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• •• ;» SOUND ON THE TARIFF. ehant mirine PTPSOMJTIONS OF THE SOCTH;;'LMB-. KOTA KKPUBLICASS. . 'ftwy Indorse the Great 'American Princi­ ple of Protection to Home Industries, Oppose All Trust*, and Declare In Favor Of Proli i blUon. ; The Sotith Dakota Republicans, in «ravention at Huron, unanimously adopted the following platform: Resolved. That, as Republicans of the State Of South Dakota, in our first convention as- •eml'hd, wc reaffirm tlie principles enunciated In their platform by the National Convention assembled in Chicago in June, 1S88. and we most heartily indorse th? adnr laistrations of Presi- AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. great carrying trade which we once possessed on every sea " ^ These are hopeful words, and the country will expect to find some prac­ tical^ recommendations along the same line in President Harrison's first mes­ sage to Congress.--Dsn Moines Regis- * e r ' ' - , ^ v . • The Ohio Democrats* _ It is refreshing to find a Democratic State convention which approves and has courage to declare its approval oi if- I^atform framed at St. Louis, upon which Grover Cleveland was renomin­ ated to the Presidency. All the State IKT^RESTIKO ITKljlfl GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. dent Harrison and Govt rnor"Mellette8 We hail | conv^ti°liS of Ee})Ublicans begin with jrith uufeiLTiM pieasuro the privilege?of state- ! ® reaffirmation of devotion to the Chi- bood soon to be ours, and we congratulate the oacm nln^Ariw tk~ n . # Republican party that they hold those princi- ? Platfo1™; -Phe Democrats of the pies in-which all iuduatries can find true pro- j otates generally are content to let that lection, and iu which all citizens, without re- | creed of Cobden Calhoun anil fWo gardto nationality, can harmonize, and we con- I lQr(,j A. T . ' Cleve gratulateoar people that through the power of ] wnicil tile St. LiOUls convention Uiese principles they now have their rights of made public, pass into oblivion Ohin S,"i"uUber ClaimB to 1 ^wever, nails the free-traSe' flag to We favor those laws which gi ve full remun- ! Mr. James Campbell's hat and «AnrI<j S Mm forth to fish for votes, and finally to console himself as best he may for the smallness of his catch. Mr. Campbell would have done bet­ ter had he been nominated without a platform, for it is generally believed eration to labor and secure capitalists' rights. We recognize agriculture, mining, and manu­ facturing art the paramount material interests of our State, and we deprecate, any law which separates these from the commercial and indus­ trial interests of our people, as weare <lei>eiulent upon the harmony of all there great interests for oui success. We therefore declare it to be the duty, which should bo the pleasure, of all DUV.'U1U fU lilt/ I'lOilBUl V| Ul Qi.l • 1 . • , O T VW men placed in ofiice by the people to oppose any that lie retains enough of the uolitical nnin ftt. rv tvnora I 1. _ . : .. . _ 4',^ .' • u4 •' i <r LJi - r as will conduce to the welfare and advantage of all our people. We view with pride our educational facilities, the flourishing condition of our public schools, collies, and universities, and we demand that our school lands shall foe jealously guarded. We honor our old soldiers, and favor liberal pensions to all those who hold an honorable discharge. Wo also favor wise and liberal pro­ visions for the care and maintenance of all who are needy and disabled. We most heartily sympathise with the Irish people in their desire for home rule. Wc heartily favor the American system of pro­ tection by such properly regulated import duties tipon foreign products as will stimulate every industry and fully protect our vast army of toil­ ers against the unfair competition of the crim­ inal and pauper laborers of the old world. We most heartily welcome to our fellowship the people who have come to us from foreign lands to find a home in this the country of their adoption, intending to render due respect to its laws. We favor tua enajtment of such laws as will protect the citizen in the free exercise of his right of suffrage and will insure fair and honest elections, equal and just taxation of property. Recognizing the pernicious influence of the traffic of intoxicating liquors upon every interest of our commonwealtn, wo favor national and State prohibition of such traffic and the adoption of an article in our constitution relating thereto, and the enactment and enforcement of such laws as will make the same effective. That the great agricultural interests of Da­ kota demand that they should be protected, fostered, and guarded with jealous care, and such laws enacted as will insure equitable rates of transportation, allowing no unjust discrimi­ nation against sections or individuals. That we favor the improvement of the great Waterways of the Northwest so aa to bring close competition in the carrying trade. We favor a warehouse law which will give every farmer a free market for his produce, and which will not leavo him at the mercy of any elevator or railroad oombination. We advise and urge prcfipt and liberal action on the part oi the State and nation toward the establishment of a comprehensive system of irrigation for such portions of our State as would be benefited thereby. We favor the establishment of a bureau of labor aud statistics that we mav have accurate Information in regard to the educational, moral and financial condition and needs of the laboring masses. We also favor tha prohibition by law of the employment of children under 16 years of age In mines, shops and factories. We favor the election of railroad commission­ ers and t'iv;' • ihem ample authority by statute in the protection of the pqoplo against exorbi­ tant rates and unjust discriminations, and we favor such a system of railroad inspection and ! supervision as will promote the convenience and B&fety of the people. We view with alarm the dangerous encroach­ ment of the numerous trusts forming all over our laud, and demand the enactment of strin­ gent laws, State and national, declaring the for­ mation of all trusts and combinations for the purpose of controlling or enhancing the price of any of the necessities of life unlawful, and con­ trary to public policy, and providing for their •uppression and the punishment of all parties Implicated therein. - MISSISSIPPI BOURBONS* "t Thoroughly Characteristic Manifesto Issued by the Democratic State Commit­ tee. [Jackson (Miss.) special.] The State Democratic Executive Committee, with a full attendance, in session here, adopted and promulgated the following address: To the Democracy of Mississippi: Inspirited by Presidential patronage dis­ pensed without regard to fitness or capacity, in open contempt of ciVil service reform, which was a leading premise in the platforms of both political parlies, and dispensed at the South as would not be ventured up at the North ; encour­ aged by the hopo of further political spoils; banking on the ignorance and the unfounded race prejudices of the blacks and the cupidity of unprincipled whites, a few unscrupulous demagogues, who assume to constitute the Re­ publican party in Mississippi, give out their purpose to inaugurage another campaign. Our people have a keen remembrance of the ruin and desolation which marked their long lease of power in the State. Flaunting arro­ gance, plunder, aud brazen spoliation were their watchwords during thoir whole control of affairs, which they then sought to maintain and now seek to restore by the basest appeal to the col­ ored voters and the unenlightened prejudices of race; by secret and incendiary leagues of igno­ rance, organized by corruption. It needs no ar­ gument to show that our own people who join this soulless band of plunderers are the enemies of our common civilization, the foes of both races and traitors to their own, and that they deserve all the obloquy and scorn due to oon- •pirators in infamy. Practically politics here is reduced to the sup­ pression of elements of evil, which, unchecked, would involve hideous social and political ruin. Questions of national party differences are dwarfed before the dread of the manifold evils, the bankruptcy and desolation, the strife and ruin which would inevitably follow the domina­ tion of such antagonists. While we have no fears of defeat, we urge upon Democrats the necessity for the maintenance of effective organ­ ization. It is only in the stagnant water of apathy that these political vermin are observa­ ble at the surface, and so we warn Democrats against the dangers of dissension and division In the ranks of the party. VjS Democrats, if we are not triumphanffcon- Bidering the vast interests at stake and the char­ acter of the opposition aud its vile motivos, we well deserve the contempt we will everywhere receive. We purposely refrain from any allu­ sion to party question and refer only to the vam­ pire which hovers over us awaiting opportunity to suck the lifeblcod of the State. \Ye advise Instant and thorough organiztition, the forma­ tion of clubs, frequent and open assemblages and piA>lic addresses, and the arousing of alt the enthusiasm which the occasion warrants. W e must show the world that that race created to govern and which has governed all other races where thrown in contact, will in Mississippi stand by the common civilization of the Union which that race has constructed and maintained, and that it will never consent to be ruled by any other race--a race manipulated by renegades. The flag of a Caucasian civilization must float : triumphantly at the South and in every other section of this proud land and throughout Christendom. Our brethren of the North, of all parties, do not understand the situation here. .. „ -- Repub licans to be aware of the inherent fal­ lacy and absolute unpopularity of the free-trade dogma. In bis speech of acceptance he never said "tariff".once. It is to be hoped that his less judicious friends will force him to talk against the robber tariff,"'arid will increase their own vociferousness against it, for the more this thing is talked of and inquired into the larger are the Repub- lican majorities. The Ohio Democrats c»uld not dodge the trust que^ion, and therefore resolved that We regard trusts^ in whatever form organized, as the legitimate result of our present tariff system, and we de­ mand the repeal of all tariff taxes that enable them to extort from the people exorbitant prices for the products they control." Which reads like a humorous para­ graph when it is remembered what Democrat represents Ohio in the Sen­ ate of the United States and what that Democrat's relationship to the great coal oil trust is. The connection be­ tween tariff and trusts is original to the Democratic mind, the fact being that the coal oil trust is in an unpro­ tected article; that the projected Anglo-American salt trust was devised by a free-trade Democrat who once as­ pired to be Governor of Michigan, and that nothing but the fact of the tariff prevented that international trust from becoming a serious fact; and also that the ofilv other great trust, that of the sugar trade, dreads nothing so much as that development of competition wirh beet-sugar products which a continu­ ance of the tariff is certain to bring about. Hardly les3 humorous than its tariff, and trust utterances is this very re­ markable sentence: "We denounce the Republican party for its violations of pledges in behalf of civil service re­ form." This Democratic convention, however, carefully abstained from giv­ ing any "pledges in behalf of civil ser­ vice reform" on its owu account. The humor of the party that would" repeal the civil service act upbraiding the party that favors it for occasional acts of negligence is very diverting.--Chi­ cago Inter Ocean. PR ITe do, and we would be untrue to them, untrue to ourselves, and to all progress, to be governed by consciepcelcss demagogues, under the false pretense that they represent a party. They represent no party, but only ignorance and the factious passions of an untrained race, which they themselves have excited, and they will never again control the State of Mississippi. If a Republican ticket is put in the field this year--and no doubt there will be--the most spirited canvass that has occurred for years in Mississippi will be witnesed, and for this thorough Democratic organization was discussed bv the committee, and effective means adopted to accomplish the same. He Favors American Shipping. ' •j. There is a good reason to expect ' that before this administration has been in power very long it will have begun a movement for the restoration of American shipping fco the proud j position it once held. The Republican 1 ̂ party is in hearty sympathy with the idea, and with a Republican President and a Republican Congress, some tan­ gible and satisfactory results may be expected. i When "President Harrison was at ^Bath- Maine, a few days ago, he ex- - pressed his sentiments on this subject very clearly. In his brief speech at the once famous ship-building town, £~\'~ she said: "In every way that I can) ^whether as a citizen or as a public ' 1 ' ioffiear, I shall endeavor to promote :• -SH '"btuMiag oi our Why Not Surrender Them Now! Senator^ Wade Hampton of South Carolina, is quoted in a recent inter­ view as wishing that the negros would leave the South. He professes to be­ lieve that a general exodus would be a blessing for the South, and he says: "We would gladly see the the colored pedple move elsewhere and we would be willing to suffer any reduction of representation that might result from their departure. It would deprive us of much of our labor and make it a lit­ tle harder for the present generation, but it would be the salvation of the fu­ ture. I do not wish any harm to the negroes^ but I would gladly sacrifice whatever votes we get in the Electoral College or in Congress by reason of them if they would go off" bv them­ selves or settle in New England. I would gladly vote to appropriate $50,- 000,000 for the purchase of Cuba or some other place for them to settle in." The Senator is a narrow observer of * affairs if he thinks the South could spare without injury the chief element upon whose labor it depends. But the generous proposition to surrender ihe representation which the colored popu­ lation gives to the South would seem more reasonable if the South would give it up now since its practical dis­ franchisement of the negro voters gives it np just claim to it. It is well known that in half a dozen Southern States the negro is allowed no more participation in political af­ fairs than the mule he drives. And yet on the theory that he is a voter and enjoys the rights of citizenship, the South claims and receives, scores of Congressmen and scores of votes in the Electoral College to wliich it is not en­ titled. So far as enjoying political rights is concerned, tjie negro would have as much to say about American politics if he were in Cuba as he does bas e in Alabama or Mississippi. Why should not the South, then, give up the votes in Congress and in the Elec­ toral College which it is illegally hold­ ing by its treatment of the negro? There is a question which Senator Hampton, as an honest man, will have some difficulty in answering.--Iowa State Register. Wfcat Onr Neighbors Are Do tag--Matters of General and Local Interest -- Mar­ riages and Deaths--Acddoate and Crimes ; --Personal Pointers. | --Chicago is soon to have an elevated railroad. Work will be commenced in a few days on the Lake street line, running westw ard from the river to the city lim­ its, and three miles will have been com­ pleted by Jan. 1. The company has given a mortgage upon the road for the amount of $3,000,000 to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Bank of New York, as trustee for the guaranty of the bonds of the con­ struction company. The builders of the road expect to be able to bring their line eastward of the river by running the track over a double-decked.bridge. --•James 3. West is still fighting to re­ gain possession of the Chicago Times, with dim prospects of success. --Twelve thousand people attend«d|he Sangamon Cfeunty Fair and Springfield Exposition on the opening day, and the atteudance was large throughout the week. The exhibits of live stock and agricultural appliances were the largest, most select, and attractive ever seen in the county. Stockmen from all portions of the State were represented. The coal palace, of which so much has been said, w&6 not completed, and hence one of the most attractive features of the fair was lost. The mercantile exhibits were un­ usually large, and as a side issue a prem­ ium was offered for the largest baby be tween 1 and 2 years old in the county. Mothers flocked to the fair to have their offspring weighed in the hope of winning the prize. --"fbe Commission of Claims, sitting at Springfield, has filed opinions in the following cases: W. R. Fairbanks, claim­ ant for $1,200, barred by the statute of limitations; Henry b. Wier, claimant for $585, awarded ¥100; Daniel B. Wier, claimant for $350, awarded $220; Peter Tooms, claimant for $1,000, awarded $1,000; Chauncey Baker, claimant for $650, barred by the statute of limitations; Frank I>. Shafer, claimant for $250, awarded $100; Henry Fisher, claimant for $263, awarded $263; John J.Merdian, claimant for $880, barred bylhe statute of limitations; William Nonhlfen, claim­ ant for $350, barred by' tha statute of limitations; Henrietta Schnttz, claimant for $3,00j», rejected; J. S. & C. E. 11am- mot, olaimant for $584, allowed $350. •--Chicago Evening Journal: "iIcL*e.in County has more marriages every week and morej State patronage every day in the jear than any other county in the State.* . * '8.V' THE latest political riot in Missis­ sippi was purely Democratic. It oc­ curred iu Warren County, the issue being the election of a sheriff. As the Republicans are not allowed to vote there, they had no candidate in the field, consequently the three candi­ dates were all Democrats--"all well connected and prominent men," as the dispatches from that quarter state. Each of the candidates had a strong and well-armed following, and when election day .came they fell foul of each other, and as >be result two or three were killed and four others were wounded. Governor Lowry has mani­ fested commendable pluck and zeal in bringing Sullivan and Kilrain to jus­ tice for violating the laws and sacred honor of the sovereign State of Missis­ sippi, but we do not yet observe that he has taken any steps to%ard brings ing these rioters to justice, although their cussedness occurred almost within the boundaries of the State capital. Is his vindictiveness against the two prize-fighters due to their not being "well connected and prominent men ? --Chicago Tribune. --Mike (McDonald, the millionaire ox- gambler ajid politician, has entered a snit' in the Chicago Circuit Court for divorce from his recreant wife, who ran away with Father Moysant, an ex-Catholic priest, and went to Europe. The bill sets forth the date and place of marriage, and the fact tha^t she committed adultery with Moysant at divers timei and places pre­ vious to her elopement, also particulars of her abandonment of home, and de Clares her a woman u ifit to care for the two children, the custody of whom -the complainant asks the court to grant him --At ChicagoAa few days ago, W. S. Forrest, his partner, John A. Qualey; Russell M. Wing,\Daniel Donahoe, and Michael E. A. Ames, attorneys for the de­ fense in the Cronin murder trial, went to the now celebijpted Carlson cottage, where the doctor was slaughtered, broke into the house, and, by the. use of physical force, cut out p:eces of the wall, and floor containing bloodstain*. Jonas Carlson, the owner of the premises, now sues the lawyers for damages, claiming tl^t he has been injured to the extent of $5,000: He says the defendants broke into his house with force and arms and defaced and cut into the walls and floor aud violently seized and bruised him. The declaration savs that by rea­ son of a crime known as the Cronin murder having been committed in his house the place has become notorious and well known to the public. It is an object of general interest and curiosity, and a large number of people have paid to see the building and the marks and evidences of the crime. The place was fitted up for exhibition, and Carlson has derived a large revenue from it. The acts of the defendants in removing the blood stains have, the declaration alleges, greatly injured the house and depreciated its value as a museum of limited curios. The in­ terest of the public has been greatly diminished by the aforesaid act. The defendants, he also alleges, threatened him with a large knife, and by this act caused him great physical fright. For this depreciation of his property as an ob­ ject of morbid but profitable curiosity as well as for the great mental suffering he has under­ gone through the defendant's act, Mr. Carlson prays the court for the damages above named. --The State Protective Association of Liquor Dealers was in session at Peoria last week. The Trustees, in their annual report, say: The nnyielding resistance of this organization for the last ten years to the attempted en­ croachments of the temperance fanatics upon the personal rights and freedom of those en­ gaged in the liquor traffic has gradually won the confidence aud esteem of the liquor dealers of this State. At the last session of the Legis­ lature numerous measures were introduced and considered, looking to the imposition of further restrictions upon the salo of liquor. Fortun­ ately a majority of the members of our Legisla­ ture were too broad and liberal-minded to be misled by the false arguments of our oppo­ nents. But the danger has only passed tem­ porarily. The recent victories of our co-labor­ ers in the East only increase the daliger of an attack here in the West. Let us put our bhoul- <wrs to the wheel with a will and reclaim Kansas and Iowa --Gov. Fifer has appointed the follow. big commissioners upon the State Board of Labor: Ethelbert Stewart of Decatur, and W. P. Bend of Chicago, to fill the unexpired term of William S. Cherry, resigned, and Patrick H. Day ot fipripg^* field. --Weekly bulletin of the Illinois weather service: Clay County--The late rains have freshened up fall pastures and left the ground i# splendid sfc«.pe for putting in winter v.heat, and assure the largest corn crop this country hns raised in twenty years. Rainfall, 4 •£•! inches. Carroll The heavy rains 011 the 2d and 4tli have put the ground iu excellent condition. Corn is lodged some. Temperature a. m. Cth, 48 degrees Rain­ fall. 3.75 inches. Clark--Rains of last week have benefited corn and pastures. Rainfall, 3 06 inches. De Kalb--Most excellent weather for corn. Fulton--Corn crop will fall below the average owing to drought. Farmers have re­ sumed plowing. Rainfall, >4 iuch. Fayett? Good rains, but too late to benefit the corn; but ground in good condition for seeding. Rainfall, 1.50 inches. Franklin-- If frosts do not occur soon will have fine crop of corn. Fruit of all kinds plentiful Rainfall, 1.50 inches. Henry--Coin cut short 23 per cent. Iroquois--Corn making rapid growth for part of week ; latter part too cool and wet Rainfall, 2.01 inches. Jersey--Too late to bene­ fit corn. Lake--Corn has nia'ured rapidlv. has suffered a little from Jack of rainfall. Rainfall, l.iti inches. Mercer--Rain aifected pasture lands favorably. Marshall--The rain lias put the ground in good condition forplowiug. Rain­ fall, 2.42 inches. Peoria--Condition favorable. Rainfall, 0.85 of an inch. I'opc--Plowing for wheat and corn now being done. Rainfall. 1.18 inches. Richland--Pastures .much benefited by the rain of last week, and has aifected corn crop favorably. Rainfall, inches. !Sai't;anion-- Condition generally favorable. Rainfall, £.39 inches. Shelby--The rainfall of the last'week has affected the corn and grass crops favorably. Rainfall, 3 30 inches. Stephen son--The ground is iu good order for plowing. Pastures are get­ ting green. Thrashing is going on as rapidly as possible. Oats are yielding well and of good quality. Com ia injured some by dry weather. Rainfall, 3 inches. St. Clair--Com is in excel­ lent condition. Wayne--The outlook is favoia- ble for all kinds of crops. Rainfall for the week 2.SJ0 inches. ---John A. Logan, Jr., whose home is at Youngstown, Ohio, received a letter from John B. Mosby, Mayor of Cincin­ nati, requesting that he send him a large portrait of Gen. Logan, to be framed and hung in the parlor of the Halstead Club of Cincinnati. Mr. Logan sent the fol­ lowing reply: Dear Sir: While appreciating the sentiment which prompted yon in making your request, I feel sure father, if alive, would not want his picture hung on the walls of a Republican or­ ganization named after a man who vilified him when alive, and who tried in cverv way to be­ smirch his spotless name, and who has done all in his power to slander and attack the charac­ ter of every Republican who has risen to prom­ inence in this country. Murat Halsteal de­ serves to be ignored by every Republican and to be allowed to consume himself with his own spite. I trust to God he may receive his just reward before leaving thiH world. Trusting you thoroughly understand why 1 cannot comply with your request, I remain yours, JOHN A. LOQAN, JR. Mrs. John A. Logan, when interviewed by a Chicago reporter concerning her son's letter, expressed herself in these words: My son was right. The dearest thing 011 earth to my son is the fame aiid reputation of hi.* father, and it was ouly natural for him to do as he did. No one knows the pain Mr. Halstead has caused our family. CVntiir.ihig to the d<atli of Gen. Logan, it was an attack on my husband that was never anything but malicious. When Ceu. Logan went into polities, he expected to be subjected to criticism, but ho never considered THE GREEN DIAMOND. ITATKST GOSSIP ABOUT TOOK RATION­ AL, GAUE. - Mr. Halst>ads criticisms of that sort. Mr. Hulsiead says my HOII mistakes him. SVe do not and we never can forget wLat he has done. The last talk Gen. lx>pan ever hail with a re­ porter was about Mr. H-.ilstead s fight on him. 'and it vns the lai-t public matter that occupied his mi lid. Can any one be surprised that we are sensitive about itv WE don't get the best rains from tha biggest clouds, and it is not the hard- iwaVao flora gmg-www-- ^ --The Sate Auditor has issued his per­ mit for the organization of the Bank of Schuyler County, at Bushville, with a capital stock of $25,000. " --The suit of Samuel Carpenter, a rich farmer and semi-preacher of Williams- ville, Sangamon County, <«gainst the Illinois 8tat a Journal Company, in the Sangamon Circuit aft Springfield, resulted in a verdict of one dollar against the Journal Company. The ground for suit was a published account of a church quarrel in which Carpenter imagined his character was injured. --Governor Fifer delivered an address at the Kendall County Fair at Yorkville on the 5th inst. --The system of lighting railway cars ty gas, which was successfully under­ taken in the East some years ago, is go­ ing to be used at Chicago. The Illinois Central is trying the experiment now and will put up a building in that city where the gas will be made. ,--The Baptist City Mission Sooiety of Chieago, and the Tomahawk Club of Chi­ cago, to "reform the ballot and legisla­ tion,'* have been incorporated. --The fifth annual State reunion of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was held last week at Springfield, with between j 4,#00 and 3,000 delegates present. --Mrs. Ulrica Anderson, an emigrant from Sweden, arrived at the Union depot in Chicago from New York, and was transferred to the Northwestern depot to Continue her journey to the home of her daughter in Iowu. The train went off and left her, but carried her baggage. She became .dishoartened at this and threw herself into the river but was rescued, though she protested bitterly against be­ ing saved. At tLe police station the offi­ cers succeeded in making her understand that her baggage would be waiting for her in Des Moines, and she went happily on her way. She had a quantity of Swedish money, to the value of $100, on her person. --The State Board of Live Stock Com­ missioners has been giving much atten­ tion to the Texas and Southern cattle traffic, and taking steps to protect the na­ tive cattle from disease, says a Spring­ field dispatch. But one outbreak has oc­ curred, which was due to scheduled cat­ tle being imported in viola cion of the reg­ ulations, and the board hns taken steps to place the responsibility and collect the necessary testimony to prosecute the case. Three other outbreaks have occurred--one at Eilwardsville and one at Little Indian, the latter being exposed to the disease before being brought into this State, and one at Edgewood, caused by cows graz­ ing along the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. --It is the desire of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture that special atten­ tion be called to the splendid exhibit made ty country graded and high schools of Illinois at the coming State fair to be held at Peoria Sept. 23 to 27. This exhibit has ju6t passed through the hands of the Board of Examiners, con­ sisting of Profs. Collins, of Springfield; Oldfather, of Galesburg; and Shawhan, of Champaign, appointed by Dr. Richard Edwards, Superintendent of Public In­ struction, and is pronounced by them" to surpass any exhibit of iIth€> kind hereto­ fore made in number of papers and point of excellence, in the preparation and exe­ cution of the same. All that remains to be done is to place the same on exhibi­ tion in the large and elegant hall as­ signed to the educational department at the fair grounds in Peoria and announce the awards as determined by the gentle­ men who have so t thoroughly and fairly made the examination. Teachers and pttpils visiting the fair are invited to call end examine this work, as it is the object of the Board of Agriculture to stimulate a rivalry among the schools for superi­ ority in methods of study and teaching. --Touching the closing of the Illinois Biver against navigation, a Chicago dis­ patch says: At the office of the United States. Engineer an easy explanation was given of the tronble at La Grange, which Peoria shippers claim will result in considerable loss by the closing of Illinois River navigation. In the course of the Govern- j ment improvements on the river the lock at La Grange has been completed, but to make it of any use a dam must now be constructed. This St Irfmia Forfeits a Game at Brooklyn--A Cleveland Man Propose* to Comer the Base-Ball Market -- Other lffaae Well News. [CHICAGO COBBSSPONDEStCB. J Chris Yon der Ahe, proprietor of the St Louis Base-ball Club, is now doing the baby act. and it is degrading his club in the opinion of the public. For a number ot years the 8t Louis club has stood at the head of the Association; just now there are indications that it will be beaten for the championship by the Brooklyn club. In­ stead of taking his medicine like a man and a philosopher. Von der Ahe is squeal- iag like a pi». On Sunday last between 15,000 and 20,000 assembled at Ilidgewood Park; Long Island, to witness the advertised game between t,h« fet. Louis and Brooklyn teams. The St. l.oui8 Club refused to play; in fact the players did not oven go to the grounds. When the time for the game to begin arrived Umpire Goldsmith formally presented the game to the Brooklyn Club by a score of 9 to 0. C. H. Byrne, manager of the Brooklyn team, was highly indignant at the action of the Sit. Louis Olub, and will do everything in his power to make the Western champions suffer dearly. "Yon der Ahe has no right to set himself u» as judge and jury in this case." said Mr. Byrne. His team is liable to expulsion." Mr. Von der Ahe, President of the St. Louis Club, said that he had good reasons for not taking his team to Ilidgewood park, He said he undet stood the rulings in the case perfectly, an I was willing to abide bv the decision of the association. Ho seems to think that he has been ubjustly treated, not only in Brooklyn but other cities, and he proposes ?o make a test ease w **1 w*th their police arrangements at Washington Park Saturday tlnjy could not protect us, how would thev do it at Kid e- wood without policeV I"was stoned at Ilidgewood last year, and I don't want any more of it. Aiy plavots told ni Mhat they would not go to Ridgewood for cl.O KJ each. They were afraid ot their lives, i he crowd assaulted McCarthy, ttobin-oa and Cotnis- key Saturday, andthin»rs looked lanijerous fo.- me at one time. If I h >i had a pistol I.might have been tempted to use it." Some of the alleged details of the plan by which Albe-t L. Johnson of Cleveland is £0 become the head of a combinatieu ot League players, members of the Brother­ hood. and arrayed a?a nst the Leagus on account ot the classification law an 1 sales system, c-op out from day to dav. An Indianapolis ball-player tells the hall-son* cealed story. It runs tnis way. in eiTaat: Johnson has been working the suherne fcr some time. John M. Wsr j, iJre*;i*at oi the Brotherhoo.i, is "in" with ti!m. Johnson is to b ? the head and b»i«.oi>8s man of the combination. Fach of lb* dis­ satisfied players is to sign a contract with him. Thus a trust is to be formed, and the eream of the base-ball talent cornered. Wnen the various Leaiue clubs offer their players contracts for 1890 ther will be rejected. The players signed bv Johnson are to be apportioned among the present League towns except Pittsburg and In­ dianapolis. A new National League is to be formed. Brooklyn has almadv been se­ cured in place of Pittsburg, and Cincinnati is to replace Indianapolis, acoording to the pres' nt ideas o; the schemers. NOTES OF THE DIAMOND. The pennant race both in the League and Association is far more exciting than last year. For the first time In several seasons the Philadelphians have taken a bad full at the '•lose of the campaign. Their usual spirit Is wanting. It is hard to explain the Indianapolis club's low standing. No t»am in the League has a better infield than Denny, Glasscock. •: asseit and Hines, aud Seery.Andrews and Lie Go achy are as fast outfielders as can be lound. All of the lot are extremely good hitters. Two games a day have been quits the rage of late. Thompson has made eighteen home runs this season. Jim Whitney is doing some great pitching in Buffalo. McGeachy has not made an error In the last lorty games. If Tiernan keeps un his present batting much longer he will lead the League. Williamson is not only running the bases for himself but makes an occasional steal The buildings and fences of the New York polo grounds have been sold at mo­ tion. Each of the Boston players Is promtsod a big easy chair if the team wins the pennant. Umpire Lynch is getting it 011 all sides. He cannot give satisfactory decisions any­ where. Of the eight clubs in the Western Asso­ ciation only Minneapolis. Omaha and Den­ ver have made any money this season. Des Moines, St. Joseph and Sioux City have lost from $3,000 to $5,000 each. The Association air is full of Von der Ahe's protests. His latest demand is that the three last Brooklyn-Kansas City games bo thrown out because Catcher Bushong umpired them. Tne clubs of the Intt*i state League are more evenly matched than those ot any other league in the country. The Daven­ ports. who lead, have won only thirteen more games than the, Evansviiles. who guard the tail end. Sprague, released by Chicago, tried by Cleveland, and sold to Toledo, is doing badly, and is alleged to be throwing games way by carelessness. Stephens of the Burlingtons, McGlll of rue Evansvills. Knell of the St. Josephs, Kilroy o£ the Baltimore, and CusUrnan of the Toledos are the only pitchers who have this year accomplished the difficult feat of retiring a club witiiout a hit in a full game. George Washington Bradley, the veteran, seems destined to split the record of John Nelson and Deacon Jim White in the mat­ ter of long service in the Held. Brad is playing a more than good third base in the Western Association. It is expected St. Joseph, Des Moines, and Sioux City will drop their Western As­ sociation franchises. Milwaukee yearns for a place in the American Association, Lincoln, Davenport, and Dubuque want any vacancies that may turn up. Th» Association organs are clubbing the mouthy Von der Ahe for his wholesale ac­ cusations of game throw ng and umpire robbery. One paper declares that he is trying to win the Association pennant on ^a bluff and a couple of overworked pitchers." Emmet Rogers, the Houston, Texas, catcher, recently secured by the Toledo club, has caught in seventy-three consccu- tive games this season. Connor is playing a better game at first this year than ever before. He handles everything that comes his way. Ryan remains the leading run-getter of the League. He and Glass cock and Tier- nan have each made over one hundred this season. The total attendance at the Boston grounds this year, as announced by the di- AMERICAS FABLES. * THE FISHERMAN AND THE SUCKER. A Fisherman was making loud and bitter complaints as he reeled up his Line after an all day's Fish, when a Sucker arose to the surface of the Water and Inquired: "Prithee, man, but why this Lamen­ tation n "It is Because of my ill-luck. I have not caught a single Fish." "Ah, yes; but that is the very Reason why we are now Rejoicing. XuUr IiUck must have been our Loss;" MORAL. When lawyers are without clients a community may congratulate itself. THF.^ BURGLAR AND THE JUDGE. A Burglar who had been arrested while in the Act of breaking into a Bank plead gnilty to the charge when arraigned in Court, but claimed exten­ uating circumstances. " ̂ hat Possible Excuse can vou Pre­ sent to mitigate this Offense?" asked the court. "My Lord, had I succeeded in getting my hands on the cash it would have re-i moved temptation from the path oft he cashier." "H'm," said the Judge after mature reflection., "I see the Point, which is well taken.' I'll let you off on about three years." \ ' •; -* MORAL: you can ; steal a mah's horse, it may save his hostler from proincr to S&te Piisou. THE SPARROW AND THE BUZZARD. A sparrow was seeking Food in a large Field when a Buzzard settled down with a great show of Indignation and Exclaimed: "By.what Right are you Trespassing here ?" "Why, I supposed this Field to"be common Property," was the reply. "•Excuse my mistake, and I will go over on yonder Hill." "But I object to the Dust you may raise over there." "TBen I will look for Bugs in the grass." "But I won't allow the g^ass to be Trampled under foot." "Then I will seek for Worms in the Thicket." "But the noise will Disturb me. In faot, in order to Protect myself I must eat you." MORAL: It is very easy to pick a fight with a man you know you cau lick. .M Knew How to Get Rid of His Big Sister. Johnny (aged G, brother to Amelia)-- My sister, Mr. Spoonee, will be up :lirectlv. She is now eugaged in wash­ ing supper dishes. Mr. Spoonee--I thought young ladies left that business for their mothers to attend to. Johnny--Some young ladies who think only of their own ease may leave such work for their mothers, but Amelia never does. She never permits mother to do anything wliich she can do her­ self. I don't think I ever saw a young lady who kept herself so busy about the house, lleallv, I think she is never so happy as when at work. Mr. Spoonee--Tell me, Johnny, does she ever say anything about me? Johnny--She frequently speaks of you as a gentleman whom no woman could help esteeming highly. You know she has many suitors, but never, she says, until she saw you did she ex­ perience anything approaching to love. Mr. Spoonee--Of course she knows that my fortune is ample, and Johnny-- Excuse me, sir, but while of course she is not insensible to the advantages of wealth, she has repeat­ edly said that when she weds it will lie because of the love the bears the man who asks her hand. Mr. Spoonee--Come, Johnny, do you think she would have me? Johnny--I can't say positively, sir. I know she thinks well of you. Indeed, I am sure she cannot fail of recognizing your worth. But there is a Mr. Quick who has pressed his suit very indus­ triously for some time, and if I may be allowed to make a suggestion, I should advise you to propose as quickly as pos­ sible. You will excuse me now, Mr. Spoonee. I hear Amelia on the stairs, and it might be embarrassing for you to meet in my presence. Good evening, •air.--Boston Transcript. WHY WE ARE RIG HT» IIA 9D2D. -Preteetlea of the Volorrable Pen ef tte Body. Primitive man,being by nature a fight­ ing animal, fonght for the most part II at first with his great canine teeth, § nails and his fists, till in process of > .M time he added to those early and nab* ;-"j$ ural weapons, the further persecution ^ of a club or shillalah. He also fought^ ^ as Darwin has conclusively sho?. n. ia the main for the possession of the ladle# f of his kind, against other members of his own sex and species. And if yo« fight you soon learn to protect the moat . "f' exposed and vulnerable portion of your * * i body. Or, if you don't, natural seleo- - ,i tion manages it for you, by killing yo» off as an immediate consequence. To • . V the boxer, wrestler, or hand-to-hand " ^ combatant, that most vulnerable pop- < r, tion is most undoubtedly the heart. A . '*< hard blow, well delivered on the le% :-ll breast, will easily kill, or, at any rat^ Vy: stun even a strong man. Hence, fror* 4 an early period, men have used this t right hand to fight with, and have" em* ' 5 ployed the left arm chiefly to cover thf ^ heart aud to parry a blow*aimed at that / specially vulnerable region. And when weapons of offense and def«iaif.,;V.^ Supercedes mere fists and teeth> it iff J** the right hand that grasps the spear of *' sword, »while the left holds over the - T heart, for defense, the shield or back* " f ler. From this simple origin, then, the7 >* whole vast difference of right a ad left in civilized life takes its beginning. At " first, no doubt, the superiority of the right hand was only felt in the way as *1*51 fighting. But that alone gave it a f W tinct pull, and paved the way at last 1 for the supremacy elsewhere; for when ^ weapons came into use the habitual em­ ployment' of the right hand to grasp the spear, sword or knife, made the nerve# or muscles of the right side far more obedient to the control of the will than those of the left. The dexterity thus acquired by the right--see how the word "dexterity" implies this fact-- . made it more natural for the early hun-'- • : , ter and artificer to employ the same < hand preferentially in the manufacture S.?-. of flint hatchets, bows and arrows, all the other manifold activities of savS • Ciffe age life. It was the hand with whicfc , {•$ he grasped his weapon; it was tliere^ fore the hand with which he chipped it* To the end, however, the right hand remains especially "the hand in whicV you hold your knife;" and that is ex­ actly how your own children to this day decide the question which is which* when they begin to know their (right* hand from their left for practical pui> ^ '"-iW' "" '*&• -1%,' poss^jrAmerican AnalyisK 'tTlie Art of Quarreling. rectors, will reach 275,000. .•routhers leads the Bostons in fielding, with an average of .982. Richardson's left field average is .9C8. Cleveland's brilliant centerflelder, Mo- Aleer. ruptured a ligament of his weak right ankle and will play no more this season. Philadelphia is a badly disappointed town on base-ball Both its teams were e:: pec ted to win championships and are not in the fight. Pinckney. of the Brooklyns, has played 645 consecutive championship games with his club, 58C straight at third base, the most remarkable case of steady play on record. A Japanese Stery. A Japanese gentleman having invited some of his friends to refresh themselves at his house, was sorry to see au old man refusing to drink. Addressing him, he said: wIf you do not care for any of these drinks, perhaps you will take one of these cakes," offering at the same time the jar in which they were contained. The guest at once put his hand into the jar, when, to the surprise of every­ body, it was found that he could not ! withdraw it. The attention of all was J drawn to the spot, and everybody sug- I gested some plan for setting the old ] man free. They were tried, but all failed. Presently a guest who had been silent, said: "If you will let me try I think I cau set him free." "How?" said they all. "By breaking the jar with my pipe." Japanese pipes are stoutly made, and with a single blow the jar was broken. Then it was seen that the reason why the old man could not withdraw his hand was because he had clutched every one of the cakes. "Ah!" said the host, "wheu we are loudest in our complaints against some­ thing, the fault is very often in our­ selves."--Sunshine. will take a few weeks, and in the meantime the ' that Clai kson is one of the only two river must be closed. '1 litre is 110 other way of ' - - prosecuting the work, bat shippers are up in arms against the temporary loss of the river to which they are now subjected. Unless the War Department directly interferes with the plans oi the engineer, no change will now be made. --Chicago Tribune: "The grain fleet clearing at the Custom House for the six working days of last week numbered ninety-six vessels. The total chartering for the week aggregated nearly 6,000,000 bushels. These figures are without pre­ cedent in the history of the port of Chi­ cago. It would have been a fair amount 'to have gone out at the opening of navi­ gation as the win er fleet." --George M. Pullman, the sleeping-car magnate, has subscribed Chicago World's Fair Exhibition Hurrying Him Up. "Jack," said a pretty girl to her small brother, the other day, "I want you to iiui»taaui<7 vaoy ui nuau t JJioy Uil l CUUIU, • 4 «i . , 1*1 Clarkson expects this season to break all ! *or me--that s a good lei- low." "Well, what is it," growled Jack, who is the brother of the period. "Why, you know that wig and mus- tache you used in the theatricals?55^ "Well?" "Well, won't you0 just put them on and go to the ooncert to-night ? Augus­ tus and I will be there, aud, Jack, I want you to stare at me the whole pitching records in four particulars, name­ ly: Number of games pitched, number of games won. number of men 6truck out, and number of ba-es on balls. Big Roger Connor, of the New Yorks, says mea who can make a monkey of him at the btfk. McCormick was the other man. All the signs point to the transfer of Curt Welch of the Athletic.* to the St. Louis team. Welch himsel: is trying to qjd the trade. He was a member of the Browns of 1887, and is by far the best outfielder in the association. Biise-ball Is peculiar. Cleveland beats Washington three straight, Washington gives Chicago a similar dose, Chicago wins t ie series from Philadelphia, the latter de­ feats Cleveland three times in succession, and Chicago does a similar trick to Cleve­ land. evening through your glasses." "What! You want me to do that ?" "Yes; and as we come out you must snoes MM* stand in the door and try to slip me a bave become staff and uncomfortable by * The first words of a quarrel, wlucfi are generally too trifling to be remem- beted, are like the few sparks that fall upon the dry leaves of the forest. The angry retort is the puff of wind that- £'j blows them into a flame. Then the mischief is done, past recall. Thea two hearts, friendly a few moments be* ^ i. fore, are full of anger. Then words are spoken which may be forgiven but . ; |̂' hardly forgotten, and the friendship it * seldom quite as it was before. ~ Hence the old saying, "It is the see».';.-»^^| ond word that makes the quarrel.* • , ^; That second word usually wounds the pride or the self-love of him to whom it is addressed. It may take a form that implies a doubt of the other's veracity-- ^ ,Cf! a dire offeuce to any one not wholly de* - based. Often it insinuates a low,smali, , unworthy motive, Sometimes the mad- dening word is a truth, as when Brutus ? told Cassius he had an "itching palm to sell his offices for gold." Cassius WM ,J\%: so enraged that he cried: "I an itching palm I You know that you are Brutus that speak this, V-i«} Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.* /• Ugly truths must sometimes be .j spoken, but not when two persons are ;; bound by interest and duty to avoid ^ quarreling. i' Another most irritating retort is on® which attributes cowardice. Courage ? and truthfulness being the very founda- iff tions of respectable character, a remark; j kIs- whicli conveys an intimation of a want • of either is a sure provocative of a quar­ rel. ^ There are tones in the voice which • i cannot be described, but every reader, unless he is a high-class saint, has used them in the early moments of a quar- rel. The most innocent thing in the ^ J? world may be said in such a way as to rasp and humiliate, particularly if it is ^ accompanied by a certain look out of ,1,*^|j the eyes. Human being's, old or young, never appear in so poor and mean alight as when they are quarreling. A family quarrel is among the most sotrowful and vulgar of all displays of human in- firmity. Among people living in the same house, sitting three times a day at the same table, being together in the even- ing, working together in the daytime, ' /y all possessing a nervous system and a ' *>:' tender self-love, it must needs be that , * offences come. Irritating words will be 4 unintentionally spoken; expected atten- tions will be omitted; the material of a quarrel will be frequently created. i®* Two things should be borne in mind ' by. every one; one i3, that it takes two ' persons, at least, to make a quarrel; -V-sp-. the other, that the quarrel usually dates from the second word. : "fit- Tom--What did you take my haft for? Charles--I didn't take your bat, and n W ydu know it. ' Tom--You are a liar! ^ In this case, Charles made the quar- ' ̂ rel, because he met the meieiyirritat- ing first word with a grossly Insulting . ^ second. Put down the brakes hard - upon the second word--- Youth's Com- panion. , To Soften Wet-Stiffene4 Shoes. "The women have a new use for vase- , line," observed a Fifteenth street drug clerk, as he jerked his thumb over his right shoulder in the direction of a well ' dressed lady who was leaving the store ; after having made a purchase ot tfei petroleum compound. "What's that ?" ' "They are using it en their shoe* now." "On their shoes?" " Yes, and the ladies must be given credit for having made a valuable dis­ covery. The ingredients of vaseline have a wonderful effect on fine leather and is fast taking the place of all the compounds manufactured for softening the shoes. Take a pair of shoes that --Governor Fifer is now flitting mer* sily from oattleahow t« cattlesfcow. MAGISTRATE (to prisoner)--"Have you ever been arrested before, Uncle 'Rastus?" Uncle 'Rastus--"No, vo' Honah, not to speak of." Magistrate 'not to speak , mean what I i got 'rested fo' didn't 'mount to much. he sleeping-car u,1- *inn nTm -- What do you mean by 4 $100,000 to..the of „ Uncl; note; take care that Gus sees you, too." ' "Well, I declare!" "Because, you see, Jack, Gus likes me, I know, but then he is awful slow, s»td he's well oil, and lots of other girls are after him. and--lie's got to be hur­ ried up a little, as it were."--Texas Siftings. . Now an English syndicate has been formed to bn.v up all the ballet giris. kick. So will I never got mo'n thirty days. I has er I Lovers of antique* will high respec' fo' de law, yo' Honah." girls. constant wear in the rain and apply coat of vaseline, rubbing it in well with a cloth, and in u short time the leather becomes as soft and pliable as when it is taken from the shelves ot the shoe ! dealer. Yes, indeed, this rainy weather | has caused quite a boom in the j trade."--Washington Pout. i . » ! To study mankind is not learning to | hate them; so far from such malevolent j end, it is learning to bear and live easily 'with them. 0E