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The Washington times., 1906-03-18

come down a steep. narrow fight Of
stairs in his house. he had the mis-
fortune 20 step squareIy down upon a
fat kitten on the top step and iEame-
diately slipped and fell TO the bottom
of the stairway with a resounding
crash and shock that rocked the
house on its foundations.
The door at the foot Of the stairs
opens, unfortunately, inward, the last
step being far enough back so that
the door has just room TO swing open,
and when Mr.. Packer fell into this
narrow space the door was solidly
blocked shut by his corpulent form
and could not be opened in the least,
and the unfortunate man, stunned by
his fall, was wholly unable to move
Some of the family below stairs beat
and crowded at the door. striving to
open il; others ran into the street and
called for help, and his sister, Miss
Bessie, who was upstairs, lost all
presence OF mind and ran down TO
him. dragging at him in vain at
tempt to get him up and screaming all
the time at the top Of her voice.
Some neighbors came with a ladder
to get I'D to the second story so as to
come down stairs and aid him, but the
first five men that got up got through
a window into a locked room and could
get no further either way because 9TH
ers took the ladder away to another
window. and the men who finally got
onto the stairs could neither get past
the sister nor drag her away from
Mr.. Packer.
While they we're struggling 10 do this,
however. the problem was solved by
carpenter. H H Timble, who came
running with a sharp gouge and quick
IL dug so deep a furrow in the cross
bars of the door that it broke open Up
and down the center under the pressure
from within and Mr.. Packer rolled out
into the room at the foot OF the stairs,
followed by his sister and the strug-
Cling men in squirming mass. which
fell upon Mr.. Timble before he could
get out Of the way. and unfortunately
broke one OF his arms
Mr.. Packer did not suffer any Sc
we're injury. but the kitten was. ot
course. quite dead.
LIE SUEUR LYRE
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get possession of this dollar was the
question up for discussion by the
three musty musketeers.
How do you know it was a dol
lar?" asked Ragsy, the immensity OF
the sum inclining him to skepticism.
"The coal man seen her have it,
said Mr.. Peters. "She went out and
done some washing yesterday. And
look what she give me for breakfast
the heel of a loaf and a cup of
coffee; and her with a dollar"
"It's fierce" said Ragsy.
"Say we 20 up and punch 'er and
stick a towel in 'er mouth and cop
the coin,' suggested Kidd viciously.
''Y' aint afraid of woman, are
you2"
she might holler and have US
pinched," demurred Ragsy. Il don't
believe in slugging no woman in a
houseful of people"
Gent men, said Mr.. Peters
severely, through his russet stubble.
remember that you are speaking of
my wife. A man who would lift his
hand to a lady except in the way
Of"
Mcguire" said Ragsy, pointedly,
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anything else yet made, cloth OF spun
glass, although il has no glass in IL,
but il is made almost wholly of alumi-
nun. so treated that the metal is as
much changed from the condition in
which We have been accustomed TO see
il as brittle gIass is when IL is so
metsmornhosed as 20 be changed into
fairly pliable cloth that may be woven
INTO q dress
Although the process Is secret, IL
would seem that the aluminium is first
drawn out into wire as fine as cob
web, thrown into a somewhat spiral
ferri cut into short lengths, miEgled
JegeJhsF with about an equal bulk of
the finest silk threads, spun out again
inte threais of coHsidera Ole thickness
and then woven into close meshed
cieth. which Is afterward quilted to-
gether in several thicknesses and then
made up into garments.
The cloth is three-eighths Of an inch
thick and is made into suits consist
Ing Of three pieces-a helmet coming
low down on the forehc>t, and fitting
close about the face, with a flap
hanging from just beneath the nose to
six inches below the chin: a sleeveless
Jacket. reaehing a little below the
waist, nnd a wide. flowing apron fast
enod around the waist and coming
down TO the ankles. the jacket being
made or the builet-proof cloth IN front
only.
The entire suit, which IS. Of course,
Intended to be worn over other gar
ments, weighs no more than an ordi-
nary heavy spring overcoat. but is
absolutely impervlous to the most
searching rife fire. even from Maui
sers, Krag-Jorgensens, the new
springnelds. or other high-poWer fire.
arms.
There is no protection for the face
and arms, but this, Mr.. Mawhone
claims. is unavoidable. He thinks that
Il would not be advisable to attempt
to cover the arms and thus render the
soldier ineffective In offensive work
The great secret Of the matter and
the main principle involved is the pro-
cess Of tempering the aluminium and
drawing Il out into wire almost mi
croscoDicaIly fire.
LIE EuEuR LYRE.
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and the note descended TO one William
TrayeT. who sued Piper on il on MS
return TO the State, sesting up that IL
was not OutlaWed because Piper had
not been a resident in the interval.
Piper fought the case and claimed that
he had been in tho State all the time,
but Traver succeeded in proving that
he had been in fhe .peuitentiary of
Maryland fourteen years Of the time
and won lis case.
The judgment was for $500. Piper
was now an old and feeble man, and a
grandson of his. Thomas Hobbs. came
forward, assumed the debt and gave
his note for it, he being a young man
of good means. Before the note came
due. however, he failed in business
and left the State
Twelve years later. Abner Blake. 70
whom Traver had sold the note. founu
Hobbs living in Ohio and sued him OF
the note. Hobbs settled BY giving his
note for 5000, signed by one Peter
Smith as surety. and Blake sold the
note TO Oscar True for full face value
Hobbs died insolvent. and Smith ran
away to Australia. He was good, and
True sold the note to a man in sydney.
Albert Thomas. who sued Smith on it.
The suit had to be tried on depositions
from America, and lasted six years
Thomas won X and then died His
heirs all lived in Norway, and II took
five years 10 settle up his estate. The
judgm against Smith feG TO one
Karen Ord, but Smith had long since
left Australia. After searching four
years, Ord found Smith in Canada. and
SIZED him on the Judgment. Smith
made no defense. and Judgment was
rendered against him and in favor OF
Ord for S4,000 Ord then died, leaving
as his oniy heir son four years old
Smith applied to be made guardian of
the boy. and was so appointed. AS such
guardian, he fraudulently released the
judgment of record and, later. made
over all his property 20 a nephew, Ed
son Brock. and died.
When OrG's son came of age IN the
year 1891, he brought suit to have the
Judgment reinstated and to recover the
same our OF the property turned over
by Smith TO Brock. with all interest.
Brock had neglected 10 have Smith 5
estate probated, and although he
fought young Ord's suit for three years,
ne lost at last, and Ord recovered jUdg-
ment against him for the entire debt
which, after more than a century OF
legal war. was paid over to Ord by
Brock yesterday, the total amount be-
ing $500. which was paid down TO Ord
IN gold. LIE SUEUR IYRE
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The Laws Delay

Especial Dispatch to The Washington Times }
MENToNNE. Tenn, March I7.-There
was collected in Mentonne today. by
levy under execution, a remarkable
claim. one which was old enough to
be entitled TO a white beard and much
reverence.
In January, 1905, in Boston, one
Theopilus Share borrowed S100 of Henry
Green and gave a note for the same,
due in five years. with interest there
on at the rate of per cent. Share
failed to pay the note when due and
had previously moved out of Massa-
chusetts into New York. Five years
later. Green went after him and sued
on the note. The suit was contested.
but Green won ana got Judgment.
Share soon after died. leaving a
small estate. and his son being the
only heir. gave Green a note for the
claim. secured by a mortgage on a
small tract of land with a good build
ing on it. but the building burned
while uninsured and. on foreclosure of
the mortgage, the land did not sell for
more than enough to nay the costs.
Green dad noon after this. leaving a
vtu which ea~s me note to one of his
4en4AtsrG WAC. not ionx thereafter,
. sRasStsd youne Share VINO had given
- oc4A
4 y4aS iatss thsy vers divorced and
aAe aDsd htVn on the note and got
fsdxDsnt. Share died I'm year or so,
leaving a small homestead. exempt
from execution. but which he charged
with the payment of the debt. which
was now about fifteen years old and
amounted to $500.
Shares devisee. under the will.
nephew. destroyed the will and sold
the homestead. being the only heir at
law Shares divorced wife now sold
the judgment to Aaron Grey. who sueo
the nephew TO recover the amount
from him on the ground of fraud I'm the
destruction of the WILL He won the
case after litigation that lasted ten
years and raised the debt to over $500.
Grey was about 10 levy, under the
judgment, - some unproductive West
ern land owned BY the nephew when
The Washington times., 1906-03-18
BulIet-Proof Clothes

Especial Dispatch to The Washington Times
SOPCHOPPf; Fla. March h--Right
upon the heels of the notable failure
just lately made in Italy by SiSnor
Benedetu to prove his boastfui claims
OF having invented and manufactured
bullet-proof cloth for the use of Sold
iers in war comes. very apropos in
deed, the discovery by Minnesota
man. Donald MawhoRe, OF Wheatley,
of a method of making for use in time
of war a kind OF clothing. light and
comfortable, but OF such peculiar tex
ture that no bullet fired from any rife
yet invented can penetrate IL.
1t is rather difficult to give an ae-
curate description OF the so-called
cloth. but Il resembles, more than
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the nephew sold The land to George
Piper, who promised in writing to pay
the debt in six years, at which time
it was supposed the land would be of
good value.
Three years later Grey died. leaving
a number of heirs who fought over his
estate for seven years. at the end of
which time II was all awarded to
James Piper, a brother of George
Piper. and James agreed to release the
debt to his brother, but died suddenly
before he had surrendered the writing
His widow repudiated the agreement
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book or Culmbacher bracing his
nerves, he was near to upsetting his
own theories of the treatment due
by gentleman 20 lady But, with
his losfeT's love for the more artistic
and less strenuous way, he chose
diplomacy First the high card in
the game-the assumed attitude of
success slready attained.
You have a dollar" ne said, lofti-
ly, but significantly. in the tone that
goes with the lighting of cigar
when the properties are at hand.
81 have" SAID Mrs. Peters, Produc-
cracking ii, tessinsly.
81 am offered a position in ain
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The Washington times., 1906-03-18


man know that the grass
green goddess is upon her
throne. He sits at his breakfast
eggs ard toast, begirt by stone
walls, opens his morning paper and
sees Journalism leave vernalism at
the post.
For whereas springs couriers
were once the evidence of our finer
senses, now the Associated Press
does the trick.
The warble OF the first robin in
Hackensack, the stirring of the
maple sap in Bennington, the bud
ding Of the pussy willows along
Main street In Syracuse, the first
chirp of the bluebird, the swan
song of the Blue Point, the annual
tornado in ST. Louis, the plant of
the peach pessimist from Pompton,
n. j.: the regular visit of the
tame wild goose with q broken leg
to the pond near Bilgewater June
ton, the base attempt of the Drug
trust 70 boost the price of quinins
foiled in the House by Congress
man Jinks. the first tall poplarg
struck by lightning, and the usual
stunned picnickers who had taken
refuge, etc.; the first crack of the
Ice jam in the Allegheny river, the
finding of a violet in its mossy
bed by the correspondent at Round
Corners-these are the advance
signs of the burgeoning season that
are wired into the wise city. while
the farmer sees nothing but winter
upon his dreary fields.
But these be mere externals. The
true harbinger is the heart. When
Strephon seeks his Chloe and Mike
his Maggie, then only is spring
arrived and the newspaper report
OF the f1ve-foot rattler killed in
Squire Pettigrew's pasture con-
firmed.
. Ere the first violet blew Mr..
Peters, Mr.. Ragsdale, and Mr.. Kidd
sat together on bench in Union
square and conspired. Mr.. Peters
was the D'Artagnan of the loafers
three. He was the dingiest, the
LATEST, the sorriest brown blot
against the green background of
any bench in the park. But just
then he was the most important of
the trio.
Mr.. Peters had a wife. This had
not heretofore affected his stand
ing with Ragsy and Kidd. But to-
day it invested him with a peculiar
interest. His friends, having es-
capped matrimeny, had shown a dis
position to deride Mr. Peters for his
venture on that troubled sea. But
at last they had been forced to ac-
knowledge that either he had been
gifted with large foresight or that
he was one of Fortunes luck sons
For Mrs. Peters had a dollar. a
whole dollar bill, good and receivable
by the government for customs,
taxes and all public dues How to
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

a tea store" said Mr. Peters Il am
to begin work tomorrow. But it vii.
be necessary for me 10 buy paI-
Of"
You are a Ear" said Mrs. Peters.
reinterring the note mo tea stoe,
nor no A. B. c store, nor no junk
shop would have you. | rubbed the
skin OF both me hands washi1'
jumpers and overalls 10 make that
dollar. Do you think it come out of
them suds to buy the kind you put
into you? skiddoo, Get your mind
OF Of money"
Evidently the poses Of Talleyrand
were not worth JOG cents on that
dollar. But diplomacy is dexterous.
The artistic temperament Of Mr..
Peters lifted him by the straps Of his
congress CATERS and set him on new
ground. He called up q look OF
desperate melancholy To his eyes.
Clara" he said. hoIIowIy, TO
struggle further is useless. You have
always misunderstood me Heaven
Knows l have striyen with all my
might to keep my head above the
waves of misfortune, but"
Cut out the rainbow Of hope and
that stufI about walkin' one by one
through the narrow isles of Spain,
said Mrs. Peters, with a sigh. I've
heard EN- so often. There's an
ounce bottle OF earbolic on the shell
behind the empty coffee can. Drink
hearty"
MIR. Peters reflected What next
The old expedients had failed
The two musty musk steers were
awaiting him hard by the ruined
ehateau-that is TO say on a parE
bench with rickety castirUn legs.
His honor was at stake. He had
engaged TO storm the castle sin
gle-ha1ded and bring back the
treasure that was TO furnish then
wassail and solace. And all thai
stood between him and the coveted
dollar was his wife, once a little
girl whom he could-aha,-why
not again? Once with soft word!
he could, as Chey say, twist he
around his little finger. Why no
again2 Not fol years had he trieC
1t. Grim poverty and mutual hatred
had killed ali that But Ragsy anC
Kidd were waiting for him to brins
the dollar
Mr. Peters took a surreptitiOusl.
keen look at his wife. Her form
less bulk overfiowed the chair Sh'
kept her eyes fixed out the window
in a strange kind of trance He
eyes showed that she had been re
Gently weeping.
Il wonder" said Mr. Peters I,
himself, IF there'6 be anything il
ito
The window was open upon il
outlook OF brick walls and drat
barren yards. Except for the mild
ness of the air that entered
night have been mid-winter yet il
the city that turns such a frownini
face to besieging spring But sprin
doesn't come with the thunder O
cannon. She is a sapper and
miner, and you must capitulate.
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TO release and went to law with George
Piper TO collect the claim. The law
suit lasted two years, and at the end
OF that time she got a Judgment
against Piper for $500 lie gave her a
note and mortgage for the debt and
then disappeared The mortgage
proved to be of no value, because OF
defect in the title to the land, and
Piper did not return to the State for
fifteen years.
BY that tine the widow had died
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III s %
himself,
Re went Z
his arm aero.
Clara, darli.
that shouldn't 4
seal. why shout
words2 Amt you N
wootsums2" ,"
A black mark again.
Peters. in the sacred
Cupid. Charges Of attempt
are fled against you, and Of
and utterance OF two Of loves
est Of appellations-
But the miracle Of spring wa
wrought. Into the back room over
the back alley between the black
walls had crept the Harbinger. Il
was ridiculous, and yet Well,
it is a rat trap, and you, madam
and sir, and all of US are in it.
Red and fat and crying like Niche
or Niagara, Mrs. Peters threw her
arms around her lord and dissolved
upon him Mr.. Peters would have
striven TO extricate the dollar bin
from its deposit vault, but MS arms
were bound TO his sides.
do you love ne, James," asked
Mrs. Peters.
''MadIy," said James, --Dut-"
You are ill.," exclaimed Mrs.
Peters why are you SO pale and
tired lOOking2"
I feel weak" said Mr. Peters.
q
"Oh. wait; know what It is.
Wait, James. III be back in a min
ute"
With a parting hug that revived
in Mr.. Peters recOllections Of the
Terrible Turk. his wife hurried out
of the room and down the stairs.
Mr. Peters hitched his thumbs IN
der his suspendeTs.
.AlI' right" he confided 10 the cell
ing. I've got her going. / hadn't
any idea the Old girl was soft any
more under the foolish rib. Well,
sir. amt l the Claude Melnotte of
the lower east side2 What? It's a
100 to ! shot that | get the dollar
I wonder what she vent out for. 1
guess she's gone TO tell Mrs Null
doom, on the sixth floor, that we're
reconciIed. III remember this. Soft
soap, And Ragsy was talking about
slugging heTi
Mrs. Peters came back with bot
tie OF sarsaparilla-
I'm glad happened 70 have that
dollar" she said. You're all run
down. honey"
Mr.. Peters had a tablespoonful Of
the stuff inserted into him. Then
Mrs Peters sat in his Zap and mur-
INJURED:
Call ne tootsum wootsums again,
James"
He sat still, held there by his
materiaIized goddess of spring.
Spring had come.
On the bench in Union square
Mr.. Ragsdale and Mr. SQuidd
squirmed, tongue-parched. awaiting
D'ATtagnan and his dollar
Il wish I had chOked her at first 80
said Mr. Peters TO himself.
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pany, New Tork WorldD
The Washington times., 1906-03-18
Fat Mans Dilemma

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The Washington TimesO
oCHLOCHNEE. Ga. March IS
The good people Of the little town Of
Bentley, in this county. were very
much shocked and panied yesterday
at the distressing accident that oc-
CURED to their respected fellow
townsman. George Packer.
Mr.. Packer, who used TO be con-
The Washington times., 1906-03-18

ONG before the springtide is
felt in the dull bosom of
the yokel does the city
man know that the grass
green goddess is upon her
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He had the misfortune to step
down upon a fat kitten on
the top step.
neeted with the dine museum Of
Messrs, Cepal & Bailey, Is very port
iy. weighing somewhat more than
four hundred pounds, and, as a nat
uraI consequences, is not very active
OF athletic.
Yesterday Just as he started 70
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-24
A JUNE LUNCHEON
BY c0RNELIA 0. BEDFORD.

With long days comes summer heat and in planning little meals for friends or our families we try to give them an impression of coolness and daintiness. The menu for today is light in charac- ter yet sufficient to satisfy the appe- tite.
 Potato Soup with Whipped Cream
 Bread Sticks
 Fish TirbaIes Tomato Sauce
 Crowned Farina Balls Lamb Chops Pean
 Shrimp Salad Cream Cheese
 Waters.
 Frozen Strawberries
 Angel Cake
 Coffee
 For a table spread for six take three potatoes, pare and boil them. In the meantime scald a pint and a half Of milk in a double boiler. Rub together one tablespoonful of butter and two of flour. Drop this pastry lump into the hot milk and stir gently until 1t melts and slightly thickens the liquid. Add a stalk of parsley and ten drops of onion juice, cover and let cook for ten minutes. Mash the potatoes, blend with them a part of the thickened milk. Press this through sieve, blend with the remainder which Is in the double boiler Season well with salt and pep per. cover and cook for i've minutes longer. Have ready two-thirds of a cupful of heavy sweet cream which has been whipped to a solid froth. Fill cups two thirds full of soup and on each drop q heaping tablespoonful or the cream :hen dust with the -nerest dash of raprika (this adds dash or color)
 Bread sticks can generally be pur- chased from the baker. When one prefers them home made take cup full of bread dough. work into It tns slightly beaten white of an egg, little more flour if needed and let rise agaln When very light roll out with ths hands in long sticks the size of a leac pencil Lay an inch apart on nal greased pans, brush with cold water When light again bake in very moa crate oven until pale brown ana WeI dried out These are used either cole or warm.
 A pound and a half of halibut, cod ol any solid white fish will be sunclen for the timbales. Cook gently in sat- | ed water (to which Is added a spris O | parsley, a tablespoonful of vinegar an a slice of onion) until the nesh sep | arates from the bones. Drain' coo and flake. Make a rather thick whit sauce with one cupful and half O milk. one heaping tablespoonful Of put ter. two tRblespoonfuls of -four a scan teaspoonful of salt. a half teaspoontu of white pepper. a tablespoonful O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-24
A Carelcsn Scientist.

Professor Lombroso. the Italian scien. tist, is now 70 years old but extreme Iy willful, and although he asks the advice of his family in everything al- ways acts contrary to it. When asked to put on evening clothes he often in- stead dons q lounge suit. IIis indif- ference to money Is proverbal Whel he goes out he puts bank notes in thu same pocket with his Handkerchief, st that when he draws ont the latter thu bank notes are lost. Now, however after frequently finding himself with ont money while travelling the professor ills all his pockets with bank notes thus hoping never to be entirely with out funds, even if the contents of on pocket should be lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-24

lemon Juice and tiny pinch of mace: keep covered until cool. Add the fish and the, weIl-beaten yolks of six eggs. Fill well buttered tlmbale molds, stand in a pan partly filled with hot water and cook in 6 moderate oven until firm in the centre. The sauce served with these requires a pint of cooked and strained tomato. two scant tablespoons fuls of butter. two tablasp0onfuls of flour and a high seasoning of salt, pep per and onion juice.
 As an accompaniment to the timbales cook a half cupful of farina in pint of milk for half an hour, adding as 1t begins to thicken ten drops of onion juice. a half teaspoonful of salt and q dash of cayenne. When done stir Tn the beaten yolk of an egg, cover and set aside until cold. Form in balls an inch in diameter, dip each in slightly beaten egg, roll in fine stale bread crumbs and just before the meal fry -four or i've st a time) in smoking hot deep fat until golden brown. Drain on soft paper before serving.
 While loin chops are preferred by many rib chops make the best appear and serve prettiIy garnished with pa-s- ley or watercress quart of shelled peas will be ample for six. In saucepan mott together two table spooffuls of butter. a scant teaspoon full of salt, half a teaspoonfuI of white peppOE and one scant teaspoonful or sugar. Turn the washed peas into this. cover and shake over the hottest part of the fro for five minutes; then add three ta5lespoonfuls oe boiling Wa ter, cover again and draw to one side. letting cook slowly until tender; If young from twenty five to thirty min utes will be ample. More water may be added from time to time to Keep them from burning put they should De almost dry when done.
 Canned shrimps may be used when the fresh ones cannot be obtained Open them several hours oeIore they