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gfte Chatham "Recotb- H. A. LONDON EDITOa AND PROPRIETOR. - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SI. 50 Per Year Zbc Chatham Record. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXLII. nTTSBOBO. CHATHAM COUNTyT N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31. 1 9lC. NO. 3. RATES OF ADVERTISir.3: Om Sqtxare, oa lasertlsm. One Square, Iwm Insertions.... &, One Suture, om snoath.. For L&rgcr Advertise ments Liberal Contracts will bo mado. BOKE SMITH NOMINATED GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA Sesmd Term Denied to Governor Joseph RL Broyra, A HEAVY VOTE WAS POLLED Many Counties Changs Vote of Two Tsars Ago Little Disorder Occurred at Atlanta. Hen. Hoke Smith was nominated for governor cf Georgia for the second time, defeating Gov. Jo seph M. Brown for ienomination to a second term. Edward II. Walker failed to carry n single county. Though Mr. Smith carried the state for governor, and will receive the vote in the state convention of prac tically 85 counties to Gl for Brown, his popular majority will net be moro than 2,c00. The returns received from 118 coun ties, giving the official "consolidated Georgia's Next Governor. E. i. ... - - HON. HOKE SMITH. vote show that Mr. Smith received 73.3S7 votes to 71,658 for Mr. Brown, a majority of 1.6C9. These counties will give Mr. Smith 168 votes in the state convention and Mr. Brown 122, being a majority ot 46 for Mr. Smith. Returns from over the state show that each candidate concentrated his efforts on the counties which he lost two years ago, and a number of changes in both columns were noted. The fight Just closed was one of the most vigorously contested in the his tory of the state. Four years ago Mr. Smith swept the state overwhelming ly. Two years later he was defeated by a man whom he had removed from the office of railroad commissioner. This year Mr. Smith again secures the upper hand and deals defeat to the man who, two years ago, humbled him. . - Mr. Smith carried practically every county ' on the Georgia railroad be tween Atlanta and Augusta. This was interpreted as being one result of his official stand as governor In connec tion with the Georgia railroad strike South Georgia showed the larger number of counties for Mr. Brown and particularly in the eleventh- congres sional district. Smith carried approximately four teen counties from Biown column ot two years ago; Brown carried four from the Smith column. MANY IDLE SPINDLES. - Millions of Cotton Spindles Will Be Idle In September. Boston. Millions of spindles In the cotton mills of the country will be idle for periods varying from one week to 16 days, during the latter part of this month and the last half of September. In the South more than three million spindles will be idle one week in Sep tember. A short time policy among numerous mills in New England em ploying 50,000 operators will be con tinued during September according to the present outlook. .Queer " Divorce Decision. San Francisco. That a divorced woman is the widow of her former husband, although he may have mar ried subsequently to the divorce was a decision handed down here by Judge Graham. This is the first time such a decision has been made in this state, and it affects many" es tates held in trust. The decision was the result of a suit for the restoration of records in an estate involving $100,000 by Chas. E. James on behalf of Mrs. Eugenia Jones. Atlanta's Population 154,839. Washington. The census bureau announced Atlanta's population. . The official figure is 154,3S9. -- ?- From 89,872 in ,1900, the city has made a leap of 4,967, or a gain in population of 72.3 per cent.' during the past ten years. This places Atlanta where she has always claimed to be: "A city of the first magnitude." ' : It proves without a shadow of a doubt that the so-calied "hot air" is not a vapor,-but it is the real, solidr substantial goods. , SHERMAN EXQNERATED. Vice President Was Rot Guilty of Wrong In Indian Contracts. Sulphur Okla. -The select commit tee appointed by the house of repre sentatives to Investigate Indian land affairs and the so-called McMurray contracts and which also has been investigating the Gore charges of brib ery, issued the - following statement: -The committee has heard and very carefully considered all of the testi mony submitted and Is unanimous in the opinion that there is and was'no warrant for any person to use the names of Vice President Sherman and Senator Charles S. Curtis, In connec tion with any improper relation with any Indian contract whatever." ; This is the opinion -of the commit tee after hearing scores of witnesses who appeared following the testimony of Senator T. P. Gore. The report was signed by Repre sentatives Charles H. Burke (Va). J. H. Stephens (Tex.), and Philip P. Campbell (Kans.).' . - In giving its decision the commit tee announced it had received from Senator Gore, a statement relative to Vice President Sherman and Senator Curtis and that the committee "com mended" Senator Gore'sr statement Sulphur, Okla. The name of United States Robert L. Owen entered into the land investigation. E. P. Hill, an attorney for the Choc taw Nation, testified before the spe cial congressional committee, which is Investigating the Gore bribery charges, that Senator Owen is the principal in a suit in which are in volved contracts with the Indians call ing for a 50 per cent fee. Mr. Owen, however, testified Attor ney Hill, entered Into the contracts with the Indians some years before he became senator and is not now trying to secure 50 per cent., but has left it the United States court of claims to determine how much he should be paid. It was also said that since his election as senator, Mr. Cwen had shown no activity In the matter except to testify in behalf of his claim. COTTON CQNDlfiQN. August Fruitage cf Cotton Is Very Heavy. Memphis, Tenn. Summary of cot ton crop conditions published by the Commercial-Appeal: '-, Unfavorable reports come from Tex-. as and northern and central Georgia. Elsewhere with local exceptions the crop is now in the best state of prom ise of the season. The August fruit age has been heavy and the plant is thrifty and growing. In Oklahoma with an average or late frost the largest crop within a number of years will be harvested. No shedding is reported except in the dry districts as above. The bolls on the plant are still young , and con tinued favorable weather is needed for their proper development, while the general lateness of the plant in the matter of growth makes a - late frost very desirable. : With such a frost assured the general crop pros pect would be favorable. BIGGEST BATTLESHIP. The British Orion the Most Powerful Ship Afloat. -Portsmouth, England. The Orion, Great Britain's newest ; and . greatest battleship, was launched here in the presence of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain and a distinguished gathering of naval officers and repre sentatives from public life. Compar. ed with the armored cruiser Lion, of 26.350 tons, just launched, the Orion will displace only 22,500 tons, but her ten 13-inch guns and her new deadly equipment of torpedoes render her by far the most powerful battleship afloat. The new torpedo to be carried by the Oriijn weighs nearly a ton, and its ranee will exceed 17.000 yards,' at a speed of 40 knots. The torpedo car ries a charge of guneotton weighing 250 nounds. The. Orion will have a speed of 21 knots and will carry 4,000 ton3 of fuel, giving her an unusually wide radius of action. $1,000,000 for Tuskegee. New York City. By the death of Mrs. Flora L, Dotger," who died at her home in South Orange, N. J., the bulls of her estate, worth $1,000,000, vill go to Tuskegee institute, of whicSx Booker T. Washington is the dead. The German hospital of Philadelphia will receive $10,000. Dr. A. W. Calhoun Dead. Atlanta. Dr. Abner W. Calhoun, one of Atlanta's foremost citizens and one of the most noted physicians in the South, died at his home here. Two years ago Dr. Calhoun's health began to fail, and last January ne be rsm so much worse that he. had to give up the practice of his profession. For four or five months prior to his death he was confined to his bed. In the death of Doctor Calhoun Atlanta loses one of her best citizens, and the world a physician whose work in life was to relieve suffering humanity. Southern Methodists Wealthy. Nashville, Tenn. In the universi ties, colleges and schools under the jurisdiction of the Methodist Episco pal church, South, the church owns property to the value of over $12,000, 000, Vanderbilt university represent ing more "of this amount than any ether institution. The sixteenth an nual report of the board of education of the , church, " just off the press, givejsthe complete statistics ot the chu.rch'3 educational interests and the, reports of all matters of the board and bodies subordinate to it '7 POPULATION CENTER IS NEAR OLD LOCATION Evenly Distributed Crowtu Is Shown By Census. INDIANA REMAINS THE AXIS Columbus, Indiana, Again tie Center of Popu lation Texas Leads Increase'ln Southern States. Washington. Columbus, Ind., is not destined to lose any prestige it may have enjoyed during the past decade from being marked on the census .maps .as the place nearest the cen ter of population. It probably will continue to be in the vicinity of thai mark after the full developments ot the thirteenth census " become known. The returns received to date indi cate a fairly even growth in all di rections from the present central point, the result of which must be to leave the point at its present gen eral neighborhood. Only a small percentage of the total of the population has been announced thus far, but enough is shown by the general trend to justify some gener alizations. Probably the most import ant of these is the Eastern states are holding their own to such an extent as to indicate the "pull" of the West will not be sufficient to disturb great ly the present equilibrium. "With some exceptions, the East Is showing as marked growth as the West. Probably there will not be as pronounced gain in individual cases, but the average bids fair to be almost if not quite as good. The Eastern growth is attributable in the main to the development of indus trial enterprises along , the Northern Atlantic seaboard. Of the Southern states, Texas will make the best showing, but Georgia also will manifest a very creditable growth, as will aleo the two Carolina- The South will continue to be the most American section, in that it wl!i show the presence of fewer Immi grants from, abroad than any other portion ef the Union. RAILROAD PLANS EXTESI0N. Seeks to Reach Chattanooga and Bir mingham. Chattanooga Tenn. There is a ru mor curren in Gadsden, Ala., to the effect that the Chattanooga Southern railroad, which runs- from this city to Gadsden, is contemplating making a connection at that point with the Georgia, Florida and Alabama rail road, a big system in the southeastern part of the state. The rumor has it that the G., F. & A. is already at work building a line from the mam line south of Columbus through Richmond, Ga., to Junction City, Ala., on the A., B. & A., over which road it intends to operate trains into Birmingham. From Birmingham, the G-, F. & A. intends to build a line to Gadsden, which, connecting there with the Chat tanooga Southern, would give a through trunk line from Tallahassee, Fla., to Chattanooga, where further northern connections would be had. JAPAN ANNEXES KOREA. Annexation of Korea Is Announced by Japan Newspapers. Seoul, Korea. Unofficial announce ment of the annexation of Korea by Japan was made here, the Korean newspapers being permitted to pub lish the news of the meeting between Lieutenant General Terauchl, the Jap anese resident general, and the Kor ean emperor and cabinet at the palace here, August 22, at which the terms of annexation were discussed and ac cepted by the emperor and his cab inet. The announcement has caused no excitement. Many of the leading Koreans appear unconcerned about the change In the status of their country, recognizing that annexation1 was inevitable. .. Birthplace of Cleveland. Newark, N. J. The birthplace Of Grover Cleveland at Caldwell, N. J., is to be purchased by Democratic lead ers of Caldwell and neighboring towns for. use as a club house. " . Drunkenness a Mental Disease. Paterson, N. J. The authorities of Passaic county has decided - that ha bitual drunkenness is a mental dis ease, a form of insanity rather than a crime, and persons who are adjudged habitual drunkards will hereafter be committed to the regular insane hos pital for treatment v Mobile Population. Washington. The population ot Mobile, Ala., is 51,251, an increase of 13,052, or 33.9 per cent, as compared with 38,469 in 1900. Woman Held on Lynching Charge. Zanesville, Ohio. Mabel McMano way was arrested . and will be held for the Newark authorities in con nection with the Etherington lynching on July 8. . On the night of the lynching a thrill ran through, the gathering around the gallows .pole when a woman, standing in an automobile, shoved through the crowd into the very heart of the throng. - Standing on the seat she cried to the leaders; "Pull hlni a little higher so that I can see." BOLL WEEVIL IN ALABAMA. Dreaded Cotton Pest Appears in Franklin, Coun ty, Alabama. Russellville, Ala. The boll weevil has" appeared in Franklin county, in the northwestern -part of the state. Cotton squares were punctured " and dropped off. Specimens of the pest will be sent to the state agricultural department, although Texans residing in Franklin coUnty are positive the bug is the genuine boll weevil.. The appearance of the pest in Ala bama bears out the recent prediction of a government expert that it would invade this state this--fall. L Montgomery, Ala.-A report of boll weevil ' in Franklin ? county, sent out from Birmingham, is not credited by Commissioner of , Agriculture J. A. Wil kinson. In the march of the pest eastward it would not ordinarily get so high up as that for two years or more. ; Just now 'it is near the lower, cor ner of the state, if not inside, but Franklin county is "almost on the Tennessee line. It is thought that the specimens are corn or pea wee ville, which at times do some damage to cotton. However,- there is a bare possibility that real bugs may have been transported to the reported trou ble zone in cotton seed or some veg etation. . x PELLAGRA IN-AUSTRIA. Heroic Measures to Stamp Out Disease. Washington, Heroic measures have" been taken in Austria to stamp out pellagra, . which has a run there similar to that in the Southern states of this country. Commercial Agent Henry Studnichka of Vienna has sent a statement to the "Department of Commerce and Labor as follows: "In order to stop the popular use of infected corn meal, which is held re sponsible for the disease, the Austrian government has constructed in south ern Tyrol six modern steam rye bak eries, which are under the direct su. pervision of the governor of the province, assisted by a number ol subordinate officers. The city gov ernments of thla section also rigidly supervise and Inspect all private bak A HUMAN OSTRICH. Hatpins, Keys and Pistols Found in Man's Stomach. Cairo, 111. Before Frank W. Wilson, an. advertising "solicitor of St. Louis, died, here in a hospital, he told the physicians- he had " swallowed "Beveral articles of foreign nature and that they had better put the X-ray at work. Three incisions were made in the man's stomach and according to the physicians the following articles were removed: One shoe button hook, la dies hatpin, three keys, one lead pen cil, one belt buckle, one tin toy pis tol, three nails (small), one needle and one thermometer. Wilson, according to his physician, had been in a depressed mental state for some time, during which he swal lowed anything he could get down his throat He had been in the hospital for a month. MILITIA FUNDS. Alllotment Made of Funds to Militia of Different States. Washington. The following is the allotment of funds appropriated by congress for the militia of the several states of the. South: Alabama $43, 034.61, Florida $19,501.19, Georgia $50,859.08, North Carolina $49,946.85 South Carolina $35,210.14, Tennessee $46,496.85, Virginia $46,946.85, Missis- sippi $39,122.37, Kentucky $50,859.08, Louisiana $35,214.14, Maryland $31, 297.90, Texas $70,420.27. Five Killed In Wreck. Albany, Ga. Engineer John C. Pope running on a Georgia Northern freight and four negro laborers on a log train belonging to Corbett & Taylor of Bridgeboro were killed in a head-on collision at Pecan City, seven miles below Albany. Two other negroes were serious and a number slightly injured. Choked to Death by Collar. White Plains, N. Y "Choked to death by a celluloid-collar," is the ver dict of the coroner's jury, in the case of George W. Burlinson, a prominent local politician, who was found dead sitting upright in his carriage with the reins in his hands. Burlinson was secretary of the Democratic county committee for several years. Woman's Smoking Room. Chicago. Chicago is to have a the ater with a woman's smoking room and a ticket selling system especially for women. - The new theater will be housed In a twenty-story office building at the southeast corner of Madison street and Wabash avenue, at an announced cost of $3,000,000. ' r "This theater is to be built looking toward the comfort of the patrons," a press representative of the company said. The theater, will have a seating capacity of 2,500. ; 1 Girl Masquerades as Man. -New York City. Flora Land on, a quick-witted English girl of twenty summers, has been masquerading as a man in New York City for several months, working successively as an amateur detective, a gi ocery boy- and a waiter in a Broadway restaurant With her hair cropped and still dress-, ed in man's clothing, she is now under the cafe" of a police matron at her own - request. She will don women's attire and will be sent back to her home in England by the next steamship.- - ' '; NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS Life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine To Train Baptist Workers, The Baptist women of the State are planning to - mak their mission workers-a realylielp by training tl'Yi to become more efficient in the work. In order to accomplish this, the Stite has been divided into five missionary districts or divisions, viz. ; Asherille, -Charlotte, Greensboro, Wilmintin, and Elizabeth City. In the Wilming ton division the annual mec-ting will be held next March. The first of these conferences will be iheld in Shelby, August 31-Septem ber 2, this being in 4-he Charlotte di vision. ' This division includes the following associations: Pce Dee, Union, MecklenbhTg, Cabarrus, Alex ander, Caldwell, South Fork, South Yadkin, Three Forks, Catawba River, Kings Mountain, Sandy Run, , Green River, Yancey and Mitchell, - The people of Shelby are looking forward with pleasure to 'this meet ing and the entertainment of it3 delegates, and it is earnestly desired that each cf the associations will be well represented. AH delegates who expect to attend are requested to send in their names at once to Mrs. W. B. Nix, Shelby. - ' State Officers Junior Order. The State Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, in ses sion at Wrightsville Bach, selected Asheville as . the next place of meet ing, and elected officers -f or the en suing year. L. T. Hartsell, Esq., of Concord, was elevated from- vice councillor to councillor by nomina tion; S. F. Vance, of Winston-Salem was re-elected secretary; A. M. Noble, assistant secretary; G. Y. Fulp, of Kernersville, treasurer, and O. W. Jones, of Winston-Salem was elected conductor; B. D. Hamilton, Wilming ton, pcrsident ; Rev. S. F. Nicks, chap lain. "- , Bullet Through Her Hair. , . Miss Mary Pierce, of Pelham, find her guest, Miss: Sue Williams, of Reidsville, while out-strolling at dusk on the public road near the house of the former, at -Danville, Va., -were fired upon by an unknown man, who was walking up the railroad track. A bullet passed through and jsinged the hair of Miss Williams, but other than being frightened no damage was inflicted. -' The would-be assailant fled and -the ladies hastened to the home of Mrs. J. A. Pierce, where an alarm' was sounded. ": -v Decrease in Cost of Schools. The statistical" report of the "" su perintendent of public instruction for the past school year shows a large decrease in the cost of maintaining the graded schools of Hickory. The total expenditure was $6,218.16, with' a total enrollment of 821. From this is will be seen that it cost $7.57 per iipil to run the schools for eight months, or less than $1 per month for every pupil enrolled. Hazing Squelched at Rutherford. Four students were expelled from Rutherford College Wednesday on ac count of an effort to haze a new boy. The school opened well last Wednes day. The prospect for the college is very bright -as to new building and equipment and also enrollment. An Unprecedented Case. Bather than serve on a jury John L. Young, of Lexington county, one of the jurors which heard the case of Lane vs. 3. utbera Railway, shot himself tbr gh the body last weolc with suicval intent. Tlhe cause for the act f i not known. About twenty years ago, it is reported, the same man was summoned to serve on a jury there and be ran away and re mained away quite a while to avoid serving. Pittsboro Train Wrecked. The pittsboro train which makes connection with No. 38 . and No. 41, at Moncure was wrecked Friday one and a half miles north ' of - Moncure, turning the passenger coach over with twenty or twenty-five passengers on board. Mr. R. H. Hayes of Pittsboro, was severely bruised on one leg. All of the other passengers escaped in jury. A wrecking crew was ordered out from Raleigh to clear up the wreck. . , " Dr. and Wife Employ Lawyers. Dr. and Mrs. Vestal of High Point, who are confined in the Guilford coun ty jail on the verdict of the coroner's, jury charging them, with the murder of Bessie Thompson, a young white girl, have retained ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, of Durham and the law firm of Robertson & Burnhardt of High Point to represent them in the Sep tember term of court, which will be gin September 19. Judge Bynum will not say what plea would be made in behalf of the accused. Saved From the Roads. In the Mecklenburg - Superior Court in the caess of Charlie . Cox, Mack Cox and Lester Hucks,?all of whom pleaded guilty of engaging in an affray and upon-whom sentences had been passed, Judge Long relent ed ,and imposed an optional fine.- Charlie Cox, who received ' eight months, can pay one-third of the costs and $200 for his freedom, while Mack Ccx and Lester Hucks both of. whom received six months, can pay one-third-of the costs and $150 each for their freedom. " - KAISER ASSERTS HE IS INSTRUMENT OF GOD German Ruler Pledges Himself to Maintain Military Standards. SPEECH CAUSES SHARP CRITICISM Ware of Protest Throughout Empire Wben Kaiser Said Be Rules by God's Free Grace. v Koenigsburg," Germany. Proclaim ing himself an instrument of the Lord, Kaiser Wilhelm pledged himself to maintain German's military stand ing at a high level. The sentiments were expressed in a toast to 'East Prussia, given at a banquet here. The kaiser said: "We are ready, to keep our armor without a flaw,' seeing that our neigh boring powers have made enormous progress. Looking upon myself as an instrument of the Lord, regardless of the views and opinions of the hour, 1 will go my way, which is devoted solely, to the well-being and peaceful development of the fatherland." Berlin, Germany. The speech de livered by .Emperor 'William of Ger many before the provincial banquet at Koenigsburg, in which he reiter ated and emphasized his belief In the divine mandate by which he rules, re ferred to the Prussian crowa as be stowed by God's grace : and not by parliament's or people's assemblies and laid a lance against the present movement for women suffrage, is the political sensation of the hour. The leading organs of the German press devote extended comment to it, generally criticising the -emperor's ut terances, and there are indications that the discourse will have a deep political effect on the country, nearly all the Berlin papers discussing the subject in connection with the politi cal crisis of November, 1903, when the publication by the London Dally Tele graph of an interview with the em peror aroused a .storm against the uncontrolled public." speaking of the emperor. Criticising the suffragette move ment the kaiser reminded the house wives of his empire it was his belief they should rule the world from the fireside 'and the cradle, and. Inciden tally, added that women should fur nish the .inspiration for heroic mili tarism. ' German women, said the emperor, should learn from Louise of Russia that their duty does not lie in par ticipating in public meetings and so cieties nor in attaining supposed rights" in the exercise of which they may be able to do .the same things as men, "but in quiet work at home and the family." . -J - London, England. The Times in an editorial dealing with the speech of Emperor Wilhelmr says: " "History is not likely to regard It as an accident that the two figures whose eloquence reached farthest in the western world of their day should have insisted in language so similar in its directness and force on . the simple human obligations which men and women were seeking to escape. Emperor William and Colonel Roose velt do not preach, from the same text, but' the moral of their preaching is the same." . - ' . . . FOREST FIRE DEATH LIST. Over 200 Lost Lives in Forest Fires in Northwestern States. Spokane, Wash. The following are the revised figures on the forest fire dead: - - . United States forest employees. In cluding Halms' 15 men, 136; loggers and : settlers, , St. . Joe Valley, Idaho, 50; at Bullion Mine, Montana, fire fighters, 8; at Wallace, Idaho, 4; at Newport, Wash., 3; at Mullan, Idaho, and Spokane, 3.';Total, 204. Telegraphic communication with the St. Joe Valley of Idaho has been re stored, but it is not yet possible to verify the. reports of large loss of life among fire-fighters, additional to the 65 reported by the government offi cers. The estimate of over 200 dead in the three states is adhered to by those most familiar with the situa tion. . Amoskeag Mills Shut Down. Manchester; N. H. Fifteen thou sand employees of the Amoskeag Cot ton Manufacturing , company ,were thrown ojyit of work when the 17 mills of the plant closed for a period of 15 days. . Tennessee Bank Makes Assignment. Nashville, Tenn. The Commercial Bank and Trust company of Pulaski, Tenn., made a general assignment. The bank Is ' capitalized "at ?35,000, and has assets estimated at $152,635, The liabilities are "not known. She Wore Bloomers. Middletown, N. Y. Dr. Lydia Has brouck, a pioneer In the dress reform movement in thi3 country, is dead here at the age of 83. Following' Miss Bloomer In 1S83 she adopted the bloomer costume, consisting of velvet bloomer trousers and short, skirts. The costume caused her " much Inconven ience, for she was frequently refused admittance to public places, but she continued to wear them till her death. She was a graduate of the New -York Medical college and had practiced in Washington. . IgLJj WILBUR D NEfBTT With muscles weary and worn - And a warring light In her eye ; She swung with vim and a visage grim And swatted a luckless fly. . 3wat! Swat! Swat! At window and door And cha!r. ' A.nd she sang in a voice of dolorous pitch The while she was swatting there. , "Swat! Swat! Swat! When tha flies crawl In the cream. And swat swat-swat-- - Till I swat them In each dream. There Is no board of health In the realm of the barbarous Turk To bid you creep on the fly by stealth And swat It at Its work. "Swat! Swat! Swat! ' Till the brain begins to swim. And swat swat-swat Aha! I landed him! t Big, and 'little, and all. Fat, and skinny alike I swat them up on tho parlor wall Wherever I chance to strike. O, w'l for the Eskimo That he lives 'neath the frozen sky n the land of perennial beautiful snow And never a buzzing fly! O. well for the Hottentot That he never heard of germs -Anct Isn't compelled to swat and swat Through the hottest of heated terms. "O, but for one short hcur, - To sit by myself and think But no. I must swat In the dining-room And out by the kitchen sink. I've swatted them up the stairs, I've swatted them down again -I've swatted them singly, and In pairs And one time I potted ten!" - With eyes that were keen and wan She came with a cautious tread And swatted a fly that sat upon The top of her husban i's head. - "Swat! Swat! Swat!" She drowned out his startled cry By crooning anew as off she shot LTo reach for a fly with another swat This doleful Song of the Fly. " What He Found Out. There was once a. man who took all the axioms for their face value, and he went from drug store to drug store, asking: "Can you sell me an ounce of pre vention?" But he could not find it, not even something just as good. At last a druggist asked him: "Who told you tor get an ounce of prevention?" "Nobody. I have Leard, however, that an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure, so thought I would save Borne money." "Huh!" commented the druggnst, "I knew no doctor had given you such advice. Where would his business and mine, go to if any pne ma49 fiucb at practise popular?" ' One Consolation. "Yes," acknowledged the mother ot the child, "Willie has a hot temper; he inherits that from bis father. And he has a way of telling things that people have said and which they would not like to hare repeated; he Inherits that from his father's grand father. And he once In a while tells fibs; he Inherits that from his father's Aunt Emily, who was not always as exact in her statements as ehe should have been." ' "And has he Inherited nothing from your side of the house?" asks the calV er, with a smile." "I hope," puts In the mere pereon. who is the father of little Willie, "I hope that he hasn't Inherited a ten dency to tell where bis children will have inherited their bad traits from." Lacked Interest. "How did you succeed with the new shoe you invented for women?" we ask our friend, the Inventor. "It didn't go at all after the first season he replies, sadly. . "Didn't? But it seemed to be ar tistic and comfortable. . "Yes. But tho doctors did not dls cover any new disease that it caused, and of course it didn't attain any popu? larity.V The Real Hardship. "I suppose," ?ald the onlooker, when the steeple climber came to thf ground to get h!3 dinner, "that your line of business has a great many try tag episodes." - "Yes," responded tt.e steeplejack. "Would you mind Celling mo what you consider the worst?" . "It's having to hear people get off that Joke about me working overtime"