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tn, Tn. In tn. Picture.

confess that to me much of the de-
light of an early morning landscape OF
Corot or Claude Monet is due in no
small measure to the music of sing
ing birds. Though not one Is to he
seen, l am sure they are there.
There is story told Of Corot that he
was once painting In a wood, while
near him sat another painter whose
creed was to record things in nature
just ms they are. Coming over to the
eosel OF Pere Corot. he said:
why. you are not painting this
scene ut all as It really is. You have
left ont that large rock yOnder and
put in birch tree-there Is no such
tree to be seen."
with cOnfiding smile Corot replied:
"If you'll not say anything about 1t.
will tell you why. put in that birch
It was to please the birds."-Atlantic.
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Those timekeepers the Pleindes have
been used to mark the days from the
most remote periods. T. w. Fewkes.
describing the fire ceremonies OF the
Pueblo Indians of Tusayan. said that.
having been present on two such occa-
sions In 1872 and 1903. he found that
the error Of time made by the Indians
ms to the 18th of November in those
two years was insignificant. 1t was
the elimination of the Pleiades which
told the Indians the proper time for
the beginning Of their rites.
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W.. WILLING 70 oe . s...

At the time when William r. Chan
dler Of New Hampshire was sec
Rotary of the navy Admiral Meade was
commandant of the navy yard In
Washington. They got into trouble
somehow. these two positive gentle
men. and the commandant was sum
moned before the secretary one day oil
matter Of Importance. The secre-
tary told the commandant that If he
kept on. or words to that effect. he
should certainly be obliged to punish
him by sending him to sea. MIR. Sec
Rotary" saih Meade. II haven't any
thing to Aiy except that when 1t is
punishment for an officer of the navy
to be ordered to sea what is your serv-
Ice coming to? should like to go to
sen, sir. Good day."
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Whom Drsdis sIufFed Mitchell.

Once, when in England. Steve Brodie.
the famous bridge jumper. was In II
party which included Charlie Mitchell.
the prizefghter. Mitchell made some
remarks derogatory to John l.. Suili-
van. to which Brodie rejoined with
some sarcastic observations on the
sprinting ability Mitchell displayed
while in the ring with Sullivan. This
angered the prizefighter. who knocked
BrOdie Hat. As he scrambled to his
feet Mitchell made another rush Mt
him, but by then Brodie had pistol
in his hand and. thrnsting 1t under his
assailant's nose. remarked: you think
you're goln' to make a reputation on
nckin' Steve Brodie. don't you? Well.
you just hit me once and there'll he
lot in the papers about it. but you
won't read It." That closed the incl
dent.
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tn. w..ls.. pe,uIsti,s.

The total population Of the world h
now estimated at l.70O. 100000. This IL
based upon the most recent censIs..x
which all civilized countries now take.
with careful estimate Of the nunis.r
of inhabitants Of uncivilixpd lnmds.
The proportion Of the nexe~ IL knnwn
for l.03S0OO.O00 Of these. the ratio tn-,
ing 1000 males to a90 female~ The
ratio varies considerably IN different
piaceA. In Europe there are ION men
to l.097 women: In Africa. 1.0m men
to 1.O4n women: in America. i.On0 men
to 9sH women: in Asia. l.O00 men 10
0ts1 women: 10 Australia. 1.0OO men tn
837 women The highest proportion ~
women Ia found in Uganda. where
there are l.4G7 to every 1000 men The
lowest proportion In In Alsska and the
Malay states. where there are. 10 the
former. SOL. and In the latter as0 wssa,:
en- to every l.O0O men. New TURK
World, H
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Asatha's
Borrowed
Tenant
A Joke That Became q
BeoMesans Of Rex.
ribatioo
D. cLARIssA MAcklE

Il don't see why ECU don't rent your
house. Agatha" Unlisted her Cousin
Phoebe. YOU'RE always wishing you
could add to your income SOS not to
- out sewing every dny. II you'd
only rent your west wing to some nice
old iady-like old Mrs. Pederman-
you'd b ~ independent A. you please"
She amiled placidly upon Agatha's dis
approving countenance.
~ don't want to rent my west wing
to old Mrs. Pederman." retorted
Agatha spiritediy. shed never give
me i moments peace Of mind with
her borrowing and shopping around my
rooms and then running Oh to gossip
about II to every Tom. Dick and Har-
y In Little River"
.Hoity toity. calculated Phoebe.
shaken out of her customary calm.
ueM. "You might remember that old
Mrs. Pederman Il my husbands moth
sr's only sister and
II don't see how ! could help re-
membering It. Phoebe" said Agatha
YEARLY. "You certainly haven't given
me much peace Of the house since IA
ther died. II you want me to take
Mrs. Pederman to live With me why
don't you come out and say SOY"
ut amt nothing to me-" retorted
Phoebe warmly. my house u big
snough to hold all my husbands moth
sr's sisters and their husbands and
coustns and their aunts."
''I'm glad you feel 70 amiabIe about
IT. said Agatha calmly. Nov. you
can understand for GOOD and all. Phoe-
b West. that ! don't want any stran-
eesN 10 my house"
''fuppose somebody should ask me
about it, persisted Mrs. West. who
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Advances q c;viIi.a.i.n.


Food.
Cooked food.
A table to keep the food from the
ground.
A plate to keep the food from the
table.
A thick cloth to keep the plate from
the table.
A thin cloth to keep the plate from
the thick cloth.
Then another plate to keep the food
from the first plate.
Then dolly to keep the second plate
from the first plate.
When the table Is protected by the
thick cloth and the thick cloth by the
thin cloth and the thin cloth by n
plate and the plate by dolly and the
dolly by second plate. the food Is
protected by diet.-Life.
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'@EsLL Nd WAT ! CAN DO. nI.s nooan"

ssx1Lx MI WHAT CAN DO. NIss NoonA
was persevering in small matters.
what shall tell 'em7-
-You can tell 'em it's rented"
''But 1t isn't
-Yes. 'tiA" Agatha's voice was a.
obstinate ~ Phoebe's now.
RENTED from the hrst Of the
month";"
Agatha bowed her head.
"Who TOT" demanded Phoebe tncred-
ulously.
"You will know In good time" re
turned Agatha. With an exasperating
smile Of mystery when one considered
that the idea Of the tenant had sud-
dsniy popped into her head Now. her
cousin. Phoebe West. would leave her
alone for awhile.
30 Thought Agatha Moore. but she
rsckoned not with Phoebe. The very
hint Of mysterious tenant who would
occupy ARatha's west wing was
tempting appetizer for the curiosity Of
Tie plump. rosy checked cousin
"l'll bet can guessr' cried Phoebe
tTiumphantly. There amt many folks
bat whit l know something of their
plans. and-you needn't smile, Agatha
Moore: Ill Just guess few names"
A...n... .snsnt n,s,ht - a.. .,,....
- 1900. ~. ia. 49,,
.s.s.. ~ haa h.sn ..onr,na =, ~.
49,, ,ha n.w rni,,,r.r ~ hsa onan.
= ,,.t,s .hnn n t,s v,,,.1.. shs
s,,....d ~, .hs .r.,,rs..a mi hom..
~ ,,s,,r,. ~ ~ .,,,s :. .na ..In
A...h. rm,,,.d ~ .hnos no. h-r,.n
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Al q speciea of hardened criminals
among placid herbivOrous animals none
IL worne than the bison. or American
buffalo. Toward man and beaxt and
even among Themselves theSe vicso,is.
vindictive and agile brutes. whose halt
brothers on the other continents do not
fear even the terrific onslaughfs Of
lions and tigers. are IN state Of Al
most continual warfare. They arr
among the wickeiest rocues ever seen
in q zoo.
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FOils a Foul Plot

When a shameful plot exists be-
tween liver and bowels to cause dis
tress by refusing to act, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills, and end such
abuse Of your system. They gently
compel right action Of stomach, liver
and bowels, and restore your health
and all good feelings. Is cts. at all
druggists.
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Al In the Mama.

Helcn-My mothers Presbyterian.
What's yours. Mary. Mary-Nfine? Oh.
iet me see. Mine is a Methodist. What
Is yours. Bella? Bella-My mother
never told me. but heard her tell her
friend that she was dyspeptic.-Ex-
change.
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In Serious Trouble.
'.Sbe's In a frightfui dilemma"
.How sofr
"why. Jack proposed to her last
night and insists upon having an an.
swer before she will have time to
learn whether Tom intends to pro
pose."-Chicago Post.
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wifs-.What would you do. George.
II you were left widow? Hub
oh. ! suppose the same az yon would II
you were left widow. wife-You
horrid wretch! And you told me 700
could never care for anybody else.-
Boston Transcript.
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Pop Knew.

Teacher What does one. two. three,
four. five make? Tommy twhose ia.
ther plays the game,-A straight
Exchange.
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Chnmberlain's Cough Remedy

This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. 1t is pleasant to
take. 1t contains no opium or other
narcotic. It always cures. For sale
by all druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1913-01-04

..seore" for twenty came into the
language nearly at the same time. but
was not exclusively French. II CONES
from the Anrio-saxon scor. the root Of
shear. shire. xcar. and means to cut.
Our ancestors. to avoid the difficulty
OF large numbera. used to keep ac
countS BY cutting uOtches In stick.
called q tally. and after twenty such
u0tches they cut Oh the tally. which
thus became -acOre." These were
used In England for keeping the ex-
cbequer accounts. even to the begin
ming OF the nineteenth century A
cricket sc0re was once spoken Of ~ ~
many notchea. and the rlnd Of pork IA
scored The word In nrst used In q
poem called 1.-The ReStiary" and ID
"cursor Mundi Answers.
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Locking Forward.
Il didn't know your husband had
been 10 Ill"
"For two weeks he was 20 bad that
] began to think Of remarrying, "-Jour.
mai Amusant.
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Picked Pspps-s.

-Now. dearie." raid the nurHe. -
want you to learn this nice little fsprm
ahDut Peter Piper picked ptsck of
pickied pepnera.
.Shantr' answered the Boston child.
much In the manner Of other children.
''Oh. naughty. naughty: Why. Wat
do. why won't you .earn this prrtts
poemr' II
.For two reasons" answered Waldo.
.1n the nrxt place. the ailiterstton Of
the line you quote II no excessive ~ to
destroy any literary dnish that sstch
adveutitioua aids to metric eonipest
tion might lend Il saed aaoss spatss1Esy
And. In TIE secood piare, cou~stst abe
tmrassibiitty - pieklna psyFesSw Mn
hass alspsdy heen pirsled The Seose
thiaG h hensath the attention u Az
intsiitssnt person. - tsustoe Traveller.
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One Way.

Made-D Did you tell her she was
elder than you? Mar1orie-Oh. %: thai
wouldn't he polite. But whenever "
nsss IN car I ofHer her my seat
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wiggs-You think he's the boss at
home. BoRgs-You bet. He wears the
dresses in that family, all right
Puck.
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fact that her queer Cousin Agatha
Moore had rsfused to rent the west
wing Of her big house to anybody In
the village. but had ssassd It for any
length Of time up 10 twenty years mo
would run the story to Nr. Fes low. the
tall. good looking man whO had charge
Of the building Ut the new stone church
near the rives. Mr.. FenIow had been
staying At the hotel. buf It had bsen
runored that he was dissatisfied and
desired to make change.
Agatha Moore had seen him once OF
twice and bad never spoken TO him in
her life. Indeed. 20 casual had been
her giances at him that she hardly
knew Just bow he looked. Now she
felt terror stricken to think that she
had involved perfectly harmleH~ and
strange man In some Of Cousin Phoe-
hes gossip. Of course II was AGatha's
fault. She had no business to Try to
lest with Mrs. West. Phoebe had no
sense Of humor.
1t was not until after supper that
Agatha decided to run over to Ph0ebs's
and confess that she had been Joking
about the new tenant for the west
wing and thus nip In the bud any Cos
sip that Phoebe's busy tongue might
propagate.
Alas. II was too late! The mischief
had already been done. On Der way to
Phoebe Vests Agatha met several
neighbors. and each one was thorough
y infofmeo concsfnins Tue oe" 'en-
ant VINO was coming % occupy t"e
west Wing OF Aeatnas os nouse.
"Wheres % gong 10 Eel n's mes"f
asked one
Cook EN- himself. for ~ ! Know
snapped Asatna impaueouy - soe
faced about nome. and thus sns aodeo
another hit OF fuel to the name OF soe-
sip.
~ wonder what ought to DO. mus"
cd Agatha three days later a. shs
wandered distractedly around her IT.
tie garden. It lacked two days Of the
drst Of the month. and her molehili Ut
Joke had developed into mountain
Of incontrovsrtibis fact.
People watched daily to ses u Aga.
tha's new tenant had arrived to take
possession Of the west wing. and Pb"e-
be West had made q last and desper.
ate effort to induce Agatha to 'ske old
Mrs, Peterson into her houxe N
cbaperOn.
"A woman Of my age doesn't need
chaperon." retorted Agatha. hastening
away. She nvoided Phoebe nowadsys-
On the day before the 6rst Agatha
found courage born Of desperation and
wrote little note to Simeon Fenlow.
She asked him to call s'on important
business" explained bsr prim little
note.
THAT evening. IT, ere u the 6rse.
1lnscn Fsalew caliea vpoa Agatha
Moore. AsnthA sinaat swssasA WITT
ag1fAfioo - ~ uafaloeo ~ intrQity
70 the VI. bsuaA sheatdsred man
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She-what do you mean BY sayina
that Elaa h more a. less pretty?" He
We'll. shes more pretty than most
girla and sess pretty than youi-Sim
pliciasimus.
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The only safe and sane attitude is
marked by the line Of reasonable
faith in others.
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Hsavep never helps the man Who
win not act.-sophocIes.
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Coeceit may pun mp man. bot can
osvss prop him up.-Rusk,n.
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AAt&SUty INV AOt ~ w law HV1h WODs
wing for few months. What do you
say? T'd rnther BE- your real tenant
than q borrowed one"
What could Agatha sayf
One evening the Eoesipa Of the towr
were startled at the report that Mr.
Fenlow had been seen 70 drive up II
q carriage to ARatha's house and hand
out a white haired old lady. who wen
in. and little later an express wagor
followed with some trunks that wert
carried upstairs.
And just before the occupant Of thu
west wing vacated II there was an
other report mora startling still. Il
was that Mr.. Fenlow and AsatAa wer,
enRnEed. And Il was true.
When Agatha Moore aud Simeon
Feniow ~ere married the following
spring Dame Gossip was still alert.
"Flrst time ever suspected Agatha
Of being after husband" commented
Phoebe West to Jabss the night Of the
wedding. was when she refused b
rent her west wing to your mothers
sister. Maria Pedsfson. and turned
around and rented Il to that handsoms
Fcnlow man and bis mother. II was q
sly trick"
Bnt We WIN know how the whoIs
thing happened nnderrtand that Ana.
tha'a Joke was not prsmeditated. Tbs
Joke really beioneed to little Dan Gu.
pid. who had planned 10 bring ahees
this very result.
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papers fails to reveal the use of the
plate. The Whitehouse Review
printed one instalment, and the
Glen Gardner Avalanche another,
but both seemed to tire of it.
Faithful reading of the various
things sent out by the Fielder COM
mittee and the things said for or by
him, fails to reveal any reason why
he should be elected Governor of
New Jersey, excepting that he is
some sort Of a prototype of Presi-
dent Wilson.
President Wilson may be a most
estimable citizen, but it would be a
shame to spoil the wonderful record
he claims to have made by electing
somebody else who is going to act
just like him.
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when they ask to increase freight
rates.
Under the elective system for
Judges. which is in effect in most
states, and which the Record is adj
vocating for New Jersey, it is just
possible that the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State
would not have been anybody by
the name of Gummere, but would
have been a man who would have
upheld the law, as evidenced by the
Public Utilities Commission, instead
of setting it aside.
This is a nice time of the year to
eliminate drinking water from the
trains. too. First a misrepresenta-
tive Legislature and Governor,
backed by an appointed State Board
of Health, abolished the drinking
cup from the train, and now an ap-
pointed remember he could never
have been elected) judge abolishes
the water.
Thank goodness we are still per-
mitted to have water in our own
homes, if we keep real quiet about
it.
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The City Cannon.
Contributed

The large cannon on our city lot
did service in the battles of Mobile
Bay, half century ago on board
the United States steamship Rlch-
mond, Commander, James Alden.
During these engagements there
were a lieutenant and three marines
killed and several wounded.
She also took in the passage OF
the forts below New Orleans April
"a, 1862. She stuck on bar at
the brttles of Fort Jackson and It.
Phillip, where she lay for some
time at the mercy of the forts, but
not much damage was done.
One shot took effect and hit the
Richmond on the quarter deck, but
no one was killed or wounded during
these engagements.
After the war the steamship
was dismantled and most OF her
guns were transferred to League
Island, where Major c. A. Angel
Post, No. 20, G. a. r, got it from
and had it placed in the city lot
as lasting memorial of the Civil
War, at an expense Of $167.
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There are lots of good Democrats
who would fill various offices in an
entirely acceptable manner who are
willing to run upon their own re-
cords, which means that they have
a record to run upon. Those RUM
ing on some one else's do so because
they have none of their own.
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THERE is no more sacred
L place than that where
a man is doing good and
useful work, and there is
no higher wisdom than to
lose yourself in useful in
dustry, and be kind and
be kind.
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Hunterdon
County
Democrats.

living in Lambertville: Are you
going to elect some man to office
because he is running on Woodrow
Wilson's record, or are you going
to elect man who is running on
his own record? Simply because
you are a Democrat doesn't mean
that you have got to vote for some
body that the President of the
United States who is not a Jersey
man and has nothing in sympathy
with the State, anyway happens to
want.
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Katzenbach
to be


nomination in this State, is to be
commended for standing on his own
record, and not somebody else's.
Some papers and some people have
seen fit to deride him for criticising
Woodrow Wilson, whose record
most of the other candidates are
trying to run on.
If the criticism is wrong, Presi-
dent Wilson will profit rather than
lose by it, and if it is right, it is
time some one had the courage to
tell the people. We are glad that
Mr.. Katzenbach is Independent
enough to speak his mind.
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HYPOCRISY desires to
IL seem good rather
than to be so; honesty de-
sires to be good rather
than to seem so.
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WHEN you accept pres
w ent you have dis
solved the pearl of indie
pendence in the vinegar
of obligation.
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The Fielder

Fielder The Fielder cam
Matter paign matter, sample
Drug of which we printed
recently, seems to be
drug on the market. A careful
search Of the various weekly news
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r IKE attracts like; there
IL fore, the thought of a
thing is the prophecy of its
fulflment. E. ]. Bartholo-
new.
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Chief
Justice
Gummere.

Monday whereby the Public Utili-
ties Commission is restrained from
compelling the railroads of the State
to furnish drinking water to passen-
gers wherever the run Of trains is
over a half hour. We presume that
the Justice brought some fine points
of law in to sustain his decision,
but passengers who have to go
thirsty should send him a letter of
thanks and also listen more care
fully to the appeal of the railroads
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DETER the man who
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humblv than the man who
does Nothing we'll.
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Chief Justice Gum
mere, of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey,
signed an order on
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Just a word with
Hunterdon County
Democrats and es-
pecially with those
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Frank S. Katzen-
bach, Jr., one of the
Democratic aspirants
for the Gubernatorial
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-09-04
Friday

AT the council meeting last night
1t was decided to order the billboard
at the Crawford crossing to be re-
moved. 1t was recently erected and
obstructs the view of the railroad
track.
A motor truck to cost $4,000 will be
purchased for the fire department. It
will haul a lot of apparatus and
small company of men.
The city engineer reported the
lake street sewer would cost the adj
joining property owners about So, 1856
and the city about So, 1884.
Tired of what they believe to be the
negligence of the board of public works
in failing to file the semi-snnual report
of progress of the work in the La
Crosse water plant, the railroad COM
mission of Wisconsin notified Mayor
Sorensen and members of the board
that they would demand an explana-
ton at hearing IN Madison Sept. Is.
The order of the commission to appear
and "explain" was signed by all men,
bers of the rate commission. The may
or has written the board is busy with
the report.
A number of little friends came to-
spend the afternoon with little Viola
M. Kruger on her sixth birthday.
Games were played and sandwiches.
cake and ice cream were served, q
goodly number of presents were left
and all departed at o'clock wishing
Viola many more such happy birth
days. Those present were Helen,
Irene, Marvel and Alger Ruda, Merri-
mack; Elnora and Mabel Kesslery
August and HuIda Kruger, Erna
Miller, Edna and Henry Bayer and
Goldie Loomis of Baraboo.
Freeland Bartlett, Tson of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Bartlett, is critically liz
at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where
he has been employed for some time
in al undertaking establishment. His
relatives were notified some days ago
and on Thursday telegram came
stating that he was worse. Mrs
Bartlett left on the first train to be-
with her son. A daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bartlett resides in the same city
but the son rooms about three miles
from the home of his sis ter.