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Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things el interest at the State Capital. '•WUW Springfield.--Roy O. West, chairman Of the Republican .state central com­ mittee, consulted with other party leaders regarding the coming meeting 'to fix the date for the state/ conven- No More Work Till Spring. Two attempts to get a quorum in the senate proved futile recently so the members abandoned further busi­ ness until spring, adopting the house tlon Postmaster Campbell of Chicago j joint resolution for a recess until May took part Chairman West conferred | 5. Only 23 senators appeared in their •with him in preparing for the coming j seats in the morning, and after wait- meeting It was understood that the j ing for the late afternoon trains in plan tentatively agreed upon con- f the hope that at least the lacking templates the selection of the state j three for a quorum might shatv up convention delegates by the county the upper branch bolted for its re committees. As the 1908 convention will have no important business to transact outside of the selection of na­ tional convention delegates, no par­ ticular objection1 to this plan is looked for,. -Information was brought to Springfield to the effect that Congress man William B. McKintey of Cham paign will not ask to represent Illi­ nois as one of the delegates at large to the national convention. As the. congressman is Speaker Cannon s cam­ paign manager, this information has been received by the politicians who have been perspiring over the prob­ lem of distributing the four honorable positions of delegates at large among the five men believed to be entitled to them. The withdrawal of Congress­ man MoKiuley practically fettled the matter, with the result that Senators Cullom and Hopkins. Gov. Deneen and Mayor Busse will have the places. For the first time in more than a year members of the legislature were in a minority about the hotels. The dedi­ cation of the new temple of justice •brought public men from all over the west to the city and lawmakers lost their prominence temporarily. What State Institutions Cost The following table shows in bulk the appropriations made for the state Charitable institutions under the last two administrations: Yates. El Kin asylum...; «SS.o*> Kankakt-? ri?ylum 1.623/00 Wat«rto*s . .syhim SB.OiW Jacks"tivi' ~ asylum .+68 Anna asy jr.. Bartor.vtli--* -.avium * •Chester asv'.um 1 >!,<'»• Home for L>^af iJai. 'k sonville) Home for Blind <Ja^k- 8onviil<*t 2M.W> Feeble mir.i-d (Lincoln*. flail urs' Hfn'.e iQuineyi. Soldiers' Orphans (Nor­ mal) 300.95-I Soldiers' Widows (Wil­ mington) Ul.TW Sye and Kar i Chicago >) 153.9^ Geneva Girls' Home 2T1.101 Home for Blind (Chi­ cago) 1S0.S43 8t- Charles Home Den^n. $973,170 1.734.5"*' 890.0>'0 l.Offi.'W v>4. *i>' 1 ISS.tV*' 570.2-W affi.QOD 835.40" 253,7'V> 919.70(1 1.11S.5N': 3».EZ S4.SH0 2T<;.1«S 525.431 173. rx* 534.55" spective homes, leaving several ap­ propriation bills and the measure rais­ ing the salary of Chicago aldermen still in the air. While the senate was unable to get along with 23 nlen at their desks, the lower house managed to conduct its session with .only one member--John G. Oglesby--in the chamber. The senate had found^ it necessary to make a slight change" in the recess resolution, but after a thrilling debate Mr. Oglesby had no trouble in getting the house to concur in the amendment. At a recent session Senator Pember- ton introduced a bill providing a new scheme for the management of the state institutions. The measure pro­ vides for a board of control of three members to be appointed by the gov­ ernor. not more than two of them from the same political party. It abolishes the boards of trustees of the various institutions, giving their func­ tions and duties to the board of con­ trol. which is to appoint the superin­ tendents, let the contracts and per­ form all other details of supervision and administration. The members of the board are to receive salaries of $5,000 a year, and a secretary is to be given $2,500 a year. The measure was advanced to second reading. Senator Ettleson presented a meas­ ure amending the law relating to vital statistics. It provides that in cities of over 100.000 population physicians shall report all births to the munici­ pal board of health, which is to keep careful and complete records and to make a report every three months to the state board of health. The bill is advocated by Health Commisioner W. A. Evans of Chicago. With the passage of a few appro­ priation bills and the bills increasing the salary of Chicago aldermen from fl.&OO to $3,500 a year the senate planned to take a Jong recess. S9.3-r.083 $11.743.ee: •Appropriations run to Menard insane asylum in 1505 and 1907. The defense of the state board of charities, that the legislature cut ap­ propriations does not appear to be borne out by the following tabulation which shows the last two appropria­ tions, both made under the present ad­ ministration: 1905. f gin asylum .... inkakee asylum 73V 000 atertown asvlum 350.'»<> Ja< ksonville asylum 4».r,*vi Anna asylum 37_'>«i Bartonville asylum ">37.4<iO Menard asylum IfU.SO) Home for l>eaf L'oO.'cW Homf for Blind (Jackson­ ville) 12S .V*> FiH'hle Minded (Lincoln).' Soldiers' Home (Quincv*. 4<iO,^M) Soldiers' Orphans' Home (Normal) VA.ZY) Soldiers' Widows' Home (Wilmington) 33.Of*) K.ve and F.ar <Chicago>... 1*?2.3-W Geneva Girls' Home.. 21S.W Home for Blind <Ohii-as?oj 70.'»*» St. Charles Home iSS.-SO 1907 *32.300 90u 540.0tX) S3:!. 500 4X1.7U0 S55.000 K4.4O0 300.000 125.200 453.700 65X.386 165.122 51.KOO 113.S63 306.531 103.000 276.300 Totals $5,149,020 $6,593,4U» Dedicate Court Building. With formal ceremonies, partici­ pated in by Gov. Deneen and the jus­ tices of the Illinois' supreme court, the new supreme court building at Sec­ ond street and Capitol avenue was thrown open the other day. The event was held under the auspices of the Illinois State Bar association and the state officers with prominent men from all parts of the state were in at­ tendance. The supreme court con­ vened in the magnificent, courtroom -on the second floor of the new struc­ ture. Gov. Deneen, as president of the commission having charge of the erec­ tion of the building, formally deliv­ ered it to the court. The oration of the day was given by Gen. Benson -Wood of Effingham and Chief Justice Hand responded on behalf of the cour£ A feature of the proceedings was the presentation of a portrait of the late Norman L. Freeman to the court by Maj. James A. Connolly of this city on behalf of the family of Jtfr. Freeman. The latter was of­ ficial reporter of the court from 1863 to 1894. At the conclusion of these ceremonies, members of the court and others were guests of the State Bar association at a luncheon at the Illini Country club. Mine Workers' Election. Mine workers throughout the state of Illinois cast ballots the other day to decide who will officers of the organization for the coming year. Each local union had a polling place and every member was privileged to cast a ballot. The hours for voting were regulated by each local. At the close of the polls the ballots were counted, sealed in packages and for­ warded to the office of W. D. Ryan, secretary-treasurer, in this city. Sev­ enty thousand ballots were cast throughout the state and the entire lot was locked up and in charge of Mr. Ryan, until the work of counting be­ gan. Announcement of the result will be made at the state convention. President Walker of Danville and Vice-President Farrington of Streator were candidates for re-election. A hot fight was promised for secretary- treasurer. with James Radford, assis­ tant to \V. D. Ryan, as the favorite. W. J. Guymon of Springfield is one of Radford's opponents. James Burns, Jr., of Springfield was a candidate for re-election as member of the stale ex- executive board from this district. LAID III ROYAL TOMB FINAL ACT IN BLOODY TRAGEDY OF PORTUGAL TAKES*I»LACE. FUNERAL IS IMPRESSIVE Manuel and the Queens Unable to Follow Coffin on Foot-- Franco Arrive# at Bordeaux. Lisbon.--The simple but impressive funeral services Saturday were the final act in the bloody tragedy of the royal family. All the arrangements for the solemn march through the city and the ceremonies at the Church of San Vincente were carried out. Although it is the ancient custom in Portugal for the new sovereign to walk behind the coffin of the dead monarch, as King Carlos did when his father was buried, neither of the queens nor the boy king was able to endure this trying ordeal. Additional troops were brought into Lisbon to accompany the cortege and line the route of march. Many Floral Tributes. The last of the special foreign mis­ sions to attend the funerals arrived in Lisbon Friday night and hundreds of floral tributes were received at the ]>alaee. Practically every government was represented. Charles Page Bryan, the American minister, sent two wreaths, one to King Manuel, with ex­ pressions of the most profound sorrow of President Roosevelt and the Ameri­ can people, and the other to Queen Amelie, conveying the heartfelt re­ grets of the American nation. The bodies of the king and the crown prince were viewed by the members of the diplomatic corps Friday after noon as they lay in the royal chapel. Every hour during the day massen were said at the altars in the palace chapel and, accbrding to traditloD, priests prayed before the caskets, sprinkled them with holy water and burned insense. The principal ma?s of the day was celebrated by the Papal Nuncio. It was attended by King Manuel and Queen Amelie and the members of the diplomatic corps in uniform and the gentlemen and ladies of the court. Franco at Bordeaux. Bordeaux.--Senhor Franco arrived here Friday. The former premier of Portugal brought a large amount of baggage with him. A group of news­ paper men awaited him at the sta­ tion, but when they stepped up he waved them away with a gesture of weariness and ignored the questions they asked him. He Walked quickly to his hotel. •*> The face of the man is haggard and he appears to be pre-occupied. He looks constantly to the right and to the left, as if he felt he should be pre­ pared to forestall some impending physical danger. Senhor Franco told the manag-ar of the hotel that he would remain over night, as he wished to change his Portuguese money into French money, having none of the latter. He did not say where hp purposed going Satur­ day. The hotel was guarded all night by the police. ICE DEALERS SENT TO JAIL. Quiet Visit to Asylum. A quiet visit to the insane asylum at Jacksonville was made by Repre­ sentatives Walter I. Manny and H. T. Ireland, one of the subcommittees of the house investigating committee. They went to the institution without notifying anyone of their coming and spent four hours in a tour of the wards with an eye to the ventilation, heating equipment, accommodations and attendance. They found Superin­ tendent Carriell in the midst of the renovations that . are being made as part of the general rehabilitation that has been in progress at the insti­ tution since the legislature appropri­ ated funds for the purpose. The two legislators said that they found the asylum spick and span in every cor­ ner. After leaving the institution the two investigators interviewed at the Dunlap hotel several of the townspeo­ ple to get information regarding charges that had been lodged with the general committee. There was no public hearing, the interviews being private. Three Prominent Toledo Men Given Six Months. Toledo, O. -- Roland Beard and Compton Leaman of the Hygeia Ice Company and Joseph Miller, man­ ager of the Toledo Ice and Coal Com­ pany, were Tuesday sentenced to six months in the county jail and to pay costs of prosecution by Judge Kinkade for conspiracy in restraint of trade. These men were found guilty last July and at that time Judge Kinkade sentenced each of them to six months in the workhouse and to pay $2,500 fine. The case was appealed and a few days ago the supreme court handed down a decision declaring the convicted men could be sent to jail, but not .to the workhouse. They were remanded to the common pleas court for resentence and while the fine was not assessed the workhouse sentence was changed to the county jail. No further effort will be made in be­ half of the defendants. They at once began their term of sentence. All the men are of prominent Toledo fami­ lies. SON SLAYS JUQGE HAfiGIS NOTORIOUS KENTUCKY FEUDIST KILLED AFTER QUARREL. Victim Long Prominent in Politics and Had Been Accused of Complicity In Many Murders. Jackson, Ky.--Former County Jucfge James Hargis, for many years member of the state Democratic executive com­ mittee, accused of complicity in many murders and a prominent figure in the feuds which have disrupted Breathitt county for several years, was shot and instantly killed in his general store here about 3:30 o'clock Thursday aft­ ernoon by his son, Beach Hargis. The son fired five shots in rapid succession at his father, who fell dead while his clerks were waiting on cus­ tomers. The exact cause of the murder has not been learned, but it is supposed to have been the result of differences which have existed between father and son for some time. The two men are reported to have had a severe quarrel several months ago, when the father, it is alleged, was compelled to resort to violence to restrain his son. Young Hargis, it is said, has been drinking heavily of late. He came into the store late in the afternoon and was apparently under the influence of liquor. Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke to his son about his drinking and a quarrel resulted. Father and son stepped behind a counter in the store, when the son, after only a few min­ utes' conversation, drew a revolver and fired five shots. Four took effect, the noted mountain character falling dead. The young woman stenographer and the customers in the store rushed for the doors and fled in fright. Young Hargis was arrested by the town marshal and Grover Blanton and placed in jail. He was raving like a maniac and the officers were com­ pelled to drag him to jail. Judge Hargis had been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in po­ litical and criminal circles. He had figured in the courts in the mountains for years on account of the murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney Marcum and James Cockrill. NIGHT RIDERS TERRORIZE. Destroy Tennessee Barns and Wound Several Persons. Adams, Tenn. -- Night riders, well armed ^nd mounted, visited the farms of Hugh C. Lawrence and Wash T. Vicker, within three miles of this place, destroyed the barns on both farms, together with 20,000 pounds of tobacco, shot and wounded Lawrence and his son Bradley Lawrence, and whipped a negro named Motlow un­ mercifully. • The riders first visited the farm of Lawrence. He and his son were In the barn loading their tobacco on wag­ ons and heard the night riders com­ ing. They came out of the barn and started toward the house, and when within 15 or 20 yards of the house they met ten or a dozen of the riders and at once opened fire on them. They returned the fire,.wounding Lawrence in the cheek and hand, and his son in the leg. The raiders retreated at the Law­ rences' first fire, but rallied with some ten or fifteen reenforcements and re­ newed the attack, firing 70 or 80 shots through the windows of his house, where he and son had retreated after emptying their weapons. The Law­ rences returned the fire, but no casual­ ties occurred. Mrs. Lawrence, who was in the house, narrowly escaped be­ ing struck by the flying bullets. Hj: '"1 : Bryan Clubs Meet February 21. A call was sent out by former Vice- Prebident A. E. Stevenson for a meet­ ing here February 21 for the pilose of organizing a state federation of 'Bryan clubs. All clubs which have in ' dorsed Bryan for president we're in t vited to send delegates. Mr. Steven- ' son is to .preside and is slated for the j; state presidency. W. J. Bryan will ' deliver an address. There is a Bryan club in nearly every county in the state outside'Of Cook county, which has several, and it is expected that 1,000 delegates will be in attendance. <x. Smallpox Delay No Reason. ^ Delay in the trial of a prisoner oc- • casioned by a quarantine of the jail on account of smallpox is not sufficient, reason for his discharge even if he is not tried at a term beginning within . four months after his commitment. * This, in substance, is an opinion given , out from the office of Attorney Gen­ eral Stead to State's Attorney Charles S. Cullen of La Salle county. It is held the question is not free from doubt as the Supreme court has not passed upon It. Smallpox at Lowder. Several new cases of smallpox or suspected smallpox were reported to the state board of he>alth, two of them at Lowder, in Talkingtoa town­ ship, this county. At the latter point, a man and his wife were thought to be suffering with the disease. They have four children and an inspector was sent to investigate the Matter. Dr. C. E. Crawford, an inspector for the state board, went to Lacoi; to in­ vestigate a reported outbreak of smallpox there. Shoots at Train, Wounds Woman. Mount Vernon, 111.-- Mrs. P. H Hough, wife of the superintendent oi the Beardstown division of the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad was shot in the head and seriously wounded Wednesday by John Ruther ford, a 13-year-old boy. who took a shot at the Burlington train on which Mrs. Hough was a passenger. Elevator at Storm Lake Burns. Storm Lake, la.--Wagner's elevator «vas completely destroyed by fire Fri­ day afternoon. The building con­ tained about 15,000 bushels of oats and a carload of flour and feed. The total loss is about $70,000. M iners Hope to Secure Peace. Illinois coal' operators and miners will make another effort, to adjust their differences in a conference V> be held in Peoria on February 20 The miners meet in state convention on February 18, and have agreed to meet with the operators two days latei and endeavor to adjust local differences before seeking an interstate agree­ ment. The operators in Illinois In­ diana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania refused to discuss an interstate wage scale until assilred that conditions will be changed. Hanging in Louisiana Bungled. . Lake Charles, La.--Albert West and Edward Williams, negroes, were hanged in the parish jail Friday aft­ ernoon. West was hanged first. The rope broke when the trap was sprung, but he was quickly strung up again and soon strangled to death. Battle Creek Patient Is Killed. Battle Creek, Mich.--Warden Had dox of the West Virginia penitentiary was killed here Friday night by fall­ ing from a fifth story window of a local sanitarium. Franco on His Way to Paris. Madrid.--Senhor Franco, the former premier of Portugal, arrived here Thursday from Lisbon. He was ac­ companied by his wife and son. In the evening he boarded the "south ex­ press," presumably for Paris. Caid MacLean Is Released. Tangier.--Caid Sir Harry MacLean, commander of the sultan's bodyguard and next to the sultan the most influ­ ential man in Morocco, has arrived here under an escort from the Bandit Raisuli, who has held him under bond­ age for the past seven months. He was brought here In accordance with the agreement which the British government finally succeeded in mak­ ing with Raisuli for his release, in re­ turn for which Great Britain will pay $100,000 to Raisuli and guarantee him protection and immunity from ar­ rest. Country in Grip of Storm. Chicago.--A sleetstorm which turned to rain Wednesday seriously affected telegraphic communication between Chicago and many outside cities, espe­ cially in the west. St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City were entirely cut off from the east during the early hours by a sleetstorm which surrounded St. Louis and extended into Iowa. In Chicago the storm affected much of the transportation in rush hours. Electric railroads' were the principal sufferers. Public Printer Suspended. Washington.--President .Roosevelt Wednesday temporarily suspended as public printer Charles A. Stil- lings and appointed William S Rossiter temporarily to fill the duties of that office. The action, as ex­ plained officially, is to facilitate the Investigation now being made of the government printing office by congress. 8t. Louis Man Found Dead. San Diego, Cal.--S. A. Moody of St. Louis was found dead Friday morn­ ing in his room at the Hotel Rich­ mond by his sister, Mrs. L. G. Stachan. Mr. Moody was 60 years old and was a pioneer resident of Webster Grove, a suburb of St. Louis. Wh«a winter's at oldest And coldest And boldest, Then cometh grood St. Valentine, To show that love is burning And sighing and yearning. When life is at Its bleakest And meekest And weakest. Then cometh good St. Valentine, To show that love is rosy And wistful-eyed and cosy. signing itiiu ytturiuuK, Aria WIBILUI*C|«U anu « And breathe upon the wintry earth his And breathes on every torpid heart ms tenderness divine. tenderness divine. --Good Housekeeping. FRIEND or THE J4TJLE 6NCS WONDERFUL day, the four­ teenth of Febru­ ary. It is so won­ derful that it spreads its charm over the preceding week and the week that comes after. For days and. days the Small Person sneaks into the house with unnatural, unhealthy and suspicious quiet, holding queer shaped bulging packages under her coat or smuggled away in the innermost cav­ erns of her absurd little muff. The paste pot appears every%here in the house. The paste brush disappears entirely and is finally found in a state of suicide and the ink-bottle. You see something on the floor that looks like a cherry. You pick it up and it is a red paper heart. While you are look­ ing at it the Small Person trots into the room, gives you one mysterious glance, immediately separates you from your treasure and scampers away to a hiding place under the dln- ingroom table, where she sits for three straight hours in a billowy pool of white paper lace, big white envelopes and numberless samples of scissors. Then, after these charming hours of mysterious preparation, the great day approaches. The mail man is the Kris Kringle, the Santa Clans, the good fairy. With bended shoulders he plods down the street, while the Small Person has her nose glued so tightly to the window pane that there is con­ siderable question whether or not it will detach itself without the aid of a paper knife. At last! Hooray! The bell rings. At imminent risk of catching every­ thing from a cold to a spanking the Small Person dashes out of the front door and fairly leaps into the mail bag. She emerges looking like a yuung stationery establishment, nothing but envelopes, big, little and middle sized. With a squeal and a scurry she blows back into the house and opens up her treasures. There are paper trees filled with brilliant paper roses, and be­ neath the forest trees sit little cupids "without no clo's on at all," just as if it were not February and cniiiy. Great big, beautiful white swan cars --more beautiful even than a new au­ tomobile--are dragged ont of tbeir white casings, and lo! when you touch a little spring somewhere the swan cars are filled with flowers and all sorts of wonderful, exquisite, beautiful things, like birds and jewels and lov­ ing hearts. Oh, it is very, very de­ lightful, being a child on St. Valen­ tine'^ day. While all this excitement is beating the quiet home atmosphere into quiv­ ers you sit down in a far-away cor­ ner and think of the time when you were a little girl. Perhaps you didn't have as much attention as the Small Person; perhaps things didn't some­ how come your way--and perhaps it's because you had so little that you ar.e ready to make any sacrifice so that the Small Person shall have much. It is from deprivations that you learn what good things mean and how much they mean. One day there came strange whis­ perings about St. Valentine. You won­ dered if he were the man who came to trim the trees in the orchard. It was all very new to you, because everything was new, and you had so much to get acquainted with in a bis strange world. The other children talked knowing­ ly about a St. Valentine's box. Next day they filed in one after another, and into a big wooden box they dropped white envelopes. When school was about to he dismissed the Beautiful Lady who took care of all the children opened up the mysterious affair and took out the envelopes one by one, calling the name of the little boy or girl. You held your breath. When would yours come? Ah! exquisite moment of anticipation! Your heart--such a tiny little silly, lovable heart, too-- fairly ceased to beat, for every mo­ ment you expected that your name would be spoken. The other children were busy showing their white lace valentines, and never noticed the wist­ ful little face in a far-back seat. It was all over. The box was empty. The Beautiful Lady closed her desk. The children ran for tbeir hats and coats. You placed two soiled fat lit­ tle hands to two very moisty-misty eyes and felt your first great sorrow. You did, didn't you? Well, if you didn't, I did. The heart of a child is so sensitive a flower. A thought will crush it--a tear will bruise it. HIS ONE DAY TO QET EVEN. Husband Sent Burlesque Valentines and Had His Wife Guessing. "Say, old fellow," said Brown, as he laid his hand familiarly on Potter's shoulder, "didn't I see you in the stationer's a day or two ago looking at valentines?" "You probably did, as I was in there," was the answer. "Buying for some sister or niece?" "No--for my wife." "But you are over 50 years old and have been married a quarter of a cen- 0MIC Another Missouri County "Dry." Richmond, Mo.--Bay county voted in favor of local option Friday by a majority of 1,975 out of a total of 2,950. Sixty-seven of the 114 counties in Missouri are now "dry." Man on Trial Attempts Suicide. Rochester, N. Y.-r-The trial of Mat- teo Perleone, charged with the murder of his two-year-old child, was halted Thursday because Perleone during the recess tried to commit suicide by cut­ ting his throat with a razor. Mulai Hafid to Expel Christians. Tangier. Advices received here from Fez say that a letter from Mulai Hafld has been read in the mosques in which he announces that in prosecut­ ing the holy war he would drive the Christians out of the ports. Dr. Laidley of St. Louis Dead. St. Loujs.--Dr. H. Laidley, one of St. Louis' most prominent physicians, and who was medical director of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, died suddenly at his home here Wednesday of cerebral hemorrhage. tL Eve 1 • - A "0. SI. Valentin*'* Cwt. Skill my r«tel»» In » »««•• »nd(ir»U (ul lav: For under Its cloak My darling spoke TM love thai she mould not have whisperad by day. And she Is mine 0. bliss div<n*: And this Is the »v* of SI. Val­ entine." " m That fe What Proves True Merit, Doan't Kidney pills bring the quick- st of relief from backache and kid­ ney troubles. Is that relief lasting? Let Mrs. James M. Long, of 113 A Staunton, va.t tell you. On January 31st, 1903, Mrs. Long 'wrote: "Doan's Kid­ ney Pills have cured me" (of pain in the back, urinary trou­ bles, bearing down sensations, etc.) On June 20th, 1907, four and one-half years later, she said: "I haven't ha4 kidney trouble since. I repeat my testimony." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HlS ONLY OPPORTUNITY. "Does your wife talk In her sleep, major?" "No, I talk In her sleep--it's the only chance I get." SHE COULD NOT WALK For Months--Burning Humor on Ankles --Opiates Alone Brought Sleep --Eczema Yielded to Cuticura. "I had eczema for over two years. I had two physicians, but they only gave me relief for a short time and I cannot enumerate the ointments and lotions I used to no purpose. My ank­ les were one mass of sores. The itch­ ing and burning were so intense that I could not sleep. I could not walk for nearly four months. One day my hus­ band said I had better try the Cuticura Remedies. After using them three times I had the best night's rest in months unless I took an opiate. I used one set of Cuticura Soap, Oint­ ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed in a short time. It is now a year since I used Cuticura, and there has been {no return of the eczema. Mrs. DaVid Brown, Locke, Ark., May 18 and July 13, 1907." The Bird Told Her. Henry eyed the canary solemnly. Then, threateningly, he pointed his finger and said emphatically: "Chirpy, I think a heap of you, but some things uv just got to stop or-- well, it won't be good for you. There's not a single thing I've done lately but what ma's found out. And it's always the same--she says a little bird toldi her when I wanter know how she's heard about it. "Now, Chirpy, you're the only little bird around here now. I'm just goin' to go straight through the pantry from top to bottom, and if ma hears about this from any little bird, Chirpy-- why you're goin' to deckerate the in­ side of the cat. that's all." Millions in Oats and Barley. Nothing will nay you better for 1908 than to sow a plenty of big yielding oats and barley with oats at 40c to 50c a bu. (Salzer's new Emperor William Oats av­ eraged 50 bu. per acre more than any other variety in 1907) would pay immense­ ly while Salzer's Silver King Barley which proved itself the biggest yielder at the Wisconsin Agricultural Station during 1907 if you had plan ted -50 acres would have given you in 1907 just $3,600.00 on 50 acres. It is an enormous yielder. JUST SEND THIS NOTICK AND 10c to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and we will mail you the only original seed catalog published in America with samples of Emperor Wil­ liam Oats, Silver King Barley, Billion Dol' lar Grass which produces 12 tons per acre. Sainfoin the dry soil luxuriator, etc., etc., and if you senct 14c we add a package of new farm seeds never before seen by you. "I Get a Hundred of the Meanest Bur lesque Valentines I Can Find." tury. You don't say that you are still romantic?" "I say this--that my wife can beat me at argument or scolding or doing as she pleases whether I like it or not. She's obstinate and pigheaded and touchy, and the only way I can get even with her is on Valentine's day. Then I get 100 of the meanest bur­ lesque valentines I can find and send them to her, and for the next three months she's wondering who sent 'em and treats me fairly well. Try it once. It is a good deal better than threatening her with the family ai." Women Not In Demand. Mr. Arnold Shanklin, just returned from Panama, says that men who go to Panama seem to think a wife one of the first necessities, but generally they are provided with sweethearts, who either come to them properly chaperoned or they go back to the states for them. The government builds nice six-room houses for the married men, and there is a very pleasant sbcial set being formed. He did not seem to agree with Miss Helen Varick Boswell that old maids or bachelor girls are wanted there, the inference being that the right sort of men are either married or about to be when they go to Panama. Stats or Ohio. City or Tolbdo.I LUCAS Cocty. ( Frank J. Cuknky makes oath that he ts senior partner of the Drill of F. J. C'HKXir & Co., doing business tn the C'tty of Toledo. Couatjr and State •foro*ald, anil that said firm will pay tho sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATiKiia that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catabkh Ccbk. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D.. 1886. . , A. W. GLEASON, I ( Xotabt Public. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken Internally and act* directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the •ystem. Send for testimonial*, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. r Sold by all DruRgUu. 75c. fake Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Satan Terrified. There is as great genius displayed in advertising as in the higher branches of literature. No problem daunts the modern advertising m^n. In the window of a little bookstore in Eighth avenue, New York, was re­ cently heaped a great pile of Bibles, marked very low--never before were Bibles offered at such a bargain; and above them all, in big letters, was the inscription: "Satan trembles when he sees Bibles sold as low as these."--• Woman's Home Companion. Requiescat. There was a young lady in Ouam Who eald: "While the ocean le calm I'll plunge In for a lark!" But she "met with a shark. We wlU now sing the 28th Psalm. --Houston Post.