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The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Misfortune Ouertakes Hero.

Especial Dispatch to The Washington Times
BURLEIGH. n. D.. April 3.-Willie
Heffeldon attended the r. a. c. dance
and supper at Coster's Hall in Bur
leigh. last night. with Miss Mayme
Dwight. and started for home at $3.50
o'clock a. m. driving his fast trotter,
and. being I'm pleasant company. and
with the remembrance of the happy
hours OF the bali in his mind. was at
peace and in harmony with the world.
and had not a thought in his mind
concerning dogs.
Three miles down the Sheffield turn
pike and only two miles from the home
of Miss Dwight. the couple were
startled on coming around the corner
of the thick wods at the Trempeleau
farm TO see bright flames blazing out
along the sides and from the roof of
the one-story portion of the dwelling
house of Henry Cassleton- No one ap-
peared anywhere around the burning
house and it was plain to see that
the family were all asleep and unaware
of the peril that threatened them
Willie whipped up his horse and drove
on a Gallop to the side gate. where
he handed the reins to Miss Dwight.
and then sprang to the ground and
ran I'D the path to the house as fast
as he could. shouting Fire" at the
top of his voice TO arouse the sleeping
inmates.
Being acquainted with the premises
and knowing that Mr.. Cassleton's bed
room WIS on the west side of the lower
story. he started to run around the
house in that direction, intending 10
break in the window, rouse the far
mer an5 help him to rescue the others.
Just as he was passing the corner or
the house, however, and veerinS well
away from il to avoid the heat OF the
flames which were eating their way
through the Notwithstanding, Rover,
the huge watchdog of the Cassleton' s.
which had been reused from his slum-
bers in the barn by Heffeldon's shout
ing, met him face TO face. and. evil
IDENTIFY thinking that the excited man
was the cause of all the sseneie.
sprans at him, fastened his teeth IN
his coat at the shoulder and threw MIN
20 the ground. where he stood over
him, holding him down and growing
fiercely. As the dog did this there was
a shriI scream from the highway
where Miss Dwight had been witness
10 the dogs assault upon her escort
and In another moment the horse, tax
ing fright at the sudden scream was
rushing down the road at his pest
speed, giving the young lady all she
could do to guide him safely and never
stopping till he had reached Brack
Mills, four miles away.
In the meanwhile Heffeldon was hav-
ing the time of his life with the dog
and the fire. He shouted when he
was able, which was not often, for
Rover objected to it and shook and
touseled him fiercely every time he
lifted his voice. and. what was the
worst of all, the fire had now grown
so hot that it WIS almost unbearable
and was even causing an unpleasant
odor to arise from the singeing hair
OF the dog. who. faithful to his self
imposed duty. had no idea OF either
abandoning his prisoner or permitting
him TO crawl along the ground to q
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The plan adopted by Locke for the
smuggling was TO have the razors sent
10 him by mail. wrapped only in a
newspaper. on which only newspaper
postage was paid and in the paper in
which the last razor so smuggled was
inclosed he happened. on casually
Glancing II over. 10 read an ADVERTISE
ment calling upon man named thereA
in az John 3. Preston. to make himself
knocn 10 certain law firm in Lon
don. and stating that he was wanted
as sole heir TO the estate of his uncle
who had died several years previously,
and that IL appearance were not made
by Preston within two months from
the day on which the notice was pub
lished. all the estate would be turned
over 10 the government. for want Of an
heir TO claim 1t. Locke thought IL a
shame that the money should be lost
to Preston just on account of mis- fan,
ing 10 ask for IL, but the article mads
no particular impression on him
Later in the day a detected and rag
ged tramp called at the barber shop
and asked for free shave. saying
that he had been turned out of the
other shops with hard words Locke
took Pity on the man, and not being
busy a: the time, gave him "A good
shave and hair cut. and in doing so
noticed the initials J. B. P. tatooed
on his right wrist Remembering the
man mentioned in the advertisement
Locke asked the tramp If his name
might not be John B Preston He
was very much startled at the Ques-
ton and denied the name Immediately,
Z r,.nr-e 4
the initials, he finally hesitatingly
mitted that that was his real IAauS
but said he had gone by false knssHss
for many years because he Mic
ashamed OF his condition in ba
Locke then called his attention to
advertisement in the London paper
and Preston said he was the man adj
vertised for.
He had no papers, or other proof
of his identity than the initials on his
arm. and knew no man on the conti-
nent. but claimed that he would be
able to prove himself the heir imme-
diately if he could get 10 London
Locke is good deal of a pIunger
in a small way and the case seeming
90 ssrike his fancy just right, he Of
fered to put up enough money to fit
out the alleged Preston with a decent
suit Of clothes and take him across
the ocean for half Of the proceeds OF
the estate Preston gladly asSented to
this. the agreement was reduced to
writing. the necessary means furnish-
ed by the speculative barber. and
Preston started on his journey.
He wrote Immediately on arriving
IN London that he had presented himL
self to the lawyers and easily estab-
lished his identity. and this morning
Locke received a draft from his pro-
tege for half of the estate, his share
being ET.U0O. or about s35.oo0.
The first use that Locke made OF
any of his fortune was TO buy a drafc
In favor of the Treasury Department
of the United States for S17-S5, TO be
turned over to the conscience fund. aS
about the amount he considered him.
self as owing the Government for im<
port duty on all the razors he had
ever bought IN England.
LIE SUEU2 LyRE-
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point further away from the fire. but
evidently intended TO rival the brave
boy who stood on the burning deck
whence all but him had fed" But at
the moment when Heffeldon thought
he could bear TIRE heat no longer res
cue came in the form Of several neigh
bors who had seen the fire from afdr.
and the family had also awakened and
were pouring out of the house by
many doors and windows. clad in very
light attire and in a frame OF mind.
from fright and rage. TO fall in at
once with the theory advanced by Con-
stable Smith. one OF the first arrivals.
that Heneldon had set the fire and
been caught by Rover while trying to
escape after committing the deed. This
theory Of the matter was SO spectacu-
lar and satisfactory to every one ex-
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pressions except through our senses.
the statement that there is another
sense possessed by a fellowbeing.
stuns and troubles US, cOnfronts US
with a dim and spectral vision Of
something half imagined. but not un-
derstood. So far as il is possible for
MIR. Ogden TO make an ordinary per
son understand anything about the
nature OF this sixth sense. 1t appears
to be an ability 10 take cognizance of
the operations and properties of that
something Ia the material world which
we refer to as ether" and which we
consider as peTyading all space and
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furnishing. among other things. the
medium over which waves of light
and. perhaps, heat. are transmitted
throughout the universe. as, for in
stance. from the sun TO the earth.
Ii is. however. only by referring to
some specific manifestations OF the
power that We are able, in the slight
est degree. 10 conceive anything about
it's nature. as. for instance. the fol-
lowing: Mr.. Ogden is able. IL taken
hlindfolded into any of the streets OF
town. 70 tell without approaching
closely to them. whether there be any
live electric wires over the street. He
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till the snake gave a convulsive swallow.
when he rammed the meat down as far
as the penholder would allow him 1t
then appeared as a lump in his throat
a few inches below the fingers OF his
left hand This he worked a foot or
two down the body with the thumb OF
mouthfulS of this size were enough for
one meal and would last for week.
Small fish were also good for change
and the snake wanted water every day
/ next had a large, airy box made for
my pet, wiki perforated ENC and sheet
of glass Then came the rehousing OF
the reptiles Without having had any
experience, ] was not going to seize
him In the same 'nonchalant way as my
Burman friend. On the contrary, ] took
good care TO have his head under n
stick before catching hold of him At
first 1 began by gripping him very
rightly. but ] soon found that IL was
not at all necessary unless he was
fornance of the Burmese snake charm
ers as marvellous TO the initiated.
BY that l mean that when one has
had a little experience OF the ways OF
this snake the feat does not appear so
wonderful The first thing required in
any dealing with venomous snakes IL
a certain amount of seif-confidence II
YOU want to seize a snake at a given
moment seize him: do not go as IL to
catch hold of him and then draw your
hand away When YOU have got him
hold him firmly. as close to the head as
possible. Do not get alarmed and try
sure that all his body Is clear Of you
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Man With Sixth Sense.

Especial Dispatch to The Washington Times
WHEATLEY, Mon. April 5.-There
lives quietly and unostentatiously. in
the village of Wheatley, five miles
east of town, a man by the name OF
Gilbert Ogden, who constitutes within
himself the most remarkable fact of
tnis. or any other age Of the world
in that he possesses a sixth sense
If the reader will give this state
ment a moments careful thought, he
will feel I'm his brain a sense Of con-
fusion and uncertainty, for inasmuch
as we have no means of receiving im-
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cannot perceive the existence OF wires
unless there be a current passing over
them, any better than can anyone else.
but as soon as the current begins 10
flow, he can tell it at once and tell
just where the wire is as well as If he
were looking at il with his eyes; can
tell whether a message IS passing over
a telephone wire or not when standing
not closer than fifty feet away from
the wire.
With his eyes closed and heavily
bandaged. he can tell whether there is
a light in the room. or not. and tell
how many lamps, or lights. it comes
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cept Heffeldon that ne was under ar
rest and well on his way to temporary
Imprisonment in the constable's dwell
ing when Miss Dwight, returning with
the horse, made the necessary expla-
nations and secured the release of her
unfortunate friend
The house and furniture, though al
most a total loss, were fully insured.
LIE SUEUR LYRE-
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Free ShGUe Nets S35, 900.

Special Dispatch TO The Washington Times)
BENTLEY. Mont. April Paul B.
Locke, barber OF Bentley. got returns
from London England, today OF a
most satisfactory nature. closing up an
incident of his life that has been of
great interest ana proht TO him
For several years il had been his
practice, as it has been the practice OF
too many BARRIERS TO buy ra1Ors very
cheap in England and have them
smuggled into this country.
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Only One Method of Attack.

The secret of the charmer's success Is
this-the hamadryad and cobra have
only one method of attack, and that is
as 1 have described II. This they never
vary Whether lying coiled up or other
wise. they have TO erect a certain length
Of body before they are able TO strike
then YOU know that the stroke is COM
ing and ought TO be able to avoid it.
If YOU look at one OF these serpents in
its boz IL Will rear I'D its head, expand
its hooS and remain motionless in this
petition for hours. This snake can not
make a snap at one like q viper
The hamadryad has the reputation of
being the only snake that will attac
mankind of its own initiative without
being N OseStec There certainly have
been MANY authentic instances of such
attacks. but l am inclined TO think IL is
in only a few cases that the snake will
do this. Probably the serpent has very
good reason for its fierceness. namely,
that some one has been close to where
the female has just deposited her eSes,
and IL is for this reason that she at
tacKs him. The constructing power OF
this snake has been greatly overrated
and in point of fact Is practically nom
existeDt- With a little practice ! found
could feed my cantive with ease.
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Food Forced Down Throat.

Then L got him some raw beef and he
selected d piece looking just twice too
big to go down. This he placed between
the snakes teeth and slipped the PEN
holder out Then. with the end OF that
instrument. he gently pushed the beef
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Mr.. os3en is very timid and re-
firing man and rather ashamed Of his
gift. which. ne fears. will cause him
10 be regarded as a dime museum
freak and he win exhibit his powers
only to those whom he knows to De
his sincere friends.
LIE SUEUR LYRE
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How the Burmese Charmers Handle Snakes

had moved OF a few feet and from
there went through the same perform
ance.
Having intimated that ! wished to see
its fangs the charmer again seized the
snake by its neck and opened its mouth
with bit. Of wood. I could only see the
fang on one side. the other appeared TO
be broken. When not ready to strike a
loose bit OF skin envelops these teeth.
If the snake has its fangs pulled out
1t does not follow that it will be rem
dered innocuous. as there are auxiliary
fangs behind the real ones, and If the
big ones are destroyed these often come
forward and take their place.
However, when 1 proved dissatisfied
with this hamadryads dental arrange
ment the assistant was dispatched, and
presently returned with a similar basket,
out of which another rather bigger SER
pent was produced They went through
a similar performance with this snake
and on inspection l found that both
fangs were present
Know Much About Snakes.
The Burmese know much more about
snakes than the natives of India, and
cobra or hamadryad, which Indian
charmers almost always do 10 their
eobras, with the snakes they exhibit
After a little bargaining. during the
course of which L rode away and the
Burman ran after me 20 accept my Of
fer. the giant cobra became my prop-
erty, and ] set out for my bungalow.
followed by the Burman and the basket.
Having arrived there, / had yet to learn
the art Of feeding the snake. and this
my Burm2n friend taught me before
leaving
A hamadryad. or cobra. when first
caught would sooner starve to death
than eat anything. When used TO cap
tivity. however, Il will feed well enough.
TILL then it must be fed by hand, and
this is how II is done. The Burman
opened the basket and seized the snake
by the back of the neck with his left
hand, the thumb and forefinger on each
side of the head, the other fingers loose
ly around the throat As he looked
around for bit of stick handed him a
penholder. which he inserted between
the hamadryad's teeth.
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Of a Burman snake charner
by name Moung Lo. in the
hope that he would be able 10 get
me some specimens. Almost the only
Burmese word L then knew was my
way"-that is, a snake-but with the
aid OF my interpreter after short
time the Burmese charmer was pre-
vailed upon to produce round basket,
having opened which a head with hoDd
expanded and about one and a half feet
of body sprang up like jack in the
box and remained motionless.
The charmer was standing near the
basket. Suddenly the snake struck at
him by letting its body and head fall
forcibly forward; in this strike the
body was kept perfectly rigid, bending
only where IL touched the rim or the
basket. The charmer did not move.
knowing that he was at least eighteen
inches away from the edge of the bas-
ket, and there was. as have said. only
eighteen inches of snake above the rim.
His assistant now engaged the
snakes attention in front, while the
charmer deftly seized the reptile by
the neck and hauled out and deposited
on the ground about nine feet OF hama
dryad. or giant cobra Iophiophagu5
elaps), the most formidable and deadly
snake in Burma.
How the Attack Is Repulsed.
Then the two Burmans went through
what the uninitiated would consider
the most daring performance eyer wit
messed. The haEszdryad lay with its
head raised about two feet, the rest of
it's body at length on the ground, hood
expanded and fangs ready to strike.
One of the Burnans squatted down
a few feet off. The snake. with a
fierce hiss, glided rapidly toward him,
head still erect.
When ii came within range il struck
at him. The Burman swiftly parried
the blow with his bare arm. letting the
snakes body below the hood only touch
the limb. The hood and body slid of
his arm and fell fat upon the ground
Before the snake had time to raise its
head for another strike the Barmau
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AVING always had a liking
for snakes, 1 went in search
of a Burman snake charmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Making Reef Tea.

Every home nurse is supposed to
know how to make beef tea, yet it is
surprising how many failures are to be
recorded in this apparently simple OPP
GRAFTON. The fault generally is that too
little time is given to the cooking. The
point to be borne in mind is that, as
far as possible. the whole of the nutri-
ment of the beef is to be extracted.
The best method of doing this is to
proceed as follows: Remove all the
fat and skin from one pound of fresh
gravy beef, cut it up into small pieces
and put it into a stone jar. with 4
pint of water and a little salt Re
place the lid of the jar and let it stand
all night. The next morning place the
jar in a saucepan of boiling water and
let it simmer gently-but never boil
for five hours. Strain the fluid through
a collander, but instead of throwing
away the residue of the meat, pound it
in mortar into a pulp, pass it
through wire sieve and add it to the
beef tea. Beef tea made according to
this recipe contains all the fiber and
albumen of the meat, and is therefore
much more nutritious than beef tea in
the form It is usually given.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
New Vocation for Women

A new vocation for young women is
that Of the nursery kindergarten. in
which the young yoman becomes a resi-
dent of the family. The salary paid is
from $40 to $50 in New York. with
board, and the Kindergarten is sup
posed to be a graduate OF a school for
kindergarten training. The day of the
ignorant nursemaid for children who
are able to walk and talk is coming to
an end, as it should. Mothers who real
ize the fact that so much of the childs
success in life depends upon its knowl-
edge of the English language will not
place the little ones at an impression
able age in the care of women who use
bad grammar and even slang. After
the age of 10 or u a child who has
been trained from its infancy in the use
Of correct English is not likely to suf-
fer, but for the small girl or boy it is
all important that the many hours
spent in the company of the nurse be
spent in the company of woman of e
finement of speech and action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
TI,e Ethics of Trnde.

On this subject President Hadley of
Yale delivered the second of a series of
lectures at the New York school of phi
ianthropy, designed to discover the basis
of public morals. He said there were
two objections to modern trade ethics;
first, that trade is gambling or worse;
second that fair competition cannot ex-
list when buyer and seller are on equal
terms. He admitted that much of spec
ulation is bad, but insisted that some of
it was good and, indeed, necessary. Right
speculation demanded that the Spectator
be able to make good his guarantee as
to the future; for if he is using the
money of others. the others must suffer
the losses, while his profit is certain.
Such trade he defined as gambling with
loaded dice Speaking of competitive sys-
TEN in general. President Hadley holds
that the good outweighs the evil, and it
seems to him undeniable that all through
the nineteenth century the laboring class
has made great progress by reason of
the existing competition. The abuses of
child labor, the sweat shop, etc, he re-
CARDS as remnants of a former system
and not characteristic of modern compe-
titiOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
HORSES THIRTY FEET TALL

Roamed In Wyoming Some Time
Ago and Are Now FossiIized.
Out in Wyoming a lot of scientific
grubbers have unearthed the fossil re-
mains of a horse thirty feet long and
more than thirty feet high. The grub
bers seem to have pieced the horse to-
gether without any comment and they
don't offer a word of information con-
corning either his genealogy or his
track record.
A horse thirty feet long would ap-
pear to be a lot of horse. If he be-
longed to the cave man the latter GER
tainly had his hands full. a horse so
tall that a thirty-foot ladder became
necessary when his bride was to be put
on might we'll be called the pride Of the
stable - although no ordinary stable
would begin to accommodate him.
If the cave man hadn't any ladder
and couldn't borrow one the next best
thing was to climb tree. Then try
to imagine him shining up a tall palm
with the heavy bride on his back, only
to find when he attained the right alti-
tude that the horse had moved beyond
reach and was peacefully browsing on
the tall grass of the jungle!
OF course, a thirty foot horse could
be expected to cover much more ground
than the ordinary animal of the same
breed-even at a walk. And if he took
it into his head to work his way across
lots there would appear to be nothing
to impede him. Fences would go down
before him like stubble and a merely
playful cayort would carry him over
raging torrents.
When a thirtyfoot horse SHE'D at
bit of white paper in the roadway the
chances are that he jumped clear over
into the next county.
As war horse the thirty-footer must
have been a STARTER. When he let out
a neigh the enemy fed in blind and
unreasoning terror. When he champed
his bit and paved the ground the very
hills shuddered. When he switched
his tail the hireling foe fell about him
like ripened grain.
And then think of the nightmare that
could be expected to follow the first
sight of this prodigious equine! He
certainly was a wonder. 1t is a great
pity we know so little about him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Pricf News Iferns.


A New York burglar chloroformed Mrs.
Nellie. Munson. bride. and her dog in
thelf nome III hafiehl ana theh fooOed lhe
iolse
The court-martIal OF Lieut.. John >.
hahilton, 1Weiltn Chlted states ihlah-
Try, TOT absence WITHOUT leaVe, mas begun
iIton disannearod from cam, at 2To,nt
GraFna Pa nearly tbrea months ago and
threatened r. commit snicida
r.5-. e.. -. rr.:..5 et,.o. cir-
o"u77 -A''',ii' ~ nv = - ~ r.
on the aDDeaI of Thomas T.. Clement from
the order committing him to the peni-
Tertiary on conviction of being response
BILE for the failure Of the First National
bank of FaribauIt Mimi. sustains the
verdict
Eugen Schacher Of Berlin is painting a
portrait Of Andrew Carnegie. which IS 10
be exhibited in one Of the galleries Of that
city.
Rosa Naegle. the Swiss girl. who threw