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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 19U.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
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Justicet of the Peace O. A. Randall, D.
W.Clark. .
Counciimen.J. W, Landers, Q. B. Rob
inson, R. J. Hopkins, Q. K. Watson, G.
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Blum.
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Member of CongretuW. J. Hillings.
Member of Senate J. 1C. P, Hall.
Assembly A.. R. Meohling.
President Jwlge W. D. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
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8. R. Maxwell.
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Treasurer W. H. Brar.ee.
Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J.
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County Auditors George H. Warden,
A. O. Gregg and 8.,V. Shields.
Count Surveyor-VPn? 8Braden.
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Sabbath evening at the usual noun. Rev.
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FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten
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NEW SITUATION
CAUSES WORRY
Mexico Again Becomes Menace
to United States
Should Rebels Obey Instructions From
...Washington Not to Execute Political
'lF6ei.inanclal Tangle Still Remainl.
That the administration's, real era
barrasslhg .troubles are Ju5 beginning
Jalje.Mlcnn.sJtuation Is the belief
"iryin4W8hingtoii. In boiuo
quarters it Is said that the solution of
several questions that have already
arisen may make of the new Mexican
deal a rear danger to the United
States. ,
sf.Washfngton administration and
Constitutionalists are wide apart
j.id,- important matters brought ..about
by t''t$ing, transfer of power in
Mexico CttViMtfe?veution In the war
torn repupl&y not 'be such an im
possible undertaking as many have
come to believe in the last month.
The loudly proclaimed intentions of
(he Constitutionalists to rule Mexico
hy military decree alone, without u
congress, to punlHli wiih death all
those believed to have participated di
rectly In the overthrow of Madero and
his death, and finally to repudiate all
the acts and obligations of the Huer
ta government are the cause of
anxiety.
In a general way the attitude of
Washington on these issues has In the
last few days been represented to the
Constitutionalists through various
mediums.
While the Constitutionalists boldly
assert that it is no business of the
United States what treatment is as-
corded Mexicans whom they may find
guilty of enmity to the cause, it is
recognized here that Washington can
not approve even by acqulesence any
large number of executions, whether
decreed by military tribunals or not.
. It is asserted by high administration
officials that the United States must
take a firm stand on these questions
aud compel the Constitutionalists to
modify their program or else face the
alternative of Intervention.
But more threatening as a danger
ous Issue between the United States
and the Constitutionalists than the
fate Of any Mexicans is the attitude
dt the revolutionists towards the acta
and obligations of the Huerta govern
ment.' The .European governments
have let the United States government
know that they will not submit to a
general repudiation of financial and
other obligations incurred by the
Huerta government which they recog
nized In perfect good faith.
Moreover, It Is pointed out by these
governments and admitted by officials
here that In this day and generation
L, wholesale repudiation of the acts of
even a de facto government cannot be
tolerated. The United States will be
compelled to insist on complete re
spect for all acts of the Huerta gov
ernment Involving aliens.
It is considered that there is In the
flnai$tii question abundant material
,dr a 'serious quarrel between Wash
ington and Mexico. Carranza has
Lqqmr-yeacceded to any request made
by the United States and has repeat
edly rebuffed the Washington admin
istration. Former Dictator Took His Time.
General Huert!i,a,(.()UWPled, by'l.Slr
Lionel Cardcn and guarded toy 3,600
of . his faithful ' Boldiers,' arrived In
Puerto Mexico after a leisurely Jour
ney from Tlerra Hlanra In the state
of Vera Cruz. A troop train preceded
and one followed.
Precautions were taken against sur
prise by bodies of revolutionists who
might have heard of Hui-rta's depart
ure from Mexico City.
The most amazing episode of the
flight from the capital was tho so
journ of the former dictator at Tlerra
Blanca. This town is the center of a
district through which small bodies
of Constitutionalist, soldiers are con
stantly passing. Relying either upon
the protection of the British ambassa
dor or the prowess ot'hle . troops,
Huerta passed the night there with no
apparent concern for the possibilities
of his situation.
Meanwhile Senora Huerta and the
members of her family had been taken
aboard the British cruiser Bristol,
where they were afforded every con
venience that a warship can offer.
Jamaica is the rumored destination
for Huerta. .There are also reports
that he may go to Canada or the Unit
ed States. r.
The advance guard of Huerta's
party learned with disgust that Pro
visional .President Carbajal lia prac
tically lnvltpd Carranza to come to
Mexico City.
Receiver Asked For Railroad.
On application of William P. Riley
ot New York -tha Kansas City and
u.mphiB, railroad, ' with headquarters
at Rogers, Ark., was placed In the
hands of receivers. The road ia
capitalized at G,000,000.
Shamrock on Way.
Shamrock IV., Sir Thomas Llpton's
challenger for Ariierica's cup, under
convoy of the steam yacht Erin, sailed
from Portsmouth for Falmouth, Eng
land," Whence she will Btart for tho
United States.
Dictator Huerta Leaves Him
President ot Mexico
Photo by Amarloaa Proa Aaaodatioo.
FRANCISCO CARBAJAL.
BRYAN ESPOUSES SUFFRAGE
Secretary, However, Considers It a
State Issue.
Secretary ot State Bryan has pub
licly espoused the cause of woman
suffrage. After years of refusal to
commit himself on this political Issue
the secretary of state announces that
he will support the suffrage amend
ment pending before the people of his
own state of Nebraska.
Mr. Bryan says that he has delayed
expressing himself on the subject of
woman suffrage because he has been
busy gathering information about It
and because he has been engaged with
national issues. In some quarters Mr.
Bryan's declaration In favor of wo
man suffrage was Interpreted as an
attempt on the part of the administra
te placate the women suffragists ot
the country. It Is well known that tho
suffragists feel they have a real
grievance against President Wilson
and the Democratic administration be
cause of the president's refusal to
exert his Influence in behalf of the suf
frage amendment.
It is thought the open advocacy of
suffrage by Bryan may he offered to
the suffragists at this time as proof
that Democracy Is not opposed to wo
man suffrage, but merely considers it
a state, not a national issue.
I. W. W. WORSTED
Ohio Sheriff and Deputies Make Fif
teen Arrests.
Sheriff W. A. Huscroft, aided by fifty
deputies, surrounded the Palace lodge
of I. W. W. at Bradley, O., and ar
rested fifteen members besides con
fiscating mucli inflammatory litera
ture, revolvers, riiles and corre
spondence. He now has twenty-five of the lead
ing I. W. W. agitators In the jail and
three women rioters, which Is pleas
ing to the miners' union.
In the riot tho sheriff and his depu
ties exchanged shots, about twenty
five on each; side, with the I. W. W.
members, who were congregated at the
Palace, a big building on the hill. This
fusillade occurred after the battle with
100 women, who used clubs and stones
and threw pepper and salt into the
eyes of the deputies, injuring twenty
of the officers before they were dis
banded. $306,000,000 SUED FOR
Minority Stockholders of New Haven
Seek Restitution.
The appointment of a receiver, spe
cial master or other official to prose
cute claims aggregating $306,000,000
against defendant directors and es
tates of directors of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad Is
asked in a suit brought in the su
preme court of Massachusetts by
Whipple, Sears & Ogden, representing
minority stockholders of the company.
The suit In which the attorneys re
cently demanded that the ' directors
join Is designed to force restitution
from those responsible of. funds al
leged to have been illegally expended
in building up the New Haven system.
Judge Brady Issued an order of
notice returnablo next Friday to show
cause why a receiver should not be
appointed and why an injunction
against the disposition of the defend
ant's stock should not be Issued.
THREE FARMERS KILLED
Feud Between West Virginia Families
Results In Gun Battle.
Three men are dead and one Is In
a hospital as the result of a gun fight
at Alingdale, W. Va. John Mammon,
Joseph Fletcher and Ernest Bailey,
farmers, oi Nicholas county, were
killed. Matson Mammon Is injured.
The afl'ray Is said to have been tho
result of a feud over a line fence be
tween. . the Mammon and Fletcher
farms! Several weeks ago, It Is said,
Mrs. Fletcher was beaten severely by
unidentified men.
. When the men met the quarrel was
renewed. Jchn Mammon and Fletcher
were killed Instantly.
Three Motors For America.
A third motor will bo added to th
transatlantic airship America and the
sea sled abandoned.
f i .npinrfMLkJW'"tl iii
DOCTOR'S WIFE H
IFBEE FOR WHILE
Mrs, Carman-Released From
Jail on $20,000 Bond
COMPLAINS OF UNFAIRNESS
Woman Charged With Manslaughter
at Home Methods Employed by De
tective Burns Scored by Defendant.
Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, In
dicted on the charge of manslaughter
in the first degree in connection with
the killing of Mrs. Louise Bailey,
came back to her home and her family
in Freeport, N. Y., temporarily a free
woman. ' V . . i
She was released for trial under
$20,000 ball fifteen minutes after the
grand jury made known Its findings to
Justice Van Siclen, sitting in the crim
inal branch of the supreme court at
Mineola.
She pleaded not guilty and was
given two weeks in which to change
her plea or demur to the indictment.
The ball was furnished by Emmett
Randall and Smith Cox, close friends
of the Carmans, whereupon Mrs. Car
man was set free. Heavily veiled she
stepped into a limousine with her hus
band and started for her home at
Freeport.
It had been rumored that a super
ceding indictment, stronger than tho
one embracing the manslaughter
charge, might yet be handed up by
the grand Jury on the strength of ad
ditional evidence furnished by Cella
Coleman, the negro maid.
Mrs. Carman later gave an inter
view to newspapermen.
"I was bitterly disappointed," she
said, "that the grand jury would not
hear me. It seemed so unjust.. It
they heard one side they should have
heard the other. Don't you think soT
Is a respectable woman to have her
reputation, even her life, sworn away
by a colored maid servant and a
tramp? It is terrible. It is unbeliev
able." "But do you think," put in one ot
the reporters, "that you have not been
shown every kindness?"
"By my real friends, yes. But I did
not know that those who have been
good friends could ever turn into such
poor ones.
"Take Burns for instance not that
he was ever a friend or even acquaint
ance. But could anyone be crueler?
He came to my bouse as a friend. At
least the district attorney asked me
to receive him as such and I consent
ed. Do you know, gentlemen, what
he said to me, how he acted? Without
a moment's warning he turned on me
and snarled: 'I have come to get some
body and this somebody Is you.' As he
spoke he poked his face close to mine
and his lips curled brutally. That was
the worst thing that has happened to
me."
The most surprising feature of the
grand jury hearings which resulted In
the Indictment of Mrs. Carman was
the startling story told by Frank J.
Farrell, a tramp. His story follows:
"I went to Freeport the night of the
murder to look for work. I walked
along the Merrick road until I reached
this house (the Carman house).
"I was hungry. I did not go in the
front way, but started to go to the
rear door. I saw a light there. I was
half way down the yard when I saw
a tall woman in a kimona with a shawl
about her shoulders. I was a bit
frightened, for the woman was half
running and I did not know but that
she was coming after me.
"But tbe woman did not seem to
notice me at all. And then I saw that
all her attention was on the house.
In another instant she had stopped be
fore a window and her hand was
raised. It looked to me as if she poked
her fist through the window. I could
not see that she had any weapon in
her hand.
"Then there was a crash of glass.
That was enough for me. I was a
stranger in Freeport and I did
know what was happening, but I was
sure that I didn't want to get mixed
up In it whatever it was. That's why
I turned and made for the road.
"The revolver shot came a moment
later and I changed from a quick walk
into a run. If you're a tramp it's not
very reassuring to hear revolver shots
back of you.
"What became of the woman I don't
know. When I read in the paper the
next day about the murder I com
municated with the sheriff and told
him what I had seen that night. I
did not know until I read about It In
the newspapers that the place was Dr.
Carman's. I didn't even know there
was a Dr. Carman. I didn't know
that I was in Freeport and on the main
residential street when I heard tho
shot fired."
But Farrell cannot Identify the wo
man he saw as the woman he has
been confronted with In tho Nassau
county jail, Mrs. Carman. He has been
taken to her cell, so It was learned,
time after time, and each time he has
said that to the best of his knowledge
he never saw Mrs. Carman before.
at a a I
Dumped In River; Couldn't Swim.
John Frazer, aged twenty-eight, was
drowned In the Monongaliela river at
California, Pa. In company with Harry
Anderson, Frazer was conoeing in tho
river when the canoe upset. Frazer
was unable to swim.
Roosevelt Boosts Him For
Governor ot New York
fboto by American Press Association.
JOHN A. HENNESSY.
John A. Hennessy has bobbed up
as Colonel Roosevelt's probable
choice for governor of New York.
Colonel Roosevelt, unwilling to lead
the fight as a candidate, believes that
Mr. Hennessy would be supported by
independent Democrats and would
win in a contest with Mr. Whitman
and Governor Glynn.
DECISION GIVEN CARPENTIER
Heavyweight Battle Stopped In Sixth
by Foul.
Georges Carpentier, heavyweight
champion of France and Europe, de
feated Gunboat Smith of America In
a scheduled twenty-round light in the
sixth round at Loudon.
Smith struck Carpentier. lightly
while he was lying prostrate and the
contest was awarded to the French
man on the foul.
Technically It Is admitted that Smith
did hit the Frenchman, but the claim
is that a fair minded referee would
have seen that the blow was entirely
unintentional and unavoidable.
Smith had just dropped Carpentlei
with a hard right uppercut. Carpen
tier arose to his knees and began to
straighten up. Smith swung a terrific
left to catch him on the jaw just as
his knees were clear. Simultaneously
Carpentier lost his balance and
dropped to his knees again. The
American could not stop his blow,
which grazed the Frenchman's neck.
fringing at Sight.
I never renlly got It through my bend
so us to read musical nutation In the
ordinary, conventional, civilized way.
The fact remains that if today one
were suddenly to place before me the
score of "Robin Hood," "Pinafore," or
"Km Dlavolo" I couldn't for tlio llfo
of me tell whether n given note was
A or G, or what key it was In. At
the same time I could slug It correctly,
or any unfamiliar piece of music, al
though I should prefer to hear It play
ed over once on the piano so ns to get
Utarted right on the tempo. Tho cele
brated Mine. Ruderstlorff, who was
one of the finest dramatic and colora
tura singers I ever knew, once said to
me when I confided to her this pecu
liarity: "Never mind; you nre nil right.
That's the true method of singing nt
sight anyway. The best of them don't
really know anything about music
more than that If they know as
much." Henry ('lay llurnnbee In Na
tional Magazine.
When Vapor It Dry.
A popular misconception Is tho sup
position thnt aqueous vapor and Ice are
wet. They nre In themselves dry. and
become wet only when they turn to
water. So dry Is aqueous vapor thnt it
will dry any moist object that It comes
In contact with. Superheated steam,
before It condenses. Is a dry gas. Ice
feels wet If the temperature of the
hand Is sufficient to melt It; as Iro It 1h
dry. Another misconception Is that
the air can be either moist or dry. It
ficohdensert aqueous vapor In tho air
that Is moist, and It would bo moist If
there were no nlr. A given quantity of
aqueous vapor confined In fl given
space will be wet or dry according to
the temperature. At 32 degrees, for In
stance. It might be partially condensed
and consequently wet, while nt 70 de
grees, owing to expansion, It would bo
dry.
The First Ironclad.
The French were tho first people to
apply In n prnctlc-nl shape tho Idea of
reviving the use of armor on the sides
of ships. They constructed live float
ing butteries clad with four Inches of
Iron. Of these the first was the Ton
nnnte. mounting sixteen guns. Sho was
launched at Brest In 1N"i. The first
Ironclad warship proper wns tho I.a
Glolro. launched In November. 1N.19.
I.a (ilolre was of fi.iiOO tons displace
ment and 800 horse power. Tho fa
mous Merrlniac and Monitor gave the
world tho flint fight between Ironclads,
but they were not the first mailed bat
tleships. The I.a Glolre was afloat
more than a year before the historic
encounter In Hampton Roads. New
York American.
Safety Pins.
Tins fashioned inmost exactly like
those of the sort known today as
"safety pins" have been found In
Etruscan and Roman tombs, ntid the
date of these has. In some Instances,
been assigned to a period prior to the
Christian era.
"LYNCH HIM!" I
IS CRYJF MOB
Black Run Down Alter Attack
on White Girl
CONSTABULARY SAVES NEGRO
Jeannerte, Pa., and Vicinity Is Con
siderably Stirred by Chase Girl, it
Is Alleged, Identifies Man Arrested.
Arthur Horace Wilson Alston, a
negro, aged twenty-two years, who
says h Is home is in Braddock, Pa., is
held in the Greenshurg (Pa.) Jail
charged with an attack on Pauline
Torcliane, a blonde, aged eighteen, ot
Trafl'ord. Miss Torchaue is under the
care of a physician.
The arrival of state troopers at Har
rison City, where the fugitive was
captured, prevented a lynching.
Alston was taken to the doctor's of
fice, where It Is said that Miss Tor
cliane identified him as the man who
had attacked her. The detachment
of fifteen state troopers arrived aud
held back the crowd while Coroner
McMurray hustled the prisoner Into
his automobile and took him to jail.
Alston denies attacking the girl. He
says he fled from the road Into the
woods because someone yelled that he
was a horse thief.
Miss Torchane, who was visiting
friends in Harrison City, strolled out
along the state road in the direction
of Jeannette. She heard the clatter
ing of horse's hoofs behind her, but
did not look around, for the state road
is frequented by horsemen.
Then she felt a hand grasp her
roughly by the shoulder and a harsh
volco ordered her to make no outcry.
The girl saw a black raco bending
over her. Screaming, she wrenched
herself free and started to run toward
Harrison City.
The negro kept alongside her for a
short distance without dismounting,
then leaping from his horse he seized
her in his arms and choked her, It is
alleged, threatening at the same time
to shoot if she attempted to call foi
help.
In spite of the threats the negro
dragged her over a bank Into a clump
of bushes.
F. E. Faith, Frank Trlnglp, James
Altman and William Blair, who were
in the Faith farmyard 500 yards away,
saw tho horseman accost the girl and
ran to her assistance.
The negro saw the men approach
and with a final threat to return and
kill the girl If she told who he was
he leaped onto his horse and fled.
The state troopers at Greenshurg
were notified and a detachment of fif
teen was hurried to Harrison City.
News of the assault quickly spread
in Harrison City and citizens quickly
armed themselves and set out in pur
suit of the negro.. He was caught la
the woods.
Tho black was taken to Harrison
City, where ho was quickly surround
ed by almost the entire population oi
the borough. Many In the mob were
armed with guns and revolvers. There
were shouts of "Lynch him!"
HARVEST BOOSTS SITUATION
Iron and Steel Business Shows Further
Improvement.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"Actual progress in business is still
slow, yet witli the trend In the right
direction optimism Is becoming more
pronounced. The movement In senti
ment Is primarily duo to the prospect
of another year of bountiful harvests.
Both money and commercial paper
are rather firmer, but rates average
lower than a year ago.
"The most encouraging feature tt
the general situation is the furthei
betterment In tho Iron and steel in
dustry. There has been an unusual In
flux of buyers la the dry goods mar
kets, due to the t'lallin sale and the
openings of many spring lines. As a
whole, values remain steady, with an
upward trend In some directions, but
operations are still conservative."
COLLEGE FOR ATLANTA
Georgia City Awarded New $5,000,000
M. E. School.
Atlanta was selected as the location
for the university to be established
east of the Mississippi river by the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
at a meeting of tho education com
mission. Announcement by Bishop Warren A.
Candler, chairman of the commission,
that Atlanta had been selected was
Immediately followed by olliclal con
firmation of the report that $1,000,000
had been given to the new university
by Asa G. Candler of Atlanta, a
brother of the bishop. It vas stated
on reliable authority that the univer
sity as contemplated will represeut an
Investment of J5.000.000.
Ball Bat Fractures Boy's Skull.
Sherman, nine year -old sou of Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen liillingliam of
Beallsvllle, Pa., while playing ball was
struck on tho head by a bat and his
skull fractured. Ho will likely die.
Quicr-and Engulfs Seven Miners.
Seven miners were killed In the Bal
kan mine at tho Alpha location near
Iron River, Mich., when sliding sand
caused a caveiu.
Two Readings.
A well known Parisian antiquary
while on his holidays In Normandy
came across an old farm which bad a
curious carving in tho form of an ar
morial bearing over one of the stable
doors. Beneath the carving was a
wooden bar Inscribed with a date. Ex
amining it closely, lie found the latter
to be KMSl. All his antiquarian pas
sions were aroused, needless to say,
and nfter some bargaining the farmer
sold him tho carving for quite a nice
tuui. The next day the farmer brought
the trouvaille to the antiquary's villa.
"This isn't what I bought!" exclaimed
the purchaser. "It bears the date of,
1S01. I don't want It." "Excuso me,
sir," replied tho farmer, "it's the
same, right enough. But the farmer
who recently repaired It replaced the
bar upside down, and I thought I
ought to put It right for you." The an
tiquary was sporting enough not to
yo back on his bargain, but tho facts
of the case do not seem to speak highly
of Ids antiquarian knowledge. London
Globe.
Very Cautious Birds.
One day in my walk I came upon
two phoebes' nests under overhanging
rocks, both with half fledged young In
them, mid In neither case were the par
ent birds in evidence. They did not
give their secret away by setting up
the hue and cry that nesting birds usu
ally set up on such occasions. I flnnlly
saw them, as silent as shadows, perch
ed near by, with food In their beaks,
which they finally swallowed, as my
stay was prolonged. And the nests,
both on a level with my eye, were ap
parently filled only with a motionless
mass of bluish mold. As I gently
touched them, instead of four or five
heads with open mouths springing up,
the young only settled lower in tho
nest and disposed themselves in n
headless, shapeless mass. The phoebe
Is evidently a very cautious bird,
though no birds are more familiar
about our porches and outbuildings.
John Burroughs in Atlantic Monthly.
The Way of tho World.
"I was walking down tho Btreet with
a friend of mine tho other morning,"
relates a man who Is moro than ordi
narily observant. "And on our way
wo met another man, who wns evident
ly acquainted with my friend. My
friend addressed him cordially, but he
responded rather distantly, I thought
But I said nothing about It. Tho next
morning' I again vnlked downtown
with tho snmo friend. And again we
met the man we had met the day be
fore. This timo It was ho who spoke
cordially, and my friend who answer
ed coldly. Indeed, my friend camo
very near to cutting him dead. This
time I needed an explanation of tho
mystery.
"'Are you paying blm back for his
coldness of yesterday?' I asked.
"'No,' answered my friend. 'You see,
I have owed him money for some time.
And last night I paid It.' "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
It Shocked Dickens.
Survivors of great railway accidents
do not readily forget the experience.
Charles Dickens did not. when on Juno
I), 1st;.,, a train fell through the bridge
at Slapleliurst. England, and the car
riage in wlflch ho was traveling bung
over tho side. He acted with great
coolness and courage, helping to extri
cate the wounded and then scrambling
back to rescue tlio manuscript of "Our
Mutual Friend." But, though unin
jured, he never recovered from the
shock. Afterward, when traveling, as
his daughter relates, "ho would often
suddenly fall Into a paroxysm of fear,
clutch the arms of the railway carriage,
large beads of perspiration standing
on his face and sutler agonies of ter
ror." Dickens died on tho anniversary
of the accident, five years later.
Dewey on Farragut.
Farragut has always heen my Ideal
of the naval officer urbane, decisive,
indomitable. Whenever 1 have been
In a dllllcult situation or In the midst
of such a confusion of details that the
simple and right thing to do seemed
hazy, I have often asked myself,
"What would Farragut do?" In the
course of the preparations for Manila
bay I often asked myself tills question,
anil I confess that I was thinking of
him the night that wo, entered tho bay
and with the conviction that I was do
ing precisely what bo would have
done. Yalual hi as the training of An
napolis was, It wits poor schooling be
sjile that of serving under Farragut in
time of war. George Dewey's Auto
biography. Tiger Superstitions.
Numberless are tho superstitions as
soclnted with the tiger. Tho natives
of India believe that Its whiskers nre
a deadly poison and that when finely
chopped and secretly put Into a per
son's food they will assuredly cause
deatli. What Is known as the "evil
eye" Is greatly dreaded in India, and
to avert this parents bang the claws
of tigers round the necks of their chil
dren. Lacking In Distance.
Artist You don't seem quite to like
tile picture. I'm not altogether satis
fied with it myself. A little lucking
In distance. Isn't It? Candid Friend
Yes; I guess that's what's the matter.
'Ilont five miles would help It a heap.
Puck.
Electric Fans.
The electric fan was invented by nn
electric engineer, to whom the Idea
came while experimenting with a pro
peller for an electric boat.
A liquor license costs only $103 In
Brussels aud lu peruianeut.