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A w w l t t a i n f l e a l t t J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publish*. ILLINOIS. fTHB Kentville (N. EU Star tells a «iory of a man baying an orange for a f <Bck wife and returning it the next day --7 T»ith the startling announcement that M-as dead. It says the story is 'Vouched for. . ' SIXTY-FIVE years ago Emmons Badge arrested in Hartford, Ct., for sell- ice, as the doctors of the cit y had it was unhealthy to uae it. "The world do move," as the preacher, Jasper, says! NIGGER is not, as generally supposed, it corruption of negro, but it is regu- flirly developed from the earlier form of neger, which is derived through the French from the S panish-Portu- negro, from which the English taken directly. Nigger is English in form than negro and formerly and to some extent is still Vised without opprobrious intent; but its use is now confined to colloquial or Illiterate speech, in which it generally conveys more or less of contempt. Aese neg »egro is IN the manufacture of paper this ; country has been making tremendous strides during the last few years. The industry has been brought to suoh a high state of development, and the pro­ duction reduced so much in cost by im­ proved machinery and the successful <tee of wood pulp under a special pro- «es3, that a large export trade has been established, particularly with England. ^. market has also been found in Au- and elsewhere. AN exciting scene was witnessed on fiillswick, in Shetland. A large shoal of whales was observed sporting in the l>ay, and many boats were speedily manned and put off. After much trouble the whales were nearly all •driven ashore or killed, the total catch lyeing estimated at nearly one hundred 4^d sixty. Some of the whales were killed in deep water and sank, bat twenty came to the surface next morn­ ing and were secured. arise to prominence aud retire into obseurity since he was at the summit of his greatness. When he was Speaker of the House of Representatives, if the name of Ulysses S. Grant were men­ tioned, people would say: "Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant. I don't thinkl recall the name." There is no­ body who would make such a remark at present. Abraham Lincoln, at that time, had not made much of an im­ pression upon the country. Neither had Andrew Johnson, Butherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, or Benjamin Harrison. James Buchanan was then President, but now James Buchanan seems like one of the ancients. Through all the manifold vicissitudes of his life, Gen. Banks has manifested an invin­ cible geniality of temperament. He is one of the most courtly and courteous of men. They are talking of putting Gen. Banks on the retired list of the army. If they do not, he will run for Congress again. AT Pompeii some mural paintings of more than ordinary interest have re­ cently been disclosed, and the remark­ able diacoverv. lias been made of a house Ave stories high. The upper floor is profusely decorated, abd the principal hall displays on one wall the myth of Bellorophon, a nude figure, who, hold- ' ing with one hand the bridle of his horse, is in the act of receiving the letter and orders of King Prcetus, who is seated on a throne before him. The lower part of the house was used as a bathing establishment. MRS. MACKAT recently gave a concert in London* in honor of Princess Louise, but the royal guest never appeared un- "itl'-.ll. :45; when the concert had com- menc«d after long delay. Princess XouiaeX who has a genuine love for music, iK no consideration, calmly begged the'progrnm. might begin over Again. Of codefse a rcyal wish is always granted and the artists good naturedly -complied with the request. About 4 o'clock in the morning the affair termi­ nated, to everybody's relief, when it whs imxrelialely put on record as the longest musical session of the century. THE Anglo-Jewish Association gives A glowing picture of the condition of the Jews in Russia, wbich is growing from bad to worse. One of the worst features of their persecution is the re­ striction put upon education. Jewish students can only form 3 per cent, of the total number, even in places where the Jews form 75 per cent, of the total population, while the number of chil­ dren allowed by law to receive ele­ mentary education in schools is on ly 5 per cent, of the total number attending auch schools. The Jews are still pro­ hibited from holding arms or acting as •agricultural administrators, and those who inhabit villages are not permitted to migrate to rural districts. It is also proposed to exclude them fromthelegal ^nd engineering professions. IT is geneaally understood that the hair and nails grow faster in hot •weather than in cold, but, perhaps, few are aware that any temperature can impart so great a stimulus to the growth as Col. Pejevalsky, the Russian traveler, says the Cential Asian heat •did during his journey in those regions in the summer of 1889. In June the ground and the air became excessively hot, so great, indeed, as to render travel in the daytime impossible. Within a fortnight after this oppressive weather began it was noticed that the hair and beard of all the party were growing with astonishing rapidity, and, strangest of all, some youthful Cossacks, whose faces were perfectly smooth, developed Tespectable beards within the short period of twenty days. THERE is a bird's home and hospital in Oxford street where people can take their pets to be nursed and cared for, says a writer in the Pall Malt Budget. The proprietor says birds chiefly suffer from consumption and asthma--dis­ eases brought on by the birds being placed in draughty windows. Con­ sumption is helped on by the birds being indiscriminately fed on all sorts of things that are unsuitable for food. Birds are very fond of luxuries, and the more yon give them the more they will eat. When a bird is going off into consumption it is always eating. He pointed to one and said: "He is in a consumption, and he will be like a ball of down to-morrow--all puffed out. Physic will sometimes arrest the dis- MEXICANS are quick to call the law to their aid in cases of injury Teal or im­ agined. The story is told of an aristo­ cratic Don who rejoiced in a five-year- old law suit which had hitherto been maintained with great spirit on both skies. But at length he felt that his opponent's interest was failing, and he personally inquired as to the reason. The reply was lhat funds were ex­ hausted, whereupon the chivalrous Don exclaimed: "What! must a contest be­ tween two caballeros be stopped for lack of a few doubloons? Draw on me for what you want, and the suit shall go on merrily." They also tell a story of a sharp practitioner whose law library in­ cluded two vblumes only, both bound in white vellum with red edges and brazen clasps. One was large, and the law contained therein was rather dear; the other was small and advice ex­ tracted from its page3 was correspond­ ingly cheap. Clieut* had their choice and usually elected for the cheaper dose in the first i istance. As a result they often f mud themselves non-suited and harried back to the wily lawyer with fro h fees and with requests for further assistance on the larger scale. Double payments were much appre­ ciated by the man of la«r, and his two books brought him in the end a very handsome fortune. THROUGH THE SENATE. THE TARIFF BILL TO PASS ALMOST UNALTERED. ONE of the towns of Butland County* Vermont, Castle ton, enjoys the distinc­ tion of possessing the only manufactory of slate pencils in the United States. The slate rock, as it 6bmes from the quarry, is first sawed into blocks as wide as the slate pencil is long, the blocks being easily split into slabs a little thicker than the finished pencil, wbich is about five-sixteenths of an inch. These are passed through a planing machine and over an emery belt, which makes them even and smooth; next they are pushed into the jaws of a machine called a " crocodile,r consisting of a pair of steel plates, in the under one of which are six rows of curved knives, each being set so as to cut a little deeper than the preceding one; these plow out parallel grooves half way through the slab, which is then turned and laid on a steel plate having ridges which just fit the grooves, this sliding back under the six rows of teeth of another crocodile, which cuts the grooves on the other side and leaves the square pencils side by side; they are then rounded aud pointed by hold­ ing them on the emery belt, so that one man can sharpen about S.OOC c day. j The factory produces some 30,000 pen- | cils daily. Formerly pencils were made by sawing, one bv one, and then boxed and distributed among poor families, who whittled them round by hand for about 50 cents a thousand. GEN. N. P. BANKS was Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1856, thirty-four years ago, and now at the age of 74 he is a member of Congress. Gen. Banks has seen many public men Arte til u» Ward on the Census. Artemus Ward had an experience as census enumerator that will meet with the hearty sympathy of some of Super­ visor Murray's men. He related it as follows: The senses taker in our town bein' taken sick, he depertised me to go out for hiru one day, and as be was too ill to giv me inform ash un how to perceed 1 was consekently compelled to go it blind. Sittin' down by the roadside I drawd up the follerin' list of questions which 1 proposed to ax the people I visited: " What is your age ?" " Whar was you born ?" "Air you married, and if so, how do you like it ?" ~How many children have you, and do they sufficiently resemble you?" "Did you ever have the measles, and if so, how many "Have you a twin brother several years older than yourself ?" "How many parents have you?" "Do you read 'Watt's Ilims' reg'lar?" "Do you use bough ten tobacker?" "Wat's vour fightin' wate?" "Air you trubled with biles?" "How does your meersham culler?" "State whether you air blind, deaf, idiotic or got the heaves?" "Do you know any opry singers, and if so, how much do they owe you?" "What's the average of virtoo on the Ery Canarol?" "If 4 barrils of emptins pored onto a barn floor will kiver it hqw many plase can Dion Boucicault write in a year?" "Is beans a regular article of diet in your family ?" "How many chickens have you, oa foot and in the shell?" "Air you aware that Injianny whisky is used in New York shootin' galrys instid of pistil?, and that it shoo'ts furthest ?" " Was you ever at Niagrv Falls?" "Was you ever in the penitentiary?" "State how much j>ork, impondin' cryses, Dutch cheese, popler surventy, standard poetry, children's strainers, slave code, catnip, red flannel, ancient history, pickled tomatoes, old junk, perfoomery, coal ile, liberty, hoop- skirt, etc., you have on hand." But it didn't work. I got into a row at the fust house I stopt to with some old maids. Disbelievin' the answers they giv in regard to their ages, I en- devered to open their mouths and look at'their teeth, same as they do with hosses, but they floo into a violent rage and tackled me with brooms and sich. Takin' the senses requires experiunse, like any other bizness. --Philadelphia Call It la Kat "the McKinley BIO." bet » Measure lorttm United 9'atoa--Woolen, Linen, and Tin-Plate Industrie* 'Will Be Stiuwlattil. [Washington special.] Congressman McKinley, In an inter­ view hero, said: "I have not the slightest doubt that the tariff bill will pass the Senate, and judging from my last conversation with Aldrich and Sherman, I am of the opinion that very little alteration will be made from the way it was reported by the' House. There are some minor changes which, of course, will be made to it that cannot be foreseen, and we shall not be j able to tell just what the bill will be until its passage, which, I think, will not be later than the first of September. Of course it will receive a full and fair dis­ cussion. but the latter part of August will probably see the end of it. It will have a good effect in New England. I am confident of that, but time must be given before the best results can be at­ tained. The anticipation that the bill will pass has caused greatly increased importations, and those goods must be cleared before the real and practical merits of the bill can be seen. I know there is some opposition to it here in Massachusetts, where private inter­ ests are concerned, but your mer­ chants and manufacturers who have studied the measure in all its details ar» thoroughly satisfied with it. They want the bill to become a law, because it is, above all, a United States bill. It pro­ tects American industries which need protection, and stimulates all our indus­ tries. It will stimulate the woolen in­ dustry in Massachusetts, which is now languishing, and will establish new en­ terprises. The linen industry, especially, will be benefited b^ this bill, although, of course, the first and immediate effect may be the increase of the price of linen. Competition will soon regulate that. Yes, 1 think you will tind that the woolen and cotton schedules of tho tariff are especially valuable to New England. There has been a general reduction on iron. Wo have imposed a duty on tin- plate, but that is one of tho industries we can build up. It is only a question of giving our own people a chance. We have sheet-iron here as good as can be produced anywhere, and it is so with our tin in the Black Hills. Think of tho tremondous advantage that must come to us with the building and broadening of this great industry. "So far as sugar is concerned, it will have a good efTect for our people. As we reported it to the Senate, the schedule was lt» Dutch standard, but the Senate, I see, has reduced it to 13. You have large sugar refineries here, and what your refiners want is a compensating duty for the cost of refining--that is to say, a duty to compensate for the differ- once in the price of labor here and in foreign countries. Now, I have avoided interviews ou this matter, and I prefer to say nothing more just now. I will say this, that I would trust this bill, fairly and properly administered, to do far more than we ever anticipated. I say this with great modesty and withont wishing to be understood, as taking any special credit to myself for it. It is not my bill; for, although I had much to do with tho framing of it, I had eminent associates, and the tariff bill as reported is the result of most careful deliberation. The aim of the bill is to protect and fos­ ter American industries of every dor scription, and to create new ones. As I havo said, it is a thoroughly practical and thoroughly United States bill. The Republican party will benefit by It, as any party would necessarily be benefited having the distinction and responsibility of its authorship. The bill is sure to pass." Thieving .Democratic Treasurers. The mugwumps, free traders, and tho Democratic press of all degrees of that criminal partnership, are making a des­ perate effort to besmirch the official rec­ ord of Chairman Quay of the Republican National Committee on trumped up charges of speculation with state funds when he was treasurer of tho State of Pennsylvania. Nearly every Democratic state treasurer in the nation for a num­ ber. of years past has been a thief or a defaulter! The publication of the records of their stealings has caused a vigorous search by all the Democratic press and its vermin to find some off-setting crime upon the part of Republican treasurers. Not being able to find a single instance whore any proof can be adduced of mal­ feasance on the part of a Republican state treasurer they are, in desperation, howling in unison over this untrue and exploded old charge against Senator Quay in Pennsylvania in 1885, when he was a candidate for treas­ urer of that state. Pennsylvania passed upon these untrue charges, which have recently been revived as something new, in 1885, and Quay was elected Treasurer by 43.516 majority! Pennsylvania took about as much stock in the tirades of the Democrats then as it does in tho ranting of the badly demoralized free traders now. The people are not to be misled by the efforts of the vile partisan press to draw attention away from the thievery of the rascally Democratic State Treasurers, who have bankrupted the Treasury of nearly every State-that has had a Democratic Treasurer during tho past ten years. The census returns show that Democratic thievery and speculation have increased tho debt of Indiana §<5,476,000 in ten years. Here is the record of Democratic thievery shown by the State Treasuries in eleven Demo­ cratic States within the past ten years: Indiana, numerous "reform" thieves. .36,477,000 Louisiana, "reform" State Treasurer.. 7'.W,tX)0 Georgia, "reform" Mate Treasurer 90,000 Kentucky, "reform" State Treasurer... 800,000 Virginia, "reform" State Treasurer 150,000 TennoBsee, "reform" State Treasurer.. lOO.O'JO Missouri, "reform" State Treasurer.... H2.000 Mississippi, "reform" Mate Treasurer. 315,612 Maryland, "reform" State Treasurer... 189,000 Arkansas, "reform" State Treasurer... 115,476 Alabama, "reform" Eta,e Treasurer ... 200,000 These evidences of Democratic thiev­ ery are all matters of public record. They are not trumped up charges, as is the case with the "reform" howl against Senator Quay. Pennsylvania, by a full State vote, has declared Quay innocent. The records prove all the charges against the thieves, who have been the Demo­ cratic "reform" treasurers in the States above enumerated.--Imvn State Register. Ku Wavering i'oiicy. It is manifest that influences are at work in Washington to create Republi­ can dissension on the tariff and to in­ volve the Republican side of the Senate in a compromise which will be a retreat from the position taken by the last Na­ tional Convention and by every conven­ tion of the party during the last three decades. Certain members of the Senate and several Representatives have been falling back and seeking some middle ground. They have an idea that the Farmers' Alliance is not in sympathy with the Re­ publican economic policy and means mischief. The deliverances of self-seek- ing politicians who have connected them­ selves with the Alliance are accepted as the voice of the whole farming popula­ tion. These Western men in Congress are too easily alarmed. The farmers are not moving against protection nor is there cause for apprehending such a blunder. They have knowledge of the benefits of the protective system. What the agricultural millions have demanded of Congress is an increase of the volume of currency, and Congress has responded with the silver-note law; anti-trust leg- i islation, which has been accomplished; national encouragement of ocean trans­ portation, and the Senate has done its duty in this respect; a Stato rights law, and tho Wilson bill has been enacted. These are some of the measures the farmers have favored. There has been a clamor here aud there for a land loan scheme and a national warehouse scheme, but this does not embody the sentiment of the farming community any more than a resolution of the Henry George club would indicate that tho en­ tire population of Cincinnati advocated the single tax. No, the farmers arc not proposing to rip everything to pieces. So far as tho tariff is concerned, aside from the. con­ tinuous yelling of free traders, which may have some effoct but probably has none, not a sign appears that should raise a fear about the attitude of the rural Republican voters. They are re­ visionists and at tho same time protec­ tionists. Thts may be said of the great majority of the intelligent masses throughout tho country. Protection was never a strong­ er principle, a more popular doctrine, than it is to-day. The last Presidential election was won upon this issue; a Re­ publican Congress was elected upon it. The McKinley revision bill, preserving protection for all competing articles, is indorsed by the Republican party. There has been no backing down from the platform of 188S; there must be nono if we expect victory in the future. Are- treat would end in a rout. The party must hold its place boldly upon the broad and sound and solid platform of the protective system orgo"to certain de­ feat in 1892.---Cincinnati Ttmcs-Star. BAD MEDICINE. Profits and Expenses of Farmers In 1880 and iu 1890--Bad Figures for Free 1 raders. The Galva (III.) Seicx of July 31 pub­ lished this statement of local rates: The following are rthe ruling prices for farm produce, corrected to date, July 31, 1890: Butter 10S13 Eggs 1U Ear Cora.. 41 Shelled Com. i'l Oats „ 3'2 llyo 40 Hogs, perewt Cows ....... 54.00® 2 25 Steers ....,, 8.0J^ 3.2>» Bhoap 3.35 Hay, per ton 5.10 Butter aud eggs corrected by Palmer, Walier A Johnson. Grain market corrected by G. W. 'Williams. Ho js, cattle, sheep, and hay corrected by Hen­ derson & Short. After some smart comments on tho falsehoods of freo traders concerning tho "constant decline in prices of farm prod­ ucts, " the News added: The following Is the report, taken from the Semi-Weekly A'ckm of Saturday, .Inly 30, 1880: Corn, per bu, shelled $3.23 Corn, per bu, ear.... .2'J Oats, white .18$ .21 Oa'.s, limed .11 Bye 50 cf .55 Hay, per tou 12.0) Hogs, per cwt ... 4.0034.50 Cattle, ehippers' trade ;l.0Oi»4.0J Catt.lo, butchers' grade 2.5033. J1 Potatoes, perbu...., .4i Butter, per lb 13g.l2"v Eggs, per doz .'ft Draw your conclusions from a com­ parison of theso twb tables. Next week we shall present a comparison of wiiat the farmer had to pay for his living ten years ago, in Ualva, compared to what he pays now. True to its promise, it next week made the following comparisons of cost in tho years 1880 and 1890: We have taken prices in the 1S80 col­ umn from actual sales of Galva mer­ chants, as recorded in their day- books for the month of July or August, and in all cases articles of corresponding grade are compared. In furniture we were un­ able to get a record (or 1880 sales, so wo take the figures from Peterson & Ilcr- dien's books of 1881. The only articles on which there has been no reduction of price are tea and coffee, and they are ad­ mitted free of duty. Read the follow ing prices: 1833. Twino binder ..#3dJ Wier ilow, 14-iuth steel beam.... IS Wier plow, Its-inch steel beam.... , 21 Walking cultivator a 23 Corn planter and checltrover 83 Mowers 83 Fence wire, per lb Good farm wagon, WUta or .10 Mitcheil Bain wagon bulky plows ..... 75 85 65 1861. 815.00 7.30 Walnut cane chairs... < arpet louu^e, Common bedstead Cak or ash extension table, per ft -. Kitchen safe Set of Windsor chairs...., S-plral spriiig 'mattress Yiovon-wire mattress 3.0J .83 5. CO 4.00 2.7 3 350 1880. ...8.08 ... .07 Wrought nails Wire nails Common cut nails . !-trap hinges, per lb Wirj cloth, per sq. ft. .....^,v.. . Common lOd nails V . It»e0. Paper of pins .' 10 Batting, per ft 15 lo .80 Prints Mi to .10 Shirting, per yd 15 to .18 Muslin 8 to .12 D« niii)s 18 to .20 Ginghams ..10 to .12!£ Crash 15 to .25 Taper needles. ri l.iuen thread li Ingrain carpets 2-ply ox. sup'r.95 1880. "A" sugar, per lb *C" sugar, per ft Granulated sugar, per lt> fait, per brl Flour, per sa< U Flour, per sack Kirk's »oap, per bar.-- Can of corn .03 Coffee, per 1b.. ....» .11 1-0 10 12>4 1.<J .... 1.65 .... 1.85 06'4 20 j .aa .it 15 1)4 .Oa'- 1.10 1.40 1.55 •04« .10 .25 A DUEL IN A WELL. % Hortal Combat Wit Host a Parallel la Hiftorj* "Speaking of duels," remarked OoL Dawson, of Texas, to a group of men in a Chicago hotel, "makes me think of the third one in which I figured. "It was before the war, and I was a hot young blood, in for anything in the way of excitement that could be pro­ posed. "I had killed my man in my first af­ fair and winged my opponent in the second without receiving a scratch my­ self, so I felt pretty confident , _ _ "A short time afterward I picked up | worshipers to go to their respective a quarrel with a young mau from the j eating-places and partake of the grand North named Henry Westfali. He was j feast that is spread. quiet enough, and "there was really no | In China the people have horse and occasion for any row, but I was getting | cow races on the noon day, but that rusty for a muss, and so when he ac- j Portion of the entertainment has been cidenlally trod on my foot one day I omitted iu this coantry.-- 'Solilefl ject of the ceremonies, is called Hong Fa Loo, and is three feet in diameter and a foot thick. Its ingredients are all imported from China, and are the jam of beans, nuts, oysters, dried fish, preserved shrimps, essence of pepper­ mint, wines, and, in fact, all the good things of the Celestial Empirb. Around it burn for twenty-four hours candles, punk and littje red Chinese reeds, which give a peculiar odor while burning. The services begin at midnight, and continue for twenty-four hours, with in­ termissions lengthy enough for the AFFAIRS IN ILL IN0I ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI­ OUS SOURCES. * called him a clum<v loafer notwith­ standing he had apologized. *"l>y the way of reply he slapped my face and I sent him a challenge. His second replied in person, stating that as his principal had the choice of weapons, he had instructed him to se­ lect some well, have it pumped dry; when dry, Westfali and I would get in it, lie standing on a coup e of bricks to make our nights equal, and there we were to stand ^vhile the water run into the well, rising higher and higher until, unless we desired to save ourselves, it would cover our heads and drown us. " In case either got sick of his bargain he was to pull the roue which would be thd to his waist and he would be pulled up immediately.;after; the one first signaling to be declared vanquished. "Well, the proposition nearly took nay breath away. However, there was no help for it and on the following after­ noon we met in the presence of about twenty-five prominent citizens, Days. Saying Something anil NotUng. V'.. ' ' The conversation of the best-bred people is delightfully free from person­ alities. "What did she talk about?" asked one lady of a friend who had just made a call upon a new-comer in the town. "She talked of people," was the quiet answer. "She told me newaabout per­ sons 1 had never seen, and unknown to me, and called thorn by their Christian names." Tho fact was significant; it indicated the stranger's characteristics, and set­ tled the position which she was there­ after to occupy in the place. Sometimes mere care'esgness prompts such personal gos&ip, and again it springs from poverty of mind. "I didn't have anything to say," re­ plied a worthy old lady, whose husbaud wuit, had rebuked her for entertaining some who I 8uests with personalities, "and I had to seldom came to duels, so common had they become, but to whom the novelty of this one had proved too strong an attraction. "Well, both of us quickly doffed our upper garments and stepped to the brink of tliejivell, wliere the thin ropes were tied about our waists. The well was ten feet in diameter, and as I looked down into it it seemed 1,000 feet deep. Westfali carried a couple of bricks in his hands to stand on, and after receiv­ ing our instructions we were lifted off our feet by the derricks and down we dropped. The last words I heard was a bet of two to one on Westfali. At last we reached the bottom, bumping against the slimy, moss-covered wall every now and then. There was already two feet of water iu the bottom, though the pumps had just stopped, and by the way the w^ter was rushing iu there wasn't much time to wait. "Westfali adjusted the bricks, stood on them, crossed his arms and gazed at me so fixedly and so calmly that I was forced to look away. I looked above and saw the stars twinkling, although it was only a little past midday. I thought of every blessed Ihing I had done, and vow?d that if I got out of say sometliiug." So that "something" becomes gossip, and gossip degenerates into scaudal. One cannot always remember, at such a moment, that good-breeding as weil as the Christian religion, requires him to oonsider things and ideas rather than people. A gentle and kindly old minister had rather an aiarming way of checking the conversation, whoa it touched person­ ality. "Of course," he would say when a parishioner told him, "in confidence," some tale which detracted from the reputation of another, "of course, I shall feel at liberty to tell him exactly what you say. He ought to know, for his own good." And after tha depress­ ing threat, the talebearer wa* usually very willing to hold his peace. The well-bred mau not only refrains from speaking evil, but scorns to notice it when it assails his own name. The daring motto belonging to the Keiths of Scotland, "They say. What say they? Let them say!" is that of gentlemen the world over. It should be the resolution of every guest in any house, to carry thither no shred or personal gossip. On the great that scrape.I'd behave myself in the i arc),w»y 0f an English residence are in- future like a civilized being. I scribed the words: I glanced at Westfali when the oold- 1-0). «ioo 15 •17 (1« J.04 63 0} 40 1890. 89.00 5.5 J 2.00 .70 4.00 3.00 1.25 1.50 18J0. 8.05 .04 .*4 .15 .02Vj .03*o 1800. .05 10 to. 18 06 to .07 07 to ,12'i (« to JO 124 to .18 .OS to .12U to .SO .05 .08'ii .60 1800. 8 .QH% .06 Drier! beef, per ft 15 ,121-j Codfish, per ft -- .. .12 .0TfA Maxon fruit jars, i qu , per dozen.... 2.25 1.25 Uncolored Japan tea, per ft.. ,.5C .50 These figures are "bad mcdlcine" to free traders. They show, firstly, that the farmer got much more for what he sold in 1890 than in 1880; and, secondly, that he paid much less for what ho bought.--Inter- Occan. Ix some instances the manufacturer may-ask-fcheJCpreigncr less than his own countrymen. Patents may shelter him at home which do not abroad. Thus during the life of the sewing-machine patents an American manufacturer sold his goods abroad, where no patent pro­ tected him. for half what he got at home. Or a drawback may come to the aid of the manufacturer. If an ax is made with a helve of American wood, but a blade of imported steel, the maker, if he exports it, gets a drawback of newly all the duties paid on the metal. This ex­ plains why some articles may be sold abroad for less than at home without its being necessary to assume that the manu­ facturer is overprotected. Where is the evidence that American manufactures, the quality and prime cost of tho goods being the same, are sold 50, 20, 10 or 5 per cent, cheaper abroad than at home? Any Democratic paper that has it ought to print it.-- Chicago Tribune. ENGI-AJJD, from 1870 to 1890, increased her exports 82S3,900,000; the United States increased her exports $468,000,000. But a little insignificant fact like this is of no account to those Democratic editors and politicians who have read in English text-books that a protective tariff crip­ ples foreign trade.--Boston Journal. BARIUM sells for $975 a pound, when it is sold at all, and calcium is worth $1,800 a pound. Cerium is a shade higher--its cost is $160 ma ounce, or fl,f)20 a pound. water had reached our shoulders, bat his eyes were still on me &ad I looked above. "Higher rose the water. It reached our chin, it touched our hps, a ripple struck my nose, and I had just time to take a long breath when it was abovo my nostrils. Across the level of thn water, like two balls of fire, shone the eyes of Westfali. 'Will he die without Smiling the cord?' I wondered, as the imit oi my ability to hold my breath was reached. I expelled it from my lungs. As I did so the water reached and covered my eyes. I saw Westfall's head sink aud his body siowly settle without a struggle. The water wai singing in my ears. "I reached for my card, but it eluded my grasp. I took a breath, and oh, the agony of that moment. The next I had sprung to the surface and swum to my line which I jerked and was quickly raised to the top. "I was not harmed by the amount of water in me nor in fact was Westfali, who was pulled up a moment la^er. But I did not begrudge him his victory, not even when 1 learned that he was an ex­ pert diver, accustomed to stay a long time under water, and that his sinking his head aud body, was but a ruse to make me think him dead and pull my cord. But I never fought another duel unless there was something deccnt at stake." The Feast of the Moon. • The Chinese are a quiet race »nd Sot j 8u,ar and Hemp from Palmg> much givei to rejoicing, perhaps be- i « . . , . cause they have little to rejoice over, j . .Some Patms f"r,msh a sweetening but mainIv because thev are by nature i , , T^° 4most fatnous of tbfe » and training serious and taciturn. But! ProVably Areng, or sugar paitn oi they have their feasts and festivals, and "Bring good news, aud knock boldly." There is none living among us who will not be the better for resolving to carry his host, not only good news, but clean speech, and with that upon his lips, lie may, indeed, "knock boldly."--- Youth's Companion. Altogether Too Much Lead Amos. At one time the late Amos Lawrence was much interested iu the welfare and management of an kpt»copal church in the neighborhood of this city, and being accustomed to directing things with which he was concerned, he, perhaps unconsciously, assumed what practically amounted to a dictatorship and took comp'ete control of the affairs of the parish. One of the trustees, a man also promi­ nent in Boston, was by no means pleased with this state of things, and after enduring it as long as possible he at length resigned and withdrew from active membership in the church. Of course this produced some comment, and the gentleman was asked by a friend what the real reason was for his withdrawal. "Well," was the answer, given with a twinkle iu the eye, "I was sorry to leave the church, but the change in the ritual did not suit me." "Change in the ritual?" the other re­ peated; "there hasn't been any." "Oh, yes," was the retort, "they have got in so much land amos that I oould not stand it.Bos/on Courier. What Car Ktighbori AM TTnr "Tell W of General and Loed Interest -- rlagee and De*tl»* AceldcoU ami Crimej --Personal Pointer*. TUB detailed list of assessments laii- before the Htate Board of Equalization at its present session shows some inter* esting comparisons with the report of «. year ago. The return on improved ami* unimproved lands is $345,7."»0.0y4, against! S348,«j04.543 last year; on town and city lots $237,637,080, against $218,332,4#** last year: on personal property $141,- 981,057, against $142,726,240 last yeaTjS on horses $25,450,782. against $25,549,040 last year: ou cattle $15,244,712. against $16,137,036 last year; on mules and asses. '$2,200*813, against $2,402,920 last year*' on sheep $646,382. against $534,241 last! year. Thus it appears that while there- has been an increase in the assessed val­ uation of town and city lots amounting. , to about $19,300,000. the decline in valuation of farm and vacant latul« amounts to nearly $3,000,000 and of per- - sonal property to about $1,000,000. JOHN IITGOIXS, a Chicago botanist/ proposes as a feature of the Illinois «*»- hibit at the World's Columbian Exposi­ tion a display showing all the native- flora of the State that sustain themselves without human aid or cultivation. The exhibit should be so arranged, he think% as to present a natural miniature land­ scape, and not in lines or squares, like, soldiers, as in ordinary .botanical gar-( dens. Mr. Higgins says he is himself a! product of Illinois, and is in close sym-1 pa thy with her plants and flowers, hav-n ing spent much time studying their habits and history in field and wood. H» urges that the State Hoard of Agricul­ ture or other parties having charge of the Illinois exhibit .'hall devote space to a living herbarium, showing every native and established plant growing just as ft would in its wild condition. This would, be a grand object lesson in science which: the naturalists of the world would not> fail to appreciate. CHICAGO Time*: Can yon lawfully* shoot prairie chickens in Illinois bo- fore the 15th of September? That is a question for a constitutional lawyer. The Springfield R&jistsrr states that the last Legislature mixed the. game-law ba­ bies up badly. The House passed a bill | prohibiting the killing of prairie chick­ ens before the 15th of September. The Senate .-ubstituted Sept. 1 for Sept. 15,. and the House concurred in the amend­ ment. But when the bill was engrossed! the date was left as the 15th, and it wa»j so certified by the President of the Sen­ ate and the Speaker to the Governor, who; signed the bill in that form. In this state of mixture tho qjgestions presented are: Is it lawful to kill prairie chickens on and after Sept. 1? Are sportsmen re­ quired to wait until the 15th? Is tho new legislation on this subject a nullity? Is the old law in force? Is there any law: at all in relation to killing this kind of. game? Practically, it may be safe, per­ haps, to kill prairie chickens after the 1st of September. But to say that does not settlo the legal question, and thore, is no telling what country Dogberry*: may do if actual cases come before them. They will bo rather likely to follow the letter of tho act of the last Legislature, and hold that it is unlawful to shoot prairie chickens before the 15th, and it may bo necessary to appeal some to higher authorities. Tnr following counties of IllinoiS havo been definitely heard fioni as to census figures: j Alexander 16,742 Livingston Boono I.o£ivj.......... Hureast Macon Curroll. 18,1'cl Mai shall, 4t.I j) Ma?t>n ai,»50 M.tssno 2%WW M c Donnogib.... Cliumpaign Clark Coles. Cook l,18.i.CSi> McLean ... the one they anudaily celebrate on September 8, ranks with New Year's j Day as the greatest festival. It is called the Fea^t of the Moon, and dates j back twenty centuries. j More than two thousand years ago, according to Chinese legend-;, there was j a great war in the Celestial Kingdom. • It was the result of generations of re- | ligious oppression, and when the Gov- j eminent began to talk of beheading and expatriation, the whole of five fami- I lies rebelled. Great armies were sent j to destroy the people who had thus j braved tho anger of the throne, and the j war raged long and furiously. The ' rivers were red with blood ("so the j legends say) and the skies reflected the J the fires until they changed from bine j to red. No quarler was asked, no mercy was I shown on either side. Of all the Chinese wars, and the Chinese are near.v always at war, this one Rtill has precedence as being the most destruc­ tive to human life. The forces seut out by the Emperor were finally victorious, Amboyna, which grows iu India and the Archij elago. It is a superb tree, with pinnate leaves twenty-five feet long, aud is as handsome as it is useful. A number of specie* belonging to dif­ ferent genera furnish a kind of hair of finer or coarser texture. It is found in the fibrous blieaths of the leaf-stalks and iu the jagged edges of the leaves. Cables made of the tough, black fibres of the Areng are preferred by the coasting sailors of the Spanish colonies on account of their elasticity and dura­ bility; and they are, moreover, very line. The hemp palm of Japan and China is available iu the hands of the industrious people of those two coun­ tries, for making the finer brooms, strings and a thousand articles of daily use. Palms of coarser fibre, like the Piacaba Brazil, furnish materials for blinds, brushes, brooms, and the rollers of mechanical Bweepers, which are much more durable than rollers fitted with steel teeth. 1 able Mannera. Proofs will never be wanting, prob- , ably, as long as written language is however, after years of fighting, and j used, of the importance of atteution to the rebellious subjects took refuge in the rules of punctuation and construc- the mountains. I tjon- Here they lived for thirty years, and | a list of military sentenco* recently during all that time the soldiers were j made public in Paris contaius this Den- on the alert and the fugitives were \ altv, adjudged upon a cavalryman: hunted like wild beasts. They only ; "Trooper B is sentenced to fonr dared to move from their hiding-places j daVK in the guardhouse for having at night to gather the nuts upon which crue!lv struck bis horse while it was they subsisted, and to these poor people eating hay with a pitchfork." the light of the moon came as a bless-j Perhaps French horses may take on ing from Heaven. from* tlieii masters something of the It is not surprising under the circnin- [ traditioual politeness of the French stances, that they began to worship the j race, but it is not reallv likelv that this CttinbciKn<l.. De Kalb Do Witt Dou^Jai I>u fpco ....... EJgar . . . . . . . . . . Edward* Ford.. . . Franklin Fulton (iallatin Gruii'ly......... Hamilton Hancock Ilardin Henderson Henry IroquoU Jackson ........ Jefforson .To Da vicaa Johnson Ke.no Kankakee...... Kendall Iinox 1 ake I.a Salle Loe .... lr»,20j Mcllojjry 27,1'0 Mmor 00: Moultrie i . r.;>j,c»gi2 2-.jU,r:orJ a 3j,4i0 Pcrr* 9.11 Piatt ' 13,2 j "opj 17.i:E I'uiasM Putnam 14,81"; Randolph 21,01'.', Hock Island... 17,S3:;i$«Hno '... 31,8" ">] Schuyler 7,i*i Siieli/y ......... 9,771 Htark 83.01(i Su>phe:iron.... Sl.SVi Jacewoll 27,^ i Union 22,3"- Vermilion 2...ir.V \V« ! >*gh 15.0 :S Warren 61.7*>' Wnvae 28,HT White 12.1'JJ Whiteside. 88.7fi4,".VilI iU.lJ- Williamsou .... 8J.os4; Winut'ba^o 3-1,IU) WcoifoyvJ.,, cavalry horse found hay with a fork. a way to eat his fair luminary, to offer their thanks and praises, and pray that its gentle light might continue and finally lead them Uack to their homes. Vaefui invention*. When, after a long time, the final de- i Every useful intention has been car- liverance came, the people instituted ! ried ont and perfected by the co-opera- au annual feast, and on these occasions j tion of many minds, or by the successive great cakes were made in each family applications of varied genius to the and offered as food for the moon. The • same object, age after acre. The me cakes were made of a jam obtaiued from wild beans in which were the five kinds of unts found in the mountains and peppermint leaves. To this day the feast is observed throughout China and in every other country where a number of Celestials have settled. chanic must aid the philosopher, or he must stand still in his demonstrations; and the philosopher most aid the me­ chanic, or he will work and work with­ out wisdom. THE girls who carried incense in olden times were the first myrr-maida The big cake, vfcH* is the central ob-1 --Lawrence American «.S46 asr.isi 18.OT8 Miwo 11279 *}.334 S3,988 «M0S 1S,60» 18,950 SFC.GSW T0,3i> IT,454 m *1461 4.710 91051 41,5*1 18.270 15,783 30,930 0.938 si.joe 3B,60i) 21.463 40,000 M,8» XUK7 89,045 38.131 30.H&4 60.412 36.881' BELOW is the weekly weather-ctoff bulletin of the Illinois weather service; The temperature of :l»e past week has been low and normal throughout the State. Anaveraso amount of sunshine has prevail­ ed. Except In tbo central countiusof tbe Stutc the amount of precipitation was below a seasonable average. Extracts from ob­ servers' reports: Bond County-- No marked change in com and pastures. Rainfall. .17 of an inch. DeKalb--Oat* from "5 to 53 bushels per acre. Owing to drought, corn will not make more than 11:> 1 f a crop. Pastures are all dried out and brown. Douglas --ltaln of last woek bcneficial to pasture ami corn. 'With favorable weatber tho corn will mature early and will be a full average crop. Oats and wheat about all thrashed: yield very light. Fulton--Rain of last, week has benefited crops very much. Rainfall, .00 of an inctu 11amllton--Ground getting dry: more rata needed. Thore will be a greater acreage seeded for wheat than last year. Rainfall, .022 of an inch. Pope--Some corn be/ond help. 9oam chinch bugs. Ground too hard lo plow. Rata- fall, .04 of an inch. Perry--Plowing for wheat well advanced, and there will be much mure sown than tat previous years. Thrashing completed: It was very much curtailed by total failure Of oat crop. Rainfail. .00 of an inch. Piatt--Last week was a grand one for com* and pastures. The rain will make plowing better. Rainfall, 1.<W inches. St. ("lair--No rain fell during week. Om* dltlous generally unfavorable. Sangamon-- More rain neoded. OoM generally fair "condition. Riiiniall. .08 ot un inch. ENGINEER HO-XI.K*. pulling a freight train on the Illinois Central Road, sud­ denly bccamo violently insane a few miles north of Centralis. He threw his hat and coat iu the lire-box and attempt­ ed to throw his watch in, but was pre­ vented by hiv.-h'V'^iian, whereupon he attempted to [throw the latter off the engiuc. He stopped his train out in » Held, juri|)od off,-and started across the country bareheaded. Overwork is saWI to bo the cause of his derangement. JACOB DINF.I.T, a young farmer living near Vandalia, was kicked to death bf * horse. » , ;£ A. Trrswoon, a well-known and proa* a inent farmer of Fayette County, in a** tempting to quell a disturbance at ft rural church, was set upon by a gang tcnghs and stabbed four times in breaift and side, inflicting fata! injuries. The assassinsescapcd iu the darkness. CHICAGO is well supplied with saloon*. ; Th«rv are 5,400 licensed places withlai tho city limits. It is charged that twafc third* of the saloons are actually owned by tho leading brewers, whoso name* appear on!y an the bonds. js Gov. Firm has appointed Lycurguft Finley Connty Treasurer of Adams Cou^ «y to fill the vacancy occasioned by tlMt killing of John li Krelts.