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* • » ** \ < v v •% j •*; v 'ft •_"- • •" -'i- • .' '* '.vvf <S*^ liftrtMKfciiitabi VJC# K--» ^ <•> t% VAN tLYKE, Editor and PuMthtr. |iteHisirt»r' - - -- ILLINOIS il is..- vr>^ <V . COQUETTE. XT;. Stotag. relenting. thon hilf consu lting, * Bragi?* t» ol beauty boast in yonteyest' » . Ffoip the Are gleaming iu your glsnco beaming, Btnndng ro.-ies, you blush in <iisgty«o; Broken hearts hi tine you, y«»arninglyf laim you. Tossing your favors to snare Mid forget; Al«, you are rare Bo. arn^ maddening f«tr^^o: Distracting your lovers, nb ore discovers, Not ©von you, yonr unrestful mini, Though they a<ioro you, lite i* bofon you, * Prattie mid babble. Lovers ave blind, Ming t.isROs for snrt«sr, of bli«se<, . your Hps coax litem with passion besot jfou may seal li«a so, even With sighi so. Coquette I To your romancing. if by strango ch-meing. Comes a i rou'l lovor too true to su \ Tbongh ho may languish, in eosret anguish. Beware! lime's iu earnent evun with you; " Bhr love is colder ns woman grows Older, » Hauuted and pais with the *li >*ts of ragtofc what are tho roses old age uuoicmis, Coquette I Fond eyes that fading, novl tbo psrRna<liu«, Of others grown dearer and stronger in rest; Hearts faint In sadness finding t>ure gladnass i By some mate resting c->nteai "d and Wait I DiaiiuOUiifeyour lovers, no one discovers TOM loiiolv and haggard »nd gray ; and yot Old age T?!il nn<1 yo». wi inkl.« uud blin i *>ti. Beware, lair Coquette! JournaJ. AN IV'Oltl SMILE. v-ij. n t^' Ik •FEI" •• >4'.. -V £ - • .-0 \ \ i 1^' I 1% 1;i" St: mi: ' * , "t" Was deeply attached to Anlos, who, my father assured mo, was my individual property; and I used to smile over the absurdity of so small a boy owning so large a man. When I grew up, and when the death of my father gave to me the sad inheritance at all the slaves, I depended on Amos as a sort of general manager. He wag so faithful and had so apparent an affection for me, that in platitude and especially in a Christian prompt­ ing, I resolved to set him free. So, one day, just before Christmas, I called him as be was crossing the yard. "Good mawnin', Mars George; how does you feel dis mawnin1, sah?" "First rate, Amos. In fact, I feel 80 well that I have decided to give you a great Christmas present." "Thankee, sah,*' he replied, remov­ ing his hat and bowing lowf^'an' lemme tell you dat de Lawd ain't gwine furgit you fur dat. Lawd dun said dat He is mig'nfy in lub wiu de cheerful giber, an' ef you ainYoae I doan know who is. Look yerc, Mars George, whut it gwine be?" "Nevermind, I'll tell you when Christmas morning comes." / "Dat's right an' proper, sah, but wmejtww l'd li^e ter hab er little sorter ideeU I wanter know hiw ter shape myself. Man 'pear like he wanter be s'prized, but still he'd ruther know whut he gwine be s'prized erbout. When de dog trees a possum he would like ter be s'prized ez ter whut sort o' varmint dar is up dar, still he'd ruther know whuther it's er possum utrer coOn'fo'he chops down de tree." "That's sdi right, Amos, but-you goahead and cut down the tree and leave it to me to provide against dis­ appointment * ••Wall,ez you nebber has diserpinted me, I'll do dat. I got up ter go ober in de woods, sah, an sec erbout haulin' up some back-log^ fur Christmas. £toan want none de white folks ter git cold on dat day I assho you. Bar ain't nothin' dat takes de brightness offen Christmas day like chilly white folks. Good-maWnin', Mars George." Before daylight* one morning shortly afterward, while I was yet in bed, a house servant tapped on the "Yas, sah, and 1 come tea 'mind ydiudat C'hris'nias done come." •*IJHIOW that, Amos." "Tas, sah, I'lowed you did, but I wnz sorter skeered dat ole Satan mout put suthin' in yo' way to make you furget it." * "You haven't Known him to put many things in my way to make me forget promises, have you?" "No, sah, but still you rkain't nebjser tell what Satan gwine do. De Goo$ Book say he alius pokin' round seekin' whut he kin 'vower." "Well, I'll be out pretty soon, and give vou the present." "All right, sah, but you ain't gwine turn ober, an' go ter sleep ergin, is you?" "No, I'm getting up now;" and then I heard him mutter: "Thank de Lawd fur dat." X There had been so much specula­ tion among the negroes as to what Amos' present was to be, that I was greeted by nearly every man, woman and child on the plantation when I stepped out upon the gallery. "Amos," I said, stepping forward. "Yas, Mars George," he answered, bowing. "I promised you a Christmas pres­ ent, and in vieW of my great attach­ ment, you, . with reason, supposed that it was j&%fet£inj? to be valued far above th^ dixjiuiry gift." " Yas-, Mars'George." "Amos, I am going to give you something which many of the world's greatest men have died forf and for which any great man would shed his blood. Amos, I give you freedom." He did not bound into the air, as I expected: he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and quietly said: "I 'lowed you gwiue gimme dat 'possum dog." "What! You old rascal," I ex­ claimed, "would you rather have a dog than your freedom?" He looked up and thus replied; "Er ole man kin had comfort wid er 'possum dot, sah, but when freedom comes ter ole man it makes him feel foolish." t < "Amos, you are not so old. • 1 will give you $200, and you can go away and be a free man. Although I am deeply attached to you, yet I would not advise you to stay here. Come, and I will give you the money." ii. Years passed, and the War came/ I weot as a Captain in the Confederate army. I shall say but little of my military career, for there is but a small part of it that concerns this nar­ ration. While on a raid in Kentucky I was captured. A number of depre- tions had been committed upon Union men, and I was charged with these wanton outrages. I jwas innocent, but, unfortunately, had no proof at my command. I was court-martialea and sentenced to be shot. The night was intensely cold. Un­ der a tree I lay, bound with a rope. There were no tents; the command was under marching orders, "fhere were no fires; there was nothing but gloom and a freezing atmosphere. One of my guards was a man who owned a small farm near mine. I had done him favors. "Mills," said I--he was standing near me--"Mills, this war business is very serious." "It is for traitors." he answered. « "That's all right. Mills, but you ju round on all right." |ng, especially and shortly bus!)s of the "Good boy; but reckon jrou% bet­ ter stop talking now and go to f leep. You want, to bo in good trii, you know,- for the devil's dress $arsie," He walked off a short distatf e ^pd sat down. 1 imagined, for I copd not see. I wondered what tiftie it was, and just then I heard Millsfay, in answer to an inquiry, that it fcust be about 4 o'clock. I heard jsonvthing move on the grouud neir no, and then came a vfhisper that phrttedfeyj heart,-- "Doan sayer word, Mars worgcrr-.; 1'se yere." I ! Then I felt myself slovny (ragged, and then I was lifted from th< ground and carefully carried away in the deepened darkness of the!hide woods. "Does you know me?f cime an­ other whisper. "Yes; God bless you. "HU8li. Let iiic git my back en' den we'll He seemed to be run after he struck a pa afterwards the raking trees assured me thatfcre .vere again in the thick woods. ! "Put me dpwa and Junte mq," . I whispered. JHV;- J > i<HUSha" --J '• f *1 He hastciitet! "ftlonjK fistbr and faster. He cwssed a frozen stream and began torlimb a hill. "I can put you down new," he said, after a long time, file put me down and cut the rope t^t bound me. I was so stiff andfsore that I could scarcely walk. J The grayish ad^mnce of dawn was marching down tie hillside when we halted. Old Aifos turned to me. Again there was the sudden gleam of an ivory smile. < "Mars George, I forgibs you, sah, fur not maki%? me er present o' dat 'possum dog. «You gib me ez er Chris'mas present er freedom what de Lawd has permitted me ter enjoy; and now, sa^, on dis Chris'mas m a w n i n ' -- -- , o "This is uarjstmas,* Amos; I - hau not thoughtbf it." "Yes, an' | gives you j'o' freedom ez er present. You'll And er hoss in dat little stable down yander, sail. Good-bye, and may de Lawd bless you."--A^kansaw Traveller. THE GERRYMANDER CASE. SPOONBR'8 GREAT ARGUMENT ON THE RIQHT8 OF PBOPLB. Lc(«nd of the Wandnrlnx Jew. The superstition of the Wandering Jew is upheld by many legends. One of the oldest relates thai Ahasuerus had been detailed to bring Jesus into the judgment hall of Pilate, and that he was rushing our Lord along at a swift gait when Jesus complained of weariness and requested to sit down on a stone by the wayside. The re­ quest was refused by the heartless wretch* who exclaimedi "Aove-on, JesuS, move on! Thou shalt not'rest." Jesus replied: "I go my way into ever­ lasting rest, but thou shalt go away and, never rest until 1 return to earth again." In Germany the Wandering Jew is associated with the story of one John Buttadaens, who is said to have appeared in Antwerp, in the thirteenth, fifteenth, and seventeenth centuries. This • spectre, vision, ghost or. impostor last appeared at Brussels in 1773. In the the French legend the Wandering Jew is known by the name of Isaac Lakedion. The jhain character in the legend of the .HWild Huntsman" of-England, the ohe whom Shakspeare mentions as shouldn't talk that way to me simply Herne the Hunter, is said tp be a because I held an opinion opposite to1' w^° re*uS^ 'et Jesug drink opinion opposite your own." "My opinion is one held by the State, "he replied.1 "You must remem­ ber that Kentuckydidn't gooutof the Union. Therefore, you ah* nat only door and told me that Amos wanted j a traitor to the general Government, to see me. "Tell him to come in." I! but a traitqr to ypur own Common- IP ^ < : i V , / r s "S.. iifc answered. The giant, black in the dark shadows of the dim lamp-light and the early morning, entered the room and stood near my bedside. There was the sudden gleam of an Ivory smile, then a low, musical laugh, and the warm tones of a "good- mawnin', Mars George." "Well, Amos, what do you want this time of day?" * "Dat's what I come to tell you, sah. I woke up 'bout midnight, an' fo'de Lawd I couldn't gR to sleep ergin' fur layin' dar worryin'." "What about?" "Wall, sah, jes dis: I wuz wonderin' what in de wor" you gwine gib me fur dat Christmas present. Now I know you gwine turn ober wid one dem flounces de white folks has, an' say I's foolish an ain't got no sense, an' I 'low mebbe you'd be right ef you did say so, but I jest couldn't he'p it, Mars George." --. But I did not turn ovp^rith one of those flounces that the ywhite folks" have; I reached out and took his hand. "My poor child," said I, "my poor child--" and I really could say nothing else. He broke down. The giant was on his knees. "Oh, you calls me er chile, when -it wa'n't but the udder day dot IJtfiicd you in my arms, showing you dsfgeese swimmin' m^ytejfiMML&an j»6w you is chile, monstrous o' yistidy han' like he an' calls vou chile. But I wush you would tell me whut dat present gwine be. It doan' pear like I kin stand it no longer, Mars George." With the tenderness of a mother's touch his had stroked my hair. "Tell me jest dis time, Mars .George, an I won't ax you no mo'." "Amos, you have only two more days to wait, and 1 don't believe that it would be real kindness to tell you now." "Wall, Sah," he said, slowly arising to his feet, "it will hatter go, I reckon. Ain't dar a jug in dat closct, sah? Dat one right dar?" '.'Yes, Ijthinkso." "Wall, Would you mind ef I vruz , , ter tilt it up ez sort o' good:mownin' "Ks--i4*dls new-bo'n day, sah?? a?"Help yourself, Amos, ^ i'nb. *'I thanks you, 1* does. ;r ^f thar's s' ahythin'r dat smooths out "de wrinkles o' er disTrp'intriieht, its oae dese flue licker." " ew out the jug and tilted a g good-morning . to the new-born . ittlia wealth." "You look at it tliat way, and per­ haps you are right, but I was born in Virginia and Virginia has gone out. I am inclined to believe that we made a mistake. As for myself, I should hate to see this country disrupted." "Yes, it seems so," he sarcastically answered. "The certainty of being shot at daylight has a tendency to make a man thoughtful at mid­ night." "Mills." wtat l'st "mn' u» •» walt <>" . eeP.8«V,ent' r*1 wnat! her. The young lady threw her veil bacU* saying: from a horse trough. January 1, 1(544, a person claiming .to be the original Wandering Jew appeared in Paris. He said that his name was Miehob Ader, and that he had been usher of the Judgment Hall at Jerusalem in the time of Jesus and Pilate, and that for thrusting Christ from the hall he had been condemed to live and wander over the earth for­ ever. • He rallmtto "CK'ch On." An amudng incident occurrfed in a Newark music store the other day. A new and very pretty ballad is entitled "Kiss Me." A very pretty girl hav­ ing heard of the song, and thinking she would get it with some others, stepped Into a music store tot make a purchase. One of the clerks, a "mod- "«8 m, ^|plp: '••FV---" A-.v 1 f : . iy, and then, mouth vri declared t 3aiast the disappoin . He did not til early Chrii be came and .'i|rx>r. S •'Mars George / *#lsthat you, A: »wly wiping his ick of his hand, strengthened Jther season present un- ling. Then bedroom were you going to say?" "I was going to say that ^ don't want to be shot at daylight.*?!' "Oh, you were. How did 9$ strange a thought occur to you?" 4 "It occurred to me in a most nat­ ural way. Now just change places with me and " * "No, thank vou." "I mean that you iust suppose your­ self in my fix." "My imagination isn't that strong. At scnooi you know, I Was always a matter-of-fact sort of. fellow. You were the imaginative J>oy of the class." "Yes, that's one of the reasons why I don't relish the idea of being shot at daybreak. It strikes me that if I were in your position and you in mine, I would do something for you." "When a man's fancy is wrought up as yours must be, anything is likely to strike him." ~ r "Mills, don't you remember that if it hadn't been for my father your brother might have gone to the Peni­ tentiary?" "Yes; but wfiat's that got to do with this affair?" "I should think that gratitude would arise and answer that ques­ tion." "That is very well said, but you must know that gratitude rarely keeps a man from being shot at sunrise. I gad, it rarely keeps him from starv­ ing to death. There is no gratitude, Captain." '•There may snot b^'with soipe peo­ ple." "I mean that no man is grateful enough to risk his life. But before you go any farther, let me say that it would have been better had that brother of mine gone to the pen." "Why?" "Well, he's in the rebel army." "Mills," 1 said, after a few mo­ ments' silence, "if itfwere not for one thing, to-morrow morning could not strike so great terror to my heart." "What's that?" "I am engaged to marry Mary Cald­ well." V 1 'll andsome girl, but shell soon for­ get you," • f "1 wish I were untied." "Yes, I reckon you would like to take to your heels." "I #ouid run away, but not until I had knocked you down." "I want 'Hook Me to Sleep.'" The clerk got the song and put it before her. "Now," said the. young lady, VI want 'Wandering Refugee.'" "Now, 'Kiss Me,"'said the young lady, meaning, of course, the song above mentioned. The poor clerk's eyes almost popped tire as he looked at the young lady in astonishment, for he was not aware of the fact that a song by that name had been written. "Wh-what did you say, Miss?" " 'Kiss Me,'" said she. "I can't do it, miss; I never kissed a young lady in my life," said the clerk. About that time a veil dropped, a young lady left in a hurry, the clerk 'eit sick, and the proprietor lost the sale'oriome music.--Ladies' Fashion Ba&ar. KnglMitd'a Frozen Meat Import*. The importation of frozen meat into England is increasing year by year. From 15 to 20 per cent, of all the mutton consumed in the British Isles comes from New Zealand and the River Plate, to sav nothing of other sources of supply. Last year New Zealand sent nearly 2,000,000 and the Plate more than 1,000,000 carcasses. Australia is coming to the front. In three years its exports of carcasses have risen from 90,000 to 340,000, and there is no doubt that the business in a very few years will assume vast proportions. Sheep-rais­ ing has also been begun in the Falk­ land Islands which exported 20,000 carcasses last year as a beginning. The whole of this trade has sprung up in less than ten years. What it may be ten years hence can scarcely be guessed. ^ Amazon* and Am*i«na . "Who's the large lady over there raising a row with the waiter?" in­ quired a guest at the hotel of the landlord. p "Oh," was the good natured reply, "that's my wife." "Ah, indeed; she's a* perfect Ama­ zon, isn't she?" "Well, mighty nigh it," responded the landlord reflectively. "Her mouth ain't quite so nig, berhap a, but she talks aheansight more."--Free Press. K*grabll«an Reciprocity--Glorlov* Vteet* Md riftnt-Blaine Sr«>t a Candidate- Wool aad Rvraaao--A Mad/ te Yin ' Flat* PTIOM, €?nl, flpsnsisMsr's Masterly ArgfaaMumt. • , Probably one of the ablest arguments 4Ver made before the supreme court of Wisconsin* was that of ex-Senator Spooner's in the gerrymander case, which came up for argument on the 9th Instant. "It lully," says the State Jour- nal, "sustained the high reputation of that learned advocate, and gave renewed evidence of his right to the title of one Of the ablest constitutional lawyers Wis­ consin has produced, as he is recog­ nized. among the leading lawyers of the country." ~ On the3" proportionate representation clause in the or­ dinance of 1787, Col. Spooner's remarks are well worth a careful study: "What utter folly to argue in this day in the highest, court of iau olale ayou which our constitution confers original jurisdiction in matters publici juris, that in the passage of an apportionment bill or any other bill involving the exercise of legislative power the limitations of thti coustiiniion arc ropes of esnd, «-nd that the legislature is a constitution un­ to itself. This court took original juris­ diction of injunction in the case of the Attorney-General vs. Eau Claire, to protect the sovereignty of the state and the public interest against the invasion under an unconstitutional enactment by that city of the navigation of the Cnippswa River at a point where it had never been navigable except for the floating of logs, and' where its waters had never been vexed by the keel of any craft larger than the canoe of the Indian or the batteau of the lumberman, mainly upon the ground that by the ordinance of 1787 engrafted upon the constitution, the state held that river under a trust to the general government, and under com­ pact, to maintain it forever free. It has seemed to me that in perception, fore­ sight and wisdom the great ordinance ot 1787 is to be ranked with the consti­ tution of the United States, it was drawn and enacted by men imbued with the spirit of the revolution, who thor- unden.tcod and appreciated th® v*bi« nf personal and religious liberty, the im­ portance of popular education and the principle that government should be of laws, not of men By article 4 of that great charter, upon Which was based the fovernment of the territory of the lorthwest, from which has sprung so . many great commonwealths,, it is pro- i vided: " 'The inhabitants of the said territory 'shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus and of the trial by jury, of a proportionate repre­ sentation of the people in the legisla- true, and of judicial proceedings accord­ ing to the course of the common law.' These men, fresh from the revolution, conscious of the injustice of taxation without repreeentation, stipulated in this great charter a compact as solemn as any ever signed by man, that along­ side of the writ of liberty and the right of trial by one's peers and of judic­ ial proceedings according to the course of the common law, which they had been taught to believe was the perfection of human wis­ dom, there should be forever maintained for this people, that other jewel, a 'proportionate representation of the people in the legislature.' So that when the architects of our consti­ tution drafted the provisions relating to apportionment and representation, tbev wrought not simply under the impulse and duty to preserve and protect and perpetuate this essential element of representative and republican govern­ ment, but they obeyed the obligation of a solemn compact. This provision of the ordinance of 1787 stands unrepealed in its obligations; the framers of the constitution recognized it, and did their best to secure it to the people forever. The question now is whether the cove­ nant can be broken and dishonored without redress. That the supreme court of this state in the exer­ cise of its original jurisdiction wilt use the prerogative writ of injunction to protect the sovereignty of the state, to enable it to keep its com­ pact to maintain free the navigation by logs of a rocky and rushing river, but has no jurisdiction to protect the sover­ eignty of the Btate in the great trust which is born of the same ordinance, guarded with industry and intelligent care in the same constitution, the right of proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, is the height of absurdity. To declare that the court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter of'this case is to thwart the anxious ef­ forts and care of the founders of the constitution, to obliterate the safe­ guards which they threw around the great right of representation and self-* government, and to abdicate the judi­ cial power to the legislature, and leave that body to be forever a court of first maybe deprived of the right to voif for senator for a period of six years, in view of the fact that under our constitiraon an apportionment is to be made each five years, it would not be verv difficult to permanently deprive the people of that district of the. right to vote for sen­ ator by again attaching them to a county which had just chosen a senator." It was with great emphasis and force that ex-Senator Spooner called atten­ tion to the fact that in the case before the supiyaie uourt "'the question now is. whether the covenant that promised to the people in the charter of their politi­ cal liberties, can be broken and dishon­ ored without redress." '? • Blaine Not a Candidate. The certainty that the foremost citi­ zen of the country will not be the next President of the United States, and the presumption that he will never occupy that great office, cannot fail to afflict a multitude of his l'ellow-citizens with a keen sense of Dersonal grief, Having reached this determination, Mr. Blame shows his native sagacity and loyalty in the time and mapner of its announcement. His letter to Mr. Oartson is explicit and conclusive. He Rays not merely that, he in not a candi­ date, but also that his name will not go before the convention. He means to end now and finally the uncertainty" which has been felt by the leaders and the masses of the Republican party. Had the possibility that he\ might be willing to accept the litpmi na­ tion remained, while also the belief was common that his health or his disin­ clination would interfere, the party could not bave concentrated its ener­ gies for the impending conflict. But this dacisive announcement, at the right moment and with the tight im­ pulse, opens tho ways for harmonious and fruitful activity. What we have said already should be repeated here, that Mr. Blaine has had a perfect right to allow his name to be used in connec­ tion with the presidency while holding the office of secretary of state, and no­ body has pretended to doubt his right except in the silly hope of producing discord in the Republican party. Gen. Harrison and Mr. Blaine have had no misunderstanding on that subject. They have appreciated the matter in all its relations. Those who are most reluctant to lose the_ satisfaction of voting for Mr. Blaine will cordially acknowledge that the President deserves the undi­ vided confidence of the party, and that he has made taw election of a Republi­ can successor the most? encouraging probability of the present year. And in common with all loyal members of the party they~will be apt to reason that this probability can be most securely con­ firmed by his nomination to succeed himself. The party has put great and beneficent nnlicies in operation dur­ ing the last three years, and the welfare and content which they bave produced are the most conspicu­ ous features of the time; but the coun­ try does not yet enjoy the' full measure of prosperity which they are capable of engendering. In accepting as final Mr. Blaine's de­ termination not to be a presidential candidate, the party, and, we believe, the whole "country, will still hope to have the benefit for many years to come of his invaluable services in a public station. His knowledge, sagacity and experience, his comprehensive un­ derstanding of the American people and American institutions, and his fer­ vent patriotism, are a national posses­ sion which must not be diverted from the service of the nation.--New York Tribune, ̂ A Study In Tin flato Price*. ' Those who have been shedding many tears over the duty which the Repub­ lican Congress placed on tin plate need not weep any more if they don't want to. They can find comfort in the Iron Trade Circular, published in Birming­ ham, Eng., and of course, it is free trade, so that the American free trade weepers can count on the Circular's statements as being correct. It gives the highest prices of tin plate from 1877 to 1891, and will afford much interest to those who wish to take a valuable lesson in tin plate prices: PBICM or COAL, IC. TIN PLATE!. Foreign Foreign Year. price price per box. pliu duty, and last resort npon this great ques­ tion." These are some illustrations of the reckless violation of the great charter pointed out by Col. Spooner that de­ mand attention and study: The unit of representation of the Assembly dis­ tricts is l(i,868, and of the Senate dis­ tricts 51,117. The Ninth Senatorial Dis­ trict was made with all the crooks and tnma possible, 103 miles long, with a population of 57,449, while the district adjoining it has less by 10,000. Senate District No. 22 has 38,(590 inhabitants/ which is 18,000 less than No. 19. The La Crcfese district has a population of 38,801, but an adjoining district bas 58,- 322, and still another district contains 68,601. Here in Milwaukee, the differ­ ence between the districts is fully as marked, that between District No. 5 and District No. 22 being 33,325, and between No. 27 and 22 being 30,834. In the Assembly districts, "the proportionate representation in the legislature" clause in the ordinance of 1787 is strangled fully as violently as in the Senate districts, in some Democratic districts a little over 6,000 population being sufficient for a Democratic mem­ ber, but in the Republican districts from 14,000 to 22,000 are required for a member of the Assembly. Col. Spooner called the attention of the court to the disfranchisement fea ture of the Democratic gerrymander apportionment: "It appears from the complaint or relation that the counties of Calumet, Kfenosha, Juneau, Winne­ bago (part), Jackson, Wood, Milwaukee (part), Walworth, Sauk, Sawyer, Mon- aoe and part of Dane, whose electors in 1888 voted for a senator, have been so changed around that their electors can­ not again vote for a senator until 1894. What would the distinguished framers of the constitution, who are fearful lest one-half of the people be deprived of the right to vote for a senator each year, think of the act under which counties containing 231,218 people are not per mitted to vote for senator but once in six years ? It appears that Kewaunee, Eau Claire, Lincoln, Forest, part of Rock, Blmwano. Marathon, Oconto, Lanzdala, Florence and part of Milwaukee, con taining 188,809 inhabitants, whose elec- tors* voted in 1890 for a senator, may Vote Main for a senator in 1892, and ft appears that by this juggling with the rights of the people in the reformation of the senatorial districts that the seven­ teen odd-numbered districts from 1 to 33, containing 530,289 people, 387.122 h»d no voice whatever in the choice of senators who will represent those dis-1 187 7 ....... :. *5.86 " <6.44 187 8 4.87 6.96 1879.^..^-^. C.69 7.77 1880....^.......-- .. 8.28 8.86 >881^^. 6.28 6.81 188* 6.28 • 6.81 1888 6.11 «.l# 1884.™, 6.11 6.19 1886..'. 4.60 6.58 188 6 jL 8.83 4.91 188 7 4.01 &09 188 8 4.01 6.09 188 9 4.88 b.46 189 0 «... 4.20 8.28 189 1 8.01 *6.42 •New duty added. It will be seen from this British state­ ment that the present price of tin plate in Wales is the lowest ever knowqt in the history of tin plate making. And what is the result in this country ? Scores of tin plate factories are being established here. Thousands of work­ men are being employed, millions of dollars are being invested, and tin plate has not increased in price. Wool and Revenue. Rere is a simple question for tariff reformers. They propose to take off all the duties on wool and all the compen­ satory duties on woolen goods, and in­ sist tbat the home manufacture would be better off and better able to sustain itself against foreign competition than is now. It must be assumed that some of them honestly believe this. Very well, gentlemen; what are you go­ ing to do for the necessary revenue? Granulated sugar at 4 cents per pound against 6.75 cents eighteen months ago, means something for the working peo­ ple. Perhaps no article could be named which is more universally consumed by the entire American people; certainly not wheat bread, for in large sections corn is almost exclusively used instead. The people consume more than 50 pounds of sugar for every inhabitant. They have gained by a single change of duty from $1 to $1.37 for every person; from $5 to |6.87 for every family. Do the tariff reformers propose to put this burden back? They are well aware that they have not the courage to sug­ gest such a thing. What are they to do, then, for the needed revenue? The treasury has no larger revenue now than it requires. In fact, most of the reformers insist that it has too little, that its balances are improperly de­ pleted, and that bankruptcy is ahead unless this Congress carefully reduces expenditures. The official reports show but a narrow and scanty balance for the future, even if the sinking fund be dis­ regarded, and if no appropriation should be made in excess of the estimates, which do not include many things for which Congress is sure to spend money. The duties on wool during the last fiscal year amounted to $6,552,208, and with the duties on waste and rags, which it is alBO proposed to make free, to $6,758,795. The duties on the remain­ ing woolen gdods amounted to $34,650,- 926, and as the value of these was but $43,028,882, and the duties proposed by tanfl reformers would not exceed 40 Iter cent, ad valorem, the amount col-ected would be not more than $17,200,- 000. It is asserted by the refuriaers that the manufacturer would be able to sustain himself as well as he does now; that is, the imports of goods would be no greater. Hence no increase in the revenue from wool and woolens be­ yond the above-named $17,200,OOOshould be expected, which would be $24,209,- 771 less than the revenue from the same articles last year. . Some other tax must be imposed if augaraiwi molaaMS. % wouldl*«t>i*rd to put-taok the duties on maniUa, jote and other textile grasses which were placed on the free lift, reducingthe rev­ enue $1,700,000. Neither will it de to pnt higher dime* on more than 200 articles which were placed on the free list or reduced in duty by the last tfcriff. What other tax, yielding $24,200,000 yearly, an amount the treasury must have, are the tariff reformers prepared to impose ? Of course they do not know, nor does anybody else. In their absurd notion that the first duty of man is4o attack a they make haste to cut off a rev­ enue which is necessary for the support of the Government, with not the faint­ est idea what they can do to get an equal revenue witb less injury to the people. If they ever become sane enough to think about the matter dis­ passionately, they will find that duties which do actually add nothing to the cost of woolen goods, and yet return 524,(XX),000 yearly to thu Treasury, form a highly desirable source of revenue, ir­ respective of their value as a defense for a great American industry on which more than a million people aepend for support.--New York Trilmne. R * i * u j r . BEAD THE GLORIOUS FACTS AND FIOUKZ8. Expert* in 189% In 1890, daring the five months ending Sep tember 1, the export* of bacon from tbe United States to Brazil amount­ ed in value to 8209. In 1890, during the five months ending De. cember 31, the exports irom the United states to Porto Rico amount­ ed ill vuluc tc S68t,47& In 1890. dnring the five months ending Sep tember 1, the exports of bacon from the United States to Cuba and Por­ to Kico amounted In value to *49,life In 1890, daring the month of September, the exports ot sewing machines from the United States to Cuba and Porto Kico amount­ ed in value to S1M>71. In 1890. the volume of wages paid to the em l>loye* engaged in the meat industries in Chi eago aggregated.., 81.8, 68*00* In 1890, daring the four months ending De­ cember 81, tee exports of the United States to Cuba amounted In val ue to SJr81C,028t In 1890, during the eleven months ejiding November 30, the ex­ ports of steam engiues and machinery from the United States to Brazil amounted in value ts> 8449,667. HOW JUSTICES WAS METED- ' 't'f- Exports to (he ' Sam$ Countries in 1891, ajler the Reciprocity Clause had Gone into Effect. In 1891, under Kepub- ltcan reciprocity, dur- l**g the corresponding period our exports of bacon to that country amounted in value to £32(i,b48. To JKepublican reci­ procity is due this In- viCnno ul 5v per cent., in these ez< porU in that short time. In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, our exports to that country amounted in value to 8973,6M0. Tnis increase of S28V 21% or 41.5 per cent, in these exports was cans, ed solely by ReDubli* can reciprocity. In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, dur­ ing the corresponding period, our exports of "aeon to* those coun­ tries amounted in value to S65,&8& This increase of 816,- 684, or 28 per cent., was uuts suiul) iu ivc^ttLni- eau reciprocity. In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, dur-I ttjf tHo ivtrrMnAnfllnff month our exports o'f the same articles to those countries amoun­ ted in, value to 826,786. This increase of 814,- 571, of 128 per cent, was caused by Republican reciprocity. . In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, these enjpioyes received in wages its% ©f $14,- 976,000. Thus did Republican reciprocity put $1,871.- 000 more in the pocket* of these wage-earner* dnring last year. In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, dur­ ing the corresponding period our exports to that country amounted in value to 87,063,222. This increase of $2,- 246,198, or 46.6 per cent., was caused by the stim­ ulating effects on trade of Republican reci­ procity. In 1891, under Repub­ lican reciprocity, dur­ ing the corresponding period our exports of these articles to that country amounted in value to 82,225,312. This remarkable In­ crease o| 91,776,646, or 395 per cent., was caus­ ed by Republican reo> procity. AN UNDERGROUND CITY. Bat Uninhabited for Twenty Centuries, Containing Interesting Relics. The Russians have made a singular discovery in Central Asia. In Turke­ stan, on the right bank of the Amon Daine, in a chain of rockv hills near the Bokharan town of Karki, are a number of large caveB, which, upon examination, were found to lead to an underground ^city? built apparently long before the Christian era. According to the effigies, inscriptions and signs upon the gold and silver money unearthed from among the ruins, the existence of the town dates back to some two centuries before the birth of Christ. ' The edifices contain all kinds of domestic utensils, urns, vases, and so forth. The high degree ot civilization attained by the inhabitants of the city is shown by the fact that they built in several stories, by the symmetry of the streets and squares, and by the beauty of the baked clay and metal utensils, and of the ornaments and coins which have been found. It is supposed that long centuries ago this city, so carefully concealed in the bowels'of the earth, provided an entire population with a reluee from the in­ cursions %f the nomadic savages and robbers.--Sheffield Telegraph. % In the (Sick-room. Look hopeful, never despairing. When requested to read the news, omit the death-list. Tell only the pleasant tidings, there is no fear of forgetting the evil*. Sigh, if you must, after leaving the sick-roomj not in the presence of the sufferer. Leave stiff linen cuffs ontside--in En­ gland, where they are fashionable, if vou like. Refrain from telling about a similar case in which the invalid died a shock­ ing death. Let every article of food be delicately dished, taking only small, tempting quantities. If you must chew gum, munch pop­ corn or nuts, wait until a' half-mile away from sensitive ears. Make the most of the luxuries at hand without expatiating upon the charms of the unattainable. If your sick ones think the curtain is green when it is really blue, what harm in allowing them to think so?--Gh«d Housekeeping. tricts in the Senate. "If by such leger-1 this amount of duty is to be taken off. dermain the electors of a 8enate districtIt will not do to put back the duties on Becoming Left-handed Saddealjr. Three years ago, says the Boston Post, a young lady of Fall River, Mass., was hit upon the left side of her head by a falling sign as she was walking along a street in Boston. This w<«s followed by brain fever. After some weeks she wal as well in mind and body as ever, but from a right-handed person she had be­ come so left-handed that she could neither cut, sew nor write with her right hand, but found it easy to do all these things with her left. Her right hand w&6 iust aoout as useful as tier I©ft li&d been before .she was hurt. What is strange is that, with so recent a change in the use of her hands, she never makes an awkward motion, and is as graceful in the use of her left hand asif she had been born left-handed. How He Got His Kurt, A man from Biddeford, Me., who started as a candy peddler with a small circus, has turned out to be a better showman than the proprieter of the circus. The circus became stranded in Altoona, Pa., and the candy peddler took the fat woman, the stuffed snake aud the trained bear as his share of the wreck. He exhibited the curiosities in a vacant store, cleared $300 the first week, enlarged his show, hired a small hall and now owns a flourishing dime museum* A BAT-HI Camnc, Mich,, man has adopted a novel scheme for raising money. He has been adjudged a com­ mon arunkard, and now his wife sues every saloonkeeper who sells 2um-<Ars- water. ^-- wSSS (Hi '• 'ti-t-y,, 'V' y * *""f •P. iy-. -A .. " " "V SMS <?'• ^ v. ; A* Jsstaaes t» sixnr thst ta» ssnnt MMttiBM Suffer. Three of Detroit's prominent law* vers were seated at a table in a restaurant waiting for dessert, when the question of the trio, who had been attentively listening to the con­ versation of the other two, smiled aud gaid: • • "That reminds me, XJeorge, of aa event of my sweet ooyhood days. . "I was the leader of a 'crowd* and we had our headquarters in close proximity to a blacksmith^ shop. The proprietor of the forge was a teasing sort of individual and we, boy-like, took advantage of this fail­ ing to bother him in every possible. way. ...... "One day we were enjoying a game of ball in the adjoining lot when a high 'fly' bounded over the fence and the ball rolled right up to the back door of the blacksmith shop. One boy cautiously cliitjbed the fence, and was just in* the act of n»i>bing the b^ll, when.the lurking blacksmith jumped out of the door, grahjjed the frightened trespasser and proceeded to 'strap' him. This was too much, and when pur abused companion joined us we formed a party for re- venga . ' 'A load ^f gravel had been dumped in the alley at the back of the lot, and we hit upon this as the proper agent. Every boy in the crowd Was to grab a handful of the gravel stones, and at a one, two, three, the whole fusilade was to be launched at the blacksmith's windows. All thp boys agreed to the plan gleefully ex­ cept one, whose name was William Duff. William was a goody-goody sort of bov and objected for mor^l reasons and also that we'd get our­ selves in trouble. We coaxed and pleaded, but William remained firm, and said he'd bave nothing to do with the plan. As we got ready to throw the stones William walked away and leaned against the fence within ob­ serving distance. The signal Was given, there was a rattle and crash of breaking glass, and the boys all took to their heels. The enraged black­ smith rushed out &t his shop am in­ stant IaterT and, spying a small b&y leaning against the fettce, made for N him,. Grabbing him by the collar re* gardless of expostulation,, hie gave that innocent sueh a hiding as he'd never received before. William1 bad two black eyes and was a wreck. His people were very angry,, of course, and went to law about the matter,, and we boys suffered untold agonies- in the meantime. The trial' came off and I was subpened with another boy as witness. The outcome of this trial was my first instruction into the mysteries of justice: William Duff w.is fined $15, and,we, as witnesses, received 65 cents each.. Pbor William! Justice is a fickle godflessJ"--£*bee Press* Kiel* Men. One might smile; were it not so>piti­ able, to .see the impatience With which a strong, active man succumbs to the necessity of lying a few weeks on a bed of sickness; the petulance which men in vain try to smother, at pills and potions, in place of their favorite dish or drink or cigar; the many orders they give and counter­ mand1, in the same breath, to the wife and mother, who. calmly accepts all this as part of her woman lot, and who dare not, for the life of her, smile at the fuss this ca?ed lion is making because his rations are cut off for a few days. This "being sick patiently" is a lesso» we think man has yet to learn; but it is a good tiling that "the lords of creation"are some­ times l^id on the shelf awhile, that they may better appreciate the cheer­ ful endurance with which the feeble wife-mother bears tlie household cares all the same--on. the pillow where lies with her newly-born. Pain and weakness never interrupt her con­ stant, careful forethought for her family. Husbands are too apt to take these everyday heroisms as matters of course. Therefore, we say again, it is well sometimes that their at­ tention should be awakened to it, when the doctor lias- vetoed for them for a while the office and the count- ing-room, and they are childishly frantic at the gruel and dosed blinds. --.New York Ledger. .Noteworthy Thrift. Young Brown, being a man of modi est means, could ill affor&the expen­ sive gift he sent to. a bride whom he had long known. But arbitrary cus­ tom demanded Ihe sacrifice, and he marie it. It was a pleasant little home wedding, and he was one of the few guests. A month later he learned, through a friend in the store where he had made his purchase, that the bridegroom, getting his clew from seeing on the box which contained the silver the name of the firm that had sold itr had carried. J-he present to the store and sought to obtain in cash the amount paid for it; and, fsfll- ing in that, had accepted other goods in exchange. That couple may still be wondering why their friend has never called on them since the wed­ ding. This method for raising ready money for household expenses, he has since learned, he declares, is by no means uncommon; but he had never before met with an instance of it. and,&in unreasoning irritation, re­ fused to regard the cashing of his gift as a praiseworthy display of thrift" ' , • Dickens JCnJoyed the JolNfc In a letter dated July 8, 1861, Dickens thus referred to a penny caricature of himself: "I hope you have seen a large-headed photo, with little legs, representing the under­ signed, pen in hand, tapping his fore­ head to knock an idea out. It has just sprung up so abundantly in all the shops that I am ftshamed to go about town looking in At the plc&ra windows, which is my delight /R seems to me extraordinarily ludicrous, and much more like me than thegrave figure done in earnest. It made itSes. laugh when I first came upon it, un­ til I shook again in open, sun-lighted Piccadilly." "He returned to Gad's Hill," writes his daughter, "bringing this with him, and telling us that he had been so aniused with it, and so fascinated by it, thinking it 'so irresistibly funny,' that he stood looking at it, roaring with laughter, until he Ibecame conscious of a large and sympathetic audience, laughing so heartily with him that he had to beat a hasty retreat." i v <