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ifc NEWS OOraCfSELYCON< DENSED. ' " -tfaraM#' -JMtoto KuteraM £& cwmtwaf I»worri*ibl* CrtmlnaU-BalM- •'1 f-OHi •m**6 m m ., f a farmer living btt a'fine ^•©litai'e tract near Elgin, was at eup- " the other night with his son ajred 17, and a Swedish farm- Harry, another son, was absent, g a music lesson in Elgin, and the JHtef was angry because his permis- gtoa hftd not been asked. Charles de- Jended his brother, a quarrel ensued, ^ 4»| the father ordered him from the . ®<WS0. Both jumped from the table, Secured a weapon, and* a lace en- > Sued around the table. The father de- ' 'ilberately fired, the entire charge en­ tering the boy's left eye, making a ter* rthle wound and killing him instantly. Both Burr and his son were naturally j high tempered, and the father has often S^JMNHS unduly harsh in the treatment of siP*©"bows.. The boy had a good reputa­ tion. The father is under arrest. Nwd toe Regulation. v There is much said nowadays about stKe need for regulation of building and ^' Jjoan associations, and indeed the ex- ;tent to which the poorer people are ul- y|ng them w recipients of their savings flpaakeB some reform in the methods of f jpupervision essential. At present the , * ^achievement of State supervision does extend beyond discovering that a building and loan association is bank­ rupt long after the fact is accom­ plished. Something more than this is . necessary if stockholders are to be pro- rf?t»oted. B^t even under present laws fcome good may be accomplished if reckless financiers who mix up the' * % money of their depositors with their * <*«wn investments in beer and the ballet lire made to explain their methods of t; v.jpnance before a jury in the Criminal % * ,Court. 'V ' i .**"1 ' 1 * , ' Bad Revordi of Coln-Swntcn. I' Joseph li Wilcox and W. H. Shaw, the ^old-coin sweaters and shavers'at - < , Chicago, are well known at Chicago as , sfeawwiilvicts, Wilcox has the reputa- • itlbn of being one of the cleverest l,* Scheme rs'in the West. In 1887 he was W t ,- Jtiiofwn as "The Wolf Scalper," and his C , 'jplan was to obtain from certain deal- t* *t «rs in pelt? in Chicago and other cities quantity of cheap wolfskins, from M which he would skillfully manufacture fwoff Scalps and travel from county to I' ^eotraty to obtain the bounty offered, < ,>srhich amounted to from $5 to $10 for •f r- 'each scalp produced. Shaw served ' - two years at Joliet for handling the bonds stolen from Kellogg, Johnson & L' 31i*s at Chicago in 1888. Both men ;J; .'•were released at about the same time ' : -and went to Chicago. 'A - • ' -- » . • • M t t e n e K n o a s h t o D o B n i l n e m . Johh Hart, who is awaiting trial at '-ijkford for the murder of his two Bra, transferred his share in the big [art farm to his mother, Mrs. Bridget VsHart, and to his brother Henry, the fmrchase price being $2,500. His plea s insanity. The Prosecuting Attorney pbelieves that this plea will fall flat, for |' , ?' the reason that if Hart is sane enough • 1 'to transact business he is sane enough |iv - • know the difference between right * ,'i»nd wrong. The division of the estate I is said to have been the real motive ' -, for the murder, John wanting more gll^than his share. v . T, "" 11 ' K> !• GftttMlns Must Be Stopped. Mayor Hutchins, of Rockford, has £<•* ' inaugurated war on the gambling and disreputable houses and proposes to rid the city of them as far as possible. ;•' The police pulled two gambling dens v."'.*'.' -'and caught seventeen young men, a '•fs >,. number of whom are prominent in ^social circles, and rushed them off to a V 4ustice cour^, where each was fined - ^15 and costs. Reporters were excluded, and the Justice and DOIICS rcfuss to winake public tfee names of the parties "implicated, fictitious names being ^igiveii in court. •' , Demolition at the Park. I \ I f , A d m i r a l M e l l o " h a d s u d d e n l y 'istfeatried down Lake Michigan, run his t* ' 'warship into the lagoon and opened fire K:\^;'on Brazil's pretty building at the park t -«V could not have done greater dam- f '»•,*' age than the wreckers who attacked it ^the other day. They began bombard- ing the graceful dome, and by night ^Hhe building was in ruins. Two or X- vthree days left no trace of the castle, ,n 'Hast of the foreign houses to be^k^uihed Vv »nd first to falL . ||.j| ' Record of the Week. M; CHAKLKS DUDDY, known as "Broncho 'Charley," is missing from Elgin. K MR. AND MRS. JOHN ANGEL cele­ brated their golden wedding anniver- . sary at Jacksonville. P. DERBY, of Peoria, who "didn't § know it was leaded," shot and instantly ^killed John MoGiven. PATRICK Ryan, ex-roadmaster of ^ Wabash road, died at Litchfield, from %*'^8n overdose of laudanum. . A, MORTGAGE for $180,000 on the " plant of the Litchfield Car and Machine l.'^feompany was filed at Hillsboro. ^ . DR. D. W. BROWN died at Neoga ^' * from an overdose of morphine admin- . istered by himself by mistake, p.'"' CHICAGO wage-workers are asked to "f--' -^contribute one day's pay toward reliev- ' ing the distress of the poor and needy. AT Decatur, Mrs. Eliza Holt, aged 81, and Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch, said to Ibe 104 years of age, died Tuesday •night. H. H. KOHLSAAT and a syndicate of -German-American Republicans are jsaid to *be after the Chicago Freie ^-PressQ.. ' * ' ' C JOHN T. WRIGHT was found insane |&t Alton. He has a wife and children 3at St. Charles, Minn., and they were ^notified. > LITIGATION over the $10,0C0,000 left Q^gSby W. B. Ogden, Chicago's first Mayor, f \ 4! <was reopenod by proceedings begun in New York. - v i VANDALISM is rampant in Jackson Park. Nothing--not even Transporta­ tion's golden door---is safe from the relic hunters. 1*^ AT a n eeting of commission men at " the Chicag Stock Yards Gov. Altgeld fi**' urged them to determine if they ptj fwanted State inspectirn. S?:j'\'k- POSING as a millionaire, W. H. n I ' Campbell "promoted" an electrical gorging scheme at Chicago-and disap- peared w ith more than $100,000. , d , FOUR burglars attempted to rob the 5*:.> ...residence of A. J. Brown, of DonneU- Sr'i - A«on. James Smith, colored, one of the , : robbers, was fata ly wounded by Brown -v-And Smith's three confederates were " captured. jr'.- v CHKXSTIAN HACKER, of Joliet, sold >r s, to Henry M. Hooker, of Chicago, Joliet rtal estate to the amount of $7r>,0 0. This is the largest transfer in Will __, BETH LEWIS, aged 60, art Champaign. JUDGE H. K. KODOLP, died at the age of ttS. - WE GRIFFITH, of Urban*, has been adjudged insane and will be taken to the asylum. ERNEST TAYLOR, of Cak Parle, was a J h i > i ' l l > t r A l o \ v l i i T o «nlkiu^ on the Irwuk. MR. AND MRS ROBERT TAYLOR, of Virginia, have just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. MRS. E. T. TILLIPAUGH, a resident of Rockford for many years and a well- known lady, died, aged 60 years. 9 REFUSING to leave the vicinity of Hirsboro, when ordered by a vigilance committee, John Rcash was filled with shot. MATTHEW LAFLIN, pioneer, $s at death's door, a cold caught on election day having developed into pulmonary apoplexy. EARNINGS of the Chicago postoffice in 1893 were $2,1^4,622. Postmaster Hesing has enlarged the special deliv­ ery district. LUTHERANS of Beardstown deto­ nated their new church with impres­ sive services. Ministers were present from many points. - * BOGUS employment agencies of Chi­ cago are swindling the unemployed by exacting fee J for registration and fur­ nishing no situations. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS will be paid by the^ National Treasury for cur­ rency mutilated by burglars in the Franklin Grove bank. AFTER binding and gagging the clerk, in broad daylight, three Chicago men robbed Simon Greenburg's pawn­ shop of jewelry valued at $10,000. CON CROWLEY, aged 40 years, of Clinton, was fatally injured near De­ catur by an Illinois Central train which he tried to board while it was moving. AT Springfield, William Hatnap, coal miner, killed himself. William J. Sfchroyer, for many years a promi­ nent Springfield Justice of the Peace, died. ATTORNEY GENERAL MOLONEY has filed a bill praying the appointment of a receiver for the National Building, Loan and Investment Society ol Chi­ cago. , " SUIT will be commenced against Walter & Walter, of Decatur, for issuing a policy' in the Norfolk, Va., Fire and Marine Company, which has no license in Illinois. THE annual review of building opera­ tions in Elgin for the past year snows that hard as times were $1,000,000 was^ extended for dwellings,business blocks, public buildings, and the. ittfirxuary at the State hospital. THE safe in the office of the Western Brewirg Company was blown open by dynamite at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The robbers secured about 82.0(10 and escaped. The police believe the work was done by professional cracksmen. AT Ddcatur Bert Dubler, aged 22, was fatally stabbed in a fight by his stepfather, B. F. Vaughan, who is in the county jail. ° The stabbing was the result of Dubler's attempt to enter tjie house of his mother against the com­ mand of Vaughan. PETER HALEY, a Decatur confec­ tioner, made an attempt to murder his wife. He broke a club over her head, battered her face and arms, and when he saw fcer face covered with bloc d he made an ineffectual effort to kill him­ self by beating his head against the kitchen wall. Haley is in jail and the woman is in a critical condition. Causeless jealousy brought cn the as­ sault. TWELVE houses vacant on North Second street, Springfield, are a re suit of negro superstition and a sequel to a sensational story published exten sively in the newspapers last summer. Seay J. Miller, a colored man, with his wife, had ccme from Cairo, and later in the year Miller was hanged and burned at Bardsville, Ky.', for having assaulted and murdered two girla. A he affair created much excitement among tljp colored people of the North, strong protests being made that the wrong man had been put to death. A few nights ago Mrs. Morris, a colored woman, who lived next door to where Miller lived, heard a noise, and, going to the door, saw Miller's body in a burning, seething, writhing condition, which almost frightened her to death. Two nights later Mrs. Benson, another neighbor, saw the form of Miller flam­ ing and tumbling through the air and dart into the later Miller residence. On each occasion the el9ctric light on the comer went out. The exodus has been complete, and every house in the vicinity is offered at a low rent, with no takers. THE Anchor Insurance Company of London has been writing considerable insurance in Chicago and Illinois late­ ly, and the Insurance Commissioner is anxious to locate its offices and inter­ view its agents. Neither is to be found in Chicago, and it is said its. headquar­ ters are at Roby, Ind. The company does a peculiar business. Whenever brokers for well-known companies re­ fuse insurance to any concern beyond a certain amount, the Anchor seems to get swift information. And in a few days the applicant, who has been de­ nied by other agents, receives a policy, inclosed in a plain envelope, for any amount that may be desired, from the Anchor Company, with a bill for pre­ miums at an advanced rate; and upon payment of the bill, the thing is done. But the Anchor has not complied with the laws of the State; it is reported from London to be almost unknown, and to have a paid-up capital of only •285 out of $2,000,000; its offices and of­ ficers are phantoms, and it is generally believed that the policies are not worth the postage. It is said the in­ sured party runs mere risks than the company. For these reasons the au­ thorities of this State are trying to in­ vestigate it, but so far have been un­ able to identify a single party. IN Vandalia and • ayette County a J disease something like the grip is pre- vailing among children. Several cases have proved fatal. The victims while at play, apparently well, are suddenly stricken, fall over unconscious, and re^ main so until death. Jos. SCHAFFER and Miss Josephine Weber, prominent young Mascoutah people, were to have been married soon. The aged father altd mother of the young man were taken dangerously ill, and it is thought they cannot recover. Realizing that the end was near, the aged people requested the young couple to be married immediately. DR. J. SPENCER KENNARD, who has been occupying the First Baptist Church pulpit in Bloomington for some time, has accepted a call to the Eelden Avenue Baptist Church in Chi­ cago. Of lat8 years Dr. Kennard has been engaged in evangelistic work on the Pacific c ast. GIVE AID TOWARD THE DEFEAT OF THE WILSON BILL. £v«cy Bepoblleaa am Democrat Should Make Himself rtf Ttiir mmfritTfi Jttcasarc The Beurbcji Pcnsicn HUES afcaU «gw»«wf!i »•ifrorom'j ef lho In­ terior who was transplanted from a briefless Georgia attorney's office to the head ot a great department of this Government c^Uke a turtle dove. He capers nimbly In injf Stay's chamber to the lascivious pleasings oL a, iute.,-=» Ohio State Journal. ^ - OLIVER CROMWELL. jfew. fl*e Pension -- It has been proclaimed thltt fne amendment to the urgent deficiency bill relative to pensions established the doctrine that a pension is a vested right, the same as a title in property. Such is not the case, and the Martin amendment above referred to does not make it anything of the kind. Here is the provision: Any pension heretofore or hereafter granted . . . shall bA deemed and h«ld by all officers of the United States to be a vested right in the grantee to that extent that payment thereof shall not be withheld or nnspended until, after due notice to the grantee of not less than thir­ ty days, the Commls loner of Pensions after hearing all the evidence shall decide to annul, vacate, modify or set aside the decision upon which such pension was gran^d. That is, it is a vested right until questioned by the Commissioner of Pensions and fresh evidence is fur­ nished to satisfy him that the recipient is entitled to it. That is a "vested right," indeed, with, a string to it. When a man has a vested right on a piece of real estate or in a horse, he is not called upon to establish his right to the property, but the person claim­ ing it or denying the right of the oc­ cupant to it must furnish the evidence to prove that his title is not a good one. If the reverse were the case, every holder of desirable property might be­ come the victim of every pettifogging blackmailer who would threaten to make a claim to compel the real owner to prove his title if he did not pay the blackmailer not to do so. If the pension is a vested right it should be incumbent upon the Government, as complainant, to establish the fact that the holder's title is not good, and it should be required to make proof from evidence other than that contained in the papers upon which the pension was awarded. The bureau should notify the pensioner that it proposes to offer evidence to disprove his right to a pen­ sion, and that when the case is made he will be presented with a copy of the evidence, and will have thirty to sixty days to rebut. In Such case, a pension would be a vested right. Mr. Martin, who has secured the adoption of tbo above clause, has not made a pension I a vested right, and it is well to know it in teason.--Indianapolis Journal. He No Longer Bona. The recent declaration of Hoke Smith on the subject of pensions is so fine that there is precious little betwixt it and silence. Yet it was not always thus. When he made his celebrated ruling concerning the suspension of pensions under the law of 185:0 he in­ dulged in the extravagant and foolish statement that the government had be en defrauded out of not less than ten million dollars under that law. There­ upon he set out to hunt up the despoilers of the nation's treasury, and an army of sneaks and soies were sent over the country to ferret out the al­ leged frauds. What has the harvest been? After ROY and Amanda Middleton, two a six months' hunt the Secretary ac- Elgin colored children, were taken knowledges that thousands who were County for yearsC Hacker h&a taid out suddenly and violently ill soon after suspended had been returned to the- , , j several subdivisions. X dinner and died shortly after. There pension rolls after an examination, but ,%",J TBKSE figures are from Coroner were symptomi of arsenical poisoning, he sets forth that certain frauds have i "'f, McTIale's annnal report, just published A box of poison was found in the house, teen unearthed in Norfolk, New Mexi- tV - .at Chicago: Fatal railway accidents in but there was noevidence of its having co, and Iowa. I-n't that rather a poor been recently disturbed. There is con­ siderable mystery about the affair, and itwiUbe cleeelyinvestigated. Pot PTMSWO on Tow Congrmmwattm. . The end to bfe aimed at by the pro­ tectionists in the great contest DOV OD in Congress is to defeat tho Wilson! " iff bill, amended or unamended. measure shall be passed by the TT| - then an effort will b > made to enough votes to defeat it in the dil­ ate. If this shall prove to be impofwU ble, a policy of obstruction will '• he adopted. In that event, next summer will be likely to come and to go with , the wrecker's bill still under discus- j sion. With an overwhelming public j sentiment behind them, the Republi-j can Senators will have an easier task j than that which was undertaken in the : extra session by the silver men. As : the welfare of the industrial interests ; of this great nation will depend upon their fidelity to the duty of blocking the passage of the bill, no fear need1 b 3 entertained that there will be any wavering in the Republican ranks when the final battle against free trade shall be fought. But, clearly, the smallest chance of beating the bill in the House of Repre­ sentatives should not be neglected. If a death blow can be dealt to it in that body, the business of the country, re­ lieved from suspense and from menace j of harm, will at once revive. It is j therefore of high importance that a J strong effort should be made to induce I as many Democratic Representatives! as possible to vote against the meas­ ure. Of the Northern Democrats _ a large majority, perhaps, represent dis­ tricts in which are extensive industries now well protected, but menaced with serious hurt by the Wilson bill. Many of those engaged in these industries, as employers or employed, are ' members ot the Democratic party and voted for men now in Congress, In every such dis- .trict the Democrats who belieye that the Wilson bill would do them harm should frame and sign protests against its adoption and should ask their Representative to vote against it, pledging themselves to vote against nim in November next if he shall re­ fuse their request. If this course should te pursued, and if each Repre­ sentative thus addressed were com­ pelled to realize that his constituents would oerta:nly make good their threat*, the Wilson bill would never pass the House. Energetic and im­ mediate action, therefore, is one of the heeessitieB of "the situation. It is the fear of such influences that makes Professor Wiison and his crew of wreckers eager to have the bill pressed to a vote with the greatest pos­ sible speed. They fear the demoral­ izing effect of free and fair discussion, which shall be prolonged until public sentiment can reach the Democrats who come from industrial districts. The President and Speaker Crisp and Mr. Wilson intend to use all the great power at their command to force every Democrat to stand by thp bill. The man who is disposed to flinch will be made to feel the weight of the Presi­ dent's displeasure when appointments are tube made, and Crisp and Wilson will bulldoze hijtn and browbeat him in the Hou^e whenever chance offers. The politicians who have resolved to assas­ sinate American industries will not permit oaths of office or constitutional requirements to deter them from pur­ suing their purpose to the end. but a Democratic Representative who has to choose between the terrors of the White House and the wrath of the Speaker on the one hand, and,*on the other, being retired to private life at the end of. his present term, may summon up courage enough to disre­ gard the party bosses at W ashington. In this matter the real power is in the hands of the people.-- Press. , f- ls^3, ;31 killed at crossings, 153; killed ""Awhile walking on tracks, 132: in col- : llMons; 3a: famn? off toxins, if. return for the display advertising in­ dulged in by the Secretary last sur u*r? Hoke Smith is now very qi' Figures for IffcrmerU "*'TV The following are the farm products which are tradbferred to the free list by the Wilson bill, with the duties under the McKinley UMr: Datles now levied. Wilson bill Apple*, is cents per bosfctl,. Free Moa and hams, Sqgntaper pound. ..Free WMOTK* meats. ocnt. Free ~ nrattoa aaaport,8cents per poand.Free lea, 10 cents per potted Free 1 eaca Free ton.. Free >ien ...... Free .Vi\ Free Free Siges, s oenta , ft oente per nlli s cents pec aoit texs, mperoent... Flax straw, $s per ton . Flax, not hatoheted, $22.40 per ton...,...., .Free Hemp, not hateheled, ?i5 pet ton...T...... Free Hair. 15 percent.......... .....I. Free Lard, 3 oents per pound.. .Free Milk, fi oents per gallon Free Oreen peas, 40 cents per bushel.... .Free Trees and all turnery stock, 20 pair cent.. .Free Heeds, all kinds. 30 per cent.. ..Free Straw, 30 per cent .Free Tallow, 1 cent per pound.-Free T eaaeis, 30 per cent Free Wool, N to 12 cent® per BOOB#. ............. Free wool waste and boIIS, 30oenta per pound.Free Bags and flocks. 10 centi pe^.poiMaa. Free The following articles have practi­ cally baen transferred to the free list, as a duty of 20 per cent, is imposed only in the event other countries impose a duty on the same . if coming, from the United States: Buckwheat, lScente.per bushel Frae Core, 15 cents per bnahel.... Free Oats, 15 cents per bushel....;....U... Free Rye, is cents per bushel..Free Wheat, 25 cents per bushel. Free The following is the list of farm products on which the duties have been changed to an ad valorem basis and otherwise reduced, compared with those imposed by the McKinley law: Duties now lev!ea. Wilson bill. Horses and mules. $X> per head .;.. .3) per cent. Cattle $10 per head.. 20 per cent. Calves. 13 per head...... j. .20 per cent. Hogs, $l.t0 per head.'.' .90 per cent. Bheep, fl per head ,....*.20 per cent. Lambs, 75 cents per head ........ .30 per cent. Barley, 30 cents per bushel. . .20 per cent. Butter, 0 cents per pound.......... .20 per «ent. Cheese, 0 cents per pound.,. *) per cent. Beans, <0 cents per bushel.../......30 per cent. H«y, per ton S3 Hpney, w cents per galloiw« 10 cents Hope. 15 cents per pound 8 oents Onions, 40 cents per bushel. oents Potatoes, as oents per bushel is oents Castor beans, so cents per trafheL. » oenta Flaxseed, so cents per mtahel 30 cents Vegetables, 2* per cent ...10 per cent. Poultry, live, 8 cents per ponn4 2 oents Poultry, dressed. & cents per pound 3 oenta Under the ad valorem system, which was displaced by the McKinley law, horses worth in the market *100 or $125 were valued in the invoices sworn to by the importers as worth $25, $40, and at the most $50, making the duty $5, $8, and $10, respectively. The fore­ going figures are useful to present to those Democratic local politicians who have been told to assert that the farmer is not touched by the Wilson bill.--Indianapolis Journal. A Psalm of Tell me not in mournful nutflbM*' Life is bat an empty dream! ^ For the Democratic blunders ftlake the poor old eagle seNpffc ; Life is real! Life is earnest.' And the grave Is not its goal; Empty shop and smokeless furnace Will not getuur winter's coal gutter: terava, rv- M Not enjoyment, and not sorro||^ . ̂ la ou*V destined end or way;^|; Without funis and cannot borrow- Good old Den^cratic sway! Art is long and Time is fleetinf. And our hearts, though stout and Are like Hopkins' boys, "repeating, Johnnie Patrick's scalp to sar«J In the world's broad field Of In the bivouac of life, ' ' Be no longer Grover's cattle! * No longer let despair be rife^ ; < Trust no future howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Cleveland's party holds the present r-' " Almost makes us sick abed. Lives of *reat men alt remind lis.; We cad make our lives subline, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on old Grover's spina " Footprints that perhaps anotlMft Bailing o'er life's solemn mate, A betrayed, bamboozled brot hM| Seeing may tako heart agulij|| Let us then be up and doing, ^ With a heart for any fate: Protection's pledge again renewing, < Bite no more on free-trade bait. £ WJ ' --C K. Barnes, In Inter Ocean. - * V ' ' - " /-v*# A Democratic Trick Exposed, ̂ , The Republicans in Congress oo not propose to be caught napping during the debate on the Wilson bill. They will not allow themselves to be used as a cat's-paw by certain Democratic members to secure charges which will affect their districts and get them out of trouble, and then, having used them, join with their party and vote for the bill. They will vote to defeat the bill outright and If unsuccessful it will be sent to the Senate bad as it is. It is the opinion of Mr. Reed and other Re­ publican leaders that quite a number of Democrats are in earnest in their decision to vote against the bill, but the Republicans are fully alive to the f&ct that there arc many others who merely want to use the Republican vote to rid" the measure of obnoxious feat­ ures affecting their respective dis­ tricts, then to vote fpr the bill, as a whole. The chances are decidedly in favor of the passage of the Wilson bill sub­ stantially as it now stands, and the Re- Imblicans do not care to share the pub­ic opprobrium that will attach to said action. It is probable that if the pres­ ent measure becomes a law the Demo­ crats will not soon have another chance to frame a tariff bill. "The Democrats were choen by the people to build a free-trade document. They must do it without any Republican aid and take their chances with the people. American Breadwinners Aroused. The great mass meeting of silk- workers at Paterson, N. J., to protest against the Wilson bill, together with the great meeting of iron, flax, linen and jute workers and shirtmakers at the same place the ni^Jit before for the same purpose, shows' that New Jer­ sey workingmen are thoroughly aroused to the importance of active efforts on their part to defeat the Wil­ son conspiracy to rob them of the op­ portunity for "employment. Both these gatherings were purely non-partisan. Such demonstrations are practical ar­ guments against free-trade legislation which Democratic Congressmen can­ not refuse to heed without imperiling their own political prospects. The, example of the Paterson breadwinners should be followed in every industrial center. Iieave the Tariff Alone. Any redaction in the present tfcriff will be Injurious to my business,and also to the pros­ perity of those around me. Please vote against all changes recommended by the free­ traders. Signature Let every reader of this paper and every friend Of protection send the above petition on a postal card to the Representative of his district in Con­ gress. Begin at once. Ask your | friends to do the same. SOME people are so kind that their kindness f^uent^ ̂ fts them Ho Cbm His Country Liberty JbME Be<* came *& Groat Tynunt. It is safe to say that England has produced few more interesting char­ acters than Oliver Cromwell, the great Puritan. Inspired by religious zeal be won great victories, rid Eng­ land of a tyrant and implanted a love of freedom which has lasted until now uiiu yet. iDSpirfiu by a, ui&u am­ bition could show himself as great a tyrant as any Stuart and finally gloom­ ily meets his end, his life endanecred by plots and his name hated by his countrymen. It is 253 years since he passed away from thi« world but the impress he made on English-speaking people, in some ways is still fresh and indelible. Oliver Cromwell was born at Hunt­ ingdon, April 25, 1599, of a gentle family which were the owners of con­ siderable property. In his boyhood, from the various anecdotes told of him, he seems to have been strong headed and bent on having his own way. In his studies he made poor progress and his teaclfers considered him little better than a dunce and often flosteod him severely. He was sent to Cambridge to college and afterward lived iu London where he studied law. His life in both places was not different from that of other young men of his class and it was only after bis marriage in 1620 that h6 adopted his extreme religious views. He experienced a complete change then; to persons from whom he had won money at play he made restitution and much of his time was devoted to preaching and praying in the Puritan's meeting houses. Cromwell bad served previously in Parliament but it was during the session of the long Parliament which began in lt>40 that he became es­ pecially conspicuous. He was ap­ pointed on several important com­ mittees and gradually became known as one of the most uncompromising opponents of King Charles 1. and the royalists who were seeking to estab­ lish a despotism in England. The differences between the King and the Puritan party increased and at last in 1641, civil war broke out The royalists in Parliament vacated their seats and joined the King and, Oo to her 23, the first battle was fought at Edgehill. The war went on through the year and the royalists were triumphant; it really seemed as if one more important victory might put an end to the Puritans, when Cromwell undertook the reform of the round head forces. He soui^ht to inspire them with a zeal begotten of religi.in. It was not, he told them, an earthly power which they fought against but it was the great principle of evil. They were fighting in be­ half of Jehovah himself and were like the people of Israel warring aeainst the enemies of the Lord. This teaching inspired the soldiers with courage and, in addition, Crom­ well introduced the most perfect dis­ cipline into his forces. At once the tide began to turn; battle followed battle and in each the Puritan arms were victorious. Finally, at Naseby, June 14, 1645, the King's forces were completely overthrown and dissipated and Charles fled to Scotland. Emioent as Cromwell had been as a soldier from this time forward he showed himself a statesman ot no mean order. Parliament under *his influence passed several acts of grteat popular benefit and (for once showed itself tlvs champion of the peopled rights. In 1647 the Scots gave up Charles to the English. Cromwell was disposed to qaake some terms with him and li t him easily regain his crown. But as Charles could not tell the truth to any one or be faith­ ful to a single living soul, as it was seen to be impossible to trust any promises Or pledges made by him it finally became evident to Cromwell that if the liberties or the English people were to be preserved Charles must be sacrificed. Ibe army had been ever opposed to Charles and it is believed that Cromwell used his influence w.th the soldiers to still further pre!udice them against him. June 4, 1647, Charles was taken aud imprisoned. The Parliament debated long over what to do with the King and whether it was not better, even now, to come to some terms with him. The army watched these de­ lays with impatience and finally, December 6, Col. Pride invaded the House of Commons and turned out all who would show the King any favor. In January Charles was brought to trial, condemned and be­ headed on the 27tb. Crorn well was at the bottom of this. His name stands third on Charles' death war­ rant and the execution was brought about through his influence. Cromwell's next proceeding was to put down the remaining royalists in England anu Ireland and defeat, at least for a time, the pretensions of Charles' son to the throne which were upheld by the Scotch. These things he did in a series of great bat­ tles and by 1651 Cromwell was su-« preme. The wcakess of this great • man now becomes apparent. Kot content with being the act ial ruler of England he would be King and td thatendhenow directed his evety force. Violence and unconstitutional measures were employed; those only were allowed to sit in Parliament who were known to be in Cromwell's avor, while hisopDonents were driven out with ignominy. A despotism followed equal to anything attempted by Char e? I. Cromwell re vied cu8r tonis of the monarchy and adopted the state of a price; he had himself called Lord Protector and in every way sought to add to his personal magniflcence. Continual plots were formed against him in consequence and he could only avoid them by the constant employment of spies and other humil ating expedients. If Cromwell showed himself weak in his personal ambitions, howe er, he made England feared and re­ spected by every foreign nation. Never before had she assumed so proud an attitude before the world aud never had she played a more con­ spicuous part in foreign politics. Whether consideration of these things wouid have saved Cromwell from his enemies' plots cannot be told. Fortunately, perhaps, for him­ self, death stepped in and delivered him f-om his enemies September 3, 1«58.;_.!'/? ' * •v' :V « i ' J u s t a t " sa]<i Tommy, ,,wlifwt,biey/ call policemen coppe s?"' "It may be," said Mr-.J^ji^ who had beta "moved on* m Willi# lit wa».«taiid^ on ffetttortter dfeeUMing the MM times, tntfin tlliose mind the ooti-age to his feel- ings still rankled, "it rpay be because they are not worth more than twelve CK2^ti$ a dozen.* A New Artificial Stone. Anew artificial stone is betnj?«ade A YANKEE'S SI •Mm* •»lted His Claim and Bis Victims. Judge Stevens of Ironwo&t,'•'"!» il| good story teller agd, one eye when the thermometer was Zero at Iron wood add the wind , . . . ^ , j w h i s t l i n g o u t s i d e o f a c o z y in Germany, which appears to be im- j Jhere was tin £u kiinlu;;! j f,f n Va ttjUtCTiaiS uOW 1U usu. JLIIC suuii employe!, which is wcfli' dried and contains It is of U TTU. wcfli screened before being used, from 2 to 3 per cent, of clay. placed with a certain proportion ground lime into an iron .drum With diagonal ledges in the interior^ which is then closed and slowly revolved by steam so as to secure a thorough in­ corporation of the materials with each other. The mixture is taken out and conveyed "to an apparatus consisting of a frame of wrought Iron, having a flat bed, on which Wolds are built up When the frame is filled co. ers are placed on the molds, everything Is wedged up tightly and the frame and molds arc rtttt tri rails into a cylinder. When the cylindqr is closed water and steam are ad­ mitted. The water must cover: the molds, and the steam is admitted at a pressure of 45 pounds or 60 pounds per square inch. Thb steam fofces the water between the crevices of the molds, thewatei slakes the lime^ causing it to expand In volunie, ahd as the molds resist the outward ex­ pansion the lime is forced into the sand and cements it into hard stone. The steam pressure is kept up for three days. The frame is then with­ drawn, and twelve hours are allowed for cooling before the taking to pieces of the molds and the removal of the stone. Different tints can be given to the stone by mixing a small percentage of colored earth with the lime and sand in the cylindei. In some experiments made in England to ascertain the resistance to thrust­ ing stress of six 6-inch cubes of this artificial sandstone, three ot them, of buff color, crushed at an average ot 196,6 tons per square foot, while the remaining three, which were gray, went at 177.6 tons per squre foot. Queer Cat* in a Church Spire. The trio ot felines which K E. Wocdbrey, a carpenter of Brighton, found in the spire of the First Pariah Church of Brighton recently, are of a species entirely unknowG. About year ago the property of the First Parish was sold. Recently Mr. Woodbrey began to tear down the old spire of the church. He first tore off a heavy wire screen that en­ closed the belfry. This screening has been in place for a number of years. Wben it was removed three most pe­ culiar cats were seen to jump from rafter to rafter and ascend to the peak of the spire. They w*re exceedingly wild, and their appearance te extt^niely pfoou-' liar. They are covered with "a coat of long shaggy f^ir; their tee$h are long and are almost like tudks. On the nose of each is a large tuft of hair resembling a tusk. They are very agile, and spring from ratter tos rafter with the ease of a squirrel. It is not known how they got into the spire or how long they have been there, but they must have been con­ fined in their atrial abode for many years. About & year ago a straigd singing- noise was heard coming from the spire at frequent intervals, and it was thought that it was caused by the swinging of the vane. It is now believed that it was caused by these animals. How they have managed to live is unaccountable, unless they catch the sparrows that abound in the spire* it is not known how their supply of water was obtained: Mr. Woodbrey will endeavor to capture tiisjiiL--Boston Transcript „y, ' feiatcd a taie or a >'a»Rde's shlwtlfjr uess. The Judge is an old mi .eirai Went out West with the rush H sfOJd*. Hear a claitn where the Jii ^ras workirg wasathir, at Englsnder, who just kept fltfotiHi t}re and paid no attcntibn 't <|lse. One day some capitalists came t I along and ca-ualiy >efced op a few * d h u n k s f r o m t h e Y a r i k e e f e 0 o u ^ M M L ' J When they got back- 'to - torts* 'V.-V-,: bad them assayed a 4 theft Wonderful > results. : "The myilltfidij «' ft jiimpe 1 in the air for joy.- r tfejf went I'acR and- tbe#e • Jp loW shovfelirig the stnn'4 as evdr- iflSd,** J|| not saving a'word:J ?c in x uu n v»r „uq ppytpiog way," remarked oneiof the caj»ital-|v $t* = ' : ' ; j,".-.. ; "l^ell, I'll get on," returned ¥ ankee, plying his pick with renewed aft energy. ? : ' ' . \ *'Vou should interest capital Help you develop that hole In tink*3'-.'. grbund," continued the atpfciMtst. , J j * /•Can develop.it myself, I gue^wf||^ said the Yankee. , '-Think you've got anything?" «" , ! "NotyeL Nothing in sight.* '/**> Then the gentlemen took several more pieces of rock and went boo* town. These assayed even rie|i^ than the first samples and the cajpi> talists were wild with exdtemenVvi* They went back the following day to see the old man, who gazed ufiMl them with unconcern as they ap­ proached. He was a taciturn indi­ vidual, with an honest face, and lie looked as though he would rather than wrong anyone. 4 ; "My friend," said one of the ^ talists, "what will you sell out for?'* r i "Wouldrft sell out." t ' ia "But we Want to buy." ' "What \ou want to buy for? There - Is nothing here yet Maybe some^TV day, but this hole ain't worth arit-^* < thing." •We want to buy it* though* A mi ; v y In the Wrong House. ® ' Mm Elizabeth Storrs Meade, the stately President of Mount Holyoke Coljege, visiting Springfield to attend a temperance meeting, was rather confused by conflicting directions as to the place where the conference doubtedly ope ot tlje will give you $10,000." "It ain't worth ten cents.7* "Will you sell it:M . .. . ,.w ' "Nope." . . -U ••Give you »20,00C» V "Nope" " Finally $60,000 was offered. • I "Well," said the Yankee, *709. ^ * can have it, if you want, but I teU»:V 7 you it's nothing but a hole in the ground. May be worth a lot some­ day, but now it ain't worth sixty cents." But the money was gafd and the capitalists received the hole. The Yankee's assertions were correct. The bole was not worth sixty center but the taciturn Yankee had spreig^ a few rich samples around, and jlMpi waited for some flsh to bite. * an honest face, but human natii!k,j| sometimes deceptive.--Free P^lfe • | ; It Was on chifcimo. ' They had traveled together ffct about an hour in silence. But tin * man with the portly vest and con­ spicuous watch-chain ty0&Uy . ceeded in getting a convai^ftya der way. His neighbor was ft lil man with wabbly eye-glasses, ajjtt ifi' ' response to an abrupt fcwsttott ii M whether he was not a 'literary replied mildly: • v "1 have written things" *" ! kll take an interest in Hteratntd. come from C hicago. Theie's th^Vr ,i t*wn that combines art and com* '• merce. First she went abea:1 and made her business reputation, didn't X < she?? - ..>' .v -• ' ;; "Yes."'. • *• WK.* , < "And now sho's made her literary4* *' -r reputatlwv Don't yeu agree with!' me?" • t "It must be admitted that sowe. -*« .Jty things about Chicago-remind one ^ T literature. For instance, she is > UB * *\ greatest. pee Ui"|A 1 was to be held. At length she walked holders in the world. " ., , into a large room and a large crowd ' And then his glasses almost wa*>\ / and settled herself comfortably,.look- as explained tbat he was^ =•? -•( *; ing about her with satisfaction that from ^ew York,and must be excused ' so many men were interested in the ^e had said anythiug that sounded .v 1^' cause and were present to discuss it: Then it dawned upon her as equally strange and not so gratifying that her own sex was sparsely represented.' She felt a vague . distrust; and ledned over, to a; neighbor: "This is £he. Methodist Church, isn't it?" she Jp- quirea. "No, ma'am, " was the! bland answer; "it's the police court." Music for a Butcher., * , r usic, teacher undertook' to coacli up the young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy butcher in the art of crotchets and qua vers, and hav-1 taste ing in due course brought her to per­ fection in one or two easy show pieces, such as "Tannhauser" and 'Lohengrin,** tent her home to her pa. 1 But the master of the marrowbone and the cleaver was far from satis­ fied. "I wanted yer to teach her 8omeLhin' appropriate," said he "somethin' as she could play when we gives a party. Ain't there a com­ poser named Ohoppin? Well, that's the bloke ter write a bit o' music for a butcher." spiteful.--Washington Star. ,^ I ' ' Toothsome Giraffe Meat* T- lodging by the details of the ^ V '* ble value of the giraffe, given by a ^ writer in.the London Standard, i1< ^ ̂ would pay some enterprising and, if .> „ r' ! such a phenomenal creature exists,.- rich farmer to start a farm ofgiratfes , f t in . England. Giraffe meat is said tc^f.-"!"'1 be excellent, second, indeed, to onl> two or three game anim3is in Africa. >'?'& It is not unlike veal, with a gamCr*"" flavor, but there is a slight aromath t' '•T'V' The meat of a fat young co* Vr# ;. giraffe is delicious, and comparable ^ * iJ to almost any game flesh in the v world. The tongue--from eighteec to twenty-one inches in length--is • real delicacy, and to as the marrow bones of a giraffe, there is no othei : ^ ^ luxury in Africa comparable to them. ^ The milk of the giraffe, it is alsc ,,, said, is rich and well flavored. * ^ A vj JwlKe Waxem'a Proverbs. It's a powerful hard thing for a statesman not to be a politishan. It takes a mighty good man to be a plumb patriot. Jonah was the third party and the Whale was the other two. Party men ain't much els. Whin a woman gits totalkin' pplli- ticks look out fer a cold breckfus A United States Senator's speech ain't ushuliy as deep as it is long. Too many Congressmen air pulled before they air ripe. ? The Amerikin eagel seems to be runnin abort of pocket money. > Senators that kin vote and won't vote ought to be made to vote.--Free Press. A NEEDLE was found in an egg laid by a Texas hen. This suggests the possibility of some day ha ing hefts that will lay railroad tracks. WHEN a cat gives an entertain­ ment from the top of a wall, it isn't the cat we object to, it's the waul. PBOF. TrNDAia, who has just died, once said that he would like to meet Satan and have a talk with him. thine as a doctor's bill is knowii in WHEN a chaperone is aeeded, <• The Japanese Way* - - *'<4 4 When a Japanese calls in a L pnf? f i% . !i s i c i a n , h e d o e s n o t e x p e c t t h a t h e ? j : | will be presented with a hill for J? 1 medical services. In fact, no jWC&| modern practices are in vogue ther& The doctor never asks for his fee.1 } f7 ̂ The strict honesty of the people i not make this necessary. When he ^ • is through with a patient, a present' is made to him of whatever sum the|| patient or his friends may deem to be just compensation^ The doctor is!j% l supposed to smile, take the fee, how, "*? and thank his patron.. -- '4.v. An Appeal to Vanity. No man enjoys being detected, ia ? ^ an absurd position. A temperance * - ' society in England is employing pho- „ tography to convert the intemperate. ' ;i The object is to waylay the unhappy » » man on his way from the club in the early morning, and with a sm ill " , hand camera make a few studies of * ^ & Ju him embracing a friendly lamp post k T * or reclining peacefully in the gutter. These are shown to the untortU|fttt9 vict m in his more sober motasWHl^ with the intention of thu-s indooi*^ h^m to see the error of his ways. lA NEW YORK barkeeper says TOIFR one cash paving c istomer is dO^en who come in and to see whose name wili go the slate for drinks. , $