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M PeMsftsr. ILLtNOCi «> _ ̂ 1M" l:-V.'-; y>u } 1 I?'-", Jwc ' * .*< fit"- > \ <v | s v |p ' j4" >£«.. • V ss;.'5' $v, * i'.' ii P-: f1 J' te It $ WITH a record of 12,263 mmiagM to 4m1 credit daring the past twelve months, Chicago shines with, renewed luster as the great matrimonial center. CARDINAL MANNING is a frequent guest at luxurious banquets, but in the midst of such feasts generally mikes his dinner off a baked potato, a piece of beef, and a glass of water. IN 1870 the American record of horses\nown to be able to trot in 2 :30 or better embraced only 151 hordes. Last jear there were twice that number recorded who for the first time made 2:80 or better, and the list as now com­ pleted includes 3,000 that can trot or pace in that class. A SEWING-MACHINE of solid silver and ewiclied witlymapphires was recently received by the Empress of Russia. It was a present from the Society for Promoting the Use of Bussian Materi­ als. The Czarina has taken great -in­ terest in this organization. Her en­ thusiasm, however, will not cause her to use the sewing-machine in all prob­ ability. » COL. GEORGE 8. PERKINS, of Nor­ wich, Conn., is New England's most remarkable centenarian. He was 100 years old in August and is still Treas­ urer of the Norwich and Western Bail- road, and performs all the duties per­ taining to the office. Hi« wife, who is 90 years of age, is also an active and well-preserved old lady. Col. Perkins was on Bobert Fulton's first steamboat on its trial trip on the Hudson in An- gust, 1807. A GRAVE-DIGGER in the chief ceme­ tery of Valenciennes has just been con­ demned to a fine of $5 for having disin­ terred a dead body from a grave. He was asked by a woman to get for her the gold ring of the first wife of her husband, that ornament having been left on the finger of the deceased per­ son when she was buried. The grave- digger set stealthily to .work in the churchyard one night and found the ring, but the matter was brought to light through the indiscretion of the instigator of the crime. A LONDON paper prints a strange story from the diamond field. A Kaffir was suspected of being in possession of uncut diamonds, and wa3 pursued by officers of the law. - When they came up with him he had jost shot one of his oxen. Then they proceeded to search him. They ransacked his scanty clothing, they combed his woolly hair, they tried all the usual processes, but never a diamond did they find, and finally they had to retire discomfitted. Then the Kaffir proceeded to pick out from the dead ox's carcass all the dia­ monds with which his gun had been loaded, and which he had fired into the unfortunate behst when he saw the of­ ficers approaching. ONE thing which gave the late Dan­ iel Manning and advantage over most -men was his wonderful memory, says the Albany Argus. One winter at Nassau a banker from Chelsea, Mass., -came into the room, saying he had just found an old book containing a piece he used to recite at school. Mr. Man­ ning asked to hear it, and then to hear it the second time. After the second recital Mr. Manning said: "You do not repeat it the same." Some little dis­ cussion ensuing, Mr. Manning contin­ ued : "I give you my word as a man I've never heard the thing before, yet if Mr. Uline will read it twice aloud, 111 wager you I can repeat it better than you can." The piece was read, and then Mr. Manning repeated it with absolute correctness, syllable for syl­ lable. When the banker expressed some doubt about Mr. Manning's not having heard it before, the latter offered to repeat any piece of the same length which the banker might choose, after it had been read three times. And what is more he accomplished the feat. This mental trait enabled Mr. Manning to recall almost verbatim, at any time reports, motions, resolutions, and anything else he had read months before. . THE announcement that one of the greatest steamship companies in the world is about to put on a line of steam­ ers between New York and India must be an interesting piece of news for the Pacifio railroad managers. Unless a bribe like that to the old Pacifio Mail Company is to be paid, or some kind of a secret pool maintained, there will soon be genuine and serious competition in the transportation of transconti­ nental freight, and the Pacific railroads will have a strong rival in the water line via AspinwalL Four of the boats that will touoh at Aspinwall are im­ mense freight earners, will transport three times as mnoh as an average sail­ boat, and will make voyages in one- third the time required by ordinary •ailing vessels. In addition to the opening of the New York and India route the company engaged in this en­ terprise has put on several boats be­ tween New York and San Francisoo, thus indicating plainly that it intends making a strong fight for Pacific ooast business proper as well as for Chinese and India traffic. The scheme of this powerful British company--the same that operates the Anchor Line--seems go far-reaching as to forbid any alliance with the Pacific railroads or the taking of bribe money for refusing to carry freight or passengers at reasonable rates. To all appearances genuine wa­ ter competition in Pacific ooast busi­ ness and in the great traffic from China and India will soon be a fact which the Pacifio railroads must face. THB story of the downfall of the Iwrb-wire patents, under which a sin­ gle corporation has exacted millions of 10M n romane* The recital IN all the more interesting from the fact that it brings to light facts that have renamed hidden almost thirty yean. As long ago as 1859ana Alvin Morley, a man in Delaware County, lows, who had already been confined for a time in an insane asylum, and who finally died in­ sane, originated and carried into execu­ tion the idea of twisting a short steel bard into the strands of a wire fence-- precisely the same idea upon which, fifteen years later, Joseph F. Ulidden obtained letters patent, which were subsequently assigned to the Washburn & Moen Company. In the suit brought by that company for infringement in the United States District Court at Dubuque, testimony of the most posi­ tive character was introduced showing that the crack-brained inventor of the barb-wire principle exhibited a section of fence constructed in this -manner at a county fair in Iowa in 1859. Among the witnesses to this fact was a man now 40 years of age, who when a boy of 9 or 10 was present at the county fair and in playing with some other lads was thrown against the wire fence and had his face severely cut by the barbs, the scars showing to this day. The blacksmith who twisted on the barbs for Morley was another important wit­ ness, and to clinch his testimony went to a forge and in a few minutes fashioned duplicates of the tools with which he had twisted the barbs thirty years be­ fore. Still another witness related how he had carried home from the fair­ ground apiece of Morley's fence and kept it for many years. Against this and other testimony of the same tenor the complainants in the suit introduced merely negative proof from tho mouths of witnesses who swore that they did not see and never heard of the fence exhibited by Morley in 18591 Under such a state of facts the decision of Judge Shivas was adverse to the valid­ ity of the patents owned by the Washburn & Moen Company, the ground of nullification being a want of novelty. Of conrse the wealthy com­ plainants will carry the case on appeal to the United States Court, but there is good reason to believe that the days of the barb-wire n*onopolyare ended once and for all time. CARL DUNDEE. fleaae Sayings with m German Itstnm [Detroit Free PreM.] If I haf a bird in my handt I can eat him. If he vhas in der bushes maype I go hungry. If you vhas sure you vhas right go aheadt some more midoudt shtoping. Money makes der mare go on on a gallop, but maype she doan' shtop un­ til she preaks her neck. It vhas foolish to tell der sluggard to go. to der ant. He doan' go onless you gif him a free ticket on der shtreet car, und den he vhas too lazy to consider her ways. If you can get out of shail to-day doan' pnt him off till to-morrow. Honesty vhas der best policy, but it vhas mostly practiced by men who gif a heaping measure in order to hide der badt fruit at der bottom. Truth vhas mighty und must prevail, but some folks thrive so wonderfully well on lying ash to discourage honest folks. It vhas saidt dat one-half der worldt doan' know how der odder half lifs. Yhell, I like to find dot haf which doan' know! Eafery womans knows all about feefty families. Money vhas der root of all eviL If you doan' pelief him you go off some­ where und lose your wallet. Bring oop a shild in der vhay he should go vhas alright, but how ish dot vhay ? Dot vhas where we doan' see mit der same eves. When tieves fall oudt honest men get deir dues--in some horns 1 If der lawyer leaves anything for anypody to get I like to see him! Dere vhas some goot fish in der sea after you catch some oudt, but dot vhas poor consolation to der parties who nefer get a bite vhen dey go fishing. Der blossoms always come pefore der buds vhas a beautiful saying, but vhat we vhas all after vhas der fruit. One big apple vhas worth a thousand blos­ soms. We should be honest* efen if we die in der poorhouse--und dot vhas der place where most of der honest men die. I like some poor widow womans to .get her lost money back, but maype no­ body saw me pick it up! Break to-day und buy to-morrow vhas awful true. It means dot my hired girl can preak all my dishes und make me buy some more, ubd it doan' cost her a cent Der wicked man shtnnps oafer a fence und runs off when no policeman vhas after him, but der man who robs der widow und orfan lifs in a big brick house on der avenue, und doan' be afraid of hopody. A Rare Discovery. "Mr. Editor, I hear you are publish­ ing the pictures and biographies of pioneer settlers of the State." "1 have been doing so, but I've ex­ hausted the materials. All the repre­ sentative citizens have been noticed." "Well, I'd like to have you say a few words about my father." "How old is he?" "Eighty-five." "Aha! I suppose he is living and energetic as he was forty y&ars ago." "No, he isn't He's as weak as a child." "Sir? Do you speak truly ? Can it be that he doesn't chop down large trees unaided, walk twenty miles be­ fore breakfast, or break the wildest horses ?" "Certainly he doesn't He neYer leaven his chair." * "And can it be that his vision is not as keen as a hawk's?" "He's almost blind." "But his mental faculties are surely unimpaired?". "No, sir, he's quite simple and in his dotage." "My dear sir, send me a large photo­ graph of him that I may have a steel plate made from it, and I will engage the editor of the Century to write his biography. A man like that deserves some honor. So he never chops down trees! Well, welL"--Nebraska State Journal. THE wise prove, and the foolish con­ fess, by their conduct, that a life of em­ ployment is the only life worth living. CREATION'S heir, the world, the world is min*--Goldsmith, An Abie Speech by Senator 'll Maine, in the Unttejjl States Senate. Hew One of Xr. Cleveland's Free- - • • - J h a t o F r i e n d s W a s H a d e - v Protectionist. Democratic Incapacity the Csase ef Ike Large Surplus Hew in rye made a vigorous speech in the Senate, on the 23d of January, on the issue of protection and free trade which the President makes. In the course of it he showed how Mr. Charles P. Kimball, of Chicago, Cleveland's Consul at Stuttgart, Germany, has been converted by European pauper labor to the doetrine of protection. Mr. Frye said: "At Stuttgart, an important manufacturing point, there is an immense corset factory, and the wages actually paid were not one-third of those in a Like con­ cern in the United States. The entire product was shipped to this country and invoiced at one-half its market price The Hon. Charles P. Kimball, formerly Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine, received the appointment from Mr. Cleveland to the consulship at tins city. Three months after his arrival he wrote me: *1 came here a free trader; I am now a high protectionist. With present wages in Am­ erica, the attempt to compete with these Germans is absurd. Why, the wages are a mere bagatelle. Our party should be looking to an increase rather than a de­ crease in duties.' I quote this letter from memory, but the substance is correctly given. Mr. Kimball paid a first-class coachman 2 marks (48 ceuts) a day, and he boarded himself. From careful inquiry addressed to our consuls, to gentlemen in­ vestigating the labor problem, to employers and employed, I am entirely satisfied that the average annual earnings of able-bodied men in Germany will not exceed f H5, and of women $85, while the agricultural lab­ orers and the women employed in out-door work earn still less." The following report of the Maine Senator's speech will repay perusal: Mr. Frye called up the motion to refer to the Committee on Finance the President's annual message and proceed to discuss the message in which he said the President had clearly thrown down the gauntlet of free trade. There was an attempt, he admitted, at disguise, but so feeble that it ought not to deceive any one. The message had been received with unbounded joy in Great Britain. And why not? England had been seeking the American market for years with a persistency which never flagged, a courage whieh never failed, a faith never hopeless, although for a quarter of a cen­ tury she had seen her aggressions met by strong defenses. But now the President of the United States declared that these de­ fenses were to be erased. The British press had at once proceeded to self-con­ gratulations and to strip off mercilessly the President's disguiBe. These congratula­ tions, he said, would have continued if a voice of warning had not been heard. The warning was that such English expression of opinion had to be curbed, or the full frui­ tion of English hopes never would be en joyed. He quoted from the Pall Mall Ga zette to that effect, and said that immedi ately there had been a transformation. The free trade papers of Great Britain had dropped, at once,their Belf-congratulations, and had proceeded to congratulate the United States, and to prophesy unbounded prosperity for this country. Great Britain had seemed suddenly to recognize the fact that this country was her daughter, and to evince her friendship and affection. He declared emphatically that England had never in one single in­ stance evinced any sympathy for this country, and that sha never had per­ mitted an opportunity to injure this coun­ try to pass unimproved. He declared that the counsel, the advice, the friendship of Great Britain to any nation in commercial matters had invariably and inevitably re­ sulted in injury to the nation which* had accepted it Ireland was an instance of that. And yet said he, Great Britain hoped, and the Democratic party expected, the Irish voles next fall for Mr. Cleveland as the Democratic candidate for the Presi­ dency. One of the leading free-trade speakers in England had declared years ago that the greatest triumph of Great (Britain would be the subjugation ef the markets of the United States. In the promise of the President's message they could see that subjugation nigh at band. Great Britain to-day had her market ouen to the world, while other countries had their markets partially closed to her. She foand now, within her own borders, the fiercest kind of competition; aud her in­ dustries were falling off. Her silk in­ dustry, for instance, had been absolutely destroyed. Fifteen years ago there were 90,000 persons employed in the silk in­ dustry in London, and to-day there were only 8,000. Her cotton manufactures were crippled, Germany and Belgium were seizing her iron and steel industries, and were already controlling one-half of her foreign trade in that line. Her agricul­ tural lands were decreasing in value, and from one-third to one-half of her agricul­ tural laborers were out of employment, while those who had employment only earned from a shilling to one and six pence a day. But England heard the President of the United States declare in his annual mes­ sage that the tariff (the only obstacle to English possession of the American mar­ kets was vicious, illogical, inequitable, and what wonder that the English people deaf­ ened American ears with tbeir cries of "Hear, hear?" They saw him adopt as the slogan of the Democratic party, for the Presidential battle of 1888, the old funda­ mental doctrine of free trade, that "duty is a tax paid by the consumer." What won­ der that they hailed Mr. Cleveland as their champion? The saw him promise to open to them participation in the American mar­ ket, and they know that that participation would start their hailing looms and feed their hungry, unemployed men and women. What wonder that the approval of the President's message went ringing over the world? But the attitude of the Democratic party of this country was of more' importance practically than the attitude of Great Britain. Would the Democratic party of the United States, he asked, indorse their new chief? He was strongly inclined to think that it would. He knew that mem­ bers of that paxty had been masquerading for years as reformers, favoring "tariff for revenue oulv, with incidental protection," er a "tariff for revenue exclusively," and that in manufacturing districts of New Jersey and elsewhere they masqueraded as mild-mannered protectionists. In the South they had had more bold­ ness and less diversity of industry, but, even ihere, within the last year or two, blinded probably by the smoke of newly built furnaces, or disturbed by the hum of looms, there wss to be found, here and there, a friend of pro­ tection. The Senator from Missouri (Test) had declared the other day that he indorsed every line, word, and letter in the President's message. The Senator from Indiana (Voorhees i had, in an elaborately prepared speech, in perfect coolness, with no excitement whatever, declared that the doctrines enunciated by the President in his reoent message had been the doctrine of the Democratic party for eighty-seven years, and that he indorsed them. The Senator from Tennessee (Harris; bad also, in a speech made elsewhere, de­ clared that his voice or his vote would never be for the protection or encourage­ ment of any American industry. So that he (Frye) was .inclined to think the Demo­ cratic party ofthe country really believed that the tariff was vicious, illogical, and inequitable and that a duty was a tax paid by the consumer: And why should not the party so think? The controlling < I t t ~ : S'"® •& ' Jl whaat into the champiomMp of'alavery. wee notths slightest doobtastoths attitude Confederate Constitution that no boast* should ever be granted ftom the Treasury, nor any law be enacted to foster or encour­ age any branch of industry whatever. That had been the solemn declaration of Southern Democrats; and they believed now as they believed then. These South­ ern gentlemen learned very slowly, and forgot as slowly, and they were blind to­ day to the marvels which were being wrought in their midst under a protective tariff. The Democratic party had come into power in the House of Representa­ tives in the Forty-fourth Congress, and had held power in that House ever since, except in the Forty-seventh Congress; and it had illustrated its promotion to power by demanding that the tariff be revised and the whole business of the country disturb­ ed. The Democratic Chairman of the Com­ mittee of Ways and Means since then had been Fernando Wood (with Randolph Tucker as an assistant) and William K. Morrison--all three of them out-and-out free-traders; and to-day Mr. Mills, of Texas, was Chairman of that Committee-- and Mr. Mills was ever a crank in his de­ votion to the principles of free trade, and indorsed the message of the President The distinguished Speaker of the House (for whom he had a profound esteem), in his devotion to the principles of free trade, had dared in the last Congress to arrogate to himself almost despotio powers, and to declare, from his high place, that he would recognize no member of the House to make any motion to cut down the sur­ plus unless it was first submitted to the Democratic caucus. The Democratic Secretary of the Treas­ ury had also joined in the choral song of the free-traders, apparently, with all his heart. In fine, he was satisfied that all the Democratic leaders aereed with the President, exoept that they had not the President's boldness or honesty. If, how­ ever, by cheating the people in the next elections as to their position, they could get a new lease of power and obtain control of the United States Senate, then the people might bid farewell to every principle of protection. The Republicans took up the President's gauntlet of free trade, with great pleasure; and joined issue with the Democrats. The Republicans declared that instead of the tariff being vicious, il­ logical, and inequitable, it increased mar- velously the prosperity of this country; and that instead of a duty being a tax paid by the consumer, no instance could be found in which the duty had not decreased to the consumer the cost of the article consumed. Tho Republicans further declared that the future prosperity of this country, for twen­ ty-five years, at any rate, depended abso­ lutely on the benign influences of a pro­ tective tariff. He admitted that this coun­ try possessed many advantages over com­ peting nations, but he declared that, with all those advantages, it could not compete in manufactures with the European nations, because it was handicapped in the matter of wages. On this point, and on the addi­ tional point that the price of all manufac­ tured articles had diminished under the protective system Mr. Frye supported his argument with numerous illustrations, many of them drawn from his own observa­ tions in Europe. As to the surplus it was Democratic inca­ pacity, he said, which caused it; and now the country had to look out to Bee that the same Democratic incapacity, in adminis­ tering medicine, did not give poison and kill the patient. He was as much against the surplus as the President, but he was not frightened at it. He would rather have a surplus than a deficit. If there was any honest purpose to get rid of the surplus, it could be done without the slightest diffi­ culty. In the first place, some of it ought to be expended wisely in coast defenses, in increasing the navy, in building up the merchant marine, and in educating the peo­ ple as proposed in the bill of the Senator from New Hampshire (Blair). The Senator from North Carolina 4 Vance) had indicated a way to prevent a surplus, a n d t h e S e n a t o r f r o m G e o r g i a j B h a d proposed a way which would do irtkevond all manner of question. That was a re­ peal of all internal revenue laws. But his Democratic friends and tbeir allies, the distillers and brewers and saloon-keepers, had recently developed a wonderful regard for temperance, and had become great temperance ehampions, protesting against whisky being made cheaper. But he told them that the temperance sentiment of the country was rapidly crystallizing into the opinion that the sooner the tax on wl isky was repealed the better and quicker the principles of temperance would be sub­ served. He could see, however, one or two objections to its repeal, and one of them was that so much revenue could not be spared. As to the duty on sugar he declared him- self in favor of takinq it off; but he would not kill the sugar industry of this country, feeble as it was. He would give a bounty equal to the present duty on sugar. But, if the purpose of the Democratic party was to destroy the tariff and to cripple miny, and absolutely destroy some, of the in­ dustries of the country, the President's method could, of conrse, do that. American workingmen could be reduced to the degra­ dation almost of the workingmen and women of Europe. But here was a splen­ did country, perfectly marvelous in its possibilities. Why, he asked, should not this country leadj.be whole world in pure, lovely civilization, in religion, in educa­ tion, in temperance, in the arts, in litera­ ture, and in material progress? Who doubt­ ed that it would do so, if men only re­ membered that they were Americans? Who doubted that it would do so if, in the administration of its affairs and in its leg­ islation, they undertook, in honest pur­ pose, to provide in the best possible man­ ner for their own people? Yeorhees and Sherman. Senator Voorhees is a politician whose heart is in the right place, and whose head is in the wrong one. It is "out of the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaketh," and therefore Senator Voorhees should not have essayed to defend the President from the charges preferred by Senator Sherman. So guileless a man as the orator of this Wa­ bash, a man who is a protectionist, withal, as beseems one whose home is in the midst of mines and factories, could never make a clear defense of the President s sophistries. Therefore Senator Voorhees failed utterly in what he essayed. Speaking "out of the fullness of the heart" the Senator, in words that ripple as melodiously as the wavelets of his laved river, said: "The accumulation of the sur­ plus is a crime against everT home, and every living man and woman in the United States." There are surpluses and surplus­ es. Every well-regulated household and nation keeps a small surplus on hand to meet emergencies, and strives so to live as to have a surplus, apart from the fixed moderate one for emergencies, and at the end of each year, for investment; in new sources of wealth. But to keep an idle surplus hoard, to add idle dollar to idle dol­ lar; that, as Mr. Voorhees says, is very wrong, indeed. The President is utterly indefensible in that he withheld his approval from appro­ priations of $14,000,000 for needed im­ provements in the rivers and harbors of the Nation; in that he influenced his friends in Congress to withhold appropriations for appropriations for $8,000,000 in the de­ ficiency bill, by reason of which some creditors of the United States are left un­ paid, and by reason of whioh the work in several departments is crippled; in that he influenced his friends to reduce naval expenses, which needed increase by $2,000,000; in that he influenced his friends to prevent the adoption of the Senate bill, whioh proposed restitution of $14,000,000 direct taxes paid by certain States, spe­ cially on account of the war. Here are $38,000,000 kept out of circulation, added to that "accumulation of surplus" which Senator Voorhees denounoss m a "nriia " --Chicago Inter Ocean* • S • " ; Pn Jlew Increasing Steadily--Km ., W«U» Dissevered--The Mai Betsi Gas. Rfs (Oil •peolel.] ,,, that Chtaigonir* natural gas supply for pmctioal- domestic purposes. Low-pressure gas ex­ ists here, either in the shale or the Niag-- asa rock, in sufficient volume so that the* sopply fn>m a six hafh well, when freed from water, will be qasto large enough to furnish fuel and light for tin largest es­ tablishments in the- sity. The pressure, ef course, is not strong enough to admit ef the use of mains from which to dis­ tribute the gas at points distant from the mouth of the well, bat Ike flow is held to be large enough flren> a single well to supply light and fuel to-the extent of,from $500 to $1,000 a month, er about $10,000 a year. This calculation) is based upon a test Jointly made by C. HL Dabney and J. H. Ralston, the result of whioh is decid­ edly interesting. Beta o< these gentle­ men hold that the gas supply, found so farr comes from the- Trenton limestone, and that it rises through: fissures in the shale and other formations. But this sig­ nifies nothing in the present instance, ex­ cept that if correct it shows that Chicago will shortly have high-pressure gas. They have hit upon a way of separating the water from the gas at the bottom of the wellsr or, in other words, of converting the water well into a dry one, admitting of a gas flow only. The process by which this end is achieved is by the user of pipes and rubber packing. The Leland gas has now been burning twenty-two days continu­ ously.. The pressure or volume of Bupply has steadily increased from the start, and is more than four times greater than it was when discovered. The neatest natural gas flews yet dis­ covered, although neither of the wells has been burning long, are at the Chicago Rawhide Works on East Ohio street, and at the brewery of Wacker A Birk on North Desplaines street. The pressure at the latter point already indicates a volume of 800 cubic feet a day, and it is believed that when the water is removed from the well' it will increase to 8,000 cubic feet per day.* A small gasometer has been put in at the rawhide works, and a natural gas flame is burning there from 10 to 15 inches high, from the end of a 2-inch pipe, upon whioh an improvised burner has been placed. The pressure is about equal to that at Wacker A Birk's. Experiments made by Drs. Wahl and Henius show that the gas is found, in all cases, in the Niagara limestone, within forty feet of its upper surface, or from 90 to 130 feet below the surface, whieh is, on an average, about 550 feet above sea level. •INNIE FREEMAN'S NEBVE.1 The Woman Whose Bravery Saved Thir­ teen Children from Death, ̂ fOmaha spaeliSi1) '^' Miss Minnie Freeman*, the pluoky little school-teacher at Mina Valley, whose hero­ ism, care, and presence of mind saved from death her thirteen little pupils during the terrible storm, was in this city reoently. "I have had newspaper notoriety enough," she said, when approached by the report­ er; " I merely did my duty." When pressed, however, she told the following story: "The storm came up very suddenly and struck the school house just about the time for closing. I knew from indi­ cations that it was going to be a regular 'blizzard,' and told the children to all wrap up well. While I was attending to them the door blew in, and then the win­ dows. I put my cloak on and was wonder­ ing what I was going to do. I had made up my mind that the building would not last long. Then I happened to think of a ball of twine I had taken away from a little fellow named Frank Gihben, who was play­ ing with it during school hours. I began tying the children together, and when I had completed this task I fastened one end of the string to my arm and awaited devel­ opments. Very soon the roof of the build­ ing blew off, and I said, 'Coma on chil­ dren,' and we started. The nearest house was three-quarters of a mile away, and, in order to reach it, we had to faee the storm for about one-third of the dis­ tance. I thought at one time we should be lost, and I came near losing hope, for I was nearly exhausted. You see I was carrying the smallest child-- a little girl--and my talking to the children and urging them to keep up their spirits tried me veiy much. When we were about half-way to the house one ef the boys, about () years old, said: 'Teacher, I can't go any farther,' but I told him if he did not oome along I would whip him, and it was remaikable to see how that child exert­ ed himself afterward. Now, you need not smile, I do not whip my scholars very hard. Well, we got to> the house, and beyond a few frost-bitten fingers, noses, and ears, we were all in as good condition as when we started." Bliss Feeeman then spoke of the large number of letters she bad received sinoe the story of her bravery got into print Most of them were naturally of a compli­ mentary nature, but nine contained offers of marriage. One eccentric individual in­ closed a $10 note with the following: "Miss Freeman,, you ass a daisy, and can have the keys of my trunk at any time. Yours truly, ." A committee is at work in this city col­ lecting funds with which to purchase a handsome gold medal to be presented to her at an early date. They are meeting with marked success. Every person ap­ proached almost insatiably responds with a handsome sum. THE IRON-MILLS TO START. bufi Ovderte for Ralls Placed by Kail roil Companies at Low Prices.- [PUIadelpma special. I The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which has been holding back its order for steel rails in the hope of obtaining lower prices than last year, has finally placed it with the companies along its line, the chief of which are the Cambria Iron-works and the Pennsylvania Steel Company. The order is for 50,000 tons, and the price is $31.50 at the mills, which is con­ sidered quite low. The Chicane, Burlington A Quincy Railroad has given an order for 20,000 tons at $3£.50, the difference being due to the increased cost of manufacture in the West, and smaller railroads are expect­ ed to pnt their orders in very .soon. New England roads have recently placed orders for 20,000 tons with Eastern mills. The- Reading Railroad Company ordered its. rails for 1888 some time ago. The placing of these orders will cause the resumption of work in a number of steel-rail mills, which had shut down for lack of ordei®, and it is expected to lead to a general itt* provement in the irofl trade. YQORHEES FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. lfh Name to B« Pre Minted and Gov. Gray to Succeed Him in the Senate. (Washington Special to Chicago Tribunal] Senator Voorhees' name will be presented to the National Convention as a candidate for Vice-President by the Indiana Demo­ crats. He and Gov. Gray have eome to an understanding, and though Mr. Voor­ hees was very much averse to it, he has been compelled to allow his name to be used for the Vice-Presidency and consent to let Gray succeed him in the Senate, should the Democrats again carry the Leg­ islature. JOHNNY--"Pa, can you oatch snakes on a fish hook?" XJkerdeck--"Cer­ tainly, my son, if you take a few jugs along for batt,"--Fre* 2Y«««. H. F, X*vissj, of Mates, the wealthy oattle-ow»Rrr who was born and raised a cowbeyr loves to talk of the timecFufcen he roamed tha plains and did boltls with the storms of winter and the fierce heat efsraaner. This Is one of his stories, say» the Kansas City Star: "The cowboy ia selcHeo* quarrelsome, but is apt to «H>" a great many things lor fun that look outrageous to the average peaceable citissn. I remem­ ber one time jost after the Arkansaw roundup that a party of tho boys, my­ self included, were quarteied at Dodge €ity. We all got room» at the hotel, and determined to -go to bed early that night and have a -real civilised sleep. It was about 4 o'otook in the- afternoon, aud we spent the time until nightfall in speculating as to the- sensations we would experience in sleeping in a bed. Jim Lane told us adbout h«» mother's big, soft feather-beds and before he finished every one of us was bed-hungry. We could fairly hear the- rain-drops pattering on the roof of the old white farm house up in New* England, and the ^ rustle of the apple boughs against _ the window panes. At last night dropped down, and Charlie Hooper rose to lias feet, yawned, stretched himself, and said with an air of assumed indifference: 'Good night, boys; I'm tired an' I'm goin' to bed.' "The remainder of the company fol­ lowed suit, and soon> the whole outfit bad been shown their rooms* which were all in a row. In some instances the boys were put two in a-room. The first thing I heard wrfs the voice of Jim Lane, who was expostulating with his room mate for using the pillow-shams for a toweL From > the room on the other side came a voice laden Math the information that the proper way to sleep in a bed was to remove- boots, leggins, pantaloons, and all. After awhile things quieted down' somewhat, but I could not sleep. The air of the room was stifling, and it seemed as if ,1 could smell everything that had ever been cooked in the bouse. The strangest kind of noises set every nerve on edge. I got up and opened the window, thereby setting a-bad example, for windows were soon < slam-banging all along the line. Jim Lane's companion brought down another shower of wrath by desperately smashing an' obstinate sash with a boot B&t the opeu win­ dow brought no relief and in less than an hour after I retired I was dressed and sneaking out of the house, with my two blankets, making a bee-line for grass. The first man I: encountered was Jim Lane, and- in less than two minutes there was not a cowboy in the hotel. After that no more beds for us. "About a week later, having finished Work, we decided to have a blow-out One of the variety tlieartersnbad for an attraction a company composed of ?;audy-stockinged blondes. The per-ormance was awful in its- wickedness, and in no time the boys got uneasy, and the whisky in them bejeant to call for fun. Joe Hooke, arose gravely, called the performance to a halt, and asked for the manager. Thatimpeesive gentleman came into sight on the-stage and asked what was wanted.' Joe told him that a show, to be a success, should be plentifully sprinkled with local talent. The manager haughtily de­ clined Joe's offer to 'speak a piece-,"but his indignation was soon cut short by the whizzing of a lariat, and a stern re­ minder that any kicking would speedily be followed by strangulation. "Joe mounted the stage asd ordered the orchestra to play 'something light sneaky like' and began a long niece to tbe effect that " ̂ . In de days of old < We'uns all hedgold; . ; In fac', till quite leeealf,-. , When we'una held a wak«, On New York Jake. . i But cudn't bury 'im decently;* . "After that the performance piowooffid until one of the boys, taking it int* bit head that the big fiddle was a nuisance, threw a lasso over the neck of it and started for the door. The instrument was a complete wreck in a minute; Th« boys then began to lasso the girlfe on the stage, who were engaged in an 'Ama zonian march,' and in less time than it takes me to tell it, there was nefc* light burning in the house." Obscure Points of Etiqnettei _ For years, my dear cousin,.! have been endeavoring to find out if it be a breach of good manners to get aowf/e <4 the mud off my boots on. a strange scraper. Can you solve the query for me? Etiquette books are doubtless silent on the matter; but; they are in­ variably chary of giving information on useful subjects. They tell us not to eat peas with a knife, and not toispreod butter on ourbread with the thumb­ nail, but these are sins into which we are never tempted. Why oannot some one write a really useful etiquette- book? "Good manners are the fruit of noble mind," somebody says; butwti&t meas­ ure of mental nobility will suffice to in­ struct the unlearned in the mgrsteriei of the dinner-table ? Fcor inBtance, it is the fashion just now to. eat ev^n ice pudding* with a fork, but tho most noble-minded, on eardi could never guess that fact all by iiiinself. It is a silly practice, for a spoon is much Letter suited to the • purpose, but so­ ciety i| always doing something silly. No doubt,. spoons will be used again before long, and how is a> man's nobility of disposition to tell him when the change i& made? Geod manners are much >mor» the fruit of being accus­ tomed to * move in wealthy circles than any direct consequence of possessing a noble mi ad. At Jeast this, is the case respeetinc the "good' manners" of the etiquette hooks, which consist in being perfectly acquainted with a large num­ ber off trifling rules and regulations which may be calledl society's by-laws. A well-known person of some rank, now dead, used always, to advise his fsteads, if they should feel ill in the street, to look out for a house with a. cird of apartments to let, to knock at the door, ask to see- the rooms to let, and thus gain admittance under some unfortunate person's roof, in order to lie safely ill there and avoid the risk of being "run in"* as drunk and incapa­ ble by some indiscriminating police­ man. Now, such a procedure as this strikes me as a very vile piece of bad manners. Fancy the feelings of the wretched landlady whom the uninvited invalid not only deliberately disappoints about letting her rooms but also afflicts with the unexpected sight of the ail­ ments, whatever they may be, thafr caused him to take refuge from the cold and cruel street! And another point strikes me. Why do not etiquette books condemn the selfish modes in which some suicides conduct their final piece of business in this world ? Why do they not let it be known that it is a flagrant breach of good manners to take one's departure in an untidy and disagreeable way? People who drown themselves in the family water-cutora are uneoarteoua and inoonsiderate to the laal togre* --CdliavilAwn » us vetanof esalst 400 feet. --Tie BHMS corn crop if 1W«H • mmMrn since 1863, tkr Ma) beiw *9,000.009 BWFEAFC. --Fire irrSsmnw* Jo DavfiMS- dtatfroyed the lUhi agriesBnal honss and' «no'«--iitaces andtfeair tan*. Loss4 abosft $7,000; Jasonm* $3,900. -The Bev. B.- ft-Xrinar, pssMnrof t)Mr African Methodist ChaMh at Spaingfiild ̂ dead. Hewas>ws!l known ttustRfcsnt Central Illinoiŝ --d-w--> lately fcmtod»st Decatur. --Melven Bl-Wmti-Mm Conklisg;.aadl Charles Creig, sons of well-to-do fanners of Macon Cotfntyrhave'been arrestejbsnft charged with robbing the ysstoftlce aHSwi» the night of Dee. 13. < 'M --Eev. Father "Doaaifaev thê priest st Charleston,-has jest discovered what he claims to be-the most effective ex­ plosive known to soienoe. It is fksaa pine gum, and is put<up in fuses. --Sheriff Sildif, off Book- Island, Hap landed a hard gang off bUrglass behind flto " * iiA; Walls of Joliet Prison. They are Henif*. • 'yji Rosa, George Coeper, Harvey Walker»-f ~\!t. James Byan, and George^ allas "Peg-Leg,"r' > 'i^ Jones. All were sent apt for' three yessn-' r / ^ Jones is one of the worst >crimiasls in Btate, hiving recently-beecr released from* seven-year torn. He had previously servedb -"f two terms at the Fbrt Madison, Iowa, Prison, and one term at Anamosa. When | a r r e s t e d a n d c o n f i n e d i n j a i l a t R o c k T « i -- • ^ on a charge of burglary the jailer made* search of his person,- but could find noth­ ing concealed until he-began to-examineS Jones' wooden leg, in* secret channel ofl? which the cunning rascal had- hidden a large assortment of fine steel! sawsi a vari­ ety of small hmfl>r toito) «liee.MBe«t; wniskj. --At the approaching term of the MadH> : son County Circuit Court, beginning ttte ~ third Monday in March, a-oovstease In­ volving the old common-law principles of escheat,f orfeiture or reversion, will becalled for trial. The action willboto determine the title to more than 100 acres of good fanning land in Nameoki Township,.Madi- son County, which constitues- one of tha j, ,{$: richest and most productive seotions of the great American Bottom. This-lsnd has f ^ been without an owner forr the Burt fiva^||^; years, although for all or the. greater per- ^ tion of that time it has been occupied by a farmer named Russell, holding undsr a • f. tenant right, and whose title,. though im- ! •< perfect, was sufficient to prevent his evio- »V"f; tion by anybody. This land, up to tha time of his death, five years ago, was the ? property of John H. McAlpine, an East- St. Louis merchant tailor, a bachelor of ' v eccentrio habits and Becluded life. During ~ **t, what proved to be his last and fatal illness, r" >«J| MoAlpine, saying that he had no kith or kin in the world, refused to make a wtll andl i?';- died intestate. Since the inonssbeney ef > ;• the present State's Attorney, George MoNulty, he hss been making efforts todis- cover the heirs to tbe property; and, failing to hear from any one, has -now given for- ' '-°v mal and legal notice that unless the oisini of legitimate heirs to the preperiyis-prdved1 at the approaching term of coustitwill to- vert to the county. --Pensions have recently vbeen grants*, to the following Hlinoisansr' Margaret A„ J* |n6ther of James B. Martin, Mary A, widow of Samuel - B. Frame, Al- ^ ^ hambra; James Medlook, Kansas; Hsmosl ' ̂ Fortney, Effingham; Louis J. Parker^- t'*' Mount Vernon; James Richards* Qatoey; Alexander Ksown, CarbondalSf Bauschkolb, Belleville; John A.. Clark,- Paris; James H. Adams, Goravile? Oliver - v\ '. P. Hunt, Hugo; Constant P. Oglesby*. - ^ * Rural Hill; James W. Smith, POssia; John r mm M . " *•! . - t \ , .-v ll W. Tyler, Emma; Samuel H. Goburn, Pane; William S. Gray, Quincyr Wiliiami T. Cunningham, Pinckneyville* Alfred L*. Truitt, Clay City; John Eastwood, Caroudelet; Matthew McAnsHT* John V. Meyers, Industry; Win. Shank, Olney; Addison P. Lyon, Chicago; DavidH Merrick, Bnshnell; William Moore, Salem^ Robert Hoffe, Mount Erie; Melvin Fox,. New City; William Wheeler, McLeans- boro. Reissue: Matthew Cennor, Soph- ronia; David Howell, Metropolis; John G- '• Berders, Marshall's Ferry; Maurice F_ '"1"' ^ Ellsworth, Nunda; Mathilde, widow* i William E. Balkie, Chicago;. James^}: father of George Wi Bnffmamw 'Z< Pre-emption; Bebecca G.*)cidow ol.Elijalv *t; S. Reynolds, Scottsville; Caroline/ mothsr- of Andrew J. Melton, Oconee; Jsne» widow of Thomas MeCuUnm, Hattan; Wil- , . liam North, Kappa; David Linn, Newtont " . ~ ' Isaac McEnelly, Marion; James Marshall* . ' ^ W hi t e Oak ; J ames P . Inakeep , Haze l De l f l ^ . * / V James H. Tuttle, Laur; Jacob Pattoa, Ife--. Harpe; James McDonald, Tsplorswilkt . £ Boland McKibben, deceased, FreeporSf < ,"?|f 'Frederick Horton, Albion; George W. Ray­ mond, Seneca; George W. Bishop, Ash­ land; Johnson Hammond, Leroy; WiUiasa. |J|: H. H. Stokes, Pulaski; James.M. Hogan, . Thompsoarille; Alasander Wilson,. JeflSsr- sonville; William, • H. Duffy*. Willow Xll; >1 Charles R. Sparges* Marietta; Robest F. Johnson, Coulterville; William H. Simp son, Norwood; William Korikamp^ ftkon; 4.'fg Henry Pott, Dee* Grove; Jael J. Helladay, Galatea; Oneshnus G. smith; George W. Lane, Yorktownj, Moraa, HomestFrancis.lt Dunham, Esn»^4;*,j ter; Thomas L, Leggitt* Windsor; John C. ';•*'" McHenry, Sparta, W. Swendeman^Wssten;̂ Jmidhini P. Killbrick, Tamaroai Them as * /. Donovan, Quincy; Alexander Hughe* ^ i Williamsvilfe; John C. Camfaerg, Wood- • ;_.: fcwn; Cbxfetopher C. Gilbert, Watsaka*. Loren MsClanathaak Jefferson; Susan* widow of Reuben Shores, Burnt Prairie; ^ Hannah, widow of Arthur J. Flick, Cisns; minors ef Edward Adams, Thebes; Fliia- beth, widow of Ahmtius MeGleeson, Win­ chester; Eliza E., widow of William C. Cr ippM i , I ' l l i n ;Wi l l i a m W. Gay l e , B r oogh - * * ' . t ton; Marquis C. Hawkins, Carbondalag'ji|l| John M. Handshy, Worden; Lewis Engel*, '• f • Meado t a ; Abraham Sp e n c e r , Hami l t on ;^§ | John C. Mercer, Parish; William J. Haw* \ . kins, Dix; James M. Luna, Nashville; Jo- ^ seph C. Leroy, Hennepin; Loring L. Hazen, Areola; William Wheat, Edgar; Benjamin . B. Miller, Pads; Henry H. Baltzell, Pas- turefieM; James Valentine, Aledo; Edward '* T. Hatter, Marseilles: William Hartley, ! * J Pads; William Toulouse. Sparta; John May berry, McLeanshoroughi Thomas B» yramann, Sidney; Charles Qmndy, Mor­ rison ville; Austin prake, Springfield Ja- ssph B. Scudamore, Ws|M CUK 4pHpp J. Flkfc* deceased, Ciaafr Atherton. Axrew- A ' a M 1 * , V • . A V " Ls.. < \ v ' " - V -v.o , * . •- % j' 4