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s. ,i.' ^ fT'1 ' *f "*^" -*1 THE SPENDERS A Tale of the Third Generation By HARRY LEON WILSON • fL Copyright, by Lothrop Publishing Compaq CHAPTER XIX.--COKTIKDKD. ' "I think that's it. He's getting old, «nd he's come along into his second childhood. • couple of more months at this rate, and I'm afraid I'll have to ring up one of those nice -shiny black wagons to take him off to the foolish house." "Can't you talk to him, and tell him 4>etter?" -I could. I know it all by heart- All the things to say to a man on the (downward path. Heaven knows I've lieard them often enough, but I'd feel ashamed to talk that way to Uncle Peter. If he were my son, now, I'd cut off his allowance and send him back to make something of himself, like Sile Higbee with little Hennery; but I'm^afraid all I can do is to watch fcim and see that he doesn't marry one of those little pink-silk chorus girls, 401* lick a policeman, or anything." ! ^'You're carry in' on the same way yourself," ventured his mother. "That's different," replied her; per* «picacious son. Uncle Peter had refused to live at the Hightower ffter three days is that eplendid and populous caravansary. "It suits me well enough," he ex­ plained to Percival, "but I have to look after Billy Brue, and this ain't any place for Billy. "V:ou see Billy ain't •city broke yet. Look at him now over Ahere, the way he goes around butting into strangers. He does that way be­ cause he's ail the time looking down at his new patent leather shoes--first pair he ever1 had. He'll be plumb atoop-shouldered if he don't hurry up and get the new kicked off of 'em. I'll Stave to get him a nice warm box-stall in some place that ain't so much on the band-wagon as this one. The ceil­ ings here are too high fur Billy. And 1 found him shootin' craps with the bell boy this mornin'. The boy thinks Silly, bein' from the west, is a stage robber, or somethin' like he reads about in the Cap' Collier libr'ries, and follows him around every chance he Sets. And Billy laps up too many of Ahem little striped drinks; and them French-cooked dishes ain't so good fur iiim, either. He caught on to the bill of fare right away. Now he von't or- •der anything but them alias--them -dishes that has 'a la' something or other after 'em," he explained, when Percival looked puzzled. "He knows •hey'll always be something all fussed *ip with red, white and blue gravy, and a little paper bouquet stuck into 'em, I never knew Billy was such a fancy «ater before." I I So Uncle Peter and his charge had established themselves in an old-fash- foned but very comfortable hotel down on one of the squares, a dingy monu­ ment to the time when life had been less hurried. Uncle Peter had stayed •jthere 30 years before, and he found the place unchanged. The carpets and hangings were a bit faded, but the rooms were generously broad, the chairs, as the old man remarked, were '"made to kit in," and the cuisine was field, by a few knowing old epicures who still frequented the place, to be Superior even to that of the mora pr& itentlous Hightower. The service, it is true, was apt to be slow. Stranger3 •who chanced in to order a meal not infrequently became enraged, and left before their food came, trailing plain short words of extreme dissatisfaction behind them as they went. But the elect knew that these delays betokened Che presence of an artistic conscience AN AFFABLE STRANGER. iki the kitchen, and that the food was •worth tarrying for. "They know how to make you come back hungry for some more the next day," said Uncle Peter Bines. « ! From this headquarters the old man <went forth to join in the diversions of bis grandson. And here he kept a •watchful eye upon the uncertain Billy jBrue; at least approximately. Be­ tween them, his days and nights were occupied to crowding. But Uncle Pe­ ter had already put in some hard win­ ters, and was not wanting in fortitude. ! Billy Brue was a sore trouble to the old man. "I jest can't keep him off the streets nights," was his chief com­ plaint. By day Billy Brue walked the streets In a decent, orderly trance of bewilderment. He was properly puz- sled and amazed by many strange matters. He never could find out what was "going on" to bring so many folks Into town. They all hurried some­ where constantly, but he was never to reach the center of excitement, fetor did he ever learn how anyone could reach those high clothes lines, i stiung .40 feet above ground between the backs of houses; nor how there could be "so many shows in town, all .on one night;" nor why you should get co many good things to eat by merely buying a "slug of whisky;" nor why ^a thousand people *eren't «ia ®¥«pr is Broadway each Zi hours. At night, Billy Brue ceased to be the astounded alien, and, as Percival said Dr. Von Herzllch would say, "began to mingle and cooperate with his en­ vironment." In ths course of this process he fell into adventures, some of them, perhaps, unedifying. But it may be told that his silver watch with the braided leather fob was stolen from him the second night out; also that the following week, in a Twenty- ninth street saloon, he accepted the hospitality of an affable stranger, who had often been in Montana City. His explanation of subsequent events was entirely satisfactory, at least, from the time that he returned to consciousness of them. "I only had about |30 in my clothes," he told Percival, "hut what made me so darned hot, he took my breastpin, too, made out of the first nugget ever found in the Early Bird mine over Silver Bow way. Gee! when I woke up I couldn't tell where I was. This cop that found me in a hallway, he says I must have been give a dose of Petert I says, "All right--I'm here to go against all the games/ I says, 'but pass me when the Peter comes around agin,' I says. And he says Peter was knockout drops. . Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over. The clothes and my hands looked like I'd seen 'em before, somehow--and then I come to myself." After this adventure, Uncle Peter would caution him of an evening: "Now, Billy, don't stay out late. If you ain't been gone through by 11, just hand what you got on you over to the first man you meet--none of 'em'll ask you any questions--and then pike fur home. The later at night it gets in New York the harder it is fur strangers to stay alive. You're all right in Wardner or in Hellandgone, Billy, but in this here camp you're jest a tender little bed of pansies by the wayside, and these New Yorkers are terrible careless where they step after dark." Notwithstanding which, Mr. Brue continued to behave uniformly In a manner to make all judicious persons grieve. His place of supreme delight was the Hightower. Its marble splen­ dors, its myriad lights, the throngs of men and women in evening dress, made for him a scene of unfailing fascination. The evenings when he was invited to sit in the cafe with Uncle Peter and Percival made mem­ ories long to be cherished. He spent such an evening there at the end of their first month m New York. Half a dozen of Percival's friends sat at the tabxe' with them from time to time. There had been young Beverly Van Arsdel, who, Perci­ val disclosed, was heir to all the van Arsdel millions, and no end of a swell. And there was big, handsome Eddie Arledge, whose father had treated him shabbily. These two young gentlemen spoke freely about the inferiority of many things "on this side"--as they denominated this glorious Land of Freedom--of many things from horses to wine. The country was rapidly be­ coming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live, i*udie Arledge con­ fessed that, from motives of economy, he had been beguiled into purchasing an American claret. "I fancied, you know," he explained to Uncle Peter, "that it might do for an ordinary luncheon claret, but on my sacred honor, the stuff is villain­ ous. Now you'll agree with me, Mr. Bines, I dare say, that a Bordeaux of even recent vantage is vastly superior to the very best so-called American claret." Whereupon Beverly Van Arsdel hav ing said: "To be sure--fancy an American Burgundy, now! or a Cha- blis!" Uncle Peter betrayed the first sign of irritation Percival had detect­ ed since his coming. "Well, you see, young men, woVe not much on vintages in Montana. Whisky is mostly our drink--whisky and spring water--and if our whisky Is strong, it's good .enough. When we want to test a new barrel, we inject three drops.of it into a jack-rabbit, and if he doesn't lick a bulldog in six seconds, we turn down the gcods. That's as far's our education has ever gone in vintages." It sounded like the old Uncle Peter, but he was afterward so good-natured that Percival concluded the irritation could have been but momentary. , , CHAPTER XX. UNCUS PETER BINES THREATENS TO RAISE SOMETHING. Uncle Peter and Billy Brue left the Hightower at midnight. Billy Brue wanted to walk down to their hotel, on the plea that they might see a fight or a fire ""or something." He never ceased to feel cheated when: he was obliged to ride in New York. But Uncle Peter insisted on the cab. "Say, Uncle Peter," he said, as they rode down, "I got a good notion to get me one of them first-part suits--i.ke the minstrels wear in the grand first part, you know--only I'd never be able to git on to the track right without a hostler to harness me and see to all the buckles and cinch the straps right. They're mighty fine, though." Finding Uncle Peter uncommunica­ tive, he mused during the remainder of the ride, envying the careless ease with which Percival anu his friends, and even Uncle Peter, wore the pre scribed evening regalia of gentlemen, and yearning for ths' distinguished effect of its black and white elegance upon himself. They went to their connecting rooms, pnd Billy Brue regretfully sought his bed, marveling how free people in a town like New Ybrk could ever bring themselves to waste time in sleep. As he dozed off, he could hear the slow, measured .tread of Uncle Peter pacing the floor in the next room. He was awakened by hearing his name called. Uncle Peter stood in a flood of light at the door of his room. He was fully dressed. "Awake, Billy?" "Is it gittin'-up time?" The old man came into th? room and lighted a gas jet He looked at his watch. "No; only a quarter to four. I ain't been to bed yet." Billy* Brue sat and rubbed his eyes. «• "Rheumatiz again. Uncle rfeter?" "No; I been thinkin', Billy. How do you like the |ame?" He began to ffcce tfes floor again from one room to the other. What game?" Billy Brue; had en­ countered a number in New York. This whole game--livin' in Maw York." Mr. Brue became judicial I f "It's a good game as long ta got money to buy chips. I'd hate like darnatlon to go broke here. All the pay-claims have been located, I guess." I doubt it's bein' a good game any time, Billy. I been actin' as kind of a lookout now fur about 40 days and 40 nights, and the chances is all in favor of the house. You don't even get half your money on the high card when the splits come." Billy Brue pondered this sentiment. It was not his own. "The United States of America is .all right, Billy." This was safe ground. "Sure!" His mind reverted%o ths evening just past. "Of course there was a couple of Clarences in high col­ lars there to-night that made out like they was throwin' it down; but they ain't the whole thing, not by a long shot." Yes, and that young shrimp that was talkin' . about, 'vintages' and * trouserings/ ? The old man paused in his walk." . "What are 'trouserings,' Billy?" Mr. Brue had not looked into shop windows day after day without enlarg­ ing his knowledge. "Trouserings," he proclaimed, rather importantly, "is the cloth they make pants out of." ° "Oh! is that all? I didn't know but it might be some new kind of duds. And that fellow don't ever get up till 11 o'clock a. m. I don't reckon I would myself If I didn't have anything but trouserings and vintages to worry about. A$d that Van Arsdel boy!" "Say!" said Billy, .with enthusiasm, "I never thought I'd be even in the same room with one of that family, less I prized open the door with a jimmy." "Well, who's he? My father knew his grandfather when he kep' tavern over on the Raritan river, and his grandmother!--this shrimp's grand­ mother!--she tended bar." "Gee!" "Yes, they kep' tavern, and the old lady passed the rum bottle over the bar, and took in the greasy money. This here fellow, now, couldn't make an honest livin' like that, I bet you. He's like a dog ^breeder would say- got the pedigree, but not the points." Mr. Brue emitted a high, throaty giggle. "But they ain't all' like that here. Uncle Peter. Say, you come out with me some night.? jest in your workin* clothes. I can show you people all right that won't ask to see your union card. Say, on the dead, Uncle Peter, I wish you'd come. There's a lady perfessor in a dime museum right down here on Fourteenth street that eats fire and juggles the big snakes-- say, she's got a complexion--", "There's enough like that kind, though," interrupted Uncle Peter. "I could take a double-barrel shotgun up to that hotel and get nine with each barrel around in them hallways; the shot wouldn't have to be ramnud, either; 'twouldn't hare to scatter so blamed much." "Oh, well, them society sports^- there's got to be some of th&n--" "Yes, and the way they make 'em reminds, me of what Dal Mutzig tells about the time they started Pasco. 'What you fellows makin' a town here fur?' Dal says he asked 'em, and he says they says: 'Well, why not? The land ain't good fur anything else, is it?' they says. That's the way with these shrimps; they ain't good fur any­ thing else. There's that Arledge, the lad that keeps his mouth hangln' open all the time he's lookin' at you--he'll catch cold in his works, first thing he knows--with, his gold monogram on his cigarettes." "He said he was poor," urged Billy, who had been rather taken with the ease of Arledge's manner. "Fine, big, handsome fellow, ain't heV Strong as an ox, active and per­ fectly healthy, ain't he? Well, he's a pill! But his old man must 'a' been on to him. Here, here's a piece in the paper about that fine big strappin' giant--it's partly what got me to thinlcin' to-night, so I couldn't sleep. Just listen to this," and Uncle Peter read: "E. Wadsworth Arledge, son of the late James Townsend Arledge. of the dry goods Arm of Arledge & Jackson, presented a long affidavit to Justice Dutcher, of the supreme court, yesterday, to show why his Income of 16,000 a year from his father's estate should not be abridged to pay a debt of (489.32. Henry T. Gotlelb, a grocer, who obtained a judgment for that amount against him In 1895, and has been unable to collect, asked the court to enjoin Judge Henley P. MancJerson, and the Union Fidel­ ity Trust company, as executors of the Ar­ ledge estate, from paying Mr. Arledge his full Income until the debt has been dis­ charged. Gotleib contended that Arledge could sustain the reduction required. "James T. Arledge died about two years ago, leaving an estate of about 13,000,<W0. He had disapproved of the marriage of his son and evinced his displeasure.in his will. The son had married Flora Florenza, an actress. To the son was given an income of $6,000 a year for life. The rest of the estate went to the testator's widow for life, and then to charity. "Here is the affidavit of E. Wadsworth Arledge: " 'I have been brought up In Idleness, un­ der the idea that I was to inherit a large estate. I have never acquired any business habits bo as to fit me to acquire property, or to make me take care of in1 " 'I have never been in business, except many years ago, when I wan a boy, when I was for a short time employed in one of the stores owned by my father. For many years prior to my father's death I was not employed, but lived on a liberal allowance made to me by him. I am a married man. ttnd in addition to my wife have a family of two children to support from my in­ come. " 'AH our friends are persons of wealth and of high social standing, and we are compelled to spend money In entertaining the many friends who entertain us. I am a member of many expensive clubs. I have absolutely no income except the allow­ ance I receive from my father's estate, and the iam4 Is barely sufficient to support my family: " 'I have received no technical or scien­ tific education, fitting me for any business or profession, and should i be deprived of ,any portion of my income I will be plunged in debt anew.' r .. . "The court reserved decision." " (TO BE CONTINUED.^ ^ f Strong Language. ^ Here is another gem twm that pro­ lific mine, the police court. "Prisoner used such strong languagb" said a constable, "that I was obligt.A to get take hfrn jnto custody."--Load W Jel- e m r a p i r v Our Springfield Letter S^Mal Corwwpouiitut Writes of Things of InUrest at tlw State Capital* r 5 Springfield.--If the state legislature gives heed to the recommendations of the Illinois State Bankers' association a repetition of Paul O. Stensland s brilliant achievements in bank wreck­ ing will be made impossible. At the final session of the convention Attor­ ney General Stead outlined the meas­ ures which, if enacted into law, are expected to safeguard the depositor who, prior to the Stensland crash, whs inclined to repose confidence in a "state" Institution. President Ed­ mund James, of the University of Illi­ nois, pointed out the need of edu­ cation in banking matters, and upon the close of his remarks a resolution was adopted "asking the legislature to create a banking department in the state university. The recommendations of Attorney General Stead are: 1. Bond all em­ ployes of banks, so that pecuniary loss is reduced to a minimum. 2. Take measures to prevent "one man" bank­ ing. 3. Banks should not lend to their officers or directors. 4. Direc­ tors must examine their own banks, swear to the position of its securities, and be responsible to the law for their lapses. 5. The state auditor should be clothed with discretionary powers to prevent the promotion of shady banks by withholding incorpor­ ation papers. The national banking act Includes such a provision. 6. Give the state auditor power also to intervene to correct bad practices be­ fore they run to the point of impair­ ing the capital of the bank, and there­ fore before loss is forced upon depos­ itors. 7. Prohibit branch banking. Mr. Stead believes the state law al­ ready does this, though the supreme court has not passed upon the ques- «on. 8. Place all private banks in le state under state supervision. In order to bring about these changes it is not unlikely that an amendment to the constitution will be necessary. Therefore, Mr. Stead said, public sentiment must be led by the bankers themselves, so that the legis­ lative department of the government inay be given support enough to ac­ complish much good. The commit­ tee #on federal legislation in its report struck directly at any plan for postal savings banks, holding that in older countries this kind of banking might be valuable, but that in the United States there is too great danger of scandal from the use of great sums of savings deposits in bond invest­ ments. . The officers elected were: Presi­ dent, N. H. Greene, Tallula; vice pres­ ident, August Blum, First National bank, Chicago; secretary, Frank P. Judson, Bankers' National bank, Chi­ cago; treasurer, Richard Wangelin, Belleville; chairman executive com­ mittee, James McKenney, Aledo. 8tsts Fair Is Booming. While the Illinois state fair has made a record for itself that is hard to discount, the exposition just opened surpasses all previous marks in the way of attendance, the quality and size of the exhibits and in the novelty of its features. Larger than ever this year are the display of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Shorthorns, Here- fords, Aberdeen-Angus, Galloway, Red Polled, Holstein-Frlesian, Jersey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey and Dutch belted cattle are displayed. In the swine exhibits there are such breeds as Poland Chinas, Duroc-Jersey red, Chester white, Berkshire, Hamp­ shire and Tamworth. The sheep dis­ play is equally interesting and the herds of Shropshire, Oxford, South­ down, Hampshire, Cheviot, Ramboull- liet, Delaine merino, American merino, Dorset horn, Cotswold and Leicester are represented. The exhibit of horses includes the Percheron, or French draft, Clydesdale, English shire and Belgian, in the heavy class. In the light class are listed the thor­ oughbreds, including standard road­ sters, French coach, German coach, English hackney, Morgan, roadsters (standard and nonstandard), carriage horses, family horses and combined harness and gaited saddle horses. The dairy display is counted as among the best. In the department of hor­ ticulture, poultry, farm products, flori­ culture and the mechanical arts are found exhibits interesting because of their variety, size and quality. A carnival on the downtown streets has come to be recognized as a part of the attractions of state fair week and it never fails to be a source of inter­ est to the thousands of* strangers whom the state exposition draws to Springfield. Railroads entering Spring­ field made extensive preparations to handle the crowds during the week of the exposition. The traffic man­ agers say the attendance is far In ex­ cess of any previous year. Governs* Addresses Bankers. Gov. Deneen made a speech in op­ position to government ownership of public utilities in addressing the Bankers' Association of Illinois at its annual convention. The governor said he firmly believed that if employers fall to make wise suggestions in ref­ erence to legislation applicable to their business and necessary to the common good they shortly win f|nd their business regulated by laws placed upon the statute books by men not .familiar with the requirements. Citizens Aroueed. Resolutions demanding the suspen­ sion of the policemen alleged to have prevented a successful raid at Lane's gambling house was atlopted at a mass meeting of Springfield citizens. The state's attorney is also advised to have the guilty ones indicted for their unlawful acts, and the board of super­ visors is requested to make an appro­ priation to enable State's Attorney Hatch to employ r pecial officers to as­ sist him in securing evidence against Cant ers. thiWes and prostitutes. Geological Survey Bulletin. The state geological survey of Illi­ nois, created by an act of the last general assembly, has issued its first annual bulletin regarding the geology of the state, and also the basis of fu­ ture work. The bulletin follows: The geological map of Illinois just issued by the geological survey Is the first map of this sort to be print­ ed by the state since 1875. The old Worthem map has long since passed out of print, and is now only occa­ sionally for sale in some second-hand book shop. In the meantime a num­ ber of discoveries relative to the geology of the state have been made and now the survey has been reor­ ganized more may be expected. The new map is on the scale of 12 miles to the inch, and is handsomely print­ ed in colors representing the various formations. From the lead beaming rocks of Jo Daviefes county to the tertiary gravels and fire clays of Pu­ laski county the general distribution of each formation is shown. In addi­ tion sections show thf thickness of the fbrmatlon in the northern, middle and southern parts of the state, *and something of -their character and the useful materials the formations in the northern, middle and southern parts of the state and something of their character and the useful materials found in each. The shipping coal mines are also located. The useful­ ness of such a map arises from the . fact that the position of the natural economic products which exist with­ in the crust of the earth in any region is determined either by reason of the physical conditions present at the time of the formation of the rocks in which they are contained, or by rea­ son of subsequent changes. Thus, beds of coal, limestone, sandstone, clay, etc., which may be termed pri­ marily economic, products, are where they are in the earth's crust by rea­ son of certain local conditions which were present in that locality at some past time; the present position of most metallic deposits, on the other hand, and also of petroleum, is usual­ ly determined, first, by certain struc­ tural features within the earth's crust, such as folds and faults, which have influenced the secondary segre­ gation of these deposits; and, sec­ ond, by the peculiar character and textures of the rocks which are af­ fected by the folding and faulting. It Is the task of the geologist to investi­ gate the ancient history of the earth, to observe the peculiar character of the rock strata, and to determine If possible the conditions under which they have been formed. Also to in­ vestigate the changes through which the strata have passed since their deposition. All of these observations are recorded graphically upon the geological maps. These maps may be of little or great value from an economic or historical point of view, dependent upon the accuracy and style which they are made. The pres­ ent map makes no pretense of being an accurate map, since it has been compiled from such published and un­ published data as. are now available. It is necessarily very greatly general­ ized, and the need of additional de­ tailed work in many parts of the state is evident. It will, however, serve as an excellent base upon which to make corrections as the present sur­ vey progresses. Since It will be im­ possible to cover the entire state with detailed maps for some years, and since no geological map of the state is now available for general distribu­ tion, a small edition has been printed for the use of field parties of the sur­ vey, the schools of the state, and per sons Interested In its mineral re­ sources. Coming Farmers' Congress. From the farmers' standpoint the meeting In Rock Island in October will be the most notable ever held In this section of the country. The Farmers' congress is a national Organization, of which J. M. Stahl, of Chicago, is pres­ ident, and George M. Whitaker, of Boston, Mass., secretary. On the pro­ gramme will be men of national repu­ tation in the agricultural world as well as men of such prominence as Gov. Deneen, of Illinois; Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, and ex-Gov. Van Zant, of Minne­ sota. They will all discuss topics of interest to farmers. Such topics as forestry, the desirability of larger or smaller farms, shippers' associations, domestic science, water transportation in competition with railroads, foreign markets, the agricultural press will be discussed by experts In the vftrious lines. The programme will Include addresses and papers bearing more directly on the actual raising of crops, and, in fact, every phaze of the busi­ ness of agriculture will be touched upon. . * Road Officially Inspected. The experimental road being built by the Illinois highway commlsJon near McLean, in McLean county, was officially inspected Thursday, Sep­ tember 27. The McLean road Ijs one mile long arid Is not as wide as the Springfield experiment road. The local road Is 16 feet wide for the greater part of the distance and the McLean road is 12 feet wide the en­ tire length. It is constructed on much the same lines as the highway south of this city which®was recently inspected. Masons m Attend Grand Lodge. M A number of Springfield Masons will attend the meeting of the grand lodge of Masons to be held October 2 in Chicago. The following are among those who will be present at the sessions: Charles Fisher, past deputy grand master! R^bbl A. Trau- gott, member of the committee on the grand mastei's address; Sidney S. Breese, district'deputy grand master; LeRoy L. Bacchus, master of Spring­ field lodge No: 4; iohn M. Tipton, master, and Henry S. Bedaine. Junior warden of Central lodge No. 71. MAKING THE WpRK EASY. A Little Thought Will Lighten Cares of Housekeeper. Women bring upon themselves much suffering for which they alone are to blame. To the average housekeeper, the mere fact of getting breakfast without first taking some nourishing food herself, is enough to cause in her continual weakness, and to some it may prove a source of almost complete exhaustion. If after the toilet is made in . the morning, a woman would eat perhaps a banana or apple, and sip a glass of milk or other nourishing drink, she would find it did much toward keep­ ing up her strength through the day. To "stay the stomach" before exercise in the morning is all that is necessary. When breakfast Is over there should be no rush to do the dishes--they can wait now better than papa and baby can wait at a future date, while mamma recovers, Allow the stomach to commence on Its process of digestion without the physical rushing. Then, again, after the dishes have been wiped, much of the work may be done sitting, Instead of standing, thus resting the back and saving the ab­ dominal organs from a continuous strain. ^ Do not lift heavy kettles or tubs, stand In wet places on the floor where the water,has been spilled, nor reach higher than you, can easily. All of these are the originators of many ail­ ments. Even If precaution takes a little longer, does it not pay when It tends to prevent illness? HEALTH AND BEAUTY. Ginger plasters, made like 'mustard plasters, produce the same results and do not blister. Baking soda is good for an aching tooth; for bathing surface which is broken out with hives or prickly heat; to take internally for so$r stomach. Lime water mixed with linseed or table oil makes a good dressing on ab­ sorbent cotton or use a carholic soln tion, using two parts of hot (as can be borne) boiled water to one part of carbolic solution. When children swallow hurtful things, If it causes choking and symp­ toms of suffocation, either turn the child upside down and strike quickly between the shoulders or run the fin­ ger back Into the throat to hook it but, or last of all push it down. A little camphor applied to a wet cloth will whiten the skin, but it should be used sparingly, with a cream afterward. A few drops put into luke­ warm water and appHed with a sponge after one has come in from an outdoor trip Is extremely refreshing. The complexion is made or marred by the food one eats. The best food for a beautiful complexion is that which is most readily assimilated. Un­ digested foods and wastes that are not promptly and regularly eliminated from the system are corrupting forces that generate poisons, which must, of course, most seriously retard the cul­ tivation of health, as well as good looks. NEWMK ILLINOIS) HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM! ALL OVER THE STATE. I •t. WOLF AT 1 ' Brute Confined In Yard at Elgin Snap# Chain and Makes Vicious At- t a c k o n F i v s - Y e a r - O W , . : ton Bowne. ' * Elgin.--A large gray the yard of Custodian McMeekin, ojf Wing park snapped its chain and a£* tacked Mrs. William H. Sercomb an<§ her five-year-old nephew, Morto®. Bowne, as the two were passing fronit their home through an alley to th« street. The animal sprang at tha throat of the child. Screaming, tha aunt leaped forward and received th* - ; fangs of the beast on her hand amf arm. Mr. Sercomb rushed from th«r house and grappled with the beasjt and drove it away. Both Mr. and Mrsjr Sercomb were painfully wounded. , ^1 Rock River Conference. - Chicago.--The sixty-seventh sesskni, of the Rock River conference of tha HOW TO WA8H BLANKETS. Obssrve These Rules if You Want ths Best Results. Make a good suds with bar soap and water, comfortably warm to the hand, and then pour in spirits of ammonia, a tablespoonful at a time, until the suds smell strongly of ammonia, and turn two ounces of powdered borax in boil­ ing water. Shake all the dust out of the blank­ ets and then rinse them up and down and squeeze lightly in the hands, but do not rub them; it Is that motion which fulls the wool and felts it to­ gether. Do not rub any soap upon them, but dip them well In the water; then rinse In plain water, warm to the hand, not hot. By folding the blankets lengthwise in a long, narrow strip they can be drawn, through a wringer, but should never be wrung through the hands. Then shake thoroughly and hang out, drawing the edges and corners smoothly together. When thoroughly dry fold smoothly and place the bosom board over, with one or two fiatirons to hold It down; the next day they Will be fresh and sweet. Select a bright, Sunny day, and never hang them In rain or drizzle. Figs in Cream. Fifes In cream are delicious; they must be prepared the day before. Pull meaty bag figs apart, wash, then soak over night In cold water. Sim­ mer In a double boiler with just enough water to cover until plump and tender. For each pound of figs add half a cupful of sugar and a tea- spoonful of vanilla, cover and draw back where they will simply keep hot for an hour. Transfer the figs to a dish, boil the syrup until thick and rich. Take off and when cool add four tablespoonfuls of sherry and a teaspoonful more of vanilla and pour over the figs. Serve with whipped cream. L Orange Cream. Orange cream is new and delicious. Soak a. half package of granulated gelatin'in a half cupful of cold water. Scald a'plnt of milk, pour it over the yolks of five eggs beaten until light with the grated rind of an orange and one cupful of sugar. Cook and stir like custard. Take off, add the gela­ tin, stir until dissolved and strain. When cool add the strained Juice of Ave oranges.- When thickenihg add a pint of cream whipped to a solid froth. Whep very thick heap in paper cases. Just before , serving sprinkle with yellow "hundreds and thou­ sands." Egg Cutlets. Egg cutlets need first a very thick sauce made with one-quarter of a cuyful of flour and one pint of' milk. Season with ten drops of onion Juice, a teaspoonful of salt, one-third of a teaspoonful of white pepper, a dash of cayenne an<L two^, tablespoonfuls of chopped paraph , Stir into this six hard boiled eggs cut fine, turn on a greased dish and set away until &old and firm. Mold in cutlets, dip each in an egg and fine dry bread crumbs and fry golden brown in smoking hot deefhfkt. Drain well on soft paper and stick a tuft of para ley JUt the boue end of each cutleL - Bishop Joseph Berry. SStetfcodist Episcopal church faf being held. Bishop Joseph Bejrir •the presiding officer! « Chicken Thieves at Work. ML Pulaski.--Chicken thieves haw been making life miserable for thli farmers here and in the Lake Fork, vicinity the last three or four months. About $1,500 worth of chickens have been stolen. James Bicknell, a farm­ er near Lake Fork, shot two men wba were stealing his chickens. The" thieves got away, but blood marks were plentiful on the ground and la the cornfield where they made their escape. i Veteran Sunday School Worker DeadL Chicago.--Rev. F. G. Ensign, fair 36 years superintendent of the north­ west district of the American Sunday School union, is dead at his home, 2IS North Sixty-fourth avenue, Oak Park. For his work in the Sunday school field Rev. Mr. Ensign was know* throughout the country. I*. is esti­ mated that 500,000 children*®ad beea added to Sunday school meinberslily^ through his efforts. L y ' Bankers Join Y. M. C. A. Decatur.--The board of directors the MUlikin National bank have dt- Cided that every officer and employ® in the bank should become a member of the Young Men's Christian assoeiSK tion, from president to messenger. Five were already members, leaviqff 12 for whom applications were out The bank pays the bill. Reform Swedish Tongue, Toot Rock Island.--Augustana college^ the largest Swedish institution of learning in America, has adopted spell­ ing reform similar to that made a®- cial in the English language by Presi­ dent Roosevelt. The list of word* affected Is larger than that in English and consists principally of those witl*. the sound of V and T. ; * Train Wrecked; Freight Destroye* " Mount Vernon.--A southbound?, freight train on the Chicago & East­ ern Illinois railway was wrecked near Bonnie, as a resulta broken truck on one of the cars. 1 Five cars loaded with valuable freight were totally da- 4 molished. The train crew escaped to- jury. _ New Presiding Elders Named* Nashville.--The Rev. W. D.Blaylodt ' has been named presiding elder of tha * MethodiBt Episcopal church south, with headquarters at Murphysbom. The Rev. C. D. Schumard has bees named to a similar position for tkte district of the Northern Episcopal church. Killed by Cars in Mine. Spring Valley.--Charles Dougherty aged 22, a driver In No. 1 coal mla% was killed by a train of eight car^ fta the mine. Myles McKenna, sged^*, was killed on the Chicago, Bur lint- ton & Quincy railway while loading gravel into cars. Suffers Broken Ribs. Beamington.--George Beck was rlously injured by being thrown frosa a horse. Three ribs were broken- ^ Says Mother Kidnaped Child. Litchfield.--Mrs. J. C. Marty, of IBk dorado, Kan., is charged by Mrtt Marty with kidnaping their ten-year- old daughter, Helen, from a school here. Mrs. Marty arrived in tow* just before the child disappeared they vanished at the same time, father is in pursuit and sal* he prosecute Mrs. Marty. Loami Minister Resigns. Loam!.--Rev. H. L. Derr has signed the pastorate of 'church in this city. f •' > Illinois Bank Robbetl Effingham.--The vault and safe «C the People s bank at Sigel. six milea north of this city, were blown by burg­ lars and $3,900 in currency and cofaa taken. There is no clew to the rob­ bers. The work evidently was dona by amateurs, for they broke lata % blacksmith shop to steal tools. A Board of Review Finds ITMMMk - Decatur.--The board of review ot Macon county ended a three months* session. More , than |75O,0Q0. added to the assessor's Uata. , v