THE INDEPENDENT
I ERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
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On Tueadny, Thursday and Saturday
HRS. SHIREY’S LETTERS
USED IN EVIDENCE.
Lawrenc# County School Teacher
Fails to Get an Injunction
Against Old Gentleman
Suing for Divorce.
The injunction sought by a
’ Lawrence county school teacher
oil Annieville against A. W. Shi
rty, the aged Minturn merchant
a id capitalist, who is now suing
f >r a divorce from his sixteen
y iar-old wife, haB been refused
i:i the chancery court by Judge
Humphries.
Mrs. Shirey wrote a number of
letters to a young pedagogue that
fell irito the possession of her
h isband and he proposes to use
them in getting his divorce, even
though their publicity should in
jure the teacher’s reputation.
M IS. SHERIDAN SECURES DIVORCE
Mrs. Dollie Sheridan on Thurs
day secured a divorce from her
' husband, John Sheridan, the lat
ter failing to appear at trial.
HUDDLESTON VS. ANDERSON.
The suit of A. C. Huddleston
versus D. W. and A. G. Ander
•sjn for $1,053 alleged to be due
-on the settlement of the firm
with the plaintiff, was under
Tri ll most of Thursday and a
judgment had not been reached
at press hour.
LESS DIVORCE SUIT.
A large crowd of attorneys
arid interested parties from Wal
nut Ridge are in attendance upon
court for the trial of the divorce
ea i j of Mrs. Gussie Less versus
I. Less. The parties to the suit
have been married over 25 years
and have grown sons and daugh
ters. The case has proven quite
a 'isation and will be watched
wil t interest. Mr. Less is very
su’i dantially fixed in this world’s
goo Is, and his wife will ask ali
mo iy, as well as freedom from
th} marriage ties. •
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T. J. Martin, an excellent
you \g man wno nas oeen witn
, T. Gregg this season, leaves
ton. ,ht for his home in Little
Roe c. He has made many
friends here, who regret that he
is to leave.
DEATH_TttATIS PAINLESS.
Tramps Who Take Their I.aa#
Meep on Barnlnp Culm Bank!
la Pennsylvania.
Death comes in many forms in the
anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, but
only one form is painless and pleasant,
and to only one the victims go uncon
sciously. It is the death of the burning
culm bank, says the New York Sun.
Mary times during the year Is such
tt death recorded when one of these
great culm banka Is burning. The firs
Is not seen in the daytime, and at night
it shines only with a faint glow
through the layers of ashes which sep
arate ’ he live coals fram the outer air.
To these burning LJtoks tramps and
other unfortunates, forced to spend c
night ia the open air, go when the nights
grow chilly. The warm breath of the
culm lures them on with a promise of 3
warm bed for the night, and they lie
down to sleep In the comfortable atmos
phere of the bank and never open their
eyes tr.*aln.
The noxious gases emanating from the
bank % aft over them *0 softly that they
are so. a asleep, and :a many cases thej
ne * ?r awaken, being suffocated during
Mk. night
HOLD FUNERAL IN A TENT. |
Big Canvas Put to Many Strange Uses !
—Serves as Chureh to
Mourners.
In Kendall county, 111., there is a big
I canvas tent that has been made to serve
| lor an odd mixture of purposes. For
many years it covered a regulation saw
dust ring in which there were all kinds
of performances by man and beast. On
other occasions it was made use of for
revivals, and has been hauled around
the country from place to place for
many purposes. This year Aurora
bloomed out as a Chautauqua town, and
the tent sheltered big audiences intent
on hearing lectures, recitations, and
speeches from well-known talkers.
Music of all kinds has at odd times filled
the big inclosure. However, the oddest
purpose to which it was ever put.came
when Nels O. Cassem, a well-known
Kendall county rnan, fell from his
wagon as ho was driving along the pub
lic highway and broke his neck. Cas
sem was a well-known character, a
farmer who In all of that section was
known as the “king of the Norwegians."
He was known to be worth several hun
dred thousand dollars In valuable Winds,
and the funeral promised to be larger
than any church in Yorkville or Aurora
would hold. One of the sons resorted t»
a unique expedient. He hired the big
tent, and stretched it out on one of the
beautiful meadows over which his fa
ther had roamed for so many years, and
the funeral sermon was thus preached
under canvas.
PAPER TRADE IN TURKEY.
In 1903 $400,000 Worth of the Ar
ticle for Making Cigarettes
Was Imported.
In the year 1903 Turkey In Europe
Imported paper and cardboard to the
value of about $500,000 and cigarette pa
per to the value of $400,000. Austria and
Italy were the chief sources of supply.
The German consul at Salonikl says
large quantities of all sorts of paper,
Including wall paper, enter that port for
distribution tnrougnout luraey. inis
paper trade is in Austrian hands. Dif
ferent manufacturers in Austria com
bine in sending out commercial travel
ers to Turkey, one traveler showing the
products of several Austrian paper
mills. The German consul general at
Constantinople, in a report to his gov
ernment, says that Turkey is one Of
England's best markets for cotton yarns
and cotton piece goods, taking in 1903
nearly $2,500,000 worth of cotton yarns
and $15,700,000 worth of cotton piece
goods. Within the last few years Italy
has greatly Increased her exports of cot
ton textiles to Turkey andf 19 becoming
a strong competitor of Eagland in that
market. If American manufacturers of
cotton goods were to give energetic and
Intelligent attention to the Turkish mar
ket, they would prpbably find It a good
one.
TORTOISE FIGHT IS FUNNY
Battle Between Shell-Covered An
imals May Continue a Long Tims
Without Injury to Either.
“Listen," said the farmer, leaning on
his hoe. From the next field came a
sound of rapping, a sound as of sharp
mocks on a door. “What is that?” said
the city man. “A tortoise fight,” the
farmer answered. “We’ll go and see it.”
They made their way toward the rap
ping sound, relates the Baltimore Her
ald, and in a little while they came upon
i two box tortoises that were fighting
hard. The creatures fought in a strange
way. They made at one another with
their heads protruded, but, at the mo
ment of collision, each tried to use his
i rront flap for a shield, and the result of
I this prudence was that not the heads but
! only the shells of the tortoises hurtled
| together. There was a bang. Then the
fighters backed off and prepared for an
I other round. The two men watched
them till the spectacle became weari
some. Then they returned to the pota
| to patch.
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BLIND GIRLS GOOD .WIVES.
■ Official of Chicago Association De- j
dares Sightless Maids Are
Ideal Helpmeets.
Mrs. Lena Osborn, chairman of the
lady board of managers of the Social and
: Mutual Advancement Association of the
! Blind in Chicago, a free organization, is
a blind woman herself. She says that
1 the life of a blind person is not the
great misery that it is generally;
thought by seeing people, and it is the
purpose of the organization to show that!
even blind people may have a happy
| time of It. Mrs. Osborn says:
“If men knew what ideal wives blind
' girls make the blind girls would soon
be all taken. I can cook, sew. darn, and
i do almost anything except to venture
i far from the house. I can write the or-!
! dinary handwriting from the memory
of the letters I was taught 40 years ago
■ in the public schools. We become so
sharp in our observation that we can 1
almost describe the appearance of the!
person we address.”
Bad Effects of “Bushing.”
Prof. Thomas Oliver, addressing the
industrial hygiene section of the sani
tary congress in Glasgow, said the sys
tem of “rushing” work introduced into
Britain from America not only caused
unwholesome fatigue and many acci
dents. but “predisposed the individual
to ill health and created a taste for stim
ulants, unhealthful recreation and love
of excitement such as was offered by
theaters and music halls.”
Church as Whisky Storehouse.
Thorverton church, Devon, England,
was recently used as a storehouse for
whisky which had been taken from the
village Ion during a fire.
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INDEPENDENT^ >
BABY CONTEST.
Here is the proposition and the
rules governing the contest:
There is a handsome $25.90
solid gold locket with diamond
setting and solid gold chain,, on
display at the Palace Jewelry
store, to be given away Decem
ber 24th, 1904, to the baby boy
or girl under two years of age,
who wins the highest number of
votes as the prettiest and sweet
est baby. Now the baby that is
not pretty is surely sweet, and
if the wee tot be a little cross at
times, beauty must offset this
badness. Fond parents at least
are expected to think their ba
bies are both sweet and beauti
ful, and so they do. But to set
tle once for all the claims of the
under two, and put at rest this
rivalry of mothers and fathers,
the Independent has inaugurated
a contest that is to be determined
by that cherished right, popular
ballot, and in accordance with
the following rules:
BABY PRIZE CONTEST RULES.
First—No baby that has reach
ed the age of two years Nov. 1,
1904, is eligible to this contest,
nor shall any employe or party
connected with this paper be eli
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Read the rules carefully.
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