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A FREE TRADER? DOES JUDGMENT DECIDE YOUR COURSE. OR PREJUDICE? Vi|anUh«d Viet Submitted for Your Consideration-- Forcible Illustrations of the i rnefioial Effect of Oar ProlwMw Policy--Truth* So Plain Uxo Blind M«y Head. ' PROSPEROUS MANUFACTURES. n<* yet wkde in th!| country to any ex­ tent. The offer was made by the British New York Evening Post. It now turns out that no plates of this description are made here or even in England. At any rate a reputable firm in New York, deal­ ing in tin plates, has offered 85.10 a box for 1,030 boxes a month for six months of a similar grade of tin plates, made abroad, and no response has been made. Thus the contemptible trickery of the newspapers which are trying to make the people believe that tin plates cannot be mai.e in this country by offering to purchase plates of a quality and size which are not made either in thi9 coun- >r in Ejizland is laid bare. VarlfT» Picture*. V -- N O . 1 , We mate no wire nails worth talking of In 1S82, and they sold for 8 1-3 canti a pound, with a duty of 1 cent Xb* daty vu raised to « cents BtMflcrnt Kciulti or the AftreMl** fto- tective Pollojr--Worth a Thought. From all parts of the country comcs the news of awakening ot many branches of industry, and it is noticeable that every instance emphasizes the tact that protection of American industries is the tonic which has caused the revival. Free traders and the free trade press may indulge in as much sophism as they please, but they will be careful to not run foul of the facts revealed in the fol­ lowing paragraphs: ATari^He.Conn lettersays1 The Mo- j ^7t toe prio, haa gone dowa to Kinloy bill hasgiven this placea new lease of life. The Hartford Silk Company's mills, which have been 'lidle for years, have been sold to Frank Wilkinson, pro­ prietor of the Anglo-Scotia mills at Not­ tingham, England, where 2,500 hands are employed. Mr. Wilkinson proposes to eventually transfer his entire business to Tariftville, but will start at once with 500 hands. He promises to spend $10 v 000 here in improvements aud the erec­ tion of cottages for employes. The McKinley duty on goods he makes is 60 per cent., and he has orders enough ta last a year, provided he can make his goods in this country and escape tho Im­ port duty. Everybody in town is jubilant at the era of proiperity which the new tariff has opened up for this litt'e village. George W. Allee, of Paterson, N. J., who has been Import ng improved ma­ chinery for tho manufacture of plush goods, has taken a portion of the large silk mill of Smith & Kaufman on One Hundrei and Thirty second street, New York. His looms will be in full opera­ tion as soon as a sufficient force of skilled operatives can be procured. The new yorganlz d NewPhiladelph:a Wire and Nail Company are erecting a plant at New Philadelphia, Ohio, which they expect to have jn operation by the middle of August yvy-. a pound. a pound in 18S3, and now we produce so many 2.35 oents a pound. What «ort of a tax i « tariff, and what tort of a tariff Is a tax? SO. 2. We again hit the stael wire nail on the head. Before we talked about prices; now abont pro­ duction. We made virtually no steel wire nails under the revenue duty of leant a pound; when tile daty was raised to 4 cento a pound In 1E83, and by IfiSS we were producing 200,000 keg* * ye*r. of our numerous fiee trade contempor­ aries, who are engaged in fighting for foreign interests as against American Industries should explan to the Ameri­ can public by what method consumers of tin plat*? in the United States can escape being bled unscrupulously by the Welsh tin-plate combine, except by the encour­ agement of American tin plate manu­ facture. The present increased price of foreign tin-plate is a very distinct warning that unless we produce our own tin plate we shall be constantly at the mercy of the British tin-plate mouflavl- istsS--New York Press. - • TBI SESSION IS ENDED. NEW LAWS OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. A Tart Amount or Work Accomplished Alter the Senat rial ( on test--Complete Record of All Enactments ot General Interest to Illinois Citizens. A review of the work of the Thirty- seventh General Assembly will convince MA vfttNVMk' fey fWjMtrg that when special mm j •euBMBwaxepaidtn am - • -- BABY WAS DEAD. VPBUii twrtAfkniiU tKa y ' 100,000 Inhabitants, on petition of 100 hp] ' Witnesses. voters, to Sttbn.it to the people the question at'I establishing a free noi.-sectarian hospital • Within the limits of theclty; a tax of 2 mills to | be levied to establish and maintain srch Providing that any portion of an incorporated i town, such portion having an area of not loss | (ban one square mile and a :e.|<l-i:t population of not less than 1,00»', and lying upon tlie border and within the boundary of such incorporated town, may be disconnected from such town. At least KWrotersmtint petition the county judge to submit the question of disconnection to the Wepioduced in 1390 3,900,0' i) kegs. NO. 3. Consul Brown reports from Glasgow that the i carpet factories of that city pay 8336.75 yearly to men; ' #105 yearly to boys; yearly to women, and' "~\4 \ V. »fi7.od y<arly to girls. Th] Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Iiafbor reports that In that State 58-par cent. of the employee iu carpet mills are The plant will cover feu-ales, and that the average yearly wages ar about five acres of ground, the main building being a two story brick Struc­ ture 25::x'24 feet, with two side wings. Power will be furnished by two engines of 10'J and 250 horse-power each respect­ ively. The product of the works will be all kinds of steel wire nails, and about 150 hands will be emplo ed. A new factory has been erected ,In Brook:yn, E. II, at the corner of Berry and North First streets, by a Vienna company for the purpose of making pearl buttons. The pearl-button busi­ ness j{ Austria has been destroyed by the new tariff law of the United States, and this company has transferred its plant to this side. The lot on which the new factory is ereited cost $6,510. It is 100 feet deep on Berry by GO feet front on North First street. The new build­ ing is four stories high with basement \ study: It is built of brick and well lighted throughout. From four to five hundred hands will be employed, and probably some skilled "cutters" may c^ine here from Austria to familiarize American operators with tho art This company is composed of practical business men, who are perfectly familiar with the pearl- button industry. The firm is composed of S. S. and J. H. Lawless, who are now operating another pearl-button factory at the comer of North Fourth and Driggs street, Brooklyn, E D. Cedar Rapid'-, Iowa, is to have a linen factory. It will be owned and operated York l'r< sa. A Lesson In Wire Xaitn. The old Democratic cry that the tar­ iff Is a ta-v and added to the selling price of the article, is not heard how-a-days as often as formerly. The voters of the country have studied the tariff and are no longer to be deceived by such cam­ paign lies. Any number of articles have beeu cited in which the selling price is actually less than the amount of the tariff to disprove those Democratic claims. The following table, taken from the New York Pr<»j, showing the pro­ duction of wire nails since 1875, when the manufacture was commenced, the price and the tariff is an interesting Year. IS75. 1876.... 1877....«»» 1S78........ 1879 1880....,,v. 1681 1882 1843 1881 12),(.00 18S3 2W.00J 1888..... 800,000 1887.. 5.0,(WO 18S8 1,003,030 18^ 2,200,000 18 W 3,510,00 J Numbet of Kegs. .. l,0jt) 2,000 8,000 6,000 .. 10,0*.) .. 20,000 30,000 50,1X0 Cents per pound. 10.C0 10. 0 9.50 0.03 7.95 7.93 £35 8.32 8.33 7.44 6. OB 4.64 8.81 8.90 2.'.B 2 85 Tariff. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lc. per lb. lo. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per lb. 4c. per ft). 2c. per R>_-f til From 1675 there has been a rapid de by the Cedar Rapids Liuen Company, ! cllne in^ prices^ from 10 cents to 2.85 in and will at first manufacturethescoarser' >r «-«>-•*•» grades of linen, such as towels and tow­ eling. Mai comb Smith \s> the) prime mover in tho enterprise. ^hejaapital is 840,000, which is fully paid Mr. Steinvay, of pianoforte fame, and Geo. Eh ret, he brewer, have purchased the Astorlu Silk Works, and propose to change the looms to the manufacture of plush goods. Each partner put 8125,000 capital into the firm. The Mint Profltab e K'.n I of Exports. There' is very little profit to any peo­ ple ic the export of crude products. The exporting nation must pay all costs of transportation to market Transpor­ tation charges on farm products, iron ore, coal and similar crude products would leave but a beggarly profit to their producers if they had to be carried lof sale* across the ocean This truth was clear to the founders olF the Govern­ ment, who had witnessed the ills inci­ dent to the exclusive production of raw materials in the early history of tho Col­ onies. To chance this deplorable state of ail airs was their desire, so they in­ stituted the American system of pro­ tecting and encouraging manufactures. Items like the following from the Iron Age are the result: "The Rhode Island Locomotive Works Of Providence, R. I., recently shipped twelve locomotives from their works, three of them being for export to South America. Thy number included three 10-wheel locomotives, with 18x24 inch cylinders, 54-inch boilers, and 54-inch wheols, for the Boston and Maine Rail­ road. The total weight of the engines loaded is 103,410 pounds, and the weight of the driver 83,000 pounds." This is the profitable form in which to export our wheat and iron. Our own 1890. Meanwhile the amount of produc­ tion increased from 1,000 to 2,200,000 kegs. In 1890 the Republican party found this great industry, fostered by the protective tariffs of 1875 and 1883, strong enough to bear a reduction of the duty, and it was accordingly reduced from 4 cents per pound to 2 cents on sizes in most common use. No other industry shows so clearly the workings of a protective tariff. The same history will be repeated with the tin plate in­ dustry. " Don't Like for Us to Say That." its local news and under the head- ink of "Etchcd and Sketched," the At­ lanta (Ga.) Constitution permitted one or its reporters to say: "I met Colonel Jack King, of Rome, at the Kimball last evening. Mr. King will be remembered as Mr. Williamson's second in the famous Calhoun-William­ son duel. But he has quit that business now and gone into a more profitable one. He is making cotton ties up iu Rome, and incidentally making a fortune otit of them. " ' I a m d o w n b e f o r e t h e r a t e c o m m i s ­ sion,' he eaid, 'to get a better rate on cotton ties. We have a iactory in Rome, and are turning out 810 bundles of thirty ties each daily. We already have orders for nearly every tie we can make, and could sell twice as many had we the capacity. We can make them cheaper than they can in either Ohio or Penn­ sylvania The McK.iuley bill has helped us out in this < onsiderably, but our peo­ ple down here don't like for us to say that. Anyhow, we are making enough ties to bale half of the cotton crop of Georgia and Alabama.' "Mr. King's company is making money and there's no reason why other facto- working people have received the money 1 r,es same kind should not be paid for making th se locomotives, while the producers of coal and food have saved ocean transportation charges and disposed of their products at the loco­ motive works at far better prices than they could have hoped for across the sea. --American Economist. Yin-Plates to eat the World. lh its recent article on "Laufmsn's Tin-Plates," the Evtnlmj Post wanted to know if 28 gauge is the thinnest he can roll," thereby insinuating that American tin-plate manufacturers cannot equal the English makers in every branch of tin-plate making. Curiously enough, while the Post containing this slur was being printed and circulated, the mall was bringing from Mr. W. B. Laufman to H. R. De Milt, of this city, a sample of taggers tin of 36 gauge made at Apollo, which is now in tho Press office. { It is the thinnest tin-plate ever made, and beats anything the Welsh piate- mak.ers have yet produced. At the same time IC 14x20 plates of 30 grade were being shipped from Apollo to New York, and, largest achievement of all, a sheet of tin-plate of 28 gauge, 28x101 Inches In size--the largest sheet ever plated in the world. The improvement in tin- plate making, by which Mr. Laufman is able to plate sheets cf this size, prom started in Georgia and Alabama. Both the bagging and the ties for the cotton crop should be made entirely in the cot­ ton section. There is money in it for a factory right here in Atlanta." On the same day and on the same page the same newspaper remarked edi­ torially of the Republicans of the United States: "They defend and approve the Mc- Kinley tariff law, which filches from the poor in order (hat the rich may be made richer." The fact is that the McKinley hill has helped all people in every State, t>ut as Col. Jack King, of Rome, Ga., very truthfully observed, tho people ot the Southern. States and 'the Democrats everywhere "don't like for us to say that"--Inter Ocean. Tin-Plate Price*. The Boston Post, Democratic, reports that it is informed by a tin-plate im­ porter that, while he is now paying sev­ enteen shillings six pence per box for ordinary coke tin, he has offers as low as thirteen shillings and three pence for July delivery--that is, after the new duty goes into effect There is one strong inference to be drawn from these figures, which is that the Welsh combine _ has deliberately put up prices to make teT to revolutionize "the ind'ustrf" and ,an ^ra;iPr?!lt isAdrie°.e_,llir!" drive the Welsh manufacturers out of the world's market, as the McKinley tariff lavi^ will drive them out of the ly out of the market American con­ sumers will find that by holding off pur­ chases the great quantity now being im- American market. We hope to have j POrt«d into this country in anticipation this sheet on exhibition In the Prats show window in a day or two. Mean­ while the heathen tin-plate liars can Continue to rage.--New York Press. Conteraptlb e 8ubterfuge- The British papers In this country have been announcing in big type and triumphant language that no alleged American tin plate manufacturer will enter into a contract to furnish 6,000 boxes of American I. C. tin plates, 14x20, Bessemer steel, coke finish, at $5.10. The failure to furnish such plate* is regarded as evidenoe th*A tin plates are of the new duty will be put on the mar­ ket, when the limits of importers' credits is up and they are required to pay for their plates at prices far below what they have heretofore been selling. That is the experience in nearly every large line of imports which were mark-ad up to create the "McKinley prices" scare. Still another reasonable deduction is that the foreign importers will pay tho increased duty and put down prices In a desperate effort to retain this market in which they sold over 7,000,000 boxes last year. It is about time, by the way, that some I'eet Sngar. The public is not very well informed In regard to the manufacture of »iigar from beets and the probablo demand for the product frcm these factories. The Idea prevails that in all Iowa there is room for only one beet sugar factory, and now that Marshalltown claims to have se­ cured this one, it is regarded as useless for other towns to make any further efforts. This is a mistake. It is sin­ cerely hoped that tho Marshalltown factory is an assured success, but that will not interfere with Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, Oska'oosa, Grinnell, Newton, or any other town building a factory as large or three times a> large as the one that is to be bui t at Marshalltown. If the manufac­ ture of sugar from beets can be made successful at Marshalltown, then there is room for a factory in every one of thj> ninety-nine counties of tho State, and even with this capacity tho demand for sugar will exceed the supply. The fac­ tory at Grand Island, Neb., has a ca- nacity of 300 tons of beets, and will turn out about thirty tons of sugar per day. Sixty thousand pounds of sugar per day is a large amount, but it is estimated that before 18i»0 it will require TOO such factories to suppler the home consump­ tion of sugar. The people of tho United States are a sugar-eating peoplo. They do not spend $i,0.K\0i.0 but S100,000,000 annually for sugar. Nor has this consumption reached its probable limits, for it is a fact that tho per capita consumption in Great Britain far exceeds that In the United States. The demand for sugar is bound to increase with tho recent lower­ ing in prices. If the factory at Mar­ shalltown should represent an invest­ ment of S")00,000, which is claimed for tho Nebraska factory, there is at least §374,500,000 more for profitable invest­ ment in the same line of manufacture. There is hope for every town In Iowa. There Is no reason why every community should not in tho near future have a factory erected in its midst There is a chance for each factory to distribute 9200,000 annually in the community where it is located. Let no other town despair because Marshalltown has se­ cured the first prize. As far as D09 Moines is concerned, some day there will be a factory with a capital of several millions of dollars located near the forks of the Raccoon --Dcs Moines Register. 11..1 XV I « t lO BUUUIlV MWHUnBtlU" UJ UlhU', th© taxpayer that there has been very j ei«cton of th« territory affected, little pernicious legislation. The Se.na- Providing that anv citv. incorporated town, torial contest necessarily prolonged the township, or diatrtct having least l.oooand ....j.. 1 inn hill, not over20 0)0 population, in which free schools session, and over 1,100 bills had accumu- ure now managed l>y special rot, may elect a lated when ft terminated, but since then business has been disposed of with dispatch. The measures affe.-ting labor How the Cotton-Tie Duty Works. In a special dispatch from Washing­ ton the Evening Post gives the details from a report of Consul Burgess at Tun- stall, England, of the suspension of a large concern there which was engaged in manufacturing cotton ties for this market, the works being closed because of the increased duty ou that article in the McKinley bil'. The dispatch con­ cludes with this paragraph: "This will be grateful news to those antl •live-and-let-live' people who regard our tariff system as chiefly valuable for the injury it inflicts on everybody out­ side of our own country; but how will it strike the cotton producers of th i South, w^ in order to ship their goods to mar- ^Jfet, are now compelled to pay nearly "•* tim^s the duty they have had to pay heretofore on their ties?" If the Post had perused Tuesday's Pres.*, wherein it was stated that since the McXinley bill was passed cotton ties have boen selling at SI. 10 per bundle, whereas tho price before that eveut was SI. 20, it wou!d probably bo able to an­ swer its own question about how it strikes tho cotton producers of tho South. The broader market and larger trade assurod to American manufact­ urers by tho new duty enabled them to put down the price, take a smaller mar­ gin of profit and still make money. Not only this, but they are now soiling st' el ties of better quality than the old iron ties for the lower price. As for tho Southern producers paying nearly three times as much duty, fhey do not pay any duty, but buy American made goods, on which thero is no duty. That's where the shoe pinches our English content porary.--New York Press. ••Why I Am a Protectionist." The Hon. William P. Frye, United States Senator from Maine, in answer­ ing the above, says: "Because facts con­ front us, not theories. I have seen the wage-earners of Great Britain and Con­ tinental Europe; know how they live; that they are homeless and landless, as far as ownership is concerned; that they are helpless and hopeless as to any bright future for thcmselvos or their children; that in their scant wages thero is no margin for misfortune and sickness, pauperism being the only refuge. I know that in this Republic the prudent, temperate and industrious worker is sure of an abundant reward; that his ambition to succeed seldom meets with failure; that lie owns land and homo; that luxuries to the European laborer are necessities to the American. How then can we compete with the former and maintain our superiority in these re­ gard^? Steam and electricity have mado of the world one neighborhood, elimi­ nating largely the protection once afford­ ed by time, distance and transportation. There is one way only of so ving this problem: Legislation for our own, a tariff for protection." , How It Works. The effect of the McKinley bill upon, the market for farm produce is clearly shown In the summary below. Repub­ licans and free-traders alike will notieo that such statistics are not published by the Associated Press. Total exports of beef, hog and dairy products for the month ending April yt) (under the nev; law).. #0,596,089 For the same month last year £0,374,706 Gain under McKinley law Total exports of beef, hog and dairy prod acts for (oar months ending April 30 (under new law) .*4,3ir>,<K)0 For same period last year .912,148,634 Gain under McKinler law... $2,198,206 Dcbiso the debate on tho tariff bill 1n the French Chamber of Deputes M. Jourde declared that "the fear of trichi­ nosis is only a pretext to oxclude Ameri­ can meat France has consumed 40,€00,- 0i>0 kilogrammes (about ico,ooo,otx> pounds) of American pork annually without a single case of trichinosis ever having beei; reported." That is tho plain truth in regard to the matter. The discrimination agrinst American pork is made to protect French meat producers, not only by high duties but by terrifying the people through false charges against American pork. France can well learn wi-dbm and more honest methods of gov­ ernment from the chief republic of the world, »"hich enforces protection of home labor openly, without subterfuge or hesitation, and Is proud of the resoltsi The Republican papers are all work­ ing zealously- for the still greater pros­ perity of the country and all its legiti­ mate business interests. This is a good thing to think of when you are reading a Democratic paper. Why is It that the adherents of Democracy are all so aax>- oas to injure the reputation of thftir own country ia the estimation of tfee people? are as follows: Prohibiting corporations from creating, en­ tering into, becoming members of or party to any pool, trust, agreement, combination, con­ federation. or understanding with any other corporation, etc., to regulate or fix the price or limit the product of any article of merohandlse or w.r commodity. Making it » misdemeanor for any person en­ gaged in any mining or manufacturing business in this State to keep a true!: store, or any store, shop, or scheme tor the furnishing of supplies, tools, clothing, provisions, or groceries to his employes, or to make deductions from the vrages of workmen except for lawful money, checks, or drafts actually advanced without discount, and except such sums as may be agreed upon between employer an 1 employe, which may be deducted for relief funds for sick , or injured employes. Making it unlawful after Jan. 1, 1833, for any person to assume or attempt to (liselt»rge the duties of mine manager in mines that have a daily output of twenty-fire tons or n:ore unless l»e holds fc certificate of competency or service as to bis qualifications for the position from the Staie Board of Mine Kxaminers, Requiring every manufacturing, mining, quarrying, lumbering, mercantile, street, elec­ tric ami elevftttd railway, steamboat, telegraph, telephone, and municipal corporation, and every incorporated express and water company to pay weekly each and every employe engage! in Its business tho wa',*es earned by such em­ ploye to within six days of the date of such payment. Making it unlawful to imitate or counterfeit a label, trade-mark, or form of advertisement. Making it uulawfuli for any owner, agent, or operator of any coal mines whose miners are paid upon the quantity of coal they mine to f take any portion of the same by any process of j screening, or by any device, without fully ac­ counting for and crediting tho same to the minor. All coal must be weighed in tho pit cars I before being dumped, and 2,< 00 pounds ia to be a ton. A correct record la to be kept of each I car, which shall be kept open for the inspection i of all tho«e interested. The weigher must take an onth before some magistrate, which shall be oonspicuouslv posted at tho scales. Repealing the Cole boycott law passed in 1887, defining conspiracy au 1 providing penalties for violations of its pro\i? ions. Authorizing the miners in any ooal mines to hire aud pay for check-weights. Requiring" the inspectors of mine* to furnish information to the ntate Geologist. Making it unlawful, under a penalty of $10 to 630, for any person to bire a child under .13 years of age, unless such child has to support an aged or infirm relative, and the Board of Kd- ucation certifier; to this fact, and also to the fact that the child has attended school for at least eight weeks. Railway legislation is as follows: To enable any railroad company whose main line runs near to any county seat to change and relocate such lino so as to run through the county seat. Empowering the Board of Railroad and Ware- bouse Commissioners to order interlocking •witch devices to be placed at crossings when the safet y of the public demands it. Permitting railroad trains to run draw-bridge* without stopping, provided an interlocking Switch is in position Enabling railroads to buy and hold stocks and •ecurities of connecting lines outside the State, but they must buy at least two-thirds tho stock and pay all the stockholders the same price for their stock. - Civil and Criminal Courts are subjcct to the following enactments: Amending section 6 of the law In regard to tender by providing that whoever owes any un­ liquidated damages or demands arising out of a contract may tender, before or after suit is brought, what he conceives to be just amends fo; the suae, together with costs of suit to that point, aud the plaintiff shall not be allowed to recover anj' costs after such tender if the find­ ing of the court or Jury is the same or less than the amount tendered. Amending section 2 of the master in chancory act by providing that the reports of masters in chancery shall contain a detailed statement •howing the airouut derived from each cause, the names of the persons entitled to the money, and an itemized aco >unt of all notes, bonds, mortgages, trust deeds, and other evidences of indebtedness. The master in chancery must also produce in court with his report the money or certificate of depotit for tho money, aucl nptes, bonds, mortgages, trust deeds, or other evidences of indebtedness so held by him. and it i* the duty of the court to inspect tlie same. Providing that the fec-s for coroners' jurors shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the certificate of the coroner, without going through the hands of the County clerk. Establishing the validity of marriage* con­ tracted when one or both of the parties were •laves, so that their offspring may inherit p r o p e r t y . r • - - • » - Adding two section* to the civil-right* law, BO that justices of the peace will have jurisdiction in civil cases to recover damages to the extent of their jurisdiction, but on appeal to a higher court the latter may find damages and render judgment the same as if the action had been commenced in such higher court. Authorizing county judges to appoint cne drainage commissioner, when three are unneces­ sary, on petition of the land-owner* ill the drainage district. Amending the act legarding fees for Probate Courts in cook County by uroviding that in es­ tates not exceeding $5,000 the fee shall be 85 and $1 additional for each $1,000. In estate* of $>00 or less the judge may relcaae all fee* in hi* dis­ cretion. Authorizing the county judge in the sale of estaU s to allow the clerk $•> and the auctioneer ©10 a day. ^ F Enabling persons who have brought suits in the wrong county to secure a chauge of venue on paying costs. Authori/.lng the court to nx a reasonable re­ muneration for administering estate* wnere the will or codicil thereto fails to do ao. Amending the justice of the peace act by pro­ viding that where a bond for costs is not given at the commencement of a suit it may be filed on motion after a suit is brought, and the case continued fifteen days. The following affcct agriculture: Amending Section 21 of the act providing for drainage for agricultural and Banitarv purpose* by adding a proviso enabling the commission­ er* to readjust the classification of a drainage district when they think the former classifica­ tion is inequitable and unjust. The new classification will be tabulated, or shown by a map, or both, and fllea in the clerk's office lor Inspection. Giving legislative assent to the grant of Con­ gress by which a portion of the proceeds of pub­ lic lands will Ik; devoted to tho support of agri­ cultural colleges, and providing that such grants be turned over to the University of Illinois. Library legislation enables cities to establish and maintain free .public libraries, authorizes the levy of a tax not exceeding 2 mills for that purpose, makes it lawful for the trustees of any real or personal property bequeathed by will, donated by deed, or otherwise, for the purpose of founding a free public library, to cause to be formed a corporation for the convenience of ad­ ministering the estate in this particular; and enables eii ies to accumulate fund* to establish and maintain public libraries ; the limit of taxa­ tion being S m ills. Appropriations having general Interest are a* follows: $330,1«X), Chester Penitentiary: $44,232.83, Carbondale Normal Sehoi-f: 4-135,2u0, University of Illinois; 641,000, Soldier* and Sailors' Home; $40,So0, Joliet Penitentiary: j $18,000, training school building for the normal I school at Normal; $3,3 >0, Illinois charit­ able eye and ear infirmary at (hi- ] cago; $50,(100, employes of the present General Assembly: $13,100, institution for the education of the deaf and dumb; 5150,000, to change the present Reform School at Pontiac in­ to a State reformatory; $103,000, for additional buildings to accommodate 300 more patients at the Kankakee Hospital for the Insane; §7.300, State Reform School ; $74,500, Elgin Hospital for the Insane; $8iW.t0Q, (Mate exhibit at the World's Columbian exhibition; $-2,500, relief of Jacob Schmidt, whose eye was by a convict at Chester; $10 board of education, which shall have the same powers granted by the general school law. Giving cities and villages acting under special charters the same right to levy and collect taxes for school purposes as is now possessed by cities and villages acting under the general school law. Authorizing citieB to fix the maximum rates to be charged for water, where the waterworks are owned or controlled by private parties. Compelling a municipality that condemns property for public purposes to pay for tho ' same within two y< ars. Authorizing road commissioner* to chan-e the boundaries of districts on petition; also r. j- eluding all incorporated cities, towns, and Vi lages from road districts in counties not undct township organisation. Authorizing the county or probate judge i". all counties except Cook to rrmit fees in all ea' tat* s less than SI,WO, and in estates controlled by a guRSilian for minor children worth $500. Km powering county and probate courts to au­ thorize executors and administiators to pay taxes on real estate. Authorizing mining and manufacturing com­ paring to hold stock in railroads and construct the ta ne. Allowing apprals from town assessors to county boards ror inequitable assessments. Permitting township fire insurance compa­ nies, when tin y iau'ludo less than twelve politi­ cal townships, to receive townships up to but not exceeding twelve townships. Authori/.iug municipalities to levy taxes for corporate purpose* in two counties if the limits of the city extend into such counties. A com­ panion bil! sives such cities the right to extend and enforce tlieir ordinances in the other coun­ ty. but liot onr,side tho limits of the city. Providing that where a railroad divides a highway that is on a township or county lipe, the counties or townships shall keep U in're­ pair, notwithstanding it has beeu forced entirely into one county or township. lieducing tho amount that may bo leviod for bridge purposes in counties under township or­ ganisation to 4 ) cents on the vluO. Amending Section i>4 of the road law by pro­ viding that iv road may bo laid out from a lot ot land to a publio waterway on ]<eti:ion to the commissioners of highway* by auy persons di­ rectly interested. Enactments regulating Insurance af- falls: Imposing upon all |>ersons doing aa insur­ ance business the sume restrictions and liabili­ ties as corporations doing an insurance busi­ ness in this State. Making it unlawful for life insurance com­ panies to discriminate In favor of large policy­ holders in the way of rebate*, dividends, or anv special privileges not granted to all policy­ holder*. Perm it tins Are insurance companies to loan their net surplus on farm mortgages in State* iu which they do business other than IllinoiB. Miscellaneous bills were passed as fol­ lows: Allowing cemetery associations to aoquire by purchase or gift for burial purpose* not to ex­ ceed twenty acre*. Converting the present reform'school into a State reformatory, anil providing for the ap- pointment by the Governor of five non-parti­ san trustees. Only offenders under UUvears of age who ba've never been convicted of crime before are to be admitted. The sentence of the court or jury shall be for an indeterminate period, and tho offender may be held for the maximum time fixed by law or released on parole by goc<l behavior. The earnings ot the Institution are to be covered into tho btate Treasury. Making t he first Monday ;n September (Labor Day) a legal holiday. Authorizing suit for separate maintenance to be brought by th'> wife in the county in which she lives or In the county iu which her husband lives. Making the tapping of telegraph wires a mis­ demeanor, with a penally of £3u0 to §503, or tot exceeding one year in jriiU, or both. Providing a penalty < f lis! to $20 for animal* running at largo in cities. Providing for the burial of veteran and indi­ gent soldier* by the township in which they die, unless they are inmate* of the Soldiers' Home. Authorizing school district* located in more than one town slip to unite with the one having the largest population for the purpose ot erect- iug a high school. Allowing school director* to assume and pro­ vide for debts heretofore contracted. Offering a bounty of 2 ccut* lor sparrow scalps. Changing the, Weight of a bushel of sweet po- tatoee jW'im f i f t y -five to fifty pound*. FixjiTffa penalty for willfully or knowingly obstructing any stream or water coarse. PrtiiidiugS penalty of to ijlOJ for 'dock' log" or mutilating horses. Giving tho widow the privilege, within sixty days, of applying to the court to have somebody other than herself appointed administrator. Exempting suiwvlsors from giving bond for dog taxes, ' - Amending the thrashing-machine mot by pro­ viding that if damage* are sustained the plain­ tiff may recovcr. Making it a misdemeanor, with a penalty oi 810 to s?'200, for auy person not entitled to do so to wear a Grand Army badge or button and solicit assistance. Amendiu; the trespass act by providing that the fact that a person is In an inclosure with a dog, cun, or net, shall be prima facie evidence of guilt. Authorizing school districts organized under special charters to alter or enlarge thoii boundaries in the same manner as under the general school law. Amending the law regulating building, loan, and homestead associations by providing that loans may be made at a fixed premium on reso­ lution of the board of director;. Enabling county clerks in school districts lying in more titan one county to make the levy on the asacbtied valuation and certify to each county. The following joint resolutions were adopted: Submitting to the people the question oi striking out that provision of the Constitution which limits the number of amendments that can be submitted to the people to two article* of the Constitution at the same election. Giving the assent of the General Aseembly to the acquisition by the United Stales of a title to all lauds necessary for the construction aqd maintenance of the Hennepin Canal, and ced­ ing jurisdiction of the same to the General Gov­ ernment. "•» Granting permission to the Grand Attax: oi the Republic of Illinois to encamp at Catnp- Lincoln annually in October and to have the use of such camp aud garrison equipage as it needs for its comfort and convenience. Urging an amendment to the Constitution of the United States permitting the election ol United States Senators by direct vote of the people and requesting the Illinois delegation in Washington to advocate such a measure. Thanking the States aud Territories for their efforts to make the World's Columbian Exposi­ tion a world-famed success. Accepting the $974,EG8.i'8 of direct tax refund­ ed by the National Government. Providing for a commission of five, to be ap­ pointed by the Governor, to investigate the dif­ ferent system* of transferring land titles, par­ ticularly the Torrens system iu use in Aus­ tralia. Authorizing the Adjutant General to permit the Sons of Veterans to use Camp Lincoln at each annual encampment, aleo to have the use of tents, bedding, etc., on giving an indemnify­ ing bond. Authorizing the Adjutant General to permit the Illinois Brigade, Knights of Pythias, to en­ camp at Camp Lincoln, also giving them th« use of tents, bedding, cooking aud table uten­ sils, etc., oagiving an indemnifying bond. An Kyc-C.eaner. Did you ever hear of an eye snail? It is found on the coast of some of tli6 South Pacific islands, a product of the sea, and in appearance not unlike the y-~- -- | half of a dry English pea. The flat ),(XHj,r°yin-1 side is slightly concaved and by olose cidental expenses of the present general n,ssem- I inspection the numerous small legs bly and care of the State House sttd grounds; j ..m tw, -nnn rpoiitnaaa for hnsinMR $16,3*2, Anna Insane Hospital; $8,tiS0, Soldiers* I can 06 seen 1 readiness lor uusiness, Orphans' Home ; $25,000 to renew the gBtes in and improvements on the Copperas Creek and Henry locks on the Illinois and Michigan Canal; $2,000 in aid of the Illinois Dairymen's Associa­ tion ; .$50 per annum for each county farmers' institute; $10,000 to remove the dead in the old Kaskaskia cemetery to the bluffs on the east of the river, buy a site for a burying ground, in­ close the same, and erect a monument to their memory; ordinary and con­ tingent expenses of the State Government; $2),000, brick machines and materials for a stone wall around the Chester prison ; $4,000 per annum for the State Horticultural Soci­ ety ; §122,500 per annum for the use of the Illi­ nois National Guard and to build a rifle range in Cook County; $35,CO >, Asylum for Feeble­ minded Children at Lincoln; 814,500, Northern Hospital tor the Insane at Elgin ; ®8'.i2,oao, offi- , ct rs and members of the next General Assem- I bly and. salaries of officers of the State Govern- ! ment; $23,000, Jacksonville Hospital for the In- ' sane; $42,000, Normal University at Nor- I mal; $2,428,400, for ordinary and con- • tingent expenses of the various charitable in- [ stitutions of the State; $100,000 for ex­ pense* of the Joliet penitentiary; $13,500, I ordinary expenses of the State Laboratory of j Natural History and for the State Entomolo­ gist's office; $2f,'240, institution for the blind; I isH,eo>, State Board of Agriculture; $79,960, Kajokakee Hospital for the Insane; $6,884, Elgin j Hospital for the Insane; $1,000, State Bee-Keep­ ers' Association. j Municipal corporations are subject to the following: j Amending sections Si and 63 of article 9 oftlwl statutes relating to the incorporation of tHlw , closely folded together, Now comes the most singular part oi the story: Place the little animal under the lid of the eye, and he springs off, running all about aud around the ball, apparently in search of anything of a foreign nature, which, should he find, he will seize and come out of the eye, evidently satisfied with having performed his duty. Stranger still, the thing remains lifeless in the pocket until immersed in a little vinegar, whereupon it begins jumping abont, signifying its willingness to work. Although the thiog resembles the half of an English pea, there is nothing irritating about it in the eye. Whites are made acquainted with its use by the natives, who frequently get grains of sand in tlieir eyes while diving. "Dn> you see old Skinflint?" "Yes. I told him I had come to ask him the great­ est blessing a man could seek--ti'« daughter's hand." "And what did he say?" "He seemed very much pleased. Said he was afraid at first I wanted to borrow £5."--A'cw for* Heraid A very sad affair came nnder the no­ tice of the official at the Union Depot recently. About an hour before the Milwaukee train arrived from; Chicago, a very respectably dressed man walked up to the barrier and inquired of tho ticket taker when the train would ar­ rive and which platform it would draw up at. He was given the desired infor­ mation, and then good-naturedly told the railroad man he was expecting his wife and child from Europe. He was elated at the thought of once again meeting his life partner and clasping to his arms the babe born a few months after he left Europe. They had left the old home to brave the perils of an ocean voyage to find in this vast conti­ nent a spot where he could found for his family a more happy resting place than the one he had known under the despotism of the iron rule of Bismarck. Early and late he had worked, deny­ ing himself sometimes the actual ne­ cessities of life, in order to send money to his wife for her subsistence, and put by a little toward furnishing a new home. A few weeks ago he wrote his wife that he was in a position to have her come to the new Western home, and sent her sufficient money for the journey. She was expected to arrive yesterday, and tho anxious husband walked up and down the depot, ever and anon taking a picture from his pocket to look at his loved one's fea­ tures. He conjured up a vision of how, in a few minutes, the train would ar­ rive with a rush and a roar, and amid the bustle and noise a pair of loving arms would clasp his ncck, while a tiny prattler would clasp his knees, auxious to receive a father's caress. There were many people in the depot waiting on a similar mission, and glances were often sent in the direction of the stalwart man gazing with fervent eyes upon the picture he held in his hands. Slowly the large hand of the clock in the depot neared the hour of arrival, and in the distance was heard the claug of the bell of the locomotive. With mighty throbs the engine slowly drew its burden down the last 100 yards of the journey, aud soon stood at rest George Blanck, who lives |on Ed­ mund street, was the man expecting his wife and child. He rushed up to the travel-stained cars looking for his loved ones, prepared to give them a royal welcome, for his heart was full of joy. At last he sees the one he loves dearer than life itself, and strides toward her. Her face is pale and drawn, but that he thinks must bo from travel and nursiug the babe she carries iirher arms. The tears coursing down her cheeks, he thiuks, are tears of joy at meeting he* protector after the weary years of sepa­ ration. He clasped her to his arms aed then stooped to km the eweet cherub sleepiug so sweetly in its mother's arms. The poor woman's lipi moved, but no sound issued from them. Suddenly a sharp cry of pain was beard by bystand­ ers, aud Blanck threw up his hands and gave way to a bitter fit cf cryiug. The babe he had stooped to kiss was indeed asleep, sleeping the long slumber which comes to all. An hour before the train arrived the little one bad died.-- Paul Globe. ------ Neatness ot Dress at Home. The importance of heat and tastefnl home dressing cannot be over esti­ mated. The matron who appears be­ fore the members of the family in a shabby, soiled wrapper and makes the excuse, if indeed she takes the trouble to make one at all, that "it is so much more comfortable," has little idea of the possible consequences of such a course. Could she but realize that her dress is an evil example to her daughters, and productive of consequences that will f£ach far beyond her own span of life; that, her husband and sons cannot fail to draw comparisons between her dress and that of the ladies they meet in other homes, and that iLesocomparisons cannot fail to decrease their respect for her, she might be induced to give more attention to her personal appearance. Not even the burden of care and con­ stant employment can furnish a suffi­ cient excuse for careless personal hab­ its, for few things are more important to the well-being of a family. There is an old saying to the effect that an un­ tidy mother has disobedient children, and, while neither, parents nor children may realize thejvvhy or wherefore of it, yet there is always 1i lack of respect and an indifference to the authority of a mother who takes no pride in h?r per­ sonal appearance. And it is not the mother alone upon whose shoulders rests the burden of re­ sponsibility for home neatness and or­ der in dress; the father has his duties t<3 look after as weil, and should never fail to insist upon the younger members of the family presenting themselves with well-kept hands, clean faces,neatly brushed hair, and Orderly dress, at least at every meal where the family assem­ bles. Mongooses Kill a Cobra. The Ceylon papers doscribed a fight between a cobra and two mongooses, which was witnessed by a number of residents of Colombo. It took place as an exhibition, at a private house, for some visitors. For a little time the mongooses were averse to attacking the cobra, though they ran round and round it in­ quiringly. The snake, which was splendid specimen of the deadly cobra and beautifully marked, exhibited much alarm as soon it saw them, and curled itself up ready to strike. After some time the mongooses warmed to their work, and the fight be­ gan in earnest. Again and again they dashed in and seized the snake by the tail or the lower coils >f its body, jump­ ing out of striking distance before the oobra could touch theui. Their agility in this resj>ect was amazing. Tired out with watching them rnn first one way round, and then the other, making an occasional dart in and as rapidly jump­ ing back again, a time came when the cobra, failing to torn with sufficient speed to face the mongoose, the latter sprang in, seized the snake by the back of the head aud killed it at once. On this occasion a number of instantaneous photographs of the fight were taken while it was in progress.--Newcastle {England) Citron tele. Combined Effort. More than 300 different industries. says the Southern Lumberman, enter into the building of every ocean steam­ ship. To build a 2,500 ton steamship requires GOO men in direct and constant employment, averaging $500 per man. The sum of $300,000 is thus diatrjltntftd to the trades. Iv every one knew what every one thought abont every one else the only real friend a man would have would be the little worthless yellow dog that never dies and refasas to be given away ITEMS GATHERED FROM V SOURCES ' Wlwt K«lgM»ors Are Potng--Watts## of OISSMI Sad Uesl InUratt -- Msr* rlsjftt snd D--tin-Accld«nti and Crins -Psnsssl Pointnr.. .Torr?f Duty, living about six miles north of Benton, ^hot and ki.led hit mother-in-law, Mrs. Allen. The trouble arose over the possession of a child. He sought legal advi< e as to his rights, and returning home met his wife, child and mother-in-law. They had a quarrel and scuft'.e, which resulted in l.'uty shooting: his mother-in-law in the fa o three times, killing her almost instantly. He tried to kill his wife, but his revolver would not discharge. The murderer is a son of William Doty, a highly respected cit­ izen. Georc.k Kbamf.p. who came to Peoria from Germany twelve years ago, made preparations to return to the old country. ./ ^ His trunks were packed and ail his ar- rangements made. After eating a hearty ' ^ dinner and apparently being in the best of spirits he went to the hen house and put a bullet through his hrain. He waft 51 years old and well to da \ . A permit was issued by Auditor Pavey -J to W. C. Uadiey, William HadMe'.d and John Cook to organise a Statj bank at Collinsville, with a capital of #25,0& H.vtiRY Buzzard, awd <\ of Sumner. ./ j f&l Into a boiler of scalding water and * j received fatal injuries. Illinois Grand Lodge of CdJ Fel'owe ' met at Quincy. The Grar.d Secretary's ^ report shows that there ara 38,000 Odd • J Fellows in Illinois and over II.OOO Daughters of Rebekah. - 'I Brows and a man by the r name Of Turner, while cros-ing the Big . Four, in East Hillsboro, in a two horse ^ wagon, were struck by an engine and fatally injured The two ho>e* were killed instantly and the wagon was torn to pieces. v -%• Avoista Lades^ack, a 15-year-old * ,j schoolgirl, was married at Engleman to Fred Kold, Jr., aged 37 years. 1 Tazewell County was visited by the '• - most destructive rainstorm known in its * *3 history. Farm Creek, opposite Pfcoria, rose so rapidly that East Peoria was in- . , 4." undated and avast amount of damage done. The bridge, supposed to be above *•; high-water mark, was so deep in water that it could not be crossed. There was •, - a serious washout on the Lake Erie and Western and another on the Peoria and - .'.s/- Pekin Union. William Okp, of Evanston, shot bin- self through tho head at St. Joseph, Mo. He was found dead in a va ant lot. Skxatoh Cullom will accompany his 'JJ daughter to New York, and thence will fjw sail for Europe, where he will spend the ^' i greatest part of the summer. At Conger, near Bloomiugton, Nooney , Brant was struck by a bolt of lightning, which l}$d the effcct of driving him In-^ ^ sane. He attacked his brother and i I i IVI (U« nyj,iua £».r. of tj;e a;»moi a!5y ftther State. T]j|e nearly choked him to death, and soon * afterward attackei a barb wire fence, T tearing down the wire and bitln^the posts. There is small chance ot his 4s recovery. "] Lixa Dkmfsey. aged 6, was Wiled at,' Chicago by a coal wagon. Qeo, GIbbonS| ' driver, was arrested. , . ' , Illinois takes the lead ia prla'tlon for the World's Fair. The * gou?es pf thQ i?tat0 Legislature coa» ^ curretl in a bill approprfat ng SSOO,OW ;; for the Wprld's This is ^ pioprlation ma®eIfr -1^ largest two ^ viouS appropriation? ft 1*0 for c300,000 each- one by Ca ifornia ana t&S i by Pennsylvania. Of the S3C0,O'>G, 000 is set apart sor the women, belaS the only specific appropriation for them that has thus far boen made. Another -**! stop different from what Other States ^ have seen tit to do is the setting apart f' of $40,000 of the total amount ap- '•» propriated for a life-stock exhibit. This: ^ £ ¥40,000 will be us »d in the payment of '-N premiums for stock exhibited by the breeders of Illinois. There was con- :• siderabio rejoicing among World's Fair orticials over this appropriation. While . It was a general desire that Illinois ,JA should lead off with Sl,000,OGt>, SSO0.OOO 4 was considered liberal, and there is yet N "$ an opportunity for adding to the appro- ' ̂ The members of the bar of Bloominjt* ^ ton tendered to Judge Owen T. Reeve* a banquet in commemoration of his re- tirement from the beuch, after four i ?>} years' continuous service as Circuit Judge y of the E eventh Circuit and four as one of the Appellate Judges of the Southern .1 district of Illinois. Isaac N. Phillips.. yj- Railway Commissioner, was the toast- , master. A valuable piece of bronae - y., statuary was presented to Judge Beeves, :y| who delivered an eoqueat and touching JSi speech of thanks and farewell.* Joun Petro Cloudy, a laborer living yf at Rogers Park, was instantly killed by a passenger train at High llidge. He > was sleeping on the depot platform and fell under the wheels of the train as it passed. At Springfield, the street electric a killed an infant child of Mrs. S. J.> Shaughnessy. A bill to prevent the docking of y'| horses' tails passed the Legislature. This will give the horses a chance for ' . comfort during fly t'me, J0115 GpKijfEit, twenty-one years of 1 age, was stabbed iu tho left lung by an unknown man with whom he quarreled yfy at Chicago. Greiner is dangerously wounded. ^ Patrick O'Neill, at Chicago, had ^ delirium tremens and stabbed himself, y Policeman James Donlin happened to be ; near and his knowledge of surgery en- «• abled him to stop bleeding from wounds y which would otherwise 1 have proved1^ fataL Ex-Offickr, E'hvakd Smythe was robbei and murdered in a saloon, at Chicago, and three men are arrested. JS An unknown man sto'e John Bender- son's horse and buggy, at Chicago. The horse ran away, plunging into an open draw-bridge, and both beast and «hrhrer V - * were drowned. ^ Firk engine company No. 11, of CM- i.® caeo, which has been particularly un- fortunate of late, now has a mascot, y^ Captain Gruenhut, who was injured ' J while working at a fire, went to Europe a short time ago on a furlough. When : "'Jl he reached Bremen, Germany, he bought ; 1|| a little black pig and shipped it in a crate to his old company in Chicago. The little piece of live pork, now about , y| eight weeks old, arrived at the engine :'h house a few days ago. It is the pet of f the company, aud is being trained to do i all sorts of things. It roams at wiii j.J about the bui'ding, and soon will allowed to follow the boys to a fire. . • *..|J At Mount Sterling. Liltie A. Baity and Susan R- Knox were ae.|uitted of the charge of poisoning Charles Barry. last Jauuary. It was proved by Pro­ fessor J. H. Long, of Chicago, that Barry died of poison, but the prosecution could liot produce any proof that the de­ fendants administered the poison. The verdict was fullv in accord with the evi­ dence, but mauy still think the woman guilty. , Fiktkes voung roughs at Chicago a»* tacked Officer Michael Yore, of the Mm** well Sticet Station,when he tried to stop their fighting They knocked him down, beat and kicked him, and took his star, club and revolver, ft* of tfce CTOWd w«8 arretted. ^ ^