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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Illinois Oldest College Building by ifB11 TT J3 Ct ALCOHOL-S- SMulatinfkefbot tm tbeStoaata by andBowefcii Than by Ptwooll4 OrtrfutawsMijlwCteW" witter Opium. Morptunji NotNahcotic Mineral wSu dec IC A cry in the night may be the first warning that Baby has colic. No cause for alarm if Castoria is handy This pure vegetable preparation brings quick comfort, and can never do the slightest harm. Always keep a bottle in the house. It is the safe and sensible thing when children are ailing. Whether its the stomach, or the little bowels; colic or constipation; or diarrhea. When tiny tongues are coated, or the breath is bad. Whenever theres need of gentle Children love the regulation. S2& nd rewrote 1 This building, known as "Old Beechwood, erected In 1829, was the attraction at the centennial celebration of Illinois college at Jacksonville, 111., Rich in tradition, It Included among its students William Herndon, law partner of Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryan and others .who became famous. Lincolns Tomb to Be Remodeled State of Illinois to Spend $175,000 on Project at Springfield. . Springfield, 111. Grandeur and decorum will be brought to the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, whose body lies sealed In a huge boulder buried teD feet underground, beneath a tall mon uinent atop a hill in beautiful Oak Ridge cemetery here, according to plans which call for expenditure of $175,000 In remode'ing the tomb. Both exterior and interior are to be thoroughly remodeled and Inconveniences which have annoyed and drawn criticisms from hundreds of thousands of visitors to the monument since Its dedication of Lincoln relics is to be eliminated The remodeling will be completed in November. The present rotunda where Herbert Fay, custodian, has a collection of Lincoln relics, Is to be made into a reception 'room and a corridor built so that the visitors may view the Lin coin sarcophagus from the inside without the necessity of leaving the building and walking around to the small door on the north side. " Wall to Be Moved. The present south wall of the room bearing the coffin will be moved back ten feet and in this inner new hall will be the crypts for the Lincoln family. The corridor will run past the crypt wall and marking the sarcophagus room from the hall will he a plush cord. Natural light will flow Into the room through a grilled window at the north, this window to be installed where the present door, way is. The tower of the monument will be closed so that seepage of rain through any of the ports will be eliminated. Curio seekers in the past have often taken glass from he peer holes, so that the interior has often been The new reception room will be constructed of marble panels set between fluted pilasters of marble, above each of which will be a bronze wreath. ' Indirect lighting will be supplied from coves of the decorated cornice. Gold leaf will decorate the ceiling and bronze tablets Inscribed with quotations from speeches of Lincoln will be placed In the panels. The floor will be set in pieces of Roman travertine marble, the 6mall connecting squares being of red Arkansas fossil. The border will be In a conventional scroll design, executed In red fossil and pink Kasota stone. Anteroom to Be Built. The corridor to the sarcophagus room will be seven and a half feet in height and the walls, ceiling and floor will carry out the decorative idea of the reception room. At each of the four "corners of the monument the halls w!,l be enlarged into anterooms, at the outside1 of which will be a recess in which will stand a marble urn and on either side of the wall framing the urnwill be insets with gold'plated stars. The urns will rest on a marble , base on which mourners, processions will be carved. The scarcophagus , ?111 be t made of red Arkansas fossil and bear the InAbraham Lincoln, 1809- scription, octag-nal-shap- 1865. The block supporting the sarcophagus will be carved in a design showing gracefully draped festoons hanging above a floral decoration. Flag stands will be placed around the sarcophagus. A stalk of corn will be the Inspiration for the grillwork design. Though the monument was dedicated in 1874 It wasnt until 18i)5 that the state took over its care. Up to that time public subscription and contributions by legislatures of other states had paid for and maintained the monument. in July, 1S95, the association in charge of the monument encountered difficulties and the state took It over ( Four Perfect Hands Fall in Bridge Game ; Saginaw, Mich. That ten bil- g lion to one chance in a bridge ? game four perfect suit hands womens a at here appeared jj, bridge party at a tea house, 1th eighteen witnesses besides' T the four players vouching for $ the correctness and validity of $ the deal. 3 The cards were regularly $ shuffled, cut and dealt. Mrs. $ Hugo F. Werner, the dealer. $ gave herself all the diamonds; dealt all the hearts to Mrs. $ Everett Sweet, who sat on her $ left; gave her partner, Mrs. $ Clara Everett, all the spades, and dealt all the clubs to Mrs. ?J Joseph D. Frost. $ Mrs. Frost, dummy in the first j hand, had shuffled the reserve deck and cut It after Mrs. Wer- - ? x X ner had reshuffled the cards. T 4 4 4 44 4 44 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - t t -- J f t and appropriated $100,000 to rebuild it When the rebuilding was completed Lincolns body was taken from a temporary receiving vault and restored to the tomb. The present plans to remodel the tomb has served to recall incidents concerning Lincolns casket, which have gripped the Interest of the coun try at various times. One of these concerned an attempt in 1876 by ghouls to steal Lincolns body. The attempt was unsuccessful. It was followed by nine Union soldiers forming what was known as a Lincoln guard of honor and one night at midnight the guard secretly removed the body from the sarcophagus and hid It in an underground cellar In another part of the monument. It remained there for ten years when it was taken from the cellar and placed in the catacomb where a stronger tomb had been prepared. In 1901 Robert Lincoln, son of the martyred President, financed another rebuilding of the monument, and this time it was arranged to make it Im possible to move Lincolns body again. The casket was placed In a steel cage, walled In with cement and buried ten feet underground, beneath the monument. taste of Castoria, and its mildness makes it suitable for die tiniest infant, and for frequent use. And a more liberal dose of Castoria is always better for growing children than some needlessly strong medicine meant only for adult use. Genuine Castoria always has Chas. H. Fletchers signature on the wrapper. Prescribed by doctors 1 Where Convict Read An Appealing Writer in hundred So convicts the Eight your son is u short story Minnesota reformatory at SL Cloud writer? withdrew 110,000 books from the Yes, always writing home how short he is. prison library last year. imniynTm lb Identify Genuine Aspirin increasing nse of Bayer Aspirin every year is proof it has no ill effects. 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