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KV ' .• ,• * Hicptcurg fSHaindcalfi: '% J. VAX 8LYKE, EfifroB AND PUBLISHER. JcHENRY, - - ILLINOIS --'fi .tn i ... „.i. • ~J L-j Fr- OUR JUVENILES. Mmmthe BHM'I Tail Vmwte to Be {A. Fable from the German.! Bruin Mid Reynard met one day, lyjgfig AM cold a day as one could wish; Brain tM fM*t; and, by**r%«y. ftiM* Reynard &K1 quite a Bttins&ot fish.' 1 •SFriend," B|tdthe bear, * excuse wyjrudenSM, i I am no bfggart it is true, ^ Though nearly starved; but have the goodness '?. To tell me where such luck you drew." ii' , Bc^uk'sid*' " '̂'*1 tf? '" " B u t h o w * " r e t u r n e d h i s f a m i s h e d M o t h e r . « " Hie ponds are frozen hird aa lead." . / r " I know it," blandly spake the otkMT. ^ *.-j | * Bat listen, while I make it clear, , v '(-JqM Wbw, bf psti&ice, yon can git A > ? Ibe jolUest meal you've had this year--i * ' The best, indeed, yon ever ate.' , | • 1 v *> ^ y " Well, over yonder, in the ice. i a . fs*» a fwek hotoj«-ti* one I mffei- ' ^ y |̂d^7optifl|a;|«tUct| . • «r < t • -i - 7 And Pit right doft a--don't he afnttlbr?4 *• The flsh will And they've extra bait, Aad bite and bite--don't mind the pain;' if- fe •#w - 3*1 longer yotjt endure towatt. . ^ The greater in the end your gainT,. > f4* length, all ready, quick, jmmp % Pall out your caadal with a jerk,, .» , And, trust me. royally you'll sup. And long remember this day's w<MiL* i3TT yi i u'n 4 *» :N#»Brofn hastened to «o*ip2y WthHeynMdSi Utf mJ4Is* He'tMlde his triend a brief good-by, . ^ Jfor^*oxjp«A Ito^ask fnro|he? quest^a. , Meekly he sat, and keener grew The frosty air while £ us he waited; And fierce and strong the north wind blew, But hunger craved a tail full-freighted. H; J j I vi The pale moon shivered in the east, Shivered the stars in Charles's Wain; He yj|) I^b halt *oo*b«a*t,< ^nd sprung with all lfts might and mill Alas! that day in bleak December! ! My story's told--the hour grows late; But nevermore hi* caudal member^- r. . --^ , Will luckless Bruin use |<*Jkit.*i -- Vouth'* Companion. t TTTint a n 'tiiirthjuafo itihL " Onela-ight afternoon the sun looked in at a certain window in California, •and found two little sisters tucked into Alice, the elder, lay on the very edge •of the mattress, grasping hold of the f llow t» keep fronrr oiling out; and aggie, b» i t|ue opposite sidej was esaed alose tip ag&inst the wa|(/while than % tha idhole oomfort- able bed. Yes, they were very angry with each other, and this is what it was all about. Last month Alice had a birthday, and her papa made her a present of a beau­ tiful little Canary bird. For a time nothing could exceed her delight, or erjuijd the cape and lom^he gR^e *i«rpet; b«t Aliii w»» v«ry care­ less, and by-and-by Beauty began to be neglected. First, it was only for a day at a time; bt$ one day grew into three days,'and three days into a week; and/ at last, one morning. hif heedless Dis­ tress entirely forgot to give the poor little fellow his seed. ,4^ Then her mother thought it about time to interfere, eo she lia^a long talk with Alice, and told her that, if she neg­ lected ' the bird ancftlier time, Maggie shortly have him. Now Maggie was only 6 ye&ra oIdJarid Alice Was quite mortift^d |it?the^dea Off having to give up her pet l<j> her little sister, so she made p firm vmolxe to do better. For three days dm was careful, but on the fourth mommg she forgot, and raced off to, scyol without feeding poor Beauty. Great ^Fas her surprise, when she oame honjfe that afternoon, to find Mag­ gie septan in her little rocking-chair, and holdinga very clean cage, containing Beaut; "Wjfiy don't yon hang up that cage, [agfifte. • IflaweU?" #he tiuA,, rather ] ; M iW n -; ; ^eciise'the lard is raine, and I d«n't 4»i(/ose to," replied Maggie. 4 He is not yours, Maggie Maxwell; Id you just give him to me." "Mamma says he is mine, Miss Alice; ^ thera! and I'm going to change his e to Gypsy. Ain't I, you tweety ittie bifdie ?" (^claimed Maggie, ad- dresning the lArd, in a most tantalizing m 1̂ A&bq, fNI -ihe mad^ a grab for the cage. f p|i, what a time followed! Alice pulled, and Maggie pulled, and at last the cage door sprung open, and out flew the bird. Then both of the little girls dropped the cage and c&ased after him. 'Alice, at la^t, ^ca^ghi the pooi little frightened fetfow; but Maggie, forgetting in her anger what a delicate little morsel Cajof$yJ&rd lb, snatched at him, and pullel l)i|t all of h» tail-feiatheil. t "Oh! you've killed him! you've killed JhiaPf^reianfed Alice, in honor; *nd Just then mamma came in, to learn jsrhal fctt t'it-e distracting noiflf wm about Well, there waff only one way to deal frith ftmous little fighters--tp %d^e.4hJi^4Fy bed before they had a chance "to tear each other's eyes «ut." So both little sisters were tucked into bed; and the poor, tailless Jbirdie was xestPe^tcrhis cage. ".V: .Y wril never speak t<»again; Maggie Maxwell, never," j#ey fa\d Aliee, as she ^ scrambled into « 4 "Who cares? . TOO," rearonded " The idea, sending me to bed just for holding on to the bird, when mamma said I could have ill* thought Maggie, bitterly. "I don't care; it was real mean to take away a birthday present," thought AUoe, forgetting ho>w she had Aegleeted the pretty gift. ! And just then something happened-- something that very often happens^ in California--an earthquake. . ~ Both girls heard the rambling, and ' then the quick, sudden shocE. No need to tell them what it meant. In a twinkling two small hea<fs disap­ peared beneath the spread ; 'luid two frightened little girls frantically em­ braced each other, under the covering. Oh, let's forgive each other, Muggie, .before we're all shaken down 4? sobbed Alice. "Yes; never let's fight any more," ^gasped Maggie. *0, Alice, X do truly love yon " Why, what's all this noise abont?" ^exclaimed a deep voice, and suddenly Itheir papa's hands pulled down the spread and displayed their frightened faces. ... Oh, papal" scd>bed forth Maggie, "jumping into his arms, "we've forgave Ceach other, and are geiag to be friends forever and ever." » "Well, I should hope so; but stop crying. I guess you^ve had punishment RAMBLES WITH NATURE. THK HORNED TOAD. The horned toad of Oregon is tN- markable creature, plentiful on the open plains of the district among rocks and sand. They are usually gray, but Dr. Cooper states that he met with one ex­ ample that was of a brick red on the back, but beneath white like the rest. These colors resemble those of the stones among which they live, and, it is supposed, they have the chameleon property of changing their hue. Though ferocious in appearance, they are per^ fectly harmless; yet the Indians believe* them to have the power of producing a poisonous wound with their blunt spines, just aa amoatg ourselves, the newts jura credited with many objection­ able qualities. These toads are very slow in motion, and do not attempt to bite. One was kept in captivity for five months, without food, in a small box, remaining quite lively for the greater part of the time. When irri­ tated it would spring, in a most threat­ ening manner, at anything pointed at it, at the same time opening its month wide and hissing audibly, after which it would inflate its body, and ahow other signs of anger. enough for to-day; jump up and dress jare absolutely and directly useful to us, ^yourselves. Later in the afternoon they all qat in the great bay-window and watcked a most beautiful sunset. " Maggie," said Alice, " I know why that' earthquake came; because,if it hadn't the sun -would have gone down |on our wrath, so the Lord just thought He'd shake the wrath out of us before letting it dowri." » Maggie nodded |ier^ head approving­ ly, then .suddenly burst forth, "Say, Alice, I don't want that bird; and I don't believe you do, either, so let's give it to Auntie Peace." So Beauty was, given to Aunt Peace, all but his tail feathers, which the little girls divided between themselves. "They will remind us," said Alice, "that children must not'let their an- g i y p a a s i o n B 4 f f ' • 1 lit ri CAXlTIBALti IS XBlr ekz&ifflvrtA. * Our Noumea correspondent gives the following particulars of the murder of 11 men in New Caledonia: "The place thrills with the news that in the beginning of the week (Ne»v. 21) eleven men were added to the list of victims. Again has over-confidence in the black demons been the snare. Three small coasters werG engaged t© curry pro­ visions and ammunition to the military force under the command of Col. Wend- lidg, operating against the rebels in tkenorth at Poya, Adie, «to. Among the eleven men composing three crews was a man named Mananne, whose son was killed in the massacre at M. Houd- aille's. This man, so far as a perfect acquaintance with their language, man­ ners And customs, was as a native him-, self. He had served for years as inter­ preter on any required occasion through an extensive district, and among many tribes. He seemed, in spite of the loss of his son, to have scorned the idea that the blacis would do anything against him* It is stated that he was warned not to go on shore, and that he should keep a strict watch. Both cau- tiohs seem to have been neglected. The lamentable fact remains to be told that, the expected provisions not arriving^ search Was made, and at the mouth of the Poya river one pillaged boat was found, as also were traces of a sanguin­ ary fight, evidenced by broken oar*, with natives' hair adhering. On the borders of the river, hidden ayay in the scrub, were fpund provisions, muni­ tions and eix native baskets filled with freshly cooked human flesh, from which the bones were extracted; also the heads on poles. Two thousand rounds of Chassepot rifle cartridges fell into the rebels' hands, and these they em­ ployed against the boats of the war steamer Lamothe Piquet, as they wire searching the river on the 16th. A great many shots were fired at the hiding in tiw-mmgrovee which fringe the rivers in New Caledoria. The boats wete struck with five balls, but no fine was injured. The sailors could only reply by blind shots, as it were; for it is impossible for any but the barefooted, agile savage to move throilgh these mangrove, swaiaps, a misstep among the snakelike roots of which involves sinking to the neck or deeper in mud."--Sidney Morning H e r a l d , t . ~ . i « ; • r ; . f y v - \ / .,' -w rBrjg ziyx DBAWlt. / &xl exchange says that the president of m short railroad in Western New York is also conductor, and, upon occa­ sion, baggage-masted, track-hand, etc. The other day he had toi act as brake- man on an extra coal-train, and when he got home found the door shut against him. wife explained, M I have been wife to the President, the conductor, the ticket-agent, and I don't know what besidefs of this road, but I've got to draw the line somewhere, and I won't marry the brakeman." - FIB-M EN of the nineteen window-glass factories of Pittsburgh are In operation. populous, contending world endurable; and surround the life of every man and woman, who is not misanthropical, with a little paradise, a miniature heaven, on the earth! * Alas! there are too many whose ser­ vices can be purchased alone by money; but who will sell us Mid our friendship to the highest bidder! Let us beware of them--it is easy enough--and MM to win-the congenial spirits, to woo the pure-t jm COLDS. HANAJTOBD. J c «Sr su.lv man el n e s s . I t \ Terms a AM.*** loak at . ' >r perambulating fields and gardens at night, and devouring vast quantities of injurious insects which could never be destroyed by the hand of man. The mode in which the toad takes his prey is very curious. Its singularly- beautiful eye i& as quick as it is bright, and if within the range of its vision an insect or grub happens to move the toad is sure to see it, and nearly sure to catch it. First, the toad holds his head as high'as possible, so aa to make sure of his prey, and then crawls toward it, preferring to get under it if possible. When nearly within reach it gazes in­ tently at tM insect, his mouth being brought nearer and nearer. Something then flashes from his mouth, and the in­ sect vanished as if by magic. The pink flash is the tongue of the toad, which is formed in a rather curious way. The base of the tongue is fixed close -to the lower jaw, and is long and tapering, the tip pointing down the throat when at rest. When, however, it is used for catching prey, it is thrown ont with a sort of "flick," and the tip, which is cov­ ered with a glutinous secretion, adheres to the insect and carries it down the toad's throat before the prey has any time to make an effort to escape. When the toad shallows his prey it does it with a mighty effort, during i which the eyes almost disappear, the size?of 4he insect having little to do with the demonstration. When a large beetle is swallowed it does struggle, but too late, and for some time its struggles may be seen through the thin and ribless sides of its capturer; the toad sitting the while, in perfect composure, not in the least affected by the scratching and kicking that are going on in its interior. Indeed the toad's stomach seems as de­ void of feeling as if it were of iron. Moreover, the toad not only cares nothing for the scratching and kicking of a large beetle, but is equally indiffer- <mt to the stings of wasps, bees, and in- sects similarly armed with venomous weapons, and will eat them with marvel­ ous appetite as if the stinging acted as sort of gentle aid to the digestion, like cayenne pepper with a cucumber. FRIKXIiS. We have had some friends in our day--some that we are proud of, and of whom we have good reason to be proud; for they were as true as steel and as good as the best gold. But such friends have not been many. In the natural course of human events, they oould not certainly be many. Not that we are not vain enough to think and heartily believe, in fact, that we have been suffi­ ciently correct in our feelings and ac­ tions toward our fellow-men to deserve plenty of the best friends, if such were to be had; but there is a certain de­ pravity existing in humanity that pre­ vents true friends from being as numer­ ous as the sands of the sea-shore. You know that what the majority of mankind are fighting for is " life "-- "bread and butter!" They do not seem to have time in this selfish con­ test to pause and indulge in the de­ lightful pastimeB of friendship. We have found, in our earthly pilgrimage, that • we were able without difficulty to surround ourselves with any number of friendly-disposed per- sona, who were willing to stand by us "through thick and thin," as long as we were willing to pay for their allegiance. ' But when misfortune has befallen us in any manner, when we have called upon them, either neoessarily or in order to test their sincerity, for some sacrifice of time, brains or money, they have melted from us like the leaves of the forest before the adverse storms of the bleak winter. But this is not universal--this want of good principles in man. No--thank God! If it wore so, what a horrible world it would be, indeed! The few ' j - ; - f t D R . J . H In ordinary language, the cloilftfi6f the pores of the skin, abon| an average of 7,000,000, is called a cold. And since a large amount of waste and poisonous matter passes off from the decaying body--and about five-eighths of all taken into the stomach, solids and liquids- through these openings and tube seto- erage, it is certain that no inconsider­ able disturbance must result from a sudden check o& this natural flow. Fe­ vers, inflammations, lung, liver, stomach and bowel derangements are among the almost inevitable consequences, often producing the most violent forms of disease. It is safe to infer that most if not all, of these symptoms are but the evidences that nature is instituting remedial agencies, as a means of avert­ ing the poisoning and diseasing ten­ dencies of such a retention, such dis­ turbing elements. In the fever, for il­ lustration, the undue heat of the body is attributed to the combustion of thin waste, worn-out material, and to the agi­ tation of the system in the unusual ef­ forts in the line of recuperation. It may be remarked that these colds, with the attending symptoms, are not alone attributed to undue exposure, since it is a well-known fact that men exposed to the most unfavorable weather in our changeable climate, " out in all weathers," really have the fewer colds, though it is true that it is unfortunate to be exposed to the marked vicissitudes of our climate, since suoh harsh­ ness must shock the system and tend to waste vital force. It is folly to brave all of these extremes simply for the sake of "hardening" the constitu­ tion. The favorable lesulta of appro­ priating a generous supply of pure air and sunlight may aid one in resisting undue exposure, and yet all harshness, all shocks, must prove unfavorable to sound health. Of the causes of colds, but little will now be said. It is true that the debilitating results of unnatural heat-- such as in most of our sitting-rooms in the cold weather--are even more active in the production of colds than is ordi­ nary exposure to cold and storms. This excessive heat so depresses the vitality as to render even slight exposure un­ favorable. The usual symptons of a Cold are often felt while remaining in such hot rooms, in part from the de­ pressing influences, and also from the use of heating and irritating food. In­ deed, it is unquestionably true that many of the symptoms of colds, so called, are attributable to the excessive use of carbonaceous foods, such as are in­ tended mainly for the production of the animal heat, which must be sustained at about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. It is claimed that, just to the extent that this carbon is employed beyond the wants of the system, in connection with warmth, the unfavorable effects will be felt on the membranes of the throat, nose, ears, etc., in sympathy with a similar irritation of the stomach. In­ deed, it is a law of our being that when one such membrane is diseased a con­ tiguous membrane, by sympathy, takes on a similar disease or irritation. It is on this principle that we look at the tongne to ascertain the state of the stomach, as well as to learn the general diseased condition. Hence there are more cases of w cold," sore throats and catarrhal affections in the spring than/ at other times, simply from the fact that more carbonaceous food is the change in the season. A very moderate use of the spices, the irritants, salt included, will diminish this membrane irritation. A. PRUDENT YOUTH. A young man from the oountry went to have a tooth stopped. The dentist advised him to have the teoth taken out, and assured him that he would feel no pain if he inhaled laughing-gas " But what is the effect of the gas?" asked the youth. " It simply makes you totally insensible," answered the den­ tist; " you don't know anything that takes place." The rustic assented, but just previous to the gas being adminis­ tered he put his hand into his pocket and drew out his money. * Oh, don't trouble about that now!" said the den­ tist, thinking that he was about to be paid his fee. "Not at all," remarked the patient; "I was simply going to see how much I had before the gas took effect." PBOTXCTIOV Iir GBBMA1TY. The committee^ of the German Par­ liament appointed to revise the customs tariff propose to fix the import duty per hundred weight at 3d on rice, 2|d on live beasts and Is on cattle. Bismarck who are not io be boogbt make this big, has approved the jnopoaiijaB! ̂ CURRENT ITEMS, GKOBOIA has over forty gold A LIQUOR-BELL-PUNCH bill is before the Legislature of Connecticut. * "BREDRKN," said a darkey at a prayer- meeting, "I feel's if I oould talk more good in five minutes dan I could do in a year." THE Windsor, one of the most aris­ tocratic hotels in New York, is to be sold at auction under foreclosure of mortgage. MRS. HARRIET BKECHKB 8TOW* lives on a knoll by the St. John'B river, in Florida, at a point where the stream is five miles wide. *;•? THE message "of the Governor of Texas measures thirty columns in length. . It covers a good deal of ground --all the State. THE people are so burdened by tax­ ation and low prices that a nickel looks like the main wheel in an old-fashioned horse tread-mill. THE Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has voted a subsidy of $200,000 to the line of steamers between the United States and Brazil. Two WEEKS of opera cost the people of Chicago, including tickets, carriages and et oeteras, at least $100,000.V Hard times, oome again no more! A WISCONSIN farmer has cured a case of cold feet by putting whisky in his boots. This certainly is carrying the use of whisky to extremes. THE city authorities of Atlanta, Ga., are preparing to btiild a fine Capitol and present it to the State in return for the permanent location of the seat of gov­ ernment there. IN the affidavit made by George Eliot, as the executrix of the will of the late George Henry Lewes, she swears thvt she is a spinster; and the affidavit is signed Marion Evans. THE most stringent tramp bill yet has been introduced in the Connecticut Senate. It punishes tramping with a year in State's prison, or ten lashes and six months in the work-house. THE entire, sale of public lands-- Government, railroad and State--dur­ ing the last year was 11,292,246 acres. This is a largo excess over the sales for 1872, the year preceding the panic. WHY not concentrate more enpgy and means on a fewer number of acres, feed more stock, manure the land, in foot, proceed on the principle that if we feed the land it will in tuni feed us? J. D. MCLKOD (colored) has been ap­ pointed Government Storekeeper at Covington, Ky., being the first man of his race who ever received an appoint­ ment of the kind in the Blue Grass State. THE heaviest turkey on reoord is the one sent to President Johnson in 18661 by the Union Club of Stamford, Ct. This bird turned the scales at forty- seven pounds, alive, and not yet two years old. ONE Montgomery, of Killinchey, County Down, Ireland, dropped dead the other day; his wife fell dead on see­ ing him fall, and her sister expired1 of heart-disease on receiving news of the double catastrophe. A HAPPY discovery, made by the Arabs, that camels have a weakness for the company of telegraph poles, and march much more willingly beside these links with cfvilization, has resultod in special care being taken of poles and wires. NEARLY all the-frentier posts in the far West and Northwest are now connected by telegraph, the connection also ex­ tending to Bismarck and Deadwood. Communication of this sort has re­ cently been perfected at forts Elliot, Custer, Keogh and Beaufort. A WINTER MORNING. The snow-drifts pile the wlndow-ladR«, The frost is keen, the ill ia still: The lane that lies below the hill ! •, Ia drifted even with the hedge; ^ Oray skies, and dark trees shaken Bine smoke that rises straight in air; And down the west a yellow flare Is driven like a wedge. --Midwinter ScrOnur. 1 PERU, at whose capital Senator Chris- tiancy will represent the United States as Minister, has a bonded debt of $200,- 000,000; its guano deposits, the princi­ pal source of its wealth, are mortgaged to British capitalists for $36,000,000 and the Government owes $6,000,000 in interest. Assets--an occasional earth­ quake. OF the 12,930 persons oommitted to jail in the province of Ontario, Canada, last year, 8,968 oould read and write and 3,062 oould do neither; 5,135 were temperate and 7,895 intemperate; 60 were married and 8,170 unmarried. From these figures it is fair to infer that in Canada, at least, reading and writing do not prevent crime; that intemperance increased it, and that the tendency of marriage is to keep people out of jail. IN the State of New York there are about 6,000 canal boats, and, in addition to the adults that float in them in sum­ mer and live on board all the year round, there are from 6,000 to 10,000 children, who attend no school except for a portion of the time in the winter season. England has 100,000 people Hying in this way*on canal boats, and ill an unhealthful oonditiflVU 41 fcATURDAT Feb. 81--He^ats. --The , aid not have a quorum, and oooMquentij traafr- acted but little business, and &f aotta aijdMhafctf' until 2 p. m. on Monday... .During the rmanirrn of freight on and over • * * State Board of FTirianorai turn--!••• ihi - adoption of Campbell's road system; toftinish Justices copioa of tt*6 iMhtM&aanMFtbA. oode, and'sevcri4 "' ' W1B1 ^ ̂ introducing a freight and passenger traffic in" this 8tate. „ It fixes rates u follows: For MnWriqa fMfejbv O®8* distance thau twenty miw. not more, thanIflO per cont addiHonal^ioWe ; through freight per mile; fnon twenty to fiftx., miles, not more than 75 per ;Yromflttfr * 1U0 miles, not more than >0 pqr cent; miMr;. not more than is charged for carrying the whole length of the line in thia Btate shall bs cbtamfr. for a shorter distance. For passenger trarel not more than 3 cents per mile; pro*ia& 6i4l; I' no road shall lx> compelled to cansy ajssmcer . any distance for less than 15 cents. I HOUSE.--Although there was ne qami"#! present, the House remained in seraton all $sg^ and transacted a good deal of routine biwiness.^ ^ Bills were introduced: To regniftfe' practice of medicine; to cheapen the cost of t text-books, and preventing frequent changes: prohibiting the aale or tranafer of oouhtyoiilera where the person holding the same is indebted, to the ooentv for taxes; prohibiting the sfcm of scholars trout jmbiio schools o* *aoasti»> -a of the liind o? book or books esid pupil psv want to study, provided they he of foe stasKlari!!" school books commonly sold ia th?< nsffcefta;- .. authorizing the erection of county work-bouses; to punish the ».nnbezSement of rftilrosd tfa&eia. eml ... .Mr. Orone waa adopted, to investigate into the building of the new Insane Asylum... .The Committee on Prisons were instructed to M out wbst has become of the money for which the bricka of the old penitentiary were acid. ...oMfAY, Fob. io,-- SSENATK.-- NO QUORUM < !>einu present, no fondness of importance was -r-> •> <<»•«*!, • ( :' t IIOUSB.--Bills were introduced: To for the appraisement of property, and that i same shall sell for two-thirds the Taitre thereof^ to stay Judgments, docress and eiesttttoia where the game is for #300 or fa* Sjjt ,•; destruction of bridges by me&ns of drifts; ,, bv Mr. Soxtou, providing for the ap^oiatX&nt * of a Board of CttntmtxsionerH to codify the «aa*> < mon and statute law of tha Slate; by Jpr. Snyder, to facilitate the of the geology * and mineralogy Of the State of IDiaato; fay-JCa;:' > wrongful act, neglect or default Thiaaet pro-,, , videa that personal representatives of deceased' may bring action for damages. "»!thoughth#' i death shall have been caused under sum cumstancen as amount in law to felony." TUBSDAT, Feb. 11.--SEHATE --The 8et*iiB!<"s proceedings were exceedingly dull and train-".! teres ting. .The following new bills wore iafetK < ? duoed: To aid industrial schools for girls; Srovide for the making of fish-wa,y» ov«r , ams and obstructions, by the owners therew; to amend the act requiring compensation in case of death--gives right, to bung suit tp personal representatives of deceased, in CdOr- non to heirs, children, widow or htnband, eto; 4 this bill is one of tha most important meae- ., urea relative to railroads vet introduced; to appropriate $0,000 to complete the Doug)as< < 'i monument in Chicago; to amend the law ma- . tive to interest--limife the rate on contract to ' 7 per cent, per annum: to prevent the trails- ; portation of stolen stock--requires the entries of all shipments, giving names, date, and facts relative to each shipment, and prsMrttoea penalties in case of failure in ^keeping books and furnishing information on request; for an act to constitute tbe'BttMrd of State Charities, enacting th&t tiM board .shall. Consist of three male anu twq female members; relative to idiots, insane portaa** spendthrifts, or drunkards--provides for the eppens^of . in­ quest held by order of court out of the estate of the infirm person, otherwise the expSSMS * shall be paid by the county. . , HOUSE.--In view of the absence of a large * number of the members of both houses, who have been appointed on oommittees to visit the State charitable and reformatory institutions, " the House adopted a joint rssoltftMtt fur ia • adjournment from Thursday, Feb. 18, to Tusa- • day, Feb. 18... .Nearly the whole day's session was consumed in dieenssing the bfl.1 to f&oilf- "* tato the payment of railway bonds and iutarMfc, by counties. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19.--SKUW*.--The Senate refused to ooncur in the House resolution to ad­ journ from Feb. 13 to Feb. 18.... A retoltfikRi to appoint a sub-committee to amend iifcd is-1 visu'tne revenue law of the Btate waa adootadL , . . „ .Bills ordered to second reading: lo abol- is* the State Board of Eqnalizatidn, aad create board, to consist of State oflSosrsUo BuJka robbing a felony; to regulate the life ?:h-v ,.v f a new grave „ ... , and fire-insurance business Sills ng tbonawep^debto^,.,.,. , rd reading: Abolnhing nor- ilishinp thO dioe Of%lHtei duced: To requiro gas oompaniM pay 7 gftr. cen\ interest on deposits left with thstn th se­ cure meters; to amend the law; to repeal thelfrdicpt ao ̂and to rfir^reot extortion by gas compames. and p; rates; 46 restram His matftifSstaxs^, and sale of oleomargarine; to amend the Ipjfrp relative to descent. HOUSE--Bills ordered to second reading: To - regulate pawnbrokers and limit their chargsa > to 3 percent per month; to afford relief to disabled firemen and policemen; to prgypt/f associations to loan money only to members; to require receivers of savings banks ««> pnMish statements, including Bills ordered to tnird mal schools; abolisliirxr House Commissioner.... Bills iQtuo^qBd:, 2V» j prohibit the recording of be^i and tha seuing of UOOIB; to amend the law relatfft$? to the uspection of grain; to establish ,ft {bureau of labor and industrial statistics; jreg- nlating maximum railway and' freij^ht rates; to amend the Liquor law; to amend the law in relation to liens; to prevent and ppuish groundless and malicious suits... .IVe legtier row of the day grew oat of tho dismMiiNl of the bill to repeJf the IVamplaw, TJointreeo- luuous were introduced In Doth housed fbr ka amendment to tha eooatitudoa anth^Lzinia male suffrage. THUESDAT, Feb. IS.--SEKATB.- tngs in the Senate were brief i Mew bills were introduced To xegulaia the sale of intoxicating Hcrnora, txro- hibits the sale of liqaer «rithia two; miles of the corporate limits of dtfea towns or villages in thia State; togircaSaSJ^a* power to apmrfnt grain faspwtwp and; tegr ulate their duties, and take aQ power In the premises from the State! also to VCqtafirS na­ tional banks to make ataisiasi^sof th«ir tion to the State Auditor, and suomit to exam- , ination by an officer appointed by him..'./* Sena'or Mtma precented a nstitiou asking a law making it an offense punishable by tine to offer to treat or to aco^ptofa treat fa anv saloon or pnbtic place wbers int»xia|ting , drinks are sold... .The HOUM reputations fqr aa adjournment to the 18th inei' were ttlen con­ curred in, and the Senate adjourned tiiltbat date. Hous*.--Bins ordered to second reading: WS authorize munictpal corporations te takS a^-' peals witliout giving bonds; to prohibit jailtia from removing prisoaera from jailts without a)|r »• jhority; to make grave-robbing a felony..... The committee reported back Mt. Meyer's res- ihition for sendiug a oouiBiittee to ____ Site condition of the laboring cj^sse®! imended it to limit the visitation to Cmcsgo »nd Bnddwood, and it was ado^sd..«. The bill to decrease the pay of_the_milrosd Mid Warehouse Commissioners to fl,3BU psr uiuttm was passed to a third reeding. • .jgUW introduced: To supply aid tor the (•aMw-, oient of industrial schools for girls; to lisguiws the partition of property; to provide foe toe protection of iags, ensigns, and trophiee of 1II|~ uois troops; fixing the pay of grand sag petti juror® at #8 per day aad jaf fixing the penalty for larcwBqr ap ttat theft is less then «5 the criaiiMl atftll jail and not to the penitentiary: Ufl fSARKl a year for expenses of Dpi Court of the 8ecood dhlriot; parties who petition for aueela shall jp*y tha o Bouse then adiowMd A,'1 . • - . > % > JL i -