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¥C:; 3k FREDERIC S. ISHA% "^AumoR or mc ̂ no.iERyiimxRT7itRc«c nc musrumoNS Kf nAy waits fts? ft COPYRIGHT 1*06 BY THE" 80dfiJ ->JFJ?R1U. OO, •'fe ?•u fci ^ t a "i S.YNOP8IS. Elise, daughter at the govera- «bi* of the Mount, has chance encounter with a peasant boy. The "Mount," a email arock-bound island, stood in vast bay on the northwestern coast of France, and during: the time of Louia XVI. was a gov­ ernment stronghold. Develops that the peasant boy was the son of Seigneur De- -saurae, nobleman. Youn(? Desaurac (inter­ nes to secure an fjtiu»;aii<.ui ami become gentleman; aeos the governor's daugh­ ter depart for Paris, Lady Elise returns ••after seven years' ecIfoolinK. and enter­ tains many nobles. Her Ladyship dnnceo with strange fisherman, and a call to arms is made in an effort to capture a -mysterious Le Seigneur No!r, He esoapcs. Lady Elise 13 caught in the "Grand" tide. The Black Seigneur rescues and takes "her to his retreat. Eiiaa discovers that "her savior was the boy with the flsh. •Sanchez, the Seigneur's servant, is ar­ rested and brought before the governor. X,ady Ellse has Sanchez set free. Seig­ neur and a priest at the "Cockles." San- •chez tells Desaurac that Lady Elise be­ trayed him, but is not believed. Th? Seigneur plans to release prisoners at the' Mount. Lady Elise pleads with her fath­ er to spare the lives of condemned pris­ oners. Disguised as a peasant Lady 1£llae mingles with the people and hears some startling facts. A mysterious ^Mountebank starts a riot. > CHAPTER XVI.--(Continued.) : "You may rob your master," he Baid| In effect; "defraud him of banalite, li&rdage and those otlier tew taxes necessary to his dignity and position; "but you can't defraud Me!" Where­ upon he proceeded to wrest what he wanted from the bad peasant by force --one} the aid of the broomstick!--ac- •companying the rat-a-tat with a well- Thyme d homily on what would certain­ ly happen to every peasant who •sought to deprive his lord of feudal Tights. At this point ft growing rest- iveness on the part of the audience found resentful expression. "That for your devil's stick!" "To the devil with the devil!" 'Down with the devil!" The cry, once started, was not easy to stop; men in liquor and ripe for rmischlef repeated it; In vain the -mountebank pleaded: "My poor dolls! My poor theater!" Unceremoniously they tumbled it and him over; a few, who had seen nothing out of the or­ dinary in the little play took his part; 'words were exchanged for blows, with many fighting for the sake of lighting, -when into the center of this, the real stage, appeared soldiers. "What does it mean?" Impressive in gold adornment and conscious au­ thority, the commandant himself came •down the steps. "Who dares make riot on a day consecrated to the holy rrelics? But you shall pay!" as the soldiers separated the belligerents. ""Take those men Into custody and-- -who is this fellow?" turning to the mountebank, a mournful figure above -the wreckage of his theater and poor irappets scattered, haphazard, like vic­ tims of some untoward disaster. "It was his play that started the -trouble," said one of the officers. "Diable!" the commandant frowned. -,What have you to say for yourself?" "1," began the mountebank, "I--" he "Down With the Devil!" repeated, when courage and words Alike seemed to fall him. lite commandant made a gesture. "Up with him! To the top of the Mount!" . "No, no!" ' At once the fellow's -voice came back to him. "Don't take me there, into the terrible Mount! Don't lock me up!" "Don't lock him up!" repeated some one in the crowd, moved apparently fay the sight of his distress. "It wasn't his fault!" „ \ "No; It wasnt bis fault!N said oth­ ers. "Eh?" Wheeling sharply, the com­ mandant gazed; at the lowering faces that dared question his authority; thepi at his own soldiers. On the beach he might not have felt so se­ cure, but here, where twenty, well- armed, could defend a pass and a mob batter their heads in vain against walls, he could well afford a confident front. "Up with you!" he cried stern­ ly and gave the mountebank a con­ temptuous thrust. For the first time the man's apathy seemed to desert him; his arm shot back like lightning, but almost at once fell to his side, while an expression, apologetically abject, as if to atone for that momentary fierce impulse, over­ spread his dull visage. "Oh, I'll go," he said in accents servile. And pro­ ceeded hurriedly to gather up the Re­ mains of his theater and doBa I'm willing to go." CHAPTER XVII; The Mtniiftebsnk and the Htm&feiek. Up the Mount with shambling step, head ,down-bent and the same stupid expression on his face, the mounte­ bank went docilely, though not silent­ ly. To one of the soldiers at his side he spoke often, voicing that dull ap­ prehension he had manifested when first ordered into custody. "Do you think they'll put me In a dungeon?" "Dungeon, indeed!" the man an­ swered not ill-naturedly. "For such as you! No, no! They'll keep the oubliettes, calottes, and all the dark holes for people of consequence--trait­ ors, or your fine gentry consigned by lettres de cachet." "Then what do you think they will do with me?" "Walt, and find out!" returned the soldier roughly, and the mountebank spoke no more for some time; held his head lower, until, regarding him, his guardian must needs laugh. "Here's a craven-hearted fellow! Well, If you really want to know, they'll probably lock you up for the night with the rest of rag-tag," Indi­ cating the other prisoners, a short distance ahead, "in the cellar, or al­ monry, or auberge des voleurs; and in the morning, if you're lucky and the Governor has time to attend to such as you, it may be you'll escape with a few stripes and a warning." "The auberge des volenrs!---the thieves' inn!" said the man. "What is that?" "Bah! You want to know top much! If now your legs only moved as fast as your tongue--" And the speaker completed the sentenoe with a sig­ nificant Jog on the other's shoulders. Wherfeupon the mountebank quick­ ened his footsteps, once more ceased his questioning. It was the soldier who had not yet spoken, but who had been pondering a good deal on the way up, who next broke the silenoe. "How did it end, Monsieur Mounte­ bank?--the scene with the devil, I mean." The man who had begun to breathe hard, as one not accustomed to climb­ ing, or wearied by a long pilgrimage to the Mount, at the question ven­ tured to stop and rest, with a hand on the granite balustrade of the little platform they had Just reached. "In the death of the peasant, and a comic chorus of frogs,", he answered, "A comic chorus!" said the soldier. "That must be very amusing." "It is," the mountebank said, at the same time studying, from where he stood, different parts of the Mount with cautious, sidelong looks; "but my poor frogs!--all torn! trampled!" "Well, we!!!" said th-s not un­ kindly. "You can mend them when you get out." " 'When!' If I only knew when that would be! What if I should have to stay here like some of the others?-- pour etre oublie!--to be forgotten?" "If you don't get on faster," said the soldier who had first spoken, "you won't be buried alive tor some time to come, at least!" "Pardon!" muttered the mounte­ bank. "The hill--it is very steep." "You look strong enough to climb a dozen hills, and if you're holding back for a chance to escape--" "No, no!" protested the man. "I had True Value of Our Life *«- teat valuation. jo much for ns to do, £ome Great Emergency Furnishes the Teat Which Makes Clear the Re$L Valuation. '• K Tfcere is so •many wrongs to be made right and so many evils to be remedied that a con­ sideration of the petty bickerings of life Is far beneath our notice. So long as life runs smoothly in -Its usual channel we are inclined to attach great importance to the minor details of existence and In time yield largely to their influence. The terrible test of some great life's true values. The greatest suc­ cess that can be attained, the largest fortunes that can be attained, the hifbeat station that f-i" ho achieved are as nothing in the closing hours ,-cf a man's Ufa. Then it is that he scrutinises hiv part for the least tige of personal good which he wrought, ajal it la that memory i •s worth anythlosr at all to He cannot derive much comfort from the wealth he has accumulated, or the social distinction he has attained, but he can and does rely for his eternal reward upon the unselfish and simple service he has rendered for the wel­ fare of others. The life upon which we place so high a value must end some time, sooner perhaps than we imagine. We must build for the fu­ ture, indeed, qot blindly, not selfishly, not brutally, but In that spirit of brave fellowship which measures up to evpry no thought--do I not tried, your sword-- "Quite right. I'd--" "Theice, there!" said tife trttoer sol­ dier, a big, good-natured appearing fel­ low. "He's harmless enough, and," as onoe more they moved on, "that tune of yours, Monsieur Mountebank," ab­ ruptly; "it runs in my head. Let me see---how does it; '$!#•,' ' second verse, I mean--" "Beat! beat! Mid marsh-muck and mil*, For if any note Escapes a frog's throat. Beware toy lord's Ire!" "Yes; that's the one. Not Bad!" humming-- "For if any note .Escapes r frog's throat Beawro my lord's ire!" "Are the verses your own?1* "Oh, no! I'm only a poor player," said the mountebank humbly. "But an honest one," he added after a pause, "and this thieves' inn, Mon­ sieur?" returning to the subject of his possible fate, "thlB auberge des vo- leurs--that sounds like a bad place for an honest lodging." "It was once under the old monks, who were very merry fellows; but since the Governor had it restored, it has become a sober and quiet place. It' Is true there are iron bars instead of blinds, and you can't come and go, as they used to, but--" "Is that it--up there?" And the mountebank pointed toward a ledge of rock, with strong flanking buttresses, outjutting beneath a mysterious-look­ ing wall and poised over a sparsely- wooded bit of the lower Mount. "The gray stone building you, can just see above the ramparts, and that opening in the cliff to the right, with some­ thing running down--that looks like planking--" "Oh, that is for the wheel *' . "The wheel?" "The great wheel of the Mount! It was built in the time of the monks, and was used for--" "Hold your tongue!" said the other soldier, and the trio entered the grea( gate, which had Opened at their ap­ proach,^ and now closed quickly be­ hind them. For the first time In that isolated domain of the dreaded Governor, the mountebank appeared momentarily to forget hie fears and gaased with inter­ est around him. On every side new and varying details unfolded to the eye; structures that from below were etched against the sky in filmy lines, here resolved themselves into vast, solid, but harmonious masses. Those ribbons of color that had seeded to fall from the wooing sky, to adorn these heights, proved, indeed, fallacious; more somber effects, the black touches of age, confronted the eye everywhere, save on one favored front--that of a newer period, an architectural addition whose intricate carvings and beautiful roses of stone invited and caught the warmer rays; whose little balcony held real buds and flowers, bright spots of pink dang­ ling from, or nestling at, the window's edge. "Yonder looks like some grand lady's bower," as he followed his cap­ tors past this more attractive edifioe, the mountebank ventured to observe. "Now, perhaps, lives there--" "Hark you, my friend," one of the soldiers bruskly interrupted; "a piece of ad rice. His Excellency likes not babblers, neither does he countenance gossip; and if you'd fare well, keep your tongue to yourself!" --ni try to remember," said the mountebank docilely, but as he spoke, looked back toward the balcony; at the gleaming reflection full on its win­ dows; then a turn in the way cut off the pleasing prospect, and only the yim foundations of the lofty, heavier structure on one hand and the mas­ sive masonry ramparts on the other greeted the eye. Fot some distance they continued along the narrow way, the mounte­ bank bending lower under his load and observing the injunction put upon him, until the path, broadening, led them abruptly on to a platform where a stone house of ancient construction barred their further progress. But two stories in height, this building, an alien edifioe amid loftier piles, stood- sturdily perched on a precipi­ tous cliff. The rough stonework of its front, darkened by time, made it seem Water for Nervousness. A trained nurse says: "If people would only drink more water they would not be so nervous." Nearly ef< ery doctor will recommend a woman who "is suffering from nervous prostra­ tion or nervous exhaustion to drink lots of water between meals, but many women who do not come under a doc­ tor's care would look better and feel better If they would drink at least a quart of water in the course of the day. Water seems to be a nerve food like good butter. It has a distinctly soothing effect when sipped gradually, as one can test for herself. Water drunk slowly and gradually has some- satpe quality as deep breath- Almost-* part of the granite itself, though the roof, partly demolished and restored, imparted to It an anom­ alous distinctness, the bright new tite prominent as patches on some dilapi­ dated garment. In its doorway, be­ neath a monkish Inscription, well-nigh obliterated, stood a dwarf, or huneh- 4)ack, who, jingling a bunch of great keys, ill-humoredly regarded the ap­ proaching trio. "What now?" Tba little'man's wel­ come, as mountebank and soldiers came within earshot, was not reassur­ ing. "Isn't it enough to make prison­ ers of all the. scamps ill Christendom without taking vagabond players into custody?" "Orders, good Jacques!" said one ot» the soldiers in a conciliatory tone. "The commandant's!" "The commandant!" grumbled the grotesque fellow. "It is all very well," mimicking: "Turn them over to Jacques. Hell find room.' If this keeps on, we'H soon have to make cages of confessionals, or turn the wine-butts In the old cellar into oubli­ ettes." ff any of our ancient flavor lingers in the casks, your quests would have little reason to complain!" returned the other soldier. "But this .fellow, he'll make no trouble--" Oh. I suppose we'll have to take ismeOff. a surgeon . n>ui yL|kj / 'v. Sim . Humphrey Howarth, mous in the poet Rogers' day, ap­ peared on the field arrayed only In na­ ture's garb. "What does thii mean?" asked his challenger, amazed. "I know," was Howarth's reply, "if any clothing is carried Into the body by a gunshot wound, fostering ensues. Therefore I have met yo* lost Its Tongue. The Paul Revere bell in the city hall at Bath, Me., lost Its 15-pound tongue the other day and became aileiit for the first time in over 100 years. The bell first hung in the steeple of the North church at Bath. The people of Bath knew that something was amiss f Vr? :-.y floor, Matse himself «« *. stoU wttft his back to the wall. ' As a squally gust soon bldWB itself out. So their temper, mercurial, did not long endure; from a ragged coat one produced dioe, another cards, and. although there were few sous to ex­ change hands, the'hazard of tossing and Bfiuflling exercised its usual charm and held them. The mlnuUs wore away; motionless In his corner, the mountebank now watched; then with hlk head on his elbow, seemed sunk in thought. Once he rose; stood on his stool and looked out between the heavy bars Of the narrow window. "Not ranch chance tc g-et out that Wfey," observed a fellow prisoner. "What did you see?" - . - "Only a chasm in the ssMfts^ft - '"The sands!" said the man; *!Ctiroed tkf 4ay I set foot on them!" To this malediction the other did not answer; stepped down and, again seated In his corner, waited, while the light that had grudgingly entered the narrow aperture grew fainter. With the growing darkness the atmospheire seemed to become closer, more foul; but although he breathed with diffi­ culty, the mountebank suffered no sign of impatienoe or concern to escape him; only more alertly looked and listened--to a night bii'u cleav­ ing the air without; to Muttered care of him!" muttered the dwarf. "In | sounds, thieves' patois, or snatches of the thieves' inn there's always room J ribald mirth within; and, ere long, to for one more!" Obeying the gesture, J new complainings. at once menacing and imperious, that accompanied these wordz, the mounte­ bank, who had been eyeing his pro­ spective host not without visible signs of misgiving, reluctantly entered. But as he did so, he looked back; toward the soldier who had displayed half-friendly Interest in the play. "If you care to know more about the piece--" he began, when the maledic­ tions and abuse of the misshapen keeper put a stop to further conver­ sation and sent the mountebank post­ haste into the darkness of the cavern­ like hall intersecting the ground floor. On either side closed doors, vaguely discerned, hinted at the secrets of the chambers they guarded; the atmos­ phere, dark and close, proclaimed the sunlight long a stranger there. At the end of the hall the dwarf, who had walked with the assurance of one well acquainted with that musty interior and all it contained, paused; shot sharply a bolt and threw open a door. The action was the signal for a chorus of hoarse voices from within, and the ""Our supper! What of our supper?" "The foul fiend take the' auberge des voleurs and its landlord?" "Vrai dleu!. Here he comes!" as the footsteps were heard without. And the door, opening, revealed, In­ deed, In the rushlight, now dimly illu­ minating the hall, the hunchback, not laden, however, with the longed- for creature comforts, but empty- handed; at his back the commandant and a number of soldiers. "You fellow with the dolls!" Blink­ ing in the glare of the torches, the dwarf peered in. "Where are you? Come along!" as the mountebank rose, "you are wanted." "Wanted?" repeated the plfywr, stepping forward. "Where?" "At the palace," said the comman­ dant. "The palace!" stopping short "Who can want me there?" "Who?" The dwarf made a grimace. "Who?" he repeated mockingly. "Her ladyship," said the command- nrr • • • D little man stayed not on the order of his going, bat, thrusting the mounte­ bank across the threshold, leaped nimbly back, slammed hard the door, and locked it. Cries of disappointment and rage followed, and, facing the company that crowded the dingy little room almost to suffocation, the latest comer found himself confronted by unkempt people who shook their fists threateningly and execrated In no uncertain man­ ner. A few, formerly spectators of his little play, Inclined again to vent their humor on him, but be regarded them as if unaware of their feeling; pushed none too gently to a tiny window, and, depositing his burden on the stone ant, with jailer. "Her ladyship!" "Haven't you ears, my man?" The commandant frowned and madte an impatient gesture. "Come, bestir your­ self! The Governor's daughter has commanded your presence." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Notable Wedding Anniversary. A golden wedding celebrated at Rothesay, Buteshire, England, the oth­ er day, possessed several notable feat­ ures. The family party, including grandchildren, numbered about 50, and of the sons present some traveled from South Africa and Canada. Saved From Shark's Jaws Veraclous Account of the Experjenoe of a Wrecked Passenger on the Atlantic. 1; . • They were tel|ing stories in t "I'll tell you how I was once saved from a shark." said a stranger, who had listened with growing Interest. "I was crossing the Atlantic, and I had my bike with me. About half way a storm came on, and the ship began to sink. All the boats were filled with people and launched. There were even then a few left, my sell them. idea struck me, and I to where my machii I hurriedly removed the front wheel and then took off the tire. I took my pump and blew up the tube until It was the site of a life-buoy. Then I placed it under my arm-pits and jumped overboard. "After floating about for a while a Just as it was going to swallow me it bit the inner tube, which exploded and blew me clean into America and the shark Into little bits." In the Prohibition "Got any gasoline, mister?" Dubbleigh, drawing up alongside of a Maine garage. "Wa-al no, I hain't got no gasoline as gasoline," said the man In charge, "but as constable o' this here town I made a raid on Si Wiggins' grocery last < night, and I gftt some bottled stuff as '11 carry ye just as far If ye've a mind to give it a trial. Ftf* as the smell goes, it's about the same I CHIEF HCkY •XECUTIVE AND AIDS ON THE FINAL WEEK'S WORK. £ MAY END NEXT SATURDAY Excepting the Initiative and Referen­ dum the Administration Program Will Be Nearly Completed-- Progress Satisfies Governor. Springfield.--The Porty-eighth gen­ eral assembly of Illinois will get to its official finish next Friday at midnight, and probably will quit work about breakfast time on Saturday. Picking out individual matters, pro­ gressive members of all parties are fairly well satisfied with the record which 1b being made. As the final week opens, representatives of all factions and parties are picking out essentials to which they point with pride. Governor Dunne, for one, Is not dis­ satisfied, and if the success the ad­ ministration forces have won during the last two days is maintained until Saturday's dawn the necessity for »P extra session may be done away with. The information from the executive office Is that, excepting the initiative and referendum, the administration program will be nearly completed. There was no statement coming from the governor's headquarters as to the public utilities matter, and it is felt that only an upheaval in the next five days wilt bring along an extraor­ dinary session. Centennial of Stste ffod Men. Preliminary arrangements are being made for the contennial celebration of the founding of the Order of Red Men in the state of Illinois at Danville on July 4. Invitations have been accept­ ed by the Indiana Red Men through their great sachem, Roy G. Emig, and the latter has directed each lodge council to send a representative to the meetings at Danville. MaJ. Gen. Jo­ seph Falrhait, department comman­ der of the Patriarch Militant of the Illinois I. O. O. F., has ordered all fantona of Illinois to be present to act as escorts to the Red Men. The gathering is to be held in Klls- 'Worth park. Danville, and preparations lire being made to entertain about $,000 members of the order. The local fnen plan to attend in large numbers fend the Danville men have offered |400 in cash prises for the large dele­ gations. The following are the com- imlttee in charge of the event: L. M. JVIaGillis, King Phillips tribe; George $3. McNance, Iroquois tribe, and Will }am Derlieth, Talaqua tribe. • ' Arrangements have been made with the members of the Illinois National Guard to have three companies of in fantry and one battery of artillery to assist the 3,000 members of the' Red Men representing Indiana to give an exact reproduction of the famous Vermillion River massacre. > The Improved Order of Red- Men claims to be the oldest fraternal order in the United States of purely Ameri­ can origin, as indicates the following sketch written by Mayor George Davis of Jacksonville. "One hundred and forty years ago there existed In the thirteen colonies |a band of men gathered together for Hhe protection of the rights of human­ ity. A member of the British parlia­ ment at that time referred to them as "The Sons of Liberty," and they im­ mediately took it up and were there­ after known by that title. Eight years afterward the members of this organ­ ization were entertained at the great­ est tea party ever known in th6 world. The party was given in Boston harbor. It was not one of the modern pink af­ fairs, for this was held after dark. This band of men, disguised as In­ dians, bearded three ships loaded with cargoes of tea upon which England had placed an unjust tax, and dumped it overboard." "Oh, I 8uppose We'll Hays to Take care of Himl" a reproving glance at the It's no wonder that Cain out so badly." **How so?" "Neither his parents nor anybody else in the neighborhood had had aai 1ft. Gives Reason for Car Shortage. That the present shortage of grain cars In Illinois is due principally to the fact that the railroads have not in­ creased the number of cars for grain and other traffic as rapidly as 4 the traffic itself has Increased, Is the opin­ ion of the state railroad and ware­ house commission. The commission, through its chairs man, O. T. Berry, Issued a bulletin, which went to some length in review­ ing thfe car shortage situation. Sup­ plementing the foregoing statement, the bulletin states "it appears from our investigation that ^n honest ef­ fort is being made by the railroads to place the box- car equipment in good contrition and to bring the motive power up to a state of efficiency." State Association Meeta. The annual state convention of the Illinois union retail clerks was held in the city of Springfield. A large number of delegates from all parts of the state attended this meeting. Several speeches were made by the delegates. Robert E. Woodmansee and Henry J. Conway, Lafayette. Ind.. secretary of the National Retail Clerks' association, also delivered ad­ dresses. Following a banquet given at the hotel, the members enjoyed a excursion on the river. Many Pass 8tat* Test, Announcement was" zfiadi" Of AN' names of eligibles who passed state civil service examinations, April' 5, and May 24, respectively, for guard and graduate nurse. T£he list fol» lows: Guard--Claude B. Anderson, Sanmei';' A. Vincins, Springfield; John F. Grear, Ernest Erstling, Harry Constant, Stan­ ley Mayer, Thomas R. Bibby, Hans C. Hylleberfc, and John P. Connortottj Chicago; Harry W. Estes, Roy <£. Stewart and Charles C. ^n^iiilasss, Mt. Vernon; Charley R. Green, Anna; John W. Humphries, Hillsboro; Edwin I. Sutfla, Danville; Charles A. Hend­ erson, Chester; Frederick W. Hart- man. Bloomington; Harry S. Casey, Marion; William D. Byers, Kell; Troy C. Garrison, Herman Rose, Ellis E. Braner, Jacksonville; Ralph W. Payne, Keenes; Ivan L. Catlin, Tamaroa; Robert C. Oldfleld, Centralia; Edward Brown, Kankakee; James McDonagh* Moline; Harley Souther, Joliet: Hiram L. Park, Christopher; George E. Bolt, Mokena; Charles H. McNail, Crab Orchard; R. Clifton Abel, Equality; Elmer G. Summers, Benton; Curt Cul- lison, Albion; Henry S. Lamb, Omaha; George N. Bradley, Johnson City; Charles E. Bishop, Buncombe; Wll- lim V. Smith, Fairfield; William H. Willis, Ivesdale. Graduate nurse--Anna R. Solan, Sarah Clyne, Monterey Douglas, Mar­ garet A. Stang and Mary C. Sar- etxky, Chicago; Cora B. Aaron, Grace L. Gollghtly. Mary Murphy, William T. Edwards, Lillian Dial, Flora G- Nash, Ladis M. Runskewitz, Delia Cummings, Kankakee; Elizabeth An­ drew, Ina Joyner, Dora Reckman. Pearl P. Lively, Minnie Boswell, Mrs. • Myrtle A. Padgett, Theresa Manzer, Jannie E. Poole, Edith E. Whipp, Elsie E. Scroggins, Peoria; Orpha M. Hol-:. laway, Jacksonville; Mabel E. Vaughn, Wesley J. Odroyd, Maria I. Taylor, Sarah Acklin, Thomas E. Deaton, John D. Watson, Jacksonville; Grace R* Houston, Millie Tippy, Ada M. McCain, Sarrah J. Alllston, Ethel I. Rhymer, Elgin; Mrs. Minnie M. Harvey, Elgin; Myrl Leonard, Gertrude Shackelford,., Sylvia Perry, Bertha A. Bourland, Charles B. Barger. Do vie McKlnney, Eloise Barker. c Veterans of Gettysburg, Adjutant "General Dickson has Tiaa" applications from 540 veterans of the Civil war, survivors of the battle of Gettysburg, who wish to attend the Gettysburg celebration as guests of the state, on July 1. 2, 3 and 4. The Forty-eighth general aseembly appropriated $80,000 to defray the ex- ; penses of the old soldiers of Illinois who desire to attend the anniversary celebration of the great battle, to be held at Gettysburg, Pa. The bill in tiki u£ the appropriation provides that each veteran shall be' furnished with round trip transporta­ tion from his home town to Gettys­ burg and that in addition each soldier shall be given $10 in cash for expenses. The $10 in cash for each veteran is to be paid to him through the oottntp, clerk in the county where ho resides.^, Adjutant General Dickson K&S per­ fected a plan by which each veteran will receive his railroad transporter tlon upon an order issued from the ad­ jutant general's office. In order to safeguard the appropriation and pre­ vent persons not entitled to be bene­ fited by It from securing transport* tion that they are not entitled to, GeSp eral Dickson has sent out a blank form of application, which the vet­ erans are required to answer and re­ turn before they are eligible to re­ ceive the benefits of the appropriation. Th last application must be received in the adjutant general Ni office not later than June 15. Many of the veterans are suffering the infirmities of old age, making the number who actually will take the trip very uncertain. Several of those who have made application for trans­ portation say they are suffering now with one ill or another, but that they expect to be recovered sufficiently by the latter part of the month to make the trip. The appropriation for the trip la available for the wfearers of the gray as well as of the blue. Of the 540 who have applied to General Dickson up to this time, 12 were confederates. Gen­ eral Dickson plans to have all who are going on the trip start from theirf home towns on June 28 and 29. This will give the old soldiers ample time to reach the old battle ground om July L Several northern states, at the re­ quest of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, made similar appropriations to enable their vet­ erans to visit the battlefield once more. Indications are that the state appropriations will gather a crowd of many thousand old soldiers at thft celebration. W. F. Ry»n Heeds F« William F. Ryan of Chicago was elected state chief ranger of the Illi­ nois Catholic Order of Foresters for the fourth consecutive term at Peoria. Ryan was elected over Thomas F. Mc- Intyre, also of Chicago. Other officers elected included Peter Relnhard, who xvas unanimously re-elected stato vice- chief ranger without opposition; Nich­ olas V. Fischer of Chicago was also unanimously re-elected state secretary, and James Burke, who was re-elected state treasurer over William F. Arm- Illinois Wants Help. The state of Illinois has extended an, open invitation to citizens to engage in state work, not through political appointment, but through the medium* of civil service. The civil service commission has t* sued both posters and booklets in de­ lineating . the possibilities of state service. "Why not work for ^ the state?" is the slogan. ^ f ̂ Articles of Incorporation. '* ' ' Secretary of State Woods r issued certificates of incorporation to'the fol­ lowing: E. H. Vavra & Co., Chicago; capital, $36,000. Incorporators--EL H. Vavra, Edward J. Hess and Joseph D. Irose. The Jewett & Sowers Oil company, Chicago; capital, $50,000. Incorporsr tors--Clayton W Mogg. Carl A. Carl­ son and Freda Spears. John Meeter & Son. Lansing; capi­ tal, $40,000. Incorporators--Anthony Keeter, Martin Meeter and Frederic R. De Young. The Kendall Audit go; capital, $5,000. William Kendall. Florence E. td Vernon Hlnea. Model Hand Laundry, Chicago; ca^ Ital, $2,500. Incorporators--Benjamin Lowenstern, Ruben Flesham and Juli­ us Lowenstern. Mitchell & He eago; capital, 310.C Robert J. Mitchell. Harry and Robert a Ogilvie, Jr. Schroeder, Diehl 4 Co^ capital. $5,000. Schroeder, John ChV