The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

EXTRA SESSION. ADVANTAGE OR DISADVAN­ TAGE TO DEMOCRATS. able people who remember their losses giro threatening to make public aa extraordinary chapter in the statesman's career which he would not insert in the Congressional Directory. r ^ , JLcTel-Huded Democrat* Are In a Decided L Minority In the Fifty-third Conptw, , y#iX; » »l*nder Is Ufceljr to Oeeor* -'«;.4 Breaker* Ahead. • The St. 'Louis Globe-Democrat thinks there are possibilities of ad­ vantage or of disadvantage to the [Democratic party in that extra ses­ sion of Congress which is to be called for next September. The session will show, or appear to show, that •the President is anxious to bring about, as early as possible, the changes in tariff legislation which his party pledged itself to effect, and on which that party ftas victorious. A session beginning in that month will afford an opportunity to put the tariff revision measure in the bands of the President a few weeks after the holidays, and permit it to go into opsration in April or May, 1894. These are some of the advan­ tages to the Democracy which the early session would bring. A tariff law which should go into effect April or May of a Congressional election year would be in operation six or seven months before ti^vfting would take place, and would thi/s have time «• to reveal its good qualitie&Jf it had any, to the voters, and vindicate its existence! • The disadvantages of an early ses- sion under the present circumstance* are in the chances which it offers of creating alarm in the community oh the tariff issue and of precipitating a tight on silver eatlier than the sound money Democrats desire. There are several decidedly important State elections this year, those in Ohio and Iowa being among the number. It appears to be the intention of the President and Secretary of the Treas­ ury to liave the administration's tariff bill ready for presentation to Con­ gress when that body meets in Sep­ tember, so that its provisions will be known to the public about two months before the voting takes place. If any radical changes are proposed Iri that measure, or if the Democratic majority in Congress show any dispo­ sition to make any savage assaults on the protection system, Republican newspapers will not neglect to set forth these facts, and the Republican party in Ohio, Iowa, and the rest of the States which vote next Novem­ ber will be benefited accordingly. The opening of the extra session, therefore, will be an event of consid­ erable interest to the country. lath­ ing of the kind has been had since Hayes' days in the Presidency. Con­ gress j(S never summoned by the Presi dent except when the situation for the Government appears to be grave. When it convenes in September this year its proceedings will attract es­ pecial attention. A blunder by the party in power would, under such cir­ cumstances, cause serious results to that organization. In those situations the level-headed men of the dominant party always counsel moderation and „ conservatism, but their advice is often disregarded. Among the Democratic members of the Fifty-third Congress the tevel-headed men are in a decided minority, and their suggestions are not likely to prevail in their party. The radicals and impracticables on the tariff and on silver hold the power, and they already ^how a disposition to make their influence felt. There are several rocks in sight on which the Democracy may be wrecked in the ' extra session. SUNSHINE A BIG BOON. HELPS WORK AT THE WORLD'S PAIR GREATLY. Preparing for Wildcat CamM^r. It is evident that no long periort is likely to elapse before the people will reap the harvest of Cleveland Demo­ cratic rule. A dispatch from Wash­ ington states that the Secretary of the Treasury is preparing a scheme for the issue of State bank currency, "under the general supervision of the General Government, the security of the currency provided for under the laws of the States requiring the ap­ proval of the Government." This would be a most remarkable mixture of responsibility. The General Gov­ ernment would be assumed, appar- ently, to guarantee by its approval the currency issue of any number of State banks, from Key West to San Diego and from Mandan to Browns­ ville. That is, the general public would suppose that the wildcat issuo had the guarantee of the Govern­ ment, when as a matter of fact it would have behind it only an empty approval of no value except as an official expression of opinion. It does not need special discern? ment to see that this sort of protec­ tion would be of no real value what­ ever in guarding the public against wildcat issues. The State chartering the bank could not be compelled to pay the notes of the bank in case of default, while it can liardly be sup­ posed that even the wildest advocate of wildcat currency would propose to make the United States Treasury re­ sponsible for such default. In the case of national banks the protection against depreciation of their notes is ironclad and impregna­ ble. No man need look in his pocket- book when he hears of the suspension of a national bank to s?e if he has any of its notes. With State banks it would be the reverse, no matter how carefully the State law might provide against loss by note holders, and the workingman receiving wages in apparently good money on one day might wake up the next day to find ttoat his money was worthless. As a stream can rise no higher than its source, it is evident that State bank currency will depend for its value upon State legislation, and the popular sentiment controlling that legislation. Recent events forcibly buggest the amount of dependence that could be placed up­ on the financial integrity and good faith of some of our States. As for government "approval," or protection, that would amount to nothing with­ out government security against loss, as provided by the national bank systep.--New York Press. Clear Weather Has Enabled a Largely Increased Force of Men to Prepare Road­ ways and nurrjr the Bali dines Along to Completion. Notes of the Big Show. . Chicago correspondence: • • A week of sunshine and a mud-drying wind from the north has put fresh en­ ergy into thousands of men who are getting the Fair in readiness for the opening day. An immense amount of progress was made during a fortnight of snow, rain and slush, but the things accomplished since the clouds rolled away go a long way toward justifying the calm, confident statement of Direc­ tor General Davis and his department chiefs that with good weather the Ex­ position will be practically finished when the big engine begins to throb on May 1. With the appearance of the sun orders were issued to press work all along the line, and by noon 10,(MM» men were toil­ ing in the grounds. The efforts of the workmen were not concentrated on any especially noteworthy, one of them having been employed in the set used in printing 980,000 copies of the 5-cent edition of the New Testament, a total edition numbering 3.300,COO having been issued since 1878. The other plate is one of those used in supplying 876,000 copies of the 2,034,000 '20-ctnt Bibles which have come from the so-, ciety's presses in the same period. The "World's Fair model Sunday-school building, which is to be erected on Stony Island avenue, opposite the 47th street entrance of Jackson Park, seems to be an assured fa.t. Nearly $-20,000 out of the $30,000 needed to begin the work of construction has been sub­ scribed. Since the first admission tickets to the World's Fair have been placed on sale in Chicago, the managers have been besieged with applications for the tickets from persons in all parts of the country as we.l as ISurope, who desire them not so much for actual use as for souvenirs, and it is to meet this demand that the managers decided to begin the sale thus early. They are season tick­ ets, good for admission to the Fair at any time between May 1 and Oct. "0. The first issue is six millions, in four different designs. They have been made by the American Bank Note Company, with special reference to the prevention LEGISLATIVE DOINGS. WORK OP THE STATE SOLONS AT THfe CAPITAL. Becord of One Week's Baslness--Measures Presented, Considered and Passed-- What On* Public Servants An Doing.-- In and Around Legislative Halls. "THE rh4 Great BLACK CROOK.* A Bit of History. An article id the American Journal of Politics suggests a novel mode of avoiding a treasury deficit. It is that the Secretary of the Treasury call upon the States to repay the $28,000,000 surplus which was dis­ tributed among them in President Jaekson's time with the understand­ ing that it could be reclaimed by the Government at any time. This sug­ gestion recalls' about as foolish a piece of government financiering as the Democratic party has been guilty of, and it has an unbroken record for foolish financiering. In 1834, for the first time in its history, the Govern­ ment found itself out pf debt, and shortly afterwards there was a sur­ plus in the treasury of more than $40,000,000, arising from the sale of public lands. The Democratic party had been dealing for a long time with debts and deficits, but this was its first experience with a surplus, and Congress began to discuss what to do with it. Various suggestions were made, and it was finally determined to de'posit all except $5,000,000 as a loan with the several States, of which there were then twenty-five. The amount to be thus distributed was $37,468,819. One-quarter of the amount was to be paid every three months. When the first three-quarters had been paid a finan­ cial tornado swept over the land, the banks keeping the Government de­ posits failed, and the Government suddenly found itself on the verge of bankruptcy. The situation was So distressing that a special session of Congress was called, which voted to extend the time for business men to pay their debts and authorized an is­ sue of treasury notes to defray the expenses of the Government. The Secretary of the Treasury urged Con­ gress to recall the loans to the States which had been made the year before, but it was not done. Inasmuch, however, as there was no longer any surplus in the treasury the fourth quarterly distribution to the States was not made. Although there was aa understanding at the time the surplus was thus distributed that it might be reclaimed by the Govern­ ment at any time, it never has been, and, of course, never will be. The surplus disappeared as completely as ,if it hud been thrown into the sea, and the Government got nothing to show tor it. It was a characteristic piece of Democratic financiering.-- Indianapolis Journal. IT is probable that the Democratic senator-elect from North Dakota heartily wishes that people's memor­ ies could be wiped out once a decade. Some j'ears ago he was a bank cash­ ier in Washington, D. G As a speculator he took $60,000 of the bank's money which he could not re­ place. The defalcation was made good in part by his bondsmen, but now that he proposes to return as a United States Senator the disagree- ADMISSION TICKET. g or al which have been in an execrable condi­ tion ever since the snow disappeared. Every contractor felt the prod from the Administration Building. Not One of them was spared^ In nearly every de­ partment. the force of men was in­ creased, and in some instances doubled and trebled. The painters and decorators are mak­ ing the most of the sunshiuo. Hereto­ fore they have been kept under cover or prevented from working altogether. All day on Monday they clung upon domes, scampered over the facades of big buildings and threw their colors and Cleveland Pays His Debts. Whenever President Harrison ap­ pointed an editor to office, a general Democratic outcry went up that he was "subsidizing the press." Mug­ wump and Democratic organs sav­ agely denounced the President for every newspaper appointment that he made, on the ground that such ap­ pointments were designed to silence Republican criticism and make every Republican newspaper a servile sup­ porter of the administration. It is a noteworthy fact that the journals that expressed such jealous fear lest the liberties of the press should be infringed upon did not venture to utter a word of criticism when Mr. Cleveland put Hoke Smith, the pro­ prietor of the leading Cleveland or­ gan of Georgia, into his Cabinet These same vociferous champions of journalistic independence and unself­ ishness will now meekly commend the appointment to the important Consul Generalship at Paris of Sam­ uel E. Morse, the editor of that vehe­ ment Democratic and Cleveland or­ gan, the Indianapolis Sentinel. It would be interesting to know just how many disinterested Demo­ cratic journalists have manifested their willingness to be "subsidized" by applying for office under the Cleve­ land administration. It will be inter­ esting also to note the alacrity with which Democratic and Mugwump journals will repudiate their former utterances and applaud Mr. Cleve­ land with dutiful humility whenever he pays a personal debt by appointing a newspaper patron of his own to office. No Step Backward. The first Republican State Conven­ tion to meet since the defeat in No­ vember was that of Rhode Island, which placed a full Republican ticket in the field. It is interesting to note that the Republicans of Rhode Isl- land have taken no step backward, that they still adhere to those funda­ mental principles and policies which have made this country what it is to­ day. The platform adopted has a ringing declaration in favor of pro­ tection, the laborer's friend, as op­ posed to free trade, the pauper mak­ ing policy. It praises the creation of a powerful navy and denounces wild­ cat money toward which the Demo­ cratic party is drifting rapidly in spite of the position taken by the Presi­ dent. All these principles are as just and holy as they were six months ago, and it is encouraging to Republicans to see the Republicans of Rhode Island in State convention assembled reiterate them. Ti.e time is coming, and it is not very far in the future, "when there will be a grand rally around these sacred principles upon which American prosperity was builded. The defeat of last fall was a stinging one, and yet, as the Re­ publicans of Rhode Island declared in their platform, a change of 30,000 votes in the close States would have given the victory to the Republicans. Only 30,000 votes stood between the country and continued prosperity. And this small number of votes is all, in spite of the fact that the Democratic party had as its assistants the Farmers' Alliance and partisan Prohibitionists.--Des Moines Reg­ ister. IT is significant that while the Re­ form Club's tariff experts touched very gingerly upon the sugar duty question in their lately promulgated tariff bill, they also left a deficit in governmental revenue, estimated on their proposed measure as a basis, of about $100,000,000. It is in raising this needed sum that the tea, sugar, and coffee taxes will come in. tranTHOL'SE NEAR LIFE-SAVING STATION. of counterfeiting.. White paper of spe­ cial manufacture is used for the tick ets. In general texture it resent bles the paper on whieh national bank notes are printed. Instead of the silk cords in the bank-note papet there are small particlcs of different colored linen paper, which, being cut up very fine, were dropped into the pulp while it was being run through the rollers in course of manufacture, and in this way became a part of the sheet it­ self. The process by which this paper is manufactured is entirely new and patented. In this way alone it is thought the possibility of successful counterfeiting ol the tickets has been removed. In general design the tickets resem­ ble somewhat the old 25-oent piefee of fractional currency. They measure 3 3-5 inches in length by inches in width. On the face of the tickets appears, In scroll work at the top, "World's Colum­ bian Exposition." Below is the line "Admit the bearer," and still lower are the dates for which the tickets are good. In the left hand end is the en- fraving of the head of either Columbus, •incoln, Washington, tints upon arches and pillars. The planked roads which were laid when the mud defied the movement of build­ ing material are now being ripped up and an extra force of workmen is grad­ ing and scraping the avenues about the buildings. South of machinery hall an­ other foice is making roads with the assistance of steam crushers. Off in one corner of the grounds a half hundred men are burning the de­ bris of the Fair. Fires have been burn­ ing there for two months or more, and all day Monday wagons were hauling or an Indian Chief in full war dress. At the bottom of the tickets is what seems at first glance a fine lined border three-quarters of an inch wide. It is really the words, "World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago," in very small letters. There are seventeen separate lines of lettering in the narrow border. On this border are the engraved signa­ tures of A. F. Seeberger, Treasurer, and H. W. Higinbotham, Pres'dent. Through the signatures of the officers is a punched perforation and in the middle of the ticket is a colored scroll work design a little larger than a silver quarter, the color varying on the differ­ ent designs and being either purple, pink, green, or blue. The back of the ^ticket is what seems to be scroll work, but which is fine lettering, the words "Columbian Exposition" and "Chicago, 1893, appearing. In a little darker shade of the same color of the back­ ground is "Good for one admission at pay gates." The demand from persons who wanted to purchase tickets as souvenirs was so large the management thought if The I^aw-iWafcers. The time In the Senate WoJnesduy was Chiefly occupied by the discussion of the Coon woman suffrage an.l the Thlele rau- aicipal electric light plant bills, which aro treated in detail in other dispatches. The bill introduced by the "sweating" investi­ gating committee provHing for State in- ipectlt n of clothing shops wns passed without a dissenting vote. In the House Mr. Callahan gave notice that be would move to amend the rules, by providing that hereafter the House shall hold two ses­ sions daily. A motion to make the Xohe f5,000 limit bill a special order for J uesday was'lost by a vote of 53 to 52. it requiring two-thirds vote. The rules were then suspended and a'batchof Senate bills taken tip on first reading. , The resolution to submit to a popular vote the proposition to so amend the con- tituilon as t> authorize the Assembly to enact legislation regulating contracts and conditions between corporations and their employes was favorably reported to the House Thursday niornin? by tho Judiciary Committee and made a special order for lhe following Thursday. The following bills were advanced to third reading: To enable the fruit gm»wers. dairymen, brick and tile makers ana'bee-keepers to xnake an independent display at the World's Fair; providing that < ollectors' books shall contain columns opposite each piece of land showing sales made of the same for the two preceding years und not can­ celed; to appropriate sums to pay for services rendered the State in case of James L'llie against the State; for the amendment of an act to ex­ empt certain property from taxation; giv­ ing miners authority to construct roads or Pitches necessary to the operation of their mines, and authorizing the organization of and to regulate district mutual windstorm insurance companies. The time in the Senate was chiefly occupied in discussing the Coon woman-suffrage and the auti- pool-selllng bills and listening to the re­ port of the committee appointed to inves­ tigate the school furniture and the school book trusts. Ibe Fenatorial apportion­ ment bill adopted by the Democratic cau­ cus was passed by a strictly party vote of 28 to 20, several Republicans not voting. Mr. Dunlap's bill appropriating $29,000 to the Agricultural. Dairymen's and Beekeep- srs' Associations, to make an exhibit at the World's Fair, was passed by a vote ol U to 11. The following nominations were sent to the Senate Friday by the Governor to ba members of the State Board of Education: Charles J. Parker, of Chicago, to succeed Rufus Cope, term expired: Forrest F. Cook, of Galesburg. to succeed B. L. Dodge, term expired; Allen W. Ptolp. of Aurora, to suc­ ceed George B. Harrington, term expired: Clinton Rosette, of Dolvalb, to succeed John D. Benedict, term expired; Jacob L. Bailey, of Macomb, to succeed Ira C. Mosier. term expired; El ward Doocey. of Plttsfield, to succeed Robert T. Evans, resigned; Lyon Carr. of Eureka, to succeed Richard Edwards, resigned; E R. Klmbrough, of Danville, to succeed E. C. Rositer, re­ moved; Charles I. Capen, of Bloomington, to succeed W. R. Sandham. removed. By unanimous consent Senator Nlehaua' bill to prevent coal mining companies from screening their coal before weighing It, so that the miners may get pay for the full weight of the coal they dig. was taken up and read a second time and made a special order for third reading April 20. The House proceeded to the order of unfinished business, under which head came Rep­ resentative Snyder's bill requiring in­ surance companies tit comply with the in­ surance act and prohibiting the placing o( insurance on property in Illinois through agents outside of the State After several minor arguments the bill was ordered tc third reading. Under the order of intro­ duction of bill*. Mr. Morris introduced a bill to provide for constructing maintain­ ing. and operating elevated railroads. Mr. McMillan introduced a bill to abolish <h« Board of Public Charities. Representative O'Donnell's bill for the preyentlon of em­ ployes from discharge without notice was passed without a dissenting vote. Botl house" adjourned until Ave o'clock on Mon­ day evening. Spectacular Frodoctlaa Now On at McVlckar*s. The first of the great World's Fair spectacular ballet attractions < bas been inaugurated at McVieker's Chi­ cago Theater, and "The Black Crook" Is now on. . The name of "The Black Crook" is familiar to every one; it was originally produced over twenty- seven years ago in New York, at H iblo's Garden, and the sensation it created then has not died yet. It was the first spectacular production this country had seen, and tights up to that time were unknown, and such magnificence, gorgeousness in cos­ tumes and scenery had never been seen before. But what would the people who witnessed "The Black ILLINOIS incidents! SOBER OR STARTLING. FAITH-- FULLY RECORDED. Jjj'itir" LOOKING EAST FROM THE A I> MINISTRATION BllLDlNO. . BLACK enameled watch chains are made for men in mourning. fMSM refuse to the flames. The fuel comes from all parts of the grounds. It comes from Germany with its blue painted crates, from Alaska with the heavy eases plastered with "old glory" labels and from all the Government and State buildings where workmen have leveied their scaffolding with the ground. Over l at agricultural hall a hundred men are ' at work raising and placing in position the animal groups wrought in staff. The work' of construction and landscape gardening must scon be finished, and every effort toward this end is being put forth. Juit Half » Dollar. It costs just half a dollar now to get into the grounds. The original inten­ tion to close the gates March 15 in or­ der that work might not be hindered by visitors was reconsidered because the revenue was becoming quite an item in replenishing Treasurer Seeberger's rather slim balance. To increase the revenue without greatly increasing the number of visitors it was suggested that the entrance fee be increased to £0 cenls. Somebody made the sugges­ tion that $1 admission be charged, but the exhibition authorities thought such a tax would oe prohibitive. At a meet­ ing of the board of admissions a resolu­ tion was unanimously adopted fixing the price of admission at 50 cents, be­ ginning April 1. The first Sunday fol­ lowing this decision 8,(00 admission tickets were sold, and the number who seek to gain entrance increases daily. . American Bt >le-Society Kxl ibit. The American Bible Society has pre­ pared a curious exhibit for the fair. It will show a number of historic bibles, plates from which the largest editions of bibles ever struck were printed, and long rows of bibles in foreign tongues. The latter are designed to give some idea of the stupendous difficulties the society has overcome in translating the scriptures into languages that are sel­ dom mastered by English-speaking peo­ ple. In a geneial way the purpose of the society is to show what it has done since it was organized seventy-six years agO. Copies of each of the annual reports and bound flies of the Bible So­ ciety Record will occupy shelves in one of the eight cases in which the ex­ hibit will be contained. In the same case will appear specimens of the electrotype plates used in printing the Scriptures. Two of these plates are they were 60 anxious to buy a ticket of the first issue they would be equally anxious to purchase a complete sot if the design was varied, and so the tickets are issued in four designs. Besides the second ticket there will be tickets of much, cheaper design and material, in- POSTOFFIC* is TH« OOVEKNMKNT BUILDING. tended for sale only at the gates to visitors going right into the exposition. College Hill Sanitarium Hurned. A careless tinner upon the roof of the College Hill Sanitarium at Cincinnati, Ohio, caused a loss of from $100,000 to $150,000 of property and imperiled the live3 of 200 patients. A fcot soldering iron was permitted to ignite the roof and the flames quickly got beyond the control of the waterworks of the insti­ tution, as well as that of the village of College Hill. The superintendent, Dr. O. Everetts, directed the attendants to give every effort to the task of safely removing the sick, the insane, and the ailing patients. In this they were faithfully assisted by the villagers, who flocked to the place. The scenes with­ in the great structure, four stories in height and filled with 200 patients, were exciting. The insane shrieked and tore their clothing, the less unfortunate were distraoted by fear, and begged to be helped away from the flames. AMERICAN CHILDREN, And the Bright Ught in Which One Eng­ lishman Sees Them. The average American mother is most slnrereky anxious to train her children well: arid there is on their behalf a con­ stant tendency for dwellers in cities tc take refuge in the fresh air of the beau­ tiful and often distant tuVurbs which are now springing up everywhere. II is true that the first laws of health are often lamentably neglected in the rear­ ing of children, but if the American mother is still behind the English in this respect, she certainly carries away the palm in the matter of personal de­ votion and self-sacrificing care. No expenditure of time or trouble seems too great; she is absolutely regardless of self and does for her children much that we should relegate to hirelings. She is, if possible, too unselfish, and the consequence is that the child is apt to become exacting. But it is precisely this peculiar trait that runs through all American society--it is characteristic of men no less than of women. Hus­ bands slave for their wives, regardless" of all recreation, even in the most heated days of summer, whllp the wives in their turn lavish all their thought and care upon the little ones. With few exceptions the children, both of rich and poor, attend the public schools, and as boys and girls pursue their studies in the same class-room, they grow up together in a friendly fashion, and quite young girls-have a circle of many friends on their visiting list whom they invite to literary meet­ ings ai^d dances and sleigh parties without any maternal intervention whatsoever. In no other country are so many girls at college. The desire for knowledge very early evinces Itself, and the mo­ ment the schoolbell rings boys and girls rush from the breakfast table and ar­ rive breathless at the schoolhouse probably twenty minutes before the doors are opened. Learning is made a pleasure rather than a task; self-confi­ dence is cncouraged by frequent public recitations, and whatever the American public school may fail to do, It cer­ tainly produces a race of men and wom­ en richly endowed with the power of expressing their thoughts in varied and well-chosen language. Fighting Without Firearms. THE armor of horse and rider, in the fourteenth century, frequently weighed as much as 400 pounds. THE long bow was brought into West­ ern Europe in the eighth ccntury; bows were 6 feet long, arrows 3. WHEN Cortez invaded Mexico for the second time he had eighty musketeers and eighty cross-bowmen. THE last soldiers in France to wear defensive armor were the pikemen, whose organization was abolished in 1675. THE value of infantry was not fully recognized by media1 val commanders until the fifteenth century. THE armor of the fourteenth century was so heavy that a fallen knight could not rise without assistance. MANY helmets of the fourteenth cen­ tury were provided with dcor visors, opening laterally on hinges. TOLEDO and Damascus blades were very popular in the middle ages, and sold for their weight in gold. KNIGHTLY lances were from 12 to 20 feet long, the heads 4 to 8 inches broad, and from 12 to 20 inches long. LONG-HOW arrows weighed 24 penny­ weights were tipped with steel and leathered with goose feathers. 1 H'VICKKR'S THKATER. Crook" then say if they could now drop into McVickcr's Theater and see the performance as there present­ ed? Manager Eugene Tompkins and James H. McVicker have put on the spectacle in unrivalled brilliancy and unexampled completeness in detail. The costumes have all been manu­ factured in London, and cost alone over sixty thousand dollars. The scenery has been painted by the best artists that America affords--Al­ bert, Grover, and Burridge--at a cost of not less than fifteen thousand dol­ lars. Speaking of the first performance, the Chicago Times says: "The big handsome theater on Madison strfcet never wafc packed as it was last night. It was simply impossible to get a glimpse of the auditorium from the foyer. Seldom has Chicago seen a more gorgeous spectacle. The scene­ ry is elaborate and beautiful, and the splendor of the affair is completed by some of the most dazzling costumes Chicago has yet seen. The most strik­ ing scenic effect is that of the illu­ minated terrace or electric stairway in the third act. When, near the close of the act, the grand march of the amazons is introduced, a pict­ ure of brilliancy and magnificence is presented that has rarely if ever been surpassed on the stage." r Other notable pictorial representa­ tions are "The Grand Incantation Scene," "The Birth of the Rainbow, and the transformation scene symbol­ izing "Want and Abundance.* The ballet In the second act is well de­ signed. and is one of the most at­ tractive features of the entertain­ ment. Mile. Zole Tornaghi, prehiier danseuse assoluta, is a ballet artiste of great skill and grace, but the most remarkable performance in this line is that of Sig. Nicola Guerra, who gives a truly marvelous exposition of the dancer's art. Among the most prominent specialties is that of Field­ ing, the juggler, whose wonderful feats were received with tremendous enthusiasm. The ballet to the ac­ companiment of popular airs was also a hit, especially "The Bowery" and "Ta-ra-ra" numbers. ' * The engagement of "The Black Crook" at McVickcr's Willf con­ tinue for fourteen weeks. The' other World's Fair attractions at McVicker's Theater will be Denman Thompson in his famous play, "The Old Homestead," Thos. W. Keene, the eminent American tragedian, Wm. H. Crane and his great comedy company, and Joseph Jefferson. Carious Facts. FEINTING paper was made in England in 1690. To THE naked eye 3,000 stars are vis­ ible; the test telescopes show-§<£00,000. THE fixed stars are of all colors, violet, blue, green, and red predominat- ing. • THE strongest telescopes bring the moon to an apparent distance of 100 miles. THE tail of a comet is believed to be matter similar to that contained In the nebulee. THE planets Venus and^Jftrs most nearly resemble the earth^in climatic conditions. THE spectroscope has shown that the prominences on the sun are outbursts of growing hydrogen. THE sun's volume Is 1,407,124 times that of the earth, and 600 times greater than all the planets. SOME stars are believed to be so far away that 2,000,000 years are required for their light to reach the earth. TELESCOPIC steel masts or rods are to be used in lighting the public squares in Brussels. The object of this system is to preserve the beauties of the parks in the daytime. TIN plate jnade in America is said to be superior to the imported article, as it "stands heavy stamping much better," because Bessemer steel yields better results than the Siemens steel used in Wales. A GEBMAN authority says that almost a third of humanity, that is, 400,000,000, speak the Chinese language. The Hin­ doo language is spoken by more than l(>0,000,t)t;0, the Russian by more than 80,(.00,000, the German by 57,000,000, and the Spanish by 48,000,000. Of the European language the French is fifth in place. AN ingot of gold weighing 2J ounces, and worth about $50, is changed by the gold-beaters into sheets so thin that it would take 48,000 to measure an inch in height. By the labor of beating the gold aqulres a value of $400, making over 26,000 sheets of gold-foil or gold- leal, as it is usually oalled. Kardolpb Aimoet Annihilated by Tramps Arrested for Murder at Efliif- ham--St.; Clair COdkity Farmer Ml--hung. Vandalia Olrl Cats Aer Throat. From Far and Jie»r. :T THE Chicago North Shore Street Ball- eras Company certified to the Secre­ tary of State that it had increased it* capital stock from $500,000 toi S650,f!00ii HENRY PEOHEMEYEN shot himself through the heart in Woodland Cem«- ? tery, Quincy. He was a cicar-makelt by trade. He left nothing showing an^,-,!^ cause for the act. . , f ^ FBANK BBAAJUK, a prominent JUdg|* i Prairie Towrisnip. St, Clair County faife^. mer, left home for St. "Louis and hi* not been heard of since. No trace of him can be found. It is feared that h* y met with an accident or foul play. f THE auditor of public' accounts h«l refused to grant permission to the (iooSt Templars , Mutual Benefit As-fociati of Rochester, N. Y., to do business this State for the reason that one aa* sessment on its members will not I**' the maximum certificate in full. j THE Effingham police authorities rested a tramp on a charge of murdet- Fred Brown and a young companion boarded a freight on the Yandalii Bo*# at Casey to go to Gueenup. They fell iu with four tramps who robbed then and threw young Brown from'the traia, killing him. The tramp has been idea* tifled. THE Secretary of the State Board tHH Health has given out some statistic"!:' taken from the annual report of death* in Chicago made by the County Cleric of Cook County. In a total of 26,80# deaths in Chicago in 1892, 7 were of persons more than 100 years old, 8 were more than 99, 10 more than 98, id more than 97, 10 more than 96, '25 more than 95, 32 more thad 94, 34 more than 93, 43 more than 92, 49 more than 91, 6» more than y»\ xhe oldest person dyi^l ' during the year was 105 years old. SEOnETAKY OF STATE HlNRICHSOr received in h's office durng the six months ending March 31, fees amount­ ing to $7,314, said to be the largest amount ever received in the Secretary of Slate's effiee for a like period. Ho issued an order that all fees for oapero issued should be paid in advance. He says it had been the custom to send pa­ pers to parties supposed to be responsi­ ble without the fee and rely upon th&ir paying him afterward. However, the State was annually cheated out of m large amount. Miss ANNIE LIPPLE, of Vandalia, was subpornaed to appear as a witness in a divorce case at Effingham. The other night her father heard a noise in her room, and going in found his daughter lying on the bed with her head covered up and the bed-clothing saturated with blood. Grasped firmly in her right hand was a pocketknile with which she had tried to end her ex­ istence. She had cut a gash across her throat reaching almost from ear to ear. A physician was summoned and the wound sewed up. The girl's parents believe she was drugged. THE village of Bardolph was visited by a conflagration Saturday that con­ sumed the business part bt the town, with the exception of one store. This is the second disastrous fire that has visited the village in the last six months, and completes the destruction of al­ most the entire business interest of the town. The principal losses are as fol­ lows: Blall & Son, of Burlington, Iowa, $330fc Presbyterian Church and furni­ ture, $5,000; insurahce $2,C;0t». N. H. Jackson & Co., $91.0; insurance, $300; on building, $2,500; insurance on stoek, $1,000. Knapp ifc Randolph, $4,000; in­ surance $2,000. Edward Dyer, build­ ing, $1,000; insurance, $£00. Paroin estate, building, $5,< 00. H. B. Sikes, building and office fixtures, $1,000; in­ surance, $o00. Throckmorton it Kee­ ner, meat market, building and contents, and ice house, $1,000; no insurance. Fluke & Wilcox, hardware, building and stock, $2,000; insurance, $l,40o. Dr. William B. Stanley, barn, $200; no insurance. Masonic Hall and contents. $1,0(10; insurance, $500. • CHARI.ES E. STEWAUT, one of the popular young men of Jacksonville, ended a season's dissipation by firing a bullet through his heart. JOHN THOMA.S, who was sent to the penitentiary frOm Cook County, Illi­ nois, in 1884 for tw enty years tor burg­ lary, was pardoned by Gov. Altgeld. HENKY L. HERTZ^ of Chicago, for n long term Coroner of Cook County, lost hie left foot by falling under a grip car. For a - time it was thought the shock would klU him, but he is now recover­ ing. PAST ASSISTANT SETBGEOIT A. H. GLENNAN assumed charge of the United States Marine Hospital at Cairo. THE Illinois State Board of Agr|* culture has condensed the following: The dry weather at seediua time resulted ir a decrease in the area Heeded, as compared iritlt the crop harvested in of a little over 25 par cent, so that the area which weut into winter quarters was acres. In the northern division of the State 71 ier cent, of the area is reported winter killed: in the central division ;i2 per cent.; and in Sonth- em Illinois 13 per cent., or an average for the Ktate of 22 per cent. As will be seen, the dam­ age done is much greater in Central Illinois than in either of the other two grand divisions. So far as the correspondents si ecitiedthe man­ lier of injury, it was done entirtly by winter killing. Not one mentioned the presencieot the hessian fly, and a number stated that it was not in any wheat they had examined. ^ from these figures we learn that the area ftW harvest in the northern division will be about a c r e s , i n t h e c e n t r a l d i v i s i o n a c r e s , and in the southern division CCl.TtW acrea. Wheat has scarcely commenced to grow in some localities, as it is difficult to form a cor­ rect estimate Qf its condition, but its present appearance indicates al>ont ?.l per cent, or Ml average condition at this season. 'Ihe condi­ tion in the northern division is 77 per cent ot a seasonable average. «>3 per cent, in Central, and no per cent, in Southern Illinois. Winter rye has not suffered so roach from the severe weather of the last winter as wheat, and the report shows but little over 11 per cent, of the area seeded as winter killed. Of the 12U16 acres seeded in the northern division last fall s per cent, is reported winter killed, leaving 11*.*.»H2 acres for harvest. In Central Illinois -21 per cent, was destroyed, leaving 10.- ••fiS acres, white in the southern division of '*" if 1 . M J, - • /W • - < Srate where but a,tj»c. acres were seed,«par cent, was winter killed, leaving 3,&U acres toe harvest. AT Belvldere, two masked burglars < broke into George Kale's house and at the point of a revolver forced him to give them $ti0. They then repaired to the hired man's room, where they found $:*i, after nearly beating the man to death. As yet no clew to the perpet*at» ors has been obtained. THE resignations of the following members of the Third Brigade staff have followed the deposition of Brig. Gen. 'William Clendtnin: Lieut. CoL P. C. Simon, Assis ant Adjutant Gen­ eral; Capt. David E. Clarke, Com­ missary of Subsistence; and Lieut. Wiley P. Aiumerman, Aid-de-camp. ALLEN and Sachletehd, the round- the-world bicyclists, arrived at Alton at the home of the latter the other evening. They are bronzed and hearty with their three years' tour and fit for- as many miles more. They were, ban­ queted by some of the gentlemê of the city. THE Kev. James A. Chase, President of the Foard of Trustees of Lincedn I nivorsity, died at his home tf Lincoln. The deceased was a native of Kentucky, 71 years old, and came to Illinois- In 1864. He was a j reacher of the Cum­ berland Fresbyterian denomination atMl had been in the ministry fcr-ixly yeara. lie was prominent in Proi cles and-leaves four children. m m- V #'