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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-20

Candy, fve cents per pound at
Hendricks.
Wanted Two girl walters at
Hotel Midway. as
See Tignor & Cash for your
Christmas turkey
Judge Payne went to Lindsay
yesterday TO hold court.
Mr.. Ora Winn Of Sterling, o.
T.. returned home this morning.
Nice young lamb for Christmas
at Neal meat market. Phone I4o.
50
Lowney's and Gunthers candies,
the original allegretti at Hovey's.
I-S
Try Hovey's S homemade candies
and you'll never want any other
kind. ia
Rev. w. F.Cautrell Of Bradley
was in the city on business yes
terday.
D. B. Merry, the railroad sur
veyor and promoter, was in the city
yesterday.
Buy your celery at Meals Meat
Market for your Christmas dinner.
Phone I4o 50
Rev. VIM. Cross left today for
Mississippi to spend the holidays
with his family.
The Methodist Sunday School
will have Christmas exercises
Friday evening.
]. r. Davis, editor Of the Craw-
ford county Times, Kansas is
IN the city visiting relatives.
Stuffed dates walnut filed and
pecan filled Fine fresh fruit for
trade at Hendrix S. os-Io6
Christmas exercises will be held
BY a number Of the lower grades in
he public school Friday after
noon.
E. F. Russell. Of the Dover
News, wasin the city yesterday,
he guest Of his uncle, a. Il Kirk
nam.
Lost:-On Sunday Dec. IS, one
,hild's white fur collar, finder will
please leave It at the pOstotflce. y
A. ROSE. 4-o-p
Or. G. S. Foster, returned from
Fort Cobb yesterday and is now
At his dental parlors ready for
business.
Mrs. ID. Il. Kendall Of Dennis
Tex, came in last night to spend
he holidays with her brother, Jno.
F. Clary and family.
Come and see the bowling con
est tonight between FL Reno and
The game will COM
nehce about $50 O'Clock.
Don forget that the Bentou-
Cole Co. is the next attraction at
the opera house three nights be-
ginning Thursday Dec. ~. 5-6
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
DOAN'S
KIDNEY PILLS

bring new life and activity. re-
move the pain and cure the cause,
from common baekache to dan
gereus diabetes.
Mr.. s.. II. Bolinger, who resides at
426 South Duke street, bookkeeper at
IN. II. Hoffener's cigar factory, York,
Ia, says. "Backache became 30 fire.
quent that not finding anything to
cure 1t or even TO relieve II, I could
not do a days work without suffering.
While tying one medicine after an,
other my attention was attracted by
an account Of Doan's Kidney Pills in
the papers, and OF course they Ia turn
were given a trial. | procured them
nt Il drug store. Before | had taken
b box Of them ! had no backache. ]
could work at the desk as steadily
as ! liked, and did not even get tired
in the back
For sale by oil druggists; 80 cents
Foster.MiIbufn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Dreaded Only
the Chunchuses

AE##NWU
LONDON. Aus. S.-The special
correspondent OF the Daily Telegraph
with the Russian forces writes from
Mukden. II has been a matter OF
a~stonikhment 10 find In certain VII
lagos, perhaps not more than ten
miles from Mukden itself. that tho
war was a thing OF tho yagueat rum
or, and that the one terror Of tho In.
habitAnts was the haired, blackmail
Ing C~hunchuse. For them the bris
gAnd was the great cloud on their
horizon. and the cry that he was near
created, as always, d yeritnblc pan.
ic. Thieves abound. They all go
under the general term af Chnn-
chuses. and, indeed. more and more
Ia every species Of criminal coming 70
be 10 described. The real represen-
tatiyes OF these banditti are. however,
mainly To be found by the great riS-
ers, over which the m OF the
country il borne. The payment OF
fixed tolls To the bands Iii partic tisr
areas secures for junks passing un 81
down stream the right ~ carry a .ias.
which gives immunity from attiss-
AS may be imagined The existence Of
such 4 system o. blackmail A. a ter
hlble drain on the Woodworking and
enterprislng, and conveying Is the on
III methed by which II ~ BE- avoided,
with Russia fully occupied by the
war, however, there has been a grent
r~errudescence u ontlawry, and for
somc time past the traffic In bean
cakes has been absolutely IT q
standstill.
II might be thought that q thousand
junks proceeding together without
escort would b. able 10 meet any al
tempt that might be made On them
and so they would, il not ioi
the fear shown By the sailors for Lbs
.red boards. II has been shown Ne
peatsdly OF late that IL Is only neccs
sary for the robbers ~ fire 4 few
shots al a cargo boat % cause th'
captain at once 10 run inshore an'
there NJ quietly mulcted Ut leisure q
the illegitimate dues. ons or tw'
Chunchuses are said % be quite sui
flcient 70 insnry this result.
be quietly mulcted at leisure Of th.
Inegitimate dues, One or Two Chm
chuses are said 10 be quite sutftesen
40 insu.s this result.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
SCRATCH TABLETS-For ink. 10
cents a pound; for pencil, 8 cents a
pound at The Optic office.
! Suicide PrsNantad.

The startling announcement that \
preventive of suicide had been discnv-
cred will interest many, a rim down
system, or dependency invariably pre-
cede suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that condition
which makes suicide likely. At the
first thought OF self destruction take
Electric Bitters. 1t being a great tonic
and nervine will strengthen the nerves
and build up the system. It's also a
great Stomach, Liver and Kidney reg,
ulator. Only soc. Satisfaction guaran'
teed and for sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
PLAY FOR OHIO
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP,

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Ang. Scraek
tennis players from many parts Of
Ohio rounded MP today AZ the East
End Tennis club courts III his city
for tho opening Of the annual state
championship tournament The
tournament viii continue through the
week and TO judge from the high
class 81 entries there will be some
spirited play In the various contests
that make up the program,
The winner Of the mems singles
will play the holder of the Wall chal.
lenge cup, Warren II. Mclaughlin Il
Lima. The winners OF the mems
doubles will play the holders Of the
Doubles challenge cup. w. II. Nc
Langhlin and T. Mclaughlin Of Lima.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
IOWA PYTHlANs ARE
IN SESSION TODAY

WATERLOO. Iowa, Aug. S-This
is Pythian week In Waterloo and the
streets are r~eplendant IN decorations
of flags. hunting and embiems u the
order, During the week the knights
of PythIas. Rathbone Sisters and
Dramatic Order OF knights Of Khoi.
assam will meet d r%onclaye, The
advance guard Of visitors Is already
putting In an appearance and the
crowd promises TO BE- the largest ever
entertained here.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
D. s z. q. System
Santa Ee Branch
Time Tsble.No. II.
Effective Wednesday April i. 1908.

Trains run daily except sunday.
Connections with the main line and
branches As follows: \.
Az Antonito for Durango, Siiverton and all
points IN the San Juan country.
At Alamosa with standard gauge Tor La
| veta. Pueblo. Colorado Springs and Denver
also with narrow gauge for Monte Vista. Del
Norte 0reede and all point inthe San Luis
valley.
At Salida with main line. standard GAUGE
for all points east and west including Lead
willie and narrow gauge points between sal
Ida and Grand Junction.
At Florence and Canon City for the gold
camps " Cripple Creek and Victor.
At Pueblo, Colorado spribgs and Denver
with all Missouri river lines for all points
east,
For further information address the under.
signed
Through passengers from santa Fe In
standard gauge sleepers from Alamoss can
have berths reserved on application.
j. b. DAVIS. Agent,
Santa Fe, N NJ.
X s. HOOPER, G. A.
Denver. Colo
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

WEDDING BELLS On Thursday
afternoon. August Is. VII be solemn.
lied the marriage of Mis- Pamela lee
Robertson, Up 70 recently . member
Of the editorial force q the Daily
New Mexican. ami John &. italeonlh,
engineer Of the Mimbres Water com
pans al In Paso, and also 4 member
81 the engineering force 81 The salia
"a Central railway. The wedding VII
,ake plaee All -four. o'clock In THU a9s'
tefnoon III the residence Of Mr.. 2
Mr.. John II. Walker % Grant ~
nus. SAINTS Fe. Reg, Il II craig g
Albuquerque, Will offieiatc.
EXCELLENT REASONS: log ox.
scherf, d negro who was employed
Al the Morrison restaurant II Ros'
Wen. attempted suicide ~ swallowing
carbolic acid and then hanging him
Mi, He VA found Just II time go
saw hls life. osscherr says &c was
driven desperate ny the tornlelit'lss
Of other negroes about q woman
ring Id wears. He SAYS his rnploY
IN I'VE him s7n and ne decided 10
might ii vol he daad IS e work fof.
natling
o
WHERE. Oh WHERE7 Reports.
afe current III the Yellow Pine Luf1.
hi company North u santa ~, tefs
he capital city early IN the week AMI
iii qresent whereabouts are unknown
ID friends who are considerably
alarmed. ii Ii claimed that Moore On
gaulraay night last drew $500 81 the
company money. presumably % pay.
offt ihe men III The mill liz borrow
I'd $50 IT The camp from the cook,
gave The fireman $40 aud left. II Is
enid that he lost $3.50 oyer the green
cIotll He was seen ii Santa Fe late
SATURDAY and asked i friend what
time that evening nraiua left The CIV,
NARRoW ESCAPE Tho cloud.
burnt which occurred III the Caion
Grand Friday afternoon did much
dafisge III the camp ot the yellow
Pine Lumhcf company The mil pro,
PER vas moi reached by The water, Int
the iie camp WAS entirely inundated
Two Santa re young men who were
III HE canyon At the time of Tho flooi
had d narrow escape from being
drowned Gordon Goehel and George
Cooper went into the mountains early
In Tie afternoon aud had left the can.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior.
Land Office at Santa Fe. n. N
Lily il Iani

&@%# Ns'aA4 Sf1MN W ~ - %NH@ &@s##
July is. 1904.
Notice Is hereby given that the col.
lowing named settler has filed notice
Of his intention 10 make final proof
IN support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the register
or receiver at Santa E'e, n, M, on
Aug, "a. 1901. VIZ;
HILhRIo LOPEZ
for the MI IL Sec. II. T. II N, II,
- L.
he Names tht following witnesses
% prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land, viz.
Ramon ortiz Of Santa Fo. NJ Nj;
Nestor sena ! ORTIZ Of Santa Re. y,
II Jose Al Ortiz u Santa lie. =
Gepfee Ortiz ~ santa II. NJ Al
MANUEL Il oTERo.
7@ Register
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by
c~hamberIain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and
a 4 ife Saved.

"A short time ago | was taken with
a violent attack OF dirrhoea and be-
Iiege / would have died If ] had not
gotten relief" says John ]. Patton, q
leading citizen Of Patton, Ala. "a
friend recommended chamberlainSs
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Ii bought a twenty-five cent bottle and
after taking three doses Of 1t was en-.
ltireIy cured. / consider it the best
remedy in the world for bowel COM
plants. For sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
NORTH DAKOTA
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

GRAND FORKS. y ~. Aug
The annual tournament or Ito North
Dakota Tennis associati ~ opened
here today rnder favorable auspices.
The play viii continue Tor three lass
and some tWo-seore playa, including
The best Iii Tie state, are taking part
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Archbishop Peter Bourgade, who
has been making an extended stay in
Los Angeles, will return to Santa Re
the latter part Of this week.
Cholera infantum.

This disease has lost lis terfors
since Chamberiain's Collie. Cholera and
DiarTheea Remedy came into general
use. The uniform success which at.
tends the use Of this remedy In all
cases Of bowels complaints in children
has made Il fayorite wherever its value
has become known. For sale by all
druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

DR. r. i. MCKINNEY, graduate of the
~ American Eclectic Medical college at
I,fHeiMmlti, 0hna. ~ years practical exper-
ipaeS, Treats Diseases az women. diseases of
the blood and nergoas prusbFation. also tape
worm and gru vel with a new and improved
method called the French anethOd, The fiapy
tors wife makes all necessary examinations
Of females with care and deiicacy Office
kihibrrg block; Las Vegas telephone No ~,
Office hours . 10 4 a. m, : to 5 i. m.; special
hours, z toeh IN, Las Vegas, n. NJ. S~4t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
FoIey's Kidney Cure.

VIII cure Brighs,s Disease.
VIII cure Diabetes.
WIN cure stone in Bladder.
Will cure Kidney and Bladder Dt-
seases,
Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from ~disordered Kid.
neys or bladder. For sale by Tile
Depot Drug Store,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

The marriage Of John r.. Fletcher
Or Albuquerque and Miss Elizabeth
Cross az Santa he, will take place
wednesday Aug. 10th, Ill 7:f5 o'clock
AT The Church Of The Holy Faith In
Santa re. Rev, ", X. Dyo official
ing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

Miss Melvin, who has been s%ojonrn'
ing in Santa Fe for several days, left
for her home in Michigan.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

Whom marketing don't fail to stop
In at Turner'S and see what he has
~ offer In Kansas City meats. Sis
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

SCRATCH TABLETS-For ink, 10
cents a pound; for pencil, 5 cents q
pound at The Optic office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

y M Mill 49, So "
large galunle of water descended.
COLORADO COAL: The itst
shipment u coal from Durango. Colo,
for ii Jaso, Tex. was loaded this
week III Durango IN tic Denver A
Rio Grande cars. The quantity ship.
ped il only 100 tons, but IL II 81 oc
tested Iii the smelter u III Paao y
Is claimed that tho coal i%ssuppafior
Nj tAa coal Al present used al III Paso,
Bisbee, Sutton and other afneltef
points, and Il il stands The test i Is
believed that work on The proposed
Durange.clifto railroad will be push
"a. The Durango coal y similar e
the coal found III such immense veins
In san Juan county and which would
also be given d market by the built
ing Of this road.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

Eastern Star, Regular communica,
ton second and fourth Thursday even.
lngs Of each month. All visiting broth.
srs and sisters are cordially invited.
Mrs. H. Risch. worthy matron;
Earnest Browne. w. p: Mrs. Emma
Benedict. Sec; Mrs. n. 4. Howell,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Professional Directory.
ARCHITECTS
HOLT & HOLT,
INSTRUCTION.

Kiester's Ladies' Tailoring College
viii teach ladies' how to take meas
ures, draft, cut and make their own
garments Of all kinds. Satisfaction
guaranteed, North aide Plaza,
kihlberg iooIn
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

Rebekah Lodge, I. o. o. E. Mssta
iecond and fourth Thursday evenings
u each month at the l. o. o. =. hall
Mrs. Lizzie +. DALEY. N. g.; Miss julia
Leyster. v. a.: Mrs. A. J.. Wertz. Sec:
Mrs. Sole Anderson, Treas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Board and Lodging.

P0ARD and lodging at newly furnished
- hotse with bath. 200 Railroad Ave. Mrs.
4 "A Grief, T~52
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
The Territory
IN Paragraphs

yon only q few minutes before tht
large ~galurae of water descended.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

HoMESEEKERs: A special train.
load Of ~homesefheis and p~rospeetors
from litiuois AMI tuMA afrifei ~
Maxwell Saturday eyeains. New
York city millionaire named Roberts
Ii with the party ara Will likely make
investments III pecos Valley land and
aftesfan wells. Tho party spent the
da YsteWinB the ranches farms, or.
eharls alfalfa fields and natural
scenery Iii this vicinity. Many viii
btty and loaate permanently All are
solid business aud professional men
ann not at poor immigration type.
They are being entertained aboard the
special train
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
BIG IRRIGATION

BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME
Charles II. NAYS of Denver has
flied with tha Las Afimaa county
clerk copies Of mapes Of Tie purRS
totIt reservoir. and immense irriga.
tinn and power project The plans
cali lor The erection Of 4 dam ri the
upper Qnd pf itea Rock canyon, just
baioM tho Junction ot san francisco
creek and pargatoira river, The dam.
and HplilWay VIII 81 i25 feet high, and
With The reservoir, viii cost sloO0oa,
according ID Thu figures ON the map
The reservoir n supposed q receive
the flood waters Of 4 watershed of
40 square miles The project, II
carried through. sill provide water
for an immense arna of land now arid
lying between the dam and the town
of I.as Animas. The location Of the
dam III between forty and fifty miles
below Trinidad.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
FOR SALE.

TO EET-Furnished house, 5 or 9 rooms, with
! bath. sol SIXTH street. 7.1O2
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

FOR RENT-Good pasture with plenty of
water. just outside the city limits. Apply
TO Mrs. NJ. Green. 74S
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08
Glass FLED ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED.

WASTEb-A0 Dung IIat4 trt8tg .4s Vegas or
w vicinity. witiffs tusiHt E3aFtIys viii.
ing 10 work, to prepaEa s0r t5Hvt %atsittali, En-
trance salary $500. 1ltim / pf0ga6fi n posi-
tiun permanent, address & to vs. Box 4.
Cedar Rapids 1ow4 w
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-08

WANTED-A girl Tor eelaf8 hat3sewOIk.
w Mrs. II, ]. vert 40 Third ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19
Moon worship In America.

Luniolatry was not confined to the
old world. The Dakotah tribes OF
North America worship the sun and
moon. and the Delaware and Iroquois
Indians sacrifice to both. Meztli was
the moon as deified in Mexico Forty
miles TO the north of the capital is the
site of the ancient city of Teotihuacan,
twenty miles in circumference. In the
center of the ruins are the remains of
a pyramid of the sun and one of the
moon. Adjoining the great temple of
the sun at CuZco stood several chapels
Of smaller dimensions. One of these
was dedicated to the moon, the mother
goddess of the Inca race
A vast plate of silver almost COW
cred one wall Of the apartment, and
upon it was emblazOned a representa-
ton of the deity, consisting of Il human
countenance surrounded by numerous
rays of light emanating from it in all
directions. All the other decorations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19

| for the needles eye, that Is open ar the
| top, makes ii inevitable for the hair
to stay where it is put. The girl works
with great rapidity. In few minutes
she has the head adorned with pair
| Of long and shaggy eyebrows.
Next she puts on the hair. For this
| work she uses the same sort of needle,
the hair being in every case human.
For the cheaper heads, however, it is
Chinese hair. human. but very luster-
less, coarse variety. Beside her stands
tiny spirit lamp. This she applies to
the wax when it becomes so hard that
the needle won't penetrate it easily. AS
soon as she finishes one head she passes
on TO another, while the head she laid
down is taken up by a man.
This man cleans it first with kero-
sene. Then he paints it all over a
pleasant and inviting flesh color. He
tints the cheeks, the ears and the nos
trils with carmine, and he paints the
lips with rouge. a girl, Il professional
hairdresser. now takes the head in
hand, curis the hair and dresses if
fashionably and applies a coat of
French powder to the face, The head
is now finished.
Hands and feet are made. as rule,
of papier mache, enameled and painted
u flesh color, so that they look like. the
best wax. Hands. feet, bodies. legs
and arms are made in hollow mokls."
The dealer led the way TO the back
Of the shop.
Here he said, "are some men max
ing forms of papier mache now. Watch
them"
The workmen had molds of various
sizes and shapes before them-One the
mold of a hand, another that of foot,
a third that of whole figure from the
neck down to the ankles.
These molds were in halves. The pa
pier mache that was to fill them looked
in its dry state like blotting paper.
Wet it resembled gray pulp. With this
gray pulp the workmen lined the
molds' interiors well. seeing to it that
every Granny and nook got its thick
lining. When the mOlds were filed
some were in numerous pieces-they
were Joined together, covered with
their Jackets and put away to dry.
The artists cannot protect, cannot
copyright. their work in any way.
Hence they are constantly being preyed
upon by imitators and thieves. a deal
er, for instance, will order an original
head of Il woman from a noted maker
of show figures. He will turn out a
masterpiece. The dealer will make Il
mold of it and sell duplicates of the
head broadcast.
There We're in the past only three or
four makers of show forms i'll Ameri |
ca. Now there are over 200 The aver
age workman at this business makes
from $50 to $50 week. The artist of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19
BURIAL. OF HEARTS.
History supplies Many Instances Of
This Old Custom.

History supplies Many Instances Of
This OLD Custom.
The separate burial of hearts is not
such a singular occurrence as many
readers may be apt TO suppose. Histo-
~ supplies us with numerous in
stances.
When Richard the Lion Hearted was
MORALLY wounded in the attack on the
castle of Chaluz he expressed n wish
that his body should be buried at the
feet of his father at Fontevraud in to-
ken of his sorrow for the trouble and
anxiety which lie had formerly caused
him But lie 'bequeathed his heart to
the inhabitants of Rouen as an ac-
acknowledgement of the faithfulness of
his Norman subjects.
The somewhat singular gift was
gratefully accepted and was honored
with Il beautiful shrine in the cathe-
dral. This was destroyed in 1873. but
about century later the heart of the
famous crusader was found inclosed
in leaden casket under the pavement
of the cathedral. 1t was replaced. but
some time later was again taken up
and deposited in the Museum of An
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19

Equities. from which ii was in turn
removed TO a more appropriate resting
place in the choir of the cathedral.
where it now remains.
On the death of John Ballot. father
of that Ballot who opposed Bruce's
claim to the throne of Scotland. his
widow ordered his heart TO be removed
and placed in an ivory casket. Al
though she survived her husband for
twenty years. it is said that she never
sat down to Il meal without having the
caskct beside her. In accordance with
her dying request the heart was placed
on her dead bosom previous to inter-
ment in her own abbey, which was sit
uated on the banks of the NTH.
When the great Napoleon died in st.
Helena his heart was removed in order
that it might be placed in n separate
case. The doctor who removed it set
it under Il glass case in his bedroom.
During the night he was startled by
the sound of breaking glass, and he
Just managed TO prevent Il large rat
from carrying off the heart to its hole.
The heart was Immediately placed in
an urn and secured in the coffin beside
the h0dV
There would appear to be some doubt
as 10 what became of Byron's heart
after hiS death. According to one &C
count. it was lost in marsh in Greece
under the following circumstances: As
is well known, the poet took deep in
terest in the efforts which the Greeks
were then making to secure their free
dom. His services We're highly appre-
ciated by these people, and when he
died his relatives. who had resolved to