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Mtmam..., _ THE M'KINLEY LAW. - ~ Qtewtfce Tmrmer Is DlmiUf Benwftlid A; : ' a--a Plank in the R«fefwka Start* Kat- " # • , *WN*~T««w»pha»t jfcpjafc ofN«Ktaa«r- Sherman In Ohlo-Tfc* l4(te of &»,«83 ba 38,330 bbu 1,5 1 bbla 87,540 lbs MB,975 lb* 88,370 lbs 406,550 " 'r-*' ! Benefited l»y the .Tarfll -1 * • A few weeks ago the Detroit Tribune v, united attention-to the remarkable tn- Xsrease in the exports of farm produce at the port of Detroit which has taken '.jtfice during the past few months, as ^Compared with the corresponding *#onths of the previous year. This in- j creas© is not due to a diversion of traffic, -ias may be known from the fact that the ^ . records of the Port Huron custom house ••how a corresponding gratifying in­ crease. Tho increase shown in July ; Was so very large that it seemed as if it ° not possibly be duplicated; but it |tas been. Here are the figures: 4 " Jfat, 1»0. Articles. Aug., 1831. . ' 67S bu .Oata 7o,5oO ba 3,460 ba........Wheat...... ~ " > , (9,068bbls......Wh«t flour...... >: ' ^ ntMii AptiKi r... #1,745 lbs. iMiMdbMf...... •'/. »8,Ui lbs Bait*J beef /, • >k Tallow 6,880 lbs Bftc n. * ^4,9*8 ttauriB. , _ tlS.617 lb® ) ickledpark. 1,038,680 lbs Lar i 78.80J lbs '» - »<.... Butter.. SOB,(>91) lis "'Nm--- (lieeg®.... 515,3(9 lb« The money value of exports for Au- ^ jfftist, 1890, was 8140.027 as compared "With $471,960 for August, 1891. This, says the Tribune in a late issue, is a "•plendia showing, for it indicates that $he farmers and dealers in farm produce have early begun to realize the benefits •• Which our abundance has caused. Now let us turn to the frej list* and If6 what that shows. Here, again, are ' ' the figures: » Aug., lo9j. Commodity. S 07,416 Horua....... , * 5,0tB,,„.,„„..(.ittl(hair..< ' ' ~ 1,711............HMei ....... Maple sugar. .......Firewood..... Bolts Lo<?s ..... .. Fresh ttsh..., L rude potash i btr oil .... Sand.... ,.. Paper waste ... oal tar .-•Eggs ./ 4.46,055'". •'"<. :85,889.. 'tff:V85,586.. f . 10,535.. f * ; 1^619'/.*.*.:".*.".*. 6,947......... l&il:.®'805 " ,Z$}& 1*4,901*. • Aug.. 13)1. 81,129 i.i.. 7 430 7,820 ..... 8,o« ..... 68,583 68,855 ..... 83,170 ..... 48,814 1.79J 21,8-JO ..... 4,WW 8,684 ..... 17^62 if i tj:' 'V, * ' ; ' v; 1 835", 327 These figures are well worth studying. The effect of a change in the tariff law Whereby horses- entered for bree ling purposes must have an authenticated pedigree has resulted in cutting down Che. free imports from $1*7.415 to $31,129. • In other wor.i8, if street-car companies •re buying horses, they are purchasing them from American farmers ani not from the Canalians. This is true, not­ withstanding the fact that since the McKinley law went into effect the price of horses has declined from fifteen to /twenty per cent in Canada. The re­ moval of the sugar duty has caused the importation of $&,too worth of maple •ugar; but here agafn the farmers of Hichigan will not lose, for the bounty on sugar *111 take care of their inter­ ests. Tho provision that fish caught by Americans in fresh-waters of Canaaa •hall be admitted free of duty has in­ creased our importations of that com­ modity from $10,535 worth in August, 1890, to 843,814 worth in August, 18»1. The operations of the McKinley law 3bn the subject of eggs deserve special notice. The new tariff imposes a duty Of 5 cents a dozen on eggs. According to the Democratic theory this price Should be added to the price of eggs be­ fore the tariff went into effect. But 'alas for the theory, the facts are the Other way. For the six mojiths ending June 30, 1890, the importations of eggs at DetroA amounted to 135,087 dozen, valued at 818,409. For the correspond­ ing six months of 1891 the importations were but 6,365 dozen, valued at $i>7(5, And this includes the unusual importa­ tions at the time of the Grand Army re- Union. Now as to the price. Last year the foreign value of eggs imported was from 12 to 15 cents. This year the price is 10 cents. Last year the market price in Detroit was from 17H to 18% cents; this year it is from 16 to 17 cents. In short, Michigan farmers have sup­ plied the home market and have lowered the cost to the consumer, while the Canadian farmers have been compelled to pay the tariff on the eggs they have sent over here. A more complete expo­ sition of the workings of the protective tariff could not be asked. We commend ty to the study and mature consideration of our friends the enemy. We now live a farmer's tariff. g. -1.', • The Logic of Protection. • Wealth depends entirely on the i amount of work performed by people of our own country. Wealth is accumu­ lated labor, just as coal beds are ac­ cumulated rays of the sun. The labor rrformed Dy our own people in a year the income of the nation, and what is •aved at the' end of the year is our in­ crease in wealth. If at any time we call In the services of laborers In foreign lands to perform work which we could as well perform ou selves, wo reduce Our income, and consequently our Wealth, by just the-amount we pay those foreign laborers for their goods. An American railroad buys 100,090 tons of •tec! rails in England at $20 a ton; if Our mills and workers are to that extent unemployed, the loss to the country Would be exactly 8:.',000,000. When free-traders argue that if the rat!s cost $30 here and only $20 in England it is gaining $1,000,000 to buy them in Eng­ land, they mistake the railroad company for the nation. The company gains a Billion dollars, but that gain is the loss Of American workingmen and two mill- Ions more besides. The purchase has .Increased English wealth by $2,000,000 »nd reduced American wealth by exactly ttiat amount. So when a man buys a $15 coat for #10 in England, which our own tailors - Cpuld have made, the buyer is $5 better ~ Off, but American labor is $15 out of pocket. Its savings at the end of the year will be $15 less. Should many Wail themselves of the opportunity of buying cheap coats in England, the American laborer's income, in conse­ quence of his enforced idleness, may not suffice to buy for him the necessaries of life. He may have to fall back on .former savings and when these are ex­ hausted, to depend on charity or become * charge of the state, in which case the fcuyer of the coat may get rid of the $5 fke made in the shape of taxes for the : *|poor." If the country keeps oh buying rails and coats and other things in foreign Suntried, keeping its own workingmen le, its yearly income will become in- tufficient to pay the expenses of all its people. Capital or former savings will nave to be attacked to make good the 'deficiency. If this is kept up long, gen- • oral impoverishment and bankruptcy Will ensue, not to speak of the misery of ^ the working people who are kept idle, among whom disease will play sad havoc to consequence of insufficient food and clothing. The nation in such a case is -Ob the decline; it is worsted in the strug- jfar life with other nations. ., . ~_ A Sound Flank. / t the pleasing featnres tfoe generally excellent platform construct- % the Republicans of Nebraska is its unqualified adhesion to "the American 8rstem of protection,* and its ^nthusias-c admiration of "the genius of that iyivpvai of pi* tedMfa: legislation that a fcw yeaw ago appeared in a State platform framed nn» der tho direction of politicians who slnca have been retired from aetivo service. Nebraska, in common with the .sriftoia country, and especially in common with the Northwest, is feeling tho invigorat­ ing breezes of protection and reciprocity. The ticket nominated is excellent, the platform is strong, the party is united, and the indications are that Nebraska will vie 'with Iowa and with Ohio in rolling up a Republican majority that will be a preludo to Republican victory in the national election of l893. ¥ McKtnley's 4ku«, MaNfc. «R#liS:i§ Ma;"or McK:nley"s campaign In Ohio has be >n so successfully aggressive as to warAmt the great leader leaving thu field|.iii charge of his lieutenants for a short time while he fell upon the flank of the already demoralized Democrats of Iowa. Ohio is a battlefield wdn for and by the Reoublicans. AH that now is nee led is enough Republican vigor to ce nent the Democratic retreat into a rout The fight of the enemy in Iowa has been n ore stubborn, though appar­ ently not more successful, than in Ohio. It is of great importance that both States shouU be carried by the Republi­ cans in November, and it seems certain that they will be. There is so little en­ thusiasm among the Democrats of Iowa that the shrewd Senator Palmer, of Illi­ nois. has conveniently discovered that he will not have time to address tho Democrats of the Iiawkeye State beforo election day. Major McKinley's advent to Iowa and Palmer's refusal to enter tho State must be taken a^ assurance#, of that double victory which all Re pub*, licans ardently desire. A disheartened enemy is a ha f-beaten enemy, and tho Democrats of Iowa are disheartened. The Republican campaign in Iowa< has been managed with great prudence.- | While the Democratic candidates fot | . the State Legislature are, in much tho greater part, professional politicians^ and often the hired men of the whisky interest, the Republicans have gone to the farms of the counties and to the stores and offices of the villages and towns in search of their State Repre­ sentatives and Senators. The legisla­ tive nominees of the Republican party are, beyond comparison, of highor social standing and of closer intimacy with thef people than those of the Democrats.! The Republicans have sought for repre­ sentatives of the people, the Democrats have repeated their old blunder of rely* ing exclusively upon the professional' politicians. And as the Republicans have been wise in their choice of cadidates, so the Democrats have been foolish in their choice of issues It was a sad blunder that Gov. Boies made when he opened his campaign at Cherokee by a reitera­ tion of his New York declaration con­ cerning the loss incurred by the farmer on every acre of corn raised by him. This year the corn acreage of Iowa is unusally great, and the yield per acre will bo unusually large. There is not a farmer in Iowa who is not feeling thank­ ful for the glorious weather that is hardening hii latest grain crop, and fondly anticipating his profit from it. It was an insult to the intelligence of the3e men when Gov. Boies spoke of their yearly loss on corn, as If they would keep on planting that from which no profit could be made. Moreover, every man in Iowa knows that Gov. Boies is not a man who holds on to worth'ess property, and he does hold firmly to the grea' farms which he rents to tenants whom ha de delights to speak of a* oppressed. The Democrats of Iowa also are in tho unhappy position of witnesses whose testimony is successfully impeached by rebutting evidence. A few months ago they swore by all that was good that they knew that the McKinley bill would lower the price of crops and increase the price of manufactures. The crops are testifying, and they contradict the Democratic evidence: they are not lower but higher. The manufacturers' also are speaking; their prices are not higher, but lower, "on account, of the tariff.ff The one force that Is left unimpaired to the Democrats of Iowa is that of the Whisky League. It Is a strong and un­ scrupulous organization, but that It can overcome the moral sentiment of a great majority of the people we do not bellove.;^^ Ntsntu la Okt«* Senator Sherman is one of tho^Sre^ tors who never open their mouths with­ out saying something; accordingly, when henpoke lo the people gathered to celebrate "Republican Day" at the Ohio State Fair, he mado the most concise and at the same time the most complete defense of protective policy and of its embodiment in the form of tho McKin­ ley bill that has yet been published. It Is difficult, if not Impossible, to make any new argument for or against protection. The polemics of tariff phil­ osophy have become staie by hundreds of written and thousands of oral discus­ sions, but new evidence in favor of pro- tection continually is being discovered; theories grow old, but day after day places new facts before the considera­ tion of the people, and Senator Sherman arrayed some new facts with wonderful skill. Specially was he strong in his compilation of evidence as to the effect of the McKinley bill upon the price of wool. Henceforth few Democratic speaK- ers or writers will venture to tell the Ohio farmer that he is suffering 'rom "lower prices of wool on account of the tariff." But Sherman's speech is not one of the sort which bear dismember­ ment; it is too short, too., compact, too well knit to bear dlsjointure. It Is a little classic that should form part of the Republican campaign literature for 1892. BALMACKDA, the late ex-President of Chili, has committed suicide. We are not of those who believe that nothing but good should be spoken of the dead, though we have a little more respect for a dead scoundrel than we have for a live one. Balma- ceda was a bad and selfish man, and he goes from earth stained with crime. As he championed a bad cause, the world would have had more respect foi1 him had he died in the last ditch with his misguided troops. To live £hirty days longer and then shoot himself exhibits him to the world as a poltroon. There were probably hundreds of his out­ raged countrymen who would have shot him at sight. The service he has rendered humanity by scooting himself, though tardy, is everywhere well received, and the first line of a Western hymn, beginning, "With joy we see the cuss removed," no doubt* expresses the sentiments of his coun­ trymen who abhorred him. EMIN PASHA is back to his old habitat from which Stanley "res­ cued" him, and he is again high-muck- a-muck of a Senegambian paradise. As soon as he can make another large and valuable collection of ivory it will be in order to rescue him again. If Stanley knows what he crossed Africa for the last time, he has signally failed to tell the world ' itife.... ...... » t>EMISE OP TFfiS GREAT WISH LEADER*. •UDDI Lena«a fltastlj Excited--A Colif Cs^M Wfclto gpaairtng In PnMlc Hastened the • "mmmm SmyUe. ') Another Ponttcal Figure Ctw* CharlM Stewart Parnell died suddenly at Brighton. Death was the result of a chill with which the great Parliament­ ary leader was attacked last week. He gradually tecame worse and was com­ pelled to take to his bed, from which he never arose. Shortly after Mr. Parnell had been induced to tetire to his bed his condition became 'so grave that Mrs. Parnell and the attending physician de­ cided it advisable to at once sumrtion additional medical advice. Two other physicians were at once called in, but notwithstanding their efforts Mr. I ar- nell continued to grow steadily worse, and it soon became obvious that the Irish leader was trradnally sinking and that death was but a question of few days, perhaps hcurs. Since then it ap­ pears to have been simply a matter of awaiting the arrival of the inevitable. The announcement of Mr. iarnell's death caused a tremendous sensation here, says a London cab egram, the news coming while the pub ic mind fa still agitated by the deaths of William Henry Smith and other distinguished men. At first it was feared that it was another suicide, and this wa-t fully be­ lieved In by many in London, by whom there was a frequent grouping together of tho saicides of Balmaceda, JSoulanger m CHARLES STEWART PABHILb and Parnell. This Impression was Jrept up for some time until details came showing that tho death was from nat­ ural causes, the result of a severe cold. Expressions of surprise wer<^ at first 'more numerous than of sorrow, al­ though now that the facts are learned :these are succeeded by a feeling of pity. The death was a great surprise. • Nobody was aware that Mr. 1 arnell had been ailing and it is no wonder that ru- ';mors of suicide took possession of the public mind, but it seems that his physi­ cians had frequently warned him that he was not strong and that he ought to cease' public speaking for a time. He made his last speech in Ireland a week ago. It was noticed at all recent meet­ ings that he workod himself up to a high pitch of nervousness, the tension of which lasted for days after. Despite the entreaties of his wife he persisted in talking, although he promised soon to take a rest. Mrs. Parnell is prostrated by grief and fatigue, and the physicians are appre­ hensive as to her condition. She has been nursing her husband constantly since the coid*settled on his lung«. Both were hopeful of recovery; until nearly the last, when death came with terrible suddenness. The effect of Mr. Parnell's decease on the political situation is already being discussed. The healing of dissensions In the national party is looked for which will immensely help the cause of home rule, removing all obstacles to Its prog­ ress in Ireland itself. The liberals in England have reason to hope for the restoration of harmony with the entire body of Irish nationalists and for the assistance of its undivided vote in the next general election. Mr. Parnell had only jnst reached his forty-fifth year and there seemed no reason why he should not have lived to attain a ripe old age and to enjoy the full realization of his political aspira­ tions. His death, occurring just at the present critical period of Irish* affairs, is calculated to produce a complete c hange in the disposition not on y of the Irish political forces, but t> bring about at first a disintegration and then a recon­ struction of two polit cal parties of Great Britain Under any circumstanc­ es the Tory c alition with the followers of Mr. Parnell i s now at end, and, curi­ ous as it may appear, there can be little doubt that his decease will ha\e fur­ nished the oecas'on for uniting all Home- Rulers under one leader, thereby putting an end to the chaotic confusion which has now existed for nearly a year. The death of Mr. Parne l calls np to any person who is interested in and has closely followed the Irish movement since 1875 memor.es of a period into which have been pressed more events of first importance to the Irish people than had occurred during any previous century In the history of that race. All those remarkable struggles and episodes cluster around one striking pers(ynalit.v, the story of whose development will constitute a long and piognant chapter In the narrative of modern society. Winnings on the Turf. Judging from turf winnings in England it must pay to keep a first- class racing stable, even as a specula­ tion, although the wealthy owners probably care but little for the finan­ cial return. The leading winner for several seasons past has been the Duke of Portland, who has taken in over 8600,000 on his horses in three years, and duringten years' ownership of horses has averaged winnings ol $80,000 annually. With a small stud he has won the Derby twice, the St. Leger twice, the Two Thousand Guineas, the Oaks, the One Thousand Guineas, the Lancashire Plate, the Eclipse Stakes, the Ascot Cup, the Middle Park Plate, and nearly ail the principal two-year-old races. Of these, the" One Thousand Guineas, the Oaks, and the St. Leger were won during the past year, the Duke's winnings for the season being about $120,000. Memoir was the most profitable of his horses, contributing to the Duke's gains the handsome amount of alout $78,000. St. Serf won six races worth nearly $30,000, and Semolina took the One Thousand guineas\and $17,000. The Duke has been an/asy leader in English races for sometime, but there is a doubt as to whetherhe can retain his supremacy next season. Indeed, his winnings the past year were not half of what he took in in 1889, when he astonished the racing world and beat all records of the kind in En­ gland by winning $370,000. The running of his two-year-olds will have to be improved if he keeps the lead- PL AN KINTON'S HAPPY SUBSTI­ TUTE FOR THE COUNTY PAll' A Isuth Dskots Tswn Set* mw i Kmuple--A Bcastiral Templa (• C --Art »n«t I'leutx. Combined, to Ciw K»*RI 1 MUTSI. ; General Boulanger. ;Tac=jll^cler pf a lost the In- Tke cdnnty fair, subdivision of genus fair ughich has been a featur_ agricultural life since remote ages, finally. been supplanted in the er prising commonwealth of South DakT and its place haa been supplied by s< thing so entirely new and attract that it is likely to be widely, suet fully and profitably copied. This T stitute is nothing more nor less than erection of a grain palace. Plankinr S. D., Is the energetic place to firs? tempt the new order of fair, and f all appearances it U evident she1' made a "ten strike." Plankinton does not claim to ft* originated the idea of a palace, fo late years palaces have multiplied, t* after town choosing that method of tracting attention to itself and its en8 prise; but Plankinton is probably first community to experiment *upq distinctly agricultural palace as a i stitute for the annnal agricultural & and her effort haa been a marked i cess. g The recent opening of the Plankir grain palace was auspicious for n- reasons than one. Plankinton has n»" suffered such crop shortage as to come subject for outside aid, but sfc located In a region which has for a or two before this suffered more tft'4 from insufficient rainfall. The spier: crops of 1891, however, loaded her t naries to overflowing, and from abundance camo the beautifully d% rated grain palace as a thank-offer for nature's lavish bounty. Sioux City, the nearest commei^ centre, responded to an invitatio assist in tho inaugural ceremonies o<8 palace, and sent a special train loa representative business men to "relh witn those who did rejoice." A arranged program was carried which included glowing tributes to beauties of the palace, the splendid tility of the soil whose products been so artistically drawn upon, and to the hopeful promise of future prosper­ ity which the exhibit voiced. A para­ graph from the opening address of Pres­ ident Andrews indicates the confident hopefulness of the new state. He said: "From hillside and plain and valley, where tho silenco of ages has lingered, the white incense of steam, the curling smoke of industry's fires, and the mu­ sical hum of a busy, prosperous and con­ tented people ascends like a grand thank-offering to heaven for the good time coming, come at* last, thank God!" The palace itself, measured by* the rnle of proportions, is remarkably cred­ itable to its builders. It Is, in its ex­ terior decoration, distinctly symbolic of grain, corn occupying no conspicuous place, but ranking in its order. The tasty building, adorned with gable, tower and minaret, made an attractive heading for the principle street. Within every township in the county was rep­ resented by an exhibit of agricultural products, similar to, though more artistically arranged than the usual fair exhibits. The wheat, flax and other small grain specimens won the admira­ tion of all. Wheat sheaves from fields that yielded over forty-six bushels per acre, and other grain in proportion, at­ tracted conspicuous attention. The Plankinton schools occupied a hand­ somely arrayed corner, including art pieces worthy the best efforts of older hands and heads. Three specimens of genuine art In decoration challenged particular attention. One was an elk, with head upraised as if suddenly startled. The blending of color was produced with different shades of corn- silk, while the spreading antlers were composed of wheat and flax grains. The whole effect was beautiful and the general design thoroughly artistic. Opposite this picture was one represent­ ing sheep in the field. The wool on the animals, perfect in appearance, was composed of clematis. The third piece was a South Dakota farm house, field and buildings, taken from nature and done in cornstalks. The conduct of the grain palace festi­ val is not particularly different from that of the county fair. There is art instead of horse racing, that is about all. Bands of music, decorated build­ ings, agricultural addresses', stock pens --all these there is ample time and space for, but for years to come a new interest may be given and new ideas be developed by the novelty of artisti­ cally embowering a suitable building in the gorgeous and easily blending colors of the harvest time. The painter's brush long ago detected the voiceless melody of color in wood and field and rick; it remained to the present genera­ tion to use the colors as mixed by nature itself, in all their strangely fascinating combinations of tint and tone, and to produce with them living pictures which are in fact living realities, eloquent alike of the art and boundless gener­ osity of harvest hue and time. How far east the "fad" for palace building may extend remains to be seen. It seems as yet to be confined to the west and south. Texas built a spring palace of grain, grasses and cotton, and won wide notoriety by It. Sioux City has its annual Corn Palace festival, with Increasing interest from.- year to year. Other Iowa towns build palaces--a flax palace at Forest City, a hay palace at Algona, a blue grass palace at Creston and a coal palace at Ottumwa. But now that a notion of a general grain palace, created by and for a county population, has been succossfully ^experimented upon It is not improbable that the idea may be expanded and enlarged until the palace idea obtains a footing In hundreds of communities. It is a peculiarly apt and happy expression of an appreciation of nature's bounty. The community that has material for a lavish grain palace has the inherent qualities of soil and climate which as­ sure prosperity. PERSONALS. ALGONQUIN. EDITOR PLAINDKALER:--Born, Oct. 8th, 1891, to the wife of Jacob Bratakr, a 10-pound daughter. Billie .1 aynes and Harry Morton vfoibed with friends in Chicago last week. Our Bohemian tailor brought his bride home here on Wednesday evening of last week. The boye were on the lookout for him and with their horns, drams, and old pans, they soon persuaded him to set up the treats. il- ta rt- ee- is of an L-- the self his Misses Lizzie and Kittie Doig visited ^ with friends in Chicago last week. Mrs. J. A. Sherwood, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is visiting her many friends here. Shertn Chapel I, who is attending school at Beloit, Wis., spent Saturday and Sun­ day last here with his parents. C. W. Wand rack is moving in with his mother until he can| get his new honse completed. The peach social given by the ladies of pre the Episcopal church at the residence of D. W. Thomas on Friday evening of lastjfits' week was well attended and a very pleas­ ant time was had by all present. The Ladies Aid Society will meet, on Wednesday of next week with Mrs. Geo. Dodd., James Jack man and wife, of Nanda, visited with friends here on Sunday last. Wm. Dunn, of Shelby ville, Ills., spent Sunday here with his father, Brother Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Benson visited with friends in Chicago last week. Call at J. Helm's and see hi* fine amort raent of cook and heating stoves that hqitt- is selling at bed rock prices. Mr. Sedlacek who has bought some lot# of Chapell and Philp is getting the stone tag on the ground for a house. John Helm has just received a new stock of Clifton Springs patent anti-rust- ing tinware which he is offering at very reasonable prices. Call in and look at it and get prices. . fl°ther of Mr, a The suicide of Gen. Bou'anger by the tomb of his former mistress seems to bo a not inappropriate termination of the career of a Frenchman who had been a sham warrior and a sham statesman.-- Milwaukee Sentinel. He was selfish, mean, and cowardly, a slave of ignoble ambitions, and a victim of well-earned failures. Even charity for the dead should nof < onceal a lesson so powerful in tho discouragement of arrogance and vice.--Troy Times. He was an opera bouffe hero from the beginning, and never did anything either as a soldier or as a statesman to justify the hold which he gained over the affec­ tions of his admirers, or to explain the dread which he aroused In the minds of his enemies.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat He was selfish, vain, and unprinci­ pled. He was a brilliant soldier and a capab'e commander, but he never had any higher motive than self-glorification and self-advancement. The manner of his death was a fitting end to a sensa­ tional and dishonorable career.--Indi­ anapolis Journal. He overreached hltrs^If in his attempts to attHln th1 hi Ight of hie ambition, and instead of becoming the dictator of Franc* and a s cond Napoleon, he end­ ed his life miserably on th* grave Of tho woman for whom he deserted his family and disgraced himself. --Philadelphia Call. The mob of Paris and the aristocracy of Fiance might have ror/otten the wound in Boulanger's neck; they might have overlooked the liaison w.th Bonne- main and the desertion of the wife; but they could not conceal their disgust at the cowardly fiisht from danger. This disgrace, added to th<> others, marked the end. --Roc hester Post Express. It In mil-- ng- is- Par uls- vst Ird MABIK BASHKIBTSEFV'S tomb, near Passey, contains a vault and a chapel. Her portrait hangs just above the sarco­ phagus, and is wreathed In gowers in true Ftench fashion; and day and night a lamp Is kept burning close by. THK Rev. Mary L. Laggett, the new pastor of the Unitarian chnrch of Green Harbor. Marshfield, Mass., is very successful. She came from Be­ atrice, Neb., where she preached for three years. PKKSIDEXT DIAZ is the great Mexican denier. He has always a troadsword ready with which to deny the allegation that Mexico is on the brink of another revolution, and to bLwthe alligator out of his boots. DB. EMMA GUNKKL. of Newport, Ky., a graduate of a Cincinnati college, and who completed her studies in Germany, has become one of the most successful physicians in her state. She is the daughter of a noted homeopathist. JAY GOULD says he devotes more of his time to Missouri Pacific than to any other of his properties. That is what troubles Missouri Pacific. Mr. Gould possesses the railroad jettatura, or "evil eye," and when once he castl^its baleful gleam on any road that road's afflictions besin for&Mih. , Grover's Little Girl. Baby McKee to Baby Cleveland: *Jteep off the White House grass."--Washing­ ton Post Papa Cleveland feels "a heap bigger" now than when he was elected Pfesident --Omaha Bee Tnere is no use }n talking. Grover Cleveland's girl ought to have been a boy.--Indianapolis Sentinel. President Harrison can send hearty congratulations to Mrs. Cleveland's hus­ band--it's a girl.--St Louis Post-Dis­ patch. Baby McKee will turn green with envy when he fully realizes what has occurred in the Cleveland mansion.--Pittsburg Dispatch. Everybody is wishing Mrs. C'eveland and the baby well and some people are interested in tho old man's welfare.--- Toledo Commercial. Grover Cleveland Is still In the shadow of his bad luck. It was a girl, and Baby McKee Is a boy and has the innings.-- Petersburg Index-Appeal. After all, if Baby Cleveland had been a boy there would ha >e been just as many people disappointed. It is an even question.--Kansas City Times. If Mr. Cleveland Is happy, nobody else has any right ^o complain; but, all the same, about 5.000.000 Democrats wish It was a boy.--St Louis Republic. Baby McKee has a rival In Baby Cleveland, and the paragraphers have a brand-new and inexhaustible source of Inspiration.--Wheeling Register. Grover was gently humming to him­ self "Papa's J'aby Boy" when the nurse entered and told him it wasn't that kind, and then his smile was "out of sight *-- Columbus Journal. s If Harrison and Cleveland are the nominees of their respective parties for President In 1892, Paby McKee is knocked out as a factor in the cam­ paign.*--New Orleans Delta. Grover Cleveland has been President of the United States, and now he is a father. What has he left to live for? The world can have no richer honors In Store for him.--Buffalo Express. The advent of little Miss Cleveland has conferred on the ex-President the full dignity of a bendlct, and will enable him to realize more fully jvhat is "the true pathos and sublime ol human life. "-- New York World. The House of Lords. Evidently Gladstone doesn't expect to enter the House of Lords unless he does so with a broom and sweeps the Interior from woolsack to entrance.--Minneapo­ lis Times. If as statesmen there is reason in the suggestion to pay members of the En­ glish Parliament a salary, who is there that can conscier.tiously cavil at similar financial recognition of our able but just now overworked city councils?-- Philadelphia Times. The "Grand Old Man" tells the people of the United Kingdom that Parliament could get along nicely without the Lords. But how would the Lords get along? That Is a part of the problem that Mr. Gladstone does not appear to have solved. --Milwaukee Journal. Mr. Glad store's speech at the New­ castle congress iidicates that the Lib­ eral hosts of England will not lark vig­ orous leadership in the approaching con­ flict The Grand Old Man's brain has not lost its power ror his tongue its cun­ ning,--St Louis Post-DiSDatch. KEEPING CLOSE WATCH OP THE AMERICAN LEGATION* Interesting Situation la Frances Cleveland the Otyect M AU <3othaw£% gf\lcU«df - The Mother b Proud of the Baby, sod H»PPy« - -- Th«T Chilian Situation. The Chilian Government has M) far evinced no intention of abandoning its position that it has a perfect rteat to 'rrest persons as thoy enter or leave tha A»s/rlcan Legation at Santiago, Bnt whlU strenuously insisting upon the po*$MS»K,ri of this abstract right, the Govenu»ev'^ |s pt present making no attempt to jTu't it in practice The par­ tisans of Bala<aecdt who took refuge aoier Miafeter Egan's roof are still there, and so arrets have been made. It cannot be learned that the Govern? ment has kn contemplation any plan for asserting in the sear future /hp right of arrest that i» claimed. Bat it is thought that the present unsatisfactory situa­ tion cannot be of Josg continuance^ In accordance with instructions Min­ ister Egan has give« the Junta to derstand that If the Chilian authorities continue to maintain their present atti­ tude, the friendly relations between Chill and the United States will be in­ terrupted. The Junta's reply to this notice is awaited with great Interest What Minister Egan's next ^tep will be In case the reply is unfavorable- Is not known. The United States flap ship San Fran­ cisco is expected to reach Valparaiso at any hour. When she gets in port the American Minister will ask the Chilian Government to allow the refugees now at the United States Legation to go on board the Cnited States man-of-war Baltimore, and to take their departure from Chilian territory. THB CLEVELANDS' Monopolising Gotham'* Attention--Beau­ tiful and Handsome Presents. When little blue-eyed, forty eight- hours-old Frances Cleveland--it Is settled that she is to be named Frances after her pretty young mother--opened her eyes to the world the other morning the Madison avenue mansion where she was born was being overrun by servants re­ ceiving and taking care of bundles and packages which, when opened, revealed all sorts of offerings from the friends of her famous father and mother. It looked as If everybody who enjoyed the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland had sent a present for the baby, which is as strong and healthy as its father says it "Is. There were silver and gold puff boxes, rare bits of lace, tho danticst of silver cups, richly dressed and appropriately inscribed rattles and toys that baby t rances will not use for somo months tocome; offers of the finest trousseau that any human baby ever had, and many other varieties of orna­ ments and toys; enough, in fa::t, to keep baby Frances In good humor for half a dozen de ades. One of the ser­ vants said that over one hundred pack­ ages had been left at the house and more were coming every hour. The offerings came from every city in the East, and Buffalo, Albany, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, and New York friends sent gifts. Some of Hr. Cleve­ land's friends in Chicago also contributed offerings. x Mrs Cleveland and the wonderful baby were feeling so well that Mr. Cleveland decided to leave his home for the first time In three days and go down to his Broad street offices in the Mills. Building. As It was to be his first ap­ pearance in public since the birth of the baby he dressed hiimelf with unusual care. He wore a new fall suit of a dark material and a high silk hat. A hand­ some silk scarf and a heavy walking stick completed his outfit. Mr. Cleveland took a glimpse at the baby and then wafked o\er to Th rd avenue and Sixty- eightu street, where he boarded a down­ town train on the elevated railroad. Everybody seemed to know the b g and good-natured ex-President. He sat down between a schoolgirl and a workingman and was soon being gazed at by all the folks in the car, at which he blu-hel While her papa was attracting so puch attention down-town little Miss Cleveland was not neglected. Several ladies ca'led to see the proud mother, who is said to be convalescing as rapidly as could be wished for. Dr. Bryant paid two or three \isits during the day, and was visibly pleased at the rapi^ progress which Mrs. Cleveland Is mak­ ing- Among tho presents received was a beautifully finished cradle from Mrs. Daniel Lamont As soon as the baby gets big enough she will be rocked to sleep in this real wofk of srt Mrs. Chester Grlswold is said to have .sent the baby a do?en gold safety pins, 80 that the infant's tender skin may not be scratched by accidentally coming into contact w.th a rude Waterbury pin of brass. A handsome silver bath tub Is another gift to little Miss Cleveland. It is beautifully chased, and is one of the finest pieces of work ever turned out by the Broadway silversmiths from whom it was ordered. Mrs. Clarence Postley is credited with being the giver* of the baby's bath tub. Mr. Cleve and's mall has increased so largely that he might easily imagine himself In a Presidential campaign. Candidate for Governor Rosweil P. Flower sent him a cordial note of con­ gratulation, and many wore received by mall and telegraph from other Well- Icnown people in various parts of the country. It is said to be Mr. Cleve­ land's intention, when the time comes, to take a few weeks' vacation and ac­ company his wife and the baby t§ Uts country. '4 REVOLUTION IN HAWAII! ILLINOIS I] SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITH* 1 FULLY RECORDED. AH Game I» Jftnr Lawful Pwry_The Ctsatftf Monument Umrolled at Clitc«g»-A Kxplosloa KIUS Ktght A- eldentiu lte Stated -J TIIE Census Office issued a bulletin wh ch shows that the real fctate niort»-- £age debt in force In Illinois Jaa. IfcS 18VC, was ?3'84,30P,r<l, of which 289,222, or 43.01 per cent of 111 n fiijjflPf' ' ~ was on acre tracts, and 93It),010,038, * . 5*i,99 percent, was on village ssri > tots. The debt of Cook County, --atahf ing Chicago, was >flt»1,;>l8,20i», of w $14,0fif,30.> was on acres, and 904 on Jots. The debt of seven otlS^T' principal counties was as follows; KtuHb" $5,515,508: La Salle, 85,»ti0.488; MctenS l $5,379,30y; Peoria, $5,»88,OT2; St. ClatiSi" *5,134,309; Fangamon, §.*,851,540* #51 Will, *5,4«r,9\7. The Cook Conntf del* Is 4!\34 per cent, of the debt of *117 ifrfjfjlt."' and the debt of the eight counties named is tlO 'Jfi per cent of the totaL FiffcMi principal counties, in which are indtMW# the preceding eight and Adams, Bmbaa^' Champaign, Iroquois, Livingston, Ver­ million, and Wiunebago> Counties, owe . or H8.23 percent of the State's total debt Jn these fifteen counites are situated the c'ttes of CMoi» go, leoria, Springfieid, Booraingtea* Joliet, Quincy, Elgin, East St Louis, » Aurora, Ottawa, Streator. Belleville, Danville, and Hock ford. Tbi debt of Chicago is shown to be $24,373,170 larger than the farm debt of Kansas* S42,7oi,- 564 larger than the farm debt of Iowa, and $U2,0i)M,830 larger than the entjta mortgage debt of Alabama and Tennes­ see. The per capita debt of Illinois In $100, while that of Kansas ia that of Iowa §104. The Queen Dying; and Kngland to Secure Control of the Island*. The steamer Belgic, which a&rived at San Francisco^ "Brings most important news from the Hawaiian Kingdom. Queen Liliuokalani, the new ruler of Hawaii, Is at the point of death. 'Her physician, Dr. Trosseau, has pronounced her trouble organic disease of the heart, and her death may happen at any mo­ ment The Queen has been advised of the worst % The death of the Queen will bring about the most serious of political com­ plications, and already wire-pullers are at work to secure control of the islands in the interest of England. Honolulu newspapers dare not print one word of what is transpiring, but the j>eople are in a great fever of excitement. Americans in Honolulu will make a desperate attempt to prevent the islands from falling into British control. Tha father of the heir to the throne, who Is f 873«tt5. Mns. S. D. Punnv, of Shatonler, suffering with the toothache, took a doe* of corrosive sublimate, thinking it borax. She will hardly recover. ROWEIX GASCH, an employe of Libby, McNeill & Libby's packing house, Chi­ cago, was fata'ly scalded while at work in the hog scalding room. THE boiler explosion of the tug C W. Parker exploded, at Chicago, killing three of the men, five spectators, and seriously wounding ten others. UPWARD' of 3,500 persons were at the Salem fatr grounds to attend the old settlers' reunion of Marion County. Uncle Frank Blnnion, of Patoka town­ ship, was {the oldest parson present. Ha was 91 last August. A MAX at Clinton named H Lyons, who has several alias's, represented himself as the agent of the J. D Pent* ner firm of Bioomington, wholesale grocers. He took a number of order* for goods and forged a number of otlfc- ers, then hurried his goods to Clinton, delivered them and disposed of the rest*, skipping the town with the money. A MAGNIFICENT, imposing monument to Gen. Grant was unveiled at Liileotm Park, Chicago, before a vast concourse^ Mrs. Grant, accompanied by her sens, viewed the procession from the balcony of Potter Palmer's mansion, and was driven to the park just before the ora­ tion. The balance of the day waa passed at the Palmer mansion, and two days later she returned to New York. Her strength would not permit her t» formally receive her friends. HKNCEFOKTII citizens of Illinois give game dinners whenever they choosa to; the game waiden's duties will ba less onerous, and the restaurant keeper who serves game can do so knowing that if be should unwittingly serve it to the warden that official will have no grounds on which to bring suit for vio­ lation of the law. And all this is possi­ ble because the "open" season for part­ ridges, p'over, prairie chickens and quail has begun. All other descriptions of game have been in season for some time past W.H. CBKWS, living in Lawrence Coun­ ty, was accidentally killed by the dis­ charge of a rifle. THE residence of William Howe, near Queen's Lake, in Clinton County, waa destroyed by bra Loss, about 13,000; insurance, $1,000. THE reunion of the One Hundred sad Eleventh regiment,1 Illinois volunteers, met at Salem. J. E. Castle was elect d commander; Capt. Alfr d Nichols of Chester, senior vice-commander; Tilton W'llsoi, treasure* and EL K. Can tine, secretary. MIKE LOYDEX, of Middleton, Menard County, was in Springfield looking for hia Wife, Bridget Loyden, and their three children, who disappeared from home. The woman is poorly clad and the children are from 2 to 5 years old. Mr. Loyden thinks his wife is insane. THE subscription books of the Illinois Russian Colonization Society were opened at Springfield, and thirty-four well-known citizens signed their names as members. A branch office has been established at Quincy, a ad others wilt be started in different parts of the State. W. Friedman and M. iioelff & Bros, of San Antonio, Tex., have written asking leave to establish a branch of the so­ ciety there. A branch office will also be opened at St Paul. Minn. Dr. A. Isaacs, of New York City, Chairman of the Paron Hirsch Relief Fund Commit­ tee, has written the Illinois society In­ quiring about the progress of the work and promising to co-operate. EDWABD EUHT.TCH, of Chicago, was fined 8100 for using counterfeit cigar labels. James Skallerup, of the Cigar- makers' Union, who has been a delegate to the Cigarmakers' International Con­ vention at Indianapolis, reports that the heaquarters of tho National Union will henceforth be In Chicago. Among other matters that came up in the con­ vention was the question of the use of counterfeit cigar labels by non-union manufacturers. The convention re­ solved to extend its aid to all local unions to prosecute all violators of the law in States where there is a statute against the use of counterfeits, and to try to further favorable legislation la other States where there Is no such law In existence. AT Lincoln a jury convicted Alvin Leonard of chicken stealing and dis­ agreed as to his accomplice, Mrs. Clev enger. On the night of the theft Leonarv shot Shockey, thf man he was trying f rob, While the latter was trying to caL tnre him. L< onard was given four feJ \ in the penitentiary. . SECRETARY OF STATK PEARSON mal his semi-annual report and paid intoV State Treasury SLL.5Wi.47, the amom* received for fees the past six months. He has received .as fees and paid into the treasury during the two years and pight months of his term of office $58,- an Englishman, will work to his utmost in the interests of the British. Ameri­ cans will take advantage of any lapse of time to prevent Princess Kaiulani from taking the throne. The natives are in sympathy with Americans, and want either a republic or annexation to the United States. K The Hawaiians feel no loyalty toward their native ruler, who has foreign blood in ber veins. Americans have soma knowledge^! what is to be done, and are making pre­ cautions to organize and secure arms sufficient to protect their rights. The general election is rapidly approaching, and excitement is at a fever heat be­ tween rival political factiona °\ *' {. *• &V THE appointment of' the Hon. J- C. Willis on the Board of Baiiroad and Warehouse Commissioners, vice Tanner, resigned, is announced. Mr. Willis lives in Massac County. THE Springfield je'ly cake controversy, which has attracted such wide attention, was settled by the Directors of the Fair Association in favor of Mrs. S. J. Wll- lett, th * lady who usea layers of angel food for a jelly cake which was awarded the first premium at the late Sangamon County Fair. There were about six hundred contest ints and many of these ] oined in a protest against the award on the ground that Mrs. WilleM's cake was not jelly cak ? at alL r -• - /•*. ^ •SUA*™.** J. 141 %- l. ,! f .A ",'fy * -