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The Portland daily press., 1901-01-01
j. R. LIBBY co.

Universalist church. This stesple has
bean standing for some thirty five years.
During high winds 1t has been noticed TO
sway peroeptihly and by many has been
considered unsafe. While 1T is not actual
ly believed that the steeple is really In
danger of falling, at a meeting OF the
church association held some time ago, II
was thought that 1t was better to be on
the safe side and a vote was passed to re-
move the steeple.
The contract was awarded to Mr.. Han
SON. A long arm win be built out from
the steeple and beginning at the top II
will be dismantled In sections and
lowered to to the ground. 1t Is thong ht
that the work can be completed In about
weeks time. The steeple will be re-
moved as far as the tower and the latter
will be finished on in an artistic manner
so that the general symmetry of the edi-
ice Will not be destroyed.
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PARLOR TABLES.
Of Elegant woods, handsomely
6uiskad

been preparing themselves for holy orders
and the living OF holy lives will make a
profession of their vows or poverty,
chastity and obedience before the Very
Reverend Father NJ, O. O'Brion Of Ban
gor and receive at his hands the black
veil.
The names OF the young womsn who
Will from this time devote their lives to
the cause of God are Miss Edith Wright
of Quebec, called in religion Sister
Mildred MaGdalen; Miss Elizabeth
O'Caliahan of Lewiston, Sister Mary
Bernardine Joseph; Miss Annie Burke of
Quebec, Sister Mary GonzaRa Gertrude;
Miss Melidore Desjarlais OF Canada, Sis
ter Mary Melanie Xavier; Miss Flavia
LaForge of Oldtown, Sister Mary Fiayia
Joseph; Miss Margaret Nicksrson Of Ban
gor, Sister Mary Lucia Aiphonsus.
This Is one of the most impressive ser
vices OF the Roman Catholic church, and
a large number OF priests from various
parts OF the state will be in attendance.
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REV. JOHN b. wHEELwRIGHr.

Rev. John b. Wheelwright, for many
years one OF Names prominent Congre
gationaiist olergymen, died Thursday
morning, Dec 81, ut the resid ence OF hi
son, John o. p. Wheelwright, in Minns
apoiis, at the advanced age of SO years
He leaves q widow and one SOD. The
funeral was Friday forenoon from his
sons residence, and was private. The
intermsnt was at Lakewood. Rev. MIR.
Wheeiwright was well known In Port
land, and vicinity, and formerly preached
in woodfords. where he resided for many
years.
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FUNERAL A. SCOTT JORDAN.

The funeral services of the late MIR. A.
Scott Jordan OF Oak Hill, Soarboro, were
held yesterday afternoon at two O'Clock
from the late residence. The services
were conducted by Rev. Israel Jordan.
A delegation of eight of the members of
Thatcher Post No. Ill, g. A. r., of this
city OF which the deceased was q member
were In attendance. The pail bearers
were furnished out OF the membership OF
the post. The burial was at the Black
hook cemetery, Soarboro.
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MIR. WOODsIDE wITHDRAWS.
Portland. December 81.

To Che Editor OF The Press:
Flssse give notice that 1 shall not be
candidate for denomination as ooun-
Gilman from Ward q.
Respectfully,
Calvin u. Woodside.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED BY PORT.
LAND BANKS.


The following dividends, payable Janu-
airy /, have been declared by Portland
banks:
Canal National, three per cent, semi.
annual, s 5000.
Chapman National 81 per cent, semi.
annual, $500 This Is an increase from
the banks customary semi-annual divi-
dend OF three per cent. and 1t Is hoped by
its directors that 1t may be maintained.
Casoo National, two per cent, quarterly
SIC, 600.
First National, three per cent, semi
annual, $50,
Merchants National, four per cent,
semi-annual. sl2. COO.
Portland Trust company, four per cent.
s emi-annual, 5000.
Mercantile Trust company, three Per
cent, semi-annuai, 5000. This is the
fifth semi-annual dividend Of three per
cent declared by the Mercantile company
in Its two and half years of active bust
ness.
National Traders bank, three per cent,
semi-snnual, 5000.
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LOSS ADJUSTED.

X Nj. LewEen s. Co., who have had
some damage done 90 their stock Of
Ladies Uuterwear garments and Furs
have had their loss literally adjusted by
the insurance companies. Messss. X.
M.Lewsen g. Co., win be closed Tuesday,
January lat, to mark goods which will be
on sale Wednesday morning, January 3D..
MIR. Lswsen feels very much pleased in
having the opportunity to commence tbs
next century with such unusual bar
gains. Ladies' who have been waiting fnr
tbs sale should not fail to be ON hand
Wednesday morning at nine when there
will be a great saorifice In prices.
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NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY
The Superior Court TerH Begins
To-day.

The January term OF the Superior court
begins today with the same grand jury in
attendance rs last September. County
elect Whitahouse will assume his new
duties this morning. He hAs formally
appointed SCOTT wilsnn, Esq, as his as
been approved by Judge Bonney, Mr..
Wilson win qualify and enter upon his
new office.
This Is likely to be very busy term
with a great deal OF liquor business to
come before the grand jury. There are
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HALL RACKS.
FANCY CHAIRS AND
ROCKERS.

At least One hundred different
styles. Mahogany frames with Silk
upholstered seats and handsomely
polished.
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NJ. v. p. That is all.
srEEPLE BEING DIsMANrLED.

MIR. @. A, Hanson, the contractor and
carpenter, began work yesterdav remov-
ing tt, steeple OF this Congress Square
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WILL TAKE THE BLACK VEIL.

At eight o'clock next Thursday morn
ing at the Convent of Our Lady OF Mercy
on Free street six young ladies who hays
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WINDSOR CASTLE. NO. /, ELECTION

WINDSOR CASTLE. NO. l. ELECTION
The following officers were elected by
Windsor Castle, X. g. E last evening:
N. C Albert l., Pickett.
v. C.-Harold u. Parker.
II. P.-Uharles III. Durgin.
v. III -Ohas. II. w. Stockton.
Nj. OF robin II. Henry.
u. OF E.-Alfred e. Manning.
K.of Il Grant 5 Rolf.
s. Hilary +. Greedy.
Trustees-Howard Winslow, VIM. f.
Little. Edgar Il. Benson.
Agent OF Hall-Arthur ii. Marden.
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' ]. r. LIBBY CO.
Century Stepped on to
goth Century Furniture at 2ist Century
Prices.
-One---loOl. The New
This WhirIing Planet

spinning
who
begin tngh
o0~mbe the
FURNITURE
durability
escusto
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fFHE regular meeting of the Maine Charitable
A Mechanic Association will be held at the
library room. Mechanics Hall, Thursday even
ing January 3, at 100 o'clock
janl,3t Gko. A HARMON, Secretary.
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cLorHINo FRoM THE 90.
nan nay max. Sat, from Things Of the
Oesau.

Man nay MAks Suit from Things Of the
II all the land-grown materials out
Of which a man clothes himself should
cease to grow he still could at himself
out from top TO toe with a warm and
comfortable suit, and even embellish
himself with a watch and other orna-
ments. The sea win furnish him
everything required. Il would be an
expensive outfit, but would wear for
a long time, and, though at first 1t
might have "an ancient and hsh-
like SMELL" one would soon get used
to that His shoes he could make OF
porpoise hide or alligator skin, with
laces OF the same material, His socks
and unierelothing could be spun from
the byssus OF tufts Of the pima. The
pima Is a sort, Of q mussel which lives
in the waters Of the Mediterranean
and clings to the rocks by long tufts
Of silky fibre, which Is woven into
beautiful cloth by the Sieilians. For
summer wear he could bring TO his
tailor the skins Of a few burbot or
ling, which the Russian Tartars use
for making garments which are cool
and waterproof. Salmon skin, which
when tanned resembles wash leather,
would do for a winter suit, and for an
overcoat what could be better than
sealskin? For thread there are the
sinews Of the walrus, or, IL a finer
thread were desired, one could easily
be spun from the tufts Of the Medit-
erranean mussel before mentioned. As
for buttons, the ocean shop offers
large and varied assortment It Is a
line Of goods which Is always on hand.
Mother-of-pearl buttons cut from oys-
ter shells vary in color from white
through iridescent TO black, and lovely
ivory buttons could be made from
the tusks Of the walrus. II desired,
these could be dyed purple with the
murex which furnished the famous
Tyrian dye. II neither Of these ma
terials suited the fastidious taste Of
the dandy he could have buttons Of
tortoise shell. An excellent imitation
Of a palmetto straw hat could be made
from the funori, a seaweed which
Grows on the coast Of Japan.-New
York Press.
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1elar01t we Clniml q noal &C. H.
News Bssa R01.a
Prol W. ]. McGee o. the Ethnologi-
cal BuEeau e washington, Is author
ity for the statement that no such
thing aE human petrifaetion has ever
been discovered. He does not claim
that e cannot exist, but simply states
that al eases Of petFihed human Be-
inzs up b the present time are moth
fng more or. less than fakes.
Recently a letter Forwarded to the
bureau stated that the head q m9n.
reported 70 be petrihed, had besn dis
covered somewhere IN the EiIds Of
New Jersey. Later came the mystic
rious head, and q convoeation Of learn
ed scientists graYely held council over
e They were disappointed. The head
turned out to Be limestone boulder.
euriously fashioned, Il Is true. into
features very like human beings. but
q limestone boulder nevertheless.
Another case which at the time
looked as though It would explode all
Of the old theories and prove 70 be the
real things, was that Of a body Of a
woman, which a company had been
exhibiting throughout the West as the
only petrihed woman. She excited
much attention and the notice Of the
scientists at the chronological Bureau
vas drawn to the case. THE only
petrihed woman" was forwarded to
Washington and an Investigation was
held. The scene Of the inquest was
q gruesOme affair. It was late on
winter afternoon, and one gas Jet was
lit The body was laid out in the
center Of the room in its frame CONN,
and Prof. MeGee, with much gravity,
proceeded TO conduct the services.
They consisted of taking from his
pockets several little instruments and
Of boring a few inches into the foot
To the amazement Of every Onlooker, a
small section Of a gas pipe was struck.
This ended the inquest. Mrs. Stones
reputation as a professional was for
ever spoiled, and she no longer went
galaTanting around the country pos
ing as ~the one and only petrihed
woman ever discovered In ths history
Of the world"
There is a factory in California
which manufactures petrihed human
beings BY the wholesale. They cause
them to be buried in different parts Of
the country, then unearthed and sold
for exhibition purposes. Every kind
Of a petrihed human being. men, wom-
en- and children, Indians, giants, and
What-not, has been unearthed in re-
mote parts Of the United States, and
their finding has resulted in big sen
sation for the immediate locality. and
q gold mine for the fellow who took
It up for exhibition purposes. More
frauds have been perpetrated In this
way than even in the dime museums.
The bureau has suppressed more OF
these frauds within recent years than
It has stopped 70 count, and there Is
NOT d year without its good sensation
in tnat once Itself.
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loo 10 b. earbare.

A problem that has engaged the at
tention Of the legislative bodies Of
most American cities Is what to do
with the garbage-hOw to get rid OF
II at the least expense to the public.
The city Of Washington so disposes
OF its garbage that a profit Is got out
Of Il, while most other American cit
ies-being less carefully governed
have to pay largely for its removal.
There b a contract with a company
which collects the garbage and dis
poses Of It. The garbage Is kept sep
arate from ashes and other refuse. In
iron tanks It Is taken by rail thirty
miles down the Potomac to the redue-
ton works. Here Il Is sorted. Tin
cans, bottles. etc, are removed. The
rest Is placed In close iron vessel
and subjected to steam pressure. after
which It Is pumped into tanks and al
lowed TO settle. Oils and fats rise to
the surface and, being skinned on
are sold to soapmakers. Under pres
sure more oil Is obtained, to go the
same way. The eaked garbage, after
pressure, is pulverized and sold for
fertilizer. Incidental PROFITS arise
from the sale Of hides Of horses and
other animals and the manipulation OF
their careasses along with the gar
bage. The horse hides make good rus
set leather. A good monthly profit Is
said to be realized.
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The agitation in France against the
Disagreement Of country landscapes by
faring advertisements still proceeds,
but It appears with doubtful success,
owing to vested interests. The coun-
try people whose land lies alongside
the lines Of railway are readily tempt
ed by the offers Of the advertising
contractors from whom some Of them
reap quite a respectable income from
displaying posters which pun soup,
chocolate, drinks, etc. It is said that
an agent Of one firm Is now starting
on q journey through 5000 com
munes, in each Of which he Is to ar
range for the erection Of painted
board. This Is 70 be done IN time for
the tourist season. The notice boards
alresdy arranged for and erected By
this agent cost him no less than 1900
francs q year.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A CON-
SAINT VISITOR.

"Hohman's Row." about four doors
north from the corner Of Fifth and
washington streets, on the west side
OF Fifth street.
When the new state house." now
the Sangamon county court house, vas
built in 1912, Wallace & Dillon bought
the frame building that had been tenn
porarily used as the state house and
moved It to Sixth street, opposite the
now remodeled court house. There
they remained in the drug business un-
al 1s4s, when the firm Of Wallace &
piller was succeeded by Corneau &
Diller, the Diller Of the new firm be-
ing Roland W. Diller, q cousin Of the
first Diller.
The first Diller, ]. Roland, was a
noted Democrat. In 1s4s Thomas Har-
Fis beat Stephen 7. Logan for Con-
gress. The night the result Of the
election was known Diller coated him
self with PHOSPHORUS and went out
On the street to celebrate. In his en-
thusiasm he caught IRE and would
have burned up alive had he not
plunged into . horse trough at q cor
ner Of the square.
In 1858 the building occupied by Cor
neau & DiIler burned, and the present
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A rather startling statement was rs-
Gently made by Prof. Frederic Starr
Of the University Of Chicago. It was
10 the effect that the white inhabit.
ants Of the United States are on the
verge Of becoming like Indians in
complexion. Prof. Starr reaches this
conclusion after lengthy scientific and
practical investigations. He also states
that the only thing which will divert
the dire catastrophe which Row threat
ems the American republic. lies in lib
eral immigration laws. Foreign blood
he declares, Is the thing which stands
between Americans and an Apache
complexion.
For the purpose Of study Prot Starr
has taken the German immigrants who
have settled IN Pennsylvania, New
England and West Virginia, who hold
most tenaciously to the characteristics
Of their eountrymen. They usually
settle in communities where they are
preserve their language and their Gus
toms a. they brought them from the
FatherlaS1. They seldom intermarry
with other nAtionalities, and for Prof.
Starts inVeSt.gation present ideal con-
dltions. Altar several years Of close
observation ~ has become convinced
that the Germans are gradually as
suming some Of the characteristics OF
the North American Indian. Prof.
Starr has also studied native Amer
leans and found that similar peculiar
tiles existed, only in a greater degree
among them.
Several years ago Prof. Starr startled
the scientific world by making the
same statement, which at the time met
with open ridicule. Now. however, the
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pie In a race for Congress. sat nightly
among the choice spirits in OILERS
store. John Calhoun was among them,
likewise the first Richard Yates, after
wards the war governor Of Illinois.
Judge Stephen T. Logan, Mr.. Lin
coins law partner, used 10 sit In an
old chair, favorite seat Of Lneoln's,
poking fun at ABE" and whiting
away at anything wooden that was
near. One day Judge Logan was in
the midst Of a fire Of raillery, busily
engaged in slicing on chunks Of the
chair on which Lincoln was sitting.
This was more than Mr.. Diller could
stand.
Judge" said he, there is a pine
box in the back yard, and II it win do
as well as that chair wish you would
white on It."
Judge Logan was so offended that he
left the store, and for a week did not
return. But, passing one day, he caught
sight Of a few friends inside, and, pick
ing up a pine board. he walked in, and,
seating himself In the arm chair, re-
marked: well, Rolla, guess I've been
a fool long enough; I've brought q
piece Of that pine box with me-"
Judge Samuel H. Treat, afterWard
circuit Judge, Judge Of the Supreme
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Our pet cat had three kittens, Of
which she was particularly fond. One OF
them was unusually active and mis-
chievous, and much given 10 climbing
up fence posts, walls and trees. One
morning I heard a pitiful little eat-ery
up In a tall eherry-tree, and on exam
nation, / found that the mischievous
kitten was near the top Of the tree,
clinging TO a branch, and its cries
showed that It was frightened, and
afraid to come down. Sitting on the
ground q little distance OF, was the
mother-cat, looking as II she was think
ing what she ought to do to get her
kitten out Of its trouble. Suddenly she
seemed to have made up her mind, for
she ran quickly mp the tree to where
the kitten was, and pausing there a
moment as II to TX the kittens atten-
ton on what she was doing, she began
to descend the tree slowly and care
fully. She was showing the kitten the
easiest way to get down. When she
reached the ground, she sat down and
looked up at the kitten, calling to It
with soft, entreating cries, and the kit
ten, as II understanding exactly what
was expected Of II, came down Just az
the mother had done.
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I've got q scheme, " said the CRATER,
"thatu work like a clock. I'm going to
put an ad. in the paper asking women
to send their photographs and a IS
bill and III tell them how to become
beautiful" But how can you make
them beautifully" asked the ehump.
"Don't have to. III send back the pho
tographs with letters something like
this: Dear Miss-After seeing your
photograph we are surprised that you
desire to become more beautiful than
you already are. Il sometimes seems
that the very ones upon whom God be-
slows his greatest fayors are the least
thankful. One so divinely endowed with
such loneliness as you possess should
be eontented. Although we have added
TO the beauty Of such women as Lily
Langtry, Maxine Elliott and Lillian
Russell our honor as gentlemen and
our reputation as an old-established
firm compel as to inform yOu that you
already possess beauty far beyond the
possibilities OF our system" But the
f52" asked the ehump. ''Oh, guess a
woman wouldn't make much Of a howl
over the S." answered the CRATER
Indianapolis Sun.
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Champ Clark. the genial congress-
man and writer Of Missouri, had the
novel distinction Of naming himself
and Of choosing an unusual name at
that In his infancy his parents chris
tened him James Beauchamp Clark:
but Clark vas a common surname IN
HIS part Of the country, and James
even commoner. 50. as he cherished
dreams Of future glory, he knocked Oh
the James Beau and became Champ
Clark-easy to pronounce and easy to
remember and distinctive IN sound. He
was admitted to the bar as Champ.
married as Champ and elected ns
Champ. But every little while some
body who remembers him In early NE
and q careful 81 the prophecies. re-
suscitates the Beauchamp or james
Beauehamp. and the air turns blue.
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with the sale the other day Of the
old DilIer drug store in Springfield
III, there retired from business q vet
eran merchant whose shop was the
lounging place Of some Of the greatest
men Illinois has produced, and the
scene Of many a boisterous exchange
Of Witticisms, in which Lincoln and
Douglas, and others Of great, though
lesser, note, were participants. A his
tory Of the old store Is interesting.
In 1888. when Springfield was young
and Abraham Lincoln was the idol OF
the Whig party in the General Assem-
bly,, there came out from Pennsylvania
two young men, Dr.. William s. Wal
lace and Jonathan Roland Diller, drug
gist. They started q drug store In
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I'VE BROUGHT A PIECE OF THAT

I'VE bEOUGhI A ElEC6 DE' THAT
PINE BOX WITH Me-"
Court, and United States District
Judge. flashed his ready wit while
seated on the counter in the Diller
store. Captain Isaac r. Diller was
there, too, q distinguished veteran Of
the Mexican war, who was chosen
many times as clerk Of the house in
the general assembly.
William C. May, congressman;
Thomas Campbell, secretary Of state;
Senator MeDougal, who became United
States senator from California, were
also In the crowd around the preserip-
ton counter. Besides these men there
were scores Of others whose names are
closely identified with the history Of
Springfield and Of Illinois.
Virgil Hickox, the railroad promo
ter; Captain Isaac Keys, president Of
the Farmers Bank; Colonel william
+. Elkin. Of Black Hawk war fame and
member OF the Long Nine; Andrew
J. Mccormack, FIRST mayor Of SPRING
field and another member Of the Long
Nine" (the Long Nine" were nine
members Of the general assembly. Lin
coin being one Of them, averaging six
feet in height; John Reynolds, after
wards governor OF Illinois; and obed
Lewis, but recently deceased, all swap
ped yarns and Whitfield shingles IN the
Diller store, amid Wreaths Of tobacco
smoke that rose 70 the classic ceiling.
There, too, sat Charles n. Lanphier,
formerly proprietor Of the Illinois
state Register. who Is stin living at
Springfield; George L Huntington,
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The London Lancet, a high medical
authority. says that the habit Of self
dragging has grown TO be a source Of
untold mischief. The practice has been
greatly assisted by the enormous i'm
pr0Fements in pharmaceutical prepare
lions. Treating symptoms without
medical sdVice may be temporarily
satisfactory. but what II the physical
disturbance be the sign Of fatal dis
ease2 A little knowledge. coupled
with ovsrconhdsnce. Is q dangerous
thing in dealing with the ailments
which come in so many forms. Vary
Ing the adage. II may be said that a
man who Is bis own doctor has 3 fool
for q patient
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Il appears from the geographical
surveys accepted a. q basis Of the re-
cent federal census that Texas Is the
largest state 81 the country. In the
New England group the largest Of the
states IS Maine, with nearly $4,000
square niles Of land surface; none Of
the other New England states has as
much a. 1900. Two states which are
most nearly alike "a area are New
York and North Carolina Two Others
which correspond very nearly are
Iowa and Illinois. Arkansas and Ala
hama are ol almost the same size AID
Ohio end vlrgEnsa diRer By only few
square miles. The land area Of each
q abous to.ooo square miles
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buying the stock, good win ana AZ
lures The new owners are preparing
70 remodel the store, and the place as
known 70 Abraham Lincoln and his
friends win soon be q thing Of the
past. Springfield grieTes 10 lose the
OILERS from the historic building.
whose walls have echoed the shouts OF
laughter produced by the wit Of LIN
coin and Douglas, and mourns the
passing Of the old landmark-Chieago
Tribune.
The broad ax., 1901-08-24

It isn't against the law in Minnesota
TO kin q gambler II he has been cheat
ing. and wiz not return the money to
HIS victim. At least. a case at Granite
Falls has just been decided 70 that
effect. DR.. Winter pulled his pistol
and shot q gambler with whom he was
playing cards, because the gambler had
oheated and refused to pay the money
on demand. A jury declared upon oath
that DR.. Wintner was not guilty OF
murder.