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£ * »/*•>, ' '"V J? -#^#A '/• *' .• V } " ;V2V& i\ »• * /• . * VV* V«" „-V>V» « .s. -<< ^JJc|iriirj; Ulaindrnlrr 1. VAN 8LYKC, E« braatf PsMWier. iicHENEX, ELLINOIS v r t ' . ; . tv If. |l i'-; A TOWJTG man at Racine disappointed" his sweet) teart at the hoar when the preacher was expected to make them •ne, and disappeared, because he had " not been able to raise enongh money to "bnv anew suit of clothes, and wouldn't be married in his old ones. It is pro­ bably just as well. A yoting man who ;«an't "stud off" a tajldfr is hardly fit to asstuno the responsibilities of married life. THE Htwtford Courant maintains that the introdnct on of lager beer into *• this conn try has increased the number -of canker worms. Its logic is that brer has displaoed cider, and the making of oider having largely gone out of fasli- ;"ion, apples now are on'y lit for eating. , That is, they are a greater temptation • to tho canker worm than they were A; "when cultivated largely for cider. Still ; we hare good "apple years," now and then. JCFTICE hereafter will be dispensed, t -: -or dispensed with, an the case may be, n by a lady "'Squire" at Livermore, l'enn- * -sylvania. Mrs. Ada Reed was notnin- ated and voted for by facetious male • -citizens, merely as a joke on the female suffragists of the place; but instead of accepting the Affair in that light, Mrs. Reed accepted the office and took her -commission. It was tin excessively f nn- vny joke, but it is not the voters who are £ laughing now. BETWEEN the layers of some tobacco lately received at Danville, Virginia, irom. Franklin county, were found a number of leaves from a merchant's . , ledger dated 1799. Examination show- - . «d that the book belonged to John Hook, who kept a store in that county. Mo t of the entries were for whisky. This John Hook was the man whom . Patrick Henry made famous by direct­ ing against him the philippic in the celebrated beef speech at New London, shortly after the close of the Revolu­ tionary War. A WELL known citizen of Baltimore, who was thoughtless enough to attempt suicide by outtiug his throat and wrists while on his brother-in-law's premises, was rebuked by that gentleman for scattering blood about, and was order­ ed off the place. Suicides are getting to show suoh a disregard for other peo­ ple's convenience in little matters like these, that it is time their attention was called. This one finished the job by walking down to the river and jumping off the embankment, his broter-in-law standing at the gate to see that he did not return. Tares President has appointed Henry Plumzuer, a negro, a Captain in the Ninth Cavalry, a black regiment. Plum* ^ mer was a field hand in Prince -j George County, Maryland, at" the - time »f the emancipation. He went to Washington as a stu- ' dent in Howard University. Post­ master General C re a well gave him a place in tho Postoffico Department as a janitor and he earned means to carry himself, through college. After grad­ uation he. took a course at Wayland Theological Seminary, and has since been the pastor of an African church in Washington. IT TAKKS an editor to do the square '-thing. Mr. Maples, of the Norwalk (Conn.) Hour, in an unguarded mo­ ment permitted an alleged humorous •article to creep into his paper referring to a run npon a certain unnamed bank. A gravel bank was meant, but tho peoplo grasped that joke in its immensity, they indulged in a run upon the local sav- . ings bank. Now comes Mr. Maples, * ' like a liitio man, and announces that on ,, interest day ho will pay to nil deposi­ tors who have lost interest by with­ drawing their funds on account of that artiolo the entiio amount of interest so loRt Those depositors, one and all cannot do otherwise than to forgive the ertor and subscribe for the Hour. Tnrc significance of the sale of the steamship Oregon to tho Cnnaid line, while not fully understood, implies that the Cunard Company have at last awa­ kened to the faot that, to hold the pas­ senger traffic, it must keep up with the times. The Ouuard boats while large and elegant, are not fast sailers. The Onion lino steamers liavo for several years enjoyed the reputation of being the fastest in the world. First the Arizona earned the t'tlo "Greyhound of the Sea," and afterward the Alaska and the Oregon boro of this honor. All these were of the Guion line. To lose this prestige through the sale of its fastest steamer would bo a serious thingand must entail severe financial loss. . FRENCH Courts of Justice do not * -show much consideration for those per- ^versions of the moral sense which , sometimes leads well-to-do people to appropriate articles in shops which they •can afford to bay. It -appears that a rich banker of Tunis, who had lately > married a wealthy lady, visited Paris on his bridal tour, and made purchases in the Prinlemps amounting to -100 francs. A i the same time he was caught •concealing about his person a variety of toys, togother with portable match­ boxes, cravats, collars, etc., of the total value of 44) francs. The banker pro­ tested that ho oould not account for the singular impulse to which he hod . yielded, but the Court oondemed him to six days' imprisonment and 500 francs fine. JOBM DAVIS, a Portuguese, with a very • English name, is a sailor from the port of New Bedford, Mass. Caugbt in a gale, recently, John went down on his • f1; knees and promised to give $200 in wlma if his life were spared. It was so wrdained; and John got home. He has .<MpB fulfilling his vow by feeding and drinking 2iMj poor people, giving to each a bowl of soap, a loaf of bread and a tattle of wine. The result was a grand merrymaking at his honse. He will supplement this with another feast ac­ companied by brass-band music. Sev­ eral years ago, as an expression of thankfulness at hir husband'^ safe re­ turn, Mrs. Davis crapt on her knees through several streets, holding a lighted caudle m each hand. To the observer from this distance it would appear altogether safer for John to stay where he can touch bottom. ' » • % A GOOD story was told abont Irving, the actor, at a dinner of Harvard Alumni at Buffalo. When the English actor visited Boston, President and Mrs. Elliot were among the spectators at his first performance, and to do hon­ or to the stranger, lie was invited out to Harvard, shown all the college lions, and finally entertained at a luncheon to which a select party of distinguished dons were bidden. "By the way, Mr. Irving," said the President, with a praiseworthy desire to open the* con veisation upon a subject of general in­ terest, "hre you a University mau?" "No, sir," was the actor's answer; then, as if he felt lhat the reply might be taken as in some way implying disre­ spect for the college, and college * in general, he added, "but my bnsiness manager here is." *1* COMING from Venice to Verona," writes Miss Florence Kelley, daughter of Representative William B. Kelley, "we passed through Padua, and the conversation turned upon Portia and drifted to Judge Ludlow's refusal tci let Mrs. Kilgore practice law in Penn­ sylvania. We were coming back to Zurich--Miss Lizzie Sargent to her m dical work as a specialist for the treatment of the eye, Miss, Ella Sar- geut to a term's lectures in literature, and I to my political sc ence--and we all agreed that our position in respect to educational advantages is painfully like that pf the negro at the close of the War. A few American institutions make ns welcome; a few admit us, but would be thankful if we did not wish to come; but more of the best univer­ sities still refuso to see the duty o; fitting women for responsibilities which we must in consequence bear without being adequately fitted for them. But Europe welcomes us, as she welcomed the negro, to much of the best that she has to give. Oxford was proud of tho presence of the daughters of Longfel­ low, Zurich iB proud of the presence of the daughters of e^-Minister Sargent, and the College do France and the Universities of Cambridge, London, Victoria, Copenhagen, and all Italy and Switzerland bid us welcome." HON. W. H. CALKINS. Speech of the Republican didate for Governor of Indiana. The Pelfcy md Principles «r th» KcpaJbh Party Eloqnwttj nd 3.7! ~ Effectively Defended. The Work and Porposw of Ilk* Two parties Forcibly Contrasted. ?v How the BepuMioaa Tariff Laws Have Increased Wealth and Inoreasett^ * > tha Means of Living. > A Misunderstanding. Why it was done, we cannot say, but quite a number of t he streets of Austin have been named after females. Such names as Emma, Laura, Isabella, stare at you in large letters, from almost every corner. The Austin people, or some of them, at least, have become tolerably familiar with Maria, .lane, Susan, and the rest, but strangerfe are liable to become bewildered by 'this singular nomenclature. A gentleman from Dallas, who had only a few hours to spend in our city, wished to take a look at the new oapitot, and not knowing where it was, he made inquiry of the first man he met. "Can you tell me how I can find the new temporary capitol ?" "That's easy enough. You know where Emma street is?" "I do not. I have no acquaintance with itnv lady of that name. There is a family of that na i e in Dallas, but I am not acquainted with them. Does Emma Street live near the new capital ?" Tho Austin mau stared at the stran­ ger for a moment, rtnd then pointing down Magnolia avenue, lie said: "You see "where Maria comes into the avenue ?" The Dallas man looked in the direc­ tion pointed out, and perceiving a fat old negro woman with a basket on her arm, nodded his head in assent " Well, you must tako Maria until you get to the corner of Elizabeth, and until Peggy and Sarah come together, and then you will be all right." "Look here, my frieud, if you think I am that kind of a man because I came from Dallas, you are most con- fonudodly off. I want you to under­ stand that I am a gentleman." "You dod-gasted idiot!" retorted the Austin man, "it I was as had off for brains as you are, I would bore a hole in my ompty skull and hire a nigger to pour in 10 cents* worth of cheap oleo- margine." The Dallas man shook his fist at the native, and said: "I've always heard that the State Lu- nntic Asylum was too small to accom­ modate all tho lunatics, but now I know it," and he moved off towards Esmer­ alda, while the other party leaned uo against Ann nnd Matilda, and glared after him as ho disappeared in the di­ rection of Martha.--Texas Sittings. The "Husks" of the Scriptures. I have seen the husks upon wtiich the prodigal son fed; not the original ones, perhaps, but those in kind that are referred to in the parable. Tho word "liugtcs" in this connection is evidently a mistranslation. The best informed persons hero concede that the fruit of the kharub tree is what was meant, and it is that which I have seen. The so-called husks are fleshy pods from four to ten inches long, lined in­ side with a gel .tinous substance, which has a sweet, almost sickish taste. Tho kharub pods are fed to swine in Beth­ lehem and many parts of Palestine to­ day. In Cyprus, there are large or chards, the fruit of which are fed to the swine. In Syria, where swine are not herded, the pods arc ground up and a species of molasses extracted. The natives also bu.v or gather these pods and chew at them, just as fe "darky" in the south of our own coun­ try • hews at a piece of sugar-cane. Ever the better c asses of natives nibble a' the kharub pods. It would thus appeal that tho proligal's privation consisted in having nothing but an inferior kind of sweetmeats to consume, which is a most unsatisfactory diet, even aocordinp to "Patience." The tree is an evergreen, and lookt much like our American locusts. I' has, accordingly, been erroneously dub- bod St. Jfe n's bread, or locust tree from a oeliof that it was the food upot which the Baptist fed in the wilderness --Letter from Jaffa. [Blchmond (Ind.) special] Maj. Oalkins, Republican nominee fbr Governor, opened the campaign at Parker's Opera Hon' in this city. The building holds about 2,500, and it was crowded. A procession escorted the Mayor and other city officials to the opera house. A glee club of sixty-four voices opened the meet­ ing with a caujpiign song. Hon. L. D. Stubbs, Chairman of the County Central Committee, presided. Ha read a dispatch from Col. W. W. Dudley, Commissioner of Pension and Calkins' competitor for* the nomination, expressing good wishes and cordial suppoit. Mr. Calkins was intro­ duced amid d afening applause, which con­ tinued for several minutes. When quiet was restored the speaker spoke substantially as follows: In a conQtiy like oars history repsats Itself frequently. The Republican party la engaged to-day in an effort to save the industries and the labor system of the country from ntt< r x nin. The Democratic party is engaged in trying to destroy both. In I85ii the Kepubiiean party op­ posed the extension of slave y; in l*6o»t refused to allow tl.e difmembcrm nt of the Union; in J8G4 it retiseil to submit to ;• dishonorable peace: in 18G8 it insisted on the adoption of the consti­ tutional amendiu- nts; in l«7'2 it rei udiRteii in­ sincerity; in lh76 itopiosed sham relotms; and j In 18>v0 it was in favor ot honest money, in all of which it was opposed by the Democratic party. So, to day, the Democratic party i* engage 1 in an as ault upon the industrial interest of the country in as flagrant and wicked a manner as it was to those quesukns in each of the periods lhttve named. 'JPhe Kepubiiean party fonud an empty treasu­ ry, and now it has a surplus of 0. It foun i the credit ot the nuti ,n »o low that the bonds ot the nation soid at 12 tier ce-it. discount, bearing a high rate ot inieiest, and no sale tor them at this ruinous price, while now its bonds bear 3 per cent, interest and are at a pr miutn of *0 per cent. It found an incipient rebellion which riptned into a cychne of war, wh ch it fabducd and made the union of States indisso­ luble. It tuiind r>,n<j'i,oOti of slaves woi kinir with­ out pay, with t,i;e master's lash applied to bare backs, and lab >r forced from servile hand*. It struck the shackles trom their limbs and made them free. It found the.mother of the slave children de­ nied the riirht of owning her own child. Tho R publUan p.irty placed h' r g ardianshipabove that of the master. It found fathers and hus­ bands unable to protect, the v.rtue o. their wives or daughters; it wrote manhood np n their face, an 1 placed in thjir hands the power ot the law io: their full p otuction. It found slavery recognized in the Constitution, and it blotted it out iiv ihe thirteentn amendment. It found the mouths of witnesses closed in the cour s of justice, and it unlocked their tongues and gave t;iem the pow^r to speak by the four­ teenth ;memiment. It found men i<orn and reared in this country deprived of the right of suffrage, ana placed the bsllot in their hands. I iind among tue first enunciated principles of the Denu .cratic party, accoi dine to their Chicago platform, a declaration that it is in-favor of re­ ducing all Federal taxation to a point so low that the sum rais d shall be exclusively for public pu poses, i nd shall not exceed the needs ot the Government ecouomu-aily adintai tered. The words used in this declaration are disln- genous and crafty, but the Republicans are not left alone to put an inte.prstation upon them. Upon that question the Kei uiilicani aity makes issue with its adversary, and boldly and fear­ lessly thr ows down the gt>ge of battle and chal­ lenge them to a dissuasion of the questions Involved. The declaration in favor of honest money, gold and silver coinage of the Constitution, con­ vertible into a ci o.<tiling medium Without loss, is a departure from recent Demoetatie j>oitey. We can congratulate ourselves as Republicans that we have <onverted tho Democratic party from the error of its ways on this subject, as on many others of late years, and have brought th m back within con.-titutii nai bounds. The declaration by the Democratic oonvention relat ng o the question of sumptuary laws is misleading and dec ptive. The design of the declaration was to capture lh * German vote of the country, and in the word "sumptuary" they seek to prautiee a deception both upon the German voters and upon the honest temjtcr- ancc Democratic voters. It is hardlv neces-ar.v to remind the people that t le Democratic party have always enacted sumptuary laws when they „ , have l>een in power In this State. The control than the loreigu market. Tne exportation o of the liquor trattio by a li enflT is a sumptuary ~ ~ * law. I now warn tho German voters of this Btate thatthe Dcmociatic party will make use ot them just so long as they find it to their ad­ vantage, and t. e moment that they find it con­ venient, after having i sed them for the purpose of getting into power, to b tray them, they will not hesitate to do so. Th.s has been the history of the Democratic party in its dealings with all classes in tue past. The ir.osu 8 ngular declaration fonnd in the Democratic pla.iorm is in relation to the retrard which the Democratic party trns lor law. But *h.n Iliteri reted in the light of the resolution na«y;th«r*M and ii iwtib 5* ,'w th» lupin of po ynmyTand of the United Statute a nation, and (senator than soy ot its k"E& fclif-?°lnow tb2 '^dnlen,, practices of ° ! h a * 5 ? C o u n t r y b e g i n s with the a opUoja oi tfea present ConstituJon. 7 m Ti ** WJSmed by the (a here la The constitutional QWstious aa to thi l ower of the Oovernm at to lav Imports ui on lo.-Hgn commerce. f<r the doable purpose of rMsl, * » enujand protecting borne Industrie«, S?* |B ̂ 5® **r t instance thoroughly diacna ed. FranMin, HUdwon, and Hamilton were am* ng the men who advoo«t d of J**1® 1 r ,te tlon- Tart J laws feonai that time torward were < onstani'y enact d. modified, amended, or repea ed. nTtil the year 184<>, when tne Robert J. W» ker act, or tie> trade law. more properly a peaking, was enact3d and bee m»the policy of the Government until the year 1861. Dn ing the recent pession of this Congress a notable m asure of free trade was brought for­ ward by the Democratic party in the 1 wer hon e of Con^re-s. n ia known as the Morri- aon tari i b.ll. its title was a specious misrep­ resentation, ior it nretended o r *duce war tax- a^on, when, in act, as Mr. Fa.diav, of Mary­ land, said. It meant SOjer tent, off to-d v, 10 p:r cent, to-morrow, not to f t rid of war tax s, but tJ get I id of the protection i art of the tar fl law-. It was a step in the dl ettlon of free tr de, from which, if it had been taken, th -re could have Ite.-n no retre .t save by i he inpeat of the law. And, instead of its j roducing lead revenu". Its tendency was to increase it. So good a Democrat as the Hon. \V. W. Baton, ot Connecticut, found it nece-sarv, in the course ot his remarks on th > Morrison taiifl b II in the House of Kepre*. nta Ives, to notify th se «entl >- men from tlie Sen h who were ciamorisf for Iree trade that thev were not acting tae cmase of the Constitution ot the so-c&lled Con- Ii ? 8t«to0. which had scone down in % bloody struggle, but were act ng under the Constitution uf the fathers of t e i.epui.lic, wi.o had giv n an interj retaUon to the gener.d wel­ fare clause in liarm my with the prot,,>ct.ve sys- t€m. is it not string j <hftl ft Connecticut l)©»n- ^ l ne© ry to w^rn the great puis of bin party Bgaln~t the piruicions doc- trm s which they had so recently fough, to maintain." It is not surprising that he felt it in umbent en him to w»m ihi* action of the Democratic pai ty that they must cease their war are i pon the industries of th.s cotintrv, and ndminist< r to them a fitting and proper re­ buke lor their atta k upon t. e doctiiue oi the fathers, tl at had brought to his State such prosi>erity and happiness. Mr. Eaton was n t single in his party in administering a rei n te to the free-trade wiug of t e I>emocracy. lion, ham ,T. lian .all and other eminent Democratic statesmen warneti their ia.tv th. t, if they pcrcisied in advocating that total j olicy, de­ struction would not only overtake them, but the country would be plunge! in utter ruin. A tew laots, brieliy stated, overturn the charges made by the free tiad.rs that protection is a robbery and theft on the farmer. An old saying is to the effect that iiKUres won't lie. A useful lesst n may be learn­ ed by th • figures of our census table, showing the wealth of the fanning community- in lStio and 88ii, lor i.pon botn of these periods the eg- tirnated value was upon a coin hiu^is. The nuxn- ber of improved farms iu 1*60 was a littlo over •J,ooo,mo. The ni:mi>er in 188 ' was a little over j.tHio.iHK). 'ihe uuu.l>er of acres of improved Inn I in i860 was a ittle over it; :,ooo,ooo, an 1 the number, in l»8(i was a 11 le less t isn '285,* ICO.UOJ. So it is seen that the farms have doubled in number, and the ac. enge of Improved lamis has alnio t doubled between these periods, while the ratio of Inhabitants during the same period lias increased at a mue.i less per cent. A gieater advance has been made in the l rodnct of the farms during these i>eiioJs. Corn advanced lrom a total i roduct of tWsWMiOo bushels to I,7;>4,OO ,Ouo, or inn per cent., whi e wheat went from 173,00.\0 0 of bushels to bushels, or ltio per c nt. of incria e. All other cer als from 1,'2:W,000,0«I ef bushels to 2,»i >7,0<»0,( 0 • of b u s h e l s , o r l i s p j r c e n t . C o t t o n f o m 4,67o,o..ft bales in lho:>, to fi,9.r)(t,(.oo bales in Fifty years ago no per cent, of our exp rt trade waseoi-ton; n w it only amounts to one- third of cur expor.ation. The consumption of cotton in Americn manufa torics has inc ease I in s.ill greater proportion; from 4.2,000,(ni0 pound in ihwt, we now consume over 7r>o,oo ',0 0 |)ound>, with a very rapid lucre se since 188'. OurVool product in i s u was four times as much as in 18(W. We uow pr duce about 3oo,thK>,ouo pounds of wool, an t our manuf cturing estxb- Lshments pay to the larmers tue enormous sum of more taan $1 «,WW,<J<JO for th it I rodmt alone. Our wool pro met. lias bt>come so enormous that we only import a'out one-tilth ot the wool re­ quired for consumption in our manufacturing establishment-., and almost all of tue imported wool is of the coarser grades, known as carpet wool, although a small propor.ion of superfine wool for intermixture with onr products tor the finer quali.ies of cloth is sUl imported; but the amount is inconsiderable. it is estimated th it since lt%.) our cattle have been improved, both by breeding and in num­ ber, sn tiiat tho value exceeds the total value of l«oo by $287,000,000. The catt e exported in i860 averajed only $18 a h ad, wti le the exD»r>8 of 1H81 average . $.8 a head, la 18C0 our entire ex­ port o: animal pro iucts nas $.>0,000,000. Jn 1880 it nmoun ed to $1 . "',00j,»XKI. I need not go further into quotations of ata- tist.es to prove the < normous Increase of our farm productions and the advance of prioea over t ie days of f r«s3 trade. The facts are known to all intelligent agriculturists. If the tariff laws have produced robberv and theft, as i s so freely charged by the dcotriualr.: a of free trade, why is it that such unparalleled pros­ perity has been realized throughout the country? The answer is easy when tue facts are scruti­ nized. We consume in this country j>er cent, of our own farai products; we export but lo per cent. Th' home market is always a better one . 10 per cent, of our farm products conclusively shows that we have not yet arrived at the, full tide of manufacturing prosperity. Ther • should be such a division ot labor as that this couutr/ could consume the entire product of the farm and field. This is apparent t > tne farmer wh n he takes into consideration the tact that his wheat, when exported, comes in direct 10m- peiit on wiih tne wheat of the lialtic and Ot India It is significant to examine the increase of the produot of wheat in some of the foreign countries in the last two or three years. These industri s have bee l stimulated largely in the last tew following its construction is not difficult. It j yeirs in Egypt, Algiers, Australia, the Ar en tine first usstires the capital of the country that the Democratic party d esn't inteud to play tha pi ate and robber, and then it turns its face im­ mediately toward the people and informs them that the Democratic parly intends to Jorfeit all the railroad land grants for the punoaes of homes leads. It is tile old gaine of talk, witn double tongues to different classes. The declaration by the democratic uarty that it la the dutv of the United States to protect ita c tliens at home and abroad, when compared with its arts, is an anomaly. While the aaser- tion contains a sentiment which rbouid be car­ ried out with scrupulous exac tness, yet the Democratic party have never attempted to pro­ tect the Amer.can citiaen, eitfcar at home or abroad, whereby his rights might be entt ely se­ cured to him. Such a declaration by the Demo- cratio partv, while it withholds appronrtetionH to build a navy or to oon-truct gna^vmUh are the only means that can be used to enforce the rights of American citizens abroad, is simply ridiculous. I am at a loss to know why the Democratic party of to-day referred with pride to the ac­ quisition of Louisiana, Florida, and the Mexican Republic . n l Chili. Add o this the product of the Baltic and of India, as given us by re iable s'atis ics, and it will be but a year or two before the markets of Europe will be shut in t ie face ot our fanners. I say, then, to the farmers of this country, that your only safe guide in the future is to look 11 the home markets for the consumpt on of the surplus of the farms. This can only be brought about by in reased and diversified indusinal pursuits. Thirty i>ercent. of thi people of this country will produce sutfi- cient agricultural product for all. There is now engaged in agricultural pursuits about 4'2 per cent, of the people of the country. The direct influence, therefore, which free trade will have upon the farms of this country will be, first, to force from the workshop millions of operatives into the fields: second, to force the surplus raised for export into an overcrowded m rket and reduce the price of farm product! ns to so low a scale as to make them absolutely un­ profitable, and the farm, to a greater or less de­ gree, valueless. Ail past experience proves to as that FORKK1N MANUFACTURERS are not conscient ou» in the price tbey charge us territories. The stab they gave the Kepub ican ior their products, when we are in th»ir hands party for the acquisition of the territory of Alaska is in hi rinony with Democratic thought. In the Democratic Ktate and national plat­ forms will be found vague allusiona to oivil- servics reform, l-.xactly what is intended ran not readily be understood. We know that they are not in favor of the reform measures insti­ tuted by the R publi ans. Mr. Hendricks' re­ cent declaration, in his speech after the Dem­ ocratic conven ion at Chicago, dissipates all nn ertainty on that question. An I even if his i.tterances were less certain than thev a e, the recent overthrow of that di tinguished Dem­ ocrat in Oi.io, Senator Pendleton, leaves no room for doubting that the Democratic party is utter y opposed to civil-cervice reform such as hes i een entered upon by Ke; ublican rule. While it pretends to love abstract vi tue, the Demoetatie party hat s concrete reform. It falsities nits platfo m; it attempts a straddle on the tarif; it con<ion"s cipher dispatches, I nurses repudiation, commits fraud on the ballot- ' box, suborns wime ses. nurses forgerv, defiles ' the jury-box, stains the judicial eimine, de- 1 grades the citizen, dishonors statesmen, and I disarms the patriot. Its deviltry is t en in the utterances of its last I platform, wh< rln it lauds tne last Legislature 1 for p ssing the metropolitan polioe bill, and vet 1 cries wi h a loud voice for local self-government, in pretending to be t:.e s >Jd ers and sail rs* • friend, it makes i n uncertain d clarat on as to i wh t soldiers it desires to pension. By its nt- ! terances. also, in the Sate platf rm. it. ton- ! demns the Chief Executive of this State for the ! aTpointment of his own party iriends to the : control of the charitable, benevul nt. and penal ' in'ti i tions of the State, whereas his immedl- ' are pred- c< ssor had committed the exact acts ; for which they assume to denounce the present Executive. And the Democratic Leg si ture, in v olation of all law an 1 al tiie traditions of this btate, in a'lditicn to its other c imes, s uirht to totTce the Executive int > the approval of mefs- ures wh ch did not meet his views by a 'h eat to withhold the anneal up roi riation "bills unless he shoul I give his cons, nt to their nefarious acts. All this the Democratic party, in their btate platform, reaffirm aud approve. In contrast with the ui terances of the Demo­ cratic plat-orm, I respect ull> cajl attention to tbe principles laid down in the Republican plat­ form and challenge a comp ri-on of the acta of that pa ty with the principles avowed. it <i clares itsel in favor of protecting Amer­ ican industry and American labor. It pledges it.-elr to ci-rr ̂ ct ne. naii î s in the tariff lawsand to reduce e cess ve ta> ation. I - r cognie»s the Imi ortance of fostering thecp husband y; de­ clares iiafll in favor of an International nnit va ne ix tween gold and silver; the regulat on of commerce with foreign nations and nilrotd cor- ̂ orations between theS ates; the establish i eat of a bureau of la or and the enforoemeut of tbe •igh -hour law; the s tilem nt of allqnestl ns i>etween nationa by Into national arbitration; la i painst ti.e taapoftatMni of contract or servile labor, and in favor of leform in the civil aervioe. it u claiea its ojqioettton to tbs atitiieitios. cf large tracts of tbe pnbll; doma n by corj o a- Uona or iadividnala, and tbe forfeiture of all and helpless. If they succeed in abolishing fine a d in ermedinry wools from the products of this country, there is nothing to prevent the poo'lng of the price of foreign wool in the hands of agents oi the seultoard. and com (Hilling us to pav whatever price they desire io exto t. Wool is a prime n ee?sity--we must have it at any price--and the pooling system would b • resort­ ed to the moment we were d. prived of onr wool product; and. instead of the money being dis­ tributed to our farmers, it would go into the bands of thj fiockmasters of Australia and South America, This has been the his to y of the prices of articles that we have relieved lrom dutv, and which we were unable to produce on this continent. Hate glass, for instance, could not be purchased for hn- than 51.45 per square foot until tmr own manufacturers produced it; and, with an average duty of 43 per cent, niton it, we can now purchase the best quality at from HO to 90 cents in the market. I mi. ht enu­ merate articles which are famtllur to f<U, to show that when we place ourselves in the han .'sof the foreign producers the price of the article is enhanced in the market and sold at a higher price than the goods we protect and pflOduoe at our own homes. Hon. Will.am R. Morrison, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of lie i esentatives, and leader of the fr e-trade Democracy on the iieor of the House, as wi.ll as his a-sociates, all insist that a piotective tari f is hu- tfnl to the labor svs em or this country. Their argument is that the tariff elves a bounty to the manufacturer that is indirectly paid by the labor tnat they employ. And, in the next place, that the laborer is compelled to pay an Increased price ior his living in oonseqncnc; of this bounty. In ans wer t ) these assertions, I claim that capital and libor in this country must go iwnd in han i together; that the down­ fall of either ruins the other; that, there ore, piotectlon to the manufacturing interests of thi-country is piote t on to the laborers, and that boun lee to manu aetnrlng es abl shm nts are kept clown bv t .e labor un ons. which are nothing but protective societl •« s ong the wage classes. In the next pla e, I caim that prot c- tion to manufacturers is a prot \ tion fo the la­ borer per se: tor cai ital is not compelled to see* manufacturing "enterprises, while labor must have a market. The mannfact ir r could ma ce as much monev out of his product* i<v a sys em of che p labor as he c n by high wag s, with protection. For exempli, England is a frie trade country. Her manufacturing interests are in a flour shing cond.ti"n. Her ma nf ctur- ers ar * n.akins; meney. hut how is it wi h her laboiers? Are they able to acc imulate property and acquire ho nes? I assert that the Eng ish rm.n i actureis make n.oney only b cause th y have reduce' he pay of their wrge clas-es to the lowest living limit. We ofu.-n design te it as'pauper labor." i'nt whatever its designa tionm v be, It is certainly at the ve v low st limit, to* which labor and physical endurance can beredoc d. Annually there is rn innnx of immigration to th s coutst y: ssonEtin^ fj> a i n<«o|>le. Th se immirnn s come wi h their families, and are laborers. They oome to work aud toil in o r anearaed railroad l>nda. It expronses gratitude • ml 'at; to add we- thtoo ir nattcn Th y left to all the Union aoUttcaandMilora fbr the a<u>- j their home* in fir<dgn oountriea for aone caoae. If free trade la ao mnrfi for the wage and Working cJasaea tbaa prolfctton. why do they SAf6** • ofBanland • Why ao they not enter th' workstiops ot that free- tra e oounary laetad of ceming to Am rica. •̂Uib'r h*hprotsctiva laws? Have y.n ever heard of there being an tnfinx of Immigrat on lo Engl. nd or any other Kuxopt>an eounuy? The reaain of immigration to taia count, y ia evi­ dent; The r .ri nda who preoed'd them l ave to d them by lett .r and otherwias that wagaa are be ter h- re; there was a better ehanoe in the ta t of life on oar slioms than In any (Hiuntry in t he wcrld. Henoe their i resenoe paong ns. Why ia it. If free trade Is ao much better for the iabo er than protection, that ever sinoe if *», in • very labor organisation and so- ciety, where they nave had oo aaion to march In procession on public oocaalons. their banners and tiansparmoi. a have tea ited to the benalit of jrotection to the American wage clashes. I ml-:ht mnlJply instan.̂ es a d oontinne to pro- dnoe evldeiMje to prove ihe asae tlon that wages are h.gher in this count y than in any oilier, but ltomdder It a work of super, rogs tion and an afiront to the Intelligence ot tbe wage classes of this i onntry to pile np further testimony on this point The assumption by our free-trade friends that the co t oi li. log in don bled or quadrupled un­ der a protective system is not borne out. by facts. As a teat o. wi.a.. I say I ch llenge any man to etamins in the city ot Richm nd the books of a merchant a- to the pric of woolen clo.h, otton goods, de a nes. i.nrl ginghams in an i c. mpare it w.cu the price fo like arti­ cles i.t the i rese t .ime. Upon making in(iniries any one will tmd that prioes of like at tides were hither than they are now. And thK alt ough f ee trad- exis ed in 86<), sincc w hich time we have been living, and are now, under the pro- te. tive system. An an illus;ration of what I sav, I refer to the singe article of woolen iilanke s, about w hi jh our free-trade friends haveexercised themselves so much among the lab >rlng and wa^e classes. I doubt n t that you have heard often, and wili often heir a.-ain during the discussions this year, thai the farmei aud laborer are taxed for the r bl. nkets from #1 to $> a pair. It will be alleged ih t t..ia enormous tax goes into the 1 o;:kers of the niunitictuier. Idny that woolen blankets of anyqualiiy are as high in price to-day as they were in isa>. The lowest grade of coarse bl inkers mnn ifaetured were f-oM at $'.> a pair in whereas the same quality of blankets to­ day i re manufactured and sold at *1.25 a pa r. '1 he next uualt'y, in 18 0, we;e sold at $i5o a pair, and ihey can now be bought for$l.8<> a pair, and so on to tne very highest grades which are manufactured and sold. Tuese are the wholesale prices, and you must remem­ ber that this is under a tariff which protects | from 10 to SO per cent. In other words, we had to pay from 30 to 60 per cent, higher for the same cla«s and quality of blankets than we do in 188* under a j ro tec tive law; and, what was wo se for us, the "bounty" that we then paid went into the pockets of foreign manufacturers, and was not distribu ed among the laborers of our ow n country. But under a tariff there can ba no bounty dis ributed to manutactnrers. The trades unions and workmen's organizat ons keep the j rice of labor to its highest i mit, which is right, and gives to the manufaeturer but a small m.irgin; and oomi>etitioii anion,' our own peop e brings the price down so low that we ob­ tain the article at a less rate than we could un­ der a syst, m of tree tia le. It is not conlin'd to the artiele of blankets alone. Carpets show the sam ratio in lavor of American industry. So with our delaines, cotton fabrics, ginghams; and all that is necessary or any one to do to ocoome thoroughly informed oil this subject is to take time to investigate. A greater disparity exists in the values of iioa a:<d steel, altliouch we are constantly told tint the ir.m interests of Penn­ sylvania are protjeted beyond the bounds of rta*c n. It the tree-trader will tako "cccasion to hunt up th'* price* of best refined bar lal iron in Philadelphia from is.v> to i860, and from ISM) to 1881, he will find a large balance in our favor as against the price during the Iree-trade years, 1 c.esire to illustrate the theory ot an open market for all commerce by referring to Chinese cheap labor. As a principle, I believe tho do >rs o. this country should i e.opened to the settle­ ment oe ail persons in the world, provided they make i heir home among us for the purpos > of becoming a part, of our . itizens, aud arc w lling to a simi ate with and become absomed by our chili ation. This w.a.s the theory of the fathers of the republic. But the exception which I urge is against a species of slave labor. 1 need not argue with any intelligent man that the Chinese coolies, by m ny centuries of brutal treatment, have become inured to coarse and che »p living. While h s power of endurance to perform phys­ ical labor Is rot reduce.! below on -fourth of that of our own laborers, his diet and conse­ quent cost of living is disproportionately re­ duced below his i o * er to perfo m labor. But the greater objection against this kind ot laborer is that lie does not s?ek a home in this country, ex ent for temi orary puip se--- comes noire un er a contract, and, hiving ac umulit'd a few thousand dollars, immediately returns to his native land. He takes uo interest iu c ur afi a rs, refuses the offers of Christianity or civ­ ilisation. brings Ins idols with him, institutes in our midst a i ourt of idolatry, and refuses to yield assent in any manner to the teachings of our missionaries. The great fait ie mains that if they overspread and ove run this country, their labor will effectually and materially lessen that of onr own wage classes, and reduc.? them by competition to the verge of starvation, for no laborer In this country can live upon what the Chinese laborer will live upon an I grow rich. If, therefore, the doctrine of free trade is right, the Chinese coolies shoi.Id not be prohibited from cn erlng our country, because they would fur­ nish to the manufacturing establishment-> cheap lat or, to the farmers the s me, and would s on take tbe place of our domestics and crowd out the l-nsy liamls of labor in the thou­ sand vocations which or.r pro; Ie now fill. It is true this would cheapen llv ng and productions of all kiuds, but it would deprive our own la orers of the menns of earning a livelihood. Wore than half a centui y ago the Monroe doc­ trine was explicitly announced as (he policy of this nati m. It has be.n reve ed and iexpected by nil parties and classes of men from that day to thiB. While it is true that Great Britain Sromlsed to refrain from the colonization of :itish Honduras, yet it is nevertheless true that, negatively, sho agreed In the Bulwer-Clay- ton tiea.y not to possess herself of lurther t-er- ritov on this continent. That she has violated this tieaty from time to time 's also true. En­ gland ha> n v r re;rained from violating a y tre-ity whue her <ommercial interests were at stake. The situation of our Government in ref­ erence to th se matters is. to outward appear­ ances, in a st te of quietude an 1 unconcern; but 1 assure you that su h is not tne actual con­ dition of affairs. The construction of the Pan­ ama Canal, and the con'emplated Nl'~arazuan Canal is viewed by our Government witn anx­ ious solicitude. Tho cons'ru tion ot one or both of these canals will unite the twooceans by severing the continent, and will bring our At- laitl scab ard nearer to the Orient than H norland or any of the o;her foreign commercial coun­ tries. it will also shorten the distance for our navy betwen our two coasts 6,0ix> miles. The building of these canals Is destined to piay an important part in tne tranp irtation of com­ merce across our continent by ra 1. The ques­ tion, therefore, which we, as a nation, must ask ourselves Is, Khali the hand of Europe cow trnct and control these two great water-ways, or shall tne United States, by a reasscrtion of the Mon­ roe doctr.ne, notify the world that, as to this continent, the republic must be the controlling factor. These are delicate questions: questions which affect every citizen of the republic; which affect our material progress, our present and future industries, our farm products, and onr manufacuring classes. I he trade of the Span­ ish American republics belongs of right to us. The struggle of Great Britain is to maintain her hold UDOU them, and Franco has entered the field in competition with both England and America. I do not heuitatn to say that the Re­ publican party, if continued in power, will assert and enforce the Monroe doctrine. To the young men of the State I desire to ad­ dress a few words. You are just entering upon the duties of lif?. Very soon the duties and responsibilities whigh were committed by our fathers to us will b° handed over to you. There never was a time in the historv of ttie world when this imp rtunt epoch oould be en­ tered upon so favoribly as now. I especially charge you not to connect, yoursalf with any decayed or decay.ng party, whose past Is mil­ dew and blight; whose mistakes have been enors littlo less than crimes; whose future promises disintegration, disturbance, and ru n; whos j presence is pestilence; and whose supre­ macy wi uld be destruction to the onward march of civilization. The reasons are obvious why Qov. Cleve- lan 1 shoul 1 not be electe I to tbe high ofllce of President. As a publ c man, he was absolut I v unkn wn until elected to bis i- resent position two years ago. He was so obscure that 1 notice Judge Thurman in a recent sj eecli in Ohio tad: "I do not know Gov. Cleveland." He represents pri iciples and practices * hl h I believe to Le at war witn the best inter* s's of this country. He shoul • not be snp}H>rted for other re isons. He vetoed important bills passed by the last legis­ lature of New York, among whiCi were tioee to proteit children of tender age from exceisive j labor in charitable aud re orm institi tio ,s. lie toed the bill reducing th - fare on elevated ; railways, thereby oppress ng the working I cla ses, who desired to live in the suburbs, a vay fiom tenement-:.oases He vetoed a bill re­ ducing the hours o. labor of car-drivers. He vetoed a law givi g inechan c i an equal lien upon real estate for the lal or and material wh'ch they lurnished to enhance its vaiue. hese pm lie acts of i is show conclusively that his mind d es not run n a proper chaunt-1 to bring the greatest good ,o th • greatest number, i 'I here are many reasons why the "Plumed Knight'froin the S.ateor Mai esliould beele. ted President of the United bta es. For twenty-live , years he has been a pro,n:..ent character in al . of th • treat measures whs h have bean enacted j into laws oy the legislative dep i tment of the I United States. Fourteen years 'n t.ie low. r j house < f C' ngrcss, six of wlii h he served as | Sp aker, two years in the Senate of the United i States, where he was ih' . eur of the greatest j among them. As i-ec etary of State, under Gen. Garfield s brie aiim.nistrat on, h i dia more to worK out a vigorous aud healthy American ' policy in our d a ings with othe- nation* than any wh cb had preceded it. 'i h it he h s been ma igned and traduced i-< tru', but who in pub- j 1 c b a iiiis have escap d the c dunitii s an I | shafts ot bitter and vindiitive oppon n s? j That be has I een successful n business affairs I m y b; trne, but that any dishonest act ef.id.i8 > his\ hara ten c th r i i j riviite O' public ll;e, I deny. When the character of Ja nes (i. Mai ie is weighed In the balan e. it will be found that he is iu ly up to the high standard of America's best statesmen. j Mr. Hendri ks ought rot to be elected to the I office of VI e Pre^lden ot the Uuied Btate* be- j cause his pos tion on p blio oue* ions ia tbe 1 past giv s no promise of hope In t .e fntnr •- In ' be denounced Mr. Lincoln fo.- waging tae I •MlttDanr. On* word da eenteaoe from htm In favor at tha vtconms anttort ot tha', war wenld i.ave saved hundreds c f lives and thou­ sands ctdoLars. Yet he did not apeak It. b it on che contrary r>w hi* vote* and hie influence in the opposite direction. Later on, when be was called on ia official ife to secure the result,.- of the war by oons itutiooal amendments, h- bitteny oi posed all ot thrm. He yield d his support to irfr. Gtee ey in ih ? can.paig i in i«7i His position upon tbe resumption of s ec e : ay- men sand tbe resto:ation of the currcncy of the union to a coin basis was aims; lonab e and insinoere W ith the question i o r,"ort«;l to what Mr. Tllden calls a "futile dalliauoe," ami und.'i went the painful oper it.ou of seeing the country resum* specie payments without his aid and a ainst his protest. H • stumped the btate oi Ohio for Gov. Allen upon a pla.form of repudiation. He WHS one of three Senators wuo vot d for a proposition that no ootored man should vote unless he was worth $260. He is on- po ed to cirii-ae' vice reform, and has ever sat upon the fence until every public question has swept past him before announcing his own opinion thereon. For these and many reasons Hendricks should not be, in my judgment, elect edVioe President ot .the United Stars. Mr. Hendricks'private life is un.!xo;p ionable. and personally lie is a perfect gent email- it is te his public utterances and public hi-tory that 1 object, and he has given, of late year-, no sigr ot repentance for the political sins which he h_ committe . oe.,. John A. Lo~an, of Ulino s, should be f leeted Vice President b can-e he loved his 00 ntry better than he did his party. He sev­ ered his connection with i arty alliances and buckled on his sword for tne defense of the Union m lBGl. He is one of the <ew foldiers who, in the held, never surrendered to the enemv nor w; s vanquUhei in a fi-ht. His whole d reer as a soldier and as a stati stuam sine > the war began has l»< en vrlthout fault or blemish. He is a stat sman and a soldier who can be trusted on all Important cjuestl ns, and whose thought and mind travel in the right di ection. The mission of the Republican party cannot be ended till a be ter pany is ormed to take its place. Tuis is u >' exp 'cted nor will it be brought abont by t he Democratic partv. That party cannot be remodeled ant rehab 1 fated in the robes of political purity while it is domina­ ted by the leaders who have managed it for tne last twenty years. But the Ik publican partv haa ever kept its face squarely turne l toward the people; has responded to their demands; and has given evidence of keeping abreast of the times in wh ch we live. To that j attv, then, the people of this country must look fbr reforms which they demand, and the execution of their will in the great departments of the Govern­ ment. . TOO BITTER A DOSE. Prominent Democrats Refuse to 8upport Cleveland. , [New York special.] A breeze prevailed in the Richmond County Democratic Club last night when James Allen, a Democrat, and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the club, re­ signed, stating that he could not vote for Grover Cleveland for President. Fifteen other Democrats left the room with him, and the meeting soon after broke up in con­ fusion. Mr. Allen said: "When this club was first organized it was a Democratic club, Now it is a Cleveland club, aud Cleveland is not a Democrat. Ben Butler is my choice, should he run. I do not say 1 would vote for Blaine, but I will not vote, under any circumstances, for Cleveland. I i am against Cleveland." Present indications lead to the conclusion that the proverbial Democratic majouty for President in Richmond County will be re­ duced from 18,000 to 3,000. The Tammany vote, tinder the leadership of Mr. James Allen and Mr. Thomas Kenney (President of the Hibernian Society), has steadily in­ creased in the county until last fall, when 2,450 votes were cast for J. J. Slevin, Tam­ many's candidate for State Senator. All those votes will this year be against Cleve­ land, as will those of the €lan - 11a- Gaels and Hibernians. Irishmen Opposing Cleveland. [New York dispatch.] Chiokering Hall was crowded at the meet­ ing of Irish-born citizens who favor the election of Blaine and Logan. Austin G. Ford was chairman. He said it was strange to see 3,000 Irish-Americans assembled in New York city to indorse the nominee of the Republican party. The first speaker was Rev. George W. Pepper, of Ohio. He said they had come, together to defeat the candi­ date supported by the London Times. The Republican party had always been opposed by the English Government, whose sympa­ thies weie with tho Democrats. Free trade cripples every country into which it has been introduced. He predicted that in No­ vember next Ciov. Cleveland would be buried so deep that the sound of Gabriel's trumpet would never reach him. Not one in ten Irishmen in Ohio wou d vote for Cleve­ land. The Catholics there were all opposed to him. Henry Carey Baird, the next speaker, said the only way to down Eugland was to crip- Cle her industries, and this could be done y keeping the Republican party in power. Judge Brennan, of Iowa, said he had come 1,400 miles to be present at the meet­ ing. The Democrats had said for forty years that because Ihey were Irish they must vote the Democratic ticket. It was a poor time to say they would vote the Republican ticket for the same reason. The other speakers were P. T. Barry, of Illinois, and Capt. O'Meagher Condon, of Washington. A circular was distributed setting forth reasons why Cleveland should not be supported by workingmen. ELIZABETH CADY STAXTOX and Susan B. Anthony as President and Vice Presi­ dent of the Woman Suffrage Association, have issued a political address in which they advise all persons who are in favor of the views of their organization to vote for Mr. Blaine. They refer to the efforts of the Piohibitionists to make the woman suffrage principle a tail to the prohibition kite as a defiance of the law of gravitation. They boldly declare that the bolting Repub­ licans have bolted not to vindicate any im­ portant political principle, but to gratify personal pique. Curtis, Freeman Clarke, and Higginson are ridiculed for their course. They have "stepped from their high moral Elatform to swamp their votes with the temocratic party." Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony hold that the magnitude of the bolt bears no proportion to the virtuous pretensions of the lead rs. They say there IB no hope for progressive reform ideas un- lens (hey are championed by the Repub­ lican party. They speak of Mr. Blaine as the ablest statesman of the country. ONE of* the few alleged Republicans in Boston who cannot quite make np their minds to voto the party ticket asked another the other day who has been down to Maine if he really thought that Blaine could carry that State. The latter looked up in surprise. "Carry Maine V he said. 44Why, he will carry it by 25,000, and if -you find any one who wants to put np a few dollars that this prediction will not prove true, send him along."--Chicago Tribune. NKW YORK Star (Dem.): The Dem­ ocratic party has never yet been headed by a hangman. He made a good sheriff, we believe. But learning how to adjust a noose is not the best way to prepare for administering the Govern­ ment for a party led by scholars and statesmen. *:.A MB. L. P. NELSON, editor of the Swedish workingmen's j aper, the Sretutke Arbeit- aren, has resigned his position as clerk in the Chicago Water Office nther than sup­ port the Democratic candidate for the Pres­ idency. His paper is for Blaine and Lo­ gan. His own vote will be cast for them.-- Chicago Tribune. REPRESENTATIVE HISCOCK stated in Washington the other day thit he was ab­ solutely certaiu that Blaine would earry New York. * Ih3 IndepeLd nt movement, he said, was gre itJy overestimated--it would amount to nothing--whil» the opposition of the workingmen to Cleveland was strong and growing stronger duly. SENATOR SEWELL says New Jersey will give B aine 10,000 majority. The def ctiou of the workingmen and the Ir sh-Ameri­ cans from the Democratic party is of large proportions. BLAINE and Logan clubs have been or­ ganized in all the wards of Belleville, I1L The membership of these organisations ia hugely Gtimaa. PJiiyOIS STATE NEWS. --Henry 8U1U, an 11-year-old boy, ««| mn over by a freight train, at Decatur, killed. --A Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary t? the Gmnd Army of the Republic, has been" organized at Aurora. --The Aurora free library is to have $5titi worth of new books added to ita already well-filled shelves. --The census of Litchfield. taken, shows the total population to b?4,08i--% s foiling off of twenty-two from last yeat. ^ David Smith died in Wisconsin. 18, m the 8'Jtli year of his age. He font* erly resided in Campton, Kane County. --A lady in Havana now hat somewhsiit in the neighborhood of 5,000 cocoons ready spun by her silkworms, and in a vety short time will have 15,0)0 more. --Edward McLaughlin, a section hind M the Chicago and Altcn Raiircad, while at work repairing the track near Joliet, wa« run over by a switch-engine and train atidt y instantly killed. --Edmund Elliott, aged 80 years, died recently at Lodi, San Joaquin County, Cult . He was a former resident of Camk t >n, Kane County, 111., having emigrated to this Stall; in lf-SS from Thornton, N. H. • «' "' " --^Spencer Ellsworth, Sr., publisher «| the Lacon Home Journal» and well known throughout Central Illinois, and a promt- . nent Republican, was thrown out of a bug- gy, receiving injuries which resulted in bia death. / . --'"Col." Ruth Goshen, the giant, of Somerset County, New Jersey, his !>e- gun a suit for divorce from his wife, Mapj Louise Goshen. Mrs. Goshen's relatives live in Elgin. Martial infidelity is allege^ . and denied. ' . --Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, has decided that foreign corporations doing business in this country are liable toanintemil-revena* tax on the amouat of the capital wh:ch they employ in the transaction of their business here. --John Page,amnabemtaiyearaora9|||# was accidentally drowned ih the 01;aw Ri** er, about fourteen miles north of Nashville, . while putting out a tret line. He was a sepi of ex-County School Superintendent Satt^v/ uel C. Page. • r --Francis O. Sanborn, of Decatur, a » highly respected young man, committed suicide lately by takirg laudanum. He was found iu spasms by his moth -r, who heard his groans from, a lower story. Sanborn had been despondent for several dxys. " .<r ^ --The Chicago River is in a cleaner a»$" ' ^ much better condition this summer than it- " ~ ^ has been fof many years, owing to the con-' J stant operations of the great pumps at , .»-j Bridgeport. The water of the river is no# ', ̂ \'J almost as clear as that of the lake itself. . , --The hand of the 6-m nths-< Id ehaa 4 of Thomas Thompson, living r eir Nokia* --" , mis, wis bitten by a nt a few nights ago, while asleep in his crib. Tfce arm. le7, and • " left side of the infant have si: c > swollen -• M an al riuing d?grae and its condition iseo|K - x ^ siderad critical. --Near Opdyke, as a ging of MctMp . f hands on the Louisville and Nashville wet» going home from work on a handcar, a hog , ^ took possession of the track. One of then • named Hutchcraft, strcd up and slapped :; ,3 his hands together to scare ihe hog off tfee ̂ii trick. In doing this he lost his balan** ' and fell from the car, which passed ovar " his body and injured him so severely that he died in less than an hour. Two of the other men were also injured, bat netaeiir ' , ^ ^ ' 1 --For some time advertisements hawa " " been appearing in new -pipers in vaiiova ^ parts of the country asking correspondents », ^ to send small sums--usually stited. at j|S 1 cents--for valuable information and far , copies of Mrs. Bates' Woman's ,Tourn<<H, > alleged to be published at Springfield. ' . ' $ Hundreds of letters were received and da- * livered before suspicion Was directed to the matter as a swindle. About thrill " weeks ago the delivery of the letters wis ; stopped, and nearly 3,000 are now held at that place. The chief manager of tha scheme is alleged to be Wa t r Dndle», who is now missing. The Bites woman|s also gone, and detectives are in pnrsnit at both of them. The woman was for some^, days employed as a dish washer at one of the Springfield hotels. ffjV --Maj. John M. Farquhar, of Buffido, |i practical printer and jourua^ist and a of much more than ordinary intelligence as regards the industrial in'erests of t^» country, the questions of labor and capita^ . and other subjects of political and social economy, is mentioned as a proper person for the newly-created Government office ot Commissioner of Labor Statistics. Maj. Farquhar was a member of the respectable . and well conducted Ch;cago Evening Journal family when the war, of the re- J bellion broke out, and enli«ted ad a soldier from that office. He served honorably through the war, and at its close settled down quietly into his good old ways aoA • works in the printing office. He is pecul- ... iarly fitted for the position for which he is * proposed, and President Arthur oould not find a better man to appoint to it-- ing Journal. • 1 ' • " ^ : - --There has recently been issued from the press an interesting book entitled "Pol-* , itics and Politiciins : A Suco'.nct History the Politics of Illinois from 1856 to 188^ ' , with Anecdotes and Incident from 1809 to 1856." The au hor is Mr. D. W. Lusk, of ^ Springfield, one of the oldest journalists ' the State, and who has personally known ' ' most of her disting ii hed men. It is ' excellent work in evef* respect, and a vah^ :' able contribution to the hislory of the States The period embraced in these annals is tween 1853 aud 1884; but the addition cf anecdotes and incidents, and an ap* i pendix from 1803 to 1856, maVei the record ^ one of seventy-five yearn. Not ouly hawe^^ we here a coucise political histoiy of the' ^ State, bat a!so a sufficiently d stinct outlia^l' of national politics from tha el action clr Washington down to the pr. seat time. MA" ' . Lusk has aimed at perfect imp u-ti iLty, and throughout h:s work there is a notable ab* '*^ senoe of anything in he nature of personal v ^ abase or partisan rancor. Ma- y easteU--1 •' portraits of distingui hed II in© saaia <5 ^ their charm to this inteiestiLg and iasta'Sata ive volume. j .1" - V * j : • • "• s*! ' iu --The college library si being arranged ai . If*'* . 11- * . i • -j.