The Bremen Enquirer from Bremen, Indiana • Page 7

it he sSvcmctt nquivcv CHARLES SCOTT, Publisher. BREMEN, i IX DIANA. Chair and Broomstick Tricks STATE ODDS 1 am quite prejudiced on account of that muffin episode. She is graceful, too. I am sure If Sarah Belle had lived she would have walked with just such movements.

A sort of lilt in every step. Mrs. Penny well has just frowned at her ton. for turning to look after her. Young Pennywell Is a scamp.

If he dares to speak to her I'll knock him down. As I hurry out I remember I wish to speak Mrs. Wamp, the landlady, about some matter. For the life of me, I can't think what it Is. I find as I open the door that the air delicious.

The day is bright and safely under the stick. With your back to the wall, however, you can to your friend's deep chagrin pass under the stick. quite easily. This is also an excellent way to practice the bend back which Is so essential to any kind of tumbling. The first time I tried to climb around a stick, as shown in diagram seven, it seemed to me that even a professional contortionist could not possibly extricate himself from such a snarl without dislocating every joint in his body.

The feat, however, is not really difficult for a boy who is at all supple. Grasp the stick firmly, leaving two and a half or three feet space between the You can easily judge of the distance best suited to you after the first trial. Slip your left foot over the stick, put your head under your right arm and then the test will come. If your back and shoulders are flexible they will allow you to carry the stick on around and to finally draw your right leg over without letting go of the stick. It is rather unlikely that AND ENDS mtm XXZtXZ XX tXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXttiXmXXXXtXX XX 4 THE GAME CANCELLED.

Rose Polytechnic Team Will Not Play With the Wabash. Crawfordsville, Oct 9. Mana ger Eiler, of the Wabash football team, received a letter from H. L. Watson, manager of the Rose Polytechnic team Thursday, stating that they consider football a social game and as a matter of principle would not play if Gordon, the colored player, were allowed to participate.

Dr. Kane, of Wabash college, stepped into the affair and said! that the game had best be cancelled and must be unless a distinct understanding that Gordon was to be allowed- to play is reached. The game has been cancelled. THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Will of the Late Simon Yandes Filed For Probate.

Indianapolis, Oct. 9. The will of the late Simon Yandes, of this city, who gave away $1,000,000 during the last years of his life, and who was ambitious to die poor, was filed for probate Thursday afternoon. His estate had dwindled to $30,000, which Is to be divided equally between tho Presbyterian home mission board, tha Presbyterian foreign mission board and the American Sunday-school union. All his personal property was left to his brother, George B.

Yandes, of this city. TOPEKA AND LAGRANGE BANKS. S. K. Gancard Was Appointed Trustee in Bankruptcy.

Fort Wayne, Oct. 8. S. K. Gancard, of LaGrange, has been appointed trustee in bankruptcy of tho Topeka and LaGrange banks that shuc their doors recently and will take possession of the property Thursday, lie announced Wednesday evening that he would engage experts to go through the books before making any estimate of the assets.

A meeting of 500 creditors of the two banks representing $260,000 of claims failed to agree upon a permanent receiver. Girl Wants to Carry Rural Mail. Hagerstown, Oct. 10. Miss Hattie Cheeseman, of Hagerstown, has applied for the position of carrier on.

the rural route to be established here November 1. Miss Cheeseman is young and pretty, and is a graduate of the Hagerstown high school, and 13 of an excellent family. The route Is 23 miles long, and must be covered every day except Sundays. The salary is $000 a year. Made Application For Divorce.

Evansville, Oct. 10. James N. Bean, aged 76, filed a suit for divorce from his wife, aged 26, who was a young widow of Evansville before ths marriage. Bean lives at Ridgeway, and is wealthy.

His grown children are charged with being responsible for the suit for divorce. The case will be bitterly contested and the youns wife will demand a part of his estate. Veteran Engineer Killed. Terre Haute, Oct. 8.

Jasper M. Van Cleve, 58, for 23 years a passenger engineer in the Vandalia's service, was instantly killed Wednesday in the roundhouse here by being crushed between an engine and the roundhouse wall. He was boarding his engine at the time to take out a passenger train to St. Louis. An Agreement Reached.

Indianapolis, Oct. 8. After a conference nine hours betwesn tho Big Four boilermakers and representatives of the railroad an agreement waj reached at 1 o'clock Thursday morning. The men will receive 32 cents an hour an advance of two cents. They asked for 35 cents.

Forgery Alleged. Jeffersonville, Oct. Charles A. Schimpff, of the Jeffersonville board of metropolitan police commissioners, returned home after having started for Wichita, to appear as a defendant in a suit on a note for $1,500. His name, he claims, was fraudulently used as a surety.

The Father Gets the Child. Andersen, 10- After almost a year of litigation between former husband and wife, Thomas GreeT and Mrs. Lizzie Surber, over the possession cf a child. Judge Ryan refused to give it to the mother Friday. Tha mother had brought a habeas corpus proceeding.

Dr. V. H. Worden Sentenced. Portland, Oct.

10. Dr. Var-num H. Worden, formerly of this city, was convicted in Harrison, Friday of murder in the first degree and! received a life sentence. He has served sentences for bigamy and perjury.

He has been married nine times. To Inspect Government Depot. Jeffersonville, Oct. 10. Lieut.

Col. John W. Pullman, deputy quartermaster general, reached here in compliance with an order for him to proceed to that post at once and inspect the personnel of the government depot located here. Fatally Stabbed His Sweetheart. Marion, Oct.

10. Wm. Green Friday night fatally stabbed Miss Alico Walker on the main of this city. Miss Walker had refused to mairy him. Green was arrested as he was attempting to leave the city.

iTTTt it MtllMt i -Xt ttt XtmX BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT. That Does Not Prove a Man Insane, Says the Supreme Court. Indianapolis, Oct. 8. In a de cision of the supreme court, reversing, for lack of evidence, a judgment de claring the will of Joseph Walt invalid the court decided that a man's belief in witchcraft does not prove him insane.

It was shown by the evidence that Wait wandered over his farm, near Indianapolis, for days at a time searching for hidden treasure. He carried a ball tied to a string and said that when the ball whirled around that the treasure would be found directly un der the spot. Many persons thought him insane. In his opinion Judge Hadley said that there were many sane people who believed in the power of a forked stick in revealing underground water supplies, and that many scholarly business men believed in spiritualism, clairvoyancy, transmigration of souls and witchcraft. He pointed out that Blackstone and Sir Matthew Hale be lieved in witches and in their burning.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Indiana Grand Lodge Decides That Street Fairs Must Go. Indianapolis, Oct. 8. The lu-diana grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, decided Wednesday that street fairs must go so far as the order is concerned.

A resolution was passed declaring that no subordinate lodge, section of endowment rank or company of the uniform rank should own or conduct or in any way have anything to do with street fairs or street carnivals. The representatives to the supremo lodge were instructed to exert their influence to secure recognition of the Rathbune Sisters as an auxiliary or der. THE DUDLEY CASE. Oral Arcurrent in the Suit to Oust Him From Office. Indianapolis, Oct.

10. Oral ar gument of the suit brought by the coroner of Sullivan county to oust John S. Dudley from the office of sher- off because of his alleged failure to properly guard a Negro, James Dil-lard, who was taken from hiijj and lynched, was heard by the sipreme v'ourt Friday. Dudley's attorneys ar gued that the office of sheriff Is a con stltutional office, and that tae legisla ture has no power to provide for his removal without a judicial hearing. German Lutheran Conference.

Laporte, nd.t Oct. 9. The Indiana German Lutheran conference Thurs day denouaced public schools on the grounds that children are taught by them that no religion is necessary. It was declared that "infidelity is ram pant in the free schools. The paro chial schools were declared to be the only proper schools.

Plague of Crows at Sunman. Dillsboro, Oct. 9. The village of Sunman, Ripley county, and the surrounding community have been infested with crows the past two days, many thousands of them having collected in the woods near town. They are robbing the cornfields, and in many instances pull whole ears of corn off the stalks.

Conference Election. Flora, Oct. 9. The Indiana state conference of the Progressive Brethren church elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Rev. J.

W. Rench, Gospel moderator; Rev. P. M. Fisaer, Mexico, vice president; Mrs.

F. B. Yoder, South Bend, secretary; John M. Hulbert, Flora, treasurer. Traction Cars In Collision.

Muncie, Oct. 8. In a head on collision on a curve between a Union traction interurban car and a street car Wednesday In the western part of town Motorman Charles Smith, of the street car, and one passenger were severely hut not seriously hurt. Slippery tracks prevented the brakes from working. Prominent Attorney Ends His Life.

Bedford, Oct. 10. Hon. E. K.

Dye, one of the best-known attorneys of the Bedford bar, and a lawyer of large acquaintance, committed suicido at his home at 6 o'clock Friday morning by shooting himself through the bead with a revolver. Kentucky Negro Shot at Anderson. Anderson, Oct. 10. Although shot twice through the lungs and once in the arm.

David Mortian, a Negro, 32 years old, of Cloverdale, is resting fairly weir" and surgeons were of the opinion that he will recover if hemorrhages do not occur. More Houses Are Needed. Evansville. Oct. 10.

The members of the Evansviile Business association, at their meeting, discussed the house famine here and the real estate dealers of the city were asked to help relieve the present situation by building more houses. Paid a Forfeit. Torre Haute, Oct. 10. Rose Polytechnic athletics will ray a fine of lather than play football with tie Wabash college team, one of the members being a Negro.

Many of the Rose team are southerners. ONE'S OWN FOLKS. Sreoothed arcj folded and laid Away Garments too choice for every day; I-avend r-scntei and nicely pressed. In darkened drawer or massive chest too line for the daily soil. Dust's defilement and stain of toil; Broadceth, ladies" cloth, satin, mull.

Kashicrjpd and furbelowed, peautiful! tlarnunt too fair for tired eyes To wel)m. at night vUth pleased Wfcfn Rothing- especial care evoke. And there's nobody in but one's own folks. Studied, molded and laid away Manners too fine for every day 1 The graceful bow and the gentle That cost so little, and mean so touch much; The smile that charms like the rare per- fume Of a -ose-jar hid in a shadowy room; The from the twilight nook apart That. rmJs its way to a burdened heart; The yielding of self, and selfish ends, Reserved for the plaudits of transient friends: This this the cruel sner provokes.

"Anything goes with one's own folks!" Stra'gthened. folded and laid away Raiment we should wear every day! The rare, white vestments with embroidered bands. For the daily "laying on of hands." Friends, give heed. Let us keep not back, So brkf, uncertain, our bivouac On the narrow plain "twixt sea and sea. Love's daily, hourly ministry.

As we take from His hand our daily breal t.et us see to it well that "our own" are fed. for funbejm and hearl-beam and smile to coax The rose into blossom for one's own folks -L'mma liei rick Weed, In Youth's Companion. MUFFINS AND THE GIRL By CLARA MORTON CCopyrlght, Daily Story Pub. CoJ YES, Mrs. Wainp uses decidedly poor judgment.

I have always said so. I say so still. She knows how exclusive I am. Yet what docs she do but place the new boarder at my table. Had the new boarder been a gentleman, and one of quiet, refined tastes like myself, I should rot have made any objections.

But as I look over my morning paper the first object that greets me is a woman sitting opposite, gorging herself on oatmeal and cream. And she is using such a Quantity of cream. I'm sure she thinks cream eoraes in barrels. She flushed her oatmeal much with it, as if she were using the garden hose. I knowshe is going to take it all and leave none for me.

And Mrs. Wamp makes embarrassing remarks when we ask for a second pttcaer. I peruse my morning paper. inwardly bewailing Mrs. Wamp's poor judgment.

"If you please, sir, I'll take a muffin." With a vague idea that I am addressed I raise my eyes. Yes. the woman Is look ing straight at me. The muffin plate is near and evidently Intended for me. have no desire to share my hot muffins with a strange woman just because she happens to sit at my table.

Furthermore, I am astounded. She asked for muffins without having had any Intro duction. Her conduct is highly "im proper. When I ignored her entreaty and showed my contempt by resuming AM SUnrRISED TO FIND WAMP AT MY ELBOW. MRS.

my paper she extended her hand to the muffin plate and deliberately took one from under my nose. I said r.othirg. But I have fully made up my mind to directly to Mrs. Wamp and have this stranger removed to another part of the dining-room. I ate my breakfast in some irritation.

Mrs. Wamp is fully aware of my aversion women, and to forward women especially. I am a man of quiet tastes. She has heard me express myself forcibly on the subject. When old Mrs.

Penny-well first came, she sat at my table. I Immediately had the rich old snob removed to another table. Now she sits and waves her be-diamond fingers at the waiters and looks at me through her lorgnette. I have always disliked Mrs. Penny well.

The woman opposite is not like Mrs. Penr.vwe'.l. She's a younger female. In fact, much younger. Too young.

Indeed, to allowed to annoy gentlemen of quiet tastes. I observe that Mrs. dislikes the your woman at my table. She now levels her lorgnette at tier insteal of me. There must be something nice about the voting woman to arouse Mrs.

Prr.nywcU's resentment. I see. The lady very young. I am interested to frA that her chin has a dimple at. 1 a ri'W" trrn that reminds me rt Brl Sarah Belle was a small.

curl cirl that I wn.t to school with. But tbis cirl is detldcdy forward, Mrs. IVn ywoll still stares at her. And all the other boarders watch her. tco.

Th.crv is cot an eye In the dhiir.g-room that dors r.o. follow her as she poes out. She pretty. Tco bad. too Lad, liiat she is forward in her manners.

mm I i to Is I is Is to a a i SOME interesting chair and broomstick tricks were described in a recent number of the American Boy, which we reproduce In part with accompanying diagrams. N. 4 shows an Interesting trial of the accuracy of the eye. Place a chair at one end of a room and then let some one walk rapidly towards the chair, his right arm held stiffly In front of him. As he passes the chair he will attempt to snap off a cork balanced on the back of the chair.

Nine people out of ten will snap at least an inch to high. The way to succeed in hitting the cork is to quietly get close enough to the chair to make a mental note of the exact button, wrinkle or seam In your clothing which Is exactly on a level with the cork. It is then an easy matter to hold your hand at Just the right height as you approach the cork. Diagram three shows an experiment in which the feminine sex easily outclass all masculine rivals. I have never known more than one or two ooys who eouia successfully regain their equilibrium after taking the position shown; but at least two girls in every three can do it quite readily.

Measure back three of your own feet from the wall of a room and place a chair between you and the wall; then bend over the chair until your head rests against the wall. Now raise the chair and attempt, without moving your feet or touching the chair to the floor or wall, to regain our upright position. Any boy, unless he differs materially from the rest of his sex, will find that the thing simply can't be done. I suppose the relative size of the feet has something to do with the success which usually, at tends a girl in this experiment. Th extra weight which a man carries in the shoulders may also have something to do with it.

Diagram number six shows some fun with one of the broomsticks. Place one end against the angle formed by the wall of a room and ask some friend to pass his body under it without lifting his feet from the floor. He will naturally face the wall in his undertaking, and in this position it is next to Impossible to get MICE RAN THREAD MILL. tlon a Tlirlfty Scotchman Made Commercial Cse of a Conple of Little Rodents. Think of a thread factory being run by mice! This seems like the beginning of a fairy story, yet it is not.

Scotch people, as you perEaps know, are noted for their thrift, and one of the thriftiest Scotchmen who ever lived was David Hatton, of Dunfermline, who actually proved that even mice, those acknowledged pests of mankind, could bejiiade not only to earn their own living, but also to yield a respectable income to their owners. About the year 1S20 this gentleman tctually erected a small mill at Dun- MOL'SE ni'NN'ING TI IKE ADM ILL. fermline for the manufacture of thread a mill worked entirely by mice. It was while visiting Perth prison, in 1 1 2 that Mr. Hatton first conceived this remarkable idea of utilising mouse power.

In an old pamphlet of the time, the Curiosity Coffee Room, he cave an account of the way in which too idea dawned on him. "In the summer of the year 1S12." he wrote. "1 had occasion to be in Perth, ar.fi when inspecting the toys and trinkets that were manufactured by the French prisoners in the depot my attention was attracted by a little tov so. with a wheel in the gable of it tht was running rapidly around, impelled by the Insignificant gravity of a common house mouse. For a shil sunny and perfect.

As I descend the steps wave my hand lightly to Tom HM1, who passing on the other side of street. He stops, looks at me inquir; nd finally crosses over. "Why, what's matter?" exclaims, coming nearer, "Nothing. Why?" "By George, are you crazy?" as slaps me on the back. I only smile at Tom.

Somehow the sun so warm and cheery that I can afford be affable. The office Is a dreary place. A horrid, grinding place. Men come in and Interrupt your quietest thoughts. If that tobacco scheme I have afloat comes to a head I am going to take a rest from" business.

Strange, though, I had not thought business cares Irksome before. I am to dine with George Scott to-night. It seems there is a difference of opinion rfcmong the stockholders about the divW dends. When Scott left my office just now he asked if I had heard good news. He remarked In explanation that I seemed jolly to-day.

Great Heavens, can It be true that I have not been jolly all the time! But, then, this tobacco scheme in Mexico has been on my mind good deal of late. I'm glad the day Is over. I dined with Scott. The business wasn't so Important, after all. At table this morning I took up the paper, as usual.

I don't care much about the news to-day; but I must make a pretense. I must be careful about holding it upside down. That young Pennywell is dull, but he would notice that and sing it out before the whole dining-room. And he might make it very embarrassing for gentleman of quiet tastes. I notice that Mrs.

Pennywell is staring at the chair opposite me. It must'be occupied. I glance slyly. It is, and she has a fuzzy pink bow under her chin this morning. Sarah Belle wore pink.

I like pink; My plate of muffins is steaming hot. I am sure she'll like them. I pass them across. She looks at me a moment with wide-open eyes, then, deliberately ignoring my courtesy, she called the waiter and requested a plate of muffins for herself. She placed disagreeable emphasis on each word.

If Sarah Belle had lived I wotild have sworn that the saucy eyes flashing at me and the scorn ful, willful pout were hers. I am surprised to find Mrs. Wamp at my elbow. "Excuse me, Mr. Gray, the servants made a mistake In placing Miss Ashley at your table.

I failed to remind them. of your wishes. Mrs. Pennywell has kindly consented to let Miss Ashley sit at her table. Hers being the only one with a vacant place.

Can I believe my own ears? Mrs. Wamp speaks to me as If I were In the habit of objecting to people at my table. She seems to take tt as a matter of course. "Why, Indeed. Mrs.

Wamp," I begin. I am greatly embarrassed, for I am thinking of Sarah Belle I mean. Miss Ashley picturing her at the table with the lorgnette and that young Pennywell with his Inane grin. "I am sure if Miss Ashley has no objection to sit here have none." My face is very red, I know, and you may hear a pin drop In the silence of the room. She tosses her head.

I know she has decided on the other table. She turns about and coolly surveys It. She meets vhe Insipid smile of young Pennywell. She evidently likes the scoundrel. She pulls Mrs.

Wamp down and whispers Mrs. Wamp smiles, r.ods and passes out I am surprised to see the young lady proceed with her breakfast. I am all curiosity. She pours the cream over her oatmeal. I like people who enjoy cream.

"Are you going to stay here at my ta ble?" I venture. "Wouldn't it be wise to have the table surveyed first?" "Why?" I want to know the boundary line won trespass any more, and I ll pay back the muffins I borrowed yester day." "Forget about It," I began, "I mean forgive me. My muffin plate is yours and the muffins on It I stopped, wanted to say more. "And you won't care, and yon won be cross?" Bless her heart and her Sarah Belle like face. But I say aloud, with good breeding and reserve, because, of course she wouldn't realize about fishing-ponds and pink sun-bonnets and curls and dainty laughs and brown eyes, "I should be delighted." Itomnnce In Art.

The vicissitudes of art are curiously illustrated by a lawsuit in Paris con cerning a portrait by Lawrence, which English portrait painter, brings to light a little romance of an English royal duke in the days of George III. The wrtrait is of a Mr. Slrachan, of Nairn who is stated to have been a morganatic son of the duke and a friend of the artist. How this picture can have been List for nearly a century is unknown, but four years ago a M. Leon, an amateur, bought it at a Paris dealer's, and on cleaning it up brought to light a note signed "Kse Stravhan," a daughter r.f the subject, requesting her resid- uary legatee to convey the picture to ihr- Comte do Las Cascas.

whose grar.d- father was the friend of her family. The count has brought action for the possession of the port rait on the strength of the note, but the court decided that besides its association with the great it constituted no titl" of the nature ol property. London Globe. you will succeed in doing this the first time you try, but a little practice will make the performance quite easy. Good practice in limbering the shoulders is to be had by grasping the stick with the hands, perhaps two feet apart.

and then without loosening the hands raise the stick over your head and bring it down across the back. Gradually re duce the distance as youtarms and shoul ders become more pliant. In trying the position shown in dia gram number eight be sure that the chairs are well braced so as not to slip from under you. I have known men who would let me sit on their chest while they were in this position, but any boy may be satisfied simply to hold it without any additional weight. Remember that the boy who Is con tlnually getting hurt is not the boy who wins the confidence of the home rulers or the admiration of his comrades.

Always have a profound respect for your limbs; they are worth taking care of. Work up to your feats by slow degrees, until what an untrained man could do only at the risk of his neck will be to you as safe as any ordinary movement. ling I purchased the house, mouse and wheel. Enclosing it in a handerchlef. on my journey homeward, I was com pelled to contemplate Its favorite amusement.

But how to apply half-ounce power, which is the weight of a mouse, to a useful purpose was the difficulty. At length the manufacturing of sewing thread seemed the most practicable." Mr. Hatton had one mouse that ran the amazing distance of 18 miles a day. but he proved that an ordinary mouse could run ten -and one-half miles, on an average. A halfpenny's worth of oatmeal was sufficient for Its support for 35 days, during which time it ran 736 half miles.

He had actually two mice constantly employed in the mak Ing of sewing thread for more than a year. The mouse thread mill was so constructed that the common house mouse was enabled to make atonement to society for past offenses by twisting, twining and reeling from 100 to 120 threads a day, Sundays not excepted. To perform this task the little pedestrian had to run ten and one-half miles and this journey it performed with ease every day. A halfpenny's worth of oatmeal served one of these thread mill culprits for the long period of five weeks In that time it had made 3.350 threads of 23 inches, and, as a penny was paid to women for ev ery hank made in the ordinary way, the mouse, at that rate, earned 9 pence every six week, just one farthing a day, or seven shillingsand six pence a year. Taking six pence off for board and allowing one shilling for machinery, there was a clear yearly profit from each mouse of six shillings.

Mr. Hatton firmly intended to apply for the loan of an old empty cathedral in Dunfermline, which would have held he calculated. 10.000 mouse mills, sufficient room being left for keepers and some hundreds of spectators. Death, however, overtook the inventor before his marvelous-project could be carried out. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

Tlie Orlsln of Our Flaor. The American flag derives its origin from the coat-of-arms of George Washington's family, the colors of the bais in which were red and white, the stars appearing upon the top part of the shield. Blue was added, because it is considered the correct companion or contract to red..