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auXDAY MORXIXG-ST- LOUIS POST DISPATCH FEBRlTAirc 25 190g LEGISLATOR'S JOKE IS A B0DMERAN( New York's Rich, Who Reaard Autoing Now as Tame, Take to I- a mm aapa BLIND TIGER FOES SEEKING Ravings of Collapsed Football Hero Result In Coach9 Wedding Nurse COUNT BOM'S FOYS DEPLETED GOULD FORTUNE ballooning as More I hnlling '-'1 1 SF 'vlir Met 'WzSlW Patient, in Delirium, Made Them Clasp Hands and Told Them He Saw Them Happily Married It Was a Good Idea and They Followed It. LINCOLN, Feb. 24. A ROMANCE in real life, as charm- ing as was ever portrayed by a novelist, has culminated in Lincoln in the nuptials of Miss Jeannette M. Orr of Denver and John Westover, a mechanical engineer residing in Lincoln, formerly football captain at the University of Nebraska and subsequently assistant coach, In his capacity as assistant coach, Westover went with the Nebraska football team in October, 1904, to Boulder, to witness the annual gridiron clash between the universities of Colorado and Nebraska.

One of the Nebraska players, a guard of the name of Richardson, collapsed mentally after the game from the excitement inspired by the contest and from the deep chagrin resulting from Nebraska's defeat, and the head coach deemed it unwise to bring Richardson back to Lincoln with the squad. Instead, lie remained in Denver hotel under the care of a physician and with Assistant Coach West-over to attend to his temporal needs. Richardson's illness soon became acute, and a trained nurse, Miss Orr, was summoned from one of the Denver hospitals. "Within a day the patient became mad and during his violent pe riods it was necessary to strap him to his cot. His madness prompted the recital of fantastic scenes concocted by his imagl -native but diseased mentality.

In one of these lapses, the patient laid th foundation for the romance of his nurse and his watcher. Calling them to hit side, he bade the pair clasp hands abovej him. Westover himself frankly tells What transpired. "I guess Cupid was In the deal," declares Westover, "for all that Richardson said, in spite of his madness, prom- MISSING AT DEATH Judge Who Identified Body Saw Cash Only Few Days Before. Soecial to the Post-Dispatch.

CITF OF MEXICO, Feb. 4. The burial of Luis Flores. a oeggar, the potter's field, marked the ignominious end of a strango life of pretended want and privation which was in fact a life of miserly opulence. The unusual story was revealed as a result of the Identification of a body of an "unknown" at the Juarez Hospital as that of Flores by the Eighth Judge of Instruction, Lie.

Heriberto Ramos Cuevajs. The story as told bv.Cuevas Involves a small fortune of $S0iX owned by the beggar, and what has become of this money is a mystery. For 20 years Flores had been a beggar on the streets of the city, and so filthy and loathsome did he become that even fellow beggars avoided him. Several days ago he went to Mr. Cuevas and complained that he had been turned out of his room and that the Iandlauy nad kept his mattress.

He claimed to have SSiiOO hidden in the mattress. Mr. Cuevas accompanied the beggar to the house and tore open the mattress. There, as the oeggar had claimed, he found the hoard of money. Air.

Cuevas turned the money all over to tho beggar and immediately the latter ran away. Mr. Cuevas was Inspecting the Tuarez Hospital when he came upon Flores body. The body was searched for money, and none being found it was consigned to a grave with other paupers. Where the $S0O0 is hidden is a mystery.

BUYS PIG, GETS COBPSE. Refuses to Accept Coffin Instead of Parcel. Sp-rifll to tli- ALBION, Feb. 24. A man's body was delivered to William Archer of Cromwell, Ind who wentto the express office to got a prize pig which he had purchased.

Archer refused to accept the coffin, and inquiry developed that the labels on the pig's box and the coffin had become exchanged. Archer got his pig on the next train, and it is presumed that the body was delivered at the proper place. ARE Evsry Day We BEGGAR prospect of a trip to Lurope on a water-sailing craft-or a. run. to Newport on a train she is sure she will not be afraid when the time comes.

"Besides, you know," she added confidently, "we shall get used to flying over the earth in the company of an expert before we undertake a voyage on our own account." Dr. Thomas' balloon will have a bag capable of holding iiS.OOO cubic feet of gas. It will be supplied with 50u bags of sand as a measure of safety, and be equipped in such a way as to make a long voyage possible. The doctor and his wife contemplate trips to Newport, Chicago and Canada, The basket will have seats upholstered in rich velvet, end the floor will be covered with a costly rug. There will be observation glasses and other glasses in a minature buffet and a supply of cheer for the inner man, to be looked after by a servant for whom there will be room, for the balloon is to be built for five persons.

Much interest attaches to' Mrs. Thomasas" determination to make the ascension In the pioneer balloon of the Aero Club's squadron. Spur to Ballooning. Two factors have given a spur to ballooning in New York the adaptation of common illuminating gas to the cause and the fact that the wind as a rule blows inland. "The cost of hydrogen gas," said Dr.

Thomas, "has been a serious obstacle in the past. Experiments have been made with coal gas and it is found to answer the purpose when modified slightly from the form in which it is supplied for illuminating. With the gas formerly used it would cost about $400 to fill a bag of the size I am to have. With coal gas it can be done for about ises to turn into fact. Richardson said he could see a cozy cottage.

In it was a fireplace, in which the logs were in the room was the head of the house and also his wife. Then he said Miss Orr and I were the pair in the room. "That sounded good to me. so I let him ramble, but as we stood there, our hands clasped tightly, for Richardson's gru was almost like a vis as he held our hands in place, it occurred to me that there was nothing particularly crazy, after all. in what he was telling.

Meanwhilo I had not failed to notice that on Miss Orr's left hand, which I was holding, was a diamond ring on the third finger. This, at the time, rather convinced me that Richardson had arrived too late with his story. A few days later Richardson's recovery was almost as sudden as was his collapse, so I brought him back to Lincoln. But I kept Miss Orr in mind end sent her a letter, following a suggestion made by myself before we left Denver, in which I told her of our Safe arrival. Miss Orr replied and we were plunged into a steady correspondence.

Finally I screwed up my courage and mentioned the diamond ring in one of my letters. In response she informed me that the ring meant nothing it was merely a present from her sister. The next day 1 tok a train for Denver. I guess the wedaing announcement will tell you what It was I talked about w-hen I got there and also what was her reIy." (ARRESTS 00 IDT "BUSTLERS" Young Cattle Thieves Appear in Haunts of the Old Band. Special to tue I'ost-IMspatch.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. Feb. 24. Notwithstanding that several of the leading cattle and horse "rustlers," who for some years have been terrorizing the settlers in Gregory County, have been arrested during the past few months, there appears to be a younger element of this brand of criminals who aspire to make a record equal if not superior to that of the old hands at the business. The latest victim of these young outlaws is a respectable Sioux Indian farmer named Stinking Eye, whose home is on Ponca Creek.

For years this Indian has been the victim of thieving bands, and cattle and horses Issued to him by the Government in accordance with the terms of treaties existing between his people and the United States Government, have regularly been stolen. Heretofore the thefts have been committed by members of the gang who are now under arrest, or who have been lodged In the Sioux Falls Penitentiary, and Stinking Eye had commenced to believe that his cattle and horse sheds would no longer be molested. But the younger class of "rustlers." In looking about for victims, selected this much-persecuted Indian as their prey. EATS 15 RAW EGGS DAILY. Girl Adopts Diet to Save Her Life.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. MUNC1E, Feb. 24. Miss Josephine Weisse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John P. Weisse, to counteract the ravages of the white plague. Is eating 15 raw eggs daily, and drinking a dozen glasses of milk. In addition, whether the temperature be high or low, she lives practically in the open air. She began this treatment some months ago, and not only checked the disease, but she has gaine.i several pounds In weight, at seemingly is in fair health.

To make the eggs palatable they are beaten in the milk and seasoned to suit the taste. NOT Hear It: I Would Bill "Just for Fun" Bringi Expensive Protests and May Pass. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JACKSON. Ft-b.

24. Capt. 3. It Watts, member of the House from Lau derdale County, is in trouble. Ills little joke on his colleague, Hon.

"Farmer Bill" Denton, which consisted of the introduction of a bill to divide Lauderdale County and name the new district in honor of Mr. Denton, h4 bad a boomerang effect. The legislative reporters took matters in earnest, copied the title of the bill, and It was heralded to the world, and tspecially' to the people of Lauderdale County, that a new county was about to formed. Ever since steady stream of telegraph messenger boys have been looking for Capt. Watts, loaded down witlt messages from his constituents demanding to know the meaning of his action, but the worst of It Is that many of these telegrams are being sent with charges collect, and Cap.

Watts has already paid out nearly a month's per diem ou this account. To make matters even more troublesome. Chairman Foster of th Committee on Local and Private legislation han secured pledges from a majority of the members of the commit tee to report the bill favorably with a slight amendment changing the name of the new county from Denton to Watts, and he will urgs this for adoption. What Sulphur Does For the Human Body in Health and Disease. The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us tie early days when our mothers and grandmothers gava us our daily dose of sulphur and no-lasses every spring and fall.

It was the universal spring and fsll "blood purilier," tonic and cure-all, and mind you, this old-fashioned remedy was not without merit. The idea was good, but the remedy was crude and unpalatable, and a large quantity had to be taken to get any effect. Nowadays we get all the beneficial effects of sulphur in a palatable, concentrated form, so that a single grain is far more effective than a table-spoonful of the crude sulphur. In recent years, research and experiment have proven that the best sulphur for medicinal use is that obtained from Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and sold in -ug 6tores under the name of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. They are small chocolate coated pellets and contain the active medicinal principles of sulphur in a highly concentrated, effective form.

Few people are aware of the value of this form of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily vigor and health; sulphur acts directly on the liver, and excretory organs and purifies and enriches the blood by tha prompt elimination of waste material. Our grandmothers knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and molasses every spring and fall, but tho crudity and impurity of ordinary flowers of sulphur were often worse than the disease, and cannot compare with, the modern concentrated preparation of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium Wafers is undoubtedly the best and most widely used. They are the natural antidote for liver and kidney troubles and cure constipation and purify tha blood in a way that often surprises patient and physician alike. Dr. R.

M. Wilkins, while experimenting with sulphur remedies soon found that the sulphur from Calcium was superior to any other form. lie says; "For liver, kidney and blood trouble, especially when resulting from constipation or malaria, I hnve been surprised at the results obtained from Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In patients suffering from boils and pimples and even deep-seated carbuncles, I have repeatedly seen them dry up and disappear in four or five days, leaving tha skin clear and smooth. Although Stuart's Calcium Wafers is a proprietary article, and sold by druggists, snl for that reason tabooed by many physicians, vet 1 know of nothing so safa and reliable for constipation, liver and kidney troubles and especially in all forms of skin disease as this At any rate people who are tired of pills, cathartics and so-called blood "purifiers," will find in Stuart's Calcium Wafers, a far safer, more palatable and effective preparation.

Have Siilss.r Slffsmiss lahiv-IMrrrr (hit' foolers. BLAME mjrzi2 f1 if i i IIH I FEDERAL Southern Congressman Asks Government Liquor Permits Be Made Public. MANY BILLS PENDING It Is Also Asked That State Prohibitory Laws Be Eecognized. By Wire From the Washington Bureau Of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON.

Feb. on the "blind tigers" of the South, known as "speak-easles" in th North and West, has been declared by a number of Southern member? of Congress and a dozen bills providing for Government aid In their suppression have been introduced by as many members from localities affected. Robert Crain of Baltimore, general counsel for the United States Brewers' Association, has pledged In a speech before the sub-committee of tho Ways and Means Committee in charge of legislation affecting the internal revenue, the good will of that organization. Under a regulation of the Treasury Department, Collectors of Internal Revenue are forbidden to give information to State or local courts as to whom have paid the Government tax of $25 on reta.il liquor dealers, even under a process of "subpena ducus Such tax-certificates are issued by the Government to all applicants regardless of local prohibitory laws and by paying thts payment the dealers escape Federal interference or prosecution, even if violating State prohibitory or local option laws. Consequently the aid of the Congress is asked, first to require collectors to furnish certilled copies of such certificates, which, under some State laws are held to be prima-facie evidence that the persons to whom they ate issued engaged in selling liiiuor; and, second, to prohibit the i suing of such certificates in places where the sale of liquor is prohibited by local or itate laws.

In the latter case, the keeper of a "blind-tiger." being unable to secure such a certificate or "Government license" as generally called, would be taken In hand by uiie general Government If he undertook to sell liquor and prosecution in the Federal Courts is feared most of all. Bills on this subject have been introduced by Representatives Humphreys of Mississippi, Little of Arkansas, Bell of Georgia, Macon of Arkansas. Wiley of Alabama and Rixey of Virginia. Maine, Texas, Iowa and other States are interested. In his speech.

Mr. Crain vehemently denounced the "speak-easies" and "blind-tigers" and other Illicit places for the sale of liquor and particularly the "boot-leggers" of the turpentine camps in the South and who sell liquor to the Indiana in the West. For a 2-Cent Stamp OilO of those PuST-DiriPATCH MAGIC AGE TELLERS will be sent to any address postpaid while the supply lasts. All the boys and girls want it. Address Want Ad Manacer, Post-Dispatch, St.

Louis, Mo. PATEIOTISM ABSUKD PLUAD SOCIALISTS. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch and New York World. PARIS. Feb.

comments on patriotism were made by 28 Socialists who were put upon trial lor signing an appeal to French soldiers to throw down their arms or shoot their ofticeis when called on to go to war, and bo refuse to lire on strikers. "Patriotism is all buncombe," said one long-haired person, when asked by the judse why he signed the appeal. Then lie proceeded to make a speech an example that was followed by all the other defendants. "Th officer who ordered the troops to fire on the strikers at Longuy was drunk." said another. A third prophesied that "there would be a Socialistic upheaval in 1906.

"I signed the appeal," he "so the soidi rs. our brut hers, should not shoot us down when it occurred." "The best way to do away with war is to abolish the army," was the enlightening contribution of a fourth. one or the derendants is a woman with a Russian name, who said she signed the apceal for reasons of hu manity. Ttu Cd Lnrr (Ml SmuUian "Par ExcelUnct." The storage battery of the human aysteni is the heart. Keep pumping rich, red blood into that orjian and replenish tho worn-out tissues of your Ixxly by the aid of a tonic which will assist nature in her work.

To tie strong and igoron is a blessing. After the npre of thirty-five the tissues refuse to renew themches without, aid. The zenith has been reached, and decline begins and is readily apparent unless advantage is taken of the re-earches that knowlodpp and science have put at our command. Ozomulsion is one its greatest prod ucts. Ozoinulsion stands on a plane bv itself.

It is the greatest nerve and bone food on the market. Beneficial results arc obtained after first dose. Hy its use the whole system undergoes a complete change. It creates new, rich blood, destroys disease tfernis invigorates the nerves, and is a wonderful mental stimulant. Begin today taking Ozoninlion, ami i change from a worn out, nervous utate to a strong, healthy body and mind will become at owe We don't want you to take our Moid for it.

but try it and convinced. There tiro and 1 Iloitir; formula prititrt In 7 Uuiif gr evb. OZOMULStON LABORATORIES 'OS Pino New York. Bric-a-Brac and Castles Were Charged to His American Wife. HE LOST AT CAKDS Then He Collected Commissions on Expenditures He Advised.

How Anna Gould's Fortune Melted Under Boni's Touch. Anna Gould's fortune $16,000,000 WedJing portion settled on her husband. Count 2,000.000 Losses of the Count at the gaming table 1,300,000 Money of his wife invested In brie-a -bra and antique Paid out of the (lould millions for building sites in Paris and environs 2.0OO.000 Tacbts and fitting lSO.OOO Dinners and entertainments la ten yeai 400.000 PARIS, Feb. 24. There will be no further communication between Countess Boni de Castellane and her bankrupt husband.

She is now at Biarritz with her children, and will remain there until the trial of her suit for separation la finished. She will sell her uncompleted mansion near the Bois de Boulogne. Otjier real estate in and near Paris will be disposed of, no matter what the sacrifice may be. There is a good deal of the grim stubbornness of Jay Gould in the mental makeup of the Countess when she is aroused, as she is now, and when it comes to a struggle for insistence and persistence. Count Boni is overmatched and outplayed at every turn.

He would make any concession to recall the past and begin life over again, but his repentance comes too late. As you say in America, he Is "down and out," and he has been the most expensive luxury ever bought with American gold. The Marble Palace The sale of the marble palace is undoubtedly a great humiliation for the Countess. It was at her suggestion that negotiations were entered into for the purchase of the site shortly after her marriage, after her husband had pictured its glories and what renown would come to her if she would devote a part of her fortune of $16,000,000 to the building of a chateau which would be a reproduction of the Petit Trianon. Count Boni did not offer to contribute a cent from the $2,000,000 settled upon him as a marriage portion.

His wife, then enthusiastic and credulous, entered heartilv into the plans and was only too eager to sign her check for $740,000 to buy the site. There was an adjoining lot, occupied by a carriage builder, and it was needed to make perfect the symmetry of the grounds, so Count Boni, exercising Ms political influence and the promise of the expenditure of many Yankee dollars, had the tenant evicted. The plans called for a structure of surpassing beauty. The main lines of the exterior were to be straignt and "pure," but within the style was to be patterned after the style of Louis XV, a riot of color and fittings. The en trance and staircase were to be as grand as those at Versailles; the friezes and moldings of the bed chambers the finest masterpieces of art.

and to provide for the artistic mingling of two styles of architecture, the architects made many visits at great expense to the Chateau des Champs, In which Mme. de Pompadour lived and which was regarded as one of the most exquisite examples of architectural beauty In the environs of Paris. Thrifty Bonl'si Rebate. The announcement of the undertaking created a furore in art circles. The cost was estimated at nnywhere from $9.

to $15,000,000, nd ft was not expected that the worK could be finished in less than fifteen years. The Countess was not aware that her titled husband, who prided himself on his ancestry and his hatred for the vulgar details of trade, h.id entered into a deal with the contractors by which he was to receive a commission of 40 per cent on all the work carried on by his directors. Count Boni had been losing heavily at the gaming table and he needed the money. The bills presented as the work went on became so extortionate that the Countess sought the advice of her brothers in America, and they started an investigation, which was the entering wedge of the marital misunderstandings, which grew as the years went on. and now have resulted in a permanent separation.

The Bois de Boulogne palace was not th limit of Boni's extravagance. He bought a palatial yacht, which his wife paid for, and before he had been m.ir-ried 18 months he had spent for bric-a-brac, and he spent to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies. An Inexhnustnble Mine. In 1S97 the Count and Countess paid $200,000 for a lot on the Rue Pierre Charron. which Jay Gould, daughter had been induced to donate for the purposes of a charity bazar.

Boni is said to have got a 'rake-off" on that also. In 1302 ho bought the famous Cha'eau de Grignon. 17 miles southeast of Mon-telimar. The chateau dates back to the Middle Ages, and was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa when suhduir.g the inhabitants of Aries. It cost a million dol-la rs.

The Count spent money with such recklessness and prodigal liberality that even his intimates were aghast. He laughed at their fears, and declared that he had tapped a mine of wealth which could not be exhausted, and for three or four vears he uiade his bnwt pood. He ran in debt wherever ami whenever he pleased, and when hU creditors demanded an occounting in a New York court they won. One of the most conspicuous of thee was Asher We; theliner. a LonJori dealer in Bric-a-brac, who sought to recover The New York Goulds were obliged to pay all these debts, amounting to nearlv three-quarter million dollars, end deduct it from the income of the Countess which she drew from her father's estate.

The sales of the Port-Dispatch in St. Louis each day are greater than the number of St. Loul homes. R. Many Flying Machines Are Being Constructed for Them and Aerial Eacing Promises to Be an Early Attraction.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24. THIS fad of sailing in the air, which Paris and London society passed on to New York fashionable folk some time ago, ha3 developed here to something like a craze. The center of it just now is the Aero Club at 753 Fifth avenue, from which It is spreading among those rich enough to have balloons for toys. Homer W.

Hedge, president of the Aero Club of America, said soon after its organization that the club's purpose was largely educational. "Interest in the science of aeronautics is somewhat backward in our country," he exeplained; "the foreigners are ahead of us in this, as they were originally in automobiles. The time, however, has cojne to arouse, if not a wider Interest, a more general understanding of aeronautics, what the science means and what it may do in the future." Many of those Interested are members also of the Automobile Club of America. Despite popular notions about the danger to life and limb in automobile racing contests, some members of the Aero Club have come to look upon them as rather tame. These talk not only of balloons and airships, but look forward to the time when they will be able to race one another around the Statue of Liberty or feet above the Flatiron Building.

Of Great Benefit to Seiene. The scientific element of the club, in which there are men who bear the title of doctor or professor, talk of the great gains to accrue to science by a closer relation with the upper air. Experiments made by sending up balloons with only recording instruments as passengers are far from satisfactory, they complain. To obtain exact knowledge, the explorer of the high regions must go there in per-som While most of the sport-loving lembers do not make any secret of their alms, the scientific ones have aspirations to solve the problem of aerial navigation. Dr.

Julian P. Thomas of 1T2 West Seventy-second street, for example, has an airship up his sleeve. Other members are A. M. Herring, an ES Lies Youths Tell fot Drinks, Bring Fines Upon Sellers.

Svecial to rh Post-Disnatch. uCHilO.ND, Feb. 24. The Police iXimnnssioners have decided to put a stop to tne existing evil of selling intoxicants to minors. With this end In view, Doys found loitering aoout saloons are to be taken before the pol.ee aim an effort maue to get from them admissions that they have purchased intoxicants, if uch is the case.

Three saloon i ilea have been fined $-0 and costs each for selling to minors. 'the defendants maue the contention to the Police Judge that the law as it stands works an injustice on all saloon mea. Inasmuch as they are unabie to determine the age of many young men patrons. have never neglected to ask young men if they are of age when they appear to be of tender years, and invariably they say they are." declared one bartender who was fined, "and if the State would place a penalty on lying it might relieve the saloon men of some of their burdens. If the State would punish a young man who lied about his age there might be less drinking among boys.

As it is now, a boy can enter my saloon, step up to the oar, order a gUf-s of beer, ami If he insists he is 21 years old, he is likely to be served, unless his appearance indicates positively that he has lied." CHILD'S TONGUE CUT. Girl Fights Doctor and Bleed to Death, May SIIELHYV1LLL. Feb. 24. While holding a Jagged piece of glass In her mouth, Mary Dehne, 3 years old, fll forward, a corner of the glass cutting her tongue mo'f than half off.

Th5 wound was near the ba.e of the tongue, the kI' beii.g Vi-der the tongue when the child feil. 1 efforts of a surgeon to close the weio were difficult of th stance tne child made. The child is in serious condition, resulting from 13; of blood, and the possibility that tht wound may not close. ANANIAS WORRY SALOON MEN expert in aeronautics, who has a theory that birds make use of air currents to aid them in their flights, and that man may do likewise, and Leo Stevens, the aeronaut, whose airship did everything but sail.from Manhattan Beach after attracting much attention. Mr.

Stevens is the proud possessor of the California Arrow, Baldwin's successful air traveler used at the World's Fair in St. Louis. Some of the members are old salts on the ocean of air, but most of them have never been literally up in the air. Soon after the American club was formed It was recognized by the Aero Club of France, that of London and that of Belgium. In little while the officers were deluged with letters or besieged In person by Inventors or airships or the agents of balloon-making concerns.

As to the balloons It was decided to obtain only the best. Much time has been spent in examining the claims of the various ones offered. Charles Levee, who represents a manufacturer at Paris, made an ascension at West Point which was witnessed by several members of the club. It was a big success. The officers of the Military Academy were as enthusiastic over the flight as the members of the club.

Capt. Robert Lee Howze received the visitors cordially and did all possible to help them. It Is said that he even gave them some gas for the balloon from a supply that was none too large for the illuminating needs of the station. The lights in the cadets' and officers' quarters burned dim that night. Mr.

Thomaa to Sail In Air. Through Mr. Levee an order for a balloon has been given by Dr. Thomas. It is to be delivered in this city In May next.

Meantime the Doctor will be trained in the art of aerial navigation by Mr Levee in a balloon that will arrive from France in six weeks. Dr. Thomas said that it was part of the contract that he should receive a course of instruction in Mr. Levee bailoon. He as well as Mr.

Thomas, is enthusiastic over the coming experience. Mrs. Thomas savs that although she does not feel as enthusiastic as she might at the CUPID'S DEFEAT TOLD IN RHYME Poetical Lawyer Writes Divorce Decree Uuder Muse's Guide. Speclil to the Pnt-Disptrh. AUSTIN Feb.

24. A member of the Austin bar written what he considers a valid judgment in a divorce suit and will have it entered on the record. It is pending in the Fifty-Third District Court, but the style and number of the cause are omitted. The attorney states that the judgment is absolutely correct and each and every point covered in the document, which follows: On this when this vase ws called. Game plaintiff, though soineirha't appalled.

And prayed the court to frrant redress lor wrung that i-aused her great distress. 1 Defendant, thmish vrHh summons aerred, Tlie law's Command has not And answer make not on this day To charges made by e'en a nay. The court then heard the plaintiff's cause. All in accordance wita tb law. And from the evtdenoo both full and clear L'trto the cour ilu i-iar That for sis months and more Before she sooirht the courthouse door.

t'pon the sad but nrfrem inlaslwo Of filing here her brief petition, Tbeplalntlff lived in th? conna- Of TrTla count; border llnee. And that she. In -ood faith on that date Inhabited the Lone Star State. That became defendant's wife tows exchanged in early life. And brsrelT strove to do her part.

Though, oft. alas, with bleeding heart. That, recreant to his marrtsge vow. Defendant raised continual row. Has beaten, bruised and at her swore.

Till she could live with him do more. It therefore i the onrt's decree That she from him he now set free. Their marriage bonds are now dissolved. And from "One Twain" two re evolred. But clerks and Sheriff must inibi! I'pos the ill from leial grist.

And plaintiff la adjndiwd to pay The costs cf court wluiout iloiaj. $60. The next ascension with which the Aero Club will be identified is to be made within three or four weeks in Mr. Levee's balloon. It will be taken to East One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, where there Is a gashouse, ana there Inflated.

"The gashouse is near the river. If the wind blows from the usual direction It will take the balloon across Manhattan Island, over the Hudson and New Jersey. It is this freedom from danger of being blown to sea that has given a great impetus to ballooning here. The Interest is exceedingly keen; as much so as it is in France and London. I speak, of course, about those associated with me In the Aero Club." KANSAS PROUD OF 186.762 BABIES Census Shows Population of State to Be 1,544,968, Half Natives.

Special to the Tost-Dispatch. TOPEKA, Feb. 24. Here are some of the interesting facts culled from the report of the decennial census, issued by Secretary F. D.

Coburn, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. The total population of the State is 1.544,968, but this does not begin to tell tho whole story of the census. There are figures about almost everything, from the number of babies, the pride of the State, down to the number of peach trees. The population has increased 103,. 000 in the past five years, and about in the last ten years.

Habies in Kansas, under 5 years old, Persons over SO years old. 706S. Men subject to call in case of war. Persons who work for a living, Of this number. STil.SM are farmers.

Of the total populaiion. 53.57 are over 1 veai of age. "School children" between 5 and Zii years, 6S2.6.'W. Negroes in the State, 51 Germans in the S.ateMlt.lM. Of the tHal population of Kansas, one-half was b'Tn in Kansas.

The cities rank: Kansas City. fio.fiH; Topeka. 37.64; Wichita. 3.110: leaven-worth, 21.i;"4: Atchison. 18, US; Pittsburg, 15.467 Coffevvhle.

Parsons, Fort Hcou. 11.2-; Lawrence. 10,718. Murril Graa Via M. O.

R. R. $30.09 to New Orleans. $17.50 to MoWle nd return, from SL Louis. Proportionately low rates from other points.

Tickets on sale Feb. inclusive. Through sleepers and diners. St. Louis office, Olive street.

Engagement Rings Loaned. it is sail mar in la traftk- in lending eorr ring regu- Saved One-Fourth the Price if I Had Bought My Furniture From INGALLS." We don't sell all the Furniture that is sold in St. Louis, but we would sell mighty nsar all of it if people would only "shop" and investigate. Ski YOU NEVER GET THE BOTTOM PRICE UNLESS YOU BUY WHERE G000S ARE MARKED IN PLAIN FI3-URES THAT'S THE WAY WE MARK THEM. CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD mith-nati Iron and Rraia If 'ou work where you get a regular salary or wajcn H.d, Bed Qy tW Jjjrp REBAT ffl.

iRirc vnn miv rvi ncv davaifmt CASH PRICES. gSPty AT M. John TH( I i i Ion Tables. F. Furniture is made in certain fac- tories bad furniture is made in certain other factories sell the good only.

TKARS OX OI.IVK STREET. H. INGALLS 1226 OLIVE STREET. West of 12th Street..