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ADE ODD BEQUESTS ; % F AND CAVE REASONS "--Rt. Hon. Austen Chamberlain. re €eived recently from an Ontario. £0r-- respondent a copy of the will of Dr. MWilliam Dunlop, whe was--an assist uht army surgeon in the War of 1812% in the Eighty--ninth British regiment. It is said the will~ is registered at Goderich, and is dated at unm 3847. As a legal document it' s to stand in a class by itse}f. 'The maid portions follow : i arid 1, William Punlop, of w the Township of Colborne, district of Huron, w-umr Ksquire, being in sound . d, ke c Em . emeiet Wns SE er s L ::-auuummm and Elizabeth Boyle Dusilop, the ¥ormer because she is married to 8 Minister whom she henpecks--the lat-- 3 because she is married to nobod¥ Ror is she like--to be, for she is. an. old mald and not marketrife, and also. I ve to them, and their heirs, my share the stock and implements on the elosu round my brother's: grave be \Resorved, and it either should die with o lssue, then the other to inhéerit the. _1 leave to my sister--inJaw, Loulsa all my share of the: urniture and such traps with the. pt! hereinafter: mentioned, + '1'|.""'lmulhrflt0flwd¢- est son of Old4 John as the representa-- ive of the family, but he would melt it down to make temperancé : a that would be sacrilege--however, ;.'..yuguundbcun- |Epoous of that. | I leave my sister Jeuny my 'Bible, s id ind sls tishutes at Freat-- , Bethia Hamilton of %'ub"od?_odb tits of Relatives, Wood Hall, and when she knows &s E;' of the spirit of it.as she does of the letter, she will be another guise Oh n than she is. ry *4# _ T also leave my late brother's watch . uwm:.mmmn the same time to give up Whiggery, Fadicall and all other sins that do /3 d leave my brotber Alan my big snuff \box, as I am informed he is rather a \decent Christian with a jolly Tite.~ _ 1 leave Parson Chevasse (Magey's # Militia, as a small token of my jratit~de for the services he has done the family in taking a sister that no man of taste would 'have taken. ' J leave John Caddle a "silver teapot to the end that he may drink tea there m to comfort him under the affiic-- fon of a slatterniy wife.' /; _ _ I leave my books to my brother Andrew, because he has been #so long a lungley Wallah that he may learn to ,_ 4 with them. ' * * I give my silver cup with a geovereign In it, to my sister, Janet Gralkam Dun-- lop because she is an old matd, and pious, and also my granna's spoff wull, \lis it looks decent to see an D¢ woman taking snuff.© °© Higu:r-- * Je was looking over the--Row arr * Among them was .'1."'.','.% poking gentieman . of . Colg® --who. ed to take it very hard SaighBin; deeply that the deputy mfi"'.. "What's the matter, boy®"~ ~<= _> "Mah _ sentence, _ suh |"*~ was ~the journful reply. "Ah calr't°do all--this: time the jedge done. giM"me!*~~~ _"How much are you "ddidg?t' "Im--. red 'the deputy. _ . y "Life!" exclaimed the mwa?nl, ~"Well," remarked the 'deguty, not Indly, "Just do what y6u "Can of it,"* --FEverybody's Magazine, s¥ se °@>, t Future Irrigation -- _ _ il.eu than 2 per cent"8f the n:fi d and semi--arid land 1 thea' is. now irflntea.ydw has already reachod The stage ere future progress can nly through the construetion. #¢ give storage works or t ind ~--water made availibis' by Ing. * * Urgent Need ..=.'. uwlnmmm';w'm e evening. Usually he was conie ; ait for hours and hours ig 0:: ght, holding hbis loved ons BWA E'-- Telephones in Lith#iania _ Telephones, which wore uiksowa in uania for general ~ Mxe m installed in 1915 bwm it the time ot occupatio®: of «ghat try, havre become s0_ h German apparatus :% ced by the latest ~eqnipme in Esthonia, 80 8 T P tR h oc "So soon, Edwin, dear?. slis #yheA Must you really go?" _ < «se\ "I must, darling," he .Aheweré Phough I would sacrifice j ¥ life to stay one morg $X "But why, dear," she b« ive you got to go so ed "Because, dearest," he ir lodge meeting, and if mll be fined a dollar." The deputy warden of M# péuftom _ _A Have Our Faulits "sa * foremost mtn,_?fl that no mfl In the world is * us to E;..Mm departure. ms of the sweet by-- times he glanced : at last--at least two accustomed time, he by . Usually he was coptent ours and hours is 0::} ng his loved R the "hand and ~ the sweet by--a; he glanced at « --at least two e med time, he roug:to:take re. Pormes ..' Kogquirer, Barely time to seize the strg of his fiag. with the wounded hand, and to gTaSP his y#ord with the left, when MM'.!'CWI&"W wu&mw&*memghmun.mmm' uu.ul-u&mm-eetmu'mnm-q. The w---aunlunu"m.qum-mm- sailant. mum-wm-usuflmmwwu- ammrm-nmmmmu.w-mmum »mumfimmumamm:cmmn' safely, then fell unconscious, :; . Tois 1 4 w.fl:nmflwmmmm-uuW' Ing bundle by, bis :+ *"Why, it is Pat, he exciaimed, Do for him first, doe-- tor ; but f(# bim 1 should be lying out yonder ; it wes be who saved the flag.* "Mim shd his dog both recovered and the when telling this story, . atways wouhd up by sdying: 'If I evit get home's and hold the Victoria .m-mmmuhmm'mnnu.m-um.- For tour mmwahhfl-&rlhtww-dummh his collar' And Tim kept Hi#*word."" + (0, Western flmnfl Unton.) s Springfield, Ilil., Nov. 26.--Bids on paving of approximately . 165 :uu of ltat:.' highway, the grading 37 miles the mnrmu of six bridges were recseived today by the Hlinois division of highways. The work :a: contracted for is located in all O the state. 4 The paving sections on which bids were received included: 1:67 miles of route 2 in DeWitt county; 4.28 miles of route 3 in Cass county; 6.46 miles of route § in Jo Daviess eogntyg.zil miles of route 7 and 29 in county; 11.16 miles of route 8 in Knox, Peoria and Fulton counties; 29.92 miles of route 9 in Ford and McLean counties; 24.84 miles of route 16 in Edgar, Coles and Montgomery counties; 5.37 miles O6f route 24 in 4 Christfan county; 16.76 miles of routa | 26 in Clay and Wayne counties; 6.35 | mfles of route 27 in Carroll county; 10.15 finiles of route 30 in Stark and Henry county; 11.30 miles of route 32 in Moultrie and Shelby county; 8.18 miles of route 33 in Crawford | county, and 2083 miles of route 46 '| in Cook county. | The grading work inclq&es: A.40 --| miles of route 2 in iWuanebago county, ;| and 30.53 miles of route 36 in Adams Work to Be Confracted for Lo-- j cgtedinsltllmt of the ate. INCLUDE SEVERAL BRIDGES ~ _ _ The Limousine Age _ From "The Psychology of Power":; mile walk with a bore is more fa-- than twenty miles with-- the dy of your choice." Howerer, if you suggest a twenty--mile walk to 1. 0. y. ¢. in these motoring days would make ber very "tired" in .--Boston Transcript. * The bridges ard located as folloKs: 2 on route 2 in Winnehmm 3 on route 8 in Knox and .» ; counties, and one on route 9 in Mc Lean county. . 5. $ f Only One Mother _ ~= * Most of all the other beautiful things 4n life come by two and threes, _ by "'dozens and hundreds. *Pichty of roses, stars, sunsets, #ainhows ; brothers ahd 'gisters, aunts and cousingy but only 'one mother im all tlie wide world.-- 'Kate Douglas Wizggin. *# ; -- A French doctor claims to have dis-- govered a cure for snoring. 'He may thus be the means of climinating: one Ceplorable feature from parliamentary Udebate.--London Punch. TODAY FOR PAY-- ING 165 MILES WHY PAT WORE THE VICTORIA CROSS Deotegates to the American Federailon of Confederation of Labor at the American , were Ruing _ T**s viaitote marobed three Denaturing Debate When Meéxican and U. S. Labor Groups Met an Federation of Labor conveniion in EJ Paso, Tex.., met peprosen : Wmm"flhcfl thlm;vumumll btidge. Loth Amcrica ma . f on toor from their Juates movting place, act sots of EJ "':&m Mail, where the Americana woere asse MOME MADE CANDY (Y'lth. apologies to James Whit-- comb . Riley). And sometimes in the evening, when all the chores aft done, Apd stlll it's kind of early and we _ want. to have some fun, And we're feeling "kinder hungry" The women folks would fuss around A good old--fashioned candy--pull was _ with sygar, milk and dates, aVnilia, cocoa, walnuts, and pots and Of course we boys were useless when it came to making sweets, But always stood sasround and watch-- ed and waited for the "eats." The candy that is 'miade today by : modern factory ways, Doa't hit tht spot like homemade ' sweets of bygone days, And it may be only fancy yet they : . say the taste's the best, But the taffy that they léet US pull was better than the rest. -- Most radio sets nowadays are de-- eeiving sets. |_ 00000 _ C Vary Only Slightly The word "eyclopedia" is the nn? of a work given usually where i terms are arranged in alphabetical or-- der, a summary of some single branch of knowledge, as a cyclopedia of music. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense for theé word "encyclopedia," which is the name of a work contain-- ing information on all subjects or °x-- haustive of gue subject, arranged in systematical order.----Kansas City Star. Great thoughts hallow any labor. To-- 'day I earned 75 cents beaving manure out of a pen, and made a good bargain of it. If the ditcher muses the while how he may live uprightly, the ditch-- ing spade and turf knife may be en-- ;nv;{;! the coat--of--arms of his po# terity.--Thoreau. ° , .~Meteorologists talk about the dew point, which means the temperature of saturation, when the water vapor in the air condenses to. a liquid or solid state. The do point in a man comes when his thought is made solid by ac tion--when he doés it himself ! RTYVILLE INDEPENDEXNT..THUREDAY, _NOVEMBER 27, 1924 _ Small stations along the lines of big western railroads, which do not have night agents, Are lighted at 'the ap-- proach of the train and the lights ex-- tinguished at its departure by means of automatic switches placed at short distances , from the buildings. .. wl ----_ A c uuucemme mm ie e t uee o2 The Sport _ Won't Admit It golf has '::w "It's hard for some men to say "No" ting?" 'The and equally hard for others to say "I, got so he y don't l:fow."--Boston Transcript,. # goes to bat." Thought and Work "Automatic Lighting the Same Points ILLINOIS FARM CIRLS ARE NOTED FOR FINE CALVES E, met rqm.dm of the Me . Both Amcrican and Mexxkan movting place, acrose the bridge, th In Raising of Calves T Take a Place Beside RECEIVE HIGH _ HONORS Urbaua, <HML," Nov. 2%5.--When it comes to raising saives, Hilinois farm girls can, more than hold their own with their brothers. This was dis-- elosed today when club workers of the College of Agriculture, Universi-- ty of WMindis: named Ruth Esther Bumgarner, 16, of MceNabb, Putman Em!n-nmmwb ltlflm & 'The increasing tourist automobile trafic has brought about the establish ment in most cities of automobile tour-- ist camps, Tmproved roadg, constantly kept in repair, have made this method of tray-- ei increasingly popular. Two summers ago, while riding over the great Columbian highway, on the south bank of the Columbia river in Oregon, checking up the automobiles for a part of a day, it was found that every third automobile on that magnifi-- Ing outft. +0 ..% ! Camp sites were found all along the way, particularly where supplies of wood and water were present, Almost every city now has some-- kind of a tourist camping place. Many of the larger cities have well--equipped grounds, provided with running water, tent platforms, electric u;hu provi-- sion stores, and even, in some cases, bathbhouses and shower baths. The growing tourist traffic with its increasing use of these automobile 'amps makes necessary rigid provision tor their cleanliness and sanitation. A public health report, issued by the United Statés public health service, calls attention to regulations issued last year by the Minnesota state board of health. ~ Thes-e'--;'egu\ationi require adequate water supply, tollet facilities, arrange-- prent for refuse disposal, etc.. _ The water supply must be from & source approved by the state board of health. If it is obtained from apy source except a municipal water $y# tem, it must be from a well, spring or other source Jocated, constructed and operated in accordance with the -- re-- quirements of --the board. _ ' Galvanized iron garbage cans with covers must be provided, the contents of which must be removed daily. The camp site must be well situated and properly drained. The steady increase in automobile touring as a means of spending some or all of the summer months and the danger of spreading typhoid fever, dysentery and other disceases by means of Insanitary camp sites makes it ad-- visable for all cities to enforce guch regulations as will insure healthful and ' romfortable camping sites for tourists. (@, 1924, Western Newspaper Union.) The Wise Man A wise man will desire no more than what he can get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully and leave con-- tentodly.--Benjamin Franklin. road carried some kind of camp-- Making Progress t Writer--"Do you think y effect on MeSlough's hit» c Manager,--"Some, Hes yells 'fore® every time he present, with now has a) bask ng place. Many | high e well--equipped | Coa« running water, | toug clixh:mvl-- of it Can aga jgh in Clinton, 11L, Nov. 26.--Thankegiving day will be spent shucking corn by many central Iilinois farmers, accord-- ing to reports here. Not many farm-- ers will have all their corn in the crib by Thursday, it is indicated, and a great number will find it necessary to spend that day in the feld if weather permits. ° Streator I11., Nov. 26.--The new St_r_ea- tor high school gymnasium, seating 1,485 persons,-- will be put into use with the opening game of the school's basketball season, Dec. 19. Cornell high will furnish the opposition. Comch Lowell Dale has announced the toughest cage schedule in the history of the school for the Streator netters. ECHOES FROM + THE STATE BY THE L N. 5. Streator, I11., Nov. 25.--Steps to check an epidemic of scarlet fever be-- fore it reathes the proportions of last year when four deaths resulted, have wwu&nus«om«ammw who are trained to handle guns to resist hoidup men--if any J F. }Mears, pistol expert, teaches a class every evening. The pretty stenogs mg':mu'-mum-ehdabondlt.cumbnmna.gnthou._ :of Aling onses and offlice furniture, and start firing > \ Shareholders in this company receive dividend CHCCRS throtigh the mail on January 1, April 1, July and October 1st. These shares are free from the normal Federal Income Tax and are exempt from personal property taxes to residents of the state of Mlinois, _ Woe to Bold Bandits! Gentlemen: Without obligatiig me in any way plea full details regarding youP 7% investment. \ . _ Yours very truly, I n been taken by school and civic author ities here. An additional school nurse has been engaged and vigilance against the disease increased in all schools. Marion, II1.,. Nov. 26--A penny apiece will be paid by civic clubs of Marion for rats turned in on rat day, officially designated. for Sttm,' November, 29. A campaign agaifst rats is being carried on this week and the bodijes of the slain will be piled }in the court ho?e squar Saturday. Prizes will be given for the blackest rat, the whitest rat, the oldest rat and a grand prize for the person kill-- ing the most rats. Springfield, II1., Nov. 26. --All Ul-- nois World war veterans who intend to claim a state bonus must have their claims on file not later than midnight, Dec. 31, to receive consid-- eration, according to Palmer D. Ed-- munds, chief clerk of the service rec-- ognition board. The bonus law sets this hour as the dead line for applica-- tion, he explaind. While most ex--service men of the state put in their claims and have been paid their bonus, Edmunds con-- tinued, claims are still being received by--the board and it is indicated that many have not yet put in their papers. A total of 279,998 claims amounting '_-- GovUPON FACTS VOTE SOONON -- OLD AGE PENSON Action Will Be Taken on Dec ember 9 When the Election Springfield, I1!!., Nov. 26.--Miners of the lilinois district, United Mine Workers of America, will march to the polis December 9 to name dis trict officers and decide whether the old age pension plan, brought forward at the last state conven-- tion, shall be adopted or discarded., INSURGENTS ARE STRONG 'Wrank Farrington, running for re-- election as district president, is op-- posed by John Hindmarsh of River-- ton, who is backed by insurgents of the ormanization. The insurgents .fi'd':. a complete ticket in-- the the The miners' ballots will be much Wrtm'ymd'otothabol}- of the appointive power of the president at the Peoria convention. The pension plan which will be up for approval provides for the pay-- ment, of $25 a month-- to every union miner reaching the age of 6§ who has been in the organization for 20 1':"'« A fund to pay the pensions be raised by a special usses ment of one per cent of the earn-- ings of active members. -- Bub--districts and loeals will also elect officers Dec. 9. professor, "what was said Ay the Greek philosopher Archimedes?" "Sir," said the sportsman in plus fours, "what the old gent: said, in the ver-- macular of the day, was 'Give me a London Daily Express, A seven--year--old collie recently.--re-- turned to a farm in the Cumberland fells from Liverpool, a hundred milea away. No satisfactory explanation bas ever been offered for this faculty, though some people ventured the opin-- jon that the dog has a kind of second sight, of which humans know nothing, ----London Mail. A to $51,143,475.70 have been --paid to Residence and Office 1609 Wash-- *_ ington St., Waukegan, Hl...--~ DR. J. L. REDDING Sixth Sense in Dogs? VETERINARY SURGEON ' PHONE 1095 . _ Waukegan, Hlinois ase sem| me T akes Place. one tell me," inquired the PAGE TH "et p y 45 E'* 4