The Wingham Advance, 1908-06-25, Page 3STRANQE. METHODS Of SUICIDE
ADOPTED- BUMMED 'PERSONS
Indiana Woman Who Bound Her Feet Together and
Blindfolded iferself Purnishes a Perplexing Case
to 5tudents of tlie Human Mind.
Indienapolis, Saturday..--Stin
(lents a the human mind find a por.
plexing case in the recent suicide of
Mrs. Samuel Dukes, at Frantkfort. So
unusual were several features of the
suicide that at first the police had no
thought but glen a murder had been
committed. Now that Coroner G. W.
13roWn has returned a verdict of eun
cide Mrs. Dukestaking of her own
We must go on recora as an unusual
example of the "Irealtishiteria" of a
deranged mind.
Mrs. Dukes' body was found on the
porch of a house with a bullet, wound
at the edge of the heart. Her feet
were bound with a strip of blue calico.
and another strip of the same material
around her head held. a handkerchief
in place over her eyes, Her clothing
was in Ito way disarranged and her
hands were folded across her breast.
The body had the annearanee of hav-
ing been oarefully arranged by some
one.
To end her life Mrs. Duke had left
the horne of 'her sister, a miles dis-
tant, at three o'clock in the morning,
after dressing in, her best clothing
The coroner discovered that Mrs.
Dukes had brooded much over trou-
bles, had threatened to enel her life
where she did and in the absence
of any motive foe murder he decided
that tbe woman had shot herself.
Why she bound her feet together
and blindfolded herself does not aps
pear, except as the fancy of a dis-
ordered mind. It may be supposed,
however, that the woman had a de-
sire to take away the grewsomeness
of the deed by making preparations
that would give her body an appear-
ance for repose in death. She had -
even Weldeu the wound by firing the
revolver after pnehing it under- the
lapel of her jacket. . The coroner's
eupposition is that the folding of her
hands on her breast was merely ac-
eidental, or death came slowly enough
to penult her to complete this prepar-
ation of her body.
Discovery of the oharred bones of
John A. Thompson, an aged recluse,
near Hammond, January 26, 1906,
brought to light a, remarkable case of
suicide. Thompson, who was said to
have been a soldier of fortune in mane;
lands, had lived on a small farm in
Lake munty for some time, but had
fallen in arrears. The owner of the
place, Miss Helen Fritsche, finally
sought to obtain possession of her
property, and police were sent to
Thompson's house to eject him.
Knowing the old man's eccentricity
they thought it best to proceed care-
fully. • Consequently, when he fail-
ed to answer a 'knock at the door,
they gained entrance by a window.
This saved their lives, for running
from the door to a pile of dynamite
on the floor was a wire which would
have touched off the explosive. There
was enough of it to have blown the
house to splinters. The barn and
other buildings had been similarly
converted into death traps. Thomp-
son was missitag and it was supposed
that he hads conunitted suicide. The
country was searched for his body,
but no trace was found.
Two months later •a fire destroyed
the barn on the Fritsche place. A
week afterward a man discovered a
foot in the debris of the barn. The
other boues were found, with Thomp-
son's gun. A load of shot had nlough-
ed through the skull. Further in-
vestigation revealed that Johnson had
built a pyre of logs, set fire to it,
and then shot himself,, thus seeking
to remove all trace of his body after
ending his life.
But even the suicides of Mrs. ;nukes
and Thompson fail to approach in
their unusual features the ingenious
manner in which dames Moon took
leave of this world in the old Lahr
Hotel in Lafayette.
After strapping his body to the
floor he chloroformed himself bo that
he would remain perfeetly motion-
less until a candle burning through a
cord would release the blade of a
guillotine of his own invention to
seven his head from his body.
"I will make for myself a name that
will live for years and years after
my death," boasted Moon, whenhe
began to work on his plan, months
before he carried it out.
The crude guillotine by which Moon
chopped off his head is new one of
the interesting relics in • the rauseura
of Purdue University.
The sanity of Moon had been ques-
tioned before his act of self destruc-
tion, for he was continuously talk-
ing ot revolutionizing the world by re-
markable inventions upon which he
was working. One of his hobbies was
a Owing machine which he esronalsed
would excel anything yet invented.
He spent days working on it in a lit-
tle shed in the rear of his home. Moon
was known throughout the county,
and some believed that he was really
a genius and would succeed in the
great invention on which his heart
and mind were set. Though none of
his machines were ever successfue
there is no denying that his guillo-
tine Was a masterpiece of mechanical
art.
Every detail in the' eonstruction of
the device was perfect. Could one have
watehee the man at work hi his little
atop in the night he would have sten a
remarkable spectacle, Moon must have
stretched his body on the floor again
and again, marking the distance with
iracuracy, and then springing the huge
blade to see if it would descend just at
the spot where his neck hen been. Every
calculation had to be perfect, every joint
in the instrument had to work to insure
success,
The big blade was shatpened to the
keenness of a razor. Those who saw
Moon's body afterward say that the ,
nech was cut through so smoothly that
not evert a bone was splintered.
Bidding his family a happy farewell,
!noon left his home, in Tippecanoe Coma
ty, and went to the old Hotel Lahr, in
Lafayette. elie only baggage wee a
trunk, in wItich the parts of his guillo-
time the straps, bottle of claoroform
mid ether materials necessary in the pre,
paration for his suicide wdee stored,
The aftereoon mid evening Moon Spent
chatting with friends about tee hotel.
The hour must have been kite before
Moon began setting up the guillotine,
for men tn the adjoining room told that
the light in hie room was burning when
they retired, but no sounds came from
the silent chamber. It is presumed,
however, that he employed the early
part of the evening in putting the guil-
lotine together. The arm proper was
els feet three Indio long, and was in
three pieces. The parts were put to-
gether with screws ,so that there would
be no noise necessary in erecting it.
The work of puetiug this men togeth-
er must have taken considerable time,
as each piece was braced to prevent play
in any direction. The arm connected
with si broad hinge that fastened on'one
side to tee floor of the room antl on
the other to the base board to Allake it
aware. The broadaxe, which no doubt
was last to be Attached to the guillo-
tine weighed sixty-four pounds and was
media secure with five screws. Moon
made the broadaxe et one of the prinei-
pal foundries of the city, and to throw
off /suspicion said that he was making
a "special kind of cliopper for the end
of the Lahr Hotel."
With all the parts of the guillotine in
place, Moon began his arrangements for
the end. At a measured distance from
the binge he fastened two straps to the
floor with screws, and at the side of
the windew he placed a bracket, on
which hepat an ordinary candle. From
the wall just above the candle to a point
near the broadaxe ran two slender eords
that he had sawed through the side of
the candle in order that at the center
they would practically become pare of
the wick. Thus the flame had some
time to burn before it would release the
instrument of death.
Moon even took the trouble to pre-
pare a, box filled with cotton to receive
his head when it rollecl from his body.
Through a hole in each side of the box
and beneath the chin he passed a sack,
the object of this being to prevent his
head front failing forward when he be -
tame =conscious, • The stick held his
head so that there was no chance for
the broadaxe to miss his neck in the
spot that he had calculated.
, Shorter and shorter grew the flame,
but the man had calculated deliberately
and he had time -for everything. When
the candle had burned a certain dis-
tance he reached for a bottle of chloro-
form that he had at his side and dashing
its contents on a heavy cloth, placed it
across. his nose and the lower part of his
face. Then, thrusting his hands beneath
the strap across his chest, the man had
completed every detail, and ell that re-
mained was for the flame to release the
guillotine's blade.
The night passe& and •the day came,
with no one aware of the tragedy. Sup-
posing that Moon was sleeping late, be
was left undisturbed until late after-
noon. Then a porter was sent to inves-
tigate, Getting no response to his knock
he stood on a chair and looked through'
the transom. 'With a yell he fled fkorn.
the building.
Then the doer was forced open and.
the manner in which Jim Moon had
sought to perpetuate his name was, re-
vealed. The Coroner, Dr. W. W. Vin-
negge'who is a practicing physician,
was talled, and a , jury of citizens was
impanelled. From 8 o'clock Sunday even-
ing -until 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
this jury remained in session.
• On one side of the arm of the guillo-
tine was printed "Hari-kari," and on the
other "For sale or rent," grim evidence
of the humor of a deranged mind.
4
The source of all intestinal troubles
is the common house fly; his buzz is the
first symptom of typhoid. 'Wilson's Ply
Pad is the only thing that kills them
ail. •
• "Make Good."
Make good.
Cut out "if," "could" and "should,"
And inert in to sew wood'.
You- can still have the nest '
Things in life, like the rest
Of the men who've achieved
Just because they've believed
In themselves. You're deceived
If you think fortune c mes •
With a tattle of drums
And a fanfare of state
To hand yours on a plate.
That isn't the way
That sho visits to -day. e
You must get out and rustle and bustle
and hustle;
You need all your inusere, for you've got
to emote,
Plunge inte the fight,
Int to loft and to right,
And keep crashing and smashing.
Don't let up your striking .
Till things meet your liking.
For God's sake stop bawling—
Instead, do some mauling.
It makes the world bitter
To look at a -quitter;
Fate scowls when she sees
A. grown-up on his knees.
A men with his health
Is a mine jammed with wealth
Pull of unexplored lodes.
Why, the freckled -back toads
Have the sense to keep jamming—
And here you are frumpingl
Como, now, strike your gait --
It isn't too late
Theee's no such 'thing es fate!
Deep that fool talk of "luck,"
Get a, grip on your pluck,
And buck.
13egin
To grin
And. win.
—Herbert Kaufman in .June Every-
body'.
**ea .
'Twas Ever Thus,
Mother liked best Theodore;
Father swore by Cloalbel;
Grandma wanted Leonora,
Or Jeanette or else Estelle;
Grandpa fimeied Arabella;
Auntie talked most of Patrice;
Sister favored Isabella;
Brotherei alike may in Clarice.
They considered Vieiarta,
' Geraldine and lilancelle,
.Ana tasia, Mariana,
Hortense, Eunice, Miro.bel;
Fought o'er Constanee and Elaine
Bat, alackl the preeiout ilarling ,
It was ehristened eittry Janet
adfune Ilchemial.
The minister trete paid for Inarryini
but sometimes there's the devil tot p*.
too,
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The End dof the Play. _
The play is done---tne curtain craps,
Snow failing to the prompter's ben;
A. moment yet the actor stops,
And looks around, to say farewell.
It IS an irksome word and task;
And, when he's laugh'd and said his say,
He thews. as he removes the 'znask,
41. IELCO that's anyping brit gay.
Ono word. ere yet .the evening ends;
Let's close it with a parting rhyme,
And pledga a hand to all young friends,
As tits the Merry Chrinstmas time;
On life's wide scene you, too,, have parts,
That fate ere long Shall bid you play;
Good-nightl with honest gentle hearts
A. kindly greeting go eiwayl
Good-night(—r(1 say the griefs, the joys,
Just hinted in this mimic page,
The triumphs and defeats of buys,
Are -but repeated In our age;
Id say -zreur woes were not less Item
Your hopes more vain, than those of men,
Your pangs or pleasures of tifteeu .
At forty-five played o'er again.
I'd say we suffer and we strive
Not kap nor more as men than boys,
.With grizzled beards at forty-five,
As erst at twelve in corduroys,
And if. in time of sacred youth,
We learn'd at home te lave and pray,
Pray heaven that early love and truth
May novae wholly pass away,
And in the world, as in the school,
I'd say how fate may change and shift,
The prize be sometimes with the fool,
The race not always to the swift;
The strong may yield, the good may fan,
The great man be a vulgar. clown,
The knave bo, lifted •over ail,
The kind cast pitilessly down.
Come wealth or want, oome good or 111,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before -the awful will,
And bear it with 'an honest heart.
Who misses or who wins the prlze—
Go, loee or Nzonquer as you can;
Eat it you fail, or it you rise,
each, pray Gad, a gedtleman,
• Makepeace Thackeray.
Found a New Market.
"I notice you bam takeu the eow-
eatcher off the engine," sail the passen-
ger on the rural railroad.
"Yes" replied the conductor with 'a
wink, "we never run over any more cows.
Since the faerners have discovered that
the autarnebile owners pay more for
Inning a cow than the railroads they
turn them out, on the pike instead of or
the -breaks."
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AMONG THE JEWS
HEWS NOTES ABOUT THEM FROM
ALL OYER THE Wow
opeomincobsa. 00000 c1€
A large audience listened tO an ad-
dress delivered by Dr. Magma, at Syra-
cuse. giouisre, the speaker declarea, is
not intended for presperous American
Jews, but for the unfortunetes in Rus-
sia, Roumania, and Galicia, who crave
for Zion. Zionism, for the first time in
Iwo thousand years, has created a Jew-
ish conference created a literature,
founded twenty -even agricultural colon,
les in Palestim, aud the Jewish Colonial
Trust, all within ten years, It is a
movement of revival, of religious and
spiritual freedom, With it young inen
and women re-enter Judaism with zeal.
One becoming a Zionist, his Judaism is
not questioned.
Herr nTahouna head of the mission
that has been sent to the Falaslues, 10
Abyssinia, by the Alliance Israelite, was
cordially received by Emperor Menelik.
His Majesty 'told Herr Nahoum that
the country is open to him, so that he
can visit the Falashas and study their
condition and beliefs.
The Prime 'Minister of Russia, M.
Stolypin, told the Jewish Depoty Nise-
lovieh that no time is not ripe to even
discuss the Jewish question. He advises
that all questions pertaining to the Jew
in Russia be postponed to the next ses-
sion of the Douroa,
The Jewish Emigration Association of
Minsk is eneouragmg emigration to
Eastern Countries.
It is stated that the fortune acquired
by the greatest of the Jewish publishing
houses, the Widow and Brothers Ronnie
of Wilna, was made solely from publish-
ing Hebrew calendars.
Pickett Camp, Confederate Veterans,
of Richmond, Va., participated in the
exerchies on Hebrew Memorial Day, May
20th, and .paraded. in full uniform on
that occasion.
The Jewish colony at Chederah, Pales-
tine, is reported in a floueisleing condi-
tion. The colony has a -population of
750 Jews.
Daily eominunication has been estab-
lished between the East and West coasts
ofethe Dead. Sea by a dew and an Arab
who have acquired a large steamer.
A Jewieth gymnasium is about to be
opened at Riga. •
The "Hilfsverein der Deutsche Juden"
has given ten thousand francs more to
assist those who suffered froin the re-
cent fire of the jewish quarter in Con-
stantinople,
At a meeting of the Federation of
American Zionists, held recently at New
York, Alr. Joseph Cowen, of London,
was the principal speaker. He was
cheered for fully five minutes when he
was introduced and repeatedly applaud-
ed as be- painted a glowing pictureof a
jewish "world power" in Palestine.
The Zionists in the New England
States have 'been very active of Iate,
successful Zionist mass meetings bein
held by the Doeshei Zion Soeiety of Ben- i
gor, Maine, end by UM Agatiath Sheari
Zion Society, of Worcester, Mess,
Throughout the Centuries during
which Jews liaVe lived in the whole of
Turkish empire, they have enjoyed coin-
eplete freedom and protection. The Brit -
kill Consular reports in respect to Poles -
tine for 1000, and 1007 are exceedingly
favorable, showing progressive develop-
ment in which every branch of industry,
agriculture and trade in Palestine., incl
that exports and importare increasing
very considerably, -
Mr. A. If. Fromenson's propaganda
tour to the South in the intercede' of
the Zionist movement has proved emi-
nently successful. , A new interest in
Zionism has been Aroused in the cities
which he his so far visited.
The JewislCagricultural colonies in
New Jersey were established twenty-
five years ago, le acres of land, a tiny
house, and a smell pension for living
expenses during the first few months
being allotted to each settler. Ten
years' time was given for .paying back
total obligations of $350. The plao
has sueceeded. 4. wilderness has been
transformed into a smiling expanse, of
garden truck. There are 350 Jewish
farmers with land and property valued
at half a million dollars.
A Mee Zionist society, the •Patriots
of Zion, has just been organized in
Brooklyn, N. Y„ nein 20 members. This
society will devote itself to general Zion-
ist work, end a strong feature of the
dub will be athletics.
The late Professor Opport bequeathed
to the Lehrenstalt fuer die Wissenchaft
des Juclenthums," of welch he was a
trustee, the eum of 300,000 marks.
New Yore's aggregation of Jews is
the laegest in history or tradition, rei
presenting, as it does, ten per cent. of
all the Jews in the world. It is larger
than all the aggregate Jewish papule -
tions of Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, Vil-
na, Amsterdam, Lemberg and London.
It is ten times larger than the entire
Jewish population of France, twenty
timeslarger than the entire Jewish
population of Italy, twenty-five thnes
larger than the population of Jerusa-
lem and fifteen times larger than the
entire Jewish 'population of Syria and'
Palestine. If the Jewish population of
New York continues to increase at its
past rate—and it shows no sign of di-
minution—it will soon dwarf all other
elements in that city.
According to the schedule of the
Oriental Seminary of Johns TIopkins
University for 1008-1900, Dr. Rosenau
will eeture on "Jewish Ceremonial In-
stitutions,". and conduct courses in the
"Reading of the Unprieted -Texts,"
"Mishnah'" "Demur," "Rabbinical Com-
mentaries" and the "Jewish philosophers
of the Middle Ages."
Pittsburg, Pa., dedicated a very hand -
home new Jewish hospital last week.
About fifty Sheboygan. Wise Joh,
headed by George • Morgulis and John
Raffleson, have gone to Hawkins, Wis.,
where they will start a commnierty to be
known as the "Colony of Israel." They
will build homes and go to farming.
4 4
c/REAT IDEA.
Struggling Dramatist—I caret see how
LIM-mit managed to .get such a big price
for that trashy play of his. Miss Footlights
Paid him $10,006 for it.
Friend—I presume you know that she is in
love with her leading m3n?
Struggling Dramatiste--yes,
Friend—Well, Littiewit's play has 25 kisses
n it.
A flowered taffetit coat to bo worn over thin sum
er gowns.
NASAL CATARRH
PRODUCES DEAFNESS
.RELIEF IN PE -RU -NA,
Arieso -401 City Ave,,
Montreal, Quebec:is itin old gentleman
of wide acquaintance, having served,
thirty.eight years in the General Post -
ince of Montreal, k record which
speaks for itself, Concerning his use of.
Perlina, see letter given'belowo
MR. H. J. AF1LEp4.
"I have been afflicted' with nasal
catarrh to such a degree that it affected
my hearing, •
"This was contracted some twenty
years ago by being exposed to draughts
and sudden ehanges Of :temperature.
"I have been under the treatment of
speeialiets rine ba.ve used many drugs
recommended as specifics for catarrh
in the head and throat—all to no pur-
pose.
"About three years ago I was induced
by a confrere in office to try Peruna.
"After some hesitation, as I had
doubts as to results after so many
failures, I gave Peruna a trial, and am
happy to state that efter using eight or
ten bottles of Peruna 1 am much im-
proved in, hearing, and in breathing
through the nostrils."
An English Bisnop s Oesifetielons..
Some of the English bishop, with all
their dignity, are not above indulging
at times in harmless pleasantries. The'
Bishop of Norwich, for example, has
been making some interesting confes-
sions at a parochial gathering. "If
any ladies here,",, lie said, "want a 'les-
son in simple cookeryenhow to make
flapjacks or cook bacon—let them come
to me ,and I will teach them. It has
been said of a certain king that he was
fit to be it king because he had blacked
his own boots, and, according to that
'Masoning, I am more fit to be a bishop
then anyone here because I have cob-
bled my own shoes and mended my own
breeches." The bisnop made these con-
fessions in the course of a lively speech,
in which he nutintained that bap-
piness was an internal joy depending
upon internal feeling. Some one in
the hall suggested teat income might
have something to do with -the matter.
The bishop deelared in reply that he
had lived ae poor a life as any of his
hearers. When a missionary he had
known wbat it was to sleep upon the
ground for months at a stretch without
even a blanket to lie upon.—New York
Observer,
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Playing Ball,
The 'game of life we strive to play,
And take se& chances as we may,
But oft it makes us pretty solemn
To sight along our error column.
It has such unexpected twists,
By which we fail to get assists.
And if we dare to 'pause in doubt
We're pretty sure to find we're out.
Sometimes it seems to be worth while
To mask our sorrow with a smile,
And take a whirl at that device
The scorers call a sacrifice.
But when by clutrite a kindly fate
Sends one to tie right o'er the pieta,
Good luck's most often on the hike— ,
We miss the hit and niteke it strike, '
—St Louis Republican.
"Chance shapes our destinies," quote'
the WWI Guy. "Then some of us have
mighty poor shapes," commented the
Shimle Mun
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Ai' was predieted a year ago, there has
btiodosn starrianeg°.1 Atl 1 Ili tttuliel 4eg°rep °fit turreorp eseed t he
United Stetee anti Camila mused the
stoke for titer spring's trade to be ab-
normally low, and tins resultedela unus-
ually high prime for good seed,
At present the indication:3 are that the
foreiga eeportieg eountries will not pro-
duce more than en average crop of cloi"-
er seed, and the Onterio supply is likely
to be short. In some sections of Ontario
the clover crop was seriously affected
by draught last season, and the eineunt
available this year for seed production
may be limited. Mitch time saute condi-
titles prevail over a considerable portion
of the clover seed prodticiug area of the
Intited States; so net unless the Yield
from the areas which were not seriously
effected by the adverse weather muni-
tions last season ie exceptionally heavy,
a shortage of seed for next spring's
trade is more than probable,.
In view of *the conditions cited, the
advisability of utilizing every aerellable
clean field, or part of field, for clover
seedpurposes is urged..
In growing clover and grass see-
d for
the market, it ie important to bear in
mind that the standard of purity de-
manded in the Canadian trade is higher
than it was a few years ago. The de -
mad for seed of first (reality has sub-
stantially increased. The result of this
demand for seed of good quality has
been that no seed grower finds impure
seed an ahrtost =marketable ecenmod-
ity, wbile the production of good, clean
eed has grown to be a remunerative
ndustry. Hence the necessity ,of taking
very possible precaution against the
resence of noxious weed seeds.
The first step in the production of
ood clover and grass seed is to procure
Ito cleanest possible seed, If ties is
sed on clean land and is followed by .a
borough system of weeding in the field,
he product will be clean.. The -field
veeding is of prime importance, al -
hough it is often overlooked. When we
err:ember that every growing weed, if
llowed to mature, will produce from
0,000 to 50,000 seeds, it will be readily
nderstood that the removal of these
lents must make a. great difference in
he market value of the seed.
With red clover the best results aro
btained by pasturing .er cutting the
rst crop early. This allows a stronger
econd growth for the seed crop and also
ssens the danger of damage from the
over seed midge, If the clover is pas-
ured, the stock should be turned off
arly in the season and the field mowed,
order to cut down the weeds and pro-
uce an even second growth.
Alsike and red clover may be 'harvest -
1 with a reaper or it mower, with or
ithout a table attachment. If no table
ttachment is used and the clover is
ell ripened, it should be cut and rak-
d when the clew is on, in order to tpre-
errItehsti•cleels°11illinenigg. huller alsike and red eleven but
ie he best naelline
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le oreinary grain separator will ,do the
ark fairly well, if properly regulated,
e grain separator will ,not hull. the
ed as thoroughly, and in consequence
iere is more waste of amid seed. unlees
me straw be threshed a serene thne.
ut the fact that there is no lover hull -
available should not deter farmer
om saving at least sufficient, seed for
teir OW11 use,
. G. H. Clark,
Seed Commissioner,
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Even when the oven is quite right and
the pastry has been made moderately
rich, a woman will feel dissatisfied at»
the appearance of a pie, because she
misses the rich brown glom that site has
ieen on pastry made by practical cooks.
To obtain this gloss she needs a wrinkle.
It is produced by egg wash. An egg is
beaten Up with a little sugar and a small
quantity of milkis added. inith this
wash the pie is brushed over after the
pastry has been finished.
One often hears complaints that the
boiler rusts and ironmolds the clothes.
To prevent this, as soon as the boiler is
emptied rub wel lover with soap. This
emptied rub well over with sotp. This
help to make suds for the next boiling.
To keep mice away from pantries and
cupboards sprinkle cayenne pepper on
the shelves. In boxes and wardrobes put
lumps of camphor among the clothes, for
mice dislike the smell of it, The COM-
phor must be renewed evaey now and
then, for it e.aporates in the air. •
For easy boot cleaning brush the boots
free irorn dust, then with it bit of rag
rub a little glycerine well into the lea-
ther. Let nearly dry, then nib with a
soft brush. 11 rubbed after wearing with
a velvet covered pad or duster they will
retain their polish for days and the gly-
cerine helps to keep the leather a good
color and to make it soft and comforta-
ble to wear.
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Leather Shoes for Horses.
In some districts of Australia horses
are shod with leather instead of iron,
says Harper's Bazar. This plan isesem-
ployed only in regions' where the ground
is permaneuely covered with grass or
fine sand, and gives the feet better sup-
port. In 'a ecauttry suit as Austenhia,
where a horseman may experience great
difficulty at a critical moment in fhiding
a horseshoe, such an innovation is a
useful novelty. With extra shoes, whose
weight is a, trinerand whieh can be
fitted without trouble, it is practicable
to travel without fear of the horse los-
ing its shoe and being injured. Though
the latter shoe is more expensive than
the iron shoe, the higher price is repaid
by the superior adveintages,
No Pluggers,
Pearl -ala says here that after the
baseball season is over the pitchers can
mrdly use their arms. .
Ittiliy—Gtacions! They wouldn't be
ni
‘nvioutinleali useyey around a 811818101' resort,
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Simply a Shredded Wheat wafer, eontaining in the
smallest. bulk all the nutriment and strength -giving
material of the whole wheat.
—Appetizing and always ready tvervc,
Delicious as a Toast, with Mater, °hood or ,
Made to Make the on,
t11w 1 think it Ivry zitrtilig0 that Man
Wits illade first.
/le -Quite the ventral order, elteley
lute te be made .1n -fore „it W0it2,tfl edit
11.---S0ial'1 Set,
Vite a Clever Saying?
"Yes," :said the Mir maid, "my permits
waut 1110 to marry Mr. tedgele, bet 1
neelet do it. 1 alien inure. the matt I
please." 'Then it's up to you to 11 1 M.?
OW day," rejoined the young Mee/ "roe
you eertainly please ine."—Chicago
Ne
A Noble Ambition, -
entree -Awl what will you do when
you are a man, Tommy?
Tommy --.-1'm going to grow a Ward.
Poole- -Why'?
• Tellnity--Becaliso Men I won't have
nearly so 11121011 faee to wash.
Might Think About It Later.
He wee poor, likewise proud, but 001-
erWise boxiest.
"Sent heve refueed me," he said, "and
to-nunrow 1 leaVe for Airily, to Keck my
fortune in the diamond. fiehlen
"Indeed!" exelainted the,. fair - bet
friginhearted maid. "Ann 'May -I have
thereitteal of pm again .upon your re-
turn?"
Menopeln
"f tell , you„" said Mtn. Lapaing,
"Johnny made 0 spleudid impression
while he was speaking hie piece at the
school exhibition lain Friday afternoon.
He wae the synaleate of all. eyes."
No Chance to Talk,
Mae Crintsonbeak—john, you yawned
twiee while we were calling on that
Mr. Crimsonbeak• • Well, deal., you
didn't espeet nee to keep my mouth
closed„ all the tion', did you?"—Yookere
S ta tesman.
Slightly Ambiguous,
"Dow was your •speeeh reeeived at tile
club?' asked one of Chuntley's friends.
"Why, they congratulated me eery
'heartily, In fact, one of the members
came to me arid told me that I
slate clown he had said to himself it was
timeliest thing I had ever done."—Youth'e
Companion.
The Main Thing,
Mrs. Nuritell—I don't like that there
Swellmau at all.
Mr. Nuritch—Well, you ain't got to
notice her.
Nuritch—No, but the trouble is
she don't take /to notice of me.—Phila-
delphia Prees.
Heard in Court.
Magistrate—You are accused of keep-
ing a vielous dog. Are you guilty or not
guilty?"
The Amused—leer honor can take hiin
out for a walk, and if be bites you, you
can keep him. I can't say any fairer.
COMPLIMENTARY.
Eld-erly Husband—And what do you think
of my wife?
rcriend—Lovely. Sh-e will make, a perfeetly
stunning widow.
The Thoughtless Woman.
"My wife," growled Krulley, "13 the
most forgetful woman."
"Indeed?" queried ins friend, politely.
"Yee; 14120 Oftil never remember in the
morning where I left my pipe the night
before."—Philadelphia Press.
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Experienced.
"Never mind, (tear," he said, reassur-
ingly, as she raise(1 her sweet face from
hie shoulder, and they both saw the
white blur on his coatenet will all brush
"Oh, Charlie," she burst out, sobbing,
hiding her face again upon his whitey
shoulder; "how do you know ?"—Somer-
ville Journel.
, True,
Many a man who claims to be self -
m8(10 was made what he is by his wife.
—Johnson City (Texas) Enterprise,
A Drawing Clad.
"1 wish I knew when the first sheath
skirt would be worn in Houston," said, a
railway rzan r4,1tt rday.
"1Yhy'1' asked, his friend.
"SO WO could arrange excursions." ---
Houston Post. •
P00R ArAN.
Landlady—Yen make an awful noise wit/
thot flute.
Boarder—Well, I'M sorry to hear it.
Landlady—So Is everybody else.
'Reaction.
Salesman—Hat, sir? Yes; what kind
do you whin to look et?
entetomereeWell, my wife wears a
Merry Widow affair, if you have some-
thing that is the exact opposite of it,
young IL an, that's what I want.' -
8ftlesuian---Then you want a plug hat,
of mum, with it black band aronnd it.
That is the nearest we eau come to a
DiSconsole to Widower hat
Nunky.
11111 if you question Iewie Joe,
the to izzled beard he etrolses,
Blinte out., "It isn't over yet!"
And emokee, and smoke% end stitokee.
Hit or Miss.
Come, June, it's up to you to play
The rare ()uremia mid. breezy;
You only have to beat mit May,
And, that Amid be dead easy,
-- Chicago N'ews.
The Whole Show,
Sunday Sehool Timelier -Ana yeet neve
no byname or sister,:
Little Edna -XII; ma'am, len all the
eltildren we've got, ---New Orleaue
Demoera t.
N#giott.
'nave you meseested your bro.hei's
last letter, yet r'"
‘:And lie wrote yoa front the fern,.
in February. You ought .to be 'asham-
ed of yourself, llesides if you dou't
wri1,. to hint prettte soon. 011 have to
neva the Whim in the eity All sum-
mer."
IN A IZESTA,URANV.
'Fluttery Cwiettve1'.-411111 '073118r, let Th bavs
vall me tea, Meant Roll Chem four_
Vaittr sir; be ready In half s 1210-
-mud. Mr!
neassuring,
"De tell me, is yormg :qt. Daft such
a fool As be loolovP
"Oh, no, indeedi Mote to."--Baltinune
American.