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T '«V* IF Icnrn |?laimlcalcr I. VOW StYME. Etiterand PuMichel. MCIIENRY, - - ILLINOia PBOF. DAVID SWING has a paper M tke Current entitled, "The Earth without Victor Hugo." He shows in 'What respects Hilgo was great, indicates Ms position in history, pays an elo- <|nent tribute to his motives, and an* t&cipates the regard in which he will be feeld by posterity. s! A WELL-KNOWN Paris teacher rose from his seat in a Protestant chureh in that city on a recent Sunday, at the close of the sermon, and remarked: "The pastor is quite right." Before the congregation could recover from its as­ tonishment, he drew a pistol and shot himself dead. The deed was a strange commentary on the discourse, whose character, however, is not indicated by the newspaper narrative of the occur­ rence. FRANCES E. TOWNSLEY was ordained liy a council of Baptist churches in Ne­ braska. This is the first instance, in modern times at least, of the formal setting apart of a woman to the office <od work of the evangelical ministry. The Methodist church, though it per­ mit women to speak in its pulpits, has declined to ordain them. There have been a few women preachers like Miss Anna Oliver and "Bible readers" like Hiss Smiley, but none of them has ob­ tained ordination. This Nebraska case is distinctly a new thing. > A UNITED STATES Senator, talking Jfiecently about the pension granted to a daughter of John Tyler, said: "The Government already pays a pension to John Tyler's widow. She is the daugh­ ter's step-mother. She has never given the daughter any benefit of the pension. We seriously debated whether we would not take away part of the wid Ow's pension at the same time we gave one to the daughter. It ought to have been done for a lesson to humanity, but it might have looked as if the . country was email in its treatment of the families uf its great men." The native cunning of the Chinaman was exhibited during a stage robbery in Oregon lately. Two masked men .firmed with revolvers stopped the stage, Ordered the passengers to dismount, form in line, and hold up their hands, an invitation they responded to with alacrity. Among the number was a Chinaman, who intentionally fell down during the excitement, and threw his money, $84, in the grass. The other passengers were relieved of their watche3 and money, when the robbers departed and the Chinaman regained Hie money he had so shrewdly disposed a. ' : . RUSSIA is about to begin a second railroad between the Black Sea and the Caspian, along the foot of the Caucasus -«jfd the north, while the existing rail- SOad is south of the mountains. Like the other Bussian railroads, it will be Of five-foot gauge. The cost, with har­ bor improvements at Novorissik, is es­ timated at $9,500,000, or $55,000 per mile. The line will give an outlet to a productive grain country as well as to petroleum. The latter does not depend tapon it wholly, as there is now a pipe line sixty miles long leading from the *ells to Novorissik. When built it will be possible to ride by rail all the way from the Atlantic to the Caspian Sea. THE oycle thief now appears to be a recognized member of the profession, judging by the frequency with which llis performances are chronicled in the English press. Like the "confidence- game" people here, he never varies his method. Proceeding to some store Where the coveted article is let on hire, lie pays down the amount required for * couple of hours' use, nimbly mounts, •nd vanishes quickly into outer space. ' By the time the two hours have expired He is perhaps twenty miles away, and Other hours probably elapse, before the disconsolate proprietor of the vehicle gomes to the conclusion that his cus­ tomer won't return. This long inter- •al enables the thief to disposo of his Ill-gotten prize at some neighboring town before the police are on his track. AN official announcement of the out- break of trichianasis at Magdeburg, Germany, there being 403 cases, sixty- 'ftx of which proved fatal, states that the "epidemic" was traced to a single pig, and in every ease to the eating of the raw flesh. When the German na­ tion at home give up eating raw ham and other pig flesh raw, trichinse-in- tsted human bodies will cease to bo und there, and until that time an em­ bargo upon the American hog will not mitigate their sufferings from this ter­ rible disease. The parasite is not con­ fined to the pig--is even rare in swine Unless fed on raw flesh "garbage. Bats, mice, various other vermin, barn-yard fowls, and other indiscriminate flesh- eaters are infested. The temperament Of boiling water kills the germ. Hence thoroughly-cooked meat of any kind is entirely free from danger. THERE is a postman in one of the suburbs of London who has lately been to serious inconvenience by the extraordinary conduct «f a greyhound belonging to one of his neighbors. No sooner does he start on his rounds than the dog sets off also. When the postman ' drops a newspaper into the box the dog ftops still, waits till the postman is a I[ood distance off, then endeavors to oroe his way into , the house. If the floor is locked he follows his friend ggains and waits hie opportunity for . - leaking a second attempt. At length lie succeeds. He seizes the paper in mouth, and darts off at full speed. ie postman hfite never been able to aver what he does with his stolen goods. He followed him once, but the log was too quick in his movements to $Uow himself to be caught. This con­ duct is extremely awkward for the poor postman, who on more than one occas­ ion has had to reimburse the cost of the piper to the anger subscribers. PHILADELPHIA prides itself on its china. Ex-Attorney General Brews­ ter has spent a considerable part of forty years in making a collection. He has no end of plates and saucers that, besides their intrinsic beauty, are val­ uable for historic association. He has a dinner set that once beconged to Louis Phiilippe of France. Mrs. Geoige W. Childs is his chief rival. She has agents on the lookout all the time for new or odd things in table dec­ orations. Mrs! B. H. Townsend, Jr., has many unique and expensive pieces in the way of old center ornaments, vases, and candelebra. Frequently the service and decorations on her table when she gives a dinner represents $25,- 000 or $30,000. Mrs. Henry C. Gibson, wife of the millionaire ex-distiller, has fine and valuable china. Mrs. James P. Scott, daughter of Hugh Davids and daughter-in-law of the late Thomas A. Scott, runs largely to old Dutch delf and porcelains. Mrs. Edward H. Fil­ ler, whose husband had made $2,000,- 000 in the manufacture of hemp, has a large and costly collection. So has Mrs. Dr. Da Costa, whose husband at­ tended Grant for a few days at the be- gioging of the General's throat trouble, and is said to made $60,000 a year out of his practice. Mrs. James G. Smith, a sister of Anthony J, Drexel, the banker and ten times a millionaire, has a particularly fine lot. No SWEETER story of married life is told than that of the late John W. Garrett He had au iron will, but his wife ruled him, although she did it in such a way that the old man never knew it. During the forty years of their married life, Bays a friend, the two never slept a night apart, and I think Mrs. Garrett's death hastened that of her husband. For some years back Mr. Garrett had been in bad health from overwork, and the physi­ cians had prescribed that his meals should be regular, and that business should not be talked at the table. Mrs. Garrett saw that the rules were carried out, and whenever the lunch or dinner time arrived, it made no difference if Mr. Garrett was in the midst of the most important conversation, on busi­ ness involving millions, with guests whom the President would delight to honor, she would call them to the ta­ ble, and in a gentle way would admit of no refusal. Mr/t?ai?riSt^ or his friends might ask for just one ininute more, but the kind old lady would reply in the gentlest tones: "These are our rules, and Mr. Garrett has promised that they shall be kept." At the table it was the same. If the guest or John W. Garrett would break out in some business oxclamation or suggestion Mrs. Garrett would at once object, and the railroad President at the head of the table would laughingly call atten­ tion to the manner in which he was domineered over and would begin to talk of other subjects. Mrs. Garrett was a plain, motherly little woman, full of q-.iiet charities, and as thoroughly wrapped up in her husband as he was in her. She was posted on much of his work, and during her latter years he did the most of his work at home in his library with several telegraph op­ erators about him. Many of his callers she would receive and dismiss without their ever bothering him. She was seldom absent from his room, even during the most important conversa­ tions, and she wound herself so closely about every fibre of the old man's na­ ture that when she died, about two years ago, his machinery did not work and he finally succumbed to the LOGAN AT BOSTON. Cancer of the Tongue. Dr. Jesett, surgeon to the London Cancer Hospital, states that out of 2,- 227 cases of cancer known to him, the tongue was the seat of the disease in 190, or 8,5 per cent.; the breast in 697 cases, or 31.3 per cent, and the uterus in 12.3 per cent. In 2,412 cases given by other surgeons. 8 per cent were upon the tongue. Irritation is a cause of cancer, and one cannot, therefore be surprised that the tongue should be frequently affected. Curious and broken teeth, with tough, sharp edges, against which the tongue plays; the large quantities of tartar which collect upon the teeth; false teeth, especially when the plates fit badly, or are of in­ ferior materials; smoking, particularly the short clay pipe, with its jagged end; ardent spirits; hot condiments, chilies, pickles, etc., may all be placed among causes of tongue cancer. Phthisis and syphilis increase the danger, through the liability, in a weakened system, of one kind of ulcer to change into anoth­ er, and heredity appears to be tracea­ ble in some instances. Dr. Jesett's advice should be noted of all men. He says: "I would in all cases of suspicious ulcer of the tongue, if after ten day's or a fortnight's treat­ ment it did not commence to heal or assume a healthy appearance, strongly advise the excision of the ulcer. Should it prove after its removal to be inno­ cent, 1 should know my patient was not a bit the worse for its loss, while we would have been prevented from run­ ning the risk of lurtlier mischief. It is, unfortunately, very rarely that we are able to see patients at this early stage, and when we do it is very diffi­ cult to imbue them with the gravity of the import of these small nodules or ulcers until the former have ulcerated, and they have infiltrated deeply into the substance of the tongue; but still, up to this point, if the glands of the neck and submaxillary region remain free, much can be done by the removal of the diseased tissues." When it is remembered that no specific for cancer is as yet known, and that cancer once developed is hopeless, the importance of this advice cannot be overestimated. Care of the general health after the re­ moval of a very early stage of cancer might prevent its reappearance. AT a Back Bay breakfast table the conversation turned upon heaven. At the table sat a restless boy of 10 whose "offending Adam" sometimes bring tee record of his school deportment down below 100. Presently a guest re­ marked : "None but the good will go to heaven." "Yes," chimed in this boy, "a fellow must stand 100 in deportment there." A Rousing Reception Given the Illinois Senator at the Hnb. Ihe Treachery of Democracy to Ohrfl-Senr- im Beform Denounced--Republican Success Predicted. Ptoston special to Chicago Tribute.] Gen. Logan is to-night the guest of the Norfolk Club of this city. The General, Mrs. Logan, and their sons arrived from Portland aboat 2 p.m. The railway sta­ tion was crowded with adnlirers of the Illi­ nois Senator and cheered/him lustily when he stepped from the car, 'where he was met by a committee of the club and taken to the Parker House. As the carriage containing the Senator was leaving the station a poor­ ly dressed individual standing on the side­ walk opposite caught Gen. Logan's eye and instantly raised his hat Gen. Logan, with characteristic courtesy, recognized the greeting by completely uncovering his head and bowing as if to a distinguished assem­ blage instead of to one humble person. This little act was the signal for three more cheers, which echoed in the ear3 of the vis­ itor as he was driven away in the direc­ tion of the Parker House. The guests were given a lunch on arriving at the Parker House, and soon retired to their rooms. From 5 to 6 p. m. a reception was given to Gen. Logan in the parlors of the Parker Honse, where abont 250 prominent men were presented to the General and his wife, whose presence was requested in the re­ ception-room. Among those who paid their respects to the visitors were Gov. Robinson, Lieut. Gov. Ames, Senator Hoar, Congressmen Long and Ely, the Speaker of the House and President of the State Senate, ex-Goz. Bourne, and Congressman Spooner of Rhode Island, and a large number of prominent gentlemen. Soon after 7 o'clock the company entered the dining-room. The President of the club, the Hon. Asa French, one of the Commis­ sioners of Alabama Claims, presided, with Gen. Logan on Jiis right and Gov. Robin­ son on his left. After excellent speeches by the presiding officer and Gov. Robinson, Senator Logan was introduced. Gen. Logan on rising to respond was re­ ceived with cheer after cheer, and two or three minutes elapsed before lie could be heard. The General began by making some complimentary allusions to Massa­ chusetts. He referred to some of the emi­ nent men of the old Bay State; he spoke of the remarkable change in public senti­ ment on some important questions during the last thirty years, and then passed on to a consideration of some phases of the pres­ ent political situation. He said: "First, let me say of civil-service reform that it is the child of the Republican par­ ty, but unfortunately has been put out to nurse with a stranger, and if not dead now looks 'sick unto death.' When the law was passed the intention was to put into the positions to which the law applied such persons as were fouud to be best qualified to perform the duties required, and also to retain in position such persons as were well qualified and found to have faithfully per­ formed their duties. The law is now be­ ing construed, however, to the effect that a person who voted the Republican ticket at the last election committed a crime against 'the peace and dignity' of the Democratic party--a new offense--heretofore unknown to law or politics--to wit: 'Offensive par­ tisanship. A man may have rebelled, or, being in the North, may have sympathized with rebellion against the Government; he may have sought to negotiate with foreign powers for its overthrow; he may have strive^, tg 'ham-string' it at the most critical moment or its des­ perate struggle for existence; he may have attempted to destroy its benefi­ cent influence; he may have tried to make our institutions a by-word and a mockery among the nations; he may have terrorized voters; he may have suppressed or des'royed the ballot, or fraudulently perverted its true intent and meaning; he may have as­ sisted in enacting laws under whose free operation freedom became a delusion and personal liberty a snare; but these do not seem to prove him to be an 'offensive par­ tisan,' provided always that he voted the Democratic ticket. Shall a man who has been true, even at the risk of life, limb, health, and fortifne, to the Union, to free­ dom, to the sanctity of the ballot, and to that spirit of progress which is acceptable in ihe sight of God be amenable to the charge of 'offensive partisanship' for exer- cistng his right as an Americao citizen? Is this the character of the man who is offen­ sive to the Democratic party? Do we not see the civil service princi­ ples twisted, warped, and most wretchkdly deformed, in place of the service being, as was promised, reformed? I object, for one,'to the prostitution of the pubiic service in the name of reform. I insist that there should be candor and fair dealing in the matter of making removals from office. If our political opponents propose to make removals from all the of­ fices I say that, instead of trumping up frivolous and unjust charges against Re­ publican incumbents as a justification for their removal, they will announce that they are to be turned out because they are Re­ publicans, and their successors are to be appointed because .they are Democrats, Sir, tear away the mask of reform and let the face of Democracy come forth." After reviewing the record of the Repub- ican party the Senator continued: "Mr. Chairman, the Republican party is not dead; it lives the life of the vigorous and strong. It will be returned to power by the people. It is the party of the peo­ ple. Protection to our home and free labor demands it; the restora­ tion of true civil-service reform de­ mands it; adequate appropriations to aid the system of free schools wherever needed demand it; the promoting of our home in­ dustrial interests in all proper ways de­ mands it; the necessity for the enforcement of the right of every voter within our national boundaries to cast his ballot and have the same fairly counted at all national elections, and to give to each man that equal and adequate protection before the law to which he is entitled, require the re­ turn of the Republicans to power both in Congress and in the Executive branch of the Government; and in order that the fiuancial system established by the Repub­ lican party may be preserved--that the revenues of the country may be protected against unwarranted claims upon the Treasury." Speeches were also made by Senator Hoar, the Hon. John D. Long, ex-Gov- erner Bourne of Rhode Island, Henry Cabot Lodge, ex-Collector Beard, and others. • Only Suppose. Suppose that Mr. Blaine had been elected; suppose that it had been an­ nounced that he proposed to appoint a gentleman to be Collector of the Port of New York who would strengthen the Republican party, what a howl would have gone up from the Herald office. How the mugwumps would have put on their white robes and shouted "Corrup­ tion!" And yet Mr. Cleveland pro­ poses to select a Democrat who will make New York solid for the Demo­ cratic party, and there is not a whimpei or a protest from the unco good what- do-you-call-'ems.--Boston Journal. THE appointment of a successor to Collector Robertson, of New York, shows that there was no "principle" in the reappointment of Postmaster Pear­ son, while the satisfaction expressed over the Postmaster's case, and the m e e k a c c e p t a n c e o f t h e v i o l a t i o n o f civil-service reform in the other in­ stance, shows what a contemptible craven thing the mugwump spirit to.-- Indianaj>olis Journal. jS. v.fe > ChmeeM Kw|4i% Girls. In a recently published work by Mrs. Leonowens occurs the following with regard to the famous dancing-girls of India. The Nautchnees' establishment was a curious building surrounded by a high wall. We entered through a gate, and! were at once conducted by a couple of old women across a paved court-yard planted all around with the mongree, oleander, and tall red and white rose trees. Passing this we were introduced into a great, bare hall, with low seats ranged around the walls, curtained all along the further end of the room, into which inner chambers seemed to open. Here we took our places. One of the old women stayed by us, while the other went off to announce our visit to the head lady of the establishment. The great slave-markets which we have all read so much about, where ten­ der young girls are bought and sold as if they were cattle, no longer exist in British India, but the amount of traffic of the kind that is still carried on ev­ erywhere is incredible, although the fact is vigorously denied by both the buyer and seller. In many cases these Nautchnees are not bought, but hired for a term of years, for money paid not to the girls themselves, but to parents or friends. 'In the course of time the parents die or move away, and the girl, after having given her best days to her employer, finds herself without money, friends, or social ties, and is glad enough to spend the remainder of her life in .instructing the younger mem­ bers of the establishment of which, with the fidelity so natural to oriental women, she considers herself a mem­ ber, and therefore bound for life to pro­ mote its interests. After a few moments Sainah Bebee came in to greet the Lady Kesineh. She salaamed most deferentially to us, /ind took her place on the floor. She was a Woman about 50 and a native of Afghanistan, tall and finely formed. She spoke of difficulty in procuring re­ spectable young girls to fill the places of those who ran away, were sold to certain rich admirers for wives or con­ cubines, or died. It would appear that the lowest, br Cusban, class was fast diminishing. On my questioning the old lady about the average life of the Nautchnees, she could give me no clear estimate, but intimated very decidedly that they generally died young. At my especial request we were 9hown into the exercising-room and almost over the entire establishment. There were over a hundred girls, of all ages and all shades of complexion, from dark brown to a pale, delicate ol­ ive, going through their exercises at the time. The hall- was composed of bamboo trellis-work, and was light, spacious, and airy enough. From the roof hung all sorts of gymnastic appa­ ratus, rude, but curious--ropes to which the girls clung as they whirled around on tiptoe; wheels on which they were made to walk in order to learn a pecu­ liar circular dance called "chakranee" (from "chak," a wheel); slip-knots into which they fastened one arm or one leg, thus holding it motionless while they exercised the other; cups, revolving balls, which they sprang up to catch; and heaps of fragile cords, with which they spin round and round, and if any one of these snap under too great a pressure they are punished, though never very severely. Altogether it was a strange sight. Most of the girls from 10 to 14 had nothing on but a short, tight pair of drawers; the older ones had tight, short-sleeved bodices in addition to the drawers, and those under 10 were naked. They were all good-looking; a few here and there were beautiful. The delicate and refined outline of their features, the soft tint of their rich complexions, the dreamy expression of their large, dark, quiet eyes, added to a great symmetry of form, made them strangely fascinating. The teachers were all middle-aged women, some of whom looked prema­ turely old. The girls are taught to re peat poems and plays, but no books aro osed. Coolness Under Fire. An exhibition of composure under fire, perhaps never recounted in print, occurred during the Schleswig-Holstein war in 1840. A Prussian force was be­ leaguering the fortress of Friedrich- sort, at that time commanded by a Dan­ ish General noted for coolness and dandyism, and both fortress and town were subjected to a most unmerciful pelting, in the progress of which a shell passed through the wall of the com­ mandant's office, demolished a clerk or two in transit, and made its exit through the opposite wall of the build­ ing. Naturally there ensued a mo­ ment of hurry and confusion among the people in the office. The commandant, however, sat calmly at his desk, and in his usual tones requested an orderly to stop the hole in the wall with a blanket before the draft should give him his death of cold--New York Commercial Advertiser. LEGISLATIVE LEGACIES. if? The Work of the Legislature on the Subject of Criminal-Law Befbrm and Other Mattenu - Out of the Frying Pan. Hostetter McGinn is, of Galveetop, dabbles in art. He painted a picture, put it in a book store, and then stood around to hear what people said. Gus De •Smith looked at .it, and said to a friend: "That's the worst daub I've seen yet. The man who painted that picture ought to be like his picture--hung up to dry, he is so green." "I want you to understand, sir, that I am the artist who painted that pic­ ture, " said Hostetter. Being anxious to excuse himself De Smith replied: "I beg ten thousand pardons. I have no knowledge of art whatever. I only repeat what I hear everybody else sav about your picture."--Texas Sittings. Took a Republican Wash. An amusing anecdote is told by an old inhabitant of Kinderhcok of Thomas H. Benton when the guest of Mr. Van Buren at one of those dinner parties for which "Lindenwald" was noted in its palmy days. After the desert had been served, finger-bowls were brought in and were viewed with some suspi­ cion on the part of one or two of the guests. When dinner was over Mr. Benton said to a friend: "I observed Mr. Van Buren immerse the tips of his fingers in one of those little glass bowls and wipe them daintily on his napkin, but I just rolled back my sleeves and took a good, plain Republi­ can wash.--Brooklyn Eagle. Happiness. There is one way of attaining what we may term, if not utter, at least mor­ tal happiness; it is this: A sincere and unrelenting activity for the happi­ ness of others. In that one maxim is concentrated whatever is noble in mor­ ality, sublime in religion, or unsweara- ble in truth. In that pursuit we have all scope for whatever is excellent in our hearts, and none for the petty pas­ sions which our nature is heir to.--Bui- wer Lytton. „ ' Wren the Chicago Tribtme.1 • Time alone can tell how Important the rail­ road legislation of the session has been. Prac­ tically it is comprised in two measures--the crossing and the consolidation bills. It has happened that the Illinois Central has been mainly instrnmental in getting these measures through, and many have Kaine(l the idei that they were solely for its benefit. This is not the case. They affect all the Western tank lines and had the combined support of them all. As originally drawn by an able railroad solicitor both the bills were very sweeping and very in­ definite in their terms. They mieht properly have been called "acts to turn the State or Illi­ nois over to the railroads." They were both amended in a way to make them appear less in­ definite and less harmful on their face. Whether they were actually improved the future will develop. The railroad-crossing bill amends sections 12 and 13 of the act respecting the fencing and operation of railroads, so as to read as follows: "'All trains running on any railroad in this State, when approaching a crossing with an­ other railroad upon the same level, or when ap­ proaching a swing or draw bridge in use a-* such, shall be brought to a full stop before reaching the same, and within eight hundred feet there­ from, and the engineer or other person in charge of the engine attached to the train, shall posi­ tively ascertain that the way is clear, and that the train can safely resume its course before proceeding to pass the bridsre or crossing. "SECTION 18. Every engineer or other person having charge of such engine violating the provisions of the preceding section shall be liable to a penalty of $200 for each offense, to ba recovered in an ac­ tion of debt, in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, and the corporation on whoso road such offense is committed shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding to be recovered in like manner, the amount so recovered to be P*id into the treasury of the county in which the offense occurs, but no recovery sliall be had in any case for any offense committed more than sixty days prior to the commencement of the action. The provisions of this and of the proceeding section shall extend to and govern all cases of neglect or failure to stop the trains as required by law before passing any bridge or railroad crossing, whether occurring betore or after the said provisions shall take effect, and no act or part of an act inconsistent with such operation and effect being given to this law shall in any way apply hereto." The objects which it was cla'med were sought to be gained by tho passage of the bill were not in themselves objectionable, though tliev <tid not justify the enactment of a law for this pur­ pose. They were said to be simply to enable the roads to get rid of the superfluous Boards of Directors, which were made necessary bv their leased lines. Then it was stated that" the Illi­ nois Central wanted to buy outright its Iowa lines, the lease of which would expire in 1KH7; the Burlington w as reported to have similar in­ tentions regarding the Hannibal and St. Joe, while other W« stern trunk lines would be more or less benefited if the bill became a law. That they all expected to reap a substantial benefit no one who understood the pressure which was exerted to get the measure through could doubt. CRIMINAL LAW REFORM. The work of the Legislature in the direction of criminal law reform was not what it should have been. The most imjwrtant measures, like those in relation to changes of venue and mak­ ing juries judges of facts only, were strangled in the Senate without even going to the House. 'J he bills w hich did get through and which may be considered as making some progress toward an improvement in the criminal code were the following: Senator Ray's measnre in relation to continu­ ances, which enacts that when affidavit is made for a continuance in behalf of the people, or any defendant in a ciiminal ca e, on the ground of the absence of a material witness, the State At­ torney, or the defendant, as the case may l>e, shall not be required to admit the absolute truth of the matter set up in the affidavit for continuance, but only that such absent witness, if present, would testify as alleged in the affida­ vit: and if it is so admitted, no continuance shall be granted, but the case shall go to trial, and the party admitting the same shall be per­ mitted to controvert the statements contained in such affidavit by other evidence, or to im­ peach such absent witness, the same as if lie had testified in person: provided, that the court mav, in its discretion, require the opposite party to admit the truth absolutely of any such affi­ davit when, from the nature of the case, he may be of opinion that the en«is of justice require it; provided, further, that this act shall not ap­ ply to applications tor continuances at the same term of the court at which the mdictmcnt is found or information tiled. Harper's burglary bill, which provides that whoever willfully, and maliciously, and forcibly breaks and enters, or willfully and mallclonsly, without force (the doors and windows being open), enters into any dwelling-house, kitchen, offiue, shop, storehouse, warehouse, malt-hf.nse, stilling-house, mill, pottery, factory, wharfboat, steamboat, or other water oraft, freight or pas­ senger railroad-car, church, meeting-house, school-house, or other building, with intent to commit murder, robbery, rape, mayhem, or other felony or larceny, shall be deemed guilty of burglary, and be imprisoned in the peniten­ tiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than twenty years; provided, how­ ever, that whoever willfully, and maliciously, and forcibly breaks and enters, or willfuliv and maliciously, without force (the doors or windows l>eing open>, enters into any dwelling- house in the night-time, with intent to commit murder, robbery, rape, mayhem, or other felony or larceny, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the |M.>nitentiary lor a term of not less than live years nor more than twenty yea s; pro­ vided, turther, that if at the time of committing the offense mentioned in the proviso such per­ son shall be found with any deadly weapon, deadly drug, or ana-sthetic upon his i>erson<r in his possession, he shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term of years not less than nve. The Stevens bill amending the act concerning jurors, as follows: "Sue. 8. At least twenty days before the fir t day of any trial term of any of said courts the Clerk of such court shall repair to the office of the County Cl-rk, and in the presem eof such County Clerk, after the box containing said names li s been well shaken by the County Clerk, and with­ out partiality, draw from said box the names of a sufficient number of said persons then resi­ dents of said county, not less than thirty, lor each two weeks that such court will probably be in session for the trial of common law cases, to constit'-te the petit jurors for that term; and where there is an additional Judge in such court a like number for each additional Judge re­ quiring a jury, unless such court shall other­ wise order; provided, that should the Clerk draw from said box the name of a person whom he may know to be dead to have been selected as a grand juror, a non-resident, absent from the State, unable to attend in consequence of illness, or that he is legally disqualified to serve as a Juror, it shall be the duty of said Clerk to report the name of such person to the County Clerk: and said Clerk of such court shall draw- other names until the required number shall have been selected; provided, also, that when­ ever there snail be pending for trial in any of said courts, any criminal cause wherein the de­ fendant is charged with a felony, and the Judge holding said court shall be convinced from the circumstances of the case that a jury cannot be obtained from the regular panel to try said cause, said Judge may, in his discretion, prior to the day lixed for trial of said cau e, direct the Clerk to draw (in the same manner ;.s the regular panel is drawn) not exceeding 100 n >mes as a special panel, from which a jury may be select­ ed to try s&id caus THE GENERAL LEVY. The following is the general levy: Revenue fund (first year) $3,000,000 Revenue fund (second year) 1,500,000 School fund (two years) 2,000,000 $5,500/00 In addition to this there Is, of course, the Illi­ nois Central tax, amounting to about $yoo,uoo tor the two years. EE VENUE BEFOBM. A very large number of revenue bills were in­ troduced during the session, but none of special importance were passed. Mr. Linegar had his general bill taxing the receipts of telegraph, in­ surance, railroad, and express companies, whila other measures singled these out. A bill got through the Henate making the rental of tele­ phones $3 per month, the same as In Massa­ chusetts and Indiana, but it failed to pass the House. The investigation of the State Board of Equalization by a Senate committee shed no light on the problem. The best solution of the difficulty was found in the joint resolution em­ powering the Governor to appoint a commission of twelve. This commission is to meet in Springfield in September of the present year, and by March, 188>:, the result of its labor* is to be laid before the neople of the State. While its powers are limited, the idea is that the infor­ mation gained by the commission will be in the natnre of a codification of the present revenue laws with suggestions as to whi're improvement can I e made. The expectation is that from the data furnished the next General Assembly will be able to act intelligently and with some light before it on the subjec. of taxation. DliAINAOE. There were half a dozen drainage bills passed. One of these was Senator Crawford's measure providing for the levying of assessments to sup­ port the pumping system now in force at South Chicago and Hyde Park. A second bill enacts that the assessment rolls of the drainage subdi­ visions shall be taken by the Town Assessor in making his assessments. Another measure al­ lows the issuing of iXnds for drainage purposes. The chief measures, however, are the general drainage laws of Senator Whiting and Repre­ sents tfre Webber. The latter was Chairmau of I the House Drainage Committee. His bill is an amendment and revision of what is known as the i "drainage and levee act." It ignores township or county lines and permits a district, large or small, to be organized from any territory. A I majority of the owners of one-third of the | lands in the district to be reclaimed may tile in ; the County Court a petition, upon hearing which the court appoints three commissioners to survey the proposed district and ascertain ! the costs of. the work. On their favorable re- j port the court gives another notice to the per- | aons Interested und declares the district organ- j ' ized and a body corporate. A jury makes as- I •g-mnf on tlM lands benefited seOfltttt te to cash estimated tSlLiKfiF'̂ pent. The assessments am eol* lected tike otter taxes and are used for the par* pose of constructing the work. The commis- tfonen can make assessments of benefit* In ten of the jury if it is deemed advisable. Pro- •town im alfto made for correcting mistakes ^ aavfng the districts from the loss of the assess­ ments, which could not be done under the old law Appeals from the construction of the jury are tried as other appeals, except that when more than one party appeals the Judge Is to try tile oases togethf r. A change in the old law is in the confirming of the assessments, it be­ ing competent for the ci nrt to order the assess­ ment to be j aid in installments. The assess­ ments and installments are to draw f. per cen interest, but the owner may elect to pay the whole amount before it comes due. The V> per cent, interest is required to discharge the inter­ est accruing in case bonds are issued. The Treasurer of the district is required to execute a bond in double the amount that may come into his hands during his term of office. The act is to be liberally construed to promote the ditching, drainage, and reclamation of waste lands. There is also provision for additional assessments wh n those first made prove inad­ equate. The Drainage Commissioners can bor­ row money not exceeding ;H> per cent, of the assessments and issue bonds which shall be a lien on the assessments until paid. Justices of the 1 eace have jurisdict.on where che amount does not exceed $2,000. Lands outside of the district originally farmed can be taken in, made a part of the district, and assessed as other lands. The bill for the farm-drainage act was intro­ duced as Senate bill No. 1 by Mr. Whiting the first day of the session. The act consists of seventy-nine sections, and, though long, it will not occupy much more than half the space of the five acts it repeals. Though there is much that is new and some provisions quite original, it is as a whole a revision of the several laws It repeals, emborting especially the second drain- ape act of 1 s?'j and the Torrance law of 1883. The features of these two laws are preserved, though changed in nearly every section to meet the exigencies developed by experience. This act begins by defining the r'ghts of drainage, as recently deciaed by the Supreme Court, on the owner's land; then across the lands of others. It then deals with ""com- bined drainage," commencing with the last, where two persons only are concerned, and progresses up to "special districts," reaching into three or more townships, Ufce the well- known Hickory Creek District it: Bureau and Henry Counties, or the Mason and Tazewell-- the former embracing 15,000 acres of land, with a main ditch fifteen miles long, and the latter 47,000 acres of land, where three steam dredge- boats are now at work redeeming waste lands and adding to their value more than $1,OOO,IKKI. The method provided for special assessment by classification on a graded scale is original, or at least was two years ago, when the same author applied it to the existing eountv ditch law. This act works through commissioners, and as little as possible through courts and juries. Klght years ago most lawyers confounded "special assessment" with "eminent domain," and Insisted that the former, liko the latter, must be done by a jury. Senator Whiting chal­ lenged this doctrine in the formation of the acts of 1H7'.), and the courts have tnlly sustained him, as they have more recently his posUion on the rights of drainage. This farm-drainage act closes with three im­ portant sections: 1. "River districts,* for the straightening, en­ larging, and clearing of drift lrom the channels of rivers. 2. "Districts by user," reqnlrlng parties who own and enjoy ditches in common, though not in an organized district, to pay their proper pro­ portion to keep them in repair. 3. "Voluntary districts," to secure the benefits of the drainage law in its coercive feature, of making and repairing drains, and the collection of the special assessment, or taxes, by certain mntual agreements of the parties interested. A bonding system for borrowing money is provided for in this act for the larger districts. This part of the act is mostly the work of K. A. Wallace, of Havana, the attorney of the Mason and Tazewell drainage district referred tq. < IV]L HI'iHTS. A measure of considerable importance to the colored people of the State and also to hotel- keepers, is Thomas' civil-rights bill. The bill is as follows: SECTION l. Be It enacted, etc., Thit all per­ sons within the jurisdiction of said State shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoymc.nt of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, restaurants, eating-houses, barber shops, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and all other places of public accommodation and amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all citizens. SEC. -2. That any p rson who shall violate any of the provisions of the foregoing section by denying to any citizen, except for reasons ap­ plicable alike to all citizens of every race and color, and regardless of color or race, the full enjoyment of any of the acccommodations, ad­ vantages, facilities, or privileges In said section enumerated, or by aiding or inciting such de­ nial, shall for every such offense forfeit and pay a sum not less than $2fi nor more than $501 to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered In any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where said offense was committed; and shall also for every such offense be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed $500, or shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, provided further, that a judgment in favor of the party aggrieved, or punishment upon an indictment, shall be a bar to e.ther prosecution respectively. MININU MEAKUKE8. Two bills which were asked by the miners ot the State and were cla med to be of consider­ able importance to them were passed. One amends the law in relation to weighing coal by providing that a record of all coal weighed shall be kept in a well-bound book at the expense of the owner or operator, the record to be kept subject to Inspection of persons interested during business hours; also that the weigher shall make oath to fully perform bis duties; also that the check-weigher need not be im- ployed in the mines where he performs his duties, and that he must subscribe to the same oath :>s the weigher; that all contracts made providing that the weighing of coal be dispensed with be null and void; providing that a penalty of not leBs than $".0 lor the first offense, not less than $2i o for the second offense, and not less t han $.">00 and imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months for violating the pio- visions of the act. It is stated that this law will preveut impositions to whicn the miners claim, they are subjected. An amendment which is expected to conduce to the health and safety ot the miners requires that escapement shafts shall be equipped with stairways or ladders having landing-places or platforms at least every twenty feet from the bottom to the top, or, in lien thereof, such hoist­ ing apparatus as will enable the employe} to niHke safe and speedy exit in case ot danger; also that a sufficient, amount of ventilation shall be provided in every mine, the amount of air to be not less than one hundred cubic feet for ca: h man and six hundred feet for each ani­ mal per minute; also making some chaaitcs in the duties of mine inspectors. OUAKDIANK AM) WAED8. Chapman's bill amending the law ot guardi­ ans and wards is likely to have an important bearing on guardians who speculate with the money of their wards. It makes imperative the custom now carried on in some well-adminis­ tered courts of requiring a specific statement and exhibit under oath. The amendment makes the law read: On every accounting and final settlement of a guardian he shall exhibit and file his ac­ count as such guardian, setting forth specifi­ cally in separate items on what account ex­ penditures were made by him, and all snms received and paid out since his last account­ ing, and of all money on hand, and an item­ ized account of all notes, bonds, accounts, and evidences of indebtedness composing the per­ sonal estate of his ward, and said guardian shall produce and exhibit to the court the notes. 1 onas, accounts, and evidences of indebtedness so itemized and held by him, and it is hereby made th» duty of the court to inspect the as-ets so exhibited, which account shall be accom­ panied by proper vouchers and signed by him and verified bvhis attidavlt. SCHOOL LAWS. The school people get what they think Is an improvement in the school laws. It provides that the County Beard shall furnsh the County Superintendent ot Schools with an office, and thus place him on the same footing with other county officers. The duties of the County Su­ perintendent are more specifically defined. It is made incumbent on him to visit each school in the eountv at least once t. year. One-half his time is to be given the ungraded schools. With the consent of the County Board he can employ additional help. He is required to make a sworn statement of all the schools by him vis­ ited. with the time and circumstances of the visitation His expenses in such visits are to be drawn from the State school fund of the coun­ ty. The powers of the County Hoard are defined so that they shall allow the Superintendent in counties having less than fifty schools not less than 150 days a year, in counties having from fiftv-one to seventy-five schools not less than 2oo days. In counties having from seventy-six to P)0 schools not less thtn 250 days, and in coun­ ties having more than 100 schools the whole time is to be allowed. There were a'so passed Senator Rogers bills allowing school-lands to be leased for a period of five years and permitting the interest on school-loans to be paid annually instead of semi-ann-ally. Likewis > the measure enabling school districts acting under a special charter to hold elections for the election of school direct­ ors and members of boards of education at the time provided for the election of directors un­ der the school-laws of the State. A bill whioh h"S a local bearing in a dozen towns in the State allows the conveyance of real estate held bv cities for school or academy purposes by resolution of the council or board of trustees. MISCELLANEOUS. A bill was parsed providing that all fines, paid in monev, imposed through the agency ot any humane society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and children under the laws of the State of Illinois, shall, when collected, be paid into the treasurv of such society, to bo applied toward its support; ProruJed, such society named in the act shall be incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Illi­ nois. A bill enabling park commissioners having control of parks to ta«e, regulate, and control parks now under the control of incorporated cities, towns, or villages, was passed. During the last year the United States ac­ quired bv purchase a lot adjoining the postofHce building in Springfield. The Legislature passed an act ceding to the General Government juris­ diction over this ground, and exempting the same trom taxation. Representative Sheffield was aottvs la seenr- fcWHti ts tfcafc sqptyliitiijmmi poor-booses, coronera, sheriffs, . Mid oonnty undertakers, and Stats, county, town and city oftiei shall have the custody of the bodies of < persons who are to be buried at pense, shall deliver the same to surgeons, or officers of medical eoUsge* forth* purposes of scientific study. It farther pro­ vides that such bodies shall be snrrenderaST ttt the Mends of the deoeased if the HUM shall bs claimed, and that persons or college officers who shall receive the bodies of such deoeased per­ sons shall give a bond that the bodies so re­ ceived shall be used for the specific purpose of ' anatomical study and no other. It also pro­ vides fines and penalties for non-complianee with the provisions of the act. A bill amending the law regarding industrial ' schools for girls by permitting the commitment of girls for any one of the reasons heretofore deemed sufficient under the law. instead ot re­ quiring an affirmative finding ot all grounds be­ fore eommifrrent, as heretofore. : Senator Shumway secured the passage of at r" bill authorizing the formation of companies for! : . i, the detention and apprehension ot horse-thievesrfi; 5 , . v and other felons. _• ';'4 A bill amending the law in regard to roadsi^ and bridges that where counties elect to keepi> np their roads and bridges by the tax system ttr " ' < shall be lawful for the County Board to let all the work necessary to keep the roads bridges in good repair to the lowest bidder under sealed proposals, said ( be binding for not less than one nor more thaali three years; the road tax levied and collected to ;•« be set apart as a road and bridge fund «5 which to meet such contracts. Also, that p«-P ; £ sons oblige ! to work out their poll-tax on the!* f> road shall do so during the months of Hay and;' ;, %; June of each year. < ,t An amendment to the revenue code was madlu* .,* s' ̂ the purport of which is to compel the owner' 'of.- proper ty to re fund to the ho lder o f a t ax t i t le ' t declared to be illegal the amount of tax actually • ̂ " paid by the owner of the incumbrances. l," A bill providing that persons injuring or de- . i,. ;|r stroying any character of property in any ceme-:.' tery or avenue or lot thereof, or any person' hunting or shooting within limits of aucfc?* s&M cemetery, or who shall violate any of that' 1 *9,# rules and regulations of anv cemetery" "us? board, may be fined in any sum from $5 to $100. • such fines to go to the cemeterv association* - , *", X and damages may also be recovered from thst'- offender. It also provides that all cemetery asso- - i'~\. ciations may make such rules and regulation* " ' as necessary to govern and protect cemeteries, 4 subject, to the rights of lot-owners; also such board may appoint policemen to protect thefaf" 3s property, and the board may set apart a Dart of \ the fund received from the sale of lots as a trust fund, which shall be exempt from taxation. A bill for the punishment of makers antf venders of adulterated fertilizers, and for th€fc* * >s prevention of fraud in the manufacture of thd * X same. •. A bill was passed enabling fire insurance cornT panics to insure against damages from cyclones. * A bill abolishing the requirement of printing, - the maximum rates made by the BprlnKfiela m newspapers. - . Vs s Minor State Topics. - , -• ? --A man in Shawneetown, who was pre-** ' paring to throw an egg at Eli Perkins felt % * dead of heart disease. Death ought to have i had Bense enough to wait a minute longer* , . i -Ex. ' • --Chicago's name as the "Garden City* X* probably comes from the amount of fertil- * . izing material which is born on the bosom ^ of the river and wafted in a gaseous stato , ^ all over the land whenever the breezed i-: blow.--Ex. --John F. Finerty has filed his bill in the , f Cook County Court contesting ihe electiotr * ^ of William M. Devine to the office of City Treasurer of Chicago. The document set^11 forth that Mr. Finerty was elected bf, ^ nearly 2,000 majority. * ' > --The New York Graphic says: "Mft# * ./ McDonald, the Chicago Democratic po'itW cian, will sail for Earope with his family ii a few days, pe is said to have made " a million dollars in various ways in C go, and is about ready to retire from/ politics.and business." --The other night a "floater" was fonn$" " " j in the Mississippi, near Galena, by fisheri /*;!? men. The body was that of a youth about " fifteen years of age, and there was nothing on his person by which he could be iden- - v tided save a ring on one of his fingers. "FoundDrowned" was the simple verdict of the coroner's jury. The body is Uumgtlf c^V to have been that of Henry Bleilly, wh^HS!; was drowned recently at Finley's l^nding^ '/•'!I --Miss Kate Kane, who appears as conn* > , ^ sel for one of the quintet of Italian mnr»¥ Jsfe J derers now on trial in this city, at the open* ing ot the case on Tuesday asked for {, *:• continuance until the next term of court| ^ upon the ground that she was not able to , A talk to her client until a week ago. Th^"-v court failed to appreciate what a precious*V/'," thing a short week's conversation is to < 4-.; * H woman, and ungallantly refused to 8~i« --Inter Ocean. r, 4*. H " LIT. •• • • " " -- -*1 » t,.... Give Himself Away. [Little Rock (Ark.) telegram.) " r^ During the year 1883 Elijah Hinson anc^ * ' two of his brothers murdered Frank Mar*' ^ tin, in Greene County, Illinois. The threat IT brothers nuide their escape and eveiy poa-> , ^ sible plan has been adopted by the officers ' - -i of the county to capture them. Elijah ; Hinson was a United States pensioner. Th^„ 'p : Pension Agent at Chicago was notified oljf £ the crime he had committed and of his es^ "J cape, and requested that if in the future ho - ( ; should make application for his pension^ / : the officer be notified of his whereabouts; - ' 1 Two years passed and no application was made. About two months since he askeel 1 for the pension. His papers were made oni"' before a Justice of the Peace in Whitehall, ^ ' Poinsett County, Ark. A copy of then) * ^ was forwarded to the Sheriff ot Grcen$ County, Illinois, by the Pension Agent at .\L Chicago. The Sheriff of Greene County, ' \ Illinois, arrived in this city with a requisi-v, tion for Hinson. He went to Po:nset% -" f County and found his man. This morning, '. Secretary of State Moore was notified the sucoessfnl capture of the murderer. .' ^11 After Twenty Tears. »'*, : Capt Maurice J. McGrath, Superintend-. | ant of Mails, was very happy yesterday , ;*'J (says the Chicago Tribune) over the receipt . of a document which should have been - handed him over twenty years ago. H« •; ; ; was Captain of Company H, Fifty-second * } , Illinois, and when the officers of the regi. % i ment were mustered on tin November.1864, • he was on the staff of John M. Corse ii|. the field. Before separating, the officers^ oJ with "whom Capt. McGrath was a favorite, adopted resolutions expressing admiration for his many brave deeds an<| noble acts, he having proved himself brave and gallant officer on the battlefield^ V fully competent to command under any and all circumstances," and "in camp and* on the march had always been kind* ' courteous, and cheerful.n The document •>! was intrusted to First Sergeant Henry C. " ^ Williamson, who came North wounded; 5% but Capt. McGrath did not 6ee him until two or three years after the close of thQ war. McGrath didn't know then of the ex-i ||S ; istence of the resolutions, and Williamson _ had forgotten all abont them. They diet . not meet again until the reunion of the regiment at Elgin last year. Williamson, y, | who lives in Lee's Summit, recently went through a fire, a part of the town being destroyed, and in looking over his army papers ran across the resolutions referred' ^ £ to. He at onca wrote to Capt McGrath. X#J acknowledging his negligence and inclos- ing the document, which the Captain was naturally very glad to receive, recalling, as " j it did. old associates, most of whom, aro sit: .J