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; W «••' I *u-r » Ajr HaTp; 111us£rafions by COPYRIGHT BY A.C M<?CLURC ** CO., i SYNOPSIS. W, '< Qlorlt Kferr, a motherless «trl, who hw •pent mpet of her life In ecnool, arrives •J her father's home In Belmont. Da via Kerr Is the political boss of the town, and is anxious to prevent his daughter learning of his real character. Kendall, representing the Chicago packers, la ne­ gotiating -with Judge Gilbert, Kerr s chief ..Adviser, for a valuable franchise. They fear the opposition of Joe Wright, editor of the -reform paper. Kerr asks the as­ sistance of Judge Gilbart in introducing CMoria to Belmont society, and promises to help hi in put through the packers franchise and let him have all the gratt. Gloria meets Joo Wright at the Gilberts. It appear they are on intimate terms. tijkvinj? met previously on a touring party In Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to Stay with them pending the refurnishing of the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight «eainst the proposed franchise in the col­ umns of his paper, the Belmont News. Kerr, through his henchmen, exerts ev­ ery influence to hamper Wright in the publication of his paper. Gloria takes up Settlement work. Kerr and his lieutenants decide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the editor to meet them at Gilbert s office. Calling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do­ nation Gloria meets "Wright. He proposes «kid is accepted while waiting to be called fSto the conference. Wright refuses to •ell his paper and declares he will fight to ft finish. The Belmont News appears with •L' bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls Wright a coward and refuses to listen to aliy explanation from him. Broken-heart- t Gloria decides to plunge more deeply (/settlement work. She calls on a sick 1 of the underworld, named- Ella. Sn« ms for the first time that her father is tile head of a notorious gang of political grafters. Sounds of a conflict are heard Itl thf* room over Ella's. Olorla nnas "*V Wright unconscious, a victim of an at- ?• tempted assassination by thugs in the payt rarMi ^ Of the political ring. She hides him in! ragea. •r IBlla's room and defies the thugs. She > arwes them by announcing that she Is T Kerr's daughter. Ella threatens to give €i> Wright to the thugs and is choked ln- •' to unconsciousness by Gloria, who then ;; ttlls unconscious on Wright's body. They ore rescued by Dr. Ha>ses and his wife. Wright decides to sell his paper and leave Beimont. Gloria hears that Wright •Tgolng away and calls upon him to arte " IBs forgiveness for her harsh words. ^ CHAPTER XXIII.--Continued. " ?•'"* (,'•/Patty, tired of listening to a con- $ * H <#£rsation she could not understand, r; remembering the visitor, asked: , i $?Vhat shall I tell him?" •• ~ "Wait a minute. Patty." Wright motioned the child to the door. Then tie turned to Gloria. "You can leave |»y this side entrance. No one will be fhe wis6r for this visit. The minute Ike-door closes behind you, Patty-- 1 sod I--"will have forgotten that you v ctilled. But I will not have forgotten , your kindness and consideration. Bet- fore you leave I want you to know that I can't value too highly the mo* Jive that prompted your call. To the Wd I'll treasure It as a memory hal- lowed by the parting from the only gproman I--Good-by." £' ' .It He felt he could not complete what l|̂ ) ' J|e wished to say without a show of |*Ir' • 'V -."Smotion to which it would not do to give way. The only thing he could do ®ma& to hold out his hand and say, ij,' ;*¥*ood-by." %$/ ' Gloria prat both her hands behind > / tier back, and shook her head. t " "**<>. I refuse to go." f*? "What do you mean?" •' **•'» **'•%* "I TT1*>an Just what I say. I intend $p stay here and meet my father and >ear what be has to say to you." f;;/;] '.A Wright gazed at her intently, but " 1 ',^|he did not quiver under his scrutiny. "It shall be as you say," he assent- -ed. "Go, Patty, tell him to come in." f'•>'After Patty closed the door there was *n awkward silence which he broke . - %y saying, "I must say that this meet- (fog is ill-advised." C}/T * i She sighed and shook her head. j&p Jjl, "Oh, ill-adviBed or not, my mind Is ffs!'v 'i• \Jpade up. Things cannot go on as :lt/W w V1 •' ^ i .it/'.•>: fys#?".*,' m --1 bJ r \\ ~'P'^ " --%'T K,n Com® Over to My Way of Thlnkln'." . - • - • , v . - . . r «*•. If henceforth I am to dl direct my own affairs, why shouldn't 1 |begin now?" "But how explain your being here?' "If he can't believe what I have to j^iaay he isn't worth the slight esteem $•£.. -,'iwith which I still regard him." "Here he comes." ^ ̂ "Let him see you first." She re- ';!¥...%treated to a corner of the room where iMi father's first glance as he entered ••V Xwould not di8COVer her- Patty opened f s _ *• < the door and David Kerr walked into !$>' i'i^the room. The two men look«d at each other ^ ̂ without any attempt at a feigned oor* , diallty. \ - f V ; " M r . W r i g h t , " b e g a n t h e b o s s , a n d V ,/^at Mention of his name the newspaper "v man bowed slightly in recognition of •^.'vv^'the greeting, "I met Dr. Hayes this V afternoon. He spoke of you, and what ;/i-" ho told rae has led me to break a cua r^V\ [^//Jtom of years; I'vewome to see you. In *his town it's always been the other r ^ way " He spoke with all his accue i* ' "tomed force, and seemed even more m s-:sr^ &•< >, [confident than usual as he added "The old way *ill continue, air, but ; owing to what you might call the re­ lationship thai once--" $*1? V-ptfrn-. inlaw7' X,*.' • i**.* !; >j. J I'.- ishment. Covertly lie looked at GloVia, to find his own amaxement mirrored on her face. "Bound us, I thought I'd come to see you," the boss continued, not heed­ ing Wright's exclamation. "One minute, sir." Wright was not willing for him to proceed without his knowing that his daughter was in the room with them. "Before you speak further you must know that we're not alone in this room." "We're not?" He looked about him, and at the sound of a familiar voice turned sharply to confront his daugh­ ter. N "No, father; I'm here." She ad­ vanced coolly to the center of the room, and waited for him to speak. "Gloria! My daughter here!" He managed to gasp. Wright, determined not to have his hand forced, waited to see what card the daughter would play. -- "Wait a minute, please," she re­ marked quietly, the most self-pos­ sessed of the three. "Are you so blind you can't see you find me here be­ cause I wish it so? My visit to Mr. Wright surprised him just as much as did yours. When you were announced, I told him I would stay." "So that's It, is it?" her father "Have you turned against me, too? Why didn't I raise you like you ought to 'a' been!" It was with an evident effort that he was restraining himself even as much as he was. "Would to heaven you had!" Gloria exclaimed in a low tone. "You gave me only the roses of life, and now the thorns--all that life offers me--seem sharper than I can bear." Wright had thought his heart had been so wrung that nothing could hurt him worse, but this confession of un- happiness to her father made his own unhappiness greater than he had be­ lieved it could be. Gloria, this is distressingly painful. Please donV he begged. Then he turned to her father. "Why have you come here?" Why is she here?" Father," now she spoke timidly, a maiden telling of a dear, dead love, for a little while Mr. Wright and I-- were engaged--to be married. I don't think you know what that , means to a girl, what it meant to me. But you do know how it ended. Tet we're still such good friends that 1 felt I could come this afternoon to--" As she spoke, a great light began to dawn upon her father. At the words good friends" he saw his whole plan successful, although worked out along lines a trifle different than what had been in his mind when he had deter­ mined to call upon the editor. Your successful general is a great opportu­ nist, and David Kerr was quick to seize this opportunity. "Good friends!" he echoed, inter­ rupting her. "Then I'm glad I found you here. Just listen to me a minute. ain't got much to say, Mr. Wright, but we understand each other pretty well. Now then--you gave us a pretty* hard bump, an' I admire you fer it. Of course, you're new to Belmont an' looks all right from yer p'lnt o' view." His tone was now suave and conciliatory. "But you're too good a man to be blockln' the wheels o' prog­ ress in this town." Things were running pretty smooth when I came here, weren't they?" Wright was willing to admit that much. Exactly, exactly." Kerr took a step forward and glanced at Gloria before he went on. "Now then, what do you say to this? You switch over an' Join me. If it's too strong fer you to go, I'll cut out that Maple avenue railway line, an' we'll go at it some other way." Gloria looked at * her father in as­ tonishment. Wright did not interrupt him, wishing to hear all that he had to say. "This campaign'^ taught me I'm growin' old. Some day somebody's got to take my place. There ain't a man in the party with your sense. I need you, an'--what's more--you'll profit by bein' with me." Mr. Kerr, it won't take me many words to give you your answer." Reading disapproval in the remark, David Kerr craftily replied with his kindest manner, "Take yer'time, tni™ yer time. The more you think it over, the more you'll like it. Besides, I'm thinkin' of Gloria. You two talk it over. She's--" "Father!" The girl was perfectly horrified and her sense of the fitness of things outraged by having her name dragged into the discussion. "Would you dare connect my name with such an affair!". To the coarse nature all things are coarse, and her , Mher seemed sur­ prised that she ajjIEuld resent the man­ ner in which he^had connected her with the offer. "An' why not?" he asked. "I've been thfnkin' the mat­ ter over, an' you an' him would a pretty good team." "Oh!" Gloria's disgust was unspeak­ able. Mere rage was useless to ex­ press her feelings. Kerr turned to Wright, since Gloria appeared to have no inclination to listen. "So I argues, why notf fix It up between us." Then he spoke to his daughter in explanation, "Not knowln' you'd be here. But it's Just as well. Now, Mr. Wright, what I say is this: This town wants somebody to run it. Belmont can't git along without some­ body to keep the wheels greased. I'll put the paper on its feet fer you, an' gradually--as gradually as you like-- you kin come over to my way of think- in'. Then what'd be more natural than fer you to take over the runnin* o' things--especially as you'd be my son- . ^ , . . . Wright was about to make reply, but Gloria was too quick for him. "Oh, this is more than I can bear! Am I a dog, a horse, a pig, that I can be traded in a dirty deal with not so much as 'by your leave?' I'll not stand it for another Instant One hu­ miliation after another has been my lot, but this is the last. I'm through with you. W&at has passed has taught you nothingf you're the bargaining, trading, scheming politician still, so low that you'd make your own daugh­ ter, your own ,flesh and blood, the bait to lure a good man from his purpose. But you can't do it," Bhe cried, a note of triumph creeping iqto her denuncia­ tion; "he's not your kind. And do you believe that I'd submit to such a thing? What can you think of me? You put me on a plane with those vile creatures who pay you for protection." "Gloria, please stop!" Wright plead­ ed. Her father could only look at her In wonder as she poured out the pent-up passion of her inmost soul. "No, I'll not stop--there's more to say. Here, within this hour, Mr. Wright asked me again to be his wife, and I refused--refused because of you. I came here to warn him against you, to tell him the truth, because oftce we loved each other. No one can blame me for wishing him well. I came to tell him because I can't be here after this to save him as once I did. Over my body I dared your hire­ lings to take him, and not one moved. Now I'm going away forever and I want him to have what protection the truth will give. But my warning would be useless; what you offered to do just now is warning enough in it­ self. The man who would sell his own daughter is capable of anything!" "Please, Gloria, stop," Wright en­ treated. "I'm not accustomed to have any one else flght my battles for me. I can take care of myself." "May be you can," sneered the boss, "but ever since you've been here you've been hidin' behind my daugh­ ter. Hit's because o' her I didn't go after you hot an' heavy long ago. An' then When they did come near gittln' you the other day, she stopped 'em." "You, Gloria!" Wright could not understand. She only bowed her head. "But now, by God! that'B all past." Kerr brought his- fist down on the table with a bang. His breath came in apoplectic gasps and his face was livid with rage. "She's out of it as fer as I'm concerned. I did every­ thing in the world fer her, an' It wasn't no nse." He turned to his daughter as he hurled out his anger and disappointment between his gasps for breath. "I was ready.to stan" by you to the end, and' what do I git fer all my Bchemln' an' planning' fer you? Nothin' but glum looks an' harsh words. If yer goln' away, go. I dis­ own you. I cast you off." The girl did not quail beneath his bitter words. They only inflamed her to announce the decision she had al­ ready made. Her Np curled with scorn, her eyes snapped, as she looked at her father. "You disown me! You cast me off!" All the contempt she could muster she threw into her voice. "What right have yon, who would barter me away as you would a horse or dog? No, it's I disown you!" Wright walked over to her and sought to take her hand gently In his, but she drew away. She would stand alone. Like a blind old bear David Kerr seined to grope his way to the door. There he turned to gaze once more upon the wreck of his latest schemes. His rage was still hot upon him. "I found you In this--this adventur­ er's room. I leave you here. Look to yerself, you are no child o' mine." c The door banged behind him antf Gloria Kerr knew that they had met for the la&t time. The girl, feeling so fniserably alone In the world, turned to find bent upon her the tender gase of the man whom she had once sworn to follow to the end of the world. For them love was dead, she knew, and pow life would be for her only a suc­ cession of weary days. "I thought all but my body died that day we spoke of love to find It but a dream," she acknowledged sadly, "yet there was one cup still more bitter I had to drain-^-and this was that cup's dregs." "Oh, Gloria, believe me, out of un­ happiness happiness comes. Your place Is with me now. I hadn't told you, but I, too, am going away for­ ever. And what Is mojre, Tm going to take you with me." She looked at him in wonder, then slowly shook her head. "No, you can't leave Belmont, Joe. You're not a coward. I'm going, but your place is here." "Do you think I Bhall let you go alone? Never. Tho one reason I am going east Is to sell the Belmont News. I'm through with it. Then I shall follow you over the world until I make you mine--because I love you." The girl looked at him with the faintest of smiles battling with her settled melancholy. He was border­ ing on melodrama, and she was re­ garding him with the same gentleness a loving mother exhibits toward an un­ reasoning little child. "How selfish you are, Joe. All your fine sermons are going for' naught. You've preached of your duty, and yet at the chance to show your devotion to that duty you're Wanting to give up the flght I'm not worth it, Joe, really I'm not Think of Belmont. A gen­ eral doesn't desert his soldiers aftsr a victory, just because he knows ths enemy has Bent for reinforcements. That would be cowardly, and it isn't like you, Joe. The brave general doesn't give ground, he advances. Don't follow me; I would hate you. I know -how Belmont needs you." "But I need you, Gloria. And what is more, you need me and I can't let you go alone. There is a world else­ where, even other Belmonts where we can live and labor and love. I didn't know till your father referred to it that'you were at Noonan's that day. Can't you see how I need you for my guardian angel? How did you happen to be there?" Briefly she detailed the visit, min­ imizing her part in saving him. None the less he was able to see that It was to her he owed perhaps life itself. Hs listened in silence, letting her tell her story in her own way. "Gloria, I've • come to a decision." She looked at him questibningly. "I'm going to do what you've ordered. I'm going to stay here and flght for Bel­ mont." "Joe, you me&n It!" Her face lit up with pleasure and she held out both her hands to film. He took them both, and to her surprise, and despite her resistance, drew her to him. "But I'm not going to stay alone. If I'm i to fight, the good flght, I'm not going to flght alone. You called me a coward for wanting to go; won't you reward me for deciding to stay? An<l out of unhappiness happiness will come. You must stay, Gloria; place Is here." "Our place!" she echoed, and then was silent for a little time, her head upon his Bhoulder. He held her tight­ ly, sh9 could not escape. The feeble efforts she had made to break front him were now abandoned as she thought more and more upon his words. At last she looked up at him and smiled. "Yes, Joe, our place is here, and our happiness. Right In this room *11 my old pride died. But th,ere has been born a new pride, a pride In you and in me, and in what it has been given us to do." The tears came into her eyes as she thought of what they were to each other. "You are all I have in the world, dear; you are my M'orld. Make me always proud that 1 am your wife." Wright drew her closer to his heart and kissed her. And there In the shel­ ter of his arms she restejb Peace had come to her. •<•-••• . THE END. our SEEK BRIGHTNESS OF UFE Excellent Idea Is That Recently Put Forth by an Eminent English College Professor. A professor in one of our famous universities has suggested a chair of smiling and a course in good-fellow- sh!p. ^ We have courses in decorum and courses in composition, and courses in the direction of energy. Then what reason is there against Inaugurating a course in optimism? Why should not our young people be taught to tkinfc along the path uf sUubhlnd, to look for the brightness in life in a scientific, methodical way? Too much of the present-day learn­ ing is inclined to make gloomy peo­ ple of us. Smiling, which is a sort of banner of optimism, has too long been the uncertain matter of temper­ ament Instead of a reliable habit, of life. As a rule, the majojrlty of persona are attracted to others who smile eas­ ily. These smllers succeed In busi­ ness, so that success is often said to bfe the cauye of their smiling when perhaps it Is the opposite which is true. They seem to radiate happiness and opulencg, and we say their paths lie in pleasant places. But maybe they light the paths with their own smiles. There must be a way in which thought can be brushed up with light touches. Athletics teach the man to control his temper; the gymnasium braces up his muscles; a course in ethics sets his face toward the moral standard. There surely is a place for a course in smiling. should not come into the medical de­ partment, for smiles make light hearts, light hearts aid dlgestiop, and digestion is the root of health.--Lon­ don Tit-Bits. Art of Economy. All economy,' whether of stite, households, or individuals, may be de­ fined to be the art of managing labor. Now, we have warped the word "economy" in our English lan­ guage into a meaning which it has no business whatever to bear. In our use of it; it constantly signifies mere­ ly rparing or saving; economy of noney means saving money--econ­ omy of time, sparing time, and so on. But that is a wholly barbarous use of sense, for it Is not English, and It Is bad Greek; barbarous in a treble sense, for it is not English, it is had Greek, and it is worse sense. Economy no more means saving money than it means spending money. It means the administration of a house; its stewardship; spend­ ing or saving; that is, whether money or time, or anything else, to the best possible advantage.--Ruskin. * Why Called "Pin Mone*? Why Is it called "pin money?" 'the answer to that question goes away back to the fourteenth century. Pins were pins in those days! They were not carelebsly lost or cast away as they are now. The law permitted that they be sold only on the first two days of each January, In order that they might not become too common. It therefore became the custom for women of all classes to buy their year's supply of plnB on those two days, and the money given to them by their husbands or fathers for thai And there is »o reason whgr ftf purpose was "pin moatyJ CULLUM LONG FACTOR IN ILLINOIS POLITICS Senator Cullom died a poor xman in worldly goods. He never was a rich man, and. In, fact, he never had much more at any time than his salary. "I had $30,000 when I went to Wash­ ington first as a congressman in 1865," he said once. "I had made It all prac­ ticing law and I thought I was rich. But I spent most of it in Washington and went back to Illinois poor. I nev­ er saw that much money again." Though he spent a lifetime in pol­ itics it , never brought him wealth, and the question, "Where did you get it?" never was leveled at him in his entire public career of more than half a cen­ tury. His detractors iu other respects always admitted that Shelby Cullott was honest and that he had never sought to make money out of politics. One of the aspects of his career of which the senator was particularly proud was the fact that no charges of crookedness joade against him.' • ~v--: The passing of former Senator Cul­ lom of Illinois removes a link that bound the generation of today to the Civil war times--yet up to his retire­ ment fiom the senate last March he was one of its active members and figured largely In its deliberations. He was chairman of the interstate com­ merce committee of the senate whesi it framed the present intmgtute cooa-- merce law; he wae chairman of tho "mri. *r ? •' . • rite*; Shelby M. Cullom. commission that framdft the laws for the Hawaiian islands, and through y^ars of trying international compli­ cations he had been chairman of the senate's committee on foreign rela­ tions. He was a personal friend of both Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Lin­ coln, and that friendship for the mar­ tyred president was one of the proud­ est memories of his long and busy life. • • • Mr. Cullom nominated Grant for his second term at Philadelphia, making the briefest nominating speech ever delivered. This is what he eaid: < "Gentlemen of the Convention: On behalf of the great Republican party of Illinois and that of the Union--in the name of liberty, of .loyalty, of justice and of law--in the interest of good government, of peace, and of the equal rights of man, remembering with profound gratitude his glorious achievements in the field and his noble statesmanship as chief magif> trate of this great nation--I nominate as presirdent of the United States, for a second term. Ulysses S. Grant" When Cullom took the oath of office as United States senator Chester A. Arthur was president. He held Arthur in high esteem, regarding him as ex­ ceedingly polite and agreeable and particular^ concerned about the dig­ nity and etiquette incumbent upon the man filling the high office he occupied. Arthur was anxious to restore har­ mony within the party, but, not affil­ iating with either faction, he was op­ posed by both and his nomination proved impossible. In the Republican convention of 1884 Cullom nominated Gen. Logan. At the latter's request he withdrew his name and Blaine was made the nomi­ nee, Logan being selected for the Tice presidency. " • • • Senator Cullom knew intimately eleven presidents--Lincoln, JohnBon. Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleve­ land, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt nnd Taft, His relations with Lincoln were the pride of his life, and the only vanity he had was in hie resemblance to the martyred chief executive. Indeed, the way he cut his beard was for the purpose of accentuating this resem­ blance. He eaw Johnson inaugurated vice- president. On the night before the articles of Impeachment were voted upon he called at the White House and begged him to surrender. John­ son was obdurate, however, and plain­ ly showed 'the Illinois representative he had come on a fool's errand. There­ after he never had personal interviews with him. He first met Grant immediately after the beginning of the Civil war, when the general came to Springfield with s ccniiMiay of soldiers which had been organized at Galena. At that time Cullom was speaker of the state houee of representatives. He frequently saw Grant during and after the Civil war and as governor of the state was host to the soldier at the executive man­ sion. • • • Senator Cullom's earlier political life waB largely confined to Spring­ field and its local interests and in the house at Washington. It was not un­ til he was elected governor In 1876 that he got to be well known through- Geneva Gets Julia Flakes Elgin.--Julia Flake, who with Rob­ ert Hlggins is jointly charged with the murder of her mother, was ordered sent to the Geneva girle' school by the Mercer county juvenile court. Carrie Stephenson, superintendent of the school, declared she would appeal to the state board of administration. "The girls confined at Geneva have commit­ ted no serious crimes, and I do not in­ tend to have them forced to associate with Julia Flake If anything I can do will proreat it," die aaid^'-..> •'** /' > - out the state# It was during his cumbency as governor that the pres­ ent state house was built and it was done without scandal, a somewhat noteworthy performance in the days when public contracts were none too carefully carried out As governor--'1 1876-1883--he stood up against the greenback craze, then a prevalent political disease all through this west- tern country, and vetoed a bill passed by the legislature which sought to make subsidiary coin of every de­ scription a legal tender for all public and private debts throughout the state.. • • • Mr. Cunom was widely kqown as "the man who looks like Lincoln." The resemblance was Indeed striking. His frame was tall and thin, his fea­ tures were strong, his upper lip was smooth shaven and his jaw, fringed with whiskers. The martyred presi­ dent whom he resembled had been -his warm friend during the early days iu Springfield when both were practicing Taw and often gave him advice which contributed much to his political edu­ cation. For many years Mr. Cullom treas­ ured a token of this friendship in the form of a small card upon which was written: •: , -y-.. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . * . . , , i . - *• ItON S&C. OF INTERIOR: *> ? --Please see and1 hear my : : friend, S. M. Cullom. : : Feb. 11, 1864. : : A. LINCOLN. - : . . . . . . . . . This was given to Cullom by Presi­ dent Lincoln when the former made a trip to Washington to help a friend get the money which the government owed him for supplying a quantity of army beef. During the latter half of Mr. Cut loin's service in the senate his name was often mentioned as a candidate for ..the presidential nomination, but 'he neVer succeeded in winning ths high honor which was his greatest ambition. His view of the duties which a president owed to the people was once expressed by him in the following words: "If I believed that, should the honor of the presidency be conferred upofl me, It would so change my "character and disposition that the plainest and poorest citizen of the United States could not come to me as one man to another, I would never want to enter the White House." This utterance is typical of his es­ sential simplicity and straightforward­ ness, which decades in the seats of the mighty could not spoil. » • • "Who was the greatest man you have known during your long public life?" the senator was once asked. "Abraham Lincoln, without ques­ tion," was the prompt reply. "I have never known an abler statesman, a shrewder politician, a more eloquent or forcible speaker, a keener lawyer or a more successful diplomatist than President Lincoln; and hiB manage­ ment of the army during the Civil war ranks him as one of the greatest military strategists that ever lived. If he had' been a soldier instead of a politician he would have ranked with Napoleon, Wellington, Washington, Grant and the other great captains of Mstttr®;" " What event la your experience has given you the greatest satisfaction?" "My election as governor of Illinois. I have always considered the gover­ norship of Illinois aa a higher office than that of a senator or a cabinet minister, and it ranka up pretty well with the presidency and the chief jus­ ticeship of the supreme court" The enthu8iasm was uncontrolled when Cullom pronounced the famous eoldler-statesman's name. • • • Cullom was still serving as gover­ nor when he was elected to the Uni­ ted States senate in 1883 to succeed David Davis. The election aroused, considerable controversy, -as many good lawyers held that under the state constitution a governor was not eligi­ ble to the senate during his term of office. These protests were brushed aside, however, and Senator Cullom took his seat in the senate, leaving Lieut. Gov. Hamijton to finish his terms as chief, executive of the state. During his early career in the upper house at Washington Cullom was a minor fig­ ure in Illinois politics, as John A. Lo­ gan, his colleague and leader, held the center of the stage. After Senator Lo­ gan's death Senator Cullom became the leader in Illinois and had held the place ever since. \ He waB re-elected to the senate In 1889, again in 1895, and in 1901 and 1907. His term of service was just thirty-six years. • • • President Cleveland sent for 8«a- ator Cullom and asked his opinion of Mr. Fuller for the chief justiceship of the United States supreme court. "If I were to name the three best lawyers In the United States Fuller would be one of them." replied Cul­ lom. The president thereupon sent the appointment of Mr. Fuller to the sen­ ate, where it was held up for several weeks by the Republican members opposed to the nomination of a Dem­ ocrat In the executive session in which the nomination finally came up for action there was a bitter fight and the Republican leaders had practical­ ly compassed the defeat of Fuller when Senator Cullom arose to the defense of President Cleveland and his Illinois appointee. The grilling he gave the Republican opposition was ao effective that Fuller, was oonflrmed that day. °;Woman Seeks Tax Collectorshlp. Oakland.--Miss Anna Cossins, dep. uty postmaster of Oakland, is an* nounced as a candidate for the Demo­ cratic nomination for tax collector of East Oakland township. She 1B the first woman to seek such an office in thl* section. Return Cutiom'e Body. "*> Springfield.--'The body o! Shelby If. Cullom was brought back here. Dele­ gations from all over tfrt state attend* efthe ..ameral^gj POLICEMAN'S PIST0L- H0LDS UP A SUICldC •;;r" After Plunge Into Icy Chicago Rhr- ^ er Bradon Hesitates--Re^i^ vdver Does the Rest. Chicago.--That old adage about be­ ing "between the devil anfg the deep sea" falls far short of describing the predicament the other day of John Bradon. In all of hie 48 winters he had never found the Chicago river so cold nor Chicago's police force so un­ relenting. He was standing oh the Washington street bridge when he decided that the Chicago river would be a good place to drown himself. He leaped over the railing and hit the water with a splash that brought Policeman Da­ vid Powers on the run. Bradon came up shivering and kicking. Why he should try to swim when he wanted to fl. m "Come Out of That, You 8palpeen." drown he didn't know, but the water was so cold he had to do something to keep warm. "Come out of that, you spalpeen, you!" 6houted Powers. "Come out of that, or, by all that'B good and holy, I'll put a bullet in you!" The policeman had drawn his re­ volver and leveled It at the Bwlmmer. Bradon knew that he couldn't dodge the bullets without ducking his head in the icy water, and he struck out for a pier, to whioh he clung until the policeman hurled him a ' rope and pulled him out. "It Was a cold, unfeeling world, and I wanted to end it all, but that water IS the coldest proposition I ever went up against," said Bradon, shivering, as he was being taken to the Iroquois hospital. He refused tq eay why he wanted to commit suicide. W?-. ARMLESS MAN MAKES RESCUE Extends Lege Into Water, Ralses Up Swimmer to Pier Without Use of Rope. 1 Chicago.--When it comes to rescu- ing men from drowning, Stanley Mar­ tin, who lives at 538 Grand boulevard, requires neither ropes, planks, life­ boats, nor even arms. His short stumps that end a few inches from the shoulder, two legs and a loud voice are all he needs. Martin spent the afternoon stroll* ing along the lake front. At Thirty- fifth street he paused to look out from shore and watch Henry Carlson of 4100 Vlncennes avenue skimming along in a canoe. As he watched the canoe capsized before a1 fresh gust of wind and Carlson was thrown into the chilly water. The armless man looked frantically up and down the shore. No one was in sight. He did not see how he could offer much assistance by kicking his way out a quarter 6t a mile to the point where the canoe had overturned. He did not dare run across the rail­ road tracks for aid. So he ran nervously up and down the pier shouting encouragement to Carlson, who was swimming vigorous­ ly toward shore. Martin looked at the smooth sidea of the pier and realized the swimmer, exhausted by the cold and exertion, could never pull himself out. He sat down on the edge and continued to shout encouragement Carlson says he came near giving up a scant rod from the pier, but made another effort and drew close. * Martin had thrown himself face down on the pier. Bracing himself with his stumps he edged cautiously backward, letting his legs swing out in the water as far as he could reach. He felt the despairing swimmer grab a foot, gritted his teeth, and hung on. Carlson clung for a few seconds, then, aided by the armless man, pulled him­ self up and fainted away. It was then that Martin's other fac­ ulties came into service. He threw back his head and yelled until others arrived and assisted in earryinff- Carl­ son to a hospital. ' ' FINDS RATTLER IN CELLAR Worcester* Janitor, Called In by flat Meter Reader, Makes Astonish­ ing Discovery. & . Worcester, Mass.--A meter roader for the Worcester Gas Light com­ pany entered the cellar of the Plum- mer block on Main street to make his monthly readings to find a live rattle- "snake in possession of the premises. The gas man beat a hasty retreat when the reptile coiled itself for a spring, and he informed the janitor of the building, William E. Foster. Foster made a personal investigation and he retreated, too, when the Bnake spring at. him. d to the cellar, and uvering he managed rattler with an ice e snake escaped from inected with a Mpin gallery, which I.a* before Chrlstioi*', ^ • > : made ehlsel. •m