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-•Vw-p 5' . . . < • ' • DAIRY AND POULTRY 4HTERE8TINQ CHAPTERS FOR OUR .* RURAL READER* >A% t •#* •:;.^i>epartm< '*. .."•* •f fal fwaun Opmto 'tilth t at ik* ftm--A r«w JBInU m to IIm C|N of Lh« Mock gi'ii if- -x tHj Ow S«pp)y> •^jFrom Farmers' Review: Some- tfinea we hear the remark that In a fittr years there will be an over sup­ ply of poultry and poultry product* at the rate at which the poultry busi­ ness is increasing. The item that the United States receives in imports, 15,- •••0,000 dozen eggs yearly will hardly ••Me with the above. Not only are •Eg* Imported, but pounds anjl pounds Of dressed poultry. From this it would Mem there is no danger of over pro- action. We must remember that the •population increases as fast or faster tlan the production of poultry in­ creases and every year sees a great tecresse in the consumption of poul­ try. Just as rapidly as we produce and tarnish to consumers eggs and poultry Is attractive and palatable shape the consumption will increase; also the Qrtco. Americans especially do not kick much on the price they pay for cetablfs if the eatab7.es Are good. The appetite for ess* and poultry is en- forging very rapidly, but to get gocd ^riccs for them the eggs must be fresh •end the poultry fat a&d healthy. Use care in gathering and sending the eggs to market; do not send them With dirty shells. Lately much $as been said and a little proven that eggs Whose shells have been washed will 4ecay sooner because the washing de- -etroys the gloss of the shell which is -* covering for the pores, somewhat ^preventing air entering. However this May be, a washed egg never looks as fresh and glossy m a clean unwashed egg. But we do not want to market dirty eggs; so what will we do? fur­ nish lots of nice clean nests and have -clean litter around and in front of the ««8ts so the hens may get some of the -dirt off their feet before going on the -nest Perhaps in future years we will have the hens educated to wipe their Xeet on cloths hung in front of their •JWBStS. Haveyoureggs oiean -and fresh. your fowls healthy and fat; then mar­ ket them in attractive packages and 45Dops. Wherever possible market di- .toect to the consumer. Do not worry -nbout the other fellows getting all the -custom of your town. The chances -mre they are sitting and worrying for -fsar some one else will cut a figure lit the case. Doing this will never get you a buyer. Oet up and hustle; emu­ late your best layers in the hn~Mlng and hunting line. Be brisk. rake «6me of your clean, fresh a a tdce clean hask«t and s nice u±"es9ed fowl or two. Be sure they are fat and plump, and call on some one you think would like your wares. If the tlrst house don't buy, try another; some one will want them. Then en- jghge more for the days that you can deliver them handily. , Never market an egg or a fowl that Is not of attractive appearance. Re­ member a pleased customer Is the best -advertisement, and act accordingly. It Won't be long until you can market •nil the surplus at a fair profit. Do not -Charge an exorbitant price, but charge enough to make some profit. Do not bewail because you cannot raise prize Winners, but make good customers by furnishing good products.-- Emma ^learwaters. OATBIMK mt CMUKIOW Dlaoaaa, ' •"!; There is at, all times the possibility that disease of a contagious character tbay break out among the animals of district or of a particular farm and people should be ready to act in such •Emergencies. As It is, we find over *nd avap o (rotn itUanao strikes £ district and comes as a complete sur­ prise with people quite unprepared •nd uninformed aB to what should be .4one In the premise?. We have seen Sis lately in the experience with an-rax, which camel ike a bolt out of ..•4 clear sky to .the dairy 'farmers •round Palatine, 111. Thousands of . |lmes during the past twenty years ,Agricultural papers have published ar­ ticles giving full description of the nymptoms of this fell disease and tell­ ing people what to do should a case feccur. Despite this fact when anthrax name into the locality Indicated the v farmers did not recognize it and some Ibst their lives by skinning carcasses *nd so acquiring the dreadful poison , «f the disease. This was but one phase of the matter and a new one has to be reported. In the district where /the first outbreak occurred the vet- * frinarian promptly recognized the dis­ ease and very wisely proceeded to stay Its further progress by vaccination ilrlth reliable vaccine and with such IMicceir that out of 2,200 cows vaccina­ ted but two died, representing a mor­ tality of one-tenth of one per cent This was surely a fine showing for the ,r tellable vaccine used and quite prop- ~*rly made farmers of a neighboring district anxious to have their cattle Vaccinated also. The veterinarian of «hat district tried to procure the same f iake of vaccine used around Palatine, ut failed, as the supply had been ex­ hausted. This being the iase, he was ltd to . jimploy another alleged vaccine put UDOn t.hn marlfof wfthnuj nwjnar f perimental tests to prove its rellat 1- Hy and protective merits. The results Were disastrous. From 10 to 100 per nent of the cattle Inoculated with this frude vaccine died and the results are Rot yet complete, as remaining cows tire sick and likely to die. The manu­ facturers of tho fatal vaccine will, of qiourse, have to pay every penny of fpss and damages also as the results Of this wholesale introduction of nnthrax virus into the district may be nerlous for years to come. It should ne remembered in this connection that the now vaccine was used prior to ths appearance of a case of anthrax in the district where it was used (Barrlng- tpn); that it was used entirely with the object of preventing an outbreak >n*id that it wag employed wholesale Without first trying it upon a few test Cows. After Injecting some three hun­ dred head the cattle first inoculated Commenced to sicken and die. Then all became sick and deaths occurred On every farm where the stuff had been used. Despite this fact, the af­ fected cattle were allowed to roam at *111 over the pastures, the dead were burled In shallow grave*, peepie came and went at will among tie Mtecteti animals. One can scarcity credit the absolute foolishne ̂ and fooIhardlneaB of such procedure. It has been stated time and again that anthrax Is com­ municable to man, that its spores lire practically for ever, that they may be brought to the surface from graves of anthrax-dead animals by earth worms and spread upon the grass years after the burial for the sure in­ fection of other animals pasturing ebout the graves. It has been advised hundreds of times that animals dead of anthrax should be burned or buried deeply in quick lime and that people should not skin the carcasses. Ir should be understood without telling that cattle snowing Bymptoms of the disease should be isolated and kept from spreading the germs upon the pastures, And, lastly, can one Im­ agine anything more foolish than the wholesale use of a vaccine that had apparently been put out by the mak­ ers as an experiment? A test should have been made by the attending vet­ erinarian, who had, however, confi­ dence in the manufacturers' good name and known reliability, so that he cannot be deservedly blamed in tht> matter. What shall we say of a firm that would offer for sale a virus that evidently contained the virus in vir­ ulent form so that it would give the disease to the inoculated animal in­ stead of preventing it from contagion? The courts will answer that question; iwBwwhiia rAitdem of the Review should take this lesson to heart and know how to act should anthrax ap­ pear in their districts. i - ii One of the' factors that enters Into the production of choice butter is uni­ formity in the quality of the cream that enters Into It, yet many patrons of creameries seem oblivious of this fact, or,- knowing it, shirk their individual responsibility. The Vermont Experiment Station has recently Issued a bulletin call­ ing attention to the Iocs suffered through the carelessness or indiffer­ ence of some creamery partons where cream gathering is practiced, the pat­ rons owning hand separators. Under such a system some dairy farmers will not take pains to keep the create sweet until it is delivered to the collector claiming that its- sweet or sour condi­ tion does not affect their individual pockets. The Vermont Experiment Station officers sty: "There is not only a chance that the sour cream may injure the entire lot of butter, but there is almost certain to be a direct financial loss to the dairyman in another way. It Is diffi­ cult and almost impossible to sample sour cream accurately, and it is diffi­ cult for the creamery receiving it to test it prope'y. Gas bubbles and In­ creased viscosity or gummlness are at the bottom of the trouble. The error oz sampling and testing will nine tii"*^ out of ten be in the direction of a low result. In other words the creamery patron who keeps and delivers his. cream in a sweet condition will ordi­ narily get a higher test and a larger check than he who allows his cream to sour, even though both creams be really of exactly the same grade. The chances are always in favor of an in­ accurate test. It is doubtful whether it is wise to urge a creamery to make any special efforts to test sour cream properly. It ought not in the first place to receive it, and, in the second place, if the patrons caqjiot see how much it is to their interests, as well as to the interests of the creamery, to keep the cream sweet, an indirect fine may be laid upon them in this way by giving them the low test which aour cream Is likely to receive." The writer visited the dairy depart­ ment of the Vermont Station this sum­ mer. Butter was being made every other day from "separated" cream. There the old Cooley creamers, that had been used in the days when the gravity method was the only means of securing cream, were utilized to keep sweet the cream product of the off days when no butter was made. The Vermont Station evidently practices what It preaches and bases Its opinions on actual results. The Station butter t>y a reputation and never lacks buy­ ers at almost any high figure the con­ sciences of the officials _ will permit them to charge for 11 Period af r»pttrty. A correspondent of Fa m-Foultry, writing to that paper says: I think you are responsible for saying in "Poultry Craft" "that you have known instances of hens laying fertile eggs eight days after male has been re­ moved," and it is generally understood that eggs are usually fertile four days after removal of male; but, Mr. Edi­ tor, I am able to enclose you results of an experiment that 1 am now con­ ducting which may interest you. The fifth day after males were removed I began saving five eggs from two pens, and on the tenth day I stopped, giv­ ing me six dsys' eggs. I stopped sav­ ing them because 1 was short for my customers, and because I thought at the time none could remain fertile for so long; but to my surprise, the eggs laid ten days after cocks were re­ moved proved fertile. Cocks were re» moved on night of July 13. PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Fertile. Clear, .uly It, 6 eggs 8 S lllio lO K «•>..< g «. July 20, 5 eggs ....5 -- July 21, 4 eggs . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -- July 22, 5 eggs 2 ' t July 23, i eggs .3 1 WHITE WYANDOTTES. Fertile. Clear. July II, S eggs *...4 1 July 19, 5 eggs ............4 July 20, 5 eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 July 21, 6 eggs .2 -4 July 22, 5 eggs • July 23, 6 eggs • *• •One broken Now this experiment has been car* rled on by myself, and I have used every precaution to get only correct results. I have now a pen of three R. I. Reds undergoing a similar experi­ ment, and I will report later on. I tested a Plymouth Rock pullet early in the season, and she gave me a fer­ tile ec« on the fourth day after male was removed. One batch of Impure milk delivered to a creamery or cheese factory will easily spoil the entire product for thai day, and work a great injustice to the r»hsr patrons. UTE DANIEL RAYo HE WAS FIRST MARSHALL OPtCRM- t TORY OF HAWAIL aihWM br Mltldu e« i«v i( i« gmw W-- • Vattv* United States Marsha! Barifi! A. Ray of the Territory of Hawaii, died in Honolulu recently of Bright's disease, complicated with heart failure. He had been United States marshal for Hawaii since the organic act took ef­ fect, being the first marshal appointed. D. A. Ray was well known as a politician and editor. He was appoint­ ed marshal of the island possession in June 1900, and sailed soon after for Honolulu. Mr. Ray was bora tn New York, bat cams west at an early age, settling In Chicago. From 1869 to 1873 he was editor of the Bloomlngton Pantagraph. Removing from that city to Spring­ field, he became secretary of the state senate and later assumed the editor­ ship of the Springfield Stalwart In 1SI0 Mr. Ray moved to Chicago, when be maintained bis home to the tine of his death. Mr. Ray for foor yean wm an In­ spector In the Chicago postoflica, and afterward was political editor and for a short time city editor ©£ « daily newspaper. For the six years preceding his appointment as marshal of Hawaii Mr. Ray was Senator Col- lom's private secretary. He was also secretary of the inter-state commerce commission. He is survived by font children, a daughter and three sona. The dangbts Is Miss Lily 1. Ray, wbo resides tn i DANIEL RAT. > Washington, D. C. One of the eons lives in Chicago, another in Detroit, and a third in Grand Rapids, Mich. ' GRAIN MOVED IN STREAMS* tMUu Might Scene at the late Elenton Nowhere in North America will yon come on a more thrilling night scene than the fresh water cargo tank un­ loading at Buffalo, says Rollln Lynde Hartt in the Atlantic. Here she lies, beneath the towering grain elevator, which thrusts a long pumping pipe (called the "leg") down through her hatchway. Mount the gangplank, dodging the spinning ropes that make your head reel; stumble about on the dark deck; look down, down, down, through the open hatch, and--zounds, what a sight! The hold glows with electricity. It Is misty with blown dust. It roars with mechanical activ­ ity. An enormous steel "shovel," big as the Inside of a house, and manipu­ lated by countless flying ropes, charges back and forth through the whole length of the ship, pitching the yellow grain before it, and heaping It up where the leg can get hold of it to whisk it into the bin that is somewhere up in the sky! Beneath, in the hold, an army of blue-clad men, with wooden "scoops," barely dodge the deadly shovel as they swing the grain Into its path. •lettsns of own. Many birds are choked to death by trying to swallow more than they are capable of. Hunters tell many tales of how they have found birds In the act of choking to death, and others that have died with the morsel half way down the throat, writes George E. Walsh. Birds that live on other creatures are the most likely to be choked in swallowing their food. They cannot always judge the size of the toad or fish they capture, and in the greed of the moment they gulp it down. Herons have even attempted to swallow water rats, which naturally make a difficult mouthful for them. Fish hawks and gulls often attempt to swallow fish too large for their throat, and while they generally disgorge their meal, they occasionally get caught and die from the effects of their greed. When one of them gets a fish too large for ita throat stuck half way down it becomes helpless and unable to fly, and it generally seeks some rest­ ing place. Herons have been known to Impale hawks on their bills, and the two have died together.--Detroit Free Prest T<--taar-Crwd IftmfU. The very newest idea in leather decoration Is an entire mantel In a ricb shade of green, which was ar­ ranged for a Long Island woman who was dissatisfied with the ugly mantel in the dining room of her country home and was advised to try the ef­ fect of hiding the disfiguring projec­ tion with leather. The result was a complete success and several of her friends have followed her example to the extent of having leather mantel drapery, If not entirely Incasing the chimney corner. For an Indian room or a den a hanging of leather In a rich vermilion tone, with an Indian's head skillfully etched on it, lends a decid­ edly bright bit of color.--Detroit Free Press. SUGGESTION TO ROOSEVELT. Paper Tetts d*m His Oaalaf Already the Washington cMmspond- ants are writing President Roceevclfs Message for him--albeit ha Is atOl In possession of bis voice and sen cen- maad the services of e typewriter. If. however, Mr. Roosevelt Intends to cover one-half of the ground laid out for him by the correspondents our advice to him Is to issue his message in serial form, says the Chicago Rec­ ord-Herald. He has the pen of a ready writer and an exhaustless fund of ' leas of his own to draw on, and yet he is said to contemplate the incor­ poration of the reports of bis cabinet officers in bis own reviews of "the •tate of th® Union" and recommenda­ tion of those things he judges "neces­ sary and expedient" for the considera­ tion of congress. If President Roosetelt will oonsult the sound sense of the American people be will make his message unique in the history ef modern presidential xnes£ages by its brevity. He can say all that is necessary to be said at this time in a message of 5,000 words, and by wring the reports of the departments as appendixes tn less space. The constitutional Idea of the presi­ dent's message was thpt It was for th® "Information" of coupt«»R= the people. But that was bafore the dally press hail enm« to keep the nubile bet­ ter informed as to the etate of the union than It could be If presidential messages were issued weekly. The president cannot do better be­ tween now and the first week In De­ cember than to devote his spare time --of which be will not have too much --to the strenuous task of condensing what is necessary and eliminating what Is unnecessary to be said in bis first message to congresa. He should be familiar with the superiority In range and accuracy of a rifle over a blunderbuss. Every unnecessary word In a presi­ dent's message Increases the oppor­ tunity tor error. DIED FAR FROM HOME. Aimtanu Prlacta Who Ml f" ' to Pta--• Mr BallaU, The death of Prince Henri d'Orleans calls attention to the fact that princes who go roaming about the world have no protection against the common fate, and frequently die far away from the land of their birth, of diseases due to the climate, or even sometimes from a bullet The Prince Imperial was killed in the Zulu war In South Africa; Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig- Holstein died of fever in the Boer war, and Prince Henry of Battenberg died of fever in a little war on the West Coast of Africa. The Prince of Conde, a young man of great promise, and pas­ sionately fond of travel, died In Aus­ tralia. Now Prince Henri d'Orleans dies in Saigon, Indo-China. Prince Henri gained much notoriety through his visit to Abyssinia and his subse­ quent duel with the Count of Turin. It was a genuine duel, and real blood was shed In it; but the prince died, after all his adventures, of ap^ abscess on the liver. A relative of Prince Henri fought another celebrated duel in 1870. He was the Duke of Montpensier, and he fought with the Duke of Seville, whom he kitieu, greatly tc hie dis­ may and the surprise of the spectators. They were both brothers-in-law of Queen Isabella of Spain. A Bourbon Prince who has protested recently against duelling in all its forms is the brother of Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne. This Prince, Don Alfonso, is a devout man and a good citizen, but he cannot enter Spain, for in case of the death of Don Jayme he would become his brother's heir as representative of the Carllst cause.-- New York Press. ; Km MOMJ*S Worth. m»rr Ann," said the economical husband at the summer resort hotel., "let the mashed turnips alone and take some more of those cream potatoes. Think what they're charging us bere for hoard!"--Chicago Tribune. •#: Or*rw«l(hl On a hot afternoon last summer, when every self-supporting young woman In London was enjoying the lot of the "simply clinging" female, a stout, elderly lady, somewhat resem­ bling a violet silk balloon, waddled out of her carriage and entered the post- office. The "young persons" behind the brazen latticework kept the stout lady waiting for nearly a minute and a half before one of them was at leis­ ure to weigh her parcel, reply to a dosen questions and issue the needful 8tamps. In consequence of the un­ seemly delay, the stout lady (who kept her coachman waiting by the hour while she killed time in superfluous shopping) was naturally annoyed. "And do you expect me," she asked arrogantly, "to put the stamps on my­ self?" "Why, no, madam," replied the postoffice girl, demurely, "I'm afraid we could hardly send you by post for 4^d." Om Mali la Nine Heaths. In a private letter to a Goteborg editor dated Tjarkhlik, April 27, the Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin, relates that he had just got his first mail and received his first news of the world in nine monihs. His Chinese companions and servants were gentle and amiable. At Tjarkhlik he fitted out a caravan of the thirty-eight camels, twenty-four horses and seventy mules. His jour­ ney for 170 Swedish miles had led h|ni thrnnrh an absolutely nnA*nlnred part of Asia. On one occasion, when his caravan was In danger of perish­ ing through lack of water, a mass of snow was luckily found in a gulch. Another time the party was saved by blocks of sweet Ice floating on salt water.--Indianapolis News. Gamblers Bdnf "Jeromed." Gambling scandals have affrighted the merry Portuguese. A Jerome of Lisbon has taken the matter into his especial charge and has been making raids on fashionable clubs. In a club, In Cascaea, which Is visited each year by the royal court Itself, he smashed his way into a private room and there caught thirty-four of the elite of the kingdom. Thousands of dollars were on the table, and they were all gath­ ered in with the gamblers. The thirty- four aristocrats spent the night In jail, and they haven't seen their0 money since nor do they harbor rosy hopes re­ garding a change in this condition. Confiscating the "dough" is a trick that Hew Tork's raiders are overdoing.-- New Tork Press. .- . & i ". • ' v '?J ^ > • . ILLINOIS ITEMS Sylvanus M. Warner, for forty years a leading grain buyer of Henry county, died at Kewanee, aged 84. He came to Illinois from Leeds, Canadl, in 1838. The Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway eompany, being desirous of double tracking its line through Lske Forest, asked the city council there for permission to do so. The council Is willing, but in return desires to ma­ cadamize Green Bay road from Fort Sheridan depot to Helm's crossing, light McKinley road w.th elect. Icity and agree to lesser Items. Bishop McCabe in, his annual sermon before the Rock River conference at Chicago criticised the Roman Catholic creed ahd Christ an Science. " Several cases of smallpox and quite a number of Cuban itch cases are re­ ported at Red bud. The public schools are closed for two weeks. An Italian fruit dea'er at Chicago wounded a woman while shooting at boys wbo annoyed him. Mob wanted to lynch him. Otto Lunk, aged 40 years, was killed by Adolph Scboeler in an Illinois Cen­ tral freight car four miles f.om Kan­ kakee. She men are porters and had. been friends In Chicago for many y»a.rm. Bcho«ler was captured by the officers within S few hours after the murder. When he saw'that escape was impossible he drew the same knife that he had killed bis friend with and attempted suicide. His throat was badly cut, but hs is expected to live. Lunk's body was not discovered until the train reached Ashburn. The pris­ oner had |70 and a gold watch on his *>ody when captured, w-ich it is sup­ posed had been taken from Lunk. William Defreitas, a farm hand, has been indicted and placed under fl,700 bonds to appear for trial on the charge of attempting to blow up a church at Hickory, seven miles north of - Vir­ ginia. Two large sticks of dynamite with thirty feet of fuse attached were found under the furnace pipes in the church last Sunday morning. The dis­ covery was made by David Carr and the janitor. The dynamite was direct­ ly underneath the pew occupied by Mr. Carr and family. The grand Ju:y or­ dered the amst of D.f.-eitaa. Two months ago Mr. Carr's barn was dis­ covered on fire. After the fire was ex­ tinguished It was found that the barn and a thrashing outfit had been satu­ rated with oil. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, resulting In the arrest of Defreitas. The Pekin Woman's c'.ub at Its reg­ ular meeting voted against the propo­ sition to admit colon d women's clubs into the National Federation of Wom­ en's clubs. The vote str>od 16 to 6, Gov. Yates arrived Saturday night from Springfield and sp^nt Sunday with his mother. He gave out the following appointments: Assistant state printer, H. W. Jones of Fulton county; county members of the state board of charities, Dr. J. A. Glenn of Cass county and Capt A. H. Wright of McHenry county. These appointments will fill vacancies whh;h i^ave existed for several months. \. . Robbers entered Bank of MarysvlUe at Potomac and secured f',500. The October grand jury, which re­ ported at Rockford, failed to find in­ dictments against Malachy Hogan, Harry Forbes and Jack O'Keefe, all of Chicago, held to that body under bonds for participation In sparring bouts at the Stringers' picnic in Rockford last June. Edward Morris, a section man on the Big Four railroad, was killed at Litch­ field by a freigh* train. Mrs. Mary Thompson, an old resi­ dent of Rogers Park dim) Monday at the Tabitha Lutheran Hospital from old age. Mrs, Thompson was 80 years' old, and was a widow. Some time ago she fell and broke the left leg above the knee. Death was due to old age and complications caused by the in­ jury. Henry Ketta, who has been a soldier In the Philippines for the past two years, has returned to Waukegan, to ilie bur prise of his relatives, who had understood he was dead. He was a member of the Fourth regiment. Last spring he wrote to his aunt that ne was very sick. The same day his name appeared in the death list. The convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union at Gales- burg voted to retain the annual mem­ bership dues at 60 cents Instead of fl, as proposed. The following Illinois postmaster has been appointed: McNoel. Massac coun­ ty, H. C. Green, vi»*w A. Mcprory. The first business session of the an­ nual convention of the Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's clubs was held in Peoria with a large attend­ ance and nearly all the clubs of the state represented. Reports were pre­ sented from a number of the officials and the different c.ubs du Ing the day. The rod mills of the Illinois Steel eompany at Joliet, which had just started up after the long strike, have been closed by the breaking of a main shaft. State Federation of Labor may seek aid of federal courts to stop convict labor at Joliet. William Kennedy, a patrolman at Bloomlngton, and Miss Kate Holland, sister of Alderman Edward Hplland, were married at Holy Trinity. About 100 veterans of the Seventy- sixth Illinois Volunteers attended the fifteenth annual camp fire at Kanka­ kee. ^ : Alden F. Brooks oi Chicago uas been commissioned to paint the portrait of the late Governor Tanner for which the last assemblv appropriated $1,000. Th^regular meeting of the board of pardons' -convened. Tjhe following cases were continued: William Brown, Adams county; Asa Hodgeman, Cook county, larceny; John Hickman, Jack­ son county, murder; Chester Smith, Knox county, burglary and larceny; James Devorach, Cook county, burg­ lary; Edward Dempsey, Cook county, burglary and larceny; Joseph Zuraskl, petit larceny, Cook county; Thomas Hickman, Jackson county, murder. The petition of John Schroll, Vermilion county, for murder, was stricken from the docket JAPANESE RAILWAYS. At Mattoon James Rourke of Pittsburg, Pa., was shot and killed by John Herman, a painter. Rourke was in the city attending the street fair and drank Incessantly. He was locked up by the police while bordering on deliri­ um tremens, but released later. Fri­ day evening he ran amuck, slashing his own person with a knife and lunging atv passers-by. He entered Herman's residence while the family was at sup­ per and sought to kill two girls. Her­ man darted into another room, secured a revolver and shot the madman in the heart as the latter had a weapon poised to kill him. Miss Marie C. Brehm elected at Gale&burg convention as president of the IUinms W. C. T. U. to succeed Mrs. Rounds. ^ ; Increase of 1113,675,036 in Illinois as­ sessment for 1902 over previous year shown by returns of state board of equalisation. Daniel Faiike arrested at Grand Forks, N. D., charged with murder of Mr. and Mrs. John Bobb near Freeport, ill., last year. Thieves at Chicago rob several flats on the South side. Hold-up men fought off by their victim. West side house looted for the third time with­ in a year. A divorce granted at a quiet hearing of the Whiteside county circuit couit at Morrison, has caused much com­ ment. The suit was brought by Flor­ ence E. Dillon against her husband, John M. Dillon, the charge being de­ sertion and non-support. The decree was signed by Judge F. D. Ramsey shortly after the evidence was heard. Dillon is at present a student at the Hahneman medical college In Chicago. His marriage took place at Milwauke* several years ago, but he never resided with his wife. Judge Thomas H. Boyd, aged 85, la dead at Carrollton. He waiismade pro­ bate judge in Calhoun county in 1847 and in Greene county in 1867, serving eight y£ars In the latter county. In 1872 he was elected to the Illinois legis­ lature and served four sessions. The annual convention at Peoria of the State Federation of Colored Wom­ en's clubs came to an end with an in­ teresting address by Miss Bowen of the Mountain Maids' Institute. Spring­ field was selected as the next meeting place, the usual resolutions were adopted and officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Presi­ dent, Mrs. Jennie McLain, Springfield; vice-presidents, Mrs. Sarah Rled, Chi­ cago; Mrs. Julia Duncan, Springfield; Mrs. R. Yates, Evanston; Mrs. Alice Stanford, Peoria, and Mrs. A. R. Fields, Peoria; secretary, Mrs. Fannie Imman- uel, Chicago; as.-istant secretary, Mrs. Georgia Hall, Pcor.a; treasurer. Mm. M. H. Anderson, Chicago, Rock Elver conference declared In fa­ vor of granting women the right of representation in the Methodist gen­ eral conferences. The state boaid of health is advised of an outbreak of Bmallpox in Nepon- set and Venice In Madison county. The attorney general has rendered an opin­ ion to the effect that counties are lia­ ble for all expenses In connection with the care and treatment of smallpox patients, with the exception of the ex­ penses of enforcing quarantine regula tions, for which expenses the cities are liable. Rev. Sheldon A. Harris, a Congrega tional minister of Dwight, was elected vice president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor at Joliet. His elec­ tion, the delegates claim, Will bring about a better understanding between the church and organized labor. Mr. Sheldon had two opponents, but was elected on the first ballot by a large majority over both. Other officers elected are: President, Adam A. Mensche, c;gar m ker. Kewanee; sec retary-treasurer, James F. Mo: ris, min­ er, Springfield. Fine weather and Military Day drew an immense attendance at the corn ex­ position at Peoria. Thousands attend­ ed from all central Illinois. There was a parade through the principal streets, participated in by several companies of state milita and cavalry. After the parade a prize drill was held, company K, Fifth infantry, of Delavan, carry­ ing off the first prise for the infantry, and troop D of Springfield the first for the cavalry. The naval reserves of Mollne also gave a drill. Rock River conference at Chicago appointed committee to investigate charge that the Rev. G. K. Hoover mis­ appropriated funds of the American Home Finding Mission. The new St. Franc s hospital at Peo­ ria was thrown open to the public and during the ten hours that it was open thousands passed through the doors. The stately five-'atory stone building, costing $115 000, occupies a command­ ing position on the east bluff. The Sisters of St. Francis are in charge. Numerous presents were made to the institution on the opening day. Mother Thecla has direction of the sixty sis­ ters who pet as nurses. The exact time of the official dedication by Bish­ op Spalding has not been fixed. Sam Casey, Albert Watson and B. A. Marshall, owners of the hotel at Mt Vernon, known as the Jefferson House, have traded the property to W. C. Ingram for a farm of 134 acres In Moore's Prairie township, known as the Flint farm. The Jefferson House is now under the management of T. J. Broom. Two large sticks of dynamite were found above the pipes attached to the furnace of the Hickory church, in Cass county, by the Jan'tor and David Carr. a prominent member of the church, who were cleaning the pipes. The few linemen still working at Waukegan for the Chicago Telephone conipany have been Intimidated strikers and others. A walking delegate has been trying to get them to quit work. The company is advertising for laborers and offers them $2.50 a day for eight hours' work, but has few applicants. The Rev. E. W. and Mrs. Clarke cel­ ebrated their golden wedding at Pana. Dr. Clarke is well known, was founder of Irvington College, and has been in the Presbyterian ministry tor fifty-two yeers. <Ne» VhouMS . n--« In OjMraUm. > of the railway system In Japan goes on uninterruptedly. The most recent returns give the length of railway lines as 3635 miles--83S miles of government and 2802 miles of private railway on March 31, 1200. This makes an increase of sixty-five miles of government and 160 miles of private railway since April 1, 1899, n length of 215 miles in all. The prin­ cipal private lines are the Nippon railway, mileage 867 miles; Kyushu railway, mileage 270 miles* Hokkai­ do Tanko railway, mileage, 207 miles. A private railway law and railway business law were promulgated on March 16, 1900 for the better exercise of control over the construction of railways and matters connected with railway work In general, etc., and reg­ ulations for the carrying out of the private railway law, setting forth in detail the method of obtaining offi­ cial sanction to railway undertakings, and the mode of operations, etc., were Issued on August 10, 1900. The above laws and regulations came into force on October 1, 1900. Sleeping cars were brought into use on the Tokaido line from the same date. Speaking of loco­ motives, the above journal says that the Japanese railway companies, with tew exceptions, have discarded Amerl- can locomotives in favor of those ef : British manufacture, merely using up* ' I knt - .k.l. isu% aavpt, i cj/iouiouiug, uict* us the former, sis tbey have experienced r - so much trouble from their boilers. It Is only by one or two of the smaller railway companies and of the Hok- kaldo railway that orders for loco ^ i motives are still placed in the United States, and for two reasons--cheapness and dispatch. - -.rf' For example, specifications were re- . cently issued for locomotives tor tbe Hokkaido railway, for which British manufacturers were allowed to tender, -^1 b u t b o t h t h e l i m i t , o f t i m e a n d t h e ^ i price obtainable were insuperable oh- stacles to the order being given to the /v/ United Kingdom. During 1900 thirty ^ locomotives were ordered from Brit- , =* lsh factories, an order for twenty-tour > | of them, valued at £66,000, being placed In November. Two of the four f ^ sleeping cars which are in use on the r government railway came from Eng- * land, and two from the United States. ' y The former are found to be much bet- * ter and to give greater satisfaction. ... While it Is probable that those re^ /tk ' '"Tf; quired for future use will be construct- ^ ed in Japan, the United Kingdom will ^ benefit by supplying the fittings, suoh as wheels, sole bars, buffers and springs, which are net made here. Tbe Formosan railway last year or­ dered six locomotives to be delivered at Kee-Lung, and steel and other ma­ terials for bridge-making. To save duty the bridges are made at Osaka, and thence sent on to the island,--En­ gineering. •>- A. "-N •f. / THE ENERQETIO HEft •he DMa't ObJ*et to BOMMI'I Om Bar Kgg bftaf. There was Once an Energetic Hen who paid Strict Attention to Duty, | and never was below the Average in her Dalily Output of Eggs. Each time |; that she Laid an Egg a Rooster would Crow Lustily and excitedly, and An- f. . nounce the Fact to the World. Now, there were Certain Hens that belonged to the Gossip Brigade, and they were ; ^ Filled with Envy because-of This. So they went to the Energetic Hen and||p said: "We think it is Just Awful the, way Mr. Rooster takes all the Credit; for your Success. Every day h* Crows and ExuRs over What is Really ^ : your Achievement" But the Energetic Hen smiled Cheerfully and Answered:;, ^ "Do not Lose any More Sleep over it, j for he is my Press Agent" Moral: If you Make a Success at Minding your ^: ̂ ••is. Own Business, all your Friends Assist you In Minding it.--Joch Wink in Baltimore American. > twettnnH of CkaiMtw "The character of William Mo» KInley was the embodiment of sweet­ ness; in all the years of my personal contact with him in the halls of Con­ gress, never once was his temper ruf­ fled. He was master of himself, and therefore fit to be master oi others. Never once, even in the midst oi the excitement of debate was he be­ trayed into the use of invective or per­ sonal sarcasm. Of all the men who have been in the House of Representa­ tives during my experience there, none was ever so much beloved by his as­ sociates, and by his political opponents ss well. He never allowed the truth to be misrepresented by party am­ bition."--Abram S. Hewitt before tbe New York Chamber of Commerce ̂ will ^ Vc;J: Uttar Bag* at Savwlg«s.t A Berlin newspaper has recently published some curious detalla re­ specting the letter bags of the prin­ cipal European sovereigns. It is tbe pope who breaks the record, as he re­ ceives every day from 22,000 to 23,000 letters and newspapers. King Edward VII comes next with 3,000 newspapers and 1,000 letters. The csar and tbe German emperor receive each from 600 to 700 letters, appeals, etc.; the king of Italy, 500; Queen Wilhelmina from 100 to 150. The pope, says the same authority, employs no fewer than thir- hr.flve cAPrdtai'lAB Tho TTmnnrrti» tCTll . llam writes a great deal himself, end since Queen Victoria's death he has used black-bordered paper. la ordi­ nary times he uses large sheets of light blue or dark gray paper. "Discharge that court jester Imme­ diately!" roared tbe medieval mon­ arch. "Yes, sire," answered the min­ ister. "Shall I assign a reason?" "If you choose. He has no sense of hu­ mor." "But his jests are accounted ex­ cellent" "That may be. But I re­ peat, he has no sense of humor. This was proved this morning. I told htm e comic quip of my own and be ffclbj to laugh."--Washington Star. Th* Yalae af hnjr. Mr. Meddergrass. Well, toy Han* kins, th'mometer was up to a hundred an' ten in the shade t'day. Mrs. Med­ dergrass. Lan* sakes! them Mnnfcfnssj •11 be wuss stuck up than ever new Baltimore American. St. Louis street cars IBM one oereons last yean. jui ; • s . . . . "ity I rl