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It It only a few years sincH tho Idea wiia ilrst suggest ed In lis present tanglblo form, and yut dozens of cities and towns have nt ready adopted It In Its most pronounced form, while count less others havo accepted a portion of tho creed, and yet othcru are planning to fall Into lino this year. It affords the most conclusive evidence of the power of public opinion that In prac tically every community where tho afe anil sane crusado has taken root no otllcial action has been taken nor recommended by tho municipal au thorities until public sentiment spurred them to It. What Individual deserves credit for first conceiving tho Idea of a safo and sano Fourth, and what town or city can lay claim to first putting tho Idea in practlco, presents almost as mooted question an tho famous one as to who llrst suggested the name of Wil liam McKlnk-y for tho presidency Several different persons and several different cities have laid claim to the titlo of originator of the Innovation Perhaps It would be most Just to con- 10 BE ft PtI Illinois to Preserve Grounds of Old Fort Chartrcs. fnls Stronghold of tht French Wat 200 Yeara Ago the Strongest and Most Costly Fort In America. Chester, III. Among tho npproprlw IIoiih made by tho late Illinois legis lature Is $5,000 for n stnto park on tho site of old Fort Chartrcs. near I'ralrlo du Itocher, 111., 50 miles south of St. Ilulu and between tho Missis sippi and the Knakaskla rivers. In nuven yeaiH thl old fort will bo U00 years old and at ono tlmo It was tho strongest and roittllest fort In America. Now there Is little left ex cept the outllncH of tho stono walls, the powder magazine and tho two lnrtv wells Itmltln the garrison de signed to furnish u water supply In rase of a siege. This fort was first built in 1718, when It wns hastily constructed of wood by tho French under Commnnd tint llolsbrlant. At that time It was designed for protection of the French In rase tho Spaniards camo up from Santa Fe. A new menaco appeared In 17f0 when tho Knglish became aggrcnslvo during tho fow years preceding the Fionch and Indian war. The Kngllfih troops wero expected to march west and tho old fort was torn down to make wny for ono built of stono. This new structure cost nbout fl.GOO, 000, far more than any other fort In America cost until long aftor that dato. The powder mngar.tno wan built of dressed stono and Is still In good con dltlon. So are tho wells, which were lined with stone. Tho material was obtained from a quarry four miles away and carried from the quarry to tho fort slto by boat on a lake that has since disappeared. Tho dressed stones were all numbered at the quar- rroNN "SVW MHOONCIHl) eedo that the plan took shape spontaneously and simultaneously In several different localities, auch communities as Cleveland and Washington, D. C, being among the first of tho larger cltlea to put tho plan In practlco on a comprehensive tcale, embracing the whole Jurisdiction of the city involved. The Incentatlre for tbla aafe and sane move ment was found, of course, in the appalling lost of life attendant upon celebrations of the Fourth In the old-fashioned way. Perhaps there were Juat as many accidents proportionately In con nection with Independence Day celebrations In the daya of our grandfathers aa there were juat prior to thla crusade, but then again there may not have been, for the toy pistol makers and firecracker manufacturer! were busy In later yeara devising "Improvements" In the nolse-mak-Ing lino that seemed to prove fruitful of mishaps when In the hands of Irresponsible youngsters. Or even If, as opponents of tho safe and sane Fourth have claimed, 'the proportion of -accidents did not ahow an Increase the growth-In the population of the country served to roll up a total so much more appalling In sheer force of figures that a good many people wero aroused on the subject. Then, too, tho perfection of present day methods of ncwsgatherlng has made It po aible for the newspapers to give a complete chronicle of tho havoc of the old-fashioned Fourth on the morning following tho day wo celebrate, and this has served to bring home the matter to many people who never Buffered from n Fourth of July accident In their own Immediate family and circle of friends. When the statistics began to thow, a few years back, that the American people wero expressing their patriotism on the Fourth In a manner that each year cost the lives of several dozen persona and Injured, more or lesa seriously, several thou sand othera, there waa a country-wide protest that swelled In volume. Not, of course, without tome opposition, the Idea hns sproad and Its ex tent may be surmised from (he statement that the recent failure of ono of the largest fireworks manufacturers In the country was Bald to be dua aolely to this new order or things, whereas other Importers and manufacturers of firecrackers and fireworks havo loudly lamented that their busi ness will be ruined If tho thing goes on. Tho "safe and sane Fourth" Is so now that thero are few hard and fast rules regarding It. Indeed, a conception of tho Idea, differing In more or lesa dogree, Is encountered in every dif ferent city which has adopted the plan. The basic prlnclplo Is not, however, as some peoplo suppose, tho abolition of all noise and firoworks on tho Fourth. On the contrary, the advocates of tho safe and sano program favor waving flags and booming guns and sputtering sky rockets and all tho othor frills dear to the memories of our childhood, but they tako the stand that these thlnga should bo managed and particularly the fireworks "Bet off" by experienced hands, In ttead of by children and grown-ups who have little practlco with thla sort of thing and who, perhaps through thought lessness, are very careless of other people's safety aa well as their own. The extent to which a city regu lates tho sale of fire works and noise making explosives may bo taken as an Index of the meat urn nf it adontlon w Wff "" rne or of ne Bnf e and fane gospel. Some cities have gone bo far as to pro hibit absolutely the sale of firecrackers and fire works, while otherB merely limit firecrackers to length of three Inches with a view to eliminating the deadly "cannon cracker." All the more progressive municipalities have put a ban on the toy pistols and the miniature torpedoee, which In yeara gone by have probably caused more deaths than any other similar destructive agent, particularly among the younger children. In our up-to-date cltlea It has been necessary for tome yeara paat for a retail merchant to obtain a license or police permit to atore and tall fire works, and thus It has been a simple matter for the authorities to put a snuffer on the business by refusing to Issue such permits. Tho accepted plan of prqvidlng a safe and Bane celebration aa a substitute for the old-time noisy free-for-all Jollification Is to place the matter In the hands of a committee of prominent citizens, which raises by subscription a fund of several hundred or several thousand dollars, to defray the expenses of the common celebration, just as money Is raised for a streot fair. The popular Idea Is, to centralize the new-fangled Fourth of July celebration. In sorao places this is dono literally by holding all the events of the day at some centrally-located rendezvous such as a pub lic square, a fair ground or a park. In other Instances there are three or four, or maybo half a dozen, "centers" of celebration loeatod In as many different sections of the city and designed to give tho residents of each district a lively Fourth without necessitating a Journey' far. from home. Two main alma are constantly kept In mind by wide-awake committeemen who plan a Fourth of July frolic In accordance with the safe and sane Ideals of the twentieth century. One of these ambitions It to have "something doing" every minute of the day bo that no critic can aay that things are less lively In the old town than In the daya when every citizen could make his own celebration in his own front yard. The other pur pose Is to arrange features that will enlist the co-operatlon of the greatest possible number of children so that the little folks will not feel that they are being cheated out of their Fourth of July fun and made to merely serve as spectators for the performances of the grown-ups. This latter consideration explains why It Is that tho average safe and sane Fourth Includes one or rooro open-air plaj-H or spectacles or drills In which hundreds of school children and oven kin dergartncrR tako part, appropriately dressed in red, white and blue, and carrying lings or other suitable emblems of the occasion. These open air fetes are not wholly restricted to tho young er members of tho community, though. Pageantry has been growing rapidly In popular favor In this country of recent years following Its vogue In England and elsewhere abroad and of course tho Fourth of July makes an Ideal occasion for such a portrayal, particularly If It deals with a historical subject Many of the features of the safe and sane Fourth are old friends familiar to us from the Independence Days of the past. For Instance, there la the early raorulng salute of cannon and the "exercises." embracing tho reading of the Declaration of Independence by some local orator and an "address o: the day" by somo celebrity brought to town for the occasion. Even the fire men's contests and hose races still have honored places on many of the programs, and bo, too, havo the time-honored balloon ascensions, al though more likely than not the onco-popular parnchuto Jump has now been succeeded by an aeroplano flight. Even tho "$5,000 display of fire works" that rounded out the day under the old plan Is retained, only now It Is considered advan tageous to have the rockets and plnwbcels and all the other spark throwers set off by profes sionals sent by the firm that furnishes the dis play, Instead of leaving It to local talent that doesn't get much practice at this sort of thing except on the Fourth and at election time, fed In consequence Is apt to pay the price of blistered hands and singed hair, If nothing worso. And speaking of fireworks brings to mind the fact that daylight fireworks pjay a prominent part In most of these now safe and sane celebrations of the big summer holiday. Of course, daylight fireworks are no new Invention and they bare been used to somo extent on the Fourth of July for many years past. Only they have been hailed aa one of the vohlclcs of celebration specially adapt ed to tho safe and sane scheme, and the market hafl been stimulated accordingly while the manu facturers have been encouraged by thla new de mand to Improve their offerings and give greater variety in effects. The approved style of daylight fireworks con sists of bombs in tho form of large balls, which aro shot aloft from mortars Just as aro the bombs which now have conspicuous place in all preten tious displays of'nlght fireworks. The discharge of the gun from which the bomb Is hurled sky ward In Itself affords sufficient nolso to satisfy any lover of the old-fashioned Fourth, and when tho bomb has attained n. considerable height It bursts with a second report and releases a num ber of tiny flags or ntreamors of red, white and blue bunting, or mayhap a fanciful design In tis sue paper that Is Inflated by the breeze and In the form of a snake or dragon or what-not floats gracefully to earth to be graspe! by some for tunate member of the struggling throng of chil dren that have watched Ita descent. The time honored hot air balloons of trt-colored tissue pa per are another stand-by of the safe and Bane committeemen and In connection with an up-to-date city celebration hundreds of these couriers are dispatched to the clouds. To lend zest to the flights for the youthful spectators it Is some times the custom to append packages of "prizes" that drop as the balloon ascends prizes such as fans or flags or badges or possibly tickets, each "good for one plate of Ice cream." 6J-"Jr -"-' 5&a c3BBBriBr 1r- V. AUTHOR OF "MONEY." The author of "Money" hold a high opinion of tho influence exercised by. his works, especially by "Polham," his flrst novel. "This book," he writes, "killed Dyronlsm. It put an end to the Satanic mania and turned tho thoughts and am bitions of young gentlemen without neckcloths, nnd young clerks who were sallow, from plnylng tho Corsair and boasting that they wero villains." It certainly drew at least ono substantial trlb unto from a reader. According to Lytton's bl ographor, "amongst tho curiosities at Knebworth Is an enormous gold dressing case, elaborately fitted with every conceivable requirement for tho tollot of an exqulslto, which was an anonymous gift of somo enthusiast to 'the young author of 'Pelham.' " Powder Magazine at Fort Chartrea. tf, according to the same system used at this timo. In 1723, flvo years after the orig inal fort was built, Philip Renault camo from Bermuda with his slaves and settled near St. Philip, using tht fort for a storehouse and a rcfugt whon the Indians Ecemcd hostile. Fort Chartres was the capital ol Now France until ceded to England In 1703. In 1778 the fort was captured from the English by Gen. George Rogers Clark, commanding troops under a commission from the gover nor of Virginia. Fort Chartres then becamo the capital of the great north west territory, and the seat of gov crnment remained there until statei were formed from the territory. High water, which occasionally flooded ths fort, caused Fort Gage to be built near by. Thin waa followed by tht Inal abandonment of Chartres. When the French ceded Now Franca to the English and tt& flag of France waa hauled down, many resldontt of that district refused to live under the English flag and went to St. Louis. Among tho families who moved away rather than live under the English flag are several whose descendents became very prominent In the com mercial and social llfo of St. Louis. Of tho several old forts built In tho Illinois Hottoms more than a cen tury ago, tho only ono that has any Milng left of the original buildings a Fort Chartres. Under the care of i custodian appointed by the state, :ho placo will be made Into a park ind preserved from further ruin. HERE IS A "BORN T' DER" Indiana Man Starts Out With 100.00; Haa $50 and "Junk" at Night. Hammond, Ind. President Frank Nelson of the Lowell bank gave Frank Coorae an old stiver watch In the morning. The watch ran when Coorae ran. Coorse gave 16 cents to a Jeweler to make the watch tick and aold It for $2. With the $2 he bought a sick borso from a farmer. This he traded for an old buggy and two extra wheels. He thon traded the two extra wheels for the body of a road cart and put his buggy wheels on the cart, trading the body of the buggy for a set of harness. For this lutflt a farmer, traded him a blind sroncho. Coorso did not know the broncRo was blind until It ran away Kith htm. Another farmer, thinking the bron co a spirited animal and not knowing It was blind, gavo him 150 for it after Coorso had wept and told him ho had raised the animal from a colt. Nelson Is now ready to match Coorse again! any other trader. WESTERN CANADA'S GOOD CROP PROSPECTS YIELDS OF WHEAT WILL LIKELY , BE 25 TO 30 BUSHELS PER ACRE. In nn Interview with Mr. W. J. White, who has charge of tho Cana dian government Immigration office In tho United Hiatus, and who has re cently mado an extended trip through the piovincPH of Manitoba, Saskatche wan and Alberta in Western Canada. Ho said that every point ho lulled ho was met with tho ono report, tint- enmity good crops of wheat, outu mid Imi ley. There will this year be a much Increased ntreago over last year. Many farmers, who had but one bundled tunes last year, have In. creased their cultivated und seeded acreage as much as fifty per cent. With tho prospects an they are at present, thla will .mean from V1 to $15 additional wealth to each. Ho saw many largo fields tunning from 300 to 1,000 acres in extent and It ap peared to him that thero was not nu aero of this but would yield fiom 2) to 25 or 30 bushels of wheat per acre, whllo tho oat prospects might safely bo estimated at fiom 10 to TO bushel per acre. In all parta of the west, whether It be Manitoba, Saskatche wan or Alberta, north and south, east nnd west, and In tho districts when last year thero was u partial falluro of ciops, tho condition of all giuln la unluirsally good nnd claimed by most of tho limners to be from ono to two weeks In udvanco of auy year for tho past ten or twelve yeaiB. It does not ueem that there was u single foot of tho ground that was pioporly Bceded that would not produce. Thero are thoso throughout western Canada who predict that thero will bo 200,000,000 bushels of wheat raised thero this year, and If tho present favorable conditions continue, thero does not seem any reason why these prophesies should not tome truu. Thero Is yet a possibility or hot winds reducing tho quantity in some parts, but with the strongly rooted crops and tho BUtllclency of precipita tion that tho country hns already been favored wkh, this piobabillty Is reduced to u minimum. Tho prices of farm lands at tho present timo mo holding steady and lands can probably still bu purchased at tho prlco set this spring, i tinging from $15 to $20 per ucrc, but with a harvested crop, such as Is expected, there Is uo reason why theso same lands should not bo worth from $20 to $25 per acre, with an utmost abso lute nssuranco that by next spring there will still be a further advance In prices. Mr. White says that theso lunds are as cheap at today's figures with the country'sv proven worth as they were a few yeara ago at halt the pricu when the genoral public had but a vague Idea of tho producing quality of western Canada lands. Tho land agents at the different towns along tho lino of railway are very active A largo number of acres are turned over weekly to buyers from tho different states In the south, where lands that produce no better are sold at from $150 to $200 per acre. Tho homestead lands aro becoming scarcer day by day and thoso who are unablo to purchase, preferring to homestead, are directing their atten tion to tho park acres lying lu the northerly part of tho central dls trlcts. It has been found that while these are somewhat more difficult to bring under tho Bubjugation of the plow, the soil is fully as productive as In the districts farther south. They possess tho advantage thai the mora open prairio areas do not possess; that there is on these lands an open acreage of from fifty to seventy per cent of the whole and tho balance Is made up of groves of poplar of fair size, which offer shelter for cattle, while the grasses are of. splendid strength and plentiful, bringing about a more active stage of mixed farming than can bo carried on in tho mora open districts to tho south. Tho emigration for tho past year has been tho greatest in the history of Canada and It is keeping up in record shape. Tho larger number of those, who will go this year will bo those who will buy lands nearer tho ' lino of railways, preforrlng to pay a little higher prlco for good location than to go back from tho lino of rail ways Borne 40 or CO miles to homo stead, Mr. Whlto has visited tho different agencies throughout the United States and he found that the correspondence at the various offices haa largely In creased, the number of callers It greater than ever. Any one desiring Information re garding western Canada should apply at once to the Canadian Government Agent nearest him for a copy of the "Last IJest West." The Only Way Out. Peter (sent for tho milk) Oh. mercy, I've drunk too much of 1W What shall wo do? Small Hrother Easy. We'll droa the Jug. Meggendorf lllaetter. Beautiful Post Carda Free. Bend !o Ktiimn for live samples of our Very beat Oold KmboBurd Hlitliday. I 'low er and Motto Post Curds: beuutirul color nnd loveliest (IckIkiih. Art I'oiit Card Club, 731 Jackson St., Topeka, Kun. You may havo noticed that It costs a man a good deal to get in lino at tho political plo counter In this great und glorious land of tho free. 'TIs well for men to learn self conquest In the school of suffering. Georgo Eliot. gaggwwwwwwiiiiiwjMiwa. .,( "jiW4iaAttauU'-v7jE triff rcnicascf -"-T" ri i ii fcpas 4