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IAHCOF Author of Cajfn JBri. JBtc. IUvutrB.tion« l>w /Mm synopsis. y lift*. ftesfafc Coffin. supposed 'Arranging to move from Trumet to Bos- ;ton, following the death of her brother, •for whom she had kept house. Kyan 'Pepper, widower, offers marriage, and is 'indignantly refused. Capi. Eikanah Dan­ iels, leader of the Regufar church, offers Keriah a place a» housekeeper for the |new minister, and she decides to remain 'In Trumet. Keslah takes charge of Rev. !John Ellery, the new minister, and gives Ihlm advice as to his conduct toward lirtembera o:" the parish. Ellery causes a. jseasation by afcter;dlng a "Come-outer itneeting. Ellary's presence-is bitterly re- iSeQtru by Eb»?n H&iuiiiond. leader of the 'meeting. Grate apologises for ner •xuardlan and Ellery escorts her home in Che rain. Cn.pt. Nat Hammond, Ebons '•on, becomes a hero by bringing the ipacket Into port safely through fog and storm. Ellery finds Keziah writing a let- jter to some "one, inclosing money In re­ sponse to a demand. She is curiously 1 Startled when informed of the arrlva, of ;Nat. Nat calls on Keziah, and it devel­ ops that they have been lovers since 'youth. Daniels remonstrates with Ellery ;ior attending "Come-outer" meeting. El­ lery Is caught by the tide and is rescued ;by Nat. They become friends. Ellery imeets Grace while walking In the fields, iand learns that she walks there every 'Sunday. The clergyman takes dinner {Sundays with the Daniels. Annabel, tne Icaptain's daughter, exerts herself to Intake an impression on him. She no­ tices with vexation his desire to get away ievery Sunday at a certain time. She (watches him through a spy glass. Nat I again importunes Keziah to marry, him. iHe says he has had a Quarrel with his 'lather, who wants him to marry Grace. Rl|*ry nsks Grace to marry him. She confesses that she loves him, but saya •he fears to displease her guardian, feii- k&nah Daniels tells Eben about the rout­ ings between Ellery and Grace. Eben declares he will make Grace choose be- 'tween him and the preacher. Grace finds him in a faint, following the excitement •of Elkanah's visit. Just before he dies ISberi exacts a promise from Nat ana iGrace that they will marry. Keziah [breaks the news to Ellery and later he [received & note from Grace saying 'to marry Nat, and asking him not to try to see her again. Keziah tells the story •Of her own marriage with a man who (turned out to be a good-for-nothing, and •who was reported to have been lost at fcea, and of her love for Nat, whom she •cannot marry because the husband is •live. Captain Nat sails for Manila to ibe gone two years. He says he and Grace have decided not to marry until !h» returns. Nat is overdue, and it is itbared that he has been lost at sea. • -Keziah gets a letter from her husband laying he is 'coming back. Grace goes on 4k visit to relatives of the Hammonds. A V#Bsel flying distress signals is discovered off the coast. Ellery goes with party to Iboard the vessel. A man Is found suf­ fering from smallpox, the rest of the tcrew having deserted. He la taken to. an •abandoned shack on shore Ellery •helps nurse him. Before he dies it is dis­ covered that he is Keeiah's husband. iU- leTy, left alone in quarantine, is found ^Wandering in a delirious condition by ;arace. She takes him back to the •hantv and sends for help. Keziah and Grace nurse Ellery, who is suffering from 'brain fever. The doctor and Keziah spread a report that Grace and Ellery are engaged. News comes that " a" arrived safely In Boston; wreck Nat haa _ The story of the Wreck 'of" Nat's vessel con* out and a home-coming is arranged. 1. CHAPTER XV111 (Contfn ued.) . i "Here shp comes!" shouted E*ra "jShnmous, the postmaster. "Right on t|me, too." Sure enough! v A cloud flit dust in the distance, rising on the spring "wind, and the rattle of rapidly turn­ ing wheels. The reception committee prepared for action. Captain Eikanah descended from the cartage and moved !ln stately dignity to the front of the ipost office platform. The stage, its four horises at a trot, iswung up to the platform. "Hurrah!" shouted the committee, HU uninvited guests and the accom- tpanying crowd of Bayport men and •toys which had.gathered to assist in 1th* welcome. "Hurrah!" f A passenger or two peered from the iM&ch window. The stage driver (Ironically touched his cap. S -"Thank ye," be said. "Thank ye r»#ry much." } ' Captain Eikanah frowned his disap­ proval i "We are cheering Cap'n Nathaniel 'Hammond of Trumet," he explained 'haughtily! "We are here to meet him -ft&d escort him home. Where is he? (Where's Cap'n Hammond?' t "Well, now, I'll tell ye; I don't know nrhere he is." "You don't? Isii't he with youT" | "No, he ain't. And he didn't come cm the train, nuther. He was on it The conductor told me he see him and «et along with him between stations as fur as Cohasset rfarrows. But after that he never see hide nor hair ct him. Oh, that's sol Here's the nail bag, Ezry."r; Captain Zeb stepped beside the Mage and put one foot on the wheel. " * . "Say, That," he whispered, "is that *11 you know? Where did he go to?" '•„ "Well," the driver's voice dropped ipwer. "Well," lie whispered, "I did $ear this much. A chap I know was on the train and he 6aid he see Cap'n Nat get off the cars at the Cohasset Narrows depot and there was a worn- v an with him." "A woman? A woman? What worn* "jmr , "Blessed if I knew! Anf he didn't *Uther. So long! Qit dap!" The reception committee and its ^Bcort drove Blowly back to Trumet The Daniels following was disgusted .flid disappointed. Trumet spent that evening wonder- >-hat had become of Nat Ham- nond. Captain Zeb Mayo wondered jnost of all. Yet his wonderment was accompanied by vague suspicions of the truth. Anft, at eleven o'clock, When the village was in bed, a horse pad buggy moved down the Turn-off and 6topped before the Hammond Sate, A man alighted from the buggy and walked briskly up to the side <4por. There be knocked and then whistled shrilly. : >A window overhead was opened. "Who is itr* asked a feminine 4^H>ice. • - "Don't be frightened, tirade," re- yllcd the man at the door. "It's me-- Hat. I've come home Main." better that he was permitted to alt up a while each day. But mentally he was disturbed and excited, exactly the condition which the doctor said he must not be in. Keziah and Grace had gone away and left him, and he could not understand why. Mrs. Higgins, Ike's mother, -was at the shanty and she did her best to soothe and q'llet him. She was a kind soul and capable, in her way, but she could not-answer Ms questions satisfactorily. He rose from the chair and started toward the living room. He would not be pat off agate- He would" be an­ swered. £iis hand was on the latch of the door when that door was opened. Dr. Parker came in. The doctor was smiling broadly. His ruddy face was actually beaming. He held out his hand, seized the min­ ister's, and shook it. "Good morning, Mr. Ellery/' he said. "It's a glorious day. Yes; sir, ^ bully day., H€<r? isn't itr* ^ Ellery'8 answer was a question. "Doctor," he said, "why have Mrs. Coffin and--and Miss Van Horne goneT Has anything happened? t know something has, and you must tell me what. Don't try to put me off or give me evasive answers. I want to know why they have gone." Parker looked at him keenly. "Humph!" he grunted. "I'll have to get into Mrs. Higgins's wig. You sit still. No, I'm not going to tell you anything. You sit where you are and maybe the news'll come to you. If you move it won't. Going to obey or­ ders? Good! I'll see you by and by, Mr. Ellery." He walked out of the room. It seemed to Ellery that he sat In that -chair for ten thousand years before the door again opened. And then "Grace!" he cried. "O Grace! you --you've come back." She was blushing red, her face was radiant with quiet happiness, but her eyes were moist. She crossed the room, bent over and kissed him on the forehead. "Yes, John," she said; 'I've come back. Yes, dear, I've come back to --to you." Outside the shanty, on the side farthest from the light and its group of buildings, the doctor and Captain Nat Hammond were talking with Mrs. Higgins. The latter was wildly excit­ ed and bubbling with Joy. "It's splendid!" she exclaimed. "It's almost too One to believe. ""Now we'll keep our minister, won't we?" Mrs. Higgins turned to Captain Nat. "It's kind of bard for you, Nat," she added. "But it's awful noble and self- sacrlficln' and everybody'll say so. Of course there wouldn't be much satis­ faction in havln' a wife you knew cared more for another man. But still It's awful noble of you to give her up." The captain looked at the doctor and laughed quietly. "Don't let my nobility weigh on your mind, Mrs. Higgins," he said. "I'd made up my teiind to do this very thing afore ever I got back to Trumet. That is, if Gracie was willin'. And when I found she was not only willin' but joyful, I--well, I decided to offer up'the sacrifice right off." , "You did? You did? Why, how you talk! never heard of such a thing in my born days." "Oh, well, I-- What is it, Grace?" She was standing in the doorway and beckoning to, him. Her cheeks were crimson, the breeze was tossing her hair about her forehead, dnd she made a picture that even the prac­ tical, unromantlc doctof- appreciated. The captain went to meet her. "What is it?" he asked. "Nat," she whispered, "will you come In? He wants to see you." John Ellery was still seated in the chair by the window, but be no longer looked like an Invalid. There was no worry or care in his countenance now, merely a wondrous Joy and serene happiness. , He held out his hands and the oap- taln shook them heartily. ' "Mr. Ellery," he said, "as they used to say at the circus,' 'Here we are again.' And you andjl have been do­ ing all kinds of circus acrobatics since we shook last, hey? I'm glad you're pretty nigh out of the sick bay--and the doctor says you are." "Captain," began Ellery, Hammond interrupted him. "Hold on!" be said. "Belay right there. If you and I are to cruise in the same family--and that's what I hear' is likely to happen--I cal'late well heave overboard the cap'ns and name's 'Nathaniel'-- jpffed enough to Iter, I tell yovu Way up there at the Narrows! I couldn't have said a word, anyway, and she never gave me a chance.- •Nat,' she says, 'ddn*t talk now. Come With me, quick afore the train starts. Pre come here on purpose to meet you. I must talk with you; it's im­ portant You can go to Trumet on the next train, tonight. But now I must talk with you. I must, Wonlt you please come, Nat?' "Well, I went. The engine bell was fccginnin' to ring and we had to move lively, I tell you. I swung her off the step just as the c$r begun to move. 8o into the waiuu. room w b jv vut aSy come to anchor on the 'settee. And then John, we had our talk. Scsms she left Trumet Wednesday afternoon. Got the livery stable man to drive her as fur as Bayport, hired another team there and come on to Sandwich. Stay­ ed overnight there and took the morn- ln' train which got to Cohasset Nap rows Just ahead of the one I was comln' on. She'd been so fraid of he in' late, she said. She must see me afore I got. to Trumet. "Well, she saw me and told me the whole yarn about you and Grace. She tried to break it to me gently, so I wouldn't feel too bad. 8he .knew it would be a shock to me, she said. It was a shock, in a way, but aa for fee'in' bad, I didn't. I think the world of Grace,* I'd do anything she wanted me to do; but most the way down on the train--yes, and long afore that-- I'd been dreadln' my comin' home on one account. I dreaded telliti' her that, unless she was real set <ra it, she'd better not marry me." "Nat, I want to tell you something. Something that only one other per­ son knows. Grace doesn't know it yet. Neither does Aunt Keziah--rthe whole of It And if she knew I told you even a part I'm afraid she would, as she would say, 'skin me alive.' But I owe her--and you--more than I could repay If I lived a thousand years. So I'm going to tell and take the consequences. "Nat, when--that morning after your father died and after you and Grace had agreed to---to " "To do eomethin' neither ot us wanted to do? Yes, I know. vGo ahead." "That morning Aunt Keziah came home to the parsonage and broke the news to me. She did it as only she could do such a thing, kindly and pity­ ingly and I made a fool ot myself, I expect; refused to believe her, be­ haved disgracefully, and at last, when I had to believe it, threatened to run away and leave my work and Trumet forever, like a coward. She made me stay." "Did, hey?" "Yes. She showed me it was my duty to face the music. When I whimpered about my troubles she told me her own story. Then *1 learned what trouble was and what pluck was, too. She told me about her marriage and--excuse me for speaking of what isn't ihy business; yet It Is mine, In a way--she told me about you." Captain Hammond did not answer. His good-natured face clouded and he shifted in his chair. y "She told me of you, Nat, a^l about you--and herself. And she f told me something else, which explains why she felt she must send you away, why she thought your marriage to Grace would be a good thing." "I know. She told you that that darn scamp Anse Coffin was alive The minister started violently. He gasped in surprise. "You knew it? You knew ft?" he stammered. "I know it now. Have known it for over a year. My flndin' it out was one of the special Providences that's been helpln' along this last voyage of mine. My secohd mate was a Hyan m * OHAI»TERXI^ 1^^' - • , |in Which the Minister Receives a p.f ^ ;ff Letter. jl;. John Ellen was uneasy. was v^ry »uek better. Physically m- much Misters. My 'Nat' for short" "All right. And mine is 'John.' Captain--Nat, I mean--how can I ever thank you?" "Thank me? What do you want to thank me for? I only handed over somethin' that wasn't mine in the first place and belonged to you all along. I didn't know it, tha£ was the only trouble'." "But your promise to your father. I feel " "You needn't I'm doln' the right thing and I know It. And don't pity me, neither. I made up my mind not to marry Grace--unless, of course, she was set on it--months ago. I'm tickled to death to know she's goin' to have as good a man as you are. She'll tell you so. Grace! Hello! she's gone." "Yes. I told her I wanted to talk with you alone, for a few minutes. Nat, Grace tells me that Aunt Keziah was the one who " "She was. She met me- a} tbe Ce> haapet Narrows depot I was settln* In the car, lookln' out of the window at the sand and sniffln* the Cap* air, somebody tapped me on tbe shoulder. T looiMft up and *was hs», I wassnr- •*D!d yoa tell het--Aunt JEmM^w when you met her at the Narrower* "No., But I shall tell her when I see her again. She shan't spoil her* life--a woman like that! by the Lord! what a" woman!--for any such crazy notion. I swore it when I heard the story and I've sworn it every day since. That's what settled my mind abogt Grace. Keziah Coffin belongs to me. 8he always has belonged to^Lia me, even though my own pig-headed- " ness lost her in the old days." He was pacing the floor now, his face set like granite. Ellery rose, his own face beaming. Here was his chance. At- last he could pay to this man and Keziah a part of the debt he- nwari, Nat stopped In his stride. "Weill" he exclaimed. "I almost forgot, after all. Keziajh sent a note to you. I?ve got it in my pocket She gave it t©< me when she left me. at Cohasset" "Lett you? Why! didn't she come back with you on the night train?" "No. That's funny, too, and I don't understand it yet. We was together all the afternoon. I' was feelin' so good at seein' her that I took ^er un­ der my wing and we cruised all over that town together. Got dinner at the tavern and she went with me to buy myself a new hat, and all that At flret she didn't seem to want to, hut then, after I'd coaxed a while, sfcs did. She was lookln' pretty sad and worn out, when I flret met her, I thought; but she seemed to get over it- and we had a fine time. It remind­ ed me of the days when I used to get home from a voyage and we were to­ gether. Then, when 'twas time for the night train we went down to the depot. She gave me this note and told me to hand It to you today. "'Good-by, Nat,' she says. 'We've had a nice day, haven't we?* "'We have, for a fact' I says. "But what are you Bayin' good-by for?' " 'Because I'm not goin' to Trumet with you,' says she. 'I'm goin' to the city. I've got some business to see to there. Good-by.' "I was set back, with an my can­ vas flappin'. I told her I'd go to Bos­ ton with her and we'd come home to Trumet together tomorrow, that's to* day. But she said no. I must come hero and ease your mind and Grace's. I must do it So at last I agreed to, sayln' I'd see her In a little while. She went on the up train and I took the down one. Hired a team in Sand­ wich and another in Bayport and got to the tavern about eleven. That's the yarn. And here's your note'. Maybe It tells where she's gone and why." The minister took the note, and tore open the envelope. Within was a single sheet ot paper. He read a few lines, stopped, and uttered an ex­ clamation. (TOBB CONTINUED.) 10 MINE BIRD GOVERNOR EDWARD F. DONNE •MUE3 PUBLIC PROpLAr i M A T I O N . r - l r "Yes, Jthn," She Said, "I've Back to You." Come nis man, name of Cahoon. One day, on that pesky island, when we was eatin' dinner together, he says to me, 'Cap'n,' he says, 'you're from Trumet ain't you?' I owned up. 'Know any­ body named Coffin there?' says he. I owned up to that, too. 'Well,' he says, 'I met her husband last trip I was in the Glory of the Wave.' I stared at him. 'Met his ghost, you mean,' I says. 'He's been dead for years, and a good thing, too. Fell overboard ahd, not bein' used to water, it killed him.' "But he wouldn't have it so. 'I used to know Anse Coffin in New Bedford,' he says. 'Knew him well's I know you. And when we was in port at Havre I dropped In at a gin mill down by the water front and he come up and touched me on the arm. I thought same as you, that he was dead, but he wa'n't. He was three sheets in the wind and a reglar dock rat to look at, but' twas him sure enough. We had a long talk. He said he was comln' back to Trumet some day. Had a wife there, he said. I told him, sarcastic, that she'd be glad to see him. He laughed and said maybe not but that she knew he was alive and sent him money when he was hard up. Wanted me to promise not to tell any Cape folks that I'd seen him, and I ain't till now.' "Well, you can imagine how I felt when Cahoon spun me that yarn. First wouldn't b'lieve it and then I did. It explained things, Just as you say, John I cculd fee do^ why Keziai gave me my -walkln' papers. I could s£e hew she'd been sacriflcin* her lif* for that REMINDED HER OF OLD DAYS Real Old-Fashioned House Cleaning In the City Interesting Becausa of Its Novelty^ "There's a real old-fashioned house* cleaning going on next door," said the girl who lives on the top floor, "and it's so long since I saw anything ap­ proaching it that it seems mighty in­ teresting. People move BO much ill New York that there doesn't appear to be any more reason for houseclean- ing. They have rugs instead of car­ pets and they hang pictures on tacks and leave their curtains up all sum­ mer, which no self-respecting woman would do in the old days. "But next door they are beating car­ pets and painting shutters and they've hung all the winter clothes out on the lines and washed the blankets and whitewashed the cellar and put the window screens out and played the hose on them, and you can Just imag­ ine how clean and cool and shining the house will be when it's all over with. Of course it is not so easy as tbe new way of hiring housecleanlng companies that bring their air brooms and other apparatus that do the Job up in twenty-four hours or so, but you cannot convince an did housekeeper that the machine way of cleaning house is better than the old way any more than you could make her believe pure food plc.kies are equal to ths homemade kind."--Press York Press. Culpable Bank Officials PMnlshed. The ti lbunal at Bulach, near Zurich, Switzerland, after a three days' trial of the chief officials of the local sav­ ings bank, which failed for the huge sum of $1,400,000 in 1910, involving in i iiin thousands of the Swiss poorer classes, has given its verdict. Three directors, were acquitted, four were sentenced to imprisonment for terms varying from 15 days to three months, whilst the cashier, Albrecht, received one year's penal servitude. From the point of view of British justice the- sentences are very lenient, but the principal culprit, Muller, who lost all the money and shot himself soon after his arrest, was the chief manager, and the directors, who had too much faith in him, also lost heavily. Since 1910 several directors of this bank, have died and a number of ruined creditors have taken their lives. Why He Didn't Strike. There was a large crowd at a hear garden restaurant in upper Broadway at the dinner hour on Sunday evening. Waiters were busy serving all kinds of dishes and drinks popular In such places, with hot sausages and beer far In the lead, when a shrill whistle was heard, and waiters in the act of tak­ ing orders and others delivering steam­ ing and foaming specialties responded to the strike signal. One of the three waiters who remained, when all the rest had gone, was asked by a woman whom he bad served: "Why didn't you quit with the others?" He leaned over and whispered confidentially: "Dot's like dis. It's better for me I have the union mad at me as de old woman."--New York Tribune. Natural Advantage- "I -suppose," said Mr.' Meekton, It would be in a certain sense a savin* of time to let the women run the af­ fairs oi the country." "For what reason?" "When a- man discusses politics he wants to stop everything else,* but » woman can go right on with any soit at avlmated conversation a»f inf a osoefcst stltafc/ APRIL 18 AND OCTOBER 24 "iii.j.jcu ..«* ' . ' . i," •'*«§> 1 ^ 1 -- . ' -J. .; Chief Executive of Illinois Urges City Authorities to Encourage Proper Observance of Day by Plant* • toig TreeS' In streets. * « • • • . * Springfield.--in a proclamation riiaie public, Gov. Edward F. Dunne desig­ nates Friday, April 18, and Friday, Oc­ tober 24, 1913, as Arbor ^.nd Bird days 4n Illinois. This innovation in naming two days on which the observance .may be held Is due to the difference in climate between the northern and southern part of'the stat6. In the ex­ treme south the day will be observed in April, while in the northern section the observance will be «a the latter date. In his proclamation Governor Dunne urges municipal authorities to encour­ age the proper observance of the day by planting trees and shhibbery along public streets and in public placed. Teachers and pupils in the schools of the state are also urged to properly observe the day by appropriate exer­ cises. Draw Lots for 8pace at Auto 8how. - Exhibitors at the central Illinois automobile show, which opens at the Springfield armory March 19, drew lots for space room. The results indi­ cate that but little available Bpace re­ mains. Thirty automobile dealers met in the rooms of the Springfield Commercial association and drew for spaces. The show opens March 19 and continues until March 22. The show will be known aa the Central Illinois Automo­ bile show. Twenty of the center spaces were allotted, although the occupants' nameB have not been given out by the Commercial association, and the work of allotting the other spaces will be taken up later. Twelve cars have been assigned to the upper balcony spaces. These spaces will also be used for ex­ hibiting accessories. . Forty-five automobiles will he exhib­ ited in the center spaces of the ar­ senal. The arrangement of the booths and 'decorations, which will be on the order of the Madison Square garden decora­ tions, allows all of the booths to have the same amount of frontage and there will not be much difference between the center and side booths except In the matter of space. The dealers who met in the Com­ mercial association rooms gave As­ sistant Secretary W. L. Chapin author­ ity to appoint an executive committee for the show from the dealers who are exhibiting their can. This committee will consist as far as possible of the dealers who have had experience in putting on shows of this kind. The set of rules and regulations which were devised by Mr. Chapin were accepted by the dealers. These rules apply to the nature of the exhib­ its which will be allowed and to the condition that the cars must be In when they enter the armory. None of the cars will be allowed to contain gasoline after entering the armory and will be well drained, so that the engines cannot be started The horns will be detached and disconnected so that they win not be operated durlhg the show. Sixty automobiles valued at $90,000; 110,000 worth of motorcycles, automo­ bile accessories ahd other appliances, and $5,000 worth .of special attractions should make the show a grand suc­ cess. That is the estimated value of the exhibits on the floor of the state arsenal when the show opens. Rtn PvMMUjj ' Over 600 members of the Illinois Bar association are expected to attend the thirty-seventh annual convention of that body to be held in the state ar­ senal in Springfield Tuesday and Wed­ nesday, April 8 and 9. Hon. Henry D. 'Clayton of Arkansas, chairman of the judiciary committee of the national house ot representatives, will be the guest of the association and will de­ liver the annual address. Headquarters for th£'visiting attor­ ney's will probably be at the Leland holtel, although no definite arrange­ ments have been made. The annual banquet will be given Wednesday eve- ning at that hostelry, where hundreds a# fhg motyvhorq nf tho ofloopiatinn onH their friends will assemble. The chief work of the convention will be a dibcussion of the bill now be­ fore the members of the Illinois gen­ eral assembly, providing for the re­ form of the law of procedure and prac­ tice as best adapted to the needs of the Illinois courts. This bill was prepared by the draft­ ing committee of a conference called under the auspices of the State Bar as­ sociation 'at the annual meeting held In 1910. It was'introduced in the last general assembly, and has been dis­ cussed at three meetings of the State Bar association, and the general opin­ ion is that it has met with general ap­ proval. J The niemb&ta of the association will meet to carefully examine and submit views and proposals for amendments to the bill, In order that the ideas sur­ rounding it may be collated and ana­ lyzed for use when the bill is under the order of amendment either in com­ mittee or on order of second reading. The most important clause of the bill is the section that has for its pur­ pose the making It possible for the courts with th^ aid of the bar to work out improvements in practice and pro- cedure without#the necessity of con­ stantly going to the legislature for the passage of amendments to the practice act The bill haB been drafted In ac­ cordance with the fundamental princi­ ples of procedural reform which have been adopted by the American Bar as­ sociation. None , of the members of ths stats association have been sent the details of the entire convention, but will be given such information as soon as the" officers and those in charge of the ar­ rangements have completed their plans. Don't Wear Truss! • » After Thirty Years' Experience I Hfltf* Produced An Appliance for Men, W«mm or Childre* .. • Cares Rupture. I Send It On Trial. ' . If yon have tried moat everything nW Write to me. Where others fail is wher* t: h » v e t o y g r e a t e s t s u c c e s s . 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One of the leading features of the meeting will be an address bjfCoro- ner Peter Hoffman of Cook county, who will speak to the members on the dutleB of a coroner. It has been planned to have a com­ plete reorganization of the body, due to the number of radical changes made in the last election. New offi­ cers will be chosen, and It is expected that a number of other important busi­ ness matters will be transacted. Out of the one hundred and two counties In Illinois probably one hundred will be represented. Mail matter urging the attendance of every coroner is being sent out from the local office in an effort to make the attendance^ greater than ever. All of the men are being requested to meet at the courthouse on Tuesday. March 26, at which time the meeting place for the convention proper will be chosen. It is * positive fact that the moment •" Resinol Ointment touches any itching • " skin, the itching stops and healing be* >; gins. With the aid of Resinol Soap, il ' quickly clears away all trace of eczema, ^ ringworm, pimpies, blackheads, or other* tormenting, unsightly eruption, leaving the skin clear and healthy. „ And the best of it is yon need never hesitate to use Resinol Soap and Resi­ nol Ointment. There is nothing in then# to injure the tenderest surface. Resinol is a doctor's prescription which folp eighteen years has been used by care­ ful physicians for all kinds of skin af­ fections. They prescribe Resinol froelyj» confident that ks soothing, healing ae- tion is brought about by medication sir", bland and gentle as to ^e suited to tbS - most delicate or irritated skin--even off a tiny baby. iwA Resinol is sold by every druggist i«" . the United States, or sent by parcel post: on receipt of price, Resinol Ointment, -50)|1,| and $1, Resinol Soap, 26c. You can prov^ < at our expense what Resinol will do fbaf yon. Write today to Dept. 3-K, Resino^ Baltimore, Md., and we will send yon ft libeml trial. ^ GAVE HIMSELF AWAY. ft-.s' i :!J»- H ft J -I- '>.*1 Lady qf the House--Is your milk . richer than Skinnem's? % > Milkman--Well, it's purer. . j ; Lady of the House--How do fdp know? Milkman (absently)--1 Igvje « lite* ̂ on my pump. /u V'fr Msny Fires During Fsbrusry. ( Illinois, In February, suffered' 719 fires, according to the monthly report issued from the office of Acting Fire Marshal F. R. Morgarldge. Of this number, 312 were in Chicago and 4J>7 down state. The value of buildings endangered in Chicago was |3.996,440; outside of Chicago, $1,482,555. The IOSB by dam- age to buildings was $749,680 in Chi­ cago and $543,994 outside that city. Dwellings constituted the largest class of buildings burned. This was true both In and out of Chicago. Barns and etores follow closely in point of numbers. In all, 24 fires In the^tate were of suspected incendiary origin. Counties from which no .reports ,of fires wer^received were: Alexander Calhoun, Cass, Clay, Ed- • wards, Hampton, Hardin, Henderson, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph. Scott, Stark, Woodford, Jersey, John­ son, Kendall, Mason, Massac, McDon- ough, Monroe an<^ Moultrie. Illinois Incorporations. Secretary of State Woods issued cer­ tificates of incorporation to the follow­ ing: Chafeeno Chemical company. Chk cago; capital, $2,600. Incorporators-- A. c. Noble, Frank B. Murray and O. A. Arntiton. The W. B. Jacobs company. Chica­ go; capital. $2,500. Incorporators-- William B. Jacobs, Mary I. Bragg and Charles E. Schenck. Frank E. Anderson ft Co., Chicago; capital. $12,000. Incorporators--Frank E. Anderson, Clarence E. Anderson, Tbe Puncture Cure company, Chica­ go; capital, $1,000. Incorporators-- Abraham Frank. William Church Aid Charles C. Johnston. The Oil Gaa company, Chicago; cap­ ital, $6,000. Incorporators---William 1?. Brennan, Alexander Klein and B. C. Racey. Peterson Motor Car and Oarage company; Chicago; capital, $4,000. In­ corporators--Monroe T. Peterson, Nels H. Lindquist and William D. Petrel. Remington Theater' company, Kan­ kakee; capital. $42,000: Incorporators Sydney Stein, Samuel Spitzer and County Fairs Ask 988,000. County fairs of Illinois this year will ask an appropriation from the state legislature of $85,000, if needed to make the necessary per cent of premiums, to be prorated among the fairs, instead of $60,000, the sum re­ ceived last year. This decision was reached at the annual meeting at the capitol of members of the Illinois As­ sociation of Agricultural Fairs. • The sum asked of the state is used, prorata, among the county fairs in defraying part of the premiums At the annual meeting thirty-nine {airs were represented. The annual election was held, re­ sulting in the renaming; of Len Small of Kankakee president for another yesr; J. K. Hopkins of Princeton, vice-president, to succeed J. O. Jones of Delavan; and F. H. Kroh of Anna, secretary-treasurer, to succeed George A Hunt of Woodstock. State Civil Service Upheld. James H. Burdette of Chicago, ap. pointed state civil service commission­ er by XSovernor Dunne, and W." B. Moulton, one of the holding commis­ sioners, in a conference at Springfield agreed to enforce the state civil serv­ ice law as It is written until the su­ preme court either reaffirms its con­ stitutionality or decides that the act of 1911 is Invalid The action of Commissioners Bur­ dette and Moulton, who constitute a majority of the state civil service commission, was taken notwithstand­ ing the recent opinion of Attorney General Lucey that the 1911 amend­ ments to the law are unconstitutional. Abbott Selected Head. At the annual meeting of the Illi­ nois Farmers' institute, held in the of­ fices in the state house, Galesburg was chosen as the meeting place In Febru­ ary, 1914, and the following officers werq chosen; President--A. N. Abbott of Morrisonr ville. ; Vice-President--H. E. Young of Chi- cago. Secretary--H. A. McKeene of Spring- Held. Treasurer--J. P. Mason of Elgin. Auditor--Frank I. Mann of Killman. • It was decided to hold two other state meetings daring the year, one to be at Lincoln and the other at Carbon- dale. The.dates have not been se­ lected. There were a number of cities in the race for the 1914 institute, among them being Jacksonville, Lin­ coln, Peoria, Carbondale and Mt. Ver­ non. A large delegation from Lincoln, representing the chamber ot com­ merce and the Logan County Farmers' institute, was at Springfield and ap­ pealed before tile executive body o^ the state organization. The 1913 iusti- W* told iwt month Thought Me Had 'Era. . Farmer Brown--Hello, John! you feelin'? Farmer Jones--Poorly. I felt aP right yesterday, but I kinder think t#» day somethin's the matter with mfc I feel some o" the symptoms of scilr tlca, lumbago, dyspepsia, ringworm* bronchitis an* a few other ser'us aft? ments. Farmer Brown--Du tell! What In th' name o' Tophet did ye do - la|f. g • ^:f§ night? - : f t -' • Farmer Jones--W'y, I read the nepf1 * ? > Vjg Farmers' almanac till near mornin".; s- .if ' - l j . w'^5. * Neglected Opportunity. ^ Mrs. Cjabshaw--I notice that' pound of Swiss cheese seems to ID further a pound of any othsf kind. Mr. Crabshaw--That's probably be­ cause the storekeepers haven't yet hit on a plan to weigh in the hoie^-^ Puck. / Honesty. No man Is so dishonest bnt what ftf considers his next door neighbor more so.--\lilwa.ukeo Sentinel. CONSTIPATION. Muuyoaai Paw-Panf t Pills are unlike allots- er laxatives or cathar* tics. They coax the liver into activity bpr gentle methods, thsgr do not scour; they do not gripe; they do not weaken; but they do start all the secretioj* of the liver and stem* ach in a way that soon puts these organs in a healthy condition and corrects constipation. Munyon s Paw-Paw Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver aad nerves. They invigorate instead of weakeK they enrich the blood instead of impov^ ishing it; they enable the stomach to get SB the nourishment from food that is pot isM jt. Price 25 cents. All Druggists FREE TO ALL SUFFEIEKS 1> 13 tbe Boat laMiw 1. It Silases anitbe * t'roocb HemeJy ** 1 H t UA• at;J you can deckle torymiree-t if ltl»' your alln>«BU l*»a fc jwud a. ee*- ' j VRMU. No "follow-np clrcularaJJrO^ Co.. Uimntock JM-. H»nu*t«« blurs."suffer frv enroniu "Tfv.'i?v." J": write for uiy fc Btb incMitciil bovfe ;T wr i t ten . Pure Blood Is the result ot Perfect NbIiBImi wStcb itrtiuto Ire-- GOOD DIGESTION r ' N 2! iN VLG l VtGETARlc. 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