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I Subtripdon [510631.50 : Year. 5 Cents, the Capy #31 T is a try tc: The reason tor this refusal, he states. is that. ‘ ’ rows, 3Y’ “the moment is not opportune for the convening -‘ or wagging in {the “Cid. hour of of such a eonference.’ As a postscript he might haie added that if the convention od'uld be post- . dam . poned until he had whipped the Japanese, secured ‘ It is 36011147 fashiofi' to b! ghd. Manchurian and Korea, and taken another slice of China. besides driving nie- English out of Thi‘bet, Joy is the grace we say to God. forcing the Fions into serido‘m, and a few other . things on his calendar. he would then be heartily . .. Jean 1'13:le willing to assist in preventing the rest of the yorld fi from acquiring new territory by war, or settling any differences in the ring of yar. I Less Than "1334'- is. - The Czar doubtless beliet‘res it to he eminently ESS than a year i. 15 passed siné’e the iroqnois ‘ proper that he should hoid up the progress of peace, _ Theater tragedy was enacted. Yet the while he adjusts private differences. ' " .' memory of that December afternoon endures It remains to be seen whether the small. re» only in the minds and hearts of those Whose chil- mainder of the world holds the same opinion or dreii or near friends were numbered among the 5'9: ,“hethcr the conference will be. held without his .women and children martyrs to managerial and sanction and he be forced to arbitrate those dj’iâ€"~ mmficipal carelessness. ferences. . v “at wnrlrl lune an"- All “Jet. 42... kl..-,! ..._.i 4.1- HE boot isfv‘now upon the other foot. The selfstyied 8011*“ God, Czar. Nicholas II. of Russia who’s few years ago was urgingthe rulers or the 'world to meet for the purpose of ar- ranging a satisfactory univem! and everlasting peace, and who was the foremost figure in that great conference at The Hague. now refuses the inâ€" vitation of President Roosevelt to participate in a second peace conference. The following comment from the Chicago Even- ing Post seems to us to be a very good summing up of the situation in the cousiry districts of Illinois: -’ a “A scrutiny of- the hiennial report of Superin- tendent of Public Instruction Bayliss will reveal the interesting fact that the people of eighty. four counties in this state consider sag a month enough to pay the school-teachers to whom they intrust the instruction of their children. When it is re- membered that the school yeu'r is approximately only nine months long, it will be seen what I high idea of education prevails in many commities,..of en- lightened Illinois. -An annual salary of‘ns for mm 1532;} away at law Put. 11113055. . ~ By the ' . Sheridan Road Publishing Company RALPH 1 Lin: W T is a well known fact that the. ant-age coun- try teacher does not fé'ceivg salary in any ‘way commensurate with the responsibility and toil of leading the unformed mind of children along the mental and moral: pathways; \_ , Highlad’a While Mn. Fessenden’s story~ will appeal pat- ticulgrly Ito boys and git-ls it will be read with in- tetest by every one who has not forgotten his Child- hood days. T is a. pleasure to I): ‘able to announce that Mrs. bur-Irma"! Pcsscndcn' will contribute a children's story-m the Christmas number of the NM Limr which we shall publish December Ema-ad _a¢ in M p!“ Highland Park m. as MM Clan Mun. SATURDéX, DECEMBER 10, 1904.. The ’ 'Underpaid Teacher Our Christmas Number Th; Czar 'and Peace ' . . HIGHLANfi'PAfiK‘NEWSIW ' o }k NCWS-Eéé‘tCl' fissuming the responsibiljtietgnd “3:11th pf m- 11 a :- cnknnl :; nut n-hi-nlqo-A tn unan- mad 0“- an...“ assuming the responsnlytljttngnd the Into! 95 m. ing school is not upland. to inspivd 4?qu m teacher with much in“: or intcnu in. We: caning, nor to give_ much cause {at boasting to a»; Citizen cf the state where such inappreciation 9‘ educational work is disclosed. It would seem apparent that‘out of‘an cw: ture of $22,637.51 annually for common school! alone. exclusive of the norml institutions and the university, a greater proportion should go to the: underpaid country teachers. 0! coum the W of compensation rests with the mummy itself. and the entire state cannot be blamed for their clination in some quarter: to disregard the um of a class whose Work in of such inestimhle im- portance; but thean undoubtedly a we, in which this condition may be changed. and it is the duty of school experts to discover it and to see that it is carried out. ' “ It is not just to the teachere. to the children not to the country at large that this nexlect should continue. Teachers would receite at last a much as common labéters.“ A ,The League degaréj‘its iptehtioniokeep glen Tiffany personal ,w’fgctiomlfish: md does not ask m. Trauma or any othe_q~mun for a mad“ :3 to fiisfictim in the legislature when the question wines - The world has gone on, with fire, blood and ship- wreck, and the disaster of to-day drives from the mind the tragedy of yesterday Even the careless- iness which causes it is forgotten when some fresh {horror occurs But the return of December 30th brings to mind the greatest theater holocaust we have ever known The Iriquois Theater Memorial Association will hold services on that afternoon in Willard Hall. The Anti- SaloonhLeague of Illinois has addte’ssed to may member of the Lower House of the next Legislature, a letter in which it points out that W E Trautman, one of the prominent candidates for Speaker, introduced the amendment in the last session which‘cut the county, township, ward and precinct feature: out of the Local Option BilL- rThe . Take icy home, And make a plate in thy great heart for her; And give her time to grow, and cher- ish her, ‘ Then will she come and oft will sing l to thee, 1 When thou art working in the fur rows; ay, Take Joy Harrie ‘ Spgvakcrr and Local O‘ptiofi to a vote. blt‘mgfi'fubfi If!“ flunk: nu ~..aa:».-,;m-n.m-Iov w. my other _ qpnofidjo‘tlu‘bfll iill; m m H In_ tmlritttdkéfifiggd {part at thgdcqgflhgfign which the m must :0 back to its wqafim in «my district unless anchvcandidate $13311.th live! _satisfactory ”nuance; that the bill will be «W to an. acceptable committee whenyit will but. a fair chance of being reported out, nnd tint the Spuket will allow it to Be brought up for consitL cation and discussion ind Will- give I ,roll all M it and all vital questions growing out of it. . I NOTHER step has iced taken toward the transformation of the' arid West. The Secretuy of the Intel‘ior has authorized the purchase of the Rondo reunoir uite in New Mexico for the min of twenty thonnnd dollars: It inwin Chives County, ‘ahuut tug-Ive miles west of Rogue“. The site of this proposed reservoit is‘ a mum! depression, which, with a small amount of animal:- ment. can. be given a capacity of forty thousand acre-feet. .Thi: will hold pnctlally all thrwnter that the‘ Hondo will furnish dating lowfwater years“.- It is proposed to store here the flood ‘v'iatérs' of this stream and draw on them. through_'lateral canals for irrigating 'tht'hfids'fiélo’i‘lfié Vestrvoir. The lands that win be benefited by the reservoir water are naturally fertile and may be may irri-‘ gated at slighi expense. They are free from alkali and will. be ultimately worth at least one hundred dollars an acre 'when pianted in alfalfa’ and com. If used for fruit growing, to which they are specially adapted. they may have a far greater value.â€"-â€"' Scunh’fic Ameriija‘fli - q The tree-uret- of the 8%. Limit Exposition in in serious condition caused by nervous breek down. He probably ettempted‘ to meke the books balm, Q The men Powers who we. implicated in the assassination of Governor-elect Goebel of Kentucky. severel yeere ego. end who wee eentenoed to deeth, ‘ he: been grented e new trial by the Court of Ap- peals. Be mey live long enough to be acquitted. (L Richard Cenfleld, gentlemen ge‘mhier. of sere- toge end New York, fiwneennihed to Mrd’erome 3 campaign, and this week pelt] a fine of 81.000 “to protect his patrons.” who would otherwise have to warm to visiting his gembll'ng resort. pool-e an- other victory fdr the Diem-lei: AttOmey. q; General Ricciotti Garibaldi, the just. tsurviving Q It is fitting tl‘at the acquisition of the naval training school should be celebr'owd by Lake County. Waukegan has taken the lead end evidently in. tends to be the whole show. But should not Wau- kegen remember there are other municipalities in Lake County; which, if not n We“ kin-ed nato locality, still than the common joy. non of the Italian Liberator, is_ dying. it. is said. Like his father he was a lover of freedom. Ind was an active We war of 1897 betw‘ecn Gram and Turkey. beside misting in puns to free Cuba, and aiding in the Albanian and Macedonian revo- lutions. - The Pu'rchise of a Reservoir Site Weather man. predictin"" Ftirf’? . Gimme my um'btentfl ‘ . Geese are m fiqaawkin’; ‘ . Quaii are ‘hollerin’ “More wet," " Corn: are kind er vtagkin'; ‘ Spider strengthenin’ his webâ€"- Knowin’ 1cm: fella; ‘â€".. )-f a 34m The Skeptic advent L. Sufi». d0! ket Re [I wide: it Will am a of the Be world the 8.1 The} Fm child ulna just the 1 com: ‘If I!