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mm* ML&IMP fit vmv •4- ,-• M'HENRY, ILL. , *'. "J. . »r \k V i>VT " ;:>";>£ .,••• ,• t'.-i • U"?" ifP Ak. fredcric S. I SHAM' 1°̂ AUTHOR OF "THE <DTftOLLERO/1DO£ TtfT ftCQT'JX RV l/I »•.; : Sfr- ^U^IASU 1VH ©apYRKTHT ffaa AY THf fioead-mfkriu. ca 7^y4y * t i \ A / " 7 V - t o O W ^V/n f* f ^ 8YNOP8I8. T,V ~-v Cemte*se Ellas, daughter of the aovern- ; • %•>• .1^ or of the Mount, has chance *ncoucter sV-j'^' w,tl' a Peasant boy. The "Mount," a small <V; ? ' rock-bound island, stood In vast bay on (•&}£&<•"* the northwestern coast of France, and * vF"^ the time of Louis XVI. was a gov- ernment stror»c#iold. Develops that the peasant boy was the son of Seigneur De- saurac. noblemaji. Young Desaurac detey- ; ' mines to secure jtn education and become •• <•>*'••'"i a gentleman: sees the trovernar's daugh- 'w depart for Paris. Lady Ellae returns seven years' schooling, and enter- V-'.' tains many rubles. Hor Latiyshio dances with strange fisherman, and a call to "•••; arms is made In an effort to capture a i ** : mysterious Le pelgneur Nolr. He escapes. •' • Lady Klise is eauyht In the "Grand" tide. The Black Seigneur rescues and takes her to hiB retreat. Elise discovers that her savior was the boy with the flsh. Sanchez, the Seiyneur's servant. Is ar­ rested and brought before the governor. . Lady Elise has Sanchez set free.. Seig­ neur and a priest at the "Cockles." San­ chez tells Desaurac thai Lady Elise be­ trayed him. but is not believed. The 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 Elise mingles with the people and hears some startling facts. A mysterious Mountebank starts a riot. He is arrested and locked up after making close obser­ vations of the citadel, and Is afterwards summoned before the governor's daugh­ ter. The governor enters the room during the interflew with the Mountebank. As a miserable -buffoon, the Mountebank In re­ leased by order of the governor. De­ saurac overpowers guard and dons sol­ dier's uniform. The Seigneur successfully passes guards and finds the "Great wheel." Jacques, the jailer, forced to tread the wheel and bring up enemies of t.h»» governor. The Black Seigneur liber­ ates the prisoners. The Seigneur again made prisoner. The Marquis de Beau- villers visits the Mount. The ladies and nobles inspect the dunneons. Elise visits the Seigneur. Lady Elise engages Na­ nette, daughter of Pierre Laroche. friend of the Black Seigneur, as maid. Nanette plans the release of the Black Seigneur. The Marquis and Lady Elise ride into an ambush. Lady Elise is held as hostage. Prisoners are exchanged. My Lady for the Seigneur. The people storm the Mount HTid the Black Seigneur tries to save Elise. Sanchez kills the governor; the Black Seigneur rescues Elise. "You won't Boon, unlaw * The end of a line struck the sand. CHAPTER XXXIII.--(Continued.) Here, for the time concealed was . he safe; none followed, and, leaning against the damp blocks of masonry, breathing hard, as a man weak from fatigue, loss of blood, he sought to recover his strength. It returned only too slowly; the passing lassitude an­ noyed him; for the moment he forgot be had but recently come from the dungeon and the hardships that sap tient to move on. Several moments he yet stood, breathing deep; then, starting away, set himself to the task of crossing • the vast stretch of beach between the Mount and the distant lights of a ship. I The sandy plain had never seemed so Interminable; before him, his shad­ ow and that of my lady danced ever illusively away; behind, the great rock gave forth- a hundred shooting flames, while, as emblematic of the demolition of so much that was beautiful, higher than saint with helpless sword on ca­ thedral top, a cloud of smoke belched up; waved sldewlse like a monstrous funeral plume. A symbol, it seemed to fill the sky; to move and nod and flaunt its ominoufc blackness from this majestic outpost of the land. Walk­ ing in a vivid crimson glow, the Black Seigneur gazfed only ahead, where now, on that monotonous desert, the rim «f the sea on a sudden obtruded. As lie advanced, sparkles red as rubles-- laughing lights--leaped in the air; at the same time a seething murmur broke upon the stillness. Toward those leaping bright points < and the source of that deep-sounding cadence, the young man stumbled for­ ward more rapidly, less cautiously, also, it may be; for while he was yet some distance from the water's rim, his feet fell oft sand that gave way beneath them. He would have sprung back, but felt himself sinking; strove to get out, only to settle the deeper! The edge of the lise, with safety be­ yond, well he could see, where the satin-like smoothness of the treacher­ ous slough merged into a welcome silk-like shimmering of the trustwor­ thy sands. That verge, however, was remote; out of reach of effort of his to attain; his very endeavors caused him to become the more firmly imbed­ ded. Had he cast my lady aside, pos­ sibly could he have extricated him­ self; but with her, an additional weight, weighing him down-- Loudly lie called out; only the eea answered. Now were the clinging par­ ticles at his waist; he lifted my lady higher; clear of them! Onoe more raised his voice--this time not in vain! "Mon capitain^} Where are you?" "Here!" "We jjon't see you." The night had almost passed; its last black hour, like a pall, lay over the sea, where, far from the Mount, a ship swayed and tossed. In the nar­ row confines of her master's cftnn, the faint glimmering of a lamp revealed a man bending over a paper, yellow and worn; the lines so faint and deli­ cate, they seemed almost to escape him! How strange, after *U these years, the sight of your handwHtingl--and now, to be writing you! Yet is it meet--to say farewell! For tti&t which you have heard, mon ami, Is true. I am going to die. You say, you heard I was not well; I answer what really you heard; the question, mon ami, beneath your words! . . . And, dying, it Is well with me. I have wronged no soul on earth--except you, my frlAd, and you forgive me. ... I had hoped the years would efface that old memory. You say they have not. ... It Is wise you are going away. \ The reader paused; listened to the sea; the moaning and sighing, like voices on the wings of the storm. You speak In your letter about "trick­ ery"--used to estrange us! Think no more of it, I beg you. What is past, is gone-- as I, part of that past, when we were boy and girl together--soon shall be. And come not near the Mount. There can be no meeting for us on earth. I send you my adieu from afar. ... It Is only shadow that speaks . . . mon ami. J CHAPTER XXXIV* Some Time Later. • The little Norman isle, home of Pierre Laroche, so wild and bleak looking many months of the year, re­ sembles a flowering garden in the spring; then, its lap full of buds and blossoms, smiling, redolent, it lifts Itself from the broad bosom of the deep. And all the light embellish­ ments of the golden time it sets forth daintily; fringing the black cliffs with clusters of sea campion, white and frothy as the spray, trailing green ivy from precipitous heights to the verge of the wooing waters, whose waves seem to creep up timorously, peep into the many caves, bright with sea-anem ones, and retreat quickly, as awed by a sudden glimpse of fairyland. Near the entranoe of one of these magical chamber*, abloom with strange, scentless flowers, sat, a cer­ tain afternoon in April, a man and woman, who, looking out over the blue sea, conversed in desultory fashion "From what your father tells me, Mistress Nanette," the man, an aged priest, was speaking, "the Seigneur Desaurac should be here today?" "My father had a letter from him a few days ago to that effect," answered the young woman somewhat shortly. "Let m^* pee,? ^.^paqehfrly the old man did E(t>t notiqe.thjs chafage In his companion'^ manner, "Jii ' has been away now about a year? It wis in Uuly he brought the Governors'daugh­ ter to the island one day And sailed the ne*t!" Nanette made a move­ ment. "How tir^e flies!" he sighed. "Let us hope it assuages grief, as they say! You think she is contented here?" "The Lady Elise? Why not? At least, she seems so; has with her, her old nurse, my aunt, who fortu­ nately escaped from the Mount--' "But the death of her father? It must have been a terrible blow--one not easy to forget!" "Of course," said Nanette slowly, "she has felt his loss." The old man gaaed down. "I have Sometimes wondered what she knows about the causes of the enmity that existed between his Exoellency and the Black Seigneur?" The other's eyes lifted keenly. "When last did you fee her. Father?" "She comes often to my cottage to walk and--" "Talk?" "Well, yes!" The fine, spiritual face expressed a twinge of uneasiness. "About the past?" The priest shifted slightly. "Some­ times! An old man lives much in the past and it is natural to wander on a bit aimlessly at times, and--" "Confess, Father, she has learned much from you?" Nanette laughed. "No, no; I trust-- "Surmised, then!" said the girl. "She is one not easily deceived. Clev­ er is my lady! And you talk, she says nothing, but leads you on!" "Nay; I'll not believe--'tis true onoe or tilde I've 1ft * word slip. Bat she noticed not--" . "No doubt!'/ -The Island girl's voice expressed a fine scorn. "How­ ever, it matters little. Speaks she ever of the Black Seigneur?" suddenly. "No. Why?" "Why not ?*• Nanette's tone was enigmatic. "I don't understand," "At any rate, she is better off here than yonder in France, If tidings be true," said the other Irrelevantly. "Ah, ma beile France!" murmured the old man regretfully. "How she is torn within--threatened from without! But fortunately she has her defend­ ers," his voice thrilled, "brave men who haVe thronged to her needs. I suppose," he continued abruptly, "it's to arrange about the new ship that brings the Seigneur once more to the island?" "I suppose so," assented the other briefly. "A true Frenchman,/Pierre Laroche, your father, has shown himself, in giv­ ing one of his best ships to the cauae! Although perhaps he would not have been so ready," thoughtfully, "had not the Paris Assembly seen fit to appoint Andre Desaurac in command of all the vessels to guard the coast against the intrigues of the French royalists with foreign powers and aliens! Well, well, he ~will find here many old friends!" "Yourself, for example, Father, who helped him in the courts to establish his right to his name," said the young woman quickly. "And you, Mistress Nanette," the kindly eyes lighting with a curious, in­ dulgent look, "who went to the Mount alone, unaided, to--" men, and the first of these to spring to the beach and mount the stone stair­ way to the inn, ,was met at the top; warmly greeted, by old Pierre him­ self! Mon Dieu! To see the new­ comer was like old times! Only now, the landlord observed Jestingly, the profits would be small! But a fig to parsimony, in these days when men's patriotism should be large; do what he, the Black Seigneur, would with the new ship, even If he sunk her, pro­ vided it was in good company, and he went down with her himself! To which protestations the other answered; pre­ sented his companions, and greeted the assembled company within. Busy at a great board, laden with comestibles interspersed with flagons of wines, Nanette welcomed him brief ly, and again his glance--keeo and assured, that of a mas the horizon of whose vision had widened, since last he stood there--swept the gathering. But apparently, one he looked for was not present, and he had again turned to the young woman, a question on his Hps, when on the garden side of the house a door opened. It revealed a flowering background, a plateau, yel­ low in the last rays of the sun; It framed, also, the 'slender, black-clad figure of a girl, above whose white brow the waving hair shone like threads of gold. "An old friend of yovrs, my lady!" called out blunt Pierre. A moment the clear, brown eyes seemed to waver; then became steady, as schooled to some purpose. She came forward composedly; gave the Black Seigneur her hand. "I--am always glad to see old friends!" said my lady, with a lift of the head, over-conscious, perhaps, of the concentrated gaze of the company. He looked at her; made perfunc­ tory answer; she seemed about te speak again, when the hand he let fall was caught by another. "Elise!" From among those who had come ^shore, a man in fashionable attire sprang forward, a little thinner than when last she had seen him, and more cynical-looking, as slightly soured by world-contact and the new tenden­ cies of society. "My Lord!" Certainly was my lady taken unawares; a moment looked at the Marquis as if a little staftled; then at the Black Seigneur: "A pleasant surprise for you, my Lady!" said the latter. "But you owe me no thanks! An order from the chief of the Admiralty, properly Aigned and countersigned, directing me to transport the Marquis de BeauvUlerp hither, was not to be disregarded!" "A somewhat singular dispensation m I debonair manner he had assumed, he spoke of his escape from the Mount; months of hiding in foul places, amid fields and forest, with no word of her; his success, at last, in reaching Paris, and, through rumor, learning where she was, and hastening to her-- A bluff ,voice interrupted further ex­ planations and avowals; the steaming flesh-pots, it informed the company, awaited not soft words and honeyed phrases; monarch in his own dining- room, ostentatiously conscious, per­ haps, of his own unwonted prodigality, NIWLY FORMED BODY PLANS TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSA IN ILLINOIS. I 41 SEvittta OTHER SOCIETIES Eleven sCountlec Have Established Leagued Through the Effort of Miss Harriet Fulmer of the • State Association. "3^ Curbed a Natural Curiosity. The Black Seigneur Gazed Only Ahead. A frown gathered on the dark, hand­ some face of the girl. "Unaided?" she said, staring at the sparkles on the waves before her. v Oh, the people never weary of talk­ ing about it! and how you--" "Yon's a sail!" Abruptly the young woman rose; with skirts fluttering be­ hind her, gazed out to sea. Several hours later, just before dusk, a ship ran into the harbor, dropped anchor, and sent a boat to the shorn. In the small craft sat a number of New Yorkers Credulous Shew Amazing Ignorance of Country Outside of Tight Little Man* hattan Isle. This true story was told by a west­ ern merchant at one of the recent pinners given by a commercial or- %an.)xation here, says the New York Correspondent of the Cincinnati Times Star. The merchant pro­ tested against the puerile ignorance ;.ef *U the rest of the country which :1l|s displayed by the average New ,v fOI"k man. "I told the head of one of the blg- fest houses in town the old story," aid he, "of the youngster who re- 'furned to New York after an absence. " 'I've been away out west,' said he. ' " "And where were you?" asked his friend. " Tn Syracuse,' said fc*. And do you know, that merchant smiled a %lnd of doubtful, polite smile--the .. iort of a smile which is a tribute to j^ie'a business rating, aatd pot to V. • " ,v% ' ' •V- .Jc-'z •&- m •kii?:'1'-" one's humor. He didn't see the point at all. But I thought that he was an exception until I walked down town w|th a friend of mine, who is at^the head of a big commercial organiza­ tion in the southwest. He specializes in Navajo blankets, and usually gets $35 to $50 for extra good ones from the jobbers here in the east.\ He called on the jobbers, to look over their stock of blankets, and finding $hat the man in charge did not know him, he priced the stock. " 'A good blanket,' said the man In charge, 'is worth from $250 up.' "It surprised my friend, for he knew what be sold those same blan­ kets to the same firm for. And he asked the reason. And that fog- brained. varniah-headed, white-eyed salesman told him this, in all serious­ ness, and believing every word he said. '"Yon see,' said he, 'collecting blan­ kets Is a very dangerous business. Three men out of avery five we and to the Wilds are killed by the savage Indians.'" The Main Thing. Arnold Bennett, the English ro­ mancer, was much impressed in New York by the beauty of the girl ste­ nographer. "It isn't your actresaqp or your so­ ciety belles, that I'd award the palm for beauty." Mr. Bennett aald at a luncheon. "It's to your stenograph­ ers. "I . won't say lt'a their beauty alone that gets these girls their positions, but I'll tell you a, story. "A male stenographer was about a girl who had displaced him. "•Is she really an expert?* his listener asked. '"Oh, no.' was the reply; *but she's as expert as you'd expect a girl of her beauty to be.'" of Providence, nevertheless!" observed the nobleman dryly. "After our--what shall we call it?--little passage of arms? You must acknowledge, how­ ever. that in truth the Lady Elise and myself bad some reason to discredit your assurances that night--" "Far be it from me to dispute it, my Lord," and the Black Seigneur turned, while the Marquis, slightly shrugging his shoulders, addressed my lady. Half blithely, then half bitterly, re­ lapsing occasionally from the old, Pierre Laroche waved them to their places--where they would!--bo that they ^raited not! Quizzically my lord lifted hiB brow; truly here was a Republican fellow who appreciated not an honor when it was bestowed upon him, nor saw anything unusual in a Marquis' pres- enoe beneath that humble roof. Some­ thing of this he murmured to my lady, in a tone others might have heard; but she answered not; took her place, with red lips the firmer, as if to conoeal some weakness to which they sought to give way. Not without constraint the meal passed; the host, desirous to learn the latest political news, looked at the Marquis and curbed a natural curios­ ity, until a more favorable moment when he and the Black Seigneur should be alone. My lady, although generally made to feel welcome and at home there, seemed now, perhaps, to herself, a little out of place, like a person that has wandered from a world of her own and strayed into another's. Cross-cur­ rents, long at strife in her breast, surged and flowed faatk the while she seemed to listen to mr lord, who ap­ peared now in lighter, more airy hu­ mor. And as she sat thus, with fair head bent a little, she could but hear, at times, above the medley of tones and the sound of servants' footsteps in clattering wooden shoes, the voice of the Black Seigneur--how pledging a toast to old Pierre; anon discussing winds, tides, or ships! A free reck­ less voice, that seemed to vibrate from the past--to stir anew bright, terrible flames. Daylight slowly waned; Ughta were brought in, and, the meal over, old Pierre pushed back in bis chair. My lady rose quickly; looked a little con­ strainedly at th4 company, at the Mai^ quia, then toward the door. Anticipat­ ing her desire, attributing to it, per­ haps, a significance flattering to his vanity, the young nobleman expressed a wish tor a Btroll; a sight of the gar­ den. At onoe she assented; a slight tint now on her cheeks, she moved to the door, and my lord followed; aa they disappeared, the Black Seigneur laughed--at one of Pierre's jokes! "Have I not told it before?" said the host. "Have you?* murmured the Black Seigneur. "Well, a good jest, like an exoellent dish, may well be served twice." "Humph!" observed the landlord doubtfully. After a pause: "I suppose he will be taking her away soon?" "Her?" The young man rose. "The Lady Eliee!" "I suppose so," shortly. "We shall miss her!" grumbled the landlord as he. too, got up and walked over to the fireplaoe. "I, who never thought to care for any of the fine folk--I, bluff old Pierre Laroche!--say we shall miss her." Knows she how it fared with his Excellency's--her father's--estate? That little, or nothing, is left?" "Aye." "And she will agree to-the promise I wrote you about?" quickly. "That you--now that the right to yqur name has been vindicated--are content to accept half the lands in dis­ pute; her ladyship to retain the other half?" "Yes; in consideration of that which his Excellency expended in taxes--no small sum!--and what it would cost to carry on vexatious litigation!" "Yoif are strangely faint-hearted to pursue your advantage," said old Pierre shrewdly. "But," as the other made a gesture, "I put It to her lady­ ship as you desired me to, and--" "She consented?" eagerly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Springfield.--A forward movement In Illinois anti-tuberculosis work is marked by the statewide organization of county anti-tuberculosis leagues. By the efforts of Miss Harriet Fulmer, ex­ tension secretary of the Illinois State Association for the Prevention of Tu­ berculosis, eleven counties have dur­ ing the past two months established leagues for the suppression of tubercu­ losis. These are: Morgan county--President, Dr. O. T. Hardesty, Jacksonville; secretary, Miss Louise Capps, Jacksonville. Green county--President, Dr. A. W. Foreman, White Hall; secretary, Charles Bradshaw, Carrollton. Calhoun county -- President, Rev. Father Hickey, Hardin; secretary, Mrs. Lizzie Greathouse, Hardin. Pike county--President, J. A. Allen, mayor of Plttsfleld; secretary, Mrs. Ella Orr, Plttsfleld. Brown county--President, Mrs. Eu­ genia Curry, Mt. Sterling; secretary. Dr. R. C. Porter, Mt. Sterling. Cass county--President, Henry Ja­ cobs, superintendent of schools, Vir­ ginia;. secretary, Miss Ada Glen, Ash­ land. Scott county -- President, W. D. Gibbs, Winchester; secretary, Mrs. T. W. Dace, Winchester. Richland county--President, Mrs. R. M. McCauley, Olney; secretary, Miss Roxana Johnston, Olney. Menard county--President, R. E. Bone, Rock Creek; secretary, John.L.- L&ning, Petersburg. Jersey county--(Organisation not completed), president, Judge H. W. Ponge, Jerseyville; secretary, Miss Grace Enos, Jersey ville. Mason couhty--(Organization not completed), president, Mr. Warren Melby, Mason City; secretary, Mrs. McFarland, Havana. Previous to the middle of June there were seventeen local anti-tuberculosis societies in Illinois and seven county •octettes, but there were on Septem ber 1 seventeen anti-tuberculosis leagues in the campaign with county organizations. Hash new league and many of the old ones are planning their work for the year. Some, Richland county among them, will conduct an educa­ tional booth at the county fair. Tuber­ culosis surveys, lectures and literature will be the first work of some societies, while in others visiting will be done to mitigate the suffering caused by Chem and to show their communities how much needs to be done. As this work grows, its efficiency will require a dispensary where pa­ tients and nurses may the more read­ ily be brought together; a successful dispensary will soon call for provision for certain classes of patients in tuber­ culosis sanatoria and hospitals will ber come a natural sequence. In this way as pointed out by anti-tuberculosis as­ sociations, each step is taken when de­ manded and a community may not be­ come burdened with an organization or Institution for which it has no need or is unprepared. Plan Old Soldiers' Day. Hon. J- T. Montgomery, the president of the Illinois state board of agriculture, is making an effort to make Old Soldiers' day at the coming state fair in keeping with the patrlotlo sentiment of Illinois and worthy of the splendid men that made such brilliant history for the state during the Civil and Spanish wars. The secretary of the state fair, Hon. J. K. Dickirson, is an old soldier, and as in the past will spare no effort to provide every convenience and com­ fort for the veterans on Old Soldiers' day, which, for 1913, haa been given the best day of the exposition, Wed­ nesday, October 8. ; President Montgomery h&a appoint­ ed a committee of the state board of agriculture consisting of old soldiers to co-operate with a committee ap- - pointed by Commander Jones o£ the ^ Stephenson post of this city in per- . ft fecting arrangements fof the reunion of thejreterans of the Chril and Span- ish wars on Old Soldiers' day of the M coming state fair. 4 J The old soldiers' committee of the ± board of agriculture consists of J. BL : -J Hopkins, John S. Culp, C. F.-Dlke, Mar 'Ifji Vl tin Conrad and J. K. Dickirson. '~f _ The committee of old soldiers ap- 'in J pointed by Stephenson poet consists y ^ of Colonel Charles Jones, commander; Colonel James A. Connolly; Cofonel J. B. Inman; Colonel Edward 8. John' son; Colonel Lincoln Dubois and Col- iaS : is onel Charles F. Mills. - The committee of old soldiers ap- I4 pointed for Old Soldiers' day at the . A- ^ state fair arranged the following ex- "$j| ercises to be held in the large tent - \ ^ ^ that will be provided for the Grand VjJ ^ Army of the Republic headquarter* to < ^Jj ' ^ be located near the dome building on the state fair grounds. * v . " J| The old soldiers will mfirch from -vjHjj •?<& their tent to the grand stand at 10:45 \ -,*1 a. m , October 8, under the escort of - |j * - jjj the members of the state board of ag- ̂ riculture, following a band and a pla- | toon of police. The exercises will be as followft 4? Assembly call by Bugler OsborMk w After the invocation at the grand ' " '-;t stand, by Comrade Osborne, Colonel .•>$ '•$ James A. Connolly, the chairman of vV ? | the day, will speak. ' ,« Hon. James T. Montgomery, tlra ->|| president of the Illinois state board Ot -f' 5,* agriculture, will deliver the address of :-i'i 3 welcome to the old soldiers. ^ General J. T. Crowder, the comman-, * der of the state encampment of the G. tfe J Oldest Soldier in Britain A Japanese Master. At a sale in London, a Japanese col­ or print of Ichikawa Danjiro, 1679- 1762, of a man seated outside a house of ivy holding a love letter si Tori* Klyomaau, sold for 1404. Recently Celebrated the Fifty-8econd Anniversary of His Appointment as Royal Gunner. The oldest soldier in the British army is said to be Samuel Parsons, the king's gunner at Windsor castle, who lately celebrated the fifty-second anniversary of his appointment as the royal gunner in the round tower of Windsor castle. Although nearly 87 years of age, he is still on the active list, and bas drawn full military pay •for sixty-five years. Parsons still re­ tains all his faculties, his sight being very good, and enjoys good health. He was born at Morval, East Loo, Corn­ wall, in 1825, and at the age of 19 years joined the Royal artillery at Devonport. He was at Quebec with his regiment for six years, and after three years' home service was dis­ patched to the Crimea. After being laid up for a time with fever Parsons returned to the seat of war the day be- |orw the charge* cf Bslakteva, although he did not take part in that memor able charge, but was present at the battle of Inkermann. After the Crimea he went to Woolwich and was ap­ pointed royal gunner aft Windsor caa- tle Oct. 17, 1859. Parsons ppssesses six medals, in­ cluding the Crimean medal, with bars for Sebastopol, Inkermann and Bala* klava; the Turkish medal, the long service medal, Queen Victoria's jubilee medal, with a barvfor the diamond jubilee; King Edward's coronation medUl and King George's coronation medal. During the fifty-two years Par­ sons -has been at the round tower there has never been an accident, re* latea the London Standard. Convlcta to Work on Roada. Forty-five convicts, dressed in civil* lan clothes, boarded an electric car under the state penitentiary walls and started for Dixon,, where, for three months, they will be employed on road construction, unguarded and with only their word of honor as assurance that they will not attempt an escape. T. F. Keegan, who will superintend the road work, and Charles Hardin, who will act as night watchman, were in charge of the men. They left their revolvers and loaded canes in the prison offices. Warden Allen and Dep­ uty Warden Walsh accompanied the "honor prisoners" on the first dsy of the "outing." The forty-five who are to Inaugurate the new Illinoia convict road law were choBen from the good behavior men at the prison. They were up before sun­ rise, dressed in civilian clothes, made inside the prison walls, and carrying the khaki suits they will wear on the roads, marched in a silent line to the car. "I told them they could talk and joke all they liked," said Warden Al­ len. "but it's pretty hard for a man to raise a smile when he's been be­ hind the walls for several years. A few days out of doors will cheer them up." Tents and camp equipment preceded the convicts to Dixon. Camp will be pitched each night wherever the gang of prisoners find themselves. \ 8tool of Repentance. ^For many years in front of the pul­ pit in Scottish churches persons under censure eat durtng the service. After­ ward they stood to receive public re­ buke, From this practice we derive the "stool of repentance^** New Corporations. Secretary of State Woods issued cer­ tificates of incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Belleville Realty and Investment company, Belleville; capital, $2,600. In­ corporators--John Carson, Lee Grandcolor, August Barthel. Bethany Mutual Telephone com­ pany, Bethany; capital, $8,000- Incor­ porators--George McLaughlin, M. E. Sconce, A. L. Moriow. City Building company, Chicago; capital, $50,000. Incorporators--H. M. Taylor, B. Irmls, H. De Camp. Textile Importing company, Chica­ go; capital, $10,000. Incorporators-- Frank L. Salisbury, John R. Craig, Mi­ chael Marso. Gibson City Creamery company. Gib­ son City; capital, $15,000. Incorpora­ tors--Hans Rasmussen, M. BriUan. R. E. Borchens. Dongola Box .company, Dongola; capital, $3,500. Incorporators--W O. Worstman, George A- Malette, C. F. Schlnter. v James Bradley 4 Sons, Chicago; capital, $10,000, incorporators--Jehu W. BisaeU, & A. Llnfl&rhpljn, Bvui. ,*7 A. R., will respond to the address of welcome. The exercises will be interspersed with music by the band. The address on thiB memorable oo» caslon will be delivered by Major Bin- ford Wilson; whose reputation for patriotic and eloquent oratory la not confined to this state. After the conclusion of the speaking taps will be sounded by Bugler Oft- borne. All of the members of Stephenson post have been appointed aa membera of the reception committee to meet and entertain visiting comradaa dur­ ing the day. The state board of agriculture has provided an elegant bronze badge for every old soldier, and each veteran will be admitted to the fair grounds on the presentation of his badge, which will be given on completion of the card containing the company and regl- t ment in which he served duiigf; tta, war. • /•• 'J ' >| Pastors Are Appointed. * * The Southern Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, closed in Murphysboro with the ap­ pointment of pastors. The conferaoo will be held at Odin next year. Rev. C. Henley was returned aa presiding elder of the Murphysboro dis­ trict and Rev. W. T. Mathls aa pas­ tor of the First M. E. church. South, in Murphysboro. The'following appointments of pas­ tors were announced: Waverly District--R. j. Watts, pre­ siding elder; Buckhorn, B. B. Moaa; Clarkesdale, H. M. Ellis; El iDara, T. H. Ballarby; Glrard, N. R. Norrla; Henton, W. P. Lamp; Mariette, to bo suplled; RuBhvile, W. D. Humphry; Shermon, A. <N. Hicks; Waverly, L. F« Lawrence; Worden, Joseph Lane; Tioga, G. W. Green. Salem District--F. W. Spicer, pre­ siding elder; Casey, C. 8. Smith; Clay City, W. S. Wright; Dennison, G. A. Mathls; Dix, A. E. Bun ton; Keye*- port. A. D. Hawker; Kinmundy, J. W. Willis; Mocasin aud Pan a, R. H. Phillips; Nashville, J. E. Garrett; Adin and Centralia, A. M. Sricfeney; . Patoka, C. W. Llndsey; Salem and Kelt M. A. Cox; Xenia, W F. Adklna; Terre Haute, O. Swietaer. Murphysboro District--C. Henley, presiding elder; Baldwin. G. B. Sher­ man ; Blalrsville, G. M. Adney; Do Soto, O. C. Malm; D. W. Ashby, su­ perannuated: Du Quols, J. A. Wise; H. J. Charlton, supernumerary; Gats- tia, A. E. Thomas; Grand Tower J. W. Reeves; Hanaford, J. W. Wil­ liams; Marlon, J. C. Jones; Murphy*- • boro, W. T. Mathls; Oraville, W. 8. Wilcox; Pulaski, W. T. Graham; Stonefort, Earl Grovea; Qorham, J. M. Long, supply; Tanuaa, F. Bums, supply; Corwtn Henky, , anlsalowurr , secretary. W i Will Inspect Dairlee. Inspectors under the direction of the state board of health wlft subject Sprlngfleld'B outside sources of tallk supply to a rigid examination. The state board will make the investiga­ tion because the jurisdiction of the city board of health end* at the cor­ porate limits. The examinations wOl extend to the dairies and farms la several surrounding counties frtun which local milk men are dally sup­ plied. A mild outbreak of typhoid fever In the city is the specific raaaup for the investigation. ':$£i j? i'S Board Holds Sfcort Meetings- After September 16. railroad corpora­ tions of the stpte will be at liberty to appear through representatives before the railroad*' committee of the state board of equalization for the purpose of registering complaints. This SS^ nouncement was made following s brief meeting of the general board. Ad­ journment wag taken by the board nft» til Tuesday. September 16. But a few of the reports (Vom county clerks have been sent in 10 the board. This fact was largely Xot Ifafc Sk adjournment* ' M . H|X-' J