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Show A THRESHINC MACHINE TRUST. 11 Will Have Capital Stark or Not l ew 1 han '.'O.OOO.OOll. Chioaoo, Nov. 2D. Local papers say tho threshing inachino men of Uio country coun-try aro forming a trust. It is known that a temporary organization has been formed by representative ineu in the business, and that very soon articles of incorporation will be filed, covering a combine with a capital stock of at least $20,000,000. A secret meeting meet-ing was held yesterday afternoon at which tho general features of the contemplated con-templated combine were discussed. The Harvester Combine. Chicago, Nov. 2!). It is understood that a meeting will bo held here shortly to perfect tho organization of the American Harvester company, com-pany, recently organized in this state. It is a combination of all the reaper anil mower establishments establish-ments in the country with a capital of thir:y-five millions, making it one of the greatest combinations iu tho country. It will employ 15,000 men. The aggregate value of its property is seenty millions Its promoters say they propose to reduce re-duce tho cost of the manufacture ami the price to the farmer, li will also manufacture binding twine extensively, and sell it at reduced cost. Will a Corpse Ulerd? Formerly there was a popular belief in a widespread superstition that the corpse of a murdered person would bleed afresh from the wounds that had caused death did the murderer touch it or even allow his eyes to rest upon it. The belief is shown to have been universally uni-versally established in Scotland as late aa 1668. In that year ono Philip Stands-field Stands-field was arrested for tho murder of a person who had been buried several days. Although the man had lain in the grave almost a fortnight. Sir Georgo Mackinzie, tho crown counsel, caused tho body to bo exhumed and brought into open court to apply what people thought would be the test of Siandsfield's guilt or innocence. Tho sworn deposition of several witnesses is as follows: "God Almighty himself was pleased to bear a share in the testimonies which wo produced. That divine power which makes the blood circulate during life has ofttimes, in till countries, opened a passage for it after deatii upon such occasions. oc-casions. After tho wounds had been sewed up, and tho body designedly shaken up and down aud, whichis most wonderful, after tho body had been buried several days, which naturally causes the blood to congeal upon Siandsfield's touching it tho blood darted and sprang out, to the great astonishment astonish-ment of tho surgeons who were there to watih tho event. StamWiold, astonished moro than they, threw down the body, crying, 'Oh, God! Oh, God!' and, cleaning clean-ing bis hands, grew so faint that the doctors had to givo him a cordial." St. Louis Republic. |