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1 V.i;, IKE MeNERRY PLAIUDEALER • \S ̂ f McHBNltT PLAINDBALKa CO. * /7 ILLINOIS. tJjMcHENRYr It 4'x •' ' • i The busy b's of Russia are bombs, l>ayonets and bullets. A proposition to reform the spell­ ing of Bjornstjerne Bjornson's name might strike the public favorably. Mrs. Belle Armstrong Whitney saya 2Cew York men wear corsets. It's ca­ rious that any man stays in New York. In case we have spelling reform will the people of Boston consent to drop the "r" in Hannah?--Chicago Record- Herald. An Indiana peddler, who never took * bath, died at the age erf 80 years. If he had taken a few he might have been peddling yet--maybe. A school of cookery has been es­ tablished in Vienna. Some particular person must have been complaining mbout his Vienna schnitzel. Andrew Lang says he does not care for American criticism of his writings. -Perhaps American criticism of his golf might touch Andrew up a bjt. France is progressive in many ways, Vut the fight it is having over ques­ tions of religious belief does seem a century or so behind the times. „ Marie Corelli says that she loathes America because the people are after the dollar. Now that attention is called to it, seems if we had noticed a movement in the dollar's direction. gin 1905 there were 83,376 fewer in­ surance policies written by the New York companies than in the preceding year. That means that both the com­ panies and the public are taking few­ er risks. The picture of *Gladys Vanderbilt milking a cow is creating considerable amusement. The artist has put her on the wrong side of the animal. Never mind, she belongs to the creme de la creme of society and can stand It * It is spelled p-l-o-w on the prairies 'Where it glides through a foot or two of the rich, black mould, but in New England, where it hits a few thou­ sand stones per acre, it is more nat­ ural to make hard work of it, thus, **p-l-o-u-g-h." The evidence before the British army stores commissioners as to graft during the Boer war shows that there was only one regiment the contractors were unable to cheat. That proud dis­ tinction belongs to the Seventh Hus- «ars. They weighed everything and checked the quality of everything sup­ plied them. The servant girl problem has at­ tracted the attention of the California promotion committee, which has sent instructions to its eastern bureaus at New York to visit Ellis Island and tiave the incoming women from Euro­ pean countries told of the advantages of California. They *ill be given an idea of the wages paid out here, the - of work and other necessary in- The* Scientific American shows that England has lost 550 square miles by »ea erosion since the conquest. At this rate England will last only about 60,000 years. A parliamentary com- . mission has been appointed to look ' into the matter, don't you know. It will probably take up at the same time the alarming reports that the heat of the sun will last but a million years more, and that the coal supply will peter out in 600 years. Governments cannot be too careful about the future. Tolstoi said recenlly to Henry Nev- the English writer on Russia: "You are young and I am old, but as you grow older you will find, as I have found, that day follows day, and there does not seem much change in you, till suddenly you hear people speaking «jf you as an old man. It is the same with an age in history; day follows day, and there does not seem to be much change, till suddenly it is found that the age is become old. It is fin­ ished; it is out of date. The present movement in Russia is not a riot, it is not even a revolution; it is the end The number of matriculated stu­ dents at the German universities dur­ ing the summer term is given as 44,- 842, an increase of over 3,000 over last year. Of these 6,569 are in Berlin,. 6,734 at Munich, 4,147 at Lelpsic, 3,275 at Bonn, 2,350 at F--?lburg, 2,128 at Halle^ 1,925 at Gottingen, 1,922 at Heidelberg and 1,362 at Jena, while the rest are distributed among" various universities. There are 12,413 stu­ dents of law, 10,752 are studying phi­ losophy, philology or history, 6,854 medicine and 6,212 mathematics or natural science. The number of stu­ dents has nearly trebled during the last 30 years, says the Athenaeum, the returns for 1876 showing that in that year the entries amounted only to 16,812. y ' How thick is the earth's crust? R. 3. Strutt, son of Lord Rayleigh, after a long series of experiments, estimates It as 45 miles. This deduction coin­ cides m<»e or less closely with that of Prof. Milne, the seismologist. Mr Strutt believes that at the depth of 45 miles the internal heat of the earth reaches 1,500 degrees centigrade (2 732 degrees Fahrenheit). The moon is not "dead," according to the same sci­ entist, but continues to possess vol­ canic energy. He believes, too, that- the internal hea,t of the moon "is great­ er than that of the earth. A Baltimore priest haslii vented, a tackle that will keep a man from the need of swearing. Great Scott! -Joes this mean that men are to have their collars buckled ou them like Hall Calne has discovered a hyp- y notlc cure for the liquor habit. Of he will write a book around it and a sequel around a cure for the nypnotic cure. South America will remember the . aummer of 1906 for two things, tttiiy Root and the earthquake. EVIL III OWNERSHIP m ROOSEVELT NATIONAL SUPERVISION IS ONLY PROPER METHOOl ^fgjpg REMEDY WITH CONGRESS Control of the Great Common Carriers of the Country Prevents Necessity •f Considering Radical Theories. Harrisburg. Pa.--President Roose­ velt broke the silence of several months to make an address at the dedicatory exercises of the Pennsyl­ vania state capitol, paying especial at­ tention to the problems involved in the Centralization of wealth" fed of corporate power. . f. The president talked strongly on the subject of placing a curb on the stupendous fortunes of the country so far as they are given a free field in the business world, and declared for national control of the concerns that do an interstate business. But he made it quite clear that he believes there is no necessity or rea­ son for applying the principles to, the extreme of government ownership of railroads. This he said was most un­ desirable and could only result in evil under apy circumstances. He con­ tended that the restrictions; imposed by correct and conservative national supervision of these roads and of the large corporations would correct *ob- jectional acts and practices and'make government operation uncalled for. Duty Is with Congress. Surrounded by an assemblage of distincuisWgd citizen^ and officers of the Keystone stsft^-and talking to one of<s^|lie greatest audiences ever gath­ ered at a Estate capital, the president spoke to the people of the country rof the noteworthy things of the recent past and'^of the impending problems of the near future. The states, he said, can do much to root out special evils within their "limits, but on the big questions involving the union w states the president asserted that only careful and wise legislation by congress could be effective. While he said he abhorred class hatred and despised the narrow hatred pf men of wealth because they are wealthy, the chief magistrate asserted it was the duty of the people to bring about adequate supervision and con­ trol of "the business use of the swol­ len fortunes of to-day." He continued: "And also wisely to determine the conditions upon which these fortunes are to be transmitted and the percent­ age that they shall pay to the govern­ ment, whose protecting arm alone en­ ables them to exist. Only the nation can do this work. "To relegate it to the states is a farce, and is simply another way of saying that it shall not be done at all." Federal Power Adequate* The president said that under a wise interpretation of the interstate com­ merce clause of the constitution he be­ lieved the national government has the power to deal with all wealth that "in any way goes into the Commerce be­ tween states. Therefore, while con­ gress should avoid any demagogic leg­ islation, President Roosevelt had this to suggest: "But, on the other hand, it shall and must ultimately be understood that the United States government, on be­ half of the people of the United States, has and is to exercise the power of supervision and control over the busi­ ness use of this great wealth--in the first place, over all of the work of the common carriers of the nation, and, in the next place, over the work of all the great corporations which directly or indirectly do any interstate busi­ ness whatever--and this includes al­ most all of the great corporations." President Roosevelt referred to what already has been accomplished in this respect and complimented Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, formerly at­ torney general of the United States, for the part he had played in prose­ cuting the big cases brought hy thfe government. NEW STORMS in THE SOUTH THREE TORNADOES VISIT NEW ORLEANS AND VICINITY. Seven Persons Are Killed and Prop- H arty Estimated to Be WortM~ ; $500,000 Destroyed. New Orleans.--Three separate tor* nadoes truck New Orleans and vicini­ ty Friday, causing loss of life and great property damage in sections which a week before were more or less devastated by the gulf hurricane. The first tornado was at Pontchaoula, La., about 50 miles north of here, the sec­ ond in New Orleans, and the third near Biloxi, Miss., about half way be­ tween hero and Mobile, on the gulf coast. Seven persons were killed In the cyclonic disturbances, according to reports which reached here from the country about New Orleans. Deaths are reported by both St. James and West Baton Rouge parishes. The tornado at Pontchatoula struck the southern end of the town about seven o'clock in the morning. George Hawes was killed in his home, which was blown down, and his wife and four children were badly Unjured. Three negroes were al& reported killed at Pontchatoula. Thegecond tornado appeared in New Orleans soon after eight o'clock, ripping a narrow path through five miles of the city's residence and busi­ ness section and doing $500,000 dam­ age. NcMives were lost here, but one negro was probably fatally injured by a freight car which overturned upon >Mm, and half a hundred other persons were injured, 11 of whom were taken to hospitals. The third tornado passed seven miles northwest of Biloxi, Miss., where it overturned an engine and three cars belonging to the Dantzler Lumber < company, slightly injuring the engi­ neer and fireman. Immense trees which ^gthstood the recent hurricane were tfprooted in this section.. - - v . V \ ilU*55 j* can m* WOULD CURB FORTUNES. President to Urge Refornrt in Message to Congress. , • FIVE IVICTIM8 OF RAIL WRECK Coming Cabinet Changes. Washington.--Two retirements from the president's cabinet are slated for the coming winter. They are those of Attorney General Moody, whose resig­ nation will become effective about the 1st of December, and that of Secre­ tary Shaw, who, according to present intentions, will retire in February. For one of these vacancies tp be cre­ ated, the president will nominate George V. L. Meyer, American ambas­ sador to Russia, but for the other he is not yet ready to announce a suc­ cessor. ; --I Military Special Bumps Into Rear of Passenger Train. Lansinburgh, N. Y.--Five passen­ gers were killed outright and a score were injured in a rear-end collision between a regular passenger train and a military special on the Boston & Maine railroad, directly in front of Lansingburgh depot, north of Troy, about five o'clock Thursday. p The collision took place on a heavy grade, and sharp curve. The passenger train was one that leaves Boston daily at 9:30 a. m. for Albany. It consisted of five cars, a baggage car, smoker, day coach and two parlor cars, and was about one hour late when it reached Lansing­ burgh station, waiting there for a chance to get into the Troy depot. Without, apparently, any warning, the "special" came thundering along with 18 cars and crashed into the pas­ senger train, smashing the last two cars, which were Pullmans, like egg­ shells. Both these cars were swept from the track and rolled down the em­ bankment. The engine of the special kept on for a dozen yardB and then turned turtle, the front end plowing into the ground and the car behind being telescoped by the tender. NEW ERA FOR ALCOHOL. The Regulations for Making Dena­ tured Product. . Washington.--Mr. Yerkes, commis­ sioner of internal revenue, with the approval of the secretary of the treas­ ury, has Issued the departmental regu­ lations controlling the makingof de­ natured alcohol, the handling of the same, and its uses. These regulations follow and render effective a law enacted by the con­ gress at its last session, and which provides for the withdrawal from bond, tax free, of domestic alcohol when the same is rendered unfit for beverage or liquid medicinal uses by the admixture of suitable denaturing materials and for the use of the de­ natured article in the arts and indus­ tries, and for fuel, light and power. The law becomes effective January 1, 1907. Big Earthquake Registered. Washinugton.--The weather bureau Friday issued a bulletin announcing that the bureau's seismographs re­ corded "another great earthquake" be­ ginning at 9:05 p. m. on October 1, bufsthat the earthquake probably was not disastrous. Hart to Control Customs. Shanghai.--Sir Robert Hart,' direc­ tor-general of Chinese imperial cus­ toms, has issued a circular saying he has received assurances that his status with regard% to Chinese cus­ toms will not be changed. Mystery In Woman's Death. Shelby vllle, Ind.--Mystery fear- rounds the death of Mrs. Laura Ayres, 50 years old, a well-known and active churcji "worker of this place, who was found dead in bed Sunday morning ^rlth a bullet in her brain. Public Land Withdrawn. Washington.--The secretary of Hie Interior has withdrawn from entry all the public land within an area of 800,- 000 acres in the San Diego land district in California, to be in corporated in the San Diego forest reserve. Governor's Wife Holds Her Own. Springfield, 111.--Dr. L. C. Taylor, the attending physician of Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, stated that there was im­ provement in the condition of his pa­ tient, and that she was doing aa well as could be expected Protects Negro From Mob. Bloonflngton? Ind.--The negro, Ed­ ward Jones, who Saturday night shot add killed Alfred Stephens, a lunch wagon man, was safely taken to the Jeffersonville penitentiary early Sun­ day morning, and it was only by the determined efforts of the sheriff and his deputies that the excited men sur­ rounding the jail were kept from bat­ tering the doors down and entering the pla^e. Kansas Pioneer Dead. - Kansfts City, Mo.--William Weston, a pioneeryjwho held many municipal of­ fices ffiere, died, aged 75 years. Mr. Weston, who served through the civil war in a Kansas volunteer regiment, came of a family of soldiers. SOLDIERS UNO IN CUBA AMERICAN TROOPS NOW TIONEO AT HAVANA. STA- Nearly One Thousand Men Are Dis* embarked with Wonderful - . Promptness. • Havana.--The first landing of Amer­ ican soldiers in the present occupation of Cuba was accomplished Sunday with marvelous promptness, and 500 men df the Fifth United States infan­ try and 350 men of the Second battal­ ion of engineers are settled under Can­ vas in Camp Columbia. The cruiser Brooklyn arrived here in the after­ noon with 400 men on board, who were sent out to the camp early Monday morning. Gen. Frederick Funston established his headquarters at Marianao, conveni­ ent to Ms command. Col. L. W. T. Waller, commanding the marines, has been ordered to report to Gen. Funs- ton, and the entire force of regulars and marines will be under Funston's command until the arrival here of Gen. J. Franklin Bell, who will direct the distribution of the forces through­ out the island." ^ Havana.--Although the surrender of guns has not been made compulsory, either by the provisional government or the disarming commission, rebel commanders have all given their fol­ lowers to understand that It was ex­ pected And that the laying down of their arms was a matter of duty. The result of this has been that the num­ ber of rifles surrendered is larger, in Washington. -- President Roose­ velt has Inserted in the prelimin­ ary draft of his forthcoming annual message to congress a recommenda­ tion that a law be passed imposing a national tax upon inheritances. The president first called public attention to this idea in his celebrated "muck rake" speech which he delivered at the laying of the corner stone of the office building of the house of repre­ sentatives April 14 last. * Therein he expressed the view that ultimately the United States would have to consider the adoption of some such schei&e as that of a progressive tax on all fortunes beyond a certain amount either given in life or devised or bequeathed upon death to any in­ dividual--a tax so framed as to put It out of the power of the owner of one of these enormous fortunes to hand on more than a certain amount to any one individual. Such taxation should be aimed merely at the inheritance or transmission in their entirety of those fortunes swollen beyond all healthy limits. DEAD AT BLUEFIELD MAY BE 70 Twenty-nirje Bodies Have Been Recov­ ered From Pocahontas Colliery. Bluefleld, W. Va.--Twenty-nine bod­ ies have been recovered from the west fork of the Pocahontas Collieries com­ pany mine at Pocahontas, Va., and a t conservative estimate places the total proportion to the number of men dis-1 number of dead at 70. banded, than the government ex­ pected. For instance, 800 rebels dis­ banded in Pinar del Rio province up to Friday, have turned in 600 guns. Gov. Taft regards this proportion rath­ er better than the average, but re­ ports from Santa Clara Indicate that nearly all the guns of Gen. Guzman's command have been surrendered. NEW8PAPER MAN 13 SHOT DEAD Reoelvea Bullet in Brain From Step* father of His Sweetheart. Minneapolis, Minn.--William Dow- ell, a prominent local newspaper man, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by John Quirk, because of attentions to his step-daughter, - Miss Bessie Squires. The shooting occurred at the Quirk residence, 901 Chicago avenue, just as Dowell and the young woman were entering the house. One bullet w^s fired which took effect in the man's brain. Quirk calmly awaited the arrival of the officers and tfas taken'into cus­ tody. Dowell was taken to the city hospital, where he expired in a few minutes. Quirk seemed pleased when told that his victim was dead. GA8 CAUSES DEATH OF EIGHT Explosion In Philadelphia Subway Does Considerable Damage. Philadelphia.--Eight men were killed and nearly two soore of persons were Injured Friday by the explosion of illuminating gas in the Market street subway at Sixth street. High buildings were shaken by the force of the explosion and for a block on either side of the scene of the ex­ plosion nearly every window was shat­ tered. The street caved in, halting traffic and resulting in a suspension of busi­ ness. Fire followed the explosion, but it did no damage to neighboring build­ ings. The loss, it is believed, will ex­ ceed $300,000. Iowa W. C. T. U. Is Reunited. Des Moines, la.--By mutual agree­ ment of separate conventions held in this city. Wednesday, two branches of the W. C. T. U., one known as the W. Cr T. U. of Iowa and the other as the W. C. T. U. of the state of Iowa, were consolidated into one body. They were divided 16 years ago by a dispute over the question of affiliation or nonaffllia- tlon with the Prohibition party. Italian Women 8torm 8chools. Kew York.--Believing the board of health physicians were cutting the throats of their children in axpublic^ school in the Williamsfourjg section of Broklyn, 1,500 women, nearly all Ita­ lians, stormed the school ^building. Three Burned to Death. Portland. Me.--Three of the seven children of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Josepfr Vanier, of this city, were burn­ ed to death Friday in a fire caused by the explosion of a lan$p which had been Accidentally overthrown. Snowstorm in Colorado. *** Colotado Springs, Colo.--Colorado Springs Thursday experienced its first' sfiowstorm of the season. Reports from the mountains indicate a snowfall of several inches. A snowstorm also prevailed at Peublo. Babe fiprn to Governor's Wife. Springfield, 111.--Mrs. Charles S. De­ neen, wife of the governor of Illinois, gave birth to a daughter Thursday af­ ternoon. Mrs. Deneen is said to be in a critical condition, suffering trove uraemlc poisoning. p New Missouri River' Line. - St. Louis.--The steamboat Thomas H. Benton, Capt. Alexander Stewart, departed Sunday for Kansas City on its first trip in the Missouri River Packet company's newly inaugurated schedule between St. Louis and Kansas City. Deny Royal Engagement. London.--An emphatic official de­ nial of the reported betrothal of Grand Duke Michael, brother of the emperor of Russia, and Princess Pa­ tricia of Connaught, niece of King Edward, was issued here Sunday. Old River' Captain Dead. Watertown, N. Y.--Capt. William N. Visger, aged 49, owner of the passen­ ger steam yacht Idler, and one of the best known St. Lawrence river steam­ boat men, died suddenly Thursday at Alexandria Bay of heart failure. Opens Wisconsin Campaign. Milwaukee.--The Democratic state campaign opened here Thursday night when John A. Ay 1 ward, the candidate for governor, spoke on the principles of his party before an enthusiastic gathering in Pabst theater. The rescuing party reached the scene of the explosion but the Im­ mense amount of debris and wreckage has hampered the search for bodies. There is no evidence thus far of fire. Raton, N. M. -- A disastrous ex­ plosion occurred early Friday in the Dutchman coal mine ,/at Blossburg, a small camp five mil^e from Raton, In which 16 miners are supposed to have lost their lives. Three bodies have been recovered. BRIDGE OVER FALLS COLLAPSES One High School Student Killed When Crowded Structure Gives Way. Hfehominee, Mich.--While a party of 25 students of Oconto, Wis., high school were standing on a foot-bridge at Oconto Falls, Wis., Friday watching the falls, the structure collapsed, hurl­ ing the whole party 40 feet into the stream. William Ballou, aged 14 years, was killed and Viga Sentil, Har zel Denizen and Frank Donlevy seri­ ously injured. Prof. Newcomb, the in­ structor, was badly hurt, and several others were slightly injured. WOULD INDICT BANK WRECKERS Depositors in Spring Valley Concern Want Guilty One Punished. at- the Spring Valley, 111.--A largely tended meeting of depositors of Spring Valley National bank which it Is alleged was wrecked by Its pres­ ident, Charles J. Devlin, in July, 1905, was held In this city Sunday. A com­ mittee of three business men was ap­ pointed to call on L. M. Eckert, state's attorney of Bureau county, and endeavor to secure the indictment of those responsible for the bank's col­ lapse. hlejjfo Lynched In £rgentar Ark. -- As a sequel Arkansas. to the killing of John Lindsay and the wounding of his son, Policeman Milton Lindsay, Saturday night, pre­ sumably by Garrett Colum and Charles Colum, negroes, H. Black­ burn, a negro, was lynched Sunday night. r Three Convicts Break Jail. Whitesburg, Ky. -- Three convicts, Charles Lucas, Harry Caudill and Hiram Callahan, all serving two year sentences, escaped from the county Jail Saturday night by burst­ ing the floor of the jail with some kind of explosive, probably dynamite. Lawyer Politician Dead. Topeka, Kan.--Gasper C'. Clemens, a native of Ohio, one of the most able constitutional lawyers In the west, died of pneumonia at his home here, aged 59. He was once promi­ nent in state Populist politics. Vanderbllt's Horse Is First. Pari 8. --W. K. Vanderbllt's Mainte- non won the last great classic race of the season at Longchamps Sunday, the Prix du Conseil Municipal of $20,-. 000, beating J. Lieux's Punta Gorda by three-quarters of a length. 8haw Speaks in Ohio**' . Hamilton, O.--Secretary Jjttt tfee Treasury Leslie M. Shaw addressed a large audience in Beckett's hall here Friday. The secretary spent two hours at the Butler county fair, where he spoke briefly. Withdraws Hague Expense Bill. The Hague.--In the lower house of the states general Friday the govern­ ment withdrew the bill authorizing the expenditure of $15,000 for the reception of the members to the second peace conference. . Made Sound by Eating Grape-Nuts. Proper food nourishes every part of the body, because Nature selects the different materials from the. food we eat, to build bone, nerve, brain, mus­ cle, teeth, etc. All we need is to eat the right kind of food slowly, chewing it well--our digestive organs take it up Into the blood and the blood carries it all through the body, to every little nook and corner. If some one would ask you, "Is Grape-Nuts good for loose teeth?" you'd probably say, "No, I don't see how it could be." But a woman in Ontario writes: "For the past two years I have used Grape-Nuts Food with most excellent results. It seems to take the place of medicine in many ways, builds up the nerves and restores the health generally. "A little Grape-Nuts taken before re­ tiring soothes my nerves and gives sound sleep." (Because it relieve ir­ ritability of the stomach nerves, being a predigested food.) "Before I used Grape-Nuts my teeth were loose In the gums. They_ were so bad I was afraid they would some day all fall out. Since I have used Grape- Nuts I have not been bothered any more with loose teeth. "All desire for pastry has disappear ed and I have gained in health, weight' and happiness since I began to use Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum Go., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the fa­ mous little book, "The Road to Well- vllle." in pkgs. "There's a reason." "A 8MALL THING.* Do you believe In progress? Do yon believe that all the wonderful achieve­ ments of the nineteenth century--the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone, electric light, kerosene, sewing ma­ chine, agricultural machinery, steam­ ships, trolley cars, etc.--have made life easier and better worth living? I do. I believe that a man who lives 40 years under modern conditions has experienced more life and better life than Methusalem, though he had lived 20 centuries of his time. The triumphs of the nineteenth cen­ tury were triumphs of human service ---the placing of knowledge and the ! fruits of knowledge within the reach of the common man. Every man's |life is better, happier, more secure be­ cause of them. We live more comfort­ able, more sociable lives in better and more comfortable houses because of them. Even the hopeless dweller in the wocst city slums is more com­ fortable in his physical'conditions than the middle-class citizen of the days of George Washington. In little things as in great, comfort and convenience have been the legacy of the "Century of Improvement." Paint, in a certain sense, is a minor matter, yet it gives beauty, healthful- ness and durability to bur dwellings. Fifty years ago painting was a serious proposition, a luxury for the owners of stately mansions who could afford the expense of frequent renewals. To­ day ready mixed paint Is so cheap, so good, and so universal that no house owner has an excuse for not keeping his property well painted. A small thing, Indeed; yet several hundred large factories, employing thousands of chemists and skilled workmen, are running every day in the year to keep our houses fresh, clean and wholesome. A small thing, yet a can of good ready mixed paint, such as one may buy from any reputable dealer, em­ bodies the study of generations of skilled chemists, the toil of a thou­ sand workmen in mill, laboratory and factory, and the product of a long series of special machinery invented and designed just to ma^e that can of paint and to furnish us an infinite variety of tints, colors and shades. It was a wonderful century, that nineteenth of our era, and not the least of its won^rful gifts was that same commonplace can of paint. . L. P. ' f ¥That He Most Wished For. John Fiske, thq American historian, Was an ardent lover of music and him- pelf no mean musician. Furthermore, he was extremely corpulent and felt the hot weather painfully. He was once delivering a course of lectures at a summer school in a small city of the middle west. The heat was terrific and adjoining the house where the % lecturer stayed was a church where an ill-matched but zealous "quartet" practiced and performed during all hours of the torrid afternoons and evenings. One evening, seeing the fa­ mous man sit for a time unoccupied and apparently oppressed by this com­ bined affliction, the young daughter of his hostess attempted to divert him by offering him a new novel, then just be­ coming popular. "I think 'The Choir Invisible' Is perfectly splendid, .Mr. Fiske," said she. "Would'n you like to read It?" The historian put the book aside. "My dear young lady," said he, "the only choir in the world In which I could feel any interest at this moment would be the choir in- audible." Condemn Daytime Napp* Prolonged "40 winks" during the day are severely condemned b/ many doctors on the ground that they affect one's regular Bleep. Scientists have found that In the ordinary cou.-se In the human being there is the greatest vitality between ten a. m. and two p. m., and the least between two o'clock and'six o'clock In the morning. Long sleeps during the day Interfere with this order of nature and some­ times affect various organs, causing headache. The nap of 40 winks, but only 40, proves refreshing to many be­ cause it is too short to have any in­ jurious consequences.--London Tele­ graph. Designs Patented by Women. Not a few designs--some of them cleverly contrived--of fire escapes are credited to inventive women. Others have planned motors for sew­ ing machines and other domestic aids; a thermometer fire alarm, which gives Its warning when the temperature reaches a certain figure, a balcony that may be carried from one house to another and adjusted, a thread cut­ ter that is fastened to the thimble, a furnace that generates heat by means of chemicals instead of ordi­ nary fuel, and a great many similar contrivances. LOOSE TEETH QF II4$G|£ »Ut>tf*ENING8 OF INTEREST FROM. ALL OVER THE STATE. jg DISTRICTS ARE CHANGEIX Method late A^lgn .Ministers Make Many Important Altera­ tions, Besldee Selecting Three New Presiding Elders. d Chicago.---The Rock River colfsiv. ence of the Methodist Episcopal church closed Its sessions with reading of the assignment of the vari­ ous ministers. Many important, changes were made. The Freeport district loses its name and its iden­ tity, various charges being attached!; to the Rockford and Dixon districts^ Each of the other districts, including: three Chicago districts, Joliet district, also received additional and various, modifications. Freeport Is now to. the Rockford district and Elgin is changed from the Rockford to the> Joliet district. Three new presiding: elders were appointed, Dr. A. D. Trav­ eller, Dixon district; Dr. R. H. Pooley,. Joliet district; Rev. H. V. Holt, Chi­ cago Eastern district. ; i Girl Forger Held for Trials . . ̂ Galesburg.--Florence Scott, the gl!^" who defrauded the First National bank in this city out of $1,000 by- means of bogus checks, was arraigned! in the justice court and held to the* Florence 8cotl. ' grand jury. Her appearance In cou& was unostentatious and but few peo* ple were present. Attorney F. SV Cooke appeared for the girl and ex­ amination was waived, whereupon sh« was placed, qnler $1,500 bonds to ap­ pear at the November term of court- As yet she has tailed to give bail an& is still in jail. Officers here think that the name she gave as that of her* mj^e accomplice was fictitious. "" The Wife Asks Separation*^ Fairfield.--Dr. Simon Snyder, who* was shot twice in a family quarret. several weeks ago by his son, William: Snyder, because he married another- woman shortly after the death of hte first wife, was sued for separate* maintenance by his bride of a few- months and she was granted an order- restraining him from disposing of property valued at $5,000 and an an­ nual income of $600 from his late fa­ ther's estate. English Pheasants Are Received. Mount Vernon.^--Deputy State Game* Warden Ramson C. Wdbd has re­ ceived a shipment of English pheas­ ants, which he will distribute in vari­ ous parts of Jefferson county. Th«N birds Increase very rapidly, and the® law provides that they cannot be shot, until 1909, and by that time it to thought the state Will be abundantly- stocked With this excellent game bird.. Women's Missionary 8ociety. Chicago.--The Rock River confer­ ence ended its annual meeting at Em* manuel Methodist church, Evanston- The president, Mrs. M. T. MacGuffin,. Liberty vllle, and treasurer, Mrs. E. Keiser, of Englewood, were reelect?* ed. Mrs. E. B. Dolllyer, of Joliet, wags felected corresponding secretary, an(£ Mrs. George W. Brown, of Evanston_ recording secretary. Plumbers Strike at Urbana. Urbana.--Union plumber^ employe#? by a firm' in Urbana and one in Cham*- paign struck. They say the mastery plumbers should not take contracts of buildings where the general con­ tractor is nonunion. The strike wilfe tie up the new Urbana post office anff. other buildings. The master plumb­ ers declare they will figh£ and import, nonunion lab?*.. Uses Garter for Noose. Peoria. -- With her garter tier- around her neck so tightly that sh«» had lost consciousness and was gasp­ ing for breath, Nellie Klein was foun® in a cell in the city hall by Police* 8ergeant Halpin just in time to save-, her life. Rev. Dr. Williamaon Dead. ' Rock Island.--Rev. Dr. Andrew W.. Williamson, who for many years oc­ cupied the chair of philosophy at th&- Swedish Lutheran college and sem­ inary in this city, is dead at Portland,. Ore., aged 70 years. Deceased served: with hongr in the civil war. was. unmarried. ° Conference Adjourns. Gibson City.--The United Brethren^ conference of Illinois adjourned after- announcing appointments for the en­ suing year. College Students Are Married. Urbana. -- Unversity social circlets were taken by surprise when Miss Jes­ sie Armstrong, a well-known univer­ sity of Illinois student, and John W_ CriH of Rockford, a former student* were married. They will reside at Los Angeles, Cal. /Or. -Gilbert Elder Dead. Bloomington.--Dr. Gilbert Elder., one of the oldest practitioners of Mc­ Lean county, died suddenly at hisu home in this city of paralysis. Het» was born in northern Illinois in 1847.. . • .