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Frederick Gwinner, the aged presi­ dent of the institution, said: "Nearly $700,000 of the $800;000 state deposits of our bank is out on paper of state politicians. W. H. Andrews has bor­ rowed nearly $400,000; Frank J. Tor­ rance has borrowed considerable--I do not know how much. But the bank is solvent." BELIEF IN AN ERA OF PEACE WOMAN OWNER OF MANY TREES f5 • -t Nations of the World Likely to Rest for Some Time. We are optimist enough to believe, as even the pessimist hopes, that an era of peace is at hand. Some, in­ deed, contend that its advent would be assured by some international agreement to reduce armaments. There seems, however, far stronger ground for holding that mischief would arise out of an international discussion^ on the subject than for ex­ pecting that it would hasten the mil­ lennium. The strong man armed is the trustiest custodian of peace. It is not the best policed district that is the most exposed to the enterprises of the burglaf. The growing cost­ liness of war in„ blood and treasure Is the strongest guarantee against reck­ less recourse to it by any power that Is not absolutely desperate. Under modern conditions the victor must be prepared to contemplate years of straitened means and painful sacri­ fices: bankruptcy and ruin are the probable penalties of the vanquished. The progress of science is doing as much as the advancement of morality to convince mankind of the hopeless wickedness of any war which is not undertaken in defense of national honor of national existence.--London Telegraph. Mrs. Arthur Henry Takes Much Pride in Her Collection. Mrs. Arthur Henry, wife of the nov­ elist, probably owns more trees than any other woman in America. Some of them grow on the mile square tract which the Henrys possess up in the CatskilU, but most of them grow on other people's land. Tree collect­ ing is Mrs. Henry's fad. Whenever she sees an especially fine tree she goes to the people on whose land it stands and offers to buy it. Usually, when the owners find that shfe wishes neither to cut down nor to transfer the tree, but only to feel that it is hers they make her a present of it. ifost of her trees are named and all of them have their pictures taken and filed away in an immense album. "My pet tree Just now," she says, "is a eucalyptus out in Riverside, Cal. It's named Bernard Shaw. It's an original tree. It sheds its bark when other trees content themselves with shedding merely their leaves and it holds its leaves edgewise to the sun, so that the tree doesn't give a bit of comfortable shade, to anybody, It's a tree that wouldn't conceal anything, least of all itself." : • :vv , . 8TART8 AT FOOT OF LADDER. ILLINOIS JSfEWS Cholc* Items from ovtr th« stat*. •ttolklly ••tooted for our readers m h|J1jpw m VU" w m I , ^ JACKSONVILLE GRAFT CHARGE BROOM CORN TRADE IS QUIET LABOR PLANS FARMERS' UNION. Delights of Fall Days. Qiven health and the physical ca­ pacity for appreciation of this season, and man feels the joy of living in its fullest extent. Mere existence is ex- uberant. Its delights are the right , and the possession of the poorest as well as the richest. There is no plu­ tocracy in nature. Wealth cannot buy the joys which the humblest may gather for themselves. And the in­ spiration tor the future which comes with this season is universal. It is the time of new endeavor for new en- terprises. The vigor which springs r in the sound mind in the sound body under the impulse of this period makes for great accomplishment. The harvest of the fields has been gath ered, but for humanity it is the seed­ time of action.--Boston Post. Awakening of China. ; aUss Luella Minte, writ! Pekin, says: "Few realize ready we have a new China, steady as yet on her feet, sure of all that she blinks long-closed eyes, but full and ambition. There ar high schools in Pekin, age of over 100 pupils are all schools of 'wes and are closed on Sun six teachers, three o English well. A few still hold to the old soon be swept away, will come suddenly millions are now in tlon, plastic, inquirlm has never had such now," August Belmont III Enters Father's Banking House as Clerk. August Belmont III, the third scion of the famous banking family, is soon to enter his father's banking house as a clerk. He is 22, but looks older. He is a trifle below medium height. Like his father, he is an athlete, an ardent sportsman, a lover of horses, a good sailor, a fair boxer, a hard hitter and a simple liver. He dislikes notoriety and is less known to the public than any of the young mett of New York destined to inherit many millions. The only time his name has come into print has been In connection with sail­ ing his boats in regattas on the sound or in playing polo, a sport which he is as passionately devoted to as his father always has been and in which he plays almost as good a game as his father does. ower t win anges undred transi e church oppo Proper Use of Spectacles. Spectacles, according to an oculist, often increase the eye trouble they are meant to correct because they are improperly used. "The man who needs glasses to read by, but not to see at a distance, often puts them on in a street car or similar place," says this oculist, "and then when he looks up still uses them for looking at things a little way off. This gradually changes the focus of the eye, so that he comes finally to see better with them than without them. Then he needs stronger glasses to read with, and the trouble gets worse and worse. One way to avoid this is to wear the reading glasses so low on the nose that they may be looked over instead of through when the glance is raised." --Philadelphia Record. ', Largest Or United States Bamberg, Germa ward the end port of Hambur gest drydock in have a lifting p the largest dock 500 tons. The mercantile marin It. In building taken that, if transported to Brunushausen, war, would be i Pastor Refused Increii Dr.* Robert Mclntyre, Chicago, is now pastor Methodist church in congregation is so we] his work that it was advance his annual When the doctor wai garding the matter he acteristic impetuosity that I shall resign my iteration of their desl cons had no effect. th< ing to his first poeii Incident closed. 'orld. tardel ot that to- 1905 the the big- It is to ,500 tons; t lifts 17,- tips of the docked in :k care is it can be Elbe, near e event Of 8alary. formerly of of the First _ngeles. His with ed to 1,000. d re- char- u do * Re- dea- stick- the Grave of Patrick Henry. ilry is made now and then as to where Patrick Henry is buried. The orator lies in a quiet grave on the estate in Charlotte county, Virginia, where he formerly lived. Red Hill is the name of the estate, which is on the Staunton river, thirty-eight miles from Lynchburg. When Patrick Hen­ ry bought the place It comprised about 3,500 acres. One of the near­ est eighbors was John Randolph of floanoke, fifteen miles away. Red Hill is now owned by Henry's grandson, W. W. Henry.--New York Tribune. All Copied Irving. -Henry Irving furnished the mod­ el for the -typical actor of the comic papers. No actor was ever so much imitated by his co-professionals, and in their attempt to lbok like Irving there was developed such exaggera­ tions of his manner and his appear­ ance that Irresistibly called for cari­ cature as a type. Yet no man was further from being of that type than Sir Henry. The fact merely adds an­ other proof, if any were needed, of the acknowledged leadership Of the great actor. <• Alderman la Accused of Boodlingi but Motion to Expel Fails. A committee recently appointed by Mayor Davis, of Jacksonville, consist­ ing of Aldermen A. T. Capps, F. P. Hairgrove and W. H. Cobb, to inves­ tigate alleged boodling in connection with the passing of the Burlington or­ dinance, reported that Alderman Babb on Sept;. 21 demanded $2,500 from Burlington officials before their ordinance, then pending before the council, should be passed. In the in­ formation filed before the city coun­ cil it was alleged that Babb represent­ ed Aldermen T. J. Kendrick, Mike Mc- Ginnls, «. H. Higgins, J. D. Goveia and J. Bart Johnson. These alder­ men were called before the investigat­ ing committee and said that they nev­ er authorized Babb to represent them In any capacity, and on their own statement they were exonerated. Aft­ er the report of the committee was made to the council a motion was made to expel Alderman Babb, but felled by a vote of 6 to 6. Those Im­ plicated in the report opposed ex­ pulsion. A two-thirds vote being nec­ essary, the matter was laid over. PMY8ICIAN TO THE INSANE; Dr. Plumber Morton Wood worth, %ho has been appointed by Governor Deneen a trustee of the insane asylum at Elgin, is a well-known Chi­ cago physician and one of the organiz­ ers of Augustana hospital. He was born in Warrenville, DuPage county, In 1851, and received an academical After a Period of Fast Buying--Situa­ tion Continues Bullish. The central district broom corn market is in quiescent state, follow­ ing the furious buying of the last fort­ night. Many brokers are still in the field picking up whatever remains of choice brush, for which they readily pay $100 a ton, inferior grades rang­ ing down to $80. It is generally es­ timated that 80 per cent of the crop has already been moved and what're­ mains is, as a tfile, in the hands of growers, who are able to hold it to see what the turn of the market will be Some of them are pricing their corn as high as $125 and the opinion is held in some quarters that even this figure does not represent the top price that a really good article will eventu­ ally command. William Graham, buyer for the Merkle-Wiley company, of Paris, has just returned from an ex­ tended trip through the Oklahoma fields and says that the crop of 1905 will not exceed 33,000 tons, as against 55,000 tons in 1904. He says that brush will go to $150 before the end of another month, but this is regarded as an extreme estimate by those in posi­ tion to be equally well posted. Bull­ ish ideas prevail, however, as there is nothing in the situation to warrant a belief that brush will decline in price. Buyers who have come in late in the district1 are not disposed to be partic­ ular as'to the quality of brush, all kinds being acceptable at prices now prevailing. Western stork continues to come into warehouses in consid­ erable quantities, though the indica­ tions are that the crest of the tide has been, reached and passed. The top price paid for Oklahoma product is $60 to $70, which, with the addition of brokerage commission and freight rates, makes it higher than central district brush, the difference in quali­ ty being considered. Poor to medium grades command $30 to $35 and have been taken largely by western and southern dealers, though a considera­ ble quantity has been brought east at these prices. education. In 1873 he moved to Chi­ cago and beqame steward in the United States marine hospital. Later he entered Chicago Medical College and was graduated in 1878. Dr. Wood- worth has served on the Lincoln I'ark board and belongs to several medicai organizations. He also takes a prom­ inent part in Masonic affairs. CARE FOR AGED ANO ORPHANS. GOVERNOR VETOES ROAD BILL Mr. Deneen Endeavors to Rectify Mis­ take of Legislature. Another "bull" attending the rush which attended the closing days of the last legislature came to light recently, when Governor Deneen formally ve­ toed a bill which was designed to amend that incomprehensible bundle of statutes known under the general title of the road and bridge law. The bill was a measure introduced in the upper branch of the assembly by Sen­ ator Humphrey and undertook to change the manner of taking appeals in road and bridge cases. It passed the senate without opposition and re­ ceived more than ninety votes in the house, but the record of the last named body contained the erroneous statement that It has failed and it was returned to the secretary of state along with the unpassed bills. Re­ cently the mistake was discovered, tor the roll call was a part of the rec­ ord, and in checking it up the mistake In the body of the report was made apparent. Senator Humphrey there­ upon undertook to resurrect the bill and Speaker Shurtleff and Lieutenant Governor Sherman were asked to cer­ tify the passage of the measure. This they did, and the bill was presented to Governor Deneen. He referred the matter to Attorney General Stead, and, acting on the advice of the latter he vetoed the bill. Attorney General Stead interpreted the law as stipulat­ ing unequivocally that only ten days are allowed tne governor after sine die adjournment to pass on a bill; that there is an ambiguity in the record that would require a judicial deter­ mination to settle the question; that there is no regular channel through which the bill could be presented to the governor, there being no clerk of either branch of the legislature at this time; that even if as a matter of law the bill could be approved at this time, it would certainly be a bad policy. V Stock Killed by Lightning. A TOluable horse was killed by lightning which struck a barn at the home of Wm. H. Moore, west of Fidel­ ity, during an electrical storm. On the farm of Thomas Cummlngs, near Newbern, two cows were struck by lightning and killed. Illinois Millionaire Wi At noon Wednesday in the ballroom of Sherry's, New York, Mrs. J. Mar­ shall Phillips became the bride of Col., Moses Dillon, a millionaire lum­ berman of Sterling. Weds Former Wife and Dies. Dr. Albert Arendt, aged 63, a wide­ ly known physician of Bloomington is dead. A week ago he sent for his di­ vorced wife, from whom he had de­ parted twenty years ago, and asked her to remarry him. She agreed to tk# last request of the dying num^ _ _____ j : ( > Elopement Ends in Jail* Because he attempted to elo^e %tfh pretty Bertha Stahl, aged 16, August Roest Is now In the village jail at Annaman. The girl's parent* caused his arrest. State Home Will Be Established by Illinois Knights of Pythias. The Illinois grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, in session at Decatur, de­ cided to establish a state home for aged Pythias and orphans. A com­ mittee of seven was appointed to se­ lect a location and contract for build­ ings. The committee is authorized to expend not to exceed $35,000 before the meeting of the next grand lodge. The committee consists of Charles L. Fry, Chicago; Daniel Keen, Mount Carmel; L. T. Crisler, Chicago; fc. R. Wright, Taylorville; Joseph M. Omo, Chicago; Smitn L. Von Fossen, Beardstown; Charles E. Chamberlain, Lebanon. The grand lodge voted to return the charter of Monteflore lodge, Chicago, suspended for violat­ ing the laws of the order in admitting saloon-keepers The Rathbone Sisters of Illinois elected the following officers: Grand chief, Mrs. Ida M. Kewley, Chicago; grand senior, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt, Chicago; grand junior, Mrs. Mary E. Spicer, Clinton; manager, Mrs. Belle Snyder, DeKalb; mistress of records and correspondence. Miss Leonore K. Simpson, Leroy; mistress of finance, Mrs. Carrie Root, Garrett; protector, Mrs. Lizzie Brimmer, Sterling; grand outer guard, Mrs. Phyllis Richmond, Cole City; supreme representative, Mrs. S. Emma King, Decatur; alter­ nate, Mrs. Allie Anthony, Kewanee. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE ELECT ^rank W. Ives of Bloomingten la Chosen President. The Illinois Baptist anniversaries came to a close at Joliet with the an­ nual convention of the Baptist Young People's Union. The following officers were chosen: President, Frank W. Ives, Bloomington; vice presidents, J. B. Door, Chicago; Rev. B. F. J. Tate, Carbondale; Rev. W. A. Billings, Dix­ on; secretary, Blanch Aldrich; treas­ urer, John P. Pennington, Springfield ; junior leader, Mrs. L. T. Bartfman, Chicago; transportation leader, A. H. Lenrus; educational leader, Rev. Geo. McGinnis, Joliet; Illinois member of international committee, H. H. West, Rockford; board of managers George H. Shorney, Rev. A. A. Penfleld, W. H, Channon, Rev. L. C. Trent, Rev. Orlo J. Price, Rev. C. I. James, H. H. West, Rev. J. B. Rogers, Rev. Wilson Gar­ rett. At the closing session Rev .John­ son Myers Jold of his fight against dance halls, disreputable saloons and resorts and gambling houses in Chi­ cago, and urged the Baptist ministers and people everywhere to take up in an active and practical manner the work of enforcing the laws against similar places in other localities. Delays Peoria Bank Probe* Bank Examiner C. H. Bosworth of Chicago will not finish the examina­ tion of the finances of the Peoria Na­ tional bank in time for an investiga­ tion by the federal grand jury at this term of court, and the prospects are that if there Is an early investigation into the methods of N. C. Dougherty it will have to b> by a special grand jury. O. J. Bailey, the indicted chair­ man of the school board, said that if he was guilty of the gross negligence charged all of the other members of the school board were equally guilty. Moral Wave Sweeps County, H. H." Waite, state's attorney of Whiteside county, to-day issued a sweeping order in which all slot ma* chines and all forms of gambling de­ vices were ordered confiscated by the county officers. Heeke to Supply Water. Wm. T. Gregg, a waterworks el- pert, "is prospecting at several places near Duquoin to locate a water sup­ ply tor the proposed city water sye- tem.' s"' . ' - • - Illinois Federation May Try to Or­ gan ize Agricultural Workers. A plan to have the farmers of Illi­ nois organized into unions under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor will be submitted to the delegates of the Illinois f ederation of Labor convention now in session at Danville. It is proposed that the na­ tional body send an organizer into the state to enroll the agricultural work­ ers in the American Society of Equity, formed to establish closer relations between the farmers and those em­ ployed in the trades for the mutual benefit of both. The movement to­ ward farmers' unions already had spread largely in Wisconsin, Minne­ sota, Kansas, Texas and several other states. The principal aim oK these unions is to, secure lower shipping rates. Members of the Federatio^ of Labor hope, by affiliating with the farmers, to Induce the letter to pur­ chase only goods bearing the union labeL • . INSURANCE LAWYER. Gov. Deneen has appointed Charles H. Hamlll, formerly his law partner, to be attorney for the state insurance department, succeeding Fred Rowe of Morgan county, formerly chairman of the republican state central commit, tee. The appointment of a man so well known- to the governor as Mr. Hamill, and long so closely associated with him In law practice, is thought to be sufficient in view of jpossible de- jz&mz velopments In insurance matters. All Gov. Deneen says with regard to Mr. HamlU's appointment is that the new insurance attorney is one of the best and foremost of the young attorneys of Chicago, that he is a man in whom he has the greatest confidence, and that he will conduct the legal affairs of the insurance department satisfac­ torily. GAINS BY ILLINOIS Y. M. C. A. Edward A. Halsey of Chicago Cleeted President of State Association. Remarkable growth in the Young Men's Christian association work in Illinois was reported to the thirty third annua] convention of the asso­ ciation at Bloomington. During the year four new associations were or­ ganized, and the present number of associations and departments is 114. Eighteen new building movements have been under way during the year, and four buildings have been complet­ ed and occupied. The total amount Involved In these buildings is more than $800,000. Gifts of $10,000 and over have been received by the asso­ ciation to the amount Of more than $50,000. A total of 1.340 professed conversions was reported. New officers were elected as fol­ lows: President, Edward A. Halsey, Chicago; vice presidents, Dr. J. B. Brown, Bloomington; F. D. Thomp­ son, Galesburg; Z. T. F. Runner, Free- port. Secretary, Dr. J. Keefer, Ster­ ling. Assistant secretary, C. Geisel- brecht, Woodstock. The following committee chairmen were named by President Halsey: Business commit­ tee, L. P. Moore, Evanston; association, Ashley J. Elliott, Peoria; resolutions, Byron Colbon, Eureka; executive com­ mittee report, G. M. Robinson, Sterl­ ing; religious meetings, G. S. Sutton, Bloomington; auditing, Dwight Bristol, Amboy. May Die From Umbrella Prod. A. T. Klllion of Mansfield probably will die from paralysis causeb by hav­ ing the point of an umbrella thrust into his eye by Atty. Charles F. Mans­ field. Klllion is 30 years of.age and married. Mansfield was once grand master of the Odd FellowB of Illinois, former state's attorney for Piatt coun­ ty, and until a short time ago assist­ ant attorney general. Stabbed Himself With a Knife. William Shepard, aged 50, attempt­ ed suicide at Collinsvllle by stabbing himself three times over the heart with a butcher knife. Shepard was injured last fall while at work In a coal mine, having his ankle broken, and suffering other injuries, which caused him to become despondent Moderator Is Re-Elected. Rev. M. Teague of Duquoin has been elected moderator of the Nine- Mile BaptiBt association for the four­ teenth consecutive time. City Sues Gas Company. The city of Mount Vernon has brought suit against the Citizens' Gas, electric and Heating company to com­ pel the company to furnish Its util­ ities to patrons at the scale of prices fixed by the city council by ordinance on Sept. 23. The company has made an advance in its charges and indig­ nation meetings followed. ^ Potato Crop Is Large. [ The potato crop in Washington county this year is exceptionally large and the quality good. PRESIDENT KEPT BUSY ON HIS TRIP THROUGH SOUTH AN S^S MOK.TH ALABAMA I&IWVCHAM MCXSDNV/. OCT 3. /YAW rot? -ex ocr. J8r. ' The course taken by President Roosevelt on his Southern trip was lis follows:' Thursday.Gct. 19. Raleigh, R C--Breakfast on the train; reception to state officers in senate chamber ; visit to state fair, address by the president; review of militia; informal luncheon; leaving at 1 p. m. with brief stops at Dur­ ham, Greensboro, High Point, Sal­ isbury and Charlotte, N. C. Friday, Oct. 20. Roswell, Ga.--President visited the home of his mother in the morning. Atlanta, Ga.--Arrive 11 a. m.; review militia- in Piedmont park; address by the president; luncheon and -drive about the city; leave 7 p. m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Jacksonville, Fla.--Arrive 10:30 a. m.; military and civic parades; address by the president; luncheon by the board of trade. St. Augustine, Fla.--Arrive in the af­ ternoon; drive to the Ponce de I eon hotel, thence to Fort Marlon, where the president delivered an address; supper at Masonic temple. Sunday, Oct. 22. St Augustine, Fla.--Day spent in the vicinity, with no formal program ar­ ranged. ^ Monday, Oct. 23. Mobile, Ala --Arrive 4:80 p. Mi;? through the city and address by the president; leave 6:30 p. m. Valuable Political Indorsement. A letter received the other day by Mayor McClellan of New York is a record-breaker even among the multi­ form curiosities of its kind sent to persons in the public eye. The writer Is a negro, who says: "I regret very much that my incarceration in the Tombs on s charge of murder will prevent me from taking any active part in this campaign. However, I want to say that the entire ticket headed by yourself meets with my fullest approval and has my earnest support. It is too bad, though, that my old friend Edward M. Grout is not figuring in the campaign." Tuesday, Cct. 24. Tuskegee, Alas--Arrive 8:30'a» fl»., the ^president spending two hours abimt the town and the institute. Montgomery, Ala.--Arrive noon; wel- L corned at state capitol by the mayor and governor,-with an address by :- the president., Birmingham, Ala;--Arrive 4:45 p. m,; two hours' stop, speech by presi­ dent; visit to the state fair, with a second address t>y the president; - leave 6:45. Wednesday, Cct. 25. Little Rock, Ark.--Arrive 9 a. m.; visit to Fort Logan H. Roots; address by the president in the City park;: luncheon; leave 4 p. m. Memphis, Tenn.--Party splits up, the president, Secretary Loeb and Sur­ geon General Rixey proceeding to New Orleans, the remainder of the party returning to Washington. Thursday, Cct. 26. New Orleans, La.--Arrive 9 a. m.; sail on the river, followed by an address by the president ind formal lunch­ eon; will leave New Orleans on a lighthouse tender, on which he will pass the night. Friday, Cct. 27, to'Cct. 31. Homeward Bound.--Sails from Orleans on the cruiser West Vir­ ginia to Norfolk. Va., where he will board the Mayflower for the trip to Washington, arriving the mor* | ing of Tuesday, Oct. 31. Owes Fortune toi "Grub-Stake.1* A. D. Parker, the new vice presi­ dent of the Colorado & Southern conj^; pany, owes his good fortune to tht>- fact that he once "grub-staked" * prospector. This was five years agck. To-day he is wcrth fhlly $800,000 an#' has some neW mining ventures. The foundation of his fortune was laid in Goldfiek's. Nev., where his prospec­ tive partner "struck it rich." Mr. Parker, aside from being wealthy, Mf a preacher cf ability. Nearly every Sundav he fills a pulpit in Montciai% a fashionable suburb of Denver, an# preaches la a highly creditable man- British-Japanese Alliance m Great Britain and Japan have con­ cluded a new treaty to last for ten years that makes them closer allies than ever. The new treaty brings both powers into the conflict if eith­ er is attacked by a nation. They were formerly not committed to Interfere until either was attacked by two pow­ ers. This alliance will be formidable in war. It doubles the army each has available, . and combines two fleets that are the envy of the world. Great Britain's is the largest in existence, with a past history that alone could earn it ample respect. Japan's: though comparatively small,,, has proved its superiority in the greatest triumph ever won in modern battles at sea. The Jap navy is practically Eng­ lish built and it is mainly trained along British and American lines, Here is the summary of the com­ bined fleets: Battleships, 69; armored Hard Names for a Sister. Sleveral years ago, tfhen the present chief justice of the superior court of New Hampshire was practising law In Hill8boro county, on one occasion he was cross-examining the defendant in a suit by a brother against a sister when the defendant testified that her borther had called her hard names at a certain time. "Well," said the lawyer, "what was the worst thing that he called you?" After some hesitation, came the an- Bwer, "He called me a d d old Or­ thodox." Caloric Force of Radium. A recent calculation of the calotte force in radium reaches the astonish­ ing conclusion that one ounce o( that wonderful substance would contain power enough, If it could be so util­ ized, to lift 10,000 tons a mile above the surface of the earth. Or, by the same calculation, twenty-two ounces o* radium, a pound and six ounces avoirdupois, would contain energy enough to tow a 6hip of 12,000 tons 6,000 miles, at the s£eed of seventeen < miles an hour. * ! cruisers, 50; protected cruisers and scouts, 97; destroyers, 18?; torped^ boats, 198. Total, 601. /' The strengths of other powers. e% 4) eluding vessels smaller than cruisers, • *** are: France, 56; Russia, 17; Unite#, *' States, 54; Germany, 50. "•- *<i$\ Japan has 14 battleships. 11 arm- ored cruisers, 17 protected cruisers; Great Britain 55 battleships. 39 anf",;!j ored cruisers and 80 protected cruia* \ f!: ers and scouts. The combined battle* , ships and armored cruisers of the two - "*^4 fleets carry this armament: 40 13.5*'. inch, 198 12-lnch, 118 10-inch or 9.**, ,j," inch, 46 8-inch, 1,229 7.6 or 6-inc|n «|f guns. . •% Great Britain's standing army !<£"" J?5 tals 1.132,523 men, and Japan's afK proximately 1,000,0.00. The armies at V other nations on a war footing are: . *|| AUstro-Hun^ary, 2,676,000; France* $.339 400; German. 4,017,977; Italy, 3c 292,440; Russia, 4,550,000; Turkey* y-4 ' 700,000. .'4, I Rings That Carried Poison. Poison rings are as old as history.», j Demosthenes wore one, but did not. --i- I use it. When the police came from i Athens to arrest him he asked per* j mission to write a farewell note to a i friend and sucked his pen after dtp« - jg; J ping it in poisoned ink. When Cras- ] sus, who was custodian of the tre^s- • • ures of Rome, was detected in pilfer- , ing a pile of gold tfrat was conceal?t ' j under the statue of Jupiter on Cap!-, ./k\ | toline Hill, he brushed the jewel of his ring in his teeth and died imme- .v, diately. . . :* Gambling Carried to Extreme*, .During the gambling mania of a century ago a prizefighter named Skelton lost his tronev and his clothes, and then, playing stark naked," lost his life. With the assistance of the winner, he-then hanged himself on a lamp post. A passing watch­ man, however, spoiled the climax by cutting Skelton down, and on recover-, Ing consciousness he only reproached his rescuer for having prevented the payment; of a debt of Scotsman. ' f.,-, MA? , . X.'JufetJ?" :'s !