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A O V THE: MAID OF rl IX- I THE INN.-. A Story of the Romantic Age in England'. By JOSEPH HATTON. : £ <*• . ?-;*• V; * CHAPTER II.-- (Continued.) "Then, lay it to heart," said Foster; "**i$ tie likely to be my last!" "You're beginning to weary me with ^our growls and threats." '"Growls, not threats," Poster re­ plied. never threaten in the Bense mean." • s ' "And what is my idea of threats?" "The same as most of your other • .ide^s/* "And what ate they like?" "Like yourself, handsome and unre­ liable" admit the first charge, because I «aonat 'help it; I^did not make my- jBelf." "Nor I," said Foster. "If you had--well, never mind that. In what respect am I unreliable?" "**ln every respect; ask the women irhom you know; ask the men you proffess to lejM}." * "Oh. am I really a leader?" "Ditson, Jones, Wild, and the rest Ahfck sc." £)0 you?" ^Sometifijes." , "Only BOtfletimes?" -MiLQ6k here, Dick, you have had ev- Wry penny we have made since June. I •am hard up. We have both borrowed from Isaacs; you have borrowed from me." "Well, who put money into your "parse and enabled you to lend? I will "not ask ybu to reply. I will admit a •certain laziness of late--a holiday, if ;yoto lfke; but I will have no more of your scurvy tempers, Andy, do you lear?" "I hear." "What the devil is the name of this "traveling bank of yours, this Midas In disguise, this argosy on the hlgh- "Bellingham," Foster answered in a "whisper. "Tall, sinewy, with strong hands, «Iean-Cut Jaw, iron-gray hair? He is III 'the house." . "He came from the back and went into the bar as Tom showed us up the stairs." Dlpk barker had many accomplish­ ments, and they gave him power as the chief of the enterprising company of gentlemen, whose headquarters were in the metropolis, and whose op- orations were on the merryVEnglish highways.^ He was a gentleman by birth and education. .His family had come over wi£h the Conqueror. One of his an cestors had sat in the House of Lords "but had lost title and estates for re­ bellious cohduct. Another had been hanged, for piracy on the high s^as. <Jn the other hand, there was a bish­ op, in his family, and his sister had married a Spanish Don. He had a "wonderful faculty of observation, was quick in resource, generous, fearless. atnd had never taken a life, except ono£, In a duel that was forced upon him./ He had dahced with the Duchess, "Whose party he had afterwards stopped and robbed on the way to Bristol. He had taken a big purse, on Blackheath and gone straight to the ftwell taverns in St. James' street upon which the present aristocratic clubs rest their foundations, and doubled it lost it at cards. He had been the most apparently timid of inside pas­ sengers in the York coach, and at a favorable moment made the rest of the passengers prisoners, while Foster had ridden up and dominated guard and driver with his pistols. His es- •capades and triumphs were themes of, admiration at a shady hostelry witfr the sound of Bow bells, wl^gje a feS? iphoice spirits, his friends and 5»mi>wnons, met as members of a club Merchant Venturers. if'Supper," said a thick voice frfflle after the owner of the voice had struck the timber a strong hard blow necessary to make an impression upon tjie ears of those within. ^'ftight!" Baid Foster. ~ "89 you feel better?" Dick asked. 1 "I am hungry," Foster replied. "After supper I am going into that ^tttle room, the bar parlor," said Dick. *'No incivilities mind." "Let us go up to supper," Foster re­ plied with no signs of better humor. "| 8jn not joking, Andy." N 1 "I Understand, and I mean busi­ ness." ' It ~w*a a |apital supper. Old Mor- \ley himsgjf placed the fiqgfdish on the table.. ^ Th^ey supped in the general room, "which was furnished in old mahog­ any. The sideboard was brilliant enough in its polish for a lookifig- glass. There was a white cloth upon it. ' On the clWh there were two great bowls of celery, a Cheshire cheese, a . sirloin of beef, a Yorkshire ham and % white loaf of bread. '• CHAPTER III. "The supper consisted of a joint of stuffed chine and a dish of partridges ^Qne to a turn, and with the most sav- •bf'y- bread sauce that epicure could de- sire.' ; ^>A*t another table in the room was a *A»tlpman Dick had already (^christened BSllingfham. He was sup­ ping upon a hot stew of some kind, and th^ light fell generously from a l»uple of wax candles upon a starry cut decanter of sherry. The stranger -eyed the other travelers curiqjisly, and t>jck talked to his friend of their es­ cape through the French cruisers sotaiewhere in the Mediterranean, and otherwise made himself and Foster ' t to be very, worthy and very loyal persons. After supper Dick asked the land­ lord if he and his friends might crack another bottle of Madeira in his snug­ gery; or smoke a pipe, or otherwise m^ke themselves at home! being trav­ elers wltyp had not seen England for •me years owing to the wars break- in countries with which they rading as British merchants, having consulted his niece, ,consent, and upon the little [the inner bar, Mary placed with the wine, and a dish & of fresh walnuts, and she hovered about the parlor all the time they sat and chatted, and uncorkerf^a couple of her uncle's best Madeira; for Mary had extra duties on the night in ques­ tion, otherwise she might have sat by the fire and joined in the conversation. The bowling club members had held their usual weekly meeting, and, scenting the first frost of the season, had made it an excuse for mulled ale and egg sherry; so that Mary was busy with the flush of her various re­ sponsibilities on her bright cheery face. She looked in Dick's eyes more lovely than he had even at first thought her. He could not keep his eyes away from her, and he thought, being accustomed to conquests among women, that she was not displeased with his undisguised' admiration. "Your daughter?" he said, Morley having spoken to Mary about the wine. "My niece," said Morley. "and the best and bravest girl in Yorkshire." "Or in any other shire, I am sure," adried-Parker. "And you may say that, I believe," said the landlord. "You will excuse the admiration of travelers who have seen none/'but for­ eign wenches for five years," said Dick; "it does one's heart good to see such a picture of health and beauty as your niece. What did you call her?" "Mary," said Morley. "Mary Lock- wood is her right name. She was my sister's child, God rest her, who lies with her good man in the Kirkstall churchyard this ten years." "And so you took charge of her and became a second father to her?" "That i6 the truth, whoever may have made it known to you," said Mor­ ley. "Many guests in the house?" asked Foster, looking in an opposite direc­ tion from the person addressed, as was his wont. "No; York coach went through with full complement of passengers, but none got down, and she don't change horses till she gets to Harrogate. Be­ yond yourselves and 'Squire Belling­ ham, a married couple from Derby, and Harry Dunstan, who fishes the Aire every autumn, we have nobody in the house; not as we have accom­ modation for many more, not laying ourselves out for much custom in that way." "'Squire Bel Ingham!" said Fester, touching Dick with his boot. "Well, we call him 'Squire, 'cause his father before him was 'Squire in these parts and farmed most of the land; but his son--well, he's more of a merchant than a squire, for that matter. He does business in wool and is a bit of a broker in a way, and a rare good gentleman, and fctrong.- He once had a quoit match with my Mary, I forget how many yards, thinking to get the betetr of her by distance and weight, but I won my bet--I tell you I won it, and he give lass a new gown into the bargain." Old Morley chuckled at the remem­ brance of Bellingham's discomfiture, adding: "But he bore no malice, not he; he is a gentleman, 'Squire Belling ham!" "Does he live hereabouts, 'Squire Bellingham?" asked Foster. "He do, and he don't," said Morley. "Do, and he don't," repeated Foster in his morose, grumpy fashion. "A traveler may be said to live in a good many places, I reckon." said Morley, evidently thinking he had said something clever. "That is true," said Foster. "For instance, take yourself." "1 live in London," said Foster. "Of course you do, except and per adventure when you live in some good old hostelry on the road--such, for in­ stance, not at the same time desiring to be arrogant, as the saying is; such for instance, and peradventure, ae the Star and Garter." "You say true." answered Foster stolidly. "I make no doubt the 'squire is well content with the Star and Garter." "The 'Squire is not well content with anything," Morley replied. "The 'Squire is as warm 'as warm can be, and yet he will go on laying up riches; the 'Squire is continually on the road; he buys in this market, he sells in the other; he is partner in the bank at Leeds; he buys cattle; he sells wool; and he has one of the finest houses hereabouts; and best servants a groom as -can have no equal; but be ing a bachelor, he is restless like; and must have, occupation, as he says; though, mind you, he don't care for no occupation in which there hain't good sale and barter, and the like; though there is no inore charitable"Squire in all Yorkshire." "And a brave man to boot, I hear say." "ir you mean brave in the sense that b^ neither fears heaven nor hell, because he is a good man, and has no reason to; if you mean that he makes no account of highwaymen and the like, if you mean that he is ready to back his opinion with his money on any question--why 'Squire Belling­ ham is a brave man; but if you agree with me in thinking that to be prop­ erly brave you should also be cau­ tious, then 1 think we shall come to the conclusion that the 'Squire is not brave in the right way, but rash- rash, sir, reckless, decidedly reck­ less." "In what way is he reckless?" "In riding alone and sometimes at nightfall with large sums of money in his possession, with gold and notes in his belt or what not. These are perilous times, sir, when the roads are Infested with men from the wars, who went to fight only for the fun of it, and who, being at home again and out of employment, are ready to fight their own countrymen, aye, and to slay them for that matter, for the sake of a booty ever so small--yes, Bir, ever so small." "But the 'Squire is well armed, of course." "ffou never spoke more truly; ia tic teeth, -s tho sayinj Ha»v front, and mounted on a horse that can talk--yes, sir, talk* I'll'be bound that 'Squire Bell­ ingham's groom has had many an in- sfcSnT^fettt^cojsiversation with William, as was bred and broke on the 'Squire's own farm." "Then* he need, of course* have no fear, jhe 'Squire," said Foster, beating his.^boots with his whipstock. "Your fyi&hwayijjan is no fool; I Buspect he knows who he is attacking. I have ridden over nearly every highway ,in England, and it is well known that I carry barkers that bite like the devil, and if any unfortunate ruffian had had the hardihood to stop me he would not live to stop any other hon­ est traveler." CHAPTER IV, Had not Dick Parker been quietly engaged in a conversation with Mary he woijid have put a spoke into the conversational wheel of Mr. Foster. It was well agreed in the company to which they belonged that Foster had no social gifts; that the less he said the better under any circumstances; but he plumed himself upon having drawn the landlord of the Star and Garter, though he had not added one iota of information to that already in the possession of his chief and him- self. If Mr. Morley had been as good a judge of character as he was of a glass of Madeira or had he been a man of ordinary, observation, he would hardly have been as friendly and confidential in hte conversation with Foster as he was with, the other stranger guest, Mr. Richard Parker. But Morley, when he got the oppor­ tunity, liked to hear himself talk, and Foster was very willing to give him all the opportunity 'he could desire, and also to put in a word or two him­ self. It was well for Foster that Mor­ ley was as weak as he was good-na­ tured, otherwise he might have sus­ pected his guest's calling--this gentle­ man, who wished it to be understood that be lived in London, had much more the cut of a freebooter than a merchant; had much more the appear­ ance of a man to attack than to be at­ tacked. Foster had no redeeming qualities; Parker had several. Foster was a thick-set* colorless-ltaMting person. He had strong, heavy minds, long arms, big feet; and a hard, rasping voice. He was popular with those gentlemen who met now and then at that shady tavern in London, because he was a man of his word. He never, went back on anything he said or promised. His persistence, his capacity to creep where he could not walk to his quar­ ry, ,h1s delight in his work, his phys­ ical strepgth, made him next in im­ portance, if not next in popularity, to Dick. (To be continued.) FRENCH AND ITALIAN Wl»fc&. Om Bmoi Whjr the forMr SsmI tm Popalar Favor. France and Italy produce about the same quantity of wine, red or white, excluding champagne, in a year, but while the value of wines imported into the United States from France last year was $5,147,000, the value of those imported from Italy was only $347,000, Germany and Austria standing far ahead of Italy as wine exporting coun­ tries. This condition is not excep­ tional, but is observable each year, ir­ respective of the extent of the crop Of France and Italy, which varies enor­ mously. This year France is far ahead. On the Pacific coast, where American wine making has become a well-established Industry, a majority of those employed on or connected with the vineyards are Italians and they follow, to a very considerable ex­ tent, the rules of wine making which, while they have added much to the productiveness of the vineyards of Italy, have done so at the expense of the quality of the wine produced. It is an established principle among wine makers that the quality of the wine is in inverse ratio to the exuberance of the growth. The chief defect in a com­ mercial way of Italian viticulture is that the grapes when gathered are not separated, and there is no distinction observed in the planting of the vine­ yards. Quantity is sought irrespective of quality in the same way that some Italian grape growers In southern Cali­ fornia have constructed a marvellously large masonry vat into which the wine of grapes of different varieties is poured, somewhat after the fashion of the Heidelberg ton. The French method of vine culture is to separate the vineyards-according to topography and exposure to sun and wind, pre­ serving the individuality of the culture in each case, whereby certain vine­ yards gain a distinction which, If pre­ served, gives their product an unusual value. The French method of grape culture is constantly gaining more support in California. I L L I N O I S I T E M S . +HE MARCH OF PROGRESS. It. tfas' Been Marvelous During the Lit*- • "r time of Those Now Living. Attention is called by The Electri­ cal ..Review to the fact that strangely near' to j*11 of what is called modern progr&sA^ has been accomplished not only, ^yithin the lifetime of men not very>pl£, but well within the memory of #uj& men. Seventy years ago sci­ entists had little more knowledge of electricity and its practical uses than .did the mas^-of the people, and the lightning rod was the beginning and epd of rejil attempts to control the mysterious force. It took nearly a week for a New Yorker to send a mes­ sage to Philadelphia and get a reply, and an answer to one sent to Ix>n- don could not be expected within six weeks/. Heavy freight went by water or not at all, and the transaction of merely local business required the services of an enormous army of mes­ sengers. When the telegraph was invented the claim made that by the aid of the new device communication over long distances was practically instantaneous was received with gen­ eral derision as an obvious impossi­ bility. The more wonderful telephone excited only wonder, the day of in­ credulity as to the limitations of elec­ trical- science having already passed, and now nothing that the electricians do (Mr say creates even surprise, since people are ready to believe anything that comes from them. The Review hesitates to decide whether the de­ velopment of steam transportation or that of electrical appliances has done more in improving social conditions. "The. telegraph and telephone," it sayp, '"have caused the world to shrink in s|ze, and emancipated countless messengers to more productive em­ ployment. 'The electric light has vast­ ly extended the working hours of the race and made the evening hours both more attractive and safer. The trol­ ley car has been the chief of municipal blessings,* and has made cities cleaner, quieter, more habitable. All these things, and more, electricity has fione in seventy years, and thus madte an ever-widening difference between the citizen of today and his forefathers." It is certainly an ̂ amazing record. 'iffhy Blue Eye* ^rc Admired. "There is reason for the almost uni­ versal admiration of blue eyes," says an experienced optician, according to the Philadelphia Record. "Nine-tenths of the railroad men, pilots ana men in whose business keenness and cor­ rectness of vision are a necessary ad­ junct possess blue ey*s». "Haven't you ever noticed the pene­ trating quality a glance from an azure- tinted eye seems to have? The cold, steady joo# from such an eye appears to read yara through and through. In a great ,aiany years of practice I've discovered tha£ very few blue-eyed people-are compelled to wear glasses. Blue eyes are very attractive, but brown eyes are the most beautiful. Intellectuality is usually denoted by gray eyes, and hazel eyes Indicate a talent for tyusic. The commonest eye is the, gray _J?ye, and the rarest 1« violet.*' Self-control, however difficult at first, becomes step by step easier and more delightful. We possess mysteriously a sort of dual nature, and there are fewer truer triumphs or more delight­ ful sensations' than to obtain thor­ ough command of toe's sell.--Sir Joha Lubbock. HOUR GLASSES IN DEMAND. Many I'arpoae* for Which They Art Superior to Watches. "Most people think that hour glasses went out of style years ago," said a clerk in a Twenty-third street store, "along with perukes and knee breeches, but as a matter of fact we have more calls for them today than we have had at any time within the last ten years. That this renewed pop­ ularity of the hour glass augurs its universal acceptance as a timepiece by the coming generation I am not pre­ pared to say, but if such a renaissance were to become assured it would be no more surprising than some of the other recent fads based on a revival of lost customB. Anyway, a brief study of the hour glass will do nobody harm. There are thousands in this generation who have not the slightest idea what an hour glass looks like, and it won't hurt them to broaden their education a little along ^certain lines. Of the hour glasses sold at present the three- minute glass is in the lead. This glass is used almost exclusively to measure time in boiling eggs and its useful­ ness naturally places its sales a little in advance of the more sentimental varieties. Next come the five, ten and fifteen-minute and full-hour glasses, which are bought chiefly by musicians for piano practice and by lodges and secret societies. The sand used in an hour glass is the very finest that the world affords. The western coast of Italy furnishes most of it, as it has done for ages past. The cost of hour glasses is regulated by the ornamenta­ tion of the frames. A glass set in a plain rosewood case can be bought for $1, while a mahogany frame comes to fl.50 or |2. Of course the price can be brought up still higher by fancy carving and decoration. Swell lodges sometimes go to this extra expense, but most people are satisfied with the cheaper grades."--New York Sun. Knemtei of tb« Flihwu Hatchers of trout and other fish find that the finny tribe has more enemies than they ever supposed before they came into a position to know. Mink and weasels will enter a pond, and, using their claws as gaff hooks, pull numbers of the fry out of the water. Hawks, kingfishers and herons are always on the watch, to say nothing of tame ducks and geese. A favorite method of killing the former sort of marauders is to line the ponds with tin. Then a mink or weasel getting into the water will find it impossible to climb out and may be shot or spear­ ed as desired. Hawka and kingfish­ ers have a way of alighting on some convenient perch near the pond, says the New York Times. The fish hatch­ er makes a perch for them by erect­ ing a pole with a groove In the top. est so that a steel trap will just fit into it. When the next bird alights it is caught and killed. Knt Baked Grasshoppers. A Kansas soldier serving at Tarlac, in the Philippines, writes home: "The natives here are not BO backward In many things, while in others they are no better than savages. Some of them have good educations, and about 70 per cent can read and write, but they are idle and lazy. Their food Is not choice in the least. They eat baked grasshoppers and June bugs with rel­ ish. Snails are another great dish for them. Of course, these are deli­ cacies for them. Rice is their main dish. They cook a big pot of it, and then all sit down around it and eat with their fingers." 1 Pear of Darkness, Ask yourself if it is a tangible dan­ ger you fear, or if it is simply night itself. Sleep in either case with a low shaded light In your room. Satis­ fy your mind that you have no reason to be afraid, by that investigation of closets and the limbo under the bed at which the brave are inclined to laugh. Exert your will to conquer this bond­ age, and also say your prayers and take comfort in knowing that God hears you. The darkness and the light are hpth alike to him.--Margaret IB. Sangster in the Ladies' Home Jour- Old ' Billy," the rheumatic jaguar at Uncoln park, Chicago, Is undergo­ ing Christian Science treatment for his rheumatism--an "absent" treatment at that. The jaguar, which for three years has suffered every winter with sharp twinges that made him grunt. Is being visited regularly by a mys­ terious white-haired woman, who Is- supposed to be an earnest Christian Scientist, and is said to be a member of the Second Church of Christ, at Pine Grove and Wright wood avenues. She carries a copy of one of Mary G. Eddy's works on Christian Science, arid when there are few visitors in the animal house stands for twenty min­ utes at a time in front of the cage occupied by the lone jaguar. Police­ man Jefferies has reported the strange actions of the mysterious Christian Scientist, whose name he has been unable to ascertain, to Capt. Pecoy. He said the last time the stranger gnade her appearance was the first of this week. Old Billy still has the rheumatism. The forty-stxth annual meeting of the Illinois Horticultural Society was held at the Uinversity of Illinois at Champaign. The following officers were elected: President, Henry M. Dunlap, Savoy; vice president, A. H. Aldrich, Neoga; treasurer, J. W. Stan ton. Richview. Resolutions were passed asking for increased appropri­ ations for the study of fruit diseases, particularly crown gall and bitter rot. President Hickey and Messrs. Wat- kins, Havenor and Quin met at Chi­ cago to discuss plans for the future of the American baseball association. It was decided to establish headquarters for it in Chicago, and President Hick­ ey will move his family to Chicago without delay. Other matters were considered, but details were withheld. Mr. Hickey said that he didn't expect any opposition from the old Western league, except in Kansas City and Omaha. A deal was comsummated at Har- rlsburg, whereby the Harrlsburg and Chicago Coal company became the purchasers of 840 acres of land under­ laid with the famous 8-foot vein of coal known as the Big Muddy vein, paying 155,000 for it. What may clear up the mysterious disappearance of Joe Krumpsinski of Carbondale is found in the fact that a man answering his description was buried in Kansas City shortly after his departure. Esau Beasley, living a short distance from Marshall, authorized the county clerk to issue a license for the mar­ riage of his 13-year-old daughter to Charlie Clouse, aged 19. The clerk re­ fused to issue the license. On the anniversary of hiB birth, Gov. Yates Thursday held a family reunion. Thirty-eight of the Yates family from Springfield, Berlin and Jacksonville were guests at the mansion and en­ joyed a delightful old-fashioned re­ union among home folks and children, spending the entire day. At noon the birthday diner was served amid clus­ ters of white lilies which ornamented the table. At Cairo Thursday the coroner's jury exonerated William Hicks, the lumberyard watchman who shot and killed Jam^s Turner Tuesday night. Edward R. Stevenson and Miss Gertrude Cleary were married Thurs­ day at Jacksonville by Dr. C. M. Brown. Miss Jessie Michael announced to her friends at Pana the fact that on the 19th of last June she had been wedded to the deputy county clerk of Christian county, Mr. John Bumgard- ner. The Epworth league of the Belle­ ville district of the German M. E. church met at Nashville. The Effingham council of the Cath­ olic Knights of America has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Spiritual director, Rev. L. W. Lammert, president, B. R. Wolters; vice president, H. Dust; treasurer. H. Walhermfechtal. At Salem Jamed F. Howell, executor of the will of James Harvey Gray, de­ ceased, has filed approved bond In the sum of $220,000. In the will Thomas W. Haymond and James F. Howell were named as executors, but before qualifying Mr. Haymond committed suicide, and this leaves Mr. Howell as the sole executor. The estate is esti­ mated at $200,000. Hon. I. R. Mills of 'Decatur has been confirmed as internal revenue collect- er for the 8th Illinois district. Mr. Mills was appointed by the late Pres­ ident McKinley. Mr. Nicholas Sentiff of French Vil­ lage and Miss Mamie Huey of Collins- ville, 111., and Mr. Louis Engle and Miss Clara Howard, both of Spring­ field, 111., were married by Justice Louis E. Wangelin at Belleville. Rev. George H. Turner, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church In Mount Vernon, has resigned to ac­ cept the superintendency of the church Chautauqua at Old Salem. Andrew Huber died at his home at Bunker Hill, aged 45 years. Deceased had suffered with cancer of the stom­ ach. He was one of the most promi-^- nent business men in Bunker Hill, hav­ ing been engaged in the mercantile business there for years. Judge Tuley at Chicago began hear­ ing case of Samuel Stevenson, who seeks appointment of receiver for Zion City lace works. Robert D. Hood and Miss Bessie Sproul were married at Sparta Tues­ day evening. Both parties belong to prominent families of Sparta. The Bethalto and Wood River town­ ship farmers are desirous of having a new electric line built from the termi­ nus of the line In Upper Alton to Beth­ alto, instead of from East Alton, and they offer to give a free right of way to the electric railway conyxany for building the line. Wife of a milk dealer of Harlem horse-whipped a business rival of her husband for Injuring his trade. Homer McCoy, son of A. F. McCoy, * prominent farmer living south of Salem, died suddenly Sunday afternoon from heart disease. ^ Mrs. L. Brewer is dangerously ill at the Springfield hospital. Jacksonville lodge. Knights of Py­ thias, has the following new officers: C. LVJohn Seibert; V. C., J. A. Mun- son; K. of R. and S., H. T. Richards; prelate, Clarence Massey; M. of W., George Franz; M. of El, M. F. Dun- lap; M. of F., J. H. Resell; M. at A., W i l l G r a s s l y ; I . G „ E r n e s t G r a s s O . G., Curtis Bunce; trustee for three years, H. J. Brook. A brilliant welcome was accorded to Captain Richard P. Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, by the people of Bloomington Monday. He was the guest of society leaders and a series of receptions were given in his honor at private residences. Monday night he lectured on "The Navy" before a vast andience at the Grand opera house and was given an ovation. In the boxes of the theater were the state officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the lecture being under the auspices of the local chapter. Follow­ ing the address the speaker held a pub­ lic reception on the stage. Tuesday noon Captain Hobson was the guest at a dinner at the home of former Vice President A. E. Stevenson. It is anticipated that the Springfield city council will in a short time adopt an ordinance repealing the provision for the appointment of a committee of nine citizens to secure plans for and f>rect a public library building with the donation promised by Mr. Andrew Carnegie's agent. This action is con­ sidered necessary by legal counsel and by the city administration, because of the provisions of the state law in re­ gard to the erection of library build­ ings and the custody of library prop­ erty, which is delegated exclusively to ibrary boards by the statute. It is thought best by all concerned that the immediate supervision of the library board, and not a special committee ap- uointed for his purpose. Richard Wright was struck on the head with a pitchfork at Pana by Jesse Lee, and rendered unconscious for twelve hours. The trouble grew out of a grudge of several years' standing. Both men are employed in the Plant­ ers' hay compress. Physicians say Wright can not live. Illinois natal day was commemorat­ ed by a meeting held by Illinois so­ ciety in the hall of the house of repre­ sentatives Tuesday. Patriotic speeches telling of the career of the prairie state pointing to her achievements and to the record of her illustrious sOns were fruitful themes for the speakers. The principal oiaiois were former Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson of Bloomington whose topic was "The Warly History of Illinois," at the after­ noon session, and Governor Yates, who spoke briefly at the evening session. State Superintendent of Public In­ struction Alfred Bayliss and County Superintenuent of Schools Charles Vandorn were also heard. An unpub­ lished poem, "A Tribute to My Na­ tive Land," by Owen Lovejoy, was read in the evening. Charles Archer, while sleeping on the street car tracks in Rock Island, was killed by a motor car. Mrs. Caroline Walz has filed in the county court at Alton a petition to have her name changed to Caroline Kuhn. During nearly thirty-five years she has supposed her name waB Kuhn, and was surprised a few weeks ago to discover her error. She was married to John Kuhn. who died In 1865, and lfter the death of her husband she was married again. She procured a divorce from her second husband, WaU, and instructed her attorneys to have a de­ cree entered changing her name from Wal* to Kuhn. The decree was not en­ tered, but Mrs. Kuhn did not know of the omission. To her family and friends for nearly thirty-flv<e years she has been known as Mrs. Cardline Kuhn, and it i^ to set the name right she has petitioned the county court that the change be made. The funeral services over ^the re­ mains of John W. Cosbey of St. Louis, were held in Nashville, Rev. L. J. Mllliken, of the Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellow's cemetery. Cosbey was in the employ of the Missouri Pa­ cific road, in whose yards he was run over November 30, and he died of his injuries December 5. Upon the recommendation of the commanding officer of the naval mili­ tia, the order heretofore issued at Springfield appointing Henry Dolese as secretary on the staff of Captain Allen is revoked and Wi'liam N. Waid- ner is appointed to succeed him, with the rank of lieutenant. Charles M. Howe is also appointed assistant en­ gineer, first ship's crew, naval militia, with the rank of ensign. Thomas E. Stockham of Lodemia and Miss Helen Gould were married Wednesday at the bride's home near Fairbury. Eddie Richards was accidentally shot and seriously injured by Fred Rogers near Mount Vernon. Pig club formed by residents of Mel­ rose Park, whose diet for the next six months will consist of pork. Design to refute Dowie's charges. Plan of the defense in the Sullivan conspiracy case at Chicago apparently is to shift blame to street railway di­ rectors. War department granted Drainage board permission to increase Chicago canal flow to 250,000 cubic feet a minute. Englewood Women's club discussed the influence of dolls on the character of children. Grant post. Fraternal Army of Amer­ ica. at Taylorville, elected the fol­ lowing officers for the ensuing year: Captain. Alfred Adams; lieutenant. Mrs. Will Hester; adjutant. Curtis E. Abrams; chaplain, Miss Mae Price, in­ ner picket, George Warrick; outer picket, John Masterson. An election for captain and first lieu­ tenant of company C of the 4th Illi­ nois regiment, national guards, was held at the armory in Carbondale. John T. Galbraith was unanimously elected captain and Thomas L. Bailey of Ma- kanda, first lieutenant Mrs. Gabriel Rives, of Greenfield J who had during her lifetime twice naf» rowly escaped burial alive while in state of suspended animation, died at • her home in that city on Tuesday, age£ 70 years. The end came suddenly from hemorrhage of the lungs, produced by a violent coughing spell. Trusting that the tranflftion might be a recurrence of ^suspension of animation, relatives of Mrs. Rives deferred an interment of the body. The spark of life failed t» return, and the burial toon place Fri­ day. While visiting in St. Louis sev­ eral years ago Mrs. Rives lapsed into ' unconsciousness and gave every evi­ dence of beint,' dead. Before arrange­ ments were completed for removing the apparently lifeless body to Green­ field the supposed corpse snowed signs 01 life. To the astonishment of her mourning relatives Mrs. Rives arose and was in her usual health. Some forty years ago Mrs. Rives is said to have had a similar experience, reviving just in time to escape burial alive. In the county court at Decatur the fact was recorded that Mary Jane Pal­ mer, of County Down, Ireland, had re­ ceived $7,500 Lrom the estate of her brother, the late Andrew Martin, who died in Decatur. A novel swindling scheme came to light at Springfield. A letter was re­ ceived by Postmaster Wheeler from Trinidad, Colo., purporting to have been written by Alexander Krowoskl, a Pole. It stated that the writer had been robbed of $200 in money and ft diamond ring worth $85. The name of the robber, the letter said, was Frank Dellaner, but that he was im­ personating the writer (Krowoski) and had mailed two postal orders for $100 each to Krowoski at Springfield. The writer asked that the letter be opened and that the amount of the money or­ ders be telegraphed to him at Trinidad. It so happened that the local post ofllce authorities remembered a Pole who represented himself to be Alexander Krowoski, who had called on Friday and secured a letter containing money orders. For purposes of identification he had been asked to describe the con­ tents of the letter, which he did, and the description was verified by the opening of the letter. It was found that he had deposited the money in the State National bank. The federal authorities got track of the man and arrested him at the station as he was about to board a train for Riverton. He was greatly surprised and produced pa­ pers proving conclusively that he wav not Dellaner. but that he was Kro­ woski. When the letter from Trini­ dad was shown him, he explained that Dellaner was a tramp Pole whom he had befriended; that before leaving Trinidad he told Dellaner of sending the money orders and that undoubtedly the latter had planned this scheme to rob him, with the aid of the post office authorities. The matter has been placed in the hands of the federal authorities and Dellaner will be prose­ cuted. The early spring will see the comple­ tion of the improvements along the line of the Chicago & Alton railroad through Springfield. The engine house and new freight depot will be com­ pleted the first of the year, and will be a great improvement in the vicinity of Third and Madison streets. The coaling station and water tower one mile north of Rldgely will be complet­ ed in a few weeks. The present di-" vision offices in the Illinois bank build­ ing will be abandoned as soon as the frelight house is completed, and the division officers will occupy the second floor of the new building. j A 5 per cent raise in the valuation of Cook county real estate is contem­ plated by the state equalU^pn board at Springfield. The Cook county mem­ bers are fighting against any raise, but have little hope of success. If the raise is imposed it will mean that every Chicago owner of real property will have to pay a twentieth more taxes than under the valuation made by the board of review. Seventy per cent of the actual value of corporation and railroad property is being discussed as a basis for assessment by the board under the new ru^es adopted yesterday. A. D. Wheeler, representing the Chi­ cago Telephone Company, asked that the assessment this year be lees than the revised assessment made for 1900. He stated that the board last year as­ sessed the company at $5,000,000. Later It added $3,000,000, making $8,000,000. If thiB ratio is followed this year, with $2,000,000 added, the assessment will be on $11,200,000. In seven years, he said, the company may be out of ex­ istence. Charles Bradley, of Xenia, and Cora Fields, of Louisville, 111., both deaf-inutes. were married at the resi­ dence of H. 1 j. Bradley, father of the groom, in Xenia. Official of the Standard Slaughtet^ng company and five men engaged in re­ tail meat business at Chicago, arrested charged with traffic in meat condemned by government inspectors. H. Everett, a carpenter of Gales- burg. has been corresponding with Miss Effie Bush, 19 years of age, liv­ ing in Smith county, Kansas. Mr. Everett has received news of Miss Bush's death and that she had left him an estate valued at $45,000. John Rawson, chief engineer em­ ployed in the building of the Chicago Title and Trust company,' 100 Wash­ ington street. Chicago, Iras killed by being crushed between the top of an elevator and the roof. Rawson was 63 years old and lived at 3111 Cottage Grove avenue. John Daley, one of the proprietors of the co-operative coal mine iif Fair- bury, was killed hy a rock falling upon him while in the mine. Charles Frick, Sr., aged SO years, died at Waterloo, of diabetes. Mr. Frick was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1828. lie served eight terms as sheriff and through his success as farmer awl merchant and his readiness, to help the poor he became widely known la the pection about Waterloo. His ror mains were Interred In Waterloo tery. W M ,^y|.