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I' (cnrrgliiintlfalet L VAmiYKE. EdtUfUPiMlrtw. MoHENRY, - - ILLINOIS. THE new Chinese eoiistu at New York City rejoioes in tie nun* ( Shame Fun. As Ohio girl has a photograph album containing the pictures of fourteen men to whom she says she has been engaged. A WORCESTER (Mass.) journal claims to have a lady subscriber who has been reading the paper for eighty-four years. OVEB 1,000,000 mites of telegraph wires are in operation in the United States--enough te encircle the globe forty times. not natives, sta: ding a lit le way from her, with uncovered heads. She found afterward that of these self-imposed mourners, one was a Scotchman from Glasgow, another an Englishman from Sheffield, and the other two (German gentlemen. The latter were travelling in company, but were strangers to the others, who in turn were unacquainted with each other. Yet all of them had delayed their departure overdone dili­ gence to pay a tribute of respect to the unknown man, dead ia a strange land, and the solitary mourner far from home. A REMARKABLE story of ft woman** unquenchable love is revived by the re­ cent pardon of a convict from the Southern Indiana Prison. Two years ago he was in love with Lucy Penny, but waa forbidden the house by her parents because of his dissipated habits. She met him clandestinely, however. AFFAIRS IN ILLINOIS. INTERESTING ITEMS GATHKIUED laOM VARIOUS SOURCES. GUATEMALA baa crushed her revolu­ tion and with the most business like promptness shot $11 t.l>« insurgents i au< ̂ the persuasion of a woman's taken prisoner?. {love endeavored to reform him. But her implorings were in vain, and,he PRINCE BISMAR6K recently GAVE the following advice to the son; "Be mod- orate in work, moderate ia eating, and also somewhat moderate ia drinking; THE modern war ships seem to be mnch freer from strokes of lightning than the old wooden vessels, the mod­ ern precautions being BO much more effective. ; " THE average salary of the 54,871 fourth-class postmasters is only $1&3 There are less than 6,000 who have $500 or more a year, and the average salary of the remaining 48,800 is only JOBQE SIMRALL, of Louisville, says that the lawyer who cannot argue an ordinary case in thirty minutes either * has very little in his case or he does not understand it. And so the derQ^o^t ia to be made for .shorter speecljp3 in our courts. Ij|0• ̂ THE late John F. Smith, the great Philadelphia type-founder^ gave to various charities more than $100,000 a te," *' ' year during the o'losing years of his l°ng and useful life. "Everything I 1 ̂, have to give away," he said, ,*j| ̂ shall \. 1 give away before I die." £ THE mother o| a 4-months-old baby ft » was scratched on the arm by a rooster's l|,r * spur at Newcastle, Lawrence County, N. Y., recently. The wound seemed slight, gi^ > * but in a day or two the child was taken v*;, f ill and died with symptoms of blood - / poisoning. About 'the same time the mother's arm began to swell. It is sup- posed that the child, through nursing, P „(j had become inoculated with the poison. ft?r _ • -- JOHANN VON SIEBERER, an q}d baolie- ^f,« lor in the Tyrol, has given 1,000,000 . florins for the founding of an .orphan asylum in Insbuck. He was himself |f? «. very poor in his youth, andlt Was the remembrance of his owtt sufferings that induced him to devote his whole for- itune to this charitable purpose. Sieb- gj* 1 eier is 59 years old, and the only stipu- ( lation that he has made is that a room IfL -. shall be reserved for him in his old days in the asylum. A MAN in Aristook County,1iiine, claims to have spent three days in the top of a pine tree without food or water. ^'""•"He climbed up ninety feet to get to an ^ eagle's neat. It was a Norway pine, |with a very smooth bark and he used climbers similar to those used by tele- ^ 1 graph linemen. When he got to the nest he was taken sick and dared not 'descend for fear of falling. He made resting place for himself and man- .aged to hang on until his giddiness left gt ;him when he descended. 5i : *' * ' : ' |y NOTHING reminds one more that U styles are changed and are changing |f;J . than boot-blacking. The small boy ! who appeared from the most unsus- i" •- pected places and yelled. "Shine, sah?" j , lias disappeared entirely from the £ ;*r'* ^ity streets, and in his place, in uniform I " - •corners, are very pretentious boot- - 'blacking pedestals >vith two foot-rests |# • and a platform for the chair, some of these not only very comfortable but f, very elaborate, and where ofle can en- ft rest> a cigar and paper while hav- vA * ing a "shine." persisted in his dissolute course. One Sunday night, as she was leaving the church he called her aside, and, upon her refusing to accept his company to her home, he drew a knife and plunged it into her neck. The wound did not prbve fatal, but for many weeks her re­ covery was doubtful. Her love for the brute, however^ snrviyed this unspeak­ able act. On regaining her health she was in constant attendance at his trial, and did all in her power to shield him from punishment. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Then be­ gan her unceasing efforts to procure his pardon. Not until a few days ago, however, did she succeed, when Gov­ ernor Hovey, being shown that he was dying of consumption, set the prisoner iat liberty. The first friend to welcome him was the woman whose life he tried to take. Broken down with a mortal 'disease, he has but a short time to live --a time to be spent, one would think, in a humiliation of soul imbittered by this wonderful proof of devotion and love. SCIENTIFIC HINTS. !/* PROBABLY the courts do not afford a "Snore curious case than this: In 1859 | SSyillMme. Hardouin, of Paris, bought three i s / ffackets in a lottery, the capital prize of ^ ! "which was 100,000 francs. By pre- , sentiment she chose the number 40,634, *he ticket away among her hus- " baud's eSects. He became bankrupt, £&>; sand all of his books were seized. The lottery was in 1861,. and 40,634 won the ?. prize. Since then Mme. Hardouin has i \ t>een accumulating evidence to show |fV that she was the person who bought - the ticket, and now expects the judg- "1' tfluent in her favor every moment. , V t H -- •:v . !.•; *, t IT is not often that a fire department & , can be any too prompt or zealous, but a j :r case has happened at a New York fire ! ^ engine house where a smaller display j I: j. of these qualities would have been bet- < fter* Upon receiving an alarm the : X:i., day the firemen sprang upon1 A TELEPHONE, applicable to military, railway and other purposes, has been invented by Alex and Genest, telegraph engineers, of Berlin. .... A NEW ENGLAND chemist has discov­ ered a cheap method of dissolving zinc by combining it Avith hydrogen. The solution, called "zinc-water," has the property of making wood to which it has been applied absolutely fire-proof, and at a very low cost. WHEN railroads were first introduced in Germany the Royal College of Phy­ sicians, in Bavaria, signed and issued a protest against the new mode of travel, on the ground that "locomotion by any kind of steam engine could not fail to produce among travelers the mental malady called delirium f usiosum." AN experienced housekeeper says the best water tank is a stone jar--one of five or six gallons. This will not rust, and is not effected by change of tem­ perature. Ice will dissolve in it with­ out hurting it, and water will stand in it, as it is changed, for years without rusting it. Besides, clear, fresh water will keep cool, in a closet or other shady place, in a stone jar better than any other position. THE history of the reaping machine has been traced back to the time of the elder Pliny who was born A. JL). 19. A similar machine was used in England up to about the time of George III. The first English patent was granted to one Bover in 1799, the first American patent in 1803, to French & Hawkins. The Ten Eyck and Cope and Cooper patents in 1825. The Manning patent, in 1831, attracted attention. Hussey in 1833 and McCormick in 1834 invented the first machines, says the St. Louis Republic, "proving to the world that the harvesting problem was now solved." IN walking a ceiling, Dr. Bombert says that flies adhere by the help of capillary adhesion--the molecular at- traction between solid and liquid bodies. By a series of nice calculations, such a? Weighing hairs and measuring theii diamaters, and sticking the ends of the hairs in oil or water to make them ad­ here when touched to glass, tlys fine Calculator proved that capillary attrac­ tion would uphold a fly were it four- ninths as heavy as it is at present. It is true that the foot hairs are verv minute, but as each fly is provided with from 10,000 to 12,000 ̂ nf them, we need not be surprised at what they do. THE Hungarian Government now runs all the railways. It ha* established fourteen zones, which have their center in Buda-Pesth. The fare from the capital to all stations within Zone A is $1, to Zone B $2, etc. Trips can now be made for about one-third the former cost, and the result has been a great in­ crease in travel. The Government has not lost money by the change, the sys­ tem paying expenses. The Govern­ ment intimates that it is considering the question of carrying passengers to all parts of the kingdom at a uniform rate, on the principle of letter postage. Distances are, of course, short as com­ pared with those in this country. An Intelligent Male. > - An ex-school teacher tells a story which is "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." The At­ lanta Constitution endeavors to give the details of how the mule voted as near in his own language as possible: "It was customary," said he, "for the teachers in the district to be excused from road duty by a vote of the hands ;,t,heir steamer and dashed away to box '• present. Some of the boys iu the neighborhood concluded that they would like to see me swing a pick and throw dirt with a shovel. On the morn- K ,.44. There was no fire in that neigh- - l)orhood, nor had an alarm been 1' dwrouded from than box. They couldn't j0g jn question, one of the hands who p x , make out what the trouble was until had been subpoenaed was away on a *hey got back to the engine house, frolic, and had permission to send liii itf • «*vhen they found that the alarm had mule as a substitute. The boss called *«omve from box 448 and that th«v h«A !tbe b(\vs together, and asked them to ^ ««* w o v . ^ ! vote on mv case, as to whether or not to I;""? ° iiaa come in. f exclI8e me". | ̂ Celerity is a great thing in a fire de-1 "Well, the vote was taken and it was . part merit, but nobody will quarrel with ! a tie. it if it doesn't get out before the alarm Jhas leen struck. I* a little Swiss village, an American, gravelling for his health, and accom- ||S"^Jpanied by his sister, suddenly died. A J.:.temporary interment was necessary, to V permit communication with friends this <tide of the water. At the simple serv- " '"'fee in the little cemetery ca the moun- . itain side the .bereaved sister noticed "One of my friends made the point that the mule was a substitute for a hand, and therefore had the right of suffrage. The boss decided that it had, and had all the boys to form a line in the middle of the road, with the mule, in the gang. Then he proclaimed: " 'AH that are ia favor of excusing the teacher will step off to the right of the road, and all opposed to the left.' "Well, to the chagrin of the boys that wanted me to work, the mule took to the right. The vote then stood one in iav Whit Oar Kelghbors Are Doing--Blatters of General and local Interest -- Mar­ riages Hiul Deaths--Aoeldents and Crimes --Personal Pointers. --Some doubts and misunderstandings having arisen in regard to the scope and meaning of the piovisioas of the com­ pulsory educational law of Illinois, Dr. Edwards, the State Superintendent, has rendered the following decisions, ip which, it is understood, he is supported by the Attorney General: The first Boction of the compulsory ednea- ticual law contained tho following mandatory provisions: 1. Every person shall «ond his children to Beb'ool at- least sixteen weeks each year, pro­ vided the children are between the ages of 7 and 14 years. 2. Ho must, send such children to school eon- •ecutivelv (regularly) for at least eight weeks. 3. The time for sentting such children to school shall commence wi.h tha first beginning of the first tirrn of tho school year, or as soou thereafter as due notice shall be sowed upon the person having cont rol of f-neh children. The above are the duties impost d by the law upon the parent or other peracn hating control of such children. Then follows a claue which provides: •'For every negloct of such dnty, the parent or other person may be fined and sent to jail until the fine is paid." Here, then, is tho penalty. It may be imposed, the law says, "for every neplect oi Buch dnty,* as above prescribed. "When may the penalty be imposed?" It may be imposed when the parent neglects to send his child to school six­ teen weeks in each year. It may be imposed when tho parent, neglects to send' his child to school for at least efeht consecutive weeks in the year. It may be imposed when the parent neglects to commence sending his child to school at the beginning of the first term of the school year, provided the board performs its duty by giving notice to such delinquent parent. If the board upon investigation find that such children art being projwrlv educated iu a private school, or otherwise, no penalty need l»e imposed. "What is the proper coftse for a school board to pursue under this law?" In my opinion such board should firBt appoint a truant officer. Care should be exercised iu the selection of a truant officer. Ho should be a careful man, possessed of good judgment. It should constantly be his aim to not all children of school age into the schools, rather than do- vote his time to securins "convictions" under the law. He should interview delinquent par­ ents and solicit them to send their children to school. It seems to me that there will be time enough to consider the "penalty" after parents are notified and positively refuse to educate their children. The compulsory educational law was not passed for the purpose of inflicting penalties merely, hut it was passed for tho pur­ pose of enabling school boards to get all chil­ dren of proper age to attend school. In the en­ forcement of such a law the p< nalty is the last thing to be considered. As a l yl-j it should be inflicted only when all other means fall. "How does this compulsory law affect tho private aud parochial schools?" The compulsory law provides that directors may approve any private school and allow pnpils to attend il., pro\iied such pi ivate school teaches the subjects of reading, wilting, arith­ metic, history of the United States, and ge­ ography--all in tho English language. I take it that the ctm;iulsery law does not necessarily interfero wiin the woikmgs of any private or parochial school, unless such school fails to teach tho branches above enumerated in tho Knglish language. The responsibility of ap­ proving these private or sectarian schools rests upon the boards of directors aud boards of edu­ cation of tho publie schools. Under tho pro­ visions of the compulsory law, there can be no objection to the teaching of German aud religion in the sectarian schools, provided the common- school brandies are also taught in the English language. --A1 Bowman, of Springfield, is held at Lincoln for the murder of James P. Kibler, at Greencastle, Ind., in August last. --The Supreme Court for the Southern Grand Division convened at Mount Ver­ non last week. --Mount Pulaaki is excited over an attempt to destroy a family by means of an infernal machine. Robert Rennel, a wealthy citizen, received by express a box, and upon opening it fonnd an in­ genious and deadly contrivance. Con­ nected with the bomb, which was either nitro-glycerine Or dynamite in some form, were wires which ran to a small electric battery BO arranged that wh^n the lid of the box was taken off the battery was set to work. Mr. Rennel discovered the na­ ture of the machine in time and hurried hiB family out of the house. A few mo­ ments afterward tho explosion occurred, and the building, a two-story brick, was demolished. No explanation of the motive for the crime has been made. --Peoria will shortly erect a $90,000? Y. M. C. A. building on the site of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll's former residence. --In Quincy teamsters are limited to loads of two tons' weight, and are closely watched and rigorously dealt with if they exceed the limit. The ordinance exists in the interest of both the horses an 1 the new briok paving. , --The Grand Encampment I. 0. O. F., at their recent session in Springfield, elected tho following officers: Grand Patriarch, John A. Bash, Peoria; Grand High Priest, J. P. Van Horn, Rock Is­ land; Grand Senior Warden, S. A. Mur- dock, Havana; Grand Scribe, John C. Smith, Chicago; Grand Treasurer, John P. FOBS, Chicago; Grand Junior Warden, S. J. Baker, Olney; Grand Representa­ tive, Henry C. Feltham, Salem. Grand Patriarch Bush announced the following appointive officers: Grand Sentinel, S. J. Orange, Grayville; Grand Outside Senti­ nel, W. D. Clark, Rockford; Grand Mar­ shal, A. J. Morer. --Chicago Herald: "An abundant supply of natural gas for Chicago seems to hare been assured in the last few days. The 40,000 acres of Indiana gas land, from which the supply is to come, has passed into the abeolute control of the Chicago gas trust, and the condition is that all the gas shall be piped to this city. The work of building pumping stations along the proposed pipe line will be begun at once, and in the spring the pipes will be laid, so it is safo to say that the city will be supplied with fuel gas inside of a year, and at such a price, it is claimed, that it will be the part of economy to use it in­ stead of coal." --An amusing scene in a Chicago police court is thus depicted by a local journal: •Me? You saj I try to tako ze pocketbook of 18 lady? Ket in one lie. 1 am a gentlemong; I speak ze five langwich; ze trench, ze Germ, ze Italia, ze Spanish, ant ze Anglice. 1 am not one teef." The excited speaker was M. Albert Morreno, interpreter from New Orleans, and he was charged with picking pockets in a down-town dry goods house, llie case was clear against him. and seeing that Justice Wallace was about to hold him over, he broke oat: "Give me ze leetle fine; &2i. I vill pay ant leave for my sunny home. I hope now you will nevair heve ze world's fair because you are such a cold people." He was aUowed to pay $23 on his promise to 1a^» thfl i-hv at. nnm _ • --The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Illinois Odd Fellows was held at Springfield last week. The report of Grand Master Humphrey shows subslaniial growth of the order isi Illinois dur­ ing the year ending Oct. 1,1389, the increase in membership being 1,800, the largest gain in any one year since 1882. There have been no serious troubles iu lodges during the year. Warrants were issued for the institution of twelve new lodges and thirty-ei.qht Hfbeka's degree lodges. Twelve lodges were closed and two removed dur­ ing the year and two German lodp>s -woregranted permission to work in Knglish. T.it-re is a grow­ ing feeling among German ledges that the work ot ihe order should be dore ill the Knglish lan­ guage. The Grand Master decided 110 appeals during tho year, aud from his decision appeals were taken to tho Grand I^oeige in nine cases. Hie Grand Master discussed at length the sub­ ject of dues find benefits, the result of l is obser­ vations being that the annual dues should bo double tho amount of tho weeklv benefit, and that all members should be re<j;i"rod to pay a funeral assessment upon the death of a broth­ er. The Grand Treasurer i»re>rts a balance cn hand New. 9, I860, of -518,Til. Tho receipts daring the year aggregated 823,197, and the disbursements {21 '2!-0. The balance on hand is $20,Cf>8; including the funds of the special relief fuud, it is £24,518. There are about 700 lodges in the State, and their membership at this date is nearly 37,- 000. The statistical report of the patriarchs militant n:a le April (j, 1899, shows that there were forty-four cautons with a membership of 1,295. with two general officers, fourteen field, thirty-four Btaff and one< hundred and thirty-two canton officers. The report of the Grand Scribe e>f the Grand Encampment shows the number of working encampments in tho State to bo 177, with a total contributing mem­ bership of 5,968. The net gain in membership was 184. The total receipts of subordinate en­ campment* were £19,032. There was paid out $5,l;!7 for relief ot patriarchs, relief of widowed families, and for burying the dead. There are 142 Rebeka degree loig >s in the Stat?, with a membership of 7,314. a gain of 2,625 in the year. The revenue of these was $18.r>iJ5. There was ditbursed for relief Sl.fc&Jj add for other ex­ penses $5,108. --The following Illinois pensions have been granted: Original Invalid--Charles I^ndon, Bartlett; Eli W'atkins, Alvin; James Currv. Rushville; Nelson Adams, Baden Baden; Henry Weber, Spring Hill; George Hall, Pekin; Edward Pen- stone, Pittsfleld; W. R. Nash, i'airmount; Joseph A. J. Black, Lawrencevillo ; Dorrington Good, Kew&nee ; Albert Rude. Bonp Gap; Jacob Slone, Advanes; James B. Ayres, Quincy; Iiewis M. Johnson, East St. Louis ; John P. McDonald, Keithsburg ; Charles D. Ramsey, Chicago; Ed­ ward M. Bobbins, Carthage; Jonathan Tolle, Hazel I)ell; John \Y. Miles, Pocahontas ; Seep- » W M J I I AJ, *»un , i i tx i iy n , ru t»- vens, Poland ; James L. Gray, Decatur; Royal P. Woodward, Ottawa; Jacob Vaunes, Ashton; Wm. Butler, Spring Gardens. Increase-- Wilflam H. Blacker, Monticello; John 8. Woods, Carbondale; James Hall, Ea8ton ; Livens Hcndrick, Carterville; William L. Crouch, Mount Vernon ; E. Daxon, Milan ; Christopher Fisher, Floraville ; All>ert A. Gold- burgh, Fairfield; James B. Smith, Prophets- town; James P. I<eekley, Molbrig; Charles Daley, Versailles ; Joseph E. Coss. liavlis ; Wm. Thayer, Chicago, George H. Kendrick, Rob- . on; Abraham S. Hhowalter, Pana; Alexan­ der 1\ Petrie, New Windsor; Daniel E. Tucker, Ottawa; Joseph Kerwin. Sandoval; John T. Hampton, Greenup; Henry J. Frier. Sliawnee- town ; Evan S. M<x>re, Vevay Park ; Wm. W. Griffith. Maple Park; iiewis 8". Love. (Win ; Geo. W. James, Watseka; Jos. Hnumtel. Winfield ; John L. Finn, Salem; Geo. W. M. Vandegrift, Sparta; G. M. Berkley, Dixon; David W. Hnray, Hamilton; Daniel Brubaker, Bloomington; Charles Cumberland. Duquoin ; Isaac E. Henrv, Vienna; John F. M. Oogdal. Salisbury; Noah H. Hulfman. Marshall's Ferry ; t harks Mayo, Winchester; Isaac N. Miner, Kirk land; Alfred Davis, Omaha: Thomas M. Griffith, Chester; George Weidenhammer, Fairweather; Charles Pulfrey, Rush; Paul Smith, Peoria; Henry Hart, Shelbyvillo; Leonard J. Pratt, Hunts- ville ; Francis Crittenden, Ava; John C. Gray­ son, Keensburg; Charles Blattner, Altamont; Lorenzo 1). Williams, Tuscola; Christian Kuhne, Hamilton; John F. Diilavan, I<ane; Charles B. Elsbree, Peoria; -Tames Y. Logue, Danville ; John Schreiner, Chad wick ; Allx'rt F. Allen, Chicago; Andrew J. Moore, Sumner; Philip Kerevan, Sterling; Andrew J. McBride, Farmer City. Restoration and Increase--Thomas Barker, Chicago. Original Widows--Isabella M., widow of Jo­ seph Bray, Arlington .Heights; Hannorah, widow of Arjuilla Justus, Onarga; Martha, mother of William R. March, Blufifdale; Rachel R., widow of George A. Taylor, Mechanicsburg; Adelia E., widow of Azro E. Goodwin, Rockford. Mexican Widows- Shahan, Mason. -Sarah R-, widow of James ROLERS OF THE EARTH. *K0CKEDr?i08 OF THE FAKHIBS' CONGRESS AT ATLANTA. --The constitutionality of the "water craft act" of the State of Illinois is to be taken before the United States Su­ preme Court. May 8, 1886, the steam canal boat Nunnemacher*^ and canalboat Midnight were in colljA"yi near Joliet, and the Midnight sun^^'vlobn Corrigan, owner of the Midnight, proceeded against the Nnnnemacher under the* water craft act in the State courts and got a judg­ ment of $1,200. The State Supreme Court upheld the lower courts. The points now made in the appeal by Schuy­ ler & Kremer, attorneys for the Nnnne­ macher, are that the St ite courts had no jurisdiction; and, second, that the watei craft act permitting any pars on to pro­ ceed in rem. miking a thing a defendant is a proceeding contrary to the lawB and Constitution of the United States. Mak­ ing a thing a defendant, it is claimed, h confined to the admiralty oourts. The case thus far has cost each side much more than the sum originally at issue, not counting the expenses of the appeal to the United States Supreme Court. --H. B. Miller, better known as "Buf­ falo" Miller, died at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chicago, last week. He was 8 self-made man. He learned printing in South Bend, Ind., and was associated afterward with Wilbur F. Storey, th« journalist, in newspaper work in Nilee and other cities of Michigan. He wae lighthouse inspector for the lakes undei Harrison in 1840. He removed then tc New York, and served for, two terms is the Legislature from the Buffalo district. He was one of the promoters aud con­ tractors of the Erie Canal. Theu he re­ turned to Cook County, and thereaftei was known as "Buffalo" Milfcr, because of his former home. He served for one year in the Illinois Legislature, then for one term as Treasurer of Cook County. He leaves a fortune of $200,000 in real estate and stocks. The history of the famous "whiskyring"of 1875, with which Mr. Miller was connected, is still fresh in the minds of many residents of Illi­ nois. --The Federal Steel Company, a cor­ poration with $12,000,000 capital, in the barbed wire and steel rail trust, is to have its headquarters in Chicago. --Harmon Ruger, a son of ex-State Senator Hank Roger, is under indictment at Chicago for burglary and safe blowing. --W. B. Whittaker, ex-Township Clerk of Collinsville, Madison County, has | been served with a notice that unless he ! nouneed that it would enter Its team in The Body Favor an Extendvs Improve­ ment of the Mississippi River--The Next Meeting to Be Held in Elected--Other Business. The National . Fanners' Congress, at Montgomery, Alabama, has adjourned. The last day was devoted almost entirely to the consideration of reso­ lutions, the election ot officers, etc. The new officers are: President, R F. Kolb, of Alabama; Vice President, A. W. Bmitb, of Kansas; Secretary, B. F. Clay­ ton, of Iowa; Treasurer, Wm. JLawrencs, of Ohio. Vice Presidents wera selected from each State. The congress decidcd to hold its next meetinc in Iowa, the place to be hereafter designated. A resolution that tho chair appoint a committee of one from each Stata to sug­ gest a means of selecting a national flow­ er, the committee to report at the next meeting, was adopted. The resolution to remove the tax on tobacco came up on an adverse report of the committee, and tbe report of the commitse was concurred in. The resolution declaring that tbe gov­ ernment does not need the money raised by internal revenue taxation, and that this congress favors the repeal of the in • ternal revenue laws, and that taxes raised from whisky and tobacco be relegated to the different States to relieve them of local taxation, was taken up, and the adverse report was concurred in. A resolution was offered by M*v Fabor Of Colorado asking Congress to select Chicago as the best point for tbe location of the world's fair in 181)2. Mr. Kelly of Kansas offered an amendment striking- out Chicago ami inserting instead St, Louis, which was lost.. The question coming up on locating the fair in Chicago, the vote taken by States stood: 2*il yeas. 63 nays. A resolution favoring government aid to steamship lines, to build up trade be­ tween this country and Central and South America, came up, and an adverse repor*. was adoptea. Tbe resolution favoring unlimited coinage of silver met with an adverse report and was indefinitely post­ poned. The following was introduced by Mr. Dre per of Illinois, and unanimously adopted: "Resolved, By the Farmers1 Congress, that it favors a comprehensive scheme for the improvement of the Mississippi river and the building of a ship canal across the Stute of Illinois, connecting the Mississippi river with Lake Michigan, and it is recom­ mended that the United States Congress make a liberal appropriation therefor." On motioir of Mr. Clayton, the Hon. Jeremiah Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, and tho Hon. J. R. Dodge, Statistician of tbe Department of Agriculture, were unanimously elected honorary members. The President appointed the following committee to prepare rules ior the gov­ ernment of the congress: Messrsi / Mc- Kensie, of Kentucky; Work, of Iudiana; Lawrence, of Obio; Cr>rput of Georgia, and Clayton of Iowa. Adjourned sine die. At Atlanta, Ga., the committee on land resumed its report immediately after the Knights of Labor convention was called to order, and continued until the hour arrived when Col. L F. Livingston, president of the Farmers' alliance, was to be received. A committee was appointed to escort the representative of the farmers to tbe hall, and when they returned they had with them, besides Col. Livingston, Judge Henderson, commissioner of agriculture; R. F. Gray, editor of The National Economist, and Dr. Harry Brown, editor of the Georgia Farmer. CoL Livingston was received with immense applause. He. said that other work bad prevented his studying tho objects of the Knights of Labor, but he felt sure that when the convention met at St. Louis Dec. 3 the confederation would be formed, and he also felt sure that it would be equally beneficial to both orders. In Mr. Powderly's reply lie said the day when the turmer and mechanic should stand si^p by side and work for the sains object had always been a dream of his. The entire meeting was most enthusiastic and every mention of the confederation of the two orders was met with thundering a pplauae. ^ THE STATK OF TRADE. Advanced Prices In tlie Iron Market-- Increase In Cereal Shipments. Bradstreet's (-New York) -'State of Trade," says: Bpecial telegrams point to oUly a moderate degree of i c ivity in general trade throughout the coun - try. The gross earnings ot 140 railroads for Octoler and for ten months show for the month a gain oi 13.4 per cent, over that of October, 1^8S, and for the ten months an increase of 10.4 per cent., with au increase of 1.8 per cent, in the aggre­ gate mileage. Buyers of crude iron are abs orbing at full prices all of tbe 30,00J tons weekly additional produc­ tion noted withiu five months and iu many instances are buying for future delivery. ttessoiner pig-iron is in extra­ ordinary demand. Export* of wheat (and Hour as wheat), both coasts, for the six days en< ing yesterday aggregate 2,591,* 5*0 bushels, as against i:51,;534 in tho previous week and 2,08-,<>18 bushels in the like week last year. The total shipped abroad from July 1 to date is 38,tto7,300 bushels, as against 43,5,6,000 in the like portion of 18H and 61,^3,000 in 1887. The bulk of the increased movement is from San Francisco, Baltimore and Ne w York. Business failures reported number 217 in the United States this*veek, against 248 last week and 178 this week Inst year. Tbe total of failures in the United States from Jan. 1 to date is 9,843, against4^449 in 1888. READY FOR WAR. The Kattonal League Wilt Fight the Ilro> herhood In tlie Court*. The National baso hell league has ap­ pointed a committee of three, with in­ structions to tight tbe Brotherhood league legally. They also appointed a negotiation committee to rioive the applications of players for positions on league teams. Tbe number of games to be played by each club was fixed at fourteen instead of twenty. The league adjourned to meet Jan. 38. The Association meeting was a lively one. But little actual work was accom­ plished. /• ach Phelps was elected presi­ dent. secretary, and treasurer, and C. Byrne was elected vice-presi lent. Messrs. Whittaker, Lazarus, and Von der Ahe were appointed . a committee on applica­ tions. Messrs. Barnie. Phelps, and Whit­ taker have the duty of revising the Asso­ ciation's constitution. The Kansas City team formally resigned, and then an OURINTEILNALRE VENUE TBS COMMISSIONERS' KB PORT THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. --Chicago is richer by over $2,500,000 by the death of the late John Crerar, of the railway-supplies Arm of Crerar, Adams & Co., of that city. Mr. Crerar's will, which has just been probated, makes bequests of a public and religious character amounting to nearly $2,500,000. His entire estate is value! at $3,500,000, of which only $50,000 is in real estate. The most important bequest - is one of about $1,500,000 for the establishment of a public library in tbe South Division of the city, which its philanthropic founder directs shall contain no immorality or maetinese in the way of Fiench novels. mends his ways and treats his wife bet­ ter he will be severely whipped or tarred and feathered. The notice was signed by White Caps, and was hung on his door, with a bundle of switches. ---The James A. Smith &, Sons Ice and Fuel Company, of East St. Louis, has made an assignment. The liabilities are placed at $91,000, but the assets, which Are b^avilv encnmberfld. aja --The sixth annual convention of the Illinois Y. M. C. A. was held at Lincoln last week, with 100 delegates in attend­ ance. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Fessenden, of Boston, Mass., B. £. Speer. of Princeton, N. J., Miss Cora Bell Tarr, of San Francisco, Miss F. £. Campbell, of China Inland Mission, and scores of State workers. The sum of $1,000 was raised to defray expenses next year. The officers elected are: Laura B. Arnold, President, of Galesbnrg; Secretary, May Potted of Bloomington; Treasurer, Belle Jeffrey, of Galesbnrg; State Secretary, Belle &aiiB4r^^e«bi»)||| the Western association. Applications for admiasion into tbe Asso­ ciation were received from Syracuse^ De­ troit, and Rochester. MANY BLIZZARD VICT M.5, ICnormons Fatality of the Becent Storms In tlie Southwest--Trains Moving. Denver (Colo.) dispatch: After an al­ most unprecedented struggle of two weeks jwito snow and Wind the Lenvef & Fort Worth road is once more open for busi­ ness. The company succeeded in releasing i have tecured valuable assistance in obtain- the imprisoned travelers and freight the • ing a committal In the person of Dr first of the week, only to nave the line ' ~ The Receipt* of Twelve Months Kxcead Those of the Previous Tear by Over Six and a Half Million Dollar* -- giMrefcuqr Wlndom's Silver Poliey. [Washington telegram.! Mr. Miller reports that toe receipts of the internal revenue bureau for the Jast fiscal year were f133.894,534, or $6,567,- 958 more than the receipts for tne previous /ear. The total cost of collection was $4,185,729, a fraction less than 3.2 per cent of the amount collected. The only object of taxation showing a decrease during the lirst quarter of the present year is oleomargarine, which dropped from $148,6i3 in 1^88 to $124,7^0 in 1889. ' Ihe violations of internal revenue laws reported by revenue agents were 1,258; 6V-» persons have been arrested on their information; property to the value of fPiT, 194 has been reported by them for seizuiv, ana $1)4, (U)li for assessments for unpaid taxes and penalties. The number of stills seized was 450, resulting in the arrest of 23(5 persons and the death of one and the wounding of two officers of the service. Tbe report recommends that the force be increased from twenty to thirty and that their allowances for traveling expenses be increased. The total expense of the service for the next fiscal year is es­ timated at $4,590. The increase iu the quantity of tobacco and snuff and in the number of cigars and cigarettes for the lastfiscal'year over those taxed during tha previous fiscal year was: Manufactured tobacco, 11,'&15,G3U pounds; snuff, 621,631 pounds; cigars, 22,058,090; cigarettes, 2S8,78V,»60. The export ac­ count shows an. increase in manufactured tobacco of 118, l.v3 pounds, and increase in the number of cigars exported of 2<»r,?oo, and increase in the number of cigarettes exported of <35,90.V 50. The number of cigars imported was 90,087,407. The value of the manufactured tobacco import­ ed wa* H-'it*. Tbe total number or special taxpayers is given as 830,134^ of whom 590,013 are dealer* in manufactured tobacco. The whole number of grain distilleries registered during the year was 1,440, of which number 1,267 were operated, an in­ crease of 140 in the number registered and of 228 in the number operated as com­ pared with the previous year. In the class of larger distilleries there was an increase of 3 In the number registered and of OS in the number operated. There were 3,126 fruit distilleries registered and 3,072 oper­ ated, an increase of 442 in the number registered and of 465 in the nnmber oper­ ated. The total number of grain, molasses, and fruit distilleries registered and oper­ ated during the year is 4,576 and 4,349 re spectively. During the year there were produced 87,K8T,456 gallons of spirts and l,47>,0ri4 (gallons of rum distilled from molasses. The increase in the production of Bourbon whisky is 14,497,175 gallons; rye whisky, 2,870,078; gin, lo'>,U*>8; highwines, 1K,- 059; pure, neutral, or cologne spirits, 963,441; mis ellaneous, 1,115,069; total Increase, 19,635,'SOO. In regard to the use of alcohol in the industrial arts, the commissioner says that in view ot the fact that the special tempta­ tion to demethylation is to secure a cheap alcoholic beverage, the importance of sep­ arating methylated spirits from all stocks of such beverages is very great. It is also e ually important, he savs, to keep methylated spirits out of the hands of dis­ tillers and rectifiers who use stills, as it is impossible to demetliylate spirits without tbe use of stills. He estimates the quan­ tity of alcohol annually used in the arts and manufactures at 8,000,000 gallors. The quantity of fruit brandy of all kinds withdrawn froui distilleries during the year to be deposited in special bonded warehouses was 991,832 gallons. The quantity of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in customs bonded warehouses on Oct. 1, 1889, was 102,050,{)M2 gallons. The average monthly production of oleomargarine during the fiscal year was 2,972,002 pounds. The feature of Mr. Windom's silver policy, as it will be set forth in his report to Con­ gress, is to stop the coinage of silver dol­ lars and to issue certificates against silver bullion. As subordinate propositions it is unknown whether tha secretary intends to recommend the issue of certificates at the coinage value of tbe silver bars or at their market value; whether they are to redeemed at the coinage or the market value of silver, and whether the new series of certificates shall circulate co-ordinately with the old or whether the latter are to be withdrawn. It is only possible that Mr. Windom's plan of treating the silver embraces the issue of silver bullion certi­ ficates. This idea is by no means a new one, but the secretary is said to have a somewhat complex though novel method of developing it, with which he wishes te surprise the financial world. Some of the less important reasons for issuing certifi­ cates against the bullion purchases of the government are that the expense and trouble of coinage weuld be saved: that the expense ot transportation would be lessened; that tbe expensive recounts of the immense number of silver dollars would be avoided: that inasmuch as but a small percentage of the silver dollars alreadv cornea are in actual circulation it is perfectly futile to Keep on coining tnem, and that by having the silver in bars the government could more readily sell it for manufacturing purposes. Any scheme that will not increase the government's monthly purchases of silver is not likely to be satisfactory to tbe silver inflation­ ists. It is probable, therefore, the ugh it can not be officially confirmed, that Mr. Windom intends^ to recommend a considerable increase in the monthly pur­ chase of silver, and to satisfy those who fear a further increase of a depreciated currency by issuing currency on a basis approximating the market value of silver --that is to say, a certificate dollar shall represent, not a sHver dollar of 412 J grains, but a quantity of silver that would bring $1 in the market. ThU would per­ haps be a dollar of between 500 and 600 grains. SECRETS 0F_A MAD-HOUSE. A 8 »ne Wcmin Incarcerated Through mn Outrageous Conspiracy. Ottawa (Ont.) dispatch: On a report made by Dr. Watts, of Cariboo, British Columbia, a few days ago, a woman named Mrs. Eliza Orr was incarcerated as a lun­ atic. Subsequently, Mr. Warwick, the government agent, stated that he believed the woman was perfectly sane which opin­ ion was indorsed by a medical board ap­ pointed to look into her case, whereupon she was immediately released. When called upon for au explana­ tion as to why ..he had committed a perfectly sane person to the lunatic asy­ lum, Watts acknowledged that he did not make a professional examination of Mrs. Orr, but had based his opinion merely upon her conversation in court. It appears that certain parties interested in Mrs. Orr, for some reason .known to themselves, wished to establish the fact that she was insape and to serum Iter incerieratioir jn a. lunatic asylum, in which they appear to BOBLfO \ CASm. The Bit Stnnito «t»l Great Man of Steel Ttuos Slow'.y and Itoaml. At last tlie cannon is turned down, §< and is ready to be bored inside. In this operation ie must be bored HO straight 3 and true that the boring tool, entering ; at the ex** ct center of the small end of - tbe cannon, will come out precisely at the ceutre of the large end, seventeen feet away. Thos« of you who have tried to bore a straight hole lengthwise - through even a shovt bit of wood will know that this work requires not a lit­ tle skill aud care. When any of you boys have a job erf boring to do at your work bench, yon . make fast, the article to be bored and turnthe boring tool. It is just the other way in boring a cannon. Tbe boring tool, or "bit," is held firm and motionless, while the great mass of steel to be bored is turned around. This plan is fotind to ensure steadiness of the "bit." It would be almost im­ possible to make tlm bit firm and solid enough to do its difficult work, and yet free to turn round in the cannon. So if you had been at tho side of this gun lathe when the work waa began, yoa would have seen that the bit was - tionless, except for a slow advance ia the gun. The bit attends strictly to basinesj, and steadily bores its way through the steel. Most of you have been to the ; oountry and seen a pig "rooting" in the ground. Imagine, then, the pig to be : standing still and the ground to be slowly passing under the pig's snout and being "rooted" and you will have a ease much like that of the bit and the cannon. In fact, the boring tool is called a "hog nose" bit, and it roots up that cannon as if it enjoyed the operation. No long graceful curls come from this boring, but small, crisp shavings that .. are removed as fast as they accumulate in order that the boring »ool» work shall not be interfered with. The bit is going into the steel at the rate ot . three-eighths of an inch foreveiy turn of • the cannon, and it is making a round hole almost large enough for a boy to put his head in--five and three-quarters inches in diameter. As the round hole grows deeper, the heavy bar on which the bit .is fastened advances into the cannon steadily, moved by a nnmber oi wheels and screws that form port of tbe ' lathe. I must not loose sight of the shav­ ings, the little ones that come from the I inside, and the long spirally twisted ones that are turned from the outside • of the cannon. A military-looking man standing near the lathe, does not lose sight of these shavings or trimming**, either. You can see him in the picture. LI This man's business is to carefully in­ spect the borings and trimmings. ~ Tuat V is what he is paid to do. Uocle Sam pays him, and expects him to earn his* salary. The cannon is being made for , Undo Sam, and he intends to find out all its qualities, whether good or bad. So the man eyes the borings carefully. Now, if with a plain or your jack-blade, i you cut a thin shaving from a bit of wood, it will show auy little flaw ex­ isting in the wood from whieh it was - sliced. The tiniest knothole or craek will show in the shaving much more ; plainly than in the wood itself. So it is with the cannon's shaving. It is a : dreadful tell tale, and the fault-finding man beside the gun knows this per­ fectly well. He examines the spiral turning, or the little piece of boring and finds no evidence of a flaw or craek. The long spiral strip is as smooth as glass and as glossy as your sister's • curls. Into the solid steel the hog-nosed bit roots its way. until it is in so far that a little eleetric light must bear it com­ pany, to show the workmen how mat­ ters are progressing in the heart of the" cannon. After eighteen days steady - boring, the bit lets daylight into the bore of the cannou by the emerging at the other (or larger) end, seventeen feet away.--G. F. Muller in St. Nich- olau. M The Head of the JterntOBS. * The head of the Cl>nroh fa Connecticut Yankee. He is 82 years old. He has the compactly built figure of Grant. In the square face, the firm mouth, the strong nose and the set of the eyes there are reminiscences of the old commander sufficiently strong to make strangers comment upon the like­ ness. President Wilford Woodruff is a great disappointment to those who have imagined a supposed typical Mormon. He doesn't wear his hair or his beard long, but cropped. He isn't oily iu speech; on the contrary he is plain al- jl most to business. There isn't "a trace of the sanctimonious in his manner. Matter-of-fact is the mental trait most pronounced. The official residence or tlie head of the Mormon Church is a solid-looking mansion, a block east of the Temple. Brigliam Young designed it, called it the Gardo House, and lived in it until he died. Then the property passed into possession of the church. When the g vernmeat took i>osse^cion of the ehureh property, a couple of years ago, the Mormous claimed exemption for the Gardo House on the plea that it was used for a parsonage. This view the court refused to sustain. While the temple was given back to the Mormons the Gardo House remained iu the hands : of the receiver. Bather than have the furniture and the handsome interior suffer from careless tenants, the church rented the building for $75 a month. It is used as the office of the pre.sident,but otherwise remains unoccupied until the Supreme Court passes on the oonfisea- : , .'.j. Bustlm Iren. •• j';'- The rustless process, which has been until lately an experiment, has now de- ' monstrated that great economy cau be used, not only in ice pipes, but in every article where iron ia used. In the past year over 2,01)0,000 kettles have been subjected to this process in Pittsburg. The method is peculiar. After the ar­ ticle is made it is put into a farnaoe about three and one-half feet high, fif­ teen feet long, and eight feet" broad. The furnace is made iu au oval shape, air tight. After the iron han been ia the lurnaoe two hours, and it has at* tained almost a whr.e heat, the air i' • ' closed again in a few houra. It ia believed now that tbe backbone of the terrible storm is broken and trafllc will b# unin­ terrupted. Stories from tbe blizzard- stricken section continue to arrive. In the Mora Valley, New Mexico, for the past ten days the snow has been from three to four feet deep. This section is thinly settled, bat the Mexican families are in a destitute condition, and owing to heavy snow are onabie to move from their plazas. Don Louis Baca, a promi­ nent s^eep man of Ute Creek, aays five j Mexiean her<fcr»are known to have per- isMit]MM*. , » j Watts. She will now take action against the parties who caused her arrest. ALLEGED MUHDKRER' ClUCIIT Pnllman Car Porter Olobs IndIrted far Mnrtlnr in tho A Fortland (Ore.) dispatch s^ys: H. F. Gibbs, the colored Pullman car porter, who shot and killed the boy .'ames Mcfrevitt and very seriously wounded Special Officer Thomas McDevitt, the nigbt oi Oct. 1', and who was arrested several da\s ng> at Yreka. CaL, has arrived here. Uibba claims that at the time of the ah< oting he V ihat eogips through regonentfsoe* and air valves is shut securely off, ami. the furnace is made air tight. After the air has been shut off the superheater, which is located in the combustion chamber at the rear of the furnace is lilied with steam and kept iu this conditiou for eigiit hours. At short intervals a small valve is opened, s > as to allow an exodons of steam in the furnace, allowing fresh steam to be put iato the furnace. Wheu the articles have been ten hours in the fnrnace there has been *Q- comi lishedthe formation of luagnetio oxide upon the iron surface. They am then put into an acid well, whieh i* the last treatmeofc*~-.f><Mst*<r9J>