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What Gold Cannot Buy toy M'RJf. A.LBJfA.^HOE1t. Author ol "A Crooktd Path," "M.ld, Widow," "By Wit," "BoAton'l "A Life Choice," "A Woman 1 Heart." CHAPTER XIV. Mrs Snvllle had Invited some friends who wpre passing through Paris to dine i her that day, Hope felt no compunction about leaving hor alone, though she wm by no moans anxious to accompany Miss Dacro, whose constant confidences about Lurn- ley mado her uncomfortable; for i i visit to Dresden MIP had Perceived what was thn real attraction which brought him there, and nh! hnd sense of milt towards Mi-w Dacre i oppressed her "However, she will be point: r.wny soon." was her reflection at she always In black, hut not now In i a lacn over idiick Bfttln. her snowy neck niul nrmt showing through tlirlr a a cover 1ng.

and Jot comb among tlio a a of her rich, dark chest- hair. 'T am so glntl you could come'" Miis Dacre. when sho pot Into the carriage, a go cinlte by myself, and there no one else In Paris I cnre to have. Do you know tny a says he i he saw Oeorge Lumtey on tho Houlevnrds this morning." "Indeed' Well, wo have seen nothing of him." The house crowded i lirll- audience. The music was light sparkling.

Manv glasses wero turned to Imx occupied In- the two i i i i Mope Desmond h.id had budget from tier i i i i i Mi-is Haw-ion a evening, and i In tho contents had sent her i a i and a i i fiicp. Ml-is Tnerp. itisorbed a she a was. "How Hope la an That lady, who hod been HIP homo i her opera- glass, smldenh and exclaimed, (hero George In balcony opposite 1 He Is with Lord iverton It not nxlrnnntlnnrv--u!) soon as I come to Parts ho appears. Stay! he seen us; aro coming don't know how It Is, but I I should meet i hero." In a few i the door ot the box to a i Lord and his young "Well, Mls- Pncre, this Is an unexpected pleasure." said the gallant old peer, met a couple of hours ngu iitid he told mo i were coming i Then i young called at my all quatrleme, we i (1 )0 saw a Savllle tl wn the day before i i i said a a i Lumlev he shook a i Miss nesmond He told you wero In I'n Is.

a I re am "It is the liesr i for Parts), every- i looks so lint-lit and gay," rot i slight embarrass- nienf. a i Dresden "1 hope may be a change the Dresden he replied, i some significance Tlien he to greet Mls-i tKicre i great cordiality, a i i talked i nutcli iifiunatimi Lord I'lvertoti nddre-Mecl Delighted to 0 vou! So gl.ul you not Mertecl my i i i Bitter In a You i me of And the or I i say tho Tiger The i power you have exercised Is only wish tho extended In i i circle 1 to embrace a few mnru than your fa- vored self." "1 wish I tho power you me with." returned Hope, smiling, as slip made i-oom for him liosldo her She was a a amused i tho boyish old peer, who showed her a degree of i a i which touched her "And luiw are you i on?" ho continued. In i i a toiio. "I j. know that good fellow lluwson on MHI as nn a In the cause of 8 'Madarup's prodigal son." "I do not get on at all.

I liavo had but one chance of pleading for i nml I nm a 1 made i or no Impression. Mrs. Savllle has ueen offended a a she will find It hnril to forgive." "She Is somewhat a a a i you bticeeeil i her shall say you a deucedly clever young woman. jtill I am itirlltie.it to back you, tell Hugh wli-vr a fir.st-ruto advocate he has. I had a letter from him few davs Ills i i bo out of commK-sion---let mo see.

In loss thnn five The present First Lord Is nn old schoolfellow of mine he wants a i i i He must keep up. you know, now ho Is married man--pom- beggar! Then, In a wny, 1 nm responsible for his alns." "Oh. Indeed'" twirl Hope, looking at him with eager, earnest eyes, "Yes; knew old Hilton for years off and on. He wasn't bad follow al nil--very much In my own Hue; ami 1 nm not at all a bad fellow, I assure you." "I nm sure you aro not." returner Hope, i a caressing smile, "What a mveet soul you nro to sa showing till still white teeth In a genial latigli. "Thon ho, Hugh met the daughter--nn uncommon girl I believe, divinely, nnd all "Did you know her too?" uakei' Hope.

"Well, have seen her, yearn ago 'when she wns In short frocks with i jigtall. Then she wiw awsiy In Hng Tnnd for some time, but Hilton did no consider It prudent to cross the Chan nel. Anyhow. Hugh la most anxlou about bin precious wife, and tears stv may get Into trouttU during big at sence. I nm thinking ot running down to Nice to look hor up.

Sho Is there still. Isn't shu?" "I i a Is, Mr. Rawson thinks stho has left. You had better iisk him." "I will," with some significance. 'May I coll upon haf Imperious Highness, do you think?" "I can a tell.

You might leave i card. I am Inclined to think that 3)10 would bo pleased by your i effort to further her son's Interest." "That Is a little encouraging. Hugh ting always been a favortto of mine, lie Is lino fellow, anil I do not think i revenge himself on tho poor who Is the Innoocnt cause ot his ntsfortunps. Oad! a sweet charming woman Is worth paying dear a i which seemed to touch his iciirer, for sho gave him a soft, lln- a glance, which, "had I een some twenty years younger," thought the old boy, "I should have felt i i to repay with a kiss." CHAPTER XV. Miss Ducre'st bright bendy eyoa lanced In her head i as sho chattered volubly to Lnmley, vhosu face grew rather sulky aa ho Istcned, scarcely deigning to reply.

te.ro a welcome I i came In he shape of one ot tho English at- aches, for whom I.umley I i a his seat; and, as Lord Everton to any a word to ono of the ingers, ho departed behind the scenes, ind Liunk-y slipped into his place. waa a In sccur- ng your devoted a i Miss Des- nond "Yes; ho always Interests mo." "Lucky old follow! What have you pen doing i yourself?" i umli-y, looking earnestly at hor. 'You are looking palo and i and eyes Hope I i by holding up linger. "What a rudo speech!" sha exclaimed. "You ought to know by this time hat I am too deeply Interested In you to pay you compliments." 'Ami you ought to know by this time, Captain Lumloy, that am an a creature and not deserving of your Interest." you rtoscrvo It or not, I can't help feeling It." "Has Mr.

Savlllo any thoughts of coming to Paris?" "I don't know. Ho i probably iay his respected mamma a visit Ho at present deeply engaged assisting de-tperate female a i a i a who Is collecting mati'i'lals for tho history ot Queen Bertha, or Uoudlcpu, or some such remote potentate. she will end liy leading i to the hymeneal a a Is a i but it Is possible." "I earnestly hope poor Mrs. Savlllo may be spared this last straw," ox- lalnied Hope, i i "I am S'lre don't care. I only care for my own troubles.

I liavo been the mo-it miserable beggar In i for the hut or five months, i and a i and dragged every way. I am resolved to put an end to this In- a a i and know my fate. Don't i am right?" I can I tell?" Itopo was beginning, when Miss Dacre broke In; "You i como back to sup i me, will you not, Miss Desmond? Captain Lumley and Lord are coming, and Lady Dolamere, and Monsieur do la Tallle, I i so'id my maid home i you after." thanks, Miss Dacre, I really must not." i-n animated argument followed; but Hopo Desmond stuck to her resolution, and, declining Captain proffered escort, drove back to Mourlce's alo o. Mrs. Savlllo was rather amused In Paris; she met a acquaintances who did not bore her, and sho tolerated Captain Lumley's visits ruoi'o good humoreilly than formerly, chiefly because ho was quiet.

About a week after Hope had gone to tho opera with Mltw nacre, Mrs. Sa- vlllo had gone to drive In thn Bols with nn Invalid dowager duchess who was on 'ior way to somo famous health-resort In Switzerland, and Hopo, a i finished hor weekly lot- tor, went out to post It, proceeding afterwards to do somo shopping. On her way back, near tho Theatre Fran cnls, she met Lumloy, who Immediate ly turned with her. They walked rath er silently to tho hotel, Hopo fooling very anxious to got rid of him, yot somehow deterred from acting with decision, but a certain air ot resolution, by no means usual, which pervaded his faco and volco scorned to hold her buck, "Has Mrs. Savlllo returned?" askerJ Hope of tho waiter who attended their suite of rooms.

"Mot yet, mademoiselle," he replied on ghe began, holding oui her hand to Lumley; but he did not take It. "It you will allow me, I will como In and wait for her," he said, with so much decision that sho felt It would be easier to let him como In than to resist. He therefore followed her up stairs to tho ploasnnt salon, looking out on the Tulleriog gardens, where Hope took off her hat, Intending to supply him with a newspaper anc leave him to his own reflections. Thla plan was nipped In the bud. Having walked to the window and looked out for a minute, Lumley turned and closed die door.

Standing between It and Hope, he said, ven Is the first chance I have had of speaking to you, 11m plore you to bear me. on your hearing me. fou have treated mt with the most Insulting Indifference, and obstinately refused to understand the teellngs I have tried to show you. Now I am determined to speak out I am madly In love with you. I would sacrifice everything and every 'one Ior you.

I am desperately In earnest. Promise that you will love me, that you will even try to love me, and I'll --I'll marry you to-morrow. No! hear me further," as Hope attempted to speak. "Just think of the different -Ife you would lead with me. You would have society, position, freedom.

We might be obliged to pinch at first, jut nothing can keep the family estates from me when my father )s gone; and I could always get money. Then compare life with a husband who adores you, with that of a sort ot upper servant to a cantankerous, dictatorial, tyrannical old woman like my aunt Savllle. You must not refuse me, Hope. I'll blow out my brains if you do." He tried to catoh her hand, which she quickly snatched away, stepping back a pace or two, while she grew alternately pale and red under passiona.to gaze of the eager young man, "Now, you must listen to me, Captain Luraley. You have distressed me Infinitely.

You ought to have understood by my manner that I wished to such an explanation--to save you, as well as myself, the pain it must cause. is. impossible that I could love you as you wish. And it Is well I do not; for there is no reason why you should grieve your parents as your cousin lias done his mother." 'That noed not weigh i you," cried Lumloy. "I wrote to my father yesterday, and told i I should ask i'ou, and it you accepted me, as I lopod would, nothing should prevent our mari'lago." "How Insane of you!" salt! Hope, greatly agitated.

"Why could you not see that I should never under any circumstances have loved you, we are so unlike in every wny?" "That's no reason why we should not be perfectly happy; and see all I can lv you." "All you could give has not a feather's weight with mo. I am profound- grieved that 1 could not keep you from this mortification. You will find many good and charming women, who, If you sock them, would lovo you well; and I will even tell you that I have no heart to give. I am engaged to a man 1 love with all my soul, and no one can put him out of my mind," (To be continued.) WHISKEES AS A LIABILITY. Once nn Axuct, Now They've Gone to Join 1'erlwln nml Hoonnklrt.

There was nn age when a man could cultivate a stand of whiskers without people suspecting him ot wanting to touch off some anarchistic fireworks beneath the ship of state, the Kansas City Times says. A beard was considered an asset--in this safety-razor era It Is treated as a liability. 'It it were not meant that man's features should blossom forth in hirsute foliage, then why did Mamma a sow it there?" Having a large and unsophisticated confidence in Mamma Nature, men not tolerated facial ivy but were ac- ressorles to It, coaxing it to blossom like a Kansas wheat crop. Youths bnptbed their upper lips with fertil- iser lotions guaranteed to bring out a i bushel per acre crop on-a hon ogg that had been bald from birth. They harrowed their maps with brushes and nourished the Infant sprouts aa though each were a gold eagle bush, Then came the terrible period which decided what huo the growth would assume.

In most cases the complexion of the crop was a bilious pink, as of a brickbat the color ot which had run In washing. Then those with pa- tlencu waited for tha whiskers to ripen Into a moro brunette shade, and others Invested In hair inks. One man in tho world--the Hon. J. Ham Lewis, ot Chicago--had the courage to raise a crop of the faded crimson whiskers, and on tho strength of them has risen to fame and fortune.

Druggists are still unloading the stock ol sldehurti dyes on their hands when the beardless craze struck, In packages lettered "Raster Kgg Colors" and "Potato Bug Exterminator--warranted Barbers weren't very good with the i--but they wore all F. D. Coburns when It came to whisker agriculture On tho walls of i shops vivid) ly colored numbered charts depleting tho latest conceits in beard pruning. And the whisker farmer ran his eye over this and took his choice. He could look like Buffalo Bill, Joseph or Capt.

John Smith. He called the chart stylo number and the barber got busy with the sheaving operations. By the cut ot his whiskers a man admitted broadly what line of business he was in. "Why, I 've seen the day," observed a scissors veteran who has one of the handsomest barber poles on Walnut street, "when a smooth-shaven man was considered as wearing a disguise and was held under mild suspicion. Of course the lawyers had to have their jaws and Adam's apples unhampered, but they wore their whiskers on the back of their heads to make up for it.

A man's countenance waa like a lawn, to be gardened and mow- ered--not scraped like a tennis court. And that was logical, too. Next thing you know they'll bo using their safety razors on the tops of their heads." This barber, by the way, has a mustache guard on his coffee cup. But those things are no more, It may be that the increasing use of machinery multiplies the danger of getting one's whiskers caught in cogwheels. The faf remains that whiskers have lost their significance.

Those extant are mere personal characteristics and no one can judge thereby whether the wearer la a bank president or soda-water salesman. Whiskers that remain survive the scythe only because their owners wish to continue looking like their pictures. It "How do you pronounce s-tj-l-n-g-y?" the teacher asked of the young gentleman nearest the toot of the class. And the smart boy stood up and said It depended a great deal whether tha word applied man or a bea-- London HIGHER EEGISTEY PEE ASKED. Soon to Cost Ten Cents to Begister a Letter--Pive Cents for Package.

After Nov. 1, 1909, it will cost 10 cents'instead ot'S cents, as at present, to register a piece mail. An order to this effect was issued by Postmaster General Hitchcock Monday. The order increases the maximum indemnity paid to the owner of a lost or rifled registered letter from $25 to $50, thus doubling the department's liability for valuable articles intrust- ed to its registry branch. This additional insurance of $25 for 2 cents is granted at a much lower rate than is offered for a similar amount by any private concern.

The changes ordered constitute the first move toward making the postal service self-sustainiijg The registry system is reported to be conducted at a loss, and in order to make it pay Its way radical measures are necessary. New features being considered by the Postmaster General include the establishment ol a parcel registration system with a 5-cent fee and a small indemnity, and a preferred class ol registered matter of high value with increases in the fee and indemnity up to 20 cents and $160, the limits fixed by law. It Is pointed out that the parcel measuie will meet a public demand for a cheap and sate means of transmitting Christmas packages and others of like character, and that the graduating of tho fee in accordance with the risk involved and tho amount of care necessary to insure safe transmission is in accord with sound business principles. It has been also suggested that the idea be cai rierl a step further, by asking Congiess to raise the i i of foe and indemnity, in order that the department may assume full liability for all matter accepted for registration, and may impose an adequate charge for tha responsibility undertaken In addition to these changes affecting the amount ot fees and indemnities, the Postmaster General's committee of experts, which is still in session, has under consideration important modifications of Ihe reglstiy system that should lessen tho cost of. operation without any Impairment of the efficiency.

TARIFF BOARD IS KAMED. Three Men Who Are to Assist in Enforcement of New Law. President Taft has appointed the new tariff commission or board, which is to assist him in the execution oil the new tariff Uw, i especial reference to applying the maximum and i i clauses to nations aro i or friendly in their relations with the United States. The new board consists oC three members--Prolessor Henry C. Emery of Yale, chairman; Jumes Reynolds ot Massachusetts, now Assistant Sec- rotary of the Treasury, and Alvln H.

Sanders, oE Chicago, at present editor and proprietor ol tho Breeder's Ga- Kette. In announcing the selection ot this new board, authorized by tho Payne tariff bill, the following statement was given out at tho executive offices in Beverly, "Tho President and the Secretary ot the Treasury have agreed upon the plan that these gentlemen aro to constitute the board and are to be given authority to employ such special experts us may be needed in the investigation ol the foreign and domestic tariff." The announcement followed a conference between the President and Secretary MacVeagh. Mr Tat't had loft entirely in the hands oE the Secretary the selection oC the new commission, and simply approved the men recommended by Mr. MacVpagh. It had been a question as to whether the new board should consist ot three or five members STJPBBVISOBS OP CENSUS.

Willard E. to Be In Charge of Chicngto District. Willard E. Hotchkiss, professor of conomics and dean of the school ommerce of Northwestern University, Bvanston, has been appointed cen- us supervisor for the Chicago dis- rict, which includes all of Cook ounty. The announcement was made at Bevery, where Census Direc- or E.

Dana Durand had been in con- erence with President Taft. In se- ectmg Professcfr Hotchkiss the admin- stration has carried out its policy of appointing scientific men to act as Census supervisors in the large cities, rofessor Hotchkiss, it is understood, had no political backing, but was per- onally known to Director Durand. He had the indorsement of individual members of the Chicago Association ommerce, which has been financially nlerestod in the Northwestern University school of commerce, of which he the dean. EOLA WOMAN IS GONE. ii Tells Police His Wife May Be In Chicago.

The Chicago police weer asked the other day by William Ropars, of Eola, to assist htm iu a search for his wife, Florence, who left their home, taking their 4-year-old son with her. Ro- pars said that W. R. Rupert, owner of a general btore at Eola, also disappeared from his home. Ropars said lis wife went away saying she intended buying a new dress at Aurora.

In the evening she did not return and he then went to Chicago to ask police aid the effort to find her. Before she left, he said, she collected $300 from his debtors. This amount, with $400 more that he had in the house, she has with her. Mrs. Ro- pars is the daughter H.

McQuillan, a St. Louis business man. Rupert has a wife and child in Aurora. FIEES PLANT TO HIDE BOBBEBY. Omuliu Factory ItlimnKi'r GiiiifenHeM Arnon anil llurnlur Plot.

Guy Anderson, manager of the Nebraska cotton glove factory in Omaha, which was damaged by fire Satur day night to the extent of has confessed a he robbed the safe and sot fire to the building. In going over the ruins the police discovered that the safe was unlocked. Anderson waa sent for on the pretense that his assistance was needed, and upon his arrival was arrested and accused of ar I son. In his confession he would not I say how much money he had taken, i though he admitted that he had been robbing the business tor more than a year. fiermniiy Mevkin Tariff Pact.

Count von Berslorff, Gorman ambassador to the United States, explained thn situation created by the new American tariff the other day in Berlin as it relates to Germany. seiilatlves of all government departments interested in tho subject worn present at the conference. The German government is planning for a new tariff agreement with the Unitec States. Four Held in "Iiicnbator Cime." Mrs. 3.

G. Barclay, Frank H. Tillot son, J. N. Gentry, and David Gregg were arraigned before Judge Simon in Topcka, Kan on the charge of kidnap ing Marian Bleakley, the incubator baby.

All were bound over to the Dis tvlct Court. Loilwer Unrni to Dcnth in lloom George Brische was burned to deatl and Benjamin Storkman, a stranger, i believed to have perished in a fir which destroyed the Chamber of Commerce Building In Sacramento, Cal. Brische was a lodger in an upstair room. Trro Die iu Trulii Two men wore killed, three injured and two 'engines and a box car were wrecked in a head-on collision in the Missoula, yards between a sec tion of Northern Pacific passenger No 3 and a switch engine. 33 Die of "Infnntile Three cases ol "infantile paralysis' were reported to the health depart ment of St.

Paul, Saturday. One wa Lillle Sundkunst, a girl of 19. to tal of 156 cases and thirty-three deaths have been reported thus far. Around a Big State Brief Compilation of Illinois News ASSAULTED ON STREET. oTV FlnlayMon, of Seriously Wounded nt KoUomo, Dow l''lnlayson, Age 30, Watseka, at the Howard county infirmary, Ko- Itomo, suftermg from wounds revived when he was attacked on the street by Bert Spurgeon, of KoUomo.

Spurgoon attacked Finlayson without cause, it is said, knocked him down, sicked him and then slabbed him twice under the heart When Finlayson was picked up it was thought he was dying, but he revived enough to bo taken to the county infirmary. His condition is serious Spurgeon is in ail, charged with assault with intent to kill. He was drinking when he committed the assault. GIVES LIFE TO SAVE TRAIN. Section JIiuiil's ISflfortN to Prevent Wreck Prove- Fntnl.

7n his efforts to prevent the wreck of. a special train bearing President J. T. Harahan, oi the Illinois Central, and a party of other railroad officials en route to attend the funeral of E. H.

Uarriman in Arden N. Samuel Owens, a section hand, was instantly Killed at Duquom. Owens saw the train approaching and attempted to lift a handcar trom the track despite the warning of. his companions, fearing the train might be wrecked. His body was hurled 100 yards.

He leaves a widow and a large family. ILLINOIS MINES LESS COAL. State Ilounl Report SUOTVH a Decrease o( TnviH. Reports of State mine inspectors to the State Board of Labor, compiled by that otfice and made public the other day, show that the production of coal in Illinois Jor the year ended June 30, 1000, was 48,623,883 tons, a decrease from the former year oil 646,587 tons. The number oE fatal casualties during the year was 213, compared with 183 the previous year.

Seen Son Killed liy Train. When James Atkinson stepped from a train at Kewanee on returning from a visit in Nebraska, he saw the man gled body oC his dying son, Samuel Atkinson, dragged from under a freight train on a switch track. The young man had gone to the depot to meet his father and fell under the freight cars. Killed 'When Auto Dennis Cain, a young farmer near Streator, Is dead as the result of his auto being upset while turning too short on a road corner near Ponica. The decedent's wife and other members ot the party were injured, but not fatally.

Arrested on Charse of Perjury. Peter Brlckley's testimony in his trial in Bockford Jor alleged violation of the local option law, resulted In his arrest on a charge of. perjury when he left the witness stand. He furnished bail for $2,500. Held Thief) Himself.

Phillip Metz, employed by the Wa bash Railroad Company for thirty years, committed suicide because he was alleged to have stolen brass from the company. Honeymoon Snort but Costly. Mrs. Fannie Wagner, of Rockford has brought suit for annulment of her marriage to Richard Wagner. Wag ner, who represented himself as a Chi cago commission merchant, is alleged to have disappeared a few hours afte: the wedding with $1,000 of his'wife'i savings.

She says she never saw him again. Summons Death vrlth Ballet. C. E. Saddler, a blacksmith at Grid ley, attempted suicide, by shooting There is little chance tor his recover; SHOUT STATE ITEMS.

Falling down the stairway at her ome, Mrs. Florin Neu of Pana suf- ered serious injuries, breaking several ones. In a cave-in of a sand bank near Lexington Lem Burg, a farmer, was uried under several tons of sand and uffocated. Caught between a traction engine nd a separator at Milledgeville, John received injuries which may rove fatal. Burglars entering the post office at Philadelphia found only $7 worth stamps after blowing the safe with itro-glycerin.

Preferring death to going to work, Warren A. Reed, aged 57 years, ended is life by cutting his throat with a azor in Peoria. Gas from a partly open jet resulted the death of John Pringey and Hernan Horin, in their room in a hotel Bloomlngton. Mrs. Mary Hornish, 38 years old, a ormer inmate of the insane asylum at Jacksonville, died at her home in Vashington of pellagra.

John Harnickel, a. prominent farm- was killed, with the team he was driving, on a grade crossing by a Wa- ash train near Fairbury. Nearly 200 boilermakers emploed the Kewanee Boiler Company have jeen notified of an increase in wages, averaging 20 cents a day. When his automobile was struck by a passenger train in Toulon, Dr, Fay 3. Edwards was instantly killed and lis father was fatally Caught on the Baltimore Ohio restle in Beechor City while crossing on 1'oot, Louis Olingpr received m- urics which reunited in his death.

Stepping from the curbstone into the street, Vaudelt Durbin of Pana suf- ered painful injuries to her feet when ihe jumped into a pile of hot coals. Miss Georgia Maffit was burned to death, and Mrs. John Shauck and Mrs A. Wehmler were fatally burned in the explosion of a gasoline stove at De- The annual reunion of the Seventy- ouith Illinois Regiment was held in Rock lord. John W.

Beatson was elected president and Hosmor P. Holland secretary. Suffering with pellagra, George Pat- ratis, aged 4li years, a patient at the llgin state hospital, was the first victim ot the disease discovered in the nstttution. Joel La.mb, 81 years old, who was strucg by a Big Four train at Ridge- vay, died on his injuries He was one of the pioneer settlers of Gallatiu bounty and a. Civil War veteran Esther Swanson, 10 years old, swal- a 25-cent piece in Geneva The com lodged in her throat and a physician, being unable to remove it, forced downward.

Judge J. Risse, one of the oldest awyers in Hancock County and father Major W. B. Risse, attorney for the Court of Honor, died in Carthage. He was 78 years old.

The First Christian Church in La Ind will vote a call to the Rev. R. H. Handlcy of Waukegan to succeed the Rev. M.

II. Garrard, called to Saginaw, Mich Eloping to Kansas City, Elmer Erlckson, aged 38 years, and Miss Lessie Nelson, 15 years, oC Kewanee, were arrested on complaint of bride's parents. Rev. E. Lee Fleck, pastor of St.

lolm's Lutheran Church in Sterling, or the past ten cars, resigned and will temporarily'leave the pulpit. lie will reside at Lincoln, Neb. In a fire which totally destroyed her Princeton hpme, Mrs. Gustave Burgeson, aged S3 years, was burned to death. Her husband was rescued by her 16-year-old grandson.

The Boss Barbers' Association ol Sterling has raised the price ot shaves from 10 to 15 cents, inci eased other side issues, and as a result there is a big demand for safety razors. When Mrs. Charles H. Saber re turned from an errand from the shop ping district of Sterling she found hei daughter lying on the floor, suffering fatal burns from carbolic acid taken by mistake. Mr.

and Mrs. Thompson Lacey celebrated their golden wedding Sunday at the home of their son, R. F. Lacey of Mount Vernon. Not a death has occurred in the families of the four generations that were present.

The McKinley interurban line be tween Cairo and Mound City was opened to the public on Sunday. Grea crowds rode over the new road. I will be completed to Mounds in a few days over the Illinois Central branch Throwing himself on the floor of. thi Henry County court room, where hi writhed and sobbed, Paul Vanderber; pleaded for revocation of the sentenc that he be sent to the St. Charlei School for Delinquents and asked tha he be allowed to stay with his father his only relative.

The court did no grant Vanderberg's request. The fa ther testified he had lost control the boy. The youth was lashed on hi bare back by Austin Cassidy, who ha taken him to rear. Cassidy was sen to the penitentiary for the offense. Fifteen persons were injured an several ot them may die as the resul of a head-on collision two cars the Elgin Belvidere electric railroa.

The collision happened half a mil south of Huntley. Both cars wer badly wrecked. In a practice run before a race a the Kewanee fair grounds Chell Hutton of Galesburg lost control of motorcycle while it was going at mil a-minute speed and ran into a thic hedge fence at the turn of the tracl The machine was demolished, 'rfn ton escaped with minor injuries J3 TATE BANKS ABE PBOSPEROTTS. irplus of 927,339,406 in the tntionn on June 24. The auditor of public accounts has sued a statement of the earnings and vidends ot the 401 State banks in linols and the forty-five State banks Chicago, which were doing business the twelve months ending June 30, 909.

This statement shows the capi- al of the 401 State banks to he $49,15,000 on June 24, 1909, the surplus be $27,339,406.27 on that day and he undivided profits the same date 11,250,124, a total of $88,414,539. Of he 401 banks, 352 report dividends aid during the twelve months mounting to $5,140,200. These banks ad in capital, surplus and undivided rofits at the beginning of the period 87,364,626. The reports from the forty-five Chiago banks show the capital on June 4, 1909, to be $32,825,000, the surplus 3 be $21,987,000 and the undivided rofits $7,533 34, a total of $62,345,534. ime savings deposits increased $15,22,014 during the year.

Other facts about the Chicago anks' conditions are: otal investments $418,446.214.15 ross earnings 21,316,018.00 ixpenses, taxes and insurance osses and 2,009,125.00 et earnings 5,458,617.00 ross earnings per total investments 5.09 per cent 'et earnings per total investments 130 per cent. Hvidends $3,326,093 Capital 30,075,000 rplus 21.862.500 ndivided profits 7,439,985 The time savings deposits of the orty-flve Chicago State banks were 163,833,201 on June 30, 1909. while he number of savings depositors were OT.OisS, an increase of 39,291, and the verage amount due each was $32.54, increase of $6.94 during the year. COBN DAY IN ILLINOIS ON OCT 5. loys Have Taken Interest In CulllvntIon to Compete for Prizes.

State Superintendent Blair has is- ued an illustrated booklet devoted to day, which will be generally observed in the schools of Illinois Friday, Nov. 5. Boys who have taken an nterest in the cultivation of corn will exhibit ten ears of white and yellow corn, and each county superintendent vill offer first, second and third prizes or the successful competitors. Tha irst exhibit will be made various schools of the State on Nov. 5.

and he general display will be made in he office of each county superintendent Xov. 13. A majority of the ex- libits will be shown later at the state show. Farmer boys are urged to keep a complete record of the work in cul- ivation, which will be given to the eacber in charge of the corn exhibit. AEBOETAUT PALLS 140 FEET.

Parachute Too Close to Earth and i Ule of Injuries. Fred Banker, 32 years old, of Aurora 'ell 140 from his balloon while naking an ascension at Electric Park DeKalb and received probably fatal njuries. At the height of 140 feet 3anker for some unknown reason cut oose from the balloon with his parachute, which did not have time to open before he reached the ground. The accident was witnessed by a crowd of 4,000 which had gathered at the Jabor Day picnic. Banker was an experienced aeronaut and had made more than 100 ascensions.

DECAPITATED BY TBOLLEY CAB. Velcomn Alan IH Vtetlm--Motorman 1'iiiilH Body on Track. Carl Anderson of Nekoma was decapitated by a trolley car the interurban railway tracks four miles west of Kewanee. It is believed that tie lay clown on the tracks with his concealed in the tall weeds. James Bremner, the motormon, who discovered the body, saw the head between the rails as his car approached it.

He said he believed it was a roundhog until his car was within a few feet of it. County Scat Contest Ends. In the Pulaski County Circuit Court at Mound City Judge W. W. Duncan decided the county-seat contest in favor of Mound City, finding tnat the voters of Pulaski County by a majority of SOO favored retaining the county seat at Mound City instead of moving it to Mounds.

The two cities are three miles apart. nir or Weak. Heart Kills Hlmt Alfred Gright of Jerseyviiie tied his team to a fence and went to a straw stack to escape lightning. He was found dead a short time later, but physicians were unable to tell whether he was killed by lightning or died of heart disease. Two jllen Killed.

Moving? Church. While the Roman Catholic church in Illiopolis was being moved the other day, the underpinning gave way and fell on the workmen in the basement. Ferris Baldridge and Robert Johnson were killed and Shelby Sennett was severely injured. Railroad Is Held Responsible. A coroner's jury at Kankakee held the Big Four Railroad responsible for the auto accident In which Sirs.

George Granger, of Kankakee. and Miss Genevieve Rabig, of Chicago, were killed and five others injured two weeks ago. Aired Farmer Fonnd Dead in Bed. Nicholas Shores, 61 years old, was found dead in his bed at the home ot Charles Sanders, seven miles west of Virden, where he died from heart failure..