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W'tl '•:***• •'Medina Mly fom*& ... .^^ 1 11.fill~.i——— ?w*fr^T Entered February <k 1803, ft IptoWt . By m<m-item/toti •$##•» y«arr*i for . ' six \months; 50 cento for three •. ' month's, Invariably in aclvanMV Advertfinng-Bates on Apntioatioii, 'Friday, february 27> 19.03, • IS A MORAL TERVERT, Man Who Confessed to Murder 'I— of Five Women, MABBtED. THREE OF THE VICTIMS Made a Una Statement In aajl-rWat In Cincinnati House of Refuge When J7 Years Old—New Records Being '. ^Discovered Hourly—Parents |ay H< Is insane. Hamilton, 0., Fell. Hi, — Alfred Knapp, ^the aerfccqnfeasGd murderer, made at long statement last night al the iJall, He adhered to Ms'written conftMtoiKftnd oddpd soma'jwlnts. 01 these the most interesting ro ItHea to the fate of his first wlfo, Em- » Stubbs, whoso ftito had boon over- looked. ,JCna'pp- declares, that she it still alive and la now la IXMISVHIO Ky. He 'says silo sfrt a dlvorco from (Mm. . * A'notnon, chapter w added tc ICn&pp'a list of confessed crimes, when too tuwertod that ho was impllcite* is #eremi hold-ups bora Ifat Efcscomber. lie wrt* asked why ho eoratalttod\ his various crimes and bow i'o felt wh-ari he WB» choking a» woman to death. Homuas \I can't toll. 1 was noised with ar lrrVslstfblQ desire to elioko theft and I e&n'fc help it. I could not let go when I onco began,- even It-1 wanted to. 1 never fool any remorse, only a fooling of satisfaction when 1 know that they a** dead, 1 used my lianda«in overy taufo except that of Mary EcfotrfcrJ 1 choked that woman with * towel, hut t could Jt&vo done It wit!* my hands. I got aemialntcd with Mary in Daytoa O., through an auvcrticcment, and when she* went to Cincinnati I visited her at Iter roo.ra and choUvd her to doathA>no night.\ Bveiry doctor who has ocw» Knapt faerofftgrecs that ho Is a moral per vert, similar to \Jack the Ripper,\ «^j copt that lid finds satisfaction In chut ing womin and children. Knapp Is now suspected of strung Hog throe women at Evaaivlllc, tort to hare kilted women elsowhc-rtf- Bo-waa In tho Cinefnmtlt bonsn *v refuge when 17 yairtt old and new ro» orda are being dlisfovered almost hourly. • After his confession, Knapj» almittwl that ho had ropeatotlly n&janttml -w* men. Among othtr things b*< raid: \I root tlrwLlUlcmatt child In th> Ininber yawl and ehetal hrr to d»«rh when aiho ntado an ciitrry. I cam^nt ttell what taado rao kill tlinse pfhpf. I couhl not i*tp U. Some klml «f n -desire to kill took hnld t of nw> a»>t 1 cbuM not resist the f pmpiattoh to Ulll I am aorry foe my crimes.\ *A format charge of murder la the' •\jgh*t degroo has boon filed. SAY3 HE'S INSANE. Cdntes^d'Brectipn Gase From • t j2tfr Missouri District, ^y WAGONER XSETS BUTTER'S SEAT, Mr. I>?l?el| I IT the. Chair Osejared tht BesQlutlon fo Seat Wagoiier <?ae rJeeli Deo|ir»fn£j to 'Entertain thr Point of.No Quorum — Lie'glslatiVe Day to Be Continuous, •Washlngtoii^Feb, 27, -r- Mr. Wfe wtfrQi failed to set *he , ngricultui , al approprifflUon bill sou* to conference, Jlr, Ota8tea4 then called up the contested election caso of VPagonot- VB Batter fro*n the Twelfth Missouri district and Mr. iUch&Vdson rajaed the question, of eonsldoratlpn. against it, The roll was •called. We bouse dec4d\ od to'«ouslder the case—153 t o 109—e palr^r vote, 4 Mr.\ Olrostead, In charge of thjicasbj then tookUie floor in support of'tlib ma- jority report, *w}>tc3i f©coro8ien.ded the unceatlnK of,3Ir, JButler »i\d the seat- ing of Mr, Wagoner, '.An attompt to agi'eo on tim'-s was unsuccessful. Mr, OlrasteM^was followed by Jitr, P^iey, wb<> ppelie Bl minutes. •. Hcai«n yletded to Mr, Da Arraond, who iumouneiKi tho conduct of the ease as a \j-enMkaMe^procoqdlns of bonesty 'or 4ece»&sy,' a gharBBful 1 aiwtaele wlfoae base and «ordld mo- tive wis to •sxsto the\'contestant *W- t flOO la ealar^. Addresslns fhaJK^tai llcan. aide lie «»ldt \Remember fiwt when, you vote to steal Butler's seat y<,u voto to JvlH moaauK# l a which you ara |ntt<restod;'^ = Mr. Mlllac-feplled to Mr. Do Armoad, doclexins aro!4 applause on din side of tho hou?o f tl»at, ,< fleltJ!er vltupemtlon . nor tlircatfl caold prevent tlio isajorlty from doing; Its duty.\ t Mr; Olmstead. coBCtoled lhcr^el?4to In a- live inltmiQ speech and tlten do- mandcd tho provloua c|«esUon. It was ordercd—180 to 111. Tho vota was t'ien taken on tlie minority rissolutlons. deelajrinB Mr. Uutlof ontllloa to lis jest. They word voted dovm—112 to Hr. Und.rwood then moved to *•• eomi^lt titer «a?o to the commttlco on elections and cm that motion Mr. Payne dereaurdedtlio Droriou* questloa. Moan, time tho Democrats bad left tho hall aed •wk.n the tease divided the vow. stooa 1&81» 4, disclosing tlio ahsanco of a tint nim^ This forced *, calf of tho house. Aft^r waltlsg sa hoar & nuorutn ap« pradcsi ami the previotw miestfon-was or«!t*r«I. HI to 13. Jt}8U&- pttaont mfld net an$wcrias^t&CtrmfR09, T!w rote U:ea reeutrea on tho^otlon to Kcom* mlt._jQa a rising dlylslon Uio roto stowl\ B to 1€5. Mr, Richardson do- maKdod a dlirl4»n hut thisj:h«lr ttiled Uiat the demandllsaa dilatory. Tbo closing chapter waa dramatic. Mr. Dalxell, who 'was In tho cl»alr, do- cjlnfdl to rwogniiro at donwsd for .a dlvistan and Mr. Wohardsoa, the mln- orlty leader, stood-!a his place and dnoanccd Ms course In unmcaattrcti terms amid tfito jrsm of Uto Reptiblt* can sidi». Tbo htodfol ot DeBtocra.18 p««;«»nt wero overriden rosgh shod end Mr. tVasiMief •was seated. Knapp'* Parent* Say, His Confession ' Should^Not Be Believed. Cincinnati, J-'ebc. 27.—Tbcr parents ol Rnapp said that Albert was Insans *nd his confession should not h& bo- llovod. Mo had given them so ranch trouble they betlovod ho would bo bet Isr deid, . ' Mrs. Sadte Wemel, ills sister, on hearing of his confession, wont to ths • Cincinnati polico headquarters and thence to Hamilton.. Sho said hpj brother, when 6 years old, vras klcliod by a colt and late-.was stmolt J>y llghtnicff, and but<ifor hor parents slip -would have had him adjudged insane \ Paper and Pulp Association, Now York, Feb. 27.—The 26th annua! meeting of ihs, American Fhner and 'Pulp aasociotion was hold here. Oeorgo r*\Wr. Kno.wlton of Watcrtown, it. Y., waa N. elected president The assocfatioi! . ^as a. ,\VJc(} president for- each of tta -. VarfoUSvuivlslons Into whlo'J*. tlio paper and •pulp trades naturally divide and \• tlo follmving \vere chosen: News di- . -vision, J. Sanford •Barnes,* New York; A»k,' George S«. Ba'rdeen, Ot»?so, Mich.; boards, Jfames A. Roberts, 54ew ' FifOrk; ilji-us, Frod Bertuph, Now York;- • snattila^ Frank Qrribb, NeS« York;, deal ;,!ers, J. Richard Carter, doston, and .\\writing, B, D-,' Rising, -. OCousqAonic, ' '. Wass. ' Twenty Bounds of Fast Fighting, Satt Francisco,'' Feb, 27.—After 20 tounds ot thv>' fastest figlittng ever ' seen In San FraAdsco, jtofereo Grahey . declarod tho (Bout'between Young Cor- *ott ot JDonVer and ISddie Haiilpn ol .Sail Francisco a draw^ Young Co'rbett ' clearly •d'^anonstra.ted that iho has not gone backV a i some. Sporting Writers , would have, .the'public believo, 3fian- 1 Jon also, showed •thsj.t the high opinion Jit Which, he''has been held \by Galtfofc • ' alah, boxing 6nthusiaBts-ihas : been^jus'- •. . tlflod. Ijrhtt' contest,' from a siiqetapii JIar standpoint, was tho best oVor••'wit' vi lko3sed on the -coast, both toen, putting: ,- ilii'^i oldaJv. JiarA ,ar-!n«.fi.(ki. Art«>aal- to force? this easo tei a vote did -so with a.perfwt rraltaaUoa of tho embarrass* 'ractits which wonld follow lft&© Demo- crats^ carried out thtrfr fllbmstcrlng threat and Usoy havp arranged a pro- Kiam to tvdue© tho minority's obstrtte» tlvw power t o minimum so far as ap. prtrr>riaUbn bills are concerned. TWs i$ to b«s accomplished by a spec- ial rale which has been tentatively prepared by which all tho parHamen- tary stvps for gettlns appropriation bills with, scmato ameadmenta -Into contprpneo can \bo. ent off. But later Republicans Interested In tho omnibus pUblir: bnlldiss bill, threatened <oi?ots ftpilnst ti(s« rale unless It rtafde pro- vision for the? bill. This disturbing .factor. In tho situation was^-sci straightened' out • ' . ' Tho Rfipubllcain program «lao lr> ctades a prppoaltion to continue tho Ibgis!at3vo day^inttl noon Starch 4 In order to obviate the long and tedious work of approving the Journal* against niibuatering tactics. TJndor Ihn op&r-\ alion of these drastic measuresr It is be- lieved Jthnt ltono Of the appropriation bills or other necessary measpres will be Jeopardized, but tlhe prestnt alttt' ation undftuhtedly sounds the death imell of many minor measures.\ COUNTER. PROPOSITION, i Compromise Statehood Bill Presented - by' Democratic Caucus. Washington, Feb. 27.—The senators who .as a committee of the Demo- cratic senatorial caucus tentatively submitted a counter statehoodproposi-- Mon to tho Republicans, 'have presented thetr proposition in. formal .shape to .their Democpattc colleagues and It was generally endorsed. They then sufo- niittiid It to tho Republican senators, , Republicans favoring statehood' Indi- cated a willingness to accept but the tSpponCttta oft Statehood declined. Following is the 'text of the Demq. cratic .proiiosition: C^The state , of Mo&teauma siall ber^ivia«d and the two ktftt^ of Montezuma and Arizona shall be created therefrom-, the' stata of M<mtd2utaa being composed ot the 1 territory within the presait boundar- ies of tho territory cf New Mexico And the;state-of Arizona, being com- rp'osed of the- territory wibhjfn tb»pres> SOnf boundaries e pf Arizona^fea-ritoryr nrovlded, that the oreatloffi of #a two .\* ' -.COiOP-ieRAf lYJS\SAV.*Nfci ''\' •'',\-' t . ' * r Anf.ya! Report or* -Asc<i5la.tion8 of the ;'. ,-- 'TK^Jf.•\•''*..'. ''''• Aibaaj, T^.,fi,-^9 -annual' .ro port of 't-Ker'^ate- gup^rj'b.toiide'a't 'ol banks relative j#f-fho bulldihig end- JoaJi and ; ,: C.a<opejratiYe saving's and loan associ'stjo&if, shows that Ave I).«lld> •i?g and lei fts'soclatiopg ha%, dls?Oit- ^gued' Wslwe'sj' within a yeai Only : Joven ttret now_ doing husin.e33 iij the •state, ' . / Elove> iyildlng- and-, loan sssoet atione has'.discontinued business and Six itdt& been placed In the hands ol receivers during ith* yoa/r. Reports iroin iOfi ofb4h6m -now in- opeflntloci Bbjow total assets' of ?53,9S2,387, a. de- crease'ot $2,774,554\. The BUperlntOndept •recommends that Sseociationa be not allowed tc -mako loMus by iiiclucting in, btmir owjf asoagagas-the _ tbtaramotust orprtca .mortgagee outstanding upon, the prop> ortyJ says .that the. practleo of treab- \in« urieiwSed. premium as a, present profit ha$ affected tho associations and that It Is unsafe and' ill^isl; anil de- clares that homo inyeatmoat co&pos- lee are collesting fundS by Instalments and\ distributing homos In. numerfcal order and that he belioves'thefe arw no Btatutea under which they can do »uch pualnees. \It seems.to me,\ h« doclarea, \that their business involve* a lottery element. If there' Is anry doubt as. to the legality of -their prac- tice I ihluk; their, operation should be prohibited bx statute.\ '.* SWORE AttlOIANCE. N. Mabjnl TooK the Oath on Hl« Arrival V^jtjH'anlla Prom fiwam. —*r-r SfMillR, Fob. ST.-r-SIabtol, forme* president of the Filipino gu^rofne court and at one time sjlalater for farelsa *ffalr» la the\ Filipino . govormnent; who bad prertauraly pcnfitoiily re- fused to taJra 'tfee o«th of clloglaace took tho s«K0J*ary o^th on hoard th« <r*n»{»rS Thonta* on hi* »rrlval from the Island of (IURKS, to wMeh ulaco ha waa deported after his *i»rr«n'der In December, 1S38, Ho fcea was pes* mlttcdto land. Rfeartf, ts« forroor FliipliKif general, who ftlso had been a- prisoner In Ut«f Island pf^Gluam, nrrivod hcr^i wlth'SJs* hlnl WtofttsoU to tako tho oath. $o ws* plucwl'-on ft »teamec nnd »;r.t fee lton^| Koug. < Oenoral San KPgtwl hS'i crtdontl? m*do good his totreai; to tho Moroni motinlains, ** th« scouting parties have failed to locate Utst, TSo i* drones abaudoff^d Boso Boso>vho|l r» -luforcomeat* reached the goramnes* troop*, • J ludervl* noturnlrtg to Cornell, ac3» Fob, ST.—Only eesj» suspoet» ed 4-ue of typhoid fewer WHO admitted to tea •Cornell tontaatT ycrterJay* The recitation b;tn» at Cornell nri rapidly filling up with *lutletsti who are rotumlng from tholr oomei, to the' city, hdwoifer, eondiUea* do net Improve to any material -extent tm<$ Health Officer lllteheoek . I* groatly wrplesied. Ills tot wperTfor 21 hoa» tttowod XX now caaes of ilur fever, F^ed Calkini. proprietor of •», studlents' re- tort, died yesterday ef typhoid. NATIONS AND LAUGHS, the VAVIOMM W*¥M Slfltereait r«o»l«u» - * vp mW «t Sfe«wltt« «tr«l». ^^MMr^ a tT-. V rtni« i« A^.iirt^Ji All the world, iaeghs, tfissgli'the tm- Th» nepiibllcan loaders In.deciding, .^' ,tw»«,-„T ««** *.? .i,«*t»- tlons bnvo different ways of showing mirtli, tthe Cldueso laugh la not as hearty or as expressive ns the Euro- pean or American* It Is oftcner p Jit- ter than a getmto& burst of tnerriment. There Is little ehanteter or force In It, As for the \Arrthta* laugh, we lie»-tt little ot Its hllartotts ring ttirougli the ages of nolrtli in the old world. The Aamb Is generally a stolid fellow, who must see good reaSotlTfor a tough or b e surprised lato II In Persia a man who laughs is considered effeminate, but tree license Is given to female merri- ment,. ..pne reads of the \grave Tork\ and the. \sober- Egyptian,\ but i t Is not re- corded that tiiey have never jflomenta of mirth, when the fez bobs or the voH\S shakes under the pressure of somepar- ttealnriy «g8d<t thing.* 9 la jaohammea himself Christian writers have noticed cordiality and Joeeseuess, and they say there is a good ringing laugh In the prophet, with all his seriousness. . An American traveler In Europe re- marks the Italian mirth as languid, but musical, the German ns deliberate, the French as spasmodic and ttneerain, the upper class-English as guarded and not always genuine, the lower class Eng- lish as explosive, the Scotch of all classes as hearty and the Irish ns rol- licking. - ; ' OTlie Pennrioii* Cftrlyle. It Is'no-drawback for a Christmas gift to be useful as well ns ornamental, but there is pathos in Caflyle's present-' tatlon c/f a wnsbing table t o his Wife at Christmas, iSSd. At that timo he had long escaped poverty, but could conceive no \more pleasing gift .than this most utilitarian\ article which be promised in a note which the curious may still read tit .his house in Ohoyne row; '•*.-.- Tho Prophecy of a TVasHstana to the neatest of alt Wom'en. Blessifigs orl her bOnny face ana be. i t ever bllUiets mc, as it is dear blltho or not. T, GARLVI<f3. -Dec. 85.-1S50. - | - - Tbls'inessago appears to have been written in a huny, as if Cariyig, hear- ing the clocks strike midnight, 'exclaim- ed:'. \God bless ray soul! It's Ohtist- \mus dny. Joauule-shouid h^ve a pres- ent., She spoke of 'a wushstaiid the qther'day. She shail hate it:\ And •he forthwith penned the promise there- of.. Anyway, he gavo a five pound «pte, aiio Jdrs, Oarlyle bought a matWfe gncj mahogany wnshstand,—.tiondon: Chronicle. • . -. . ,. ' Filtrf Iri tli&0ff^pe f of the VOIag^^lefjL^the Vilbge rf ^ediria. V. \ - • - 1 ' \ \WlWAGE CORK'S OFFICEi MEDINA* ^^T^EBRljARY g6^j S03> •'\..' ' \• •:\«;•••'\' >,\..• '.-'. ,.. - \'.'\' TotTie^Qtersofthfr^jHakeorMedina: \ ' ' .!-'' > • •-••••• * . , , ,- h ... ^ . , . s '- \the following i$ « true* «nd correct list of ^11 npminatiotis. of c^ndidateator pfPceto be filled at the Yiliage feleetion to be held on the 3d day of March, 1903, filed With; wer jntistjant to tlie pr'ovigjonsM;<jlia|)ter 90'9 *f the LJtF^ of lSiJ6, and anjendnicnts th«tet;cr, ^ ' - - ; ,• * J. w. coc* m, yiliag*. Qr*«fev''' Faa nhrulfc of emWcina -o? dtvjcas to rop»esejit(iad dlstingaish WndidstB* Name' tO-nlidate Seo'TO-A- G«lc., .,...„ William H curry.,..., Jahn-'X* MJlliMf,.,,..,., Join M»or«. .......... i.KntiJB JJcnuti.,... . M Ton A. Foat.......... 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Aort lonn., « i«B«nafc.JB«i«toro'16eo o»., v«rm»»»!itt»p»\t<wof «^ton , 3lwln-»».,IitfPOel*rot3Ktt!O.I : a»- **v» .*,,,,.*.*»•' ....Beforra., ... K form I „.„ Reform, *. .... .»„Ref -ria . .... ..,.B«f°r*»,'- .....»...K«fo«a. .........Brfent ,„..«. Kefo* ........Kefor .,...,.. B«fo» H' . Peely« A-O09k......,...„..,....,..«-3f«!« | 3 **\&* !t ''»f lt \\ y»tdl*.o>-wn*..... ...„„„.„lB4(ip«Ml«t ....lattspemlifnt h4W»rd Po (W» IflM.&Henlvai...,,. „ Ui-irifflA Jicwdl.,,..., «rohnjBsn5«>» r -. ...... A>tUftrjVi»l4n«r .•.. „ Villi»m Ukiwoa. ...„.,.„...5l9l8«i..Trai(»..,.. « .»..«» .J«d»p*l»d«>t .Z,..r....\.il.6!|o«*..AM«<*or Ia»Kt«» -tog JSte ' ..7. ..........jy»»*.,A*i »»*r show town .,.-. f»4*P«ffi* ;:\„..:. ...si»iii««..cois«tor.,.. 4 ...,.- i^ssfst* ..,.\ ...•;,..JI«i N».,Io*pe4i«ri*5Je I on............. |»d»j>«na*n| n *\„««««4iM»..la*pStw of ja.«iioa..v.........»,t»d*p»aa>ni, \\\T ChrUtixn* TJeclnrtil Xlle«r*l> •Altltough (l ratty «»w litcrcdlhle, H.h» it fact that not so Bwuy yean ngo .ClirUtfuita wttx eomtdefed a •upcnll- tloiw fevtiiRl and was utotuved Iwliisc held by tlie strong Iwttjd of the kw- Holly and mistletoe wr* datlroreS, *nd were calfed **the plant* of tha'trUI one,\ C«k« and wisest were \conilil— cred fntptotis by the impomtiUou*. When Oliver Croin»eell wu proleet-- or. he ordered alt the tuovt liupormnac towns .ft*—England- aot to observes Obristimt*. a* he coiuUdcrcd. it to bo hurtful custom. « .' Vet a stricter law he commiadcil to* be kept so that people might forft-c Chrlstntns. That wxs that all tho mar*- kets were to te hetd wa Dec SS. KattiraUy tWs created * great •life' among the countrf tatx, «tad they do-- lermlntd thtfneeforth to lexnse to obei? his strict and cxtmottllMry law. whlct* tie tried to oufortx, bat til to BO imr— pose, . HOW * B«H«!Q ItMil*. The world has read .the «si»gs«it«te* description of a buffalo shunpede, bril E don't believe anybody lias ever dotie- Justlte to the wonderful speed of a lint- felo when lost from the herd and try- ing to catch np, says m man of experi- ence. It is a deceptive gnft Thc^nmtm who never saw It before would awo|r* that he- could outrun the animal bare^ footed. But the fastest horse ridden by-- cowboys couldn't catch a bufMo whenc ronntng atone. Its marvelous lope, sternly and chdur- itng,. carries It ovcri tho prairie ntai spced,that would make ii race horse lie* dowt> and cry 'nt the eutTof the time ^ulle^ Buttbe buffalo ke&jps this gate Tip all day, and at Sight hS greac flanks show ho- signs of fatigue. I \Why Deait Wtert 5\be wssicra branch »f the Kezsnebee*- has been given the name .Dead rlvec- becansehrlTiS It was full of drowned! soldiers. So one may road. • But f hi'res is not a syllnble of truth in It And the* nest picture conjured up by the nanle^ a doleful Styx, turbid ana. miasmntli Is equally false. Tlie pinto fact Is UutiE' the river flows for a.long dlstniice-L Uirough meadows, a«d unless the waN - hrr is high it Scarcely seems t o move? at all. -That is why i t bus been. calletB. dead.. Nothing gloomy belongs to fhe* name. A- detectable and captivating: streatn-is Beadtiiver.-MMtnry* i' f ••*fr' Tortured and Robbed a Family, Toledo,* 0.,. Feb. 27,-rTen ttisWa robbers went to the home of Oh^istlatx foheHn, two tniles from the city ilntltsa, Wednesday night and'bavtte'red doiyrx the'doors. 'There were, four men, Iwca Women and two children of the fam- ily In the houSte. All \wore bound itnelE. beaten frightfully because they- wouiat not produce $20,0(50 It was cWfmed Was hiddftn pn the place. . Finally these tortured the victims by burning tjiema On the feet, Qnjy ?300,was secured,. • Killeo bj^pynamite Explosion. Plattsburg, Feb. 26.—Pred DuqUett« of Lyon Mouitfaln was kliled by an'Osc- ploslon of dynamite while 'at^work on the. new road bed of the Chatieauiajf railroad', heat that .Village. ^iiilaiE Germaini another laborer, waa mrrii but not serlousfy. About three days after n inaw return*,, from a triphig friepda begin to think: V(n something' to oiiahgO the snbjete when tiiey see him coining.—AtchlsoP 1 Globe., . . -^......J.'. .^'^ , r. -^ • '•-,• ' ; \. ' •• t. -v A BOTTLE MORSUE* . ii, Oi)i r»«rmirtn(f m T>»« In XAlMtatMl4i •Toe woman left the pre»crh>Hoa «nd said »be would call tot the medicine In half a»-hourr • . \I'll tictfS ibe won't,\ *akl the clsrfc. \She Smt looks'llkc-tht kind-that get* medlcluo pat tip ror tba fun of the thing.\ \I didn't know there wtus anybody i?ay,\ remarked the next customer. \Qh ym,\ there are sneh people—lota if-tbeJEn, 1 ' wild the clerk, i ••^Mom a week p*««c« that we do not put up a pa*scriptloa Hint l* never called fori Why fir the world the peoplt -who thus' neglect (heir remedies fitter ordering\ them coinpouuded will go to the trou- ble and expense of consulting a doctor Is tnor* thaa 1 can figure out. If ttey don't\want to take the stuff pwsetlbed, they certainly dou*t have to, hnt they oilght'at least have the grace to come and take It home after we have gone to the trouble to prepare It and not ihrow it back, a dead loss on our hands. Why, rve got a regular morgue hack there for the repose of uncalled for bo't> ties of medicine.* I keep the stuff in- deflnlbely, hoping that In case the cus- tomer has aot been carried of? by sud- den death she wUI ahow up again seme time aad asik forth© bottle, *tf 1 hap- pen to know the dellnquentfa tddresa, t send It around C O. iX, but people who make a practice of ordering medi- cine that they never Intend to take are not apt to leave their card with tlie druggist, \Moat of these nuisances In the'drug* bhslnesB a je W6mett r and niiiay si »i<-!r prescriptlotts have been vfritteii by out of town doctors several menths or, in abme cases, ycarsago. In such cases^ the customer probably haauo intention of coming back for the medicine, but merely wishes It compounded through some freakish fancy. IrioRtetogtrard against! los» through such oraiy whims we ought by right to demand * deposit on all prescripUons to be called for iat- on, but such an Innovation-would lonbtedly bring out a mighty howl, and weihave never had the \courage to ^ggest 'If— New York Press. -A FEW WH% Wny^e m*ny emploier* «ay their clerks axe a stupid lot and unworthy of their consideration! Why do nwwy «{«*« look, with envy on tht!rempk»yer»1i!Ml r«|# v over every correcttoo, or ii|rpjaaBR! ' '. Why do many' peworn behare more courteotaly «ad kltslBy to \outsiders thatt tb*y do lo tile ones they wslly levethe-heitoXallt fjolbth ouough to take his fun thst -Whyaomato-imenlatiih at.womea's states, .of ^itonteauma and •* Arlioni shall be made by proclamation ot- the president whenever Arizona,,' as hOU bounded, shail hate 200,000 inhabifanti- and, - ' . .'\' - • \Provkbadi !^»at & census shall-hi taken each 'yeir by the national een- eUS hurea,u, commencing on kay 1 1904, and each Hay itihereafter'and that not|'more thau ^^inoiiQis -shall be consumed In taking each census.' .Moat In»»ort»ut Ttewt *• Had. -•\ \Well John, I am. going to your nk- Uve town,, and If \I-see any of your folks what SBhall i tell themT''- Proua- Yonth-40h, nothing, only if they say anything about wnisfeers just tell them I've got some.-istray Stories. Maii Patleiiid. V • . '' Yeuug Boctor—Which; kind. bf pa- uents 4 a6 you find \it the hardest to cure? ' • • ,:\.'-' Old'. Boctor-^Those. wjho iave nothing ,ihe'.niatter-wltiithexni . ,. ,.v ' Saying the Pennies. Some people's idea' of economy 4s to break evdry dollar they get\ hold of so AS to save;.up tie pennies they receive Isck. of htulneat ability ;«tnd yet .sneer ant! rather, toot .8<>\<t&- «kjh* woman' who shows the has tome) \* Why Ao iasmy cblkton resent any- thing their parents *ay end look on. them as bores and lonx; to be grown up *o a.« to escape fro.ttrthemf \*** \ Why do msny rich folk look, on their poor relaUvw as boinic nlvrajs on tho lookout for favors'and so prevent the poor relatives from gtvfafe them little present* or being nitontl with theuY Why do many, liuubnnd* work hard for their w.lre* and fjauilly, bat never think how',th» wife \would appreelftte an invitation to the theater, a little din- ner at a. restaurant, a hot of candy or some flowers brought h&ine unasked?— Chicago Becord-Herttd. Tl«»e In jjajmn. The Tstpanes* divide the twenty-four hours into twelve periods, of whleh six belong t o the sight ntKl six to the day, their day heghanlngat sunrise and end- ing ittt sunset \ . Whether the day or idght be long or short there are always tit. periods .lit each. To attain this the characters or uumerahs on the scale are adjustable. TvVO of tUeni ate set,,One to agree- With the sunrlae, the other with sunset, and the four eharndters between them divide the space Into esjhal porttons,^ Thtis when the period &f daylight te longer than the night the day hours WUI be prepDrUonafe^? longer than .those atmlght Another peculiarity In their scale (s that they use only'.jut eharatciers, those from four to nine, and these read back- ward.--TJendon; Express. & ajlda't M6Vd «5m >TlJBe.r ^ A typical tough, boy, aged^thlrteen. was Couimittetl to a certain asylum riot Ibngago by a citymagflau-ate. * - '. ; '•Wiajtuld you do that they sent yon. here?' ksked the superMendent mild-' jy- * • '•*-•\ \ ' - \ , \Huhl They* sent' ame tip 3tis,t for playing a game,*' snarled the boy*. \What game?' asked the superin-, tendent \ <•' \ : \Checkers *wid de>jDollce, rt ,he ex-, plained** \it was methove, an't didn't niove,' so dejr.Jumped rne,\ He had been arrested for jffiering.— HewXorkTribune, 4 . \\* ; %;• ' *-n— * —— *m' r ,- - TThu Cacat, '. \*\ . We talk of a diamond being so many carats i h weight The carat Was origi- nally the. seed «f the Abyssinian enraf flower. These .seeds are Very, equal Ini size and so were at-one thnehsed ini weighing: gold and precious stones. . Today 1|e-carat as applied to gold! means, simply- the twenty-fourth- part of the weight of any ipiece of\ gold or alloy-of geld. ' You may. retuse to believe a compli- •ment,. but it .was a> good deal like a snowbaft. it, left a spot on\ you^Atchl' \\\'\\ . '-' ,'--•!*\'V-*' .\- ^ , \\*Hi*j l j. , V! l, ^>rj l f '- ~\ **. :** ;.4-,,-
