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Ruler In splendid Health.

Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria,
celebrated the eighty-seventh anni-
versary of his birth recently amid q
brilliant gathering of the Bavarian no
bility. The effects Of his many years
are almost unnoticeable. The veneer
able regent looks much younger than
he is. He is in splendid PHYSICAL con-
dition. His limbs have retained their
elasticity. his muscles are still hard.
and nearly every day he defies wind
and weather and undergoes the hard
ships of the chase, wearing always the
old-fashioned greenish-gray shooting
costume peculiar to Bavaria. The Ba-
varian people seem to have forgotten
King Otto, the mad ruler OF their
country, who has been interned In a
suburb of Munich since 1886. The
Bavarian parliament would have
made Luitpold king in succession to
Otto had he not refused to accept the
post
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W@nnG WVillinngly
TO Death with
Mann HE Lowed
Boy Gbeerfully Yields Life Ratb-
,er TbaD BE Separated from
GompaDioD to Wbom He
Was Attached

officers Of the post, and the man, who
was then unidentified, was double
strapped to his bed for fear he would
escape.
The story of the murder and at
tempted suicide in all its details was
told by Amann first to Lieut.. Frank
Griffis, hospital surgeon, and later to
the coroner's jury. He begged for a
knife that he might fulfill the suicide
compact.
II was up against 1t and sick and
discouraged and determined to end 1t
all. The boy would not leave me and
wanted to go with me. We wandered
two days in the woods and along the
beach and finally agreed to die to-
gether," he said.
I'VE wandered and talked about the
people we saw. Men and women
seemed happy and walked to and fro
and we watched them. I had talked
about leaving the world and told the
boy to go back TO town, where he
would find friends.
He said, 4 will go with you and
where you co. and tried to slip away
from him as he played in the sand. He
saw me and followed me.
I'VE watched the people going by In
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automobiles. We were hungry and
turned away from there to go into the
woods. l was tired of life and discour
aged and could have gone into one of
the lighthouses and killed myself.
Pluck Flowers In Woods.
I'm the woods and away from the
people we gathered flowers and l told
him the Latin names for the flowers.
Il found specimen Of Trillium
Grandiflorum. and explained how rare
It is, and compared it with the other
and more common trillium, which
grows in abundance.
I'VE had had nothing to eat since
Tuesday and pulled roots and shrubs
to stay our hunger. 1t came night and
we slept in the woods until it began
to rain. Then we went down to the
beach and curled up under wide
cornice of one of the houses.
I'VE lay on my coat for pillow, but
the boy woke up and was cold. We
walked until morning and went to
Lake Bluff, where we wrote and mailed
three letters telling our friends we
would end all.
Friday we walked to Lake Forest,
and then back to the beach by Fort
Sheridan. We saw people and they
were well dressed and happy. They
rode in automobiles. We were hungry
and went from the beach into the
woods again. Walter wanted to go
down to the lake and jump in. but the
water was too cold.
Talk Over Good Times.
I'VE talked 1t all over again and
talked about all the good times we had
had together in our travels. We talked
about Pennsylvania and Colorado, and
Salt Lake City and its big lake, and
California.
Then We went up to the rife range
where the soldiers we're practicing.
We hid in the bushes and talked about
dying. l told him If he would lead we
would run from the bushes out in
front of the targets when the soldiers
fired and die there, but he would not.
Il don't know just how long we
+, wandered after that, but it was night,
and we kept hid. It came daylight
again. and we heard voices of men and
women near us. and I thought they
were hunting us.
1T was warm and we were tired and
lay down to sleep. We talked it all
over again, and l urged him to leave
me and go to his friends. He threw
his arms around my neck and cried
and said he would never leave me.
sares Breast; Asks Death.
He said he would go to his grand
] pa and that I could 60 to my father in
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member. when speak of putting the
force and weight of the body" into
blow. 90 not mean that, in friendly
bout. you shall strike with all that
strength. But the power should be
there. used In moderation, and capable
of far greater use II necessary. In the
hook the body movement II given
more prominence than in the swing.
and In the Jolt" most of the force Of
the blow depends on the cooperation
Of the body.
This brings me to the ''jolt" itself.
A swing Is delivered with the arm
stretched almost to full extent: a hook
with the arm bent at an angle of
about 80 degrees. A Jolt IL delivered
with the arm doubled at an angle Of
almost $50 degrees, the elbow out from
the body. 1t is always close-quarter
blow.
Holding your right arm elbow down.
hand up. lead for your sparring part
ner's jaw. moving the hand less than
IL inches In delivering the blow. but
rising on the right toe and throwing
the right shoulder forward, to lend
additional reach and power to the lead.
In tolting with the left. rise on the
right toe again Creeping the left foot
fiat on the ground In both instances).
and bringing forward the left shdnlher
with the blow.
The shoulder and arm should not
move straight forward. but with .
slightly circular motion. This puts
more force into the jolt.
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j TOOK Ny KNIT IN
NY HAND

pauses because of emotion and partly
because of weakness.
He said he was born In Germany
and came to America 81 years ago.
He is 43 years old. He was tanner
by trade and later flute player, and
lived in st. Louis for eight years.
When his wife died he came to Chi
cago.
Plays Flute In Saloons.
He used to play In saloons and
about the streets to earn money. He
went to board at the house of Mrs.
Mary Knobel. 755 Racine avenue, IL
years ago. Mrs. Knobel had come
from the town of his birth, Kirchhofen.
in the province of Baden. The two
were friends from childhood. Mrs.
Knobel had three children-George,
who is now IL years old; Amanda, 16.
and Walter, who was nearing his
twelfth year.
After Mrs. Knobel's husband died
Amann continued to live at her home
and urged her to marry him. The chill
uTcu udu itdrueu W walt Ou ulIu anu
liked to be with him after he had
been stricken with paralysis.
As the two eldest grew they revert.
ed their affections to their mother, but
Walter chung to his Uncle Henry"
Two years ago Amann ran away with
the boy, taking him to San Francisco
From there he wrote he would return
If Mrs. Knobel would send him 5000.
Mother Refuses Her Hand.
Fearing she would never see the boy
again she sent the money, and Amann
returned and again asked her to marry
him. She refused, and he left her
homo and went to live In the base
ment of a house owned by Herman
Fielder, 1912 Otto street. The boy
went with him, and they kept bachelor
quarters in the one room.
Since they moved there in January
| the boy went to the Hawthorne school
and has not been seen by his mother
| in that time. His brother frequently
urged hum to come home. but ct suct
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WALTER KNO6LE

and stark, the little tense fingers still
ciutching at the shirt that he had
barred for the blow.
The boy was:
Knobel, Walter, IL years old, son
OF Mrs. Mary Knobel, 755 Racine ave.
niue.
The man:
Amann. Henry Rudolph, 43 years
old. 1912 Otto street.
Here are the letters that the man
and the boy wrote during the period
of 36 hours that they wandered to-
igether through the north woods, pluck
Ing flowers, eating roots and nuts, and
stalking of their resolve to quit the
world together:
From Walter Knobel to his mother
and to Edward Martin:
Chicago, May Is, '08.-Good-bye. Mr..
Martin. l want to be with my father.
Tell mother. Farewell. tNot signed.
but In boys handwriting.)
From Amann to Edward Martin:
Mr.. Fielder has no faith in me any
more. am going to end 1t all. My
brothers In Germany will pay all my
debts.
From Amann to Hermann Fielder:
My brothers in Germany will pay all
owe you. Goodbye. ! am going to
end all.-H. r. Amann.
In Amann's pocket, in two hand.
writings:
Please bury US In the same grave
Everything was against us. do not
want to live without my father. l &c
with my own free will. (Signed)
Walter.
On matchbox in woods:
1t is his mothers fault. She is q
calumniator.
In the morning about two O'CLOCK
Amann was found wandering as IL de
mented near the officers quarters Al
Fort Sheridan. He was challenged by
Private Sage of Company d, who was
on picket duty.
The guard advanced, to find blood
flowing from the mans breast. HI
hurried him into the hospital and
called for assistance. The man wa.
unable to speak because of weakness.
from loss Of blood. and motioned fol
paper. This is what he wrote:
Please get my boy 200 yards north
east of the post at Sheridan.
He whispered incoherently abou
killing the boy. but no one believe,
the story until morning. Private Sag
determined to investigate and went I,
the spot designated.
Here he found the body Of a 12-yeaI
"a boy under tree, lying In . pool o
Mod. He Immediately notified tn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-07-04
Must sacrIfIce Facial Hair.

Within the memory Of man all the
nuncios accredited to Catholic courts
have been obliged to sacrifice their
boards and mustaches. Those ac-
credited to infidel countries. on the
other hand. can allow their facial hair
to develop at leisure. This il why n.
Tucci. the new nuncio ct Brussels. whs
was magnificently bearded at Constan-
tinople. will be smooth faced at Drus
seIs.-L Independence Beige
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Given Double Meaning.

Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt
university, like others of similar Of
fee. is known to his students by the
briefer name of Chance"
Besides being the university's chief
executive, he is also its head profess
sor Of Latin, and-the boys say
prize long-talker at chapel exercises.
One day. after q protracted discourse.
while conducting class in Horace, he
called on certain student to read.
who did 80 In utter innocence and alb.
solute accuracy as follows: 1T ID
hard for NJ to endure the blows Of
chance
The class burst out in q roar Of
laughter, and as the Chance Joined
In, the .dumfounded student perceived
the modern signincancs Of ancient
words.
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HICAGO.-T his IL thu
strange story of the love
of a man and a boy.
The man was a musician
and hopeless invalid. The

boy was no kin. But the
Coy loved the man so that he forswore
mis- own mother to run away with him.
-And when the moment came that the
iunn could stand his pain no longer.
anime In the woods beside the lake the
thpy lay down, barred his breast to a
dagger, and waited with closed eyes
<xddf]e the man sought his heart
The boy died. With shaking hand
sGhe man plunged the knife into his
own breast, but his stroke failed to
kind vital spot.
Hours later soldiers at Fort Sheri-
dan found the man, wandering and
ss3bbering and clawing at his bloody
fhreast They took him to the hos
ypital at the fort and strapped him to a
cot. It was not until daylight came
that they paid much heed to his NUT
terings and the writing that he
.scrawled upon a slip Of paper.
Then, when they followed his vague
a&1Rections, they sought in the woods
md found the body Of the boy. cold
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low TO DELIVER "sWINc,"
"HOOk" AND "JoLT," As
TOLD BY TERHUNE.
WIDE SWEEP NEEDS CARE
eftack and Defense for Face and
Body Hlows-some Good Fighters
Never Use sIuggino Methods
Blows Must Have Weight.
BY ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE.

BY ALBERT PAYSON TERhUNE.
Athletic Expert Of New York Evening
World; author of Muscle
Building" etc.1
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Now let us try right swing. When
your opponent leads for your face
move your head to the left, and at the
same time swing the right arm, keep
Ing the palm turned out and the back
Of the hand toward your opponent.
The swing, carrying as it does, the
cumulative weight and force of arm
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usually guard swing that Is not too
swift or too heavy by the same means
with which you would guard straight
blow. Guard body swing by catching
It glancing on the forearm and throw
ing the blow forward, or by catching
It on the palm Of your glove and
knockina It outward. II possible.
when yoa sss . swing coming step
hack out Of reach and be ready to At
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merely a visitor at the inquest and
would take no action toward prosecu-
ton until the verdict Of the coroners
jury was given.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The last formal message that Presi-
was read before both branches of that
body yesterday, and covered A print
ed pages; the average reader, therefore.
will hardly peruse it throughout, con-
sequently the ARUGs publishes for our
readers condensed but salient syn
opsis of the voluminous document.
The message is vigorous, eompre-
hensive and positive, and will cause
the country at large, ,and the politicians
purely of both parties, who batten on
the party fealty of the people, to "sit uI
and take notice.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
FRED HOLT'S FUNERAL.
Touching Tribute of Large Brother.
hood and Citizens Attendance and
Many Beautiful Flowers this
Afternoon in This City.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The remains of the late lamented J.
A. Holt, the assassinated Southern en-
gineer, arrived in this city on the train
from the West this afternoon, the loco
motive of which was the one he was
driving when killed and was heavily
draped.
A large delegation of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, bear
ing most beautiful floral tributes, mem
bers of the dead engineers family, his
two fine brothers and their families all
bowed in grief and heart broken, many
friends from Spencer and along the
line Of the road, accompanied the re-
mains here, SO that with the attend
ance of friends here the First Baptist
church, where the funeral was held,
was crowded, and the solemn scene
was most pathetic.
The pastor of the Spencer Baptist
church, Rev. Mr.. Dunaway, conducted
the funeral, assisted in the service by
Rev. 6. T. Watkins of this church, and
there was not a dry eye in the vast
so beloved was the great
big, boy-hearted, brave, manly,
"Fred" Holt by all who knew him.
The tenderest sympathy of all our
people are with his SO sadly and sud
denly bereaved loved ones, for all
Goldsboro loved Erred" and he loved
and therefore it is that his
last resting place is to be in Beautiful
Willow Dale Cemetery, where his
grave will often be visited and the tri-
butte of tears and flowers bestowed
upon it.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
LAST ANNUAL MESSAGE.
President Roosevelt Sends Vigorous
Document to Congress.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 9.-In 9th
Houses of Congress yesterday interest
centered in the Presidents message.
Senator Aldrich and Representative
Payne, for the Senate and House com
mittees, appointed to notify the Presi-
dent that the two bodies were in ses-
sion, informed their respective Houses
that they had performed this duty.
Secretary Latta followed closely upon
their heels and the reading ofathe mes
sage began in the Senate at 1915 and
i n the House few min dtes after. The
galleries of both Houses were well fill
ed and almost all the seats Got Senate, s
and Representatives were occupied.
All of them were supplied with
printed copies of the message, which
proved to be a document of forty-four
printed pages with an elaborate appen-
dix, showing the workgo the forestry
bureau. Members Immediately busted
themselves with the printed copies be-
fore them.
In the course of his message, the
President makes clear the need for
some form of currency reform; de-
clares that the Federal government
alone can deal properly with corpora
tions and suggests that some agency of
| the National government be given
supervision and full control over them
| He also recommends that 1.-THE railways
| be removed entirely from the control
| OF the anti trust law and placed under
the interstate commerce commission.
He urges that swindling stock specu-
Iations be halted. Mr.. Roosevelt also
recommends that the telephone and
telegraph companies doing an inter-
state business be placed under the in
terstate commerce law. He reiterates
his recommendation for recompenss
for injury to employees Of the govern
ment; old age pensions and the enact
mont of a model labor law for the Dis
trict of Columbia. He favors and
again recommends a progressive in
heritancs tax; Industrial education,
eight-hour day for Federal employees.
He favors the middle ground in court
decisions in Industrial disputes, with
equitable decisions toward each party
to the controversy.
The power of injunction, declares
Mr.. Roosevelt, is a great equitable
remedy and on no account should it be
destroyed. But safeguards should be
enacted against its abuse.
Based upon the experience of China.
he makes a powerful plea for the pre-
servation of our forests. He urges the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico
to statehood-as two states, and favors
citizenship for the Porto Ricans.
Nj. Roosevelt stands by his guns IN
the matter of keeping a medical officer
in command of the hospital ships.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
CALL FOR CHRISTMAS
The Early Christmas Shopper Gets
the Best.

The first call for Christmas with good
advice to the shoppers, comes from the
Baltimore Sun, which thus sounds the
bugle:
ION the best of authority it can be
stated that Christmas will be held this
year on December 25. A good many
people imagine that it is coming some
time in the distant future (they can't
tell just when,) and that in some un-
known way they can somehow escape
giving up any money to buy presents.
"Now, you. may ~ well face tho
music. Christmas is coming q little
less than a month from now, and the
days will spin around before you know
it. You hnow you want to give them
all presents they will appreciate and
enjoy-the wife, the children, daughter
and son, father, mother-and your
sweetheart, if you are in the true lovers
class.
"Buy your presents now. You have
more time to make your selections.
you can shop with comfort; you get
first choice of the fine stocks OF Christ
mas goods; shey will not cost you a
cent more. By doing your shopping
early you give the storekesper and the
clerk chance; you distribute busi-
ness over longer period; you accom-
modate them and they accommodate
you. It is of mutual benefit to buyer
and seller.
''Just at this time early Christmas
buying would help to revive business
and should be substantial aid in the
restoration of prosperity.
"Join the prosperity prom moters-the
| wise men and the coDsiderate men
and buy your Christmas presents now
And you will rejoice and be exceeding
ly glad when yeu find you will moi
have to fight your way through thu
surging throngs that crowd the street
and stores just before the holidays
lighting for goods, and at last taking
not what pleases them, but what the.
can get.
'The early Christmas shopper get
the best..'
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
Mr.. DICKINSON
COUNTY ATTORNEY
County gttBting Awarded to Argus
Publishing Company. Adjourn
ed neetingin Monday De- !.
cemheF 2lSt-

The newly elected Board met in the
Office OF the Register Of Deeds, Monday
December 7tR, and having been quail
fed before Justice Of Peace W. n. Gel
lins, proceeded to the transaction Of
county business by electing w. r.
HollowelI chairman for the ensuing
year. The members of the new Board
are: w. r. Hollowell. B. h. Parks,
Alex Aycock. D. n. Overman and J.
r. Murrin, Accounts wereiaudited and
allowed to the amount of 81 ,54o.2s.
M. T. Dickinson was elected county
attorney to succeed Col. I. p. Dortch,
who declined to be a nominee.
The Board ordered that all accounts
for payment Of money should be sworn
to.
Application for new roads in Ma
hunta and in Grantham townships
were continued to next regular meet
ing.
Bonds for the Sheriff, Register OF
Deeds, Treasurer and Coroner were ap-
proved by each member of the Board.
after which the Board adjourned to
meet Monday, December 21st.
The county printing for the ensuing
year was awarded to the ARGUS Pub
fishing Co.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
Mrs. Thompson Entertains.

Mrs. Jno. w. w. Thompson gave a
very pretty card party Saturday after
noon at her home on Nash street in
honor of Mrs. Thomas, sister and
guest of Mrs. w. B. Young. The
guests Of the occasion were Misses Bes-
sic Rouse, Lola Wells, Francis. Wells,
Ida Virgins, Mrs. T. M. Washington.
Mrs. Alex Perrow, Mrs. Ernest
Deans, Mrs. T. J. Foote, Mrs. w. A.
Finch, Mrs. e. T. Barnes, Mrs. John
F. Bruton, Mrs. w. A. Finch, Mrs. Il.
r. Barnes, Mrs. j. T. Bruton, Mrs. w.
b. Kincaid, Mrs. J. R. Mclean, Mrs.
8. W. Smith, Mrs. w. B. Young, Mrs.
Kenneth Weaver and Mrs. Thomas
Elegant refreshments were served and
the occasion was a most delightful one
Wilson Times, Dec. z.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
A GOOD INVESTMENT.

EDITOR ARGUS:
Please discontinue my "For Rent
ad.," as the house is rented. It GER
tainly pays to advertise in the ARGUS,
as the renter obtained is good one.
You may also place my name on your
subsc ription list for the daily ARGUS.
IAN ADVERTISER
The above was received today and is
one of the many beneficial results OF
advertising in the ARGUS.