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of any change of residence.
Father Fitzgerald became pastor of
st. Stephens four years ago. Before
that he was curate of the parish.
Seven years ago the first attempt was
made to find the four policy holders. It
was not, however, until 1904, when
Father Fitzgerald became the head of
the parish, that the search became
systematic. Not knowing whether the
four were living or dead the church
continued to pay the premiums on the
policies.
The amount needed to meet pay.
ment on the life insurance of the miss
ing men is about $4,000 a year, which
makes a total of $34 900 that has been
paid on them since they were taken
out II years ago. When Messrs. Troy,
White, Gibbons and Brown first moved
out of the parish they gave to Father
Kilahy, who was pastor of St.
Stephens at the time the policies
were issued, their new addresses. For
time the records of the church
showed where they could be found,
but for the last seven years all trace
Of them has been lost.
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past st-terraces to what might be taken
for the main entrance Instead they
lead to blind walls.
No steps are discernible whatsoever.
The visitor suddenly finds himself
standing on terrace looking up one
and half stories over a series of
stone walls to what appears to be the
living part of the house.
The side approaches to the broad
piazzas which half encircle the house
are concealed, and only one familiar
with the secret of the labyrinth could
gain access to any part of the building
unless entrance was made through the
gateway.
This astonishing inaccessibility Of
the house Is common to all sides save
the front. which faces commodious
red brick stable. To add to the maze
or labyrinth of walls and concealed
steps, hundreds of shrubs have been
planted on the terraces and one wide
graveled walk, lined with small pop
lar trees, encircles the house. 1t leads
to no place in particular and it adds
greatly to the general effect Of we'll
planned ornamentation.
The bloodhound on guard is said to
be Of keen scent. AS one of the is
watchmen scattered about the estate
said: He can sniff stranger half a
mile aWay."
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dali of Boston, Mrs E. L. Pulaifer Of
New Rochelle and Mrs. Howard Sell
ers of Philadelphia.
The exhibition will Se followed by
other shows, which will be held on the
roof of the Waldorf-AStoria. The Toy
Spaniel Club of America, of which
Mr.. Thomas w. Lawson is honorary
president and of which Miss Irwin
Martin is president, has begun nego-
tiations for the use of the roof of the
hotel.
member of the Toy Spaniel Club
of America said that it was hoped by
members of that organization that it's
show and the show of the French
Bulldog Club ,of America may be COM
bined.
If this is done the accommodations
for dogs on the roof will be enlarged.
The show will be held under glass.
Walls and roof of glass will inclose
the kennels in which the dogs will be
shown, as well as the promenade,
which will be used by the members OF
the club and their friends. The entire
roof space will be turned over to the
club during the two days of the show,
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Strenuous Knocking.

1nterurban cars passing the state
house stopped on Capitol avenue. The
passengers were sweeping the state
house with their eyes. A woman.
leaning out Of window on the Sec
ond floor, was calling for assistance.
Capt. Seamans, policeman at the state
house, hailed by the interurban train
men on the state house steps and at
tracted by a woman's screams and
sounds as II some one were kicking
a door, followed in the direction of the
sound. He discovered that it came
from room SO, the second floor.
Unlocking the door, he started in
side. A woman stepped out.
Goodness, I'm glad you came,"
said Miss Emma Messing, stenog-
rapher, "some one locked me in here,
and have been trying to get out for
nearly an hour. could not make N.Y.
self heard until I finally attracted
those interurban trainmen."
AS she walked away Capt. Seamans
noticed that she walked in a peculiar
manner.
Yes" said Miss Messing, Il kicked
that door until Iskicked the heels a1
Of my shoes. ."-Indianspons Star.
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Plans for Early's future care and
treatment have been discussed by
Health Officer Woodward and DR.. Will
liam Fowler, chief of the contagious
disease service. 1t is settled between
them that the strict isolation of the af-
flicted man is to be broken.
1t is considered likely that some old
building belonging to the district will
be turned over to the leper and his
family for habitation and he will be in
structed to provide for himself and
keep his own quarantine.
In the event that this building cannot
be procured it may be that Early will
be permitted to live in the house near
the asylum grounds now occupied by
his wife and child. On the other
hand, it may be suggested to him
that he buy small place in the sub
urbs.
Physicians in charge of Early are
considering plan to inoculate him
with the leprosy bacilli, which consti-
tutes the recently discovered Nastin
cure of the malady. This method is
said to have cured the disease in sew
eral instances, when used while the
disease was in it's early stage, as in
the case of Early.
Early clings to the faint belief that
his disease is not leprosy, and that
the physicians have made a mistake
in diagnosing his case. He does not
favor this new treatment.
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How Blind Children Are Trained.

How Blind Children Are Trained.
In the New York state school for
the blind at Batavia, some Of the best
work for the blind is being accom-
plished. It is, in fact, becoming a
standard school, and is showing re-
markable results as to what can be
done in the way of bodily improve
ment from carefully studied physical
training, says the Craftsman. 1t is
making self-reliance a most valued
possession of children who would other
wise go through life trembling with
fear and with outstretched hands to
ward of peril. The physical culture
work at Batavia is divided into eight
classes: kindergarten, primary boys
and primary girls, intermediate boys
and intermediate girls, junior boys,
senior boys and senior girls. Children
In the kindergarten are trained by
marching and simple exercises with
musical dumbbells. They graduate to
rings and wand exercises in the pri.
mary classes and attain to barbells in
the junior year. In the senior classes
boys are exercised with dumbbells and
chest weights and by running and
military marches. The senior girls
use dumbbells, barbells and Indian
clubs. and are also trained in marches.
Work is given outside of the regular
hours to those whose interests or
needs are greater.
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Welsh Singers Refuse Presidents Wine

EETET thee behind me, Satan" is
VI what rs husky Welshmen
thought when offered some of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's sherry at the con-
clusion of a White House concert the
other evening. What each really said
was:
mo, thank you; none for me"
The Welshmen gave private con-
cert for the edification OF the White
House family. The event slid along
like hunk of tallow on hot stove
pipe The president nearly blistered
his hands applauding the Men Of Har-
lech." Mrs. Roosevelt's face was suf-
fused with pleasurable enjoyment at
the rendition Of "Old Black Joe."
The bad guess and it's consequences
came as the last words of the final
chorus drifted out of an open win
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association
comprehensive
Metz born of compelled
in
He in
eresed whether for the equipment the
schools the
politics. organizations
awaited with considerable interest throughout
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Civil War Veteran Returns Pension

V7ESPASIAN WARNER, commission
er of pensions, told President
Roosevelt the other day of remark
able case of stricken conscience. Some
time ago the commissioner received a
letter from pensioner of the civil
war surrendering his certificate and
enclosing two $500 coupon bonds of
the United States and draft for $172,
thereby making full restitution to the
government of all money he had re-
ceiyed on account of the certificate Of
pensions.
Commissioner Warner refused to
give the name Of the soldier and de-
clared he had not disclosed it to the
treasurer of the United States, to
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JUST A CHEAP ONE.
Campaign spelIbinder Could Have
Done Much Better for $25.

He had made fair speech in favor
of his political candidate for governor
and against the other, and when he
had finished friend stepped forward
and shook hands with him and said:
Il want to compliment you on your
effort. 1t was great"
Then you liked my remarks, eh?"
"They were bang-up. l didn't know
it was in you to crate the way you
did,
20, did fairly we'll, guess. But
you must remember at the same time
that this was only cheap speech.
The regular orator failed them, and
they rung me in for SIS. OF course, l
could not spread myself for that. Say,
wish I had been making regular
SIS speech. If I had been I should
have called the opposition candidate
q liar"
Il should have shown his utter un-
fitness for offise.
Il should have proved that his elec-
ton would ruin the country.
Il should have advanced statistics
to chill the blood.
Il should have appealed to my hear.
ers not to bring about a state of an
archy and bankruptcy.
Il should have summoned every
patriot in the audience to go to the
polls early and die for American lib
erty.
Il should have trotted out Bunker
Hill, the American eagle and the star
spapsled banner and waved them
around until men would have busted q
lung In cheering for them.
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Holland for some unaccOuntable rea.

Holland for some unaccOuntable rea-
son is putting off the spanking Of
Castro, although for some time past it
has had an official permit from the ma
tlons of the earth and several generous
offers to hold it's coat. Castro must
bear charmed life. For one who has
been threatened with terrible lickings
for so many years he certainly looks
healthy and robust and good for many
happy returns of the ultimatums
Many schemes are being put forward
for the securing of universal peace
but Castro has them all beaten. He
has tried his and it works. Just what
1t is no one seems to know, but GER
tainly it is fine medicine for the ward.
ing off of an impending war; Perhaps
he is guarding the secret jealously un-
til such time as he can bottle the dope
and put it on the markets of the
world.
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do with his success than the exclusive
ness of the patterns he shows It's a
dull day when there are not two or
three men vending puppies in Broad
street, and one of them has made it a
steady business for many years.
"Shoestring Billy" of New street, is
as inveterate trader as there is on
the floor and can run second hand
derby hat into a diamond ring as
nimbly as the most experienced
broker can detect shift in the mar
ket. There is popular notion that
Billy" has $4,000 to $4,000 planted
somewhere. A broker said the other
day that If he were to buy everything
offered to him each day by the pocket
merchants of the street it would bank
rupt him in year. Scenting good
graft" in the street, two fortune TEL
lers" have recently invaded it, adding
another trouble to those suffered by
the brokers at the hands of the bri
gade
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From Winnipeg comes news of the
death of Louis Riel, the only son Of
the leader of the Red river rebellion
in western Canada, which first
brought Lord Wolseley into promi-
nence, and made him Sir Garnet. On
the approach of Col. Wolseley, Riel
fled across the border into the United
States, where he remained for some
years. Returning to Canada he was
elected member of the house of COM
mons, but in 1885 he again headed an
armed insurrection, and this time he
was captured, tried for treason, con-
victed and hanged. His son Louis, who
has just passed away, was only &c. and
was employed as an engineer on the
Grand Trunk Pacific railway.
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dow. An attendant came into the
room niftily juggling an enormous
tray containing 25 glasses Of sherry.
He rendered a glass to the first man
at the end Of the line with black
clothes and a white choker. He de-
clined with thanks.
The next three men also refused
The other 21 had their mouths open
ready to make similar announcement.
The waiter likewise opened his
mouth. but in astonishment. He rea-
lized that an awful blunder had been
made somewhere. In a dazed manner
he waved the tray until it was again
waving around his head and hastily
plunged from the room. Every men,
ber Of the Mountain Ash choir is q
total abstainer
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Her Summer Studio in ENGLAND.

One of the American women who
have studio abroad besides one in
New York is Miss Alethea Hill Plat
1t is in Chagford, Devonshire, Eng
land that Miss Platt has the studio
during the season of the year when
artists like to work out of DOORS
Chagford is small village on the edge
of Dartmoor.
Miss Platt is interested in painting
the old thatched farmhouses with
roses over the doorways and Dart
moor in the distance This season, &C.
cording to word received here by
friends of Miss Platt, she also contem-
plated visit to Germany to paint
some interiors. For that purpose she
will visit Gutachbei-Hornberg in the
Black forest.
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1885, In 1901 he selected member Of
Fedeaon Proof
s member OF the National Geographical society the Public Opinion
league american Academy
native OF Scotland
since 1873
American
dtions and has vicepednt
been started by element of the organization which objects P
Gmpers action
public
vered candidate
Gompers will
vention in mont
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Truth al to leprosy.

The disease which mankind looks
upon with the greatest loathing, and
also with the greatest horror when he
happens to encounter it, is leprosy,
and leprosy has been thus viewed with
terror for years, because it is regarded
as contagious, or at least infectious.
Now comes Lieut.. Charles E. McDon-
aid of the United States army medical
corps with somewhat conclusive proof
that it is neither. Mcdonald has had
extensive experience among the lepers
of the Philippines, and his work
among them, together with observa-
tions and experiments. has led him to
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-10-30

A gas explosion in New York tore
men. The explosion was a tribute to
the desire to make fool of oneself
which springs eternal in the human
breast A man sought to locate the
leak with lighted match, and did so
with emphatic results.
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whom was turned over the conscience
money.
When the conscience contribution
first arrived the commissioner caused
an examination to be made of the rec
ords in the case On the showing the
veteran was entitled to his pension
beyond a question. A special exam
iner was sent out to make an investi-
cation on the theory that the soldier
might be mentally irresponsible.
The cOnscience.stricken man was
found to be in excellent health and
of sound mind. Thereupon the ac-
count with conscience was declared
closed and the bonds and money
were turned into the miscellaneous
receipts of the treasury department..
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An Oil-Makinu Nut,

A new oil-making nut has been dis.
covered in the Philippine islands,
which promises to have an important
effect upon the trade in linseed oil.
A sample of these nuts, called "lum-
bang in Manila and ''kimire'' in Java,
has been subjected to tests in Mar
seilles, where the nuts have been
found to produce an oil closely resem-
bling linseed oil.
1t appears to have . positive com.
mercial value.
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Modern brick buildings of ten and
twelve stories are being taken down
and replaced by steel frame structures
of greater height on Broadway, New
York While the foundations of the
original skyscrapers are strong enough
is enough saving of space in the new
plan of thinner walls to make the
change profitable.
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OFFICIAL WHO WILL BE PROBED

Herman A. Metz, city controller of Greater
New York, was one of the best known young
men in the financial world of Gotham even be-
fore he was elected to his present position, per-
haps the most important Office of it's sort known
in America. His administration of the Office
has been considered far above suspicion, and he
has gone to greater lengths than is usual in
elective position to save the metropolis from any
wrongful raids upon its treasury, even when
the suspicious demands were engineered and ap-
proved by his fellow officials.
1t is therefore matter of much surprise to
learn that Controller Metz himself is to be in
vestigated. The state civil service commission
has decided to take cognizance Of the charges
filed against the controllers denartment nv tho
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excellent diplomacy
facing
he
at
of
1898 Belgrade
% place 1903.
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The estimated cost of the Roosevelt
dam, which is part of the Salt river ir-
rigation scheme, has been cut down by
$1,000,000 by the establishment of q
government cement mill on the spot.
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The countess of Yarmouth, having
dropped her husband, is dispensing
with her title and becoming MRS.
Copley Thaw." Now if she could only
forget some of her relatives and live
in country where they were never
heard Of, she would have a fair
chance.
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believe that leprosy is only a rare
form Of tuberculosis, contracted by
eating diseased sea foods. There is at
least this fact apparent to all to sub
stantiate his assertion: Leprosy is
most common among the tropical is
lands, or along the shores Of the con
tinental tropics, where sea foods are
common, and most likely to be in fou
condition.
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There is talk of doubling the speed
be done they may yet give exhibitions
of ptgeon.catching in the air, or racing
with wild ducks.
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If this country had plenty of canals
1t would never be embarrassed by
shortage Of rolling stock when it
comes time to move the crops and
transport the winter supply of coal.
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''As l said, this was only a cheap
effort-a few remarks for SIS, but il
they have pleased you and strength.
ened your belief in our cause, why
why
And they drank together and fig
ured out that the country was saved
again.-Cincinnati Enquirer
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still a election.
pagn He given nimaton would
for
Stewart
s
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Production Of Petroleum Increased.
The United States, in 1907, pro
duced 166, ,095,335 barrels Of petroleum
an increase of 4o,oQo,ooo barrels oven
1906. ...4.
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IN THE LIMEL1GHT , /! {
PICKED TO SUCCEED G0MPERS

James Duncan, selected as the hope of those
members and officers of the e~AmertcansF Fedora
tion of Labor who hope to oust President Com
pers from his position at the head Of the organi
zation is already the first vice-president Of the
Federation. He is likewise national secretary
of the Granite Cutters union, and has been prac
tically the director Of the destines of that body
since 1895.
Duncan is one of the notable figures of the
organized labor movement and has taken a
prominent part in it's affairs. He led the great
educational campaign and ultimately the great
strike in the granite cutting industry to secure
the eight-hour working day in 1900, and repre-
sented the American labor movement in the
British trades congress at Bristol England in
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-10-30
HOLDS TICkLISH JOB

Sir William E. Goschen, British ambassador
to Austria, is at the present moment standing
upon particularly thin sheeting of diplomatic
ice. Upon his tact and diplomacy depend, in nc
small degree, the peace of Europe, and the sta
bility of the boundary lines of several nations
AS the official representative of the British
empire at Vienna, Sir William stands between
the war dogs that are snarlng at each other
across the map of Europe. Bulgaria, announcing
it's independence of Turkish rule, is presumed tc
have the backing of Austria, which has some
ulteror aims of its own. Germany France Rus.
sia and Italy are interested in the embroglio al
though their relations between themselves are
such as to make direct action impractical in the
nron,icos ho for -,,...
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NEW ASSISTANT POSTMASTER

Joseph Stewart newly appointed second
sistant postmaster general of the United States
owes his good luck at this particular time to the
rule which President Roosevelt has pronounced
to govern all the federal departments. The
executive declares that when man holding an
important position engages in outside politics
and becomes a candidate for elective Office
he must resign his place at once and separate
his from the Uncle Sam payroll. One
of the first men to feel the effect Of the new
rule was James T. McCleary, second assistant
postmaster general. He was formerly congress-
man from Minnesota and had become power in
the house when he was Unexpectedly defeated
two years ago by w. S. Hammond. McCleary
was promptly taken care of by the appointment
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Baxter q Draper will pay 30 cents
a pound for butter fat delivered at the
creamery In Lancaster during the
entire month October.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Wanted-Two young men to learn
the cheese and butter making trade.
Inquire at the Lancaster Pasteulizin
Plant.