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mm. Illinois News *:V.TV [y* State Happenings Succinctly Told by Our Spscial Correspondents m M- REUNION OP WILDER'S BRIGADE Veterans 16 Meet on Battlefield at Chlckamauga in September. Maj. L. S. Kilborn of Monticelk), Capt. J. H. McClelland of Charleston and Capt. Aden Knoph of Olney, at a •fK: meeting in Mattoon, perfected some of the arrangements for the annual re- union of Wilder's brigade, which will A K'>k, *>e hel<i year on the battlefield of "^^( 4 Chlckamauga, Sept 18, 19 and 20. The date of the reunion is just forty years •ju • V?; from the date of the great battle, and 'X!; i the veterans expect that this will be ^aat 411116 they will ever meet on the battlefield. On the different days * of the reunion the veterans will take the successive positions occupied dur- ^ Ing the battle by the brigade and Gen. j Wilder will explain the operations of Kw the day an4 the work of the brigade. COUNTY QUEEN. Miss Maud L. Morgan has been •oted the mcst popular young lady in S /itx) moo HOQCwAN Harfem county and queen of Salem's carnlvaL Miss Morgan resides in Sa­ lem. Railroad Improvements. Directors of the Litchfield ft Madi­ son .Railroad company met in Spring­ field and voted to issue $750,000 in twenty-year 6 per cent bonds. The money is to be used for improve­ ments on the road, laying new rails and building a spur to the new mine at Staunton, and paying a small float­ ing debt contracted for improve­ ments already made. The Litchfield £ Madison railroad is operated from near East St Louis to Litchfield, and Is controlled by the Chicago^ Peorja 4b St Louis company. TEACHER PRESENT8 A LIBRARY Mrs. Lucia I. Priest Furniahes Books for Alton Children. A,library of 600 volumes haa been presented to the North Alton public schools by Mrs. Lucia L Priest, who was for a number of years a teacher in the schools. The fact that the gift was to be made was kept secret un­ til the arrival of the books, desks and cases. A large hall in the Odd Fel­ lows' building has been secured by the board of education as a library room. Mrs. Priest says she will add to this library from time to time. With the present collection of 400 vol­ umes, which will be added to Mrs. Priest's gift, the schooj children of North Alton will 1* well supplied with literature. GOES TO SLEEP ON THE TRACKS Tired Man is Run Over by Train and Dies of injuries^ George Killiam, son of O. W« KilU- am, a prominent farmer of Macoupin county, died In Springfield as the re­ sult of injuries received by beingf struck by a Chicago, Peoria & St Louis train near Hagaman. He lived at Hettick and had been visiting at Chesterfield. At 1 o'clock In the morn­ ing while en route he became ex­ hausted and lay down to rest on the tracks, falling fast asleep. The en- gineer said vhe saw a man on the tracks, but too late to stop the train. Killiam wps 22 years old. His re­ mains were taken to Hettick. Death Due tot Coffee. .• Mrs. Mary Nunn, wife of Fred J. Nunn, a well-known felassblower, died at Upper Alton after a brief illness from heart and brain trouble. Mrs. Nunn was in her usual condition of health until she went to St. Louia with her husband to spend the Fourth. She was unused to drinking coffee, but drank a cup of coffee in St Louis, and immediately afterward was taken ill. She never recovered. Mrs. Nunn was 41 years of age and leaves a fam­ ily of three children and her hus­ band. / * / x Prisoner Escapes. A1 Devlne, charged with unlawfully •otlng at the last city election, re­ turned to St. Charles and was short ly after placed under arrest by Dep uty Sheriff Hines. While before Jus tlce J. W. Bruns at the new court house, arranging to have his bond fixed, pending a preliminary hearing, Devlne asked permission to visit the lavatory. It was granted and while there he made his escape through a window. His whereabouts are un­ known. Christian County C. E. The Christian Endeavor union of Christian county has elected officers for the ensuing year: President. Miss Margaret Ricketts, Pana; vice presi dents, George McKay, TaylorviUe, and Charles Wilcox, Rosemond; secretary and treasurer, Clara Boyd, Palmer; superintendent of junior work, Miss Emma Blake, Rosemond;- missionary supervisor, Miss Cora McReynolds Morrlsonville. The next session of the union will be held at Pana. 8truck by a Train. . Wabash passengei train No. atruck a horse and buggy, containing a man and woman, nam^d Boler Cook and Mrs. Josie Grimes, of Homer, completely demolishing the buggy and killing the horse instantly. Mr. Cook sustained injuries that probably will prove fatal. Mrs. Grimes' right foot was mangled, so that auiputatiou was necessary. Cheap Rides. The East St. Louis Electric Rail­ way company, at the request of a Jarge number of citizens, will, on every Tuesday, collect a single fare for a round trip. The people request­ ed this rate so that the poorer classes could take cheap trolley rides during the summer months.«. A return check will be given fcr every cash fart. Through a Trestle. Ten cars went through a trestle on the Paducah branch of the Illinois Central railroad at Caney. The en­ gine and four cars passed over the bridge in safety and also the caboose. No casualties occurred. The wreck suspended traffic on the road. Rains Help Crops. The heavy rains have materially smproved the crop conditions, which have been very unpromising, and the ...farmers of Clay county are much encouraged over the outlook. The fate rains Insure a heavy crop of red- " lop. Ufht Plants Merge. • The Taylorviile gas and electric Companies' plants have been consoli­ dated and sold to A. H. Bickmore ft €0. of New York city. The consider­ ation was $85,000. Stabbing Affray. While returning from Harriaburg to Galatia, Arch Webber and David Bissonnette fought with knives over alleged vulgarity of Webber. Webber received a fatal cut In the left arm, from which he died. Bissonnette was •frested. He claims self-defepsa. Reunion Date. The date (or the twenty-first annu­ al meeting of the Southern Illinois sol­ diers and sailors' reunion was set by the executive committee composed of Gen. James S. Martin of Salem, Com­ mander Col. L. Knightoff of Nashville, Adjt Capt EL Dillon of Boston, Quar­ termaster and Capt. H. W. Adams of Tamora, together with the city, offi­ cials, for Sept. 23, 24 and 25, M Car- bondale. Fear Hydrophobia. A mad dog which terrorized the neighborhood six miles north of Springfield on the Peoria road and which bit a number of hogs, causing them to go mad, bit Irene, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wood- dell, Symptoms of hydrophobia have developed and Mrs. Wooddell has has­ tened to the Pasteur institute in Chi­ cago to have the little girl treated. Retains Live Bir<$ Trophy. Arthur Lawrence of Broadwell, 111., who has held the live bird trophy cup of the Illinois Gun club for some time, defended the cup successfully at the shoot in Springfield, killing 24 out of 25 birds. J. E. Scott of Jacksonville was next with 23 birds. Gees to Annapolis. Byron Rogers, son of Former Coun­ ty Clerk Simon M. Rogers of Spring­ field, has passed the examinations and has been admitted to the United States naval academy at Annapolis. Mr. Rogers wbb appointed by Con­ gressman Caldwell. CYLINDER HEAD IS BLOWN, ojrr Ammonia Tank Is Wrecked, Seriously Injuring Two Employes of Brewery. Charles Hubert, Dan Mueller and Nick Kellmeyer had a narrow escape from death at the Star brewery at Belleville. The cylinder head of an ammonia tank Jn the ice plant blew out and the men were almost suffo­ cated by the ammonia fumes. It Is feared that Hubert and Mueller may lose their eyesight Mueller was also seriously injured by being struck by a piece of the cylinder. The three men were removed from the room where the explosion occurred in an unconscious condition, but Dr. Hugo Wangelin succeeded In resuscitating them. Their rescuers had great diffi­ culty In getting the men from the building, as the ammonia fumes al­ most blinded them. PRAI8E COLLEGE HEAD. Much praise is being bestowed upon Rev, Clifford W. Barnes, the young Presbyterian clergyman, who has been at the head of Illinois college, Jack­ sonville, for three years past The new era of vigor at the college Is taken as a reflection of the personality of the man who is now guiding its af­ fairs. President Barnes was bora in Pennsylvania and received both his academic and his theological diplomas at Yale. Coming then to Chicago, he was one of the earliest residents in the Hull House settlement Later he had charge of a mission church in the slum district of the cltjr and jarr thence went to be assistant pastor of the Fourth" Presbyteri­ an church on the North 8ide. Af­ ter three ydkrs in this capacity he re­ signed and went abroad to study. From a winter spent at Oxford, Eng­ land, he passed to France, and in Paris became the director of Chris­ tian association work for students in that great metropolis. Returning at the end of two years to the home country, he was appointed an instruct­ or in sociology for the University of Chicago, and was constituted the di< rector of the university's social set' tlement work. He had scarcely begun with these duties, however, when the urgent call of Illinois college took him to his present service there. ENOCH HEN III PETTIHT5 1 ':$•»! Woman Wanderer. Return ̂ Find Husband Married ' to Another. IS ABSENT TWENTY-ONE YEARS Injured In a Railroad Wreck, She la Cared for by Wealthy People and Accompanies Them on a Tour to Europe. Residents of Rockford, III., are much wrought up over a story of real life which rivals that told by Tennyson in fiction In his "Enoch Arden." in the story of real life the one who disap­ peared and was mourned as dead, but who returned aftei^ many years, Is a woman. Her name is Louise Olsen, and she returned to find a son and a daughter, whom she left as toddlicg children twenty-one years ago, grown, and with children of their own. Stranger still, she found the husband she left so m&nytyears ago living with hie third wife. . Story of Wanderer. The story Mrs. Olsen told was one of. horrible accidents, months of suf­ fering in a hospital, a ioug period of dementia, and many years of travel In foreign lands as the companion of wealthy friends, who had befriended her In an hour of need. It was twenty-one years ago last November that Mrs. Louise Olsen, wife of Alexander Olsen of Rockford, was called to Plattsburg, N. Y„ by a telegram which told of the fatal Ill­ ness of her grandmother, then 97 years of age. With tearful eyes and a sad heart Mrs. Olsen kissed her lit tie children good-bye and bade her husband care for them tenderly until M knew how loaf--before she recov­ ered. The misery of her physical suf­ fering weakened her mind and she was helpless to seek for her friends or even to let them know of her condi­ tion. Some wealthy people, whose daugh­ ter had died In the hospital, took pity on her, cared for her, and took her to travel until she was fully recovered. After she was well she traveled in France with her benefactors as their companion. She haa been In Europe with them the greater part of the time for many years. During all the years of her travels she had not been within visiting dis­ tance of Rockford until a few days ago, when she arrived In Chicago. She came out to Rockford Immediately to look for the children an^ the husband she left so long ago. She found them easily. The husband has been twice married since 1881, and Is now living with his third wife. Mrs. Olsen has promised Frank to sever her connection with her wealthy friends, with whom she is now travel­ ing, and to make her home with him in the future. CREDITORS WILL GET LltTLE Porter Brothers Fruit Company of San Francisco Has Few Assets. San Francisco, Cal., special: Hen­ ry L. Wilson of Chicago, one of the two receivers of the Porter Brothers company, who is here looking into the affairs of the big fruit concern, stated that comparison of the assets and liabilities of the concern presents a very dubious outlook for the credit­ ors. Mr. Wilson gave out the Infor­ mation that the company probably would not be able to pay 50 cents on the dollar in any settlement that might be made with its creditors and owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the company's affairs he would not venture a prediction as to what would be the outcome of the receivership. The principal western creditors are banks, six of them In this city hold­ ing the firm's paper for 1490,000. Mr. HS«ii'jl , Japan and England: ."Put Him Out!" Ohio State Journal. Unknown Man Dies. An unknown man, aged about SO yeard, was found dead in a wheat field near Mitchell, having died from the effects of alcoholism, as a half- gallon empty jug was found by his side. Nothing on his person to Iden­ tify him. Replant Their Fields. Fanners in the Darst bottom, a por­ tion of St. Charles county recently flooded, report that nearly all of their land has been replanted with corn and that most of the crop has been plowed. A good stand is reported. Escapes Death. George Tash, of Litchfield, an em­ ploye at the machine shop had a nar­ row escape from death. While work­ ing at a drill press his hair became caught between the cogs, which dreW his head into a very dangerous post tion. One of the other employes saw the accident and promptly reversed the machine, releasing, him from the cogs. He was taken to his home and will b3 laid up for several weeks. Lucky Escape. A Wabash train struck a wagon filled with workmen at the Alton crossing at Edwardsvllle completely demolishing the wagon. The men were not seriously Injured. Marion County Veterans. The annual reunion of the Marlon county soldiers and sailors' reunion association will be held August 11, 12 and 13 at Patolca. Gain Scholarships. County School Superintendent A. & Hinners has held an examination of country school students and awarded scholarships. Ralph Drinkwater, liv­ ing near Virginia, gets a three years course in Illinois college, Jacksonville, and Miss Anna Blohm of Sangamon Valley a three years' course in the woman's college, Jacksonville. Leiter Aids Church. The eighth missionary district board of the Christian church has taken steps to establish a Christian church at Zlegler, the ground for the structure being donated by Joseph Leiter. The town Is now under con­ struction, over 700 men being a ployed in the work. Will Pay Judgment. The Quincy Gas and Electric com­ pany has announced that it will pay a $100,000 judgment awarded against It for damages, caused by the injuries of Bernard Baumonn from an electric light wire. «tl :*r# Puddlers May 8trike. ^ ̂ *e Pud<Hers employed" at the V Upringfield rolling mills are dissatis- fad, and it is rumored that they are Ijreparing to strike. Dies in Barber's Chair. •The sudden death of Richard G. Peddecord in a barber's chair at the St. Nicholas hotel, Decatur, was due to cirrhosis of the liver. "Dick" was one of the best-known men fa De­ catur. Will Celebrate Just the Same. Twenty accidents of a serious char­ acter were recorded at Springfield on the Fourth, that many bdys having bad fingers blown off or eyes put out with 'toy cannons and toy pistols. Pe­ ter Lehnen had his left hand blown entirely off by a toy cannon. Bigamy Is Charged. Ralph P. Weston, who has-lived af Springfield for some time with bis wife, was Arrested, changed with big­ amy. Information was received from Pontlac that he was wanted there for wife and child abandonment. Imboden Property Is Sold. What is known as the John lmbo> den property in the vicinity of the Im­ boden springs wsb sold at auction for $10,950. The principal purchasers were S. S. Jack, A. O. Webber. Ed­ ward Denz, William Stoddard, Dr. Al­ lison .and Mr. Felter. • Coal 8trlke Entftifc" » ' Tllfcljtrlke at the Chrisnan &ronty Coal company's mine has ended The strike lasted about one month. It grew out of slight differences between Op­ erator Ridgly and the miner*. Lose Their Jobs., Employes of the Springfield Gas­ light company struck for higher wages. Skilled workmen were Im­ ported from Grand Rapids, Mich., and Danville, Hi., and their places filled immediately. Macon County Teachers* The Macon County Teachers' insti­ tute will be held in Decatur Aug. 10-14. The assistants for Supt. Jones will be W. M. Evans of the Charles­ ton normal, W. E. LuklnbiJl of the Effingham college, F. W. Westbiff of the «\"Mf normal and Minaie SL Put­ ney. she returned. The mother took a train for New York, but no message ever came to her dear ones at home to tell of her safe arrival or her prob­ able return. , , In Railroad Wreck. A fe*f days later the newspapers had long accounts of a horrible rail­ road wreck In the East in which sev­ enty-one people were killed and some 200 Injured. Mrs. Olsen bad been a passenger on that train, and an in­ vestigation was at once started by her husband. Friends and relatives vis­ ited the scene of the disaster, but many of the bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. .A part of the skirt worn by Mrs. Olsen was found and Identified, but that was all, and her family mourned her as one of those whose bodies were mangled beyond recognition. Months slipped into years, while the husband hoped in vain for word from the wife he had .lost. At last hope was given up, and Mrs. Olsen was thought of only as one dead. Mother Reappears. Imagine, then, the shock which Frank and Hilda Olsen experienced when their long-missing mother ap­ peared to them in the flesh. She was much older, bent with years, but their mother still, loving as ever, and happy to be united with her children again. Fraqk Olsen was 8 years old when he bade his mother good-by, but he remembered her. His sister, Hqlda, who is older, and hence remembered her mother better, fainted when she saw ber mother at the threshold of tbeir home. She thought her mother's spirit bad returned from another world, and it was many hours before she could realize that she was not In the midst of some strange dretfta. Mind Is Affected. Mrs. Olsen relates that she was In­ jured In the wreck and taken to a hospital In Buffalo with many other victims. It was a long time--she does Breaks Discus Record. New York dispatch: At the annual field day of St John's college, Brook­ lyn, M. J. Sheridan of the Pastime Athletic clnb hurled the' discus 13S feet, breaking the world's record (his own) by five feet two inchest - Wilson says It Is difficult to decide what will be the outcome of the com­ pany's financial difficulties. JAIL ESCAPE IS KEPT SECRET Fort Wayne Prison Officiate Fall to Report Flight of Convicts. Fort Wayne, Ind., special: William Strechlen, a coal thief, and Charles Johnson, a tool thief, sentenced to ninety and sixty days' In jail respect­ ively, escaped from the guard In the jail yard two months ago. but the jail attendants made no report of the es­ cape. The time of one of these es caped prisoners would have expired soon, and an officer from Michigan wanted to see the prisoner before his time was up and reached Fort Wayne thus exposing the scandal. The ee cape of the two prisoners and the se­ crecy maintained caused a sensation in police circles. BREAK IN FIVE WEEK8' SLEEP. Harvard Man Regains Consciousness for a Few Minutes. Long Branch, N. J., dispatch: For the first time in five weeks C. Bndlcott Allen has stooc) up and talked. Allen whd js a Harvard graduate, has been asleep longer than a month, except for intervals of a few moments. He is supposed to be suffering from hys teria. His waking spell did not last long, but the physicians believe he will recover. SfDne Quarries Cl*s* , Montpelier, Vt., dispatch: All the stone sheds of Montpelier and Barre are closed with a: prospect of remain­ ing idle for some time, a lockout hav­ ing been declared In the Granite Man- ttteeiarers' association. Refugees at Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon, -Jnd., special: Over 200 colored refugees from Evansville have reached here on trains. In vehicles and by walking. They report that they were warned to leave Ev- ansvilie or be killed. Many received threats that their houses would be burned. Several In the delegation were wounded and had arms In slings. Illinois Flood Sufferers. Springfield, 111., special: Special rep­ resentatives of the executive office sent into flooded counties by adjutant general report that neighbors hive taken care of the sufferers and no further public aid fs solicited. -'v.j v>. FINE MONUMENT ERECTED, TO MEMORY OF VIRGINIA CADETS NEWMA&ttTPjfTTLElfONUMEtlT > . *?"t " * '$ The above 8tatue, representing •Virginia Mourning Her Dead," was recently unveiled at the Virginia Mil­ itary Institute, Lexington, Va. It is erected on the campus of the grounds to the memory of the cadets who fell in the battle of Newmarket, Va., May 15, 1864. It was executed and pre­ sented by Sir Moses Ezekiel, an FATE OF BALKAN RULERS. American aculptor, who was a cadetr^^ himself snd present at the battle. v Young Thomas Jefferson, the great* . > grandson of the author of the declar»» '^* atlon of independence, a roommate of.;.:'" JO the sculptor, was stricken down andjs died in his arms. Many of his other, classmates fell around him, hut hs ^ and others cams out of the battle us» Society Belle Is Hurt. Miss Alta Speulda, a society belle of Springfield, was thrown from a buggy while out rldiflg in Jackson­ ville, and had her left leg broken. Doctor Commits Suicide. Indianapolis, Ind/( dispatch: Dr. William J. Byrne of Peak'j Mill, near Frankfort, Ky., was found dead in a room at the home of W. A. Hall. The circumstances indicate that death was fatised by his own hand. Loubet Leaves for HoflM* London cable: President Louhet has left London for Dover, from which port he will sail for home. The French President was given an entbu* siastic farewell ovation. Dies Beneath Coal Pile. Pittsburg dispatch: Frank Rosky, 35 years old, of Allegheny, employed as a laborer at the power station of the Pittsburg Railway company, was smothered by being buried beneath a pile of slack coal. Assassination or Abdication thS Lot of the Majority. Assassination tempered by abdica­ tion--such has been the fate of most Balkan rulers. Since the Balkan peo­ ples were emancipated King Otho of Greece, Prince Cuza of RoumSnia, Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, Prince Alexander Karageorgevitch and King Milan of Servia have been forced to abdicate, while Prince Danilo of Mon­ tenegro, Prince, Michael, King Alex­ ander and Queen Draga of Servia; as well as Kara George, the Servian lib­ erator, have been murdered. In addi­ tion attempts were made on the lives ot the late Queen Amalia and King George of Greece, as well as on the late King Milan of Servia. Out of the sixteen Balkan rulers who have held sway during the last century four alone--two Montenegrins and Milosh Obrenovitch I and the short-lived Mi­ lan Obrenovitch II of Servia--died peacefully on their thrones, while four are still alive. The remaining eight were all murdered or expelled and even Milosh Obrenovitch was once compelled to abdicate temporarily. WELCOME THE AMERICAN FLEET United 8tates Squadron Geta Cordial Reception at Portsmouth. The American squadron under Rear Admiral Cotton arrived at Ports­ mouth, England, July 7, and was given a hearty and noisy reception by a formidable British fleet of warships. The American warships entered Portsmouth harbor, passing through the line of the British warships, which fired Balutes. This compliment was returned by the Kearsarge and its consorts, which were escorted lo their berths in the inner harbor. Official calls were then exchanged by Lord Charles Beresford, Admiral Milne and Rear Almiral Cotton. The entertainment was robbed of the spec tacular character of the ceremonies *t Kiel, since King Edward, unlike scathed. SCIENTISTS ALL AT FAULT. Unable to Account for Movement # New Star. Two years ago a new star blaze^. ^ out in constellation Perseus. Suchr ^ new stars are by no means rare, butf« this was so great and varied in brifc , jf* liancy so rapidly that it was specially noteworthy. Soon after the ouibs.'-jt that made the star so bright it was' found to be surrounded by a nebula* and this nebula spread outwant, ..J around the nucleus, gradually as scca . M by the naked eye, because of .th* & star's distance," but really with i»» j ^ mense speed. > In fact, it has been calculated thai this speed was so great that it seems impossible tbat the spread of the no-..' hula could have been due to the mo*; tion of ordinary matter at alL It ha# been suggested that the apparent mo»,.: y-. tion was really only a progressive il« lumination of the nebulous matter bjpV^t light from the exploded star. Bu£:>v'i|j Prof. Simon Newcomb calculates tha€; even this will not account for the no> tion, for it was at least ten times that, of light. We have thus actually observed St motion In the heavens that vastly e*»' ceeds any other that we have ever * heard of. whether it be of projected^.;: p matter or of ether-waves. What it is^ " ^ we cannot at present even coajectuc* --Success. _ i \W\\\I fXAff AorWu c o corro/v the German emperor, was unable to be present. Rear Admiral Cotton returned some of the courtesies extended to the American squadron by giving a recep­ tion and dinner on the Kears&rge July 14. Women Organize Union. Worcester. Mass.. special: A labor union of women stenographers and typewriters is being organized here to regulate hours of work and secure a shorter work day. The idea is sup­ ported enthusiastically. Boon for Busy Men. St Paul, Minn., special: A private sanitarium will be established in Itas­ ca County, Minnesota, where men fagged out from business worry may enj^jr ^recuperation. Mllee May Live In Texaa. It ia said that after his retirement from the army Lieut. Gen. Miles will make his permanent home in either Louisiana or Texas. He has recently been looking over those states with the view of purchasing an estate upon hich he may spend the declining years of his life In ease and comfort. Should the general decide to locate In the south it will be largely because of ex-Gov. Hogg's efforts. The big Texan and the old soldier have been close friends for many years. Woes of a Theatrical Manager A British theatrical manager recent ly returned to Ixindon after an. eight*: -.-fl wen-months' tour through the colonies^ with a comic opera company. He left' , H London with thirty-five ladles, chorust^ste and'principals. At Gibraltar his troifc-^sY'l bles began--two of his girls got mar­ ried and left. At Cairo he lost an-* other in tbe same way. At Bombay he missed one of his chorus in thei j^ first scene and on going to demand - -'i where she was had her pointed out: to him sitting in a box--the damael ^ had been married that morning and; Mvi had come around to see her friends* •'J play. He lost another at Calcutta, an- ysjl other in C-ape Colony and two at Val- paraiso, until at last, not being able k lo replace the deserters, his company ~ was reduced to uearly half Ita orlf> inal strength. Hatched in Peculiar Way. Jv> A suburban Philadelphia banfier ^ || tells ttiis story to illustrate his hens*' prowess in egg laying: "Some time ago," he says, "an egg was left for a nest egg in the place where my hens lay. This nest egg, the other day, hatched, and I have now one* lonely little chick, which several dozen ;•-jJ mothers care for. Here is the ex- . 4s plan at ion of the miracle: My heus.^"|| are such steady layers that one would; no sooner get off tbe nest egg, having deposited a fresh egg beside it tbanii^j| another would slip on, and in her turn lay. Thus by dozens of different v|| mothers the solitary egg was hatched. Though no one hen 'sat*, on It, never-; \#J| theless it was kept always warm, and ^ in due time there stepped forth from W"f$j it A lonely but vigorous little chick.** . '"IrfS Compliment to the President. The New Jersey Historical society has elected President Roosevelt a life member. He is the first president of the United States to be thus honored, although Vice President Hobart was a life member, and Mrs. Hobart, his widow, 1b one of the honorary vice presidents. Gratitude of a Veteran. Thomas Trahej, a civil war veteran of St Louis, has placed a monument over the grave of the sister of charity who nursed him through--an illness during the war. V . i . . «! •- " I Career of President Loubet. President Loubet, who recently vl» ited Englaud, was prime minister of France and president of the senate; but it was not until he became presi­ dent of Frsnce tbat bis name at­ tracted much attention Frenchmen sometimes take singularly little in­ terest in political representatives, and it was not until M. Loutbet attained tbe dignity of chief of tbe state In 1899 that his features became even to Parisians. New York's "Beer Queen.** ^ New York is to have a "beet queen." A brewery worth $5 OOO.OOflL producing 500.000 barrels of beer an­ nually and yielding $500,000 in profit Is to be owned and managed by a .woman. After years of litigation lira. Josephine Schmidt ha* been awarded full possession of tbe immense pro^ erty left by her husband and she wUI " personally conduct the business. Gov. Bates Now a LL. D. That stanch Methodist InstitatftM Weslevan university has conferrec upon Gov. Bates, of the degree of LL. D. 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