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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905 One Dollar a Year
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PERSONAL INJURY GRAFTERS.
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Railroad Detective's Work in Damage Suits.
Caught a Shrewd Woman.
The chief detective of a great Souther^
railway system had adjourned to the
smoking compartment of the Pullman for
a final cigar before he climbed into his
upper berth. He had just finished a job
of clever sleuthing and was in a talkative
mood, which quickly brought the half
< dozen other smokers to attention.
"I suppose in the beginning I was supplied
with as much confidence in human
nature as the average man," he began, as
he settled back into the cushions and put
his feet on a chair, "but after spending
twenty years in finding out just how
much the truth is stretched every time
cnmohrtHr Riifts the comDanv for damages
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* for personal injaries there isn't much left
of it.
"I hadn't been wearing railroad gumshoes
very long before I was turned loose
on a case where a sixteen year old boy
wanted $100,000 damages because he was
deaf and dumb as the result of a railroad
| r wreck. * *
"I worked on the case for two years,
during which time the case was posti
ppned from one term of court to another,
t until finally it had to be tried. The sum
total of all my knowledge was that the
boy hadn't spoken nor apparently heard
a word for two years.
"On the morning of the trial I advised
the company's lawyers to settle for $25,000,
which they offered to do. The plaintiff's
counsel refused the offer, so the case
was called.
"The evidence was so completely one
sided that the case would certainly have
been finished and gone to the jury before
night, but at noon I had an idea. I thought
VVr that if we had one more day something
- might turn up to save us. I conferred with
the company's lawyer, and at about the
boor when the case was ready for the
juicy our leading attorney was taken sud,
. ;' denly ill. The judge had no alternative
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but to adjourn court uniu me ucav u*j.
"That night I went to the plaintiffs
counsel and explained that we were ready
to settle but wanted to'make a physical
examination of the boy first. He had no
t objections, so we rented a room in the
local hospital and took the boy there.
"We put him upon an operating table
around which were gathered four white
coated, white whiskered men, alleged to
?' be, eminent surgeons,, but in reality the
company's lawyers.
"After baring the youth's bosom over
the heart, the chief surgeon grabbed an
ugly looking knife, and solemnly said:
. 44 'Brethren, there is just about one
chance in a hundred that the patient will
' survive this operation. Are you willing
to take the chance?'
" 'We are,' answered the others.
"The words were hardly spoken before
. the boy let out a yell, and cried. 'For God's
|. sake, don't kill me.'
"Then he snapped his jaws together
and became dumb again,but the few words
he had said were mighty costly for him,for
his lawyers immediately threw up the
sponge and asked for the dismissal of the
case rne out wuiuuig.
Then the detective lighted his cigar,
and remarked that he always had more
trouble getting the truth out of a woman
* than a man.
"A few years ago a Buffalo woman,
* ' who was known to us as a member of a
' } lake injury syndicate, put in a claim for
$50,000 against us for alleged paralysis of
her limbs," continued the detective. "She
claimed that her spine had been jerked
out of kilter in a little one horse wreck
down in Tennessee.
, "I was positive that the woman was as
sound as a dollar, but I couldn't prove it.
80 I bad to move to Buffalo and camp oh
her trail. Finally I managed to strike up
an acquaintance with another woman
who was on very intimate terms with the
supposed paralyzed one.
"I professed to be a member of a gang
of personal injury grafters out in Chicago,
of whom she knew something, and I
showed such extensive knowledge of the
gang that she believed me. Of course,
she wanted me to meet her friend, the
paralytic, the first thing, and I was for it
strong.
"She gave me a very effusive letter of
introduction, and I started out on the
warpath. When I found tne woman i
wanted, she was propped up in bed, and
was certainly doing the helpless act to perfection.
When I sprung the letter she
warmed up, and we were merrily discussing
our experiences in taking various
kinds of falls out of railroad treasuries.
- "When I arose to go I suggested that
her friends in Chicago might like to read
a little note from her, which I would be
pleased to deliver within a couple of days.
f Never suspecting for a moment, she hopped
jauntily out of bed and dashed off a
few lines in no time.
"Then I sprung my detective's badge
A on her and she suddenly became the
most active woman I ever saw. She made
a break for a gun, but I pulled first, and
had her in a cell in less than an hour.
, "She was arrested not long ago in
Chicago for trying to flim-flam another
railroad."?New York Sun.
You can't always tell. Sometimes a
man walks as if he were too proud to
touch the earth, when it is only his corns
troubling him.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
rt KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading <
Pungent Paragraphs About Men J
and Happenings.
A bank has been organized at Lake ?
City, Williamsburg county, with a capital (
stock of $25,000. t
John Clegg, the Greenwood white man
who is charged with killing his son, has .
been admitted to bail in the small sum of
KOA '
fl,UW.
In many counties of the Statemeetings (
of farmers have been held recently, and j
pledges made to use less fertilizer, reduce ]
the acreage for this year, and hold cotton ,
for ten cents. t
One little white boy :shot and killed
another white boy in Newberry county <
last Saturday. It was an accident?the j
result of playing with an "unloaded gun" i
while playing "war." ]
Judge R. O. Purdy has granted bail in '
the sum of $3;000 to W. B. Rowell, the <
Florence dispensary constable who shot 1
and killed Jos. C. Blount, a railroad detective,
in that town several weeks ago.
James-A. Watson, of Yorkville, com
mitted suicide last Friday morning about J
nine o'clock by shooting himself in the
head with a shotgun. He was a respected ,
citizen of that town and an old Confeder- ,
ate soldier. j
The warehouse of the Belton cotton
mill was partially destroyed by fire last
Wednesday morning about five o'clock.
Three hundred bales of cotton and seventy
bales of cloth were burned. The loss
is about $10,000, fully covered by insurance.
John Clegg, a white man and former
policeman of the city of Greenwood, is
in jail there charged with the murder of
his son, a boy about fourteen years old.
It seems that the father shot the boy while
in a drunken frenzy, and they will attempt
to prove that it was accidental
Senator T. M. Raysor, of Orangeburg, -j
has introduced a bill providing that the \
salaries of the chief and associate justices j
of the State supreme court be increased 1
from $2,850 a year to $3,500. It seems
that the bill will pass the Senate. What (
will be its fate in the house remains to be t
seen. \
A weekly newspaper is to be establish- ]
ed at Georgetown, which will have as its *
chief object the advertising of the great (
natural advantages and undeveloped re- t
sources of the coast country of South Car- i
olina. It will be operated by a stock *
company which will have a capital stock j
of $10,000. Mr. J as. Henry Rice, J r., will
be the editor.
It seems that Calhoun county will be
established. The State board of canvass- <
orroincf AAntocf nf tho pi PP. t
CiO
tion in Greenwood county. The matter
is now up to the legislature, and there is *
little doubt but that the county will be
created. There is only one thing to defeat
it, and that is the lack of territory
left in Edgefield, A survey of that county 1
is now being made.
There was an explosion in the heating <
plant of the State house in Columbia last
Friday morning which came near wrecking
the entire plant. It is claimed that
some one turned off the water from the ]
boilers during the night and in the morn- *
ing when the engineer started the fire '
there was an explosion in one of the ,
boilers, which completely wrecked the
pipes and came near tearing out the whole 1
end of the boiler. The Senate has ap- !
pointed a committee to investigate the
occurrence. i
Mean, Meaner, Meanest.
There were four of them in the smoking
compartment of the car when the
traveler from Chicago happened to say:
"That reminds me of a man out In my
town who is so mean that he makes the
members of his house write small hands, ]
in order to save ink." i
"A friend o' my father's, suh, wuz even ?
wuz than thet," came promptly from the !
Baltiraorean. "He stopped the clocks at
night, suh, because o' the wear and tear ,
on the works." ' j
Then came the Philadelphian: "Well
there's a good old Quaker out in Wayne
who won't read the papers. Wears out
his glasses, says he." 1
All three looked inquiringly at the man 1
from New York, bnt he merely smiled J
and rang for the waiter to take the 1
orders.?February Smart Set.
TONIC TO THE SYSTEM. I
For liver troubles and constipation
there is nothing better than DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little pills.
They do not weaken the stomach. Their 1
action upon the system is mild, pleasant, harmless.
Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind., <
says, "No use talking, DeWitt's Little
Early Risers do their work. All other
pills I have used gripe and make me sick 1
in the stomach and never cured me. De
Witt's Little Early Risers proved to be
the long sought relief. They are simply
perfect." Persons traveling find Little
Early Risers the most reliable remedy to 1
carry with them. Sold by H. F. Hoover. <
A Georgia editor has had to leave home 1
because he said in his paper that he was i
going to hold his cotton. He had a i
sweetheart named Sarah Cotton, and her i
father chased him out of town with a shot .
gun. <
LEWIS BUCK. OF BARNWELL, DEAD.
The Result of Being Accidentally Shot while
Hunting an Escaped Convict.
Barnwell, January 22.?After twelve
)r fifteen days of suffering, Mr; Lewis
Black has passed away.
On the night of Thursday, the 12th instant,
Mr. Black, a young man, who opjrated
the road machines of the chain
jang and first lieutenant, was in search
)f an escaped convict. He was accom- 1
Danied by Mr. Bolen, and while secreted
jv the roadside, where they expected the
legro 10 pass, one ui men guus was aver
ientally discharged and the entire load
jntered the leg of Mr. Black, just above
,he knee, and ranging upward. Dr.
Briggs, of Blackville, was at once sumnoned,
and ministered such aid as was
idvisable, relieving his suffering.
Mr. Black was brought home on Saturiay
and has since been treated by Dr E.
L. Patterson, and up to Wednesday was
thought to be doing well. On Thursday
aight he was suddenly taken worse, and
it 1 o'clock to-day he died, leaving a widaw
and many relatives and friends to
mourn his loss.
Cold JVeather iii Dakota.
According to the way the editor of a
North Dakota paper sings they must be
having some pretty cold weather in that
part of the country just now. Hear him:
'Backward, turn backward/oh! time in
pour flight, give me July again just for
to-night. Soften the ground where the
frost king has lain; oh, let me hear one
more mosquito again. I am so weary of
frost bitten pie, give me a slice of Fourth
af July. Backward, swing backward, oh'
season of snow?mercury fifteen or twen
ij below?turn on the heat ot the tropical
zone, ahd roast me until I am cooked
Lo the bone. I am so tired of freezing
my nose, weary of chilblains and corns
cn my toes, weary of trying to sleep with
cold feet?turn on the heat, mister, turn
cn the heat."
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A Clear Skin Necessitates Good Blood.
About 50 per cent of the people of the
[Jnited States have some imperfection of
.he skin?due to impure blood. Many 1
persons are ignorant of the purifying
)ualities contained in sulphur. Hancock's
Liquid Sulphur, nature's greatest germi- '
;ide, is so compounded that it may be taken
internally, or applied directly to the '
skin to be absorbed through the pores, j
Elere is what Miss Evalyn Garst, of Salem, ,
Pa., thinks of it: Three'years ago I had a
:ough place on my cheek?it would burn
ind itch. I was fearful it might be of a '
cancerous nature. I used different prep- <
irations, but nothing helped it. One bot- ,
le of Liquid Sulphur has cured me entirey.
I recommeAd it to every one having
iny skin disease. The Hancock Liquid <
Sulphur Co., Baltimore, mails free booket
describing sulphur's healing qualities.
A Philosopher.
A farmer driven to the roof of his flood- ,
cd farm house, was gazing over the rising
vaters.
"Washed all your fowls away?" asked
i man in a boat below.
"Yes, but the ducks swam."
"Tore up your orchard trees?"
"Don't mind it much. The crop would
lave been a failure."
"But the water is right up at your winlow,
man!"
41 Well, them windows wanted washing.''
NO MORE STOMACH TROUBLES.
Stomach trouble is removed by use of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It gives the stomach
rest by digesting what you eat without
the stomach's aid. The food builds
up the body, the rest restores the stomach
to health. You don't have to diet
yourself when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. J. D. Erskine, of Allenville, Mich.,
says, "I suffered heartburn and stomach
trouble for some time. My sister-in-law
had the same trouble and was not able to
eat for weeks. She lived entirely on warm
water. After taking two bottles of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure she was entirely ^cured.
She now eats heartily and in good health.
I am glad to say Kodol gave me instant
relief." Sold by H. F. Hoover.
Citing a Case.
"Pawpiped up little Johnny, "this
paper says that the medical association is
after Dr. Goggleblat for unprofessional
conduct. What's unprofessional conduct,
paw?"
"Well, my son," replied the wise father,
by "unprofessional conduct is meant
doing something that doctors don't usually
do. Sending in a reasonable bill
would be one instance of it."
SAY "MURRAY'S."
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When you've got a Daa cougn just say
'MURRAY'S." If a druggist gives you
anything but Murray's Horehound, Mullein
and Tar, you're not getting the best
and surest cough remedy. Make him
jive you Murray's. Acts quicker and you ;
jet a 50c. size bottle for 2oc. Every drugjist
has it.
His Real Status.
Bilbrown. "Are you one of the stockaolders
in the Bunko Oil company?"
Jaysmith. "Well, I labored under the
ielusion that I was for a time." i
Bilbrown. "How's that?"
Jaysmith. "I discovered later that I '
was merely one of the stuck-holders."
?Chicago Daily News. J
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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the health of
the people of this county is in imminent
langer and must be taken care of. It has
been decided that every precaution be '
taken to prevent prolonged cases of pneumonia,
grippe, etc.. The best thing to do
is to give a good cough mixture as soon <
as the cough starts. Get MURRAY'S
HOREHOUND, MULLEIN AND TAR.
Only 25c. a bottle. At all druggists.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, January 23.?Mr. George
W. Reotz butchered a very fine hog recently.
He could not weigh the hog gross
with his weighing apparatus, so he
weighed it by parts. Head, 68 lbs; hams,
129 lbs.; midlings, shoulders, etc, 352 lbs.;
making the total weight of 552 lbs. From
this hog he measured up 16 gallons of
lard. Mr. Jttentz is one or our moaei
young farmers in the true sense. His farm
supplies bis wants in the way of something
to eat and plenty of it, owes no
one anything but good will and pays up
this debt to the best of his ability every
year.
Some new fences and the like help to
make several houses in town look more
homely. Let the good work go on, and
make home as comfortable and neat as
you can.* The paint brush and the whitewash
brush helps appearances also.
Miss Julia Dannelley and Mr. Edward
Steedly were made man and wife by Rev.
T. L. Belvin last Wednesday afternoon.
The presents were plentiful and useful.
Cards arc out for another marriage on
the 25th. Will give their names later.
We think there will be more later on but
can't exactly spot them as yet, but we
we notice several parties trying to come
to the same opinion on the subject.
Mr. A. W. Brabham was in town last
week, and he thinks more of his staple
cotton since the slump than before. He
says it does not affect the price of his
cotton.
Mr. O. P. Folk was in town Saturday.
He is trying to get the rural free delivery
to leave the office in the afternoon in
place of morning. Mr. Folk likes to have
fresh news as well as the balance of us.
Mr. Isaac Carter and wife went down
the country to visit her sister, Mrs. Rosa
Griffin, last week. They returned Saturday.
Mr. W. P. Pate, the agent at this place, j
has been relieved by a young man, Mr.
Miller, and ordered in to the superintendent's
office, who wants to move him to
another point. Mr. Pate says he will go
and see the work before he takes the job.
Mr. G. L. Kinard bought Mr. Chasjereau's
house and lpt and moved into
same last week. Mr. Chassereau has
moved into the Chisolom house.
Mr. Merick Kinard is the happy man of
our town. He is a bouncing big boy.
Jee.
News from Govan.
Govan, January 23.?The farmers have
started to work, after a short vacation,
and on every side the musical note of the
ploughman may be heard encouraging
the reluctant mule.
We are sorry to note that Mr. G. 0.
Mather lost a very fine horse last Tuesday.
Prof. Brinson is pastor at Bethesda.
Mr. Rob Williams spent Saturday and
Sunday at Bethesda.
We are glad to say that Mrs. McCormack
is improving again.
Mr. S. S. Williams spent Saturday and
Sunday in Augusta, Ga.
There was a surprise party at the home
nf Mr "Mix Fridav night and we are glad
to say it was a success.
We have three weeklies and one monthly
magazine in oar reading room nowv
and the number of books continues to increase.
The faculty are beginning to plan for
the coming commencement; we hope to
be able to announce a good program.
There is a mistake about the smallpox
being around here. No one seems to be
affected seriously so far. If they have it,
it is indeed a very good variety.
News from Farrell's.
We are having some gloomy weather
this week.
Some of the farmers are beginning to
till the soil.
The yonng oat crop has been damaged
a great deal by the cold.
' The hogs have been dying with the sore
head, and generally they would bleed at
the throat. If the people wouldjstop this
disease they would have plenty of hogs.
Mr. John Cooner and family, of Bam
berg, were here Sunday.
Mr. J. E. Byrd has returned home. He
has been in town last week, undergoing
an operation. He is getting along fine.
Wedding bells are ringing around here.
Miss Sue England, of Brier Creek, and
Mr. Frank Moore, of Ehrhardt, were married
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
"Which do you think counts for the
most in life, money or brains?"
"Well," answered Miss Cayenne, "Isee
so many people who manage to get on
with so little of either that I am beginning
to lose my respect for both."?Washington
Star.
STRAIGHT FACTS.
A whole lot of fancy phrases can be
written about remedies, but it takes facts
to prove anything?good straight facts.
And the strongest fact you ever heard is
that Tannopiline is the best cure for piles7
on the market. It cures absolutely. Has
a healing, soothing effect from the start.
All druggists have it for $1.00 a jar. Ask
for Tannopiline and take no substitute.
BRAVE SCHOOLMA'AM.
Continued Teaching While Reds and Yanks
Fought Near By.
I noticed in a recent story about the
war in the orient that the writer says that
Gen. Kuroki planned the battle at Taitse
river and then calmly proceeded to fish
for minnows while the shells were flying
and men were bayoneting one another,"
remarked ex-State Senator William H.
Sears. "While one cannot help applauding
the superb nerve of the little fighters
across the sea, I want to say that I knew
a tall woman teacher of Missouri who
beat the gallant Japanese general-to it as
regards nerve by twb or three degrees.
"Miss Lizzie McKittrick was the heroine.
I remember well the day, because it
marked my 14th birthday, and it was the
end of the summer , term of school, Aug.
8,1861.
"The little log house was about seven
miles south of Callao and not far from the
Chariton river. A few days earlier the
Confederate forces under Gen. Porter and
the federals commanded by Gen. Wolfolk
met in a battle at Kirksville, and afterward
along the Chariton river.
"We were drowsily thumbing our
books when we heard the sullen roar of a
cannon in the distance. We looked up
at the windows and then at the teacher.
"She frowned and motioned for Us to
resume our studies. There was another
detonation from the cannon and another
and then a crash of musketry. A window
light was knocked out by the concussion
J r _ 11 :_:i -fl ~ - rPKn nnnils
aim icu uuisnjr uu iuc m/vi. mc pupno
jumped up in wild confusion.
"Miss McK-ittrick arose from her chair,
but not in confusion. She was just mad.
" 'The school will come away from the
door and resume its seats,' she said.
"The school did.
"She stood in the centre aisle with a
heavy ruler in her hand. The pupils were
more afraid to risk an encounter with that
ruler than the possible chance of a stray
cannon ball crashing through the building.
A teacher who could run a school
while people were being bayoneted and
blown to pieces right next door, as you
might say, was too serious a thing for our
youthful spirits to defy, even if she did
wear spectacles.
"During the entire afternoon the firing
between the two commands continued,
sometimes breaking into volleys that
sounded dreadfully near. We were all
little rebels, because our parents were,
and we secretly prayed for the success of
Porter and his men. The fighting was
just across the hills, and looking through
the windows we could see the smoke rising
from'the valley.
"It was a hard task to keep our thoughts
on our books with subh a thrilling event
so near us. In our imagination every
time the canpons spoke we saw whole
nlafiAns nf men torn tn nieces aftd their
dismembered limbs sailing skyward. Once
in a while a cheer would come floating
across the hills, and we hoped it was oar
side and that we could holler with them.
"But that teacher of ours, grim, alert
and determined, seemed to be unusually
successful in finding something for us to
do.to keep our minds from the battle.
"The long afternoon session ended ati
last, and as we bade our teacher a hurried
farewell she admonished us not to go too
near where the fighting was. She needn't
have done that, but I suppose she thought
it would make her conscience easier if
any of us were inclined to get in the way
of the bullets?which we were not.
"As for herself, I believe if her way
home had led across the battlefield she
would have commanded the soldiers to
cease firing till she got by. She had the
nerve."?Macon, Ga., Cor. New York Sun.
A VERY CLOSE CALL.
"I stuck to my engine, although every
joint ached and every nerve racked with
pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive
fireman^of Burlington, Iowa. I was weak
and pale, without any appetite and all
run down. As I was about to give up, I
got a bottle of Electric Bitters, and after
taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in
my life." Weak, sickly, run down people
always gain new life, strength and
vigor from their use. Try them. Satis-'
faction guaranteed by all drug stores at
Bamberg, S. C., and Felder & Matthews,
Denmark, S. C. Price 50 cents.
Additional Circuits.
The judiciary committee of the house
of representatives has introduced a bill
providing for two additional judicial circuits.
The ten circuits as proposed by
this committee would be grouped as follows:
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First?Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort.
Second?Berkeley, Georgetown, Dorchester
and Orangeburg.
Third?Hampton, Aiken, (Bamberg,
Barnwell and Edgefield.
Fourth?Clarendon, Florence, Lee,
Sumter and Williamsburg.
Fifth?Chesterfield, Darlington, Horry,
Marion and Marlboro.
Sixth?Kershaw, Lexington, Richland
and Saluda.
Seventh?Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster
and York.
Eighth?Cherokee, Spartanburg and
Union.
Ninth?Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens
and Newberry.
Tenth?Anderson, Greenville, Pickens
and Oconee.
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R. R. AGENT ARRESTED AT GREER'S.
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He is Charged With Having Embezzled Three
Thousand Dollars.
GreenvillA, January 23.?Thomas M.
Hill, agent for the Southern Railway at
Greer's, S. C., was arrested today at the
instance of the American Surety Company,
of New York, which concern is on
his bond, charged with having embezzled
$3,000. The prisoner was brought here
this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Gilreath
and arraigned before F. B. McBee, the.
magistrate issuing the warrant, who released
the defendant on bail in the sum of &
$3,000 until January 30th, when he will
have a preliminary examination. *
Hill has hitherto enjoyed a splendid - <
reputation on account of being an elder \\ 4'
in the Presbyterian Church, and a popu- - r
lar Sunday-school superintendent in
Greer's, where his arrest caused a sensa-. _v; j
tion.
He admits that he is irregular in his ac- ,
counts, but insists that it is the result of 7-''
bad book keeping on his part. Several > 4$
years ago the safe at Greer's was robbed
and Hill was shot several times, but refused
to surrender. His friends claim /"f
that the shock from the wounds wrecked r- -Jfefj
his health aricl affected his mind.
Church Member and Dog Fight.
Look not upon the dog when he fights
should be the injunction to good Meth- ' '}:%
odists, especially superintendents of Sun- - - 3
day schools, as a deduction from the ex- 4 \ :fM
perience of B. S. Mickey, of Des Moines, J|l|
la., brother of the governor of Nebraska. . > :1|
It seems that Brother Mickey was riding, &
along the streets of Des Moines upon his ;|3
good nag, and became absorbed in a dog 'yyM
fight, which he watched with interest at ^
he rode by and turned to look upon as
he rode away. While thus engaged as to
his attention, an electric wire, stretching
across the street, engaged him as to his /
neck and he was thrown violent!/ to the "
ground and seriously injured. He sued
the city for $6,000 damages. The interest
he had taken in the dog fight was -31k
brought into the evidence as well aa his
distinction of being a devout Methodist
and the superintendent of the Sunday
school, and the court instructed the^ jury
that Mickey was guilty of contributory
negligence in looking back at the dog '
fight and so could not recover damages.
What the church will do with him remains
to be seen, but there he stands an example
and a warning.?Charleston Even-"
ing Post.
Ham and Egg.
There is an amusing story relative to f
some strange names among the officials
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The
Pilgrim says:
1 Mr. Ham is the road's advertising manager,
with headquarters at Montreal, and
the city ticket office there is in chkrge of
Mr. Egg.
Because of their strange names, the
two men became fast friends and if they,
chance to be out of town, as they some- ;.<?
times do, the question, "Have you seen ^
Ham and Egg?" is heard around both , their
offices. By a more peculiar coinci- , . ^
dence, they both report to Mr. Bacon, v"$!
whose chief clerk is Brown.
A few days ago Ham called on Egg at JS
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me lattci o uxuve* ii uue wimii^ ?u? wi* ""i"
ephone rang, and the messenger boy an- / ''3jj
swered the call. - v
He was asked if that was the Canadian ;
Pacific office. Before he answered as to ?
that, he said, "Whom do you want, Ham
or Egg?"
"Neither," was the reply, "I want the
Canadian Pacific ticket office. I don't
want any of your old ham or eggs. Cen- M
tral, get that cheap restaurant off this 'itfk
wire." Both Ham and Egg are now looking
for that man. v
Woman's Home Companion.
The February Woman's Home Com- <. - -:M
panion is packed with good things from ; ^
cover to cover. A unique feature is a '
double-pagedrawingshowing "HowUn- ^
cle Sam is Spending Hundreds of Millions ' . X'm
of Dollars to Make Washington the Most
Beautiful Capital in the World." Other
features are; i "Ice-Yachting?The New
Sport for Women," and "The Interna- : \i
tional Sunday-School Invasion of the V
Holy Land." The fiction includes stories <. ' cl i
by Louis Tracy, Q. T. Evans, Madge L. '
Axford and Frederick Smith. Mrs. Xin- ' >
coin gives her twelve favorite recipes.
There are helpful articles on valentine / y
parties, new ideas in fashions for men.
and women, and a number of contributions
from women on "Howl Earned My
Own Support." Published bytheCroweU
Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio; /
one dollar a year, ten cents a copy. , ,
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Not Surprised. ^
Glen MacDonough, who wrote the lib[
retto for the comic opera "Babes in Toyland"
was sitting in a New York restaurant
recently with Victor Herbert, the '
composer, when a waiter approached to .
fair. Kia nrdpr ~ "
V?av j
The waiter smiled at Mr. MacDonongh > ' .. |
and said: < "!? ^
"You don't remember me, do you? I ,
used to sing in one of your companies."
"I remember you very well," said Mr? ^
MacDonongh.
"Are you surprised to see me here as a
waiter?" asked the other. ~ v>
"Not a bit," replied the librettist cheerfully.
"You know, I have heard you sing."
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The lawyers now say that the old
farmer who represented himself in the
supreme court in Coldmbia the other day , ; . S
is crazy. But they didn't seem to think so
as long as he employed them.
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