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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-22
THE TEN BEST POEMS BY AMERICAN WRITER'S
elected dby Renrd HnrySt oddrd

But no. she blGshed and took my arml
We let the old folks have the highway,
And started toward the Maple Farm,
Along kind Of lovers byway.
1 can't remember what she said
Twas nothing worth song or story,
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in q glory,
The snow was crisp beneath our feet
The moon was full, the fields were gleam-
ing;
BY hood and tippet sheltered sweet.
Her face with youth and health was
beaming.
The little hand outside her muff,
o sculptor, If you could but mould It!
So slightly touched by jacket cuff.
To keep 1t warm 1 had to hold 1t.
To have her with me there alone,
Twas love and fear and triumph blend
At last we reached the foot-worn stone,
Where that delicious journey ended.
The old folks, too, were almost home;
Her dimpled hand the latches fingered
We heard the voices nearer come,
Yet on the doorstep still we fingered.
| She shook her ringlets from her hood
And with a Thank you, Ned dissem-
bled,
But yet l knew she understood,
With what a daring wish trembled.
| A. cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slyly peeping through It,
| Yet hid its face, as If it said,
"Come, now or never! do it! do itv'
| My lips till then had only known
The kiss of mother and of sister,
| But somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth-I kissed her!
| Perhaps twas boyish love, yet still,
listless woman, weary lover!
| To feel once more that first, wild thrill
I'd give-but who can live youth over?
Edmund Clarence Stedman,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-22
Smiling Faces
Sweet Greetings that
Keep the Home
Happy.
1t Is Hard to Smile When the
Body Is Racked With
Pain.

It's hard to smile when the back Il aching.
the head throbbing, and the body Is full ot
pain. The thing to do Is to rid yourself of the
aches and pains and Nun
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-22

(To Be Continued.)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
BILLINGS, EVIDENCE THIN.
Not Very Damaging to John r.
Howard.


The trial of the case of the state against
John r. Howard commenced yesterday morn
ing before Judge Smith and jury. Assistant
case of the state to the jury. The case
comes to Hennepin county on a change OF
venue from Wright county, where Howard
was indicted by a grand jury.
The same facts were tried before in this
county, no agreement being reached. The
Otis l.. Billings to bride q juror in a case
on trial at Buffalo, in which the Great
Northern Railway company was interested.
The case is chiefly interesting from the fact
that Billings charges that Wendell &
Ptdgeon, we'll known attorneys of Wright
county, knew Of the effort to bride and
acquiesced in it. This Is denied by the de-
PENDANT, who claims that he had no under
standing with Billings to approach any
juror. Another peculiar thing is that Mr..
Pidgeon is now county attorney of Wright
county, and hence could not try the case,
which is being prosecuted by the attorney
general
Mrs Amelia Osborne, John E. Holmberg
and Frederick Graft were sworn in the
morning, to give evidence as to an alleged
appointment between Billings and the de-
PENDANT. In the afternoon Ernest Otto. the
juror in the case, was sworn and testified
that Billings spoke to him about the case
at Buffalo, Mimi.
Billings was placed on the stand, and told
He claimed that Howard came to him and
wanted him to do piece of work at Buffalo
for which he would pay him. In complying
with that request, he went there and made
the proposition to- Juror Otto. He admitted
upon croSS-eXamination, that Howard had
but he claimed he knew who Howard wanted
approached,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
GAVE A FARM TO A CHURCH.
Unknown Females Present to n
Preacher In New York

All she possessed, the result of thrift
and economy for twelve long years,
was what an unknown woman pre-
sented to the pastor of the Church Of
the Strangers, New York city, recent
ly, for the purpose of aiding that or
ganiZation to build a new house of
worship The gift is the deed to TWEEN
ty acres of farm land, with a house
and barn on it, in Pennsylvania, near
the New Jersey line. The Church of
the Strangers is trying to raise a
building fund of 100000 for a new ed
ifice, and the woman expressed the
wish that her offering be added to the
$35, 900 already procured. Only one con-
dition she attached to her gift. This
was that her identity might be kept
secret. Her reason for this was two
fold-in the first place, she desired to
escape publicity. Her second reason
was that, being an active member of
another chQrcn III the city, she feared
some unpleasantness might be created
were it known that she had made such
a donation to a church other than the
one with which she was connected.
The presentation is the outcome Of
an eloquent plea for donations deliv-
cred by the pastor of the church Rev.
D. Asa Blackburn. The generous
stranger was present. Mr. Blackburn
took as his text What shall l render
unto the Lord for all His benefits to
me?" The effects of this plea was we'll
filled contribution boxes, and a note
from the strange woman asking him
to call on ner. He went to see her
the next day. She told him his text of
the previous Sunday had followed her
from church and rung in her brain
all day, and at night it had come to
her that she ought to MAKE a gift to
the Lord. She was unmarried, she
explained, with only herself to pro-
vide for and this she had been able to
do comfortably from a business she
conducted. Her savings for twenty
years-all she had ever put aside
she had invested in a piece of property,
and her thought had been that it would
be a home for her in old age. She
opened a drawer of her desk and
placed the deed to this property in
Rev. Mr. Blackburn's hand, a gift to
the Church of the Strangers. 1t was
her answer to the text, she said, one
she felt she owed for the prosperity
that had been vouchsafed her.
do not ask me to take it back" she
broke in earnestly, noticing the minis
ter's hesitancy about accepting the
gift. She had considered the matter
fully, she explained, and no arguments
could change her determination. Moth
ing was left for Mr. Blackburn but to
receive the gift for the church, and
this he did gratefully.
The minister related these clrcum-
stances to the congregation in the
Church of the Strangers the next Sun
day morning, but the stranger of
whose generosity he told was not pres
ent At the close of the service men
and women pressed about him with
enthusiastic praise for the woman,
and many were the eager inquiries as
to who she was, but to all of them
the minister was mute. He said he
would formally present the property
to church at the next meeting of the
trustees, who would consider how best
to dispose of it. It's value has not been
estimated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
SAYS TT IS SPITE WORK.
EsteFIey's Plea in the Case of the
Acid Throwing.

Ac1u
at think that somebody put acid on their
clothes, and then that they put something
on their neck to make 1t look like an acld
burn, and that no acid was ever thrown
Thus spoke Theodore Esterley, When on
the stand in his own behalf, under the
cross examination of Assistant County Attor-
ney Smith. He was loud in his claims that
1t was a case of blackmatl, and that no acid
had ever been thrown upon them.
You mean to say that you believe tnat
they did all this to Miss Henke the mother
asked.
Eyes. Just to get me into trouble"
This was about all that was brought out
new in the case since the first trial. the
second trial being then at about the same
point where the first one was stopped be-
there had not been any trouble between the
families that he knew Of, except that once
a brother, who is now dead, threatened to
shoot him.
Didn't you try to brain him with an
AK" asked the questioner. Esterley denied
it. He said that before going into the drug
business he had been bar tender for
several years.
Surveyor Dahl was placed on the stand by
the defense to prove a diagram, and also
to state that he had tried TO see Esterley in
the back room where the complaining witness
claimed to have seen him through the win
dow, and that it was impossible. although he
went there the same time Of day, and in
bright sunlight. Cross examined. however,
Mr.. Smith showed that Aug. q the sun would
have been in a totally different place, and
would in fact have shone right in the window
upon the person who might have been In the
room, especially II that person had stepped
on the shed. At this point the trial closed
for the day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
Burlington Route Excursions.

If you are intending 10 travel it will
pay you to look over this list of re-
duced rate excursions offered by the
Burlington.
National Grange Patrons of Hus-
bandry, at Harrisburg, Pa, Nov. 10 to
16 Tickets on sale Nov. to 10, good
to return until Nov. 81. Rates, $3.50
for the round trip.
National Baptist Congress, at Chi
cago, ILL.,, Nov. 16 to IS. Tickets on
sale Nov. 10 to II, good to return until
Nov. 81. Rate, $3.50 for the round
trip.
Homeseekers' Excursion tickets to
many points in Alabama, Arizona. Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Indian Ter
ritory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Loui-
siana, Michigan, Mississippi. Missouri,
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Ten
nessee, Texas. Virginia and other
states. will be on sale Nov. 16 and
Dec. and q, at the rate of one fare
for the round trip, plus 81. Apply at
ticket office, 400 Robert street Hotel
Ryan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
THE KITTEN AND THE BEAR.
Puss Frightened Bruin Up Tree
and Kent Him There,

Chris Burns, the veteran first sergeant of
Troop D. had kitten which, during the sum-
mer camping of the troop at the Lower Gey-
eser basin, made her home within tie GER
geants tent. Here, curled up on a pair Of
army blankets, she defied the world in general
and dogs in particular. When the latter ap-
preached she would elevate every brlstle on
her brave little back, her eyes would glow
like live Goals, and her tail would swell up
threateningly. If dogs approached too near
she would hiss, and exhibit the usual signs
of hostility, until the 1ntruders had vanished
from her neighborhood.
One day, when the camp was bathed in
sunshine and every soldier in camp felt lazy
an inquisitive black bear came down the
mountain side, and wheteher because he was
in search of adventure or because attracted
by a savory smell from the cooks fire, be-
gan to walk about among the white tents or
the calvary command.
Suddenly the kitten caught sight OF him.
Dogs by the score she had seen, but this par
tiular dog was the largest and the hair
lest dog she had ever seen. But she did not
hesitate 1t was enough for her that an en-
envy had invaded her special domain. Hiss
ing forth her spite, while her little body quiv-
cred with rage she darted forth at the bear
The onslaught was sudden, and one glance
was enough for bruin. With snort OF fear,
bruin made for the nearest tree, short dis
lance away and did not pause until ne was
safely perched among the upper branchesi
Meanwhile the kitten stalked proudly about on
the ground beneath, keeping close guard over
her huge captive, her back curved into bow,
and her hair still bristling with righteous in
dignation, while her tail would now and then
give a significant little wave, as II to say:
"That's the way | settle impertinent bears.
The soldiers who meanwhile had poured
forth from their tents. could scarcely believe
their eyes, but there was the bear in the tree
and the kitten below, and there were those
who had seen the affair from beginning to
end.
And perhaps the strangest part of it all was
that the bear would not stir from his safe
position in the branches until the kitten had
been pursuaded to leave her huge enemy
a clear means of retreat Then he slid shame
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
CALDERW00D AGAIN PREX
SECOND DAY OF THE ANNUAL CON-
GREsS OF THE WOMAN'S
COUNCIL.
PHILANTHROPY Is DISCUSSED.
Seven BicycIists who Deserted the
Mud for the Sidewalks Placed
Under Arrest.

z. r, Willard was elected temporary
secretary of the Commercial club at
the annual meeting Of the board of di-
rectors yesterday afternoon. This &C
ton was taken after the acceptance of
the resignation of E. L. Danforth, who
for a long time has occupied that po-
sition with the club. Mr.. Danforth has
for some time been contemplating this
action, as his health has to a great ex-
tent been impaired by the combining
duties. Mr.. Willard is q young man
of excellent attainments and has sig
nified his willingness to assume the
duties for a short time. The other Of
fcers elected were as follows: Presi-
dent, John F. Calderwood; first vice
president, w. L. Harris, second vice
president, George A. Duvigneaud;
treasurer, H. L. Jenkins. A house COM
mittee Of three was selected as fol-
lows: W. L. Harris, Walter Gregory,
H. L. Gregory. This committee re-
places former committees, and it's du-
ties will be quite extensive, 1t having
practical control of the rooms, and will
estimate needed Improvements and see
that they are carefully executed.
There has been considerable discus
sion within the club as to the advis-
ability Of abolishing the gymnasium
feature. The board of directors yes
terday decided that this should not
be done. On the other hand, a strong
sentiment prevailed in favor Of this
department, and this work will be ex-
tended on broader plans than hereto
fore. 1t was also the sense Of the
meeting that frst-class paraphernalia
be secured, and that the gymnasium
be under the direction Of a competent
attendant. 1t will from now on be the
endeavor to make the gymnasium a
perfect one, and department that will
in itself be model.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10

standing round and singing psalms.
The work Of suffocation is usually
performed by an old woman, who is
paid by the sect, and who is obliged
to attend at once when a member is
dying. AS, however it would be dan
gerous to carry on these practices in
dwelling houses, the person to be suf-
Gated is transported to a secret rem
devious, and, after death, Is buried IN
some wood or ravine. all traces of the
grave being carefully Obliterated.
The report was recently current at
Kazan that the police had discovered
one of the meeting places of the sect,
but no confirmation of this is obtain
able.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
TRIAL OF THORN.
Testimony of Twenty Witnesses
Heard On the First Day.


NEW YORK, Nov. 9-The trial of
Martin Thorn for the alleged murder
of William Guldensuppe began in earn
est this morning. Yesterday the jury
was secured and at 10 o'clock this
morning District Attorney William ].
Youngs began his address. Thorn,
clean-shaved and well groomed sat
with unmoved countenance as the
prosecuting attorney outlined his case.
When he had concluded the taking of
testimony began. Twenty witnesses
were summoned for examination today
and the district attorney took them
one by one, just as the finding Of the
different portions of the body opened
up to the public and the fact that
terrible crime had been committed. The
first witnesses were the boys who,
while swimming in the East river, had
found the upper portion of the severed
trunk, and then followed the police
men who were called to the scene of
the finding and theysin turn We're fol-
lowed by witnesses who testified to the
bringing of that part of the body to the
morgue. The discovery of the lower
part OF the trunk, from which the legs
were severed, half way between the
thighs and knees, was then taken up,
and every person who handled 1t until
it was deposited with the morgue
keeper, was examined and each one in
turn identified the paper, oil-cloth and
cheese cloth in (which the part was
wrapped. The rest of the afternoon
was taken up by the testimony of those
who found and inspected the bundle
found floating at the Brooklyn navy
yard, and as in the other two in
stances, the carrying of these limbs
was followed from the dock to the
New York morgue at Bellvue hospital.
Then the morgue keeper was put on
the stand
At o'clock all the witnesses who
had been brought to court for examin-
alton had given their testimony and
as there were no more available the
prosecution asked for an adjournment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
VINCENT DRAWS OUT.
No Longer Connected With the
Luetgert Case.


CHICAGO, Nov e.-Former Judge
Vincent, who conducted the defense in
the first trial of Adolph L. Luetgert,
has Withdrawn from the case. Private
business affairs were given as the
cause of his withdrawal Attorney
Phalen, who was associated with
Judge Vincent during the famous trial
and who today announced the latter's
withdrawal, will conduct the defense
at the second hearing which, however,
will not be called within six weeks.
Luetgert, who Is confined in the
county Jail awaiting his second trial,
admitted that Judge Vincent had with
drawn from the ease. He exhibited
letter from Mr.. Vincent only portion
of which he would make public. The
paragraph which he read said that
owing to the accumulation of private
affairs during the lengthy trial Judge
Vincent felt compelled to withdraw
from the case. His personal interests
demanded attention and he did not feel
justified in longer neglecting them. He
advised Luetgert to secure the services
of some bright young attorney to as
sist Mr.. Phalen in the defense. If a
desirable man could not be secured,
however, Judge Vincent expressed his
entire willingness to again carry on
the defense rather than see the inter-
ests of his big client suffer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
He Lost the Wrong Leg.

Abraham Sprawls was a veteran of three
wars and he used to live in Wiregrass, Ga.
He had lost one leg in battle, and walked
around on a wooden stump. One day he got
in the way Of the fast mail and the engine ran
over him.
One of his sons-and he had a family of
ffteen-had witnessed the accident, and, run
ming toward him, shouted:
Trains cut off dads leg, an he'll git
damagesr'
He lifted the old man to inspect his wounds,
but suddenly let him fall, saying in a tone Of
disgust:
'Durn it all! It's his wooden leg they've
cut off,
YES" groaned the old man as they wheeled
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
MANY MASONIC DEGREES
Will Be Conferred in the Next Day
OF Two.

At the convocation Of the Scottish rite Ma
SOFAS of the southern jurisdiction degrees 10,
16 and II were communicated to @ class of
ten yesterday afternoon. In the evening de-
gree Is was conferred in full from under the
direction of the wise MASTER Willard B.
Pineo. At o'clock today degrees 10 and 20
will be worked. and degrees 81 to 49, inclu-
sive, will be communicated this evening" in
addition to degree So which will be conferred
In full form by the regular officers, under
the direction of the commander H. Danforth
Dickinson.
At o'clock Thursday afternoon degree 81
will be conferred in full form, under the di-
rection of Prior Brother Edwin ]. Forster.
In the evening the thirty second degree, the
master royal of the secret, will be conferred
in full ceremonial form by the officers of the
consistory, under the direction of the master
of the Kadosh, Roland H. Hartley.
Among the distinguished visitors are Capt
A. Williams, of st. Paul. Maj. ]. NJ. ]. Sanno,
of Fort Smelling; Col. Frank NJ. Joyce of
the Cincinnati consistory; Congressman
Tawney of Mankato, and Henry Clark, of
Winona.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
BELIEVES IN sUFFOCATION.
Russian Sect Which Thinks Martyr
dom Necessary to Reach Heaven.

Following upon the recent revela-
lions concerning the self-immolating
fanatics in the district Of Tiraspol,
Russia, the newspapers now report
that there is a sect in the province Of
Kazan the members of which advocate
death by suffocation. believing that
heaven can only be gained by suffer-
ing martyrdom in this life, says the
London Daily News. Consequently
when any member of the sect is be-
lieved to be ON the point Of death, a
small cushion is placed over the suf-
ferer's mouth and held there until suf-
location ensues, the other members
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
MUCH TO THEIR SORROW.
a Squad of Seven WheeImen Take
to the Sidewalk

There was CONSERVATION among the ranks
of party of wheelmen who were on their
way home at o'clock last evening. Eighth
street southeast is very muddy at present,
and the road has been cut up by heavy teams.
Of late it has been customary for wheelmen
and wheelwomen, too, to take the sidewalk,
and this is what caused the trouble. Officers
Normand and Stanley were on hand at Fifth
avenue southeast, and seven bicyclists fell
into the trap They gave their names at the
central station as Jessie Brown. May Smith,
Albert E. Simms, Joseph NJ Hiscock Charles
H. Johnson, Andrew Peterson and Elmer
to appear in court TO-DAY. A majority of the
wheelmen are employees of the Minneapolis
Bedding company, and were on their way
home from work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
Fined Him SO.

Christopher H. Mills, agent of the syndi-
cate block, arrested Nov 5 by Inspector Lux
ton on the charge of violating the smoke Or
dinance, changed his plea to guilty in the
municipal court. and was fined $40. Judge
Kerr, in passing sentence, remarked that as
it was the first offense he would let him off
with light sentence, but he would be very
severe if the defendants arrested again.
The Syndicate block has a smoke consumer,
but has been using sawdust as fuel. Mr..
Mills promised to use a good grade of coal
from now on and abate the smoke.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
Dispatches UndeIivered.

Dispatches from Detroit announcing the
death of Fred G. McGraw, of that city. have
arrived at Minneapolis during the week, but
so far have failed to reach the person for
whom they are intended. George T. McGraw,
of this city, is the brother of the deceased,
and owing to his absence from town, and
his present whereabouts being, unknown, 1t is
feared that the dispatches have failed to
reach him. He was wired at Deer River and
later at Grand Rapids. His deceased brother
was one of Detroits well known business
men. The cause Of his death was heart
trouble with which he had been i'll for two
months
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10

recently been exhibited in London before
number of shipping experts. An iron model
Of a cargo ship was placed in water after
having been loaded with bricks. Then hole,
immense in size compared with the minia-
ture vessel was opened at the side. When
the water had risen TO level with the deck
number OF gutta percha bags fixed under
the deck were inflated with carbouic acid
gas, and the vessel almost Immediately began
m ri
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
COMMON LAW WIFE
Gets Very Much in the Way of u
Foreclosures


In the action of the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance company against Cornelius
Kelley ct al, there is a bit of interesting
district court history. Several years ago Kel-
ley, who owned brick block on Cedar ave-
nue., made an effort to get a woman out of
his building by ejectment proceedings. Be
fore he was through the court had decided
nelius Kelley, by a common law marriage.
and also provided Kelley with a family of
children. Since then she has remained in
the house, and since then also a mortgage
has been foreclosed, and the year of re-
demption has expired. The plaintiff in the
present action seeks to gain possession and
hence the suit.
OF course Mrs. Kelley claims that she
never signed the mortgage, that therefore
1t was no mortgage that it is her home
stead, and that she will not vacate. Since
the same court that is now invoked has de-
cided that she and Kelley were husband and
wife, it will be interesting to see what the
jury will find in the matter.