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HE SLEEPS IJf TEACEImposing Funeral Ceremonies

Precede Interment ofMc¬

Kinley at CantonOut under the whispering oak trees

of Westlawn cemetery in a vine-cover- ed

vault almost buried in a slopinghillside all that is earthly of WilliamMcKinley now rests About the flowerctrewn slopes a picket line of sol-

diers¬

stands silent in the shadowsWhole Day Glvonto Grief

All day Thursday muffled drumsbeat their requiems brasses wailed outthe strains of marches of the deadgreat men of the nation followed afuneral car in grief and tears Throughsolid banks of bareheaded men andweeping women and children fringedby a wall of soldiers marching mil ¬

itary and civilians passed with themourners of the distinguished dead

First among those who followed thedead during the journey from thehome to the tomb was the man who isnow at the head of the government

airs McKinley Near CollapseMrs McKinley was unable to attend

the funeral While the last rites werebeing said she remained in a room ofthe family home dazed not realizingthat death had come to her husbandalmost paralyzed mentally During themorning at her urgent request shesat alone for a time beside the cof-

fin¬

as it lay in the south parlor ofthe house No one seeks to lift theveil that is drawn over this sceneabout the bier of the last earthlysleep The casket was not openedBut she was near the one who everhad cared for and protected her nearthe dead for whom grief has burnedinlo the soul of a country the lessonsof manliness and beneficence taught byhis life

Iliml Ceremonies ImpressiveThe last ceremonies for the late

president were marked with a dignitythat struck dumbness to the tens ofthousands who watched the funeralcolumn make the journey from thehome to the cemetery From thesouth parlor of the frame house whichhad so long been the family home thecasket was borne to the First Metho ¬

dist church at Canton with statesmendiplomats great men of nation rep-

resentatives¬

of the world gatheredwith the surrounding members of thefamily Ministers of five religious de--

EN ROUTE FROM WASHINGTONSCENE A WAY STATION

nominations said the simple services

Great Throne Joins In HymnTroops banked the streets about but

the thousands who had gathered nearand stood in places for five hours heldweir ground catching up the brokenstrains of Nearer My God to TheeThe silence of calm had come the si-

lence¬

of supreme excitement had pass-

ed¬

It was not at him said the min-

ister¬

of the church all but hiddenfrom sight by the mountains of bloomsand lloral pieces that bound in the pul-

pit¬

and choir loft that the fatal shotwas fired but at the heart of our gov-

ernment¬

Then he added In allthe coming years men will seek butwill seek in vain to fathom the enor-mity

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and the wickedness of thatcrime

New President in TearsThese words brought home with

crushing force the warning that thelast scenes were being enacted Amongthose who sat with bowed heads wasPresident Roosevelt The tears welledinto his eyes as he heard the peti-

tions¬

that God might guide his handsaright Then came the last stage ofthis journey to the city of the deadMembers -- of United States senatethose who sit in the house of repre-

sentatives¬

officials and citizens frompractically every state in the unionsoldiers military organizations a col ¬

umn of more than 6000 men followedthe funeral car on this last journey

Path Is Carpeted In FlowersThe skies were hidden by clouds

of gray but not a drop of rain fellThe path of flagging leading to theiron gated vault was buried beneatha covering of blooms This carpetof flowers came as an offering fiunthe school children of Nashville Tfcnn

But the men of the war days of fortyyears ago with whom the martyredpresident had inarched in his youthpassed up this road before the funeralcar approached They caught up theflowers as they passed pressing themto their lips Just ahead of the hearsemarched the handful of survivors ofthe late presidents own regimentThey too gathered up the blooms asthey limped by

Blooms Taken as MementosSo it happened that when the men

of the army and of the navy carriedthe black casket within the shadow

of the vault the flower carpet had dis-

appeared¬

its blooms however to beguarded for years as mementos of thisday of sorrow

Just without the entrance to thismausoleum stood the new president ofthe United States The coffin- - restedon supports only a hands reach fromhim Then the members of the cabi ¬

net formed an open line with him andmembers of the family all save thelone woman who was in the homeunder the close watch of Dr Rlxeygathered near Earth to earth ashesto ashes dust to dust came the bene-

diction¬

from the lips of the venerableBishop Joyce

The roar of the cannon ecnoed fromthe hilltop just above It came as amighty amen Again the whitehaired minister spoke Again came thecrashing roar of the salute its rever-

berations¬

beating on and on over thehills about the city

Taps Sounded by BuglerTaps the saddest call the bugle

language of the army knows camefrom eight bugles The last notes wereheld until the breath of the windseemed to rob them of life Awaydown the broad street two miles awaythe marching columns were still com-

ing¬

The music of the bands mutedit seemed by some giant hand cainufloating to the group about the vaultNearer My God to Thee Nearer to

Thee Once again came the crashfrom the guns above

Door Is Closed Upon MartyrThen the casket was carried within

the vault Five infantrymen marchedbehind it A moment passed and theouter doors were closed The last ceremony was over the third martyredpresident of the United States hadbeen committed to God and eternity

Slowly the marching column treadedabout the crescent road to the left ofthe temporary tomb Then darknessthrew its veil over all the silentguards took their stations the cem-

etery¬

gate were closedNever Mourning More Sincere

That is the bare outline of one ofthe most imposing and impressive funerals ever seen in the United StatesTo fill in all its details would take

FUNERAL TRAINAT

the

TO CANTON

pages while to convey an adequateidea of the feature of it all which wasmost conspicuous the depth and si-

lence¬

of the grief displayed is beyondwords In that respect it was thoscenes of Wednesday enacted overagain with increased intensity Allalong through the great black lane ofpeople that s tretched from the Mc ¬

Kinley home to the cemetery quitetwo miles were men and womenweeping as though their dearest friendwas being oine to thegrave

Every Eye Dim With TearsAbout the tomb itself the outburst

of grief was still more striking Asthe casket was borne into the vaultthere was not a member of the cabinetwho was not visibly affected whileseveral were in tears with theirhandkerchiefs to their eyes Secre-tary

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Root although controlling him-self

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to some degree of outward calmwas deeply moved while PresidentRoosevelt repeatedly pressed his hand-kerchief

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to his eyes

Great Picture of DesolationAmong the bystanders many scarce-

ly¬

made an effort to conceal their emo-tion

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It was a scene under the cheer-less

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gray skies and in the bloak windas cold as a November day that eventhe radiant glory of all the greatmass of flowers could not relieve thepicture of all of sorrow and desola-tion

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tha death leaves in its wake Asthe one on whom this terrible blowfalls hardest was not there this ag-

ony¬

was spared her

Will Sleep In Bed of GraniteHere in this vine covered vault the

remains of President McKinley will lieuntil they are buried in granite Thereremain now only the plans for a mon-ument

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to his jnemory Already theseare under way Thursday morningSpeaker Henderson of the house ofrepresentatives accompanied by Con-gressman

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S E Payne of New Yorkand Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl ¬

vania were driven to Westlawn cem-etery

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and viewed the location of theMcKinley plot

Congress to Build a MonumentThe newer part of the cemetery was

also visited and although the state-ment

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is not definitely made it is sug-gested

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that the coming session of con-gress

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will probably appropriate funds

irsviwsw

for the erection of a monumont Theplans and details are as yet embryonicbut will assume definite proportions ina week or two

Scenes at tho ChurchIt was 150 oclock when the pro-

cession¬

reached the stately stone edi ¬

fice where the funeral services wereto be held At the church entrancewere drawn up deep files of soldierswith bayonets advanced keeping aclear area for the advancing casketand the long train of mourners Thehearse halted while President Roose-velt

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and members of the cabinetaiighted Again they grouped them-selves

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at either side of the entranceand with uncovered heads awaited thepassing of the casket Then the flow-er-cover- en

coffln was brought from thehearse and as it passed within 1heblack draped entrance the presidentand his cabinet followed within theedifice

Member of Conjjrcs KnterAt the rear of each of the four aisles

stood a soldier at attention cap in

FUNERAL CORTEGE

hand musket held straight in frontThe members of the senate entered Atthe head walked Senator Allison ofIowa Then came Penrose and Cockrell Scott Burrows of Michigan Tilman and Mason of Illinois Next themembers of the house filed in Theynumbered almost 150 Speaker Hen-

derson¬

at the head Louder came themourn of the band and outside thetroops had formed a phalanx of sabersand bayonets Then under the blackshrouded door came the casket

Under Arch of SabersThe black coffin had passed under an

arch of drawn sabers as it was carriedup the steps Lieutenant GaneralMiles and the men of the army andRear Admiral Farquhar and tl3 menof the navy held their positions Cov-

ered¬

with a great American flag bear¬

ing only sprays of immortelles androses tendered by the Legation ofhonor the casket was slowly broughtto the front supported on the shoul-ders

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of the blue jackets and the sol-

diers¬

At the foot of the mountain offlowers the altar and thechoir loft lay the bier shrouded tooin the national colors and in blackOn this the casket was placed underthe quivering folds of the starry ban-ner

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with the lights shedding their ef-

fulgence¬

from above the fragrance ofthe flowers hovering about an 1 themusic of Beethovens grand funeralmarch pulsing from the organ thebodybearers gently lowered the flagdraped and flower adorned coffin to itssupport

All Rise as Colli u PassosThen the generals took their places

in the first seat to the right of thecentral aisle The rear admiralscrossed and tool the first pew to theleft Every one within the church hadrisen as the casket was brought inThey remained standing A momentlater and President Roosevelt enteredthrough the same doorway of blackHis lips quivered slightly as he wasescorted to the pew directly behindGeneral Miles Behind him came Sec-

retaries¬

Hitchcock and Wilson andPostmaster General Smith who filedinto the next pew and with them

went Secretary Cortelyou the manwno had made every effort that a loyalheart could prompt to save the lifewhich had gone out under the bul-

let¬

Members of Family SeatedThen came the members of the fam-

ily¬

all being seated to the left of thecentral aisle Abner McKinley broth-er

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of the dead president and his wifewalked slowly at the head of theblack clad line He was seated inpew directly behind the men ofnavy and just across the aisle fromPresident Roosevelt After Dr andMrs Boer came the venerable JosephSaxton uncle of Mrs McKinley Thegreat organ had left the funeral marchand now the reeds pealed out thestrains of Nearer My God to Thee

Those who had accompanied the fu ¬

neral train then were seated Senatorand Mrs Fairbanks came first fol ¬

lowed by Controller Charles GatesDawes Senator Hanna followed Helooked worn and leaned on his canoMrs Hanna accompanied him Thenthe black gloved ushers seated theother members of the party

The formation of the funeral proces-

sion¬

was as follows

First DivisionGen EII Torrance national commander

Q A R commanding and stuffGrand Army band

E F Taggart department commanderG A R of Ohio and staff

Canton Post No 2o Canton OBuckley Post No 12 Akron O

Bell llannon Post No 3G Warren OC G Chamberlain Post- - No 86 East

Palestine OGiven Post No 133 Wooster OHart Post No 134 Masslllon O

Other Grand Army postsSecond Division

MaJ Charles Dick commandingEighth Regiment Military BandDetachment Ohio National Guard

Troop A of Ohio National Guard guardof honor

Officiating clergymenFuneral car and bearers

Honorary bearersSpecial guard of honor Gen Nelson A

Miles Admiral George Dewey GenJohn R Brooke Gen Elwcll S OtisGen George L Gillespie

Loyal LegionFamily President and Cabinet

NEARING THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON

marking

thethe

President of Senate and United StatesSenators

Speaker of House of RepresentativesGovernors of states with staffs

Gen Leonard Wood Governor of CubaOhio state officials

Circuit Court Judges state of OhioGov McKinleys former staff officers

Federal officers of ClevelandFederal officers of ChicagoFederal officers of Canton

Federal officers of MasslllonBoard of directors of Pan American Ex-

position¬

Board of Cook County officials Chicago

Third DivisionMaj A Vignos commanding

Gate City Guards of Atlanta GaCleveland Grays

Cleveland Scotts GuardsWilliam McKinley Command Spanish

American War VeteransSons of Veterans

Union League LegionCcnton Encampment No 91

Fourth DivisionA B Foster Grand Commander of Ohio

commandingKnights Templar

Grand Lodge of OhioEagle Lodge of Canton

Canton Lodge of Canton and other Ma-sonic

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lodges

The remaining three divisions weremade up of representatives from clubssocieties civic bodies and the Eightysecond regiment of National Guardstogether with other military organiza-tions

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When the funeral at Canton beganall the tides of American life stoodstill The wheels of industry ceased torevolve The hammers of toil pausedin their beat The ship stopped herthrob in its race against time Theminer dropped his pick The farmerchecked his team in mid furrow Thecrowds in the city streets halted Allactivities save the ministrations to thedeadly sick and the dying were sus-pended

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The sun in heaven for a spacelooked down upon a motionless nationwhere nearly every head was bentSpecial services were held in thechurches of the national capital andhundreds of other cities

TRIBUTE FROM W 1 BRTAXMemorial exercises for the dead

President were held at the Auditoriumin Lincoln Neb and were largely at-

tended¬

W J Bryan was one of theprincipal speakers He said in part

As monuments reared by grateful

SAILORS AND SOLDIERS BEARING THE CASKET

hands to the memory of heroes testifyto the virtues of the living as well asto the services of the dead so thesorrow that has overwhelmed our na-

tion¬

obliterating the distinctions ofparty race and religion is as compli-mentary

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to the patriotism of our peo-

ple¬

as to our departed magistrate Itwould indeed be a disgrace to our na-tion

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if the murder of a President con-cerned

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only the members of the dom-inant

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party While no recent campaignshave aroused deeper feeling than thosethrough which Mr McKinley passedyet in no contests did the minoritymore cheerfully acquiesce in the will ofthe majority as expressed at the pollsHe was the President of all the peopleand their dignity and sovereignty wereattacked when he was assaulted

THE LIVE STOCK MARKET

latest Quotations From South Omahaunci Kansas CitySOUTH OMAHA

Cattle Very few cattio urrlved yester ¬

day but today receipts were qult5 lib¬

eral Packers seemed to be quite anxiousfor supplies and an a result thi marketwas fairly active on good stuff and fullysteady prices were paid There were notvery many corn fed steers offered butthe quality of some of tliein was excep ¬

tionally good as Is shown by the factthat as high as SW was paid Packersall seemed to want the bettor grades andconsequently strong prices were paid Thecommoner grades were naturally not asready sellers but still they brought fullyas good prices as were paid on Wednes ¬

day The supply of cow stuff continuedliberal today about forty five cars beingoffered There was not much change Inthe prices paid the market being veryclose to steady Some salesmen thoughtthey had to take a shade lower pricesbut still the better grades sold in aboutWednesdays notches Bulls calves andstags also sold about steady whera thequality was at all good

Hogs There were around 100 cars ofhogs in the yards this morning and al ¬

though the market was ciulte a little slowabout opening still when trading did be ¬

gin it was generally on a basis of a 2Acadvance Some hogs sold no more thansteady while others were 3c higher butas a general thing the market was closeto 2Uc higher The bulk of all the saleswent from J71 to 6S0 At those pricesthe market was fairly active and thebulk was out of llrst hands In good sea ¬

sonSheep Quotations Choice yearlings

J30g30 fair to good yearlings 313330 choice wethers 320g333 fair togood wethers 3C05320 choice owes 2730300 fair to good ewes 23lff273 choicespring Iambs ZiZWiliTiO fair to goodspring lambs HoyfUW feeder wethers273r32r feeder lambs 3001t3l0

KANSAS CITYCattle Market generally steady native

beef steers 3 OGQ G 30 Texans and Indiansteers J270Jt375 Texas cows 220iI280native cows and heifers 230f550 stockers and feeders 2S i3K23 bulls 220Ji423 calves 350Q525rgs Market strong bulk of sales1GXi90 heavy C90700 packers JG7C

R690 mixed JG6O0G83 light J620fiGS3Yorkers i613igG70 plBn 5005010

Sheep and Lambs Market steady mut-tons

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2755355 Iambs 350450 rangowethers 225g333ewes 5275031O stockers 2COff250 feeders 300330

MRS MKINLEY BEARS UP WELL

Effort of Those Around Her Directed toDistracting Attention from the FastCANTON O Sept 21 Mrs Mc

Kinleys condition was favorable yes-

terday¬

more favorable than at anytime since the arrival of the partyfrom Washington Her condition dur¬

ing the last few days was as good ashad been expected and she had con-

siderable¬

rest After 11 oclock lastnight a small military guard main¬

tained quiet in front of the house thatno noise might disturb her It ishoped by the friends and attendingphysicians that she will be able toleave her room today and give atten-tion

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to some matters calculated to takeher mind from the depressing incidentsof the last week To accomplish thisis now the chief aim of her attend-ants

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She will be taken for a drive assoon as possible and everything pos-

sible¬

be done to interest her in theaffairs of the future to the exclusionof affairs of the past

The house has been emptied of allits guests the funeral party exceptDr Rixey Mrs M C Barber sisterof Mr McKinley and several closeCanton relatives having departed dur-ing

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the night or early morning Aguard of half a dozen soldiers stillsurrounds the house merely to keepout the idly curious and to preservequiet A few callers left cards at thehouse during the morning includingSenator and Mrs Fairbanks

ALLISON PREDICTS ACTION

The Tovra Senator Sore that Con cressWill Tackle Anarchy

CHICAGO Sept 21 Congress willundoubtedly make a thorough investi-gation

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of anarchy in the UnitedStates next winter and wil do its ut-

most¬

to pass laws for the preventionof such crimes as that committedagainst President McKinley said Sen-

ator¬

Allison tonightI have no doubt there will be many

joint sessions of the judiciary commit-tees

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of the two houses during thesession and the best legal talent of theland will be called upon to assist theattorney general in pointing out con-

stitutional¬

methods for reaching theseat of the trouble The need is evi ¬

dent The pressure for legislationwill be great possibly pushing con ¬

gress to go to an unwarranted ex-

treme¬

Soe action will undoubtedlybe taken that is in consonance withthj constitution and will not infringeon proper freedom of speech

A number of Boers in Johannesburghave asked the American governmentif they can acquire land in the UnitedStates for settlement

Caterer Delmonico DeadNEW YORK Sept 21 Word was

received in this city of the death inColorado of Charles Crist Delmonicothe famous caterer who for years hasbeen identified with the restaurantnow at Fifrn avenue and Forty sixthstreet bearing his name Death wasdue to pulmonary troubles Mr Del-

monico¬

in company with his wifewhom he married less than a year agohad been in Colorado for sometime

No Tobacco at Italian CourtTho King and Queon of Italy can ¬

not endure tho smell of tobacco andnone of their ladles and gentlemenin waiting arc permitted to smokewhen doing their turns In service endno smoking is allowed in the royalapartments This aversion of theroyal couple for tobacco is the morosurprising when ono recalls the factthat the young queens mother andsisters all smoke cigarettes that shewas brought up at the Russian courtwhere smoking by ladies is the rulerather than the exception and whenone remembers how passionately fondof his cigars was the late King Hum ¬

bert

The Boomlue WestI was in a little Wisconsin town

the other day said a Boston man re-

cently¬

and know of a gentlemanwho came there with some stock ofan eastern concern to dispose of atpar It was good property to be surebut in that one small town he sold6000 worth of the stock In less than

a half day The West is far moreprosperous this year than last al ¬

though last year was looked upon atthe time as a record breaker Therailroads are carrying a vast amountof produce to the Orient and mindwhat I tell you our exports by thePacific coast before many years willequal and surpass our exports fromthe Atlantic seaboard Only two orthree years ago nobody ever dreamedof a mighty export trade on that side

She Danced for CharityA French woman has invented a

new plan for securing contributionsto charity She is a great favoritein her own circle Recently whilestaying at a country place near Parisshe attended a charity fete One ofher men friends sought her hand fora dance and the lady said Withpleasure Twenty francs please Ibeg your pardon said the puzzledman I had the honor to ask youfor a waltz To be sure said mad-emoiselle

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I thought it was a qua-drille

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A waltz will be 40 francsThen she explained that for that ev¬

ening she was dancing for the poorand her partners must contribute Theother belles took up the idea and theresult was a handsome increase in thefund

A DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARYWashington Ind Sept 23d There

is at present living at 10G East 15tbstreet in this city a most remarkableman He is Rev C H Thompson andhe came to Washington from LittleYork Ind a short time ago

Rev Mr Thompson spent manyyears of his long and useful life as amissionary among the Indians of theWest The great exposure and thedrinking of so much bad water broughton Diabetes and at Wagoner IndianTerritory he was struck down whilepreaching

Physicians one of them a Chicagospecialist pronounced his case hope ¬

less Dodds Kidney Pills were recom-mended

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and as a last resort he triedthem He was completely cured andrestored to good health and his caseand its cure has caused a sensationamong the physicians

Z His SHrer Wedding at SO

Most Reverend Frederick Templearchbishop of Canterbury who is SO

years of age has been celebrating hissilver wedding He was not marrieduntil he was 55 years of age yet hais an excellent specimen of QueenVictorias favorite type of a bishopand happy family man

Halls Catarrh CnroIs a constitutional cure Price 75c

Aiits Damage Brick 1avingvA curious menace to brick street

paving has come to light in CouncilBluffs la Numerous ants beganburrowing into the sand beneath thebricks and removed so much of Itto other and unknown quarters thatthe city engineer was called in to re-pair

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the damages One street wasmade unfit for travel for severalblocks

Incubator TripletsThe triplets of Morris J Cohen who

were sent from New York to Buffaloto be placed in the baby incubatorsthere are expected home in a fewdays The little things not only livedbut have more than doubled in weightand are as fine a collection of babiesas could be found anywhere Theywould undoubtedly have died had itnot been for the incubators Thetriplets are the first in this countryand the second in the world to gothrough the incubator process

Indies Can Wear ShoeOne size smaller after usingAUens FootEase a powder It makes tight or newBhoeseasy Curesswollen hotsweatingachingfeet ingrowing nails corns andbunions All druggists and shoe stores25c Trial package FREE by mail Ad ¬

dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y

Won His WagerA wager was made by a resident

of London that he could cook a plumpudding ten feet beneath the surfaceof the Thames He won the bet byplacing the pudding in a tin case andputting the whole In a sack o limeThe heat of the lime slacking whencoming in contact with the waterwas sufficient to cook the pudding hitwo hours

Mrs Wlnslows Soothing SjrnpiiJaJfettn 80etisretinees rallaj cures wind coUc 23c abottla

Heart shakes are splits whichradiate from the center to the circum-ference¬

of a tree

flthankyou for Wnz Wizard Oilr neuraa then youv ill thank us Ask your druggist

XlTe on SO 0 a TearofLAG year Wa toe PerIenceM Torrence chairman of thoi5li6MS5r C0UncIL when- -

gow Mr Torrance madeO me2 5lhis needs and he bought a hrmv

and tells a Scotch Sstory with--pawky 8ador humor

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