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Bronze Statue of qfoftitms "from all over the United i ̂ States will gather In St. Louis next . Cispring to honor the memory of Gen. franz Sigel, the dashing cavalry leader rho organized four regiments of 11 ^young Germans for the Federal army ,vx;Sn 1861 and "saved Missouri" for the ' .JUnion. The statue, for which $10,000 was subscribed by patriotic residents of the World's Fair city, will probably stand in Forest park. It is the work • *f\pf Robert Caver, a German-American 1 'teculptor, who now has his studio in ,'i.feerlin. Cauer went to St. Louis last year and modeled the facial likeness from .original photographs of Gen. Sigel at * * the time of the war, which accounts .y.Xqr the remarkably life-like resemb­ lance which aty who knew him will find in this magnificent equestrian etatue. Sigel is shown at the battle of Pea Ridge, scanning the approaching ene­ my just before he made the famous rally of his German "boys" and turned seeming rout into a glorious victory |tor the boys In bhie. It was around ^this engagement that the famous hu- -jnorouS ditty, "Me fought mlt Sigel," •was written--an unfailing source of patriotic mirth at every gathering of Kriegervereins in America. PROPER MAKING OF TEA. Gen. Franz Sigfel. i Gen. 43igel wad a ex­ perience before he emigrated to the United States as a "forty-eighter." He took a prominent part in the Baden revolution of that year and was com­ pelled to flee the country on account of it. He was a schoolmaster in the western states when the war broke out, but his old-time military spirit as­ serted itself and he went to St. I»uis to organize into four regiments the young German-Americans resident there. History commonly ascribes the failure of Missouri to side with the Confederacy to this German support of the northern cause at the beginning of the war. Besides being the first equestrian statue in St. Lpuls, the Sigel monu­ ment will be the first raised to the memory of the services of German- Americans in the civil war. Congress­ man Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis, president of the memorial association, was in Berlin last month to inspect the statue in Cauer's studio, and says that the subscribers to the memorial fund will be more than delighted with the sculptor's production, which is one and a half times life-size. The statue will be of bronze and will rest on an appropriately sized pedestal of American granite. U8E YOUR LEFT HAND* Lightly Drawn Infusion Gives the Best Results. While every one knows that it is wrong to stew tea, to draw from it as fnuch of its astringent principles as , . possible, yet there are few. who pay * ^&ny practical regard to the warning /Jhot to prepare tea in this way. It ..^cannot be too widely known that not iDnly is theine the most essential con­ stituent of tea, but also that it is al­ most as quickly soluble in hot water as is sugar. The making of the in­ fusion is therefore complete in a few minutes, and only tea so prepared is the "blessed beverage." The abufce of tea, like the abuse of anything else, Is, of course, reprehensible, and the guilty person deserves all the un­ pleasant symptoms which excessive tea-drinking or the drinking of strong, stewed tea sooner or later brings in Its train. The use of plenty of milk "with tea, it may be added, i3 a wise precaution and must be regarded as a «ound physiological proceeding, since '•the proteids of milk destroy astrin- agency and probably prevent the other- ?JKawise Injurious action of tannin on the -mucous membrane of the stomach. In the intestinal juice the proteids are separated and the tannin probably combines with the sodium salts. The immoderate drinking of tea is an un- * questionable evil, but, on the whole, • we are inclined to think that the evils •of tea-drinking have been exaggerated. The real difficulty Is to convince peo­ ple that a lightly drawn infusion 3iv«ft them their money's pp$b* Pension Office Clerks*' There are 1,200 clerks in the pension office. Of these nearly 400 are men who had prepared themselves for the professions of law, medicine and the­ ology. Th© graduates in law num­ bered 267, in medicine 100 and in the­ ology 20. Forty clerks had been au­ thors, 43 were editors, 18 were editors , j«nd publishers, 27 were printers, 151 were newspaper correspondents, 4 were reporters, 3 were proofreaders, 33 .•were magazine writers and 1 confessed to having been a pbet. A total of 14 •clerks held diplomas from colleges. and •^universities. Led Russian Mutineer#. Matsuchenko, the ringleader of the Potemkine mutineers, Is thus de­ scribed !n the Neue Freie Presse: -"This 'bloodthirsty' mutineer pos­ sesses the naivete and the smile of a little child. In his eyes you may read the melancholy of the steppes and the • dreaminess of the woods. He never •speaks of his aged mother, who lives •in a small Russian village, without • tears in his eyes. He presented every member of the Potemkine's crew with -a souvenir and was heartbroken at -the failure of his plans/* Practice Said to Strengthen the Mus­ cles of the Heart. "Whether a person Is left or right handed has much to do with heart trouble, although it is not generally known," recently said a physician who has had wide experience. "Although this may appear somewhat remarkable to those not knowing anything of an­ atomical science, nevertheless, it is a fact that has recently impressed itself on many members of the medi­ cal profession, and which is being thor­ oughly investigated and studied." The physician was speaking of the large increase in the number of deaths due to heart disease, not only in this city, but throughout the country, and made th'e striking declaration that there were very few, if any, deaths from this cause among the left-handed men. This he attributes to two causes: First, that the custom of always using the left hand was 9 good exercise and strengthened the heart muscles; and, second, that in holding articles in the left hand from w,hich water and other liquids are taken the liquids do not press against the valves of the heart in the same way as they do when taken from the right hand. "It is an Inter­ esting study," the doctor stated, "and any one can find out for himself its truth." Some doctors actually claim that a man who takes intoxicants from the left hand does not become intoxicated nearly so quickly as the right-handed man.--Philadelphia Rec­ ord. Wedding of Expediency. When Rev. Dr. W. E. C. Gumbs, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Huntington, L. I., learned that a desirable parish, which had been selected for him by the Methodist conference at Buffalo, would have only a married man as a pastor, he lost no time in wooing and* winning a wife. Mr. Gumbs was attending the confer- ence at the time. Miss Mary Frazier, soprano soloist in his own church, was one of those helping the musical part of the program, and to remove the dif­ ficulty Dr. Gumbs, with the bishops consent, married jhe singer iijuftgiji- ately. Hard Faees of bhsuffeui^* ' Richard Le Gallienne, the poet and critic, is evidently no' devotee of the automobile. Hear him: "Compare the faces of coachmen and the faces of chauffeurs and you will understand what I mean. Notice the kindly hu­ man look of the man who deals with horses (there is, so to say, something humanizing about horses), and notice the hard, cold, even cruel face of the man who drives the machine. The spirit of the machine seems to have passed into him, relentless and arro­ gant, the pride of power and speed." Wed Sweetheart In Prison. The prison of La Sante, Paris, was~ the scene of a marriage between an anarchist named Bricou and his sweetheart, one Marie Delange. They received the utmost kindness at the hands of the officials, by whose per­ mission they breakfasted together 'wild the bride's parents. When tney were afterwards separated it was With the promise that, conditionally on the man's good behavior, they should re­ join one another three years later in CaftlAdOfiiA* My" * Miner's Wilt. An addition to the literature of curi­ ous wills comes from the Arctic gold- fields of Canada. A miner died at the headwaters of the Stewart river in the Yukon territory. On a piece of birch bark he wrote his last testiment, bequeathing his valuable claims on the river to his nieces. A companion who was with him in his last mo­ ments said, "We had no paper, and so the sick man wrote his will on a piece of bark, and a friend and I f .. • ' Unique Cases Are Reported From Central Part of Illinois. Two unique cases of temporary loss of memory have been brought to the attention of the central Illinois author­ ities. One, that of Charles West of Weld- on, was; especially remarkable. He was picked, up near Towanda and was unable to give any intelligible ac­ count of himself until he had been in custody for several days. Cash fare receipts from railroads indicated that he had ridden from Decatur to Bloom- ington on the Illinois Central, but he had no recollection of going to either city. West has been employed as an en­ gineer of a thrashing engine. He dis­ appeared and is „ supposed to have been affected by the heat. He is a man of abstemious habits, and his dis­ appearance was a source of worriment to his family and friends. He was turned over to them as soon as he be­ came rational. The second case was reported from Morgan county, a man who was after­ ward found to be H. C. Williams of Mason City, Iowa, being found under a tree there. He was unable to tell his name or his home and appeared to have lost his identity. After being in custody for several days the patient showed signs of becoming more ra­ tional and it is believed will eventual­ ly recover his lost memory. He shows no signs of mental aberration or the use of intoxicants. On his person were found gold pins, showing that he was a Mason, an Elk and a member of the Travelers' Protective Association. His family and friends in Mason iCty have been notified. SAFE-BLOWERS BLOW UP BANK Get Away With *4,000 From Financial Concern at Royal. While one man held the villagers of Royal, a Champaign county town, at bay, two companions blew open the safe of the Freeze ft Vandorn bank, carrying off $4,000 as their booty. Awakened by the explosion, residents hurried to the bank, only to be repulsed by the robber on guard, who fired several shots at the more curious citizens. When the shooting began the people fell back and the robbers proceeded with their work of looting in a leisurely manner. After getting the money the visitors made their escape by catching a passenger train at Glover. The safe was blown to pieces and the building was wrecked by the heavy door and parts of the safe, which were hurled through the sides. Royal has a population of 100 persons. . - Plow Company Is Reorganized, . ; The Grand Retour plow company, which located at Dixon in 1869, has been reorganized and the business has passed into new hands. Officers of the new company are: W. B. Brin- ton, president; R. R. Frey, vice-presi­ dent; Bradford Brinton, secretary; F. O. Coleman, treasurer. Brinton is president and general manager of the Peru plow and wheel company and R. R. Frey has been sales-manager of the Racine Sattley companv. First Mayor of Highland Dies. Fred Suppiger, the first htayor of Highland, died suddenly after return­ ing from a sharpshooters' meeting, of which he was secretary. Suppiger was a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar, and also a member of the A. O. U. W. He was a director of the Illinois Retail Lumber Dealers' asso­ ciation. s Burlington Road to BuHd Shops. The Burlington Railroad company has purchased thirty lots near the North mine, in Centralia, from Pit- tenger ft Davis, and will erect a round­ house and railroad shops. This city is to be the division point for that part of the Burlington system between Beardstown and Herrin. Gun Shot Proves Fatal. Fred Johonning, who lives two miles east of Pierron, shot himself accident­ ally with a shotgun while under the influence of liquor and died before med­ ical aid could reach him. He was a married man and at the time of the accident his wife was trying to get the gun away from him. Wife Murderer Takes Appeal. Notice was received at the office of Attorney General Stead that an appeal to the Supreme Court had been filed in the case of Victor Roland Shea, re­ cently convicted of murder In Cook county. New School for Centralia. The Centralia city board of educa­ tion will open bids on Aug. 17 for the erection of an eight-room modern school building. It is estimated that the building will cost $20,000. Youth Killed Stealing a Ride. Thurman, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wallace of Robinson, was killed by the Big Four construc­ tion train. He was stealing a ride to Hutsonville, and, in jumping off at the depot, was caught by the train. Farmers' Delegates. Gov. Deneen has appointed about two hundred representative farmers of the state as delegates from Illinois to the twenty-fifth annual national farm­ ers' congress, to be held in Richmond, Vs., Sept. 12 to 22. Stops Gambling at Quinsy. Pursuant to a pledge made by Mayor Steinbach to close the gam­ bling houses of Quincy, at his polite request all such places turned off the lights and locked their doors. This movement throws a great mea Ottt of employment. Gasoline Explosion. ' John Mitchell, the ten-yearoM son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mitchel of Alton, was badly burned on the face and hands by the explosion of a can of gasoline he had set near a hot stove. John Hammil Compelled to Ask Aid After Three.Days' Struggle. Stranded In Chicago without funds after having been evicted from their home in Sycamore, John Hammil, his wife and seven children, faced the situ­ ation bravely and camped on the'open prairie west of Austin for three days, during which time the husbaad an<5 father tried in vain to find work. Chilled by the rains, the youngest child, a girl 7 months old, became ill, and, fearing the little one woulddie, Hammil finally gave up the struggle, and with his care-worn wife carrying the sick child and the little band of hungry children following, him, he walked to the Harrison street sta­ tion and asked for shelter. Hammil told Sergeant Grady that for several years he had lived In Syca­ more, where he was until recently employed as a stationary engineer. Some time ago his rent "became dye, but he was unable to pay . and was forced out by the landlord. He bor­ rowed enough money to bring iiis fam­ ily to Chicago, expecting to go to the home of a sister. When he arrived he learned the sister had moved to Indiana, and, having no place to go with the family, remained on the prai­ rie near Austin. What food they got was provided by the farmers and each day Hammil tramped about, searching for work, leaving the little ones in charge of his wife and returning to them on the prairie at night. Immedi­ ately upon hearing the story the un­ fortunate family was taken to the an­ nex, where they were provided with food and made comfortable for the night. A physician was sent for and medicine furnished for the sick baby. SEEK T6 END MINE LOCK-OUT Illinois Miners and Operators Will Hold Meeting in Chicago. A call has been issued for a meet­ ing ^>f the state executive boards of the Illinois Coal Operators' Associa­ tion and of the United Mine Workers of America, to be held in Chicago next Monday, to settle a controversy over shot firing in chain machine mines in, the Chtcago ft Alton subdistrict, which has resulted in a lock-out of nearly 2,000 miners since July 1. The mines Involved In dispute are mines at Vlr- den, Thayer, Auburn and Girard, owned by the Chicago-Virden Coal company and the. Madison Coal com­ pany. Will Recover Captured Sword. Col. A. F. Rogers of Upper Alton, who received a notice from the adju­ tant general of Illinois that a sword captured from him in May, 1863, at Rome, Ga., by confederate soldiers, had been located after many years of search, received word from Joseph Sturges of Grow, Okla., that the sword would be forwarded to him at once. The original captor of the sword took it to Texas, where he kept It until his death, a few months ago. Since then the sword has fallen into the possession of one of his sons, who offered to return it to the orig­ inal owner if he could be found. Pay $10 for Kiss. John Peters, a farmer near West- field Corner, was riding on a street car at Rockford. when a pretty woman got on and took a seat in front of him. Peters leaned over and gave her a re­ sounding kiss. The conductor had Peters taken to the police court, where the farmer admitted the of­ fense, pleading the woman was so pretty he couldn't resist. The magis­ trate fined him $100 and suspended $90 on condition that Peters never come to the city unless accompanied by Mrs. Peters. Peters settled and said he would never Jeave his wife at home again. Miners Aid Their Fri#**^ Mayor B. W. Pope of Duquoin, on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America, representing 51),000 men, has presented Chief of Police B. V. Cherry with a check for $225. Mr. Cherry was released from the Sangamon county jail at Springfield July 31, after serv­ ing a two months' sentence for prose­ cuting a United States marshal dur­ ing the Zlegler trouble. The amount presented covers the cost of Mr. Cher­ ry's trial and also reimburses him for the salary he would have received dur­ ing his imprisonment. * Woman May Lose Her Eye. Mrs. Grace Norman, wife of James Norman, one of the wealthiest men in Madison township, was so severely scalded while washing clothes that she may lose the sight of one eye. 8heriff Closes a Drug Store. The drug store of D. L. Buckworth at Leroy has been closed by the sheriff. The liabilities are estimated at $10,000, with assets considerably lew. 'A* Court Holds License Law of Not Ex Post F The appellate court has affirmed the decision of the Kankakee county cir­ cuit court in the case against Dr. Langdon on the charge of practicing medicine without a license, deciding in favor of the doctor. State's Attor­ ney Miller, v£ho has been pushing the case, declares that the state will take th,e case up to the Supreme Court. Dr. Langdon declares that he was practic­ ing in this state before the act was passed, in 1899, and therefore was not amenable. The case hinged around the word "begin." The act reads that physicians cannot "begin" practicing, medicine without first obtaining a 11- cense. The appellate court holds that the law does not apply to doctors who practiced before, the act became a law and the decision was accordingly handed down in favor of the defend­ ant. The case will affect many physi­ cians in the state and considerable in­ terest-has been taken Up the Outcome. GAS PLANT HAS BEEN RELEASED After Eleven Years In Receiver's Hands, Morris Company Is Sold. Eleven years in the hands of a re­ ceiver, the Morris Gas Company has at last been released from the super­ vision of the federal courts by an or­ der of Judge Bethea of Chicago. The assets of the company will now go in­ to the possession of Lauren H. Tur­ ner, who purchased the concern at a sale held some time ago by Master In Chancery Sherman. The plant of the company is at Morris. In August, 1894, bankruptcy proceedings were begun against the company and James H. Pettit was appointed receiver. He operated the company until his dis­ charge by Judge Bethea. In his re­ port the receiver declared „that from the time of his appointment until July 31, 1901, he sold 15,282,000 cubic feet of gas and received therefor $25,589.66. SUES JUDGE FOR FIVE CENTS Sante Fs Railroad May Carry CM* to the Supreme Court. A demurrage claim amounting to 6 cents, brought by the Santa Fe Rail­ road Company against Judge W. R. Curren of Pekin, promises to go through the Supreme court before it is settled. The judge ordered a new door for his safe several days ago, and when the door came he was not apprised of the fact until & cents de­ murrage charges had -accumulated. The judge refused to pay the charge and gained possession of the door by replevin. The railroad then brought suit •••; ' rivi::; Report Catfish Disappearing. Mississippi river fishermen at Alton say that the catfish has been so scarce this season that there Is reason to fear that the Mississippi river species may soon be a rarity. The buffalo is also reported to have become scarce, and the fish dealers at Alton and other points up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers declare that they are unable to supply the demand. The German carp seems to be increasing more rapidly than any other kind in the Mississippi, but it does not bring the price of the Mississippi catfish* Sisters Become Widows. By the sudden death of ex-Mayor Fred B. fiupplnger of Highland, 53 years of age, two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hagnauer and Mrs. Fred B. Suppinger, are simultaneously mourning the loss of their husbands. ' ? " Capture Alleged Deserter. Wm. Shores of Carmi, who joined the regular army at Evansville June 26, and is alleged to have deserted July 12 at Columbus barracks, wa$ captured by City Marshal Carroll of Carmi. . A Charge Theft to Boj|y Four Centralia boys, each al held for the grand jury and twelve years old, were ordered taken to Salem by Sheriff Smith, charged with taking brasses from en­ gines and other machinery belonging to the Illinois Central Railroad com­ pany. Elgin Brakeman Is Killed. Arthur Hoy, a Milwaukee freight brakeman, was killed at Roselle, fall­ ing between two cars. The body was taken tp his home in Elgin. County Seat Fight Ends. The appellate court has handed down an opinion In the famous Hen­ derson county seat case denying the appeal of Stronghurst and giving a de­ cision in favor of Oquawka. The de­ cision holds that the opinion of the Henderson county court was final and that Stronghurst had no grounds for an appeal. Stronghurst's appeal was on a writ of error, claiming that Judge Gray had erred in his decision, which declared Oquawka nearer the center of the county., No further litigation Is expected. * National Guard Orders. Adjt. Gen. Scott has issued the fol­ lowing orders: An election Is hereby ordered in troop B, 1st cavalry, Bloomington, at 8 p. m., Monday, August 14, 1905, for captain, and to fill such other vacan­ cies as may exist at the time of this meeting. Lieut. Col. Theodore Ewert, 4th brigade, will preside. Dishonorably discharged, Private Henry Mitchell of Peoria, company G, 5th infantry. Headstones for Heroes.' ~ Pour headstones have been flftt up in City cemetery by the federal au­ thorities to the memory of fo\|f Alton men killed at the battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican war. The bodies were brought to Alton and buried with public ceremonies, but the graves were lost track of for many years, until a search was made of the cemetery records." v Three Hundred at Family Reunion. The tenth annual reunion of the Hall-Adkins families took place it Parkinson's grove, two miles south of Charleston. Three hundred relatives were present. A big picnic dinner and a programme of songs and speeches -was given. Man Gets Fortune. Joseph B. Thompson of Canton has been advised that he was one" of six heirs to an estate of $1,000,000 left by an uncle, John B. Thompson of Wich­ ita, Kan. The latter died recently. Must Have Certificates. Hereafter school teachers seeking positions in the S|pringfleld public schools must present a certificate, of graduation from some accredited uni­ versity or a state normal school. The battleship Missouri, which de­ feated .other vessels of the North At­ lantic fleet in a race from Newport to New York, is one of the new ships of the^navy, having been in commission only since the autumn of 1903. She is a sister ship of the Ohio and the new Maine and has a displacement of 12,- 300 tons. The vessel Is heavily ar- FOR USERS OF AUTOS. Fine French Boulevard on Which They Can Speed. In France automobile building has reached its highest development, though our manufacturers are fast closing the gap that separates them from their Gallic competitors. Not only is the machine made in France, says Everybody's Magazine, but roads for ft to do its best on are provided. Biarritz is constructing a 90-mile boulevard on the coast at Arcachon for the e'xcluslve use of fast motor cars. On it there will be no speed re­ strictions, and every man andi woman ambitious to break a record or a neck will have a free license to do so. Lum­ bering trucks, family parties drawn by old Oobbin. nurse-maids with per­ ambulators will not attempt to cross the bows of 70-mile-an-hour devil wag­ ons. Solid walls will line each side of s 70-foot-wide cement boulevard, and any accidents that may enliven a day's sport will be confined among the speeders themselves. Like the course of Ormor.d, FJa., this French race track will be on the beach, where in­ terlopers will have small excuse to go. The construction of the course will cost $1,(500,000, a comparatively small amount when the magnitude of the automobile business is considearsd. Fishers and Suckers. There are those who claim that "a sucker is born every minute." And it may be stated that the birth rate of those who make a business of fishing for suckers is also large. The sucker fisherman does not stay long in one place. If the suckers nibble he per­ mits them to swallow bait, hook, bob, line and sinker, and then, wise fisher­ man, he goes to another place, spits on his bait and tries his luck again. Warn the sucker of his fate? You would as well try to admonish a pig. When the biting season is on it is his Instinct to nibble. "A fool and his money are soon parted." And the cynic will insist that the only way to make a wise man out of a fool Is to part him ft-000 his money .^-Atlanta Journal. Russian Newspaper. The Russian Jujnoe Slovo (South­ ern Word) announced the other day: "Owing to circumstances not depend­ ent on us our feuilleton of to-day is being printed without the beginning, without the middle and without the end." Few Catawba Indians Left. Robt. Lee Harris, chief of the Cataw­ ba tribe of Indians, which has a tiny reservation embracing only one square mile near Rock Hill, S. C., on which are eighty members of the tribe, lately visited Raleigh, N. C., seeking in the state library for all information pos­ sible about the Catawbas. These In­ dians were, even after 1700, a power­ ful tribe, and touched the Cherokees, who were In the North Carolina moun­ tains and in the foothills. Chief Har­ ris says that there are only 150 Cataw­ bas In the United States, while in 1700 the tribe could muster several thou­ sand warriors. He is anxious to have the tribe put under federal care and educated by the government. Left Sermon to Catch Burglar. Rev. R, B. Scott, pastor of theBap- tlst church In Fairmount, Va., is evi­ dently a believer in muscular Christi­ anity. In the midst of the service Sunday night a man named World en­ tered the church and informed the minister that his (World's) house was being robbed. The pastor made the announcement from the pulpit, cut short the closing exercises and the congregation resolved itself at once into a sort of posse committee to hunt burglars. Upon • reaching Worlds house it was found that the burglar had fled. Diner's Ready Promise. After a recent banquet one of the diners having tipped the table waiter, the wine waiter and every waiter within sight, was confronted by still another of them. "You'll remember the waiter?" was the murmur. "Let me see; what have you done for me?" "Toothpick, sir," was the reply, as the waiter Indicated the horrid and unused implements. "Remember you!" exclaimed the diner, laying a genial hand upon his shoulder. "I shall never, never forget your lovely Euride Freahmall, In Oxford, Ga., Is Emory college and on the campus stands a statue of the founder, Dr. Ignatius Few, bearing the inscription "Vivlt, non mortuus est" ("He lives, he is not dead"). The Other day a freshman at the college, showing a pretty oousin around the | buildings, pointed out the statue, and was asked by the girl: "What does the little legend mean, Will?" "That." answered the freshman, easily, "oh, that means 'He lives--no, he don't-- he's dea4-'" mored and her guns are In proportion* as she carries four twelve-inch guns and sixteen six-inch guns, with a num­ ber of smaller weapons. The Missouri has two submerged torpedo tubes, and her complement Is 551 officers and men. In the race just won by the knots. INDIAN CHIEF INTROUBLE. Though Off Reservation, He Wanted Old Customs Kept Up. Jim Big Heart, a wealthy Indian farmer who lives at Pawhuska, I. T.» got into trouble in Kansas City, Kan., the other day by having too much money. Having sold two car loads of cattle, he proceeded to display some of his eccentricities. Officers were called to a rooming house, where Big Heart insisted on sitting on the beds and* making himself perfectly at home. He< explained to the officers that on the reservation he was accustomed to go­ ing where he chose and that the homes of his people were open to him. He was taken to the police headquar­ ter^ and $1,500 was found in his pock­ ets. Big Heart is well educated and speaks excellent English. He owns a 700-acre farm and several hundred head of horses and cattle.--Chicago Chronicle. -'km Famous Swiss Chesss. According to a report by United States Consul Higgins of Berne, there are 700,000 cows in Switzerland. They average 625 gallons of milk a year per cow, a total of 462,500,000 gallons, val­ ued at $44,000,000. Forty-two per cent Its used for home consumption and. the rest for condensed milk, cheese and butter. Although representing but one-fifth of the entire milk production the cheese market dictates the price of milk to all Switzerland. The cheese is made in ^>out 2.000 small creamer­ ies, some of which are owned by cooperative societies and others by independent cheese makers. Summer cheese made from milk dur­ ing the time the cows are in the pastures * commands a better price than the winter product made when - the cows are stabled. The average price for cheese in 1903 was fifteen cents per pound. The total export in 1903 was 53,000,- 000. pounds, valued at $8,000,000. -s-'•i | \* ' • Only Self-Made Man. ^ The only self-made man in the world, Dr. Mary Walker, now has an opportunity to rejoice and be exceed­ ingly glad. She Is vindicated. A wise judge in Pasadena, Cal., has rendered a decision to the effect that he finds no ordinance whereby women shall be prevented from wearing trousers if they choose. Mrs. Mary Johnson, lead­ er of a cult in Pasadena called "back to nature," raised the issue. There is a colony of these pants-clad ladies in that city, and they may parade the streets at will, trousered like papa, it not bearded like a pard. Let us hope they will go up that grand street called "Millionaires' Mile" and pass by the home of Bob Burdette, who may find material in the scene for a new lecture entitled "The Rise and Fall «St , the Skirt."--Portland Oregonlan. > America's Great Iron Field. The best-placed field for the produc­ tion of iron in North America or, save that In northern China, in the world, is in the central section of the Missis­ sippi valley, mainly between the great river and the Appalachian system of mountains and northward beyond the gret lakes to the headwaters of the streams flowing into Hudson's Bay. the physical conditions on the whole being favorable for the cheap produc­ tion of the metal and its ready trans­ portation to the principle markets, it is a question, however, If the store will supply the demands of the future. --International Quarterly. Auto Was Very Usefat. Frank E. Gleason, a farmer out in Warren, Is able to see some good la automobiles after his experience of Tuesday. Mr. Gleason had a big load of hay just ready to go in when on» of his horses balked. A thunder show* er was about to begin operations la the vicinity and he was in a quandary when a man who is visiting him rode Into the field in his auto. Quickly making fast a "hawser" to the axle of the hay rack, the load was snatched into the barn in short order.--Boston Globe. 'l' ' . .. /* fc.v, - •.% •.*• .. vki Small Cages for Parrots a Mtststefb Many people have an ides that par­ rots learn to talk better in small cages. This Is quite wrong. The cage can scarcely be too large, and the more room the bird has the better Ik will thrive. The perches should be made thicker in the center than at the ends, so that the bird can chooss the portion best suited to Its grasp-- a more important matter thai might be supposed, as parrots often get dls* eased feet through inattention to tl)!s detail.--Home Chat. x