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never been k t(AN SLYKE, Editor and PnMlstar. outside of the boundaries of Howard, Baltimore and Montgomery counties. MCHKNBY, ILLINOIS. THE Island of Juao Fernandez, once inhabited by Robinson Crusoe, is now ... j tenanted by a former Austrian officer, A Fiu>.cn banker, Victor Haoe, by Baron Yon Rodth, who, after beiu* name, recently absconded leaving debts > forced by the terrible wounds which he amounting to $4,000,000. , j received at the battle of Sadowa in 1856 to leave the army, grew tired of the monotony of existence in civilized Eu­ rope, and determined to devote his for­ tune to a life of adventure. For fifteen years past he hap been living on„the A FRENCH scientist declares that the ! Is!and °* Juan Fernandez with a small 'domestic pets of the world carry at i y of natlves and of European de- least 30 percent, of the' common conta-! Eerters f.rom «vil'zation. and only com- v IN New York, while a 2-year-old boy . "was playing with a lead pencil, he s. slipped and fell on it. It penetrated -.-hiseye and killed him. I gioua diseases from house to house. LTSOL is the name of a new antir fjses tic, which appears to consist of «aj onitied tarry oils. It mixes readily •witU water. The preparation & as yet •'fta secret. - :. • - ' .. . . SILVER has been discovered in Ala- :j1bama. The ciscnmstancea are not : «taleil, but it is supposed that a news­ paper man found a dime in his sum- ; ; i n e r v e s t • . ' 4: MARSHALL PASS on the Denver and ; «Rio Grande Railroad, 10,851 feet above the sea level, is the highest point -crossed by any railroad inside the lim­ its of the United States. IT is usually said that there are but seven nine-lettered monosyllable words in the English language,viz., scratched, stretched, ^ranched, scran eked, Berecohed, squelched and stanched. mumcating with the world once a year, when he tends his fine sailing yacht to Valparaiso for provisons and supplies. A SINGULAR little incident occurred in front of the Gedney House, Kow York. A .handsome young lady, t>ty- lishly attired, walking down Broadway and a young man equally captivating in his way was coming up-town. They met at the aforesaid hotel and as they passed the. youth deftly slipped his hand into tbe girl's pocket and drew her pocketbook from it. It was done before the eyes of twenty astonished gnests of the hotel, but before they had time even to express their surprise at the-young man's audacity he turned with a polite bow to the young lady, handed her the purse, gave her a mild warning not to be so careless in the fu­ ture and passed on. THE Indian delegation returning from Washington visited the Indian school at Carlisle. American Horse CZAR ALEXANDER has refused a mili­ tary commission to the son of the Count , , , of Paris on the ground that the Russian I de-ivered an address of nearly an hour, armv is not a retreat for banished 8>'eaklnK tbro"fh tho ,BeJ- Mr' Coon' prince?. The only retreats provided for j He praised education, but • t» • o i j - - j said he desired the Sioux to use it in «uch in Kussia are Siberia and suicide. |, , , , , . * detecting the frauds by the whites. He said all the lands first belonged to the Indians. The agency offices should be given to the educated Indians, and the Government should pity the losses sus­ tained in the recent outbreak. Capt. Pratt replied to American Horse. When he said that the pupils of this school have over $11,000 in Carlisle bonds, which they have earned by their own labor, great pleasure was manifested by the chiefs. THE Sultan of Turkey, it seems, has in his ^ervioe a marshal who is 112 years old, having been born in 1778. He is the oldest soldier liviDg, as one can well believe. Moreover, he has two com­ rades whose united ages amount to 221 •ears. THERE is one gentleman in Newman, Ga.,- who evidently does not consider marriage a failure. He was married about ten years ago,and on each Christ­ mas morning since he has presented the minister who officiated at the ceremony with a $10 gold piece. ANDREW SCIIISSEL, of Iowa City, Iowa, a widower of 75 years, has missed the delights of lingering cou^rt- , ship in his second marriage, for he IN a speech to a delegation from the . nietf woed and won bis nt wife iu Workingmen's Council of Industry, , five minute9. Two week(J gatur. King Leopold of Belgium said that he j dav he presente<1 bimsoif at thft ki tcben had decided to pledge his support to j door of Adam Mueller) o{ uis town> and the demand for universal suffrage, but j introduced himBelf to Mrs; Ressler, - not being a dictator he must leave the question to the nation to decide. A FIRM in Savannah had had a trusted bookkeeper for seventeen years. The other week they let him go off on a va­ cation and called in an expert to ex­ amine his books. In three days it was discovered that he had been stealing l ight along for sixteen years, atid that ho was "in on them" for over $4,000. WHEN A revolution breaks out iu South America every debtor claims an extension of nix months, and it has be* come the custom to grant it. Four out of every five natives are in debt, and revolutions are, therefore, hailed with satisfaction, and kept alive as long as possible. PIIEFKIU'A'CE is given by most people to huckaback towels. The material comes by the yard in excellent quality and iu widths exceeding that of the ready-made fringed towels. The ends are Iiemined below an inch wide line of drawn work, or they may be simply hemstitched and a needed decoration added with white or colored linen. HENBT GAINES loved May Williams, of Kentucky. As tbe match was op­ posed, both agreed to take poison on a certain night and meet in that fair land where Kentuckians ate such strangers. Before the hour arrived, however, Henry fell off a haystack, and broke his leg, and May's mother found the poison and cuffed her up to a peak. #• ETHER-DRINKING has become so preva­ lent in Ireland that the Lord Lieuten­ ant has scheduled ether as poison, to be sold only by qualified chemists. The habit started in Draperstown, and claims 78,852 slaves. It acts thrice as quickly from drunk to sober as other spirits, and resembles the opium-habit in the resulting moral paralysis. WILL DAY, the champion cross-coun- tjr runner, is the last on a list of twenty-two runners, jumpers, and gen­ eral athletes who have been ordered by their doctors during the last year to quit business or prepare to die. It was shown in Brooklyn the other day that ten store clerks who had scarcely seen a dumb-bell paid less doctor bills than ten athletes. ROBERT MORRIS, a man celebrated for' the part ho took in the American Revo­ lution, was once asked by Dr. Rush: "Well, Mr. Morris, how did you like the sermon? I have heard it highly extolled." "Why, doctor," said he, "I did not like it at all. It is too smooth and tame for me." "Mr. Morris." re­ plied the doctor, "what sort of a sermon do you like?" "I like, sir," replied Mr. Morris, "that preaching which drives a man up into a corner of his pew, and makes him think the devil is after him." widow of 45, there at work. She was a late arrival from Indiana. "I wish a wife," Schissel said to the widow. "Yes, sir," she responded. "Will you marry me?" "Yes, sir. Tn his ardor the aged widower desiied the wedding ceremony to be performed right away. The widow wantud to wait until she got her employer's work straightened up. The marriage took place the following Mon day. IT does seem curious, after all the fulminating against over-head electric wires which has been done by the Mayor or New York and his associates, that the recent memorable snow-storm should have found the police and lire alarm telegraph systems in the same exposed condition as all the others, and should have crippled those depart­ ments, in tho upper wards of the city, in a very sorious manner. If a great fire had broken out, or any other sud­ den and general demand been made upon the poliec or fire department, the condition of affairs would have been extremely grave. The Electrical World is quite justified, apparently, in saying, that "the Mayor should begin his re­ forms at home, and make the municipal wires safe from accident befoie neglect­ ing them to engage in crusades against the electric light companies." THE American Register describes the store of a "dog modiste" in Paris. The sights were very amusing. The place was not so much of a store as an establishment, with halls and rooms richly furnished. Ladies tripped , in and out all day long, most of the visit­ ors having with them pugs or terriers. The pet dogs were scattered through the rooms, each awaiting its turn. Many small, mats and rugs were around the waxed floors, and every bit of carpeting of the kind was occupied by some pretty little creature. These dogs have various dresses. J'he robe used iu the morning is a garment of dark blue cloth. It is called a paletot, aud is lined with red flannel. From a leather collar littie bells jingle as its bearer walks along. Sometimes a bunch of violets is fastened on the left shoulder of a dog. On very cold days the pet is clad in sealskin of the same pattern, the collar being in fur, mounted in silver. AMOS MATTHEWS, colored, who was said to be 113 years old, died at his home near Oatonsville, Baltimore County, Md., from an attack of the grip. He was born in Howard .County and be­ longed to Thomas Worthington. Prior to his late illness he was able to walk ten miles without fatigue. He was a bachelor and owned a small farm on the old Catonsville road, above Nun­ nery Lane. His relatives say they have the record of his birth in an old Bible and also iu papers that were made out time wh«ahfl! was given his fr»»- ' M P , , Electrical Power. Electricity id about to be used as a motive power in a mining district of Colorado which has been handicapped heretofore by the great cost of fuel and the diliicuity of getting it. There is abundant water power in the neighbor­ hood, but not at the places where power is wauted. It will be**an easy matter, however, to use the water- power for the generation of electricity, transmit the latter by wire to any de­ sired place within a reasonable dis­ tance, and there convert it into power. Thus, by the agency ~ of the dynamo and with the aid of water power, mines may be developed that oould not be worked if the generation of power de­ pended upon the transportation of coal or other fnel from distant States. This is a happy illustration of the applica­ tion of inventions to particular uses. Nothing new is to be used, but the projectors have simply found a place where the combination of known ma­ chines and processes will yield them the power they require at less cost than local steam-engines. A LIVBR VIIA»I baits his horse to catch # eustomer. REPUBLICAN KEAEM: ANOTHER LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TRIUMPH. Bow tl»e Crnt* SUndi-Fndh «f the Brazilian Tr-mty--Convincing Tariff Pic­ tures--Becortl ot the Fifty-first Congress --A Free Trade Prop Gone. Lookout Mountain. j\ 8omo years ago there was a prOOPid- lng at Lookout Mountain which did not popularize the name with a large portion of the Democratic party. There has been another occurrence in the vicinity of that historic mountain which will add fresh regrrts to old memories, as It was the scene of another national triumph, or, rather, a forerunner of such a tri­ umph. Both were national triumphs-- one of arms, the other of industry and enterprise. Under the national policy of the Republican party. Lookout Moun­ tain now overlooks one of the most ex­ tensive and prosperous iron industries in the country. The occasion was a cele­ bration of the Inauguration of tho Basic steel pj:q.cess in the- South. All such celebrations are testimonials to the prac­ tical wisdom of tho Republican theory of protection. Kut for it there would be no iron works about Lookout Mountain and no New Birminghams in Alabama and Georgia. "A banquet at such a cele­ bration would be no place for Mr. Cleve­ land, as his free trade homilies would have been as much out of place as a fu­ neral sermon in a marriage ceremony. But there was one feature that must have been particularly embarrassing to Democrats--the serving of the ban­ quet in part on plates made from home-made tin. In and out of Congress, on the stump and in the newspaper or­ gans, the Democratic free-trader, no longer ago than last October, declared that steel and iron plates suitable for the tinning process could not be mado in this country. But there, in the Dem­ ocratic State of Tennessee, a banquet was served on tin plat s. the steel of which was made in Chattanooga The invasion of a Democratic and Southern State for the purpose of showing that tin plates of the best quality can be made in this country should be regarded as an affront to tho Demo -ratic leaders To make the steel fit for tin plates in one Democratic State and to make it into tin- plates and dishes in auother Democratic State, and that the State of Senator Vest, and then to place them before guests in a Southern State may well be regarded as a conspiracy t > expose the stupidity and the behind-the times character of Democratic Congressmen. No wonder that Mr. Cleveland sent a letter, that the Governor of Tennessee was absent, that Senator Brice. of New York and Ohio, and other conspicuous froe-trade Dem­ ocrats, declined with thanks invitations to such a celebration of tho triumph of Republicaa statesmanship.--Indianapo­ lis Journal. woolen and worsted dress goods, hluc, will not suffer in comparison with the best purchased in Europe. The old fashion of waiting for European sam­ ples and copying the patterns is rapidly passing away. We are, to a greater ex­ tent than ever before, making our own designs. ^ ___ thn* Tariff Pictures. " No 1. tfhs ftfltiah linen industry, according to summer's returns ot the Board ot Trade, pays average annual wagsa of (121.(16. The Massachusetts linen industry, according to the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, show* average annual earnings of $302.29. No. 2. Foreign nations still like American clocks and watches, and there is an increasing demand for our books aud maps. Our average exports of American clocks and watches for five years (1885-1i were $1,397,5)3*; we exported IS.) 81,095,136 and our average exports of books, maps and Other printed matter lor five years (18S5 to '89) «1,539,525, and in 183 $1,880,094, No. 3. j Thare is no reasou why the Southern coal j fields should nit Supply all South America with ooal. Five years of the reciprocity whioh | this administration will bring about will lend the exports of coal, now increasing, up to $25,000,000 annually. Our exports of ooal for live years, 1685-89, had an aTovpgo value of S5,235,335. \\ e exported in 139 ) $6,85C f'!« York Press. How the Senate Stands. The statement published in several papers that the Republican majority in tho next National Senate will be only three is not correct. Tho election of Mr. Palmer in Illinois has definitely set­ tled the status of that body. There is no doubt that a Republican will be elected in California to succeed Senator Hearst, and Democrats, in Maryland to Buddeed Senator Wilson, deceased, and In Florida to fill the vacancy. In the last Senate the Republicans had fifty-one members and the Democrats thirty-seven, a Republican majority of fourteen. This has been reduced by the election of Dem­ ocrats a9 follows: In New York, Gov. Hill to succeed W. M. Evarts; in Wis­ consin, W. F. Vilas to succeed J. C. Spooner; and in Illinois, J. M. Palmer to succeed C. B. Farwell. This, with a Republican successor to Sen­ ator Hearst, Rives tho Republicans in the next Senate 47, Democrats 39. And tho Farmers' Alliance will have two members, Peffer of Kansas, and Kyle of South Dakota. In South Carolina, a Mr. Irby was elected to succeed Wade Hamp­ ton, but he has declared his intention to act with the Democrats on every meas­ ure. Mr. Peffer will take a seat on the Republican side, but ho is expected to remain an independent! The Republi­ cans will have a lead of eight over the Democrats, and a maiority of six when the Democrats and the "indecrats"-- Messrs Peffer and Kyle--combine their vote with them. It is not large, but will be sufficient to save the country from ruin through tho hoodlum Demo­ cratic House.--Da Moines Register. Fruits of the lirazillan Treaty. Already the Brazilian, reciprocity treaty is showing practical results. A Baltimore company has been formed, the Brazil Trading Company, to develop trade with Brazil. It proposes to pro­ cure and prepare for tho market seeds, fruits, and other products of the two countries, including coffee, wheat and corn. It proposes to establish an agency in Brazil for the sale and exchange of these commodities. It will ship to' or from any poi-t most convenient. If the business at Baltimore can be expanded sufficiently a line of steamers may soon be established between that port and Rio. The present trade of Baltimore with Brazil is conducted almost wholly in sailing vessels. New York and Chicago capitalists are interested in the now j company. The capital stock will be in-| creased from &50,(>00 to $500,000, as the i requirements of tho case demand. | In the cargo of a British steamer bound for Rio and Santos-^what a pity i that it was British!--which sailed a few I days ago from Baltimore, were twenty- five street oars, three locomotives, 3,000 barrels of flour, and quantities of lard, | oil, and bacoib A Free-Trad«- Prop Gone. What will the "tariff-is-a-tax" editor do now? He has made the increased duty on tin plate his greatest card, and now it is blown away in one breath! Wo have been told that tho poor man would ! have to pay that quarter of a cent extra ; duty on his dinner-pail and we have al- | most been led to believe that a new coin would have to be made that this "tax" might be paidr'mt least till we made our own tin plate in sufficient quantities to The English Salt Trust, Are there trusts in freo-trado England? Hero is what the Loudon correspondent of tho New York Sun says: "The great salt trust is now in a posi­ tion believed to be impregnable against attack, and although it has Just declared only the modest dfvidend of 8 per cent., tho business of the coming year is ex­ pected to yield a profit justifying a 20 per cent, dividend. Duripg the past year the trust sold 1.629,000 tons of salt, or 80,0 H) tons more than the previous year,' and the price increased by about seven- pence and a halfpenny per ton. The se­ vere winter increased the cost of fuel by about £40,000, and to avoid conflicts with their workmen the trust increased wages by over.£20,000. An immediate expan­ sion in the colonial trade is expected, and a friendly arrangement has been made with the North American Salt Union by which tho British trust will pay a certain percentage on all salt above 150.000 tons exported to ports between Maine and North Carolina. There is reason to believe the trust will soon buy up the few remaining private salt firms, so that the outlook is cheerful indeed, except to the users of salt." The Record of the Fltty-first. The Oska'oasa Herald thus summar­ izes the grand record of the last Con< gress: The tariff law. The administrative customs laws. The silver coinage law. The postal subsidy law. The immigration law. The judiciary law. The copyright law. The anti-lottery law. The World's Fair .law. The dependent pension law. The dircct tax law. The original package law. The agricultural college law. The reapportionment law. The law admitting two new States' And some two thousand other laws greater or less importance. Tho Herald calls upon the Bourbons to equal it. But that is a vain appeal. The Democrats never distinguished themselves in onacting useful laws--. their record in American history has been made in tearing down and destroy­ ing what the Republicans have built upu That is the whole of Democratic history in tho United States. ot Another Good Feature of the McKlnley BUI. ' There are now beginning to appear iq the cutlary stores many knives ai>d other articles, on each of which is stamped the word "Germany." The McKirrtey bill requires this, in the custom-house and at sea on their way back to Germany are hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of such goods which are not stamped "Germany." A largo dealer in cutlery, in discussing this effcct of the bill, said yesterday that the market had been flooded with knives and cutlery of all sorts stamped "Providence Cutlery Co.," or ">ew Bedford Cutlery Co.," but nevertheless of German make and of such inferior material that men who bought them vowed they would never again buy an American knife or tool. Our American cutting tools are the best in the world, and hereafter they will oot suffer from unfair competition. How the Tariff on Eggs Works In Boston. It is said that certain Ohioand Indiana produce shippers proposo to dispatch several car-loads of fresh oggs to this market in few days. The present duty of 5 cents a dozen enables them to un­ dersell the provincial eggs, with which they propose to compete. To-day's Ohio price for fresh selected eggs, f. o. b., is 13 cents a dozen. Consumers can look out for a drop in the retail price if tho scheme fructifies.--BosUm Commercial Bulletin. Political Comment. THE hostility of th" kind of men who have ruled the Dsmocratic side of tho House in this Congress is something that is almost to bo deliberately courted.-- Boston Journal. "TKADK follows the flag" is an old and true maxim, and to a Republican Con­ gress atid administration credit is duo for that perseverance which has resulted in a measure destined to carry it into practical effect.--Indianapolis Journal. ACCOUDIXG to the tables of tho Balti­ more Manufacturers' Record, the new industrial enterprises started in th« reduce the price. But now we are told by ; South during the past week have an ag- Congressman Niedringhaus that the for- : gregate c,apitai of 89,788,000. And all eign tin-plate workers have agreed to sell j this under the blight of the McKinley the American market all the tin-plate we bill.--Boston Journal. want without any added cost on account of the increased duty. So the poor workingman won't have to scrape to­ gether that quarter of a cent after all. But what will the tree trade editor do? j This tin-plate "tax" was his greatest and | almost only standby. And now that j prop is gone! Well, he must send to the I Cobden Club and get some new ones from j headquarters. But he must hurry up, j for they are getting very weak over ; there, and won't hold out much longer. So make hay while the sun shines, free traders! It will soon enough be all moonshine with you. - America-! and Forelk" Textiles. No man who observes carefully the products of American textile mills, as they appear in the great retail stores, can fail to be impressed by the wonder­ ful advancement that has been made within a very few years in the matter of coloring, design, and finish of the goods, says the Textile Record. We have seen American ginghams lately which, in all the qualities of a beautiful and lustrous fabric, could not be surpassed by ma­ terial made i.n any other country in the world. In carpet patterns we have no superiors anywhere. Mans ot our THE British public is not pleased with the copyright bill as it has passed Con­ gress. Tho British public seldom is pleased with any law that conserves any measure of protection to American work­ men. Neither are the'American Mug­ wumps.--Chicago Inter Ocean. OHIO would have been all right for the Republicans in the election this year in any event Secretary Foster's appoint­ ment will merely add a few thousands to the party maiority.--St. Louis Olobe- Democrat. THANKS to the fostering and stimulat­ ing influence of the American protective system, the United States now produces more iron than any other country in the world, and has also wen the distinction as well as the profit of making the best steel in the wor>d, and of selling edge tools in Sheffield.--Buffalo Commercial. SPEAKER REEO may well feel proud of the distinguished honor of having every vote of the Democratic obstructionists, under command of the rebel brigadiers of the late House, recorded against the usual resolution of thanks to the pre­ siding officer. The people will "love him for the enemies .he has made.--Grand Rapids Eagle. GONE TO THE BOTTOM; 'AFFAIES'O ILLINOIS. VIRGINIA LIFE-SAVERS DO NO-" BLE WORK. M. Csptala'l "Wife and Chi:d sad tte a Norwaglm Bark's Crew Find Watery Grave's Off Cape Henry--Thrilling l)e- scrlptton. The Norwegian bark Dictator, from Pensacola, * Fla., to West Hartlepool, England, laden *ith pine lumber, with a crew of fifteen and the captain's yonng wifo and little boy of 3 years, went ashore in a strong east­ erly gale four miles south of Cape Henry, Va , and two miles north of the Virginia Beach Hotel. The weather was so thick that the vessel was not seen until 9 o'clock a. m., and then she was in the breakers broadside on, within a quarter of a mile of the shore. Full crews from two life-saving stations, those of Cape Henry and Seatick, under command of Captain Drinkwater, were promptly on hand and began firing lines to the ill-fated bark. The guns could not deliver the linos so far, though they were repeated­ ly fired. The ship finally succeeded in getting a line ashore tied to a barrel, which the surf carried to the life-savers. The breeches buoy was quickly rigged and sent to the vessel, but unfortunately the bark's crew were ignorant of its use. and the rescue was delayed until Captain Drinkwayer, of the life-saving crew, wrote instructions, put them in a bottle, and sent it to the Dictator by the line connecting the vessel with the shore. The men on board broke thp bottle at once, as could be seen by grosses from the shore, and proceeded to carry out the directions. The first man was delivered ashore in eight minutes, and seven others were rescued before sunset, four of whom came ashore in a life boat which was capsized, but the men . succeeded in reaching the shore in a half dead condi­ tion. one man having his arm broken, During the entire day the ship rolled and pitchod terribly, and made the work of rescuing the unhappy sailors exceed­ ingly difficult and slow, as the life line would tighten or slacken in response to the motion of the vessel. Once the lino broke with a man midway to the shr.re, and he was hauled back to the bark half dead. The line was mended and the same man safely landed. The beach was lined with people who had come from the country houses and the hotel, and to the spec­ tators the anxiety and suspense was awful, as they could plainly see the people on the bark and hear their con­ stant cries for succor. At nightfall there were still nine persons on the bark, and among the number the cap­ tain, his wife, and little child The captain had urged his wife all during tho day to take the buoy and come ashore, but she steadily refused, as she would not leave her husband and child, and only one could take tho buoy at a time. The wife and child were already greatly exhausted, according to the re­ port of the sailors At night the work of rescue was continued, and tho captain vainly besought his wife to make the at­ tempt for life. It has been impossible to get the names of tho rescued to-night, owing to the fact that they are entirely exhausted and all are foreigners. Lloyd's register gives the captain's name as Jorgonson. The bark is a com­ plete wreck and wont to pieces fast; the sea was tremendous. All that could be gathered from the half-dead sailors as to the cause of the stranding of the vessel was that they did not know where they were, the sun not having been seen for four days, and the weather so thick last night and this morning that they struck tho breakers before they could see the coast The life-savers worked all day with groat heroism without food since morn­ ing. The apparently slow progress of the work of rescue is due to tho fact that a life-boat could not live in the surf, and that the guns would not reach the bark, and that the crew could not use the brooches buoy until they were instructed from shore, which caused great delay. The captain. Just before the ship went to pieces, sprang into the sea with his son strapped to his hack and reached the shore alive, but tho boy was los't, making a total of eight lives The Dictator was trying to mako Hampton Roads, having been fifteen days disabled by hurricanes. WENT WEST FOR NAUGHT. t A Pennsylvania Damsel Travels to Spo­ kane Palls for a Husband to Meet Dis­ appointment. An advertisement inserted in a Chicago matrimonial paper by Harry F. Fleming, a wholesale baker, of Spokane Falls, Wash., caught tho eye of Miss Grace Glassgow, of Marklesburg, Pa. She is a petite brunette of 30, and is the eldest daughter of Professor Samuel L. Glass- gow, a leading educator and prominent figure In Hnntington County politics. An ardent correspondence ensued, photographs were exchanged and Miss Glasgow finally accepted a proposal of marriage from her unknown Western wooer. The gallant Fleming furnished her with a through ticket and an abun­ dance of money for the traveling ex­ penses, and Miss Glasgow left quietly for Spokane Falls. The other night she returned unexpectedly to her parents' home still unmarried, weary and deject­ ed over her fruitless and fatiguing jour­ ney. She had met her fiance, but his material and physical charms were not in keeping with his written and pictured representation of himself, and so the dis­ appointed dampel nullified the engage­ ment with a frigid farewell bow. BIJC Mine In Danger of Flooding. At Plymouth, Pa., Dodson colliery, one of the greatest in the coal fields, is Ip danger of total destruction. Water is breaking into it from abandoned work­ ings. The mine is connected with a vast number of old works. The water has gained such headway that tho work of pumping machinery Beems to be of no avail. The suspension of the colliery means a total loss of work to 800 men and boys. ITEMS GATHERED FROM VARI- ous SOURCES. Liabilities Large, Assets Small. .William Younger, the owner of the large flour mill at Catasaqua, Pa., has made an assignment, having confessed judgment for W4,ooo. Other liabilities will swell the total to $90,000. The assets are $12,000. Closed by the HhsrilC The doors of the wholesale clothing house of R. Newboner & Co., Milwau­ kee, are locked and the Sheriff is in pos­ session. Kansas' Direct Tax Refunded. The Treasury Department paid to the State of Kansas (60,918, its shate of the direct tax. Kabbit's Poot Philosophy. The first snow flake of winter, how significant--and the first white hair. Beware of the man who has no petty vices. Some people spend their vacation in worrying over the business they left be­ hind them. She was regal, she was haughty, she was high-born and distinguished; anil, like the rest of us, she was clay. Friendship at the highest height la stronger than love. Dig, sow and reap; but the harvest is Death's. God sets the stars in the window of night to cheer the belated world M it rolls through the darkness. True honor despises evasions. i Waste of money iuul time usually go l̂ nd-in-hand.--Arktmtaw Traxxlmr. ) Wtl«• €htr Tfefjrhbors Are Dofttf--Matters of General and Local Into re et -- Map. rlacresand Deaths--Accidents a ad Crimes --Personal Pointers. THE announcement that a CTerman syndicate has been investing oa s tre­ mendous scalc in Illino!s property is a refreshing cliangc from the everlasting reports that English capitalists are gobbling up everything in sight. Not that the one investment is a greater benefit or more acceptable than the other to Americans, but the change from English to German is at least a change. Albert T. Otto^f Stutt- gard, Germany, a member of a Stutt­ gart banking firm and welt known as a German promoter, has bought, for a syndicate composed mostly of capital­ ists of his city, nearly the whole of the township of Bloom, Cook County, for §884,000. Some Chicago capitalists are interested with him. It is proposed tc mako this tbe siti>of vast manufacturing plants; important railroad connections have already b«en arranged for. The association represented by Mr. Otto will have a capital stack of Si,000,000. The land is to be turned in at 8884,000 and 8116,000 in cash for immediate improve­ ments will be added. Most of the stock has been taken by parties directly inter­ ested in manufacturing industries. H. D. KELI.V, Chicago, iron founder, has failed. Assets, §20,000; liabilities, 810,000. MRS. HA.nr.EY, widow of tho late S. P. Hadley, of Herrick, died, and two days later pneumonia proved fatal to her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Moon. THIRTY young women graduated from the Woman's Mtdical College of Cnicago as M. D.'s. Gov. FIFER issued a pardon to James W. Smith, Who was .convicted of crim­ inal assault at the September term, 1889, of the Cook County Criminal Court, and sentenced to nine years in Joliet Peni­ tentiary, The case is a remarkable one. After being in the penitentiary for a short time Smith was found to be insane and was sent to the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee. Dr. Dewey, the Superintendent, writes to the Gov­ ernor stating that it is his firm belief, not only that the prisoner was insane at the time of his commitment to the peni­ tentiary but that the commission of the crime of which he was con­ victed was a physical impossibility owing to the result of injuries received fourteen years ago. Letters are presented from the prison physicians at Joliet, the clerk of the penitentiary, and a large number of reputable citizens, including Judge McConnoll and State Attorney Longenecker, which not only express a belief in his physical incapaci­ ty and insanity but give reasons why they believo that his conviction was the result of a conspiracy in which it is said his wife was a prominent factor. This case was first brought to the notice of the Governor by Attorney Frank Collier, of Chicago, who became acquainted with Smith while an inmate of the hospital. FRANK KOCK, aged 20, was captured in Chicago, charged with the murder of his uncle near Argentine, Kan. IN Illinois, in the past few days, the condition of crops has deteriorated 3 per cent on an average, the loss, however, being in sixteen counties only, from al ternate freezing and thawing. Seventy eight correspondents report increased favorable conditions. INVENTOR PKNNIOTOX, tho air ship man, declares that his mechanical bird will fly from Chicago to New York some time during May. » MAJ. AI.BERT P. POND, the well-known Chicago hotel man, and late superintend ent of the Washington Park Club House, committed suicide at St Luke's Ilospi JaJU During the temporary absonce oi his nurse he cut his throat with a razor DEATHS in Chicago during the month of March averaged over 100 per day, the total number reaching the startliug sum of 3,240, according to the figures of Dr. Tomlinson, registrar of vital statistics in the Department of Health. Of theso ono-third were duo to the grip and pneu­ monia. Many physicians insist that dosing one's self with whisky and qui­ nine is the worst thing that can bo done, and advise prescriptions of anti-febrilo remedies. Health Commissioner Wick­ er-ham says that while there is no cessa tion ot the grip and kindred ills the fatalities are not of an unreasonably large number considering the great amount of sickness prevalent. FOLLOWING is a report of the crop con­ dition for the counties named: Ailams--Wheat is in excellent condition; In a few localities the fly Is damaging; con­ ditions are favorable for a large fruit crop. Bond--Wheat and grass looking fine; weather conditions generally favorable. Clay--Wheat prospects perfect, no insect Injuring; fruit all right so far; rains excel­ lent for wheat and grass. Hamilton--Spring appears backward; fruit prospects good, rain most too cold to bring out the buds. Weather good for wheat and grass. Kendall--Grass and grain apparently in good condition, but making no growth. Trees covered with ice recently, but no damage. Logan--Weather unfavorable for spring work; very little plowing for oats done; wheat looking well. Marlon--Have had but one clear day since the 17th. Wheat looks well, but few oats sown; ground too wet for plowing: fruit buds developing rapidly, notwithstanding tbe low temperature. Sangumon--Conditions favorable. Farm work delayed by wet weather. Hchuyler--Prospect for fruit and wheat still favorable. There is some complaint of damage to wheat by the fly. ALEX. HOLSTEIN of Molino ejected from his stomach a reptile six inches long, with twelve clusters of tentacles, from each of which projects a leg. It has a backbone like a centipede. It will be sent to Chicago for identification. MRS. CARRIE LYON, wife of Dr. EL D. Lyon, a dentist at Chicago, is under 810,000 bail for putting a bullet through one of her husband's ears during a do­ mestic squabble. A BOY about 15 years old was instantly killed by a Panhandle train at Chicago. ROBT. W. MAJORS, of Quincy, train baggageman on the C., B. & Q., is ar­ rested charged by Postoffice Inspector Fitz with robbing the mail. The Inspector hid in a chicken coop in the car, and saw Majors ransack the mail all the way from Galesburg to Camp Point. Majors made a full confession. He has long en­ gaged in tho robberies, and invested the proceeds in Kansas lands. J. C. VAX AI.LMAN, of Olney, town­ ship tax collector, is short 81,463. Bonds­ men put up tbe amount and took Van Allman's implement store and lumber yard. JOHN SULLIVAN, a Vandalia old sol­ dier, drew his pension, ?4S, and disap­ peared. Foul play is feared. PosTOFFirK burglars at Greenville were surprised in their work, but es­ caped. TIIBEE children of W. H. Walker, of Carlyle, ate poke root One died, and the other two are likely to. ALBERT M. SMITH, Chicago policeman, with a sick wife and child, became despondent and suicided. JOHN HAVEI. and his son Joseph were driving across the Northwestern Rail­ road tracks at Chicago when their wagon was struck by an incoming locomotive, and it is thought their Injuries are fataL ILLINOIS LAW-MAKERS! lj Is the Ho«tse on the 39th about twenty- five Members were present. A message war received from the Senate announcing tb«K pannage of several bite by that body. Mr. Craig asked unanimous consent to have read a second time his bill amending the- law regarding exemptions from taxation bv providing for written notice to b« served on tbe person whose property is sought to he exempted, that suit has been brought to enforce collection. "The Speaker will have to object If no one else floes." said Speaker Crafts, '•because we cannot have bills read a second time when there is no quorum present." The House then adjourned. In the Senate Measrs. < aldwell, Karraker. Lehman. Rlckert. Reavill, Bassett, and Sheridan were pres­ ent. A message was received from the House announcing the appointment of delegates on the part of the House t<v*be Commercial Congress, to lie held in Kansas t'ity. The Senate then adjourned. THK House proceedings on the 31st www sluggish. Representative Hutchings Jntto- duced a bill to regulate the traffic in bak­ ing powder. It provides a penalty for any person who shall knowingly sell or procure tbe sale of any package or can of baking powder containing any ammonia unless labeled, legibly and distinctly in the En- Klish language: "This baking powder con­ tains ammonia," Another section substi­ tutes alum in place of ammonia. A num­ ber of other bills were introduced. Tho last roll-call was heard in the Senate on tbe Dearborn Park library bill and the right to sell one-quarter of Dearborn Park to tho Public Library Association has been granted the Soldiers' Home. ""Docking" horses' tails Is now contrary to Jaw. Senator Bass' bill on that subject be­ ing passed. The penalty provided is a fine of from $2.*> to ?200 and imprisonment not to exceed one year. Senator Hagle's bill passed, making all newspapers of the coun­ ty equally convenient tot-he court and giv­ ing tire plaintiff the right to select the one In which notices of attachment shall be published. Senator Evans sent up a bill compelling the manufacturers of baking powder lo label all product containing alum. The label must be printed in letters not less than half as large as any other let­ ters on the can. and shall reai: "This bakings-powder contains alum. " The penal­ ties provided are fines from §20 to $100 and imprisonment in the county1 jail for not laaa than ten days nor more than twenty. IN the Senate on the 1st bills were intro­ duced as follows: By Senator Crawford, of Cook, .prohibitingthe"tappinK"of telegraph wires and taking messages therefrom under penalty of a fine of *300 to $500 or Imprison­ ment for one year. By Senator Karraker, appropriating $23,978 for needed improve* ment at the Anna Insane Hospital. By Senator Noonan, appropriating $6,000 tor the assistance of the Chicago Industrial Blind Institution. By Senator Noonan. amending the road and bridge law in some minor points. By Senator Newell, changing the 4lme of hold­ ing the Woodford County Circuit Court. By Senator Thlele. providing that the trustees of the charitable institu­ tions in Chicago be hereafter appointed by the Appellate Judges of the First District. In the House, the Committee on Judicial Department reported unfavorably on Mr. Callahan's bill giving County Courts con­ current jurisdiction with Circuit Courts In all cases where Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction where the amount In contro* versy exceeds $1,000 and giving them exeln* slve jurisdiction in cases of appeals from Justices of the Peace and Police Magistrates. Mr. Callahan objected to the report of the committee both on this and another similar bill. Insisting that the unfavorable report had been made by a bare majority, and that it was done without mature deliberation. He pleaded the necessity of a law such as th* bill provided for, aud moved that the bUl be taken from the table, read a first timet, and ordered to second reading. After a long debate, however, the motion was de­ feated. A long discussion took place over the report of the Committee on Contingent Expenses, providing for janitors and other additional employes of the House. Mr. Miller, of Cook, led the opposition to there- port, but after a long debate the House ad­ journed pendlnc Its consideration. IN the Senate on the 2d the folic bills were passed: Mr. Humphrey's "1)111 allowing a division of densely populated townships--intended to allow the towns of Cicero and Thornton, Cook County, to be divided; Mr. Humphrey's bill, providtaS" that 1,000 voters in a township may petl« tton the Board of Town Supervisors for a division of such township; Mr. Berry's bill allowing auctioneers at administrator's sales compensation of $10 per day; Mr. Puller's bill providing railroads shall pat in iuterJockinji switches at crossings; Judiciary Committee's bill prohibit­ ing County and Probate Judges prac­ ticing as attorneys in the Circuit Court in cases that have been before them as Judges; Mr. Karraker's bill prohib­ iting placing of driftwood in streams. Mr. Evans' bill exempting soldiers and sailor* from jury duty was read the third time and laid on the table by a vote of eighteen ta sixteen. The Senate adjourned until 9 o'clock the following afternoon. Bills were introduced in the House by Mr. Brown, regulating liabilities of fire insurance com­ panies by compelling them to pay full amount of insurance In case of total de» structiou of property; by Mr. Corlett. pro­ viding for licensing of ail engineers having charge of steam engines of any kind: by Mr. Donaldson, providing for election at school boards by the people; by MfT Hutch­ ings, providing for licensing of railroad ticket brokers, and also a bill amending the law in regard to telegraph companies; by Mr. Jansen, providing a penalty for fraudu­ lently obtaining liquors or alcohol; by Mr. Kelly, placing all express companies undec control of Railroad and Warehouse Com­ missioners, and making it their duty to classify the same and fix the maximum rate of charges for handling and transportation of wares and merchandise, and to prevent ex­ tortion and discrimination; by >lr. Lyman, of Sangamon, to pay H. W. Rokker. of Springfield, $10,000 for printing for the State of Illinois during the Thirty-fifth General Assembly; by Mr. May of Cook, to creata a board of trustees for the management oi the charitable institutions of Cook County« by Mr. Nohe, to prevent the adulteratln of food; by Mr. Payne, to prevent. Jhe adul­ teration of cigarettes: by Mr. Warder, mak­ ing an appropriation for the Illinois South­ ern Hospital for the Insane at Anna. THE House was very lightly attended on the 3d, owing to the fact that many mem­ bers had left for home. Many bills were introduced, among the most important be­ ing one by Mr. McKittrick to' regulate tbe values terms of insurance, and paid-op policies of life insurance companies: pro­ viding against lapse of policies, and that the value of the policy at the time it lapsea may be used to pay premiums until ex­ hausted, six per cent, per annum be­ ing deducted. It alao provides against any waiver claims in any policy. Mr. ilc- Klttrlck also presented a bill repealing the Merrltt conspiracy law. Also a bill provid­ ing that railroad companies shall pay their employes not later than fifteen days after the month for which the wages are due. Senator Zearlng presided over the Senate with but Senators Caldwell. Newall and Rlckert present. Senator Rlckert present­ ed a resolution, after the reading of whicfc the Senate adjourned until the 8th. 4. 'Jsi ,i*. • •7*4 '.v.'oi * ;U *Y Honesty the Brat Policy. That "honesty is the best policy,* even when yon are on the brink of a failure, is forcibly illustrated in a cele­ brated case. W hen the members of the great house of Baring Bros, saw utter rain staring them in the face not man tried to dodge his liabilities. Each member of the firm put his pri­ vate estate into the fund with which to meet the firm's liabilities. Lord Ravelstoke turned in the half million dollar mansion he was bnilding in Mayfair. Mr. Hodgson, the silent partner, gave up a magnificent plaoe in Kent where his family had lived tor three generations. Mr. Stewart, an­ other partner, had bought a palace ia the West End, and was spending $150,- 000 iu decorating and finishing it. Ha old it out to Mrs. Mackay, and tW money went to help out the firm. Mr. Midway, another partner, rented lut estate in Kent for three years. Then was no taking to the boats. The offi­ cers humped themselves to save tht ship at auv cost of cargo or personal effects; and that was one reason w)gr they were able to get $75,000,000 fraaa the Bank ot England to poll tfctlfc through. ̂ _