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The McHemy Plaindeakr Published by ft a 8CHREINER. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS Medicine Hat will atralght again. soon be on Comets ought to be required to keep civilized hours. Now the fur overcoat begins to stir uneasily amid its moth balls. In one city In Connecticut boys are taught cooking in the public schools. Brooks' comet is moving towards the sun. Induced no doubt by a chilly feeling. China's Emperor Is In no frame of mind to enjoy the sacrifices or any­ thing else. * CAPTAIN AND FOUR MEM9ERSOF CREW BLOWN INTO ETER. NITY IN OHIO RIVER. FIVE INJURED; TWO MAY DIE Steamer, Shattered Into Splintered Wood and Iron, Sinks--Men From Another Vessel Rush to the Res­ cue of Survivors. Most Occidentals can tell a Mancha from a Chinaman when they meet one In the street. When the super-dreadnought shall have been exceeded, how will the ves­ sel be referred to? Arabs In Tripoli who billed Italian | wounded soldiers were not bidding i for gentle treatment. The englneless aeroplane is even 'less inviting to the cautious citizen than one of the noisy kind. Just because the small boy likes to play with toy railroad trains is no sign that he will be president. Most persons are willing to ac­ knowledge that there is such a thing as old age, but the bridegroom of 73, never. Six hundred asteroids travel along with the arth, and one of them Is missing. Has any one seen a lost asteroid ? Professor Lowell reports sighting a frost on Mars, but could not tell by the telescope which party had tmen defeated. X A ditch digger Is sole heir to a $75,000 estate. When the whistle lriows at noon be can eat his lunch light-heartedly. Goat's milk Is strongly recommend­ ed as a cure for inebriety. Still, the victim^ may And difficulty in getting somebody's goat. The Chinese emperor, aged 5, Is do­ ing all that can reasonably be ex­ pected of him to pacify his numerous subjects, and they should not in all fairness behead him. A Seattle clergyman preached In the streets from a coffin and was car­ ried home by "pallbearers.* And one or his objects was to prove thai be was not a dead one. A prisoner begged a magistrate not to_flne him. saying it would be the beginning of seven years of bad luck It had been Life good tuck that had kept him .out of trouble. Fifty Pittsburg men are suing for divorce on the ground of extrava­ gance. It surely is a shame for their wives to spend the money they need for the Great White Way. The beauty lecturer who has been advising New York women to use more soap and water on their faces, but not to forget the rouge, reminds us that some beauty isn't even skin deep. The cutting off of queues by the Chinese rebels U reported to have made puffs cbeaper If the revolution wins out first thing we know puffs will be so cheap they will be unfash­ ionable. Pittsburg, Pa.--Capt. E. A. Swaney and four members ot the crew of the towboat Diamond were killed in an explosion which wrecked the vessel while she was lying in the Ohio river off Avalou, six miles south. Five others were Injured. Two of the men rescued are terribly Injured and may die The boilers let go, but the cause of the explosion is not known. The disaster occurred near mid­ stream while all the crew save the pilot and the Engineer were asleep. The big towboat was shattered into a mass of splintered wood and twist­ ed Iron and sunk almost immediately. Tlje dead: Capt. Edward Swaney, master of the vessel, Pittsburgh James Friel, deck hand, of Hazel- wood. Thomas Cunningham, fireman, Pitta burgh. Thomas Mershon, engineer, Hazel- wood, Pa. Joseph Hagen. deck hand. Pitts­ burgh. But for the presence of the towboat Alice and the heroic work of the crew, It is probable that all hands would have perished. The Alice was almost abreast the Diamond when the ex­ plosion came. Through the blinding snow that was falling, the crew of the Alice saw the forward part of the Dia­ mond rise high In the air and a mo­ ment later the boat began to sink. Alice put out for the wreck immedi­ ately and the crew In smaller boats managed to reach the sinking vessel in time to take off five of the crew. The Diamond was owned by the Diamond Coal company. CHAUFFEUR HELD AS SLAYER Is Charged With Killing Woman While Attempting to Rob Hus­ band In Street. Chicago.--William O. Guttenberger, aged twenty-six years, is under arrest charged with the murder of Mrs. Ed­ mund Kaufman. Mrs Kaufman was shot and killed as she and her husband, a wholesale commission merchant, were returning home after attending a performance at a theater. The couple were nearly home when three men Jumped from an automo­ bile and with loaded revolvers ordered them "to throw up their hands." Mr. Kaufman's fist shot out and one of the robbers fell, but as he did so another of the three struck Mr. Kauf­ man on the head with a billy and at the same time the third fired. Mr. Kaufman was felled by the blow, and as he dropped the bullet Intended for him sped over bis bead and struck Mrs. Kaufman In the right temple. She sank to the ground and the three robbers Jumped Into their machine and escaped. While Mr. Kaufman Identified Gut­ tenberger as the man who fired the shot the chauffeur insists that he was home when the crime was committed. ELIOT'S KIN JARS HARVARD European nobleman tried to reduce his weight In order to win a wife and died of starvation. Moral: It Is better to have men say "Isn't he fat?" than "Doesn't be look natural!" Surely it ought not to be a repug­ nant task for every good citizen of the country to comply with the apple growers' modest demand and eat Ave apples a day until further notice. Prof. Jenks of Minnesota would cure the divorce evil by letting wives control the family purse strings This, added to the countless other sure cures and panaceas, makes one won­ der why divorce should stick around 1 at alL A telephone conversation has been carried on successfully between Lon­ don and Basel in Switzerland. 600 miles away, and it Is expected that be­ fore long most of the large cities In Europe will be In telephone communl cation with tbe British capital What good will It do. however to connect a man m London with a man ip Ber lin if neither understands tbe other's language? • Now that the lawn mowing season Is over, the muscular system may be kept in trim by judiciously heaving coal into the furnace. The names of statesmen and cities in China are inexplicably mixed, and they cannot well be unscrambled until this crucl war Is over Tbe wearers of high crowned der- hys declare that the hatters shall not for the sake of profit Introduce the low crowned article. They say they wlfl die first. Grandson of Former President Ap­ pears In 8tudent Dining Room With Emma Goldman. Cambridge, Mass.--Classic Harvard bad the shock of a lifetime when Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr., grandson of Harvard's ex-presldent, Charles Eliot, took Miss Emma Goldman, the noted lecturer on anarchy, to dinner at tbe Harvard Union. Seated with the pair were several other students, and the party held tbe attention of the other diners Miss Goldman commended the stand Mr, Eliot had taken in opposition to the Harvard corporation In the Pank hurst controversy, and promised him that she would return to Cambridge in the course of two months and de­ liver a lecture The students addressed .V!ss Gold­ man as "comrade." a title *hich she stated afterward pleased her rnlgUtlly / Missouri Hour Law Null. Jefferson City. Mo--The Mis­ souri supreme court in an opinion by Judge Woodson held that the >.ls sourl 16-bo'ur railway trainmen's law was nullified by the federal 1 ">-h« ur law, which is practical)- the sarna *B the Missouri law The case orlgin&tnd In Audrian county, where the Wnb.i>sn railroad was fined for working a cor ductor more than 16 hours out of S4 in one day PURPLE HILL TAKEN LAST POSITION OF ROYALIST# SEIZED BY CHINESE REBELS. ^WQMAM ACQUITTED j OF MURDER™ Woo-Sung Troops Drive Imperialist From Stronghold by Brave Attack on Nanking. Nanking.--The last position of th Imperial troops on Purple Hill ba« been captured by the revolutionists. Shanghai.--Three thousand Woo Sung troops made a magnificent aB cent up Purple mountain at Nanking. They scaled almost precipitous sides like ants in the face of the fire of the loyalists who fortified the ridge be­ low. It is reported that there were two hundred rebel casualties. The at­ tack on Purple mountain culminated in a bayonet charge, which routed the loyalists jand drove them into the city. Washington, D. C.--Admiral Mur- dock, commander of the Asiatic sta­ tion, has informed the navy depart­ ment he has sent the collier Pompeii and the gunboat Quiros to Nanking. Ttiis will make a force of four Amer­ ican warships In the Yangtse off Nan­ king, In addition to vessels of other countries The vessels now at Nanking will be used as a refuge for the,foreigners re­ maining In the city in the event of its capture by the revolutionists. San Francisco.--The entire Pacific fleet was ordered to proceed with all haste to Shanghai, China. MRS. PATTERSON IS FREED Jury After SI* Ballots Finds Woman Who Slew Her Husband In Den­ ver Not Guilty. mmm " "'m iii m MM RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT OP. OIL v COMPANY AND RETIRES AS DIRECTOR. FEW OF "OLD GUARD" LEFT D. Archbold Becomes Head of Cor­ poration--Many Other Changes Are Made at Directors' Meet­ ing at New York. Ik 3 Denver. Colo.--MTB. Gertrude Gib­ son Patterson, charged with the mur­ der of her husband, Charles A. Patter­ son of Chicago, in this city on Sep­ tember 26. was acquitted by a Jury which reported to Judge Allen The prisoner, when the verdict was announced, flushed and swayed, but regained her composure in a moment and shook hands with ber attorney and then the Jurors. Only six ballots were taken by tbe Jury in arriving at an agreement On the first ballot there were two men for conviction and ten for acquittal. Mrs. Patterson expects to go on the stage as a career, providing some­ body will give her a start in that line. W0LGAST TO RECOVER SOON \ .. l- WW',. mmm mm MRS. GERTRUDE PATTERSON Fighter Operated On in Los Angeles Is in No Danger, His Physi­ cian Reports. Los Angeles, Cal. -- Light-weight Champion "Ad" Wolgast, who was operated on In the Clara Barton hospital following an attack of ap­ pendicitis, is expected to recover rapidly. The following bulletin on Wolgast's condition was Issued from the hospital by the superintendent: "The patient has been resting quiet­ ly--has. in fact, been doing nicely. His general condition is favorable. His temperature is as nearly normal as could be expected under the cir- curstances. "Everything Is in Wolgast's favor and in his present condition I antici­ pate no possible danger to him." AMBASSADOR DUDLEY IS DEAD United States Envoy to Brazil Passes A&ay From Heart Disease In Baltimore Hospital. Baltimore. Md.--Hon. Irving B. Dud­ ley of Evanston. 111., United States ambassador to Brazil, died suddenly from heart disease In the Johns Hop­ kins hospital His wife, who is a patient in the same hospital, has not been told of the death of her husband. Ambassador Dudley had been home from Brazil for several months ou leave, due to Illness. He came to the Hopkins for treatment in October for heart and lung troubles. ^ SEEKS TO IMPEACH OFFICIALS Alderman Files Charges of Malfeas­ ance Against Mayor, Clerk and Attorney of Milwaukee City. Milwaukee.--Impeachment proceed­ ings against Mayor Emll Seldel. City Clerk Carl O. Thompson and City At­ torney Daniel W. Hoan were filed at a session of the common council by Alderman Carney "for malfeasance, mlsfeance and nonfeasance In office." The charges against the mayor, city clerk and city attorney are the result of this year's work of tbe board of review. In confirming the assess­ ment rolls The Carney charges are sensational Author Killed In Flight. ! Vienna --Mosca. the author, was j killed while accompanying Lleu- j tenant Nlttner as a passenger In a i flight at Wlemcr-Neustdat. In lower | Austria Something went wrong and 1 Mosca was thrown out of the ma­ chine and fell to the ground. He was killed Instantly Lieutenant Nlttner was unhurt. Doom Reno Divorce Joke. Cleveland, O--Governor Oddie o.* Nevada is quoted In an interview her-J as saying that the Reno divorce Jok* has become obnoxious and that he will attempt the coming winter to se­ cure a more rigid divorce law 1* N evada. REJECTION OF RUSSIAN ULTIMA­ TUM PRECIPIT ATE8 ACTION AGAINST TEHERAN. SHUSTER WILL BE RETAINED Dismissal of American Treasurer General on Advice of England Is Refused and War May Follow-- Ex-Governor Is Slain. Teheran, Persia.--Persia has prob­ ably precipitated a clash with Rus­ sia that may result in war in refusing to comply with the czar's demands for the dismissal of her American treasurer general, W. Morgan Shuster, thus ignoring Great Britain's advice. Russia's reply to the decisive action of the National Council of Persia was an order to the troops she had massed at Enzell, a Caspian Sea port, to march on this city. Mr. Shuster, who is the storm center In the International row. was consult­ ed before the final vote and he ad­ vised the members of the council to consider only the interests of their country and disregard him. Then the council in open session voted unanimously to reject the ulti­ matum. tbe majority of the members declaring that yielding to the demand would mean national suicide. The Persian minister of foreign af­ fairs has resigned Ala-El-Dpwleh, former governor of a Persian province, who has shown pro-Russian sympathies, was assas­ sinated in the street near his home in this city by three men, who fired seven shots Into his body. A cablegram from Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, was present­ ed to the assembly Tbe dispatch urgently recommended compliance with the Russian demands, but some of the members pointed out that Eng­ land's advice hitherto had led only to Persian humiliation. BANKER HITS T. R. WHARTON BARKER ASSERTS EX- PRESIDENT SOLD OUT. QUEEN MARY IS SEASICK fionsort of English Ruler Is Overcome by Rough Weather on Trip to India Durbar. Soldiers Battle in Philippines. Manila.--A battalion of the Third Infantry has had a three days' battie with guerrlla Moros. who refused to be disarmed. Between IB and 40 Moros. were killed One American soldier lost his life. Iowa Editor Dies. Mason City, la--Sam G. Sloane, former editor of the Charles City Intelligencer and at one time president of the Northeast Iowa Editorial as­ sociation, died at Adel. Turkey Dinner Kills Him. Vlncennes, Ind.--Edmund M. Guerln, an eighteen-year-old clerk, only son of Mrs. Sophia Guerln, died suddenly from hemorrhage of the stomach, superinduced by eating too heartily Thanksgiving Day. In the wheat tumble one broker lost $2,000,000. on paper. That Is the pteasantest way to lose so much Money If a man must lose It. Italian aviators have been dropping / tombs upon Arab camps, thus pre­ venting the Arabs from folding their tests and silently stealing away. J! pajima party was given In St Louis and was attended by fifty men and women. If they had been routed out by a fire they would have felt em­ barrassed. Seven Injured In Plunge. Carthage. Mo.--Seven persons were Injured, one seriously, when the Jop iln-Topeka Missouri Pacific pas«en ger train left the tracks and plunjred down an embankment near here The wreck was caused by a broken rail. Victoria's Ms id Dead. Detroit, Mich.--Mrs. Prollon Soath- erlngtnn, who was formerly a maid In waiting to Queen Victoria and served at the queen's coronation dinner, is • dead at Amy, Mich. She was ninety- three years old. London.--King George and Queen Vary, on their way to the Indian dur­ bar on the steamship Medina, had a r.jigh passage through the Bay of Biscay, according to reports which h-»ve reached here. The queen's cvbin was flooded and Queen Mary was forced to vacate hastily and take up her quarters in the special room w»th a swinging cot The king, who is a good sailor and apparently im­ mune from seasickness, continued to occupy his usual cabin. Tells of Bargain Made--Declares That i^Money King Told Him Interests Would 8upport Colonel. Washington.--A sensation was sprung on the senate interstate com­ merce committee when Wharton Barker, a former banker of Phila­ delphia. alleged that a prominent New York financier had told him that the financial interests would support Col. Theodore Roosevelt for president in 1904 because the latter had "made a bargain" with them "on the railroad bill." "Three ror four weeks before tbe election in 1904." said Mr Barker. "1 was walking down Broadway when I met one of the most distinguished money kings in New York, a man now dead. He said to me: 'We are going to elect Roosevelt." I ex­ pressed surprise and asked if be had given up the support of Parker He said yes; that they had frightened Roosevelt so he bad made a bargain with tb^m " New York.--Col. Theodore Roose­ velt when shown the synopsis of Wharton Barker's testimony declared: "I would as soon discuss a pipe dream with an out patient of Bedlam as discuss such nonsense " Colonel Roosevelt would not add to this statement, only repeating It later with aoded emphasis 8isters Drown Skating. Keokuk, la.--Anna Dorsey, aged fourteen years, and Isabelle Dorsey. aged eight years, daughters of George Dorsey, of Carthage. III., were drowned and six young conxpanlons had narrow escapes when the thin ice on a pond near Carthage, broke while they were skating. STANDARD OIL TRUST ENDED Thirty-Three Separate Bodies Begin Life--Shift at New York Main Office Small. New York.--Standard Oil as a bad trust has technlca'Iy ended. It has completed the splitting of itself Into thirty-four parts. Under the decision of the Supreme court none of the parts Is to be Interrelated with tbe others hereafter. Each is to conduct its own business, keep Its own rec­ ords, declare and distribute its own earnings to its own stockholders. Shares of the trust have been ex changed for shares of the thirty-three subsidiaries. Yet this seeming toppling of the temple of Rockefeller produced nr physical effect at 26 Broadway except that a few rooms were made vacant There will still be housed there the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the Bucyeke Pipeline, the Colonial Oil, the New York Transit company, the Northern Pipe Line company, the Standard Oil Company or New York at»d the Union Tank Line company. Saves Life of Millionaire. Baltimore. Md.--Capt. Isaac * E. Emerson, millionaire, was saved by his wife, when a discharged employe on his estate near Georgetown. 8. C.. at­ tempted to shoot him. Mrs Emerson rushed between Capt. Emerson and the man. Charles 8. Francis Is Dead. Troy, N. Y.--Charles Spencer Fran­ cis, proprietor of the Troy Times and former ambassador to Austria-Hun- f&ry, is dead. ~ t New President for San Domingo. Artist Dies of Rabies. * San Domingo--Congress elected Sen- Toledo, O --Bert K Canfleid. aged ! ator Eladlo Victoria provisional presl- forty. a wealthy artist, died at bl* S d%nt In succession to the assassinated home at Ravenna. O.. from hydro- j president. Gen. Ramon Caceres. It is phobia A mad dog bit Canfleid eight expected the senate will confirm the weeks ago. 1 election. Slayer of Annls Gets Divorce. New York.--A final decree of di­ vorce was granted to Capt. Peter C. Rains, the slayer of William E. An­ nls Captain Hafns brought action several months ago, naming Annls as co-respondent. Wslter Steele Found Qullty. Havana. III.--Walter Steele, charged with the murder of Samuel Beitsel at Bath. 111., October 25. 1909. was found guilty of manslaughter. Tbe penalty is from one year to life Im­ prisonment. Germans Number 64,925*993. Munich.--The population of Ger many on December 1, 1910, according to the filial census report just issued, was 64,925,993. The Increase since the census of 1905 was 4.284.504. Back to Cell, Clear* Name. Jeffersonvllle. Ind--A fugitive foi five years. Harry Ross returned volun tartly to the Indiana reformatory tr. complete a sentence for larceny. Ross escaped from the reformatory soon after he had entered it. Hariem Savings Bank cfoses. New York--The State Savings bank, a,, comparatively small InBtltu tlon in Harlem, was closed as a result of alleged irregularities of John Pucci, teller, 'who is under arrest charged with forgery. New York.--John D. Rockefeller re­ signed as president and director of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. John D. Archbold was elected as Mr. Rockefeller's successor. A majority of the officers and dlTeo- tors who for years have been associ­ ated with Mr. Rockefeller in the con­ trol of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey also handed In their resig­ nations. These included: William Rockefeller, vice-president and di­ rector; C. M. Pratt, vice-president; William G. Rockefeller, assistant treasurer; K. C. Folger, Jr., secretary and assistant treasurer; Directors H. M. Flagler, L. J. Drake and E. T. Bed­ ford. Mr. Archbold, the new president, also resigned as vice-president. The board- of directors is reduced from fourteen to nine members. Two new vice-presidents were elect­ ed. They are A. C. Bedford and W. C. Teagle. The other vice-president, J. A. Moffett, remains In office. Mr. Rockefeller and his associates at the head of the Standard Oil Com­ pany of New York also resigned. H. C. Fo'ger. Jr., was elected president of this comnany. All the officers and directors of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey as previously organized resigned from the boards of the various subsidiary companies on which they had been serving. Their successors will be elected at the next meetings of these companies. ANNOYING ERUPTION ON PHILADELPHIA WOMAN'S FACE GONE Mrs. Llpplncott Qlves the Inside Facts of Her Case. BEEF CASES IN HIGH COURT Packers' Counsel File Motion for Stay Until Sherman Anti-Trust Act Is Interpreted. Washington.--The case of ten mil­ lionaire meat packers of Chicago,, who seek to delay being brought to trial before Judge Carpenter at Chi­ cago, was laid before the Supreme court of the United States. John S. Miller and Levy Mayer ap­ peared for the beef barons. They re­ quested such a stay as will postpone the trial, and urged the court to pass upon the constitutionality of the penal clause of the Sherman act before the case is heard. In the motion made by Messrs. Mil­ ler and Mayer the future of all crim­ inal prosecutions brought under the Sherman anti-trust statute are placed in jeopardy. The petitioners declare the law to be void. They assert the federal district court has no power to try then*, and say they are being detained without authority of law. They aver the Sherman act does not create or define any offense or crime. The "light or reason," as outlined in the Standard Oil and Tobacco de­ cisions, is invoked by counsel for the meat packers. They allege^ that offi­ cers of corporations are now in per­ petual jeopardy, subject to the shift­ ing views of different juries, with "the shadow of the penitentiary for­ ever over them." The declared intention of President Taft to prosecute the trusts is cited by the packers as an additional rea- eon why the criminal sections of the Sherman law should be given an early interpertatlon. Solicitor General Lehmann . an­ nounced that objection would be of­ fered by the government to the peti­ tion of the packers. - Mrs. M. S. Lippiacoit, of Philadel­ phia, made a disclosure on June 1. which should be read by every man and woman. Not only that, but Mra. Llpplncott says that everyone should hear of the wonderful history of this particular case and profit as she did. Here Is the story in%er own words: "Abdut one month ago I was at­ tracted by your advertisement in a local newspaper on the merits of -your Resinol Stoap. "Having at that time a very annoy­ ing eruption on my face I purchased a cake of the Resinol Soap, and before It was half used the eruption disap­ peared entirely, the old skin peeled off and fresh new skin formed. "I wish to thank you for placing within reach so meritorious an article, which I do not hesitate to recommend to my friends." Not only is Resinol Soap highly ef­ fective In removing skin affections, but Resinol Ointment has no equal in relieving eczema, scalds and burns or any form of eruptive skin disease, aa tetter, ringworm, barber's itch, erup­ tions of poison ivy, stings of poisonous insects, pimples, rash, sunburn, prick­ ly heat, chafing, Itching, blackheads, bolls, scalds, burns, etc. Resinol Ointment comes in opal Jars at fifty cents and a dollar. Sold by all drug­ gists. Sample sent free If you men­ tion heading of this ad. Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore. Md. A 8URE 8IQN. Bronson--Is there any doubt about our prosperity? Woodson--None whatever. If yoa don't believe we have money to burn, look at the way we celebrate tho Fourth of July. CASH REGISTER CO. ACCUSED Government Starts Suit in Ohio Charg­ ing Concern With Conspiracy and Restraint of Trade. Cincinnati--United States District Attorney Sherman T. McPherson and O. E. Harrison of the department of justice filed anti-trust proceedings alleging conspiracy In restraint of trade against the National Cash Reg­ ister company of Dayton, O., Its offi­ cers and managers. The government complains that th» corporation has resorted to illegal acts to eliminate, stifle and suppress other manufacturers and dealers throughout the United States, engaged in the business of making, selling and ship­ ping in interstate commerce cash reg­ isters and other registering devices. The government charges that the defendants have waged vicious, wrong­ ful and unlawful wars of extermina­ tion against other competitors, and has driven them out of business, se­ curing thereby about 95 per cent, of tbe cash register business. Effort to Get Job Disastrous. New York.--Max Plotkln, a coat cutter, in his eagerness to apply for a job he bad found advertised in the want column of a Jewish newspaper, tripped and fell headlong down a flight of stairs and will probably die from the effects of his fall- Big Opium D«n Raided. Philadelphia.--More than a score of Chinamen were arrested and thou­ sands of dollars' worth of opium con­ fiscated in a spectacular raid on Chi­ natown by government agents. Baby Born With Tooth. Akron, O.--The discovery has been made that one of the triplets born to Mrs. Arthur Vandersall of Kenmore came Into the world with one tooth. The three babies, two girls and a boy, are doing well. Kansas City Gets Pin Men. Des Moines, la.--Kansas City was awarded the next tournament of the Mid-Westeru Bowling association at the convention of delegates. George Strotz of Des Moines was re-elected president. Naive Optimists. "Six months ago there was another outburst of optimism as naive as though the world were still living in the sentimental era of glass exhibi­ tions Since then there has opened another era of political earthquakes and conflagrations, and the era of dis­ turbance continues to extend. Before the Tripoli problem has been safely liquidated or the peace of the Balkans is assured, we have the outburst in China of an Insurrection which may change the face of the far east and give an incalculable increase of force to all the impulses set moving by tbe triumph of Japan. All we can be cer tain of in the region of world politics is that nothing is certain. Do we need further lesson^ to convince us that the peace of civilisation Is founded upon the crust* of a volcano?" asks the London Observer. It 8ounded V/ell. Horace Taylor, the artist, whose newspaper illustrations used to be ad­ mired here, came from Nokomis, III., in the Egypt diafrict. In "Hod's"* early days they organized a band to which he blew an inconsequential horn. "We had a hard time naming the band," said Taylor. "However, 40 we were a thousand miles from the ocean and even a considerable distance from the great lakes, we called It the Marine Band 'of Nokomis."--Chi­ cago Evening Post. Natural. Lady Visitor--Doctor, the hurt In my little dog's paw looks so angry. Veterinarian--Naturally, my dear lady, when you consider it Is in a pet. WORK8 WITHOUT FAITH Faith Came After the Works Had Laid the Foundation. A Bay State belle talks thus about coffee: "While a coffee drinker I was a suf­ ferer from Indigestion and intensely painful nervous headaches, frpm child­ hood. "Seven years ago my health gave out entirely. I grew so weak that the exertion of walking, if only a few feet, made It necessary for me to lie down. My friends thought I was marked for consumption--weak, thin and pale. "I realized the danger I was in and tried faithfully to get relief from med­ icines, till, at last, after having em­ ployed all kinds of drugs, the doctor acknowledged that he did not believe it was in hi power to cure me. "Whil« 1 this condition 3 friend in­ duced me to quit coffee and try Post- um, and I did so without the least hope that it would do me any good. I did not like It at first, but -when it was properly made I found It was a most delicious and refreshing beverage. I am especially fond of it served at din­ ner ice-cold, with cream. "In a month's time I began to Im­ prove, and In a few weeks my Indiges­ tion ceased to trouble me, and my headache stopped entirely. I am so perfectly well now that I do net look like the same person, and I have so gained In flesh that I am 15 pounda heavier than ever before. "This is what Postum has <)one for me. I still use It and shall always do so." Name given by Postum Co., Bafc tie Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and it is ex­ plained in the little book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. Evfr read the IImtc letter r A am one appcftr-M from tine to line. The| are Kriuli«, Uau, full kBMas tetcreaU