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J;V -n"' fmrgpahilwrta I. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publisl er. lacHBNBY, 'm ILLINOIS. It#: THE best or us Deing nnflt to die, what an inexpressible absurdity it is to put the worst, of us to death. JAY GOULD is not, strictly speak­ ing, a popular man, but if it shoulr please Heaven to call him hence his funeral would be largely attended. THE consummation of madness is '» to do what, at the time of doing it, ^ ire intend to be afterward sorry for; the deliberate and intentional making ^; <of wwrk for repentance, Am an about to make a speech in pubfic should bear in mind that his speech will be read as well as heard 1-'/ j and that to be read with complacency p1" * it must be truthful and. sensible all ^ through. • A DENVER man is on his way to '. * Africa to search for thymines whencc Solomon and the Queen jo f Shebadrew A'f, their wealth,. It makes Denver real |||Sgp.: proud to have all the world learn that she has a* citizen who has heard of Solomon. AMELIERlVE8-CiIANLEB'snCW book Is having a large sale, Mr. Cable's novel is a great success, and the profits of a bookmaker at Lexington, Ky., for the season are $32,000. Southern literature evidently is in a very flourishi ng cond it ion. &• M '• k-. > THERE is a sacredncss in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more elo­ quently than a thousand tongues. They are the messengers of over4 whelming grief, of deep contrition, of unspeakable love. ' . , A PROMINENT New York Woman Suffragist talks about "women's en­ joying the right of franchise." If they do that they have compassed something which is not within the limits of the power of men. Think of men fighting for suffrage because they should "enjoy" it! ' A PHILADELPHIA man is sufgg a street car company for $2,000 damages because there happened to be a tuck on the seat of a car when he sat down. There is nothing that so ag­ grieves a Fhiladelphian as to have to ge+j up in a hurry when fairly y seated. .. JAY GOULD is a hard working phil­ anthropist. "He himself has said it," and that should be convincing. The poor man has lost health, sleep, and happiness trying to rescue rail­ roads from hard straits. In fact he has lost everything worth having except the trifling matter of money. How DIFFERENTLY people look at thingp! In Germany it is a misde- meanor to allude to the Emperor's beard; in Turkey they swear by the beard of the Prophet. But then the Prophet had a beard worth swearing by, while the Emperor's beard is hardly worth swearing at. ~ mm officers cannot do tfcewirae wi h de- facers of natural scenery and scrib­ blers of autographs in public places. THE doctors are discussing tbe question whether the epidemic la grippe will return this winter. The weight of testimony is that it is not likely to be severe. 4 'The microbes of la grippe live and thrive in arctic cold," says a wise writer, and "the long, hot summer has been the best possible agent to destroy the (terms." Such diseases, however, have'io wear out gradually. La grippe will likely be a fixture among diseases for years to come. THE bicycle is to play a prominent part in coming military campaigns, and, in conjunction with those other sprightly inventions, the telephone and the phonograph, maybe expected to revolutionize warfare. England has made liberal use of the bicycle in mounting ambulance men, scouts, ri­ flemen, and light artillery men. Evi­ dently there is no hope that the dex­ terous bicyclers will supercede caval­ ry, for Europe's armies are getting in­ crease of horsemen every year. r' t 4PWWWW-* AFTER all the denials from England in regard to the reported naval dem­ onstration on the Island of Mity- lene, an English official report now gives the details of the incident and declares that the maneuvers were carried on by permission of the Turk­ ish authorities; that guns were landed and mining operations undertaken and successfully completed. As Turkey has also insisted that she had no knowledge of the affair, there ap­ pears to have been exercised a con­ siderable economy of the truth in re­ ference to the matter. THERE is a liberal education in common sense in the experience of a Chicago embezzler, who was tracked to his lair by the odor of the peculiar and permeating perfume with which he was wont to scent his raiment, and, being discovered, was entrapped by aid of a photograph of himself with the head of his inamorata re­ clining upon his manly chest. If the melancholy experience of this preda­ tory individual shall teach other though less erring men to avoid loud perfumes and sentimental photo­ graphs he will not have sinned . in vain. WHAT! Must a simple, innocent snore divide man and wife, and bring about the dread decree of dire di­ vorce9 So it would seem, if we were to judge exclusively by the case of #a Brooklyn man, who professed that he could not endure his wife's snore. Out upon him for a selfish husband! Could he bear the coarse j ell of the midnight ferryboat, the clangor of the fire engine's bell, the blood-curdling shriek of the horse-car conductor's whistle, yea, even the caterwouling of the feline sweet-singer saluting the dawn from the back fence; and could not stand the snoring of his weary spouse? If he would escape condem­ nation let him hasten to make peace | with the fair dame, and to esteem a little snoring now and then a genteel accomplishment. Two VERY important pieces of news have recently come out in Wisconsin. First we were informed that the original draft of the State Constitu­ tion is missing, and now comes the information that a brindle cow at Peewaukec has swallowed her cud, j and between the two it is difficult to say which is the more important. A CLERGYMAN who smokes says he | looks upon his cigar as a safety-valve j for the escape of a little worldly: smoke and gaseousness that are bet ter j set free than allowed to gather enough force to explode and scatter things." If he is careful always to smoke good cigars the excuse may be allowed. Otherwise it must be1 waved aside. A FRENCH geologist has made a careful calculation of the amount of solid matter carried from the surface of the land into the oceans of the earth, and has reached the conclusion that at the rate it is going it will take only 4,500,000 years for all the land to slide off into the water. It will be seen, therefore, that that real estate company in Chicago which has been selling lots located at the bottom of j the lake is only a little premature. A GOOD deal of admiration has been wasted in the past on "Jim Bludso," John Hay's heroic engineer, who, be­ ing on the burning Prairie Belle on the Mississippi, lived up to an oath he had sworn long before and "held her nozzle agin the bank till the last ga­ loot got ashore." It did not occur to the poet, and probably escaped the notice of his readers for the most part, that when Jim had crowded on all the steam he could he had done his best and might just as well have es* caped with the other "galoots.'! The only man who could "hold her nozzle agin the bank" was the wheelman, and he was wholly overlooked by the poet. In the latest case of a burning steamboat, howeve-r, the pilot is done full justice by the dispatches. It was on Lake Ontario that George Atkinson, the pilot of the burning Geneva, brave­ ly stood at his post amid the crackling flames until the boat was tied up at the wharf and every passenger had been rescued. He has furnished the text for a newer and a truer poem than *'Jim Bludso." » ST. JOSEPH, MO., has developed a new industry that mav become as profitable and common as the pastime of train robbing that its distinguished citizens, the James boys, once fol­ lowed. A brace of nervy St. Joe cit­ izens have just gone through a hotel and robbed office safe, clerk, bar­ keeper and gueste. It was done so quietly and gentlemanly, but with such masterly skill, that the citizens are asking if the Youngers are re­ turned to town. THE French army authorities are understood to be giving some atten­ tion to the aerial machine invented by Mr. Maxim for the hurling of de­ structives down upon the enemy. The effects anticipated from it are start­ ling. The inventor has an important gun in uSe, and is regarded as a prac­ tical man. The more horrible the enginery of destruction, the less oc­ casion there will be fot\ it. THE action of a Ge/man guard in compelling Chteagd tourists to fetch a bucket of /water and some soap and scrub his name off the base of a fa­ mous monument where the wretched man had written it made "the pun­ ishment fit the crime" in a capital manner. It Is a pity that our law What to l?o«f Jurted. "If you ever get locked up," says the venerable roilnder to a New York Commercial Advertiser man, "there is a trick or two worth knowing. Of course I am not saying you ever will fall upon such evil ways, but in these days of ward detectives, who have got to manufacture a reputation, and superambitious policemen there is no telling what may befall the citizen who prowleth nocturnally. In the first place you must understand that it is to the policeman's advantage to have you looking as disreputable as possible when you are hauled before the bar of justice in the morning. No matter at what hour you are appre­ hended, do not attempt to sleep in your cell. Ilepose on a plank sim­ ply produces aching joints and red eyes the next morning and gives you a riotious aspect. Fold your coat and vest up carefully and sit on them, resting your back against the wall. When you reach the prisoners' pen in the morning you will find a basin and faucet in the corner. Take youi handkerchief and scrub your face thoroughly, dampen it again and brush your hat with it, using it fin­ ally to take the dust off your boots. When you go before the judge say nothing and let your looks speak lor you." Value of Smoke. - Smoke is finding its champions in England, notwithstanding the efforts made to prevent its diffusion in the atmosphere. It is claimed that the carbon in the smoke is a powerful de­ odorizer, and as such is A blessing rather than a nuisance. - - i,V.V - ; : " ,'i. r i : BOURBON FALSEHOODS OHIO REFUTEPI?; M Tire tnudou Times Thundettng AfaMt McKinley--A Snob for Governor of New York State -- Soldiers* Wages and Pen­ sions -- Souaetbluji About twiU--l*riH ic»l Notes. Ttoe "Ttinaderer" with Demovrwey, The London Times again comes te the aid of the Democratic party in Ohio in an editorial articie, considerably more than a column long. The Times shows a truly touching anxiety for the welfare of the American consumer, lie and his privations are frequently referred to with expressions of deep, unselfish, British regret for his subjection to the McKinley law. Indeed, the interest of the Times and the British manufactur­ ers in the American consumer has ndt been equaled since America was a favor­ ite and profitable market for the con­ sumption of British shells and ammuni­ tion, supplied to Nor.hern consumers by way of Confederate cannon and rifles, also imported from Great Britain. The tenderness of tho English for foreign consumers is proverbial, whether tho artic e consumed is a scalping knife or a Whitworth gun. The Titues consoles itself and the British employers of labor that used t< supersede Amer can labor, butdc»j.-» no longer, with the reflection that "It is not very easy to determine how far the decline of European exports in the commodities aflected lias been com­ pensated to the American consumer by the development of correspondingnative industries. The geneial opinion of En­ glish manufacturers appears to b3, how- aver, that American capitalists will not readily undertake industries whose pros­ perity must depend on tho stability or a tar ill which has already lost some of its popularity with tho United States electorate, and that therefbre the de­ cline of the exports points to a reduc­ tion in the supply of tae commodities affected." Speaking of the effect of the McKin­ ley law upon British products, the Times admits that "in woo en goods tho lower qualities have been groatiy injured, but the higher qualities seem stiil to bold their own. Sheffield goods appear to exnibit the same features, though tho total decrease of export is very large. Manchester has not groatiy suffered, and Leeds appears to have recovered its American losses in other parts of the world. Bradford, on the other hand, has suffered even more than was antici- Kated. At Dundee a great change has een wrought in the quality and style of the goods sent "to America, but the manufacturers do not seem to antici­ pate much permanent loss from the change." The Times adds that "if the support­ ers of the tariff are satisfied with theso results, there is, perhaps, not much moro to be said. But it is not to be expected that European traders should be satis­ fied with them." Probably not; but then the tariff was not framed to satisfy Eu­ ropean traders. The Times sayspover again, like a man whistling to kce his courage up, that the stability and per­ manence of the tariff are too uncertain (or American capitalists to risk money In the establishment of new lndustr es Under its protection. T'he wish is father to the thought, and both thought and Irish are contradicted by facts. Not American capitalists only, but prominent foreign manufacturers aiso have begun the establishment of new industries since Ihe McKinley measure became a law; and a great amount of money is being paid for tabor done in America that was formerly paid to the foreigner lor manufactured abroad. •11 iwrawnth. Later the rats *M in­ creased to per month, and this rate was continued 'until May, 1864, after which it was increased to 816. But very soon after the outbreak of the war the average wasre of the commonest farm laborers rea hed 81 per day, or per month of working days. It is well with­ in bounds to estimate the wages of the soldier throughout tho war at not more than half that of unskilled labor. But of loss directly traceable to the depreciation of greenbacks the Mail and Express figures that in the year 1862 tho soldier's Sir»0 in greenbacks, the pay for twelve months' marching and fight- j ing, was worth #139 in go'd. Tho S156 I which he received for his pay in 18.53 j was wo th but $106 in gold. The $180 | in greenbacks, which was the soldier's | pay for four months at 813 and eight I months at 816 for 18R4, was worth loss j than 890 in gold; and his yearly stipend { of $192 for 1865 was equivalent to but 8125 of the money in which the bonds were paid. Those figures give emphasis to Ma?or McKlnloy's pier that the soldier who was paid in dep'i Mated paper shall not suffer additional lost by being pensioned O'I depreciated silver. Setts'* Record. The reord of John Seitz, candidate of the People's j arty for Governor of Ohio, is ventilated in a thorough manner by the Ohio State Journal, whose editor has (looked the matter up The Journal shows that Seitz has belonged to every party under tho sun except the Repub­ lican; that he has been a chronic office- seeker for many years: that he voted in the Ohio Legislature against ratifying the constitutional amendment giving, colored men the right to vote; that he* recorded his oppo itiou to the appoint­ ment of a committee to pay a visit to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home; that he even voted against the establishment of such ! a home, being the only member of the j House who did so; and that he fought ! most bitterly the placing of a Liin oln memorial in the rotunda of the Capitol. Tho Journal finds, also, that he opposed the pa-sage of a law equalizing the bounty of soldiers and sailors; that he favored a joint resolution instructing Congress to buy the R. E. Lee estate; that he voted against the purchase of portraits of Gens. Thomas and McPher- son; and, in short, never lost an oppor­ tunity to show his hatred of the soldiers of the republic. In 1871 a resolution was offered in the Ohio Legislature au­ thorizing the appoint- ent of a commis­ sion to inspect the vial mines ot the. State and report *i/r cor edition as af­ fecting the heak and siifety of £\e miners. This humane measure was adopted by An overwhelming majority, there being only four votes in the nega­ tive. John Settz was one of the four. Taking him as he runs, he seems to be a perverse and heartless old wretch. . Democratic Tnkehoodi. The Bourbon falsehood in Ohio Is short-lived. It alleges one day that tin- plate is not made at Piqua and that the sample made by Maj. Mclvinley in that city was from imported steel dipped in Imported lead, and that there was no tin in it. Next day comes the affidavit Of a Democrat, which avers that tho steel was mado and rol ed in Piqua, that the amount of tin used was of the pro­ portion always used in the manufacture of tin-plate, and that it was mined in California. That the lead used was bor­ rowed from a neighboring firm is ad­ mitted, lead being used in connection witk tin in the manufacture of tin-plate; but It was borrowed only because of de­ lay in receiving lead ordered from American mines. There is no reason to doubt the American origin of the bor­ rowed lead, for this country exports rather than imports that metal. Indeed the whole imports of Jead, including all its manufacturers, were less than $250,- 000 for a year. Beaten upon this point, the Ohio falsehood next takes the form of a de­ nial of tin-plate being made, or of there being preparation to make it in large quantities in America. Forthwith comes •vidence of large sales of American- made roofing tin-plate by at least two firms in Pennsylvania; and upon the heels of that there comes from the Metal Worker a laudation of the fine quality of tho tin-plate for domestic uses made experimentally at Piqua. and % description of the magnitude of the preparations for making it commer­ cially. Besides which, the reason of an Idiot who has sense enough to go to bed when sleepy derides the silly story of a firm that does not intend to make tin- plate professing an interest in its manu­ facture. Everybody, except a Bourbon, knows that no firm that has no interest In the manufacture of tin-plate will go to the trouble and expense of experi­ menting largely in its manufacture. Confuted on this point, tho next Ohio falsehood was, "Ch, it is only in Penn­ sylvania, and "perhaps at Piqua, Ohio, that there is a large output of tin plate, or large preparations for it; and, more­ over, tin plate is dearer on account of the tariff." In reply Major McKinley read a letter from tho Bull Stamping Company, of Detroit, stating that their present prices are 5 per cent, lower than last year's, and that they make all the tin-plate used for their large milk cans. He aho read another letter from Norton Bros., of Chicago, in which it is stated that, they are selling cans for 82.15 which In 1890 sold at $3.15 to 83.25, and other cans at 32.90 which last year sold for to 84.25. This "s ttied it" for the latitude of Ohio. Falsehood, retired in dismay. The tin-plate industry of the United States is do ng quite as well a* it is pos­ sible for a trade that ha* had a chance to live against Welsh competition only Since July last; and we assure our read­ ers that American tin-p ate is destined to be as fixed a fact as American steel rails are. And we remind them that it is the same party and the same press that tried to slay tho ste^l rail industry by falsehood that now is taxing the in­ genuity of all the Bourbons In America to bring fal# charges against the tin- plate business. £oldlertt' Wagon and Pensions. The New York Mail and Exoress has done good service by compiling tables that show part of the monetary loss borne by each private soldier of the Union army during tho years-of 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865 in consequence \ithe depreciated value of the Green­ backs ia which he was paid. We s,ay part of the monetary loss, because riot even the well-arranged and carefulfyr compiled tables of the Mail and Express^ can show the whole loss. At the Soldiers were enlisted on a wage scale li A Free-Coinage Picture. The great importance to the country ot the •Uw-colnage question and the mendacious aa- •awrtlons of Eastern Democrats that the Democracy Is not for free silver coinage lead the Press to present an Illustration ehoirlng how the Democrats really stand on silver. In the House of Representative* June 5,1890, when Mr. Bland moved to instruot the Coinage Com­ mittee to report » free-coinags bill, the number of Democrat Is Representatives that voted Yes was lOl. mmmmmmmmmmx Th* number that voted Ko was 13. In the Senate last January tbe number of Dem­ ocratic Senators who votsd for the Vest free- ooinage bill was S3. The number of Democratic votes againnt it was 3. This reprssects the attitude of the whole Dem- oeratto party oa the silver question.--Mew Mt VMM, - -- i|*ii|iliii ' * A Tariff Picture. Every American housewife is interested In the prioe ot linen thread. In 1373 Btaidard brands of six cord, 200 yard spool cotton thread were SoM at wholesale at an average price of 66 oents per dozen, net. Now the same foods an Belling at an average Of 37 cents per dozen, net. These figures are from absolutely reliable au­ thority. They show how protoction has brought down the prioe of an indispensable article. Is the tariff a tax?--Nev Yoik Press. Three Feature* of the McKinley BIB* It is amusing to witness the struggles of the free trade organs with the Mc­ Kinley bill. Tbe growth of this meas­ ure in popu'arity is almost as great a surprise to its friends as it must have been to its ene:uies. Campaign prices turned out to be campaign lies, and the people are beginning to realize phases of this bill which were almost entirely overlooked in the campaign last fall. First came the treaty with Brazil, illus­ trating the automatic rcciprocitv feat­ ure of the McKinley bill. When the duty was abolished on sugar, the price took a sudden drop. Then there is that clause providing for free importation of raw material to be manufactured into articles for oxport, giving the American manufacturer equal footing with his transatlantic competitors for all foreign trade. Her* we have reciprocity, free su;ar and free raw material. The meaning of this is an enormous reduc­ tion in the burden of taxation, advant­ ageous terms for the admission of American goods into foreign markets, and free raw material out of which to manufacture those exports. Besfdes absolutely protecting the home market, the McKinley bill has thus reduced un­ necessary taxation and opened up im­ portant South American markets to the products of our soil, mines, workshops and mills. It has been a glorious achievement, and the people are just awakening to what has really been accomulished. Free-trade papers are fairly squirming. Reciprocity without free trade in Eu­ ropean commodities has no attractions for them, and free raw material for the export trade they declare is discrimi­ nating against the home consumer. Among the important changes brought about by this bill are brightening trade prospects both abroad and at home. New enterprises are being projected, and prices for staple commodities have not increased. By all means let us dis­ cuss the McKinley bill. 'Ihe thorough discussion of the measure in all its bear­ ings will make victory easy for the Re­ publicans in 18^2. Democrats and Silver.' la the State platforms of this year only three Demo -ratic declarations of principles have contained planks that can be construed as favoring sound money. In Pennsyivania, New York, and Massachusetts the Democrats avow themselves opposed to the free and un­ limited coinage of sliver. In all the other States in which conventions have been held the Democracy has asserted the potency of free s lver as a remedy ! for the financial ills of which the people I are said to be complaining. Last year twenty-two Democratic State conven- j tions adopted free silver platforms, and ] only four favored "hard money." It is I from evidence like this that the general j tendency of the two parties on the sliver question is to be as ertained- j If the record of the last Congress Is I searched it will be discovered that in the : House on a test of the tr«e silver ques- i stlon lOl Democrats voted fo> unlimited coinage, and only thirteen against it, while in the Senate twenty-tfc «• Demo- • • Mi m cratfc members vote! foi free cofuaga and only three against it Thirte can be no reasonable dispute in the face of,such conclusive evidence that the Democratic party, as a national organization, ii the friend of "cheap money," and would del­ uge the country with silver if it had Ihe opportunity. i . . i # The Flower Ceat of AraMfc>, . The "plain, common people" £re asked to eloct as Governor of New York a man whose snobbery has been shown by the adoption of a coat of arms modeled after the coats of arms of English nobility and aristocracy. Mr. Flower is said to have his gold and silver table service, his carriages, harness mountings, ser­ vants* livery and other belongings adorned with this coat of arms. Its de-* sign is three birds and three balls on a shield, surmounted by a larger bird with a wormln its m >uth. The signliticaiice of some of these emblems is only t$| well known to many poor people, If Mr. Flower's heraldic crest was pr drawn according to his present prod menU it would be a tiger rampant a withered Cower in tho tightening of its claws. '&• ARSENIC. ptast Its rM (M tfert AMfc land Manufactures. • rip. -S - f Ohio uid lours. THIS Republicans of Ohio lianJly ox- pect to administer a defeat in six figures this year, but th!?y think the majority will serve.--Cincinnati Times-Star. THE facts are that Maior McKinley Is making the most brilliant campaign ever known In Ohio, and Campbell "is not yet in it" in any respect.--Columbus Jour­ nal. OHIO is a Repub'ican State normally, and will scarcely make the mistake of aot showing its true co ors a twelve** month in advance of a Presidential eleel tion.--New York Tribune. MB. MILLS' visit to Ohio has not done the Democratic cause in that State any good. It was a lost cause before he went there, and it will ^remain such, n<^ A A. The fight already vigproqsly and plucklly begun against the unre­ strained employment of arsenic in the manufactures and the arts prom­ ises to be a long and a hard one. On one side will be seientiile protest, backed by demonstratablc fact and by common sense. On the other, will be the manufacturer, Who sees a profitable branch of trade seriously imperiled, and who is prepared to come trFlts rescue with arguments of %ho golden and substantial sort Which so appeal to the professional lobbyist. ^Public sentiment, at least in the lie- ginning. will not be a weighty factor in the matter; for public opinion i«* on the subject, unfornied, indifferent and slu^gis||. The latW fact points out to our Workers the- line in wnicb their efforts may*' most,^'profitably |>c directed. Public sentiment must be groused to tbe dangers of the uncon- wolled use of arsenic. Warnings and ,facts must be given, and re-stated, and given again, with tne unwearied persistency which is the price of arresting public atten^on; given in talk of friend and friend; in serious counsel of the physician to his patients; above all, through the daily press, whose columns are open to end­ less discussion of a matter so import­ ant to the general public, and whose editorial* hias, up to date at least, seems distinctly on the side of reform. It is quite time the reform came to be; and there is good cause to hope that enlightened public opinion will soon insist on its coming to be, when matter how many other outside oratoMoLoncc the facts of the case have been there.--St Louis <jlobe-Demo so farSrealizori th;it nnhlir nnininn is may go crat ' Gov. BOIES is on the defensive. He spent nearly all his time in his Tipttfn speech in an effort to parry tiie force of the reso'utions adopted b^ the DCJ Moines Methodist Conference condemn­ ing his encouragement of violations ok the liquor law by indiscriminate pardon- ' ings and otherwise.--Muscat ne Jour­ nal. * Gov. CAMPHELT, is making some wi^ty speeches, but witty ta'k will sat car**, ilia safely through a business oompaigc. . His party has raised the issuoa of i'Uo tariff and the do lar. and tho peop7e want to hear Gov. Campbell on these in a business like way. Fun is ail right^ but it doesn't buy bread--Wheeling In;1 teiligencer. THE Texas Mills now has both feet in his mouth. Not satisfied wholly wlt&, the declaration that he is in favor of d tax on sugar, alhd that free silver is noK what it is cracked up to be, he hair struck more terror to the hearts of the Ohio Democrats by asserting that wool should be placed on the freo list. Mr. Mills and his "convlc:ions" are revolv­ ing like a button on a smoke-house door. If the Democratic State Central Com­ mittee was wise it would put wheels un% der tho Texan and run him off into Iowa} or New York.--Cleveland Leader. Bonis is already in tho conspiracy to execute the Michigan outrage* upon Iowa, first Gerrymandering the Congres­ sional districts and then making the Presidential electors e'octlve severally in the districts. This is the very pur­ pose which Is uppermost in his mind when he is urging that national issues should be re'ejjatod to the rear, for he wants to defraud Republicans so that they may vote iu the Iowa local election this fall to destroy Republicanism In the national election next fall.--Sioux City Journal. > •I**.'. Mr Political Pointer*. MR. CLEVELAND is still strong In the confidence and regard of the West­ ern Democracy.--Memphis Avalanche (Dem.). IT is absolutely certain that David BT Hill will not be the next Democratic nominee for the Presidency, and it is al­ together probable that Grover Cleveland will be.--Boston Herald (Dem.). 4 WHILE all Democrats re ognbe and $d mi re the many sp endid qualities Mr. Cleveland and are inclined to ap-^^ntradictions'^are plaud his name whenever mentioned, it ' doesn't follow that he would be an availtL able candidate for tho Presidency.^-- Mobile Register (Dem.). IT is a great mistake to regard Cleveland as cither the or'ginator or chief advocate of the tariff refo; movement. He was very tardy abo making his position known on the sub­ ject, and he never said anything that others hadn't said before him and said better.--Birmingham Age-Herald (Dem.). Ir Cleveland's name was mentioned in the New York Democratic conven­ tion the press reports failed to make any mention of the fact. There was really3§fiJ*<int, not to be placated, no reason why It should have been men- ' ' * " ' -- - tloned. but since Hill was indorsed and Gorman commended the silence in re« gard to the ex-President is somewhat significant.-- Birmingham Age-Heraid (Dem.). TUB Impression seems to gain on the so farcrealized that public opinion is aroused and formed. First, the fact, monstrous in every sense of the word; that there are imported into the United States^ yearly, upwards of nine millions of pounds of arsenic; and that this vast bulk of 'shockingly dangerous material 'is so far made use of, before the twelve­ month is passed^s, next year to necessity: ||taupWation ^of an equal amount. IPJOVTTS it utilized? Con- #lerin« hW inllnitesimal, compara­ tively, is the aniount-Jikely to be em­ ployed ffiedicallj anp; pharmaceutic- ally, what, imnrewse remainder is to be*acehatnted for to> the defenders of^the imblicjiealth.4 There is little doubt, wTien^e take into°account the surpmsing variety of^iftide's which have beep known to tpnwnunicate arscnicat^^Soning, that theft? is, scarcely a' jpanufactip^/iof personal furnishinga^r,househtpd plenishings at whdle doormiay not be laid the charge of ignorance/ or deliberately Imperilling the healtnrof his fellow- beings, by. sefiding out, under his labels, goods capable of communicat­ ing poison*. Now we have a patient >isoned,by the wearing of a cheap, ed gjove;- noW^ by qgpair of bright bflnnet strings; now- Uy sleeping in a room "aesthetically"' papeml; now by inhaling thel'impalpable anst from arsenic-tinted C#§M«S blowing in the wind; now va baby surfcfe arsenic from the corner of its pretty bed quilt; now a child sufters from eating candies wrapped in arsenic-tinted papers. It plFrwtds like some seti- sational tjil^ in apenny-dreadfill news- tjriS jie-verttteless all a de-.paper; but P.lofable sjifd shameful fiicjt, and will so • ^continue tfnbU our Jaws d&mand that a label stating* the presence of poison be affixed ,by evejr>' manufacturer to jArevery article sen^ aut by'him contain- * ing arst^yfei.as'tjiust,-nowwhe done by revery \vith the prescritions which contain so farcieally^smaller a relative amount; Naturally manii- factufeersiphject to this, and already protests, roll"in4h(4r'tjittcr animus, their lack of lqgic (and manifest self- et with here and there. Th.V!'5 \ye are told by the maker offifeext Ufjipa brio? is all to blame, and the maker uf textile fabrics solemnly • assures us that he could not afford to use anything so expensive in his busi- ss as arsdpc, which, we discover on quiry, cosls the prohibitory sum of 2 cents pound!#. The case^is.-Jiow- ever, so ob^fously a bad one fwthe nianufactyrer that his tight will prob­ ably be conducted in "still hunt" fashion, with the weighty yellow arguments hinted at above. Against such argument public opinion, vocif- is, as we Jiave said, the only effective weapon, bet each of us do his share toward oreating such opinion. Facts and facts and facts must be the battering rams jvjth which J^o break our way through ljfirtoranee abd indifference. Useful put!!" "XTSUTr ««*«« York's warring Democratic factions tlic n.imes of the principal manufac- patch (Ind ) WHAT is the use of papers talking about "Mr. Cleveland's chance" for the Democratic Presidential nomination next year? Mr. Cleveland has no chance In 1888, with all tho Federal machinery in New York State at his command, he lost the State by 17,000 votes. He cannot obtain a ma'ority of the delegates from that State to the Democratic National Convention, and that fact means that he can net obtain the nomination.--Toledo Blade (Rep.). THE death of Gen. Boulanger .at Brussels by his own hand carries a turbulent and unbalanced spirit out of French politics. He lacked the elements of successful leadership, though none could question his physi­ cal courage. He aspired to become a dictator of France, but was easily thwarted. Whether his course was prompted by aspirants to the throne may never be known. Boulanger was not an exemplary man in his private life--not a model, at any rate, for the young men of his country--and now after life's fitful fever "he sleeps well." «I sent my soul through the invisible. ^pme letter of that after life to spell; And by and by my soul returned to me. And answered, 'I myself am heaven and hell.'" THE German marriage fashion patronizes the myrtle. Special myrtles are grown in grounds at Os­ borne for British royal marriages t raised from sprigs from the various wedding bouquets. A cutting was sent over to Russia for the Duchess of Edinburgh's wedding, in order to< keep up the family tradition. THE "beat* Is a raeosl, as everyone kaows; He borrows small suuis wherever be goes. And BS one can beUsv* m word that he aaj~ For 1M to thsai aU, Wt to pfeys. 7*4* turing houses which are large import­ ers and purchasers of arsenic. The mere publication of their names, »nd pre%pproximate amount of arsenic purchased by each yearly, Jiiight have may yet furnish pn effective background for the boom of an elegant and astute gentleman who bears the name of William C. Whitney, and has found t hi Standard Oil barrels handy to his rea h „.dm amum• iw.it- ,, .. U,,alutary effect In so turning,he w 1 ' ' Q u i r i n g p u b l i c e y e . i n t h e i r - d i r e c t i o n " - - - - - - - - - ^js to make it awkward for them to ISQIS INCIDENTS. BSR. OR STARTLING, PALTM* PUI-LY RECORDED. Driven Crazy by , Salt Damage*--AsMMmnDt* In the SI liiphjjht-Tta in Fayette Countjr--BsM Attempts* Jall-Break!nc/ Suicide Of PrafeMor^ephtaitp AT Qulncy, Prof. J. R. Stephe suicided by sending two bullets in brain. It is believed he was sujfe from temporary insanfty. in 1885 attempted to drown himself, but entering the water he came to his senses. The Professor was the Inityructtir/of science and mathemathicsyin the Frank­ lin High School and wa^much respected. He was born at Denn/arb, l^oar Hnriing- ton, where he formerly occupied the pulpit The deed was committed in a ravine near the,fTiver, a seclu i'ed pi ace. He was on his Way to school when the spell came over him, and stopping into a hardware sto|*> he purchased a re­ volver and loading it ran at the top of his speed to the place where he shot himself. Injury to the brain from a faij wrniTa boy is believed to haw led to occasional fits of Insanity. AT llllopolis. Roland Birks, a wealthy iM gentlemen, aged 73 years, was married' Xi0 for the third time. The bride is Mrs. " Rebccca Prady. . ^ OXK of the foremost of Dewitt Con a- ' l ty's citizens, G. H. Kelly, died of con-' ,' sumption. He was serving his seventh/' term as Chairman of the Board of So- ^ pervisors. J. T. GIDCUMB, who is wanted in Den- ,.v' ton, Texas, to answer the charge of . , murder and arson, was arrested la j-'• Carmi, and placed in jail at Benton fori - safe keeping uutil the authorities trwm?> ' Texas come after him. y IN several townships in the eastern \ • part of Fayette County diphtheria Is'A* ^ prevailing to an alarming degree. A *" j- number of deaths have resulted and' .j others are sick with the malady. All '7 efforts to check the disease have proved unsuccessful. ROBEHT>[.YYFIEI,I> left Say lor Springs, his friends thinking he had gone to the4 ' horthern part of tho State to visit rela- tjves. Four days later he came home a ' 'A ra.ing mauiac. o'Nob dy knew where he " ^ had been. Financial troubles seem to be the pause. J. F. %t.f.BUSCHRR, of Qulncy. brought 1 % suit against the Chicago, Burlington,«fc'• . -l Quiney Railway 'or'H(>,000 damages f< r Injuries which he sustained in falling through the tra ks over a culvert on his return from Chicago, yyhcre he had at­ tended a meeting of the Executive Heard of the State Liquor Dealers' Association. • 'J WHII.K the net' assessment of the capi­ tal stock of the corporations of the State is $->$3,216 less than that (f last year, the assessment of tangible property and capital stock together has been increased $1,803,129. In 1SU0 the net capital stock was §(>,956,909, and the tangible prop- e:ty assessment ?;'.',0 7,«15. In 1891 the new capital stock assessment is 96,273,* 693, and the tangiblo property* Assess­ ment 911,493.960. IT is now lawful to kill quail in IlliP nols, and the country round Mascoutah has been otiprrun with hunters for the last few Wys. Every,train brings crowds of hunters. There were a good many quail in that section a tbw weeks ago, but the fearful s aughter by huatejns will. If kept up much louger, end In th» extermination of the birds. Many farmers have put • up notices, and are eudeavorlng to keep hunters oi their farms^s^ , TIIIIKE murderers in the County .Tall at Benton made a daring escape. Th . lailer thought they were locked up ii? thoir cells and attempted to set a bucket of water in the hall. The three were%?t hid in a cell unlocked, and one q^;(them •, sprang out and ov^rpoweaed him, the ' rest following. They left the jail, and ran for about a mile before they were. v captured. Three others were in the jail. * and but one locked up In a cell, butgfttH) other two did not try to escape. PHILIP SKIBFL, a farmer of East New­ born, committed suicide. He had been*, in peor health. " Miss ANNIE P-iTKOEBttitx, of Benton, and If a ry Stamper, of Mouut^^rnoh, were married. - " - TIIK contract for building the iron bridge across Kamsey t reek at Ramsey was let to the Indiana Bridge*nd Iron Company, of Afuncle, for @1,038. THE largest levee in Central Illinois has been completed in the Sangamon River bottom south of Illlppolis It is four miles in loggtli and iabout fifteen ** i yi feet high. It will prevpnV^the annual %, V-t overflow of a large tract of valuable 1 farming land wttch has hortftofore bee**̂ a useless., ^ ~ ^ " * THK quarterly statement of the State -• . 'N Board of Charities as to the financial record of the State charitable institu- tlons shows that during the three months ending Sept 30 the total expend- ' Iture for the maintenance of the eleven State institutions iu charge of the board aggregated 8223,028. The ave>.a£e num­ ber of inmates in the eleven institutions was 8,284, and the average net eost per capita was 94& ' - JTJBOE L. E. WORCESTER died sudden­ ly at his residence in White Hall, at the age of 80 years. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1347, succeeded John M. Palmer in the State ar­ senate, was re elected in lf 60, and was one of tho five Democrats who voted to • -;vv 'iwj' .£\, X peep silence. Naturally, --the ^most useful facts of all are those relating to accidentiit^poisonings by arsenic in some manufactured articles; facts whic^to ir<\XQ their full weight should include ^-h^deroonstration of the arsenic, *#fot oiity in the suspected j#ticl|, but in the urine Of the patient, a poin^&f immense importance not only itL diagnosis, but as legal evi­ dence:--ST. E. Med. Gazette* .r-r- Intelligent Goats, Coming into New York on the line of the New York Central Railroad, «§pe of those large, round boulders, for Which Harlem is famous, meets the the hurrying traveler, and he iFinformed, with all due solemnity, that the goats are happy because they ehev£ JlcGinnis' Chewing Tobacco. ^$i)T lireet Jgrfnt in this advertisement rests on thg fact' that at all hour :ty;«nd niglit there are always jMthree goats pitched otJ this- the combination is irfe- fu'nnv. A gentleman cjrcu- jaffs ti^story that he and a friend pi TPs,, t^-1#|> $£r,- Morgan, of SW Thi^uas'^ New York, weie passing by Held, when the c^gyman's hat flew off and" was immediately seized l>y a^roat, who commenced to ir it/- His friend said: V-fhat xtremely intelligent goat, and 'ply obeying the orders of the >of this field," and he pointed rge sign on -the sence, which "Chew Morgan's Hug."' X V - . tuow.Lix* aweU~~#p , alcef*t«d •3jj[dgo ^pr^fifteen years--and held numer­ ous other po;itio|Bg,£ , T&s Governor *4h#:ihe Auditor ahll State- , were Pubn& Accounts computed the rates cent required to produce not less tha the amounts authorized by law to raised for State purposes upon the as­ sessed taxable property in the State of Illinois for the year 1S92 as follows: For general State purposes, designated as "revenue fund," 2 mills on each dol­ lar;" for State school fund," 1 3-10 mills on each dollar; said taxes for the year 1892 aggregating 3 3-10 mills on each dollar, or 3,i cents on each 9100 valua­ tion of taxable property. THE Grand Lodge of Illinois of the Knights of Pythias held its twenty- second annual session at the House sflF hundred delegates present lifo're than 150 Past Chancel­ lors 'and representatives received tho Ur^nd Lodge rank. The reports of the"#- grand officers showed that the order, is^ flourishing. It numbers more than 20,- * 00!> in the State. R. L. C. White. q[ \ Nashville; Tena., formerly of Wheeler's Confederate cavaJry, Supreme Keeper of / Record and Seals, in addressing the f p Grand Lodge elicited great applause by paying an eloquent tribute to the mem­ ory Of Abraham Lincoln. I , A Bii^nACKKci, scene occurred in the* Qulncy City Council meeting. Itr a lie- bate 'differ sewer building, which Thompson refused to indorse, rop called the4 Mayor, "a puppy" and "a blanked rebe ,' he would "do him up yet." The May of said: "Sit down, or 111 throw the gftve&g^*r£ at you.." They nearly came to blows, 9 and some one heard a revolver click- Aid. Swimmer was also called a .-Wanked Jew" by Ilarrop, and for a while it lookeftriTas if the entire meeting would brea|flj|^irf a row "C s A-.S«BCIAI. election wUlXBE >»¥ % Quincy on Tuesday, N«t*f I?, to submH the question of conMsructing water-works system at iTcost of 1620,000. isaa ?*&%'•••