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rfScnrg ffaimlcnlet f I. VftM tra. E«wawI Publisher. WcHENBY, I • ILLINOIS. SBKATOB" MAHOIJE weighs but ninety pounds, while Mrs. Mahone tips the e at 200. Hq?e is a chance for read- ustmeht. / \ iJ/' \ *4f' Coii. THOMAS A. SCOTT'S gift of $50, - 4)00 to Washington and Lee University is ̂ bestowed without the imposition of Any conditions whatever. He had pre­ viously given the college $10,000. BOUCICATJLT declares that he really means to, form a dramatic company of sons and daughters of successful actors. He has engaged two sons of Jefferson, a daughter and two sons of Sothern, a daughter of Lydia Thompson, and his own offspring. The project seems risky, for none of these has yet achieved much auecess on the stage, unless ittol»e Lyt- ton Sothern, who has played a season in Australia as Dundreary. BIIII»IN080ATE MARKET is celebrated all over the world for the ehoiceness and forcibility of its language. But it seems that there is something in this world that even Billingsgate can't stand. That, is the electric light. They say that thes glare makes tha Ash look putrid, and so the light has been removed. It would seem that if the fish could stand the talk of Billingsgate they ought to be able to stand the electric light. AN Athens (Greece) newspaper pub­ lishes the names of President Garfield's Cabinet thus: "Secretary of State, Blanne; Treasury, Nin; Navy, Keinl; Interior, Verkovod; Postmaster General, Reames; Attorney General, Hacvragh; "War Secretary, Lincoln." While all the other names were too much for our es­ teemed Grecian contemporary, it had no difficulty whatever in correctly printing the name of Secretary Lincoln. Tss late Czar of Russia was very steadfast in his friendships; and, un­ fortunately, his friends were a very greedy and corrupt set. They were perpetually getting into debt, and he was perpetually paying their debts. In one case, having handed over a large sum of money to a friend, to free him from his creditors, he found that none of them had been paid. On this he simply gave the sum to a third person and requested him to settle with the creditors. ' PEOPLE have queer ideas as to the power of the President. . A colored man called on President Garfield, the other day, and insisted on an interview. He was very indignant because they wouldn't let him in. His wife had run off with another man, he said. He came to see the President to appeal for advice in the premises and assistance in carrying that advice into effect. A tinall-sized boy from Georgia, who list­ ened to his story as told the Doorkeeper, advised him to shoot the other man, and lie finally went away to do it. IT will hardly be credited that there are still people who have faith in the Keely motor, yet such is the case. A lew days ago Keely gave an exhibition of his motor to a number of prominent gentlemen, who left Jersey City in a special car for the purpose of seeing the test. Keely exhibited his motor, ran a twenty-horse power engine, fired guns by means of the "vapor," and the dis­ tinguished party passed resolutions of congratulation, etc., etc., etc., etc. Now look out for some Keely motor stock on the market. MR. RANTEB, once Lieutenant Gover­ nors! South Carolina, and subsequently a Congressman from that State, is now a common laborer upon the streets of Charleston, and, though once wealthy, is not a bit ashamed of his present occu­ pation, which is certainly an honest one. The contented pick-hand had a remind­ er, the other day, of the wickedness of his former ways. While engaged with a gang of laborers in opening a new street, a garbage cart drew up and dumped its load of rubbish, in which was a fragment of a Congressional Rec­ ord containing a speech delivered by Banier while a member of Congress. On the whole, the last case of this man is much better than the first. THE Missouri Legislature has killed a bill to restrict the practice of medicine to the possessors of medical diplomas. The argument which defeated the meas­ ure was that a good doctor is known by his cures, and that a bad one i^not im­ proved by 4 certificate. " It is a grave mistake," said'one opponent of the pro­ posed law, "to consider medicine a sci­ ence. It is essentially empirical, and its practice is simply a conformity with certain rules founded on experience. The experience of the individual is of vastly mure importance as a guide than tl* recorded experience of others,' and the only effective way to learn the prac­ tice of medicine is to practice it. A special preparation is not superfluous, and a certificate of competency is not ob­ jectionable, but they should stand for what they are worth. The people are able to take care of themselves, and, as a general thing, manage to starve out medical pretenders." Tm» lives in Vinton county, Ohio, a most remarkable family. Mr. Benja­ min Reynolds, the father, was born in MartinsWg, Va., Aug. 22, 1790, and in the year 1811 he was married to Miss Susan Shriver, who was born in t£e year 1793. Mr. Reynolds, with his family, started West in 1818, and in December of that year settled in Ohio, •fed has since that time lived on the •axne farm. The most remarkable part of the history of this family is their longevity. Mr. Reynolds, is in his 91st year; Mrs. Reynolds is in her 88th; and both are well preserved. They have fourteen children, all of whom are liv­ ing. The oldest, Henry, is 69 years of age. The youngest child is 43 years of age, and the average age of parents and children is 61 years. Age of the father, 91 years ; age of the mother, 88 years; combined ages of the children, 800 years ; total of all, 979 years. There are over fifty grandchildren, many great­ grandchildren, and not a few great- great-grandchildren. SOME remarkable ing the adulteration* of food are made in the annual report of the Inspector of Vinegar for the city of Boston. The total amount of liquor sold and used in Boston each year under the name o vinegar is estimated at about 3,000,000 gallons. Of this, the Inspector declares less than one-tenth is pure apple-juice, the rest being a villainous decoction of molasses, glucose, acetic acid, sour ale, lager beer, distillery slops, etc., made for about the lowest possible cost of pu1^ cider-vinegar. Nor is this all, nor even the worst view of the case. Such sub­ stances as oil of vitriol and other mineral acids are brought into requisition. One cent's worth of sulphuric acid is suffi­ cient for the manufacture of four gallons of vinegar, and, when disguised by other ingredients, its presence can not be de­ tected by taste alone. Much of this wretched stuff, it is believed, has been sold in the Boston market as " Pure Ap­ ple Vinegar." Fifteen hundred barrels of it in a single cargo were seized by the officers, and fifty barrels more were cap- tured in a warehouse and shipped back to the former owners. The extent to which this illegal and inhuman business is carried on is shown by the fact the wholesale price of vinegar in Boston averages 9 cents per gallon, much of it being sold as low as 6 cents, while the genuine article can not be manufactured for less than about 12} cents per gallon. It is only natural that the Inspector, in concluding his report, should attribute the high death rate of the city largely to the consumption of these deleterious compounds. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. THE lobster has been known to attain the age of 20 years. THE entire feathers of an owl weigh only an ounce and a half. IT is said that the lion will suffer bo other animal than the dog to live in the same den with him. SNAKES have a great repugnance to carbolic acid, which acts as a sudden and fatal poison to them. DR. SPABBMANIS of opinion that the lion is a great coward--or at least, that his courage is not proportionate to his strength. SIB JOHN LTTBBOCK once tamed a wasp. It ate sugar from his hand, per­ mitted him to stroke it, and was inclined to be quite social. ON more than one occasion sparrows have been seen to bury a dead comrade, and the funerals were largely attended. They cover the body with leaves and ut­ ter cries of distress. BIRDS are very particular in choosing their mates. They are just like people in this respect Even after they are mated, if the male gets hurt or loses his show feathers, the female will desert him. BRITISH heads are gradually growing smaller. Within the last quarter of a century the dimensions of the head have sunken on an average one-seventh of an inch, at least so says a paper recently read before the Bristol Naturalist So­ ciety. ALLIGATORS build nests about four feet high resembling haycocks. They are made of mud and herbage. The eggs are deposited in layers, separated by strata of mud about eight inches thick. One nest usually contains from 160 to 200 eggs. IT is said that the railroad bridge over the estuary of the Sol way, near Annan, is the longest in the world, being 1,940 yards in length. The next longest to it Is that built for the Orenburg railway over the Volga, near Syzran, which is a few yards short of 1.624 yards. IN Germany there are professional col- orers, who hire themselves to pipe-sel­ lers or connoisseurs by the week, or day, or hour, to smoke so many ounces or pounds of strong tobacco through meerschaum pipes, with a view of caus­ ing stains of tobacco to become visible on the bowls and stems of the pipes. THE sea cover? three-fourths of the surface of the globe. Its saltness is at­ tributable to rivers and springs which are constantly washing into it chloride of sodium and other soluble salts. As evaporation carries none of these salt* t>ack, they naturally accumulate. The sea water in Arctic regions is less salt than in the tropics, owing to the m< lting icebergs. The color of the sea water when free from all colors is a pure deep blue. The color is due to the fact that the blue Tays of the spectrum are less liable to be absorbed by masses cf trans­ parent substauces than the others, thus predominating in the reflected pencil. The red, white and brown patches in the Pacific and Indian oceans are owing to the presence of swarms of animal­ cules, and the colors of the Red and the Yellow seas to materials of vegetable or­ igin. The phosphorescence of the sea, best seen on a dark night, is due to the presence of innumerable forms of life contained in the water. Are Skipping-Hopes InjuriousI The Board of Education at Spring­ field, Ohio, have made a powerful discov­ ery, viz : that "the use of the skipping- rope is physically injurious to girls ;" that it causes " decay of vitality to the legs," etc. The mothers and grand­ mothers of the Springfield School Board oould doubtless have told them a great many things of which they seem to be ignorant. Among these that the jump- ing rope was a favorte amusement of girls for generations past, and no one has before discovered any " decay of vitality to the l«gs." Out-door amusements are few enough for girls, and a moderate use of the skipping-rope is a good exercise. The best way for Springfield girls to show they have not lost "vitality to legs," is to kick against the foolish rule and demolish it--New York Commer­ cial Advertiser. ONE of the fools o! this world is he who puts his fingers on a buzz saw to determine if it it standing still. FAEM H0TE8. Poca batter or cheese is always the first to feel the effects of a dull market. The best products are always inquired for, even on the poorest market. To prepare night soil fpr use on land, mix it thoroughly with any diy absorb­ ent, as powdered charcoal, dry muck, road dust, or sifted coal ashes, so that all lumps may be broken fine, and then apply it as any other manure. CABBAGE is best given to poultry whole, hung up by the stalk. At first it may not be touched, but when one fowl begins to peck at it, the rest will be tempted to keep on until little remains. Being suspended, it does not waste or become polluted, and it will remain in good condition to be eaten at will. THE NATIVE Cow.---Occasionally the agricultural press puts in a good word for the native cow. Too long she has been neglected, and the fancy or high­ bred cows, withloug names aud pedigrees running back iuto the dark ages, are Sui d and praised, and as carefully anuled as if they were so much gold, while the poor native is often allowed to shift for herself; is kicked and cuffed about; put upon a short allowance of feed at times, and then because she does not yield a large amount of milk, she is denounced as a scrub or a scalawag. If she had the care of her more fortunate high-bred sisters, she would as often do as well as they do; give the native a chance, and she will repay your kind­ ness, with less trouble than the other kind. Crrr/nvATioN OR STRAWBERBTISS UN­ DER GiiAss.--Miss H. B. Trimble, of West Chester, Penn.,who has been very successful in the production of hot house grapes for a number of years, met with the loss of her vines last summer from the ravages' of the phylloxera. With extensive green house and forcing facili­ ties at hand, she decided to engage in the raising of strawberries and tomatoes during the period necessary to grow new grape vines, and has the past winter been remarkably successful in her new venture. The varieties of strawberries selected were the Sliarpless, Charles Downing and Cumberland, the plants being placed in boxes, five or six inches in depth, which were arranged on the shelving of the hot houses. The tomato vines were planted on the floor and care­ fully trained up the sides of the build­ ing. New York furnished the best mar­ ket, the strawberries bringing an aver­ age of $6 per quart, while the tomatoes realized fifty cents per pound. The prices were well maintained throughout the winter, the severity of the winter pre­ venting Southern fruit from getting into the market as early as usual. SHEEP HUSBANDRY.--Sheep husbandry is one of the most remunerative branches of farming there is, for, as a rule, there is but little expense attached, and besides the profit which they bring in their increase, the land upon which they have been running has been very much enriched thereby. Many of our run-down pastures could, in a few years, be brought up to their original fertility by turning upon them flocks of sheep. As the droppings of sheep are distributed more evenly than any other of animals, increased fertilization would be more general. Milch cows remove consider­ able amounts of phosphoric acid from the soil in their milk, while sheep would return a large percentage of this valuable material iu the droppings, even should they have no other food than that ob­ tained from the pasture alone. Large areas of light sandy soil oould be made quite fertile by first sowing a crop of winter red, say as early as September, and turning sheep on it, say in Novem­ ber. You are thus saving laud, of which no use could otherwise be made, and at the same time raising flocks of sheep for market at little or no expense. Some varieties of sheep require heavier and richer soil than others, for instance, the Cotswold, Leicester or Lincoln, their carcasses being larger than any of the Down breeds. The Merino require lit­ tle care in the pasture, and yet it pays well to take good care of them, as it in­ creases the length of staple and the weight of fleece; they form the best stock for crossing npon coarse breeds. There is, in fact, no species of live-stock that will not thrive better from being well cared for than if allowed to look out for themselves, and sheep is an animal that will return a larger percentage of re­ ward than most any other for receiving attention at the hands of its owner. ENSILAGE.--The short time which fc-- elapsed since the first silo was built in this State renders it very difficult to father up many well-established facts; ut there are some which we think of sufficient importance to place before our readers, and also some poiuts worthy of attention. First--It iB a well-demon­ strated fact that the walls of a silo should not be built with brick unless faced with cement. The brk'k absorbs the mois­ ture from the ensilage, which leaves it in a state to rapidly decay. For the same reason wood is an unfit material. And above all things the fanner should avoid building with wood and covering it «ith zinc or lead to keep the moisture iu, as the act of the ensilage coming in contact with these metals will form a deadly poison. Brick may be faced with cenient, but where rocks are plenty they are the cheapest and make the best wall. The walls should be perpendicular and straight, and made smooth with cement. Second--It will be demonstrated that the more compact the ensilage is, if the water is not pressed out, the better it will keep. For this reason it should be cut fine, not less than a half inch in length. It should also be well tramped down as fast as put iuto the silo. This is important. The whole mass should be made compact, and kept so with heavy weights, or other means of pres­ sure. Third--There is no longer any doubt but that cattle, horses, sheep, and swine will readily eat ensilage made of corn, rye, and other green crops. Fourth--There is but little doubt that ensilage well kept produces good sweet milk. Fifth--It is a well settled fact that tweuty-four tons of green corn fod­ der can be grown on an acre of land. Sixth--It is the testimony of several that have tried it that a daily ration of from fifty to seventy pounds of ensilage, and one or two quarts of grain, will keep a good-sized milch cow in a thriving con­ dition. On this point our observation teaches us that we need more time, more exact measurements, and more care to keep the cows from the haymow, before we settle down to just how much each cow needs, for every twenty-four hours, to keep her in g<>od condition. Every one who has examined cattle that have been fed on ensilage must acknowl­ edge that they took welt--Philadelphia Record. Mexico's Yankee Population. Mexico is filled with Yankees, as all people of the United States are called. These Yankees embrace engineers, cap­ italists, tourists, speculators, drummers and adventurers. The last named, how­ ever, are a disgrace to our nation, as they comprise gamblers, trtunps and other high personages of both sexes who travel incognito. The country abounds in vast natural resources, but is almost entirely undeveloped. The gold and silver mines are worked on the same plan as 100 years ago. Sugar is ground, wheat gathered and thrashed, cotton spun, paper manufactured, liquors dis­ tilled and cloth and textures of all kinds woven in the most primitive style. In fact, all labor-saving machines and the latest inventions and improvements of manufacture and agriculture are just being introduced; hence the profuse abundance of the Yankee, who, with his usual foresight and enterprise, sees an immense trade to be developed with his own countrv.--Cor. New Orleans Pica- yawe. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. [Prom the IIouMhald.; To RSXOVE RUST FROM A STOVEPIPE. --Rub with linseed oil (a little goes a great way); build a slow fire till it is dry. Oil in the spring to prevent it from rust­ ing- To CIEAN BRASS.--Immerse or wash it several times in sour milk or whey. This will brighten it without scouring. It may then be scoured with a woolen cloth dipped in ashes. To PRESERVE EGGS.--Take a patent pailful of spring water, pour it into a stone jar, take one pound of lime, one pint of salt; let it stand for thrae days, stir it every day, then pour it off and put in your eggs. To REMOVE INK STAINS FROM PRINTED BOOKS.--Procure a pennyworth of oxalic acid, which dissolve in a small quantity of ;varm water, then slightly wet the stain with it, when it will disappear, leaving the leaf uninjured. To CUT GLASS.--Lay the glass on a piece of twine or whipcord; heat an iron (an old file will do) red-hot; place the iron on the glass over the stnng for a few seconds, when the glass will break off as smooth as if it was out with a diamond. MUCILAGE.--This is a mucilage which will unite wood or mend porcelain or glass: To eight and one half ounces of a strong solution of gum arabic add thirty grains of a solution of sulphate of alumina dissolved in three-quarters of an ounoe of water. A USEFUL TABU FOR HOUSEWIVES.-- Flour--One pound is one quart. Meal-- One pound and two ounoes is a quart. Butter--One pound is one quart. Pow­ dered white sugar--One pound and one ounce is one quart. Ten eggs are a pound. A common tumbler holds half a pint. A teacup is a gill. To MEND CHINA.--Take a very thick solution of gum arabic in water, and stir into .'t plaster of Paris until the mixture becomes of a proper consistency. Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges of the china and stick them together. In three days the articles cannot be broken iu the same place. The whiteness of the cement renders it doubly valuable. To SOUR VINEGAR QUICK.--If any one wants vinegar to get sour quick and be sharp, put a good large handful of sugar in your jug, and let it be kept in a warm place; in the summer, out doors where the sun strikes is a good place. If you put plenty of sugar in, you can once in awhile put a cup of water in also, and you will never know it is there. SHAVING SOAP.--A very flue shaving soap solution may be made by taking a quarter of a pound of white castile soap in shaving, one pint of rectified spirit, one gill of water; perfume to taste. Put in a bottle, cork tightly, set in warm water for a short time, and agitate oc­ casionally till the solution is complete. Let stand, pour the liquid off the aregs, and bottle for use. HARD SOAP.--Six pounds of clean grease, six pounds of sal soda, three pound of stone lime; slake the lime and put it into four galloa^of soft water; add the sal soda and wjfjira dissolved let it settle. Pour off the water into an iron kettle and add the grease melted and boil. If the soap does'not come after boiliug a few minutes add more soft water till it is of the consistency of honey, wet a tub and pour the hot soap into it When cold cut it into pieces and lay it away to dry. Always make soap in an iron kettle. To CLEAN ERMINE AND MINEVER SKINS. --Take a piece of soft flannel, and well rub the fur with It against the grain; then rub again with common flour until clean. Shake it well, and rub again with the flannel till all the flour is out of it. I have had a minever boa for four years; it has never been cleaned with anything but flour, and is not in the least iujured by rnbbing. It Was a school companion who told me that her aunt (a Russian lady) always cleaned her white furs with flour, and that they looked beautiful. It has one advantage--the lining does not require to be taken out, and it only requires a little trouble. Ermine takes longer than minever; the latter is very easily done. SODA FOB BURNS. --All kinds of burns, including scalds and sunburns, are al­ most immediately relieved by the appli­ cation of a solution of soda to the burnt surface. It must be remembered that dry soda will not do unless it is sur­ rounded with a cloth moist enough to dissolve it. This method of sprinkling it on and covering it with a wet cloth is often the very best But it is sufficient to wash the wound repeatedly with a strong solution. It would be well to keep a bottle of it always on hand, made so strong that more or less settles on the bottom. This is what is called a satur­ ated solution, aud really such a solution as this is formed when the dry soda is sprinkled on and covered with a moist­ ened cloth. Electricity in the Hanan Body. Most people are familiar -with the "spark" which may be produced under certain conditions by stroking the fur of a cat; and travelers iu Canada and other cold, dry countries have witnessed the still more remarkable phenomenon of the human IXHIV lieing turned into a conductor of electricity, and the possi­ bility of lighting the gas by merely placing one's finger--giving the neces­ sary conditions of electrical excitement --near the gas jet, without any other agency. Mr. A. W. Mitcheson, the African traveler, who is engaged in writ­ ing a narrative of his exploring expedi­ tions in Western Central Africa, gives some still more startling facia. He states that, one evening, when striking an African native, in a moment of auger, with a cowhide whip, he was astonished to see sparks produced, and still more surprised to find that the natives them­ selves were quite accustomed to the phenomenon. He subsequently found that a very light touch, repeated several times, under certain conditions of bodily excitement, and in certain states of the atmosphere, would produce a succession of sparks from the bodies of native men as well as native cattle. A lazy negro, it seems, yielded none of these signs of electricity, a rather unfortunate circum­ stance for his more active brethren, who may possibly come in for a share of un­ deserved flogging from the hands of fu­ ture travelers in search of electrical phenomena among the human race. We are not aware that these facts have been recorded by other travelers, but they certainly deserve thorough sifting by competent observers.--London Lancet. Senator Davis' Remedy. Senator David Davis has written a let* ter on the top rail of his fence to John Martin, of Kansas, editor of the Atchi­ son Champion, with reference to the "Senatorial deadlock," in which he of­ fers some remarkable remedies with a sort of judicial oracularity. The Sena­ tor says that the only solution of the political difficulties is in the reorganiza­ tion of the parties, and explains the pro­ cess thus : " If the Democratic party would dis­ band the Republican party would fall to pieces, because it is only kept together by Federal patronage and by the agita­ tion of the sectional question. The dis­ banding of the Democratic party would sentially one ol independence, like that of Judge Davis, of Illinois, and to de­ nounce him as a Democratic deserter in the sense that Mr. Butler might be de­ nounced, was obviously a pointless pro­ ceeding. The significance of the whole affair is not that a Democrat has been bought with patronage, but that a Vir­ ginia Senator, elected despite Demo­ cratic opposition, has declared for fair at the polls.--Harper's Weekly. * J ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. April 8.--8*I»AT*.--Senator Edwards introduced a resolution providing for am ad­ journment sine die MAT 3. It was laid ovsr under the rules. The House bill appropriating $5,000 for the completion of the Lincoln monn- word declaration vitiates the whole of his brilliant scheme. "If the river had run dry, the fool could have walked across without wetting his set the Republican party to* quarreling ! me.nt Springfield wu taken up oat of its over the distribution of patronage and ° and passed, as wu also the House bill sectional I *PProPn*t«JK H'Ort tor the completion of the Ration wlrl^ K« ! j ' DonP!afi monument at Chicago. The bill per- zation would be destroyed, and this i mitting the Canal Commissioners to sell lands, would open the way for new parties, ! being an attempt to capture the Chicago lake ** " - -- ' front, was killed. Horn*.--A joint resolution providing for an adjournment sine die at 13 o'clock noon, Tues­ day, May 3, was voted down. The bill, amend­ ing the act in regard to disabled members of . . „ TT , . „ o -- polioe and fire departments, by providing: for feet. Unfortunately for the syllogistic j *n action to the present relief fund in the value of his declaration, he does not tell i Mhape 0{ m?ney? collected as a tax on dogs, us when the Democratic party is to com- ' tim?» but faded to get the t"- " «»•««--« its membership. It is a party, an ag- j Judges Clerks, Sheriffs, Treasurers and School gregation of 5,000,000 men, bound com- I Superintendents on the Tnesdav next after the pactly together by the desire for office I flrst Monday in November, 1882j and every four They are a unit on that issue the onlv tl'CTOaf*er Lfoi.the, e]?ctj0Q of th« Clerk variation u ^ of Superior Court of Cook countv, Count? variation being that some have a more | Surveyor*, State's Attorneys and Coroners, on intolerable itch for office than others, j the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem- ihe Southern wing is also held together ter' for every fonr years thereafter, by its hatred of the Republicans who *,uh .R ^°VlKioix t,iat Coronern shall be i * ' tlected in November, 1882, for two years ; for the election of County Treasurers and As-' sessors in counties not under township organi­ ze ion in November. 1882, and every four years thereafter ; to enable Jasiices of the Peace to order a return oi property taken nnder writ ot replevin or attachment where the value of the property exceeds the jurisdiction of the Jnstioe; to hurry up the lawyers in the matter of tiling transcripts of records by requiring them to *how up ten day* before term time instead of on the tirrit day of ttie term; to prevent the changing of the height of a legal fence oftener than onoe in five years: providing that whenever property has been for- teited to the State for or more years the thrashed the secesh in the war of the Rebellion. There are other reasons for coherence, such as the State-sovereignty dogma, free trade, foreign clannishness as with the Irish, family traditions, force of habit, and a proclivity for bourbon and Bourbon pobtics. When does Senator Davis think the Democratic party will give up these dogmas, prejudices and stupidities? Suppose it should reor­ ganize, would it be upon any other basis than these ? The new party would still stick to State sovereignty, it would still - _ hate Union Republicanism: it would I thereon may be foreclosed in equitv . iJll 11 *. * ^ ill ^C 1 i II 1 1 % still hanker after all the offices. It would substantially be the same party, with the same aims, instincts, animosi­ ties, reminiscences and purposes, and the same anxiety for the spoils under any other name. They would plunder the treasuries of cities, States and the nation as they have always done when the chance offered. The Democratic poppy, by any other name, would smell j us t as i t do: s no w. Will Senator Davis inform us when he thiuks the Democratic party of York city, for instance, will surrender its organiza­ tion and give up its spoils ? If the party should go out of politics altogether, of course the Republican party would split up jrnd fall to pieces, for there would lie no opposition, no antagonism to hold it together, and its principles would stand unopposed. Senator Davis' proposition is only the smoky dream of his imagination or the wild tancy of his too independent mind. The two parties are not going to disband at present or in the near future. The Democratic party will continue its or­ ganization and aims, and the Republi­ can party will continue to fight it many years after the honored Seuator is gath­ ered to his fathers, and the Senatorial fence no longer supports his ponderous weight. There may be little side par­ ties on local issues, such as fiat non­ sense, prohibition, or anti-Masonry, but upon all national questions the Demo­ cratic and Republican parties, under their present organizations, will con­ tinue to dispute long after the Senator's generous avoirdupois has become as thin as air. There may be other ec­ centric and independent meteors, like Senator Davis, flyiug about in the polit­ ical firmament, without regular orbits, but the two parties will appear every season as regularly as the sun and Moon rise and set--Chicago Tribune. Mahone. Them is oertainly some turning of the tables when the Republicans in the Sen­ ate, who have most warmly denounced the rebel Brigadiers, and insisted upon striot financial honesty, an found sup­ porting a repudiating rebel Brigadier as a friend and brother. But the situation is very explicable. The Republicans do not support the repudiation, and the rebel Brigadier frankly owns that the war has settled the questions at issue. In fact, upon this latter point Mr. Ma- lione occupies a manly and honorable g>sition. He does not affect repentance. e was a hard fighter iu a 6ause in which he believed. He put the decision upon the wager of battle, nnd without sniveling, or hesitating, or counterplot­ ting, orlying in wait for revenge, he ac­ cepts the result. Had other rebel Brig­ adiers taken the Bame course, there would have been no Southern question, and the political situation would have been relieved of its sectional aspect. But there is still greater significance in Mr. Mahone's position. It is not negative only, but positive. "The South," represented by Messrs. Hill and Butler and other Senators, is simply the old South waiting for a turn of the tide. It is the old sectional, local, provincial spirit, intolerant, unjust and exclusive, which passed the Black Codes under Andrew Johnson, and which is guilty of the great dishonor of accepting repre­ sentation upon the basis of the whole population, and then suppressing the votes of an immense part of it by force and fraud. Indeed, the "Democracy" of Messrs. Hill and others of the same school is a mere conspiracy against a free vote and an honest count, for the purpose of maintaining the ascendency of the ante-bellum disposition and leadership. This is the incubus and paralysis of " the South." While this continues, politics will be necessarily sectional, and the progress which requires the co-opera­ tion of independent citizens will be in­ definitely postponed. So long as parties are divided by a fundamental question, such as that of the freeelom of suffrage, new party associations are impractica­ ble. This inflexible adhereuce to a wrong growing out of the old system of slavery is well called Bourbonism. It is the curse of the region in which it prevails, and the power of Mr. Ma­ hone's position is its hostility to Bour­ bonism and its acknowledgment of the equal rights ot all citizens. His exposure of the course of the Southern Democrats who assumed to call him to account was very effective, and his denunciation of them as the real enemies of their sec­ tion was most significant because of its truth. The Democratic criticisms upon him have failed because their point was that he was a Democrat as Mr. Hill or Mr. Butler are Democrats, and that he was elected by a Democratic .Legislature to represent the Democratic party. But thin is not so. H@ was elected against a regular Democratic candidate by a coalition, of Democrats and Republican ReadjuBtars, and not upon a Democratic platformr position, therefore,, is es- iti the name of the people and the land be soltl under the order of court, with the nght of re­ demption from sale the same as in other tax Mens ; authorizing cities and villages which are or may become the owners of toll bridges to continue collecting tolls ; authorizing incorpo­ rated cities and villages to provide by ordiuU>c» for hold:ni; their annnal and town elections on the same day. BATCBDAT, April 9.--8TSATX.--A bill permit­ ting cities and towns to maintain ferries and bridges at any point withlu five miles of their corporate limits was read a third time and passed. Considerable routine business was transacted beforo it was discovered that there was no quorum present. HOUSE.--A resolution providing for going to work in the morning at 9 instead of 10 o'clock was referred to the Committee on Rules. Bills were introduced: To extend the system of State grain inspection to cities containing wart- houstH of class B, and to proviue for a v 10,000 bond to be furnished by the Chief Grain In­ spector in such cities ;* to empower Highway Commissioners to allow compensation to their treasure rs, and persons WHO have served as such, for distributing tunds; to appropriate $1,000 for repairs to tne Supremo and Appel ate Court House at Ottawa. After some unimpor­ tant business the House adjourned. MONDAY, April 11.--SENATK.--The Commit­ tee on Agriculture and Drainago introduced a new Dog law. The order of bills on seoond reading was taken up and continued all day. The Pharmacy bill was read a Becond time and made a special order for Wednesday morning. The bill compelling tire-insurance companies to pay the full value of their policies in case of loss, in the absence of fraud, had a hard fight, but was sent to a third reading. The Canal bill, making the usnal biennial appropriation, was made a speoial order for one week from to­ day. Hons*.--The order of second reading was taken up. A bill making an appropriation of (3,000 for the relief of Benjamin Allen, who4a alleged to have been disabled through the pre­ mature discharge of a certain piece of ordnance belonging to the State arsenal, was decapitated. A number of others were sent to third reading. TUKSDAT, April 12. --SKXATX. --A res&ktion giving precedence in all cases to appropri­ ation hili^ by placing them at the head ot ibt calendar, was adopted. A bill requiring a publication by ever/ county oinot-r of a statement showing receipts and dis- bnrsementaj of public funds, was dis­ cussed at great length and mmmiwi, The bill giving State's Attorneys a fee of 615 per diem for time consumed in the actual prep­ aration and trial of homicide ciu^es was read a third time and passed. A joint reaolut ion call­ ing for a submission to a vote of the people at tiie next general election of the question of ceding the Illinois and Michigan canal to the Waited States Government was called up and adopted. HOCSK.--Tho bill assigning Appellate Court Judges was amended and aent to third reading. The remainder of the morning and a good part of the afternoon session was spent in tink- ering at the School law. Bills were introduced : Providing by the usual methods of organization for the incorporation of canal com]mutes; an appropriation of $843 for the incidental ex­ pensed ot the Labor Bureau up to Juiy ne&t; to regulate the weighing of coal by the owners, agents or operators of coal mines. Several committee reports were made, one for the pub­ lication of session laws in two newspapers in each county. WEDNESDAY, April 13.--8*xam --The special order for the opening hour was taken up, the same being the consideration on second read­ ing of a bill to cede the Illinois and Michigan canal to the United States. It one stage. The bill creating and Fire Commissioners in 100,000 inhabitants was nex The result was the death by a vote of nays 23, yeas 22. A mes­ sage was received from the Governor making the following nominations: As Trustee of the Southern Illinois Normal University, James Roberts, of Jackson county, and Edwin S. ltusscll, or Wabash couuty, to be their own successors. As Fish Commission e-rs, N. K. Fairbank, of Cook, and S. P. Bartlett, of Adams county. As members of the Board of Commissioners of Labor, Charles H. Deere, of Rock, Island, Joseph C. Snow, of Cook ; Thomas Lloyd, of St. Clair; A. W. King- land, of Cook, and George T. Brown, of Sangamon. As State Agents to prevent cruelty to ft.iiima.ln--For the town of Lake, Cook coun­ ty, Levit Doty, of Will county, to succeed P. R. Marquart, resigned; East St. Louis, Thomas T. lUaoey. A communication accompanied the message removing Ira J. Bloomtield as Trustee of the Soldiers' Orphans' Honm at Normal, and appointing Dun- c.tn M. Funk, of McLean county, as his successor. The Senate then went into execu­ tive session Mid confirmed the whole latch. Heiwtor White's resolution calling for an ad­ journment sine die April 30 was buried by be- in^ t* f> rr. d to a committee by veas 24 to nays 'M. The Prohibition bill--virtually a oopy of tne Haids bill--occupied the remainder ot the (lav, aud was ordered to third reading by the i astuig vote of the President. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced: To consoli­ date the JoUet and Chester Penitentiary Boards with that of the Board of Trustees of the lief arm School at Pontiao; punishing bribery at elec­ tions. The bill providing for appeals and Wiitten opinions , in all cases by tne Appel­ ate Court wad resuscitated and placed on second reading. A bill was passed to appropriate $250, the balance of salary due A. H. Gambrill, Prosecuting Attorney of the Alton City Court. The House rejected the bill for an appropriation of $2,500 for the erection of a monument over the remains of Col. James A. Muliigan. The balance of the session was passed in debate on the Mc Williams Anti-Pool­ ing hill, which went arm. THUBSDAY, April lt-Saun. Oenstnr Clsrk sent ins resolution as follows: "JBf solved, That it is the sense of the Senate that Congressional and Senatorial apportionments should be made at the present session, and that the Congressional 4pportifflffli®ut should he made on the basis of twenty Representatives, and that all bilia lookiug to that end be given precedence on the caleudsr of©f all others, ex- ccpS appropriation bills. It to the Committee on A bill giving courts extsaA 'iamMMK forward of Polioe of over ing decrees in chancery sntarad npnn ikflnl or pro confesm was nedl a tfaM tSn adit passed, as was the bill enlarging township insurance companies to •httewS'v' ships, A message wa* received from the (knit crnor making the following nominal' members of the State Bowd of Henry L. Ballwood of La Salle, Benoni Ck .1 Dodge of Cook. Kufn* Cope of Cky, tte«a» # Howtand of Cook, Is*ao Lew® of AdamsTaK- f' «ohn A. Evauder of Cook. For TraaUaof -- Illinois State Reform School, H. H. McL Of Livingston. For West Chicago Park missioner. Consider B. Carter, to snooped e7]&> f, Wood, whose term has expired. For memlwia of the State Board of Health. A. L. Clark Kane, William A. Haskell of Madison, and Johfe \ j McLeau of Perry. They were all continued Jfe > executive session. HOUSE.--The joint visiting Committee o Penal and Reformatory Institutions tarne#? ^ in a voluminous report this morning. The consideration of the McWilliams AntH Pooling bill was then resumed, and after tk~ •* good deal of discussion, failed of enongb votes by four. The bill to raise salaries of legislator t > $8 per day was beheaded. Chisholm s Foodk ; Adulteration bill was taken np the first t'oing lit the afternoon and pa*««d without a di*» * •enting voice. The Gravel-Road bill aa4i;' Durfee's bill to allow a defem£ ant employer to testify in his owtl" bdhalf in a suit brought to obtain oompeasatio^:,* for causing death by alleged wrongful act werp -,r- passed, Tne bill te<"appropriate $7,000 to wide# * and deepen the Spriug Lake canad, in Masoia.., :: county, woke up considerable opposition, bi» ' 'r; finally got through. * * FRIDAY, April 15. --B*XAT*. --The Hooaj#'1 amendments to the Joint *wdl«t§<m we# » considered, and the one which givee the contrdl- < of the proposed pumping works to the Canst Commissioners was defeated. The other »uieiK|| meuts were concurred in. The Committee o# Municipalities introduced a bill abolishing thai f Fire and Police Departments of ciUea, and cr% ating a Board of Police and Fire (knunisnonsl A Senate bill prohibiting any one bat resftt *,. dents of the State from ^ coining stockhoi^r ers in corporations organized under ths Stat#. ^ laws was voted down. Senator Clark's LsqndV * bill was promptlv killed, as was alao a meaausa winch sougnt to give cemetery aasooatioua U| right of eminent domain. Bills were paasedi a * Relieving lessees from their liability to pa# , rout for property taken by municipalities fejp public purposes ; eivine public administratoiV v control ot personal property as well as real estate; providing that, where property is donated fctf " park purposes, the improvement shall be paiflc >; lor by special assessment of the property bens* fited, and not by general t axation; permitting ' any one to have a copy of orders remanding oases lroni tlio Appellate or iSup feme-Court} requiring the woros grant, bargain and sell ins deed to import warranty of title ; permitting uext friends of minors to bring suits witfcoaf previous appointment by court; perautting US holding of two branches of the Criminal Court in Coo it county. HOUSE.--The Committee on Contingent Ex­ penses recommended the adoption of the twit resolutions providing for the payment of Mier^ l s!awski's and Scharlau's oontested-electiott expenses, the bill of the lormer amounting |a *«»3, and that of the latter to ** Mr. Davis, of McDonough, offered a resolution directing the Railroad and Warehouse Coisp _ mBsionera to investigate the subject of freight timw-bars aurt coupangs, with a view to suf* . getting a better and le»s dangerous method of , i-Mipiing freight care. Mr. Cronkrite, of St#» phenson, offered a resolution to dispense witik tuo services of as many of the eommittea •ierKs as could to sparea. liogers lull, amend­ ing section 2 of the Forcible' Entry and Dtr tainer act, was taken up and passed^ , A lull WHS introduced in regard to public atp ' ministration, and anotner punishing • tion-houso keepers. A resolution was offered, providing for a session of the General Assent?" ' uly once in four years, the Senators to hold ft® ^ eight vo»rs and the Representatives for foo£ A bill requiring residence in the Stats in < to obtain the beneht of the Exemption 1st read a third time and passed. Naturalizing a Negr*. Jefferson C. Davis, a native of Sella* fambia, Africa, applied for citizenship]^ department 1 of the Superior Court. j|. question has been raised in regard to ttift eligibility of aliens of the African race to the operation of the naturalization law* Judge Bel den examined the United States naturalization laws, and then pr»> pared an opinion, of which the following is the full text: "In the matter of the application of Jefferson 0. - Davis to be naturalised. The ap»~ plicant' appeared in open court, ac­ companied by his witnesses, and estab­ lished to the satisfaction of the couvk thai he was a native of Senegamhia, Africa; that ho came to the United States whae he was about twelve years of age; that ha has ever since resided in tne United States, and that he possesses the moral requisite to entitle him to naturalization, Much question having been made as to whether other persons than those of tba white race were eligible to naturaliza­ tion. theoourt postponed the oath of citi- * zenship to consider this question. All examination of the naturalization lawp places the matter beyond even discuf- sion. In 187-1 the naturalization laws of the United States were revised, amende^ and re-enacted bv Congress, and a geA*. ' eral and comprehensive system of na|»<. uralization provided, taking the place <j| all antecedent legislation upon this sub­ ject. As part of this general law Sectio® 1,179 provides: 'The provisions of tliia title shall apply to all aliens of African nativity <and to persons of African de­ scent. ' No argument is needed to plain this provision, nor oould the mofi . elaborate discussion render its purpodb or purport clearer. The applicant is ex* titled to naturalization, Mid will be SWOTR in as a citizen npon presenting himself before the court. It may be added tb«^ in my opinion the decisions which dew this privilege to individuals of the Mon­ golian race are greatly strengthened ty this special clause above quoted, tt clearly implied the construction of ftha • law-makers that in the general provision* of the act, other than the white or Cau­ casian race were not included, for had they been tlus section would not faava been required, and it further clearly indi-. cates its legislative purpose as betweellSr* those races not included within the gen­ eral scope of this act, to make a special discrimination in favor of the African race. The rules of construction, by t which this purpose is here indicated, ara the axioms alike of the books and o( common intelligence. Judge Spencer, who occupied the bench with me when this application was made agrees with me in the expressions here expressed." Han Jote ( Cat.) Mercury. Solemn Suggestions. When a man sits down suddenly in mm icy mass of slush, laugh heartily. Of course he sits down ft* jour especial edification. If you have no infloenoe yourself, tell your superiors you have none. It will lelieve your mind, at least, if your hear­ ers do set you down as a foreign speci­ men of disgruntled nothingness. When you pass a lady on the street, turn around and watch her till she's half a block away. By doing so you will dis~ • cover whether she turns aroand to look at you or not. When you are driving, never give more than one-fourth of the road to those you may meet driving in the ep-* posite direction--especially if TOU have a lumber wagon and meet nothing but light buggies. Never go to a public meeting until all the business baa been disposed of. Then, just before adjournment, you can step in, object to everything, abuse and vilify tho&e who came'earij and did all the work, and your imam will be handed down to poateritj--as a pabtia infliction. 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