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• > . . >V ?;lf SYNOPSIS. \t-$' a •*»*• of 'Srhat *&Ms fn??ht h*Y* happened," qjmtis fci Wash- 'ngton w'th the United States and Japan B®" war. Guy Hiliier, secretary 6£ th« iV British embassy, and Miss Norma Rob­ erts, chief aide of Invenror Roberts, are introduced as lovers. Japan declares war *nd takes the Philippines. Guy Hillier •tarts for England. Norma Roberts leaves Washington for the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured by the Japs. All ports are, closed. Tokyo learns of missing Jap­ anese fleet and whole world becomes con­ vinced that United States has powerful war agency. England decides to send a. fleet to American waters as a Canadian « protection against what the British sup- ; j" pose is a terrible submarine flotilla. H1I- »« 1* sent with a menage. Fleet mys- tdflrfously disappears. The kaiser is mi3S« r* ins. King Edward of England is eon* t? 7 ! fronted by Admiral Bevins of th® United States. The Dread naught, biggrest of Bng- land's warships, Ik discovered at an Ira- ,€&- | passable point in th<& Thames. The itftry -,l~- f now goes back to a time many months ..Jj before the war breaks out, and Inventor , Roberts visits the president and cabinet, telling of and exhibiting a rnetai produc- , tion. This overcomes friction when elec- V^r* and is to be applied to vessels to ; ' Increase speed to over 50 miles an hour. jj?? A city for the manufacture of the mys- terious discovery is built on the coast of Florida. Dr. Roberts' first attempt to elec- 1 trtfy plates proves a failure. In a second " effoit Norma is knocked unconscious, but " i the mystery of true levitation is solved, making the most important discovery of centuries. Roberts evolves a great flying machine, rendering warships useless. CHAPTER XVI.--Continued. There where the heart of the Amer­ ican government beat was nothing but anxiety and suspense. Each succeed­ ing day's events had made it more certain that Japan would force the is­ sue to war, and, like an athlete, was stripping and training for the fight. The men who had taken upon them­ selves the tremendous responsibility of Intrusting the nation's defense to a k-®*n^e discovery. and were backing it •I. funds for which they must ac­ count some day, saw the days slipping by, and grimly realized that they were Irrevocably bound to the success or failure on the key. It was too late now to attempt other projects, and glory or defeat hung suspended on the issue. No reports had been received, and no news had come from that deter­ mined little army that had sailed away to the south. Hence it was with some­ thing of a shock that the first word received was to the effect that the dry dock could not be utilized. It seemed like the first dread handwriting em­ blazoned on the wall, foretelling fail­ ure, disaster, disgrace and war, and the president as he read it quoted with inexpressible sadness: "Mene, Mene, Tekel--" and his "half-opened lips framed the rest Then followed the requisition tor supplies, and once again before any detailed report had been received came another demand. The island in the solitude seemed an Insatiable monster, devouring national funds and giving back nothing in return. More days went by, bringing nothing save distressing stories from the orient, where a clash had taken place at Che­ mulpo between Japanese sailors and American marines. This was of such Mrinug nature that apologies were tendered the Japanese embassy, and then from the entire country burst'a storm of protest and reiterated criti­ cisms of the administration, which was contumaciously accused of showing the white feather. From the western coast came appeal on appeal, the whole Pacific seaboard calling atten­ tion to its unprotected state and the imminence of its danger. Distressed and Irate at the dearth of information, the, secretary of the navy was on the point of sending a message to Brockton demanding news, when he received from Miami the terse message that in two nights more the admiral would report In person. That he bore nothing but a tale of disap­ pointment was surmised from the closing words of the admiral, who re­ quested that all those who had been party tn the Tojsct should assssju's secretly as before at the White House after nightfall. Haggard and worn, they came to­ gether, read the brief dispatch and waited. The president, his melan­ choly face set and grave, looked at them from cavernous eyes; but could offer no consolation. There was noth­ ing to do but wait--sit and wait--for that messenger of ill omen who was to sound the knell of hope and tell what letters had been combined to spell the word "failure." In hushed voices they discussed the situation, and tried to evolve some project for its alleviation. And then without preliminary an­ nouncement the door swung open un­ der iiie hand of the president's private secretary, and there stood framed in it the huge form of the admiral, his hand at salute, bis eyes shining in triumph, and back of him stood Norma, her fa­ ther and Jenkins. Brockton advanced to the president's desk, and faced him and the secretary of the navy. "I have come to deliver my report < - In person, and with me are those who have given this nation the greatest engine of war that science has ever known." The room was electrified; but the president sprang to his feet and threw up a restraining hand commanding si­ lence. "Well?" he queried, inviting further words; bat Brockton's place had been , taken by the shriveled figure of a diminutive old man, who put a trem­ bling hand out to his friend and in a voice of affection, hushed but exultant, exclaimed: "Paul, Paul, we've made good!" The other's hand came out to meet his, and the only sound heard was the president's fervent, "Thank God! • Thank God!" The gates of repression and emotion were down. These men had been tried to the breaking point, and now, when in one moment their skies had Jcleared, they gave way. They hugged f l i?l®ach other, repeatedly shook hands, r/v, 'iand in the eves of some there were un- ^restrained tears. They crowded round ijjv /V|tbe little group from the key and "^admonished each other to silence. * "Gentlemen," said the inventor, "we |bave rendered warships useless. We - •• r * <• > • • * - f* '.T, 1 r »-'.r ' f need no armor! Increased speed on the waters is of no value to us. We have created a machine that flies, not a thing of gas, of planes, or a kite. We cannot explain here as well as if you were to go with us and see it, and what use we have -made of your money." The secretary of the navy looked disappointed. His mind was too in­ tensely practical fco jump to happy con­ clusions. "Can a flyJng machine whip a battle ship?" he asked, and would have continued; but the admiral brought his fist down on the desk with a mighty bang. % "This one alone might do it! The others we'll have ready before they are called upon can whip th® world." He stopped as if abashed by his own enthusiasm and lack of etiquette, looked at the president and th© sec­ retary apologetically, and then In a less tempestuous voice went on: "All we ask is that you come with us--so no one may see you, of course--and then you'll have no cause for com­ plaint." His request was reasonable; but they were curlpus. After brief discus­ sion and arrangement they decided to go in motor cars, which many of those present knew how to drive, and within half an hour the entire party was whirling awa? through the side streets of the city, out into the resi­ dence sections, through long avenues of trees, past suburban homes, and finally to their destination. The night was lighted only by the stats, which failed to disclose that strange monster of marvelous metal and unprecedented power which loomed up dimly before them in the while far below was an unanticipated picture. They had left the earth with that first preliminary jar, and now saw on its surface, pricked out by the lights, the streetscof the national capi­ tal. They were already a mile above It and rapidly gaining higher altitudes, the horizon where other lights shone in the far distance expanding saucer­ like while they gazed. The Sea, with here and there a glow-moving ship, came before their vision, and a little dotting of fire exposed a railway train crawling along on its journey. It was a# if the earth had fallen away into space and they alone were in a posi­ tion of security and solidity. "We shall require four hours of your time at least," the admiral called, and with starts of surprise they looked to where he stood outlined against the light of the hoods, finding it hard to realize that they were not addressed by a being of another world. The of­ ficer Maned over to the secretary of the nary and added: "I am- going to give you our preliminary report, which will save writing it." Sessions made no reply, but turned to his interrupted scrutiny of the pan­ orama on which the others were intent Once more. They were being lifted higher and higher, and in this recession of the earth, its lights, which only a few moments before had been far apart, now appeared as spangles on a vast field of black. Above them through a transparency in the roof the stars in the clarity of the rarefied atmosphere gleamed brighter, throwing outward into the pall long scintillating arrows of fire. The strange creation of an abnormal old man and his daughter, the Magic Carpet of fable realized, swept upward into the dome of the sky, veering outward over the silent reaches of the ocean, and then, like a great auk in homing flight, swung off in a wide tangent toward the south­ western void, carrying them at a speed which they could not reckon. Below was nothing more to claim their atten­ tion; so, silent and spellbound, they turned to discover what they might within this shell of mystery. * Forward, where the hood was glow­ ing dimly, they saw the inventor stand­ ing calmly attentive to his task and scanning the factes of indicators bo is 3 trailed with machinery, was hurtling with them through the night The noise within was not sufficient to pre­ vent easy conversation; but they sat as men stricken dumb, being carried away into captivity by some dread ma­ gician of more singular power than was ever portrayed in Persian tales. "Stand clear of the shutters, gentle­ men!" the scientist called, turning his face in their ^direction, and . they leaned forward just as Norma pressed a button. A sharp clashing noise smote their ears, and when next they looked at the ports they were shut off by metallic slides. Again the girl touched a -button, and instantly the interior of the radioplane was flooded with sil­ very light It was a disappointment, for sight gave no elucidation of the secret . A low root qf unpainted metal arched above them. In one end were ordinary electrical dynamos, a motor, and a polished electrical apparatus which they could not understand, and beyond this, outside the hoods, there was nothing whatever; only the signs of hurried work, rough, unpainted, and unpaneled. Rude benches, evidently placed for this occasion only, com­ prised all the trappings and furnish­ ings of this monster that was the van­ guard of modem transportation, and in whose keeping rested the nation's strength. They bad expected in­ tricacies of construction; but before them was simplicity. They had pic­ tured strange manifestations of elec­ trical science; but only a compact mass of brass rods and gleaming tubes was visible. The admiral read their un- worded curiosity. "I can't explain it quite," he said. "Dr. Roberts will tell you all about it pretty soon, when he can get away from piloting the ship. Look out for the shutters again. Norma is going to open them and shut off the lights. - We are at our journey's end." A clash, a flash, and again they were in darkness, and with one accord they turned to the reopened ports. Beneath them now glittered the are lights of the plant on the lonely is­ land which they had peopled. The great blast furnace was spouting to­ ward them showers of glowing sparks and sheets of writhing flame, and be­ fore it, dwarfed by height into squatty gnomes, were those who incessantly fed it The windows of the machine shops were limned in squares of white, and out to one side, throwing its searchlight to and fro, there steamed a gunboat, while afar on the other boundary of the key tts sister ship kept equally vigilant patrol. Industry was spread before them--industry be­ tokening that night and day were be­ ing devoted to the country's need; telling through the hum of wheels and the roaring of the blast that the eagle from his lo^e aerie was sharpening his talons for the Impending struggle, and preparing for a resistless flight into the red sun of war. Dumfounded and unable to com­ prehend that in so short a t>*e they had been transported a distance which by all known methods would have taken a couple of days to trav­ erse, they stared at the scene opening to their view, and while this bewilder­ ment continued the radioplane began a rapid descent in wide, sweeping cir­ cles, daintily picked out an open spot immediately in front of the plant, and gently came to rest. BLY DOINGS NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE V AvT SPRINGFIELD. / HOPKINS LEAD STILL HOLDS No .Break in Deadlock Over United fStates Senatorship -- Solons Have "Gentlemen's \ * Agreement.*' J LATEST SENATORIAL VOTE. Sixty-Eighth Ballot. Hopkins . . . . . . . ,» Foss . . . . Shurtleff Stringer... Lowden McKlnley C a l h o u n , Sherman Yates ... Joseph Sabatfc: P. J. Lucey R. F. Kinseiia. A. F. Evana Mason .. l'« .. ..,*71 1 v..... 2 * • « k 1 8 •A* • »• J"""*' . . . . . . .S7 ; 2 1 2 Results pf Earlier Ballets. Ballot* . 1 26 37 50 60 Hopkins ... .88 75 61 75 74 Foss ...... .16 19 t 18 Mason .V..." . 6 3 1 2 # , Shurtleff ... .12 1® tr 18 19 McKinley ., 1 1 2 Lowden .... • • • 1 2 1 1 Stringer ... .7« 65 60 23 87 Calhoun ... 2 , , 1 1 8herman ... 4 2 fe* 2 2 Harrison .. .. 10 * . Alschuler .. ... .. 1 ., , # Callahan .. .. ., 1 • • McSurely .. . . .. .. 2 1 BaulSr ., .. 16 a • Beckmeyer • • 1 e • A Clash Had Taken Placs at Chemuipo. field. It stood there on the stubble, dark and inert, massive and without grace, like some gigantic turtle of a prehistoric age. Sentries halted them as they approached even as in" time of strife,, and compelled them to expose their Identity. They.went aboard while the admiral stood at the door waiting for the guard to come within, the last one explaining a slight delay by saying he thought for a moment that he had heard a noise as of some one creeping over the field, but had tonnd nothing. "Sorry we can't illuminate," the In­ ventor explained; "but we shall a lit­ tle later after you have seen how it works." Jenkins threw a lever, and the heavy doors over the port came to with a dull metallic clang and were clasped. Within a little hooded space far- ward a dim light exposed great banks of levers, switches and dials, and by Its faint rays they found seats Ink* provised for the occasion. Roberts threw out a hand, and the hum of great dynamos told that machinery 'had been set in motion. Back of them, in another apartment so closely screened that no streak of light might expose their presence to the outsidi world, they saw Jenkins and a Junior engineer watching the play of the wheels. Norma took her place beside her father. They felt vibrant shocks as the great airship throbbed and quivered, and then, save for the song of the machinery, all was serenely quiet and motionless. There was no sensation whatever, and they began vaguely to wonder ^hen the flight was to take place, if that was the intention of their hosts. The voice of the ad­ miral, pent with elation, called: "Mr. President and gentlemen, if you will all lean over back of yon and look down you may see something." They obeyed with a promptness that suggested some nerve strain, and saw that they had been seated over broad glass plates of great thickness tore .him, some of which they con­ ceived must tell of altitudes, direction or forces under subjection. In the glare immediately before him, bring­ ing out his face in Rembrandtesque relief, he seemed a patriarch whose superior knowledge had elevated him above the common paths of men and placed him on such an exalted plane of Intelligence that he was beyond a standard of comparison. The consciousness that they were far above the traveled paths of all time lost its terrifying sense of strangeness and uncertainty, and they learned to trust this structure of metal whose great enlivened masses, en- CHAPTER XVII. 1 ' To Meet the Enemy. A great ribbon of light from the watchful Columbia perforated " the night, and as they emerged from the flying monster they discovered in thia flaming pathway of white a line of shells similar to that which had con­ veyed them to the island. From the one nearest came the steady resound­ ing beat of hammers and the voices of men who were equipping it within, pre­ paratory to transforming the dead, in­ active mass of metal into a thing of"5 ebullient life and incredible activity. "Completing them at the rate of two a day now, gentlemen," Informed Brockton, as he led the party toward the machine shop, which was the near­ est building. And this they were to learn was the story of the camp: Ac­ complishment, accomplishment--every­ thing sacrificed to accomplishment! There was no recess from industry | when they entered* the shed-like build­ ing, and go where they would they saw nothing but men working like mad, who merely looked up from their occupations, saluted, and then resumed their tasks as though the president of the United States and his most emi­ nent advisers were not of sufficient im­ portance to excuse delay. Here was a little army of men, expert in their sev­ eral lines, comprehending the neces­ sity for haste, add imbued with only one Idea: That their efforts were for their country. Soldiers were they who in other times would have shut their jaws and grimly stormed through shot and shell; but were now doing no less valiant acts when with every turn of a wheel or every blow of. a hammer they threw mind, muscle and heart Into the uprearing of the nation's de* fense. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Springfield.--The roll call on the six ty-eigbth joint ballot for the election of a United States senator passed with out incident Thursday. Former Senator Hopkins received 71 votes, as com­ pared with his vote of 75 the day be­ fore. Speaker Shurtleff received 17 vojes and Foss 16, and no changes of moment occurred on the Republican side. On the Democratic side a compli­ mentary vote of 37 ballots was given to P. J. Lucey of Streator. L. B. Stringer, the regular Ibemocratlc nomi­ nee, was given 21 votes. Seven pairs were recorded by the clerk. Senators Lundberg and Eason, Baker and Gor­ man and Representatives Corcoran and Reynolds, York and Dillon, McMackin and Crawford, Elpy and Kirkpatrick, Hutseler and Schumacher. ! The sixty-eighth ballot of the Niead- lock, taken, Thursday, resulted: Hopkins, 71; Foss, 16; Mason, 2; Lowden, 1; McKinlev, 2; Calhoun, 1; Sherman. 2; Joseph Sabath (Dem.) 3; Stringer, 21; Richard Kinsella (Dem.), 2; Yates, 1 ; • Shurtleff, 4; P. J. Lucey (Dem.), 37; Arthur Evans (D«m.) 1. At the conclusion of the sixty-eighth joint ballot the joint session arose- By a "gentlemen's agreement" the quorum was broken Friday and the next actual ballot was booked for Wednesday. Twenty votes were cast in the joint session Friday for the election of a United Slates senator. Former Sen­ ator Hopkins received 8 votes; String­ er, 5; Shurtleff, 4; Foss, 2, and R. F. i Kinsella, 1. At the conclusion of the ballot, the sixty-ninth joint ballot, the speaker announced that the quorum was broken and no •choice made, and the joint cession arose. KEPT UP FIRE OF COMMENTS Duke of Cambridge. Took Lively In­ terest in the Sermon. "The late Dr. William M. Stonehili," said a college settlement worker of New York, "was called the bishop of the Bowery. It was a title of af­ fection. The Bowery loved this good man. "He sometimes used to laugh over the naivete of his Bowery audiences. He used to say that In their frequent audible comments on his sermons they reminded him of the famous duke of Cambridge--the old duke, yoa know. "From his great pew the duke rum­ bled out all sorts of remarks and criticisms every Sunday morning. It would be, said Dr. Stonehill, like this: "Preacher--'Let us pray.' ' "Duke--*By all fneans.' "Preacher prays for rafl^'J'^^r "Duke--'No good in that as long as the wind is in the east' "Preacher (reading) -- 'Zaccheus stood forth and said, "Behold, Lord, one-half of my lands I gave to the poor."' "Duke--'Too much, too much. Don't mind substJHbiag,^ but can't stand that.' . .' * • "Preacher quotes a , certain com­ mandment. "Duke--'Quite right, quite right, bat very difficult sometimes.' "Preacher, quotes another command* ment, which need not be indicated; "Duke--'No, not It was hryther Ernest jflid that, , - >. Codification Bill Is Fought. An unsuccessful attempt was made to put the codification bill of the state educational commission to third read ing, owing to a determined opposition on the part of Representative Dona hue. Had the bill gone to third read­ ing it would have been past the amendment stage, unless recalled. Speaker Shurtleff held the bill on sec­ ond reading on request from Mr. Donahue. Another bill wuicu SpettkoF Suurt- leff paid particular attention to was bridge bill. No. 309. This provides that practically all bridge building in the Btate shall be placed under the control of the state highway commis­ sion. The speaker had it recalled from third to second reading to make an investigation. Theorly b'll introduced in th* houpe was by Reperesentative Lantz, which seeks to license non-medical healers and give them a legal standing in Illinois. Under the provision of the bill the dealers who do not use sur­ gery or medicines would be enabled to secure a license from the state and would be placed 06 the same legal basis with the regularly licensed physicians and surgeons.19 Manny Introduces Resolution^ Mr. Manny Thursday introduced ft resolution concerning the state bo in of agriculture. It follows in part: "Whereas, It has been alleg t a certain, newspapers and has ^-.^n rumored that the affairs of the Illi­ nois State Board of Agriculture are not properly and economically adminis­ tered; that the members of the said board from the first ten congressional districts are not legally elected; that passes to the state fair are distributed to large numbers of citizens of Spring­ field, and that state appropriations are wastefully and extravagantly ex­ pended; therefore be It - "Resolved, That the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture be and he is hereby requested at his earliest convenience to inform the senate In wirting on the following questions: "1. How many delegates from the first ten (First to Tenth, inclusive),, congressional districts were givetf seats in the last convention to elect vice-presidents of the State board of agriculture? * "2. What body or bodies furnished the credentials of said delegates? ""5- Were there any o6ntesting dele­ gates? If so, what credentials did they have? "4. Wliat disposition was made of the appropriations made by the last, general assembly for the £ of Agriculture. f Women Move fjn Assembly. More than* 200 Women, representing nearly every class of society in Springfield, as a result of a mass meeting at the courthouse started a movement to support woman suffrage bills before the general assembly. A resolution demanding that the repre­ sentatives and senators support the measure extending suffrage to women present signed pledges to move 6n the halls of legislation in a body and do personal work among the lawmakers. An agreement was Also made among the women present to write personal letters to the local members of the general assembly urging support of the bills. It was suggested that the Springfield women should arrange a great demonstration to mark the com­ ing of the Chicago delegation of suf­ fragists next week, but no definite action was taken in this matter. HARDSHIPS OF ARMY LIFE. Left. Ttousand. of Veteran* with Ki#, • ney Trouble. ®lhe Experience of David W. Martii a retired merchant of Bolivar, Mo.. | just like Thou­ sands of others.^ - Mr. Martin says: * "I think I hav»| had kidney die* ; ease ever since th%w war. During an gage ment myf Ihprsei fell on straining my baclc^ f * and injuring ih»v' k i d n e y s . I h a v e b e e n t o l d I h a d a i f ' floating kidney. I had intense pain K " In the back, headaches and dizzy*1* spells, and the action of the bladder..*' v * very irregular. About three I tried Doan's Kidney Pills and insid* of a comparatively short time was Oft* ,411 tirely rid of kidney trouble." J Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a hQK. ; fl|j Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. T. ^ • "M Scott Is Laid to Rest. The arrangements for the funeral of Adjt. Gen. Scott were changed and the services took place at one o'clock Fri­ day afternoon from the residence of J. A. Spring, a relative of Mrs. Scott's, at Olnej*. A 'Bpecial train took Gov.'De- neen, his military staff, other state offi­ cers and members of the supreme court; Maj. Gen. Edward C. Young, commanding the division, Illinois Na­ tional Guard, and ihembers of his staff, and the brigade and regimental com­ manders and their staffs and commit­ tee of the senate and house, to Olney and brought them back to Springfield after the services. •T WISE TO NIAGARA. Teacher--Johnny, can yon tell me the most remarkable thing about Ni­ agara Falls? Johnny--Yessum; the price they soak you for everything without, to JaU. * TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR Seemed Imminent--Scalp Was Ve#y. Scaly and Hair Came Out by HandU fuls Scalp Now Clear avid Anderson to Hang April 23. David Anderson will hatig in Chica­ go April 23 for the murder^f Officer Michael Callaghan, the supreme court Thursday denying Anderson's petition lor a rehearing. Keai i ragedy. iere Is ig her a diversity of opinion concerning looks. It is only when , there is |m opinion at all that life Is a tragedy. :*? Clear House Calendir. Nearly a clean sweep was made of i..c calendar In the brief session of the house Friday morning. Speaker Shurtleff advancing every bill but three to which objections were raised. During this perfunctory session 13 house bills were sent to third reading and now for the final roll call, 14 were sent to second reading, 13 senate bills were sent to committees, three senate ollls were advanced to second reading and the chiropody bill, whloh had been killed, was restored by unani­ mous consent Civil 8ervice Men Hit Snaf«; Civil service reform advocates did not get far in their first efforts here. There was a bearing before the senate committee. The temper of the senators present was not considered enthusias­ tically for the county merit-law bill. John McKenzie of Jo Daviess county, who has always opposed civil service, used Roger C. Sullivan's ̂ declarations in favor of county civil service as the subject for jest Later on it is ex­ pected the civil service advocates wIH come here with reinforcements. They were unable to secure a meeting. •*.. -"vv( ^ < Bills Advanced in House. In the house a number of bills were advanced on the calendar. One of in­ terest recalls the Bcand#l in the Chi­ cago probate court clerk's office over deputy clerks serving as administra­ tors or executors of estates. The measure was advanced to the order of third reading. It makes it unlawful for any probate court official to act as an administrator or executor of an estate. _ •< May Adjourn May 15. Adjournment by May 15 Is the tenta­ tive plan of the leaders of all fac­ tions. The two houses adjourned to­ day until next Wednesday. Then on Thursday thefe will be another ad­ journment until ^.pril 21, because of the city elections in small cities April 20. Introduction of bills has almgat •topped in the house. Board of Charities Praise* Work. The report of the state board of charities for the biennial period end­ ing June 30, 1908, summarizes the re­ sults of the \#>rk done "wholly during the incumbency of the board as at present constituted." Summarizing the general results of the two years' work, the board speci­ fies the following 18 positive achieve­ ments: A complete reorganization of medi­ cal administration in hospitals for the insane, with uniform records and with laboratories in each, looking to the most humane and scientific Systema of cure and care. The water treatment for the insane, which reduces to a minimum mechan­ ical restraint and drug stupefaction, which do not cure, and which substi­ tutes gentle methods that help nature cure curable forms and reduce the suffering in the incurable cases. Of the 11,169,093 appropriated for physical rehabilitation and new build­ ings at all state charitable institu­ tions $919,765 has been expended, un­ der the careful supervision of the state architect, abd the remaining $243,323 is available for the purpose, tor which it was appropriated. Compulsory training schools to? nurses and attendants, at which nurses and attendants are required to pursue courses of study from two to four years, with conferring of certifi­ cates and diplomas upon graduates therefrom. New building of the pure hospital type, for the treatment of new cases of Insanity and of insane persons suf­ fering from other forms of disease, such as pneumonia, typhoid fever, etc. The segregation of consumptives in quarters especially adapted to such patients, to protect those not having consumption from infection, and to cure or improve those suffering from the "great white plague." Industrial re-education for the chronic insane, which abolishes the curse of idleness, fits many cases for discharge from the hospital and saves the state money. The establishment at Kankakee of the State Psychopathic institute for the education of state hospital phy­ sicians in mental and nervous dis­ eases, their symptoms, methods of treatment apd cure; and further, for scientific investigation Into the causes of insanity looking to the discovery of cures for forms now incurable. The physicians employed In the state insti­ tutions are required to attend this in-, stltute from six weeys to three months. The state board of health, with the co-operation of the state hoard of charities, secured |i5.000 a year ifer free diphtheria antitoxin sim* ' ' , New Hair Grown by Cuticura. ^ "About two years ago I was troubled | with my head being scaly. Shortly* after that I had an attack of typhoid feyer and I was out of the hospital , possibly two months when I first no- v"/ . 1 Uced the loss of hair, my scalp being > * still scaly. I started to use dandruff ^ cures to no effect whatever. I had actually lost hope of saving any hair at all. I could brush it off my coat by the handful. I was afraid to comb ^ It But after using two cakes of Cuti- - ; cura Soap and nearly a box of Cutl- cura Ointment, the change was sun- ' ""*'1 prising. My scalp is now clear and |3j healthy as could be and my hair thick- ' . er than ever, whereas I had my mind . I|| made up to be bald. W. F. Steese, 581M . 1 Broad St, Pittsburg, Penn., May 7 and '-1 21, 1908." ( "Vj Cottar Dm a Own. Corp., Sole PR**, Boskflk . * . Her Answer. . " An Atchison girl had a proposal of ' marriage Sunday night and asked a ?J| week to think it over. She went to all -V|J of her married sisters. One, who used to be a belle, had three children, did all « "* ? her own work and hadn't been to the theater or out riding since she was married. Anqther, whose husband was ^ i a p r o m i s i n g j ^ o u n g m a n a t t h e t i m e r ' * J l she was married, was supporting - U m . A t h i r d d i d n ' t d a r e s a y * , her life was her own when her hue- band was around, and a fourth was di- \ vorced. After visiting them and hear- ing their woes, the heroine of this lit- ' tie tale went home, got pen, ink and J paper and wrote an answer to the ,. / young man. You may think it was re- v| fusing him, but it wasn't. She said she could be ready In a month.--Atclk* , lson Globe. " J| SICK DOCTOR Caught en the Rebound. The old man was lecturing his more or less wayward son on the evils of getting up late In the morning. "Remember," he said, "that It was the early bird that caught the worm." "But how about the worm, dad?" queried the youth, who thought he had •his sire up in the air. "Where did his reward for getting up early come in?" "1 am informed," replied the old man, gravely, "that the worm was on his way home--hadn't been in bed at all." And there being nothing more to say, the young man said uoiuiug. Artificial Wants. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly and half-starved their families. ""Silk and satin, scarlet and velvets," as Poor Richard says, "put out the kitchen fire." These are not the nec­ essaries of life; they can scarcely be called the conveniences; and yet only because they look pretty, how many want to have them! The artificial wants of mankind thus become more numerous than the natural; and ail Poor Dick says: "For one poor person, there are a hundred Indigent"--Boo- jamln Franklin. -- A#dJi Proper Food Put Him Right. i The food experience of a phystelaa In his own case when worn and weak from sickness and when needing nour­ ishment the worst way is valuable: "An attack of grip, so severe It cam® near making an end of me, left my stomach in such condition I could not retain any ordinary food. I knew of course that I must have food nourish­ ment or I could never recover. "I began to take four tahlespoonfahl of Grape-Nuts and cream three times a day and for 2 weeks this was almost my only food; it tasted so delicious that I enjoyed it immensely and my stomach handled it perfectly from the first mouthful. It was so nourishing I was quickly built hack to normal health and strength. "Grape-Nuts is of great vahie as food to sustain life during serious at­ tacks in which the stomach is so do- ranged it cannot digest and assimilate other foods. HI am convinced that were Grape- Nuts more widely used by i>hj skiant. It would save many lives that are oth­ erwise lost from lack of nourishment** Absolutely the most perfect food itt the world. Trial of Grape-Nuts 10 day* proves. "There's a Reason." Look in pkg. tor the lulu* Road to Weliville." Sv»r Mad th* »koT« fcltwt A WW »ie immh treat ttaa* are «***!•*, U««i BMl fait tet .'J.Wa."' ,