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The DESTROYING t By Louis Joseph Vanm TlSS TO OUR FEMININE READERS YNMing ladtos, If you weft Itv- Infl In a secluded neighborhood )R*v, £ and discovered a respectable, nice-looking young man on an adjoining place watching you daily, would you -notify the po­ lice or w^uld you encourage a bit of fliftation Just for curi­ osity? What one young lady did in such circumstances is told entertainingly In this tnstali- Yw) remember, Hugh Whita- Iter, thinking he Was about to die, married an innocent girl to uive her honor and departed im­ mediately for the Southern seas. Five years later he returns to <5 New York, healthy and wealthy, and finds the wife, now a fa* ntous actress known as Sara Law, engaged tc marry Drum- *[. mond, his old friend and part­ ner. She disappears suddenly. Drummond supposedly commits suicide, as her previous lovers had done. Whitaker is murder­ ously assaulted in the dark and goes to the country home of his friend Martin Ember, near the * fr sea. He discover* a mysterious 1 a SPY there and thinks it is Drum*. mond. £ ,t\?* | ",V\ ."f 'MrX >>»i? *5- ; i * 4" ' . CHAPTER X. . • • The Spy. Already ttie sun was warm, theftitnt breeze bland. Standing at the window and shadiug his eyes against the glare, Whitaker surveyed a world new- Washed and radiant; the landlocked bay dimpled with vagrant cntspaws and smitten with sunlight ;as with 9 scimitar of fire; the earth fresh and fragrant, steaming faintly jfia the ar­ dent glow of the dawn. In another moment he was at the kitchen door, interrupting Sum Fat's first matutinal attentions to his teeth with a demand - for « bathing salt. Three minutes later, from the end of' the small dock, he dived neatly, com­ ing to the surface with his flesj» tin­ gling with delight of the cool water; then, with the deliberate and powerful movements of an experienced swim­ mer, struck away from the land. Two lmndred yards out he paused, rolled over on his back, jand, hands clasped beneath his head, floated serenely, sun­ light warming his upturned face, his body rejoicing in the suave, cleajp, fluid «pbrsoe. v Then something disturbed him--a dull fluttering, vibrant upon his sub­ merged eardrums. Extending* his arms and moving his hands gently to pre-1 serve his poise, he lifted his head from jthe water. From the landing stage on the Fiskte place a motor boat was •tending out The churning of its pro­ peller had aroused him. He could see bat a single person for all its crew. Seated astern, dividing her attention between the side steering wheel and the engine, she was altogether ignorant U;* of the onlooker. Only her head and shoulders showed above the coaming-- . her head with its shining" crown, her •>"• shoulders cloaked with a light wrap I* - ' C Withered at the throat. 4 Whitaker. admiring, wondered .' . . * * ^Sweeping in a wide arc as It gath­ ered speed, the boat presently shot out smartly on a straight course for the harrier beach. Why? What business had she there) ;r It t And at an hour so early? fc No affair of his--Whitaker admitted much freely. And yet he was be­ ginning his fourth day on the Great West bay without having set foot upon lis Great South beach! Ridiculous I oversight! And one to be remedied ^Without another hour's delay. > ; Grinning with amused toleration of k Ms own perverse sophistry, he turned s oyer on his side and struck out In the Wake of the motor boat When at i length he waded ashore he found the ?; motor boat moored In shallow water at the end of a long and substantial dock. He patted the flanks of the yes- iM^r oel as he waded on. t K "Good little boat!" said he. Walking rapidly, very soon he stood v ;®c tne nead of a rude flight of wooden •teps which ran down from the top ot wave-eaten sand bluff, some ten or f%w!lve feet in height, to the broad and -1 gently shelving ocean beach. Midway , '.between the sand bluff and the break- ; Itig waters stood the woman Whitaker iVllsd followed. (There wasn't any use Jpinclng terras--he had followed her this confounded, fatuous curiosity!) er face was to the sea, her hands f |lasped behind her. Now the wind biodeled her cloak sweetly to her body, "• »ow whipped Its skirts away, dlsclot: , tog legs straight and slender and gra- * flously modeled. She was dressed, it reined, for bathing. VVbirder turn to go, and turning let ills gaze sweep up from the beach and Along the bfow of the bluff. He paused, | frowning. Some twenty feet or so dl*» lant the legs of a man, trousered and booted, protruded from a hollow be­ tween two hummocks of sand. And i fbe toes of the boots were digging Into {vV;4the sand, indicating that the man was V>|yln$ I»rone; and that meant (if he were neither dead nor sleeping) that be w«a watehkig th«%<*uun on the J>each. Indignation, righteous indignation warmed Whitaker's bosom. It was all *«ry well for him to catch sight of Ifce woman through her cottage win tfow, by night, and to swim over to the beach in her wake the next morning, but what right had anybody else to constitute himself her shadow? Be- «tdes> it was possible that the man ;prsa Drum mond. B« strode forward and stood over >Hm man. looking down at his back. v«s true, as he hud assumed--the low am watching the woman. And r iHtionn with the (tei&udo-suiclde de­ fined and established. Deliberately he extended his bare foot and nudged the man's ribs. "Drummond V . •" he said In a dear voice, decided but unaggressive. . With an oath and what seemed a single, quick motion, the man jumped to his feet snd turned to Whitaker a startled and infl&tned countenance. "What the devii!" he cried angrily. "Who are you? What do you want? What, d'you mean by coming round here and calling me Drummond?" He was no mere Drummond than he was VVhltaker himself. v Tor that matter? -- something clicked in Whitaker's brain and sub­ consciously be knew that his temper was about to take the bridge--"what do you mean by spying oh, that lady yonder?" t J It being indisputably none of his oncern. the unfairness of the question only lent it offensive force. The man made this painfully clear through the medium of an intolerable epithet Snd an attempt to land his right fist on Whitaker's face. The face, however, was elsewhere when the fist reached the point for which it hnd been aimed; and Whit­ aker closed in promptly as the fellow's body followed his arm, thrown off bal­ ance by the momentum of the unob­ structed blow. What followed had entered into the calculations of neither. Whitaker felt himself suddenly falling through air thick with a blinding, choking cloud of dust and sand. The body of the of her was simultaneously wrenched violently from his grasp. Then he brought up against solidity with a bump that seemed to expel every cubic fnch of air from his lungs. And he heard him­ self cry out sharply wltb the pain of his weak ankle newiy twisted. . . . ; • He . sat pp. gasping , for breath, brushed fhe sand ffmu bis face and F- Whitaker Closed In Promptly. fM rw*.' his back was very like Drummond's > 4. little quiver of excitement mingled anticlpative 'satisfaction, ran f\# % /'eeeei* him. Now, at last, the mys- ' •-terj was to bo denrod np, his future M. eyes, and as soon as his whirling wits settle*] a little, comprehended what had happened. Half buried in the debris of a mini­ ature landslide, he sat at the foot of the blnff. Immediately above his head a ragged break showed where the sand, held together solely by beach grass, had given way beneath the weight of the antagonists. A little distance from him the other man was picking himself up, apparent­ ly unhurt but completely surfeited. Without deltiy, with not even so much as a glance at Whitaker, he staggered off for a few paces, then settled into a heavy, lumbering trot westward along the beach. He did not wish the woman to recognize him*; therefore he was putting himself out of her way. For she was approaching. When Whitaker caught sight of her. she was already close at hand. She had been running. Now as their glances met, hoi« keenly inquiring of Whitaker's still bewildered eyes, she pulled up abruptly and stood astare. He saw, or fancied^ something closely akin to fright and consternation in her look. The flush in her cheeks gave way to a swift pallor. The hands trembled that drew her beach cloak close about her. She seemed to wake an Ineffectual effort to speak. On his part, Whitaker trledf to get up. A keen twinge In his ankle, how­ ever, wrung an Involuntary grunt from him, and with a wry grimace he sank back. Oh!" cried the woman, Impulsively. "You're hurt!" She advanced a pace, solicitous and sympathetic. Oh, not touch," Whitaker replied In a tone more of hope than of assur­ ance. He felt tenderly of the Injured member. "Only my ankle--twisted It a few days ago, and now again. It'll be all right in a moment or two." Her gaze traveled frotq him to the edge of the bluff. "I didn't see--I mean, I heard some­ thing, and turned, and satv you trying to sit up and the other man rising. "Sorry we startled you," Whitaker mumbled, wondering how the deuce he was going to get home. His examina­ tion of the ankle hadn't proved greatly encouraging. • "But I--ah--how did it happen?" "A mere misunderstanding," he said lightly. "I mistook the gentleman for someone I knew. He resented It so we started to scrap like a couple of schoolboys. Then ... I wish to heaven It had been his leg instead of mine . j "Iiut still I hardly understand . , ." "Well, you see, I--ah--I'm vis!tin* Ember--the cottage next to yours. I believe, That Is, If I'm not mistaken, you have the Fiske place?" She nodded. "And so. this morning. It straek me M a toe young ldea |o avim «r#r here and have a i6ok at the beach. And then I found fiwit chap watching you--" That startled her. "How do yofl mean--watching me?" "Why--ah--that's what he seemed to be doing.** She shook her head. "You must be mistaken." f "Daresay. 1 generally am when I jump at conclusions. Anyway, he didn't Jlke it much when 1 called hlia out ol bis name. I gathered. In fact, that he was considerably put out. Silly, wasn't itr "Rather!" she agreed gravely. / For a moment or two they eyed one another in silence, Whiiak.er wonder­ ing just how, much of a fool she was thi'uking him and dubiously consider­ ing various expedients to Ingratiate himself. "1 don't seem to think of ahythin^ useful to say," he ventured. "Can-you help me out? Unless you'd be inter­ ested to know my name's Whitaker-- Hugh Whitaker--?"' She acknowledged the Information merely by a brief uod. "It seems t« me," she said seriously, "that the pressing question Is, what are you go­ ing to do, about that ankle? Shall you be able to walk?" "Hard to say," he grumbled, a trifle dashed. With infinite pains and the aid of both hands and his sopnd foot, he lifted himself and contrived to stand erect for an Instant then bore a little weight on the hurt ankle--and blanched, paling visibly beneuth bis In­ eradicable tan. "I don't suppose," he said with ef­ fort--"they grow--crutches--on this neck of land?" And he was about .to collapse again upon the sands when, without warning, he found the woman had moved to his side and caught his hand, almost brusquely passing his arm across her shoulders, so that she received no little of his weight. "<*h, I say--!" he protested feebly. "Don't say anything," she replied shortly. "I'm very strong-rquite able to help you to the boat Please don't "onsider me at all; Just see If we can't manage this way." He endeavored to withdraw his arm, an effort rendered futile by her cool, firm grasp on his Angers. "Please!" she suld--not altogether patiently. - ! „ He eyed her askance. 'There was tn this Incredible situation d certain pi­ quancy, definitely provocative, tran­ scending the claims his Injury made upon his Interest Last night for the first time he bad seen this wotnaa. and from a dlptunce had thought her desirable; now, within twelve hours, he found himself with an arm round her neck! And then suddenly she turned her head and Intercepted his whole-hearted stare. For a thought wonder glim­ mered In the violet eyes; then thejr flashed disconcertingly; finally they became utterly coli! and disdainful. "Well?", she demanded In a frigid voice. He looked away lb cotijplete confn- sion, and ffelt his l'ace burping to thi temples. , » • ' "I beg your Garden," he^mtnabled dn- happiiy. l> ' , He essayed to wall^, Twenty feet and more of treacherous, dry, yielding sand separated them from the flight of steps that ascended the bluff. It proved no easy Journey. The stairway accomplished, be limped to a wooden seat and sat down with much grim decision in his man­ ner. But he mustered a smile to meet her look of concern, and shook his head. * ! Tf "Thhs far and no farther.**, - "Ob, but you must not be stubborn f *1 mean to be--horrid stubborn. In fact, I don't m|nd warning you that there's a famous strain of mule la the Whitaker make-up." She was, however, not to be divert­ ed ; and her fugitive frown bespoke Im­ patience, If he were any judge! " Who do you think this girl And what is the purpose of the unrecognized spy? Do you think the girl knows Whitaker? cow6VKmt.grme mam******** MISSING HER KIM, The love in my heart I know not why Nor how It came to !>«.. • . . ,« But the bllas that is mine no (old ;«an buy, ! Since love has come to me. ' i ' ( . J , There's Qothing that does the aver* age husband so much good as to find that the wife of jhia bodbm has no c o m p u n c t i o n about leaving him all by his lone* some now and then. " He thinks he will get along very well for the fortnight she has decided to take to visit her mother or some dear wom­ an friend. "Y © u'r e sttre you can get along all right without me?" she queries, as he bids her good-by on the train. He quickly reassures her, saying that he will have so much business on hand that it will keep him from thinking or being lope- ly. He does not add that in the secret depths of his heart he is of the opinion that a man appreciates a little holiday all his own how and then. To the man who has always had to sit doyvn at his own table punctually at six lest the cook would leave or the waitress strike, dropping into a downtown res­ taurant at any hour that best sultjed him was a relief. After that, he coiitd take In a smoking concert of a kind which he had never dared go to since he-became a married mart. He could take out his car and give his few con­ vivial friends 'a Joy ride^ But, when all was said and done, there was the returning to the empty home. The man who has been well wedded and known wifely greetings is sure to miss her kiss when she is not at home,- no matter what he may declare to the contrary. The room is all done up by the maid spick and span, yet it takes wifely hands to lay out his slip­ pers, his pipe, smorfth the pillows of his easy chair and turn his paper at the page he is most eager to scan first. Every room in the house is very lonesome if she Is gone. A Welcoming kiss op the threshold is not much to give or take. But the lack of It makes a great difference to a man's peace of mind and his ability to enjoy his sur­ roundings. If he sticks It out a fort­ night he Is doing well. The average man gets tired of. "larking it." After the first three evenings he has had his fill of enjoying himself. He misses more than he would care to admit the hug, of his wife's soft arms and her loving kiss upon his lips. He can stand it no longer. He writes her that he needs her more than her mother or her friends do, that she had better cut short her. visit and come home. it's a different house the moment she re-enters it. It seems a real home once more. It's the wife who sticks at homo year in and year out whose kisses are not appreciated. She does not give herself the privilege of being missed. A man never knows how dear his wife Is to him until he is left now and then to the cold comforts of home without her. -He never misses heir kisses until he is obliged to do without them. A welcoming kiss can change a gloomy world to a buiglit one for any man. • * > • 1 * (TO BE CONTINUED.) GAVE AUDIENCE GOOD LAUGH Humorous Situation When Man One# Imprisoned With Michael Davitt Called Him by Number. The death of James Collins, the mod­ ern historian of Dublin, reminds one that Mr. Collins was engaged in com­ pleting a work of his, friend, the late Michael Davitt, Irish nationalist and labor leader, once a mill lad in Hasling- den. One of Davltt's stories intended for inclusion is the following: The "Irish Tribune,1* as Davitt ir4$ called, having served many yean tn Chatham and other prisons as a po­ litical prisoner, had been a free man some six months, when he was ad­ dressing a huge meeting la the Ro­ tunda, Dublin. Davitt had worked his audience up to a tense pitch enthusiasm and con­ cluded a great speech amid a perfect storm of applause. When he had resumed his aeat and the applause was subsiding ^ volce from the gnllery cried out; . "Bravo, X Twenty-nine!" , Davitt started and, looking up. bo- held the grinning face of a well-known "cracksman" whom he had left finish­ ing a five years* term tn Chatham prison, and who had hailed Davitt by his prison number. It did aot take an Irish audience long to scent out the humor of the situ­ ation and the Rotunda rang with peals of laughter. In which both "her Jesty's. ex-guests" heartily Joined. /^Corporation SehoolH, K^l* reported that the total capital of the corporations Included In the National Association of Corporation Schools Is $3,000,000,000 and rhat the 102 corporations so represented Hre reaching with their educational course* 30(MXX> employe** 'find with it, and prefers to go n«f ,plnce else. He sneers at my says my clothes look horrid in Jhif jgye^. lie never puys me the least compliment* nor tries to keep my liking nliv<». On the contrary, he Is so tantalizing that lt\would seem he Is ever on the alert to pi<k a quarrel with me. In summing th^ matter up, I have come to the con­ clusion that it would be better to quit him before marriage than after. To me there would be no cruelty that could lie inflicted upon me so terrible as to be obliged to endure existence with a tantalizing husband." And yet people will wonder why some betro­ thals are broken off. On the other hand, girls forget that they may be the cause, in provoking a fiance's ill hu­ mor, Instead of laughing if off. . Blame us women not, if some Too cold at times and some too gay and light, Some griefs gnaw deep, some woes are hard to bear. v-"":. Who knows the pSiet? And-Who can ju^ge us right? v'iVi.. PEOPLE WITHOUT FRILlfe Ilia vent you seen them--those dear good-hearted people whose genial per­ sonality makes you feel as though you had known them for years, though your acquaintance with them has been short? When you call to see them, they do not hold your hand high In midair in giving you ' a handshake. Their smile of welcome is honest and sincere. If they invite you to dine, you are sure of getting a wholesome meal. The roast isn't carved by a butcher. It la brought smoking hot and appetizing to the table. The host carves It, just in the old-fashioned way his father used to do before him. The maid brings on the viands, sets them on the table smoking hot, and ybu do not have to be bashful about helping yourself to as much as your eye craves. Their aim is to have everything good and with notfrills. Excellent pumpkin pie, quite as good as your mother used to bake, is served in astonishingly large portions. You get up from such a din­ ner mightily satisfied with your good host and his wife, yourself and all the world. It's a great contrast from the place you dined at last. 'There you were re­ ceived ceremoniously. Awkward waa your feeling that the gold chairs might refuse to bear your weight if you sat on one of them. A pompous butler announced, "Dinner is served." From the moment you took your seat at the elegantly appointed table, you felt con­ strained. Everything was served on a sumptuous scale. There was very lit­ tle food, but yery much style. Dishes were concocted a la this and a la that. What! bring a roast to the table? Ah, never, never! Serve pie? Not to be thought of. A good thick slice of old- fashioned cake was taboo. Instead, sugar kisses on sliver dishes were passed with a spoonful of frozen punch. The unrealness and unsocia­ bility of it all aire felt keenly by the guest who has a decided distaste for frills and ceremony. The family Who cannot afford servants galore and all the other foibles of fashlou would do well to keep to their plain style of home dinners and old-fashioned hospi­ tality. Everyone loves to visit such a home. Those who preside over it make friendships which last a lifetime. Bet­ ter one appetizing dish served on plain, good china than a feast that fails to satisfy set forth on silver dishes. ' Men who are not born with a silver spoon in their mouths love to remember the home dishes their mother used to cook. Thpy had no frills on them, bul were fit for a king to sit down to. Lei no girl be ashamed to invite any man to a plain, home-cooked meal. Take my word for it, they will enjoy It more than they would the most sumptuous affair that could be concocted. What are they saying in the sunny gar­ den, 1 With summer flowers ablow? What gives £he woman's voice its pas­ sionate pleading? , - What makes, the man's so low? TANTALIZING FIANCEES. It , Is with the- best intentions that a man proposes marriage to the girl whom he is sure he cares for more than all others. While there Is any doubt as to whether he will win lier or no, he is most careful to please her In every way. But from the time he Is her accepted lover, his tune changes. He has been on his good be­ havior so long that it has been quite a strain, to him. He feels that he can rest on his laurels and be his own natural self. He concludes that it is quite unnecessary to be at her beck and call, dancing attendance upon her whether he would or no. He calls when he is in tl»c humor and retains away on the evening she has been ex­ pecting him, making up his mind that he may as well begin as he means to end--giving no excuses. ' She may be just as dear to him, but he has stopped showing her the atten­ tions whieli made courtship so pleas­ ant to her. Womanlike, she jumps at the conclusion that he has regretted his declarations of love. If he is mo­ rose when he takes her out for a walk, she is most uncomfortable. If he In stantly regains his politeness when they meet other girls, and she is in­ clined to be a bit jealous, the tanta ^izing fear possesses her that other women are more pleasing in his eyes than she. When she makes a Remark to him and he pays no attention, there could be nothing more tantalizing. If he is unmindful of her comfort where once he was all eagerness In his tender care of her, though she may not show It, the neglect enters deeply Into her soul. During courtship, a girl expects her fiance to do his best to increase her liking for him. It oftimes requires constant attention to keep even an en­ gaged sweetheart's affection from back­ sliding. A pair of lovers whom I knew recently parted, for no other reason than that the girl found the man ac­ tually tantalizing, 1 did my best to I mediate between them, but the girl would have none of It. "He does ev erythlng to make himself as disagree­ able as possible. Any place I like to feo, M If Mr* to havo aonie famlt to Whan the Qirl Proposed. ""And I have tried to make it clear to you in every way I knew.- I've asked you to this house, times without num­ ber. I've played tennis with you,, and walked and talked with you, and ridden your rounds with you in your bumpy old milk wagon. I've simply thrown myself at your head, day after day. But you--you wouldn't under­ stand. You wouldn't look at me. Noi" listen. You mooned abqjit,,and moped your ridiculous heart out. Because you thought I was such a blind, silly fool, I couldn't look past your prop­ erty and your ill-luck, and see how splendid you really are. Because you thought I was such a stuckup simple­ ton I'd not want to marry you, be­ cause you were a milkman. When I'd drive your milk cart, I'd chase the cows for you, if you wanted me to.-- Woman's Home Companlop. All Ha Had* to Do. 'Goodness gracious, vold man," said Irving Binks to his professional friend, Bodega Bertie, "you look a bit played up! What's wrong?" " 'Nothing, laddie--nothing,. I've Just finished a tour with The Girl of My Heart' company, and I'm resting now and I need it" "Really?" "Yes. In the first act I have a knuckle fight with the hero, and get knocked out. Ih the next I abduct the heroine and get injured In a train wreck. In the next I run In a steeple­ chase, and fall ut the second obstacle. In the last act I am thrashed with a horsewhip by the hero. And the horse always insisted on two encores. So I'm resting now. Don't happen to have apy embrocation on you, do yoUT* Try It on Your Doctor. 1 Translating' a Greek word Into its Latin equivalent will often give you a new or unexpected synonym--or a re­ versal of the process will do the same. For Instance, if y°u refer to the hu­ man body as osseocarnlsanguiaeovls- c e r l c a r t l l u g l D o n e r v o m e d u l l a r y a n d want to puzzle the anatomical ex­ perts by being stilt more piklantic, you could transfer that mighty word, sec­ tion by section, into its Greek equiva­ lent and describe the physical frame as osteosarchematosplunchnochondro- neuromuscular. And that would bold the doctors for a while. VEINS OF mm or GENERAL STATE ffi- TEREST #ftC«H FROM TH* . . . . . . . . UPHOLDS TW0-CE Judge Landis 8ays the Federal Gov­ ernment Will Not Interfere in'the on Petition of •' > * Roads anAd Otherib r -1, done by Interfere Chicago.--Nothing will be the federal government to with the 2-cent passenger rate provid­ ed by the Illluois law. . The bill of the railroads, the St. Louis board of trade and other peti­ tioners to enjoin the Illinois istate board of public utilities and state's at­ torneys from prosecuting railroads for failure to obey the 2-cent-a-mile pas­ senger rate law d&»aip$e4, .J& Judge Landis. - •> ' It it oruel to force nauseating, harsh physfe into a sick child. i Not Yat. . lira, Bacon -Don't you think m an- titled to a pension. John1? Mr. Bacon--Why, no. A pension Is something you fet after you art through fighting. •" •* ^ Chicago^-JUmb Maurice Pettit told on the witness stand before Judge George F. Barrett that he detested marriage and told Kathryn Kaiser so the day before he married her and a month before he murdered heir, in the hope of keeping her pure. Pettit was testifying in his own defense. He pleaded guilty to, the murder, and was telling his story merely that the judge might weigh it in with other testimony when he im­ poses sentence. The state asked that Pettit be Imprisoned" for life. His at­ torneys want Judge Barrett 'to sen­ tence him for manslaughter, one to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Speaking in a soft monotone, which now and then raised to an almost weird chant, Pettit gave the impres­ sion of a gentle spirit, disembodied. This etherealism went qf until Judge Barrett warned his attorney, Emll C. Wetten, that if he wanted to make a plea of insanity he could withdraw the one of guilty and try the case before a jury. Whether the witness was indulg­ ing in stage play or waa sincere'could not be discerned. Springfield.--Governor Lowden has knocked down another fetrawman put up by obstructionists in the legisla­ ture. In an interview the governor says civil service employees will bo protected in the merging of the vari­ ous departments. Reports were cir­ culated that all civil service employees In departments merged automatically would lose their merit law standing. "There is to be no basis for any intimation that the principle of the merit law Is being attacked," Governor Lowden said. "Present working forces will be carried bodily into the newlj|' created departments, Unless, of course,. they cap he dispensed with altogether, which is one of the prime reasons for the consolidation as a step toward economy and efficiency. Where em­ ployees are thus transferred who are now within Uie classified service the bill will provide safeguards so that their existent legal status will not be affected and all of their rights will be preserved." Springfield.--Circuit Judge Norman L.*Jones, oh motion of attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case of Louis L. and Mamie Chaffee of this city against United States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman ruled that, Senator Sher­ man must answer the allegations of -the suit at once. The action was brought against the senator for $10,- 000 damages on the ground that* he is indebted to the plaintiffs for board and services given him while he re­ sided with the Chaffees. A deposition made by Miss Sylvia Sherman, sister of the defendant, and filed in i;lie circuit court, alleges that Senator Sherman is not Indebted to the plain­ tiffs as they charge. The deposition sets up that the Chaffees resided in the Sherman home from May, 1913, to September, 1914, and for , a similar period during the following year. Springfield.--Arguments in an at­ tempt to prevent the new tax amend­ ment to the state constitution being placed in effect, by means of a peti­ tion for certiorari, were begun before Judge Norman L. Jones in the circuit court here. The petitioners, represented by At­ torney Moore of Chicago, former Sen­ ator Logan Hay and State's Attorney C. Fred Mortimer of Sangamon coun­ ty, are asking a writ of certiorari against the state canvassing board. The men named In the suit as defend­ ants are Lewis G. Stevenson, former secretary of state; James G. Brady, former ntate auditor; Andrew Itussell, auditor of public accounts, and Pat-, rick J. Lucey, former attorney gen­ eral. All were methbers of the atate canvassing board. Chicago--Increased prices for news* paper subscriptions and advertising were indorsed by the Illinois Daily Press association at its meeting here. Officers elected for 1917 are: Presi­ dent. John Dunslne, Mollne; vice president, F^ B. Hanafin, Elgin; secret tary, George Shaw, Dixon; treasurer* Fred Leroy, Streator. Burnell.--Several hundred firemen were in attendance here at the third day's session of the convention of tho Illinois State Firemen's association, i; Chicago. -- Edward* W. Morrison* "millionless millionaire," was declared' "a feeble or distracted person, incapa* ble of taking enre of his own affairs; of unsound mind and a spend-thrift'* by a jury which has been hearing thft plea of relatives for a conservator for what remains of his once large estates By virtue of this double-barreled ver­ dict the court may appoint a conserva. tor and also a guardian for the age<k man. r Springfield.--A unique cane which hinged upon a rivet In a coon dog'a tall, two men claiming ownership, waa decided by a modern Solomon sitting In a justice court here. The uiuu who was awarded ownership of the dog gave evidence that the dog belonged to him, and that he could Identify It bj^ a rivet in Its tall. As there was na rivet In the dog's tall, the Justice de­ termined that the part with the rivet had been cut off by the other claim­ ant* and no made his award. h Mil]start.--William N. Baltz, former congressman, has been elected preai* tie&tof the flwt National banfe ; Look back at your childhood day*. ; - Remember the "dose" mother insisted \*v '\v on--castor oil, calomel, cathartics, < J How you hated them, how you fought *, L against taking them. ^ V" With our children lt'a different. ^ Mothers who cling to the old form of V, , physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt !s*weil-found-' od. Then- tender little "Inaldea" are lnjyred by them. If your child's stothach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli­ cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its , action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit ' laxative" handy; they know children r; love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet- en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful ; ^ givefc today saves a sick child tomor- , A row, . Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs/' 7/hicb ^ /, has full directions for babies, children of aU'age8 and tor grown-ups plainly on each bottle, Adv. .O? Wouldn't Be a Quean. .- *h %. He--Queen of my heart--' , She--Queen nothing! Queens Qan*i pick their husbands. I can--and be­ lieve me, I'm some picker.--Judge. IBT A MEDICINE HUT ITS VALUE 8 SI S>." __________ ^ For eight years we have been handlina lS|S>? ' and selling Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, ana •* we cannot recall ever having received a single complaint. Our customers speak } fx 1 very favorably regarding the results ob- "" . .- tained, and'we have found that the only • way to really prove the value of a medi- ff cine is to get the customer to try it, and .' • when once a customer tries Swamp-Root ^ they are always a customer. We always - -jp take pleasure in recommending Dr. Kil- V ' mer's Swamp-Root because we believe it is an excellent kidney, liver and bladder -'-•H'; remedy. Very truly yours, S{*ri, B. E. BIEKER A CO., B. E. IJieker, See- , May IS, MM. ' New Haven, "OL ' Prove What Swamp-Root W91 Do For Y6a " Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., „ , C; Binghamton, N- Y„ for a sample size hot- •*". tie. It will convince anyone. You will ^ j *, ^ also receive a booklet of valuable infor- ' station, telling about the kidneys and blad- ^ ; der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular * fifty-cent and one- ottles " " dollar size botti •tores.--Adv, for sale at all drag : No Hope. ' * „ x lire not foolish eridngh; " you, to think you can drown your sor- h rows in drink?" ^ , "Of course^not. My wife can swim." - Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden - ' Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid. --Adv. LANDS INDIAN IN BROADWAY | ̂ Half Starved Tramp Shod In aiha Is Elevated to the . ;^>Movloa Stromas, cringing up Broadway the other after- jioon. writes a New York correspond- .®'1" \< ent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He hud high cheek bones, black hair and ) wore moccasins. He had no overcoat and the collar of his thin sack coat was turned up about hfe neck and held* with a hand blue with cold. Threa men - * "f standing at the curb saw the man and " Klip* noted his inoccaslned feet. "By'w;} George," said one, "there's a'bit ot luck. Go after him, Tony, and tell;' Hil^ him to come over to the studio. He's / down on his luck and we need an In- vi, dlan." Tony pursued the shivering figure and told him about the chance ' at the studio. "Sure, I'll come," said the alleged redskin. "I look like one, ~ but my name Is Schwartz. A fellow ^',^"1 gave me these moccasins, and I'd be.,- willing to wear a chief's hafoand a red ^ blanket If It would keep me warm.** And so another Indian went straight . t o l ^ w o v i e s . " - . • < > - % *• ' . Surl ? sMSK'i Banks--Is your Featherly a respon-,: slble sort of person? Brokes--Yes, he's responsible for most of the mistakes In our depart* ment.--Jack o' Lantern. . { Tongs that grip a door frame have been invented for hanging babies* chairs or swings In doorways. * Before Coffee *, -i Vj --V A vt •- Consider Or Not lils Harmful "There's a Season" * ~ r. L&.. £