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, , mkmm phtialeilw. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1886. •V. VAN8LYKG, Editor. PUIS PA PER SWT SS5f?! HOWBf.t/ ft CO.'S Newsiwper A<1verii8lnfr MUMM (10 $itrnce StrocI), where advertising SK-rifUNEW YORK- H tOTMre. Bayard, wife of the secre * turf of utAte, died at. her residence > la Washington, at 8:30o'clock 8un«l*v -J 5 „ morning of congestion of the brain. « " ^ brought on by the shock caused by (jL, th* sudden d^ath of her dnnjfhter. Who was found dead in WMBI ag<>. her t iwo 19-In the house of representatives. the«e was a lively debate on Mr B«utelle.8 resolution calling on the secretary of the navy ifor Information relative to the alleged removal of a tablet at the Norfolk navy yard, com­ memorating a union victory; the erasures from cannon of inscriptions. : and the dismissal of a union soldier from a petition in the yard. IMr. Wise, of Virginia, denied that there ever were any such caunon In the yard, and daimelthat the man dismissed was not a ut.lon soldier, because he served In a fortification. He carefully avoided however, any reference to the removal of the tablet. He might a* w*ll have denied this, too, and further, that there never was any Norfolk navy yard, and In fact, never any rebellion. |0*A gentleman from Pittsburg has •uggested the following novel plan to settle the gold and silver question. He proposes to make a new dollar out of twelve and nine-tenths grains of standard gold and two hundred and six and one-fourth grains of standard *11- ver, being one-h'lf the number of grains in each ot the present coins. The gold fifty cents to be encased in the silver flfty cents, making together a coin worth one dollar. It would be smaller, the wear would be on the cheaper metal, the circulation would be the same for each metal. If one metal became depreciated the other wooltf advance enough to make the coin wdrth one hundred cents, and many other advantages are claimed by the Inventor. (^Senator Logan startled the Sen­ ate the other day by a proposition to make the executive sessions of that body public. He said the people had a tight to know about the Senate's ac­ tions in executive session. He cUlmed that false reports were frequently given out much to the annoyance of some Senators. As for himself, he was perfectly willing that the public should know all be did and said in executive lession. The proposition met with little support among the other Sena­ tors. Senator Logan believes in the people and thinks they should bo given the whole tr-itb upon all questions thu ootne before the Senate. But his com­ peers wquld not listen to any such proposition, maintaining .that on cer­ tain occasions, extreme secrecy was necessary and desirable. In his faith In the unerring judgment of the people Senator Logan rese ubles Lincoln more than does thy other public man of to­ day.--Aurora Beacon. cause. It is reasonable to suppose that his "removals" have some charge against them. Friends of men who have been removed now ask the Setiate to investigate the matter and clear or establish charges why tjjey were re­ moved. The President does not adhvre to the policy he seemed to place so much strength on. If the opinion just rendered In Kansas by United States Judge Brewer is well grounded, it will prove a for­ midable obstacle to the prohibition movement, and one on which the advo­ cates of that cause have not hitherto counted, Judg- Brewer hold* that no State can, either hy/leglelatlon.or con stitutional ajnewdment. prohibit the liquor traffic without Drying for the privxte property tlPSfeby destroyed of. injured. "TJiis building, machinery and fixture^he said, "were designed and ad ipteAl for the making of beer, and nothing else, for which purpose they were worth fifty thousand dollars; f>r any other purpose not to exceed five thousand. Thus the defendants are deprived of their property to the extent of torty-flve thousand dollars by the prohibition taw. Before the State can suppress the business it must pay for the propertydftstrtjved." This isainew point. ™"United States Supreme Court has in several/cases up­ held the right of a St»te to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor and beer. But it has not passed upon the question dec! led by Judge Brewer. In a recent opinion the court remarked: '-We do not mean to say that property actually in existence, and in which the right of the owner has become vested, may bo taken for the public good without due compensatlon." But the kind of property the court then had in mind was stock on hand, not plant. The question now raised is one of far reaching importance that is sure to go to the Supreme Co .irt for adjudication, and until settled by that tribunal, It will be an open question. iSTThe butterine bill introduced in Congress by Hon. A. J. Hopkins takes the right course to put down the bogus butter, but we fear It is too good a bill to pass. As long as the manufacture is profitable, so long will the manufac­ ture co-itinue; when It becomes tin- profitable, it will cease without more ado--and nothiog but a tax. applied as proposed by this bill, will 'make it un­ profitable. Throughout the United States the weight o( public feeling is growing against this adulteration, nnd it irill not be difficult to«arouse it to a point at which it will demand the passage of the Hopkins bill. One cir­ cumstance contributing is pointed out by the New York Tribune It is, that the butterine which wholesalers buy at 12 cents they immediately sell in that city at 30 cents--are obliged to sell at a high price lest people suspect it is not butter--consequently New York consumers are paying $181.1)00 a week or $10,000,000 a year, it reckons, In un­ due piofir to the dealers. Not only the manufacture bat the sale from first to last is fraudulent and should be sup­ pressed. fall of wheat, and where a chang« of one cent a bushel means the galti< r loss of ihous.'inds to the gamester* Somet mcs millions of bushels are put up as stakes, and the freaks, or Idle rumors of. a day may so affect prices as to leave any operator a hundred thousand rtclier or that much poorer. Bui bless you. my son, the law d« n't call this gambling--it's tracing! Yet a thomsand times more hurtful to th6 pubic than all dther gambling oil eartb. The late heavy snows have beeii something more than poetio to hund­ reds of working people In this dtf* engaged in removing "the beautiful*' from the streets of the business dis­ tricts, and to the lake where It 11 dumped, the great heaps of it resetnb* ling small mountains. Some of the men employed earn, with teams, at high as tour dollars per day. It Is an ill-wind that blows nobody good, but the ill-winds are dreadfully severe on many poor people, in spite of all aid from the public or private' charity, and strange as it may seem, in this city where millions of grain are pilled high, and where provisions are measuied by the million ton, a poor man actually died the other day of starvation, after repeatedly asking in vain for aid from the public authori­ ties. And so it happens that our Christian civilization is made up of ja thousand contradictory lights and shadows. Speaking of snow and storms, many 'of our tender citizens have fled to the Southland, and are now shivering amid the magnolia shrubs and frozen orange groves of Louisiana and Florl-' da. During the past month the great Illinois Central Railway done the heaviest business in its history. It is the only direct route to the South from this city and the Northwest. COL. C. • V*" ij •' .v. v -*• <*•'•** jjf. 'sSsif READY FOR • ' v - 3 WE TAKE THE fV There seems to be unanimity in the papers of the state complaining of the heavy taxes this year. .Elijah Ha nes danced last winter at Spring- Held and the tax payers now pay the tiddler. The Elgin Advocate says: It Is; not long since that Senator Culiom announced thit Illinois was out of debt and that the Central railroad paid taxesenou.h to the state to run the • government. The people heard his Words with gladness and drew a long sigh of relief. They are now ready to litter a loud groan. The state tax this year is simply enormous, and an out­ rageous imposition upon the people. Just look at it; the city of Elgin alone pays $12,342 68 for the privilege of helping to pay the steals of the last legislature. The little city of St. Charles pays $2 961.49. It Is l»lg»i time that the tax payers should move In the matter and nee to it that honest men instead of political knives are sent to Springfield to care for the Interests ot th» state. -(.y-.jHT;We do not agree with the Presl- Hint fn his stand against the Senate Committee In refusing the document^ ̂ f the Order of Scottish of removal of Republican officeholders. We don't. for an instant suppose that ©or opinion will alter matters at all, or that it will have the effect of causing our Ch'ef Executive to change his in­ tentions In the least, but we Americans have a pride In being able to toot our bazoos once In a while and give our opinion, no matter of how little or how great the value may be. To our mind the Civil Service bill ts a fraud and works an undue hardship on worthy men. For Instance, there are men now In the. pnbllc service who don't know •nongh oK"book learning" to teach primer class on any one subject, bu 1 who are masters of the work they do to an annealor In the Mint what help Would It be to him In his work to know how many miles It Is to the sun, moon or stan, or to know how to solve difficult problem In algebra,calculus or geometry? But by the provisions of the Civil Service bill It Is supposed (bat those holding the higher govern mental positions should be up astronomy, mathematics, reading, writ log* geography, etc., and persons possession ot such places can be woved only for cause. The President has seen fit to make many changes, and aa he has openly ptoclaimed that he Would not discharge Republican office holders Just because they were Repub­ licans and replace them by men who feMt doM party aervloe, but only for Col. Clipper's Garden City Letter. CHICAGO, Feb. 1st. 1886. The world is slowly realizing that "the pen is mightier than the sword, and that tjie poet's melody and song, when tuned In harmony with the heart's noblest aspirations, is sweeter music than the clash of arms, or can­ non's murderous roar. While we honor the memory of the hero who takes the sword In defence of liberty and native land, the time is past for mere hero- worship, or for burning incense upon the altars of -vain millitary glory. Chicago is not behind other communl ties older in years and culture, in paying tribute to intellectual great ness and poetic genius, as was shown last Monday night, when four huudred representative Scottish - Americans gathered in the parlors of the Matte- son House to commemorate the birth lay of Scotia's great hearted poet Robert Barns,. whose "Cotter's Satur­ day Night" and other hearthstone poems, follows and cheers the hearts, not only of Scotland's sons, but of pll grime of every land thorougliout the world. To be such a poet Is greater thau to be a king, yet this king of heart song, while living, had no place among the great, and but little recog nition till long after the warm heart had ceased its troubled tbrobbings. The 128th anniversary of the poet's birth was celebrated as above, under the auspices of Clan Gordon. No. 18, Clans, with a reception, concert, supper, songs, and recitationss, and a splendid address delivered by Hon. T. C. MacMillia'i. who paid a glowing tribute to Scot­ land's^ wee test singer, the entire occa< sion being one of the most enjoyable ever held in the city. Other societies in town also celebrated the event. 'Gamblers!" said the old Monitor, as he threw do^wn his morning paper "The police think it a great feat to raidWte of these cheap ten-cent shops and run in a lot of boys, many of whom scarcely know the Jack of Spades from abm^spot. In every one of the big hotels iiboilt •* dozeu private poker games are running every night, at which mure money is lost and won every twenty-four hours tiian in all the gambling dens In a uionth, and it Is only a short time ago that a popular merchant lost at one of these games over a hundred thdu-and dollars, and was forced to sell out his business In consequence. But the police never raid these high-toned gatnbliifJJ>hell8, though the law is just as much vioutted there as in the cheaper tie us, and'prob ably more people are ruined !n the one class than in the other. It's strange what* difference there is between higli-toned sinners and poor devils! 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