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wmssss.. ?*^BVS5BS-S9! "v PINK FRANKLIN'S CASE i 9 KFK? ?HTS TO HAVK HIM PAltDON^ HO WIliL SOON UK MAIJK. r ? Mix ApiH-iU in the Vmne to Ite Alwnj ?lou<*d awl Oov. .\iisH Asked to | Turn llim Loose. There sterns to be an effort on the I>art of some white people, of more or less prominence in Columbia to k mvu l'iuk rankliu, who brutally shot down and murdered in cold blood Constable Valentine some years ago n??r Cope, from the just punislivnrnt for nis crime. The State says: "That (!ov. Ansel will be asked to pardon Pink Franklin or to commute ftiis sentence of death to life imprisonment is practically certain should ' ? .?n adverse decision in the lffj' *i\\. The case of Pink Franklin a. i the hands of white attorney* le is now represented by Sawyer of Aiken and Beiij. Kr-." of Charleston. The negro nttornuys, Moorer and Adams, ha.e been withdrawn. "There is an appeal before the supreme court to have a new trial for Franklin on the grounds of after-discovered evidence. Franklin was convicted in Orangeburg county several years ago on the chary* of killing u constable by the uame of Valentine He was sentenced to hang. An appeal wjts taken to the supreme court and the verdict of the Orangburg comity court -was affirmed. j "Next the case was carried to United Suites supreme court to settle a constitutional question as to Jury, j Tibe appeal w as returned by the Unit- 1 rid Slate supreme court and the su-1 preme court of South Carolina ordered thai a new day be set for the execution of Franklin. l.ater the attorneys lor the negro appeared hi tbo ingeburg county court and askr oit a new trial 1k> granted on the of llfter-dificovere#! i?\*i<1 f.ii Tbi s denied and another appeal ws? le to the supreme court." .itntc goes on to say that It Is expected when the case is called this week that the attorneys will announce that the appeal lias been abandoned, anil that then a petition ' for pardon will he filed with CJov. Ansel. The State, a short time ago. published a long editorial in which It claimed thai Franklin killed the constable in defense of his home. Then came the announcement that the two negro lawyers* in the case was to abandon it and their places j taken by white lawyers. This, ac- | oordiu .* to The State, has been done, out instead of the white lawyers pressing the ease on the pretense of after discovered evidence theorv. it Is announced that they will abondon that plea, withdraw the case from the Supreme Court and petition Gov. Ansel for a pardon for Franklin. Was tin* white lawyers employed !n ihe ca?e for this purpose, instrid ??! presenting the socalled after discovered evidence to the Supreme Court" There has been a great deal of uuibhllng in this case on the part of i lie negro lawyers that had it in charge before the white lawyers apii' ' on the sta ?' Hiid push (I the k > lawyers behind tlie curiln. w the white lawyers are tutc >ir persansive eloquence on :>v. . 1. "l'n... are some things connected ith this case that the public would like Je know. First of all. who has inspired this great interest in behalf ol" a negro murderer who ought to have been hung years aw? Secondly. who employed the white lawyers siml f-oiii whence will come their fee.' Thirdly, wliv did the white lawyers * abandon the soculled after discovered evidence, take the ease out ol com; nnd petition (Sow Ansel to pardon their client if he is not guilt \ of the nm rdor? This paper has 110 particular d"ssire to see anyone hung, but It believes that should CJov. Ansel interfere in this case and save this murderer from the just punishment of his crime, which is the Infliction of the death penalty, he would be <loi**** grave injustice to the people ox ti< /hole county, and pnrtlculnr* - 4.V people who live in the sec.ioifi -ounty where Franklin 111 ir11 officer of the law, while n f; isehaige of his duty, and we >*vg hitu not to do it. iiu< minuTiUKt'K 111 tin* world can't destroy the fact thai- Franklin Is guilty ol an atrocious murder. Tor which he should he hung. Too tnany murders escape punishment, and we hope the law will lie allow# <1 t?? take its course in the ease of Franklin. If he is to be allowed to go free, it will he an Incentive for the people to take the law in their hands and mete out Justice to such criminals as Franklin wihout regaid to law. Itefore taking any action in the ease. Gov. A used should hear from the people of the section in which the murder was committed. - Oiair-veburg Times and lKfnioer.il. llighl Injured in Wreck. Fight persons were Injured i nunc fatally l when Missouri Pacific pas aenjter train. No. 2. collided with a .'might train at Ottervllle. Mo. Friday afternoon. The freight train had drawn in on a switch to allow the passenger trHin to pass, hut did not ?-n?ir.*)v clear the nvulu track and the ?iv i .vaulted. The Cannon Roared. While campaigning la his home Sicttt. Speaker Cannon was once in. vcdglcd Into visiting the public schooli of a town where he was billed tr peak. tn one of the lower grades an ambitious teacher called upon u youthful OeinoHtlienes to entertain the distinguished visitor with an erhlbltior af amateur oratory. The selection attempted was Byrou's "Buttle of Waterloo." and just as the boy reached thr end of the first paragraph Spe.tkej Cannon suddenly gave vent to a vio | '.cm siu-eae. "But hush! hark!" declaimed th? ; youngster, "a deep sound strikes Ulu J a rising knell! Did you heat it?" j The visitors smiled, and a moment I later the second sneer.e?which th? . speaker was vainly trying to holt | uack?came with increased violence. "Hut hark!" bawled the boy. "that J . mvy sound breaks In once mors, am ; nearor. clearer, deadlier than befoe' I Arin! *iriu?it is the caution's opening ' roar!" J Tills was too much, and the langl | that broke from tin* party swellet j louder still, when Speaker Cannot ( chuckled, "Put 111> your weapons children; 1 won't slioot any more."? Jui'.ge. Out of Order. Champ Clark loves to tell of how if ih?? heat of a debate Congressman John sou of Indiana called an llltnoli : Representative a jackass. The expression was unparliamentary, and it j retraction Johnson mi id: I "While I withdraw the iiiifortunat* t word. Mr. Speaker. I must insist tha" the Rcuilcmnu troui Illinois is out oorder." "How am I out of order?" yclle' I the tr-au from llliuois. " Pro oa lily a veterinary surgem i could tell you!" uiiswcred Johnson | and tiiat was parliamentary enough tt | stay on ihc record.? fiucceKs Maga/.iue At the Embassy Bail. "T>id you say the dark geiitlemat 1 was a general?" "Yes, that's Ceu. Cabalero. Next t? hint is Cen. I ope de Poncho Tbe> are all generals in that hunch." "How fine! And they arc very dls lingulshed men, of course?" "Well, not so distinguished as th? eccentric little man who Is talking U the ambassador. That's Schiistlam i Coliuo. Then* arc tweuty-seven C'cn trut American generals in the room tie is i lie oulv private." ASI 'He Saw. I "Of course, you enjoyed the wonder f 'ul sunset iroiu the hotel balcony?" i "Why, yes. It seemed rather good ; The effect of the huge how of rihboui | vas decidedly no vol, and the bunch ol 1 u'tillclal red roses and pale green ! unpen wasn't hall bad." I "What on eurth ate you talking ftbout?" "About a hat in front of nie tha1 hid the entire lien\? its." One Mean Trick. W'ifle?I >l\l you mail tiiat letter i gave y?m? | Hubby?Yes. dear. I carried it :r my hand, ho I couldn't foiy?u it, 'itii. ' I dropped it in tln> tiist box. i re ate tuber, been use Wide -There, d? ar. don't He ?n> 1 more. I didn't give you any 1< tiei to mail. See Macaulay. Now !t is Warren Hastings' turn His "Vindication" will present l> ap |uur in hook form. I After proving that X? ro was a niis understood philanthropist, and latere zia t'.orgia n perfect lady, it is oul> 1 rl>fht tn iiivr the minor victims of bis' torlcal Inaccuracy a cbiuiit. Wrong Diagnosis. "Doc. I'm all run down. What's th< ' natter with me?" 1 "You need exercise In the open n'r ' "flee wiilx! And the re.tr oil i'.t Knocked oat is Hint I've Im en tiyin; 'or a week to teach my wife to rns he automobile!" Different. "lie studied art with yon, I belif* e?' "lie did not." "Hut he >ays he did." "lie liev. | jfj?vc hint art lessons, but ' never studied." For a Loan. "isn't it awfttl wlu ii yon fin.1 that you can't trust your best Iriend?" | "Not so awful as when you litul tha on ean t set your best frie&il to tritsi ton." Oni? WflulH Hav^ Hnne Nurse I wish id tell voti, sir. that rou have jus! become tiie father ot -riplets! I Noojiur Oh! This is two too muc'a! j lafe. Bj Id ? "lie"? h hiph brow, ain't he?" "High brow? say, his brow's not s> | nitfh as call ^et and is stnrtinj; it <o at)..:; behind!" Termi. Met Vou said you'd make Vapa orne. fo terms. Itim I din and they were *.ht Heat anyone ever applied to me. Changing. "is he intellectual?" | "(ill no. Me'a the aort of follow a ho calls it c.hanc'ng his mind \\!.? n He decides to put m a ditteieui iie.k ?t%." i THE HOME. | .. Dr. A. C. True, director oS experiment stations of the federal department of agriculture, has defined the Ideal home as "the pure raurce and lappy environment of a vigorous bildbood, the satisfactory supporter uid eno-urager of manhood and wouauhood and the sure solace and re"uge of old age." It certainly ought to be all or this: If could not well be ideal and be leas. Lint how many deal homes are there? How many unites are the pure source and happy nvironmejit of a vigorous childhood? How many are satisfactory supporters lud em* umgst s of manhood and wonuuhood? How many are the sure mince and refuge of old arte? Whv ire we, an intelligent and civilized eo|?le, so very fnr from realizing the jest in home life? It certainly is not -jecause we do not desire to have ideal tomes. It must be, then, because we lo not lvnow how to provide such cuies. And that, in truth, is the < a sou. What uoes the" great ninss of ho Aniciiru people know about tl * iL*st methods of developing vigorous hildren? What ?'o-s it know about he great subject on which Dr. True ou< tie& in h;s demand tor u pure ttmrce and happy environment" of a 'igo-oijjj h U'l.ovd? Wha* o< s it know j ibout making the home the t?t..porter iiati entourage! oi maniiooil aud wonanhoo'l? What does it Know of the ne.hiHis that would lead to the home >mt action of the aged? We have ituch to lenrn in our search for hapyines*. We have only lately discover?U that home making Is a science he greatest sclenco. some say, which nun or woman can study. We are rylng to teach home making in our ! chools, but the work has jn*?t begun. iMft.v years ago uieu v.o.iu nave ' utights' at the one who suggested hat do* homo should be conducted on cier.tiflc principles. Th< v would have moercd ui tl.e person who advocated 1 he ni8trut . i.ui o. oui girls >n liotue eonomlt r. They would have scorn- J uMy declired thai th ie was nothing ' o he done about a home that could tot l>e done b> any woman, whether lie was |>oj*.-cased of brains or not. ii course it requires intelligence and raining to make a good si. nogrupher >r hool;kec:>er of the average girl? it> man ev?r disputed that, because it oncerns bis world. Hut as lor niaklig a g*K?d linine. pshaw! there is lothlne to that but g. tting a wife, a ilace lo live and a tew children. Pro- ' /ide i lie essentials, and tne home ' nake* itself. Wo proceeded on this theory until ibout twenty-five year age. Then we legati to realize, as a peojrle. that %hile we are making great strides in lusiuess and industry and many ol < he sciences, we are not providing ( nirselves with houias '.hat were much j if an improvement over those that | >ur forefathers had in the days when < he republic was born. Perhaps out j mention was called to the matter by 1 no uprising of factors thai threatened l he destruction, ot the home. The I maiding house, the family hotel and i he apartment house have developed < narvelottsly within the past few \ 'ears. Nor have they been supported. . veil in a large measure, by single ; nen and women. Their best and most . trofitable patronage has been from ! < amilies that have become dissatisfied villi home life as they knew it. We -ame. somehow, to understand that [ here was something wrong with the onto Pioneers in the field of invesI (gallon were not long in establishing he cause. They charged it. and righty, to ignorance of the best methods >f home making. They prea -bed thelt toepel far and wide. They are still ireachitig It and i minks to them, the M-ople tire at last awakening. They m- giving uiotigni, per tinjit: Tor the lrst time iu the history ?r tin* human ere, to the well-being of future genrratioiiH. The old idea thai "what is ;ood enough for tne is good enough or iuv ehildren" is losing its once treat army of supporters. One can lot cling to that theory now and extert his neighbors to show i?> him the espect that is due to intelligence 'or the intelligent man Knows the vorld owes to every child, regardless vf its parents* conditions. ever> educaional advantage that the times at"ord. Thus only may w e hope to pro;r? ks. The future of the race is dark udeed if no child is to he given advantages that its father and mother lid not enjoy. We educate children n older to have betfei men and wom ii than lived in the rays when we went to school We ate not so much Interested iu making them "quicker it figures" as we are in giving them i better understanding than we have if how to live. When men learn how to ive, the millennium will have come. We are far, far, from it now. hut re creeping closer, and one of the ln'M o\'itli?n. o? u o k>oi'o ni1 r ..-> ' - that just how we are giving attention to tlie difficult science of home making lite acieuce to which tlie wotneii of the future will devote tlieit time and greatest energies 1 .onion Jeilv One-half l?ox of gelatine soaked in ou> -half pint of cold water one hour, add one pint of (toiling water, one and one-half cups of tigar. three lemon* grated stand on stove until it hoils, pour in moitlus and set awa\ t?> cr 1. Gelatine should always be Unsolved in cold water a? being brought to ; high temperature is likely to give a strong flavor. Chocolate for drinking i* much better if u few drops of vauillu are added just .before removing from the stove. TKUJi OF WHITE 8LAVK1CY. In Court Young Girl Tells How She Had lleen Wronged. Rachel Welner, 18 years old, testified last week in Ptttsfiald. Pa., against Jesse Milestone, a former member, of the state legislature, and Samuel Mosenson. who are belriTf" tried on a charge of having induced the girl to enter immoral resorts, it]uestone was a member of the legislature when the Edis act, designed to prevented white slavery, was pass-, ed by Pennsylvania. The girl says that Muestone told her his sister and wife were in resorts and made much monev. She Bald Mosenson promised to marry her; then betrayed her after threatening her with a revolver.. She says she went to Clevtland to marry Mosenson, but he did not appear. and Sadie Oolden. proprietress of a Pittsburg resort, took her to Chicago, where she was placed in a resort. From there the girl wundered to Cleveland and o'her cttibs'" living in immoral resorts. She returned to Pitt-burg July 15 last, and lor three months she lay in a hospital. The girl said she gave Mosenson money she had earned in the resorts. * ci(.\im;ki> with killjm; two. Negro Held for Murder of Minister ami His Wife. The murder of the Rev. Anzi I<. Armstrong and his wife. Annie Armsstrong. at their home at Dutch Neck. NT. J.. Friday night, has resulted in charges being proferred against John Scars, who was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Mills, and held without ball to answer two seperate charges of homicide. Rudolph N'orhnus. who was brought to Trenton by the county authorities, along with Sears, was released. Investigation established the fact that the Rev. Armstrong and his wife were killed with a double-barrelled gun. whioh was found standing in a corner in the kitchen of the Armstrong home. This gun was borrowed by Sears two weeks ago from i neighbor. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive. Sears is a half breed and his mother is a uegress. The mother hno K/wo? * 1 uuum ni-c|)l!r 1U 111*' Armstrong family for more than thirty years. * Red < 'rrws Christ inns StuIn. Red Cross seals replacing the ft amps sold for several years in aid )f the anti-tubercolosls movement ?nd used extensively on letters and package during the holiday season, will be available this year on and ifter the lirst of I)eceml>er. December I. marking the opening of the Red Cross "stamp enmpnlgn." will lie known as "seal day" when .r?h. DOO.ODO Red Cross Christmas seals will he placed on sale in all parts of the country. It is planned to have schools, churclns and other organisations celebrate the day as a national movement comparable to \rhoi | day. Chicken Sli-wver. "Chicken shower" is the latest Connecticut novelty in minis) trial donation parties. Seventy me.mlmrs of the Torrin Ford Congregation..! church at Stanford called on their new pastor, the Ret v. \V. B. Rage. Monday night, eeach person carrying a live chicken. The flock will stock will stock th?> pastor's hencoop to the pastor's hencoop overflowing. Ivills Wife and Another. At Anderson. Ind., Frank Rickets shot and killed his wife .and Mrs. Wlli** llrlffrfct* vi i i It u 1 ... .. .w.., ? UIMI1. ?JU' UHQ ;>rcn living in an apartment, in the business centre of the city, iate FrtI ty. Rickets. who was arrested, declares that he shot the tv\6 wonient after his wife had shot at him "I nliMtdttl" I'istol Kills. At Spartauburg. after an "unloaded" revolver, in the hands of Wallace Chambers, colored, was discharged and Will Stevens, also colored, was killed. Chambers threw the gun to the eround and smashed it to pieces with an axe. He then fell over the dead body of his companion and cried piteously. * ? ? ? Conductor Fatally Hurt. At Marianitu. l-'la.. Conductoi Millard llrooks was throwu from a car >n the .larreti I,umber Company's road and died before he coil id be gotten to a physician. l)?-ath resulted in about a half hour after the ac cident happened and Hrooks never regained consciousness after the fall a hilled hj l-'nlliim Thv. * Kd Ruff. a negro about fifty years of as'*, was accidentally killed by a tree falling on his back Friday, while he. with a number of other negroes, was felling some trees on Mr. Richaid Carlisle's place, in Newberiy County. The negro lived about I . minutes. * ... Convict Xttacks XX tiitc Man Alleging that the white man hud him whipped while lie was a convict on the Chatham county farm*, ?; Savannah, C?a.t K J. Williams, a negro, attempted to assault llrltt Rogers, was allot and killed. * CARE OF THE TEETH. Would you like to have teeth lik? uearls? Do you think that any one ould be completely ugly if she were the happy possessor of perfectly white and even teeth? I know several people who actually go to the dentist's ouce each month to Jmve their, t^py^.overlooked and cleoned. and the natural consequence Is that these conscientious souls never have such thiugs us aches and pains. while cavities are to them unknown Of :ourse, a visit to the dentitt ts never a pleasant thing, httt surely It Is better to go regularly and suffer little U:tr to go once a year and suffer much. Todwy 1 want to tell you ot a few ways to keen your te? '.It in good ~ra?lt>l<v ? I' - -- - ,..uuhiuh, iiai a you totmw the directions carefully your te? ;li may have, or seem to have, charm ami beaut) of tlieir own. You see. the latest hat is a basin shaped t;fli-!!!? which sct'le.- well ?1 a ri over the head, hiding foteh?a 1 and >es and leaving only the mouth and ee?h in view; it is >u.d that it will '.? ? !?"'.\ a few months before the n.otith will be tlie only visible poriimiwof tin ;i*:e, m it wili be a < a.-e ol ' by l.et eetlt" yon must recogn y.e h -r. I'retty teeth white as mu;.v and rnniln ?1.> perfect til outline. The wotiiiu who studies her expressions will ake particular puins to otiltiMite lightly parted lips, so lite little pearls tnay show and be a e.edit to their lwner. Th.is parting of the Hps tr.tiat tot se"*n to-red. It should be natural and una.fee:ed. T?? make the t *; tit white there could le nothing better than the juice of an apple, and :s this dele -table fruit is eaten unce a day wit it regularity a deelded itupie.veiiteul will soon be noticed. Of course, no one may expect <o have good teeth unless the proper amount of core be lavished upon them. Phis means that the teeth must tie brushed in the morning ami in thu evening, and it Is best besides to cleanse them also after each meal. For this process a s-iiff brush should lie used, and a good powder. A nice one is made of: Precipitated cTialk 4 ounces Powdered orris root X ounces Powdered i amphor I ounce Triturate tlie camphor in a mortar, moistening it with a very lit tie u> nhol. Add other Ingredients. Mix thoroughly and sift through ? line bolting cloth. Alter Hennaing, dental tPms should be run through the teeth, and this, it so desired, may be pei turned with a good cologne. It will give the breath a pleasant odor, and the alcohol used in the preservation of the cologne wil! help to clean mid preserve the teetli. Do not think if you let the teeth take care ol i hemselvos t tutt you nri> hope to get through lift* without the aid of ;t false set. Teeth max not he replaced. atid the curing, von Know, s|H?ils the look of tlie inoit'h. One ni:?y not hope to nttt in the best effect it the lips sue thin ?ml white, for they must be red to show otT in perfeet contrast the adjacent pearls. Therefore, after the teeth nave gone through their daily doctorng. pin li the lips lightly with tin tlittiish and forefingi r. This will tns'ke 1 em pink, and will develop the Cupid's bow ,-u much admired hy aril.-la. Points on 8uying Shoes, litre are si few hints on buying shoes: N< wr insist on wvariug st new paii ot s:n.?-s home, lot > ?.?<! may he greatly dis;ippo:n. ml it von do. When the feet are warm they sire larger than when eohl, consmjueiitly n shoe tried 011 wh-n 'In i are very eold. will sietusilly !>? too s.n.tll and tunntnfortsil.le when tit-' feet sire warm. A deadlooking lesithi r. intendml lor si bright leather. shows sit once it eotnes from old stoek. Tint leather will crack ami lueah in si few w en rings. I> you have a shoo that shows si line of sewing, <ip.tr.se si itching. Oil i lie inside ot the sole beneath the lining, you have si welt shoe which is not good, n yon paid the price 01 a luiud-l tinted shoe. All hlliul-i ill'lterl slim > liu< >. <il i ppii.m* ami an* iniit?l*-?l wholly for Imioor wear, though undoubtedly i hey are worn i-vcrywlh re. 11i^lt!> polished shots should be gradually heiih-rt t'uouch to make Hit in moderately warm bofon they are firm worn, at which litre tliey take the "set" of In- loot and there is less daupti of hem iircakira. Try oil .holli slioes when purchasing a pair. Knanielcd colt sl jn tines not crack so easily as cnair.t ! i. < alt Household Notes. To keep luiitei it ill. in warm wrallier. |nU!i water into it. 'I lie water rises .? tin top and can he poured oft when thv milk is neeili'd. Wet the knife w tli wiiii h v on cut lioilcd is.es and t lie yolks w ill not cilimbic and fall out. Il yon haw no convenient cupboard in tile cellar, buy a piano or oruau la?x. 1111 tl with shelves, com: wi.h a curtain aiul list- it fin -tonus Unit. White iliithriiit i>liii?is imii In- 11 (I the mm- as an> wiiiii material, bill tin- <*l? :i11iiik pianos* is ilo u- w lit ii sci uii liritsh ami the curtain m -i not ?:?> wrinkled. I sc whin- snap i?ml borax plefi>\ i?f rin.-c water ami I aim the rurTnlns ulih the rods eownwaid It weigh i ihorn w lion drying. Tin < \ lintier-shaped inn iiii; bottle is claimi d in b< preferable in 'he llal one. silioi thi' hah.v can tin n i| wi.li his ha nils anil this prevents Hit: nipplt lioni oolht);: lug. Tin l> ily is a mm iutie which e nun its* ft ui abuse*. HVUKYING THK CANAL. . \ ? \ i IIlK Panama I>itch >lay IU- Complete V 1 \ ?l Year Ahead of Time. ^ There is every reasou to believe that the Pnnaine canal will be com- j pleted by December, 1913?a year ahead of time? and that. Lbe?4irsi-eof the year. 1914. wlli tind ships steaming through the locks, al- ? though the formal opening will not bo until Jan. 1, 1915. This is what Col. Goethal*, the army engineer ? charge of the gigantic operation, informed President Taft on the la'tter's r?-cent visit to Panama, and ?t uruuRDt a smile to the Chief K*ecutlve's l'ot? thai had not worn off * *1 when ho arrived home this week. Col. Goelnals also informed the Prcs- I ident that the canal will be built for the originu) estimate of 000,000, and not a penny mom. " Whereat the Presidential smile Jtr ' * broader The completion of the work depends on the situation at iiie Cul^? bra cut. Col. Goethals probably will recommend the construction of retaining walls in the cut txvnuso of apprehension that there may be furthe slides of earth. , - . t The chief engineer a'so . mended the establishment of " dry docks, the maintenance of The i present machine shops and big supply depots, so that not only the Untied States navy but the commerce of the world cau dock, coal, vlctnalT etc.. at the Government plant. Important olticiais say this is the on.y means of making the canal pay and successful. If tolls are high and supplies are cornered, ships will surely go elsewhere. The I*re?liiSiit is considering this and will discuss !t in his coming message -to Congress. * NOTHING TO UK THANKFUL FOK. Man in New York I ity Therefore Commit Suicide. At New York, feeling tIrat he had nothing to be thankful for white ali alvout him were people enjoying Thanksgiving day. Michael McGei, 2fi years old. committed suicide In Central pork by shooting himself in tlu* head. "I have nothing to be thankful for on this day ol thanksgiving." passers-by heard him mutter. With that he drew a revolver and pressing the muzzle to his head, fired. He died instantly. Short .Meter Sermon*. Many a man's apparent dignity Is duo to a stiff neck. A lucky man Is always humping on his superior judgment. Kven the lowly denier in old Junk is apt to he a man of metal. Many a woman's second husband mourns the demise of her first. A woman is'nt necessarily wise because she can fool a fool man. \ woman's idea ol a hVute is any ^ man who declines to flatter her. A woman can stand a lot of suffering is she doesn't have lo keep quiet When some women feel the need of physical exercise they go shopping It's a poor rule ill it won't work j both wiiis. hut there are a lot of rules that refuse lo work at all. Stole llihles and W hiskey. (tut ot an assortment of freight. ' burglars lemovcd a ease of whiskey i and a hox ol llihles from thee Toxrh and I'acilic railroad depot Natchitoches. I.a.. Friday night. The packI ages were broken open, evidences slyi wed. after the outside of the building had been reached. The llihles were found by a night watcbnian. lint t lawe<t t'hild's Face At Now Orleans the attack of a rat probably came near proving fatal for ten-year old Lillian Williams Friday i .... ... iiikin i iic rat was gnawing at the ; child's tan* w hen she awoke. Her I t?*rritl?*cl scn ains taili'd to frighten ; the rodent away and it was necessary for her to tight it otT. Suffering from painful wounds about th<- face, she was taken to a hospital. Much Cotton ltiii*u?*d. At Troy. Ma., the rot ton compress and warehouse of the Mlantlc Corapress company were desroyed by tire Friday morning. Several railroad cars were also burned. The total loss is about JtruO.i'KMt. partially, covered by insurance. The origin of the rt is unknown. in-tween 1,500 mid a,00" hale* of cotton were burned. * three IHi.mii in IUy. A ideasure sail on .lamica bay resulted in the drowning Friday of three men. while a fourth was rescued in a serious condition. The dead : nic^ wcri' all residents of Brooklyn. ! They were tlroM m il when their launch caf?si/-*?d off Kockaway point.* \V hatevt : in i> In- the iituoodic'e >' ? 1 inv v? h< ;i> i i dls.tp, Jincnnent i >r elation as the result of ?u reicent elect on Mi-' is the tru*'. and i.d.nK 'oncu'toii that every political party has at h rt the Jtrel'a.-e i of the nation l! m stakes are made ! ;hex ..r> I the l ul u un til and n.-i . I of ' he- he i i t 'v{ j Teddy and his friends may not I think so hut he is politically dead ' iti this c ountry. . . ?dl J