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man •Th V* ' •J*,*&"-<%•] , „v..*0' \ it> l,-. * . ."7* >v!4 |TOW WAS ACCOMPLISHED »T THK " UTE LKCISUTllMIi * AftyMpef* «f tha >MmrM wffieMl'rt lw- fWt-Th« A^ynpriaUon«-Mmr Amead- meats to the ItlMstloiutl Cmt«, Etc., Kto. We present below a synopsis, of the reral laws passed at the last session of Legislature: i XP i> ropriattokb. The total appropriations amount to about ' $7,200,000. •- The unappropriated revenue fund In tbe treaa- . uxy Is i8tt|M*i, and the following appropriations will lapse: IllinoiB * Michigan 0£naf,Jt3B,856; , Un Stock OomnlHton, $149,808; State Boanl of H*lth, •*,809; JoUet Penitentiary, *1<»,000; In- ( «titutIon tortile Blind to Cook County, *100,000; s'#-' ' * total of $1,M4.87& Deducting the usual work­ ing balance in the treasury, $600,000, the surplus ; flfuree up #544,473. The estimated receipts for v., t!> the ue*t two yeara give: From the Illinois Cen- < -tral B&iiroaa Company, #800,00G; fees of the j.?, ' • State Department, #140,000; from the General ?,"* 'Government for the maintenance of soldiers at ;;w ,. the Soldiers' Borne, #900,000, malting the whole 4 fiind available #1,784.473. There will, therefore, , ' hare to be raised by taxation #5,400,000. The >':i '• . , tovyhill provides for #1,700.000 for the revenue f«, •; fowl and#1,000,000 for the school fund for each v. '«f tbe two years, 1889 and 1880. The appropria- I tioms for ordinary expenses of the State charit- 'able Institutions for the year beginning July 1, --5188P, amount, to $958,000, and for the year follow- . i. 'ing, or ia», they amount to #1,023,000. For re- 3 ps.trb #46.000 Is appropriated, and for mainten­ ance of libraries #4,000. F BANKS AND BAVKINO. ..., * Remedying the defects in the present banking #/f, ' law to regard to the nontilatirvn nl*nn» unrt i* to fc B>t " to the people. 5-. j1» it, taking directors of backs organised under the laws of the State ineligible, unless they held in , their own name, free front all incumbrance, at *f/K least ten shares of stock of #100 each. " BA8TARDY, MFSSŜ 'SST; AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. than oaoe in tobe mm WM0VTIt9 YMfJEBKVUK MOT B«itidoftenrtMio( "" " » chapgjof boundaries i« districts divided by oounty line or lines. Changing the tbmof electing boaid* of education to Otethiid kattwaajr in April. Providing for a penalty in ease of delinquent officers failing or refusing to J**!_$*»>**. records, etc., relating to lliMe and forfeAores. Graduate* of the State Normal Schools are to JJ™" theftye-year eertiflcates If they apply for 5? '"Whin two years of graduation, pvo- Jided they arereooinmendod by the faculties and IlfTEBKSTINO ITEMS GATHXKEP *-vmm VAUots wtmcin. ? the inanaetng boards. Upon the establishment of township Mgh 4-; /Jjj. Prohibiting the settlement of bastardy suits for lees than #400. Providing that -where the defendant in a bas- , tardy jiroceeding its found guilty and committed • .i ifor failing to comply with the order of court to tr>$ igive bond for tbe support of the child he shall J . y not be released from jail for con-compliance in- .?«i<?8 of six months. BRIDGES. Giving the assent of Illinois to the eonstroo- 'h . „tlon of 'bridges across navigable streams where y ...other States nave passed similar laws. £ ;> J'=i '• CITIES ANI) VILLAGES. 5rJ->V Compelling the City Council and Board of ' . "Trustees to pass an ordinance where two-thirds ^^ fof the property owners in any block petition for t." Jlocal improvements. k , ! Anthorizing any city or village incorporated ! 'under any general or special law of this State ij> to sell any real or personal estate for any pur- ^ ' •« , pose whatever when the property in the opinion ^ f ( , of a majority of the City Council or Board of 6.5'Trustees is no longer necessary, appropriate, or : required for the use of such city or village. Providing that, the President of the Board of av ' iTTrustees of cities and villages shall have the fc \c • same powers as the Mayor, and that his salary |ij" •••' Shall not exceed $2,000. K... Enabling cities and counties to contribute to 1 ,. - the support of nou-seclarian public hospitals lo- fiij- <cated -within their respective limits. J51'" , Providing for the issuing by the City Council jL,< * .fin cities and villages of licenses to persons in ' •<*, chaige of stationary engines. » 4 ' Allowing corporations organized under a Fipe- „ ,;'Cial charter tlio same privileges in the dlsiM>si- I . • % tlon of real estate as those organised under *.ht» ^General Incorporation act. f'f"'. ' COURTS AND PRACTICE. f,\ * Requiring all writs, returns, judgments, de­ crees and certificates of the levy of a writ of . JUnifce) States courts to conform to the rules ffij "' -./and requirements relating to judgments and de- f f ^ciees of courts o; this State. f/' f Amends the act in regard to the serving of t., - ^process on receivers so that service can be had , by copy on any clerk, secretary superintendent, " xeji«>al agent, engineor, oondueior, station "J . jagent, or any one else in the employ of such re- • ceiver or receivers who may be found in the ^county in which Hweh suii is brought. • Fixes the iimo for the holding of the County '^'ommissioners' court the first Mondays of June, si- , ^SMarch, September and December, and the sec- , " -Vf»nd Mondays in July of each year. * , Providing that when real estate is sold under i Hl . ^any judgment or decree of court the holder of 1 - ';;the certificate shall have the right to pav all as- j "^sessmsntfl and taxes, and upon redemption shall ." 'rvlbe entitled to recover the amount paid and 8 per f ; , oant. interest. -••• -Xj Giving the owner of any sire a lien upon the ST 'Aget thereof if within twelve months of the time ;<of service he shall file an affidavit with the Re- ;/• ; -40order in- the county where service was ren- : "Sdered. . si,- \ Providing that execution on a judgment before ^r, 3 ustice of the Peace may issue at any time te V '.xMwithln seven years: ' Requiring Justices of the Peaoe to file a tran- K"• .jfoript of the record in the court to which a pris- _ • "'/oner i-, held. t Creating a conrt. of elftinss, to be composed of ' ..three members, not more than two of whom >si f^. l vjshall belong to any one party, and who shall re- i ceive #15 a day while in actual service. " "*•" " Providing that a judgment in one county may t'.^v . ,l»y filling a transcript in any other county be ' imade a lieu ii}>oii the defendant's property. ..w Making it the duty of State's Attorneys to at- SK1-.-' Jtend the trial of insane cases and providing for t/V fcompensation therefor. ?>< * r Allowing jurors to imprison for life anyperson "" /^guilty of kidnaping a child under 12 years. ;.;;V Providing for the appointment of public : 'iguardians in the several counties of the State. Providing that wheu city courts have ceased , to do business for two years or more the City «%iCo«»cil bv ordinance can abolish the same and (transfer the records to the Clerk of the Circuit • sfcourt. i - . P r o v i d i n g t h a t C o m m i s s i o n e r s a p p o i n t e d f o r ;:'-a0»e setting apart of homesteads shall be allowed ;i®2 per day. Q Providing for a "short cause calendar" for tbe < 'liial of all cases that will not ocenpy more than ".'jbne hour's time. Fixing the fee of witnesses In Probate Court '-•t #1 per day. Harmonizing the Appellate Court practice, : separating the questions of practice and juris­ diction and putting the practice portion in the practice act. In connection with this the Ap- $ellate Court act is amended so as to restrict Its jurisdiction to appellate matters. ^ Providing that 110 exceptions can be taken to the report of » Master in Chancery unless with- in tsn dayn of the filing of the report, '.v Permitting the sourt to approve the report of • sale In partition cases in vacation where there ' £re no exceptions on file. .• Authorising the Supreme Court to flU va- ijMncies on the Appellate Bench in case of siek- ). , 'loess. > Making use prima facie evidence of the ex- ,, Istence of a corporation in all criminal prosecu- ' • tUons involving proof of existenoe. [%>, "... CRIMINAL CODE. Providing for the adoption in the penitentia­ ries Mid all prisons in this State to which per- fi ' %ons convicted of felonious offenses are commit- i;,; .*jJted of the Bertillon method of measuring and f' 4escribing criminals. The State's Attorneys of 4Ponntlee where such criminals have been con- jricted and sent to prison are required to make And forward a criminal history of them as far as linowu to the Warden or other officer in charge if such prison. These descriptions are accessi- >le to the officers of the prisons of other States Hiving adopted the same system, and they can so be obtained by any officer of any court hav- crlminal jurisdiction in this State upon the er of the Judge of court or the Prosecuting ttorney of the county, and may be given in _vidence upon any trial of an offender indicted l •. under the habitual criminal law. i- • - *1 Preventing the adulteration of lard by requlr- l'< (ng that ail coxapounds be duly labeled sad 1 tnarked. |. 4 DRAINAOK. P Providing for the creation of sanitary districts <0 comprise two or more contiguous cities or ,, towns or parts of the same; to elect nine trus- t » /Sees therefor to servo five years ; these trustees i, , . .TO have charge of the making of channel to iV i ' Connect Lake Michigan with the Desplaines and EI:"' Illinois Rivers, such channel to be not less than f< J60 feet wide and 14 feet deep through the ailuvi- *1 stratum and 100 feet wide and 18 feet deep .through the rocky stratum ; such channel to nave a capacity of 300,000 cubic feet of water per ~ ainuto or 20,000 cubic feet for every 100,000 in- litants in the sanitai*v district; the general cation is limited by the bill to $15,000,000, and . . JWer to levy special assessment s on the prop- •*frty specially benefited; persons whose property . <;|s damaged by overflow can bring suit in the <eoorts ol the county in which the allragii dam- t*ge occurs. EDT7CATION. schools hereafter tbe law provides for the elec­ tion of a Township Board of Education, to con­ sist of fire members, who will have the power and discharge the duties ordinarily devolving "pon directors of schools. In the old lav the control and management of the Township High School vested in the Board of Township Trus­ tees. In the old law the highest sum to be loaned on pel sonal security of school funds was one hundred dollars (#100). This amount has been changed to two hundred dollars ()j»200i. The old law required that in cases of loans 011 real estate the value of the property mortgaged should be double the amount ot the loan. This has been changed, making the security by mortgage on real estate 40 per cent, more than the amount loaned. Theold law provided that clerks of courts of pSie 'shonW retirtSeraoafch,nto!the 8^hS»J qait6 ^ ftttachm8at f°r th« stress, and Superintendent of their resptjetive counties by 1 March 1 annually tbe amount of fines, penalties and forfeitures collected by them, giving each item separately. Under the new law it is made J"- "i wkbk* officers torepotf. U> the County Court instead of to the County Superintendent. Another important amendment that has been What Our neighbors Are Doing--Matter) of General and Local Interest -- Har- Maces ana Deaths--Accidents and Crimes --Personal Pointers. - --Mies Blinn, the she-bear on tbe Chi­ cago Board of Trade, got badly squeezed in a recent wbeat deal. ^-George A. Westerkill committed sal. eide in a Chicago hotel the other day, after having attired himself in a full dress suit and white tie. Beside the bed were fonnd two bottles which had contained morphine. Lying on a table in the room, in a way to indicate that he had been look­ ing at it just previous to his taking the morphine, was a photograph of Lydia Thompson, the burlesque actress. Be­ side it was a letter from her flunking Westerkill for the flowers and many fa­ vors he bad shown her during her recent stay in Chicago. The suicide had formed ' Providing that every person having under hia •Control a child between the aces of 7 and 14 years ' «hall annually cause such child to attend for m least sixteen weeks, at least eight weeks of .Which attendance shall be consecutive, some public day school in the district where he re- Sides, which time shall commence with the be- dblnjting of the first term of the school year, or as yeoon thereafter as duo notice shall be served fipon the person having such control of his duty -finder the act. TUui the „ , , and jgiarootlcs on the human system. ti. Authorizing the Htate Superintendent to issue y -45erttScales valid for five years to such persons >. ; k® found worthy lo receive them. No «bne is to be lice nsed who haw not attained the • • .. 'Jjk^e of eighteen if a female and nineieen If a " , • taale. The number of legal voters v. ho ave r»- hulred to sign a petition for building a school- blouse or purchasing a site in districts with a :.;;^opulation of more than 1,000 is reduced from a : t jnajorlty of 500 to one-fifth of the number of legal f . Voters. But the proposition to build or purchase ^ site must afterwards be submitted to the !/ < Voters at a meeting called for that purpose 'V • frhlch is not now required. ' 1; ,5 y It is made the duty of the Board of Directors .hi !* |o report to the County Superintendent within i. . s "ien days after their employment the full names *<• ' Of all persons employed as teachers, the date of P'i:; "the beginning aud the end of their contract. County sujm-itstendents are to give directions ' to school officers concerning the course of studv to be adopted in ihe schools. Teachers under ^ JBoards of Education in districts with more Nm» 2,000 inhabitants are relieved from the making out schedules, but are make statements of the number W -lance in order to secure -lection of trustees it f*wer polling places *">wn«hips wlmr«, ttsa was despondent after«he left for the East. --The bill to suppress the circulation &t vujcfitiuua'uiv I'erioilic iia was one Ol the excellent measures which ran the gauntlet of the Senators and Bepresenta- tives in the last hours of the late Legisla tore, and is now a statute law. It pro. Tides that "it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, lend, give away, or to show, or advertise or otherwise offer for loan, gift or distribution to any minor child any book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, story paper, or other printed paper devoted to the publication, or principally made np of criminal news, police reports, or accounts of criminal deeds, or pictures and stories of deeds of bloodshed, lust, or crime. It shall be un­ lawful to exhibit upon any street or high­ way, or in any place within the view, or whioh may be within the view of any minor child, any book, magazine, news­ paper, pamphlet, story paper, or other paper or publication coming within the description of matters mentioned in this act." --One of the largest robberies of regis­ tered mail ever committed in the Chicago postoffice came to light a few days ago. One of the vaults had been entered, evi­ dently by an employe familiar with the place, and eighty-six registered packages, all ready to put in pouches for their des­ tinations, abstracted and no trace left. The amount of money contained in the packages has not at this writing been ascertained. Two postoffice employes are suspected of the theft. --GOT. Fifer, in his inaugural message, recommended the adoption of a law for­ bidding the employment of ikose who were not American citizens, or had not declared their intention to become such, on State or municipal works. Ths Legis­ lature, at its late session, passed a bill embodying his ideas. It makes it the duty of municipal officers who employ men, and of contractors working for a munici­ pality, to see that those they hire are citi­ zens or hare taken out their first papers. If complaint is mude to them that any one under them is improperly employed it is made their duty to investigate, and if the complaint is well founded to discharge the man. If a contractor allows aliens to work knowingly, the wages which may have been paid them an# deducted from whatever is dile him on his contract. Thi6 law will apply, of course, to the drainage channel to be dug, and the con­ tractors will have to see to it that their man are citizens, or mean to become so. --The Legislature did one creditable act by making an appropriation for the oonstiuction at Chester of a separate in­ stitution for the criminal insane, says the Chicago Tribune. For years those con- victs who have lost their reason have been sent to Elgin, Anna or Kankakee, where they have been allowed to mingle with the inno ?ent iusac*. It has been difficult to keep these penitentiary gradu tea from escaping--it is but the other day that an insane murderer got away from Elgin-- and their, influence on those with whom th^r were necessarily brought in contact has been most demoralizing. It is an outrage that men and women who have lived decent lives, and who still retain the habit# and feelings of earlier days, should be forced to associate with the vulgar and foul-mouthed brutes who have gradu­ ated up from the slums. There will be enough of these criminal insane to fill the new institution from the start. --Chicago retail market quotations: Asparagus $1.25 pef dozen, lettuce 25 cents per dozen, new beets 50 cents, new onions 15 cents per dozen, pieplant 15 cents per bunch, radishes 25 cents per dozen, round 35 cents, new turnips 75 cents per bushel, horseradish 8 cents per pound, new cabbage 12$ cents per head, potatoes 75 cents per bushel,, pike and pfckeiel 10 cents, dressel perch 10 cents peif pound, speckled trout 50 cent* per pound, black bass 15 cents, spring chick­ ens 30 cents per pound, ordinary chick­ ens 11 cents per pound, pigeons $2.50 per dozen, fresh eggr-13 to 14 cents, butter 15 to 18 cents, strawberries 10 to 15 cents par quart, cherries lt to 1ft eent%, goose­ berries 10 cents. --Jo DaTie*s County has an epidemic of hog cholera, whole droves dying from the disease. *The mu&ifioent gift of $600,000 made Hr. John D. Rockefeller to aid in tbe 0 a height not*exoeedhi™o»«Nte£t, building of a Baptist University in Chi- 'h„yf?«™®I]^fterBhaUbetrinuned81> cago, w th an endowment of $1,000,000, it is now reported, h is been increased to $1,600,000, the only conditions being that the sum of $350,000 is raised in the vi-* cinlty within a period of five years. Un­ der the stimulus of this splendid offer the Chicago Baptists are bestirring them­ selves and will raise the smaller sum long before the five years have expired, and probably before 1890. --Chicago is rapidly becoming an edu­ cational center, and will possess in the near future some of the most flourishing institutions of learning in the country. That city has already the Northwestern University, supported by the Methodists, and with an endowment of more than $2,- 000,000, and the Lake Forest University, a Presbyterian institution, the funds of which are sooh to be increased by the ad­ dition of $700,000. With the new univer­ sity to be established and endowed by tbe Baptists, Chicago will possess a trio of institutions, one of which even would be a.mem- Wh Dr. Colored Modi viesa v;: , •' - -'rv;?' ^ if %* ||-• * made in this connection is the one providing that if any one of these officers has collected no such fines, penalties, or forfeitures he shall make affidavit to such fact and file the same with the County Superintendent. Under the' old law County Superintendents were sometimes embarrassed by ,uot. receiving reports from Jus­ tices of the Peaoe and other officers who had not received any fines, there being no provision1 to the law compelling such officers to make re­ ports when no fines had been received. While tuition pupils for many years have been admitted to the schools in all parts of the State, it is a custom which has grown up entirely out­ side of the law, but. is one which is now legal­ ized, as by Sec. 26, Art. 5 of the new law, direc­ tors are given the power to admit non-residents when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of resident pupils, and to fix rates of tui­ tion for the same. ELECTIONS. The Crawford law for the regulation of pri-. mary elections. It empowers the committee- authorized by the rules and customs of the po­ litical parties to hold primary elections under the provisions of the bill. It also provides for district primaries to contain not to exceed 800 voters of the party holding the election. The districts ore to be formed of contiguous election precincts in as nearly compact form as possible,' and the delegates chosen must represent the dis-; tricts. Every legal voter who is entitled to vote within any election precinct within the primary! district, who belongs to the patty holding the election, is entitled to vote. ESTATES. Amending the act inVegard to the administra­ tion of estates so that the claims of servant girls and laborers are placed in the third class aud costs are added in the first class. Requiring the nSJmey of unknown wards to be deposited in thf/Coimty Treasury. Providing tfrat in all proceedings for the parti­ tion of real estate, when the l ights and interest® of all the parties in interest are properly set forth in the petition or bill, the court snail ap­ portion the costs, including a reasonable attor­ ney's fee, among the parties in interest so that each shall pay an equitable portion. Amending an act regulating the administra­ tion of trust companies so as to provide that trust companies may become guaidians aud administrators, and requiring a bond of $2JO,000 to lie tiled Midi Hie Auditor of Public Accounts and an increased bond in proportion to the in­ crease of the deposits, FISH AND GAMU. Amending Sees. 1. 2 and t> of the Game laws. Sec. 1 makes lawful the killing of deer and wild turkey from Sept. 15 to Jan. Id ; prairie chicken from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1; quail, pheasant., or partridge from Oct. 1 to Dec. 1; woodcock, July 15 to Bee. 15; squirrel, June 1 to Dec. 15; water fowl. Sept. 15 to April 15; prohibits shooting of water fowl after sunset and before sunrise; the uso ol swivel guns, shooting from steamboats or sailboatB or from artific ial blinds in the open waters, or from sneak-boats, sink-boxes, or other device for the purpose of concealment. Sec. 2 makes it unlawful to buy, sell, have in possession, or transport between points in the State game killed in the State during the close season. Sec. ti gives a leeway of five days after the season closes for selling game lawfully killed, makes a provision for taxidermists, and allows the selling of game killed in other States from Oct. 1 to Feb. 1 INSCIUWCX. Amending the Farmers' Live Stock Mutu­ al Insurance Companies, by constituting nine members a board, and where there is a loss and notice has been given of a meeting to make an assessment and no quorum is present, this faot shall be entered on tne journal and the Presi­ dent, Secretary aud Treasurer shall proceed to make an estimate of the assessment to cover the loss. Enabling Fanners' Mutual Fire Insurance Companies to renew their charters within five years af»or their expiration on application to the Auditor. Providing that any number of persons, not less than fifty, residing in this State, who col­ lectively own property of not less than $100,01)0, in value which they desire to have insured, may < form an incorporated company for the purpose of mutual insurance against loss or damage by tornadoes, wind-storms or cyclones. Providing tha* any nine persons or more in, this State can organize a life and accident inau-1 ranee company. Making a uniform capital of #100,000 through-; out the State for fire, marine, and inland navi-: gation insuranoe companies ; prohibiting a joint stock business by mutual companies ; regulat-' ing the accumulation of surplus funds; x*>' stricting the annual and total accumulations; defining the point at which a mutual company! shall call an assessment; making it unlawful for mutual companies of other States to do bu- \ siness in this State of s lifferentkind from that! permitted by companies in this State; and al­ lowing companies now oi •elves of the satisfactory tbe Auditor. XiABOB. Prohibiting the employment upon public works or in public institutions of persons not: •naturalised citizens or having in good faith de-! dared their Intentions to become such. ! K&BBUOK. Making it perjury to swear falsely to an affl-j davit for the consent of a person to marry and I to affidavits as to age. > MINES AND MINING. Providing that all maps of coal mines shall be made in the month of July, that escapement j shafts shall be provided where the depth is 900 feet or less within one year, aud for every addi-' tional 200 feet or fraction thereof au additional year is allowed. It also provides for the better' ventilation of mines and for keeping all the boil­ ers in good order,together with other safeguards. 11 All. ROADS. Authorizing the State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners to adjudicate where one railroad desires to cross the tracks of an­ other. REVENUE. Requiring the County Collector to pay to tbe Township Supervisors any surplus funds re­ maining to the credit of the bond fund of such township after the bonds have been canceled and redeemed. Exempting from taxation any free bridge across any stream forming the boundary line between this and an adjoining State. TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. Requiring a petition to change or alter the boundary lines of a town to have one-half the legal voters thereon. A general revision of the law in relation to roods in counties not under township organiza­ tion. Amending the road and bridge law so that all suits for fines and penalties in town and county line roads shall bsbrought before any Justice of the Peace or police magistrate instead of the County Court. Providing for the election of Supervisors, out­ side of Cook County, every two years. WKIOHT8 AND MEASKI4ES. Revising the law in regard to weights and measures by requiring a barrel of flour to weigh 196 pounds and fractions thereof In pro­ portion. KMCKLLANKOUS. Providing that after a hedge-fence shall obtain the age of 7 trimmed to once in each _ as not to exceed five feet. Restraining the i aportation of cattle from any Territory infecied with splenic or Texas fever during a proclaimed period, providing for the unloading of such cattle by railroads into" separate pens, and requiring such road* u» cleans© the cars. Making it a penitentiary offense to detain or board au unmarried female under 18 yean of age in a house of prostitution Providing for the removal of the female pris­ oners now confined at- Cnc-kter to Jolict. Empowering railroad conductors to put a man off a train for swearing or using obscene lan­ guage. Creating an asylum for the criminal insane, to be erected at Chester, for the accommodation of 150 patients. The institution is to be under the control of the Board of Commissioners of the Penitentiary, under the same rules and con­ ditions as provided by the trustees of the State charitable institutions, subject also to the in­ spection and supervision of the State Board of Charities. The Penitentiary Commissioners are to erect the building and to use the labor of the convicts aud the stone aud other material pro­ duced on the grounds of the penitentiary. The appropriations for building and furnishiug are $o0,0 >0. When finished the four State Insane Hospitals are to transfer to it all their convict insane. Making it a misdemeanor for anyperson to de­ fraud a hotelkeeper by refusing to pay his board, etc. Allowing indemnity to the owners of sheep killed bydogs when the damage does not ex­ ceed #4 on filing an affidavit briaw v« Justice of the Peaoe. sanies now onanised to avail them-, e privileges of the act by depositing' ' evidences of their Intentions with --Gov. nc#«]ka« ber of the State Bo Daniel H. Williams, physician, and a graft eal College. --A true bill, charging degree has be£n found County grand jury agaj Skene for the killing of Skene will plead guilty --Some of tbe stories in the investigation of the Insane Asylum abuses m shocking for belief. The ings are literally overrun "There were large rats and mica, roaches, fleas and unm vermin," testifies one o! the pi "they were in tha walls and beds and everywhere. I asked f< tooth combs, but the money was needed for whisky and we never got them." Mauy patients were bitten,and some of them bad­ ly lacerated by rat#. One female patient starred to death. She refused to eat and the attendants, instead of feeding her, al­ lowed her to lie in a cot .for eleven days, at the end of which time she died. An­ other female patient was found dead in a strait jacket. »ae was cioubiea up in bed, with tha strait jacket pressing her chin back. Th« poor creature had been choked to death. The food furnished the inmates of the institution was scarcely fit for dogs. One of the nurses testifies: "Foul-smelling lumps of fat pork were sent np for the patients to eat The stench of this food was terrible and the patients protested, but without effect They threw the food out of the windows. The stench in the ward was awful, and the air from the registers was so foul that it became necessary to stop them np with rags and paper. I went into the bath-room one day and found a patient in a strait - jacket She was crying pitifully, and was strapped to the steam-coil with her back pressed against the pipes. Great ridges had been burned in her back where the pipes pressed against her. Many other patients were burned in the same manner." These are but a few sample oases of cruelty which the investigation has already revealed. To relate the half of them would require a volume. --Four men were captured near Alt. Stir­ ling while in the act of molding counter­ feit silver dollars. The men and tools were taken to Springfield. --At last the pharmacists of Illinois are' happy, or ought to be, in securing the legislation which they have been so long demanding. The Frisbee-Breeden bill, a measure that has been petitioned for by' three-fourths of the pharmacists of the State, has passed the Legislator# and is now a law. It provides that-- Auv person shall be entitled to be regis­ tered us u registered pharmacist, within the meaning of this apt. who shall be a licen­ tiate in pharmaeyv or shall furnish satisfac­ tory eviaenco to tha lltaia &oard of Phar­ macy that he has had five years' practical experience in compounding dru/8 in a drug store or pharmacy, where the pre­ scriptions of medical practitioners aro com­ pounded. The board shall have the right to refuse registration to applicants whefitr examination or credentials are not satisfactory evidence of their competency. It shall be the duty of the board to examine all applications for regis­ tration submitted in proper form: to grant certitlcates of registration to such persons as may be entitled to the aame under the provisions of this act; and to cause the prosecution of all persons violating its pro­ visions. Licentiates in pharmacy shall, at the time of passing their examination, be registered by the Secretary of the Ktate Board of Pharmacy as registered pharma­ cists. Any person shall be entitled to registration as assistant pha-macist who is of the age of 18 years, of good moral char­ acter. temperate habits, und has had three years' service under a registered pharma­ cist --The last Illinois crop and weather bulletin sent out frotn Springfield re­ ports that in all portions of the State the temperature has been below a seasonable average. Cloudy weather has prevailed in the counties of Henry, McHenry, Iroquois, Sangamon, Ogle, Morgan, Coles, Douglas, Fnyette and Franklin. In other portions of the State a season­ able amount of sunshine was reported." The rainfall in the northern Mid central oounties of the State has bean generally above the average. In the southern counties the rain has been badly distrib­ uted The weather has been cool. Crops in general are looking well. --Hiilsdsle, Cook County, is with diphtheria in its momt, malignant form, and deaths occur daily. --Judge Horton, of Chicago, has made a rule that all default divorce decrees shall contain the clause: "Conditional, and subject to be set-aside at any tima within three yeafrs." The statutory pro­ vision permits a defendant to rip a de­ fault decree up the buck within three years, if good cause is shown, but many divorced people are ignorant of this, and Judge Horton thinks it is a good scheme to put it in the decree. He has an idea , it will be a hindrance to remarriages, j In thus putting the stiitntory provision in the decree, Judge Horton becomes a pioneer in that line, and acquaints di­ vorced people with their position at one and the same time. ' j --Fire in the village of Elkhart, Logan County, destroyed nine business hotwss.' The loss is estimated at $50,000, partially covered by insurance. --llis city authorities of Chicago have started oat with the good intention •£ compelling merchants and others to re­ move obstruct ions from the sidewalks ad­ jacent to their places of business. --The Three States Fair and Bacing Association of Cairo is a solid reality. The capital stock, $25,000, has all been subscribed, and work on the grounds is being vigorously prosecuted. --A live mule on tire on a public street was the strange spectacle witnessed in Cairo the other day. A large piece of cloth used as pndding lor the animal's collar caught fire and was blazing fiercely. An eye-witness of tbe affair tore off the harness just in time to prevent serious in­ jury to his muleship. --At a quarterly meeting of the State Board of Health, held in Chicago, Dr. Kauch reported that scarlet fever had been raging in about a dozen Illinois towns, and virulent diphtheria had ap­ peared in hnlf a dozen places. Under the medical practice act for the quarter just ended, 135 certificates were issued, 132 of which were upon diplomas. Cer­ tificates were issued to fifteen midwiyes. TIE BASE BALL FIELD. nOQUEIS OF TH*5 tlA«OI MTTUE fOR THK PKNNJLMT. The Bean-Eaters In the iMd. Followed Cloeeljr by Mew York and Philadelphia-- Came of the Poor Playing of the Chfoag» Team -Harry Palmer's Ctoestpgr Letter. Iboston couunrORDnoa] Another week in the League pennant race has gone, and Boston still holds the lead by a comfortable margin in its per­ centage of games won. Boston is playing good ball. Its play­ ers are working well aud steadily, its team work is strong, its biffing admirable, its batting uniformly heavy, and its pitoher# effective and in good condition. What more could a ball team ask? Next to Boston comes Philadelphia, and it miy be said unhesitatingly that the Phillies have held their high position in the race purely by their hard, earnest work in every game they have played thus far. The Phillies have the batteries J&n fact they are in need of nothing but a good field captain to put them in winning form. Of course, Ar­ thur Irwin would fill the bill nicely, but as the management apparently does not want to play him, another equally good man is needed. New York is third and plaving a game r»y no manna miv in |?Sdt. I'**- l»<- experienced a bit of hard luck in having some of its best men disabled, but these are getting into condition rapidly. Keefg and Welch have recovered from "lame arm," and Crane will be on deck in a few days. Keefe, however, is not yet in shape and probably will not be until warm weather sets in. Slaltery has got back from Boston, and is ready to go in when wanted, but from the present outlook is not likely to be wanted for some time at all, except in case of accident to O'RoUrke, Gore or Tiernan. What a game these three are playing. Tiernan has ^ot his eye on the ball finally and is now hitting in something like his last season's form. As for O'Rourke and Gore, these old-timers never played such a fielding gams during any previous part of their career as they are playing now. Both of them are making great catches in every game, are throwing finely and bat­ ting in great style. As for Cleveland, which follows New York in the race, the public has scarcely as yet recovered from its surprise at the burst |of speed developed by this baby of the league. None of the league people, however, think that Cleveland can main­ tain the pace it has been going, and all agree that the long, arduous campaign of the summer is sure to bring the "baby" down to where the playing ability of the men justify it. , In the meantime the youngsters con • tinue to play a hard game to beat, and are well up among the leaders in the fight. Ere this letter appears Chicago will have completed its first, Eastern trip, and the prospects seem good for its warning half if not a greater proportion of its games with its Eastern rivals. It can not be denied, however, that Chiengo has not been playing up to its standard thus far this season. It has been batting h .rd, but ILLINOIS LAW-MAKERS. I IGSSSSG «3A«.S; wWoh concurred in the Senate'* amend- ",en.t*-. £* then sent to the Governor and jpeitvefl Ms signature. The bill matoe it eom- 1" BO,ml a11 cWMtod between the acaa of 7 and H to school for at bast sixteen weeki an- nually. eight weeks of which shall Iweaaaeeu- ti ve. !• or every neglect of dutv parents shall be fined or imprisoned. It gives boards of educa- tion power to appoint trumnt officers to ineotre concerning violations of this act. The Sniate also passed the House bill providing for the removal of the female prisoners from Chester to the Joliet Penitentiftrv; appro- pi lating #80.000 for the maintenance of the Illinois National Guard: &S5.000 for the con- atruction of an asylum for the criminal insane at Chester: making judgments of Justices of the 1 t aee good for seven yiarn ; making appropria- tions for the repairs and improvements ofthe btate House grounas; allowing the location of powder-mills within one-halt mile of an in- Jiamted dwelling; and the hill providing that where dispute arises regarding the crossing of one road by another the matter shall be left to the Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, benator Burke tried to get the Haves nriuiarv election bill called up and read a sec­ ond time, but the Senate, by a vote of 28 to 16 refused 1o suspend the rules, and the measure will be among those buried this season. Sena- tor Campliell's pure whisky bill shared a similar fare to that of the Haves primary bill, the vote on the suspension of the rules being 24 to 18 A communication was received from the Governor appointing Jaraes Bottom of Randolnh Countv to succeed himself as the Trustee of the South­ ern Insane Asylum at Anna. The Senate amendments to the Chicago drainage bill were concurred in by the House, and it is now a law. The vote ou the measure was 37 yeas to 36 nays The Ho.iim* Passed the Gettysburg monument niiJ and thf* M!! . - . to change their motive power. ColTBuctian%rTg military code bill was beaten in the House. THK bill allowing street-car companies to change their motive-power without the consent of the City Council or property owners <vas passed by the Senate on the 25th. The Senate advanced to a third reading the bill re­ quiring all mine bosses and managers of coal mines the output of which is fifty tons par month to pass an examination and secure a certificate of competency; amending the city and village act so that Chicago will have two additional Aldermen for each 25,000 people annexed; the 7 per Precious Stoseg. wuv. um, Hie meftRure providing that the extension of chattel mortgages need not be sworn to by anyone other than the mort­ gagee ; the bill allowing $1 per dav for jurors in Probate Courts; the bill providing for the forma­ tion of accident-insurance companies; the short-cause calendar bill; allowing corporations organized for manufacturing to change or in­ crease their business upon the vote of two- thirds of the stockholders and upon making application to the Secretary of State. The House of Representatives "passed the Sen­ ate bill prohibiting the employment of alien labor in any public capacity of upon any public works. Tlio House also passed the Senate bill requiring a wheat-flour barrel to contain l!Ki pounds; half a barrel, 98 pounds, and one-quarter liar re! sack, 49 pounds ; one- eighth barrel sack, 24'i. pounds; corumeal, bushel sack, 48 pounds; half-bushel sack. pounds; one-quarter bushel sack, 12 poun la. The Frisbee pharmacy bill, and the bill re­ quiring the written consent of the parent or guardian to tho marriage of a minor--both Sen­ ate measures--also went through the House. The Senate resolution urging the Illinois Repre­ sentatives in Congress to aid in the passage of the service pension bill was concurred in by the House. A NUMBEB of bills of more or less importance passed the Senate on the 37th. Included in the batch were the following: Providing thatTn all partition cases the costs, including reason­ able attorneys' fees, shall be appropriated equitably among the parties in interest; pre­ venting the adulteration of lard by requiring all compound laid to be so marked and labeled; providing for the dissolution of drainage districts upon the peti- tlon of four-fifths of tho prop©rty*owncta owning three-fourths of the area : requiring the trimming of hedge fences at certain intervals, and that they shall not exceed live feet, in height ; changing the time of election returns mm" ?$ti ' • - m i its fielding has been very ragged in three- ' from two to one dav; chamdng the fourths of its eainas Few if nnv of ! ®lan"8 of swants and laborers in adniimstir v , , .5 OI 1 cases from the seventh to the third cli t tie se shortcomings have been due to poor j and providing for costs in the first class- grounds, to wet infields or outfields, to ; qn'Hng s petition of the majority of the le bard-hit balls, or any of the unfavorable conditions that sometimes make errors excusable. On the contrary, the team has been favors i by delightful weather, and every one of the boys, I know, has been in good playing condition. What, then, has been the trouble? The absence of Williamson at short is prabahiv more responsible than anything else, particularly during the recent games of the team in the East, where it has been compelled to meet the hardest hit­ ters and cleverest fielders of the League. I fancy I hear somebody say "chest­ nuts." Perhaps the claim concerning Wi 111am- l tion cases from the seventh to the third class, ~ " ' *' " ' s; re-. voters to change or alter thebouridatvlinesoV a town. A joint, resolution for the appointment of a committee of five to investigate the? feasibility of the establishment of - Kerormatory prison was adopted by the Senate" and subsequently concurred in by the House. The Senate adopted the joint resolution of Senator MacMillan, introduced earlv in the ses- •lon and reported favorably bv the Committee on Waterways and Drainage, inviting the Gen­ eral Government to co-op-rate with the Slate in securing ft waterway from l«ke Michigan to the Mississippi, and it was also concurred in bv the House. The House passed and the SenatVeon- curred in tho amendments to tha Crawford Primary Kloctiou l aw, and adopted the resolu­ tion offered by Senator Berrv providing for the printing in pamphlet form of copies of the Itevision of the School Laws for distribution among the teachers of tine * » . _T«n State. The amendments to the General Bank- SOn IS a Chestnut, but nevertheless it is a j ing Law to cover the recent decision of the Su- Ereme Court passed the Hbuse. The Senate 1 " • • • • - • true one. His absence is what is making the difference in the team's playing. However, there is good reason to beliave Buch will Le the case no longer. ^ Charley Baetiau joined Anson in New York, and is now making himself at home between Pfeffer and Burns in the Chi­ cago infield. If he plays his position as I believe he is capable of playing it, the effect upon Chicago's work is going to be marked from this time out. Basiian will not only fill the gap that Williamson's injury has caused in the infield, but it is going to greatly strengthen our outfield by putting Hyau back in center and sending Van Ualtren to his accustomed posit on in left field. Moreover, the acquisition oi competent, experienced short-stop talent is going to int'ase every man of tne team with new confidence. Jimmy Byau has done his level best at short. No one who has seen him play or talked with the boy after his work was ever can doubt it. Uewas unacoustomed to such fielding, however, and seemed wholly uuable to gauge a ground ball on the bound. Outleld training stands a man but for little in infield work, and .tha best ot flat- fielders is pretty apt to find himself badly worried upon attempting to fill an infield position. Ryan's work proves this, for he has few superiors in his position. That his unreliability at short has influ­ enced the balance of the infield and of the battery there can be no question. No one felt confident, and Jimmy himself least of all. What other result, therefore, in view of the free bafting gimes we aro eujoyiug, could we anticipate? The reasons for our erratic fielding work are, to me, plainly apparent, and I feel sure that with Bas- tian in oar ranks the trouble is going to be to a great extent eradicated. CUBBENT TALK. The difference between Anson and an hour glass is that the sand in one runs out, while the "old man" has an unlimited supply of the material wtiich is a large part of the make-up of a successful ball player. tills prohibiting compromise of bastardy cases for less than #400; providing for the examina­ tion of stationary engineers; requiring the re­ moval of the dams at Henrv and Copperas ; and the bill allowing 35,000 population to receive all of the road and bridge taxes, also passed the House. Mi. Baker on behalf of the members at the House presented Postmistress Pitkin wjth a handsome gold watch. THE Thirty-sixth General Aasambly ended on Tuesday, May 28, without auv of the scenes that have characterized many ol its predecessors. The following House billB were passed by the Senate during its last hours: Amending the road and bridge law, providing that suits for fines and penalties under this act shall be brought in the name of the town before any jus­ tice of the peace or police magistrate; provid­ ing for the punishment, by imprisonment in the penitentiary, of persons who shall remove any fixtures from a railway locomotive; changing the time of holding court in Clark County; providing for the organization of accident life insurance companies; to provide for the organization of State wiud storm, tornado and cyclone mutual insurance1 companies; to provide for additional aldermen in Chicago, ana for redtstricting the city under certain etroumstances. The result ot tbe Sen­ ate bribery Investigation was read to the Senate and adopted. Tbe report declared that the charge of bribery was unwarranted, and that the paper publishing it bad been trloked into an unfortunate mess by a jealous rival of the 8pringfleld and Llgin Watch Companies. It stated that Mr. Bunn had been grossly misrep­ resented, and in fact that every material state­ ment ascribed to him by the reporter was a creation of that young man's fancy. The clos­ ing hour of the 8enate was given to another at­ tempt to suspend the rules and take up the Mc­ Laughlin semi monthly pay bill. The Senators again refused, by a vote of -U to 2*2, to bother themselves about other people's pay davs. An attempt to pass fee chattel mortgage bill met with a similar fate. In the House of Repre­ sentatives tfee Speaker maintained his deter­ mination lo finish the Senate bills on third read­ ing, and, although most of the numerous roll- calls were farcical, he succeeded in reaching the end. The following bills were passed: Establishing au Illuois Court of Claims ; to pre­ vent the circulation of objectionable periodicals, that is, newspapers devoted principally to the publication of criminal news, such as the Police Qusettv; providing that in case of absence or sick­ ness of appellate judges in the Superior Court they may appoint substitutes ; making corpora­ tions existing by virtue of social charters by the State amenable to the lawn governing ail other corporations, and to authorise the Soldiers' Home in-Chicago to erect and maintains me­ morial hall in Dearborn Park. A Musk rat on His Mettle. A number of years ago, while I Tom Brown's trip around the world k W£"B \Wa* didn't hurt him a bit. He is running like ^ ?g i .t m,a Parsl1 on the wind. In tbe last eight gnmes he has j J n sound, there being several feet made sixteen runs and stolen fifteen i °* on the ground, I chanced to bases. His record for twenty games is ! get myself in between one of these thirty-four runs and twenty stolen bases, i animals and its burrow, which hap- It is amusing to note that neurly all of 1 pened to be the only means, beyond the base-ball waters in tho various cities his running away from me, tlxat'pre- are onibeit local pitchers this ' 8ented itself for "his escape. He took season. The very men who were clamor- +i,„ „ , 1 , T ing for frea hitting last year are now the situation at a glaxice, and I was kicking because they are getting just .see *"hat he wtjuld do about what they desired. Neaily all of the League lt' Imagine my surprise when he the League clubs are showing up stionger at the bat, according to the statements of the e very same gentlemen who are complaining about their pitcbe:s. As I understand it, the pitching rules were modi tied for the express purpose of handicapping the pitchers and increasing batting. It ap­ pears from some of the statements I Lave road that certain persons went their batters to knock opposing pitch­ ers out of the box, bnt they do not cvn to see tbeir pitohers touched up in return. It is a fact beyond question that >t'ae patrons ot the national game prefer a slugging match to a pitcher's contest. Even now the pitcher has the advantage over the batsman, and because the former tries to carry out the wishes of the pub­ lic by putting the ball over the plate, thus giving a better opportunity for free started to come down for me as fast as his legs could carry him, and in. a few moments he was too close for me to shoot without tearing his beautiful pelt all to shreds, for I at once saw that _ he was an unusually handsome j specimen, and to thus spoil him would be a great shame. When within I about a yard of me, and his eyes flash- j ed out their meaning at thus being i cornered, he, without a moment's hesi- j tation, made a spring: at me and land­ ed on the top of one of my leather shooting boots, a pair that came above my knees. In an instant he com­ menced tearing away with his teeth at a great rate, but before he had bitten anything bnt my boot I grabbed him, the "In starting iu life," says Andrew Carnegie, "a young nuin. should begin at the beginning." Hwt'a wheiw )k» "ti hitting, he is censured. It is unjust to and bumping his head against condemn the pitohers for trying to do ' " ~ ~ what the people pay their money to see them do. The people do not want to pay 50 and 75 cents to see a game in which the pitchers and catchers do ail the work, and the other seven men stand around in the field like so many wooden Indians. Indianapolis is certainly the enigma af base-baM. With a great infield, good outfield, fair batteries, and well managed, the team yet plays losing ball and BO headway. - HABBT PAiimot. "No,* Mid the chemist, "the* not called a ruby because i t if tbe topaz, which may be vbUwS- delicate wine color, and th# which is bine, are both r humble toiler, consoling hi his clay tobacco pipe, the pnttor ftl molds his plastic clay upon hi* a wheel, or the delver in the (lamp quarries, probably does not know his pipe and his clay and his slate are of the very substance float which the flaming oriental rnby, tli# mellow topaz and the rich sapphire are evolved; but such is the cnr»ons fact. They ate among the most beautiful of gems, yet are but simply crystals of argillaceous earth--mere bits of alum­ ina. "The glorious blue light that larks within tibe sapphire is made by tha chemical action of one grain of iron in every 100 grains of alumina. The redl only owes its brightness and hue to ft mingling of chromic acid with its pmafc clay. Different from tine oriental tottK is the topaz of Brazil, which is ncflplfc but a compound of silica and which also make the garnet and lamihf compose the occidental emerald art^TtaV beryl stone. These two stones also cob- fftin on oot4Vi 1 ̂ ^3 ^.1»,~ •«. -- .-- .. _# s.WUUU jJWUUfit; V| the sweetness of the salts chemistry h-- discovered in it. "The diamond is the king of gtei&s, • monarch blazing like the sun, and (he opal is its moonlight queen. Yet, as every one knows, the diamond is only ft chip of coal, and the opal, as every one does not know, is simply a mingling of silica and water. But the diamond is the spiritual evolution of eoal, the reali­ zation of its highest being. Ten parte of water and ninety parts of silica, com­ bined in the mystic crucible of nature, ""IS form the opal, the water giving to the gem that shifting, changeable and iride­ scent coloring which is the opal's pecu­ liar charm. Who could imagine that the fire in the opal is not fire, but, of all things, water? And that the «aK^ that holds this radiant moisture captive is the common flint from which our fore­ fathers struck the igniting spark igfr* their tinder boxes. "But the opal is not the only preokxis stone that owes its being to flint. Ths amethyst, the cat's eye, rock crystal and Egyptian jasper--all are ide^ktr tions of the ultimate efforts of natural chemistry acting on silica. What is tbe a lapis lazuli? A bit of common Wrth painted throughout with sulphnret of sodium ? And the torquoise--what formed it ? and how does it receive ite soft, beautiful greenish-blue color? The torquoise is phosphate of alumina, ami copper in the earth gave it its lon^ hue. As to the rare decorative slPMft and marbles, crysolite is pure silicafeKMf magnesia. If there was no carbonate of liuie in the earth the scnlpt$ff_J*K*|)i4 sign in vain for his nmtchlaM OinnHft . $sS marble and the meeker after malachite And his search to be fruitless, if there were no carbonate of copper." McCoUangli's Marriage llarcafek. *To show the sort of standing Oallough was on with our best I will mention a little incident him which I don't think has ever made public before," hays a corresj ^ eat of the San Francisco Neic* Lett**, At a dinner party at one of .leading-families he and one ~7 rj of the day were among the guests tHMkf ' others. During dinner Miss said -'•> in the course of conversation on the > theater: * "Mr. McCullough, do you think I f would make a good actress?" * "Think it?"said he, in his positive vte. " I k n o w i t . " . ' - w "Suppose I did go on the stage, would you act with me?" - "Indeed I would." He thought tor ft miuute. "I'll tell you what. Suppose we gel up; 'A Morning Call.' It's a two pert comedietta. You play Mrs. Chillingtoa and I will be Sir Edward Ardent." > "Oh, wiilyou?" clapping her hands. . "'Deed I will." "But where shall we do it? At tbe California? I'm afraid I shall never muster up courage for that." . "Ph, no. We'll try it here, if Mist ; will allow it," bowing to tbe hoe- tens ; "here in the parlor." "When?" "Just as soon as you can learn your part. I only make one condition, Yob most be letter perfect.* - "Whatfsfthat?" ' «•?* "Know every letter of it,"' v: > ; "You won't back out." * "I'm afraid it's you who will wapf. |j» do that." "Willi? You can make what ever penalty you like.* MeCulIough's eye twinkled. "All j right. You must many me If you dont play." It was a bold Yentare, but the belle stood it. "Agreed," she said. "And if you fail, why--ahem--" She paused, "for tike , first time realizing the situation. "I'll marry you!" exclaimed Mc- ; Cullough, gallantly. "To-morrow IU i send you an acting oopv of the play, and you can begiu to study your part at j opce. But the play never came off. There were a few rehearsals, but the actual ; performance, it was soon seen, would have to be postponed indefinitely. Miss ----seemed never able to get "'niteg perfect." / • \jt , Hew te Be l̂l Hmuorfcrt. The first noun in your story should be qualified in some way to loosen tho reader's diaphragm. Instead *of using the proper adjective, sit aud scratch your head until you strike another ob­ ject dissimilar, vet bearing a fatal re­ semblance to it. Then apply the ad­ jectives of the latter tu the former, de­ posit your nickle and see the* work. Por instance, you venture the statement that **the landlady'm daughter plays the piano." There it nothiny humorous abont that--it is merely pain­ ful. Bnt start in. "The lawllttly*--. let me see. Hash is humorous, by unanimous consent of the house. lot must ring in hash. Start again, The "hash dispenser"--no, that is not good. "The hasbery forewoman's d||igtitet* whose age (it is always funny Wtalk on a woman's age) is a twin myatony witik the hash"--so far so good--"plays oil the piano." The piano of course, is not a good one. Now apply the rule above onoe more and select another subject* say a horse. Dig out the adjee* tives that fit a poor horse and pro­ ceed. "The hashery forewoman's daughter, whose age is a twin myst^f with the hash, plays on < look out, re­ member the horse) a spavined, wind- broken piano with the spring-hall and a ring-bone on its fore leg." Thereyo*t <• >iif heel of my gun he was rendered life­ less. This formed the only case of a m&skrat attacking a man that has ever come to me, and in this particular in­ stance I admired the little brute's _ bravery all the more after I fo-.nd that; are, young man--that proves what I he possessed but three legs, one of said, any industrious man can ip*i them having long since been amputated humor.--'Chicago Inter-Ocean. high up, probably in a steel trap, but the stump was perfect, and he had the Nevbb try to sell a wedding blackest hair of any muskrat I ever if yon wish to preserve jour saw.--Forest and Stream. la human nature. - ' r v 7 *