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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
s,nopsl. of Preceding Chapters.


Olive Parmenter. heiress TO Gregory
partnenter's millions. is engaged TO the
future Lord Boboroush. OF OStordshire.
Eng Her father, after receiving nys-
tcrious cablegram from America, lnsists
that the marriage be fastened. No ou-
lection is made. but Lady Beiborough
thkes occasion to insult the girl ana ~
rcbuked by her husband. Lord Belbor-
ough, The wedding is interrupted IRA
matcnlly by n strange woman IN black.
Nho cries: II forbid the banns!" Ola
Mr. parfnenter falls dead from the
shock. and 1t Is later discovered that nus
Will has been stolen. thus leaving oiise
penniless The woman In black sip-
stantiatcs her claim to be the WiuoW Oh
Gregory Parmenter. end with her son.
Gilbert Mefridew, takes possession OF
the Gregory estate Merridew calls on
MIR parmenter's old lawyer. Mr.. Cast
ment, who suspects Merridew of having
stolen the Will.
Olive writes to her lover saving that
they must not meat again; but he Sc
cures interview in Mr. easement
office, in which he vainly urges her TO
marry him in spite of all. Finally she
agrees to GENE to him when the mys-
terry Is cleared up. and starts on jour
ney of investigation. On the tram sue
IS attacked and robbed by man as
guised as a woman, and only by fuse
prevents him from throwing her out OF
their compartment. The police and
railroad officials discredit her story, and
when about to be taken to prison Mrs
Merridew interposes as friend OF hu-
mainly and takes her to her rooms.
Here Olive is kept prisoner, denied the
privilege of communicating with friends,
and finally sent to an asylum her
lover, Jack Belborough, arrives justin
time TO see her at the station and rescues"
her from the young physician who is
taking her to the asylum. She next goes
y aud . ara nv
10 know Selma Hammond. an intimate
acquaintance OF Gilbert Merridew, who
proves TO be n member of noted band
OF crooks olive lays plans TO get into
Tho secrets of the band, and has many
exciting experiences.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Rosens.ein brushed past them as they
stood in the hall and opened .ihe sec
ond door. 1t proved to be room be-
tween the front parlor and one be-
yond, with which 1t communicated by
q pair of large doors.
AS soon as they We're inside, he
closed the door and Olive observed
that the other man remained in the
hallway. He was dead set upon show
Ing her that she was a suspected per-
son, ct all eventsgin his eyes.
Olive had expected to come at once
face to face with AIerridew; but the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Karl was very angry with her and
would have caressed Olive. but she was
quick TO see her chance to evade this.
NO. Karl" she said, drawing back.
Anna has shown that She hates me
she has abused me for traitor and
has kept me as a prisoner. when j
could have gone out 10 help you. i
VIII not come between brother ana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

When she was thus quite close to
him. he stared hard at her face. and
gave a start. She saw his eyes glance
around >as If searching his memory
for some forgotten likeness, and then
he looked again at her Very piercing
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
GIRL SENT A SUBSTITUTE.
But North Woburn Man Refused 10
Marry Proxy Sweetheart.

Boston.-Henry Smith, living in
North Woburn, when he was In the
old country had sweetheart. He
came here, saved his money and sent
q ticket abroad to the girl of his heart,
Dorothy Margerre. Dorthothy re-
ceived the ticket, but In the meantime
she had been married, SO she gave the
ticket to Annie Jansen, another belle
OF Dorothys country, to come to
America and see Henry. Accordingly
Annie was forced to declare she was
Dorothy.
Smith came to meet her, all afire
with the anticipation Of once again
greeting the sweetheart of his youth.
He was rather indignant when he
found that he was meeting another,
and that the faithless Dorothy was al
ready wed. After mature deliberation
he began to feel that perhaps Annie
would do after all, but then she re.
fused him point blank
Smith went home and other North
Woburn people who knew Annie at
temped to get her out, but the immi
grafton commissioner refused to work
on the case. Meantime some South
Boston friends found husband for
her and got Smith to sign paper re-
signing his rights, but when Smith
woke up he procured an attorney
who broke up that game.
The final outcome was that Annie
was allowed to go to North Woburn
to live with her friends and to wed al
she likes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
CATCHES BEAR WITH LAsso.
California Man Chekes Big Cinnamon
to Death.

Stockton, Cal.-While looking after
his fathers stock near Bear mountain.
close to the snow line In Calaveras
county, Edwin Steel came upon large
cinnamon bear. Having killed several
before, he rode up toward the animal
and fired two shots, which severely
wounded 1t, but did not stop it from
making an effort to get away. Afraid
he would lose his game, Steel dashed
up near the wounded bear, and,
throwing lariat over its head, des-
perate battle ensued. Il required some
clever work to keep she animal. which
by this time was in rage. from kill
ing the hunter. After hard tussle he
managed to wear 1t down, and eventu.
ally ehol1ed 1t to death.
Steel had another experience with
a bear two years ago on the range.
A companion had shot big bear, and
1t turned on the hunter. Steel rushed
to the assistance of his friend, and.
with only a large bowie knife, man.
aged to dispatch the animal. An artery
In his wrist was severed, and he came
near bleeding to death before medical
aid could be secured. He was also
badly scratched.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
Sold s1o Pieces for Quarters.

Philadelphia. Charles Hutchinson's
s-year-old son struck a great bargain
the other day He got three shining
rs cent pieces in exchange for $25 in
gold and bank notes.
Hutchinson is a farmer, near Wyn.
newood. and he had just received two
$40 gold pieces and three $5 bills
from James Meany, a milk dealer. He
laid the money on shelf, where Hut
Crimson, Jr. got hold of It, The boy
was playing with 1t on his way to
school, when stranger stopped him.
"Give you bright, new white piece
for that yellow one" he said, taking
out quarter and pointing to one Of
the $40 gold pieces.
The exchange was made. For
another quarter the stranger bought
the second gold piece, and third
quarter bought in the three S. bills.
The boy went on his way to school
well pleased. His father wasn't quite
so pleased when he heard about it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17

chicago.--Haunted by the grewsome
memories of wife murder, the home
of Adolph Luetgert, scene of one of
the greatest murder mysteries Of Chi
cago, has been sold.
The building, which formerly stood
at 207 Hermitage avenue, in rear of
the factory where Luetgert is said to
have disposed of the remains of his
wife In the sausage making vats
has been moved to Diversey Boule-
ward, near Paulina street, by August
Blain, its purchaser. A new coat of
paint and thorough renovation is
believed to have so changed it that
not even the ghost of Mrs. Luetgert,
which once was said to haunt 1t, will
know 1t again.
For years after the murder the
house was vacant, and when tenants
appeared they remained only q short
time. Even after Luetgert died at
Joliet penitentiary no one could be
found who wanted to live in the
house. The factory itself was partly
destroyed by fire. 1t is now used as
woodworking plant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
Bio Bears Halt Trains.

Allentown, Pa.-Many bears have
been seen in the North Mountain re-
gion during the last month and pas.
sengers on the Lehigh Valleys Bow.
mans Greek branch trains have had
the pleasure Of gazing at several OF
the animals. In each instance only
the excessive footing of the engine
whistle frightened them of the rail-
road tracks.
The other afternoon, while a pas.
senger train was bound for Wilkes.
barre, Engineer Miller noticed a mon
ster black bear on the track ahead
Of the engine. He blew the whistle
and rang the bell, until finally the
monster Bruin ambled slowly from
the track, clambered up the steep
bank and made his way into a near
by apple orchard. Engineer Miller
claims that the bear was the largest
he ever saw, and must have weighed
about 500 pounds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
MEN IN BEAUTY SHOW.
Japanese and jamaica Negro
Among the Competitors.

London, Eng.-FollOstone has Just
done something original in the line of
beauty shows. Under the auspices of
the town council 1900 spectators gath.
cred at the Victoria Pier pavilion to
vote on the handsomest man among
the so competitors exhibited on the
stage, Among the 60 were a Japanese,
a Hussar and two big men of the Fiji
ty-fourth battery, R. H. A., two stal.
wart visitors from Cornwall, Isle of
Man. and Norwich, and a jamaica
negro.
The competitors regarded the situa-
tion very seriously and without co.
quetry. When the curtain went up
the audience beheld a pale young man
standing in velvet frame. He was
very serions-indeed, the more serl
GUS a competitor appeared the mer,
rier grew the audience. Occasionally
the gallery became personal and called
attention to what it considered phys
lical shortcomings of the competitors
When all was over the prizes were
awarded with much hilarity, five
young women having in the mean
time kept account of the votes. The
first prize winner was Sergt. w. T
Hodgetts, Seventh Hussars, School Of
Musketry, Hythe. The second prize
went to Bernard Fudge of Elm ter
race, Constantine road, Hampstead
and the third prize was won by Her
bert Fudell Of rs Lupus street, PIN
leo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
TELLS HOW TO MIX RECIPE.
Directions To Prepare Simple, Yet Re-
markable Home Mixture.

A well-known authority on Rheuma-
tism gives the readers Of large New
York daily paper the following valua-
BILE, yet simple and harmless prescrip-
tion, which any one can easily prepare
at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, once onuce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in a bottle, and
take teaspoonful after each meal and
at bedtime.
He statest6at The ingredients can be
obtained from any good prescription
pharmacy at small cost, and, being Of
vegetable extraction, are harmless to
take. -
This pleasant mixtare, if taken reg
ulHrly for few days, is said to over
come almost any case of Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if any, dimin7
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, ETC., some of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores OF this
neighborhood elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
here will mix the prescription for our
readers If asked to.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
HOLDS GOVERNMENT LlARLM.
Lawyer Pressing Claim for Damages
Of Man Who Lost Hand In Prison.

New York.-Robbed by death OF one
client with a claim for damages
against the state as the result of Ia.
juries received while prisoner, Law.
yer Joseph A. Shay is determined to
press the case Of another, James Man.
ming, to settle the question as to
whether or not the state is respons-
ible, as is an employer, under similar
circumstances.
Manning was sent to the Elmira
reformatory when 10 years old. He
was taken into the shops at once and
put to work on steam circular saw.
He demurred, saying he had never
worked on such piece of machinery.
but was told to go ahead or he would
90 to the dungeon. He started the
saw and five minutes later his right
hand was cut off at the wrist. Man.
ming in letter to Mr.. Shay, says;
The single act of indiscretion
which had committed has ruined my
whole life. had always borne a good
reputation previous to that time. In
reforming me the state deformed me
also and l came out of the institution
helpless cripple, dependent upon the
charity Of my friends for my liveli.
hood"
Mr., Shay will take this case before
the court of claims and ask $4,000
damages for his client. The case
which the lawyer was preparing for
the court of claims when his client
died was that of John v. Joyce. Joyce
was sentenced to Sing Sing IA years
ago and lost hand under almost pre-.
cisely the same circumstances as did
Manning. He was recently released
from prison and began proceedings to
recover damages. Mrs. Ballington
Booth, Of the Volunteers of America
became interested In him and got him
Job driving a team at Sparkhill-on
the-Hudson. He fell from his wagon
while driving down hill was crushed
and died at st. Gregory hospital. -
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WOULDST LIVE LONG2
FOLLOW ADVICE OF eRANDMoTH.
Err sHIREY.
"Dont Worry, Never Treasure Up
Trouble, and Live Out Of Doors"
Says Woman Approaching Her
Century Mark.

Birdsboro, Pa.--Last Sunday was
Grandmother Sallie Shireys 9Sth
birthday, and the people from this
district gathered by the hundreds at
the Shirey home in honor of the event.
The house in which Grandmother Shir-
ey has lived for many years is located
half way up Monocacy Hill, and COM
mands view up and down the valley
for twenty miles. Mrs. Shirley received
her many guests with all the ease and
grace of woman of so, Her hearing
and eyesight are excellent, and her
memory is unimpaired by age.
Don't worry, never treasure up
troubles and live out Of doors" is the
way she explains the secret OF long
life. Worry is death" she said,
Work is life," she continued as she
contentedly smoked her pipe. I've
used tobacco for 70 years. 1t has
never hurt me, but, on the contrary,
1 have positively enjoyed it. 1t is such
comfort"
Many of the visitors brought gifts
with them, and Mrs. Shirey was high
ly pleased She sang some OF the
songs of her girlhood days, danced a
hornpipe and entertained all with
"reminiscences of her youth.
She recalls we'll when her grand
fathers and her father told her OF
their personal experiences in the War
of the Revolution, and there is hardly
historical incident Of 80 years ago
of which she cannot speak intelligent
ly.
The grounds surrounding the old
home were filed with teams all day,
and the many visitors passed through
the house In steady stream. The
entire neighborhood took holiday.
Mrs. Shirey was born farmers
daughter and became farmers wife.
In her time she did everything on the
farm that men performed, and a store
keeper In a nearby village says that no
one brings to his store better butter
than that made by Mrs. Sh1rey. TWO OF
her sons, Nathaniel and Emanuel. live
with her. She does all the household
work and assists in much OF the out
door labor on the place. She walks
four to six miles without fatigue, and
Is a great advocate of outdoor exercise
in all forms. Were q man Of twenty
today" she said, I'D play baseball
think It is q very healthy game"
Mrs. shirey has been widow u
years. Five generations Of her family
were present at her birthday party
The venerable woman talked OF
present and past events. The old
time days when the battalion drilled
constitute one Of the bright pages In
her memory. my! How we did
dance!" she remarked.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
Eox Fond of strawberries.

Harry Hobbs, fruit grower of Jack
SON township Pa, had most novel
experience when he caught a thief at
work in his strawberry patch. He had
engaged the services of a boy who
was to come that morning to pick ber-
ries, and later In the day, when he
went to see how the boy was getting
along, he noticed something crouching
between the rows, which act seemed
quite unlike that Of boy picking
strawberries. AS he approached near
er he noticed that 1t was a red fox
and that he was very busy. He yelled
at him, but the animal paid no heed.
The fox would creep along between
the rows and seeing luscious berry,
would nip It on daIntily. The fox was
SO intent upon the feast of straw
berries that he only lslsurely took to
his heels when the farmer was . few
feet away.-Philadelphis RsesgA
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
HAS A MECHANICAL FACE.
French Surgeon Exhibits Subject Of
Remarkable Operation.

Paris, France.-In consequence OF
the bursting Of gun while out shoot
ing, man had his chin, the lower
part of his jaw, a portion Of his
tongue and the whole of his upper
jaw and nose blown away. DR.. Delaire
of the French Academy of Medicine,
has replaced the missing organs by
artificial parts, and his work, which
Is considered marvel of mechanical
ingenuity, has been exhibited before
the academy.
From 10 to 15 feet distance, even
in well-lighted room, the mechan-
zeal face appears quite natural, and
the man is able to masticate his food
and speak with comparative ease.
Every day he takes off his artificial
face and washes it with soap and wa
ter. This face consists Of four parts.
The first is silver groove, into which
some of the lower teeth are fixed.
This is attached to dental apparatus
OF tin, into which are fixed the remain
ing teeth. The second piece consists
dental apparatus in vulcanite and
gold for the upper nine teeth. This
is fitted in two small protuberances.
which fit into the nasal cavities. This
also fills up the right sinus, which
was smashed in. At the back Is a
piece of gold mechanism with hooks,
used to fasten on the face pieces.
The third piece of the mechanical face
consists of the chin and lower lip.
This is of india rubber, painted! to re-
semble nature.
Over the chin a false beardis fxed
At the back are a couple gof small
bolts, which pass through. holes OF
of the teeth and fix the lip to the ar,
tifcial lower jaw. The fourth and
last piece of the apparatus consists
of the upper lip and goose, also in
india rubber, and painted, to which
is attached false Hfustache. AT the
back are two small clasps, to which
the upper piece and jaw are fixed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
Elah. suffer for Boys Fault.

Norfolk, va.-Blazing away with a
shotgun at boy who was robbing his
melon patch, r. T. Powell, q farmer
near here. injured eight employees of
the jamestown exposition, who were
en- route for the fair grounds on a
trolley car.
The boy jumped from the car when
1t halted on a switch to wait for sig
nails. In the fusilade which followed
his raid on the melon patch he es-
capped uninjured.
The victims were shot about the
face, one of them, young woman, is
in a serious condition. The farmer
will be arrested.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
NO CRIME TO BET GLOVES.
Nothing in Penal Code to Show Wager
Is Unlawful, Says Judge.

New Millions of persons"
said Justice Gaynor, think that to
make bet is unlawful; that II two Ia
dies bet pair of gloves 1t is against
the law.
There Is nothing in the penal code
from beginning to end to show that
II you and make bet 1t is a crime"
This obiter dictum was delivered in
the appellate division when the fam.
GUS injunction controversy between
Justice Gaynor and Justice Dickey
came to be argued. The history Of the
case Is this:
One Langfelt, at Coney island, ask
Cd Police Captain Langan there II
he could run plate game"
rs 1t gambling?' asked Langan.
"No," said Langfelt.
Then go ahead" was the ruling.
The police, nevertheless, raided the
place and called the plate game"
gambling. Langfelt was discharged.
He then obtained from Justice Scud-
Ger Of the supreme court temporary
order enjoining the police from inter-
fering with him. Before Justice Dick.
ey the case came for argument. and
Justice Dickey refused to continue the
Injunction. He said that the game
was gambling.
An appeal was taken to Justice Gay
ner, of the next higher court.
After hearing the manner in which
the plate game" was played Justice
Gaynor remarked that 1t was similar
to quoits or ring-toss aboard ship. or
Switchboard.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
IN PRAISE OF BASEBALL.
Pennsylvania Minister Compares Il
With Christian Life.

PittSburg. Pa.-The Rev. DR.. s. Ed
ward Young, pastor Of the Second
Presbyterian church, preached a base
ball sermon to big congregation one
Sunday evening recently. For several
days the sermon had been advertised
extensively by illustrations Of pitch
or clutching ball ready to curve 1t.
"St. Paul." he said, watched the
great Olympian games and wrote Of
them. He was enthused with the
games and were he alive would not
only be a true rooter but he could
give points to the editors of the sport
ing pages OF the papers today.
Our nearest approach to the old
Olympian games is baseball. Base
ball is the pastime of $4,000, 900 Amer
leans, 1t was played by the federal
and confederate soldiers during the
civil war and carried by them to every
hamlet of the United States. 1t is
played on a thousand fields, and the
game is admired by thousands of peo,
pie.
"Of all the sports baseball Is freeset
from crookedness and gambling, from
rowdyism and drunkenness. Baseball
gives you the true idea of life. Chris
tian life is contest. Opposition, gen
eralship, dash and victory thrill
through it. Some are disabled. soms
lose heart and head, many break ths
rules and are put off the field Chris
tian living Is good team work. A base
ball nine wins out not by the spectac
ular performance Of one brilliant play
er so much as by the combined undeE
standing and the sacrificing OF one
player to another"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
Eaul. starts Field Fire.

Los Angeles, Gala destructive
field fire, which occurred on the TETON
ranch, near Rose station. Kern county,
was started by a great American
eagle. That is the report that comes
from Bakersfield, and is verified by
one Of the ranch hands.
The eagle alighted on an uncovered
power wire of the Edison company,
and somehow caused short circuit.
Instantly the feathered biped was a
mass Of flames. 1t dropped into some
stubble, and the fire spread with rapid
ity. All hands were summoned, and
after working all night the flames
were extinguished.
Six hundred acres of pasture lard
were swept clean. The body of the
great bird of prey, burned to crisp,
is on exhibition at the TETON ranch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-10-17
CARRY THEIR CALL BOXES.
Policemen of Ludlow, Mass, Have
Small Chance to Loaf.

Ludlow, Mass.-The Ludlow town
fathers have established a remarkable
system of police call boxes, reversing
the custom prevailing In large cities.
Instead of going to box and opening
1t with a key-the ordinary procedure
the patrolmen carry the boxes under
their arms and visit a series of sta
tions which consist of an iron pole to
which a key is attached by a chain.
The boxes are opened with the key
which registers on a small time clock
within the box the hour at which the
key was used. The boxes or time
clocks are cumbersome, but the police
men find the ridicule to which they
are subjected more CALLING than the
personal discomfort involved.
Each station or pole must be visited
once in two hours and the stations are
SO situated that the patrolmen find 1t
occupies their entire time to make the
connections with the keys which are
necessary for the time clock impress
sions
The remarkable device, which was
sanctioned at a recent town meeting,
is said to have been designed by willy
individuals solely to fit the case OF
Patrolman Hall E. Storer, who, be.
sides drawing policeman's full sal
airy, is tax collector, justice of the
peace, sealer of weights and measures
deputy sheriff, surveyor of lumber
pound keeper, fsh warden and fence
viewer, and in addition modestly &C
knowledges holding a few other town
offices Of lesser importance.
Jealous critics of Mr.. Storer have
been unable to comprehend how he
could earn so many salaries In a "a
hour day, and In the interest OF sci
ence, asked the town to make an ap
preparation for purchasing the neces
sary equipment.
Storer Is game, and instead OF re
signing has bought himself an electric
searchlight to assist in finding the key
stations on dark nights.