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' WcHENRt f' m-'--'-r ->-••„ /?w mm:%p* • ' % ; • • : < ••-% ,*L^y.',.;il* '*'•"•'r **'•"ilv y- Sirlfetf S'f; V ' •-f * -Vt-.;A'; 4^EtKel HucstofN# ^ Atfrmx y^mowpr or7HrmAX**&- W': 'Jn„ THE STARR FAMILY IS SETTING MUCH STORE BY JERRY 7 JUNIOR, TO BE, BUT MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T 11 TELL ALL HER SECRETS mm- " Synopsis.--The story concerns the household of "Rev. Mr. Starr, a Methodist minister at Mount Mark, la., and the affairs of his five lovable daughters--Prudence, the eldest; Fairy, the next; Carol and Lark, twins; and Connie, the "baby." Prudence marries and goes away. Her place as "mother" In the home is taken by Aunt Grace. Fairy is engaged to wed. The twins and the "baby," just coming into womanhood, have the usual boy-and-girl love affairs, and the usual amazing adventures of adolescence. Carol discovers love. "Here, cover 'em up,\ said Jerry anx­ iously. "You mustn't let their feet stick out. Prudence says so. It's con­ sidered very--er, bad form. I believe." "Fairy ! Honestly, Jerry, is It Fairy? When did you decide?" "Oh, "a long time ego," he said, "years ago, T guess. Ton Wee, we al­ ways-wanted a girl. Prue didn't think she had enough experience with the stronger sex yet, and of course I'm strong for the ladies. But it seems that what you want is what you don't 1 get. So we decided to call her Fairy when she came, and then we wanted ' a boy. and talked boy, and got the girl! ; Let go, Connie, It is my daughter's bed- j time. There now, there now, baby, was she her daddy's little girl?" Flushed and laughing, Jerry broke away from the admiring, -giggling, nearly tearful girls, and hurried up­ stairs with Jerry Junior. But Fairy stood motionless by the door. "Prudences baby" she whis­ pered. "Little Fairy Harmer! Mmmmmmm!" are--different. They're 4U rlgfet, They don't need attention." - "No. It's the other one." CHAPTER X. *rXt5F*«"T" t \ i - : • 1 :?r. CHAPTER IX--Continued. • --10-- •r5res. he wanted to. But Prudence ?S" V 'p lias set her heart on coming home. She *ays she'll never feel that Jerry Junior got the proper start if it happens any f place else. They'll have a trained nurse." ,V \ . "Jerry--what?" gasped the twins, slL •*! ^ liter a short silence due to amazement. " "< "Jerry Junior--that's what they call \ "But how on earth do they know?" |l*" ," " "They don't know. But they have to g," «all It "something, haven't they? And S' tjhey want a Jerry Junior. So of if j, course they'll get It. For Prudence |4f Is good enough to get whatever she v Wants." ^ „C s "Hum, that's no sign," sniffed Carol. ^ *" don't^get everything I want, do I?" \ The girls laughed, from habit, not / , from genuine Interest, at Carol's subtle Insinuation. "Well, shall we have her come?" ,/ "Yes," said Carol, "but you tell Prue *•*, she needn't expect me to hold it until, V tt gets too big to wiggle. I call them nasty, treacherous little things. Mrs. Miller made me hold hers, and It i*;/'"* * v squirmed right off my knee. I wanted p to spank it." £? " , "And tell Prudence to uphold the * fjarsonage and have a white ode,4* 5^" gtdded Lark. "These little Indian ef- fects don't make a hit with me." |>3 „ , "Are you going to tell Connie?" ffzK' - «j don't think so--yet Connie's only p'. >wteen." „ ' "You tell her." Carol's voice was pf epraphatlc. "There's nothing mysteri- ** fljas about It. Everybody does it. And •f- ' Ronnie may have a few suggestions of own to offer. You tell Prue I'm "l * thinking out a lot of good advice for •fyt. ; , fcer, and--** * " "You must write her yourselves. She : Ranted us to tell you long before." < i' Fairy picked up the little embroidered |^>|k dress and kissed it, but her fond eyes , ;.#ere anxious. ;v*- </ ' So, a few weeks later, weeks crowd- full of tumult and anxiety, yes, and ughter, too. Prudence and Jerry came to Mount Mark and settled down to <(ulet life in the parsonage. The girls Jtissed Prudence very often, leaped quickly to do her errands, and touched Jjer with nervous fingers. But mostly they sat across the room and regarded J Iter curiously, shyly, quite maternally. ; ; . I "Carol and Lark Starr," Prudence •Cried crossly one day, when she inter- " 'Ifepted one of these surreptitious ' < glances, "you march right upstairs and abut yourselves up for thirty minutes. And if you ever sit around and stare ; v ||t me like a stranger again, HI spank both. I'm no outsider. I belong f 7 lere just as much as ever I did. And ' > f*m still the head of things around ^;V nere, too!" c:_- L The twins obediently marched, and lifter that Prudence was more like Pru- f Hence, arid the twins were much more f twlnnish, so that life was very nearly liormal In the old parsonage. Prudence 0F.T <ai« she eooida't feci quite satisfied ^ ; because the twins were too old to be V- jpufjlshed, but she often scolded them : pk her gentle, teasing way, and the , 7«twtns enjoyed it more than anything .•tat that happened during those days ?f -juiet. ^ ' t Then came a night when the four , .jilsters huddled breathlessly In the ~ Ititehen, and Aunt Grace and the ..jtnlaed nurse stayed behind With Pru- T» f '* Settee behind the closed door of the jL**v'{.Iront room upstairs. * And the dofetor v I^ iveat in, too, after he had inflicted a 4/' , /' • few light-hearted remarks upon the p-*". sr ,4wo men in the little library. ^ ^ ^ K ' After that--silence, an Immense hushing silence--settled down over the parsonage. Jerry and Mr. Starr, alone t|n the library, where a faint odor of tidrMgs, anesthetics, something that -smelled like hospitals lingered, stared f away from each other with persistent ' ietermlnatiou. a. js "Where are the girls?" Jerry asked. •S' ; ^ /»-pl< king up a roll of cotton which had C""" ' , , Ite^ri left on the library table, and 'touging It from him as though it searched his fingers. "I--think I'll go and »ee,H said Mr. -.Sturr, turning heavily. " Jerry hesitated a minute. "I--think I'll go along,<' he said, j- ^ „ For an instant their eyes met, sym­ pathetically, and did not smile though their Ups curved. rrn' fI , Down in the kitchen, meanwhile. f"i' Jw Fairy sat somberly beside the table 1 ' with a pile of darning which she jabbed at viciously with the needle. T,ark was perched on the ice chest, but Carnl. true to her childish instincts, They looked up expectantly when th^ men entered. It seemed cozier somehow when they were all tether in the little kltchehn. "Is she all right?" "Sure, she's all right," came tW bright response from their father, And then silence. "Oh, you make me sick," cried Carol. "Everybody does it" "Carol Starr, If you say 'everybody does It* again I'll send you to bed," snapped Fairy. "Dont we know every­ body does It? But Prudence Isn't ev­ erybody." "Maybe we'd better have a lunch," suggested their father hopefully, know­ ing the thought of food often aroused his family when all other means had failed. But his suggestion met with dark reproach. "Father, If you're hungry, take a piece of bread out into the woodshed," begged Connie. "If anybody'eats any­ thing before me I shall Jump up and down and scream." After that the silence was unbroken save once when .Carol began encour­ agingly: "Every--" "Sure they do," interrupted Fairy uncompromisingly. . And then---the hush. * Long, long after that, when the gills' eyes were heavy, not with want of sleep, but Just with unspeakable weari­ ness of spirit--they heard a step on the stair. "Come on up, Harmer," the doctor called. And then, "Sure, die's all km? $ vk. h- t ./ .. [tip1 f ..--. hunched on the floor with her feet ,]•* curled beneath her. Connie leaned i against the table within reach of "t'\ Fairy's hand. "They're awfully rtow," she com- t' {Gained once. »>. ? Nobody answered.: The deadly si- ' lence clutched them. * "Oh, talk." Carol blurted out des­ perately. "You make me sick * It Isn't anything to be so awfully scared about. Everybody does It." A little mumble greeted this, and theu, silence cgaln. Whenever It grew too painful, Carol said reproach­ fully, "Everybody does it." And no t J/'A - Ai right. She's fine and dandy--both of them are." Jerry was gone in an Instant, and Mr. Starr looked after him with Inscru­ table eyes. "Fathers are**~oaIy fa­ thers," he said enigmatically. "Yes," agreed Carol. •e" "Yes. In a crisis, the oilier man goes first." His daughters turned to him then, tenderly, sympathetically. "You had your turn, father," Connie consoled him. And felt repaid for the effort when he smiled at her. "Jerry Junior," Lark mused. "He's here.--'Aunt Lark, may I have a cooky?'" A few minutes later the door was carefully shoved open by means of a cautious foot, and Jerry stood before them, holding in his arms a big bundle of delicately tinted flannel. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began, beaming at them, his face flushed, his eyes bright, embarrassed, but thor­ oughly satisfied. Of course Prudence was the dearest girl In the world, and he adored her, and--but this was dif­ ferent, this was fatherhood! "Ladies and gentlemen," he said again in the tender, half-laughing voice that Prudence loved, "let me Introduce to you my little daughter,^ Fairy Har­ mer." "Not--not Fairy!" cried Fairy, Sen­ ior, tearfully. "Oh, Jerry, I don't be- lleve It. Not Fairy! You are joking." "Of course it is Fairy," he said. "Look out, Connie, do you want to break part of my daughter off the first , thing? Oh, I see. It was just the flan- j nel, was It? Well, you must be care­ ful of the flannel, for when ladies are the size of this one, you can't tell which is flannel and which is foot. Fairy Harmer! Here, grandpa, what do you think of this? And Prudence said to send you right upstairs, and hurry. And the girls must go to bed immedi­ ately or they'll be sick tomorrow. Pru­ dence says so." Oh, that's enough. That's Prudence all over! You needn't tell us any more Here, Fairy Harmer, let us look at you. Hold her down, Jerry. Mercy! Mercy!" "Isn't she a beauty?" boasted the young father proudly. A beauty? A beauty! That!" Carol rubbed her slender fingers over her own velvety *cheek. "They talk about the matchless skin of a new-born infant. Thanks. I'd, just as lief have ray own." "Oh, she isn't acclimated yet, that's all. Do you think she looks like me?" "No, Jerry, I don't," said Lark can­ didly. "I never considered you a dream of loveliness, by any means, but In due honesty I must admit that you don't look like that." "Why, it hasn't any hair!" Connie protested. "Well, give it time," urged the baby's father. "Be reasonable, Connie, What can you expect in fifteen minutes." "But they always have a little hair," she insisted. "No, indeed, they doh't. Miss Con­ nie," he said flatly. "For if they al- i ways did, ours would have. "Now don't try to let on there's any­ thing the matter with her, for there Isn't,--Look at her nose, if you don't like her hair.--What do you think of a nose like that now? Just look at if "Yes, we'rr looking at it," Was the grim reply. * "And--and chin--look at her chin. See here, do you mean to say you Hre niaklug fun of Fairy IJi.rmer? Come on, tootsle, we'll go back upstairs. They're crazy about us up there." "Oh, see the cuaning little footies," ; The End of Fnlry. the twins had attained td the dignity of eighteen years, and were respectable students at the thor­ oughly respectable Presbyterian col­ lege, they had dates very frequently. And It was along about this time that Mr. Stafrr developed a sudden Interest In the evening callers at his home. He bobbed up unannounced in most unex­ pected places and At most unexpected hours. He walked about the house with a sharp, sly look In his eyes. In a way that could only be described as Carol said, by "downright noisiness." The girls discussed this new phase of his character when they were alone, but decided , not to mention It to him, for fear of hurting his feelings. "May­ be he's got a new kind of a sermon up his brain," said Carol.'^ ^Maybe Re's beginning to realize that his clothes are wearing out again," suggested Lark. "He's too young for second childhood," Connie thought. So they watf hed hiBi curiously. >Auht Grace, too. observed this queer devotion on the part of the minister, and finally her curiosity overcame her habit of keeping silent "William," she said gently, "what's the matter with you lately? Is there anything on your mind?" Mr. Starr started nervously. "My mind? Of "course not. v Why?" "You seem to be looking 'for some­ thing. You watch the girls soydosely, you're always hanging around. and--" He' smiled broadly. "Thanks for that. 'Hanging around,' in my own parsonage. That is the gratitude of a loving family!" Aunt Grace smiled. "Well, I see there's nothing much the matter With you. I was seriously worried. I thought there was something wrong, and--" "Sort of mentally unbalanced, fcp that It? Oh, no, I'm Just watching my family." 8h6 looked up quickly, "Watching the family 1 You mean--" "Carol," he said briefly.' "Carol! You're watching-*-" "Oh, only In the most honorable way, of cburse. You see," be gave his ex­ planation with an air of relief, "|>ru> •"The other one! Ths^» *1|»? * "There's Connfc,*** '1 • |;v 'Si!« "<3onnie?W^-: "tea." **Connle?£' "Yes." "You don't mean Cofrnta," S Aunt Grace smiled. "Why, Grace, you're--you're off. Ex­ cuse me fofr saying it, but--you're crazy. Connie--why, Connie has never bfen any trouble in her life. Connie!" "You've never had any friction with Cohnle, she's always been right so far. One of these days she's pretty likely tojbe wrong, and Connie doesn't yield very easily."^ "But Connie's ̂ sober and straight, and-T." < £".< :J& n.f "Tha^s thi'klnd.'V;; ?- ' so' (^8cifflflli|C' '-A T" A "Yes, conscientious." "She's--look here,- 5&¥#ee, there's nothing the matter with Connie." "Of course not, William. That isn't what I mean. But you ought to be getting very, very close to Connie right now, for one ofe these days she's going to need a lot of that extra companion­ ship Prudence "told y°a about. Con­ nie wants to know everything. She wants to see everything. None of the other girls ever yearned for dty life. Oontii# does. She says wheat ahe Is through school she's gplng tfrthe dtf." "What city?" ; v i . ^ : ."Any city." 1 .^:;A • "What for?" , "For experience*?•' :; Mr. Starr looked about hlM nelp- lessly. "There's experience right, here," he protested feebly. "Lots of, It. Entirely too much of It." "Well, that't Connie. She wants to know, to see, to feel. She wants to live. Get close to her, get chummy. She may not need it, and then again she may. She's very young yet." "All right, I will. It is Well I have some one to steer roe along the proper road." He looked regretfully out of the window. "I ought to be able to see these things for myself, but the girls seem perfectly all right to me. They always have. I suppose It's be­ cause they're mine." Aunt Grace looked at him affection­ ately. "It's because they're the finest girls on earth," she declared. "That's why. But we want to be ready to help them If they need It, just because they are so fine. They will every one be splendid, if we give them the right kind of a chance." He sat silent a jmoment. "I've al­ ways wanted one of them to marry a preacher," he said, laughing apologeti­ cally. "It Is very narrow-minded, of course,, but a man does make a hobby of his own profession. I always hoped Prudence would. I thought she was born for It. Then I looked to Fairy, and she turned me down. I guess I'll have to give up the notion now." Carol's awakening to life's seriousness reveals ' the career for which she was destined. And tha Doctor Went lnf Too. dence always says I must keep an eye on Carol. She's so pretty, and the boys get stuck on her, and--that's what Prudence says. I forgot all about It for a while. But lately I hate begun to notice that the boys are older, and-- we don't want Carol falling In love with the wrong man. I got uneasy. I decided to watch out. I'm the head of this family, you know." Such an idea!" scoffed Aunt Grace, who was not at all of a scoffing na- true. < "Carol was born for lovers, Prudence says so. And these men's girls have to be watched, or the wrong fellow will get ahead, and--" "Carol doesn't need watching--not any more at least." I'm not really watching her, you know. I'm Just keeping my eyes open." But Carol's all right. 'That's one time Prudence was away off." She smiled as she recognized a bit of Car­ ol's slang upon his lips. Don't worry about her. You needn't keep an eye on her any more. She's coming, all right." "You don't think there's any danger of her falling In love with the wrong man?" "No.1 "There aren't tnany worth-having fellows in Mount Mark, you know." "Carol won't fall In love with a Mount Mark fellow." "You seem very positive** • Yes, I'm positive.1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) WREATH FOR ENEMY AVIATOR Scotch Flyer Who Brought Down Ger­ man Delegated by Royal Flying tf^vVCorps to Deliver Flowers. '• ;t> " • . ii • A^true Incident that reveals the re­ spect shown by allied aviators for the memory of a daring enemy flyer is told in "Tam o' the Scoots," by Ed­ gar Wallace, writing In Everybody's. Tam, an Intrepid Scotchman, was told that the man he had brought down the day before was a well-known Get- man aviator named Von Zeidlitz, and on behalf of the Royal Flying cor** Tam was selected to take a wreath to the funeral. "The wreath, In a tin box, firmly corded and attached to a little para­ chute, was placed In the fusilage of a small Morane--his own machine being In the hands of the mechanics--and Tam climbed into the seat. In five minutes he was pushing up at the extreme angle at which a man can fly. Tam never employed a lesser one. 'Evidently• the enemy s<;out. real­ ized the business of this lone British flyer and must have signaled his views to the earth, for the antiaircraft bat­ teries suddenly ceased to fire, and when, approaching Ludezeel, Tam sighted an enemy squadron engaged In a practice flight, they opened out and made way for him, offering no mo­ lestation. "Tam began to plane down. He spot­ ted the big white-specked cemetery, and saw a little procession making Its way to the grounds. He came down to a thousand feet and dropped his para­ chute. He saw It open and sail earth­ ward and then someone on the ground waved a white handkerchief. " 'Guld,' said Turn, and began to climb homeward." To Put it Mildly. There was a crash of glass out In the hall, and we went out to see what had occurred. When we arrived, the glass was there, some Innocent by­ standers Were there, but there was no visible victim. "What happenedt" wev asked. "Bill was coming along the hall, and his foot slipped, and he plunged for­ ward and stuck his head right through that glass door!" ,"Well, Where's Bill?" "In the next room being .plastered Springfield.--The following proclama­ tion has been issued by Acting Gov­ ernor John G. Ojglesby:, On April e, 1917, the United, States of America entered the great war, with the sole object of guaranteeing national liberty to . those people of the earth then threatened by the harsh band of autocracy. No greater sacrifice on the altar of free'dom ever was or ever could be made by any na­ tion. That day, truly was LIB­ ERTY DAY in the highest sense. Our national eongress has been asked to set aside this day ea<"-h year hereafter as a national holf- day. If such action be taken, LIBERTY DAY will be our only- national holiday, taking prece­ dence over every other day we celebrate. \ j /' Now, therefore, t, John G. Oglesby, acting governor of the state of Illinois, In recognitioh «f this proud day and the patriotic fervor and universal loyalty of the citizens of Illinois," hereby recom­ mend and urge that throughout -the length and breadth of our great state. Saturday, April 6, 1918, will be observed and com­ memorated as LIBERTY DAY; that on that day the American flag be flown from every home and other building; that the flags of our allies also he t conspicuously, displaced; that fitting exercises mark the occasion; and tbat our people In convocation wherever possible dedicate themselves anew to the spirit of liberty and the cause of democracy. I also recommend that appro-: prlate programs be arranged in the • schools, to the end that the lesson of liberty may be more deeply In­ stilled In the minds of our chil­ dren. Attention is especially directed to the fact that our country's third Liberty Loan campaign Is to be launched on LIBERTY DAY, and I appeal to our people for such an overwhelming response as will im­ press the world that the citizens of Illinois stand read to back with their last dollar the cause for which they are already mak­ ing such heroic sacrifices In their flesh and blood. up "Was be cut much?" "Well, his face wore ak lnjjured px* presBlon."--Exchange. Her Expensive Hit ti : H ' - ICS, 1 ID puaiUV*?, ^ He looked thoughtful fdf a Wliffe. "Well, Prudence always told me to watch Carol, so I could help her If she needed It." "Girls always need their fathers," came the quick reply. "But Carol does not need you particularly. There's only one of them who will require es­ pecial attention." "That's what Prudence says." "Y<fs, Just one--not Carol." *** '• *W "Npt Carol 1" He looked at mr fn astonishment "Why, Fairy and Lark A woman In London entered a car rather out of breath and presented a singular appearance, for Instead of a hat she was balancing a huge 4basket on her head with as much grace and ease as If It had been her Sunday bonnet. She could Just manage to get through the doorway, but she sat down with the basket gracefully poised on her head. , "All fares, please," eald the conduc­ tor. "And I shall want twopence for that there basket, muui." "Get away with yer," she said. "D'ye charge anything for ladies' hats?" "No, mum," "Thin get on with yer work. This 'eriiasket b» a-sfclng mt " •* •« A - . if' < - "i Springfield.--Illinois seed corn prob­ lem Is extremely serious. A lack of state funds Is making it so. Another contributing cause is the apathy of farmers in making known their wants. These disclosures were made here at a m e e t i n g o f t h e a d v i s o r y c o m m i t t e e o f ' the state board of agriculture. Fol­ lowing the conference a telegram was sent to Eugene D. Funk, secretary of the United States department of agri­ culture, asking an appropriation of $1,- 000,000 toward a seed stock fund. With it the Illinois seed corn administration wants to purchase a reserve supply of seed corn for the plantlhg and replant­ ing of this season's crops, it was an­ nounced. The supply would be sold to farmers as their demands' are made known. Such a plan Is the only solu-* tion to a threatening situation, mem­ bers of the committee declare. There Is plenty of seed corn in the country, they say, but money is needed with which to buy it Springfield.--Enlisted men In the arms of Uncle Sam will not be a tar­ get for unjust court decisions against them In nonpayment of debts. The soldiers and sailors' civil relief act, Just passed by congress, protects them. Draft hoards In Illinois have been Instructed to watch the interests of the select men in this regard by the government. The law provides that men In military service who owe mon­ ey on notes or on property bought on the Installment plan, and men whose homes are mortgaged and subject to foreclosure, or who have carried In­ surance which they are unable to' keep up during their term of service, be pro­ tected from prejudicial actions at law during his absence. Springfield.--Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution at the clos­ ing session of their twenty-second an­ nual state conference here unanimous­ ly Indorsed the prohibition amendment to the national Constitution and passed a resolution calling upon the Illinois state legislature to ratify the amendment at its next session. Uni­ versal compulsory military training for after the war was also Indorsed by the delegates, who unanimously passed a. resolution recommending the enact­ ment of legislation providing for such preparedness measures. Chicago.--Investigators from the lo­ cal offices of the United States food ^administrator win be sent to lnvestl- gate reports that some farmers throughout Cook county are feeding wheat to cattle. Chief Deputy Beebe, in the office of Horace C. Gardner, says that several such reports have been received, from woihen and others in charge of district organizations. Morris.--Charles F. Munday, former vice president of the defunct Loriiner bank in Chicago, was found guilty by a jury here of accepting deposits in the bank after it was Insolvent. Sentence will not be Imposed until after April 20, when arguments for a new trial will be heard. ThV maximum penalty Is imprisonment from one to three years. The jury recommended a fine and imprisonment. Springfield. -- Frank Farrlngton, ^president of the Illinois' Mine Work­ ers' union, ordered ull coal miners in the state to observe the daylight sav­ ing law. Galesburg.--Health officials here are bending every effort toward pre­ venting a spread of smallpox. Fifteen cases hay£ l>een reported to the state board of health. . Chicago.--National Food Adminis­ trator Herbert C. Hoover and U. S. At­ torney General Gregory have asked State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne to postpone Indefinitely, in the interest'of "desirable results," the prosecution of officers and directors of the Illinois Milk Producers' association who were to have gone fo trial April 3 charged with boycott, blacklist, and'consplracy to fix the pries of milk. • A •%*' >y -r Springfield. -- One million dollars have been expended by the state on the epileptic colony at Dixon, which is to open Its doors to the first pa­ tients May 1, it was announced by A, •It. Bo wen, superintendent of chari­ ties. In all, the plant consists of 17 buildings o»i a plot of 1,100 acres of fine land along the Rock river. ' Only 50 men will be accepted at first As .soon as these are settled Mr. Bowen announced, groups of equal numbers will be established until 200 men have been housed for the present Woman patients will not be accepted, accord­ ing to the plans, until summer. United States Naval Training Sta­ tion, Great Lakes.--How the kaiser's propagandists are attempting to spread reports throughout the United States of great Hun victories and fi­ lled disasters was disclosed here by the great wireless station^ The tower here picked up columns of a wave of messages from German wireless sta­ tions which are believed to have ori­ ginated in Berlin. It was said here that for weeks German "press news" has been received by big wireless sta­ tions over the country.. Washington authorities are said to have sup­ pressed all the "stuff." Springfield.--With the beginning of spring the fish and game division of the state department of agriculture is bestirring itself to increase Illinois fish resources to the limit as a contribution to the war food supply. Already 5,- 600,000 whlteflsh eggs and 1,500,000 fine young trout have been transplant­ ed to Lake Michigan, and the state fish hatchery at Spring Grove, Henry coun­ ty, is working full time. Breeding of river flsh also Is being undertaken on a much larger scale than ever before by the state. Springfield.--Since the declaration of war early in 1917, the state of Illi­ nois has furnished 92,031 men for the army and nary. These were divided as follows: Regular army, 25,414; United States navy, 9,072; naval re» serves, 3,351; national naval volun­ teers, 1,404; selective draft, 51,790. Governor Lowden received an official •statement from the United States navy department that 13,827 Illinois boys had entered the scrvice In the depart­ ment. Prior to the receipt of this la- formation there were no definite fig­ ures available to show what the state of Illinois had done for the nsivy. Springfield.--Gas and electric rates In Pekin, under the rules and regula­ tions of the Central Illinois Light com­ pany, augurs immediate richness of the stockholders, according to a peti­ tion filed with the stae public utilities commission. Electric light service can­ not be obtained, the petition states, un­ less the consumer subscribes for $100 share of the company's stock and pays for the Installation service. The com­ mission ordered the practices suspend* ed Immediately, pending trial. Springfield.--How should Red Cross Christmas seal money be expended in Illinois? This problem is confronting the state department of public health, the Illinois Tuberculosis association and local communities throughout the state. They have been holding meet­ ings in an effort to determine the best method to spend the money whereby the best results will be obtained. A standardized system is being sought. Before the money can be usdd each must be satisfied. Clinton.--Delegates to the district No. 11, United Mine Workers of America, convention voted to raise the salaries of district officials as follows: Officers raised from $152 a month to $185 a month; board members raised from $5.75 a day to $6.50 a day. The officials have been raised automatical­ ly with the mine workers, but it was discovered that the recent advances had been so operated the officials got raises less than the trappers. Chicago.--The government will re­ ceive $8,000,000 yearly from the Royal Arcanum alone through the sale of Thrift stamps if the appeal sent out by C. Arch Williams, Chicago attorney and supreme regent of the Arcanum, 1s answered. Mr. Williams asked that regents of the 1,712 councils organize war savings societies so that $8,000,000 annually will be raised by definite promise of weekly contributions from members. Chicago.--Harry A. Wheeler has been ordered to make a stkrvey of all the wheat being held in the stae. Washington authorities have an­ nounced that they favor seizure by the state administrators of all stocks of hoarded wheat, whetfever such stores are located. Authority to make such seizures is given to the government by the food law. Efforts will be made" to find out If anyone has tried to Inter­ fere with the free flow of wheat Benton.--Mrs. Frances Pergen, a woman of Bohemian birth, residing at West Frankfort south of here, was ridden on a rail through the main street of that city by 500 members of the Loyalty league, who charge her with disloyalty. She was made to wave a flag throughout the demon­ stration and to shout praise for Presi­ dent Wilson at various Intervals. ltockford.--Declaring the Rockford Brewing company's method of doing business in dry territory was simply "camouflage," and that it was not J brewing industry hut an "incorporated conspiracy." Judge K. M. Landis held John V. Petritz, president, and his son, Frank, vice president, of the company to the federal grand jury In bonds of $7,500 each. Bloomington.--A federal animal health-bureau baa been established here. Dr. T. M. Baylor, United States department of agriculture, has been assigned to the work, which takes in Livingston, Ford, McLean, Woodford and l>eWitt counties. He will suggest preventive measures (or the eradica­ tion of diseases. . Spririgfield.--Illinois now has more branch United States offices than any other state. New employment branches have been opened in Aurora, Alton, Bloomington, Danville, Decatur, Gale» burg, Joliet, Quiney and La Salle. There are now more than 150 offices throughout the country, and new one* are being opened daily. Quincy.--While searching for a deed to a piece of land In McKee township, Arthur Roy uncovered a clear title 1o another section of property owned by heirs of Peter Lambert that had been lost for 40 years in ttoe county.reeftrd- er's office. f'4. Was Cored by Ljrdia E. Rnid»m'*V / > C > tr misscy tam a weakness wad ind Iowa.--" For yews I salens pains--«n nouung seemad to to take Lydin J3» Pfcdcham's Vega- t o W s C o m p o u n d . I did. so ana got *a» Kef right away. I caacertainly re­ commend this able medicine t«* other women who •offer, for it baa work for me and l̂ know ?tCwflf help others if they will give it a falrtriaL ̂they will giro it a fair trial.' --Mrs. Lizzie Coiwtnby, 1088th West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. J,-' Why will woman drag along £tmb daw to day, year in and yew out, suffering such misery as did Mrs. ~ such letter* as this are published. from disp flammation, •outness, or who is passing Changs of Life shotfldrfva fthlsfSmoa# root and herb remedy, Lydia EL Pink* ham's V< " ~ * - - - such misery aadid Mrs. Courtney, whsa as this are continually being _-- Every woman who suffers displacements. Irregularities, in- aation, ulceration, backache, wm- less, or who is passing through th+ Of its long ua, L>ynn» experience ence is at your servic D ODDS Kf DNEX PILLS CARTERS 1 For Constipation Garter's Little Liver Pills will set you right overnight. Purely Vegetable PHI, Small Dose, Small Pries Carter's Iron Pills Will restore color to the faces of those who lack Iron In the blood, » as most pale-faced people do. An entertaining man says but Ufcttet but listens Impressively. - Pimply Rashy Skins Quickly soothed and healed by Cutl- cura often when all else falls. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint­ ment to soothe and heaL For free samples address, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall* Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 60.--Adv. A forced apology Is worse than none at all. KIDNEY SUFFERERS FEELING OF SECURITY You naturally feel Mcnre when yet|. know that the medicine you are about te take ia absolutely pure and contains n#i harmful or habit producing drugs. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp* Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy. The same standard of purity, strengtf and excellence is maintained bottle of Swamp-Koot. Swamp-Root is scientifically sd from vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and is taken teaspoonful doses. It is not recommended for •verythin®. According to verified testimony it nature's great helper in relieving and o' coming kidney, liver and bladder ^ bles. A sworn statement of purity w with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp* Root. If ydu need a msdicine, you should have the best. If you are already convinced tha Swamp-Root is what you need, you will find it on at all drug stores in bottlei of two sizes, medium and large. However, if you wish first to try this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a| sample bottle. When writing be son and nfention this paper.--Adv. Ji Too many men pray for the they are too lazy to work for. BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUI Why use ordinary cough remcdU when Boschee's German Syrup ha been used so successfully for flfty-on^ years In all parts of the Unite States for coughs, bronchitis, colc settled In the throat, especially lunj troubles. It gives the patient a gc night's rest, free from coughing, wit! easy expectoration In the mornh gives nature a chance to soothe th4 Inflamed parts, throw off the dlses helping the patient to regain healthy Made in America and sold more than half a century.--Adv. To the traveler the best guide la choclchook. ' f; '•» 1 J. ssiSfc FOR COUGHSAND COLDS a prompt and •ffcctWc remedy--ooa that acta quickly and contains no opiates. && You eta get such a remedy by askiac (or PISO'S imm