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M.;4 W* " . T . , , , • * -* -•» wm - Vf ,< f s / v v ~f " "J *" - ̂Couple of Scarecrows By PHILIP VERWLL MIGHELS IBS (Copyright, br Joseph B. BowIm.) i Leslie Forrest went to bed a peaceful bomad, and awoke a rebellious farm­ er. At first he knew nothing at ail of the germ of war that slumbered under the ample folds of his yellow pajamas. s He lay in his bed reflecting, a letter s> In his band, and his knees upheaving the oov&let to form two rival fugl- yamas. "Your uncle James is dead, and you are his heir to the Black Oaks farm--" ,was all he had read of the letter. Visions of meadow and stream, ot hillsides cool beneath majestic trees, the gray of a lichen-feathered wall, o'ergrown with berry brambles, the wide-spreading house, outstretching arms of hospitality, and the cursing path that skirted the ancient well on Its way to the veteran gate--that never Chut, but merely stood knee-deep in the grass--came over his mind from B "barefoot" time of long ago. This mood was merely reminiscent, however, and not at all to be con­ strued as a consent to become the own­ er of a farm. "On the whole," he ruminated, Scratching at the bottom of his foot, «tnd thereby causing a fearsome com­ motion among the coverlet fuglyamas, •'the place is good to have, if only for a home--a sort $f retreat. And then if ever I should get married-- Well, let's see what the rest of it says." ^ He resumed his letter: ' "Heir to the Black Oak farm, includ- In the Hilltop addition and a legacy of f25,000, provided you marry Abigail Umatilla Smeethers, a much-removed family connection. In the event of your fefusal to wed the said Abigail, etc., you to inherit the Black Oaks and she to have the Hilltop addition and leg­ acy-- "Now, hang Abigail Utility Smither­ eens!" ejaculated Forrest, bounding out of bed and sweeping the coverlet fugiyamas into space in a tidal wave of blankets and sheets. "It's perfectly Idiotic! It's the kind of stuff you read about! Abigail Curlpapers Gl-idyr greets! No, you don't, uncle Jeems, not on your daguerrotype. She can fiave the Hilltop addition, and-- Now [Why in thunder did he have to give ber the whole bank? Twenty-Jive thou-- I tlflnk I'd like--but no!--not iwlth Abigail. No, Abby, go thy (Smeethers ways, in peace and curl' papers!" He danced the prelude of a marvol- trns snakentine gyration, and sat him (down on the edge of the bed to scratch at the bottom of his foot again, the rebellion was started and working (BrcII, "Heigho!" he mused, as with hands fin his knees, he looked with wink.ess eyes on the common design of the car­ pet It's just the luck--it always goes about that way--and just as a fel­ low is actually taking an interest in the loveliest girl in the universe, and begins to think he'd like to settle flown. Here he grew quite aa sentimental And retrospective as is possible to any <inan in pajamas.- \ "Wasn't 6he charming!" lie ex? Claimed, in delight. "Such dearbiown eyes! Such hair--it looked like what? •--like raven-colored skeins of silk. Buch spirit and genius of expressing berself. And yet a touch of sadness, <00. I wonder why she wouldn't Idance--she said she liked it Well, perhaps we made better progress at getting acquainted as it was." j He was silent a moment. ' t "Miss Rockland--rather fin$. I.Won- Her what her first name is? And I don't know where she lives, or any­ thing about her. That's the trouble jfcrith a formal introduction at a hop, imyway." ! Slowly Investing himself in conven­ tional attire, and fluctuating between rhapsodies on his unknown queen, and railleries on Abigail, Forrest went off to his breakfast at last. Later he took the boat for Cornfield and the Black Oaks farm. ;i i "I'll look the place over for a couple Of weeks," said he, "and then I'm gring to hunt Miss Rockland up, or squander toy youth and fortune in the effort' I' Three large crows were stalking about and cawing in a field *h»n be­ longed to the Hilltop addition one anorning as Forrest came forth from bis farmhouse. He saw them out o: the corner of his eyeB, the same way that he saw the woman who walked about the place from time to time. I That Abigail would come to fetch him liway, or, maybe, that he should inad­ vertently wander down through the ivale into her possessions and there be Itrapped and wed in spite of himself, jwas a constant fear with Forrest. { Abigail,' hS reflected, appeared ag- gressflve, progressive, and acquisitive. Bhe walked about her acres on the op­ posite hill with a certain vigor and Bure-footedness that were very sag gestive, he thought. 1 On her head, she wore a bonnet that looked like a section of blue stovepipe, and hid her face as if it were deep In a tunnel and peering forth. This, and the calico dress, secured at the waist loosely, were "ear-marks" of an Abi­ gail every time, the young man assert , 1 As tie glanced at the crows this par­ ticular morning, he saw her come and frighted them away. They alighted across the creek in his field of oats. "Tut, tut, Abby!" he said aloud, banker not for crow." When she turned, he went to the hill and heaved a rock at the birds. TUej settled again oil the Hilltop property whence, in half-an-bour, Abigail ^shooed" them again to the field of her neighbor. , "Confound her Impudence!" Mid Forrest. "I don't care now if she doe; eee me. I'll go right down now *nd bounce her saucy black scoundrels. |6he was standing in her fWd wilfully '"No, I don't care if she does see me," be repeated. But perhaps he did, at least, in that particular garb, for he donfced a ragged coat and a crumDied bat before proceeding along the hill "I think, maybe, she won't be #0 an*- lews to get me," he mused, "It ah* I thinks I'm a blooming hobo." | But why should the spirit of Forrest be proud? The woman across the way was so very far from wanting to get CTCu to avoid fields if She thought hiai abroad in his. She trem­ bled dally lest he come to her door, or across the ereek, to pour a $25,000 tale of love and adoration in ber startled ears. She had long before cm- cluded, with every indication of logic, that she hated this person, suggested as he was in the will of her ancient distant relation, yclept Uncle James, as a suitable future husband. And now, to add further insult to the injury caused by his presence on the opposite farm, he drove his wretched crows in­ to every field she had. This specified morning found her flushed, angry and determined, hence her obstinate stand against the birds. "Oh! oh! my Abbyl* chuckled For­ rest, "you undertake to make a scare­ crow of yourself, I see. Well, my dot­ ing Glddygreens, I should very much enjoy removing my hat in acknow­ ledgement of your eminent fitness, only I fear you'd think me proposing. But if you can be a scarewoman, I can also be a scareman, which same kind­ ly remember." He planted himself on the slope, sad the crows went off In dismay. Then stood the two, distantly glaring at each other, and telegraphing hate- messages along the filmy lines of web that spiders had stretched between. "This will never do," mused Forrost. "I'll fetch a proxy, that'll make her wild." Forthwith he proceeded to build a regulation scarecrow, of mas­ culine mein, that flapped its sleeves in the wind in a vacuous ecstacy. ' Was Abigail so disconcerted? No, not Abigail. She caused to be erected a female scarecrow, on the hill i'nat was hers, with a bonnet on its head, and a string about its slender, unbend­ ing waist. It too waved its armless sleeves. Now was a strange duet enacted, that was wrought by the zephyr thai wafted through the vale of the creek and weaved about the hills. Toying with the scarecrows from behind, the breeze would lift the sleeves, first oi the scarewoman, next of the man, and extend them forth towards each other, on the hills, in a shocking and palpa­ ble invitation to "come." If the zephy* were strong it would lean the scate- man forward and nod his head in gal­ lantry, and then go about and bend the woman sweetly, and move her bonnet in a manner quite coquettish. To eay that the owners of the figures were indignant would be utterly inad­ equate, they were right down mad and outraged. They were also ashamed 10 pull the wooing figures down, for thai would be indeed a confession that the spooning antics had been noticed. At the end of a week the zephyr had loosened the joints of the scare-couple to such an extent that their frantic ef­ forts to embrace across'the vale were nearly equalled by their shameless bowing and scraping from morning till night. Abigail meditated flight. thought . of suicide, and of across in the night to do a violence on the scarewoman, with an ax. . "As soon as the hay is in," he mut­ tered, "I'll get away from this and g) to seek Miss Rockland." Early one morning, while the vari­ ous preliminaries of a thunderstorm were being completed, young Boreas, the blustering brother of Zephyr, came tearing up the creek-vale and issued forth at the top as a whirlwind, i&at scudded hither and yon, and upt the hills and down. When he had gofle '.he landscape was utterly innocent of scare-people--hats, bonents, and aft. Forrest was late upon the scene. "Thank goodness!" he said aloud, ' the storm pulled the scare-Abby out by the roots.-" Then he added, as he took in the lay of the country, "Hello! the doggone wind has leveled our Beau Brummel, too. He walked to the place where the beau had flourished and found only a hole in the ground. Down to the creek and through en­ folding willows Forrest went. Coming at length to a little clearing, he leaped the brook--to find himself face to face with Abigail, who likewise sought her departed "crow." What!" he cried, "you--Miss Rock­ land!" Oh--why--yon--Mr. Leslie?" shs answered. My name Is Leslie Forrest," then said he, his face aglow with pleasan; emotions. "Oh! and mine--is Umatilla Rock­ land Smeethers--but I--I sometimes leave off the latter part," she said; and a merry twinkle anil a blush began at her eyeB and went all over her witch­ ing countenance. Glancing towards the willows, in embarrassment, perhaps, the two young people suddenly discovered tho scareman and the scarewoman, stand­ ing together against the trees, an arm- lesB sleeve of the beau flabbily wrapped about the lady's waist, and her bonnet drooping coyly. Forrest slipping personal COLORADO HANGING LAKE. t>7 Wonderful Monument Seared Dame Nature in Her Own , Honor. W Our Springfield Letter CIVE THE BOY A ROOM, Let the Boy Have a Batrest of 82s V Which He May Arrang#*»y , Suit His Own Tastes. I " Special CerrwipOBdwl Write* of Thisgs o€ SnSereet at the Stat* Capital. • m" Even the least contemplative mind cannot fall to be impressed upon be­ holding wonderful Hanging Lake in Colorado, a monument which nature has reared in her own honor, and all In her quiet way with, perhaps, not even an Indian or a cliff-dweller to applaud, writes George L. Beam, in Four-Track News. While mortals out in the world have been struggling for existence, while the Napoleons have been carrying on wholesale murder, while the Michael Angelos have been painting, while the Shakespeares and the Chaucers have been writing, while the Sir Launcelots have been jousting and the Neros misruling, during all these periods In our civilization, high up in the fastnesses of the Rocky mountains this silvery stream has been peacefully pursuing its way down its little gulch, tumbling over the rocks, striking obstacles of fallen trees and boulders, upon which it has deposited its ever-increasing crust, forming its peculiar basin, doing nature's bidding in the production of this wonderful monument; all seemingly for the ben­ efit of those occasional visitors who at the present day see fit to make the trip up the Grand river qoayon, to the* 1 "Hanging Lake." ' Springfield.--Members of the railroad and warehouse commission met in this city and agreed on a final reduction to be made in the rate case which has been pending before the body for some time. The order of the commission makes a ten per cent, reduction ou the sixth class and eight per cent, reduc­ tion on tho seventh class. No material reduction is made on the eighth, ninth and tenth classes. Ten per cent, reduc­ tion is made on .wheat, grain, lumber, salt, coal and hogs. The matter of freight reduction was brought before the commission several years ago by the Quincy freight bureau and other shippers throughout the state. After several hearings and a large mass of evidence had been taken the case was taken under advisement fey the com­ mission. Later the matter again was taken up on the motion of H. J. Ham­ lin, representing the Retail Merchants* association. Soon after this hearing it was given out by the commission that a general reduction of 20 per cent, on the present schedule of maximum rates would be the order of the com­ mission. The railroads objected; to this order, in so far as it affected the last five classes, the contention of the railroads being that such a sweeping reduction would be disastrous to the companies and would place the rates in Illinois lower than in the adjoining states. A large force of experc ac­ countants then was employed under the direction of the commission to ascertain, if possible, what the exact average rate was in Indiana and Iowa, the two states used in making compar­ isons with the Illinois rates. This work was done 4n a careful and pains­ taking ma&ner, and at the conclusion was pronounced by the freight experts to be the best set of comparative fig­ ures ever gotten together. It is said the railroad officials themselves were surprised at some of the figures shown. Taking these figures for a basis, the Illinois commission has adopted a schedule of maximum rates which It believes Is fair to the shippers and railroads alike. The commission spent a great deal of time in considering the long and short haul rate and in its opinion these rates in Illinois, com­ pared with the long and short haul rate in other states, has been of great benefit to all shippers in the state by allowing the railroads to make joint through rates, something which the other states have not been able to en­ joy. In view of this fact, all .shippers in Illinois have access to almost any part of the state on a low rate basis. This concludes a long and hard fought contest between the shippers and rail­ roads, and, while, in some instances, the reductions made may seem large, they are, in the main, as fair as can be. Epworth League State Convention. Arrangements are being perfected for the ninth annual state convention of the Epworth league, which will be held at Danville, June 28 to July 1. The provisional programme Is out and while it is subject to change, the four days' session will be carried out prac­ tically as given below. A large dele­ gation from Springfield will attend. On Friday afternoon, June 29, Presi­ dent James, L. Loar, of Bloomington, will read the discussion on the topic The State and the District Work," and at this time a report will be made by John W. Perry, of Springfield, pres­ ident of the Springfield district league, on the advancement of the work in his territory. Those districts chosen to report are given this distinction be­ cause of the greatest advance in the work of the league and that the Spring­ field district should be accorded this privilege is a special mark of honor. The city of Danville is making prep­ arations to entertain 1,500 delegates and visitors during the sessions* , , Light Men to Meet in Springfield/ The Illinois Electric Light and Gas association will meet in Springfield September 19-20 next. Emil Schmidt, general manager of the public utilities of Springfield, who is a member of the executive committee, returned from Chicago, where he induced the com­ mittee to select this fcity as the next theetlng place. Some of the members of the committee were in favor of Chicago as the meeting place. The convention was held last year in Peoria. David Davis, of Litchfield, is president, and H. E. Ohubbuck, of La Salle, is secretary. Court Session Kept Secret. Some mystery attaches to a session of the Illinois supreme court June 7. The court entered order in a case In which Attorney General Stead is Interested, but all information regard­ ing the matter was suppressed. Chief Justice Scott said that it is not the usual practice erf the court to suppress matters, but in defense of the course taken said it was in interest of jus­ tice. Aside from Chief Justice Scott, the members of the court who were present at the meeting were Jus­ tices Hand, Boggs and Cartwright. The fact that Attorney General Stead was present at the court's meeting was taken to signify that the state was deeply interested in the matter. There were rumors of a short­ age in some state office, but these lacked verification from any quarter. In this con&ectlon it was suggested that the supreme court may have been called on to issue a bench warrant. Other ru­ mors dealt with the possibility of the These, likewise, were without cohflr- mation. The rumor-makers even brought the Chicago packers into the mystery. It was said that they may have come to Springfield in an effort to tie the hands of the Chicago health and building officials. This theory was given little credence The supreme court's action related, it is said, to a lawyer who is suspected of "doctoring" a record. This offense renders him Mable to dlsbarmejll^ i r National Guard Orders. "Illinois national guard orders: Fol­ lowing elections confirmed--Chauncey Dewey, to be first lieutenant company B, First infantry, vice Buten; William A. Whiteside, to be captain company E, Fourth infantry, Golconda; Wil­ liam G. Boulden, to be first lieutenant company E, Fourth Infantry; James H. Lang, to be second lieutenant com­ pany E, Fourth infantry; Richard E. Sands, to be first lieutenant company M, Fourth infantry, Champaign, vice Roloff; Sidney Coren, to be second lieutenant company M, Fourth In­ fantry; Chester E. Inskijfc, to be first lieutenant company K, Dflavan, Fifth infantry, vice Warne. The resignation of First Lieutenant Charles F. Rlnker, company M, Third infantry, accepted. The following-named enlisted dis­ charged: Hospital corps Fifth infan­ try, Decatur, honorably; Roscoe Red­ man »iiu Commodore James, company M, Fifth Infantry, Canton, honorably; Private Pleasant Negley. Springfield Gets Convention. Springfield was decided upon as file place for holding the Republican state convention at the meeting of the state central committee. Aside from fixing the place for meeting and adopting a resolution ratifying the new primary law, the gathering was without inci­ dent The task of -fixing the date for the state delegates to meet was taken from the committeemen by the new law, which says that both the Repub­ licans and Democrats shall nominate a state ticket Tuesday, August 21. The meeting was called to order by Chair­ man Roy O. West, of Chicago. A committee composed of Dr. J. A. Wheeler, of Auburn; Roy O. West, of Chicago; W. Scott Cowen, of Chicago; J. R. Comley and Sheriff James Pease, of Cook county, was named to appor­ tion delegates for the various counties. Dunkards Hurt in Wreck. A number of Dunkards en route from Cedar Rapids and other points in Iowa to Springfield to attend the national convention of German Baptists or Dunkards, were injured in a railroad wreck. The accident occurred at Forest City, 111. The injured were brought to f&e Springfield hospital. Senatorial Campaign Continues. There is to be no abatement fa the campaign for United States senator, though berth the friends of Richard Yates and the Cullom managers ex­ press the greatest confidence in regard to the situation. The former governor will continue his speaking campaign and will spend several weeks more in going to the people. The Cullom man­ agers will continue the work of or­ ganization which was Interrupted by the faulty primary law. Advocates Religious Instruction The educational meeting of thr iW^ tlonal convention of German Baptist Brethren was held at Sprlnfigeld in the Coliseum at the state fair grounds. President W. B. Young, of Bridgewa- ter college, Virginia, spoke of the ne­ cessity of church schools, that children should receive religious Instruction ill connection with secular education. Press Association Elects Officers. The Illinois Press association con­ cluded its forty-first annual conven­ tion at Chicago. A committee of 20 was appointed to attend the National Association of Editors, which will convene In Indianapolis next week. The following officers were elected: President, H. N. Wheeler, of the Quincy Journal; vice presidents, Mary Davidson, Carthage; J. M. Sheets, Ob­ long, and Charles Meade, Geneva; secretary, J. M. Page, Jerseyvllle; treasurer, H. A* David, Gariiaviile. Will Meet in (Sfcliforniai " ' Long Beach, Calif., will be the next meeting place of the German Baptist Brethren. The choice of California as the state for the next place of meeting was received with entire approbation by the members on the grounds and especially by the members of the west­ ern delegation. Maay of the mem­ bers who attend the conferences are anxious 10 visit the Pacific coast, and the holding, of the next conlerence there will give them an opportunity to * • v. y You say it is too expensive to gite eaqjh boy a room for his hobbies and belongings, but after all it will not cost as much as the Turkish rugs and costly furniture you are thinking of buying for the parlor this spring. Do you owe most to your neighbors, or to your own bright, noisy boys. We wish that every boy might have a room of ii|s own,, and be responsible for its care. \ The floor should be of hardwood and uncarpeted, the furni­ ture solid and substantial. Let the boy have it decorated according to bis own fancy. It will be interesting to watch the growth of his artictlc Ideas. There should be a bookcase, or desk, a big solid table in the middle of the room, with plenty of space for Sam's printing press or Robert's box of. tools or checkers and chessboards and other harmless games. The boys should be allowed to invite their friends to come to this room, and now and then a treat may be provided for them. No doubt some one will ask what is the use of spoiling boys in this way, or of furnishing them with company and games. Simply because they will have the amusement, the games and the com­ pany somewhere; and where is a more suitable place than under the parental roof? No money can be wasted which Is spent in developing a boy's charac­ ter or which makes his home and fam­ ily more dear to him. Can you expect your boy to be char­ itable when you do not hesitate to talk before him of your neighbor? Can you expect your boy to be free from envy when, in a fault finding way you compare your circumstances with those of your richer neighbor? Can you expect your boy to tell the truth, when to save a little trouble you tell a falsehood? Can you exjject your boy to be re- spectful to you when he hears you laugh at another's peculiarities? Can you expect your boy's religion to be one to live by when he can see that it has no part in your daily life? Boys brought up in a loving home, where they feel that they are Impor­ tant members of the family, seldom have bad habits.--Prairie Farmer. CULTIVATING THE CHILD. Give Him All Desirable Traits by , Patiently, Persistently Guiding |a Early Formative Period. ̂ Convicted of Lottery Scheme. J. E. Miller, of East St. Louis, at­ torney for the Keystone Commercial company, a concern dealing in dia­ monds, was convicted In the United, States district court of using the mails for a lottery scheme and Judge Humphrey sentenced him to 90 days Imprisonment In the Peoria house of correction , „ ". . ,> i. .'""i111 V J % i r f B. ft 0. Attorney General Stead filed a suit for $5,000 against the Baltimore Ohio railroad on behalf of the state! of Illinois. The charge is unjust dis* crimination in railway freight rates! It Is alleged that the railroad extorted an exorbitant rate for transporting a carload of oats for the Pleasant Plain# Elevator company to East St. Loulsj. The regular rate Is seven cents per hundred, and It is asserted the road charged eight cents per hundred for hauling a carload ot 49,100 Prohibitionists Take Action. „ • The prohibition state committee'has' decided not to hold another state con­ vention, and discussed the new pri­ mary law, expressing satisfaction with it County committees will be urged to map out primary districts. A com­ munication was received from the Re­ publican state central committee, Indi­ cating that the Republicans had select­ ed white as the color for their primary ballots. The Prohibitionists took llgbt blue. It Is understood that the Demo* crats have selected yellow and the 8o» cw»«4- There Is not a single desirable attri­ bute which, lacking in a plant, may npt be bred Into It. Choose what improve­ ment you wish In a flower, a fruit, or a tree, and by crossing, selection, cul­ tivation and persistence you can fix this desirable trait irrevocably. Pick out any trait you want in your child, granted that he Is a normal child--I shall speak of the abnormal later--be it honesty, fairness, purity, lovable- ness, industry, thrift, what not. By surrounding this child with sunshine from the sky and your own heart, by giving the closest communion with na­ ture, by feeding tham well-balanced, nutritious food, by giving them all that is implied In healthful environmental Influences, and by doing all in love, you can thus cultivate in this child and fix there for all their life all of these traits. Naturally not always to the full in all cases at the beginning of the work, for heredity will make It­ self felt first, and, a& in the plant un­ der Improvement, there will be cer­ tain strong tendencies to reversion to former ancestral Iralts; but, in the main, with the normal child, you can give hlm^all these Us its by patiently, persistently guiding him in these early formative years. And, on the other ride, give him foul air to breathe, keep him in a dusty factory or an unwholesome school room or a crowded tenement up under the hot roof; keep. h»m away from the sunshine, take away from him music and laughter and happy faces; cram his little brains with so-called know­ ledge, all the more deceptive and dan­ gerous because made so apparently adaptable to his young mind; let him have associates in his hours out of school, and at the age of ten yon have fixed In him the opposite traits. He is on his way to the gallows. You have perhaps seen a prairie fire sweep through the tall grass across a plain. Nothing can stand before it, it must burn Itself out. That is what happens when you let the weeds grow up In child's life, and then set fire to them by wrong environment.--The . A Ham Sidedish* .. . < Niee lbr luncheon is this ©ntreie of cold boiled ham: Ch>p enough ham to fill a coffee cup and add to it two ta- blespoonfuls of grated cheese, a little cayenne pepper and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Fry rounds of bread in but­ ter and spread over the ham mixture. Grate cheese oveir the top and brown In a hot. oven. i , To Keep Silver Bright. An easy way to keep the silver bright Is to immerse in sour milk lot r(| time. Wash and polish. • "15?; -••••' f c * . : • '••AU- , , Charley Sapp--I suppose that yon burn the letters of my heart without reading them. Miss Tabasco--No; on ihe contrary, I am filing them away. Some day 1 may have them bound. .^Charljey Sapp--In cloth* ,, Ills- Tabasco--No. ta calfc 'V . -. . ,V; KAPPBSIHOS O* IBTiaBJSST XS VARIOUS TOWm Stfrntd Tmo \tan--R*Htv*d In Thrm Mimits. PUBLISHERS IN MEETING. Owners ot Weekly Newspapers in Gm* 1 tml Western States Form Orgaa,- ^ laation: for Mutual Protection » ^ i --Boy Saves Train. % ̂ Chicago.--The American Weekly Publishers' association was organized in this city. The object of the organi­ zation, which embraces publishers of weekly newspapers from the central western states, is to bring all under one head for protection in legislation regarding newspapers and especially in all postal matters. The postmaster general has suggest­ ed that a commission be formed from representatives of the upper and lower houses of congress, the daily newspa­ pers and the weekly newspapers in or­ der that an amicable and just under­ standing may be arrived at regarding postal laws and the various publica­ tions. , .. . The following officers were elected: President, W. D. Boyce, Chicago; vice president, T. J. Clinton, Chicago; sec­ retary, Herman Schearer, Chicago; treasurer, Everett Slsson, Chicago; di­ rectors, E. C. Stahl, Quincy, 111.; T. J. Ramaley, St. Paul; C. F. Pietsch, W. D. Boyce, Everett Slsson, A. E. Dunn and Herman Schearer, of Chicago; John Sexton, Indianapolis; Henry Hoffman, Wooster, O. 1 Boy Saves Many from Death. ' Alton.--While walking along the bluff above the Chicago St Alton rail­ road track Earl Baker, 12 years old, discovered a heavy pole lying across the track. He scrambled down the in­ cline and succeeded in flagging the limited train by standing between the rails and waving his coat The hun­ dred or so passengers warmly thanked the boy. Charged with Bribing Witness. Peoria.--Charles Snooks, of Pekin, deputy fish warden, was arrested un­ der an indictment charging him with bribing a witness in a case against E. LeClare, which was tried three weeks ago in Justice Schofield's court. Snooks came to the city and gave bond for his appearance at the next term of court. The witness was also indicted, but has not yet ibeen arrested. Save High School Valuables. Petersburg.--All of the records, one piano, the banners and the loving cups belonging to the Harris high school, which burned, were saved. The build­ ing was insured for $14,000. Fireman Pearl Thompson received several severe injuries by falling glass which came from the windows. His arms and one ankle received cuts which may prove very serious.' " ;" Clever Move Stopped Panic, I «Ik Alton.--The excursion steamer City of Providence was struck by a sudden gale and blown against a wharf nearly a hundred feet above its own landing place. There was a Sunday school ex­ cursion on board, and a panic was pre­ vented by the leader of a cadet band, who ordered the youthful musicians to strike up a popular air, calming the women and children. Dies in Sweetheart's Presence. Pawnee.--Rejected by the girl he loved, Roy Wood, a young farmer liv­ ing in the vicinity of Blackburn, killed himself. The deed was commit­ ted near the Christian church, east of town, and in the presence of Miss Grace Sanders, the young womaa who had refused to marry him. J ; Successor to Judge Tulsy. Chicago.--By a plurality of about 4,- 600 votes George A. Carpenter, the Re­ publican candidate, was elected to suc­ ceed the late Murray F. Tuley as judge of the circuit court. The Republican candidate for county surveyor, Harry L>. Emerson, was elected also, winning by a plurality of 9,000. First Charge Under New Law. Peoria.--Marrying within one year after a divorce in violation of the new state law, Frank Crawford was lodged in the county jail. It Is fhe first In­ stance in the state of Illinois where a grand jury has returned an indictment against a person for the offense. Child Drowned in Cistern. >, T*f Litchfield.--A three-yfear-old daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lakerln C. Hart, prominent farmers of near this city, was drowned. The child, In playing jabout the yard, fell into an open cis­ tern and drowned before - help could reach her. Beardstown Woman a Suicide. ! Beardstown.--Mrs. Julia Leehey, of East St. Louis, formerly of this city, killed herself by swallowing poison. The act was committed In the Royal hotel, St. Louis, It is said, after her husband had been arrested for being drunk. Disgrace is supposed to have prompted the deed. Two Released from Custody.', ! Edwardsvllle.--Harry C. Streeper and William Yenny, who wer.e arrested at the instance of Mrs. Joseph Nolan on the charge of having knowledge of the murder of Mrs. Nolan's husband at Edwardsvllle Crossing, werft jej^ased frqfn custody. •> [B. C. B. FXZER, Ml Sterling, Kj^ writes: "/ havo Muttered with kidney mat bladder trouble for ten years past, " Last March I commenced nsfag rertuia and continued for three montba I have not used it since, nor have 1 felt a pain. 41 believe that I am well and I there­ fore give my highest commendatioal iir the curative qualities of Peruna." Pe-rH-ma for Kidney Trouble* < Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Gmnt, Ontario Can., writes: • • " I had not been well for about finr years. I had kidney trouble, and. As fact, felt badly nearly all the time. "This summer I got so very bad I thought I would try Peruna, so I wrote to you and began at once to take Perm* and Manalin. " I took only two bottles of Perns and one of Manalin, and now 1 foal better than I have for some time. "I feel that Peruna and Manalin cored me and made a different woman of me altogether. I bless the day I picked up the little book and read of your Peruna*' It is the business of the kidneym to remove from the blood all polsoooas materials. They must be active all the time, else the system suffers. There are times when they need a little assist anop. Peruna is exactly this sort of a rem­ edy. It has saved many people from disaster by rendering the kidneys vice at a time when they were not < to bear their own burdens SPORTS OF CHILDREN. Skipping rope Is a childish pastime of ancient origin. In place of a ropsw a vine stripped of leaves wa3 original- ly used. The childish amusement of riding » cane is of great antiquity. It was practiced by the children of Greee* and ancient Rome. The game of hide and seek ia an­ other youthful pastime of ancient origin. It came from Europe a bonk the beginning of the seventeenth oen- tury. The spinning of tops, a favorite amusement among children in tbe spring, also came from the Greek*. Records show that this kind of An was In vogue at the time of VergiL Leap-frog is mentioned in th« works of both Shakespeare and John­ son. It has been played by children from early times, and is still a fto- vorlte game with boys. ' The flying kite derived- its ham* from its originally being made to re­ semble that species of bird called * kite. The amusement of kite flying hi about two centuries old In Europfe Probably it originated In Chlftat where, so records tell, the practice of flying kites is very ancient. . CONCERNING CLOCKS. Horse Killed; Barn Glrard.--A large barn belonging to Matthew Riffey, living one and a half miles west of here, was struck by lightning and burned. A horse valued at |200 was killed. Republicans Elect Judge. . * Chicago.--Judge Carter was ele£tei* justice of the supreme court by a plu­ rality over Justice Benjamin D. Ma- gruder Of 14,035 in Chicago, 17,045 in Cook county and 21,134 In the Seventh judicial district, which comprises the counties of Cook, Lake, Du Page, Will and Kankakee. Killed on Burlington Road, j Monmouth.--A young man, identi­ fied by means of an advertising re­ ceipt as Ruford L. Stanford, was killed on the Burlington north ut this city, r er allow the clock to run It responds to regular attention jc as surely as a human being does keeps its course truly when made te follow its endless routine. The hands of a clock should always* be turned forward. To set the hands by reversing tne right-hand motion tB to loosen delicate screws that hold them within reach of various eas slips. Never allow the clock to be moved from the position where it is well bal­ anced. A deviation of two or three minutes a day from the correct time may be the result of an uneven placing of the clock, and once it il properly adjusted It should not be shifted for dusting or for artistic pur­ poses. This is especially true yiftoira. that have a pedulum. - BOiluiNU t-OOD ' $0 Bring the Babies Around. when a little human machine (or s large one) goes wrong, nothing is as important as the selection of food te bring it around again. "My little baby boy fifteen old had pneumonia, then came fever, and no sooner had he got these than he began to cut teeth being so weak, he was frequently thrown into convulsions," says a Col­ orado mother. "I decided a change might help, so took him to Kansas City for a vialt. When we got there he was so very weak when he would cry he would sink away and seemed like he die. "When I reached my sister's she said immediately that we mast feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I had never used the food, we got some and for a few days gave him just the juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got stronger so quickly we were feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself in a wonderfully short time he fat­ tened right up and became strong and well. "That showed me something worth knowing and, when later on my girl came, I raised her on Grape-Nuts and she is a strong healthy baby and haa been. You will see from the little photograph I send you what a strong; chubby youngster the boy is now, bet he didn't look anything like that he- fore we found this nourishing foad. Grape-Nuts nourished him back to strength when he was so weak ho couldn't keep any other food on hla stomach." Name given by Poetnaa Co., Battle Creek, Mich. All children can be built tflK# sturdy and healthy condition Grape-Nuts and cream. The food tains the elements nature dema from which to make the soft gray filling In the nerve centers and brain. A well-fed brain and strong, sturdy nerves absolutely insure a healthy body. Look In pkgs. for the famsua fttH> •book. "The Road to