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FHFJ! E GGV&RNM fcNlT NOT ON THB **VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY. iwtst«te if he tee a comoilasloaedtd overtnrow tbe protect** jjrilicj. 5ife is in vjH^fklar minority of nearly 1,000,(MKr "Votes, and a change of about 30,000 votes that were cast for him last fitfl *ou!d have defeated bira in the Electoral College. These are figures which Democratic "tariff smashers" am •tody with great profits Cart of the I'eopie'j firty. ' ^ i' The election oI Judge Martin, of Kansas, as United States Senator from that State, cannot have other­ wise than a serious effect upon the Populist party. The str--»!*sfth of that party has been the success with which the leaders have been able to make the masses believe that the new party meant a new era in politics, an era in which there would be no surrender to the politicians of the old parties. . In Kansas, says the or Imihtta t*Fty rancor wm super!ur .to *bd bigotry and hatred to dffrD'ty and decency.-- K®ir York Piess* Des.Moines Register, there has beeh such a surrender, and it was through j nat oiial campaign . IjtiMM Mstonrat of 'tha F«4Ml Furnished by Secretary Fofttr Mftwthely Kelntes tb« Charge* Mad* bgr "• the Calamity Shrieken. t 'j» Disappointed Democrats. " ^njocratic calamity shrtekers win fee greatly disappointed by the de­ tailed statement of the Federal finances furnished by Secretary Fos­ ter to Chairman Springer, of the Ways and Means Committee. These alarm­ ists haye main timed that the Treas­ ury was bankrupt, in spite of the Sec­ retary's repeated assurances to the contrary, backed by facts and figures la detail. They have openly charged "that the favorable showing was due in eVcry case to "juggling" with the fig­ ures. and insisted upon having a re­ port which should take cognizance of sundry items and conditions alleged to have been ignored in the other re­ ports. Last week Secretary Foster submitted the desired statement, which proves beyond question that the Republican administration will turn over to its successor on the 4w» of March a Treasury in a perfectly solvcnl and healthy condition. T~"It appears thst tiuriug the. first of the current year the revenues exceeded expenditures by $3,348,209, iaiid that the cash in the Treasury, exclusive of the gold reserve on Dec. 31, was 129,092,588. The estimated revenues for the entire fiscal year ex­ ceeds estimated expenditures by $2,- 000,000. For the fiscal year 1894 there y/ut be an estimated surplus of '632,869,030 in total revenues over she has been devoted. "You can say total expenditures, which, added to i for me," she said on the n'ght of\he the $20,992,377 surplus carried over election, "that the election of Judge such a surrender that the election of Judge Martin was achieved. His election marks the point when j the Democratic party visibly I swallowed the People's party. The : leaders of the two parties have j understood each other all along, j and now they have given the demon- | stration of it. It is plain to all who j have eye# to see and the honesty lo | recognize the truth. Mrs. Lease, who, I more than Gen. Weaver, was the real | head of the People's party, last fall, I for without her as a drawing-card i Gen. Weaver would not have had large audiences to listen to his har- j angucs, has sense enough to see that j the election of Judge Martin marks! the downfall of the parLy to which Satee Old gtarat. - <5 In spite of the faiet that ^outh Carolina last fall gave Cleveland a large majority and elected for Gover­ nor a man of strong Democratic pro­ clivities, the Savannah News raises a cry of alarm Over the present situa­ tion of aflTairs in that commonwealth, and declares that "if a change does not soon take place the State will again pass into the control of the blacks, thereto remain until aut»vuer generation shall have suffered for the sins of their fathers." The Northern wing of the Democratic pirty will hear this announcement withUismfty. "Negro domination" has teen held-to be impossible except, under JLlepubli- <ca*i rule, and the South was vehe­ mently adjured, during the recent io present a-solid Iront against the Republican ticket if it desire 1 to escape from such a calamity. Is the count ry to under­ stand that "negro domination" is pos­ sible in the absence of "force" bills, and that, too, with the connivance of whites of Democratic piofessions? The >avannah News owes it to its pa;ty at large to explain what it means by this open blow at a cher­ ished pretension of latter day Dem­ ocracy. ' 1 " •' • . 'i ' I--.-. ' - • A Turlfl l'loture. Groat Britain's expwt of iron and steel amounted to , 4^002,521 tons in 18i)u. would give a balance on hand on June 30, 1894, of #53,852,407 or, after making allowances for certain ac- » crued obligations, a net balance of ^ $47,852,407. ' iw- , Secretary Foster takes full account of all contract obligations. He Qnds that perhaps $40,000,000 will fall due • on contracts in 1894. giving a clear ^ working balance at the end of tho year of $7,852,407. Thus the trans- ^ actions of the Treasury are anticipa- S ted for a year and four months of the | incoming administration, and a sur- 1 plus which ought to be amply suffl- v cient for q, "government economically | administered" is clearly established. Of course the estimates are based on existing conditions, but these are the v< only ones that can be legitimately used. Only through Democratic ac- ystiop can these conditions be adverse­ ly 1 y changed. If the actual outcome of n the first sixteen months of Demo- '• cratic rule is a Theasury deficit, the / Democratic party must bear the re- '•ix sponsibility and bear the conse- quenoes. ' . • I The Attack oa Union Pensioners. 4 "The Democrats have begun their I* atu*pk upon the Union pensioners by« f| .proposing certain amendments in the *' annual pension appropropriation bill. Tncsq amendments are apparently based upon the assumption that the I payment of pensions is a system of , pauper; relief, and the pension list a | i roll of charity insteid of a roll of hotienv. From the beginning of the v attack upon the disabled veterans of * the republic the Democratic press % has argued that the honorably dis­ charged soldier receiving aid from r ,th? Government was nothing more f that) a pauper, and that his claims .upon the nation were in nowise ^ * distinct • from the claim of a j pauper to local charity. Democratic I . newspapers have not stopped at this limit They have maligned the men who fought to save the republic in , terhis of opprobrium that bring to y* ftum) the editorials of Southern news- ' papers during the war, and they have |r- not:,spared even the gray-haired wid- whose supporters perished on 4 the featitie-fleld, or as a result of hard­ ships incurred in the mighty struggle. The, amendments proposed by the ' ' l5e'inocrats Virtually erase the de­ pendent feature of the pension laws. The poor soldier must go to the poor- house,unless his disability can be clearly traced to his period of service • in the army. This, in many, cases, would be extremely difficult, if not or-i 01 possible. Another blow at the pensioners is the proposed abolition of pension agencies. These agencies are a great canvenience to the pensioners, en­ abling them to receive, their money promptly, and without the delay that would inevitably attend the transaction of such an enormous , business from the treasury depart- '?< roeot/ in Washington. The discrim­ ination which it is proposed to make against pensioners who have an in­ come of over $600 a year is wholly Unjust A pension, as we have 1 pointed out, is not a gift of charity, but a testimonial of gratitude. It is ex#y to see what is meant by the pro­ posed appointment of 150 special ex­ aminers. It iscertain that few friends M of the Union soldier, orof the cause in which he fought, would receive these appointments. They would be re­ served for men hostile to the pension system and eager to humiliate and degrade those whom the system is in- \ tended to shield and to benefit, i The Democrats are consistent in making war on the old soldiers of the republic. The majority of the Demo­ cratic party wasengaged in the effort Martin is a death blow to the People's party in Kansas. I renounce my al­ legiance to it." Mrs. Biggs, another of the leaders, said: "When the Populist party elected Judge Martin Senator, it committed suicide. Fiom its a*hes, however, will arise a party not to be dominated by political tricksters, and which will carry out the will of the people." The People's party in Kansas, after four years of agitation, after making all the sacrifices that men can make for politics--whit do they have? What have they accomplished? The election Qf a Democrat, a politician all the way up and down, to the Uni­ ted States Senate. All their strug­ gles have ended in simply changing a Republican for a Democrat. , Noth­ ing more. Those who have been sin­ cere in the new movementj.tlnd them­ selves sold out by their leaders^ and find themselves where they were t#o and four years ago, where another be­ ginning is necessary. The Blessings of free Trade. In Europe, the one other country that believes in free trade besides England is Belgium. What is the condition of wage-earners there? Riots, strikes, disorders are Con­ stantly occurring. The misery of the working classes is awful. Women and children labor in the mines for a pittance barely sufficient to keep body and soul together. Only last week They had fallen to 2,740,217 tons In 1892. British free failed to capture the "mark^& world."--New York Press. . j-. ' Political Drift. v The Louisville Couiier-Journal an­ grily inquires "what is theic sacred about sugar that it should not be taxed?" Now, so far as can be ascer­ tained, nobody contends that there is anything sacred about sugar. It is true, however, that sugar is more purely a necessary, and enters more largely into family use, than other commodities which might be taxed-- tobacco, for instanco. Why not double the tax on tobacco, if more revenue is required* Tak the rich man's cigar rathe* than the widow's breakfast table. : "WHAT arc we in power for, if not £o repeal the McKiniey law?" is the Substance of Mr. Cleveland's remark to a Syracuse reporter on Saturday, and echo ^nsw^irs sfmply:, "What?" Let every tariff smasher get his club, every free-trador his ax,'and every dodger his hiding place Tire new administration so far as it is visible at the present time consists of Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle, with Colonel Dan Lamont "on the side." Building operations on the pew struc­ ture seem to have been retarded by cold weather. RIVOUTS from Indiana arc to tho effect that the Isaac Pusey Gray Cabinet boom is so warped and twist­ ed as to be unrecognizable to its most intimate friends. It has been a hard * Ghent, a distance of thirty-one miles, which they walked, scantily clad and with the snow over their knees most of the time. They came to tell the government that they were starving and to demand work. They were met by thousands of idle workman in the city of Brussels tThe crqwd went to the-Ministry of Public Works. Eight of their number were appointed a committee to see the Minister. They told him that they, their wites, and children were absolutely starv­ ing and through no, fault of their own. They were willing,and an-^ious to work, but no employment could be found. In England matters areeven worse. In London the clamor of the unem­ ployed and starving ceases holt. There is scarcely a day passes but that some demonstration of the (awfill misery prevailing among the masses is not made in the British metropolis, the center of the wealth of the world.. Horror accumulates on horror, and charily herself is powerless to cover the multitude of sins that are com­ mitted in the name of a false indus­ trial policy. Such are the blessings of free trade; such is, the condition to which the fanatics and dreamers of the Henry George stripe would reduce this coun­ try. Thanks to the protective policy which has prevailed in these United States for the past thirty years, we have no starving workmen parading our streets, as they do in free-trade England and in free-trade Belgium. The Supreme Court Vacancy. President Harrison is not likely tp be kept from doing his duty by Bour­ bon and Mugwump clamor. At pres­ ent this clamor is particularly loud, and its burden is that the President ought to leave to his successor the appointment of a ^justice of the Su­ preme Court in the place of Lamar, deceased. President Harrison was elected to serve until the 4th of March, 1893, and he does not need, and probably he does not desire, Bourbon or Mugwump advice as to the performance of his duty during his term of office. He will doubtless act in this matter with the discretion, to destroy the republic, and the party j caution and good judgment that 250 men, who found it impossible to . . . . ,, . . provide food fur themselves and tlicir! p families, arrived in Brussels fron.1 cliaracto--New lorfc Pre™. Is put in power by the votes of the* (J- ex-Confederatcs. Therefore it is only natural that the Democracy should regard with hostility the spectacle of the Union veterans receiving pensions for preventing the disruption of the Union, which Democrats strove to ? ' achieve.--New York Press. Mr. Cleveland and the Tariff. _ The recent utterances of Mr. Cleve­ land, in which he declared that the v:Jlemocratic. party has been restored to power expressly to repeal the Mc­ Kiniey tariff, is an indication of what t the country may expect from the in­ coming administration. Conserva­ tive tariff reformers may try to check headlong action, but it is unques- tk Dubly the purpose of Mr. Cleve­ land to use all the power and influ­ ence of nis position to make a radical change in the tariff policy of the United States. characterize all his official acts and that have won a reluctant indorse­ ment even from political opponents. There is not even the slightest ex­ cuse for Democratic criticism of the President for making an appointment near the close of his administration. Mr. Cleveland appointed no less than ninety-eight Presidential postmasters in the last month of his term. Presi­ dent Harrison signed their commis- | sions, as he did those of other officers appointed by the retiring President. President Harrison, therefore, has a high Democratic example for making any appointment that falls his period of office. character IF old Boss Tweed could look down now and see things he would likely remark, "I was born thirty ;years too soon. Just see my mantle floating at the head of the inauguration pro­ cession. "--Inter Ocean. KANSAS Democrats who were wild for fusion two or three months ago are about the sickest men now in the {political hospitals this side of Ham­ burg.--Inter Ocean. ^ JEBHV SIMPSON has made his first valuable contribution to the settle­ ment of the Kansas troubles by de­ parting for Washington.--Kansas City Journal. > Moreover he {ex-President Hayes) promised.not to ri\n for a second term if chosen President--and he kept his word. --Rochester Post-Ex press. THE Mugwump editor who jumfps upoh Tammany now doesnot read the files during the' campaign for in­ formation.--Toledo Blade. How DOES it feel to be slapped in th<j face, Mr. Cleveland? Isn't Tam­ many's hand a little rough?--Peoria Transcript. 7 THE microscope lias revealed an immense number of species of minute animal and vegetable forms which are known under the general names of infusoria, animalcula) and IUUTO- zoa. The phosphorescence of waters oftentimes observed at sea and the red appearance of the waters from which the Red Sea takes its name are all due to these minute forms of life. The sea bottoms contain end­ less quantities of these infusor/a. And some of these forms, invisible to the unaided eye, are complicated In structure, have many stomachs aid even teeth and eyes, and some of the pulpy forms are inclosed in shePs. These shells make up much of t*ie ooze of sea bottoms. We once ex­ amined a mass of chalk-!ike ro«sc from Arizona which was no more UU less than solidified sea ooze of a fev- mer geological period which ln-t been upheaved till it formed a po ­ tion of a mountain. To the feel thw rock wa* oily, though it contained n- oil, and the white dust left from th i touch was composed wholly of the shells of former microscopic animals. A cubic inch of ttyj rock contained 4,000,000,000 shells of these little be­ ings. Amazement is but natural when studying these infinitesimal forms!. ' * "~k A Bourbon State Senate. The present State Senate of Indi­ ana is by all accounts a common­ place and mediocre body, but it has put in a claim to the remembrance of This is further cor- i posterity that none will care to dis- IN Trinidad there is a circular lake of asphalt which contains about 115 acre3, and it is known as Pitch Lake. About 50,000 tons of this asphalt are imported yearly into the United States and it is chiefly used in pav­ ing. A peculiarity of the asphalt is that wher§ it is taken out the vis­ cosity of the mass soon fills up the ex- withia f cavations made. Most geologists re­ gard asphalt as of vegetable origin, formed somewhat as peat and coal are formed. The supply of this pav­ ing material seems unlimited. robcrated by the selection of Senator Carlisle for th? Treasury portfolio, tsfcir. Carlisle declared in Cooper Union last fall that ttte epithet "free-trader iauscd him neither offense nor alarm." "•Mil % r- / /y , ; 'i VI: pute. Its refusal to adjourn on the day of the funeral of ex-President Hayes, as a formal mark of respect for that courageous American states­ man, will be recognized by history as THE stars which forta some neb­ ula? are so massed together that they cannot be accurately counted. Arago says that there are as many as 20,- 000 in some of those circular lumi­ nous spots which, in appearance, are less than a tenth of the site of the moan's disk. r&e Old Uwjrtr Talks About Bis EMeatHe cu«a*. < '•Sixty year* ago.' remarked the old lawyer, "I was 22 and had for a year been practicing law, or rather wishing to practice it. for up to that date I had had very few cases. Then all at- once I had a case which puzzled us all. Io June of that year an ec­ centric old fellow, supposed to be rich, disappeared, leaving a note to the effect that he had taken all his wealth, some $10,000, and had gone to South America, never to return. The note was genuine, and beyond the usual comment, nothing was thought of It until one day, probably a month later, a man, who owned a farm just out of town, came into my office and said he wanted to talk to me privately. 1 was only glad bnou^h to be talked to in any way, if a fee were forthcoming, and I locked the door arid told him to talk away. In about two minutes he had paralvzea me by confessing that he had mur- dured the eccentric old man and taken his money. He insisted on having me write out a confession, and put $500 in cash in my hands for doing it. In that confession he stated all the tacts of the killing, even to the minutestdetaiis, and how he had con­ cealed the body and takeii the money, but when I asked him to state where the body was and where the money was, he refused.abso!titely to divulge the secret. All my threats and per­ suasion were in vain and I reported the case and the man was arrested. To the authorities he repeated the confession he had made to me, and there he stopped. Then hunting parties were sent out and a thorough search was made, but nothing was found. For three months this was kept up, but not a scintilla of evi­ dence against the orisoner could be discovered. Of tourse, nobody could swear the mau was dead, and no phy­ sician could be made to say the prisoner was crazy, so we were at last compelled to let him go He wont back to bis farm and worked indus­ triously as before, improving the place gradually, until it was one ot the best in the councy, and apparently never worrying over the murder he had committed, though never deny­ ing it and always willing to talk about it, if at any time any one sug­ gested it Well, for twenty years- yes, for thirty--this went on, every­ body believing the man was a crank on the subject^ and humo'ring him, for in every other respect he was a most exemplary citizen, though a bachelor. Finally, at the age of 75, he died, leaving all his money and property, some $75,000, to charity, and putting the settlement of it in my hands. As soon after the funeral as practicable, I went over his papers, and among them 1 found a copy of the confession he had made to me thirty years before, and on the back of it, directions where to find the body of the dead man. We laughed over this, saying something about the ruling passing strong in death: but one day I followed his directions, which led me to a point rignt in the middle of the county road, opposite his house, and there, Feven feet be­ low the surfiiipe, 1 fy^nd no body, of course, but &n irOT plate and tin ax, rusted almost to nothing, but ot which he had mentioned in his direc­ tions as having been put there with the body. It was w.th the ax, in­ deed, that he had killed the old man. He had taken this public place to conceal the body, as he bad a contract for making the road and no one thought of going dow£ under it for dead men. Stranger than all, in a rusted tin box 1 found the whole of that $10,000, except the $500, he had paid me. Whether my man had put it back thereat a later date, 1 do not know; but suspect that he did. as it was in greenbacks, not greatly in­ jured by time." The bid lawyer stopped a moment "Did you whack up that 8500 to charity?" asked an irreverent youth, but the old lawyer had lapsed into forgetfulness and did not answer.-- Free Pres-% ^ A Few Hints an Good Mandef*. Cultivate dress as a fine art, for minute.attention to personal adorn­ ment and elegance of toilet is the duty of every man or woman in civ­ ilized society. It is the outward show that enables the world to judge of us i>ersonallv, our character, re- linemen t, and condition,of the station in life in which we are thrown. It is a duty we owe our family, our friends and the world at large. It is the pass­ port to good breeding and the support of fine manners. Never eat bonbons or confections of any kind on the street, in vehicles, or in public places. Munching sweets is considered by all refined and intel­ ligent persons as ill-bred and provin­ cial. Study repose of manner. Swing­ ing of arms, humming of tunes, fre­ quent contortions of the face and rest­ lessness of feet and bands are not only very trying to your family, but they are a source of irritation and annoyance to others. Nev^r discuss yourself, vour ser­ vants, or domestic affairs. In polite circles conversation is of a nature so general that continued talking of one's self is consideied ill-bred and vulgar. Never interrupt conversations at any timcor in any place. A good lis­ tener is a great boon to mankind. There is a code of rules which is the result of all these social observances. A sentence, an incident, an opinion expressed should be given without in­ terruption. Be careful in carrying small bun­ dles or parcels on which the name of the shopkeeper appears. A silk bag for these small purchases obviates this difficulty. It is out of place, however, for the dealer to attempt to make a walking sign board of you. If he wants to advertise let bim pay for space in his home newspaper. WORK OF THE STATE 80LQNS AT. THE CAPITAL. : <>-. a, •f One Week's Business--r» « > Resented, Considered and Passed- What Our Pntlls 8er?ant« As* Doing.-- In and Around Legislative Hall*. 'V 'K vi . ' J E..£-", rtiSW. Weight of Fence Wire. A pound of ordinary wire, good enough for common fencing, measures 16] feet, or one rod. To fence in one square acre 50| pounds will be re­ quired, with only one line of wire,two, or three lines requiring,of course, tw.o o£ throe times as much. To run a one-line fence 100 feet in length re­ quires t> 1-16 pounds: a fence of 100 rods demands an even hundred pounds of one-line wire, twice or three times as much being needed if two or Ibrce lines are used on the costs. , > . . . ... i » The Iaw-Hsksts. Tbe Senate met at 5 o'clock Monday, listened to a brief prayer br the Ch&pl»ln, and adjourned. Tbe Bouse remained in session a little longer, advanced an appro­ priation bill a stage or two permitted Mr. McMurdy to Introduce a resolution in favor of establish in ff American Rnpn'm«cy over the Hawaiian Islands, which Mr. Mer- ritt insisted on having referred to the Committee rn Federal Rela­ tions, and permitted the introduction of a few bill#. Tbe most important of these was the bltl Introduced by Mr. Nolle,': providing that Councils of cit ies and Hoardfe of Trustees in villages and towns may rex- ulato telephone charges. The bill is the SAME as that Introduced four year* HKOW advanced to a third rending, and Anally shoivMt Two or three stock-yarda raguia*- tlon bills and two or three bills amendinf various sections of the school law were also Introduced and referred to couamittoes, and adjournment was taken. Tuesday, tbe House received from tbe Judiciary Committee a favomble report on the bill to repeal the sparrow law. This same committee reportei unfavora­ bly on two bills introduced by Mr. Ferns and It was agreed that tbe Jsohe biii ie- moving the $5,000 limitation of suits for, damages because of railroad accidents will w COiVS'iJefw lit Iti OrJor, memorial proceedings in tbe House on tl>®. death ot Juines G. Blaine were more t ban us-' ually interesting,and several incidents con* neoted with the 6 vent gave n dramatic char* acterto the pioc>edings, The resolutions.in the first pl»ce. were presented by ihe Hoiv William E. Kent, of Chicago, tho blind Rap* resentKtive. who before his affliction wai one of \he most enthusiastic followers of the plumed knight, attending both the Ke» publican National Conventions of 1881 and 1888 as an advocate of the nomination af_ the statesman from Maine. The resolu­ tions presented b' Mr. Kent were a feel lug and eloquent tribute to the dead statesman. At the concluiion of Mr. Kent's remarks he was followed by Representatives Calla­ han and O'Connell in vigorous and elo­ quent speeches, after which Mr. Kent's resolutions wore adopted. In the Senate Wednesday a roport npon alleged irregularities at Juliet Peniten­ tiary, calling for an opinion from the x\t- torney General, was the subject of consid­ erable discussion, but n > doi.nlte disposi­ tion of the matter was mudt\ Senator Knopf's resolution providing that an in­ vestigation or the ch;tnrc< in relation to an j ex-State Treasurer appropriating the in- ' terest ou public funds wns referred to the Judiciary Committee. Senator Bartllng's bill repealing the Edwards compulsory school law was brought up an! passed by a vote of 48 yeas and no nays. This ti I was also passed by the House The Senate bill appropriating $(>,000 to pay the various newspaper* throughout the State for pub­ lishing the reform ballot law passed. Sev­ eral new measures wera Introduced in both houses. Tbe time of the Senate WAS consumed Tnursday by listening to a ChicAgo com­ mittee who asked authority for the city of Chicago to own and operate gas and elec­ tric light plants, in his opening prayer that morning the chaplain of the House referred feelingly to the death of Phocion Howard, And preparations were directed for proper memorial exercises. Considerable dlscus- s'on took place on O'Connell's bill pro­ hibiting tho employment of children Of sixteen years and under more than eight hours a day and forty-eight hours per week. Several committee amendments were adopted and Paddock moved to amend by making the prohibitive age 14 Instead of Its years or ago. O'Connor moved to amend the Paddock amendment by making the age 15, and on this amendment the Re­ publicans demanded the yeas and nays. The amendment was defeated, and Pad­ dock's amendment making the age 14 years Anally prevailed by 105 yeas to -7 nays. After the transaction ot a little rou- ! tine business Friday, the Senate ad­ journed until 2 o'clock Monday. Tlie House resolution introduced a few days • go by Representative Bryau memorallz- ing Congress to repeal the World's Fair Sunday closing clause was adopted by a vote of 00 yeas to 4tt nays, and both bouses of tho General Assembly have therefore expressed themselves in favor of Sunday Opening. The committee on contingent expenses recommended the appointment of M. M. Sharpe as reading clerk at $4 per day, but tho House voted do«n tbe resolution. Chair­ man Fowler, of the committee to In­ vestigate the Wann railroad disaster, ra- quested leave ot absence for three days to conduct the investigation. Mr. Wiwi "moved to discharge the committee and ai'andon the investigation, and a long discussion took place. On tbe roll cull the motion to discharge tho committee was defeated by a vote of 7 yeas to 71 nays. The investigat­ ing commitiee was then given leave of ab­ sence for Monday. Tuesday and Wednes­ day, and the House adjourned. The California State. F1 The State flower of California is the eschscholtzia or orange-colored Cali­ fornia poppy, which has great beauty •nd individuality. It Is exclusively' a California flower and was so named after Dr. Eschscholtz, who made an ex­ ploration to this country in 1816. The flower is a smooth-stemmed annual,with finely cut, pale-green leaves, four bril­ liant orange petals of satiny texture, numerous stamens of the aaine shade, and a colorless, acrid juice. The two sepals are united Into a cap, like a can­ dle extinguisher, which is pushed up- wurd and dropped o(fi|e the blossom ex­ pands. i There are several vurieties, the largest and brightest being found in the valleys and foothills ana the smaller and lighter-colored in the neighborhood of the sea-coast. One kind is spotless Wiiitq, It often attains J&%heu^iUof nearly-two feet. .i-v "A Map Atwiaf Each County Wlatck Had Be Made a Xacleas. In each even-numbered Senatorial district of Illinois as the districts are now constituted is a Senator who under the constitution will hold over next year. Therefore ' "an i;Ven-numbered district will have to t>e formed about each of these Senators, usifrg the county ia which the Senator resides as the nucleus. That is to say, enough more counties must be added to the county containing the Senator to bring the population up to the ratio. Two Sena­ tors must not be located in one district. The population of Illinois in 1890 was 3,826,351. Divide this by the tuiai num­ ber ,pf. districts in the State (fifty-one > • > I 'V l" '• *l>11 SOBER QR STARTLING. FAITH- «tULUY' RBCORDEW^fi^ son if, IWifci.v*. •. j!,'V > Textile Fabric*.4 CALICO was made In Calicut, India, as early as 1498, WOOLEN blankets were first made in England in 1342. EXPORTS of Irish wool were prohibit­ ed in the year 1521. FUSTIAN was first matte of *cottat about the year 1641. IN 1650 Thibetan woolen shawls coj 160 lupees, about $60. THE stocking frame was invented by Lee, English, in 1S89. COTTON was introduced into Italy from Spain A. D. 1400. THE American Indians, in 149|» ware dressed in cotton cloth. THE Dutch loom was brought to En­ gland from Holland in 1676. UNTIL 1608 the English sent their goods to Holland to be dyed. CASHMEBE shawls were first brought to England from India in 1666. UNDEBTAKEBS who violated ' act of 1678 were liable to a fine of £5. CALICO was first brought to England by East India Company in 1631. MUSLIN, from Moussul, India, was first brought to England in 1670. SILK was first manufactured in En­ gland in 1604 by French refugees. JAMES I., 1610, sent silk-worms to Yirginia, and oifered a silk bounty. A PATENT was issued in 1718 for silk throwing mae'dke to Thos. Lambe. CALICOES were, by act of Parlia­ ment in 170C, forbidden to be worn. VELVETEEN was first made of col-ton in 1636; pronounced better than silk. IN 1677 British and Irish woolens were prohibited from entering France. FINE cloths were made at Sedan, under the patronage of Mazarin, 164'5. HENBY IV., in 1600, ordered mulberry trees to be planted throughout France. BROADCLOTH, so called from its width, was first made, ltill, in England. COUNTIKS «m»tK HOLD-OVER S«NAToie,$*« SIDE. " and the population which each of the fifty-one districts should have is ob-* talned. This ratio is 75,026. The Con­ stitution says: "Senatorial districts shall be formed of contiguous and com­ pact territory, bounded by county linos, and contain as nearly as practicable an equal number ol inhabitants, but no district shall contain less than ; four- fifths of the Senatorial ratio." Four- fifths of the Senatorial ratio (7-5,026) ts 60,021. Thus, uo, ^ialrtcj;, be formed with less than 00,021 of popula­ tion. ' ' . : The map printed herewith' shears all the counties of the State, with the pop­ ulation of each. Those] counties dark­ ened by vertical line are tho residence: Counties of Republican - Senators from even-numbered district^. .Thope coun­ ties darkened with horiso^lal lines con­ tain Democratic , ̂ euatotrs"frc^h ,evjen- numbered districts; . ^ ^ ̂ ^ |; Minor State New*. .< SAMUEL FEWTITEI.T4, a prortiinfnt Jol- tet citizen, was fo«ffd'dead »>y tho'road­ side, two miles southwest #f city.' Mr. Fewtrell Was ^Yidchtiy * returning from inspecting a fatm he owned when he was striokeu with apbbl&xy. He leaves a wife and si* children Und' a large property. ; ,J , IN the County ^ourt ' at Decatur, Rich aid Brett, a representative qf one of the oldest families in Maspn County, was declared Insane by a jiiry. Efe Ipe- lleves that old neighbors are trying to take his life. On a bitterly cold night he assaulted his w^fe and drove her out into tho snow to perish* btitf' Bne found shelter at a neighbor's r^Sldehcd, i tdile distant. IF reports from Burlington, Iowa, are true, there is a matter that requires the attention of the Fish Commissioner) of Illinois at oace* , It is said that Jisher? men are taking fish by the wagon load. from the lakes and sloughs of the Illi­ nois by ijneans of the forbidden seines. Holes are eat in the 'ice 'and seines worked along uuder the lee until an area of fifty or seventy-five yurds in di­ ameter is inclosed. IN the vicinity of Bingham* aeyerai miles southeast of Hillsboro, there fs an epidemic among the people which the physicians call pinke>e. The victim's eyes are swelled shut in the morning, and within doors the sight is very dim. In sotne cases premature blindness follows. On going into the cold air the sight is restored, i Tito eyeballs have a pinkish appearance from tho congested condi­ tion o£ the blood-vessels. THE Illinois Odd Fellows'Orphans' Home at Lincoln^ is opened for the ad- mission ol children. Mrs. L. L. Morri» son is Superintendent and Matron. There are accommodations for 113 chil­ dren in the completed building, and about one-fifth of that number are there. Cottages will bo built to furnish further accommodations as soon as the present building is filled. The Rev. C. K. Schaible, the custodian, who has been connected with the home, retired, and will ietuia to the ministry. Mrs. Morrison has been a member from the Kebeka Grand Lodge to the Board of Directors ever since the founding of the home. IT has been asserted at Springfield within the last tw^> day* that the out­ going Canal Commission.;Hutt, Snively, and Ames, drew interest on $85,000 of canal money deposited in Peoria, La Salle, and Ch'ca-o banks during tho last two years and divided up that in­ terest. Other State officers, it is said, drew interest on public funds in their custody. Senator Campbell insists that all shall disgorge and he will ask that his resolutions be amended to provide for that. In tho meantime Representa­ tive Kent would like to know wbat Con­ troller May and < orporation Counsel Miller, of Chicago, hnvo done with the bill submitted 1o them by him some time ago providing that' County, City, Township, and Village Treasurers ahall not pocket tho Interest on the publio funds intrusted to them. The Corpora­ tion Counsel and tho Controller prom­ ised to go over Kent's bill, amend it where necessary, arfd send it to him. Ho has not heard from them for two weeks. FIRE broke out on Monday morning at Freeport in tho H. Meyer Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company's plant, and the entire structure, with its valu­ able machinery and a large quantity of goods, was destroyed, causing a loss of $80,000. Tho origin of the fire is not known, and when discovered it had at­ tained such headway that complete de­ struction could not be avoided. The factory employed sixty-live hands, all of whom will bo thrown out of employ­ ment. Mr. Meyer was formerly at the head of a largo factor}'.at Galena, go­ ing to Freeport last July, ^e company 'will rebuild at once. 1 ,i*.'• >• \ > A THOROUGH, intelligent, and honest gysteru of inspection for,the building and loan associations, mwl'for-all or­ ganizations doing a loan, savings and trust business under that or similar names, should bo provided by the Gen­ eral Assembly. The honest associations of the kind demand it with no less em­ phasis than tho poor people who invest a few dollars weekly, or monthly in those conecms and want to know whether their moncT is safe or not. THE Chinese T.mporor's English stud* les advance rapidly, much to the dis­ gust of the conservative court officials' opposed lo Western ideas. His majesty iTMkffal Ur-atli List at Wann--Jcmpfd l«t^> th« Ohio--Crazed by Her Lover** Cruelty (--Teutopolis' PoitmbtrtM Ooiltjr- fax at liakomli. From *"»r »•» I • THX Scott Coun'y • Farmer*' Ia»tltu<» closed a successful ̂ ee'sion in Wityc§£g»- ter. ' ^ THE fataiit'ea from, the explosion M the wann wteek now' foot up twsotjr- five# MRS. WILLIAM COKEAC dropped dead in the presence 6T h& little children at Jacksonville. " ' - DAUGHTERS OF EEBF.CCA have dri ganized Memento Lodge, No. 1*">, V and alia, with a membership of fllty- four. FRANK DAY, of Jamestown, K.T„t newsboy on the Peoria, Decsta? m4 Evansvllle Railroal, was fatally infriwi in attempting to Jump on his tratn aS Decatur. ' AT Cairo James Sullivan jumpei into the Ohio Hiver and was drowned. He was mate of the government steamer Vidette and was afflicted with delfariUB tremens. IN the United States Court at Spring­ field Edward F. A. Chapman, of Mur- physboro. was awarded S'l.rOO riamiuraB }or personal injuries sustained while a passenger on the road. FRANK HAYN, residing neiur Karapa- ville, was instantly killed by the break­ ing of a circular saw while in motion. One of the flying pieces struck him over the right ear, cutting the top of his head nearly off. A SENSATION was created at Alton by the marriage of Jaaeu C. Bran>halt and Hattie Cotter. Mr. Bramhall la joint ticket agent of the Big Four and Bluff Line Railroads. Miss Cotter's mother objected to the marriage. PROFESSOR ROSENTHAL, a Chicago linguist, went to Rockford last fall and organized a class in German, securing twenty-five pupils. After giving several lessons he collected the tuition^for the full tourse in December and nas not been seen in Rockford since. ' _ AT Decatur, Miss Selma Larson, aged 22, a servant in the family of A. Trait, became insane as a result of r disappointment in Ion. The previous day was to have been her wedding day; but her lover sent her a letter stating- that lie wouljl not mar.qr her- v THE Governpr iss,ued requisitions on ^ ith$ governor , of Qqlprado for Jaoob Levy and Philip Franklin, under arrest, • at Denver, and wanted in Chicago for , {Conspiracy to>defraud. Also a requKSi- 1 '* y, tlon on., the, Governor ;ot Indiana fas ' Henry ValenMne, yad«r( agreiit at*X»n- m cie, Ind., and wanted at Salem tor bur? glary and larceny. , . ' , IN the Vnit^d States District Cojiri^/|t * "V* Springfield Sirs. Yanderhelde, 1 postmistress at 'Teutopolis, plaatfwf ' * Xv guilty to thirteen indictments of em- - i- '-ij| bezzUng money orders and valuable list- {• ' _'i ters, amounting In the aggregate tossv- e I oral hundred dollars., Judge Alien sua? '* ^ -3 ponded sentence in view of the fact that j Jj' she has several children, one of them babe but two months old. ^ r - ^ ^ 3 s * »* ** \ DR, REILLY, Secretary of the StatS ^. rd of Health, returned froin htfe 0- $ if; -T - f Board of Health, returned from 'M® iW- " J ' vestigation of the conflicting siatetnetffeS', concerning smallpox • at NokOmi#? riif^ , Montgomery County. THe Seereftb$* " found that not«alonfe is thfe existing daWfe undoubtedly one of smallpox, hut there ^ !r> ' is ground for belief that it was con- * »* y.y,. traoted front an Ainre«ogaized case.in iW' the same family aftd to which many r * other persons were exposed. Prepara- •' ; lions are mad^ * to secure the prompt ^ isolation of anjf newf cas^ trhich ngtf'? " occ,tir. v "-,*'8- A BOLD abductijn of a ehild is wo- -; ported from the southern part of •* ~ H Clair County, a few miles from St. Li- , ^ bory. A covered wagon in which there : were two women and one man stopped ' j/ * ^ at the Pleasant Hiil schoolhouse. Tae ;r ' VI • man asked Miss Nevlns, the teacher, to see the 10-year-old adopted daughter of Ernest Saurwein, a well-known GerUiai^ V/ farmer of that community. When tlie t V/' child rcacheJ the w'agon she was seizedi ' " by the strange man, and despite her struggles and screams wa* forced into. * 1-1 the wagon, which was then driven rap- •*. idly .away. The cause for the abduction is unknown. . . .: : . " AN aged educator, Prof. John Loomis. ' died in -Jacksonviiie after an iiine^s 9I several .months/ He was one of .'t$$ -it first teachers of the, State and was con- ,; «# nocted as-instiuctor ,with the blind asy,T ^ lum for seventeen yeari. He was this. iatber of a large family,,and has sons, ^ living in Chicago, Omaha and else- ' " ~3? where. " •>-. AT Cairo, Chief of Police Mahoney r arrested James Davis and Luiher Want ~ i-, for the -murder of Henry Bailey at Un cut ^ Cily, Tcnn., Thursday. Tbe men sx»' half-brothers. •* REQUISITIONS were Issued on Ih# Governor of Pennsylvania for Martin Guswiter, wanted in Blootpington for bigamy, and on the Governor of Michi­ gan lor Clomont Higby, wanted & Peoria for larceny. PHILIP MOLLES, aged 19 years, the son of a farmer residing near Athens, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. The youpg man was ia a delirium, caused by high fever, when he committed tho act. " SECRETARY HCTCHISS, or the Elgin Board of Trade, presented his annual Statistical report of the production of butter and cheese in the 300 factories owned .and operated by members of the beard during l8i>/. 'mere was an in- crease in production of both articles, / and the average price for ooth is slight­ ly in advance ol" that for 1891. The product of the factories owned and oper- \^ atcd by the members of the Board of , ? Trade was as follows, in pounds: Butter ..K.MJM , "J,-V " Cheese T,llS,«i -.U* Total jrr,C13*» , ; Cash received for the sUme: M ItQtter......taArt.".!!,*.'*....$7,723,7^5.38 , • Chtese fwaa*- * TotfL.. .«^si5,ma •« /•£ CHAI iiE« BETZEI, of the firm of Sehu~ macher A Betzel. sash, door, and blind manufacturers at Chicago, was robbed of $400 on the street. c Mr. Betzel bad just drawn the hen "y from the First National Bank and intended usin£ it to pay off his men. He thinks it was tak,en Dy pickpockets. TRusTEEs of the Illinois University want to ereot tliree new bui tdings, ona for mechanical engineering, one lor a museum, and one for a library, it is estimated that these would cost $375.- WO it is thought tho trustees would be reaeonably well satisfied if they eas secure an appropriation for one of them. GEORGE C. DREUER, a San Francisco stenographer. found dead in a chair in his room from natural cause.*. In a tin box were found bonds and casfe amounting to $it».i00, which he queatheil to his f&tber, John X. Drpu*jr, Bnglewood, 111. J - A FEW weeks ago Ho'lis Jewell, is wealthy Methodist of Freeport, died, leaving the lulk of his property to vari­ ous so ieties of the Methodist Church. By the provisions of the will the widow is to have only the Interest on during her life, und at her death Uiis money is to go to church societies. Tile widow retained a lawyer and annonnefci that she would <ontest the legality*** .the will. \ ^ yj, v-j ' * ' % 1 " i xV :h ' • % k * w < K- 'MS