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Winners Of Prizes.

Fred H. Gurtier OF Chicago won the
shorthand contest for the Miner medal
under the auspices Of tho ERstGn Com
mercial Teachers Association, which
closed its session In this city yesterday.
Charles Lee Sworn Of Newark. N. j.,
was second: and Miss Salome L Tarr
of Jersey City. third One hundred and
seventy three words a minute was Mr.
Curriers' record.
The contest was open to shorthand
writer's of the world OF less than ten
years experience There were eighteen
contestant&
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ever saw Once he called to another

| ever saw Once he called to another
member of the party:
| :. Morson. / say, are you busy?'
''Morson replied that he was somewhat
| busy, and Prof. David called again:
''Morson, are you very busy? This
| time Morson asked what was the matter,
| and David replied:
I'm down a crevasse and / can't get
| up"
A picture was thrown on the screen
showing how the men lay in their hunks
and read. The man shown was swathed
in blankets, and a candle was balanced
on the side of his head. while the book
was GRABBED in the covering Of the bunk.
Four Made Final Dash.
Sir Ernest said that on the final dash
for the pole four men made the trip.
They started with four of the Man
churian ponies. All of the ponies were
| sacrificed before the party returned. One
fell down q crevass and the others were
shot and eaten when food became scarce.
The party which made the dash into the
far south consisted OF Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton. Adams, Marshall and Wild. They
started October %, 1908. There was also
first part OF the journey. But this party
Sir Ernest ordered back.
From the time we started on this dash
till we returned. February %. 1909. we
u,
land that was Christmas day. When
we reached 81 degrees minutes south
we hung up flags. This was farther south
than any man had been before.
We struggled on with only one pony.
Three of us hauled 500 pounds, ard
Wild, with the last pony. hauled an
other 500 pounds of tents and food.
One day the pony and sledge which
Wild was driving disappeared. We had
been In the lead. We hurried back and
Wild a1in0fn0 hxr hiu a1hnWo RI
the edge of a hidden crevasse. We
dragged him out. but the pony was
gone
I'VE had been struggling along over
ice which would make the going easier.
At "a degrees and 10 minutes Wild
made an important geological discov-
cry ON one OF the cliffs He found coal
and indications of pine, showing that
all this region had at one time been
warm
Twenty Ounces Of Food.
1--WE were down to twenty ounces OF
food per day. December %. 1908. we
reached the inland ice. We went along
| under clear sky, always with strong
wind from the south in our faces. It
was bitterly cold. going down to ~
below at times. We ought to have been
doing twenty miles a day, but we were
doing about fourteen. Our boots were
almost gone and our feet troubled US
much, and SO did our eyes
ION January a blizzard began and
kept up till the 9Th. The wind blew
from fifty to eighty miles an hour We
! made no progress. but kept on eating
day the blizzard dropped, and we
pushed on to SO degrees and 8 minutes
south. the farthest point we reached"
Sir Ernest showed pictures Of the
o. ttpNnI lie tn No
them the seals. which are good to eat,
but which do not make good fur coats,
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Salary $12 Per Week.


charge OF the individual ledger. says the
report. and when absent during vacation
season employed Lockhart. his chauffeur,
to run 1t. Once a month Lockhart was
allowed to assist Coleman In balancing.
There were many false entries in Lock
hart's handwriting. Coleman's salary was
So q week.
tail Coleman's methods Of obtaining
money from the bank. Coleman, he says.
kept q small personal account in the bank.
but never had a pass book, in consequence
Of which his account was never balanced
He would draw his personal checks for
three. four or Ave thousand dollars on
another bank. and turn them over to a
curb broker, whose manager, one Van
Blarcon. would issue the brokers' check
for like amount payable to the order OF
Wilson w. Lockhart
The latter. upon the identification of
Van Blarcon. would have the checks
cashed at the bank at which the broker
kept his account and turn the money
over to Coleman.
coieman's checks would be deposited
by the broker in the bank in which he
carried his account andNwould be paid
the next morning through the clearing
house.
Coleman checked OF the clearing house
items In the Cambridge bank. and. says
the report, undoubtedly distracted his
own checks from the incoming mail.
The general ledger and general cash
books were kept by the cashier. The tota
checks paid. including those coming
through the clearing house. were entered
appears, says Mr.. Ham. never inspected
the contents Of the clearing house 1edgers
but simply posted the Totals OF these
led9ers N the cash book
The general ledger. therefore. always
agreed with the general cask book
But the amount annually due individual
depositors was less than the amount
shown on the individual ledger, owing
to the fact that Coleman's checks were
continually paid, and were not charged
| to his or any other account.
| To make the total amount Of de-
posits on the individual ledger agree
pears that Coleman. according to the re-
port, resorted to false debit entries and
the reduction Of balances when he car.
] RED forward accouuts.
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Japs Form Baseball LEAGUE.

With working capital of more than
100000 and articles of Incorporation
now being filed, a new baseball league
is being formed on the Pacific coast
by the Japanese.
Headed by Ito, the champion wres-
tier, who is being backed by leading
Nipponese merchants of Seattle, Port
land and San Francisco, six city
league is in process of formation,
which when completed and in working
order will provide three games a
week.
1t is now planned to have the teams
in the various cities organized and in
trim for the opening game on June /.
The schedule is bothering the orientals
not little because of the extreme
length of the circuit, which will re-
quire considerable travelling. By play
ing three games in the south one week
and three games in the north the next
week it is planned to provide sched-
ule of at least thirty games. The win
ming team will be provided with funds
to invade the home land to try for the
championship of the japanese race.
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GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

day the child, in uniform, was lifted
to the counter of the village store
among the militiamen and, waving his
sword, announced what proved to be
the watchword of his future.
General Custer graduated at West
Point in 1861 and was made second
lieutenant of company of the United
States cavalry, with which he was
present at the first battle of Bull Run.
He captured the first colors taken by
the Army of the Potomac and distin-
guished himself in several battles, ris-
ing step by step to the rank of major
general Of volunteers in the civil war
In July, 1866, Custer was made lieu
tenant colonel of the United States
regular cavalry, with the brevet rank
of major general, and was thereafter
engaged In frontier service, fighting
CALAMITY in many battles with the In
dams until his death.
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the veil will be drawn at the proper
moment by Elizabeth B. Custer. the
widow Of the general.
General Custer was born at New
Rumley, o., on Dec. 5. 1889. He be-
gan his military career at the age Of
-four years. His father belonged to the
militia, which compelled every able
bodied man in Ohio sixty-seven years
ago to assemble for muster in uniform
once month. He frequently took his
son Armstrong, and as he was so
young he was very noticeable among
so many mature men.
1t occurred to Father Custer that
uniform would be delight to the
child, so he had one made like his
own by the village tailor in great
secrecy and took his little son home in
it to his surprised and proud mother.
The miniature Continental coat has
disappeared, but the waistcoat and
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When AIqie Put on His Hat.

Myrtle Dougherty looked at the
young man with some apprehension.
She had just looked at the clock.
"Algie," she remarked in her occa-
sionally earnest way, Il really think
you'd better co.
"Just because it's later" he petu-
lantly demanded.
"Not because it really is late, but be-
cause papa considers it late"
Algie McGlosher laughed scornfully.
'I'm not afraid of papa" he said.
1--WE seen him. A little man like that
has no terrors for the center rush of
the old varsity team
Myrtle's cheek grew pale
Don't talk like that, Algie. You
don't know papa"
The confident youth inflated his
chest.
Papa doesn't know me-" he Choir.
tied. 'Therell be something doing
when papa meets Algie. Papa mustn't
get gay with the dynamite"
Myrtle came closer.
''Listen, Algie," she gravely said.
"listen to warning voice. You don't
know that you are trifling with fate
when you scott at papa because he is
small. For your sake l must lift the
veil from the darkest period in our
family history. Don't let papa get his
hands ON you. For ten years he was
a boss piano moverY'
Algie sprang to his feet.
Where's my hiatt" he weakly gasp
ed. And moment later she heard
his flying feet crunching the gravel
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Rritons VIII Be Here.

Arrangements are being made at the
initiative of Lord Lonsdale for party
Of English sportsmen to come to Amer
lea to see the Jeffries-J Johnson fight.
The idea is to get together sufficient
number of men of means and position
interested in the prize ring to make it
worth while to charter a special steam
er from Liverpool to New York and
engage special train for the run
across the continent, to arrive at the
journeys end on the very day of the
fight and return eastward the follow
ing morning. A number of young
bloods are highly enthusiastic about
the scheme.
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Reports emanating from the Chica-
go American league camp say that Ed
Walsh, the White Sex star twirler, is
having considerable trouble with his
salary arm. The reports say that the
spitball has been the cause of it all.
Until last season he was the terror Of
the American league. He rounded to
form late in the summer of 1909. This
spring he has been troubled with a
lame arm that has failed to yield to
treatment. Many a spitball pitcher
is content when he has just one style
of delivering the moist slant, but not
so with Walsh. Ed pleads guilty to
having four distinct methods of pitch
ing the vapor ball. Three of them are
thrown overland, while one is on the
order of a raise ball, being delivered
underhand. The last carries a jump
with 1t, while the other three produce
a fade away. drop and curve.
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~ June 4 next the governor of
Michigan, with his staff and
" military guard will preside at
the dedication and unwilling of
a heroic statue in Monroe, Mich, of
General George Armstrong Custer, the
great soldier and Indian fighter, who
died, with his whole command, in that
bloody battle with Sioux Indians on
the Little Big Horn river, in Montana,
on June 25, 1876.
This statue was authorized three
years ago by the Michigan legislature
and was designed by Sculptor p. G..
Potter of Greenwich, Conn.,, and has
received the approval of the generals
widow.
Senator William Alden Smith of
Michigan viii be the principal orator
of the day, and President Taft will be
present and speak during the exer-
,cises. An original poem by Will
Carleton viii be delivered, and a
chorus will sing 'grhe Old Brigade"
while the surviving members of the
Custer brigade will march by and COW
er the statue with flowers. The brigade
holds its annual reunion the day be-
fore and will participate in the dedi-
cation exercises June I.
In Center of Four Pubic Squares.
The monument will be located at the
corner of First and Washington
streets in Monroe and in the center of
four public squares, facing the county
courthouse. 1t could not be duplicated
today for $4,000. The cord releasing
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Mics De Pink's Purchase.

Miss De Pink (who wants little in
nocent powder for her complexion)- ~
Have you any-er- infant powder?
Druggists New Boy-We are just
out, ma'am, but If you'll leave your
address I'll get it to you today.
New Boy "a few hours later)-Does
Miss De Pink live here?
Mr.. Nicefello- Yes; this is the house
New Boy-Just goin' in, amt your
Mr.. Nicefello Yes, my boy; am go
ing to. make CALL
New Boy-Well, I'm in hurry.
Please give Ter this package. It's some
thing for her baby New York Week
Iv
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR
On the Branch Line.

The trains on the branch line never
went very fast There were various
reasons for this. all good ones. Never
theless travellers from more populous
districts sometimes expressed forcible
opinions on the subject. Silas Wet
more, who rode back and forth to and
from the junction almost every day,
took it upon himself to pacify such as
were unduly disturbed by the waits
and stops of the little sawed-off string
of cars.
One day particularly irritable pas
senger sat next him. He not only COM
planned that the train was slow. but
wished to know why it was slow.
"What are we stopping for now?' he
asked.
Silas looked out of the window.
''This is a station" he said mildly.
Don't see any," said the other.
"Oh, there isn't any building" said
Silas. "but it's stopping place"
BY and by the train went on. Pres
emily it stopped apparently in the mid
die of field. This time the stranger
did not inquire into the reason for
hating. But after another twenty min
utes the same thing occurred. Finally
he broke out again:
''What we stopping here for? Isn't
any station here. is they?"
mo station" said Silas. We're stop
ping for water"
"Waterv' exclaimed the other IVA
ter! Why. we just took in water not
five minutes ago. What do you
mean?'
Boiler leaks said Silas patiently,
and the other relapsed into silence
Youths Companion.
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Harry Davis Holds Record.

Veteran baseball players were being
discussed recently with Connie Mack,
the manager Of the Athletics, as one
of the oracles. Harry Davis holds d
record that no other ball player en-
joys" said Mack. What Is it?''
asked Umpire Bill Dineen, formerly a
Washington pitcher. why, he is the
only surviving American league in
fielder of teams prior to 1909 who is
still playing his regular position with
the club he was a member of when
the pennant was won,"' announced
Mack, and no one disputed him.
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$4,000 For Polo Ponies.

Prominent members of the Hurting
ham Polo club of London have taken
steps to raise fund of $4,000 to be
vested in trustees for the purchase of
ponies and their care during the trip
to the United States to compete for
the international polo cup. The play
ers are to be responsible for their own
expenses The fund for the purchase
of ponies is to be called "the America
international polo cup recovery fund"
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University For Jews.

Wealthy Jews in Texas have decided
to establish at Waco Tex, a Hebrew
university. The institution, although
primarily designed to attract students
of the Jewish race. will be nonsec-
tartan and will be open to young men
and women of every cree5-
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TO FAST FOR FORTY DAYS.
Or. Gayer Thinks Only Water Diet
u Will Improve His Health.


DR.. Gustave A. Gayer, president of
the Society For Applied Psychics, of
131 West Sixty-third street, New York,
began the other day fast which he
hopes to be able to keep up for forty
days. At any rate, he is going to try
to do without food for three weeks.
He hopes to be able to demonstrate the
value of fasting not only as a body
cleanser, but as means for improving
the condition of the subconscious mind
and giving the forces of life some OPP
portunity to gather themselves and
gain strength. Several physicians will
watch the doctor carefully and make
examinations from time to time DIR,
Gayer has made fasting experiments
before, but for not longer than two
weeks.
-'During my fast will sleep out of
DOORS" said the doctor. ''This win be
no new experiment, however, for reg
ularly sleep in tent in my back yard
winter and summer. Water will be the
only sustenance l will take until the
fast is over. / expect to lose consider
ably in weight, yet it cannot help but
benefit me physically"
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Ted Coy, who captained Yale's foot
ball eleven last year, will be the teams
head coach next fall. The assistant
head coach will be Henry Gilbert Holt,
1910. whose home is in Grand Rapids.
Holt played in the back field last year.
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Edith-How many times did Ed kiss
you last night. Ethel?
EtheI-I told him he might kiss me
twice. but he acted as If he had never
harmed a single thing about mathe-
MATES. Chicago News.
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At a recent meeting of the Harvard
athletic committee 1t was voted, on
the recommendation of Mr.. Garcelon
the graduate treasurer of athletics,
that the Harvard swimming team re-
sign frNm the intercollegiate league.
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M|a|GANS TRIBUTE TO GENERAL CUSTER
breeches were kept by his adoring
mother for over half century.
a Samnla If His Pluo1x

Dreeches were kept by his adoring
mother for over half a century.
A Sample of His Pluck.
With these regimentals and carrying
a tiny wooden sword he marched be-
side his father and seemed to under
stand that courage must go with the
uniform.
One night tooth began aching fu-
riously, and his father sought the doc
tor, who, as was the cruel custom at
the time, twisted out the tooth with
forceps. 1t did not bring forth a
whimper from this small son of Mars
When commended for his pluck he
said, Father, we could whip all Mich
iganw
At that time there was trouble about
the boundary line of Ohio and Michi-
gan and very serious talk of fighting
to settle the question. But no one re-
allied that the child had heard the hot
discussions, much less understood that
one state was pitted against the other.
my Voice Is For War"
His older brother had learned a
speech Of an orator of distinction from
the school reader and spouted it at
home before the day for it's delivery
at school. To the surprise of his
parents one day the little soldier stood
at attention, initiating the elocution
and gestures of his brother, and piped
gut, my voice is for WARP
Such, precocity was too much, in his
fathers estimation, to be confined to a
home audience, and the next muster
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Riaamy or Bust.

"Well. old man. you've been married
twelve times now You surely aren't
going to take a chance at No. 1872"
"Nope can't see any way out Of 1t
out to marry twins. ~ Cleveland Lead
aF.
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Sound REASONING.

"Came in last night and fell against
the piano"
"Hurt yourselfY'
'No. / struck the soft pedal
Princeton Tiger
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The communal council of Veytaux,
IN Switzerland, is considering a pro-
posal for the purchase Of a mountain
in the neighborhood. The mountain is
valued at $4,000 and is very steep. 1t
is proposed to build a railroad like that
at Pilatus or the Rigi and then estab-
lish hotels at the top of the mountain.
France is now in the midst of con-
troversy as to the identity of the man
who invented machine guns. The in
vention has always been attributed to
Calling and Nordenfelt, but it was re-
Gently asserted on some authority that
the real inventor was a Japanese in
1704, who was promptly killed for
being too clever.
Engineers and scientists are making
exhaustive studies of the recent floods
In Paris to devise system which will
prevent repetition Of the disaster
It Is planned to keep the Seine within
its channel either by constructing high
er entertainments or by carrying the
surplus waters around the city in a
bypass channel.
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a Masterpieee Anyway,

"Maud's hair is what you would call
Titan, isn't itY'
"Well. Titan or imi-Titian. Boston
Transcript.
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Careless Housekeepers.

Lawyers who have extensive practice
before the United States supreme court
specially regret the death of Justice
Brewer. He had one trait that distin-
guished him from his associates,
Seemingly he never went to sleep on
the bench. Always he listened with
both eyes wide open, while on both
sides of him justice gave every indi-
cation of mapping.
Some of the justices are troubled
with weak eyes and others have culti-
waited the habit of thought concentra-
ton under an appearance of somno-
lence Justice McKenna wears a large
eye shade so that one may never tell
whether his eyes are open or shut.
Other justices rest their heads on their
hands and peacefully close their lids.
1t must be disconcerting to an earnest
advocate seemingly to have produced
such an effect. Often, however, the
justices will give signs Of mental wax
ing by sharp question which shows
that they have given careful attention
to the arguments.
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osaae indians Inter Protest.

IN recent SnlpmenI received from
the Chapman point fishing shore thir-
ty-five shad from lot of less than
hundred fish each weighed over nine
pounds. Several times this season a
shad or two have been found in ship
ments that would balance the scales
at between eight and nine pounds.
This is the largest shipment of big
shad received at the fish wharf in sew
eral years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-12
THE FAIRY EXAMINATION AND HOW BOB PASSED

this He knew that mush could
not bowl, and, besides, he had begun
to get over his fright at the sudden
descent to the bottom of the class II
may be silly for not learning my les
sons but ] am not as silly as that" he
said
"Silly, sillier. silliest," exclaimed the
voice. II suppose you never saw
wash bowl either?"
"Oh, yes I havel Every day, three
times before meals"
"Or COW slip, or cat nip, barn
swallow or COW wallow."
THAT is poetry" said Bob.
THAT is ma agazine verse. Poetry is
this" and without asking Bob for per-
mission the voice began:
Pale stars, red with the wandering
moons last beam,
Gloom DER the serpent locks Of
Amareth;
While trembling torpidly from CLEAN
or creaks with thunder, his unruly
wrath"
TT is just as foolish" Bob declared.
~ don't like poetry, anyway"
There are other things beside
grammar"
Il am pretty good in arithmetic"
Bob frightened with the thought that
the grammar class was over.
Suppose / talk to you in arithmetic,
them
"You mean ask me some questions?"
What / mean is my affairs" eX-
claimed the voice in tone of reproof.
Little boys should be seen and not
heard
Bob was silent for some time why
don't you begin?" asked the voice.
Begin what?' asked Bob, confused.
Arithmetic"
20, yes. Of course! Where shall
begin?"
"At the beginning. AT zero
Bob was not sure he understood even
now. but he began to count, one, two,
three, four and up, and was pleased that
he seemed to have caught the idea He
was at 80 when he was stopped by
long, shivering cry from the voice
what is the ~fnatter?" said Bob.