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AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. I1TTBKKSTIHO ITEMS GATHXKED . tBOM VARIOUS SOURCES. •• What Oar neighbors Are Pcilm Matters «f General wed Local latereet -- Mm- ', rtag»9 AND Pwthi ACOLD--to MH! (MM* --JPeraojsai Polatm. ' , --A breaeh-of-promise soil haa been p; 1 begun in Galena which for novelty oom- h pletely puts that of Baby Arbuckle and • • hia Nemesis in the shade. The com- ?'*' plaipant is Louisa Lehrman, a widow, - , aged nearly 70 years, who sues Samnel 'Xi~ ~ Cunningham, a wealthy and eccentric old - " bachelor, who made his money in early days in California, and who has reached ^.'1/ the age also of three score and 'ten with l-" . oat ever having previously been entangled Y*: f bJ Cupid's wiles. Mrs. Lehrman sues for -J 910,000, and alleges that Canningham • the defendant, has been making love to : her, and finally obtained a < promise of § marriage from her, while paying frequent trips of late to the cemetery near her % house, where he has a monument in pro- cess, of erection, which is to be in memo­ ir » , ry of himself when dead. The best conn sel in Galena has been retained on both ' --TIM State Dental' Association has fe.. . just held its annual meeting at Quincy ^ ,4. The .following papers were read: B. D Wikoff, of Chicago, "Gold and Porcelain Crown;" A. W. Harlan, of Chicago, "Cases of Fyarrhea AlveoUris;" C. N & ' - Johnson, of Chicago, "Preparing Boot ^ Canals for Pilling;" H. H. Fitch, of >* ^ • Pekin, "Filling Boot Canals;" J. W. Car ^ v « many, Mount Carroll, "Filling difficult canities in lower second and third molars without the aid of the rubber dam, usitag a very simple appliance to hold the nap kin and tongue in place;" T. W. Brophy Chicago, "Crystalloid Gold Filling;" G V.. Black, Chicago, "Porcelain set with gold as a filling for labial surfaces." --Bernard Curley, who for many years was a miner and smelter at Galena, was found dead-in his bed. Dteeased was about 75 years of age. t < •--The tenth annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association was held at the Palmer House, Chicago! 'last week, about 125 members from all parts of the country being present. The annual report of W. C. Snow, Secretary and Treasurer, showed the membership at time of last report to be 1,044; admit ted since, 67; reinstated, 8; total, 1,119. Dropped for non-payment of dues, 77: died, 12; total, 89; present membership 1,030. Honorary membership, 15. The officers elected for the ensuing year were President, M. S. Gibson, Preble House; Portland, Ore.; Secretary and Treasurer, W. C. Snow, of Chicago. --The lines of the Wabash Bailway east of the Mississippi Biter, together with the rolling-stock and equipments were sold to the purchasing committee of Wabash Western bondholders for $15,- 550,000. The sale was an interesting incident in the history of American rail- i? ways. --A-Chinese theatrical oompany is pre­ senting Oriental drama to the Mongolians | of Chicago. | --The first official act of Public Printer Palmer was to appoint W. H. Collins of 'Illinois chief bookkeeper, vice F. V, ^ Booth, resigned. | --An instance of fhe terrible effects of alcohol, when taken in excessive quanti­ ties, is related by the Chicago Tribune ."Tim Sullivan, 18 years old, brother of the saloon-keeper at No. 348 West Fif teenth street, died at 6:30 last night from an overdose of bad whisky. Sullivan and a young man named Tom Curry, of •No. 811 West Fifteenth street, had been engaged bf the former's .^brother to move a whisky barrel ;f into the cellar." They found bucketful of liquor in the barrel, ; and repaired to the rear of No. 356 West "Fifteenth street to drink it. They emp­ tied the bucket between them and were soon in a state of drunken hilarity. This . igave way to a stupor, and later on to con­ vulsions. When the young men were found they were lying insensible on the " ground. Their features were horribly dis­ torted, and they were twisting and writh- , ing their limbs as if in great agony. Sul­ livan died two hours after taking the first drink. Curry, who is 19 years old, lie still alive, but be is in a critical condi­ tion and was not expected to live through . jthe night. At the coroner's inquest, Dr. , St. Oyr explained that Sullivan's death was caused in this manner: Charcoal is put in whisky to absorb the fusel oil and other impurities. What the boys drank was the residue of the whisky, and the charooal in it contained the accumulated and concentrated impurities of nearly the whole barrel." --Almost the entire side of the publie equare at Greenfield, Greene County, has been destroyed by fire. The buildings and most of the stocks of the following merchants were a total loss: P. Bauer, 'boots and shoes;, Maggie Edwards, millinery; Liles <fc Stock, groceries; Charles Meng, general store; Greene A Dixon, clothing. Three other stores wen badly damaged. The losses will foot up #18,000, with insurance of about $9,000. The fixe was of incendiary origin and was started at several points with oily waste taken from car-wheels. --Patrick Ford, a man of 63 years, in a fit of insane jealousy shot and instantly killed his young and pretty wife at Chi­ cago. The tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs. Madden, the young wife's sister. After firing two bullets into the body of his wife, one of which pierced her heart, he turned his weapon on himself and fired three times, one of the shots taking affect in his left breast near the heart, inflicting a fatal wound. The oouple had been married but a few months. Jealousy caused the tragedy. --The Society of the Logan 163, who elected Senator Logan to the United States Senate after the memorable strug­ gle four years ago, will hold its annual reunion at the Leland Hotel, Springfield, May 22. There are twenty of that 103 in the present Legislature--twelve in the Senate and eight in the House. Senator Bogardu8 is President of the association, and Senator Fuller is Secretary. --Mrs. Anna Ashby, of Louisville, Clay County, recovered her little four- year-old gitl in Cairo last week. The (0hild was abducted several months ago If her divorced hash--d. - - .<• » v • --John Williamson, a brick-layer, so. oomplished a peculiar feat of pedestrian* •* Bock Island. He started to Walk to and fro from one side of the street to the other for thirty-six hours, carrying a four and a half pound brick in each hand,, which he had to place on the side of the' •treat, raise himself to full height, pick up the bricks, and going across repeat the performance on the opposite side. He was to continue for the full period, being allowed one hour for meals every six hours, and an intermission of fifteen minutes every three hours. Williamson tramped all night and both days, part of the time through a driving rain, finishing shortly before dark on the second day. Interest in his undertaking grew rapidly and crowds were constantly in attend- ance, a great deal of money changing hands on the result, a large part of which Williamson received. A brass band was on hand when he finished, and though his feet were covered with blisterq, his legs and hands frightfully swollen, he of­ fered to continue his walk twelve hours more but was not allowed to.* A leading physician pronounces it a remarkable test of physical strength, endurance, and grit. --At the annual meeting of the Chi­ cago, Burlington and Quincy Bailway, held in Chicago last week, the Old Board of Directors was re-elected. Richard Olney was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sidney Bartlett. --Attorney General Hunt has filed a petition to the June term of the Supreme Court, Central Grand Division, for a re­ hearing in the general banking law case decided reoently by that court. The Attorney General refers especially to that part of the decision which covers section 11 of the general banking law. This sec­ tion classifies the towns and cities of the State, and designates the minimum oapi- tal of banks organized in them. The court held this to be obnoxious to the constitutional prohibition against special legislation. The petition quotes previous, decisions of the same court to show it is not, and, further, that if it is, it is not such special legislation as falls within the constitutional prohibition. The petition concludes as follows: "Inasmuch as that part of the opinion in this case, which deolares the classification of eection 11' special legislation, was not fully argued on the hearing of this case; and inas-, much as Buch holding is not necessary even for granting the writ prayed for, we submit it should not stand as the de­ clared law on this subject. This matter should be left open so that the General Assembly may, by the passage of an act, provide such minimum tfmit of capital stock for different classes of cities of the State as, in the judgment of the General Assembly, business experience has shown; to be necessary and the public good may. require." , j --At a joint meeting of the miners and. operators of the Springfield district, held in the city of Springfield a few days since, the existing differences were satisfacto­ rily adjusted by the adoption of the fol­ lowing scale: From May 11 to Oct. 1, 1689, 55 cents per ton; from Oct. 1, 1889, to May 1, 1890, 60 cents per ton. In ad­ dition to this all the mines are to have a oheok weighman paid through the office and a seven-eighths screen. --The stocks of grain in Chioago ele­ vators and afloat are 3,611,226 bushels of wheat, 1,939,985 bushels of corn, 4,163,- 545 bushels of oats, 685,886 bushels of rye, and 47,065 bushels of barley. Total, 10,447,706 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 9,367,127 bushels a year ago. --The authorities of Chicago are look­ ing into the Cook County Insane Asylum abuses, which, according to the city pa­ pers, are of a shocking nature and of long standing. --The Penitentiary Commissioners are' somewhat disturbed over the Miller re­ form bills now in the Senate. These are so certain of passage that the Commis­ sioners are ready to support them, but the Chester Commissioners say that in view of the changes to be made in that institution in making it a reformatory they will need an extra appropriation. This change will rob the prison of its self-supporting labor and there will have to be money appropriated to make the ex­ periment a suocess. The Commissioners have induced Mr. Miller and Senator Chapman to amend the bills so, that the Board of Commissioners shall be consol­ idated twice a year, for to have the Gov­ ernor who is an ex-officio member, meet with them once a month, would require too much of his time. There may yet be an effort made to reduce the consolidated board to three meetings instead of seven. --In the Federal Court at Springfield, the ruling of the Bench sustained Judge' Allen's action in the issue of an order in favor of John Ench, who has judgment from the lower courts against the receiver of the Wabash Bailxoad for $2,500 for bodily injuries. The road will have the claim to pay, provided the Supreme Court •hall sustain the decision of the lower courts. --Miss Belle Johnson, of Chicago, who has been chief soprano soloist in Dr. Scudder's church, has accepted the offer of the East End Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., at a salary of $2,000 a year. --William Aneals and Louis Stormer, sons of prominent citizens living near Cliola, Adams County, were arrested and taken to Quincy, charged with being the men who attempted to assassinate James Knox. They were released on $10,000 bail each. In the afternoon Knox rtas sitting in his home at Cliola, when two masked men entered with drawn revol­ vers and fired at him, one of the bullets hitting him in the face, inflicting a dan­ gerous wound. Spite was ' supposed to be the motive. --In the great Chicago fire the father, mother and sister of Miss Elizabeth Hyde lost their lives. From that time until within a few days Miss Hyde, who has been a resident of Bloomington for yean, had not seen her only living sister. Last week her sister paid her a visit, and she wap so affected by. the meeting that she lost her mind and became a raving ma­ niac. She was adjudged insane, and was taken to the asylum. --George Watson, about twenty yean ago a well-known figure in Chicago busi­ ness and financial circles, died at his res- ifenoe in Sraneto*. QUBEB CURES FOR WABT8. ill rhiinri' H'tllfiil ••pet slltlom* Motion* Thai Prevail ia the Funny South. "The best cure on earth for a wart," said Capt. Mercer a few days ago, "is on© plat an old negro woman told me about a long time ago." "How's that?" "She told me to remember some morn­ ing early, when I was gathering^ beans in the swamp, and take a bean leaf and rub the wavt smartly with the rough side of the leaf. I was to rub the wart just as long as I could stand it, and in a week from that time, if I had not told anybody about it, the wart, would go •way." "Did you try it?" • 1 ^ "Yes, sir, and that Waft w«ai away, too." "I never found but one remedv for a wart," said Mr. Oscar Hail. "An old negro woman gave me the recipe when I was a little boy, and it's the only cure I ever found. "She told me to 'go to the oornfield some evening during the full of the moon and find an ear of red corn. You know the cob is red when the grain is red. I was to shock and shell the ear of corn and then rub the wart with the 00b. I was to look at the moon, not at the wart or the cob and rub just as hard and as long as I could stand it. If I took sviv eyes away from the mdbn it would spoil the remedy. Whe-t the wart became sore and stinging I was to throw down the cob, and in five days from that time tha wart would, be gone." "How did it work?? 'V * : > ' .•> "Inside of five days the wart "was gone. I had tried fifty# remedies to get rid of that wart, and nothing else had over done any good." "I never found but one thing that oould do any good for a wart or oorn," said Patrolman W. Gk Cooper. "What's that?" "A snail," said the Patrolman, sol­ emnly. There was an embarrassing silenoe for a little while, and then the policeman continued: "Here one time I was digging potatoes in my garden. My com kept hurting until just I took off my shoe and lay down on my back in a grassy place in • the shade. The corn kept hurting and I was getting desperate about it when I noticed a snail crawling along near me. I remembered what an old negro told me years before, and caught the wnail and began rubbing the corn with it. I broke the shell and continued the rub­ bing until the pain stopped. I have never been troubled with that oorn from that day to this, and before that it had troubled me night and day for months. It's the only cure for corns, and it's a mighty good remedy for warts too." "There's only one cure for a wart," said Patrolman Frank Christophiue. " What ia it ?" * "A darky told me about it. He said to remember some night when the moon was full and to go directly west. Then I was to stop, looking at the moon all the time, and stoop down and pick up whatever my hand happened to touch first. I remembered it one night when I wa? going out Marietta street. I stooped down, looking up at the moon all the time, and picked up a small stone. Then I rubbed the wart until it began to bleed and then threw down the stone. All the time I was rubbing the •jvart I was still looking at the moon. In less than a week from that night the wart was gone. That was a regular seed wart and I had been trying to get rid of it for a long time. That's the only remedy I ever found for warta."-- Atlanta Constitution.. , ' Beet Sagar. The simple and inexpensive methods adopted in the German factories have made the beet sugar manufacture one of the most profitable industries, and the work goes on day and night, at' a prime cost for conversion of $2 per ton of beets, or 1 cent per pound of sugar, not estimating the cost of the beet root, but including labor and all materials used, like coal, coke, lime, charooal, wear and tear, and interest on l the invested capital. The monthly disburse­ ments of such an establishment exceed $60,000, and gives employment krthou- sands of wage-earners in direct and col­ lateral industries. One sugar corpora­ tion in France reported a net profit de­ rived from the manufacture of beet Bugar a few years ago of $2,000,000, and the season did not extend beyond 120 days. Under these new conditions the production of beet sugar in Continental Europe has doubled in the last decade: and, after the home populations are sup- Slied, the surplus is exported to Great tritain and the United States, reducing the price of sugar in the markets of the world more than 50 per cent. The sugar refineries of this country use the beet and cane sugar indiscrim­ inately in the manufacture of the block BUgar of commerce, and the family gro­ cer sells the imported refined beet sugar at a price from 25 to 50 per cent above the price of cane sugar. Before our late war Louisiana pro­ duced more sugar than Germany; and although the beet-sugar industry in the latter country was greatly stimulated by the high prices of sugar prevailing in­ cident to the entire destruction of the cane-sugar industry of the United States, yet as late as 1875 the empire produced only 2,500 tons, while for the year 1888 a production of 1,300,000 tons of sugar and saccharine resultants is, recorded.--A. H. lAlmy in Popular Monthly. She Prayed for Patiesoe. A preacher's wife, living on West Pine street, tells of an interesting ex­ perience she had with her little 3-year- old daughter a few days ago. She was about to go visiting and dressed up her baby in a clean, white dress. Just pre­ vious to their departure, the little one I ran out in the kitchen and began play- I ing with large chunks of coal. She 1 was soon in anything but a nice oondi- | tion for visiting. The mother had not discovered the state of affairs, but called her from another room. No answer came and naturally she became some- j what alarmed. She rushed into the kitchen in an excited frame of mind. I The baby fully thought her time had I come. She knew she had violated her j mamma's orders. Then she thought of what her papa did under such circum­ stances. She clasped her little hands and looking upward said, "O Lord, give --give--give us patience, quick I" *" 1 If the mother had thought of whip- ping he,r she suddenly changed her mind. She was compelled to laugh outright.--St. Louis Star sayings. A Neat Use of the Diamond Spark. Tiny diamond sparks are being used effectively by way of simple ornamenta- I tion. They are set in, silver, and a sin­ gle row worn about the throat looks like a continuous line of light. A sea­ son's debutante wore at a late dinner- 1 dance a costume of tulle, from its pecu­ liar lustrans, - silvery quality oallod | "moon tulle." A fine strand of diam< sparks encircled her slender whil throat: three or four of the same jeweled silver threads were t about her arms; the several small wrought-silver combs that caught her dark coils of hair were likewise bedia- moned, and wee gems sent their irides­ cent gleams from the tips of her dainty satin shoes. Debutantes are not sup­ posed to borrow their brilliancy from gems; but so delicately were these sparkles added that they seemed quite in keeping with the wearer's youth and freshness.--Table Talk. --^ Scientific Experiments. An interesting home-made method of natural decorations consists simply in taking a glass or goblet and placing in the interior a little common salt and water. In a day or two a slight mist wiir be seen upon the glass, which hourly will increase until in a very short time the glass will present a very beauti­ ful appearance, being enlarged to twice its thickness and covered with beautiful salt crystals, packed one upon another like some peculiar fungus or animal growth. A dish should be placed be­ neath the glass, as the crystal will run over. The color of the crystals may be changed by placing in the salt and water some common red ink or a spoon­ ful of bluing; this will be absorbed and the white surface covered with exquisite tints. No inore simple method of pro­ ducing inexpensive or beautiful orna­ ments can be imagined, and by naing different shapes and vases and shades an endless varieties of beautiful forms can be produced. The glasa should be placed v&iere there is plenty of warmth and sunlight. Another scientific experiment which may interest some of the older as well as the younger members of the family mav be made by suspending from the ceiling a thread which has previously been soaked in very salt water and then dried. To this fasten a light ring and announce that you are about to burn the thread without making the ring fall. The thread will burn, it is true, but the ashes it leaves are oomposed of crystals of salt and their cohesion is strong enough to sustain the light weight of the ring attached to the thread. Another form of the same experi­ ment is to make a little hammock of muslin to be suspended by four threads, and after having soaked this in salted water and dried it as before directed, to place in it an empty egg-shell. Set the hammock on fire; the muslin will be consumed and the flame reach the threads whioh hold it without the egg falling from its frail support. With great care you may succeed in perform­ ing the experiment with a full egg in place of an empty shell, taking the pre­ caution, however, to have it previously hard boiled, that you may escape an omelet in case of failure. Anot er curious experiment is that of putting an egg into a bottle without breaking the shell. Soak the egg, which must be fresh, for several days in strong vinegar. The acid of the vinegar will eat the lime of the shell so that while the egg looks the same it is really very soft. Only a little care is required to press the egg into the bottle. When this is done fill it half full of water and let it stand. The shell will absorb the lime and become hard again, and after the iime water is poured off you have the curious spectacle of an egg the usual size in a small-necked bottle, which will be great puzzle to those who do not understand how it is done. The Future of China. 1A prediction is going the rounds of the papers that a time will come when the hundreds of millions of the Chinese Empire will become aggressive, learn the arts of war by land and sea, raise an immense army, build the greatest navy on the face of the waters, and wage war against the civilized world, especially America. This is putting a rather low estimate on the great Yankee Nation, foj; it is intimated that the Chinese may be able to whip us into submission as the Goths and Vandals subdued Europe. Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese Premier, puts another construction on the ambition of China. The New York World reports an interview where the great Chang gave a more peaceable forecast of the future of China. He predicted--in very good English, too-- that in fifty years the empire will be covered with railways as with a net; its immense mineral resources will be de­ veloped ; it will have rolling mills and furnaces, and with its cheap labor and cheaper products it may do the manu­ facturing for the world. Since then the "go slow" element has got the predonderance in China and has converted the young Emperor to the belief that all innovations must be an evil. So no railroads will soon be constructed. This inert policy will work against Li Hung Chang's views, but when all things are ready for it, what can hinder the Chinese from manufacturing and competing in all the world's markets? They can work at lower wages and can furnish raw ma­ terial and manufactured goods at a fig­ ure that will shut off foreign trade from all other countries and perhaps will in­ vade them with their goods.--Portland Oregonian. Lost in New York. The other day as I was walking in Wall street I met Grover Cleveland and Col. Daniel S. Lamont swinging along to their offices, writes a New York correspondent. I had the curios­ ity after saluting them to stop and watch their retreating forms in order to discover whether they were recog­ nized by the crowds they were passing through. They were not. It seems that they seldom are. The only time when the ex-President is recognized is when he is seated for a number of min­ utes in a home car or an elevated train. Then some one is apt to place his features and whisper the news among the rest. If the ride is as long as from Wall 3treet to their hotel at Twenty-eighth street it usually (happens that good Democrats or mugwumps touch their hats or stop and shake hands as they are passing out. Mrs. Cleveland is far freer from this sort of attention. She is not recognized on the streets, and I hear of her being at three places to every one she is mentioned as going to. It certainly is a great town for losing one's self in.--New York let­ ter* • • • derived )LN CHARGED WITH VIOLA' TING HIS OATH. ^ bored and fallacious attempt to and other West Point officers x army who broke their oaths over to the support of th«T 'onfederacv at the opening of ilders' rebellion, the Richmond tch says: "Mr. Lincoln posi­ ted his oath of office when he egroea free." Rebel assertions mot b# suffered to pass tin re- en Mr. Lincoln assumed the >6 Presidency he took an oath , protect, and defend the Con- the United States, and "that n declared that he should that the laws be faith- t^^B^^ftecuted." Early in his was confronted with armed to the enforcement of I^H^^lof the United States in the section of the Union. The other property of the United seized, its flag torn down, and ;y defied by lawless insurgents, enforce the laws of the United mantain the national authority nt was required to use military as Commander-in-chief of the s invested with all the powers the laws of war as recognized lized nations. The laws of ar everywhere recognize the fiscate the property of insur- where slavery exists to free s. There is not the slightest the emancipation of the slaves per, legitimate and justifiable exerciSS"of the war power. During peace the President could not confiscate property or free slaves, but in a time of secession and rebellion against the national authority, when the war powers of the Constitution came into operation, he could do both to any extent thought necessary. He could confiscate the muleB, wagons, and provisions of the insurgents, and for the same reason could take their slave property away from them. There was no peculiar sanctity a&out al­ leged slave property that exempted it from the laws or war which apply to all other property. The proclamation of emancipation was issued solely as a war measure, and so stated, and was made to apply only to the States and parts of States then in rebellion against the United States. Parts of the slavehold- ing South then inside the Union liues and not in actual rebellion were exempted from its provisions, so careful was Presi­ dent Lincoln to keep within the war powers of the Constitution. The proc­ lamation did not free the slaves in Mis­ souri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, or in any locality where rebellion did not successfully prevail. Fortv-eight coun­ ties now belonging to West Virginia, seven counties of Virginia, and thirteen parishes in Louisiana were excepted as not being in actual rebellion. To claim that "Lincoln violated his oath" when he merely exercised a just, necessary, and proper war power in putting down the rebellion, sav­ ing the Union, and enforcing obedience to the national laws by depriving in- snrgents of their slave property is mon­ strous. Ample warning was given, and if the rebels had laid down their arms and ceased making violent resistance to the laws of the United States and returning to their allegiance, their slaves would not have been taken. Complete justification for the proclamation of emancipation was made when Lincoln stated in the pre­ amble that it was issued "by virtue of the power in him vested as Comnjfttider-ia= chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States and as a fit and neces­ sary war measure for suppressing said rebellion." Lincoln broke no oath, but he would have been criminally derelict in duty if, attempting to save the cursed thing--slavery--he had lost the Union.-- Chicago Tribune. OUFI BASE-BALL LETTEK. ILLINOIS LAW-*, HAINRPATIOI'S jTOTKS ADD OBBB*. •ATSONS Of XHB GAMK. His Bfttfmat« er the Stw«Rfh of the TfcrtMt League Teams--The Western Clubs Now Traveling with Their Kastora Rivals--. |Tti© Marti Fight in frospaot [CHICAGO COBBEstOKn&KCB.] Warm weather and sunny skies have re­ turned to gladden the heart of the base­ ball crank in every State in the Union, and summer has now come to stay, and with tt the base-ball championship of 1889. The real fight between the big profes­ sional teams--the fieht which shall deter­ mine the location of League and Associa­ tion championship pennants this fall, as well as that of innumerable minor organ­ ization flags--began during the last days ol April, and now the teams are just begin­ ning to settle down to an earnest realisa­ tion of the hard light ahead of them. Of course some oi the teams which have forged ahead during the open­ ing weeks of the season may fall down under the continued strain of a long campaign, and others, which have stumbled a bit at the start, may find themselves play- lug steadier ball as the season progresses. Btill the results of the past two weeks ol play are fairly indicative of the playing strength of the contesting teams, and con­ sequently of the character of contest which lovers of the pama may expect to witness. In the League the prospects for a close and determined race were never better. The close of the third week in tho race finds the teams most interestingly bunched. Boston and Philadelphia are tied for the lead, with New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Pittsburg following' so closely in the order named that a game or two either way might easily reverse the positions of tho en­ tire list. And what ball the boys are playingl Few seasons among those past have witnessed or recorded a start in which the work has been of so uniformly a high character. Boston and New York have been playing ball with clinched teeth. In a desperate endeavor to hold first place, and New York succeeded in doing so up to the close of the third week in the race, when Boston, with Clarkson and Bennett, in the points, beat the Giants and won the victory that sent them ahead of the Gothamites. In the meantime, however. Philadelphia had been Setting iD some tall work, and although loston left New York behind it was com­ pelled Immediately to look horns with Harry Wright's team for first place. And perhaps Philadelphia is not putting upa garnet There is a team which is liable to play sad havoo with the calculations of some of the cracks this season, just as it did last season and season before. BufTlnton and Clements promise io prove as great a bat­ tery this year as Clarkson and Bennett or Keefe and Kwing, while the regular in and outfields are playing just the kind of ball to raise a grand stand off its feet with en­ thusiasm and excitement, and, what is more important, just the kind of ball to win games. The tour around the world which Wood and Fogarty made with the Spalding party last winter seems to have made 50 per cent, better ball-players of them this year than they were last. During the sea­ son of 1888 they were hard to beat as out­ fielders, but now George Wood 1b play- ins the infield as well as he ever played the out, and Fogarty's work in center is unprecedentedly brilliant in char­ acter. Big Thompson, of last year's De- troits, is pluying bis customary hard-hit­ ting and rel able fielding game in the out­ field. while Farrar at first and Mulvey at third are playing a game with twenty per j cent more snap in it than it had last "year. I There has been some little trouble recently between Captain Irwin and Manager Harry Wright, with the result that Irwin de­ manded his unconditional release, and has j not played with tho team during the past ' three or four games. This, however, will doubtless soon be ubridged, and Irwin will play short for the Phillies this season as ne has done for seasons past. Philadel­ phia is strong--much stronger this year than last, and should land very near the top of the lint when the season closed, while it will be very sure to make every game it plays an interesting one lor its opponents. New York should play no weaker game this year than it played last, but it will have stronger opponents to face. With Keefe and Welch and Crane as regular pitchers, EwSng as the back-stop,Conr er.llichardson. . VcUtWBUI'll nw operators of coal min**, qaarrii offered an amendment '^ridtng tl ahouw not be construed to prohiett I of contracts for the payment of ML". ar intervals of time. The aBMaukttSI featedt, and after one or two otl tempts to amend, the Mil was 1 for third reading. The bill was reported back from Committee, and, on motion at Mill an, was made a special » Bona*, tor the laat time, called that body to order. after the raamng of the joai , Mr. Partridge to the chair, and. willing' tatter's desk, sent the following < to the Clerk's desk : "To the honorable members of the TfOti--Sf TT1111 reaeontatlves of the Thirty-sixth sembly of the State of Illinois : "It is with feeling* of deep regret ttni I ton- --BT my resignation as Speaker < ~ * " body. In so doing 1 desire to * der my resignation as Spe aker of your I body. In so doing 1 desire to extend to yoa nur sincere thanks for the cordial support wUekfSa IS have given me as your prmidfng aSifK. without -which my efforts would have atraflsa nothing. The experiences of tt* ' MTTFC tew months have been in many faspaeta the most memorable and pleasing ct my Hf« MMI it is niy hope that when we meet again we will' meet as friends. My new duties <MBMBA immediate attention. This I ngwt vary m as it was my desire to remain with jroa 1 final adjournment. Be teinM thai *en \ take to your several homes my beat wftHMSI kindest regards. I have the honor to be, flSnfl men, your obedient servant, A. C. ICATTunM** motion of Mr. Paddock, the flillri 1 il 'il resignation was accepted and oritnad tt Iss spread upon the journal. In a few ampcops'i- ate remarks ex-Speaker Matthews tSmm la nomination Hon. James H. at, Stark, as Speaker to fill ant the uneKpired tenn. The nomination was seconded far Mr. CooJpy, of Enox. Mr. Morris, at Irocraon, CM. behalf of the Democratic side, placed in aflimt- nation, in a brief but eloquent •liwiidi ftrflm Clapton E. Crafts, of Cook. The roll w ' and Mr. Miller received ft1 rotes and 4 Mr. Miller was declared dulv fleeted. Miller, on assuming the chats, t.frmwfcai House for the honor conferred wptytl Mak! and asked the co-operation of in th© expediting of business < few remaining days of the session. bill amending the law in regard to t power of horse and diaumv railways was passed. After considerable debate" Mr. Eddy's bulxnak- ing appropriation to the Soldiers' Olrptans' Home and authorizing it to convey oertain real estate was passed l>v a large vote. TteMH In­ troduced by Mr; AVilke. of WilL to the law in regard to reads and hridgee in under township organization was pansod by unanimous consent. Mr. Buchanan's biA in Il­ lation to the organization and government at accident insurance companies was also ; Commissioner Tanner on Pensions® Corporal Tanner, in his eloquent speech ; ?the other day, before the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, Tenn., gave some * very significant figures going to illustrate Whitney, and John Ward in the infield, and the too niggardly pensions allowed to SJattery, Tiernan. Wore, and O'Kourke all laraa claaaea nf the TTninn nnl<H«r« 1 playing the game of their lives in the out, :*«§? 0IMSM or "• UnHm «©ldier«. He , Sew York should be a considerable shade • I stronger than it was last year. We hear a great deal to-day about the , If Boston's talent gets down to the team pension list of the United States. It is a < work of which it is capable, however, New great list. I am here to assert that it is a York will by no moans have iJiiyfg its cwn ... roil of honor. Among tho scores of thous- way. Tho "Hub" undoubtedly lias the 'discussion, and* who are upon that roll of honor there weightiest aggregation of batting talent in are 33,871 none of whom draws from the the country. It has all of the flower of the treasury of the United States $3.76 per ' old Detroit cannonaders, in addition to its month; 387 of them draw $2.75 per month; 1 original battery strength of '88. and either °f them drawf^per month j thirty-eight aggregation was alone capable of doing ' capital ' question of ex- Mansion dturtng of them draw $2,663^ per month; seven of them draw $2.6ti per month; two of them draw $2.60 par month; four of them draw $2.25 per month; three of them draw $2.12% per month; 31.502 of them draw $2 per month; two of them draw $1.87 per month, and 183 of them draw $1 per month. It is the Commissioner's idea that "no man who wore the blue and laid it off in honor should ever feel the necessity ofj or be compelled to crawl under the roof of an almshouse for shelter." He believes no man ought to be upon the pension roll of tbe United States for less than $1 a week, though he might, in making the assertion, wring from some the prayer, "God help the surplus!" It has been tbe custom to use technicalities agsiiitit the pensioners' claim, and require them to make their title clear, but Commis­ sioner Tanner would have this practioe reversed and have the authorities devote a little time, at least, to help the claimants, who in the past did not hesitate to help the country In its hoar of diie need. He claimed that it was the religious duty of Southern States to provide by legislative enactment for the necessities of their soldiers in their declining years, and vol­ unteered the opinion that "every comrade who wore the Union blue, and since the war has cast his lot among you, whose material possessions are with you, will cheerfully submit to his pro rata share of all taxation which may be necessary in these States to see that the wolf of want •nd gnawing of hnnger shall be kept from the homes of the men who, on hun­ dreds of battle-fields, felt the horrors of war t© the last extremity." Though not in all respects in accord with the opinions of his audience Mr. Tanner's speech was received with evident satisfaction and up. Elease, and he was awarded a beautiful onquet oi Southern roses, from the bend* of a Southern lady.--Madison (Wit.) Journal. Well, Hardly. Interviews with members of the Demo­ cratic National Committee, printed in the World, show that Calvin S. Brice is well backed for the vacant Chairmanship of the committee. Can the Democratie party --tbe snpposed foe of monopolies and the rising plutocracy--hope to make a sac- cessfol fight under the iield-niarshalship of a millionaire railway magnate!--NtsW York World (Dem.) Sonthera Methods ia New York. The recent Democratic election frauds at Watervliet, N. Y., were worthy of Arkansas. In one district where the offi­ cial (Democratic) return showed only eighty-seven Republican votes, over 200 qualified electors have already testified ander oath that they put Bepubliean bal­ lots in the box.--Hartford Cour ant. i <* - » ' 4. t \ > '-.•l4 • > - - v 1 v.. Pk 1 .r»\M } r " viz THB theory that tetanus from the horse--as charbon, rabies and glanders are communicated from the lower animals to man--was first ad­ vanced in 1885 by Prof. Yerneuil, who believes he has now fully substantiated this view. The malady appears to be due to a bacillus,--which may come from the animal direct, or may lie dor­ mant in pastures, stables, harnesses or carriages,--giving rise to the locked?* jaw and other symptoms on falling upon a wound on other surface fayorahle for- . „ , - "t - . :^- THB Atlanta Constitution is excited over the report that President Harrison will select a Pennsylvania man to fill a place on the bench in Florida, and revives one of its old editorials on carpet-bag rule in the South. The Constitution found DO fault with carpet-bag rule in Dakota and other sections of the West when President Cleveland sent New York men oat there to act as Governors, sit on the bench as Judges, and hold all the other offices. Mr. Grady is always sensitive when it is his own bull1 that is gored.-- filter Ocean. JOSEPH COOK says: "The saloon is in the saddle." He must hare heard j mme one speak of a pony of good work with tho stick. United thoy should be able to make any pitcher nervous. Pittsburgh is much stronger than it was a year ago. Its pitchers are in better trim, and Mill ler and Carroll are catching a great game, while in the accession of Ned Han- 1 Ion, the old center fielder and captain of the Detroits, the team has greatly strength­ ened its outfield and added to its base-run­ ning talent I Cleveland, the baby of the League, is playing good ball--surprisingly good ball, when it is considered that it jumped into the League ranks upon comparatively short notice, and with but little or none of the seasoned talent ol tho team whose franchise it purchased. Altogether, Cleveland's start has been far more auspicious than that of either Washington or Indianapolis. Ot the last named teams, Washington can scarcely be considered in the race, although Indianapolis is playing fairly good ball. Just why Washington should have made so poor a start is a question. Its young Pres­ ident is ambitious, and has worked hard to get a winning team together. He secured Morrill and Wise of Boston, and Healy of Indianapolis, and with these accessions . thought, as he was justified in thinking, that he had materially strengthened his nine. The team fell down la the opening game, however, and has not yet found its feet. I And Chicago! What about the team that has since the close of its last championship race encircled the globe in one of the most memorable trips in the history of celebrated tours, and which lias brought almost as many championship pennants to the Lake City as the other teams combined have taken away from it? Some changes have been made in it since last October. Bald­ win, Daly, Sullivan, and Pettit have been let go, and no new talent other than that engaged last fall has been secured. Presi­ dent Spalding, however, is of the opinion that none will be wanted. The absence of Williamson, of course, is being felt, and no matter who Anson may put in his place the team will not play Its best ball until the great short stop recovers from the injuries e received at Par;s and rejoins his fellow players. He is in >lew York still under i medical treatment and Ryan is meantime ! playing short quite creditably. The changes ' in the pitching rules and Williamson's ab­ sence worried the team not a little in the opening games of the season In the open­ ing series at Indianapolis. Pittsburg aad Cleveland, tho boys lost a majority of the games they olayed. but upon reaching Chi­ cago, for a series of four games with Pitts­ burg they braced up in u style that clearly showed what was in them, although they lost the first game of the four to "the Zulus," winning the remaining three with a margin that pretty well established their superiority in team work, battiujr and field­ ing. Duffy, Ityan, and Van Haltren are the regular outfield, and will play there so soon as Williamson resumes work or some one can be temporarily secured to take his place. Tho team's pitchers are young bat are showing up remarkably, and promise to mukc records in the box this year that will advance their individ­ ual reputations and materially increase the Chances of the team in the pennant race. The fight is now fairly under way and prom­ ises to grow more interesting with each succeeding week of the season. CHICAGO TEAM NOTES; George Van Haltren has developed Into a great outfielder a nd reliable batsman. Hugh Duffy is the funny man of the Chi­ cago team this year. He is also a great lit-' tie ball-player. Charley Farrell is not only distinguishing himself behind the bat. but in the field as welL Krock is pitching better this season than last. John Tener's trip abroadhas improved his plching and his fielding. Tommy Bums is playimt third in his effective style. Anson and his team are now playing ball on Eastern soiL They wtll not play ia Chi- THE only bit of business of ImpoitanM trans­ acted In either House or Senate on the ISttt irtsfc- was the notice of a motion to Moonsftdw the vote by which the Senate advanced, the Miller prison reformatory bill to a third ratdkf Sen­ ator Fuller made a format motion aad fieit ft Mt down for special hearing on the Slat In explanation of his action Hitnator Vtallsr saM the bill, if passed in its presant form, VDBU al­ most deplete the Joliet Penitentiary of ertml- nals, and three-fourths of them would 1b future be sent to Chester as flnt-tmnori and subjectn for reform. He deities to task SB ap­ propriation of #50,000 on to tbe bill in onr that Cheater may not be swamped wtth sdnft-i nals who are not self-auitatntng. 11M HMa extinguished the order of Senate en tMfc leading. Fuller's anti-food adatterattoB aieas. ' ure was sent to the comuiittae on iwtMary after a pretty briak fight between John Meyer of Cook,' who favored referment, and Mooney of WS and; Winer, both of whom desired tiw IssBiedtatei advancement of the bill to aooend UBIIIM The Senate amendment to the banking law watt or­ dered printed and sent to a second reading. Itj makes $25,000 the minimum amount of capital stock of any State bank. THE majority report on the penditureg in the Executive 1 Governor OgJesby's administration - by the Senate on the 14th inst. It declares ihat the expenditures were not excessive. minority report, which was rejected, dwilitrr * the expenditures excessive, and called for an in­ vestigation. Seuator Bean tried to have tbe rules suspended and the Merritt trust MB taken up, but the Senate refused. ' Committee on Agriculture reported t mittee bill comities under "rganfeation to donate money or real ssuslie for, the purpose of encouraging eoeator The House bill to prohibit the ae£T«rf adulterated lard was reported oat of th* flustiu Judiciary Committee with thn rnffommUldatioil that it pass. a!t»- it has been amended by strfll- ing out tho provision requiring the print! 13; of the formula. Mr. Carmody induced tb* Boaae Committee on Farm Drainage to reoomnMdd tbe passage of his Pulltuan ear regulator. It was' rcjectm! by the Committee on Corporations laat week, and Mr. Carmody Is theorigtnaldiscoverer of the coiinectlon between ileeping-ears and farm drainage. The Senate Jndloiary Committee re-, ported favorably the House bill defining the term of voluntary assignments and iti to include all conveyances made within forty days prior to assignment, and giving the County Court power to fully adjudicate d questions pertaining to such assignments. The House passed Mr. McCall'e bill amending- and revising the mining laws by a Dneatmons vote. The jury commission bill p vote of 89 to IS. The Judiciary COB to enable landlords to recover poi premises when the same are used tor tatiaSoral purposes was passed by a large majority, ftae bih making an appropriation for the Kankakee Insane Hospital was passed after eottsMHaMe discussion. The Senate Friibee-Breedea bill, amending and revising the pharmacy law, was read a second time. Several amendments : t • » KWBHMHW passed by a »nmtttee wll x>SS0Mfltt or were presented, but all promptly voted' down. Mr. Breeden addressed the flense Mtfl*' in behalf of the bill, and it WiwAsndtO third reading exactly a.-; it- peseed the BsOate. To flU1 the vacancies caused by the death of-Boa. S. 1L Haines, the Speaker appointed Hon. MatMever,' of Cook, a member of the iTndlniai 1 fluiiuiilties. and Hon. F. P. Morris, ot Iroquois, a member Of; the Committee on Corporations, Mr. Opoley succeeded in having the vote by wldeh tile' havings-bank blB failed to pass roormsldarod The House passed the bill appropriating ttfLOOO for ati anvlum erecti-d at Chester for the ma- inal insane. The bill extending the iwMWi<« of the Lincoln Park Commissioners SOOfeetinto the lake went through the House. THE Chicago drainage bill was sent to a tliUS, reading in the 8enate on the 15th by a vote at! 34 to 12. Despite the objection® of Senator Hmn- phrey and his attempt to have it referred first to the Committee on Judicial Departments.' and then to the Judiciary Committee, the Jury! commission bill was advanced to aseond read­ ing in the Senate. Senator Hamer tried to catt up out of its regular order and advance to third reading the bill repealing the act nesting Industrial Home for the Blind at Chicago, bat objections were made by Senator Burke, and the Senate refused to suspend the: rules. The bill appropriating .$50,(MB for tile! erection of a monument to tion. John A. T passed the House by a vote of 7T to :>L flvnDi ocrats--Medsrs. Farrell, O'Donnell.Paaoa^Ve aad Cochennour --voting with the BepnbUc The bill for the relief of the widow of wig 1 Swift passed the House, as did also that I 'dating $80,000 for the State militia. Dr.! syitHn bill appropriating .'£224,000 for of text-books, to IM> A^Teed on bgr the hasti at several State institutions, twas ordered to a! third reading. The Blair bill providing far a' State board of dentistry and Axing oertate fMM and other regulations was sent to the hone ywfl*{ THK House school law revision hill paeeedthe* House on the 16th inst. The followingmeealsoi passed : The bill appropriating $1£M)00 tiMi; Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary at 4 the bill appropriating &!(*>,000 to defray dinary expenses of the State Penitentiary at Joliet: the Senate bill appropriating tK^QIts the Soldiers' Orpheus' Home, and conveying cer­ tain real estate; the House bill repealing the astj of 1887 for the establishment of an Industrial Home fotfthe Bliml at Chicago, and mil»(ieii>l I log §100,000 therefor, was advanced to tlKhrdl reading. The House bill amending t)Mlawte MM latino to the incorporation of cities, Unrat villages was also advanced to a third In the House Mr. Reynolds' bill to $640 to t he heirs-at-ia« of Walter e^O again until JIMS 1. H8S J , . . i ' * ! . < 1 next week. MMiMfj HAIR •ceased, for damages caused bv reason Of the oVer the Illinois river near Henry, was pa by a large vote. Mr. Hurst's bill to allow TnfVl age to witnesses in Probate Courts, thr same as in County and Circuit Courts, was passed tar %' unanimous vote. The bill iutrodneed hf Nfe.; Anderson, amending the election law. mta. passed without objection. It requiree jnaaal of elections to make their returns "til the County Clerk within tWMSty-toor lumra after the election day. instead erf tali eight hours, as under the preeent law. aJ long discussion took place over Mr. geOniifT bill reducing the maximum rat*of interest firan' 8 to 7 per cent, per annum. The bill was finally passed by an almost unanimous vote--1Q0 ttlL Representative Carmody secured the pasSaat W his bill allowing prisoners, after being SSK- teuced, the time th«v may remain in j*1' as ~ ing action by the Supreme Court, proi however, that such time shall not months. ' Reflections of Frenchmen. fy" If von note all the details yoa fewe not seen the wholes J L The older a man becomes the BORI he has need of his mother. * Parents spoil the children, bat MMl spoil themselves unaided. V, Life is a great public paiJt where # is forbidden to gather flowers. > You speak well of your enemies, vtjgf are a god--or the eleverest man borau j Fortune has taken vou by the h&ni to lead you; feeling her hand in vonrffc? you think you are leading her. The experienced man who gives •#» vice to a youngster is like one w|i» would sow bread and expect it to reap grain. How weak words are, you say; yet, if you want to paint with them, or plajT a IkMle, or form a statue, true; but 1* «*!«»• a thought they MI jwiii.