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confronted tof , , V r - - n . v ' Knrlnarilrid^flw State public Ullli- lles co*«ntiattf&*«^ the followlfig nters: 6i«afod Increased toll MfebM ^swffective July 18 to the Pete's l|u- ual Telephone company of Davis "at |exchan®w to P#batonlca, Davis, Do- rVJf-iirand and Fp§epK>rt; dismissed th£ clta- *,/ tion to the Mtjr^hysboro and Southern 'i-t: •V Illinois Railway company and Central Illinois Public Service company, rein- ^ j-j^Wve to hazardous conditions at Qar- bondale because of the railway com- fv^p§Jpany's transmission line there; sus- / >Ifipended until October 20,1918, the pro- .^uposed increase In gas rates at Mount x' i f .Vernon of the Central Illinois Public ^ jService company; suspended until Nol £,y ^ember 18, 1918, proposed increase in '^v,v ' street railway fares In East St. Louis of the East St. Louis Railway company who ask a flat rate of 7 cents; sus- i* jgjpended until December 80. 1918, pro* fjposed Increase in general gas rates at Peru and La Salle of the Citizen V^Llghtlng company. . 5 v ^ Springfield.--The* rain if the'laat ^ j^jweeb Interfered with, harvesting opera- V "* Jtions, according to the weekly corja ',«nd weather bulletin, Issued by Clar- * lence J, Root of the United States de- i, i f part men t of agriculture. - The report in full follows: "As a resalt of winds Vi and heavy rains, oats and, wheat are I'^^down in places, but droughty condl- V " ,£tions prevail in some southern coun- :' ^'^ties. The rain interfered with harvest- ^ .'Ping * operations but was highly bene- i /%Jliclal to corn, pastures and gardens. * ipie' oats and wheat are being har- ii^vested and wheat is being threshed In *1 south. The oats harvest will reach Z ;f«Kanbakee county by the 10th and Ogle iV, sSlcounty by the 15th. Pastures and t'^nieadow8 are in good condition. Pota- ^Itoes and vegetables are gopd j^a the j^north, but they have been hurt bl dry v ~Jf\, weather tp ttye south." ' Springfield.--Interned Germans at * Port Oglethorpe, Ga., will undoubtedly > ;^|iqpend a watt)' Christmas this year but s -• £lt will be devoid of some of the lux- •\^f®ries many Germans of Illinois had \^planned bestowing on them. The rea- i ^son is that the originators of the scheme have been thrown in,Jail by ' ^federal authorities charged with us* ^'f ing the mails- to produce a lottery $||f«ud., Jacob Hendricks of Aurora Is said to have been at the head of the !$fl movement. He has "been sentenced to • ^four-years' .imprisonment at Fort V1 *'? Leavenworth. The scheme was to r "Aralse a fund for the purchasihg of luxuries. Springfield.--Pour deaths .occurred •1 i|ln one family li Prairie township, De- /l^Kalb «sunty, according to word which : /has been received by the state depart- m'; - ^Jment of health. The weekly health re- *',V port soot to the United States health ;!/' 'department by the state department, f shows conditions in the state good. $ V ' : V There are l52 eases of diphtheria, of which 117 are in the city of Chicago aIU* ten at Oak Park. Of a total of % - *'81 cases of scarlet fever, 19 are in jfi -Chicago. Twenty-three cases of bmall- |> a pox have been reported, four of which SX",;are at L,ncoln- I" • ' Springfield.--Because bids for the 5^;* j construction of certain sections of the /.Dixie and Lincoln highway wefe far ;*"** above the estimate, the propositions of '•-Contractors for the improvement have .ibeen rejected. The proposed road 1:1..^ work was to have done as a part of the federal ald'^atwk- JBte Estimate fixed by the state division of high- •' ways was between $18,000 and $20,000 Vla Wile. The figures submitted by the ' ' ^..contractors were near $80,000. The - bids were rejected following a con- i, ference with Governor Lowdeo. Springfield.--Gov. Frank O. Lowdea considering calling s speclat session legislature to enact a law which sgive soldiers in the service, both is country and In t|ie ,trenches in an opportunity1 to vote in the co&l&g primaries and elections. This jwas ascertained here as Governor Low- ; den set the machinery in motion to bring about action which may result < in the session being held early Best 11 ,'f -, ^ '-u ' •> life"** Smooth. j Bloomlngton.--With an , army at women and girls, augmented by thou­ sands of business men who "closed up i shop" to help, central Illinois began ^y'ythe harvest of what is believed to he ^ f ? the largest wheat crop in its history. } * $ Barber shops were closed In many towns, as were other places of busi- to release men to the wheat ^fields.. ' (Chester.--Declaring" the flags of England, France and the United States shall fly side by side "until the back flag that Prussian autocracy has run | , up is driven from the sky," Governor ® " i Lowden in his Fourth of July address g I reviewed the eftrly history of Illinois ?as It centered about Kaskaskia, the ^ first capital of the state, , and Fort ^Oage. <?•*#*• Aurora. -- The famous Wheatland 4 ^ plowing match, a farm classic In north- v. ^ern Illinois, held annually for 40 years, excepting in 1893, will not be held this * vvV^year on account of the world war. \ Chicago.--The largest single income ? tax in the United States was paid by 'vJ«iv'^a Chicago corpbratlon, which, it was Kfvealed, handed over $39,000,000 to- ward « total of $200,000,000 collected ihere by the government. The total % amount collected here last year was $43,000,000, or only a little more ffcan j one-fifth of the sum this year. Fed­ eral agents said that tax legislation congress accounts for a large in­ crease. but not for so startling a jump. 'A War profits are credited with being the principal factor in the tax returns, a and many new millionaires are listed j<m the government's books. Camp Grant. -- Camp uuuy Grant |S , jerowded with soldiers--foil to over- ^^Wowlng. The housing of the latest ar- -j^flvals at the camp has become to be ' ' l*"^a perplexing problem to Capt. W. I. •- ^Shuman, division billeting officer. ' /^With the completion of the present vement of 18,000 drafted men to e camp, there are now more soldiers ^ ihan there Is barrack room. Every bit , ^of housing space is now being occu- ^ ^ jpfed. Camp Grant now has more sol- Jdlers than at any time since the open- "'^'•^'" ling of the cantonment last September. . : ' Vacant ward rooms in the base hos- I». W«.|R4 temporaray. ^ :S; . . ...... ........ .... .... ... ... . A larn Dumbsr Of th« mamt expert in toe various anpajfUhsStji at t^e stats government bay* Men KaquirttioTied for service (S WuMBftoitt Many others have enlisted $i the army, and still oth» «rs have been tsmpted by high wages to enter private lndu»tries We have been glad In most instance*^ nake this largis eaa|rttmtion to tbe wnGHns of the war. realize that many branches of th* it«te aervlce must be Inevitably crippled dtfttas the war. fliere. ie one place, however, at which our losses on account of the war have reached the danger point. This is in tbs cowluet of our Btate Institutions. Oth« departments of the state government mast content themselves with doing the best they can, no matter how many men they loae in the government. The depart­ ments of public welfare and public health, however, are in every essential a part of any sound jrar program. Our people have become so engrossed in the war that they are forgetting the ob­ ligations of service at home. Willing and anxious as we all are to do everything that is possible to help win the war, we roust remember that the state Institutions may net be closed, anl our people must realize that service in them is essential service, just as neces­ sary and Just as patriotic as service at the front. It will avail us nothing to Win battles for humanity abroad unless we maintain the obligations to humanity which these institutions impose upon \is at home. The hospitals for the insane, the cor­ rectional institutions and the homes for defective and helpless members of society must be kept going. To keep them going, we must have men and women to do the work. It must be itfade known that those who enter the institution service of the state will serve their country precisely as well and as usefully as though they enlisted in the army, the Red Cross, the T. M. C. A. or the Y. W. C. A. In some instances cur entire medical staff, with the exception of the superin­ tendent and assistant superintendent, have gone into the service of the gov­ ernment, with the result that we have had to take whatever untrained help we could get The nursing service Is as bad. Prac­ tically all trained nurses below the grade of chief nurse have gone. Young women are needed to act as attendants; clean, safe and profitable positions of essential service. The situation is alarming and we most have the xo-opeAitlon of the public If we are to keep the institutions going. . Peoria.--Upwards of 100 persons* mostly women and children, /were drowned In the Illinois river shortly after midnight Saturday morning when the excursion steamer Columbia sank In midstream at Wesley City, midway between Peoria and Pekin. The river craft was returning to Pe­ kin with a load of 550 excursionists, and is believed to have struck a log which tore a hole In the prow. The passengers comprised an outing party made up of the South Side Social club of Pekin for a trip to Al Fresco park on the outskirts of Peoria. .A dense fog Was prevailing at the time of the accident, and it was difficult for those aboard the boat to see any distance. Many of the frightened passengers jumped overboard, some safely swim­ ming to the shore. Rowboats from the shore quickly responded to the^sig- nals of distress. A lkrge number of lives were saved by members of the party reaching the hurricane deck which was all that was visible when the boat touched bottom. Tha Co* lumbla was licensed to carry 1,000 persons and was valued at $40,000. As there >vas no passenger list, the num­ ber of deaths Is still In doubt, It be* lng believed that many bodies sank or floated down stream. The ftr$t es­ timate of dead by the Peoria jiollce was placed at 150 persons, many of whom were crushed to death In the panic on the boat. New York.--New wheat prices, ne­ cessitated by advanced freight rates, were announced here by the food ad­ ministration grain corporation. It was stated that a minimum price of $2 a bushel for No. 1 wheat aboard cars In the Intermountaln territory will be made effective. The corpora­ tion's announcement said that No. 1 wheat of the northern spring, hard winter, red winter, durum and red white grades will be sold in the va­ rious markets at the following basic prices: Chicago, $2.26; New York, $2.89i£ ; Philadelphia, $2.39; Baltimore and Newport News, $2.38%; Duluth, $2.22 H; Minneapolis, $2.21%; St. Louis, $2.24; Kansas City and'Omaha, $2.18; New Orleans and Galveston, $2,28; Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Astoria, San FraiiC-isco and Lps Ange­ les, $2.20. The price basis for No. 2 wheat will be 3 cents below No. 1« and for No. 3, 4 cents below No. 2. Grades below No. 8 will be (}ealt In on sample. Springfleld.--The first national con­ vention of the National Co-Operatlve League of the United States, organ­ ized for the purpose of reducing prices of foodstuffs and all mmnuulltlM. will be held here one week beginning Sep­ tember 25. Springfield. -- Exemption of coal miners from induction into militacy in future draft calls were urged by Frank Farrington, president of the United Mine Workers of Illinois, who declared that to take any more miners would result in a serious labor shortage with consequent loss in coal production. Bloomlngton.--Central Illinois leads In the catch of fish from the rivets of th»H state. Of the 6,000,000 pounds caught and marketed during the last fiscal year, this section handled three- fourths. Chicago.--Secretary of W*r Newton D. .Baker talked to representatives of 75 nations in the Auditorium theater Fourth of July night, played on their heartstrings with an appeal to patriot­ ism and loyalty and brought them up* standing--a united, wildly cheering throng of American citizens with one object, to defeat the kaiser. Washington, D. C-- Harry A. Wheel, er of Chicago will remain Indefinitely as state food administrator of Illinois. Food Administrator Hoover said that he had been unable to find a satisfac­ tory successor to Mr. Wheeler and had prevailed upon him to retain the offfice. Chicago.--Plans are now under way in this city dh the part of the state department of public welfare, to: parole approximately 1,000 prisoners in the various state institutions as a "win- the-war" measure. Already more than 200 of them have been paroled to em­ ployment agencies In the department of labor and assigned to government work. Institutional farms of the state embrace, practically 11,000 acres, and on these prison and patient labor ha® been employed to relieve the present man-power shortage. Many are now at work in different aecttsm ap gaf den and farm laborers. " , 5 .«' .-"4" '-i SINKS IK ILLINOIS RIVER Steamer Columbia Hits Log aiid ,; Goes Down at Might at ̂ ' • . Wesley, III. ' OF DEAD FROM PEKIN Victims Were Returning Prom Exetiit •I6n to Peoria--Federal Officials Open Inquiry--Captain Oenlii#^ the Report Vessel Was •' j" . ^"defnned -- Seventy* • ; Eight Bodies ft*. . covered. . ***. DW July 8.---£eventy>eigfet votfie8 were recovered on Saturday trom the wrecked steamer Columbia, which sank In 20 feet of water in the Mississippi river opposite Wesley, IIL, at one o'clock Saturday morning after striking a log. Seventy-one have been identified. No bodies were removed from the vessel on Sunday, owing to a heavy storm. Twenty-two persons are still reported missing. The majority of the victims were from this city. U. 8. Inquiry Started. With the arrival In Peoria of George Green, supervising federal Inspector of steamships, government investigation of the Columbia' tragedy got under way. A preliminary inquiry was held at the federal building, to which Capti Herman Mehl and several members of his crew were summoned by Steamship Inspectors George Bowers and Beese Downs of St Louis. Deny Hull Was Rotten. Captain Mehl and his crew, pale and shaking, talked in subdued tones while awaiting their interviews with the of­ ficials. They are being guarded by se­ cret service men. They denied the hull of the Ul-fated ship was rotten or that there was any­ thing wrong with the keel. They ex­ plained the collapse of the frail boat by saying the stanchions * under the ballroom deck must have given way. "The hull was pierced by a station­ ary log," declared Tom Williams, vet­ eran Mississippi river pilot, who was at the wheel when the Columbia Went down. . .• . 8teamer Never Comtemne#^< Captain Mehl said; *.'• . "The Columbia was purchase*! from Oapt Walter Blair of 'Davenport, She never was condemned. That report is untrue. She never went under any other name. ' "The safety of a wooden boat," said Mr. Downs, "depends altogether on the skill with which It Is handled. Wil­ liams and Slvley were experienced pi­ lots--the best on the river. They knew every eddy and current of the stream. We considered the Columbia the safest boat on the river." "The object of our Investigation,'* said District Attorney Dougherty, "If to determine whether there were any violations of the federal layr. We are here to see that full Justice Is done and not to whitewash anyone." The Columbia was valued at $35,- 000 and was not Insured. Nearly $20,- 000 was spent last fall for repairs at the Mound City ways. Left Peoria at Midnight. The Columbia put out from its wharf In Peoria shortly before midnight Fri­ day. Those aboard for the larger part were members of the South Side Social club of Pekin and some friends from Kingston Mines. They had come to Peoria earlier in the evening, bringing their children with them to attend a war work carnival in progress In Peoria. The Columbia was about 125 feet in length and of the usual broad beam of river boats. The hull, like all river boats, was uai 01 bottom and regarded as Incapable of being capsized. Upon the departure of the boat most 01 the passengers sought the lower deck and the dancing floor. Captain Mehl said his firat intima­ tion of danger was when the vessel sustained a slight shock. The lights had flickered off and on again. Captain Mehl megaphoned his bftnd? onri tollmvpri nlnft. "fCvwryhmdw get upstairs. She's going down." There was a second and more vio­ lent Jolt which caused the unwieldy, vessel to shlvfer and groan aloud. The lights went out. There was a rush for the exits. The hull parted amidships and the whole superstructure crumpled into kindling sand the boat sank Into the mud bottom 20 Ifeet below. An inedscribabie chaos of things and persons swept down against the wall of the dancing salon and stuck there. Those who had come out alive were given temporary care in the huts of fishermen. M Italy Launches New StopsiK ^ ' London, July S---Italy has launched 55,000 tons of merchant ships this year, It was officially announced. Twenty-three steamers totaling 106,000 tons are under construction, besidee 71*000 tens of steel vessels. rhaft Dne Mart Promises He Will Observe Of Cowes There Is a Prevlso, but the World Would Be Sweeter It c They Were Kept Qener- * ally In Mind. i I am old I will efewerve tike following Items (perhaps); I will not try to act nor dress nor talk so as to make people think I am yoanger than I am. i I will not pretend to be young, nor be angry when called* old, nor ashamed, of my age. I will not complain of being old. I will not continually remind people of my old age to secure their sym­ pathy, or to hear them say I am not old after all, or do not seem sd. I will not form the habit of indulging tai reminiscences. : I will be particularly careful not to repeat the same anecdotes over and over. I will not complain of the present and dains the past was much better. If I am deaf, weak-eyed, lame or otherwise afflicted I wlll not advertise my infirmities, but avoid obtruding them upon the notice of ethers as much as possible. I will not talk of myself, my works, or my achievements, even of my mis­ takes, any more than is necessary.. I will speak cheerfully or keep still. I will never Indulge in cynicism, never sneer at youth, and I will try always to appreciate what younger folks do. I will be as little bored as I can, and never say I am bored, nor, if possible, act as if I were bored. ^ I will not give advice unless It If asked, and not often then. I will not be irritable. ., I will not be a nuisance nor all {in­ cumbrance, so far as In me lies. I will not be offended by neglect, but I will remefiiber the words of the sage: "Those who come to see me do me hon­ or ; those who do not come to see me do me a favor." I will be as little disagreeable as possible, and will never use my natural dlsagreeableness as a means of getting my way. I will cultivate the friendship and companionship of young children, who alone understand old age. X will learn to love to be alone. Ail Ibsen ,«ays: "The freest soul is the soul that Is alone." I shall try to show the world that old age is spiritual opportunity and not physical calamity. Forced to become n by-stander, I shall try to be a hopeful one. I shall try to sweeten like the pear Doctor Holmes describes that mellows and becomes full flavored before It drops from the stem, and shall try not to sour and dry and rot I shall conceive my life's triumph to be to grow triumphantly, victoriously old. In a word, I shall try to adjust my­ self to old age, as to-all other (ktttfof life.--Life. Lucky Photographer. It Is not always that things turn out so happily for the rash person who ventures to take snapshots on the east Coast of England, as they did In the case of a young lady in the following story: She was seen photographing en a point o'l! the ,coast, and was promptly approached by a special, who Informed her of the enor­ mity of her offense, took her name and address, and removed her camera. She heard nothing more of the matter for some time, but one morning she was amazed at receiving a check run­ ning into three figures, and a letter from headquarters informing her that her photographs were not only very good, but resulted In the capture of an enemy submarine. Confidence In the Cause. The champion optimist of America Is private B , now on active duty with his regiment somewhere In France. The regiment, after a turn In the trenches, was whiling away its time in a rest camp, and the officers were seeking to get the men to use some of their spare minutes in the study of French. The men did not take very kindly to the Idea, and one of the officers sought to chide them for their lack of interest. Private B------ cut him off with the following query: "What in b-- do I want to learn French for? They don't speak that to Berlin, do they?" ' « A Great Responsibility TSB re^nMbilit̂ attach ̂to the preparing cfct tepî dy for infants and SdKbol is undoubtedly greater than that imposed upon the manufacturer ofremediei *ftr adults whose system is sufficiently strong to counteract, for a time at least* any injurious drug. It is well to observe that Castoria is prepared"today, as it has been fir the past 40 years, undfer the personal supervision of Mr, Chas. H. Retcher. & What have makers of imitations and substitutes at stake? What are tfcefr responsibilities ? To whom are they answerable ? They spring today, scatter «<heir nefarious wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow.v ̂ ̂ f ̂ H Could each mother see the painstaking care with wMefe the prescription Air f f Fletcher's Castoria is prepared' could they read the innumerable testimonials from' 1 vB grateful mothers, they would never listen to the subtle pleadings and false arguments \! of those who wouM, imitato o£ or suMltm M £be Ixied aad tirayd Fletchers Castoria. 4 W w 4 Cry For. et Contents lSPluidDra ALGOHOL-3 PER GENT AVe^elable freparatwafcrAs • similatunj the food by Regal® timMhgStomacfo and Bawds « : 1 N KlANTS ('HILDKfc.fr Thereby Promoting Cheerfulness and RestCofltt® neither Opittm.Morphlflenor I MineraL NOT NAHCOTIC Axsnm, , AhclpfalBemedyftf (kmstipatlonandDiAiTt»e« IfccSimile Signatory* Extracts from Letters by Grateful v Parents to Chas. H. Fletcher. Q. J. English, of Springfield, Mass., says s "It was your Cnstoci* Qri#* Mved my child." m Mrs. Mary McGinnis, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "We have siren oar babv your Castoria ever since she was born, and we reccommend it to •& mothers." * ^ • ? $ • : . JH* Gcttaub i®02s8Isb N. E. Calmes, of Marion, Ky., says s "You have the best medicine bli­ the world, as I have given your Castoria to my babies from first to last." > , . Mrs. Albert Ugusky, of Lawreneebuxg, Ind., says: "As I hm lutfl your Castoria in use for nearly three years, I am pleased to say It is lost' as represented. My children are both well and happy--thanks to CastQKUU*9 ' 1 R. P. Stockton, of New Orleans, La., says: "We beg-an giving you? . Castoria to our baby when he was eight days old and have kept it Op ever ^ since, never having had to give any other medicine." } ; Mrs. Dolph Hornbuckle, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Mysj "Ws taut*'"*- menced giving your Castoria to our baby when she was four weeks oUL She is now seven months and weighs 194 pounds. Everyone remarks) ' 'What a healthy looking baby.' W» give Castoria cridit for it." 6ENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS BEARS the J f- - " • Signature "S?. cf 'f Exact Copy of Wtapper. Not Like Other Men. Grubbs--"What gives Jink* such confidence in his own opinions?" Stubhs--"Pare obstinacy. That man Is determined to be dlfferen| from anyone else," 1 KIDNEY TROUBLE m ̂ 'I.* EASILY RECOGNIZED ts for Insurance Often Rejected the public, there ia one preparation that has been very successful in overcoming U. 8. to Build Greatest ShlpC ' Washington, July 8.--Two of the 40,000-ton battleships authorized War congress will be constructed at the Brooklyn navy yard. Secretary Dan­ iels, it was learned, has approved the building of ways there. ---------- Officer Killed at RWIe Range. Camp Dodge, la., July 8.--Second Lieut. Grant A. McDonald of Grafton, N. B., died on Saturday as the result of a gunshot wound accidentally In^ fllcted while the officer was on the rifle i range Wednesday* 'f 1 * 3 Two Killed as Trahr Hftr Autet' Galesburg. Mich., July 8.--Two farm- ere were killed when a train hit an au­ tomobile. The men were driving to Camp Custer with a truck filled with produce,. The "lead «*:fcfTefflf Drawing Lots for a WM& I love the way they once faced the grim realities of llfe< and fought fire with Are. Marriage was a lottery, so they settled It by lot. The way of a man with a maid might upset the cal­ culations of the wise man in Proverbs, but It didn't feazv. the early Moravians. They got ont the lot bowl, put the names In; prayed that the drawing would be providentially guided, and went ahead In faith. And those mar­ riages so arranged were such successes that one Is almost tempted to wish for a return of the custom, In dlsnae now for many a year.--Exchange. Positive Not Negative. Be ofte thing or the other. Dont be a dummy for life to hang theories npon. Be a real person, with likes and dislikes, with Interests and activities, with something that Is positive. Be pleasant, not merely not unpleasant; be sweet, not merely not disagreeable; be good to look upon, as far as In your power; be well Informed, as far as pqsslble. But whatever you are, be that thing to the utmost. Give to those who are around you your very best and unconsciously they will give their very best to yon. Try It and see. An exanilnin| physician lor one ot the prominent life insurance companies, in an interview of the subject, made the as- tonishing statement that one reason why 80 many applicants for insurance are re­ jected is because kidney trouble ia so com­ mon to the American people, and the large majority of those whose applications are declined do not even suspect that they have the disease. Judging from reports from druggists who are constantly in direct touch with f these conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its remarkable record oi success. We find that Swamp-Root ia strictly an herbal compound and we would aa- vise our readers who feel in need of such a remedy to give it a trial. It is on sale at all drug stores in bottles of two siaes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. A^hen writing be sure and mention this paper.--Adv. Cant Fool Chickens. Ha Humbert, general manager of the Hutchinson street railway, one of the best known chicken fanciers In Kansas, says that the chickens are not fopled by the new daylight-saving law. "No, sir,** he remarked, "you cannot fool a chicken. I've tried it. When this new daylight law came along I wanted my chickens to act according to regulations, but they wouldn't budge. They simply refused to come off the perch until the regular sun time gave them the hour. You can fool a man on this daylight business, but you can't a chicken.--Hutchlnsan (Kan.) Dispatch. „ li.il * \ JL .i ' * * •; * Pickling Olives, i A tww Method of pickling Ttye oHves which, It is claimed, will increase the capacities of the factories over 200 per cent has been discovered by the University of California. Heretofore It has taken 15 days to pickle ripe olives. By this new method it can be done in six days or less. The proces* is ~ - " v%. Atrocity In The Bronx. • 'Hi view of hundreds of spectators two sea Hons engaged In mortal com­ bat ID the large tank east of the Hon house at the New York Zoological park the other day. Peter, six years old, comparatively a newcomer at the park, was the victor, conquering Teddy, eight years old, whp had been at the park for fbe last six years. The light was started by Peter, who Is beUeved to have been erased by the heat.--- Fishing Gazette. Buy Bonde er Fight. r Mother (shocked)--Goodness graci­ ous 1 Willie, your nose Is blpody and f yOur clothes torn. You've been fight­ ing. Willie (sulkily)--Well, how coald 1 buy a Liberty bond? Odda Against Bombs. An ingenious person, says London Tlt-Blts» has calculated the chances of the average Londoner being hurt by enemy bombs. "Taking the area of Londoh as 100 square miles," he Bays, "with a circle 00 yards In diameter as the area in which a bomb would cause serious Inconvenience, and assuming the enemy succeds In dropping 200 bombs in London every month all the year ronnd; assuming also that there is an equal likelihood of a bomb drop­ ping at any one point as at any other, the war will have to last 82 years for It to be likely that a bomb will, dcop within one's own circle." *>• . * "> -y Honeymoon Waning. "Their honeymoon Is over." ' "Dear me! Are you quite sure about that?" "I haven't the slightest doubt of It. She's beginning to remind him that she was making .(25 a week when he married her."--Birmingham Age-Her­ ald. Success don't konslst in never makln* blunders, but in never makln' the same one twlct.--Josh Billings. Luminous Golf Ball*. With the price of golf balls higher than the arc of Its flights in a drive over trees, losing' one become more than ever a saddening experience to the golfer of modwat* means who plays for health r&fwKP than fashion. While the daylight aaw« lng plan has given the golfer an extref hour at the end of his day, some en* thuslasts will continue to play Int# twilight hours. So a bright genius haa devised a golf ball which Is lumlnoa*. No more poking around In the pas# after dusk--just look for the late* "shine ball" as you'd hunt a firefly* Another Inventor has devised a maana of avoiding arguments. He has pro* duced a marker for iiliiiii[>UlO^M[..l|^. tlal on every ball you use. ^ £| w 0$' education. Co-Ed--What shape to i Fresh--Why--dh--• Brajsen kiss? Unsophisticated I pever noticed. B. C.--Well, give me one and well call It square.--Orange Peel. When a woman begins to assert rights she magnifies her wrongs. How to Keep Your Sfomacfi. 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