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CHAPTER X. In dna time, to great delight, lottery ticket reached him. It wan days In coming, mil be bad nl given it up, but tbe Might ot It rait bis spirits to the highest pitch, It ned to him the flnit atop to a fortune. began nt ones Jo Indulge In dazzling visions ot what he would do when tno came to bund: how "old man nonlrt be astonished and treat him with Inr-ronsed respect; how he would go to the city ami havo a good seeing the lions, and from henceforth throw off the (Ailing yoke of dependence which hia parsimony bud made It to hard to War. Whenever he was by himself, be to pull ottt the ticket and At It with greatest satisfaction, as the key tlint wei to unlock the portalu of fortune, In and happiness But at length the long-expected letter arrived.

Joshua did not like to open It la the lout It should attract tho attention of the postmaster. there- ten withdrew to a place whert was BOt Iftely to be disturbed, and with tn-m fingers opened letter. Something dropped out, "I wonder If It a cfleck?" thought Jonhtift, stooping over and picking It up, But no, it was nn announcement of the drawing. Joshua's numbers--tor each ticket contains three Humbert-were 0, lo. fiO.

But of tli9 thirteen numbers drawn out of sKty-Bve, neither of them was one. Slowly it upon JoihitH that he had drawn nothing, that his Bve dollars had been thrown away, 'Hit thoro wns letter. Perhaps this would it. Joshua rend ns follows: "Dear Sir--We to soy that wn are unable to you priaia this time. hope, however, you i not bo 'Its- eournged.

Pome of our patrons who t.nve most fortutiat" havo commenced hy bolng unlucky. Indeed, singularly enough this Is ft general "Hoping to hear from you again, and to send you In return better news, wo ourselves, very respectfully. "OHABU ti CO." The effect of Joshua's ill success to make him very despondent, tie thought Of nil he had intended to ilo, and now bis hnd crumbled, nnd all In con of this li-tfr. It" had been so of Now he must write to Sum that his uslt to Now York ini Indefinitely postponed--thnt unless he could Induce his father 10 provide nliu with money enough to go. The wns not very encoiirnifinsf, sut he felt perate.

nnd he determlnpii to make ttie attempt. AcrordhiKlv. Just after supper, detained his fntlier. just asi bo wns returning to tho store, nnd snld: "Father, I wish you'd let me go to New York on a visit." "What tori" risked Mr. elevating his brows.

"Because I'm plijliteeii old, nutl I've never been there yet." "Then, If you've gone eighteen years without seeing the city. 1 think jou inn, (O while longer," snld his father, ml- dM 'fct jon that lie hnd made a witty remark, But Joibun did not appreciate the humor of It, "I've lived In Stnpletwi evof sines I was born," grumbled Joshua, "tnd have got tired ot It. want ta cue something life." "Do you? Well, I'm sun I've no obii-c- tfon," "May I go, then?" "ies: but, of course, you will pay your own expenses." "How can esclftlmed Jushun, In nn- disappointment, "1 havi no money," "Then you can save up your allowance till you have enough." "Save up on twenty-llve eriits a wccK 1 I couldn't go till 1 wns an old man'," "I know ot no other way," snld fomiuond, with provoking Indifference, "unless you earn tbe money In some way." "tou treat mo Ilko a boy!" sa'd Joehun, angrily. "You are better oft than I I have to work for all I get. You get your board, clothes and pocket money for nothing," "Other boys go to Now York when murb younger." "I bars told you you can go when jou but you mustn't expect to supply money." Mr.

Drummond put on h'l bat and crowed tbo street to tho store, leaving Joshua in a very unfllial tracnn of mind. sp. CHAPTER XI. Two days later two women intered Mr. Drutnmond'g store.

One was Joshua's customer and she wore the inaio shawl which she had purchased of him. It Dap- that Walter wtts out, but Mr, Drummond nnd Nichols both behind the counter. "Have got any more thlsT' asked tho first lady, whom will call Mrs. Blake. "Mrs, Splctr, who neighbor ot mine, liked It so well the wants to get another just It." "Did you buy this slmwl ot Mr, Drummond.

sir. bought It about a fort- olgbt ago, and paid five dollar! for It." "Five I must be 'iylatake. We never sell such a ibawl that for less than ten dollars." "1 can't help It," said Mrs. Blake, positively, "1 bought It here, aud paid live dollars for It," "Why, those shawls cost nvt seven and halt at wholesale. It Is not likely I would sell them for five.

Mr. Nichols," said Mr. Drutnmond, "did you this lady shnwl sho Is wearing, for flve dollars?" "No, sir: I hava not sold ghnwl I'ke that for two months. I know tbo prlca well enough, nnd I wouldn't sell It tor than ten dollars." "I didn't buy It. ot him.

I bought It of a boy," said Mrs. Bioko. "It must Imve been that stupid Conrad," exclaimed Mr. Drummond, angrily. "Walt till lie comes lu, and I'll haul h'rn over tbe conls." "Then you ron't Ut my friend have another liko It tor fivo dollars?" "No," tald Mr.

Drummond, provoked, "1 don't do business that way. I've lost nearly throo by that shawl of yourr You ought to up whole- Mile price to me." "I shan't do It," sftld MM. Blake. you've made a mistake, year lookout, dollars." Tbo two ladles about to the when Mr, Drummoud Mid: boy will be back directly. I wish you would wait mlnuttt, to tbtt If It yoa can It upon tot call to They left tho store, aud Mr.

Drummnnd began to berate the absent Walter. He was provoked to Hnd that be bad last two dollars and a half. nnd. 1C Walter hnd been In receipt of any wages, would have stopped the amount out of his salary. H.it, unfortunately for thin plnn ot rcpridul, our h-ro received liln board only, iiixl that could not very well be levied upon, However, lie might havo some, monwy lu lib possession, nnd Mr.

Druimnond dco'd- e.l to require him to make up tho. Ions. "When did nho sny she bought sbawl, Mr. Nichols?" nsked his employer. "About a fortnight ago." "Will you look on the books, and xee If you Hnd the snlo recorded? I nm surprised that it escaped my attention." Nichols looked over tho book of sales, and announced that no such entry could found.

Mr, Drummond wns surprised. Though not Inclined to judgo others ii.iy too charitably, he hnd never suspected Walter of dishonesty. "Ara yon mire you looked back far enough?" he nsked. "Yes," said Nichols; "to make sure, I looked back four weeks. Tho woman Maid only a fortnight, know." "I know.

Thou It seems Conrad lias concealed the sale and kept the money." "Perhaps," suggested Nichols, who rothor liked Walter, "ho Corgot to put it down." "If he did, he forgot to put the money In tho drawer, for the cash nnd the salus Itnvo always balanced. He's an ungrateful young rascal," continued Mr. Drum- inonil, harshly. "After I took him into my house and treated him as was not sajitiK much. If Jotluia be Ims robbed me In tho most manner." was astonished by the evidence nRalait our hero Ilo did not like to i him guilty, but It certainly seemed as If he limit be.

"What are you going to do about It, Mr. Drunimond'i" he asked. "I suppose I ought to havo him arr.Mt- cd lie deserves It." "I hope you won't do that. lie may tie able to explain it," "If 1 do not proceed to extremities, It will be on account of his relationship, wlikh I blush to acknowledge." The time had been, nnd that not long since, when Mr, Drummond felt proirl of his relationship to the rich Snitire I'on- rod, of Willuughby; but tlint was before lots oC property. Circumstances alter cases.

Quite unconscious of the storm that wns gathering. Walter at this moment entered the store. "80 you've got bui-k'f" sniil Mr. Drum- tr.c nil, harshly. "Voti haven't been in nuy particular liurrv.

However, that was not what 1 wished to speak to you about. We have made a discovery sinTM yo.i went out, and not agreeable one." "1 am sorry for that," Walter, not knowing what else wn- expected of him, "No doubt you lire sorry," sneered Mr. Driiimnoml. "I should think ho would 'je. eh, Mr.

NicholsV" "I urn sorry also," Nlc'liols. who, rather weak-minded, was a good- hearted young man. "So am 1 sorry." snld Mr. Drummond. "It strikes me 1 Imve moat renaon lo lc sorry, considering that the loss 1ms fnlleti on me.

1 have discovered how you have repaid me for niy klndnesH, You didn't think I would tiud out, but your iniquity providentially come to light." "I don't know what you nre talking nbout, Mr. Driimmond," said Walter, im- imtlently. "I wish jou would stop tnlk- iug in riddles." "Did you ever witness such tl- frontery, Mr. Nichols'. 1 demanded Mr, IJrtimmond, i to his head milesninn "even wlien he Is found out ho brazens It out." "Wouldn't It be ns well to tell him whnt Is tlie matter, Mr.

OriimmondV" niked Nichols, wtio wnc in hopes our hero would be able to prove his Innocence. "To come to the point, did you, or Jnl you not, a fortnight since, sell oin those shawls, such ns you see ou on inter, for IWo "I did not," said Wnlten promptly. "It might not have been exnutly fortnight. Have you sold such sluuvl witb- In four "I have not sold such a sliawl sine" I been In your employ, Mr. Drummond." "Yoa hear what be says, Mr.

Nichols," said Mr. Drumroond. "You see bow he addt falsehood to dishonesty. But that not uncommon. It la only what I expected.

Do you raenn to Walter Conrad, that you didn't sell auch shawl for lire dollars--only hnlf price--and, instead of entering tbo sale, put the money Into your own pocket?" "I do deny It most emphatically, Mr. Drummond," said Walter, Impetuously, "and I challenge you to prove It." "I shall soon be able to prove it," said Mr, Drummond, "The lady who bought the shawl camo Into the ntoro half an hour since, and nsked for another. When I told her that it would cost ten dollars, she said the only paid five for tho one she had on. She then told IIH that uhe bought It of you a fortnight since." "There Is some mistake about thin, Mr. Drummond, She tins made a mistake.

She rnuttt have bought it somewhere else," "She would not be likely to nmkc ntich mistake as this, Besides, the shawl is like others I hnve. How do you account for that?" queried Mr. Drummoad, triumphantly. "I don't pretend to account for It, and don't feel called upon to do so. All I Imvo got to say Is that 1 did not sell tho shawl, nor pocket tho money." "Mr.

Drummond, the indies have returned," said Nichols. "Aha!" said bis employer, with exultation. "Now wo will be ablu to prove your guilt, you young rascal! licre is tho lady who bought the shawl of you." Mrs. Blake and her friend, Mrs. Splcer, hero entered the store.

Mr. Drummond wont forward to meet them. His face Hushed, but be tried to look composed. "I am glad to see you back, ladles," he said, "You told me that you bought your shawl ot boy?" turning to Mrs. Bloke.

"Yes, "Come forward, Conrad," Bald Mr. Drummond, a malignant smile overspreading his face. "Perhaps you will deny now, to this lady's face flthat you sold her tbe shawl the has on," "I certainly do," mid Walter. "I nev to my knowledge, saw tbe lady before, and I know that I did not noil her the "What do you think ot that, Mr. Nlch- OUT' uld Mr.

Drummond. "Did yon ever wltneM miob unbtuihlnf falsehood?" But bere a ihell WM thrown Into Mr. Drammond'i camp by Mrs. Blake her- "The boy perfectly rliht," the aald. "I did not ouy the shawl of liim." "Didn't you say yon bought the shutrt of the boy?" asked Mr.

Drummond, with a sickly hue of disappointment over spreading his face, "Yes; but it was not that boy. Comt to think of II. I believe it was your son," said Mrs. Blake. "Isn't he A little older tlmn ttiiH "My mm--Joshua!" exclaimed Mr, Druuimond, "Yes, I think It must he ho.

I-te'g got rather nn old-looking Eoce, with freckles and reddish a i isn't so good-looking Oils boy." "Joshtui'." repented Mr. Drununond, bewildered. "He doesn't tend In the ntore," "It was nbout dinner time," said Mrs. Blnkc. "Fie was the only one hera." "Do you know anything about thin, Mr.

asked Mr. Drumrnond, turning to his, head clerk. Light dauned upon He remembered uow Joshua's offer lo Inke bin place, mid he felt sun- in his own mind who was 'he "Ves. Mr. 1 answered; "about a fortni Walter rather Into In gel bnuk.

Joshua offered lo stay lu (lie store tor a while. He must a sold the shnwl, but be must have guessed at the price." "A mistake has been mnde," said Mr, Drumruoml, hurriedly, to the Indies, mistake that you have profited by. I shall not be able to sell you another shawl for less than ten dollars." The ladk-s went out, and Mr. Drummond and bis two clerks wore left alone. "Mr.

Drunmiond." enld Walter, quietly, "after what hns happened, you will not be surprised if I decline to remain in your employ. I shall take the afternoon train to Willoughby," He walked out of the store, and crossed the street to Mr. Di'unaujond's house, (To be continued.) SAVAGES ABE LEABNING. Rubber on tho Amur.oii Can No Limner Make Good A letter from Iciuitos, the lieud of navigation ou tlio Amazon, says tliat tbe rubber tnuleis have ovct'tloiiB the bu.slu.oas of i i flimsiest kind ot gewgaws for hard rubber collected by tlio IiulUius. Fortunes luid btteti Hindu In tlio buliuss, but lUo un- llves Imvo cut their eye teeth.

They have touud nt lust tluit many the trade goods they jccopled nre almost valueless, niitl that the commodity they exchanged for biutbles is highly prized by iiinuy nutloiis, An auuisliiK Illustration of the willingness of rubber bitjers to Impose iipoii the Ignorance of superstition ot native collectors Is told by lucnibcrs of the Ill-fated expedition to tlio Aumsson to build the rullrotid around tlie Madeira Falls. Yours ago youni! fellow from Indiana, knonn to loaders as "tlio boy natnvaliht ot the Amazon," eained a good i i by wnndcrlng over parts of tho basin and collecting orchids for the conservatories oC a 111011. Ilo was later employed by tho Madeira i linilrond Company on account of his f.imlllarlty i tlio I i a languages. Wl.ou tho enterprise fnllctl he said he would go farther up the river to trade for rubber ami tin- company told him to take whatever he pleased from Its stock of glmcracks to assist him In his commercial project. To everybody's surprise he added to his peddler's pack nil tin 1 pln.vlng cards with which the party expected to Ulll time on their way home When a use he Intruded to make oC the c.mls he replied "Why.

I expect to make money out of thorn. The people on the rivers will think the face cards represent saints and will swap no end of rubber for them." Many a tusk of Ivory wits cheerfully liumlixl over to the white men by the Congo natives twenty years ago for a poor a or a Tew yards of cotton cloth Some of the tractors defended oliPinselvps on ground that Jack- i wtis worth more to the natives than a score of Ivory tnsks. To-day the Congo natives nre fa- i the white man's cutlery, and It Is not easy to fool them as to the value of Ivory- So the palmiest days of that trnde nre nt an end. It Is the old story. The poor Indians of this country were swindled right and left when Europe first began to bny their furs and skins.

It was a poor trading company that could not make 100 per cent on Its capital by single voynge. Missionary reports were filled with stories of the cheap and worthless things, the spoiled food and poisonous brandy which the traders gave in exchange for good beaver and mink skins. "They are killing tho Indians wo nre trying to save," wrote one despairing missionary. "It seems as though we can accomplish nothing as well abandon our missions to the white thieves and brandy traders." Never Mimed. Two Frenchmen who had quarreled agreed that their wrongs could be settled 'only by a duel.

So early one morning they repaired to the railway station, bound for a small village just outside Paris. "A return ticket to said the first at the booking office. "Single for me," sold the second man, quietly, "Ah," exclaimed the first, "you afraid you won't come back, nre yout As for mo, I always take a return." "I never do," said the other. "I ways take the return half my victim's pocket," Practiced Wlint He Preached. "You know, my dear, I have often said that, like the rest of mankind, I am only a poor, weak sinner," said Wodderly, who was trying to excuse one of his misdeeds.

"Xes I know you hove," rejoined better half of the matrimonial combine, "and I never In my life saw body as anxous to prove the truth his statements as you seem to toe." All Gone. Doctor--My dear sir, needs flome change. Husband--I know she does, heavens, doctor, you took It your Not Noticeable. Be (after the quarrel)--! when I married you. but I thought F01E ATTEMPT TO KILL 16 OF NORWAY Supposed Lunatic Fires Fusillade of Shots Into the Royal Castle at Christiania.

IS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE. Bullets Are Imbedded in Walls, but Noise Monarch and Queen Maud Are Absent. An attempt Tuesday to kill the King of Norway proved a failure. A Swede, apparently insane, bombarded the royal castle at Christiania with a rifle. lie fired a dozen bulltHs, several of wbkfli crashed through tho windows and imbedded themselves In the Interior of the castle.

The man was seized by the police and disarmed. At the police station he dtu-lnred that it was his Intention to kill King llaakon. lie still (had forty or fifty cartridges his pockets. King Hankon and Queen Maud were jiot in the castle at the time of KINO I1AAKON VII. the shooting, having moved recently to the royal residence nt Voxenkollcru.

None ol' the palace officials or servants was Injured. King Ilmikon VII. of Norway, who hns occupied the throne ot that conn- try since Nov. 18, 11KG, is the second son of King Frederick of Denmark. ILe was born Autt 3, 1S72.

and shortly after the dissolution the union of Norway and Sweden was elccled ruler of the former country by the Norwegian. lie accepted the crown of Norway through his grandfather, the late King Christian of Denmark. King llaakon marrlod I'rlucpfcS Maud, tho third daughter of King Edward of Great Britain, July 22, and they 'have one son, the Crown I'rlnce Oluf, who was born July 2, WANTS LAND WORTH MILLIONS. Farmer Starts Suit Against Residents of Pelham Manor, N. V.

Edmund C. Jossup, farmer living in northern Connecticut, lias brought suit against the holders of o() acres of land lu I'elham Manor, N. on which are tho homes of a number of prominent New Yorkers, to recover the property which he claims belongs to him. The property Is valued at Jessup's father owned the properly and used It as a a until ho died and loft It to the present plaintiff and his three s-lsters. Some years Inter Jessup disappeared from home and his sisters, thinking lilm dead, sold tho property, which has since rapidly gained in value.

The three sisters are uow dead and, neither ot them having ever married, Jpssup is the sole heir. Ills suit is -bused oil the fact that he owned an undivided one-fourth of tho land and is now the solo heir of his sisters and that he never consented to the sale of the property. WAS ON LldTJOR. How the Railroads Are Enforcing Temperance Among Employes. All over the land railroads are frown- Ing more and more npon the use of Intoxicating liquors by employes.

A new chapter is being written in the history ot the remarkable prohibition wave that is sweeping the country. The flrst of the new year 25,000 em- ployes of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad became total abstainers. A few weeks later the management ot! the Baltimore and Ohio Issued an order prohibiting its employes who had any- thlng to do i the running of trains from using InloxU'tiuN whether on or off duty. Thousands of men were affected by the order. Other railroads have adopted similar poliry until now It Is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 railroad men arc- living under what amounts to a practical rule of total abstinence.

It would appear that financial institutions are soon lo follow tho example set by the railroads. The t'lt'th Avenue National bank of Now York has Issued an order forbidding its employes to enter saloons or gambling places. They are nlho forbidden to speculate. A Itauuk Deill. A Chicago syndicate oormocleil Swift Co.

bus purchased tin- UOO.OOO- acre ranch oP G. W. Liitlleliekl in the Texas Panhandle and head of cattle tor about $3,000,000. for LlncvN. At Ike Ilarlan Wolff shipyard, Uel- 'ast, Ireland, work has been started on 'new slips large caongh to permit the construction liners for the Star Company.

The louxral ship now In service is tho Cunarcl line's Muu- rotania, which is 700 feet long. New Line to The Italian Steamship Company will begin'in April running sliipg direct between Philadelphia and the Mediterranean ports, this beins the flrst time the port on the Delaware ever had such a i ILLINOIS STATE NEWS INSANE PEKSON SHOOTS SHERIFF. Man (or Whom Authorities Neglected to Search An escaped patient, allowed to wander Hway from the Illinois Eastern hospital in Kankakpp, shot and wounded Sheriff James I'. Itussell when the latter with a posse was endeavoring to arrest him in that city. The patient was Philip Couture, formerly an employe at the hospital, but who went insane after years of attendance upon the insane.

He was allowed to wander away from the asylum in February, but it was only a few days ago that the asylum authorities began a search for him. Couture had gone to Chicago. Some time later he came back to Kaukakee and went to his home. No one was at home. The sheriff was informed that Couture was in his house, and the raid followed.

Couture was iu bed when he shot the sheriff. He was armed with a knife and a revolver. It is suspected that his object was to murder his wife and family, lie was returned to the asylum. Sheriff Russell will recover. PLOT FOILED BY ARREST.

Auatvian Found Xmrlclnfr In Vicinity ot Threatened Home. Prompt action by a citizen is believed to have saved Father Peter Kaenders of St. Mark's Catholic church in Venice, from assassination by an anarchist. The priest receuutl a letter a few days ago saying he would be killed. At the time when the piiesl usually leaves home to conduct services an apparently half-crazed Austrian named Peter MafCeaRC wa- observed by a man passing the church act- ins NO peculnuly that the passer-by asked bun what he doing.

No reply was made, au'l Mntli'iw TUIS seized by both wrists, and when the police came he was searched. A heavy levolver was found in a siilc liouser pocket. Maffeago was ordered to leave the city, as no charge could be proved against him except carrying concealed weapons. JURY APPROVES JOLIET PRISON. Will County Initulaltorx Hold Penl- tcntinry Excellent in ISicry "Way, The Will county grand jury has brought in a special report ou the Joliet penitentiary.

days were spent in investigating the conditions. The juiy- mon wore ghon access to every department and were permitted the greatest liberty in making the investigation. Tlie report was as follows "The grand jurors tlie county of Will have personally iu- the Illinois State penitentiary at and find sanitary conditions arc excellent, tlial the discipline and care of the inmates are good and are all that can be desired, and that the management is just and imnuiue." SALOON MAN FELLS SAMARITAN Alillne Drunken Inn IvnocUedt Down--AnHliiluiit Fined. Oda Sizctnore, a Paris was fined Iji25 for assaulting the Hov. W.

W. Snilt, pastor of the Christian church, anil then went to the pastor and oiwlo- gized. Mr. Snilt was helping a drunken ninn who had fallen in the street wlien Sizemore came up and took hold of the nmn. The salonkeeper had been told of the predicament of his customer and was hasty iu his action, whereat the minister told him to let go.

thereupon delivered tlio blow, which was beard all around the parish. The niinistei was knocked down, but not badly hurt. KEPT ALIVE BY PLAYING. Cnrd Gnnie the JHoimn of Saving; Old Man nt Alton Until Son ArriveM. Joseph Tlufkcr of Alton has plajed cards almost continuously for two weeks to keep nhve until Ins sou, Louis, can reach his bedside Louis was summoned from Austria and is thought to be on his way from New Yoik.

The old man's physician fears that should be cease ihe pastime that diverts his mind and keeps him awake he would sink into stupor from which it would be impossible to arouse him. For hours at a time he lies propped up in bed, feebly shuffling the, cards and playing with friends, who engage the old man in relays. PATIENT'S INJURIES ARE FATAL. Farmer Who Leaped from Operating Room in Delirium Dien. Isaac N.

Dairy of Litehneld, a farmer of Maooupin county, died at the David Prince sanitarium in Springfield from injuries in a fit of delirium he leaped from the operating room on tlie fourth lioor of the sanitarium to the street pavement. Barry was brought to the sanintarimn tor an operation ou bis eyes. When taken to the operating room ho became violent, and before he conld be restrained leaped through an open window. MAGILLS OFF FOR CALIFORNIA. In IVoted Murder to Aluke Home in Wot.

Fred Magill and his second wife, Faye Graham Magill, left for St. Louis, and from there i go to San Diego. to make their future home. They will be accompanied by Magill's daughter by his first marriage. Marguerite.

Tlie Magills were arrested last October in SAn Diego, being accused of responsibility for the sudden nnd mysterious death ot Magill's first wife. After a long trial they were acquitted. The couple will now carry out the plans disturbed by their arrest. Pnyn Top Price for Perchcron. Horsemen from many States attended the annual breeders' sale in Bloomington.

The aggregate of the sales was nearly $100,000. II. Sims, Oden, paid the lop price of $1,320 for a Per- cheron stallion. In Knnknkee Anj-lnm. Buried Cace downward in his Henry a former banker from Bureau comity, was found dead in bed at the Illinois Eastern insane hospital in where he had been an inmate since 1SSD.

Tlie coroner's jury decked that death was due to suffocation during an epileptic seizure. Fall to Gen. Hell. Gen'. Herman Licb, who attained the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War and was s.

prominent German- citl- ien of Chicago, died of injuries ftcm falling on an icy sidewalk. WITHIN OUB BORDERS. The Elgin National Watch Company has reduced its working hours to four days a week. Fire destroyed the plant the Charles E. Meyed Vinear Conipany at Freeport.

Loss $100,000. The Chicago and Alton shops have increased the hours and force in the machinery department at Bloomington. Gov. Deneen has appointed 'Matt Da- vision, of Duquoin to be a member the State mining board, vice David Christie, deceased. Joseph Zndra was found guilty at Belleville oE killing August Genetti by means of an infernal machine and was sentenced to prison for life.

Three trainmen were seriously hurt, one fatally, in a freight wreck on the Pc- oria Terminal at Ilollis. The accident was caused by spreading rails. In Bloomington ten stenographers have completed for use in the Supreme Court the voluminous record in the famous case brought by Mrs. John Warner to set aside the will of her husband. Hariy Jaynes, living near Plninvicw, snys lie killed a wildcat in the timber of 'Macoupin county.

Tbe animal was treed by his dogs, and Jaynes, thinking that it was a "possum or coon, shot it. When Mrs. Otto Swanson of Kewnnee went to the barn to call her husband at noon the other day she found his dead body hanging from a rufter. While despondent he had committed suicide. Gov.

Deneen has announced the appointment of John Ounlap. formerly State mine inspector for the Ninth district of Illinois, to State inspector of the Third distiict, with headquarters nl 1'eoria. Stricken i uioplexy while playing cards at a party in tho town of St. George, near Knnknkee, Mis. Anrelia Lanoue was carried i the table nnd taken to her home, here she died a few hours later.

Itobort Munn, wlio gave up voluntarily to the police in Pueblo, pleaded guilrj to the charge of murdering William Kothe in a saloon in Litrhfield July 4, 1005. nnd wns sentenced to twenty years in Chester penitentiary. He said his conscience hurt him. Maurice Shunick and John Murray, both living near Eleanor, lost their way nnd Slumiek, exhausted and unable to travel further, tell nnd was frozen to death His body was found within a few lods of the depot. Murray reached his home after having spent the night in a hnj Merrill 0.

C'imuce, chief clerk of the Postoflicc Department, hus been appointed by the President auditor for the Postoffice Department, to saucecd Col. E. G. Tinime, who resigns to go into private business, in the West. Chance is fiom Illinois, been horn in Mount Vernon in 1SG9.

Dan Stevcuson, the Kansas City mining promoter, was- Uiot by Attorney O. B. of Tnylonille six weeks ago, sued Hewitt for damages for personal injuries. A 44-caliber bullet entered Stcveiibon's back aud affected the spine so thai one of his lower limbs is paralyzed permanently. Pi of.

E. A. Dillon, ilancing toacher, who chained to a post on the public square in Iljrrisburg because he would not work on the streets, while shackled iu payment of a $100 line for gambling, lias brought suit in the Snlinc county Circuit Court against Mnvor C. K. Bying- tou.

for $3,000 damages. The Secretary of State hns licensed the Chicago. Milwaukee nnd Gnry Railway Company. The capital stock is It proposes, to construct railway from Winnebago county, on boundary line between Illinois and Wisconsin, thence southeasteily in Illinois through the counties oE Winnobugo. Ogle.

DeKnlb, Kane. Kendall, i and Kankakec to some point on the Indiana line, in Kankn- kce county. Passenger train Xo. 200 of the Illinois Central was wrecked five miles north of Belleville at night, and irninload of passengers had a narrow escape from injury and death. The train was derailed while running at a good rate of speed, and four passenger coaches, torn from their trucks, rolled over at the side of tlie track.

The passengers were panic-stricken, but no one was hurt. The wreck is believed to been caused by a defective switch. Arnasa C. Campbell, the wealthy Wisconsin lumber merchant convicted of killing Dr. Benjamin F.

Harris in the Chamber of Commerce building in Chicago in was sentenced to the penitentiary for one jenr by Judge Windes. He was found guilty by a jury ot manslaughter Sept. 24, The so impressed i the on the unwritten law made in Campbell's behalf that it would not sign a verdict unless it could attach to it a recommendation that hia sentence be only a year. On complaint" of II. P.

Rogers. J. Ernest Kdtminds was arrested in Bloom- iugton charged with embezzling the sum of $lfd. Edmunds was an attendant at the central lio--iitnl for insane at Jacksonville when the complainant was committed to his ward. He alleged thai while in the institution, or about the time he was committed, Edmunds took the money.

Edmunds was placed under bond in Squire Dyer's court. Edmunds' friends assert there is nothing in the case except an unfortunate embarrassment for him. Tlie will of James Roach, former inmate of the Soldiers' Home in Qnincy, was not admitted to probate the other day because of objections filed ou behalf of the widow nnd sons of the deceased. Roach who was estranged from his family, left his estate, consisting of $2,100 in the bank and eighty acres of Livingston county land, valued nt Jfl.TO an acre, largely to charitable institutions. These institutions, ou learning thai the wife and children are in need of the land nnd money, hnve generously agreed to waive their claims.

A cargo of powder carried by a Big Four freight train exploded while the train was running at full speed, two miles from tiltchfield. Two men are, reported fatally injured. The train was badly wrecked and several cars were burned. The concussion shook houses and shattered windows for many miles. Sirs.

Elizabeth Gibson, aged 7o. died nt the home of her son, Xelsou Xclson, sixteen miles southeast of Murphysboro, of received while waiting on her daughter-in-law, who was bedfast. The aged woman went the kitchen to procure medicine. In reaching over a stove bet clothing became ignited. L.

T. SHERMAN WEDS. T.ienlett*Ht Governor and Mtm Spltler Married at Montrose. Lieut. Gov.

Lawrence Y. Sherman was married Wednesday in Montrose to Misi Mary Estelle Spitler, woman of 22 years, whom he has known since she was a child, he being twenty-seven years her senior. He must have appreciated tbe effect which would be produced by the announcement of these tidings, inasmuch as before he and Mrs. Sherman departed for St. Louis positive orders were left tha' no public mention should be made wedding.

They were obeyed unt" smoke of Mr. Sherman's train away and then the local teje" change and the telegraph wr crowded by surcharged each other to spread L. y. SHBRJIAX. tidings.

When the Legislature meets in May Mr. Sherman will not be among those present. When the esteemed Senate. which Mr. Sherman presides with the pcucefuluess occasionally active volcano, in Springfield the Lieutenant Governor will be in the Hawaiian Islands.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman are on their way to Colorado Springs, to El Paso, to Old Mexico, and to Hawaii. NEW TOWN POB, CANAL. Thouinii.1 People Will Settle A round Site of Big; Factory.

A new town of at least inhabitants, for which the uane oC Argo has been selected, is expected fo spring up within two joars around the new plant of the Corn Products Company, which ill be located on the drainage canal. The lease Eor the site of the plant which, it is said, will cost has been formally made by the trustees of the sanitary district. The Corn Products people became interested and recently purchased 110 acres about a mile southwest of Summit and proposed to lease fourteen acres from the sanitary district. Accordingly deal was made to lease the fourteen acres for a year for twenty-five ye.irs with a revaluation at the end of that time. By the deal the Corn Products Company get a dockage of about 1,200, feet anil free water from the canal for steam purposes.

Foi water to be used in manufacture several wells will bt dug. according to the officials of the com- panj. and over 2.000 men will be employed in the factory. ANNUAL COAL OUTPUT. Ilcport i en the Xtiniber of Employed mail Killed.

The annual report of the State bureau of labor on the coal output of the State for the year ending June 'M, 1907, was issued the other day. There were 033 mines in foi ly-thrce counties in the State, of which 411 were shipping mines. During the year eighty-eight mines were opened or reopened, while 17:1 were closed. The total output was 47,708,021 tons and the value of the product was, During the year an average 45.oTS miners was employed, the average number under ground being 1U.020. The average price paid per ton for mining coal was TiO.2 cents for hand mining and 47.9 oeuts for machine mining.

During the year men were accidentally killed, ninety-five were made widows, and children left fatherless. The number of men injured so as to lose a month or more of time was 030. BODENTS ABE COSTLY QUESTS. Rlevcn Hata Ent In Blll Suloon Till. Talk about Hamelin and its rats! Sterling has the ohl town, made famous in rhyme, beaten to 8 standstill on the rodent question.

At least when it comes to the value of the pests. There are--or ra tiler there were--eleven rats in that town that cost the man who harbored them just upiece. That man. is E. A.

I'readhoff. proprietor of a saloon. He killed the animals and has entered the of on the debit side of his profit and loss acoouut. The rats made their nest in a space baliind the cash drawer in saloon. Tlie other night they got into the money drawer and chewed up a roil of bills containing GrntlKC; KUlu Farmer.

Walter Holbrook. a well-known farmer, was fatally shot by Fred Norman at Junction, four miles from Sliawneetown. The shooting was the result of an old grudge between the men. N'oiman arrested and placed in jail. Considerable excitement prevails over the murder.

Entire Vllliiurr Becomes Converted. Citizens of Piersou celebrated the ending of revival services ana the conversion of most of the population of the village by making a bonfire of the furniture of the only poolroom in the town. Church people assembled about the lire and prayed nnd sang. LUe Dlnina Table. While boarders were seated around the dining table in Granite City, Tasho Tar- tanoss, a Grivck.

remarked casually "I am a crack 'shot I can shoot so well that I believe I will kill myself." Ho quickly drew a revolver and shot himself through tbe heart. Attcnl In Beaten and Robbed. Wra. A. Miner station agent for tbt Clover iniLiKi I r.t Carbon, was found on the floor ot' station.

Mp had been knocked the night and robbed or Jii'i. II- 1 in a condition..