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ON EMNNCR IV GEO. V. HO BART, ("HUGH M'HUQH.") Dear Bunch: Your letter from London to hand and contents noted. Peaches and I are mighty glad you're starting for home in two weeks, and we'll meet you at the pier with bells on. WeVe all well here with the exception that Peaches gave an onion saengerfest night before last and I've been on the blink ever since. This onion saengerfest thing may be a new one on you. Bunch, so 1*11 specify. An onion saengerfest is where a bunch of people gather in your parlor in the evening and spill a lot of cheap tongs all over the carpet while wait­ ing for dinner to be announced. I don't know just eiactly where the oniou come3 in, but I suppose that ap­ plies to most of the guests. There were present at the battle I speak of Uncle Peter Grant aud Aunt Julia, Bud Hawley and his second wife; your sister, Jennie, and her hus­ band, Stub Wilson, from Milwaukee. Oh, I forgot to mention that old Dr. Guffhander, the celebrated food ex­ pert, was the guest of the evening. Dr. Guffhander is a great friend of Uncle Peter's, and has been using him for a meal ticket for several days. Somehow or other Uncle Gregory got on to the fact that Morty Smith bad sent me a case of Pommery, and there with the glad and winning smile of a catfish on her face, listening with a heart full of pride while her crime- laden husband chased that helpless song all over the. parlor, and finally left it unconscious under the sofa. Bud was just about to pull the cork "Down In the Lehigh Valley--" long before the dinner hour Uncle Greg complained of dust in the pipes. He hinted around so hard about the Pommery that I took him out in the butler's pantry, opened a quart of the only real wine, and let the old geezer slosh around in the surf. After Uncle Greg, came to the sur­ face he marched back into the parlof and insisted upon singing the swan song fropi Lohengrin, but his idea of a 8wan was so much like a turkey gobbler that loving friends had to put the moccasins to him and run him out of the room. Then he went out la the butler's pantry, hoping to do another splash in the Pommery, but not finding any, he began to recite: "Down int the Le­ high valley me and my people grew; I was a blacksmith, cap'n; yes, and a good one, too! Let me sit down a minute, a stone's got into my shoe--" But it wasn't a stone. It was po­ tato salad which the Irish cook threw at him for Interfering with her work. After all the excitement was over and Unk Greg, was sleeping with mag­ nificent noises on the sofa in the library, your sister Jennie was coaxed to sing Tosti's "Good-by." Of course you know. Bunch, we're all very fond of your sister, but I'm afraid if Mr. Tosti ever heard her sing his "Good-by" he would say: "The same to you, and here's your hat" Before Jennie married and moved west I remember she had a very pretty mezzo-concertina voice, but she's been so long helping Stub Wilson to make Milwaukee famous that nowadays her m 'Listen irsq 'th a Heart Pride." from another ballad when dinner was announced and our lives were saved. I'm so unstrung over the narrow es­ cape, Bunch, that I'll wait until later to tell you about the eats--'which were what we come for. With respex, J. H. (Copyright, 1908, by O. W. Diilinirham Co.) WALK THROUGH FIRE. Ceremony of Sect of Brahmins lti Honor of Gods of Fire and Water Six thousand Hindus and a select few English officials have recently wit­ nessed in the neighborhood of Madras a remarkable religious ceremony, the principal actors being Soivrastas, a sect of Brahmins. The festival was called "the march through fire," and it is appropriately enough named. The proceedings were in honor of Brahma and Vishnu, the gods of water and fire. Preparations for the ceremony had been going on for a month. A trench 23 feet long and 19 feet deep was dug. and in it a fire was kindled. At sun­ rise 40 fanatics, who were to demon Btrate their asbestos nature, slowly marched around the furnace bearing the curious idols. The Soivrastas were clothed in yellow tunics, and without hesitation entered the fire trench (Sing­ ing a hynfn, the refrain of which was "Govinda! Govinda!" After walking around this artificial Gehenna three times they emerged ap­ parently none the worse for their ex­ perience, and have established an un­ assailable claim for sancitlty among their people. MINISTER A BU8Y MAW. Virginia Pastor Caters Not Alone to Souls of His Parishioners. Mr. R. J. McKay, assistant general passenger agent Toledo, St. Louis & Western and Chicago & Alton rail­ roads, in his travels through the east recently noticed in a certain Virginia newspaper the following advertise­ ment: REV. GEORGE W. WHARTON Carries a Full Line of 8TAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. OH, OYSTERS! He receives almost daily, fresh, first-class Oysters, at moderate prices. FRESH FISH! Various kinds of Fresh Fish In season, the very best, to tempt the epicurean taste. MATRIMONIAL, MATTER. Rev. Mr. Wharton's residence is a mecca for marrying couples. So Just grain the consent of your best girl, secure the li­ cense, and' together with a fat fee, give him a call, and he will perform the. cere­ mony in the most approved style.- 'Good-By, Summer top notes sound like a cuckoo clock after it's been up all night. I suppose, Bunch, it's wrong for me to pull this on you about your own flesh and blood, but when a married woman with six fine children, one of them at Yale, sidles up in front of the piano and begins to squeak: "Good-by, summer! Good-by, summer!" just as if she were calling the dachshund in to dinner, I think it's time she declined the nomination. Then Bud Hawley, after figuring it all out that there was no chance of his getting arrested, sat down on the piano stool and made a few sad state­ ments, which in their original Btate form the basis of a Scotch ballad called, "Loch Lomond." As you know, Bunch, Bud's system of speaking the English language is to say with h's voice as much of a word as he can remember, and then finish the rest with his hands. You can imagine what Bud would do to a song with an oatmeal founda­ tion like "Loch Lomond." When Bud barked out the first few bars, which say: "By yon bonniebank and by yon bonnie brae," you can be­ lieve me, Bunch, everybody within hearing would have cried with joy if the piano had fallen over on Bud and flattened his equator. And when he reached the plot of the piece, where it says: "You take the high road and I'll take the low road," Uncle Peter took a drink, Jack Merton took the same, Stub took an oath and I took a walk. Never in my life, Bunch, have t beard a song so roughly handled. And all the while Bud's wife n4 3sfc i ' ' Who Wields Most Power. In the smoking room of a popular West End club the other afternoon a group of men suddenly raised the query as to which six men wield the most power in the world, and very considerable diversity of opinion was expressed. By general consent King Edward was placed at the head of the list, but it seemed Impossible to ar­ rive at any agreement as to the re­ maining five. After some considerable argument it was decided to canvass the whole of the members then in the building and ask them to write down the names of the six they considered the most powerful. The following was the result,' with the order of voting: First, the king; second, the pope; third, the czar; fourth, the sultan of Turkey; fifth, the president of the United States; sixth, the emperor of China. Among fithers who were voted for very generally were the emperor of Japan, the French president and the kaiser.--London Sketch. Nor a Hospital. "Talking of our British cousins?" in­ quired E. Black Ryan, tax attorney of the Southern Pacific. "Well, I heard one the other day. Big fat Britisher shoved into one of those compart­ ments at the last moment. There was an American in there reading his newspaper. " 'It's 60 miles to my station,' re­ marked the Englishman, 'and I say, old chap, I'm treating myself for a wounded foot, and I say, if you don't mind, I'll put some of this iodoform on my ankle. Beastly smelling stuff.' " 'Go ahead,' said the American. But when he got the full odor of it, he shoved up a window, pulled out a cigar and lighted it, and began puffing away vigorously. " 'Here, here, my good fellow,' pro­ tested the Englishman, 'this is no smoking compartment!'"--San Fran­ cisco Chronicle. * State Capital News Breezy Gossip* Note* and Doiatfs of Interest at Springfield. 0 Is T"" Springfield. -- Habitual drunkards were discussed during the closing ses­ sion of the Illinois Liquor Dealers'.con­ vention at East St. Louis and the saloon men adopted a resolution that fairer laws were needed on the sub­ ject of selling to this class. There wasn't a pleasant look for the profes­ sional drunkard and the resolution suggests the registration of all this class of men with the city clerk so that he can furnish a list to a saloon keeper when a license is taken out. The following officers were elected: Ernest Kunde, Chicago, president; Rud von Achen, Peoria; William Kane, Rockford; Frank R. Heiner, Peoria; Fred Ruedeke, Kankakee; W. J. Goughan, Springfield; Robert Roth, Granite City, vice-presidents; Michael J. McCarthy, Chicago, secretary; Thomas J. Murray, Springfield, treas­ urer. The selection of a meeting place for 1909 was left to the execu­ tive committee. The convention made a donation of $50 to each of the local hospitals. Unlversalists Pick Officers. The annual election of officials of the Illinois Unlversalists resulted as follows: President--F. A. Winkelman, Chicago. Vice-president--Rev. F. B. Bishop, Blue Island. Secretary--Mrs. E. S. Conklin, Elgin. Treasurer--E. A. Dicker, Chicago. Trustees--Mrs. O. W. Nash, Oak Park M. S. Crlssey, Woodlawn; Mrs. C. A. Stevens, Chicago. It was decided to hold the next con­ vention at Avon. The Universalist Woman's associa­ tion elected: President--Mrs. O. W. Nash, Oak Park. Secretary--Miss Elisabeth Bacon, Chi­ cago. Treasurer--Mrs. Winkelman, Chicago. Directors--Mrs. H. W. Reed, Jollet; Mrs. C. A. Stevens and Mrs. D. P. Case, Chicago. In address Mr. Winkelman found several things wrong with the Prot­ estant church. They were lack of rev erence prevalent in families by which the child grows up without reverence, clahnishness in churches, overdress­ ing, long prayers in the pulpit, long sermons and the permitting of the di­ vorce evil. Tells Benefits of Hard Roads. A meeting of La Salle county far­ mers arranged by the For Ottawa club was held at Ottawa for the discussion of subjects of vital importance to the farmers of the community. S. J. Craig of Will county talked upon the subject of a "Permanent System of Agricul­ ture, or Soil Culture and Increasing Its Productions," and H. H. Gross of Chi­ cago spoke on "Good Roads and How to Bivld Them." He presented figures showing that the cost of a hard road system would be light in comparison with the benefits. The legislature is to be urged to pass a state aid law calling for the appropriation of $25,- 000,000 in ten years. Townships of the state, under the proposed plan, will be asked to bond themselves for half the cost of the hard roads built. Mr. Gross presented figures to show that the cost to La Salle county farmers would be only ten cents per acre per year. STATE NEWS NOTES ACCOUNT8 OF HAPPENINGS IN ILLINOIS FOR A WEEK. SHOOTS W H E N O U N N E D Would Kin Young Wife When Asked to Pay Debt--Spousff£ Requests "Hubby" for Thirteen Weeks* Back Board--Latter Fires. Assign Many M. E. Pastors. The Southern Illinois conference of the M. E. church closed at McLeans- boro after making the following ap­ pointments for next year: Lebanon district--Lawrence Smith, dis trict Superintendent: Alton district, J. H. Ford, district superintendent; Brighton, W. W. Edwards; Bunker Hill, F. O. Wil­ son; CofTeen, C. P. Carlln; Donnelson, W. T. Dunn; Elsah, F. N. Ateu; Gillespie, Samuel Thers; Glenn Carbon, Allen S. Weiss; Jerseyvllle, J. H. Jones; Kane, J. B.- Ravenscroft; Litchfield, First church, T. Dewltt Peake; Litchfield, circuit, G. M. Gordon; Madison, L. M. Burkhead; Medora, V. B. Sullins; New Douglas, 8. H. Cossaboan; Plasa, J. G. Jeffers; Plain- view, Q. M. Webber; Ramsey, J. W. De- weese; Shipman, J. W. Webster; Staun­ ton, P. R. Clotfelty; Upper Alton, M. B. Baker; Venice, W. C. Rector; Mount Olive, J. W. Britton. For Protection of Toilers. Gov. Deneen appointed the following commission to investigate and report the most advisable methods for pro­ viding for health, safety and comfort of employes of public and private ia- stitutions, in accordance with a joint resolution passed by the Illinois legis­ lature: E. R. Wright, William M. Ros- sell, Charles Prez, Henry B. Favill, Graham R. Taylor, Chicago; Peter W. Collins, Springfield; C. A. Peterson, Rockford; Emerit E. Baker, Kewanee; Samuel A. Harper, Maywood. The special duty of the commission, as de­ fined by the legislative enactment, is to make recommendations to the next legislature as to safety appliances and remedial legislation to protect toilers of all classes. Voters to Pass on Bank Changes. Because of the provision of the con­ stitution of the state of Illinois call­ ing for a vote of the people on any proposed changes In the government of the state banks, the amendments passed at the last session of the gen­ eral assembly will be up for referen­ dum vote at the next general election. The amendments followed closely on the heels of the Stensland bank fail­ ure in Chicago and were formed with a view to checking similar failures. Extreme Heat in State Continues. Extreme heat and total absence of rain marked the climatological condi­ tions in Illinois. In ".he bulletin is sued by William G. Burns, director of the weather bureau i'f the United States department of agriculture, con­ ditions of the week are summarized as follows: "The mean temperature was nearly ten degrees above the normal. The weather conditions were a con­ tinuation of those obtaining the pre­ ceding week--hot and dry." Seek to Aid Sick Stock. The agricultural experiment station at the University of Illinois issued a call for a convention of live stock men to consider the best methods of procedure in view of the growing pre­ valence of tuberculosis among cattle and swine. Prof. Fraser has spent the summer in Europe and has been in close touch with Dr. Bang of Den­ mark, one of the best authorities upon bovine tuberculosis in the world. Dr. Bang will be at the university between October 5 and 15, and when the exact date is known after his landing the date of this convention will be fixed. Dr. Russell of Wisconsin is considered the best authority in this country on practical methods of procedure. He has promised to attend such a con- vention. East St Louis.--When his bride of four weeks, who was his landlady bo- fore their marriage, ventured to sug­ gest to Henry McDonald that he should pay her an ante-nuptial debt for 13 weeks' board, he made a demonstra­ tion of anger which ended in the wounding of Charles Brooks, the bride's brother. Brooks was in Hen­ rietta hospital recovering from a wound in the stomach. McDonald was a prisoner. The shooting took place at the boarding house of Mrs. McDon­ ald, who was formerly Mrs. Cora Holmes. McDonald was a boarder at Mrs. Holmes' for several months. Other boarders sometimes complained that he got the largest piece of pie and the choicest cuts of steak, and there was grumbling comment to the effect that his board money was not demanded so Insistently ap that of the rest, and that he was two of three months behind. The situation was made clearv4rtien Mrs. Holmes, to the surprise of the other boarders, be­ came Mrs. McDonald. NO BATHTUB FOR HER. "New-Fangled Contrivance" ally Failed to Win Approval. The French abhorrence of the bjtth a la nature Is shared by many people, particularly one old woman up in an east Tennessee town. The town had just had a water system installed and the natives were "pinting with pride" at their bathrooms and equipment where one could perform his ablutions at will without waiting and longing for Saturday night. This old woman was an exception to the rule. She made her home with her son, and his wife, according to the mother-in-law, was "alius a-hankerin' after somepin' newfangled." A neighbor, who had been in to in­ spect the improvements in the house, remarked to the old woman: "Well, Mrs. X , this will be a pleasure for you--bath any time, night or dsy. tou will certainly enjoy it--" "That I won't," said the old woman, tartly. "I been a member of the church 50 year an' always lived hon­ est an' upright. Git Intel: one er them tubs? Me? Why, Sary EUen, them things ain't decent!" YOUNGSTER AN APT PUPIL. WRITER ILL; 'ENDS LIFE. Drainage Plan Wine. Little opposition to the drainage proposition was manifested at Granite City, Madison and Venice, the citizens registering a heavy majority- In favor of adequate protection from floods. The oddest feature of the day was in Edwardsville. One corner of the dis­ trict laid out just touches the south­ west corner of Edwardsville township. Only two farmers live in the angle, but an election had to he held in Dis­ trict 4 t>f Edwardsville. The polling place was opened as usual, but none of the judges or clerks could vote, as they lived in the voting district, but not in the special district. So they sat there all day, but not a single ballot was received, neither of the two men who were entitled to vote coming to town. Mayors' Society Adjourn*. The Mayors' Association of .the State of Illinois closed a two days' convention at La Salle. Elgin was se­ lected as the meeting place for next year. Comptroller Walter H. Wilson of Chicago spoke on "Finances of Our CltleB," favoring a new revenue law and asking the support of the associa­ tion to secure its passage at this ses­ sion. Mr. Wilson explained how such a law would mean a saving for Chi­ cago. Assistant City Attorney Barge of Chicago also spoke In favor of an increase of bonding power. The asso­ ciation favored assessing property at its full cash value and pledged its members to assist in securing the vo­ ters' approval of a 120,000,000 bond issue in Illinois for deep waterway im­ provement. 8on of Chicago Business Man Com­ mits Suicide. Wayne.--With an open rasor clutched in the right hand and an empty bottle of chloroform beneath his nostrils, the body of Richard Percy Paupineau of Chicago was foung in the woods near Wayne. Paupineau was the son of R. Pau­ pineau of the R. T. Crane Company of Chicago. He came to the country for his health several weeks ago and had been staying at the Dunham-Fletcher stock farm, from which he disappeared two weeks ago. Kveiy indication That Tommy would ' Be Successful Politician. Tfie children, especially Tommy, were very much interested in the game of politics, and father was de­ lighted with their precocity. The other day there was more than the usual whooping In the playroom, and their mother found the two smaller children assailing Tommy vigorously. "What's the matter?" she asked. •Tommy, what have you been doing?" "Nawthin: Only playing politics." "Well, but what did you do to the children ?" "Just playing convention. We adopted the unit rule and I was chair­ man of the delegation. Then we Intro­ duced a resolution to decide whether they should take my apple oc I should take theirs." "Well?" "I cast the vote of the delegation." REASON FOR EXERCISING. ^Advice and Example. His that .gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and good example builds with both hands, but he that gives good ad- taonition and bad example builds with one hand and destroys his work wilt 4fee other.--Ooten. Horace Chapin Called by Death. Capt. Horace Chapin, a former man­ ager of the Illinois State Journal and founder of the town of Chapin in Mor­ gan county, died at his residence at Jacksonville. Capt. Chapin was 82 years old. He had been a soldier of the civil war, having served with Com­ pany K, Twenty-seventh Illinois in­ fantry. He was born In Cllicopee, Hamden county, Mass., and came to Illinois December 27, 1827, with his brother, Lyman Chapin. He settled on a farm of 1,000 acres and laid out a town ahd called it Chapin. Fourth Class Body Prospers. At the session of the fourth annual convention of Fourth Class Postmas- ers the president, L. B. Jackson, of Junlap, delivered the president's ad­ dress. Secretary F. R. Aukes of Ger­ man Valley reported the organization tc be in a very prosperous condition. Drought Kills Corn. Southern Illinois experienced the most protracted drought in many years and it was estimated that the damage resultant from the scarcity of moisture SrO) amount to thousand* of dollars. Illinois State Fair Opens. With practically every available foot of exhibition space occupied, the Illi­ nois state fair was held under happy auspices. No set program was carried out until Monday, and visitors occu­ pied their time inspecting the exhibits In the big buildings and among tho live stock in the barns and pavilions. Nearly everything was la place at the opening except the perishable horti­ culture and floriculture exhibits for the dome building, and these were in place Monday. Officers of the state board of agriculture expressed them­ selves as greatly pleased^ with the prospect of a record-breaking attend­ ance throughout the week. Reduction of $1,250,000 Asked. The sanitary district asks the board of review reduction of $1,250,000 in the assessed valuation In Will county. The district claims exemption of every­ thing on the extension below Lock port excepting the power house. The board contends that the extension including the retaining walls, dams and lock are purely commercial enterprise. The district contends it is public work and not assessable and also opposes assess ment on the spoils bank, claiming that the excavated stone is useless and un salable and offers to pay taxes each year on what is sold if a buyer can be gotten. Woman Wins Will Suit. Bloomlngton.--By sa decision Mrs. Frances M. Wright. Chicago, won a long contested case in which she de­ manded that she be appointed sole ad­ ministratrix of the estate of her wealthy father, who died here. She was opposed by the other heirs. She was represented by Mrs. Antoinette Funk, Chicago. f Life's Savings Stolen. Pana.--Placing his vest in which he had sewed a roll of bills amounting to $750 in a bucket a short distance from where he was cutting props, John Tetrich of Oconee finished his work to find his money missing. Bloodhounds have been brought into use in an at­ tempt to capture the robber. Decatur Hostelry Changes Hands. Decatur.--E. Love and V. De Sane- tis, proprietors of the Brant hotel at Niagara Falls, closed up with A. Wait a deal by which they buy all the fur­ niture and equipment of the Decatur hotel and lease the building for five years. They immediately took pos­ session. Temperance Union Elects. Virginia.--The county Woman's Christian Temperance union has elect­ ed Mrs. Catherine Coldwell of Vir­ ginia president, Mrs. Stambaugh of Beardstown vice-president, Mrs. W. W. Beard of Virginia secretary and Mrs. Elizabeth Conover of Virginia treas­ urer. Prison His Honeymoon. ' Bloomlngton.--Charged with swear­ ing falsely to the age of his child bride, Frank Ellsworth of this city was fined $500 and sentenced to one year in the DeWitt county jail. The bride Carrie Zortman, also of this city, who is but 16 years old, was fined $100. Court Over Phone; Marry. Litchfield.--A courtahip which had its origin over the wire when Miss Frances Dennis was employed in the local telephone office culminated in the marriage of Miss Dennis to Arthur Linge. Jacksonville Water Battle Ends. Jacksonville.--The city council and water company have finally come to terms after an extended battle. The water company has agreed to the or­ dinance framed by the councilmen. "Are you tralnin' for a race, Jim- mie ?" "Naw, we're goin' to have meat for dinner to-day an' I'm gettin' up an ap­ petite." TESTING PAINT. Property owners Bhould know how to prove the purity and quality of white lead, the most important paint ingredient, before paying for it. To all who write, National Lead Co., the largest manufacturers of pure white lead, send a free outfit with which to make a simple and sure test of white lead, and also a free book about paint. Their address is Woodbridge Bldg* New York City, He Could Not Read It. While visiting in a small town In Connecticut, seven miles from the rail­ road station, I received occasionally a postal card from my fiance, written in a kind of shorthand of our own. One day when a cousin was going to the post office I asked her to inquire if there was anything for me. She re­ turned, saying there was nothing. The next day she made the same inquiry, when the postmaster showed her a postal card addressed to me and said: "Em, can you read thiB?" She said "No." Thereupon he said: "Neither can I, and I have been trying ever since yesterday." This illustrates the fact that curiosity is not confined to the fair sex. Aptly Defined. A woman in a town lying under the Rockies was much distressed at hear­ ing a small clique In her town refer to themselves as the "smart set." She appealed, to an ex-United States sena­ tor and asked him what he understood by the term "the smart set" He re­ plied: "I think I can give you an Ink­ ling. In the eastern part of Colorado and the western part of Nebraska there is a large tract of land known as the 'rain belt.' It never rains there." Saved by 8teel Stay. Morrison.--Heavy steel stays in the corset worn by Mrs. George Landis probably saved her life when she was struck by the shaft of a wagon by a reckless driver. Dry Candidate Fined $10. The anti-saloon war in Calhoun county was aired in the United States district court here when W. S. Wilson of Hanberg, candidate for county treas­ urer on the Prohibition ticket, ac­ knowledged sending a defamatory let­ ter through the mails and was fined ten dollars and costs. Wilson, angry at an attack made on him by liquor interests, sent a postal card to J. Boede, a former saloon keeper, with the Inscription, "You are like a bed­ bug, living off other people." Former Legislator Is Dead. La Salle.--John McLaughlin, former member of the state legislature, died at his home here. He was 68 years old.' He served in the legislature from 1894 to 1900. Good English. A French lady living in America en­ gaged a carpenter to do some work for her at a stipulated price. She was surprised later to find that he charged more than the price agreed upon. When she attempted to remonstrate with him, however, her English failed her and she said: "You are dearer to me now than when we were first en­ gaged."--Success. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peona, 111. Talk not of a good life, but let tky good life talk.--Schiller Canal Prospectus Issued. Isham Randolph, chairman of the In­ ternal Improvement Commission of Il­ linois, has sent out 500,000 copies of a prospectus of the plan proposed by the commission for a deep water way from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river to cost $20,000,000. In the construc­ tion of the canal 140,000 horse-power will be developed. It is estimated the annual £evenue from the sale of this water will be $2,500,000. The prelin- inary channel as planned will have • de|>th ol 14 feet. Cut by Fish; Poisoned. Jerseyville.--John Taylor, a farmer who resides six miles southeast of Jerseyville, suffered from blood poison­ ing as the result of an injury inflicted by a catOsh while he was fishing at Foster's lake, northeast of Jerseyville. Illinois Woman Ends Life. Areola.--The body of a young wom­ an was found near Bedford, Ind. It was recorgnized as that of Stella Mul- ler, a domestic, living near Areola. The finding of poison burns indicates suicide. .f Mattoon Now Thoroughly Dry. 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York and Howard Streets, PhHadeiphiti. i'a. ';V KNOWN SINCE. 1836 AS RELIABLE *c*:Tc> eiiiK ^& CAPSULES SUPERIOR REMEDYFOSURINARY DISCHARGES • 0RUGGISTS OR BY MAIL ON RECEIPT Of'Sc'c H. PLAN TEN & SON 93 HENKY ST 8FICGKT-YN,N > FOK N.\ 1,1. SO acreslruit near Hrtogruao. MIcB-- on Peru Marquette. Ijuuproireiueiits. new 10-room house. harJwood trimmed, open tenant cottage, 4 rooms, two good wells, to n Mm out buildings, 6000 trees, apples, pears, peachea UW years old, grain and berries Nelghi orbood chleilt German. $15,000. One-third cash. balane« eMftt Sydney S. I>ute.tilO-26S U Salle Street. Cthaa*. r&ev,- HAIR BALSAM the bdbt» Pr-jnu-te* ci luaujianl growth. Never Fails to Restore Hair to it& Youthful Co\ot. Cures vctflp D-ragg-jgU ldtui] Portland, 17 miles away, fcsjitihern Pwillo Railway and Navigation, making a r*)1 center. BUT your ticket toKiHsboru. WRIT® t sj COD Dell, Long A linbrie, Hill&boro, OragQB* We Have ̂ 5 faruin from 40 to 1 acres, ranging in prUMft (rum £-10 to $100 per acre. Write us kind of 1 and location you want. We can furnish ik- Cora Bait Land A loan Ctawv, IN M«ia«k 1% /VWING TO HEALTH of interested parties, otter our business established live >ear> tor saiat Incorporated, now earning lj* net, at>o\' ail1 penses and liberul salaries. Capacity. 1-5 doaefe brooms per day. }7.SuiwiU handle, ' uincumbered rea! eslate worth tlsMIU. Kansas City iifuoa. & ttruafc. Company. Kansas City. Kansas. 9 for your money if inrested in boneat StiJ gi/ lug proposition with honest people Mill on* >n sight, please help nie take litem ou Money back it not as represented. Cbance of a lit* Unie; betterwritelo-day. Bur^ni, KrejjuxCSaK California Self-Supporting Homes" Choice land, purest water, perfect- health, no iraa heat-, oranges ripen in winter. ITS.easy terms. Warp forlarmersand others. tkM AKkg. Box KM, Gait, Odt >#'. 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