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mrm SO?': i -**- «f^f7^^rrT7, ' '" • ™, -' .. a«i- -&. ( *jM,,'t < i *> •$ * • ,4 • 54-40 cnfic- m Fmi<i«Njic)iiiiji A^TROK. l»r i no x*du o ̂ I»Ts7 **-*»* jcil: Illi' ®fr /VilCW V MAGNUT O.JU?ri:NiSfc~ C01>YHfHjfM i 1909 ^bjr BOBBi -ruihfftii-i. » ir.># 4 4* V SIHTE G8LuC[ IN NEED OF FUNDS Board of Trustees of University of Illinois Meet. ;SYNOP8l8. The story Is told by Nicholas Tiist. His otiU»f, Senator John Calhoun, offered th* lwirtfollo of secretary of state In Tyler's cabinet. Is told by Dr Ward that his time I* short. Calhoun declares that he is not ready to din. and if he accepts Tyler's of­ fer it means that Texas and Oregon must be added to the Union He plans to learn the intentions of Rnslarid with regard to Mexico t'u'riugrh Baroness Von Ritz, secret spy and reputed mistress of t?\e English ambassador. Pakenham.** Nicholas Is sent to bring the baroness (o Calhoun's apart- n.ents and misses a meeting with his sweetheart. Elisabeth Churchill. White searchin® for the baroness" house a car­ riage dash?!! up and Nicholas Is Invited to er<ter. Tiie occupunt is the hardness, who says she is hfiiiK pursued. The pursuers are shaken off. Xirholas is 'nvited jnto the house and delivers Calhoun's message He notes that the baroness h&e lost a CHAPTER VI. The Boudoir of the Baroness. A woman's counsel brought us Oral to woe.--Dry den. "Wait!" she said "We shall bave candles." She clapped her bands sharply, and again there entered the silent old serving woman, wbo, obedi­ ent to a gesture, proceeded to light additional candles in the prism stands and sconces The apartment was now distinct in all Its details under this additional flood of light Decently as I might i looked about. I was forced ta-stifle the exclamation of sur­ prise which rose to my lips. Here certainly was European luxury transferred to our shores. This In sim­ ple Washington, with Its vast white unfinished capitol, its piecemeal miles of mixed residences, and hovels! I fancied stern Andrew Jackson or plain John Calhoun here! The furniture I discovered to oe exquisite in detail, of rosewood and mahogany, with many brass chasings and carvings, after the fashion at the empire, and here apd there florid orna­ mentation following that of the court of the earlier Louis Fanciful tittle clocks with carve<J scrolls stood about Here and there a divan and couch showed elaborate care In comfort. Beyond a lace-screened grille 1 saw an alcove-- doubtless cut through the original par­ tition wall between two of these bum­ ble houses--and within this stood a high tester bed. its heavy mahogany posts beautifully carved, the couch itself piled deep with foundations of ) know not what of down and spread most daintily with a coverlid of am­ ber satin, whose edges fringed out al­ most to the floofr At the other ex­ tremity. screened off as in a distinct apartment, there stood a sm«P couch, u Napoleon bed, with carved ends, furnished more simply, but with equal richness One resented the liberties England took In establishing this manner of menage In our simple city, and ar- Togantly taking for granted our ignor­ ance regarding It: byt none the less one was forced to commend the thoroughness shown My first impres­ sion was that of surprise: my second, as I have said, a feeling of resentment at the presumption which installed all this in our capital of Washington. I presume my thought may have been reflected In some manner in my face I heard a gentle laugh, and turned about She sat tbeje In a great carved chair, smiling, her white arms stretched out on the rails, the fingers just gently curving She bad thrown back over the rail of the chair the rich clopk which covered tier in the carriage, and sat now in the full light, in the splendor Of satin and lace and gems, her arms bare, her throat and shoulders white and bare, her figure recognized gra­ ciously by every line of a superb gowning such as we had not yet learned on this side of the sea. She did not speak at first, but sat and smiled, studytng. I presume, to find what stuff I was made of. 'He seated, pray." she said at last. "Let 11s talk over this matter." Obedient to her gesture. I dropped tntiifictiair °PP°s'te lo her, she her- seWTeot varying her posture and still regarding me with -the laugh in her half-closed eyes "What do you think of my little place?" she asked finally. "Two things, madam," said 1. naif sternly. "If it belonged to a man. and to a minister plenipotentiary. I should not approve it. If It belonged to a lady of means and a desire to see the lands of this little world. 1 should approve it very much." She looked at me with eyes slightly narrowed, but no trace of perturbation crossed her lace I saw it was no ordinary woman with whom we had to do "But." I went on. "in any case and at all events. 1 should say that the bird confined 111 such a cage, where secrecy Is so Imperative, would at times find weariness--would, in fact, wish to escape to other employment. You, madam" --1 looked at her direct­ ly--*"are a woman of so much intellect that you could not be content merely to live.' "No." sbe said. "I would nor be con­ tent merely to live.' "Precisely There! ore. since to make life worth the living there must be occasionally a trifle of spice, a bit ol auveuture, either for man or wom­ an. I suggest to you. as something ot­ tering amusement, this little journey with me to-night to meet mv chief. You have his message I am his mes­ senger. and, believe me. quite at your service in any way you may suggest. Let us be frank. If you are agent, so am 1 See: l have come into your camp Dare you not come into ours? Come; it is an adventure to set? a tall, thin old man in a dressing gown and a red woolen nightcap So you will find my chief: and in apartments muc 1 different from these." She took up the missive with its broken seal "So your chief, as you call him. asks me to come to him. at midnight, with you, a stranger?" % * W, In the Splendor of Satin and Laee and Gems. "Precisely. Could you go to the office of a United States senator and possible cabinet minister in broad day­ light and the fact not be known? Could he come to your apartments in broad daylight and that fact not be known? What would 'that man Pakenham' suspect in either case? Be­ lieve me, my master is wise. Great necessity sets aside conventions, sets aside everything. Come, then!" But still she only sat and smiled at me. I felt that purple and amber glow, the emanation of her person­ ality, of her senses, creeping around me again as she leaned forward final­ ly, her parted red-bowed lips dis­ closing her delicate white teeth. 1 saw the little heave of her bosom, whether in laughter or emotion I could not tell. I was young. Resent­ ing the spell which I felt coming upon me, all 1 could do was to reiterate my demand for haste. She was not in the least impressed by this. "Come!" she said. "1 am pleased with these Americans. Yes, I. am not displeased with this little adventure." 1 rose impatiently, and walked apart in the room. "You cannot evade me, madam, so easily aB you did the Mexi­ can gentleman who followed yon. You have him in the net also? Is not the net full enough?" 'Never!' she said, her head sway­ ing slowly from side to side, her face inscrutable. "Am 1 not a woman? Ah, am 1 not?" "Madam," said I. whirling upon her. "let me, at least, alone. I am too small game for you. I am but a mes­ senger. Time passes Let us arrive at our business." "What would you do If 1 refused to go with you?" she asked, still smiling at me. But 1 saw that her attitude to­ ward me held no more than that of a bird of prey and some little creature well within its power. It made me angry to be so rated. "You ask me what I should do?" I retorted savagely. "1 shall tell you first what I will do if you continue your refusal. I will take you with me. and so keep my engagement with my chief. Keep away from the bell rope! Remain silent! Do not move. You should go if I had to carry you there in a sack--because that is my er­ rand!" "Oh, listen at him threaten!" she laughed still And he despises my poor little castle here In the side street, where half the time I am so lonely! What would monsieur do if monsieur were in my place--and if I were in monsieur's place? But. bab! you would not have me following you in the first hour we met, boy!" I flushed again hotly at this last word. "Madam may discontinue the thought of my boyhood; 1 am older than she. But if voti ask me what I would do with a woman if 1 followed her, or if she followed me. then I will tell you. If I owned this place and all in it. I would tear down every picture from these walls, every silken cover from yonder couches! I would rip out these walls and put back the ones that once were here! A house of logs far out in the countries that I know would do for you. madam!" 1 went on hotly. "You should forget the touch of silk and lace. No neighbor you should know until I was willing. Any man who followed you should meet me!' "Excellent! What then?" "Then, madam the baroness. I would in turn build you a palace, one of logs, and would make vou, a most excellent couch of the husks of corn. You Bhould cook at my fireplace, and for me!" She smiled slowly past me. at me. • pray be seated." she said. "You in­ terest m«/' "It is late," I reiterated. "Come! Must I do some of these things--force you into obedience--carry you away in a sack? My master cannot wait." She smiled, lazily extending her flawless arms and looking down at them, at all of her splendid figure, as though in interested examination. "1 am alone so much--so bored!" sbe went on. "And Sir Richard Paken­ ham Is so very, very fat. Ah, God! You cannot guess how fat he is But you, you are not fat" She looked me over critically, to my great uneasiness. "All the more reason for doing as I have suggested, madam; for Mr. Cal­ houn is no* even so fat as 1 am. This little interview with my chief, I doubt not, will prove of interest. Indeed"-- 1 went on Beriously and Intently--"'I venture to say this much without pre­ suming on my station: the talk which you will have with niy chief to-night will show you things you have never known, give you an interest in living which perhaps you have not felt. If I am not mistaken, you will find much in common between you and my mas­ ter. I speak not to the agent of Eng­ land. but to the lady Helena von Ritz " "He is old," she went on. "He is very old. His face is thin and blood­ less and fieshless He is old "Madam," I said, "his mind is young, his purpose young, his ambition young: and his country is young. Is not the youth of all' these things still your own?" She made no answer, but sat mu­ sing. drumming lightly on the chair arm. I was reaching for her cloak Then at once I caught a glimpse of her stockinged foot, the toe of which slightly protruded from beneath her ball gown. She saw the glance and laughed. "Poor feet," she said. "Ah, meg pauvres pied* la! You would like to see them bruised by the hard going in some heathen country? 8ee, you have no carriage, and mine is gone. I have not even a pair of shoes. Go look under the bed beyond." I obeyed her gladly enough. Under the fringe of the satin counterpane 1 found a box of boots, slippers, all man­ ner of footwear, daintily and neatly arranged Taking out a pair to my fancy. I carried them out and knelt before her 'Then, madam, said 1, "since you insist on this. I shall choose America is not Europe Our feet here bave rougher going and must be shod tor it Allow me!' Without the least Hesitation tn the world, or the least immodesty, she half protruded the foot which still retained its slipper As I removed this latter, through some gay impulse, whose na ture 1 uiu not pause <0 audiyse, i iiai* mechanically thrust It Into the side pocket of my coat. "This shall be security," said t. "that what you speak with my master shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." There was a curious deeper red in her cheek I saw her bosom beat the faster rhythm "Quite agreed!" she answered. But she motioned m« away, taking the stout boo? in her own hand and turn ing aside as she fastened it Sne looked over her shoulder at me now and again while thus engaged. "Tell me," she said gently, "what security do I have? You come, uy my Invitation, it is true, but none the less an intrusion. Into my apartments. You demand of me something which no man has a right to demand. Be­ cause I am disposed to be gracious, and because I am disposed to be en- nuye, and because Mr Pakenham is fat. I am willing to take into consid­ eration what you ask I have never seen a thin gentleman In a woolen nightcap, and I am curious. But no gentleman plays games with a lady in which the dice are loaded for himself. Come, what security shall I have?" I did not pretend to understand her. Perhaps, after all. we all bad been misinformed regarding herY I could not tell. But her spirit of camaraderie, her good-fellowship, her courage, quite aside from her personal charm, bad now begun to impress me. "Madam," said I. feeling in my pocket; "no heathen has much of this world's goods. All my possessions would not furnish one of these rooms. I cannot offer gems, as does Senor Yturrio--but. would this be of service --until to-morrow? That will leave him and me with a slipper each. It is with reluctance I pledge to return mine!' Ky chance I bad felt In my pocket a little object which I had placed there that very day for xjuite another purpose. It was only a little trinket of Indian manufacture, which I bad Intended to give Elizabeth that very evening: a sort of cloak clasp, orig­ inally made as an Indian blanket fastening, with two round discs ground out of shells and connected by beaded thongs The trinket was curious, though of small value The baroness looked at It with interest. "How it reminds me of this Heathen country!" sbe said "Is this all that your art can do In Jewelry? Yet It ts beautiful Come, will you not give it to me?" "Until to-morrow, madam." "No longer?" "I cannot promise it longer. I mum. unfortunately, have It back when 1 send a messenger--I shall hardly eorne myself, madam " "Ah!" she scoffed "Then i' belongs to another woman?' "Yes it is promised to another." "Then this is to be the last time we meet? "I do not doubt it. "Are you not sorry?' "Naturally, madam!" She sighed, laughing as she >lid so. Yet I could not evade seeing the curious color on her cheek, the rise and fall of the laces over her bosom. Utterly self-possessed, satisfied with life as it had come to her. without il­ lusion as to life, absorbed m the great game of living and adventuring--so I should have described her. Then why should her heart beat one stroke faster now? I dismissed that question, and rebuked my eyes, which I found con­ tinually turning toward her. She motioned to a little table near by "Put the slipper there," sbe said. "Your little neck clasp, also " Again I obeyed her "Stand there!" she said, motioning to the opposite side of the table; and I did so "Now." said she. looking at me gravely. "I am going with you to see this man whom you call your chief. The favor may mean as much on one side as on the other--I shall not tell you why. Bur we shall play fair until, as you say. perhaps to-mor- rbw.- After that--" (TO BE CONTINUED.) CUSS ROOMS TAXED TO LIMIT Owing to a Decrease In Appropria­ tions for Its Use by the State Legislature the College Has Been Handicapped. Springfield.--The board of trustees of the University of Illinois met to consider the biennial appropriation necessary to carry on and extend tins work of the College of Agriculture at Urbana. A serious condition of affairs is presented. Owing to a decrease in appropriations for its use by the state legislature the college has been seri­ ously handicapped, having bpen com­ pelled to run on $32,000 less the last two years than during the preceding biennlum. despite the fact that the enrollment of students has greatly increased during that time. In fact, the college was given for use in 1910 practically the same Bum as was provided in 1904, although the number of students has doubled with­ in the six years. A point has been reached where something must be done to relieve the situation. Classrooms and labora­ tories ate taxed to their limits. Many students were denied admittance into several of the more popular coures owing to the congestion. A number of vacancies In the faculty cannot be filled for lack of funds. So serious is the situation that an unprecedented action was taken in regard to the matter when last Oc­ tober many of the moBt successful farmers of the state met at the col­ lege and chose a committee to visit the leading agricultural colleges in the United States to study conditions at these institutions as compared with those at the university in Ur­ bana The committee selected, composed of the following men, was character­ ised by De^n H. L. Bailey of Cornell as one of the most notable parties of men engaged in a similar work for the betterment of agriculture in their state he had ever met: F. I. Mann, Oilman; A. P. Grout, Winchester; Fred Hatch, Spring Grove; Ralph Al­ len, Delavan; H. J. Sconce. Sidell; C. A. Ewing, Decatur; W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park; E. Davenport, dean of the College of Agriculture, Urbana. The report of the committee was a revelation to the 250 prominent farm­ ers who assembled at Urbana to hear it read. It was found that the Illi­ nois college is second among the seven colleges visited in enrollment, lowest in amount appropriated by the state to carry on instruction and in the value of live stock, and fifth in the cost of buildings. 8ix years ago Illinois was In the lead. IWIS! Lecture on Yellowstone Park. The last lecture in the State Mn- I seum course of Uustrated lectures on | natural history and travel was given, f The subject was "The Yellowstone National Park," and the lecturer waa Charles Truax of Truax, Greene St Co. of Chicago. The success of the course has been contributed to by the size and character of the audiences and by the courtesy of a number of generous citizens. Clark rfullard, L. C. Canham, Evans E. Cantrall, Louis J. Coe, Charles S. Dines, Frank Drake, Gray Herndon, O. B. Irwlii, George E. Cole. A. K. Kerns, H. C. Luers, C. O. Montgomery, De Witt Montgomery, John Ruckel and Joseph Winterbotham served as tvhers very acceptably to the public and to the gratification of the mu­ seum. Senator Thomas Rees. Louis M. Myers, Thomas Sudduth, Dr. S. E. Munson, Charles T. Bisch and Charles Robinson have extended courtesies iu the gen tlemen who have been contributing to the entertain­ ment and instruction of the citizens of Springfield by their interesting and inspiring lectures. Those most concerned in the suc­ cess of the course have been greatly gratified by the audiences which from time to time gathered at the arsenal. At the lecture were exhibited slides which are possibly more beautiful than any which have thus far been shown, since they deal with the most beautiful park In North America and possibly In the world. To Educate Farmers. That the high cost of living In this country is due to Ignorance of meth­ ods of agriculture is the report of a special committee of the Illinois State Farmers' institute made at an assembly of the various advisory com­ mittees of the State of Illinois Col­ lege of Agriculture at its biennial meeting held at the University of Illinois. This report was submitted I to about fifty leading agriculturists of the state after eight states had been visited on a tour of inspection. The committee was asked to adopt President James' recommendation thai a bond issue of $10,000,000, one- tenth to be raised each year to pro­ vide for the needed buildings of tho university during the next ten years. President James would apportion this sum as follows: College of agricul­ ture. $3,000,000; chemistry depart­ ment, $700,000; sciences, $1,000,000; business college, $500,000; ceramics, $260,000; library, $1,000,000 and mu­ seum, $500,000 and the other depart­ ments the remainder for new build­ ings within that time. The committee approved the plan and decided to wage a campaign for the passage of the bond issue act at the coming ses­ sion of the state legislature. Referendum Urged by State Orange. The Illinois State Grange members favor the Initiative and referendum. In a concise resolution in which the views of the organization are aired on the public policy question, the grange officially declared itself in favor of the proposed measure after Raymonds Robins of Chicago had lec­ tured to the delegates on the sub­ ject. The grange claims the distinction of having been the first organization to urge the adoption of the initiative and referendum. Mr. Robins' address was given in an open session in the senate chamber at the state house. Committee reports occupied the closing sessions of the state meet­ ing. Arthur H. Yates of Dunlop waa re-elected a member of the executive committee, the only office to he filled this year. Peoria was decided upon as the convention city for 1911. The meeting will be held on the second Tuesday In December, 1911. The committee reports proved of especial interest to the delegates. The agricultural committee declared itself in favor of a permanent expert- ment station. A dairy industry and steps toward the prevention of tuber­ culosis in live stock also were favored. Students Admitted to Practise Law. Fifty applicants who took the state bar examination were admitted to practise law in the state by an order of the Illinois supreme court. Nearly half of the successful applicants are from Cook county. The list follows: Cook County--Alexander Earken, Lester C. Barton, John B. Brenza, John C. A. Conover, Frank W. Coolidge, Jr., Kenneth F. Corbitt, Rob­ ert Edelson, William Hansen, Bever­ ly W. Howe, Roland R. Huford, John C. King, Jr., Frank J. Landee, Harry W. Meneley, Cuthbert D. Potts, Sr., Solomon P. Roderick, Edwin F. Simons. Augustus L. Williams, Wil­ liam Worchatz, George W. Ellis, Wil­ liam C. A. Macy, Clarence L. Sivley, Lincoln B. Smith. Earl S. Smith. McLln J. Brown, Montgomery; Earl H. Carr, Perry; John H. Clayton, Wil­ liamson; James M. Endicott, White; W. M. Fisher, McLean; Roscoe Forth, Johnson; Charles R. Frederick, Moul­ trie; Eugene F. Gardner, Ogle; Jesse M. Gates, Stevenson; Noah Qullett, Hardin; Harry A. Inngerich, Cham­ paign; Harry McClure Johnson, Peoria; William B. Johnson, Cham­ paign; Charles H Llnecott, La Salle: Harold V. Mather, Ellisha Powell Not* man. Bond; John W. Palmer, Cham­ paign; Ira Powell, Coles; George A. Renard, Champaign; Elwyn R. Shaw, Stephenson; Prank G. Thompson, Jef­ ferson ; FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGU& -v.- Care of Clocks. The household timekeeper needs regular care and superintendence If it is to keep time accurately. A re­ sponsible member of the family should be put in charge of it, to wind and regulate it. A clock should be wound, as far as possible, at one stated time, and be regulated at fixed periods; it should be kept locked so that mischievous persons may not play with it; and its face, hands, ^tc.. should occasionally be delicately dusted. A periodical oil ing may also be necessary and for this purpose employ the purest oil, purified by a quart of limewater to a gallon of oil. Shake this, allow it to stand for a few days, and then care­ fully pour off the pure oil without dis­ turbing the sediment. The oil should be applied *o the works with a camel's- hair brush. Farmer Live* Longest. The average life of a tradesman la about two-thirds that of a farmer. Not as Bad as He Had Fearea. "1 should think," said ine beautiful young widow, "you would resent Mr. Hrowu b remarks conce:"ln|, you." "What has he *>een saving abour n»e?" asked Senator Piffle. "He says you are a politician an». not a statesman." "Oh. pshaw! l don't mind that. I was afraid you were going to tell me he bad been saying I was not true to my party " Encourage School for Boys. The commission appointed by the Illinois state board of agriculture to conduct the Boys' Fair school has adopted a set of resolutions thanking the superintendents of the various schools and the heads of the various departments at the school for their co-operation and support, and con­ gratulating them upon their work. llie commission consists of State Superintendent F. G. Blair, Dr. E. Davenport, E. C. Pruitt, E. W. Bur- tows and Charles F. Mills. Number of State Institutions Double During the Peel Two Years. • V'/W?' iff , - Sixteen state sanatoria, 28 county'" s* | h o s p i t a l s a n d 2 1 m u n i c i p a l h o s p i t a l s * . j | for tuberculosis have been erected^' and provided for since January 1, 1909, says a recent bulletin of the Na­ tional Association for the Study as# Prevention of Tuberculosis. Within the last two years the num­ ber of state Institutions for tubercu­ losis "has doubled, and the number or county and municipal institutions has Increased from about 30 to 80. The expenditures of public money for the treatment of tuberculosis also has more than doubled. Not less than $3,000,000 of state money was appre prlated for tuberculosis institutions la 1909. when 43 legislatures met, and over $600,000 In 1910, when only 11 legislatures were in session. The ap- propriations of counties and cities for tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoria In the last two years will aggregate fully $2,500,000. bringing the total of official appropriations for taberca- losls hospitals up to over $6,000,00# in the past two years. In spite, however, of this good show­ ing, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculoeir states that, not one-tenth of the pub-, 11c provision for tuberculosis that !« needed has been made. More than 250,000 tuberculosis patients are coo. $ stantly without proper institutional; treatment. % >!•* IN SCIENTIFIC DAYS (A JMs? Marjorle--Why are we here, Harold? ,» ^ Harold--Ah, the anchor's caught on " "V .? a wireless. 5 .wj-vi SKIN BEAUTY PROMOTES In the treatment of Affection* of tlM . ^ (kin and scalp which torture, disfiff» ^ ure, itch, burn, scale and destroy the <5: 8 hair, as well aa for preaerving, purV 1' fying and beautifying the complexion, fallible. Millions of women through­ out the world rely on these pure, sweet and gentle emollients for all pur­ poses of the toilet, bath and nursery,» and for the sanative, antiseptic cleans­ ing of ulcerated, inflamed mucous sur» races. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Bo*» \ ton, Mass., sole Proprietors of the Ci»> A ticura Remedies, irill mail free, on re- ? ̂ Quest, their latest 32-page Cuticuim iCfJ; | Book on the skin and hair. -'v - New Amusement Hall Asked. When the state legislature con­ venes In January it will be asked in all probability to make appropriations for a new amusement ball, a female employes' dormitory and a 100,000 gallon standpipe for the state hos­ pital at Watertown. At least, the su­ perintendent of the hospital, in his re­ cent report to Fiscal Supervisor Frank D. Whipp of the state board of administration, included these items In his list of estimates and needed ad­ ditions at the institution. The new amusement hall is asked In place of that which was destroyed by fire a year ago. The huge stand- j pipe is asked for fire protection. Tho j report, with others from the various j charitable institutions. 1p in the hands ; I of the state board of administration. ! J They will be passed on ana will be ' 1 sent to the legislature In the form of : | requests for appropriations j Stepmother of Mint Julep. ^ >! Romance and poetry have deligBwtT to weave garlands with which to cele- brate and perpetuate the glory of tho blue grass in old Kentucky, famed ft>f ^ its fine horses, beautiful women and J; mint. Kentucky has been designated as ip the home of the mint Julep, and its colonels have become famous all over the world for the easy and graceful way in which they drink whisky with a little dash of sugar and a sprig or two of mint in order, chiefly, to over­ come the necessity for a large amount V of water in the beverage. The true Kentuckian doesn't want his whisky ?,>•« drowned. |/v It transpires, however, that the real |j ̂ home of the mint and the mint Julep | is right here in Missouri, whose crop ^ of mint last year amounted to 7,653 pounds, or enough to make 1,224,320 Juleps. This amount includes the mar­ keted product only, no account hav­ ing been taken of the countless thou­ sands of juleps which were compound­ ed during the year with a base of the undiluted moonshine whisky that never paid a cent of ta£--St. Louis Star. The Way of Ll^. It Is being said of an elderly man !a business in Atchison: "He can't stand punishment as he formerly could." And there is punishment to be en­ dured in making a living; don't forget It, Look over your own experience, and you will detect punishment every hour of the day. If it isn't at home, it is on the street car or oh the road. How many ways there are to punish a man who tries his best to get along ind behave himself. And lifter a man jets old it is more evident every ye*r that the poor fellow can't et&nd pKa- Ishment as he could when he was younger.--Atchison Globe. Government Help for Roads 8ought. State and national aid of road im­ provements probably will be advo­ cated at the annual meeting of the Patrons of Husbandry State Grange, which opened In Springfield for three days. The organization, it is be­ lieved, also will go on record as favor­ ing the continuing of the present oleomargarine law. The annual elec­ tion will constitute a pan of the pro­ ceedings One hundred delegates from over sixty subordinate lodges of the state are expected court vs. al- New Idea for Raising Money. In France the government Is about to venture upon an experiment for raising money by letting or selling the rights of advertising on match boxes, tthe sale of matches being a state monopoly. A proposal to this effect has been passed by the chamber of deputies. The proposer estimated that tiie advertising rights ought to bring In between $200,000 and $250,000. Hint for Lovers of Tea. Tph is more benefctal if made with hard water. I. C. Pays $610,009 to State. The state of Illinois received a check for $610,009.68 from the Illinois Qentral Railroad company as its share of the road's earnings for the six months ended October 31, 1910. The amount makes a total of $1,217,- 927.88 received froai the company for the year ending October 31. The largest amount which the company ever paid the state in any one year was $1,238,536.12. The payment was made in 1907. The total payments to the Btate since the first was made, March 24, 185&, is $29,602,798.60. I l l inois Supreme Court. Proceedings in the supreme were as follows: Spring Creek Drainage district E. .) & E. R R. Co.; rehearing loved. Northern Trust company vs. Whea- ton Jr et al ; motion by certain plaintiffs in error to substitute Henry G. Miller for Martin G. Koebel, as guardian ad litem for certain minor plaintiffs In error. Holliday et al. vs. Alexander; mo­ tion by plaintiffs in error for leave to file abstracts and briefs lnst&nter. Ry near son vs. City of Chicago; re­ hearing denied. Protests Award of Printing for State. Declaring untrue the statement of Stat* Printer Expert Williamson that the Illinois Printing company of Dan­ ville. to which tt.4* state printing coo- , tract was awarded. Is th* only con- ! today I anji well and strong, weigh 14® WONDERED WHY. Pound the Answer Waa "Coffee.* Many pale, sickly persons wonder fm fears why they have to suffer so, and eventually discover that the drug--ca£ felne--in coffee is the main cause at the trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee and drank it every day. I never had much flesh and often wondered why X was always so pale, thin and weak. "About five years ago my health completely broke down and I waa con­ fined to my bed. My stomach was in Buch condition that I could hardly take lufficient nourishment to sustain life. "During this time I was drinking oot- tee, didn't think I could do without it. "After awhile I came to the conelo» lion that coffee was hurting me, and decided to give it up and try Postum. I didn't like the taste of It at first, but when it was made right--boiled until dark and rich--I soon became food of It "In one week I began to feel better. 1 could eat more and sleep better. My sick headaches were less frequent, aai within five months I looked and fait like a new being, headache spells en­ tirely gone. "My health continued to improve and oern among thoe* bidding capahla of satisfactory handling the contract. A. J. Barnes of the Iroai Dm of Schnepp & Barnes appeared before Governor Deneen and entered protest against the award of the contract to the Dm vllle company. 1 pounds. I attribute my present health to the life-giving qualities of Postum." Read "The Road to WeUTlUe." in pJtgs. 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