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* - •* . ,,y r------ TO CORRESPOXDENTS, " £f: *a oommmdcmtioiM for thin paper iboald ;V • jpyUed by tba nuns of Ihm author; not necMnuily fat tflll)llr»t1-" bat u ah erid«nce of good faith on (1M put f , jw( writer. "Write only on one »ld« of tha paper, •• timtlwllriy careful, in giving names lid dates, to Ji|n lattacs and fignxM plain and distinct. BARMCM has a goose that etm iraik tb« tight rope, bat is safe to raj it would not be goose enough to cross Niagara •on one. ' RKCKNT statistics show that French railways annually kill one person out : of 2,000,000 carried, while in England 21,000,000 are carried before OM meets m violent death. THK Chinese spend $200,000,TWO an­ nually on their religious worship. There : is a spiritual side of their religion, and spiritualism, pare and simple, has existed in China for ages. X100K down when yon walk along the streets. It is the indication of a thoughtful man, and you may be able to pick ap any money that m*y be lost <on the sidewalks, besides. Vv AH olive oil factory is soon to be built I in Sonoma County, Cal., by a company which now has sixty -acres of six-year- l old olive trees, and is planting 700 acres ' more. ?he plant will cost $'250,000. HOWARD CARROLL, who has had long and valuable experience in metropoli­ tan newspaper work, is the editor-in- ; ̂ chief of the new journalistic venture, the New York Daily Recorder. A mw roofing paper is made by ap- • flying to tfte paper a composition of foiled linseed oil and pulverized cbar- -coal. The paper so prepared is said to 'be perfectly air and waterprovK aoder ••all circumstances. IN Southern Oregon there is a forest 16,000 miles in extent, with an esti­ mated amount of merchantable timber •of 400,000,000,000 feet. At $10 per 1,000 feet the proceeds would pay our national debt twice over. 1? * man mispronounces a word, and you Lave occasion to pronounce it after \ him, what is the correct thing to do? Would it be better to say it as he says it, though it may be wrong, than to say it right, and correct him ? A SUIT about a calf in Texas has re­ sulted in wiping out all the parties in­ volved except the calf. One of the liti­ gants shot the other, and the Sheriff shot the survivor in trying to arrest him. The calf was valued at $6. been kicked by a dog, and severely In* jnred, Another resident of the same city put in a claim for being gaffed in the wrist by a game rooster, as he was picking up some kindling wood. This man said he was disabled for some time. NEXT to agriculture, mining and the extraction of the metals from the ores, "which may be regarded as one, con­ stitutes the most important industry in <the United States. In 1888 ihe valus of these products was $584,550,676. A PERSIAN philosopher claims to have unearthed records to prove that Adam and Eve were not happy together from the very first, but he cannot unearth any to prove that either went, to the •divorce court or let their sorrows be known through the newspapers. CLOTH is now being made from wood in Manchester, N. H. Strips of fine­ grained wood are boiled and crushed >between rollers, and the fibers having been combed into lines equally distant, «re spun into threads, from which •cloth can be woven in the usual way. BOSTON has a wonderful little house­ keeper. When the comes across any­ thing she thinks good for nothing, in­ stead of throwing it away she consigns it to a trunk in the garret. When she *wants anything she doesn't have, <«he goes to this trunk and is sure «to find just what she wants. A PENNSYLVANIA man advertised that lie was poor, knee-sprung, homely, and •cross, but wanted a wife, and in re­ sponse be received fifty-four letters from foremen who said they'd take him. No •man, no matter what sort of a house has fallen upon him, need be discouraged .in facing the martimonial world. AN eccentric tragedian, whose chief •ttraotion is the hardihood with which he faees.guying audiences, and endures such approbation as is expressed by showers of stale vegetables and vener­ able eggs, has been compelled to pro­ tect "himself by p juet stretched across the stage. Now the boys attack him iwith putty blowers. I • ' THE Dahl process of sterilizing milk lifts recently been introduced into Lon­ don. Fresh milk is plaeed in cans twhich are hermetically sealed, then Cheated and cooled alternately until the :germs are destroyed. The milk can then be kept for years without losing tits freshness, or failing to yield cream .and butter. IT is boldly asserted by a Buffalo paper that there is not a city of 30,000 population in the United States where * ihe people believe the Common Council to be entirely honest If there should accidentally happen to be suoh a town it would be well for it to speak up, as the dime museum men are always on \S^he watch for a good thing. A JURY in a court at Mexioo, Mo., brought in snoh an outrageous verdict \ that the Judge dismissed them in thia (humiliating fashion: "It is the sentence of this court that the sheriff' conduct you > to the rear door of the court-house aud : allow you to depart, as your services will not be again required during my* term of office. A SCBEHE for bringing heat from the interior of the earth, through pipes, and ; utilizing it for warming purposes has ;been suggested by a genius in Butler, .Pa. He proposes to bore a pipe line 10,000 feet below the earth's surface, and give the warm air a chance to as­ cend to a reservoir, whence it pan be -distributed all over the town. * IT is claimed that the fastest time ever made on an American railway wis mi the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago road. The official report showed that a train ran fifty-three miles in 45 minutes, eleven miles <4 which were covered in 7 minutes, or at an average speed of ninety-four miles an thour. This record is said to be authen­ ticated by the train sheets. YBRY cold or warm baths when used to excess diminish the elasticity of the skin and its power of resistance to ex­ ternal irritants. Dr. Auspetz, of Vienna, says a healthy skin is not necessarily beautiful, and water is serviceable to in only moderate amounts and in moderate temperatures. The same authority says that a sponge soaked in oil should be applied to thi sealp and roots of the hair at night. GITX. BOOTH, the general manager of the Salvation Army, has decided to get a farm of a thousand acres not far from London, England, and there employ tramps and vagabonds generally who apply for assistance. If the planoould succeed 4t would be invaluable to the poorer classes in and around London who belong to the Salvation Army. It will, however, have the tendency .o cause lazy tramps to give the vicinity a wide berth. A TELLING CONTRAST. PEOPLE who are fond of taking medi­ cine may gratify their taste, and put money iu their pockets at the same time. A homeopathic college in New York pays persons to take drugs, and keep a reoord of their effect. These drug- takers must be sound in health, and not. habitual users of tobacco, tea.coffee. or alcoholio stimulants. For converting their stomachs into laboratories, the "provers," as they are called, reqeive $5 a week, A SINGULAR incident is related of two Georgia brothers, who were devotedly attached to each other, and whoj had often expressed the desire that they might die together. At Gainsville, Walter Wood, in attempting to cross the Tombigbee Biver in a skiff, was drowned by his boat (capsizing. The same day and about the same time his brother, Julian Wood, who was work­ ing in a glass furnace at Birmingham, was overcome by gas and died in a few minutes. THE Araucanian People, inhabiting the northern part of Patagonia, are of medium height and great strength, the priucipal peculiarity of formation being in the narrowness of the front of the head and the size of the foot. Their marriage is an odd mixture of cere­ monies. Theoretically the bridegroom is supposed to steal his bride against her will and in opposition to the wishes of her parents; practically he buys her. Strange to say, the match is generally one of affection. As in Spain, music is the method of expressing feeling, but alas, the instrument is a jew's-harp, without which no lover is ever seen. A STORY is told of a letter carrier in one of our large cities who, a few months ago, found on returning to the post- office from one of his long rounds of de­ livery that a letter in his bag had been overlooked. It was anordinary, unim­ portant looking missive and he kept it over for the first round next day, Tho consequence was that a great firm failed of a notification, their notes went tc protest, their mill was closed and 100 of their operatives were thrown out of em­ ployment. The letter carrier was dis­ charged and bis family suffered for the necessities of life during a severe winter. All went to show the importance of thoroughness in the business under­ taken to be done. EVERY* one may not know that the Bank of England notes are made from new white linen* cuttings--never from anything that has been worn. So care­ fully is the paper prepared that even the number of dips into the pulp made by each workman is registered on a dial by machinery, and the sbeets are counted and booked to each person through whose hands they pass. They are made at Laverstroke, on the Biver Whit, in Hampshire, by a family named Portal, descending from a French Huguenot refugee, and have been made by the same family for more than 150 vearp. They are printed within the building, there being an elaborate ar­ rangement for making tli«m so that each note of the same denomination shall differ in some particular from the other. REMUNERATION was asked of an acci­ dent insurance company, at Zalislta, QJ}$p, by a man who claimed to have HHe'i a Brick." Plutarch, in his life of ^gesilaus,' King of Sparta, gives us the origin of ttie quaint and familiar saying. On a certain oocasion an embassador from Kpirift, on the diplomatic mission, was shown by the king over his capital. The embassador knew of the monarch's fame--knew that though only nomin­ ally King of Sparta, he was ruler of (Greece- and he looked to see massive walls rearing aloft their embattled tow- «>rn fpr the defense of the town, but found nothing ol the kind. He mar- veied much at this, and spoke of it to the king. * Sire," he said, "I have visited most of the priucipal towns, and I find no walis reared in defense. Why is this?" "Indeed, Sir Embassador."* replied Agesilaus, "thou cans't not have looked carefully. Come with me to-morrow morning and I will show you the walls of Sparta." Accordingly, on the following morn­ ing, the king led his guest out upon the plain where his army was drawn up iu full battle array, and pointing proudly to the serried hosts, he said: "There thou beholdest the walls of Sparta--10,000 men, and every man a brick!" __ ^ PREACHERS rarely make deals in mer­ cantile exchanges, but in their pulpits they are very apt to speculate on fu­ tures. FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION SHOWN SIDE BY SIDE. The Republican I<w«m Fwti for Wn»-K»nnn Ths Republi­ can Mtnattoa-What Tiwj Think of Har­ rison's Lcttsr-CMTlaciat IferMT Pi«t- The "tariff for revenue only," enacted hy a Democratic Congress in 1846, had been in operation seventeen years when the present protective tariff was adopt­ ed. The condition of the business and finances of the country durinsr the four years preceding 1861 is fresh in the mtnds of all persons old enough to ap­ preciate it Sr.mc idea of the fruits of a "revenue tariff" may be had from the effects of the one then in operation up jn the credit of the Government. In De­ cember, 1860, owing to extreme needs in meeting dp-fly expenses, Congress pro­ vided for *he issue of Treasury notes, payable iif one year'. Of these $10,000,- 000 were issued, the discount on whic>. ranged from 5 to 13 per cent. Iij Feb­ ruary, 1861, a 6 per Cent, loan of $.5,- 0Q0,000 was authorised, of w&lcli only SIS.OOO.OOO could l>e disposed of. Those sold brought only 89 cents on the dollar. Sg desycr&tc was the condition of the national credit inat the Democratic Sec­ retary of the Treasury even suggested that the States be called on to lend their credit as basis for borrowing money to meet current expenses So much for the "tariff for revenue only" of 18M'. Alongside the foregoing picture of business prostration and natjonal dis­ credit, let us now place a brief view of the state of things to which seventeen years of protective policy brought the country. This is most succinctly done in the fol- Wving table from oflicia! sources, show­ ing tho growth of the nation in popula­ tion, industries, and commerce during the period named, to wit: O Ci c K 2 B S k,>'" n K t? P-° * 2 o &- b 5 5 p * s"3~ 2 * stsisli-gisgs -N&iH I «,2,5 • ®e -®1 : e S ^ s | : I S S l & l i - e & s s e S i r 8 = 2 . 3 - o S " m a S 3 a = s i g n s ' ! c S S . i . S E B : aOTf: tsrSl.SS'S'; : • o o - i i - • = « S f E . 5 S - i r g S : • : E £ £ : j i S f P l H f f r f f i s - i j 0S«* & yj M M ""i A 6c "5 ^ CO to <» CH © tc a N- jmt _ V? cs cc 10 ® TOV OS XV cc wV-"i-* Cn lillMiiiiiiliiiEEsis * to jo tc up © w £»-- ^ ;£ St >*». Kj-v,J2 j-JJT- tc w 00 t© |©WtS H-gtV" V ^ 1- iS o X ^ ̂ W K Sc £ £ ® w 2 " cS w S •86* H O IS No such showing ever was made by any other country in the world's history, as none other is found in the record of this country. The advances shown by the figures cannot be duly appreciated* Look again at them--80 per cent, in­ crease in population, 212 in farm lands, 188 in wheat and 105 in corn production, 3603 in export of wheat, 2862 of corn, 286 of wool, 150 of merchandise, while the enormous balance of $58,000,000 coin exported under the "tariff for revenue" was changed to $76,000,000 balance in imports of that important commodity. With all this, it must be remembered that the first years of the period last named were covered by the mostgigantic civil war that any nation ever trtks called upon to wage--Involving, as it did, a waste of $(i,COO,000,000 in values and the lives of half a million of the most valu­ able citizens of the country. How much more conclusive is such showing than all the line-spun theory of cloistered metaphysicians. The people may be for a time mystified with ab­ stractions, but these soon disappear in the light of facts. The above table con­ stitutes a bulwark for protection, which no assaults of free-trade theorists can overcome. It is a showing of which ev­ ery true American will be proud, »nd is to be accounted for only, as the result of the beneficent policy of protec­ tion to American Industry. Shall that policy bo now abandoned? The figures of the census of 1890 are not yet at hand. While it is certain that these will abundantly sustain those of 1880, they will lack the essential advan­ tage of tho latter, in having no period of "tariff for revenue" for contrast with its grand showing. It becomes the Ameri­ can people to see to it that no such back­ ground of free-trade darkness is hereaf­ ter admitted to their decennial horo­ scope. Facts for Wa*e-Karn»rs Official statistics show that during the last fiscal year more than one hundred million dollars were sent abroad to pay foreigners for doing work that could have beeif better done in this country; and this without taking into the account any of the long line of fabrics made from cotton, wool, silk, flax and other fibers. Look at this list: Buttons and button malarial Clocks, •watches, etc 2,104,364 Coal and coke Earthen, stone and china vara V.oio.iirto Glass and glassware 7,351,570 Iron, ore and pig (;,J03,t53i> Iron and steel manufactures. .a£,7.~>l,t>4? Tinned plates ..SO.7*6,457 Leather and manufactures 11,374,15* Marble and stone manufactures l,3ts.056 Musical instruments 1,781,528 Paper and manufactures E,7i"4,i9i5 Paints and colors 1/137,707 Tobacco manufactures. 4,016/31 Wood manufactures 4,B52,yj(> Total #100, *53,371 Although the labor required in mak­ ing these articles could have been dooe by the workmen in this country, al­ though every dollar thus sent abroad might have been added to the earnings of American citizens who work for a liv­ ing, the free-trade attorney is not eon- tent with the proportion conceded to foreigners. Tli« Vbung Republicans. The Republican .League Convention at Cincinnati showed by i.s attendance and its enthusiasm that this organization of young Republicans has taken a perma­ nent place in tho party machinery, and that it is well equipped for eveollent work in behalf of Republican principles. As President Thurston so eloquently ex­ pressed It, this Is the. volunteer Army of the party. "It has no pay-roll; it con­ trols no patronage; it asks no adminis­ tration favors; it follows the personal fortune" of no leader, and will not com­ mit itself to the laudatory of any man. It is for the nominees and the platform of the Republican National C onvention." This is a good platfnrin clearly and for­ cibly expressed by the man who has for ^wo years presided over the Republican ^League and directed its course ;o as to miss tho sna-*s that wreck most volun­ teer armies of this character. * « » « * * Whoever shall be the leader of the Re­ publican hobts next year, the Republican League Lus only to wait until he is named and then follow him as the cho en commander. That leader is t-o be chosen by a reguiar'y constituted convention, and it is not the province of the League to seek to forestall that by even naming a preference. In its platform it has al­ ways pledged itself to in no way inter­ fere with the work that fallrf to the Na­ tional Convention. Governor Foraker nhnqid remembered this, and, as he did not, It v»s well that President Thurston took occasion to remind the convention of its platform, that the yosng men of the party might not be in error regarding the mission of their or­ ganization. The league has a great work to do in its chosen field. It has clubs la every State,. with more than a million mem­ bers. With such an organization of young men the possibilities for popularizing political principles are beyond compre­ hension. 1 ho young men are now tak­ ing more interest in politics than ever before. They are studying political principles and refusing to be governed by simple partv dictates, and to-day there are thousands of young men who can intelligently discuss the tariff and other economic questions where there were dozens who could do this ten years ago. Politics has become a science where men must give reasons for the faith that is in them, and the league is the great normal school which prepares speakers who can on the stump, in busi­ ness, and on the farmT advocate with in­ telligence the principles of the Republi­ can party. This is its woi I:, and the convention hold it Cincinnati shotvs that fct is well equipped for its dut es.--Chica­ go Inter Opecm. ,r! THE R&F UBL I C A N SITUATION. A Calm, Dispassionate Review of the Present Condition of National 1'ollUes. It is not unnatural that President Har- riiibVs trip through tho South and West should turn people's minds actively in the direction or the next ii<-publican Presidential nomination. It is every­ where assumed that Mr. Harrison a^pire^ to a renomination, and it is very certain' that he will do nothing during his ab­ sence from the capital to weaken his po­ sition before the country. This tour will again bring into prominence that admir­ able equipment by means of which he grew immensely as a candidate from the day of his nomination to the time of his election. He rarely or never talks with­ out adding to the popular respect in which he is held, and he wins this as easily from political enemies as from oolitical friends. Already his speeches, made iu passing through some of the Southern States, have attracted the at­ tention Of tho country and drawn out the most favorab e comment from oppo­ nents as well as supporters No man can say whether President Harrison's apparent wish to secure a re- nomination will be gratilied or not. There are political forces which are not favorably disposed towards him, and which can be depended upon to do their utmost to throw every obstacle in the way of his success. If at any time these fhould be for him, it will be when his renomination has become inevitable, and further opposition would bo as fool­ hardy as useless. To the most of those who discuss the matter as it now stands, it is practip4lly conceded that there is but one man who could stand in Mr. Harrison's way, and that is Secretary Maine. That Mr. Maine has the heart of the great Repub­ lican party of the country, no less now than at any time in his brilliant career, is not to be disputed, and in the general esteem he has never stood so high. It is only giving expression to what is unmis­ takably the almost universal Republican thought when It is said that either Blaine or Harrison will be the Republi­ can candidate next year. While Mr. Harrison is presumably a candidate, Mr. Maine, as presumably, is not. Tho latter's most intimate friends have been unable to draw anything from him on the subject. One so close as Chairman Manley, of the Maine Repub­ lican State Committee, is unable to say more than that Mr. Blaine much pre- ters to take care of his health than to subject himself to the dangers of a fa­ tiguing Presidential canvass. This may state accurately all there is to Mr. Blaine's present position. He could have had the nomination in 1888, and would have had it but for his positive refusal to allow himself to be nominated. He may have the same feeling on that sub­ ject now that he had then, but whatever his feeling, it may be taken for granted that ho will not b^ a candidate while ho continues a member of President Har­ rison's Cabinet, or. President Harrison himself is a candidate. He has so far seen no reason for making any public assertion or declaration on tho subject, and he cannot be anxious for any condi­ tion to arise which will make that neces­ sary. Meantime it is thoroughly well known in- inside circles that some of the in­ fluences which are opposed to the re­ nomination of Mr. Harrison are arrang­ ing to use the Blaine sentiment of the party to obstruct tha President's chances. These influences wiil osten­ sibly support Mr. Blaino for the nomina­ tion--not because they love Blaino more, but Harrison less. The most potent of these force9 are in the Republican Na­ tional Executive Committee. Senator Quay and Senator Cameron have both declared to their friends that they are now for Maine, and to that extent thev have at last adjusted themselves to the popular feeling in Pennsylvania. Sev­ eral members of the National Executive Committee have recent]v been spreading their programme in different States. They are all seeking to make Harrison's nomination impossible, and it is not too too much to say there is no other par­ ticular object in the movement, unless it be to make Blaine impossible, too. There is every danger that such will be the re­ sult of the work now in progress. The plan, as so far developed, is to get Republican State conventions which will meet this year to declare for Blaine wherever possible. There is a natural expectation that such resolutions would go through with the greatest enthusiasm and good-will. Whatever the effect of this upon the prospects of Mr. Harrison, its effect upon Mr. Blaine must be most unfortunate. It would be to him singu­ larly embarrassing. It would almost inevitably put him in a position where he would feel obliged to resiffn his place in President Harrison's Cabinet, or it would force him to make public an un­ equivocal declaration that he cannot bl a candidate, and to make it in such a way that any hope of getting him to reconsider it would have to be aban-* doned, as it was three years ago. Against his leaving the Cabinet and dropping the great work which he has in hand the whole country will protest,. It would be regarded as unfortunate for the administration, for the' Republican party and for the country. Against his being forced into the other alternative, there are already plenty of protests from Mr. Blaine's earnest personal friends. Whether circumstances shall ultimately put him in the position of being a will­ ing candidate or not, they do not want him to be forced into an attitude that would complicate him with any portion of the party, or else compel him to leave the field of possible candidates.--Phila­ delphia Press. The Increase of Our Foreign Trad*. The free-traders told us while the present tariff law was under considera­ tion, and they are telling us now, that it will have the effcct to < ut off our foreign trade. The McKinley tariff act v*nt into operation Oct 6, 1890; consequently it is fair to assume that as early as the December following the effects of the new law upon our foreign trade would be visible in diminished exports and im­ ports. What is the testimony of the figures? From the reports of the chief of the Bureau of Statistics, the values of exports and imports covering the months of December, 1890, January and Febru­ ary, 1891, are given, in comparison with the corresponding months of the yeai previous, as follows: Experts. 184SUA, December.............. 896,901,840 JanuarT 75,211,638 February 70,#77,WS isna«t. $08,4^1,580 &U531 388 74,592,870 Total 4" 2,»,),U4 675,788 Impost#. I>cemb«ar...., January..,.., February ... S59.838.414 ... (>*,222,098 ... 63,238,981 To t*h W86.38J.S37 #189,023,498 Instead of falling off, the aggregate of our foreign trade was $15,773,541 greater during the the first three months after the new law was well in force than it was during the corresponding months of the year previous. Considering the very large importation of foreign manufac­ tured goods affected by the tariff during August and September, the large volume of imports since that period is quite re­ markable. -The net increase of the ex­ port of merchandise of 810,437,403 dur­ ing the last December, January and February over the corresponding months a year earlier is a gratifying feature, aa it means a saving of gold at home'. It also proves tho falsity of the free-trade assumption that trade between different countries is mere barter, and that if we do not give them free markets they will retaliate by refusing to buy of us. But statistics are always against the free­ traders; consequently they have no use for them- Facts, however, are argu­ ments. AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. ILLINOIS LAW-MAKERS. "v. Tariff Pl<£ur*a» NO. 1. In •pit* ef the McKtaiey btll the prtee 6\ wheat haa increased 90 per cent. Wheat. 69.3c. per bushel In 1839. 83.8r. per bushel tu But Grover says only manufactured gooda lhave ad Tan col. NO. a. cheap coat la the demand of the ags. So, atl^ast, Cleveland says. He Bhould add, how­ ever, that a cheap coat means a ch«ap tailor. Average Daily Wages. Tailors. Qermany, OOo. per day* England, 81.SS. United Statet (Wew l'orlt State), 82.50. How should we prollt as a nation to reduce the price of clothing and establish GOeenta per day aa the current wages of tailors? NO. a. Bents are a little higher In thia ooantry. Why? Because it oosta more to build. Who la benefited ? The wicked carpenter, for one. Look at this: England--Average daily wa^ea, sixteen eitiea, •1.88; Unltfd States-- Average daily wa^es, thirty-two cities (sixty-nine union® or association,B:, •S.35. In the above comparison we have included a large number of the amaller towns of the States, where carpenters are only paid from $2 to $3 38 per day. In New Tork City the rate is 88.25, which would be a fairer comparison with the wages paid in the large eitiea of England.--New York Press. The President'* Letter. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S letter to the Western States Congress is a very able and positive statement of sound Repub­ lican opinion on prominent public ques­ tions.--Buffalo Commercial. IT is gratifying to note the fact that the President and Mr. Blaine are thor­ oughly in accord in a desire for extended I reciprocity in trade with our American neighbors to the south and north.-- W orcester Spy. THE tendering of an invitation to the President to attend the Kansas City convention elicited more than was ex­ pected or wanted by the vagarists who thought it possible to obtain from him, as distinguished authority, countenance and support for their wild, demagogical agitation.--Chicago Tribune. IT is fortunate that the President has taken an early opportunity to state with such force his views on these ques­ tions. The arguments he submitted will not bo found easy to answer by thoso who dissent from him, nor will they fail of great influence upon the opinion of sober and substantial citizens in all parts of the country.--New York Tribune. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S letter exhibits one side of the situation well. Natural­ ly, he recommends to the congress tho ooctrlnes of the Republican party, and bases his arguments upon that political creed. He gives some advice and tells some truths, notably in reference to the effect of the treaties for reciprocal trade, but no one can expect that the treacle will be swallowed by all the delegates.--- Columbus (O.) Dispatch. THE. President's position on silver coinage is directly and concisely stated --he is in favor of blmetalism and the largest coinage of sliver possible, and at the same time maintain the equality of values between tho white and yellow metals. The President's letter upon the problems agitating the West shows an Intimate acquaintance with the situa­ tion. --lou a State Register. THE President talks gooa Republican doctrine in his letter to the Kansas City Commercial Congress, and puts it in such straightforward language that nobody need have any difficulty in comprehend­ ing it. * * * Undoubtedly his letter will be received in many quarters as a campaign document, but we think the people will receive it as a very sensible document, embodying the views of the majority of the American people.--Phil­ adelphia PresH. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S letter to the farmers is one of those wise, bold and statesmanlike acts that lift the Presiaent's office out of the hurly-burly of party politics, and mark the Execu­ tive conspicuously as what in times of 6tress and peril he should be--the eoun- selor and leader of the people. We look to see the letter.exercise a potent influ­ ence in arresting the spread in the West e twin fallacies of free silver and free" trade, which equally threaten the welfare of the republic.--Boston Journal WHILE not argumentative, the Presi­ dent's letter is rich In suggestion. It is the letter of a loyal American to his countrymen, not the voice of one pre­ tending to be an oracle. The writer lays down a few simple propositions in com­ mercial and financial science, and leaves his readers to.draw their conclusions. Those who have been tempted by the siren song of the inflationist or free­ trader should read the President's letter with care and heed the warning it con­ veys.--Minneapolis Tribune. And It Is Growing All the Time. The !McKinley bill did not raise prices so much as it raised the people's good opinion of Maj. McKinley.--Somerville Journal. ' NEW YORK and Brooklyn both spent less money on new buildings during 1890 than they did during lb89, while Chicago's expenditures for new struc­ tures were greater than ever. The frontage of the new houses built in Chicago during 1890 is fifty-one miles and the structures cost $60,000,000. The boom of Chicago is chronio and continuous. THE croakers' predictions of a tight money market the middle of April did not materialize. It is a bad season foi the croakers, also for Democratic hopes. --Indianapolis Journal ITEMS GATHERED PROM VARI­ OUS SOURCES. What Oar Neighbors Are Doing--Matters of General and Local Interest -- Mar- rlagee and Denthn- Aecidsati and Crimes --Personal Pointers. PART third of the State Mine Inspect­ or's Report was Issued from the office of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics. A summary of the statistics shows that coal has been mined in fifty-seven coun­ ties. The total number of mines and openings of all kinds is 936: the total number of employes 28.574, of whom 20,106 are miner?. Of the 8,468 other employes 865 were boys 14 years old or more. There were 12,63f».364 tons of coal mined of the aggregate value of $12,892,936, or an average per ton of $1.01. An average priee of 68 cents per ton was paid for hand mining, .the amount thus mined being 9,756,381 tons. Thero are 2Gti mining machines in use, 2,881,983 tons being mined by ma­ chinery. The minings of this amoupt of coal required the use of 235<246 kegs of powder and cost the lives of 53 men^ Two hundred and ninety-four men were injured. One hundred and seventy-six mines were opened or reopened, and 94 closed or abandoned. Compared with the pre- ced'ng year there is an increase of 8 in tlie number of counties in which mines are operated and 82 in tho number of 'mines. iPho aggregate Output is in­ creased 1,040,401 tons And the average value has decreased 5 cents per ton. The average price of ttiinlfig for the State at large declined 5 cents per ton. The number of employes decreased and 31 mining machines were added. There was an In/roasc in fatal accidents of 11. There are 4 mines producing over 200,- 000 tons and 25 mines producing over 1(0.000 tons. The output of coal in this State has more than doubled during ten years. FRANK DAVIS, a Hungarian, of Chi­ cago, stole several perch from set lines and cut off the hooks. The owner of the lint's caused Davis'arrest. Being unable to furnish $200 bail bonds he> went to jail, where he remained seveK*l days. The value of the property stolen Was 18 cents. \ CASSIUS M. WERNER hanged himself in a room at McEwan's Hotel, Chicago- He left a note, in which he said that his wife, after taking all the money ho could earn, had driven him out of the house at the end of a revolver- This was over a year ago. Mrs. Werner, however, said that her husband had deserted her. and had spent all his money gambling. Werner was an ironmolder, 46 years old. THE Congrcgationalists of tho Rock- ford district held their annual meeting at Harvard. A large number were in attendance. A DELATION, consisting of Senators Leeper, Shuniway, Wright, and Farmer. Representatives Wilkinson, Stringer, Meyer, Craig, Watson, Sol Van Praag and .lames Wilson, and Theo Nelson, .lack Wright and Robert Carter, will visit Sehweinfurth's "heaven," near Rockford. The members are going partly out of curiosity to see the messiali and have a talk with him, and to take a look at the angels, whose conduct of late have given Winnebago Grand Jurors so much per­ plexity. LITTLE Joseph Girot, the 13-year-old son of Joseph GJrot, a butcher at Chi­ cago, fell dead on the sidewalk in front his house. A moment later his father canto up, and, seeing the body, stooped down and recognized it as that of his son, He, carried the boy inside, but life was extinct, and it was apparent that the services of a physician would be of no avail. Young Girot had run away from home early in the morning, and is reported to have been seen during the day with a number of boys, several of whom were eating ice cream said to have been purchased from a street vender. Thero were no marks or bruises on the body indicating personal violence. HIRAM LACY, and Jesse Wllburn, Vandalia farmers, quarreled over a woman. Wilburn shot Lacy in the head. Lacy may live Wilburn has fled. THE heirs of the late United States Senator David Davis and the Hon. Clif­ ton II. Moore, of Clinton, have filed with the clerk of the court a lengthy agree­ ment which divides over $300,000 worthy of property. Moore and Davis were* partners for nearly thirty years. EI.T PEELER was locked up in jail at Dongola while drunk. He set lire to his bed and was burned to death. SAMUEL HIERONYMUS, an old man prominently connected, was adjudged insane at Atlanta. J..G COMSTOCK, champion of Michi­ gan, and Martin, better known as "Farmer Barnes." champion of Iowa, wrestled a catch-as-can match, two points down, best three out of five falls, before the Rock Island Athletic Club for a purse of $200. Comstock won the first fall in fifteen minutes, Burnes the sec­ ond in eight minutes, the third in tweu- ty-five minutes, and the fourth in eight minutes, thereby winning tho match. AT Centralia a second vein of coal has been developed by boring in the old shaft of the Centralia Mining and Manu­ facturing Company. At a depth of 198 feet below the firs.t vein a new deposit was found. It is over seven feet in thickness and is as fine in quality as the best Big Muddy coal. THEODORE KABLE, of Green County, and an unknown companion were fatally hurt in a collision on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Belleville, Ma Tho men were stealing a ride. A NEW Baptist Church at Raleigh was dedicated. THE wholesale grocery house of George A. Ballou, of Springfield, failed. The liabilities are about $55,000, the assets $35,000. Mr. Ballou has been in busi­ ness for twenty-six years, and this is his first embarrassment. Hard collections are said to be the cause. AT Fairbury Mrs. M. J. Wright, milli­ ner and dealer in ladies' furnishing goods, was closed by the sheriff on an execution issued by Edison -Keith & Co., of Chi­ cago. CHAS. MILLER, a resident of Mount Carmel, sold his home and put the greater part of the money in his trunk for safe-keeping. The other evening he was startled to find the money, $700, missing. Miller's son, a young man of 22 years of age, was the thief. He had two confederates, Walls and Baker, both of them local toughs. The three men were arrested at Evansville. AT Springfield a divorce suit was com­ menced, in which Mathilda Rokker is the plaintiff and Henry W. Rokker the de­ fendant. Crqelty is alleged. The defend­ ant is the State Printer and a man of considerable wealth. TWENTY-TWO young men and one young woman, all of respectable families living in Germantown, were arrested for stealing chickens from a Chicago and Eastern Illinois car. Nine pleaded guilty and were fined $4.80 each. The others tcok a change of venue. Miss BELLE MCCI'NE, of Mound City, has been missing from home several days, and is supposed to have gone to St. Louis to go on the stage. AT Quincy the large organ factory of the A. H. Whitney Company was par­ tially destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of sio,<HH> upon the building and fully $10,00J upon the stock and plank In­ surance, $40,000. ON the 4th Representative Merrltt pre­ sided in the House at the »e8sion. Only about twenty-fire members were present. After the approval of the journal a meswwre was received from the fenate announcing the passage of several bills, and the Iloaw* then adjourned. Senator Sheridan presided in the Senate, Senators Hunt. Kerrick. Bassett. Rickert, Wiles Manecke, Caldwell. and Hnrner being present. After approval of the journal the Senate adjourned. : - I N the Senate, on the 5th, bills wero passed as follows: Allowing trustees of funds bequeathed for library purpose* to organize as library associations, that the purposes of such bequests may be better carried out The bill Is for the benefit of the Crerar and Newberry libraries. House bill* j making appropriations for committee ex- r. penses of the General Assembly and for a deficiency in the contingent expense fond ot Public Instruction Superintendent'!! office: making appropriations for the Elgin w Insane Hospital and Northern Normal Uni­ versity: preventing tishing through ice on any body or stream of water; legalizing marriages when one or both parties were % slaves at the time of ni«.rriage; lmpos- S ing a fine of $250 for "tapping" tele- > graph wires; allowing county boards •: to change the system of pauper sap- port in their county, from township « to county support; requiring life insurance agents to procure license from the State Auditor before thev can solicit business; : t providing that when money placed |n the State Treasury by counties, cities, etc., for ! the redemption of bonds ia not called for within one year, it may be refunded to th« county or city; giving public guardians the right to act as Conser'vaiors of an idiot, in­ sane person, or spendthrift when no rela­ tive ot friend of such person will serve as such conservator. The high-license qscs-jA tlon for* th<j first tune In iight years c&£ne . before the House, and for a time provoked a lively discussion. The llouss Committee on Licenses reported back Mr. Nohe's bill making the minimum dramshop license V $1,000 per annum. The House declared It- self opposed to a $1,000 license by a vote of 56 yeas to 40 nays. O N * the tith tho bill of the Woman's Pro- ' tective Association of Chicago, introduced by Mr. O'Donnell, amending the law to pre­ vent the prostitution of females, was read • a third time and passed by the House. By this bill any keeper of an in proper resort who shall permit any unmarried female tin- '. der the age of IS to stop or room in such a house shall be imprisoned in the county ; > jail not less than six nor more than eighteen I months; proof that such person was stop­ ping or rooming in such house at t-he time v charged shall be prima facie evidence i that she was there by permission of the keeper. Mr. Paddock's bill, providing that S t a diocesan convention or council or other general organization for ecclesiastical or religious purposes existing In any church or religious denomination In this State, aod > Which, according to the polity, canons, cus­ tom". or usages of such church or denom­ ination is on) posed of or represents several „ parishes, congregations, or particular ' churches, may organize as a corporation . Willi perpetual succession for the purpose of buildingVroPerty' received but seven af­ firmative votes, and was defeated. The bill allowing miners to employ as check weigh-e man a man who is not an employe of t' mine operator: was passed by a unanin" vote. In a brk'f speech Mr. Green half of the members, presented. be4oeab» Crafts' portrait of himself. Tjf. We ca# expressed his gratitude fooying In full pleasing terms, and fche Ho chailC) to 8e# In the Senate a number of ...ii.. introduced. Mr. LHm.m'/" "® & corporation, licensing _ ,, f®01® banks was advanced to0®* befor® Mr. Fuller's bill providing ft . J ation and management of £ • ife after being amended so as U. ^ 1st Inn banks of the nature to be pr o v is i o n s o f t h e b i l l , w a s o r d e r r V A T . T reading and made a special ords. . ^ 13tli. Mr. Campbell Introduce?. ®x* putting the minimum saloon llceni* whit# State at $800 per year. *h. All O N the ?th, by an almost unanimous Mr. Ferns' anti-trust bill passeft the He, and was sent to the Senate. The bill pj vides that If any corporation or any part4 * nership or any individual or other nssocia-t. tion of persons form any pool, trust, agree- * meat, combination, or corporation to regu­ late or fix the price of any article of merchandise or commodity, or shall enter into, become a member of. or a party to any combination to fix or limit - the amount or quantity of any article he shall be adjudged guilty of conspiracy to defraud. If a corporation, company, firm, or association shall be found guilty It shall be punished by a tine of not less than 8500 nor more than $-',000 for the first of­ fense; for the second offense, not less than ' $2,000 nor more than 85,003; for the third .-';- offense, uot less than $5,000 nor more than 810.000, and for every subsequent offense; and conviction shall be liable to a 5ne of j $15,000. The Senate adopted a resoluttou ' for a sine die adjournment June 12. The ?: Senate sent the Anti-Live-Stock Exchange< i bill to second reading. .jj VufJ „'-ft ' | •'ft j • £$4 • .j, : 'iiKaK , • Th# Ajje of Decay. Birth, growth, maturity, decay, death--such is the normal history of man. The three periods af life should sustain a certain proportion to each other: twenty years of growth, sixty years of maturity, twenty years of do-: cay. This is what might be counted upon as the ordinary course of.' human * life, but for the fact that we labor nn- der a load of ancestral transgressions i of physical and moral law, supplement-' ' ed and intensified by our own personal; delinquencies and follies. How pleasant is the picture! Twenty years of happy childhood and youth. sixty years of intellectual progress and i achievement, with domestic and social: joys, and then tw enty years of slow. I almost unconcious decay, characterized by serenity of mind, pleasing memor- ies, and joyous anticipations of a great-; er life beyond the grave. • Sadly different is human existence as we see it. We look with wonder upon Gladstone, past eighty, still vig­ orous in tody and mind, still strong1 and wise to lead the great Liberal party of England. We accept three­ score and ten as life's natural limit, and expeqt only labor and sorrow if thia limit is passed. We are doomed, we think, by our in­ heritance ; and to some extent this ia - true. But we should remember the l%w of recuperation. The torn flesh heals; the broken bone reunites. Diseases tend toward recovery. Tho - weary toiler rises from sleep strong for t new labors. The wise physician bases J his hopes upon this law. ' And this tendency of Nature to heal j herself may be greatly assisted by careful and intelligent living, so that it is always possible that the man of : unfortunate ancestry may secure 3 himself a good old age, and start fcia posterity upon an ascending plane. < Do what we will,*however, life must : have its end. When the age of decay is reached, hidden changes are going on, the culmination of which is the last great change. The muscles shrink; the brain shrivels; the nerves lose their sensibility and active power: the arteries, perhaps, become chalky or . f a t t y ; t h e h e a r t i s w e a k e n e d ; t h e c i r ­ culation enfeebled; and at last the end conies. During this final period, then, we must take things calmly: avoid ex­ cesses of all kinds; guard against exposures to cold: keep up a degree of mental activity; cultivate cheerful­ ness ; and look forward with hop&-- Western Rural. Maxims of Kimtne**. v GOOD manners are a part of good •MNP* ' als. FORGIVE thyself nothing, but othftia much. FINE manners are the mantle of fair mtads. Ix case of doubt, lean to the side ot mercy. • V ; v j Ir you would make ft AM htta--V V| .* trust him. -->v »•*** ; i