Show the strike for higher wages bazes has ha been postponed by new kew york union casket makers maker until the death rate increases they claim that the death dealt rate Is lobnow low now rind and that the denland for coffins ts Is therefore small mrs L M travis of nelsonville Nel nelson sonville ville N Y mistaking a bur gular for her hei husband asked him to bring her purse downstairs the roan man qu quickly i akly responded to the request got the purse containing 42 and made his exit A brand new one dollar bill was placed in a store window at boston and offered for sale at 90 cents the bill remained in the window 22 hours leore belore it was sold hundreds refusing to accept the bargain M B hancock 81 of waco texas has been bothered with toothache lately upon cx by the dentist it was found that the pain was caused by new teeth coming in this makes the third set of teeth he has grown indians including squaws squads recalled chief weston head of the indian tribes of northern california in an election believed to be the first eyer ever held by indians weston was recalled because it was rumored that he had yaqui blood in his veins angered at the refusal of several lawyers co 10 take lake a case because of the poverty of the accused the court at lexington ky appointed the entire barof bar of 20 lawyers to defend defend W G branch a poor man charged with malicious shooting and wounding unusual spectacle of father and v ii aiato sa civile examination for the same office was presented recently at ind in a race for a fourth class the two candidates are bl F finley and his daughter florence the youngest practical typist in this country so far as is known is john persons nine nine years old who is helping his father in his campaign for foi commissioner of agriculture of alabama the lad who is a capable campaigner has written letters and addressed as many envelopes the settlers of sligo colo last winter weri were wondering at ibe the boldness of the coyotes in that section and it was not until recently that the riddle was solved A pack of over 20 were about tomake to make a raid on the chicken coop owned by france riddle when he got his gun and shot the leader when he was about to skin the animal he found fauna it to be a shepherd dog it is thought that the dog became wild and joined the band of coyotes four years ago a stray dog came to the home of mr and mrs of bellee fourche S dak and their six year old daughter became so ao attached to it that the animal was allowed to stay lately the dog has repaid their kindness by saving the little girl from drowning she was Dla playing ying on the banks of a deep pond near her home when she fell in her playmates playmate were so frightened that they could not help her but the dog jumped in and pulled her h er ashore v alex Jasca krich attendant of secretary bryans bryana ill fated llama called on the secretary androff and offered erad his assurances that a new and healthy animal will soon oon be sent to him from argentina mr mi bryan gave senor las as calerich a note for or bubli publication location in the baletin del social argentino argentine which expresses his appreciation of the mexican mediation proposed by argentina in conjunction with brazil and chile the senate commit committee tec on rules has decided to stop senators from selecting their own seats seals and having the sergeant at arms reserve them hereafter when a seat is vacated the committee will take charge of assigning it I 1 the first intimation that queen mary of england has relaxed in her opposition to women suffrage was given out recently at rome mrs creighton one of the british delegates to the english council of women made an am announcement effect that the queen has consented to become a atto patroness ness of the council this organization friiz i aaion stands for suffrage but is opposed to to militant ism I 1 all the iela relatives tives from the country round were gathered at the home of frank taylor tomah wis 0 for a family party when the conversation drifted to albert taylor who as a boy of 15 had run away in 1884 to join a circus and had not been heard of any more while they were talking the door opened and albert walked in in splendid health and attired in the latest style clothes during his years of wandering he had had accumulated a fortune mr and mrs lgeorge george smith of sunbury pa were bequeathed nearly by the will of john fell a beggar for their kindness and self sacrifice fell who was believed to be penniless went to the home several days avo apo and asked for shelter H he e said he was sick and believed he was going to die although the smiths had only one bed alie they y let the old man have it and themselves slept on the floor before he died he made a will and left all his property to them bif ohp keep up the r present course of destruction england will not possess a single masterpiece the famous of the duke of wellington in the royal academy has been ripped to shreds by the hatchet of one of these mili militant tanta extra guards had been placed on duty near the pictures since the painting by sargent was slashed hedi but this suffragette took them by surprise and the damage was done before they seized her the portrait was one of the last masterpieces painted by the famous artist tha th late sir hubert von herkomer the highest price at a recent sale in A the merwin galleries in new york of rare autograph letters and other document collected by a massachusetts lawyer was paid for a two page autograph letter jetter written by george washington at mt vernon auly 15 1798 to john marshall later chief justice him on his return from france an autograph letter from benjamin franklin to william strahan written in 1753 ordering type for an almanac was brought by J F drake for L M thomp thompson son gave for or the affidavit of a witness of the duel between button gwinnett and gen mcintosh written in may 1777 justice holmes of the supreme court has the reputation of digging up more peculiar cases from old law books than any other member of the bench recently he uncovered another unheard of case which provided consider consid cr able amusement for his associates it was contended in a libel suit under consideration that the declaration was insufficient because it failed to state the offense properly at justice holmes came forward with the following example of legal hair spilt ting that leads me to recall he said is a case in the old books where an indictment set forth that the accas ed struck a nun man on the head splitting the skull until a portion lay on each shoulder arid and the court held the indictment indictment defective because it did not allege that the man was killed A thief trailed by the smoke of a cigar is the latest achievement in the detec dete cUve vve world detective vin vinced brij was standing by a railroad station when he recognized the aroma ol of an exclusive brand ot of clears cizars made only for members of a society of 0 which he is a member he traced the smoke to frank luck and on examining the stump which he threw away on boarding the tra train 1 in was convinced that luck had stolen the cigars he arrested the min man and found that he had stolen 15 boxes of the perfect perfectos oi os as well as 1060 in a cash from the clubs safe lawrence kinney an usher at the union station kansas city mo has been convinced that it is well at times to restrain ones laughter while st standing andina in the waiting room he saw a young lady back into a suitcase suit case and fall in an undignified heap into a mans lap everyone in the room laughed heartily except kinney who did not see the humorous side of the incident he went over and helped her up she asked for his name and address and a few days later he received a two pound box of candy accompanied by a card which read because you did not laugh D davis who was believed to have been dead for IS years was found alive and well by his parents through an illustrated lecture 6 on the panama canal one of the slides showed a hotel at colon where a number of rn jsn n were seated on the porch the parents recognized davis and with the help of 0 the lecturer the lost losi man was found the smart young housewife went to market one morning to buy some geese and found five hanging outside the 1 w biam 7 M ra io atey tt e ey Iam I 1 am ng house U 3 keeper she remarked with a smile will you pick out for me the three of t those hose geese that axe are the toughest the man laughed knowingly and obeyed thank you said the woman briskly now ill take the other two ONLY ONE entirely ENTIRELY satisfactory 1 I have tried various colic and diar rhiea remedies but the only one that has given me entire satisfaction and cured me me when I 1 was afflicted is chamberlains ber lains colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy I 1 recommend it to my friends at all times limes writes S N galloway stewart S C for sale by all dealers |