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; D A W N i N O 1 X. v 3ft ' :l\v i *r>*«•** -,* : "'-tK'. 4",i *1 * * v* ! *••<*. j * ;.lf v. * ?*"*- I $j§*. Site.-:..: %fA* , 3J! :.v-' >•; v" . 5 - ^ V j ; - , i '• •- f.; A - . ; ^ •>/ V/'- f •'- • GLOBE TROTTERS' NEW YEAR S fe i«3 ^.r;;- ... . - ( r . . \ Ajartzzled, sun-tanned, hard-featured y tnan, whose face bore the stamp of *y liardship and adventurer was sitting 4gis, ^|n the smoking room of a New York ^ 4 *•. hotel. He happened to glance at a %f .. calendar and saw that the day! was > - Dec. 31. - "By Jove!" he exclaimed. "So to- " toorrow Is New Year's day. Unless .. %omethlng happens before then, it will ; t>e the quietest New Year I've spent in „ - twenty-three years. - , "In all that time I have never been 5?rr %o near toy old home in Scotland as I - «im now. Often I've tried to get home, " jbut somehow or other New Year has 4 mlways found me in a tight corner in 1 iiome out-of-the-way part of the world."' This man's experience is typical of '-that of many of the globetrotters in -(this age, when people are so fond of ' . '"'"going to and fro in the earth and ^walking up and 4own in It," like a cer- lain personage in the Book of Job. ; f;, New Year's day, 1897, found one z/i ^Englishman facing death from hunger "ffcnd thirst on board a* life raft 300 tniles southeast of Madagascar. * ' " His ship foundered seven days be- :* (ore in a hurricane. The boats were "**£>• smashed by the fury of the waves and -t* - fiome of the crew washed overboard. 'Z The rest made a raft out of planks and «pars, but during the night high seas >\ *wept over the frail structure and car- t fied away most of the water and food. "All we had left," said the man who ii -frent through this terrible experience, '•were a few tins of potted meat, a " jjjmall barrel of biscuit anrd the small­ est of the water casks. That was all <:-%re had to keep life in twenty-fire hun- * - ^j$ry men. " "We made it last as long'as we . ^-fould, but in four days everything was '^pone. Some of the men fell into de- •. repair and talked about throwing them- ' selves overboard. Perhaps they would : Jiave done so, but during the night of "tne fourth day half a dozen big sharks - #wam around the raft in circles. The vi#ea was phosphorescent and we could r «ee them plainly in the waves of livid •" Jflire which they stirred up as they i|wam around. Even the half-crazed ky^tnen who had talked about drowning * themselves shrank from death in a - " Shark's maw and stayed upon the raft. "Next morning I saw by a pocket ;|Uary which I carried that fhd day was Dec. 30. To Keep up the men's spirits 1 told them I had dreamed we were jgoing to be rescued on New Year's 4ay. That appealed to the Euperstl- -tlon inherent more or less in all sail­ ers, bo I kept on telling them a ship TVrould come along and pick us up on itbat day sure, until I began to believe It myself. We even discussed grave­ ly whether the sail would heave in jlight in the morning or the afternoon, And one man who said he guessed it -would be toward evening became quite tin popular. New Year's morning broke with a ead calm on the oily, blistering sea Hind a blazing sky that aggravated our first tenfold. There was not a ship sight ail morning--nothing, except / that glassy sheet of water and that cruel, cloudless sky above us. It was the same in the afternoon, and our hopes fell as the sun sank slowly to­ ward the western horizon. "Just as we were beginning to de­ spair, one of the men screamed hyster­ ically and pointed to a thin trail of smoke on the sky line. It was a New Zealand liner headed straight for our raft. In a couple of hours her doctor was giving us a hearty dinner and slops and weak brandy and water." This same man spent another New Year's day off Cape Horn. He sailed from Valparaiso in a British "wind­ jammer," expecting to reach his Scot­ tish home in time to spend bis first Christmas there for many years. But calms delayed her for weeks in the South Pacific ocean, and when she got off Cape Horn she ran into a tearing gale, which brought her mizzen ton- mast down on deck and ripped out all her sails. For days she drifted help­ lessly, exposed to the full fury of tbe western gale. The crew labored industriously at rigging up spare and bending new sails. It was a task of tremendous difficulty, for giant combers rolled over the forecastle head continually, filling the vessel amidships with green seas. Suddenly in the midst of this toil an apprentice piped out: "I say, fellers, this is New Yelar's day. Have you all forgotten it?" "Belay your tongue," retorted the gruff old mate. "There won't be any New Year dinner to-day, except your usual whack of lobscouse." The skipper was superintending the work from the poop rail and heard the conversation. "Cook!" he bawled out "Lay aft here!" The cook came out of his galley and the captain asked what he could give them for a fancy dinner; "Ncthin* but split peas, sir, an' salt horse and marmalade. There ain't no turkeys in my store-room, sir," he said "Let's catch one o' them birds," suggested an old tar, pointing to sev­ eral abatrosses which were circling about the wake of the ship. "We'll stretch a point this day and be for­ given for It, I guess." After several attempts an albatross was captured with a big fishhook bait­ ed with salt pork and dragged aboard triumphantly. Served up nice and brown and swimming in gravy, it looked so much like a real turkey that it warmed up the men's hearts and made them think of the holidays they had spent at home. But when they tasted it the resemblance ceased, it was fishy "and tough. The meat was like knotted rope yarn and the gravy suggested tar. However, it was a New Year dinner all the same, and it was enjoyed as keenly as the finest feast ashore that day. An American traveler, who is well known commercially in the West In- dies, was mixed up in one of the peren­ nial revolutions of Hayti In his hot and foolish youth. Unhappily, he al­ lied himself with the weaker side, and one New Year's eve found himself one of a small band of desperadoes de­ fending the Btockaded town of Mlra- goane against a government army, which outnumbered them 10d to 1. During the night the government soldiers forced their way into the town. Only about thirty of the defenders were left alive. "Stand them up in a line and shoot them," commanded' Gen. Munlgat. But they were too weak to stand. All of them were wounded, half-starved and fever-stricken. So the govern­ ment troops propped them up in chairs and shot them as they lolled there. Only the white man was spared, in order that his case might be Inquired into. When he protested to Gen. Manigat against the cruelty of shooting help­ less captives that triumphant warrior merely blew a cloud of cigarette smoke and remarked calmly: "C'est la guerre." "Late on New Year's eve," said the American, "they tried me by court- martial. When 1 woke up on New Year's morning I was in the calaboose, sentenced to be shot at sundown. It wasn't very pleasant waiting. I was quite glad when a gold-laced officer entered the cell toward evening, with a paper informing me that 'his excel­ lency, the citizen president,' had been pleased to pardon me, in consideration of the request of the American minis­ ter and of the fact that it was New Year's day. "I believe they had never intended to shoot me, but only to frighten me, for they hardly dared to touch a white man whose country owned a navy that might bombard their ports. Anyhow, I got out of jail in time to eat my dinner with some American and Eng­ lish friends on a coffee plantation near Miragoane." - New Year's Superstitions. The following superstitions in con­ nection with New Year's are still be­ lieved in various parts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales: On New Year's morning go to a well or fountain and leave an apple and nose­ gay, and the water will keep fresh and be more wholesome all the year. If a dark complexioned man crosses your threshold first on New Years day you will be prosperous; if a blonde, unlucky, and if a red-headed man dire disaster will surely follow. Before locking the door for the night on New Years eve place a gold coin near it and let it remain there until the church bells ring next morning, and you will have plenty of money all that year. So strong is the beliet in the adage of tbe dark complexion­ ed man in some places that he is paid a small gratuity to call early and walk through the first floor of the house, entering by the back door and leaving by the front. PASSING ANOTHER MILE POST. ATMOSPHERE AS A PRISM. Refracts the Sun's Rays and Produces the Peculiar Green Color. The green ray at sunset is sufficient­ ly well known to make unnecessary any mention of the beauty of the spec­ tacle and the ordinary conditions of its observation. The ray may be seen on beautiful evenings on the seashore and elsewhere, although the intensity is variable; in general," It is necessary that the state of the atmosphere be such that the horizon may be clearly distinguished as the solar disk sinks behind it. ,f In explanation of the green ray re­ course has been had to the theory of an optical illusion, due to the yellow- orange light of the sun, which at the moment of the disappearance of the last small portion of the sun becomes affected by the complimentary color, green-blue. This has not been satisfactory, and it has been suggested, says a writer in La Nature, that the atmospHere acts as a prism, refracting the last luminous ray from the sun at the time of its disappearance and decom­ posing and spreading it out according to the succession of colors of the spec­ trum. The red, orange and yellow rays arc the less deviated and are confused with the solar point of which they have the color, but the eye perceives clearly the green and blue rays while the indigo and violet, which are the most dispersed and the most luminous, cannot be seen. Frog Culture by Millions. The cultivation of frogs is a new in* dustry, but it can be made profitable, as there are thousands of acres of swampland in Pennsylvania, worth­ less, which could be utilized. About two million will be distributed in the state. Some of the applications re­ ceived by the department are very amusing, and they wi"! be stored away among the state archives. A New Bed­ ford applicant wants to know if the frogs "will flourish and do well in ponds that have been constructed for fish, but abandoned, or ponds that are made to cut ice off, as they are fed with clean water." A Breadysville, Bucks county, farirter, asks for from ten thousand to fifty thousand frogs with which to stock Neshaminy Creek, which, he says, "seems to be run put of fish, so let us have some bullfrogs." A Tullytown man writes for a supply to stock "our millponds with, as they are excellent ponds for that purposes." A Philadelphia man writes to know if the frogs are green, and "if they will keep babies awake nights by their croakings." A Clearfield county man asks if the frogs «re "good eating," and whether they are "real frogs or only hoptoads."--Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. Tho New YM^'Whtn I turned into th« road I htt wmwthfng.' "M. Th« Best of Llf*. Not till life's heat is cooled, The headlong rush slowed to a Quiet pace. And every purblind pass|on that bu ruled * Our noiseler years, at last Spurs us in vain, and weary ot the racefe We care no more who loses or who wins-- Ah; not till all the best of life seems past The best of life begins. To toll for only fame, Handclappings and the fickle guests of praise. For place or power or gold to gild a name Above the grave whereto All paths will bring us, were to lose Our days. We, on whose ears youth's passing bell has tolled, In blowing bubbles, even as children do. Forgetting we grow old. But the world widens when Such hope of trivial gain that ruled u s l i e s . . . » Broken among our childhood s toys, for then We win to self-control! And mail ourselves In manhood, and there rise Upon us from the vast and windless » height Those clearer thoughts that are unto the soul What stars are to the night. --Spectator. Prove Property and Take Away. "This winter weather reminds me of a story about Mayor McClellan," said Representative Spaulding of North Dakota, at Washington. "It was delightfully pleasant out in my state when that young blizzard struck New York early in November. Eastern people are always sympathiz-, ing with the Northwest on account of its 'Dakota blizzards,' so the mayor of Bismarck telegraphed Mayor Mc­ Clellan, offering his sympathy and asking if he could do anything to help New York out. "'Yes,' wired back Mayor McClel­ lan, 'come and take your damned blizzard away.'" » Examines Bfazilian Coal Fields. Dr. I. C. White, state geologist of West Virginia, sailed for Brazil re­ cently, where he will examine and report on the coal fields of Rio Grandf 4©.' ' *»*TV. aj»*» *ai« Leading Opponent of Policy Praises ^ the System and Its Results. . The American who dreads municipal ownership for fear of'its being used j to create political machinery and rob the public and who declares that we must first establish the merit system may be astonished, says a writer In the Wdrld To-Day, when he learns the extent of the development of British municipal trading under these condi­ tions. Seeking to learn "the other side" of municipalization in Great Britain, the investigator is at every turn referred to Arthur Kay, a distinguished citizen of Glasgow and head of the great mer­ chandising house of Arthur & Co., as the arch enemy of municipalization. He Is president of the Citizens' union and the Taxpayers* federation. When asked, "Do you think Glasgow should own and operate its trains?" he an­ swered: "Certainly. The owning and operating of these tramways has been highly profitable and thoroughly satis­ factory, tho accounting is correct and nobody opposes it." "But you think the trams should be operated for profit in relief of rates?" "Not at all. They should be run on a low factor of safety, and profits be sunk in betterments or reduction of charges." "But this IS socialism?" "Well, they call it socialism--muni­ cipal socialism." And this from the man who was to have given the final word against mu­ nicipalization! In Great Britain there is opposition, not to municipal owner­ ship as such, but only to its excesses. I l l i n o i s N e w s 5 Choice items from overttejtat*, apecially selected for oar reader* RYAN ROASTS JOSEPH LEITER NEGRO SCHOOL CASE ON TRIAL Miner Declares Operator Is In the Wrong in His Contention. . After State Secretary-Treasurer Ryan of the United Mine Workers of Illinois had learned of the conference between" Joseph Letter and Gov. Yates relative to the situation at Zeig- ler, at which Leiter stated that the guns used at Zeigler were the same that had been used at Carterville, he (Mr. Ryan) made the following state­ ment: "I do not know that guns are used there, and, even if they are, I suppose the strikers have as good a right to protect themselves as^have toe men in the stockade. " This is no excuse. It is the duty of the guard there to ar­ rest all offenders and prosecute them. There were several arrests made at Carterville for murder, out not one man was convicted. "I will say that if the troops are withdrawn from Zeigler it will not be a week before half of the men work­ ing there will have left. The troops, In my judgment, are there for the pur­ pose of inducing the workmen to be­ lieve that they will be mobbed If they leave. The miners have assaulted no one there, and not one has been ar­ rested, except for alleged violation of the Injunction. "Leiter said that he Is not opposing the union, but wishes to conduct his business to suit himself. Perhaps this is true, but ff It is the people of the country have been fooled. When the joint agreement plan was adopted it was lauded by all sides, and, according to Lelter's argument, It Is all wrong. J cannot believe that the American people hare been mistaken all this time, and that Joe Letter is right." Jury to Hear Affidavits, Neither Side Having New Evidence. For the fifth time the trial of the now famous Alton colored school case was begun in the circuit court in Ed- wardsville Tuesday morning before Judge Charles T. Moore, the case havin gagain been remanded for new trial by the supreme court It was agreed between the attorneys that no oral testimony should be heard, but that the record of evidence submitted at the last hearing should be read to the jury, neither side having any new evidence to offer. There were a large number of witnesses present, *U - whom were discharged. * v; New Rural Routes. Rural free delivery will be estab­ lished to commence January 16, as follows: Liberty, Adams county; route, 23% miles; population, 570. Morrisonville, Christian county, addi­ tional servloe,; route, 24% miles; pop ulatipn, 456. Rosemond, Christian couny; route, 22% miles; population, 423. Taylorville, Christian county, ad­ ditional service; two routes, length 48 miles; population, 906.- Chandlerville, j^ass county, additional service; route, 26 miles; population, 580. Plenty of Quail to Breed. The quail shooting season In 1111 nols closed Tuesday, Dec. 20. Owing to the large amount of cover it was hard shooting about Carlyle, hence there are thousands of birds left to breed next season. They are Increas­ ing every year under the protection of the new game laws. Prairie chick­ ens, which were almost extinct in this county, are also , plentiful. Carlyle's Paper Mill. Work on the new plant of the Car­ lyle Paper company is progressing rapidly. AH of the buildings are now mder roof and the machinery is being installed. The plant will have a value of $100,000 when completed, and will be one of the largest mills In the state. The daily output will be twen­ ty-four tons of paper, just double the capacity of the mill which was des­ troyed by fire. Yates Likes Springfield. Gov. Richard Yates has filed q. peti­ tion seeking to have annexed to the city o?j. Springfield certain property owned by him in Washington park, where he will make his future resi­ dence. Get Poultry 8how Cups. The poultry show at Deoatur, which was a big success, has closed. The sweepstake cups were won by William H. Fathauer of Moweaqua and Klein ft Anderson of Macon. • Sues for Personal Injuries. • In the circuit court at Salem George Snodgrass has brought suit against the Sandoval Coal and Mining com­ pany for $2,000 for alleged personal Injuries. Violates His Parole. Robert Brown, a paroled convict of the Chester penitentiary, was caught in the act of stealing a set of harness at Olney and has been returned to tba penitentiary. NEW PRISON FCOMMI&£lbN&R. Rev. James M. Phelps, whose ap­ pointment as one of the commission­ ers of the Joliet penitentiary is an­ nounced; was assigned to the Ottawa Street Methodist Episcopal church of Joliet last fall. He is . a personal* friend of Gov. Yates and while at Freeport he took an active part in politics. Among the strong support- era of Mr. Phelps for this appointment were Republican leaders in both Ste- PLAN SPLENDID INAUGURATION ll|Si r::§l vSSl Elaborate Ceremony to Mark Denee#** • *21 induction .bfto-~OflRc£ -- ^ GoTr.-elect Charles S. Deneen will be inducted into office on Monday, Jan. 9, with an elaborate ceremont, and, according to plans for inaugura­ tion carefully laid and completed at a meeting of the inauguration commit­ tee, state officials, judges of the su­ preme court and other dignitaries and their wives will participate. There will be a grand inaugural parade, wit-n Adjt: Gen. Scott as grand marshal. The inaugural address will be deliv­ ered at the state house. A luncheon will follow at the Leland, and the day's ceremony will be crowned with a public reception at the new arsenal in the evening. This is the great hall, where the memorable deadlocked Re­ publican state convention was held, and where Gov. Deneen was nominat­ ed after a battle of ballots which last­ ed for weeks. 51 phenson and Carroll counties. The new commissioner is a graduate of the Union College of Law of Chicago, now the law department of the North­ western university. He received the degree of LL. D. and afterward of Ph. D. He graduated from the Garrett Biblical institute in 1890 and has since been in the ministry. Israel Dudgeon of Coal City, whose place Mr. Phelps will take, will not resign until Jan. 4. . Mr. Dudgeon is a newly elected state representative from his district- v^?Pfnera Reach Zejglert^';* Tffiffy-one Austrian laborers, accon£* panied by several women, arrived at ; Zeigler Tuesday from Uniontown, Pa. They were in charge of one of Lelter's agents, who brought them over the Baltimore & Ohio to Odin, where they were met by a deputy marshal and , taken to Zeigler over the Illinois Cefa- tral. Upon their arrival at Chrlsto- - pher they were met by a detachment of troops in a steel car. Mounted guards scoured the woods surround­ ing Zeigler Tuesday in a search far any one attempting viplence^to tll^,., nonunion men. """"V . . . . . . . . , . . $ $ ' • Railways Muit Proteci Crossfngsl Notice was served on the agents of all the railroads in Alton that watch­ men and gates must be placed at every S intersection of the streets and the rail- | road tracks in the city, in conformity with a resolution offered by Alderman- Sparks at the last meeting of the council. City officials say that this ac- . tion is the first step toward retaliation against the Big Four and Alton rail­ ways for withdrawing some of their best trains, which are now sect around the city by cut-off routes. Travelers Elect. Quincy post A, Travelers' Protective association, has elected' C. T. Reyn­ olds president, Harry Bray vice-presi­ dent, George Fischer secretary and treasurer; C. C. Loantre. C. D. Kohl and George D. Math 63 directors. Chairmen of'committees were appoint­ ed as follows: J. M. Irwin, railroads; Joseph F. Zimmerman, press; George W. Francis, legislature; C. R. Farrar, employment; J. W. Meyers, hotel; C. T. Reynolds, sick and relief; Dr. J. R. Christie, Jr., physician and surgeon. *Cigarmaker in Trouble. A man giving his name as M. J. Gullivan, and claiming to be a cigar- maker, is in jail at Carlyle, charged with setting fire to a box car on the Baltimore ft Ohio Southwestern rail­ road siding at Buxton. He was given a hearing and held to await the action of the grand jury and his bond fixed at $500. It is claimed that he started a fire in or near the car, resulting in the destruction of two cars at a loss of about $2,500. Company detectives made the arrest in East St Louis. To JStoduct Corn School. Dwight TgpSalbey, corn expert, of Jerseyville, has been engaged to- con­ duct a corn school at Decatur next month during the session of the Ma­ con county farmers' Institute. Boys Examine'Revolver. While MUllage Nesler and Karls Narns, Norris City boys, were clean­ ing an old revolver, it was accident­ ally discharged, Nesler being danger­ ously shot. Rural Mall 8ervice. Service on rural mall route No. 6, which will extend in a northwesterly direction from Carlyle. will oommence Jan. 16. Diphtheria Epidemle. The schools of Franklln Grove, Lee county, have been closed as a result of an epidemic of diphtheria. Vetoes Electric Franchise. At a meeting, of the Quincy city council Mayor Steinbach vetoed the ordinance which granted a franchise to the Independent Light and Power company. It is probable that a new ordinance will be prepared. Charges that some of the aldermen had stock in .the company will be Investigated. Allege Veteran Is Bigamist. William Butler, an Inmate of the state soldiers' home at Quincy, has been arrested on a charge of bigamy. It is said the information came from his wife in Gallatin. Will Construct Double Trolleys ' - The Alton, Granite and St. L&tlt Traction company will put up a double trolley wire between Alton and St. Louis, in order to make better speed. Announcement was made that the line i would be opened to Glassboro from Alton„at once, and that as soon as the overhead crossing at Mitchell and the ~ track between Glassboro and Edwards- ville crossing was finished the 1$£e would be opened to Granite City. * Negroes Assault Aged Man. What msiy prove to be a murder case developed at Bloomington. Pat­ rick Mulgeru, aged 75, an extensive property owner in the railroad district of the city, being murderously assault­ ed , by a colored man and woman. The assailants were said to have bemi abusing a woman named Martha Hit- tie, when the old man ran to her aid. He was then cut in a horrible manner with a knife. Building at Springfield. Statistics compiled relative to build­ ing improvements made TO Springfield during the past year include the fol­ lowing: Street railway, $465,000; fed­ eral building, $150,000; manufactures, $100,000; hotels, $120,000; bedness buildings, $310,000; residences. $446,- 000. The grand total is figured at $2,- 245,000, showing one of the most pro­ gressive years In the history. City. • Victimize Poor Peoptt. " - Citizens have complained to the po­ lice that they were victimized by a gang of sharpers who did a big busi­ ness In Alton during the last few weeks selling "county rights" for making laundry materials. The sharp­ ers approached people in poor circum­ stances, generally, exacting from tb^m a solemn pledge that they would not reveal the nature of the goods. Falls From Window. Willie Roach, a check boy In a dry goods store at Decatur, fell from a window to the sidewalk, a distance of eight feet. He was badly Injured. Accepts Officer's Resignation. Adjt. Gen. Scott has issued an order accepting the resignation of Second Lieutenant Hawley of troop G, First Illinois cavalry, of Bloomington. Kill* Big Black Eagle. A black eagle measuring 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip and weighing 70 pounds was killed by Joseph LipseQT near his home in Old Duquoin. Duquoin's Population. M. Davison, Sr.,. appointed by the Duquoin city council to take the cen­ sus, has made his report, which places the population of tbe city at 5?253. Honor Old Conductor. The officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad company have announced that the name of Clin­ ton Switch, a small station in the east end of Clinton county, will be changed to Ferren, as a compliment to P. S. McFerren, one of the oldest con­ ductors cm the road. « Prisoners Fight in Jail> " Joe Moffett, a prisoner in the county Jail at Decatur, was beaten by William Rushing another prisoner, and is suf­ fering from tnternai injuria. Clay County Farmers. The Clay county farmers' institute, which has heretofore been held to Clay City, has been located for the season of 1905 in Louisville. John T. Campbell is the new president and Sumner Hays secretary. May Postpone Court Term. The January term of the federal court for the southern district of Illi­ nois, which is to meet at Springfield Jan. 2, may be postponed two weeks until the court room in the new fed­ eral building is completed. Admits He Was DupedL William Calame of Godfrey town­ ship reported to the Alton police that a man who gave the name of John H. White and who claimed to be a deputy sheriff of St. Charles county, Missouri, seeking a stolen horse, had swindled him out of a considerable tram of money. The man induced Calame to drive him to Jerseyville, a distance of eighteen miles. He also borrowed money from Calame, the latter said, claiming that a letter containing $50 "was waiting for him at a near-by vil- ta«e. Flora Gets a Factory. The Flora Commercial association has signed a contract with O. H. Lam­ bert of Rushville, Ind., to move his carriage factory from that city to Flora. According to agreement, Mr. Lambert Is given $15,000 in cash, 400 electric lights for five years and is do­ nated a factory site of three acres. Ground will be broken and work will begin on the plant immediately'^;# Poison in Biscuit. " The family of Patrick Wbalen, liv­ ing near Mattoon, was poisoned by gat­ ing biscuits prepared for the family meal. Several members of the family were dangerously ill from the effects of the poison, and a dog which partook freely of the bread died. It is sup­ posed that the fiour from which the bread was made was In some wap Mr fected. Lumber Company Sells Out. The Robinson Lumber company Of Decatur has sold to the Alexander Lumber company all its interests. The deal involves about $175,000, in­ cluding property at Decatur, Farmer City, Monticello, Clinton, Mason City and Pontiac. To Erect Y. M. C. A. Building. The contract for the new Y. M. €t • A. building at Decatur has been let to Swisher & Brooks. The work of tion will begin at once. It $47,000. . ' Kills Big Eagle. Thomas M. Mitchell, residing at Corinth, shot a large bald eagle while he was sitting on a fence surrounding a pig sty. Just twenty-eight yoars a*o Mr. Mitchell killed a similar bird on his farm. The bird measured f feet 10 inches from tip to tip of Its wings and was over 3 feet high. Alderman Writes Ope*a» Alderman Jo Bixby of Deestnr written an opera which will be duced by the members of the lodge.