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.. f ' ,• f?: r- r* v '-,1. "C-V -.,t :: r ,,>'•• , v- Tbc McHcnry Plaindealer MCHENRY, by P. a 8CHREINER. ILLINOIS. The sprint styles In women's lent* &r« not a bit reactionary. The United States possesses 1.TS0,- 000 gutiies fowls, all In good voioe and training. The only effective way to make a building fireproof Is to build It at the bottom of the sea. MUST AVOIR MEXICO PRESIDENT WARNS AMERICAN* TO KEEP NEUTRAL IN MEXI- CAN TERRITORY. SITUATION IS VERYQRAVE Then there Is also the Joker In the box office who sells you "good" seats behind a pillar. Is he not a great hu­ morist ? The Krupp works are about to turn out the largest gun ever made. When not in use it can be used as a nest for the dove of peace. A government official tells us that the average life of a dollar bill is 14 months. We had been led to suspect that it was 14 minutes. An Ecuadoran mob has stormed a Jail and lynched five generals. We understand that Ecuador has a large supply of generals left Although the weather bureau makes occasional mistakes, in announcing that January was a record breaker It seems to have the goods. Aviators are still breaking records. But they are also breaking necks al­ most as rapidly, which somewhat off­ sets the gains to science. A statistician tells us that a fam­ ily can live comfortably In New York on 110,000 a year, but what about the round trip ticket to Reno? A diamond trust is the latest evil that stares us in the face. When will these trust magnates cease from con­ trolling the necessities of life? The duke of Connaught scarcely recognized the town that he visited •4 years before. New York does change some in that period of time. A New York theater is experiment­ ing with a wordless play. There is no reason why a wordless play should not succeeed as well as a plotless one. The latest freak to break Into print is a father of 15 with a soul mate. It behooves one of the sons to take fa­ ther by the ear and lead him to the woodshed. Speaking of dancing, the shah of Persia is particularly interested In the grizzly bear, and the ^klng of Italy is studying the intricacies of the turkey trot Two Minneapolis men are playing checkers by wireless telegraphy. No wonder there Is a movement afoot to put these amateur wireless oatfits oat of business. A Chicago girl has started a $50,000 breach of promise suit because her swain has asked her fifty times to marry him. And then they say that talk is cheap. The young man who had the word "obey" inserted in his part of the mar­ riage ceremony evidently has been convinced of the ultimate triumph of woman suffrage. Justice Gerard of New York tells as that he knows fifteen lawyers who are in Jail, bat he fails to tell us how many he knows who have escaped their Just deserts. The emperor of China has been given an indefinite vacation, and there are a great many boys of bis age in this country who would be only too glad to take the Job. San Francisco citizen has been fined for trying to steal the gong ofT a pa­ trol wagon. In time it may be neces­ sary to take steps to prevent Jails from being burglarized. The poultry dealer who put lead sinkers in bis dead turkeys to make them weigh more shojild have his name put high up on the list of the world's meanest men. War correspondents may have their troubles with foreign names, but Washington correspondents have to contend with Constantino N. Papaml- chaelopoulos. the Grecian minister. The scientist who claims that not one boy in a thousand is fundamental­ ly bad probably would change his mind if he chanced to pass a crowd of healthy youngsters in good snowball­ ing weather. An alleged Washington scientist as­ serts that he can teach hens to talk. But he does not show that talking will Increase the egg product, which at this season of the year ts the pivotal issue of the hen industry. Connecticut man who has been mar­ ried 77 years has compiled ten com­ mandments for married folk. Having teen at the receiving end of the com­ mandment game for 77 years he Is entitled to do a little commanding on Ills own book. Advises Citizens Not to Enter Country sntf Tells Those There to Withdraw --Envoys Intrusted,to Take People From Danger Zone, Washington, D. C. -- President has issued a • note of warning, In the shape of a proclamation, ,to Ameri­ can citizens to refrain from entering Mexico and those resident there to leave when conditions threaten to be­ come intolerable. The gravity of the situation in Mexico caused the move. The decision to issue, such a warning was reached at a special cabinet meet­ ing. The proclamation was augmented by a telegram addressed by the State department to Ambassador Wilson in the City of Mexico. The ambassador was instructed to inform Americans In peri) there to Withdraw across the border, leaving their effects In the care of the nearest United States con­ sul. Copies of the telegram were sent also to all consular agents. The proclamation, which is seen as an expression of this country's inten­ tion to avoid by every possible means any chance of intervention, tells of the disturbance in Mexico and points to the laws of neutrality. It then con­ tinues: "I, William Howard Taft, president of the United States of America, do hereby admonish all citizens to ab­ stain from every violation of the laws hereinbefore referred to, and do here­ by warn them that all violations of such laws will be rigorously prosecut­ ed; and I hereby enjoin upon all offi­ cers of the United States charged with the execution of such laws the utmost diligence in preventing viola­ tions thereof and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same; and finally I hereby give notice that all persons owing allegi­ ance to the United States who may take part in the disturbances now ex­ isting in Mexico, unless in the neces­ sary defense of their persons or prop­ erty, or who shall otherwise engage in acts subversive of the tranquility of that country, will do so at their peril and that they can in nowise obtain any protection from the government of the United States against the ap­ propriate legal consequences of their acts, insofar as such consequences are in accord with equitable justice and humanity and the enlightened princi­ ples of international law." STEEL .TRUST IS HIT SAYS COMBINE OPERATES RESTRAINT OP TRADE. ^ SHOPPING CENTER OF PEKIN 7 - > 35 DIE IN CHIHUAHUA FIGHT Orozco and Command Driven Out of Mexico City by 700 Loyal Troops Under Villa. El Paso, Tex., March 4.--Forty-five men were killed In battle at Chihua­ hua, capital of the same name. Pan- cho Villa attacked the town with 700 men after demanding its surrender from Pascual Orozco, the commander. Orozco and his men were driven out and his appeal to the rebels in Juarez for reinforcements leads to conclusion that Orozco has joined the rebels and that Villa has remained loyal, and that, knowing that Orozco was ready to turn against the government, Villa decided to take the town, entrench himself, and prepare to resist the in­ vaders from Juarez rather than let Orozco remain in charge in Chihuahua and turn over the town to the rebels when they arrived. DIX REFUSES BRANDT PARDON Governor Declares He Has No Regret for Action snd Offers No Excuses. Albany, N. Y.--Governor Dix will refuse to pafdon Foulke E. Brandt un­ til it Is proved that the former valet of Mortimer L. Schiff did not commit the crime which he confessed and for which he was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. The governor in a statement Issued last night Bald his "farewell word" In the case, unless the higher courts set aside the writ of habeas corpus by wdich Brandt won his release. He declares he has no regret for his ac­ tion and offers no excuses. Moral as well as legal considerations, he says, Influenced him. Illinois Trains Are "Dry." Chicago.--Passenger trains on elev­ en railroads in the state of Illinois will be "dry" territory from now on, according to a ukase from the general offices of the roads which went into effect last week. The Monon, Wabash, Rock Island, Illinois Central, Chicago & Alton, Chi­ cago Great Western, Chicago & East­ ern Illinois, Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, Chi­ cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe are the roads which will not allow the sale of liquor on their coaches from now on. "Too can't plow corn with a Greek root, and a Latin verb won't bake good light bread," declares a Missouri edu cator, bat a Radcliffe graduate de­ clared the other day that with a col­ lege education a woman can wash idishes better. Throws Out 8hoe Trust Charges. Boston. -- Criminal proceedings brought by the department of justice against five officials of the United Shoe Machinery company received a setback here. Judge Putnam threw out of court four of the five counts in two indictments. V-" Aviation adds to its tragedies, and these generally means the death of yooaf men, whose lives ar# full of -jwomlse. ••u An Ohio expert says that the lncn- fbator is causing the hen to lose her ^notherly instincts. Evidently, fear Is feeing felt In the poultry world, as well as by the human contingent, that it the female of the species refuses to tfivistCu for the living of the family while the male of the same Is doing jthe crowing, dire things are sure to Aappeo te somebody. • Nebraska Commission Law Upheld. Lincoln, Neb--A unanimous de­ cision of the Nebraska supreme court was announced upholding the commis­ sion form of government law passed by the last legislature. 8Ute Dinner for Knox. 3an Jose, Costa Rica --A brilliant state dinner was given at the govern­ ment house here In honor of Secre­ tary of State Knox, who arrived by special train from Port Llmon. The secretery and his party were met at the station by a committee of govern­ ment officials and eecorted to the home of President Alvarado. Accountant Shows Morgan A Co. Re­ ceived Cash Profit of $69,300,000 for Organising Firm. Washington. -- The United State* Steel corporation operates in restraint of trade, and J. Pierpont Morgan re­ ceived 170,000,000 for organizing the trust, according to P. J. McKae, ex­ port accountant, who made a report on the Inquiry into the books and minutes of the tru'sL His report reaches the conclusion that the cor­ poration prevents competition through a manipulation of prices, through the influence of the so-called "Gary din­ ners," by control of raw materials and through a system of interlocking directors in various companies". Some of the charges made in the report are: That J. P. Morgan & Co., heading the syndicate wiUch organized the Steel corporation, received a cash profit of $69,300,000, of which |S2,- 500,000 waa for promotion, and 16,- 800,000 for a bond conversion scheme. That the net earnings for nins years were »l,029,685,380, or an equi^ alent of approximately $13 a ton o:- finished product, instead of X9£0,00(i 311 as claimed by the corporation i: > Its report That the statement made by Judg Gary and H. C. Prick to Presidem Roosevelt in 1907 that the 8teel cor poration did not control more than 6 1 per cent of steel properties in th country was wrong; that it controls on the contrary about 80 per cent, of the steel holdings. PACKERS LOSE BIG POINT nam MS!m Olstrtei That kit* Greatest Damage Was Done by the Loot* Ing Soldiery F U. S. TROOPS WHERE DOCTORS TAILED TO HELP AT MANILA PLACED AT OR. DER OF MINI8TER CALHOUN . IN PEKINflL ARE KILLED IN RIOTS Judge Admits Records of. National Compai\y's Meetings ss Competent Evidence Against Defendants. Chicago.--Federal Judge George A. Carpenter placed a weapon in the hands of the government when he de­ cided that records of meetings of the directors of the National Packing company were competent evidence against the meat packers. Earlier in the trial the court ruled that these records were admissible only in so far as acts of the corporation were con­ cerned. Ferdinand Sulzberger said he knew all the defendants. From 1898 to May, 1902, he said he attended meetings of the packers where margins and ship­ ments were agreed upon. Arthur Meeker and Jerome H. Pratt attended for Armour & Co.; G. F. Swift, now dead; Francis A. Fowler, Charles Swift and George Hartwell for Swift & Co., and L. H. Heyman for Morris & Co. THRILLING LEAP BY AVIATOR Jumps From Aeroplane and Descends 1,500 Feet to Earth Amidst Cheers of Hundreds. St. Louis.--For the first time In the history of heavier than air flying, a man leaped from an aeroplane 1,500 feet in the air at Jefferson Barracks and descended to the earth in a para­ chute. The man was Capt. Albert Berry, Bon of Capt. John Berry, winner of the national balloon race from Indi­ anapolis. The spectacular parachute leap was witnessed by hundreds of soldiers. When the aeronaut landed the soldiers cheered wildly and, sur­ rounding the man, Iffted him from the ground and half carried him to the office,of Colonel Wood, the command­ ing officer, who congratulated him warmly. FRANKLIN IS FINED $4,000 McNamsra Detective Severely Scored by Los Angeles Judge While Passing Sentence. Los Angeles, Cal.--Bert H. Frank­ lin. former chief detective of the Mc- Namara defense, who confessed last week to using money for the purpose of corrupting Jurors in the celebrated case, was fined |4,000 and given a severe castlgatlon by Judge George Cabanl8s here. In passing sentence, Judge Caba- niss told Franklin he was sorry he could not give him a state prison sen­ tence, as the act of corrupting Jurors was nothing short of damnable. How­ ever, be must be governed by recom­ mendations from the district attorney and therefore would impose a fine of *4.000. Sneed Jury Is Dismissed. Fort Worth, Tex.--The Jury which has been trying to decide the fate of John Beal Sneed, the millionaire Amarlllo banker, who killed Capt. A. C. Boyce here January 13, was dis­ charged by Judge Swayne The twelve men had the case four days, and they announced they stood seven to live for acquittal on the first ballot to the last. Judge Swayne severely denounced the men for failure to reach a ver­ dict. Move to Quash Lewis Jury. St. Louis.--A motion to quash the Jury Impaneled to try E. G. Lewis on the charge of using the malls to de­ fraud was filed by his attorneys here. The Jury panel was excused to give the attorneys an opportunity to be heard on the motion. Blizzard Exposure Fstal to Two. Hobart, Okla.--As a result of ex­ posure while lost in a blizzard, James Shaddock, aged thirty, and Boyle Ken­ nedy, aged eighteen, are dead here of pneumonia. Files 102 Miles In an Hour. Pau, France.--A Tiator Vedrlnes broke the world's recoi\] for speed by flying 102 mitas In one hour. Noted Perslsn to 8peak. Washington.--Abdul Baha Abbas, a noted Persian, who has been visiting Paris and London in the interest of modern reforms for Persia will visit Washington and address the conven­ tion of the Persian-American Educa­ tional society in April. English Ship Is Rammed. Dover, England.--The English channel packet Nord was rammed by the steamer Lockwood of this port and was- towed here by a tug In • sinking condition. PEKING IS IN PERIL CHINA A SMOLDERING VOLCANO; ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING IS GROWING. » GERMAN DOCTOR IS KILLED SUFFRAGETTES fAiLED MRS. PANKHURST AND TWO OTH­ ERS GIVEN 60 DAYS. American 8odiers Arrive at Capitol and Five Thousand Japanese Troops Are Ordered to Tientsin. Pekin.--The whole- northern army of China is a magazine which may explode at fany moment. Within striking distance of the capital there are scores of well equipped regi­ ments who have been excited by the ease with which a few battalions of mutineers have been able to sack the richest part of the city. They are ready to emulate the rioters at any time. Tientsin. -- There are indica­ tions that the trouble here be­ coming anti-foreign. Shooting and burning have commenced again In the native city. The local Chinese authorities con­ fessed their inability to cope with any- further trouble. They appealed to the consuls of the foreign powers. These officials met and decided, without dissent, that the question was not a political one and could be met by the men in command of the foreign military forces here. This was done. As effective patrols as possible will be maintained. The rioting began when the soldiers mutinied, set fire to a number of buildings and then began looting from house and house. They were joined by the rabble. Shops and banks in all the Important streets were looted and some of them were wrecked. In order to intimidate the popnlece the soldiers kept up a continual gun fire. Only a few police remained loyal, and they were outnumbered and powerless to suppress the disorders. No less than fourteen fires were raging simultaneously in various parts of the city. The soldiers broke Into the Pel Tang mint, which was set on fire. The German consul dispatched a guard to protect German residents in the city, composed chiefly of the en­ gineering staff of the Tientsln-Pukow railway A German doctor named Schreeter. who entered the city to assist German friends, was shot dead by looting sol­ diers. British troops are guarding the rail­ road which runs from this city to Peking. At Fengtal 1,600 Chinese troops were drawn up in position to block traffic. They dispersed when confronted by 700 British troops, who were ready for immediate action. Last Maine Relic Donated. Washington --The last scrap of the old battleship Maine which could be used as a relic bas been given away. All the plecc-a which have been al­ lotted to patriotic societies and other organizations have arrived at the Washington navy yard. The fortu­ nate onos can have them by paying the cost of transportation and pack­ ing. Striker* Refuse Advance. Lawrence, Mass.--The execuftve committee of the Industrial Workers of th« World voted to recommend that the strikers refuse an advance of five per cent. Many of the mills post­ ed notices of an advance in wages of at least five per cent, beginning next Monday. The advance will affect nearly thirty thousand operatives. ^ Rebels Threaten Matamorae. Brownsville, Tex--Rebels were re­ ported approaching Mat&moras, the Mexican town opposite here. Confesses Murder; Arrested. New Haven. Conn.--George Red­ ding, twenty-one years old. of this city, an agent for a correspondence school, is under arrest here on his confeiBlon that he killed Morris Gresnburg, a fruit dealer, whose body was found in a suburb three days ago. London Prosecutor, Citing Estimates of Damsge Done, Declares Time of Clemency Has Ended. London.--Mrs. Smmeline Pankhurst, Mrs. Turkes and Mrs. Marshal), the three leaders of the window-smashing campaign by which the suffragettes la- most succeeded In terrorizing the Lon­ don tradesmen, were sentenced each to two months' imprisonment. On the delivery of the sentence Mrs. Pankhrust declared Bhe intended to go farther when she came out of pris­ on, and that the suffragettes were pre­ pared to go to the fullest limit. About 30 cases were disposed of, but most Mutineers, Awed by Foreign Soldiers* Listen to Yuan's/Son's Plea for Peace--Tientsin Quieted by Foreigners. Washington.--The state and war de> partments arranged for two battalions more of the United States troops to be available for protecting American and other foreign Interests in Peking and Tientsin. United States Minister Calhoun in Peking has been notified that he may have 700 additional troops by telegraphing to Manila, where the commandant has been ordered to hold the men at the disposal of the diplo­ mat. Minister Calhoun has been instruct­ ed to confer with the representatives of the other governments at Peking, and if the general opinion is to the effect that the extra troops are need­ ed, be is at liberty to telegraph his order for them to Manila. Peking.--The son of President Yuan Shi Kai made an impassioned plea to his father's soldiers, begging them not to cause the ruin of the republic. The men wept and said they feared that Yuan's going south would caus# their disbandment and starvation. They declared that the disorder was meant as a protest against their chiefs going away and that they would remain faithful hereafter. Yuan Shi Kai's official statement, issued here, places the number killed during the mutiny here at 600. The property loss will amount to more than $14,000,000. Peking is quieter. The parade of the international troops through the main streets of the city causes a dif­ ference of opinion among leading for­ eigners here. Some think it may lead to anti-foreign demonstrations in the interior owing to the possible Bpread of false rumors that Peking haB been taken by foreigners. Others think that a show of force was neces­ sary and that it will check any at­ tempt on the legations. Tientsin, March 5.--Quiet prevailed In all parts of the city. The meas­ ures taken by the foreign consuls and commanders of the troops of various nations evidently have intimidated the rioting element and the mutinous sol­ diery. St. Petersburg.--Fighting between the Chinese regular army and an expe­ ditionary corps has occurred at Tsit- W© Compound Restored . Mrt. Green's Hemitli-- . - JHfef Own. Statement; COWBOYS BATTLE MEXICANS of the 124 women arrested were com­ mitted for trial at the London sessions, slkbar, in Manchuria, according to afl- as the damage committed by each ex- vices received here. ceeded $25. The attorney for the prosecution an­ nounced to the court that the total damage done by the suffragettes in their stone-throwing manifestations waa estimated at $25,000. Considera­ tion hitherto shown them could no longer be allowed, he said. The benches were occupied by sympathiz­ ers with the storekeepers, whose prem­ ises had suffered damage. The sen­ tences of the three leaders were re­ ceived with applause. Government recognition of the de­ mands of the 750,000 coal miners and the rebuffs of the women precipi­ tated the attack. The police were taken unaware, and before they were able to muster their forces and restrain the women streets were covered with shattered plate glass from the show windows of stores. It was a window-breaking expedi­ tion solely, and a thoroughly organ­ ized one. WILL FIGHT WHITE SLAVERY Many Noted Men as Officers in Ameri­ can Vigilance Association to Use Millions Against Vice. Washington.--Organized with the greatest secrecy and backed by un­ limited capital, the biggest campaign ever undertaken against white slavery is about to be launched by the busi­ ness interests of the United States, working in co-operation with the de­ partment of JuBtice. Within the past few weeks bank­ ers, merchants, philanthropists, educa­ tors and other leaders of national rep­ utation have met In New York and Chicago and completed a merger of all the principal organizations fighting the white slave traffic into the Ameri­ can Vigilance association. The officers of the association, are: President David Starr Jordan, presi­ dent of Leland Stanford university; vice presidents, Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, Very Rev. Dean Sumner of Chicago and Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard university; treas­ urer, Charles L. Hutchinson, presi­ dent of the Corn Exchange National bank of Chicago; executive secretary and general counsel, Clifford G. Roe of Chicago; chairman executive com­ mittee, Clifford Barnes, capitalist, of Chicago. Miners Strike Over Lamp Order. Pittsburgh, Pa.--Eight hundred min­ ers employed in the Jumbo mine of the Pittsburgh Coal company at Mc­ Donald, Pa., struck when ordered to use locked safety lamps under a regu­ lation of the state mining departmenL Gored to Death by Bull. Elyrta, O.--Enraged from some un­ known cause, a bull gored to death John Hyman, aged fifty-five, an in­ mate of the county infirmary, here. Hyman entered the infirmary stables to feed the animal. ••jNtefe. ;Ss.«rJk $5,000,000 Brewery Bums. Valdlvla, Chile.--The brewery be- lonfcuig to Anwandt®r Bros., the larg­ est in South America, was destroyed by Are here. The loss Is estimated at five million dollars. To Teach Tropical Farming. New York.--A school to train stu­ dents ln„ tropical agriculture ts to be established in Trinidad under the aus­ pices of the British colonial author­ ities. according to advices received here. The school will have collegiate rank and provide full four-year course. Italy 8eize« British Ship. Trapani--Italian warships seized the British steamship Recuer, in the local harbor, alleging that contraband of war, intended for the Turks, was on board Rebels Said to Have Attempted te Commandeer Horses at Eng­ lish-American Ranch. El Paso, Tex.--Col. E. Z. Steever dispatched Lieutenant Hill of the Twenty-second Infantry and a squad of soldiers to Columbus, N. M., to in­ vestigate a report that American cow­ boys and Mexican rebels clashed at Rancho La Palmas, 30 miles from Col­ umbus, on the Mexican side. Accord­ ing to the report, which was transmit­ ted to Colonel Steever, the horses of the Americans were killed and they retreated on foot to Columbus, after killing or wounding several of the Mexicans. Cattlemen who passed through Col­ umbus on the way to the cattlemen's convention here say that Kaocbo La Palmas Is owned by Americans and Englishmen, and that the Americans in the reported fight were employed on the ranch. According to this source of informa­ tion the Americans resisted when the Mexicans tried to commandeer horses from the ranch. TRIES TO KILL ROTHSCHILD Assassin Shoots at London Financier as He Is Entering Motor Car-- Wounds Detective. London.--An attempt to shoot Leo­ pold Rothschild was made by a man here as Mr. Rothschild was entering a motor car in front of the bank in fit. Swlthin's lane in the city of Lon­ don. Mr. Rothschild waB not bit by the bullet. The man apparently had been lying In wait for him. As 6oon as he saw the banker he drew a revol­ ver and fired three times. A detective standing on the opposite side of the lane was struck in the mouth, neck and chest, and the windows of the au­ tomobile were smaBhed. The assail­ ant was arreBted. Leopold Rothschild is the third son of Baron Lionel Rothschild and was born in 1845. He is a deputy lieuten­ ant, Justice of the peace and a com­ mander of the Royal Victorian order. He married Marie Perugia of Trieste in 1881. ' He has three sons. He has residences in Hamilton place, London, and at Newmarket and Acton. * the Covington, Mo,--"Tear -- in© more gfcod than all the doe» tor's medicines. Al every monthly perioj I had to stay in bed four days because of hemorrhages, and my back was so weak I could hardly walk. I have been taking Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com* pound and now I can Btay tip and do my work. I think it U the best medicine on earth for women." --Mrs. JENNIE GREEN, Covington, fio. How Mrs, Cllne Avoided Operation. Brownsville, Ind.-"I can my that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me more good than any thing else. One doctor said I must be opera­ ted upon for a serious female trouble and tiiat nothing could help me but an operation. "I had hemorrhages and at timet could not get any medicine to stop them. I got in such a weak condition that I would have died if I had not got relief soon. " Several women who had taken yonv Compound, told me to try it and I did and found it to be the right medicine to build up the system and overcome female troubles. "I am now in great deal better health than I ever expected to be, so I think I ought to thank you for it. "--Mm, O. M* CIJNE, S. Main St., Brownsville, In<L Brown's BronduajTroches Unexcelled (or rellerlne Throat Trouble*. No opiate* Sample tree Jobs I. Bbowh A Son Boatou P1TFI?1 START FACTORIES. Bend for free book how to get Pateots. Patent secured or fee returned, ay, *iior»»yi, Washing-ton, D. c. NOT MR8. NAGGITT. Mr. Naggitt--It was a good thing foe Jonah that you weren't his wife. Mrs. Naggitt--Why so? Mr. Naggitt--You would never have accepted that whole story as an excuse for staying away from home for three days and nights. Fortissimo. When a certain Baltimore matron returned home one afternoon not so long ago the first sight her eyes be­ held was a badly damaged youngster of hers. Little Bobby's forehead bore a bump almost the size of a doorknob. "Heavens!" exclaimed the mother. "What has happened to Bobby T' "Nuthin" much, mum*" explained the new nurse. "You told me, mum, he might play on the planner if he want­ ed to. Well, mum, wanst while he was sliding on the top, he slid a bit too far, mum; an' that accounts for the bump ye see, mum." Natural Avoidance. Mayor Gaynor of New York was de­ fending his anti-sufTrage views: "Woman has her place and man bas his," he said, "and when I think of the confusion that would come from intermingling their places, I am re­ minded of an anecdote about Lady Holland. Lady Holland once said to Lord John Russell: 'Why hasn't Lord HoHand got a post in the cabinet?' "Well, if you must know,' Lord John answered, 'it is because nobody would work in a cabinet with a man whose wife opens all his letters." " Fastest Train In Wreck. Bucyrus, Ohio.--Both engines* -- baggage car and a combination coach 8a a of the 18-hour New York-Chicago pc e ' Pennsy'vanla special left the rails four miles west of here, after the breaking of a wheel on the second engine. No­ body was Injured. A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to 8ee That Coffee Poison Was Doing the Mischief. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning, and tells it in a way so sim­ ple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. "I had neuralgic headaches tor 12 years," she says, "and have suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds, but they brought me down to 110. "1 went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on, till one day, a woman doctor advised me to drink Postum. looked like I was coffee Wife 84, Sues Husband 03. Paris.--The tribunal of Auxerre has a rather unusual suit for divorce be­ fore It Mme. Poulet, eighty-four, is suing her husband, Francois, ninety- three. Coal Conference Today. Chicago.--Coal operators and min­ ers of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In­ diana and Illinois, met at the Great Northern hotel to decide on a date for a Joint conference Of the scale committees to consider the wages for next year. Asylum Manager Loses Mind. Jeffersonvllle, Ind.--After managing an insane asylum fourteen years, Sis­ ter Mary Regina Kerr, in charge of Mercy hospital, near nere, suddenly became vlclent at the Institution. "So I began to drink Postum, and gained 15 pounds in the first few weeks and am still gaining, but not so fast as at first. My headaches began to leave me after I had used Postum about two weeks--long enough, I ex­ pect, to get the coffee poison out of my system. "Now that a few months have past­ ed since I began to use Postum, I can gladly say that I never know what a neuralgic headache is like any more, and it was nothing but Postum that relieved me. "Before I used Postum I never went out alone; I would get bewilder­ ed and would not know which way to turn. Now I go alone and my head i* u clear as a bell. My brain and nerves are stronger than they have been for years." Name given by Postum Co., Rattle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and it is explain­ ed in the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle,** in pkgs. Rw «ke above letterT A lew •be appears Croat «l«e to Iter Tfcer »«• arruolM, trmm, fall of kuua liicrcti*