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0&58S exgwefcttf kindlier when he sent tola of cordiality to the moribund CLEVELAND PANIC. HISTORIC) COACHES. ILLINOIS INC 4-"' /„ •" A. O. RUPP. Pnbliah»r. ItcHENBY, ILLINOIS. .. .... . IF vou see a long-haired fellow '" jpon't take him for a poet and speak to- Mm; ne may be afo l l - . * «ack. THE passengers on the train held v t; vPin Indiana were mostly World's iTair visitors returning home, and Consequently were not molested by le robbers. • DELAWARE man sent a seventy- j|ound watermelon to the President 4jhe other day. Now why doesn't trover reciprocate by distributing a plums? • . I--•----» r--' WHAT If Mayor Harrison is becom- "fhg conspicuous as a kisser? He can j|iss in seven languages and nine dia­ lects, and no other Mavor in the Country can.--Chicago Tribune. A*WRITER on fashions announces '•the Eaton jacket must go." I^ell, it will be possible to stand this loss, but only on condition that the pecupaot of the Jacket does not ge With it. ' •, ' , • , .,i 1 ' " ~ , MEMBERS of New York's "400" are ' r preparing for an amateur circus. jThis is unnecessary. Tiiey will never be without an amateur circus so long i§s Ward McAllister continues to ijbide there. I WE don't see why the Sunday clos- |bg litigation need be closed at the of the Exposition season. It ight prove handy for the pettllog- , jgers and the courts to maul ardund •* tjrhenever they become Gogginized. r" | IT Is unfortunate that Princess Eu- JjMie arrived in Chicago too late to 1|itness Mrs. Potter Palmer's artistic ||iethod of using the hammer in driv­ ing the last nail in the Woman's fluilding. There are some exhibitions Of American skill that the BpJn^pss "teems doomed not to see. • FEW men have ever earnestly striven lifter a competence, after health, j|ome happiness, love of relatives, re­ spect and confidence of fellow-men, ind not attained it. Few men that have so lived have had occasion to part from old associations with dread and to greet dew ones with fear. EVERYTHING which lightens hu­ man labor and lifts its burdens is a blessing exactly in proportion to the energy, courage, and industry with Which the released force is set to #ork In new directions. Wherever (he removal of difficulty tends to doth and inaction, or wherever the time gained is spen^ on frivolous or jurious objects, there it ceaeee to a benefit IT is a matter of deep interest, >th in education and in self-culture, discover how to develop the heart and the hand in unison. Every one Who shares in the responsibility of training youth should hold in close tiew two important objects--one to quicken the affections, to stimulate l|ie desires, to cherish and to raise #e ideals; the other to form habits Of action in harmony with these. w DK. SCHOTT of Germany has been making some interesting investiga­ tions of ocean currents, the height of fiaves, and the rapidity of their pro­ gress. He explodes the idea of waves *?"tnountain high," and says that in the worst of storms they do hot rijse higher than from thirty-six to forty feet. This will be disappointing to sea sick voyagers, who fancied that they were several thousand feet high and full of ipecac or soma other nauseating drug. A PERSON who has formed his temper and disposition of mind after a right model, who is humble, meek, cheerful, and contented, can com­ monly find a convenient shelter when overtaken by the storm of life. It should therefore be our early lesson to subject the passions and appetites And desires to the control and guid­ ance of season. The first are the gales to impel us in the voyage of life, but the last ought still to sit at tfee helm and direct our course. r THE instinct which prompts a play­ ful whale now and then to try con­ clusions with one of our incoming ocean steamships is probably the same which makes a young bull some­ times affront a locomotive on a West­ ern railroad. Neither creature can Withstand the temptation to find out which is the stronger, the strange ' smoke-breathing monster or itself. Man is urged by a similar instinct when he insists in bucking against Old John Barleycorn. In all these cases the superior force generally give the Inferior animal a sore head and much experience: i BISMARCK proves his decadence by refusing to accept any personal cour­ tesy from the Emperor, who has of­ fered hi ma royal castle as a hotel during his illness. The man of blood and iron possibly fears that imprison­ ment, not hospitality, might be the result of his trusting the kaiser who unmade him. He cannot understand that It is no longer in the Emperor's power to unmake him further, that disease and fate are raDidlv carrying out of history the man that wrote so large a part of it in twenty-five years. Tint emperor proved capable of tin- chancellor, but the deed loses some of its grace in the fact that William knows his enemy is forever hor» dy combat AND still the sanguinary European correspondent sees nothing ahead but eternal anarchy amid the noise of ceaseless wars. He has got 'em again. He has been analyzing the emotions of the French people and has reached) the conclusion that unless some un­ expected diversion takes place the scrap will begin in just about/one month, when- France, Germany, Russia, and England will be knotted up in a tangled mass, with Italy and Austria dodging around trying to get in a lick on the under dog. This pre­ diction has at least the merit of be­ ing positive. Heretofore, in his weekly portents, the correspondent has been vague and indefinite. He has never set a time for the hostili­ ties to begin. He has always quali­ fied his predictions with some condi. tlons that left him a hole to crawl out of. Now. however, he has put himself squarely on record. If war does not break out he will have to ad­ mit that he is a false prophet and that he didn't know what he was talking about Ihis result will in some degree recompense us for the nervous starts we have experienced as the result of his gory predictions. The correspondent has got himself sewed upi IN declaring that immigration should be temporarily suspended in order to shut out a possible invasion of cholera, the Medical Congress at Washington looked at the matter from a sanitary standpoint only. About everyone else has reached the conclusion that immigration should be shut oE indefinitely. The devel­ opments- pf the last few months show that we have begun to draw from Europe the most undesirable class of immigrants--people who become a public charge under the most favora­ ble circumstances and who area mill­ stone about the neck of the com­ munity in times of depression. All the riots in New York and in other cities have been brought about by these people It cannot be denied that most of the applicants for public charity cannot speak English, while the incendiary addresses that are de­ livered to idle ciowds are in nine cases out of ten delivered in a foreign tongtie. The remedy for this condi­ tion of affairs is self-evident Stop immigration until the aliens already here have become assimilated with the great body of the American peo­ ple. The gates may then be thrown open again. THERE "IS no denying that the eagerness With which rich American fathers throw their daughters into the. arms of the foreign nobility and gentry, and the williugness with which the devoted virgins go to the sacrifice, irritate and humiliate the people of this nation. If the nobil­ ity and gentry mentioned were conspicuously better physically, men­ tally, and morally than our own marriageable men, the preference shown them by our heiresses would be founded On reason. If they held women in a higher, more deli­ cate regard than we do, the girls could be forgiven their ignoring of patriotism in so strictly a private matter as selecting a husband. But in general the foreigner's whole out­ fit for matrimony consists of a title that serves but as a pedestal on which to exhibit his unworth. It is the fine distinction of the United States that in it alone of all the great nations it is held to be disgraceful in a man to make a mercenary mar­ riage. Here the woman is still sup­ posed to be the one sought, and here we still hold to the belief that it is the husband's part to provide the tent and furnish the table with game. Chivalry survives in great strength in our social ideals, and the fortune-hunter, the fellow on the lookout for a wife who will maintain him, is despised. His disappoint­ ments before and after marriage are food for newspaper exultation and jesting, for popular merriment and satisfaction. , Keedlck's Typewriter. When Mr. Keedick reached home, the other evening, he was confronted by a very angry wife He had scarcely got inside the door, and hung his hat on the hall rack, before she blurted out-- "You've got a new typewriter!" "Why, yes," replied Keedlclc. •'flow did you And it out?" "Oh, I am up to your goings-on, i can tell you. You got your new type­ writer yesterday." "I did. Who told you?" •'Well, |f you must know it, it was Mrs. Gaskett Her husband told her. You needn't think you can keep things from me." "1 have no desire to, dear." '•Don't dear me! Your typewriter is only about eighteen years old." "As nearly as 1 can judge of ages, I Should say that was about right" "And has melting brown eyes?" Mrs Keedick went on indignantly. •'Possibly; but I haven't noticed them doing any melting." "Ob. no! Of course not With a soft voice and charming manners?" "You are nearly right" "Nearly right! I know I'm quite right!" exclaimed the jealous woman. "Now, I want you to tell me the name of that forward creature." "You want the name of my type­ writer?" V; "Yes, I do." ft "What for?" ^ "Never mind what for.. It want your typewriter's name." •'It is John Henry Simpson. What are you going to do about it?" LIABILITIES AND FAtLUftES Of 8°m* %nlflcaBt Comparisons -- Brad- street's Reports No General Improvement in Trade MtHc that. A«ala Closed. Fotwre Not Brtftlt. H The record of business failures dur­ ing the last nine months is a notable one. The list, as furnished by Brad- street's Commercial Agency, thows a larger number than in any correspond­ ing period of President Harrison's ad­ ministration. The significance of the increase in embarrassments is striking­ ly shown by the following table con­ taining the number of failures for the first nine months of each of the last twelve years: Actual Anaets. m,758.881 39.209.701 71,811.320 «4,«0,713 G0,7H,9M 44.648,652 44.546.000 07,397,000 43,864,000 108,452,000 63,262,000 36,452,000 * Per oent. oaaffl f/* LlabUltlss. liabilities. tm.0S7.78H 70 76,971,771 SI 138,SU.SH}'4 81 )tt,641,960- ̂ M\ 101,1)6,61$, W 90, «*2, 77,110, 90,976, 196,961, 133,064, 7i;iea.ooa> No. of failures. 1893..11,17* 18^2.. 7,378 1891.. 8,866 1890.. 7tE38 1889.. 8,334 1«88.. 7,330 188?.. 6,968 1886.. 7,618 1835.. 8,433 1884.. 8.>02 1883.. 7,3 8 1882.. 5,307 lucMMe In FailorM The number of failures during the oast nine months aggregate 11,174, or 51 per oent. more than in a like por­ tion of 1892, when the total was only 7,378, and 26 per cent, more than in the corresponding period in lay I, the heaviest previous nine months' total 6f mercantile embarrassments, 8,863. The 11,174 failures for this year carry liabilities amounting to $324,087,- *768. In 1884, also a year of panic, the liabilities for nine months of 8,302 failures carried liabilities aggregating only $195,951,000. The volume of liabili­ ties for the past nine months was 320 per cent, greater than in the corre­ sponding nine months of 1892. The four States, New York, Pennsyl­ vania, New Jersey and Delaware, fur­ nish 18 per cent, more failures this year than last, but liabilities have quadrupled. The eight Western States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mich­ igan, Kansas, Kentucky, and Colorado, report relatively the heaviest increase in number of failures, 130 per cent., or from 1,453 to 3,327, while the aggre­ gate liabilities from that region are five times what they were in nine months of 1892, or $91,927,539, as com­ pared with $18,078,000. In the North­ west, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne­ braska, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, the rate of failures and the increase of liabilities have led also the number in those seven States, being almost 100 per cent, larger in nine months of this year compared with last, or an increase from 698 to 1,351, and the volume of liabilities eight times as largo, or $64,227,919 as compared with $7,751,000. The number of suspended banks in the first eight months of 1893 was 549. Of these, 94 resumed. Liabilities of the 549 which suspended were $165,- 731,618. In nine months of 1892 only 17 banks, owing $100,000 or more each, suspended; in the year before only 35, and in a like share of 1890 only 11, all with relatively tmall liabilities. Little Hope for the Future. Tiie mercantile failures reported for 18»3 have reached 670, with $274,745,- 496 in liabilities. For 1892 the corre­ sponding figures are: Failures, 121; liabilities, $26,161,414; for 1891, fail­ ures, 229; liabilities, $73,311,013; for 1890, failures, 111; liabilities, $37,- 409,231. Bradstreet's reports no general im- Jmovement in trade. Reports of starti­ng up of cotton and woolen mills in New England are qualified with ex­ planations that in almost all instances it is on short time, with reduced forces and on orders. There is doubt as to the future of the cotton crop. The iron and steel industries show no signs of revival. Industries at a num­ ber of points in the West where they recently started up after prolonged idleness have again closed. Hoke Is Devilish Sljr. The suspension of pensioners still goes on, regardless of trie profession of Hoke Smith that further proceedings under the infamous order would be abandoned. Judge Lochren's letter is easily understood. He is a man of courage, whatever may be said of his judgment. He is too courageous, at any rate, to willingly become a party to the cowardly deception undertaken by his superior. The Secretary from Georgia became alarmed at the storm of indignation that was raised by the wholesale sus- ien of their districts to notify Ways and Means Committee that the Tariff must be left strictly and se­ verely alone. In no other way will our former prosperity return to us, and no other remedy for existing depression is open but to leave the Tariff alone. ansion of pensioners without a hear- ng; and he backed water, in order to gain the same point tn rough another channel. Judge Lochren was not long in seeing the point. He had too much regard for his own clean record as a man and citizen, however, to subject himself to the condemnation that must ultimately come, so he proceeded to announce himself as responsible for the order of suspension. He wanted it understood that the order was in full keeping with his individual sentiments on the subject, and that he had no apologies to make for whatever might occur in the ^ame line in the future. His superior had sneaked be­ hind a subterfuge. He had betaken himself into the brush where he could {>ick off the bluecoats with the least ear of detection. And he is picking them off every day. His methods are just the same, the only difference being that he is fighting the enemy under cover of his deceptive promise that sus­ pensions should hereafter be made only after investigation. The old soldier knows just where to find Commissioner Lcchren. They know that he is still performing the suspension act for his superior, but he has given them to understand that he is doing it willingly and conscientious­ ly. They will have the same respect for the Commissioner that they always had and still continue to have for their enemies in arms, who confronted them on the open field. But Hoke Smith! he is too devilish sly for either their liking or their respect. They know that he has his spies among them, and they well know how despicable are the practices of men who make their liv­ ing as spies in times of peace --Kansas City Journal. UST« the Tariff Alone. The wage-earners of the United States, who now have considerable idle tima on_ their hands, are the ones to feel the immediate effects of any check to our American industries. They form the bone and sinew of our popula­ tion and are the largest class. One of them recently informed the Chicago Tribune that since Cleveland was elected on a platform that promised meddling with the Tariff to an extent no one could guess, a chill ran through the entire iron trade, railroads began to decrease their orders for rails, and have Binoe ceased to give any orders. They are holding back in expectation of being able to buy rails in Europe j cheaper than American mills can make i them with their much higher rate of wages. Surely it is time for wage- earners, no matter in what industry they may be engaged, to urge the Coo- Then and Now. When bis work was full of promise, and his wanes Kood and atone. And the tariff on hf« nrodisff ma secure be­ yond a doubt. When employer wag contented with the toiler most polite. And the weaver stopped his busy loom at six o'clock at night. It was then the eager milkman was a-feellng at his best. And he frequently pl&oed a wad In a pocket of his rest, Then he learned to talk of tariff and to read of t*nsta galore, And then he ranted sad he panted to sweep the country o'er. There was something very pleasant in the neighborhood about, Btill this pessimistic wondngman found eanse to kick and pout; He was be in* robbed, he knew it, and he read 4nd read anew. As he stroked his flaxen whiskers, while tlJb sephyra hnstled throueh, He wonld laugh at wise McKinley, give a sigh for J. <}. Blaine. And wonld rise to spout reform from Call- fomia to Maine; Then he reached forth for his money, tuoked a wad into his Test, And he smiled a pmlle benign on humanity and the rest. But now his work is alow, ntsniiin, and times are bad and touch. And he's sfrngrsling for a dollar In a town that lacks the staff, Where the srrocer and the batcher are olinging olose to land. And hi * employer is disheartened and shut­ ting-down is at hand; It is now the politician is a-feellng rather bine. So he stands out on the corner to obtain a bet- . ter view. Now he reaches for his wadlet which has grown so slim and lean, And he knows not what the eause Is, for they swept the country clean. He remembers how they told him of the bless­ ings now in Btore, Aa in thought he sees the helmet and the rooster that it bore, As In visions fleeting past him go the days that were to be. With the mlll-eaincd money Jingling from the oenter to the seai ^ He has bnllded, now he knows it, a fine oastle in the air. And his wealth of work, gold and glory i* still oonflned up there. And he also knows Democrooy^-'tls confidence abusing-- But, the way he'll vote hereafter wUl be really •musing. The Ohio Battle. Fortunate in his cause and his own abilities, Governor McKinley is also fortunate in his antagonist. Neal, the Democratic candidate, is a politician whose false and reckless assertions on the stump stamp him either as a thor­ ough demagogue or a blind fanatic. His declaration that "the greatest foe to the prosperity of the people is Mc- Kinleyism: so long as the federal sys­ tem of protective taxation is continued we can have no general and permanent prosperity in this country" is an insult to public intelligence. During the grand march of progress which began with the accession of the Republican party to power, and was summarized by the eleventh census, the value per capita of the products of American manufactures increased from $55U)8 in I860 to $138.93 in 1890; the mileage of steam railroads increased465.7per cent.; the value of live stock on American farms increased 122.04 per cent.; of farm implements and machinery, 123.47 per cent.; of the land, fences and buildings, 97.29 per cent. In that period our an­ nual exports of farm products grew from $25(>,560,972 to $629,785,917, and our exports of domestic manufactures from $45,658 to $151,131,297. Wages have grown higher in every calling, both in amount and purchasing power. The popular standard of living, of comfort and of intelligence has steadi­ ly risen. In the face of this unparalleled in­ crease of national wealth, this mag nifioect advance in prosperity under the shield of protection, how paltry and pitiful are poor Neal's crazy asser­ tions that the facts already accom­ plished are impossible! The country expects to see William McKinley re­ elected Governor of Ohio by a hand­ some majority. The First Necessity. The first necessity to insure the early return of prosperity is that the army of idle wage earners shall be put back to work. More than a million are with­ out employment at the present time. The only lack of capital concerning their idleness comes from the lack of demand for theproducts of their mus­ cle and skill. Trie re is plenty of money afloat in the country for the' purchase of all the common necessities and com­ forts of life, but there can be no return to the customary demand from the con­ sumers of these products while the money with which they must buy them is beyond their reach. The mills and the workshops will not be reopened to their former capacity and with former wageB until the owners have a measure of assurance that their output will be taken off their hands at remunerative prices. This assurance can never come to them under the existing threat of the party in power. Tan Alentsob J. J. Van Alen, the An^lo-maniao nonentity who, on Democratic author­ ity, received the Italian ambassador- *ip- tion to the Cleveland campaign fund, Is serving a good purpose. He, by indi- ship in exchange for a $50,000 subscri re" ing the manipulators of American politics, and particularly the "barrel" managers and patronage farmers, that candidates for important federal appointments must have some other qualifications than an inherited or married fortune. Mr. Van Alen's case serves on executives the notice of the American people that Van Alenism must cease. l»rry Is In Trouble Now. Larry Neal worked zealously for Hill at Chicago last summer, but the Sena- MAJORITY FOR THE MEAS­ URE IN THE HOUSE.; Tmttf Vote the Bouse <lEepeals the Law* Placing Elections Under Fed­ eral - - How **»• W*yn» w ffiguiH-.- " - "Limited" Was WnoM. f is in trouble, tude a» shown b tor will not reciprocate now that Larrv ' ch is political grati­ fy an itching and disrep­ utable aspirant for the Presidency. Grover Not With Him. If Lawrence T. Neal thought he would be rewarded by Grover Cleve­ land for forcing a free trade platform upon the Chicago convention he .has discovered that he was sadly mistaken. Like Unto • Certain Man. The Democrats pleading for protec­ tion for their own special interests are like the man who prayed, "Oh, Lord, bless me and my wife, my son John, and his wife, us four and no more." The Difference. Cuts of 10 per cent, in wages have succeeded the increases of 2, 5 and 10 per cent, of last year. Where the Small Boy Must Suffer. Arabia must be a heaven on earth for those who dislike whistling. The Arabian philosopher contends that a whistler's mouth cannot be purified without a period of abstinence of forty days and forty nights, and it was also said of the whistler that Beelzebub himself has touched the whistler's body and caused a production of the terrible sound. There are other local­ ities where whistling is tabooed. The natives of the Tonga Islands, in Poly­ nesia, hold that it is a sin to whistle, as it implies disrespect to the Great Spirit, Then there are districts in Northern Germany where the villagers m&iatain that if one whistles to even­ tide the angels are thereby made to i/,; i ^ V - / i ' •V- V:V;< . " jit"' j*- -- • *•' ̂t , , Democrats Cheer the lleiuiifc Washington special: The Tucker bill to repeal all existing Federal election laws was passed by the House by a vote of 200 to 101, party lines being strictly drawn. Senator Hill (N. Y.), who is the author of a similar bill in the Senate, was on the floor while the vote was oeing taken. Quite a demonstration was made by the Democrats when the result was an­ nounced. The Republicans, finding that the Democrats had their own quo­ rum present, were stopped from filibus­ tering by the ironclad order under which the House was operating beyond demanding a yea and nay vote on the Burrows and Lacey amendments. The Democrats admitted that the bill was defective in that it failed to repeal statute 3528, which inferentially per* mits troops at the polls, but the 'modi* fication could not be made under the order, and the correction will have to be made in the Senate. Some of the Republicans claimed that in de­ feating the Lacey amendment the Dem­ ocrats repealed all laws to prevent bribery and ballot-box stuffing at elec­ tions for delegates in the Territories, but the Democrats claimed that the Legislatures of the Territories had all enacted laws for the punishment of of­ fenders against the purity of the bal» lot in the Territories, and Mr. Tucker called attention to the fact that Section 1848 of the Revised Statutes provided that after the first election each Terri­ tory should make laws to govern its elections. Delegate Smith also called attention to the fact that some of the Territories like Arizona operated "like most of the progressive States," under the Australian ballot law. Attraitad a Full House. The fact that the vote on the Tuoker bill was to be taken attracted a full house. The benches on both sides were filled and the galleries were crowded. Some routine business occu­ pied the morning hour. The Speaker took the chair. The special order bringing the Tucker bill to a vote and the pending amendments by Mr. Fitch, Mr. Lacey and Mr. Bur­ rows were read. Mr. Burrows exi Slained that he would not demand a ivision on his amendment if the House would permit the five statutes hia amendment sought to save to be read at the clerk's desk, that they might get into the record. They are the sec­ tions providing for free registry and vote of citizens irrespective of color or previous condition, and providing for the punishment of those who prevent, hinder and delay registration and vot­ ing, and giving United States Judges jurisdiction in such cases. On a rising vote the amendment was defeated, to 183--a strict party division. The yeas and nays were demanded and the roll Was called. The roll-call resulted --yeas, 100; nays, 198. The vote dem­ onstrated the fact that the Democrats had a margin of nine in excess of a quorum. The vote then recurred on Mr. Lacey's amendment providing for the punishment of crimes against, the bal­ lot in Congressional and delegate elec­ tions, and Mr. Lacey demanded a yea and nay vote, claiming that the defeat of his amendment would give briber and ballot-box stuffing free rein in del egate elections in the territories. The I^cey amendment was lost--96 to 196. Mr. Fitch withdrew his amendment, and the vote was taken on the final passage of the bill. The bill was passed--yeas, 200; nays, 100--a strict party vote. When the Speaker an­ nounced the vote the Democrats broke into a cheer, and then, at 2:45, the House adjourned. CAUSED BY A MISPLACED BOLT. How the Fort Wayne "Limited" Was Wrecked at Whiting. A misplaced bolt derailed the first section of the east-bound Fort Wayne "limited" at Wh t ng, Ind. It was a Pullman vestibu i train and was crowded with Philadelphia Fair-goers and speeding along the stretch of track from South Chicago to Valparaiso at its highest speed. The passengers escaped destruction only by the courage of En­ gineer Jack Christy, who 6et his brakes in the teeth of death and went down with his train as their sacrifice. The train of eight Pullman coaches, with dining-car and mail-car, was mak­ ing its best time, in charge of James BrSen, conductor, and Engineer Johnj Christy, At Whiting the Fort Wayne Road crosses the Calumet terminal belt line. The crossing is guarded by the\ interlocking system of switch signals controlled by an operator in a towerl A bolt at the switch was taken from its place, the mechanism failed to act, and while the signals showed white and clear, the derail switch still lay open, though all unknown. As the ponder­ ous engine No. 202 reached the obstruction it turned like a flash and with a roar buried itself deep in the sand of the ditch on its side, with engi­ neer and fireman buried beneath it. The tender followed, the mail car reared high in the air, and followed the engine and tender. The passenger] coaches kept the track, and the stron, steel frames of the Pullmans refus to telescope, the passengers esca; uninjured. Rescuers hurried to the scene anA found Fireman Werner dying from hi» wounds under the engine. Before picb and showel could be raised in his be­ half death had released him. Engi* neer Christy was taken out as quickly as possible and removed to a neigh* boring room, where he will probably die from his scalds and a fractured skull. Currencies Condensed. THX Salisbury -Lumber Company's Slant at Salisbury, Mo., burned, Loss, 35,000. THE Merchants' Bank at Lockport, N. Y., has failed. The deposits are $224,973. O. P. COOLEY, a member of the Illinois Legislature in 1888, was found dead in bed at Galesburg. FIVE different piles of heavy ties were discovered on the Lake Shore tracks near Quincy, Mich. GREEN B. RAUM is one of the four candidates for Mayor of the new town of Perry on the CheroKee Strip. JOHN WOODS, a farmer near Tipton, Nev., was butted by a pet ram and re­ ceived injuries from which he died. COUNT FEBDINAND DE LESSEPS has lost strength so rapidly at Paris thai his death is expectcd at any moment. ENGLISH mayors of affected towni are frying to settle the miners' strike. A council of arbitration may be called. MOORISH authorities disapprove oi the action of the Kabyles and attribute the Melilli outbreak to Moymon, a no­ torious agitator. ' JOHN REDMOND warned Irish Pari mentary members against the policv ihelving home rule to pass English !orm measures. / iuuqr Were Vaed as Be treat far Safety* For many generations the coach has played an important part in the world's work and pleasures. What tales it cquld tell of court and field! History itself may be said to have sun on wheels. In the tragedies of French history, especially, we find the lumbering four-wheeled convey­ ance playing a conspicuous though silent part The gallant Henry of Navarre, man of his day though he was, bad a conservative aversion to the novelty. He much preferred the sturdy steed on which he was wont to trot about the streets of se venteenth- century Paris. But one day that crazy fanatic Jean de l'lsle set upon the King as he was ambling along, and had nearly plunged his dagger in the royal breast. Henry deemed it unwise any longer to appear among his excitable lieges on horseback, and so reluctantly resorted to a coach as a means of conveyance. His coach was supplied, not with glass windows, but simply with leathercurtains lined with silk; and it was in this vehicle that he was riding when the assassin Ravalllac availed himself of the King's exposed position to plunge his knife in his heart. After that the state coaches were built in a manner to afford more security to their occu­ pants, and were made with solid backs and sides. Even this was not found safe, and In some instances the coach panels were lined with sheet iron. The coach of Louis XIV, was attacked by the half starved mob as 1% pmeml through the streets in his funeral procession--a forewarning of the mighty convulsion which was to burst forth ninety years later. But the tragic history of royal coaches in France was by DO means closed by this ebullition. As Louis' graceless suc­ cessor, Louis XV. of the name, was stepping into his coach, he was stabbed by Damein; and France ^had nearly lost the most worthless and dissolute of all her rulers.QThe vivid picture of the sad and strange jour­ ney of the Sixteenth Louis, with his stately Queen, from Versailles to Paris, will not be readily forgotten by those who have been thrilled by Car- lyie's description of it. When, in the end, Louis was condemned to death, he went to the scaffold in a filthy hackney carriage. His" beauti­ ful and haughty Queen rode to her death in a yet meaner conveyance. 6he was doomed to go thither in a hideous tumbrel, like ordinary mor­ tals; and she ascended it, and took her place, standing bare-headed against the side, with her hands tied behind her. The savage mob yelled out, "Widow Capet, get into (your pleasure carriage!" ronaj sing iped Deserting the Pavement** Very many quaint old custom* «t!ll prevail in Paris that have long sur. vived the original reason for their ex­ istence. For instance, no sooner do born Parisians turn into a side street than they instinctively (and to in­ finite peril of their lives and limbs from the ubiquitous cab) walk in the very middle of the roadway, leaving the pavements deserted. In the ,lgood old times" this custom had a reason which has ceased to exist In the first place, at the beginning of the century there were no pave­ ments, which of course prevented promenaders from getting use to them; and in the second place, house­ holders were wont to indulge in the habit of throwing all refuse of every description out of their front win­ dows, so the long-suffering pedestrian was ooiiged to walk in the middle of the road or else run tae risk of being deluged with dishwater, or stunned by cabbage stumps. Now all that is change J; one is not allowed even to shake a rug out of the front window after 10 o'clock in the morning, and the Infringement of that rule brings an irate police­ man, and to hardened offenders a line. In fact so stringent are the laws on that subject that some years ago a man brought a curious suit against the city, and won it too. He was walking past the Column of the Bastile when a man jumped from its summit. The suicide's shoe was forced off in the fall and struck the pasher-by, Inflicting severe In­ juries. He received damages on the ground that the city had not kept its monu­ ments in proper order, and that it was the duty of the municipal au­ thorities to see that no projectiles were hurled from them. The city thought so too, or rather discouraged would-be suicides by closing the doors of the Parisian columns against visi­ tors. - •• , Be Cheerful. Don't sit in a corner and mope be­ cause things are not going just as you would like. A disagreeable face will not alter a disagreeable fact. Try to extract some grain of comfort out of your adversities. Never despair. Under whatever circumstances, be cheerful and hope on. There is noth­ ing so philosophical as a smile; A merry heart is the height of wisdom. The greatest part of our griefs will disappear when viewed through the lenses of cheerfulness. Let the dark past sink out of sight Look to­ ward the sunrise. Shout with mer­ riment, as if you saw the dawn kiss­ ing the hills. Fill your soul with the visions of morning and the song of the lark. Then all will become suf­ fused with daylight--all the gloomy places will pulse with sunshine, the clammy reeks will glisten with dew. Would jou like to know the key to unlock the doorway to a happy life? It is cheerfulness. STARTLING, FULLY RECORDED. Admits Poisoning Her Hnstmnd- I-ollows » VWt to the Rig Fete of Two Deaf Metes--Knocked the Other Kye. Old Bachelors. Some one said something the other day in a derogatory tone about old bachelors. Our complaining friend should run his eye over the following and be enlightened. The appended is a partial list of famous men who never married. Among them are Descartes, Spinoza, Newton, Sweden- borg, Kant, Voltaire, Horace Wal- pole, Edward Gibbon, Francis Drake. Beethoven, Richelieu, Michael An- gelo. Isaac Watts, Montgomery, Cooper, Grey, David Hume, John Randolph, Washington Irving, James Buchanan, Samuel J. Tilden, Thad- deus Stevens, Alexander Stevens, John G. Whittier, Walt Whitman, and Phillips Brooks. The only com t to be made is that nobo.iy s how nfuch greater they might been had they married.--Pfelift- iBk.l iv yaa&fc, AC;>;WJL« , Xf j • in Bullet* 5 From Far and Hear THE body of Charles Cook, a faamer VFV living near Cairo, was found in a field "V close to his farm. He had wandered 7 ̂ •• r/i away six weeks ago. . ' < Gov. ALTGELD has issued a requisi- ISJ tion on the Governor of Kentucky for t • the return of James W. Boldon,wanted in Polk county for forgery. ^ CHARLES A. HUGHES, of Washing- ̂ Ion, D. C., arrived in Springfield to met with Dr. C. A. B. Clements as special pension examiner, owing to the increase in work. AT the Centralia soldiers and sail­ ors' reunion ex-Governor Cha.'-e, of Indiana; General Turpin, and Hon. Horace Clark, and others, addressed the vast throng. GANES P. ROBERTS was arrested at Caro for robbing the stores of C. M. Llii8 and Daniel Hartman. He has confessed to taking1 several hundred dollars' worth. NEAR Jacksonville, James Lurtoo found the body of a man partly decom­ posed, A knife lay near the body, but there was nothing to tell whether It was suicide o^ murder. THE license of the People's Fire In­ surance Company of Manchester, N. B., has been formally revoked by the Springfield insurance department, and that company can no longer legally do business m that city. AMOS CARLIN, an aged farmer, was. assaulted and robbed near Mascoutah. The farmer had but one eye, and the thugs struck him with a club, knock­ ing it out. A small amount of money waa secured. The outrage caused much excitement. THE first reunion of the Fayettp County Veterans' Association was held in Vandalia. Assistant State Adjutant Spink, of the Grand Army, and Colonel Morey spoke. The exercises included a parade and an address by e -̂Depart­ ment Commander Harlan. PHILIP HAM/N, a farmer living at Unity, died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. It was discovered that he had been poisoned. D. II. Goodman, who boarded with the family, and Mrs. Haman were arrested. The woman confessed that she and Goodman had murdered her husband. MISS ETTA GUNN Mid Josephine Dresser, deaf mutes, were walking along the Wabash track near Bluffs, and a train came up behind them. Miss Dresser tried to get her friend off in time, but both were caught. Miss Gunn was killed instantly and Miss Dresser was injured so she cannot live. LOUIS RAABE, a well-known school teacher of Quincy, was adjudged 'in­ sane. His friends attribute his insan­ ity to the World's Fair. He went to the Fair and since then has talked of nothing else. He brought back a sachel full of souvenirs and insists up­ on showing them to everybody. His mania is the building of World's Fair palaces. MONTGOMERY WARD i t Co., of Chi­ cago, think they have discovered the prime mover in a scheme by which they claim their credit has been in­ jured. They had sent broadcast over the country a large amount of adver­ tising matter, and many of the country people who came to the World's Fair also had in view a visit to their stores. At the depots, it is claimed, they were met by bogus trade solicitors. When they inquired for Montgomery Ward & Co. 's place of business the solicitors for cheap clothing stores would volun­ teer to snow them to their establish­ ments, where cheap goods were sold them. WITH few exceptions, the uniform of the Illinois Naval Militia will conform to that of the Government. THE famous tramp dog arrived in Cairo at 1:30 Tuesday morning from Centralia, having Wen billed from Frteport. He started from Main* about six months ago^ end has been all over the United States and Canada, and to Honolulu. He will go to New Orleans and from there to New York by steamer. THE State Anti-Horsethief Assoc!*- tion met in Jacksonville with an at­ tendance of several hundred. The State officers are J. R. Fox. of Barry, ^ President; John F. Adelsberger, ef East Carondelet, Vice President; C. A. Pratter, of Edinburg, Secretary; J. Crandall, of Bushnell, Treasurer, R. P. Maxwell, of Prairie City, Mar­ shal. A. L. Sparks, of Bushnell, the National President, was also there. THREE marked men, shortly after dark on Tuesday n'ght, approached the residence of Robert S. Bennett, an old and wealthy farmer living one mll» west of Clayton. They covered the hired man with revolvers and oom- lled him to call Mr. Bennett. When Bennett came forward they forced him to march to the house in company with the hired man, where the two were bound to chairs. One of the three ' men then covered the wife, son, Mid hired girl with his revolver, while the other two ransacked the house. They only secured $15 from Mrs. Bennett, $250 frcm the son, and 10 cents from the hired girl. They then took V&afc valuables could te found, which in­ cluded a goid watch, gold rings, shirts, suits of clothing, and checks ayt yfaw to the value of $2,800. The robbers then compelled the girl to cook them a good fcupper, appropriating several bot­ tles of beer found in tiie cellar, and re­ quiring her to put up two good tucch- eons for some companions, who. they said, were watching on the outside. Before leaving, they made the inmates of the house swear that no alarm would be given before aunrise. THE Governor issued a requisition on the Governor of Michigan for Lyman L. Lamb, who is wanted in Chicago for forgery and passing counterfeit :nom He is now under arrest at " " Mich. * pell Mr. DR. J. L, WILCOX, the newly pointed Collector of Revenue of the the Eighth Illinois District, entered upon the discharge of his official dutiee at Springfield, the transfer of the oflioe teing made under the supervision of a special agent of the Government. Sev­ eral appointments have been made NY the Ci lleotor. NATHAN MANFIKI IX a farmer, draak whisky, supposed to have been poisoned at St. Elmo, and is dead. « IN the Circuit Court at Quincy Chaa Drew, the prize fighter, was found guilty of an assault to kill Hermnn Frees cn Aug. 21, and was sent»M*d to a term of three years m the penlte^ tiary. After the verdict was announced and a few words with his wife, Draw made a bold dash for liberty - He ran out of the courthouse, across the street and through the back yards. Shag* Vaneet shooting at him while on tM run. None of the bullets too* but Drew was finally overtaken by Jttn SherifT and was compelled to iniiitff at the point of a pistol. > > -^1, r