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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-19
WANTED.

wANTED-wILL ACCEPT ABOUT
40 cords Of wood in exchange on
piano. Schwentker Piano House,
Second and Market SITS.
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Horse Gossip.


The following dealers arrived with
consignments of horses: Smith &.
Co, Polo, ILL.,; Robert Barrett, Eu-
reka. III; jerry Spfoul, Macon, H.; F.
d. Finch, Verona, ILL.,; r. A. Donald
Lincoln, ILL.,; G. c.. Bort Monticello
III; M. H. Tichenor, Chicago; F. L.
Ballinger, two loads, Chenoa. Ill. ;
Co, ,Rushville. H.; j. Levine, Chieaeo
II. B. Eshback, Aledo. Ill; S. F
Francis, Kewanee. ILL.,; George Bar
Iett, Eureka, Ill; H. E. Light, Bloom
ington, Ill; j. Razor, Leroy. Ill. A
Johnson, Mechanicsville Iowa; Cook
& Depew, Miles, Iowa; J. schnair,
Joliet, Ill; o'Brien & Hayden. Chi
eago; A. w. Reynolds; Ellsworth &.
McNair, Chicago; w. q. Snyder, WV
oning, III; Harry Gill, Indianoia. la;
p. McCabe, Spring Valley, ill.,; j. 70.
Kelly, Bloomington, Ill; William Gray
Mnechaanicsville, Iowa; .Karn & Zook.
Roseville, H.; G. G. Bort, Monticello
Iowa.
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CHICAGO MARKET.

This market IT, furnished by the Gas.
sidy Commission company, members
Chicago Boar of Trade, local office,
rooms % and 80, Hoffman, block. f.. C.
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Women who are so timid about rid.
ing prefer the automobile because they
cannot see the horse.
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IOWA FARMS FOR SALE
from S22.50 per acre up. Send
for our list. Long & Raymond.
Blakesburg, Iowa.
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FOR SALE-A. j. BUCKNER FARM,
$50 acres. miles north Of Ottunwa.
Plenty OF good water; sgood house,
barn and outbuildings. For infor;na-
ton inquire Benne tt Bros. on farm.
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FOR SALE-CORN LANDS IN THE
best part Of the Grand old state of
Missouri, Audrian county. where
corn is king, and we can show you
a bumper crop, good wheat, oats and
clover, and blue grass that beats
Kentucky; mild climate and good
schools; free rural delivery; tele-
phones and the lowest taxes Of any
state; three railroads. farms at rea-
sonable prices. Write us for land
list and information. Winters g.
Tucker, Mexico, Mo-
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WANTEp-EARMERs

Who are looking for cheap homes Or
good investments on easy terms, $50
per acre and up. in northwest Missou-
r., to send for our state map and land
list. We grow corn. cover wheat,
blue grass. cattle and hogs. Write to-
day. G. T. KINSEY LAND Co, Chil-
licothe,. Mo. 60 miles east Of kansas
City.
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NDlIINN MORPHINE. LIQUOR.
tic Ions Cured by HYo-PHos-PHiNE. No
cure, no pay. No physical o mental pain
10 inturiotts effects. Iearcs atient in perfee,
We PAY KAILR oAD FARE DuR sfss
SUMMER MONTHS. Write for particular
to The Hyo-phhs-phine CO.. 1880 N. Cascade
Ave, Co orodo Sp,inss, 81 y. II. Greenawaiit,
Mgr. Nevada, Iowa.
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WANTED-THREE EXPERIENCED
saleswon1en for work in an Ottum-
need apply. Address Sales" care
Courier.
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Now York Produce Market.
New York, Aug. 1s.- Wheat, Sept.
Se5s.
Corn-Sept, 59ss.
Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, Aug. 1S.-Corn No. 8, 81.
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FOR sALE-STOCK AND GRAIN
farm Of 276 acres, n mile from Kill
bourn Station, new house and good
land. Address G. B. Crane, Kill
botirn, Iowa.
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FOR SALE-THE N. P. PERSON
farm. ITO acres, we'll improved
stock farm, good buildings, good wa
ter, young orchard, underlaid with
coal, a snap if taken this season
Call or address, Pierson Bros, on
farm, Dudley. Iowa. R. F. D., No. 1.
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MlsCELLANE

LOOK! DO YOU sEEa-IF YoIr
want to buy, sell or exchange real
estate, borrow or loan money, all
ways come to room 10, Baker Et1ild-
ing, Main street, o.tumwa, Iowa.
w. B. Wyeoff.
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FOR sALE-So ACRES; TWO MILES
railroad town; room frame house,
big cellar, good frame barn, gram
ary, chicken house, sheds all nearly
new, fine garden, big bed straWber-
ries, lots OF fine water; land very
fertile, good markets. fine place COR.
berries, fruits, chickens, dairy, hogs-
and grain; rave rural mall tele-
phone, creamery, good market.
churches and schools. Price, $4,000.
Come and see or write owner Frank
Hadcock, Conway, Mo.
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| y
Minneapolis .i14 1Ss is
Receipts To-Day.
| Wheat, "a cars; corn, 500 cars; oats
262 cars.
Estimated Receipts Tomorrow.
Wheat, 81 cars; corn, 296 cars; oats
Primary Receipts.
wheat today, $4,000 bushels, and
last year, ISL 900 bushels; corn today
50S,000 bushels and last year 271,00O
bushels.
Shipments
4 Wheat today, 456,000 bushels, and
last year $4,000 bushels; corn today
| 10000 bushels and last year, 1,44O,000
bushels.
cIearances.
! Wheat, 71,00O bushels; corn, 100000
bushels; oats none.
Liverpool Cables.
Opening-Wheat, IS higher; corn,
unchanged.
Closing-Wheat, Is higher corn. y
higher.
Hog Market.
Receipts today, $4,000; left over, 81
400.
| New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, Aug. 18.-Butter, un-
changed; creamery, street prices, 21@
21@ dairies, 16@1S.
| Eggs-Western, extra selected, 21h
@22; firsts, 20@21.
New York Poultry Market.
| New York, Aug. 1S.-Poultry, chick
ems. 1905; fowls, 12R @131a; turkeys
12@17.
ST. Louis Produce Market.
st. Louis, Aug. 1S.-Wheat, Sept,
1871.
Corn-sept., soy.
Oats-Sept, 25.
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FOR SALE-s0 ACRE FARM, GOOD
house, barn. plenty of water. Cheap
if taken soon. Address Moses
Mincks, R. F. D. No. 8, Ottumwa, Ia
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EsTRAYED.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-oNE HUNDRED AND
twenty acres, two miles east Of
Stuart, Ia, all tillable. fair improve
ments. Mail and telephone. For
prices and terms address the owner,
G. NJ. Cady, Stuart, Iowa.
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FOR sALE-A FINE FARM OF 900
acres; good room house: new
barn: bearing orchard; 70 acres in
clover and grass; located 8 miles
west of city of Paragould; a snap at
S26 per acre. Address or call on.
owner at farm. j. W. Jones, Paras
gould, Ark, r. F. D., No. 1.
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FOR SAI.E-FINE UPRIGHT PIANO
like new; leaving city. Bargain for
cash. Address Piano. care Courier.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-GRAIN AND STOCK
farm. 1900 acres; right in the Gar.
den of Eden; Ramsey county, North
Dakota; under good state of culti.
walton; fair buildings; pastures
fenced It's money maker Good
reasons for selling. Write for par
ticulars, etc. Could not give all the
merits Of this farm unless bought
this paper to publish them in. Might
consider part trade A. r.. Walker,
Devils Lake, N. D., r. F. d. No. 2.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Poultry in Odd Roles.

A brown African goose in North
AttlebOro, Mass, amazed its owner
by producing an egg measuring
eleven and seYen-eighths inches in
circumference, while a hen at Clever
ton. England. was so extravagant as
to include three yolks in one shell.
1t was fortunate for Mamie Gaul-
son. of Fort Dodge. Iowa. that she
had chicken for dinner on January
y. for in the gizzard of the fowl she
found a necklace she had lost two
years ago
Mrs. Lucy Seymour. of Great Bar
ringtOn. Mass, has a hen which lays
eggs each bearing the initial II Tor
W) on the she'll Every time this
fowl lays an egg she pecks on the
kitchen window till her mistress
gathers in the acquisition.
Il might as well be dead as alive.
I've nothing 10 live for" As a tramp
on the road near Lehigh, England.
said this he was truck by lightning.
dying instantly.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Stranger Than Fiction.

At the very hour of the assassina-
tion OF the Russian Grand Duke
Sergius, his god-daughter. in the
Alexis Palace, declares he opened the
door Of her room, covered with
bleeding wounds, and exclaimed:
Look, young princess,"
Ember Mason. who lives near In
dependence City, Mo-, has built his
own coffin from a tree he planted
when he first came to Jackson coun-
", seventy-two years ago; while an
Irish merchant was buried in the
spring. his requiem being sung from
a phonograph record he himself had
made just before death
st. Louis attorneys found in Feb
ruary missing heiress TO an estate
through the continuous cries of a
pet parrot of the deceased. Il want
10 see my BalIimore baby" was the
clue which led to success in the city
named.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
LIES Little Honies.

General Dokstouroff, running u6-
stairs to thank the minister of war
for ordering him to the front Che
had begged TO be allowed to die a
soldiers DEATH, was claimed by
heart disease on the top step.
The only essay entered for the an
nual prize offered by the Partisan
Academy for moral and political
sciences did not receive the award
AS it was too illegible to be read.
Sir Alfred Harmsworth offered
$500 reward for information which
might lead to the arrest of a certain
\ reckless motorist, who turned out TO
be Sir Alfreds brother.
Dying in poverty in a San Fran
cisco hospital. Luscomb Seares re-
ceiYed word that the British gov
ernment had just allowed his claim
of s5,o00,000 arising from losses dur
ing the Boer war.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

under the direction Of Mr. Kaiser The
hymnaI was published III 1897
In 1888 appeared the Souvenir %
the Jewish W0men's Congress. held
under the Worlds Parliament OF Re-
ligions III the CkicaGo Worlds Fair
This book consists OF 200 pages. and
contains the principal melodies OF the
synagogue from the earliest time "a
the present day. It was compiled by
the Rev Alois Kaiser and Mr. Sparger.
OF the numerous compositions of Mr..
Kaiser two are worthy of special men
ton one is All elaborate work in ora
torio style written Tor the dedication Of
the new temple OF Oheb Shalon Con-
Eregation on Eutaw Place. Baltimore,
IN 1SS3-and which vas sung with great
success on that occasion; the other Is
Psalm XXI, which he set 20 music at
the request or the Reformed Hebrew
Congregation of Odessa. Russia. for the
special religious services held in that
city on May 12 1886 IN honor Of the
coronation OF Car Nicolas II
Although Mr. Kaiser is the author OF
hundreds of compositions for the syna-
gOgue. the musical productions Of all
noted composers without nationality or
creed are constantly heard in the Eutaw
Place Temple. Its musical library con-
tainS the choicest treasures or sacred
and classic music
Rev. Mr.. Kaiser was born November
10 1874, near Vienna, odessa
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Babies and Funerals.

Marie Won Mater. f1ve-year-old
New Yorker, lost a doll in Central
Park. advertised for it, and received
seven dolls in answer
In February. in accordance with
her will, Mrs. Constance Miller, Of
New Rochelle, N Y, was cremated.
her ashes placed in work-basket,
of which she had been very found,
and then buried in her own yard.
Babies arrived last Good Friday in
the homes of twin sisters, living
within a block OF each other on Col
gan street, Louisville There was
but ffty-Six minutes difference in
the hours Of the births.
At his last request, a Welshman,
who died il February. WAS buried
in his Sunday clothes, his sealskin
cap on his head, his walking stick
by his side, mis- pipe in his fingers,
and plenty of tobacco in HIS pouch.
WARWICK JAMES PRICE.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

suit that IL was introduced I'm many
congregations The new book demanded
new music The talent and ability Of
Mr.. Kaiser having become known, his
conn positions and arrangements having
found their way into many cOuerega-
tioEs. and mis- advice being constantly
Sought as 20 the musical arrau@encnt Of
the service. he decided 10 publish Il work
containius music for SabbathS and all
the festivals 10 be used by reform and
conservative congregations as we'll. This
was no small undertaking: il required
not only prodigious amount of labor
but also considerable judgment He
therefore thought it wise to impart his
project 10 several of the prominent
cantors OF the country In order 20 en-
list their cooperation, especially. since
the rituals in use were quite numerous.
and it WAS his object To give a musical
work 20 the country which could be
used with satisfaction by all congrega-
tions. no matter what their ritual might
be. The Revs- Samuel Welsh. of Aha
wath Cheshed Congregation New York
Moritz Goldstein, Cf the same city. and
Prof. j. l.. Rice were interested in the
undertaking. and joined their forces
with Mr.. Kaiser in its realization.
The appearance of ''Zimrath Yah" In
1871. marked an epoch in the develon-
ment OF the temple service in America.
The music OF the synagogue up To thar
time had been anything but satisfac-
tory; 1t had no regularity; no form: no
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Our Four Footed Friends.

During ManchUrian engagement
a Japenese officer found a Pekin
spaniel wandering lost between the
opposing lines 1t came to his whistle
and was at once affectionate. Later,
when the charge sounded, the dog
started forth with his new friend.
but, as it could not keep up with the
rush, the Jap tucked it under his left
arm and so led his men TO victory.
A cat belonging to the Duchess of
Beaufort, being taken to a country
seat other than the one where it had
been born, turned back home" after
two unhappy days, covering the 200
intervening miles in safety.
A veteran police horse October
2S) climbed the steps Of a he on
Forty-fourth street, New YORK, End
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

systcm' and total reconstruction was
urcrsSary-
This was attained by the publication
~ this opQCh-mak.ng work. which was
M once Introduced an over The country,
and made famous not only It's authors
bur also brought into prominence the
cp1Ereeations with which they were
connected.
Through the .'Zimrath Yah" the mas
tiers Of tho old country received a place
in the American svnaeogues. many OF
their compositions being taken up and
adopted To ,he new rituals. 1t required
hltCen years 10 complete the work. the
fourth and last volume appearing IL
1856 While il was begun by the four
already mentioned. its completion was
left TO Mr.. Kaiser alone.
These four volumes contain many
original compositions. arrangements
and adoptions: ia all OF them one great
purpose Is plainly evident: the preserva-
tiOn and perpetuatiOn Of the Jewish
traditional song. and this has been Mr..
haiser's constant object in life.
one of the most elaborate of his in
dependent compositions and one tba;
gained for him International reputation
is the Memorial Service for the Day OF
Atonement.
While thus shaping the music of the
synagogue in America ne never neglect.
ed his congregational and communal
duties. These grew from year 10 year
as his congregation increased in num-
bers and influence. For an entire gen.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

eration and more the youth Of Oheb
Shslom had in one way or another re-
ceiVed tho beneilu Of his instruction. His
genial personality and jovial DISPOSITION
grace their festivities. while mis- tender
affection and sympathetic presence
never fail 10 tighten the burden OF ;heir
soirCws.
His activity. however. is not restricted
10 his congregation. In 1850. the Young
Aens Hebrew Association gave large
concert under his direction. rendering
the oratorlo Judas Macca 5aus' with
srcat success
Mr. Kaiser was for quite a period
vocal instructor in the boys orphan
age Of old st. Paurs Protestant Epis-
coFal Church, at Baltimore.
IN the resolution of the Central Con-
ference Of American Rabbis to publish
a union hymnaL Mr.. Kaiser perceived
an excellent opportunity 70 find a
place for some of the traditional melo-
dies, and Immediately proceeded 10
advocate their introduction. In 1892
he presented an elaborate paper on
the New Hymnal and our Jewish Ira
ditional Melodies" to the conference at
WASHINGTON. The Society Of American
Cantors, of which he was president.
and especially the Rev William
Sparger. Of Temple Emanuel. OF New
York. greatly aided him in his efforts.
The conference finally decided TO com
pile the text for a union hymnal and
to relinquish the musical portion OF it
to the Society Of American Cantors
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
The Old FoIhs.

James Barnes, aged eighty-flye,
completed in September the walk
from New York TO Des Moines, Iowa,
while in that same month E. B. Bar
rett, seventy-nine, of Wichita, Kan,
climbed Pixies Peak, making the
round trip in twenty-six hours
The roster of the Mississippi Agri-
cultural College bears the name OF
William Standifer, who, at seventy,
has started his collegiate education
Logan Township, Mich, has pro-
dueed the prize bridegroom in George
Sinton, who, at ninety-eight and
with six grandchildren. has just
welded a Miss Maud Love, aged
thirty-four.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Divers Divorces.

Abraham Leakin, a New York
tailor, brought action In July for d.
vorce from his wife, Dvosi, alleging
that she" is a man They had been
married eleven years.
A Long Island gentleman, whose
wife had decided to establish resi-
dence in Sioux Falls that she might
divorce him, travelled West with her.
as she was unaccustomed to going
about alone-and didn't Ike TO, any
wa.,.
A Manchester, England, mechanic
applied for separation from his wife
on the ground of her goodness. "
''She puts in so much time prayin'
for me-" said he. that she has no
time for homework, an have to
do the cookin'."
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
If ODD HAPPENINGS TINT flVR CONE TO TE NORID

During the singing Of pathetic
song, picturing the old home"
scenes. a young man in a Chicago
theater shot himself february.
Sent to bed in punishment for a
little naughtiness. which. it trans
pired later he did not commit, Harry
Amber, a fourteen-year-old london
boy, hung himself.
At Stoke-on-Trent, England, IN
September, a Mr. Latham assisted
in caring for boy killed by a dray.
The face was bruised beyond recog-
nizing, but more thorough exami-
nation of the body showed the
rescuer he had been working over
his own son.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Pure Chance.

A house in Saybrook, Conn, was
set on fire in April by the rays Of
sunlight focused on a curtain by a
goldfish globe.
A Canadian farmer. hurting a
sledge hammer at a fleeing fox in
June. unearthed a valuable silver
and nickel mine.
Sam White, of Riverside, Cal, be-
came the father of boy on Wash
ingtons Birthday. OF his nine other
sons one was born on February %,
two on April Fools Day, one on
Inauguration Day, one on ground
hogs day" February p. and one on
Thanksgiving.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
NESTOR OF AMERICAN CANTORS

II "sss% sss9 @Ss5S s@a s4.sssr 5: ss''s a';.'9e p
is-esrnt high standard of per-
fec'ion. IS a STUDY not only Of interest
4 aH people OF this faith but 70 the
general public. as wei.
Probably there is not another student
OF this peculiar cult in America more
thoroughly Informed as TO its history
ard clar1cterstics than the Rev. Alois
r-aiser. OF Baltimore. Nd. This after
noon. IN thc vcstry rooms OF the Eighth
Stree- Temple, this Nestor Of American
centcrs VIE read a paper upon this sub
1ect waich VIII be illustrated with
-lt9r-tIa-s by himself. interpretations
uGon tAc organ. and songs by contralto.
TIE lecture Will be given under the
auspices OF the junior branch Of the
local Council Of Jewish Women. which
has been untiring IN its efforts TO have
the address given In this city
There are few men Of the present bet
ter able 70 make clear the features Of
Jewish music than Mr. Kaiser, one Of
the few living pupils Of the renowned
Cantor Solomon Sulzer. Of Vienna He
has 0ffciated with zeal and pronounced
distinction as cantor Of the Oheb
Snalom Congregation OF Baltimore for
nearly haN century Despite this
'ong servi>a and advance in years. Mr..
Kaiser sirzs IN as pure tone as ever.
and his compositions OF the present
show him TO be as clear of mind as
ever. ard thoroughly IN accord with the
theories Of modern music in absolutely
every Iorm. The Junior Branch. Of
which Miss Freda Lindheimer is presi-
dent. has issued a general invitation to
al those Interested in music 10 hea,
The addr-ss t.ai~ afternoon
fhe Rcv. Aiois Kaiser spraug into
zarnediate prominence as a delineator
Of Hebrew church music soon after COM
ing to this country. His first charge
was with the congregation which he stul
continues 20 serve. II was on July 6.
1s66 that he first oficiated. Oheb
Shalom was worshiping IN tho old syna-
gogue on Hanover street, and at the
time the late eminent teacher, the Rev
DR.. benjamin Sold. was rabbi.
When IL became known that the new
cantor from Prague was TO ofticiate,
people hccked 70 the temple to hear him.
and were greatly impressed and pleased
with lis efforts.
The condition Of the musical service
in the synagogue upon the advent of
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Humors of Lightning.

Near a small town in Minnesota,
lightning struck an electric auto
whose batteries had run out. The
stroke recharged the batteries and
the occupants of the machine ran it
home.
A bolt struck the home of Kellar
Creagen, at Ringgold. Md, running
around his straw hat to above his
left ear, then down the side of his
neck to the body, tearing the shirt
collar, then down his right leg, tear
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

named their baby Stegomya Fasciata
Wilson.
"Old Tabby," chief of a tribe of
Utah Indians. died in October of a
cataleptic fit.
'Damsite" is to be the name of
one OF Texas new postofhces. There
are irrigation works there.
AT wedding in Poplar, England,
the brides name was Wedlock and
the bridegroom's Marriage.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
The Center Sex.

In October, Mrs. Ella Goltz. of
Portsmouth. Ohio, swore out war
rant for circus elephant, which had
eaten her gold watch and smashed
in brand-new Paris hat.
A Cologne dairymaid was arrested
for bathing herself daily in the milk
she later sold.
A negress, living near Atlanta, Ga,
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Kans0sesgue.

A Topeka girl, Mabel Huston,
saved her fathers wheat crop from
a threatening rain by giving hugs
and kisses as prizes to the laborers
who shocked the most grain
Kansas has prohibited the print
ing of menu cards in any language
save English.
The worst hail storm IN the his
tory Of the State visited the Eastern
counties late in July. The stones,
fat in shape, were many OF them
twelve inches across. Hogs were
killed, and horses and cows blinded
by the missiles, stampeded into the
wire fencing and were badly cut up.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

His Friends Tried to Throw Him Out
ing the shoe in half and splitting the
great toe. His skin was scorched,
but his hair was not even singed.
The chatelaine of the Castle Of
Benatonnaire, France, was sitting in
a chair when struck by a bolt. She
was herself uninjured, but on the
back of her dress was found a per-
feet picture of the chair, to its mi
nuteSt detail
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

hired it, the court decided the ami
NAL had committed suicide.
Traced by the impression of his
teeth in a half-eaten apple, left in
a house at Basle, Switzerland, a
burglar has confessed and been sent
enced.
In May the famous Stevens VS..
Smith Cow case" was closed in Col
orado, with total of $500 attor-
ney's fees plus court charges. The
COW, worth only $50 in the first place,
has been dead fifteen years.
Gave Hugs as Prizes.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

A couple were welded in Hertz
field, Switzerland, after a courtship
of forty-five years and the exchange
of 5000 love letters; while, down IN
Texas, a Tilted swain has sued his
once fair lady for $4,000. charging
81, 900 to courtship expenses-at 81
a day for his time.