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swns The Cream of the Tobacco TBI M'BEMKT PLAINSEALKR, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, BpfllBlp * • \ ; ; / V < / * I Underwood & Underwood WILLIE HOPPE ion Billiard Player A writes: The slightest cough or throat irritation might be fatal during a close match. On this account I prefer Luckies as a steady diet. They have never irritated my throat or caused the slightest cough, I am going to stick vdtk Luckies." , "It's toasted" v -- Throat Irritation-No Cough* @1928, The American Tobacco Co., Inc. For Lieutenant-Governor Fred E. Sterling OF ROCKFORD Submits his Name as a Candidate for Re-nomination on the Republican Ticket at the Primary, April 10th. He stands for a Strong, Orderly, Economical, Business-like. Progressive and Patriotic Government of State Affairs--Without Fear, or Favor--and A SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL. Commended by All Senators, Repub* Iican9 and Democrats Alike, for his Fairness, Ability and Impartiality as the Presiding Officer of the Sessions of the State Senate in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th and 55th General Assemblies. Mr. Sterling was born at Dixon, Lee County, 111., June 29, 1869, and is editor of the Rockford Daily Register- Gazette. In the November, 1924, election, for Lieutenant-Governor, he received a total vote of 1,502,517 and a plurality of 775,127 votes, polling 49,169 more votes than were received by President Calvin Coolidge in Illinois. His name will add strength to the Republican State Ticket at the November election, for he comes from the section of the State which tollr up big Republican majorities. For (*]FRED E. STERLING 1 Vsts *t the ftcpoklkss PrlaMury Is M*st •iifiiUrily MteiMi Jk :k :'WV VA ' W$. Tpa^rf. 'W'i..C0U* \ w THE BIIICK STYLE SHOW Body f»v u Showing America's Smartest ^MotorCar Creations Opening Tnday-- Style W«H>k at Ruirk Kluiurimms! Evpryonc who 1OV»-H the new ami beautiful--••veryone who rtlan* to l»uy a new ear this Springis inviteil to attend this apeeiul shewing of those smartest of motor car crcutions, the fine ltuick models. Here are assembled a wide variety of liuiek bodytypes by Fisher. All are arrayed in alluring not* spring-time color harmonies. All are endowed with the most luxurious upholsteries and ap|M»intments. Ami all are mjjnlliH ahead of the mode in smart, low, dashing lines, low without any loss of bead-room or road-clearance. Be sure to attend this magnificent Style Show! See the most l>cautiful motor car creations of the day--and the most durable, dependable and vibrationless of cars as well. C ome any day or evening during the ne*t seven days. A cordial welcomc awaits you. THE WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNB I I (0%T Dodd. Mead & Company. > The Cruaadee A DWARF--misshapen, bearded, tm- ** galnly--sat on a lean, shaggy donkey. In the midst of a shrieking multitude and brandished a huge cruelfix above his head. His ahouted exhortations were echoed and re-echoed by the crowd. The dwarf was known as Peter the Hermit. He was pleading with hla EHeventh-century audience to wrest the Holy Land from the grip of the Mahometan infidel*. And so eloquently did the little priest urge his cause that he argused a world-wide wave of enthusiasm and set afoot a mighty International agitation whloh endured fbr centuries. ' Mahonjefs mccMson held the Holy Land. Christians on pious pllgrima| H to the Baylor's birthplace and tomb were robbed. Insulted and even Durdered by theae Moslems. Sacred Shrines were profaned or destroyed. These outrages aromsed Peter the Hermit; and. In the latter part of the Bleventh century, he went from country to country, urging all Christians to sweep the Holy Land, and especially the Holy City, Jerusalem, dear of Mahometans and to avenge the la- Juries perpetrated on Christian pilgrims. Pope Urban n^e^iproved the plan and promised remission ofjslns to all who should enter on this holy war. All Europe went mad with religious seal. "Id Deus vultf** ("God wills It I") was their war cry. Thousands and hundreds of thousands donned the blood-red cross which was to be the badge of the mission. Debtors, felons, servant^, monks and other classes bound in one way or another were freed on promise to march against the Infidels. An enormous international army was raised for the purpose. Its chief commander being Godfrey du Bouillon, duke of Lorraine. But early In 1006, before the organized expedition could get under way, a disorganized mob of 200,- 000 men, women and children, under the personal leadership of Peter the Hermit, started across Europe for Jerusalem. They never reached their destination. Without discipline, food or sufficient arms, they straggled on eastward, their ranks dally thinning through desertion, disease and famine, until of all that vast motley horde a bare 7,000 reached the eastern banks of the Bosphorus. There they were set upon and literally cut to pieces by the Turks. On August 15, 1096, Godfrey de Bouillon's host began Its march to Palestine, reaching Constantinople on Christmas day. Wrangles of various sorts, disputes SB to precedence In command, bad management and Insufficient supplier hampered their movements from first to last. The expedition, which started with so holy tm aim, began to feel the Influence of polltics, corruption and personal ambition. Nevertheless, held together by Godfrey's genius, they defeated, one after another, the Mahometan armies sent against them, and at last laid siege to Jerusalem Itself. The Holy City fell after about a month's defense, and the victorious crusaders put to death In horrible fashion every Mahometan defender they could lay their hands on. Moslem men, women and even babies were slaughtered mercilessly by these Upholders of the Gospel of Peace, and Godfrey was chosen king of Jerusalem. A second crusade, urged on by St. Bernard and led by Louis VII of France, followed a few years later. An •nsuecessful effort was made to capture Damascus, and, altogether, the vaature was without any real results. For eighty-eight years the Christians held Jerusalem. Then the Moslems recaptured It In 1100 a third great crusade was begun, the prime mov^r and leader being King Richard I of England, suraamed Goeur de Lion (Lion Heart). Again the leaders quarreled among themselves and swerved from the true purpose of their mission. They won a few barren victories, but failed wholly to win Jerusalem. Crusade followed crusade, none achieving true success. At length the belief spread that the expeditions failed because of the sins and worldllness of the men who embarked upon them. Churchmen declared that the Holy Land could be snatched from the Infidel by none but Innocent^ hands. Innocence then, as now, was not a common commodity among men of war, so It was decided to raise an army of little children and send them against the Moslems. The new venture was known as the Children's crusade. It was the saddest, most pitiful tragedy In all history. Fifty thousand children, some of them mere babies, set out for Palestine In 1212. They went, assured bf their parents and by the priests, that theirs was the solemn privilege of restoring Palestine to Christianity. They set forth With high hopes. But they starved:, fell ill, were lost In strange lands, died or were sold as slaves. The crusades were the most glorl: ous, sublime failures In the annals of the world. They constituted a mistake that can never wholly l»e condemned. They accomplished nothing permanent, yet they did much to Sirlstlanlae, unite and teach the otherhood of man to Europe's warring nations. They remain forever a monument of fhe llfe-sacrlflcee--magnificent, If futile---that hien have made and ever will make, for their faith. Fish Has Many Namea The skimback Is a local name In the Mississippi valley for a fish, one of the most common of the carp suckers (Carplodes cyprlnjjg), otherwise, known as^allflsh, fjulllbaek, etc. Wa All Relative toere wouldn't be any success If there were no failures, because there would tye nothing with which to compare success.-^-Atcliison Globe Similarity in Treea The forest service says that the eucalyptus tree and the giant redwood tree are very similar In all respects. Generally! speaking, the giant #«4*«od is taller than the eucalyptus. 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' * ' Every rod of Zinc Insulated American Fence'Is guaranteed to equal or outlast in actual length of service any other fence made, of equal size \ wires and used under the same conditions. Any buyer who can show that it fails to do so will be supplied with an equal amount of new fence free. Come in and see this guaranteed fence, with its - extra heavy zinc insulation against weather. We have it in stock. ALEXANDER LUMBER COMPANY Phone S West MeHenry, 111* POLITICAL ADVERTISING MUM w«» OpettinqTodatf OVERTON & CO WEN Buick Dealers r,UL HamritDL Source of Mercury Supply Mercury Is generally found In this country in California and Colorado. Abroad It Is found In Spain nnd Austria. Mercury or quicksilver Is an element sometimes found native, but mostly derived from cinnabar. Minute freight Doctor Kuhlmann of Hamburg succeeded In registering weights as low ^s one. ten-millionth of a gramme. A Vote for EMMERSON is a Vote for Honest, Efficient State Administration Louis L. Emmerson, Republican candidate for Gov ernoiywill apply to the excoitiff departments the stone business efficiency which has characterized his administration of the office of Secretary of State. He will add enormous strength to the Republican ticket because of his popularity with all classes, his recognized ability^ and hi# pledge of better government. His platform widiKfc*» More rapid and economic construction of rosHt ind tke nlir -*,L,tioa of politics in road building. An economic and honest administration of tike State government. The working out of a plan for the surfacing of secondary roada without placing the burden upon the general tax payers. Better administration of tax laws and aound tax reform m order to relieve the farms, small homes and other visible property of the unequal burden they now carry. Elimination of spoils politics in the state institutions. Do not be misled by promises or threat* made by a political machine which it Jvxnrratelv by every means within its power to per- ' petuate itself in office for a third term On TUESDAY, APRIL. lOth, go to the Polls and VOTE for LOUIS L. EMMERSON REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR