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State Seeks to Make Railroad Pay' SI 5,000,000. - " ' - * ' J " * * ** *r 1 r IS DUE UNDER PARTNERSHIP *?fr h -.Railroad Accused of Hiding Profit®-- Claims Receipts Have Been Cred- ^ - ited to Other Lines--En- f'i4"r titled to Seven Per Cent. --i--. Springfield.--The supreme court of Illinois on December 17 and 18 will * , \1hear the arguments in the case of the / Btate of Illinois against the Illinois H . Central Railroad Company. The state f] -^8 seeking to recover $15,000,000 £ ., alleged to be due as back taxes. rj. Attorney General Stead and a num- . ifcier of assistants will address the ourt on behalf of the state. Secre­ tary of War J. M. Dickinson will speak 32 4 T^or the Illinois Central. Not only does the company stand to > |pay into the state.treasury $15,000,000 'f'on account of back taxes, but in the i.;;- ^ .years to come to pay annually a very uch larger Sum of taxes than it has n paying in the past." ^ * The suit is brought to secure • an Taecounting of business between two -*> -partners, the country's oldeBt and big- ,.?«est partnership, in which the people ,^1 lhave participated as one of the firm. "£,.*r*jA. decision is expected next spring. , J The state and the company went Ijinto partnership on a percentage basis fcj *_• Jin ]85<5; but since 1877 the state, ac- ! ' "ioording to Attorney General Stead's ^declaration, has not been getting all !.V" "that has been due it. He alleges the i"* Company has concealed $214,000,000 of i'.-vv income and has failed to pay the state -fits seven per cent: of this sum. |i! As a contribution to the building ,.^1, %f the Illinois Central railroad, Illi- *1^ "Inois early ia thO 'BOs, donated a right !\>f way 200 feet wide and 705 miles * ^or.g arid 2,595,000 acres of land, from hich the company has since realized ore than $30,000,000 in cash, ai$d cer- n other valuable rights, franchises nd properties in different parts of he state. 3 The company added $1,000,000 of •v- ^capital and accepted a charter limita- ; v: ilon upon its capital of $17,000,000. ^ On September 26, 1856, the company V; ,;,^ad completed the three lines of rail- )tf Voad authorized in its charter, vis., T l*from Cairo to Duaieath, from Cen- , f'\ralia to Chicago, and a sliort road , |known as the St. Charles Air Line, ly- i ,-<;.j(|lBg within the eity of Chicago. •. For its grants from the state, the ^^XiHcompany agreed to pay at the end of .srV^-r ^each six months' period seven per * ^ J cent, of the "gross or total proceeds, ?receipt» or income derived Iwwn said The partnership--or-charter agree- f>. -.fnient speeded the (lays upon which • !';Jthe payments were to be made and i.-i..fthe form and character of the semi- * ?; '.'^iannual reports of statements which 3* iwere to accompany the payment of , ' the seven per cent, of "gross or. total 'proceeds, receipts of Income." '%C :5 Relations between the two contin- .ned to be amicable down to the year ' **1877. Semi-annually the company ?'u- Complied with the spirit and letter of .."fats charter In settling with its big ** - .partner, admits Gen. Stead in his ^declaration., - « f ^ Since 187T, by purchase, lease or ; /^construction, aew railroads, now ";.!known as the noncharter lines, were *'i= ^^ecured in Illinois and adjpining states */%in the w§st and south and were con- ;v-;nected wM-Qw main or charter ^ig^^lines. • ,lf To-day the company owns and oper- t lates 4,377 miles of track comprised in .'three divisions; the Illinois, the South- .jern, lying south of the Ohio, and the >• jwestern, west of the Mississippi. •; " The state now charges that the ^^isP&rtnership lines are not getting their ^";?*jBhare of the total earnings, and have -^Jiot received it since 1877. It charges that the apportionment ;•€* J of earnings between the partnership * * s4and nonpartnership lines was not on 7;;vsja mileage basis, but was made, Mr. Banh Resources Show Drop. The following statement was issued fey State Auditor McCullough, showing the aggregate resources and liabilities Of all the state banks in Illinois on November 17 last, compared with the condition of the same Institutions on September 2. the time of the preced- • 'j v;'-.. • • • *?' ^S6SS0UKC5S.T • \.f> rief Ami Kn» IT* 'SB. 461 banks. Loans, reaJ «itate--$ 6o,6oii.696 JUuans, coL seu 175,363,138 Other loans aad dis­ counts 123,554,39 Overdrafts ............ 1,032,#) U. S. bonds .....i State and municipal bonds Public service corpor­ ation bonds, Other bonds iuid se­ curities Stocks of corps. ....... Banking house> Real estate other than banking house Furniture and fix­ tures Other resources ...... Due from banks-- State National Private and foreign.. Cash oa handT Currency Gold cosa Silver coin .....V.Wi.. Minor coin ..'..is-.A.. Exchanges for clear­ ing house Checks and other cash, items............ Col. in transit. Expense ............... 1,032.fi 889,190 2a.fiT4.2S3 67.168.8M 17.302.863 . 5,338,883 6,089,876 746,874 l.lStyUD CB.K1 19,528.090 50.144.48S 7,060,382 39,358,027 5,384,815 933,316 166.743 Iaen«M. $ l,6i8.74? *2,283,991 •400,^1 ILLINOIS BREVITIES Bpringfleld..-- Officers and mem­ bers of the Illinois Humane so­ cieties, who m«t !h * conference h*r^, adopted resolutions in favor of unify­ ing the child labor and juvenile court laws of the state, asking a law to j comes only in half ounce bottles, each jai a prohibit the sale of sick and disable ! ; enclosed in an air-tight case, but be •39,'m^ animals, and legislation relating to ; sure it is labeled "Concentrated." This the better care of mine mules. It was 11® one of the best and quickest reme- SAVE THIS RECIPE FOR GOLDS "Mix half pint of good whiskey with two ounces of glycerine aad add one- half ounce Concentrated pine com­ pound. The bottle is to be well shaken each time and used in doses of a tea* spoonful to a tablespoonfhl every four hours." Any druggist has these ingre­ dients or he will get them from his wholesale feoase. The Concentrated pine is a special pine product and GOOD WORK IS LOVED WORK AIMI Therein' One Should, Contentment That fa Chief Part of Life. *2,220,230 *567,804 67,742 , SO. 159 ! 54,844 296,099 ' *9,850.361 ' •11.290,334 1.2J6.SS6 *1,374,0® I *€7,100 ! , *36,289 *£7,598 . 6.373.W8 *4,916.313 1,553,623 1752.31: 20.7S7 *887,221 *350.984 1,838 Total ...,..-.1613,866,167 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in.} 55, 708.SB9 Surplus fund 2£,632.500 Undivided profits. hot ll,477.tW Deposits-- Time ctrtiflcates. 44,047,406 Savings, subject to notice aO.194.4TO Demand, subject to check .41;.... 196.799,006 Demand certificates.. 14,711,910 Certified checks 986,730 Cashiers' checks 3.200.006 Due to banks. Including certificates of deposit-- State 28.180,259 National 7,213,218 Private and foreign.. 6.195,M0 Dividends unpaid 13,725 Reserved for taxes and interest 1.986.007 Contingent fund 31,186 Bills payable 1.899,120 Notes and bills redls- counted 116*060 Other liabilities 6,517,890 also decided to arrange for a confer entce With Gov. Deneen with a view o? enlisting the state government's aid *1490 061 ' 'n carr>'ln8 out Plan* of the so- ' cieties. Th© question of salary a,nd Jurisdiction of humane officers was discussed, but no definite action was taken. Reports from the societies at Peoria, Bloomington, Springfield, Ma­ comb, Cai*o, Alton, Eock Island and Rockford, showing progress of hu­ mane work at these points, were read. Morris. -- The vessel which has been the light of "Cap" Streeter's eyes for many months and upon which he has put an immense amount of labor now lies on the bottom of the "Tadpole" ditch, the waves flowing merrily over the upper deck and the fish playing hide and seek through! the port holes. The captain had al­ ready attempted to launch his beloved craft, but tha-stern sank 'and another, attenlptwas matte, to get the vessel entirely in the water and proved suc­ cessful, but also disastrous. Streeter has not abandoned that long-deferred visit to Chicago by way of the primi­ tive waterway, but expects to make the trip in the springtime with colors flying, provided the Carrie J. can keep, afloat. Mount Carmel.--When the North Pork drainage system, embracing more than forty miles of ditches In Hamilton, Saline and Jefferson counties, in Illinois* is completed, more than 26,000 acres of now unpro- *$27,064,553 | 235.000 *1,510,548 *537,698 *6,098,OK 9,432,981 *13,996,194 *815,610 *143,793 *256.168 •U.443.975 *1,576,308 221,867 *22,443 884,468 11.121 496,120 dies known to science. NOT HAVING AMY# I f a u r a doesn't love his wofrk, he had better .get something else to do. But~ther tr<seble is that such people will hardly Hive any kind of work. The trouble is in them. They lack intelligence. If they knew : enough to know good work, they would soon- learn to love it. The manual-train­ ing scheme has this in view--to sur­ round the job a man is doing with such intelligence and taste aa will make it attractive to him. "The man who is in love With utii job gets more contentment out of life than any other," says Brander Mat­ thews; and be gets a great part of his contentment in doing his work right. No man cai. love bis work who shirks. • No man can be contented who is dis­ honest about his work. This is shirk­ ing or doing it negligent'y. So these things always go together--honest ^ork, contentment and love of the job. IUFFEREO TERRIBLY. Bertie--But, n*y dear, there's 1 harm in a kiss. Nellie--No. Well, but then, where's the fun? 61,800 •1,970.741 Realnoi In Three Weeks Does Wnit Other Remedies Failed te Do in Four Months. My baby's face was like a raw and bleeding piece of meat. I was at my wits' ends what to do. Medicine from three physicians and ointments recom­ mended seemed to make the Ecseipa worse. Then another mother spoke of Kesinol which I procured at once--re­ member I had no more faith in it than in ail the rest I had tried--but I thought It would be wasting only SOo, more. Never did I spend 50c to bet­ ter advantage, for the first and sec­ ond days I noticed a remarkable change, and now at the end of the third week I have my pretty blue eyed, rosy cheeked, cooing baby well again. I am safe in saying he is perfectly cured and the cure Was sure­ ly something remarkable. Your Soap and Ointment did ii|r three weeks what Itching. I was advised to go to the | everything else I tried failed to do in AGONIZING ITCHING. leasma for a Year--Got No Relief Even at Skin Hospital--In Despair , Until Cutlcura Cured Him. V" - 2'H **« troubled with a severe itch­ ing and dry, scrufy skin on my ankles, feet, arms and scalp. Scratching made it worse. Thousands of small red pim­ ples formed and these caused Intense ief from Jbistressing ~ Trouble W« Fouhd. lfrs. Elisabeth Wolf, 388 W. Morgan St, Tipton, Mb., says: "Inflammation o f t h e b l a d d e r reached its climax* list spring and I suf­ fered terribly. My b&ck ached. .n n d ^gained so I could hardly get around and die secretions were scanty, fro- quent of passage and painful. I was tired all the time and very nervous. I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and after taking a few boxes was curdd and have been well ever since." Remember the name--Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foater- Miiburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y# •; ^ - 'itfutf, <£>.j -V" Detected, iv- ' The consul in London of a continen­ tal kingdom was informed by his gov­ ernment that one of his countrywom­ en, supposed to be living in Great Brit­ ain, had been left a million of money. After advertising without result, he applied to the police, and a smart young detective was set to work. When a few weeks has gone by his chief asked him how he was go­ ing on. "I've found the lady, sir." "Good! Where is she?" "At my place. I got married to h«r yesterday P* •tf 1 mm Your Liver IS That's Why T Sort*--Have Jlo CARTER'S LIVER FILLS wi! pat yss nsfes la * days. They do their doty, Ciste Cms, Bii. Isasaess, Istiigestiaa, mmi! auu.bu.muxoost, mou.*S& ©ENUINE mo4 lemt ' nCT Ww IBVV^RIVI P I L E S "*I have suffered with piles for tbc years. One year ago last April I bi- < gan taking Cascarets for constipation. the course of a week 1 notkea the pflws began to disappear and at the end of abt"" weeks they did not tfooUe ms at Cascarets have done woutkrs for me. I am entirely cured and feel like a set man." Geotge Krjdere, O*. easaat. Palatable, Potent, Taste 0<wd, Grip*. 1 Good. Never Sicken, Weakea or Gt :,2Sc, 50c. Newioldi»M. Tbet Bine tablet stamped C CC. GttMBHwl to It is said tfcrft a eat-has afa# Hvee, but a cat isn't In it with an old cow when It comes to kicking the bucket. fcutn or your moo*y back. rjoi.n, COPPKR AM) TFRQW Knglriwr nf world-wide experience _ world over for best misiinp: investmeBt. fVtitB.- Nevada. (#0 acres ground: ftoM -rein S f««S wwhM ton; 2'® wiles richest copp»T vein ever dleeofM onwrop 100 feet wide; Tnrqoots alnwdy on mir •lock will (fo to 110; nearly all sold. Write tod ay to C. S. Dnrand, Secy., 1 K*iserbof, Ciiscajtuj, J COFFEE AND TEA ABENTS Write for opportunity FBASK & CO. 18 Klver 8U, i jStead says, an arbitrary division '.\Jbased on no fixed or set rule. As an example, earnings of freight Usthat traveled six miles over a non- "Ipartnership line and 100 miles over a |?V,; ̂ partnership line might be apportioned, ' probably 50' per cent, to the six miles * >v<and 50 per cent to the 100 miles. This failure and refusal of * the com- y to credit earnings between the jjtwo classes of lines in the Central sys- " tem on a mileage basis had resulted. . it is charged, in the concealment and diversion of about $100,000,000. The #rest of the $214,000,000 claimed t® ip' . Ishave been covered up was made up in $!many different ways. Incidentally the state aska seven r cent, upon estimated receipts of $900,000 from the rental of elevators t Chicago and seven per cent, upon -»f|5,000,000 taken in by the road as switching fees in Chlcapfc, Quail 8eason Is Ended. - |"| Quail that have escaped the slaugh- Illinois hunters can live for an- ; ??{ ^ther year under the protection of the ^ Instate game laws. The quail season ended, and sportsmen who did not vHget their share will have to wait until 'if/ mext December before they can charge ^ 'the bob whites. The quail season last- ff^/^ed 29 days, and the slaughter was gen- leral throughout the state. In addi- , ^ion to ending the bombardment, city % c and county officials who are empow- ^T«red to sell hunters' licenses will also \ * / ' b e g i v e n a , r e s t . - • • „ • 4^/; ------- ' Kaakaakla Commoner* Wk ^ The president and trustees of the ^Commons of Kaskaskia were hit hard W * »ln a decision of the.^supreme court. The decision, handed down at the in- nee of Attorney General Stead, ^'/"who investigated alleged frauds In the ^ " '^renting of the commons by the towns- - ^ople of Kaskaskia, holds the trus- |/"tees responsible personally for many { thousand dollars said to have been / taken illegally from farmers of ^he island below the old state capital. ?" ^ \ The decision was given In a su)lt • •; 1 limucht b» onmmnntira M Total llabllltfi|..... .*13,90,157 •27,084,883 •Decrease. . ' ^ , Total capita! surplus. contln*ent fund and undivided profits. $93,649,685; decrease. $1,801,527. Total deposit*, including due to banks, $510,514,677; decrease, $24,672,228. Total cash and due from banks, $135,241,- 532; decrease, $27,523,392. Per cent, of reserve to deposits. Includ­ ing due to banks. 26.4ft per eeflfc, Parole Law Upheld. \» *' ' Contentions of Attorney General W. H. Stead that the parole act is valid were upheld by the Illinois supreme court In deciding the case of the peo­ ple ex. rel. Patrick Joyce versus Sher­ iff Strassheim. Joyce was the prisoner for whose escape Lieut. Robert Schlfin was dis­ missed from the Chicago police force, Joyce was arrested for violation of his parole, and his attorneys at once presented a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the supreme court. In the plea for the writ the consti- utionality of the parole law was at­ tacked on the ground that section 4 of the act deprived a paroled prisoner of a hearing before he could be re­ turned for breach of parole, and also alleged that the title of the act was defective. Attorney General Stead, realizing the vital importance of keeping the law on the statute books, since there are hundreds of paroled prisoners at large, presented a strong defense of the law, and the court' sustained all his contentions. > . ' ducttve bog land will become as val- i hospital for diseases of the skin. I did ' four months. My baby was positively Humane Societies Lay PtaMt. ' J Action looking toward the better­ ment of the treatment of mine mules, an effort to unify the child labor and Juvenile court laws of the state with respect to children's ages and to move to prohibit the sale of sick or other­ wise disabled animals was. decided upon at a meeting of the humane so­ cieties of Illinois at Springfield, The aid of Gov. Deneen will be solicited in carrying out these plans. Dr. Hugh T. Morrison, president of the Spring­ field society, was chairman of the meeting and was appointed to conduct such conferences with Gov. Deneen as seem advisable. Reports were heard from the societies at Peoria. Bloomington, Springfield, McDonough county, Cairo, Winnebago county, Al­ ton and Rock island. The salary and jurisdiction of humane officers were discussed in the course of the ing. Final Bond Law Test Near. The supreme court directed the clerk of Sangamon county to file a brief and argument on behalf of the people of the state {in the action brought to test the legality of the Busse bond laws passed by the last legislature. The suit involves the amendment to the Juul law, which has reduced general taxes from five to three per cent, of the assessed valuation and the educational tax to one and one-half per cent. This change, with others, was made to keep the rate down In the face of the increased assessed valuation from one-fifth to one-third made by other laws of the Busse series. Judge Creighton of the Sangamon circuit court held the law unconstitutional and a decision from the court of last resort is expected before the end of the present term. •V" iL~* *. • «..»• tal?L«w j* Condemns Preserved Cggs. Judge J. Otis Humphreys in the federal court at Peoria decided that the 50 cases of preserved eggs seized In this city last March by government inspectors were injurious to health and that the seizure was justified. The eggs were shipped oy the W. H. Hippolite Egg Company of St. Louis. The firm has been barred from doing business in the state of Illinois. Dr. Wiley of the health department testified that two pounds of boracic acid were used for 100 eggs. "That amount is deadly," he safe f •; Governor's Vato Is Upheld ,v Charles H. Seeberger of Chicago was denied his petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Secretary of State Rose to erase from the records the veto of senate bill No. 186 by the supreme court. The bill was that ve­ toed by the governor June 12. 1909. and was known as the "corporation bill." Seeberger sought to substitute the record that the bill was returned to the secretary of state on June 12, without the governor's signature. Ac­ cording to the ruling of the court tbp :.r • tftr; "-3% • '.-if;'; "? uable and productive as any soil in i Egypt, it is said. The total area af- • fected by the draiijage system is 1S?,- j 000 acres, most of which acreage has i aeldom been dry enough to cultivate, j The estimated cost of the system of drains is $130,000. W. W. Stokes, surveyor of Jefferson county, has just presented his report estimating that figure as the cost. Several of the largest contractors in the central states are trying to land the contract. Peoria.--The opening guns in the case of the government against 50 cases-of eggs, on trial for alleged Impurity in violation of the foods and drugs act, were fired when the case opened in the United- States court. Assistant United States Attorney H. A. Converse in his opening argument stated briefly the government's side of the case. Attorney Lusmen of Chi­ cago represented the Hipolite Egg Company of St. Louis, manufacturers of the product in question. The eggs, aa put up by the packers, with borax, were introduced in evidence, the ob- pections of the packers' counsel against this evidence being overruled. Chicago.--Alonzo Lome, 50 years old, 4713 Dearborn street, his wife, Elizabeth, and his son, Talmage, passed a night in the Fiftieth street police station as the result of a fam­ ily quarrel. Lome refused to give his wife money for Christmas pres­ ents, and when she resented his re­ marks he attempted to beat her. The son, to protect his mother, is said to have drawn a knife and in the melee the father was cut across the face and the back of the head, i Chicago.--An explosion .of gaso- ! line, followed by a fire, injured four men, two seriously, and partly destroyed the two-story brick plant of the Heppes Company, manufacturers of roofing paper at 4505 Fillmore street. The loss was estimated at $8,000, Two of the victims were po­ licemen. Investigation is being made I to determine the cause of the explo- ' sion, which was heard for blocks and : spread alarm among the residents. I Chicago.--The first ice-skating ac­ cident of the year was reported i to the police. The victim is Otto Nehmezon, 1318 North Ridgeway ave- ' nue, who is said to be dying at St. 1 Mary's hospital from concusssion of j the brain. He may have a fractured ; skull. Nehmezon was one of the first skaters to appear on the ice at the opening in Humboldt park. A few minutes: later he was seen to trip and fal!, striking on his head. Pana--In a head-on collision on the Illinois Central between a north-b^und passenger and south­ bound freight. Engineer Phillip Ray and Baggageman P. R. Farley were seriously injured. A heavy fog pre­ vailed and the freight engineer's watch was eight minutes slow, which is given as the cause of the wreck. Two eiigines, baggage oar and four freight cars loaded with shelled corn were deniolished. • Jacksonville. -- After a delibera­ tion of 14 hours, a hung jury was the result of the trial of G. P. Wright and James E. Trible of Frank­ lin and Joseph Vigus of Springfield, who were charged with a conspiracy in connection with the alleged hold­ up of the Farmers and Merchants' bank of Franklin last August. Chicago. -- Frank Cassiillo was found guilty of the murder of An­ tonio Stafldi and the * latter's wife. Concetta, in their home, 15 Taylor street, on March 20, by a jury in Judge Tuthill's court. His punish­ ment was fixed at life imprisonment. Ottawa.--Mayor James F. Far- rell has placed the lid on gambling In Ottawa and at this time every gambling bouse and slot machine ia the city is closed. Kewanee.--Section Foreman Shirley Johnson, aged 95, a veteran in the service, was killed by a train while at his work near Orion. Streator.--Paul Pierre, who, while a resident of Streator, , a few years ago, shot and killed his little brother playivg train robber with a rifle which he thought was unloaded, has just been acquitted by a jury at St. Anthony, Ind., for killing his fa­ ther last August. The jury held the hpmicide justifiable, the defendant showing he shot in self-defense. Bloomington. -- Herman Cox, £ prominent and wealthy business man of this city, aged 35, is dead from ^>lood poisoning, becoming infected while being shaved in. a barber she; tyt ("nl--mhi'K 'L tWO W^olrn nc-n , < , * . • * so, the chief surgeon saying: "I never | disfigured, now his complexion is all saw such a bad case of eczema." But I I right again. got little or no rcli of. Then I tried many j Mrs. H, 9*. Clemmsr, Sunbury, Pa. ao-called remedies, but I became so bad that I almost pave up in despair^ After suffering agonies for twelve months, I was relieved of the almost unbearable Itching after two or three applications of Cuticum Ointment. I continued its use, combined with Cutl­ cura Soap and Pills, and I was com­ pletely cured. Henry Searle, Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 8 and 10, 1907." HMw Dm* * Chun. Ooip, Soli Piopfc, BoaMp. Duty Society Owes to Unfortunates. Consumption Is primarily a poor man's disease. Dr. Woods Hutchin­ son of New York city says: "Roughly speaking, the incipient tuberculous pa­ tient can buy as many chances of fresh air and cure as he has money." The percentage of deaths from con­ sumption among the poor Is 100 per cent, higher than among the well-to-do and the rich. Sixty-five per cent of the consumptives in the United States are too poor to provide proper means for treatment. They must either be placed in a sanitarium or a hospital where they can be cured of their dis­ ease and where they will be removed from the possibility of Infecting Other members of their families, or the loss resulting from neglect to care for these poor consumptives will be twice or three times as great as would be the case if they are properly housed in institutions. Woman's Oaring De«d. In southern Tunis lies an extensive salt tnarsh desert called the Shott Jerld, of which the Arabs stand in ter­ ror, for many a caravan has been lost In the salt incrusted morass, which, according to De Lesseps is as much as 1,200 feet deep in places. This region has been crossed for the first time in a small automobile by a wom­ an, Myriam Harry, a well-known French novelist. .... / His Ratort. • Newzance---Do you know, youtsg man. that five out of six people who suffer from heart trouble have brought It upon themselves through th% fUthy habit of smoking? Karmley--Really! And possibly you are aware that nine out1 of ten people who suffer from black eyes can trace the complaint to a habit of not minding their own business.-- Pearson's Weekly. , Now and Than, He Is a'capitalist now in an Ohio town, but he was not always thus- He has progressed along various lines, and ode mark of his progress is the open-back shirt, a comparatively mod­ ern invention. To this he Is yet ne*w. and recently commented upon it to, a friend who was in his room while he was dressing. "Look at me," he said, sticking his head through the shirt, "whe& I s<umG to this town I hadn't,a shirt to my back, and now--now, X haven't a hack ,to my shirt" . - Every Little'Bit Help* The lecturer raised Ills volc#"with emphatic confidence. "I venture to as­ sert," he said, "that there isn't a man in this audience who has ever dene anything to prevent the destruction of our forests." A modest-looking man ip the back of the hall stood up. "I--or--I've shot woodpeckaetf' he said.--Every body's Magazine^? ^ SHIP RAW FURS AT ONGE WULFSOHN GAN88 FUR CO., Inc. Capital S50.000.00 216 Mlooltet Ave., Minneapolis Minn. The only Minneapolis house which h«> branches in New York, Idnlg and London. * " m square sort-. Ship your raw furs to na, then you are sure to g-et f«! 1 value* •» Winter RATS- Prompt Returns. Lkc. % Wed. •18 rot rotit a '3 Small III IV 18.00 t ...s..',;•'•"..• SwUMD Kitta. t M t.tQ We pay express charge*. II SL'.OO 1.60 M PINK EYE AR» ALL MSS AMOTBtQAT OatM the alck and mis si a pwwUfi for other*. the toague. Safe tor Iwood niarea and *U other*. Bertl _ .. eentaand91.00»bottle; andtlQ.OD the dosea. and horae goods houses, or sent express paid, by the manufacture--. Mt»a&ldrMHMa 4POHN MEDICAL CO« GOSHBNL IfHTfAftA Losing the Profits? arator wi _ it has to be a out of Sets Au\ liniig thateMt properly be eettsd a aep- wiff pay the cost of tkliualpg Bat y*lortte«(weo«t.7he ream or td&3«. will mt you MtamVaittot money tilth* lone kimotM or own-I HDOOtBly *n<t, In«Ut on your .. - Ml wtHwnt e*- liluntrated catalogue of lull >t» raqnMt. .^.•flags'- J"u'" «a>.sg'^l.£& gets the eree* tbat »U there t* w if my. Mpa --miw»i»Hngr • f<a Important to MothariS; Examine carefully every bottle ojf CA8TQRIA, a safe and sure remedy £6r Infanta and children, and see that It Bears the Signature In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought lU vullQr"u) tillu wl'v lUaV III W W0 W e;r-, Described.' Olddigosh--Oh, uncle, have you seen the WilliamseB' baby. Do describe it to me. Uncle Snark--Description! Umi­ ak! very small features, clean-shaven, red-faced, and looks a hard drinker. AI.I/KN'H I.UNO BALSAM I*the oM reliable c<.n«h remedy . Found In eveiy radically every home, fttrasl* 50c and ll.UU bottled! drug byal store and in j t druggl&ts, 'it We help ourselves when wa others.--W. J. Bryan. help SIX'S. WlDiiuw'i SootWi5|t "jrnp. forchliaren teetuinK. Botien* ine ituiun, reuuee* ta- Sa*mation,all*jre pain,cures wind eollu. SSeabotM. Did It ever occur to you that booh worms are awful bores? Tell the Dealer you want a Lewis' Single Binder cigar for its rich, mellow quality. Better a poor man at large than a rich man in jail. Anti LaGrippe Remedy. It Is now claimed by several west­ ern medical men that a whiskey mix­ ture obtainable at any drug store is an absolute preventative and quick cure for bad colds and lagrfppe. To make this powerful system tonic add one ounce of compound fluid balmwort and two ounces of glycerine to a halt- pint of good whiskey. Dose, a table- spoonful three to six times a day. Limits the Size. "Marry me," pleaded the mere man, "and your slightest wish shall ha granted." 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