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rwgfglamieata X. VAN SLYKE, Editor 1MOBNBY,-"1 " Pubiishtr. ILLINOIS. TaE outlook for a bljr crop or poli­ ticians in Minnesota Just now beats ^the whea t outlook by several Lengths. . POLITICS is ;.i>t an industry. It is an art, the pro.1ujts or which are judged by the quality and not bjr the quantity. . -V' OF course prize fighting is to be de­ plored, but have you not4Bfed that a negro is pushing dangerously near the tent of the world's champion? CmcApo has been contemptuously caUed an inland city, but reports froim Washington intimate that it is ^ 1<f have the finest Marine Gand in the •i •worlds CHARLESTON, 8. C., has sent several . thousand dollars to Russia for the re- | lief of the starving peasants. It will take something more than an earth- 7; -quake to wipe out ii city o f t hat kind. hTTTOTcHl 'icdo. Eufc why bt anjriy about it? It harms do one, ! and one dannot help admiring the | pluck of the architects who have i managed to advertise themselves ! without violating the professional etiquette which bars advertising. A NEW YORK paper wants a "po­ litical convention held some day on Long Island so that the great West can indeed learn what entertainment is." It sneeringly remarks, "Minne­ apolis will go down to history as the city of fried pie." The fact remains that if it were not for towns like Minneapolis in the great West New York would starve in county poor- houses. A small Western city that feeds a million starving Russians from its great mills and generous stores, while New York expresses sympathy only, needs no defense.' : THE pound nets are ruining the «ha(J fishing in the Connecticut River. "The decrease last year was fully 70 per cent, as estimated by the catch during 18SU, and this year it is no better. ; . • - ' .. ; THE- thieves that stoleawagon- load of mortar from a building in course of erection in Chicago are li­ able to return and purloin the me­ chanic's lien if the premises are not watched. KAISER WILHELN and the Czar of Russia will dine together at Kiel. Of course the °bill of fare will be in Freuch, as the Emperor is a stickler for gocd form in spite of his personal prejudices. SENSATIONALISTS contemplating dramatic suicide at Monte Carlo should choose instead the Eiffel tower or Washington monument. The manager of ganjbler's paradise runs a newspaper bureau of suppression and denial. M. GOLOTTI, the new Premier of the Italian Cabinet, has made de­ clarations respecting the army and the triple alliance satisfactory to the Governments of Austria and Germany; for which reason it is very certain that they will not long be satisfactory to the people of Italy. TnE Hon. Pete Jackson of Au­ stralia has vanquished the Hon. Frank Slav in, also of Australia. But let not the victor indulge in vain boasts. He is. not the champion of the world. He is not even the cham­ pion of his own island continent. - A full-grown kangaroo can kick the Hon. Pete Jackson into a cocked hat in one round. THE newspaper correspondent who suggested the desirability of estab­ lishing a flood prediction bureau may be informed that the case at present is covered by the Weather Bureau at Washington. The stages of -water at a number of important places on rivers are telegraphed with the weather report, and these stages are printed on the weather map issued from Washington.__..v.4*:coming great rise of water is predicted for points along the lower course of a river when a rise occurs along the upper course. The judgment of predicting officials is based on what is reported to have occurred in previous cases of high water for which there are records of the water stages. Some of these records have been kept daily for the last thirty years. Important rises in the river are predicted three days ahead for Cincinnati, being based on the stages observed at Parkersburg, Charleston £W. Va.), and Louisa (Ivy.). For Cairo predictions of river stages are made six days an$ for Vicksburg seven days in advance of their,occurrence. HAPWXESS between husband and wife can only be secured by that con­ stant tenderness and care of the par­ ties for each other which are based upon warm and demonstrative love. The heart demands that the man shall not sit reticent, self-absorbed* and silent in the midst of his family. The woman who forgets to provide for her husband's* tastes and wishes renders her home undesirable for him. In a word, ever-present and ever- demonstrative gentleness must reign, or else the heart starves. THE mind of man is formed to de sire and to relish variety. The ob­ jects with which he is conversant are varied with out end, to gratify that desire, and t' correspond with that relish. The glare of a perpetual If does seem as if the time had come when the great body of the trav­ eling public, the people who have no money to spend in extras and cannot afford to tour it in Pullmans, should have a share in the advance that has been made in providing comforts for travel. A beginning has .been made in many instances by roads which have put on, where competition is lively, free chair cars on their day trains. These have not the elegance or luxury of the drawing-room car, and they do not remove one of the worst objections to the ordinary coach, the crowding of seats and en­ forced and unpleasant propinquity of strangers; but they are a vast iih- proveuient and step forward. It ought not to be a difficult task for the railroads to hit upon a car that shonld cost practically no more than the present day coach, which should pre­ serve its advantages, and which should add to these a possibility of comparative privacy when desired, together with seats designed for com­ fort, and ventilating appliances that will attend to their business. The ordinary railway car is ages in arrears of development. It i$ time its evolu* tidn were begun. A PARAGRAPH is floating around stating that in the course of about 6,000,000 years from now the forces ao work on the earth will have com­ pletely leveled its surface, so that there will be no longer hills or val­ leys, continents, or distinctive oceans. All the land will have been washed down into the sea, which will then cover all with a watery mantle and render impossible any life except that which ran exist without dryland. sunshine and the fervid heat of a j continual sunimer would speedily op- i Almost coincident!/ with this comes an assurance from a distinguished press .and-destroy mankind; but, re lieved by the tranquillity of dark­ ness, the freshness of spring, the sc- dateness of autumn, and even the gloom of winter, they become no less grateful than they are beneficial. if a the is a ART is looking up in England well known English journal tells truth when it declares that it fact that a picture which was last year exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition was this year cut in two and the two halves sent to the Bur­ lington House Gallery and to the New English Art Club, 'jwhere they were severally accepted. There are American artists who will do well to take the hint. If nothing else is gained, they will at least have cut down some of their monstrous paint­ ings. WniLE Women are bewailing their restriction to one of the most incon­ venient of pockets there comes from Vienna the story of Miss Pope and her pockets. She taught school at too great a distance from her home to take her meals there, accordingly she built around the hem of her dress a series of pockets. In one she carried her lunch, in another her din­ ner: the remaining pockets held her kuife, fork, spoon, salt-cellar, pepper mill, a small plate, a napkin, a towel and some bottles of medicine. Thus equipped Miss Pope made her daily rounds for many years, mistress of herself, dependent on nobody. astronomical writer that the sun may last 5,000,000 years longer, but not twice as long as that His stores of heat are being given out so rapidly that some fifty thousand centuries hence thev will be depleted beyond the point sufficient to maintain human life or any of the higher-ani­ mal organisms. , Other authorities tell us that supplies of fuel are being used up so fast that they will have disappeaied much sooner than the time named, and still others predict that the human race will lie killed off by insufficiency of food as well as of coal. Between these different prog­ nostications for the future the pros­ pect is a rather gloomy one. BOSTON is dreadfully disturbed be­ cause tlKMumning of some one, con­ nected with theoil!c2 of tlfe architects who built the new public library edi­ fice, has perpetuated the firm name of those architects in an acrostic formed by the first letters of the names of sages and celebrities of the It is a clever trick, such as T'^rs of old were fond of, and it *»n interesting paragraph yfeles of Boston five or six / Glauses for the Kjres. "When an eye doctor tell you to wear glasses while your eyes are good in order to keep them so," said an occulist, "you may safely, set him down as a humbug or a quack. I am not saying anything against shaded, or even plain glasses to protect the eyes from dust, although even th(»se are of doubtful value, but the man who savs lie can give you glasses to keep a good pair of eyes in condition has cither some glasses left on his hands which he wants to sell, or he doesn't know what he is talking about. The moment it becomes painful to read in a good light with the naked eye glasses are required, but until then they are best left se- verly alone. It is true that the de­ mand for glasses has increased very rapidly since the adoption of elec­ tricity for lighting purposes, but it is more the abuse of this powerful il­ luminating power than its use that is doing the mischief. Electric lights in a street car are luxurious, but they encourage reading, and are, from an optician's point of viewjobjectionable. Every one knows, or should know by this time, that reading in a moving vehicle is under any circumstances in­ jurious to the sight." ALL NOW FOIi n ARIMSfW " h** reccned froia her menacing rosttfrr? * * •°0' . Thf^Zore, we rejoice that iunuaiuuauj !mj ,greed .rtrttwiLn, .3 ^ mi.ro to l.»l th« party W NO^mATtW M «K- neither Chili nor any other state will insult the flag or do willful harm to citizens of the United States in the future. m President Harrison has performed his to rib. Of his election there Is no doubt. -- Philadelphia la- P*rtAn-!-eC-n! thejnterua! affaire* i. -- Grandfather's Hat as « Cain pal Mem. r X Em- Tto« Republican t'latton&tislft. The platform adopted at Minneapolis is straightforward and perfectly clear in all its meanings. It is a frank, cour­ ageous statement of the Republican policy in this campaign. The document is terse in expression, and comprehens­ ive. "While a ringing assertion of the national spirit, it gives much attention, as befits the period, te the material progitaa of the country, and to the re- THE worst agony in the world is the agony a big man feels after he iiurt a little one. A BQKjnHt DlbSdATI!) KJflKaSD'WUB COX- . VBNTION HALL sponsibilities attending the rapid in­ crease in national power and prosperity. The tariff plank affirms the American doctrine of protection in a few direct words, and points to the great growth of commerce that has followed the appli­ cation of the law pas el by the last Congress. Tho position taken is that imports^ competing with American labor should be subject to a duty covering the difference between wages abroad and at home. The success of "the Republican policy of reciprocity" is referred to in a compact paragraph, and tho Democratic party arraigned for bitterly opposing the measure. The plank on silver and gold will give the country with eminent sagacity. He gave hearty approval of the MeKinley law. The same inborn Americanism whit h led him to assert'American rights against foreign arrogance, jealousy and hostility made the President a firm ad­ vocate of American industrial independ­ ence, and he has never falte.ed in ad­ hesion to that great Republican princi­ ple. Thanks largely to the MeKinley law the prosperity of the nation ha* re­ ceived a new impetus. A' new era of in­ dustrial development has set in whose benefits the country will realize more and more fully as the years roll on. A* a champion of honest money the Presi­ dent ha? earned the gratitude of every farmer, wage earner and business man in the republic. His pubUe utterances in behalf of a dollar that is always and everywhere worth 100 cents have strengthened business confidence and increased the stability of trade by giv­ ing the assurance that whilo Benjamin Harrison was in the White House no measure for debasing the currency of the United State^could be enacted into law. The campaign is opened; the Repub­ lican nnrty. harmonious and united, is prepared to entor the lists against the stuffed prophet. Harrison downed him before; he can do it again. Mr. Blaine. ~~~ MjvBlaine's utterance in behalf of the national Republican ticket was as prompt as it was emphatic. The great Republican chieftain no soonor heard of the result of the contest at Minne­ apolis than he took up his pen to write a stirring appeal to his fellow Repub­ licans to move solidly against the common foe with the "resolution, en­ ergy and persistence" that mean cer­ tain victory. Mr. Blaine's action was worthy of his fame, of his splendid career, and ©f his unswerving loyalty to the great party that has honored him with its love and trust It showed the utter falsehood of the Democratic claim that the nomination of President Harrison would produce division in the Republican ranks. Mr. Blaine seized the earliest possible moment to put himself on record before the country as advocating the President's re-elec- tion. His incisive words will carry great weight. By assuring absolutely the unity of th 3 party in the approach- W m 7: V, PRETTY GOOD HAT AFTER AM* cry, >1© reasons quirer. ... . N THE min K * think of it the clearer it aeema ta^uf thai •» the nomlnaa Mr. Harrison (he w*. k P°mtfl ^ephem­ eral and will fad© v way' whlle the strength in it and the po^ ular re8Ponse to it will grow steadily, thv morA ™\e issues and the candidates ar«j * --Boston Journal. EVEBY man who believes in the d<v * trines of the Republic an party will be drajvn to Harrison with a growing en­ thusiasm, and all those who place clean­ liness, conscience and ability in the conduct of public affairs above party fealty will think long before they vote against him.--Chicago Inter Ocean. WHAT is left to do is for every Re­ publican and every lover of good gov­ ernment to go to work and help elect thisticket. Though the ticket is popu­ larised the p'atform sound, election ie only assured by hard work and contest­ ing every inch of ground. The enomy is desperate and wary, and will fight bit- , terly.--Toledo Commercial. IN the opinion of the Commercial the nomination of Harrison was the very best that the convention could have made. He WHS the leg cal candidate of the parfy. Tho campaign must be made upon the record of his administration, •and it eeuld not be made as effectively with anybody else at 1 he head of the ticket.--'Louisville Commercial. ' THE Tribune pledges the Republicans j of Michigan to an unwavering, and loyal, and successful campaign to the end, and itpredic'.s that the next Presi- i dent of the United States will be the ! man who has proven his devotion to his . country in nearly four years of magnifi- j cent administration of its affairs, Ben- , jarnin Harrison.--Detroit Tribune. ITS own preferred lea ler defeated in an honorable contest, the Register will be second to none in loyalty to the chosen standard-bearer. The contest is over. The party has spoken. The j leader is named. There are no longer Blaine Republicans and Harrison Re­ publicans--all are now simply Republi­ cans. All are unitod,. for the man who won the victory at Minneapolis.--Iowa State Register. « Grandfather'* Hat. Hurrah for (Irandpa's Hat! It covers a statesman's head! Battered and old, but In spite ot that not ready to be shed. Too, large, tlie Oem- mi es claim, tor the «on of 1 • the Hooster State, but It not there just the same, and paused through the White House (late,while plainly, day by day, the hat crows far too pmall, and soon'twill be laid away, for it will not fit at all. Grandfath­ er's hat is doffed not even to knightly plume, and the helmet borne aloft has gone with its owner's boom, and In spite of weighty Grover, dis­ penser of platitude, Hen will be clected over by a nation's gratitude. Eight years will the hat be hung in the raok in the White House hall, and Hoosier hats will be swung when we hearthe news next fall. --Peru ltepublican. A. K. Slevennun. Everybody is asking "Who on earth is Stevenson?" They are try.ng to learn something about the man the Demo­ crats a.t Chicago nominated for the Vice Presidency, and most of them have but poor success. Stevenson was a surprise; and if all accounts are true, he is even less palatable than Cleveland to the dis­ affected Democrats. His principal record is that of executioner to the Cleveland administration, when he lopped off the heads of postmasters at a great rate, in the name of cWil-service" reform. When the anti-Cleveland fac­ tion learned that a deal had been made with Indiana to nominate Gray cn con­ dition otthrowing the vote of that State to Cleveland, they took their little re­ venge bj' beating Gray. It is significant of the state of feeling in the party, of a bitterness that will not yield. It means, too, that the Democrats definitely resign Indiana to the liepublicais. satisfaction to all except those who seek to create and sustain fictitious values. An honest and just bimetalism is favored, with a}l dollars, Whether of gold, silver, or paper, of equal purchas­ ing and debt-paying power. The pro­ posed international conference on silver is commended, and the steps taken by this Government to bring it about are pronounced wise and patriotic. The purity and freedom of the ballot are demanded and the outrages on American citizens in certain Southern States denounced. The development of our foreign commerce and shippln.ee and the building up of tho navy are strongly supported. The Monroe doctrine is re­ affirmed and the control of the Nicaragua canal by this Government is approved. Th0e proper restriction of immigration by legislation is recommended. There are other planks relating to trusts, to educa­ tion, a separation of church and state, civil service, the admission of new States, the utilization of arid lands, the extension of the postal free delivery ser­ vice, the Columbian Exposition and pensions. No person is named or referred to in the platform* though President Harri­ son's administration is commended as able, patriotic, and thoroughly Ameri­ can. "Under it," the concluding sen­ tence runs, "the country has enjoyed re­ markable prosperity, and the dignity and honor of the nation, at home and nbroacj, have been faithiully maintained,' and we offer the record of pledges kept as a guarantee of faithful perform­ ance in the future." Such is the universal Republican ver­ dict. The Republicans are few who have not said that Harrison is a good man and to be credited with a good ad­ ministration. The bright prospect that he will give us another such, with added expedience and the strengthening ap­ proval of the people, is a grateful as­ surance of continued national security and advancement.--Times-Star. WHITELAW RF.ID is a newspaper man. but the American hog Would make an <xuellent emblem for his campaign for the \ ice Presidency. It was he who compelled the frog-eating frenchman to open his ports to American pork. It was a good three years' work which he ing campaign, they removed the last foundation for Democratic hopes. The President, whose administration is a rocord of honor, will be olected, and he will have no more earnest and ener­ getic supporters than the devoted per­ sonal actnerents of Mr. Blaine.--New did in Paris for the American producers. York Press. THE Democratic party kindly pre­ sents to the American workingmen a chance to elect to the Presidency a man who stands upon a platform which dis­ tinctly declares in favor of placing them on the same wages basis with European labor. The American laborer will go for such an opportunity--with a club. President Harrison. In President Harrison the Republican party has a candidate for whom neither apology nor defense is required. His record as a soldier, as a legislator and as President is known of all men, and the more it is studied the more admir­ able it appears. The President has been the soul of his own ad ministration. However able his lieutenants, he hfe been the comnlander-in-chief; and the stamp of Harrison is on all the great achievements that have marked his three years of government. The two features of President Harrison's pres­ ent term that will take rank among the great events of this generation are the enactment of the McKinley law and the outspoken and aggressive assertion of American rights in the controversies with Great Britain and with Chili. Prompted by a patriotism that knew no guide save the honor and interests of the United States, President Harrison was as resolute in dealing with power­ ful England as with the South American republic. The ultimatum which the President sent to Chili, when that na­ tion refused to give satisfaction for tho murder of American sailors and the in­ sult to the American uniform, was no more positive in tone than the final notice to Lord Salisbury on the subject of Bebring Sea. The result is tnat the' American flag and the 4merican name are regarded everywhere with greater respect than before President Harrison Meumed the reins of oSee Confederate Free Trade. The National Democratic platform re­ affirms the declaration of the Confeder­ ate States constitution. i. Article 1, section 8, clause L, of the permanent constltut'on of, the Confed­ erate States, adopted when in rebellion on Maroh 11, 1861, was as follows: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties and excises for revenue only, necessary to pay the debts, provide for the common defense and carry on the government of tho Con­ federate Slates; but no bounties shall be granted from the treasury; nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from foreign nations be laid to promote or foster any branch of industry." II. The Democratic National Convention adopted as its tariff platform June '22, 1892: "We declare it to be a fundamental pr ndple of the Democratic party that the Federal Government has no consti­ tutional power to enforce and collect tariff duties except lor the purposj of revenue only." Cleveland and Free Trade. The nomination of Grover Cleveland at Chicago is fortunate for the Repub­ lican party and the country. It removes from the arena of conflict many side is­ sues which with another candidate might have served to confuse the minds of American voters as to the merits of the contost. Cleveland stands in the eyes of America and Europe as the chosen champion of free trade. With­ out a trace of the genius of Cobden or a tithe of the intellect of Peel, without a single intelligent eon victim on economic principles, he obstinately adheres to the lesson he learned by rote while in the { White House. His name is synonymous j with the sort of "tariff reform" which j means absolute free trado in the foreign j manufactured products that compete j with , American industry.--New York P; THE Chicago convention has torn a deep, gruesome and bloody ehasm be­ tween the factions of the New York Democracy. And the wor»t of it Is that Expressions of Approval. HARBISON'S renomination reflects the people's wishes, and meets with the ap­ proval of the country.--Helena (Mont.) Journal. THE Transcript congratulates the Re­ publican party upon the nomination of Benjamin Harrison. None worthier has ever filled the Presidential chair.--Peo­ ria Transcript. AT once an embodiment and a cham­ pion of Republican ideas, Benjamin Har­ rison will be asked to serve again be­ cause he has been found worthy of trust. --New York Tribune. His fortunes and those of his party are'now identified, so far as the pending campaign is concerned, and his re­ election is demanded in the interest of national prosperity and for the promo­ tion of the cause of sound and beneficent government.--St. Louie Globe-Demo­ crat. ' ai^eop le.' ~' v W. Robertson and wife and Mrs. F, eadgold and children, of LockpOrt, Visiting with friends here. rs. John May and children, of Bata- . are the guests of J. H. Philp here. Muss Binnie, wife and little daughter, Ihicago, are the guests of E. A. Ford , wife. H(ndrew McKay and Jas. Pyott, Jr. of iago, were visitors here on the 4th. --jhn Schroder and wife spent the 4th ncl friends at McHenry. e^he Fourth passed off very quietly here. had no celebration so those who tinted to celebrate had to go away ar» home. Some went to Elgin, some co|dee, while the rest attended the Bo- gedan picnic at their club house, east of ti *• | be Morton house was filled tQ over- j <ng with guests on the 4th. Q^jl of our vacant houses are filling up j ...vi Chicago parties during the summer iths. totffi. 8. A. French, of Chicago, vifeited ^friends here last week. anjuis Benson, oi Maywood, spent $at- jiKjLy and Sunday here with friends. ! Tl|et Andrews and family, of Cary, also ' net Andrews .and daughter, from Wood- ALL that remains of the windy boom ! of Horace Boies is a large collection of i sore' throats evenly distributed among j the Iowa delegates. * THE Chicago convention has rat.'fled the Republican nominations in ttirring and telling style. Here is another sign , that this is a Republican year. I BLAINE himself has pointed out the , way--let every Republican pull off his : coat and go to work for the ticket. [ Now LET David Bennett HlU and his Hard IfeHeU Shortly 1 cfore the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, according to Mr. Stone's "Reminiscences of Saratoga," a Yankee bearing the illustrious name of Roger llaeon moved to Sara­ toga, New York, and contrary to the advice of his new neighbors, built a log cabin on the flats near Fish Creek, lie was an old bachelor, used to hav­ ing his own way. He moved into his new quarters in the late summer. Much snow fell, during the winter, and the weather heid cold until April. Then all at once there came a warm rain. The creek rose rapidly, but Racon thought himself safe and went to bed as usual. Re fore midnight he was awakened rudely by the cracking of trees and the rushing of the tor­ rent. lie sprang out of bed, and found himself log-deep in wafer. There was no time to lusc in making a toilet. He ran to the nearest tree, clambered into it, an:l waited for daylight. It was a dismal night, and his un­ seasonable cold bath added nothing to his comfort. The roar of the waters and the occasional crash of trees made it plain that the ice of the river had broken up. How soon .xvAuid it carry away the tree in which G( had taken refuge? dep< The dawn brought little encourage- nt. One of tin* first things he saw s his cabin, lifted from its fountai­ ns by the flood and dashed to pieces, e whole valley was a waste of rush- water: but as it turned out,* the _ >d was not the only thing he had andll'ear, for just then he heard a org earn in the distance. Little by and le it came nearer, till he recog- G. ed it as the voice of a panther, botjf the animal should scent him, his »• the historian expresses it, be beyond the "help of insur- do yjfc-" Nearer and nearer it came, or | soon he saw the lirubs of a tree lungking at' no great distance. Con^nother scream, this time close at g«a,id! A shaking of thi branches in b® P)theP" tre;'! Now he can see the .^ther, crouching in the very next e, and ready to spring. His eyes h, and as he grow.s he shows his all t acti stor pep you hea Elef S. WE have never had any sympathy with the dark horse idea. The Presi- . dent has seemed to us to be the only punctured boom get together §rd sing England 1 candidate if Mr. Blaine was not in the t "Comrades." ^ had a stJ vou Tru'K*- . Stofhe panther puts up his back, kes his tail, and wakes his final ip. His aim is straight as an nr- but as he strikes the branch tlo^on shakes it at the right Instant ji-ne-»onster misses his hold, aijd tries in vain tc'recovor it His hind feet dangle^in the air. Bacon shakes the limb again with all his might, and the j anther, screaming horribly, drops into the torrent " Racon remained in his tree till late in the afternoon, when his neighbors were able to come to his relief. A MAX with no family blames his lack of success to the fact that he had no one he cared to work for; a man with a family accounts for bis failures by saying they dragged him down. AFRICA'S GREATEST LAKS; Victoria Xyanxa Insipid Thstj* ««f Infested With AUJgafcM* ,. * iirnest Gedge, who has spent slderable time on arid JiroCmd Vicioria ^3anza, has made some very interest- ing observations on the lakey which is the largest lake in Africa. Al< though it has been visited by a numv ber of explorers it is not very accu­ rately mapped yet. Mr. Gedge says the appearance of the lake suggests the formation at some remote period I ot a v«st trough or valley. The shore* on the west side give striking indication8 of that, especially }n Ka- ragwe, whfev® the cliffs a,re t>efpen- dieular, with water close in­ shore. Nothing o.i the eastern or southern shores suggests volcanic action. On the northern shore are outcrops of lava blocks. The main visible sources of the water supply are from three rivers, which although discharging continually a certain amount of water into the lake, are of no great sbe except during the ra'ny season,and they appear to be totally in­ adequate to maintain the equilibrium of the lake, when it is considered that a large volume is carried off constantly bv the Nile, and that the loss through evaporation from so large an area must be great. The New York Sun thinks it is probable, therefore, that the lake o.erives a great deal of wate from springs. The lake has great depth in places- The water is fresh and clc:ir, although flat and insipid to the taste. Fish are numerous and are caught mostly with rod and lin& Hippopotami are not very numerous, as they confine themselves generally to the-coasts and rivers. Those that are found in the lake are extreme.y vicious, and are much feared by the canoemen along the northern shores, who, strange to say, are unable to swim,^ jThat is, ho doubt, due" largely to the fact that the lake is infested with alligators and it is dangerous for anyone to enter its waters. Cyclonic storms of great violence occur at certain seasons and are dan­ gerous to small craft. The storms occur usually at daybreak. They are accompanied by much thunder and lightning. Following the coast line for a time they sweep across the lake, raising a tremendous.sea, and on sev­ eral of Mr. Gedge's journeys his party was in great danger of swainping. One of the remarkable phenomena he witnessed was the apparent tide that is observed at irregular inter­ vals, the waves coming in and over­ flowing the beach in exactly the same way as the tide on the seashore, the rise and fall lasting from a half hour to an hour or mor^. That has oc­ curred during a comparative calm, while at other tunes, a I thou ?h a strong gale was setting on shore, Gedge did not notice any difference in the lake's level. He therefore thinks that the phenomenon is not attributable entirely to the wind backing up the water. Another cu­ rious feature is the periodical rise and fall, which, according to the natives, takes place every twenty-five years, and is indicated by the water marks on the stones. At'the time of his visit the lake was between eight and nine feet below high water mark, and the people said that certain lands under cultivation, would ,be flooded au'ain in due season, and that the iK'iiinsula on which hi* camp was pitched would become an island. Sim­ ilar changes of level have been noticed in Lake Tanganyikaand Lake Nyassa, and it is very desirable that continuous observations should be made in order to define rjcal char­ acter of the changes. AR0UN b A GKf: AT STATEl BRIEF COMPILATION .AIOI9 .NEWS. la loiiaoia-cr*, Cnaat* Aaanred Eipenm In XafttBy hi bit at the State Pair--Llbar*] pHiww lloclt Mkiid X>e]uK«t< ' . t .. i i From Far an<l K««r, J. M. VANABSDALE, of Jacksonville, tn invalid, ended his life by' a dose of rat poiapa. JtmN !JvAKsMa eoa^ jnjQe operator Rentchler, was ptobably fatally wounded by a pre mature blast. Several miners were injured. A VERITABLE deluge broke forth U|; Rock Island a ad surrounding countrjr- on Friday utoriiing. The Wain in>urtx|> iown from the bluff*, converting th# streets into roaring streams, which tb#r sewers were inalequste 1© carry oT, an4| many of the thwivughfares became passable, while ia one part of th# cit#-.- the water completely filled the eellsi# and stood several feet dwp ©n the f5ooi^; of the houses. Some faiu lie» wer#. - abliged 1o retreat by watiiag out. ih# ' Mississippi Eiver rose eighteen inches. Much anxiety Is felt in wxisequence. Rock River and Mill Creels oa the Foutli- are overrunning their banks. All train* were delayed by wftshout-s. THE State Eoard of Agrieu'.tare hw decided to awa|d $6,500 in prize* for display of farm, orchard, and Rardeii products at the State Fair ast Peori* Sept. 25, 26, and 30. The plan Is to ee~ lect from these such specimens as majr • be desirable to make up the beet pos^.v^f; sible exhibits from the State of XSlbioiar % in both the National Building an! fciw»\ 111 nols State Building at the V ©rld'ai, • Columbian Exposition. The b«st an<f •' Largest display at Peoria from anf county of the threo grand divisions of •, the State will be awarded a prize of $230, the second best jloO, and the third ; .i best $100. All counties making a cred- . jg itable exhibit, even if they fail to get » prjze, will be paid $50. Those desiring 4 detailed information regarding the mat-" *9 ter should address W. C. Garrard, See* felfiry, Spriugfleld, or D. W, Yitton* Canton. . . -Sr RETI BNS from the county clerks of, twenty-gevf n lllinoih counties, made •<*' * the State Board of Health, give the fol* - ^ lowing facts and tigures relative to th^ - >$jj damage done by floods along the Missis* sippi ltiver: Total area overflowed, 76$ square miles; total overflowed area un* - 41 der cultivation,234,475 acres; total money loss, $6,0^4,200; total number of tam- i'Jf; ilies driven from their hoaies, 2,197; total number of persons, 9,957; total number of families absolutely destitute, 957; total 'v--• ' S n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s a b s o l u t e l y d e s t i t u t e ^ ^ , 1 4,306; sum estimated necessary for sup- port of destitute, $82,( 00. In response t<| ^ ~ the Governor's proclamation fcr contrib* * . utions for these destitute, a total of * - 1 827.28 has been received and disbursed*'., Of this sum the citizens of Chicago -.'4M have contributed $6,468.01. An agent o| the State Board of Health, returned _ JJ from Madison and Venice, nports that. < "O the t .wn of MadisoA 4s covered with " ' , J Water to a depth of three feet on an av$^3^:'»<^| erage, and the town of Venice to a dejtlt . . of about fear feet; (Noxious odors arise f'spi from the water, which is kept 1 mm run» " ning off by embankments of the Wabash^ V" tho Indiar.apolis and St. • Louis and th^ Chicago and Alton Railroads, end th^/V; hoalth of thousands ofl people is threat* ened. The Board of Health has called >| the attention of the railroad cotnpanie# to the existing conditions, and road* ; dence is expressed that they will mako* the necessary cuts to enublo the watefe. pass out. J " 'v * REPORTS of1 the <J.rop correspondent* of the Illinois State Boara of Agricul# t"ure show that the continued wet seat son, covering a period of nearly fou months, while it retarded the sowing oats, spring wheat and the planting corn, did not injure the growing \vheat> . ' except where It was inundate i or im# , J' properly draine t.: Where the land wa$ ^ •:; tiled and outlets provided for the wate* there was no injury- whatever. No sea* •?! son in the past has so clearly demon- strated the great beneAts to be derived fiom tile draiuage. Quite a large are of winter wheat has been destroy' since May 1 by the floods of the Missis-? sippi, Illinois, Wabash, Sangamon, Ver-j milion, and other streams traversing th# "wheat belt" < f the State, which the correspondents have not taken into ac­ count further than to call attention the fact, making no estimate of th<$; area so destroyed. There is less com-? • plaint of rust, smut, and insects tl ant . -f* u&ual. In the northern division, where* but little winter ^heat is raised, th» >lr* condition is ninety, or three points bet­ ter than on May 1. Spring wheat isy doing well, and has he!d its own since! the last report. The condition of tho growing wfceat crop in the central di- : vision has declined two points sineei May 1. There has been a very marked improvement in the condition of winter- wheat throughout the southern division of the State since May 1, when the con­ dition was given as eighty-nine, anil the prospect is good for a better yielc| per acre than for several years past. In many counties of this division the wheat harvest is about finished. The weather# in this section of the State has been ^ f a v o r a b l e l o r t h e h a r v o s t . P r * N EWS comes from Magnolia of a re­ markable and successful i ol bery perpe­ trated there, in which John Sobeoski,, Prohibition candidate for Governor oftjS Missouri, was one the victims and the hero of an inbn^ely exciting subse­ quent adventure with the robbers. On the night in question the Magnolia House, the only hotel in the village, contained twelve guests. Shortly be-, fore midnight five men, masked and " armed with rifles, forced an entrance. They made the attaches of the house and. the guests "line up" in the hall, and while two of the robbers guarded them, the others rifled lojms and clothing. Over $1,200 was. secured. After the robbers had gone, Mr. Sobeoski was the only man with courage enough to at­ tempt pursuit. Mounti'.g a horse he r overtook three of them, and opened tire. The robbers also fired, killing Sobeoski'e horse, slightly wounding him, and made their escape. „ "I LEAVE to my dear husband, ^LrnoMI|^ P. Gilmoro, everyth.ng that I may pos-',^S sess at the time of my death. *'anny B. Gilmore. April 15, 1£89." This will 0. was admitted to probata at Chicago. An estate valued at $150,000 is dis­ posed of. AHOI T Mascoutah hundreds o* acres of wheat have been harvested, and there are many hundreds yet to be harvested. Another week o' favorable weather will abo;it I nbn the harvest Ihere. The j> o*peets are favorable f for an immense yiel I of corn this sea- : son. Many fields w.II average upward ot thirty bushels of wheat to the ajre. ^ *51 WOMEN voted for the tirst time in the school election at book Island Tuesday. THE State Board of Health has ad- iressed the authorities of Chicago, say- ^ i ing grave cause exists for fears of an epidemic of smalipe>x in the State, >speei»"y in Chicago, and urging whole- isle vk.njination. AT Moline Elsworth Mapee and his good wife quietly celebrated the »lxty- "xth anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Mapes is and has been for many fears a justice of the peace in Moline He will be 87 years old next September. Sirs. Mapes, who was married at the age Df 17, is now 83. Thev fcjtYe XiMSfd * l»rge family of ehildrehu* •ill