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Tltc McHenry Plaindealer Published by F. G. 8CHREINER. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Santo Domingo has sold her navy for $1,750, and is now defenseless. Meanwhile the man in the moon is still looking for the comiijg .flying ma­ chine. ' Wilbur Wright has spoiled the jests of those funny Frenchmen who did not believe he could fly. A Chicago woman shot at a burglar and hit her baby. Next time she'll know which to aim at. COL NEW JERSEY MAN MADE CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY. ONLY ONE BALLOT NEEDED Oth*r Officers Are Elected--Mrs. Gill- man of Roxbury, Mass., New President of Woman's Relief Corps. THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS IN THE NEVADA TOWN. Property Loss $750,000--<Conflagration Checked by Dynamite--Business Section in Ruins. Toledo, O.--Col. Henry M. Nevius of Red Bank, N. J., was elected com­ mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of ~ ~ * . 'the Republic Thursday. The election Baltimore is going to %bo.ish some i occurred on the fim h&UQ{< which gave Mr. Nevius 454 votes compared with 254 for former Gov. Van Sant of Minnesota, and 90 for L. T. Dickason On motion of the former r>0 grade crossings at an expense $7,000,000. Progressive Baltimore! of In view (if the fact that Chicago is wasting !*3,000.000.000 gallons of water j o f Illinois a year, i t is for tunate that the lake is handvbv. A New Jersey,court decides that it is not unlawful for a man to swear at his wife. Perhaps not. but many find it dangerous. The small boy sometimes gets tanned when he disobeys and goes swimming, and sometimes again when he gets home. Chicago professors still lead in re^ search work. One has now indicted the dove for not being gentle, and says be can prove it. Germany's financial enthusiasm over Count Zeppelin is evidence that the value of his airship as an instru­ ment of war is fully recognized. That couple who were married in the lion's den in one of the amusement parks must have thought marriage was all the comic papers pictured it. The American woman who has been awarded $1.000.00u by a decision of the French court can now choose her count or prince, unless she prefers a duke. A man cannot make a balloon ascen­ sion in Austria without the written consent of his wife. It's getting so a man can't even get off the earth on his own responsibility. The agricultural department has discovered rats that are afflicted with pathogenic haemogregarine hepato- soon perniciosunr This is even worse than arterio-sclerosis. Down in Rio they figure that by i 1915 there will not be any stored up surplus or visible supply of coffee in the world; but what can they tell about the chicory crop? As a matter of fact, Christopher Co­ lumbus or some other worthy person should be standing on nearly every street corner offering passers-by a drink of water these davs. If the sultan of Turkey heeds the warning notice that he must dismiss his harem and live forthwith in Eu­ ropean fashion, with one wife, the cost of living for him is going to be very much reduced. A Montana brakeman was fined $800 for getting a pass for his wife and then giving it to another woman. The fine probably didn't bother him nearly so much as what his wife had to say when she heard about it. In the advance notices Edison's new flying machine is almost as wonderful as his late storage battery which peo­ ple used to sit up nights to wait for lest they should * miss its first tri­ umphal progress past a given point. It is said that there is enough coal in Alaska to put off the fuel famine from the exhaustion of coal which had been predicted at the end of the pres­ ent century. This news will be a great relief to present coal consumers who have been alarmed over what they had to expect in about 90 years. The New York board of education is struggling with a matrimonial epi­ demic, which is devastating the schools. And to add to the horrors of the situation. Cupid, in defiance of the new fashionable fads, is teaching the conjugation of the verb "To love" In the good old-fashioned way. The double veil has made its appear­ ance in fashionable society, and men are complaining that they cannot rec­ ognize their women friends. It is something of an odd coincidence that just as the women of semicivilized Turkey are rejoicing in flinging off their concealing veils as disadvan­ tages the 'highly civilized women of the west are adopting them. Minnesota executive the nomination ; of the New Jersey man was made f uhanimous. | Other officers were chosen as fol ! lows: Senior vice-commander, J. Kent 1 Hamilton of Ohio; junior vice-com- ( mander, C. C. Royce of California; chaplain-in-chief, J. F. Spence of Ten­ nessee; sui geon-in-chief, G. Lane Tan- I nehill of Maryland. ! Col. Nevius, a native of New Jersey, ! was studying law with the late Rus- | sell A. Alger of Michigan when the war broke out, and enlisted from the 1 state with the Lincoln cavalry. He j rose to a commission with the Seventh I Michigan and the Twenty-fifth New ! York cavalry regiments, and lost an i arm in front of Fort Stevens when the I union army was engaged with Gen. j Early. ! The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs. \V. L. Gillman of Roxbury, Mass., I president. ; March of the Veterans. Toledo. O.--For an hour or more Wednesday the great parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, with its attendant throngs, served merely as the background of as dramatic an ! incident as has enlivened a political | campaign in some years, namely the public meeting of William H. Taft and his erstwhile rival, Senator Jo­ seph Benson Foraker. The Republican leader and his an­ tagonist politically of the pre-conven- tion canvass met in the official review­ ing stand, shook hands, smiled and ex­ changed greetings, while from' .thou­ sands of throats came cheer after cheer as the significance of the inci­ dent dawned upon the beholders. Mr. Taft, bronzed from much golf and some fishing in Middle Bass island, ignorant of the impending meeting, arrived from the island on ; Commodore Richardson's power boat I Jassamine at 10:30 o'clock in the ! morning. His progress along the streets in an automobile, accompanied, by Gen. Corbin, President Lewis of | the Middle Bass Fishing club, and I Mayor Whitlock, was a continued ova- ! tion. The thousands in the reviewing stand stood when he entered, and for ; some time after he had become seated. Then Senator Foraker appeared and the two shook hands cordially and chatted together. Parade a Great ̂ Success. The parade was remarkable for the absence of accidents and cases of ex­ haustion, and for the good order which prevailed, not only among the dense crowds along the line of march, but throughout the city. Mayor Whitlock stated that despite the crowd of 100,- 000 visitors there had been fewer acci­ dents, fewer misdemeanors and less work for the police generally than on any average day of the year. Aside from a veteran who was slightly bruised by being hit by an ambulance, there were no accidents, and not more than a dozen visited the hospital as the result of fatigue. Estimates of the number of veterans in line varied from 8,000 to three times that number, but it is doubtful if there were more than 12,000. The various posts marched with half a block be­ tween them, and the departments were even further apart. There was a good ten feet separating each ra^^of marchers and it was this liberality of space which made it require four hours to pass the reviewing stand. Fully half the veterans wore the badges of either Michigan or Ohio. G. A. R. Selects Salt Lake City. Toledo, O.--Salt Lake City won over Washington Friday for the forty-third annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic next year by a vote of 461 to 104. Rawhide, Nev.--Three thousand peo­ ple homeless, a score or more injured, and a property loss of over $750,000, is the result of a disastrous fire which started at nine o'clock Friday morn­ ing in Dr. Gardner's office located in the Rawhide Drug company's building. Fanned by a gale .the fire swept rap­ idly south and east to Balloon avenue and up Rawhide avenue to within 50 yards of the People's hospital. Over a ton and a half of dynamite was used in the demolition of build­ ings which in a measure stayed the flames' progress. The volunteer fire department and 500 miner volunteers worked heroically, but on accoiint of the inflammable construction of the buildings they were swept away like tinder. At 11 o'clock the business portion of Rawhide was a smoldering mass of ruins, the flames being finally checked south of Balloon avenue. A famine was feared as all the sup­ ply houses and grocery stores were wiped out. A subscription was started and in & few mintites over $5,000 was raised and a relief train started from Reno at four o'clock, carrying thousandr of pounds of foods and bedding. All the mining towns of the state came quickly to the assistance of the Rawhide sufferers with cash contri­ butions. The San Francisco Mining exchange at once sent a contribution of $500. Plans were well under way for a re­ construction of the town before the ashes were thoroughly cool. The fire was brought under control after destroying the entire business section with the exception of one grocery store. This store has sold all of its provisions and unless food is rushed here there will be much suffer­ ing. Two commercial travelers are re­ ported to have lost their lives in the burning of the Ross hotel, but this has not been confirmed. The town has been placed .under martial law. RIOTER PLEADS GUILTY. Youth Admits Part in Springfield Race War and Is Sentenced. Springfield, 111.--The first of the rioters who participated in the re­ cent race war to appear for trial was Roy Young, who Friday entered a plea of guilty to the charge of bur­ glary, larceny, arson and riot. He con­ fessed to having set fire to many negro homes. Young swore that his age was 15, whereupon Judge Creigh- ton sentenced him to the Pontiac re­ formatory. George Richardson, who was in­ dicted for assault upon Mrs. Hallam, and who later was exonerated, was ordered released from the Blooming- ton jail. Springfield, 111.--The special grand jury called to probe the recent race war adjourned Thursday night after returning 17 more indictments. This makes a total of 117 during the ses­ sion. Among the indictments re­ turned Thursday were those against, four Springfield policemen, Oscar Dahlkamp, Joseph Ferendez, George H. Ohlman and George W. Dawson. They are indicted for alleged failure to suppress the riot when detailed for that duty. Sheriff Warner, Chief of Police Wil­ bur Morris, Capt. Charles Walsh of troop D, Springfield, and other offi­ cers are commended by the grand jury. The report condemns alleged "cowards" among the officials. What chance has a yomi^ rnun to rise in the employment of a large cor­ poration? is a question frequently asked. Of course it depends largely on the young man; but according to a statement recently sent out by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, G7 of the 85 principal officers o' the com­ pany started at the bottom and worked up. A fact l ike this Is wor thy many volumes of theorizing on the subject Hanly Calls Extra Session. Indianapolis, Ind. -- Gov. J. Frank Hanly Friday afternoon issued a call for an extra session of the In­ diana legislature to meet in Indianapo­ lis September 18 to consider four sub­ jects. They are county local option law, the repeal of the grant by the last legislature of $120,548 unexpended balances appropriated to state institu­ tions by the last legislature from re- \erting to the general fund September 30, which would have occurred on ac­ count of an error in the present law, and to give the governor power to deal with troubles in southern Indiana that may be caused by night riders. Queer things are al lege,1 10 get (n tn sausages, and perhaps the experience of a lady in Wakefield. Mass , should not cause surprise. She Was eating sausage when she bit a tack and broke a front tooth. Thereupon the la . lv went into court, and a jwrv has just awarded her $2,00(f damages. That i s the New England spirit, says the Bos ton Herald. The Bostonians of pre- revolutionary days made st renuous re sistance to the tax on tea, and scendant of resolute ancestors t sistently draws the line at sausages. Champion Pauper Dies. T'tica, N. Y.--The champion pauper is dead, after being a public charge for 85 years. Hezekiah Monk was born in the Herkimer county poor- house, spent all his days there and died in that institution Thursday. Discarded Suitor Slays. Omaha, Neb.--Crazed by jealousy when informed ihat his sweetheart, nett^g checker at the Loyal hotel, wasabout to marry William Witt, another admirer, Daniel Godell Friday evening shot Miss Kennett on the street, inflicting wounds from which she died an hour later, and then attempted to blow out his own brains. He will probably recover. Will Head Farm Commission. Ithaca, N. Y.--Dean Liberty Bailey of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, an­ nounced Thursday that he had ac­ cepted the appointment of President Roosevelt as head of the commission which is to investigate the condition of farmers and report recommenda­ tions for the betterment of rural life. Alexander Troup Dies. New \ork.--Alexander Troup, pro­ prietor and editor of the New Haven Union and a former Democratic na­ tional committeeman for Connecticut, was stricken with heart failure in the waiting room of the Grand Central sta­ tion Friday evening and died shortly after. this de­ em- ' arks in I Reform Leader Is Fined. j Kansas City, Mo.--C. W. Trickett, | leader of a recent reform campaign to ! prevent the illegal selling of liquor in Kansas, was fined $500 in the city court at Kansas City, Kan., Thursday lor accepting an illegal fee. If the bakers will make K(X1(] brf>afJ out of pure flour, and Educate the ppr). pie to buy it, "the great destrover ot domestic happiness, dyspepsia, will be removed, and we shall hear no more of the divorce problem." So Dr Wiley, the government food expert, told the American Biscuit Makers' as­ sociation the other day. The harm done by heavy bread, soggy pie crust and greasy cakes is so great that no one has dared to estimate it. That Publisher Kills Himself. Lewistown, Pa.--James S. Stack- pole, Republican candidate for director of the poor, and a member of the firm of Stackpole Brothers, publishers of the Lewistown Gazette, while mentally unbalanced committed suicide near Mifflintown by shooting. Pittsburg Exposition Opens. _ _ ^ PlttBburg, Pa.--The twentieth an- young woman who wishes to make ?,Ual s®ason of the Pittsburg exposi- the world better may begin well by t,0n.i . "e on]y industrial exhibit of its learning how to cook digestible meals ' theJJnfted States, .opened here Wednesday night. Great Strike It Threatened. Providence, R. I.--The executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em­ ployes of America has declared itself in favor of a general strike of the 32,000 members of the association in New England. Four Thousand Jap Houses Destroyed. Tokyo.--Dispatches from the city of Niigata, in the Ichigo province, 18 miles northwest of this city, tell of a fire in which 4,000 houses were de­ stroyed by the flames. Moral Crusader Is Arrested. New York.--Edgar A. Whitney, a former agent for the ParkhurBt soci­ ety, who was identified with many crusades against police corruption here, was arrested Thursday on two charges of grand larceny. NEW YORK STATE GOVERNORSHIP PlfcA&t^nOtfR, •WT YOU «V£ vij a upr WIDOW OF FIELD, JR., WEDS BECOMES BttlDE OF MALDWIN DRUMMOND AT LONDON. Simple Ceremony, Performed in West* minster Registry, Witnessed by Few. London, England. -- Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago, was mar­ ried at the Westminster registry office Thursday morning to Maldwin Drummond, second son of the late Edgar Atheling Drummond and the Honorable Louisa Theodosia Penning­ ton, who was a daughter of the third Lord Muncaster. The wedding, which was extremely quiet was celebrated in The wedding was celebrated In the little registry office opposite Buck­ ingham palace. The only persons present to witness the ceremony were the duke of Westminster, who is a great friend of Mr. Drummond; Craig W. Wadsworth, second secretary of the American embassy, and Mrs. Field's two sons. The boys have been living in England with their mother since the death of their father and they are to enter Eaton in the autumn. Mrs. Field had known Mr. Drum­ mond for about ten years, having met him during her frequent visits to Eng­ land. She renewed her acquaintance when she came here after her hus­ bands death to practically take up her residence and educate her sons in an English school. To the world at large Mrs. Drum­ mond was chiefly known as the guar­ dian and mother of the Field grand­ children, who are to receive a for­ tune of more than $100,000,000 left by their grandfather. AERONAUT DASHED TO DEATH. Falls 500 Feet Before Great Crowd at Waterville, Me. Waterville, Me.--In full view of 25,- 000 horrified spectators assembled on the Central Maine fair grounds here late Wednesday, Charles Oliver Jones, a well-known aeronaut of Hammonds- port. N. Y., fell 500 feet to his death. Among the witnesses of the frightful plunge were Mrs. Jones and child, and they were almost the first to reach the side of the dying man. The aero­ naut died an hour and a half after the accident. Jones had made an ascension in a dirigible balloon. The gas bag leaked and sparks from the motor set the machine afire. Giant Trees Are Saved. Sonora, Cal.--The forest fire which threatened the famous big tree grove in this county has been brought under control and the great trees are safe. Considerable damage has been done to the big trees, but it is not thought many of them will die from the scorching, especially if the fall rains begin early. Several of the dead giants of the forest have been badly burned. Frank P. Sargent Dead. Washington.--Frank Pierce Sargent, commissioner general of immigration, for over 16 years grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire­ men, and one of the most forceful characters in the field of labor in the country, died at his apartments at the Manor house in this city Friday. He was 54 years old. HORRIBLE MURDER IN BOSTON. Man Kills His Actress Wife and Dis­ members the Corpse. Boston.--The most brutal crime in Greater Boston since the death of Susan Geary, a chorus girl, four years ago, was disclosed Thursday night by the discoverey of the torso of Mrs. Honorah Jordan, an actress aged 23 years, of Somerville, in a trunk in a boarding house at 7 Hancock street on Beacon hill, this city. Later the head and the bones of the limbs were found in the furnace of the Jordan home at Somerville and the . scalp, hair and other grewsome remains were taken from the kitchen range of the house. Chester Jordan, aged 29 years, an actor of Somerville, is held by the po­ lice charged with the murder and, ac­ cording to the officers, he made a com­ plete confession of the crime. According to Jordaft's confession he accidentally killed his wife Tuesday night in a quarrel at their home and, becoming desperate over what he had done, took a butcher's knife, razor and shears and cut up the body and placed the torso in a trunk. He then planned to take the steamer Harvard Wednes­ day night for New York and throw the parts of the body overboard. The fact that the Harvard was laid off owing to an accident disarranged his plans and he was obliged to hire a hackman to take the trunk to a Bos­ ton boarding house to await a more favorable opportunity. The discovery of the crime was due to the suspicions of the hackman, who notified the police. SLOOP UPSETS; SEVEN DROWN. Disaster Overtakes Sailing Party In Penobscot Bay. Deer Isle, Me.--Seven summer vis­ itors out of a party of ten were drowned by the capsizing of a 35-foot sloop in Penobscot bay, Tuesday. The drowned are: Miss Alice Torro, Washington; Miss Eleanor Torro, Washington; Miss Kellogg, Baltimore; Lutie Kellogg, Baltimore; Mrs. Lucy S. Crawley, Philadelphia; Miss Eliza beth G. Evans, Mount Holyoke semin­ ary, Mass.; Jason C. Hutching, Ban­ gor, Me. The saved: Capt. Haskell, Deer Isle; Prof. Edwin S. Crawley, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, husband of Mrs. Crawley; Henry B. Evans, Mount Holyoke, brother of Miss Eliza­ beth Evans. New Comet Is Discovered. Lake Geneva, Wis.--Director Edwin B. Frost of the Yerkes observatory Wednesday night announced tbe dis­ covery of a new comet through pho­ tographic observations made by Prof. D. W. Moorehouse of Drake university of Des Moines. The presence of the comet was revealed upon develop­ ment of three photographic plates ex­ posed in three cameras. It is clearly defined and has a tail several de­ grees long and was found in the con­ stellation Canieleopardus, remaining above the horizon throughout the night. Flames Sweep Sumner, Miss. Sumner, Miss.--Practically the en­ tire business section of this place was destroyed and one man lost his life in a fire which started in the store building occupied by H. H. Polk & Co. early Friday. The property loss is estimated at $100,000. Accident Kills Merchant Prince. Basle, Switzerland.--Emanupl Man- del, a multi-millionaire merchant of Chicago, died here Thursday night as the result of injuries received in a fall at the railway station. Big Sums for Charity and Art. Owego, N. Y.--More than $4,000,000 is left to charitable institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale university by the will of Frederick Cooper Hewitt, who died at his home here last Sunday. Merchant Slays His Brother. Philadelphia, Pa. -- Following a struggle for the possession Of a re­ volver, Harry Splegle was shot and mortally wounded here Thursday by his brother George H. Spiegle, a well- known lumber merchant. Council of Women Meets. Geneva. -- The International Coun­ cil of Women, which was organ­ ized by American women at the Chi­ cago world's fair in 1893, and whose membership totals about 7,000,000, representing all parts of the world, held its opening session here Tuesday. Fleet Leaves Melbourne. Melbourne.--Cheered by thousand? of Australians, the American battle­ ships weighed anchor at eight o'clock Saturday morning and sailed away from Melbourne. They next stop at Albany, West Australia, where a week will be spent taking coal. Friday the last of the entertainments for officers and men were given. The state gov­ ernment entertained Admiral Sperry and the senior officers at an elaborate luncheon. For the Others there were baseball and lacrosse matches and a regatta. Aaron 8. Wat kins Notified. Ada, O.--Before a large audience Thursday night, Prof. Aaron S. Wat- kins was officially notified of his nom­ ination as the candidate for vice-presi­ dent by the National Prohibition party. Cruisers and Tows Reach Honolulu. Honolulu.--The cruisers of the Pa­ cific fleet, commanded by Rear Ad­ miral Swinburne, finished the first stage of the cruise undertaken to teSt the practicability of towing torpedo boat destroyers when the flagship West Virginia, the Maryland, Pennsyl­ vania and Tennessee - docked at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the harbor and the remaining vessels, in­ cluding the supply ship Solace, an­ chored outside. The arrival of J;he ships was witnessed by many resi- dents of the islands. ANARCHISTS NIPPED BERKMAN AND FOLLOWERS IN TROUBLE ONCE MORE. HE AND A GIRL ARRESTED Attempt to Turn Meeting of New York's Unemployed Into Lawless Demonstration Is Prevented by the Police. New York.--An attempt was mado Monday to turn a meeting of unem­ ployed workingmen into an anar­ chistic demonstration, and for half an hour the big meeting hall ih Cooper Union, where the meeting took place, was the scene of wild excitement, during which red flags were raised, the police denounced and incendiary speeches made. Alexander Berkman, the anarchist who some years ago shot Henry C. Frick, a steel company official, during the Homestead strike in Pennsyl­ vania, was dragged from. the hall by the police and locked up. A young woman who gave her name as "Mary Smith," and who stood by Berkman, was also arrested, and Emma Gold­ man, recognized leader of the "reds" in this country, was made to leave the hall. Dr. Ben Reitman was on the pro­ gram for a speech on the "Care of the Unemployed," but it was not noticed that he had anything to say on this subject. Dr. Reitman urged the un­ employed to cease submitting to labor. He denounced public institutions and then said: "Listen! This is anarchy, but I tell you there should be fewer thousands expended in the maintenance of churches and the police, and the money should be expended in caring for the unemployed such as you, and not spent in keeping up such super­ stitions." At this point Charles Oberwager, a former president of the Central Fed­ erated union, was introduced. He de­ nounced the preceding speaker, de­ claring Dr. fteitman had preached the doctrines of anarchy. This caused an outburst and during the excitement Berkman sprang to his feet and de­ manded to be allowed to take the plat­ form to defend the anarchistic doc­ trines in which hfe believes. BILLY PAPKE IS CHAMPION. Illinois Thunderbolt Whips Stanley Ketchel at Los Angeles. Vernon Arena, Los Angeles, Cal.--• Stanley Ketchel of Michigan, former middleweight champion of the world, was knocked out in the twelfth round at Jeffries' Vernon arena at four o'clock Monday afternoon by Billy Papke of Illinois, who is now middle­ weight champion of the world. Both men entered the ring in appar­ ent perfect condition and neither had ever been knocked out. Ketchel had a decision over Papke in a previous ten-round bout. Both men are as clean-looking prize fighters as anyone sees, but the bout ended as one of the bloodiest in ring history. CRANK AT OYSTER BAY. Armed Man Trying to Reach the Pres­ ident Is Arrested. Oyster Bay, N. Y.--A crank arflaed with an antiquated "bulldog" revolver, was caught near t,he president's house at Sagamore Hill Monday by the se­ cret service guards. The man de­ scribed himself as John Cou|hlin, a detective, and when stopped by the secret service men, presented a card upon which was inscribed his name and the word "officer." He said that he had come to ask the president to order out 10,000 troops to catch yegg- men who had been terrorizing Boston. KILLED UNDER HIS AUTO. Paris Fletcher, Weil-Known 8t. Paul Man, Meets Death. St. Paul, Minn.--Paris Fletcher, member of a well-known real estate firm of this city and prominent social­ ly, was instantly killed and Mrs. Fletcher was severely injured by the overturning of their automobile at Minneiska, near Wabasha, Minn., Mon­ day. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher left St. Paul Saturday afternoon for a trip through southern Minnesota, expecting to ̂ be gone about ten days. F. D. Bethune in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal.--F. D. Bethune, an attorney of New York, who disap­ peared from his home in that city, August 23, is said to be in Los An­ geles. No motive for his disappear­ ance is known and he is supposed to be suffering from mental derange­ ment. Steamer Crashes Into Bridge. Winona, Minn.--The steamer Rut- ledge, the largest excursion craft in local waters, was badly damaged while attempting to pass through the Northwestern draw bridge Monday. Electric Line to Carry Coal. Springfield, 111--The secretary of state Monday issued articles of in­ corporation to the Saline County Trac­ tion company. The capital is nominal­ ly placed at $5,000. L. E. Fischer, general manager of the Illinois Trac­ tion system; A. C. Murray of the same line; J. A. Swanberg, Springfield, and W. L. Murphy, Danville, are the in­ corporators. They will build an elec­ tric line from Eldorado through Har- risburg to Carriers Mills in Saline county. The primary object is to car­ ry the heavy output of the coal mines. Chicago Yacht Is Winner. Detroit, Mich.--By winning Mon­ day's race at the Detroit Country club's annual regatta on Lake St. Clair 21-foot yacht Spray of the Chicagd Athletic association takes possession of the Wafker competitive cup for one year. Orville Wright in Short Flight. Washington.--Orville Wright made a 'short flight in his aeroplane at Fort Myer Monday, in which he exhibited better control of the machine thanj la his previous trials. A TEXAS CLERGYMAN Out fop the Benefit of Suffering Thousands. Rey. G. M. Gray. Baptist Clergyman of Whitesboro, Tex., says: "Four years ago I suffered mis- cry with lumbago. Every movement was one of pain. Doan's Kidney Pills removed the whole difficulty after only a short time. Al- though I do not I Hke to have my ^ name used publicly, I make an exception in this case, so that other sufferers from kidney, trou­ ble may profit by mjs experience." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mifburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. T h e Professor--How remarkable! I can distinctly see a man in the moon. What an exceedingly plain person. THREE CURES OF ECZEMA. Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terr I bio Suffering--Two Babies A|so Cured --Cuticura Invaluable. "My brother had eczema three dif­ ferent summers. Each summer it came out between his shoulders and down his back, and he said his suffering was terrible. When it came on the third summer, he bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith­ ful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely of ec­ zema with Cuticura. A lady in In­ diana heard of how my daughter, Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son of terrible eczema by the Cuticura Remedies. This lady's little one had the eczema so badly that they thought they would lose it She used Cuti­ cura Remedies and they cured her child entirely, and the disease never came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold- water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907." On Trial. A Scotchman stood beside the bed of his dying wife, and in tearful ac­ cents asked was there anything he could do for her. "Yes, Sandie," she said; "I'm. hop­ ing you'll bury me in Craeburn kirk- yard." "But, my lass," he cried, "only think of the awful expense! Would ye no be comfortable here in Aber­ deen?" "No, Sandie; I'd no rest in my grav^ unless I were burled in Crae­ burn.'^ "It's too much you're askin'," said the loving husband, "and I cannot promise ye ony such thing." "Then, Sandie, I'll no give you ony peace until my bones are at rest in my native parish." "Ah, weel, Maggie," said he, "I'll just gie ye a three-month trial in Aberdeen, an' see how ye get along." Critical Eye for Babies. The five year-old daughter of a Brooklyn man has had such- a large experience of dolls that she feels her­ self to be something of a connoisseur in children. Recently there came a real live baby Into the house. When it was put into her arms tho five-year-old surveyed It with a criti­ cal eye. "Isn't it a nice baby?" asked the nurse. "Yes, it'3 nice," answered the young­ ster hesitatingly. "It's nice, but its head's loose."--Lippincott's. Ethergram. Language grows apace with the victories of applied science. Con­ sider for a moment how many words in the ordinary work-a-day vocabu­ lary were unknown a quarter of ai century ago and are the natural prod­ uct of discovery and invention. With the perfection of wireless transmis­ sion of intelligence there obviously came need of a word designating a message conveyed by the new method. "Ethergram" has been suggested and, in fact, is being used in Great Britain. If not, why not? r MOTHER AND CHILD Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts. The value of this famous food is shown in many ways, in addition to what might be expected from Its chem­ ical analysis. Grape-Nuts food is made of whole wheat and barley, is thoroughly baked for many hours and contains all the wholesome Ingredients in these ce­ reals. It contains also the phosphate of potash grown in the grains, which Na­ ture uses to build up brain and nerve cells. Young children require proportion­ ately more of this element because the brain and nervous system of the child grows so rapidly. A Va. mother found the vialue of Grape-Nuts in not only building up her own strength but in nourishing her baby at the same time. She writes: "After my baby came I did not re­ cover health and strength, and the doctor said I could not nurse the baby as I did not have nourishment for her, besides I was too weak. "He said I might try a change of diet and see what that would do, and recommended Grape-Nuts food. I bought a pkg. and used it regularly. A marked change came over both baby and I. "My baby is now four months old. Is in fine condition, I am nursing her and doing all my work and never felt better In my life." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well- ville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time.' They •re genuine, true, and full of numrn Interest. ̂ *