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Ipfpnrf fflarndraler •m J.JjTAN.S^Ylps, Eorroa Airo Publisher. MOHENEY, •i I gs ILLINOIS. I & - 0' » • i •£ J !• «** jprtfjuxiw, My Forgot, how, X expect, "What oar precious bslgr j Didn't recollect! _ phe had Bees the annnSSt • Fade into the tell, (•;••.. • •v;Watch6d the long oold wfeter<> *4* Snowflakes, atonba and all 11 • 1 IHS ^ jBat when brifrUi-ejed spring :,§ , ' " ' With her merry train, *| Birds, and buds, and bloMoma, ' And the April rain, »' *4 iv* •»' tfhen our little damsel ^ >!••?»,•» I -rv Opened wide her eyeil ,• • > Oreat was her rejoicing - • r.-v , I Great was her surprip^ ' - # >§•«»fOh, the pretty violate #H ** vff |j Hiding by the rills, ' ' | j Buttercups, aad clover blooinfJL|:g :< " 4,4^ Golden daffodilsl .. > -K, Eooiiisg ttmma and lau^iiag bHMt, 1>ft /)• Birda, and beea, aad bliss! • ?"« iffaby had forgotten • •'* :• / v-' >'4 All About tbesprtag^i?'? , . . #11 abont the birds and bads Every single thing! I - ^thought the oold gray earth • 4 . «*•' i*: >*r;jkv'M Wouldn't change her dress, I .f1'?°sWverin*on • • . Forevermore,Iguess^ "»•/ •• * "j t-odmM.*.*. w • • 4!fe? ; i - • ! • ' v ' I A » ̂ " . JSinke#'* JT»eqpe. • jWeU, bu t jus t look he re , ma . I have •Only got to pop in that sice house, and %ring out that delicioui piece of cheese, 4^ud then see what a feast we can have!" ̂ So spoke that very young but also •very willful little mouse named Binkey, «B he stood gazing into the aperture of a mousetrap, which was, however, guarded by' his experienced toother, " Jfrs. Winkey,\Y( * *1 tell yqu what it is, Binkey," said Sirs. Winkey; "if you once g<* into ikat nice house,, as you call it, and tbtioh that piece cff cheese, your doom •will be sealed; a door will close upon yon, and when the morning comes you %ill bejpj^ and devoured by the oat. ' > How, YfltfWav and play, or I shall take yon home aad put you to bed." *. . Binkey gave a dissatisfied squeak, &3Mind darted upon a crisp bit of biscuit, . *rh)oh jras lying upon jthp kitchen *OOR > I * £ § 't :t i fc • Bifekey%att a verycunning fit- -fie mouse, and pretended to act in com pliance with his mother's request, in -<*rder to get her away from the mouse- *?+*».• • - * --Foohr ihoufht het "TOAt <fc*i b*4 aptore sitopli Ihan^ t» pop in'and tiring out that tempting bit of cheese?" Hardly, then, Jbfd Mrs. Winkey ^can^^ed Dff Aid ' food, when .< the l^ttal step was taken. Darting into the <#»p, heft^Ktd die «he«M^ *: ^ Clap I •; ^ * •. Alas, poor Binkey 1 you are but one i^ore insttmce of the punishment that ess find &«obedience brings 'i-^pbn oursekes. f • ;; ; }*Kb soorier did he comprehend that he •C!.,%as prisoner than jhe sadly repented. I^adly he dashed at the bars of the trap, ; m$&. in futile despair gnawed at them, in vaia hope of (soaping. -- f '• Naught can picture the grief and • j-jjfeiguish of Mrs. Winkey. v b The dawn of the morning was be- ' Mnning to show its pale light through {he chinkMfflutters iji the kitten, atid all the relations and friends of little Binkey were gathered *around <- the trap 4o take a final fareweU of him; and it ' TTas not until the eook's descending foot- ikeps Were heard that a general scamper was made, and poor Mrs. Winkey had to be |ntls%a faiMting state. Bustling and busy, the cook entered -the "kitchen, and, throwing open the abutters, admitted the light. "Goodness gracious," she said, as she •observed the trap. "Ido declare, there's a $ouse..been caught! Puss! Puss! ijpttss!" and, advancing to the trap, she lifted it up from the floor. Binkey shrank in a efrner, and his littll heart went pit-a-pat. with fear. Eagerly <|id old Tom, the cat, watoh fleUk's every •notion, and his eidte- ipaent rose |enfol<i when she held the llrap out at arm's length, and, lifting the JM , tried to shake poor Binkey out. Bat Binkey was not to be shaken •J#ut; for he saw no fun in being quietly • v' propped iut** i|ie of , the, who • J|ras so eagerlv watching for the deti- :|iouMi^rseM!^ !• ' - Suddenly Binkey fought he ttf ft <ehance of «scapingk A little below the level of the oook's extended arms waa a dresser, upon which were arranged plates and dishes Qfiick as the thought Binkey seized -the opportunity. * Bounding from the •frap, he alighted safely upon the dreaa- «r, where he very soon hid Mm--I* be* ilind the crockery ware. • And qok ewmed ar Aoene of eon- fnsion.*^v ' ^ v * t̂om, the cat, in his haste to get at Binkey, spru,og upon the dresser, and heedless of breakage, began pushing •down some of the plates. *X»hi" yelled the cook, as, beholding Jhe havoc that was being made, she pushed at the cat. This diversion saved Binkey's life. ̂ ̂Creeping swiftly down • leg of the dresser, he quickly reaehedthe entrance to his home under the fender, while the poor eat_ was driven out ci the room by the^arqgid cook. Binkey is now a very steady, obedient, little mousey, and has gained quite a respected name for his kind attention and obedience to his parents; and report says that he is going to be married in a day or two, and nothing wonld please him better (if it were possible) than to invite the whole family of Young F^lks. ; • i • 1--T i 1! » M* ITeiffkbor'i Motfn. My neighbor, Mrs. Gray, had a pet robin ̂ last year, whope story is worth telling. She found the young bird on 4he ground, where he had fallen from the nest; and, to save him from a miserable death, took him into the house, never thinking that he "v^oijld live long. r. She fed/him, however, with chopped meat, and gave him-water by squeezing a wet sponge against his bill; and the >little thing not only began to grow, but became so tame that she oould do any­ thing with him. She named him "Robbie," and when she called he would oome for food, and hold up his head fpr a drink when he saw the sponge. ^ His sleeping-place Was ifc.::'Mback pantry, although he flew about the house fit pleasure, and was fond of staying be­ side her baby girl. Thinking it too bad to keep him a' prisoner, she one day let him out of doors, never expecting to see him again. What was her surprise, on going out and calling "Bobbie! * to hear him an­ swer from among the trees, and then oome flying to her shoulder. After that, robin was let out every morning; and every night came to the pantry window to be admitted. One morning she drew her little girl out in her carriage along the sidewalk, and the bird came down from a tree, lighted on baby's shoulder, and so rode where she did, and this same thing was done day after day. After a time, Mrs. Gray went out of town for a week, shutting up her house, and leaving the ohild with its nurse at a neighbor's; and she charged the nurse to feed Bobbie, and let him in at the pantry window as usual, but ahe forgot it the very first day. Just at dark, however, as she was sit­ ting in the neighbor's house, there came a rushing sound across the window, two or three times over, and ahe cried, Why, that must be our Bobbie!" " Sure enough, the jbird had been to his place, and, finding no entrance, had, some way--who knows how?--discov ©red whapt the obol4 was, and gone there. Bobbie remained with the family up- til cherries were ripe, when there oame flock of rubins to the trees, and when they left the dear little fellow went with themy and oame back to his mistress and pantry no more. • ' Bnt this year a very tame robin has oome around the house, and we all be­ lieve it is the self-same pet.--Youth's Companion« # ^ i ' ' 'U /A MOBEMT amLZ*W_± - i;i J In a life sketch of the late wonderful Robert Heller, which Miss Heller, his sister, is .preparing for publication, are several anecdotes which illustrate the magician's dexterity. On one occasion, on his way from Madras to Ceylon, the steamer had broken her shaft, and was lying some miles from Madras, when a party of natives came out to sell fruit. Among them was a juggler, who per­ formed some of his most famous tricks --making a mango tree grow out of some sand he had spread on deck--do­ ing wonderful things with a venomous cobra which he carried rolled in cloth about his loins, concluding with two pigeons, one black and one white, which were made to vanish at will, to change from one basket to another. Suddenly Heller took the wliite one, and pulled off its head, which he held in one hand, and the quivering, dying bird in the ether, then threw them overboard. The commotion was frightful. The poor native shrieked and cursed, and Miss Heller was beginning to feel alarmed, when the "mighty white magician" raised his hands, beckoned and pointed upward. There was the white dove cir­ cling around in the air;, soon italighted at its inasters's feet unharmed. Heller bad had in his hand one of Ids stage properties -a white dove's head. Qniek as thought he had turned the living dove's head under his wing. and, being so far from land, when set free it j . a srMiite nnf 5..*' A name is in her glassy eye, a broom is in ner eager hand; aloft she lifts a sudden cry that echoes like a new brass band; her dress is reefed abont her knees, as through her house she euts a path, and in her every stranger sees a being of majestic wrath. Step ladders scale the papered height, and tubs of water flood the tioor; her voice is heard from morn to night rising above the awful roar. Fly from her presence, dog and cat. Fly from her presence, man and mouse; it is the vera el frenzy that possesses her--she's cleaning house.-- Saginaw Courier. WARM AMD UOMUL A 100-acm farm near Freeportt has just been sold for $7,250. HBKS do much better when allowed a free range out-doors than when eon- fined. FOWLS need charcoal when in con­ finement, and the best way of furnish­ ing it is by charring an ear of corn. FARMERS are warned not to lose a mo- mint in planting pais, potatoes, beets, radishes, parsnips and cabbages for early family use after the ground gets dry enough to work. *1 A UTTLK dry sand covered over po­ tatoes when they are first put in the cellar will destroy any unpleasant Odor they may have. A sprinkling of dry, air-slacked lime will mitigate a tenden­ cy to rot. ^ STALK bread moistened with sweet milk is recommended very highly as good feed for young chickens the first few days. When a week old they may be fed on cracked grain scalded. When old enough to swallow grain give them plenty of it. HENS should not bo allowed to dis­ turb the sitters by laying in their nests^ Broken eggs and a bad hatch will re­ sult. If the sitting hen cannot be iso­ lated in any way, cover her with an empty coop, basket or box, being care­ ful to have her oome off every day for feed, water, exercise and dust bath. A POULTRY-BREEDER says farmers will feed a bushel of corn to produce six pounds of pork, worth 60 cents, while this bushel would keep a hen. She would lay at least twelve dozen of eggs, which, averaging 18 cents a dozen, would equal $2.19, and she would rear a brood of chickens worth as much more, making a total of near $5. A MOST valuable remedy ftr heaves, and said to be a sure cure: Forty sumao buds* one pound of resin, one pint of ginger, half a pound of mustard, one pint of unslaeked lime, one pound of epsom salts, four ounces of gum guiacum, six ounoes of cream tartar. Mix thoroughly and divide into thirty powders, and give one every morning in their feed before watering. PBICKLY oomfrey isrecommended by a correspondent for the feeding and fattening of all farm stock, and for in­ creasing the milk of cows; it grows more rapidly and luxuriantly than any other green soiling plant, producing five or six crops of fifteen to twenty- five tons each per acre, each season. To teach stock to eat it, confine them, and, after fasting over night, prepare a mixed chopped feed of oomfrey leaves and hay, grass, corn, fodder or like palatable food. Sprinkle with meal or bran and a little salt. [Iv.' • • J . -h WARBLES are the larvae of the (Estrus bovis placed under the skin of cattle during the latter part of summer. They are generally located along the back of oattle. When present in large numbers, they may be the cause of con­ siderable irritation and annoyance to the animal. In small numbers, they do not appear to be noticed by the cow. They may be removed by puncturing them with a darning needle, or small pen-knife, and squeezing them out with the fingers, Jtfo other treatment is ne- i •/ Ifti ; ik t lp.- jw * 'Ti f t M' t '* - -V' - - V. JH* SSftJFFLES.--A drop of "Ttuk&wann water poured in each nostril.will always relieve an infant of snuffling. ISCTCLKA* IVORY ORNAMENT!.--Bub them well with fresh butter, L e., with­ out salt, and place them thus in full spnshine. EXCELLENT OAKS. -One cap of butter, two of sugar, the whites of six eggs beaten to a froth, two cups of flour, half cup of cream, one teaspoonful of ex­ tract of vanilfe. Bake one hour slowly. : ^ IMPERIAL BLUE TO DYE.--Water, one gallon; sulphuric add, a wineglassful; imperial blue, one table-spoonful or more, according to shade required; put in the silk and boil ten minutes; wash in a weak solution of soap lather. MILK or BOBES.-- Put into a small bottle two ounoes of rose water, one teaspsonful of oil of sweet almonds, ten drops of oil of tar. Shake the bot­ tle until the whole is combined, and you havea nice cosmetic to apply to the skin after washing. PUFF PUDDING.--Take six eggs, and drop them into as many spoonfuls of milk, add six spoonfuls of sifted flour; beat well up into a batter; butter some cups, and put the batter in them; bake in a fairly hot oven, turn them out and eat with a sweet sauce. t. BORDEAUX JELLY.--I have found jel­ ly made of good red wine useful for in­ valids. Take a bottle of good via ordi­ naire and add the juice of a lemon, sweeten with half a pound of loaf-sugar; dissolve in the least water possible an ounce of isinglass; add to the wine a half-wineglassful of cognac; boil to­ gether and strain through a jelly-bag, and let it get cold. POTTED LOBSTER.--Pick the lobster, saving the eggs if there are any; chop fine; ii\* saucepan put a table-spoonful of batter, win ugls--fill of vinegar, a saltspoonfol of ted pepper, and a tea* spoonful of salt, and grate a quarter of a nutmeg into it; stir this well when on the fire, oooking very alowiy for about fifteen minutes; at the oonekuion add a wineglassful of sherry. COTTAGE PUDDING.--One egg, one table-«poonfnl of butter, one-half cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of flour; mi? with one-half pint of sweet milk; have ready a rather shallow baking-dish but­ tered; just before patting into the oven add one-quarter of a teaspoonful of soda which has been at the moment dissolved in a table-spoonful of boiling water; bake twenty minutes, and serve hot, with wine or brandy sance. EPIGRAM OF LAMB.--Braise a pieoe of breast of lamb In a stew-pan with a lit­ tle water and some onions, celery, whole pepper, salt, eloves, parsley, and sweet herbs to taste. When sufficiently cooked to allow it, pull out all the bones and put the breast between two dishes with a heavy weight on it The pieoe of breast being quite oold and flat cut it out into small cutlets, egg and bread crumb them, then fry them a hice color ill lard, and serve with boiled green peas. PROF. OLMSTEAD, author of "Olm- stead'a Natural Philosophy," gives the following as a preventive for rust: For farm implements of all kinds, having metal surfaces exposed, for knives and forks, and other household apparatus, indeed for all metals likely to be injured by oxidation or "rusting:" Take any quantity of good lard, and to every half pound or so add of oommon resin ("rosin") an amount about equal to the size of an egg or less--a little more or less is of no consequence. Melt them slowly together, stirring as they eool. Apply this with a oloth or otherwise, just enough to give a thin coating to the metal surface to be protected. It can be wiped off nearly clem from sur­ faces where it will be undesirable, as in the oase of knives and forks, etc. The resin prevents rancidity, and the mix­ ture precludes the ready aoeess of air and moisture.' A fresh application may be needed when the coating is washed off by friction of beating storms or otherwise. MOW MM OBTAJOm HIB ABOrtt A smart trick was played on one of our prominent grocers and liquor deal era of Rochester, which enabled the en­ terprising perpetaator to get oomforta bly full of good whisky and fill his pocket with good cigars free of expense. He slipped into the store and told the genial, unsuspecting junior partner of the concern that he was doing business in Henrietta and Wanted to buy a quan­ tity of whisky. He sampled three brands, taking large doses in every case and ordering four and one-half gallons of each kind. He then sampled sherry in the same liberal manner, and ordered four and one-half gallons of that Then he sampled cijars, lighting one, putting several in his pocket, and ordering three boxes. He was much exercised for fear he could not have his order filled by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but, on being assured that it should not fail him, he went off quite easy in mind, after sign­ ing the order book. The goods are waiting for him yet and the name on the order book is wholly tpHBtelligible. The firm is now usii^g the remainder of the casks in the endeavor to keep the joke stilL--Rochester iff. F.) Demo­ crat. " v BMWSATXOKA.lt MVMSmU IW MUmiM. ®ie Moscow papers State that a great sensation has been caused at Moscow by the murder of a boy ip a police­ man's hut. The boy had been sent by his master, an inn-keeper, to change a 25-ruble note, and while on the road displayed it to a policeman with whom he was familiar. The latter invited Mm to enter the hut, and elosed the door after him. Half an hour afterward, the inn-keeper, Morozoff, alarmed at the absence of his boy, sent out some men to seek him, and with very little diffi­ culty traced him to the policeman's "bootka." The door they found fast­ ened, but the window they pushed open, and then the dreadful sight re­ vealed itself of the boy's headless trunk lying on the table, and the po­ liceman concealing the head beneath the flooring. Other policemen were speed- ly summoned to the spot, and the gorodovoi. with his hands still stained with blood, was taken before the Dis­ trict Magistrate, who at onoe committed him for trial. ruTTrwe or *rr*x. It appears that, in certain houses in the elegant quarters in Paris, there ex­ ists a coupe in which no one ever rides, but which serves all the tenants in com­ mon, thus: An honorary coachman knocks at the door when you have com­ pany, and asks, pointing to the carriage which remains eternally in the court­ yard, if you require the use of it to-daj at the same time informing you that the bay horse is a little siek. Tou re­ ply that in that case, yon will let the bay take a day's rest, and your visitors believe that you are the possessor of horse and cairi&ge. This deceitful luxury is inofaded in the .rent--JPor- isian. ' • tf •> ^ f , Ii&ni0f8 LKOHiiTUEf:. SATURDAY, May ̂ --There was a baje quorum present in the Senate House Milswere*4hHUMSdtoa third reading: enable afa mmI vflhg»a to rsqatee rod tabor; to aa Hgbthxng; to repetl tbaaot tfcaalawVitts to ptasttoafeK «aa in oolleetiag their wama... .After a kmc de­ bate, Mr. Beat's bOltodraneand punish tramps was recommitted... .Tfye Senate adjourned to Monday. Hoosfc--BDls wen passed as #oUovs: To aatead fhe Inmraaaa laws to relation to the murreodtraadaanosUatioaof petMfls; to amend the Replevin law requiring new oooda what the original sureties Moome insolvent before trial; to require the appointment*of School Director* by a majority to suooead membere In cities and oounties acting «x-ojB<rio; to amend the Attachment law: to fix the pay of the Ap­ peals Oommitte* of the Chleaga Board of Trade at 11,000 per annum; authorizing the ap­ pointment of Deputy Ooronesa to serve papers. --An attempt was made to take up the bill to repeal the act abolishing trust deeds and sale mortgages, but it fatted... .The Mil to regulate the practice of dentistry was rejected on its third reading... .The Bouse adjourned to Mon­ day afternoon... .The Speaker and jiffy mem- ten* of the House went to Chester to visit the Southern penitentiary. SCOHDAY, May 2tk--SKHAM-̂ fo quorum BA- ing present the Senate took a recess until after­ noon. ,. .A number of. Mils wars reported from the Jadiciat? Committee, among them one re- apseticg exemptions from execution, which was sent to third reading, as vm the State Revenue bill --Bills were passed: To enable munici­ pal oorparatfems to fund their indebtedness: the Farmers' Drainage htU. Housa.--The Speaker and a large number of member* not having returned, it was impos­ sible to secure a quorum....Mr. Frew offered the following resolution: • WHSBBAS, In the diopeasatiou of a wise Providence, the Speaker of this Houas aad a great atumber of the mem­ bers have run into a sand-bar on the old Missis­ sippi! therefore, be it Jtootoci, That Bea But­ ler, alias Undo Wesley Trammel, be deo'ared Speaker pro tom. o* this House." Mr. Halliday moved to amend bystrildog oat the word sand in the resolution. The resolution and amend­ ment were pconounoed out of order, and the House adjourned. TUBSDAY, May 27. --SmANT --The House amendments to the Mlotriag Mils ware eon- ourred in: To make an appropriation for* constructing additional buildings of the Kan kakee Insane Asylum | to pay the debts of the Joliet penitentiary ; to provide for the Slate to speetkm of grain In warehouses of clasa B; to amend the General School law; to amend the of 1877... ie Housa make . i Concurrence amendments oeraiag bastardy; amending the apt to to fencing and operating raltroids; for tection of nook trout; levbCbg toe law criminal jurisprudeooa; provid- ttme of opening and eloe- durlnft ekettoDs of cities, Refunding act was refused to the to the Mil to make . appropriations for the Fontiae Baform School aad State Museum and Laboratory... .The Senate refused to recede from its amendments to the House Mil to exempt #80 of the wages of a head of the family from garnidhment, and a conference committee was appointed Billa were passed as fellows: To make appropria­ tions for the next General Assembly; to amend the Practise act; to authoriae c ramies eftaog- ingfrom township to county organisations to assess road, labor, and poll taxes; to prohibit the payment of miners in atore orders; regulating the Sale of milk,and tjrovid- iag penalties tor its adulteration; amending an act coooerniag bastardy relation to fencio the protection of in relation to ing for the ing polk during elections of cities, towns, and rillagss; providing for the protection of passengers on railroads; providing means for the disconnection of ter­ ritory from cittss, sto.; regarding the assess­ ment of property, and the levy and collection of taxes; making aa appropriation to oomplete the Douglaa monument; relating to garnish­ ment in Justioe Courts; relating to the oontrol of public graveyards; amending the aetln re­ lation to fencing and operating railroads... .A number of bills were advanced to seoond or third reading; and toe Senate adjourned. Housa. --Several bills were advanced to third reading....The House refused to take up the Senate resolution te a aine-die adjournment The remainder of the morning was spent in considering the Geseial Appreciation bill, but it was not oompieted. At an evening ses­ sion the bill was further discussed and ordered to third reading The Legislative Appropria­ tion biU was read a flrst time. WEDNESDAY, May 28,--SINATS --Bills were passod ss follows: £v> appropriate #88 89 *o pay the QotooySavings Bank; $95,600 to pay the debts bf the'Chester peuitoutiery; raono per annum for the expenses of the Seoond Dis­ trict Appellate Court, and tl.tfiO for the past expeuMs of the SAme: tijSuS U fttr the past expenses of the. Jrourth District Appel­ late Court; #801 to pay ft. W. Hart's claim, allowed by the: Claims Court; #5>0 for Levi Davis, Jr/s angesia of salary as Prosecuting Attorney of the Alton City Court.... llie Mil to make an appropriation for the Bute Board of Health was recommitted.. „ .Bills to make appropriation for repairs, etc, and for the necessary expenses of the Joliet peniten­ tiary, were .ordered to a third reading....A long debate ooourred en the Mil to appr ipriate >$5310,1100 for the maintenance of the Chester penitentiary. Hie amendment was adopted reducing the amount to #£uu,000; but the vote was reconsidered, and, after a wrangle, tfaiBsmsndment was again adopted....Bala were passed: In relation to the Department of Ag­ riculture; amending the Lioense law; flying the time ana place of sittings of the Supreme Court; in regard to public parks; amendiug the Incorporation act; in relation to township or­ ganisation ; providing for the uniting of two counties....X conference committee upon the General Appropriation bill was appointed. Housa.-- Bills were passed: To make <m ap­ propriation for the Elgin Insane Asylum; to pay the damage caused by the erection of dams at Henry and New Haven; for a sewer at Jack­ sonville Asylum....The bill to e-mplete tbo Chester penitentiary was debated at length, and advanced to a third reading, with amend­ ments requiring the CommissHMbera to do the work themselves, at>d hire only such skilled labor and liny such material as may be necessary. Conferee* were appointed upon the appropriation bills... .The bill providing for the weighing of coal was killed, as was one forbidding the trapping of quail....Bills were passed: Begardiug toll bridges; relative to applying for nai dona; mak­ ing ueoessary the coufiraaanon el MktPrjun Commissioners; to prevent insurance companies advertising non-available assets; allow­ ing appeals in tax-sale proceeding*: to mdemni'y owners of sheep fo? damages by doK«; to oteate a Buieau of Statietms; com­ pelling gas oompaaies to pay iuterust on de­ posits; to regulate the im IU6SM ut n>*ui*noe. Ihis last bill could not be lou.id, and the in ferenoe was that it had been stoluu. Action was taken upon a printed copy. THURSDAY, May 29.--SKKATB.--The follow­ ing bills wore passed : To make it a felu*y to keep boats for the purpose of prostitution on any navigable waters; to require receivers si=d assignees of savings hanks to die with the mars a list of debtors, which shall be published, if the court so direct; to anthorize insurance companies to insure against loss by lightning; to reduce the rate of Interest on salea under judgments and decrees to 8 per cent: to ap­ propriate #27,000 far repairs, etc., of the Joliet penitentiary; to provide for raiting the gen­ eral State revenue and school fund; to amend the Appellate Court act; to appropriate $50,000 for the ordinary expenses of the Jol «t penitentiary, aid for the maintenance of the Oheeter penitentiary...Attheafmraoon srasio? many amendments to Senate bills were e»s- eurred in.... Bills were passed: l'o revi»« the law in relation to oounties; amending the iter- euue law; surveying and platting lauds; for the assessment of property: enttotniog voluntary assignments; appropriation tor the State Board of Health; oompelliug insurance companies to deposit teoorities; m- *bling County Judges to interchange and hold court for each other; amending an act fu regard to courts of record in cities; an act to P*hMatofreeschoola:eaneerninirjuron: ~ Mealing property Isvtod - ooUsetiou of taxes; to prevent gsslairromJustioes,.. Jitbe ex resigned; Oeorge R. Inspector at, Joliet.. were passed lo Lieut Gov. the executive SBsrinn ' of " ~ vk» DunctelCMh D.er. to-be Chief Gndi Besolutioiir of .thairtK Housa.--Bills passed: The Chester PenfcT tentiary bill; to appropriate #700,000 for th|t ; , expenses of the next General Assembly and th» c, *v Mlaiiw of the State officers; to apnronria* V > $1S,000M a donation to the GMjagoueafanSl DjMrtSdwc®; to make the appropriatonfor ./ yean, being the General Appropriation Mil: to fix the toes of the Probate Clerk of dook oouBty; to amend the law of evidence aad. ^deposition in civil cases; t» ̂ = authoriae cities and villages tgr oontnwt together to build work-housea; make It* fdony tor any bank officer to testa?' « a deposit when his bank is insolvent; to pre. vent the destruction of fish,.,.A number of . amendments were concnrml in, several ' killed, and conference committees appototo&ak ... .The Senate resolution for sine-dioadjourifc* / meat OD the 3!st was adopted L resolution' ̂ of thanks to Speaker James was pasBed. •;! •> FRIDAY, May 30.--SENATE.-The Govemc* ^ sent to the Senate the appointment of Joseplt ^ *1 O. Glover, Benjamin F. Shaw sad Martin Kiujj- 4 tnim to snceeed Aiexusrlves as CanU Comiui«f» ,, eiorfln?. and tiny Were oonilrmed....Mflssr«. Dflaney, Merritt, Brink and MoOowell pre- i seated a written protest against the passage at ' the Militia Mil... .The report of the ooufeft* ' ̂ , ence oommittee was adopted, re$e "ttog QM Setfr. , - , ate anienduiente to the Gtaoeral Le»y bill.. „ 4 The Senate pained toe following Mils: The House Mil to require insurance agents to make K annual reports of their reoeiptsfor taxation; to entofB authorise the appointment o? Deputy < and prescribe their duties; to amend i ^rovidinj; for suite to enforoe city ordinances; amend the Forcible Entry and Detainer act; u> amend the act providing for the free passage of fisji in the waters of this State; to prescribe , ft form of official and od&r bonds, and require them to be acknowledged as deeds are; to require the regiatnr pf voters at all eleoiiona in Chicago; to prohibit the removal of signal lights from btuaps; to regulito the of warrants on aty school &triotoaad moxd<£ t Eal Treasurers; to repeal the act which pra» ibite othert than attorneys from practicing & Justioe's Oourte; to reduce the payef the Oon ̂ mittee on Appeals on Grain inspection tor , •1,000; to repeeltoe act requiring half of esaw/' tain fines ana penalUes tobsgiveototheChissfli -• Law Institute; toiequiie High way Oommisdoî > era to destroy ooekle-burni; to exempt from jury dnty pennaB who have served seven as firemen; Bouse Mil No. 577, to ame law of evidsnoe and depositions in civil toamhoriasthesaleoflrviiî tonoolkge to reduce ooronen' Juries from twelve men, aod provide that a ohauge of vena not be allowed to another cireo!*, unlete dioe applies to all the Judges in theetreoit Housa.--The House was in great disorder4 all the inorning, and spent much time hi utifc?" important busine* . The Senate Mil to make suicide no defense against Ufe-insuzanoepolfc- dea when the insured was insane at death, was, passed....TheConferenoe Comndttee ŝ report on the General Appropriation hill waa adopted. ... .Mr. Peters called up the Hinds Tsmnei- ance bill In the House, and it was defeated tor • 1 >' a vote of !S8 to 5# -. .The MU HHnAfaw Sj Appellate Court sot was passed. ; W: n e'1 MM it Attvi.muTimr, • • ..v; j It dor food wefe adulterated lianar .. leesly, we might not complain so bittej- . ly; but it is not pleasant to know tlu§ ^ many of oar flavoring oils, simps, jelt^ lies, and preserved fraits, contain poi* sons. The adulfcerations of tea are toil' numerous to mention. Coffee is not' only adulterated, but a patent baa beeifc taken out for molding chieoory into th» form of ooffee berries, and I am told that clay is now molded, and perhaps' 'flavored with an essence to repmenl coffee. Floor is adulterated with such ' snbstances as plaster of Paris, bon^ dust, sand, day, chalk, and other ai '̂A'"}. tides. I am told that large quantitic|| at' of damaged and unwholesome grain ar|^. . ground together . for flour, particularly ,, with that kind called Gcahun Certunly hundreds, and probably thot*^" sands, of barrels of "terra alba," cm •,;/ white earth, are sold in our cities every-«-,j year to be mixed with augars in oonfe*.' "t tionery and other white snbtfUnces. I am told by an eminent physician. i!u# this tends to produce stone, kidne^1' complaints, and various diseases of thb stomach. Oonfectionety freqn«itl|̂ !iif oontains lead, arsenic, ait^L ooppeft> Milk is diluted with various substaneoy f which will not bear minute exiunina^ tion; while the adulteration of drugs i| perfectly abominable. These facte arf^ startling, but true, and call fof » nan- edy. ^ BT COMPARISON. 8 A diseontented man never can b# happy while people live who are riohelr than he. Many people are ed solely from the habit of cor their tots with more fortunate anoes. They do not specially object t6 ' walking--they like exercise--bnt, whei|> ever their next-door neighbev's oarriagli, dashes by them, they grow satldenljf tired about the knees and feel a wc ness in the back with which ism does not agree. Woolen gownf would be perfectly comfortable if ones never rustled in front of thent '̂ John Smith's brick house is better thaii' he ever expected to own, and he wouli'1' be content enough with it if Tos| Jones, who went to sehoot with hixft^ when he was a boy. had not moved int#- 1. a stone-fronted mansion With handaom#^ por t i co . r _- • DARWIN says: "In Europe dose oon^ ^ ' flurment haa marked effect on the fer»f ]• tility of the fowl; in France it has beei) " found that with fowls allowed consider" able freedom, 20 per oent only of thei*. '• eggs fail to hatch; with less freedomjit 40 per cent failed ;'and, in close oon*^ finement, 60 per cent, were nofr/ J n hateheci." These faots should he in mind by breeders of fowls. »>'• i» THB widow of David d* Angers, tha ' great French sculptor, committed sui-pL . cide a few days ago, while in a high <• fever, by growing herself out.of th«|*- ; window of her aparuneat^ ^ l^m : Death waa inatantaueona. el s • ' , ssl . * "#§13 iMm i ' . i j ivliE. i j * . i v* 'Mi - *V. • 14"' VS.. ^