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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
BOONE COUNTY CITIZENS
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR FOLK.
Mayor Nicdermeyer of Columbia, a
Republican. Comes Out for St.
Louis Circuit Attorney.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Columbia. Mo-. July o7.-It was announced
to-day at the Missouri University that Cir
cIit Attorney Folk of st. Louis has con-
serted to deliver an address in the chapel
shortly after the opening of school in Sep
tomber. The announcement was received
with much satisfaction.
Several unavailing efforts had previously
been made to get him to speak here, but his
duties in St. Louis prevented. He had con-
serted to speak at the university last COM
Increment. but at the last moment was
prevented by unexpected duties.
Although the address by Mr.. Folk in Sep
tar!ber will be to the students, it will not
be altogether university affair. If people
here can help it. The citizens of Columbia
and Boone County are talking of giving him
some sort of political ovation. although Mr..
Folks wishes have not yet been consulted
In this matter.
Mr.. FOLK has been hero in the eyes Of
Boone County people. and they are eager
for an opportunity to demonstrate their APP
strong in the rural districts; the farmers
are practically solid for him. The Butler
jury was composed of farmers without an
exception, and his closing argument was to
large extent a direct appeal to the rural
classes to save the State from corruption.
The only question seems to be. as the
big enough for him?" It seems to be the
opinion that his services deserve a reward
even higher than the highest office in the
State.
In Columbia Mr.. Folk will receive the
support of both Democrats and Republicans.
Mayor F. W. Niedermeyer, the first Repub-
lican ever elected to Office in Columbia, an
nornced to-day that he would support Folk
for Governor with all his influence. Other
Republicans here take similar attitude.
Mr.. Folk undoubtedly will receive an en-
possible that he will address the people of
Boone County during the county fair in
August. as he has been pressingly invited to
do so, but he has recently stated that his
duties are such that he cannot make
definite appointment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
NO RADICAL ACTION EXPECTED.
Charges Against Foreman Miller
May Go to the President.

Washington. July 2.-W. A. Miller. the
assistant foreman of the bookbinding de-
partment of the Government Printing Office
resumed his duties to-day. Miller was as
signed to his work in charge of the men
who have been waging vigorous campaign
against him. but these men. acting under
the decision of the. union. continued at
work under protest.
Secretary Dougherty Of the InternationaI
Brotherhood of Bookbinders has arrived
here and has consulted with the local
union, President Tatum Of the brotherhood
being detained by illness. No radical action
of any sort is now contemplated.
Public Printer Palmer and President Ear
rett of the local bookbinders' union differ
in their statements as to the consideration
Of the charges. Mr.. Palmer said to-day. that
the charges are not being INVESTIGATED and
cumstances. which he declined to specify.
Barrett says the charges are under investi-
cation. pending which the union does not
intend ito force the Public Printers hand"
1t is also stated that II the Pubic Printer
does not sustain the charges the union will
appeal directly to the President to remove
Miller on the charges on which his expul-
sion from the union vas based.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
PEASANTS ATTACK PRINCE
AND SEVERELY WOUND HIM.
Urusoff's Troubles Arise Over His For
ests, Which Are Protected by
NOn-SIavic Guards.

st. Petersburg. July 21-The Prince
Urusoff who. it was reported. lad been
killed in the RiaZan district. near the place
where l.. n. Gagarin. former member Of
the Russian court. was severely wounded
recently by peasants while going from the
village of karovn to his country home. is
Prince V. p. Urusoff.
He was attacked by peasants and severely
wounded. but his injuries are not likely to
prove fatal.
The affair arose from a quarrel over
Prince Urusoff's valuable forests. which are
protected from the trsspassing of natives by
non-Savic guards.
Prince V. p. Urusoff is presumably of the
same family as the Prince. who is Governor
OF Kisherev.
l.. n. Gagarin was wounded with pitch
forks ard Is suffering from blood poisoning.
H. A. Hesse, Tailor,
Gil Pine street. says: IT'S il the make"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

The question of Pope Leo's successor has
been taken up by Marion Crawford in the
August issue of Everybody's Magazine. The
floating conjectures that have pointed 20
summed up. authorized or dismissed, for no
other writer knows this particular ground
so thoroughly. Crawford Is a stanch Ro-
man Catholic and was long ago appointed
by Leo to write his biography-a work that
is now nearly, finished. In Pope Leo's Sue
cessor" he writes of the various candidates
and their claims with sureness given only
to long personal knowledge.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
SHOT His WIFE IN THE FACE.
Charles Bedding of Xenia, ILL.,, Was
Shooting at Rat.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Xenia, ILL.,. July 27.-Charles Bedding,
prominent farmer residing five miles from
here, accidentally shot his wife in the face
while shooting at rats to-day with shot
gun.
After waiting for some time he spied one
which ran from under the house, and he
fired At the same moment his wife came
around the house toward him and portion
of the charge of shot struck her in the face
and over the body. 1t is thought that her
wounds are not serious.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
MERRICK. WALSH & PHELPS JEWELL
RY CO.'S OFFICE AT
Mermod & Jaccard's, Broadway and Locust.
1r. Walsh nriH be pleased TO see you.
MRS. Augusta Noack's Will.

Augusta Noack, by her will filed for prG
bate yesterday. left $50 each to the German
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
the Holy Cross. and the rest Of her estate
In equal portions to her sons, Robert and
Carl Noack of Arlington Heights, ILL.,, and
her daughters. Mrs. j. Netting, whose hus-
band is minister at Lyon, Mo-; Agnes
that 500 owed to her by her son Henry be
regarded as an asset in the settlement Of
the estate
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
IMB0DEN CASE SET FOR TRIAL.
Matter Will Come Up for Hearing
September 16.

The hearing of the claim of Lille Belle
Pierce for an allowance as widow of Luther
E Imboden is set for trial in the Probate
Court on September IS
The dispositions taken in the case re-
Gently in French Lick Springs, Ind. reached
the Probate Court yesterday by mail and
we're placed on file
The claim, which is based upon an al
lodged common-law marriage. Is opposed by
Mr.. lmboden's daughter. Etelka. who was
married to Doctor ]. G. Parrish. Jr., shortly
after her fathers death, few months ago.
1E,boden wilei his estate, said to be worth
$500, 01oc. to his daughter. She and her hus-
band are absent from the city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
WEBSTER GROVES PROPERTY.
Public Filtered Water Supply In
creases Sales.

Webster Groves will have during this
month public supply of filtered water
from the Missouri River. This fact has
made sales of houses and lots more active
than formerly.
Charles A. Baker reports to-day sale
Plant avenue, from William Kerruish to
W. D. Grove superintendent of Webster
public schools. for $3.50. 1t Is ten-room
house on lot 111x2O0 feet.
The sale of house and lot in Webster
Park, from W. L. Desnoyers to James
Milne Of the Milne Lumber Company, St.
Louis, for $3.50 was also reported.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Show Company IL Sued.

show Company Il Sued.
Murray & Co. filed an attachment suit in
the Circuit Court yesterday against the
Leila Forepaugh-Fish Wild West Show on
claim for 81 200. Deputy Sheriff Andrew
Watson levied upon show paraphernalia be-
forging to the company stored In a ware
house at Second street and Prairie avenue
valued at about 500.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Our silver-PIated Ice Pitcher.

Our SfIvcf.PIated Ice Pitchers
With double walls will preserve the les
more than twice as long as the ordinary
water pitchers-s5 to SIS at
MERMOD & JACCARD's,
Broadway and Locust ,
Our ne,u estaiog. 1000 spgrarsnss. mailed NJ
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Save Your EyesiSht.

Call to-day and see DR.. Bond or Dr. Mont
gomery, our expert opticians. Eyes tested
free and proper fit guaranteed if glasses
arc needed. Steel frames. 81 and up: gold,
s. and up. MERMOD & JACcARD'S,
Broadway and Locust.
Our new cdtalog 1000 engrdrings, mated Jres
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Good Advice for Travellers.

Whether going to the mountains or sea-
shore or taking a journey on business or
pleasure. never leave home without bottle
rhoea Remedy. It is worth many times its
cost when needed, and may save life. Buy
1t now.-Adv.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
ARE CONVICTED OF PEoNAGE.
Alabama Planters Plead Guilty
and Are Fined 81 900 Each.

Montgomery. Ala, July 27.-In the Fed
eral Court to-day James H. Todd and An
derson Hardy pleaded guilty to charges of
peonage and were sentenced to pay fine
of Loo each.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

Scratch Causes Farmers Death.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
AuXvasse, Mo-, July z7.-John Mcintyre. a
farmer. living near this city. died to-day OF
blood poisoning caused by a scratch on mis-
body while harvesting a few days ago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Bapti.ts to Meet at Sturgeon.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sturgeon, Mo-. July 27.-The Little Bonnie
Femme Association, composed of Baptists in
Boone, Galloway and Montgomery counties,
will meet in Sturgeon on August %. &c
and q.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Payne viii Return August ).

Washington, July E.-Postmaster General
Payne has written from Portland. Me-, say
ing that he will resume his official duties
here on Monday, August 9.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Special offer in Stationery

Special Offer in Stationery
Until August LOO finest calling cards from
your plate, 75c; 50 sheets and so envelopes
Highland Linen" writing paper, stamped
with two-letter monogram, only SIPS.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S,
Broadway and Locust.
Our new cdtdtog 1000 engrdrings. mailed |ree.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

S12.O0-Pat-in-Bay and Retarn-S13.eo..
T. P. A. Excursion August LIST. via Clovec
Leaf Route. 104 North Fourth street.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

Cholera morbus, collie, cramps. disrrhea.
the worlds greatest diarrhea remedy. 20c.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
Virginia school Teacher.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Virginia, ILL.,, July 1.-THE Ashland Board
of Education has elected teachers for the
coming year as follows: Professor C. Bak-
er. superintendent; Miss Morgan, Mason
City, ILL.,. principal, and Misses Eaton,
Speer, Nottingham, Startz. Britton. Daniels
and Short.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

Killed While Sitting in Yard.
Niobrara, Neb.. July N.-William Merritt
was shot and killed while sitting In ms
front yard last night. Isaac Mccain was
arrested on suspicion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
CITY ITEMS.

A 75c short-hip Batiste Corset for soc is
to be found in the CRAWFORD Corset De-
partnent this week.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28
VIII Attend Fire Tournament.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Mascoutah. Ill. July IA delegation Of
the Mascoutah Fire Company left last night
for Champaign. ILL.,, to attend the fifteenth
annual tournament of the Illinois Fire
mems Association.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-28

n. as hcsue, luIiOE,
GIT Pine street. says: IT'S il the make"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

s. L. Patterson, ex ef1cio, Chairman.
District Membership J.. B. Cof1eld, Eve
retts; (2) E. L. Daughtridge, Rocky Mount;
(Sl VIM. Dunn, Newbern; az @. N. Allen,
Auburn; (5) J. S. Cunningham, Cunningham;
(b) A. T. McCallum, Red Springs; % j. p.
McRae, Laurinburg; () F. B. Kennedy, Dali
tOnia; () w. A. Graham, Machpelah; 10) A.
Cannon, Horse Shoe.
Howard Browning, Littleton.
j. r. Joyce, RetdsvIlle.
Ct. E.. Flow, Monroe.
J.. c. Ray, Boone.
OFFICERS.
s. L. Patterson, Commissioner.
T. K. Bruner, Secretary.
B. w. KilgOre, State Chemist
TAFT Butler, State Veterinarian.
ranklin Sherman, Jr., EntomOlogist.
Gerald Mccarthy, BOtanist and Biologist.
II. H. Brimley, Naturalist and Curator.
Postofics address of all Officers, Raleigh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
The riny Earth and the Vast Universe.

The Tiny Earth ana the 5 OAN0AS0'
A young correspondent has written
asking for some information as to
the vast spaces in our Universe. l
do not believe that I can do better
than copy what I have already writ
ten in "Forward" on this subject.
G~eographers estimate that the
oceans and seas of our globe con-
tain over 373, 900, 900, 100000 gallons
of water, if any one can conceive
what that vast amount really means.
Surely the finest possible grain OF
sand tossed about in that mighty vol
m is indeed a tiny object in COM
parison, and one to be ignored. Yet,
microscopic as it seems, it is far
larger in proportion than IS III
earth in the vast volume of space
which is contained round us in that
part of the universe easily reached by
the unaided eye. For astronomers
finding a mile much too small a unit
for their stupendous measurements,
have created eight years" as their
gauge of distance. Now, a eight
year" is that distance which light
will travel in one year; and light
rushes through space about hun
dred and eighty-six thousand miles a
second, or travels in a year a jour
ney that would take an express train
over eleven million years to accom-
plish. For light, in one second, has
gotten over ten days ahead of sound,
both starting at the same instant.
Taking sun as a center of a globe
of a on the circumference of
which is nearest stellar neighbor,
Alpha Centauri, we have a space con-
tanning 10000, OOO, OOO, 600, 600, OOO,-
OO,OOO,O 600, 600, 100000 square miles.
Now, Alpha Centauri is only
four and one-third light years away
from us, while Vega, at a distance of
ninety-six light years, calls for fig
ures so vast in their meaningless
quantity that the printer would sure
ly rebel at sparing the hundreds of
ciphers required to set them forth.
Well has the poet sung of man:
"Who sounds with a tiny plummet,
who scans with a purblind eye,
The depth of that fathomless ocean,
the wastes of the limitless sky"
DR.. Eugene Murray-Aaron, in
Grams Magazine for November.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
Games for Children.

From time to time directions for
the playing of some excellent and
lively games and for clever sleight-
of-hand tricks have been published in
the american Boy" Believing that
they could be made a source of en-
tertainment at winter parties, we
reproduce a few herewith.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
Suspend a small piece of cotton
wrapping thread, such as merchants
use for tying up parcels, from the
top of the inside of a glass show case,
letting one end hang free. Let the
string be five or six inches long, and
be fastened to the under side of the
top of the show case with a bit of
wax, or with a tack or pin stuck into
the rib of the show case, if there be
one near the center. Shut the doors
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

President-J. Van Lindley, Pomona
Vice-President-O. ". Blacknall, Kittrell.
Secretary and Treasurer-T: K. Bruner,
Raleigh.
Executive Committee. Van Lindley,
Chairman, ] f. CULVER, B Won Herf; o. w.
BIacknall, T. K. Bruner, Franklin sherman,
p. III. Beck, Moses Cone.
District Vtce-Presidents-W. L. Baxter,
Ridgeway; Geo. N. Ives, Newport; VIM.
Cole, Waynesville; p. H. Beck, southern
Pines; Moses Cone, blowing Rock.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
PIesident-J. A. Long, Roxboro.
Secretary-J. e. Pogue, Raleigh.
Treasurer-C. B. benson, Raleigh.
FARMERS STATE ASSOCIATION.
President-R. II. Speight, Wrendale.
Secretary-Treasurer-T. B. Parker, Raleigh.
Executive Committee. Bryan Grimes, 8.
L. Patterson and e. +. Lamb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
The New YEARS. Challenge.

Young man,
What is your plan
Of progress? Are you
Going to pull through?
Or will you lie down in the road
And let your load
Sink you out of sight
In the mud?
Have you white
Blood,
And pale,
That curdles at the hard word
Gail"
And dares not face
The chances of the race9
Or, have you red, clear red,
The good strong color
All the great have, shed
In deed or thought,
For every triumph wrought
Out of what seemed full
Of the impossible?
Have you the nerve
To serve
Until you can be master? To wait
And work outside the gate
Until you win
The strength to open it and enter
in?
Have O the heart to meet
Defeat
Day after day,
And yet hold to the way
That upward leads,
And must needs
Be hard and rough
To make man tough
Of sinew and of soul,
Before he sees the goal;-
So, when it is attained,
He shall have strength to hold
What he has gained,
And use it so
That it to greater good shall GROVE
Young man,
Think on these things.
What each one brings
Is as your choose it;
You may take
The stake,
Or you may lose it.
Start in
To win
And keep straight in the way
Unfagging to the end;
Whatever it may be
Is victory.
-William~G: Hampton in Success"
Gar,os for HbiIdra1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

To Make Cows Pay, use Sharpless Cream
SeparatOrs. Book business DafryinE'' and
Cat. 285 free. w. Chester, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION.

DirectOr-B. w. Ktlgore, Raleigh.
A~griculturist-C. W. Burkett, West Raleigh.
HOrticulturist-W. F. Massey, West Raj
eigh.
Chemist-W. A. Withers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL
DIRECTORY.
FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.

President-W. B. Fleming RidgeWay, War
rem County.
Vice-President-T. P. johnson, Salisbury,
Rowan County.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business
Agent-T. B. Parker, Raleigh, Wake County.
Lecturer. Q. Balm, Wade, Cumberland
County.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-JnO. NJ.
Mitchell, Walter, Wayne County.
Chaplain-Rev. w. 8. Mercer, MOyOck,
Currituck County.
DOorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro,
Guilford County.
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. II. Lane, Aurora,
Beaufort County.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A.
Graham, Machpelah, Lincoln County.
COMMITTEE.
j. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway.
John q aham, WarrentOn.
Dr. j. E. Person, Pikeville.
Thomas ]. Oldham, Teer.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
John Graham, Chairman, Warrenton.
b. T. Jones, GOldsbOro.
]. Z. Hughes, HilDsbOrO.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

back of ones hand is usually dryer
than the palm-rub the glass near
where the string is suspended, quick
ly, but not too hard, and the string
will soon begin to swing backward
and forward, and finally bend up and
cling to the glass and wriggle around
as if it were alive. This experiment
will not only be amusing, but will set
you thinking. The experiment will
not work in summer, SO you will have
to keep it for winter, or any time af-
ter the first frost in the fall.
FINDING THE MARKED COIN.
Place the pennies in a hat, then
hand it around, one of the guests be-
ing requested to remove one, and one
only, of the coins, and to mark it, by
scratching it with a penknife. In
duce the same person to hold it as
long as possible in the hand in order
that the penny may become warm.
All the coins, by the way, in the first
instance, should come from a very
cool place-if possible, from the ice
box, or cold outdoor air. The hat
should now be covered with a silk
handkerchief and be passed to you
as quickly as possible. You imme-
diately thrust your hand beneath the
covering and detect, by the warmth
of the coin which has been handled,
the marked one. Do not, however,
make the fact instantly known, but
appear to hesitate before selecting
the penny.
CAT AND RAT.
The players form a circle with
hands clasped. One is chosen for
cat, who stands outside of the circle
and tries to catch another in the CEN
ter, who is the rat. The players
forming the circle try to help the rat
by raising their hands to let him run
under them, but try to keep the cat
from breaking through the circle.
When the rat is caught he joins the
circle, the cat becomes rat, and a new.
cat is chosen.
NUMBERS CHANGE
The players are numbered and
stand - a circle. The player who is
cit" Stands in the center and calls
two numbers. The players whose
numbers are called must change
places, while the player who is "it''
tries to get one of their places. The
player who is left without a place be-
comes "it."
BEAN BAG BOX.
Fasten a small box inside of n
about twice the size, and that in a
third, leaving at least six inches mar
gin between the boxes. This, inclined,
is placed ten feet from the throwing
line. Each player has five bags. Bags
thrown into the smallest box count
five points, into the middle box ten
points. The player scoring the lar
gest number of points wins.
SQUAT TAG IN A CIRCLE
One player stands in the center of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
SQUAT TAG IN A CIRCLE

One player stands in the center of
the circle, and tries to tag someone
in the circle, who must squat" to
avoid being caught. If tagged be-
fore he squats, he must take his turn
in the center.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-02
Astonishing Genius Of
Woman at Figures

bers, lesser and greater, and so on.
claim and prove all sorts of unsuspect-
ed powers of genuinely surprising the
onlooker, until the entire amazing ar
ray of friends and relatives are finally
engaged in a series of simultaneous
complicated arithmetical gymnastics
which make the collective brain of the
audience whirl.
But description is weak to convey
any coherent idea of the incredible
fashion in which Mr.. Bero1- Konorah
manipulates his white numerals and
makes them dance about on the surface
of that grim blackboard. lie alone can
demonstrate it Understandings
AS for Nine. Konorah, some con-
ception of the extraordinary incidents
in which, during her 'jahr," her genius
haS-at times been the means of causing
! her to figure, will be had by reading
some of the strange stories with which
she and her almost equally gifted hus-
band are stocked. They illustrate the
curious experiences which befall the
wandering Snowman, but do so in, per-
haps, the most original fashion of
which so far there has been any record
While these figure jugglers were in
Wurtumburg recently, a rich brewer of
Stuttgart died, whose wife was expect