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•mmww- f ; ym ; jm «£V.^K ! ±',i££>. -W>>* •"-,- "? -r i" £--•.>: »*•? .• S-;vV .-=- ^'••s^'s:: %'i j . , ; „ . r:.\5":'yC. ii ETHICS OF MATRIMONY, MAID INN^S£ mary I;|A Story of ErvglisH tfc -... J^!l .- . *•_'••> I? te3'>; •v* >*-3- '. .- " --:."TT.' 5v>_, By JOSEPH HATTON. % (CHAPTER IV.--Continued.) £ •.-J& At the same time Dick had no great- ** "3b* admirer than Andrew Foster, for '"the very reason that Moj-ley admired his niece. Dick had qualities Foster ^ *• -4id not possess, resources he could not understand, was always merry, -and combined with the manners and 4|ppearanee of a prince, rare generos- , ^iPlJnfortnnately for the continuation ifjf Foster's good opinion, Dick had of • -f :fete made nothing and spent much, JSls gallantries being as expensive as Ills personal extravagance in other -directions. Moreover, he had recent- j|r endangered both Foster's neck and V P1* own by a piece of unnecessary itfeckleseness that had rendered it de- fruble they should seek fresh woods id pastures new for their future op­ erations. This had brought them into ' iforkshlre; and their quarry, as Fos- j|er called it, was this very Bellingham .^yjfrho had supped in the same room ' With them, and had been spotted by r . Jpick with his usual promptitude. Vy; The next morning when they were v v^etting up the travelers had an inter- / listing conversation. . "He is going to Newcastle," said * poster; "on his return he will stop at Tork." "Yes," said Dick. ,v "Black Diston will shadow him *ineanwhile, and we will meet him at a •convenient bend in the road near the ' •bbey if the time is convenient." "The money is not in doubt?" "Not in the least; we have Infor- .fcatlon from a clerk in the bank." " -Ui "The young fellow we drank with -*t Leeds last night?" "You are devilish quick--the same." "Ah, now you are quite well again, Andy; you have not paid me a compli­ ment for a week." "I hope to pay you several before "the month is out, and to see ourselves -provided for the winter." "Always practical," said Dick; "and v. ^between now and the Bellingham in- : .^ident, what is your proposal?" v' "The program is yours, not mine. .V-lfre move on today, get acquainted %ith the roads, visit Harrogate, take a [ glance at York, and make dispositions * for retreat to Whitby, where a sloop "Will be lying at anchor for us." "You will forgive me if I change the 'ISP" " •; -^program." "Change It" exclaimed Foster; "it V ~. "Js a settled scheme, and we are on it. Y4jUd I never made a more complete ; TJlan of retreat nor. a longer one, by - $pour own wish." T- 1 "I shall take up my quarters here •during those ten days." "Then by all the oaths which bind TW I will not forgive you-" said Fos- "ter, hissing the words between his . "broken teeth. "Why not?" asked Dick, paying .. "®iore than usual attention to his 'toilet "Because you are at the old game; -and I will neither be ruined nor hang­ ed for you, except in the way of busi­ ness--though, mark me, Dick, I will fcot tamely give you up. You are nec- ! . , <ossary to this work--it has got to be <4one. When it is done, you can come 4lnd stay here until you rot; for, what­ ever happens, I hav& done with you when this job is over." "There is something wrong, truly," r " v»aid Dick. "I have thought so many •timesthis six weeks; you talk so much 4nd so fast--reticent Andy, we used to call you--loquacious would be more ^ : truthful now." - * - "I mean business, Dick--never BO jpuch as on this occasion--and neither leaven nor hell nor you shall stop pie, and if It comes to a quarrel be- /tween you and me, let it come--only jL ^on't forget that it ends one of us." Foster spoke with calm, brutal de- T liberation. His manner and his lan- ^ guage evidently made an unusual im- pression on the younger traveler, who paused while buckling his shoes, looked up into the sinister face of his C Companion and bit his lip as if to stop am angry retort. 9 r - "Your language is as ugly as your *•' i'^ace," said Dick; "you show your rljeeth like Wild's bull terrier before gibe springs. What is it? Shall we i' M° out and have a shooting match in the yard, and Introduce a funeral into _ , the outdoor entertainment of Klrks- sY" tall, or what other delightful surprise fcave you in store for the natives?" ~ " - "I mean friendship, honor, share , «nd share alike; or I mean what we til mean when a comrade turns trait- o j;. <Qr." "Who Is conducting this business?" «sked Dick, standing up and confront­ ing Foster. "Up to how, you." "Then listen. I have other schemes ,l»eyond the Bellingham business 'Which you will be good enough to al­ low me to develop in my own way. It Ifc my intention for the next week or ; po to fish lr. the Aire. I shall go into v . lieeds in the morning and buy bait ' * and tackle; you will amuse yourself 7'. sm you please In the meantime. I ^ "think you should reconnoiter Harro- •' gate and York--study the roadB--I • vili be ready to join you when you ^prant me." i "I know you well enough," said Fo®- jler, "to nnderestand this change of ';'v, Vjroat. I have said all I intend to say & - ••-you know me well enough to know L- What I mean. I am friend or foe, as you elect--friend to the death, foe to fhe death. You are in command; if ̂ the affair miscarries through you it I" , Jrill be our last campaign, and " v-\ : * "That is enough, Mr. Andrew Fos- far. I have stood your insolence and feor threats for auld lang syne--you °bave inflicted them upon me because I have been friend enough to go a ftep beyond our rights of share and tjhare alike. I owe you a little money •;*i-lt is only the low-born cur who t fjerres his friend and mentions it--we "Will call a truce on this quarrel; bat ^ >ou shall answer it! And now let It ^ Stop, or, if you were fifty times my f:C. comrade and fifty times Andrew Fos- if- • tor, I would strangle you where yon AM 1M ̂ oke, the yonng man, bf a quick action of his right arm, pinned Foster to the wall as if he were in a vise. "There! Curse you, strong as you are. I could tear your heart out, if you had one! Curse you for a huck­ stering wretch!" CHAPTER V. Andy writhed under the young man's grip and words, grew livid and was clearly afraid. Suddenly releasing him, Dick flung him to the ground, and drew a pistol from his breeches pocket. Foster looked up for a moment, then gathered himself together and arose to his feet. He did not speak; neither did Dick. The deadly silence was at last broken by Dick. "Am r the chief?' he said, replacing his weapon. "You are the chief," Foster replied. "This Is our first serious quarrel, let it be our last," said Dick. "It shall," Foster replied; "the man who can twist Andrew Foster about as if he were a weathercock is good enough to follow." "You think so, truly? And no knife in your thoughts, no knife or pistol on a dark night when your man is off his guard?" "I am sincere," said Foster, thor­ oughly cowed. "Your hand on it" Foster put out his hand. Dick took it, and as he pressed it in a peculiar way repeated part of the oath which bound the little company of so-called merchants together. "And whosoever he sha'l break his oath of fealty to the chief then and there in authority, his life shall be forfeit and may be taken by one and all; or; failing this just execution, he shall be deserted by all in the hour of his need." "Those are the words, I think?" "They are," said Foster. "You still subscribe to them?" "I do." "Then It is I who spare your life, Andy; not you who spare mine, eh?" "That is so," said the red-eyed sneak. "And we will forget all that has oc­ curred to shake our tempers in Kirk- stall." "And at Leeds," said Foster, ready to make the amends more complete. '.'We are friends, comrades, broth­ ers, once more," said Dick, with a pleasant smile. "After breakfast you will go on your way--at the end of the week you will report yourself. I will meet you six days hence at York --a mile this side the last turnpike, at 9." "Right!" said Foster; and such is discipline, when enforced by authority combined with superior skill and strength, that, half an hour afterwards the young traveler and his friend were breakfasting together as amicably as If there had never been the shadow of a cloud upon their intercourse. They preferred to eat In the private room that overlooked the high road; Bellingham and two other guests in the general room. It wasc a cozy, wainscoated apart­ ment, this private room that flanked the bar, and matched it with a large bow-window, which commanded a fine view of Kirkshall Abbey, with the Aire and a stretch of green meadows In the foreground, and In the distance glimpses of the river as it flowed in crystal beauty through one of the loveliest vatieys in England. As the two travelers were finishing their morning meal they were attract­ ed bW?Tom Sheffield, the man of all workf leading to the door a smart cob. which was followed by a young fellow mounted upon a similar animal, the sturdy countryman vaulting out of his saddle to assist a merry-looking girl into hers. Not that Mary required his aid. She took his hands, neverthe­ less. It was offered with the grace of a perfect horseman. Jack Meadows was Yorkshire born and bred, and if there is one thing a Yorkshireman can do better than any other man it is to ride a horse, and if there is one thing a Yorkshireman knows more than any other it is a good horse when he sees it Jack Meadows was a rough farmer; he sat with the dignity of an Indian and the confidence and ease of a huntsman. He wore his velveteen jacket, drab breeches, figured stock, and all that, and smiled proudly at Mary as her horse curveted and showed its points, and her own. "For a spin to Jack's farm," said Mary, answering her uncle, who stood in an attitude of admiration at the inn door, "to see the new colt; and we will be back half an hour before the coach." "Very well," said the old man, "be in time for the coach, and you'll be in time for me; Mary. How are you. Jack?" "Fine morning, Mr. Morley," said Jack. "Very well, thank you, sir." Old Morley liked to have Jack Meadows address him as "sir," and he favored his suit for Mary. "Do you thinlf your change of pro­ gram will work?" Foster asked as Dick caught Mary's eye from the winE dow and waved his hand to her. "I think so," said Dick, as well he might, if the conquest of Mary occu­ pied the important place in his pro­ gram, which Foster thought it did; for Dick was quick to note the flush that stared fresh and ruddy upon Mary's cheek as she responded to his salute with a bend of her graceful head, and the sweet parting of her lips Into a pleasant smile. "He is a stalwart-looking chap," said Foster. "The young countryman?" remarked Dick interrogatively, as If Foster might be speaking of some one else. "Her lover." said Foster. "Do you think he is her loVer?" "Don't you?* asked Foster. "No; but you seem to think she is the cause of my change of plans." "You object to my thinking?" said Foster. "When fon doubt the tenth and di- r--tIon oI tiu> offlcar you hxtro Mam to obey." "Yes; discipline is as necessaiy In ottr -work zs it is la the army; that is Wild's motto, and yourn--eometimes." "Always," said Dick. "We shall see. But. I am off to Study the ground, and yon will find me this night week, as yon order, three miles this side the last York toll gate, at nine." With which parting remark Foster left the room, paid his bill, ordered his horse, and presently cantered into the highway, past the little Hark-to-Rover Inn. CHAPTER VT. As they rode away Jack said, "Who Is the foreign-looking noodle who waved his hand from the parlor win­ dow?" He had caught sight of Dick Parker, as Mary turned her horse's head toward the vslley, and he noticed the blush which heightened her color as she bowed to the stranger. "He's no noodle," said Mary. "On the contrary, I should say he c*n see as far through a stone wall as most" "Oh!" said Jack, "you have talked with him?" ~ "Not exactly; f feaTft ttsard him talk." "Got the gift of gab, «hr remarked Jack scornfully. "Seems to have got many gifts," Mary replied. "His father's a noble­ man; he has been in the wars, escaped in a merchantman through the French cruisers, lives in London, ia traveling for pleasure, and a'so to see his father. He likes fishing, thinks he will stay a week or two at Kirkshall, rides well, knows all about horses, and foreign countries, has fought a duel and Is as handsome as a picture."-' Before Jack could reply Mary put her cob into a gallop, and went spin­ ning along the road with her thoughts and fancies all centered in the youn* stranger at the inn. Jack followed his mind already in open revolt against the stranger, and ready tn pick a prompt quarrel with him about horses, foreign parts, French cruisers or anything else. " 'Handsome is as handsome does,' is a good Yorkshire proverb," Jack said as soon as Mary pulled up again. "Yes; and I daresay it makes for him as,,well as if he were Yorkshire," said Mary. "I know nothing to the contrary." "I never seed a French spy," said Jack, "but he's uncommonly like the sort of chap they talk of." "Who talks of?" "Why, old Thompson and Jim Ren- shaw, who've both been in the wars." (To be continued^ A W E D B Y A L E G . Wttat Most, Surpr!t«d the Buddbiit on Ills Tr»nla In Japan. The Buddhist lama of Pekin, who has just completed a tour of Japan, seems to have confined his travels heretofore to Thibet and China. In Japan the lama was entertained by Count Okuma at his country estate, the residence on which was destroyed by fire not long ago. As the new building was not complete the feast was spread in marquees set about un­ der the trees. While Okuma and his guestB were conversing the lama ob­ served something unusual about one of the count's legs. The lifter, observ­ ing this, had the interpret^- Inform the lama that the limb was an arti­ ficial one. Had the amazement with which this was received been mani­ fested by a less august personage than the Buddhist prelate of Pekin it must certainly have been amusing to those about him. But Count Okuma hasten­ ed to explain. Even then the lama seemed incredulous, and it was not until he had examined the artificial leg critically, felt it with his own hands i*UU bluliiiAi tiic w Ot kifi^S vi t that he seemed satisfied of the correct­ ness of what had been told him. Then he gave free expression to his aston­ ishment. He said that surgery had not reached a point in either Thibet or China enabling them to perform such operations as Count Okuma had undergone, nor had the artisans of either country attempted the manufac. ture of such wonderful contrivances as wooden legs, the pliant joints of which enabled their possessors to go about almost as freely as if they had all the original members.--Baltimore Sun. iFW ILLINOIS ITEMS The Morderer and G»pt, ByrnM. McGloin was a young ruffian who had murdered a saloonkeeper at a mid­ night raid on his place. He was the fellow who the night before he was hanged invited the chief of detectives to "come over to the wake; they'll have a devil of "a time." For six months Byrnes had tried everything to bring the crime home to him, but in vain. At last he sent out and bad McGloin and his two "pals" arrested, but so that none of them knew of the plight of the others. McGloin was taken to Mulberry street, and orders were given to bring the others in at a certain hour fifteen or twenty minutee apart. Byrnes put McGloin at the window ia his office while he ques­ tioned him. Nothing could be got out of him. As he sat there a door was banged below. Looking out he saw one of his friends led across the yard in charge of policemen. Byrnes, watching him narrowly, saw his cheek blanch; but still his nerve held. Fif­ teen minutes passed; another door banged. The murderer, looking out, saw bis other pal led in a prisoner. He looked at Byrnes. The chief nodded. "Sqealed, both." It was a lie, and It cost the man his life. "The jig is up, then," he said, and told the story that brought him to the gallows.--Jacob in the Outlook. Vuytai lb The Damsel--"But this is such a queer, unromantic way to propose to a girl, Mr. Wellup. In the daytime, and on the way to a suburban trainj" The Widower--"I knffW It, Miss de Mulr. I've generally proposed whilst takin' a moonlight ride with the gal, but I thought J'd go at it different this time. Just for variety."--Chicago Tribune. DepMi-tment Store of the Fatnre. Wild-Eyed Man--"I want to arrange for a divorce." Polite Shopgirl--"Two aisles down. This is the counter yher* we marry people."--Chicago Tribune Thos. HilHngK iias sued the Wabash raiiroad for damages in the sum of $10,000. While crossing the tracks of the company" in Springfield on October 2. he alleges, his buggy was struck by a freight car. He was severely Injured one arm being crushed and one ankle fiactured. All>0Ft^rifilths,-well known through­ out sporting^clrclcs as "Young Griffo," a clever light weight pugilist, has been forced to quit the ring because of a valvular affection of the heart that may bring death to him in the ring at any time. l)r. McGregor, physician of the Olympic Athletic club, at Chicago, examined Griffiths, and because of his weakness refused to permit him to enter for a match for which^ he was scheduled Wednesday night. Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire­ men, who is attending the labor con­ ference in New York has wired the Creve Coeur club, a business men's or­ ganization at Peoria, that Senator M. A. Hanna of Ohio, has accepted the club's invitation to be one of the ora­ tors at the fourth annual banquet to be held on Washington's birthday an­ niversary. The state board of arbitration at Springfield Tuesday began the hearing of evidence In the Investigation of the strike at the plow works of the Satt- ley Manufacturing company in Spring­ field. The attorney for the company denied the jurisdiction of the board, but he was overruled anil the hearing of evidence was begunv\ Dr. William Saucer of St. Louis, and Miss Irene Borders were married Wed­ nesday at the bride's home, at Sparta. Thomas C. Foster of Sunfield, has brought suit in the Perry county cir­ cuit court against the Perry County Coal Mining company and William Stewart and Joseph Morris, lessees, for $10,000 damages. The complaint was injured while employed in the Sunfield coal mine Dr. Adelbert T. Olsted of Chicago, and Miss Minnie E. Sellers of Pekin, were married at high noon Wednes­ day by Rev. Henry Bruins of the Amer­ ican Reformed church. The bride is a daughter of the late Col. W. W. Sel­ lers. The domestic science department of the Coles county farmers' institute has chosen officers as follows: MrB. John L. Gaiser, president; Mrs. Harry P. Cofer, vice president; Mrs. Joseph L. Reat, secretary. Mesdames Gaiser and Cofer were chosen as the delegates to the meeting of the state association, which will be held in Rockford, Feb­ ruary 18-21. The football team of the Nashville high school has disbanded, after a suc­ cessful season. Immediately after the Christmas holidays the track team will commence training for the annual high school meet, which will take place at Mount Vernon in May. _ The new M. E. church in Greenfield w a s d e d i c a t e d l a s t S u n d a y . \ R e v . W . N. McElroy presiding elder, and Rev. T. C. Iliff of Philadelphia, conducted the ceremonies, assisted by the pastor, Rev. T. J. Wheat, and Revs. A. P. Stover, of Springfield; C. W. Jacobs, of Casey; J. J. Dugan,^- of Pleasant Plains; J. W. Davidson, of Evanston, and Charles Snow, of Jacksonville, for­ mer pastors of the church at Green­ field. The new church was erected at the cost of $16,000. Joseph W. Powell of Buffalo, N. Y., attended the dedica­ tion, and during the day raised the among the congregation, which amount eliminated the debt of the church and left $2,000 in the treiisury. Mattoon division. No. 37, Brother­ hood of Locomotive Engineers, has elected the following new officers: Chief engineer, O. F. Hamilton; first engineer, Nick Robson; sec­ ond engineer, Thomas F. Barrett; first assistant engineer, M. J. Heffer- nan; second assistant engineer, Wil­ liam Bird; guide, George Coen; chap­ lain, W. S. White; committee on ad­ justment with Big Four, R. T. Clark and T. L. Kenny; delegate to grand lodge, M. J. Hefferman; insurance agent, A. M. Garner. • . ) » The Madison county auxiliary of th^| state board of charities has been or­ ganized. The auxiliary consists of Mrs. S. Demuth of Alton, Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum of Edwardsville and George M. McCormlck of Colllnsville. Mrs. Demuth was elected president and Dr. Fiegenbaum secretary. Mrs. De­ muth says the auxiliary board will at once begin work of visiting the jails and hospitals in the county where state wards are kept. The auxiliary board will have authority to enforce sanitary conditions and good treatment of the inmates. The members are serving on the board without remuneration. Samuel Haggard, a well-known resi­ dent of Finckneyvllle, died at his home Sunday morning, aged 69 years. He leaves his widow and Ave children. Former Senator David T. Littler Is In a serious condition at his home at 8pringfield, and fears of the outcome ot his affliction are entertained. Last Saturday Senator Littler was injured in a wreck on the Illinois Central rail­ road at Otto, near Gilman. While he was standing in the aisle of a coach a freight train crashed into the passen­ ger car and he was thrown backward, sustaining a fracture of one shoulder. At first the injury was considered trifling, but old ailments have been ag­ gravated and his condjtion steadily has grown more alarming. Macomb spent $30,000 on street pav­ ing the past season. The burning out of a dynamo in the Carthage electric light plant caused the town to be in darkness for a couple of weeks. A camp of Royal Neighbors has been organized at Nauvoo. The Jerseyville high school has sev­ enty-five tuition-paying pupils, who pay a total of $2,250, leading the schools of the state In that particular. December 23 to 28 the Logan coun­ ty poultry fanciers will hold A show a* Emden. A petition will be filed in the county court at Springfield asking that a com­ mission be appointed to inquire into the mental condition of Archie Tur­ ner of WUHamsville. Joseph D. Huber will file the petition. According to Huber's story. Turner, who is 35 years of age, has been in love with Hubers' 13-year-old daughter. His attetntions have been annoying to Mr. and Mrs. Huber, who board at the Wllliamsville hotel, where Turner boards. Recently Mrs. Huber told Turner that she wished he would cease his devotion to her daughter. Turner was deeply affected and refused to eat any supper or to speak to anyone. He stood in one place In the kitchen all that night and since then, It is said, has acted strangely. The identity of the man whose home is thought to have once been in Chi­ cago and who committed suicide a few days ago in Olympia, Thurston county, Wash., is being sought by the officials of that city in a telegraphic communi­ cation received yesterday by Acting Chief of Detectives Rohan of Chicago. The suicide, who is described as being about 45 years old, was found dead seated in a chair in his room at the Baldwin house. The-man had placed the chair directly in front of a mirror in the room, and, taking deliberate aim, had fired a bullet through his head. Alfred Bayliss, superintendent of public instruction, has reported the fol­ lowing school statistics compiled by his office: Number of children enumerated between 4he ages of 6 and 21--Males, 803.330; females 787,515; total 1,595,845. This number Is somewhat too small, from the fact that the school census has not been taken in Chicago since the spring of 1900. Number of pupils enrolled in school--Males, 485,350; fe­ males, 578.284; total, 963,634; an in­ crease of 4,723 during the year. Aver­ age dally attendance. 756,558, an in­ crease of ls.802. Average number of days the public schools were kept 159.6. Number of buildings usedjar school houses, 12,852. Number of school houses built during the year. 176. Estimated value of public school property, including buildings, grounds, libraries and apparatus, $50,S39.941. Number of pupils enrolled In public high schools 40,(>39, an increase of 1,881. Number of pupils enrolled in private and parochial schools, 142,076, a decrease of 420. Number of different teachers employed^ tn public schools: Males, 6(897; females, 19,632; total. 26.- 529; an increase of 216. Average monthly salaries of teachers, $55.22; males, $6^69; females, $53.51. Finan­ cial statistics: Balance on hand July 1,1900-- District funds, $5,428,240.28. Re­ ceived from income of township fund (rent of school lands and interest in school notes), $837,121.29. Of this amount $542,587.85 was received by Cook county, there having been re­ ceived in Chicago from rents $425,- 918.21; from state appropriations, $1,- 000,000; from district taxes. $17,627,- 936.09; from sale of bonds, $682,931.43; from all other sources, $706,121.68. To­ tal receipts from all public moneys, excluding balance on hand, $20,854,- 110.49; an increase of $1,684,490.90. Ex­ penditures duripg the year. For sites, buildings, including permanent repairs and alterations, furniture, libraries and apparatus, $3,455,229.34; for salaries of tfcachers and superintendents, $11,854,- 772.41; for salaries of county superin­ tendents, $149,512.61; bonded indebted­ ness paid, *570,531.80: for fuel and in­ cidental expenses, $2,146,680.33; all other expenses, $1,425,268.20- Total ex­ penditures, $19,601,994.69; an increase ot $1,274,873.57. Cash on hand June 30, 1901, $6,680,356.08. Amount of town­ ship fund invested and yielding rev­ enue, $14,877,286.51; amount not yield­ ing revenue (cash on hand), $700,104.18. Total amount of township fund, $15, 577,390.69: an Increase of $82,715.29. As­ sessed value of all taxable property in the year 1900, $809,733,405. The Randolph county Poultry and Pet Stock association exhibited fpr three days at Red Bud. More than 200 birds entered, as many fancy premiums were offered. This was the ^'second exhibit of the association. The Alton bricklayers union has elected tl^e following officers: Peted Ash, president; Edward Dawes, finan­ cial and recording secretary; Benjam­ in Allen, treasurer. The officers were installed by Edward Dawes. An attempt to create a sentiment in favor of a special session of the legis­ lature to rearrange the assessment laws has been made at Springfield, but there appears little Inclination on the part of high officials of the state to take kindly to th? proposition. The story was whispered around at Wednesday morning's session of the state board of equalization that the extra session al­ ready has been decided upon, but none of the members was able to trace the source of the rumor or to ascertain who was responsible for it. Prof. Jphn Dare, principal of the fourth grade school in Mount Vernon, has resigned the position to embark ^n business, and is succeeded in school work by Robert E. Smith. The pecan crop about Rushvllle has been large and remunerative, the nuts bringing $2.50 a bushel. Schuyler county hM a new $12,000 jail. The Oak Grove Bchoolhouse, located between Enos and Hettick, west of Carllnvllle, was destroyed by flre. The fire Is supposed to have originated from a defective flue. The Immense plant at Peoria of the Sugar Refining company (the trust) was shut down Monday for an indef­ inite period and 800 men are thrown out of employment. The Peoria man­ agers have little to say regarding the shut-down except that they expect to resume after the holidays. The high prices of corn, together with the fact that the company is overstocked, is believed to be the reason for the close, which is very unusual at this time of the year. Compulsory vaccination It in force in the Belleville Bchools. Robert Shamblln, the bank messen­ ger who disappeared from Mobile on Thursday with $6,000, was captured in Cairo Saturday. All but $100 was re­ covered. Judge Thompson at Jacksonville overruled the motion for a new trial asked by William Ferguson, charged with poisoning Dr. Barnes there last April. Ferguson has been sentenced for twenty years. Distressed by the belief that he had brought disgrace to himself and rela­ tives because the police had been sum­ moned to bis home, James Oatson, 215 One Hundred and Seventeenth street Chicago, shot and killed himself in the presence of his mother and broth­ er last night The tragedy followed a quarrel which Oatsen had with his brother, Robert, over the admission of a niece to the household. tars. Effie Stoneking, a bride of six weeks, was shot and fatally wounded by her husband, George M. Stoneking, at Macomb. He escaped, and has so far eluded the posse which started im­ mediately in pursuit. They separated about a week ago, since which time he has been trying to induce her to return to him. This she declined to do, and the quarrel led to the shoot­ ing. William Sanford, an aged resident of New Holland, a small village near Pe­ kin, died under peculiar circumstances Monday evening. He was present at the golden wedding celebation of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Groverhill, and at the close of the sup­ per was asked to give a selection on his violin. He played "Home, Sweet Home," his favorite piece, and before the sound had died away he fell limp in his chair. A physician was sum­ moned, but before his arrival he was dead, the cause having been a blood clot on the brain. The deceased was 76 years of age. The four-story apartment building, known as the Olinger flats, at the cor­ ner of Indiana avenue and Thirty-fifth street, Chicago, was burned early Sunday morning. The sixty tenants, most of whom were asleep, were arouses} by the dense smoke, and many narroW escapes from death were spec­ tacular and exciting. So far as re­ ported every one left from the build­ ing by fire escapes or by ladders hoist­ ed to the upper windows by firemen, but much suffering was caused by ex­ posure to the Intense cold in scant attire. An organized movement ha* been set on foot here to secure for Mount Vernon the next annual meet of the National Fox Hunters' Association. Dr. James L. Bevans of Decatur, who a few days ago received his com­ mission as a surgeon in the regular army service, has received notice to report for duty at Havana, Cuba. He will take his family with him. Ixmis Haight has been elected cap­ tain of the Shurtleff football team for the next season, says a dispatch from Alton. Rev. W. E. Boulton, pastor of the Christian church at Taylorville, re­ signed Sunday on account of ill heatth. The resignation becomes effective on February 28. Rev. Boulton will lo­ cate in Idaho. The magic word "home" has loos­ ened iron bars and given freedom to three boys confined in the John Wor­ thy reform school. Chicago. As an evidence of Christmas cheer the home's boys, held at that institution for one offons? or another, were offered a novel means to gain their release in time for the holidays. The three who handed in the best essays on the sub­ ject of "Home" were to^-be allowed to go. Eddie Grifenhan, Herman Devry and William McGinnis are the fortun­ ate ones, and they will be given their liberty by Judge Tuthlll. The first, who will also receive prizes of $10 each, and the last mentioned a prize of $5, given by the Juvenile Record, for their excellence as essayists. There were fifty-three competitors. Just what plans are to be carried out in arranging for permanent homes and work for the three fortunate boys will not be decided upon until a com­ mittee visits the school and makes the personal acquaintance of the youthful prisoners. ThlB committee will be composed of Judge Tuthill, Henry E. Weaver and T. D. Hurley. "Of course, some splendid provision will be made for the boys," said Mr. Weaver, and he added with a meaning smile, "I may be able to take care of all three myself." Both Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have taken a great interest In the homeless, and it Is certain that they, will all have work and homes. Franklin A. Hammer, aged 72 years, died at Beardstown after a short ill­ ness with pneumonia. He was former­ ly county assessor and treasurer, and for seven years was president of the Cass County bank, being at present a stockholder and director of its succes­ sor, the First State bank. Mayor Phillips, J. C. McCourtney and John C. Pierik, representing the Springfield Merchants' Association, signed a proposition at Springfield which had been submitted to the as­ sociation by president Thompson of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, whereby the company plans to open its rolling mills in that city as soon as the plant can be placed in condition for operation. The stipulation exacted by the company was that the citizens of Springfield subscribe for $50,000 of the company's preferred stock. This amount has been pledged. v The twelve-year-old stepdaughter of Mrs. Jane Farr, of Taylorville. died Saturday night, the result of a butcher knife wound inflicted by the woman. Great excitement exists over the trag­ edy. The epidemic ot smallpox in Blair and Bible Grove townships, near Flora,- is reported at an end, and the puDlic schools have been reopened. The Salvation Army at Decatur will serve a Christmas dinner for 800 chil- ren at the barracks on Bast Mala street. Good Adrl«e for Thoaa la to Eaiw Stat*. •»-- . Far more difficult than the mere tat-'"**' monizing of opinions is, in married v life, the harmonizing of tempers, since, while many people have no opinion worth mentioning on any subject, the humblest or more ignorant can sot up a temper. Nothing can deal with tem­ per except conscience and time, de­ clares Col. Thomas Wentworth Higgin- son in the Chicago Daily News. "1 have known young married couples with whom it was unpleasant to be in ^he house during the first year of their marriage, and yet habit and sheer ne­ cessity made their society tolerable within two years and positively agree­ able in five. The presence of children is a help to this compatibleness as be­ ing the one possession absolutely shared and necessarily accepted by each parent. Another great aid to the harmonizing of tempers--Indeed, some­ thing priceless, as a permanent rule--is to study mutually what may be called the question of preferences; that is, to form a habit of considering, when a husband and wife differ about any matter, which of the two has really the. most reason to care about it. "Thus it may sometimes make little difference to the wife whether break­ fast is early or late, while a late break­ fast may cost the husband his morning train; or a carriage may be a very im­ portant matter to a wife, with her skirts to take care of, while it may make no serious difference to the hus­ band whether he walks or rides. It is surely better that one should make a little sacrifice on any matter than that the other should make a far greater one. "Many a household Jar which would have left prolonged strings behind it if made a mere test of will and persist­ ence Is settled easily when the equation of preference Is applied to it. and each is ready to make a little sacrifice to save the other from a greater one." \:$fa ':S *3 ;f| SET EXAMPLE FOR THE MEN. How Philippine Womaa Ci unti a Rlvar In Panay. Just beyond San Podro we came to the Sibalom River, the bed of which ia a mile wide, covered with big and lit­ tle bowlders, and here and there a swift running stream. The main river is probably two hundred yards wide and is easily forded, except after a heavy rain, when it rises rapidly and becomes a raging torrent It usually subsides in a few hours after the rain has ceased to fall. When the river is up many people gather on either bank to await an opportunity to cross. Our treasurer was once sitting on the banks with a lot of natives waiting for the river to subside, and had been there, wet, hungry and tired, for hours pray­ ing to get across. The river was boil­ ing and foaming and no one dared "make an attempt to cross. Presently an old woman came along, took a look at the river, gave a contemptuous glance on the manly sex there gathered and then walked up the bank about a hundred yards, where she stripped off her clothing. She made a careful bun­ dle of all her belongings, raised them above her head and entered the stream. The water was over her head, but she made no attempt to swim. She would sink beneath tlie water until her toea touched a bowlder and would then give a jump The current would give her a lift and send her diagonally down the stream a few yards. She kept Yepeat- ing the operation until at last she had reached the other bank, far below where she had started. She waded out with her bundle perfectly dry, donned her clothes and vanished through the thicket.--From a Panay Letter in the Mobile Register. nC, \'*r4Si ' :§P Klaffs In Ei)l« The littie islands of the Seychelles, to ' the east of Africa, are becoming over- populated with dusky monarchs. There are quartered there at present four ex- „ kings and two queen mothers. The kings include Prempeh of Ashanti. Mwanga of Uganda and Kabarega of TJnyoro, the last-named being an old S flgbting'r#nan with a notable record. ^ East and West African monarchs meet at the Seychelles and the diplomatists interested in African affairs are curious to see how they agree. Mwanga and Kabarega are recent Importations, but it is now more than a year since Prem* ^ peh, late king of Ashanti, arrived in Seychelles, and it is said that readers - of Maj.-Gen. Baden-Powell's book on the downfall of that potentate would find it hard to recognize the truculent personage there depicted in the sleek and oily negro, clad in immaculate Eu­ ropean clothes, who sits in a front pew of the English church in Victoria. Realisation of Ag*. Two gentlemen who had slipped the meridian of life without hardly ob­ serving the fact were talking about ages while eating a deliberate luncheon a couple of days ago, when one of them told a story which embodies the experi­ ence of more than one man. "It really came to me with a little shock." he said. "I took a sleeper at St. Louis fpr New York, and there were only half a dozen men aboard when I re­ tired for the night. In the morning, while in the toilet-room brushing my hair. I saw in the mirror the reflection of the back of an old gentleman I did not remember seeing before. He ap­ peared much older than any man I had noticed on the car the night before, and I made up my mind that he had come aboard after I had gone to bed. I watched the reflection while arrang- . ing my hair, and then turned, intend­ ing to speak to the old gentleman. You fan imagine my surprise when I found that I had been looking at the tion of my own back." --- & Rich Xaa'a Um of Haven**. J. M. Longyear of Marquette, MielL* who built himself a palatial home at a cost of $500,010 in that city, has be­ come so embittered against the city for allowing a railroad to run so near hit property that he will move the house, stone by stone, to Boston, which project will almost reach the original cost of the utructure.--Chicago Chi*- C&ndU Creek is the nine ^ test rich gold region In * J gold is fabulously ol«r ^ \