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All ports are closed, hi ego, Japanese sjfiy, discovers ^ T\ft«/-knn **rt * irt n M ««• *\ M {< T T A tfrt 11 i\nm H/'- m S cacret preparations for war." He follows •auto carrying presidential -cabinet. He unearths source of great mystery and rleea, murmuring: "The gods save Nip­ pon." Fleeing to Pacific coast, Siego Is shot down just as journey to get awful news to Japan seems successful. Japan announces intention to attack seaports. Tokyo learns of missing Japanese fleet •and whole world becomes convinced that United States has some powerful war agency. England decides to send a fleet to American waters as a Canadian pro­ tection against what the British suppose is a terrible submarine flotilla. Hillier is Also sent to Canada to attempt to force his way through American lines with a message to the president in order that protection for the fleet may be assured. Japan appeals to Britain for aid. British fleet departs, amid misgivings of English. Fleet mysteriously disappears, a sailor picked up on a raft being the only evi­ dence of the loss. Powers begin to fear tor their safety. Hillier makes a failure of effort to deliver message to the presi­ dent. War between Great Britain and •Germany is threatened. The kaiser dis­ appears. King Edward of England is confronted by Admiral Bevins of the United States, and upon promising to present the missing British admiral, the monarch agrees to accompany Bevins on tour, which the latter says will uncover the agent of war and end all conflicts. The Dreadnaugl.t, biggest of England's warships, is discovered at an impassable eoint in the Thames, much to the mys- Wr Of «ha kingdom. - | CHAPTER XIII. , 1n th* Banning. w«i January of that momentous year when the world's unrest reached a climax, and the president of the "United States, his official day done, cat alone In his study, perusing a re­ port from an agent of the state de­ partment and mentally comparing tt "with preceding ones. The shaded light threw into relief against the •darker shadows behind the long, lean Jaw, the grimly determined mouth and the somber eyes, but lent a touch of softness to the queer little lines which told that on occasion the man could ' «how infinite kindness and humanity. Thrust forward from the ranks of the people Into the most Important * office of the land, driven reluctantly Into the arena of action from a seclu­ sion which had for him the charms of peace, he was still a man In peculiar isolation. In this, the third year of tils term, he was yet unknown and tinder constant discussion. Half of his countrymen hailed him as the Lincoln of his time, and the other half declared him a tyrant in embryo. He had -fought so doggedly for his principles that he had estranged those who had t>een his most ardent supporters. Hi* disregard for party projects had cost Jhim the friendship of politicians; his advocacy of certain reforms hbd sub­ jected him to caustic comments; his very dignity and sensitiveness had been mistaken for austerity; and only bis most intimate friends understood that in him beat a great heart filled to •overflowing for his country and fel­ low men. These comprehending friends were few; but among them, perhaps the most Intimate, Was the friend of his boyhood, "Old Bill" Rob­ erts, the Inventor. Between, these two there existed singular affection fcuad rarely among master minds where each ad mires qualities in the other which he "himself lacks. To Roberts the presi­ dent was the greatest statesman of the century, and to the president Roberts was the most accomplished scientist and Inventor who had ever lived; but on this night, iaden with fate in which •each was to play his part, the mind of neither was on the other. The in­ ventor was absorbed in the last of a series of experiments that had en­ meshed him In a dream whereby he "hoped to eradicate friction, and the president was perturbed by reports for Which he had waited many weeks. These latter were exhaustive in de­ tail, and In recapitulation tersely pre­ dicted that it would be almost an im- possibility to avert war with Japan as soon as she reached a state of £*il~L preparation. They summed up her naval strength, which they declared almost equal at the time of writing to that of the United States, and told > v?- bow every navy yard in Japan was '•y; rushing construction with all available speed both night and day, so that her augmented squadrons when built would be superior to those of the • great republic. They reviewed the Jutland preparations by showing -that a ^"51 greater number of men were being drilled than ever before in the coun­ try's history, and that the redoubtable army sent against Russia would be small in comparislon with that which could be mobilized for another in­ vasion. The reports expressed the be­ lief that Japanese capitalists were anxious to seize the Philippines, and were encouraging the ambitions ofthe emperor of Nippon to the full extent C<JJ<XD<S. " a* •' EMBLY DOINGS NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE . S P R l N G i p U J U . . wiM. v" v-v , DENEEN i* The Inventor Entered the Room. their purses, hoping ultimately to 'i^flnd another outlet for investment un- Mjder their own flag. As if in proof that blithe government was supporting this •'^3bellicose attitude, the reports gave as |||a certainty that some high authority .'l|was dictating the editorial policies of .lithe Japanese press, and in all ways * possible fomenting^ the ill feeling iagainst the United States. /;'•%! There could be no underestimation **5$°' the ability of the naval officer who <J^had made these statements; for he |;.|jjhad passed mora than ten year; -in that station ofthe orient, spoke the language thoroughly well, understood the people, and above all was no alarmist. He gave it as his final opin­ ion that within six months, Japan, her navy completed, her soldiers drilled to perfection, and her treasury well sup­ plied with gold, would find pretext for a declaration of war. The only means of preventing this deplorable event, in his Judgment, was to place the American navy in such a state of pronounced superiority that it would stay the warlike Japanese and hold them in the leash of awe. The president read the last clause again, and with a sigh of discontent leaned back in his chair. Hour after hour he brooded over the complexities of the situation, and late at night came to the conclusion that he must lose no time in calling together his most trusted advisers, lay the report be­ fore them, and then by consultation and discussion decide which would be the most promising policy to pur­ sue in to grave a crisis. Before he retired the orders were given to his secretary which resulted in the first meeting of that coterie of men who were to assume the full responsi­ bility for the conduct of war which afterwards fulfilled the expert's pre­ diction. They gathered informally on tie fol­ lowing night, nor could it have been observed by their demeanor that they were to discusa a situation of vital importance to the nation; but, fore­ warned by the president's call, they expected news of distressing import, and therefore were not surprised In the least at the tenor of the statement which was read to them. They lis­ tened attentively, and remained silent when the last words were spoken, each waiting for the other to express an opinion. The president, grave and calm, looked from one to the other as if inviting freedom of speech, and then turned to tlje secretary of the navy, a crusty man who was given to open expression. "Mr. Sessions," he said, "you are probably better informed than any other man of the possibilities of bring­ ing the navy to a point where it may be regarded as resistless. What hhve you to say?" The latter showed signs of ill tem per. He wiped the shining dome of his head and stared across the tops of his horn bowed glasses at his colleagues. "For three years now," he replied, bit­ terly, ' I have endeavored to get ap­ propriations consistent with the needs pf the country; did everything J eould with dignity and a little mori; tried to get friends to pass bills, and gave them statistics showing just wl>$t ot*r position would be in this everit? tiit there were always a few 'watch dogs of the treasury' who succeeded in de­ feating everything attempted." " The president looked at him reprov­ ingly, but said nothing. The others gave him silent sympathy, knowing that in case of disastrous war he would be the one to stand In the lime­ light and defend himself for not work­ ing miracles unaided. The gratitude of kings was no more open to than the gratitude of republics. "The report says," continued the secretary, gloomily, "that war may be anticipated in six months at the furthest, and that our only safeguard is to bring our naVy up to a formid­ able force before that time. Well, we can't do it! With all the facilities at our command we can't build ships In a day. We shout about oqr re­ sources, and we have them; but It takes time to utilize them." His outspoken pessimism loosened his hearers' tongues; bui; the most optimistic could find nothing encour­ aging to say. It was obvious that the country in any event would be un­ prepared. They were discussing emergency plans, when the president's secretary appeared in the doorway. They turned to him, wondering what could claim the chief executive's atten­ tion at that time of the night. The secretary walked over to the president and addressed him in a low tone. They caught scraps of the conversation. "Says he wants to see me to-night ?* "Yes, and I didn't like to refuse a man of his prominence, or on who to so closely your friend." "Won't he talk to you?" "Not much! Just laughed, and said he wanted to see you personally." "Well, go tell him I would be glad to see him ordinarily; but that I am in a conference of great Importance with friends. Ask him to say what hour he prefers to see me to-morrow." The secretary bowed and left the room, and the conversation was re­ sumed. It continued only a moment before he again appeared, and the president turned toward him. "Dr, Roberta seems a little an­ noyed," the secretary apologized, "and insisted on my coming back to tell you that he wanted to see you now." The president and others in the room laughed tolerantly, knowing the inventor's peculiarities. "What else did he say?" the presi­ dent asked. "Said he'd be hanged if he'd go un­ til he saw you." The laughter in the room Increased. "Said he had found something that would enable the gov­ ernment to whip the Japanese; had been reading reports showing there was no time to waste, and wanted to tell you about it at once." The merriment subsided as quickly as It had been provoked, and the hi­ larious ones, grown grave, looked at each other in astonishment and woft- der. Here at the very moment of dis­ tress was a man who had don© more toward strengthening the nation's agents of offense and defense than any other individual, confidently asserting that he could show them the way out of their difficulties. The president ordered that the caller be conducted to the room at once. Had it been any less a personage than the famous inventor they would have paid small heed to the promise of hope; had they been Informed in less troublous times that such an In­ vention was pending, they would have looked upon It with great interest and curiosity; but now, when all avenues of escape seemed closed, when the eagle's perch was rocking beneath its talons and it was threatened by merci­ less foemen, they stared at each other in amazed silence like men who had been reprieved. It was in the midst of this stillness that the inventor entered the room and stood bewildered for' a moment, peering from beneath the thatch of his brows at one and another. Then, sat­ isfied that his visit was opportune and that none was present whom he did not know, he gave them individual greeting as bis acquaintanceship war* ranted. "You were not expecting me," be addressed the president; "but it Ap­ pears to me that there is no one here who should not know what I have to say, and who is not directly Interested in what I have to show. I am glad you are all here, gentlemen," he con­ cluded, turning to the others. And then, following the example of the president, he seated himself, and the others did likewise. They were strung with a suspense which he did not share. "Informal, isn't it?" he asked the president, and when assured that such was the case he calmly drew a handkerchief from his pocket and swept it across the dome of bis fore- bead. All were waiting for blm to speak; but, with exasperating slowness, and without asking permission from the president, he thrust a hand into the roomy folds of his sack coat and pro­ duced a bundle of long stogies, one of which he carefully withdrew and ex­ amined with great care. He thrust it into his mouth and revolved it, appar­ ently for the purpose of tightening a loose wrapper. He turned to the chief executive. There was an air of expectancy in the room and a leaning forward, that no word of the great secret might he lost. They caught all he said. "Got a match, Mr. President?" be asked with the utmost nonchalance. They dropped back into their seats, some with exasperation and others smiling. The president gravely sup­ plied his want, and then, as the evil odor of the weed was wafted round the room, he sat back In his chair, with the tips of hia fingers touching each other. The secretary of war was beginning to fidget with impatience. Roberts puffed three or four times, fixed his eyes on a cornice as if he was the sole occupant of the room, then calmly reached into a pocket and drew out a parcel which he laid on the president's desk. While every eye was fixed upon him he tilted the stogy in his mouth to an angle where the smoke would not interfere with his operations, and began unwrapping the package, throwing the newspapers on the floor at his feet. Then came a fold of silk, and last of all a sheet of tissue paper, whose crackling crisps ness sounded startllngly loud In the stillness of the room. "There!" he remarked triumphantly, exposing two small plates of metal not differing greatly in appearance from two pieces of burnished steel. Eager­ ly all those In the room crowded for­ ward, while the president gingerly took one of the slabs In hif fingers. "New explosive?" he asked. "No, they're harmless." The inven­ tor smiled. (TO BS CONTINUED.) Many Believe Governor Can Hava the Senatorial Toga If Ha Wants It --Fight Begina Again ' at Capital. • "' Springfield, Mar. 8.--With the pass­ ing of the presidential inauguration at Washington and the appointment of the house committees by Speaker Shurtleff, the legislature was pre­ pared now to get down to the actual hard work that is before it Tuesday morning the members of the general assembly returned to the capital prepared to stick energeti­ cally to the work of the session, which up to this time had been delayed by different causes. The senatorial fight naturally has hampered and delayed things. The long-drawn-out fight has occupied almost exclusively the atten­ tion of the legislators since January 20 last, when the first joint ballot was taken. Before that time the session was in its infancy and the time was occupied with matters of organization and arrangements for. the senatorial contest. The disturbing fight that has been waged since the early days in January among the Democrats in the house also has had a tendency to retard the Important work that is to be accom plished. For weeks the committee as Bignments have been held up in vain hopes that the members of the minor­ ity would settle their differences and agree among themselves on the mi­ nority representation upon the differ­ ent house committees. Finally both the Browne and Tippit factions turned In separate lists and it became necessary for Speaker Shurtleff to divide the mi­ nority places between them as best he could. To Protect Merchants* Dealers In fireworks Who spring up about July 4, and the small army of traveling merchants who move over the state following fairs and conven­ tions, besides the various kinds of auctioneer? who go from town to town carrying their stocks with them are affected by the terms of a bill intro­ duced in the senate by Senator Dailey, and designed to regulate all itinerant A state license fee of $100 for all vendors, a bond of $2,000 approved by the secretary of state, and an addi­ tional license in each municipality visited are the thorns strewn in the way of the itinerant merchant, under the bill. The local license fee is made equal to consist in r percentage on one-fifth the value of the vendor's stock equal to the rate per cent, of the last preceding tax levy for all purposes except state and county purposes, in the municipality in which the vendor proposes to do business. The bill which was introduced at the request of associations Of mer­ chants in the state, has to do only with vendors who do business under a roof. The man who peddles wares on foot or from vehicles Is exempted, and only the dealer whose Lusiness is big enough to warrant his renting a room is aimed at The growth of this class, advocates of the bill assert, has become so large as to be inimical to the prosperity of local merchants. Many of them, it is believed, will find the $2,000 bond a forbidding ob­ stacle, and the repeated .license fee, levied in each new town, is counted upon to discourage others. The state license is not transferable, and no person may hold more than one at one time. The mayor or other chief executive of the municipality In which the vendor desires to do busi­ ness must appraise the stock of the vendor, and certify the license fee he is to pay on it, after which the vendor may not increase his stock without getting an additional license; Lapland Has Many Resources . $ ; Recent Efforts to Develop Them Are Full of Promise. * night, nor drill men to man, --• --•» ****** w www ^ .. „_i - i , Vfsr- .% „ <- , .JS. •. A. .... /..., . - .Vs,. * . - i... ' «. *. Within a recent period efforts have been made to develop the natural re­ sources of Lapland, and there seems to be a considerable economic future in store for this region, which is es­ pecially due to the large deposits of iron ore. A great step was the build­ ing of the trans-Lapland railroad, which was finished in 1903. With the annex lines which are building It will soon put Lapland in connection with Tornea, in Finland, with St. Peters­ burg and with the eastern region. The Stockholm-Narvik railroad line, which runs north and south, has a length of 950 miles. The transverse east-west line starts from Lulea, a Swedish Lapland port on the Gulf of Bothnia, and ends at the Norwegian port of Narvik (299 miles), passing by the mines of Gellivara and Kiruna. These latter mines, which have been worked only since 1902, were known as long back as 1735. The ore is taken out th# surges in. as,.opeij, digging. Each day there are six trains of t8 cars of 38 tons sent to Narvik. The annual product of the mftie is 1,400,- 000 tons. The town of Kiruna, with its attractive frame houses, has only four years' existence. M. Parmentier, secretary of,the St Quentln Geological society, recently made an interesting conference at Paris upon the trans- Lapland railroad, in which he showed that Lapland, now connected with the international railroad systems, will open a held for immigrants, who can find remunerative work there.--Scien­ tific American. Child Saved Father's Life. When D. Curtis fell and his head went through a window at Chapin- ville, Conn., an artery in his nose was severed. His wife was sick in bed. and the children couldn't stop the blood. His five-year-old daughter climbed on a chair' to the phone and called a doctor. Curtis was nearly dead when the doctor came. He feaid the child had saved her father fras bleexilttE to death. Change Law of Conspiracy. An important bill, in which labor unions are interested, was ordered per­ sonally reported Tuesday by the house judiciary committee. It is known as the Chiperfield measure and is calcu­ lated to prevent the prosecution of la­ bor union leaders on the charge of conspiracy. It provides that when two or more persons unlawfully conspire to com' luit a crime, and do commit it, they 'shall be liable only to punishment for the commission of the crime, that no conviction shall be had for criminal conspiracy without the commission of ,an overt act and that punishment for conspiracy shall not be greater than for the contemplated crime. Asks for Examination Board. Representative Fahy introduced in the house a bill providing for the cre­ ation of a board of examination for barbers and prohibiting persons not having regularly issued certificates of proficiency, from practicing the trade. House Bill to Committee. xlouse bill 236, introduced by Mr. King, gives to library boards author ity to fix the amount of taxes re­ quired by them, the rate in ho case to exceed two mills on the dollar." It was referred to the committee. Circuit Clerks Ask New Laws. Demand was made of the present general assembly for the enactment of a law that will raise the per diem of circuit clerks and records of counties of first class to $6. The legislative committee of the State Association of Circuit Clerks and Recorders met in this city and adopted resolutions rec­ ommending this cibange in - the law, and exhorting all members of the as­ sociation to influence representatives and senators in their respective dis­ tricts to secure the passage of the law. More Pay for Teachers. More than 28,000 teacbenr ta Che public schfools of Illinois and a far greater number of parents of children who attend these schools will watch with interest the progress of legis­ lation, which probably will be Intro­ duced in both houses soon, providing for a minimum salary scale tar public school instructors. The bills when introduced will be modeled along the lines of recom­ mendations macie by the educational committee of Illinois and published as the commission's bulletin by Ira Woods Howerth, the secretary. Hand in hand with advances in salary the commission contends must go stand­ ards of acceptable teaching, so that while teachers may get enough to jlive on if they are careful in their ex­ penditures, the public will get plenty of efficiency for every cent it spends The bulletin is made up of data gath­ ered from other states where the equivalents of minimum salary laws are in effect and after the presenta­ tion of these it goes into the state of affairs in Illinois. Taking the position that no teach­ ing of worth will stand a chance of be­ ing remunerated at its real value, the commission contends that In BO im­ portant a profession a living wage is no more than just It is not paid to teachers in some parts of Illinois. The report cites one county where a teacher gets 30 cents a day and 28 others where 60 cents a day or less is thought sufficient The sum of 60 cents a day Is, of course, payable Only1 through the duration of the school year, although it is paid seven days a week, with holidays thrown in, as' long as the school year lasts. At $20 a month for six months, the minimum time in which schools are maintained the teachers In the un­ graded schools in these 28 counties would draw a maximum average of $120 a year for instructing the youth of Illinois. The fact as established by the commission is that this maximum is not reached. The remedy for these conditions," the commission finds is in minimum salary legislation with a seven months' school term the minimum. The commission recommends that teachers holding a second grade certi­ ficate shall receive a minimum of $4S per month, or $315 per year, and those -holding first grade certificates shall receive at least $66 per month, or $385 per year. Where the present school tax is as high as may be, additional help un-i der the proposed legislation, would have to come from the state, but a canvass of 62 counties as shown In the report reveals the fact that only two of them have reached this limit In all It is estimated some 6,800 teach­ ers would receive increases in salary as the result ofa such legislation. Inaugural Party Returns#;^" ' f The Illinois inaugural ptrty* feea^ by Gov. Deneen and the other state of­ ficers, arrived home Monday. Whether the governor's trip to the national cap­ ital Is to have any bearing upon the senatorial situation remains a matter of conjecture. Ever since he Went to Washington there has been persistent talk that the toga will be forced upon him and that eventually he will ac­ cept the honor. It seems reasonably certain that Gov. Deneen can be Hop­ kins' successor if he will take the place. His friends in the general as­ sembly would be glad to vote for him, and so would his enemies, the former to honor him, the latter to get him out of the state. The distinctiveness of the lines that separate the Deneen and the anti-Deneen men In the legislature place practically the whole member­ ship of the general assembly upon one1 side or the other. There are only a handful of legislators left who are not agreed that Hopkins is eliminated from the race, and even they would not hold out if Gov. Deneen could be induced to accept the • senator- ship. So far as is known here at this time, nothing has occurred on the trip ttf- Washington to cause the executive to change his repeatedly expressed deter­ mination to remain in Illinois for the present. Stories are afloat that Presi­ dent Taft wants Gov. Deneen in the senate, but no one can be found who will give authenticity to the talk along this line that has been circulated in­ dustriously Blnce last Thursday. And even if it is true that President Taft wishes to seen Deneen in the senate, there is no way of knowing how Gov, Deneen would view such a proposi­ tion. His enemies are more hopeful than anyone else that he can be in­ duced to take the senatorship, and it may be this contingency that strength­ ens his determination to continue aa governor of Illinois. ARTFUL BEGGAR. Miss Charity--If I were to give Toil a quarter, what would you say? * Wandering Jim--I should tell everjr gent that you were the prettiest in all this town. His First Vjsit. The wide check of his suit and bfi| || monocle proclaimed his nationality ' f from afar. His first American aot ..1SJ quaintance, met on the steamer, ha4f -'W; supplied him with an immense amount of strange and wonderful information 1 about the United States. "And since you are an Englishman,'! It was explained, "every store will ajj once charge you from five to ten tlmef what they would ask an American." ^ 2 "Eh! What?" said the Brltishei^ ' aghast, and then with a look of great cunning: "But, my word! I shawat tell them, don't you know!" Truthful Besots* There had been a lovers* mm Ml and it was his first visit In two weekap "I guess you know there was a dif| ference between your sister and my* self?" he ventured, trying to pump the little sister. "Yes, indeed," responded the latter without hesitation. f "Well--er--do you think Clara wilf make up when she comes down?" Litle Bessie leaned over nearer and whispered: ? "She ought to, Mr. Bllkltts. upstairs making up now." $100 Reward, $100. DM nwJen ot this paper will be pleased _ ttnt them is at least one dreaded disease that i bas been able to cure in aii its states, and Oat&rrb. Hall's Catarrh Cure te the only cure now known to the medical fraternity. lWteR - ccMtStutloaai fiistsse. requires a coagUlafe* ttonal treatment. Hail's Catarrh Curt is token ternally, acting dlrwtly upon the blood and surfaces ot the system, thereby destroy' foundation of the disease, aiul Riving the ctrranth by boiidfng up Uke coMtitutloo aad log nature In doinf tta work. Tb« proprteton 1 •o much faith Si; ifa ouratftre powers that ttajr • One Hundred Dollar# for any etm that tt cure. Send for list of MMbMahk Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,O. * k,.j% Bold by all DrugRtew, 75c. - me Halt's Family PlUa tor ^ &&>• A New Standard. K *"1 knew they were putting on aftA* . They let on that their silverware wa# a l l s o l i d a n d n o w t f e * w i n d s w o r N I - ' . V knows it lan^t" "How did it come out?** "Burglars broke into their home Um(. other night and didn't take a thlng."^. Detroit Free Press. / :r™' i Breaking Up CoMs. A cold may be stopped at the start by t£: couple of Lane's Pleasant Tablets. in cases where a cold has seemed io •o strong a hold thsfe- nothing «oold 1 „ it, these tablets have done it m m hoar or two. All druggists and dsalen sell them at ; SS cents a box. If you cannot art thssv^ •ead to the proprietor, Orator F. Wood* wardp 1* Rojr, N. Y. Sample fine. A Question of Value. "Politeness coats nothing," said tfc% V proverblallst. ^ "Which may explain," answered Miss Cayenne, "why some people ot ostentatious wealth have so lttll# it- ' Trr Itataw By* Ke*e*r : < ' -^ For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery TTJSS F' ' "O Compounded by Experienced Phystefana. ; Conforms to the Pure Food and Druga , --"Stf!' LAW. Murine Doesn't Smart. _ Pa|8b Trr Murine for Tour" Soaked Sb. "I don't see how you get such a cake In your pipe; you never buy any to­ bacco." "Oh. It's sponga cake." * • Deadlock Is 8tfll Tight. The exact time when the senatorial deadlock will be broken by the election of a senator to succeed Senator Hop­ kins is as indefinite and uncertain now as it was on the day when the first joint ballot was taken. There is noth­ ing to indicate that the deadlock wil^ be broken during the coming week, ye<t it is not beyond the range of possibil-i ity. PnemnoiMa and ways preceded by an ordinary cold. Ham-' ' line Wizard Oil rubbed into the cuest draws out the inflammation, breaks up the eokl and prevents all aeriotu trouble. A sacred burden ia the life ye bear.: Look on it, lift it, bear It solemnly. Stand up and walk beneath it stead- '$ lastly.--Kemble. *'; Brooklyn, N. Y. wb Addnss the Garfield Tea Ok aa-ibewsP when writing for free samples of Garfield " Tea, the true remedy for constipation. * A Profitable Course. "Did you find the course profitable?**, ^ ^ ^Rsthfir* men in t# ^£^1' Lampoon. ^ -:;,4 y Throat Trouble may follow a Cough. Hoarseness. "Brown's Bronchial Troche*- five relief. 25 cents a»box. Samples tna. ohn L Brown & Son. Boston, Maaa. Fortunate la the woman who remem­ bers that frowns beget more wriakle# than smiles. ONX.Y ONK "BKOMtO OCIKINK." That ta LAXAT1VS BROMO QUININSL Look fat Una signature of K. W. GKOVK Vmi UMWOIM OTW to Cure# Cold lu Oiv> Dar. SE. The most certain sign of wisdom - a continual cheerfulness.--Montaigne. }A^:& Lewis'Single Binder straight So. Many smokera prefer them to 10c cigars. Year dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, HL Suspect the meaning and regard not speeches.--Socrates. re­ join t Ballot for 8enator. The joint ballot for senator suited Thursday: Hopkins, 2; FOss, 1; Stringer, 1; Shurtleff, 1. The thirty-ninth Joint ballot for sen* ator Wednesday resulted: Hopkins, 8; Stringer, 4: Pose, 1. The "gentlemen's agreement" which held down the balloting during the in­ augural ceremony' expired when the session convened Wednesday, and aa: a result the solons looked foi wHae- thing doing. Fair Weather at Capital^ - While blizzards raged at Washing­ ton and spoiled the splendor of the In­ augural the Springfield weather man celebrated the fact that Illinois had but one United States senator by giv­ ing clear skies and real spring weath­ er. Senator Hopkins ceased to be a senator and "Billy" Sunday didn't preach at the. tabernacle in the after­ noon. The weather was A No. 1 nev­ ertheless. The pleasaut doing contin- used the next day, and as a result the •h ' V - - , ' M . V Guars'1 Coagiung! Nothing quickly pc*ts*djr forfeit