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*"h **- v"W» i i-e^sr-« ^v^*» <*>,, *? «&«*»,* „* W,*,* > *-fci & y -.**•* "i* && 1. - $* - i inns m "TlLMAGE'S SEBMOH. THE RILIQIOUi AWAKBNINO. « TKS SUBJECT ON SUNDAY. r|Pmuht4 Croaa Lain Ti « m Mlmt ' " ' "Th«y Im1m«1 m Omt MittlM* mt ttilm, *ad Their H«t iMhr--Wmg tho OW-ftih^oil •^Copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsch. N. T.) g Washington, March 24.--This dis- , , isourse of Dr. Talmage Is most perti- f,- *""5hsnt at this time when a widespread 1 /^-•ffort for religious awakening is befng L; sdmade; text, Luke v, 6, "They inclosed ••',, iMa great multitude of Itches, and their J»et brake." ' "|^ Simon and his comrades had expert* 'yenced the night before what fishermen , ; v|^oall "poor - luck." Christ steps on 17-"board the fishing smaok a»d tells the v-igssilors to pull away from the beach " v and directs them again to sink the net . i - Sure enough, very soon the net Is full 1 "'of fishes, and the sailors begin to haul v V So large a school'of fishes was tak- |Kfi:!**® that tk® hardy men began to look / i,red in the face as they pull, and hard­ ly have they begun to rejoice at their ^success when, snap, goes a thread of e net, and, snap, goes another thread, there is danger not only of losing n*. ) ®8^. but of losing the net. p.. *•** Without much care as to how much »' . ,:7 the boat tilts or how much water is <•/ y ^splashed on deck the fishermen rush about, gathering up the broken meshes of the net. Out yonder there is a ship I -d&acing on the wave, and they hail it: t"Ship ahoy! Bear down this way!" r: •„ 8blp comes, and both boats, both f lushing smacks, are filled with the 'floundering treasures. "Ah," says some one, "how much P better it would have been if they had p -stayed on shore and fished with a hook and line and taken one at a time f _ -l * Instead of having this great excite- E i,.' ,naent and the boat almost upset and the net broken and having to call for help and getting sopping wet with the -sea!" The church is the boat, the gospel is the net, society is the sea, and a great revival is a whole school brought in •At one sweep of the net. I have ad­ miration for that man who goes out • with a hook and line to fish. I admire the way he unwinds the reel and ad- x tlje bait and drops the hook in a |ftf-g|«ulet place on a still afternoon and , ^ here catches one and there one, but I - like also a big boat and a large crew *nd a net a mile long and swift oars And stout sails and a stiff breeze and A great multitude of souls brought-- •o great a multitude 'that you have , to get help to draw it ashore, strain­ ing the net to the utmost until it breaks here and there, letting a few • v; escape, but bringing the great multi- lx'. Into eternal safety. Belief la Revivals. In other words, I believe in revivals. The great work of saving men began "With 3,000 people joining the church In one day, and it will close with forty <r a hundred million people saved in 24 hours, when nations shall be born In a day. But there are objections to revivals. People are opposed to them because the net might get broken and .. If by the pressure of souls it does not 1" get broken, then they take their own penknives and slit the net. "They in­ closed a great multitude of fishes, and the net brake." It is sometimes opposed to revivals of religion that those who come into the church at such times do not hold out. As long as there is a gale of blessing they have their sallB up. But as soon as strong winds stop blowing then they drop into a dead calm. But what are the facts in the case? In all our churches the vast majority of the useful people are those who are brought in under great awakenings, and they hold out. Who are the prom­ inent men in the United States in churches, in prayer meetings, In Sab­ bath schools? For the most part they are the product of great awakenings. I have noticed that those who are brought into the kingdom of God through revivals have more persist- ^ ence and more determination in the Christian life than those who come In under a low state of religion. People born in an icehouse may live, but they will never get over the cold they caught in the icehouse. A cannon ball depends upon the impulse with which . it starts for how far It shall go and how swiftly, and the greater the re­ vival force with which a soul is start­ ed the more far-reaching and far-re­ sounding will be the execution. Gathering In the Toooc, x It Is sometimes said that during re­ vivals of religion great multitudes of children and young people are brought l«to the church and they do not know what they are about. It has been my observation that the earlier people come into the kingdom of God the more useful they are. Robert Hall, the prince of preachers, was converted at 12 years of age. It is likely he knew what he was about Matthew Henry, the commentator, who did more than any man of his century for Increasing the interest in the study of the scrip- . tures, was converted at 11 years of age; Isabella Graham, immortal in the Christian church, was converted at 10 years of age; Dr. Watts, whose hymns will be sung all down the ages, was converted at 9 years of age; Jonathan Bdwards, perhaps the mightiest intel­ lect that the American pulpit ever pro- converted at 7 years of age, ither and mother take an onsibillty when they tell it 7 years of age, "You are to o be a Christian," or "You ar jig to connect yourself with th I That is a mistake as long revival two persons pro­ ves as candidates for the le one is 10 years of age is 40 years of age, I will confidence in the profession of the one 10 years of age 40 years of age. Why? professes at 40 year* of rs of Impulse in the ; to correct, and the tten years In the wrong rrect Four times 10 es the religious pros- that comes into the and into the church than the man at 40. pt Holy Ghoat. to Mir aaythlac of religion «hlld direc are 40 #ect f •fakurt rsvftvmls of rtfigfa* or agataat snythin* that look# Ms* then, beasass I think ft mar be a sin against the Holy Ghost and yon know the bible •ays that a sin against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven, neither in this world nor the world to come. Now, if you are a painter, and I speak against your pictures, do I not speak against you? If yen are an architect and I speak against a building you put up, do I not speak against you? If a revival be the work of the Hofy Ghost and I speak against that revival, do I not speak against the Holy Ghost? And whoso speaketh against the Holy Ghost, says the Bible, he shall never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come. I think some­ times people have made|a fatal mistake in this direction. Many of you know the history of Aaron Burr. He was one of the most brilliant men of his day. I suppose this country never produced a stronger intellect. He was capable of doing anything good and great for his coun­ try or for the church of his God had he been rightly disposed, but his name is United States government, which*be tried to overthrow, and with libertin­ ism and immorality. Do you know where Aaron Burr started on the down­ ward road? It was when he was la college and he became anxious about his soul and was about to put himself under the influences of a revival, and a minister of religion said: "Don't go there, Aaron; don't go there. That's a place of wildfire and great excite­ ment No religion about that Don't go there." He tarried away. His seri­ ous impressions departed. He started on the downward road. And who is responsible for his ruin for this world and his everlasting niin in the world to oome? Was It the minister who warned him against that revival? When I speak of excitement In reviv­ als I do not mean temporary derange­ ment of the nerves, I do not mean the absurd things of which we have read as transpiring sometimes in the church of Christ, but I mean an intelligent, in­ tense, all absorbing agitation of body, mind and soul in the work of spiritual escape and spiritual rescue. Coldneaa of the Objeetor. Now I oome to the real, genuine cause of objection to revivals. That is the coldness of the objector. It is the secret and hidden but unmistaka ble cause In every case, a low state of religion in the heart Wide awake, consecrated, useful Christians are never afraid of revivals. It is the spir­ itually dead who are afraid of having their sepulcher molested. The chief agents of the devil during a great awakening are always unconverted professors of religion. As soon as Christ's work begins they begin to gos­ sip against it and take a pail of water and try to put out this spark of re­ ligious Influence, and they try to put out another spark. Do they succeed? As well when Chicago was on fire might some one have gone out with a garden water pot trying to extinguish it. The difficulty is that when a re­ vival begins in a church it begins at so many points that while you have doused one anxious soul with a pall of cold water there are 600 other anx­ ious souls on fire. Oh, how much bet­ ter it would be to lay hold of the chariot of Christ's gospel and help pull it on rather than to fling our­ selves in front of the wheels, trying to block their progress. We >111 not stop the chariot, but we ourselves will be ground to powder. An Unconverted Mlnlstrr. But I think, after all, the greatest obstacle to revivals throughout Christ­ endom is an unconverted ministry. We must believe that the vast major­ ity of those who officiate at sacred al­ tars are regenerated, but I suppose there may float into the ministry of all the denominations of Christians men whose hearts have never been changed by grace. They are • all an­ tagonistic to revivals. How did they get into the ministry? Perhaps Bome of them chose it as a means of liveli­ hood. Perhaps some of them were sin­ cere, but were mistaken. As Thomas* Chalmers said, he had been many years preaching the gospel before his heart had been changed, and as many ministers of the gospel declare they were preaching and had been ordained to sacred orders years and years before their hearts were regenerated. Gra­ cious God, what a solemn thought for those of us who minister at the altar! With the present ministry in the pres­ ent temperature of piety, this land will never be enveloped in revivals. While the pews on one side the altar cry for mercy, the pulpits on the other side the altar must cry for mercy. Minis­ ters quarreling. Ministers trying to pull each other down. Ministers strug­ gling for ecclesiastical place. Minis­ ters lethargic with whole congrega­ tions dying on their hands. What a spectacle! Aroused pulpits will make aroused pews. Pulpits aflame will make pews aflame. Everybody believes in a re­ vival In trade, everybody likes a reviv­ al In literature, everybody likes a re­ vival in art, yet a great multitude can­ not understand revival in matters of religion. Depend upon it, where you find man antagonistic to revivals, whether ha be In pulpit or pew, he needs ,to be regenerated by the grace of God. •tore Tioope Wanted. During our civil war the president of the United States made proclamation for 75,000 troops. Some of you remem­ ber the big stir. But the King of the universe today asks for twelve hun­ dred million more troops than are en­ listed, and we want it done softly, im­ perceptibly, no excitement, one by one. You are a dry goods merchant on a large scale, and I come to you and want to buy 1,000 yards of cloth. Do you say: "Thank you. I'll send you 1,000 yards of cloth, but I'll sell you 20 yards today, and 20 tomorrow, and 20 the next day, and if it takes me six months, I'll send yq*i the whole thou­ sand yards. You will want si long as that to examine the goods, and I'll want as long as that to examine th< credit, and besides that 1,000 yards cloth is too much to sell all at once?" No; you do not say that. You take me into the counting room, and in ten miniites the whole transaction is con­ summated. The fact is we cannot af­ ford to be fools in anything but re­ ligion. That wry merchant who ea Satnr- s tay afternoon sold me •he thousand yards of doth at om stroke the nasi 8abbath in ehurch will stroke his board and wonder whether It would not be better tonr a thousand souls to come straggling along for ten years Instead of bolting in at one serrioa. We talk a good deal about the good times that are coming and about the world's redemption. How long before they will come? There is a man who says 500 years. Here is a man who says 200 years. Here is some one more con­ fident who says in 50 years. What, 50 years? Do you propose to let two generations pass off the stage before the world is converted? Suppose by prolongation of human life at the end of the next 50 years you should walk the length of Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, or the length of Broad­ way, New York. In all those walks you would not find one person that you recognize. Why? All dead or so changed that yon would not know them. In other words, If you post­ pone the redemption of this world for 50 years you admit that the majority Of the two whole generations shall go off the stage unblessed and unsaved. I tell you the church of Jesus Christ cannot consent to it We must pray and toil and have the revival spirit and we must struggle to have the whole world saved before the men sad women now In middle life part. TIM OMriac Smt BntmL It seems to me as if God is preparing the world for some quick and univer­ sal movement« A celebrated electri­ cian gave me a telegraph chart of the world. On that chart the wires cross­ ing the continents and the cables un- : der the sea looked like veins red with blood. On that chart I see that the headquarters of the lightnings are in Great Britain and the United States. In London and New York the light­ nings are stabled, waiting to be har­ nessed for some quick dispatch. That shows you that the telegraph is in the possession of Christianity. It is a significant fact that the man who invented the telegraph was an old fashioned Christian, Cyrus W. Field, and that the president of the most fa­ mous of the telegraph companies of this country was an old fashioned Christian, William Orton, going from the communion table on earth straight to his home in lysaven. What does all that mean? I do not suppose that the telegraph was invented merely to let us know whether flour is up or down or which horse won the race at the Derby or which marksman beat at the latest contest I suppose the telegraph was invented and built to call the world to God. In some of the attributes of the Lord we seem to share on a small scale. For instance, in his love and in his kind­ ness. But until of late foreknowledge, omniscience, omnipresence, omnipo­ tence, seem to have been exclusively God's possession. God, desiring to make the raice like Himself, gives us a species of foreknowledge in the weath­ er probabilities, gives us a species of omniscience in telegraphy, gives us a species of omnipresence in the tele­ phone, gives us a species of omnipo­ tence in the steam power. Discoveries and inventions all around about us, people are asking what next? I will tell you what next. Next, a stupendous religious movement. Next, the end of war. Next, the crash of despotism. Next, the world's expurga­ tion. Next, the Christlike dominion. Next, the judgment. What becomes of the world after that I care not It will have su f fe red and ach ieved enough fo r one world. Lay it up on the drydocks of eternity, like an old man-of-war gone out of service, or fit it up like a Constellation to carry bread of relief to some other suffering planet or let it be demolished. Farewell, dear old world, that began with paradise* and ended with judgment conflagration. * |Current Topic* * * * "KEEPING FAMILY TOOBTHBH.** Chicago Mayoralty Contest Chicago is again in the thick of a municipal campaign. The contest for the mayoralty is attracting more than local attention and this for the reason that it Is believed by many that the success of one party or the other in a contest in a city as great as Chi­ cago, has an effect on the party at large. But no matter which candidate succeeds the result will hardly have been attained as a result of strictly partisan campaigning. Botk • «| ths and Taettca.** There is a marked distinction be­ tween "strategy" and "tactics." Strat­ egy has been called the art of plan­ ning a battle or a campaign, the "art of making war on the map," the art of rightly directing masses of troopB so that they may arrive simultaneous­ ly at strategic points, so as to be ready to effectively strike the enemy; while tactics consist in the "employment and maneuvering of troops in the pres­ ence of, or in contact with, the enemy." Thus tactics are subsidiary to strat­ egy. Strategy has a place in the ab­ sence of the enemy, while tactics have not Strategy merges into tactics when the enemy comes within striking dis­ tance, and the latter have sometimes been called the strategy of the battle­ field. From the earliest days of war­ fare strategy has been recognized as an important part of military science; to-day its rules are similar to those in the time of Caesar. Tactics is an art that varies with the spread of civi­ lization. Most great Inventions so bear upon the armament, equipment and conveyance of troops that the tac­ tics of armies have to be frequently remodeled in consequence. Naval strategy is defined as "the science of combining and employing fleets, or single ships at sea or against an ene­ my's coast" while naval tactics is "ths art of maneuvering ships and fleets for the purposes of battle."--New York Weekly. TftUctoff Mop la the Woods. Mr. Blank, a busy and successful oo- cullst, spent his summer vacation in the woods with his new shotgun. No­ ticing one day that when using the left-hand barrel he generally brought down his game, and when using the other barrel he invariably missed, he tacked a small target to a tree and fired at it several times with each barrel, in order to bring the matter to a test The result confirmed his sus­ picions. One barrel was all right or nearly so, and the other was all wrong. "Well," he said, "as nearly as I can make out, this gun has a severe case ot strabismus, with strong symptoms of astigmatism."--Youth's Companion. . ' Abridoh hanecy. (Republican Candidate for Major of Chicago.) prlnolpal candidates admit that they are Making the votes of the citizens who usuallly vote "the other ticket" So that it may be said that aside from the names "Republican" and "Demo­ crat'*,^ the head of the official ballot there is not much evidence of close party lines. Carter H. Harrison, the Democratic candidate has been twice elected mayor of Chicago and is seek­ ing his third successive term. He is the son of the late Carter H. Harri­ son, who was assassinated by a crank in 1898. He was born in Chicago. El bridge Hanecy, the candidate of the Republicans, came into national notice a year ago, when he sought the Republican nomination for governor. Not being able to muster the required strength, he threw his forces into action for Judge Yates, who was nomi­ nated and elected. He has been on the circuit bench of Chicago for several years. He was born in Wisconsin, but settled In Chicago when a boy. Besides Harrison and Hanecy there are several candidates nominated by petition. Two Hoyts are in the race tor mayor. One is Avery Eugene Hoyt, who is running on the prohibition ticket; the other is Gus Hoyt, who headB the so­ cial democratic ticket Other nomi­ nees are John Collins, the candidate of the socialists; John R. Pepin, who leads the socialist labor men, and Thomas Rhodus, the selection of the •ingls taxers. ence of his bullet In his adversary's body affords its own convincing proof. The wound is sufficiently serious to show this, and yet not grave enough to give ground for the belief that M. de Rodays in his misrepresentations was guilty of wilful falsehood. If he had intentionally misstated facts the truth undoubtedly would have been shown on the dueling field and M. de Rodays would have been lucky to get off with his life. As it is, the result affords proof of both Bonl's innocence and of the unintentional character of De Roday's wrongdoing. The shallow­ ness of the latter's claims Is exposed in "the fact that he did not even hit his adversary. Had he done so the ver­ dict against Castellahe would have been overwhelming. If each had shot the other it would have been known also that while Boni was guilty as charged his opponent was actuated by malign motives in making the charges. Fortunately it is unnecessary to spec­ ulate upon this proposition. M. de Rodays who was first punched into fighting and then shot for doing, BO, may not be ready to view the matter in a proper and unprejudiced spirit but Bonl's innocence has been demon­ strated to the satisfaction of such per­ sons as still believe that ths duel Is not merely a foolish and wicked sur­ vival of an age of barbarism. •fone Vieto or to Manehoorta. The London Spectator frankly ad­ mits that Russia will have Manchoorla, and that everybody knows It. Such being the case, it deprecates the belli­ cose tone of the Asiatic correspond­ ents. It advises Englishmen to admit once for all that they cannot drive Russia out of Manchoorla by force, and that nothing will ever cause ths Gear's soldiers to evacuate ths pro- An cf Honor- Count Boni de Castellane has met M. de Rodays on the field of honor and inflicted Upon him a wound which will give him some inconvenience and lay him up for a week. This settles mat­ ters very clearly; M. de Castellane Is innocent of the charges which de Ro­ days brought against him. The pres- , CARTER H. HARRISON. (Democratic Candidate for Mayor of Chicago.) vince. Russia is as much a fixture in Manchoorla as England is in Egypt The Russian government will go on declaring that this is merely a tern porary occupation for the purposes of self-protection, but the Spectator says the thing to do now is to recognize the truth of the matter and attend to se­ curing a commercial "open door. This is a plain and sensible statement of the actual situation. For the Presidency of Mejcico ^KiHERAI. REVE«gN General Reyes, who is anxious to succeed Porflrio Diaz as president of Mexico, is the commander of the mili­ tary forces of the country and popu­ lar with the army and civilian classes. He is well known for his large per­ sonal acquaintance with Americans and his admiration of America. Joss Ives Llmanteur, who is also a e i candidate for presidency of Mexico' is now financial minister of the republle and one of the most brilliant lawyers of the country. He was taken up sev­ eral years ago by President Diaz and attained great success in the manage­ ment of the government's money af­ fairs. He is also very friendly to the Americans. The enormous production of tea la India and Ceylon has led English trad­ ers to take steps to reduce the quan­ tity somewhat and to improve the quality. * .• ' Z 1 1 ; He who sows pess on ths highway doss not get all the pods into his barn. It Tiuustes Photographer*. Photographers in the west, both professional and amateur, are engaged in a wordy controversy as to whether or not one part of a wheel m6vss fast­ er than an­ other. It is claimed--and a larg® num­ ber of photo­ graphs are exhibited to prove it -- that when the wheel of % r ap id ly moving wag­ on is photo-Cause of a Controversjy. graphed the top of the wheel never appears as clear as the bottom. The same is true of a wheel rolled along the ground in front of the camera. In many cases the developed picture does not show any spokes above the center, says the New York Herald, while all those below the center are slesr. On the other hand, It is said to be absurd to pretend that the top of the wheel can go faster than the bot­ tom. The mystery has been explained In this way--as a matter of fact, the top of the wheel does actually move faster than the bottom, that is, in relation to the ground. The bottom half of the wheel has only a vertical motion, while the top has a rapid horizontal motion, much faster than the hub or the wag­ on. With a time exposure, therefore, the bottom spokes show clear, while those above the center are blurred. KMn Boat to •nl|HHrt Perpetuate* Biimc A novel idea hss been originated by ths widely scattered Ohioan Riggs family In order that its members may keep in touch with each other. A branch of the family originated at Portsmouth, O., 06 years ago, when Joseph Riggs and his newly married wife settled there. Their ten children grew to manhood and womanhood and the rapidly increasing circle of cous- Ins made anything more than sporadic correspondence impossible. The Riggs family letter was devised to meet this demand and every six days a bulky envelope arrives at Portsmouth, O., where a single representative of the family still lives. The Riggs family has left its mark upon Ohio, and has the proud distinction of being without a single black sheep. The family had a reunion in Portsmouth about ten years ago. Long before that time they had adopted the scheme of a "family letter" for keeping in touch with each other. The circuit of this letter originally Included the first, sec­ ond and third generations of the de­ scendants of Joseph Riggs, and as younger ones grow up or are married they are taken into the circuit When the first letter was written the one writing It simply Indited the news of his own household and whatever might be of interest to the relatives at large and sent it to the relatives living in the town nearest him. This person read the letter, then wrote one himself (or herself), placed it in the envelope? with the other and sent it to the next one on the circuit, who repeated the operation, and so it went, each one adding a letter addressed to the family in general till It got around to the one who started It. By this time it was a pretty big package. The original sender then takes out his own old let­ ter and puts In a new one. The circuit is a long one, Including Boston, New York, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Florida, California and soores of other places and states--so many that It takes just two months for ths letter tq complete the circuit. For sev­ eral years the circuit inclusled Rome, Italy.----Chicago Journal. »>**;• v Rfc Pete**« Chaliw The actual material chair of St Pe­ ter is now venerated in his basilica ih Rome, and enshrined in the splen­ did bronze throne supported by cokxs- sal figures of four doctors of the Church, SS. Ambrose, Augustine, Atha- nasius and Chroaotom, the whole weighing 219,000 Roman pounds, says the Tablet The actual seat is a sim­ ple oak chair, which only in the ninth century was adorned in front with Ivory plates. Until the time of Alex­ ander VIII. the position of tfce relic frequently changed. In the oldest church of St Peter, built by Oonstan- tine between 320 and 350, the chair had a place or honor at one of the sides In the baptismal chapel erected by Pope Damasus. In those days the Ro­ man pontiffs used to seat themselves upon this chair in order to administer confirmation to the neophytes Just baptized. In the eighth century con­ temporary pictures represented the chair as kept In the oratory of St. Leo. Archaeologists like De Rossi and Ma- rucchi have proved the existence of this venerable relic as far back as the second century. Even at that time It was looked upon with highest venera­ tion as a material proof of the Apos­ tolic succession. In the sixth century the Abbot John is recorded as having carried some of the oil from the lamp ever burning before the apostolic throne to the Lombard Queen Theodo- < ' *•» Noisiest BU4; . The bird which makes the greatest noise Is said to bS the bell-bird, or campanero, which is found in South America and also in Africa. Waterton, the famous traveler and naturalist states that it can be heard a distance of three miles. Its note is like the tolling of a distant church bell, and is uttered during the heat of the day, when every other bird has ceased to sing and nature is hushed in silence. How the bell-bird utters this'deep note is not known, though it Is supposed that a fleshy protuberance on Its head, which, when Inflated with air, stands up like a horn, in some way is ths cause of it. The horn-bill, a bird which is widely distributed in India, the Malay archipelago and Africa, has also a very loud note. Its call has been described as "between the shriek of a locomotive and the bray of a donkey," and can be heard a distance of a cou­ ple of miles. The barking bird also utters a very loud note; Indeed, It is impossible to distinguish it from the bark of a dog. Its English name, says Darwin, is well given, "for I defy any one at first to feel certain that a small dog is not yelping somewhere in ths forest" In a "Respecli-Ve Frame of Mind When a woman knows that her children are troublesome to others there is hope that she may be able to learn other useful things.--Atchison Globe. When the present Governor Stanley of Kansas first entered the State he was captured by the Indians and bound to a tree. During the last ten years there were 10,924 requests for citizenship in Swit­ zerland. of which 7,833 were granted. He Came Early. A certain man's wife was much trou­ bled with the thought that the house would be broken into. Her husband, being kept awake at night by her anx­ iety, hoped to cure her of the delusion by arranging with a man he knew to enter the house and pretend to be a robber, while he would satisfy his wife by going down and scaring him away by firing his revolver. The man agreed and received a small fee for his trouble. On the night in question the wife heard some noise, so aroused her husband, who crept downstairs with his revolver. All was quiet, but he boldly entered the dining room and crying, "Hands up!" fired his revolver into the ceiling. With a sudden feel­ ing of anxiety he struck a match and found every particle of plate and valu­ able things gone. The man had oome es^y and made the most of It. Three TaH CoaffrewiMNfc Congressmen Sulloway ct New Hampshire, Patrick Henry of Missis­ sippi and Berry of Kentucky "took something" together in the house res­ taurant the other day. "Mighty near twenty-one feet of congressmen there/* said an observer, and he was right. Each of the men named stands far over 6 feet tall, Mr. Sulloway overtopping the others with his 6 feet S Inches. --Ex. Work in Both' Houses at Spring­ field. REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. 1» pmutathw Hammead ' b Faahla* a BUI for the Freteetfea of Ptoehajged , ^ Employee by ProTldlag Agateet Blaeh- :'M *. v. Monday, Kareh IS. • i." The session of the house was short Mr. I *; Bowles of Will Introduced a bill repealing the act to establish a branch of the Ap- peltate Court In Chicago. Mr. Jones ot S Cook introduced fe bill to establish a state jfc board of steam boiler inspectors. The board Is to consist of three members, to ; •; be appointed by the governor, their term , i of office to be two years. The salary of the Inspectors Is to be $4,0W per ananm. A secretary is to be appointed at a salary of $2,000 per annum. Tuesday, Mareh 19. ^ • Frank Farnum of Chicago introduced a bill regulating the taxation of capital •tock of corporations. It closely follows the New York law which taxes corpo- ̂ rations., It provides that Illinois cor- porations shall pay an annual tax late ; the state treasury, computed upon the • basis of the amount of its capital stock employed In the state, as follows: One- half mill for each 1 per cent of dividends If the dividends amount to 6 per cent or more; 3 mills If the dividends are less " 4H* than 6 per cent; 3 mills upon each dol- lar of capital stock if no dividends are made or declared. Representative Cor- ^ nelius D. O'Connor of Belvidere stirred 1 'S< the legislative waters by introducing a -.K street railway bill, which fixes the xnaxl- mum life of a franchise at ten years. ^ , The bill seeks to repeal the old horse and dummy act which once was repealed by the Allen law but which was put 'jC1 back on the statute books when the Allen Jaw was repealed. Governor Yatee appointed his brother. Harry Yatee, su- » vS perlntendent of Insurance, to succeed Si James R. B. Van Cleave. This Is one , ^ of the best appointments the governor can make. He also appointed his cousin, Charles E. Mueller of La Salle county, a " *8f member of the Illinois and MtoKigan c&« '* nal board, to succeed Homer J. Tloe of Menard county. Wednesday, March to. ? * -Jj - Much .of the time in the house was give® to the light over the bill which relates te * * the disconnection of territory from cities and villages. All of the many amend- ments offered by the opponents of the btil {A were voted down and the bill was ad- . %$L>, vanced to third reading. The fight will be renewed again when the bill comes up m ' \ > for a vote. The purpose of the bill is to * #• give discretionary power to a city council r' or village board over the dlsconnectlbn of territory. •. At the meeting of the Knox county board of supervisors at Oalesburg the <el- ^ lowing resolution was unanimously 't adopted: f»|,: "Whereas, We believe the passage of the hard-roads bill now before the legis- ^ 15 : lature would greatly increase our state . f taxation and create a Hen upon our prop* - t Ir erty from which we would receive no ade - ^ quate benefit; therefore, f' - "Resolved, That this board Is opposed *- to any legislation granting state aid for ^ improvement or in any degree taking •• • from local authorities the care or control ' of country roads," ^ . Tunmr, nmi si. ' Gov. Yates sent t o t h e s e n a t e t h i s m o r a - ' , » • tng a message announcing- the appoint' ment of Homer F. Asplnwall of Steph- enson county as a member of the board' of managers of the reformatory at To*!- *» tlac to succeed William Jackson of Rock " Island county, resigned. After the call-.^-'g® of the regular order the senate went into , executive session and confirmed the ap- *tA . pointment. In the house the senate bill regulating the disconnection of territory •_ from cities and villages was recalled te - second reading, and amended so as to pre- < ** £; vent railroads from securing the discon­ nection of their rights of way from a city or village through which It may pass. The discussion of the bill occupied * nearly an hour. It was again advanced _ T to third reading. Electrocution as the method of inflict- ' T ing the death penalty In Illinois may be ,j substituted for the hangman's noose. Leg* ft lslative sentiment in favor of replacing the gallows with an electric chair is changing. The house Judiciary commit­ tee has voted to make a favorable report * L on Denis E. Sullivan's electrocution MIL 'Mi Friday, Mareh SS. Less than a quorum was present in the house and senate. In the house Cart Burgett introduced a bill regulating stockyards charges, fixing the yardage ; rate for cattle, horses and mules at IS cents per head and for hogs and sheep at 60 cents per head, and providing that not ' to exceed 25 per cent in excess of current prices for food shall be charged. No charge is to be made for loading or un- > loading or watering. Fire insurance agents want representation in the gover­ nor's cabinet. A fire insurance associa­ tion in Chicago Is preparing a bill creat­ ing the office of state fire marshal. There is some prospect that the active polltl- -J clans in the house and senate might take >| up this bill and pass it, for the measure, it is said provides that the state fire marshal shall have a deputy state fire > marshal and an attorney in every coun- ; ty. This would add 204 jobs to th«"n#*t- nois civil list. . AH- NOTES or THK SB8»IO»i The Hall bill, sent down by the Illinois Manufacturers', association of Chicago, which exempts from taxation the capital stock of corporations engaged in mercan­ tile business, was ordered to be reported out 'favorably by the senate committee on revenue after Senator Shumway had failed In his efforts to have it amended so as to exempt also the capital stock of gas and electric light companies. Mr. Allen stated in the house that spne* body had been stealing copies of the re» vised statutes and other articles from the desks of members during the night. Speaker Sherman said he had received numerous complaints of this nature and that if any more were received there would be changes on the pay roll so that watchmen would be employed who would attend to their business. ;;;ggP! 8enator May has introduced his bill, which provides for the election instead at the appointment by the mayor of the members of the Chicago board of educa­ tion. Only those who havs plenty ef goM get anything out ot • sltvsr wed- in the course of the debate over the Mil relating to the disconnection of territory from cities and villages the statement was made that unless the bill passed several hundred villages in Illinois would be in peril of disintegration because of a recent Supreme court decision which held that where a majority of property owners pe­ titioned for disconnection of their proper­ ty firom a village it was the mandatory duty of the village board to disconnect such territory. Senator May has introduced a bill to legalise and confirm defective plats which fail to comply with the law in force at the time of their making. Also one requiring a notice of five instead of ten days to pauper cases. Michael Kelly of Chicago introduced a Jigf bill in the house providing that in addi­ tion to owning real and personal property a corporation may own stock and securi­ ties of orher corporations This feature <rf the Kel* bill is Incorporated out Of th* Nohe corporation bill. Representative Church put In a Mil hf t«e naval militia appropriating 9MSS t* co\er the expenses of bringing to Chicago from Philadelphia the United States steamship Dorothea, which has loaned to the state for a training ship 8enator Stringer has introduced a 1 providing that the vote in drainage « tftcts shall be on the ratte St sWS"W (or each acre of land. /v -I /-