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'SSCtR; HcHENHY. ILLINOIS THE weather prophet Is always Without honor in his own and every ither country JR CHICAGO "walking delegated wHl hereafter ride bicycles. Another •Ign of hard times. Ordinarily ' 'walk­ ing delegates" ride in carriages S TBRBATI are murmured if wtrtfien don't get the suffrage in New York &ey'll rise in rebellion. Let's hope We'll never see the sex up In arms against man save in the good old way. A WOMAN shot herself whiie listen­ ing to a performance in a Paris the­ ater. We have some pretty rocky companies in this count-y, but the Victims usually man aire to escape be- lore the suicidal point is reached. ."WHILE they were about it, the llansas City ministers who petitioned €fongress not to decreased the num­ ber of chaplains in the army might have put in a request for an in­ crease of chaplains in the House and Jjteoate. fc 4 THS National Council of Women libs offered a prize for a design in girl's dresses which will leave the limbs rocm for free piay and will not contract the natural outlines of the body. What's the matter with the Hother Hubbard? J \ ', r==ss=====ss=ssssssŝ » 1 STATISTICS show that men f*e more liable to insanity than women. This is accounted for by the fact that actions and expressions which Would be reckoned absolute proofs of Insanity on the part of a man are ac­ counted perfectly natural and proper . 40/a the part of a woman. WHETHER young Gould broke his engagement with an actress, or whether she broke it, Is something that the public, clamorous as it is for valuable information, seems de­ stined not to know. Alongside the Identity of the miscreant who assailed Billy Patterson, the circumstance takes Its place as a mystery. POOR old De Lesseps has been In­ dicted again, this time upon the charge of misappropriation of mill­ ions in connection with the con­ struction of the Suez Canal. The old count, who won fame as the g;eaiest engineer the world has ever seen, will, if he lives much longer, go down to history with the undesirable title of "Naiolqon of Finance" as welL A WHITER for an Eastern paper nays '•the perfect way to eat straw­ berries is to pluck them from the tjjnes yourself, and devour them then and there." It may be remarked also that the perfect way to eat a Georgia watermelon is to go to Cteorgia and eat it, but it is not everybody wno can do that It is wicked to try to make people dis- satisfied with themselves or; their furroundinga r - FROM the last census it appears that there are a million and a half more women than men in this coun­ try. That settles the woman suffrage question. With such a majority against them men's rights would dis­ appear forever, and the world would he treated to the sight of the once proud man seeking by flattery and tears to extort mdney enough from his wife to buy a cigar or a pair of spring trousers. No; It shall never be. 4 A CAPITAL story is told of Miss Margot Tennant, who became the wife of the English Home Secretary, H. H. Asquith. Mr. Benson, the author of "Dodo," who took Miss Tennant for the heroine of his story, wrote to that lady: "Dear Miss Tennant: All the world is talking of you and my novel; when may I come to see you?" She replied: "Dear Mr. Benson: Did you. really write a novel? How clever 'of you! Come and see me at any time." When he called she was out AT Fisherville, near Attleboro, a fire in the woods became un­ controllable and threatened several houses. As the flames were sweep­ ing toward the houses several of the women and two or three men, hav­ ing done all they could to stay the conflagration, fell on their knees and prayed for rain. Within Ave min­ utes a cloud passed over the village and rain began to fall in torrents. At the same time the wind chaosred and the fire was shortly quenched. It will be hard to persuade those people that their prayers were not answered. met; • IP our recent visitor, Mr. Stead, tie probably did more to keep aristocratic blackguards in order than all tho other editors In London His activity in this direction got him Into jaii noon one occasion, but his incarcera­ tion did not abate the vigor with which he waged war upon blacklegs and rogues of the so-called better classes. Tates was really more American than English in his news­ paper methods, and as he has left practically no imitators or successors his loss will be all the more severely felt by that portion of the English reading public which prefers vivacity and snap to dull and ponderous edi­ torial platitudes. »>< j. BATTLES without bullets is what .modern warfare is coming tot if Tailor Dowie's coat proves to be all that is claimed for it Of course, shells will continue to blow up whole battalions, whether they wear bullet­ proof coats or not, but the rifle will be practically obsolete. After a time It would be abolished by common consent, and war would become a great game of dodging batteries, and of chess playing on green fields with living men. Slaughter wotiid un­ questionably be lessen el, and the way would be opened for the abolition of gunpowder--which has, on the whole, been far more of a curse than a bless­ ing since its invention. Battles with­ out bullets will be succeeded by bat ties without batteries, and perhapt We may gravitate back to the old he­ roic combats with sword and buckler. WHEN the war ended there were many thousands of negroes amonv the Indians, who had been held as staves by the Cherokee, Creek, Semi­ nole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian tribes. The Government emancl pated these and many of these freed- men were adopted as citizens of the several nation* The Chickasaw freedmen remain unadopted to tbif day, and are therefore without any permanent arrangement for tho edu cation of their children. Ttoe African Methodist Episcopal Church has or ganized churches and schools among these people and has carried thii burden for many years. But the Work has become so extensive that the church has been compelled to appeal to the Christians of every name for assistance. It is estimated that 150, • COO is necessa'y to carry on the work now engaged in, and a general appeal has been made to all Christians to assist in this work. CHICAGO MAIL: A young CHI- cagoan, R J. Church, has brought suit in the Federal Court for $25,000 damages against the State University of Nebraska for conspiring with his father to disgrace and ruin him by refusing him a diploma after six years' work in the college. If Mr. Church can get his t25,000 he will be in very much better fix than if he got many degrees. Being a bachelor of arts is a One thing, but $25,000 is liner, and if this misguided young man thinks we mistake the compara­ tive values let him drop into any newspaper office and secure the com­ mercial quotations on the (graduate. A collegiate degree is valued most by those few and rare American citi­ zens who do uot happen to have se­ cured one. If a man keeps still about it and his friends do not give him away it will never do him any particular harm to have graduated, even if he has been made a bachelor by the Hoopoo university of Hoop- pole County. But when he thrusts his sheepskin into the worx-a-day world and demands the "rights, im­ munities, and privileges" which, In bad ecclesiastical Latin are claimed for him upon the parchment he at once invests in trouble. In fact, there are no rights, immunities, and privileges which distinguish the oom- pleted senior from the freshest of freshmen, nor have there been V . ' 1 * • -- f ' . j / y • i>e«d of • JMIOM Alton Hubud-Lath- era* Theologians Oradoato--Qateej Phjr- alelM Vita •» Baby Crime Masr 8hawns*tam. Tried to Km His Young Wife. Max Dukenbrod, a butcher of Alton, had a desperate encounter with his young wife, during which he tried to decapitate her with a razor, and was only prevented from killing her by the interference of neighbours attracted by her cries. The woman, desperately wounded, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and the husband gave him­ self up. He was promptel by jealousy in the de. perate assamt. Sfnarrel Started by Tf*«p»w. Coroner Taylor arrived at Benton from the seete of the Williams-Ei- dridge homicide, having in charge the murderer, Silas Williams. The evi­ dence was sufficient, to warrant a ver­ dict of willful murder. It seems that Silas Williams objected to James El- He through comj any with Ms wife and mother. A quariel ensued and Wil­ liams pulled a pistol to shoot Lldridge whot incumbered with a baby he was carrying, could offer but little resist­ ance. Eldridge's wife, however, was able to graap the baby a moment be­ fore the murderer reached his victim. Immediately after the baby was taken frojp its lather's arms Williams de­ liberately fired, the ball pierced the jugular vein and Eldridge fell a corpse in his mother's arms. The murderer made an attempt to escape, but was cverhaulad by citizens a mile and a half from the scene of his crime and held till the officers arrived and took charge of him. He says he regrets the occurrence, but does not seem to recognize the enormity of his act Special Incabftter for Babies. A few weeks ago one of the physi­ cians of Quincy, who attended a case of premature childbirth tried to de­ velop the life of the child by the use of a chicken incubator. Although the effort was not successful, his confidence in such a scheme in case of emergency hastened him to have the factory con­ struct a baby incubator on much the same plan as those used for chickens. The si ecial incubator is a pretty piece of skilled workmanship made from the finest mahozany, containing a plush- covered tray with miniature bed, tiny pillow and lace-covered counterpane, it is equipped with a copper water tank and is scientifically ventilated by means of indirect air vents, which do not permit cold air to flow directly in­ to the bed chamber. The beat is sup­ plied from a copper safety lamp, and any degree of temperature can be maintained. It is governed by a regu­ lator and may be left to run for hours without accident It is thought the invention will prove to be of great valve in preserving the lives of many children. Many Boats with Coal at Cairo. There are now thirty-seven coal boats in Cairo harbor, containing an aggregate of 1,000,000 bu'hels, mostly the property of the Cairo City Coal Company and the Browns of Pittsburg. This is bein<? unloaded daily and shipped to Chicago. The result of tt-e miners'strike is begining to bj seri- oi sly felt in Cairo. Monday the Iron Mountain local train was reduced to half time between Cairo and Poplar Bluff, Mo., running only on alternate days, on account of a scarcity of coal. The Delta E eatric Company and other plant J have been burning wood for ten days. The local freight train on the Mobile and Ohio Road between Cairo and St Louis, and all day passenger trains between Cairo and St Loui« and Cairo and Jackson, Tenn., have been abandoned indefinitely for lack of fuel and the prevailing high prices. Coal has been advanced $2 a ton and now re­ tails at $3.50. Wen Who Will Occupy Polplts. At Augustana College, Moline, the Lutheran theological Seminary com­ mencement was held. The class num­ bered twenty-nine, and nearly all of the graduates have already accepted calls to pulpits of their denomination in various parts of the country. The graduating exercises included ad­ dressee to the class by Rev. P. A Cedarstam, Rev. M. C. Ranseen, and Ry. R. F. Weianer, D. D., of Chicago. A concert by members of the Conserv­ atory of Music in the evening closed the year's work. in English-speaking lands since good Queen Bess aad her days. Even then it was only the vested right not to be hung like common people for capital crimes which distinguished the cleric from the common he.d-- it is the benefit of clergy that Mr. Church is anxious for $25,000 worth. Murdered and Then Cremated. Smithson A. Holly, aged about FO year:?, was found on his farm, about five miles from Shawneetown, burned to ashes. It is said that the old gen­ tleman had several hundred dollars in gold concealed at the time of his death, none of which can be found. The the- any J ©ry is that he was first murdered and : THE Virginia courts have disposed of a murder case In a manner which should have a restraining influence upon people who are disposed to take the law into their own hands. On Sunday morning a girl was murdered by a negro. The criminal was promptly arrested and a body of sol­ diers saved him from being lynched. On Wednesday morning his case was presented to a jury at the regular session of court* no arguments being made 6tther by the state or the de­ fense. At 9:32 the jury retired, and seven minutes later they returned with a verdict of guilty, there being no question of the prisoner's full re­ sponsibility for the crime, and A&a-1 tence of death was pronounced \ EtmuND YAT18. Who d ied in ttfh- don, was a man who will be indeed Hard on Wa^nen It was in a piano factory, and be­ ing Christmas time they were spe­ cially busy. "William," said the managertothe | man who sweeps the office. "1 want : you to go down the street and tune a ! piano for a family. They're in agreat hurry or I wouldn't ask you to do it J but the regular tuner has gone for the day." "I can't tune pianos," replied the man. "Oh, yes, you can," said the dealer cheerfully. "Just open the lid and you'll see a lot ot keys, (jive 'em a few twists so as to tighten the wires, thump on the keyboard like a crazy man for fifteen minutes. Charge them $1, and come back in time to put the coal en the Ure." •' * . .Aud the sweeper did it •- > 'That evening the daughter of the Bouse remarked to her fiance: "How charm ngly he tuned it I was never able to play Wagner's music so deliciously." Another story appropos of the same subject, runs in this wise. Liszt the immortal, is sitting in his studio playing upon the plana Enter, a friend. "A*, TUV dear Abbe, and do I find you practicing?". Liszt "Yes; I am trying over Wagner's latest work." The Friend. "But, my dear Abbe, you have the score upside down!" Liszt (res gnedly). ••True, so I have. But my dear friend, I tried it. the other way up and could make nothing of it" few Wagner! Why will they not let him rest! that then his body was burned to con­ ceal the crime. The coroner's verdict was that he came to his death by some foul means at the hands of some person or persons unknown. Becord of the Week. HUGO ANDERSON, 23 yeari old, was drowned at Rockford. He was in a sailboat that capsized. AT Mowea^ua a two-year-old child of Nathan fekiff died in two hours after taking a cup of concentrated lye. INT a ouarrel in a saloon at Peoria George McDonald sh >t and fatally in­ jured Joseph Spotwood. Both are col­ ored. EDWARD M. KINMAN, who several weeks ago disappeared from Jackson­ ville. is in Helena, Mont He wants to come home. RANDOLPH County Democrats have selected a county ticket and instructed their Congressional delegates for Will­ iam Hartzell. THE place for holding the annual re­ union of Black Hawk war veterans, which had been originally fixed at Darlington, Wis., has been changed to Woodford, Wis. GEO. BOND, a Waukegan cigar maker, visited Chicago, accepted the \nvitation of a stranger to drink, and loon after reported that he had been fobbed of a watch and $40. ISAAC ADLER, who lost his life in a foolhardv parachute feat at Cincinnati, was a well-known Chicago athlete. For some time he held the title of cham­ pion amateur wre -tier of Chicago. THE price of gas at Springfield has been reduced from $1.50 to SI a thou­ sand feet. AT L eoria the corner-stone of the new St. Boniface church was laid with impressive services. Bishop Spalding, who recently returned from Europe, oflleiated, assisted by the local clergy and a number of priests from out of the city. The new church will cost $30,000. ALFRED WEAVER, son of a wealthy farmer living north of Eecatur, was thrown against a curbstone. His skull was fractured and the scalp tnn from his head. He will die from his injuries. Mr. Weaver is the son of Samuel Weaver, a wealthy farmer and politi- ciar - to fight by enforcing the «*• tieifcg anti-si E. O, Wmnrn, a merchant, of Ransom, was murdered by burglars who attemptei to rob his store. COL. W. E. STEVENS was sentenced at Rock Island to one year in the peni­ tentiary on a criminal charge. PRINCE PHALLAS, Cornelius Sulli­ van's trotting stallion, valued at 15,- 00o, died at Riverside (IlL.) Stock Fai m. AT Alton, Captain Abrams died on the steamer Pike, aged 70 years. He carried supplies to Grant during the siege of Vieksburg. DAMAGE from recent frosts is plainly visible in the vicinity of Jacksonville, Rockfoid, Champaign, and Greenup. Corn and potatoes suffered most DR. F. M. RAINES, of Cincinnati, Ohi i, delivered the sermon at the ded­ ication of the new tabernacle erected by the Christian Church at Decatur. DR. A. A. KENDRICK, president oi Shurtleff College, at Alton, has ac­ cepted a call to the pastorate of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of St Louis. THE Illinois Ant'.-Vivisection Society held its second annual meeting at Au­ rora electing Mrs. A. K. Perry Pres­ ident and Mrs. Fairchild Allen Secre­ tary. THE Lutheran League of the Tri- Cities and the Mississippi Valley was organised at Moline, with J. B. Oak- leaf Piesidentand Miss Pauline Ditt- roan Secretary. MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL BUSHNEON, of Effingham, celebrated their golden wedding. Twenty-five children and gi andchildren participated with the old folk in the festivities. Miss ANNA FOX, a school teacher at Riverton, Sangamon County, was found drowned in a well. She had gone out in the nisrht to get a drink, and, as the well was an open one, it is pre­ sumed she accidentally fell in. WORLD'S FAIR stockholders have been paid $790,00!\ which is 10 per cent, of their holdings. The total number cf stockholders 'is 22,021, and checks ranged from $1 to $24.",596.29. JOLIET fears future damage irom floods if the Chicago drainage canal plans are not changed. It is claimed that before water will waste over the spillway, as at present planned, the city will be inundated. A WORK train ran through an open switch on t ie St Louis, Chicago and St. Paul Railroad Company's new St Louis extension Sunday evening, re­ sulting in one death and the injury of seven other persons. AT Rock Island Henry Scott, col­ ored, met his wife, with whom he had been quarreling all day, in the street and stabbed her in a vicious manner, inflicting a dozen wounds, from which she will die. Scott escaped. DESPONDENCY over the death of her mother caused Marie Klappenb irg, a beautiful and popular young woman of Springfield, to take her own life. When her father went into the stable at his home he found the bedy of his daughter hanging from a rafter. AT Springfield P. O Hodgen mur­ dered Mrs. ivjollie Jones and committed suicide. A note was found in the room reading: "This should be the fate of a'l home wrecking women." Mrs. Jones' maiden name was Carey and she came from Petersburg. Her husband, Charlie Jones, is a ccal miner at Pe­ tersburg. THE b xly of James H. Collins, well- known son of Captain G. L. Collins, one of Aurora's most prominent citi­ zens, was found near the principal business street with a bullet hole in his head. A revolver clasped in one hand showed that he had committed suicide. Collins had been quite exten­ sively employed in making government and railway huivevs. Owing to the in-, dustrial depression he had been out oi employment for tome t me. and his financial and domestic difficulties are said to have been tue cause of hie sui­ cide. SPRINGFIELD has made a bid for the fat stock show, and guarantees all ex­ pense ). Chicago is also in the fold, and it is proposed to secure the Tat- tersall building-. J. Irving Pearce says: "If we get Tattersall s we will have in November the greatest fat stock show the world ha * ever eeen. I am confident that the show will re­ main here, and railroads desire that it shall. I believe the guarantee fund will l:e raised here, and that not a sub­ scriber will have to pay a dollar of it If we get Tattersall's, the saving in expense usually necessary to equip­ ment will enable us to add from $7,00C to $12,030 to the premiums." AN incendiary fire staited in the implement house of Schaefer & Hor ton at Ashland, consuming almost a block of the business portion. The lo s will exceed $20,000. with partial insurcne©. The implement house be­ ing in the m dst of a nest of frame buildings, it was but a short time till the fire spread beyond all control. The lossers are: Schaefer & Horton, $5,000: James A. Gleason, restaurant and bak­ ery, $ 3,000; Goodman & Son, wagon and repair shop; $1,000; J. C. Klein, blaek smith and repairs, $800; J. B. Loh- rean, ice houte and ice, $800; Petei Sehy. shoe store, stock and building, $ Heroic work was required tc prevent the fire spreading to the block south. MURDER will out! John Wickofl was found dead on the Big Four Rail­ road tracks near Butler twenty-three years ago. It was supposed that he had been killed accidentally by the cars, but now it is alleged that he was murdered by Gea W. Cooper, a wagon- maker. The chief witness agamsl Coope.* is his own daughter, whe charges her father with the crime. She s-ays that she wa? then 14 years old: tbatfher fat ier murdered Wickoff, robbed him of if 100, tirew hit body or the railroad, and that she washed the former's bio dy clothes. These charges have created a sensation. The mat ter is now in the hands of the State't Attorney and will be thoroughly in­ vestigated. DR. SETH T. MORRILL, a prominent citi en of Parker Township, Clark County, was .declared insane and or dered thken to the asylum. He sud­ denly became very violent and tried to kill his wife and children. MRS. EMMA RYAN commenced suit in the Superior Court at C hicane against the Boston Dental Parlors tc recover $50,000 for alleged personal in juries. The plaintiff saya she visited the defendants' office to have an ach' ino- tooth extracted. She claims be sides extracting her tooth the operatoi broke her jaw, and since that time she has been confined to her bed. MISS MABEL POTTER, of Rockton. and John T. Tellows, of Rockford were married at .Janesville last Septem- bjr and spent the honeymoon at the World's tair. The secret did not leak out until Wednesday, whe a Mrs. Fel lows left for Arkansas to jtin her hus­ band. ^ Gov. ALTGELD has pardoned George E. Kingsland, who was convicted ol burglary and larceny in April, 1894. and sent from Winnebago County foi three years: John Little, robbary, con­ victed in Cook County in Mav, 18!>2. and sent up for five years, and Holly Doyle, convicted of manslaughter ic Knox County in June, 1889, and sent up for ten years. WILL EWH WHEN DEMOCRACY IS ROUTED. If TFC« VWBMM M< Working a»«i AN AUv» to Their Own But btercMt the Next Congre-- WU1 IHA Qmitloii of Hard TIBM. R«stor« the McKlniey Uw. The Dolgeville (N. Y.) Herald has received Sropi|pne of- its readers a let­ ter, inclosing, nis subscription for an­ other year, in which he wt-ites: U it* Harder to get tueae 43 l aend you than It « as to get ten two yean ago. I am a farmer and out of debt, and I believe my case la a fair sampie of all the farmers throughout the great Stat* of New York all property on the shrink. Ptata* tell us when the end wilt cooi* We cannot, of course, name the ex­ act date when the prevailing depres­ sion will end, says the editor in reply, but it is safe to say that it will iaist until the farmers and workingmen re­ store to power the party that is pledged to protect their respective in­ dustries. It will not end with the en­ actment of the tariff bill now pending in the United States Senate, that is sure, although the Democratic organs persist in declaring that the Wiisou- voorhees-Gorman atrocity is trained in the interest* of farmers and workingmen. Let us see how it will benefit, the farmers. In the first place, it will save, American farmers the trouble of raising sneep for wool. Tney can kill oft' their flocks and send them to market to be sold as mutton. The proceeds thus derived catf be la;d away for future emergencies. This, it will be seen, will give the farmers more leisure. In the second place, American larmers will have no furtner occasion to ra se hay. Hay being on the free list, Canadian farmers, with the cheap labjr of Canada, will be able to supply all their needs. This will give our iarmjrs still more leisure. Eggs, milk, butter and cheese being on tne tree list, why should the AmerU can farmers worry about raising chick­ ens and cows or making dairy products, when the Canadian 1 ai mers are not only willing, but eager to take all that labor and worry off their hands/ The bill, on the whole, wdl enable Canadian farmers ti flood our markets with the produce that formerly consti­ tuted the tasis of the prosperity of our own husbandmen. Tne Canadian farmers will be very busy, while ours will have nothing to do. Then when tho American farmers have spent all the money ac-iuired from the sule of their sheep, they can mortgage their farms to tha Canadians and still live in idleness; only thare is the inevitable foreclosure in proipect. As the Ameri­ can farmers will not be ab:e to com­ pete with the Canadians, where will they obtain money with which to buy clothing, books and other comforts and luxuries We are sorry to say the bill does nut provide for that. It simply seeks to &ive them leisure. The Can­ adians may be willing to send over their t-ecund-hand clothing and books. They ought to be when we make them a present of our whole market. So much for the farmers. We think that the workingmen know that the bill seeks to give ttiem a plenty of leisure a.so. When the factories and mills shut down again, because they cannot compete witu the che^p products of European manu­ facturers, our wcr.dngmen will have time to hang around street corners and discuss the prosperity they form­ erly enjoyed under the Republican policy of protection. The bill will place on our market English made clothing that can be bought very cheaply. But where will tne work- ingman get money with which to buy even the very chtap clothing if he has no work? Unfortunately, the bill makos no provision for that. It sim­ ply provides that in America the work­ ing people shall revel in leisure and poverty, while in Europe the wage- earners must slave night and day for a pauper's pittance. The end of adversity will come when the principle of protection again pre­ vails; when the American husuandman raises the wool used by American man­ ufacturers in making clothing for American workingmen; when the products of the soil are s >ld to Ameri­ can consumers, and when our own home markets are ciobed to the prcducts of foreign cheap labor. Our corespond­ ent can judge a; to how soon this de­ voutly to be desired consummation can be reached. A new Congress is to be elected next fall, and ^f the farmers and workingmen are alive to their own best interests, the next Congress will h»e one whose first act will be to restore the McKinley law, under which they formerly prospered eo abundantly. Wi» Ida b n wm be reported Senatey but will be What he has in view la tiM pubiieatioa in all the takers that he has offered such a bill and that the Unfam veterans will thereupon assume that he aad hie party are in favor of larger pensions. That is, he banks upon the ignorance of the pensioner--an assumption wnich insults the intelligence of tne veterans. At the time that Mr. Voorheea is try- ing this shell trick upon the veterans the agents o! the Cleveland pension bureau are traveling about as spies to pick up reports upon which pensions may be suspended. The controlling element in the Democratic party is hostile to the present pension system. The President's personal organ in New York is assailing persu ners with •olumns of detraction. The only pen­ sion case which the Democratic Sen­ ate has j assed upon is in favor of a man who was a leader in the Knights of the Golden Circle. This being the case, it is ot no sort of conse juence what Senator Voorhee * does as an in­ dividual: his party and the administra­ tion which he supports are hostile tj a liberal pension system, The Sugar-cured Confront How dear to our fauru la our Den^jtte Congress As hopeless inaction presents it to view; The bill of poor Wilson, the deep tangled tariff. And every noted pledge that their lanacy knew! The widespread depression, the mills that closed hy ifc The rock ot free silver wher* great Grover fell, ' ' ' ~ s . They've basted oar oonntry,- no nse to deny 1U And darn the old party. It's busted at well This Gr. Cleveland Congress, v This Queen Lilly Congress, This wild Free-trade CongreSSr >-i Vfa all lovtt so well. , » ^ , f;. : Their moss-covered pledget we ne longer treasure. For often at noon when ont banting a job We find (hat instead of the corn they had promised. They've given us nothing--not eren a cob. Haw ardent we've cussed 'em wjft Hps over-flow!** With sulphurous blessings as great swear words fell. The emblem-; ot hunger, free trade and free silver, •re sounding in sorrow the worklngman's knelL ^ This bank-tH*alfmis Congrvap^ ^Phls mill-closing Congress, This starvation Congress ,VT- ' We all love so well. Hew sweet from their eloquent lips to re- ' celv* it, •Curssd tariff protection no longer up­ hold.** We listened--and voted oar dinner palls empty. The factories sltent, the furnaces cold. And now far removed from oar lost situa­ tions. The tear ot regret doth intrusively swell. We yearn for Republican administration And sigh for the Congress that served at so well. This Fifty-third Congress, This Democrat Congress, This suttar-cured congress We wish was in--welLS... ur --Ptttsburx Dispatch. *• : ' ' Keep the McKinley ' The Democratic organs furnish plen­ ty of proof that the Wilson bill is a very bad measure indeed, and that the oountry has suffered severely because of the fear that it would become a law. "More than three months ago," the New York World says, "the Wilson tariff bill passed the Home and was sent to the Senate. Even then the business men of the country were pleading for prompt action. Industry was paralyzed. Trade was in a state of collapse. Labor was idle and starv­ ing. Money was piled up in the banks because business was waiting for the new conditions to which it must adjust itself." Trade had been exceptionally gocd while there was no danger that the McKinley law would be repealed, but the threat of tariff reform which was embodied in the Wilson bill had brought it to a state of collapse. If labor was idle and starving when the Wilson bill 'eft the House, it was not because that measure was still inoper­ ative, but becau-e a party pledged to abolish protection had the power to make it operative. The people under­ stand this, and that is the reason for sweeping Republ can victories wher­ ever elections are held. Of the nature of the measure that the administration organs are urging Congress to pass, the World says: "The bill that is the lesult of these shameful compromises and dickers is a poor substitute for tariff reform. It is a lor>n and grudging fulfillment of Democratic pledge3." Why pass this poor substitute for tariff ref rm/ Why TcsthcM Of Uiivottiettt. That the lawless demonstrations which are now going on in various parts of the country are largely due to the vicious teachings of a certain class of demagogues there can be no doubt. For many years past there has been too much pandering to organized la­ bor, too much appealing to class preju­ dice, and too much fomenting of strife between labor and capital. Working- men have had it dinned into them that capital is their natural enemy; that w9mm ot •nUtoUttCMMk Tt*e strange aairans of ID the neighborhood of Cola, are brainy m>w«««l and not a little superstltloa, ally among those not familiar the freaks of light, heat* and optiea on the burning sand plains. For * great distance every way 'from Bar- stow the ground is baked vader a torrid sun, and the ntrimrnil phe­ nomena have resulted. Wottderfui stories are told of the sights seen from the trains, m addition to the lakes bordered by green tree*, and flowers, which, under the spell ot the phenomena, ^ppear to dotffcijih plains, the passengers are eeeinc queer figures of men and women la boats, and sometimes floating in the air. "I don't know what to make the queer condition of things,' John Forsyth, a brakeman on the Atlantic and Pacific, to a corres­ pondent of the New York Sun. "I am not superstitious, out the sight* 1 have beheld in the last two weeks have made me wonder very much aa to what, the mirages really are. Last Thursday morning our train pul.ed out of Bars tow for The Needles, The night had cooled the parched plains, bat in a few hours, when the' r sun had climbed high, it grew hot again. A b o u t f i f t y m i l e s , B a r s t o w w e saw a sight that we shall all remem­ ber to the latest day- A great sheet of water loomed up on the plain fa few miles away from us. it looked like a long, straggling lake in the sand plain, and several passengers threw up their windows and begum to say that the air was already cooler, and that it would soon be very pleas­ ant. 1 told them that it was noth­ ing but the mirage. Thev couldn't believe it, and thought when the load curved toward the great that we would soon be j its borders. "They waited, of cot happened to them has passengers day in and apniiir Tor weeks before. They nefer got any nearer. But at length a strange thing happened. We ran for an hour, and then beautiful palm trees skirt­ ed the lake which here and there pushed into the sand, forming beau­ tiful bavs. , Finally we approached a singularly prettv bay, on which HUH* appeared to be men and women sail­ ing in a fantastic way. The figures grew plainer, and it was to be seen that they were to all appearances human beings. Some were In white and ethers in much the ordinary garb of the plains. Suddenly some queer patches grew in the i eery air above the lake. They assumed shape and then it was seen that they bore the bodies of men, but they looked uncannv and ghostlike. Strange an­ tics were cut, but no sound could ' be heard. They moved about as though borne oh a wind that noW'and anoa changed its course, but no wind waa blowing. There were seven or eight figures in the air and more than a dozen on the lake. Like a flash the figures in the air and on the water and the green trees disappeared, and the lake itself was gone. Everybody gave a cry of relief. They had been bound as if by a spell Several thought it was an actual lake, bat the figures in the boats were too un­ canny to be real, and then there were those that had been in tho skjrl That was too much, apparently, for any­ body to brieve them genuine Yet some had an idea that through some strange hocus-pocus of nature they might have been men. These etrange figures of men and women have been seen by others thau those on our train. The railroad men have talked about seeing them hithefea Bear The Needles about a month ago there was a little lake, on which were three of them, I would like to see some of the scientists take hold of the matter and make some iawpt* ligations. iiii "W Too Perfect by Half- It is said that one cannot be too perfect in any one branch, but to thia r t „ rule there are exceptions, as In all prolong the period of depj-esSion by en-; oibers, which go to proTfe It® |ptttl. acting a ire-.sure tjiati satisfies no one j A. young man of a festive turn tf and glv^s no prom se of good results. residing io a near-bf city! has The country has prospered under the j g fancy for imitating Che calls of McKinley law, ana if the threat of re­ peal be withdrawn it will again become prosperous. Keep the McKinley bill. Has Lost Its J°e irlng.% What has the Democratic party left to itself on hich to go before the peo­ ple this fall or in the Presidential elec­ tion of 1816? If, as its acts indicate, it believes in protection to home indus­ tries it can not ask tne people of this country to intrust to its prentice band the development of a policy in which the Republican party is a past-master. all wealth represents systematic rpb- jf it shall ask the peode to commit to Kai«tr Onn •hfl.t alio ' ti . # _ • bery, and that they are continually cheated out cf their rights. Such talk as this does mt re than create discon­ tent. It excites communistic feelings, and in the course of time prepares men for lawless acts; it reform, the inevitable response will be: "Wnat' Send you back to reform your own reforms, and to do at a sec­ ond term what you absolutely failed to even attempt to do et a first term, with t' e whole power of the government ^ j, d o n e h i s s h a r e j under your control?" Just now the Democratic party must be a king itielf the historic question, "Where are we at?" and imploring its oracles and soothis&yers in vain for a ret ppuse. ,1 Boo'ty Itoidi* in Ill'no's. Democracy has ft bard fight ahead In Illinois. Petty bickerings among fac­ tion captains, together with popular disgust over the failure of a Perno- cratic Congress to carry out the p om isesof the party to the country, con- etitutp a mixed political outlook, which is cot on its face encouraging.'--Chi­ cago Herald., : Two Bad *' Brands." CoL Breckenridge and the use cf to­ bacco have both heen condemned by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Kansas City. This i* on the right line. The two belong to the most dangerous brands of "puen.rAtilianta Constitution. V of this kind of talk, as the following sentences irom his various messages and speeches will show: 'i he discontent of ilie employed li doe. In a large degree, to the grasping and heedless exactions pf employers. Those wbo toil for dally iy£j(es art be­ ginning to understand that capital, thottuh sometimes vaunting its importance and clamoring for the protection and favor of the Government, is dull and sluggish un­ til, touched by tbe magical hand of labor. It springs into activity. As we view the achievements of aggre­ gated capital we discover the existence of trusts, combinations «uc! monopolies, whiie the citl/en is struggling fur in the rear, or is trampled to deaAh under an iron h e o L . . . Colossal fortunes, unfairly gathered, la the hands of a few. The communism of combined.wealth and capital Overweening cupidity aad selfishness, which insidiously undermines the justice and integrity of our institutions. Oppressed poverty and toll, which, ex­ asperated by Injustice and discontent, attacks with wild disorder the citadel of rale. Exchange KehoMt ' THIS country's prosperity is now Manv similar extracts could be culled suffering from a severe body blow in from Mr. Cleveland's messages end | the vicinity of its coal belt.--Chicago speeches. They are thoroughly com- ; Journal. INSTEAD of a tariff for revenue only the Wilson bill in its ultimate form is likely to be a tariff for trusts only.-- Indianapolis Journal. THERE is a strong1 autobiographic flavor in everything Mr. Bland says nowadays about "Some,.good Western man."--Milwaukee Sentinel. BEFORE a photographer asks his pa­ tient to "look pleasant * he should first a-certain whether he voted for Cleve­ land.--Kansas City Journal. THERE was a time when men who ap- Eroached United States Senators with ribes were kicked downstair*. But this is ancient history, --Chioago munistic in sentiment and expression, < and well calculated to breed such dis- ; orders as now pervade the country, j Mr. Cleveland has not been as long in i Sublic life as seme other Democratic i emagogues. tut he has done bis share J toward sowing th3 teeds of lawless- I nes-.--Ind anapolis Journal: i Hostile to Pensioners. -j Senator Voorhee3 has presented a bill in the Senate raising all pensions , to $12 per month. He knows that four- fifths of his Democratic associates in j the Senate Wilt not only vote against * his bill, but are hostile to any pension ] legislation for the Union soldier. Sen- : t-<7 ' j) ator Vcorhees scarcely exoeets that ^ Tribune. various animals, birds, eta Among these he prides himself upon his exact reproduction ot the caterwauljuff which so often makes night hlde t̂flr" li has been his delight to m the btcic yard apd ««&1|V§ a 5^t fjghf all to himself," so perfect in its Bwn way as to arouse the ire of toe residents anywhere within a block. The other evening he started out annoy an especially crabbed neighbor by one of his ' cat-concerta" Ena- concing himself behind a fence he began a low call, increasing gradually until the air seemed "rent in twraia.* His plan succeeded almost beyond ex­ pectation. The crusty nelghbbr raised the window and fired every available object at the fence, in vain hope of silencing the intruded. Again the wails and wauls aroae upon the night air. binding uo re­ sponse from the .house, curlogity led our joker to £eer ovef the leloft to see what was the matter, when lot [ crash upon his £ead came a prop propelled by the vigorous tbe irate neighbor who only the moment when the catilwfli ap- pear upon tbe fence, to aaalliiliftieifc 31 The young man was carried off tha vS field insensible and now feels thai | his Imitation was too perfect ty half. . ̂ • :u- - y ;?s? SpeiMah^rtao. ^ ; Pride te the birthright' of. atnoift everr Spaniard, and the tact that one of the race nay take ap the oc­ cupation of a beggar does not shut him out from < tfca^pnsaaMloa of it. An American traveler relates thaV in alighting at a hotel la Granad* he saw a man at the door put out his hand toward him. : The traveler supposed that the man was the porter of the hotel, aad offered him his valise. The maa stepped back, tossed his hettf. aad frowned scornfully. "Caramba!" he exclaimed. "Do you take me for a porter? I would have you understand that I am ao porter." » "Indeed® Then may I ask yo% senor, what you are?" i ••I am a beggar, att end asked, yea for alms!" j ̂ • -'•*»- ! WBIH a boy is good, and rake* ." yarjl without being driven ** it. He nearly always Bods a kail a dollar. s ^ ^ . $ v . Ml If.