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Commodore Vanderbilt dfscoNaSd-f p
James Il. Rutter. then IN the employ
OF the Erie railroad, . man be believed
the freight department Of the Central
needed. says the Baltimore NeWA II
q related that some time altar be took
charge Of the CentraIs trafac once
Rutter called on the commodore %
submit plan for improvement When
be had stated the case the president
looked at him sharply and asked:
~Rutter. what does the New York
Central pay you $4,000 q year foEF
The reply was. For managing the
freight traffic department"
And then the commodore said, ~Well,
you don't expect me to earn your sal
airy for you, do your
Rutter went out and carried through
his plan on bis own judgment. The r.
suit was highly satisfactory. RutteE
became president Of the Central
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FOR STATE FAIR VISITORS.
Accommodation for stranse9-PoIntI
Of Interest In Springfield.

Accommodation for straneerS-PoInts
Of Interest In Springfield.
, The Chamber of Commerce Of
Springfield has taken in hand the mat
ter Of providing comfortable accommo
dations at reasonable rates for ali
State Fair visitors this year. Last
year the ARRANGEMENTS were by no
means perfect, but the pledge Is given
now that strangers by writing to Cham
Der Of Commerce. Springfield, can OBJ
tain comfortable rooms at reasonable
prices. or course. II q stranger applies
to persons he meets on the street
unknown to them, they may be gouged,
but II they will report this TO the
Chamber Of Commerce the gouger win
Be severely disciplined. Information
bureaus viii be found at hotels.
= Springfield offers many objects Of In
terest to State Fair visitors and AL can
been seen without charge. The LIN
coin Monument and Lincoln Home,
Tanner Mausoleum. Capitol, Arsenal,
Temple Of Justice, Camp Lincoln, Gov.
eFnor's Residence. Old State Capitol
National Cemetery (old Camp Butler),
iCaFnegie Library, Y. NJ. c. A, Masonic
and Odd Fellows Buildings, Country
Club and half Q dozen beautiful parks
/, Upon application 70 Secretary J. K
Dickinson. Springfield, q free ticket
to the State Fair this year win BE- sent
70 every person who visited the first
State Fair, in 1883. These veterans
viii meet at some convenient place
on the Fair grounds on wednesday Of
the Fair, and talk over old times. II
promises to be one Of the features of
the 1903 State Fair Over fifty already
have registered their names, several
from Texas and other distant points.
There win be ten bands Of music Il
the State Fair this year.
Neighborhood excursion parties are
being arranged for the State Fair this
year. This is q most satisfactory and
desirable way to visit the Fair. Nc
Henry county, on the Wisconsin line,
and Williamson county. near the Ohio
river, are arranging parties.
The center Of the monster Dome
building will be devoted exclusively to
flowers and plants this year. II win
be a dream of beauty.
The state display Of game birds alone
Il worth visit to the State Fair.
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ITHESTG1E EAIRAHD RAILROADS.

Lev Rates Granted by All Lines
J Cheap Excursions en- Many Lines.
| Al the railroads have made q rata
iOf one and one-third fare for the
round trip to the Illinois State Fair,
October Is. Many Of them win Fua
excursion trains on certain days At .
much lower rate than this. It Is prob
able that there viii be q rate q g
or less for the round trip from East
st. Louis, and $3.50 or s. from Chicago.
Ask the railroad agent. Ample accom-
modations win be provided by al
lines. Talk to your neighbors. Get
up q neighborhood crowd. Probably
q special chair car can be obtained.
Excursion parties are being arranged
in this way from distant parts Of the
State to visit the Fair this year.
!. The Springfield lines, Chicago & Al
ten, Illinois Central. c., P. & St L,
wabash c., H. & D., ard B. & o. are
making great preparations to handle
the crowds quickly and comfortably.
The Alton win land its passengers At
the grounds. Better 90.
The Illinois Traction System Il max
ing . rate Of less than one fare TO-
TIE round trip. Better 60.
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A REMARKABLE RECORD.

During the past fifteen years. since
the Illinois State Fair vas permanently
located at Springfield, 1t has given.
principally 70 the, people Of Illinois.
over a million dollars more than It re-
ceived from the State in appropria-
tions. II has handed out IN that time
S1,6s1, Ssz17, Of which 95ss SIS went for
premiums For the same period the
legislature gave the State Beard Of
Agriculture zss.3sa-Ts. principally for
permanent buildings. Tae value Of the
present state Fair site il over one
million dollars. Including the 1eo acres
np0a which II Il located. II belongs
% TIE state as long a. the State FEir
Il held there
This 3 . rsmarkabis showing Tor ths
State Board Of Agriculture .
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THE TRACTION KING OF ILLINOIS.

Ian Illinois Statesman Who Doubles
Farm NaIueo-Frisnd Of osats Fair
Central Illinois Is gridironed With
hnterurban lines owned by Congress
nan william B. Mckinley, Of Cham
paign. Springfield, the State Fair Coct
lI-sl city, Is the hub Of most Of them
Lines extend from the capital city &c
st. Louis to Decatur, Champaign and
DanvIlle, TO Lincoln and Bloomington
and 10 Peoria. Farm values have
enormously increased on these lines.
lEr. Mckinley believes In the State
FaIr. He wants every farmer On his
IIDes 70 visit 4 this year and has made
= rouad trlp rate Of less than one fare
~ A inducsment. As . congreszmaa
hs uins hiss hopes On the farmer. He
fnvorv an income tax and a corpora
fion tnx b. the federal government
sIflws had . cooperation tax ysaFs go
wIfh it, necessary publicity. said he
reepntly. -there would Be no trusts.'
uswas naenticnet fer United States
krnator n the lesislEturs last spring,
I'd Doubtless yin Be q candle4ls
,~hen M. Culiom's term 4 out.
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SPECIAL PRIZES At STATE FAIR.
For Horses. Cattle, Swine and sheep
Extras for Aristoerats.

For Horses. Cattle, Swine and Sheep
Extras for AriStoerats.
In addition 70 the regular cash and
trophy prizes Of the Illinois Board OF
Agriculture special premiums are pro-
.yided by breeders associations and
Others. The horse gets most Of them.
The Night Horse Show provides 5000
cash for show horses. The Percheron
Society offers cash, gold medals and
ribbons; the Percheron Registry com
pany offers gold and silver medals; the
Clydesdale association, gold medals;
american Shire association will give
silver cups and ribbons; the Belgian
association. cash, gold medals and RIB
bons; the Saddle Horse Breeders q S10e
trophy; the English and American
Hackney associations, silver medals,
and heavy horses bred and owned In
Illinois get prize ribbons.
Extra prizes are held up for Poland
China, Duroc Jersey Reds, Chester
Whites, Illinois Berkshires, HRmp-
shires and Tamworths in swine. The
Schuttler Wagon company give q blue
farm truck for best pair of pigs.
Extra prizes for sheep include cash
for lambs bred and owned in Illinois,
cash, for American Oxford Downs, and
q silver cup for Angora goats.
It pays to exhibit high grade cattle
at the State Fair. Additional prizes
to the amount Of $3.50 in cash, one-half
to Illinois breeders, is given by the
American Short-Horn Breeders associ-
alton. the Hereford association offers
500 In cash and the Aberdeen-Angus
association $500. For dairy breeds
the State Dairymen's association Of
fers gold medals and cash.
It pays the farmer to visit the MI
noiS State Fair. Better 90.
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SPECIAL BGYSH STKTETR.
bic Days a the Illinois state Fab
this YeaF-Brtter Co.

Bic Days a the Illinois state Fab
this Year-e1tter Co.
Friday, Oct. 1-Opening Day, when
regiment Of white wings" VIII pick
hp paper, lumber, packing cases and
bWeep and dust, buinish the brass,
polish the silver and glass.
] Saturday, Oct 2-The bands make
their appearance, the wild west and
Vaudeville shows open their doors In
Happy Hollow, racers are being &C
eustomed to the track, fruits and flow
ers-6re grouped In artistic designs and
The Alton arranges for Its shuttle train
service.
Sunday, Oct. SACRED services with
music By the bands and q quartette. an
eloquent lecture by an eminent orator
Exhibits win be open and ready for
inspection. but the machinery win not
run. Excursions for people who work
hurlng the week.
Monday, Oct 4-Children's Day, when
Thousands Of children who attend the
schools are admitted free and the best
care taken Of them. In all towns IN
central Illinois school is dismissed for
this day and the children taken to the
State Fair, where they obtain an in
innate knowledge Of the productive
ness Of Illinois soil. Special care II
taken Of the little ones The racing
begins, $4,000 in purses being dis
tributed. The show of handsome
horses and fat stock In the Coliseum
begins. Three splendid bands.
Tuesday, Oct. 5-Central Illinois
Day, when the different cities in the
central part Of the State meet their
friends on the Illinois State Fair
Grounds. An especially attractive
racing card has been arranged, and
5000 viii be given out in purses, in
Guiding q 81 900 trot and q $1,000 psce.
Five magnificent bands from the
larger cities viii be on duty.
Wednesday. Oct. 6.-old Soldiers
DAY, when the veterans OF the civil
war win be guests Of the State Board,
and each one viii be given q badge,
Veterans Of IS who were at the
nrst Illinois State Fair, will be received
On this day, and viii hold an expert
ence meeting and tell Of aud lang
kyne. The Illinois Derby will be run,
md 5000 cash given to fast horses
on the race track. The Night Horse
show win open at CLOCK sharp In
the Coliseum. Six bands win blow.
Thursday, Oct 7-GOvernor's Day,
when the Governor Of Illinois win be
the special guest Of the Board Of Agri-
culture. He will dine with the Board,
Jock 1t the fat stock, the modern farm
Supplements, the state exhibit Of beau
tiful game birds, hold q reception and
witness the races. There will be TIRES
great races for big purses-S4ye 900 BE-
ing distributed TO winners. Il YIN Al
10 Be day for Illinois Statesmen, TIE
United States senator's, congressms1
and members Of the legislature are az
pected TO be present. The Night Horse
show In the Coliseum continues.
Friday, Oct. S-SprIngheld Day,
Whea the shops and stores and omeea
In the Capitol city are closed and
everybody attends the State Fair. II
Gs q city holiday and an enormous At
tsAdanee is promised this year. The
Might Horse Show ends tonight with q
tegt 0f Jumpers, hunters and hurdlers
0atfhe race track $500 viii be dis
L1Ibutsd.
6atoFday, Oct s.-Automobile Day
when there win be some sensational
races On the race track by daredevil
asR0as IN goggles.
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Dairy Products Building.

This extensive building. 62x151, d
north Of the Dome and ID devoted to
milk. cream and butter. honey and
bees. The University Of Illinois con
ducts = daily demonstration Of butter
making with sanitary appliances
Cream tests win be made here and
patent mixers exhibited
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nhe nome Eu-IIn6:

This Is the colossal Dome Of the
Worlds Fair In Chicago, purchased
and moved to Springfield by the Board
lof Agriculture IN 1894. Its immense
rotunda this year win be exclusively
devoted TO Horticulture. The mammoth
steel and glass dome. the largest in
the world, requires building 222-222
feet and win comfortably house ioo.'
900 people.
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The'conseum.

This splendid structure 225x326 feet
was erected about ten years ago, but
was entirely inadequate to accom-
modate the throngs Of people. An ex-
tension was added six years ago, and
1t now comfortably seats about 5000
A magnificent Night Horse Show will
be given within its walls wednesday
Thursday and Friday nights. It ID
used to display horses and fat stock.
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A man IN workman'B garb one day
called at q local dentists, ana the door
was opened by q maid
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teethl
servant-NO. sir. but I expect he win
- IN shortly.
workman pGuzing @ dOOrstsp)-
Does he give gzsP
Yes
-what does be eharrsP
~0ne dollar
~what-Ons doIiari Do yOu mean 70
say, miss. q fellows got % swallow
over loo feet Of ges % have ons
toefh pulled outi No fear. I rsekDn
2 hnoIs a bit about Il for Work
1SWn It the gAs worin myself. IN
50 to smother dentist ana have Il
unlIed out without Eaas-ExshangA
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ILLINOIS CANE EXHIBIT.

state Game Warden Wheeler VIII *.
hIbIt Beautiful Birds and Fowl.
Immediately east Of the broad road
at the main entrance to the Illinois
State Fair Grounds, during the State
Fair, Oct. TO, State Game Warden
Wheeler VIII display a score Of Tarf-
cites Of pheasants, grouse, quail and
other game birds which HIS depart
ment Is propagating on the State game
farms. Waterfowl in many breeds and
other animals with wings" win form
part Of this matehless exhibit. The
bright plumage Of the birds, the dis
tant countries from which they were
imported and the certainty that theS
win soon be plentiful enough IN M
nols to serve IS delicate morssls fos
the palate. make this one Of the pref
tiest sights and most interesting stud
les on the Illinois Stats Fair grounds.
They are protected By Law unAsr
heavy penalties Tor several years.
= Ths o6olaI eoaA
~Rour wife doesn't seem . ere
much for nat frisnd of youRS
no. Hes ths nan I lay IT, haamD
60 Whsn I'm dstainad esWulDuaS-
Phlln1slp1ia PosE
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at country homestead. where cows
break through the fence and partake OF
the .neighbor's corn, is probably the most
complex situation in the story. annie OF
Avonlea" can be labeled light felton,
for IL is indeed of the "lighter-than-air
variety.
THE CUCkOO'S NEST. BY Martha Gil
bert Dickinson Bianchi. author o:
"A Modern Prometheus," etc. New
York: Duffield & Co.
With power to choose and arrange
conditions at pleasure, it becomes a
matter of slight difficulty to render
automatic the following metaphoricai
theory: Love is cuckoo nesting by
stealth in hearts already pre-empted
and presumably settled. Take the years
playtme and the open road. with their
native backward cast toward vaga
bondage: make the playground France
Paris. the enchanting chateau coun-
try. the southland in it's bewitchinS
scenery and mellowing climate-with a
step across to Monte Carlo, where an
irresistible sorceress sits: draw together
dozen people-men and women-by
the tie of this common summer DALI
ance-and the thing is done. What
simpler way to prove that love Is the
tabled cuckoo, The book is dramatic.
In its composition every situation.
slight as well as important. is devel-
oped and set with a mind keen to its
structural and artistic value. From THIS
come vitality, color, atmosphere. The
chief figures are types with few, If
any, of the vagaries of the individual.
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the book, thus personal in tone. brings
the reader into the secret places Of the
inventors life. Material new to the
public helps to complete a personality
in which the world takes a keen and
grateful interest. This is q valuable
contribution to the literature on Full
ton.
THE KING WHO NEVER REIGNED;
Memoirs upon Louis XVII. By Eek
ard and Naundorff: with a preface
by Jules Lemaitre of the Academic
Franchise. together with introduce
ton and notes by Maurice Vftrac
and Arnould Galopin. to which is
added Joseph Turquan's New Light
Upon the Fate of Louis XVII IL
Illustrated. New York: The John
Mcbride Company.
The fate of the unfortunate Dauphin of
France has been a fruitful literary theme
for historian and romancer for century,
and about it have been woven many fam
ciful tales and more than one speculative
work and drama. The present volume
treats not of the romance Of dauphins
disappearance. but deals with the tragedy
of it in the light of memoirs Of men who
claimed to have knowledge of events lead
ing up to the disappearance Of this pitt
full French boy.
The work contains two very distinct and
1t might be said opposite parts. The first
part comprises Eckard's memoirs upon
the captivity and death of Louis XVII
while the second is composed of Naun-
dorff's "RecOllections." The work of
Eckard is presented as history by the
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sufficiently full demonstration of the critf-
cal method employed in reaching these
conclusions Literary material-varied.
rich, complete. matured-is presented
with impartial fidelity to fact. condition
and purpose and then left to the unswerv-
ing course of an invincible logic for the
results. One studying this book. to de-
gree, participates in the use of these in
struments of critical literary measure
ment and, through continued study fash
ions for himself an unfailing guide in this
pursuit.
KING IN KHAKI. BY Henry kitchcll
Webster, author of The whispering
Man." etc Illustrated New York: D.
Appleton & Co.
Here. indeed. is as Sir Philip Sydney
said, "A tale which holdeth children from
play and old men from the chimney cor
ner." For the window seat on the rainy
Sunday afternoon or before the gas log
on the blustery fall night, or even the
sunny end of the porch on a long Indian
summer day, it viii answer admirably to
divert and interest 1t ia story OF Yam
kee pluck in tropic seas, with a hurri-
cane. a pot of buried pirate gold and
sweet young slip of Yankee girl to lend
spice to the adventures. 1t is written in
moving events and calculated to hold the
reader to the end of the story.
SIR GUY AND LADY RANNARD. BY
H. N. Dickinson. New York: Duff
field & Co.
This is a mastery picture-or better
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stiil' an analysis-of the gradual growth
OF insanity in an individual. The writer
mas CHOSEN as background for this SUBJ
Ject an English country home and family,
with abundant wealth expressed I'm bust
ness, houses, lands. The victim is the
utied son OF this house The medium
used Is the development OF a political ca
reer supplemented by the influence OF the
wire, woman of such compelling per-
sonaIlty that only the fine restraint of the
author Keeps her from. now and then. OBJ
securing the chief figure of the story. The
reader. liking the attractive young no.
pieman. pleased at his wealth. in accord
with his ambitions. feels at first only Inn
patlence-as with a real person-over dis
turbinE peculiarities OF disposition. in
dulgently counted. however as the fad
ing effects of youthful physical In
nrnity, now overcome. This early annoy
ance on the part OF the reader passes ON
up through astonshment. anger dis
appointment, discoura cement as icIiosyn-
Grassy becomes acute eccentricity revealed
through unreliability in crises. absurdit~
OF plan, folly I'm action and finally social
and political suicide. So artfully is the
thing done that only at the last does thu,
reader realize, with distinct shock Of
personal pain. that this before him is a
piece OF human wreckage wrought by an
insidious and deadly disease
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This is due to the writer's generalizing
habit of mind. which is shown. too, in
the broad and fundamental nature OF
the phases of social life depicted. The
characters, whether expressing them
selves in action or speech, have person.
atty and temperament and are logi-
cally. as we'll as artfully, drawn ac-
cording to psychological laws and So
cial environment. The author has ana
lyzed the human with fine keen edge
and gives evidence throughout of hay
ing inside Information about the work
1ngs of the human heart. This frivO
lous summer playtime covers some of
the profound things of life.
ROBERT FULTON AND THE CLER
MONT. BY Alice Crary Sutcliffe.
New York: The Century Company.
story of the most significant part
Of the life of Robert Fulton from the
hands Of his great granddaughter
comes fitting and welcome attend
ant upon the historical pageant set 10
visualize SO far as possi ble, the crown
ing event Of his career and to bring. as
well. the tribute of a grateful nation to
the man whose achievement stands for
SO large a part of its material prog
ress. That the story comes from one of
Fulton's own family gives 1T the grace
of sentiment and the interest of intl-
mate detail. Made up, in large part. Of
letters passing between Fulton and
possible patrons, of drawings and
charts picturing the growth Of his
ideas upon his cherished subject, Of
itemized money accounts and the like,
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

COLLEGE, YEARS. BY Ralph D. Paine
illustrated by Worth Brehm. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons Wash
fngton: Woodward & Lothrop.
THE OLD DEERFIELD SERIES
BOYS AND GIRLS OF SEVENTY
SEVEN. BY Mary P. Wells Smith.
Series illustrated by Oh. Grun-
valid. Boston: Little. Brown e. Co.
THE PALISADES OF THE HUDSON,
Their Formation. Tradition Ro-
nance, Historical Associations. Ma
tural Wonders and Preservation. BY
Arthur c. Mack. Edgewater. n. j.:
The Palisade Press.
THE HUMAN BODY AND HEALTH,
An Intermediate Text Book of Es-
sential Physiology. Applied Hygiene
and Practical Sanitation for Schools.
BY Alvin Dawson. NJ. s.. A. NJ. Phi
D.. professor of biology in Lafayette.
College. New York: American Book
Company.
THE WIDE AWAKE GIRLS SERIES
WINSTED. BY Katharine Ruth Ell
lis, author Of The Wide Awake
Girls" Illustrated by Sears Gala
CHER. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
THE SIDNEY BOOKS JANET AT
ODDS. BY Anna Chaplin Ray. author
of Janet; Her Winter in Quebec
fooei oSOu ny fSOOU0s
welt Richards. Boston: Little. Brown
& Co.
STORY LAND. BY Clara Murray, au-
thor of The Child at Play" etc.
Boston: Little Brown & Co.
LITTLE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE,
Four Volumes: Kathleen in Ire
land" Raphael in Italy" "Ume San
in Japan" and Manuel in Mexico"
By Eta BlaisdelI Mcdonald and
Julia Dalrymple. illustrated. Bos-
ton: Little Brown & Co.
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE.
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
New York: .Duffeld & Co.
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compifers. while Naundorff's tale Is
hran dad h1rf them inaaR n their

compifers. while Naundorffs tale Is
branded by them as imaginary. In their
preface the authors pay high tribute to
Eckard. and, while quoting from the me-
moirs OF Naundorff. who, it will be re-
membered, claimed to be the dauphin
and published a vivid account of his al
legged sufferings, condemn him unquaii-
fiedly as an impostor. The volume is il
Illustrated from old engravings of charac-
and furnishes an interesting and valuable
addition to the books upon this fascinat-
ing subject.
SOME NEW LITERARY VALUATIONS.
BY William Cleaver Wilkinson. pro-
fessor of poetry and criticism in the
University Of Chicago. author of
THE Epic of Saul New York:
Funk & Wagnalls Company.
In conclusion--1.- William Dean Howells
is (perhaps) not so great a writer Is he
seems, intellectually and morally. con-
stituted to be. .. Matthew Arnold 10
neither critic nor poet. in the true sig
nifcance of either term. g. Tennyson
is ESQ far the worlds greatest lyrist--and
so on with the remaining subjects under
valuation. The main issue of this volume
rests in no sense upon these half dozen
literary appraisements. however convfnc-
ing and final they may be: these con-
illusions, as facts, are interesting chiefly
as the source either of self-gratulation at
ones own literary judgment confirmed. or
that of decentralization at a literary
god defaced. The great and substantial
value OF the book lies in the clear and