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Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things of Interest at AROYALWEDMNC / NEWS OF ILLINOIS, t > . \ fM Springfield.--From reports made to the Illinois department of agriculture by its crop correspondents under date of August I, the following information Is given: Wheat--The yield of wheat is re­ ported as being 20 bushels per acre in the northern division of the state, 23 Inishels in central Illinois and 17 bush­ els in the southern division of the state, giving a total yield for the en­ tire state of 27,365,552 bushels, an in­ crease of 4,906,232 bushels over the Meld of 1905 and an average in yield 0f 20 bushels per acre. The quality the wheat crop in 1906 is reported IB being excellent throughout the «tate and free from cheat and dirt. •There is not a great deal of spring Wheat raised in Illinois and the jield per acre is not so good as the winter Wheat, being 177 bushels in northern Illinois and 18 bushels per acre in lioth central and southern Illinois. •j>he acreage of spring wheat is report «d as being 2,803 acres and the total Meld 1,092,570 bushels, making the to­ tal wheat of Illinois 28,458,122 bushels. Oats--The total yield of the 1906 *jrop is 90,971,381 bushels, of which Northern Illinois produced 58,803,050 bushels, central 26,830,940 bushels and Southern Illinois but 5,331,391 bushels. The average yield per acre for the gtate is 30 bushels, northern Illinois "reporting an average of 32 bushels and southern Illinois 28 bushels. The total yield of this crop is 33,568,943 bushels less than was reported in ^05 and the average yield per acre is fright bushels less than that of 1905. r Corn--The August 1 condition of ; corn is reported as being but 81 per cent, of an average, which is a de­ crease of eight points since the/June SO report was issued, 15 points lower than the August 1 condition of 1905, and four points below the ten-year av­ erage for August 1. In northern Illi­ nois the August 1 condition is 85 per Cent., which is a decrease of nine points since June 20. In central Illi­ nois the condition is 79 per cent., or ten points below the June 20 condition, to the southern division of the state the condition is 80 per cent., being but one point below the June 20 condi­ tion. The area devoted to corn in Illinois this year is reported as being 88,617 acres less than that of 1905. 4 The report of great damage to the ! 'j growing crop from excessive drought Of 60 days prior to August 1 is gen- V. 1 cral from almost every county, there laving been very little rain in Illinois ' rr during that period. * Pass Civil Service Examination. V ' The following applicants have passed the examination held by the Illinois civil service commission for the storekeepers in the various state institutions: G. M. Burns, Bluffy James H. Morton, Champaign; C. B. ' XJudjeon, Venedy; Roscoe Lundland J i , and Oscar Crickets, Peoria; Robert J. , i -Donahue, Plain View;' Robert M. Berry, Lincoln; Horatio Hoover, Lath­ am; Elmer F. Hartly, Mattooa, aad 8. Ferguson, Waukegan. .* . Seek Positions at Asylum. 'A ' Of the 13 applicants for positions at V file Illinois asylum for the deaf, -at "Jacksonville, who were-examined one was a man and two, Miss Frieda W. Baumann and Miss Charlotte Hall, fioth of Chicago, were deaf mutes. The gjosiUons to be filled are teachers in the literary, physical culture, art and domestic science departments of the -! v. jOollege.' The state civil service commission / ~ < ^conducted the examination at Chicago. Mi's, ir* tlld Settlers in Reunion. Sangamon county old settlers reign­ ed supreme on the assembly grounds near Mechanicsburg, with a crowd of between 4,000 and 5,000 in attendance at the anpual reunion. In point of attendance the gathering was not much over half as great as last year, when the reunion was held at Irwin's l*rk, south of this city, but from <&very other point of view its success equaled any similar gathering in the llistory of the association. V * Favor Cannon for President. Speaker Cannon's presidential boom ^ Continues to find favor at the hands ' «ef the county conventions of Illinois Itepublicans. Fourteen have Indorsed *; - - ,.|he speaker to date, in addition to ' •'$ those previously given, the following: Cass, Clark, Greene, Hardin, Jackson, ; ! • Jtane, Pike. M'1. frtany Profess Conversion. A number of professed conversions liave been effected as the result of the , ^(services in progress at the state fair - grounds at Springfield tinder the au­ spices of the Illinois Holiness associa­ tion. The altar is filled at each serv­ ice. ' Coal production of Illinois. The state geological survey in co­ operation with the United States geo­ logical survey, has gathered statistics showing the production, by counties, of >the various natural resources of Illinois. The production reported for 1905 aggregates a total,of $57,989,679. The most valuable of Illinois re­ sources is coafc For 1905, 630 pro­ ducers reported an output of 38,081, 674 short tons, valued sty 139,754,071, showing an increase over 1904 of 2,- 606,614 tons, but a decrease in value of $187,922. For the fiscal year end­ ing June 30, 1905, the bureau of la­ bor statistics reports 37,183,374 short tons, valued at $38,689,858, which, compared with • 1904, shows an in­ crease in quantity of 105,477 tons and a decrease in value of $2,084,364. Most of the coal came from the cen­ tral and southern fields, comprising the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh districts. Sangamon county, the largest pro­ ducer in the state, furnished 4,696,363 tons, or 55 per cent, of the total ton­ nage of the Fifth district. Macoupin county was second with an output of 3,214,473 tons. In the Sixth district St. Clair county mined 3,611,161 tons and Madison county 3,179,762 tons. Williamson county, with 3,927,910 tons and Perry county, with 1,385,291 tons, were the largest producers in the Seventh district. In the Fourth district Vermilion was the only county to pass the million mark, min­ ing 2,291,266 tons. La Salle and Grundy counties of the First district, with 1,780,438 and 1, 311,542 tons, re- spectiveup; Bureau, of the Second district, with 1,699,268 tons, and Ful­ ton of the Third district, with 1,519,- 049 tons, were other counties to pro­ duce over a million tons each. Result of Voting at Primaries. According to the returns received from over the state 94 members oi the next legislature will support Sen­ ator Cullom for re-election and 29' members will vote for Richard Yates. In the campaign just completed many of the legislative candidates had pledged themselves to vote for which­ ever candidate received the popular vote of the senatorial district. This was true in the Forty-fifth district, which is composed of Sangamon and Morgan counties, and the Repub­ lican candidates, if elected in the fall, are pledged to vote for Tates, al­ though they were the Cullom candi­ dates. One of the remarkable fea­ tures of the Cullom vote in the down- state counties is the narrow margin by which many were won or lost. Henry county tied, giving each 1,200 votes. In many others the casting of 50 or 100 votes would have changed the outcome. 'JQ7*rW0CZ£Y- Democrats Indorse Bryan. Thirteen Democratic county conven­ tions held in Illinois August 9 in­ dorsed Wiiliam J. Bryan for president. At the Morgan county convention Judge Owen P. Thompson, who deliv­ ered the Bryan message to Roger C. Sullivan, requesting the latter to re­ sign as Illinois member of the nation­ al committee, introduced an anti-Sul­ livan resolution, which was adopted. The resolution, after lauding Bryan, declared against "disreputable men and methods" and urged the state con­ vention to "take such action as will result in placing a representative. on the national committee in whose lead­ ership the Democrats of the state will have confidence, in the place of Roger Sullivan, who holds his position through fraud." The counties which indorsed Bryan are: Edgar, Knox, Lee, Madison, McLean, Morgan, San­ gamon, Tazewell, Vermilion, Washing­ ton, Warren, Will, i :-- Blfl Labor Day Fete. , Many neighboring cities and towns are expected to join Springfield in the observance of Labor day, Sept. 3. In addition to Sangamon county, Christian and Menard counties will take part in the celebration. Macou­ pin county probably will be largely represented in the event that no ob­ servance Is held in that territory and an effort will be made to induce the Jacksonville unions to ioffl the Spring­ field organizations. Itohool PrMranjme. Arranged. v ,The programme for the seventeenth annual commencement of the Sanga- l'•/ nion county rural and village schools lias been completed and set out. The 4 *:lass of >100G numbers 265, which is he largest in the history of the coun- r-'%y and 90 in excess oi the number that ^ graduated last year. The most lmi>ortant feature of tbe I?- jprogramme will be an address by Gov. ' -'^Deneen. The commencement will be . lie Id at two o'clock Thursday after­ noon, August 23, at Chatterton's opera house. Girl Prevents Tragedy. The Interference of a girl, Miss Chelsea Tobin, prevented Charles Lit­ tle from enacting a tragedy on tho street at Springfield. In an alterca­ tion with his wife, Little drew a re­ volver and pointed it at his head, saying that he "might as well end it right here." Before he could put his threat into execution Miss Tobiu wrested the weaport from his hand. ^ ,, rt V * « f ' Declare for Cannon. - -• Various Illinois Reprtbfftf&n ctMity conventions indorsed Speaker Cannon for the presidential nomination. In two conventions President Roosevelt was indorsed for a third term. The Cullom delegates were in complete control of the Sangamon county con­ vention. The administration of Gov. Deneen was indorsed. The following counties indorsed Cannon for presf- dent: Edgar, Iroquois, Will, Tazewell. The Rock Island and Peoria conven­ tions declared for Roosevelt for * third term. mi YtiM THE cJULTAN cJ PCmiQ<$ *v!r The United States Is not without its royal families, regardless of what pro­ hibitive measures congress and the constitution have provided. The con­ quests of 1898 brought us not only new dominions to administer, but among other things, a full quota of royalty as well. The Island of Mlhdanao, America's furthermost frontier, is ruled and gov­ erned under the tutorship of American officials by blue-blooded families boast­ ing as old and spotless an ancestral lineage as any dynasty in the far east. These families are Mohammedan in religion and decidedly oriental in cus­ tom, so much so that a comic opera writer would be in clover of operatic material could' one but live to study the varied curiosities of the royalty of Moroland. A great celebration took place In Mindanao recently. It was not when Mrs. Longworth, nee Roosevelt, vis­ ited the country and, according to ru­ mor, was offered an opportunity of marriage into the royal household of the Moros by an over-zealous prince --a sort of charter membership as it were--nor was it when the Hon. Wil­ liam Jennings Bryan visited the island paradise and out of pure Moro hos­ pitality and respect was made a full- fledged Datto, a rank next below that of prince. Zambo, as the Americans say for short, was in festal attire, mirth and feasting for the popular Sultan of Ma- guindanao, the ruler of Margosa Tu- big, a principality not unlike Timbuc- too in a great many Respects, on the occasion of his marriage to the Princess of Cottobato. It was a na­ tional affair in Margosa and the cere­ mony was consummated in full state honors. Especial interest was dis­ played by the people in this matri­ monial event owing to the great wealth and rank of the princess who comes from one of the foremost fam­ ilies of the Sulu archipelago. The princess is the widow of the late Dat­ to Uto, who greatly harassed the Sranish authorities in the old days of strife and turmoil, and she was much sought after by the leading Dattos and Sultans qf the Moro provinces. The wooing of the dashing Sultan of Maguindanao was finally looked upon with favor by the dusky princess and the wedding was to have taken place earlier in the year, but according to their mythology the date set was un- propitious, the fact having been made known to the royal councillors by a bird flying past the door of the sul­ tanate, and going in the wrong di­ rection. Mohammedans have their full share of superstition and are al­ ways prone to its fanciful dictations. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is the big man in social functions that he is In matters military, and in order that the sultan, who, by the way has al­ ways borne a friendly air toward Americans and American government, might attend his wedding in modern state, the general gave instructions that a launch be placed at bis dis­ posal to transport the bridal party from Cottobato to Zamboanga, tbe ancient capital of Moroland. From this it must be judged that the sul­ tans are minus their methods of water transportation. They are the owners of many large and beautifully deco­ rated canoes, carved from1 the most precious woods in the east. The ea- noes are propelled by slaves, some having as many as one hundred black, sleek oarsmen on occasions of state. But to be able to have a steam vessel of modern lines in attendance at a wedding was'a thing not enjoyed at every marriage and because of this compliment alone the wedding will be one long remembered among the peo­ ple. It was a proud prince that brought his bride aboard the tooting, flag-bedecked government launch. At the ceremony the bride groom appeared in full Btate robes and jewels, some of the latter of which would grace the personage of a more powerful peer. A wedding ceremony as performed by Moras takes place in a large embroidered marque of rich and costly design, and is an affair r/iBMWaAYlM VtNTA, Of} ROYAL OLJOOP, BEACHED rOft which usually outshines marital cele­ brations in more advanced countries. On one side of the ponderous, silk­ en tent sits the bride esconsed on a cushion laden throne and with a cushion in front of her on which rests her hands. The finger nails are pro­ tected with long ailver ferrules that at once suggest the garb of the wild tribes of South Africa, but Moro roy­ alty, on the contrary, is far from be­ ing wild. It is rather enlightened In a great many ways and the pomp and taste with which they sometimes carry out their ceremonies is most attrac­ tive. The hair of the bride, in whlsh nestles costly diamonds, and pearls from the Sulu seas, is dressed in stylish coiffure, surmounted with a floral crown. Around her are seated ladies of her court, all in gala attire, who fan her in turns while the others dance and kow-tow as the Pandlta, or Mohammedan priest, recites in grave monosyllables portions of the Koran and extoles the groom in his duties towards his wife. The groom sits serenely silent on a pile of cushions about 15 feet away from the bride, surrounded by his cabinet and full official suite. After the Pandita has completed his matri­ monial lecture to the sultan he leads him with profound solemnity toward the bride, and causes him to wave about her head a long white cloth, re­ peating after the Pandita a number of vows as he makes each successive turn of the scarf. This, with a few other minor formalities, completes the ceremony anr1 then the day is given over to feasting and merriment, in. which rich and poor alike take part. According to a belief of the people, which belief is embodied In the teach­ ings of the Koran, the bride must not put her feet to the ground for a cer­ tain time after her marriage and when she goes into the house of her hus­ band, she Is carried there by her guardian or nearest relative. And so a princess of the royal blood becomes a bride in this newly acquired, quaint and distant land of ours. MANILA, P. I. TRAINS RUN SLOWLY II* 8PAIN. Traveler Must Be Content Eighteen Miles an Hour. with Spain does not facilitate the prog­ ress of the traveler. The tourist to that country must be rich in one thing which the average American signally lacks--namely, plenty of time. In Spain there is no "staying over a train" to visit a cathedral or a gallery. The points of interest are widely scat­ tered and a day's journey must not be considered as any hindrance to an inspection, however cursory, of even one cathedral. This difficulty In getting about l« due largely to an execrable train serv­ ice. The cars in the south of Spain are old-fashioned; the roadbeds are so badly made that the trains rock like a ship in a heavy sea. The engineers either cannot of will not drive the en­ gines at any rate which an American would recognize as speed. Eighteen mires an hour is the Spanish idea of a lightning express; 15 is regarded as d working estimate that is good enough for ordinary purposes. The Spanish have "all the time there is," and see no reason why they should imperii their lives and wreck their nerves by hurrying anywhere. It may be noted, however, that if the trains ace slow they are sure, and for a train to be behind time practically is unknown. Women traveling alone, for instance, need not hesitate to take a train reaching a given point by ten at night through fear that it will not arrive until 11 or afterward. If the time table announces its arrival for ten, that train will enter the station on the minute. Many Attend Farmers' Picnic,; 5 In the neighborhood of 5,000 people j were present at the seventeenth an nual farmers' picnic hety at Morgan- 4 vllle, in Christian county. The "affair was a decided success, as fanners from all parts of Christian county und many /j-oui Sangamon county > - . were in a'<aadauce. Luther F. Drake, i who has filled the position of prenl- # f' dent of the day for many years, intio- duced the various apeafceijk. FW"*ier. Congresman B. F. Caid well, af Ohat- « J i bam wf e of the cotters. Must Dispense Pure Milk, Preparations are making by the state foOd commission to prosecute proprietors of hotels, restaurants and lunch rooms who impose upon the public by dispensing adulterated or skimmed milk. -H. E. Schuknecht, as­ sistant commissioner, has issued a bulletin in which he warns all hotel keepers and restaurant men that they are liable tc prosecution under the law the same as thos- who sell milk frons wagonB„on the streets and announcing that all violators of the law wlH f* punished, . . Forgot His Courtship Days His ^ , "/ But Hubby Had Been There in Time, Like the Rest of Us. Husband (looking up from his pa­ per)--What asses n^en make of them­ selves! Wife--What is the matter now, dear? Husband--I am looking at the love letters in this breach of promise case. Wife--Are they interesting? Husband--Interesting! They Ofe absolutely sickening. Hear this: "My dear ducky!'* "My lovely dovey!" Ha, ha, ha! Wife (demurely)--It does sound rather foolish, doesn't It? Husband (with a burst of laughter) "-Foolish! Idiotic, you mean. It's the worst nonsense imaginable. To think that any man in his, senses could write such stuff as this: "I send you 1,000,000 kisses, my gosisie, poosie, sweety, peety!" Ha, ha, ha! Wife--Perhaps he lovedf fier wheii > bo wrote those letter*. • • - 2^' i ' li. i 1^:1,*. EVERY ATTENTION PAID TO CIVIL WAR VETERANS. . 5 V LOOK TO THEIR COMFORT Information Bureaus in Charge of Courteous Young Men, Commit- . ; :>-.'t»e8 to Tend to Wants ?/ Seats for the Weary.? , Opera's First Production. Wagner's opera, "Die Meisteraia- ger," was sung for the first time in America at the Metropolitan opera house, January 2, 1886. Husband--Suppose he did. Is that any excuse for writing such bosh? Wife--Yes, it should be. Here are some letters I found to-day when look­ ing over my old relics--relics of court­ ship. They are very foolish, but very precious to me, I assure you. They are your letters. One of them begins: "My ownest own preelousest little ducky darling, my--" Husband (hAStlly)--That's enough of that rot!"Put them in the fire.-- N. Y. Weekly. , Minneapolis, Minn.--The rush of visitors to this city 'for the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic continues unabated, and the prospect is that the meeting will be one of the most successful ever held by the Grand Army. According to the estimates of railroad men fully 100,000 people have so far arrived, and dozens of trains running in two and three sections are still on the way. Minneapolis has risen to the occas­ ion in magnificent fashion, and it is difficult to mention anything that could be done for the entertainment and comfort of her visitors which has not already been provided. Numerous committees have been appointed to receive the veterans at the depot, and a man ha,s but to mention who he is and declare his desires. The remain­ der of the programme is handled by the committee in the most capable fashion. ; , At nearly every corner in the busi­ ness section of the city Is situated an "Information Booth," which i3 tenant­ ed by a young man of education who knows his business and is capable of answering all sorts of questions in a satisfactory manner. A feature of the thoughtfulness that underlies the entire work so far done' by the local entertainment committee is found in the numerous benches that are stretched along both sides' of all the downtown streets. They are rough affairs, fashioned crudely out of unplaned plank, but they afford a resting place for tens of thousands of wearied pedestrians. No feature of the encampment has been so produc­ tive of comfort and satisfaction. The city itself is decorated as though every man had made it his per­ sonal business to see that Minneapo­ lis looked her bravest and best. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. XILLE0 IN PIPE LINE CAMP CHAIRMAN 8HONTS ON THE RACK Gompers Says Contention Regarding Coolie Labor Is Absurd. Washington.--President Gompers, of the American Federation Of Labor, in an authorized statement Monday takes issue with Chairman Shonts, of the Isthmian canal commission, on some of the latter's statements as to the employment of coolie labor in the construction of the Panama banal. Mr. Gompers characterizes as an ab­ surdity the contention of Chairman Shonts that the law with respect to the exclusion of Chinese Is only ap­ plicable to territory at that time sub­ ject to the authority of the United States, and that the canal zone was acquired subsequent to that date. There is no such provision, says Mr. 'Gompers, in the law referred to, and he cites the various provisions of law in this connection. Diss Debar Is Free. London.--Ann Q'Delia Diss Debar* who, under the name of Laura Jack­ son, was sentenced on December 20, 1906, to seven years' penal servitude for connection with an immoral cult known as the "Theocratic Unity," of which her reputed husband, Theodore Jackson, was the head, has been lib­ erated from Aylesbury prison under tlcket-to-leave, having obtained the maximum reduction of sentence by good behavior. Paying Teller Is Accused. Birmingham, Ala.--Within 12 hours Monday Alexander R. Chisolm, paying teller of the Ffrst National bank, was arrested charged with the embezzle­ ment of $97,000 of the bank's funds, given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner R. B. Watson, put under bond of $50,000 and failing to make It is In the custody of the United States officials at one of the principal hotels of the city. Visible Supply of Grain. Mew York.--The visible supply of grain Saturday, August 11, as com­ plied by the New York Produce ex­ change, was as follows: Wheat, 31,- 72J,000 bushels, increase 2,039,000; corn, 3,580,000, decrease 753,000; oats, ,5,066,000, increase 370,000; rye, 1,406,- 000, decrease 41,000; barjey, 1,117,000, Increase 7,000. ^ ~ Unresting Machinery, ' . - "A day consists Of only 24 hours; and it might be fully occupied by three relays of workers, each doing eight hours, the machinery being on the stretch all the time. Rest does machinery no good; it tends to wear it out. The best thing for a machine is always to be going at a steady speed. It does no good to a watch to let it run down; it Is important to keep it always going - Ice Dealers Indicted. Boston.--Secret indictments against 17 ice dealers and six Ice companies were made public In the superior court Monday. The Ice dealers are charged with having unlawfully con­ spired "to regulate, - advance and fix the price of ice for public sale" aiid ice companies are charged as corpo­ rations with conspiracy. -- Great Strike Ended. Adams, Mass.--The strike in the four mills of the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing company ended Mom day and 3,000 employes will return to work Thursday. Treasurer W. B. Plunkett granted several concessions. Allege Miss Case Is insane. Osyster Bay, N. Y.--Lunacy pro- ceedinga were instituted Monday against Miss Asi L. Esac, or Elizabeth Case, who created a disturbance dur­ ing the church service attended by President Roosevelt Sunday. Missouri Equalisation. ' • Jefferson City. Ma--The state board of Equalization -assessments on railway, bridge, telegraph and tele­ phone companies^ for taxes for 1906 show the total increase this year is $10,090,835.62 over last year. Edward to Visit Francis Joseph. Vienna.--King Edward, when he leaves Marlenbad, will be the guest of Emperor Francis Joseph at the Schoenbrunn palace September 9 and that he will start on his jounnnair fair •England the following day. Dudley Bennett, Storekeeper, Shot and Armed Posse Is Necessary to Arm­ rest Murderer in Midst of ' , Compatriots.- ' V* * "'Im Joliet.--Tfiree Americans heiS 150 angry foreigners at bay in the pipe line camp of tho Prairie Oil & Gas company, ten miles southeast of here, and with the arrival of an armed posse effected the capture of one of the foreigners who had previously shot and killed Dudley Bennett, store­ keeper for the company, whose bride of four months was visiting in Chi­ cago at the time. The shooting all but precipitated a race war, as Peter Vardo, the murderer, demanded pro­ tection of his fellow countrymen, and they were prepared to accord it to him until the appearance of several reso­ lute farwfcp wilhi shotguns in their hands. - , " S<^er6 Stbrm Brings Relief. A severe electrical and rain scoijm, which visited Springfield and vicinity, brought welcome relief to those suffer­ ing with the intense heat of the last few days. The storm covered a con­ siderable area, as the interurban as far south as Auburn and east to De­ catur was laid out from one and one- half to five hours. The heaviest rain­ fall lasted but a short time. Never­ theless 1.06 inches of rain was regis­ tered by the government instruments, making it one of the heaviest rain? ever experienced during the month of August. A peculiar fact in this con­ nection is that the records show it has rained on every 4ugust 5 for the last five years, in 1903 a fall of 1.29 inches being registered on that day. Had to Address Chautauqua. Springfield. -- (Jen. Orendorff, an­ nounced to speak at the Logan county old settlers' reunion at Mt. Pulaski, was obliged to decline the invitation because of a previous engagement to address the Canton Chautauqua. At the time of accepting the invitation from the committee in charge of the Logan county meeting, Gen. Oren­ dorff was unaware of the conflict in dates. He spoke at Canton on "The Story of Illinois," an historical sketch of the state. Corn Has Grown High; Tampico.--The corn on the farms In this vicinity has grown so high this year that the farmers are looking for tall men to pick It. Those who can't hire them trcIH have to put on stilts or else use a step ladder, as the ears on most of the stales are away above the head of the average sized man.-- Exchange. Elgin Girl Wins Position. Elgin. -- Miss Mabel Schultz, daughter of H. F. Schultz, has received a cablegram from the commissioner of education at San Juan, Porto Rico, announcing for a position oh the public school staff. Last June she was graduated from the Rockford college. . Dr. Zeiier Will Retire. Peoria.--Dr. George A. Zeller, fry decided to retire from the chairman­ ship of the Republican central com­ mittee and will not ask for a reelec­ tion. He has held that office four suc­ cessive terms and his services in the party has been for 20 years of active effort in various capacities. « Chicagoan Is Arrested for Theft. Elgin.--Harry Norton, claiming Chi­ cago as his home, was arrested here by the police upon complaint of Charles Hann, a clerk, who accuses Norton of stealing a $150 gold watch. Norton attempted to escape. The po­ lice believe he is a circus follower. Sleeps on Railroad Tracks; Killed. Dixon.--Ray Gogerty, 19 years old, of Los Angeles, Cal., was killed by q Northwestern freight train at Dixon. Gogerty and a companion were "beat­ ing their way" from Denver to Chi­ cago, and Gogerty was asleep on the tracks when killed. Summoned Health by Telephone. Kankakee.--Stricken suddenly with heart disease while alone at .home, Mrs. J. B. Griswold used the tele­ phone in summoning a physician, the members of her family and a neigh­ bor before she collapsed. She died within half an hour. Damage by Heavy Rains. Rockford.--A heavy rain and elec­ trical storm caused much damage. Traffic on the Interurban line was stopped, water being knee deep along the tracks. Lightning struck several buildings. • Child Found Dead in CisftfUk . Kewanee.--The three-year-old son of Frank Ligglns was1 found dead In a cistern in the family's back yard. tallied With Butter Coloring Bloomington.--The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clouden, a farm­ er residing north of this city, died from eating coloring used in butter. In some way unknown to its parents the child got the poison and swal­ lowed a quantity of it before it wis noticed. Mother of Seventeen Children. Sterling.--The seventeenth child, a son, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Benja­ min Schwartz, of Wyanette. The old­ est is 21 and all are living. Made Suicide Compact.' Macomb.--Edward L. Delaney shot and fatally wounded Amanda Edwin Conners here and then shot himself, dying an hour later. The shooting oc­ curred on a public street and both were conscious when found. Both said that Delaney shot the woman by her consent and then himself, they having made a suicide compact. Wed After Walt of Forty Years. Sterling.--After a wait of 40 years William Hensel and Mary Manley were married, each being <5 years old. AN OLD PAINTER'S IDEAS/ W*.:: The autumn season is coming moi% ^ rand more to be recognized as a moat ; suitable time for housepainting. TherW' is no frost deep in the wood to makw trouble for even the best job of paintfc tag, and the general seasoning of th# summer has put the wood Into good condition in every way. The weather, ' * moreover, is more likely to be settled for the necessary length of time ta allow all the coats to thoroughly dry, a very important precaution. An ok$ v and successful painter said to ther writer the other day; "House owner* would get more for their money If the#,- . would allow their painters to- tak^L "> more time, especially between coats*: > Instead of allowing barely time for thd^l surface to get dry enough not to b«* tacky,' several days (weeks woulcft: not be too much) should be allowed , so that the coat might set through^ and through. It is Inconvenient, o€;t/;>, course, but, If one would suffer thiajr#' /i slight Inconvenience, it would add tw<* or three years to the life of the paint,'* ; All this is assuming, of course, that.: ' the paint used is the very best t»^: . be had. The purest of white lead and||^ the purest of linseed oil unmixed witht any cheaper of the cheap mixtures/? often known as "White Lead," and oil- which has been dbctored with fish oil,. V, ' benzine, corn oil or other '.of thd|t§^ adulterants known to the trade are " used, all the precautions of the skilled" painter are useless to prevent thef". j cracking and peeling which maker? houses unsightly to a year or so and,' therefore, make painting bills too fre-„ ,j quent and costly. House ownerr should have his painter bring the in- - j gredients to the premises separately, white lead of some well known relia­ ble brand and lftiseed oil of equal qual- . ity and mix the paint just before ap- * >.1 ' plying it. Painting need not be ex-,' pensive and unsatisfactory If the old** painter's suggestions are followed. PECULIAR MEANS OF DEFENSE 8mail Daggers of Light 8ent Out by the Centipede; Among , the peculiar powera of ani­ mals there are none harder to explai than the power of being self-lumino It is sometimes termed phospho cence, but it is not now supposed toil depend upon phosphorus in the ani­ mal. A correspondent of Nature de­ scribes her experience with a lumi­ nous centipede which shows the evi­ dent purpose of the .luminous sub­ stance as a means of defense. Atten­ tion was first attracted by a light of brilliant bluish-green that moved for­ ward over the gravel, leaving behind a trail of light, which, gradually sep­ arating, became a scattered mass of brilliant points. The scattered ponta proved to be red ants, which were pur­ suing the centipede. It had discharged this luminous" liquid over them. The< centipede was picked up and put in a tumbler where it flashed out a mass of light. When the hand was placed over the tumbler to prevent the escape of the captive, a strange prickly sensation was felt as from a slight charge of electricity. The cen­ tipede would writhe the light out of its. body in blue-green flashes until it had exhausted its luminosity and ceased to shine. Defense seems certainly to be one of the uses of this secretion. - Rich Women Have Troubles. The idea that fashionable women are too busy and had too many inter­ ests to feel acute sorrow over their broken crockery was disproved the other day when Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish went into the principal dry goods -ft " store in Newport with a friend who stopped to watch a man who was selling cement for cut glass and called to Mrs. Fish: "Oh, here is a cement for cut glass which not only mends It but makes it ring as clearly as if it were new." Mrs. Fish called back: "My servants break so much of ray glass now that it is heartbreaking and if they knew it were possible to mend it they would break it all, SO I don't care for any, thank you." Slnal, the "Turquols Land." Sinai was known as the "turqaoia i land" in very ancient times, and I>r. Flinders Petrie believes that it was the first mining center in the world, ta his recent book on the subject Dr. Petrie tells of the various expeditions sent to Sinai by the Egyptian govern­ ment. At the head of the party waa the "commander," or "bearer of tho seal of the god," the Pharaoh. The official staff consisted of "masters of the house ef metals," or assayers, scribes and secretaries, to make in­ ventories of the output ot the mine^ AN OLD TIMEtf " Ha* Had Experiences. woman who has used Foatjma Food Coffee since it came upon the market 8 years ago knows from ex­ perience the necessity of using Pos- tum in place of coffee if one valuea health and a steady brain. She says: "At the time Postum waa first put on the market I was suffer­ ing from nervous dyspepsia and my physician had repeatedly told me not to use tea or coffee. Finally I de­ cided to take his advice and try Postum, and got a sample and had it. carefully prepared, finding it deli­ cious to, the taste. So I continued its use and very soon its beneficial ef­ fects convinced me of its value, for I got well of my nervousness and dya, pepsia. "My husband had been drinking cof­ fee all his life until it had affected, his nerves terribly. I persuaded him to shift to Postum and it was easy to get him to make the change for thai Postum is delicious. It certainly worked wonders for him. "We soon learned that Postum doea not exhilarate or depress and does not; stimulate, but steadily and honestly strengthens the nerves and the stom­ ach. To make a long story short our entire family have now used Postum for eight years with completely sat­ isfying results, as shown in our finag? condition of health and we have n»> ticed a rather unexpected improve­ ment in brain and nerve power." Name given by Postum Co., Battia Creek, Mich. Increased brain and nerve power al­ ways follow the use of Postum in place of coffee, sometimes in a very marked manVier. Look in pkga. for "The Road la wr $ •a ^1" ,.S'i