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Berchtold for Peace. jn a speech to the delegates at Buda­ pest he vigorously answered criticisms of spokesmen of the war party, parti­ cularly of a delegate who was sup­ posed to be expressing the sentiments of the then heir presumptive, the late Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Count Berchtold spoke of the aged emperor's sincere and resolute devotion to peace; he gave arguments of his own, more­ over, in support of a policy of patience «pd peace. Feared Lose of Prestige. The frankness and directness of that speech impressed everybody except those who feared that Austria might be accused of timidity and weakness, night be misunderstood and in conse­ quence might lose political and mili­ tary preBtige. ^ There were 3ome among these who thought, moreover, that Russia, whose recuperative power was wonderful-- whatever might be said of its efficiency and actual strength when pitted against a more civilised and free pow- 4o<--was getting too mighty and too confident, and was enjoying too much opportunity for rehabilitation and con­ solidation of its financial and military- naval resources. These vaguely favored a bold and aggressive policy even at the risk of war, which had better came sooner th& later, they held. • Sweden Takes, Up Cry. Eiut Count Berchtold'8 view pre­ vailed for the moment and excellent observers concluded that Austria, at any rate, was not going to add to the troubles, complications, and dangers of Europe by tempting fortune. At that very moment Sweden was excitedly discussing "the Russian peril" and demanding new measures of defense, while a section of the Ger­ man press was pointing to the "bear that walks like a man" as the foe to reckon with in the near future. Tet the peace of Europe is broken not by Russia, not by a Balkan potter desirous of revising the settlement Imposed by Roumania and the concert of Europe At the Bucharest conference, but by Austria, and seemingly under Count Berchtold's direction. What has happened in the short In­ terval? If peace was necessary and desirable to Austria-Hungary a few Weeks ago, why la war inevitable to­ day? To understand the situation It la es­ sential to distinguish between glitter­ ing generalities, fanciful aspirations, literature, and rhetoric, on the one "hand, and hard, grim, concrete {acts •on the other. It is essential to know what the conflict is not. It is not a war between Teuton and Slav. It is -not a war between the Pan-German world party and the Pan-Slav world party. It is not war for the preserva­ tion of Hapeburg monarchy. Move Is Anti-Austrian. - The Pan-German movement is anti- Austrian and cannot fall to be so. The succeesKOf that movement would de­ stroy Austria as a political entity. The Pan-German extremists have had to be rebuked and repudiated by responsi­ ble German statesmen. As allies of Austria thoy could not countenance a movement which assumed and labored for the disruption and disappearance of Austria. , The Pan-Slav movement in Russia Is manifestly anti-Austrian, as well as anti-German. It dreams of Slav rule "from the "Adriatic sea to the Pacific ocean." It dreams of Slav union or confederation under the gentle and benevolent sovereignty of Russia. Czar's Interest in 8ervla. Pan-Slavism is, however, in a lim­ ited sense, unmistakably in evidence in the czar's profound interest in Servia and. Montenegro. The czar's ministers have often blundered in the Balkans fpfeNTRAL CARRIERS GRANTBO TIVE PER CENT ADVANCE BY ^MINORITY OPINION ENTERID Crown Prince Alexander of Servia, who made a gallant record during the Balkan war, will lead his battle- scarred veterans against the Ana- trians. and have at times, caused estrange­ ment, gravitation toward Germany, bitter feeling against Russia. But the blunders were personal blunders of bungling politicians. Russia has al­ ways posed and often acted as the pa­ tron, friend, and protector of the Slavs everywhere, and especially of the Bal­ kan Slavs. It has had and still has its eye on Its "estate in reversion," Constantinople, and it cannot hope to plant its flag there without the consent and support of the Balkan Slavs. It is good "Pan-Slavism" to support Ser­ via. ' But in facing Austria, Russia con­ fronts not a German power, but a pow-1 er that is itBelf largely Slav. Slav will thus be fighting Slav and the Ger­ mans, whatever their colors, will _ be fighting for Slavs and with other Slavs and postponing the realization of the Pan-German ambitions and dreams. - Jealousy a Great Factor. Here, then, is a strange paradox but not the only paradox in a situation full of anomalies--anomalies insepara­ ble from the very nature and complex" Ion of tho Austro-Hungarian empire, an empire, to repeat, that has been held together quite as much by the Jealousies and differences of outsiders as by the dynastic and personal in­ fluence of the Hapsburgs. If Austria cannot and does not rep­ resent German interests and German culture in this flght, what Is it fighting tor? Pan-Servian agitation did not endanger its existence, while the war does. Its own Slav elements at no time displayed an inclination to ex­ change its rule for that of the czar, although they were not averse to ue- ing Pan-Slav slogans in order to secure better representation and larger recog­ nition. Danger to Dual Monarchy. The opinion of the soundest students of politics has long been that if Aus­ tria-Hungary was to be preserved, only a policy of peace, liberalism, greater autonomy, and home rule, conciliation of the various races and elements by reform measures, political and social, contained the proi^ae of such preser­ vation. The war actually endangers the ex­ istence of the dual monarchy, for aside from the chances of defeat and disas­ ter, there is the fact that the Slav sub­ jects of the emperor cannot sympa­ thize With it. The separatist and per* tlcularlst tendencies feared by the court and government can only be deepened and strengthened by the con­ flict. The army and navy may be loyal and obedient, as many assert. The army and navy may be "Austrian," If the nation is not. But popular senti­ ment 1b a potent factor in war and : popular sentiment among the Austrian and Hungarian Slavs does ont favor fratricidal strife. No wonder the Intelligent world Is puzsled and utterly at a loss to explain Austria's course. " GREAT WARS' COST IN LIVES AND MONEY >*! / x Duration Loss of Wars--- •. _ in day* Cngland-Franoe, 1799-18115 8,168 Crimean war, 1854-56.'. . '734 United State* Civil war, 1861-66 .&456 Franco-German, 187C-71 ......... 406 fiusso-Turkieh, 1877-78 334 United States-Spanish war, 1898.,,., 101 8oer war, 1899-1902 962 Russo-Japanese war, 1904-C&,...........VS76 Balkan wars * f 'United Statee only. | ' '* t life 1,900,000 486,000 656,000 290,000 180,000 2,910 90,898 556,900 Cost. __ money. 86^50,000,000 1,525,000,000 8,700,000,000 1,080,000,000 950.000,000 •165,00b,000 1,000,100,000 2^260,000,000 200,000,000 ECONOMIC WASTE OF WAR Estimate^!* That One Hundred Billion Dollars Would Be the Cost of the Conflict. Bails, July 30.--The general Euro- "pftan war means a frightful economic -waste amounting to $100,000,000,000. The war of 1870 cost France $3,000,- 000,000 and Germany about half as much. Germany, after France had paid the indemnity of $1,000,000,000, ires tai l wotke statethan before the hostilities had actually commenoed. One can with perfect plausibility multiply the cost of the Franco-Ger- man war by six and arrive at the probable coet of this new conflict. It would not be an extravagant estimate to say $100,000,000,000 without taking into account the numerous anil almost immeasurable private losses. In view of the antagonism 'existing among the races inhabiting Franz j»>oei b empire, this forcing of a doubtful struggle on her part seems madneee almost incredible- -~ All Lines Win From Buffale>Pittsburgh ^ to Mississippi--Additional Paasen- ,ger Revenue le Recommended by ' nsderef Commission. .. ' ; r «1<-»YNOPSI8 OF DE^lSlok' Commission orders rate increases la territory north of Ohio and Potomac rivers and from a vertical line drawn through Buffalo and Pittsburgh, weat to Mississippi river. Advances east from Buffalo and Pittsburgh along Atlantic seaboard are denied. In territory affected all class rates are increased five pec. cent and many commodity rates are Increased also. Commission acknowledges railroads are entitled to highe^ passenger rates. Result of decision fa that "Railroads Affected will Increase their income I % p e r c e n t . V l J ' , No increase is permitted on coal, coke, brick, tile, clay, etarch, cement, iron ore and plaster. Lake and rail rates remain un­ changed. General development of transporta­ tion system approved. Washington, Aug. 4.--An increase of certain freight rates by the railroads between the Mississippi and Buffalo and Pittsburgh is allowed by the In­ terstate commerce commission in ita decision made public on Saturday. This is known as Centsal Freight aaao- ciation territory. The live per cent Increase of charges asked by the railroad east of Buffalo ,and Pittsburgh in trunk line territory and New Eingland territory is disal­ lowed. No increases were granted on lake and rail rates. All class rates within the Central Freight association territory were ad­ vanced five per cent Commodity rates got a like advance, excepting coal, coke, brick, tile, clay, starch, ce­ ment, iron ore and plaster. , The commodities upon which no ad­ vances were allowed compose approx­ imately 35 per cent of the total vol­ ume of traffic in the Central territory. The new' rates are expected to In­ crease the incomes of the railroads approximately 1% per cent Ail the principal east and west systems will benfit by the increased, as their lines traverse the territory affected. Commissioners McChord and Dan­ iels at the last moment gave a die- denting opinion. Commissioner McChord held no dif­ ference should have been nfade be­ tween the territories east and west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo. Commies lon­ er Daniels held that a live per gent Increase should have been granted generally. The Increases allowed on class and commodity rates to the railroads in Central Freight association territory may, in the readjustment of the sched­ ules prescribed by the commission, average even higher than the five per cent mentioned. The dissenting opinion of Commis- loner Daniels is said to represent closely the views which the president hoped would prevail in the commla- sion. It is expected that the western ]railroade now will apply for rate ad­ vances, feIG BANK MEET AT GOTHAM McAdoc and Bankers Discuss Flnsn* cial Situation--Clearing House Certificates May Be Issued. New York, Aug. 4.--Probably one Of the most significant banking con­ ferences ever held in America tobk place at the Vanderbllt hotel here on Sunday night It was attended by Wil­ liam G. McAdoo, secretary of the United States treasury; John 8kelton Williams, comptroller of the currency; J. P. Morgan and the heads of more than a dozen of the largest national banks and trust companies in New York. As a result of the conference it Is expected that clearing house cer­ tificates will be issued both In New York and other banking centers to be used by banks as a medium for set­ tling their balances to each other and strengthening their reserves, which Saturday's bank statement showed were about seventeen million dollars under the legal requirement Caillaux Slain, le Rumor. London, Aug. 4.--It is rumored in Viette, France, that the seventeen- year-old son of Gaston Calmette has murdered Joseph Caillaux, whose wife killed his father. Confirmation of the rumor is impossible so far. 'German Team la Eliminated. Pittsburgh, Aug. 3.--The Austi'ala- slan tennis team, Wilding and Brookes, eliminated the Germans, Freitzhein and Kreuzer, from the Davis cup com­ petition when they defeated them in the doubles match. Carnegie to Help Belva Lockwood. Washington, Aug. 8.--Andrew Car­ negie late Friday afternoon promised to contribute to the annuity fund the friends of Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the octogenarian woman lawyer, are rais­ ing. Nationalists and Ulstsrinsw Clash. Belfast, Aug. 3.--The first armed en­ counter between Ulster volunteers and the National volunteers occurred when 200 Nationalists attempted to raid a party at Kilkeel for the purpose of securing the Ultermen's riflefc, 3V* Forakefs Campaign Expenses; Washington, Aug. 3.--The expense account of former Senator Joseph B. Foraker, candidate for the Republican nomination for senator from Ohio, for the primary campaign thus far was yyi wlth the secretary of the senate. HATE II TEMPLARS TO MEET ORAWD CONCLAVE WILL BE HELD ^ tPRINQFIELD FOR Tlii"^ * FIRST TIME; SESSIONS IN MASONip TEMPLE Qrand Parade, at Which Probably 2,000 Will Participate, end Ball Win Be Features of Gathery log September 1-2. Holiness Association In Camp. The atinual session of the Illinois association opened in the fair grounds with 100 attending. Rev. A. H. Alkire of Springfield welcomed the campers, and the principal address was deliv­ ered by olev. W. A. Ashbork, presi­ dent of the association. ' The nteetiAg will continue ten daji. ; State G. O. P. Convention. The Illinois Republican state con­ vention, to be held on Friday, Septem­ ber 18, at Peoria, will consist of 1,575 delegates. These are the figures fixed in the official c^U for the convention, which was Issued by Roy O. West, state chairman, and C. J. Doyle, state secretary. Representation is apportioned on the basis of one delegate for every 400 votes cast in the November, 1908, elec­ tion, as follows: Springfield.--The oapital city will entertain this year for the first time in ita history the Knights Templars of the state, who will meet here in their grand conclave on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 1 and 2. The sessions will be held at- the Masonic temple in South Sixth street. The meeting will be one of the most im­ portant ever held in this city as re­ gards secret societies, as the order is one of the highest branches of Ma aonry. Features of the conclave will ^be & Dewut'b grand parade, at which probably 2,000 ~ uniformed knights will participate, held ou the first day of the conclave, and a grand ball at the state arsenal on the night of September 2. County. Adama Alexander ., Bond Boone Brown Bureau ..... Calhoun .... Carroll Cass Champaign Christian ... Clark ........ Clay Clinton Coles Cook Crawford Cumberland Douglas ..U Du Page The details of the meeting have not been fully mapped out as yet Stuart E. Pearson of Carrollton is the grand commander of the state end Delmar J. Darrah of Bloomington, late past grand master of the Masons of Illinois, is the grand secretary of the Knights Templar. Fees for Reporting Fires. Under the Illinois law fees for re­ porting fires to the state fire marshal department, to the various town clerks, mayors of cities and chiefs of fire departments are payable once each year, viz.: At the close of the fiscal year, July 30. Since July 10 the fire marshal department has been busily engaged in making up vouchers for these officers for the fO.OOO fires re­ ported the f>ast year. These officers are allowed a fee of 50 cents for each fire report and mileage at the rate of 15 cents a mile to the scene of the fire. These vouchers are now all ! made up and have been Bent to the auditor's office and state warrants will shortly be mailed to each of the bffl- cers to whom fees are due. There has been a great increase in the number of fires reported, owing to the fact that the various officers whose duty it Is to report fires are now more familiar with the law and their duty in that connection, and they are rendering valuable service to the fire marshal department and the state of Illinois In furnishing this Information, both In the matter of statistics and the means of fire prevention. It Is the opinion of the state fire marshal of Illinois that his depart­ ment is receiving more prompt reports and better co-operation on the part of local officials than any other depart­ ment in the United States. Upon this hearty co-operation rests the entire fu­ ture of the fire marshal's department and the work of fire prevention in this state. Fire re porta reaching the office of the state fire marshal at Springfield, Indicate many barns are now being de­ stroyed by fires caused by spontane­ ous combustion of new hay stored therein. It would seem that the ex­ ceeding dry season would prevent in a large measure such fires, but It Is evident from reports received that farmers are somewhat negligent In this matter and have been storing hay before it is thoroughly dry. Edgar Edwards .k. Efflngham . Fayette ..... Ford Franklin Fulton .. Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin Henderson ...P... Henry Iroquois Jackson Jasper Jefferson ......... Jersey Jo Daviess.* Johnson ......... Kane Kankakee ....... Kendall .......... Knox Lake .......»*,%t». Lt Salle .......«.^r. Lawrenoe ........ No. of! delegates j County. • 181 Lee 9Llvtng»ton .. 6;Logan ......... 7IMacon 2|Macovipln ... 13!Madl8on 2Marion ...... ......... 7:Marshall .... ... 51Massac ... ISMason ... SiMcDonough ... 8'McHenry ... ... ti|McLean 6:Menard ... lliMercer ...676 Monroe ... 81 Montgomery ... 4'Morgan ... 15>Moultrie ... 7iOgle ... 7|Peorla 11 Perry -... 9 Piatt ... 4,Pike ... 6|Pope ......... 81 Pulaski ..... ........ 7'Putnam ..... 6|Ran<lolh .... .......... lStRlohland ... 41 Rock Island .......... 6iSaline 8' Sangamon .. 51 Schuyler ... 9! Scott 2i Shelby 4!Sturk 16 St. Clair .... 12 Stephenson . lOITazewell .... SlUnion gjVermfllon .. 8 Wabash 8|Warren 3'Washington S2iWayne ...... 15!Whlte 51 Whiteside lSiWtll 16QfcjUllamson • mwlnnebaso . BlWoodford ... No. ot delegates 11 13 . . . . . . . . . 9 IT 12 U 9 6 5 fi » IS 22 4 , 9 , 4 . 9 . 10 . 4 . 13 . srr . 6 . 6 . 7 . 4 . 5 . 2 . 8 . 4 . » . 8 . 16 . 4 . 3 . 8 . 4 . 82 . 12 fi' 7TW. MM' 03$-r {. t --« answers every hc»u«tf> : , requirement •••nrn, •igor,!^. Ireshment, wboleeoineae^l - It will aatiafy •Oeramd the (nelae Y K V,: by lull acme-- Mckoamet cncoun(« nihwitnrina, ' - • READER ALLOWED ONE GUESS Tm COCA-COLA CO., Arum, <3*. NO LONGER IN THE MARKET $ • 1,500 File Petitions In Ststs. Fifteen hundred candidates had en­ tered the running for state, congres­ sional and legislative nominations wben the time for filing petitions ex­ pired. Eleven hundred out of the total are contesting for nominations for 26 seats in the senate and 153 seats in the lower house of the general assem­ bly. Fourteen, or more than one-half of the 26 outgoing members of the state senate and 47, or nearly one-third of the members of the house, are not seeking re-electlqn. All but three of the 27 Illinois representatives in con­ gress filed their petitions for renom- inatlon. A larger number -of Democrats are aspiring to Btate offices than ever be­ fore in the history of the state. For most of the offices there are three or four times as many Democratic candi­ dates as Republicans^ Progressives have but few opposing primary candi­ dates. * Congressional and legislative candi­ dates still are in ignorance as to the order in which their names will ap­ pear on the ballot. $70,313,605 In State's Coal. " More than $70,000,000 waa contrib­ uted to the wealth of Illinois in 1913 by its coal mines--to he exact, $70,- 313,605. And the coal mining industry of th® state profited by the diminishing sup­ ply of natural gas In Kansas and the ! strike In the Colorado coal fields. This information is contained in a summary made by E. W. Parker Of the United States geological survey, in co-operation with the Illinois state geological survey. There are more fiOal producing counties in Illinois than in any other state in the Union, half of the 102 counties in the state being or having been producers. Exceptionally mild weather in the early winter has> a depressing influ­ ence on the domestic trade and the water power developed by the Keokuk dam seriously affected the demand for and prices of steam coal within a radius of 260 miles from the power 'plant. It is estimated that the power furnished by the dam displaced about 3,000 tons of coal a day. | The effect of all these influences was an Increase in the quantity of coal produced from 59,885,226 short tons in 1912 to 61,618,744 tons in 1913. Labor conditions were much mord satisfactory in ivis than the year previous, but that there waa much more to be desired in that respect is shown by the fact that there were 11,- 861 men on Btrlke during the year and that the average time lost by the men on strike was 55 days. ' Transportation facilities WW gsn> erally adequate. The increased efficiency of the la­ bor employed in the coal mines of Illinois manifested in 1912, continued in 1913 and was due chieSy to the larger quantity obtained through the use of mining machines. A gratifying decrease in the amount of coal shot off the solid wac noted. The prevalence of solid shooting In the coal mines adds materially to the hazardous character of the miners' oc­ cupation and seriously impairs the quality of the product The flat-lying character of the Illi­ nois coal beds is favorable to ma­ chine mining, and there appears to be no good reason for permitting solid shooting to continue. Did This Pleasant Little Conversation Take Place During or After the Honeymoon? He threw down his paper. "I wonder if the colonel really means to try it again?" • ; "What did you say, dear?" "If you'd been listening you wouldn't ask me." "If you had said anything worth bearing I'd be glad to listen." "How do you know you would?" "Try it" He glares at her aud wisely sayB nothing. She picks up the paper. "Dear me," she sayB, "I wish they'd settle it" "Settle what?" "The length of next iall's skirts." He snorts. "Is that all you can fled in the pa­ per?" "I guess it's a good deal more im­ portant than the stuff you find." "Do you mean to compare a paltry skirt to the stupendous living issues of the hour?" "Oh, go jump into the River of Doubt!" "What do you know about the Riv­ er of Doubt?" "As much as anybody knovs. Bah!" "Bah yourself!" Whereupon he rises angrily and goes out on the porch and calms him­ self with a pipe.--Cleveland Plain- dealer. 'Then He Told Her. Pat, Who was In lodging*, greatly annoyed by the landlady's help­ ing herself to his provisions. She be­ gan by taking a pie^e of his butter, and when Pat came home ehe said: "Pat, I am taking a little of your butter, but I'm not like other land- ladles--I'm telling you." Next day it waa an egg, and so on. Every day there was something taken and put off with the same remark: "I'm not like other landladies--I'm telling you." \ Of course there was never any'in­ duction in Pat's bill. One Saturday his bill came to a larger amount than usual. Pat looked at it, bundled up a few things In his handkerchief, walked to the door and said: "Landlady, I'm sloping. I'm not like other lodgers--I'm teUlng you!"-- London Tit-Bits. Mr. Meeken Had Supplied Himsslf With a Letter Opener That Could Net Be Improved On. A canvasser stepped briskly up ttfr Mr. Meekeu's desk and laid a smalt article close to his right hand. "I have here a new letter opener*'*. he said. "A handsome article to b* ^ * kept on the table of Tour library* and--" "Pardon me," Interrupted Mr. Meek- en, without turning his head, "but I have already the best letter opener and the quickest" "How long have yon had It?" per* slsted the canvasser. "Ton know there are constant improvements always be­ ing introduced." "Mine couldn't be improved." re« sponded Meeken. "I've ttad her foe ^ about two years°now--anniversary ot the wedding next month." ^ t. - -•'*"4- ^ Truly Useful Animit. Senator Martine of New Jersey teller in the Washington Star of a farm haa«. whom he employed, who is much given. ,1 to philosophizing. \ ,;i •% ^ One morning, when the senator wa#f.V£,| 'vp wandering over the farm, he caa#.-.,"^! :"c|| upon his man feeding the chicken*.'**^ Alexander stopped him with: u- ^ "Good mawnin', suh! I been thinking ' s this mawnin', and I made up my mind^ A • suh. as I's lookin' at these heah chicle ' - ens, that they's the usefulleet animsl ^,#|f| they is. You c'n eat 'em 'fo' they'a * L.i,1 bo'n, and aftah they's daid!" ^ i - , THINK OF THE MILLION* O that have been relieved in the past 1$ • years by Wright's Indian Vegetable h Pills and decide whether they are not,') -,v|| ,if| worth a trial. They regulate the '-' ^ bowels, stimulate the liver and purlfX "' • £ the blood. Ad*. Ill "3 *j Safety First. ' HK The reason we wouldn't hire a mail who never makes mistakes la because '*7^ ^ he would soon have our Job.--Gahree* . vT ton Newe. _ Most me^vQu^d rather get the short end of atffergumekit than keep quiet ^ Religious Scruples./ A soldier is allowed to "cftsfcgfc his religion," as it is termed, if he can convince his commanding officer that he has good reasons. On one occasion a man intimated his desire. "Now," said the colonel, "what are your reasons? Have you conscien­ tious convictions in regard to the mat­ ter?" The man intimated that he had. "And," continued, the colonel, "to what denomination do you wish to be transferred?" Said the ease-seeking Tommy: "I dis-remember the name, sir, but it's them as parades for church half an hour later than the others." „ State incorporations. Austin J. Lynch company of Chica­ go, 111., Chicago; capital $50,000. In­ corporators--Austin J. Lynch, Harry C. Cottrill and EUIB H. Nlcoll. "Anderson," Chicago; capital, $7,000. Incorporators--Anna C. Anderson, Anna E. Dowdle and Hilma Nelson. Coleta Grain & Lumber company, Coleta; capital, $5,000. Incorporators --Ray Rariden, Hugh 8. Brown and J. C. Crom. Vaco company, Bloomington; change of object; name changed to C. Wake­ field & Co. East Side Water company. East St Louis; capital, $2,000. incorporators-- John P. Bloogher, Breckinridge Long and Frederick H. Semple. Eckland Typewriter company, Chi­ cago; capital, $5,000. Incorporators-- C. J. Eckland, E. O. Eckland and C. H. Mehoney. Manchester Mercantile company. M»!< iter: oapital, $2,400^ Incorpor­ ators--Charles L. Leltze, C. IX Chap­ man and Charles Smith. Merchants' Securities cotftpany, Chi­ cago; capital, $10,000. Incorporators-- Luther D- Swanntrom. James T. Fales «« m. M. 8tate doard Buys Lsnd. The state board of administration closed a deal for the purchase of 120 acres of land from what is known as the James Johnson farm tract near Peoria state hospital. The land was bought for the price of $135 an acre and the board paid $16,200. Critic's Mean Comment, An actor who recently was *la*en" while on the stage by a cinematograph was greatly pleased with the result. Talking of It to a prominent dramatic critic, he said: "It was the most extraordinary ex­ perience I ever went through--actu­ ally to see myself acting." "Now," replied the critic, "yon will understand what we have to put ujp with." 4Tm open for convic* tion," said one lady; ' M She likeid her regular r | soap and washing 1 powder. She tried RUB-IKO-MORE fust tose$. Now you ought to see how easily sh# keeps house dirt-fre# with this "worklessf S dirt remover. RUB -NO -MOR* ! WASHING POWMft > - is a sudtese dirt >V j mover for clothe* ^ It cleans your dWMfc ; - ^ s ink*, toi lets sag. / cleans and sweeftMT roc**! .'JA Decatur Man for Plumbers. At the business meeting of the Illi­ nois State Plumbers' association at Danville, Joseph Brewster of Decatur was re-elected president and Fred H. Baker of Springfield was named sec­ retary-treasurer. Nsed Anti-Dope Lsw in Stste. Recent investigations have con­ vinced the state board of pharmacy that unless something is done It will not be long until the hospitals for the Insane are crowded with inmates whose lives have been wrecked by the use of habit-forming drugs. "Illinois has been slow to recog­ nise the Importance of such legisla­ tion, and is far behind most of the other states in the union in this mat­ ter," says a bulletin issued by the board. "Cocaine is the only habit-forming drug the sale of which is regulated by a state law and even this law should be amended in order that Individuals who are apprehended with an undue amount of cocaine in their possession can be punished by being made to pay a heavy fine. "The cocaine law Is weak in this respect It provides a penalty for sell­ ing cocaine without the prescription of a physician, veterinarian or den­ tist but it contains no restriction against any person having an undue UMMBt of the jftrug In his possession.' Convinced. "Are you dure that man la thinking about resigning?" "Absolutely sure. He couldn't re­ fuse to resign so often If he weren't thinking about it" yoer milk crocks. kills germs. KM not aeed hot walafc" - •' i RUBNO-ftfORI Cube Naptha Sea* RUB-NO-MORE Washiag Powder Ftv Cents--Att Grocer# ^ N The Rub-No-More Co., FtWayne, Indl; , ;« i University of Notre Dami NOTRE DAME, IWUU ̂ Thorough Education, Moral 7Vnnia0t Twenty-oii# courses leading to dcntM IS^ Classics, Modern Letters, Journalism, FaHllwl Ki-ommiy, Commerce, Chemistry, BMO0V' Pharmacy, Engineering:, Architecture, IrfMpp Preparatory School, v»riou» ooUHt. L For Catalogues address •>'. BOX H. NOT HE DAME, INDIANA Weight Shotguns X TRADE 12. 16 AND 20 GAUGES. 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