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•'iM v: , •*!_ ' 1 ̂' > < 7 ' few;- iiiifr rnnn cumwiun!*rrrr:,r:r •ORABLE CONDITION. INCREASE mrmp^rs. miltOZl Auucu ul lflwuf More Than Two Months--Site for Supreme Court Build- ' Zk Secured®"^ }. Springfield.--Sayings deposits in the "129 state banks in Illinois were in­ creased $1,831,609.84 between January 36 and April 7 this year. This in­ crease Is shown in a comparative state­ ment issued by State Auditor McCul- lough covering the period between January and April, which were the dates of the two last calls for state­ ments by the auditor: On January 30 &bere were 329 state banks doing busi­ ness in the state. During the quar­ ter this number was increased by three. On April 7 the total savings de- jposits amounted to $177,753,033. Cer­ tificate time deposits were increased : $3,288,750, while individual demand • deposits increased $2,516,240. These increases, aggregating $7,500,000, show prosperous condition in the state banking business. During the period the amount due to national banks was • decreased $28,387,771, which is another •evidence of the prosperity being en- Joyed in the state's banking. The amount due to state banks and bank­ ers, $28,774,308, is an increase during -the period of $27,136,277. Undivided profits of $9,974,403 show an Increase ••of $1,082,912 during the quart a r. On April 7 the loans and discounts in all jthe state banks amounted to $312,- 479,560, an increase of $5,002,826. This :is the largest increase shown in the items that go to make up the resources: "Overdrafts amounting to $875,022 on April 7 were increased $35,191. Other increases in the resources are as fol­ lows: Due from -national banks, $395,. :395; due from state banks, $173,952; -checks and other cash items, $225,259; •collections in trans'it, $378,731; gold -certificates, $391,281; silver certificates, $108,302; silver coin, $146,575. The -only material decreases in the re­ sources are found in the exchanges for clearing house and national bank cur­ rency. The former, amounting to $6,- <317,426 on January 30, was decreased <1,102,296. National -bank currency, Amounting to $7,383,801 at the end of Jfanuary, was decreased $667,307. A decrease of $253,297 is shown in legal "tender and treasury notes. Important Among the decreases shown in the lia- bilities are the following: Surplus riund, $280,474; certificate demand de- jposits, $1,798,875; certified checks (de- imand deposits), $477,700; demand de- -j»osit3 (cashiers' checks), $354,070; and notes and bills rediscounted, -*,013. . X'llW, ! and F. xjuuidiganiia umuuiact-Uiers, M. Lowry, secretary of the , were arrested at Chicago on a federal warrant charging the making of a false report. The case was con-» tinued ten days. Internal Revenue Collector Henry L. Hertz charges in his complaint that in the monthly re­ port of the company in February names of alleged customers appear who declare they did not purchase oleo from Braun 4 Fitts. This law provides a fine of $1,000 and the prac­ tical seizure of the factory as a pen­ alty. "I have violated no law that I know of," said Mr. Jelke. "The law provides that I shall ask the name of each of my customers. When a man leaves an order with me I ask his name and address. That is all that is required of me. If the man gives me the name of some other person there is no way for me to know it" UIOS STATE NEWS ttAPPEiraiffli m JCAJTOT TOWNS. . . . «. -s .jia: SUIT OVER LARGE ESTATE. GHOSTS WORKY RAILROAD Seiri of James T. Crumbaugh, of Leroy, .Object to His Disposition of Property--Royal Ar­ canum Meeting. Woman's Missionary Association. The northern Illinois branch of the Woman's Missionary association of the United Brethren church concluded its sessions at Springfield with a praise service and congregation, led by Miss Sheets. Bishop G. W. Mathews, of Chicago, preached an able sermoi^ on Out o.f Sacrifice Comes Life." The association will hold its meeting next year in Gibson City. Election of offi­ cers resulted as follows: President,; Miss Jennie Fearer, Oregon; first vice president, Mrs. E. H. Shuey, Spring­ field; second vice president, Mrs. Shride; secretary, Mrs. Cora Mitchell, Gibson City; treasurer, Mrs. Mattie Cross, Weldon. Delegates to the board meeting to be held in Canton. O., were chosen as follows: Mrs. E. H. Shuey, Springfield; Mrs. S. Gannan, Polo, and Mrs., Overton,' Astoria. , "JPrayer League of Millions, A campaign of prayer by postcard U> 'continue until January 1, 1911, and to cover the entire world, is to be begun In Chicago by Methodists. To Meth­ odists iji .all parts of the world 1,030,- ©00 cards are to be sent asking them to pray daily until the date set as the close of the first crusade. As many as Teturn cards to the Rev. J. P. Brush- ingham will be sent a number of other cards to send to their friends and by "the endless chain system a "prayer {league" numbering 5,000,000 is expected "to be formed by 1911. Then a second , crusade is to be started. The objects -of prayer cited on the cards sent out --are: First. For the enrichment of in­ dividual experience and the attainment of the "fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ." Second. For a spe­ cial and glorious impartatiog> of the /holy spirit, preparing each one of us tfor holy living and faithful service. 'Third. For the unsaved of our hemes ~-and kindred and for the perishing mil­ lions, whether in Christian or in Jieathen lands. .'Alton Public School Case. The supreme court decided against disparate public schools for colored '•children in the celebrated Scott Bibbs -case, in which Gen. John M. Palmer fought for the right of colored pupils •to attend any public schools. The su­ preme court reverses and remands to Ttbe circuit court of Madison county tthe case of the people on relation of Hibbs against the mayor and the city -council of Alton, The case is one in "which the city of Alton set apart a ' ^separate school building for the col- -«red children. Bibbs sought to compel nthe city council of Alton by mandamus "to allow his children to attend the ~whlte school which was near his house. The circuit court of Madison county •decided the case, against Bibbs, who -took it to the supreme court, which re­ versed the judgment of the lower court -4ind ordered that Bibbs be allowed to send his children to the white school. The case has since been tried four "times by juries in the circuit court, -with the same decision against Bibbs, «*nd the supreme court now sends it :• T»ck lUne for a re- itrial. , *. HouiecTeanlng for Chicago. Superintendent of Streets Doherty has selected May 7 as the day for a general spring cleaning of Chicago, and a programme of cleanliness will be arranged. The mayor will issue a proclamation urging citizens to co­ operate in the cleaning. At every pub­ lic school corps of youthful workers will be organized under the command of the principal to clean the places surrounding the school and every va­ cant lot. All the accummulated rub­ bish of the year will be collected and conveyed in wagons to the city dumps. Waste paper and other material will be burned and destroyed in large bon­ fires to be built under the direction of policemen. Every citizen will be asked to join in the general cleaning of back yards, front lawns, and the streets and alleys adjoining his residence. Site for Supreme Court Building. The site of the supreme court build­ ing at Springfield has been transferred to the state of Illinois. The deeds were filed in the office of County Re­ corder Rich. In order that the title and abstract could be cleared, Mrs. C. Smoroski gave to the state of Illinois a quit-claim deed to a small tract in the rear of the site and the final transfer papers were then filed. C. G. Prickett transferred to the state of Illinois his property on the southeast corner of Second street and Capitol avenue for a consideration of $41,562. Ernst H. Helmle, who owns the prop­ erty on the south, also transferred to the state for $16,000. The plans for the new building are being completed by State Architect Zimmerman. He hopes to have them in shape to pre­ sent to the commission in a short time and work on the building will com­ mence as soon as possible. Qood Roads Movement at Areola. At an enthusiastic good roads meet­ ing in the city hall at Areola a number of business men were present and made addresses. It was voted to start a subscription paper to raise money to buy three spans of mules to be used in helping to get the roads of the township graded so they would be in better shape for the next winter. At this meeting about $600 was pledged for this purpose. It is thought that no trouble will be experienced In raising $1,500. Death Result of Oil Wound. Charles Scholz, aged 54 years, bled to death in the kitchen of his home in Bloomington from the effects of a rup­ ture of a blood vessel in his leg. Scholz, who was a foreman in the brass department of the Chicago & Alton shops, was injured several years ago and never permanently re­ covered. When his wife returned home she found him dead in the kitch­ en in the midst of a pool of blood. Child Must Undergo Operation. G. A. Galbreath, of Ashmore, whose little son swallowed a piece of a slate pencil some time ago, the major por­ tion of which was found through an operation, left with the little fellow for Chicago, where it will be necessary to undergo another and far more dif­ ficult operation for the removal of the point of the substance, which stuck in the throat. JTatal Accident to Auto Party. A Big Four passenger train struck atnd demolished an automobile in Dan- Tille, killing one occupant and prob- aably fatally injuring two others. Frank iBartley, a real estate map, recently from Russeil, Kan., was instantly frilled. Conde Bishop, a Wabash pas­ senger conductor between Danville «nd St. Louis, was cut in the head, his shoulder was dislocated, three ribs -were broken, and his leg injured. Dan Xenny, chauffeur, had his right leg ^njuriei, ^-fatal Bloomington.--What promises to be one of the most celebrated iawsuits in the history of McLean county began in the circuit court before Judge Myers. It is the case of Charles A. Crumbaugh and others against Wesley M. Owen and others. It is an effort to break the will of James T. Crumbaugh, one of the wealthiest citizens of the coun­ ty, who died a year ago at his home in Leroy. He left an estate Valued at up­ ward of $250,000. A, large share of this he bequeaths in trust for the founding of a church in Leroy for the Spiritualists. Another large sum is left for the founding of a public library in Leroy. Both be­ quests consist of farming land, the richest in the county. The suit is filed by relatives of Mr. Crumbaugh and other natural heirs to the property. There are about 30 per­ sons listed as complainants and the de­ fendants are the persons named in the will for the trusteeship of the be­ quests. Fully 30 attorneys, including nearly all the eminent legal talent of this city and the firm of Beach, Hod- nut & Trapp of Lincoln, are employed in the case. Ex-Governor Fifer is one of the attorneys for the defense. The belief of the sect of Spiritualists will enter largely into the issues of the trial and much testimony will be to draw out evidence on this point. Mr. Crumbaugh was an ardent Spiritualist and it is claimed by the complainants that he was unduly Influenced in giv­ ing so large a part of his estate to the use of the sect. Mrs. Crumbaugh died early this spring while on a visit in California. They leave no children. Insist ritiohs. INDORSE ACTION OF COUNCIL. State Meeting of Royal Arcanum Goes on Record as Favoring Assessment System. Springfield.--The grand council of the Royal Arcanum of Illinois, in its twenty-sixth annual gathering at the Odd Fellows' temple in this city, placed itself on record as commending the ac­ tion taken by the supreme council of the order in May, 1905, in establishing the present system of assessment rates. The plan was indorsed as being nec­ essary and wise and the supreme coun­ cil was commended for its "ability, loyalty and fraternalism in facing the serious problem of legislating to insure the stability and permanency of the Royal Arcanum." The resolution adopted by the grand council condemned "those agitators and calumniators within the order who have striven to create discord by means of anonymous circulars." The resolution was Introduced by Grand Orator C. Arch Williams of Chi­ cago and, previous to its presentation, war, signed by two-thirds of the mem­ bers of the grand council. It was passed by a vote of 141-22. A copy of the resolution was ordered sent to every member of the supreme council and to the grand regent of every juris­ diction in the order. D. B. Scully, of Chicago, was elected grand regent. Cause Removal of Foreman. Taylorville.--The construction gang of the Christian County Telephone company, while working In the coun­ try, grew tired of the way their fore­ man, Charles Young, treated them ahd refused to work. In the evening at five o'clock, when they are supposed to quit work, it is said the foreman refused to let them stop, and in an effort to. keep them at v.ork drew a revolver on the men. They resented this act and before the foreman knew what was up they had taken the gun away from him and given him a thrashing. The entire gang reported the matter to the man­ ager, Mr. Adams, stating that they would not work any longer under this man. Mr. Young was at once dis­ charged. ^ 1 Died from Natural Causes. Danville.--The dead body of Mrs. Moore, widow of a prominent meat packer, was found in a pool of blood on her bedroom floor. A gash in her neck and other circumstances caused the authorities to suspect that she had been murdered. Surgeons who per­ formed an autopsy, however, state that she died from hemorrhage of the brain and so reported at the inquest. Wesley an Accepts Carnegie's Offer. Bloomington. -- Announcement was made that Andrew Carnegie had agreed to give the Illinois Wesleyan university here $30,000, providing that $60,000 was raised by the trustees. The offer was accepted. i iTwo Chickens from "One Egg. That two chickens can be hatched f ' , "from one egg has been proven to not tie an impossibility. Ralph J. John- 'M- stone, of Alton, has accomplished such ^""V a feat. Two-yolk eggs are uncommon, %• • l>ut it Is not known that anybody ever jT, tried hatching one. Mr. Johnstone, for *he safte of experiment, placed such an >«gg in an Incubator, a.ong with dozens t*:' of other eggs, and In due course of time there came forth two downy lit- | 'tie chicks, as pert und healthy as any / ml the State Topics Told in Brief. That the mayor of Waukegan would not make a good receiver in a federal court bankruptcy case was held by Judge Landis. "I don't want the mayor as a receiver. He is too busy enforcing the laws of Waukegan," said the court. The appointment will be made later. The Methodist conference at Nash­ ville, passed resolutions condemning buggy riding on Sunday for pleasure, Sunday baseball and excursions, and the opening of business houses nn thnt ,day. George Anderson, convicted of steal­ ing flour from a B. ft O. freight car. and J. W. Rogers, the MorrisonvilU mail car thief, were taken from Tay­ lorville to Chester by Sheriff Brents Mrs. John Seaton, aged 61 years, was burned to death at Rockford, hei clothes becoming ignited from a bon­ fire. Every effort was made to save her; but the terrible burns proved toe much for one of her age to recovei 1 Mrs. Jas. P. Hudson, wife of a farm­ er of Day Point township, while feed­ ing the pigs in the yard, was attacked by an angry hog and before she coulfl tsscape her ankle ife* brokeir Nonunion Men in Mines. Springfield.--Employment of non­ union men to take the place of en gineers and firemen who deserted their posts because they were not paid the 1903 scale of wages indicates that hos­ tilities between the operators and strikers in Illiinois have begun in earn­ est. Non-union crews have been put to work in 14 mines in the Saline county district. The employes deserted their posts and the company promptly hired non-union engineers, firemen and strikers. Workmen at Have S*en Appari Decatur.--Has Decatur a ghost? Men who always have insisted that there are no ghosts now admit that an apparition haunts the local Wa­ bash shops. Two men have seen the mysterious object which, in its last appearance, takes the form of human hands. Previously forms of men been seen. Those who claim to seen a pair of hands come out of Oblivion and assist th4$i in their work are reluctant in discussing the matter. They say that while at work in washing out a boiler at the Wa­ bash shops, in which work they were using a rubber hose, a pair of hands appeared, grasped the hose and seem­ ed to assist them in dragging it to the boiler which was to be cleaned. Charles Brown and W. H. Giles are the two men who were assisted by the apparition. They are firm in their belief that the object was su­ perhuman, "for, it is said, each of the men made a diligent search for the owner of the arms and hands, which wore the blue jumper jacket, used by all employes of the shop. Their search for the owner was un­ successful, and, too, each of them say they know that any other than themselves was not about the prem­ ises at the time, the object appeared. Both men were greatly frightened and decided to keep the matter quiet, but it bore upon their minds until they revealed the story. Brown says that once before, while he was adjusting a lamp globe, he saw the form of a man appear, jostle the ladder upon which he was standing and disappear. He is as firm in his belief of seeing the man as he Is of seeing the hands grasp the hose. The employes in general at the shops declare that strange and weird noises have been heard around the premises for several days, and that one fireman resigned his position there because of the mys­ terious sights and noises. FOUR HURT IN RAIL WRECK. Railroad Employes Suffer When Switch Engine Collides with Pas­ senger Train at Chicago. Chicago.--One man was probably fa­ tally injured and three others were se­ verely cut and bruised when a south­ bound Lake Shore switch engine collid­ ed with an incoming Chicago & East­ ern Illinois passenger train at Fifty- second and Clark streets. Both en­ gines and one of the mail cars were overturned. The enginemen of both trains were severely injured and George Smith, engineer of the switch engine, may die. His left arm and right leg were crushed and he was scalded. The others injured are: H. E. Snow, Danville, fireman, passenger en­ gine, foot crushed; W. E. Lawton, en­ gineer passenger train, injured inter­ nally; Walter Welneck, fireman switch engine, hurt about head. .>•: • WIFE BEATER HEAVILY FINED. Appropriate Punishment Awarded by Judge Springstun at Pana. Pana.--According to the opinion of his honor, Judge Springstun, there is no punishment too severe for a man that will beat his wife, and the judge was but few minutes in reaching this conclusion when Matthias Gall, the man who beat his wife with a club in West Pana appeared before him. Gall was fined $100 and costs by the city and $100 and costs by the state and as he is at present in poor circumstances he was taken to Tay­ lorville to spend a few days with Sheriff Brentz, where he can reflect over his past. Matthias has appeared before his honor on a similar charge and got off so easy he thought he would try it again. Death Follows Paralytic Stroke. ShelbyVille.--James A. Johnston, for 12 years justice of the peace and a Democratic candidate for county clerk, was stricken with paralysis and died three hours later. He was a resident of Shelbyville for 50 years and has held several township of­ fices. In his official capacity of jus­ tice he has married 250 couples. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. B. Brown, of Shelbyville, and Mri. J. A. Heywood, of Chicago. German Baptist Brethren. Springfield.--The annual conference of the German Baptist Brethren will be held at the state fair grounds June 2-6. This is a gathering of importance, as 30,000 or 40,000 people are expected from different parts of the United States. The Sunday school, missionary, educational and business Interests of the organization will be discussed by the best talent of the church. While these people are of German extraction, as the name specifies, the session jf, I be conducted is Eagliih. Current State Topics in Brief. ' * Sterling.--A jury assessed Moses L. Dimon $70 damages because his auto­ mobile frightened Mrs. Henrietta Mar­ tin's horse, causing it to throw her out Of a buggy. She received slight injuries. Chicago.--South Water street pro­ duce dealers reported that never since Chicago became the leading center for the farm products of the west did so many eggs arrive In one day as on April 26. The aggregate was 100 car­ loads, each containing 400 cases and each case holding 30 dozen--a total of 14,400,000 eggs. Decatur.--The Democratic executive committee of *he Eighth congressional district declared Congressman William Richardson the nominee for congress. Mount Carmel.--After the evidence for the prosecution was finished, J. W. Murphy, who killed Nace Gillen and Frank Miller in this city March 1, withdrew his plea of not guilty and en­ tered a plea of guilty, He will receive a life sentence In the penitentiary. Bloomington.--Robert Ramsey, a ma­ chinist of Nevada, Mo., while beating his way on a Chicago & Alto& train, fell under the wheels and was killed. Galva.-^Fire destroyed Parker Bros.' poultry house, Hamilton's broom corn shed and the Nott ice house. It is thought the blaze originated from a spark from a Rock Island engine. Carllnvllle.--Sylvester Dobson was brought from Staunton and Drs. Head and Hanklns were appointed as a medi­ cal commission to inquire as to his san­ ity. The commission found him to be insane and he was taken to Jacksonville by Sheriff Dickerson. Paxton.--Arthur Mitchem, a negro barber, was taken to the Illinois Central railroad and told to get out of town or he might fare badly. The negro had writ­ ten a letter to a high school girl making suggestions that were not considered proper. The citizens heard of the letter and the action was the result. The ne­ gro was told noi to return to the Unr*. BOY BUILDS AN AUTO. M*ahntUfl Wf SMUto. Walk.. ItuoMdt t> Vnu.u.l XMk. , A diminutive automobile driven by a one and a half horse po*er engine, which climbs Pike stroot from Second to Broadway on it* high gear and which gets over the level Broadway, bound for Its garage, at a rate of ten miles an hour, possesses more than ordinary Interest In that its owner and driver is also its make?, Warren Dalton, 1C years of age. During leisure moments Mastei1 Dalton built his machine in the work­ shop of his father's Pacific Coast Laundry Supply company's plant. Bays the Seattle Times. The Detroit auto- marl ne, water cooled engin§, the wheels and the springs, are the only parts not designed or made in the Walton workshop. The young build­ er designed his machine, made the YOUNG DALTON IN HIS AUTO. patterns for the parts^ and after their casting dressed and assembled them into the machine. Then he tore it down and took the part3 home on street cars. At home the machine was again set up and the first run was made Saturday afternoon, the machine acting perfectly In all its parts and exciting as much admira­ tion and attention as the proud heart of the juvenile inventor could have wished for. Maker Dalton has named his auto­ mobile "Mobel B," it being the sec­ ond venture he has made in this field of mechanics, the original attempt having been in the making over of a motocycle into a semblance of a mo­ tor car/ The machine, which is driven by gasoline power, has a one and one- half horsepower engine. The wheels are 20 inches in diameter and the pattern of the machine is "runabout," with <a seating capacity for the driver only. It is finely upholstered and the box Is finished in the popular red. MOTHER GOOSE. She Was a Real Character and Lived in Boston Over Two Hundred Tears Ago. "Mother Goose" was a real charac­ ter of olden days and not a mere fancy name, says the Detroit Free Press. As Elizabeth Foster she was born in 1665, and in 1693 she married Isaac Goose, became a member of the Old South church, Boston, and died at the ripe age of 92 in 1757. The earliest edition of her nursery rhymes, which she used to sing to her grandchildren, was published in Bos­ ton in 1716 by her son-in-law, Thomas Fleet, under the title "Mother Goose's Melodies." The greater part of her Ufe was spent in a low, one-storied house with dormer windows and a red tiled roof, built much after the fashion of an old English country cottage. Dlbden first used "Mother Goose" as the title for a pantomime. TRY IT AND SEE. Which way are these palm trees leaning? Hold the edge of the paper close to your eye, and you will see they are all exactly parallel.--Cincin­ nati Enquirer. Alleviating Circumstances. It distressed Miss Willing to find how much the little girls in her Sun­ day school class thought about dress and outward adorning. She never lost an opportunity to tell them how slight was the importance of such things. "The reason I didn't come last Sun­ day was because my coat wasn't fin- lEhed," said small Mary Potter on day, when questioned as to her non-appear­ ance .the week before. "My old one had spots on it that wouldn't come off and a place where the buttons had torn through." "But, Mary dear," said the teacher, gently, "you know It's not the outside that really matters." "Yes'm, I know," said little Mary>* "but, Miss Willing, mother had ripped the lining out, so there wasn't any in­ side-to look at!"--Youth's Compan­ ion. EXPERIMENTS WITH EGGS. Thinj3e You Caa Ua HTLiiiiTXLU Snttrtain and Mystify Your Friends. Anything that has to do with eggs will be interesting to boys and girls. Take two eggs of the same size, one raw, the other boiled. Place around each of them, lengthwise, a stout rub­ ber band so that it firmly grasps the egg. Fasten a piece of string to each egg by means of the rubber band and suspend both eggs from the chandelier by the strlngg. Twist both strings to the same de­ gree and then let them go. The eggs will spin around as the string un­ twines, but. suddenly one of the eggs will stop turning, while the other twirls and twlrlB, still untwining the string. The uncooked egg stops be­ cause its contents are liquid, and not fastened to the shell of that egg that is set In motion by the untwining string. The friction of the moving mass inside soon stops it. In the next experiment the same two eggs are to be used. Put two plates before you, and on each one set an egg spinning on its side. The hard-boiled egg will spin easily and stop easily; but the raw egg will be harder to spin, and when it has been set in mo­ tion it will not so readily stop. Even if you 8top it for a moment, by plac­ ing the palm of your hand on it, it will start spinning again when you remove your hand. The reason of this Is just the re­ verse of the conditions In the first ex­ periment, for the liquid part of the egg is set to spinning, and when you stop the egg, It is on}y the shell that you stop, the contents continuing to move; and when you let the egg go. Generous Lawyer. UA lawyer in our town," said Smith, "gave a present of £25 to a client the other day." _ "How was that?" asked a bystander. "Well," explained Smith, "it was this way. His client got hurt in a railway accident, and he employed the lawyer to sue the railway company. He got £150 damages, but the lawyer's bill came to £175, and he kindly agreed to say nothing about the bal­ ance."--'Tit-B its. Accidents Will Happen. Miss Gushington--I admit, Arthur, tbst this Is not the first time I have t«en engaged, but I'm sure your noble, generous Iiesirt-- Little Brother--Sis, the baby's got your bag of engagement rings.--N. Y, Weekly. THE TRICK WITH BRINE WATER. the revolving mass Inside starts the shell going round again, even If stopped for several seconds. If you make a strong brine of salt and water you will find that a fresh egg will float in it, says the People's Home Journal. Now try it in pure water, and the egg will sink. ' Leave the egg at the bottom of the vessel containing pure water and get a glass funnel that will reach to the same bottom. Pour the brine through the funnel and the pure water and the egg will rise together, floating on the brine. When the vessel is full you will find the egg suspended Tin the mid­ dle, half in brine, half in the upper layer of pure water. . The next trick is with a hard-boiled egg. Shell the egg and have ready a wide-mouthed water bottle, with its neck a little smaller than the egg. Into the bottle throw a piece of burn­ ing paper, and after a moment, place the egg, end down, in the mouth of the bottle. The air in the bottle becomes so rarlfled that the pressure of the outside air on the egg forces It into the bottle. And now we offer fc. pretty little trick that needs some "luck" to make it successful. Take two egg cups such as are used to put an egg . in when it is eaten from the shell. Place one cup on the table directly in' front of you and put the egg in It. The other cup you place just beyond the first Now, It you will blow suddenly-and sharply on the egg, Just where it touches the cup directly in front of you, with luck, as we have said, your breath will lift it over into the othei eup. ,, Now for a wonderful, but simple, trick that has puzzled wiste men for generations. You have heard how Co­ lumbus puzzled his men by saying that he could make an egg stand on end, and then did it by gently cracking one end of the shell so that it made a flat­ tened surface. But if had known this trick, he could have accomplished that feat without cracking the shell, as you may do, to the surprise, per­ haps, of all who see you. The yolk of an egg, you know, is in­ closed in a thin membrane that keeps it separate from the white. Now, if you give the egg a sharp shake, and break this membrane, the yolk, which Is heavy, will fall to the end when you try to make the egg stand up, and its weight will be sufficient to keep It in that position without any outside aid. WHY, JOHNNIE: NoW here is angry Johnnie, He's thrown hta pipe away. Because he blew some bubbles, And found they wouldn't at&jr. --Detroit Free Press. Safer. "Tes, he started life as a "And reformed?" "That's as you happen to look at It; at has first trial, when his lawyer took the entire proceeds of the robbery he had committed to defend him, he thorg'&t he saw a better and safer grail than burglary; so he studied law."--Houston Post. Oot Them Bac|̂ Friend--Do thoughts that came to you long ago ever return? S:rifibler--Oh, yes--if I encloM 1 Hansel envelope.--•Tit-feiffc WAS WEAK AND to Or. Williams' Pink P*««nt to P Artd Strength. Mrs. Mary Gaguer, of No. 576 Summer street, Holyoke, passed through an experience w proves that some of the greatest lugs of life may lie withiu easy and yet be found only by mere chance. A few years ago while she was employed, in the mills she was suddenly seized with dizziness and great weakness. " I was so weak afc times," she says, "that I could hardly stand, and my head be­ came so dizzy that it seemed as if the floor was moving around. " My condition at last became so bad that I was obliged to give up work in the mill, and later still I became "BO feebly that I could not even attend to me household duties. After the slightest exertion I had to lie down and rest until £ regained strength. "A friend who had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to try them. I bought a box and began to - take them. The benefit was so positive > and so quickly evident that I continued to use the pills until I had taken alto­ gether six boxes. By that time I was entirely eured, and for two years I have had no return of my trouble. I am now in the best of health and able to attend to all my duties. I am glad to acknowl- • edge the benefit I received and I hope that my statement may be the means of inducing others who may suffer in this way to try this wonderful medicine." The secret of the power of Dr. Wil­ liams' Pink Pills in cases of debility, such as Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fact that they make new blood, and every or­ gan and even every tiny nerve in the body feels the stir of a new tide of strength. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold t>y all druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, bv the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. HE HAD ENERGY TO SPARE Animal of the Propulsive Posterior Persuades Foolish Man to Philosophize. A man in the southwest had so much nervous energy to spare that when his mule's will ana his crossed he tried to per­ suade the intelligent animal by a firm, well-placed kick located on the mule's ab­ domen, relates the Minneapolis Journal. You should never play another's game with him and expect to show up well at the finis. The mule is now only a Ph. 1). in the graceful art of kicking, but he has the science of it by heredity and by ot- joyment of the game. When he felt the kick he saw with the white of one of the eyes the man recov­ ering from the recoil of the kick, he mere­ ly moved his left rear corner slightly and stubbed his hoof on the owner so severe­ ly that the man is now in the hospital and has had 14 stitches taken on h»« bump of perspicacity. The foolish man sits in at the mule's own game, but the wise man persuades his friend to try it and watches results front a position 30 yards to the left. AWFUL SUFFERING From Dreadful Pains from Woun4 OH Poot--System All Sun Down*- Miraculous Cure by Cuticura. "Words cannot speak highly enough for the Cuticura Remedies. 1 am now sev­ enty-two years of age. My system had been all run down. My blood was so bad that blood poisoning had set in. I had several doctors attending me, so finally I went to the hospital, where I was laid up for two months. My foot and ankle were almost beyond recognition. Dark blood flowed out of wounds in many places, and I was so disheartened that I thought surely my last chance was slowly leaving me. As the foot did not im­ prove, you can readily imagine how I felt. I was simply disgusted and tired of life. I stood this pain, which was dreadful, for six months, ana during this time I was not able to wear a shoe and not able to work. Some one spoke to me about Cuticura. The consequences were I bought a set of the Cuticura Remedies of one of my friends who was a druggist, and the praise that I gave after the sec­ ond application is be3'cnd description; it seemed a miracle, for the Cuticura Reme­ dies took effect immediately. I washed the foot with the Cuticura Soap before ap­ plying the Ointment, and I took the Re­ solvent at the same time. After two weeks' treatment my foot was healed com­ pletely. People who had seen my foot during my illness and who have seen it since the cure, can hardly believe their own eyes.. Robert Schoenhauer, New* burgh, N. Y.t Aug. 21. 1905." Getting Informed. ! The student of sociology handed the tramp a cigar. He wanted to learn aboutl how such people viewed life. "Are jros happy ?" he asked. The tramp _ shifted into a sunny spot. "I shou'd smile," h# answered, blowing a cloud; "too late te shovel snow, too early to trim lawns, no­ body putting in coal, and once in awhile a sucker studying social conditions."--* Philadelphia Ledger. There In more Catarrh In this Motion of the eouBtiy than all otlior diseases put together, and until the lait few ye lira \vna Hiipposea to he luourftble. For® finit many vphtb doctors pronounced It u IochI disease au<t prc»cr"i'>ed local rcnieillen, and by conKtnmly falling to cure with local tr«atm«nt, pronouucod It Incurable. Science liaa proven Catarrh to l>eacnnstliuttmal dis­ ease ami therefore requlrex constitutional treatment. Haifa Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney a flo., Toledu,Ohto, Is the only conMtltutlonal cure om the nmrkiit. It la token Internally In doses from Itt drops to a toHspoonful. It acts directly oa the blooa and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for auy otine H falls to cure. S«»S for cfrculari and lestlmotitnlst. . Address; F. J. CHKNEV & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. _ Take Hall'* Family PI1U for eoutlpattoa. What He Learned. "I learned the game of love onoe,** sighed the voung man in the blue waist­ coat. "So^f" asked his chum. "Yes! through a school of correspondence. I took ten lessons." "And did you realize my thing?" "Only that 1 was a lobster. She kept the letters and sued me ioS breach of promise."--Detroit Tribune. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Fpot- Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating, hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c^ Ac~ cept no substitute. Trial package FKEIfi. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy» N. x. "When a man gits mo' money dan he needs for victuals, house rent an' clothes/® •aid Uncle Eben, "he's either got to bs mighty sensible or mighty liglit-mindett to fully enjoy the balanoe."--'Washington ®tar* » Garfield Tea, the herb laxative, is mild, effective, health-givmg--a faultless, prep­ aration. It cures constipation. None ef us are so thoroughly up in the way of the world as those who have besa done up.--Fuck. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Life would be stale, flat, sad ---- able without its illusions. Mrs. Winslows Soothing SjTap. For children teetbtne. softens the rams, reduce* SammaUoa, allays pain .cares wind coilo. 35c a bottle. Nobody stops to inquire about ths ifcr. tree ef a "psech/7 Garfield Tea is Nature's remedy for liver and kidney diseases. competitor works whik Jtm flndiasupolis StaR,