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Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
CATS FORESEE DEATH?
LONDON WRITER AscRieEs mYs- FERROUS INSTINCT TO FELINE.
That Animal Has Insight Into the Flu ture Has Been Common Belief In a Number of Countries
 for Centuries.

| Has a cat insight into the future? | Can 1t presage wealth or death? l am l inclined to believe that certain cats can. at all events, foresee the advent | of the latter; and that they do this in l the same manner as the shark, crow, | owl, jackai, hyaena, etc, namely, by | their abnormally developed sense of smell. My own and other peoples ex- perience has led me to believe that when a person Is about to die, some kind of phantom, maybe the spirit of some one closely associated with the sick person, or, maybe a spirit whose special function 1t is to be present on such occasions, is in close proximi- ty to the sick or injured one, waiting to escort his or her soul into the world of shadows-and that certain cats scent its approach.
 Therein then-in this wonderful pro perty of smell-lies one of the secrets to the cats mysterious powers-it has the phychic faculty of seent-of scent ing ghosts Some people. too. have this faculty. In recent murder case, in the north of England, rustic wit ness gave it in her evidence that she was sure a tragedy was about to hap pen because she "smelt death in the house." and it made her very uneasy. Cats possessing this peculiarity are affected in a similar manner-they are uneasy. Before a death in house, have watched a cat show gradually in- acft, Tt hod moved from place to place, unable to settle in any one spot for any length of time, had frequent fits of shivering, gone to the door, sniffed the asmos- phere, thrown back it's head and new ed in a low, plaintive key and shown the greatest reluctance to being alone in the dark.
 This faculty possessed by certain cats may in some measure explain certain of the superstitions respecting them. Take, for instance, that of cats crossing ones path predicting death.
 The cat is drawn to the spot be- cause it scents the phantom of death, and cannot resist it's magnetic atirae tion.
 From this 1t does not follow that the person who sees the cat is going to die, but that death is overtaking some one associated with that person; and it is in connection with the latter that the spirit of the grave is present. em- ploying as medium of prognostica- tion the cat, which has been given the psychic faculty of smell that it might be so used.
 But although I regard this theory as feasible do not attribute to cats. with the same degree of certainty, the power to presage good fortune, simply | because I have had no experience of l it myself Yet, adopting the same lines | of argument, see no reason why cats
 should not prognosticate good as well as eviI-London Standard
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

l feel better than have for years. recommend Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vege- table Compound to all who suffer as did. - Mrs. NJ. ZEUNER, 1045 New Jer- sey Street, Lawrence, Kansas.
 Montana Woman's Case.
 Burns, Mont -'' Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound cured me of awful baekache which had suffered with for months. I was so weak could hardly do my work and my head and eyes ached all the time Your Compound helped me in many ways. and is a great strength ener- l always recommend it to my friends and tell them what g grand med icine it is for women. You may use my name for the good of others. Mrs. JOHN FRANCIS, Burns, Montana.
 The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham' 5 Vegetable Compound have thousands of such letters as those above they tell the truth, else they could not have been obtained for love or money. This med icine is no stranger = it has stood the test for years.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

by an auto Yes. she had loved and lost. but.
 Will you please make sure of the bas. Miss Merritt."
 She opened 1t and plunged in her hand and thu stood up and shouted:
 You bold. bad manl"
 What is it?"
 ''Here-take it-goi I was right In thinking you a scoundrel of the black est dye Oh, if were only man."
 When MT. Rexford got back to New York he had the bag with him. and he found a third letter awaiting him. The bag. so the writer said, was care lessly left behind when she left the train at Hartford, and she would be only too happy to pay any costs and get her property back.
 Mir Rexford started on his third journey He was sure of the curiosity and romance now. He found Miss Merriweather at home. He found her petite and amiable Almost her first greeting was laugh as she said:
 The whole family will feel re- ileved now"
 Sure it's yours?''
 "Of course. Here's some false hair for sister-a bottle of hairdye for mother-a pipe and tobacco for father-a jimping-j jack for bub. and"
 My card tells you that I am MT. Royal Rexford. of New York"
 Yes"
 And I want to-to--
 You want to see fathery
 ''No-er-nor. That is not just now but soonl-
 Miss Merriweather puzzled mo ment and then the bushes came. She didn't exactly know what she was blushing for. but she keeps 1t up as often AS MT, Rexford lands in Hart ford, and that Is once week. And his mother has had to explain to sev- eral friends:
 "Oh. yes. there can be romance in lady's shopping bag as well as in saving a maid from drowning" Copyright. isla. by the Mcclure New>
 paper Syndicate.)
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

silver M" on the side aroused ralnt interest in his breast It seemed to say to him: Please take care of me. and he walked out Of the depot with the bag euddled up under his arm. He expected to meet the loser any minute, but she did not ratlrn The treasure went with the finder to a hotel for the night. and reached New York with him the next day
 Most persons would have opened that bag within an hour, but MT. Rex ford didn't He waited until his re- turn. and then he only took a peck just enough to discover a roll of false hair and powder.puff. There were other things further down, but he kept hands on
 Mir Rexford had not intended to appropriate anything. What he meant to do was to find the owner but in vertisement in the papers and when 1t came out 1t read:
 Found on the Hartford train, on the 29th ladies' shopping bag bear ing the initial NJ Address Box AZ"
 The brief advertisement was placed in four papers. aud the loser would be almost certain to see it. She did see 1t. She lived just outside of Hartford. and would be greatly obliged. and so forth
 MT Rexford didn't follow the usual mode of procedure in such cases. He was not bit curious. but with that bag nicely wrapped up in scented pa. per he made his way back to Hartford and to the surburb where was located the home of the loser II was so kind of him. said the spinster of forty. and it was so careless of her Her name was Morgan. and that accounted for the initial Excuse her for mament. please. Mss Morgan left the room to inspect the bag. and when she re- turned she fairly threw it at MT. Rex ! lords head along with the exolama. ten
 Sir you are no gentlemanl"
 "What-what is itY'
 q repeat it, sir, and if my brother were here you would have to pay for this insult,"
 He .s here, sister," replied deep voice from the frcnt hall. and in walked man looking for trouble.
 Really l dor understand" said Mir Rexford.
 Then take time out on the corner to think n over,' answered the broth CT: and he threw the caller out doors and the bag after him.
 There was mistrke somewhere. and Mir. besford began to feel the emotion ot curiosity. There was no mistake nk NA-hAStn~-A~-Ax---z~ .
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
THE INITIAL IN" Romance in a Lady'S Shopping
 Bag.
By BRYANT z. c. ROGERS.

And as for Royal being in love-" it is not true. though l wish it were. ] should dearly love to know that he was settled down in his own home" But he is not a cynlc7"
 'oh. dear, no. It is just that-that well l can hardly explain lie wants rousing up. as 1t were. Admiring, courtship and marriage seem prosy adventure with his falling in love" Royal Rexford. only son of the widow. had reach d the age of twenty. four without ever having fallen in love. It couldn't even be said that he had ilrted He could waltz and play bridge and render himself agreeable at afternoons" and week-ends, but 1t stopped there. He didn't favor wo- man suffrage, and he didn't say word against IL IL was -ust that he was not interested beyond a mild and par uonable curiosity. His intimates of. ten wondered what would arouse his emotions, but they had waited in vain. On certain afternoon Mir Rexford left New York for Hartford. He was neither elated nor cast down He didn't care whether he went or stayed He didn't care whether he went be- yond Fall River or got of there. Every chair in the car was taken, but he didn't care to size up his fellow passengers. In an indifferent sort of way he acquired the knowledge that there were three or four young ladies among the travellers, but what of it' There were also ladies and fat men and lean men.
 Mir Rexford passed most of the time fin reading When he reached journeys end he was In no rush to leave the car. It thereby happened that he was the last one out. and as he passed down the aisle he saw . shopping bag reposing in one of the chairs They have been left behind hundreds of times by hundreds of wo- . According to rule and law and
 d other things, MT. Rexford
 passed on and left the
 /1 bag and turn 1t in
 Wrsy ofice If not that.
 ---eA II in him
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

lowed him2 lie aad come all the way from New York to restore it. and now she would not have it. It was no use to ring the bell and ask for explana- tions The broth IT fingered in the hall ard had his coat of Mir. Rexford did the right thing by returning to New York and discovering another letter in answer to his ad This an swer was from Miss Merritt and lol she also lived near Hartford and was entitled to use the initial M" He would think her very careless girl. and she would admit she was. but as an offset wasn't 1t simply beautiful to discover that there were a few honest people still left in the world? Re grettine the trouble she would put him to, and thanking him million times tn advance, he might express the bag to--and so forth.
 Many men would have done so and said the matter could go hang. but Mir. Rexford didn't A faint snin of romance was in the air. He was aware of emotions to which he had heretofore been total stranger. Back he went to Harsfor It was eight o'clock fin the evening when he gazed Into Miss Merritt's eyes and wondered whether she was hfty-five or sixty.
 Shippers and so gladsl So sorry he had gone to all the trouble he had. She was sure that he VAS one man out of thousand. She had read of such gallant actions in books. but never ex- pected to meet the hero of them. She had hesitated to write nim, not know .ng but he might be a confidence man. or want missive from her to levy blackmaiL She now saw that she had wronged him and must beg his par don million times over Once she had written letter to man about investing in silver mine stock. and in her ignorance of the wiles of the world she had poured out her heart so efrusiveiy that 1t had cost her $500 to get her letter hack. It was because of this sad experience that she had written so formally to MT. Rexford. Now that they had met and he had seen her and she had seen him. she was sure he would forgive.
 Yes. Mir. Rexford would forgive. He would even praise her maidenly dis cretion, but was that her shopping bags shopping bags with the initial M" on them were so numerous that a mistake was easily made.
 Oh, there was not d0lbt in the world about ownership That bag had called up too many sad thoughts for her to be mistaken in It. It had been $ gift from dear friend--a very dear friend. Indeed. she was not ashamed to admit that she and that very dear friend had bean l n'.s celx .s
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
Small Print Bad for Children.

Small print leads the young scholar to look too closely at his books. He Is not yet familiar with the forms of the words, and his eyesight has not yet reached it's full acuteness. For easy vision he must have retinal i'm ages larger than those which satisfy the trained reader To obtain these larger images he brings the book too near to his eyes, or his eyes too near the book, and this is apt to be in- furious.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
Good Sleener-

Their political dispute. according to the account in the Kansas City Star, had not been confined to words, and at last one of the antagonists, with great dignity, said to the other: Sir, you have called me a crook and a fool, you have broken my spectacles, you have punched me twice I hope you will not rouse the sleeping lion in my breast, for if you should, I can not tell what may be the conse- quences'
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

always had pain and was irregular. Dur ing the delay I suf- fered a great deal with headache. back ache. dizziness, few erish spells, nervous ness and bloating.
 1 had been married nearly three years.
 l took Lydia E. Pink hams V Q ge table Cnp1na1pd apd pn1.-
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
Man to Avoid.

The man who can laugh at 8 funny story after hearing 1t the third time should not be trusted. He Is hypo- crite.-Washington Star.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
clty,s Many Fatal Accidents.

More than three thousand five hun dred accidental deaths occur ever! year in New York.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16

Take Long Time to Hatch. - laid by New Zealand lizart
 e fourteen months to hatch.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-16
KANSAS WOMAN
 WHO SUFFERED
From Headache, Backache, Dizziness and Nervousness, Restored to Health by
 Lydia E. Pink hams
 Vegetable Compound.

Lawrence, Kans. -" A year ago was suffering from number of ailments.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
Good Reasons for His En-
thuSiaOm.

When . man has suffered for several
days with collie, disrrhoea or other form
Of bowel complaint snd 10 then cured
sound and we'll by one or two doses Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Disrr.
hoes remedy, a. 10 often the case. il 10
but natural that he should be enthusiastic
in his praise Of the remedy, and especially
is this the case Of q severe attack when
life is sthreatened. Try It when in need Of
such remedy. 1t never fails. Sold by
all dealers, s,-Adyt,
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
sh.rss., Menu Extensive.

4 tiger shark. captured in Key West
haFbor. II reported to have contained
in IL stomach . cows head. dshornsd
and mtAss The lower Jaws. the vsrts-
bral column of . sheep. the scutss OF
Q green turtle. the bones and feathers
Of two birds. and . lot OF tin cans and
ssaweed. Its Jaws measured foot Z
inches. straight across. But Why call
1t = tiger shark! Goat shark or o.
trich shark would be more IN kseo'
Ing.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
CLING TO THEIR OWN WAYS
Many Reasons Why Il Has 0ssa Hard
70 Advance Civilization In the
ceN0o Free etats.

Here 10 an instance of how slavery
b carried ON in the Congo: We had
in our school . boy named Chiwahe.
One day messengers arrived with the
news that Chiwahe's father was dead.
another man wounded, and that his
mother and her children had been
taken slaves. In the course Of the
next few days we got the details. A
sub-chief named Samalonga had owed
. slave for some years to another sub
chief At last. being wearied of con-
slant DINING. and possibly fearing An
attack. he had made . night raid ON
this small village. killed one man.
wounded another badly. and had
seized all the women and children and
everything of value In the village. and
marched Oh. In telling the story the
natives repeated asserted that sama-
Tonga had had NO previous trouble
with Chiwahe's father. and they
laughed heartily a. II 1t were rather .
good joke on the dead man that he
had been thus involved.
In years time several such MUIR
ders were perpetrated in our vicinity.
Every man carried q gun II he ven-
tured out of his village. Kazembe
ridded himself of . troublesome adver.
sary by shooting him down in cold
blood. THAT is the way Of our ia.
thers." he said proudly. And. natu.
rally. he resented the Interference of
. European government.-Christi
Herald
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

DcpeFtaeat d tie IaterieT.
U. S Lssd O9es at Lamar. Colo.
July 26. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Walter K. Bosue Of Webb.
CeI.. whs. October g. 1902 nsds homsstssd entry.
Ne. 06358 for lots l. g. half southwest quarter
ssd ssst hall southwest quarter. section 80. township Is
sssth, range II sixtk Sriasps meridian. has Sled
sstes sf atention make three year proof establish
claim 10 The land above described before the u S.
missioner IL. N. Z.taser) Hety. Colorado ths 9Th
day d Ssptsubsr 1913
Claimant names as -itnsssss. Charles D. Thompson.
Euss.s N. Whitaker. Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
Telephone Holly 65.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Iatsrior.
III 8 Land OHlee ri Lamar. Cob

Department Of the latsrior.
u. s. Land Ofhee al Lamar. Cob..
July 26. 1918.
Nstics is ksrsby gvss that William o. Cowley, for the
heirs Of Minnis O. Csey deceased Of Holly. Colorado.
who Apr l3 1908. made homestead entry. No. 1907.
sersl No. 0443. fer southwest quarter section H.
shis "a sssk. rsass n 9th principal merdss. has
Sled soee Of i.ts.s. y max. Eve proof to establish
claim the aad sbsvs described before the U. S.
.sse.er. H. N. Zei.ssr) Holly. Colorado the 8th
day d Ssptsmbss, 1918.
Cls~sat names .sitsesses; john R. Bedey. John r.
Mcvay. Asthur H. Burch and fraal L. Sss,s. al 81
Helly. oslersao.
Eurens N. Whi.sker. Resis.er.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
For Sale.

1913 model motor cycles and
motor boats at bargain prices, all
makes, brand new machines, on
easy monthly payment plan. Get
our proposition before buying or
you will regret it. Also bargains
in used motor cycles. Write us
today. Enclose stamp for reply.
Address Lock Box ii, Trenton.
Mich.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
Plumbing and Electrical Work and Supplies.
WELL CASING AND SHEET METAL WORK
Homesteaders' Leaves Of Absence.

H0meSteddefS Leaves OF AbSenCe.
In conformity with the provisions
of the 'Three Year Homestead
Laws" a leave of absence not ex-
ceeding five months in each year
is granted the public land entry.
man, but due motto, of the begin
ming and ending Of each leave Of
absence must be filed with the
Register and Receiver. The Holly
Chieftain has full list OF these
blanks, which have been O.K'd by
the land Office athorities, and are
guaranteed to be exactly correct.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Depsrtnset i the Interior.

DepsrtAset Il the Interior.
u s. Land OGes st Lamar. Colorsdo.
July 20. 1918
Ne,ie. i. hereby given th.. Cecil B. Hart. Of Holly
C.yo., ~he, on May 9. 1910. aads homestead entry
No. Ug5 for northeast quarter. section 10 and northwest
quarter section TO- township 5 south. range II west. 9Th
prscpal ed.n has filed netes 81 make three
ys.r ereof to establish claim the land shove described
before The u s. soasr Il. NJ Zalinssr)st Holly.
Colorado, 90 the 9th day Of Ssptsabsr. 1918.
Clamsnt names Witnesses; Freak c. kiansl. George
W. C.siee Henry l.. Garrsu sad Michael L. Dowda. al
Of Holly. Colorado.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08

Let Us get you up some sta
tionsry that will be 4 credit to
your business-nor = detriment.
The price will be practically the
,ame, and you'll hsve something
you'll be proud of. The Holly
Chieftain Printery.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08

The kind you have always
wanted. printed handsomely. in
an up-to-date manner. suggestive
of individuality. We can supply
you with the printed product Al
about the same price you pay for
the raw material. The Chieftsin
Printery. Manufacturing Statioa-
ers.
The Holly chieftain., 1913-08-08
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Presbyterian.

Presbyterian.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
2:N p. m. Junior Meeting
6:45 p. m. Young Peoples meet.
ing.
Special music, both morning and
evening, A cordial welcome to all.
Methedst.
10 A. M. Sunday School
IL A. M. Sermon by the pastor
6:45 2. NJ. Epworth League
7:3O P. M. Sermon by the pastor
A very cordial invitation to all
Catholic
Services at the Catholic church
every second and fourth Sunday OF
each month, at 10 am.
All are welcome.
Rev. j. A. BAsTIEN, Pastor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-22
Kansas City'S First National
Bank Vault Wouldn't Open.
Business Done on Borrowed Money
With $3,6oo,ooo Just Out of Reach
--"Rather Annoying" Says
Mr.. SWinney.

Kansas City, Mo.-With $3,607.OOO
in currency in it's vault the First Ma
tional bank for few days ran its
business on borrowed money. When
the hour for opening the vault came
the banks open Sesame" wouldn't
work. 1t resisted every effort. and
when the banks customers began to
come in for money to do the days
business on their was no money in
the till.
E. f. Swinney, president, seized his
hat and scurried over to the New Eng
land National bank, just across the
street, and borrowed $4,000. Mr.
Swinney can do that. It's way bank
presidents have. The $4,000 was
sufficient to take the bank through the
morning hours.
Meanwhile safe experts worked on
the vault 1t has a time combination,
but the fault is not with the combina-
ton. The big lever which throws the
bolt after the time lock has marked
the minute for opening the massive
door will not bulge. 1t is stuck fast
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-05-22

compelled to go to work. the size of
the pay envelope. the conditions UNI
der which it worked These and
a great mass of other questions will
be sought to be answered.
When all this data is complete 1t
will be tabulated. The tabulations, it
is hoped. will show how those who
were compelled to work and live I'M
der detrimental conditions compared
with those who were born Of healthy
parents, and had every advantage,
both in school and otherwise, for the
start in life.
One Of the reasons, it is declared,
for not taking the investigation to
the larger cities was the lack of ap-
preparations. In view Of this fact it
was pointed out that the large cities
have efficient means of keeping very
complete mortality records, and for
that reason the children's bureau
probe should be confined to the small
er localities.
The results of this investigation,
it is believed, will furnish a basis for
decided Improvement in the infant
mortality of the country and will even
result in bringing about better condi-
tions under which children work.
Confined to the smaller localities. it
probably will be the first information
OF this kind which has ever been
compiled in such a manner as to
show how the many children pull
through the trials and tribulations
through which some of them in their
young lives are compelled to pass
Of course, the children's bureau in
the advisory capacity in which it acts
cannot compel any change in condi-
tions which it may be shown are
needed. But it can make the investi-
cations and it can publish it's find
ings. Then either congress. the state
legislatures or what is perhaps strong
er, it may move public sentiment,
which in turn will start other machin-
cry going and that will undoubtedly
result in working the reforms which
are needed.
But when the tell-tale figures are
laid down in black and white showing
whether the child who has been born
and lived under model conditions has
a great and material advantage over
him who is born and is reared under
adversely it is undoubted by those
who have the welfare of the little
ones at hand that any reforms which
may be shown to be needed will be
brought about.