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The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
ENTOMBED ALIVE R
IN SIJNKEN SHIP.

A striking example of one among the
many strange accidents that befall
sailors was reported the other day from
Newcastle, New South Wales. says
Pearson's Weekly.
The barkentine Kate latham turned
turtle in a gale, and one of her crew
was shut up in her hold. The survi-
vors, who had climbed on her keel as
she heeled over. naturally took it for
granted that he was drowned. What
was their surprise, therefore, to pres
emily hear faint knockings from be-
meath their feet, evidently made by
their irNimprisoned comrade.
Help was at hand, and a hole was cut
through the ships bottom, when the
man was hauled out, little the worse for
his terrible experience. He had, it ap-
peared, been kept alive by the air.
which had been imprisoned in the hull
when the vessel capsized, and which,
becoming compressed, as the water rose,
had eventually stopped its further en-
croachment. He had used balk of
floating timber to support himself.
His Imprisonment lasted for two
hours, and In the cabled reports sent
to this country the incident is charac-
terlzed as unparalleled. This, however,
is by no means correct. There are sew
eral cases on record of men having
lived in similar circumstances in the
hulks of capsized ships. not hours only,
but days, the most remarkable authen-
ticated instance being that of Cap
tain Engallandt, of the Erndte, who
was rescued alive after an entombment
lasting altogether eleven days eighteen
hours.
During this period the derelict, drift
ing bottom uppermost. was sighted by
the masters of several vessels, all OF
whom, however, passed nonchalantly
by none imagining for moment that
the semi-submerged and capsized hulk
contained, shut up in it's vitals, living
man.
Eventually, the Erndte drifted ashore
near Dantzic. and Captain Engallandt
was taken out alive, although greatly
emaciated. -
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
A SKUNK AT CHURCH.

When Janitor Johnson got to the
Dutch Reformed Church at Jackson
vile, N. Y, says the Buffalo News, he
found sixteen dogs sitting calmly in a
circle on the low front porch of the
church.
In the centre of the circle was a very
small black and white animal with a
bushy tail It. too, seemed calm. On
the appearance of the janitor the dogs
rose to bark at the little animal, but
they went no closer to him. He rose
gracefully, swirling his bushy tail in
the air. Whereupon Janitor Johnson
went home to change his clothes.
There are fifty pupils in the Sunday
school, counting Miss Tompl1ins's Bible
class for young men. They were all
out in front of the church at O'clock.
But there was no way to get past the
small black and white animal. 1t was
proposed that he be shot, but there
was danger of killing some of the
guardian. dogs. Moreover, the pastor
Charles Hengst, would allow no fire.
arms to be used near the church on
Sunday
AS the morning wore on the older
folk came out to hear the first sermon
of the day. They added themselves tc
the observation party already in front
of the church Finally it was decided
to leave the animal in complete pos
session. Mr.. Hengst delivered his sermon
on "The Sins of the Father in a private
house. There wasn't any Sunday school
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
STORIES TOLD OF 'T''T
COUNT TOLSTOY.

Count Tolstoy was once recuperating
from sickness by resting in the
Crimea. A party of rich Americans ar.
rived in yacht and asked permission
to see the great Russian. Tolstoy sat
upon his balcony like Buddhist idol"
as he said, and the Americans filed
silently and slowly before him. They
had promised not to speak a word-a
glimpse was all they wanted One
woman. however, refused to be bound
by the contract. LEO Tolstoy," she eX-
claimed, "all your writings have had
profound influence on my life, but the
one which has taught me the most is
your" Here she awkwardly forgot
the name of the work. The sick author
leaned over the rail of the balcony and
whispered. with smile: "The Dead
Souls?" "Yes, yes" she replied. "That
book" said Tolstoy, was written by
Gogol, not by me-"
Tolstoys domestic life is singularly
happy, in spite of the fact that his wife
does not share his views concerning
religion and sociology. The countess is
sixteen years younger than her hus-
band, and. although the mother of thiry
teen children, is still beautiful and
charming. She is highly gifted, too
has herself written three novels. At
one time she had great difficulty in pre-.
venting the count from giving away all
his property. 'He wished to distribute
all his worldly goods to the poor" she
says. "It was I, 1 alone, who pre-
vented it. Heaveno, what a struggle I
had. But, God be praised, I triunphed.
From that day to this, L, and / alone,
manage the counts affairs; everything
is done by me-is in my own hands,"
Tolstoy is one of the most prolific
writer's Of any age. He has published
some 12O books, and innumerable pam
phlets, most of which have been trans
lated into every European language.
The extent of his output is the more
remarkable when his laborious methods
are considered. Some of his chapters
have been written a dozen times, and
the pages of his manuscript are dis
figured by numerous erasures and in
terpolations. One of his novels had to
be copied out seven times before a fair
! ly legible manuscript could be sent to
the printers.-Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
ANAESTHESIA BY USE
OF ELECTRIC POWER.

Anaesthesia by the use of electricity,
with no nausea, no sickness and no
evil. effect on the heart, just a sound
sleep in which no pain can be felt by
the patient, is the remarkable discov-
cry an Omaha physician, DR.. Frederick
Millener, has just made public. DIR.
Millener has experimental along the
lines of electrical anaesthesia for sew
eral years and has just announced be-
fore the Douglas County Medical So
ciety, of which he is a member, the
successful result of his research.
The process of producing anaesthesia
is simplicity itself. Briefly, the electric
current is sent through the human
brain. AS long as this current is pass
ing through the brain the nerves of
sensation are paralyzed and the patient
feels nothing, knows nothing. The mo-
ment the current ceases to pass
through the brain the patient RECEIVERS
consciousness. s.-Des Moines Register.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
MRS. GUINNESS'S LURE
LETTER INSISTED ON CASH.

WAUPACA, Wis, Thursday-The let
ter which Carl Peterson. of Waupaca,
received from Mrs, Belle Guinness, who
ran the La Porte murder farm. has been
translated from Norwegian into English
as follows:
Dear Sir--As some time ago re-
ceived from you a letter in answer to
my 'ad' in the Scandinavian. I will, with
pleasure. answer the same.
"The reason | waited for some time is
that there have been other answers to
the 'ad' AS many as fifty have been
received, and it has been impossible TO
answer all. have picked out the most
respectable and 1 have decided that
yours is such.
First, 1 win tell you that 1 am a
Norwegian, and have been in this coun-
try twenty years. l live in Indiana,
about fifty-ni1e miles from Chicago and
one mile north from Laporte. am the
sole owner of nice home, pretty loca-
tion.
There are seventy-five acres of land,
also all kinds Of crops, improved land,
apples, plums and currants. Am on
boulevard road and have a twelve-room
house, practically new, windmill and
all modern improvements, situated in
beautiful suburb of Chicago, worth
about $4,000
"All of this is pretty near paid for.
1t is in my own name 1 am alone with
three small children, from five to
eleven years old. The smallest is
little boy, the two largest are girls, all
frisky and well. l lost my husband
by accident five years ago and have
since tried to get along as we'll as
could with what help l could hire
am getting tired of this and 1 have
found that it is not we'll to trust others
with so much.
1T is too much for me to look after
things, and things are not as 1 want
them anyway. My idea of them is TO
take a partner whom 1 can trust every
thing, and as we have no acquaintances.
ourselves. have decided that every
applicant 1 have considered favorably
must make satisfactory deposit of
cash or security. I think that is the
best way for parties to keep away
grafters who are always looking for
such opportunities, as 1 have had, ex-
perience with them, as I can prove.
Now, if you think that you are able
in some way to put UP $1,000 cash we
can talk matters over personally. If
you cannot, is it worth while to con-
slider? I would not care for you as q
hired man, as l am tired of that and
need little rest in my home and near
my children. I will close Cor this time.
With friendly regards.
MRS. P. S. GUINNESS.
'Lapore. Ind
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
tonlny-rot.

but they are pretty sharp fellows"
was argued.
Eyes, you think so, but how long
would one of them last in my position?
When the months bills come in 1 take
my position at the desk
There is the family that has been
away for a month.
There is the man whose bill for the
month before was only half.
There is the family that bought six
lamps to make a saving of gas.
There is the man who bought gas
saving burners
There is the family that has only
run on burner in the hall.
There is the man who knows that
some other family must be using his
gas.
There is the widow who charges us
with highway robbery.
iThere is the choleric old chap who
declares he will fight us to Supreme
Court
There is the family that was in Flor
ida or Europe and told the hired girl to
use only candle.
There is the man who shut off his
meter tighter than drum and says we
can sue and be hanged.
All these and hundred more, and ]
must placate and send the full amount
Of their bills and send them away
smiling. Acumeni Eradication! Cute
Why, they are mossbacks. They are
lunkheads. They are not knee-higf
They should go chase themselves anc
learn what real smartness is. Um.
wonder how much column they pay
for it!'' JOE KERR.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
DESTROYING THE MICE.

Rats are being exterminated in San
Francisco. New York is preparing to
kill the flies. Mice were once the plague
of English agriculturists. In the forest
of Dean and the New forest they
swarmed in innumerable multitudes.
They destroyed young trees, so that
only four or FIVE to the acre were left
uninjured They ate through the roots
of young oaksyand chestnuts; they de-
voured the bark of the hollies and so
ravenous were they that they were
caught in large numbers in the upper
branches of the trees. There was no
thought then of procedure by aid of the
bacteriologist; more primitive methods
had to be employed. The best available
We're tested, but still the numbers did
not appreciably decrease.
At last the authorities took counsel
with an old mine sinker. He had no.
ticed in sinking wells and mines that
great numbers of mice fell down the
shafts and died there, unable, of course,
to get away. He was given free hand
in the forest. He dug pits about two
feet deep and two feet in diameter, but
wider at the bottom. These were ar
ranged at intervals of twenty feet all
along the tracts most affected by the
rodents Paid by results, the mine
sinker drew a royalty on over 100000
tails
That, however, by no means repre-
sented the catch. Mice in the holes
were driven to Scanabalism. Carnivor-
GUS animals and birds. were attracted tc
the scene; owls and kites preyed regu-
larly upon the pits. A small owl called
the strix passerina never before or since
seen in the forest, was among those
which visited the pits and helped in the
work of destruction. and polecats in.
Vulnerable feasted royalty upon the in
nocents.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
OLD BUILDING
WILL BECOME
THEATRE soon
Market Street to Have Vaude=
vile House Run by New
York Interests.

Hughes & Backoff. architects. at %
Clinton street, have been granted per-
mits by the Common Council committee
on construction and alteration of build
ings to remodel the buildings at 209-211-
213 Market street and convert them into
theatre and office building.
Former Building Inspector John Aus
tin objected to the building, represent
ing, he said, Theatrical interests in this
city that have spent thousands of dol
lars to make their places conform to
the ordinances"
The architects promised that they
would have from 200 to 800 men at work
within a few days. 1t is understood
that the theatre is to be part of the
Bijou vaudeville circuit of New York.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
MOST STUPID OF
BIRDS is THE SWAN.

To the mind of the average farmer
nothing which walks on two legs is
quite so stupid as hen. He Is mis-
taken, though. for there still remains
that beautiful, graceful nincompoop,
the common swan. The swan is so
stupid that 1t will stand in the shallow
part of a pond and allow the water to
freeze round it's legs till the ice is so
thick that it cannot lift it's feet and 1t
is stuck fast. Not infrequently owners
of these handsome but witless birds are
compelled to chop away sufficient ice to
make it possible for them to withdraw
their imprisoned feet.
The stupidity of the swan in this
respect is emphasized by the intelli-
gence exhibited by ornamental ducks
when the weather turns cold. AS night
comes on and the water begins TO
freeze the ducks begin swimming IN
wide well defined circle. Round and
round they go during the entire night,
keeping all the water within that circle
free from. ice, so that when the day
dawns they can float about and doze
in the sun. Ducks are always most
active during the night and choose the
day for sleeping.
But to return to the swan. If you
find one of these birds some distance
from the water and startle it, the swan
will rush a few feet toward the pond
and then drop down on the ground and
try to go through the motions of swim
ming, apparently unable in its fright
to realize that it has not yet reached
the water.
Neither is the common swan a good
| fighter. The black swan, although
one-half its size, is invariably the victor
in the combats which are sometimes
engaged in and generally kills its an
tagonist. The black swan usually pro-
vokes the fight, too, for it is rather a
quarrelsome Washington Star.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
POSSE SEARCHES
FOR TRAMP WHO
ATTACKS GIRL
Pretty Alma bennett Seized by
Wandering Ruffian as She
Leaves School.
Especial to the Evening star,

LONG BRANCH, May S.-Suffering 8.
from the shock of an attack made upon
her by an unidentified tramp at Ocean
port, pretty Alma bennett, of that
town, is today confined to her home
and requires constant medical attend
ance. Her assailant has not been ap-
pretended.
The girl left school early Wednesday,
and had hardly left the grounds when
she was seized by the tramp and told
that she would be choked If she
screamed. Alma became hysterical as
the ruffian attempted to drag her away
Her screams attracted Schoolmaster
Meyer, who dismissed the school and,
with several of the larger boys, gave
chase. The tramp escaped in the direc-
tion of the river. A. posse is searching
for him.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
HOW HE MADE coon.

"Do you remember Bluffwood, the
chap who boasted that it would not be
long before he would be scorching in
a big machine? Well he made good. :"
''Ah, indeed! Then I suppose he is
racing around the country in big
French carr"
mot quite, but he's scorching IN
big machine every day. Got a job
running patent ironer in a steam
laundry. Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08

develop is exciting interest. Deputy
Sheriff Roy Mari. who is aiding the
State attorney in this line of work.
claimed that he win today produceiwit-
nesses to strengthen the testimony Of
Louis Roule. Bessie Wallace and Nettie
Shoemaker, who yesterday told the au7
thorities that Lamphere had asserted
that he knew enough concerning Mrs
Guinness to convict her of serious
crimes. and had threatened to reveal
this evidence in revenge for her prose-
cutions of him. One of these new wit
nesses, it is said. too. part in the con-
versation between Roule and Lamp
here and, it is further reported, is of
unquestioned integrity and standing in
the community.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
UNFIT TESTIMONY.

In a Baltimore court one woman was
suing another for SANDER When the
plaintiff was put on the witness stand
her attorney said to her Nov, madam,
just tell the court what the defendant
said to you"
''Oh, 1 cannot" she hesitatingly re-
piled.
''But, madam, you must" the attorney
insisted. THE whole case hangs upon
your testimony"
''But it isn't fit for any decent person
to hear" replied the witness.
"Ah. in that case" answered the at
torney. just step up to the judge and
whisper it in his ear."--Judge.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
BOB'S
CAREER COMES TO
BRILLIANT END
Reviews Heaviest Naval Fight
ing Force Ever Assembled
Under Rear AdniraI's Flag.
SECRETARY OF NAVY
METCALF ABOARD GUNB0AT
Fleet Soon to Start on Long
Cruise on Return to Hamp-
ton Roads.

SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Rear-
Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander
in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, closed his
long sea career today when he went
aboard his flagship, the Connecticut, for
the last time to be present at the re-
view of the combined Atlantic and
Pacific fleets by Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf.
The review began at 10 o'clock this
morning, when the gunboat Yorktown,
with the Secretary of the Navy and a
party of guests on board, left the Oak
land shore to tour up and down the
four lines of battleships, cruisers and
torpedo boat destroyers. The fleets re-
viewed today constitute the heaviest
fighting force the navy hasf ever
such force in all the history of the
navies of the world was ever before as
sembled under a rear -admiraps flag.
The Pacific fleet is to be retained in
the harbor until May Is. so that until
that time Admiral Thomas will have
supreme command of the forty-four
ships that fill the Oakland fairway or
the harbor. On May Is Admiral Thomas
is to be relieved, at his own request, and
then Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry,
now commanding the fourth division Oh
the Atlantic fleet, will assume command
to take the eighteen world -glrdlng
battleships on the remainder of their
cruise. The tour of the fleet will end
at Hampton Roads on February 70
next, when President Roosevelt will re-
ceive the ships on the Mayfower, as
he sent them away the 18th of last
! December.
| Rear Admiral Evans was the hero
/ of yesterdays civic and military pa
rade, in which $4,000 marched. Thou
sands of bouquets We're hurled into his
carriage as he passed the half million
persons lined up on the route.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
CARELESS OF HER.

Miss Pepprey--She's got a King
Charles spaniel for a pet now and she's
very fond of it.
Cholly-Yaas; the othah evening when
was there she awslzed me if l didn't
want to kiss the little beast. Fawney!
Miss Pepprey-That's strange! But
perhaps she didn't know that you smoke
cigarettes Press,
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
FROM THE GAS MAN.

''It makes me tired to read of these
things" said the secretary of the gas
company as he turned away with a
weary look on his face. II refer to
what the papers say of the lawyers for
the prosecution and defense in mur-
der case. They are called cute. Their
erudiation is praised The acumen is
magnified. They are lifted out of com
parative obscurity to the top notch in
a week or so. It's tommy-rot-all
tonlnay-rot" 4"
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
HELP. HELP

Little Willie. of the Back Bay dis
trict, has stumped US. He writes in his
neat, round hand: "Will you have tho
goodness to inform me what becomes
of the money which non-smokers do not
spend upon tobacco. Boston Trans
cript.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-08
TWO KINDS OF THEM.

The end-seat hog refused to move.
He sat there like a log.
f'Why should 1 give it upR' he saids
ITO another end-seat hoe2"
Judge.
The Forrest City times., 1908-06-12
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The Forrest City times., 1908-06-12
T~- Men Injured in Wreck csnr-,
 Live.

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The Forrest City times., 1908-06-12
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The Forrest City times., 1908-06-12
ALERT SiGhEY JOHNSTON
THE SWORD OF ROBERT LEE

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 Beneath Virginia ssE And tzsse #Eo s4W II g,1U-E tEsre. And Knew Wa9 aa-= E. 'z.=.. ta zw=sr Ezat mere fhat sword led ,4sy so-.3
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 Tat sword -azat T.csar b@ Ind w-e- or -r-l- r1 was delayed And many L heart s--w sore afraid We s.il hoped on wA.le g,ezu=3 the c: noble Robert Lee. F'ert1 f-en irz seah5a-5 all ia vain.
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 Proudly and peacefully.