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^|(||cnr| flaraflcalw I. UW M.VKK. EDITOR ami FUMMIW. McHENRY, - - ILLINOIS. EX-GOT. B. ORATZ BBOWK, of Mis­ souri, who ran for Vies president on the ticket with Horace Greeley, in 1872, publicly avows himself in favor of pro­ hibition, and wants the aobjeet submit­ ted to popular vote. NBABI<T half a century ago a Kentucky lather refused John Saunders his daugh­ ter, because she would be worth a mill­ ion dollars when he died. John said he would go and earn a million dollars and then come back and marry her. A few weeks ago he balanced his books out in Montana and found that he could lay hi* hands on that amount. He fouud that the young woman had been waiting for him fifty years, and so, at the age of <>8 and 64, they were married, and are now worth two millions. .And now they mean to settle down to a life of enjoy­ ment with their money. It's lots of fun to be worth two millions at their age. sou, and we to give Mm all possi­ ble provocation to carry out his pompous threats. The office of the Hong Kong Telegraph is at No. 6 Peddar's Hill. The editor is always to be found there between the hours of 9 and 5. We await with impatience the visit of this tragic thunderbolt." Mr. Bandmann thereupon summoned the editor to a police court. IN 1873 Miss Grace Wright, thenpf Oahkosh, fell and received a wound In her groin. Great attention was paid to the injury, but for the past nine years it has been the cause of a great deal of anxiety and trouble, and it has contin­ ued at times to suppurate and cause pain. A few daysago Dr. Wright took the young lady to Chicago, and, upon a thorough examination, a foreign sub­ stance was discovered in the wound, which, on being drawn out, was found to be a lead pencil! The child had the pencil in her pocket at the time of the accident, and the fall had forced it into her side, where it remained for nine years. THE cholera is gradually working this way, and is not unlikely to reach the United States next summer. It began its advance from the far East two or three years ago. In various parts of Europe more or less precautions have been taken against it, but "scares " are quite common. A few days ago the Iiondon Board ot Health decided to en­ force at once the strictest quarantine regulations against vessels from Borneo, the Philippine Islands and other Asiatic points. The appearance of the disease in Western Europe will certainly be fol­ lowed by its introduction to this coun­ try. There seems to be no escape from it. THB rapid culling of the American -forests for walnut timber must soon ex- haust the supply unless it is stopped by the decay of the fashion for furniture of that kind of wood, or lessened by the introduction of some good substitute. Among those suggested is the English straw lumber. A report just published on the subject by the British Govern­ ment says that this is unquestionably adapted for joiner work, and can be sold at one-half the price of walnut. The supply of this material, made by press­ ing straw in molds with cement, is prac­ tically inexhaustible. A ton of straw -will make 1,000 feet of boards, and the -wheat fields of the West appear to be likely to solve the lumber as well as $he food problem. A* Ohio clergyman, one of whose parishioners, a young girl, was dying of consumption last winter, induced her parents to let her come and stay at his house a few days, as the ehange would do her good, and he wanted a companion for his daughter. On her return she declined to say much of her visit, and subsequently, when the clergyman visited her, they had secret conferences, whose purport she refused to disclose. She soon after died, and, in accordance with the clergyman's request, he was notified. He procured an undertaker, paid all the expenses of the funeral and of her sickness. Then informing the family that there would be some money coming to them in three months he went away. But they have received no money, and it mow appears that, in collusion with a physician and the coim- pany's agent, he took out a life insur­ ance policy upon the girl's life, payable to himself. The insurance company is not,however, a " graveyard" institution, and mil not pay the claim. PROBABLY the most fertile writer of fiction living is the Polish novelist, J. J. Kraszewski, whose published volumes number 490, equaling the number of works ascribed to the elder Dumas, while surpassing them in depth. Kras­ zewski is, next to Miokiewicz, probably the best-known Polish writer, and many of his works have been translated into foreign languages, especially since the oelebration of his fiftieth anniversary as an author, in Ootober 1879, whioh assem­ bled at Cracow representatives from all parts of Europe, and became a grand Slavic demonstration. Kraszewski has depicted Polish life in all its aspects and at all stages of its history faithfully, and rather optimistically. Although now in his 70th year, it is said he is always at work on several productions. In addi­ tion to his novels Kraszewski has written poems and large and valuable historical works. AN-experience with wooden pavements in Memphis is thus described by the Avalanche: "Three wooden pavements On one street in twenty-three years. The first of oak, in 1859, at $5.25; the sec­ ond, in 1867, of Michigan pine and cy­ pres a, at $5, and the third now being put down with Alabama cedar at $2.50 per yard--SI 2.75 for the three pave­ ments--paid mostly in scrip at two to one. The sorip, funded into 6 per cent. •bonds» the interest on whioh has fully doubled--a grand totaljof about $80,000 for the one square between Main and Jefferson streets--and the street for iully ten of the twenty-three years in an almost impassable condition, while ad­ joining it on the west side is a stone pavement, laid in 1859, at $2.25, on which not a dime has ever been spent in repairs, is in as perfect condition to-day as when first put down, and will, for all the purposes of a pavement in Memphis, last for more than fifty years to come." BAHDHANN, the actor, in at war with the editor of a newspaper in Hong Kong, China. The Hong Kong Telegraph states that, its dramatic critic having re­ fused to believe that Mr. Bandmann " can play ' Hamlet' as well as Henry Irving," the actor had kicked the critic, "observing at the same time in the loftiest tones of tragedy that he would like to serve the editor in the same.wav." The editor bravely replied through his paper: " We know Mr. Daniel E. Bandmann, and have known" and de­ spised him for many years. We speak plainly because this man has arrogantly boasted of what he would do in the shape of personal violence to our sacred per- -A CASK involving the liability of the directors of a joint-stock company when they have paid dividends which have not been earned has been decided in England. The Directors, by including among their assets debts which they knew to be bad, and by other tricks of bookkeeping, caused it to appear that the company had fidade a profit for sev­ eral years, the whole or a part of which nominal profit they divided among the shareholders. In the course of time the company became insolvent, and the assignee in bankruptcy sued the Direct­ ors to recover the dividends thus paid away. The Court of Appeal helcKthat the Directors were liable. As the capi­ tal stook of the corporation is the only fund to which creditors can look, it must not be impaired, but must be kept whole to meet their demands, and the Direct­ ors, having misapplied the company's funds, were held liable to make repay­ ment under a clause in the Companies act. Of course, if the dividends, though not earned within the year, had been paid out of a surplus previously laid up, the decision would have been different, for a company can divide its earnings at any time it sees fit; but the English court states clearly that the dividend must be paid out of earnings, past or present THB city of St. Joseph, Mo., was re­ cently the scene of a sensational mur­ der, growing out of a trivial dispute, the particulars of whioh we glean from a local print: A man lfemed William Toole, son of Judge. Toole, a prominent lawyer, is city salesman for the whole­ sale house of D. M. Steele & Co.. and, while performing his duties, entered the house of Donnelly Bros., grocers. The firm bought largely of Steele & Co., but wanted nothing on this occasion, Horace Donnelly saying they were taking an inventory. A discussion arose over the word "inventory," Toole claiming that it was wrong, and that "invoice" was the word. The discussion continued, and TooleT put his watch against an amount of money that the two words were vastly different, leaving it to Web­ ster's Unabridged. The book was pro­ duced and Toole found his error. He wanted his watch. Donnelly would not give it to him. Hard words and threats followed, and the only witness present--- a brother of the murdered man--say£ Toole placed his hand on his revolver and said : " Give me my watch or I'll kill you." Donnelly started for a pistol a fe# feet away from him, when Toole fired, the firs* shot taking effect in the left cheek near the nose" and eye. Don­ nelly reached for his revolver, and, as be fell, fired once, missing his man.. Toole fired a second time, the wound being a mere flesh wound on the body. In a moment Donnelly became unoonsoious. Toole was arrested and jailed. Oar White-Pine Supply. The announcement made by authori­ ty of a Government bureau that the white-pine forests of the United States would at the present rate of consump­ tion furnish less than twelve jean' sup­ ply of that indispensable timber, al­ though copied into most of the papers, has not reoeived the general attention which it deserves, and probably will not until the advancing cost of pine lumber brings the lessoa forcibly 4ome to the public mind. This advance has, how­ ever, already begun, the price of pine land in the great timber-producing States having doubled within a few weeks, .and the question of the employ­ ment of some other material for the coarser uses of building is earnestly dis­ cussed among architects and contractors. Oa some accounts the substitution of hard wood for pine in the finishing of houses would tend to promote their solidity as well as their artistic interest, both of which are compromised by the universal habit of using hard wood only in the form of veneers or casings upon the grounds of cheaper material; but a decided progress will have to be made in the art of seasoning and working the timber of deciduous trees before it can be used in large pieces in a way to sat­ isfy those accustomed to the straight- ness, smoothness and unvarying charao-, ter of pine. For framing spruce and hemlock, with white-wood in the South­ ern and Middle States, will probably soon occupy the field entirely, and the makers of laths and shingles will per- haos transfer their industries to the for­ ests of hemlock or arbor-vitae. For in­ terior finish, ash, oak, including many kinds now rejected, chestnut, black birch, walnut and elm may be.turned to good account, while for exterior work the deciduous varieties will probably be introduced before long, for the sake of variety, if not of economy, and with them a style of design different from that now practiced, to which they are totally unsuited.--American Architect, THE FORTY-SEYEIfTH C0H6BB88. A •fsvtew «c om ~ -- ifiai at if Pint SeMlon. The Hon. Edward McPherson, Clerk " of the House of Representatives in seven Congresses, has written the following review of the work of Congress : The state of the parties at the opening of the Forty-eeventh Congress betokened a fruitless session. The Republicans had bure.ly a majority in the Honse. They had not a majority in the Senate. A very large proportion of the member­ ship of the House were serving their first term, and by a singular coincidence most of the trained leaders of the pres­ ent majority had been transferred to the Senate, which responded uncertainly to any call of leadership. A tragic change of executive administration had wrought a revolution in it and in the Cabinet, and had devolved unexpected duties upon gentlomen suddenly called from fiursuits of private life. As a result po-itical affairs were in December last in a state of confusion, and it is not surpris­ ing that it was several months before tbe machinery of legislation was brought into motion. It would have been sur­ prising had the fact been otherwise. Congress sat eight months, a term of unusual length, but it devoted itself with extreme diligence to publio duty. Its sessions were constant, its commit­ tee work was judicious and thorough, its debates intelligent and able, and I think it can be truly said of it that it has perfected more important measures of legislation than any Congress whioh has met in the last ten years. Comparing it with its immediate pre­ decessor, the Forty-sixth Congress, the contrast is striking. The sole contribu­ tion of the Forty-sixth Congress to po­ litical legislation was a clause forbid­ ding "the use of any portion of the army of the United States as a police force to keep the peace at the polls at any eleotion held in any State." Of legislation touching the varied interests of the country, it was barren. It es­ sayed to establish a commission to ad-, just tariff duties, but failed in the un­ dertaking. It maintained all internal taxes, contenting Itself with petty pro­ visions on distilled spirits and tobacco. Its funding legislation, by its own con­ fession imperfect, alarmed the country and was defeated by a Presidential veto. It ignored the dangers which surround the question of the electoral count, and made no contribution whatever to their removal It toyed with the silver and a few other questions, but mastered none, and it showed no capacity for govern­ ment except of that obstructive kind which had for illustration a public ser­ vice so meanly provided that the courts were closed for want of appropriations and the buildings were lighted by pri­ vate subscriptions. The Forty-seventh Congress, upon the other hand, has met and more or less completely disposed of every important subject which came before it. It has patiently considered, and has settled for a period of ten years,, the policy of the country respecting the immigration of the Chinese, and thus, by a measure which finally received the concurrence of an overwhelming majority of both houses, and is undoubtedly sanctioned by public sentiment, it has closed an irritating agitation which has disturbed the peace of communities. That it was finally reached through the struggle consequent on a Presidential veto, and in a spirit of mutual concession on de­ tails, is a tribute to the strong practical sense which has marked this Congress. Its legislation against polygamy aims at the extirpation of an evil which has be­ come intrenched in one of the Terri­ tories, whioh is rapidly extending into others, and whioh has for thirty years, under bold leadership, been silently and steadily spreading, until the theocracy which sustains it has absorbed the per­ sonal y'jdits and wields the political power of ail within its reach. The act which deals a blow at this despotism, while confessedly experimental, is yet the first real attempt to rescue our American civilization from the dangers which threaten it in the center of the continent. It is not to be denied that the subject is surrounded with grave difficulties. Neither is it to be denied that the Forty-seventh Congress is the first body which has had the courage and the intelligence to assail it. The crowning achievement of this Congress, however, has been the passage of the bill to extend the national banking sys­ tem for a period of twenty years. The Thirty-seventh Congress, in the darkest hours of the.Rebellion, established the system with the double purpose of strengthening the Government by com­ pelling the banks to subscribe for its bonds, which then sadly needed pur­ chasers, and of protecting the people by securing to them a paper circulation off equal value everywhere and of absolute r value as the securities of the option. The Forty-seventh Congress has had the honor of placing this question beyond the domain of political resentments and ambitions. Besides, it has, as far as possible, given a guaranty to the busi­ ness of the country against the dangers of undue contraction or inflation, by continuing a sound yet flexible system of currency which unites in perfect har­ mony the essentials of safetv and sufficiency. Besides these great measures, any one of which would entitle the Congress to distiuetion, the bodies whose first session Jjjas recently closed, have placed on the statute book an act which provides for the distribu­ tion of the remainder of the Geneva award, a subject which has perplexed their predecessors; have established the apportionment of Representatives for the next decade, an unfinished work in­ herited from their immediate predeces­ sors; have placed in the way of adjust­ ment at the next session the long dis­ pute connected with the count of the electoral vote, and havn created a special commission to examine into and rej>ort to the next session upo-i the revision of the tariff system, a proposition which commended itself to the majority of the Senate in the Forty-sixth Congress, but which was smothered in the House. All these measures of high utility attest at once the judgment aud patriotism of the Congress and vindicate the popular ver­ dict which two years since committed tfce public interests to their charge. On one important question there was a dif­ ference of theory between the houses, which there was not time to harmonize-- that related to reduction of internal revenue taxation. The House late in the session passed a bill to reduce taxa­ tion by the sum of $16,000,000 a year. The Senate, under adverse influences, hesitated, and then proposed to add other reductions in the internal revenue and special reductions in the tariff rates. Debates ensued. Further debate was decreed by the Democratic caucus, and in the midst of the discussion the session closed almost by general consent. Most of the legislation named was reached by partisan votes. The discussions and votes upon the Utah bill show very clearly that it was not in harmony with Democratic principles, and that the Democracy of 1882 were as little capable of grappling with polygamy as the Democracy of 1862 were of grappling with its "twin-relic," slavery, and for substantially the same reasons. Bound by its traditions, it seem unable to grasp new objects, or apply proper remedies for grave evils. The extension of the national-banking system was made in spite of Democratic opposition, not that such opposition was united, but it WAS general. The Demo­ crats who supported the principle of the bill, and were agreed as to its policy, were few in number. It is quite safe to say that a Democratic Congress would not have passed either the anti-polygamv bill or the national-banking bill. Chi the Chinese question the Democracy were substantially a unit is. favor of extreme legislation. With them was a large segment of the Rpublicans. The bill as passed received a united Democratic support with about one-half of that of the Republicans. On one subject only has there been sharp criticism on this Congress, and that is the amount of appropriations to rivers and harbors. The amount is large, but it is not over one-half that recommended by the army engineers as a sum which could be wisely expended. Great publio works, respecting whose improvements there is no difference of opinion, absorb the largest share of ilie money. It is not to be denied that there are many appropriations made for ob­ scure purposes, and for objects which scarcely fall into the description of na­ tional works, but like incongruities have recently appeared in former legislation, controlled by individual discretion, and they will always disfigure our appropria­ tions for these works until we have adopted a rational, comprehensive and carefully digested scheme for the im­ provement of the internal waterways which carry our enormous domestic commerce, and if criticism of ill-propor- A fltsrfi LaA'i Diet~Beya ta Speetecln. Jabn J. Flynn, United States Consul -o Uhemnits, in Germany, writes to the Chicago Daily Newt as follows : Rye bread, most plainly cooked, a glass of milk, and a few vegetables, are con­ sidered about the right sort of diet for a boy in Saxony. Nobody now living ever saw a pie on the table, and cakes are taken with great moderation. Plain living--very plain living--is the rule for persons of all ages and all classes. The appetite of the Saxon boy is as good as that of the American boy. He is always first at the table, the busiest during the meal, and the last to fold his napkin. All the Saxon boys do not receive a oollegiate education, but thousands ol them do. There is scarcely a more pleasing sight in any of the large cities on Saturday or holidays than to see the swarms of red-capped and blue-capped young students on the streets. Nearly composer had not arranged the piece so that the ballet might be seen at the aour beet suited to the convenience of these patterns of Gallic courtesy. |It was at the opera, too, that the orchestra refused to play from printed parts which the pres­ ent manager, M. Vaucorbeil, had substi­ tuted for the worn and defaced manu­ scripts, because that tradition had sanc­ tified ior a century or more the exclu­ sive use of written parts there. Tradi­ tion again has often interfered with the presentation of a new work under the direction of the composer, and terrible consequences were predicted, wheu, after much maneuvering, Verdi was per­ mitted to occupy th« conductor's chair, ILLINOIS AFFAIRS. Salarie* of Illinois PettMaitcrb About $10,000 has just been added to the salaries of Postmasters in Illinois, all of them wear spectacles, and they do i It is the custom of the Postoffice De- ao for any one of the following reasons : 1. Because they need them. 2. Because they don't need them. 0 3 Because they are afraid they may need them, 4. Because a student's uniform is not complete without them. « 5. Because they think it makes them appear to be hard workers. 6. Because they think it makes them appear intellectuals A German who had been in America for a number of years (he left this coun­ try before the spectacle disease broke out) on arriving in Germany saw a lad of about six years of age wearing a pair of glasses like an old man. He looked at fartment to readjust the salaries paid to 'ostmasters every second year, basing the change on the increase or decrease of the business of the office. This ap­ plies, of course, only to the larger of­ fices. The changes made this season show an almost universal increase in the State of Illinois, which indicates a healthful growth of the State during the past two years. Following are the changes in Illinois, where changes have been made in post- offices of the first and second class. It will be observed that but three or four towns in the State indicate a loss of bus­ iness or population. This shows only where changes are made from the former MontRommy... Washington.... Mucxrapin Madison.... „ Monroe St. Ciair .. Alexander... Jackwn.......» Job&aon.....M. Mums. Perry Pope Pulaski!.. Randolph Union Williamson.... Edwards Franklin Qallatin Hamilton. Hardin Jefferson Richland Saline Wabuh Wa Wayne. White.. 1^,101 1,139,031 1591,040 ym.t.'i *021,371 1^79,324 775,75.1 4,529.675 L>ifl,433 1,882,273 1,484,4'3 1,177.878 1,475.974 1,407.882 74X.510 L,749,FI3) L.»«,3T6 1.164.561 M90.232 1.964,542 1,608,970 1MM#M W t>r»,7i« Total #748,497,006. tl.981.457 1,434,32* 1,172,*** 1,409,077 48.510 L717.S43 U 68,611 1/09,177 '8,«6S m tkmed legislation should be the means | have caught the infection. Most of the AT Inoriinre AAMNAFANF MAN nff IKA D the youngster for a minute or two, an&i/amount paid as salaries to Postmasters turning to his wife, he said : " My Goc£T none of our children were born that way!" V} His astonishment was not exaggerated. It is a remarkable fact that even children pgdoa of leading competent men of the country to the elaboration of such a system, an incalculably valuable result will be reached. It . does not follow, however, that money spent upon streams which are little known is, therefore, wasted. It subserves local purposes, and prepares the way for the large things which are to follow. Beside, the couil- | try has an assurance on the integrity of { the officers charged with these disburse- I ments that there will be an equivalent in labor for the money paid, and tlikt. jobbery will not mar nor scandal attach to this expenditure of money. It may be well, however, to add that the con­ servative force on the river and harbor appropriations was on the Republican side, especially in the Senate, where the Democrats were clamorous for appropri­ ations, as if in rebound from the repres­ sive influences of their former creed. It is to the honor of this Congress that it has been clean-handed. The lobby failed, to oontrol it. No law stands upon the statute-book placed there by an il- legit imate power. At the same time it lilwally considered the wants of the country and freely applied restrictive legislation, limiting executive discretion and enforcing offioial accountability. Tested, therefore, by the standards of wide intelligence, unflinching courage, impartial regard for the wants of the whole country, a strong grasp of needs of the present and acute appreciation of the problems which the future will de­ velop, the Forty-seventh Congress has proved itself not inferior to any of its predecessors. spectacles are made out of plain window glass. Generally those who wear them can see better without them. But it is the fashion to wear them, and as long as this is the case the people will go on ruining their eyesight. Still in many instances spectacles are an absolute necessity, not because of over-study, but rather because of the terrible German text. It is almost ruin­ ous to the sight, and the question of dropping it and taking up the Latin text, which is now universally used outside of Germany, has many able advocates. Some German books and a few German newspapers are printed in the latter let­ ter now. The advertisements are usual­ ly in Latin. All signs are in Latin, and that text is used almost invariably in the printing of bill heads, circulars, etc. Those who have any desire to acquire a knowledge of the German language will hail with delight the day when the Ger­ man Government abolishes the present provoking and annoying text forever. Allan. Amboy Anna ............ Areola Atlanta Auburn Aurora ...'. Bats via BeaMr'unra. lVllovill* Uehitlere UraMwood Butitor Hill Cairo. Cambridge Canton.... .... CarllnviUe Oarlyle Carnil Champaign 1,900 Oliatsworth 1,200 18 $1,400 1,800 2,10# 1,900 1,300 1,600 . 1,400 .* 1,200 . 2,800 . 1,900 . 1,700 . 2,100 . 2,100 . 1,700 . 1,800 . 2,100 . 1,400 . 2.200 . 2,1100 . 1,210 1,600 The Tote on the River and Harbor Bill. The St Paul JHoneer-Pre»i publishes the following synopsis of the vote on passing the River and Harbor bill over the President's veto. It shows that in both houses a much larger per cent, of Democrats than of Republicans voted for the bill, and a muc& smaller per oent. against it: , Vote in House, total 181 Total Republican vote 98 Bepubiicauti voting for 65; ot, 88 per oent Republicans voting against 33: or, 34 per cent. Total Democratic vote 83 Democrats voting for ; .">7; or, 6S per cent. Dt'inocrntH voting against 26; or, 32 per cent. Vote in Senate, total 57' Total Repub ican vot« 31 Republican* voting for 18; or, 58 per cent. Rcpublicani! voting against 13; or, 42 per cent. i otal Democratic vote 26 Democrats votiug for 22; or, 89 per cent Democrats voting against 3; or, 11 per cent. Republican vote la l>otli hmines 129. Republicans voting for 8i; or, 64 per cent. Republicans voting against. 46; or, 96 per oent. Democratic vote in both houees 109 Democrats voting for 00; or, 78 per cent Democrats voting against 29; or, 27 per oent Total vote in both bouses 238 Republicans voting ior. 83; or, 35 per cent. RppubMcann voting against 46; or, 19 per cent Democrats voting for 80; or, 34 per cent Democrats votiug against 29; or, 12 per cent This analysis ought to stop the mouths of the Democratic politicians who seek to make party capital out of the passage of the River and Harbor bill. The Democrats in Congress are as deep in the mud as the Republicans are in the mire.--Chicago Journal. Suez Canal. The Suez canal is a modern construc­ tion, having been begun in 1860 and completed in 1869. The entire length between the Mediterranean and the Red seas is eighty-eight miles, sixty-six of which were of actual excavation, four­ teen of dredging through lakes, and eight miles where no dredging was re­ quired. The depth of water is twenty- six feet; width ut top 325 feet, at tlie "^bottom seventy-two feet. The idea of ' connecting the two continents by a water-way was an ancient one, having been entertained by the Egyptiaus and tlie Romans. Napoleon once agitated the project somewhat--the first tod<> so, we believe, iu modern times--aud about fortjry^; The Rag Trade of New York. The amount paid for rags in New York city is said to reach $3§,000,,0<)0 per an­ num, and a local commercial paper, commenting on the figures, declares that the trade is still in its infancy. It is expected that within the next decade it will have doubled. The rags are di­ vided into two classes, woolen and cot­ ton. The former are emp'oyed in mak­ ing "shoddy" goods, and are worth from 3 to 35 cents a pound. They are gathered principally in the Eastern and Western States, as the tariff prevents the importation of woolen cuttings from abroad. Cotton rags, on the other hand, are duty free, and come from all di­ visions of the globe. They are worth from one and a quarter to six cents per pound. The business in this class reaches $22,000,000 per annum, the ma­ terial being utilized in the manufacture of paper. A prominent dealer estimates the number of rag-dealers in the city at 800, about a fifth of whom are exten­ sive dealers. The general trade, how­ ever, is under the control of a few big dealers. The Italian pickers who go about with a bag on their back and a poker in their hand gather $750,000 worth of rags per annum. They have a monopoly of the "street pickings," having driven out the Irish aud Ger­ mans, who years ago engaged in this soavenger-like industry. There are about 2,000 of these rag pickers at work. The hand-cart dealers do busi­ ness that reaches the neat sum of $3,000,000 per annum. Last year the cotton-rag'importations reached $10,- 000,000 in value. The industry is a pro­ gressive one and gives employment to many people in sorting and packing. The sorters are women, getting $5 a week; the packers, men, getting from $12 to $11 per week. The best cotton rags are obtained in this country, al­ though the demands of trade are such that supplies have to be obtained from abroad. From the cotton rags are manufactured every grade of paper, from the finest writing to the commonest wrapping paper. The bulk of the trade in this style of rags is confined to thej city, which absorbs all the traffic in woolen rags. It has required ojaly twenty-five years to develop the r^g trade from a mere nothing to its present dimensions, and fortunes are being made by dealers. "Rub the Rust Off.'* Listeners do sometimes hear good things of themselves--if they are invol­ untary listeners. In the following in­ stance the truth the listener heard was uncouth and blunt, but it was useful Dr. J. M. Reid, Secretary of the Mis­ sionary Society, tells a good story rela- ^ tive to himself. Once, when editor, he are ago it was made the subject j was iuvited to preach in Chicago. He Obeno* Danville. Decatur Delavan Dixan.. Dwigbt Karlville !....... East St, Louis......... Klfiagham Elgin... K1 Paso F.nglewrtod. Kvanxton. Fairfield. Fanner City,'... Flora Freeport Fulton Galena Oalesburg..... Gcncfico Geneva..... Oilman Giraril Greenville. Griggsville. Hsrvard Havelock Henry * HtPoborongta Hoo ponton Hvde Park ........ Jacknonville Jeri-eyvllte K'oiville Keewanee Lacon Lanark I.aSa!ln Lena Le Lincoln Litclifieid Lockport Marengo Marseilles. Marshall Mason City May wood. ........ Mcud-ita Minouk Mouticello Mount Carroll.M Mount Morris Mount Sterling...... Naporvilie Na-hvlile. Nntional Stoek Yards Oak Park Oluey Onarga. Oregon...... Pans Paxton....... Pekin Petersburg. Pittstiold. ...*. P»uo Polo K. ck FalU .' Ruiihville Saiuiwion Slnwueetown Sterling Htreator Sycamore. TON km Urban* Vandalia. Virdcn.. Virginia Warren Warsaw. Washington. W&Ucka Waukegui Wenona Whitehall Wilmington Winchester. Woodstock 1,200 3,800 2,400 Moo 3,100 i,«oo 1,100 1,900 1,700 9,800 UK 1,900 1,900 1,300 1,300 l,aon 1,900 9,000 3,900 3,900 1,300 1,100 1.100 1.600 1,900 1,400 1,000 l,8t)0 1,700 1,M)0 1,700 2.S00 1,»10 1,500 1,800 1,400 1,7«0 2,ROC 1,200 ],$0» 1,400 9,-300 1,800 1,700 1,600 1,500 1,800 1,400 1,900 IJUJO 1,400 J ,*10 1,60-4 l,3t>0 1,800 1>0U 1,7(0 1,300 1,400 1,900 1,7 JO 2/100 1,800 1,700 1,900 1,800 1,400 1,800 1,700 1,900 9,900 9,(00 9,100 1,100 1,880 1,800 1,400 1,600 1,400 1,700 1,300 1,800 2,100 l,300t 1,400 1,600 1,900 1,700 Time. Human ingenuity cannot tiBfc It can only invent methods of measuring " the hours and minutes as they pass. J When the earth was young, shadows cast '; by sun-beams noted the passing hours, j* >,v; Prom these sprang the sun-dial, which S3|l answered while the sun shone, but failed '. * when the sky was cloudy. Then water- clocks, or clepsydrae, as they are tech- nically known, came into use. By these, Athenian orators were wont to fcima thaw speeches 2, (MX) years ago. , '•* After the water-clock came the hour- . glass of running sand, and for 300 years this was the common method of measur­ ing time. Even fifty years ago it was employed in churches to inform "the elder " when he had preached enough. Meanwhile various rude forms ot cloeks had been constructed, but not ot much use. Not until the invention of the pendulum in the middle of thW seven- <* t-eentli ceAtury, aud its application to •' „ clocks, did they become reliable.' Tha clocks and watches of to-day are so nu­ merous aud cheap thai nearly every school-boy cpa afford to carry a " time­ piece." © Yet all the clocks and watches in the world cannot tell the time of day unless regulated with the sun. They merely show the amount of passing time. Tha sun shows what time it is, whether morn­ ing, noon or night. Strange mistakes are often made by relying solely on clock-time, A partv of travelers, not long ago, were on thev - , way west through Arizona. Arriving at Yuma at 8 o'clock, railroad time, they f were surprised to find the dining-room ^ clock indicating an hour earlier, Still more were they surprised, Mter having leisurely eaten breakfast, to learn, on embarking again, thai it was bnt «ix o'clock. Strange, they thought; arrive at eight; breakfast at seven, and leave at six f Two hours gain ! But the clocks? were right. The first kept Jefferson City (Mo.) time; the second was Yuma time^ and the last was San Francisco time. Places east tmd west of ®aslt other cannot have the same time. Only thoee. directly north and south are thus favored. Could a man oontinually travel around the earth, keeping with, the sun, h» might live his allotted space of *' three score years and ten" within a single day, for the sun would never rise or set to him. It would always be day. Yet even then he could not mske^ time. He could not prolong his life, Wjjji nor give to the world more hours. The>ffe only way to make time is to make um* L IOO i °* eTer? momen* &e it oomee. Time | once gone is gone forever, whether the clook says so or not.-*-Youth'* pom* & panion. 1880. $1,900 1,408 9,000 1,800 1,908 1,300 1,200 1,100 9,800 1,800 1,400 3,000 2,000 1,400 1,100 9,000 1,200 2,000 1,900 1,100 1,500 1,800 1,100 1,100 9.600 2,fi00 1,300 2,000 1,700 1,000 1,800 1,500 9,600 1,300 1,H(« 1,800 1,100 1,900 1,200 9,400 1,100 1,980 9,800 1,700 1,200 1,000 1,000 1,400 1.100 1,300 1,100 1,700 1,400 1,2110 1,400 2,i;>0 1,M00 l,2i>0 l,7ii0 1,300 l,t!00 "M mM 1,200 2,100 1700 1,309 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,400 jMoo •i'BO 1,400 1,200 1,800 1,^00 1,100 J,.;OO 1,.'W) 1,400 1,400 1,900 1,1 <0 1,K6'J 1,800 l,«-0 1,1)00 1,700 '.,«U0 1,100 l,7u0 '.,81.0 1,200 1,600 1,308 9,1)00 1,300 2,000 1,000 1,700 1,400 1,200 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,100 1,300 2,000 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,100 1,608 W The Wealth of Illinois. Following are the totals in the state­ ment of property assessed for the year 1882 in the several counties of Illinois: <?f discussion in diplomatic notes by the •' powers" of Europe. But it remained for M. De Lesseps to carry the project into execution, iu the present genera­ tion, in which he was efficiently aided by the late Emperor of France, Louis Napoleon. Under a concession from Saiil Pasha, then the Khedive of Rgypt, he formed a company in 1859, and thenceforward pushed the work to a completion with great energy. As ritv shortens the old sea route to the East, by way of the Cape of (iood Hooe, nearly one-half, and is navigable by ships of thalargeat class, its importance to the / commerce of the world wdl readily b«y much as follows: was taken to the church by a good brother, who landed him there early; a.nd, no one being present but himself, he took a seat in the church alone to meditate and rest for the evening ser­ mon. It was Just at dusk, and he had not been seated long before he heard persons engaged in a prayer service in an adjoining room. He listened. Presently a loud, zeal­ ous brother engaged iu prayer. He vtouched upon various matters, and in- voked the Divine blessing upon tuem, ] McDonougta.... including "the speaker of the evening," | Dr. Reid. For him he prayed very seen. Its cost was about 685,0iX),000,\ and at times 30,000 men were employed in its construction. On a Par With the Legislature. Sam Nappah, of New York, was Assistant Clerk of the Legislature. Sam got in the habit of writing after his signature merely the abreviation "Ass." for Assistant before the printed word "Clerk." One day it was necessary for him to make oath to a certain return and the blank for it did not contain the usual printed word "Clerk." Sam, not observing the omission, signed as usual, and presented himself before the notary and made the required oath : " You solemnly swear that this return is true?" was the form used by the notary, and he added, "Every word of it." " I do," said Sam, solemnly. " Then you must correspond perfectly with the composition of this Legislature, and are its appropriate officer," com­ mented the notary. Cook Du Page.... L«ko. Boone.......... D- Kalb .'. Kaix- McHenrjr Winiiobago..... Carroll Jo Daviess Ogle Stephenson.... Whiteside Fureau Henry Lee Putnam. U f k I s ' e n d . . . . Oriindy Kendal! L« Kalle Will fnrd Iroquois... ... Kmiknkee I.MngHton Mar-"' all W.. dford Knit m.......... Knox Peoria. Stark Hancock Henderson " O Lord, bless him who is to speak to us this evening; he is a poor, weak man, but make him a power. Bless the message that he shall bring. We know that he is only an editor, and that he is rusty; but, O Lord, rub the rust off." Dr. Reid said that the man prayed earnestly, oblivions to the fact that "the editor" was listening; and, as an em­ phasis to his prayer, he (the doctor) uttered a hearty "Amen."--Methodist. Theatrical Traditions of Paris. At the Paris Conservatoire--an insti­ tution excellent in many respects--tra­ ditions and precedents are as binding ns in the Circumlocution Office itself. It was at the Odeon where, once upon a time, the manager having provided a bell as a warning-signal for the curtain to be hoisted, the house rose aud demanded the restitution of the conventional trois coups. It was at the opera where the gilded youths who made up the Jockey Club succeeded in driving off "Tann- hauser," after a fie roe row, beoauae tlie Schuyler.. Warren A 'ams........ Brown. Callioun. Greane Jersey Pike Oam Christian.'.".'."..". Menard Morgan Sai'garitfm Scott De Witt... Logan Mason ......... McLean Tazewell....... Champaign.... Coles Douglas Macon Piatt Vermillion...... Crawford C'ark Cumberland.... Edgar. Effingham Jasper Lawrence Houltrtau Shelby Bond Clay Clinton Fayette Union Penwtml prop­ erty, lande, anil Mi. ..4129,752,718 ... FI,74l,8S9 ... 6,353,706 ... 4,023,417 10,435,529 ... 11,8411,787 .. 9,1 "3.484 ... 9,1124,571 ... 5,688,248 ... 4.883,525 .. 12,482,449 9,135,855 8,938,715 10,289,828 13,438,238 9,785,973 I,801,328 8,498.864 5, IA2.98) 4,298,478 19,990,298 13.571,399 3,48'.919 9.784,486 4,782.933 II,124, >43 4,913,360 7,383,780 11,9311,708 14,477,968 15,144,478 4,835,845 9,117,893 3,055,048 9,288.261 6,513,748 3,652,005 7,796,111 16,20->,»I5 3,442,234 I,159,050 6,0.5,883 4,307,594 9,011368 4,597,05 II,004,755 18,'1"4,266 2,691,497 8,105,547 8,042,513 3.8«.586 19,317,904 9,414,168 11,2S9.B05 5,1517,937 4,18»i,217 9,932,987 6,122,939 11,619,238 1,787.795 2,153,702 1,162.874 5,985.423 2,388,215 1,823,998 1,587,470 9,685,088 6,946,460 2,987,785 2,536,798 3,592.137 3,778,584 3,980,083 Railroad property. Tjtal. *794,325 $130,547,041 3.079 3.080 2,4FT) 9,533 308,35* 6,685 6.897 4,175 135 3,718 5,675 49.398 8,633 7,930 3,378 178 23,966 880 708 3.898 99,075 583 1,801 1,570 4,664 681 470 1,887 90.179 49,768 947 2,454 8*2 1,198 1,180 8,541 479 13,907 1,485 "' 2, 250 i no $ 9,095 8,420 17,213 1,995 2,837 17,919 1.569 9,985 622 150 87,037 1,925 17,694 . 146,490 28 4.110 " lalsii 771 584 18 18.180 198 698 " *1)480 1,101 88 94,879 138 ^ 4 * - 'Surprised. A good many years ago an English *•- - ^ clergyman, traveling in this couhtry, was struck by the beauty of a church, » which was neatly completed in one of our larger cities. Entering an opei^^^. door, he observed a group of workmen '-J-y in the chancel, and addressed the oua „ who seemed to be directing the otheis : "Bishop Blank resides here, I lieve?" " "Yes." The stranger knew this dignitary by reputation as one of the meet eloquent and godly in the church, andaajfc^ear*- ously: 1 •' Where is the palace ?" 1 " There," pointing to a plain brick dwelling across the street. The Englishman was perused, being used to the pomp of the Lord Bishops at home, who, in their aprons aud lawn sleeve-, held an imposing piace in :iu» Hou-e of Peers. •A • S s " " Ah--li ? Now, this church?: Very _ t- food, indeed. Pure style. Better th&n^ \ ' % expected to see iu America. Who de-y ^ §>4 ^ \\ signed this stone-work ?" , , ' 1 " I did," modestly replied the inku. ;> ^ "The master mason, eh? Who was d was your architect ?" ^ "I was the architect, too/' smiling. . " Indeed! Why, vou are a jack ,ot all* >^ $ trades. You will tell me you desigued v. ^ 5.744.927 6,35TI,768 4,025,9,17 10,438,3-5 12,15^,061 9,170,180 9,031,463 5,692,428 4,883,688 12,480,157 9,141,530 8,988,038 10,293,480 13^446,168 9,78«,3n I,8 3,301 8.522,830 5,l(W,ilO_ 4,279.277 19,993,927 13,592,474 3,460,801 9,786,387 4,783,509 II,129,807 4,914,210 7,:«V!,230 11,938,295 14,537,440 15,196.241 4,836,592 9.120,347 3,055, !«20 9.269,4M) 6.534.928 3,657,546 7,796,590 16,211,4'- 2,443,710 1,159.050 6,04«.13t 4.306,704 8,217.422 3,*70,772 9.02-1.5S2 4,598,750 11.997,592 18,272,178 2,093,0FL5 5,107,"82 8,044.134 3.844.736 19.404.9tl 9,41«.0!»3 11,307,24# 5,704,42.* 4,1*6,242 9,93?,T*.»7 5,122,9*9 U.63">.5V: L,787,79i 2,1:I4,*TM 8,985,438 3,401,365 1,824,193 1,587,470 2,685,529 6,949,180 2,9*9.184 2,537,897 3,592.2' '3 3,878,473 the windows next.' " I did." i $ The Englishman .ttms amused. HeF chatted with the workman: awhile, fad­ ing him to be singutux'iy modest midl quiet in manner, but. he said at ia>t, "IT am going to pay my respects to tha ' Bishop. At what hoai will i probably be admitted ?" " You will tiud him at home aow ; I am the Bishop." Afterward tho Englishman, in telling the story, said: "I feftrodd to know aud reverence him well after that, *ud I never knew a man so iacking ill sell es­ teem. Whenever in the canticle I thank God for the ' holy aud humble men of heurt' I think of the American Biahop.*" Chi»riea Dickens, when in this coun- trj^'was called on to *ake an address to -a Urtfo school. He simply said, "Do ! all you can, boys, and make no fusa a<x»ut it," which is the want iljllL • i'tiuth # Companion. tl The Shop Girls' Friends. If Americau ladies really want to make the proprietors of the big dry-goods stores provide seats for the salewomeu-- or salesladies, if that is the proper term --they can probably do so by following t„. the example of the London ladies. "InjjL that city ladies sign and transmit to thefj managers of the shops where they deal a petition like this: "Sir, it would givo great satisfaction to a large and increas­ ing number of your lady customers if in your otherwise admirably-managed es­ tablishment you won Id provide sliding seats wherever women are employed be­ hind counters^. Il is certain tuat all women must ultimately suffer from p«o- longed standing, and, as in the busiest shops taere are moments when business is slack, it is hoped that you wili see your way to attaching seats to tlie count­ er, on which they might rest wliile sort­ ing buttons, tidying boxes, or other work not rtqmring a standing position. In the inclosed list ot ladies you will reeogise some of your best customers, while all deal at your shop; and 'h»«y . would not only continue their custom but persuade their friends to do the / same. It is hoped that yon will return a favorable answer or at least state any diilicnities you may have to contend with." Thus far the plan has worked admirably aud a good manv swinging ^ seats have been int roJucei--Dttroit ;; > Jfre* I'm* •k