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WIVES SEEN BY JERORRE
American Women as Viewed by
Eogllab Humorist.
UHA&lfITO JJTD F01D OF T&AVEL
w>n» a—n*»a me— r— iw
ValleS Mates WMa He law la Ca.
rape, ■* laflMb TVe< AaMitu
UeibenSe AnM Crave the Oeaaa
Oeeae» easily to Bee Their Better
■ilvea at Their Meet.
American wlvre and Ihelr fondue**
foe travel wort the subject of Jrrotno
K. Jercmo'a gently sarcastic bnmor the
other evening la Chicago when be spoke
before the Twentieth Century dob at
the residence of Mr*. C. T. Deal. uj>
tins Chicago Tribune. The moating «u
a "private affair" for the member* af
the club.
"It wot a greed whoa thla engagement
waa raada for dm," Mr. Jerome began,
"that It would partake In no way of
the Batura of an entertainment, and I
assure you I shall live op to the agree
a out. If at time* l forget luyaelf I ask
that you pardon me.”
Ha oxprtMcd regret that he was not
fully prepared to address the dub on
some "serious” subject, as be had been
wurusd that Americana liked to receive
Informal too, but be explained that be
could think of no subject about’ which
they uro uot woll Informed, tad be
bad conclodod to talk to tham about
traveling,
"You Americana are fond of travel."
be aald slowly, aa be stroked bis chin,
"especially your wive*. Wherever I
have goes In Enrope I hare met thou
sands of them. They are all charming.
In troth. It atoms to me. that If Urn hus
bands knew bow charming they are
tbey would soli out thetr businesses and
go over to Europe, where they might ace
them now and then.
"When I first began to travel 1 receiv
ed as Impression that thta country
must be a vary deadly place to live In
fo* ho*hand*. Row sad tt la to meet
thousands of beautiful, cultivated
American women, and not a husband
among them! In Dresden I ooce knew
fourteen, all bring In one 111 tie street,
with about twauty children among
them, and still there wasn't a husband
or a father. The American husbands
oaom to be a delicate type. The wonder
U that their mothers ever raised them.
They marry nlct girls, rait* two or
three children, and than there aocms to
be no further use far them.
'The quest] so that bothered ms wan.
Ta there no way to atreagtbeo ihcur
xnotr wire* oro strong and weU able
to eon for Usemaalm. It lo a|4osdM
the way they bear ttwtr sorrow. Robs
wtdowo malt# a fuse, you know, bwt all
of lb no American widow* I met sel
dom mentioned tba sod subject. sad I
said what o laasen for Dsropaen wlrro
n should bol The* I turned lay eyes
*• tba chi Id ran. and than I aaw tba an
ont or American success. With what
Pportan courage they bon tba loss of
tbolr fa than I Not a whim par, not a
•**rl ’'•T *'I" on ad no morn ngnt
ttMu an Bngllah child would oror tba
toss of a alxpauca.
"Abscntmlndadly X once mentioned
har fatbar to a Uttle girl aad asked
about bis health.
" tie's wall,' sho said.
” ‘Tag,' I said, 1 am aura ha la happy,
•Ml aoate day you will go to eee Mm la
that hector load.*
“ ’Oh. wamsia'a getting tlrad of
tbla one bona Mow,’ waa bar ana war.
•Ml It toorhad mo to tfilab of tb* too
dar pathos of tba dear woman being n>
•Imwat lo giro op the plea sum of tfats
Ufo to njotu bar botorad a bon.
'Tb«o was ns breegy emiun who
ooaoiad lo hare no frtasda to o«W bar
cttatotenco, So sympathetic oar la
which lo pour sot bar heart ttegphW
and 1 rotoirod to giro bar ■»!»« To
my a turnings aba eaM aba bod llr ad
abroad tnar yuan, bgt that aba waa
not loosty, aa aha bod tba children and
ter friiwdo. the spam aad tba eownrta
1 asked ter If ate didn’t grin ter ban
tend, aad aba laid aw not to aaaatMa
hha an it made ter aad.
** *Wtet did bo dw a#T I Bated.
"Ann trylug to teoah this la aw
•““•f' tBa mtaialasad. -for M yog an
fcar* It orar wHh.’
" laat te date r I Mat
“*« ** I ,>»W 4U ate aaM.
Wa at teas, whaaa bo taUawL* **
Hr. Jorogto lead port loon trmm ue
la last hook, "Idle Though* of Mt’
L*lSn*5E *"*’ mU ■* Tm* OA>
CEADUER TORPEDO.
Missile Bs«lnw4 WHS ThpMm Bis.
•lues Ksm Sew AwsblMu.
TIi* Called Ktaitat guvemuscut 1* sup
plying lu nary with a new engine of
-kutnir-tloii. Ilie employment of which
nil I ms u I'.i’iully Mlc.i in tbo evolution
vf iijdrru wurtnra. says the New York
“ia»««. This agent is a tnrWno tof
t-vJO intended to su|tet«ovlc the old
iYblutheiuL It to said that the turbine
tupsdo Kill travel nearly twice aa far
«■ the Whitehead and at Icaat night
kir»1« tnmsr. Tbs new inveutiou to
luovu as tbc DUaa-Lcavitt iun«*lo.
These (mb.lie vLrlgiblv torpedoes or*
being built lu Brooklyn, ibo go-.uru
utt-uc bat tot a contract to a company
for toil of Ibeiu.
A naval luu|a«.'Uiig oHlcar and a forco
of uaval cx|m.tU urc autset-riting I hr
coustruetloc of tbo torpedoes. Several
of those turned out bsvc already boro
tested. Noyuc boy. Loug Island, was
•elected as tbo proving ground, whb a
lifly yard not ns n htigal The torpe
• Hms veils diwjinrgud from the SI comer
Surah llite-p at a dlstniuw of 1,200
yarvto. 'Hie rssiler of the lirjp’t was
s'.rovk ttivvs times lu *uci-ei,>..ti.
Tlso new torpeilo bna the udrnniage
of llie WhllclK-ud lu two other respects.
It tnivcls si full stsced a few usonscuta
aftor striking the water, and it cau be
Oiwl aurre&afully from Lbs submarine
tubes.
Tbc torpedo Itself to a marvel of
mechanical skill It weighs 141211%
poaudt an-1 to a rlgsr shaped shall, the
component purls luring odjuried with
snch nicety that scjiveljr a Joint to visi
ble. II Is enough like tins Whitehead
lu ito sevwral llttus, Isowuvur. to pruiit
•>f Ha use In the old tnrpnrlo tube*. aud
tbl< lisa the advontngn of a consklent
bUs saving tj the go< erimnmt. Tlic tor
pedo to sixteen aud a half feet loug s»a
seventeen mil tUrce-tioartcr iuchca
ncroBs at It* grentewt ilinuaeter. Tbo
Shell contains a Hit) horsepower turbine
on glue and nu olr llusk uluety three
lurliaa long, made to stand a pressure
of 24SU pounds to tbs squarv Inch,
’ibore remains enough sptioo for 2BK
pounds or explodes and the machinery
to set it off. The air Bask contains the
compressed air to drive the engine and
propel the torpedo. This sir la heated
by au alcohol lamp, which lights a a to
rn* tic ally. The dcv Corps.la's thief au
p trior 11 y lieu In tbc Impi-ovsd air cham
ber and tins turbine eugtnse. If It la
employed to naval barttes the oucaging
ships will attack from a greater dis
tance than In case* where the Wbits
bead hae been used.
These torpedoes win cost this govern
ment from tklUO to (frt.000 each.
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8UN BATH A CANCER CURE.
A now rare for cancer, constating
merely tn exposure of the nffllctorl port
to the rays of the am In a high aliltodo.
baa boon reported tn the ataio depart
mont by Consul General Oneutbor of
Frankfort. Germany, says a Washing
(on dispatch to tbo New York Globe.
Ilsrltoa the experience of a Dr. Him*
banc ouo af the proialuent surgeon* of
Frankfort, who wm himself mffartng
tram Ilia die ease. The ceacor was ou
tbo exterior part of the ear.
Dr. HI rack bee* was sboat to aabmlt
tn an operation. but before doing bo
want to take Genera and got lata I be
i baMt af taking dally walks in the am
Bgbt for sex oral boors at a lima. The
afflicted oar was thus exposed to Urn
[ sootbsrn atm. end after eight days the
l margin of tbo cancer sealed off slowly
and-left a smooth surf sec, and a ayo*
tomans course af the asms treatment
vesnltad la a complete care.
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FOR CHIVALRY ON CAR*.
rtnb nweehU te Vlnhi r.> Mr
nter Win.
"Women to the right, men to the
left.’* This hi the whole constitution
and by-laws of a club composed of
boslasss man who lira In the mat and
entombs of Ftttabwr* atm whose places
af burtueee are ttowutowa, aayn a
; FNtobarg special dispatch to the FWla
ttolpMa Fran
The object af too okib hi to promote
ebtndry on cron-dud street cam To
this and the members may takb say
meant sent while tin ted lea am stand
tag. UM whan an the easts are Iliad the
taco aw the right bawd this af toe oar
moat giro way to wanton. The man
an the left band side af the oar may
retain tftahr seats, no matter knar many
women are stand* g
Sobncribi for tbe Gaftowia
Oaestt*
MIS. ROGERS BAIfOU
_PM NURMI.
Exscutloa at Windsor. Vonunf.
Poally Dtcaiyed and Mardor ad
bar Hanband Aboat Tbrna
Year* Ain.
Charlotte Chrautclr.
Windsor, Vt., Dec. 8.—Mrs.
Mary Rogers, the woman who
murdere i her busbaud some 2
years ago and for whom so
much ha* beco done to have the
sentence of death changed to life
imprisonment, was banged this
afternoon at 1:40 o'clock, at
Windsor, Vermont. This ends
one of the most celebrated cases
in the criminal history of this
country.
Mrs. Rogers went to her death
withont any show of emotion.
She made no statement or con
fession. A abort religious cere*
muny was held with Father De
laney, just before the march to
the gallows. Before the signal
was given to spring the trap
she nodded her head that she
was ready.
8TORY or CaiMK.
Kvery ingenious device known
to law, was used to save Mary
Rogers from the gibbet, and it
was not until the case was dis*
posed of by the Supreme Court
of the United States late last
month that all hope was given
«o saving the woman's life.
Had there been one mitigating
circumstance; had there been
one spark of womanliness io
•», n»u me soown
slight possibilities of rcgenera
tioo. Governor C. J. Bell, of
Vermont, might have interfered.
The murder was as brutal as
that of Mrs. Martha Place, who
backed her step-daughter to
pieeea because of jealonsv, in
Rrooklys. Gov. Roosevelt de
clined to interfere and save her
from electrocution in March
1890.
Mrs. Rogers killed her bus
band. Marcus Rogers, in order
!*>*»«** herself of
♦600, bis life insurance and
marry another man. The mur
der was committed iu Ben
nington. on August 12. 1902. by
lb* administration of chloroform.
The circumstances leading up
u> the murder breathe of foul
deceit, cunning aod a vicious
ness inconceivable in a wo-1
man.
Mary Rogers was deeply loved
by her husband. Tiring of her
life with this quiet, unpreten
tious man, she left him. In her
unfortunate life that followed in
Bennington she met a youth,
barely seventeen years old, by
the name of Le<*n Perham. a
half breed Indian, who became
enamored of her. Perham
wanted to marry her. Mrs.
Rogers had no mind- for that,
hnr lrpnt P»rliam w..
by her tide.
Mr*. Rogers fell in love with a
well-known citizen of Benning
ton, who, however, was not
aware of her passion for him.
Aa a woman of the street she
knew she coaid not win faitn.
and in her simple way thought
that ouce in possession of her
husband’s $600 life insurance
money she would become an
object of devotion aod attention.
With the thought came the plan
to do away with Roger*, whom
left: Rogers, in spite
of her life of shame, bad often
sent word to bis wife to come to
him and he would forgive and
forget the past. His strong
love for her and his willingness
to forgive were his undoing.
She entered into • conspiracy
with Parham, who waa her will
mg tool, being led to believe
that she would marry him.
Rogers waa a powerful man
and bis end bad to be • ac
complished by canning and
deceit. She wrote that she waa
ready to come back; wanted to
come back, and wonld be for
rive her. Leon Perbata turned
State’s evidance on the stand,
be gave testimony, a recital
•neb aa has rarely been heard in
the courts of law.
Rogers bed written to her boo
bend, from whom abe wu
estranged, asking him to meet
her at 9:30 at night.
After tbe meeting and pre
tended reconciliation Leon led
the way into Morgan’s grove,
and by a winding path to the
river. A greet atone wall
separated tbe grove from tbe
river bank. The distance from
tbe wall to the bank was less
tbap a half a dosen feet.
"May and 1 walked along with
Roper* until we cam* to a break
in the wall,” aaid Leon. "She
went throngh sod we followed,
ft waa cold and 1 bad on a big
overcoat. I spread this oat on
the ground and all three of ua
•at down. We were only a few
feet from tbe edge of tb* river.
May aaid the bad a new trick
with a ropa.
"He laughed. May laagbed.
too, end drew oat e piece e
clothes-line. Then she said sbi
bet she could tie ne so that
couldn't get loose.
" I bet yon can’t* I said.
"She tied my bands loose);
and I broke away. She tried i
agajn and 1 broke away again
" 'Try it on him,' I said.
"I'll bet you can’t tic me.
said Rogers.
"He was as strong as an oz
May tied him and tried to tk
him tight, but he Ju*t gave i
heave and broke away. Shi
tried it a second time, and hi
broke loose without any trouble
She was getting worried. Sbi
tried a third time, and when bi
(yoke loose again. I saw tha<
the could not tie him.
" ‘Let me do it,’ 1 told her,
"I took the rope—a piece o:
clothes-.Ine. I said to Rogers:
" ‘Kneel down and pat youi
hind* behind yon.'
"He thought it was fan am!
kneeled down. I tied his band)
behind him and be straggled,
hut could not get loose. Hii
back was towards May.
* wi nidm ana sne
drew the vial of chloroform and
her handkerchief from bei
bosom. She poured a few dropi
on her handkerchief—not very
much—and put her arms around
bia neck. Suddenly she drew
hia head back in her lap. The
move threw him on his bands,
which were behind him. so be
was doooly helpless. Then she
put the handkerchief to his nose.
He sputtered. Suddenly she
emptied the visl on the hand
kerchief, completely saturating
it. He began to strangle.
" ‘May, what does this mean,’
he asked, heaving bia body.
‘What does it mean?’
H 'Jomn on hia legs,’she said
"I jumped on his legs to hold
him. May had him gripped
around the neck and pressed the
handkerchief against bis noaa.
His struggles were terrible. He
tbiew me oft as if I had been s
kitten. He got ooe bend free
and used it to help himself. Bat
May clung to him end never
once did the handkerchief get
away from bis nose. She had
the grip of a tiger. He strag
gled and flang himself and her
on the ground, and every time 1
came near him a heave of bia
legs or his free arm would throw
roe off.
"While he straggled hia breath
was deeper. Suddenly he be
came more quiet, and in a mo
ment be waa liarp- May dnng
to him, even after he waa quiet.
pressing me cnioroiormea toaxeu
hand kerchief down over his face
When all was over she got up."
The Body was rolled into the
river. A note was left, purport*
ing to have been written by Rog
ers. that he bad drowned him
self. Mrs. Rogers' unseemly
haste in her effort to collect the
life insurance, and other dam
ning circumstances led to bcT
arrest and indictment. Perbam
confessed end was sent to Wind
sor prison for life. Mrs. Rogers
was found guilty on December
22.1903, and was sentenced to
be banged on the first Friday in
last February. She was thrice
reprieved by Governor Bell, the
second reprieve expiring last
Jnne, when counsel for the
woman made an appeal to the
United States Federal Court to
have certain legal qnestioni re
viewed by the Supreme Coart at
Washington. The third reprieve
exnired to-day.
Mary Rogers is twenty-two
yean old, and was little more
then nineteen wheo she killed
her husband._
The masonry of tbe Simplon
tunnel sad ballasting of the iiae
■re to be completely terminated
by the end of the present year,
and ills hoped that the opening
will take place on April 1 follow
ing, so as to coincide with tbe
opening of the Milan Interna
tional Kxliihitiom.
Make Year tracer
Give Yon Guaranteed
Cream of Tartar
Baklan Powder
Alum Baking Pow
ders interfere with
digestion and are un
healthful.
Avoid die alum.
1 nxxva imam n nosz
J^mAlM^piHlNWnA
a*i * nT r *
rnn. ul u*
rontato (piston or tha '-r-ri U
*»* «a Mod that tad this boy ts cm*
tha Paddc. aad K was so Maal that
lad oacb * joa to os to Amortea to
ptotoa jaw stadias Tha Idaal to a
mast Important thing, for It to aot only
paraiaaaat, bat It ccatnto tha Us
<Hra a man braad aad ha win hangar
again, gtve htas dathlag aad kto doth
tog *H woar sat, bat giro hhai a high
Maal, aad that total win ha wMh kto
Ataagh rrary wasktog boat; imhsq
toa to a bighar jlaaa to Ufa aad gl*.
tog him a bighar noaeaptioc at hla iw
latious to bn fdtowaaa. Malison alas
bars totals. goma todfettasto think
** Wl**t *** C* athars,
* «Aa* Aer
oa* do far otbars. do wdh aattoaa;
thsy maj^isxa a low total aad sgaad
=»r tarlTThigb Mad aadtay to toaa
bt^Mworld.
mmaa. mot bo mutmaQr MM. Beoh
notion la able to da no* tillage hotter
then our other natkm. Bate t*IIii»
out learn ineieltilmp ' n nee otter nv
Wane, aad aate net loo caa kapait
know)edge. I hope that more of jwr
people will rWt our country mad more
of oar people will rlelt jour coutrr
la older that each nay to the r Bleat
laeaaare help the otter.
"While Jepea tee ertwillieil the
world by her reler ead eeeeaae mm Mad
and aee ate bee greater vtctartee before
ter along the Uaee of ptaeafel —teg
Met Omrtrta, la coaetedteg hte teak
f *» rereMtlete ear* Met
MaMtett* p**ta‘
Meutet Let ae dose wtlh the hope
that goad wMl Bay ezte Tin! anna «
aad between a* an none aad that the
rfralrr mar be, net ta aee wMte cam
taj are each ether Meat bet wtete eaa
!n a eteote ef ocbo Meglh to tee ate
deetset Wooed*. Ur. Bryne hdteM
i "yew, what kTntoltteBoet’^Wbat M
a^ee Met with teLte
paper the eppe.mehjrM the orator die
•ppeam Them never win he a tee
wtea there wfll he me place |gr Me*
S****- Whenever great la tercet* am
at ntnke, whenever people MM dewM
y *r**t.>T^ wt* te Me*
y* aad It I warn cotag te Mae
ajaguwee I would deftee It ae tee
■Peach of one who kaewe wte* te b
UBlng about ead Meeae whet te ear*
There am two Ullage that the pUMIe
«P*akm moot here. He ajaet hare la
reraiadoe. became If be doco not kaow
•teteteg be eaanet Ml earthing te
agrbedr aha He »uet kaew whet te
<e taking about; te eeimt te Infill mil
upon bM Mtect. ead te Meet te ear
neat. A great Leila poet otM pearly
2.0(0 yearn ego:
“U raa MW draw Man ftaa <k« wrm
xittak
Torrraa* thaalaaaf artaf awat Wow."
***** ***** tar naan i Tiaiatara.
Tbi-octA aMwat>rlAUuaa wad* \ff tka
•*«W«*urM of Califorala and Kerada
***** ptmt* ara to ha aniit fe§ iba
ry*« ^ Uam daaart Mat atiy
wRi *Wr point ant Hw rralte ovar iW
>wr. axpanaa of iigabra* aad aaad.
to aprtiuM and watar koto* •• wad.
Mo r.ora bnaaaa oodartakhw aoaM M
DllkMfl Map mm — - ■ ■ nw.U .— aa
fiHJrv IIkCIj W rMIVrl
Jwlbla M0Hto| and araxd aC kantbla
10,000. .
Sabdcribd lot the Qa**tt*,
CYAN'S GUIDE .IN JAPAN.
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