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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-25

SCISSOR OF the wand holds Il over some
head and inquiries, THE wand rests
over whom?"
Then is the exile promptly to an
swer, over soand-so." naming the
right person. The trick is accom-
plished by having II arranged that the
confederate who remains In the room
shall hold the wand over the person
who spoke last before the announce
ment. THE wand passes" All the ex-
lie In the next room need be able to
do Is TO distinguish the voices of the
company.
Another mystifying game is called
Chinese writing" Take grandfather's
cane in your hand; request your con-
federate to step into the hall. All de
eide upon a rather short word. say,
meat" Both of you understand that
you will tap with your cane for the
vowels according TO their regular or
der; a. one tap; e, two taps; I, three
taps; o, four taps; u. FIVE taps. and
that the first letter of the first word
OF every remark that you make after
your confederate enters will be a con-
sonant Of the word she is to guess.
The taps Of the cane will be the vow.
els according to their order.
AS she enters you begin marking
on the floor with your cane marvel.
lous characters. which the whole COM
pany will watch eagerly. As you
write you say casually. Must I write
FAST" Here she gets the M" Then
you make two heavy taps as you
write. which. according To the code
means e" After a little more writ
ing make another single tap for the
"a" Then say naturally, TRY to fol
low me very closely" which gives her
the IT" to complete the word. Go on
writing mysteriously for a moment
or two and then ask her II she has
read the word all right She will
doubtless be able TO tell the company.
To their great establishment With a
little ingenuity you can make your re-
marks sound very natural and hence
make the trick seem very puzzling.
In another clairvoyant trick one
person goes out of the room while a
word. representing some object, is
chosen. When he returns, his con-
federate asks him, "ls It -" nam
ing some article the first letter of
which is the first letter of the word
he is TO guess. The guesser replies
in the negative. The questioner then
asks. "ls II -" naming some ar
ticle the initial letter of which is the
second letter of the word to be
guessed. and so on until the word is
complete.
Thus. suppose the word was cur
tain. The questions might be. as 1t
a candle?" "Is II an umbrella?" us
II rate" lis II a table?" lis II an
applet" 1T is ice?" rs II a needle?"
To all of these the person questioned
has answered. NO" but he has been
following the first letters of the
words. and when the next question
comes. els II a curtain?" he answers
Yes" II II Is preferred to make the
trick seem more magical. when he
has heard the word spelled out he
may suddenly interrupt his question
err and. rubbing his forehead, say.
wait, know what IL is. II is cur
tain" However. the company will be
more apt to guess the trick IL IL is
done in this way.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-25

|ThEf get on some awful stories ON
'ne odd sleuths." but this one ia
|Ino.s,D goods: II. F. lie Mat. a we'll.
n~ @u " ashlngton athlete. spent the
f, m near to natures heart up
s,., ue ~llds of Idaho. lie started
M '> ay'lred in Wild and woolly fash.
,o ~, q PAIR OF corduroy trousers. a big
Llole'o' and his face adorned with
fin aust soalee, all Of which may al
s- ~ De worn by confidence men hut
we're not in this case.
vs besides that he had along with him
' 'ueh be got on the pullman An chi.
|sS Sun suhhy' sack. which he hand.
|led Mr., g,''uliy Chicago sleuths spot.
Ur I ~ "a, AT once. Yes. indeey. They
:" mat 'gunny" sack the loot of
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-25
IIncle Sam Develops New Easter Lily

Ing lilies In this country directly from
seed"
One Of the most promising Of the
hybrids has resulted from crossing the
Philippine lily and the bermuda lily.
The Philippine lily takes two months
TO come into bloom from the period of
planting the bulb. while the bermuda
and Its various relatives require in
the neighborhod OF 1--WE months. II
was thought that there would be
great saving II the time taken toforce
good Easter lily could be reduced by a
month or two.
With view Of bringing this about
the hybridization Of the Philippine
and the bermuda lily has been effect.
ed. The result OF the cross Is a flow
er larger than the familiar Easter lily,
but not quite 10 broad as and a little
shorter than the Philippine lily.
Up 10 this time Americans have had
TO rely for a very sparse supply OF
Philippines lilies upon the Philippine
Islands. and they arrive early In the
spring. when they cannot be used for
forcing: but by growing them in
California they can be obtained in the
fall In good time for forcing into flow.
er during the winter. The plants so
far grown In California. says Mr..
Oliver. do not show signs OF the lily
disease.
A second line Of work in connection
with the production OF lilies has been
under way In the department for the
last four years.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-25

I'LL justice has been
done the Thanksgiving
dinner from soup TO
nuts and raisins. The
somnolent spirits have
taken their after-dinner
nap and the more siren
uous ones have come
back from a brisk after
dinner tramp. It's grow
ing colder outside. Twi-
light is approaching.
Within. around the
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-25

II you have In your company any
person good natured enough to ap.
preciate a joke on himself, the follow.
ing trick will furnish much fun: An
nounce that you will hypnotic any
friend who is willing TO follow your
directions. Retire from the room
and take two cups and saucers. Put
your own carefully aside. Then take
tine other saucer and hold ii over a
lamp or candle until the under part is
covered with SCOT. Put the cup back
in the saucer. Fill the cups with wa.
ter. Then tell your friend who is to
bs hypnotized that II is impossible
for the spell TO work unless he follow
your directions exactly. Present him
with a cup and saucer. Tell him TO
hold these In his left hand. and, look.
ing straight into your eyes and no
where else, TO do exactly what you do
Then dip the fingers OF your right
h and In the water rub them ON the
under side of his saucer Is thick with
cabalistic passes over your forehead
and cheeks. The patient TO be hyp
Noticed will do the same, and as the
under side of his saucer is thick with
SCOT every cabalistic pass will leave
its mark. The effect on the part OF
the company who are entirely UMPIRE
pared for this denouement soon en-.
lightens the victim. The SCOT scrubs
on easily and there is no harm done,
provided you have been wise enough
20 select a good natured person fol
your hypnotic influence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-19

This play has been
one Of the biggest successes
Of recent years and has made
the reputation of the author.
1t played through two sea-
sons in New York, five
companies are on the road
and the critics predict that
Pad In Full will be a
standard drama for years to
come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
11[H]lE H]A[RM]0N|V
of HOMIE
Does Not Mingle With or Ema-
nate From the Table OF
Dyspepsia.

In Tie home meal time should awaken In all
the inhabitants peculiar harmony Of joy which
will make for the home toe abiding place of ill.,
terest and happiness.
II one member at the dinner table is out OF
Sorts his influence is felt ana the harmony is
lacking. Conversation and mirth are absent.
Devourins thoughts assail the diners and silence
prevails.
All physicians agree that mirth and joy at
meal time does much toward digestion. Mirth
tingles the whole nervous organism of man.
tho cells wherein stored valuable digestive
juices empty their contents under the nerve
stimulation and promote the highest degree of
digestion.
II gloom and discomfort prevail at table the
reverse action obtains and meals become neces-
stiles not anticipated joys.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are little store
houses of digestion which mix with the stomach
juices. digest food, retingle the mucous mcin-
brane aud It's ccnters give to the blood
y great wealth OF digcrtive fluids. promote d.
geston and stay by the stomach until all It's
duties complete.
Ii dyspepsia sits at tables it makes the din
Ing room n place Of awe. These tablets should
be taken after meals and dyspepsia Of con-
sequence fees.
who will them rclgiously will find no sense
Of nausea in the sight of generous meals or In
the odor of rich cooking.
1t matters not what the condition OF the stnn-
ach, Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets only Improve
the juices and bring quiet to the wlIolc digestive
canal. of which tho stomach is the center.
Forty thousand .,fy sicians Gse these tablets
in their practice. ard every druggist sells them.
Price, SOC. Send your name andsaddress and
We will send you trial package by mail free.
Address +. a. Stuart Co., $50 Stuart BLDG,
Marshall, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
Life Imprisonment in Iowa.

DES MONIES, Iowa. March 24.-Repre-
sentative Cooper has introduced a bill in
the house changing the penalty for kid
naper from five years TO life imprison-
ment. 1t Is asserted that the bill will
pass both houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
ming Them. The punishment for such

oning them The punishment Tor such
cases is to ue life Imprisonment or prison
for any term of years.
Section of the bill provides tilat
every person who shall forcibly seize and
secretly confine within the District. or
take, carry or send. or cause to be taken.
carried or sent out of the District, any
person against his will or against the VIII
of the parent. guardian or legal CUSTODIAN
Of sI1ch person. for the purpose of eNtCrt-
ing ransom or money or other valuable
thing or concession from such person ms
parent, guardian or legal custodian
shall upon conviction, suffer death. or be
punished by Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for life or any other term not less
than five years.
Where kidnapping is prompted by de-
sire for gain the bill prescribes the death
gain, life Imprisonment is provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24

before they could be put under central.
Heavy rains then set in and washed tue
waste oil into the river, and the rains
continuing, the stream was out Of
its banks.
Taking course through a deep gully.
II flooded the bottom lands, and a mile
o: SO inland formed an eddy i'm q de-
preston. This caused the oil 10 collect
there more thickly than at other points.
and when the water began to recede i,
left quite a deposit OF oil in the open
field
night two later a flock Of wild
geese settled down i'm this place to feed.
and when they started to fly they were
unable to rise from the ground Their
wings had become heavily coated with
the oil and mud.
4 passing farmer saw their strange
antics, and. stopping to investigate soon
discovered the cause. He killed three
four and then passed word around among
his neighbors. They chased the geese
ard easily killed them with clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
TRAP WILD GEESE WITH OIL.
Couldn't Fly With It on Their
Wings and Farmers Killed Them.

MOUNT CARMEL. H.. March "a
Farmers living near tn. Grand Rapids
Of the Wabash river, few miles above
this town. have found new way to trap
wild geese.
Recently n number of oil wells were
struck in the Bridgeport field and they
spouted SO fast that it was some time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
DEATH FOR KIDNAPEns.
Bill for the District Introduced by
REPRESENTATIVE Rodenberr.

Representative Rodenberg of Illinois
yesterday introduced bill providing the
death penalty for kidnapping in the Dis
trct OF Columbia The bill has two sec
tions. The first deals with the kidnapping
Of infants under twelve years of age
for the purpose of concealing or impris-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
New Consul General Takes Up Duties

NEW YORK. March 24.-Rudolf Frank
sen. former German consul at Montreal,
who was appointed consul general at New
York to succeed Carl Buenz now minis
ter to Mexico. took up his duties here yes
terday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24

Chewed Holes in Trousers on Way
From Tailor to Sioux City.

SIoI'N CITY. Iowa. March 2i.--Naugh-
~ behavior on the part of express office
mice made tie marital plans of Albert s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
Fireproof //kA NL
Storage - ~

Crabb. editor OF the Aurelia Sentinel. go
awry.
lie Was to have been married here yes
terday morning to Miss Jennie NJ. Day OF
Lenaris. When he examined his wedding
suit, which had just come from Chicago
by express. he found the mice had eaten
big no es just where his knees would
have needed covering.
The editor was frantic and so WAS his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
Brother of Sacred Heart Dies.

MOBILE. Ala. March 24.-Brother Will
liam. in the world William Byrnes. OF the
Brothers of the Sacred Heart, died yester.
day, aged sixty-eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
British Nota bles to Tour Chile.

SANTIAGO. Chile, March 24--The Duke
of Richmond and Gen. Baden Powell have
arrived liere. They expect TO make A
snort tour through the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24

the hope of clearing up the mystery sur
rounding the identity of the woman
Papers are being prepared to have the
prisoners taken to Sharon at once. They
will not be prosecuted here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
Says She Framed the job"

The woman herself said during the
course of the night:
II am the kid that framed up this
job. all right
The woman is tall and blonde She
appears to be about p years old, al
though she says size is younger. Her face
is pitted with smallpo scars. She wore
black hat. The man wore a gray suit and
light soft hat. The clothes of both the
man and the women were new. Several
sales slips were found in their purses.
showing that they had purchased the
clothing Tuesday.
Willie Whitla's place of captivity while
he was kept i'm Cleveland was an old,
abandoned residence on Prospect avenue
southeast. diagonally opposite Plymouth
Congregational Church. This fact was
learned by the police acting on meager
information furnished them by the boy
before he was taken to Sharon by his
father.
The house hit upon by the kidnapers
the rear Of the building are stables
While imprisOning the Whitla boy in the
old residence. the kdnapers man and
woman. ate most of their meals at the
Prospect avenue southeast, across the
street. This enabled them to return to
their captive without leaving him alone
long.
Thorpe. the proprietor of the hotel today
IA man and woman began coming to the
hotel for their meals. I know now that
they resembled the descriptions have
read of the kidnapers. Neither offered
any information concerning their bust
ness. The man wore dark spectacles thu
very ones. I suppose. that the boy had
on al the time of his return. They never
brought the boy here
The discovery of Billy Whitla's hiding
place was made by Detective Bernhard
after talk with Billy. The boy remem-
bered title distinctly. but recalled that he
had been kept in a house from which he
could see tall trees. a s.one church and
the sign Of .'Thorpe's HOTEL
MA nnr1 rn1x KYrNa pnns
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FOUNDED
1851.

bride. The wedding was delayed one day
while. Sioux city tailor got busy TO
remedy the deficiency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24

Browns Bronchial Troches relieve
Throat Irritaticns caused by cold or use of the
voice. The genuine sold only In boxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-24
HINTS OF SCANDAL
IN K|DNAPER CASE

Continued from First Page,
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

os the ernus. which Is larger than the male AMI
altogether frrcer. The male has a slend-r--
frame and is more dociIe. with no voice beyond
q suppressed hiss when angry OF a CrOak. f.
not only sits on the eggs, but defends the young
at every turn from the angry female, which :
bent on destroying them similar state ~
things is said to exist among certain INDIAN
qudils the females Of which are larger than
the males. and among certain nest building
fishes. the males OF which do all the work auI
afterw2rd take exclusive charge OF the youn-;
So far as mankind is concerned. matriarchy :
a phase occurring early in the evolution OF th-.
races. and humanity apparently has not f5unt
a matriarchaI system expedient 20 its develop
ment. as the system has not survived in any
race OF the slightest consequence in civilized
history; but this must not be made too much
or as an argument. for a scheme OF things ma
be OF no great value 10 a primitive folk AMI
yet be very serviceabIe 10 more highly deve,pu,.i
communities.-The Lancet
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
VINO BEGIN NITRIHONl ?
Theory That Uomen, N't he"'
Founded the institution

.,,+i,, - many excellent people, that
=, ,a,,s are man made" and therefore press
-. ,,,or women would at least seem 10 re-
- com, ,ualIGcation from the point OF VIC"
- +ha evolution Of the human race MItiIdR1,
o. ox.r,nIe can scarcely be said 70 nave eAIN,'N
- ..c-,. primitive communities. ana us IN
.,.+ior MAJ, he due to women. Bachoien c"h-
-, "a many serious thinkers. believes that IN
*ho earliest times promiscuty was the rule. but
.of,er a while the women. shocked ana 5cahdAA-
tod nv such a state Of things, TeFolted against
., o,d astaI Iished a system Of marriage with
,er,aIe SUPREMACY the husband being SUBJECT
tn the wife property and descent oein6 coA
s3dered 70 90 in the female line, and women en-
toytng the principal share OF political power.
A. least as many people believe the converse
, that marriage was the mans way Of keep
Two nosscssion Of his chlttcl, but if We accept
Pho theory of Bachofen and his school we reach
,be neriod Of rnatriarchy, Of which many relics
v+u exist among civilized and uncivilizcd races.
cnaatine Of matriarchy. Mr Gomme in Folk
Lore az Historical Science says thai among
t,orv rrin1itive peoples kInship with the fathcT
A. r,,rnoseI, neglected as a social factor. Among
tha Kbasia people in the hills Of Assam the hus-
hond is only an occasional visitor in his "lte3
louse where .'he seems merely entertained to
continue the family to which his wife belongs
Among the Syntengs and the people Of Maoshai
the husband only visits his wife in his mother
N-law's house In Jowai he is only visitor
after dark. the fact being that according 10
Major Gurdon among these people the man Is
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

nobody if he be a husband he Is looked
r,pon merely as Ii shOng kha, begetter.
Among birds and fishes occur numerous in
stances of what for want of a better term we
may call matriarchy Thus the late Mr.. Bart
lett, of the Geological Gardens. informed Charles
Darwin that it was certainly the male ostrich
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

IN stirring up an ntertriba war and reserved
his troops as much possible. The rising was
caused by the Arabs under their powerful
sheikh. Cathbahn. refusing to pay taxes on
crown lands occupied by them. On force beng
used by the Turks to collect these taxes tne
nrabs nroceeded 10 fire on the river steamers,
both British and Turkish, with the result that
during April and FOR the first week IN May traf-
nc on the river was absolutely at a standstIll.
Au,ara $50 miles north of Basreh, was the cen
tre of the disturbed area, and was TOR tune be-
seqed by the Arabs. After relieving THIS place
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

The recent disturbance on the Tisris has now
been suppressed BY the Turks, but not without
considerable loss of Ufe, the Arabs HAVING lost
about six hundred and the Turks ABOUT
Fifty This great discrepancy IS partly due 10
the antiouated rifles and inferior ammunition
nossessed ny TIE former while the latter are
armed with Mausers. and partly 70 the tact tnat
Yussef Paoha, n command of the Operat'ons'
nv oHerino MS protection and pardon from the
oovernr,ert 70 certain sheikhs. "as Sucoe9S'u'
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

alone who sat on the eggs and took care OF the
Young. while the female during the breeding
season became extremely pusnacious- DARWIN
further cites 4 description Of the female OF one
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
MOTHER-IN-L4W 4GtIy.

Husband-why do you hate to see me cons
home smiling?
Wife-BeCauSe know il means something has
happened to poor mother Illustrated Bits
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18

Yussef Pacha. who had $500 troops uno:r ms
conmand with the assistance OF friendly ARABS
proceeded to attack MeIur. Khameyt IeptaIra'
and other small Arab towns and encan' pren's-
At Mejur the Turks met with stubborn re-
sistsnce. and were on two occasions oeIeateo'
Ioeir, eon,e thirty men, rifles and ammunition
After it's fall the back of the rebellion was
broken the remaining towns offering out shgh'
resistance Firind after dark on the steamers
continued for some tune, and was difficult 10
suppress-it was the faVorlte method OF attack
while during the day the vessels "oui6 steam
New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
LAST WINNER OF THE FAMOUS WOODEN
SPOON.

CAMBRIDGE University abolished the other day
the title of Senior Wrangler, which tor CEN
turtles had been bestowed on the winner OF
Holthouse, the last Senior Wrangler, IS heTe
shown holding the great wooden spoon which,
according to CUSTOM goes with the t,t'S; S;.,
The Washington herald., 1909-06-05
SIR THOMAS AFfRR CUP AGAIN
Authorizes Friend TO State His Posi-
ton to Americans.
Believes Shamrock " Is Lucky
Yacht and Can Take
the Prize.

New York, June z-John W De Kay.
who has a packing plant in Mexico. and
who IS a friend OF Sir Thomas Upton.
was a passenger on the Lusitania, which
arrived to-day. Mr.. De Kay spent some
time with Sir Thomas while in England
and said that Sir Thomas was anxious 70
Try again 70 win the Americas Cup.
sir Thomas believes IN the luck OF the
four-Ieaf shamrock and wants 70 come
over here with a Shamrock " said Mr.
De Kay. I was with him the day he
won his first race this season and he
authorized me % make this statement On
my arrival here.
Sir Thomas is ready and anxious 10
challenge again and said he could not
understand a rule being made here 20
which every club in America adheres.
and that yachtsmen should not be Will
Ing 10 accept a challenge under that
rule
q The Americans have adopted the uni
versai rule said Sir Thomas 10 me. TO
prevent a certain type CT yacht taking
part IN its TeEattas. have no ad-
vantage under that rule. A boat has
never been built IN Europe under the
universal rule, and n there IS any ad-
vantage anywhere II is with America. as
the yachtsmen there have already built
many vessels 10 conform 10 their uni
versal rule, which has proved 70 be a
good and successful one