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w.-ln ; Br HARRY LEON WILSON 'I ' ^4 Copyright, by Lothrop Publishing Company. CHAPTER XXVII.--COHTIHUKD. "Of course, we've lost everything, al- it--but I've not been * bit downcast jg * '"! about it There's more where It came ^ . from, and no end of fiin going after It. I'm looking forward to the adven- %;•* tpres, I can tell you. And every one wilL be glad to see me there; they 'JM ^ won't think the less of me, I assure you, because I've made a fluke here!" "Surely, Mr. Bines, no one here could l®ss of you. Indeed, I think more of you. I think it's fine and big i > , to go back with such courage. Do you know, I wish I were a, man--I'dshow J", * - "Really, Miss Mllbrey--" fk , He looked over her shoulder again, ^ and eaw that Shepier was waiting for n& 1 ' ^ - . "I think your friends are impatient." JT • ,p "They can watt. Mr. Bines, I won- Aw if you have qbuite a correct idea of t" all New York people." *** A "Probably not; I've met so few, you ' know." ̂ , "Well, ol! coarse--but of those you've •at?" ' "You can't know what my Idea* are." & "I wish we might have talked more --I'm sure--when are you leaving?" "I shall leave to-morrow." ft \h "And we're leaving for the country 'ourselves. Papa and mamma go to- morrow--and, Mr. Bines, I should have liked another talk with you--I wish we were dining at the Oldakers' again." Ha observed Shepier it rolling toward them. ̂ "I shall be staying with Aunt Cor­ nelia a few days after to-morrow." Shepier came up. "And I shall be leaving to-morrow, Miss Milbrey." "Ah, Bines, glad to see you!" The accepted lover looked Miss Mll­ brey over with rather a complacent air--with the unruffled confidence of assured possession. Percival fancied there was a look almost of regret in the girl's eyes. "I'm afraid," said Shepier, "jrpur aunt doesn't want to be kept waiting. And she's already in a fever for o.ear you won't prefer the necklace she In­ sists you ought to prefer." "Tell Aunt Cornelia, please, that I shall be along in just a moment" "She's quite impatient, you know," urged Shepier. Percival extended his hand. "Good-by, Miss Milbrey. Don't let me detain you. Sorry I shall not see you again." . She gave him her hand uncertainly, as if she had still something to say, but could find no words for |t "Good-by, Mr. Bines." "Good-by, young man," Shepier shook hands with him cordially, "and the best of luck to you put there. I ahall hope to hear good reports from you. And mind, you're to look us up when you're in town again. We shall always be glad to see you. Good-by: He led the girl back to the case where the largest 'diamonds reposed chastely on their couches of royal vel­ vet Percival smiled as he resumed his walk--smiled with all that bitter cyh- lciam which only youth may feel to Its full poignance. Yet, heartless as she was, he recalled that while she talked to him he had imprinted an imagin­ ary kiss deliberately upon her full scar­ let Hps. And now, too, he was forced to confess that, in spite of his very certain knowledge about her, he would actually prefer to have communicated ^ it through the recognized physical media. He laughed again, mora cheer- * . f u l l y . "The sprplng has gotten a strangie- / ̂ holdpn my Judgment*" he sald to WJ»- fc'*? -« [* • V* - • •«:* 'M V sjfel r< Ati • • -v" •if;- '"J £ > ; . lr» 4 ^ '̂'-•"'̂ CHAPTBffi- XXVTftf; BOMB PHENOMENA PECULIAR TO SPRING. He awoke early next morning, re­ freshed and intensely alive. With the work done he became conscious of a feeling of disassociatlon from the sur­ roundings in which he had so long >een at home. He was glad the busi­ ness was oft his mind. He would now go the pleasant journey and think on the way. . His trunks were ready for the ear; and before he went downstairs his handbag was packed, and the prepara­ tions for the start completed^ When, after his breakfast he read the telegram announcing that the car had been delayed 24 hours In Chicago, he was bored by the thought that he must pass another day in New York. He was eager now to be off, and the time would bmg heavily. He tried U> recall some forgotten de­ tail of the business that might serve to occupy him. But the finishing had been thorough. He ran over in his mind the friends with whom he could spend the time agreeably. He could recall no one he cared to see. He had no longer an In­ terest in the town or its people. He went aimlessly dirt oh to Broad­ way in the full flood of a spring morn­ ing, breathing the fresh air hungrily. It turned bis thought to places out of the grime and clamor of the city; to woods and fields where he might rest and feel the stimulus of his new plans. He felt aloof and sufficient unto him­ self. , He swung on to an open car bound north, an* watched without Interest the early quick-moving workers thronging south on the street, and crowding the cars that passed him. At Forty-second street, he changed to a Boulevard car that took him to the Fort Lee ferry at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street Out on the shining blue, river he ex­ panded his lungs to the clean, sweet air. Excursion boats, fluttering gay streamers, worked sturdily up the stream. Little yachts, in fresh-laun­ dered suits of canvas, darted across their bows ot slanted In their wakes, looking like white, butterflies. The vivid blue of the sky was flericed with bits of broken fleeee. scurrying Hie &e *eU*. Acroni the rtrtr « a him over its summit to tie languorous freshness beyond. He walked off the boat on .the far­ ther sMs and clio$f|| a series of steep wood^k^alrwaya, past a tiny cataract that foamed its way down to the river. Wean he. reached the top he walked through a stretch of woods and turned off to the right down a cool shaded road that wound away to the north through the fresh greens of oak and chestnut When he came to a village with an electric car clanging through it, he skirted its borders, and struck off through a woodland toward the river. Even the Village was too human, too modern, for his early-pagan mood. In the woods he felt that curirUs hrlll- of stealth, that impulse to cau­ tious concealment, which survives in man,from the remote days when ene­ mies beset his forest ways. On a southern hillside he found a dogwood tree with Its blossomed firmament of white stars. In low, moist places the violets had sprung through the thatch of leaves and weje singing their pur­ ple beauties all unhearu. Birds were nesting and squirrels chattered and scolded. Under these more obvious signs and sounds went the steady undertone of life in root and branch and unfurling leaf--provoking, inciting, making law­ less whomsoever it thrilled. He came out of the wood on to an­ other road that ran not far from the river, and set off again to the north along the beaten track. When he came to a "wheelman's rest," be ate many sandwiches and drank much milk. \ The face of the maid that' served him had been no heaven for the souls of dead flowers. Still she was a girl; and no girl could be wuolly without importance on such a day. So he thought the things he Would have said to her If matters had been different When he had eaten, he loafed off again down the road. Through the long afternoon he walked and lazed, turning into strange lanes and by­ roads, resting on grassy* banks, and looking far up. ' / When the shadows stretched In the dusky languor of the spring evening, he began to take his bearings for the return. He heard the hum and clang of an electric car off through a cheat- nut grove. The sound disturbed him, bringing premonitions of the city'B unrest. He determined to stay out for the night It was restful--his car would rot ar­ rive until late the next afternoon- there was no reason why he should not He found a little wayside hotel whose weather-beaten sign was ancient enough to promise "Entertainment for man and beast" "Just what I want," he declared. "I'm both of them--man and beast.' Together they ate tirelessly of young chickens broiled, and a green salad and a wonderful pie, with a bottle cf claret that had stood back of the dingy little bar so long that it had attained, at least as to its label, a very fair an tlquity. When the man and the beast had been appeased they sat out undar a blossomed apple tree and smoked to­ gether in a fine spirit of amity. At ten o'clock he went in from un der the peering little stars and fell asleep in an ancient four-poster. He dreamed that he had the world, a foot­ ball, clasped to his breast, and wss running down the field for a gain of 100 yards. Then, suddenly, in place of the world, it was Avice Milbrey in his grasp, struggling frantically to be free; and Instead of behaving like a gentleman he flung both arms around her and kissed her despite her strug­ gles; kissed her time after time, unt 1 she ceased to strive against him, and lay panting and helpless in his arms. CHAPTER XXIX. AN UNUSUAL PLAN OF ACTION 18 MATUKE1X He was awakened by the unaccus tomed silence. As he lay with his eyes open, his first thought was that all things had stopped--the world had come to its end. Then remembrance came, and he stretched in lazy enjoy­ ment of the stillness and the soft feather bed upon which he had slept Finding himself too .wide awake for more sleep, he went over to the little gable window and looked out. The unfermented wine of another spring day came to his eager nostrils. The little ball had made another turn. Its cheek was comld*; once more Into the light Already the east was flushing with a wondrous vague pink. The lit­ tle animals in the city over there, he thought would soon be tumbling out of their beds to begin another of their funny, serious days of trial and fail­ ure; to make ready for another night of forgetfulness, when their absurd lit­ tle ant-hill should turn again away from the big blazing star. He sat a long time at the windo*, looking out to the east where the light was show­ ing; meditating on many Idle, little matters, but conscious all the tims cf great power within himself. He felt ready now for any conflict. The need for some great immediate action pressed upon him. He did not identify it Something he must do--he must have action--and that at once. He was glad to think how Uncle Peter would begin to rejoice in him--secretly at first, and then to praise him. He was equal to any work. He could not begin it quickly enough. That queer need to do something at once was still pressing, still unidentified. By five he was downstairs. The girl, fresh as a dew-sprayed rose in the gar­ den outside, brought him breakfast of fruit, bacon and eggs, coffee and waf­ fles. He ate with relish, delighting meantime in the girl's florid freshness, and even In the assertive, triumphant whistle of the. youth busy at his tspks outside. When he set out he meant to reach the car and go bade to town at once. Yet when he came to the road ov r which be had loitered the day before, he turned off upon it wih slower steps. There was a confusing whirl of ideas in his brain, a chaos that required all his energy to feed it so that the spring | went from his step. Then all at once a new-born world cohered out of the nebula, and the sight of its measured, orderly "whirling dazed him. He had been seized with a wfsfc--almost an intention, eo Bttmnfng In Its audacity that he all but reeled «nder the shock. It seemed to hia that the thing most have been germin­ ated in his mind without his knowl­ edge; it had lain there, gathering foro& while he rested, now UHsurst forth ana dazzle him with its tifihie. All that undimmed freshness at longing he had felt the day before--all the unnamed, unidentified, nameless _ desires--had flooded back upon him,' but now no longer aimless. They were acutely definite. He wanted Avice Milbrey-- wanted her with an intensity as un­ reasoning as it was resistless. Tills was the new world he had watched swimming out of the chaos in his mind, taking its allotted orbit in a planetary system of possible, rational, matter-of-course proceedings. And Avice Milbrey was to marry Shapter, the triumphant money king. He sat down by the roadside, we'l- nigh helpless, surrendering all his forces to the want Then there came upon him to rein­ force this want a burning sense of de? feat He remembered Uncle Peter's first warnings iu the mine about "cup­ board love;" the gossip of Higbee: "If you were broke, she'd have about as much use for you--" all the talk he had listened to so long about marriage for money; and, at the last. Shepler's words to Uncle Peter: "I was uncer­ tain until copper went to 51.'"' Those were three wise old men wsko had talked, men who knew something of women and much of the world. And they were so irritating in their cer­ tainty. What a fine play to fool them all! • ? The sense of defeat burned into him more deeply. He had been vanquished, cheated, scorned, shamefully flouted. The money was gone--all of Uncle Peter's complaints and biting sarcasms came back to him with reneweo bitter* ness; but his revenge on Uncle Peter would be in showing him a big man at work, with no nonsense about him. But Shepier, whp was now certain, and Higbee, who had always been cer­ tain--especially Shepier, with his easy sense of .superiority with a woman over any poor man. That was a dif­ ferent matter. There was a thing to think about. And he wanted Avice Milbrey. He could not he decided, go back without her. The great wild wish narrowed itself into a definite plan. He recalled the story Uncle Peter had told at the Old­ akers' about the woman and her hair. A woman could be coerced if a man knew her weakness. He could coerce her. He knew it instinctively; and the instinctive belief rallied to its support a thousand little looks from her, little intonations of her voice, little turn­ ings of her head when they had b?en together. In spite of her calculations, in spite of her love of money, he could -make her feel her weakness. He was a,, man with the power. It was heady wine for the morning. He described himself briefiy as a lu­ natic, and walked on again. But the crazy notion would not be gone. The day before he had been passive. Now he was active, acutely aware of him­ self and all his wants. He walked a mile trying to dismiss the idea. He sat down again, and it flooded back upon him with new force. Her people were gone. She had even intimated a wish to talk with him again. It could be done quickly. He knew. He felt the primitive superior* ity of man's mere brute force over woman. He gloried In his kno ted muscles and the crushing pdwer of his desires. Afterward, she would reproach him bitterly. They would both be unhap­ py. It was no matter. It was the present, the time when he should be living. He would have her, and Shep­ ier--Shepier might have had the Ono Girl mine--but this girl, never! He crossed the ferry and went tt the hotel, where he shaved and fresh' ened himself. He found Grant, the porter, waiting for him when he went downstairs, and gave him written di* rections to the railroad people to have the car attached to the Chicago express leaving at eight the next morning; also instructions about his baggage. "I expect there will be two of us. Grant; see that the car is well stocked; and fiere, take this; go to a florist's and get about four dozen pink roses-- IA France--can you remember?--pink --don't take ^ny other color, and bd sure they're 'fresh. Have breakfast ready by the'time the train starts.", "Yes, Mistah Puhs'val!" said Grant, hnd added to himself: "Yo' Buttiny do ca'y yo'se'f mighty han'some, Mistah Man!" Going out of the hotel, he met Laun- ton Oldaker, with whom he chatted a few moments, and theii bade gooi-by. Oldaker, with a sen&tive regard t :r the decencies, refrained from express­ ing the hearty sympalny he felt for a man who would henceforth be com­ pelled to live out of the world. Percival walked out to Broadway, re­ volving his plan. He saw it was six o'clock. He could do nothing for at least an hour. When he noted this he became conscious of his hunger. He had eaten nothrxig since morning. He turned into a restaurant on Madison square and ordered dinner. When he had eaten, he sat with his coffee for a final smoke of deliberation. He went over once more the day's argu­ ments for and against the novel em­ prise. He had become insensible, how­ ever, to all the dissenting ones. As a last rally, he tried to picture the diffi­ culties he might encounter. He faced all he could imagine. "By God, 111 do it!" , "Oul, monsieur!" said the waiter, who had been standing dreamily near, startled into attention by the spekea words. "That's all--give me the check." He drove first to the Milbrey house, on the chance that she might be at hppst Jarvls answered his ring. V (TO BE CONTINUED.^ . , - * Sequel. ' • v Smith (who has been abroad) -- Is young Hugglns still paying attention to your daughter? Jones--No; they are married now.-- Chicago Daily News. , ^ Othello's Economy. Ott&tlo had just smothered Deail- mona. "There,'" he ejaculated. "1 guess that'll settle the alimony question, any­ how."--Judge, Wireless Telegraph 4 Operated by Boys In Newport, R. L, are two wireless telegraph plants owned and oper­ ated by boys, which are perhaps the most complete amateur plants in the country. They belong to Lloyd Man­ uel, who has his plant at his home on Third street, and Henry Booney, whose apparatus is situated on Mt Vernon street Both boys receive and send mes­ sages, but are particularly busy in re­ ceiving the many 'messages that are sent to the wireless station at the naval torpedo station. At timeB the operators at the torpedo station talk with the boy operators at Newport, adjustable. The length of the wave is regulated with this apparatus by moving the chips in either an upward pr downward direction. After ascer­ taining precisely the right position for a certain station, it is an easy matter to keep this in mind, and no further trouble is experienced. Though other stations than the one they are call­ ing may receive the message, it is heard most distinctly by tne station to which the apparatus is adjusted. The greatest improvement over the earlier Instrument is in the wave de­ tector. Two pieces of carbon, with an ordinary needle placed across them, The House Used In Wireless' Experimental and the navy men, both enlisted men and officers, are much interested in the work of the amateurs. Last winter Charles Fielding, a mes­ senger boy employed by the Postal telegraph company, constructed a wireless station and sent and received messages. So interested did Com­ mander Albert Gleaves of the torpedo station become in the apparatus and work of the messes ger boy that he visited the improvised station at Fielding's home, with the result that Filding was enlisted in the navy, though two years under the age limit. This last act was waived, as the navy was anxious to have the services of the young expert. Commander Gleaves made a full report of Field­ ing's apparatus to the navy depart­ ment. Fielding is now an electrician In the navy, and is stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard. Manuel and Rooney spend prac­ tically all their spare time working and experimenting with their outfits, and have made several Improvements and additions to their first rather crude apparatus. * In the part of the apparatus which Is used for sending messages, a con­ denser and a tunning coil are used. This is a brass wire connected With the aerial and to the Instrument itself by means of leads or chips, which are was the way m which the first de­ tector was made. Now the boys use an electro-lytic receiver. This con­ sists of a hair like platinum wire, which is partly contained in a recep tacle containing acid, to which It is fastened by means of a screw ad justment Another tunning coil Is used, similar to the one used in send­ ing, but in this coil there are many more turns of wire. A sliding con­ tact is employed, and In this manner any part of the coil can be used. A receiver, attached to the head, similar to the ones used by telephone operators, is used. The sliding con­ tact is then moved up and down un­ til the apparatus responds. The general aim of all experiment­ ers in the field of wireless telegraphy at the present time is to discover a selective system of transmitting mes­ sages. This is a system whereby it will be possible to transmit messages from one point to another without outside stations being able to Inter­ fere or "butt in." This latter is now the greatest de­ fect in wireless telegraphing, as other stations than the one intended get the message. Of course, these may not understand the message If it is sent in a code, but they are able to bother the sender and receiver to a greater or less extent "&NNON BAL ̂ • : ' Measuring Its Velocity by Aid of Elec­ trically Charged 8creens. Measuring the velocity of a cannon ball mfty seem to be a difficult matter, but it is really one of the simplest of The Cannon and Targets.. scientific problems. The accompany­ ing diagram shows the whole thing plainly. Somewhere in the path of the pro­ jectile are placed two wire screens, marked C and D, each formed of a simple frame, across which a wire runs back and forth, forming part of an electric battery circuit in which an accurate timepiece, T, is also inter­ posed. As the projectile, on being fired from the gun» passes through the screen C, the circuit of which It is a part is broken and the clockwork Is started, the index originally pointing to zero. On passing through the other screen, D, the projectile interrupts the second circuit with the effect of in­ stantly bringing the clock mechanism to a stop. Knowing, then, the exact distance between the two screens, usually sev­ eral hundred feet, it follows that by di­ viding it by the number of seconds or fractions of a second marked on the clock dial, representing the time that has elapsed during the passage of the projectile from screen C to screen D, we obtain the number of feet per sec­ ond that the projectile was traveling. The Derivations of Words. There are some very funny stories told about the derivations of words, since people are likely to twist their language into strange forms. Thus, the pope is even to-day called by the name "pontifex," which boys in the Latin class all know Js taken by him from the title of the old Roman priests. Now "pontifex" means bridge builder, and it is true that the Roman priests in the early days of the republic were in charge of bridges; but scholars tell us that the word "pontifex" probably should be "pomptlfex," meaning "mak­ er of ceremonies." Many of you have wondered what the priests had to do with bridge building, and this little change of "nt" to makes tie whole matter dear. * V 'fEHINO HI® BAmi " A Trick That Will Amuse an Evening Company Immensely. / Public entertainers of all kinds are always anxious to get on good terms with their audiences. One of the sur­ est methods of attaining this is to de­ ceive the spectators with some, appar­ ently genuine, trick, and to then, as it were, allow them to discover that the feat is really a .bogus one. A good example of this is afforded by a conjurer, who, putting a plate on top of pedestal, places a billiard ball upon it Facing the audience, he steps in front of the pedestal, then steps aside again, and, lo, and behold; the billiard ball has disappeared. The performer "searches" for the ball, and soon, pretending to see it "dropping from the clouds,".he catches it and holds it aloft in his right hand for all to see. In reality, the performer's left arm-- fixed in front of him--^B, from elbow downwards, a dummy one, and it is with his real left hand that he picks up the billiard ball, behind his back. Soon, In the "search" the ball is se- Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Write* of Thiacs of Interest mt the State Capital. Springfield.--The official canvass of the vote of Illinois for state officers. University trustees and members of congress showed the following figures: State treasurer--John F. Smulski (Rep.), 417,544; N. L. Piotrowski <Dem.), 271,&84; William P. Allln (Pro.), 88,393; W. E. McDermut (Soc.), 42,005; John P. Francis (Soc. LabO> 8,757. Plurality for Smulski, 145,560. Superintendent of public instruction --Francis G. Blair (Rep.), 436,325; Caroline Grote (Dem.), 25)9,218; A. L. Whitcomb (Pro.), 28,438; May Wood Simons (Soc.h 40,023; Phillip VmI (Soc. Lab ), 3,059. Pluralt^for B^ir, 137,107. -- Illinois Central Gets State's Claim. Gov. Charles S. Deneen has pre­ sented to the directors of the Illi­ nois Central Railroad company a bill for $3,000,000 for back compensation claimed by the state of Illinois. Al­ though the itemized bill is still kept under lock and key by the state and the railroad officials, it became known that the following items have been ^dded to the account claimed by the /state: A seven per cent share in the profits secured by the road from some of its investments, amounting to be­ tween $100,000 and $300,000. Com­ pensation from the sale of mileage books, back sum amounting to $28,000. The right to insist that rental be charged subsidiary companies using the Park Row terminal, the state to get seven per cent. The greatest item in the bill deals with the dis­ tribution of receipts from the charter and the subsidiary lines. Concerning this the report, which was given Jacob M. Dickinson, of the law department of the road eight weeks ago, said "The present method of distributing receipts between the charter and subsidiary lines is unjust and illogical. It dperates to the best interests of the road, and it is detrimental to the interests of the state." Since first broached to the officials of the road last December, the bill has been Btead- lly growing. A month ago it amounted to $2,700,000, but when it was form­ ally presented the figures had swelled to a trifle Over $3,000,000, the increase being due to the discovery of fresh leaks In the system of accounting Whereby the state compensation is alleged to dribble away before reach­ ing the exchequer. The directors took swift action. They listened attentive­ ly to the executive's speech, and at once decided that there was no time to lose. Six of the directorate were selected to conduct an Investigation, and they leaped to their task at once, saying that they would be ready to announce the position of the road within a week. The men who will in­ quire into -the $3,000,000 claim are: Edward H. Harriman, J. T. Harahan, president of the road; Vanderbilt john Jacob Astor, John W. Asnfcen- cjoss and Walter Luttgen. CM •""f, 5 T- TRICK. AN! ITS EXPLAMATI The Trick Illustrated. * V cretly transferred to his right hand, and the trick neatly finished. A shout of laughter invariably arises as, after bowing low, the performer retires up the stage, his left forearm and hand now, of course, showing plainly against Jiis black cloth coat Check for 8choel teak. State Superintendent of Public In­ struction Bayliss Issued an order which will have the effect of holding, up, for a time at least a large part of the distributive school fund of the state. The order directs county su­ perintendents to withhold the state money from such township treasurers as have not complied with the law regarding the securing of loans made from public school funds. The order of the superintendent is the culmina­ tion of a campaign which he has been waging ever since he has been in office and which has for its object the c rking of innumerable leaks in the school money. Two years ago, after having suffered several rebuffs in the general assemblies of previous years, the superintendent secured the en­ actment of a statute which required all loans of school funds to be se­ cured by mortgage on real estate within the state. He thought this would cure ttye evil, but it didn't As the result of a recent investigation, he finds that the law has been ignored in almost every county in the state, and that there was on the date of the last report made up by him something like $1,000,000 illegally outstanding., State Charitable Institutions. | Discussion of the needs of the state charitable institutions will take up a considerable part of Gov. D» neen's. message to the forty-fifth getlr eral assembly. The state board of charities has under consideration | plans for extension and improvement of the various asylums and institu­ tions, and these will be submitted! to the governor after the next meet­ ing of the board, which will be held early in December. Then Gov. Dgk jreen will consider the suggestion#; offered by the state board of chari­ ties and will recommend to the legis­ lature the enactment of laws and the appropriation of money to carry int0 effect as much of the board's idea* as he may deem feasible at this tima. Among the suggestions being coo- ' 8idered by the board of charities in that all the Insane persons now being cared for in county almshouses sfaaH> be transferred to the state instittt- tiohs. It is well known that the in­ sane cannot be given as good carp" and attention in county poorhouseil as they could receive in state instl* tutions with well equipped accommo­ dations and competent physicians. But such change in the method at caring for the insane would add son# 3,000 patients to the number of ill-v. sane already cared for by the state; To accommodate this great number of patients would require enlargement of the state hospitals and great in- cfease in the expense of maintenance. At the Bame time the change would insure better attention and greater probabilities of recovery to those among the insane who are susceptible of improvement if not of ultimate cure. , The state board also wishes that there shall be established a coir ony for the treatment of epileptics and another for persons suffering from tuberculosis. To accomplish aU this will require the expenditure of a great sum of money and the ques­ tion of whether the state can afford to attempt to do this within two yeai' is one that will have to be carefalty' considered before the governor com­ pletes the program whiift fce offer to the legislature. v; Horticulturists to Meet. Sangamon county fanners are inter­ ested in the fifty-first annual meeting of the Illinois mate Horticultural so­ ciety, which will be held in Cham­ paign December 12-14. The day meet­ ings and fruit exhibit will be in th» Agricultural building of the university which furnishes every convenience tit. the way of a convention hall, eahibft rooms and committee rooms. Par greater convenience, the evening meet­ ings *111 be held In Elks hall, Cham­ paign. The program for this meeting is a strong one, combining the seien * tlfic and the practical, and while pre* senting a varied program, it gives spe­ cial prominence to matters of vital im­ portance at this time. Prominent hor­ ticulturists from other states and from the United States department of agri­ culture will furnish papers, while well- known Illinois people will fill oat the program. Liberal premiums are Of­ fered for fruit and vegetables and, very large exhibit is insured. <* '"iy ^ s & - ' "A ' i Mrs. Deneen Not Losing Sight. The family physician of Gov. De­ neen said there is absolutely nothing in a report spread in Chicago that Mrs. Deneen's sight is in peril as a re­ sult of her recent serious illness. On the contrary, the health of the gov­ ernor's wife is very gojujtv'rif,' Pastor Declines Call. Rev. Hugh McClelland, of Rfehmoad* Ky., who received an unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Christian church of this city, and who later tele­ graphed his acceptance of the call, hajs reconsidered the matter and has tele­ graphed Dr. V. T. Lindsay, of the board of trustees of the SpringfieHl church, that he will remain in Rich­ mond. Rev. Mr. McClelland writes that so many petitions were presented him by the Commercial club and the board of regents of the state normal and that such influences had been brought to bear upon him that It was quite impossible tor him to refuse to remain. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 1 Mother--Now, can >oa tell me In which of his battles Gen. Wolfe was killed? Son and Heir--In his last, wasn't it ? --Scraps. BEDTIME. When the whip-poor-will begins his ylsla» tlve cry, And the dusky shades are drawn across the sky. Then will children soon be sleeping For Just as the stars come peppeing* The old Sandman goes a-cr«epiog by. Rsy Wilier Is Honored.. ! Ray Wilier, of Springfield, was unan­ imously elected state superintendent of press work at the last annual meet­ ing of the Senior Loyal Temperance legion of Illinois. The convention was held ih Jacksonville. The neffc meet- lng will be in July at El Paso|" Identifying Marks on Stamps. Beginning with the first issue of postage stamps for the coming year, every stamp sold from a presidential post office will bear the name of the city and state in Which the sale is made. Springfield- is Included in this class of post offices. In case of a rob­ bery the name of the city and state printed upon the stamps will render it practically impossible for the thieves to get rid of their plunder and will furnish the government an easy meth­ od of running down the criminals and recovering the stolen property. Improvements on Fort Massac. A meeting of the state commission which has in charge the improve­ ments to be made on old Fort Massac, met in this city and th(gf ct ntract will probably go to English brothers, which cohcern has charge of the construc­ tion of an auditorium at the Univer­ sity of Illinois. The bids ranged from $1,525 to $6,000. It is probable that the commission will request congress to make an appropriation to make permanent the rlv^lrapaJL in Trin­ ity. of the old foxti 4' 4 " " State Banks Show Big Increase. A recapitulation of the condition of the state banks of Chicago on Novem­ ber 13 has been issued by the state auditor. The statement shows that there are 43 Btate banks in Chicago^ having a total paid-up capital of $27,- 800,000 and their combined surplus is $15,824,353. This is an increase of $1,000,000 and $112,676 surplus since September 5, when there state banks in Chicago. To Investigate Diphtheria Outbreak. Dr. J. C. Westervelt, of Shelbyvillew Inspector for the state board of health. - has been sent to Chats worth to Invee- tigate a reported outbreak of diphthe­ ria. Several cases of tonsiHtls were recently reported and later the patients were fouRd to be sufferg Assistants Are County Treasurer-elect James .A.. Hail, who assumes his new duties cm December 1, has named William Bowe, of this city, to the office of chief clerk in his office. Mr. Bowe has tbr several years been employed in the offices of the Court ef Honor. Mr. Bowe is well known In SpringfteML He will take the place, of Qeotgi Shwaner, brother-in-law of thq piee> ent treasurer. Miss Alice Cahm. «to: is now employed in the city comptroll­ er's office, has also been name4 position in the treasurer's ofltoa Lodges Discuss New Ruling A large number of miresen of fraternal societies held a com at the Leland hotel to discuss the cent ruling of the Illinois S' court making assessable the fundi fraternal societies. William R. of Carthage, acted as chalnnnn of meeting, and Thomas W. WUSMk, this city, as secretary. No action was taken, but the court's ruling was discussed eral way and it is jweteafetn organization u£ be formed. -MM r>( %« s * '