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#« VVK 1 9K>*Kwf CWpfPPt Hi ir WwII3Mt"f • BY, ILLINOIS. AN ordinary mm during an tTenge Ijf^l^Jbfe will drink about one hundred Mid f$ti^venty-five hogsheads of liquids. ^ • -- -- . \ •, A CHICAGO oompany has been incor- jorated for the purpose of building «levated roads on a new plan. It may "be hoped that it ia a simpler plan than |-f- , 4 tt» one adopted by a large number of $> \\ *&e elevated-road projects that we have ,i, , been hearing of the last year. THE number of hairs on the human "f . .»•ealpvarles from 90,000 to 120,000; a . ' jaingle hair -will support a weight of two trances, and is so elastic that it may be Stretched to one-third of its entire length and then regain its former size *nd condition. tef F *,<• * THE present rate for telegraphic mes- eages from London to Australia is about ff. ?1 '#8 a word. It is thought that it can be t .reduced to $1 a word. Frequent met- { •; e^gesare sent costing £1,000, and one y' *raa sent a short time ago by a Lpa- 3» jdoner that coat $16,000. $ *•' - •••_;. •ft?*: THER* are 200,000 wotnen fn the | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, ^ ̂ ̂ J35,000 in the King's Daughters; 100,- ^ ^ 4)00 in the Woman's Belief Corps, and 05,000 in the Eastern Star. An aggre­ gate of nearly 500,090 banded together • tinder various names for loyal service to W:*Z-*0. manner of i}uman need. f.-'-H" S "V THERE is a proposition to construct an jp*' atmospheric railway three and one-half ) : jniles long up the Jungfrau. According 'to the plans there tfill be two parrallel • ,yv funnels nearly ten feet in diameter, O r. .finished cylindrical and provided with , fails for the cars; the cars will be •' cylindrical, and will be forced up the * f'l' J * |ncline by compressed air operating ,'•* ., against their onds. pt * ' ------ - A PROCESS has been discovered by 'which the time of the manufacture of ^champagne is reduced from eight Nji months to forty hours, but, unless this . jgreat saving in time is followed by .a proportionate reduction in price, it is of , jao advantage to the rounder, who, S Owing to the unfailing supply of cham- gfi jpagne, nfever expects to wait even forty ||lp'.;-fceconds when he has called for his , bottle. ^ j|V V THE abandonment of tea cultivation |j? " in China would be strange indeed, yet £ . A Foochow journal reports that, in con- *>/ , tequence of the distressed condition of , the tea cnltivators in the Fukhien 'v T Proviuce, the authorities are advising '• iiiem to abandon the cultivation of tea >i ; , altogether and to replace it with rice ^||3jmd potatoes. Many landowners in ^ districts where water is abundant are ^ y' 'following thi8j advice, and it is said that «'rt---'f>pinin also is to be extensively planted. f S THE electric light of Berlin has pro­ gressed vy^fauch during the past few March, 1888, there were 189 stallations, as well as a num- tral stations., In 1889 these >lants hadincreased to 237, of enty-nine were run by gas, being driven by steam. The \ YpH used in public buildings 826 in 1889, and in private V 2,976. The incandes- r V V r s^^v^numbered 62,816. W*"' thered by the f' ^signs to •*s the vfir, v i ft* .? * * t,,v L t . x : S\\ wheat, 400 of barley, 400 of corn,* 080 of oats, 360 of flax seed, 360 of apples, iM# «|> Irish potatoes, 360 Qf sweet potelOM; 1,000 of bran. It £i generally as aatleh more as the shipper can g^t sneaked in iritttOat extra chug& t IT is andewtood that the Bell tele­ phone Company fs about to make a new departure in one branch of its business which promises to prove highly bene­ ficial to the public as well as to the company. It proposes to sell tele­ phones outright to parties desiring them for private use. the cost of each instru­ ment complete not to be over $10. These telephones will not, of oourse, be permitted to connect with the central office, but will be allowed to be used solely for private intercommunication without recourse to the general system. Of course, this will be of great advan­ tage to individuals who may have need of sueh a means of communication with each other, and it will further popular­ ize the telephone tremendously. ABOUT three thousand men, accord­ ing to recent reports, are now at work on the Nicaragua Catial, and some $3,500,000 has thus far been expended on preparatory Trork. The work of ex­ cavation will soon be commenced, and Gen. Macauley estimates that, of the entire route of 167 miles, only 27 miles will require much digging. Some of this, however, ia of a rather formidable character. He states, for example, that on the east coast, there is to be an ex­ cavation to the depth of 150 to 200 feet through solid rock for a distance of two- and-a-half miles, this alone involving an outlay of $10,000,000 or $15,000,000. He believes that within six yeara th« canal will be open for traflkv - THE action of Boston in essaying to effect OH an elevated railway the same successful and profitable developments of electrical traotion which it has Ac­ complished on its surface lines, is re­ garded with much interest by electri­ cians all over the country. One of the greatest objections to elevated railways has always been the Use of steam lo­ comotives, with their disagreeable ac­ companiments of noise and smoke and cinders. With the heavy locomotives, too, required for steam traction, a very cumbrous structure was needed, but with the use of electricity, cars lighter and of more ornamental construction can be adopted. Thil new departure of Boston seems likely to inaugurate in city travel an era long desired. It is now mentioned as a fact that a mile au hour better time is made ia Boston by the surface eleotrio cars than in New York by the steam cars of the elevated roads.' • ' THE traveling public will hear with satisfaction the announcement that the two ocean steamship lines which have been oontesting for supremacy during the past season have decided to discon­ tinue the practice of racing. It is for­ tunate that this decision has been reached amicably and before it 1ms been forced by some great disaster and loss of life. No one has seen the City of New fork and the Teutonic start on a voyage, either from this side of the ocean or the other, without feeling a twinge of fear lest one or both of them might never be heard from again. But no disasters have followed, and now that the racing is over, not only for this year, but for the next also, the timorous can breathe a sigh of relief. But whether the practice was approved or not, every one will have to admit that this season's record on the ocean has demonstated how safe traveling is on that great high- ay and to what perfection the build- ng of great steamships has been brought hen they can bear without injury the ,in to which the contesting vessels ^st have been subjected. > > ? <X1m» N«W ' A convivial Hnbbite st||pi§ into Young's bote in Bjstgn «B|̂ |||rning to the toosorml'lnitt that fik he*d_ihw sw< •! i o i, from ttM^eoto of ft* ffT^1>i9nl's tlobwwl* hfttt if hi c6n:d i.o|, metaphorically speaking, soak his head for him with a wet towel. The barber immerced the towel in almost boiling', h t water aud placed it across his eustomer'n brow, "How doeJ it feel?" ho asked, ai the steam began to tue. "Fir*l-class; give us some more," re­ plied the man under the towel, and the barber continued the noaking process for fully half an hour, till at last, wiken he took the towel off, the face of his customer presented the appearance df «, boiled lobster, and the owner of tho 3L.Misa*-- • hy ordering fclptt tmftii'fcenntiAed to be foorymrs old or upward, if he deals fairly, he will supply a specimen upon which they may repeet my experiment, veiy cheaply, tt elfers the double economy of utilising a nearly waste product, end obtaining efciekea broth and roast fowl simultaneously. One of the great advantages of stew­ ing is that it affords a means cf obtain­ ing a savory and very wholesome dish at a minimum of cost. A small piece of meat may be stewed with a large quan­ tity of vegetables, the juice of the meat savoring the while. Besides this, it costs far less fuel than roasting. The wife of«^the French or Swiss landed proprietor, i e., the peasant, cooks the family dinner with less than a tenth of the expenditure of fuel used of an in- charcoal under swelled head declared that be had never felt better in his life--that all the j in England for the preparation dimness and the swelling had departed ferior meal. A little charcoa* and left his cranium clear as & bell, her bainmarie does it all. The economy ^ had teci *, of time corresponds tq tfce economy of ^ eiir.6 in on the following fuel, for the mixtutt of viands required for the stew once pat in, the pot is left to itself until dinner, or at most an oc* casional stirring of fresh charcoal into the embers is all that is demanded. A OoffM Strange Instinct. This experiment was tried a few jeers ago with a young Ohio foxhound: Hav­ ing noticed the dog'a talent for finding his way through the streets of a large city, a number of sportsmen agreed to try his skill bv a harder test, and one evening put him in a box and took him away on a night train, after making sure that he was altogether unable to guess the direction of his trip. A hundred miles south of the Ohio River they left the train at a place called King's Moun­ tain, and the samo night took their prisoner to a farmhouse in the hills, about, seven miles east of the railroad. Here the dog was locked up in a dark stable and carried to a hunting-ground in the adjoining fields the next morn­ ing. After*guiding him in a zig-zag course through hedges and gullies the experimenters then turned the dog loose and sat down on the ridge of a hill to watch his movements. At first he seemed rather afraid to stray too far away, thinking, perhaps, that he would be recaptured at the first attempt to leave his kidnappers, but finding they showod no disposition to interfere with his freedom, he made his way across a bushy ravine, and tiien struck a path leading in the direction--not of the farmhouse or the next railway station, but due northeast, toward the valley of the Licking River and his far-away •Oliio home. That was the last the guests of the Kentucky farmer saw of their dog that day, but before the end of the week he turned up all right at the door of his master, ninety-five miles in a bee line froin the place where he had been turned loose. So much was certain, that he could not have retraced his trip by a scent. The oar that took him swav from the Ohio Valley was down in Texas by that time; there were at least twenty small rivers and brooks to cross before he could reach the end of his journey or any point south of the Ohio he had ever before seen in his life. Could the smoke of a large city have guided him back ? There were other smoky towns all around, and, besides, dogs will re turn to a solitary farmstead in the hills just as quick as to s city home.--Chi cago Inter-Ocean. racket, he morning to have his head bathed, sqrs the New York World. He told Sua friends abbtat jjL'end they came also, and others, seefnit ite soothing effects, became regular applicants for the lay­ ing on of the hot-water towel. Then men who had not been and who never would go on tears, hearing how delicious the sensation of the hot water towel was, tried it, liked it, and there­ after asked for it; Thus the fad became established in Boston and spread from shop to shop, and now it' is a regular custom in all the big hotels to apply a hot water towel after the shave, and now it is be­ ing established in New York. Two prominent tonsorial parlors on Broadway have already adopted it and other shops are gradually following suit. The time is at hand when the not towel custom will be universal, for the simple reason that it is a delightful and most refreshing process. Not many New York barbers yet understand how to administer the het towel a la Boston. To be done properly not one towel alone, nor two, should be applied, but at least half a dozen, completely cover­ ing the face with the steaming cloth, and replacing each towel as it be­ come* cool with other fresh from the hot water faucet A dreamy languor creeps over the senses. On the hottest day in summer, as well as the coldest in winter, one goes forth feeling much better for his steaming. The philoso­ phy of the Boston shave is this: The not towel draws the blood away from the brain to the face, making in summer the skin much warmer than the air, which, when the towel is withdrawn, strikes the skin cool and refreshing. In winter tbe blood heated by the towel offers the same resistance to the cold as if it were heated by exercise and the unpleasant champing of the skin which sometimes follows the old- fashioned shave is obviated. The steam also removes the oil which exudes from the skin and leaves the complex­ ion clear and fresh; therefore a man feels better, thinks better, talks better, and works better after the Boston shave. Cold Water Without le*. The town of Hanover, Pa, is closely built up, and without auy system of drainage, so that the water from the wells is unfit to drink. Some years ago these reasons led to the introduction into the town of a supply of very ex­ cellent water from a large spring about *three miles distant This water is brought through iron pipes, and wheu it reaches the consumer in summer is warm, while the water in the wells is cool. For this reason many of the in­ habitants drink the well water, and as a oonstqnenoe, typhoid fever is a preval­ ent disease in the community. In order to obtain pure cool water, A Di AGENT. INDISCRIMINATE USE OP HYP­ NOTISM CONDEMNED. tVJiat WouJ^h He Bmy? Exercise, with both men and women, is a question of intelligence--a consid­ eration of kind and quality, rather than of decree. The subject has for women peculiar embarrassments and limita tions, particularly in the close, house­ bound life of the city. In the country there are the natural morning duties, with the open windows and the flooding sunlight; the walk to tbe depot or for not impregnated with lime, some of the mail, quiet aud canning; long piaz- inhabitants of the place have adopted a I zas* 'he city nine women out of plan which is so simple, and gives such 1011 victims to the morning gown excellent results that it is worthy of an<^ slippers. ^ A man's hat, coat, and general adoption wherever there is a| gloves hangin the hallway, always in water supply other than wells or springs. The plan is as follows: A cylindrical readiness. What would he say if boots, trousers, and coat were to be changed, galvanized sheet-iron tank,twelve inches a^ter an hour, before he could get out Demijohn or Carhdt^ l wSto. to no European n adopted, like other articles rn sources, sades, and called VBnguiar taund-mm fejigfe.f m m- ^ . . . . . 4: m 1 €W:f I "• • W&*> - ^rr.% •, rKVfc-' : M-iL* • fit #.« -• " fu . x. b f /' -*• VIIFn ' §M vV f: - f <w$ f r w:mi in diameter, and four or five feet ]<nig, is placed in the bottom of a well. This tank is then connected by a galvanized iron pipe with the water supply pipes, and another pipe is carried from the tank to the surface of the ground, or to any convenient point for drawing water, and has a faucet at the upper end. The tank is consequently always filled with water from the water supply, and being in the bottom of the well, the water is cooled, and acquires the temperature of the well; so .that that which is drawn from the tank is as cool as well water, and is without any of the impurities with which the latter is contaminated. The water drawn from the tank in one of the wells in the place named, had a tem­ perature of 56 degrees when the ther­ mometer in the atmosphere above stood. at 76 degrees. This method gives an abundant sup­ ply of cool wster during the whole snm- r, and can be adopted in all cities, s, or in the country. If a well is ble, it can be used; if notf, by v digging a hole in the ground '«•< VouK^ 80 49 not to be affected by \ce temperature, and burying "• 'sit will answer equally well, might be dug in a cellar or •i . T^Jiitding. If the water has in suspension, snch a? onld be made sccessi- n be cleaned pccas- •n Old ' Williams gives, in ractical experience as follows: nuated hen--more t otherwise in very ked in the ordinary l>een uneatably ping thus cooked, about four hours, he maintenance eratnre, having mering. After water until it ing day was i. a, in a as excellent; chicken ay, and of f the very reliminary I autici- ndons and the extrac- poiled the d it, and probably wl is more Fg chicken. of eook- im Bimply; gone hour age. The jerimeot was ing. As the • ... -5. for a breath of sir? While many women stall follow the traditions of delicacy and helplessness that have for so many* years enshrined and enfeebled their sex, yet they have come, all the same, to understand, through the efforts of many of their sis­ ters who must perforce be strong, that a poor physique puts a woman at odds and at the mercy of others when the stress of life comes. In the new creed to which women are given allegiance it will come to be an article in time that weakness, unless inherited, is sin. The young woman of the future will fulfill the poet's ideal: "She gave him her hand; it was not a helpless one."--Har­ per's Bazar. Cause or Bud Teeth. _ The physical defect of Americans in possessing bad teeth, or none at all, is declared by Dr. Woods, of Pittsburgh, to be true in a great measure to the faulty kind of food given to children-- the importance being primary to select food that requires mastication, as this tends to develop the gums, teeth and salivary glands, while the practice of giving too much liquid food causes nar row jaws, weakens the gums and mars physical beauty; then, too, the small, thin jaws consequeut upon a liquid diet do not furnish room enough to accom­ modate the teeth--even were the blood aapply sufficient--the_ teeth, thus crowded, failing to receive adequate--a most potent cause of defect in the enamel, and consequent carries. Masti­ cation, Dr. Woods remarks,^ is the im­ portant point--and so true is this, that if proper care were taken of the diet of children, Americans would be physi­ cally the strongest people on earth-- surpassing in development and beauty the ancient Greeks. Chicago Medical Men Commend the Ac­ tion tskei by the Medico-Legal So- clety--They Sejr Hypnotism Should B« Kmplojred Only by Kxpert*--some la- tervtews. [ChJcmjro dispatch.} All reputable physicians in this citv unite in commendation of the resolve of the Medico-Legal Society of Chicago to seek the passage of a law preventing laymen from employing hypnotism, mes­ merism, or magnetism for experimental or other purposes. The society, which was organized for the purpose of dis­ cussing the legal phases of medicine and the necessary legislation for the science, has p&?sed the following resolution: Resolved, That public seances of hypnot­ ism. mesmerism, and magnetism should ho prohibited by law tinder severe penalty, and that the employment of hypnotism for medical pnrpoees should be permitted solely to duly qualified medical men, coa'tHlonod upon Its oelnfr practiced only In the pres­ ence of other medical men or undoubted friends of the patients operated upon. A committee was appointed to present this resolution to the Legislature, "Hypnotism, 1 said T>r. E. M, Hale, "is a dangerous agent In anybody's hands, and its use should certainly be restricted to those who are responsible to the law S3 medical men are. I have read suf­ ficient in the French journals to know that the subject under the operator's hands Is absolutely Irresponsible and will do anything suggested--even what is suggested in the operator's mind. After coming out of the hypnotic state a subject does not recollect what he did when in that state. There is . nothing, therefore, to prevent murder and make an irresponsible criminal. "When I was young I toot np the study of biology--what is now called hypnotism and mesmerism--and lectured on it. I was astounded by the results that can be secured by the power, and it is clear that it should bo used only by medical men for the relief of suffering and disease." "Why should hypnotic seances be stopped?" ,, "Medical men are conservative, and will not adopt any method that is in vogue amongst the laity or charlatans. If a law were passed preventing the quacks from employing hypnotism the study would be taken up by all medical men in earnest. Mind-curers* are a species of hypnotizers. They cure it times, especially nervous diseases, by the power of one mtnd over another, but medical men do not stoop to consult them," "Would the law, then, if passed, wipe out the mlnd-curers?" "A strict construction of the law would put faith cure, mind cure, and Christian science in the same category with hypnotism. Public exhibitions of hypnotism tend to degrade the science, just as vivisection would do. The law confines that to the medical college. There is just as good reason for confin­ ing the use of hypnotism as the use of poison. No layman can secure mor­ phine or arsenic without a physician's prescription. I know twenty or thirty prominent citizens who have become monomaniacs by being votaries of hyp­ notism or Christian science, which fs the same thing. A law such as the one pro­ posed will meet with the approbation of every reputable physician in the city." Dr. J. E. Owens said: "The resolution Is proper and should bo enforced as speedily as possible. The indiscriminate use of hypnotism should no more be tol erated than ether for amusing audiences, individuals, or for self-gratification. Hypnotism, I think, will not be of much use in therapeutics. It's an old thing that has been revived to.be used by more efficient and more scientific men, but I do not think it will take a strong hold on the profession. The doctors, how' ever, see that If it is going to be planted with an expectation of growing some re­ strictions ought to be placed around it I do not thin le a law on the use of the power will affect faith-curers." Dr. J. H. Stowell said: "There Is a good deal of danger attending the prac­ tice of hypnotism, and it ought to be handled by those who .are skilled in its use. The means to which it can bo put are too far-reaching to be intrusted to laymen. I think that is the chief reason1 why such a law should be passed. Out­ siders might use hypnotism for base and Improper purposes. As for public exhi­ bitions, they are used for deceiving peo­ ple, and the science Is brought into ridi­ cule.. There is some good in hypnotism, and it should be kept under the most careful supervision. There is sufficient merit In the proposed law to engage the support of all upright physicians." "Hypnotism ought to be policed, Just asjUcohol is," said Dr. J. H Etheridge. Dr. George S. Isham--The subject is comparatively a new one, which in the next few years will demonstrate just what can be done with it. With the dangers arising from it at present are I do not know, but I do think these public and private seances given for amuse­ ment ought to bo broken up, as we can not tell what might result from them. In our profession hypnotism's practica­ bility has yet to be demonstrated." ARE WE TO HAVE A PANIC? WHEN WATER 13 The Presence of Kelt* Modifies t*a Httti--A Scientific Explanation. What is the color of pure water? Al­ most any person who has no special knowledge of the subject will reply at once. ' It haa no color." Yet every­ body knows, either through hearsay or by the evidence of his own eyes, that the ocean is blue. Why the ocean looks blue ia a question that few who have crossed it have ever sought to solve, and there are, proljably, many travel­ ers who, though they have seen most of the famous rivers and lakes in tbe world, have failed to notice the re­ markable differences in color which their waters present. (i t , Even the ocean is not nnifbnn in color; in some places its waters * are green or even yellowish. Some lafees are distinctly blue; others* present various shades of green, so that in some ca-es they are hardly distinguishable from their level grass-covered banks; a few are almost black. Tbe IJ»ke of Geneva is azure-bued; theLakecf Con­ stance, and the Lake of Lucerne are green; the color of the Mediterranean has been called indigo. The Lake of Drienz is greenish-yellow and its neigh­ bor, Lake Than, is blue. New York has both green and blue lakes. The color of river, differs yet more widely. The Rhone is blue, and so is the Danube, while the Rhine is green. The St. Lawreuce is blue* These varions hues are not caused by mud or any opaque sediment such as that which makes the Mississippi coffee- colored, but belong to the waters, like the golden color of tea, without greatly impairing their transparency. The cause of the difference in the color of lakes and rivers has engaged the attention of many celebrated in­ vestigators of nature, such as Tyndall, Bunsen, Arago, Sainte-Claire, feeville and others. Recently Profes«er Spring, of the University of Liege, has Carefully investigated the question of the color oi the water and has reached some in­ teresting conclusions. According to him absolutely pure water when seen in masses of sufficient thickness is blue and all the varieties of color exhibited in lakes and streams arise from the presence in the water of mineral salts of different degrees of solubility end varying quantities. Water containing carbonate of lime in a state of almost complete solution "remains blue, but if the solution is leas cortvplete the water will have a tinge of greeui which will grow stronger as the point of precipitation is approached. Professor Spring concludes that, if lime is added to Hue water in which so much carbonate 9f lime is already dis­ solved that the piAnt of saturation is approached, the wiJfcr will become green. In proof of this he cites the lact that the waters near the shores of Jakes and seas, where it coniW in con­ tact with limestone, is general%v of a greener hue than elsewhere.--Ntikire. Adverse to » miscellaneous Crowd. It was in Chicago, of course, though for that matter it might have been in any city of Connecticut or Massachu­ setts. "Will you go to the ball this eve?" he inquired. "Not this eve," she replied, certainly in not the most gracious manner possi­ ble; aud then she added, "S'mother eve, possibly." "But Mrs. Stockyards Porcine cer­ tainly sent you an invitation!" "Oh, yes, of course; but I felt obliged to present my compliments and regrets," "Well, if you ain't a funny woman. The soiree will be one of the most fash­ ionable and select given on the west side this season." "I suppose so, bat still I did to go." "Private reason, oh ?" "Well, if you must know, divorced husbands have and I don't wish to mix in snoh a miscellaneous The Financial Situation the Sutyeel of a Cabinet Consultation. [Washington (D. C ) dispatch.] The financial situation was looked npon to-day as worthy of a special con sulfation between the President and his Cabinet officers, and a special message is talked of. There is not much that the administration can do to relieve the situation except by buying bonds. It has been shown conclusively that the Treasury Department will not go back to the policy of turning the Government receipts into the national banks instead of into the Sub-Treasury. That would be a good thing for the speculators who want the use of the Government money. But under conditions like the present If the deposits were to be called in a panic would almost certainly follow. The propositions received to-day for 4 per cent bonds reached a total of #4,000,000, at prices ranging from $1.22 to 91.25. The statement Is made that this is a great showing for the first day, since it leaves but $1,000,000 to be of­ fered. That New York banks wanted the money thfe offerings seem to show. But it does not look as though the cheerful­ ness over the prospect of giving perma­ nent relief to the speculators is wairant­ ed by the facts. Within a week Wall street will be asking that more bond calls be issued, and pretty soon the Gov­ ernment will find tfcat holders are not anxious to part with their bonds. Secre­ tary Windom was able to tell his col­ leagues in the Cabinet to-day that the offerings had been large enough to ease the pressure for the present. The open question was how to do what could be done for legitimate business without giving further encouragement to the speculators. If the present circula­ tion is really not sufficient for the wants of the country the remedy must come through tbe legislative branch of the Government. Ail the executive depart­ ment can do is to keep what money there is in circulation. Efforts are making to have the Presi­ dent send a special message to Congress urging prompt legislation, but the con­ servative force in the administration is probably strong enough to prevent fir­ ing a danger signal. Not Ulood but Juice. A writer in the Forest and Streaft relates the experience of a family be­ sieged by Cheyenne*, in the oourse of which this incident occurred: At last the Indians stopped firing and we could not get a glimpse of them. Caveniss said: "Well, old woman, that was a close call; but I am hungry, so get us something to eat." "All the meat is in the milk-house, except that piece on the table, and that belongs to Dick. He had nothing to eat since yesterday, and he fights as well on an empty stomach as you uns do on a full one," remarked Mrs. Caveniss, smoking. "I'll get yon some coffee and biscuit, though." "Marion said, 'I'll go and get the meat. I guess the Injuns is gone.'* Tige took off his big white hat and put it before the open door out a.stick tor a reply, and a dozen bullets hit around it in a second. "Do yewan't to go out there, Bni?" he asked, with a wolfish grin. "I ain't afraid to," responded Marion, and I can fix it so I won't get hit neither." "All right, get that, meat, then," said Mrs. C., "but I'm afraid you will get shot; and we can't afford to lotto a man." Marion, without replying, proceeded to make up a man with a shirt, a pair of overalls, and a hat. Then he un­ folded his plan to us. Tige was to shove out the dummy and draw tbe enemy's fire. Caveuissa and I were to return it and Marion was to run to the milk-house. When he wanted to come back he was to put his hand out so that we could see it, and we were to go to firing while he ran for the house. He took only a butcher-knife. We drew their fire by exposing the dummy, and then we went to cracking away at the smoke of the guns while he ran for the milk-house. He got there without a scratch, but when his hand came up and we showed the doll again, Lo wouldn't shoot, and when Marion started they made it very interesting for him. He had a steak in one hand and a can of peaches in the other, and when he got into the house he with a horrified expression on his fece, "I am shot in the hand." He held up the peach can hand and then looked silly. One of the gentle red men had put a ball throngh the can, not touch­ ing him at all, and when the juice ran into his hand he thought it was blood. We joked him a little, but saw he was mortified, and Mrs. Onvenias proceeded to get dinner. Philanthrojr Uoein't Pay nowadays. Verily this is a "perverse and untoward generation." The latest bit* of news concerning Sister Bose Ger­ trude is that she and "her carrier of possible germs of leprosy (Dr. Lnts) should not be allowed to land in Ens- land," and that "they assumed a peat which nobody thrust upon them, and now, being apparently tired of gratuitous attentions to unfortunate' wretches who never sought them or their medicine*, they are returning to civilization more or leas iiiied with the germs of the filthy curse." So much for heroism, self-saofltice, and devotion to a repulsive cause in the year of onr Lord 1890. AFFAIRS Iff ILLINOIi ITEMS GATHERED FROM VAi OUS SOURCES. What Oar Jkrm Dahif-1 of General and Local lnt«rMt_lfi Hagesand Deathn-AccHtaiit --« *T*-T-- --Personal Pointers. THK following special bnretin in re* gard to winter wheat has been feWM W the State Department of AgrictttttUtes Tue area seeded to winter whffrtiRSMtt- ' mated as 8 per cent, larger than in of 1889, when the area seeded was I.W4M acres. On this basis the total anna seeded this season is about 1.S50.MS iem TIm increased area is about 5 per cettt.o*B*that of last year in both the noi lifflaHii'l nil tral divisions of the State, wfefte &ithe southern division there is an Tm <lf IS per cent., makin? the area in this Sect ion about 888,000 acres. The area la Central Illinois is 903,000 acres, and In norffeera Illinois 77,000 acres. The iXveniber condi­ tion of the growing crop is a little feeiew a - seasonable average, being abci* >6 per cent, for the State, TOE organization of the American Harvester Company has been perfected at Chicago, with Cyrus H. McCormick as President. The gcnoral offices for busi­ ness are in Chicago. This gigantic com­ bination obtained its charter at Spring­ field, Nov. 19. It comprises twenty-five mower and reaper factories, all the cat- ter-bar factories in the country, and many twine and cordage works. The capital stock is $35,000,000, an 1 it will do the mower and reaper business of the world. The new company will be ah#9* to manufacture and put on the market 150,000 machines a fear. Advantage will be tpken of the latest improvements, and, it is claimcd, better, and cheaper machines will be furnished the farmers than ever before. THK epidemic of scarlet fever is abat­ ing in Alton. Diphtheria, which was prevalent, has almost entirely disap­ peared. ON account of the recent heavy losses by fire, the City Council of Alton has voted to immediately establish a new fire company near the glass works and putia an electric fire-alarm system. ARTICI.ES of incorporation were filed in the office of the Secretary of-State by the Chicago, Danville and Ohio Railroad Company. It is proposed to construct a railroad from Chicago, through the coun­ ties of Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, and Vermillion, to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad at Cayuga, Ind., thence In a southerly direction to Paducah, Ky. The principal business office is to be maintained in Chicago, and the capital stock is $20,000,000. THK appropriation for State printing' has been exhausted, says a Springfield dispatch. The reports are about all in the hands of the printer, but Mr. Rok- ker, who has most of the State printing, remembering the difficulty he had with the State a few years ago, is reluctant to go ahead with the work until he has some assurance of getting his pay. The State Auditor has agreed to be personal­ ly responsible for the payment of the expense of publishing his report in case the Legislature fails to make an appro­ priation large enough to cover the <1**; penses. * EM LOCK, an eccentric character of was found dead m his bed. MARSHAIX, of Rock Island, was fatally «hot while hunting on Sunday- Moral: %yer go hunting on the Sab­ bath. • v» A CKUTiFroP* Of authority to com­ mence busine^^as been issued by the Auditor to the Sfftte Savings, Loan and Trust Company of Quincy, with a capi­ tal stock of 8300, ooJK DURING the month ofv November death c'aimed 1,480 victims Chicago, 0 this number 530 were clrlB^ran uadef years of age. There vi from croupi 78 from diphtheria, 6? typhoid fever, 13 from scarlet fever, from consumption, and 123 from pn< monia. There was one death of a pel*; son 103 years old, and four who were |w»- tween 90 and 100. THEKK is an unusually large amount of counterfeit coin in circulation in Chi­ cago. It takes in nearly the whole range of dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes, from the close imitation, difficult to de­ tect from the genuine, to the worst char­ acter of fraud manufactured from glass and tin. The most dangerous coin fs a bogus dollar, which has the ring of sil­ ver, but which is of softer and lighter metal. The legend, "In God We Trust," Is bunglingly stamped on it LEWIS MAHON, owner of a coal mine»^ near Peoria, suicided by hanging. THE State Auditor has authorized th^ Farmers' State Bank of IUiopoiiSj Commence business with a capital of 840,000. MB. AKI) MRS. Dl W. HUMPS brated their golden wedding atj ville last week. J. E. V. ROBERTS, of been sentenced to tifteei Chester penitentiary fori John Patterson, Oct. itj field. TUB State Horticul three days" session Over one hundred ent, which is sai tendance in ye; cers were elei Goodrich, Coi W. E. Cook. ^Banunond, Wa large and en many foreign Fike house at owned b; •20,000; i Ax assli Bishop !Se cese. SCAKLE? Hillsboqp, a! epidemic CHIT C. JaI and Ben Richa: held a ist week. , 're pre®, largest, at- •wing offi- »t, T. S. President, E. seretary, A. & te exhibits were shipments from e large grain waie- ne. White County, ng farmers. Loa^ ,000. - be appointed to : he Springfield Dto- broken out neat red it will beeom* New Find la Pompeii, A house of five stories against a rising ground) has just been excavated in Pompeii, in which import­ ant frescoes are still in good state of preservation. In the principal rooms is a representation of Bellerophon -- a youth holding the winged Pegasus with one hand, while with the other he re­ ceives the orders of Protons, who is seated on a richly decorated throne. The lower part of the house is divided into bath-rooms. The paintings in the fngidarium ate especially well pre­ served--a nymph riding on a sea isorse, and frieze with comic scenes of pigmies fighting birds and crocodiles in Emit. --Pall Mall Budget, IT is now claimed that the first steam­ boat was Imiifc by a Ki»fawir«« West. __ Sulphur Springs, [Son, of Franklin, spent the day in Jacksonville. Late at night they started for home, when their boras ran off a bridge, throwing them Into a culvert below, falling upon them and crushing them to death. THE State Auditor has issued a pei*» mitto Sylvester A. Cosgrove, Charles G. Byrtie, and Joseph T. Kretzingeruo or­ ganize the Bank of London and Chryagi The new bank will be located in China, and have a nominal capital stock 81,000,00a There is a much larger s than this behind it, however, aiul stock has already been subscribed fo£ The backers of the enterprise are mainly Loudon capitalists. Ix the County Court at Chicago Olaf Olsen was adjudged insane and seut to the asylum because he had mauifesteda frantic desire to repeal the McKinl«y bill and kill its author. Ox the first of January the big Chicago wholesale dry goods house of J. V-. Faf» well & Co. will turu over its business and, good-will to a corporation known as "The John V. Farwell Company." The capital of the new company, as stated in the application for a license, will be 54,500,000. Believing that large busiuesa enterprises can be manasrad mosl ad* vantageouslv in the form of a corpora­ tion, and that a limited amount of co-operative interest is beneficial, the members and subscriber* to the tion will allot a portion thereof to their employes and sell a limited amount te other* who may apply for it. • Tbe firm I of Joan v. rarweli & Co. haa been i# an even forty years.