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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. March 2t-By the agreement
duly drawn up. signed and witnessed, James
Mandy. % years old, a cigar store clerk. Mv-
ing at No. POI East Seventeenth street. has
contracted to sell his skull to Doctor NJ. A.
liter Of No. 81 st, Marks place. for the sum
Of 500. the skull TO be claimed after Mandy's
death. By the terms of the agreement Doc
tor liter Is paying Mandy IS a month INSTALL
ments. and is to pay them until the sum Of
$50 has been given to Mandy Should Man
oy de before the amount has been paid the
doctor Is still to get the skull. The agree
ment says that the purchase Is made in the
interests Of medical science
The existence OF this contract became gen.
orally known last night through the momen-
tary fears OF Mandy. He told Sergeant Far
rel in the East Twenty-second street station
last night OF the contract and said that
friends had been whispering in his ear that
the existence of the contract might TEMPT
SOME one to do away with him. The Ser
geant told MIN that he could do nothing for
him, and then Mandy said he guessed HE
lriends talked too much, and that the doctor
was All right and he guessed he wa, safe
ne sad that the trip to the station had
eased his mind a bit. and he would IN and
ten the doctor what had been said
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
SKYSCRAPER HAS LONG
RECORD OF ACCIDENTS.
Four Men Lost Their Lives and FIJI
teen Have Been injured I'm . Phil
adelphia Building.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUbLlC SPkClAA
Philadelphia. March 2.-Death and dan.
ger have haunted the corner where the big
gest of the city's big buildings 10 rapidly
that the work of sinking the foundations
was begun.
In less than a year four men have been
carried to their graves and fifteen to hos
pitfalls from the site OF the addition to the
Land Title building. For nearly every one
OF it's four and twenty stories this colossus
Of stone and steel has claimed victim and
to obtain workmen the constructors Of the
building, in order to combat the influence OF
the "hoodoo" which is believed by many to
rest on the skyscraper. have been obliged
to offer special Inducements.
The whole tale Is not told BY the list OF
dead and injured. however, for this takes
no account Of the scores Of narrow es-
capes, the fires. the cave-ins and the falls
occurred In the brief but eventful history
of the structure that towers above all its
rivals in the center Of the skyscraper dis
trtct.
DANGER TO PEDEsTRIANS
Nor has the danger been confined to the
actual workers on the building itself Twice
derrick and chain have given way under
the weight Of tons OF metal and have let
their massive burdens imperil the lives OF
structure and twice passers-by have escaped
death by the narrowest Of margins.
The city has shown its realization OF the
dangers run by pedestrians by Btationin8
men at the point OF peril to give warning
of Impending disasters, but in tho face OF
accidents that no man could foresee they
have been Of little avail.
One Of the owners Of the building. one or
the best-known and wealthieSt OF Phi.adei.
phians. missed becoming the NTH victim OF
the 'hoodooed' skyscraper by little more
than a hairs breadth. This was William
I. Ekins. While passing from his office
In the old Land Title and Trust building he
walked through the covered passageway IN
front of the new structure Just AZ si1-ton
few feet Of him. enveloping him in . cloud
Of dirt and dust. Mr.. Elkins escaped with
out any injury other than that to his ner-
HIGHEST FIRE IN CITY.
Although still unfinished. the sky-scraper
holds the record for the highest FIRE that
ever occurred in this city. The blaze broke
out on the twenty first floor Of the building
and the fire engines were unable to throw
a stream to the flames. To extinguish the
fire the burning lumber was thrown to the
street, 200 feet below.
When the foundations of the old Lafay-
cite Hotel were being deepened for the
new building the embankment on the SAN
som street side fell in and in order to pre-
vent the trolley cars from topping into tho
street to travel until the dirt walls had
been shored up.
The last OF the long series Of accidents
at the skyscraper occurred only a few
days ago. when sfx-ton stone broke from
the iron clutches that held Il and dropped
with terrific force to the street, wrecking
the roof of the covered passaEeVay hut
not in1uring any one.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Philadelphia. March 2L-It's no sign OF an
added brain to believe in spooks. Tho court
has said It and the law uphclds 1t. The
ghost now has legally defined status and
in a way may take and hold legacies-
4 Mary Buchanan contested the VIII OF her
father. Alexander McIlroy. who after pro-
viding an income and home for his daugh-
ter, devised the remainder Of his estate to
the First Association Of Spiritualists OF
Philadelphia for the erection Of q building
to be known as McIlroy Hail. Within three
years after the receipt Of the residuary ee-
tate the proceeds were to be used for the es-
adjustment Of a homo for white Protestant
orphan children.
Tho will and five codicils ratifying II werA
admitted to probate, and then Mrs. Buchan-
an carried the case to the Common Pleas
Court. contesting them on the ground that
her father was insane and that undue In
fuence had been e1erted upon him by Ger
tain persons calling themselves Spiritual
ists"
No evidence was offered In support Of the
charge Of undue influence, and the inquiry
narrowed down to the question Of Mr.. Nc
Ilroy's mental capacity.
Former Judge Gordon, who represented the
Spiritualists' Association, asked the court to
give binding instructions to tho Jury to rem
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NO SIGN OF MADNESS
TO BELIEVE IN GHOSTS
Philadelphia Judge the Contention That spirituaism
Insanity Hand-He Insructs Jury According
~, and the Contestants of a Will Lose Their Suit

der . verdict sustaining the WILL The sub
stance Of his argument was that no man
could be pronounced insane merely because
he believed in Spiritualism.
Elaborating upon this. he contended that
no belief In a supernatural faith could be
made the basis of a reflection upon a mans
sanity, and that q decision against this Will
would attack the vital principle Of freedom
CT belief.
Judge Gordon supported this contention BY
alluston to the many beliefs in which mil
lions of disciples were convinced that they
enjoyed communion with supernatural pow
err; in which SUMS of money were being
given constantly for votive offerings. and in
which large fortunes were frequently be-
queathed for the fostering and upbuilding
Of the faith.
: Judge Potter. who wrote the opinion Of
the court. says that whiie McIlroy was un-
.Quesstonably q believer In Spiritualism
there u abundance Of authority for the
proposition that mere belief in Spiri:ualism,
ghosts. dreams etc.. - not proof Of In
sanity.
There arc many cases holding that. with
out proof that such a belief resulted in
some insane deluAon which prompted the
act sought to be set aside. the act Is valid,
however extreme or unreasonable the faith
Of Spiritualism or other Like belief"
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WE2ASTER GROVES.
wedding uyitatons-Mermod q Jaccarrs


Mn W. J. Parker, who ha, besn visiting
months. returned to Webster ruesda ssVf NJ.
With MrA Joseph Weir Ia Webster Park.
The event Of the week win be the mar
liam 4 Henry Of fndiansp ed 70 T Ma Mnv
plight at O'Clock. In the Congregational
Church. Ma Mildred Allen. sister Of the
bride, VIII Be the only bridesmaid
Mra Q. L Martin win entertain for Miss
A1!s1 Tuesday afternoon. Each guest is re-
The Thursday Club held its nth meet
ing this week. at the home Of Mr.. and
Ma Charles A. Baker. Mr.. Charles Nagel
3eot. Municipal. Government" A discus
s;on followed the address. which was par
uctpatcd IN by Colonel e. J. Spencer, pres
tdsnt q the club: Mayor T. c. Young, J.
y Rsttis. ". D. Biggers. Major Kimball
ct xrkwood George K. Andrews and C.
L Martin. Those present were: Messra
and MIaea ". D qroves A. R. Deacon.
C. W. Fersuson. L 3. Ripley. W. c. lager,
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proviso that Taylor shall bear heavy wit
ness against the woman, q condition which
he Will gleefully accept, for he says:
Il never wanted her, and now hate
her. She ran after me and was always an
annoyance"
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Revised versis..

Myer: II heard that moss-covered mother
in-law joke again to-day"
+ oyer: Say, that's a new one on me, Tell
me the Joke about the moss-covered moth
er-in-law."-Chicago Newa
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22

PHO and Ti1tula Ouro.
aauupls treatment Red Cross pus and y11eue9
Cure. and book explaining each variety Of piles.
sent fresA Rea Co. Dept RID. 4tnneaDoais. MINI.
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tained In honor of her friend. Miss Lenore
0laser. Wednesday evening. Those present
Ssissss:;.-
Ienogs Gaser. Mae BuSb.
Ma SairaS Jessie Bubh
Daisy 4ather.
A sss:sa1a. ! Jameson.
aaItry. Creeey.
6etner. kurth,
8achsr. H Squire.
HOFFMAN. Doctor Frazier.
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs A. Wolf Of M
Marion street gare u birthday party in
honor OF their son Theodore's sixteenth
birthday. A supper was served after which
games, music and dancing were enioyed
Those present werei
Emma Eauser. Carrie Rau,
Esa Miller. Ella Kohlhaun.
ia Matter. Cana Cana asss ui{sa;
Carrie Spieckermann Pearl Richardson,
Netue EQil Minnie Hesse,
Thsodor. WOLF Otto w.,derm.nn,
Arthur Raba. Charles wochusky,
xdoiph Metz Bobert Baebler
Archie Besbler. A' -A'
Mrs Elizabeth Hook of No. es8 Fyler
evenue Celebrated her seventy-frst birth
present were: Mn r Risse and daush laGss
q: q. 1 Goitermann and and daughters Hs
L!sses Luella and sidonia; Mrs. Charles
j.: MA G. L Busch Of Washington. No:
III r L Ksrner and two little sons, AL
Ssrt a AND bsssps 49, Mn. H c Cent and 1T
Fsaiins Guseh no Of Dundee. M No. manu. MISS
Mis- Vivian Tieman was given . surprise
party b. bar little friends Monday efter-
ss e asn S SG :s1 s 1s Sss
Mrs q. Z. Smith Of No. ssse Washington
Ist Tuesday aishs. March Il. Hf hume on
Ne, : S1s:asr - Eth; 70 = an Aerl bride:
ehoyer. Owen to her by Miss Lizzie Fehi.
-. Gang Mise. Theresa Ganter. Eleanor
fshl and I,ottis vollman While luncheon
wa. Z ass q shns
Essd.nsr-
Nick Tehl Ms1s ~ 'f.
e. Hauch. n, carson.
bush.. {. I ocs.
The1eG 0Antsf. Irene FehL
Lotto vollmAr, Anna FehI
Lacy Bec3ma1
Mr.. and MA John Field. No. zaN Sullivan
Svsu1e eavf 9 children.s party last Thurs:
Gay rof ther little daughters, Esther and
Olga. Tho following children made merry
during the afternooh:
Missed
Annie ppmAnA y1orence Klein
0qnA bpac1 Agnes Cassidy,
S}orenQe HchnAd1. Bertha Brown.
HASel Ketm. MILNE WeilAnd
4dea[ LsfdmAn Harry StsphsnA
fed Ehode, David SchuttA
oam Pattan
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MISCELLANEOUS,

GsE fnshions in engraved calling cards.
SAteet Tiffany panels, 100 cards and plate.
y. At Aloe's I4-4lS North Broadway.
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Mr.. ana Mrs. Jos. Hammer of No, IsIe
West Pine boulevard announce the engage
nnent Of their daughter. Fannie. to Mr.. ].
r. 6pdeldoch. At home. Sunday afternoon
and evening. March %.
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Tho marriage Of Miss Rilye Stephens,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Speed
Stephens Of Bonneville. No.. 10 Doctor
Arthur ". Nelson OF Bunceton, will take
place on Wednesday morning. March Is, at
half after o'clock. Christ Church. Boom
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-22
A Mard-Meadcd New Yorker
Sells His Skull for $500.
Was Being 1nsament Plan and Became Fearful
Might He Reported the Transaction
lce-He Plates, Chair Legs and Heavy Glassware
Over His Pate. a.;
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Se'rs u 4 -,i.A.
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CORRECT LASTS IN

wood Springs last summer, and II comes as
= surprise to their friends.
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T1.r!!a. GEEcrnrnx
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tained In honor of her friend, Miss Lenore
0laser. Wednesday evening. Those present
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-07
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap?

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want eome-
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results
of throat and lung troubles. Wtat
shall you do? Go to a warmer and
more regular climate? Yes, if posi-
BILE; if not possible for you, then in
either case take the only remedy that
has been introduced in all civilized
countries with success in severe
throat and lung troubles, ':Boschee's
German Syrup It not only heals
and stimulates the tissues to destroy
the germ disease, but allays irfam.
nation, causes easy expectorat'oD,
gives a good nights rest, and cures
the patient. Try one bottle. rs
commended many years by all drug
gists ia the world. You can get this
reliable remedy at Kaufmann's Drug
Store. Get Green's Special Almanac.
12-33
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-07

seeks the means of health she is often
like a woman b'indfold. She has no
confidence. She cannot tell what her
effort will lead to. She turns now to
this side and then to the other in uncer-
tainty and doubt.
The sick woman who uses DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription may do so with
absolute confidence. 1t invites open
eyed investigation. There need be no
hesitation in following the hundreds of
thousands of women who have found
perfect cure for womanly ills in the use
of this medicine.
vFavorite Prescription cures irregu-
larity and dries weakening drains. It
heals Inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness.
wWith heart full Of gratitude to you for send
ing out over the land your wonderful medicine
send these few lines hoping that some poor sut,
writes Mrs Cora L. Root, Of Greenspriug Fur
mace. Washington Co., Maryland. "1 had sut-
fered severly from female weakness and had to
be in bed great deal of the time. Had head
ache backache and pain in left side when lying
down. commenced taking DR.. Pierce's Favor
when was able to be around again and do my
work with but little pain. Can now eat any
thing and it never hurts me any more. Have
taken seven bottles of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, and one Of his Compound Extract OF
Smart-Weed aud several walls of his Pleasant
Pellets Feeling ;,n better every day Ny hus-
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
iousness and sick headache.
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JAPANESE PROVERBS.
Some Really Fine Sayings Worthy
of Universal Acceptance.

Some Really Fine Sayings Worthy
of Universal Acceptance.
The japanese do not expect to gather
grapes from thorns or figs Of thistles,
but they phrase our thoughts somewhat
differently. They say, ''The spawn of
frogs will become nothing but frogs"
We have a saying. "Despise not the
day of small things" Their Famous
swords are made Of iron scrapings" is
much more picturesque.
The idea of our Cali lay the load on
the willing horse" they express by
"Those who know the ropes do most Of
the hauling" While our commonplace
"Out Of evil good may come finds with
them a fine poetical expression in "The
lotus springs from the mud,", and in
point Of poignancy our adding insult
to injury is vastly inferior to their
Rubbing salt on sore"
The japanese have some really fine
sayings worthy Of universal acceptance,
such as Thine own heart makes the
world" or 1.-The poet at home sees the
entire universe" or "The throne Of the
god is on the brow Of righteous man"
Their nice observance Of manners Is
evidenced by sayings such as Excess
of politeness becomes impoliteness,"
their national suspiciousness in the like
Of ''Don't trust pigeon to carry grain,"
and the handy mans adherence Of
bungler finds expression in numerous
quiDs such as Learning to swim in
field" or Scratching the foot with the
shoe on"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-07
A New Profession.

Young Mr.. lnswim was hurrying
blindly along the street toward chem
lists with a bottle in his hand when
young De Trop hailed him.
De Trop Hello, Inswim! I've
scarcely seen you for year. Where
have you been keeping yourself since
you were married?
Inswim-Oh, busy-busy all the time.
De Trop-I say, what are you doing
mostly?
Inswim-I've got new profession.
De Trop-What is it?
Inswim-Humorist.
De Trop-You don't say. didn't
think you were much in that line.
Inswim-I'm not a very glittering
success.
De Trop-What-er- sort OF
work do you do mostly?
And then young Mr.. Inswim leaned
over and whispered softly in young
De Trop's ear:
I'm spending most Of my time try
ing to humor baby that's engaged in
tooth culture"
Then he plunged madly on again to-
ward the soothing sirup shop. Lon
don Answers.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-07
The Expense Of Canary Birds.

The keeping Of canaries seems to be
q fairly expensive luxury. To start
with, really good bird will cost $50.
You can easily spend more-.but $50
will buy fairly good Norwich bred
bird. The food the bird requires con-
sists of various delicacies in the form
of rye, bread, rice, meal and vegeta-
bles. Canaries are liable to all sorts
of ailments, and this, of course, neces-
states further expense, for the treat
ment Of these complaints is anything
but cheap. OF course, no fancier Of
canaries would be content with one
bird; he must have at least dozen,
and the cost of some Of these will GER
tainly run to s75. Fifteen hundred
dollars per annum could easily be spent
in this manner without very big show
for the money.-London Tatler.
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Unconscious From Group.

During a sudden and terrible at
tack of Group our little girl was
unconscious from strangulatlon, says
A. L. Spaford, postmaster, Chester,
Mich, and q dose of One Minute
Cough Cure was administered and
repeated often. It reduced the swell
ling and Inflammation, cut the mucus
and shortly the child was resting
easy and speedily recovered. 1t
cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, and
all Throat and Lung troubles. One
Minute Cough Cure llngers in the
throat and chest and enables the
lun 8 to contribute pure, health
giving oxygen 10 the blood. Kauf-
mann Drug Co.
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A REMARKABLE SHOT.
Tired In the Dark, 1t Injured Three
Men Half a Mile Away.


Men Half a Mile Away.
zone Of the best and most remarka-
BILE shots made during the war with
Spain," said a gentleman who made an
effort to get into the thick of the
fight. was, in my judgment, made at
Miami. and the man who fired the shot
was Louisiana boy and member OF
my company. He was doing duty as q
provost guard at the time. 1t was late
at night when the soldiers were reused
by the quick, clear crack Of krag-
Jorgensen on the outskirts Of the camp.
No particular attention was paid to
the matter at first, as only one shot
was fired. But with couple Of off,
GERS we went out to where the guard
was stationed in order to find out just
why it was that he had fired at that
time of night. He explained that he
had seen a man slipping through the
bushes some distance away and had
called on him to halt. He failed to
obey the command, and the guard
blazed away at him, more to frighten
him into stop than anything else.
OF course, the fellow never halted. he
was probably too badly frightened to
stop at that time.
while We were talking to the guard
we heard fearful noise at least half
mile from the guards station, and we
made q break for the place to see what
the matter was. We heard several
people screaming as if in great agony.
Down the road we went at full speed.
and in a short while we came upon a
little cabin which stood on the road
side. The noise was in this cabin, and
I never heard such groaning and vail
ing in my life. We found three men in
the house. They were in great agony,
and we asked them what was the mat
ter. we have been shot they said,
and sure enough they had been shot.
"One was shot in the right arm. an
other in the back and the third in the
hip. They had all been wounded by
the same bullet. The man who was
wounded in the arm was lying on his
right side. The ball passed through
his arm. Next to him one Of his COM
panions was sprawling out on his back.
and the bullet split the hide on this
part Of his anatomy as smoothly as
knife. Then it passed through the
feshy part of the third mans hip and
sped on.
1--WE could not find the ball. 1t had
passed through the side Of the house.
wounded the three men in the way in
dicated. bored through the wall on the
opposite side and kept on going. Now
that cabin was fully half a mile from
the point where the guard was sta
toned. and yet the shot he fired had
wrought all the havoc we found."-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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His Mother Took No Chances.

She was a portly dame, with ford
complexion and voluminous skirts. She
was walking majestically down Twen-
ty-third street, looking the picture Of
content. In the hand that held up her
skirt was clasped thin chain, much
like a dog chain, but instead Of the
regulation poodle, pug or st. Charles
spaniel trotting along at the other end
was a small boy of perhaps five years,
and whenever fascinated by the al
Turing attractions along his route the
maternal hand gave the chain a gentle
tug, and the small boy obediently an
swered the mute injunction.-New York
Times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-01-07
BULLETS AS EVIDENCE.
Odd Facts Developed by Their Prom
inence In Murder Trials.

Odd Facts Developed by Their Prom
inence In Murder Trials.
The important part played in many
murder trials by fattened and mis-
shapen bit Of lead or steel, once in the
form Of bullet, often leads to the de-
velopment Of some curious facts, says
the Baltimore American. A leaden bull
let will lose appreciably in weight by
heing fired, and the form Of the barrel
may tend to reduce its size. In rifle
some Of the lead is taken OF by the
grooves. The friction also heats and
tends to partially melt the outside OF
the ball, and because Of this it changes
its shape in the air.
One peculiar fact about a bullet is
that it will very often make wound OF
entry smaller than the projectile itself
even in so brittle q substance as glass.
Another strange fact about a bullet IS
that it will often pass through inter-
vening clothing, making hole that can
hardly be noticed, and yet carry on its
point a circular piece of cloth. The car
rying Of bits of clothing, hair OF dirt in
to wounds in such manner greatly
enhances the dangers of peritonitis.
Were it not for this latter contact the
bullet would not be nearly so danger
Gus. as its rapid fight and heating
make it practically sterile.
Blackened edges Of wounds are more
likely to have been caused by lead
bullet. although the ball with lead tip
could also produce this result Regard
ing powder stains, smokeless or other
wise, nothing Of great value is to be
gained when the shooting occurs at
distance greater than twelve or fifteen
feet. At a recent trial doctor stated
that from powder marks on the face
he judged that the shot had been fired
at distance Of not more than three
feet, which conclusion was later backed
up by the assertion made on the stand
by the prisoner himself.