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.miSBCKX RESIGNS HIGH OmCE; BALFOUR NOW PR.INE MINISTER. The Gentle Art of ' ; Lard Salisbury baa resigned the premiership of Great Britain and his ^ nephew, Arthur J. Balfour, is now prime minister. Lord Salisbury first became premier £& June, 1885, Gladstone haying re- Signed office in consequence of his defeat in the house of commons on the proportional duties on beer and spirits. The conservative minister remained in office until the follow­ ing February, when Gladstone entered jfc upon his third administration. After an existence of only 178 days the lib­ eral party was badly beaten on the second reading of the Irish home rule floe in favor of Earl Rosebery. The liberal cabinet was reconstructed and remained in power threo months longer, when it was killed by the famous Cordite division and Salisbury became premier a third time, with a solid majority of 152 in the house of commons. There was a general election in September, 1900, and union­ ists were again voted to power, with a majority of 134 in the commons. Salisbury for the fourth time took up the premiership, but he left the foreign secretaryship to Lord Lans- downe and became lord privy seal. It is significant that Balfour in- BY Sa.Ul* Lm ** Getting Over It" Born 1830 Member of parliament since . 1853 Enters cabinet as secretary of state state for India . 1866 Returns to cabinet as secretary of state for India 1874 Special ambassador to Turkey 1876 Minister for foreign affiairs 1878 Attends Berlin congress 1878 Elected leader of conservative party First term as premier begins Second term as premier 1886 Third term as premier 1892 Began last term as premier 1895 Retires 1902 1885 Mil, in the largest division on record, €66 members out of 670 passing through the division lobbies. Then came Lord Salisbury's sec­ ond term of office, which lasted from August, 1886, until August, 1892, when the house of commons gave Glad­ stone a majority on the home rule question. Lord Salisbury resigned and Gladstone became premier for the fourth and last time. The second home rule bill was thrown out by the house of lords in September, 1894, and in March of the following year Gladstone resigned the seals of of- terviewed Chamberlain before con­ sulting the other members of the cabinet In regard to the situation. Many people think that Chamberlain must eventually reach the premier­ ship, and it would give great satis* faction throughout the country if the king had chosen him to step into Salisbury's shoes in the ordinary course of events. His chances of ob­ taining premier honors are now con­ siderably minimized, as he is many years Balfour's senior. He will, how­ ever, be as loyal to his new chief as he was to the old one. W ARTHUR J. BALFOUR, BRITISH"' PRIME MINISTER. Born 1848 Entered parliament J... 1874 Private secretary to Lord Salisbury 1878 Secretary for Scotland, with seat in cabinet 1886 Chief secretary for Ireland 1887 Leader of House of Commons 1892 Leader of the opposition , < , 1894 First lord of the treasury 1895 Premier .. 1902 A Patriotic Echo. "Several years ago," said Gen. 8t. Clair Mulholland recently, "I Bpent the Fourth of July on the lakes of Kil- larney, in Ireland. We had been try­ ing the echo, which in some places Is remarkably clear. A short, sharp sentence would be repeated in full, hut a longer one would result in the repetition of only the latter part. I had been joking with my boatman, and called to the echo: 'St. Patrick's day is not in the same class with the American Fourth of July!' Of course, I expected that the echo would repeat •Fourth of July,' but it did nothing of the sort. As clearly and distinctly as though answered by a human voice came: 'You lie!' The Irish boatman had the laugh on me after that."--Philadelphia Record. Preservation of Railroad Ties. Tie preservation is a question of growing importance to many rail­ roads which do not own timber sulta,- hte for the manufacture of ties, and several new preserving plants are go­ ing up in several puts of the cnun- t«y. Won $18,000 on Aces Up. Jim O'Leary, the Chicago book­ maker. called a bluff for $5,000 in Canfield's Saratoga club house not long ago. There was $18,000 in the pot. The man who made the pot, a New Orleans merchant, took one card and "tapped" himself. O'Leary took one card to aces up, called and won. The biggest bluff ever known in the west was made in the early seventies in St. Louis. A noted commander of southern troops bet a row of six* two- story buildings on the north side of Olive street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. They were put in at $50,000. Gen; James A. Dorris called it and won the row. The other general gave title the next day, and the row was ever after known as Poker Row, and was so scheduled in the Dorris estate when the general died. Gov. Odell Protects Mother. Gov. Odell of New York, has re­ fused to issue extradition papers In the case of a mother who took her own child out of Connecticut, having been awarded the custody of the lit tie one by order of the court. s T IS a sweet and popular fallacy of poets and fiction writers that each man and each woman loves just once In a lifetime, and that that love, being unreciprocated, he or she lives ever afterward, whether single or mar­ ried, in a constant state of repressed and martyred re­ gret. Now, in my ac$T$intance with men and women I have have never once met that person who fed on "the dried leaves of a dead love. I have never met the sweet-faced old maid who had hidden at the bottom of her trunk a bundle of letters scented with lavender, tied with blue ribbon and surmounted by a faded photograph of a "frank boyish face." I have never met the bronzed man of forty Just returned from the Orient who was known to have loved a beautiful woman who died, and who therefore never afterward looked at another woman. All the bronzed men back from the Orient whom I have ever known had eager eyes for every pretty woman they saw, and fell in love so quickly that one wondered how they had been able to stay away from home and women for so long a time. All the old maids I ever met were quite willing to exchange an old love for a new, says Sal lie Lee in the New York Sunday Press. The kaleidoscopic career of the average twentieth century heart breeds .conditions that would have shocked the Lily Maid of Astelot, and which make the art of "getting over it" a necessary part of one's education. Had Blaine lived to-day Bhe would never have chosen so foolish a method of making the world miserable. Elaine in a Continental hat ahd a chiffon gown would have been wise and brave. She would have gritted her teeth softly and waited until Lancelot had got over it; waited until Queen Guinevere should pall upon him and he should get up in the cold gray of some morning with that awful feeling we have all had when love has suddenly grown cold. Or, more than likely, she would have asked for an introduction to King Arthur. To die for love is interesting. One makes a picturesque figure lying "cold and still" after the poison or the lead has done its work; but the satisfaction of such a revenge is somewhat marred by the fact that one cannot be present at the funeral to see how sorry everybody feels and witness the shame and remorse of the author of the trouble. Besides, this tacit acknowldgment of defeat is galling to a man or a woman of any pride. To live and nurse one's wrongs is torture to oneself and one's friends. There is but one thing, then, for a lover to do in the case of hopeless love; to "get orer it" quickly, gracefully and permanently. That some men do get over lore too quickly, too gracefully and too often does not lessen the strength of my assertion. There are always people who will make a crime of a virtue by carrying it too far. The best cure for love is--love. Cupid is a homoeopath ist. The easiest and quickest method of dragging one's heart out of one affair is to plunge it into another affair. The best way to erase one face from the tablet of memory is to draw another across it. The quickest way to forget golden locks is to look very steadily at glossy ^)lack ones; the cure for gray eyes is brown or blue. But this medicine is the most dangerous which a man or woman may take. It is apt to bring on another attack of the disease, to lead the sufferer from one gulf of despair to another, to keep the man or woman who tries it constantly in hot water, to wear one's nerves to a frazzle. It Is a stimulant, not a legitimate medicine. Sometimes, too, this curing of an old love affair by a new tempts one into all sorts of follies, such as quick marriages, desperate flirtations and riBky situations. It is the sort of medi­ cine that should be used only as the doctor uses the operating knife--at the last moment and when all other remedies have failed. If you get up some morning with the firm conviction that your life has been ruined, with a hatred of eggs and coffee, with a grouch toward your fellow men and a well-formed "plan to end it all with a little leaden ball," buy a ticket for another town. A change of scene is one of the best and mildest remedies for hopeless love that has ever been suggested. It does not always cure, but it is wonderful how small a new mountain will make an old love look. Get away from the things that remind you of her or him. Get away in body, with a firm determination to get away In spirit. Do not carry his or her photograph about in your pocket or the lining of your trunk. Do not take old letters to read when you are feeling worse. Drop your mis­ ery at the station. When you have got over the first dizziness of the blow, open your eyes wide to the world and other people. There are other people in the world, you know, besides just you two. Abstain from reading love stories for a little while. They are apt to make you moody. Take an in­ terest in your meals. Order the best you can afford and try to contemplate them with enthusiasm. Let your mind rest on the beauties of oyster patties and spring lamb. If your case is a mild one it will be cured in the length of one vacation. Work, serious, enthusiastic, creditable work, is another and much less expensive remedy. There are some men and women who rush to work as the others do to drink or morphia as a panacea for pain. Qne can become as dizzy from the stimulus of good work as from the stimulus of alcohol. It may seem sacrilegious to make accounts a substitute for kisses, but It Is eminently wise. Work well done and done in the right spirit is an antidote for every mental ill. If work fails you, if you cannot keep your mind upon your desk and a Y>air of eyes come between you and your books or papers, between you and the office boy, between you and your dinner plate; if you take something for your liver and yet continue to feel a pain at your heart; If you travel from New York to Egypt and carry your malady with you; if you "take notice" and1 look at other men and women and yet see only one face, you are beyond the chance of "getting over it" You are a rara avis in the catalogue of lovers. That most men and women do "get over It" is proved by the Indifference with which two people who have been lovers meet in after life. Jessica, with the memdry of moonlight nights and old waltzes surging through her brain, meets Jack at a humdrum tea fifteen years after the quarrel which almost broke her heart. Jack is fat and married and has acquired a bald head and a beard; Jessica is lean and yellow and wears a false front. Instead of being shocked at the unromantic turn of things Jessica calmly inquires whether or not Jack's children study mental arithmetic, and Jack asks Jessica what s»he considers best for a baby with the croup. Neither feels a single pain nor a single thrill, except perhaps one of relief that they never married one another. The romanticist will scoff at this situation. He considers it dis­ gusting. He sees nothing in it but sordid commonplaceness. Yet it is the result of the most beautiful heroism of modern life, the heroism of "getting over it." To die for love is weak. Only the coward shows his heart to the world and drags the tragedy of his fife through the newspapers. To live and nurse a broken heart is foolish; it is as foolish as living with a broken back or a broken arm which might be cured. It is a worse crime toward society than eating onions. It should be punishable by law. But to meet a sorrow boldly; to grit one's teeth in the face of the worst thing that can befall a man or wa»i ; to trample down the garden one has planted in one's heart; to tear up tne hopes one has grown and fostered; to rake the bare ground of one's life over and make it yield good fruit--that is the true heroism of "getting over it." May Day in Belgium Curious Custom of Young Girls in Deciding Love Affeiirs THE most honored month of the year in Belgium is the month of May, known as the Virgin's month, and consecrated to the Virgin Mary. In the province of Liege young maidens have a quaint way of predicting their love affairs this month. A group of girls arrange to meet at sunrise, and start to walk through the fields until they , come to a hedge, quite unobserved from the highway, where they generally choose a honeysuckle bush beneath the protecting branches of which to perform their mystic operations. Each maiden selects three blades of dew-laden grass, t'he tops of which she cuts to equal lengths, and to each of which she attaches a colored silken thread. Black represents a bachelor, red an unknown lover, and green the secret desires of the maiden's heart. Ten days afterward they return to the same spot where they left the blades growing, and that blade of the three chosen which has surpassed the others in height reveals the lover the ifiaiden is destined to have. Dust Saved WasHington Clever R.use of CommaHder Served Capital From C&.pturs ON the 19th day of May, 1861, the^irst Michigan three months' vol­unteer infantry arrived in the city of Washington, and on the 22d it was reviewed by President Lincoln near the White House, and at 8 o'clock in the evening the field and staff, the line officers, and the regiment band, led by the colonel, u. n. nncox, i;o» luajoi general, United States army, retired, called upon Lieutenant Gen­ eral Wlnfield Scott at the war department. The band played "Hail to the Chief," and, after grasping the hand of the old veteran, the party marched over to the White House, with the band playing "America." There the party were escorted to the east room. The president soon came in, and all were introduced. The president shook their hands heartily. After greeting the members of the band, the president walked up to the leader, whose avoirdupois was about 300 pounds, and whose height was about 5 feet 6 inches. "Sir," said the president to him, "you are the biggest blower I ever saw." This evoked a cheer, and the drum major ordered the band into po­ sition. The band struck up< "Yankee Doodle," and the company passed out and to quarters.--General I. C. Abbott in Washington Post. State Happening* Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondentfc 18 AN ENTERPRISING WOMAN MAY ERADICATE BITTER ROT Endeavors to Supply Klondlkers With Sheet Music and Millinery. Miss Mora Parkinson, who left Centralia recently for the Klondike country, writes that she is now quar­ tered in the mining town of Cape Nome. Her letter came through from the Cape in fifteen days. She in­ structs her father to forward at once a quantity of sheet music and some millinery supplies, as both articles are scarce in that section, although she has managed to secure the use of a piano. She, with her mother, will embark In the restaurant business for the summer season. WOMAN WHO HAS WON RENOWN Mrs. E. A. Reed, President Illinois Woman's Press Association. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed, the new president of the Illinois Woman's Press Association, is a woman of rare accomplishments in the literary field. The work which has gained her most renown and the friendship of such sa­ vants as the late Max Muller, Dom MRS. ELIZABETH A. REED. (President of the Illinois Woman's Press Association.) Pedro of Brazil, Dr. T. H. Rhys Davis of the Royal Asiatic Society and many more equally prominent is her re­ search Into oriental religions and lit­ erature. Some of her books are "Primitive Buddhism, Its Origin and Teachings," "Hindu Literature, or the Ancient Books of India" and "Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern." Mrs. Reed is also a member of several scientific societies of Europe, and at the time of her election to them she was the only woman so honored. Mrs. Reed is a homemaker, the mother of three children. Her only daughter. Myrtle Reed, has Inherited her mother's literary gift, being the author of several successful books, among them "The Spinster Book," "Old Lace and Lavender, "Love Letters of a Mu­ sician." Carbondale Carnival. Indiana Carnival company will a street fair in Carbondale. The opening day is July 21. Investigation by State Officials at Salem Likely to Bring Results. Dr. T. J. Burrill, vice president of the Illinois university and Prof. J. C. Blair, chief In horticulture in the experimental station of the university. Champaign, have been In the vicinity of Salem assisting Prof. Hasselbring in the inspection of orchards. During the investigations they have made Several very important discoveries," which they hope to use to a good advantage in the matter of extermi­ nating bitter rot They claim that the rot was found invariably on the smaller branches toward the top of the trees, and that it was washed down upon the apples, causing them to decay. No extravagant reports have been sent out from Salem as to the prospects for a crop. The more conservative orchardists claim that less than one-half a crop will be realized. There are many fine or­ chards, but many trees have no fruit at all on them. Prof. Burrill In an in­ terview states that, of all the counties he bad visited, Marion county has the best prospects for good apple8. Bitten by a Rattler. Arthur Whitney, who works for W. D. Carter, nine miles north of Litch­ field, was bitten by a rattlesnake on the right forearm. The reptile was lying on a timber in the barn and Whitney put his arm on It while gath­ ering up some feed for the horses. Mr. Carter brought the man to town as quickly as possible, having tied a cord around the arm above the wound. He was taken to the hospital and treated and is resting as well as could be expected. Potatoes Are Damaged, The damage done to the potato crop around East Alton by the floods of sev­ eral weeks ago is beginning to maks Itself more apparent The water cov­ ering the potato fields caused the po­ tatoes to rot when the intense heat of the July sun came down on the fields a few days later, and potato growers say that hundreds of acres which were rich with their crops of unripe tubers will be almost worthless this season. She Got the Change. A Qulncy woman was given a $10 bill by one of her neighbors and a $5 bill by another neighbor, with the request that she would get the bills changed. She said that the saloons were the only places where she could find change, and when in such places she spent the money. Moweaqua's Census. The school census of Moweaqua for 1902 has been completed. It Is as follows: Boys under 21 years of age, 370; girls, 402; total, 772; boys under 16 years of age, 290; girls, 300; total, 690; boys under 6 years of age, 116; girls, 145; total, 261; total population of village, 1,650. WOULD AID HOME FOR NEGROES Springfield Residents Endeavor to 8» cure Funds for the Institution. Springfield residents who for many , years have worked in the cause of charity have undertaken another taste in an attempt to secure money enough to redeem the Lincoln colored old folks and orphans' home on South Twelfth street, which property was recently sold under a decree Issued by the county court. For several years the home has struggled for an existence and has been of no small benefit to the class of dependents It was designed to aid. A committee of charitably Inclined Citizens has taken the matter in charge and a statement of the facts In the case has been pre­ pared with a general appeal to the public for funds sufficient to secure the release of the property. PRESIDENT THOMAS P. SHEEHAN Head of the Allied Printing Crafts Union of Illinois. Thomas P. Sheehan, who has Just beon elected president for the third time of the Allied Printing Crafts' Union of Illinois, is one of the best* A !**' THOMAS P. 8HEEHAX, (President of the Allied Printing oralis union of Illinois and head of Elgin Typographical union.) known union printers in northern B» linols. For many years Mr. Sheehaa has made his home in Elgin, and is widely acquainted in the state. He is conspicuous as a labor leader. Is a good organizer and is now serving his fourth term as president of the Klgla Typographical Union. MADISON COUNTY PIONEER DISS NEW AFRICAN METHODI8T EPI8COPAL CHURCH. ffl James Olive, a Resident Since 1833, Passes Away. James Olive, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Madison county, died at his farm residence in Olive township. The funeral was very largely attended. Deceased was born in Try county, Ky., in 1817, and was in his 86th year at the time of his death. He had been a resident of Madison county since 1833, and owned much valuable farming land and other property. He was the first supervisor elected to represent his township on adoption of the township organization law, and served many terms, as well as serving as school trustee, justice, etc. Olive township was named in his honor. The death of Jesse Olive, a son, occurred only a day or so previous to that of his aged father. Death of M. C. Campbell. M. C. Campbell died at hls^ rati* dence in Greenville, Miss., and was burled at Marion, I1L He was a native of Williamson county and one of the first merchants to open business In Marion. During the civil war he dealt extensively in cotton and to­ bacco, taking his chances in the sonth, where millions of money was ex­ changed in the traffic. He was a brother-in-law of Gen. John A. Logan. While a physician was setting the broken arm of a Butler (Pa.) man the latter composed a waits song. Germany has Imported as much as $10,000,000 worth of apples in one year and 12,500,000 worth of pears. Norway, Ireland and Spain have more blind people in proportion to pop­ ulation than any other European countries. Spain has 216 per 100,000, Nor­ way 208 and Ireland 111. Two of the aldermen recently elected at Greenfield, Mo., were dsable to OTwllfv an account at delinoueat taxes The new temple of the Walters Af­ rican Methodist Episcopal Zlon church, the corner stono of which was laid recently at Dearborn and Thirty- eighth streets, Chicago, will be a handsone brown stone structure which will cost about $30,000. It wll belong to what is known as the A. M. EL Zion Accidentally Shot. At Quincy William Altheide, aged 9 years, was accidentally shot by Wil­ liam Toebbin, aged 18 years, who was shooting at a mark on a fence. It is not thought that the wound will be fatal. Pottery Plant. The Shelton Pottery company has decided to locate in Metropolis. The company has secured clay grounds and a proper site on the river front, and will erect a $25,000 plant. Record Trust Deed. The largest trust deed ever filed for record in Sangamon county was one for $50,000,000, given by the In­ terstate Independent Telegraph and Telephone company to the American Trust and Savings bank. church, the second largest church or­ ganization in the United States, with 700,000 members in various parts of the country. The laying of the corner stone was under the auspices of the colored Masons. The building will bo finished by October. Rev. J. P. Moreland is the pastor In charge. Seeks Personal Damages. Dominlck Caveglia of Glen Carbon has entered damage oroceedings in the circuit court against the Madison Coal company for $25,000 for personal injuries. Christian County Horses. Prom the assessors' books it ap­ pears that the total number of horses in Christian county Is 19.201. Of this number Assumption township has 681, Bear Creek 1,281, Buckhart 1,703, King 790, May 830, Mosquito 1,064, Mount Auburn 1,018, Locust 1,016, Prairieton 969, Ricks 828, Rosemond 919, Pana 1,313, South Fork 1,736, Stoningtou 1,017, Taylorville 2,417, Greenwood 2,680. Has 31.000 Cattle. Prom the assessors' books It ap­ pears that the total number of cattto in Christian county Is 31,187. Of this number Assumption township has 1,047, Bear Creek 1,859, Buckhart 2,- 425, King 1,731, May 1*498, Mosquito l,702, Mount Auburn 1,617, Locust 1,243, frairieton 1,537, Ricks 1,525, Rosemond 1,325, Pana 2,218, South Fork 2,167, Stonington 2,966. Taylor­ ville 3,152, Greenwood 1,621. Flora Fruit Plant. The Flora Fruit Evaporating com­ pany has one building completed and work is being rapidly pushed on two othervbuildings. The plant will have a capacity eft 1,000 bushels per day. Clay County Corn Crop. The prospects are excellent for a heavy corn crop in Clay county. The acreage is very large and the prime oondition of crop at this season prom­ ises a big yield. Boy Killed by a Train. Dennis Beard, aged 16, while at­ tempting to cross the Illinois Central railway at DuQuoin was run over by a switch engine and both of his legs and one hand cut off. His sister was with him and had a narrow escape from being run over. Strike Causes Big Loss. Hundreds of bushels of tomatoes were left on the vines to spoil be­ cause of the tie-up in Chicago occa­ sioned by the strike of railway freight handlers and teamsters. Newton Farmers Are Happy. The corn crop about Newton Is promising and with seasonable weather the yield will be enormous. There is also a large acreage of broom corn. The hay harvest is la progress, and it, too, is much better > than was anticipated. '<si Hotel Changes Hands. The Maxfield house, one of the est and best established of the hotels in Pana. has been sold by Mrs. Prank Adduddell to Charles Lembergar. Grain Elevator Burna. Fire at Palmer, five miles west of Taylorville, destroyed the elevator owned by Best Bros., together with 1,200 bushels of ryqr and corn. The loss is estimated at $5,200; Insurance 9&.700. m Rattler Bites Boy. Lloyd Brown, the little son of Joha D. Brown of Pana, was bitten by a rattlesnake while at play. He was given prompt attention and SO daa- gerous results are expected. ... 1