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f > fOR DICKERS' PLACE SEVERAL PROMINENT LAWYER8 OF 80UTHERN ILLINOI8 WOULD BE 8UCCE88OR. C. 0. BOGGS IS APPLICANT Former Justice of th« Illinois 8upromo Court In Line--Governor Will Not Take Any Action for a Num­ ber of Days. Springfield.--Though several promi­ nent lawyers of southern Illinois, In-' eluding one former Justice of the Illi­ nois supreme court, were mentioned In connection with appointment to suc­ ceed the late Justice Alonzo K. Vick- ers of East St. Louis, Governor Dunne declined to Indicate that he will take any action for a niimber of days. Among those who have been promi­ nently mentioned as possibilities and who, it is understood, already have been recommended to the governor, who will do the appointing, are: Carroll C. Boggs, former supreme court Justice, and Circuit Judge Jacob Creighton, both of Fairfield, the latter a brother of Judge James A. Creigh­ ton of this city; State's Attorney "Webb of East St. Louis, E. C. Cramer of East St. Louis, president of the Illi­ nois Bar association; Bruce Campbell of East St Louis, and others. The appointment will carry with it tenure of office as a member of the supreme court until June, at which time the court will became automatic­ ally reorganized as a result of the summer elections in five of the su­ preme court districts. Justice Vick- ers, who represented the First dis­ trict, was one of the five who would have retired.' Clerk Charles W. Vail of the su­ preme court and his first assistant, Robert L. Conn, went to East St. lionis to attend the Service there, and from there will go to Vienna, where the other Justices of the supreme court and committees from the general as­ sembly will be in attendance at the funeral service Sunday afternoon. Vi­ enna was the late Justice's former home. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Armstrong, 301 West LawYence avenue, the former of whom is a brother of Mrs. Vickers, went to East St. Louis, where they attended the services in the after­ noon. They then accompanied the body to Vienna, where the final serv­ ice was hold, at which members of the supreme court attended. Delegations were sent to Vienna by the East SL Louis Commercial club, the St. Clair County Bar association, the East St Louis lodge of Elks and other organizations of which the Jurist was a member. Academy of 8cience to Meet. The annual meeting of the State Academy of Science to be held in Springfield Friday and Saturday, Feb­ ruary 19-20, promises to be the most successful in the history of the or­ ganization. The meeting will be held in the state museum and the senate chamber with sectional meetings in the high school. The meeting will open at two o'clock Friday afternoon. After a short business meeting, a symposium on a scientific subject of great im­ portance will be participated in by five of the men foremost in their re­ spective lines in the state. After the symposium papers of a general character will be presented. On Friday evening Dr. Arthur L. Day, director of the geophysical .lab­ oratory of the Carnegie institute-- one of the men who has contributed most valuable additions to our knowl­ edge of the chemistry of the interior of the earth and the action of gases under the influence of high tempera­ tures--will deliver an illustrated lec­ ture on volcanic emanations. On Saturday morning the academy will divide into sections on geology, zoology, botany, chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, archaeology, physiology and hygiene. Saturday afternoon the presidential address of the retiring president and papers of general interest will be presented. One of the most attractive fefttures of the meeting will be the banquet given by the Springfield Commercial association in honor of the academy. The program at the banquet will con­ sist of music led by the glee club of the association and of short addresses by state officials, officers of the asso­ ciation and members of the academy. Saturday noon a luncheon will be given at the museum by the resident members of the academy. The officers of the organization are: President--E. R. Crook, Springfield. Vice-President--U. S. Grant, Ph. D., JJarthwestern university. Secretary--E. N. Transean, Ph. D., Eastern State Normal. Treasurer--J. C. Hessler, Ph. P., James Millikin university. Pay Increase to Be Asked. The legislative committee of the State Association of Election Commis­ sioners met to draft a program of leg­ islation to be asked of the present assembly. President J. H. Barahart of Danville was made chaircaan of a committee to draft bills embodying the following statute changes: Shortening of the ballot by provi­ sion for more appointive offices. Reduction In the number of pri­ maries. Reduction in the cost of elections to municipalities. Want Higher Salary. Township road commissioners in the near future by a set of resolu­ tions to be drafted by a special cqm- mittee of their number, will seek leg­ islation of the present legislature by Which section 53 of the Tice good roads law will be amended to give them a raise in salary from $2 to 93 per day. Under the present law they receive |2. This was decided at a meeting of the township commissioners held in the courtroom at the oourtboi^s. Lecture Topics Are Announced. Topics for the course of four popular illustrated lectures on natural history, arranged for by Prof! A. R. Crook, curator of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History, are announced. The lectures will be given two in February and two in March, on Friday nights. It is planned to begin at eight o'clock sharp, and persons who come later than 8:15 will not be admitted. Men of eminence in their various lines of research have been secured to speak. The program will be as follows: Feb. 19.--'"Volcanic Emanations," A. L. Day, Ph. D., director Geophysical laboratory, Washington, D. C. Feb. 26.--"The Wonderful Heavens," F. R. Moulton, Ph. D., professor of as­ tronomy, University of Chicago, Chi­ cago. March 5.--"The Trophies of the Fos­ sil Hunter," A. R. Crook, Ph. D., cura­ tor Illinois State Museum, Springfield. March 12.--"Alaska Salmon," H. B. Ward, Ph., D., professor of zoology, University of Illinois, TTrbana. Professor Crook says with reference to the speakers who will make the ad­ dresses : "Doctor Day has been in volcanoes collecting their gases, studying their action and taking photos. No man has contributed, more to this subject than he. 1 "Professor Moulton is unsurpassed as a student of celestial mechanics. He is joint author of the planeteslmal hypothesis--the idea about the begin­ ning of the world which will be taught our children instead of La Place's idea. "A. R. Crook will describe an expedi­ tion to Wyoming after large fossils, show the chief fossils in leading mu­ seums, and describe some large fossils found in Illinois." State's Ward Cost $8,432,547. The cost of caring for Illinois' un­ fortunates--mental, moral and phys­ ical--will be more for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1915, than was the cost of operating the whole state gov­ ernment ten years ago, if the present state legislature makes appropriations in accordance with the demands of state departments as shown in the budget prepared by the legislative reference bureau. This cost will be exclusive of salaries of boards han­ dling the institutions, amounting in the aggregate to $50,000 a year. The sum asked of the state legisla­ ture for caring for the state's wards for the ensuing year totals CO,176,307. Total appropriations made by the For­ ty-fourth general assembly for all pur­ poses for the two years of lf05-1906 was only $15,889,363. Total appropriations made by the Forty-fifth general assembly for the two years of 1907-1908 aggregated only $20,208,146, showing that the amount asked for one year's support of the state's dependents this year is almost half of the amount required for cost of maintaining the entire state gov­ ernment one year, only eight years ago. The big Blngle item of cost is the maintenance of the penal, charitable and eleemosynary Institutions. For the maintenance of these 24 institu­ tions the state is asked to appropriate $8,432,549.36. The institutions and the amounts asked for the support of each for the year--the budget listing separately the appropriations for the two years-- are: TUinols Soldiers and SaHors home.) 492,8S3 Soldiers' Widows' home of Illinois. 42,410 Illinois Soldiers' Orphans home.... 102.700 St. Charles School for Boys 246,000 State Training School for Girls 177,716 Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary 73,895 Illinois Industrial Home for the Blind 223,750 Illinois School for the Blind 89,796 Illinois School for the Deaf 154,000 State Colony for Improvable Epi­ leptics 615.000 IJnooln State School and Colony.. 480,15? Alton State hospital 631,500 Anna State hospital 619 910 Chester State hospital 6R.910 Chicago State hospital (Dunning). 1,085.174 Elpln State hospital 434,170 Jacksonville State hospital 486,087 Kankakee State hospital 762,SOS Peoria State hospital 609.580 Psychopathic institute 19,944 Watertown State hospital 311,460 Illinois State penitentiary 423.200 Illinois StRte reformatory S24.735 Southern Illinois penitentiary 217,839 $8,432,347 Summer Rainfall Decreased. Illinois farmers will be interested in the revelation^ made by the re­ vision which Prof. J. G. Mosier. chief of the soil physics department of the college of agriculture at the Univer­ sity of Illinois, is giving the weather- crop bulletin of the state. This bulle­ tin has been out of print for some years and the revision will bring it down to date. The later data will show especially the severe experience of agriculture in Illinois, in the last few years, on ac­ count of deficiency of moisture. The record of rainfall has been officially kept at the university for 26 years, and in all that time the lowest annual precipitation was that of 1914, which was 24.68 inches. The next lowest was in 1894, when the rainfall was 24.72; the next in 1891, when it was 26.73; the next in 1910, when it was 27.96, and the next in 1901, when it was 28.64. New Incorporations. Simon ^Veil & Co., Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators--Simon Well. Melvin E. Weil and Frank Malzahn. Silk Shade Specialty company, Chi­ cago; capital, $1,000. Incorporators- Arthur J. Shutan, Esther Scaberg. Marcus J. Golden. Hartman & Son, Chicago; capital, $5,000; general merchandising. Incor­ porators--Martin J. Isaacs, C. J. Sil- ber, M. Moeller. Hotel Trade Press, North Chicago; $20,000; general printing and publish­ ing. Joseph Dushek company, Chicago; capital/. $26,000; general commission business. Incorporators--Joseph Du­ shek, Edward Ratay, Louis A. Suchy. Annex Drug company, Chicago; capital, $15,000; drug store business. Incorporators Warren Nichoie, Jo­ seph M. Griffin, William A. Vincent. Viall Motor Car company, Chicago; capital, $6,000. Incorporators--fTank S. Righeimer, G. D. Kendall and Ed­ ward R. Hartigan. Warner Forge and Machine Com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $6,000. Incor­ porators--John L. Pearson, Walter D. Harrick ant U M. Brenner. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Joliet.--J. M. Hespenes, business manager of the Olivet Insitute of Chi­ cago, was the principal speaker here at the annual banquet of the Presby­ terian Church Brotherhood. Rio.--Mrs. Alfred Wade of Shanghai was killed while driving netyF this town, by the kick of a horse. The animal became' excited when a shaft of the buggy broke. Bloomington.--William Spears of Odell gave his life to save his daugh­ ter, who came up just as a tree he was chopping down started to fall. Spears jumped and threw his daughter to safety. He was killed instantly. Decatur--William A. Young, a De­ catur mail carrier, was taken to Springfield by Deputy United States Marshal Metcalf on a federal bench warrant charging him with stealing 20 letters from the mailn. Sterling.--Proprietors of seven soft drink places here were fined a total of $40,000 and each was sentenced to 180 days in Jail for selling liquor in "dry" territory. Pending good behavior the jail sentences were suspended. Joliet.--When Mildred Sallenbach, ten, and Sigrid Anderson, five, went to visit their seventy-two-year-old grandmother; they found that she had been dead for almost a day. She lived alone. Champaign.--Following . agitation for a citizen soldiery, 2,000 members of the University of Illinois regiments will be compelled to drill twice a week instead of once. The new orders go Into effect at the beginning of the next semester and will continue. Bloomington.--Forrest Jones of Bridgeport field suit against hiB fa­ ther-in-law, William Miller, wealthy resident of Belleflower, asking $10,000 damages alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Jones owns oil fields in Lawrence county. McLeansboro.--Unidentified persons entered the county clerk'B office here at night by sawing out a section of one of the doors, obtained the ballots voted in the election last fall, de­ stroyed and mutilated a part of them and stole the others. Jacksonville.--As a result of the re­ porting to the county board of health of eight cases of smallpox in Waverly, near here, Superintendent Gillett of the Illinois State School for the Deaf has issued orders that pupils must be vaccinated. tialesburg.--William Sailer, Jr., six- year-old sop of William S&iler, a wealthy stockman near Avon, was drowned in a creek near his home. His eight-year-old sister, Louise, fell In at the same time, but held to a root of a tree until help came. East St. Louis.--Miss Bessie Hardin, twenty years old, claiming this city as her home, was arrested, disguised as a man, at Illmo, Mo. She was found in a car of a Cotton Belt freight train en route to East St. Louis frotn Newport, Ark. Hamilton.--J. W. Gindle and Walter Hobson each saved $73.90 when they missed some ducks at which they shot. A deputy game warden saw them shoot and arrested them. Each was fined $26.10 for hunting without a license, but escapted the $100 duck fine for killing ducks out of season. Pana.--Gilbert Pierce, while ex­ cavating for a well oi\ the farm of Judge William Pierce, discovered three skeletons and a large chipped flint spearhead, together with arrowheads and pottery. The place proved to be a burial mount of the Kickapoo In­ dians. Duquoin.--Rev. William M. Maxton, stated clerk of Ewing presbytery, an­ nounces that Rev. G. Marlon Howell of Lake Charles, La., has heen re­ ceived into this presbytery, and^will accept the pastorate of the First Pres­ byterian church at Mount Vernon, succeeding Rev. M. V. McAdoo. East St. Louis.--Th^board of edu­ cation of East St. Louis is considering plans for a $250,000 high school build­ ing. The building will be about two hundred and fifty feet long by one hundred and twenty feet wide, with thirty-five schoolrooms and an audi­ torium with a seating capacity of 1,800 on the ground floor. Plainfleld.--Ben Davis of Wheat­ land, one-time champion plowman of the world, was awarded damages of $150 ia the city court at Aurora against Michael Schoger of Wheat­ land. Davis claimed that a corn crop of his was damaged when Schoger plowed up a neighboring field and al­ lowed drain water to run into Davis cornfield. Edwardsville.--Madison county's three representatives in the state leg­ islature--Christ Rethmeier of Ed­ wardsville; Fredinand A. Garesche of Madison, and Norman G. Flagg of Moro, have been asked to induce state officials to send an investigator here for the purpose of determining whether steps can be taken to save thousands of prairie chickens and quail from starvation. Mount Vernon.--When officers went to the home of Claude Allen, a negro, at South port, to search tq r evidence of bootlegging, they turned on a gas jet To their amazement, whiBky is­ sued from it and an investigation re­ vealed that it was connected with a whisky jug in the attic. Allen was ar­ rested and is held for the federal au­ thorities. Prmceton.--Rev. H. E. Parr, for three years the pastor of the First Congregational church of this city, has resigned to accept a call to the "First Congregational church at Water­ loo, la. Bloomington.--At the annual con­ vention of the Ohio improved Chester Swine Breeders association of the United States here, the following offi­ cers were elected: President, A. M. Foster, Rushville, I1L; secretary, O. C. Vol lion, Goslien Ind.; trustees, Carl Silver, Cleveland, O.; T. J. Wade, Wes­ ton, O.; W. P. Doolittle, Woodland. Mo. Champaign.--Because a clairvoyant described the robbery and death of her husband, Mrs. Charles Sitts, wife of a farmer, is convinced that he is dead, and has offered aj-eward of,$10Q for" the body. 4 It 3. SAILORS DIE NINE pTHER8 INJURED IN BOILER EXPLOSION ON CRUISER SAN. DIEGO. OCCURS OFF GUAYMAS, MEX, Accident on Flagship of the Pacific Fjeet, Which Is Under the Command of Rear Admiral Howard--Valued at 96,000,000. Washington, Jan. 26.--Four men were killed and nine injured in a boil­ er explosion on Friday on board the United States cruiser San Diego, for­ merly the California, off Guaymas, Mexico, Rear Admiral Howard report­ ed to the navy department. The accident happened just after the cruiser had completed her power trials. Admiral Howard's message, which was dated six o'clock at night, read: "Due to boiler explosion on U. S. S. San Diego, the following men are dead: Ascar J. Wyatt, Ambus L. Hardee. William "F. Elliott and Clifford A. Weston, all second class firemen. The following were seriously injured: "Benjamin F. Tucker, R V. Glidden, Ernest A. Ledwith, H. Miller. All first class firemen; George Ohm, wa­ ter tender; Darrell L. Vernado and Charles W. F. Peterson, both firemen of second class; Emanuel A. Shappl, seaman, and Patrick A. Meddiam, coal passer. Next of kin have been noti­ fied. The ship had just completed four hour full speed trials." The San Diego is the flagship of the Pacific fleet. Rear Admiral Howard having transferred his flag as com­ mander of the Pacific fleet from the West Virginia to the San Diego on November 25. She cost $6,000,000. and was built at the Union Iron works, San Francisco, and is one of the fast­ est and best boats of that type in the navy. She formerly was the cruiser California. She has a displacement of 15,680 tons. Her dimensions are: Length, 502 feet; beam 70 feet; draft, 26ft feet. She carries four eight-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns, 18 three-Inch and 12 three-pounders. ALLIES NEAR THE RHINE CRISIS IN WESTERN THEATER OP WAR VEERS TO METZ. G0MPERS CLAIMS BLACKLIST Asks United States Body to Investi­ gate Big Telegraph Com­ panies. New Tork, Jan. 25.--Samuel Comp­ ere, president of the American Fed­ eration of Labor, was a witness before the federal relations body on Friday. He began by reading a telegram ftom the Commercial Telegraphers' tinion uring hflm to ask the commis­ sion to summon before it officials of the large telegraph companies to tes­ tify regarding alleged blacklisting op­ erations. * "I can assure your commission that If you follow this suggestion you will receive some startling information," he said. Mr. Gompers said he believed the same laws should not given business Combinations and labor organizations. Mr. Gompers asserted that boycotts and strikes were legal, according to the Clayton bill. TWO U. S. SKIPS TO GERMANY Steamer Dacia, With Cargo of Cotton, to Be 8elzed by British Warships. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 25.--The for­ mer Hamburg-American steamship Da­ cia, with a cargo of 11,000 bales of cot­ ton for Germany, cleared for Rotter­ dam, via Norfolk, and sailed at day­ break Saturday. Officials realise that Great Britain may "capture" the vgssel as a prlite of war, because she still regards the Dacia as the property, in sufficient de­ gree, at least, of Germany. New York, Jan. 25.--Carrying a cargo of food supplies shipped by an American firm and consigned to an American citizen in Germany, the American owned steamer Wilhelmlna left its dock sailing for Hamburg. The shippers assert that the food is indent only for civilians. BAD YEAR FOR BIG LAKES President Livingstone Blames Drastlo Reduction in Movement of Ore• Sees Recovery In 1015. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 22.--The year 1914 was a lean year for great lakes vessel owners, due to reduction in the ore movement, according to the re­ port of William Livingstone, president of the Lake Carriers' association, sub­ mitted at the annual meeting of that organisation here. Besides the lack of business, 54 sailors lost their lives in shipwrecks. Twenty-live vessels were lost during the season. "There is reason to believe that 1915 will be a year of marked recovery," the report concludes. Three Die in Fierce Fight. Macon, Ga., Jan. 26.--J. J. Proctor, deputy sheriff; Joe Brew, a white man, and Lulu Woodward, a negress, are dead and Sheriff C. L. Bowden is expected to die as the result of a free- for-all knife and pistoFfight here. Drops Bombs on Bruges. Amsterdam, Jan. 26.--A British avia­ tor flew over Bruges and dropped sev­ eral bombs upon the canal warehouses and docks there which are held by the Germans. The airman was dlately fired upon by shrapnel. lmme- Mexico City Facing a Famine. Washington. Jan. 25.--Mexico City is facing a famine; food supplies are nearly exhausted and the value of the Mexican dollar has dropped to 12% cents, according to dispatches to the state departmenL -Qarmanss. Are Rushing Re-Enfore« . ments and Regain Some Positions Where French Threaten.. v London, Jan. 23.--In the mud of Flanders, the floods of the Alsne val­ ley and the snows of the Argonne and the Vosges the soldiers of Germany and the allied nations are keeping up a constant battle. The visit of the prince of . Wales to Belfort has led to. reports that British troops will soon be sent to Belfort to participate in any possible advance on the Rhine. While the allies have gained ground on almost every part of the front in the last two months they have been forced to give way in one region, that of Solssons. They are being put now to a test similar to that which obliged them to retire from north of the Aisne near Soissons. Tho Germans, realizing the danger to their communications with Metz a» a result of the French advance near Pont-a-Mous8on, have sent re-enforce- meqjs there and have begun a battle for the positions they lost last week. Apparently the Germans have regained a portion of them and are fighting for the remainder. The following official communica­ tion was issued by the French war office at Paris: "Recent German communications re­ garding French l<yssc£ in the last few weeks are erroneous. Our losses are less by more than half than those given by the Germdh general staff. Moreover, it has been found by esti­ mating the dead left on the field that the German losses have been greater than those of the French." BARBER'S CHAIR PULPIT FORGER ENDS LIFE ON TRAIN B. F. Straus, Note Broker of ChlcagOf Admits Kiting Checks for Man Now Dead. Chicago, Jan. 22.--Creditors of fHa Fox River Distillery company de­ manded the production In court of all books and papers of the company when the suicide of Charles Ledowsky, head and Bole owner of the concern, revealed Wednesday frauds amount­ ing to $210,000. The confession found after Ledowsky had killed him­ self while on a Michigan Central train entering Chicago showed that through forged warehouse receipts for whisky he had obtained large loans from banks and others. The confession also named Benjamin F. Straus, a broker of commercial paper, as hav­ ing known of his fraudulent transac­ tions. Straus admitted that he had carried on a check-kiting arrange­ ment with Ledowsky until it was stopped by the banks and that he had signed many blank checks that were filled out by others. GARDNER ATTACKS ARMY BILL Wants More Money---8ays U. 8. Forces Could Not Defend Trench Thirty Miles Long. Washington, Jan. 22.--Declaring that the Monroe doctrine Is useless unlesp the United States has power to defend it and that this doctrine invites trou­ ble with nations of Central Europe, Representative Gardner of Massachu­ setts in the house criticized the army appropriation bill. Gardner attacked the military committee because of its limited appropriations, and asserted that the army is blind because it prac­ tically has no scout aeroplanes. The entire army cannot defend a trench more than 80 miles long, he also charged. BRITISH SHIP IS TORPEDOED 6teamer Durward Sent to the Bottom by German Submarine--Begin­ ning of New Policy. London. England, Jan. 25.--The British steamer Durward, says a Rot­ terdam dispatch to Reuter s Telegram company, has been torpedoed by the German submarine U-19. The crew was saved. The London newspapers Interpret the sinking of the Durward as the beginning of a German naval policy alleged to have been urged by Admiral von Tirpitz, the German min­ ister of the navy, against British mer­ chant vessels. 0. K. FOR EUGENIC WEDDING Americans Riot at Tamplco. Washington, Jan. 25.--Rioting has broken out at Tamplco ad a result of 1,200 Americans being throwa out of employment by closing of oil wells. Government to transport all idle Amer loan* back tQ U. S Indiana 8enate Passes Measure Which Requires Only the Male to Have Physician's Certificate. Indianapolis, Jan. 23.--Eugenic mar­ riages in Indiana were approved by the state senate on Thursday, when It passed a bill, 32 to 12, providing that males seeking marriage licenses must first obtain a health certificate. Judge's Peculiar Sentence. Mineola, N. Y., Jan. 26.--Justice Crane sentenced Mr. and Mrs. Alex­ ander Brown to "six months trial sep­ aration." They are' to live in the same house, but in separate rooms and must eat alone. 8elze Five German Vessels. Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 26.--Five German merchant ships, which were ordered expelled from Port Said by the British prize court at Alexandria, were seized by English warships when they left that harbor. Tonsorial Artist Doing Good Work In the Way of Helping His Fel­ low Men. It is called "The Barber Shop of tha Ten Commandments." It is undoubt­ edly the only ohe of its kind in tha world. Every nigtiV after its proprie­ tor finishes with his razor he goes to prayer meeting and gives his testi­ mony for the benefit of the Bowery "down and outs" who have been under his ministering care. "Jake the Bafber," who has charge of the new tonsorial atelier, once adorned shops in the Broadway and Fifth avenue -hotels, the New York Herald states. He has plied the lath­ ered brush at the Belmont and the electric shampoo at the Waldorf-As­ toria.. In an evil day he yielded to hie thirst for strong drink and fell into the ways of the Bowery. He roamed the streets in want and finally emerged into new light--that of the Hadley Rescue hall, 293 Bowery. "Brother John," as the men of the submerged world call John Callahan, superintend­ ent of the hall, saw a way in which ho could help "Jake the Barber." He got him new clotheB and sent him out to buy a second-hand barber's chair, which was sent to the hall C. O. D. A complete new set of tools was obtained and all the bottles and fixings. The barber shop was set up in a room in the hall where the bread for those at the nightly supper is stacked. "Jake the Barber" is an artist in his linfi. First the superintendent got Shaved and then some of the assist­ ants. The barber received a vote of confidence and began to take in money. The proceeds at the present time are divided on the "fifty-fifty" basis, and after the shop is paid for Jake will go on his own resources. Meanwhile a fund has been provided in the mission for the shaving of the "down and out," for one of the first means toward rehabilitation is a clean shave. The walls of this novel barber shop are covered with texts and religious mottoes. Back of the customer, but reflected in the glass, are the Ten Commandments, and wherever the man in the chair may turn his head he may read some sentiment that ought to lead him to a better life. "Jake the Barber" says that he finds more joy in living now than he ever did, for not only is he re-established in his trade, but he also is the means of aiding his fellow men. "Langley's Folly." Photographs of Professor Langley's aerodrome in midair--the first aero­ plane ever built capable of sustained free flight with a man--appear in the latest report of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Before any change was made in the machine be­ yond covering it with new canvas and providing it with hydroaeroplane floats, "Langley's folly" was launched on Lake Keuka on May 29 last, and with Mr. Glenn H. CurtlBs as pilot, the official report Bays, the aerodrome "ran easily over the water, ran on level wing, and flew in steady poise 150 feet." Subsequent «hort flights were made in order to secure photo­ graphs of the craft in air. The model on which it was built demonstrated on May 6, 1896, that a machine heavier than air could be propelled through the air by its own power. Injuries sustained through defects in the launching apparatus prevented its ac­ tual flight in 1903, when the aero­ drome plunged into the Potomac. Not All Britons Drop "H's," In the chancery division, Mr. Young­ er, K. C., informed Justice Eve that, being a Scotsman, he always pro­ nounced his "h's." Abroad, and In particular in the United States, the belief is still widely entertained that failure to sound the aspirate cha«ac- terlzes Englishmen of all ranks and classes. Various recent cartoons In the American press depict not only the typical John Bull, but even the most exalted Britannic personages, dropping all their "h's" and aspirating them unnecessarily in compensation, a fact that deserves its place in any collection of national misconceptions. As a matter of fact, the tendency to dispense with the aspirate is said to be a peculiarity of town dwellers, and to have characterized the lower class­ es in ancient Athens.--London Globe American Sailore Arrested. Washington, Jan. 23--Several sail­ ors of the American cotton steamers Grfeenbrier and Carolyn, while ashore In Bremen, were arrested. The men will be released in time to rejoin their ships before t?ioy leavu port. Two Safeblowers Are Captured. Norrlstownr Pa., Jan.»2$.--Two safa- blowers, who cracked the safe at the Hatfield station of the Lehigh Valley Traction company, getting $100 la cash, were caught by a posse of eltl* tf^ii after a 15-mlle chase. Not Same island. The sending of a warship to Juan Fernandez to investigate the alleged use of the island as a base by the German cruisers has led once more to the inaccurate statement that Juan Fernandez is the island where "Robinson Crusoe underwent so many vicissitudes." The Pacific island was where Alexander Selkirk was put ashore in 1704, at his own request, from a British ship, and where he spent over four years by himself; but there is not the slightest resemblance between Selkirk's adventures, as given in the "Account »of the Man That Lived Four Years and Five Months on the Uninhabited Island of John Fer­ nando," which appeared in 1712, and those of Defoe's immortal Robinson Crusoe. 4 Unfamillarlty With the Bible. Some of the readersJ of Margaret Deland's new book, "The Hands of Esau," have wondered where she got the title, thus proving the recent as­ sertion of Joseph S. Auerbach, author of "The Bible and Modern Life," that "a generation has grown up without the benefit of Bible reading." Take away the words of Blble'mem- ory and the phrases born of Bible reading and Bible inspiration from Lincoln's Gettysburg address, says Mr. Auerbach, after pointing out the valua of this training--"fourscore," "brought forth," "hallow," "'perish from tho earth," etc.--"and much of the solemn music has died out forever from this Inspiring battle hymn of consecration to the republic." WOMAN IN " BAD CONDITION Restored To Health by Lyclittir E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound. -|| Montpelier, Vt. -- "We have great faith in your remedies. I was very ir- i r e g u l a r a n d w a s tired and sleepy aQ "%$|f the time, would hay* cold chills, and ray ^ hands and feet would bloat. 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