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H^jfrurg flaindcalw I. VAN SLYKK, Mtorani Publishsr. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. g:w- - A MAN whose name would have been g)od on a check for $2,000,000 not long Ago, spent two hours in the back office of a Wall-street broker one day last Wf e't waiting to get a chance to borrow •10 from one who used to be his clerk. Speculation had brought him to pdverty and made the clerk a millionaire, all within a year or twa • • A BOSTON , man who travels to and from his home on a railroad, thought the efiect of daily riding in the filthy - smoking cars of the road must have a demoralizing effect. So he investi­ gated, and in time established the fol­ lowing facts: The proportion of men who come to town in the morning with unshaven faces is 5 per cent, greater in the smoking than in the other cars, and that of the men whose boots are un­ packed is 6i per cent, more in the former than in the latter. *FHE good people of St Augustine. , Fla., who have already celebrated the SOOth anniversary of the landing of Ponce de Leon, are so tickled with the idea, and so uncertain as to the year or the place or the certitude of the event, that they are going to land Ponce again this year in mimic memory of the past. They propose for this occasion to util­ ize the Apaclie Indians confined at Fort Jforton, who will make a savage back- ' ground for the show in keeping with the aboriginal conditions of 300 years ago. ' - SOMETHING of a sensation was caused <Ntring the organisation of the State Assembly at Nashville, Tenn., by the refusal of Hon. John H. Little, Repre­ sentative from Warren County, to swear that he hod not given, accepted, or knowingly carried a challenge to fight a duel since the adoption of the State Constitution of fifty-one years ago. This oath was modified by the Consti tution of 1870. He said he could not take the original oath, as he had had something to do with affair* of honor. He had acted for others but not for himself. The modified oath, minus the passage concerning dueling, was ad­ ministered to Col. Savage, and he was duly recognized as a member of the Forty-fifth Assembly. ' '"THE 'three little maids' of the En­ glish 'Mikado' company at present on the Continent have very nearly been consigned in Tienna to durance vile," aays. the St. James' Gazette. "One night when waiting to 'go on,' they so far forgot themselves as to be playful " with the officer of the fire brigade at­ tached to the theater. In their own words, they 'trotted down to him and giggled at him from behind their fans.' The officer had never been so insulted in his life, and at once lodged his com­ plaint with the police. Mr. Curtis' representative was summoned to the police court, and things were looking serious when some one made a happy suggestion. This was that each of the three little maids* should make amends by kissing the gallant officer. This fin­ ished the case." | \ . . T HE following story of Mark Twain L, is told in the Boston Record: "Mark ' Twain was traveling in a car on the New York and New Haven road a short time ago, with two clerical friends whose company he was particularly fond of. The three heads were bent to A focus while Mark was relating one of llis pilgrimage experiences, when a fourth head was unsteadily inserted in the circle, and a boozy though sympa­ thetic face was upturned to listen. The head was gently shoved aside, and the three resumed their pow-wow. Again the ruby-tipped nose was inserted, and again it was shut out. When for a third time the head appeared una- bashed, like a jack-in-a-box, Mark lost ^X^patience, and hunching up his broad shoulder, he slid the head back along the top of the seat, remarking, gravely: 'My friend, we are settling a delicate doctrinal point touching damnation, and we want you to keep your head out of danger.' Ashe drawled out the last word, the drunken head fell over the end of the seat back with an emphasis that made its teeth rattle, but the owner soon lifted it and stnck it back % in the ring murmuring plaintively: | *Why, deacon, you don't seem to care a , <m for my soul!' " Jr * FROM tables prepared by the Anieri- **'* can Grocer it appears that the whole­ sale cost of staple articles of food in 1886 were, with one or two exceptions, r lower than in 1885. Higher prices have ruled for some of the luxuries, such as coffee and canned goods, but as the advance was made mostly during the last quarter of the year, it has not, to any appreciable extent, influenced the cost of living. Consumers never before commanded a greater variety of food, and of such high quality as in 1886. Wages are good, and the buyer can get more for them to-day than at any previous time in a generation. Certainly there is no cause for griev- ' ance so far as the food supply is con- ' cerned. Sugar has declined 1 cent per pound; Tice, 1@1± cents; tea, 2@3 cents; butter has averaged 4 11-16® Hi cents per pound higher; cheese, li cents higher on medium and low grades; eggs, 1} cents per dozen lower; pork, *1 .50 per barrel lower; lard, i cent per pound lower. Flour has averaged $4.43 per barrel for straight winter wheat, being the lowest average price on rec­ ord. Wheat sold at an average of 1@2 cents per bushel above the cost for two preceding years. Canned goods range from 10 to 20 per cent higher for most i. : sorts. - | < YEARS ago a citizen of Harris County, jjjp> Georgia, found a roll of money, which, T in value, approximated $1,500. He ad vertised for ttye owner in the public hi$,own and adjoining coon.; ties, at intervals along, for quite a period. All his efforts to find the owner proved unavailing. At length he carried the money to the ordinary of the county, and requested that the sum be placed to the credit of the county for the benefit of the owner. When he made known his purpose to dispose of the treasure in that way, some of his neighbors and friends tried to persuade him, that, having made an honest effort to find the owner, and having failed, the money then rightfully belonged to him. But he said: "No, I didn't work for it, and it is not mine I don't want it." Some years after that, when the circumstances of the finding had been almost forgotten, a citizen of Tennessee, who in former years had been a hog drover through that section, was again visiting the Harris County market, and in course of conversation incidentally remarked that he had on the last of his former trips lost a smart sum of money. His remark revived in the mind of a bystander a recollection of the money which had been found, and tin's led to^an investi­ gation which resulted in the complete identification and recovery of his long- lost treasure. AT a recent meeting of the Boston Scientific Society a paper on the sea serpent was read by Dr. Samual Knee- land, who is a firm believer in the exist­ ence of the sea monster. In a brief way he presented the observation of record of tlie appearance of this sea monster, and the various arguments, pro an con, which have been made by believers and disbelievers in the truth of the main statements of these records. He declared himself to be of the former class. Among the reasons for believing that monsters known by the name of ser­ pents do exist, he presented the paleontological evidence. The fossil specimen of an early geological period correspond in the main to the descrip­ tions of the cotemporary sea serpent Prof. Agassiz believed *in the present existence of the sea serpent, and found in the forms of the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus points of identity. Prof. Haganl of Harvard University, in 1874 expressed himself a believer, and doubt­ less is to-day. Prof. Proctor, the as tronomer, is another scientist who takes that side of the question. Records of the appearance of the creature are most numerous in the history or annals of Norway, and these records in some in­ stances have been made by the learned or scientific men of that country. No Norwegian, of whatever attainments in knowledge, and no mariner of that land, disbelieves in the existence of* the. c serpent THE Harvard Annex is now seven years old, and ninety-three girls of sweet 17, or thereabouts, are enrolled upon its catalogue; last year there were only fifty-five girls in the college, so that this is the most prosperous year in the history of Harvard. Queer school for women. Of the charming ninety- three, twenty-two are taking full work, while the remainder are taking special courses, twenty-one taking only one apiece. The students come from thirty- two different schools, from the follow­ ing States: California, 1; Indiana, 1; Iowa, 1; Massachusetts, 56; New Hampshire; 1; New York, 3; Rhode Island, 1; Illinois, 1; Kansas, 1: Maine, 2; Minnesota, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; Ohio, 2. The following are the more popular studies in order: English, Litin, German, Greek, History, and French. There were two graduates at the last commencament, one of whom received a certificate of final honors. Two members of the sophomore class received certificates of second-year honors in the classics at the same time. The demand for instructors trained in the Harvard methods is rapidly in­ creasing, and the Annex is unable to fill the demands made upon it, which would seem to indicate a prosperous future for the school. "The health of our students," say the instructors, "has been satisfactory during the year, and in fact our experience thus far proves that there is no danger for a woman in a collegiate course of instruction, pro­ vided it is not combined with late hours in the parlor and ball-room. No dis­ position is shown to flirt with the Harvard students." INTERSTATE •tact of the Bill u It Finally Passed Both Houses of Congress. Siorweglau Beds. The bed-rooms in all the Norwegian inns are the same small boxes, not large enough to swing a cherry in. Through­ out Norway the beds are the same little narrow coffins, no wider than a steamer berth, with the same high sides, pre­ sumably to keep one from falling out, if he should incautiously move or turn during the night. To add to the tor­ ment of these berths, the pillow is a flat feather thing that you could put in your pocket, and beneath it lurks a broad, wedge-shaped bolster arrange- ment that keeps one sliding down to the footboard, unless he can retain his place by bracing at full length at an angle and attitude that the human frame only assumes on sn undertaker's or a dissecting table. In one Norwegian inn where the dusting maid wanted to do her kindest she put a wedge at %head and foot of my berth, and I dreamed that I lay in a hammock that touched the ground. The white spread that covers the bed in the daytime like a pall, or a sheet on sweeping day, is carefully put away at night, and one struggles with qnilts and blankets that are always too short and too wide for the narrow bunk, and can never be made fast at the footboard. These are minor things, however, that one con­ tends with everywhere in the towns, villages, and frequented roads, and he must go off the beaten traok k> find the true Norwegian bed that is only four feet long, very narrow, and built into the side of the room, where it can be shut up like a cupboard all day long. At Nystuen there was an exacting En­ glishman six feet in stature, who in­ sisted on seeing the beds before he would take his traps off his carriole. He found them many inches too short for his gaunt frame, and dfOve on to the next place for the night. ADVERSITY exasperates fools, dejects cowards, draws out the faculties of the wise and ingenious, puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill, awes the opulent, and makes the idle in- such common carrier be * foreign corporation, in the judicial circuit wherein such common carrier accepts traffic and baa an agent to per­ form such serHco, to compel compliance with the aforesaid provisions of this section; and such writ 8hall issue in the name of the people farther liability or penalty far inch particular violation of law. Sec. 16. That whenever any common carrier, Jis dcAned in and subject to the provisions of this act, 8halt violate or refuse or neglect to obey any lawful oruer or requirement of the Tfca bill passed by Congress regulating interstate commerce is as follows: An act to regulate commerce : Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as­ sembled, That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers en­ gaged in the transportation of passengers or property whojly by railroad, or partly by rail­ road and partiy by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or ar­ rangement, for a continuous carriage or ship­ ment from one State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjaoent foreign oountrv, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to UM transportation in like manner of property shipped bom any place in the United f tates to a foreign country and carried from such place to a port of transship­ ment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the United States and carried to such place from a port of en­ try either in the United States or an adjacent foreign country: Provided, however, Tbat the provisions of this act slmll not apply to the transportation of passengers or propjrty, or to the rece.ving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid. The term "railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferrios used or operated in connection with any railroad, ai d also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumen­ talities of shipment or carriage. All charges made for any service rendered or to be ren­ dered in the transportation of pa&sengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection there­ with, or for the receiving, delivering, storage or handling of such property, shall be reason­ able and just; and every unjiist and unreason­ able charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Sec. 2. That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or in­ directly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or re­ ceive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passen­ gers or property subject to the provisions of this act, than it charges. demands, collects, or re­ ceives from any other person or persona for doing for him or them a like and contemporane­ ous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circum­ stances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimina­ tion, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Sec 3. That it shall be unlawful for any com­ mon carrier subject to the provisions of tnis act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular per­ son, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any re­ spect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvan­ tage in any respect whatsoever. Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, according to their respective powers, afford all reasonable, prjjwr, ami equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines, and for the receiving, forwarding and de­ livering of passengers and property to and from their several lines and those connecting there­ with, and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines ; but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give the use of its trackB or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business. Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any com­ mon carrier subject to the provisions of thia act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of pas­ sengers or of like kind of property, under sub­ stantially Bimilar circumstances and condi­ tions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the some line in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer dis­ tance ; but this sha!l not be construed as au­ thorizing any common carrier within the terms of this act to charge and receive as great com- ?ensation for a shorter as for a longer distance : 'rovidcd, however, that upon application to the Commission appointed under the provisions of this act. such common carrier may. in special cases, after investigation by the Commission, be authorized-to charge less for longer than for shoit r distances for the transportation of pas­ sengers or property; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such -designated common carrier may be re­ lieved from the operation of this section of the act. Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful far any com­ mon carrier subject to the provisions of thia act to enter into any contract, agreement or combi­ nation with any other common carrier or carriers for the pooling of freights of different and com­ peting railroads, or to divide between them the aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion thereof; and in any case of an agreement for the pooling of freights as aforesaid, each day of its continu­ ance shall be deemed a separate offense. Sec. <>. That every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall print and keep for public inspection schedules showing the rates and fares and charges for tho transporta­ tion of passengers and property which any Buch common carrier has established and which are in force at the time upon its railroad, as defined by the first section of thia act. The schedules printed ns aforesaid by any such common car­ rier shall plainly stata the places upon its rail- load between which property and passengers will be carried, and shall contain th'J classifica­ tion of treight in force upon such railroad, and shall also state separately tho terminal charges and any rules or regulations which in any wiae change', affect or determine any part of the ag­ gregate of such aforesaid rates and fares aud charges. Such schedules shall be plainly printed in large type, of at least the size of or­ dinary pica, and copies for the use of the public shall lie kept in every dopot or Btation upon any such railroad, in such places and in such form that they can be conveniently inspected. Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act receiving freight in the United States to be carried through a foreign country to any place in the United states shall also in like manner print and keep for public inspection at every depot where such freight is received for ship­ ment, schedules showing the through rates es­ tablished and charged by such common carrier to all points in the United States be yond tne foreign country to which it accepts freight for shipment; and any freight shipped from the United States through a foreign country into the United States, the through rate on which shall not have been made public as required by this act, shall, before it is admitted into the United States from aaid foreign country, be subject to cus­ toms duties, as if said freight were of a for­ eign production ; and any law in conllict with this section is hereby repealed. No advance shall be made in the rates, fares, and charges which have been established and published as aforesaid by any common carrier, in compli­ ance with the requirements of this section, ex­ cept after ten days' public notice, which shall plainly Btate the changes proponed to be made in tho schedule then in force, and the time when the increased rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall bo plainly indicated upon the schedules in forae at the time and kept for public inspection, de­ ductions in such public rates, fares, or changes may be made without previous public notice; but whenever any such reduction is made notice of the sama shall immediately be publicly posted, and the changes made shall immediately be made public by printing new schedules, or shall immediately be plainly in­ dicated upon the schedules at the time in force and kept for public inspection. And when imy such common carrier shall have establish! d and published its rat?s, fares, and charges, in compliance with the provisions of this section, it shall be unlawful for such common carrier to charge, demand, collect, or receive l'rom any person or persons a greater or less compensa­ tion for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any services in connection therewith, than is specified in such published schedule of rates, fares, and charges as may at the time be in force. Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall file with the Commission hereinafter provided for copies of its schedules of rates, fines, and charges which have been established aud pub­ lished in compliance with the requirement* of this section, and shall promptly notify said Commission of all changes made in the same. Every such common carrier shall also file with said Commission copies of all con­ tracts, agreements or arrangements with other common carriers in relation to any traffic af­ fected by the provisions of ttiis act to which it may be a party. And in cases where passen­ gers and freight pass over continuous lines or routes operated by more than < no common carrier, and the several common carriers operat­ ing such lines or routes establish joint tariffs of rates or fares or charges for such continuous lines or routes, copies of such joint tariffs shall also, in like manner, be filed with said Commis­ sion. Such joint rates, fares and charges on such continuous lines so filed as aforesaid shall be made public by such common carriers when di­ rected by said Commission, in so far as may, in the judgment of the Commission, be deemed practicable; and said Commission shall from time t§ time prescribe the measure of pub­ licity which shall be given to such rates, lares and charges, or to such jiart of them a3 it may deem it practicable for such common carriers to publish, and the places in which they shall be published ; but no common carrier party to any auch joint tariff shall be liable for the failure of any other common carrier party theroto to observe and adhere to the rates, fares, or chargos thus made and published. If any such common carrier snail neglect or refuse to file or publish its schedules or tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, as provided in this section, or any part of the same, such common carrier, shall in addition to other penalties herein pre­ scribed, be subject to a writ of mandamus, to be issued by any circuit court of the United States in the judicial district wherein the principal offierf of said common carrier is aituated, or wherein such offense may be committed, and if of the United Statea at the relation of the Com- | Commission in this act named, it ahall be the missionera appointed under the provisions of j duty of the Commission, and lawful for any this act, and failure to comply with its re- ; company or person interested in anoh order or quirements shall be punishable as and for a ' requirement, to apply, in a summary way, by wmtempt; Rnd the said Commissioners, as 'tetition, to the Circuit Court of the United complainants, may also apply, in any such Cir- ; States sitting in equity in the judicial enit Court of the United States, for a writ of ] distriot in which the common carrier com- injunction against auch common carrier, to re- | plained of has his principal office, or in which strain such common carrier from receiving or , the violation or disobedience of such order or transporting property among the several States ; requirement shall happen, alleging such vio- and Territories of the United States, or betweeu j lation or disobedience, as the case may be; the United States aud adjacent foreign coun- anA c,"i l-- J tries, or between ports of transshipment and of entry and the several Statea and Terr.t iries of the United States, as mentioned in the first sec­ tion of this act, until such common carrier shall have complied with tho aforesaid pro­ visions of this seotion of this act. Sec. 7. That it ehaU be unlawful for any com­ mon carrier subject to the provisions or this act to enter into any combination, contract or agree­ ment, expressed or implied, to prevent l>y change of time schedule carriage in different cars, or by other meana car devices, the carriage of freights from being continuous from the place of shipment to the place of deatination ; and no break v-f bulk, stoppage or interruption made . by such common carrier shall prevent the car- i riage of freights from being aud being treated as one continuous carriage from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such break, stoppage, or interruption was made in good faith for some necessary purpose, and without any intention to avoid or unnecessarily interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this act. Sec. 8. That in case any common carrier sub­ ject to the provisions of this act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done any act, mat­ ter, or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawiul, or shall omit to do any act, mat­ ter, or thing in this act required to be done, such common carrier Bhall be liable to the per­ son or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any auch violation of the provisions of this act, together with reasonable counsel or at­ torney's foes, to bo fixed by the court in every case of reoovery. which attorney's fees ahall be taxed and collected aa part of the costs in the case. - Sec. 9. That any norson or persons claiming to be damaged by any common carrier suoject to the provisions of this act inav either make complaint to the Commission as hereinafter provided for, or may bring suit in his or their own behalf for the recovery of the damages for which such common carrier may be liable un­ der the provisions of this act in any District or Circuit Court of the United States of compe­ tent jurisdiction ; but such jierson or persons shall not have the right to pursue both of such remedies, and must in each case elect which one of the two metnods of procedure herein provided for he or they will adopt. In any such action brought for the recovery of dam­ ages the court before which the same shall be pending may compel any director, officer, re­ ceiver, trustee, or agent of the corporation or company defendant in such suit to attend, ap­ pear, and testify in such case, and may compel the production of the books and papers of such corporation or company party to any such suit; the claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the person giving such evidence shall not excuse such witness troui tes­ tifying. but such evidence or testimony shall not be used agaiuat such person on the trial of anv criminal proceeding. See. 10. That any common carrier subject to the provisions of thia act, or, whenever such common carrier is a corporation, any director or officer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lessee, agcut or person acting for or employed by such corporation, who, alone or with any other cor- l>oration, company, person or party, shall will- fullv do or cause to be done, or shall willfully suffer or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing in this act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing in this act reqnljed to be done, or shall cause or willfully suffer or ]>ermit any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this act to be done not to be so done, or shall aid or abet nny such omission or failure, or shall be guilty'of any infraction of this act, or shall aid or abet therein, shall be deemed guilty of a ihisdemoanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any District Court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be subject to a fine of not to exceed $5,000 for each offense. Sec. 11. That a commission ia hereby created and established to be known as the Interstate Commerce Commission, which shall be com­ posed of five Commissioners, who shall be an- poitited by the President, by and with tho ad­ vice and consent of the Senate. Tho Commis­ sioners first appointed under this act shall con­ tinue in office for the term of two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, from tho 1st day of January, A. D. 1887, the term of each to be designated DV the President; but their suc­ cessors shall be appointed for terms of six years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unex­ pired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed. Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Not more than three of the Commissioners shall be appointed from the same political party. No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any common carrier subject to the "Sovlsion of this act, or owning stock or bonds tePreof, or who is . in any manner pecuniarily interested therein, shall enter upon the duties of or hold such office. Said Commissioners shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. No vacancy in the Commission shall impair the richt of the remaining Commissioners to exer­ cise all the powers of the Comuiiasion. Sec. 12. That the Commiaaion hereby created ahall have authority to iniuire into the man­ agement of the business of all common car­ riers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keen itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out tho objects for which it was created; ani for the purposes of this act the Commission shall have power to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements, and documents relating to any matter under investigation, and to that end may invoke the aid of any court of the * United Statea in repairing the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of hooks, papers, and documents under the provisions of this sec­ tion. And any of the Circuit Courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of con tumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act, or other person, issue an order requir­ ing such common carrier or other person to ap­ pear before said Commission and produce books and papers, if HO ordered, aud give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any fail­ ure to obey such order of the Court may be pun­ ished by such Court as a contempt thereof. The olaim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the person giving such evi­ dence shall not excuse such witness from testi­ fying ; but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person on th.» trial of any criminal proceeding. Sec. 13. That any person, firm, corporation or association, or any mercantile, agricultural or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done ny «nv common car­ rier subject, to the provisions of this act in con­ travention of the provisions thoreof, may apply to Baid Commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts ; whereupon a statement of the charges thus made shall be forwarded by the Commission to such common car­ rier, who shall be called upon t> satisfy the complaint or answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the Commission. If such common currier, within tho time sj>ecified, shall make reparation for the injury alleged to have been done, said carrier shall be relieved of liability t > the complainant only for the particular violation of law thus complained of. If such carrier shall not satisfy the complaint within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigating said complaiut, it shall be the duty of thw Commission to investigate tho mat­ ters complained of in such n aimer and by such means as it shall deem proper. Said Commis­ sion shall in like manner investigate auv com­ plaint forwarded by the Itaitroad Commissioner or Railroad Commission of any Statu or Terri­ tory, at the request of such Commissioner or Commission, and may institute any inquiry on its own motion in the same mannar and to the same effect as though complaint had been made. No c mplaint shall at any time l>e dis­ missed because of the absence of direot damage to the complainant. Sec. li. Tiiut whenever an investigation shall be mado by said Commission it shall be its duty to mako a report in writing in respect thereto, wnich shall include the findings of fact, u]>on which the conclusions of the Commission are based, together with its recommendation as to what reparation, if any, should be made by thJ common carrier to Jay party or parties who mav be found to have been injured; and such find­ ings so made shall thereafter, in all judicial proceedings, be deemed prima facie evidence as to each and every fact found All rei>orts of in­ vestigations made by the Commission shall be entered of record, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the party who may have com­ plained, and to any common carrier that may nave been complained of. Sec. 15. That if in any case in which an in­ vestigation shall be made by Baid Commission it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Commission, either by the testimony of witnesses or other evidence, that anytliin i has been done or omitted to be done in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any law cog­ nizable by said Commission, by any common carrier, or that any injury or damage has been sustained by the party or parties complaining, or by other parties aggrieved in consequence of any such violation, it shall be the duty of the Commission to forthwith cause a copy of its re­ port in respect thereto to be delivered to such common carrier, together with a notice to said common carrier to cease and desist from such violation, or to make reparation for the injury so found to have been done, or both, within a reasonable time, to be specified by the Com­ mission; and if within the time " specified it shall be made to appear to the Commission that such common carrier has ceased from such vio­ lation of law, and has made reparation for the injury found to have been done, in complianoe with the report and notice of the Commission or to the satisfaction of the party complaining, a statement to that effect shall be entered of record by the Commission, and the said com­ mon earner shall thereupon be relieved from ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. \ & Senator for the Senator Belt, THH Logan monument bill passed by the main to pneumlticfin^e House was called up in tho Senate, Jan. 21, j Hill, to protect employes ut& laborera in claima for es ; by Senator Tbmmpaon^rwieak read a first time, and ordered to aecond reading. jng ^ nuD1^r ' f mllft VAM intTrviii<>nd • Kv KAnftfnr HrK/nrt thM . tv., " , :.l and the said court shall have power to hear and determine the matter, on such notice to the common carrier complained of as the court shall deem reasonable; and such notice may be served on such common carrier, his or ita officers, agents, or servants, in such manner as the court shall direct; and said court shall pro­ ceed to hear and determine the matter speedily as a court of equity and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordi­ nary suits in equity, but in such manner aa to do justice in the premises; and to this end Buch ^bourt shall have power, if itthink fit,to direct and prosecute in such mode and by such process as it may apjioint all such inquiries as the court may thiuk needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition ; and on suoh hear­ ing therepoitof said commission shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated; and if it be made to appear to such court, on such hearing or on report of any such person or persons, that tho lawful order or requirement of said commission drawn in question lias been violated or disobeyed, it shall bo lawful for such court to issue a writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to re­ strain such common carrier from further con­ tinuing such violation or disobedience of auch order or requirement of said commission, and enjoining obedience to the same; and in case of any disobedience of any such writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or other wise, it shall be lawful for such court to issue writs of attachment, or any other process of said Court incident or applicable to writs of in­ junction, or other proppr process, mandatory or otherwise, against auch common carrier, and if a corporation, against one or more of the di­ rectors, officers or agents of tho same, or against any ownei-, le&seo, Trustee, Receiver, or other person failing to obey such writ of injunction or other proper process," mandatory or otherwise ; and said Court may, if it shall think fit, make an order directing suoh common carrier or other person so disobeying such writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to pay such sum of money, not exceeding for each carrier or person in default the sum of 8500 for every day after a day to be named in the order that such carrier or other person shall fail to obey such injunction or other proper process, manda­ tory or otherwise; and SUCH moneys shall be payable as the Court shall, direct, either to the party complaining, or into Court to abide the ultimate decision of tbo Court, or into tho Treas­ ury ; and payment thereof may. without preju­ dice to any other mo<ie of recovering the same, be enforced by attachment or order in the na­ ture of a writ of execution, in like manner as if the same had been recovered by a final decree in personam in such court, When the subject in dispute shall be of the value of $2,O H) or more, either party by such proceeding before said court may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, under the same regulations now provided by law in respect of security for such appeal, but such appeal shall not operate to stay or supersede the order of the court or the execution of any writ or process thereon, and such court may in every such matter order the payment of such costs and counsel fees as shall be deemed reasonable. NVhenever any such petition shall be filed or presented by the Commission it shall be the duty of the District Attorney, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute the same ; and tho costs aud expense i of Buch prose­ cution shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of tho United States. Fi r tlie purjKises of this act, excepting its penal provisions, the Circuit Courts of the United States shall be deemed to be always in session. Sec. 17. That the Commission may conduct ita proceedings in such manner as will best con­ duce to tL;e proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice. A majority of the Commis­ sion shall constitute a quorum for tho transac­ tion of business, but no Commissioner shall par­ ticipate in any hearing or proceeding in whioh he has any pecuniary interest. Said Commis­ sion may, from time to time, make or amend sucli general rules or orders as may be requisite for the order and regulation of proceedings be­ fore it, including forms of notices and tho ser­ vice thereof, which shall conform, as nearly as mav be, to those in use in the Courts of the United States. Any party may appear before Baid Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vote and official act of the Commission shall be entered of record, and its proceedings shall be public upon the request of either pa^ty interested Said Commission shall have an official seal, vvhieh shall be judicially noticed. Either of the inembi ra ef the Com­ mission may administer oaths and affirmations. Sec. 18. That each Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of ?7,500, payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Judges of the courts of the United States. The commission shall appoint a Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of $:i,50J, payable in like man­ ner The Commission shall have authority to employ and fix the compensation of Buch other employes aa it may find necessary to the proper performance of its duties, subject to the approval of tho Secretary of the Interior. The Commission shall be furnished by the Secre­ tary of the Interior with suitable offices and all' necessary office supplies. Witnesses sum­ moned before the Commission shall be paid the Bame fees and mileage that are paid witnesses In the courts of the United States. All of the expenses of the Commission, including all nec­ essary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employes under their orders, in making any investigation in any other places than in the city of Wash­ ington, shall be allowed and paid, on the pres­ entation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Chairman of the Commission and Sec­ retary of tho Interior. Sec. l'.t. That the principal office of the Com­ mission shall be in the city of Washington, where its general sessions shall be held ; but whenever the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted or delay or expense prevented thereby, the Commission mav hold special sessions in any part of the United States. It may, by one or more of tho Commis­ sioners, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties, in any part of the United States, into any matter or question of fact pertaining to the business of any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act. Sec. 20. That the Commission is hereby au­ thorized to require annual reports from all com­ mon carriers subject to the provisions of this act, to fix tne time and prescribe the manner in which Buch reports ahall be made, and to re­ quire from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information. Such annual re}>orts shall show in detail the amount of capital stock is­ sued, the amounts paid therefor, and the man­ ner of payment for the same; the dividends paid, the surplus fund, if any, and the number of stockholders ; the funded and floating debts and the interest paid thereon; the cost and value of the carrier's property, franchises, and equipment; the number of employes and the salaries paid each; the amounts expended for improvements each year, how expended, and the character of such improvements; the earnings and receipts from each branch of business, and from all sources; the operating and other expenses; the balances of profit and loss; and a complete exhibit of the financial operations of the carrier each year, including an annual balance-sheet. Such re- ]x>rts shall also contain such information in relation to rates or regulations concerning fares or freights, or agreements, arrangements, or contracts with other cominoh carriers, as the Commission may require; and the said Com­ mission may, within its discretion, for the pur- j>ose of enabling it the better to carry out the purposes of this act, prescribe (if in the opinion of the Commission it is practicable to prescribe such uniformity and methods of keeping ac­ counts) a period of time within which all com­ mon carriers subject to the provisions of this act shall have, as near as may be, a uniform system of accounts, and tho manner in which such accounts shall be kept. Sec. ^1. That the Commission ahall, on or before the 1st day of December in each year, make a report to the Secretary of the Interior, which sliull be by him transmittal to Congress, and copies of which shall be distributed as are the other reports issued from the Interior De­ partment. This report shall contain such in­ formation and data collected by the Commis­ sion as may I e considered of value in the de­ termination of questions connected with the regulation of commerce, together with such recommendations as to additional legislation relating thereto as the Commieaion may deem necessary. Sec. 2*2. That nothing in this act shall apply to the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State or municipal governments, or for charita­ ble purposes, or to or from fairs aud expositions for exhibition th reat, or the issuance of mile­ age, excursion, or commutation pussenaer tick­ ets ; nothing in this act f.hali be construed to )>rohibit any common carrier from giving re­ duced rates to ministers of religion ; nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent railroads from giving free carriage to their own officers and employes, or to prevent ihe princi­ pal officers of any railroad company or compa­ nies from exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers and employes, and nothing in this act contained shall in any way abr.dgo or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute ; but tho provisions of this act are in addition to auch remedies. Provided, That no pending litigation shall in any wivy be affected by this act. Sec. '23. That the sum of si0,i,000 ia hereby appropriated for the use aud puriioses of thia act for the fiscal year ending June '0, A. 1), 1888, and the intervening time anterior thereto. Sec. 24. iThat the provisions of sections 11 and 18 of this act, relating to the appointment and organisation of the commission herein provided for, shall take effoct immediately, and the re­ maining provisions of this aet shall take sffsct sixty days after its passage. DIVIDE two hearts as yon will, still there is a magnetic intelligence through life which, if they were ever truly at­ tached, vibrated to the heart and brain of each. How MANY in hot pursuit hare hastened to the goal of wealth, but have lost, as they ran, those apples of gold the mind and the power to enjoy it. Bills were introduced: By Senator Hogan, the revenue bill prepared by the revenue commis­ sion: bv Senator Reinhardt; placing claima for labor performed within one year prior to death in the sixth class of claims against the estate of the deceased ; by Senator Humphrey, allow­ ing verbal instructions to a jury where a stenog­ rapher is employed and both parties consent; by Senator Rerg^ren, revising the law in rela­ tion to criminal jurisprudence The House passed the bill appropriating $50,000 for a monument to General Logan in Chi­ cago, and the bill appropriating $25,0Uf) for the expenses of the Live Stock Commission. The Speaker announced the following standing committees of the House: Judiciary--Miller, Chairman: Blackburn, Fuller, Littler, V'ickers, Neely, Ward, Hamilton of McLean. Breeden, Keynolds, Ilrokoski, Brown of Eavette, Merritt, Crafts, Archer, McKinlay, Johnson, Wells, Ma- honey, Day, and Taylor. Judicial Department aud Practice -- Messick, Cnairmau ; Decker, Green, Jones of Crawford,White. Meyer, Cooley, Allen of Vermilion, Lowry, Morgan, Yocum, Baker, Smith, Jones of Sangamon, Kister, Brown, and Campbell. Corj>orations--Decker. Chairman; Messick, Clark, Murphy, Reynolds, Bradshaw, Brc\wn of Fayette, Hunter, Scharlau, Herrington, Coppinger, Merritt, Crafts, Ma- honey, Gleaaon, Farley, and Carr. Railroads-- Fuller, Chairman; Clark, Messick, Cooley, Chase, Fieher, Faxon, Eastman, Sawyer of La Salle, Kretzinger, Crafts, Johnson, Mer­ ritt, Cole, Farrell, McElligott, and Wait. Wt,rehouses--Allen of Vermilion, Chairman; Brokoski, Hoskinson, Hamer, Ford, Faxon, Chase, Bradshaw, Brubaker, Cooley, Baker, Maliouey, Johnson, Cole, Furlong, Reiley, and Moran. Commerce--Clark, Chairman; Allen of Warren, Sloan, Sawyer of La Salle, Brad­ shaw, Morgan, Condo. Ruggles, Hart, Davis, Conway, Furlong, Ferrell, Taylor. Purdunn, Gleason, Keiley. Finance -Eastman,Chairman ; Ecton, Condo, Partridge. Barger, Lowry, Pol­ lard, Bogardus, Allen of Warren, Cole, Eddy, Merritt, Herrington, Ruling, and McElligott. Mines and Mining--McLaughlin, Chairman; Nellis, Hoskinson, Sloan, Veiie, Breeden, Mor­ gan, Ward, Fisher, Bailey, Jones oi Sangamon, Holcomb, Wilkinson, Seawell, French, Yocum. and Wilson of Macoupin. Fees and Salaries --Vickers, Chairman; Lowry. Ruby, Ecton, McLaughlin. Haven, Miller, McElligott, Mar­ shall, Wilkinson. Morrasy, Pierce, and Cloary. Appropriations--Littler, Chairman; Ruby, Col­ lins, Stewart, Wright of Morgan, Nellis. KeyBer, Blackburn, Fisher, Day, Herrington, Johnson, Campbell, Tierce, Wells, Converse, and Smith. Penitentiaries--MacMillan, Chairman; Ford, Gallowav. Mutphy, Revnolds, Allen of Warren, Sawyer of La Salle, Bogardus, Collins, Rolir- bach, McKinlev, Cole, Williams, Tagcart. Kei­ ley, Moran, anil Conway. Municipal Corpora- tions--Mever, Chairman; Schoenewald, Nellis, Jones of Crawford, White, Neely, Scharlau, Clark, Reynolds, Johnson, Crafts, lirown of La Salle, Coppinger, Furlong, and Day. Education --Breoaen, Cliaiim-Mi; Herrick, Pollard, Bogar­ dus, Vickers, Neely, Blackburn, MacMillan, Murpliy. Karlowski, Gray, McKinlay, Kister. Buudv, McElligott, Davis, and French. State Institutiona -- Collins, Chairman; Pepoon, George, Hoskinson, Herrick, Nellis, Barger, MacMillan, Wilson of Clay, Curtiss, Maliouey, Kister, Day. Gray, Peel, Seawell, and Sawyers of Scott. Public Charities--Bogardus, Chair­ man ; Stewart, Grason, Ford, Brokoski, Vick­ ers, Ecton, O'Connor. Morrasy, Jay, Pur­ dunn, Holcomb, and Wilson 'of Macoupin. Public Buildings and Grounds--Morgan. Chair­ man ; Cox, Condo. Veile, McLaughlin, Haven, Keyaer, Wedig, Bailey, Kenny, Firoved, Schnei­ der, Wait, Eddy, aud McNabb. Revenue--Green, Chairman; Pomeroy, Hamilton of Iroquois, Bo­ gardus, Decker, Brown of Fayette, Bradshaw, Galloway, Partridge, Jones of Crawford, Hos­ kinson, Vickers, Crafts, Merritt, Herrington, Yocuin, Campbell, Baker, Davis, Symouds, and Phillips. Banks and Banking -- Blackburn, Chairman; Wilson of Cumberland, Wilson of Clay, Allen of Warren, Sawver of La Salle, Hunter, Hamilton of Iroquois, Buby, Coppinger, Huliug, Jay, Kister. aud Firoved. Counties and Township Organisation -- Hamilton of Iroquois, Chairman; Kinsey, Brubaker, Cur­ tiss, Cox, Veile, Morgan," Brown of Ed­ wards, Wilson of Ogle, Piatt, French, Holcomb, Tyler, Larrabee. and Mahoney. Agriculture and Horticulture--Faxon, Chair­ man; Brown of Edwards, Cox. Grason, Pepoon, Bice, Kinsey, Brubaker, Pomeroy, Converse, Cleary. Morrasy, Tvler, Wilson of Ogle, Bundy, Firoved, and French. Live Stock and Dairying --Hunter, Chairman; Stewart, Bice, George, Hunt. Kretzinger. Gittings, Crawford, Hamilton of Iroquois, Cleary, Wilson of Macoupin, Wait, McNabb, Carr, Morrasy. Fletcher, and Wilson of Ogle. Labor and Industrial Affairs- -Kuby, Chairman; McLaughlin, Curtiss, Brubaker, Gallowav, Grason, Wright of Morgan. Pepoon, Dixon, Wells, French. Schneider, Conway, Hal- pin, and McNabb. Manufactures--Brown of Kdwarda, Chairman;' McLaughlin, Crawford, Schoenewald, Ford, Cooley. Lowry, Wedig, Pomeroy, Furlong, Davia, Farley, Schneider, Seawell, and Bundv. Canal and River Im­ provement--Fisher, Chairman ; Hart, Brown of Edwards. Haven, Sawyer of La Salle, Nellis, Littler, Meyer, Hamer, Karlowski, Archer, Will­ iams. Trench, Reiley, Kenny, Halpin. Fletcher. Elections--Neely, Chairman; Herrick, Decker, Breeden, Pollard, Brown of Fayette, Gittiuga, Wilson of Cumberland, Wright of Cook, Sy- monds, Baker, Yocum, Gleason, Taggart and Conway. Sanitary Affairs--Hoskinson, Chair­ man; Schoenewald, Keyser, Wilson of Cum­ berland, Meyer, Pepoon, Collins, Veile, Curtias, Farley, Conway, Moran, Kenney, Converse, and Bundy. State' and Municipal Indebtedness-- Scharlau, Chairman; Cox, Rice, Herrick, Fax­ on, Brubaker, Hamer, Vickers, Miller, Huling, Davis, McNabb, Coppinger, Taylor, and Schnei­ der. Insurance--Stover, Chairman; Haven, Barger, Schoenewald, Halt, Hamilton of Mc- Leau, Kretzinger, Brown of Fayette, Chaso, Dixon, Campbell, Wilkinson, Symouds, Jones of Sangamon, Herrington, Reiley, and Browne of La Salle. Federal Relations--Murphy, Chairman; Rice, Miller, Green, White, Smith, Archer, Taylor, and Larrabee. Claims -Stew­ art, Chairman; Bogardus, Crawford, Pom­ eroy, Scharlau Condo, Wilson of Clay, Fisher, Stover, Eddy, Farrell, Coppinger, Wells, (iray, and Jones of Sangamon. Militia--Coolov. Chairman; George, Eastman, Stover, Bogardus, Wilson of Cumberland, Bug­ gies, Jones of Crawford, Sloan, Hunter, Taggart, Peel, Marshall, Wilkinson, Wait, Smith, and Larrabee. Retrenchment--Buggies, Chairman ; Brokoski, Brown of Edwards, Fuller, Hamilton of McLean, Cooley, Decker, Hunt, O'Connor, Carr, Bickelhaupt, Fletcher, Jav, Piatt, and Farrell. Geology and Science--Herrick, Chair­ man ; Reynolds, Cox. Allen of Vermilion, Schar­ lau, Gittings, Blackburn. Bundy, Larrabee, Taggart, and Hatpin. Printing -- Partridge, Chairman; Wilson of Clay, Ford, Wright of Morgan, Ecton, Scharlau, Faxon. Kretzinger, Haven, Dwyer of the Fifth, Gleason, Peel, Moran, Campbell, and Bickelhaupt. Roads aud Bridges--Kinsey, Chairman ; Ward. Ecton, Gittings, Wright of Morgan, Barger, Grasou, Hart, Crawford, Marshall, Holcomb, Kenny, l'iatt, Williams, Pierce, Firoved, and Wilkinson. Executive Department--Lowry. Chairman; Bice, White, Messick, Brown of Edwards, Kinsey, Stewart, Stover, Tyler, Fur­ long. Symonds, Day, McElligott, Smith, and Phillips. Drainage--White, Chairman; Rey­ nolds, Ruggles, Hoskinson, Grason. Brubaker, Wedig, Herrick, Kinsey, Brokoski, Phillips, Archer, Fletcher, Pierce, l'iatt, Wilson of Ogle, and Huling. Miscellaueoi s Subjects--Jones of Crawford, Chairman; Keyser, Green, Wedig, Kretzinger, Pomeroy, Hart, Hamilton of Iro­ quois, Bradshaw, Dwyer of the Sixth, Williams, Sawyers of Scott, Gray, Bickelhaupt,and French. Libraries--Brown, of Fayette, Chairman; Cur­ tiss of Crawford, Jones of Crawford, Hamilton of McLean, Fuller, Ruhrbacli, Jones of Sanga­ mon, Converse, Archer, Kister, Farley, and Gleason. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills--Ha­ mer. Chairman ; Partridge, MacMillan, Lamout, Farrell, Morgan, and Campbell. Fish and Game • Laws --Gittings, Chairman; Allen of Warren. Keyser, Schoenewald, Wilson of Cumberland, Rugbies, Ward, George, Wedig, Williams, Tyler, Halpin, Kenny, French, aud Wilson of Ma­ coupin. License--Galloway, Chairman ; Ruby, Blackburn, Veiie, Hunt, Wedig, Chase, Lamont, Dwyer of the Sixth, Bickelhaupt, Phillips, Brown, Purdunn, Sawyers, Scott, and Farley. To Visit Penal and Reformatory Institutions-- Condo, chairman ; Bogardus, Wrigntoi Morgan, Cleary, and Gray. To Visit Educational Insti­ tutions--Hunt, chnirman; Decker, Allen of Vermilion ; Eddy, and Peel. To Visit Chari­ table Institutions--Chnse, chairman ; Pollard, Keyser, Marshall, and Purdunn. To Visit Sol­ diers' Home and Soldiers' Orphans' Home-- Barger. chairman; George. Eastman, Ruggles, Partridge, Collins, lYpoon, MacMillan. Jay, McKinlay. Sawyers of Scott, Seawell. and Tag­ gart On motion, the Houae adjourned until 5 o'clock Monday evening. As 8OON aa the Senate met, on the evening of Jan. 24, a message was received from the Gov­ ernor nominating David Rosa, of La Salle County, as a member of the bureao of labor sta­ tistics" in place of Daniel McLaughlin, whose name was withdrawn, and also presenting the reports of the live stock commissioners, audi­ tor, superintendent of public instruction, aud the commissioners of the two i-tate penitenti­ aries. Bills were introduced as follows: By Senator Bell, prohibiting aliens from holding lands used for agricultural, horticultural, dairy, or stock-raising purposes, or unoccupied lands, unless they become naturalized. By Senator Crawford, three bills, allowing abstract- makers to have access to the pla's and records in the recorder's office, to ulso have access to the records in the county clerk's ollice, and'per­ mitting the recorder to make and sell abstracts. By Senator Bell, regarding the organization of insurance companies. Senator Cochran, from the joiut conference committee, upon the Logan memorial service, reported that the time had been fixed lor the 22d day of February. In the House of Rep­ resentatives. Mr Yocum introduced and had referred a joint resolution for submitting to the people p proposition to change article r> of the constitution in relation to the judicial ma­ chinery of the State. The proposed change does away with circuit courts, giving additional jurisdiction to county courts, and providing for an additional judge in counties of over inhabitants. Mr. Hamer introduced a resolu­ tion asking Congress to pass a law reimbursing all States that have organized soldiers homes to the full amount they have expended in this direction. SEVERAL petitions against the proposed amendment to the game lawa prohibiting the three to thirteen ; by Senator Berggrau, provfJU ing tor policing °.nd superintending private parks ; by Senator Lernan, for the appointment by the courts of refereea to hear eases; by Sen­ ator Lernan, allowing masters in chancery ta take e\idetice in other than default caaea; tar Senator Bacon, of Will, providing that boaiw of county commissioners ahall appoint sn* pay an officer t > enforce the lawa against cruel* ty to aninnls and children ; by Senator Knopfi, amending the new election law ao that the eoni* missioners be appointed by th? Governor upon the advice of the different county central a mittees,- that judges refusing a ballot ahall ] serve the same and file it with their Other 1W- thms, and that none of the ballots shall be destroyed until six months, when it be done if there be no contests. In the of Representatives the bill providing for an ap­ propriation to be used for the anppressloo iff pleuro pneumonia was reported, properly en­ grossed, and taken np for a third reading. Tba bill passed by a vote of 103 yeas to 10 nays. A dozen or more petitions from gun clubs Bad sportsmen were referred to the Fllh and Game Committee. The petitfaaWB want the fish and game lawa to rat- main on the statute books without ehailfa Mr. O'Connor offered a resolution reciting tbafc charges of nepotism had been made agaitlt Superintendents and Principals of State InstiM* tions, and requesting the Boa ds of Commis­ sioners of Public Charities to furnish the HooMS full and complete particulars, names and sala­ ries time of appointment, etc., of any and alt employes who are relatives by blood or maap- rtage of the appointing power. It was adopted. Mr. Converse introduced an amendment to tlNt laws of marriage, ttc. It prohibits paupecf and individuals confined in prisons reformatories from contracting matrimo- nial obligations, and was probably suftt gested by the Spies-Van Zandt case. Mr. Crafts introduced a bill which provides that by agreement of parties interested a civil suffc may be laid before any court of record without formal pleading with cr without a jury. Also a bill preventing trust companies to go on the bond of administrators, etc. Mr. Crawford, at Rock Island, introduced a bill abolishing tba grand jury. Mr. Galloway, of Menard, offered a bill providing that on petition of one hundred voters the question of prohibition shall be sub-. mitted to the voters of each county in August lt-87, and every two years, but druggists may aell for medicinal and sacramental purposed Mr. Herrick sent in a bill providing that rail­ roads doing business in this State shall not charge more in proportion for a short than for long haul. A BILL providing for a State Board of Arbitral tion for the settlement of differences betwedK employers and their employes was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Seiter. "January SB. Thera shall be three Commissioners, to be appointed every two years by the Governor. The joint resolution complimenting Senator Cullom ok the passage of the interstate commerce bill was adopted by a vote of il to 19. The bill appropri­ ating $50,000 for a monument to General Logan was pasaed to a third reading, after the adop­ tion of an amendment adding the name of George W. Smith, of Murphyaboro. aa one of the Com­ missioners. The committee on appropriatloaa reported favorably the bill providing for an ap­ propriation for the Illinois National Guard, and it was advanced to second reading. Senator Orendorf presented resolutions ui>ou the death of Samuel Patrick, a member of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly, and they were unanimously adopted. The resolution of Senator Hill, to in­ struct the Illinois members of Congress to vota for the Townshend joint resolution providing for the election of United States Senators by tbe people, was read and laid over. Senator Yost introduced a resolution instructing the Illinois members in Congress to vote for the Blair bill, and for that removing the limitation on the present invalid pensions. Billa were introduced as follows: By Senator Mon*> ban, repealing the act providing for the main­ tenance of streets by a tax on the front foot o( abutting property and returning to the old plan of general assessment; by Senator Gibbs, per- mittiug trust and guarantee companies to be­ come assignees, executors, and administrator* of estates; by Senator Thompson, fixing the lia­ bility of holders and makers of promissory notes and other evidences of debt; by Senator Cochran, to compel veterinary surgeons before practicing in the State to secure a certificate at their professional skill from a veterinary coilega; by Senator Loman, the bill of the joint commit­ tees of the clubs and |>olitical organizations Of Chicago to abolish the rule in the Shelley casa; Ijy Senator Crawford, amending the act pertain­ ing to burnt records so that letter-press copiea may be accepted in evidence of title; by Sena­ tor Hogan, allowing counties not under town- Bhip organization to redistrict the county and provide for road building. The House spent on hour in diacuaaing the disease commonly called pleuro pneumonia. The immediate ruction waa precipitated by Mr. Baker, of Moultrie, who en­ tered a motion to recall from the Senate a bill appropriating $15,000 for the expenses of tba Live-Stock Commission until July 1. Tba opponents ot the bill claimed that tba ,appropriation waa unnecessary and, mora* over, uncalled for. The Commissioners had managed to get into a quarrel with Commis­ sioner Colman, the head of the Department of Agriculture, aud were not in ecootd with the officers of the bureau. Messn. Baker, Merritt, and Crafts made exhaustive speeches againat the proposed appropriation. Mesars. Herrington, Little, Miller of Stark, and others were equally strenuous in favor of tba bill. The motion to reconsider waa tabled on a viva voce vote. On the heels of this business came a communication from a gentleman wbo called • attention to the prevalence of ho( cholera in the State. Ho aaid ha was the in­ ventor or compounder of a preparation which was a sure cure for the disease mentioned, and would be pleased if the House would order the appointment of a committie charged with the duty of investigating the merits of the nostrum which, by the way, he was willing to sell to the State at a moderate'figure. Bills wera introduced as follows; By Mr. Keyser, amend­ ing the criminal code ; by Mr. Lamont, creating a commission of five to collect statistics and investigate the liquor traffic of Illinois: by Mr. Marshall, prohibiting associations from bringing indigent or pauper childreu tinder tba age of 18 years into the State for the purpose at binding them out to families; by Mr. Meyer, repealing the law imposing imprisonment for debt ; by Mr. Miller, of Stark, consolidating th* penitentiary boards, and making the Governor a member of the same--ono of the peniten­ tiaries to be used as a reformatory institution, and the other for incorrigible offenders. X resolution was adopted requiring the Live­ stock Commission to re]>ort the cotidition of tba cattle in the State, and also the reasons for tba breach between the officers of the Department of Agriculture and the authorities of thia Stata. THE contingent expense bill waa passed ia the Senate on the 27th ult., and the bill ceding the locks and darns in the Illinois River to tba Federal Government was put on order of third reading. Senator Burke's resolution came upi It asks that a committee be nppoiuted to in­ vestigate the charge of the Knights of Labor of St. Clair County that the Grand Jury did not do its duty in failing to indict tba Deputy Sheriffs who tired into the crowd during the last riots in East St. Louis. It occa­ sioned some debate on the right of any body or society to censure the State government. On motion of Mr. Crabtree It was referred to tba Judiciary Committee. Senator Higgins intro­ duced a bill providing for the consolidation of the two Boards of Penitentiary Commissioners into one of three members, fixing the salary of the office at 82,000. instead of S1.S00, as now. The following bills were also introduced in the Senate: By Senator Southworth, appro­ priating S'23,000 for the completion of the Lin­ coln monument as intended in the original plan; by Senator Stephenson, to prevent stock run­ ning at large; by Senator Orondorf, allowing coroners to draw warrants upou the county treasury in cases of iuquest fees ; by Senator Thompson, appropriating SH.OCW for the contin­ uance of the geological survey of the Stat*; by Senator Bacon, of Will, amending the pharmacv act in several minor parta: by Senator Eckhart, permitting the Secretary of State to make an examination of the affairs of any building and loan association he may as* fit, and to wind up the affairs of all uot found to be In good condition; by Senator Funk, pro­ hibiting marriage between first cousins. Aftar a long debate, in which partisan feeling cauM to the surface, the Illinois House referred ta the Committee on Foderal Relations the reso­ lution thanking Senator Cullom for the passage of the interstate commerce bill. The Demo­ crats wanted the name of Congressman Reagan, of Texas, inserted in the resolution. Mr. Kocers, of Jackson County, was elected Reading Cletk of the House. Learn to Do I'seTuI Things. Girls who won't learn to do usefttl things at home because their fathers are ri h, lose opportunities to fit them* selves to meet the exigeucies and tljMt accidents of life. It has always been the custom for the princes of Germany to learn trades. The Bourbon princM of France all acquired trades. SOUM of them were printers, bookbinders, shipwrights, house carpenters, joiner* and painters; they did not follow these vocations, but they understood them, lioyal and princely ladies ia Germany and Europe understand every function of housekeeping, and knov how to perform it. They oau go to the dairy and the stable and milk a cow or handle a "horse, with dexterity and satisfaction. The Prince of Watat is a bookbinder, each of his brothers has a trade, and his sons are now learning trades accord n|t to^ their, tastes. All the ladies of the English royal household are accomplished te practical things--they know how to do spring shooting were presented in the Senate on Useful things, even if thtj ™ 2n.» Senator Bacon, of Will, from the Com- Called ̂ poit to perform them.-tfam* mittee on Canals and Bivera. reported back. with the recommendation that it do pass, the , ________________ , ; bill providing for tne ceding of the Copperas » tl_ ius„« creek and Henrv dams and locks to the General Government. Billa were iutmluced as follows: V IT !• a pity that politicians can't paint || town red without rubbing their nosss is ifc.