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.EX|LES OWN CHILD
RICH WOMAN REFUSES TO LET
DAUGHTER ENTER HOME.
Girl Banished Ever Since Her Birth
No Explanation for Unnatural
Conduct Is Given--Driven
Away Three Times.

Babylon, L. las strange a story
as has ever been included in fact or
fiction has come to light here, with
the news that Mrs. Egbert v. Strong,
wealthy, beautiful and considered gen
erous to a marked degree, has
daughter 20 years old whom the moth
er has refused to care for since birth.
The most amazing and mysterious
fact in the case Is that nobody, not
even her husband, can conceive of any
reason for the strange adherence Of
her only child.
Mrs. Strong is rated the wealthiest
woman among the permanent resi-
dents of Babylon. Her home, in the
most aristocratic section, is a stately
white mansion, shaded by great trees
and surrounded by well-kept grounds
She is famed for her diamonds, her
gowns and her exclusiveness. Mr..
Strong, her husband, is democratic
and popular. His two steam yachts
are among the finest and fastest, on
Great South bay, and the big gray
automobile in which he rides daily
with his wife is a costly machine of
high power.
For nearly 90 years the Strongs
have lived alone in luxurious ease,
leaving their home only to pass the
winters in Florida, seemingly de-
voted couple without care. APP
parently their one shadow was the
lack of children. Through all the
years Mrs. Strong has posed as a
childiess wife, and her swealthy ac-
quaintances have given her unstinted
sympathy.
Three times during the 20 years the
father has brought mother and daugh-
ter together, hoping that natural af.
lection, so mysteriously suspended,
could be aroused. But each time Mrs,
Strong drove her child from the home,
Twice in recent years Mr.. Strong
has Joined his daughter, declaring that
he would never return to his wife's
/ home without the girl. But both times
the wife triumphed and he returned to
her alone.
The few who knew the facts speak
of Mr.. Strong as a kind man who loves
| his rich wife and is powerless to with
stand her influence and commands
Marion Goodale Strong, the daugh
ter, now 90 years old, lives in a family
devoted to her. She is now at the
Cornell hotel, In Johannesburg, on the
shores of Cayuga lake. There is moth
ing In the girls appearance or person
ality to account for the mothers
hatred. She is strikingly pretty, will
large brown eyes, delicately chiseles
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Find Rare Spanish Coins.

RoscOmmon. Ten silver Spanish
coins bearing dates In the sixteenth
century have been unearthed by tour
lists at ruined castle in County Ros-
common. "a popular tradition In the
locality is that the castle was a hiding
place for months OF many Spanish
fugitives after the destruction OF the
Armada
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DREAMS or $1,000
STRANGE VISION COMES TO MRS.
i RANcIPHER THREE TIMES.
Washington Woman Then consuIts
Lawyer and After TWO Years
Litigation Gets Mothers
Insurance Money.

/ Tacoma, Wash.-Dreams have been
worth $1,000 to Mrs. Clara Ranciphers
living at 445 st. Helene avenue, to
whom the supreme court at Olympia
awarded a judgment for that amount
on a-certificate Of Insurance issued
by the Women of Woodcraft. From a
psychological standpoint the case is
Que Of the most curious that has ever
come up in the county.
In January, 1904, Mrs. Minnie Sulli
van, of Seattle, the mother of Mrs.
Rancipher, died A short time before
her death she had increased her insur-
ance and changed beneficiaries, leaving
$1,000 to Mrs. Rancipher. After her
death Mrs. Rancipher, not knowing
she was q beneficiary, paid but little
attention to the insurance. But later.
being in Seattle and knowing that her
mother af1liated with the Woodcraft,
she visited the secretary and asked
If there was any insurance. She was
assured that there was none for her.
Two years passed and she had forgot
ten all about it. Then she dreamed
that her mother had left her ST. 600 in
surance in the Women of Woodcraft.
The dream was SO strongly impressed
on her mind that she made another
inquiry of the Woodcraft, only to be
told there was no insurance in her
name.
A short time later the same dream
came again. And a week after the
second dream she dreamed it a third
time. This decided her and she placed
the matter in the hands of an attorney
He heard her story with doubt, but be
gan an investigation and was sur
prised to find that she was the bene
ficiary to the amount she had dreamed
There were technicalities in the way
of the payment, the application for the
change of beneficiaries and the in
crease of the insurance having beer
made but ten days before the death ot
Mrs. Sullivan. However, the bylaws
of the Woodcraft hold that an appli
cation for a raise. of insurance was al
good as the delivered policy. Never
theless, the Woodcraft refused to pay
and q lawsuit lasting two years com
menced. Judgments were given in the
lower courts but were successfully Sc
aside until the supreme court put
quietus upon the litigation by its de
cision.
A peculiar feature of the litigation
was that in May, Of last year Mrs. Ran
cipher dreamed that the superior cour
here would give her a judgment fo
$1,000. The case was then In cour
with but little prospect Of settlement
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printer AchampD Potato Eater.

Waterbury. Conn. George Benja-
min, linotype operator, earned the
title OF champion potato eater OF the
Naugatuck valley when, in a contest
With Thomas Burke. a matchmaker,
ne devoured % large tubers to Burke's
Is.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-09-02

Schwenkville, Pa.H. r. Shelly was
doing under tree in his orchard at
Dillinger. when thump awakened
him and he saw a five-foot blacksnaka
lying beside him. The snake had ap-
parently fallen out of the tree. Both
we're badly scared and fed I'm opposite
directions.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01
KINGS AS SUPPLIANTS.

Here are the closing paragraphs OF
Sec. CalderwOod's eloquent address on
The Flag at the State Prohibition ban
quet. After describing the traitorous
notification of the peoples will in
Ohio, he said:
"Such damning history might be
multiplied, but here within our own
state we have been robbed of the
article of popular government LOT
which our hero fathers bravely died.
And we through whose flabby veins
courses the brave ancestral blood sit
idly by and blandly grin while we are
robbed of the kingship purchased at
cost so sacred and so great. For more
than twenty years the patient people
of this state, despairing OF ever achlev-
ing protection of their homes through
their representatives, have begged,
like timorous and skulking mendi-
cants, for the poor privilege of doing
for themselves that which is the first
duty of law makers-providing for
the protection of their homes, for the
life, liberty and happiness of the peo-
pie. 1t has been denied-haughtily,
discourteously, brutally denied! You,
fellow citizens, and your neighbors
nave again duu dSdlu elhu oSoAh PS'A
toned for at least some measure OF
redress; and as often have you and
your neighbors been denied the right
of self government. I do not, l will
not believe that the spirit of patriot
ism, the devotion to the pure and holy
principles of popular government are
dead, or dying. They have been dor
mant. But they are again awake. The
shadow and thin show Of popular
sovereignty may fool part of the peo-
pie all of the while, and all of the peo-
pie some of the while, but it cannot
fool all of the people all of the while. y
and we of the Prohibition party
(and it's numbers are increasing by
the tens of thousands, as shown by
the tally sheets) here highly resolve
that this nation, under God, shall have
new baptism of liberty and that gov
eminent of the people, for the people
and by the people shall not perish
from the EARTH"
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DR., SWALLOW BEATEN.

A school exhibition was on in Penn
sylvania lately, with debate for
leading feature. The subject was,
Resolved, That absolute Prohibition
would benefit our nation No one
was willing to champion the saloon
side until DR.. S. c. Swallow, late Pro-
hibition candidate for President, took
the platform. His argument" con-
densed, ran something like this, as
reported by The People:
IF Prohibition prevails, how are the
100000 liquor dealers and their en-
ployees to get living? Think, too,
of the 5000 judges and their salaries
amounting to $S,OO0,OOO, half of whose
time is now spent in trying cases grow
ing out of the liquor traffic? And will
you take away the jobs OF the army
of mayors, aldermen, policemen,
sheriffs, gravediggers and undertake
ers?
And what right has the govern
ment to interfere with mans person
al liberty? I see the railroads and
trolley lines are getting into this pro-
hibition business. They have signs,
big ones, printed in large letters and
stuck up in their cars, Splitting Pro-
hibited," as though a man has no
right to use his own mouth, no right
to spit when and where and what he
pleases. These meddlesome railroads
evidently have not heard that PRO
hibition don't prohibit" and that there
is lot more splitting done where it is
prohibited than where splitting is un-
restricted"
The Doctor lost the decision and
suavely remarked to the crowd: 1T
it had gone in my favor, 1 could not
have slept for week."
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IN A NUTSHELL.

u. S. Senator Dolliver OF Iowa at
the close of a recent address was
asked his views on the rumor that the
Prohibition party will put up no ma
tional ticket this year but throw its
influence to either of the old parties
which will put a Prohibition plank IN
its platform.
The Senator smiled. "The RepuD-
lican and Democratic parties" said he,
want all the votes they can get and
they have both heretofore made large
acessions by the use Of convenient
and empty phrases. If possible 10
get Prohibition vote, we might tack
on a clause saying that we are in
hearty sympathy with all movements
that tend to promote temperance and
sobriety among the people" And
here the Senator had to laugh heartily.
"Why doesn't one of the great
parties take up the Prohibition idea?'
he was asked.
because if it did the sporting ele-
ment would be arrayed elsewhere and
the party would get licked replied
Mr.. Dolliver laconically.
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MRS. NATION ADVISES THE
NM q

Garry Nation addresses her w. c..
r. U. sisters who contemplate coming
to Washington this winter through her
lively publication, The Hatchet. She
wants them to notice that many stores
are open on Sunday and investigate
the character of the cheap theaters
and moving-picture shows where
young boys are made familiar with
crime. Then, she says, ask the cause
of all this and learn that it is Theodore
Roosevelt's administration. She
might have increased her. list of the
denominations which exist in our ma
tional capital, some of them almost
under the shadow of the White House,
although the administration is directly
responsible for the conduct of public
affairs throughout the District.
Mrs. Nation doesn't hand all her
bouquets to saloonists or saloon-de'
Tending politicians. She thinks some
of the national officers of the w. c.
T. U. were too deliberately dressed at
the Nashville Convention.
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GHOST OF THE COCKTAIL.

When Vice President Fairbanks
comes before the Republican national
convention at Chicago this summer,
he will find his impudent defiance of
his church obligations, in the matter
of serving liquors at his table, there
ahead of him. lions Herald, Boston,
today declares that should he be nomi-
mated he could not expect the support
of his fellow MethOdists.
"Mr Fairbanks is charged with vtolat-
ing, at his own table, Prohibition princi-
pies and practices which the universal
conscience of our denomination holds
sacred and inviolable." says The Herald
1.-The Methodist church is 50 sensitive
in the matter of Prohibition that 1t does
not and will not condone the charge"
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THE PROHIBITION WAVE.

In an optimistic but truthful review
of the victories of 1907 National Chair
man Chas R. Jones says:
Zone year ago, on January LIST, 1907,
there were three Prohibition states,
Maine, North Dakota and Kansas,
with total population of approx
mately 100000.
To-day there are six prohibition
states, with total population more
than three times greater than the fig
ures of the first three alone. Those
prohibition states rank respectively
10th, 18th, 32nd, and 38th in popula-
ton.
But this progress toward state pro-
hibition is not more significant than
the rapidly growing list of cities
throughout the country which are now
under prohibition. Among them are
Birmingham, Ala, with population
of 100000; Worcester, Mass, 100000;
Knoxville, Tenn, 10000; Lynn, Mass,
$4,000 and Somerville, Mass, 100000"
-'In view of all this the party Prohi-
bitiOnists believe that majority OF
the voters of the United States are
already in favor of Prohibition and
need only organization and united &C
ton to drive the drink curse from all
America.
Congress may or may not pass the
long demanded interstate prohibition
protective measures now before it, the
result in either case will inevitably be
to greatly strengthen the question as
a national issue. If Congress fails
to pass the Littlefield bill and similar
legislation, it will enrage millions OF
now nominal Prohibitionists in every
section to the fighting point, and woe
to the parties that are responsible.
IF Congress does at length pass
these bills it will tremendously en-
courage the Prohibition forces and
force the issue straight into the Ma
tional arena.
In any event the Prohibition party,
now thoroughly and practically or
ganized in every important state in
the Union, has already inaugurated the
greatest campaign in it's history and
with this confident watchword of vic
tory, America for Prohibition, Pros
perity and Law Enforcement with a
party behind it,
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SHORTENED HIS SALOON.

1t looked for while as though Jonn
Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, for twenty years.
would be refused the renewal of his u
cense on account Of the law prohiblting
saloons within 400 feet Of a schooinousIeS
nut n himself within the requirements Of
the law by cutting six feet from the rear
Of his building; the end nearest the the Fee ne
nroposes to petition off the rear OF his
building, put in store front at that end
of it. facing on the side street, and rent
Iohn;s shrewd decision is in harmony
with the trend Of the thought OF To-Day.
Farewell saloon! Welcome grocery!
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01
THE CENTENNIAL CONGRESS.

The program Of the worlds Temper
ance Centennial Congress, which will be
held at Saratoga, N. Y, in commemora-
ance society by DR.. Billy J. Clark, pro-
vides for the beginning of the Congress
on Sunday. June IA, 1908 with sermons
in the leading churches Of the city by
Bishop Joseph Berry, DR.. Chas. H. Mead
and DR.. Geo. H. Vibbert and with a mass
meeting in Convention Hall on Sunday
afternoon at which DR.. Mead will preside
and Bishop Berry deliver the address
There will be three addresses daily to
and including June 23rd under the direc-
ton of the Good Templars, The Anti
hibition League, the International Sun
day School Association, the New York
State W. c. T. u, the National w. G.
T. u, and the Intercollegiate Prohibi-
ton Association. Among the speakers
are Edward Wavrinsky of Sweden, Dr..
Swallow, Joshua lowering and National
Chairman Jones.
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THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

During 1907 more than 5000 were con-
tributed by SOB persons to the work OF
the National Prohibition Committee. Ma
tional Chairman Chas. r. Jones was thus
enabled to send field workers into many
states where special needs or opportuni-
ties developed maintain headquarters
where an efficient office force handle the
nation wide correspondence of advice.
suggestion and encouragement which has
recently increased to record breaking
size and kept every important newspaper
and periodical in the land accurately in
formed as to the progress Of our cause
through the National Committees news
and literature bureau, The Associated
Prohibition Press.
Chairman Jones recognizes that We
have now reached the most golden hour
of opportunity in our party's career. He
appeals for pledges to the amount Of
$f0O, 900 for 1908 and should have them.
His address is The Temple, Chicago.
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CANTEEN GONE FOR GOOD.

In a recent address in Kansas q. S.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa said:
1--WE see sometimes statements from
army officers and even the wives of
army officers, that they regret the
abolition of the army canteen, but l
want to say to you in my opinion
never again will the day come when
we shall see the soldiers Of our uni
form assigned to the business of bar
keepers"
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Which do you prefer, saloon SO
bad that the brewers are ashamed OF
it. or a saloon so good that the church
people will stand it?.-State Chairman
Geo. w. Higgins at the state Prohibi-
ton banquet.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01
BATTLE OF THE BOTTLES.

| dreamed dream of miracles: / saw the
Russians free;
/ saw the bar-rOoms close their doors In
Memphis, Tennessee;
I saw the laden camel pass through the
needles eye;
I saw the trust that paid it's fine; l saw
Kentucky dry"
Harris Dickson in Saturday Evening
Post
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TELEGRAPH OPERATORS.

the new Federal law. Official Training
School for the big companies. Special
Rates. Write today.
WALLACE EXPERT RAILWAY SCHOOL
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THE NEW YEAR.

Let us then be up and doing
With Il heart for any fate,
Still achieving still pursuing,
Settle it" in 1908.
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bidding women to smoke in the cafes.
restaurants or other places Of public en-
tertainment was introduced at the first
meeting Of the new board OF aldermen
to-day.
And this in the year of our Lord,
one thousand nine hundred and eight!
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01
ADVICE TO GIRLS.

Study the creature masculine.
And let this be to you a sign:
If he drink whiskey, beer or wine,
Reject him as your valentine.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1908-01-01

The canteen is about as unlucky as
thirteen this year. Everybody SHES at
it.-Congressman J. Adam Bede.
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THE BREWERS REFORM.

When the devil was sick,
The devil monk would be.
When the devil was well,
The devil a monk was he.
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SIMPLICITY GIVES 1T CHARM.
Visiting Dress in Severe Style Is Much
Admired Costume.

This dress is an example Of the
smart yet simple styles that are in
favor. The charm of the dress lies in
Its excellent material and perfect cut,
rather than in elaborate trimming.
Dur model is in Saxe-blue chiffon
cloth; the right side of front of the
skirt wraps over in kind of tablier,
which is embroidered at the corner.
The kimono over-bodice is tucked
horizontally at intervals, the fronts
and large armholes being trimmed
with embroidered galloon. The blouse
worn beneath is of crepe-de-ch:ne of
the same color as the cloth. The
yoke is finely tucked, and the sleeves
are puckered the entire length. Grin
Dline hat. trimmed with ribbon and a
feather mount.
Materials required for the dress:
Seven yards 46 inches wide, four
yards trimming.
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either side underneath it. A glance
at the small sketch at the top left
hand corner will explain this. and "A
marks the two bars of wood support
ing the roof of the cupboard A few
inches under this are fixed two rows
of pegs; articles of this kind may be
bought for very little, readymade, or
the pegs and the boards can be
purchased separately and screwed to-
gether and then nailed up in their
places. When the woodwork has been
placed in position. g small founce. of
material to match the curtains, should
be fastened along the edge, with small
brass-headed nails and brass rod
arranged just inside on which the cur
tains may be hung. Only one curtain
is shown in the sketch, but either one
that will pull right across or two di-
vided in the center should be used. A
little three-cornered bamboo umbrella
stand, or one of the drain-pipe pat
tern, will fit comfortably in the cor
ner, and on the roof will be found
nice space for pot with fern or
other ornaments.
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Drawing String Out.

The drawing string is now obsorete,
as is the appendix or the ear-movins
muscles. Formerly the main reliance
of woman's undergarments,. 1T has
been relegated by the new sheathlike
skirts to position which is complete
ly ignored by the up-to-date dress
maker. For the up-to-date dress.
maker realizes the Importance of un.
derwear in perfect fitting gown, and
she insists that the lingeries be ad-
justed to the figure as carefully as the
dress itself.
Now, the drawing strings never
guaranteed anything save convenience
even in the days when skirts were
fiaring as a peony, and in these days
their use is sure to produce great
bungling wells under the skirt and
bodices. For this reason, no woman
who pretends to dress well now ac-
knowledges acquaintance with the
drawing string.
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larry of the legation at Berlin. He
served az secretary of the legation IN
London in 1891 and was sent on a
special mission to China and Japan In
1897 and 1898. He was minister to
Spain and Portugal in 1900 and In 1902
was made minister to Denmark. where
he served until the union between
Norway and Sweden was broken In
1905, when he entered the service of
ais own country. Norway.
Minister GUIDE was a widower when
he went to Copenhagen. There he met
and married the daughter of the fam
BUS Danish soldier, Gen. de Stern
holm, who was chief Of the Danish
general star in the war between Den
mark and Germany in 1864. Nine.
Guide, who Is much younger than her
husband, Is an accomplished violin
list. Minister GUIDE has two daughters.
16 and II years old. by his first mar
riage. and these will soon join him
In Washington.
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Laundry work at homo would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t is usually neces-
sary to use 30 much starch that the
beauty and flneness Of the fabric ID
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
Ing quality OF the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch. as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
Or strength than other makes.
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GoId-PIated Rosebuds.

new fad for a stickpin is a genu.
inc rosebud heavily gold-plated. The
idea does not sound particularly at.
tractive, but if mint leaves and violet
blossoms may be candied. there seems
no reason why unfortunate buds
should not be pretrified by the appli
cation of good quality of gold.
They are used not only as pins, but
also as watch fobs and pendants, and
small pearl attached here and there
successfully carries out the illusion Of
dewdrops.