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He Associated Press Service Associated Press Service Vol. LXX. No. 1 The Weather FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1911. LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper DEATH CLAIMS IMC. BROWN Lovable and Efficient Corporation Commissioner Expires At Home Today THE FUNERAL TOMORROW Services Will Iks Conducted From Fdenton Street Methodist Church at O'clock Itcgnn Career us Clerk in Country Store ami Climb eO to Present HIrIi Position of Cor mention Commissioner Sir. Itrown Was Active From Marly Itoyhnod Sketch of His Mfe. After aii Illness of a month, Mr Henry Clay Brown, one of the thrr. members of the North Carolina Cor poratlon Commission, died this morn J n K at. 6 o clock at his home, 4L"J north Person street, at the age of .years. The funeral services -will be held from Edenton Street Methodist church tomorrow at 5 o clock, con ducted by Itcv. H. M. North, the pas lor, and interment will follow in Oak wood cemetery. inc death or Mr. Drown removes a llgure that has done more probably than any otner man to place the North Carolina Corporation Commis sion on its present piano of effect iveness. Associated with the com mission since 1891, whon he was elected clerk to the railroad com mission, Mr. Brown remained in tins capacity until last year, when he was appointed to succeed Mr. B. F. Av- cock, deceased. In that year he was nominated and elected corporation ; commissioner. Though the 'personnel of the railroad commission -caanged to the corporation commission in 1899 was changing every two years. Mr. Brown was always re-eloct?., his work being of such a high or der that he was regarded as the best versed man in railroad and corporation-matters In the state. When Mr. Ayeock died in April of last year. Mr. Brown was appointed to the va cancy by Governor . Kitchin, niter- wards entering the primary, receiv ing the nomination and being elected along with the other slate officials last tall. His term of office- was lor four years, ho succeeding Mr. Ayr-cock. Tribute From Mr. McNeill. : v., '-Speaking of Mr. Brown's services to the state, Mr. Franklin McNeill, chairman of the commission, '.aid that he was the -most-, efficient clerk the commission could have had, A prodigious worker, Mr. Brown mas tered the details of his office, and when It came time to appoint a puc cessor to Mr. Ayc.ock he wa hailed throughout the state as the man for the position. Always courteous, obliging and gentle, Mr. Brow.i mad.; friends and held them. Ht took a great interest in his work and the state loses a most efficient officer. w ? i . f He Articulates and Mounts Skeletons of Everything Work is ho Hellenic it (.els on the Nerves Smithsonian's Itonoyai Forms an Interesting (ovcrninciit Collection. Washington. Ju.lv - J. v "f th- Nil lloiia I Museum of Washing ton- Is a craftsman . In ii Hade v probably ...'the sina I los t . compel It lo i lie worm, tie is llio ntlioial "li-uie man ot the. government, nr. In nt (Minis, i no expert In charge of- the mik of . ((leaning, articulating and mounting skeletons nt tin- museum. trade bv Itself anil ime iciniirliiL' i limle patience and skill. : ;V '1 he removal ef -tin final ;he old to t lit- -lilted III the div being given larger great technic: .xalmnal Museum new bull. ling lias ision of skeleton quarters, and I In i!iplay has been arranged so as . sue it nunc prominence than ever in: employees -of tin- museum- "mid many, visitors : this division i- known the ' bone varil.-' lierlM't-t Sat tcrlec, son-in-law ol I. Piei'iMiiil .Morgan, and president of the Hiihirslmw Win; Company of 1 linkers, who is one of the eighty six wire Irnst oiheials that were re cently indicted hy the lederal grand jury in. New oi k on the charge of violating the Sherman ant-trust law in attempting (o iorin a nioiiHly in the steel wire trade. Nun- ol the lead ing steel wire companies in the conn try were included in the indictments besides the large number of trust of ficials. Perhaps there i in il fur the average in I he display of- and the big cases groups,, but. II is mil inarkable: collections not tlie attraction visitor 'that there mounted animals of Hlineiogioal of tin- most re ,- In 'the- whole THE PRESIDENT IS Indianapolis, July After a hours rest at the home ol former President 1- un ha nils. President began the -most .strenuous day of aw Vice T i ft lu western trip. He will mil be pile moment ahead before tunc to leave for Washington tonight at ln:1. The day is clear anil hot. A Mi; ' Sam Fourth'' parade was -reviewed .by the president, followed hv an informal ci'l it 1 1 in at the Coiuinlila Club. He warded prizes at the morning parade and witnessed athletic contests, at Hie American Association ball park tins afternoon. Hater be was Ihe guest of the railway trainmen at the slatr nr grounds. - Ho attends the Ma rmn on lull Iiamiuel ociprocit v. tonight, speaking isito;ni;-i!i;ovM.(;. 'opnhir Durham oiiple Hod Greensboro l-itst Night. at His Ciircer. Mr. Brown was born in Randolph county in April, 1857, his parents be ing John Randolph Brown and Mary A. Lane. lie was educated in the public schools and at a business col lege in Poughkoepsle, N. Y. His fa ther died when Mr. Brown was t mere boy, and ho began earning his own living at an early age. His firs; work was clerking for Mr. David Mc Cauley. of Chapel Hill: he later worked at Gulf, Chatham county, and for several years was bookkeeper for a cotton mill at Bynums, Chat ham county. From 1885 to 1891 Mi Brown was cashier of a bank at Alt. Airy, Surry coun,ty, and In 1S91 when the railroad commission was fotmed, he was elected Us first clerk. His Family. Mr. Brown was married on No vember 8,' 1883, to Miss Mollie Mer- rltt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam G. Merrltt, of Plttsboro. No children were born of this union. Besidos his wifo Mr. Brown is sur vived by one sister, Mrs. Emma Woodburn, of Raleigh, and two brothers, Mr. J. Milton Brown, of Al bemarle, and Dr. John R. Brown, of Knoxville, Tenn. Energetic and Lovable. Mr Brown was an energetic and lovable man. Frail in body, but strong In mind, be devoted his ener gies to the work before him end climbed successively from clerk in a country store to corporation com missioner. Three years ago bo suf-, ( Continued on Page Tw.) . (.Special to Til" Tillies.) ; Durham, July 1 A Iclegi-ani Insl night . from . Mr. Henj.iiiim J. Brogdei made . announcement -it the murriagf himself and Miss Annie I limit Browning, ot tins eilv. tin- marriage iking place at eight n clo- k in par sonage. of the Firnt- Kapli.t church Greensboro, Rev.: Clyde ' inner of ficiating. The couple left here yesterday af ternoon to be iiuictlv married at the Raptlst parsonage. They confided their plans to their most intimate friends and told them to make the announcement . modest.- There was nellliei' the runaway nor Hie "sur prise" in It. They chose what one in stinctively feels was a sensible plan. ' From (ireeiislioro thev loolt Hie train to 1 Ashevllle where they will spend a few days, then go to Hake Toxowav. In that garden of the gods they will have the last portion of then- honey moon and will return to Durham some time next week. Thev will live In North Durham- where the prominent bridegroom sometime ago hud Ins resi dence erected. Mrs. lirogden is recalled as an honor graduate of Trinity College - In - the class of 1910, is especially .bright and attractive and one of those young ladies whom a whole eltv can wish well. She Is a winsome .-young wo man and was one of the popular girls of her class in school. She weds a young man of demonstrated goodness, of business ability and personal pop ularity. He has had success in his mercantile life and has merited it Just as tie reserved tne plenum young wo man whom he marries. museum.' .Mr. .Scolllck. who works the upper Moor (if one of the small buildings, hack of the Smithsonian' In- titutlnn. has been in charire of Ibis hi. rk for years. The: display now In the museum is largely his work th-ia'h some speeiments have been ipiiied by purchase and exchange Ihe exhibits range all the wav from full-grown elephant to a helling fcai-h ol I hem represents weeks of technical skill apparently out of all proportion to the finished li suit Though there is more labor in Un work, the larger skeletons are the easier to handle. The collection in cludes, elephants, rhinoceroses, horses gorillas, and larger inonkevs, all sons of. .deer,' man himself. and many matrt matsc ' -.' Kvery : bone In these; big skeletons l to he drilled and articiila'ed with res, springs and metal braces. Al though these do not show t Is in-cc: ihut thev be put in pla c v, nh mathematical precision to give Un natural appearance. And then: ton. everything must lie .scientifically Just It is this which makes the fin ished work apparently so easy, but in reality so difficult. The smaller skeletons, like li.zards, small tisb. bats and snakes, are no I held together by wires. Their own cartilage dried in place is used to hold them together. This is one of the many reasons why a -skeleton that is led and mounted is never boiled. Not only would the boiling make the hones fall apart, but it would drive in the grease ami make the. bones .yellow, the one thing not desired. The meat Is taken olf the raw hones wlili scraper and tit-Mi the hones are carefully , washed clean ot grease wllh gasoline. Acids are not used at all except on rare occasions to remove a tain. : til eat care must he exercised in the drying and bleaching of the bones. his cannot be done In a hut sun. lie- cause the hot sun will crack the hones, as it will seasoning wood. From a bone artist s viewpoint the best bleaching weather Is a grav. drizzling day, when there is no danger of Hie sun getting In Its damaging work. nometimes the bones develop black streaks, but this can usually he rem edied with Hie use of dilute ammonia. From beginning to end (lie whole skeleton cleaning process is tiresome and is said to get on the nerves" worse than any other form of speci men- mounting carried on at the museum. Weeks of cleaning are re quired to prepare some of the small fish skeletons, some of -which have to be mounted against glass to keep them properly assembled tor display Tho bat skeletons with their long, del icate wings, are also mounted in tills way. HI!lilllllHIIII!ll!!!!!lim niJUIIIIIIIinilHIili; 'A 8$r Asks Men to Save a NiclJe a Day .Managers Hit l.coiiomiin In I host mi New .Scheme lor ; by Appca'uiK Hircctlv III Ihcii- I'.uipbit -lliinc uiraiiiiHiiiiiiiii .Miss .Margaret Itiillierluiil. daii-tb- tcr ol Mrs. . I. andci bili. Sr., who is to l.e iiiai-i-icil to (Igdcii l.ivinn- ston Mills, son of Mr. mid .Mrs. Ogdcn Mills, of New York: LIGHT WEIGHTS BATTLE American and British Flags Float Battle Ad Woluast and Owen Morun l ight Tiveiify-roiiiKi Itjiltlc tins .llcr iioon lloth Men Arc (onlidcnf. Wolgast the I avontc in flic l!ct ling. San Francisco, Julv 1 T lie .Mtier- lcan and Hrilish Hans Muttered at op posite corners tins alli-nuiim when Ad Wolgasi and Owen Moran liinljed through the. ropes for a 211- roiind bailie for tlie '-lightweight cliaininotisliip. 1 ho I n ion Jack was nt lo Moran bv his Kuglish iidinir s. Wolgast has carried the same bedraggled hlars and tstnpes on iniiiiv liard-won lialiles. Hours be fore the gong sounded thousands were til the gaie struggling tor-seats. Hoys exploded crackers beneath their feet. 1. hoy are an even-matched .pair, there being less l linn one-hall" pound' difference ill llieir weight, l:l:; pounds. Moth are confident. There has been vcrv little change In Ihe betting. Champion Wolgant is a top heavy favortic, ID to (i. Small wag ers are offered of in to !) that Moran Is on ins feel, at the end ot tho twen tieth round. WAS AM, ON PAPl:i. King George a Mcinlier. Washington, D. C, July 4 King Ueorge of England has accepted hon orary membership in the American Cross of Honor, an organization of Americans who have received med als of heroism. Honorary members are President, Taft, Kmperor Wil liam, tho king of Italy, the president of Prance, Roosevelt and Carnegie, Germans Change Boats at Agadicr. Berlin, July 4 Tho German cruiser Berlin relieves tho gunboat Panther at Agadierf Morocco. It Is three times as large sis the gunboat. The official explanation is' that the Panther was ordered home to dry dock. Light Respite In New York. New York, July 4 A thunder storm "off the coast and brisk sea breezes cnused the hot wave to relax Its grip. The list of deaths and pros trations Increased. There have beeen 28 deatbs since Sunday. 1 Confesses to Diamond Robbery. : Chlcao, lis., July 4 Kdward 'lay lor, cx-convlct, has con tossed jind gives the name and details of the dia mond robbery at tho residence ot Mrs. William Thaw, of Tittsburg, five years ago, and tho Albert! Jewel robbery this city last year. He agrees to deliver tho plotters to the authorities. May Close Navy Yards to Togo. New York, July 4 -There Is spec ulation in government cicles as to whether the order yesterday closing the navy yards In part to foreign oin cers will he strictly enforced against Admiral Togo, who arrhes here Au gust 4. Itig Orchards Company Ivvlsled Only ill the imagination of the Promo- -.tor. '- F.nettcville, Hih 4 Se(ia weeks ago W K. I louse, trom Now York, en mo hero and opened ol (ices tor the North ( arolina Orchards Company. Atier a little whilo Mr. nousei iett town, presumably to go after his wile, who was at his New York home. Days elapsed and lie has not returned. Tho stationery of the company names Mr. John (). Is lington, of this city, as the treasurer Mr. Islington made . the following statement : "No such company ever existed ex cept in tho vivid imagination of W. 10. Hotiscl, simply and purely a pro moter. No money has ever been sub scribed to . the enterprise hero be cause Hotlsel never put up unv him self. I have never -qualified as treas urer for that reason." Tho report here Is that a '-deal 'has boon made whereby the land Dial the company proposed to develop has been included In a deal bv which Congressman Kent, a wealthy Cali- fornlan, acquires 40,000 acres Mr. Housel has left these parts and it is not known where tie is. The Day in Baltimore. Baltimore, July 4 Independence day celebration surpassed anything of the kind In the hlstorv of the state or city. It was planned on safe and sane lines. The "ship of his tory" led the parade. It rarrWd LiOi-d Baltimore" and ''Mistress Margaret Brent". by Savings in Material and Tunc. !i;iiinii-nr City, ; -iiily ! "Save a nickel a iliiy' lor the ...(. hi i pa liyV' is the '-hovel request roceiiily soul Hi ii's I hoiisands of cnijdnyos cy t ho C.i: eagtr. Unci; Island and I'acilic Kail rnad. one of the great trim k -lilies o n l e l i n g o k I a 1 1 o n t a ( ' i i y , a n d 1 1 1 o c x-ample- of the Uock b land has " br-eii loll.iwed hv I wo others ol the bur sys tems, of : the country - I .to -Pennsylvania anil lite Chii 'ago'. ".liurlihiou and Qniiii v. The ro'iucst ..'does' - net- mean i hat. employee- of any road wli u un enor-ci-nt piece, but. to -rave Ihe eipinali'iit. in .lime, .in - materials. or by. the; prt i i'1'.i on of "w'aste'-i.u any iin in,., riio lii'isiinal .-.appeal, hy tin- heads, lias iir.i::ccd a great ib-al of. , iulerost a lining Hi eir t hoiisands .of . ;i'in pi erf. it. may I'oadily lie soon 1 1 y .lak'iiig ilito coiisiili-t-ariiiir (be largo Jtrniy'jil i''itijoyi'es of all road wli:if im viii liioils aiuoiint will lie saod lor tlie .company" . it eac'i man aiiplles bini se.ll to the task, .-so groai lire its possibilities and So 'marked the iiih-r est -with which il was received when lirst announced liv tne Knck Island, that it is predicted that iiiu al'lcr another all ol the railroad svsti-i-is ol the country will' follow-the. example. In lacf, a campaign lor cconomv- lias become iiniost imperative, and Hie men are given an individual invita tion to. practice il::v; . . : . Tlie railroads, liogiiining,'wit:i: the exaniplo til' tlie - Rock; Island, have ex plained how. w aste and exiiotise , niav be eliminated, and cards will , In-po'-Ud 1, i di t on -4,ii ions (,iisii,t n along tin.! systems, 'lo thn.ollfec men a suggestion has been miido tliat money can no saved by a more spar ing use ot stationery, more care with typewriters and the elimination of os much telephone conversation as possible.-, lo the I rack- men a nios.-iigi' lias g-inc I (irili lo sivc spikes and bolts, and not u replace materials until lull use of tne old ones has been obtained. Kven the hiimbe fireman has his chance, and he is '-instructed to be sparing .and use a lew shovelfuls, loss ol the . 1 .black - diamondsj" which will not only turn the economy Irick, hut wil make a boner showing. Shop men are 'cautioned not onlv to save niate-liilK, but. also to save time wherever it is possible.. - Waiehing' every. -move and not wasting i line w ill lie inc.'-hil winch the yard and en gine crews are expected to perform-.' J low can Ihe telegraph operator save? would be a natural question, but as explained hy the ollicial.s, the trick, is easy. Liu prompt - on tho wires and thus save delay in handling trains in the ''dope'' - which thev are given. Promptness in handling freight is also hold up to Hie station man as tae proper wav to save llioir ' jitney ' every day for the great cor poration which employs them. Thev can also save by reducing claims for uniungoB on ireignt, winch is a very important item. .Receiving: and Height clerks are asked to be verv carol til and to keep the claims for lost freight at a minimum..' On some roads this item runs as high as s:'.- 00 and ;1,000 per dav, from wliici If- w (ft Id appear tliat thorn, is iiiiip'k opportunity -to allow the nickels to accumulate to the benefit ol tho road Keeping on away from sacked ar ticles, properly leveling loads, "pulling the heaviest articles underneath, re pairing damage before I here Is bad breakage arc also laid down us sale rules "to follow. On one of the roads Hie lollowmg specific Instructions have been issued lo freight house .employees: " I no receiving clerks who prevent tor warding of articles insiifllciently pro tected, or of articles marked A. H. & Co., Clinton, instead -ot A. Jlrown & t o., Clinton, Okla., will save, manv nickels." .. . In long instructions -issued to 'tele graphers they are asked "to make brevity" tlie watchword, to refrain trom seeking replies unless absolute ly necessary, to use the mails only tor urgent business, and to reduce tho number of franked telegrams. Next to labor the fuel problem is the biggest one np to railroad olti- cials. When tenders are overloaded '.he lumps roll off and fall aong the ri.;ht of way, where they are picked up and used by peope who find it harl to meet coal hills. Kmplovees are isked to-guard against piling Continued on page SU.) iSte'i?.': ' :: MmM I K';ff DAMAGE SUIT HEARING END Plaintiff Rests In Action American Tobacco Company and Others Mis Hi. i'. i -loshi; I. a vlnr, a lieauli ful l-,n:.'!---li tivl, whose marriage lo William PaiieoaM I Ivde, Jr., of New oi l;, mi ,luy -7, v ol be an cM-iil ol uiiiiiial social itiipitflanc( in l-on- d v.Ium- Ihe wedding will take place. Mr. 4 fyde is a iiiciiiIm-i- id the well known 1 ,i in I i v ol steamship own ers. - I ii niLL HAS LEFT BERLIN T:oi Cj . i tiaswi.fi i que ;J'r; ji; I v-ni- :.,-,; 1- esi-'l'lt-'al ".' for. II .hay til : Hm 's fit-i -.-i- iri- iii-.licll, s:: ni l-;- rla-iid 'PI" all I li. Un- InOlris 'l.'J'KHl h i's ... ".. . lb: i. 'I'l.n: - I !. In- ii lily l i pi cnijii ! nr; n ilcsif-.icil I. i: l'i s:. . t i-n i . . thiil am . l.j-.-ii' t for Un i .. s He r .lay. If. alii-nci si in lot -His .aie- I em i' i i T.i.H NO EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE Not Hclieved IH-fciise Will Offer Any TcsHiiionj, lint Content Itself With I'oinls Hrougbt Ouf on Ooss-px-a in ma I ion- Three Witnesses Plac ed on Stand Todaj Kecess Taken I ntil I oiiiorrow .Moining at 0:30 I'oinih Week of Trial. l'KI.VCi; X.M'OI. ;ox ic roi;. Ixniapal'Hst Navs I rani o Needs lim. crnnicnt ol ( oncoi il ami Vol ion. '. Paris., -July 1 I'liuce Napoleon' iclor. w li-i is in l.i.ioli-ii wiih His bride, Princess (,'louionilno of . the Bel gia us; Ji a s in -oil o 'Hi ci a 1 1 y i n t cr viewed by I lio iona si ninii nt. of: l,,i garu. iiiril. iiaK. iiuide llio . flat-footeil .Htafonioiil . ilial, llii'i-o is "not the faintest i-haiii-o in Ho near . or the ro iiioK.' t'.ii ni ". ii'' a iii'iyaiisL or luipor ialisl. . rosioi'a l i.nii in franco, for the very- pi'aelii aj r-'asoii tliat France is 'isal suit rage, -devoted to the a conn' ry o: -; iniii where I iio lii.-o'pb- arc parliiimcni.ii;. i c-iinc." '. The piinii'. .".inl frankly that lneii vvei-e. iiii.-laKi ii .ivheji they . credited liiiii wii.i a -.blind itnil sy:;foniaHc spc: rii's nl' ii-po..ii ion; Ho would never .!-iin iii i'.:'i ',itos whic I, would ioiii prom iso x lie itiit ion's interoVts a ml p;i r;i iy .(' I tic- jict ion of the ..'French r.ovi i nii'i-hl abroad. AVIiai Frtilioe now iioodod, N'ajioloon Victor coiit iiiiiod, : . government oi' coiionrd and wiili no . lnoro (iiiari'ols ...il' and ciitorios. it. w as siich menl tliat Hie party ol a i'l'ople W'ishi-il 'to five to I ho end of the famous $1,200,000 daiiiai-o sun of the Ware-Kramer To bacco Company -against the American tobacco Company is in sight, the plaint ill announcing today that it had- rested jts case. Judge Connor ordered -a" recess at 11 o clock until !'iiiioi ro at ! ; lit). : II is not bolievcd tliat the defense will oiler anv lost ini-inv, but w ill con tent -itself' with arguing Its side on. the -evidence-' brought - out on - cross examination. II tins should be the policv-of the dclense. as it is believ ed il will be, the case should get to i ho jnrv bv the end ol this week or loh first ol next. Nothing is known vet as to t.ie length ot tlie argu ments but as there are about ten at torneys the time required, it as many as three -speak on a side,, will con sume several (lavs. Onlv--three wltnesse-.- were intro duced toilav. t.h-so hem!' the express agent at. Wilson sitid two men con nected with the- freight depot. '1 h : object of lhr ' viilivnce "was to show espioiiage mi tne part of inembers.of tho Wells-Whitchoad Toliaeco Com-.' pnnv llior.e who testlhed today were f It. Harclv, express agent, and .1 I-: Morton and K. 0. W instead, eiiiinoetort with the freight office of : ho Norfolk southern. This is the fourth week in the ma! ot tins case. l-'HKNCH ISKUF.YK IN M.(IC. ,T lib- : )' ri-n co was . a net bin, ! arties govorn- Upoal to the . l-'rance. , Il was much keener - lor stitutions than lor a i personnel. I lo had noi li i in anxious lor placi ho had no ciipf In v to reform ol in aango of I lie a slaff ai'.nind s and favos; satislv. Ite- actioa was never a solution, and Ihe very name ot Napoleon was a pro gramme.. ' 1 claim no dvnastic right,', lie milled, "l ain a son of 'modern France.. 1 joniain faithful . to tlie traditions of. t he French n-y ol n t mil sovereignty oi (lie naliun, civic equality, liberty of .conscience, ijoeial .progress, .1 hii-jve as lilflo to do'willi .la cobi ii ism ,in i ho rights as w it li .la -cobinisni on l lie loll.: I should like i to soo . a II llio iors(iii:ioiis cense, and never bo -followoil by .others'. . France, who would rojjocl u niasler, awails a letnler, and it is fur lief alone io select him Hook. Ihe pariv ol Hie plebiscite is not lor revolution, but lor evolution. What ever conception one niav have ol it, the republic ought to have at its head a government tnai governs One day in the near future 1 am con vinced that the country, disabused of the Chimeras ol demagogues, will return to the great principles that the name of Napoleon represents, and wliich alone can insure order and progress," is of Peasants Ain iit Medicine Go Hack to .Middle Ages. Paris. July l--ln France the ideaa of ..medicine held by the peasantry go back to Hie Middle Ages, and hold their 'own side by side with Ihe more sc.iont Hie. if less, pic! tiri.-tique views of Hie --doctors.' A case was reported re cently of a man believing -that, he had cured: his child of an acute attack of nici1ingi(is by .cutting open a live pigeon on the girl s forehead, at the same nine renting magical spells. He explained thai the -bird and died in faking the disease upon 't.ulf An investigator ol Ihe In liefs or the French rural population . found in anolher pari of the county a parchment volume. hoaiHiliilp writ ten hv hand, entitled "1 lie 1 hoieest of ;r Number -of 'Infallible and Veil fried Komcdios . Il had been PI dusly guarded" by. a family lor over -:H) years, and the extraordinary pre---''script ions in .it .were used In all ca.-es of illness whon the disease did not i:'i itn diaiefv yield to . the . -orthodox doctor's -remedies.' The book: conn--.. solod lho application of a live tench a lisli on the liver tor Jaundice: a I rog. reduced to powder and placod over the heart, lor plague: a leaf ot the ash tree for snake bite, and a host ol alleged efficacious nostrums. The remarkable thing is that the district, in which this book is in use is a largo village where schools date 7n years ago, and in which everv hoy of I I has his certificate or primary education. Murderers Mnylie Identified hy Glass. Now ork. Julv -I I he sweaty 1 lingers on highball, glasses mav lead to llio -capture.- ot throe men who snot Julius Weigel at his road house, llompsload turnpike, yesterday morn ing. J. he .-murderers had been drinking.- one leaving a plain thumb mark, wllh an irregular scar on the glass. '-: '.' ' .: '.'' The Fourth In Herlin. Berlin, July 4 The American col. ony celebrated the Fourth with base ball and oilier sports, dinner and dancing. Hundreds were present. Observed In the Philippines Manila, July 4 Fifty thousand Americans, in 'the Philippines Joined In public exercises for the fourth. It was an Ideal , celebration. Fine weather prevailed. - -' m hi. wJ
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