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Jfi, . %C*%? mm ; * «tg?S»S 1 pWpyi O^ THOnro rt«JU««p AT STATE. » - s. . t;» •} ^ f them were formerly unfortunate$gjjough to survive. mi*** ftMitlwr. Uto^;eaeh Save a new torpedo boatwfeich has tubule 24.69 knots per tipur. What is this country doing to match her? makes the bicycle popular with many, rich and poor, is that af­ ter trying to ride on one they feel *hey are better off. - BUSINESS men who receive A good rtaby' letters every* day will be re­ lieved when the stamp collector's de- tCAtid for the tfew Columbian picture gallery is satisfied. ILLINOIS.• *T with some diffidencc thatwcj, .mm i •»{ recur to the subject of. the value of [ the foot Our ojcuaa is the extreme­ ly varied estimates« put upon it by claimants and jurles-tii nu&erousTPft- cent cases of accident. In one in­ stance a man got 6 cepts damages a^- ter having lost several toes; in aft- other he received from an obliging jury no less than $42d, for a single toe. But now comes forV^fft * per* son who asks $100,000 damages fo$ the loss or nis two feet. ^ • - . . <L'.--K. SUIT has been brought by V Mem? phis woman against & railway com- BOTH wit and understanding are .^rifles without integrity. The ig­ norant, peasant without fault is greater than the philo^pber^ with aaanjv What 1s genius or coarage* #ittiotit a heart? : "WOMEN are growing fatter, broader and more generally healthy." "This is the opihion of that excellent .judge. George da Maurier. the man whose society pictures have long been the chic t charm of London Punch. FATHER MOLLINGER, the famous faith-curist, was reputed to be worth millions. His death reveals the fact that his estate will hardly pay the •debts upon it. it does not always do to believe a man is as vrealthy as re­ port claims lum to be. A MISSIONARY and his wife who toad spent years in safety among the savages of Africa, were recently sand­ bagged and robbed in Omaha. When ^covered they will doubtless return to Africa with pronounced views as to our modern civilization. 1 LONDON Truth recently contained 40mc poetry about Mr. Gould. The lepers of this country were, in cer­ tain cases, almost abusive in their Comments upon the late financier, but none of them went to such an extent. The most hostile drew the line at pany, the allegation being that while she was asleep in a Pullman car a male employe, spying her feet, that had strayed from between > the cur­ tains, did then and there "giveifee pink tootsies an unlawful squeeze. There can be no excuse for such rude­ ness, and yet a hard-headed jury may hold the woman as in a measure to blame. When she went to bed it was certainly a tart of the luty she owed societv to take her feet with her. At any rate, the aisle of a Pullman car is no place for a heci-aud -toe exhibition. CLARKSON'S ANALYSIS OP THE CAUSES or DEFEAT. _ THK Chicago lioard of Education has decided to cive the preference in employing female teachers to maids and widows and has barred from competition for place women with children under 2 years old. Here's an oppcrtunity for a frenzied shriek on the part of the people who, ap­ parently, have nothing to do but criti­ cise the conduct of the Board. Al­ beit, the decision, while on its face it looks like a discouragement of mar­ riage and matrimony, is a most sensi­ ble one. It will come pretty hard on some husbands whose wives have hitherto supported them, bu^ ityp harder the better in this regard^ F MISSION A ICY lately returned ! ISrfim Africa, after years among the feicatbcn, where his skin had re­ gained whole, and upon reaching $maha was hit and badly wounded with a sandbae. His yearning to be . back among the comparatively gentle ' «avagos is only natural. . CONGRESSMAN COCKRELL of Texas, was wounded in a fight during the war of the rebellion. Recently he Mad trouble with his throat, and on being Operated upon by his doctor was iSisily relieved of a minnie bullet, ifhich "had worked its way upwards Jfrom the original wound. \ THE wife of a Los Angeles man set lurth his worthlessness in a long com- Immediately he committed IF it is true that A German savant has discovered a means of disinfect­ ing rivers, reservoirs of drinking wa­ ter and even sewers, by means of the passage of an electric current through them, a long step will have been made toward advancing the longevity of the human race. Cases of infection like that which caused such wide­ spread mourning in Hamburg last year would become almost impossible. The deadly well which often scatters typhoid through a whole village would be purified at once. And whole dis­ tricts which now suffer from poison­ ing, could be rendered more habitable forthwith. Hunt up the German scientist, and let us know exactly what his claims are worth. a felony sufficient to land him in jail. _£e Intended this as evidence of a ty-okCD beart, but the public, not al­ ways sentimental to a maudlin de­ cree, accepted It as sustaining the complaint. T i '"<• ' ~'VDR 1 AT A meeting of anarchists in Spain A proposition to bathe ir» blood was greeted ,with vociferous enthusiasm. There is something in the idea not wholty IwiU, - The bath is certainly to . "-tie commended, and if a reasonable *5ouipromise as to the fluid can be '^•-•ifeacfaed', anarchy will hardly know it- i? ^lf afior one treatment. -- -1 T0K World's Fa i r con tracts al ready made call for buildings and J&ndseape improvements costing $12,- 3(W,r»24. (to. The fair ready to open «Will cost $£o, 000,000, according to the latest estimate. It is evident that «ven Jay Gould couldn't have fitted up more than four or five World's Fairs without having to borrow a few millions from his many loving friends. WHILE Edmund Russell has been spreading the tenets of a benign and beauteous idiocy in the West his wife ha:> been as actively engaged in smothering the Eastern irttellect. She advocates among other things fully as sane the process of falling down stairs*as a means of grace and a chaser of dull care. She says that Edmund does this almost every day, and by this unconsciously she gives the public a ray of hope. Some blessed time the flighty Edmund may grow too ambitious for mere stairs, and try an elevator well or a;ten-story building. Almost any city in the land would be willing to risk mussing its cobble-stones for the sake of hear­ ing the cheering report of Edmund's impact upon them. And the cotri- seientious reporter, writing of the episode would omit the usual uepiea»-' aut detaH >about brains being &pat- teredpver the scene. ANOTHER Superstition has gone. ; An Englishman t'hought that by ?»irinking hdman blood, fresh and Waup, he would be invested with su­ pernatural powers and able to defy ^earthly environment Yet the au­ thorities seemed to tave no difficulty in hanging him, and his earthly en­ vironment is more entailed than be­ fore. ' TJKE American Duchess of Marl- .boqmigh ha3 deeded to her stepson, \c new Duke, all her share in the Ltle of the late unmourned. This J ?! js regarded as thoughtful, but as : [e TXifce would have taken possession the property anyway, the principal c^ect seems to be his deprivation of tte pleasure of doing it in the uik- gentlemanly way so natural to him. |A COLORADO criminal being under s4itencc of death and likely to be cficcutcd before the Supreme Court cqp pass upon his case, a Denver jej rnalist speaks of the man's, post- t i a? annoying. This is probably tn c. It is difficult to judge the mat- tii from a distance, perhaps, but it wi ild seem that the term is not too gri >njr. His position might even be cil cd distressing. ,rs;iA has concluded that female cci victs on the way to Siberia shall onsrer be flogged, but in case of icing unseemly displeasure shall >lf starved instead. This is tit­ led over there as afn immense con- tic n to the demands of humanity, (ether or not the women consider ucb can No Km I Iron (I lor Ulni. r ^ . Even to-day one may see a few o* nature's children at the landings along the river in Missouri. Civiliza­ tion and railroads have not Changed the characteristics of hundreds of families that have homes close to the shore of the turbid stream. This is particularly true of the region fifty •miles in either direction from the capital at Jefferson City. The settle­ ments in that pari of the State are made un of the descendants of Ger­ mans who came to this country years ago. The language is spoken as gen­ erally and correctly among them, how­ ever, as if they had just landed in America from the fatherland. These thrifty people went to that part of the country when the steamboat was the only method of travel in the West and it was years before they could get in the way of using the rail­ road. Indeed, many of the old- timers refuse to go to St. Louis now if they cannot go round on the John L. Ferguson'or the Benton with Capt. Archie Bryan, who is one of the old school of steam boatmen. I recall having met in St. Louis an ancient German whose home wad in Augusta, two days' boat ride up from the m'e- troplis. "Going home to-night?'* 1 asked. "Naw,he responded, sorrowfully. "To-morrow night?" tlNaw;Itink not." "What's the matter?" *"I tink I spent me an vinter heret** "Moved down, eh?" "Naw: but dere vas bat vaterby dcr Missouri und 1 cannot go to Au­ gusta. " "But the railroad?" "Railroad!" The ancient German looked at me with an air of disgust. "Railroad!" he repeated. "Do you take me for a horse or a cow, or some odder wild enimal? Jfaw lgobydot steampoat or a valk."--Free PHNpt Spider*. Spiders are not always solitary and selfish, as some naturalists have as­ serted. Dr. McCook, an authority on the subject, has told the British As­ sociation that "there really are cases in which the male and female spider* live iu amicable relations for a con* siderable period." . JOHN L. SULLIVAN ought to go ft? Montana. Any new state Is prefer H» IMlcm lt W*s Dm to Ftnaaal MMHI N o&r>rtx,B»Mon«- Another State Buk "Wl* Question of Revenues--Ffc- cMlfcitinc Collapse.... , f-, • p ' "•%' {'^'• Interviewed the Iowan. 'Jfcf; i press correspondent * Hon. lapses S. Ciarkson has giVen at length in an ihter.view his Views on" the po­ litical situation, in the course of which he attributed Republican de­ feat last November to personal,.not party reasons.' President Harrison's personal unpopularity and lack of party zfeal were elements which. Mr. Ciarkson considered, had much'to do .with the result. "Harrison," said Ue\ ii^.i892,428,00i» votes behind "his vote in 1888. He was 41,000 votes behind his vote in 1888 in New York Stkte alrtnc. He ran behind 8,000 in Indiana, his own State, ln- <Xecd, he wa» behind hft own vote of 1888 in every t^orthfrn State except Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island As against 58 per cent, of the electoral college, which he carried in 1888, he fell off to a little over 32 per cent, of it in 1892. His loss of nearly half a;mill­ ion, as shown at the polls, and the million stay-at-home Republicanss mainly dissatisfied with the ticket-, not the party, tell the whole story for the past and point the way to party success under new leadership in the future. .. "As a President Gen. Harrison has shown in all purely public ways or tasite such supreme evidence Of actual greatness that he will rank in history as the intellectual equal of the ablest of the Presidents. His error has been, in the light of the just interests of his own party, that he has believed in personal and not in party respon­ sibility in the Government. The Republican party has found its own way down to defeat under the rule, or terrorism, of the 'remnant' and by being afraid of its own majority, and, indeeed, of its own strength. For eighteen years the major­ ity of the Republican party has beep denied, repressed, and over­ ruled. For during the whole tiriie at least 70 pcrrcent., ancl at times 80 and 90 per cent. ,"hav<r6een denied the leadership of the one man (Blaine) it enthusiastically preferred. It asked for him in 18T«, in the plenitude of the party's power, and was denied its wish. EVer since then 'the remnant' has ruled the party choice in nomi­ nations or elections." Mr. Ciarkson spoke confidently as to the future. "Our cause is right." he said, "and finally invincible, because our princi­ ples appeal to the patriotism and alone guarantee the prosperity of the American people. The future is in­ viting, and when the Republican party gets out of cold storage early iti March it will quickly Warm up to the work of winuing the lower house of Congress in 1894, and the Presidency and the Senate in 1896." Commenting on this the Chicago Journal says: "The interview is as illogical as it is venomous and as un­ called for as it is mal gnant. From beginning to end it is the utterance of a sorehead with a grievance against President Harrison. If Mr. Clark- son thinks that the Republican party can be restored to power by stirring up personal jealousies within its ranks he is fatally mistaken. Mr. Ciarkson thinks that Mr. Blaine could have been elecved last Novem­ ber because in addition to other things "he represented conspicuously a modification of the tariff and therefore was stronger than his party." • And yet Mr. Ciarkson prophecies that Mr. McKinley is the party's bright particular star of .hope. 'Mr- Ciarkson credits the Democratic victory last- fall to the fact that Mr, Cleveland was better than his party and at the same time ascribes Mr. Harrison's defeat to the fact that he, too, was better than his pirty. In other words, in the Demo­ cratic party it adds strength to the candidate to be-above it, and in the Republican party it is a source of weakness for the candidate to rep­ resent- higher aims and achievements than it boasts. This is an aspersion on the rank and file of the Republi­ can party, which Mr. Ciarkson might well have left for art enemy to cast. Mr. Ciarkson ventures to predict that *thc sky will come blue again for the Republicans." So it will if the Republicans refuse to ac­ cept the leadership of rule- or-ruin politicians. It will not succeed if its Clarksons insist on tearing open old wounds and rubbing fresh ones with salt. The Republi­ can defeat of 1892 was caused not by the indifference of the machine poli­ ticians and voters, but because a million voters whose natural affilia­ tions were with the Republicans ab­ stained from voting on account of dis­ gust over the popular association of the party with the plutocratic ele­ ments of the financial, manufactur­ ing and railroad world, and its re­ sponsibility for the prohibitive features of the Mckinley bill. The heart of the Republican party is true to sound financial and protective theories, but it does not beat enthusi­ astically for Carnegism and McKin- leyism. * '; The Antl-OpMon fMlf. The anti-option bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, is a measure which has been the topic of extended discussion in both bodies of Congress. Its main feature as passed is the pro­ vision for suppressing dealing in "fu­ tures" by prohibitive taxation. The bill was urged in deference to the wishes of the large element in the West and South who are anxious to do away as far as possible with all speculation in agricultural commodi­ ties in the belief that marked benefit to farmers and planters will be the result. It was in no sense a party measure, leading men in both parties supporting and opposing it/ xrithout reference to partisan lines. as itosed to do tanned lately before Cleveland's celebrated free-trade message of 1887 was written, while 'the eld-time differences in the party on silver have come to the front in the past two or three weeks and will stay there. . Another State Bnnlr 1 mm. State bank money advocates will please take notice that Mr. Allis, the State bank money president of the broken First National Bank, of Lit­ tle Rock, Ark., "is indebted to the bank over $700,000!" Suppose that that bank had had the right to issue $1,000,000, more or less, of its own State bank money, in accordance with the Chicago platform of the Democratic party, and then try to es­ timate how much greater and more general the loss by the failure of the bank would have been with its money in circulation in Iowa and all other States'. With Mose3 Sopher, of Oska- loosa, now awaiting sentence of the United States Court at Keokuk, for passing Confederate money in Iowa, the people of this State have all the necessary evidence to warn them of the threatened danger of State bank money, in any or all of the States, under the State's rights government that will soon come into power. It is not an idle picture of ill-omen that is threatening all the citizens of the United States under the speedily -coining' rule of the conscript Con­ gress and administration, which can certainly be expected to make laws for the United States in accordance with the principles of the Chicago platform.--Des Moines Register. Surprise In Store for Grover. If Mr. Cleveland really believes what he says, that there is substan­ tial harmony in the Democratic party on the leading issues, a great surprise is in store for him. The tariff is something of an issue, and so is sil­ ver, and there is nothing like har­ mony in the Democracy on either question. There is no room for doubt l.hat, In the nwt, Pnntrrp'va thp tariff , The Question of Revenues. The fact that the Democrats have begun to realize that the expendi­ tures of the government cannot be conveniently or safely cut far below the present figures indicates that they will soon begin to understand that their programme of tariff re­ vision is beset with great difficulties. As much money will have to be raised in the next few years as is necessary now. Both parties have been guilty of extravagance in creating or enlarg­ ing avenues of fixed expenditures, and as it will be virtually impossible to cut them down materially, they will have to be met. Of coursc the tendency in great and growing coun: tries is always toward larger govern­ mental disbursements. Expenses must necessarily increase even where there is an earnest and intelligent desire to economize, which, however, there has not been in our case, and this fact must be taken into the ac­ count by the people. ; . What Snve* Hfe During the reign and rule of Dem­ ocratic free trade for ten year prior to the war the Ualted States lost over #400,000,000 in gold to Europe. Nothing but the' immense amount of gold dug from the mines of Califor­ nia saved the nation from financial ruin at that time. The following is the record showing the excess of ex­ ports over imports of specie: IN--enger Tnln Ditched by • --The Wre«k Burns Up. The Big Four passenger train whieh left St. Louis at Y:55 Tuesday night waa wrecked by a broken rail one mile east of Pana, 111., at 11:10 the s&me night. Baggageman Charles Reealer, of In­ dianapolis, was killed and thirty-one passengers were Injured. The train consisted of eight coaelies, including baggage and mail car. The accident occurred on a small trestle which spans a ereek. The engine passed over in safety, but all the rest of the train left the rails and immediately caught fire. The mall < ar, whieh was next to the engine, waa the first to ignite, and split completely in two. The express car and the two following day coaehea were thrown from the trestle at least thirty feet. The remainder of the cars were saved by an embank­ ment on the Opposite side of the dlteh, otherwise the deith roll would have been horrible. The passengers in the day coaches were rescued with great difficulty by the trainmen and uninjured passengers. All the t ed clothing iu the sieepnr was utilized for the comfort and warmth of the wounded women and children. Baggageman Kessler was pinioned between the mass of trunks and burned to death in sight of the tra'nmen and passengers, who were un­ able to rescue him. A Mrs. Laugh in was ti aveling with the corpse of her husband, which was in the baggage car. The corpse waa cremated. Mr. I.augh- iin s four cnii iren were slightly injured. The weather was bitterly cold, and th^ TGuudcd siiffci'i d jjrcstly frosj exposure in addition to their injuries. The Ohio and Mississipf i EaiUoad sent a special train of too cars to the w eek and brought the injured passengers to Pana. COUNT OF THE VOTES. 1851 1852... .......... 1854.. 1855...; 1*50,. 1857...........,. 1B5H.. 186!).. I860.......... Total... » 019.249 37,ltV.»,05tl a«,2s>.**w .. 9tt,342,lU2 ..... 63,687,531 41,Kt7,K53 ..... 60,675,123 38,358,651 ..... 60,4.VJ,<U2 ,... 67.W6.104 ........ .H1T,4'23,87U, Not Mitffniinlmoufl. The Democratic newspapers that are talking about Mr. Cleveland's "magnanimity" in attending the ob­ sequies of ex-President Hayes are talking nonsense. It was a graceful and kindly act. but it could not in­ volve the slightest magnanimity. If Mr. Ilaycs had not been seated as President, it Is altogether probable that the course of political events would have been entirely changed and that Grover Cleveland never would have emerged from obscurity. <--Omaha Bee. f The Do-XothlnrHouM#" V The do-nothing character or ten­ dency of the majority in the House has often been shown, but never more strikingly than when the Dem­ ocrats opposed the passage of sin order requiring the attendance of a quorum in order that business might proceed. The Democrats who control the House seem entirely indifferent as to whether necessary legislation is ac­ complished or not. A Loud CaU for Boies. Hie State Auditor of Iowa estimates that about 75 per cent, of the bank deposits in that State belong to far­ mers. Will Mr. Boies kindly explain how these men can honestly accumu­ late so much money by raising corn at a dead loss of 67 cents per acre?-- Minneapolis Tribune. Facilitating Collapse. The Kansas Populists have discov­ ered that they are not able to go it alone without the Democrats. Re­ publicans rejoice to learn that the speed of the party has been acceler­ ated. ' THE latest talk in Democratic cir­ cles is to raise the internal tax on beer. The Democrats are looking Ground for additional taxes to keep up with their extravagant ideas of running a government. Well, as long as they tax only beer and whisky they will pay the greater part of the taxes themselves, for the Democratic party consumes most of the alcohol, Just so they leave the breakfast table untaxed as the Republican party has established it by removing all duties on teas, coffees, sugar, and so on. THE applications of electricity to the uses of man are revolutionizing in character. As outlined in our winter's course of lectures, we may at any time look for new discoveries, •ot less marvelous than those which we have had in the telegraph and tel­ ephone. Before the close of this cen­ tury our homes may all be lighted and warmed by this agent, to say nothing of its greatly increased use as a power applied to machinery. INASMUCH as the Indian^ Senate re­ fused to adjourn as a mark of respect to the memory of the late President Hayes it should follow up its action by reading Mr. Cleveland out of the Democratic party for his audacity in going to Ohio to attend General Hayes' funeral. THE missing word in the speeches of Democratic statesmen aince the election js "tariff." Congress Performs the Batjr of Deelfertng the Klectlon Kesnlt. The event in both houses of Congress Wednesday was the counting of the electoral vote, and this passed oT with­ out any incident of importance. Grover Cleveland was declared to be ihe choice of the people for the office of President, pnd Adlai E. Stevenson for ihe offl.ee of Vice President of the Tnited States. As early as 10 o'clock a steady human stream began to flow toward tLe great white building on Capitol Hill, and long before an hour had passed every avail­ able seat in the galleries, except those portions reserved foi the executive and the diplomatic corps, had an occupant. In the main public ga'lery were ladies fine raiment anxiou* to witnefes a spectacle which can be seen but once in four years--that accompanying the counting of the electoral vote cast for the chief magistrate ot the nation. A few moments before 1 o'clock Door- Keeper Turner announced the presence 6f the Vice President and the Senate of the United States. The vast assem­ blage rose with one accord to do them teotior. Preceded by Vice President slorton and attended by other officers, including Capt. Bassett, the veteran loorkeeper, who carried the loxes con­ taining the certificates of Presidential Electors, the Senators marched into the hail of the House of Representa­ tives. The Vice President took the chair assigned to him to the right of the Speaker, and the Senators oc­ cupied the first four rows of the seats lo the right of the presiding officers. The counting of the electoral vote was then proceeded with. At its close the announcement was formally made that Grover Cleveland of the State of New York was elected Tresident of the United Slates, and that Adlai £. Ste­ venson of the State of Illinois was elected Vice President cf the United States, each for the term beginning Mar^h 4, 1893, and that the fact would be entered, together with a list of the votes, on the journals. The formal announcement of the results by States was as follow*: Cleve- Harrt- Wea States. Alabama. Arkansas California. ....< Colorado Connecticut....... Pelawan... Vl >% ri /(• «. XI ..a .. • ::'i Florida....'1........... t. a ; •>eor»!a .........k.....J|i„ Idaho, * Illinois.; # Indiana.......... fe>w» • Kansas... «... Kentucky ..>.!• Louisiana t Maine.... Maryland Massachusetts................. Michigan A. 8 Minnesota #•...« Mississippi IlIi.MSOIlIT .. Montana.. Nebraska. Nevada. »#• New Hampshire,:. U'ew Jersey 10 1,'ew V'ork i.i.w.ai liorth CwoHniUumiMtM. •!! North Dakota. 1 Ohio. Oregon i Pennsylvania.....;,;.... Rhode Island........... South Carolina......... fkxsfch Dakota.. Tennessee i'ex*ri Vermont Virginia. WaehlnKtoa West VIrjrtnla.. W lsconstn. ^. Wyoming Totals. The Vice Presidential candidates received Ibe same number of votes, tha totals being: Stevenson, 277; Held, US; Field, 22. COMING TO A CRISIS* Kansas Legislators Have at Last drawn Weary of the Deadlock. The deadlock in the Kansas house la crowing monotonous to both sides as well as to the Stnatois, and there are abundant indications that the era of good-natured badinage is drawing to a close. Following upon the stormy scenes of Wednesday comes a resolution intro­ duced in the rump Uouss which is in­ dicative of a determination to prevent a repetition. Here it is: ^ • WHEREAS, The lawless nunp home on the *outh side of the house (meaning the Repub­ licans) is a menace to the tetate dt Kansas; and, WHEBKAS. The farther effort of said lawless mob, backed up by the corporations, In usurp­ ing authority in the Legislative hall. Is dis­ turbing the peace and quiet of the lawful and constitutional House, thereby preventing the necessary legislation for the relief of tha masses of the people of the great State of Kan­ sas; and. WHEREAS, It is well known to the people of K&neas that said minority House above men­ tioned is here and maintained here by cor­ porations to prevent legislation in the interest of the people; therefore, be It Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-arms is here­ by Instructed to clear the hall of all disorderly persons, to keep order, ueauo auu qiilet, there­ by preventing this, the lawful, constitutional House, from being further interrupted In the work the people expect us to perform. The Republican House was not in session at the time, bjt the members in discussing the matter that e vening have resolved for the twent>th time to stand firm should an attempt be made to eject anyone. The Republican Senators think they have atla^t hit upon a plan whereby the question of the legality of the rump House can lie brought before the Supreme Court. Every day the Chief Clerk of the Republican House appears at the Senate with a message and as regularly he is ret used recogni­ tion. The plan is to mandamus the offl- oers of the Senate to recognize him. Telegraphic Clicks. ., \...c. THE Senate has passed the bill to epen the Cherokee Strip. CARLISLE will say nothing as to the make-up of the Cleveland Cabinet. As BOOK as spring opens Mgr. Satoill SRIBIF COMPILATION qE, ll,U-, • I U r " . c •*_ : » j New "Way to Treat Eluper*-GMr* AttgeM Improving -- Negro- /Vwanlts a. WWt* Woman-- Death of Michael • gdts«iflfr- Flgfctiag Vtatinnk' Ctaifas. • • J * f • Prom ioar *od - A COMMITTEE appointed bV the Boaftl of Trustees baa 1nvesUg4te<f the Noko- mls smallpox reports and finds that the disease does not exist. FREDERICK GAM SEE, head painter at the State Insane Hospital at Jackson­ ville, slipped on the ice covering the roof of the hospital and fell to the ground. He was instantly killed. AT Quincy, Policeman Charles Dally was acquitted on the charge of murder. Last May in a saloon quarr. 1 he shot William Jones, a negro, through the heart. Public opinion is divided. AT Salem, the Rev. J. B. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal t hurch, slipped and fell and broke one of his arms. Mrs. George Hall also fell, and sustained a fracture of the hip jo nt. THE Big Four Railroad Company is still having testimony taken in rebuttal of the charge that the Wann wreck was caused by the carelessness of an em­ ploye and w.U fight every claim brought into court. Petes McCoNjsEiiii, a prominent far­ mer residing Several miles least of Hills- boro, was found dead in his tarn. His body was badly bruised and it is be­ lieved that he was killed by some vic­ ious horses that were in the barn. MICHAEL STHAFFEB, of Salem, was discovered dead in his room. Death re­ sulted from heart disease. He was aged 71 years and had been a residen^ of Salem forty years. He was an eminent jurist, and during President Hayes' .ad­ ministration was appointed Chief Judge of Utah. THE latest advices report further im­ provement in Gov. Alt gold's health. The departure of Mrs. Altgeld for New Orleans to join the Governor is alleged by the Governor's friends not to have been due to any unfavorable news re­ garding his condition, but was simply the execution of Mrs. Altgeld's original intention to join her husband if his so­ journ in the South should continue be­ yond the first of the month. - . < ' : - YOUNO LEWIS KINO, of Palmyra, Re­ cently left home for Janesville, Wis., giving his friends to understand that he was going lo study tolegraphy. As a matter of fact, however, he wanted to marry Miss Nellie Ridgeway, but being himself under age, he had arranged to have her Jollow him to Wisconsin, where they would be wedded, Mr. Ridgeway learned of the pro, osed elope­ ment and Went to the father of Lewis and procured his consent to the mar­ riage. He then took his daughter to Wisconsin, saw the couple .happily mar­ ried, presented them with $ltfO and re­ turned home. \ NEWS comes of a terrible assault committed by an unknown negro upon Mrs. Nanoy Pearson, a white woman about 6t< years of age, living near Amer­ ica, Pulaski County. After having cruelly assaulted and abutted jthe. help­ less woman, he robbed the house and fled. Among the coins stolen was' a silver half-dollar which the victim de­ scribed and which was found to have been passed at a store in Mound City the next day by a negro whom the mer­ chant declares he would recognize. The whole countryside is up in arms looking for the negro, and he will likely fare badly if captured. CHICAGO had a fright the other day which almost made her hair stand During the whole winter the filth and snow had been permitted to accumulate in the streets, and when a thaw set in the condition of the streets was some­ thing indescribable. , The inlets and catch basins of the sewers had become ologged. Big down town basements and basemonts of school houses were flooded;, the rain poured in torrents all of one night and the qity was1 fairly afloat in the morning. Consternation r<igurd supremo, when a cold wave came along, and by freezing the surface water temporarily checked the danger. But it also did something else. The little water that did find its way into inlets and catch basins was. frozen hard as a flint, and to day the entire sewer systom of the ilty is .plugged up tight It is estimated that ,'over 40,00(1 catch basins will have to be cleared with shovel and pick, and less than 500 men can bo secured to do the work. < In the meantime the city despairingly awaits the advent of another thaw. THE Mollno malleable Iron Works were destroyed by lire. Loss, $5<V-00. About three hundred men aro thrown out of employment. MONDAY m rnlng between 8 >jwid 9 o'clock an immense cloud passed over Alton, and during its passage an Egyp­ tian darkness reigned supreme. It was dark as midnight at o'clock in the morning. Dn. K. W. MOMAHON, who "was re­ cently relieved of < hi» position a» sur­ geon at the Quincy Soldiers' Home, Claims his removal was caused by his criticism of the conduct of the institu­ tion. THE Auditor of Public Acooupts re­ voked the license of tha Missouri,. Kan­ sas and Texas Trust Company of Kan­ sas City to do business in Illinois, the ground being that it failed to file a statement in compliance with the law. . JUDGE JAMES B. TURNER' died atjthe residence of John D. Richeson in Shaw- neetown. He was a member of the Legislature in 1H62 and had been prom­ inent in political and business circles for the past thirty years. He leaves a wife and si* children; « ; > JAMES C. X« AIRBANK, • a prominent capitalist and bank director of Jackson­ ville, died of typhoid pneumonia. He was one of the old settlers Of the coun­ ty and a man of great wealth and in­ fluence and given to many deeds of kindness. He leaves a large family of sons and daughters. Ho was the brother of the veteran missionary to the East Indies, Samuel B. Falrlnnk, of world­ wide reputation. BURGLARS entered the home of John Katus, living at Mendota, and' on find­ ing no money sought to wreak their revenge on Mr. Katus' blind daughter. They stripped her of all her clothing and set fire to her hair. Her neck and shoulders wero badly burned. .The young woman will die. THE Lutheran Immanuel Churoh of Lincoln, the corner stone of which was laid Sepi 18, was dedicated Sunday. The church building is of modern de­ sign, with slate roof and hardwood in­ terior finishing, and was erected at a cost of $8,nc0. It is the fourth German and second Lutheran Church in Lincoln. AT Nokomis, no new cases of small­ pox have broken out, and tbe family that now has the disease is' getting along well. Everybody in the town has been vaccinated, and strict quarantine is being enforced. BISKELL THOMAS, a prominent attor­ ney of Belleville, caused something of a sensation in St. Clair County by in­ forming the County Board of Supervis­ ors that he knew of $25,fl0t> that justly belongs to the county, »cI "rhich he wiil secure for the county for $500 and a certain per cent. James A. Farmer of Belleville, J. R. Miller of Caseyville, and Frank Perrin qf Mascoutah have been appointed a committee to investi- WOftK or THE STATE , THE CAPITAL. Of On* Wvolt's Bnslnc PrwMBted, Consider**! and WhatOm Pnbllo90rvmntm An n«|B| IAfffafnUvo iftntla. Tho taw-Mskm, fn the 8«nat« Tuesday morning aeCtlV on the resolution pre-senttf! by Senator Ferguson, on thf death of .iamesG. bl»t*o. wa-» deferred. A mes age was ! ecetvod from the House that the Wor d's Fair joint resolution had been adopted, and the £on- ale was asked to concur In the action. TW resolution . over under the rales- Sena­ tor Arnold's resolution providing (hat the President appoint a committee of seven to investigate school bouk and scho 4 furnitaro trust-* operating in rue Sla e <ras adopted unanimously, invent bills weie Intro­ duced and the Senate adjourned. In ibe House the culendar of House bills oa Ira* reading was cleared arad Kepre'entattr* O'Donnell's bill for piotectlon of employes from discharge without notice was taken np on second reading, and the measure wa» finally ordered to third reading in the fol­ lowing shape: uAnjr tewon, Irm, copart­ nership. or corporation, engaged In any manufacturing busln<s<. whirl* require* from persons In his. their, or Its employ­ ment, under penalty of forfeiture of a part k>f the wages earned by such persona em­ ployed. a noticf of intention to leave raeb employ, shall be liable t> such persons for tha payment of a like forfeiture, to to- collected by an aetiort In debt In any conrt in this State having jurisdiction if H6. they or it discharge a tersnn f« such Sss- p!oy without a similar notice except few gross neglect, disobedience, incompetency. or in case of general suspension of that special clan of labor In his. their or factory or ehop" Tno bill repealing tfiie sparrow bounty law was read a JWCOBMI time and ordered to third reading by ac~ clamatlon. Wednesday in the Senate a committee appointed to iafertlgate ihe opera­ tions of school book and school furniture companies Senator Brands offered tbe following remarkable ruroutloa, which went over under the rules: WHKHEAS, An epidemic of Asiatic cholera f» imminent, and the national paper currency It considered to be a ready medium for the trans­ mission of cholera trerms, and offers objection* to dl:>ti)Tcction, t her More, be it Resolved, That th« representatives in Con­ gress Of thte State are requested to secure the passage of a bill withdrawing all i>aper money . from circulation and authorizing the Issue in­ stead of a like amount printed or engraaveAeo sheets of aluminium. * . Senator Johnson's bill, amending tbe Australian ballot law. was .ordered tJ a third reading. The resolutions on tbe death of Milton \V. Matthews and Janae? G. Blaine wore adopted atter several sen­ ators had delivered eulogies to the memo­ ry of these departed statesmen. Tho HOusn jolbt resolution protesting agateal the closing or the World's Fair on Sunday was concurred In. The bUl appropriating; 120.000 for State printing until July 1 was passed. The House .Committee an Insur­ ance recommended the passage of two bQl>. The provides that towtisutp insurance' companies may abolish the proxy system. The second provides thwt any note, con­ tract or agreement ac.*epted by the agent or repreisalatUi 'Oti;«)*! An insurance company shall be a valid and sufficient protection of the right? of policy holders. The Senate, Thursday, paafted the bill repealing the compulsory education law. and all thfct remains tj be done before wiping the law from the statute books is for Governor Aligeld or Acting Governor GUI to *-ign the bilk • The measure came up on third reading in» the Senate and waa Sassed without a dissenting voice The ouse was then notified of the passage of the bill. The House «a«ted two hour* of time discussing tbe Hawaiian annexation scheme, and after all- the war of words nothing was done. A communication was spread before the House by tbe Speaker from the Indiana' Legislataro reciting a resolution adopted by the General' As*enibly«df Iddiana, memo-1 rializing Congress for a new Cabinet officer, to be known as Secretary ot Labor.and ask­ ing similar action by otner $\*tea> -The communication was ri ferred to the cp?u.~ mlttee on labor and Industrial affairs. Ihe Speaker announced the appointment of Farrell ahd Kent as additional members Of the committee^ on license. The special committee to investigate the "sweatteg shops" in Chicago was granted leave of ab» Hence for three days on request of Repre­ sentative May. A resolution presented by Representative Anderson, Of Henderson, was adopted, tendering the use of tbe ball of the House to the G. A. R. department encampment of Illinois on March 10 and 17. The legislature effected its usual Friday adjournment. In the Senate there was a lively struggle before it could be accom­ plished. Senator Thiele made a motion to adjourn until 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, and Allen demanded the yeas and naya As the roll was called several members rose toexpluln why they had votei in favor of adjournment. Senator Hamer's explana­ tion gave a good Idea of the situation: "Time and again 1 have remained over hero Saturday to attend a session."said he. «and there has never been a quorum present. The exodus is so general that there has even been nobody at tbe hotel that.I cOttld ask to take samething--that is, that I could ask to take something to take, you know. Members come here and vote for a Saturday session who have their grips with therii ready to run for the train as soon as possible. I vote yea" Senators Bogar- dus Campbell. Hunt, and A*plnwall made similar complaints, and declared that there was no use !a adjcnrnins wntU any time before Monday. Tho explanations bad tha desired effect, and many who voted for a Saturday Fe<slon hastenod to change their votes. The motion carried--23fol4. Tho proceedings in the House were no loss interesting, but the same result waa accomplished. So business of importance was transacted. . . -- 1 Freak* of Fashion. Louis XIV. had 782 wigs in his ward­ robe. " '; ROMAN soldiers wore a hooded: cloak over their armor. GBEEK ladies had 137 different styles of dressing the hair. CATHERINE DE MEDICI imported muffs into France from Italy. * " * , ConsETs have been found on ' ti*' waists of Egyptian mumpaies; SHOES with heels six inches high ware worn at the court of Louis XIV. THE diploldion was a handsome cape worn by Greek ladies of fashion. OK festive occasions both Greeks an! Romans wore garlands of Qowera. - PFFFED and slashed coats and breeches came in with. Henry VIII. , GLOVES with separate fingers were unknown before the twelfth century. TBE huge Elizabethan rvfff was held in place by an underpropping of wire. IN the early days of Henry VII. gen­ tlemen's hats bore- plumes sometime* half a yard long. THE fashionable fardindales of ISM were twenty-six feet in circumference. THE panniers of 1720 were six feet la diameter and were made of cane hoopa. St."NSHAPES, formed like the umbrella* were held over Koman ladies by slaves. GBEEK women went barefoot iudoore, and wore sandals when walking abroad. FROM the fourteenth to the eighteenth eentury dressed dolls served as model* of fashion. ALL. Greek girls dressed in white, col­ ored goods being regarded aa imimM for a maiden. IN the eleventh centory both Eugltak and French dandles covered their artta m •-V&3 .'*"5. ' v - , l . • & - -s \ •?*! Judge Waxem's Proverb*. Thar* s more pollltieks ln honosty honesty in pollitioks. Th&r's a good many more pollitbhans far sale than is bought. It don't do no hurt to watch the pub­ lic doins of a statesman whose private doins won't bare watchln. Thar's some things that men in polit­ ick^ life does that wiramen in politikie life wouldn't do. Public offis is a public trust that'a mighty onreliable fer lastin* qualitiea. Politikie prefference skips some power- v ful good material. * " I*1