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p* FEW SUGGESTIONS FOJt OUH RURAL READERS. ;t m « ClvUlzer-Point* in Hug F«e«t- iiig-hjow «he Winter Month* Cu Be Stepte^NNa^Beiterai Fa*«* attd Uarden Notes* - V . * • -- Relation of the Orchard to the Farm. In an address at a meeting of the American Association of IS urserymen, • I'rof. Hunnicutt remarked that "Fruit y Jjs a great civilizor. You can judge of state of civilization and rcflne- ' merit of a people bv the stage of their <t,A* "if" Advancement in fruit culturc." Ac- *,VL< * '\*x t'^Pting the above as true, we should ^||Tbe led to conclude, judging from the £ 1 jrapld strides made in fruit culture in * . _ the last few years, that our people ire attaining a high degree of civiliza- tion. There certainly is every evi- I'i;V'"-silence of a very high degree of intelli- * ience in those matters that relate to " fruit culture in all its branches. To ' / * r, ~ the Tamily of the farmer,-the general ^;«^|^a:^roducts of the farm, its grains, <r* '"vegetables, beef, pork, niutXou, but- , - v Jter, eggs, etc., supply the nece&sities -4;1 Kfe, but we may look to the or-.. ft isfiardand portions devoted to small (C * fruit culture for the luxuries and V *$esserte. One can sleen upon a bed straw, but a far greater degree C^|f comfort comes from reposing upon . \ nice mattress or bed. So one can flive from the coarse or common prod­ ucts of the farm, hut there is real- , • /Ized more enjoyment from liviug, by , .T r.il rich supply from fruit products. - jj-'ruit makes home happier. Plenty it in summer and a supply for Winter evenings will make children i X^ess inclined to be away and more , Contented at home Then, with the it-1 v ibany ways of preserving and canning, * surplus may be utilized at those j|easons of the year when there is a Jfack of fresh grown ripe fruit. The i|armeiJs pride should be his orchards , ind fruits. - A little time and wel- ;'4irected intelligence will enable al­ most any farmer to have fruit in every , feason of the year, and all kinds of Sfruit in their season. It should be the aim of farmers to accomplish all they can in this line. iA. _ .*• . >J -• Hog Feeding* - ' THfplTiVCd care must fhe ^<4<ow, and those which are to farrow at •r^vAli early will have smaller chance of V.Successful and satisfactory parturition ^f not given liberty to take needed '^%..'S*clc*8e* Give food of a nourishing V Character, which will not only sustain but provide for the proper de­ velopment of the young. Constipa­ tion in sows is a cause of unthrifti- 4§ess which shows itself when the . pigs coma Therefore the food should fee such as to keep the" bowels in a •$oosc condition. The excrement ^Ihould never have a pellet form. ©ats, bran, or oil meal will correct the ^rouble. Those who have clover hay ?iUay throw an armful to the hogs, and they will eat much of it, in fact, w}h ^ treat it much the same as cows do Cornstalks, take the leaves and liner j^ortions of the stems. The objection #0 corn is not so much that it is an Unbalanced food, but the nature of the grain allows it to be compacted .rfji the stomach, and in its mastica­ tion is not sufficiently mixed with the *«aliva; and something to separate the farticles of grain in the stomach, so h The Ssrn;ir,l ' Out of the barnyard are thft Issues of crops, home farmers have no barnyards, and they are the ones who complain of hard times. The no barnyard system of farming will an­ swer only in those places where the soil is still rich with the virgin fer­ tility, and they are getting, like the bison, to be a rare thing in this country. Save the manure. Waste your swill, and let the apples decay upon the ground, if you will, but save the manure. Let us look into p man's barnyard in winter, and there will be no trouble ift determining ahout the size and fullness of the granary, and how the daily table is supplied with food. Build the whole farm upon the barnyard. * ? •* ; > „„ • . V ; A a r l o u l t u r a l A t o d p f t ^ ' £ J • FEEDING corn and CDD meal helps the digestion. MERE industry and economy are not always sufficient. WITH fall seeding as with spring, poor seed makes poor crops. „ A STRAIGHT fence is the most eco­ nomical as regards room and matenaL- TIIE food given to animals should vary with the objects to be secured. IN all wire fencing and bracing ol all end posts is ah important Item. WHEN they can be secured readily, fruit leaves make good bedding. MANURE is a powerful element in the production of a good crop of grass. « • JL.SLMU u uc auuiCc ui iiiiumt' 1U lariu sto.k lies in performance and pro­ duct. THERE !S a thresher that delivers rye straw straight and bound in bundles. THE good farmer buys what ma­ chinery he needs for economical pro­ ductions. ONE decided advantage in small farmers is that neighbors will be much closer. * BE careful not to pasture, the meadows too close, especially if the weather is dry. THE average Western farmer can­ not afford to sell straw; he needs it for manure. WITH plenty of roughness and wheat bran, growing stock will need very little grain. THE best-shaped and the best-filled ears are the ones that should bo se­ lected and saved. MILK is not a product ot nervous energv--of more force--but of the lymphatic system. WiTn good males to start with in improvement the course is plain and the end certain. PLANT seed from corn with two good ears on the stalk, and give room for two good ears to grow. MANV farmers will wonder this year why it is that weeds grow so woil and crops so poorely. ALLOW nothing haviug manurial value .to go to waste. It contains the elements of useful products. that the gastric juice may ;fciore freely, not only improves the jjfeneral healtft by preventing a feverish condition, but ensures better digestion and assimilation. A few ^ears ago a trial of clear corn meal against corn-and-cob meal indicated fhat, pound for pound, the corn-and- ^job meal produced equal if not better fesults than when clear meal was led. Water is also an ailment jwhich must Hot be forgotten. Depriving stock of Heater is Morse than compelling ani- Miscellaneous Hee l pes. BROILED SWEET POTATOES.--Cut cold boiled potatoes ienghwise intc one-quarter inch slices; season with salt and pepper and brush over with melted butter. Broil three minutes, or until heated through, over a clear circulate i Are. ' PARSNIP FRITTERS.--TO half a dozen broiled mashed parsnips of medium size, add two tablespoonfuls of Hour, two eggs, and a little pepper and salt. Form into small cakes and fry to a brown in a little hot suet or in butter. CORNMEAL MUFFINS.--On A cold winter morning cornmeal muffins are very nice. To a pint of meal add one cupful of flour, a lump of butter the size of an egg, nearly half a pint of illais to go without food; it brings on , - Complications which end in mysteri- j V*° e£t?s> and a quarter jfcus diseases, so that the owner com- °f a ? r,estl. M'x this plains of ill luck, when inattention :$o details is the true cause. r • IV... . t' ; v.- J • - t'c Winter Occupations. *I5iOi^wide awake farmer do&t not ipend the «»mparative!y leisure time «f winter in idleness; it is a good time to indulge in social intercourse for which the hard work of the sum- Bier season gives little opportunity. The sleighing makes it easy to get «#round and visit the neighboring farms and enjoy a cb.it with their owners and compare methods of work- tng. If there is one thing more than another lacking in the life of the * farmer, it i$ the lack of opportunity _jfor frequent social intercourse with at nicrht and bake in the morning in muffin tins. CURE FOR A FELON.--As soon as the disease is felt, put directly over the spot a fly-blister about the size ol your thumb nail and let it remain fot six hour& At the expiration of that time, directly under the surface ot the blister may be seen the felon, which can be instantly taken out with the point of a needle or a lancet. COFFEE.--Allow one tablespoonful ground coffee for each person and "one for the pot" is an old rule, Pour on enough boiling water to make the quantity desired. Let it boil Ave minutes, stirring from the sides oc casionally. Then set back where it others, but, for this very reason, i wj,i keep hot but not boil. When Vir Vi a ti /•» rv*vri ot n n S 4- si m • Vi a tt n ma " -* « • . . • ... I', when opportunities do occur they afe en joyed with keener zest and more Siuccre good feeling than is often found in towns. The winter also af* A fords good opportunity for repairing farm implements and making new ones. Also for laying out plans of work for spring and getting together the needful materials. Seedsmen and dealers in fertilizers always fill their Herders during the winter from their best stock and with less risk of mis­ takes than can be done in spring when there is always a rush of; busi­ ness. - Tlilmuiij* Fruit Pny*. A noted peach grower says that he is well satisfied that every dollar in­ vested in the labor of thinning fruit Has repaid him tlve fold. He thins when the fruit is about three-fourths df an inch in diameter, leaving only ...'rfhe bpst specimens, and these not • Clearer than four or live inches to each Other. This is heroic treatment, for »t nieans throwing away at least half «*f the fruit from well set spurs. The l^uit that remains, however, grows, to larger size, is of fine color and fla­ vor; it will fill as many baskets as though all had been left, and brings a vastly better price in the market. Add to this the fact that the vitality of the tree is not drawn upon to nearly so great an extent, and any one may see where the protit comes in. T:ees treated in this manner may be reasonably expected to produce fruit every year, and the best profit will come in what for others are the "off season." It is not the produc­ tion of fruit, but the production of rgreat amounts of seeds or pits, which lave the reproductive power and r which contain the germ of life, that taps the vitality of the tree. Bring 7 ijhis under reasonable control, and there will be no '^ff year" fiir a ready to serve add two or three table- spoonful of cold water to settle it. Home as a Distributing Center. Centuries ago, this description of the unity and influence of family life was written by an inspired penman: "The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the lire, and the wo­ men knead their dcugh, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods." Here is a most graphic representa tion of influence, and mutual help, as growing out of the orgmic unity ol the family. One idea seems to absorb the attention and efforts of children and parents, namely, to make satis­ factory offerings to their gods. In this picture we forget the evident physical unity,common features, com­ mon nature, stature, complexion,gait, ] form, and disposition, just as we for­ get the machine, and become absorbed in its action. Coincidence in Death.. It is a singular fact that three noted men died within a fortnight whose names are ' inseperably con­ nected with one of the most exciting episodes in Congress, when John Young Brown was censured for hav­ ing given free rein to his tongue in defining what he conceived to b€ Butlerism. Gen. Butler, in a char acteristic speech, demanded thai Brown be punished. Mr. Lamar op posed the motion in quite as vigorous a speech, and Mr. Blaine, who wa< then the speaker, was called upon t< administer the censure, which he did in such ia low tone that nohodj could hear him, out of consideratioc fo^the feelings of th^disgraced mem ber.--Boston Herald. • FALL, fashions can never be populai with aa aerooailr . A Spaniard Showed Htm Two BCTOITM* and He Took the Hint. Among the passengers brought to Tampa from Cuba one day by the Plant steamer was a handsome young scion of a big sugar planter of Ma- tanzas. whom for convenience we may mention as Senor Alfedo Valle. He was just from college, and off for New York and Paris to spend his vaca­ tion. He purchased a direct ticket to Jersey City and entered the first-class coach, of course. The big, raw-boned conductor, when he came through col­ lecting tickets, eyed curiously this dark-complexioned Spanish Don, and, until suddenly reassured by sight of the lattcr's straight hair, had seemed to be puckering up his mouth to say something. When the train reached Pember- ton Ferry a beautiful, well-dressed octoroon girl of about 18 summers en­ tered the car and took a seat directly across from the young Spaniard. A nod of recognition passed between them. The girl seemed to under­ stand Spanish, aud the two were con- engines doing the same round of duty, Is reported as doing efficient service. For the Long Eveninjps. Talking of Inckens and his books,a fashionable form of entertainment, and one easily arranged, is a Dickens' Conversation Party. The program consists of impersonations, conversa­ tions, readings, music, and tableaux. The first number is generally an im­ personation; Jenny Wren, Little Nell, the Marchioness, Sairy Gamp, arc all easily represented. The lines should be committed to memory, not read. The next number is a conversation. Those not having attended a conver­ sation party mav not quite under­ stand this. The gentlemen present, or the ladies--this being leap year-- choose partners from among the com­ pany and discuss with them the sub­ ject designated by that number. A bell rung by the hostess' order an­ nounces the close of the conversation. Five minutes the usual time allowed. The readings, of which there should be several, may include pathos, love, and comedy. Lady Dedlock's flight and death, the wooing of Dora by David Copperfleld, the interview be- versing in that sweet tropical tongue l^f,en, th(! nurses in Martin vhon the PnnrtnMiir in Chuz/.lewit, afford an excellant va-jsfaen the conductor came in, "Where's yer gwine?" .&•;»•; •'To Gainesville." she answered. "Well, git outen this kyar; the next is fur niggers." ^Isn't this a first-class coach, sir?" •'Yea'" *"v' • " W e l l ' b o u g b t ^ t r s t - c l a s s ticket:" ". "I don't give ur---- what yer bought--yer a nigger. Git er move on yer." The girl reddened, stammered out something I could not catch, and hes­ itated. Just then the conductor felt the grip of the Spaniard upon his arm. •'Que auiere. Senor* Que insulto es?" (What do you want* sir? are you insulting this lady?) The conductor trembled like a leaf, big as he was, but Drctendcd not to understand the interrogator. The Spaniard spoke no English, but believing he understood the situation handed his pocket-book to the girl and told her to pay her fare. She handed it back, thanking him for his gallantry, displaying at the same time her ticket and check. His eyes flashed tire; his clutch upon the conductor's arm loosened; he threw his coat open, displaying the brace of glittering revolvers that hung in his belts and quietly pointed to the door. The conductor tooic the hint. It was afterward learned that the young octoroon, though a resident of New Orleans, was the wife of a wealthy young Cuban cigar manufac­ turer of Middle Florida. Going to a Fire In 1'arU, People as a rule do not rtm to Arcs in Paris as they do in American cities, says Lucy Hooper in the New York Home Journal, for alas, there is a police regulation which sets forth that if there is no fire plug within reasonable distance of the burning house, the male passerby may be pounced upon and made to stand in a row a*nd pass buckets from the near­ est court-yard pump I remember once gazing with the almost unmixed delight that fills the souls of the average spectator when something ridiculous befalls some one whom y< u do not know, and watch the police stopping their prey and standing them in line to extinguish a small flre very near our own house. There came past a tall, dignified man, evidently a lawyer, who was rietv. A good picture for a tableau is "Miss Havisham," in faded bridal finery, surrounded by the ruins of the wedding feast The description oc­ curs in the eighth chapter of '-Great Expectations." The hest effect is produced by extinguishing all lights and illuminating the picture with wax candles placed on the ancient hririo's dresgmjr.table, before which she should sit. The Heeps, mother, and son, Lizzie Hexam, aud the Jew, Dolly Varden, Wilkins Micawber and family, can all do good service in tab­ leaux, or in a procession of Dickens characters at the close of the enter­ tainment. , VtoaiMl tin an Ecjrptlan Tomb. The most curious and remarkable relic of antiquity in the world, the holy coat and the iron crown not ex­ cepted, now lies among tha treas­ ures of the Abbqtt collection which is temporarily deposited in the mu­ seum of the New York Historical So­ ciety, says the Philadelphia Press. This unique memento of the distant past is nothing less than the signet ring once worn by Cheops, the builder of the largest of the great Egyptian pyramids. The finding of this ring was the crowning effort qf the great Dr. Abbott's life of resear<!ii among the musty tombs of the cradle of the human race. As noted above,Cheops was the builder of the pyramid which bears his name, and, as though it were his intention to make the structure bear witness to his great­ ness down through all the ages, the very stones and bricks of which it is composed are stamped with his name. Cheops lived nearly 2,500 years ago, his great pyramid being a relic of the days when the great natipns of an­ tiquity were in their youth, yet we of the last decade ot the nineteenth cen­ tury can have the supieme satisfac­ tion of gazing upon the very ring he I wore so croudly unon his royal linger. The hieroglyphics are very minute yet very accurately and beautifully executed, the ring itself being of finest gold and weighing nearly an ounce. The oval signet bears the name of Cheops, which is in hiero glyphlcs in perfect accord with the stamp on the bricks of the inside walls of the great pyramid. This re markable relic was found in a tomb at Ghizeb. Cultivate fietineinent.. Do not draw into your shell. So rushing along in a great hurry read- • much is to be gained by contact with "" 4 J * " ' o{ ing an imposing document as he went He did not notice the crowd, so ran headlong into the midst of it, and was promptly seized by the po­ lice. He argued, he raved,' he'showed the document, but his remonstrances were useless, for he was suddenly lifted from his feet and carried like a shipwrecked wheel-barrow into the court-yard, and I beheld him no more. He had opposed the French roliec, so was promptly crushed into sub­ mission by that judicial juggernaut Keatly Stemtert. Among the bushelmenemployod by a large Market street clothing Arm there i^ one who is a wonder in the repairing brauch of the business. An example of his skill with the needle was furnished recently which aston­ ished even those familiar with his work. A gentleman came into the place with a dress coat, almost new in appearance, but which the moths bad gotten into and gutted a hole as large as a silver quarter in the back. Since there was not another coat in the place \yhich would fit the owner and he was extremely anxious to have it by evening it was sent to the work rooms and a consultation held. The workman in question said that he could mend the place in a the outside world. The influence the social cuirent has the same effect upon human nature as that produced by the constant friction of the sea upon the pebbles on the beach. Bough comers are polished and sharp angles smoothed down into sym metrical proportions. But it is not enough to be simply in the swim One must, to be happy, cultivate that society which elevates and ennobles. Seek relaxation for mind and body among a set of people who hold broad views of living. Narrow-minded mon and women, and the world is full ol them, will only give you distorted ideas of 1 fe, ideas that will change the sunniest and most healthful dis­ position into one morose, churlish, and ill-natured. Be careful* then, whom you choose for your com­ panions. Aalance«l by the liar*. * D^odern science has discovered a new function, that is, an unknown function, of the ear. It seems that the ear is not alone an organ ot hear­ ing, but it also has a good deal to do with the sense of equilibrium. Some interesting experiments have recently been made by Government scientists at Washington on sharks. They find that when a portion of a shark's auditory apparatus has been removed way to ' he 18 1,0able to maintain his balance defy detection and he was told to go ! water. The part of the ear on ahead. First cutting a piece of cloth ^vhich this faculty seems to depend is to fit the hole he went to a black- the labyrinth. If the nerve leading haired voung woman and by her per-' labyrinth is cut the same effect mission pulled several hairs from her 's produced of upsetting the animal's balance.--New Orleans Picayune. pulled bead. With these he stitched the edges of the patch and when the work was done not a salesman in the establishment could detect the mend. The customer was so much pleased that he sent the workman a neat present.--Philadelphia Becord. Tapestry and Stamped Leather. TaDestry came originally from By­ zantium, where its weaving was brought to a high state of perfection. Its expense, like that of all wall carw ing and stucco, was very great. Stamped leather, which, in a mea­ sures superseded it, was also costly, and possible only to the very wealthy. This stamped leather consisted of the skins of goats and calves cut into rectangular shapes and covered with silver leaf, then varnished with a yellow lacquer to give the appearance of gold, It was- stamped with dyes sunken and in relief, and painted in various colors. Wall papering had, in the meantime^, been extensively practiced by the monks of Europe. From the seventh century it had been the custom to decorate the walls of churches and cathedrals with Mblical scenes and diaper designs. v5">;-. -- 11 ' 1 "" 1' Liquid Fuel. Another engine fitted, with liquid fcul has been running on the Great Eastern "Railway, England--^one of a class of ten similar express engines-- and, as compared with the other nine Shoes. In a pair of fine shoes there are two sewed pieces, two inner soles, two stiffenintrs, two pieces of steel to give a spring to the* instep, two rands, twelve heel pieces, two sole linings, twenty upper pieces, thirty tacks, twelve nails in the heels, and twenty buttons, to say nothing or thread, both silk and flax; but the wonder is found in the rapidity with which these multitudinous nieces are com­ bined in a single completed work,for, as an experiment, some of our shoe factories have from the leather com­ pleted a pair of shoes in less than an hour and a half, and, as a test, a single pair of men's shoes have been finished in twenty minute* JSo lloubt of It. If you have a philosophical question tc ask, gOs to ar philosopher, not to a cynic. "Do you believe in the transmigra­ tion of souls?" said a man to his friend. "What is thatS" "Why, for instance, that this cow has had a prior existence in another form--perhaps been a being like my­ self." "Oh, no doubt the cow has boen a calf."--Judy. . A TRANSITION inhearts--play jog thedefli^ Qsrllest Traces of Man's Kxlrtence and dostfy. The earliest traces of man's ex­ istence and industry are found, as is now well-known, in certain rudely- fashioned flint implements imbeded in river drift--that is, in the deposits af sand and gravel which once occu­ pied the beds of ancient rivers. These implements point to a time when the working of metals was en­ tirely unknown, and when even the flints which men picked up in their wanderings could only te rudely chipped to a cutting edge, and were never wrought to a smooth surface. The majority of them certainly, and probably the totality of them, belong to the Pleistocene period of geology, the zoological characteristic of which is that in it the living species of placental mammals are more abun­ dant than the extinct. The evidence adduced for the existence of man in, the Pliocene, or immediately preced­ ing period is rejected by Prof. Daw- kins; and his skepticism is reinforced by the general consideration that the occurrence of man, the most highly- Specialized mammal, at a time when very few species of existing inammais Were alive is antecedently improb­ able. But the restriction of man to the Pleistocene period, and very prob­ ably to the later portions of it, still leaves a great many questions unan­ swered. The earliest flint' imple­ ments are found associated with a very complicated fauna and flora. The Pleistocene period includes within its range geological conditions of a widely different character. It is certain that at one t me the British Islands formed a portion of the main­ land of Europe, occupying a greater part of the North Sea, with the ex- seption of a narrow belt or gulf sur­ rounding Scandinavia, and extending from the Iberian Peninsula, outside the west coast of Ireland, along the present hundred-fathom line of the Atlantic. At that time the rivers of Northern Europe reached the sea at a point northeast of the Shetlands, and received the eastern rivers of England and Scotland as their tributaries. The northern rivers of France reached the Atlantic through what is now the mouth of the Channel, and the Sev­ ern took a parallel course, receiving the southern rivers 4of Ireland. Abundant traces of this period are found in the forest-bed which ex­ tends for more than forty miles afyng the shores of Norfolk and Suffolk, passing into the cliff on the one hand and beneath the sea on the other Prof. Dawkins gives a graphic de» scription of this forest and its inhab­ itants. It affords, however, no direct evidence of the existence of the nver- drift man, and general palamtolog- ical considerations seem to point to his appearance at a somewhat later date. The forest-bed period was fol­ lowed, at how great an interval can­ not be exactly determined, by the so- called glacial pcrtbd, when, owing to causes variously assigned by different authorities, a great portion of the British Isles was submerged beneath the ocean, leaving an archipelago of mountainous islands coveied with glaciers, which ended in the surround ing sea. This glacial depression was followed by a subsequent revelation 4'by which the British Isles, a part of *hc Continent, and all the large tracts of country witnin the 100- fathom line again became the feeding grounds of the late Pleistocene mam­ malia." At what period during these several changes the river-drift man first made his appearaucc the pro fessor hesitates to determine. The evidence afforded by the association of flint implements with mammalian remains is inconclusive, because the associated animals "were in Britain before as well as after the submer­ gence, and were living throughout in those parts of Europe which were not submerged." But an examination of the evidence gathered from a wider area of observation tends to sustain the inference that the race, or races, of men whose identical traces are found in India, in North Africa; throughout Europe, and in North America invaded fjurope in pre- giacial times, along with the other living species which then appeared. It is certain thau they existed in irlaclU times and survived into the post-glacial period. The cradle of the race is placed by the professor in a warm if not a tropical' region of Asia--in "a Garden of Eden" in fact --and from thence it spread radially into those regions so wide asunder, where identical implements, pointing to identical occupation and evolution, if not to identical origin, are still to be found. The river-driftman was evidently a hunter, jfnd nothing more, He lived by prey; like the animals which sur­ rounded him: and his supremacy over his formidable foes--the lion, the panther, the hyena, theelephaht, the mammoth,, the rhinoceros, the elk, and the bear--was established by his contriving brain and by the associated power ot his hand to fashion the rude weapons with which he slew his prey. The greats n*yfstery of all, perhaps, is his survivai 'lii the midst of such an environment. The river-drift man, likethemanof the present day, is, as Carlyle would have said, the meet­ ing-point of two immensities. Be­ hind him is the lost record of a limit­ less past, during which his ancestors or congeners peopled 4he earth and began to subdue it: before him is the promise and potency of all that civ­ ilization hasdone and all that it has still to do in a future as measureless as the past If any one wishes for an exercise in the scientific /ises of the imagination he need do little more than picture to himself in all its completeness the condition of tbe earth and its inhabitants in the Pleistocene period and seek for an adequate explanation of man's su premacv and survival. --- London Times. . LEGISLATIVE DOINGS. AROUNDACaai COMPILATION OP NOI3 NEWS. ItAJ* WORK 6F THE STATE SdlloMS AT THE CAPITAL. Bo*°rd °T One Week's Boslne-- Mawm •Presented, Considered and _ What On* Public Servants Are Dsinfr- In and Around Legislative Halls. The Law-Makers. The Senate met at 5 o'clock Monday aft­ ernoon and adjourned immediately with­ out transacting any business. There were only eleven Senators present. In the House about fifty members were tn attend­ ance. and as soon aa the journal was read Watson, of Jefferson, was given unanln\otts consent to Introduce a bill appropriating $.\000 to pay the expenses of legislative committees. The bill was read a first time swd ordered to a second reading. Mc- Murdy. of Cook, introduced a resolution providing that no bills except committee bills should be introduced In the House after the 18th day of March, except under suspension of the rules. The resolution was referred to the committee on rules. O'Donnell, of Cook, from the committee on elections, reported various bills to amend the election law. Hastings, of Knox, en­ deavored to have considered a resolution directing the Clerk to appoint an additional page, but Nohe. of Cook, objected and the resolution was withdrawn. The Senate Tuesday morning passed these bill* to third reading: Providing that a llirv of tit ho >« 1.1 , - " -- vi, i.vu3i*ici' where it is sought to have a conservator appointed; niakin? it unl.ivrful for parsons or companies to do a building and loan as­ sociation business without incorporating as ^jjch: giving La Salle County a June term of County Court; prohibiting the kill­ ing of Mongolian pheasant*. The House proceeded to the order of bills on first reading and cleared the calendar- Mr. Paddock then moved tw take uy the Senate resolution in regard to appointment of a committee to investigate the whisky trust. The House amended this resolution when it was first sent to It by making the number of members on the part of the Uou9e five instead of four, and the Senate refused to concur in this amendment. After dilatory motions had been disposed of Mr. Paddock renewed his motion, and asked that a committe of con­ ference of three on the part of the House be appointed. This was &"rsed to and the House also decided to adhere to its amend­ ment. Morrfe. Carson and Paddock were appointed confer roes. x The Senate Wednesday, pasted flre fcllls. as follows: Providing that a person may bring suit agatnst any Insurance company In the county in which he resides; allow- ing e«ch Supreme Court Justice a stenog­ rapher at a salary of $1,200 a year atid iS.OOO annually for printing; changing the time or holding the Circuit Court In Ken­ dall and Dupase Counties; providing that service on agents of trustees of a rdllroad shall be held as service on such trustees; requiring that the majority of rail­ road directors operating under special charVor shall reside in counties along the respective lines. In the House, aside from the petitions presented against the Lyman four-mile limit repealing bill, the action on the Henry George resolution, the cen- ference committee's report on the whisky trust investigation resolution, and the ac­ tion on Mr. Berry's anti-pool-selling bill the business transacted was prac­ tically confined to the disposal ot House bills on first reading, the introduction of resolutions by Mr. Caughlan unl Mr. Mur­ phy, and the presentation of bills. The resolutions of Mr. Murphy hud in view the prantingof permission to the board of com­ missioners of Chester Penitentiary t~> lease a tract of land at Chester fdr the erection of waterworks, while those of Mr. Cargblan had reference to surveying the lvaskaskla and Cache Rivers, with a view of reclaim­ ing the overflowed lands, under dlrectlou of the Canal'Commlsslcners. Outside of the nominations made by Governor Altgeld and his message asking appropriations for the Jollet Penitentiary, ihere was little of public interest in the Senate's doings Thursday outside of the transaction of routine business. Six bills were read a third time and tiassed. as fo'- lows: Providing for an additional registra­ tion day in Cook County; providing that judsmentB for the sale of land for taxes shall be taken at the July Instead of the • May term of court; making It unlawful for companies or persons to do a building and loan association business without in­ corporating as such; providing that the fees of the insurance department of the State Auditor's office shall be paid over to the State Treasurer; providing for an ad­ ditional term of court in LaSftlle County; prohibiting the killing of Mongolian pheas­ ants for a term of five years. The time cf the House wai given up almost entirely to the Introduction of biU& r t , There were a large number of members absent from the House Friday. When the Committee on Labor and Industrial Affairs reported through Chairman Car mod jr. a quest'on arose as to the regularity of Uepresentutlve Gill's 1,111 to protect em­ ployed and t3 guarantee their right to be­ long to labor organizations. The report of the committee was finally withdrawn and the bill sent back. The House adjourned until Mcnday. The following joint icso- lution was offered by Senator Caldwell, which went over undef tha rules; "Whereas, there wits heretofore enacted by the people or the State of Illinois repre- t-ented in the General Assembly an fcet en­ titled 'An act to provide fpr tha weekly payment of wuge* by corporations;' and whereas, the said statuto Is wise and beneficent, equitable principle. Indorsed by public sentiment, and generally observed by employers; and whereas, it is Just and expedient to give to the employes of the State of Illinois and the instltutim-i sup- jo -tedby it relief similar to that given to employes of corporations by the statute above mentioned; therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representa­ tives concurring herein, that from and af­ ter the 1st day of May. 1893, the State of Illinois and every institution to whose sup- l>ort the State of Illinois appropriate* funds shall pay weekly each and every employe engaged in its services the wages earned by such employe to within six days of tho date of such payment; provided, however, that if at any time of payment any employe shall be absent from his reg­ ular place of labor he shall be entitled to said payment at any time thereafter upon demand." Tho Senate adjourned ^tintil Monday afternoon at !> o'clock. Jews.' .'."f/** f ' r- i The Jews of the Portuguese rfte^-{ho Sephardim--claim to have settled in Spaiu during the earliest antiquity. They reject with horror all kinds of re­ lationship with "the murderers of Christ." They even claim that the Jews living in Toledo had at the time of the Crucifixion written to their brethren in Jerusalem to deter them from commit­ ting so great a sin. Whether these claims be correct or not, it is an indis­ putable fact that there exists a great differenee between the Portuguese or fienhardim Jews and the German or Ashkenazim Jews. * D« - P--tioyed -i JlMp Broad well Suffers an Attack of Parwtpafc -MerryRow In Chicago's Pnblir Browned While Cro<i*ltic the Mlsnoort. . From Far uud Sear. , , c - GOVERXOR ALTOEI,I> went to Cba«te to inspeet the penitentiary and note itr necessities. C. C. RCXDEX.II, or Saginaw, Mich, and Miss Hay Michael, of Hillsboro wrre united in marriage af* the bftde'i residence. * •" -TOHX O? Olriey. wa# fatally injured by a falling timber in t tunnel on the Ohio and Mississippi roar near Mitchell, Ind. MADAiitNE^Pdoi., i relative of thelat*J Orval Pool, and the mother of Mrs. K AV. Townshend, of Shawneetown, diet at the age of 80 years, A LARGE brick house, known as "the farm," Jacksonville, was totally de­ stroyed by fire. The place bad beer notorious for the evil done there, anc had been vacated only a few days. JUDGE N. M. BBOADMELL, one of tJU leading members of the Springfield bar, Was attacked With paralysis Jii»t utn the conclusion of a two hours' argu­ ment in a case in the Sangamon Cir­ cuit Court. His right side id paralyzed and the attending jihysictan stated thai he could not say whether his patient would recover or not. WALTER LADD, agt>d 16, son of Agent Jchn IX Ladd, of the Illinois Central, left Cairo intending to go to Missouri for a day's trip. Failing to return, search was made by harbor tugs, and the boat in which he had started to cross the river was found adrift near the mouth of the Ohio bottom up. The boy was evidently drowned, but Um body baa not been recovered. AT Jacksonville for several day* Jnmes T. McMillan was busy working up a grand mags meeiiug ai the Opers House for the benefit of the families of the sufferers by the Wann accident laat month. William Paterson, a prominent merchant of the city, presided, and many well-known citizeus were present and the house was well filled. Evan­ gelist Miller, of Chicago, sang a solo, and utuer musiciaiiB favored the au­ dience. Mr. McMillan detailed hte ser- vices on behalf of the sufferers and called on the audience for money. Quite a sum was raised. THE Chicago School Board Is strug­ gling with the schools' curriculum, and the feeling shown by them and by the public is very warm. Without a single exception the press of the city con­ demns the study of German, drawing, music, physical education, clay model* ing, sloyd, and kindred others in the lower grades, and the public very large­ ly coincides with the press. But some members of the board, and notably the teachers of the special studies, oppose any change, and the result is a con­ troversy that has waged warmly for several weeks and bids fair to continue. At a board meeting the other night the German question alone saved the utter rout of all the other specials. A PHENOMENA!, winter, during all of which the frost has not left the ground for a day, but has been descending deeper and deeper into the earth, is on the eve of a break-up. Since Thanks­ giving Day all the country roads in Illi­ nois have been passable. There has been no mud embargo upon them at any time. For most of the time they have been covered by enow. The highways from the remotest farm to the market' towns have been open and easy. But the change is coming. With the March break-up there will be return of mud, and as Irost is deep so the. mud will bo. This situation will continue probably late in April, and farmers who have felt easy about roads while they were in good • condition will begin to think that something must be done toward furnishing an accessible way to market. While there was good bobsleighing throughout Illinois nobody cared to agitate the subject of improved roadways. This upon the principle of the shiftless cottager who would not thatch his roof because in dry w. ather there was no need, «i)d when it rained he could not do it. The ̂ General As­ sembly was asked by Gov. Altgeld to take the whole matter under considera­ tion. As yet nothing has been done. This nonaction may result from the fact that no home influences have been operative to stir members of the As­ sembly into activity upon this question Perhaps, as the roads break up a'tar this memorable winter, there will the* be interested and energetic reaewal of the discussion about the desirability of legislative provision for improved coMt~ try highways. NEARLY -twenty years ago a youag man of Jacksonville, named James Davenport, married the daughter of a wealthy man in Omaha and settled in ihat city, and traveled as a salesman for a numter of years. After a time difficulties arose from sad causes, and the pair separated and placed their children, a boy and girl, in a convent by agreement, but later the father brought them to Jacksonville and put them with his father. This aroused the mother, and she came on to get her children. The trial attracted aggieat deal of attention, and was highly sensa­ tional. The decision was in favor of the father, and the scene, when the word was given, was very affecting. The mother declares she will have •• '» .'i? i W;4v VK on Lioyai In Langimir*. In one small way, If not in others, Canada is loyal to the mother coun­ try. She spells the English language in as long and roundabout way as the. nineteenth century permits. Cana­ dian schoolteachers and some Cana­ dian editors are still writing of "col­ our," "labour," and '-candour," and if an offender is lockdd up theysay he has «one to • *031." " IT is singular that clergymen don't invest offcener in rubies, amethysts «nd thw like. There fore 4,»«rmons In stones" you know. rrogrfM in Klectrlcity. ELECTRIC lights were placed Thames embankment in 1879. OFFICES and workrooms of London Times lighfled by electric lights in 1878. SIEMENS machines were ordered *tor light-house service on the Lizards in 1878. IN 1878 there was a panic in gas stocks on account of Edison's inven­ tion. EDISON announced in 1878 a method of producing many lights from his ma­ chine. DYNAMO machines were in 1878 or­ dered by the Government for the Lizard lights. FORMATION of nitric and other acids in the air by electric light proven in 1&79. IN 1877 a system of lighting street lamps by electricity was devised by Fox. ELECTRIC lights introduced in th'e Government arsenal at Woolwich in 1878. EXPERIMENTS made iQ New York with Edison, Brush and Sawyer systems in 1878. AN international conference was held in London in WW under favacKof the Queen. boy at all ovents. A COMMITTEE of prominent Quinojr citizens has started out to raise $3,009 with which*fftey will assist the city offi­ cials in cleaning up the city in antieip»i tion of tho choleVa. THF labor trouble about increase of wages with the Vandalia yardmen in Decatur ended by concessions satisfac­ tory to the men, and they resumed work at the biddirg of Supt. Burgoon. ONE of the greatest religious revivals in the history of Vandalia is in progress under the leadership of Evangelist Murphy. One hundred persons have professed .conversion and seventy-five have joined the church. BOBERT P. HOWEY, of Spring&eid, committed suicide by taking morphine. ELIZABETH SIX, the oldest resident of Brown County, died, aged 8£. De­ ceased was a native of South Carolina. She removed to Kentucky when a girl and was married there to David Six is 181SJ, and came to this State in 1823 a*** to Brown County in 1829. JCIHJE NOBMAN M. BKOADWELL, who was stricken with paralysis at Spring- Held in the court-room just after he had concluded an argument; in a law ca^e, i* dead. He was a member of the firm of Gross it- Broadwell. and bad bees County Judge and Mayor. . # CONTRACTOR M AFFIOLT, who Isdoftjjjf the excavating for the new ltoekfonl government b.iiidiug. employed Italiaac . on the work who were not eitizeosw.. "I'nele Sam" objected and he was coot- pelied to niareh his men to the eoutfc house and have them naturalised. -1 >* THE Ifev. James M ill er, presidio s etd(M o? tb * Decatur district, will go to cago as pastor of the Marshfield \\<saw§ Chuivly. and will be succeeded by m Kev. C. Galener, of Wuincy. The R«r. James Miller is regarded as one- of tlte brightest iigfctft in:his i oafereme-. )(« has been graud pre'ate o' ihe Graad iutiije . ikMhiiltil IHMiBiiiNi fair ii»l