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But Were Spurious
WtS ASKED TO LEAVE TOWN
S'jhttetr Camt for Miles to Goshen,
Matt., to See Four cf a Kind that
Are Now Declared Bcgus Some
Douttlett Looked Up Records.
Northampton, Mas?. It looks a
though the qaudrurl(-ts claimed to
have been born to Rev. and lira.
Samuel H. Secomle of Chicago, but
now of Goshen, a ton near this cltr,
are n.yths. The people of the little
town where Mr. Secombe was eneaged
to preach In the Congregational
church are astounded at some of the
development.
There has been a widespread inter
est in the reported births of the four
babies which, as It is claimed, were
born on May 26 and are still living
very sprightly. The papers in all
parts of the ccmtry have had stories
about this interesting and unusual
family.
The parents of the quadruplets who
came to Goshen fcr;ng:i.e with them
four oth'-r children, have been the ob
Jwt of sympathy because of their
nef-dy circumstances, and there have
be.-n large contributions of money.
After :.!.-. . hod preached in
Goshen a few Sundays, early in the
Burarcr, tn inve.t;eat!on led to his
bein? shut on from pn-ncliir.g The
family was allow ed to re;ii?.in in the
pr.rionpg. b-;t en t'-.e revelation of
what appeared to be facts showing
that the quadruplets are spurious, the
people of the to-1 n became so incensed
that they asked thut they leave town
within two days.
Physicians ar:d others in Chicago
who became interested in the birth
of the quadruplets and made Investi
gations found that the Rev. Orin
Jwiks, an Advntist minister, mar
ried Mr. and Mrs. Secombe Not. 9,
1908. and that quadruplets were born
so it was said, on May 2, and the
mother came with the children to
Goshen June 21 to join Mr. Secombe.
Mrs. Secombe's explanation was that
she was frightened by a burglar
breaking into the house and attack
''3 her.
'Vhen the rr.other and babies ar
lJ in Gohhen the church authorl-
-. asked the pas-tor to explain the
oris that he bad been married be-
: e and divorced, and why he had ad-
rtised for a wife. He could not ex
plain satisfactorily and he was told
that he could net preach longer. Out
of sympathy for the family it was
agreed that It could remain in the
parsonage two :..cmhs.
People who are acquainted with the
Secombe family in Chicago and were
the next door neighbors, living at No.
2143 Fulton Ftreet, say no babies were
born in the Secombe household, but
claim that a baby was adopted in
April, and they are sure that Mrs.
Secombe's house was not entered by
a burglar.
These quadruplets, as It is claimed,
weighed from six to twelve pounds
each at birth.
Mrs. Secombe's story Is that she
was attended by a lady physician. Dr.
G. G. Craig, but no such doctor is reg
istered In Chicago.
Since the family has been In Gosh
en people have come by teams and
touring cars In great numbers to see
the wonderful quadruplets, and in
many Instances the contributions have
been generous. The last Sunday the
minister preached before being bar
red from further occupying the pulpit
he ts reported to have said to some
of the church people:
"Sometimes I feel that the Lord has
overwhelmed me with blessings, and
again I asked myself what have I
done that He should afflict me so In
sending me four babies."
Mr. Secombe is fifty-three years old
and a graduate of Amherst College.
His wife was from Maine, and before
her marriage was a nurse in Lynn. It
Is a fact that no birth of quadruplets
has been recorded up to several days
MO.
ALASKA LONGEST CIVILIZED.
otenttet Finds Skeleton of High Type
Thousands of Years Old.
Port Townsend, Wash. News Is
brought by the United States revenue
cutter Tohama, which reached Puget
Bound after steaming around the
world from Iialtimore, that a party of
ethnologists, headed by Dr, William
Yochelson, a noted Russian explorer,
encountered at the Island of Attu, In
tba Aleutian Archipelago, has discov
ered relics and skeletons that would
establish the record of population of
north western North America during
the prehistoric ages.
In a statement to Captain Queenan,
of the Tahoraa, Dr. Yochelson told of
differences from the present etrllsa
tlon on the islands. He saM the rel
ics uooovered would establish com
pletely a belief that thousands of
years ago the highest type of humani
ty existing In the new world existed
tn the North.
Cava Leonem.
Mountainside. Walter Cook of this
town has a lion cub which he la going
to train to do tlio work of a watch
dog. He proposes to turn it loose at
night to guard his chickens.
CENSUS
PREACH
n nun v
n 3 rHMILl
BATHING WITHOUT WATER
A Coed Rub ana an Air Bath a Sub
stitute for the Tub.
The conditions and contentions of
ot:r civilization fletnand frequent bath
es. It is popularly supposed that this
freq sent bathing Is essential to health.
"This Is quite untrue." says the
Medical Journal. "We have seen fine
and vigorous men among the habi
tants of Canada who had never taken
a fjll bath in their lives. Were the
j truth known many thousand of our
fei.ow citizens probably know noth
ing of the ali-ed benefits of the tub,
though maintaining excellent average
health.
, "S'uch people do not present the
j f i - h a-.d pleasing apearance of the
) frequent bather, however long lived
c;- i:.ay be. Is not. however, much
yf the bf-nofit attributed to the water
in reality due to the complete expos
ure of the skin to the air?
"The respiratory function of the
skin is of high Importance, and al
ti'igh water may be dispensed with
closing the pores to air would result
i in speedy asphyxiation. The historic
iir.star.fe of the boy who impersonated
j John the r.aptist in a mediaeval pro-res:-ion,
and whose body was covered
with pold leaf with rapidly fatal re
I suits Is proof.
"The ke cold bath is a superstition;
lit is a pastime for the afcorrnal!y
j vigorous: not desirable for the aver
j ?e civilized man. A bath not too cold
I is re:lly an agreeable stimulant as
!-.! n being a luxury. The feclln"
i of well being after a bath can hardly
j be obtained in any other way. and
I t ie it'pid multiplication of tubs in
ho'e'.s and private residences, soon to
! ;ppr" -h one of the Individual, shows
! how they i.re appreciated,
j "1"n .ppy persons, however, who3e
:tr:. in the i rovinces or into the
i -I.'-. r' n.ny temporarily deprive them
jef ;e:,t wavr for bathing may
j fa.u a substitute that will at least af-''or.-!
r. p.rt of their accustomed en
I U y;.. er.:. Tl.e body may be ecerge
jti'ul'.y rubbed with a brush or coarse
jTur'tlsh towel and afterward exposed
I 'o the air for fifteen minutes or so.
Tl.e frctistomed feeling of vigor will
follow and the process will be found
by the uninitiated to be astonishing
ly cleansing."
No Competitors.
A
v FJn-lanUer, travelling on
foot tl. "o-:jrh the Southern mountains,
tu'yfr? the people, asked a man
vl:o:.i he ::.et to direct him to a cer
tain cabin at which he had been ad
vised to stay overnight. "Going tbar?"
said the man. "Well, Tom's a first
i rater, take him Just right, but he'ti
I mighty queer."
j "What do you mean?" asked the
l traveller.
i "Well, it's like this," and the man
looked at the stranger in a calm, lm
j personal way. "He's be setting out
j side, most probably, and he'll see you
j coming; he'll take a good look at you,
and ef you don't suit him, he may set
' the dog on you.
"Ef l;e don't, and you get to talk-
In? him. ar.-l rrythlrp he don't
Just like, l.i; may throw you down
i and trorr.p on you. Hut ef you're too
j careful in yotir talk, on the other
i hand, he's liable to take you for a
! spy and use his gun fuat and listen
; to explanations afterward,
j "But it's no use trying to get by
l without stopjiing," conc luded the man,
I with evident relish of the prospect he
was opening up to the stranger. "Ef
j you was to undertake that, 'twould be
j all up with you, for he'd think you was
i proud and blssetty.
"Ef you want to come out of the
j mountain whole, don't go past Tom's
I cabin without stopping, whatever you
do!"
Spoiled the Performance.
The play was all about n horse
famous horse, the autobiography of
which is even yet among the "best
sellers," and over the sufferings of
which thousands of readers have
Fbed tears of sympathy. The four
ics;:ed actor that had been cast for
the part of the horse was doing Its
be:-:', presumably, to look pathetic.
V i'.l. drooping head, it stood on the
s' ;?. from time to time switching
i: ; oor docked tail. One of the two-Ut-.vI
actors was delivering an lm
i r. -cloned and really touching speech,
'.,!.:) the Midience suddenly burst
iiro a ill of prolonged and uncontrolla
ble l-iughttr.
Tl :e oration came to a sudden ston.
Tl " actor glanced at the horse, then
turned and fled in dismay behind the
C"e,
"Ulack Ueauty" was yawning.
Her Capacity,
"!f teeth do Just as well without
r(.-v"M?" she said to tho dentist, "and
K'.iy Just as white and don't break
rry quicker, why ure the nerves put
t'.c.e in the first place?"
"I've often wondered myself," said
be. "I don't know unless It is so you
t-.in suffer the pain of losing them.
You'd be too happy, you know, unless
you underwent a little suffering now
a:.d then."
"A little!" she shrieked. "You re
ir.eir.ber that tooth of mine last win
t .1. and how I came within an ace of
dyir.- with the pain?"
"I remember," said he, "but you
have a great capacity for suffering.
I ve seen other people lose four and
si'f'er less."
Mot by the Sweat of Hla Brow.
T! Knights had moved Into a new
neighborhood, and Mrs. Knight was
wondering aloud at the breakfast-table
as to the occupation of a certain
neighbor. "Ob, I know what he does,
mamma," said the bright-eyed four
yes r-old of the Knight household.
"What?" asked mama. "Why, he
takes up the collection at church!"
The Delineator.
THE COLUMBIAN.
THE FACTS IN
"RACE-SUICIDE."
The birth rate In the Unite States
la the days of Its Anglo-Saxon youth
was one of the highest In the world.
The best of authority traces the begin
ning of iu decline to the first appear
ance about 1850 of Immigration on a
large scale. Our great philosopher.
Benjamin Franklin, estimated six
children to a normal American fam
ily In bis day. The average at t!i
present time Is slightly above two. Kor
1900 It Is calculated that there are
only about three fourths as many chil
dren to potential mothers in America
as taere were forty years ago. Wtr-.-the
old rate of the middle of the cen
tury sustained, there would be fif
teen thousand more birth yearly in
the state of Massachusetts than no
occur. In the ccurse of a century tl.e
proportion of 3ur entire population
consisting of children under the ag?
of ten has fallen from one-third to one
quarter. This, tor the whole United
States, is equivalent to the loss of
about seven million children. So
alarming has this phenomenon of the
falling birth-rate become in the Aus
tralian colonies that. In New South
Males, r. special government commis
sion has voluminously reported upon
the subject. It is estimated that there
has been t decline of about one-third
in the fruitfulness of the people in
fifteen years. New Zealand even
complains of the ack of children to
fill her schools. The facts concern
ing the stagnation, nay even the re
trogression of the population of
France, are too well knuan to nccJ
description.
MONEY-MAKERS NOT AL
WAYS INTELLIGENT.
People are very apt to Imagine that
a man who has acquired wealth must
be a particularly intelligent man.
wnose advice it would be safe to fol
low on almost any question, but as a
matter of fact there is probably in- r -practical
common be use to be fou.u.i
among those who have to work 1rJ
and live from hanu to nioutli th.in
among those who hav- ik-r.ty .,:
money and nothing to do; for t..
workers have more coubcioua iuk ,
wisdom and giva more thought to t:.
practical problems of life.
Few persons seem to be av.ur
the fact that the human brain i.
a simple but a complex tnsiru:..
It possesses many U . Hcrem f:.ci. ;.
but not by any means in tl.e- i .
proportions or In tne same r.-.t. ...
to each other in all individuals.
The faculty for acquiring wcaltli
:. very convenient one. which moi o
us would like to possess in sou:,
measure at least, but it is far fu .v
being one of the noblest of muii'.v
faculties, and does nut indicate grc.it
ness of any kind, although it not
commonly enables the man who p ...
sesses X to attain to much promi
nence and perhaps to political
social power.
A LUNCHEON
REVOLU i ION.
Russell Sage should have a monu
ment erected to iiimself by his widow
The old miser educated all New York,
south of Fulton street, how to be ab
stemious. His midday luncheon
(when he had to pay for It) was a
section of applo pie and a glass ui
milk. On this repast he thrived, re
tained his health and waxed rich. No
corned beef and cabbage In "hisn."
No wines, no beer, no fat pastries,
nothing of the fle inputs. A million
young men are now imitating the old
man who spent IS a year for clothes
and left $70,0uu,00J for his wife to
squander on people who used to damn
him as skinflint. Mrs. Sage is taxed
higher than any other woman In New
York, and she I working overtime to
reduce her fortune.
WHOLE HOG NOW
"CANNED."
It was tho boast of a great Chicago
meat packer that in his stock-yards
every part of tht pig was utilized ex
cept the squeal. Recently a manager
of one of the rural plays wanted some
realistic pig squeals for his show, and
..e accordingly gave a contract fo- the
required i umber to a phonograph deal
er, who took a machine down to the
stock-yards, "canned" the squeals, and
turned over the records to the show
manager. Those who talk about the
extravagance of the present age
6hould remember that with the by-product
already mentioned, nothing now
goes to waste in the pork industry.
GONE
OUT!
The poor little black and tan dogs!
How they have faded into obscurity,
unhonored and unsung. At one time
they were largely the fashion and
great ladies fondled them and were
proud In their possession. Now they
have been superseded by other varie
ties. The other day we patted one of
these pathetic creatures on the head
and he returned our caress with
a deprecating wag of his tall, as to
sa- that we didn't quite know what
we were doing, but he thanked us all
the same. And yet of all the dogs
there be, there is none more Intelli
gent than the black and tan.
David Lloyd George, chancellor of
the exchequer, said In Albert Hall that
a bill would be introduced to give
women suffrag:; and. If the chance to
pass It was thrown away, It would be
entirely owing to the lunacy of some
who thought they were helping the
cause by cleaning themselves to seats
uud breaking up meetings.
The only kind of ethical passion
that greatly benefits the public la
that which expends itselt at first hand
In the rlwht conelvu . of the Individual
moved by It, and In the Inspiration of
those who come immediately within
the sphere of his Influence.
BLOOMSBURd, UA.
Rk.lCUTIO.N CHATTBR-D.
The Moral S'jas'on Schema tl;r,':
Work en Jack Jones.
A little boy catr.e home ona t'a?
rrom sencoi la a very bad humor. An
other boy. Jacfc Jor.es. hud givea !i::a
a thrashing, and he --v in ted lev-.:...,..
"Oh," said his mutter, "clou'; tii:r.'
or rovers", ui.iie. la It.ud to . . .;.
H'&p c.'.l of fire on his head. T1:'.-j
htt wiil ti..f o:r. vonr fr. --..!."
Willie thought he wuu'.d t: v t..U
method. So th nprt i!:iv rt rfiii
Just as he was buying a lti.,on pie- ior
luncr.eon, jacx nppearcu ana sa.il:
"Lock here, I licked you yesterdiy,
but I didn't plv you enough. Now
I'm ro'.r.z to lick vn-i ne-.dn "
And he planted a hard blow on
While s Utile stomach.
Willie gasped, but Instead of s'.rik
Ine bark he extended hl n'.e tn .7 ) -i5
"Here," he said in n kindly voice.
" i ii give yoa mis. I make you a
pre:er.t of it."
Jack, In plad atr.a.-emr nt. fell ;:rrn
the re greedily, and It had soon d.s
appeared. "Gosh. It was pood!" he rilj. "V.'h-t
did you give it to me for?"
"I)ecau.-e t,'t struck i..e," raij the
helper of the coals.
Instuntly Ja-k hnu'ed o.T r.n-J
struck hlra a?ain. "Now go ml net
toother pie," he said. Lauie i' Ioj
Journal.
FINANC!
Landlord I'll give you ten per cent,
off if you'll pay the rent to-morrow.
Tenant Thank you. Now, su;;;.o::e
you let n.e have that ten per cert
now and I'll pay it to you on accouut
to-day.
Exasperating.
From the dark kitchen there eman
ated a series of thumps and angry e ::
clamations. Jones was looking' for
the cat.
"Pa!" called the son from the stair
way. ' Go to bed and let me alone," blurt
ed Jones. "I've Just barked my shins."
"Pal" Insisted Tommy, after a mo
ment's silence.
"Well, what is it? Didn't I tell you
to keep quiet?"
"I I didn't hear your shins bark."
And the next moment Tommy was
being pursued by an angry sire wiQ
a hard hair brush.
i A Sharp Retort,
i "My dear," said a thin little Bri7h
j ton man to his wife, "this paper says
i that there Is a woman down In Dovon
I shire who goes out and chops wood
I with her husband."
"Well, what of it? I think ho
could easily do it if he is thin you
are. I have often thought of usisg
you to peel potatoes with."
The th!n man laid down his paper
with a sigh that rounded like thr
squeak of a penny whistle.
Again Those Immigrants.
Little Eleanor's mother was au
American, while her father was a
German.
One day, after Eleanor had been
subjected to rather severe disciplin
ary measures at the hands of her
paternal ancestor, she called her
mother into another room, closed tb.2
door significantly and said, "Mother,
I don't want to meddle in your bual
ness of yours back to Germany."
Almost at Good.
Mttle Ikey came up to his fathi r
with a very solemn face.
"Is it true, father," he asked, "thjit
marriage is a failure?"
His father surveyed him thought
fully for a moment.
"Well. Ikey," he finally replied, ".f
you get a rich wife it's almost as gocd
as a failure."
Very Singular.
"That second speaker was a very
singular man."
"There was nothing in his nppear
ance to indicate singularity."
"Hut didn't you notice that when
he got up he didn't say the ton!
master's introductory remarks re
minded him of a story?"
What He Wanted.
Small Hoy (applying for situation)
What kind of a boy does yer want?
Merchant A nice quiet boy that
doesn't use bad words, smoke cigar
etten, whistle around the office, play
tricks, or get into mischief
: Small Boy Yer don't want no boy;
yer want a goll. See?
Double Charge, Anyhow.
Howell Did you have double pntu
.onla? ( rowel I guess so; the doctor
charged me twice as much as I
thought he wou'd.
nr.tl r- 3'jjIous.
"Yes,
:r - -no Purina
lam'i" iecl,',rei' leu bi.icnei.
liOUiiewlfc.
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similating iticroodandBcgula
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FromolcsDigMtion.CrVerfur- J
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Tion, Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions. Feverish
nrss and Loss of Sleep.
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