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Congressman Said to Have Violated "i? Congressman E. Spencer Blackburn, Indicted by a federal grand Jury in North Carolina for violating the laws of the United States in practicing be­ fore the treasury department at Wash­ ington, is serving his second term in congress. He has been called "the handsomest man in- congress." Black- J burn was a member of the North Caro­ lina legislature four years, and was assistant United States district attor­ ney for several years. He waS a dele­ gate at large for North Carolina to the Republican national convention In Chicago in 1S04. STILL POWER IN JOURNALISM. PEN SKETCH OF THOMAS HARDY Theodore Tilton, 8eventy Year* Old, Keepe Up Hie Work. Only a few weeks ago Theodore Tilton celebrated his seventieth birth­ day anniversary at his residence on the Avenue Kleber, in Paris. As a rule, his natal anniversaries are mark­ ed by gatherings of the American lit­ erary set. Tilton recites a poem or makes an address. This year the function was postponed and the re­ port went the rounds that the last had been held. Mr. Tilton is, how­ ever, in fairly good health. He keeps up his Journalistic work, though he does not care to have it more parti­ cularly identified. Prom the day the Tilton-Beecher jury disagreed he has shunned the public gaze of his coun­ trymen at home, though Americans are said to,.read him oftener .than they read some other American correspon­ dents residing in Europe. His contrib­ utions appear under various names. It Is reported that he has prepared a full statement of the whole difficulty between himself and Henry Ward Beecher, which will be brought out by a leading New York publishing house thirty days after his death. Japanese Exodus to Korea. Every batch of news from Korea tells of migrating Japanese who have left their islands and landed on the big peninsula, where they expect to settle in one or another of the fertile valleys that may be turned Into fine gardens. This movement of the Japa­ nese farmers to the mainland was to be expected as soon as the predomin­ ance of Japanese influence began to be asserted, there is not a country in the world that needs more room than Japan does, with its 48,000,000 people and seven-eighths of its island empire covered with mountains that are mag­ nificent but can never be made to contribute largely to the support of a rapidly increasing people. The Japa­ nese government is encouraging this western movements of its frugal and « industrious farmers and the large area of fertile lands still lying waste in Korea bids fair to give the opportun­ ity, that is so sorely needed- by the swelling tide of Japanese life. Protection of Wild Life. It there any way of accounting for the propensity manifested by a large number of people to kill something for the sake of killing it% It is not in­ herited from our savage ancestors. They tortured <>and killed their enemies, but never slew wild animals except for use, and never more than were needed. Civilized man, so-called, however, goes out into the woods and fields with murder in his heart and calls it sport. Nothing is cunning enough to keep out of his way, noth­ ing so innocent, harmless or beautiful as to escape his thirst for slaughter, and very little that swims, flies or runs is too small for him to bunt gown--Washington Post. •* 'fatfca of Environment Compelling, Scientists are continually telling us that things adapt themselves to their environment. It is an Inevitable law of nature. If you go down Into the sea to a sufficient depth you may find there fishes that have eyes but no sight. Scientists declare that the tisb had sight once, but being tempted to lie in darkness, the sight at last went. People are more like these fish than they are apt to Imagine. They are affected by the things around them-- affected, too, without knowing it. Eminent Author Not Adapted foi1 the Role of "Lion." Thomas Hardy, though a frequent visitor to London, still makes his home in Dorchester, near* which he was born and where he has lived al­ most his entire life. He is said to be quite indifferent to the social fame that successful novel-writing brings. "He always looks a little too grave and distant to be quite at his ease in the midst of the jangle of smart con­ versation," writes a correspondent who has seen the author recently, "but at a small literary dinner he becomes at once sympathetic and interesting and can be grave and gay. In stature he is short, trimly built; the face is intellectual, the forehead deeply lined with thought, the dome of the head expansive and thinly covered with hair. The eyes are meditative,* cau­ tious; now and then lighting up with kindly humor, but generally very sad. Mr. Hardy always looks as though he were a watcher, sitting apart from the battle of life and noting down the defeats of the Vlay." Mind Controls Matter. The physical effects of mental causes have had striking Illustration within the last six months in the cases of several of our fellow townsmen. The heads of the chief insurance com­ panies which were investigated went successively to bed as though they had been poisoned with a slow poison. Mr. Hyde is still young, and the vigor of youth brought him through all dis­ tresses without any obvious impair­ ment of vitality, but it went hard with the older men. Mr. Alexander broke down completely under the strain, and his fellow presidents both in turn took sick. So it has been with Justice Duell, who went down before the exposures of the Town Topics' trial as though he had been struck with a club. The firing line Is not considered a healthy place, but it la plenty enough healthier to be there than to be the targeL--Harper's Weekljr. •' '• ;; Life Of German Crown Prince. • Since his marriage the German crown prince has turned over a new ieaf and is settling down strenuously. He is full of plans for developing his princely estate at Oels and has prom­ ised to double the salaries of his em­ ployes if they produce the best wheat and- rye in Silesia. He talks of cul­ tivating beets and manufacturing sugar on his own land and has started building model cottages for his ten­ ants. He says himself he "Is never so happy as when he has more work than he can get through," and that without work he "begins to rust." He has no taste whatever for military life, but takes an immense Interest in social questions. He is devoted to the crown princess, who exercises the greatest influence not only on him but on all the court. Schwab's House a Real Palace. * Charles M. Schwab's splendid man­ sion on Riverside drive. New York, is now occupied by its owner. Some idea of its magnificence may be gathered from the f;ict that It cost twice as much as t>e famous Cornelius Van- derbilt mansion at Fifth avenue and Fifth street, which has all along been the great show place as a private dwelling. Carnegie's bouse is like a cotter's hut Reside It and H. C. Frick's mansion is Fifth a ventlels merelyso- so. The Tallest Men of-Europe. The tallest men of Europe are found In Catalonia, Norirandy, Yorkshire and the Ardennes district of Belgium. Prussia gets her tallest recruits from Schleswlg-Hqlstein, the original home of the Anglo-Saxons; Austria from the Tyrolese highlands. In Italy the progress of physical degeneration has extended to the upper Apennines, but the Albanian Turks are still an ath­ letic race, and the natives of the Caucasus are as sinewy and gaunt as in the days of the Argonauts. fj I L L I N O I S 7 V J E W S "If lie Tiflf lltf'irVll II ifldi II VI) Mf|Htrritiiitl|>i'irr II in'iflj n'lflj ) SITE AND $50,000 FOR COLLEGE WAR ON CHEAP DISINFECTANTS MAILS DEFEAT POLICE SIEGE mImM fee oa Has Private Automobile Factory, r Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has d# elded to go into the manufacture of automobiles and to that end has leased premises in West Thirty-ninth street, New York. Mr. Vanderbilt has no in­ tention, however, of invading the field of the manufacturer who constructs automobiles for public sale. At his private factory, which Is to be equipped with a'l the modern labor- saving machinery that can be used, cars for Mr. VanderbUt'S QM only will be constructed. Millionaire Makes Offer to Trustees of St. Viateur's College. No definite plans have been reached tor the rebuilding of St. Viateur's col­ lege at Bourbonnais, which was de­ stroyed by fire recently. Work on the new $40,000 alumni hall will be rushed, however, in order that the building may be used as a dormitory and recitation hall. Most of the stu­ dents have left for their homes, pupils Of the lower branches being dismissed for the remainder of the school year. Father Cannon of Urbana and Father Durkln of Rantoul have offered the college trustees $50,000 In cash and twelve acres of land near Urbana as a Site for the college, the offer being made in behalf of an Urbana million­ aire, whose name is kept secret. The offer is being considered, but it is gen­ erally thought the college will remain in Bourbonnais. A bran^ih, may tie built at Urbana. however, - /, I ^ DIVIDED ON PRIMARY tAWCXiE Report That Supreme Court Is in Hopeless Deadlock. According to reports emanating from the state house the Illinois Su­ preme court, which has just adjourned to court in course, is irrevocably tied up on the primary election law case. The court is said to be evenly divided ~-3 to 3--on the question of the law's constitutionality. The seventh member of the court--Justice James B. Ricks of Taylorville--has been seriously ill for months, and it is doubtful if he will be able to consider the case be­ fore his term of office expires. In which event there is no likelihood of a decision at the April term even, un­ less one of the justices changes his opinion. Before adjourning to court in course, a brief statement was made to the effect that it had been hoped to decide the case at the present term, but owing to conditions it was impas­ sible to do so. DYNAMITE KILLS TWO CANNtMs Workmen Put Explosive Into Pail of Water to Thaw It Out. ' An explosion of a stick of dynamite St the new canning factory at Mc­ Henry resulted In the death of two men and injuries to eight others. The dead: John Hill, Cleveland, Ohio, killed Instantly; William Phelan Nfc- Henry, bled to death. The injured: Elmer Dewey, Hartford, Wis., one leg blown off, injured about head and face, will die; Oliver Moore, McHenry, ankle smashed; Clarence Cobb, Mc­ Henry, legs, body and face bruised; Frank Cobb, McHenry, back sprained; Ray Lamphere, McHenry, legs bruised; Chares Geske, McHenry, face bruised; Charles Phelan, McHenry, hip bruised; Thomas Powers, McHenry, legs and face bruised. The accident waB caused by John Hill putting the stick of dynamite into a pail of water to thaw it out. Diphtheria and Smallpox. Black diphtheria is prevalent In Woodford county. Two deaths have occurred and six patients are in a crit­ ical condition. Physicians refuse to attend the victims and families are. burying their own dead. Colfax is concerned over the increase in small* pox, seventeen cases being quaran­ tined. The disease was investigated by a state health officer. State Board Seeks Sweeping Reforms in Methods Employed. The state board of health is endeav­ oring to secure sweeping reforms in the methods jot disinfection after an outbreak of contagious and infectious diseases. In spite of the fact that the board has given wide publicity since 1898 to the fact a vast majority, of the for­ maldehyde generators in common use are worthless many of the health of­ ficers in the state have continued to use antedated apparatus or have pur­ chased new devices, which are equally Ineffective. In beginning to crusade against in­ effective disinfection, the board has sent out circular letters to the health officers throughout the state calling upon them to abandon apparatus now in use and to adopt methods which will give the people some guarantee of safety. : > Stress is laid upon the uselessness of lamps for the production of for­ maldehyde from wood alcohol and generators which evolve formaldehyde form a solution of formalin under pressure. Particularly objectionable is the apparatus which directs gas through a keyhole into infected rooms, apparatus which is as useless as com­ plicated and expensive. In the communication sent to the health officers all methods of formal­ dehyde disinfection are condemned, with the exception of one which has occupied the attention of the board for several months. This method is a simple combination of formaldehyde solution with permanganate of potash, without any special apparatus, by which all forms of bacteria and dis­ ease germs are destroyed quickly and absolutely under wide range of atmos­ pheric conditions and with wide range of temperature. Many experiments conducted in the laboratory of the board have proved the process unvaryingly effective. The chemicals used are Inexpensive and no apparatus is required except a large pail or vessel such as may be found in any household. The-state board of health will wage a determined warfare upon the meth­ ods now In use and will make every effort to secure the -adoption of the simple process. MINE WORKERS REJECT PLANS Heads Waterways Commission. At a meeting of the internal im­ provement commission at Springfield Isham Randolph of Chicago was elect­ ed president. This is a com­ mission appointed by Governor Deneen under an act of the last legislature to report at the next session on the feasibility of the deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. Ouats Assistant Attorney. Mayor Tolson of Peoria has outed Assistant City Attorney McNeemer from office. While the real trouble dates back to a clash with the city attorney's office last spring, the im­ mediate cause was the action of Mc- neemer in refusing to prosecute two cases against saloonkeepers charged with harboring slot machines. Vote Down Project A to Increase Sal­ aries and to Create a New Office. At the state convention of the United Mine Workers of America at Springfield several delegates Bpok« in favor of raising salaries of state officers in case the miners secured an Increase in the scale this year. President Perry strongly opposed the project. Accordingly the subject wai dropped. In behalf of the hoisting engineers, wfiose association was ab­ sorbed by tHe ' Miners' ' organization last year, a resolution was Introduced to create the office of second vie# president of the miners' state organ­ ization, this office to be filled by a hoisting engineer. The convention voted the resolution down* "is* ' r 1'* IrtTHft Decision on Inheritance TS^ The Supreme court at Springfield decided that residuary legacies muBt | pay their share of inheritance tax im mediately after the death of the testa­ tor and not at the end of a period ol trust. The decision, which wab given in the matter of the estate of Martin Kingman of Peoria, is considered im­ portant In view of the number of big estates where wills have provided for holding intact all or a part of the property for a period of years. The will of Mr. Kingman provided that a certain amount of life Insurance and residue of the estate be held intact for ten years. The Peoria county court ruled that the inheritance tax should be paid at once and the Supreme court sustains the ruling. Quarantine at Co!fax. As a result of an increase in the number of smallpox cases the Mayor of Colfax has ordered the postmaster to cease forwarding any mail front Colfax. Every effort is being made to enforce a rigid quarantine and pre­ vent additional spread of the con­ tagion. Stove Polish Explodes. Martha Albrecht of Collinsvllle, 12 years old, was burned by an explosion of stove polish while blacking the kitchen range for her mother, Mrs. Ernst Albrecht. Her left arm and hand suffered the most. Judge Denies Injunction. Judge Grier, In the Circuit court at Galesburg denied he application of the National Life Insurance company of Chicago for a "temporary Injunction to restrain Dr. Watson and Attorney W. H. Atwood, who have begun suit in Des Moines for a receiver for the company, from sending out alleged de­ famatory letters to other policy hold­ ers to enlist them in the litigation. Judge Grier held that, while "the letter was libelous and defamatory, a court of equity could not interfere with its circulation, but that the company had a remedy at law in a suit for libel. Dentists iElect Officers. ' . The Central Illinois district tVntw! society held a meeting in Pana, which closed with a banquet. President Hoover of Shelbyville made the prin­ cipal address. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, Dr. J. D. Reld of Pana: vice president, Dr. C. H. West of Farina; secretary, Dr. W. M. Shaw of Taylorville; treas­ urer, Dr. T. T. Baker of Litchfield; librarian, E. P. Ames of Shelbyville. The next meeting will be held at Shelbyville on the last Tuesday in September. New National Bank. Application has been made to the comptroller of currency at Washing­ ton for the organization of a new na­ tional bank in Nashville, to be known as the Farmers and Merchants' Na­ tional bank. A number of prominent capitalists are back of the vqpture. Cumberland County Convention. _ At a meeting of the Republican cen­ tral committee of Cumberland county, held at Toledo., it was decided to hold the county convention on Thursday, May S. Select Basebsll Manager. The owners 0/ the Mattoon-Charles- ton ball team have signed a contract with John Berryhill, of Lebanon, Ind., to manage the team, which is a mem­ ber of the "Kitty" I eaarue: Mr. Berry- hill will begin Immediately to sign players. Retail Hardware Dealers. The eighth annual meeting and ex­ hibition of the Illinois Retail Hard­ ware association closed at Chicago. There were 160 exhibitors and 100 of them were from down state. Officers elected for the epsulng year were as follows: President. Frank M. McKen- ney, Rockford; vice president, Fred Glassing, East St. Louis; secretary: I eon D. Nlsh. Elgin; treasurer. H. E. Gnadt, Chicago. A resolution was adopted approving President Roose­ velt's policy In regard to trusts and railroad rate legislation,' Falling Scaffold Kills Two. «|)y the fall of a scaffold Charles Al­ exander was killed and Jesse Fisher fatally hurt at the Mueller factory at Decatur. The men were on a scaffold making electrical connections when the structure fell. «-- Postman Carries Food and Water to Woman in Fortified House. The United States mails were used Wednesday to deliver food and water to Miss Belle Bishop, who since Sun­ day has been besieged by the police In the fashionable rooming-house of which she is proprietor. Miss Bishop stands guard, with the doors and win­ dows nailed shut, and threatens to shoot the first officer who enters. On the second day of the siege the drink Ing water in the house gave out, and Attorney William H. Hairgrove at­ tempted to deliver water to his cli­ ent. The police interfered, and the attorney took out a warrant charging assault and had a deputy sheriff serve it, thus precipitating a clash between city and county authorities. The as­ sault case went oyer until April, and then the attorney asked an injunction, but failed to get it, and finally resort­ ed to the malls. Miss Bishop offers to surrender and appear in court if the police will promise not to enter the upper rooms of the house. It Is rumored that the daughter of a bank­ er of a near-by town la an occupant Of the place. ; HEAVY TRANSFERS OF OIL LAND Hundreds of Acres Change "Hajidt in Vicinity of Robinson. Probably the largest real estftte land deal ever recorded in Robinson was made by Robert Wood, who sold 460 acres of land to a syndicate of ten. The land is in the center of the oil and gas field, west of Robinson. Con­ sideration was $28,899 cash. The syndicate consists of A. P. Wood- worth, president of the First National bank; P. G. Bradberry, Willis York. F. L. Dewey, John York, A. Lefever, Da­ vid Odell, Henry Wirt, S. Sears, and Robert Woods retaining one share. Another deal was made by A. L. Le- mar, southwest of the city, of 160 acres, to Judge E. E. Mewlin and John Ledbetter; consideration, $9,400 cash. 'This 1b also in the oil field. These lands have doubled In value in the last sixty days. - • j Frisbie Quits Lincoln Asylum. 1 Dr. R. S. Frisbie, who for several years has been assistant superintend­ ent of the asylum for feeble-minded at Lincoln, has tendered his resignation to Governor Deneen, but Will remain at the institution until his place Is filled under the civil service act. Charges recently were made against the doctor, but an investigation by the state board of charities proved the Al­ legations groundless. : Charles Joe, keeper of a Chinese restaurant at Qulncy, was shot and killed by a Chinaman named Ong Hong. Ong Hong has been sick, and says hfr kHled Joe because he was pay­ ing his physician to give"*tfttt, poison­ ous drugs and get him out of the Way. Ong Hong's mind has evidently been affected by illness, ss Charles Joe had given him free board and paid for his medical attention. Pullman Company Loses Suit. ! William T. Darden has been glven!a verdict of $275 In a suit at McLeans- boro against the Pullman company for $1 999. Darden was ejected from a Pullman sleeper while on his way from Topeka to Wichita, Kan., a the­ atrical company claiming the car. Dar­ den was ordered out by the theatrical people. The trainmen offered to guard him, but instead Darden took his trou­ bles Into court. Three Weddings in One Family. Albert J. Fisher was married to Ross Kaiser at Freeport, Feb. 21. At the same time a brother, WUUanr. Fisher, was married to Sadie Kaiser a sister of the other bride. Feb. 22, C. Fred Kaiser, the father of the girls, married Mrs. Margaret Fisher,, the mother of the two grooms. The triple wedding creates much Interest The principals are well kne*a and wealthy, y Mine Managers Elect Officers. The National Association of Mine Managers, at their ninth annual con­ vention at Springfield. elected Homer Newcomb of Pana as president and William Scalfe of Springfield as secre­ tary-treasurer. The action of the In­ dianapolis convention In refusing to sign the present scale was indorsed by the mine workers' convention. The vote was unanimous. Free of Murder Charge, n The trial of Frank Cooper, James Young and Harry Walters for the mur der of Charles Smith of the Two Johns company ended at Danville, when a verdict of not guilty was brought in. Cooper was later fined for carrying concealed weapons, but the fine was remitted. . 1 • Married Fifty six Years. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Dalby of Mat- toon celebrated the fifty-sixth anni­ versary of their marriage Wadnesday. Mr. Dalby has been pastor of the Bethel Predestlnaiian church for for­ ty-eight years. Refused Pension, Takes Poison. Having failed to secure a penslofl because the War Department had dis covered he was a deserter from a New York regiment In the civil war, Will iam H.' Miller committed suicide at Rockford by taking laudanum. Train Kills College Professor. .Vw, F. Aydelot of Marshall, 76 year? old, was Instantly killed by Vandali? train No. 27 while walking on thf track abcut a mile north of town. For many years he was a teacher at Chris­ tian college, Alma. Kil e Hirrsetf With Shotgun. John Bowman. 50 years old, a prom­ inent farmer near Pana, committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun. He placed the gun in a vice, attached a string to the trigger, stood before the muzzle and pulled the trig- ger. Offer Site tor Pythian Home. Alton: Knights of Pythias have selected a committee of twenty-one to promote the interests of Alton In the adoption of a site for tlM proposed state Pythlai home. Wedding Bells Have Just Rung for ii-.'-.-is si So/>/>-e CAjr?i/tc The German people subscribed be-t tween $10,000,000 and $12,000.C00 for I new hospitals and other charitable ! works in honor of the silver wedding anniversary of Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria, which was marked Feb. 27 by the wedding of4 Prince Eitel Fritz. ' * Their majesties announced several months ago that they would not re­ ceive any presents from their sub­ jects on the occasion of their silver wedding. They urged all who con­ templated a wedding gift to give the money to charitable enterprises. The result was almost unparalleled.' In German history. Municipalities, NEW TREATMENT OF CRIMINAL Woman to Work Ci:t Reformation in ' Salvation Army. A little paragraph In th^ public press this week points to an import­ ant and significant event in our social history. Twelve years ago a woman committed murder In a fit of Jealousy. She has been In prison ever since. Now the Home Office, desirous that the woman should be given a chance of retrieving a broken life, has taken the initiative in offering to hand over the woman to the care of the Salva­ tion Arm?'. She will be placed in one of the Army's country homes, and will remain entirely under the supervision of that organization, which will also be responsible for her maintenance. This is a new experiment in the refor­ mation of criminals, and one which it is intended to repeat in the case of other unfortunate persons, who are not necessarily criminal In their in­ clinations, but have lost their liberty through evil chance or circumstance. ---London Mail. Wanted Merry Men in Camp. ' Dr. William Henry Drummond, the poet of the French Canadians, has given up his medical practice and gone Into copper mining in the dom­ inion. Part of his duty recently was to engage a number of workmen. In doing so he astonished everybody by a radical departure from old-time methods. After asking soifre more o? less perfunctory questions regarding a candidate's ability as a miner he Inquired: "Can you play the fiddle or concertina? Do you dance or sing?" It was noticed that unless the man could give affirmative reply to at least two of these questions he stood small chance of getting work. The wisdom of Dr. Drummond's course became apparent when It developed that near­ ly all the men he engaged were good Humored fellows whose happy spirits kept the mining camp In pence. fr "JC* /"rfti i«, tZ/nj. VtMUtm- mercantile companies and private in­ dividuals poured out money for char- ity. As a result 100 new hospitals or. extensions to new. hospitals have been dedicated. , The wedding of Prince Eitel Frttx |; and the Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg was almost a replica of that of the crown prince and crown princess last June. The. Duchess ; Sophie, as part of the pageant, enter­ ed Berlin on the evening of Feb. 26. • proceeding through a flower and ban­ ner bedecked way to the castle,;.' where the emperor, surrounded by his family and numerous German ' princes, welpomed her. J KEEP SOCIETY WOMEN POSTED. Girls Make Good Incomes Acting as "Book Digesters." Hair a* dozen e'ever girls in New York are earning substantial incomes as "book digesters." Each of them has for her clientele women too busy with social engagements to find time for reading, yet who wish to keep abreast of current -literature. The "digester" carefully follows note­ worthy publications in fiction, art, science, history or religion. Once' or twice a week she calls at the housed of a "client" to review the contents of the books read. She is carefnl to memorize any epigram or witty say­ ing that her client might introduce ef­ fectively in conversation. "It is re­ markable how little leisure some wom- men have," said a Vassar graduate, who has adopted the new calling.' "They can seldom give me a half hour all to myself. I am asked to call at 'he same hour as the hairdresser, the manicure or the chiropodist, and in specially gay seasons all three of these attendants may be at work upon her while I sit at a little distance and post her upon current books." ; , . •>s 3; What Kansas Owes the Hen Nightingales, larks, swan* an3 «uch poetic fowl have been hal!«*d and hymned until the world U '.*ry weafy of them. Where Is (he robuat Ameri­ can bard who will write higli with joyous pen the harmless), necessary hen? Why do our children read ubout those fabulous geese of the Roman capital? The hens of Kansas are worthier subjects. Here Is one year's work of them: $7,226,111 worth of eggs, which, as a Kansas economist does well to remind the world, is In­ terest at 5 per cent on $144,522,220. To say nothing of "broilers" and oth­ er by-products. Kansas hens make more money for Kansas than do her sheep, wool, barley, flax, fruit, sor­ ghum, oats, potatoes. The hen should be the bird of Kansas as th^ eagle is the bird of freedom.--Everybody's Magazine. Senator's Expert Knowledge, Senator Foraker, while debating the pure food bill, was getting warm on| the subject of fusel oil In whisky. He had submitted to several interruptions and his patience waa about exhausted when Senator Tillman asked him a question. The Ohio man replied some­ what pettishly, whereupon Tillman said: "1 was head barkeeper down In South Csrollna when the dispen­ sary system was inaugurated, and ! know what 1 am talking about," Mr, Foraker allowed him to go on, and In five minutes the 8outh*"T.cr made good hi* and had shown that lu< was the best posted man la the senai'. on the niakiiia of whlaky, and Kid silenced every body, Foraker In. iiuleri. "I am not iiuu li of a sharp on the taste of whisky, but I know all about the making of It," he ended triumphantly, and no one mmiU sap htm nay. IJ) • ! Fortunes Made from Lotteries; ' A man was brought before Magis­ trate Corne'.l In New York the other day charged with selling lottery tick­ ets. His honor held him for trial, at the same time saying: "It may seem surprising, but I know that some of the wealthiest families in New York, who are now mingling in high society, accumulated their fortune^ through lottery." Magistrate Cornell told what he knew about lottery and how men who had secured fortunes by means of it were today educating their children in Harvard. Vassar and other colleges. He said that h«Tknew what he was talking about and could point these pers-ons out. Judge Wanted to Know. At one of the p:roVlvn c!n!>s the other evening a' prcnlnent rea! estate operator*"was d^scrihins? the ln-au:ies of a certain tract of land out on 1 ons Island which he had just purchased. A certain judge, vho is now a mem­ ber of fhe Appellee Division of the Supreme Court, and who is noted for his drv humor, wis standing n?ar by listening and while Questions Were being as'e3 about th<? property in question he ouie'ly and^ innocently in­ quired. ">re thero any sewers on the property?"'--Erooklyn Eagle. ..J German Ambassador Popular."' Baron Speck Von Sternburg, Ger­ man ambassador to this country, la one of the most popular members of the foreign set In Washington. He is approachable, democratic and prob­ ably knows more of American insti­ tutions than any other diplomat from abroad. He is a constant visitor at the White House and frequently ac­ companies the president on long walks or horseback rides. The friendship between President Roosevelt and Baron Von Sternburg began years ago when they were both young men and holding humbler positions in the Ser­ vice of their governments. Mr. Roose-r velt was at that time a member of the civil service commission, while Von Sternburg was an under secretary )r the German legation. • ' - ^ • 4 ^3* I Eminent Preacher Recuperating. Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage of New York, pastor of the Church of the Mes­ siah. has retired from the active dut­ ies of the pastorate for a few weeks and is now resting at Redlands, Cal„ where his son has a charge. Mr. , Savage is with him. Dr. Savage^ while in need of much rest and quiet, is not alarmingly 111. He may be able to take up his work again in a month or two. Rev. Robert Collyer. who re­ tired as the active head of the Chnrch of the Messiah some time ago, .will attend the pastoral duties until. Dr. Savage returns. Beardless Angefs. j The question of beardless angels . was long since settled by a distin­ guished prelate, the Rt. Rev. Richard ; H. Wilmer, late bishop of Alabama, I who was remarkable at once for his ! pletv and his humor. When some oae ^ I asked htm why it was that the pie- } turps and figures of men angels, as ' well ps femi'e angels, were represent- j ed w ithout beards, the bishop replied that it seemed to be easy enough to I make arpels cut of women, but that 4{'C I man could only get into heaves by i "close shave."--Modern W01 Cld Liquors Cffered for Sale. A Washington r^encher has. adver­ tised a gale of Harri't 1 are Johnston's stock of whls'ry. fc'rs. Johns on, as the bes>::tif-.'l Harr!°t I fe, was the tai3tre<-s oNthe White House in the adniin'stra'i^n.o? President Buchanan whose »iec" wis. The prssilent's private s:ock cf llo"6rs was ve-uc\\tV ed to fce". Appar?n ".y It wi? never rf.eceis^d very nei'eh in h?r rf.vM"ne. The s'e-k now offered for sii" c®v -ri->•-<* t^»t ~ ere ta the Houa« celars In Buchanans 4ay. Improvement" in Train Servie*> For some years engines have been takisg wa er without stopping, and mcil cars have been picking mail sacks from [ort^ without si much as a pause. Now an arpliance for coal­ ing engines withont shopping hs»* been Invented, and experiments w!th it are s;»M to hive been satisfactory. The next inapto-.-ement to save the nmrir'g time o' trates wKl be a de- vf'e frr thro • irg ntssrnrrers on board aad cJT withoet pMc. Record. 5^