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The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
Man IN AUTO IS
GROUND TO DEATH
John Hause, Grain Buyer of Clinton,
Had Just Bought Machine-"Dick"
Dryer Is Seriously Hurt.

DEARBORN. Mich, July 27.-The
inquest INTO the death OF John Hause.
a grain buyer OF Clinton. VINO was
ground to pieces by "a freight car On
the Ypsi-Ann Arbor electric road yes
terday. while he was riding In an au'
tomobile. will be held at Wayne, To-
morrow. The accident occurred AZ
the Telegraph road, near here. DICK
Dwyer, a demonstration, was hurled 20
feet and seriously injured.
Hause had been In Detroit, where
he bought a Brush runabout lie look
Dwyer Glong with him until he could
get accustomed TO The machine. Al
Ypsilanti. Hause intended 10 drop
Dwyer and pick up Mrs. Hause, WHO
was awaiting him there.
Just beyond the village Hause TOOK
the wheel TO drive, and moment
later an electric car was heard ap-
preaching from behind Hause turned
In his seat 10 look at IL, and IL Is
supposed in doing so turned his whole
body, thus turning the steering wheei
as we'll and throwing the auto over
on the track, which was but Few
feet TO the right.
The freight car going at high speed
struck the auto fair and square.
Dwyer was thrown into the air aud
over a fence at the roadside. Hause,
grasping the wheel, remained In the
car as II was pushed along the track
and ground to pieces, and was dead
when the electric car was finally
stopped.
His body was brought here 10 the
local undertaking rooms. Dryer was
cared for until he recovered from the
shock, and then was taken to his
home In Detroit by officials OF the
Brush company, who came out when
they were notified of the accident
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
FLINT MAN PAID $500
FOR JOB; TWO ARRESTED
Postoffice offeials Say They Have
stopped Big Swlndle In Which
Detroit People Figure.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-With the
arrest OF J. A. McNulty. president ana
II. Van Vleet. secretary-treasurer OF
the American Civil Service Institute
incorporated. the postofice authorities
believe they have stopped a gigantic
swindle extending through the United
States The prisoners are charged
with using the mails To hdefraud.
Thousands OF dollars have been sent
10 the corporation by residents oil
Buffalo, New York. Detroit and other
large cities.
The American Civil Institute AL
vertised for district superintendent In
various cities. but before obtaining
the position. the applicant was asked
10 purchase $500 worth OF stock In the
company. Investigation of the com
pany's books showed that b. Nj. Smith.
Of Flint. Mich. had been swindled out
OF $500. Mr.. Smith secured the posi-
ton as superintendent In Detroit and
was compelled TO pay 5000.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
CHICKEN UNEARTHs FORTUNE.
New Jersey Man FWinds $1,000 In
Jewelry Looted From His Home.

ASBURY PARK, n. Y, July 81
All because chicken scratched under
his porch yesterday. William NJ. Skin
ner, of Lakewood, recovered $1,000
worth Of jewelry looted from his home
last April.
Charles Goidstein saw something
bright and shining where the chicken
persisted in scratching up the dirt un
der the porch OF SINNERS home. Upon
investigation the jewelry was found
Skinner declares the night Of the rob-
berry was blusterv and he believes
the robber hid the jewelry under the
porch intending to call for II when
the storm had blown over.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
WAITED SIXTY YEARS TO
ANSWER SISTERS LETTER
Indiana Man Received Communication
In 1S4s-German Student Pre-
mares the Related Answer.

BOONvILLE. Ind, July PA let
ter written 10 him In lS49 by his sis
ter, who then lived at Tuttelange,
France. has just been answered by
Pierre Hubert. OF Cannelton. So years
old. The letter was written 70 him
in German, and at that time he was
unable 10 read or write German.
Several days ago II dawned upon
him that he might learn something
regarding the whereabouts OF his reia.
tives and sent for Frank J. George, or
that place. and German student, who
prepared an answer TO the letter.
Hubert gave a detailed history OF
the United States In his letter, includ-
ing all regarding the civil war also
the Sranish-American trouble, and also
told Of the industries and the great
and prosperous state Of Indiana. The
letter OF his sister reached him July
so. ls4s. AT that time Hubert was
IS years old.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
NEW CORPORATIONS.

LANSING. Mich, July 27.-Articles
of incorporation have been fled with
the secretary OF state by the Rapid
Motor Vehicle Co, Pontiac, increase
from s250,000 to 100000; Regal Paint
4 OIL Co, New York and Detroit, In.
crease from 100000 20 100000; Ben-
ming q Co.. st. JOSEPH. $4,000; Brad
ford a Co, st. Joseph. $4,000; In.
dian Refining Co.. New York and Jack
son, 100000.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
TEAM pAsHEs DOWN STREET.

PONTIAC. Mich, July IA team
driven by l.. Potter became frightened
At South Lyon and dashed down the
street in the direction OF the funeral
procession of the infant son OF MI.
and Mrs. Delbert Smith, who died In
Detroit. Mrs. X. Olds and her sister,
Miss Parker. were in the path OF the
runaway team and were entangled In
a pile OF wreckage In which three
horses mingled. Order was restored
and the victims suffered only few
cuts
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27

danced In aid OF the Guild when
was at the Gaiety."
The king was SO delighted with the
reply that he beamed all over and
made another purchase, and for the
rest Of the afternoon Molly the
Marchioness" was surrounded by ad'
hiring crowds.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27

What do you think OF five-act play
where all the characters are dogs?
Where there is not a single man or
woman or child appearing on the
stage?
That's what they actually have at
the Palace theater in London There
are 20 dogs In the cast, and so won
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
POLITICIAN DROPS DEAD.

MUSHROOM, Mich, July 27.-Dan'
lei ]. James, former deputy sheriff
and well-known local politician drop
ped dead last night In his pool~room
on western-ave. James was at one
time chief OF police of Muskegon anil
achieved quite reputation for his
success in catching lawbreakers.
James was fifty-eight year old. He
leaves q widow.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
ch,Ip BURNS TO DEATH.

FLINT. Mich, July 27.-A fire in a
drygoods box which she had started
burned Mary Knoll. years old, TO
death, yesterday. She procured a
match, went out into the box and
lighted some OF the papers and other
material. Her screams attracted her
father, but when he reached aer sne
was 80 badly burned that The flesh
came of her body when her clothing
was removed. She died soon after
ward
The Detroit times., 1909-07-27

derfully trained that no one has to
tell them what 10 do.
The play is called The Elopement,
and the scene laid in Holland. Most
Of the dogs walk on their hind legs
and wear funny Dutch costumes. Some
OF them, however, appear as animals
Their acting is bringing great crowds
TO the theater every day.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
Bavarian Distances.

In the Bavarian highlands stgnposts
along the roads, instead of stating the
number of miles or kilometers to the
various villages, give tn amount OF
time which the average p iestrian will
supposedly take to traI rse the dis.
tance. This is merely official ex-
preston of the very general custom OF
the peasants in the region. who invari.
ably tell inQuirers on the roads not
how far it is to a place, but how long
1t takes to get there. Not only that,
but they make the system still more
unsatisfactory to the stranger by lit
ae additional eccentricity of their own.
For instance, one asks. How far is
It to Oberammergau?"
"a small half hour" will be the an
swer. or perhaps "a good half hour
or "a big half hour"
Which is puzzling until the stranger
learns that Il "small half hour" means
twenty-five minutes, "a good half
hour thirty minutes. "a big half hour
thirty-fve minutes, "a small three
quarters of an hour" forty minutes.
and so on
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
Uses For Perfumed Salt.

Perfumed salt is coming to be recog
nized as just the thing for the teeth
Another sort is recommended for the
bath, and there are scores of other
ways IN which it is used as toilet ar
ticle. Mixed with cornmeal it is plac,
ed in the tepid bath, and Its use thus is
said to improve the complexion. Ply.
sicians now advise liberal use of salt
on fruit and in food generally, espe,
cially in the spring. One time salt was
regarded as drying in its effects and
injurious to health and to the com.
plexion. Now this theory is displaced
The hot water drinkers put good tea
spoonful Of salt into their morning
beverage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27

brought back with me, but l resign q,
interest in morbid, fieshly deeadeH,,
for Gods good out of doors"
And Stuart looked at the girl befor.
him wonderlngly, with his eyes glow
ing with love of her.
leave me alone Jim. No. not A.
other word. | must think; l mus
think. Good night, jim" And sl
watched him 30 out Of the door arl
across the prairie.
Years before a palmist had told t..
girl that her head would rule he
heart. He had called attention 10 IL,
peculiar formation of the lines of hcl
left hand and had pointed out the heat
line that ran straight across the palm
obscuring and dominating the lesse
line that represented the heart
In measure she believed IL. ~
her life she had been intensely men
tai and had plunged far into the VIII
ings of men and women whose apes
tolic missions are of discomfort.
When she collapsed physically uude!
the strain of her labors as teacher IN .
city school the physician had impcr5
lively ordered her to get to the opog
country if she longed to live.
Alone in the world. she could not in
dulCe in idlencss. and. being eXilof
from the schoolroom, she was NJ a iOs
which path ia take. A friend suggest
ed that she enter a homestead in TIL
west, and it had appealed to her.
So, 70
for necessary labor in clearing am
breaking the land until the crops were
ready for harvest, and she had conf
dent assurance that her work woU.5
some day repay her. AS an invest
ment, both financial and physical. Il
delighted her.
Stuart met her in the Office OF the
locator in the little town which was
the railroad station nearest TO her des
tination. One learns to read men and
women at first sight in the big. pulls
ing west, and no half trust is given.
She was IN need of guidance, and
her new found acquaintance becamr
her counselor and friend When She
spoke of getting men to help her huild
the two room frame house that was t
be her home he came himself.
When she offered him the currenI
wage he accepted 1t, because he un
derstood how impossible It was to d
otherwise, but afterward he sent other
men and contented himself with sug
gestions that in reality amounted L
superintendence.
Thus two years had slipped away.
Her health had returned, the glow in
her cheeks told that, and the life in
the open had re-enforced her for her
old vocation-lf she cared for it
She believed 1t was her career,
though the glamour of existence close
to the heart Of nature held charm
she could not deny, and there was
conflict in her mind as to the better
choice.
Then came Stuart's love. She had
grown to like him much, but with a
reservation that he did not measure
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
His Wonderful Method.

"You haven't been married very
long, have your said a guide at the
state capitol to a young man who was
signing Mr.. and Mrs" in the register
for visitors at the desk at the en-
trance.
"How did you know" demanded the
young man.
ooh, we get used to such people here
and can tell them every time" was
the response. You haven't written
that name with Mrs" very long. have
you? l believe l can tell how long you
have been married from the sigma
ture," the guide continued.
"Well, we haven't been married very
long, but l don't see how you can tell
from the signature. How long has it
been?"
"Well, let me see" The guide picked
up the book and scanned the name
closely.
"You have been married five days
today" he said with an air of GER
tainty.
That's right it's five days, but
don't see how you can tell"
The young wife had been sitting on
the marble bench during the colloquy,
and not until the couple went out Of
the building did she tell hubby" that
the guide had accosted her in the same
way and that she had told when they
had been married.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
New WAY to Forecast Weather

To test the water Of Lake Michigan
and thereby get the information neces-
sary to forecast the weather is the
plan Of Major II. 3. Hersey. the
weather bureau inspector at Milwau-
kee. He says that to obtain the neces-
sary data will be a work which will
require at least three years expert
ment, and then there will be every
reason to expect successful long dis
lance forecasts can be made. He says
there is no doubt that the water of the
lake controls the temperature of NIL
waukee, and the proposition is to as
certain the temperature of the water
at the surface and at twenty-five and
fifty feet below It under varying con-
jitions for three successive seasons.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
SI00 worth 6f cash and stnmns.

500 worth Of cash and stamps.
The town fool could hear, and he
heard all about the robberies. He
couldn't grasp the particulars the way
other folks did, but he absorbed
enough of them to make him act
queerly. He went about with grin
on his face, and when spoken to about
the robberies he put on the most know
ipg look bis face had ever worn. Ihe
sheriff bought the lad 10 cents worth
of candy and tried for an hour to get
something out of him, but Jimmy sim
DIV munched the sweets and grinned.
If he had anything up his sleeve he
wasn't going TO bring 1t to light just
then. The robbery Of the farmer was
store in the town was entered and
robbed. In addition to $25 in cash,
the robber bundled up $500 worth of
the choicest cutlery. There was no
clew until Colonel Bliss furnished one.
He directed suspicion toward the town
fool. Jimmy Landon was brought TO
the hotel by the sheriff, and the colo
mel and others set all sorts of traps
for him. but were no wiser at the end
of three hours The boy would grin
and giggle and lie down on the floor
and laugh, but no one else could see
where the joke came inf there was
n joke.
For two weeks after the robbery of
the hardware store there was nothing
doing. The colonel held to 1t that the
boy, fool though he was, had become
frightened. Then the grand climax
came, and it was Il hair raiser. There
was Il private bank in town, and the
owner hHI quietly put on watchmap.
one night this watchman heard sus-
picious sounds at the back door and
raised an alarm and heard some one
running away. Fifteen minutes later
there was the awfulest kind of Il row
in the rear Of the hotel. None of those
who rushed out were prepared Tor the
sights that greeted them Colonel
Bliss. without his crutches, had been
caught by n leg in Il bear trap. the
town fool was rolling on the ground
in laughter. n mans trail over the
roofs could he traced in the thin snow,
and there were tracks leading from the
trap back to the bank. Jimmy Landon
had suspected the man that whacked
him with crutch and set a trap for
and caught him. There was no getting
out Of it for the colonel. First, It
was shown that he was no more a
cripple than any one else, and. sec.
ond the plunder of his various rob
berries was right there in his trunk.
He simply stood on his dignity and
went TO prison for ten years, and the
town fool is still today welcome to
make his home with any family in the
community. The doctors say that his
mind viii never be any brighter, and
other folks say there is no need for IT
TO be
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27

A young genius named Mccarthy
went to Commodore Vanderbilt and
gave him suggestion which led the
commodore TO organize all the little
railroads between New York and Chi
cago into one Before Mccarthy went
to Vanderbilt he went to friend for
advice. Here is what his friend told
him about the commodore:
Don't let him scare We. He's as
full of power as turbine. Has ?
good deal O. whir In him. Likes re
sistance; so does every great force.
He's fought a thousand difficulties.
He'll take you for another an pitch
into ye, like as not. Don't let him
scare ye. If he jumps on ye. jump on
him. He'll enjoy 1t an begin to IT
spect We. It's like putin a belt on
the turbine-youll take off a bit of his
power and ease him down."-Denver
News
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
BAD BEEN CAUGHT BY A LEG IN BEAI
TRAP

TRAP.
dancing, He could have had the bes.
room in the house, but he did not want
1T He wanted one with a back IT,
stead Of a front view. Just beneatn
his windows was the roof of the kitcl.
en-, and below that was the roof of (;
shed. From thence it was a drop o.
only six feet 10 the alley In the rear o.
the hotel. These things were not taken
notice of by outsiders until later oil.
The town fool took a liking to Colonel
Bliss at once He was drawn toward
him by his crippled condition The
lad had never seen anything like it In
his life. The colonel could manage to
get up and down stairs, but no more
If he left the hotel 1t had be be In n
carriage. Jimmy Landon started out
to attach himself to the stranger as a
body servant, but his unusual curiosity
brought about his downfall. He had
served for two weeks when the colo.
mel found him rummaging his trunl;
and sent him to the right about Not
only that, but he whacRed him over
the back with one of his crutches.
Those whacks destroyed the boys IL
iusions The colonel was no longer a
god TO him. Jimmy had reasoned it
out in his silly mind that the trunk
was partnership concern and that he
had perfect right to examine it's
contents, and to be whaCkcd for doing
1t and then to be driven away in dis
grace aroused ii thirst for revenge.
The schools had just got fairly start
ed when more events came alunr
One night the postoffice was robbed oi
cash and stamps to the value Of $500
1t was widow who held the Office
and everybody felt sorry for her. /.
was decided that the trick had been
done by two men who were seen loaf
Ing "bout the streets at a late hou~
that night, and the sheriff failed to gct
any clew. The colonel heard Of the
robbery, Of curse. and seemed to take
deep interest I'm It, In fact. his aG
vice was taken by the sheriff In seek
Ing to solve the affair Only ten days
later the leading dry goods store was
entered at night and $40 in cash tax
en-. As no goods were taken, the sheriff
reasoned that some one in the town
was the robber, but the colonel diff
fered with him. In his opinion an or
ganized gang was at work and the
fellows had been frightened away be-
fore they could begin loading up their
wagon
During the next week there was
nothing doing. Then a farmer who
had sold lot of cattle and had the
money in his house was neatly robbed
of every dollar of it. He and his wife
were sleeping IN q bedroom off the
sitting room, and the robber had Of.
fected entrance by using a ladder and
n second story window. The sum TAX
en- was $780, and now the sheriff and
his deputies began to move lively. BY
the advice of Colonel Bliss, who hint
ed that he might add detective agen-
cy 10 his schools, certain highways
were watched at night. Nothing came
Of that, but the postofIlce in a village
ina contrary direction was robbed of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
Won Through
q Dream.
Copyrighted, 1909. by Associates
Literary Press.
BY GRACE SEQ WEN.

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In lonely shack on North Dakota
quarter section Edith Allen was facing
the problem that comes to all of Ewes
daughters.
A man great in his strength anC
mightier in his love had asked her sur
render-had almost demanded it whcn
he passionately tore aside convention
nj conversation and barred his heart
and his hopes.
That she had sent him away without
an answer was not a negative reply t.
his wooinG she had begged for tim"
to think, space in which to analyZe
the emotions surging in her breast.
Moreover, she half thought she loved
him, and because she was product OF
the city and had dug deep in the print.
ed philosophy of life she wanted he
brain to sit in Judgment on her heart.
Il know what you would say" i'm
periously declared Jim. the lover. -
am nearer the animal than you. When
fatigue follows satiatcd JOY of work
ing my recreation is rest-physical
comfort and sleep. | find nothing C
grip me in books written by men
whose lives have been cramped and
narrow, by men with water in their
veins instead Of strong, red blood"
mo, no, Jim; it is not that" inter
rupted Edith
"But it is. 1t is just that Ycn
know. l am Il college man. Not fTo~l
one of your famous eastern institu-
tions, true but l fancy our North Da.
kota brand of education will be found
the equal of its older relations of New
England. | went to please father. He
was n poor man and felt that he had
missed much because his school day
had been few. That his son need not
suffer this handicap in life he made
many sacrifices.
II am grateful to him for the love
that prompted this self denial, and
am glad that l have what learning
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
The Town Fool.
By NJ. QUAD.
Fcopyr.ght, 1905, by T. C. Mcclure ]

tfS'>Et'HaFffz@'*Ffs y
1t was a brutal way Of putting 1t,
but everybody in the town of Graham
had come to speak of Jimmy Landon
as the town fool 1t was said that the
boy had been born bright enough, but
at the age of five q stroke of lightning
had worked the change in him. lie lost
the power of speech, and his mind
was weakened, and after the death of
his widowed snother he was an inmate
of the poorhouse for two or three
years. Then be became Il hanger-on
of the town, having no particular
home. but being cared for as an OBJ
ject Of charity. Not quite that either
He was always willing to do any work
he could to pay his way He could
hear if he could not talk. and, though
he seemed to have 10 more mind than
child of three, he got along very
well Two things the boys OF the
town came to learn in tlme-Jimmy
had streak of cunning in him, and
he was revengeful.
Jimmy Landon was thirteen years
old and had been looked upon as the
town fool for several years when a
sort Of event happened in the quiet
community. \ stranger, who called
himself Colonel Bliss and who was so
crippled up with wounds that he had
to use a pair of crutcheS. arrived in
town and delivered series of lectures
on war. 1t came TO be understood
that he had been the colonel of gal
liant Illinois regiment and that owing
TO his wounds and other misfortunes
he was in bad financial shape. He did
fairly well with his lectures, and he
made many friends, and when he pro-
posed to open a singing and writing
school he received much encourage
ment He could sing, and he wrote a
beautiful hand.
The colonel took up his quarters at
one of the two inns in the town. where
he had the use of the hall used for
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
Rubber as Health Guard

With the approval of Secretary OF
the Treasury MacVeagh and of Di-
rector Ralph of the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing the women of the
bureau will be furnished with rubber
aprons, while their shoes will be fitted
with rubber heels. This is the result
OF the inspection of the bureau by
committee of women representing the
National City Federation of Women.
who recently recommended the changes
In dress.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27
Trial Trip of the George Washington.

The trial trip of the North German
Lloyd's new steamship George Wash
ington, the largest German vessel
afioat, win take place over n meas
ured course on June .. The American
ambassador to Germany, DR.. David
Jayne Hill, who christened the George
Washington at the time of the launch
ing, has signifed his intention to be on
board during the trial trip.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-27

Glow can | ever learn to understand
that girl?"
"You can marry her, but when you
have done that it will be too late for
your understanding of her to be of any
benefit to you Exchange.