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..-f "'*% 1 * , !, 4 *"* 1 <* ** ' THE M«Hmi PIJUHDEAUBB. KeHENRY, ILL. . • ' . ' • 31 ' • y r j ( • -v^l' sfek^S-'.s IV_? MRPfllMpaill step toward Farmers of our vast central section not only are giving their sons but are raising bumper crops to help win the war against autocracy VENTS of a revolutionary charac­ ter have taken place on the middle Western farms since America's en­ try Into the war. When President Wilson issued his call to the American farmer to do his duty in war times by feeding the world, OP that portion of It engaged in the war . for democracy, he launched the biggest drive for in­ creased food production in the history of the world'. In fact, no preparedness In connection with •Ithe participation of the United State® in Ithe war has proceeded more rapidly thai\ the knobllizntion of the farm resources of the middle West, which Just now Is preparing itself for the task of feeding not only the United States, but a large part of the world. Despite the fact that the call to the fields leame too late to affect the winter wheat crop, the middle Western farmer has made tremendous advance* In Increasing the acreage of his other food crops, such as corn, oats, rye and other farm products. Present indications are that the wheat •crop will not be large enough to much more than meet the needs of America, let alone the export Jtatlon of large quantities of this product which tnust be made to the allies, but famine is still a distant specter. For the first time in its history (the world Is going to learn a valuable lesson in idomestlc economy, and that Is the adaptation of (Other farm products for food purposes. One of ithe first results will be a world-wide campaign ,|to dethrone King Wheat and enthrone King Corn; |Whose monarchy heretofore has scarcely extend- |Bd beyond the boundaries of the United States. : The bumper corn crop which the middle West (Will raise this summer, barring such unforeseen Wlamitiea as drought and floods, will stave off tilinger for a large portion of the world. Pres­ ent indications are that the corn acreage in the tl2 great corn states of the country will be in* iereased from 20 to 30 per cent, or even more in pome localities, due to the fact that thousands of acres of winter wheat lands were made useless" for that purpose by the severe cold weather, (which killed the wheat. An Increase of 20 per cent in the acreage planted in corn will add ap- roximately 500,000,000 bushels of corn to the aation's crop. A large portion of this increased leld wilt go to European allies of the United States and to neutral nations. It Is probable that )UncIo Sam will have to send some of his experts In domestic science abroad to Instruct the Euro­ pean in the value and methods of preparing corn jM a food product. The nation's corn crop has averaged 8,000,000,- jDOO bushels in the last few years, a no inconsid- lerable mark in itself, but reports collected by ag­ ricultural experts from the middle West indicate that the. 1917 crop will approximate 3,500,000,000 Ihushels. The banner corn states of the Union an prepared to do their share in the drive for increased food production. Conservative estimates what some of the leading states In the corn- Del t region will do this year are: Illinois, 400,- 000,000 bushels; Iowa. 325,000,000 to 390,000,000 bushels; Nebraska, 290,000,000 bushels; Missouri, 225,000,000 bushels; Indiana, 200,000,000 bushels, end Texas, 200,000,000 bushels. Such middle Western states as Minnesota, South Dakota, fforth Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan will have (greatly Increased acreages of corn this season, due to several reasons. In the Western group of states which lie In the heart of the wheat belt [thousands of acres of winter wheat were killed idurlng the winter. Despite the fact that the ppring wheat acreage planted this year is unusu­ ally larger, there still remained many thousands tot acres of land which could be used for no other purpose than for corn or oats, two of the leaders In the great trio of farm crops. The harvest this summer Is likely to see a rec- jMrd-breaking crop of oats, approximating 2,000,- <000,000 bushels. Tremendous increases will also be made in the rye, kaflr corn sorghum and for­ age crops, all of which are important factors In supplying the tables of the world with Important food products. It is this latter activity in plant- Ing greatly increased acreages of the minor crops jthat is expected to bring on a small revolution in farming circles. Instead of depending upon one, two or three of the big trio of crops, the farmer Is devoting his energy to the growing of other crops which supplement the food products gained from wheat, corn and oats. Thus, in the case of a failure of any of the Important crops, America will have plenty ̂ of substitutes to fall back upon. Already food chemists and experts in almost all of the middle Western states are busily engaged In finding new flour substitutes. Discoveries made in a number of laboratories indicate that America's bread will be baked with the aid of more varieties of flour than ever before. Kaflr corn and feterlta have been found to make ac­ ceptable flours, and the use of cottonseed meal la the preparation of breadstuffs will soon gain Widespread popularity. Chemists are pngaged on other still hunts for new food substitutes, and by the end of the year America will be eating scores of new foods and combinations of foodstufTs which have been wasted heretofore or fed to live • atock. Emergency food commissions established In all the states are conducting an aggressive cam- TWAS KVEH THUS. "Here you have the s^ory of all human love. IB| is not the real woman we adore, but an eidolon, * phantasm that the god in us fashions put of the mist of our desires and the light of our fancy, and the woman who Is, is but a symbol for the cloud-bride, for the woman who is not and never will be. It was an eidolon, a phantasm In the likeness of the woman you have seen, that in­ spired youc poet, and it was of the eidolon he spoke in his often too daring, too violent verses. TJ»e eidolon he took with him on his perilous Umiwj t» a& the-heights and depths to? paasipn, } S.J>' "'>0 * - ** ** * paign to enlist the support of all farmers in thai" work of growing greatly lucreased crops. "Keep every acre working this summer," is a campaign " Slogan which Is heard In all of the great farming states. The result will be that In the fall the farmers will harvest peanut, bean, buckwheat, potato and other "catch crops," a departure in tiie history of agriculture. According to present Indications, the potato crop will be nearly 200,- 000,000 bushels larger than ever before, while- prodigious quantities of peanuts and beans will be available for food products In the fall and during 1918. The mobilization of the farms for war service has been conducted along many lines of service. Close co-ordinatlpn between all branches of the industry has given tremendous Impetus to the campaign to Increase the nation's food supply. Travelers who pass through the middle West this year will see scenes along railroad property comparable to those in Europe, where the farm­ ers have been cultivating such Idle ground for years. In some states, notably Iowa and Kansas, well-defined steps have been taken to encourage the planting of certain useful crops along the roadsides. Iowa has more than 200,000 acres of unused land along its public highways whldi could be drafted for this purpose, while Kansas has more than 150,000 acres, according to a recent survey. It is safe to say that virtually every acre of land which can be handled conveniently during the summer months has been placed under culti­ vation in Iowa and the surrounding states The labor shortage is so serious that thousands of farmers have been greatly handicapped in putting out Increased acreage because of the fear that they would be uqable to harvest the crops unaid­ ed. It is estimated that the middle West will re­ quire an army of 500,000 farm laborers this sum­ mer If the food crop is to be saved in Its en­ tirety. Farm laborers can command almost any price for their services, but despite alluring of­ fers they are hard to get. Canada is paying as high as $75 a month for laborers, and in some Cases is promising them free homesteads. In the Northern states farm hands can command wages ranging from $45 to $00 a month and board. A few years ago the farm hand who could get $25 or $30 for his services was considered a genius. The patriotic service the farmers are doing this year and which they will be called upon to do next year on a much larger scale will add millions. If not billions, of dollars to the wealth of the country. Mobilization of the farm re­ sources' has been one of the most stupendous un­ dertakings ever attempted by the government; but It has succeeded admirably well for 1917, despite the late start. By 1918 every available resource of the middle West <vill be thrown into the production of vastly Increased yields of all farm crops. The Eskimo Tells the World Why He Asks to be Left Alone "Why are you trying to educate the Eskimos? Why don't you let them alone? They were happy and were able to exist before you began to changi their mode of life." These are the questions that are asked and an­ swered in The Eskimo, a monthly magazine pub­ lished at Nome, Alaska, In the interests of Eskimos of the northwest district of Alaska. Walter C. Shields, superintendent of the work of the bureav of education, department of the interior, in north­ western Alaska, who writes the leading article la this new magazine of the North, says: "The people who ask these questions, if they are really sincere enough to warrant any consideration, can be divided into two classes. First, those who display their scientific knowledge by quoting the law of 'the survival of the fittest,' with the assump­ tion that the Eskimo is not fit to survive. The second class claim a peculiar Insight into the frame of mind of the ancient Eskimo, who, they assert, was an especially contented individual, and further­ more they insist that the Eskimo of today is not contented. Eskimo Fit and Able. "This set of critics insists on taking the position, Indefensible in this day and generation, that educa­ tion is a bad thing for a people. The claim of our service is that the Eskimo by reason of his Inher­ ent qualities and because of his geographical posi­ tion is fit and able to survive, and we claim that by our system of education for him we are making him not only more fit to survive, but that he will be a vital factor In the development of northern Alaska.. "The Eskimo is not dependent On the contrary, he is, even In th$ present condition, a real and vital factor in the wealth of the country. He has never received a ration fropi the government; he can sup­ port himself, not always according to our stand­ ards, It Is true, but It is better for him to eat strict­ ly native food than for him to learn to expect the government to support him. The wall so often heard from ignorant but presumably charitable people, 'Why don't you give the poor people some food?' If heeded would make paupers of a self-sup­ porting and noble race. We are proud of the fact that we have not fed the Eskimo. We are proud of him as a man because he feeds himself. "One reason why primitive races have so often been pushed to the wall by the white race has 1>een that the white race has coveted and needed (tie land. As far as we can see, for years to come the white man will not make any attempt to push the Eskimo off his part of the map. While there will undoubtedly be developments In mining, yet for a long time to come the Eskimo will have plenty of room In northern Alaska. Therefore, even If this northern part of Alaska, through some Unexpected development, should become desirable for a large population, we believe that, with what development the Eskimo has already received and the additional development t&at even five years more of undisturbed possession of his northern fastnesses will give him, he will be well fitted to meet advanced economic conditions. "The keynote of our school system for the Eskl? mo Is its direct relation to the village life. Thus the school republic becomes the village council, tiie school garden soon becomes the village garden, the cooking class becomes the bread-baking class for the village, the clean-up of the school grounds becomes the village clean-up, the bench work for the boys' class becotaes the boat and sled building center for the village. And, most striking of all, the schoolboy who is sent to the reindeer herd as an apprentice In four years becomes the trained Ifjbereas the real woman lived safely and unsus­ pectingly in quite another spiritual latitude, in fnillstla, and flannels were the matter of her con­ cern. And wherever you find une grande pas-! slon, a love and a passion that seem more than human, be sure that they were gfven merely to a dream, a dream seen as In a mirror in the form of the loved one. She who lived In his house and Whom you think unworthy of your poet, she was to him as much a stranger as she Is to you. The one he-pressed to his heart, the one Into whose ear he whispered his songs, the one who gavo him all that love could give to love, that was the atdoloo. anf the eidolon died wt«t hftia. la vain herder, the supporter of his family and a future leader of his people. "We Want No Praise." "We of the Alaska service are helping to bear the white man's burden; we do not claim to be ministering to a dying race; we want no praise as helpers of the weak or as ministers to the down­ trodden who are dying In filth and degradation. We do not allow anyone to class us In these cate­ gories. That class of work Is entirely humani­ tarian and is properly the duty of the missionary organizations. But as representatives of the gov­ ernment we claim the right of our service to exist because we are developing the resources of north­ ern Alaska Just as much as any man with a pick and pan. We are adding to the wealth of the na­ tion Just as much and as surely as any prospector or trallmaker. We are making a country produc­ tive Just as much as any reclamation project that was'ever managed by the government." The teachers and others who have established The Eskimo have been formerly congratulated by United States commissioner of education for their enterprise In inaugurating the magazine. Doctor Claxton believes that it will be of direct help to the service of the bureau of education in Alaska. REMINISCENCE OP POE. The painter, William Sartaln, contributed some recollection of Edgar Allan Poe to the Art World: "His biographer, Oriswold, has slandered him as intemperate. My father said this was not true, and he was most temperate in drinking. It Is a considerable confirmation of this that Poe was^a model of punctuality in his reviewing and other work for the magazines during all the en­ suing 15 years of his life, which comprises his literary career. In 1887 he moved to New York and after a year to Philadelphia, where he wrote some of his finest stories. For much of his lit­ erary career he was half starving. His labor over his writings ia shown, no doubt with some exaggeration, however, in his article The Philoso­ phy of Composition,' written shortly after the publication of 'The Raven.' In this essay he enumerates some of his articles of faith, such as: Beauty Is the legitimate province of the poem; it Is a pure and intense elevation of the soul, not of the Intellect nor the heart. "But except for these Intermittent indulgences, his addiction to stimulants must have been gross­ ly exaggerated by his biographer Grlswold, whom my father has said he had personally seen on quite bad terms with Poe. My father's acquaint­ ance with him was the more close In the latter years of his life and, as his statements were most positive, these derogatory stories must be taken With a grain of salt. The account I have given of Poe's death after having been robbed of his clothes seems to me to be so reasonable--and, moreover, based on my father's contemporary In­ formation--that I cannot accept the story of his having been lured Into the hands of an election­ eering gang and drugged, so as to be utilized for depositing ballots In numerous polling places." KAISER'S AIDS QUIT OR. RICHARD VON KUEHLMANN SUCCEEDS FOREIGN MINI*, - - '--ITER ZIMMSRMANN. Zg**, IS FOE OF "RUTHLESSNESS' Oppoasd J* Submarine Warfare, and Annexation -- Believes After-tha» War Friendship With Britain la Necessary to Fatherland. . Berlin, Aug. 8.--Official announce* ment was made on Monday that five ministers of state. Including /Foreign Secretary Ziramermann, and four sec­ retaries of state, including Finance Minister Lentze and Interior Minister von Loebell, have resigned their port­ folios. Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, the German ambassador to Turkey ̂ has been appointed secretary for foreign affairs in succession to Doctor Zira­ mermann. The ministers and secretaries of state who resigned were: : Ministers of state: 4 Justice--Dr. Beseler, appointed No­ vember, 1905. v Ecclesiastical Affairs and Instruction --Dr von Trott zu Sols, appointed July, 1900. Agriculture, Domains and Forests-- Dr. van Schoriemer, appointed In 1910. Finance--Dr. Lentze, appointed Au­ gust, 1910. Interior--Herr voa Loebell, appoint­ ed May, 1914. Secretaries of state: Ipost Office--Herr Kraetke. Secretary of Justice--Doctor Llsco. Secretary for Foreign Affairs--Dr. Alfred Zlmmermann, appointed Novem­ ber, 1916. President of the Food Regulation Board--Adolph von Batockl. Doctor Rlchter, Under-Secretary of the Imperial home office, also resigned his post. Dr. Karl Helfferich will continue to be the representative of the chancellor and a member of the ministry of state and temporary minister of the Inte­ rior. The vacant Prussian ministerial posts were filled as follows: Minister of Justice--Dr. „ Peter Spahn, leader of the Catholic party In the reichstag. Minister of the Interior--Under-Sec* retary Drews. Minister of Instruction -- Herr Schmidt, ministerial director. Minister of Agricultural--Dr. Essen Hartruthe. Minister of Finances--Doctor Herts. Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 8.--In a character sketch of Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann (Just appointed German secretary for foreign affairs) the Nleuwe Courant of The Hague says that Doctor Von Kuehlmann has al­ ways been a vigorous opponent of ruth­ less submarine warfare. He Is also, says the newspaper, a disciple of the policy of doing everything possible to avoid a further alienation of Great Britain, believing that after-the-war friendship between Great Britain and Germany is necessary to the father land. Doctor Von Kuehlmann, the Nleuwe Courant adds. Is opposed to annexa­ tion, and the newspaper expresses the opinion that in the foreign secretary­ ship he will do his utmost to bring about an understanding with Britain at the earliest possible time. 0. ICS REVISED WAR TAX BILL Most of New Taxes for War Expensee Come From Incomes, Excess Prof* Its, Liquor and Tobacco. Washington, Aug. 8.--The war tax bill finally revised to meet latest es­ timates was favorably reported by the senate finance committee on Monday. It proposes to raise $2,006,970,000 by taxation. The house bill proposed $1,367,000,- 000 In new taxes. No provision for additional bonds to be considered later by the house Is made In the senate bill. Chairman Simmons plans to call up the revised bill for debate the latter part of the week and hopes for its final enactment by congress early next month. *'• Most of the new taxes proposed un­ der the revised bill for war expenses of the present fiscal year would come from Incomes, war excess profits, liquor and tobacco taxes. WAR DECLARED BY CHINA MISUNDERSTANDING. "What did the kaiser mean by his promise to his brother-in-law when he knew he couldn't keep It?" "He wrote and sent him a letter, didn't he?" "Yes." "Well, that Is what he meant by his mailed fist." you will go and search for It**--Lisa Tsaye Tar- lea u, in the Atlantic. THE SERVANT PROBLEM. Lady--And why did your last mistress-- Applicant (loftily)--Excuse me, madam 1 Lady--Well--er--your last employer- Applicant--I beg your pardon, madam 1 Lady--Well, then, your last--er--pray, what de f#u call those In which service you are engaged 1 Applicant--Clients, madam. (Collapse of th# Interrogator) London Punch Declaration of Hostilities Against Qerw taany and Austria-Hungary Made at a Special Meeting. Peking, Aug. 8.--Acting President Feng Kwo-Chang approved the unani­ mous decision reached on Monday at a special meeting of the Chinese cabi­ net to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. Jap Shipwrights on Strike. Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 8.--Demand­ ing an increase of 30 per cent in wages, 10,000 workmen employed at the Mitsubishi shipbuilding yards went out on strike. The men claim they should share in Japan's prosperity. Two Bills to Wilson. Washington, Aug- 8.--The priority shipment bill and the bill increasing the membership of the Interstate com­ merce commission from seven to nine were adopted by the senate and now go to the president for signature. 10YS OF HONEYMOON DAYS As a Couple G*ow» Old, the Memory Helps to Brighten the Journey ths Rest of the Way. i ***» - - Honeymoons have been the fashion so long their origin seems enshrouded In the ihlsts of antiquity. Just who ever started the first hon­ eymoon Is not known, but its incep­ tion was without doubt a happy one. June being the accepted month for weddings, naturally It is the time when most honeymoons are taken. It Is the grand climax of the wed­ dings. The bride has been looking for­ ward to it for months, maybe for years. After the ceremony (under which the poor little bride haa almost brok­ en down through the ^nervous strain and the bridegroom has felt about as lively and Important as the only male In the audience of a national suffra­ gette meeting); after the congratula­ tory expressions from friends and rel­ atives; after the wedding supper; af­ ter the rice and old shoes have been thrown--comes the wedding trip. On the train comes the pretense of fooling conductor, passengers and por­ ter; that they are really not a newly married couple must be assumed. That stunt has been pulled by every­ body who ever got married and yet no­ body ever got away with it. Anybody can spot a bride and bride* groom anywhere and any time. They show it as plainly as if they wore a tag upon which in large letters was printed the words. "We Are New­ ly Married--Have a Heart." Honeymoons are the happiest times of the married state. Can't you look back across the years and see yourself when you had the heavy role in that little drama of your life? Can't you see again the sweet little star who played opposite you, so timidly, so trustingly, as shfe kept .one eye on her suitcase and the other on your pocket- book? Ah, Time, you are a heartless old thief. You steal away our years of dew-kissed happiness ; you rub out the rose bloom of youth and you rub In the wrinkles, but you can't reach the hu­ man heart, you old croOk--thank God you can't touch that, or'yon would age that too. •• The heart may remain young for­ ever, for we are only as old as we feel. All you can do Is whiten the hair and rumple the skin, bend the back and make slow the step, but when a couple love each other, their hearts often turn back to the honeymoon days and it helps brighten the journey the rest of the way. Here's to the honeymoon--may it never wane.--Florida Times-Union. ILLINOIS NEWS Wirt "Report* of ffepfcningB From All Part* of tht Stall. DOPE (MSPEBSERS AtifcESTE* High Finance. Her* is an Incident that a man tells as having occurred in a Kansas town. He was in a ticket office and watched the proceedings. A man came to the window and asked for a ticket to Kan­ sas City, inquiring the price. "Two twenty-five," said the agent. The man dug into a well worn pock etbock and fished out a bank note for $2. It was all the money he had. "How soon does this train go?" he Inquired. "In 15 minutes," replied the agent The man hurried away. Soon he was back with three silver dollars, with which he bought a ticket. "Pardon my curiosity," said the tick­ et seHer, "but how did you get the money? It Isn't a loan, for I see you have disposed of the $2 bill." "That's all right," said the man. "No, I didn't borrow It. I went to a pawn­ shop and soaked the bill for $1.50. Then as I started back here I met an old acquaintance to whom I sold the pawn ticket for $1.60. I then had $3, and he had the pawn ticket for which the $2 bill stands as security." Prominent Physicians of State Nahba# in Clean-Up at Peoria-- Rock River Asaem- , . My Open*. - ' ^ -Wall Street" In the Films. Wall street Is the most popular in­ strument we have for ruining heroes quickly or elevating them to sudden wealth. In many films the "street" Is Intro* duced In some way or another either to Increase the fortunes of the lucky hero or to encompass the ruin of the village bank cashier. The habitue of the street is always represented as wearing a luxurious fur-lined coat and silk hat. For some fancied insult or family quarrel, one broker will deter­ mine on the ruin of another. Brokers are always deadly enemies of each other in the picture, and when engaged in "ruining" some enemy are always shown In their shirt sleeves with a half dozen telephones at hand; men are running In and out of the office with handfuls of stock certificates em­ bellished with large seals; and, last, but not least, the ticker inexorably grinds out yards and yards of ruin.-- Wall Street Journal. Literal Obedience. Little Nelly, while at the seashore with her mother, was very fond of making calls upon some ladles in a neighboring cottage, and the frequency with which she would bring home lit­ tle presents of cards and pictures, etc., led her mother to fear that she might be In the habit of asking for these things. She, therefore, gave the child strict orders never to do any such a thing. The next day Nelly returned from her visit laden down with pretty odds and ends of various sorts, and when her mother called her and ques­ tioned Jier severely If she had asked for these things, she replied, with con­ scious virtue: "No, mother dear. You told me I must never ask for things, so I Just took 'em."--Harper's Bazar. Mackensen Directs Operations. Petrograd, Aug. 8.--Field Marshal Von Mackensen has been appointed commander in chief of the Austro- German armies on the eastern (Rus­ sian) front. The appointment waa made by Emperor William. Illinois Exceeds Quota. Washington, Aug. 8.--Enlistments, from Illinois In the regular army now total 4,151 in excess of the state's quota. Fifty-two enlistments were re­ ported. bringing the total up to 15,427, The state's quota was 1L2T8, Feminine Fortitude. I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sus­ tain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man and prostrate him in the dust seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex. and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character, that at times it ap­ proaches to sublimity.--Washington Irving. To Be Kept Mum. •What was a homely woman I you with last night." "Don't tell my wife." "She didn't know aboat It, efcf* •Oh, yes ; A* was the woman." Peoria.--Two of the most promtneokf downstate physicians and one of tiM* wealthiest druggists in Peoria were* _ arrested for violation of the Harrl-* son antinareotlc act. The trio we®#* taken before United States Commi#" sioner Wasson and released on $5,00#£ bail. Their hearing was set for in-/ week from Monday. They are: Dfcv v Thomas M. Mcllvaine, Dr. W. H. Ayi«f^^| worth, C. E. Harnhart, druggist, ' : Dixon.--The Rock River assembly opened here for a two-weeks' stasia#*' . with a good attendance. Edward? Vance Cook of Cleveland was the v v. principal speaket. John Tempi* Graves, who was to be the attraction, . had been commandeered by the gov- * - j ernment for special service, and Prof. " John D. Shoop, superintendent of schools of Chicago, will take his places, Altoona.--Mrs. Ellda Bosquist, her four-year-old son of Rock Island, and* Edna and Hazel Larson of Alton killed ' near here when a fast train strud^ ^ their auto. Phllo.--Part of business district, in- ^ eluding the post office, theater adtt ' printing office burned. ' ^ « Carilnville.--Arthur Jordan threw m lemon pie lnco an auto party and Hf ' 7 cost him $50.05 to square himself witlr 6 the Judge. Rock Island.--Q. J. Stirret, recently secretary of Pittsburg (Kan.) Y. 1L C. A., has been appointed general see^ retary of the Rock Island association. . Elgin.--A "save the babies" collec­ tion of 1 cent a pupil to provide milk for Elgin infants whose parents caa- ' not afford to buy It, has been started In all the Sunday schools here. > Freeport.--Robert Wlllhite walked out a third-story hotel window whU* . asleep and went back to bed saying;. 4 "Just Jarred me a little." Lake Forrest.--George Flndley, pres­ ident of the Lake Forest Trust and Savings bank, lost $10,000 in bills la the depot here which were found by the agent who is now smoking a bode of perfectos as a reward. Springfield.--The C., B. & Q. Rail* road company.has been authorised ta. •. '*• Issue $25,455,000 general mortgage 4 per cent bonds and the C., R. I. * V», Railroad company has been authorUe4( > ; to Issue $12,500,000 of general mort- v,; gage 4 per cent gold bonds. ^ Ck Chicago.--Owing to delay in construc­ tion of mobilization camps at Hous­ ton, Tex., the Illinois National Guard will not get away as soon as expected. Champaign. -- Thirty-six graduates 3 and former students of the Illinois uni­ versity are enrolled in the motor-track division of the central department ot the army, according to reports. North­ western has 19 and Chicago 5. Comp#* titlon for the places was keen, over 1®- ^ per cent at the applicants faiHag la ' - get in. ~ Chicago.--Police rescued two hlglht waymen from hands of mob about Q»v lynch them after they had been caught* red handed in a stickup act M- East St. Louis.--Two unoccupied ner ^, gro houses in the black belt here wee# v burned by Incendiary. Chicago.--Mrs. Nancy Perkins FlHtd, widow of Henry Field who died last month while on his honeymoon, will re- < celve $100,000 estate of her husband* v and should there be a posthumous heir the child would share In the vast Field estate. •fj Springfield.--The conference of th» > woman's committee of the state coun- • j,^r dl of defense has been postponed ua- VV til early In September. The women 4 will be guests of the governor's wif4 - > Springfield.--Unless county, city and ' " village clerks rush their reports and - make an accounting with the statv game department for hunting license*" sold during the last year, they are liHf • ble to be brought Into court for settle* • ment. _ Freeport.--O. Kronberg Is* head 4f S'J family that Is really doing Us "bit*3- Three of Kronherg's sons have enlts|^*W-' ed and a fourth son and a son-ln-laW have been drafted. * Elizabeth.--Rev. M. F. Rlchter or» ^ ' dained in the German Lutheran churefc t•< where his father is pastor. . f ^ Fenton.--P. O. McGowan rendered^ ^ unconscious by lightning which kille^F- ""H four horses he was driving to a mower. • f p • Freeport.--New home defense niiltf • /f tary company being organized hera cannot be accepted as a unit of th# ^ ^ * new National Guard, according to thf 7 adjutant general. ; Virden.--A new grain elevator Is tw "• be built here. ^ Rock Island.--Grocers here charge J| cents for delivery of small orders. • Danvers.--Emma LUlenthai, twenty**^., ; seven, fined for sending bad check tO^}l mail order house for a diamond. " Peoria.--The twelfth Internationa^ Farm congress will be held here Sep- , tember 25. ' j, Springfield.--Lula Farmer of Barr* fined by federal Judge for sending pol^J, son pen letters through the malls 1 Jennie Green of Barry, rival in los^V/4 for hand of a minister. - Havana.--Clarence Park, thirty-five^*. ^ j died from hemorrhage of the luugaU^, while swimming. ; ^ Staunton.--Ordinance providing for J*,"; 30 miles of sidewalk declared defe<^^|^| tive by Judge Dugan. ( * Springfield.--Leonard Sehwalm acHh»."^r^ denatlly shot with small rifle la haad»-~ 0 of his playmates. Carrollton.--The sixty-third annual Greene county fair will be held Sep* tember 24-28. ^4.*^ Meredosia.--William Summers klUe^^ when his auto turned turtle Bea rds t own . "Mr Pana.--Private Steward Daniel, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh IX Walk r,J of this place, killed on C hoat sua* b|>. V :