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This is a new portrait, just taken, of Lady Arnold, who was Tama Kuro- kawa of Sendai, Japan, before her marriage to Sir Edwin in 1897. The author of "The Light of Asia" has Just passed his seventieth birthday. His first wife, who was the daughter of an English clergyman, died in 1864. Civil 8ervice in Australia. Some odd discoveries are being made by the postmaster-general of Australia in regard to the freedom and laxity with which "franked" stamps have been used. All the state parliaments and departments have been permitted to use rubber stamps which frank all their correspondence from end to end of Australia. The understanding was that only official correspondence should be so franked, but the interpretation of "official" has been elastic. It has covered letters canvassing for church bazaars and convening meetings of cricket, foot­ ball and rifle clubs. Even the depart­ mental messenger boys have had free access to the rubber stamps and have Used them freely. One member of parliament had the coolness to ask this to be sent as a franked tele­ graphic message: "Have engaged a barmaid; am sending her by the 7:40 train." that at the age of 29 he was made president of Western college at To­ ledo, Iowa, and was the youngest col­ lege president in the country. He was appointed superintendent of public schools at Des Moines in 1888, but two years later he was elected presi­ dent of the college at Ames. His school work has been wholly of a supervisory nature. He was appointed a member of the United States Indian commission in 1897. Dr. Beardshear was a civil war veteran, having en­ listed in 1864 in the Army of tha Cumberland. He was mustered out at the dose of the war. A Wonderful Feat. Recently a party from the embassies at Constantinople went to Inspect the international lifeboat service on the Black sea coast At one of the life- saving stations they thought they would like to test the conditions of lifeboat work, so, clothing themselves in bathing costumes and cork Jackets, they each took an oar in a lifeboat, to the huge delight of the Turkish boat­ men. One of the secretaries of the British embassy is never seen without an eyeglass, and is said even to sleep with it. On this occasion he was faithful to his glass and solemnly em­ barked in a cork Jacket and eyeglass, All the proper exercise were gone through, and finally the boat was capsized and righted again by its own crew. As they crept out from under the capsized boat a howl of surprise came from the Turks, for the secre­ tary's head appeared with the eyeglass firmly fixed in its proper position, its owner taking it as a matter of course that it should be there.--London Tele­ graph. Buying Wife in Installments. A British officer, writing of the na? tive troops of Nigeria, tells the fol­ lowing: "Our first job was the audit of pay lists extending over three months. Each list was thickly bor­ dered with marginal notes. On one of the first pay lists that I checked I noticed that one of the men--Pri­ vate Ogbebi we will call him--was paid 5 shillings less than was due to him. On reference to the margin I found that on such and such a date it was ordered by the proper authorl ty that 5 shillings monthly should be so deducted from the pay of Private Ogbebi and paid to Corporal Amadu until a total of £5 had been paid, said £5 being the assessed value on a wife, the property of the said Amadu, who had been Induced by Ogbebi to renounce her allegiance to her lawful spouse." WILL ACT FOR THE POPE. Mgr. Quid! Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines. The announcement from Rome that Mgr. Ouldi has been appointed apofr King Alexander's Position. King Alexander, like his father be­ fore him, is ignored by his fellow- sovereigns when he travels abroad. Ko official notice is taken of his pres­ ence at Vienna when he stays in the Austrian metropolis, while his offers to visit St. Petersburg and other for­ eign courts with his elderly consort, Queen Draga, have been curtly de­ clined. Nor could any European prince of the blood, no matter how impover­ ished, be found who was base enough to be willing to give his daughter In marriage to King Alexander, who mrrried his mother's discharged lady- in-waiting merely becauue he could find no woman of royal rank willing to become his queen. fl Tons of Precious Metal. A bar of gold containing $1,250,000,- 600 worth of preciouB metal would be three square and 300 feet long. At jfcwo tons to the million, it would take 1,600 double teams, or 5,000 horses, ip haul this mass of coined treasure over the average roads of country, fixing fifty pounds as the proper load Jbr the average man to carry any dis­ tance it would require an army of 100,- 000 to carry the stuff. In ranks of twelve moving in fairly open order this army of gold bearers would gtretch over eleven or twelve miles, or about the length of Broadway on tha island of Manhattan. Propose Second Monte Carlo. It is proposed to establish a Jap­ anese Monte Carlo on an island in To- kio Bay. At present, however, the laws of Japan discourage gambling in •ay form. Ancient Custom Revived. Dumfries has just revived the an­ cient system of shooting for the "sil­ ler gun," presented to the trades of \7T tolic delegate to the Philippines is regarded as further evidence of the Pope's desire to personalty look after the affairs of the church in the islands, Mgr. Ouidi having for years been the pontiff's nearest councilor Mgr. Ouidi occupies apartments In the Vatican ya.laee, and it is said the Pope In late years has taken no Important step without consulting him. Moving 8idewalk In Paris. A well known engineer, M. Casa- longa, is so favorabljjfimpressed with the practicability of the moving side­ walk that he has worked out a plan for a rolling platform running from the Place de la Concorde to the Place de la Bastille. That part of Paris now has an omnibus line, but owing to the crowded condition of the streets the accommodations are very unsatis­ factory. The platform Itself would consist of three parallel parts, run­ ning with speeds of 2.4, 5 and 7 miles an hour, respectively. *A passenger walking on the third platform could thus attain a speed of nine to ten miles. The promoters are contemplat­ ing even a quadruple platform, mak­ ing the higher speed as great as twelve to fourteen miles an hour. f GAS IN COAL MINE& ^ Dangerous Explosive Accumulates tn Spite of Greatest Care. Being reminded of some o* his own experiences by the recent disaster in the Cambria mine, Frederick E. Sa- ward of the Coal Trade Journal gives the following account of the phenom­ ena in a gaseous mine. "I had been invited," said he, "to visit a property which was said to possess a seam of coal of unusual thickness and purity. It wad, never­ theless, a notoriously gassy mine, in­ somuch that the fire boss made regu­ lar rounds to test the working places and calk up warning signs if too dan­ gerous vapor was discovered. "Going down a 300-foot shaft on a platform elevator without sides (sim­ ply the guide rods), in company with the fire boss, I walked along the main entry for one-half a mile, viewing the coal by the light of our little tin-cup lamps. Presently, on approaching a visibly cracked roof, my guide said that he would show me what gas was and how it was put out He held his lamp up near the crevice in the roof and forthwith there was a floating ot blue gas along the roof near the crev­ ice, like burning alcohol In a basin of water. " 'We will not let it get ahead of us,' said the guide, and with that he took off his coat and brushed out the flaming gas, driving it away from the crevice. If he had driven it toward the crevice the roof might have come down. As If this were not enough, the guide said: "I will show you where it is not even safe to go with an ordinary lamp.' He thereupon lit his safety and blew out the other tin-cup lamps. We walked along the entry until we came to a place which led up the face of the coaL Climbing upon that which had been broken down the guide lifted his safety lamp and the blue flame began to dance around the gauze. "This daily tour of the fire boss no doubt saves many lives, but there Is often a quick accumulation in places where he has found nothing danger- ous." HI8 PRIDE WAS HURT. First American Public Library. What was probably the first public library in the United States was started in Charleston, N. C.; in 1749. Municipal Debt of Paris. Paris has the biggest municipal debt of nnv ritv. It amoiinta •« -P gn AQQ. OOfc (S>' V"-.* And Frenchman Threatened to Take v a Mean Revenge. A story was told at a recent dinner of a New York literary club which goes back to the time when a certain famous man was governor of Massa­ chusetts. The tale sounds like a re­ vival of a newspaper yarn contem­ poraneous with its hero. At any rate, It is worth retelling. Along a country road In tbe north of Maine plodded a French-Canadian with a trained bear, making his way to a county fair. At a cross road he met a long-whiskered yankee driving a mule. They nodded to each other and were continuing on their way* when suddenly the Frenchman prick­ ed up his ears. "G'long there, Napoleon!" the farm­ er drawled to his mule. The Frenchman stopped short and listened again. "Git ap, Napoleon," called the yan- kee. "I say, ma fren," called the Ca­ nadian, bringing his bear to a halt, "what for you call ze zhackass Na­ poleon?" "That's his name," replied the farm­ er, Indifferently. "Well, he is no name for a zhack­ ass. Napoleon was a great general." "So's my mule," replied the other, good-naturedly. "Geddap, Napoleon." The Frenchman lost patience. "Look 'ere, me fren," he said, "you call zat zhackass Napoleon wance more time, I tell you w'at I do. You see zat black bear? Wall, I poke his one eye out an' call him Ban Butler."--Youth's Companion. Two 8tartling Suggestions. It is rather startling to find that all the most effusive signs of Suectiofi In use to-day are nothing more or less than relics of barbarism--a modified form of attack. Such, at least, is the opinion of "Student" (Oxford), who claims to be an authority on the sub­ ject. "Take, for example," he says, "a kiss. What is it but a pretence to bite? It is an action plainly intended to convey the meaning: 'I could bite you, you see, but I won't.' "In the same way the playful pats and slaps which a lover gives to his sweetheart are obviously a mimicry of blows, regarded simply as privi­ leged marks of endearment When he clasps her in his arms it Is the sense of capture which thrills him, and of being captured which thrills her."--London Tit-Bit*. Iron and Concrete Must Breath*. A battleship is over six inches longer in summer than in winter, and an ironclad in the tropics Is nearly a foot longer than her sister ship in a more northern sea. One of the most powerful breathing materials em­ ployed for engineering work Is con­ crete. The aqueduct for the convey­ ance of the water for London, extend­ ing from Bell Weir to Hampton, a dis­ tance of about eight and three-quarter miles, is provided with what are tech­ nically termed expansion joints, at in­ tervals of thirty feet, to enable the material to breathe. Illinois News Items State Happenings Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondents VETERANS MEET AT LITCHFIELD Members of Company A, 91st Illinois, Hold Longevity Record. The seventh annual reunion of Com­ pany A, Ninety-first Illinois regiment, was held In Litchfield. Quite a num­ ber were present. The report of Secretary Manners showed that there were ninety-two members formerly In the company, and that forty-six were still living, being 50 per cent, a remarkable record. New officers were elected: L. F. Wood, president; D. W. Manners, secretary. 8IXTY-THREE YEAR* WEDDED Kankakee Couple Celebrate Anniver­ sary of Their Marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Hay of Kan­ kakee celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary recently at their home, surrounded by their six children and several grandchildren. Mr. Hay Is 80 years old and his wife is nine w GILBERT HAY. months his senior. They are well- preserved, have seldom been ill, and this they h^ld is due to the simple life they have led. They were married in Montreal and in 1848 removed to Illi­ nois, being conveyed by boat from Buffalo to Chicago--then a compara­ tively small city--and thence by wag­ on to near where Aurora is now situ ated. Illinois was then without rail­ roads and the Indians were numerous enough to command the respect of the white settlers. After a few months at the first point of their location Mr. and Mrs. *Hay removed to Bourbon nals, a village near the present site APPLE GROWERS' CONVENTION. Meetings to Be Held at St. Louis to Advance Their interests. Delegates to a conference of apple growers of the Mississippi valley are being selected by the various apple growers' organizations to attend a meeting to be held in St. Louis Au­ gust 18. The Alton Horticultural So­ ciety, at its August meeting, selected Isaac Snedecker to represent that so­ ciety. The conference of apple grow­ ers will be held at the Southern hotel for the purpose of making plans for holding a national congress of apple growers, to be held in December. The purpose of the projected congress of apple growers is to promote an inter­ national congress. H. C. Cupp of the Mississippi Valley Apple Growers' As­ sociation, Qulncy, is the head of the movement to organize the apple grow­ ers in their own interest The object of the proposed congress Is to gather information relative to apple culture and to gather statistics which will be of benefit to apple growers in caring for their crops. The apple crops of Madison, Jersey and Calhoun coun­ ties are Important factors in the pros­ perity of the three counties and the growers are taking much interest In the proposed national organization. It is said that the acreage of apple or­ chards will be greatly increased with­ in the next few years, and many agri­ culturists who have been raising grains will devote more of their land to apple culture. The profits have been so large on orchards which have been well cared for that many land owners have decided to engage In raising apples. The meeting to be held in St. Louis August 18 will be attended by delegates from nearly every horticultural society in the cen­ tral states of the Mississippi valley. The apple crop this year in Illinois will be about 40 per cent of a full crop, but the apples are of good qual­ ity and will command very good prices. Mr. Snedeker, who will repre­ sent the Alton district horticultural society, is one of the most prominent apple growers, and also one of the youngest in the business, with large interests in the state ot Illinois. MRS. HAY. of Kankakee and populated exclusive­ ly by French-Canadians. They re­ mained there fifteen years, Mr. Hay working at his trade of shoemaker. Then they became possessors of a farm near St. Anne, another French settlement, where they remained un­ til their removal to Kankakee in 1888. Men and Women Workers. Nearly all the British census re­ turns prove that man works more and woman less than they did ten years ago. Thus the figures for Stafford­ shire Just issued show that the num­ ber of men (1. e., males over ten) employed has increased from 83.6 per hundred In 1891 to 84.8 in 1901; whilst the number of women (I. e., females over ten) has decreased from 30.1 per hundred In 1891 to 28.5 In 1901. This is evidence of prosperity, since when times are really good the woman is not forced into the labor market. True iu many directions more and more women find employ­ ment--many more are teachers and clerks, for Instance--but the great de crease in the number of domestic serv­ ants brings down the general percent- as*. The man who takes up a lot of your valuable time is seldom able to take a hint. t; It is mighty hard to keep your mouth shut when you have nothing te say.--Atchison Globe. LIGHTNING DE8TROY8 A HOUSE. Members of the' Family in the Res! dence Escape Injury. During a thunderstorm a bolt of lightning struck the residence of Frederick Brinkooter In Melrose town­ ship. The house had been recently built and was equipped with all mod­ ern Improvements. The building and contents were entirely destroyed. All of the members of the family were in the house when it was strucK, but no one was injured. The loss is estimat­ ed at $5,000, insurance $8,460. C. E. President Resigns. At the regular meeting of the ex­ ecutive committee of the Christian Endeavor union of Springfield Charles D. Newton tendered his resignation as president to take effect Sept. 1. Mr. Newton has occupied that office for the past ten years and was, at the time of his election, the youngest high officer in the country. His in­ tention is to leave the city shortly for a term at the law school of tha Uni­ versity of Illinois. Jsmes Ranson Is Desd. James Ranson died at Jacksonville aged 91. He had lived there seventy years and was counted the wealthiest resident Deceased was born in Eng­ land and there helped build the first railroad ever constructed. ' ' Paper Company Expands. "The Carlyle Paper company has added a wood pulp machine to its plant The company is preparing to make egg case fillers and heavy cardboard. Likes Manila. . Mr. Carl Zweig has returned to Centralis from the Philippine Islands, where he served three years in the United States regular army. After visiting awhile in this country he will return to- Manila, where ha will go into business. Engineer Seriously Injured. An engine and separator, compris­ ing a thrashing outfit, fell through a bridge near Salem. Arthur Jacobs* the engineer, was seriously injured, oo* leg and both arms being brokan. MADISON COUNTY CROPS GOOD Wheat Yield Is the Largest Ever Known There. Reports of the crops harvested this year in Madison county indicate that, notwithstanding the heavy rains which were supposed to be injurious to crops in general, the condition of all kinds of crops in the county is much better than has ever been known in all the history of the coun­ ty. The wheat crop is the largest ever known. The highest average yield per acre rims nearly to fifty bushels per acre and the lowest is nearly thirty-two bushels to the acre. VILLAGE MARSHAL KILLS A MAN. Tramp Had Been Terrorizing Women and Children in the ToWn. Marshal Henry Poose of Mount Olive, while attempting to arrest Wil­ liam Knaus, a tramp, twice shot at him, one shot taking effect in the left breast and one bullet piercing his right wrist Knaus had been around town terrorizing women and children. The marshal ordered him out of town, when Knaus made for him with an ax. The marshal fired two shots at his assailant Kifeus was charged with assault to commit murder and bound ocer to the grand jury, and in default of ban was committed to jalL QUEEN OF WOODMEN AT PANA Miss Brlggs Held the Scepter at PScnio of the Order. Miss Addle Blrle Briggs, daughter of Prof. Samuel Brlggs of Pana, was elected queen of Woodmen day. The contest was one of the hottest in tha M1S8 ADDIS BIRL.E BRIGGS. history of Pana. The speakers were Hon. Thomas Williamson of Edwards* vllle, president of the southern Illinois M. W. of A. association; Hon. Ben F. Caldwell of Springfield; Hon. N. P. Klein of Barry, state M. W. of A. lec­ turer. Several thousand dollars were donated to the Woodmen camp of Pana, a large amount of which was used as prise ntoney. ODD ACCIDENT TO AN AGED MAN. Internal Revenue Receipts. The receipts from Internal revenue in the Eighth Illinois district show no apparent diminution on account of the repeal of the stamp taxes. Dur­ ing the month of July the receipts were $1,019,932.31, while for the same period a year ago the receipts were considerably less than $1,000,000. The increase is said to be due to the large amount of spirits being released from bond at Pekln. Raise Church Funds. The congregation of the Centralis Methodist church has succeeded in raising the first $10,000 toward the new church fund without soliciting outside the church, and now an effort will be made to get a like amount from the public at large. The plans for the new structure are all ready. It it to cost $25,000. Southern Illinois Reunion. Jt has been definitely settled that the twentieth annual reunion of the southern Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Reunion association will be held on Sept 24, 25 and 26 at Carbondale. Generals John C. Black of Chicago and John B. Gordon of Georgia and Gov. Richard Yates have been se­ cured as speakers. Bryan Will Speak. Hon. W. J. Bryan has ilotified the old settlers' reunion management that he will attend the amiual reunion at Salem and deliver kd. address. The date fixed is Sept 11, but a change may be made in order to not conflict with previous engagements of Mr. Bryan. Babe Is Burned. An explosion occurred in a stove at the home of W. R. Wright in Upper Alton and the lids of the stove were blown off. Mrs. Wright was in the room and was not hurt, hut her child, which was playing near the .stove, was burned painfully. Octogenarian Is Thrown to the Ground and Has His Hip Fractured. Morris Power of Spnngfleld sus- taluuvl ooiluuo ittjuiitta uuiiiig a uettvy wind and rain storm. Mr. Powers, who is 84 years of age and of slight stature, was walking near the state- house when a heavy gust of wind threw him to the stone walk. His right hip was fractured and it is feared that the accident will result fatally on account of the patlsnfs advanced age and feeble health. Coles County Assessment. The Coles county board of review, which has been in session at Charles­ ton, has given the following report of taxes assessed: Mattoon township, $9,822.65; Charleston township, $3,- 121.07; Oakland township, $1,458.78: Humboldt township, $600.96; Lafay< ette township, $227.41; Ashmore town­ ship, $661.13; Pleasant Grove town­ ship, $51; Hutton township, $797.05; Morgan township, $50.10; SevenHick- ory township, $68.85. Married Five Times. A marriage with unusual features occurred at the sheriff's office in the county courthouse at Mount Vernon, the contracting parties being \villiam Sanders of Orchardville, Wayne coun­ ty, and Mrs. Melvina Miller of Farr- ington township, Jefferson county. The bride's age was given as 48, and the groom's as 35 years, and this was the fifth marriage of the bride. Great Ball Game. The Millstadt club won a fifteen- inning game from the Red Bud club at Millstadt, score 1 to 0. The game was the best played and the most ex­ citing ever seen in thtat place. Mull- kopf, the pitcher of the Millstadt team, won hiB own game in the fif­ teenth inning with a drive over the center fielder's head. Broom Corn Experiment. The experimental crops of broom corn in northern Clay county are prov­ ing highly satisfactory, and, although this county is not in the broom corn belt, the growers claim the test is proof that the industry is a success. Depot Nears Completion. The Big Four is making rapid prog­ ress on its new depot building at East Alton and Is also working on an in­ terlocking system for the East Ai^n yards. Landmark Disappears. The trustees of tne Cumberland Presbyterian church at Salem have sold the old church building to Wil­ liam Landls, who will at once tear it away preparatory to removal. The old building has stood since the early 50s, and is one of the few remaining landmarks. lowans Buy Illinois Farms. Two Pettis county farms have been sold to Iowa men of large means. William D. Ferguson of Cedar county, la., has purchased the Patrick farm of 333 acres, paying $13,340 therefor. C. F. Peabody of Clarence, la., paid $6,200 for eighty acres of the Ebersole place near Smlthton. STORY OF A FAITHFUL DOG. Went Hungry All Day in Order to Guard Lost Coin. A gentleman traveling in Europe had for a companion and faithful friend ;a most Intelligent dog. Be­ fore he left his lodgings one morning, with the expectation of being absent until evening, he opened his purse in his room to see whether he had suffi­ cient money for the day's expenses, then went his way, leaving the dog behind him. Having dined at a coffee-house ha took out his purse, and missed a louls d'or, for which he searched dili­ gently, but in vain. Returning home late in the evening, his servant met him with a face expressive of sor­ row, and told him that the poor dog was very ill, and had refused to eat anything all day, and what appeared very strange, she would not allow him to take her food away from be­ fore her, but had been lying with her nose close to the dish, without attempting to touch it. Upon tho gentleman entering tha room the dog instantly Jumped upon him, then laid the louis d'or at his feet, after which she immediately be­ gan to devour her food ravenously. The truth was now plain to under­ stand. The man had dropped the money in the morning when leaving the room, and the faithful dog, find­ ing it, had held It in her mouth all day until his return enabled her to restore it to his own hands; even r^ fusing her food for a whole day* fearing to let the coin out of her ens* tody- «v llll THE DI8EASE8 OF ALASKA* Miner Loses Fingers. Stephen Babinski, a miner em­ ployed at Starne's No. 2 shaft near Springfield, suffered the loss of two fingers on his left hand by getting the member caught in some machin­ ery. He was taken to the Springfield hospital for treatment Ills Which Trouble Residents of Thai Section. • An English physician has lately reported on the diseases prevalent in Alaska, after a residence of sixteen months in the country. There are two seasons, winter, the season ot pack ice, summer, the season of swamps. The winter lasts for nine months, the summer for three. Among human maladies cerebro-spi- nal-meningltis is very prevalent, sometimes in epidemic, sometimes in sporadic form. It is often difficult to distinguish from the cerebral form of typhoid. Scorbutus Is also wide­ spread. Rheumatism is frequent and usually takes the neuralgic type; in­ flammatory rheumatism is rare. Pneumonia is almost unknown, strange to say. Affections of tho digestion are very frequent, owing to poor food, nervous diseases, such as locomotor ataxia, etc., are also frequent. Alcoholism and the like are prevalent, due to the ennui of the long winter, but, on the whole, intemperance is less harmful in Alas­ ka than In more southern climates, UiMUiij la l>j> uu uitittiiB Atid it declares itself most frequently in winter, owing to ennui, absence of occupation, lack of exercise and iso­ lation. Its usual form is acute melan­ cholia, almost always followed by acute mania. Sucidal mania is also frequent. Taken altogether, the cata­ logue of Alaskan diseases is a long one and indicates that a vigorous physique and morale is required to resist them. t , • ---- MILES OF VARYING LENGTH. Measures of Distance Differ Matslal- ly in Several Localities. Among the English-speaking peo­ ples of the earth there are four difc ferent miles--the ordinary mile of 5,- 280 feet and the geographical mile of 6,085 feet, making a difference of about one-seventh between the two; then there are the Scotch mile of 5,- 928 feet and the Irish mile of 6,720 feet--four various miles, every one of which is still in use. Then almost every country has its own standard mile. The Romans had their mil pas- suum, 1,000 paces, which must have been about 2,000 feet in length. The German mile to-day is 24,318 feet in length, more than four and a half times as long as ours. The Dutch, Danish and Prussian mile is 18,499 feet, three and a half times as long as ours, and the Swiss get more exer­ cise in walking one of their miles than we get in walking five milea, for their mile is 9,153 yards long. Liquidate Church Debt. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Mattoon has paid its last indebtedness, having paid a mortgage of $3,000. The church was dedicated in 1896 and is one of the most sub­ stantial church buildings in the ci^r. Building Boom at Mattoon. Mattoon is undergoing a building teem, particularly is the residduCd portion of lbs city. Sound Was His Slumber. Benjamin Franklin Snow has re­ ported to the Quincy police that soma unknown parties stole a new tent that he was sleeping in at night and left him lying on the ground without asy cover. Own Little Silver. The total value of silverware listed for taxation in Montgomery county this year is $773, .distributed in va-. rlous townships as follows: Fill­ more, $10; Irving, $10; Hillsboro, $250; Nokomls, $13S; North Lltcb* field, $370. Evaporators Are Busy. The apples have developed so that evaporators at Flora are using large quantities of the fruit Twenty cents jiei uu« huiidrcu yOuudd is piiid lor an avanga quality of evaporated atodc. St. Bernard Saved Life. A big St. Bernard dog saved tlMS * life of Josie Smith, aged nine years, who fell into an open cistern to-day. Passers-by saw the dog sniffling and smelling around the curb, and then saw him disappear through the hole. In a short time they heard barks, and they at once ran to tha spot They found the noble animal sup­ porting the little girl's head out of the water with its paws, while It kept up a barking for help. The girl was lifted out and then the big dog was assisted from the cistern. Tha animal followed the girl and watched over her until she was fully restored to consciousness. There was eight feet of water in the cistern.--Toledo Dispatch Cincinnati Enquirer. What He Really SaM. ~ ^ Smith (angrily): "I understand you said my face was to stop an automobile." Jones: "I certainly never said any­ thing of the kind." Smith: "Then I mu^t have been misinformed." Jones: "That's what you have. In­ stead of stopping at sight of your CMS, any reputable automobile would in­ crease its speed." A fool and his money occasionally have a rattling good time in parting. WINNER OF TWO BLUE RIBBONS In the Chi^afo £:•'Coc.e-t m U M M t M O t o o W / L £ « i WITHOUT A miMQLK SW- 01DS=~^! Mobila $650^ F. O. S. Ffccioey With four gallons of gasolinm fAey fvitt run 150 MILES * A|cat* « uI.d in U»»ccm>l*4 Ralph Temple frJtustrtan Cm. WeaiMt M* CSICAM T'.