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• Mjj M •: x VAN 1LYKE, Editor m! PoUlshsr. • ,v- * • ' " ' & > * fp^ k,4 t *",v - A CHrtfOLn^E trust is already an­ nounced. Capitalists soon get iato the ring. CHARLES DE LESSEPS has "brofcen down." We presume it is because •he has broken up so many persons. THE man who Is persistently urged to take 9 stand in life generally meets his opportunity in a streetcar. THERE are few things more difficult **than to conjure up real sympathy for the person who buys gold bricks, autde of copper. w-k THEOTOORE THOMAS listened through the t^Jephone to a pianist playing in New York. Mr. Thomas was,in luck. It is not every pianist you can get that far away from. A<r the present time tbe Philadel­ phia School of Pedagogy consists of -eleven professors and one pupil. The pupil is a bright young raa^ .&p4 is making rapid progress. TOE railroad army of the United States numbers 784,000. The num­ ber of passengers carried in 1892 was 530,000,000. Only one passenger to -2,803,700 carried was killed. WYOMING has some peculiar people. It is not that they allow women to Vote, or that they revel in cattle wars, but they are clamoring now for "the Legislature to reconvene. ~ A SUGGESTION to disarm Chicago policemen is now 4>@ing considered. A Chicago policemen without pistol or club would be of little use in pre­ serving the peace, but as a monument of humanity he would be worth look­ ing at. ft MRS. BLAINE has been requested by Gov. Cleaves of Maine, to allow the body of her husband to be re­ moved to Augusta for final inter­ ment If the dead statesman has to be disturbed it should only be for removal to a national necroj^lis in Washington. W A PARTY ot New Yorkers will soon start abross the continent in a special train made up of cars that are pal­ aces on wheels. There are citizens of this republic, who. scorning such luxurious living, will continue to ride on the brake-beam. Men are, of course, born free and equal, but tastes differ. AN English Admiral has been snubbed. He ordered the sun not to set until a later hour than that scheduled in the family almanac And darkness came on just the same. T?he Admiral should have studied his astronomy more faithfully. It was his duty, if sunset had to be delayed, to stop the earth. . IM, THE turbaned Turks have been tampering with mail sent to and from the United States. Much qf It be­ longed to the missionaries, who have made ineffectual complaint to the local authorities. The time seems to have come for this country to inter­ fere, and as to the pilfering masters of the harem, scare 'em. SOME one finds the situatioa ia re­ gard to marriage and divorce hopeful In reviewing and presenting the fol­ lowing statistics. The divorces have i>een about 10,400 annually in tbe United States for the past twenty tears, but this is only 1 per cent of the number of marriages, and there is nothing in the world that human beings undertake to do that can show 4o small a percentage of total failures as marriage. tion, as Koto-hito-Kan-in, a member of the Japanese Imperial family, has just discovered. While living ini F^ris recently he wanted a French teacher and was recommended to Mme. Jane Hading, the brilliant actress. The lady graciously conde­ scended to teach the child of the Flowery Isles the correct Parisian pronunciation, whereupon he placed his check-book at her disposition. Had not a certain bill been disputed, it would never have been brought to light that the Prince spent more than #7,000 in buying his teacher cream- colored silk stockings. Valenciennes night robes at $200 per yard, and pink silk chemises at $40 eac'c Thus do princes magnificently requite those who instruct them, even in these decadent day a • AMERICAN corn marches triumph* ant hand in hand, or ear in ear, as. it were, with the American hog through Europe. Germanv was conquered last [summer by the Hon. Charles J. Murphy of the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture; conquered so completely that Murphybrod, as the Germans learned to call corn bread, has become one of the most popular and widely used foods in the empire. Now Mr. Murphy is giving banquets In Denmark for the same purpose, banquets composed of eight dishes and one drink made of corn. It is a great enterprise ana will unquestion­ ably result in great benefit to the American producer and the European consumer The spirit of '76 and other years and the hoe cake of our fathers have made us what we are. Perhaps they will do as much for the pauper foreign stomachs of effete Eu­ rope. j A NEW variety of the meanest man conceivable continues to come to light The latest type is the well- dressed stranger, who, intrusting a newsboy with a note to be delivered at a stated address, asks the boy to give him some security for the faith­ ful discharge of an errand for which, on return, he is to receive 25 cents. The unsophisticated newsboy gives the well-dressed stranger all the money he has--say--$2--and flies on his errand only to learn that the ^ad­ dress on the note is spurious and that the woll-dressed stranger has disap­ peared with tbe $2. It is possible that men are mean enough to under­ take this sort of robbery, but the story gains a little in improbability from the fact that it is a Chicago newsboy who is the alleged victim. Tbe typical Chicago newsboy would have been more likely to have asked the well-dressed stranger to take care ot his papers while he was gone, and to put his diamond pin up as security until the proprietor of the literature returned. MASSACHUSETTS has a new warden for its State Prison. His first official act was to deprive the convicts of the dumb bells with which their cells had been supplied. The reason as­ signed for this revolutionary act was that a prisoner had threatened to brain one of the guards with one of the dumb bells. Incidentally the warden remarked that he would try to give tbe prisoners enough work to abate the demand for gymnasM& ex­ ercise. ONE of Chicago's capitalists Was l^told by a clairvoyant under spirit ^ domination to turn his fortune over to her. She enjoyed it for a time and then floated hence to mingle with the SOME of the English papers are dis­ cussing a proposition made recently by a milling organ that the British Government should provide ware­ houses for gram or flour and stock them with a reserve that could be drawn upon in case of a sudden in­ terruption of the supply from abroad Jt is pointed out that in case a war should break out between England and a power able to contend with it on the ocean the food supply of the people would be menaced and might be cut off till other arrangements for feeding them could be made. The extent of the danger thus referred to may be faintly inferred from the fact that the domestic production of wheat there is now barely one-third of the total consumption. The topic is pushed even to the point of ad­ vancing different oDinions as to the quantity required 1 b? regard for safety, some arguing for a two month's supply and others that the granaries should not'eontain less than enough to feed the people for half a year. And, it is said, the present would be a good time in which to stock up, as it could be done cheaply while the stocks in sight in the United States are so large that hold­ ers do not know what to do with the material. Undoubtedly it would be a good thing for owners of the cereal here if tbe British Government should now undertake such a precautionary measure, but that is not to be ex­ pected. The buying in of such a large supply could only be worked up to by a rather long course of prepara­ tion, in which money as well as stor­ age room would have to be provided, and it is not likely to be undertaken during our current cereal year. Society. . Mrs. T. Hyphen-Hyll will give % •pints by whose friendly tip she had dinner, to be followed by a dance, On resorted to the 17th. Mrs. Hyphen-Hyil's resi-Hprofited. The jluicide so as capitalist to swell the happy j dence is one or the finest in the'city throng. Tjfow comes a hard-headed tudsre, who decides that mundane es-! tates cannot be legitimately con-j trolled from mansions beyond the1 Skies, and the clairvoyant business suffers a shrinkage in perquisites. THE gentlemen composing the Whisky trust state that they have no objection to beiug investigated. They only make certain conditions, chiefly that the committee shall not touch upon topics concerning which the trust feels tender, and that if the committee finds out anything it will carefully refrain from letting any­ body know. It is not In the nature of a reflection upon a worthy and be­ nign trust to call attention to the Coincidence that a chicken thief would be ready to stand trial ujxm similar terms. . more PBXSCES are a ordinary bound to pay men for their educa- and she moves exclusively in the' most fashionable society. Her charm­ ing daughter, Gladys Hyphen-Hyll, never eats with her knife. Her grand­ father, Mr. John Hill, preferred his knife to a fork, but in real breeding he was way ahead of his grand­ daughter. The engagement is announced of Miss Houray Boyse to Mr. F. Eaglebeak- Browne. The Eaglebeak-Brownes at­ tached tbe final e to their name nearly ten years ago, and deservedly rank high among our most fashion­ able families. Tbe engagement will soon be an­ nounced ot the Marquis de Cberche Dot to Miss Bertha Boud, daughter of Mr. James Bond of Idaho. The Marquis is a young but partially de­ composed representative of one of the old historic families of France. Mr. G. Dobbes-Flynte's new riding boots are not entirely satisfactory, as one of them is too tight over the in­ step. The Dobbes-Flyntes are one of our oldest families, having held on to their moae? ttearly three venerations. SUGGESTIVE FIGURES COMPARISONS DRAWN PROM THE NEW TARIFF BILL. ValMofOoodi Imported Daring tl» T«r Under the McKinley Law Mid the Katt- auttcd Vnlue of Such Import* Under tkt Prupoeed Maaiorc. Their Figure* Betray Them. The pamphlet which the attorneys of the importers in New York and a few special friends of Mr. Cleve­ land have sent out, containing the tariff bill which they ask Congress to enact, contains statistics embodying suggestions which are of vital inter­ est to the people of the United States, particularly those who are employed in manufacturing enterprises. The most suggestive of these statements is that which gives the value of goods imported during the last year under the McKinley law and the esti­ mated value of such imports the first year of the bill which they advocate shall become a law. Here are a few of the comparisons presented by the Indianapolis Journal: Estimated Value Imported valueunder in 1«W. freetrade bill H.wjo.OOO 4HO.OMI lv 00,000 • C J.500,000 win,wo 1,090, M2S.0W) l,Tu0,tfW W,5Ot>,liO0 . >,800.0 (0 it,006,000 «ii,lao.ooo #,000,000 46,000,000 10,000,000 76,000,000 teg _ _ IRr Goods. in ltftt i Hooks, maps, etc §2,07*,M7 Brass snrt man'f's ' 2*U,U9i Uariey ,• .'.7-V»tJ Brushes t*»7,K*4 Bnttons 1,*17,SJ<I Carrtsi^es and parte... c"0,574 , Cement :.... a.Wl.M*); Chemicals and dram.; Cotton and manTsot. 38,«>7,80(> Earthenware $,727,12(1 •• Feathers and flowm,. Glass Iron and steel and manufacturers of... 2J,:*J7,92i Marble and stone l'.40l,34'J' Silk and raa'f act's of.. 31,142,180 Tobaoco, maoul'c'd... '2,769,011 Wool, manuf's of 39,792,004 $ Totals #175,382,583 1810,095,000 Thus it appears that wheie $175,- 332,582 worth of competing products were imported into this country in 1892, under the present law, $310,- 095,000 worth will be imported if the free trade and importers' bill should become a law. In other words, $125,- 762,418 worth more of the products of foreign labor will be marketed in this country of the same kind of goods than were the past year under the McKinley law, if the bill should be passed. .That $125,000,000 worth of goods will supplant $125,000,000 made at home and take the labor which produced them from American workmen. At least 80 per cent, of the cost of all manufactured goods lepresents labor in some form, so that of the $125,000,000 of foreign goods which drive out an equivalent of home-made. $100,- 000,000 represents labor. Estimating the annual wages of each workman employed in making these goods in this country at $500, this displace­ ment of home-made goods by foreign competitors will turn 200,000 work­ men out of employment. But seven­ teen industries or branches of indus­ tries are named above, and yet in these, by the free-trade figured, 200,000 workmen could, .be robbed of employment, and at I'^sb 600,000 people dependent upon t£at labor would be deprived of - tfie means of subsistence. That is;bthe -changes proposed by the tariff bill of the free­ traders ttiv seventeen industries, by their own figures, will deprive the equivalent of nearly one-third of the population of Indiana in 1890 of the sources from which they now derive food and shelter. Mats: The Flag Is SUU There. The Republican party has shown in recent elections that it still pre­ serves its organization and its vitali­ ty, and that it is as true as ever to the imperishable principles which Republicans have maintained in the past. The protection of American industry continues to be the leading issue of the day. It is an issue upon which there can be no difference of opinion in Republican ranks. The Democracy may nail free trade to a piratical masthead, and denounce protection as unconstitutional, but the Republican party continues and will continue to sustain the doctrine of protection, and to declare lhat American interests are to be pre­ ferred and safeguarded before those of other nations. The Republican party is out of power. Its adherence to the principles of protection is not inspired by selfish ambition. It is based on the broad ground of na­ tional welfare. The Republican party has been de­ feated at the polls, but that docs not make free trade right any more than Bull Run made rebellion right Vic­ tory will yet be won for American principles. The same courage under difficulties and in face of temporary obstacles which has carried the party through to success in the past thirty years will once more snatch triumph from disaster, and re-establish at the White House and the Capitol a truly American administration. There never has been a time when protec­ tion has been so essential to the wel­ fare of the American workingman as to-day; there never has been a time when the danger of free foreign com­ petition was so great as to-day; there never has been a time, therefore, when the Republican principle of protection against foreign competition *» as in need of stronger advocacy than to-day. The present generation of Americans knows nothing of the calamitous influence of fres trade upon American industry, and espe­ cially upon American wages. When the Democratic party has to carry out the policy to which it has pledged i££elf, When wages bejjin to fall, mills to^stop dnd furnace fires to be extin­ guished, the popular revolt against free trade will be overwhelming. The Republican party has not had to surrender a single principle or .re­ treat from a single position since' it was founded. It has not, like the Democracy, had to abjure secession, slavery and the denial of manhood equality, one after the other, and to make up by promises as to the future for treason and folly in the past. The Republican party has nothing to recall. It stands firmly and proudly for every one of its glorious principles, and foremost among these is the pro­ tection of American industry. The Cleveland Machine. All pretense to civil service reform seems to bt thrown aside at Wash­ ington, and the sole object of the administration now is the creation of a Cleveland machine. Cleveland himself is doing most of the creating, for fear that a nut or a rivet might slip in without the Cleveland stamp on iiu The postofflees are to be given J to Cleveland men oni/, and no Demo-; crat need apply without alHugwump indorsement. The report that Cleveland receives with manifest gratification intima­ tions that he may be a candidate again in 1896 gives a hint of the uses to which the machine is to be put for Cleveland's third term ambition. WUl He Keep His Oath T The announcement that President Cleveland is opposed to a continuance of the tariff discriminations which are now made agsdnst the imports from Venezuela, Hayti and United States of Colombia, and will revoke the proclamation imposing them, issued by President Harrison, is not surprising. It is part of Mr. Cleve­ land's free-trade theory that Reci­ procity is "a sham," andT he is bent on breaking it down. The discriminat­ ing duties against the three nations in question were Imposed because they not only refused to enter into any reciprocal trade arrangements with us, but virtually barred us out of their markets by levying unjust duties upon our products in the in­ terests of British and German im­ porters. When President Harrison became convinced of this he had but one course open to him under the McKinley law, and the proclamation referred to was tbe result. Tb<s pro­ vision is explicit, as the following from section 3 indicates: "So often as the President shall be satisfied that the government of any country producing and exporting sugars, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, raw and uncured, or any such articles, imposes duties or other ex­ actions upon the agricultural of other products of the United States, which, in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States, lie may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, tbe provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, etc.* The course of the three countries from any reasonable and impartial standpoint justified 2nd still justifies retaliation. If President Cleveland were to do his plain duty under the law, as he has s^orn to do. he would not for a moment consider tlf$ revo­ cation of this proclamation! Our treaty obligates to Brazil, the Spanish and English West Indies, and Central America demand that It be maintained If it is not, the President strikes a heavy blow at the stability of reciprocity and goes a long way toward the overthrow of the whole policy of reciprocal trade which has been justly designated as the greatest piece of statesmanship in our generation. --Cleveland Leader* Democratic Tribulations. The administration is only a little over a month old, but it has got some hard knocks in that time by bad appointments and adverse ejec­ tions.--St. Louis Globe Democrat. Calamity S. Brlce is mad. He threatens to make no more recom mendations and to withdraw those already made. If his name has any influence with Grover it is to cause him to refect the man indorsed by Ohio's alleged Senator. --Toledo Blade. That nomination of young Eckles of Illinois for Comptroller of the Currency is very properly hung up in the Senate until an investigation can be had of the individual who frankly confesses that he "knows nothing about banking." The ac­ tion of the Senate is not dictated by partisanship, but by that careful con­ sideration for the interests of the public service which has apparepl^y been ignored by the President.-- Boston Journal. That tired feeling which began to permeate the rock-ribbed and ancient Democracy about the time of the-ap­ pointment of Judge Gresham as Sec­ retary of State has waxed as it pass­ ed through successive stages in the contemplation of the promotion of mugwumps, eleventh-hour Demo­ crats, and callow postulants, until it has culminated into an exasperation all-absorbing and intense because of the black ingratitude of the papers that be.--Cincinnati Tribune. Star Chamber Methods In the Senate. The United States Senate is to be pitied when it becomes so ashamed of itself and the men elected tq it that it tries to cover up some of the blackness in a member's character by going into secret session when a likelihood arises that his case wiU be discussed. This seems to be the pre­ cise position of the Democrats with respect to Roach, the embezzler who was recently elected from North Da­ kota by a combine of various political elements, and they seem determined to keep much of the truth from the people, even if they cannot, as they would like, prevent the investigation entirely. The gross evil of these star chamber methods Is patent to everyone. It is inexcusable and outrageous in a free government to thus refuse to let the people know the records of the men who are to make laws for them. - Its effect is to encourage malfeasauce in office and belittle p3rsonal dereliction, to make wrong­ doing seem less odious and to gild over iniquity. Quite as bad as this moral effect is the denial of the rights of the public whicji such secrecy implies. PoUey. Tf; V About 800 Democratic fourth-class postmasters have been appointed in ten days. It requires an ax of tough material to stand such wear and tear. --New York Press. Fault is found with Senator Voor- hees for recommending an ex-convict and a Knight of the Golden Circle for office. But Mr. Voorhees is a practi­ cal politician and does not believe in disposing of the spoils in such a way as to discourage the best workers in the party.--Kansas City Journal. Here is the record of "Headsman"< Maxwell, the decapitator of Republi­ can postmasters, for the week begin­ ning last Wednesday; Wednesday, 4l£ " Thursday, 188. Fiiday, 136. Saturday, none--taking a reH. Monday, 115. ' r Tuesday, 144. ,; Total, 932. • • r Pretty good for a civil service re­ form administration, •h?-»--Troy Times. JL__ THB United States produce 565,000,000 pounds of tobacco* HE tKARED THB QUK. Strang*. Slot? of a Tramp Whla BMan* a Murderer. "s • .• I was walking along the dock that afternoon, when I ran into a tramp who was fumbling over a heap of rub­ bish in an ash barrel. He fished out .an old revolver; barely had his hand touched the weapon than be threw the pistol to the ground. Turning to me he said:-- "1 would like to take, that icon with me." / '•Well, there it is." ' V "No, not for worlds." "You are crazy." '•I am not. How do I know what may have been done with that re­ volver? Might it not have been used in some killing scrape? You know it's a superstition among thieves and murderers to throw away their shoot­ ing irons. It is considered had. luck to hold 'em." -/iv.-"- ^ / "Why so?" *• "Oh, there's no telling. this revolver," he said. 4'might have taken a man's life for all I know. There are rust stains oh the handle. See for yourself." I looked closely. There were dull stains there. These might possibly have been caused by human bload. But oniy the microscope could deter­ mine that definitely now. ^ "Maybe that man who fell before this gnn was robbed for his mohey, he had a home and family; maybe it was some atrocious midnight surprise." As the tramp said this he looked intently at the engine of d&tth in a reflective fashiqn. Then, with a sud­ den movement, he threw it far out in the tide. I thought no more of the incident. Four months later my business took me to a small town in Connecticut "You are just in time," said a friend; '-there's to he lots of sport hefe to day." "How so?" I asked inquisitively. "Well, we're to have a hanging bee. We're going to make a man swing for a bloody crime. Here is his picture in the paper." i looked and started with surprise, it was the face of my tramp friend. --N. Y. Herald. Children at the Table. TJiat bug-a-hoo maxim of child­ hood, "Llttlo folks should be seen and not heard," is, like a great many other things, very good in its place, and that place is most decidedly the table when other guests are present. Dearly as parents may love to listen to the prattle of their little ones, they should remember that the wh'jie world does not consider small Mary and John quite as great wonders as they do. In the nursery, on the stairs, in the kitchen, everywhere about the house, let the childish voices run riot, but no matter how great the hardship, train these little prattlers to silence at meals when strangers are within the gates or else exclude the infant prodigies on such occasions and have their refreshments served to them out of sight and hearing. Some mother will probably remark: "A crusty old bachelor or sour old maid wrote that article," simply be cause her great love blinds her to faults that others are quick to see. The writer of these lines is neither one or the other of the persons men- tioned above, but s woman who loves little children and could listen to their cute sayings all day long, but there are some who may love them just as much, but who become nervous and annoyed owing to being unused to the company of children, and find a meal an insuflcrable bore that is pervaded by the flavor of childish precocity. Mothers, one and all, if you desire your little sons and daughters to be popular with the adult guests who visit your house, take warning,do not let tbem swoop down upon youi friends directly they enter vour house and continue to be in evidence throughout the entire period of theii stay. It may sound cruel and un kind, but it will pay in tbe end, for, no matter how kind-hearted a man oi gushing a woman may be, they -will very soon tire of a course of infantile conversation, attentions, and pas­ times, and in order td keep your friends you must let them see the children only at such rare intervals that they will learn to appreciate their society. LEGISLATIVE Steel Car Axle*. , 4-0. excellent illustration of the ef- feet'which the substitution Of Steel for iron is haviug in some industries is furnished by the experience of car ax}es. They are now buying and working steel billets within one- eighth inch of the finished size, so little hammer work is required. When iron called for four heats, which it was neeessasy to make very cautiously, steel axles are finished in two heats. The result naturally Is that tbe quan­ tity of work which can be turned out per annum, is very greatly increased. Where twenty-four iron axles was the work of one shift, thirty-six steel axles are now produced. With cheap steel of excellent quality, axles which 'stand very much more severe tests are produced at a price nearly equal to that of the old iron axle. There is orly one drawback, Which railroad buying atreots neglect only too fre­ quently--that scrap steel has not the same value as the best No. 1 selected wrought scrap, as which old iron axles would rate. Chertsiied Cockadc. A memorable Instance of presence of mind was the adventure of a cer­ tain Desaugiers at the time of a pop­ ular uprisimr in Paris, when the peo­ ple took possession of the Tuileries. The hero of the incident sagely acted .upon the theory that a poor excuse is 'better than none, and sometimes bet­ ter than a better one would be. He was an inquisitive person, and regardless of danger, he hastened to the Tuileries at midnight to see what was going on. At the gate he was stopped by two revolutionists of om­ inous appearance. "Why do you not wear a cockade, citizen? Whore Is your cockade?" they asiced. A mob gathered about him- and jemanded fiercely, 4'Citizen, where is your cockade?" Desaugiers took off his hat, turned it arc/tmd and around, looked at It on all sides, and then said in a tone of inild surprise: 44Citizens, it is stranse, very itrange! I must have left i( eff my Bight-cap." WORK OF THE STATE SOLON8 AT THE CAPITAL or On* Week's Considered and What Our Public Servants Are Thrtng. • In nnd Around legislative Halls. Tho Law-iKalrem. Tuesday Senator Wall introduced a measure to make the salaries of membere #f the General Assembly $800, with $3 per flay for special service and 10 cents mile- The committee Investigating Lincoln Park occupied the balance of tbe time. In the House an appropriation bill of minor Importance was sent through, and tte House concurred with the Senate resolution relative to the Normal Academy of Jackson Park. The House transacted a deal of business in a small way, receiving petitions and re- - ports of standing committees. By a ma­ jority of two the House refused to non­ concur in the recommendation of the Com­ mittee on Appropriations adverse to a proposition for the erection of a soldiers' monument in the State House grounds. Tbe following communication to the Speaker was received and ordered to be spread upon the Journal: "Mrs. Blaine and her children desire to convey to the House of Representatives of Illinois their acknowledgment of the resolutions of the 81st of January in memory and honor ot Mr. Blaine, and to express their gratitude for the sympathy extended to them In their greatest sorrow.» In the Senate Wednesday, the anti-pool • selling bill was killed. The Governor's nominees for Trustees of the Soldiers' Or­ phans' Homo at Normal ware confirmed la executive session without objection. Bill* were passed appropriating moneys for the ordinary expenses of the State charitable Institutions, and 1293,000 for ordinary ex- peneee and Improvements of the University of Illinois. Mr. Paisley's constitutional amendment resolution, enabling tbe Legis­ lature to levy an income tax, was defeated by a vote of 39 yeas to 7 nays, tt requiring a full two-thirds vote to adopt It. Mr. Niehaus' bill, providing for the elec­ tion of assessors in townships of between 40,000 and 100,000 population, was advanced to third reading. In the Houao the Senate bill, providing for an appropriation to the University of Illinois out of the money granted by an act of Congress, was passed, Mr.McKlnlay's bill, authorizing the appoint* ment of a commission to ascertain and mark the position occupied by Illinois troopa in the battle of Chlckamauga, and appropriating Si,000 to pay the expense* thereof, the bill appropriating 1100,000 to incorporate tbe Illinois Industrial Home tor the Blind, and a bill for various appro­ priations CiuX'Cvtala "WW exhibits, were passed. The day in the Senate, Thureday, was almost entirely occupied with the antl- pooi-seiiing fight and the consequent fili­ bustering by the gambling combine on the special order* of the day In order to avert tbe defeat which came Just before adjourn ment. Action on Mr. Caldwell's bill relat­ ing to the collection of taxes was postponed, and the same course was adopted with the special assessment bill. Consideration ot the bill relating to coal mines was put off, and Mr. Wells' bill enabling cities, towns and counties to recover money from the State Treasury which had been paid in for boads and had not been called for within two years was postponed indefinitely. Mr. Campbell's bill concerning custodians of public moneys was shelved, as was also Mr. Higbee's bill making appropria­ tions for the ordinary expenses of the State government. Then the light reverted t-o the pool-selllna question, which was not settled, In the House Mr. Miller's bill pro­ viding for the organization of sanitary dis­ tricts along rivers and streams subject to overflow was made a special order for Wednesday. The Committee on Judiciary then favorably reported the Carmody antl- pool-selllng bill and it was made a special order for Thursday. It prohibits pool- selling in Mties of 100,000 inhabitants or over, or within ten miles ot their city limits. The bill for the permanent loca­ tion ot the Stato fair, carrying an appro­ priation of 1150,000, was mado a special order for Ihursday. The deficiency bill appropriating 15,000 to the Live 8tock (Com­ mission was passed, together with the emergency clause. In the House. Friday, several bills were introduced and others advanced from first to third reading. A squabble ensued when Representative Nohe tried to advance his bill, to no purpose. In the Senate, Senator Wells* bill to amend the election law so as to abolish the necessity of publishing the ballot of township elections In tbe newspa* pers, and to provide for the payment of the Judges in township elections 9SL50 a day, was read a second time and made a special order for third reading on Tuesday. Several bills were advanced to third read­ ing. Both Howes adjourned until Monday, They Resist Their Own Language. The general spread of the English language over the world has been re­ sisted most stubbornly on British soil at home. Two weeks ago the Legislative Assembly of Jersey rejected, by » vote of 27 to 6, a bill to permit the use of English in the Assembly, at the option of a member. This action, of course, affirms the principle that French is the official language. The country parishes are resolutely opposed to th® introduc­ tion of English, although It has made great progress iu the towns of late years and it is said many of the deputies are now unable to express themselves cor­ rectly in French. Mr. Gladstone's government has been asked by several Welch members ot Parliament, at the instance of a large body of Wolchmen, to make the teaching of Welsh in die public schools of Wales obligatory. It has always been taught in the Non-con­ formist Sunday schools. The uumber oi Irish peoplo who do not speak Eng« lish at ail is still considerable, and in Scotland it is not small. ; --: muUL. •:> * A Queer Little PIMM. According to a Belgian gerai^tii How in this country, the territory of Moresnet, lying between Belgium and Germany, is the smallest Government in the world. It has a population of nearly 2,000. The people are devoted entirely to the tin mining industry. There is no military service, and eleo tion days are things they never hear of, There is a Senate oi ten members who are appointed by the Mayor. He gets hie place by being appointed by two delegates, one from Germany and one from Belgium. The police force con­ sists of one man. He is paid out of the annual revenue, which is about 1,200 francs; this also pays for the mainten­ ance of the roads and the schools. The territory was made independent in 1815, to settle a dispute. Germany and Bel- glum both wanted it on account of its tin mines, but neither of them got it. The territory contains a trifle over two square miles of ground. Typei and Printing. GED'S molds, 1731, were made qf plaster pf parls. THE first Russian journal was issued at Moscow in 1703. IN 1860 the American papers printed 928,000,000 copies. IN 1870 there were 669 paper factories in the United States. IN 1860, 4,051 journals were pqbHshed in the United States.' In 1890 4,559 new books wore printed in the United States. IN 1868 Marinoni's press at Paris printed 36,000 an hour. THE daily newspapers began the use of illustrations about 1884. THE first Bible printed in Ireland was executod at Belfast in 1704. THE first attempt at parliamentary reporting was made in 1641. THE first sporting newspaper was th$ Jockey's Intelligencer, 1683. THE first paper mill in Amerioa was built near Philadelphia, 1690. IN 1710 Van Meyer soldered type pages together at the bottom.' THE flrst Spanish newspaper was ths Dtfcrio de Madrid, about 1750. ICLIMOIS INOIDEl SOBER OR STARTLING. PAVTH- ^ , FULLY RECORDED. „ s r ** rUUy Sentenced--J. 'W. Xmm la Serious Trouble--Fell Forty feet fi si . a Balloon--Barn Baraen Active a& U*- • coin. From Far and Near. ' JOHN HUNT, an old resident of Jit* sumption, died. DAVID SHADE, aged 18 years, son at a prominent citizen of Carlyle, was kicked by a horse, receiving a danger- v ous wound. His recovery is doubtfuL • THOMAS CARBINE, a member of the notorious Mortell- MoGrath gang, ak r? Chicago, was shot and fatally wounded i ^21 by Officer Patrick Harding,while resist- a4 Ing arrest. WITH bankruptcy staring him in the » ; O face L. H. Hasse, a harness dealer of - . *.! Elgin, went to Chicago and committed to suicide by swallowing an otmce of laudanum. dl,-,; 8HEBIFF NowLAN, of TermillOB * i ' " n j County, captured J. W. Hitcheh re- ' \ cently, after a search for two years. ^ i He is wanted for forgery and obtaining I money under false pretenses. FROM the result of a fall from a build- ^f ing W. F. Kern, a Lincoln carpenter. „ .. 4 aged 73 years, died. Mrs. Stricfrl&r, " ! Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Lasher and Louis . .Vj , Kern, of Chicago, are children of his. " /If AT Lincoln, Company G, Fifth Io~ ., M ' ~"j ^ fantry, L N. G., Lieutenant Mcllvane • ^ > in command, dedicated the tomb of ; * their late comrade, William Lllley. Captain Wilkin, of the Fourth Begl- ̂ xs ' ment. officiated. , vlj AT the school election at Clay City ^ ^ considerable interest was created. ) Several women exercised their right of '" " suffrage for the first time by voting for 4 : their favorite, which resulted in the If " ip' election of J. N. Duff. t a ; HENRY the Vandalia who tried to kill his wife about a month ^ 5 'hIi< ago by cutting her throat with a pocket- 11 knife, was sentenced in the Circuit* ; Vlfs, Court by Judge Phillips to ten years in •, '• £5. the penitentiary at Chester. ' V PETER LARSON, while at work in "M: stone yards at Racine avenue. Chicago,, turned to Louis Schneider and drswtajr, i '• a revolver exclaimed: "I wlii iw gun." A loud report followed and Lar- ; •" ; eon dropped to the ground dead. He^, f was a Swede and leaves a family. "||p DR. J. F. MCKEXZIE, of Leroy, is tho * *1$' reputed successor to Dr. Carriel in the V V'• " - ' management of the Central Illinois Hospital for the Insane. He is a resi- \ v t ,>1| dent of Leroy and a man of considers- >- .--4& "r-'M-' ble experience in his profession. He is .̂, ̂ a brother-in-law of Vice President ' ̂ ; Stevenson. ' * , x- J. M. LANE, a citizen of Queen's Lake, ' who has heretofore borne a good repu- • tation, was arrested and placed under \V' $1,000 bonds to answer to the charge of s , > f burglary. He is accused of breaking * ,- into the residence of John Baehr and; -j j attemptlng to shoot his wife. Mrs. -. • "• Baehr claims that the burglar was dis-., guised as a negro, but was recognised - • by her as Lane. The latter claims hs - '. is innocent and is the victim of a. v woman's spite work. ' " DURINO the past few weeks five barns .. * 7tf! have been burned in the Second Ward of Liucoln. all being close to the busi- , t ness part of the town. The fifth of these * tires occurred Friday night, when Major T. J. Larison's barn burned, with the same evidence ot incendiarism which " s ^ has marked part of the other fires. Be- sides the barn and contents, valued at c.-"' $600, a valuable horse was burned. Mo a < 1 , t insurance. The loss on the five*barns,^' iX burned recently is over $5,000. 7 :C» CHESTER SAVEARINOEK, an aeronaut. . - 4) was seriously Injured in a balloon as- - cension accident at Highland Park, p ! Quin*y. Sunday afternoon. He at-?|>| tempted to make a parachute jump, and^f started up hanging to the parachute The wind drove the balloon against a tree, and when about forty feet from-V : the ground the man was knocked oft He struck the limb of a tree in his fall f I and < a me whirling to the ground, alighting on his chest His right arm was broken and he was injured inter- * naliy. He may recover. The accident ̂ was witnessed by a large crowd. THERE is a prospect of a strike by " 'SSI' 'SI the coal miners in the Springfield dis- -v.' A; trict. The operators have just made a ik reduction of 5 cents a ton on the price ^ for mining, notwithstanding the fact v \ - 1 ^ that the national convention of United?, " " - ; Mine Workers at Columbns instructed the district-officers all over the United J States to ask for an advance of 5 cento ? a ton. The miners in the bpringflekt • Y % f,' - district have been getting 45 cents a ton *< /'• gross weight. * - r ;; k - JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD, a newspaper | man of Belleville, was sentenced to ^ year in the penitentiary for bigamy. '1 • THE Adjutant General confirmed the o, <-'v election of William H. Glasgow as Cap- tain, Philip Pier as First Lieutenant,'" ' ^1- "• and John A. Gelger as Second Lieutsn- - • >' ant of Company I, Third Infantry. ' THE following enlisted men have been discharged from the miiitia service by la special orders: Honorably -- Privates > Ross C. Forbes, Edward F. Gibson, Ed- \ „*f[§ ward J. Buddy, Company E, Second ^ - v> Infantry; Private Paul K. Kutztner. Company K, Second Infantry. Dis­ honorably--Privates Ernest Dalton and Frank Gioas, Company I, Second In­ fantry. FRFIT, butter, eggs, and other edi­ bles went up in smoke on South Water street, Chicago, early Wednesday night, destroying one of the street's commis­ sion houses and doing $75,000 damage after giving the firemen a hard tussle. The building was the fcur-story struc­ ture at 94 and 96 South Water street. Nothing remains of it except the walls. The structure was occupied by produce commission firms, and contained but­ ter, eggs, and fruit in large quantities. The east half of the building was shared . iV . by E. Goodale & Son and John Gleason. H. J. Trumbull occupied the entire •. '• building at 96 and carried a heavy stock iSifmX, of produce. MRS. GEORGE Eixbbs, wife of the ~ ' Sheriff of Edwards County, gave birth .,, ̂ to three babes, a girl and two hoys. •»/}?£. All are well and hearty. WHILE a number of boys were play- ing around a straw stack at Jacob Flock's, five miles north of Olney, they discovered a lot of table cutlery and jewelry. Some of the goods were marked B. E. D. B. A. E. and B. B. E. There were twenty-five boxes of knivea of Rogers' make, three trays of rings, eight gold pens and holders, sixteen sets spoons and fire sets knives and forks. There is also a lot of necklaces, pins, watch chains and other jewelry. A LITTLE Eskimo baby died at Jack­ son Park Tuesday morning. The dead baby, which was the second one of this Jntf resting colony to die in a strange land, was little Peter, son of George and Marguerita Deer. The funeral services were simple and pathetic. They were in charge of the Rev. A bile, the native minister, and took place within the inclosure. The hymns were sung in the native tongue, while tho Erayer and consolation offered M tho pis copal i an minister, the Rev. J. Zlydii. were in English. Grief pervaded tho entire colony, and tho Christianised Eskimos also paid their reeoeets to th# dead. The mm* w*## partVuilarly thetio one. < & KM » T ' -> . 1 a ̂ j •J.*:"; \Tvi- ! 1 "