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next week WILL Be
POLITICAL HARVEST
Many Delegates TO Republican
Convention to Be Selected.

Washington, March 23.--Next week
will be period of most important
developments in the pre-convention
presidential fight in the Republican
party, for in six days there will be
chosen 156 delegates to the Chicago
gathering, which Is nearly as many
seats as the total number that has
been filed to date.
So far ITO delegates have been
chosen. or this number l24 are for
Taft, IL for Roosevelt, 10 for LaFol-
iette, two for Cummins, two unin-
structed and 20 contested between
Roosevelt and Taft.
When next week has ended a total
OF 326 Of the 1.078 required will have
been selected, and the final outcome
of the convention can be forecast
with accuracy.
BY far the most important event of
the whole campaign so far will come
Tuesday with the New. York state
primaries. which elect 80 delegates.
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Messrs. j. W. Ahern and George
Spearman returned home Friday even
ing after saort visit In Springfield.
Ohio
Mr.. Paul Barber OF Syracuse, Mich.
igan, arrived in the city Saturday
morning to spend several days with
relatives.
Mrs. o. G. Daniels left Saturday
morning for Cleveland where she will
spend two weeks with Mrs. w. F.
Pierce.
Miss Stella Fish of Gambler is Wis
iting with Miss Daisy Vernon of Mt.
Vernon.
Mrs. Sarah Dunnick went to Coum-
bus Saturday morning to spend the
day.
Mrs. Joseph McManis returned to
her home on South Jackson street
Friday evening after several days
visit with her father, Mr., d. NJ. Tilton.
of near Jelloway.
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FANNY cRossYs saNp BIRTHDAY

Bridgeport, Conn, March 23-Fanny
Crosby, writer of Gospel hymns which
are known the world over, will be nine
ty-two years old tomorrow She lives
with niece in this city, at whose
home her birthday anniversary is to
be fittingly recognized. Miss Crosby,
whose full name is Francis Jane Cros-
by Van Alstyne, has been totally blind
ever since she was six months old.
She has written more than 5000
hymns in all She was married in
1858 to Alexander Van Alystyne, who
died ten years ago. He was a musi-
clan and set some of his wife's best
known verses to music
D Efa I'm
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sosroN's NEW SUBWAY OPENED

Boston, Mass, March 23-The new
subway system for the handling of the
heavy passenger traffic between Bos
ton and Cambridge was formally op
ened today. The tunnel, which is
three and quarter miles in length
starts at the Park street station OF
the old subway and passes under Bos
ton Common, Beacon Hill and the
Charles River to Harvard Square in
Cambridge.
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MORE1HREA7S
ARE MADE

Roscoe, o.. March 23,--The anony.
nous threats which marked the reign
OF incendiarism during the recent
school troubles here. and ceased
shortly before the suicide of Fred
Landerman, who was suspected OF
writing them--without reason. he de-
clared-have been resumed. The
town is excited over two threats
tackled on telephone poles. reading,
Take warning, Tater Mcconnell II
"Tater" Is nickname for Clay Nc
Connell, a teacher in the grammar
school.
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Brings MANY TROUBLES
TO P|7TSBURG S7ENOGRAPHER

Pittsburg, March 23.-Mlss Virginia
Lee, the charming little stenographer
whom Andrew Carnegie says is the
prettiest girl in the world. is becom.
Ing rather weary of the sudden glare
Of publicity In which she has been
projected so suddenly. Reporters are
beginning to get the closed door and
nothing doing signal when they ap-
proach the engineering offices In the
oliver building.
miss Lee took the story rather
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26
CONFERENCE ADJouRNs
Soft Coal Miners Refuse to Continue
Agreement

Cleveland, o., March 30. The
deadlock between the bituminous
:oal miners and operators remains
nnbroken. The miners refused a
compromise offer that they continue
the present wage agreement and In
all probability they will quit work
after March 81 unless their demands
are granted by the operators.
The compromise proposed by the
operators was involved in two offers.
There offers were: That the present
wage and working scale be continued
for two years after its expiration on
April |; that there be no suspension
OF the mines on any account.
The conference adjourned to NEE,
again next Tuesday.
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between the hours of l D. M and d. ua
of said day. the following described lands
and tenements, to-wit
Situate In the township of jackson.
county of Knox and State OF Ohio to-wit
FIRST TRACT
Being part of the northwest quarter OF
the southwest quarter OF section % In the
4th quarter of township s. range 10, u. s.
M. lands In said Knox county, Ohio, con.
tainjng 40 acres more or less.
SECOND TRACT.
Also the northwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section % of the 4th quar-
ter of township 8. range TO- u. 8. NJ. lands
In said Knox county, containing 40 acres.
more or less.
THIRD TRACT.
Also n part of the southwest quarter OF
the southwest quarter of section ~ In
township and range 10 U. s. NJ. lands In
said Knox county. containing 10 acres
more or less, in all the sum of 95 acres
more or less and being the lands formerly
owned by one Crowly and being the same
premises decided by s. c.. Horn and wife to
the said Mary A. weirick by deed April
18th, 1910, and recorded in deed record No
los at page G3i OF the deed records OF Knox
county, Ohio.
Appraised mt 81, 10000.
Terms of sale-Cash.
p. j. PARKER.
Sheriff Knox County, Ohio
e. O. Levering. attorney for Plaintiff.
2-27;3-5,i2l9.26S
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good-naturedly when 1t was first
printed" said member of the firm.
Nov the poor girl is really Ill be:
cause OF the excitement and the con-
gratulations that have been pouring
in since the article appeared. We
allowed her to go home early be-
cause she really seemed so nervous
we were afraid she might collapse.
She says she doesn't want to talk to
anyone"
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hut mile from his home. lie was
unarmed, and when he awoEe the
detectives we're at his side, 10 made
no resistance and went to farmers
house near Lambsburg, Va, and
started for Hlllsyille with his cap.
tors. lie protests his innocence OF
participation IN the crime.
1t Is reported that the Aliens have
offered to surrender II they are guar
snteed trial In some other county
and are permitted to plead guilty to
n$oond degree murdes.
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MEMBER OF ALLEN GANG
Caught BY THE POSSE

uniisviile, Va. March 23. - Sidnda
Edwards. tall, rugged mountaineer
~ ~. sits calmly in the darkness of
khe little brick Jail here. the first
satch OF the posses who have been
securing the mountains for those OF
hs Allen gang who got away after
me courthouse assassination OF
March IA, when a Judge, prosecutor,
Aheriff and two bystanders were kill
"a and two others seriously wounded.
Detective lie Grand Felts and w.
w. Phaul, heading posse, came
nSor Edwards asleep in an empty
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26

Woodside addition to Newark. Also
lot 2715 In Tenney, Dickinson 4 Ever
erctt's addition to Newark; 65.s2 acres
in Newark township; 46 lots in Stur-
geon Place Addition at Buckeye Lake.
In Union township; 144 lots In Elm
wood Place in Mt. Vernon and large
number of lots In Columbus.
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VALUES
HIS Love

Mansfield, O.. March 23.-Allegins
that her father-in.law, Berton Pres.
ton, wealthy Mansfield marble dealer,
has allenated the affections of her
husband, Berton r. Preston. the lat
ter's wife, Mrs. Katherine Preston.
who came here from Scotland sev.
eral weeks ago to find her spouse,
filed suit for $4,000 damages against
the elder Preston,
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NOTICE OF HEARING ACCOUNT
Following account has been filed
for settlement and Will be heard ON
Tuesday, April 2, 1912, at a. M:
Second and final account of Charles
ID. Hayden, administrator D. B. N. w.
w. A. Of Letta Ann Cummings.
PATRICK A BERRY,
Probate Judge.
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Miss Isabel Cooper left Friday morn.
ing for Chicago, ILL.,. whore she will
spend several weeks with friends,
Mr.. Silas Parr went to Dayton, Ohio,
Friday morning to attend meeting
of the insurance committee of the Ohio
Retail Shoe Dealers Association,
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YEGGS GET $4,000
Bore Through Bank Wall at Reres
and Work at Leisure.

and Work at Leisure.
Berea, o., March 23.-Safecrackers
broke into the vault of the bank of
the Berea Banking company by dig,
ging n hole through two feet of brick
wall from the adjoining office of JUS
tice Of the Peace T. j. Poole. The
yeggmen secured about $1,000 in sill
yer, which was loose in the vault;
25 safety deposit boxes were blown
open and the contents removed, and
an unsuccessful attempt was made
to blow the inner safe. which con
tanned $4,000 in currency. In all
about $4,000 in money and $1,000
worth of securities we're stolen, The
burglars left no clew
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AWARDED
DAMAGES

Cincinnati, o., March ga Jury
In the common pleas court awarded
Miss Lillian Sucher $4,000 damages
sgainst William Burger, merchant.
The girl who formerly was employed
IN Burgers store, sued for $4,000,
charging breach Of promise. Burger
also has stores in Chillicothe and
Greenyille, o.
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Hudson postotfIoe Is Robbed.

Akron, o.. March %. The post.
office safe at Hudson was blown open
and all the contents taken, including
stamps. How much was in the safe
could not be learned, as the postmas-
ter refused to give any information
until the arrival of the inspector, but
the total loss Is believed to be about
$2,5OO.
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IS FILED

Columbus, o., March 23.--The first
Harmon petition circulated in accord
with the presidential preference pri.
nary plan adopted by the Demo.
cratic state central committee, has
been filed at Harmon headquarters
by State Representative William D..
Fulton of Licking county. It con.
tains 1903 signatures.
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suicide
OF BROKER

Columbus, o.. March 90. sitting
before a dresser In his room with a
bullet hole in his head above the
left ear, Frank Harvey, 81, stock
brokec was found dead by his wife.
Mr.. Harvey suffered financial re.
verses about year ago, and had q
nervous breakdown.
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NOTICE OF HEARING ACCOUNT

NOTICE OF HEARING ACCOUNT
Following account has been filed
for settlement and will be heard on
Tuesday, April 2, 1912, at a. M:
First and final account of John S.
'Durbin,@ administrator w. w. "a. or
Frances L. sapp.
PATRICK A BERRY,
Probate Judge.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26

NOTICE OF HEARING ACCOUNT
Following account has been filed
tor settlement and will be heard on
Tuesday, April 2, 1912, at 9 a. M:
First and final account of Walter M.
Paazig, guardian of Elizabeth Breeze.
PATRICK A BERRY,
Probate Judge.
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General Noble Passes Away.

st. Louis, March 23.-General John
W. Noble, veteran Of the civil war
and secretary of the interior under
President Harrison, cied at his home
here, He was 80 years old.
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EXPLOSION At M'CURTA|N
CAUSED BY A match

McCurtain. Okla, March 23.--The
Anaiag OF the headless body OF w.
o. RohTer. civil engineer in the San
xluls mino here. offered clew as to
Ga cause Of the explosion which.
-naosrding to latest figures. snutfed
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26

out 80 mems lives, The fact that
Rohrer's head was blown of indi.
Gates that he was at the center OF
the explosion, and the theory is ad-
vanced that he struck a match to
light n pipe. setting on the gas.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26

n OTWITHSTANDNG rather dmnutye
HNE
OF
jail
red and sent prison where she said refused food following
property at
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-03-26
files
Petition In Newark Against
A Mt. Vernon Man
Newark Advocated

Anna A. Sturgeon, as administrators,
against Walter C. Curtis, has filed
petition to sell lots 1896, 1927. 1898,
S4l6, S425. 1926, S452 and 346O in
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NOTICE OF HEARING ACCOUNT
Following account has been fled
tor settlement and will be heard ON
Tuesday, April 2, 1912, at a. m.:
Fifth and final account of Joseph and
Newton Breeze, executors of Adam q.
Breeze.
PATRICK A BERRY,
Probate Judge.
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sHERIFF's SALE
Florence A. DAVIS

Florence A. Davis
vs..
Clarence C. weirck ct al.
Knox Common Pleas
BY virtue of an order of sale issued out
OF the Court of Common Pleas of Knox
County, Ohio, and to me directed. will
oner for sale on the premises in Jackson
township, Knox County. on
Saturday, the 30th day of
March, 1912
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-23
DEATH BY PRESSING.
One of the Horrible Modes of Torture
In the Middle Ages.

One of the Horrible Modes of Torture
In the Middle Ages.
One of the judicial penalties in the
middle ages was death by pressing.
Strictly speaking, this n of
death was not a penalty, but an avoid
ance of penalty. In the penal practice
of the time ii was not enough that the
person accused of crime for which
capital punishment va provided
should be convicted by the testimony
Of witnesses. His own acknowledge
ment Of guilt was necessary. If the
crime was fastened upon the accused
by witnesses and he confessed then
only was a true conviction obtained.
In this case the goods of the criminal
as well as his life were forfeit to the
law. The pressing, the 'peine forte ct
dure' of the old penal law, was de-
signed as a means Of extorting a con
fession. The sufferer Of this exercise
administered by the sworn tormentors
was stripped and laid upon the dun
geon floor with a jagged stone under
him. over him was laid a door, and
upon this platform was laid a mass Of
stones up to and past the weight which
the human frame could endure. On
the first day be was fed with three
mOrsels Of moldy bread, on the second
with three sips of water and thus in
alienation so long as life remained.
During all this suffering the torment
ors awaited his confession.
1t is of record that as late as 1850 in
England a Mrs. Clitheroe died silent
under the pressure rather than allow
her property 10 be taken from her fam
lily.
In the older accounts of the Salem
%witchcraft it is said that Giles Corey in
1862 was pressed to death, but that
whole episode is involved in OBSCURE
ties.-New York Sun.
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A Work
OF Genius
How 1t Was Developed and
What Came OF 1t
By MARGARET HOWARD


BonnycaStle had but II chum,
Thriftleigh. There was no similarity
whatever between the two. 1t IS sup
posed that similarity Of tastes Yields
persons. This is n mistake. DisSimllar-
ity is much more likely to cement
friendships provided there is nothing
fundamentally antag0nistic, just as
radically different colors may be ar
monious. Thriftleigh admired Bonny-
castle for his ability to do easily what
he himself could not do ut all, and
Bonnycastle didn't dare take action on
even the smallest matter without his
friends approval. II don't see how
you DO It," Thriftleigh would say when
his friend made a sketch Of some in
dividual, transferring that individuals
likeness and expression to the paper.
"How did you know that?" Bonny-
castle would ask when Thriftleigh
would bet him a biz apple that he
Bonnycastle) at the end Of the week
would have overdrawn his allowance.
One day when Bonnycastle was about
twenty years old he met Evelyn
Forbes. Evelyn was very pretty. Her
hair was between a brown and a red
and when the sunlight was on il, es-
pecially if the coiffGre was put up
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The Doomed Shepherd Doa.

The shepherds dog that kills a sheep
is doomed. The penalty is death. Ste
venson In one of his essays tells a story
Of how John Todd, "the oldest herd on
the P~entlands," once saw a dog he
knew maneuvering toward a pool be-
hind Kirk Yetton.
John lay the closer under the bush
and presently saw the dog come forth
upon the margin, look all about him to
see if he were anywhere observed,
plunge in and repeatedly wash him.
self over head and ears and then Out
now openly with tail in air. strike
homeward over the hills" But the
dogs high intelligence did not save
him. John reported his doings, and he
was had out to a dykeside and
promptly shot" He was q sheep eater;
he had betrayed his trust.-London
Standard.
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Mans Eueninu Clothes.

Many severe things have been said OF
the inartistic qualities of mans dress
in modern times, so that it comes as a
pleasing surprise to hear a word spoken
in its defense by no less an authority
than Antonio de la Gandara, the por-
trait painter. "In the first place." he
says. people dress very well in these
days. Thus. as regards the men, think
Of their evening dress clothes. Admire
the sober lines, the perfect harmony.
One dazzling point alone in the whole
costume, the white surface of the shirt
front. and all else is black-nothing
but black. Do you know anything
more beautiful? Never, possibly, has
mans dress been nObler. In a CEN
tury's time it will be said, With what
perfect art men of that time used to
dress!"-NeW York World.
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Bears One cron and Dies.

The sage palm tree bears but one
crop of fruit. It's load of nuts is its
first and final effort in the way of fruit
bearing. The nuts become ripe and are
strewn in thousands around the tree
until the great stem stands up by itself,
empty and bare. The branches turn
brown and drop one by one to the
ground. Inside the trunk the work of
decay is going or until what at n
time was a mass of white sage and
pith becomes nothing but a collection
of rotten brown ibers. One day the
trade wind blows more strongly than
usual, and the leafess column Of the
trunk falls with a crash, destroying in
its fall many of the young palms that
are already springirig from thes nuts
scattered some months before.
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SNAKES ARE STUPID.
The Reptiles May Be Tanned, but They
Cannot Be Trained.

One cannot train or teach snakes to
Go ANYTHING whatever. Their brain
power is so limited that the marvel is
how they have ever managed to sur
vive in the great competition, especial
lv when one finds that they are still
on the Ascending curve" of evolution.
Most of them can be tanned to some
ship and judicious handling (some spe-
cies very much more readily than
others. When they have learned to
trust. TO appreciate the fact that there
is 10 necessity for self defense, then
they may be trusted, Il principle which
applies to most animals, n there the
scope and possibility of their educa
ton come to an end.
After that the most that a sEillful
exhibitor IAN do with them is to adapt
himself and his actions to their move
ments, which by familiarity he can
pretty nearly anticipate. so that these
may appear purposive and Intelligent
He NAV affect to listen to the serpents
~counselS. or receive its kiss on his lips
if its head inclines in an upward direc-
ton. or to lure it from n hand to the
other. or to guide it to some given
spot. should it by chance glide hori-
zontally or downward, just as the
Indian snake charmer takes deceptive
advantage of the natural defiant att
tude of the well nigh untamable cobra
de capello.-Chambers' Journal.
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The Old Tableboard.

Perhaps no great difference exists
between any mode Of the olden times
and that Of today than can be seen in
the manner Of serving the meals Of the
family. In the first place the very din
Ing table Of the colonists was not like
our present ones. 1t vas a long and
narrow board, sometimes but three
feet wide, with no legs attached to 1T.
1t was laid on supports or trestles,
shaped something like a sawhorse.
Thus it was literally q board and was
called a tableboard, and the linen COW
err used at meals was not called q
tablecloth, but a boardcloth or board
clothes.
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with a couple Of strings Of imitation
pearls, was especially charming. The
natural expression Of her lips was a
smile. and it seemed that any change
in them was from the usual to the un-
usual. Her neck and shoulders were
curves of beauty.
The first thing for an artist to do to
bring out his genius is to fall in love.
At least that's the way Dante and Pc
trarch and a lot of others did. Bonny-
castle proceeded in his W mind to
give Evelyn a character suitable to her
physical makeup. For this he had the
ground all prepared for him-that is.
there were no traits for him to tear
away. because there were no traits at
all. Evelyn may be best described rs
a composite gin. If a man is going to
idealize a woman or a woman is going
to idealize a man it is far better that
this should be so, just as it is easier to
draw a picture from the beginning
than to alter one already made.
Bonnycastle conided his love to his
friend Thriftleigh, waxing eloquent on
the girls physical and moral beauties.
One reason for the friendship between
the men was that Thriftleigh never OPP
posed his friends vagaries except when
harm might come of them. He could
see no more harm in Bo|nnycastle's Gre
ating an angel out Of Miss Forbes than
a sculptor doing the same thing out OF
clay. SO he listened to Bonnycastle's
description of what he conceived the
girl to be with apparent profound in
terest. This suited Bonnycastle eXact-
ly. He neither wished his friend to
agree or disagree with him.
B~onnycastle's next step was to write
love letters to Evelyn. \ critic would
have pronounced them literary master
pieces. There was feeling in them,
brought out by genius. What that gen
ius is no one has yet been able to de-
fine, though many have tried. In this
case it was the difference between
maudlin and that which appeals direct
Iy TO the heart. The literary instinct
was so strong in Bonnycastle that it is
quite probable the chief interest he
took in these letters was very much
like what he would feel at portraying
love scenes in a novel. But this he did
| not suspect. He regarded them as gen
uine expressions of his worship of his
angel.
Evelyn saw nothing in the letters ex'
cept evidence that the writer was In
love with her. She had several other
admirers, who said the same thing In
a commonplace way, the method max
ing no difference as to the fact. 1t was
Sufficient that she was admired. Bon
nycastle derived no advantage from
expressing his love In such charming
fashion. Another Of Evelyn's admir-
ers who sat still and said nothing pro
duced ever a greater effect.
Several of the worlds literary masters
! 81 ngan their careers by dra wing pic
tun as with a pencil or a brush instead
of Words, a notable instance being the
great Thackeray. Bonnycastle wa.
one ofAthese. He lacked the skill tina
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Still Life.

They were looking at the canvases
on exhibition in the artists studio.
Does this one represent q req | land
scape?' inquired the portly gentleman
with the double chin.
"Yes, sir" answered the artisty ''That
rude shack in the foreground is a
moonshiner's cabin In the mounta ms"
"Oh, yes. This must be the pair ting
called Still Life in the catalogue
Chicago Tribune.