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AMERICAN MISSIONARY By WILLIAM T. KLU8 TU| nmimiililn it Amrlewi JouraalUt U Tfiwliag A»«nd the World for the Puvjmm •# lamatitatimr A* Anwlllll Foraifm MMomutjt from t Purely DUintcrestedL Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint. s " Illustrated with Dr*win*» and from Photographs. fKnockers" at Mission in the Philippine Islands I the Filipinos revolted On tell sides it is agreed that the church In the^ islands should be brought up to the American standard. Concerning the handful of American priests who have gone to the Philippines, I heard only praise, from Monsignor Agius down *to the civilian "man of the street." There is a great need for more. Failing this, the church authorities look with most hopefulness to the present movement for the education of young Filipinos to the priesthood in the ignited States. Lack of suit­ able priests is the chief need of the church In the islands, in order to remedy conditions which cannot exist in the light of the increasingly-circu­ lated newspapers, of widespread pop­ ular education, and of a steadily grow­ ing American spirit. Next comes the need for the rehabilitation of church edifices, which are still in a ruinous condition, as a result of the war. Ap­ parently none of the money paid by the American government to the friars for their lands is being used for the churches in the islands. Looking Out for the American. A peculiar situation was created In Manila by the advent of so many American men, mostly Protestants. In behalf, of these, churches have been established in Manila by the Presby­ terians, Protestant Episcopalians, Methodists and Disciples. All of these are centers of vigorous religious influences. Dr. -S. B. Rossiter, the Presbyterian pastor, has Won for him­ self an enviable place in the life of Manila, and Bishop Brent, of the Epis­ copal church, is by all classes regard- - i ed as one of the great men of the islands. The Methodist pastor is a young man and new-comer, but the and quietness and have endeavored to j church is a popular one. Dr. Homer il f I Manila, P. I.--"There are no knock­ ers at missionaries in the Philippines. f WhuB a Manila newspaper man col- f|oquially diagnosed the missionary „ Situation in the islands. My own in- ^ ^Testigations verified this opinion; the -* t\ \ criticism of missions and missionaries which is so general in the port cities % the far east is conspicuous for its absence in Manila. The missionaries appear to be on the best of terms with , everybody, from the governor general T <iowa. H* One of the most popular - dinner clubs ife the city, is the Quill club, to "Which most of the prominent men in anila belong, and which was organ­ ized by two missionaries. Not until the recent visit of Dr. Charles Cutli- %ert Hall and Secretary Lloyd, of the Protestant Episcopal board when they " Kvere guests of the club, was anything v- i -«like a religious topic even treated in " **"-ithe after dinner speeches. This sug- V ifcests a notable fact about the Philip* h !^pine missionaries. The man ip not ' swallowed up in the minister. So far 'is I met them personally, I found the ^ -^tnissionartes sharing the character- ' ̂ f %stics of m<jst of the other Americans in the islands; strong, sensible, Symmetrical men, seriously engaged i '"in the business of making the best na- , - tion .possible out of the Filipinos. » Catholic-Protestant Neighborlines*. • Inasmuch as the Roman Catholic ^church has been in the islands for 300 Jrears, and most of the natives are, at least nominally, members of tliat com- ynunion, I expected to find bitterness land acrimony between the Roman Calliulics and the Protestants. But * . . .iiiis Is not the case, and for twe -- l-:< s «ons. The first is that ti^e Protestant missionaries have worked*with tact •zmmxm jCharles M. Alexander in Manila. Mrs. Alexander le Standing at Caribou's Head H 4 Javoid arousing antagonisms and sec- *: 'tarian bitterness. The second is that the old church ^organization has its hands full with the Aglipay schism, which claims not only more, than 2,000,000 adherents, but also a large part of the church ' property in the islands. This ques­ tion is now being fought out in the -^courts* In the meantime,* the 'two wings of Catholicism are manifesting no little bitterness toward each other. , Archbishop Agius, the Apostolic dele- ; gate, could not find terms with which > to Characterize Aglipay, when I broached the matter to him. And from what I could ascertain I suspect that he is pretty nearly cor- - reel in regarding Aglipay as a selfish * schemer, an opportunist, and a poli- : tician. Aglipay, who rose to power on the tide of opposition to the friars, , merely represents the idea of revolt , against old and evil conditions. He , seems to stand for nothing--or rather . lor anything and everything--in a theological way; . in one district ho professes himself as steadfastly de­ voted to «.U the historic teachings and • practices of Rome; in another, he is practli ally a Protestant, attacking •church rites and distributing Bibles. So bitter is the strife between the ^ Roman Catholics and the Aglipayans that neither rays much attention to the Protestants, who go unmolested ; ©!i their way, adding great numbers ,i to the Protestant churches. Many re- I cr\;lts, I am told, come to the mfs- ' eionaries from the Aglipayan fold, having discovered the unsatisfactory condition of the latter. Not a few of the earliest adherents of the Pro­ testant missionaries became such from political motives, anything to show rebeH:on against the Spanish friars. Many cf these early fell away, but some have become Intelligent ^ workers in the Protestant churches. Gcod Words for the Filipino, further word should be written ^ "tSmcernins the Roman Catholic church in the iela^ds_ before passing on to ! - the distinctively missionary propa- \ ganda. It is to be borne in mind that tl«» superiority of the Filipino to the j /rs'atic--and ho undoubtedly is su- | jw*cr to Japanese, Chinese. Malay or I --is due to the civilizing* influ- j -cure of the Roman Catholic church. jThst tlie United States has been able W™ to do more for the Islands politically In less than ten years than Great Britain has done for India in a hun­ dred year*, must largely be credited to the church that brought the Fil­ ipinos out of savagery. Wit.i the abuses that crept Into the <«burch in the islands this article is not concerned; but it must be pointed ®nt that It was not against the Ameri 4*n type «* Roman Catholicism that Stunz's return to the states because of illness removed a forceful person­ ality from the Philippines, The Epis­ copalians have built St. Mary's and St. John's cathedral, the finest mod­ ern ecclesiastical structure in Manila. An adjunct of this is the Columbia I club, a handsomely equipped ciub- ! house, run on liberal an*| gentlemanly I lines by the members, and having | about it no taint of patronage or the I eleemosynary spirit. Its members | are men from all walks in life. It dif- J fers from other high-grade clubs chiefly in that gambling and drinking are tabooed. Altogether it is by far the most successful institution of the sort I have ever seen. Bishop Brent has 15 workers asso­ ciated with him, and services for Americans are maintained in several project to build a hundred thousand dollar Young Men's Christian associa­ tion building, with lodgings for a hun­ dred men, was made a civic matte?, and pushed through enthusiastically. The Y. M. C. A., by the way, was the first Protestant agency at work in the islands, and its splendid service for the soldiers, now supplemented by work for civilians, has continued to this day, winning warmest praise in all quarters. Churches Get Together. . The first outstanding fact coneern- ing the distinctively missionary work of the islands by the Protestant churches is the plan of cooperation which was lately adopted. Profiting by the experience of other mission fields, the denominations early got together to apportion the territory, so that duplication and conflict might be avoided. In order also to present a united front for Protestantism, a com­ mon name, "Evangelical churches," was adopted, in place of the varied and confusing denominational appel­ lations. In the division of the islands among the denominations, the Methodists have the greater part of Luzon, north of Manila, and the Presbyterians the southern portion of the same island as .well j® four other islands. The Dis­ ciples of Christ also have four sta­ tions in the most northerly part of Luzon. Since 1900 the Baptists have occupied Negros, northern and south­ ern Panay and the Island of Romblon, with 17 missionaries and 17 native congregations. Congregationalists are located on 'the Island of Mindanao, where they work in close cooperation with the Presbyterians. The Episco­ palians have a work for the pagan Igorrotes, and also for the Chinese. Methodists likewise have a mission among the Chinese. The United Brethren are strongly established about San Fernando. Spiritualists and Christian Scientists have work in Manila. ' The total Protestant membership of the islands, reported to the Evangeli­ cal Union last year, was 15,000, ex­ clusive of 10,000 probationers record­ ed in the Methodist church. The last- named body is witnessing an extraor­ dinary growth; with only nine Americans engaged in the Filipino work--it now reports, according to Rev. M. A. Rader, presiding elder, no less than 18,000 members, including probationers. A curious fact about its congregations, and those of the other missions, is that two-thirds of them are men, and of this number three- quarters are young men. There are 300 licensed native workers in the Methodist church, only a few of whom receive any financial assistance. This characteristic of independence and self-support runs through all the Protestant missions. The great bulic of their churches throughout the islands has been built by the natives themselves. Educational and eleemosynary ef­ fort on the part of the missions in­ cludes the Presbyterian hospitals at Iloilo and Demaguete and the Sililman Industrial Institute for Boys at the latter place, the Protestant Episcopal Dispensary and Settlement House in Manila, the Methodist hospital and schools, the Jaro Industrial school of the Baptists with about 300 students, and various training schools for na­ tive workers and periodical religious 'publications maintained by the dif­ ferent denominations. {Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) WIRELESS BY DAYLIGHT. Prof. Fessenden Announces the covery of a New Impulse. Die. The effect of spots and stains ,on the clothing is to give a general air of untidiness to the appearance. It is expensive to.send the garment to the cleaners for every -£pot, and home applications are often ineffec­ tive, partly because the right agent has not been employed and partly because the work is not rightly done. One of the most Important things In removing stains and spots is to remember that there must be a fresh piece of cloth underneath to absorb the soiled cleansing fluid as it soaks through. Cheesecloth is excellent for this purpose; fold several thick­ nesses and place beneath thd stain. Blotting paper also is good. The spot should be spread out on a flat surface, and the absorbent material should be large enough so It can be moved several times. Old white flannel is useful in jpaking the application, using it in wetting and rubbing, and taking a dry piece to soak up the fluid when the spot is out. One often has jet passemehterie that has grown dnSl and dusty. Clean with alcohol slightly diluted with wa­ ter and pat it dry with a clean cloth. To use magnesia, moisten the stain, then the magnesia, rub as parefully as possible, and let dry with magnesia on it. The powder, can then be easily shaken off. In using turpentine to remove paint, surround the spot with cornstarch to prevent a "ring." CLEAN FEATHER8 IN BAG. Description of One of the Best Moth- ods to Employ. It is said one of the best methods for cleaning feathers in a bed is to make a large cheesecloth bag and into It put all of the feathers. The cheese­ cloth bag and tick should be sewed together at one corner, so that the feathers can be worked from the tick to the bag. When the bag is full, sew up the opening and place the bag over the clothes line and beat gently with a rattan carpet beater. This fcees the feathers from all dust. It is possible for the sun to reach the feathers, and they will get very light and fluffy, increasing wonderfully In bulk. When the tick is washed, the feathers are returned in the same man­ ner, tlfe tick closed, then the cheese­ cloth covering is washed and slipped over the tick to protect it. Pillows may be cleaned in the same manner. Of course this is not a good season for cleaning feather beds, yet fresh air will do as much as the sun to reno­ vate the feathers. ,ar ' HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A box of lime placed in a damp cap- board will dry it out and act as a dis­ infectant. * Mix starch with soapy water, for it will give the linen a beautiful gloss. This plan also prevents the iron from sticking. Black lead will give a brilliant pol­ ish with but little trouble if a pinch of soda and a little sugar be added to it before moistening it with cold tea. An enameled kettle which has been allowed to boi\ dry should be filled im­ mediately with boiling water. Cold water poured In in such a case would cause the enamel to chip. Stove blacking, moistened with ben­ zine, will give a fine, lasting polish. Be very sure that there is no fire in tjie stove or light in the room while the polish is being applied. Shelves for very precious china may have pads of felt to prevent chipping the dishes. When fragile plates must be piled one on another a small, plain doily placed between them will save breaking. In a recent communication to the Electrician of London, Prof. R. A. Fessenden states that he has devel­ oped a new method of sending wire­ less telegraphic messages during the places. The distinctively missionary daytime by means of a different type u-ork of the church has been almost wholly confined to the non-Christian tribes. For Msnila's Men. Some interesting statistics concern­ ing the American men in Manila wer* iccently gathered by the Young Men's Christian association. Of the 3,482 American young men in Manila, 83 1-3 per cent, are unmarried. Of the total number, 351 have Filipino wives or live with Filipino women. The others are distributed as follows: dred and sixty-five are living in American homes; 627 are living In messes; 813 are rooming in Filipino families; 203 are living in hotel*; S62 are soldiers; 61 are in Bilibid prison. Apparently, the average American j does not find the atn^sphere of the iBlands conducive to church-going. A count was made, upon a recent Sun­ day, of all the American men in at­ tendance upon the city's 20 churches, Roman Catholic and Protestant, and the aggregate number was found to be 416. At the Columbia club were 81 and at the Luneta sacred concert were 395. Over against these 892 (among whom were doubtless many dupli­ cates) who were under religious or "wholesome" influences, may be placed the count of 1,695 in attendance upon baseball games, races, etc. At two similar resorts where the count #ouid not be made, the estimated number was 250" more. [ This does not mean that Manila Is 1 an immoral city; in truth, I wa3 amazed .at the Quietness and orderli ness of it, and at the manifestly high character of the people. So far as I could ascertain, the attacks upon the morality of Americans in the Philip­ pines have been cruel exaggerations. While they apparently do not lean strongly to church-going, the men of Manila yet manifest an alert Interest in the moral welfare oftbeclty. The | stronger, of electrical impulse froin that which be had previously employed. This im­ pulse has made it possible to cut down the absorbing power of daylight to a sm4.ll fraction of its previous amount. The system has been tried from Brant Rock, Mass., to the West Indies, the distance being approxi­ mately the same as that from New­ foundland to Ireland. The success is Five hun- * 80 noticeable that Prof. Fesserfden be­ lieves that transatlantic wireless te­ legraphy during daylight is assured. The new impulses are less efficient during night time than the old ones, but they give results which are equal­ ly good by night and by day. A com­ parison between the offectiveness of transmission obtained' through their use and the use of the older type is about as follows, the distance being from Brant Rock to Washington, D. C.: When the old impulse produces an offect equivalent to 1,200 between the hour# of 10 and 12 at night, the same impniae would give a strength of sig­ nal between 12 and 12:30 at noon of only 30. The new impulse under the same conditions will produce an effect at the receiving station of about 80 between 10 and 12 at night and of between 12 and 12:30 at noon. The fact that the newer sign sis are weaker in daytime than the old is thought to be of no consequence, it being much more Important that there should be no marked difference be­ tween the transmission during the daytime and at night. Rough meas­ urements over long distances seem to show that the new type of impulse does fall oft somewhat when transmit, ting 1,500 miles or more, but that the rate cf falling off does not compare with that of the old type of impulse, | so that received *^* j**#* Beaten Biscuit. 1 Three pints of flour, measured be­ fore sifting, one cup of lard and but­ ter mixed, one teaspoonful of salt Milk enough to make a stiff dough. Mix salt with flour, rub shortening well in with hands, adding milk slow­ ly, as a wet dough produces blistered biscuits when baked, Work well until dough i^, perfectly smooth. Now run through food chopper, using coarse grinder, eight or ten times, working it together again, until it shows per­ fect lightness, by blistering, when rolled out. This is far superior to beat­ ing dough upon block with a mallet. It makes a light, flaky biscuit and saves strength. Roll dough one-half inch thick, cut with small cutter, prick three times with fork near center, and bake In oven in which hand can be held for. 20 secondsNwithout burn­ ing. When golden brown remove from oven and serve at once, or cool thor­ oughly upon towel before putting in tin box. Will keep two weeks under lock and key. Can be re-heated like crackers and are improved by dipping top crust in milk before re-heating. I "LSSSUUZ ^Br~TSWtllW ERICA NK kf^A.RADF0RD J EDITOR Hr. William estions and A. Radford Will answer questions and jrfve advice FREES OF COST on all subjects pertaining to tho subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe­ rience as Editor, Author and Manufac­ turer, he is, without, doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent s'tamp for reely. One carpenter called this plan the house with twin gables, and it certain­ ly is a distinguishing name. It is an old-fashioned housec having a width of 27% feet and a length of 23% feet, ex­ clusive of porches; a case where the width Is greater than the length, be­ cause you always associate the length of a house as leading back away from the street or road in front. Architects are required to build houses to flt the lots. Where land is high priced it is usually cut up into narrow lots, but in a good many vil­ lages and country places the lots are big enough to accommodate almost any width of house, and this plan is designed especially for such locations. With this design you get a wide front­ age and consequently a fine outlook to the front as well as on bo^h sides, and this is just what some lots need. The veranda across the front of this house is especially suited to a large, wide lot. The. very looks of It sug­ gest summer afternoon comfort. It is a solid, well-built veranda, too, with a good floor made of one and one-eighth by three-inch clear white pine strips carefully jointed, and the tongue and groove is to be thoroughly well painted with pure white lead, mixed rather thick, before the strips are driven up, thus making a floor that if kept well surface painted will last a life time. The veranda columns are large and are covered with siding with miterd corners, and the balustrades are framed in paneled sections, which gives the appearance of close atten­ tion to detail, that ^ooks well from the street. There are also lattice panels underneath. Attempts have been made a Vantage that you can get from an "open Are. Every house as Karge as this should have a grate and every grate should be in use all the time whetfever there is the slightest pos­ sible excuse for it, because nothing else is so cheerful about the house- except a sweet tempered woman. A grate lire is a sort of connecting link between the animate and the inani­ mate furnishings. One feature that every woman will appreciate is the large storage closet off ttee batfcrbom ISor'? holding extra CHATiObff /©'©'« ®' ffALU CuAnoctt /+' o* AS'©", /-ao' Second Floor Plan bedding and other kinds of household linen. . Although this is a roomy. house it is not expensive to build. It is es­ timated that from $1,400 to $1,800 is sufficient in most localities for build­ ing the house and, finishing it com­ plete, with the exception of plumbing and heating apparatus. It is intended, of course, that the house shall be well heated and supplied with hot and cold water, but almost every owner has a mm mmm NEWS OF ILLINOIS v . . • HAPPENINGS <SF INTEREST FROM? :r' ° "!$»!» OVER THE &TAT6* „ •W - -T/ * GET DRILLING QUARTERS ©•Intoh Militia Company to Marteuvef^ ' In Red Men's Mall Until Vespa- ^Warner Armory to ^ .^Completed. > ^ Clinton.--Capt. Walter Suddendorf - of the Clinton company of militia hai succeeded in securing temporary drilling quarters by getting the use oj|| y; the Red Men's hall until the complO* « v tion of the new armory to be built bf Col. Vespasian Warner. The companf w- wili commence weekly drills within short time. The commissioned oflfr*., r cers of the company are in readiness for the examination, which they &r#.. forced to take before they can be mtM# tered into the state service. 'r Plans fir the construction of th#> armory -are now making and wjll biii ^ presented for inspection within a shor$. time. The building will bo a on£/;gv story brick structure, measuring 6$V' ^ feet by" 100 feet, and will be erected. ' on the vacant lot in the rear of th# Leader store oh the west side of tho ^ f' square. It is estimated that th<i "" structure will cost several thousand dollars. The drill hall will have ft clear floor space over the entire area, the gallery and officers' rooms to bo built in the upper^portion of the building. The construction of the armory means a much needed Improvement tt* the city as a convention hall. It wilt be the largest hall In the city and wilt be'used for different conventions and meetings. Wi NOTABLES TO TALK. Stele Historical Society Session to s : Be Held in Capital. Springfield.-- Addresses by Hon. Horace White of New York city and Gen. Adlal Stevenson of Bloomlngton* former vice-president of the Uniteil States, will be the features of the a#; nual meeting of the Illinois State Hii-'3 torlcal society to be held in Spring- a£*1*3 Toniiomr OlA , Ciu lauiouu) aliu ruuu/, j • and 31 next. Mr. White formerly was . an editorial writer and reported the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. He will lecture on the first night of the meeting on the subject "Abraham Lincoln in 1854." POKER GAME IS RAIDED. Arrest of Business and Professional men of Carlinvilte. CarHnville.--The arrest of 12 , of this city's well-known business and professional men in the midst of * game of flraw poker in a club room has thrown the city into a state of e*- citement. at different times to do away with these lattice panels, but no one has been able to invent a suitable substi­ tute. Attempts at leaving them out without anything to take their place has never met with approval, be­ cause it leaves a bare, unfinished front which no cobble-stone pavement on the ground will supersede. Such fads are short lived, and sensible builders usually avoid them. There also Is a comfortable rear porcli that may be easily screened against fiiej^and mosquitoes in sum­ mer time and paneled iu for protection against the cold winds and snows in winter. " A house shaped like this lends itself easily to a sensible arrangement of rooms. They can be made all with Pigs In a Blanket. Have you ever tried pigs in a blanket, for a cold night and with thin sandwiches made of brown or graham bread and butter? Allow five or six oyBters for each person. Roll each oyster in a tiny blanket of bacon, cut thin as a wafer, and fasten this on with a toothpick run straight through. Now lay your "pigs" in the blazer, of your chafing dish and turn them over and over until the bacon is crisp Serve jon hot plates and watch them melt among "oh's" and "ah's" of sat­ isfaction. Cold slaw or green toma­ to pickle or piccalilli should be served with these. Ki-rc*efi s--*j B 1 --- different idea about such things and these estimates usually are not in­ cluded in the general contract. The hall downstairs is even smaller than the hall upstairs, but it forms an easy passageway between the front and the back of the house, and it also opens into the cellar way. We have a wide, easy stair into the cellar, which saves tracking in a lot of dirt when you walk through the back hall di­ rectly into the cellar with a load of garden truck without being obliged to go through the kitchen or some other corn. The planning of such little !«- bor-savers often marks the difference between a good plan and a poor one. TURNED THE POTATOES BLACK. Helen Dixon Made Secretary. Bloomington.--Helen Dixon, former t.rfwmiirfir of the Second Christian church here, who was charged with using funds of a church society, was appointed secretary for the Illinois poultry show at its annual exhibition here. The appointment parries with Tf a smaTI salary for one Week's work. Fight Over Woman. Lincoln.--In a fight over the affec­ tions of a woman James Poe cut and seriously injured Thomas Franklin. The injured man was taken to the hospital and will probably die. Poo was arrested and will bo held pend­ ing an Investigation. The men are colored. Drunkards' Names Posted. Henry.--Mayor Clifford has posted fn the eight saloons of this city the names of 13 men who, he claims, are habitual drunkards, and has notified saloonkeepers not to sell to them or they will be prosecuted to the limit. He says ke expects to increase his list to 3ft Make Broom Bags. To keep hardwood floors in perfect order, make canton flannel bags for the broom, then put a little bit of anj good furniture polish on the duster and rub it over the canton flartnel bag, and then wipe up the floors. NThe ob­ ject of putting th§ furniture polish on thfe duster first is to havo a suspicion of it only on the bag. Worried Batter. One thing is very necessary to r» member; Do not let the batter get chilled or worried in any way; keep it the same even temperature, and you will have nioe er«uip«t).-~4)afce( «a£ OcuUctioner. First Floor Plon sqnare corners and easily accessible in the most approved relationship one to another. The hallway going up out of the large living room conforms to a style j of building that has become quite fashionable of late years. It saves room, and when the work is nicely- done the appearance is very agreeable. In this case this stair arrangement does away entirely with an upper hall. There is nothing but a landing. Prob­ ably no house was ever planned with less waste room on the second floor. You Just step from the upper stair through any of the four doorways without going through any false mo­ tions. This little upper hall is lighted by the stairway window, which prevents a dark pocket, a nnisance that nobody likes. The one chimney answers for every purpose. It is large and it has sepa­ rate flues for the kitchen, for the fur­ nace and for the grate, and the grate, by the way, is one of those pretty three-cornered affairs that effectually sends the light and warmth from the fire into every part of tho room. No matter where a grate is placed it Is cheerful, and it is a splendid addi- tioa to a homo, but whfcn you put it in Uve corner of a room you havo overy The 8ight of Aluminum Ware Recalls Old Timers Made of Iron. . Among the many gifts, beautiful e* useful, that this bridal couple received was a complete set of cooking uten­ sils of aluminum. "Do you remember, Clarence," said an older wooxan who had seen these attractive pots and kettles in the kitchen of the new bride's home and who was now describing them to he* husband, "do you remember how black the potatoes were the first dinner } cooked ?" And Clarence did remember It, lo» that extraordinary incident of tht black potatoes, in that first dinner the> ate together tn their new hame aftet they were married could net very wel) escape his memory. "Well, that," Mrs. Clarence went oaa, "was because they were cooked in a new iron pot. Of course I knew that new iron pots ought to'be scoured and cleaned before they were used, and 1 had scrubbed and scoured that pot till 1 was tired and got it iust as clean as canld be, but still the potatoes were blacck. "Next day I asked our washerwoman about that and she said that If I would rub lard on the inside of it and then scour it it would be all right, and 1 did that, and do you remember that the next night the potatoes were not b«If so black?" And Clarence remembered that too, and then Mrs. Clarence went on to tell about the many other beautiful things that this young married couple had received besides those aluminum pots and kettles, the sight df which had called forth this recollection of her own married life. Deneen Honors Cfticagoan. Springfield. -- Gov. Deneen an­ nounced the appointment of Dr. George W. Webster of Chicago as a delegate to represent the state of Illi­ nois at the fourth annual conference of the. American Medical association. The meeting will foe held in Chicago. ..-.'Given Charge of New Canal. Sterling.--Capt. I. L. Wheeler of this city was appointed to take charge of the Illinois-Mississippi canal, which has fast been completed. Hearing Postponed- Dtoville.--The creditors' hearing in the case of John Mulholland, to have been held in Danville, has been post EpWemfe of Mumps. Upper Alton. -- An epidemic of mumps has visited this city. Two hundred school children are afflicted. Commission Hovse Changes Hands. Lincoln.--P. J. Pfeifer has pur­ chased th§: commission business of Muslck & Lucan. Waddell Again Attacks Trust. Peoria.--R. S. Waddell, the Peoria powder manufacturer, Issued a letter to members of congress on the powder trust question. He asks them to ap­ propriate at least $600,000 to establisb government powder factories and tMi* be independent of the trust. ||an Drowns While Skating, Rockford.--Vigard Paganl, 2o yearn old, was drowned in Rock river. With two companions he ventured on tift thin ice to skate. One of hte panions had a narrow escape. Saloons Close by Choice. Cairo. -- Sixty-two saloonkoepe** voluntarily closed their places of busi­ ness here, and for the first time in tho history of the town every saloon closed tight An agreement signed by every liquor dealer it Cairo. •* f • i"; Great Waste Water Canal. .Que of the most wonderful under­ ground waterways in the world, which was constructed at the latter end ol the eighteenth century by the dukes ot Bridgewater, is now being used foi tho* conveyance of waste water "from the earl of Ellasmere's collieries, at Walkdan, near Manchester. This canal, which is entirely underground with its arms antl ^ uovafl j lormer vice-president, over 40 mtlea. \ I preridem of the club. Stevenson Heads Bryan Club. Bloomington.--A McLean conn# Bryan club was formed at a meeting of Democrats here. A. E. Stevenson, -\i v4* W 1,1 1