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AROUND A BIG STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. ^Excursion Bates to the Firemen's Mectinsc at Naperville--Astounding Boldness of Burglars in Chicago-- Operate with Great Impudcncc. Il l inois State Firemen'** Associat ion. On July 28, 21) aud SO, the State Fire­ men's tournament will be held at Naper­ ville, within ihe town limits of which place is Burlington Park, one of the most beautiful resorts of the State. The pro­ gram is one of the most attractive that •have ever been arranged for the firemen, and everything points to the meeting be­ ing a grand success. Already fifty or six­ ty teams have been entered for the vari­ ous contests that are to take place. The principal evento which will take place dur­ ing the three days are the novelty hose •.•Hid hook and ladder races, which take place on the first day; the free for all hose race and free for air hook arid ladder race on the second'aay; the championship hos- and hook and ladder races on the thinl day. Valuable prizes will be given for all of these events. On the first day of the meeting there will be a grand parade of firemen in uniform, and in the evening a grand illuminated parade of visiting fire­ men will take place at Aurora, arid after the parade a complimentary dance will be given in the pavilion at Burlington Park. On the evening of July 20'a grand ball will be tendered the-visiting firemen and their friends at Burlington Park, and on this occasion the park management ha^Ve arranged to illuminate the grounds with three thousand Wooded Island fairy lumps and other lights. This wit', lie a scene of great beauty, long tb be remem­ bered, by the visitors. After the ball <i magnificent display of fireworks will be given, the cost of which is estimated at „ $2,500, This will be the gala niglit. Plenty of music wil". bo 011 hand. On the third day popular concerts will be given by five consolidated bands. On this dny also an athletic contest will take place. Prizes will he awarded to the winners <>f each event. It is fully expected that this meeting will be one of the largest over hold in the State. Certainly all the-ar­ rangements That have boon made so far have been more than satisfactory to those interested". Owing to the importance of the occasion all. of the railroads in jthe State of Illinois have announced a rale to Naperville :-.ml return'of one fare for the round irip. Shinier Will Set Aside. The famous Shinier will case, which lias boon on trial lieforo Judge Carver at Mount Carroll for three weeks, ended Thursday, the jury bringing in a verdict that Dr. Shinier was of unsound mind when h<> executed his will. July 2. I Si 15. .lid setting it aside. Tin doctor loft ni, •state of about $75,00(1, nearly all of which was bequeathed to Mount Carroll Seminary, a small proportion going to his wife, who had been principal of the in­ stitution for nearly fifty years, but witli whom ho had not lived for some years. Dr. Shinier was an eccentric character aud five days after lie made his will com­ mitted suicide. Ilia mother and--sister brought suit to break the will, and will probably got tneir share of the estate. There was a romance connected with the making of his fortune. Forty years ago Dr. Shinier was in love with a girl, who afterward died. Later he was in Iowa, and he claimed her spirit cranio to him and told him tc buy a certain tract of property, on which a town would rise. He did so. and Lake Park was afterward built tht rc, bringing him his wealth. Anl the Girl Slumbered On. "About 3 o'clock the other morning the residence of Thomas II. Tinsloy, at Aus­ tin. was entered by two men. Tius'.ey heard a tioise, roused his wife and was preparing to investigate when ho was blinded by the flash of a dark-lantern in his eyes. "Lie still, if you know what's good for you!" said a gruff voice, with a revolver to re-enforce the command. "Co alw-ad. Bill," said the burglar to his con­ federate, and by the rattling of silver­ ware in the dining room Tinsloy knew that Kill was going ahead with his part of the program. He heard the ehnin with­ drawn from the front door; then a long, low whistle. "Good-night," said the re­ ception committee. The dark-lantern was shut off. The burglar vanished. The men secured $500 worth Of silverware. A ser­ vant. Jennie French, who sloops iri the second story, was not disturbed. Pnrular Causrht in the Act . Sergt. .Liudroth of the Woodlawn. Chi­ cago. station, while walking down Oglcs- ,bv avenue Friday night saw a colored man tiptoe Up to a house whose occupants arc away for the summer. The colored man went to a side window, then return­ ed to the front door and fitted a key in 1 lie lock. Sorgt. Lindroth, revolver in hand, seized the colored man by the neck. He struggled for liberty, but was held fast. The prisoner gave the name of Walter .Smead. He was identified by Pri­ vate Watchman Frye as one of three col­ ored men who effected an entrance into a house at 04th street and Qglosby avenue, but. was scared away before valuables could be secured from the interior. It is believed that. Smead is an expert burg­ lar. as skeleton keys were found in his pockets. Qimual Product of TIN PLATE in the United States J6?Mion_ Pburids J50 MM".01! Po^Tipls, ; iqotofc Pounds. ^ J 30 mm _Ppund§_ ^ J2.0l]iiJ!io]i JWnds ^ jjojnjllioTi .Pounds : jpotoillipn Pounds _; .A9_IPJIjion Poun d_s - .80 ftlijliofl JWds 70 Jrijljiot] _ PoiLnds_ j .60 Jllilljon fVjids. £ . 5&MK]oji_ Pounds..; ^Q_Toi!Jiori ..Pounds : 30 million Pqiijicts. 20 mijljgn.Pou îs lo million Pounds : Jfear ending June 30:- eign Black Plate From American Black Plate \ ^ ^ ^ O160.6 from:- {XTariff Feds" (X New United States Industry THE PATRIOTISM OF BUSINESS. ~ ~ <&' It has become the fashion of late to j decry business as unpatriotic-. We hear ! n i n c h o f t h e " s o r d i d c o n s i d e r a t i o n s o f j capital," "employment." "industrial 1 energies" and "prosperous labor." The United States, differing from the me­ diaeval conditions which govern older ] countries, differing from the militarism | Which is the curse of Furopean nations, differing from thrones which rest upon ' the sword, is pre-etniuentiy and patri- I otically a commercial and a business j nation. Thus commerce and business ' are synonymous with patriotism. 1 When the farmer is afield sowing and j reaping the crops which find a market i.-irs disgraced and depreciated to half their alleged value. -Gov. Hastings. Southern Demnncl for Protect ion. When the South depended upon the lalnir of its slaves, and employed little or no-free labor, it was as earnest an advocate of free trade as is England to-day. Now, that It must resort to free labor,tit is placed upon the same footing as Northern producers: it is compelled to pay a like rate of wages for a day's work, and therefore de­ mands protection against the foreign producer, whose product is made or grown by a cheaper labor. And we tind all through the South a demand fijr protection to American industry that remunerates him-for his toil, when I against a foreign competition, bent up­ on their destruction and determined to possess the-American market.--Hon. W in McKiiilev. the laborer and the artisan tind work seeking them and not themselves de­ spairing of work, when tin* wage of the toiler promises comfort for his family and hope for his children, when the rail is burdened with the,product of the soil and of the factory, when-the spin­ dles are humming and the furnaces are in blast, when the mine is putting out its largest product and the national , , x , . . , , , , , , . .1 I borrowing at high rates and pledging and individual wealth are constantly j .... increasing, when tlie homes owned tin THE FARM AND HOME RATTERS OF INTERESTTO FARM- tea", |R AND HOUSEWIFE. Neither Work Nor Wane. Four short years have come and gone. | Look at the country now. The treasury | :s empty. Our credit is impaired. Our j revetiues are deficient. We meet the public needs not with income, but by mortgaged by the people are more nu­ merous day by day and month by month, when the schools are most crowded, the fairs most frequent and happy conditions most universal in the nation, then are the promises fulfilled W' SnrfT's of America the home of the oppressed and the land of the free.--Hon. C'hauncey M. Depew. McKinley on the Value of Labor. No worthy American wants to re­ duce the price of labor in the I'nited States. It ought not to he reduced; for the sake of the laborer and ids fam­ ily and tin* good of society it ought to be maintained. To increase it. would be in bettor harmony with the public sense. Our labor must not be debased nor our laborers degraded to 1 he level of slaves, nor any pauper or servile system in any form, nor under any guise whatsoever, at home or abroad. Our civilization will not permit it. Our humanity forbids it. Our traditions are opposed to ii. The stability of our institutions rests upon : :.r j contentment and intelligence of all our people, and these can only be possessed by main­ taining the dignity of labor and se­ curing to it its .iiist rewards." That protection opens new avenues for em­ ployment. broadens and diversifies the field of labor, and presents variety of vocation, is manifest from our own ex­ perience.--Hon. Wm. McKinley. A11 Honor to the Nation. This is the year of the people. They have risen in their might. From\oeean to ocean, from lake to gull", they are united as never before. We know their wishes and are here to register their will. They must not be cheated of their choice. They know the man best qual­ ified and equipped to fight their battles and to win their victories. His name is in every heart, 011 every tongue. His nomination is certain, his election sure. His candidacy will sweep the country as a prairie is swept by fire. This is the year of the people. In their name, by their authority. I second the nomination of their great champion. William McKinley. Not as a favorite sou of any Stafe^ but as the favorite son of the United States. Not as a con­ cession to Ohio, but as an added honor to the nation.--Senator Thurston. the future for the wants of the present. [ Business is paralyzed. Confidence is gone. Enterprise biis folded its eagle I wings and mopes and blinks in the niar- I kot place. Our mills are idle and our j railroads crippled. Capital hides itself i and labor idly walks the streets. There i« 11 aU-Ue-P-a-rgoodMla'y-' s wagy nor a- good day's work.--Senator Lodge. McKinley Takes Command. I-Iear the i>ooplo's joyous shout, MeKiuley takes command; To h-ad Protection's army on. Drive Free trade from our laud. Pennsylvania for Protect ion. We welcome the issue, American pro­ tection. American credit and an Amer­ ican.policy. Let the people in r-lie, cam­ paign which this convention inaugur­ ates determine, whether they are will­ ing to live through another free trade panic. Let the wage-earner and the wage-payer contemplate the bitter ex­ pediences which brought hunger to the home of one and financial ruin to the other. Let the American farmer com­ pare farm product prices with free trade promises. Let him who has saved a surplus and him who works for a livelihood determine, each for himself, 1 if he craves to be paid in American dol- j Arise! Protection's host, arise I No effort now abate To raise Protection's banner high, From Maine to Golden Gate. Now join the patriotic host. In America's great land. And never more fear Free Trade's blight, McKinley taKes command. | . How to Buy Pest . i The consumer in all cases buys ciieap- I est where he pays easiest, no matter | what the nominal price of the article ; may be.--Gnlusha A. Grow. Down Tall of Democracy. Bryan is only Tillman in better E11- I glish. j Well, who in the East knows Bryan, | and who in the West knows Sowall? I To Cleveland the saddest tiling in life ; is 1 he letter he might have written de­ clining the tiiird term, and didn't. | General Bhckus was right. It will be i a doublo-ender--Bill McKinley and 1 McKinley bill--with vim,aud vigor at j each end. The Chicago platform is mainly a ; plagiarism, as can reidily be seen by comparing it with the Populist plat­ form of 1S92. "The boy orator of the Platte" is likely to do more slopping over than has ever before been done by a candi­ date for President. If Mr. Hanna had been privileged to order the proceedings at Chicago in the interest of McKinley, lie could hardly have improved upon what has been done. The terms of twenty-nine Senators will expire next March, and after that we may look for a Republican Senate that will do business instead of ob­ structing it. No party lias ever yet succeeded in this country 011 a platform favoring repudiation and spoliation, and there is 110 reason to suppose that such a tiling is possible this year. The free silverites have expended most of their energy in the work of making a platform and a ticket, and their enthusiasm will dwindle rapidly a s t h e c a m p a i g n p r o g r e s s e s . . ( j A phrase lias nominated a candidate for the Presidency, but a phraseotihuot elect a candidate who stands for the idea that 300 cents worth of labor should be paid for with a 50-cent dol­ lar. THE-PUBLIC DEBT. Statement of the interest-bearing debt at the beginning of the new fiscal year July 1: Ti t i .k or Loan. Katk. •lOl 'TSTAXMSiU MAR. l, 1803. Funded Loan of 1801... Funded Loan of lfK)7 Kofundlng certificates Lou 11 Of J1M)4... Loan «f 1 !4VP«r cent! ' HcoutM<%2$ o l (4,is) $250,000,000 ... 14 per cent.. j - 740.898.20.0i ...14 per cent.. 1 40.012,750! ...ft percent.; 100,000,000 . ,..|4 per ctnt.l * 102,313,400 . OtrrsTANniN'cj Junk l . Jaoo. $25,304,500 sso.sus.ooi.j 73,800: $25,364,500 550,030,850 47,140 100,000,000 163,315,400 Profits from Crops Mnst Always In­ clude, t&at Which the Soil Gained-- Farittcrf as Lawmaker*-Room for Dairy Improvement--Odds aud Ends, Relative Cost of Crops. Any crop, that leaves the soil in good condition will cost lflss tl^au ope \yhjoh apparently pays better, but. which largely dra ws upon the soil for plant food. Ordinary wheat straw takes more fertility from the soil than pota toes, if compared by Weight, because the potato is composed more largely cf starch and water. The soil should not be considered as a source of food Cor plants, but rajher as a location for growth, the food for the plants to be provided by the farmer, according to the requirements of the crop. No" crop pays that leaves the soil poorer, unless sold at a price which will earible. to restore the plant food and also receive a fair profit..for his time and labor. The soil is the store­ house of the fa nil c.n which is stored the raw material for future crops, and the real wealth of a farm is in its soil, as it can be drawn upon hi the future for crops that may be in demand. Whether a farmer receives a larg vre turn or fails altogether during any year, he has the soil.as a savings bank, representing much of that which has been applied to it previously. Water Is a staple article on farms, and Is sold more extensively than any­ thing else. Milk contains about ST per cent, of water, and fruits of all kinds are considered more valuable if water predominates in their composition. Even a grain crop is not free from water, while grass and vegetables are mostly composed of water. Water is therefore the cheapest substance pro­ cured by good cultivation (for he ob­ tains more of it by good cultivation thtin would be the case otherwise), and next to water is carbon. When oil, butter, sugar and starch are produced on the farm the leaves of the trees and plants derive carbon (carbon dioxide) from the air and store it in their cells. When the animals consume plants they convert this carbon into com­ pounds familiar to all, but the cost of which so far as the fertility of the soil is concerned may be very small, and when the soil can be made to do service without loss the gain is correspondingly as great to the farmer as from a sale. The real cost of crops on nearly all farms is that of labor, but labor is prof­ itable according to the uses to which it is applied, and the labor-saving imple­ ments must assist the laborer. If the farmer continues to grow crops for which he knows there will be low prices his labor will be more expensive than with sonio botter crop. Just what that better crop may be depends upon the location of the farm, the markets, the soil and other conditions. There are seasons when some crops pay bet­ ter than others, as was the ease with peaches last year, which gave good re­ sults.. Ah acre of onions may be more profitable than five or <5ten acres of wheat, and yet the cost of the onions may be less than that of the_wheat_nr.o^ portionately. A diversity of crops should be the rule, for no farmer can afford to take the risk of depending on a single crop. The cost will be accord- lug to the skill and judgment used by the farmer, and the estimate of profits must always include that which the soil has also gained.--Philadelphia Record. operations for the last'ten Froni that record the following facts are given: ' .. ; • For the first nine years the cost :per heat} ranged from $14.09 to §32.39; but in 1S93 he began feeding beets and corn whieli had been cut and cured in the shock'and then run through a shred­ ding machine, ear, stalk, blade, all of ^jhi^jis by the machine reduced to the condition of coarse hay. The* cost of harvesting, shocking, shredding and feeding is 3 cents, per bushel of grain and.f 1.87 per ton of fodder. The 1,900 acres"Averaged forty and one-half bush­ els of corn arid a ton and one-half of fodder per acre. The bets (sugar tweets) yield thirty to fifty tons per acre count­ ing tops and all, and are fed whole. Both cattle and hogs are fond of them, and it was found that after .cutting them the first few days the cattle learn to bite them off as a boy bites an apple. Since adopting this ration the cost of fattening cattle has never ex­ ceeded $10 per head. No cholera lias ever occurred among hogs folowing the cattle while feeding beets. It is esti­ mated that beet tops from beets used In sugar making are worth au average of $3 per acre for cattle food.--Missouri Agriculturist. White Clover Seed. There is no plant which is not an ab­ solute weed, that keeps, its hold in the soil so pertinaciously as white clover. If it were not so valuable for feed it would become a very bad weed, and r indeed, it is such to strawberry beds, as many growers can testify. White clover propagates not only by seed, but by runners, as the strawberry does. It is one of the surest plants to seed that we have, and the young plants will not be killed by smothering with the larger grass plants, as many weeds-will. It often happens when grass is cut late so that it does not start quickly that a mass of white clover will start up and soon show blos­ soms. This clover was hidden under the grass while the latter was grow­ ing. and only began to be noticed when the grass was removed. Farmers ns Lawmakers. The present personnel of Congress shows that there is one farmer to six lawyers, and still tlie farmer wonders why it is so difficult to secure legisla­ tion on agricultural matters. While the proportion of representatives in State Legislatures is not quite so much in favor of the lawyers, neither is there as large a proportion in favor of the farmer when the representatives of oth­ er occupations are considered. The agricultural interests are quite import­ ant factors, aud should be more prom­ inently represented. Not that there is need of more laws, for we have a sur­ feit already, but that those in whose Interests the laws are or should be made may have a voice in their con­ struction and enactment. Neither should it be allowed that there are not equally intelligent and able men among the farmers as are to be found in-any other vocation. The Lawyer, tho manufacturer, the capitalist, all have their different inter­ ests, and are supposed to know the needs and requirements of legislation to protect and foster those interests. It is but natural that they should make these interests paramount in their labors as represenatives of those who elect thenx 'They know little of the practical side of agriculture, and cannot be ex­ pected to enact laws affecting it with the same wisdom aud judgment that those familiar with its practical work­ ings can. Each division of industry and business should be represented by a careful selection of those best fitted to understand and expound its needs. Why, then, should not our.agricultural interests be more prominently lfcpre- senteil in our State and national legis­ latures? Then and not till then will those interests be loked after as they should' be, and the legislation so much desired and so obviously needed be secured. Late Hatches of C hickens. While it is not desirable to set hens late, where they are allowed a wide range some nests will be stolen, and large broods of young chickens may come off as late as September or Octo- l>er. We have had such and made them profitable. The most important tiling with late-hatclied chickens is to feed them liberally with wheat. This will keep them growing and cause them to feather early. Corn should only be fed after really cold weather makes it nec­ essary. If tiie young fowls are In­ duced to feather early they will need leg's corn. The work of feathering ex­ hausts their strength very rapidly, and should be finished before cold weather. Soil for Lil ies . Soil for the lilium auratum should be rather heavy and lightened with coarse sand and leaf mold, says the Philadelphia Press. The secret of suc­ cess with the auratum is to have rich soil below the bulb to induce roots to grow below. Rich soil above will feed, but will not cause the bulbs for au- otlier season's flowering to form. Bulbs' that bloomed last summer, and are to remain out all winter, will decay if they become water-soaked while dor- Ktrers in n Year. A hen will furnish, under favorable conditions, at least five or six times her weight in eggs in the course; of a year, and sometimes considerably more if properly supplied with the where­ withal; but, as bricks cannot be made without straw, neither can eggs be laid unless their component part* arc provided. Aggregate of Interest- Hearing "DeM.j -- - exclusive of UnPed States Bonds! Issued to Pacific Railroads . ..! $1,803,326,3501 $585,034,200, $847,303,890 Ueisocrutlc Increase Since March, 1893.' *0262,349,630 r.>il TS« » Room for Dairy l ieveloptnent. The dairy -ndustry is woefully nog* leeted In many of our States. Well de­ veloped in the North and East, it has long been a notorious fact that many sections well provided by naturp ; with excellent pasturage anl capacity for grain raising import from oth^g,jStates most of the butter and cheese consum­ ed. While Ohio makes an even ton of butter for each square mile of land sur­ face, and Iowa, Pennsylvania, York State and Connecticut even more, tna^i of our Southern States "tilrn off an average of less than -00 pounds, and Oregon and Washington only 50 pounds. With proper safeguards around.; the purity of dairy products, this country ought not only to raise every pound of butter and cheese used, but send abroad millions each year. Feedintr Corn nnd Beets. An extensive cattle feeder of Ne­ braska, who feeds 1,000 acres corn of his own raising ana, 100 tons pf beabs ,a,year, has kept a careful account of his Odds and Knds. If clothespins are boiled a few min­ utes and quickly dried every few weeks, it will cleanse them and make them more durable. Plain soups, rare stocks, fresh vege­ tables, light salads and ripe fruit are more-easily digested than cold baked or boiled meats and elaborate desserts. Figs are aperient and wholesome. They are said to be valuable as food for those suffering from cancer: they are used externally as well as internal­ ly". Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for the liver, a sovereign remedy for dys­ pepsia and indigestion, and are invalu­ able in all conditions of the system in which the use of calomel is indicated. To set the color and prevent delicate- colored cambrics and dimities from fading when washed, dissolve 2 cents' worth of sugar of lead in a pail of cold water and soak the garments in it two hours; then rinse and wash. Lime water will sweeten jars and jugs which soap and water fail to cleanse. It is admirable for correcting acidity of the stomach, and for cleans­ ing milk vessels and nursing bottles. A teacupful added to bread sponge will prevent souring. The fact that youngsters ruin the ap­ pearance of their digits by the exercise which is known as "cracking the joints." in well founded. This habit stretches atid weakens the ligaments and so enlarges the joints that the en­ tire hand becomes knotty iu conse­ quence. Currants give an acid richness to cakes and puddings that is very appe­ tizing. A quick way to clean them, after picking out sticks and stones. Is to add to every pound about a teacup­ ful of flour, rub thoroughly with the hands and separate them entirely, then rub through a sieve, which will remove most of the stems. The great annoyance of people who are baking fruit pies comes from the loss of the rich syrup of juicy pies. To prevent this take a strip of muslin one inch wide nnd long enough to go around the pie, and lap. Wet the cloth in cold water and lay It around the edge, half upon the'pie and half upon the plate, pressing it'on either side. When the pie is taken from the oven remove, the cloth. , This will be found a success. There is no better tonic than season­ able and wholesome food. When ap­ petite flags, aud the system weakens from excessive labor and oppressive heat, nutritive (but easily digested) food is required. Heavy dishes, con­ taining animal fat- or irritating condi­ ments, like suet puddings, lard pastry, etc - or rich meais--pork, beef and mutton--may be eaten with impunity when sdow is flying, but not when the thermometer is in the eighties. -• THrtfLD ffiLEffK^ His Life After All Was Not Failure. It was noon, but the desk nearest thq window in the great library was still vacant. The clerks whispered together, - and the boys who carried books to that alcoves glanced at it uneasily. "Old Peyton," they sa]jd, "has bee® here for twenty years and never missedl a day before." One of the boys watered his flowers, for the deaf old clerk ha<l his window full of growing plants. The chief librarian came out of hlfl office. "Mr. Peytonr is dead," he saltf abruptly. -"Found dead in his bed last night. It is in the morning's paper." t The library was always >qulet, but * great silence filled it during that day. The boys stoped skylarking, and tho clerks made no comments to each other, even about the dead man. 3lr. Peyton had been very deaf, and rarely spoka to them. But as ffiey looked at tha vacant stool, and remembered the bent figure in its shabby clothes, an<!| the kindly face, it seemed as if a strong help had suddenly dropped out of theit lives." • ; , 'J . ; ;V. 'iv'l- In the office the.chief discussed tha dead man -with a director. • - .. #>¥J "Never was a life such a failure,* hs \ said. "Peyton was a fine Greek; schol­ ar. He gave his youth and: mftfdle ago to his book on Greece. Ills wh'̂ fe heart was in his work. He put into it great- ' research and learning. But SchUe- 'mann's discoveries suddenly proved ait - his theories false. There is his book ©*" the shelves, worthless; covered withf dust. Nobody reads it. Then he lost. his hearing. He could not even teachr Creek. He was only fit for clerical work, which barely kej>t hiui alive. Ho had no wife nor child. A wasted Hfty sir! A wasted life'."- "You will go to the funeral?" said his friend, rising to go out. "Most certainly!" said the chief, hot­ ly. "Why, there is no man living ffos whom I feel as I did fo:- Peyton! fvp could tell you things erf the lofty honos of that old fellow, his tenderness, his charity. Oh, you know a ma a when you live with him tweuty years! No cler­ gyman ever made Christianity real to me as he did." Meanwhile the old clerk lay still and cold tfn his cot in his little chamber. It was a bare room, for lie had been Tery V. poor. On a shelf was his great work, which even he had not opened for years. Was it a failure Had his life-failed with it? A miniature picture of his mother, a young, beautiful woman, hung over it. "Perhaps she knows why God let my work go for nothing," Peyton used to. think, as he looked at her. "I don't understand." Ills Irish landlady was in the room all day. She told every one who came how the old clerk had cared for her and her children for years. How he had kej>t Mike at work, and stopped Ban from drinking. -- -- --. -. \ ' The neighbors came, hard-working, intelligent folk, and each had a story to tell of advice or help which he had giv­ en them in some strait of their lives. ' -* From the policeman on his round ta the crippled newsboy at the corner, ho had been a friend and wise father to them all. * Later in the day the clerks came, and theTioysf roni "TheTibrary. TheyTtfooght: ~ bunches of flowers and wrtli tears laid tlieni on his breast, thinking of kind words and deeds which were as natural to the poor clerk as his breath. They did not notice the great work off liis life* on the shelf overhead, the work that had failed. They only knew that one of God's helpers had gone out of tha world, and mourned for liiiu. I lis mother's face sm-iled down, as It had always dore, well content upon het son, Aud upon the dead man's fa<M * there was now a strange, listening look, as of one who was called home and heard his welcome.--Youth's Compan­ ion. --'-K "Think." * To read for instruction is commend­ able, and to read l'or amusement is. under certain conditions of mind or body, almost equally so. The reading one riuds it hard to defend is that whieh= is done with no end in view but to "kin time." When oue is tempted to this form of dissipation, it will be helpful to remember the suggestion ascribed to oue of the merchant-princes of Canada. Late in life, after his fortune had been made, Mr. S. took a young man in­ to partnership. Entering the office on n dull day in the dull season, the mil­ lionaire found his partner yawning over a book. "What's that you're doing?" Mr. S. asked. a? "There was nothing else to do, so I'm reading," was the answer. "Nothing else to do! Reading!" the great merchant repeated, in a tone that expressed wonder, amusement - and" scorn. "When you've nothing else to do, don't read. Thiuk!" Grew on Sunday. A little girl in Aberdeen brought a basket of strawberries to the minister very early on Monday morning. "Thank you, my little girl," he said. "They are very beautiful. But I hope you didn't gather tlieni yesterday, which was the Sabbath day." "No, sir," re­ plied the child, "I pulled them thla morning; but they was growin' all yes­ terday."--"Quaint Sayings of Chil­ dren," by the Rev. David Macrae. Range of the Voice. The range of the human voieo *s qmt*- astounding--there beiug^nbout nine per­ fect toneLbut 17,r>92,180,044,515 differ­ ent sounds;',,thus fourteen direct mus­ cles. alone or together, produce lfL3S3; thirty indirect muscles,,ditto, 178,7^, 823; and all in co-operation produce tha number we have named, and these in­ dependently of different degrees of In­ tensity.- ••• •- • • . # • i -SpOtS. To "knock the spots out of anything* la an allusion to. the traditional skill of Western cowboys and famous rffl# shots, who would shoot the spots of a card held between the fingers of on« of their sporting friends. Every nian is weak in certain direc­ tions. and should lose no time ^ac­ knowledging it. ,' It is unfortunate that knowledge doesn't show up in a countenance Just like dimples. * / * , The girl with a steady keeps track of the. moon than an almanac. Stoic News in Brief. • i . IMward Sensney and Miss Mary Leifcli, prominent in society :it iiloomington, were united in marriage. Walter Dooley, of Rochester, was ar­ rested at llliopoiis, charged with stealing a horse and buggy. .Tohn McOarren, 10 years of ago, fell from a smokestack to the river, a dis­ tance of 120 feet, at Itockford, and was killed. .Tohn Nordender was repairing a rear porch at Chicago, when he lost his bal­ ance and fell twenty feet to the ground. He was instantly killed. Thomas .T. Murray and John Brady, two prominent Itoek Island gentlemen, arrived home Saturday from the conven­ tion at Chicago. Mr. Murray is about four feet in height, while Mr. Brady sianda aboilt six feet. After the conven­ tion adjourned i'hursday night they were arrested outside the hall by Detective Mackey, who suspected them of being the "long and short men." They were de­ tained until the following morning, when friends laid the matter before Inspector Fitzpatrick and they were released. The young men, whose characters are above reproach, are indighant over the affair. At Pottstown, a village several miles west of Peoria, the -new Presbyterian Church was formally dedicated. This church is the first in the village and the outcome of special missionary work con­ ducted by Fv<y»gelist Gillison. Rev. Dr. preached the ser-St H. Moore • moii. Minus I instantly lyn by Bradshai a threat stop wB shot in - j The any •< Sored, was shot and jay night at Brook- larshal, Phil Lynn, towards Lynn iu and refusing to received a charge of rom the marshal's gun. exonerated Lynn of ' ~~ ; Mrs. Frances: A. Willard, a music teach­ er of Jacksonville, was granted a divorce at Guthrie, Ok. Dennison D. Green, a pioneer of Will County, is dead at the age of rS9 years, 4 months and 21 days. The y- fvear-oId son of Joseph j Neiman, of Marseilles, was drowued while swim­ ming hr the imnOssTrifer: " 7 The Rock fore school controversy was settled by the Council It declined to make the advances asked. William Hess, a clerk in a store atlvy Landing, killed iiiiiiself by taking lauda­ num. No cause assigned. ^ W. D. Staplin. one of the oldest law­ yers in Itockford. and a capitalist, died yVednesday, aged 5U years. James Jones, a well-to-do farmer near Springfield, was killed bv lightning Fri­ day morniug. He leaves a large family, Fred H. Abbott, e. well-known business man^of Decr.tur. shot himself. He was despondent because of business misfor­ tunes. Ira Davidson fell from an Illinois Cen­ tral train near Mattoon, and had his skull fractured, liis chances of recovery arc few. Mrs.,Polly Cassell died at Jacksonville, aged. OS. She was the oldest resident'of the place and a woman Af much force.of character. : A man supposed to be B. Pharion. from the insane asylum at Clarinda.Towa, was struck by a fast uiail train at Galesburg and killed. ._ ;- - N- W. Montgomery, dealer in dry goods at Monmouth \.-as closed on, a chattel aiortgage for $13,000. The assets are. about, $23,000. Charles 11 ist. aged 23, deaf and dumb, while 3u bathing in the .Sangamon river" at < 'haudlervilic, swam too far from shore and was drowned. Michael Kvich. <»."• years old. living near Magnolia, was oiling his mowing machine when the team ran away. He was caught in the kuiv; s and cut to pieces. Mrs. \V. S. Woodbridge. Cm years old, wife of a well-to-do farmer at Fort By­ ron, had her pocket picked in Chicago and was loft without the means to secure transportation to her home. Mrs. H. i\ ivirby, of Jacksonville, died Sunday night. Iicr husband is one of tho leading jurists of the State. Iler father was (Joverno- Duncan. Site was at the head of many organizations. David Forsythe. ex-member of the Leg­ islature from Wil! County, and one of the famous ' 101." while running in tlie fat men»s race fell and fractured his left arm, being renderc unconscious. William O'Cain. a porter who was em- ployed at the Sh.-'man House. Chicago, fell down the freight elevator shaft from tho third floor to the basement and sus­ tained injuries f'om which he died. The rain caused a cave-in on a Peoria sewer which buried Alexander Madison, colored, instantly killing him. William Hay ward ha.1 his right ankle hrojeen and John Yates was injured about t.hc legs. William U. flock, of Canton, agc.l 1G years, held an oyster can filled with po»- der in one hand.' and in the other he held a lighted cornstalk. A spark fell into the can. exploding the powder, and the boy was dreadfully torn, and died in a few hours. Mike--Marler and--John ('order, two farmers living few miles south of (Iray- vilje, were arrested on a charge of at­ tempted assault. They waived exam­ ination and were bound over to await the action of the grand jury. They barely escaped lynching. Miss Margaret Casey, one of the vic­ tims of the Harrison street. Chicago, bridge disaster o. July 2!), IS1.til. received a verdict for $30,00(1 from the city of _ Ciiieagno in .1 ndyp--F pole used for turning the bridge struck the ear. killing a Miss Itierdon and terri­ bly injuring Miss Casey. Richard Larson, a brakeman. was on top of a freight train in the C. «Sr I". W. yards at Chichgo, signaling the engineer, when the train started suddenly, throw­ ing him off his feet. Larsen fell between two cars and landed on the tracks. The entire train passed over his body, mang­ ling it almost beyond recognition. Mrs. John Meyers, an aged Lincoln woman, was attacked by an unknown negro Tuesd.ij and horribly beaten over the head with a potato masher. The police are looking for lib Orendorf, a young negro tough, who is supiwsed to be the assailant. No cause is known for ihe assault. The woman is in a danger­ ous condition. The body of au unknown man was found in Major Thompson's field east of Joliet. He was evidently the victim of a murder, having be?n parroted. A small wire was about his neck, and at the back was a stick, which had been twisted so as to strangle the man. There was also an ugly gash on the side* of the head. The man must have been dead several days when found. The coroner could find nothing cm him by which he might be identified. A celebration of the nation's holiday, of considerable interest, was that of Myron Travis at Fairbury, who was 8."> years old. People from everywhere enjoyed the festivities. Mr. and Mrs. Travis cel­ ebrated their golden wedding anniversary two years ago, and each is hale and hearty. The hero of the occasion is among the firrt settlers, and each year the day of his birth has been quietly cele­ brated. but this year it was made gen­ eral. and several prominent speakers made addresses fitting the occasion. Jacob J. .Tobst, of Peoria, caused the arrest of the officers of the Peoria Trot­ ting nnd Agricultural Association, charg­ ing them with keeping a gaming house, and the holders of the privileges, charg­ ing them with violation of the State laws. Jobst is a well-known loeak contractor, who did the grading of the track and in- field. There was a dispute over the set­ tlement. Jobst claimed there was due him $2,300, while the association claimed Jobst owed them. The association em­ braces the loading business men of Pe­ oria. One hundred men and boys hooted and jeered while :• drunken Chicago police­ man robbed a fruit stand and pitched head foremost off the sidewalk into an al­ ley. He was subsequently loaded into a cab by a friendly cabman and driven to his. home.. In a severe electrical storm np'lVotia Friday morning, accompanied'-by heavy rain, the Firct Methodist Chnt'ch'Was struck by lightning and set oir fi-re,. The bolt struck the tower and set.it on. fife, but the flames were confined to that-por­ tion of the building. Considerable dam­ age was done ii the auditorium by. water.'" Mrs. J. II. Kahlman, of Molinej started ulown town with her two little children Monday evening to do some shopping, and has not been seen or heard, of since. Fears are entertained that she may have drown­ ed herself arid children. William Gu;. sho*: and mortally wound­ ed Ilichard Shepherd Saturday night at Springfield, during a quarrel. Gue was an emigrant candied upon ground two miles from town, owned by Morris Tobin. who directed Shepherd, his hi fed man, to make Gue move on. The demand was re­ fused and Gue shot Shepherd, who died from the effects of the wound. Gue is in jail charged with'homicide. Shepherd was a young man and unmarried.