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b • 7\- P * ;vf • T, j ' 'life •X £ • S-' f>v , ! < " .|fev V • r*'"* fc' • p ̂ - I:" if "• r,H Kl <• '• ' * • r ' I. VAH SLYKE, Editor and Publi*l». ILLINOIS A MAX fc Nevada, Mo.f Is 86 years and Las never seen a circus. >J|PioJ 'Perhaps he is blind v^®WEMBH girls begin, at an early *ge, to make and finish the personal Alid house linen which they will re- <QUire when thev are married. IT Is claimed that >vhlle the in osteal «o-partnership existed oetween Gil­ bert, Sullivan, and Carte thev pocketed ihfc neat little sum of $450,000 apiece as the profits of their joint labors. fr--1 'f:' \r I1, jiir.v i'-' r-m1? "> »<, . • # , • >iVl ' A MAN ic Cleveland, O., will begin Allfty-day fast shortly under the au­ spices of a medical college. Let the champion corn-husker and the thirly- day quail eater now come forward and let us have the agony* over iis soon as .possible. " • " ^HERE are times when the world seems procc to withhold sympathy, but now it will pause long enough to Acknowledge freely that the Duchess at Marlborough in losing her husband is out of luck- She had paid high for Mnit and she even forfeits the price. turned covering 145 miles iu twenty!. MARK u'ght hours. In I$91 a Captain cJ pdrinj preparations for the Eighth Cavalry rode eighty-four Mm® at his Annual New miles ia eight hours. A courier, car-«take place at that pop- rying dispatches in New Mexica rfide resort on the evening of 300 miles in three consecutive nights Slocum's full Orchestra, to escape the Apaches, and returnedout question tbeb«fcdane- In the same time These feats ovcrhe Northwest, will furnish the deserts of New Mexico and Ari-^ ®°thing will bA left undone zonia attract no attention, but ai|leasaot'Ior wt© attend. Europe applauds when a light-weightiedate' Monday evening, ride covers 350 miles in, three days over tho smooth roads of Germany told of a hunter, who, while and Austria. ining a distant hill for game, --:-- .. . rzm J f out of his . wits by~big THE announcement that the British; right under his feet. After Admiralty does not propose to build air managers have "pub- any more naval guns weighing over mioted" all thereat of the fifty tons marks a decided reform in leep with literature, they the methods of armament hitherto big game in Illinois, fro in prevailing on British ironclads. jorne the Barest pay, and Some of the largest English battle* jement is not yet in sym- ships carry 110-ton guns. These i with the newspapers of monsters have been generally found to be not only comparatively ineffec-" ! ITT » . .. J . , * . , J • .je says that * few weeks tive on account of their slow rate ot^ ,r) to acW • Ore, bat positive], unsafe. The 67-ue on om> 0l th<m Sw8v too Run, representing a larger cali0eriia it w| toto tbe hMd8 Q( o than any of the gnns now in use <»wko , the Amclcan isavy, have hecngener.^ ^ WMk be packed ally acccpted as to the best she foi„d canIe to NebrMka to main batteries of the heaviest war^j HousCaad o lage. House is a good fruit. 1b p! sold cheap. lie Heriry, Nov) ships: but it is now evident that the; to Nebraska This is believed to be ?*, 1 • fiU TVvl*V ' * V % ' * . """ KEW YORK papers have begun to confess that the Columbian parade there was a fizzle. One of them in the depths of its remorse explains that it is a good thing for the expo­ sition that it is to be in Chicago and not Gotham. These indications that New York has a conscience will be noted by the country at large with pleasure. ^ ^ v • • r * J truss VERNE'S fanciful story of lihe comet which struck the earth and carried away several persons, whose adventures and observations on their ride through space from the basis of the narative, seems less improbable with one of {.hose mysterious inhab­ itants of space rushing toward us. Most of us would rather be exoused from a ride on a comet i IT is bad business speaking ill of dignitaries in Europe. The Prince of l^maco, who runs a highly reputable and largely patronized "casino" in the principality which bears his name--or the name of which he bears--has been accused by a French newspaper of keeping a gaming house. To vindicate his out­ raged dignity he has brought a libel •ult and will probably win it. in the history of Nebraska experts in the service of the Adiuir)VW h&tched ont a wedd^ alty consider this gun too big and unkprised at ai!j thing in He- wieldy for efficient use. The 5Q.tor • gun which it is proposed to make th« *--- standard in the British Navy is praH*GfcarloaH. Bartlett tlcallv the equivalent of the 10-in^- Bartlett, the oldest settler steel rifles, hurling 500 pound pro­ jectiles, with whiqji the monitor Miantonomoh is equipped. Four of these guns will fori%the heavier part of the battery of the armored cruiser Maine, now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and t»?o of these, together with two 12-inch nfies, are to compose the armament of the Pacific coast de­ fense oattleship Monterey. "v V " 'v. ; THE Brooklyn Eagle advocates the fetention of old geographical names, ^his Is proper. Nearly all the old ftames are associated with something •f historical value, and should not %e lightly set aside. Especially Should names which were in this Country before the white race be guarded against change. The time will come when these names will be the only every-day reminders of our fetorginal history. . SUICIDES arc not a cheerful yet scientist* make a study of them, the results of which may not be with- , oat value. During the period of the . <olvil war, in New England suicides decreased, and there was no increase during the pauic years of 1873-74. In Massachusetts the suicidal tendency increased from sixty-nine to nearly ninety-one to tbe million inhabitants during* the period 1851-35. In the* tabulated census in Massachusetts three times as many men as women commit suicide. The maximum tendency of suicide is in the age pe­ riod of seventv-eight years, and weak­ ens as the age is of less years. No DOUBT a groat deal of the scan­ dalous gossip about English people of title which reaches this country is specially manufactured for the Amer­ ican market, and no doubt many of the members of nobility whose names figure freely In the European corres­ pondence of American newspapers are more or less maligned. The gossip could never find anything too bad to say about the late Duke of Marlbor­ ough when he was alive, but now that he is dead, it turns out that he did a very manly, handsome thing by his American wife -- a thing which cer­ tainly no one would have iudged him capable of doing who formed an opin­ ion of him based entirely on the sen­ sational newspaper rep3rts. It seems that when he was suddenly carried off oy heart disease, the other day, be didn't leave his widow to flounder in financial difficulties, as her friends at one time predicted he would, when they heard that she was using her money liberally to improve Blenheim Cattle, the Duke's residence. It was discovered thao he had left a life in­ surance policy for $1,000,000, to be paid to his widow in the event of his death, and reimburse her for the heavy outlay--estimated at $700,000 --which she has made; It is to be remembered, too, that he probably shortened his life by reason of his so­ licitude for her,as theattack of heart- disease which carried him off came upon him just after he had returned to his apartment, after having spent an hour in waiting upon the Duchess, who had been taken ill during the nlslbt- • ' • f *x < b •if.'-. - . . B * . ' h* 1 $ • ' m ' : . <• .» ilb'i's -V ' •VVE \ IVHEN the appalling neglect of precautions that prevails in v -- the greater part of Russia is consid­ ered it does not appear strange that the cholera has again bruken out with some virulence iu that empire. Cholera is readily transmitted in the boat loads of hides and other mer­ chandise carried on the waterways of interior Iiussia. The wonder is not that the cholera claimed so many victims in Bussia, but that it did not claim many more. The wretched sanitary condition of Russia, there­ fore, and the admitted facts that cholera still exists there, with every­ thing favorable to its extension, makes it all the more necessary that careful precautions be maintained in this country against the introduction of the disease Steamships bringing Russ an immigrants should be vigi­ lantly watched and inspected and none permitted to land who may reasonably be suspected of infection. I'he precautions taken by the Treas­ ury Department with proper co-ope ra­ tion on the part of the local health officials, ought to be effective in pre- yenting the introduction of digease through immigration. • }-Ar' - 11 > OFFICERS in the United States cav- *lrj service are laughing at the won­ derful feat heralded from Germany, in which four light-weight crack cav- alrv oncers rode from Berlin to Vienna, a distance of 350 miles in about three days, riders and steeds; reaching their destination completely exhausted, two of the horses dyintr. The Indian service in this country is fall of instances in which this "un­ paralleled feat" was eclipsed. Tn 1870 several couriers rode from Thornburg's command, hemmed in with Indians, 17C miles in less than 'twenty-four hours. In 1873 Colonel Mackenzie rode out after the hostiles* Mat them in a sharp fight and re- Tlie TOM of the Dice. * ̂ "There are some funny characters out West still." said a Boston drum­ mer at the Adams House yesterday, "and some of these preserve their in­ dividuality in spite of their present surrounding. When I was in Denver I met the editor ot the Great Divide, and he is a curious combination. He wears a wild cow l>oy bat, has a gun on his desk, and when a compositor displeases him, fires a shot or two at him to relieve his mind. He can 'sling ink,' as he calls it, with the best writers in the country and has a pet rattlesnake in one of his pockets to entertain those who call in with poetry which is not up to bis stand­ ard. "When his paper, the Great Divide, was started four years ago he made all the necessary arrangements, but forgot to choose a name. iV'otody thought of this till they were all ready to print, and then the foreman asked what the name was to be. 'Hell,'said this Western editor, *1 had never thought of that. Say, you christen it.' The foreman could hot think of a name, and all went out and had a drink to st mulate their im­ agination. But it was of no use. Finally it was decided to throw dice, and whoever won was to name the paper or be shot on the spot. The printer's devil won the throw, and said before there was time to shoot, 'Caii it the Great Divide,' and that is how the paper was named, for the editor told me himselr in Denver. The appropriateness of the name was not discovered until afterward."-- Boston Herald. ; - White House Butter. All sorts of things are expected of ilia President's wife, as is true also of t ie wives of ministers. A novel il­ lustration is mentioned m the recent biography of Mrs. James K. Polk. The incident occurred during the presidential campaign which resulted in Mr. Polk's election and Mr. Clay's defeat. A Tenness:e woman remarked to a friend ot Mrs. Polk's that she hoped Mr. Clay would be elected "because Mrs. Clay was a good house-keeper and made line butter." A little passage-at-arms • followed, and the conversation was duly re­ ported to Mi's. Folk. She was amused, and sent a playful reply to Mr. Clay's partisan, to the effect, that if she should be fortunate enough to reach the White tdied at his home at Bia declared upon oath that the prisoner had asserted that certain ladies on board the Quaker City had retired to their berths on account of seasickness, it being a well known fact that no lady is ever seasick, and that when any lady passenger had to retire from thA dinner ishlc scti it bccuusc 9he has forgotten her handkerchief, and her failure to reappear for two days is due to the fact that she has stopped to have a few words with a lady friend. This witness' evidence was being listened to with painful in­ terest when the ship gave a lurch and the witness found she had forgotten her handkerchief. Mint juleps having been, ordered all round, the Court proceeded to argue the legal aspects of the question DE By his requ account have H. G. Mead, tion,and ail pe to be indebted settle with Mr. All • *a ^Bj persons 'ftfnawOQO; Not having seen anything from Ring* wood in your paper for soma time, I eon* jestnre 1 shall not be usurping the right of anyone in preparing a oommnnicatinn to the I'LAt.vnKAMCR. If so I shall be willing to be forgiven at the earliest op­ portunity and through these columns. First, we ar« growing here in our little village, in what way? you ask. Not particularly better, but bigger, as the boy says. Our popular factory man. Chas. Thompson, has just had completed a very tasty dwelling, upon a lot on Main street, and right in the prettiest and most convenient, sight for him that he could have chosen. The family is just getting settled and will soon be ready to ifMiihtneir friends at home. \\giwe Stevens is quite indisposed at prwflrt writing but is improving. R. Bacon and wife, of Lake Geneva. were visitors at C. Bacon's Monday. School is progressing nicely nnder the presnt management and only needs MI assistant that the principal may devote more time to individual classes. At a meeting of the young folks, con­ vened at J. W. Oristy's on Friday even­ ing last, it. was unanimously decided to have a grand double Christmas tree and brief exercises, mostly singing, in Band Hall, Saturday evening, Dec. 24, 1892. Coiiiiiiiiunis were appointed to take charge otthe matter and we feel confident that you may come to Ringwood for a good time and lots of presents. If the parties who practiced the voeai exercises on Saturday evening last when the pro­ gram committee met can only be kept out oi tbe eolu till Christmas eve., the people will then be treated to something very unusual in Ringwood. Jonathan Brown has just had a weii sunk and force pump pnt in by Manor and partner, from Genoa The boys found him 9% feet of water which Jona* than says is water enough. Thejre are more than « down* »««»« • pany went «n tolling their a?ea, a 1 more than the years of the Cardinal, until he exclaimed: "Is it possible that lam the young­ est one present, that I am to cut the cake?" f "Of course, of course," urged his delighted guests. "Is it chance or a plot?* asked the old man. Just then he caught sight of Barjac's smiling face,' and under­ stood his old tenant's kind strata­ gem. NATIONAL S0L0HS. iot&n dR S-r<*ri*liiG, FUtLY KgetfKNID. BNATB AND HOUSE OP REPRE­ SENTATIVES. nr .National bmukwi and Wtiat Thar Aro Dote* for 11»* Good of th« Coiuny-- Varies* ••MBIW Fzopoaod, DtwainJ, •ad A«M Upoa. Ho Oat tbe R»pt. A book by M. Rouvet which re­ cently appeared in Paris narrates an incident In the life of tbe famous Doing* ot Conrnu, Tbe interest « bleb surround* tve mMt- :R of & new session of Congress has worn ff, and the House on tbe 7th got down to dull iouiiuo ul uusiuess. A biii granting t portion ot the Fort Hayes military reser­ vation to the Stute of Kansas was called up n the consideration morning hour, but the House refused to order the previous question m upon it Then a bill, In effect repealing the aw which provides for a reduction in the force j't the engineer officers of the navy to 170, was brought to tbe attention of the Hor^e. Should the bill become a law the number of officers would be fixed at . , , . , ^1^1. Although the measure received a mi- QeOtea to tne jrity vote, a motion to reconsider was In­ terpolated. and no final uctton was taken. The remnlnder of the day was consumed In the consldei ation of a long Senate bill rel­ ative to public printing and binding. The object of the measure is 10 economize In the matter of the prlntin; of public docu­ ments and to facilitate their distribution. A a unusual clnident in the opening pro­ ceedings of the Senate was the offering of tho opening prayer by a Jewish rabbi, Rev, Br. Joseph Silverman, rabbi of tho Temple Ematouel of New York, one of the flistin- guished attendants at tbe rabbi's conven­ tion now in progioss in Washington. He did not follow tbe custom of tbe so-called orthodox .Tews by covering his head, but [stood bareheaded dnrtng the proceedings. pa tbe occasion of the death of Senator iBarbour, of Virginia, funeral services were held in tbe Senate by a bishop and priests of the Catholic church, but this was the Brst occasion ou which a Jewish pre!nib jhad been invited to conduct rellitlous exer- enng, j _P je'sea 'n ^at body. Senator Hill introduced - bill to repeal the Sherman silver purchase acu Referred to Committee on Finance. Ihe Senate at 1:15 adjourned, after tbe announcement of the death of the late Representative McDonald, ot New Jersey by Senator McPherson. The Senate spent exactly one hour In session 'i hursday, and that time was about equally jiivlded between executive and legislative business. The former had ref- jrence to the pending claims treaty with Chili, which treaty was ratified and con- Brmed. A communication from the Secre­ tary of War was laid before the Senate, •bowing that a balance of $3,732 was still due the State i t Pennsylvania for moneys expended by that State for the use of the United States in 1864. A memorial was presented from the Chicago Woman's Club for the repeal of the provision of law re­ quiring the World's Fair to be closed on Sundays. Senate bill to author­ ize earnestly requ H. C, Mead bel you will cOnfei bereaved mott Boy yoerfh & Owen. Tbej select from. FOR Look in at 1 a KETTLE LIGHT NEW Purest Sugar 100 Puunds, < WANTED, You need no that warrant and true to ns St AA • architect Viollet-Ie-Due, which oc- i curred in July, 1870, wheii ho was in was maintained by the prosecution j Switzerland that, whereas, Ananias and Sapphira, Baron Munchausen and others who had hitherto ranked as the greatest liars the world had ever seen, had prevaricated for their personal inter­ ests or glory; the prisoner at the bar lied systematically and on principle from genuine artistic pleasure in the practice, and that, therefore, his claim to be the greatest liar in creation was not to be contested. Authorities were, however, quoted for the defense, to- wit, Lord Tennyson, who laid down the law that "a lie that is half the truth is ever the blackest of lies." Now, as the prisoner's lies were all He was one day on the Schwarzen= berg Glacier, at a height of about nine thousand feet, accompanied by Baptiste, the guide, who marched in front. The two men were attached to eachOther by a rope, as is usual hi Alpine mountaineering. The guide had passed over a crev­ asse, but when M. Viollet-de-Duc at­ tempted to cross it, he failed, and fell into the abyss. The guide tried to pull him out, but instead he found himself gradually descending. The architect perceived that his companion, if he persisted iu the at­ tempt to save him, would surely pure and unadulterated lies, with no« share his fate, and he asked if liap- i _ *~mily. and ohildron," was the suspicion of truth about them, they I tiste had a family. could not entitle him to be con­ demned as the blackest of liars. Ref­ erence was further tnaae to the well known legal axiom that there are throe degrees of lying, viz., lies, d--d lies and statistics, and as the prls- 6ner had never in his life given any statistics, true or false, except to the tax collector, he could not be held guilty of the crime named in the in­ dictment. "A wife answer. ••Then," said Violtet-le-Due, quietly, "I shall cut the rope." He did so and fell, but a block of ice thirty feet lower down stopped his decent. When Baptiste saw this, and that for a time the danger was lessened, he went in search of help, and returned with four stout peas­ ants. Three hours afterward Viollet- The jurv having letired to consider j le*puc was extricated. their verdict, they returned after the seventeenth drink all round and pro­ nounced the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The sentence of the Court w;^ls that the prisoner should be compelled to read his own books for three hours daily till the ship arrived in Bremen. When this appalling sentence was pronounced the prisoner grew ghastly pale and flung himself on his knees. beggin« that it might lie commuted to hanging. The Court declared *'it would be hanged if it did." and ap­ pointed a committee to see the sent­ ence carried out. This was rigorousH enforced, and needless to say, the unhappy criminal broke down under the prolonged tor­ ture. and arrived in port such a rav­ ing lunatic that a new and interest­ ing work may shortly be expected from.his pen.--Karlsbad Herald. In spite of his perilous position, the ruling passion was strong with with the artist, for although he was almost covered with icicles from the dripping water, he had contrived to make drawings of the novel effects he was able to perceive. In his bo;>k on the Alps he mentions his fall as if it were a fortunate accident.--Youth's ; Companion. Heavy Production of GeM- la 1WL Year by year the goto production : of the world is increasing, and the re­ sults for 18U1 were the largest on < record. In round numbers the pro- ' ductlon for the last five years was as j follows: 1887, 5,097,000 ounces; 1888, 5,251,000 ounces; 1889, 5,(5-11,000 ounces: 1890, 5,586,000 ounces: and 1891, «, 033,000 ounces;. Forthellrst time for many Tears there was a set- hack iu 1890. A noticeable feature of recent years has been the dcvelop- Uchtning ami Lightning ltods. luent of the Witwatcrsrand gold Prof. L. £\ Blake of the University flelds- 1:116 production of these fields of Kansas, in an article on "Safety ! ^as ')een as follows: 1887, 34,897 from Electricity" in the last issue of P^n^s.' 1888, 230,917 ounces; 1889, the Electrical World, says: 1379, <33 ounces; 1890, 494,801 ounces; For buildings in cities, except an^ 1891, <29,213ounces. Adding in phutches and other high structures, 11891 the output of other Transvaal rods, I think, are unnecessary. Light-1 fields, which amounted to about ning !-trikes seldom In the cities com- j ounces, the total production )>ared with the country, one reason • °' Transvaal for 1891 reaches being that the many electric wires-- ! 836,250 ounces. For the currentyear telephone and telegraph and electric j ^.,}s that the production light--are really safeguards. A build- \ Quite reach 1,250,000 ounces. In Jng is safer with such wires over it • 1888 the Transvaal only produced 4} than without In the country, how-1 percent, of the world's yield, but In ever, buildings may need protection, j '891 the proportion had ri?en to 13 8 Our modern conceptions of light- per cent, and this year it is tolerably the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans for tbe use of the Southern Pacific } Scnoeu tnis motto, 1**If srottqm Aitoptaf„ One practice of feudal times has mrvhed the disappearance of moat t'eudal things, it is the custdih ot using or ch osing family jtnd personal mottoes. In America, at least, peo­ ple who do not inherit a coat-of-arms or a crest are free tu adopt one at their pleasure, and to put npen* it- whatever motto or ensign armorial they choose. In this country the use *>f a crest or coat-ot-arms upon a seal or at the head of letters is sometitnes a matter jf honest family pride, and some­ times, beyond a aoubt, of uursef van­ ity. There are some Americans who feign an appearance of f!aristocratic descent by making use'of heraldic ambletns to which they have no right what ever by inheritance. But the adoption of an original emblem or motto of one's own, quite regardless of what's ancestors may have been, is entirely a matter of persoual taste. Many people make use of such emblems; and the prac­ tice, supposing.it reallv to represent personal tastes, preferences, and char­ acter, is a pretty one. Rearly all the ancient mottoes which in the course of time became badges of aristocratic descent had their origin in mere whim. Some of them commemorated an act of Hrmne*s or courage which'the hero wished to perpetuate in his en­ sign. A marshal of France, for in- stanre, Bugeaud by name, who added extensive agricultural operations to tils reputation as a soldier, took the device, Ense et aratro; "By the sword and the plough." Another motto, typical of the old nobility, is upon the crest of the aris­ tocratic family of Uzes in France: "By iron, not by gold." Modern mottoes are sometimes Iron­ ical and intentionaly humorous. A celebrated singer, M. Capoul, has placed upon bis seal the .figur^ of a duck, with the motto, "Quackr" Sat'rical mottoes, too, are occasion-; ally tmstowed bv wir.s or wags upon other people. A French General, who had been defeated both in Ger­ many and in Italy, found one day that, while he was absent from his house, somebody had decorated his door with an armorial bearing repre­ senting a drum, upon which was in- 1 am beaten on Railroad was passed. The Senate then proceeded to executive business. Half an hour later the doors were reopened and a message was presented from the House an­ nouncing tho death of Representative War wick, of Ohio. The customary resolu­ tions of regret were offered, and tho Senate adjourned.till Mondny. Mr. Kilgore(Texas) brought to the attention of tbe House a rule which few of the members knew to be in existence. By implication it pro­ vides that unfinished business coat­ ing over from tbe first session of tbe House cannot be considered at the second sesslon^until after the expira­ tion of six days. Speaker Crisp intimated that the defect would be remedied. The point made by Mr. Kllgore was entirely unexpected and caused much amusement. Although the rule has been in the code for many years (except during the List Con­ gress) none of the oldest members can re­ member when it has ever before been In­ voked. The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury was laid before the House and referred to the committee on ways and means. No objection was ralsid to the fur­ ther consideration of tbe bill relative to printing and binding, and this consumed the remainder of the nfternoon. Without dlspoaing of the bill, the House adjourned. TWO BLOWS AT SILVER. ning indicate in general some­ what as follows: For the rapidly oscillating current tho surface of the conductor first receives the ether disturbance r and becomes heated, so that the interior makes but little difference A good large surface is needed, and iron rods are just as good as, if not better than, copper. The old irlea of a copper rod to earth, large enough not to become certain to reach 21 per cent. The following was the production in 1890 for the countries named: United States, about l,58fi, 500ounces; Australia. 1,469,200; and linssia, 1,019,000. As the return for thesj countries has not altered to any large extent the Transvaal will probably take the third plane for the current year, and very likely the second place in 1893. Mining in the Transvaal overheated, would be correct if the ! ^as no' reached its culminating point, as new mines are lteing con» stantly opened and old one3 still fur­ ther developed. lightning were a direct current, as formerly held. But tcr its rapid surer- ings there must not only be the con­ ductor, but surface to it, and good grounds; furthermore, all large bodies of metai In the building must be con­ nected to it, or, better, provided with independent grounds. In fact, there is no perfect safety from lightning because of the large area over which the ether is distributed. For the Individual the safest place is the center of the room and on the floor. There .he is the farthest removed from the most direct path of the ether's violent surging. , : , l>rtnklng In France. -ikWould not be surprising II the friends ot temperance in France were almost discouraged by the statistics concerning the drinking habits. In Honse she should try to ' 1869 there were 365,875 dram shops live within the President's salary.and ' *n France, or one for every eighty- not be obliged to mak" own bat- *even inhabitants. Since then France ter. lias lost 1,600,000 inhabitants by tbe Picking Out a Profession. Let a boy decide upon his profes­ sion at 15, and though he may not immediately enter it he saves for preparation all the time his compan­ ion loses by putting off his choice un­ til he is of age. And this early time is most valuable time, for it repre­ sents the distinctly acquisitive period of life--the period when the mind receives impressions most easily and retains them most tenaciously. The technique of any trade or business or profession is readily acquired by a youthful mind. Later on it seems to be grasped slowly and with difficulty. My advice to boys is that they antici­ pate their life work as much as possi­ ble. Get into the spirit and atmos­ phere of it; take the preliminary steps while you are full of enthusi­ asm.--Harper's Young People. Repeal of That Measure Sought by Mr, Hill and Mr. Williams. Bepeal of the silver purchase act of 1890 was proposed by Democrats the other day at both ends of the Capitol. A bill repealing the first four sections of the law was introduced in the Senate by Senator Hill, of New York, while Rep­ resentative George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, was making a game fight for a repealing bill in'the House Committee on Coinage. Nine of the thirteen members of the coinage committee, according to a Wash­ ington correspondent, responded to Chairman Bland's notice for a meeting, and Mr. Williams opened the battle at onee. The bill, which Mr. Williams had ready, simply provides that the Secretary of tho Treasury shall suspend purchases of silver bullion under the act of July 14, 1890. Another section provides that the doposits made by national banking associations for the redemption of the circulating notes shall, after Feb. I, 189:8, be placed with the Treasurer, of the United States to the credit of the national banks making such deposits. Mr. Williams explained that the first section obviated some of the difficulties raised by other bills pro­ posing the repeal of the whole of the act of 1M90 or various parts of it. The other section of the bill puts a stop to the dishonest confiscation of the trust fund paid into the Treasury by the national banks, when they po into liqui­ dation for the redemption of their out­ standing notes. Mr. Williams used some very strong language about the section ot the act of 18t>0 which per­ mitted this confiscation and called at­ tention to the fact that these bank notes, still floating about the country to the amount of $>25,000,Ot 0, have absolutely no specific security benind them. Chairman Blund suggested that they had the general security of the credit of the Government. Mr. Williams attacked , this view without gloves. Mr. Bland waa the only Democratic j member of the committee who under­ took the defense of this feature of the Sherman act. The Republican members did not seem particularly zealous in its defense and no objection was made to the resolution which Mr. Williams of­ fered calling upon the Comptroller of the Currency for information as to the amount of money confiscated by the Treasury under this section, tbe amount since paid out and received for the re­ demption of note 3 and the amount now due. The resolution was the only tangi­ ble residt of the meeting. | The hour of adjournment arrived while the discussion was still going on regarding the repeal of the Sherman act, ^ Brieflets. GBX. BOSKCBANS is falling. LATE estimates place the loss by the Crawford, N. J., fire at $100,000. THE postoffice at Linco'n, Neb., was looted 6y robbers, who secured $500. THE operators of the Hocking Valley have decided to organize a company to buy and sell the entire output of th« valley, A bad mine cave-in threatens to en­ gulf Lost Creek, Pa. The people live in a state of dread. THE Black Diamond mining troubles at Coal Creek, Tenn.. are settled. Worti has been received that the miners hav« resumed work. A BrLL providing for the issue of $75,- 000,000 bonds redeemable in coin at the option of ihe United states after t-n year; was introduceJ in the House on the 5th. The proceeds of the sale arc> to be ap* 6lied to the rayirentoi the deficiency ic ae United States Treasury. Ti»e bill was introduced by Keprestntative Am- merman, of Fennsylvan a, and was re­ ferred to the Ways and Mean* Commit both sides." The mottoes chosen by authors are occasionally apt and interesting. The famous poet of Southern France, Mistral, the singer of the "land of the sun," whose works have been beautifully transplanted into En« glish, had for his emblem a locust, with these Words in the Provencal dialect: Lou souleu me fai canta, ••The sun makes me sing.'* A motto expressive of worthy sen­ timent is an excellent thing to have, provided one bears it in m}nd. and up to it."'. < 1 si'v • -- >i . '*,ry- " When one feels that he* has been harshly treated it is perhaps natural that he should wish to make the door of the injustice regret his action. Thd best way to accomplish such a result is to merit a different kind of treatment; and this may be dope in a way to display as much couragb and spirit as would be required for a less lustifiable revenge. In his memoirs, the Marshal de Luxembourg relates an incident bearing upon this point. The occurrence took place during his service In the army of Flanders. Noticing one day on a march that several soldiers were not In theii places, he sent an aide-de-camp to re­ call theui. All obeyed promptly ex­ cept one. The marshal,'then Count de Boutteville and a lesser officer, hastened to him. stick in hand, and threatened to strike him. "If you do that you will repent it," cried the soldier. Boutteville struck him several times, and forced him to return to his regiment. Two weeks later the count offered a large sum of money to any man who would execute a perilous errand for him. A soldier who was consid­ ered the bravest in his regiment pre­ sented himself for the commission, and ac iuitted himrelf with great suc­ cess and courage. Boutteville praised him highly, and presented him with the reward which he had offered. The soldier immed­ iately distributed the money among bis comrades and said: "I did not servo you for money; nut if you think I deserve some recompense, will you make me an umcer:-* Do you recognize me, sir?" The count replied that he had acver seen him. "I am the soldier to whom you gave i severe beating two weeks ago. I laid that you would repent it." The count embraced him with emo­ tion, promised to be his friend, and ihe man received an officer's coijuiu*- Uon that very day. Crael Joke tpoo gaicaatah Clay County 8#at Flght-Tn»« Desitli--tNi«atiir^| in Trouble" -Both Brssseti®« From Far and K«ar» ROCTFOBD was excited over (ess rumors of grave-robbing. AT Bamsey Mrs. Andrews, wife of Dr. G. W. Andrews, d'ed. She was the daughter of Nathau gyfert, a bualneiplj man. Poo^, MPBPHY & Co., Quincy elotiftp iers. made a volnntmry assignment |g| Levi Bane, of Chicago. Assets, $19,f liabilities, $21,563. CHABLES HAMMOSD. of began suit for $25,00<» damages George Clark and Eli Clark, w] charges with slandering him and setttfr ing him whlth cap lettt rs. THE belated election returns frov Cook County show that the Lesiaiaittt will stand 107 Democrats and 97 Beiwab- licans, the Senate being Demoeratw 29 to Si, and the House Democratic bgr 78 to 75. CLAT CovKt is ail torn up orer a county seat fight. Flora wants to get it from Louisville, and many of bet citizens agree to a 7 per cent, ta* te'". build the court house. SubBeriptioMKp for the new building foot up $15,2»0. ' HAKVEY' PASCO, a Decatur lawy«|$||' and news agent, was arrested for aiding in the sale of an alleged obscene and immoral Chicago newspaper on the streets of Deeatsir. The Mayor had ordered the paper suppressed, but It was sold notwithstanding, and the arrest followed. There are seven lawyers en­ gaged In the case. AT a meeting of the Winnebage County Woman' 8 Coliiiubiffiii TipOSitiMi Club a resolution was passed providing that a tat let be made of polished brart, upon which is to be stated the work oi the Winnebago County Club. The tab­ let is to be placed over a mantel ia the woman's department of the Illinois State Building. 1 C, E. JONES, of Beloit, Wis., father of "Stubby" Jones, who Was killed at Elgin by A. F. Curtis, says his BUR was murdered, and will prosecute Cwtfe. It was claimed that Jones was ahot while climbing in a window to eom&ilfc a burglary; but the ball went through hist heart, and his body waa found 150 fail away from the building. It is said he must have died instantly, consequently could not have been at the building when shot. • Dtraixo the excitement attending a fire at the Erring Woman's Befuge, Chicago, fifteen of the inmates Es­ caped. It is thought that some of the inmates started tut: blase as a acaai o» escape. There were about SMNraifty young women in tbe refuge, and ne|B^ all of them tools advantage of thsbfi*- portunity to flee. After the flame* had been extinguished the matltiaift * SfihHB 'Woods, induced all but fifteen Of the escaping ones to return. FOTJB men are in jail at Kasooutab charged with plotting to dynamite fee towns of Lebanon, Summerflei^rspd Trenton. They had no counsel, and told attorneys Snyder, Bissell and Lynn that they had a vast amount of tteaaqre buried near Lebanon and secured theii professional service. The young "mmi. took a careful description of the' IM« ity and set out to hunt for the hMdett treasure. They worked all night, dug up half an acre of ground, but finally gave up the search in disgust. R. W. DOTY, a farmer, living in Fay­ ette County, was found dead ija m woods near his house. His hc^ad #ae crushed, and the supposition is a Sail­ ing limb did it. THE Bookford Star makes a comput»» tion of the growth of some Illinois citiea. The vote was as follows: Peoria Elgin AfiK Quincy... --6,857 Blcwtatagtoa.,.... .MM Springfield 6,4151 Jacksonville Rockford 6,I90|Baat St. Loaia.... .3,tTt Joliet, .5.981 |B«Uevlile .*.» Aurora.. 5,314 j Alton. Decatur..... 4.960i Assuming the basis to be five inhab­ itants to each vote oast, the population of the several thriving cities it makes aa follows: Population acoordinar to ' vote of ^3. Peoria. ....i............ >...... Qulncy. ...v.....j. .84.'m SpiWttrtA.... ...uw... .S2.005 Rockford. iii 80,860 Joliet 0 Aurora.................. Decatur. - -- jM.mo Klaln .........21,835 Bloomlngton. 19,535 Galesbun.............. .-j......IS.too J R o k s o i m l l e . . . . . . . East St. Loula.....' ,...47.270 Belleville .46,180 Alton ...................,......11,420 AT Decatur, Paul saulted and robbed. Will die. WILLIS LESHEB. aged yearn, waa instantly killed by lightning while * working on his barn, near Fairmotmt. A hired hand was stunned. - KOCKFOBD has a population of aboat 15,000 Swedes, and the possibility of a law excluding immigration has stirred up considerable feeling, as large num­ bers, especially of the later arrivals, are preparing to bring relatives to the city the coming year. c«w popula­ tion ot fa. 41.036 £1.«M S£ HIM ttjm mm VKia tS4« mm 14£K Kleefieid was aa* It la thought ha Slio Could Toll. A Trench chroniqueur records an In­ teresting and, perhaps, valuable dis­ co veir on the part of a ch.ld of a means of ascertaining whether people are young or not This child, •i little girl, had been playing merrily in the country with a gentleman who was known to have come very close, to say the least, to h:s fiftieth year. The little girl's mother, seeking for her, came up just as $hq left, this gentleman s company. "What have you been doing, my iear?" the mother asked. '•Oh, I've been playing with that young man over there." The mother smiled. "What layour way of telling when people are young, dear?" she asked. "Oh," answered the little one, "young people are those that have a good time!" V' •vJfi >5 ft Thonghtfot Hon. The Golden Rule reports the S&flng 3fa"colored brother" whose heart seems to he in the right pla£e. al­ though his manner of expressing him­ self is a little peculiar. "Why don't you get married, Pe­ ter?" asked an acquaintance. "Why, bress you," answered Peter, "Pse got au o!e mudder, an' 1 has to do fo' her, sab, an* if I don't buy her shoes an' stockin's she don't git none. Now, if I was ter git married I'd hub to buv 'em fo' my ftife. au' dat'd be takin' de shoes an' stockin's right out o'm? ole mudder's luuuf, " , IT Is a quee/ thipg TH^T after a girl has cops?pteci tp fa she usually has to walk. THE death of four children within week from diphtheria in Evanston has caused some fears of an epidemic. Health Commissioner Clapp carefully inspected the plumbirg in each casn and found it to be defective in several instances. He thinks there are not more than ten eases in the town now. . FOBTY of the worst men in Cheater Penitentiary rebelled, Tuesday, against extra work imposed because of bad COB- du?t, and induced others to join in n riot. The warden telegrapned a St» Louis firm for 100 pairs ot handcufflv and each rebel was placed iu irous. Then h'is hands were tied above hi* head. Some of the worst were strapped down to the floor. When released, all were locked up together and given noth­ ing to eat.' ELI.A MU:LFOBI>, 30 years old, COM­ mitted suicide at Bockford upon ttndfng her mother lying unconscious upo&Jth* floor. The mother had fainted and it it presumed the daughter thought her mother was dead. FKASK YOUNG, a stranger in ChU ago, was accosted by two men who claimed to own the Auditorium* They wwm agreeable people, and Frank aceeptedl an invitation to go down to the lake front and watch lake Michigan in till tempest. The next he knew, be w*§|| hit in the head with a club, robbed, an#| thrown into the lake. His criee brougMQ timely assistance. AT Springfield the - Farmers' Loa« and Trust Company obtained a decr«i for the sale of the Grand Tower Cape Girardeau Ka it road Company a judgment heretofore entered for _ THE Secretary of War reports th*|;| .Moline harbar is not worthy of ipi nieut by the General Government the manner proposed and desired city of Moiine. '* Concerning Ha Bay in Calhoun Ccunt|. he the benoiieial results seeured If, dredging t'ou« lis 1*88 have ee&ted by new deposit*, and mends that the imf**c*M*Klfr he . one. * V.-. iwSStrf'^. 5", ' r % . , ' t, ' . - * .; j,*. . 'J? "* .. C. , v1 fc* $8 / w V* i 4^4 , •. ;K' 3fcJ.v.';W