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T. ' ?•••• -•• •*£ , . i -- • • : v. . 4 -,+.x*-v-: . vy«v xilf '%'i? mwm ...w*» - 1 J" f - " } V? 9?:-.' . - r- * >°* . ^ % • • •> - o / >&••• • .'. I-,:. '4. .y:f: ,.. v« * '* -V HAPPENINGS W'VIW. •YNOPSI8. ft PON MANAGEMENT OF tHE HOTBED AND THE SOLD FRAME AFTER PUNTING wrs/op of mr#e c/iu or mtwuf, W///TE M/nr Af/QPT/N ££>£/Y, n£77*i \ Tight, M10, by the N«w Tork HtnM CompurJ opyilfht BIO, by thw WacUlUu Company'. »•» Harnish. known *11 through Alas­ ka «m "Burning Daylight." celebrates nla 1Mb birthday with a crowd of miners at the Circle City Tivoli The dance leads to h«avy gambling, In which over $100,000 fi ntftked. Harnish loses hia fticney and MB rfitne but wins the mail contract He •tarte on hia mail trip with dogs and •iedge, telling Ids friends that he will be tthe. big Yukon gold strike at the start, rr.lng Daylight makes a sensationally VHpiri iun across country with the mail, appears at the Tivoli and is now ready to j'Jln his friends tn a dash to the new mid fields. Deciding that sold will be fouiM in th« up-river district Harnish •oy# two tons of flour, which he declare^ Will be worth its weight in gold, but W'- When he arrives with his fiour he finds the big flat desolate A comrade discov­ ers fcold and Daylight reaps a rich har­ vest. He goes to Dawson,, becomes the most prominent figure In the Klondike fend defeats a combination of capitalists In a vast mining deal. " He returns to civilisation, and, amid the bewildering complications of high finance, Daylight pnds ihat he has been lad to invest hla eleven millions in a manipulated icheme. Be gOca to New Tork. /CHAPTER VI It---Continued. i Thou the grin died away, and hia face grew ble%k and serious. Lear- tog out his interests in the several Western reclamation projects (which were still assessing heavily), he was a rained man. But harder hit than this was his pride. He had been so easy. They had gold bricked him, and he bad nothing to show for it. The sim­ plest farmer would have had docu­ ments, while he had nothing but a gentleman's agreement, and a verbal one at that. Gentleman's agreement? He snorted over it. John Dowsett's voice, just As be had heard It in the telephone receiver,, sounded la his ears the words, "On my honor as a gentleman." .They were sneak-thieves and swindlers, that was what they Fere, and they had given him the double-cross. The newspapers were right He had come to New York to be trimmed, and Messrs. Dowsett, Let- ton and Guggenhammer had done it. He was a little fish, and they had played with him ten days--ample time in which to swallow him, along with his eleven millions. Of course, they had been unloading on him all the time, and now they were buying Ward Valley back for a song' we the mar­ ket righted itself» And Daylight vat and consumed cocktails and saw back in his life to Alaska, and lived over the grim years in which he had battled for his eleven millions. For awhile murder ate at his heart, and wild ideas * and sketchy plans of killing his betrayers flashed, through his wind. Daylight un­ locked his grip and took out his auto­ matic pistol--a big Colt's .44. He re­ leased the safety catch with his thumb, and, operating the sliding outer bar­ rel. ran the contents of the clip through the mechanism. The eight cartridges slid out in a stream. He refilled the clip, threw a cartridge into the chamber, and with the trigger at ful cock, tfirust up the safety ratch­ et He shoved the weapon into the •Ida pocket of hia coat, ordered an­ other Martini, and resumed his seat. At ten o'clock he arose and pored over the city directory. Then he put on his shoes, took a cab. and departed the city spread ant before Itim, Day­ light followed the movements of his three men as they drew together. Na­ thaniel Letton was at his offices in the Mutuai-Solander Building. Next arrived Guggenhammer. Dowsett was still In his own offices. But at eleven came the word that he also had arrived, and several minutes later Daylight was In a hired motor-car and speeding for the Mutual-Solander Building. CHAPTER IX. "Now.It's My Deal, and I'rti Going to See if I Can Hold Them Four Aces." Into the night. Twice he changed cabs, and finally fetched up at the night of­ fice of a detective agency. He super­ intended the thing himself, laid down money in advance in profuse quanti­ ties, selected the six men he needed, and gave them their instructions. Never, for BO simple a task, had they been so well paid; for to each in ad­ dition to office charges, he gave a Ave hundred-dollar bill, with the promise of another If he succeeded. Some tim« next day, he was coMvinoed, if not sooner, his three ellent partners would come together. To each one two of his detectives were to be at­ tached. Time and place was all he wanted to learn. * "Stop at nothing, boys," were his final instructions. 1 knust have this Information.. Whatever you do. whatever happens, I'll see yon through." Returning to Ma hotel, he changed eabs as before, went up to his room, and -yith one more cocktail for a night­ cap. went to bed and to sleep. In the morning he dressed and shaved, order­ ed breakfast and the newspapers sent np, and waited. But he did not tfrtnk. By nhie o'clock his ' tele- phono began to ring and the reports to pome in. Nathaniel Letton was taking t. train at Tarrytown. John Dkowsett a coming down by the subway. Leon ChiKK«Mihti!utm>r hqd not stirred out ytt, though he was assuredly within. And lo this fashion. with a map of Nathaniel Letton was talking when the door opened; he ceased, and with his two companions gazed with con­ trolled perturbation at Burning Day light striding into the room. The free, swinging movements of the trail-trav­ eler were unconsciously exaggerated in that stride of his. In truth, it seemed to him that he felt the trail beneath Ms feet. "Howdy, gentlemen, howdy," be re­ marked, ignoring the unnatural calm with, which they greeted his entrance. He shook hands with them In turn, striding from one to'another and grip­ ping their hands so heartily that Na­ thaniel IsJtton could not forbear to wince. Daylight flung himself Into a massive chair and sprawled lazily, with an appearance of fatigue. The leather grip he had brought into the room he dropped carelessly beside him on the floor. "I've sure been going some," he 'sigh­ ed. "We sure trimmed them beautifully. It was real slick. And the beauty of the play never dawned on me till the \efj end. It was pure and simple knock down and drag out. And the way they fell*for it was amazln ." Letton made a dry sound in his throat Dowsett sat quietly and wait­ ed, while Leon Guggenhammer strug­ gled into articulation. "You certainly have raised Cain," he said. Daylight's black eyes flashed In a pleasant way. "Didn't I, though!" he proclaimed, jubilantly. "And didn't we fool 'em! I was teetotally surprised. I neper dreamed they would be that easy. "And now," he went on, not permit­ ting the pause to grow awkward, "we- all might &s well have an accounting. I'm pullln' West this afternoon qn that blamed Twentieth Century." He tugged at his grip, got it open, and dip­ ped into it with both his hand*. "But don't forget, boys, when you-all want ,me to hornswoggle Wall Street anoth­ er flutter, all you-all have to do Is whisper the word. I'll sure be right there with the goods." His l^ands emerged, clutching a great mass of stubs, check-books, and brokers' receipts. These he depos­ ited in a heap on the big table, and dipping again, he fished out the strag­ glers and Added them to the pile. He consulted a slip of pap?r, drawn from his coat pocket and rend aloud: "Ten million twentyteven thousand and forty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents is my figurin' tn my expense. Of course that-all's talcen from the winnings before we-al) get to figurin' on the whack-up. Where's your fig­ ures? It must a' beeh a mighty big clean-up." The three men looked their bepus- zlement at one another. The man was a bigger fool than tAey bad imagin­ ed, or else he was playing a game which they could not divine. Nathaniel Letton nroistened his lips and spoke up. "It will take sorofl hours yet, ifr. Harnish, before the fr.ll accounting can be made. Mr. HOWIBCA is at work upon it now. We--ah--as you say, it has been a gratifying ctaan-up. Suppose we have lunch together and talk it over. I'll have the clerks work through the noon hour so that yod will have ampile time to catch your train." f)owsett and GuRgenhammer mani­ fested a relief that was almost ob­ vious. The situatictn was clearing It was disconcerting, under the circum­ stances, to be pent in the same room with this heavy-nuscled, Indian-like man whom they hati robbed. They re­ membered unpleasantly the many stor­ ies of his strength ard recklessness. If Letton could only put him off long enough for them to escape into the po­ liced world outside the office door, all would be well; and Daylight showed all the signs of treiag put off. "I'm real glad to tear that."'he said. "I don't want to miss that train, and you-all have done me proud, gentle­ men, letting me Iff on this deaL I just do appreciate it without being able to express m/ feelings. But 1 am sure almighty curious, and I'd like ter­ rible to know^ Mr. Letton. what your figures of our winning is. Can you-all give me a rough estimate?" Nathaniel Letton did not look ap- pealingly at his two friends, but in the brief pause they felt that appeal pass out from him. Dowsett, of sterner mold than the others, began to divine that the Klondtker was playing. But the other twp were Btill under the blandishment of his child-like inne- cence. • "It Is extremely-^er--difficult," Leon Guggenhammer began. "You see. Ward Valley ha£ fluctuated so, er--" "That no estimate can possibly be made in advance," Lettpn supple­ mented. "Approximate 4t, approximate It," Daylight counselled, cheerfully. "It don't hart if you-all are a milliou out one side or the other. The figures'll straighten that up. But Fm that curi­ ous I'm just itching' all over.' What d'ye say?" v "Why continue Jo play at cross pur­ poses?" Dowsett demanded abruptly and coldly. "Let us have the explana­ tion here and no#.- Mr. Harnish is la- m i m -r Lettuce and Cauliflower Plants in Z'/t Inch Pots, Ready tor Placing Outside. For a While Mtirdir Ate at Mia Heart. boring under a false impression, and he should be set straight. By this time Letton was stiffened-by the attitude Dowsett had taken, and his answer was prompt and definite. "1 fear you are under a misappre­ hension, Mr. Harnish. There are no winnings to be .divided with you. Now don't get excited. 1 beg of you. I have but to press this button . ." Far from excited. Daylight had all the seeming of being stunned. He look­ ed at Dowsett and murmured: "II was your deal, all right, and you- all dole them right, too. Well, 1 ain't kicking. I'm like the player in that poker game. It was your deal, and you-all had a right to do your best. And you done it--cleaned me out slick- er'n a whistle." He gazed at the heap on the table with an air of stupefaction. "And that-all ain't worth the paper it's written on. Gol dast it, you-all can sure deal 'em 'round when you get a chance. Oh, no, I ain't a-klcking. It was your deal, and you-all certainly done me, and a man ain't half a man that squeals on another man's deal. And now the hand is played out, and the cards are on the. table, and the deal's over, but . . « His hand, dipping swiftly into his In­ side breaBt pocket, appeared with the big Colt's automatic. "As I was saying, the old deal's fin­ ished. Now it's my deal, and I'm a-going to see if I can hold them four aces-- "Take your hand away, you wblted sepulchre!" he cried sharply. Nathaniel Letton'B hand, creeping toward the push-button on the desk, was abruptly arrested'. - i "Change cars," Daylight command­ ed. "Take that chair over there, you gangrene-livered skunk. Jump, or I'll make you leak till folks'll think your father was a water hydrant and your mother a sprinkling-cart. You-all move your|«halr alongside. Guggenhammer; and you-all Dowsett, sit right there, while I just irrelevantly explain the virtues of thi3 here automatic. She's loaded for big game and she goes off eight times. She's a sure hummer when she gets started. "Preliminary remarks being over, I now proceed to deal. Remember,' I ain't making no remarks about your deal. You done your darndest, and it was all right But this Is my ddfel, and U'B up to me to do my darndest. In the first place, you-all know me. I'm Burning Daylight--Bavvee? Ain't afraid of God, devil, death, nor destruction. Them's my four aces, and they sure cop­ per your bets. Look at thltt there living skeleton. Letton, ,yoi«'re sure afraid to die. Your bones II all rat­ tling together you're that scared. And look at that fat Jew there. This little weapon's sure put the fear <ti God in his heart He's yellow as a tick per­ simmon. Dowsett, you're a cool one. You-all* ain't batted an eye nor turned a I\air. That's because you're great on arithmetic. And that makes you-all dead easy in this deal of mine. You're sitting there and adding two and two together, and you-all know I sure got you skinned. You know me, and that I ain't afraid of nothlcg. And you-all adds pp all your money and knows yoti ain't a-golng to die if you can help it." 'TU see you hanged,' sett's retort. "fcot by a damned sight When the fun star ts , you ' re the f i rs t I p lug. I ' l l hahg all right, but you-ail won't live to see it* You-all die here and now while I'll die subject to the law's delay --savvee? Being dead, with grass growing out of your carcasses, you won't know when 1 hang, but I'll sure have the4 pleasure a long time of knowing you-all beat me to It" "You surely won't kill us?" Letton asked in a queer, thin voice. ' Daylight shook bis bead. ^ "It's sure too expensive. You-all ain't worth it 1 Td sooner have my chips back. And I guess you-all 'd sooner give my chips back than go to the dead-hopse." A long silence followed. "Well, I've done dealt. It's up to you-all to play. But while you're de­ liberating, I want to give you-all warn­ ing: if that door opens and any one of you cusses lets on there's anything unusual, right here and then 1 sure start plugging. They ain't a soul 11 get out'of the room except feet first" (TO B£ CONTINUED.) By C. A. DURST, University of Illinois. The most difficult task in hotbed work is In the management after planting. Skill is developed only by experience. . The beds must be kept covered securely on nights and cold day8 when the temperature remains below freezing. They should be un­ covered every morning as soon as the temperature is above freezing, and covered in the evening before that point is reached. During rainy weath­ er boards, if used as covers, will turn the water if "lapped. During severe weather manure or straw is thrown over ordinary covers in addi­ tion. The beds are aired during the warm part of pleasant days by placing sup­ ports under the sash. Care must be taken that no chilly winds are allow­ ed to blow in upon the plants. Water should be applied only when needed, and then generously. It Is a mistake to use only enough water to wet the surface. Hotbeds are frequently troubled with damping-off, which is due to a fungus that attacks the plants at the surface of the soil and causes them to wilt and eventually to die. Its pres­ ence Is usually an indication of im­ proper management. The fungus 1B favored by moist atmosphere and high temperature. To arvoidl it the beds should be watered In the morning so the plants will go Into the night dry. During spells of dark, cold weather the beds must be kept as dry as pos­ sible. Giving the beds too little air favors the disease. Plants made to grow too rapidly are most subject to It. Sometimes when an attack has started it may be quelled by loosening np the soil between the plants and applying some sand or sulphur and by changing the management If pl^pts are shifted to another bed they can 'usually be saved. The whole idea in plant production is to keep them growing slowly but steadily. It is very easy to force them into a weak, rapid growth, but It is never good for the crop. When the plants are about two inches hirti and have put' out their first pair of true leaves they should be shifted to eold frames, where they Springfield.--Abolition of corporali punishment in all private institu­ tions caring Tor children is advo­ cated In the report of the state charities commission for 191L The commission commends the abolition * of corporal puiiisnment fn those stat$ institution* house cfciWren and believes the" -should, retire 1<<I abolition in those private iilititutioni over which 1t exercises powers of spection and supervision. It notes that the state institution is able to con­ trol and manage delinquent children without resort to force. Marked im­ provement in ^e condition of county almshouses throughout the state i^ noted In the report. Nearly all the legally adjudged insane have now been removed to state hospitals. Eight counties are building or are preparing to build new almshouses. The public is taking more interest in the county home. Naturally, says the report, the inmate of the almshouse arouses more sentiment than the man In Jail. Chicago.--A number of persons had narrow escapes from lift jury and traffic on several car lines was interrupted for more than half an hour when a trolley \rtre broke In North LaSalle street, just south of f West Randolph. The wire struck one of the rails and a shower of sparki was scattered in the street Several5 automobiles were pasting at the tint# . and the occupants had narrow eftr* capes. Fire Marshal Seyferlich's ail*' tomobile was struck on the side bn^ ^ the wire as It fell, but the marshal^# escaped injurv. „ v is produced from stored-up food, no soli treatment or fertiliser will be of any benefit. Plants once' used for forcing are no good for further use. Besides receiving plants started In hotbeds, cold frames are often used for starting melons and cucumbers. Great differences in earliuefis of these crops are made because of it As these plants do not transplant easily they must be grown in some recep­ tacle from which they may be remov­ ed without Injury to the root system. Dirt bands are probably the best and cheapest things for this work. They are practically like a quart berry box without the bottom and are made by manufacturers of strawberry box ma­ terial. They are creased, folded (not tacked) and placed In the frames, where they hold each other In place. They are then fllfed with soil and the seeds planted. In this locality the seed should be planted about the last wee*k In April. Not only is the crop made distinctly earlier by this meth- odod than when the seeds are planted In the open field, but a surer stand will result, and what is fully as im­ portant the plants have a start when placed In the field and so can cope better with their common Insect en­ emy, the striped cucumber beetle. Cold frames are usually provided with |lasa or canvas dur[ng the early part of the season, and sometimes with boards or mats in addition. As. the season advances these are gradu­ ally dispensed with In order that the plants may be "hardened-off" before transplanting to the open. This Is ac­ complished by removing the sash, first on nice days only, then on warm nights also, and finally leaving them off in any kind of weather except when it is freezing. Preliminary to setting in the field all plants should be heavily watered. As is suggested by the things men­ tioned in this paper, there are many j at Chapin hall, one of the girl#; yfcv- -v Effingham. -- More than 100 egates were in attendance her* for the first interstate convention yet * '-if held along the proposed route of th®** ocean-to-ocean interstate hlghwayv|, V ||| Twenty-four townships from the seve® v , ^:'v:S counties along the national road bo>e'>~ " J ® tw«en Terre Haute and St Lonhi- were here to assist in awakening and; directing .public interest in good * ' roads. \ 1|| Bloomington--Central Illinois stock­ men are concerned by thp dis­ covery in the Chicago stock yard# > , thalt a shipment of cattle from neaf'. ̂ Barnes had been.attacked with Texa|K'( fever. Orders have been issued tjt^\ re­ place a strict quarantine on the yard*- which loaded the consignment and di»> \ infectants will be applied. This Is the first case of Texas fever reported here in several years. Chicago.--There was eSeiteme&fcf > tricks and turns in hotbed and cold frame work. Experience and careful observation are, of course, the only things that will make a person expert, but fair success may be attained without much experience. The question arises: "Doea it pay?" Can one afford to bother "with such things? It is true that radishes and lettuce for eating ^nd plants for Bet­ ting out may ba bought, but the price is usually very high, and, besides, one pften has difficulty in procuring what is desired. Besides furnishing the family needs, a hotbed will often sup­ ply a surplus of plants which can be disposed of at a good profit But aside frpm the profit end, look at the other benefits--fresh, choice vege­ tables four or five weeks earlier than otherwise possible, the varieties you relish most, right from your own gar­ den, available when you want them, and the product of your own effort Better Than Book Learning Kentucky Mountaineer Preferred as Teacher Because He Could Lick Biggest Boy In 8chool. The colonel had gone up Into, the Kentucky mountains from the blue grass in command of a sawmill, and as soon as be had mobilized bis forces in that field he began to matfeuver In the matter of improving the people about his camp. What ,they needed most were better schools and. be determined to take a hand in the selection of a proper teacher. To this end he called in one from his own section who bad a college education, but DO mountain experience. When be proposed this blue grass nurtured young man to the mountaineer trus­ tees there was unanimous opposition tn favor of one of their own kind, who had been teaching the school for some time, though his education was of the most limited kind. "But." argued the colonel, "your man doesn't have the first rudiments of an education and the pupils might as well have no teacher at all.' "He's done better than anybody else ever done, colonel." replied the chairman of the boards "That may be, but none of them has been educated properly to teach. My man has been through college and is superior to any teacher- in the coen- ty." ' The chairman didn't want any trouble wttb the colonel, nor did be want to yield his point. "Mebbe he's jist what you say he Is. colonel," he said persuasively, "and it ain't fer us to doubt that he has a powerful sight of book 1'arnin , but, colonel, we have saw him and we have saw our man, and I wanter say fer this board of trustees that your man can't lick the biggest boy In' school and our'n kin.- and that counts fer a neap sight more in this .$eck uv woods than book i'arnin'." fyThe colonel's candidate retired to ^ blue grass whence he came.^ Original Sutiragette.' 1 Mr? Jobanne Meyer, the first Danish woman to speak from a platform in be­ half of woman suffrage, attended the Universal Race congress recently held in London as the delegate to the Peace Socie.y or Copenhagen As soon as the congio^s closed Mrs Meyer began an inquiry ;n behalf of the Danish govern ment to ascertain the effeict that so­ cial and political work in England has had on wemen In 1870 Mrs Meyer founded first organization for the betxer-nent of women In Denmark. Tomato Fiittx IN iFour Inch Pot Ready For Planting In the Field. may be given more room. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants need two shifts and may be handled in pots, flats or in the open bed. Cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce need one shift only, and are handled admirably in small pots. Celery requires two shifts for best results. Shallow boxes are the best things for it Beets will make an earlier crop if started in beds and transplanted than If started outside. They need no shifting, but should be thinned if thick. Sweet potatoes are never shifted. it has become popular in the last few years to start onions in hotbeds. Hy having the plants the thickness of a lead pencil and transferring them to the open as early as the weather j will allow, larger hulbs are obtained I than by other methods. Prise Taker ! is the one variety particularly, suited . for this purpose. Onions are not 1 easily handled in hotbeds, and grow slowly, consequently they must be planted early. They require no shlft- . ing. ' Lettuce and radishes are often j grown to maturity in hotbeds and cold frames, according to the season. Rad- j lshes are never shifted, and lettuce may or may not be. The head varie­ ties do very-well if started in hptbeds and shifted to cold frames, allowing about 10 by IS Inches for each piant. Asparagus and rhubarb are also often forced in hotbeds in the spring after the roots have been stored in a dark, cool place during the winter. The roots are planted closely togeth­ er and covered with soil. As the crop are Runs for Chickens. To confine or not to confine the fowls is becoming quite an issue. The advocates of both systems present plausible theories to prove their con­ tentions. To a certain extent both are right. The man with a farm and plenty -of room for free range an­ nounces that fact. He claims bis fowls are bigger boned, more rugged and the hens lay eggs of better fertil­ ity. The breeder on the city lot, who raises his young stock without runs or at the most small ones, and who keeps his fowls in continual confine­ ment, meets all these arguments with ones Just as plausible. There are cer­ tain advantages in both systems, but It is advisable to give fowls as much room as possible for continued suc­ cess, and no poultry raiser ever turned away from yard room where It <xnild be obtained. If in the city do not keep too many fflwls. Give the few plenty of room, and in the lonp run they will do better. W5 To Have Experiment Field. j The farmers of Piatt c o u n t y are to ; have an experiment field wtilch win be located at Enfield T*'? hundred1 farmers in Enfield township alone, have subscribed for that pu-pose. At! Sidell in Vermilion count:** money | has been rai>od for the purchase of an experiment field, but the unl^er^lty ; does no t , a s y e t . h a v e t h e e i the r o f t h e f i e l d s dormitories at Northwestern universe ity, when co-eds . .learned tha| Miss Ethel Cdsier, a music pupil ; the university, who went to her hom»«( 2' tn Geneseo, had been taken 111 with^. mumps. Dr. S. V. Balderston took all precautions necessary after the ^ nature of the illness of Mlaa CMm * * ^ became known. _ , • f' ']>$> ^ Urbana. -- Extemporaneous oratprv* will be encouraged by the Un**> -j ,W,, verslty 6f Illinois, which ha»>. ̂ arranged for a content to be held in"J/ ll-Jj# connection with the annual interschof * * lastic oratorical contest in May. Re{^ ' . resentatives frcpn the five district %• into which the state Is divided, fot" ^ contest purposes, instead of declaim* ing cut-and-dried orations, will be re»ft ^ quired to speak without preparation.-':} ^ Springfield.--1*. L. landman, uu» jX V* der arrest In San Francisco, Is to be taken to Chicago on • ;TT| requisition isslied by Governor De» -3| neen to answer to a charge of having worked a confidence game. He Is si> ' • leged to have placed a small deposits . in the State bank of Chicago ant^ • then to have cashed a check for mu<-h more than his deposit. Urbana.--Two hundred couple^M-J^ *, « attended the eighth annual dancen * V / . of the college of law of tho*^ ^ '^§! University of Illinois. The grandj?! • march was led by Ralph Monroe o£^ Jiji Sullivan, chairman of the committee^ and Miss Ellis of Sullivan, assisted^ U by Albert I* Hall of Waukegan an^ > Miss Alta Swigart of Champaign. \ # a K- ? Stewardson.--James Bodine, a refc' idem of Strasburg, was arrest* . ^v*' ed here by Chief of Police Yatesf accused of passing a worthless checlt', In Windsor on the Strasburg bank. Springfield. -- The bill that surgent Modern Woodmen hopd " will block the proposed lncreaa# in rates and result in the preeervaf tion of the order was started through the Illinois general assembly. Cairo.--Members of Fourth Regiment, L N. deed for Mistakes of Breeders. great many think if t'hey i•ti­ the quality '!ie fo r m u c h T h i - deed, and th«- In i •der? seem to fni re-bred boar does not couDt ^ad mistake in- rannot be too careful in se lec t ion of well-bred sows. People by oversto the tsheei' out poorly By j u d h : > Pasturing Sheep. h a v e abused their pastures jcking them, and then blame t. t ause the pastures came a* the end of the season. management pasture* (j t>> £tLicking with sheep. 'f* , Freaks of Nature. Some naturaliffts who have been to the antarctic "affd the higher regions of the Alps, h^ve noticed flies with­ out wings--flies that look more like ants. Wondering whether cold had anything to do with thi^wlngless con­ dition, they took wasps, just hatched, and kept them in an Icebox for 48 hours. Result: Wingless wasps. They tried, the same experiment with several other kinds of insects and always with the same reault. •0: :• Femin im Philosophy. M a r y Umtley Montagu wrote ;,ke at Ae age of sixty-eighv.- e\en years since I have seen hi a glass; the last reflec- : A there was go disagreeable v,l !o spare myself such.morti- , i,m the future, and shall con- in: i, :iu resolution to my life's end. To in tin ige all pleasing amusement? and avoid all images that givf dis­ gust is, in my oplnjon. the, best tueth od to attain or confirm health.*' Lad-, from Ve 1- i- • my l ei- tion 1 •: 1 re- -v' fi.-.'.-m:! Company Q.. have re4 ^ . J 1 quested Col. E. J. Lang, commanderu^; * to muster them out of the service beiv^St ! cause of difficulty In getti&c men to enlist ? j I - • I Peoria.--Forced at the point of ^ ! drawn revolver |o go upstairs, where j she was locked «in a room, Mrs. A. ! Eaton, 313 Cornhill street, was hel<| | prisoner while her home was ranr * ,' sacked. When phe was released she notified the police and accused Will­ iam Thompson, her .divorced husband, of the crime. Elgin---Rev. Henry HinW a pio­ neer preacher who began work when the horse and saddle were the mean# of transportation, will shortly celfcf •M. brate his golden wedding ai Elgin. \ • Pittsfleld--A movement is on foo| ' to extend the corporation limits o< this city. Mayor J. A. Allen has di« , rected the legal department erf tl.e eity to ascertain the legality and feastbiK ity of the proposition and it Is sakp,! that the report has been favorable. Rankin--After one of the hotteet contests ever held In this part ot thei county, the proposition to install ar syBtem of waterworks in this was defeated at the special «ieetlair^ held by the narrow margin foui* votes.