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Specutl Correspondent Writes of Things of Interest at the State Capital. f •V ¥:;; SprJiigfleh|.^Al^ |ni»5h flopping back and forth the senate passed the •Jamended Oglesby primary bill and sent it to the house for action there. §|v§'.'The house of representatives has proved its versatility, it killed one , primary bill because it was not a di- . rect plurality measure, and then f. ' , turned around and killed the next one 'is*55, ; J .because it was. The conference re- port, which was the Deneen Shurtleff '"t}~ 1 law of 1906, amended to cover the su- £% ^prerae court's strictures, lacked eight votes of the necessary majority. The &s5, vote was 69 for and 65 against. The |lv Pattison direct plurality bill, support- v «d by the minority and made a straight ^Democratic bill, lacked four votes of £>1. /carrying. It received 73 votes and 28 1;\ "were, cast against it. After the house p Siad done these things it managed, be- gl^'/i'fbre giving way to ' sheer exhaustion,, rf. to jiu-jitsu a proposition to exhume &•' the original Oglesby bill and send It over to the senate as the house's ulti- '-.palatum. This resolution, introduced l>y Lindly, actually passed, but before Hhe vote could be announced the */' isomersaulting began, and when the || '• corrections had been completed it was Jost by a vote of 53 to 47. The senate tlid three things of importance. It %nanaged to escape a roll call on the conference bill, buried that measure, land then put the Jones-Oglesby bill Wto third reading. The Jones-Oglesby measure was then the only primary ' • proposition before the general as- semblv. The bill is the original Ogles- by measure, with the national dele- pates and electors left out. On every- | ^ ^ Uhlng else it is a direct plurality meas­ ly fire. It wipes out all political con- Ventions, save the state convention, which is provided as a sort of love , feast at which the delegates may pass resolutions, but cannot nominate. Ct' ; . . Pyrotechnics from Lincoln* The legislative investigation of the •tat© charitable institutions was re- \sumed at Lincoln. Representatives Hill and Hope went to Lincoln to faerve several new subpoenas. Much new information has come to the com- ;:toittee. One of the lines of inquiry ^related to the veracity of Superintend­ ent Hardt's testimony submitted to the rd. Dr. Hoag, formerly Hardt's as­ sistant and now on the Elgin staff, way gammoned before the committee to re­ fute Hardt's charges that under the former administration children were a"( locked In Utica beds and chained to floor. Dr. C. B. Taylor, the former superintendent, testified that Hardt C * lias misstated the case. Evidence tending to show that Gov. Deneen jgkf" strengthened his political fences with £«v asylum patronage, it is claimed, is in 3the possession of the committee. Rep- * resent ative McGoorty was temporarily krlK .removed from the committee and John I", J. McLaughlin put on in his place. Mc- jfe^jGoorty fs a close social friend of mem- - bers of the board of charities. He was ijK finally put back on the committee fe after his representation that he could | spare the time and would go to the -bottom.. •• •' " •' |fi / TfberciJlosis Bill Passes. It is now up to Gov. Deneen to at- f- tach his signature to the Glacken bill, Vs enabling cities and villages to estab- f\* lish public sanitariums for the treat- fnent of consumption. Both the house &• and senate have put their official t 'J, ptamp of approval upon the bill by } * passing it in hurry-up .fashion, after 4 4 prominent physicians from every sec- tion of Illinois had urged its enact- H^'v.lnent. The bill provides that cities and villages may submit to the voters on a referendum the question of estab­ lishing public tuberculosis sanitariums. A .tax not to exceed four mills on the •dollar may be levied and collected to tneet the expenses of establishing and ; jnaintaining the institution, which shall be placed under the management of a board of three trustees to be ap­ pointed by the municipal officials. All • /Inhabitants of the city or village who are suffering from consumption, no % matter in what stage, shall be entitled : to free occupancy, nursing, care, medi­ cine and attendance. The bill is con­ sidered one of the most important health measures to come before the assembly for several years. m Farmers* Meeting Held. Tbe Du Page County Farmers' in- ®titute was held at the courthouse at Wheat on. At the same time the Du Page County Domestic Science asso- ||,i * c*ati°N met in the same building. State p, . ' Superintendent F. G. Blair of Spring- P, * s Judge Goodwin of Napervllle and ®ther prominent men spoke. C. D. Bartlett, the president of the institute, presided at the sessions. On Wednes­ day the election of officers for the next year took place. Corn Growers Meet. The corn growers' and stockmen's convention, supplemented with a two "weeks' course in agriculture for young .men sent from all parts of Illinois by county farmers' institutes, held forth, in Morrow hall at the agricultural Ibutldiug of the University of Illinois, TJrbaua. Daily sessions were held and for one hour each afternoon lectures were given on topics of general inter­ est to Illinois agriculturists. The class work and lectures were arranged with apecial reference to the boys and rg t young men who competed for prises. r. ̂ Farmers Look to Session. Agriculturists interested in scientific ^methods of farming, dairying and / istock raising are looking forward with - -seageraess to the thirteenth annual &I- ;»tatp meeting of the Illinois Farmers' InsiHate and Affiliated Association of '* ,iDotn» *tic Science on tiext February .* ' 11. 12 and 13 at the Coliseum in Pe- Addresses covering every sub- of interest to farmers and stock iralsers. both in their homes and on the farm, will be treated on by experts ctiown throughout the state and some prominences _ • Doings of the Legislature* The house passed the afmejkul bill raising the salary of aldermen in the city of Chicago from $1,500 to $3,500 a year. The vote stood 80 to 13. The house passed the hoase "Oak and violet" bill. The senate had pasted the senate "Oak and violet" bill. Then it was up to the senate to pass the house bill or up to the house to pass the senate bill. The native tree and flower bill also passed the house and was put up to the governor for his signature. It makes the oak and the violet the state tree and flower, which have been so declared by the school children of Illinois. Lyman Cooley's blll to permit a $5,- 000.000 bond Issue by the Chicago san­ itary district w&s laid to rest in senate committee. The senate passed the bU appropriating $20,- 000 for the use of the attorney gee' eral's department in prosecuting the state's suit against the Economy Light & Power company. The senate passed the following bills: Appropriating $10,00t) for the internal improvement commission in investigating advisability and prob­ able cost of deep waterway between East St. Louis and Cairo; giving cit­ ies,^nd towns power to erect and maintain tuberculosis sanitariums; appropriating $15,000 to defray , the expenses of the committees investi­ gating the Dresden Heights lease to the Economy Light and Power com­ pany and the investigation of alleged ill treatment of inmates at the Insti­ tution for the feeble-minded children at Lincoln. The house by a vote of 88 to 12 passed the bill giving school treas­ urers a wider field in loaning school funds. The white slave bill failed to pass, 60 ayes, 16 nays, but before the vote was announced further action waa postponed. The senate bill providing for the loaning of state funds by the state treasurers which passed the senate last November, passed, 79 to 17. The house by a vote of 103 to 8 adopted the state treasurer interest bill. Humphrey's Reply to Chief. The first expression from Judge J. Otis Humphrey in reply to the criti­ cism directed against him by Presi­ dent Roosevelt because of his unpop^ ular decision in the beef trust case was made in an address at a meeting of the Springfield Ad. Men's club. "There are many citizens whose ac­ tion is such that they at least allow us to believe that they expect the judicial department of the government to be run in accordance with public senti­ ment," said Judge Humphrey. "When the day comes--let us trust that it may never come--that the judicial branch of government is swerved from its official duty by the clamor of the populace, the end of the government is not far distant. No government can long survive whose judiciary yields to the popular frenzy that follows for a moment the mere clamor of the unrea­ soning, uneducated, in that particular case, opinion of the public or even of the press." Resume Church Services. Churches in Pleasant Plains were opened for services for the first time within a month because of smallpox which has been prevalent in the town. The quarantine was raised by the state board of health. Some time ago a number of cases of the disease were foynd in the town.. Prompt action was immediately taken by the board of health in stamping out the dis­ ease. A quarantine was immediately established. The churches were closed and schools also dismissed. Greer college and the high school at Hoopeston have been closed be­ cause of an epidemic of diphtheria in that city. Secretary Egan of the state board of health dispatched Dr. George T. Palmer to Hoopeston to investigate. Boost Farmers' Session. A committee of five persons--two men and three women--from each township in Sangamon county, organ­ ized for the purpose of boosting the annual meeting of the Sangamon County Farmers' instltue, which will be held in Springfield next fall, is a plan decided upon at a recent meeting. The meeting was called at the super­ visors' room at the courthouse by the chairman of the executive committee of the institute. Attending were the members of the committee, supervis­ ors from the various townships of the county and many others interested in the work of the institute. McGoorty for Governor. Representative John P. McGoorty of Chocago spoke at Mount Sterling be­ fore the Bryan club. W. I. Manny, Introducing Mr. McGoorty, said that he was a likely candidate for the Demo­ cratic nomination for governor. Clubwomen of Illinois Meet. Clubwomen from nearly every sec­ tion of Illinois met at the rooms of the Klio association in Chicago at a meet­ ing of the board of directors of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs. Business seslons were held. Oglesby Advances Medical SHI. Temporary Speaker 6glesby waa the only member of the house present at a recent half-holiday session of that body. He advanced to third reading the senate bill enabling the state board of health to license medical stu­ dents who pass a satisfactory examina­ tion at the end of four years' study in an accepted medical college. This measure is fathered by the state board for the purpose of permitting medical students in colleges having a five- years' course of study to practice med- icim the last year of their college Ufa, DOTTED TEARS WON SUIT. Extraordinary Latter by Father •# : Spurned Qlrl Read 1»» Court. * f A thousand dots were In a Itttwr which was read in a breach of promls# action at Chester Sheriff's court re* ceniiy. "These are not kisses, but tears," the letter, which was of an extraor* dtnary chsractsr, explained; Last year a Cheadle cab proprietor* named Arthur Morrell, met Elizabeth Ann Rhodes, an Ashton-under-Lyne mill forewoman, who is now 20 years Old, at a wedding party. ^ He apparently fell In love and wrote Iter many letters and post cards. In February last they became engaged, and the wedding was to have taken plaec in September, but the cab pro­ prietor wrote asking the young woman to "let him free," as their "social con­ ditions were not quite equal." The young woman's father In reply wrote the letter, which v was read in court: "When yon go, to cfmrch and sing your praise try to think of the lass you have now spurned and left with a broken heart "When you uplift your voice in prayer, may the heaven be as brass. May God repay thee for what thou hast done." Then followed 1,000 dots and these words: "These are not kisses, but tears from a mother's and daughter's hearts, which before they knew you never had a care. "May you for every tear that falls and every throb In their hearts repent It millions and millions of times oyer and over again, and every time you look at a lass or hear the church bells chime at night when you go to sleep, and at mom when you awake, may you think of this letter and a lass with a broken heart." The jury awarded £40 damages.-- London Express. f THE SLEEP- WALKER NEWS OFJI-LINOIS 8ome Suggestions As to Lying. There Is not so much objection to lying as there is to a lack of art in the telling of a lie. It is no use to tell a lie unless you are going to ac­ complish your purpose. Lies can do the work whether they are discovered or not. It is all in the manner of tell­ ing them. In the first place never tell a lie when the truth will do just as well. This serves to establish your reputation and gives your lies a stand­ ing they could not otherwise gain. Never tell a big lie to gain a small object, nor tell a little lie to gain a big object. Let all your lies be big and lusty fel'ows, and let them have some big business in hand. These two rules are really imperative If you ex­ pect to become a successful and pro­ ficient liar. Little lietf for little things are not worth telling. Finally, always have the courage of your lieB. "Stick to 'em. If you are not brave enough to stand by your own lies, why send them out only to be betrayed? A man is the rankest sort of a coward that refuses to give his lie any support when it crawls back to him from the bulfetings, beat­ ings and rough usage of the populace. Brace it up with manufactured cor­ roborative evidence and artificial con­ firmation and send it out again re­ newed in spirit and vigor.--Washing­ ton Times. Killed 189 Ducks at One Shot. Harry Malcolm, ex-deputy game warden, sends to the Sun a photograph of a remarkable nine-barrel gun with a single trigger, which ha* the effec­ tiveness of a Gatllng gun in slaughter­ ing ducks. A single pull of the trig­ ger fifes off all the barrels, and one discharge Is said to have killed 189 ducks. Mr. Malcolm, assisted by Messrs. R. H. "Cox, W. M. Lyon and Sidney Bar­ ber, arrested a party of hunters who were using the gun to the great detri­ ment of the wild duck hunting sport on the Potomac river. Seven men were taken along with the gun, which is of a type forbidden by law. Mr. Malcolmn Bays that ror years they have been unlawfully killing ducks and driving others from the Potomac river and tributary creeks. The capture of the outfit, he says, is a great relief to the owners of lands in the neighborhood. With the gun were captured four sloops, seven big guns, 100 decoys, seven skiffs, 150 pounds of powder and 85 dead ducks. --Baltimore Sun. Arnold's Question Well Answered. There are renewed efforts to paint Benedict Arnold In clean, white col­ ors. They remind a writer of the fol­ lowing anecdote: On one of his raids Arnold captured an American officer in Virginia. After a few days he said: "Captain, what would our countrymen do with me if they caught me?" "Well, sir," replied the captain, "if I must answer the question, I should say that If my countrymen should catch you they would first cut off your lame leg, which was wounded in the cause of freedom and virtue at Quebec, and bury it with the honors of war; then they would hang the remainder of ronr carcass on a gibbet!" Curious Candlestick. The first candlestick was a boy. He sat in the corner of a Scotch kitchen holding a piece of fir candle In his hands, from time to time cutting and trimming it to make it burn brightly. The fir candle was a length of wood cut of a kind of fir tree, which is found imbedded in the peat. This kind of candle is still used in some parts of Scotland. It usually fell to the lot of the "herd laddies" to act the part of candle­ stick; but should a beggar ask for a night's lodging, he was expected to re­ lieve the "herd laddie" of his duty. A candlestick is still called in Aber­ deenshire a "pulr man," or "poor man,". The Woman's Hope. '"'Now, we must admit," began Wood- by Wise, "that woman is naturally more hopeful than man--" / "Yes," interrupted Marryat, "there's my wife, for Instance; every time that she's bought fish since we've been married she has asked the doctor If they were fresh, hoping, I suppose, that some day he'll say 'No.'"--Phil­ adelphia Preas. ROMANCE O* THE MYSTERIOUS AND HER, CAfrTOI^J ~ '• " " " f-i Mistress of Detroit Home Who Had Purloined Silverware and Other - -i, Valuables and Ends by Steal* , ..Infl the Baby. - the following story of the queer happenings that took place some months ago at the house of the Mills Mannings, a well-known family of De­ troit, is but another illustration of the old adage that "truth is stranger than fiction." »• Morning revealed one day that al­ most all the silverware that the Mills Mannings possessed had vanished. Consternation prevailed, and was in­ tensified the more when the police arrived. Neither finger marks, nor broken window, nor forced door be­ trayed the entrance of the marauder. Throughout the day detectives scoured the house, peering into every corner, but without result. The morning following, Mrs. Mills Manning met the detectives with a look of much concern on her face. During the sight, she told thesn. the thief (whether the same one or anoth­ er remained to bo seen) had stolen many more valuable articles. Stirred to fresh vigor by the story, the detec­ tives again made a minute examina­ tion of the house. Again it was to no purpose; the thief had covered his tracks so securely that not a clue re­ mained. Some week* went by. Then, one morning Mr. Mills Manning discovered while dressing, that his* pockets had been rifled during the night and every coin abstracted. Still more was'to be revealed. The floor was scattered with little fragments of paper. Mrs. Mills Manning pieced some together, and, with a little cry of horr6r, dis­ covered that the thief had destroyed a number of dollar bills that her hus­ band had carried in his pocket-book. Again the detectives were called In, and again they vainly endeavored to find traces of the miscreant. Further mystery was still to be added to the affair. Two nights later Mr. Mills Manning's pockets were again rifled while he slept, his cash purloined, and the same treatment meted out to his paper money as had been done on the preceding occasion. One night a detective who had re­ mained in the house in the guise of a aerrak. heafd % Seer ly. A white figure fttuved ttUewtlv the Mannings' bedw»um As It by him the detective aw-ay* that the figure waa 1$ tH iNT8isssT fsest Ai-t ev*R THt STATE. i lULi HALT CA8E Gftefcww Inetl Hearing •i Wtifc kSitSr Dlftcuaacd r"r 7 Attar u»i • ^ HtMklptl f Until Will caw was | far a went* ,tud*o W. G. front Hulllvan tc UHivwH vMw'h Hrttwld that he was j mutual (Up ami gave j lt» ilintnlon court, which j wa* tauupttiaMy dune. In addition tc ; Otwhrnn suffered j wMI* Th* lawyer* for the com ih fonwultftilon all day ihft ttent dh'DhmI of pre IM* ami determining ob umuhtM of UHt«rs alleged to have been writ Inn by Mabelle Sneil Mc- ftttti Mrs. K. A. Hamilton whU'h U will bt» tiecessary to use, gUutt* «f ti>»* lawyers believe it will be to In I rod vice most of the Mttra ot*nlH<ni to Mrs. Hamilton tc show the of Col. Snell'i salad, AHL!?#OVEfiTiSiNG- TRICK#, : >' WESTERN FARMERS* 'MS' Eftta** fin Men with Land for Sale and Reap Rich Harvest, Presently tha Door Opened and the White Figure Emerged and Made aa If to Deacend the Stairs. sleep. Along a passage, straight to the nursery, where the baby daughter of the house lay, the figure stole. Some minutes passed. Outside the door the, detective waited expectantly. Presently the door openfed, and, bear­ ing the baby, the white figure emerged and made as if to descend the stairs. But the detective's hand gehtly re­ strained the thief. It was Mrs. Man­ ning herself who, afflicted suddenly with sleep-walking, had during her sleep purloined the silverware, rifled her husband's pockets, and attempted to kidnap her own baby. GIVES UP THE FIGHT WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER TO LET WOODSMEN HUNT IN PEACE. Effort of the Brother of Oil King to 8top Hunting and Fishing on His Estate in the Adirori- dacks Falls. ^ It was no use. The battle of mil­ lions against the ingenuity and per­ sistency and desperation of the woods­ men of the Adlrondacks has ended after five years of desperate and murderous conflict in victory for the latter, and they will hereafter be unmolested in what they claim is their right to fish and hunt upon the vast game preserves of William Rockefeller. Such at least is the news brought by trappers from the Bay Pond country, who say that the, guards have been removed from the Rockefeller lodge, and that the "na­ tives" have virtually won the battle, since they roam at will over the 52,000 acres composing the estate. Several times during the long con­ tinued fray, when some fresh inci­ dent had particularly aroused the ire of the woodsmen, Mr. Rockefeller was virtually a prisoner at his own camp at Bay Pond, his adversaries de­ clared, and predictions were freely made that should he show himself in the open harm would befall him The murder of Mr. Dexter, a wealthy land­ owner near Santa Clara, was fre­ quently recalled. While he was driving through the woods one day Mr. Dexter was shot from ambush and killed. Spurred on by the hope of winning a large reward which the father of the murdered man offered for the discovery of the assas­ sin, amateur and professional detec­ tives flocked to the Adlrondacks, but their activities were repulsed by the mountain folk and it was not long before they returned to the city. Soon after the torch was applied in a dozen places to the Rockefeller wood­ lands. Mr. Rockefeller's troubles with his Adirondack neighbors began soon after he decided to establish a lodge in the great North Woods. He first acquired 26,000 acres by purchase from Patrick Ducey, a lumberman. Subsequently he bought more land, until his tract now comprises 52,000 acres. The woodsmen who had been employed by Ducey were thrown out of work through hib selling his land, DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT. Once there was a man who made a mil­ lion dollars Through some lucky speculations here and there, But having gained his million he Was eager • .* To be listed as a multimillionaire; So believing that he knew the combina­ tion He risked his all. upon a single turn, And, a wiser man and sadder, went to living . ° On what he might legitimately earn. For h<e didn't know When to quit, poor man, ' He didn't know when to quit. The fates go digging as hard as they can Daily to make a pit Into whtch they may tumble some foolish man Who doesn't knew when to Then was a man whose Wife was taken from him, She had Reddened him through many peaceful days: A second came in time to make him happy, And she in turn deserved his fondest praise;. When shfr had passed beyond he took an­ other, Who had a temper and a nimble tongue; She matched htm and made htm but Mr. Rockefeller found occupation for many of them in improving the property. He made it a rule, how­ ever, that none of them should shoot or fish on his land, and they were for­ bidden to carry guns or fishing tackle. Soon the earlier settlers were figu­ ratively .and literally "in arms" against Mr. Rockefeller. They had shot and fished on the land as far back as the oldest inhabitant could remember, and they saw no reason why the arrival of Mr. Rockefeller among them should change their custom. They declared that Mr. Rockefeller could not claim the protection of the pri­ vate park law, as his 52,000 acres of wilderness, lakes and rivers, all pub­ lic waters, were not really a private park. They held that wild deer could not be bought with the land, nor could Mr. Rockefeller acquire the fish which, at the expense of the state, had been placed in the streams run­ ning through his land. Mr. Rockefeller's agent had bought the whole of the town of Brandon, house by house and lot by lot--all ex­ cept the property of Oliver Lamora, a French Canadian woodsman, who stubbornly refused to sell. Mr. Rock­ efeller quickly wiped out the whole town of Brandon, even the post office being removed to Bay Pond, where the Standard Oil man was supreme. Lamora defied all attempts to keep him from fishing In the headwaters of the St. Regis river, which are a part of the Rockefeller park, and finally he was arrested. Suits and counter suits followed, first one side winning a point and then t'le other. The feeling against Mr. Rockefeller grew intense, and poachers and vandals got busy on his estate. Mr. Rockefeller hired a large force of guards and armed them with rifles. ^ Every spring, when the ground is covered with dry leaves and the for­ est is Inflammable, many fires on the Rockefeller tract have originated un­ der the most suspicious circum­ stances. Some of these were un­ doubtedly of Incendiary origin. .. M«tMe¥Oti\«ND9 HIS LIFE. At Police Search Rooms Railroad Ei» ploys Kills Self. Springfield.--Declaring hiB love la letters for the woman who accused him of theft, George C. Critten, a freight conductor on the Chicago, Peoria & St. I^ouls railway, shot and killed himself as police were search ing his house for articles of freight worth $500 alleged to have been stolen by him. Critten was arrested on his arrival in the city on the charge of robbing Denqis Laughlin at Carlin- ville. Carllnville police officers tele­ phoned the sheriff's office here that Mrs. Eva Mardsl, Critten'B housekeep­ er, had informed them that Critten had stolen property from the railroad. Critten left two letters addressed to Mrs. Mardsl, In which he declared his love for her, although she had told the police at Carllnville she had left hiB house because he had threatened her life. Critten's wife is in the in­ sane asylum at Jacksonville. TEACHER FREED FROM ARREST. Habeas" Corpus Proceedings Law's Hold. 8tay Tolono.--Mi 88 Annie Kelly, the pretty young school teacher of Tolono nearly wept with joy when she learned that Judge Wright of the fed­ eral court had ordered her release from custody of the Champaign county sheriff on a temporary writ of habeas corpus. Miss Kelly learned the news while teaching her room here where she whipped the pupil and started all the trouble. She was sued for thrashing a child. If it is finally proved that the bankruptcy law frees her from liability, it is said she will sue Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burke, parents of the child, for false arrest. Noted Aerialist Dies. Blomington.--Charles Noble, noted aerialist, performer and one of the five Noble brothers, known in the circus world as the Flying Nobles, died at the home of his mother here after one week's illness. He was 41 years old. Mr. Noble worked In Springfield as a telegrapher when a young man. Least Frequented of Her Haunts. Fashionable Dame--That house we just passed has a strangely familiar look. Have we ever been there, James? Chauffeur--Tes, ma'am. You live there, ma'am.--Baltimore American. Mbrills crawl before her, A hundred times a day he fluttered: "Stung!" Oh, he didn't know when to qulV I»or man. He didn't know when to quit; The fates go digging as hard as they can Daily to make a pit Into which they may tumble some foolish man Who doesn't know when to quit. There was a man who one day whipped his neighbor. And then he knocked a saucy coachman out; The people got to talking of hie prowese. And, filled with pride, he boldly swelled about; He called the grocer's boy a fool and threatened To use him as a mop to clean the street; Kind friends came when the cruel war Waa over. - And helped him, bruised and bleeding, to hla £eet. ^ ^ * - " ' 1 Ah, he didn't know"When to quit, poor •man,: : a • He didn't know when to Quits The fates go digging as bar# ftey can' > ;v Dally to make a pit Into which they may tumble some fool­ ish man Who doesn't know when to quit. K:/-' Balloon Voyage Postponed. Quipcy.--The balloon voyage to have been started here by members of the Chicago Aeronautical club has been declared off. "Sy" Baldwin, the Quincy aeronaut, said that the trip had been postponed on account of the stormy weather and failure to obtain coal gas of sufficient buoyancy. Jury Investigates School Board. Peoria.--As the result of a bitter school fight In J*eoria Heights, a suburb of Peoria, members of the school board are being investigated by the grand jury. It in charged that coal purchased with school money found its way into the homes Of the Individual 'members. Too Talkative; Arrested. Peoria,--On account of being tpo talkative in the unknown presence of a railroad detective, four more switch­ men were placed under arrest charged with complicity in the numerous freight car robberies on the Peoria & Pekin Union railway. . Farmer Killed by Falling Tree. Mason City.--Struck by a tree which he had blown up, Henry Harnecke, a wealthy and widely known farmer of Allen Grove, died a few hours after the accident from In­ juries received. Blind; Marks 108th Birthday. Quincy.--John Leonard Roeder, a resident here for many years, quietly celebrated his one hundred and eighth birthday. He Is totally blind, Is able to be around every day. i;; -. Move Station on Flat Cars Atterbury.--The C. P. & St. L. rail­ road station of Atterbury was loaded on flat cars and moved to Oakford. The station in Oakford was burned October 31. The Atterbury station has notv reopened since Hie agent ab­ sconded. A smooth scheme for separating farmers from their money has been worked with much success In South Dakota. An oily grafter calls; on <k farmer and makes a bid for hl» lasS. The figures are absurdly low at first, but by degrees are raised as high as f 60 an acre, and the farmer consents. Then the visitor explains that he ia only an agent, but that he can sell the land at the price named if the owner will agree to pay for advertising at the rate of fifty cents an acre. The "agent" promises orally that the ad­ vertising money will not be payable until the land is sold, but this stipulgr tion is not contained in a contraff that the farmer signs. In a few days he receives a copy of an ad and not over-courteous demand for money. It is said that twenty- two agriculturists were caught with this bait in Brown County and that one of them gave up >220. Others de­ clare hotly that they will not pay but they will make a fight in the court*, ' • "vL----,,<3 • •••• . ' »JjS- if4 ' . t * 1 JIKHY, . INDEED? I 1^3: V -fi ' £3 ^ ^ ' ^ •Vv There was a .young man of Slough. Who was singing "The Mistletoe Bough;** When his uncle said: "Fred, As the young lady is dead. Why on earth make this terrible rowf* CUTICURA CURED FOUR Southern Woman Suffered with Itch* Ing, Burning Rash--Three Little Babies Had Skin Troubles. "My baby had a running sore on hi* neck and nothing that I did for It toopc effect until I used Cuticura. My faoO was nearly full of tetter or some sin|» liar skin disease. It would itch an|i burn so that I could hardly stand it,. Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a bogf of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Tw^ years after It broke out on my hand)! and wrist. Sometimes I would g|| nearly craaty for it itched so badly. I. went back to my old stand-by, that had never failed me--one set erf Cuti­ cura Remedies did the work. One set also cured my uncle's baby whose head was a cake of sores, and another baby who was in the same fix. Mrs. Lillie Wilcher, 770 Eleventh St., Chat­ tanooga, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1907." An Object Lesson. "Miranda," said the mistress, "you are a good cook, and I just know th^t you are too good for us to keep. Somie man will come along one of these days and induce you to marry him." "O, no, mum," answered Miranda, fervently. "I've lived with you and your 'usband too long to want ever to get married." There are two conclusions to be d^awn from the reply of th6 faithful servant; one is that she was loyal to her employers, the other is aa It may be. Sheer white goods, in fact, any fina wash goods when new, owe much of'*- their attractiveness to the way they" are laundered, this being done in a , manner to enhance their textile beau­ ty. Home laundering would be equal­ ly satisfactory if proper attention wai; given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiancc Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. The Original. "Darling, you are the only woman I ever loved!" the manly young fellow avowed In accents of soul-reaching ardor. The fair young girl looked into his face with her big child-like eyes over­ brimming with trust and confidence. "I guess," she murmured, dreamily, "that Is the way Ananias began when he Ifras courting Sapphira." Cars Kill Young Man. Neeleyville.--In attempting to board a freight train near Neeleyville Nor­ man Conrady received injuries from which he died a few hours later in Passavant hospital. Imprisoned for Killing Brother. Carmi.--Thomas Goodman, held for the murder of bis brother Hugh, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was given an indeterminate final sen­ tence. Goodman two months ago struck and killed his young brother because the latter mistreated his father. . Find Smallpox at Mansfield. Mansfield, -- Protracted meetings which have been in progress here have been closed on account of am*iin«T in How's This? We oiler One Hundred Dollars BewMd tot wap UK of CaUrrfc that cannot be cored by Haiti" Catarrh Cure. f. j. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, cv' We, the undersigned, have fcuown ¥. J. Cbeoef for the last 15 years, and beliovo bitu perfectly hou- trthle In «11 buBinees tranaaetloas and financially •Kle to carry out any obligations made by hln firm. W AMU NO. K INN AN & MiliVIK, ' Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, Ball's Catarrh Cure !e taken Internally, acting diracUy upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tbl •Mtem Testlinonlala eent free. Price 75 centa pet -Not for Murphy. Mr. Murphy--Oi want to buy a pair Of gk?ves. Clerk--Here's something I believe will just suit you. It's a suede glove. Mr. Murphy--Niyer, begorra! Oi want Irish gloves. Swade gloves, i&- dade!--Kansas City Times. : Important to Mothers. Exalmine caretully every bottle of CASTlORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and phildren, and see that It Bears the """* ^Signature of In Use For Over :{(> Years. The Kind You Have Alway,. Bought. ":-£u '31 «V'< '•4': In the Language. ^Some one has said that * In the language of love," remarked the|i- young man in the parlor scene. "Well," rejoined the fair maid o&lH the far end of the sofa, '"why don't yonv « get busy and Bay something?" , Many Old People Suffer from ?|v Bronchial Aifections particularly •£<: this time of year. Brown's BronchiSl Troches give Immediate relief. ^ What you cannot avoid, learn to^^ True happiness is cheap, did wejHU%- ^ 'W bear but apply to the right merchant for k J - 0'r ^ ^ " li' * <