by three masked men and robbed of $10.000 in gold and currency. Prev' lously Town Marshal Carroll was held up on the street and bound and gag ged. Relieved of his gun. he was guarde- in a room~ at the bank while seven explosions wrecked the vault. One Year for Night Rider. The jury in the case of Boon. Bush. charged with taking part in a ralil upon Bycusburg. Ky.. on the night of Feb. 3. 1908. found a ver diot of guilty and fixed the penalty a? one year In the penitentiary Th.4rty other persons are under indictmen: MONEY AND UQUOR SAID TO HAVE FLOWED FREELY IN DILLON ELECTION. Citizens Tell of Rocky Acts Said to Have Occurred and Asks If Elee tion is Impaired. Fraud by the use of liquor and money In securing votes in the re cent electin held in the new county of Dillon is charged in a letter re ceived Saturday by Attorney General Lyon from citizens of that county! The letter says: "We have just had our first elec Lion in Dillon county and while we had hoped that it would be a clean one. I regret to say that it was one of the dirtiest I know of and there are a few things that came up that I would like to have your advise me on. "I have been reliably Informed that at several of the precincts. both liquor and money were used freely. In fact. I have understood that at one of the precincts, two parties were arrested and have made sworn afildarts that they were given liquor and money. "One of the parties states that he knows of several voters treated as he was. I have understood further that men were carried to the polls so drunk that it was necessary for them to be -bodily supported. "*Would not a condition like this not only lay the parties liable to prosecution, but throw out the poll', "Another case brought to my at tention is this. one of the cotton mills here has a voting precinct and the voters aer controlled entirely by the president and superintendent. In fact I have understood and am free to say that I believe It: that if the operatives refused to vote as the pres ident and superintendent directs. they are promptly dismissed. "The same precinct counted the votes with closed doors and would not make kapwn the result. until certain other results -had been an nounced. "These are conditions that exist here and if It Is possible to zot only throw out these polls that were so rotten. but bring the guilty parties to justice. I shall be glad to have you advise the course of proceedure." -Attorney General Lyon has taken the contents of the letter under con sideration and will make a thorough Investigation. HAVE STREET DVEL. One Man Killed and the Other One Makes His Escape. Two Frenchmen fought a duel ear ly Friday morning in a New York -street, not far from the East Side water front. One of them was kill ed by a shot fired straight through his head. His adversary escaped. leaving no clue to ~ his Identity. The strange battle was seen, as far as learned by only one witness. Ian automobilist, who was speeding down the street on his way to his uptown home. By the light of his Sautomobile lamp, though two blocks away, he saw the two men step out from a hallway, measure off a cer tain number of paces and then turn -quickly, revolvers in hand.. There were three quick shots and one of the combatants fell. The other. throwing down the weapon. dashed back Into the hallway and made his escape. The automobilist quickly called the police, but the patrolman found nothing but the corpse and the two revolvers. The dead man has not been Identinied. * PLAGUE OF ISLAYI)ERS. Ilands Being Depopulated by Tu Declaring the sixty per cent. of the natives of Unalaska and St. George and St. Paul Islands. in the Aleutian group, are suffering from tuberculosis. Surgeon Simpson. of the revenue cutter Manning. report Ing under date of Oct. 12. 1909, says that the disease exists in all forms. and that there are only a few chil dren who do not show some evi dence of the disease. He adds, how ever, that many of them improved during the summe- of 1909 u'nde~r treatment. Efforts, are being made to lntsruct the natives in checking the disease. If the natives of St. Paul had an abundance of water. whi-:h now has to be hauled some distance in -wagons, according to Dr. Shrup son, they would keep their houses cleaner and the danger of the sprea~d of infection would be greatly lem.en-' ed.* FIRE CHIEF ELECTROCUTED. le Grasped a Lire Wire and Was Instantly Killed. Directing a fight against an ap parently incendiary fire in1 a store building at Bedford. Ill.. Monday. Herschel Har, chief of the fire de partment. grasped a live electriv wire and was instantly killed by the shock. The fire destroyd the building of~ W. F. Wobod and was one of a series~ that the merchants of the city charge to bitter rivalry between two unions . of stone quarry men, one of which is on strike. Bloodhounds MI-lowed the trail from the Wood building to a boarding house s.nd the police are further investigating. W.ood said that he had extended credit to a large numr of the members of one of. the unions. THE ATLANTA WAY. Noval Way for Church to Secure a' Congregation. Deacons of the Western Heights Baptist Church of Atlanta have hit upon a novel plan to induce delin quent members to attend services. A prize fi7ht was advertIsed to take place in the church several nights ago and long before the time the bout was to begin every pew was. led. Shortly afterward two of the~ deacons appeared gloved for the ring. The fighters faced each other and the fight was on. but after sparring a few minutes. be-th failing to land a blo the bout was declared off a e rg--ar -eri-e hld. e GIYES HIS VERSION PAPAL SECRETARY TALKS OF THE INCIDENT. Eope Demanded Assurance That the ex-President Would Not Visit the Hateful Methodists. A dispatch from Rome says now that Mr. Roosevelt has made public the documents which the Vatican had considered confdential. Cardinal Merry del Val. Papal ' 'ary of State. wishes the entire nistory of the nerotiations for the audience. which the former President sought of Pope Pius X to be known. Car dinal Merry del Val is credited with the responsibility for the Vatican's part in the matter. and the following may be accepted as his version: *Foliowing the exchanges between Mgr. Kennedy and American Ambas sador Irishman and Mr. Roosevelt's decision net to be received under the terms imposed, John Callon O'Lough lin. who was assistant Secretary of State in 1909. and a personal friend of M1r. Roosevelt. called upon Cardi nal Merry del Val. bearing an intro duction from Mgr. Falconlo. Apostol ic delegate in the United States. Im mediately after being introduced to the presence of the Cardinal Mr. O'Loughlin said: "'I do not come in the name of Mr. Roosevelt, but on my own ac count, as an American Catholic."" Cardinal Merry del Val said "Then what are we here for. It is useless to discuss the matter. If you do not represent Mr. Roosevelt you cannot make any arrangement or speak for him." Mr. O'Loughlin replied: "Wihat I consider important is to tell your eminence that if the two dispatches sent by Mgr. Kennedy are rtracted. I can assure you that Mr. Roosevelt will accept your audience.' Cardinal Merry del Val said. "I will not discuss Mr. Roosevelt's right. but give me confdential as surance that de facto. Mr. Roosevelt will not go to the 'Methodists and the audience will occur." Mr. O'Loughlin refused to give this assurance. The Cardinal the: said: "Mr. Roosevelt is free to go tc the Methodists and do whatever he chooses, but the Pontiff is certainIy free not to receive a man who would claim the right to insult him on th4 day after having been received b3 him or perhaps on the same day, as according to your statement he ma leave Rome on the same day of thf Papal audience, thus having only be tween Noon and evening Tuesday i1 which to see the Nethodists. "It is of little consequence wheth er he is a Catholic. Protestant. Is raelites or Buddhist. All religioni persons merit Lhe same esteem. Tb important thing is to be honest an< sincere. So far as the form of be lief is concerned I believe that al honest people will be always on goo< terms with God." METHODIST BISHOP'S COmfIET1 Says the Methodists Are Not In This case. At Cincinnati. Ohio. Bishops Ear Cranston and John Wale Walder.. o the Methodist Episcopal Churoh. comn menting sharp'y on the Vatican't position regarding Col. Roosevelt' abandoned visit Bishop Cranstot said: "It seems that the Vatican accepta nothing short of absolute submisslon including tne yielding up of one' cial privileges and religious and patriotic fellowships. "Americanism is worth more tc the world than Papal assumption, an4 it is the spirit of Americans that 11 now again put under ban by the Pope. No honeyed words for thi public can change that fact. Thi Methodists are not in this case." Bishop Walden said that two mon umental blunders had been commit ted by the present Pope. He declar ed that Pope Leo was "far too wise o. have been guilty of the errors of Pope Pius." "But." he added. "it is not, atfe: all the Methodist Church which has its bristles out, but the Roman Cath olic church. The Miethodist church has not been Injured In the least. We are more used to the Insults and attacks of Rome. perhaps, than any other denomination, owing to the fact that we have been active in many countries which are peculiarly Ro man. It is our success which has aroused Rome and made her lift her bristles. If we had not been successful: if Methodism was not a vital, powerful force where we hav* planted it, we would hear n'othing from Rome." SCALDED BY STEAM. Eighteen Young Women Badly In Jured in Laundry. Eighteen girls were injured, sev eral seriously, in a panic in the Cen tral Steam Laundry Monday at Chii cago. Several girls jumped from windows and others were Injured in an explosion. Four are in a serious condition at a hospital. The panic was caused by the burst ing of a steam pipe in the mangle room on the second floor. When the clouds of steam burst into the room. the girls became panic-stricken and seven~ of them jumped from the sec ond floor windows. Too high pres sure is belicved to have been the cause of the bursting of the pipe. More than 200 girls we.-e working on the second and third floors. A True Man. A man that's clean inside and out side: who neither looks up to the ric nor down on the poor: who can ose without squealin;: and who can win without bragging: considerate o women, children and old people: who is too brave to lie, -too generous to cheat and too sensible to loaf: and who take his share of the world's goods and lts other people have :hrirs, is my idea of a true gentle nan. Girl Shot by Rejected Suitor. Miss Freda Norrenc'e was shot and illed in San Francisco. Cal.. last reek. by Na.than Pollock. a re.'3cted uitor. She was in company with samuel Goldbery at the time of the saootlne MADE BIG GAINS' Tfed of Nhlic Feding Seems to be Against the Republicans. THE DEMOCRATS ON TOP Result of City Elections in Illinois, Oklahoma. Wibconsin. Connecticut and Missouri Indicate a Strong Feeling Against the Republican in Favor of the Democrats. Returns from forty of the fifty cities o' the first class in Oklahoma which .-!ld election Tuesday indi cane large Democratic gains. With possibly six exceptions. the Republi cans either lost control of city coun cils or were heavier losers than In former years. At Hartford. Conn... for the first time in six years the Democ. ats elect ed a mayor when their candidate de teated the Republiesn candidate, who was up for reelection by a majority of 360. The remainder of the Re publican ticket was elected by small majorities. The Dennocrats won a sweeping victory in Chicago. They gained a majority in the city council for the first time in several years. Of the 35 aldermen chosen. the Democrats elected 21. the Republicans 12 and the Independants 2.. Social Democrats led by Emil Sid el, candidate for mayor. swept Mil waukee in the municipal election by approximately 8.000 votes, the larg est plurality of any party in any similar contest in the history of the city. At. Jefferson City, Mo., the Demo crats elected four out of five coun cilmen with a tie vote for the fifth. They also carried Governor Hardley's ward which heretofore has gone Re publican. At St. Joseph, Mo.. Alvah P. Clay ton. Democrat, was elected mayor of the city by 2.504 votes over his Be publican opponent, who was running on a strict law enforcement plat form. In the city eelctions in Montana Demlocratic and Independent candi dates were gpnerally successful. though party lines were not closely drawn. PREACHER ISSUES STATEMFYT. Says the Pope is the Bitter Foe of Freedom Rev. B. M. Tipple. pastor of the American Methodist church in Rome, after beng received by Mr. Roose velt. issued a statement expressing the greatest satisfaction that the ex President did not have an andence with the Pope. "Wihile the work of Methodism in PBome," says the statement, "started the rumpus, it ds no longer 'Metho dism or any other ism, but the great - principle of toleration. Mr. Itose velt has struck a blow for twentieth century Christianity." "The representatives of two great Republics have been the ones to put 1 the Vatican where it belongs.' Prsi fdent Loubet refused to accede to - Vatican conditions, and now Mr. SFalrbanks and Str. Roosevelt come to a maintain the same dignity and inde a pendance of American manhood in the face of Vatican tyranny. S"The Vatican is Incompatible with ,Republican principles. This fls a bit' s ter dose for patriotic Catholics in . America to swallow. I wonder how many doses of this sort they will take before they revolt? is Catholic. lam in America to be American or | Roamish, if Romish, then every pa. triotic American should rise to crush it, for Roman Catholicism is the un compromising foe of freedom. "Aflter the Fairbanks episode the |Methodists never dreamed that the iVatican would commit a similar blun der with Mr. Roosevelt. That it has done, so is added proof that the pol icy prevailing there is the same yes. terday, today and forever. The Vat -ican is the Vatican. The world ad vances, but the Vatican never. I"Americans can now better under stand how it is that the Roman Church has lost France and is losing Spain and Austria." 2 ADVEYsT OF BOLL WEEVILS. Expected to Reach Georgia in About Three Year. State Entomologist E. L. Wors ham, of Georgia. perhaps the best posted man on cotton diseases and insects in the South is now engaged in preparing a circular which is to he distributed among the cotton growers of this state on the present status of the 'Iexas 90oll Weevil and when this dread insect is expect ed to appear In sooth west Georgia. According to Entomologist Wors ham the boll weevil traveled east ward last year a distance of 125 miles. This is the greatest distance yet recorded in one year. At this rate It is exepected the boll weevil aIll reach this state in three years more. The circular letter will tell the plante'rs what to expect and how best to identify the dread insect in order that ifs presence may he reported. instantly, and prompt steps taken to retard Its onward march wherever possible. Should Pull Together. Faction spirit is the curse of many towns. It causes ill feeling, divides the people into hostile camps and ef ectually prevents progress of any kind. Doubtless each faction sin cerely wants to see the place flourish. but the spirit ot jealousy and oppo sition is so keen that whatever one side proposes. however rood the proposition itself may be. the other side is sure to oppose It. The one *thing needful is to bury all such bit. ter and irrational feeling out of sight, to consider every plan for bet terment on its merits, and for all to work with an eye single to the we! ftre of the community. - ' Killed by Train. At Wichita Falls. Texas. T. ii. Cloud, aged 67. was hIt by a south bound Denver train at three o'clock Moda~y morning and instantly kill .AH wras anne tn board the NOT IN THE CASE NEGRO LAWYERS OBJECT TO BONAPARTE'S Interference In the Matter of Pink Frankfln's Appeal to the Supreme Court. In a statement issued Wednesday frn .Manning by John Adams,.-one of the negro attorneys in the Pink Franklin case, it is denied that Ex Attorney General Boanaparte of the United States has aided in the prep aration of the case. The statement has not been signed or approved by Jacob Moorer of Orangeburg. Adams' associate counsel. The following is the statement that was given out as the result of the story carried by the Associated Press with regard to the Franklin case. .' "From newspaper reports for the past month it would appear to the public that the Franklin case has been turned ovier to ex-Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte. Such an impression is an Injustice to the two colored lawyers who have run the case for the last three years and should be corrected. "The only lawyers of authority in this case are John Adams and Jacob Moorer. and absolutely all th work done in the case up to this time has been accomplished by themi The brief filed by Mr. "Bonaparte in the case has not been considered nor seen by Franklin's lawyers. From what I can glean from the papers the race question is made a part of Mr. Bonaparte's brief and this will by no means be allowed In the case. We have not carried this case to the supreme court Vs a ne gro case but as that of a citizen of South Carolina. "The brief that has been ,filed by John Adams and Jacob Moorer is a discussion of cold principles, of law and in no manuer seeks sympathy because Franklin is a negro. The law is wrong and we say so. "The premature announcement and employment of Mr. Bonaparte is the work of a few over hot-headed n. groes of Philadelphia who have ab solutely no authority to take any step In the work. "If the Franklin case works any credit to the defendant, Franklin, and the negro race it will be the work of two negro lawyers, John Adams and Jacob Moorer. If Mr. Bonaparte appears in the case it will be done after a thorough agreement with the original lawyers and up to this time we have not agreed to any thing." TRIEV THE NEW FORM The Commission Plan is Adopted by Colurha. - |By a majority of five to one, Col umbia Saturday adopted the commis slon form of government. Five weeks ago the legislature passed the act |which gave cities of more than 20, 000 Inhabitants the privilege of adopting the commission formi. Saturday's election was- the cuil Imination of a campaign begun by'a local newspaper two years ago. City council opposed the chaige .Th4 new form has all the essentla. tea ru-,es of the Des Molnes add GUntcl! Bluff plans.'. There are a mayor and four salar led commissioners, all elected at large. They serve four years. There Is the initiative, the referendum and the reca!!. The strickest registratlonl Is re quired and the qualificatiois for vot ing !n the primary are the same s for the election. The voter 1tas, n registered for state and city and must have paid all taxes, state and city, ' CONDUCTOR RALKER BOBBERS. He Knocked One Dowm and the Oth er Promptly Fled. 'An unsuccessful attempt was made early Friday morning to hold up the Pioneer Limited on the Chicago, MiI waukee and St. Paul railway, be tween 'lomah and Oakdale, Wis. The robbery was frustrated through the courage of Conductor Shaumway. -As the conductor stepped from the buffet car on to the platform of the sleeper, two masked men sprang up from the edge of the platform and thrusting revolvers intio his face, de manded 'that he throw up his hands. Shumway promptly struck one of the men down with his lantern and as passengers began to crowd to the door of the buffet car the two high waymen leaped from the train and fed. Shot after shot was fired after them, but presumably without effect. as when the train was brought to a stop and search was made by a has tily formed posse no trace could be found on the men.* HANGED AT PICKENS. Pays the Penalty for Attempted As sault on Lady. H~ass Butler, colored, was hanged at Plckens Friday for attempting to commit an assault on a white lady some months ago. The day before he was hun.c he made a full confes sion. His neck was broken by the fall and death was ains~t instantan eous. There was a Mg crowd in town and around the jail during the hanging. Everyone ses to be sat isfed that justice has been done. It will be remembered that hie attempt ed a criminal assault on a young lady one year ago. by slipping in her window at night. The Jlady had1 whcoping cough, and when he put his hands on her she waked up and began to cough. That scared him and be jumped out of the window. and she recogn-ized his a's he went out of the window. The -moon was shining brightly. Butler lived on her fathers plantation. . * Bribe Taker Resigns. At Albany. N. Y., Senator J. P. Alds, who was accused by Senator Benn Congor of having accepted a bribe to further the interests of cer tain bridge leeislation in' the New York Legislature. has filed his res Lgnaton with the Secretary of State. The investigating committee maay attempt to whitewash Ball!?ger, but be will have to go as he is already ..anvl-ted by punlic oniniort Used the World over No oter artce of 1.u== food has ever reeig ved sch ena phatte commendation for purity, usefulnes and whol gysmess from the most - eminent authoites. a ra ha alaysreceied the bI Iet aardwe Little Baby Shoes! We read a story a short time ago of some men that were overhauling some household gobds that had been stored a long time. in fact such a long time that the identity of the owner or owners had been lost. They were tossing the things about Ir a careless manner until when th-owing a small box aside it came open and out rolled a pair of baby's shoea fol lowed by some tiny ribbons and wear Ing apparel. The men all stopped work and looked at the package in silence. One man quietly stooped down and picked them up and one by one restored the articles to the box and again fastened it. It called to his mind a little pair of baby shoes which were safely tucked away in a d-rawer at home, he and his wife had placed there many years ago. While doing this a silent tear trickled down his cheek as he thought of the missing one and what perhaps those pair of little shoes and baby relics meant to the mother and fath er, who had packed them away so tenderly and treasured them so high ly. It might have been those worn by an absent daughter or son, who had perhaps gone away, done well or bad and forgotten the old folks and more especially the mother. or father had never for a minute banished them from minds. It might have been all of the remem brance of an erring son or daugh ter. They were dear to their parents and' this father's heart turned to the absent ones, as he thought of his own and packed them away again. Mother Shipton's Prophecy. Away back In 1845 the'famous old Mother Shipton's prophecy made its appearance. It reads as follows. Carriages without :horse shall go. And accidents fill tl, world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall By, In the twinkling of an eye. Waters shall more wonders do. Now strange, yet shall be true, The world upsidedown shall be. And goad be found at root of tree. Through hills man shall ride. And ne. horse nor ass be at his side. Under water men shall walk. Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seen; In white, in black. in green. Iron in the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found mid stone, In a land that's now unknown. Fire and water shall wonders do, England at last admit a Jew; And this world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. -It will be noticed that Mother Ship ton predicted the invention of the automobile, the telegraph, the sub marine boat, flying machines, and iron -boats. none of which were in ex istence when her prophecy was writ ten. But she made-a bad miss as to the world coming to an end. This however, is one subjct that has fooled a great many prophets and we will have to excuse Mother Ship ton. Weather Breeders. 'Most sections of the country have had an unusually fine March. Warm. genial sunshine and absence of high winds have been in pleasant contrast to the average March weather. Yet there are peopN who have Dot got any reel pleasure out of the beautiful weather nor taloen advantage of it to get a proper amount of out door work done. And all because they have 3oudly proclaimed that the fine days and nights were a "weather breder." What If such conditions had prov' ed a "weather breeder.", what good would worrying over it have done? It could not have changed the weath er in even tble smallest degree. Meterological conditions are not in the least affected by our disposition. It simply goes to show what a lot of :nnecessary trouble some people do bring upon themse'lves. That same tendency is seen when other matters besides "weather breeders" are con cerned and It simply means that there are a lot of persons in this world who seem to enjoy making themsel ves miserable. That may seem a contradiction but it is a fact all the same. Instead of anticipating trou ble, much of which ntever comes. let everyone instead of fretting and hav ing gloomy forebodings, get the best good out of all the pleasant things that life affords us. Indignant Republican. Calling President Taft a "hot sup per artist." R. D. Andrews, a wealthy manufacturer of Lee. Mass., offers to bet $10,000 that Mayor Gaynor,! f New York. will be the next pres-~ ident of the United States, barring death. "The country is tired of Taft and taffy." said. Andrews. "Every oe of the conservative republicans s disappointed in Taft. What we hoped for was a man on the sobf and not a president chasing around o act as a sideshow for a baseball. ae. a prom. ter of golf, a hot sup per artist. Thole country is tired~ f t." We fully agree with Mr Lndrws. President Taft has been1 disappointment to the whole coun try. He is the most subservientI trust server that has ever hed high position. The latest victim of the Roose elt endurance test seems to have been the Pope of Rome, and he stoo U mYe naufvy 1 MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY THE CENSUS MAN. Who Will Be Among the People for the Purpose in about the Next Ten Days. The arrangements are rapidly be ing concluded for taking the census. which will start in about ten days. We have :4ollshed the names of the enumerators and they are therefore known to the people generally. Sup ervisor DuPre make the request that the people will meet the enumerators in the proper spirit and furnish the desired information. President Taft has issued a proclamation requesti"g cooperation on the part of the pub lic that the census may be complete and correct. The census enumerator will ask the following questions: What Is your house number? What is your name? The names of the members of your family? What is the relationship of these people to you? How old are you? Are you -ingle, married, widowed or divorced? How long have you been married. if at all? How many children have you? Where were you born? Where was your father born? Your mother? low long have you been in this country? Are you naturalized? Can you speak English. if not what can you speak? What is your occupatiom Are you employed or an employ er? Were you out of work April 15, 1910. How long were you out of work in 1909? Can you read and write? Do you own or rent. your home? Any mortgage? Are you a survivor of the Union or Confederate navy or army? Are you blind. One or both eyes? Are you deaf'or dumb? April 15 will witness the inaugur atien of the thirteenth census of the United States and on that date an army of about 68.000 census takers will begin their work. Each one of these census takers will be armed with a badge by which "ye may know them" and you may have no hesitancy in telling them the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Should there be any further questions as to their credentials each one of them will be provided with a certificate of appointment and those who think he is not the real goods naay request him to show even that.* UNCLE SAM'S (0OK BOOK. Will Be Sent to Any One Free Who Will Order it at Once. Uncle Sam Is getting things down fine. He has issured a "Cook Book" from the agricultural department. However, it appear as "Farmer's Bulletin 391" by which title it can be ordered free of charge. It will be sent to anyone who will, dro' ' card to the Agricultural Department at Washingron. D. C.. for "Farmer's Bulletin. 391." It was prepared by C. F. Lang worthy, Ph. D., and Caroline L. Hunt, A. B.. experts in nutrition in connection with the experiment sta tions. The bulletin contains tables of the composition of different kinds and cuts of meats. In water, proteins. fats. etc., and presents a scientific treatise on direstion and the texture and flavor and digestive qualities of different cuts, and on the methods 'of cooking meats. One may be inclined to laugh, but if there Is one thing that people need Instruction upor. It is in the matter of cooking. If' this is pa ternalism one must admit that It is a form of it that one can swallow. In all probabilily Uncle Sam will is sue other bulletins telling how to prepare pastries. veg:rtables and oth Want Lodge's' Seat-. A dispatch from Bosaton says the Republican leaders. stunned over the a realization of the complete defeat of I their cand'date. are trying to figure out just what the result in the Four teenth congre'ssional district means. I Tl* election of E. N Foss. republi-e can running as a democrat, and the ; oerturing of the strongest repub~- t lican district in Massachusetts. is a : direct reflection of the feeling of c the people toward the insurgent t movement. according to democrats e and republicans alike. The inevita ble result will be a fight to a finish for the toga of Senator Lodge. Lodg* will be a candidate for re-election when the next legislature assembles. 'o insure his electon. the organiza- E :fon must nominate reactionary can idates for the legisiature. The'-h )emocrats and the pwogressives are JL ikely to cs'mbine, and there isa !isposiZion to start a boom for Foss t Lod.ge's successcr. Just what the' p-shot will be cannot be prelicted NI Lt this time, but there seems to be .3 ot tin~s ahead in Massachusetts for. ai o srandnat Rennblicans. ;NUBS THE POPE maiiei Imevek tehe to Ice alica's TerM., CANCES CALL ON POPE While Mr. Roosevelt Concedes the Right of the Pope to Receive Any One He Pleases, He Refused to Accept oa~tinu Limiting His Freedom of Action. The audience wbich it was believ ed ex-President Roosevelt would have with the Pope on Tuesday last did not take place, owing to conditions which the vatican had imposed and which Mr. Roosevelt refused to ac oept. When at Gondokoro In February last, Mn. Roossvelt wrote to ~Am basmador Leishman saying he would be glad of the honor of an audience with King Victor Emmanuel an' the Pope. The audience with the king was proimptly arranged. Before an arrangenent could be reached rela tive to an audience with the Pope, several telegrams were passed, and the negotiations were ended by Mr. Roosevelt refusing in any way to )o limited as to his conduct, and an nouncing that an audience with the Pope under the circumstances was now impossible. The history of the negotiatio3 Is about as follows: While 4t Cairo, Mr. Roosevelt re eeived the following telegram irgm, Ambassador Leishman, dated March' 23rd: "Monsignor ennedy, rector of the Amercan, Catholic college, in reply2. to an inquiry which I caused to be made, requests that the follc-ing communication be transmitted to "'The. Hony Father will be de lighted to grant an audlence to Mr. Roosevelt on April 5. an! hopes rba nothing will arise to preve- r i, such as the much regretted 'acadent which made the reception of Mr. Fairbankas Replying by cable to Ambassador Leishman on March 25, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Please present the fel'&wfng to Monsignor Kennedy: "It would fe a real pleasure to me to be presnted to the Holy Father, for whom I en tertain high respect. both personafly. and as the head of a grea' church. I fully recognize his entire right to receive or not receive wh.:.nsoeve he chooses, for any reason th e. seems good to him, and If he does aotre ceive me I shall not for a moment question the propriety of his ac4nu. On the ther hand. I. In my turu, must decline to make any stipulatf.ms or submit to any conditions which In any way would limit my freedom of condnet. I trust that on April 5 he will find it convenient to receive me." - -- On March 28, Mr. Roosevelt, at Cairo, received a cablegram fromn Ambassador Leishman giving a mes sage from Monsignor Kennedy, which concludes by saying: "The andience cannot take place except on the nderstanding express ed in the former message." The following day Mr. Roosevelt - sent another message to the Amer ican ambassador, saying: "The proposed presentation is. of course, now impossible." The determination of Mr'. Roose velt to forego an audience with Pope Plus X rather than subscribe to the eonditions imposed by the Vatican has created a sensation. This in tldent oiershadows every other fes ~ure of the distinguished American na his visit to the Eternal City. Tlwo distinguished Americans, each recognized leader in his own po itical party, are visiting foreign ~onntries, and everywhere they have net with a reception so sincere and ,ordial that it has been gratifying liike to the individuals themselves Lnd to the nation of which in a very eal sense, they are actual represen aives. Roosevelt and Bryan are yvpical Americans. In their talent, trenrth of conviction and fidelity to rinciple: in their scorn of all sham nd hyprocisy: in their ability to roperly express themselves in pab ic speech, and in the tactful consid ration they have shown to other eoples in their travel, they reflect - be very best that is i:a ouir Ameri an life. It must -'" b-- torgot ten ~a in the homage adI c~urtcar .-: rad.n to them this * count-y also hares. Thousands of Deserterm. The house military committee ad tIts there are now living more than !ty ghousand deserters from the nion army of tb.e "sixties." Per aps they lived and ran away that iey m'5ht fight later for pay. Big Hats a Fire Pern. The large plumes on the hat of Iss Mtary LUenhardt. of Millville. N. caught fire from a cigar lighter id came -.near causing the y'oung man's deoa *