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, ...K ' *< «, >- ^ » . ' > *>y <- s/Uxv^-" «-%->.:*??» '.* " -f*k ̂ ̂ *< ->*> nr'--" ,(« ' >* -* ^^•^•',^'f, .aw-** - / " fgcllenvil gtoiaflcaltt I. VAN 8LYKE, Editor and Publisher. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. HERMAN BEEDUS was DIGGING A well •at McAllister, L T. He arranged eharge for blasting, lighted the fuse, and was hoisted toward the surface, forty feet above. When half way tip tiie rope broke, and he fell to the hot torn. He tried to grasp and extinguish ihe fuse, but was too late. The charge exploded, Herman was blown nearly to the top of the well, and fell back dead, with every bone in his body "N broken. JOHN; CAROTHERS, while burning ferush near Akron, O., caught his foot ill a brush heap, and was in danger of being burned to death. His yells brought a man, who said: "Pay me the $5 you owe me and 111 help you out. Carothers insisted that he didn't owe any $5. "All right, burn then," said . the man, and he walked away. Ca­ rothers then by frantic efforts released ' himself, but not before he was badly scorched. TWENTY-SIX years ago Joseph Loth was an invited guest when the Putnam Phalanx of Hartford visited the grave <?f Gen. Putnam. At that time a sub­ scription paper was circulated to secure .H fund to erect a monument over "Old Put's" grave, and Mr. Loth put down his name for $1(K He heard no more about the monument until last week, when he read that it was about to be erected. Thereupon he made good his Subscription by sending $10 to Adjutant Tyler, of the Putnam Phalanx. • MRS. FRANCIS, who died a few days ago at Atlanta, Ga., Avas worth $40,000. A few years ago she owned but a single <cow. With this capital she began a dairy business. Success attended her efforts, and after a time she purchased several more cows, all the time doing the work herself. After milking the cows she would prepare the milk for market and deliver it to customers. She invested the money as fast as she made it, and her investments proved so good that she was enabled to spend the latter part of her life in ease. IT was announced that the Thomas Paine Society of Frederick County, Maryland, would celebrate the seventy- ninth anniversary of Tom Paine's death at the house of Aaron Davis, near Frederick; but not a celebrater ap­ peared. Mr. Davis himself observed the day by not working. He said that, while there were only about a dozen members of the society, there were three or four hundred believers of the Paine doctrines in the country, but fear of social ostracism or injury to their business caused them to make a secret of their views. - OF D. D. Home, the lately deceased Spiritualist, the New York Tribune "Ways: "It has been again OLfpun • affirmed of Mr. Home by witnesses of unimpeached charateter that they have seen him plunge life lianas with irtipu- nity into a blazing coal fhjg take up the glowing embers like so many straw­ berries; seat himself upon a heavy ma­ hogany dining table and raise with them several feet into the air, and after float­ ing horizontally head foremost out of the windows at a height many yards from the ground, sail tranquilly around a castle tower and come in again un­ harmed on the other side." SENATOR Low remarks that the spring of -the present year was the earliest that has been known in Orange County, N. Y., for at least 100 years. His mother settled in Orange County in 1787. For fifty years, without missing • a year, she keep a record of the dates of the blossoming of the apple trees. In i786 they blossomed May 3. That is the earliest date mentioned in the half- century's record. For the past fifty years Mr. Low has kept up that record faithfully, and until the spring of 1886 there has not been a year in all that time when the apple trees were in blossom on the 3d of May. fee SAM JONES, in a recent sermon at St, Paul, said: "I never got down low enough to preach against tobacco. There are so many other more im­ portant subjects to preach about that I haven't got time to give my attention to tobacco. A man can't chew tobacco and be a gentleman, but he can use tobacco and be a Christian. I know it, for I did it for thirteen years, just as sure as you live. The best man I ever knew chewed tobacco every day, and one of the meanest men I ever knew never touched it in his life. Let me tell you, I'd rather be a member of the church and do my whole duty most of the time and once in a while have a big drunk, than to be one of those trifling, sunshiny, no-account members, drunk or sober. Quit your meanness I there's gospel enough in these words for the whole world." SENATORS BECK AND VOORHEES have taken Mr. Gordon into their brother­ hood of practical jokers, says a W ash- jtogton letter-writer. Mr. Pngh, of Alabama, is the latest victim of this brilliant combination. President Sher­ man has lately adopted the plan of calling the younger Senators to the chair when he desires to rest, in order to give them practice as presiding officers. Senator Pugh, of- Alabama, had hardly taken the chair, when a j>age handed him a note. It informed him that as soon as Senator Logan, who was then speaking, sat down a compli­ cated point of order would be raised. He was requested to hold the chair against all comers and decide in favor . of his party. The result of the com­ munication was appalling. The big, good-humored Alabamian began to grow pale and made covert motions to $ohn Sherman in the hope that he Should relieve him. It is impossible to imagine that Mr. Sherman was in the plot, but it was some time before the anxious Chairman could catch his eye. He came to the rescue, and the three jokers adjourned to the cloak-room to, roll on the floor, Mr. Pugh left a line on the desk for Mr. Sherman, it is said, reading: "Please don't ask me again." A COMPREHENSIVE document has just been issued from the Government print ­ ing office at Washington. It contains all the testimony recently taken be­ fore the United States Senate Com- mitte on Agriculture and Forestry in regard to the manufacture and sale of imitation dairy produots. Like the evidence in many other disputed cases, there is a great deal of it, both pro and con. One set of men called as experts testified that these imitation products are just as good and healthful as the pure butter and cheese; some say they are much more cleanly than the average material that is made on the farm, and a few claim that both the consumer and the farmer have been immensely benefited, the one by a cheapening process which enables him to enjoy the substitute for something he could not afford to buy, and the other by provid­ ing a much better market for his property than could otherwise be fpnnd. The first and last of these positions are especially opposed to the testimony of others. Figures are ad­ duced to prove the claim that the dairy interests have suffered immensely, by the manufacture of butterine and oleo­ margarine, while Prof. E. D. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal In­ dustry, says it admits of no doubt what­ ever that "the fat of animals slaughtered for food may contain objectionable parasites' which are not killed off by the low temperatures at which the sub­ stitute is prepared for market. He quotes what many people would re­ gard ag ample authority for his asser­ tion, that certain named parasites are found in larger numbers in the con­ nective tissues between the fats than elsewhere, and that "the danger con­ nected with the use of oleomargarine, from the liability of the presence of such worms, which are parasites in man as well as in animals, is one that is de- > serving of thoughtful consideration." A STEPHEXYII«LE (Texas) correspond­ ent of the Galveston News writes: "As an instance of the uncertainty of jury verdicts and the beautiful uncer­ tainty of the law in its application, a case in Erath County is remarkable. For fifteen or more years, L. W. Owens, generally known as "Wash" Owens, has been a citizen of this county, and dur­ ing all this time has been a man of irre­ proachable character. He is a stock­ man of small means, but has speculated considerably in cattle. He claimed a bay two-year-old mare colt, took the same from its range, branded it openly and publicly, and again turned it upon the range. W. H. Baser, also a citizen of this county, claimed the same ani­ mal as his property and took posses­ sion of it. rWn»..mvnno«t».1 1 "">• tire qxiesTlOn of identity and ownership to their neighbors. This Baser would • Act do, but succeeded in inducing the grand jury to find a bill *pf indictment agaiust Owens for theft of the colt, and a jury assessed the penalty at twelve years in the penitentiary. Motion for a new trial Mas overruled, and the case is now pending in the Court of Appeals., Some days ago the civil suit again came up for trial. The case then assumed important proportions and complicated features, and was probably the most exciting trial ever held in the county. Counsel on both sides were numerous. The witnesses numbered about eight}'. Basey applied for a change of venue, which was overruled-. The trial lasted five days, and during the whole time the court-room was crowded. The jury returned a verdict finding the colt to be the property of Wash Owens, No mo­ tion for a new trial and no appeal has been taken from this, and now. by ad­ judication of a civil court of compe­ tent jurisdiction, the colt is the prop­ erty of Owens, or rather was, for dur­ ing the pendency of these proceedings, the colt, a motherless little runt, has died, and the recovery is only on the bond. Meanwhile, the owner of the alleged colt is a prisoner under sen­ tence by the Criminal Court for twelve vears for the theft of his own animal. THE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON. How the Government Service Has Been Reformed in * State of Ohio. the A Pension. Agent Who Was Dismissed from ̂ the Army for Cowardice--Deputy Sur­ veyors with Jail ani Work- ̂ House Becorda. Her Sentimental History. A woman from her earliest conscious­ ness inclines to reminiscence. As she grows up she stamps each notable ad­ venture and each pleasant friendship upon her mind by some token. Our dime museums, with their meager col­ lection of od<3s and bits, would pale into nothingness when compared with the bottom drawer of a girl's bureau. This she generally devotes to her keep­ sakes. At 5 she begins storing it with horse-chestnuts and broken bits of col­ ored pencils given her by dear friends. Some of these are the mysteries of the "secrets" which are the life of child­ hood's freemasonry. By 10 she has a gold-piece, generally bestoyed by a bachelor uncle, and perhaps some tok­ ens from friends that are dead. There are pressed four-leaved clovers, pin­ cushions with zoological tendencies, grav-flannel rabbits and such, a few carefully-preserved valentines, some bottles that once held perfumery and now present only a fading recollection to the nostrils. At 17 she has some faded violets, some locks of hair, a few scraps of dried orange-peel, a collection of dancing programmes, and, carefully tucked in the furthermost corner, a bundle of notes tied with a blue ribbon. As the years pass still the treasures in­ crease. By and by the wedding slip­ pers are laid away in the drawer which holds the velentines, and still, as the years pass, comes a pair of the wee'st shoes kicked out at the heel, and a silken curl, which show a silvery gold in the light. After this the keepsakes are fewer, and are oftener the souvenirs of sad days than of glad ones. Finally, after a long time, some one lays away in the drawer a thumbed red testament, with a lock of .gray hair, and a thread- thin wedding ring. Then the drawer is locked.--Chicago hews. BOTH dark and light green are fash­ ionably combined with shades of tan and beige. r 0?. C. Crawford, in New York World.] There is nothing to be found in contem­ plating the list of Federal appointments in the State of Ohio which could bring the slightest flush of pride tq the cheek of the most devout mugwump. There are some appointments there which might cause a nervous mugwump to turn pale. There are more appointments made in this State of people who have dishonorable and penitentiary records than in any other of the States. One of the most notorious of the administration selec­ tions is that of Gilbert Barger, a pension agent at Coinmbus. Barger succeeded Al­ len T. Wyckoff. Wyckoff was a .gallant soldier with a splendid war record. There never had been any criticism of his man­ agement. Barger has a record of being dismissed from the army for cowardice. This^is the history of bis retirement from the United States service. He was an offi­ cer in an Ohio regiment which took part in the battle of Winchester. He had, be­ fore this engagement, applied for a leave of absence. Permission to take a furlough was granted him. This furlough reached him just as his regiment was going into action. The rebels had already begun to fire upon his men. Soldiers were failing at his right and left. He left the field and went home to enjoy his furlough. His case was considered by a court-martial, and he was sentenced to be cashiered the ser­ vice. He never returned to undergo sen­ tence, but employed political influence to save himself from having the sentence en­ forced. ^Through this political influence he was permitted to resign. William Caldwell, the surveyor of the port of Cincinnati, is a vigorous partisan. He is an out-and-out machine politician. Since he has assumed charge of this office he has appointed a number of very peculiar deputies. One of them. Jerry Midroy, has a record of two or three terms in work­ houses. "Potch" Moran, another one of his deputies, is a murderer. He was a hackman, who, in a row, shot and killed a man. He was not tried, because the prin­ cipal witness to prove the crime did not ap­ pear on the trial. Two other of these dep­ uties are genial gentlemen from the work­ house. "Potch" Moran was arrested only a week ago for insulting a lady in the post- office. Riley, the postmaster at Cincinnati, is said to be a good business man, but he was the presiding officer in the notorious Highland House convention. This political organization achieved a world-wide reputa­ tion for deliberate and unblushing election frauds. W. T. Bishop, the Internal Revenne Col­ lector at Cincinnati, is a long-legged, wiry, untiring partisan, who sent a number of deputies up into Judge Holmau's district to work for his renomination. He has five members of his family appointed under him. The Bishops thrive and prosper, and are very earnest in their support of the civil-service reform administration. Burt, the former Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service, stationed at Cincinnati, was one of the most efficient officials employed at the Postoflice Department. It is pre­ tended at the Postoflice Department that this service is non-partisan and that changes are never made for political rea­ sons. Mr. Vilas' face wears a look of lowly pain and outraged virtue whenever the faintest hint is made in his presence of bringing anything liko politics into the pure atmosphere of this branch of the de­ partment. Yet Burt was supplanted be­ fore the term of his office expired by one sYnefficient and management o ••• office is the constant subject of complaint by business men. Gwyun was a former employe of the railway mail service under a Republican administration and was em­ ployed as a Republican. He was dis­ charged for inefficiency. He then turned Democrat, and, naturally, a reform ad­ ministration picked him up. Jack Connelly, who was appointed to represent the Agricultural Department in Ohio, as its statistical agent, served a term in the county jail for the stealing of a promissory note. He escaped being sent to the penitentiary by a peculiar plea. He set up as a defense that the note was not worth its face value, and by showing this to the satisfaction of the court, he suc­ ceeded in keeping the value of the note be­ low the limit which describes grand larceny in Ohio. He served out the sentence for petit larceny, and is still an officeholder. The postmaster at Bowling Green, Dobson, is the editor of a partisan Democratic news­ paper. John H. Farley, the collector at Cleveland, is a professional politician and a ward manipulator. Knecht, the internal revenue collector at Dayton, is a ward politician, who has no other profession than that of officeholding. Gillespie, the postmaster at Dayton, was a copperhead during the war. As mayor of Dayton, he released a murderer on straw- bail and connived at his escape. He was very disloyal during the war. The Repub­ lican postmaster at Cleveland is retained probably because he is the biother of Sen­ ator Jones, of Nevada. Recently his deputy embezzled quite a large amount of money, for which the postmaster is, of course, responsible. The deputy escaped. At Bellefontaine, the postmaster is the editor of the most furiously Demo­ cratic paper in the town. The United States District Attorney for the Ni rthern District of the State, Rhody Shields, was the for­ mer President of the Common Council in Akron. He is a nominal lawyer and a local politician. It has been very fiercely charged in the Democratic newspapers of his region that he secured his election as President of the Common Council through a corrupt combination with the Republicans. The United States District Attorney for the Southern District Ins not been removed. His brother, John Kumler, is the presefit Internal Revenue Collector at Toledo. The Kumlcrs.are an office-holding family. Two of them, brothers, were recently removed from positions in Indiana. Goodspeed, the United States Marshal at Cleveland, is a Republican. Urner, the newly appointed Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, is a first-ciass man. His appointment is almost the only one which has been made in Ohio that is above criticism. The Post­ master at Portsmouth (Newman) is editor of the Portsmouth Times. He is a former Secretary of State. During the war he wrote some of the most ferocious attacks upon Lincoln and the cause of the Union. His disloyal utterances have been repeated­ ly printed against him in campaigns. His record of disloyalty during the war is thoroughly well known. £ rady,* the Post­ master at Newark, was formerly a Sheriff of the county where he now lives, and, during his incumbency, was found to be short in his accounts to the amount of $13,500. When the case was tried it was found that the amount of his bond, which was signed as $'20,000, bad been raised to $40,0iH), and his bondsmen, when they learned of this change, withdrew, and this leaving the Sheriff without any security back of him. the suit was not pressed. It is still unsettled. He set up the defense that it was his deputy that got away with to a motion for some other business by say­ ing: "There is nothing in order now but a motion to proceed to elect John Shernun United States Senator from Ohio." » Pat Dowling, the postmaster at Toledo, has been retained. He turned Democrat just in time to gain favor. He was origin­ ally appointed as a Republican. Battelle, the collector at Toledo, is a Republican. He was the former editor and proprietor of the Toledo Commercial. Every one will remember the postmaster who was appoint­ ed at Canton. His selection caused such indignation that tho Senator who recom­ mended him. Mr. Payne, was burned in effigy. An effigy of Mr. Payne was also hung several days by the neck from the windows of the Democratic club of that town. I have alluded but briefly to the gems to be found in the Ohio list. The number is too great to be criticised within the dimensions of an ordinary newspaper letter. With the exception of the appoint­ ment of Mr. Urner as maishal, and of Mr. Pendleton as minister to Berlin, there is hardly a high-class appointment in the whole lot. But as there are no mugwumps iD Ohio, this element of correction being absent, may explain in a measure why the list has been so thoroughly partisan and so thoroughly objectionable. CONGRESSMAN REED. Issues of the Coming CMITSSH--The Tariff mn<l the Pen it ion Vetoes. " [Interview in New York Tribune.] • "What'about Congress? What are the issues that are to come before the people out of the session?" "From present appearanoes we shall get back to the old issue of the tariff and the issue of the capacity, or rather the lack of capacity, of the Democratic party to con­ duct the government of the country. They started iu proposing to do certain things for the benefit of the country which Iheir own administration and their own people had recommended them to do. i hev are closing their session without doing any of these things. In the first place. Air. Til- den s:iid some very sensible things in re­ gard to fortifications and coast defenses. His letter upon that subject was indorsed not only by his party but by the country. His recommendations are likely to be ig­ nored. The Secretary of the Navy earn­ estly urged upon Congress to begin the construction of a navy. He urged that sliip-buildiug be entered upon, but Congress has done nothing. The Secretary of the Navy himself, up to the present time, has not even completed the plans for ships that were ordered by tho last Congress, and for whose construction appropriations were made. He has not even asked for bids for tho construction of these ships, so that nothing has been done by him, even under the power that he already possessed. It is doubtful if Congress will give him any further authorization, in view of this dilatoriness. The last Democratic House provided for a commission to investigate the subject of ordnance and armored ships, but their report is absolutely void of any recommendation, and is, therefore, sure to be void of results. Inasmuch as it takes a long period of time--one, two, or three years--to build a big gun, the folly of this delay must be apparent when taken in con­ nection with the entirely defenseless con­ dition of our seacoast. We are simply at the mercy of the smallest of the civilized nations of the globe. It would, of course, not be desirable that large amounts of money should be spent at once on coast defenses and munitions of war. But the United States could immediately begin, without injury or disturbance to its tinaucial condition, to spend a reasonable sum an­ nually in this direction, which, in course of time, would .furnish due protection to our great cities and seacoasts, and give us a navy when we need one. Eventually this gradual expenditure would give us proper defenses all around." "How about the income tax to pa^ pen­ sions?" • , ' "We did not hfitGtklt pWJBOBitiou in the House, but the effect of such a tax would i&k 'Srrt'-n irwniw *PR9BipllCr*i>otl people of the Sortie ft«1BW«| p. i cent, of any income tax would be raised in the North." "In your opinion is the drift of things in the country tavorable to the return of the Republican party to power?" "As I told you, I get very little informa­ tion about the drift of things over the country. It seems to me that the natural tendency of labor troubles in the country and of these Knights of Labor organiza­ tions would be to help the minority party. Yet in localities where I had a little prac­ tical observation the Knights of Labor go over to the Democrats. No, that' statement is hardly correct. The Democrats are in such a state of mind that they are going over to the Knights of Labor. The Demo­ crats. in fact, are fishing in every direc­ tion." "The tariff question has been prom­ inent?" "The Democratic party seems incapable of doing anything with regard to the tariff or anything else. The majority of the Democratic party is free trade in its ten­ dencies. That majority in the House puts in the chair a Speaker who is in accord with its own views. The Speaker always appoints a Committee on Ways nnd Means which represents free trade. The practical result of this appointment is that a major­ ity of the Committee on Ways and Means originate a tariff bill which cannot pass the House, while at the same time they pre­ vent the origination of any reform which can go through. A single example will il­ lustrate clearly how the free-trada organi­ zation renders the actual majority of the House powerless. The importers and warehouse men of New York and Brook­ lyn, as well as other large cities on the seacoast, have been anxious that Congress should pass an administrative bill. There is no dispute that such a bill is necess iry and essential to the good of the customs service. Its main features are praciically agreed upon. The majority of the Ways and Means Committee have insisted on tackiug this administrative bill, which they knew could pass the House, as an append­ age or rider to tneir tariff bill, which they knew could not pass. It has been impos­ sible to detach the living from the dead. There is, therefore, no hope left for this measure of administrative reform which the Beople of the country want, so long as the [ouse continues to be organized in the present way. Protective-tariff Democrats in the House may help to ward off such bills as Mr. Morrison biennially concocts, but they are powerless to help needed ad­ ministrative reform." "What is President Cleveland's notion in vetoing the pension bills?" "I can give you my opinion about it. I think that, like all other New York Govern­ ors who have won more or less renown by vetoing bills at Albany, he thinks he can do the same thing in Washington, and win more renown in the national field." "Do you think there is any Southern in­ fluence back of his action?" "No doubt the fact that such things can do him no harm in the South, which is the stronghold of the Democracy, is one of the elements of the situation." "How about the proposition to enact a tax clause with each pension bill?" "The proposed rule by Mr. Morrison on that subject is that any pension bill may be modified by adding a taxation clause. The objection to the is rule that no other bill making appropriations is similarly treated. Appropriations and taxation have always been considered separately. They require be treated and considered separate- the monev. Whether this is a good defense 1 ly on account of their diverse character, or not can not be shown until the case j We have always made our appropria- comes to trial. Jake Miller, former Lieu- tions and then have made our tax levies to tenant Governor of the State, who was | meet the =e appropriations in separate legis- appointed Consul General at Frankfort- j latiou. To put on to any bill a tax clause on-the-Main, has always been a Republi- J would make discord and trouble. It would can. He went off two years ago on account j bring the whole tariff question up at any of the temperance question^ in Ohio, and i moment. It would load the pension bill as during this temperance departure was sent | no other question is loaded before Con- abroad by this administration. He was the presiding officer of the Legislative conven­ tion which elected John Sherman to the Senate. It is one of the good stories told about Miller that when he thought it was time for balloting to begin, he ruled out gress. That is the unfairness of this pro­ posed rule." ATTORNEY-GENERAL GARLAND fs still the legal adviser of this "reform" adnliais* tration. Turn the rascals out! FIIED DOUGLASS AT HOME. Tho Hlitotie Colored Statesman iu>d His White Wife. * Very few white men in a warm cli­ mate have as good a home as Frederick Douglass. He does not inhabit a mere house, he lives in a respectable man­ sion. Having been an industrious and methodical man, aware of the value of money, he save his earnings, whether procured by authorship, or lecturing, manual labor, or office-holding, and his residence at Anacostia, or Uniontown, is the best house there. It commands a beautiful view of the city of Wash­ ington, and of the broad rivera which form, the boundaries of Washington and meet at its Arsenal Point. Under his eye lies the whole city, the monument, the dome of the capitol, the navy-vard, near and far buildings, and the rolling blue heights of Maryland and Virginia. In the rear of the house is a good large 8table, and the out-buildings show at­ tention to comfort and even luxury. I might suppose that this property, as it stands iu no particularly stylish portion of Washington City*, was worth $12,000 or $15,000. The house itself is rather of the Southern character, built, I think, of brick or stone, with a door in the middle and a porch in front, and a pediment over the middle of the edifice. Ringing the door-bell a woman of brown tint came to the door and said Mr. Douglass was within. We entered and hung our hats and coats upon the hat- rack and turned to the right. The house consists, perhaps, of four rooms on this lower or main floor, with no less rooms above. To the left of the hall is the parlor proper, and behind that is Mr. Douglass' library. To the right is the sitting-room; I suppose ,the dining- room may be behind it. The old gentleman, whose age, I think, is 76, received us both with a mixture of Christian kindness and pleasant dignity, which made me think, as I sat near him for seme time, that he looked like the Xing of Mada­ gascar or some land we liavQ dimly heard of where the white man's, inter­ course has not propagated selfishness and greed. He is a large man, cast in the mold of a man of command and af­ fairs ; his hair is now of a grayish white, and is carefully combed and worn somewhat long. It falls back upon his broad shoulders. His forehead is not very high nor yet very prominent, but rather subordinate to the general health in his face and body. He has a long nose, slightly retrousse, but with nos­ trils open and taking in things. His chin and jaws are rather firm, and as he speaks he rather inhales and. smiles, and thus conveys something of an im­ pression of nervous earnestness. Al­ though he is one-half white, the col­ ored portion of him is probably the most vigorous element. His eye is dark and gleaming, and bespeaks an­ other and a hotter land. When I entered the house with Mr. Gorliam he introduced us carefully to the different persons there--quite a lit­ tle party. We had gone to see him without invitation, and therefore broke in on his Sunday family circle. There were three white ladies present, one of whom was Mrs. Douglass. The other ladies heard the conversation, smiled affably, but made few or no remarks. Mrs. Douglass is a lady of tall form, well made, but neither stout nor thin. Her complexion is a little reddish. She gives you the idea somewhat of a woman, who has been the matyon or su­ perintendent AHMMMMHbropi •""^h > *. ,T" ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. money-order offices,fe its idiomatic innovations with a view to brevity and euphonism, and is re­ warded by their speedy adoption as household words. A unanimous public uses the new terms with a sort of pride in the enrichment of the national vocabulary. Germany witnessed some­ thing similar a hundred years ago; the "Storm and Stress Period" begat aparty of purists who refused to defile their lips with any foreign words whatever-- used reich-liorn (smelling-horn) for nose, kerb-thier (notch-beast) for in­ sect, and schlag-klang kasten (strike- sound box) for pianoforte. The want of taste proved their ruin. The high- priests of Germanic literature, Goethe and Schiller, laughed the movement down, and its force expended itself in a more useful protest against anti-national dogmas. Refuses to A Southern liewspapeY, having started the report that the irrepressible Pat Donan was going to perpetrate matri­ mony, the latter wrote to the editor in­ dignantly denying the charges, saying: "Married! To be married? I? Make myself the blushing target for every newspaperial nincompoop in the country for months to come ? Set my­ self up for every cross-roads journalistic owner of. a dilapidated lemon-squeezer press and a hatful of pica "pi" to hurl buckets of tatty and slop, flabbergastv wit and rhetoric, and cartloads of old slippers and so-called good wishes, at and on and all over me at his will ? Do I not know what they Avould say ? Have I not been there ? Have I not said and written the same absurdities a hundred or a thousand times, when other fel­ lows have been the victims? Who is there that cannot rattle it off like a prize poll-parrot ? The groom, a gal­ lant soldier or boss of a sutler-wagon during the war, handsome, gifted, bril- fiant, versatile, et id oinne genus omne humbugibus. The bride, oue of the loveliest daughters of her noble State, beautiful in person and charming in mind and character, adorned with all the virtues and graces that render young womanhood glorious and fitted for queenship in any realm. The impressive ceremony; the exquisite bowers of trop­ ical flowers; the inspiring strains of the grand organ, or the music of the foliage- hidden harps and viols, delicious, lan­ guid, vague, like a poppy's breath in sound; the crush of rich costumes, the sweep of silken trails, and glitter of priceless jewels, the costly jiresents, the sumptuous repast, etcetera, etcetera, ad infinitum, and ad disgust Hum ; wind­ ing up with the regulation volcanic Outburst of sick-lunatie-asylumy beni- sons. May heaven no for the newly- wedded pair all the idiotic and prepos­ terous things tliat|waddliug rhymesters usually request on such occasions. Shower blessings enough on their heads to wear 5,000 cast iron or gutta percha pates as bald as billiard balls. Scatter roses along their pathway until they have to get a locomotive snow-plow to shovel them awav. Grant them skies so uncloudedlv bright that they have to carry two-ply blue cotton umbrellas at night. And when their earthly lives and loves are over, bear them away in the same celestial egg basket, beyond the smiling and the weeping, beyond the waking and the sleeping, and sev­ eral other things too tedious to men­ tion. Selah! Have I not heard it all ? Who is not familiar with it? Stale, stereotvped, nonsensical. Do you think I want to be dosed in that style? A vaunt! Literary Patriotism. The literary activity of Buda-Pesth is increasing * faster than, that of any other part of the Austrian Empire, Vienna itself not excepted. Every polit­ ical party has a well-patronized daily ne\vspai>er of its own. Magyar week­ lies and monthlies spring up in all de­ partments of science and industry. All classes seem to enjoy the pleasure of seeing their native language in print. They have also a Magyar word factory. The* national academy has a special committee for the coinage of new words, whenever the vernacular fails to fur­ nish a ready-made equivalent for some Hew technical or colloquial term of a rival language. The Slavonic nations *ieet that difficulty by what Lord Byron used to call "compound barbarisms," hut the Magyar committee constructs Harnessed Horses vs. Saddled. In 1880 we organized a Roman Chariot Kacing Company, and fulfilled quite a number of engagements; and the fol­ lowing spring, 1881, we gathered to­ gether eight horses that could run a half-mile under the saddle, with weight -up, from 58s to 1.04, and as the color, size, and general appearance, as well as speed, had to be considered, we found that we had taken no small task. How­ ever, four bay horses and the same number of gray ones were gotten to­ gether and put into condition for a campaign through the Eastern country. We expected to be able to do a half-: mile in 1:06, We were, happily, surprised to find that we had run the first heat in 1:02, and as the meeting progressed our horses' steadily improved, their oflieial • time being 58^- seconds, both teams passing under the wire at the same time, head and head, making almost a dead heat. Many thought that the bay team could have gone faster, and specu­ lation was rile as to how fast that team could run in foxir-in-liand harness. Ar­ rangements were made for a public trial and pools sojd, speculators laying two to one on 57 against the team, and 100 to nothing on 56. The team started, pulling a 1550 pound chariot and a 150 pound man, and finished the heat, half a mile, in 55J seconds with the greatest ease. None of these horses had ever shown their ability to run a half-mile so fast by several seconds under saddle. We next appeared in Michigan, where the teams scored a dead heat in 56 seconds, and no heat Was run slower than 58 seconds during the meeting. The following week the intelligent ones dropped a few hundred, backing 56 seconds against the teams, the time being 55 seconds. A slow track at Cincinnati prevented a reduction of the record, but at Pittsburgh the following week, on the occasion *of the great Maud S's wonderful, and at that time, unequaled 2:10£, these teams actually ran a half-mile, as oflicially timed, in 54 seconds. At Chicago 54| seconds was the best shown at the meeting. Passing then over a period of three months, during which time these teams ran forty-nine heats in 58 seconds or better, and on Noveml>er 10, at Columbia, S. C., they actually ran three-quarters of a mile in the remarkable time of 1 minute 21 seconds. When the fast * f "*g; taken into consideration, 4 organize, and horses were only lialf-bred *° them being able to go <*tlpuat a C(%ou|,| less than 58 sew rl^TTwould * VrferfcHinry jfo'„ and fltfht I. m choice jJMir wll',,1, nce .mate of his strength j i -w« -,pwn. But these am amed bv fhegWslow lit. , ... been onjj^experience ti r* ^ doubt in our minds about^ftJA^ai'd General able to run faster and stay _ harness than to saddle. We are of the opinion that a fw.,Tfc class horse--say a race horse that can* rVSi go a mile under saddle in 1:43 or 1:44 --could as easily go over the same dis­ tance with no greater effort in 1:40 or better. We might go still further and argue in support of this proposition, that by breaking thoroughbreds to har­ ness, giving them a great share of this preparatory work in harness and would not only save the legs of the youngsters and cripples, but would transfer their handling to the hands of men of mature judgment and experience. In the fore­ going article we have endeavored to show that the speed of the runner has not, nor, in our opinion, never will be fully developed until the breeder and trainer recognize the importance of harness-work for thoroughbreds.--The Sportsman. What Corsets Have Done. "Take oft"your corset!" I hear a howl of dismay. "O, we can't live without corsets! We should fall to pieces!". "I can't hold myself up an hour with­ out corsets!" "I always have such a pain in my side when Hay aside my corset!" My dear, do you see what a severe ac- cursation you bring against this article yourselves? Wearing corsets lias so enfeebled your muscles that they are no longer of use to you. If you had ever worir them your body, left to the laws of Him who made it, would have needed no support. I know one woman, about 60 years old, tall, stout, well de­ veloped, who has never worn corsets or heels, and whose flesh is firm and cool, needing no bones to keep it in position except her own. I suppose you cannot undo wholly what the years of idle, foolish fortune have done for you, but you can have a better fortune if you will begin now to live like rational beings. Go and buy some of those well-made, new-fash­ ioned waists, with buttons to hold up your heavy, dragging skirts; but get them big.enough so that yon can draw the longest breath your squeezed and disabled lungs will allow after the waist is burst; so loose that you can lift your above vour head easily; if your . --There Illinois. --Gibson E. ' c<»y died at Wapello, D» Witt County, of cancer, at the age of 79. TitS --Henry C. Warmoth, ex-Governor ot Louisiana, is rusticating at his home, near Salem. --W hile gathering blackberries near Oakr land, Mrs. Hanson was bitten by a snake^ and expired before reaching home. ,, : --A bakery, a grocery, and a shooting gallery were burned out at Henry; Vm from §5,000 to $7,000; insurance small. --A $10,000 fire-proof building is to be erected by the Macon County authorities «, for the purpose of storing the cO«B^ records. --The body of a suicide named Zamka was found hanging to a tree on an island in Fox River, near Aurora. He was about 40 years of age. , --In a dispute about a young woman ** - Niantic, Charles Dingman stabbed Joseph Capps iu the breast. Both young men are members of well-known families. --Mrs. Sarah Hea, the second victim of the Fouith of July explosion at Decatur, is dead. Her limbs were injured by explod* ing rockets, and she was trodden upon by the crowd. --L. A. McLean, the associate editor ef . the Urbana Herald> is compiling a history of the old settlers of Champaign County, which will be published both in tfie paper and pamphlet form. ^ --Congressman Fr&nk Lawler, accompa­ nied by Miss Annie McGetrich, a school­ teacher, and John W. Riley, of Chicago, called on the President and Mrs. Cleveland recently, and they were cordially received. Mrs. Cleveland spoke of Chicago and Chi- cago people in glowing t^rms, and hoped she might visit the Garden City at no dis­ tant day. The visitors withdrew greatly pleased. 0 * --A Southern Illinois editor who went to hear Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley a month or two ago, says he has "refraiued until now" from giving his "real opiuion"of the two men, through fear that it "might seem to be inspired by hasty impulse;" but having taken plenty of time to ponder his words and weigh his criticisms he now de­ clares: "We wish to say in the most calm and dispassionate manner that Bill Nye and Jim Riley are the two most ungodly ugly men on the surfacc of the green earth to­ day--especially Riley. This gifted poet could turn the Amazon River up stream by standing at its mouth and looking at it. We have no prejudice against Riley. We ad­ mire his genius. We have wept over hit poems, but we never really knew what it was to weep until we saw him."--Tribum, --The following table gives the time and place of holding* - - ***> \ Adams.. VN-. Brand o uuie HM - ,\his St^'Y--"TO •d"r the "Winning fNTo Increase." » > - "Then I presume «t «aa Oi»ttai4*r (hat Wltled." ' 'Plie committee looked troubled, and •:'-i lield a consuitti ion In the d<M»r-waJW " I'nen they g**e their ultimatum aft | foil.*.. * __ ;rj ••Well, sir* rh«<*i -ill right M far M 1*1 "J*j goes, but we will have to «trlk** f von will agree iu pay for the \ j Rambler. ' •• -1 side or back aches, lie down; rub ypur flabby flesh every day with a rough cloth wrung out in salt and water; draw your breath in as far as you can, and breathe it out slowly as you can every time the clock strikes.--Rose Terry Cooke. An Old Story. It is said that when a blushing maiden of fifteen summers is told by , a fond mother *iat a young man wishes to see her in Ine parlor, with an air of inno­ cence she asks: "What is it, mother?" Then at about 18 years of age, with same announcement, with an air of dignitv, she inquires: "Who is he, mother?" But at the modest age of 25, with an eagerness that borders on the boisterous, she inquires: "Where is he, ma?" This is given as the stages of a young woman's matrimonal history, from blushing innocence to that period where with her it is "anybody, Lord."-- Harolson (Ga.) Banner. THEBE is nothing so sweet as a duty, and all the pleasures of life come in the wake of duties done.--Jean Iti~ gelovo. Story or • RrMt PubH*h«r. •la. (lie puhlMi'T, h»d KichlanA Olnev Sept. v Siliell>y ' SlielbyviUe Sept. l*-l£ i $>l-- Stark. .Toulon Sept. 14-17. ' Stark. .."Wyoming Sept. 7-10. Union Aiina. ...» Aug. 31-Sept. 3, --County Clerk Ryan has just completed his condensed tabulated returns of births and deaths in Cook County for the year 1SS5. The following showing of births will be found of interest: 4 Number of births in the city Number ol births outside the City........ Total births in the county, , Males Females Sex not given......... White Colored Twins 151 Triplets S Illegitimate 100 Born (lead 1,348 The following table gives the nationality of the parents of the children as reported for the year 1885: «** .J48TJ Fathers. ...9,706 .«•«;• .1,414 ..6,716 ......1,950 1,486 ' American Canadian English Irish Scotch (iermnu Scandinavian Austrian...... Polish. Fniicli..... ...I" Swiss J Hltrh • Itiiliiu Belgian Other nations Not given I had a confidential conversation with a prominent boot-maker recently on the sub­ ject of squeaky boots and BhoeB. I wanted to know three things--first, what made them squeak; secondly, how the squeaking could be prevented; and thirdly, why it waa that ushers and undertakers always wore squeaky fdot-gear. He laid aside his awl and a waxed thread that he had in his hand, and said: "This squeaking is pro­ duced by the slipping backward and for­ ward of the different pieces of leather la the shoe-sole. That this is what causes the squeak is shown by the fact that when the sole is pegged, nailed or screwed together so as to prevent the slipping, the squeaking ceases; but it is hardly possible to sew them together so as to have this effect. The way to prevent the squeaking is to insert felt or tar paper between the thick­ nesses of leather iu the sole. It is noth-f ing butthe negli^euce of the shoemakers in doing this that makes squeaky shoes common. After a shoe.is made, the only way to stop squeaking i6 to nail or peg the soles closer together in the middle. I re­ ally do not know why it is that all ushers and undertakers wear squeaky shoes, un­ less it is done to attract attention and to magnify their office. Eveiy shoemaker knows, however, that there are people who like a squeaky shoe, and think it ver? stylish. This weakness exists mostly among young ladies, especially those in the country who walk to church barefooted* and put on their shoes just bef re entering the sanctuary. Some ladies even have a 6plit quill) inserted between the thickness­ es of thojsole. This causes a pecalis loud and aristocratic s«£ Journal. ' ' ' *" >}\ , 'j! I & ^4 m- 1 Jt: