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mm JIMMY WALLACE. SURPRISING COt ve voted to build NEW LAWS IN FORCE. A ,j told of a fascinafng "whose desirous of assist- ia the provinces, . #1* offered a kiss to be put up to aue- The bidding was brisk and had t idvuiced in three leaps from two gul- .-'to thirty, when, without further paxiegr, the round sum of eight hundred ^^jpeonds was offered. There being no ,* idgher bid, the kiss was knocked down i>y the auctioneer to a colonel in one of jjf isur line regiments, who came forward 5^% jiSto meet the blushing young ladjL But '"'ki •> to the surprise of all present, the ; ^ ;jpolonel Introduced a dear Uttle fair- v. iiaired boy, explained that it was his ^grandson's fifth birthday, and that he d Acquired the kiss as a birthday gift Jfor Mm, whereupon the actress took the <cMM Ja her arms and discharged •i»er -detot with interest. The charity, a ' V-local one, in which the colonel took a ,9»een interest, was the richer by eight hundred pounds for the granddad's whim. . OCCURRENCES •4. w- " -'% DURING THE , aH&V/J , The Ita* PoUlosi TfcadHw - "Uncle Sam may now boast that un never sets-on the American flag,'.' but 'the Stars and Stripes have but followed ^ .the achievements of the American in- ;• I ventor aad mechanic. Years ago Ameri­ can harvesting nuaehdnery led the way sand created a demand for itself in lands Inhere "Old Glory" was never seen out- «side Of books. T)eering Harvesting Ma­ chines, made, in 'Chicago, are sold to-day by the shipload from New Zealand to ..Norway, and from South Africa to Si- Liberia, and in^very land where grass and /sgrain are harvested. The name of "Deer- Fng" .w a honseh&'l<l word the world over. _____ ; The Penalty. M "Jtkj .hard to be happy, once you're ^gotten a reputation for aaying sarcastic ;^fjjthings," remarked the sad-eyed man. "What's the trouble?" it "I've lost another friend. I compli- i men ted him on being the most cool- headed person I ever saw. He took it ^Sfe<a« an allusion to the fact that be .to totally bald."--Washington Stir. Bad of tlte Ilea Farm PraJect-Once Highly Kateetnad KttfGoni toPrlaoat --Prominent Ocr«ia Bade Hia Life --Boll*# iKipkMioa at. F*<rri«w. Proceedings have been commenced to foreclose a mortgage on the-Iles farm, south of Springfield. The suit is for $32,- 000, and was brought by William H. Mitchell of Chicago agaiast Elijah F. lies and others. The lies farm was the site of a proposed gigantic factory which was to manufacture farm machinery for the fanners of the United States at prices which would result in the control of all business of this sort. Maj. J. H. El wood of Peoria was the promoter o£ the scheme, which was organized among the members of the Patrons of Husbandry. A company known as the Patrons' Manu­ facturing Company was formed, several large manufacturing buildings were •erect­ ed and a town was laid out and christen­ ed Mildred. For a time the enterprise promised to be a success, but the farmers who had been counted upon to help out the plant were timid about putting money into it, and vigorous appeals failed to •bring the necessary capital. A l>iplomaitc Youth. !He--Do. you really bellev« that :there :are microbes in kisses? She--I have no reason for doubting It. He--Well, I'm getting tired of the -same old-microbes; >let'« exchange. A Horse on Somebody. . .. .First American--Bicycles and auto- (mobiles. What show has the horse In h%^iParbs? You seldom even see him on tbe boulevards. Second American (who baa [just dined)--No, he's in the soup. Where I sen or once Wasn't Bliss. "Miss - Cutting," began >young ?Soft- leigh, "I--aw--would weally like to know one thing " "Yea, it*s.a shame," interrqpted Miss (Cutting. "Yon really ought to iknow •that imucb".* ibe- Olfnctory Out of Order. Shai^>--What was the troiible tween you and Miss Breeze? Chap--She said I was too fresfe. Sharp--Qh, never .mind that; she has a hard cold and Isn't a -good judge.-- Cleveland Leader. Generally Speaking. "Here'-s aii ad. dat says dey vwants ;a iman to do general work." "What kind of work is dat, beau?" "Dunno, but.I bet itts dead easy,:for •Whotever beard of.atgeneral doiug aqy hard work?" •Plao'-aCure'forConsumptioo'tetheonljr •cough medicine used in my house.--D. <CL Albright, Mifflinburg, Ba.,iDec. Id, J96. When He Had To. "So old Tabsley >is-dead, eh? 'Well, twell! .Did he leave ai»ythings?" •"lies. it 'broke his heart to do itt, tout the ilePt .everything." MM. Winnlow'a BOOTHKMJ HYHOP for Chlldria itMtuiiur-.-sottenB tbe sums,! >*Uay« pain, cures wind colic. urns, fP*aucns.inflammation. 95 eonts&bottls. WANTED.--Case of bad health that RI:P-AN-&wUl lipt benefit. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemical tla, Btswfork. Tor 10 samples and.l.CXX) testimonials. Alexander Stewart was worth -$30r •000,000 at the time <of his death. Only one m^a In 203 is over «ix feet in height. RIUOUS •'INKS Da you get up with a headache? Is there * bad taste in your mouth? Then you have a poor; appetite and a weak diges­ tion. You are frequently dizzy, always feel dull and drowsy." You have cold hands and feet. You get but little benefit from your food. You have no ambition to work and the sharp pains of neuralgia dart through your body. What Is the cause of all this trouble? Constipated bowels. Pleads Guilty of Swindling* <Gol. William J3. Stevens, 67 yeans old, and once one of the most successful and prominent insurance agents in the conn- try, pleaded .guilty in the Circuit Court at Rock Island to embezzlement and Was aentenced to the penitentiary. The grand Jury in January returned thirteen indict­ ments against Stevens, who, suspecting that he was to be prosecuted, disappear­ ed from his home in Moline and eluded the authorities until a month ago, when Ihe was captured in Detroit, Mich. Ste­ vens pleaded guilty to seven of the indict­ ments and the remaining six were quash­ ed. He had been systematically defraud­ ing the insurance companies represented. In his agency. Suicide Follows a Quarrel. 'Charles Watters of Peru committed ^suicide iu the presence of his family by shooting himself twice, both bullets find­ ing lodgment in the heart. H,e appeared in good spirits until a few minutes oefOre his death, when, after a trifling dispute with his wife, he became very violent, {procuring a revolver and shooting him­ self. He was 50 years of age and promi­ nent in German society circles. The cor­ oner's jury -gave a verdict of death from suicide during temporary insanity. Trasedy at the Palmer House. iln the courtway of the Palmer House tin Chicago William Q. Preuitt shot and 'fatally wounded Jessie Porter, He then (Placed the revolver to his right temple and committed suicide. Preuitt was a •waiter at a neighboring cafe. Jessie iPorter is a chambermaid at the Palmer House. ^Friends of Preuitt say that he was in lore with her and they think jeal­ ousy prompted him to the double shoot­ ing. He had seen her with another man. Kairriew I*eft in Darkness. Xhe boilers of the electric light plant at It'airview blew up, injuring three persons, one of them fatally. The building was wrecked and Fairview was left in dark­ less. The man worst injured was Frank Stevenson, the engineer, aged 25. Peter Berger, owner of the mill adjoining the electric; plant, was cut and bruised about thefaee. .His wife's left.arm was brok­ en. v One Farmer Kills Another. James 'Miller shot and instantly killed "George Gray at New Philadelphia. They were both employed on the farm of Wil­ liam Jtich, near there. The men had been engaged in c^veral fights dnring the pre­ vious two weeks, the feud resulting!from a game of cards. Younic .Girl Commits (Suicide. Nellie .Borrows, a beautiful .girl of 16, «whose home is . at Normal, but who had (been making .her >home at iFulton with Mrs. W. D. Webb, an aunt, committed suicide by drowning. .A verdict in ac­ cordance with the facte was rendered. W-*' £ ' PILLS will give you prompt relief and certain cure. Kmmm Ytu> Btmo* An, If you have neglected your case a long time, you had better take A|cr9s sarsaMHlli alSb. It will remove all impurities that have been accumulating in your blood and will greatly strengthen your nerves. WW!tathoDaotk*. There may l>e soisiethinf slont your cut you do not quit* under­ stand. Writ* tiie doctor freely: tell Yon best htm how yon we sisfferlnjf." will promptly receive tlie modieal adrice. AiOrm*. Dr. J. C. Ay«r, Lowsll. Haas. «. K. U. - • . •* \r <sk v** * " 5 . Brief State Happening* Hev. William JHuelxter.of iPayson .has .filed a -voluntary petition in bankruptcy. ^Liabilities .$15,^24, assets $635. tUjxm the recommendation <of <Col. J. .•B. Culver, the Governor has directed Adjt. 'Gen. Reece to withdraw the -soldiers from Paha. Prof. Walter JE. Dalby of Mount Ver­ non and Miss iLaura K. Barbee of Au­ burn were married in JEtepceaentatLve Hall at the statehouse in .Springfield. George T. Hepburn of New York -City and Mies Mary Elizabeth Fitch, niece of the late Judge Elie I don, to .w.hctm he left A good part of a million .dollar -estate, jwere married at Reckford. The Peoria Bachelors' Club, sworn .to marry iksro but widows, ha« l«t«t a mem­ ber. John I»ok, a plumber, oaae of the charter members, has married Miss Annie Fuehe# aud the board of .directors promptly expelled hint from the dub and assessed a fine of $5. The Tazewell County teachers institute was held at Pekin in charge of County Superintendent Mavity, assisted by Prof. James Kirk, Prof. F. L. Calkins and Mrs. Iluth Van Husen, as instructors. There were 174 enrolled. > Gov. Tanner has appointed Horace 8. Clark of Mattoon, a brigadier general in the Illinois National Guard. Gen. Clark will comnjand the second brigade, suc­ ceeding Gen. James 11. Barkley, who re­ signed some months ago. The Governor also appointed Andrew J. Lester of Springfield aid-de-camp on his military staff, with the rank of colonel. Other or­ ders issued from the adjutant general's office are for the appointment of Allen MeN. Clark, navigation officer in the nava! militia, with the rank of lieutenant commander, and Charles A* Bobbins as­ sistant surgeon of the Sixth infantry, with the rank of .captain. E. D. Griswold & Bon of Springfield, dealers in furniture, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. They schedule their lia­ bilities at $75,000 and their assets at $90,000. Attorney General Akin has given out an opinion to the effect that Uie law pass­ ed and approved April 4, 1809, is con­ strued by him to mean that except in the cases of poor people who are unable to pay the costs it is the duty of the circuit clerks to require payment of costs in ad­ vance before or at the time of the com- meneement_of suit in cases in court com­ menced on or after July 1. 1899. . Edwin B. Johnson of Quincy has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court at Spring­ field. Liabilities $13,395, assets $14,075. Arthur M. Beaupre, who has recently returned from Guatemala, where he was consul general, was tendered a banquet at the Hotel Bishop, Aurora. More than 200 citizens of Aurora, Joliet, Elgin, Galesburg and other neighboring cities at­ tended. Ex-Mayor Holden was the toast- mazier. Tbe addresses were Congress­ man A. J. Hopkins, Dr. W. A. Colledge, Representatives Samuel Alschuler and Charles Burton. Mr. Beaupre made an address, in which he thanked his hosts for their kindness. 'f % OeiaoOordo a new school building. Captain John Beaton, one of Cass County's wurfy and prominent settlers, died at Virginia, aged 89 years. Mrs, William Dwyer of Morris wis. thrown from a buggy drawn by runaway horses and instantly killed. T. H'. Wheeler's large elevator at Leeds was dest^yed by fire. The explo­ sion of a gasoline engine started the blase. ' A Chicago and Northwestern train struck a buggy near Foster avenue, Chi­ cago, killing August Werner and proba­ bly fatally injuring his 9-year-old son, Au­ gust, Jr. Henry C. Goodnow, one of the most prominent attorneys of southern Illinois, died at his home in Salem at an early hour the other morning of organic heart trouble, from which he had been suffering since August, 1898. Gov. Tanner has appointed. Lafayette Funk of McLean County a member of the State Board of Public Charities to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William J. Calhoun. John W. Gates of Chicago was appointed as commissioner from Illinois to the Paris exposition to be held in 1900. Mrs. Helen S. Gibbs of Galesburg was sentenced to a term of fourteen years ia the penitentiary by tie jury in the Henry County Circuit Court. The decision was reached after the jury had been out six- ty-five hours. The crime for which Mrs. Gibbs will auffer was the murder of Mrsi Ida Bates of Galva in November last. Mrs. Gibbs is about 55 years old. The members of the Peoria Bachelors1 Club have caused a postponement of the Joseph Look-Annie Feuchs wedding. So much publicity was given the affair on account of Look being the first member of the Bachelors' Club to announce his intentions of marrying other than a widow that the bride-elect'-s father ob­ jected and the wedding will not take place until next winter. The Knights of Pythias excursion train from Champaign to Danville was wrecked at Mayview. The tender, baggage car and first two passenger coaches left the track while going at full speed. There were 300 excursionists aboard the train. All the passengers in the front coaches were badly shaken up, but no one was killed. Two men, one woman and one child -suffered broken limbs. Harry Chapman of Odell died at the eye and ear infirmary in Chicago from the rupture of a blood vessel at the base of the brain caused by the excessive rid­ ing of a bicycle. TTiat was the verdict of the coroner's jury. He was 19 years old and, according to the testimony of kinsmen, rode in a race in August, 1898. Since then he has been ill, ahd a post-mor­ tem examination revealed the cause. The farm residence of Peter Tilton, in Clyde township, Was totally consumed by fire.* The family was eating breakfast When the fire was discovered, and it made such headway that but a few ar­ ticles were saved. A 9-year-old daugh­ ter was in bed, and all efforts to*>save her were futile. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton were dangerously burned, and fears are enter­ tained that Mr. Tilton cannot recover. Col. E. C. Young has received informs' tion that the War Department is to re­ mit all summary or field court fines a»- sessed against the members of the volun­ teer regiments for misdemeanors dnring the time the regiments were in camp The department has declared the fines il­ legal. The members of the volunteer reg­ iments will be reimbursed for the fines, which sums range all the way from $1 to $50. Former Policeman Patrick Furlong waa sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary by Judge Gary in Chi cago. Furling was convicted some weeks ago on.a charge of manslaughter. Early one morning last February he shot and killed Policeman Edward C. Leach in a saloon. The men quarreled while dis­ cussing the war footing of England and America. The dispute developed into personal abuse and culminated in Fur­ long shooting and killing Leach. After two unsuccessful attempts, J. Sheppard 'Cabanne of St. Louis and Miss Minnie Leonard of EddyviHe, Ky., were aecretly married in Metropolis. Two :montbs ago young Cabanne, who belongs to one of the oldest and most prominent families in the city, made a daring at­ tempt to elope with Miss Leonard, but \wa« foiled by Leonard, senior. The young couple were to meet at lodiaaapolis, and they just about faced.,each other in the Bates House when an officer detailed by the girl's father arrested her. Cabanne remained at Indianapolis and on the way home, at Louisville, Miss,'Leonard made an attempt to escape and rejoin hira, but failed. . . Ex-State Senator Theodore S. Chap- :man of .Jerseyville has been appointed by <Gov. Tanner as pure food commissioner under the act passed by the iFoHy-first General Assembly creatine the office. There was sharp competition for the place, Mr. Chapman's chief opponents be­ ing H. L. Hampton of' Springfield and George Schener of Peoria, president of the Retail <Groaere' Association of Illinois. Senator Chapman is well-known through­ out the State as a lawyer of ability. A story of the tnicaculeow escaipe from death of a child comes from Smitirfield. The 3-year-old child of Oscar Cannon fell into a well forty-two feet deep. Tbe father was standing near and seeing the child fall became violently insane. The •creams of the mother attracted the neighbors, who secured -grab-hooka, and after gome time were able to raise the child to within five feet of the top, whea the hold broke, letting the child fall back into the five feet of water below. After this failure one of the farmers was let down into the well. He found the child was breathing and after being brought to the top it came to. Medical aid was quickly secured and it was found that the child was uninjured except for a slight scratch made by the grab-hook. After being violently insane for twelve hours the fathrr'e reason was restored by the sight of feis unharmed child. Dr. B. F. Fowler, one of the most prominent physicians of Galena, is dead. He had been a resident of Galena for thirty-five years. Rev. Martin Luther Treseler of Cincin­ nati has been unanimously called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church at Shelbyville, at a salary of $2,- 500. ¥ The State Board of Education has elected Arnold Tomkins president of the Illinois State Normal University at a salary of $4,000, to succeed John W. Cook, who will be president of the Nor­ mal at DeKalb. Of the twenty-four head of dairy Battle supplying milk for the soldiers' orphans' home at Normal, fifteen have been found by the tuberculin test to be diseased and will be killed. At Petersburg, the new Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated. Ser­ mons were preached by Bishop Thomas Bowman of Evanston and Presiding El­ der W. N. McElroy of Springfield. The church cost $6,500. Miss Gene Calef, daughter of H. R. Calef of Monticello, aud Linn Pinder, who is engaged in the grocery business in Monticello, were married in Decatur. Mr. Calef was opposed to the union, so the young people tieped. • 1 "• v - :-v • -. ,-v". ' KhSF r?ir - 2T - "V \ ENACTMENTS OF LAST LEQIS- y LAtURE TAKE EFFECT. Illinois Has 1BO Mew Laws--Some of the Moaf Important Ones and Their Objects DaMrlM-OHiaiH that ' May Be Kx pec ted. Something like 100 new laws enacted by the last General Assembly went into effect July 1. The most important acts of this Legis­ lature are the provisions for an art com­ mission, the State board which iB to regu­ late the commission business on South Water street, the pawner's act, the em­ ployment act and the medical and legal practice laws. The medical practice act bears date of March 13, and provides for the organisa­ tion of the State Board of Health within three months after the passage of the bill. This board will soon meet to formu­ late rules for the practice in this State of medicine, surgery, midwifery or "any other system of treating human ail­ ments." Further on the act provides that those who "minister to or treat the sick or suffering by mental or spiritual means, without the use of any drag or material remedy," shall not be examined. The inconsistency of these two provisions has given rise to some criticism, as by the last quoted Christian Scientists and faith healers are exempted from the question­ ing of the board of health. The legal practice law makes possible the revision of the obsolete practice laws of Illinois, which are at present inade­ quate for the enormous volume of busi­ ness, especially in the Cook County courts, the Appellate Court of the Chi­ cago district and the Supreme Court. This commission is already partly formed. It is composed of five members, one appoint­ ed by the Governor and the others nom inated, one each by the Appellate judges of the Appellate Court, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association and the judges of tbe Illinois Supreme Court. John S. Miller has been selected by the Appellate Court judges. The com­ mission is to hold sittings in the Appellate districts of the State and the secretary of the body is allowed a salary of $2,000. Theodore S. Chapman of Jerseyville, former State Senator, has been appointed pure food commissioner at a salary of $2,500 per year, with tw© assistants at $1,800 and six inspectors at $3 per day. The pure food act provides that one of the assistants shall be an expert in the matter of dairy products, and the other a practical and Analytical chemist. The law covers food adulterations and makes specifications as to the branding and label­ ing of packages.' The law which provides for a municipal pawn shop in Chicago is considered an es pecial benefit to the poor, and was secur­ ed only by earnest work on the part of many of Chicago's foremost business men. The capital stock of the company $50,000, has already been subscribed, and the pawn shop will be opened as soon as pos sible. In place of the 10 per cent now charged on all articles pledged the new shop will charge but 1 per cent per month with an additional 1 per cent where goods have to be placed in storage and insured Another important law to the working classes is that providing for the establish ment of State employment bureaus. Among the laws of importance is the commission to look after the shippers' interests in South Water street, Chicago composed of A. M. Smith, W. H. Whit comb, A. M. Crawford, Joseph Newman and J. W. Stanton. The office is at No, 27 Marine building. Lake and La Salle streets. The truant school act for children pro vides for the establishment of a school for truants of compulsory age. The flag law makes it unlawful to use the national emblem for an advertising medium. An act for the establishment of a colony for epileptics is also among the new laws, Lastly, the Drews labor law makes it un lawful to procure employes through false pretenses. SHOWN BY CROP BULLETIN. The .Not Unnatural Miatake of an Illiterate Teamster,* An occurrence in the city of P6rt- iand. Maine, which is vouched for by l reputable local newspaper, and which involves names and addresses which could hardly be falsely used in a city no larger than Portland, te so com­ pletely against the law of chances that It constitutes a really remarkable chap­ ter In the history of coincidences. Tom Barnes, according to the Port­ land Journal's account of this occur­ rence, is the driver of a coal wagon. He cannot read or write, but carries in his bead the addresses of people to whom he has to deliver coal. One day |n December last he was given a ton of coal with orders to deliver It to Mr. Hancock, of No. 28 Anderson street. On bis way out of the street where the coal-yard is, Tom, in repeating the name and address to himself, managed to get the name and the street trans­ posed, so that it stood "Anderson, 28 Hancock street," in his mind, instead of "Hancock, 28 Anderson street." Therefore, when he reached Hancock street, he turned his horse into that thoroughfare, and being able to make out numbers, went straight to No. 28. Does Mr. Anderson live here?" he asked at the back door. Now the wonderful part of the story is that a Mr. Anderson did live there, and Tom was so informed. I have a ton of coal for him," he said, and he proceeded to deliver It. Mrs. Anderson, who was at home, sup­ posed that her husband had ordered tbe coal, although it was not from their usual dealer. Then Tom went back to the coal-yard. That same night, .when Mr. Ander­ son, who lives at 28 Hancock street, and Mr. Hancock, who lives at 28 An­ derson street, came home, they were both surprised1-Mr. Hancock because be had not received a ton of coal that he had ordered, and Mr. Anderson be­ cause he had received a ton of coal that he had not ordered. Both went next morning to the coal office. Mr. Hancock was Inquiring somewhat indignantly why the coal had not gone to 28 Anderson street, when Mr. Anderson came in and asked why a ton of coal had* been sent to 28 Hancock street which had not been or­ dered. Thea everybody opened his eyes very wide, and Tom Barnes was called in, and opened his eyes wider still, and all shook hands and the matter was ad­ justed. But the wonder still remains that Mr. Anderson should live at 28 Hancock street and Mr. Hancock at 28 Anderson street. Poor Yield of Wheat in Illinois-Corn Area Larger than Last Tear. The reports received on winter wheat by the Illinois Department of Agriculture show that the yield the State over will be very poor. The average estimate of the crop in some sections is as low as eight bushels an acre. Owing to the de­ struction of the wheat the corn area is slightly larger this year than in 1898, being 5 per Cent larger in northern Illinois, no increase being reported in the southern grand division. The total area planted iu corn this season is 7,l2<i,786 acres, an increase over last year of 183,000 acres. The epring was so wet and cold that planting was delayed very materially in some sec­ tions, and the condition is scarcely as .good as usual. In the northern division of the State it is ^ported as 88 per cent •of a seasonable average, in the central divisiou as 79 per cent and in the south­ ern division as 86 per cent. Some com­ plaint of chinch bugs has been made, but as yet they have -done no serious damage to the crap. CONVICTS TO STAY IN PRISON. Gov. Tanner Refuses Pardons to Sis Cook County Offender*. •Gor. Tanaer has refused to grant pajv dons to the following Cook County appli­ cants, the board of pardons having de­ cided adversely in their cases: Harry Hutchinson, murder; Patrick Coakley. manslaughter; Matthew P. Kossakow»ki, embezzlement; Johu Fowler, murder; John Kalzenoa-ski, larceny; William Ward, larceny. Commutations were granted in the following cases: Joha Goodhart, Wabash County, manslaugh­ ter; sentence of twelve years commuted to six years. George W. Price, McLean, murder; life sentence commuted to ten years. J. D. Gilligan, St. Clair, murder; thirty-five years, sentence commuted to fifteen years. Fred Kunart, Christian, murder; life sentence commuted to four­ teen years. Plans for Woman'* Building:. Mesdames Fifer, Oglesby and Wiggias. commissioners appointed by Gov. Tanner to® superintend the erection of the wom­ an's building at the State fair grounds, met in Springfield with the construction committee of the State Board of Agricul­ ture an'd' selected a site for the building about fifty feet east of the Sangamon Club building, near the race track. The plans presented by Mrs. Frank R. Fuller of Chicago were adopted. THE COBRA AND THE HARE. Bider Haggard's tartlins Adventure on the Transvaal Veldt. State Items of Intenab At Galesburg, Mrs. Dorothy Sisson Gorham and William J. Pringle of Chi­ cago were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sis- son. There will be no race meeting in De­ catur this season, because, it is affirmed, the races cannot be made successful with­ out pool selling, which has been prohib­ ited. The Elgin Co-operative Company has made an assignment and the retail gro­ cery store operated for a year has been closed. Liabilities estimated at $1,500, and the capital stock was I&500. The mauager aays th«r« i« money to pay sill claims. Once, many years ago, I was riding In search of small game upon the veldt in the Transvaal when a hare jumped up before me. Halting the horse, I shot at it from the saddle, and with the sec­ ond barrel broke one of its hind legs and injured the other. Springing from my horse, and without reloading the gun, I ran to catch it, but as it could still travel faster than I did, I saw with chagrin that it would reach a hol| for which it was heading (in Africa these hares go to ground if pressed) before I was able to overtake it Presently it came to the hole, but Instead of bolting down it, sat quite still upon the hither side. Thinking that the animal was expiring, I crept up cautiously and stretched out my hand to seize it. The next Instant I received one of the sharpest shocks that I can remember to have experienced, for on the othet side of the hole, within about four feet of my face, like some child of an evil magic, there rose up suddenly the hugest cobra ("ringhals" I think the Boers call it) that I have ever seen. The reptile, which appeared to me to be about six feet long, stood upon his coiled tail and, puffing out his horrible and deadly hood, flickered hts tongue and spat upon me. There was no rea­ son why he should not have struck m€ also, since for the moment I sqemed paralyzed and did not move. Recover­ ing myself, I sprang backward and be­ gan to search in my pocket for a car­ tridge to put into my gun, whereon the great snake, sinking down again, with a single swift movement vanished Intc the bole which was between it and me. Now, as. the "ringhals" had gone, 1 thought that, at any rate, V might as well secure the hare, which, all this while, petrified with terror, had beeD crouching by the top of the hole. So once again I leaned toward it. It heard me and tried to run away, but was evi dently too weak. Then it looked first back at me and next at the burrow down which the snake had vanished, and seeming finally to decide that tbe mercies of a cobra are greater than the mercies of rnau, it uttered a scream and followed the reptile into the hole. I stood by and listened. Presently from under the earth came the sound of a rush and a scuffle, followed by an­ other pitiful scream. Then all was still.--Longman's. What la the 8now Line? It is found that there ie a certain height on mountains where the sun's beat is unable to melt all tbe snow that falls in the course of the year, where, in point of fact, the limit of per­ petual snow begins. This Is ealled the snow line. Very far north and very far south it is practically level with the sea, while as we near the equator it reaches the height of many thousands of feet above the sea level. In the Isle of Spitzbergen It is only 1,509 feet high; in Iceland, 3,071 feet high; in the in­ terior of Norway, 5,512 feet high; in the Western and Middle Alps, 8,858 feet high; in the Eastern Alps, 9,186 feet high; in the Himalayas, toward Tibet, 18,603 feet high; in the African moun­ tain of Kilimanjaro, 16,403 feet high; in the Andes at the equator, 15,713 feet high; in the Chilian Andes, 14,763 feet high; in Patagonia, 6,004 feet high; and in the Strait of Magellan at Cape Horn, 3,609 feet high. Diminutive Negro Pet vt t^he Kfartk United >tates Cavalry* • dog often makes a good regimental (ipt, hut from an article in the New York Sun it appears that the Ninth United States Cavalry has a pet that excelled at least one boy'S' admiration. What it is will be seen from rending the Sun's account of a visit made by a boy and his mother to' Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point. They had had a most interesting day, and on tbe way home the mother asked the boy what he had enjoyed most. Without hesita­ tion he replied: "Oh, Jimmy Wallace For a moment she waf mirprised; then she realised that from a boy's standpoint Jimmy Wallace probably was the greatest attraction in* that strange city of tents by the sea. She had first seen him early in the after­ noon, a small black boy, with a sweet, childish face, gazing upMnto"an, officer's eyes with adoring . Approbation. Tbe o f f i c e r w a s s a y i n g : i t . . ; - s ; "Now, Jimmy, don't do it again- You gave me an awful scaye when they said j that they could not find you. I thought you had got on some train and been carried off. Don't? wander far ifitxn the camp!" . • . And Jimmy touched his ridiculous cap in true military style and scamper­ ed away. Later the woman found him adjust­ ing his suspender on the one button of his ragged trousers, ,and for a blissful ten minutes she and her son had Jim­ my all to themselves. At first he was shy, as any important little boy might have been; but presently he lost him­ self In the glory of his achievements and possessions, and then indeed Jim­ my was brilliant. "I did live down in Tampa," he said, "but 1 didn't have no folks, so de Ninth Cavalry dey took me 'long wid dem to Cuba." "I suppose you were in the battle at Santiago?" the woman aaked, with a •mile. ' "Yessuto, I was, an' I didn't hide. I stood 'long-by de Colonel all de time. I saw de Spaniards all covered up wid leaves like de trees, an' dey sbot at us like murder. An' sometimes dfey yell out, 'We'se Cubans!' an' den when we uns went up close dey'd fire on us. Tessum, an* I wasn't scared. I jnst ran after de Colonel." After a pause he went on, looking re­ gretfully dbwn at his airy costume: "I'se got a suit just like de boys, an' a gun, an' a little Spanish pony named Buffalo Bill an 'a mule named Jack, an' I'se got a little tent all fur myself up on de hill by de Colonel's--an'--an'-- dat's what I got!" with a final burst of pride. Tbe woman could not believe all that he told her, for he was certainly not more than ten years old, so she went to one of the Ninth Cavalry and ques­ tioned lvlui. Yes, it was all true, tbe trooper said, but the boy had left out one item more touching than all tbe rest. While he was standing by the Colonel in the battle of Santiago a bullet went clean through his left foot, and when he was lifted up to be car­ ried back with the wounded he said: "I'se glad I got de ball 'stead ob de Colonel." When the woman left camp at night she spied Jimmy Wallace in a side­ tracked parlor-car eating a slice of watermelon which almost bid him from her view. 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