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Lucknow Sentinel, 1890-10-24, Page 3THE CREW WALL. Sensational Proceedings on Behalf of Numerous Heirs of the Deceased Millionaire. THE CRERAR LIBRARY 1S NOT TO EXIST Names of the Contestants --A Legal Battle In - (Chicago �-^•-u�ry k2.__...;,W',''%.... -,, �.,!;��_ ,a•�,,': Aal.,�!z a'er:�. +fi.tA _ c,'5,..,.., .r.,_—. tv7rii�, ub`ti,rut-nr�T„uvy ,uvte�riYi. . News.) The will of the late John Crerar, which -disposed of an estate of nearly $3,000,000, much of it being bequeathed to charitable and religions institutions in this city, is to be contested, and court proceedings will soon be commenced in what will probably prove to be. one of the moat celebrated oases of its kind on record. John Crerar •died Oot. 20th, 1889, and his will was filed in the Probate Court on The document was ,published in full in the Evening News at that time. Of the estate, valued at about $3,500,000, a considerable portion was bequeathed to relatives, his lin6, second and third cousins getting 1$2a00, 00, $10,000 and 05,0,00 reepeotively. Mr J. MoGregor Adams and Edward S. Shepard were given $50,000 eaoh. , The bequests in whioh the public) took the greatest interest were the following : To the Second Preabyterian Church of Chicago, " so long se the ohuroh preserves and maintains the Presbyterian faith." the ens of $1,00,000. To the same ohuroh for and on aceonnt of the mission schools of said ohuroh, *100,000, To the Scotoh Presbyterian Church, 14th street, near 6th avenue, New York, in which church Mr. Crerar was .baptized and to which his family belonged, $25,000. To the Chicago Orphan Asylum, $50,000. To the Chicago Nursery and Half -Orphan Asylum, $50,000. • To the Chicago Historioel Society, 5,000. "To the Chicago Presbyterian Hospital in e west division, $25,000. To St. Luke's Free Hospital,$25,000. To the Chicago Bible Society, $25,000. To the American Sanday School Union of Philadelphia for western work, $50,000. To the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, *MM. To St. Andrew's Society of New York, 110,000. , To St. Andrew's Society cf Chicago, $10,000. i= To the Illinois Training School for Nurses, $50,000. To the Chicago Literary Club, $10,000. To the Chicago Manuel Training School, $50.000. ' To the Presbyterian League of Chicago, 350,000. To the Old People's Home, $50,000. ' • To the Chicago Home of the Friendless, *50,000. - To Norman William-and-H.-W-..-Jaok.- son, $100,000 for the erection of a statue of Abraham Lincoln. To the Greenwood Cemetery Association, $1,000. To the Young Men's Christian Aseooia- tion of Chicago, $50,000. , The part of the will relating to , the en- dowment of the Crerar Library is as fol- Iowe : "Recognizing the fact that I have been a resident of Chicago since 1862, and that the greater part of my fortune has been acquired here, and acknowledging with hearty gratitude • the kindness wbioh has always been extended to me by my many friends and by my business and social acquaintances and aseooiatee, I give, devise, and bequeath all the . rest,remainder, and residne of my estate, both real and per- sons), for the erection, creationmainte- mnce, and endowment of a free library, to be called' " The John Crerar Library," and to be located in the oily of Ohigag°, Ill., the preference being given to the south division of the city inasmuch as the New- berry Library will be located in the north division. I direct thea my executors and trustees cause an Act of Incorporation under the laws of Illinois to be proonred•to carry out the purpose of this bequest, and I request that Norman Williams be made, the first president thereof, and that in addition to my executors andtrustees, the following named friends of mine will act an the firet board of directors in such cor- poration, and aid and assist my executors and trustees therein, namely : Marshall Yield, E. W. Blatchford, T. B. Blackstone, Robert T. Lincoln, Henry VV. Bishop, ]ard G. Mason, Albert Keep, Edson Rehh, Simon J. McPherson, John M. Clark and George A. Armor, or their sur- vivors. I deeirethe building ,to be tasteful and substantial and fireproof, and that a . snflicient fund be reeervea over and above its construction to provide, maintain and support a library for all. time. I desire that books land periodicals be eelected with a view to create and sustain a healthy moral and Christian sentiment in the community, and that an nastiness and immorality be excluded. I, do not mean by tbie thea there shall not be anything but hymn books and ser- mons, but I mean that dirty French novels and all skeptical trash and works of inestionable moral tone -shall never be and in this library. 1 want its atmos - ere that of Christian refinement, and its in and object the building un of character. And I rest content that the friends I have nan6ed will oarry ont my wishes in these patients re.' '' ' ' Col. Huntington W. Jackson and Norman Williams were made executors and trustees without bonds. • When ' the will was printed it was • noticed that a prominent feature of th document was a bietory of the deceased and his family, or et least that was what it purported to be, but it might Moo have been noticed by persons who were more than ordinarily observant that Mr. Crerar orrtitted all mention of relatives on his father's side, the brothers and Rioters of his father not being alluded to, nor were they mentioned further along in the will when it came to the matter et bequests. As a matter of feat, there were several brothers and sisters to the father of Mr. Crerar, and as-tiney are all well along in life and have bn married a number of years their families now amount to a re- epeotable company. It is theseipeoplc who for tied last five months have had a Chicago Dwyer M work on the matter, and the result of hie inves- tigation is that proceedings to break certain portions of the will are to be commenced. These relatives of Mr. Crerar, concerning whom he was ellen; when drawing his will, are for the most part residents of Canada, although some are from New England and quite a number of them • are named t3tewart. It is not' contended by the lawyer they have engaged that the will as a whole oan be broker, but certain sections of the inetrument that have been examined _ssee,`aesesewer.twcr,a_e.;nellegeste nektlr. essertenel!it to: be, without- question, fatalay._weak., the first place,. ie may be, said. thea the John_ Crerar library, for the erection and main- tenenge of which Mr. Crerar left over $2,000,000, will never be built if the• con- testing heirs win their case. It ie' held by good lawyers to be a well-settled point of law, reinforced by numerous ceoiaione, that a man cannot leave money for some. thing that does not exietti ,that is to be created in the future, and the Dartmouth College library case is on the reoord so -far as this point is concerned. A similar state of affairs existed in the matter of the will institutions that are mentioned in the will, bat these points are not yet settled. " In regard to the John Crerar libeety, our position is that because the institution .was not incorporated, did not exist in fact at the time of the testator's death, there could be no oapaoity to receive—there was no such beneficiary as that named in the will, and the deoisione on this point are numerous and all in our Lever. Thong. there are generally two sides to every law questions -the authorities on this point seem all on one aide. So far as the New York bequests are oonoereed it will be utterly impossible for the New York corporatione to take, and also certain other foreign ere teneeettnnen dibee et l#P"- attlet•.,d gain ii x ...... rte: various ata' The attorneys in the ogee are Messrs. A W. Brown (woo defended Woodruff in the Cronin case and Frank A. Stirtan, both well-known members of the Chicago bar. Mr. Brown to -day gave an evening News re- porter a summary of the facts as follows : " Three or four months ago one of the heirs, James Stewart, a carpenter residing at 35th and State streets, came to us on be - halt of himself and other 'heirs for an opinion as to the validity of the will. At that time we told him there were certainly, e me of the bequests •that were clearly in- valid, but there were so many points of law involved in eaoh that in order to give a satisfactory opinion months of search and investigation as to the tarts and the law were neoeesary. Before 'going into the matter at all, and, before we wanted him to pat money into the matter, we would have in the first place to be satisfied as to the genuineness of the heire. After several talks we finally sent word for another brother, Robert, to come here from Canada. We then sent James Stewart to Ontario, Canada, and Robert to the province of Manitoba to obtain affidavits in proof of heirship, which affidavits we have„ and they show the following persona to be heirs under the contest that we shall make : " Duncan Stewart of Stratford, Ontario, whose mother was an aunt -of John Crerar. "Elisabeth Menzies of county of Huron, Once o set-cousi €-John-Grey . " Duncan Stewart No. 2, of Stratford, first cousin to John Crerar. " Christina Stewart of Stratford, first cousin to John Crerar. Catharine Stewart, the same place ; first cousin. " Margaret Orerar of Stratford, first cousin. " Alexander Stewart of Stratford, first cousin. " Thomas Stewart of Stratford, second ,cousin. - " Peter Stewart of Stratford, second cousin. " Alexander Stewart No. 2, same place and relationship-` _ " Donald Stewart, same plane, seoond cousin. " Catharine Stewart NI. 2, same place, second ooaein. " Anne Stewart, sem° place, second cousin. " Elizabeth McGregor, Stanley, Ontario, second cousin. " John O. Stewart, Manitoba, firat'cousin. " John Stewart, Minnedoea, Manitoba. " Catherine Forsythe, Minnedesa. " On the probate of the will an old servant who had lived with John Crerer's father for a number of years in New York made affidavit that he had no brothers and sisters ; that no such relati.vee ever came. to visit him, nor did he receive any letters from them, and it he had any such rela- tivea she would have known it. . This' woman's name was Mre. Robert Marshall. This statement seems to bave been taken as conclusive by the Probate Court here and all parties interested. Subsequent investigations have proved all this to be a fallaoy. As a matter of faot, the mother of John Crerar, eon., is buried on the farm of one of the contestants, who lives Its Stratford, Canada. Her name was Mar- garet Dow. There can be no possible ques- tion as to the claim of heirship. Had the testator been aware of the exultance of all these, cousins on his hie father's aide he would undoubtedly have made some provi- sion for them as he did for those on his moth- er's side. These heirs take the position that they are entitled as next of kin to any part of the estate that was not legally devised or bequeathed by the will. This property which we claim was not legally bequeath , will amount to between $2,000,000 a d $3;000,000.-. . .._ ' e First in importance to the pnblio co CB the bequest for the John Crerarlibrary, or which the testator left property of not Ise value than $2,000,000. This devise, under the authority of some of the beat-conGid- ered cases in the country, has created an invalid trust, contravening the express law of trusts in many particulars, and is one which, we have no doubt, the courts oan- not, after a consideration of the authori- ties, do anytbing else but declare to be null and void. There was probably never a will in this or any other country in which the exeotiters were vested with powers of such magnitude as in the case of the Crerar will. The executors are, of course, estima-, blo gentlemen. We do not attack them, but we do attack their lege' position, and I understand that they drew the will. " We olaim that the bequest of $100,000 to the Second Presbyterian Church, ' so long as it shall preserve and maintain the Presbyterian faith,' ie void on the ground, among others, of , uncertainty. Same ie true as to a second bequest of $100,000 to the mission work of that church on a quasi-oharitable bequest. This has fre- quently bean held to be void. " The other bequests wbioh we propose to attack on this and somewhat -similar grounds are, as• lar as we are at present advised, the Scotch Presbyterian Church, of New York city, $25,000. " The Chicago Bible Society, $25,000. " The Ameri.an Sunday School Union, of Philadelphia, $50,000. • " The bequest of $100,000 for a statute of Abraham Lincoln. • " There may be a gne'stion of the cepa- city to take bequests on the part of pertain . mw Colonial Punishments for Drunkenness Dr. Hammond givea a couple of instances of colonial punishment of drunkenness. Here are others. 1633. Maseachueetta : Robert Coles, fined £10 for " abusing him- self shamefully with drink," and enjoined to stand with " A Drunkard " in great letters on a white sheet on his back, " see longe ae the court thinks meete." [ 1 he penalties for repetition next year—distran- ohisement, eto.—referred to by Dr. Ham- mission an estimony of good behavior.] T. Hawkins and John Vaughan, fined 20e. for a similar offence and selling " strong water, contrary to an order of court." In 1643 and 1650 the colony made the harbor- ing of drunkards penal. But there is not the slightest evidence that the proceedings in theme oases were for sumptuary reasons. 1639: Wm. C— was fined 40s. for " ri}ie- demeanor in drinking, and corporal pun. iehment remitted . upon hie promise to avoid ouch occasions." The same year, in New Haven, John Jenner, " accused of being drunk, was acquitted, it appearing to be of infirmity, and occasioned by the extremity of the cold." " Mr. t1olenour, accused, but not clearly proved, was re- spired." It could hardly have been the object in these cases to prevent the expen- diture f•.r the liquor, or to, dictate what the persona concerned should or should not drink 1 Nor when Thomas Frankland wee punished " for drinking strong liquors to excess and entertaining disorderly persons into his cellar to drinking meetings."— From Liquor Laws not Sumptuary, by George F. Magoun, D. D., in the Popular Science Monthly for October. Jesuits on Top in Mexico. A City of Mexico despatoh says :.The State constitution was ,submitted to the people of the Territory yesterday, and the -Armeriean-cities-.-sate-ir.xr a -luxe give_ -it - good majorities, but the Mexican popula- tion have voted almost solidly against it,. being opposed on account of the provisions, for Public echoole. Up to the time the Jesuit priests issued manifestos to vote down the constitution, Mexicans—who are almost all Catholics— appeared to favor it. The constitution is no doubt defeated by this influence. Congress will be appealed to to provide a system of education and a jurynew compelling jurors to read and write the English language for this Territory. That'd Yitfferent` Buffalo News: " Isn't ;Jones a Chris- tian scientist—a believer in the faith cure ?" " He is." " Is it true that he wouldn't heves doctor for his wife the other day when she was Rick ?" " It is quite true." " Well, I saw a doctor go into his house just now." " Oh that's Ml right: He's sick now himself:" Both sides of the Question. St. Louie Globe -Democrat : Mr. Cleve- land is very sick. Mr. Cleveland is very well. Mr- Cleveland is despondent. Mr. Cleveland is exuberant. Mr. Clevelandwill not allow the use of his name for re-eleotion. Mr. Cleveland will be nominated for re- election without opposition. P. S.—Having given both sides of this important question the Globe Democrat simply wishes so add, of its own notion, that Mr. Cleveland will not be the next President of the United States. •4 Fasts About the Devil. . Ram's Horn : A lazy man never causes the devil much uneasiness. The devil works hard, but he never asks for a vacation. The devil oan make almost anything he wants out of a loafer. ' Evil thoughts are seeds sprouting which the devil has planted. Anything that hindere people from be- coming Christians helps the devil. The Ministers' Duty. New York Herald : There is no earthly reason why a clergyman should live in a balloon and watch the seething orowd of sinners through a marine glass- Let them mingle with the rough and tumble affairs of daily life ; they will preach all the better for it. After a six weeks' truisle with those oarniverone animals known as practical politicians they will probably resemble the boy who was kinked by a mule—that is, they won't be as handsome, ' but they will. know more • Drove High to Death. Boston Traveller : She had just bought a ticket, and asked the agent what time the train left. " Four -forty," replied he. " What time is that?" she asked. And the agent, as he tied one of liie suspenders around his neck and fastened the other to the gas fixture, gurgled : Twenty minutes to 5 I" Ready for Business. Caller (Western Newspaper office)—I went to see the editor. Office Boy—Editor's gone off for six weeks. Leave yer bill with me, an' I'll give it to him when he gits back. " I haven't got a Bill. I've got a club." Editor's upstairs; sir. ' Cora -=-Yon oan recommend this gine, oan you ? Dealer—Yee, oriels. Yon could piece a broken engagement with it. Cora—I'll take a bottle. When yon put yonr shoulder to the wheel it is well to notice whether you are helping it along or working against it. THE ELOPERS CAPTURED. A Faithless Husband Overtaken by .HAa Plucky Wife in an Ocean Race. Still another adventure must be accre- dited to the Atlantic, and a viotory to one of her greyhounds. Some weeks ago a man aid wife, with their infant child, sailed from. Liverpool for New York, and there lived in apartments for some little time. At the end of a not very lengthened period, however, the husband endeavored to give hie wife the elip,andafter manoeuv- ring to that end for a day or two he effected bis purpose. The deserted wife, however, made diligent search, and found that her tee eelete o _ v .bion--ateameriVyoming, w.4oh_left:-Vew Ynsk.csaa Septornhes. 2nd, ani bat left her and her child behind Nor did this sum up the ert'or of his waya,for he was accom- panied by some woman of whom the wife got to hear. There was no steamer leaving New York till the following day, but the determined woman disposed of what portables she could spore, took passage by the Majestic, and landed in Liverpool on September 10th. The Wyoming, being an older and dower boat, did not reach the Bar till the 12th, when the tug Spendrift went off to meet her, and on board the tender lip alongside the Wyoming the fugitives were .greatly surprised to discover that they were found, and that they had lost the race in whioh, all unconsciously, they had been oompetitore. There was no disturb- ance of any kind, but the suooeesfnl pur- suer, who is a tall, muscular -looking woman, marched her partner aboard the tug, and learned that his partner was aocompanied by her mother. On arriving et the landing -stage the wife first descended the gangway, palling to her husband, " Come on, and bring her mother." Then was seen the novel spectacle of the. three women and the apparently disappointed man marching peacefully up town to lodgings secured by the courageous and strong-willed womap, who had so ingeni- ously taken her opportunity and overtaken her sponse. SHOOTING DO09. No Fear of Hydrophobia 11 the Dog is Not Glad. " Some of the persons who have been disonesing mad dogs and the effect ,of their bites are more mad than some of the animals that they are talkine about." So said a physician to a New York Mail and Express reporter. " The trouble is," the physician went on, " that a great many persons believe if adoghitesethenehowoyer sightly that they are sure of suffering from hydro- phobia, and that nothing oan prevent it, even in the most simple oases, save the shooting of the dog. Now this is nonsense. If the dog be mad, it should be killed, to prevent it doing others injury. • But this will not help a person already bitten. As for shooting a dog that has accidentally, perhaps, bitten some one, that is an act by which no one benefits. " It is safe to sage' the physician went on, " that one oannot give what one does not have to give. The same is true of a dog. If he has not got hydrophobia he oannot commnnioate it. So there isno reasonable cause' for the fright displayed by some persons if they but get their skins broken by a dog whose health is perfect. " Men who are in the habit of handling dogs think nothing of their bites. Dog fanciers and dog trainers are frequently bitten and think nothing of it. The men who handle fighting dogs pay scarcely any attention to dog bites unless they are severe, and then apply ordinary remedies. I myself have been several times bitten— not by mad dogs, of course—and have suf- fered little or no discomfort. There are many things worse than the bite of a healthy dog. I will take it any time in preference to a bad burn or out with a rusty nail. ` A little common sense ought to be, need in this as in other matters." Where Some Emigrants Colne From. I ' visited the vineyards at Brenta, in Sicily, which are 300 acres in extent, and - where some 110 men, under a surveyor, were trenching the ground in one long line. They were a poor looking lot, but appeared to use their implements, which are more like axes than spades to' good purpose. When they do not, at each times ae Eng- lish • eyes are not upon them, the surveyor's Mick or whip plays pretty freely about their backe, I believe, and without vigilance they will not work at all. They dome from their villages on Monday morning and re- turn on Saturday night. They are lodged, receive three meals, and about eightpence aday. The first. two meals ',are given in the vineyard, each man having a sardine, a hunch of excellent bread, and a "pull !,' at the wine barrel. The third meal, before dismissal in the yard at night, consists of porridge, served in a trough, from which they -scoop it out with their fingers, having. discarded the, spoons originally provided -them.--English Illustrated Magazine. Tough on P+•. Boston T.ranicript : She -Why, George, what are you turning off the gas for ? He—It is eafest dearest • for, Kon knew, while the light holds out to earn the vilest sinner may return. She—Nonsense ! 'Pe's gene to bed. Bat, perhaps, it's just as well *0 pe on the safe side. As Good as Married. Buffalo News : A girl near this city on being asked why she did not marry, re- plied : " I have considerable money of my own. I have a parrot that mesas, a monkey ' that chewe and a stove that smokes, so that you oan plainly see that I am not in need of a hnabano very badly.' Exigencies of Northwest Journalism. Regina Joust -tat: The Journal is issued one day late this week owing to the de- mands made upon the time of onr staff by other printing—work that could not pos- sibly be delayed. Even now, issuing several hours late, the matter has been rushed together in a manner that will account for omissions and shortcomings. The island of Tristan, in the South Atlantic, is inhabited by eighty people, the patriarch of the party, Peter Green, a verit• able Robinson Crnsoe, having been there for fifty-two years. He has just sent a letter complaining that some of the grown.np ctta�ildren show a desire to leave their lovely island home. TBLEGRAPRIO SUMMARY: Mme. Patti will build a synagogue at Craig -y -nos, her reaidenoe in WalesseeRefee Mr. Archibald Livingstone, bursar of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Belleville, died on Friday in his 63rd `year. Mark Nichol, a widower,- 70-yeare uf..age, and Rachael ' Bendiot, a widow, aged 72, were married at Marmots, Ont., on lnars- day night. United States fish dealers are not pleased with the fish schedule of the McKinley tariff, which threatens serious injury to The-ImperiaLGovernment has. adva ace__ dlJanneento the Midland Great Western, Railway of Ireland to build a road from Galway into the distressed districts. Napoleon Fortin, a roofer, cf St. Sauvear, eiKed 20, fell from the root of a building at Levis yesterday, and enstained injuries from which• he died a few hours later. President Carnot will pardon; many of the. French workmen who were imprisoned for taking part in the riotous demonstra- tions in connection with the strikes some The temperance convention at Amherst has nominatecKe. C. Tanton and I3. Archi- bald to contest Pioton county at•the next Federal election. J. T. Balmer refused to be nominated. James Hanna committed . suicide by hanging yesterday at Miami, Manitoba. He had been despondent of late, owing to bad health. Deceased was aged 85; and was unmarried. . • James Egan, wheelaman on the oar ferr3 boat International was drownedyes- terday morning at 2 o'clock as the boat was going into the slip at Point Edward. He fell off the boat. The Servian Government, finding the presence of ex -King Milan in the country . intolerable, has resolved to ask the Skupts- ohina to pass a bill providing for his expul- sion from Servie. Walter O. Kernechan, aged- 27, and wealthy, who occupied bachelor apart- ments in the luxurious Delta Phi club house, New York, blew hie brains out in his bed chamber et 5 o'clock Sunday morning. • The Vienna masters have offered the mother-of-pearl workers half' of the usual'' wages, but the offer has not been accepted, as the workmen fear the result would be a reduction of wages in the future. Relief was given on Saturday to 600 unemployed workmen. M. Bordeau, member of the Frenoh Chamber of Deputies from Lyons, in a speech yesterday to the electors of his die• triot, advocated the purchase of mineral oils from Russia and fate from Auetria and Hungary in reprisal for the new United States tariff law. A convention of East Huron Liberals • will be held at Brussels on Friday next. Officers will be elected and arrangements made for a series of publio meetings. The convention will be addressed by Dr. Mao- donald, M -P,; Mr. John ,MoMillen, M.P., nd Mr. Thomas Gibson,ccep• te. The by-law to grant $15,1 t 1 bonne to the Erie & Huron Railway for a branch frem Dresden to Petrolea wee voted upon in Petrolia on Saturday, and defeated by a large majority. Another by-law for $27,000 for a trunk sewer in the town was also voted on, and carried by a good majority. Another tremendous ' rainstorm strmk Wheeling, W.Va., at 5 o'clock last evening, doing a large amount of damage. In the valley of Caldwell's ran, where a dozen lives were loot in 1888, six or eight families were flooded out and three bridges carried away, while a number of cattle were drowned and much property destroyed. The Newspaper Man. Kingston News : The reporters of news- papers have frequently to submit to embaraseing criticism. They are appointed to attend all meetings of a public oharaoter and give to the people, through the journals which they represent, a concise and accu- rate statement of facts. Sometimes, at these meetings, matters are discussed of which publicity is not desired, but there is no one who understands the eternal fitness of things better than the experienced reporter, and in hie judgment all public men oan implicitly rely. Ocoaeionally the members of the press are not wanted, as when the oivio committees meet, and occa- sionally the members of the press are maligned, as when Mr. Blackstook addressed the jury in defence of- the mur- derer Birchall. But the press after all is an organ of public opinion, and to it the people look for information which is not to be obtained elsewhere. IsBeauty -Changing ? The close observer cannot but perceive that there are changes taking plane in our established standards of beauty. For instance, the Southern type of lovely woman was formerly a .creature of• languorous movement, dusky hair, passionate, dark eyes ; to•day she is frequently a classic blonde, devoid of high color, like a Cherokee rose, perfect in outline, and energetic in. movement, as are the traditional Northen- era. Those American women, however,who are the most admired abroad, are • a con- junction of those two leading types— golden hair united to brown or hazel eyes, soft, smooth skin, with faint olive shading, little color, features eharply defined. and the figure healthily rennded.—Poston Globe. A monstaghe trainer, clamped on M bed time, gets in its efficacy in the watches of the night, and in the morning the mustache ie in shape for the day. It is a plata of thin metal, shaped like the upper line of a mustache, and underneath another plate loses on it. , A bereaved husband in North Carolina. put the touching inscription on his departed wile's tombstone : " A littlewhile." In a " little while "—three weeks --he married twain. If one half of the *oda knew all the mean things nein about it by the other half a war of extermination would ensue. Amy,,; --I have etch et headache 1 What would do it good ? Jaok—Trya oup of green tea. Amy—Oh, no, not for the world 1 Green doesn't snit my complexion at all. „r �"_.-;_,. _,�•. _..,. .. ...._._... ......_.... _.,-........._.. _-..wry rke:.