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* ^ , T.r ^ <&pm ?' JLROUKD1 BIG STATE feRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLINOIS NEWS. /ffe iK Bconltl of "iSanevjtte'B Girls* Plans--Moline Dedicates a Handsome School Building--Thos. Qujrle Had Too Many Wives./ , , ilccdcd ~ith cancoiod 8ut&pm' 1^;': -X The newspapers are asked to discourage (p.- . ;the sending of canceled stamps to Miss - : JBlla Carman or Edna Brown, in the lit- ' KIc village of Kaneville. Some time ago •A'"a chain of letters was started on the plan ^* #f geometrical progression. It started ' ivith throe letters, each recipient being ^:4;. Sasked to send ten stamps to Edna Brown iAnd write three others and so on. Now hey do not kaow how to stop the flood, rom 15,000 to 20,000 letters a day con­ taining stamps, besides ntimeroas pack­ ages both by mail and express are re- ^ #.<eived. The postmaster and mail carrier ; ». #re both waxing indignant, seventeen > large sacks of mail matter daily prevent- » Ing the carrying of passengers or freight -\ln the stage. *"v < . Wife Deserter Brought to Book. 'rb , Sheriff B. D. Moody, of Mecosta Coun- " . fy» Mich., left Cairo Friday with Thomas '; JJuyle, who is wanted to answer a charge v»-- it>f wife desertion and adultery. The •' - • woman in the case is Mrs. Isabel Bessex, vife of a merchant of Remus, Mich. She i,, %as prominent in society and church cir- . <les and is a decidedly handsome woman. ^%9~jt5bte and Quyle were members of the same -• ' ̂ hurch choir. The affair culminated ip |i.n elopement Dec. 5, Quyle leaving an in- ryalid wife and a 5-year-old child. The couple reached Cairo a week later, bring- :• |ng with them the 2-year-old daughter of . <Mrs. Beosex. On Jan. 8 Mrs. Bessex re- -- turned V) Michigan to visit with a sister fiear Big Rapids, with whom she intended • $o leave her' child, to be returned to its i father. She was recognized by a former friend, who immediately notified her hus- */ f* |>and, and on her arrival at Big Rapids "T *he was placed under arrest. \ " j •>' Abducted a Blind Boy» A cane of abduction occurred ft* tftek- r) Jponville Wednesday afternoon which " causing ns little astonishment among ' ^ ithe residents. A young man appeared at i$he infttitutisa for the blind stating that 1 bad authority to take away a boy by •( the name of Thomas McLaughlin, a coun­ ty charge from Mason County. Superin- * tendcnt Short refused to let the man take ^ ^ the boy away en the ground that ho did ' ^ioi have the proper credentials. The utranger offered to bring in another man 1o vo-jch for him, but the second was no abetter than the first, and he was again re- . fused. The man asked permission to talk jlo the boy, which was granted, and later t Ihe lad toek his hat and that was the last iffceen of him. He is about 14 years of age, :ood-k>okrag and a splendid singer. Ii ay be thai: he is wanted by some PCtiem- ng fellow lor a side-show attraction. irSe r^"'^ To Sot Aside the Conveyance. ^ A motion was made in the Circuit Court toflet aside eertain conveyances of real es- v:r\|^tute made by Banker Henry W. Seiter, of '-^Lebanon, whe recently Assigned all his . .XfSil estate and personal property for the '•/: .'S'awnefit of ereditors. The motion recites '^ v fbat Seiter and his wife, on the morning ° of the assignment, deeded real estate in *' Ijnbanon valued at $75,000 to the Lebanon V• - jJairy and Creamery Company, at which / lime Seiter was indebted to the Lebanon \ Dairy and Creamery Company in the sum , ^ I \ of $17,000; that Uie capital stock of the ~*Z' • Company was oK owned and held by Sei- { jter, and that rone of the shares of the •/ . capital stock i« in control of the assignee, r who is infovraed that the same is held by . fivers creditors as collateral security for Lv" their claiira against Seiter in contempla- fion of bin assignment, making them pre- U ferred creditors. - New High School Opened. . Moline's fine new high school building, posting $57,000, including furnishings, ^jftc., was formally opened Friday afte^*- > • , :Aoou in the presence of a large audience. ....,3v"'-';;.TC,he principal speaker was Professor J. tW- Cook, president of the State Normal V ^ 4-^niversity, Normal, who spoke on "The jidvantagro of a High School Education. C>ther addresses were made by Mayor fennett, members of the Board of E lnca-on, ex-superintendents, etc. The tmild- hs is of St. Louis red pressed brick, with ?r „ j|tone trimmings, of handsome dosign, ' <|ieautifully situated and one of the most V'"/*||omplete and best-arranged buildings of Hfhe kind to be found anywhere. A recep- c lion to the speakers and faculty was held, Record of the Week. Chief Engineer Ben L. Magee, of the ^ :#nna Asylum, who was^jured daring i|he fire, died from injuria^received at phe time. '"*v~ * At Durand Sunday night, the best part of a block of buildings was burned, in­ cluding the postoffice. The loss is $15,- 000, fully covered by insurance. Governor Altgeld pardoned Frank Blair out of the Joliet State prison. He was ' tent from Cook County in May, 189?, for "V'H term of five years for burglary. Soon jlfter his incarceration he was stricken i*rith paralysis, which has crippled hin for ' lljef The judge who tried him, aud at­ torney who prosecuted, with others, "irged Jlis pardon » The licv. E. B. Rogers, of Springfield, fltas precipitated a row in the First Bap- ; - ,tist Church of Burlington, Iowa, by ac- "fepting an invitation I® preach Shere. ilTears ago Rogers was pastor at the y "i^hurch and there were strong factions, : ; ; $ne of which is offended now at his ac­ ceptance. James D. Wilkes, an expert electrician, Alton, was bound over to the grand 'Jury on the charge of bigamy. Failing to * *ive bond, hlfewas sent to jail. In Novem­ ber last he married Miss Maggie Gudell. About Jan. 1 he went to St. Louis. Soon Afterward it was learned that Wilkes had ^ wife and ohild living in Lima, Ohio. Wife No. 1 was a Miss Anna Sanfofd be- " ^t»re her marriage. Wilkes admits his rC. « «rime. - :> "" William Johnson and Adam Fehr, tw­ ice sergeants at Springfield, wese ra- toved for getting drunk, entering Mrs. riliam J. Shrsyer's bed-room and threat- her. b- John A. Angsbury, of Wateitown, N. . X, has just endowed Greenville College, | the Free Methodist institution of Cireen- Tille, with . $5,000, to be invested as a ,, ™ -pind for scholarships. Monday occurred the death of the rener- -«ble M. rcus Browning, of Jacksonville, who t-is about 90 years of age. He was a native ef Kentucky, but had lived in this State k long time. Henry Wulff took charge of the treas- " - Sf7 department Illinois. About $11,000^- if " TOO was turned aver by Mr. Ramsey. • Vincennes (Ind.) police arrested August who recently broke jail at llob'n- iton, where he waa taken for safe keeping, fibnith is charged with setting fire to sa­ loons in St. Francisvijle. .-• Mrs. Joseph Fxank, of Bloomington, has v'":j(*lien heir to an estate of $10,0(0, be- ^pieathed to her by Mrs.Clara H. IVirssell, l*hiladel|ihia. Some years ago Mrs. &rank, whfle in Chicago, befriended Mrs. SuBsei!. Tbm latter remembered it and before dying willed Mrs. Frank ber en­ tire estate. Mrs. Frank has just received kg&I notification. JohtfLen&han, a«od 67%fell dead while at work in the Alton shops at Blooming' tou« Col. J. R. Thomas' will was probated at Mascoutah. He leaves $400,000, for sev­ enteen heirs. ® Thomas Clerihan. a farmer near Jack­ sonville, was killed by a falling tree whila popping wood. • Jerry Harrington, a notorious crook, /who broke jail at Terre Haote, was cap­ tured at Clayton. F'fim. "ium, k'itu, o£ Quiuc>, 10, j committed suicide with laudauuui Watta* jilted by a lover. G. E. Tucker was indicted at Decatur for the murder of%puis Wilson. He will plead self-defense. Joseph A. Eno, formerly of Cairo, in­ ventor of th«> Eno rail joint and Eno steam generator, died at Newark, N. J. Through the failure of the Vandalia city council tb agree upon the price of street lighting the city is in total darkness nights. H. C. Wilson has resigned as secretary of the Young Men's Christian Associa­ tion at Bloomington to go to East Sagi­ naw, Mich. Edward Corcoran was arrested at Qnin- cy on a charge of stealing fifteen butts of butter from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad depot. - Small-pox has again broken out at East Chicago, and the Board of Health has ordered the public schools closed. It is said that over 100 people were exposed Thomas Deware. arrested at Ramsey,' is the party wanted at Effingham for safe- blowing, was released upon arrival of the sheriff, who said he was not the man wanted. In a damage suit at Dixon for injuries in a wreck, Harry Swisher was awarded $9,875 against the Illinois Central ;Jn a second trial he was awarded $8,000; a third trial has been granted. Two thousand miners employed in the coal mines of St Clair County are threatening to go on a strike for a higher scale of wages, as the scale, it is said, is not equal to that paid in Central and Northern Illinois. At Rockford Leroy Faulkner sued Con­ ductor Frank Parlow, of the Northwest­ ern Road, for $1,500 for knocking two of his teeth out. The jury brought in a ver­ dict for the plaintiff of $2 and costs after being out sixteen hours. The case will be appealed. By order of Mayor Moffet all of the gambling houses were closed at Decatur. They are to remain closed and the police who fail to do their duty will be dis­ charged. The gamblers are to be starved out and it is likely all the paraphernalia will be confiscated and burned. E. Baker, of Lincoln, Neb., instituted proceedings against Emanuel Witter, a well-known citizen of Freeport, claiming $5,000. Witter, who is 75 years old, married the mother of the plaintiff at Lin­ coln ten years ago, and afterward desert­ ed her. He tried to secure a divorce, but failed. Mrs. Witter lives with her son at Lincoln and the suit is brought to re­ cover her board. Rev. W. C. "Stiles, of Jackson, Mich., went to Desplaines to fill a vacancy as pastor at the Congregational Church. After preaching Sunday night he com­ plained of not feeling well. lie grew worse and a doctor pronounced his ail­ ment small-pox. The citizens are very much excited over the case, especially those of his congregation who attended church and who were no doubt exposed to the disease. Rev. William C. Spencer, of Freeport, has evoked a great deal of comment by a sermon in which he said: "Th6 time when the dance Is indulged in is when all good people ought to be In bed. Any pleasure that keops its votaries up until the small hours of the morning is dangerous to the body. Let me tell you, you cannot touch fire without being burned. It is not possi­ ble for a lady to go into a ballroom and allow a number of men to put their arms around her, to hug her, and not to lose 'some of her womanly modesty." It is not often that $1,000,000 is realized out of a $40,000 claim on a defunct pri­ vate bank, without assets, yet something very like this fortune has befallen the heirs of Rev. John Dempster, who died at Evanston Nov. 29, 18G3. By a decision of the Illinois Supreme Court these heirs find themselves the legal owners of a ma­ jority of the stock of the Rosehill Ceme­ tery Company, a corporation with assets approximating $2,000,000 and which has had a net income of as much as $200,000 in a single year. The case has been in litigation more than twelve years. A $10,000 damage suit was begun at Benton by T. M. Mooneyham against Major William Mooneyham, his uncle. The suit grows out of a charge made by Major Mooneyham against his nephew of misappropriating funds of the Second Baptist Church. Major Mooneyham is one of the prominent men of southern Illi­ nois and T. M. Mooneyham is even better known. He was in the legislature when David Davis was elected Senator from Illinois, has been Circuit Clerk and State's Attorney and was his party's candidate for County Judge at the last election. Both are prominent churchmen. James A. Foster, who disappeared from La con over four years ago, has been found. Foster, who is 32 years old, left his well-improved farm of eighty acres, near Varna, Marshall County, in Octo­ ber, 1890, going to Peoria. Here he at­ tended a mesmeric entertainment, paid his hotel bill and disappeared as if the earth had swallowed him. His family, who are wealthy and prominent, searched unceasingly for him, spending thousands of dollars. He was given up for dead. He fell heir to a large sum of money Jan. 11 and the fact waft published, together with a description of the lost heir. The article was seen by I. C. Burgoyne, a merchant at Andalusia, who went to Varna and took one of the family back to identify a farm hand who answered Fos­ ters description. For over four" years Foster has worked for Ferrel Goble, hear Rock Island, under the name of Jim Foster. His mind is a blank regarding his life previous to entering Goble's ser­ vice. He is not insane, but develop­ ments may prove that he was hypnotized. Burgoyne received $500 reward. The small-pox scare at Sycamore is abating. All the known developed cases and exposed persons are carefully quar­ antined and danger from spread of the contagion is minimized, if not wholly eradicated. Things went wrong the other day at the home of Mrs. Andrew J. Johnson, of Dale Township, near Bloomington. Mrs. Johnson's son Lyle was kicked in the face by a colt and seriously hurt, Mrs. Jeffer­ son Karr had a hand crushed in a clothes- wringer, and Mrs. George Jackson fell into an open cistern and broke three ribs and was otherwise dangerously hurt. Philemon L. Mitchell, of the banking house of Mitchell & Lynde and one of the oldest bankers in Illinois, died at Rock Island, aged 82. He was a stockholder many local factories, including the Rock Island Plow Company. CANADIAN CHEESE. HOW LOWERTARIFf? CAN AFl , THE AMERICAN MARKE Canucks Don't Market All Their Cheese in Europe -- Cleveland's Election Cheapened Western Land--Some Free Wool Results. Imports Will Be Larger. There is a large cheese factory here, the owner of which is a hard-shell free­ trader. He tells his patrons that the duty on cheeise cuts no figure as the Cana­ dians market all their cheese in Europe. .Have you any information on this point? C. S. PARKS. Kent City, Mich. The protection to American cheese un­ der the MeKinley tariff was 6 cents per pound or 42,96 per cent, ad valorem. Under the Gorman bill it is but 4 cents per pound, or 28.64, per cent, ad valor­ em, the reduction under the new law being 33 1-3 per cent. * It is not true that "the Canadians market all their cheese in Europe." They market most of it there, but have marketed sonie in the United States, even during the operation of the Me­ Kinley tariff. The Bureau of Statistics * of^ihe Treasury Department has not ^-published in detail, for 1893 or 1894, the countries from which we import cheese, but we have the statistics for the year ending June 30, 1892, and they show that, even when the tariff was 6 cents per pound on cheese, we imported from Canada at the northern border and lake ports as follows: YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 18p2. Pounds. . 96,930 . 12,471 . 2,229 . 42,978 . 1.808 . 35,111 At Buffalo Creek, N. Chicago, 111 ;».si;.* »t i„. Detroit, Mich...*..,,...». Huron, Mich....... Milwaukee, Wis...... *k.. Minneapolis, Minn....,,.. . .., Niagara, N. Y Total,... .....195,222 There were also some smaller quanti­ ties imported at other points, which bring the total up to 200,000 ponnds. While this does not seem a very large quantity In itself, yet If judiciously distributed among the principal cheese markets where prices are regulated and held there by'the dealers, It would be a# ample supply to check any great advance in the price of American cheese. It will be noted that one-half the quantity was shipped to Chicago, whieh is the cheese market of the Unit­ ed States and where the price is prac­ tically made for other parts of the country, both in buying and selling. Undoubtedly our imports of cheese will be larger now that the duty has been reduced by two cents per pound, the • reduction being a gift of that amount of money on every pound of cheeae that a Canadian farmer may choose to ship here. Another reasoh why more Canadian chccsc is likely to come into our markets in the future is because very large quantities of cheese are now being shipped to England from Australia aud;New Zealand. This will lower prices in England, and as the Canadian farmer has less freight to pay when shipping to this country, he will doubtless find a more profitable market here under the lower tariff, which is, as the Democratic free trad­ ers tell us, but the first step toward absolute free- trade, when Canadian cheese will be. shipped here without paying any duty whatever. The best way to stop this sort of thing is to vote only for candidates for Congress who favor protection, and thus get the Me­ Kinley duty on cheese restored at the earliest possible opportunity. The Way to Advertise. The business houses of New York city are beginning to advertise the sale of American goods, drawing particular attention to the fact that they keep both English and American goods, so that people will not be compelled to purchase the foreign article. Here is a sample of an advertisement from sue of the brightest business houses in New York: English or American gloves--take your choice; there's little difference. Pay more for the English if you like. This about the American, however: They're made as we order 'em, and we order what we think you want--of course. More: We know just what they're made of, where they're made, and how. Your money back if you want it. Nothing could be fairer than the above. Those foreigners and free-trad­ ers who want English gloves can hare them and pay more for them, while the man who is an American and has the Interests of his countrymen at heart can get a pair of American-made gloves and have the satisfaction also of learn­ ing where they are made, what they are made of and how they are made; and. what is more, get his money back if they don't suit A house that adver­ tises like this one is doing a fair and square business by American interests and it deserves to be patronized. • Free Wool Results. There has been an average decline of over 37 per cent. In the price of wool since President Cleveland's inaugura­ tion, and an average decline of over 7 per cent, since< the tariff bill passed. The heaviest fall has been in merino wools, which constitute 75 per cent of the American crop. The decline in these fine qualities has exceeded 40 per cent since Mr. Cleveland's inaugu­ ration, and the decline in these fine qualities has been from 15 to 16 per cent since wool was put on the free list, and yet the free trade newspapers and campaign speakers are saying that wool is advancing since tvool was put on the free list, which is wholly untrue, for there is not a single grade of Amer­ ican wool that will bring any more money than the current price on Au­ gust 27, when the free wool bill was passed, and the leading grades are from 11 to 16 per cent lower Thus we have under free wool falling prices In America and advancing prices in Eu­ rope, and we have the anomaly of busy woolen mills with a dull wool market. traders their Issue overwhelming will be their next de­ feat, and the quicker their ultimate ex* termination. Cheap Land In the West. • witness in court at Dubuque in­ jected some politics into the answers of a cross-questioner, and expressed the feelings of a good many Democrats thougbout the country. The name of the wltnws Wflril' fb'o le 'norn-.siu .-.f'fWf*- "Mr. Ward, did I understand yon to say that land is not worth 's much now as it ^ras.two years ago?" "Yes, sir; that's what I said." "Will you please tell the court why it is not worth as much now as two years ago?" "Well, since Cleveland was elected the price of land and everything else has gone to the devil." This answer brought down the honse, and Democrats and Republicans alike in the court grew red in the face trying to keep from laughing outright "Are you a Republican, Mr. Ward?** "No, sir; but If things keep on the way they are now I don't think it will be long before I will be one."--Sioux City: Journal. I(f , fOKCB POR K tm A PEPARTMENT PREPAREt> l»OR OUR RURAL FRIENDa Annual Death of Hoars froit̂ Pneu­ monia Is Becoming Distressingly Urge-IIses of Hot Water-Good of tJiC'Farai--Odds .KmSs.' Johnnie Gets the Gol4« a*; Leaves for Bedding. There are probably localities where little grain is raised, and forest trees that can be had for the trouble of gath­ ering them are the only available bed­ ding Jor animals. These leaves have about as much efficiency as an absorb­ ent as has chopped straw, but the lat­ ter, when it can be had, is usually bet­ ter, as it has a greater manurial value. There is both potash and a small per­ centage of phosphate in grain straw, while the leaves of forest trees, besides their carbon, have very little except potash. Leaves from fruit trees in or­ chards contain a considerable amount of phosphate and more potash than do leaves from the forests. But it will ,rob the trees to use orchard leaves as bedding. They are generally so scat­ tered that it is not possible to gather ithem, and are, besides, worth more to rot under tfievtrws than to be removed as bedding where straw can be grown or bought. There Is not a lack of striw to be used as bedding, though it is very unevenly distributed. Thousands of fanners have every year more straw than they can make profitable use of. As It has some feeding value, it may be. baled and sent to localities where straw is deficient, so that what is not used for feeding purposes may be used for bedding after stock have eaten what they will of it--Exchange. Think This Over. But will the workingman get "cheup things," after all? Let us see. Every man, woman and child uses sugar. That is going to cost more than it did before. But when the mechanic's wife pays more for the family sugar, she can re­ flect that "fancy groceries" will be cheaper, and when her husband pays more for his whisky, or gets a much poorer grade for the same money, he can console himself by the reflection that Bass' ale, by the case, can now ba bought for $1.00, instead of $2 as be. fore, and fine brandies, cordials and liqueurs of which the average mechan­ ic consumes so much, you know, on also be bought somewhat cheaper, about fifteen Gents per bottle.--The Mu­ sic Tradesi yitimate Extermination. The suggestion of the New England Tariff Reform League that its name should be changed to the New England Free-Trade League was made because Tn tVl„ x „ its deluded members believe that the 'iiil of tto. league was "to free oar trade." They evidently regard the re­ cent defeat not as a denunciation of free trade, but rather because the for­ mer tariff bill did not go far enough in that direction. A s the Rochester Demo­ crat and Chronicle says, "It is better to define issues shaiply." We qnite agree William Baker, alias Michael Harring­ ton, alias John Connolly, alias James Connors, arrested at London, Ontario, last fall, pleaded guilty to robbing the safe of the ticket office of the Wabash passen­ ger station at Springfield of $1,200 Sept. 1. He was sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary. Baker's three alleged bT •i"" I »tt> this, anfi tue rcore sharply free- Sheep for Sale. There 1* a uyikultural dlitoict around Keent City, Mich., where the farmers are nearly all interested in and keepers of sheep.. They are all very much discouraged. Market lambs which two years ago sold readily for $3 at the farm now cannot be sold for more than $1.75, while the farmers have ceased to depend on their wool at all. With scarcely an exception every flock In this vicinity is for sale. Sheep will be scarce animals in Michigan if the pres­ ent system of free wool is continued. Don't Throw It Away Too 8ooa* To commercial and shipping houses having relations with the United States there can be no question as to the use­ fulness of having in book form a copy of the new American customs tariff. Most, if not all, will contentedly lay aside the now superseded book of the MeKinley tariff and put In its place on their office shelf the less exacting Wil­ son bill, till it In turn is sent Lpto the limbo of the obstruction to free trade between the old and the new worlds.-- The Scotsman, Edinburgh. Too Slow to Suit Them. The revival of trade in the United States, if revival it can be called, is pro­ ceeding extremely slowly. There la a little more demand for money in the West. The iron 'Manufacture contin­ ues to expand, and there is some Im­ provement in the dry-goods trade, but that is almost all that can be said.-- The Flnanciaf'Times, London. Tons of Tin Plate. ' The alteration in the American tariff has been promptly responded to by a largely increased movement of British tin plate to the United States, the gradually decreasing export figures suddenly mounting for the month of August to 19,000 odd tons--greater than those of any other month except May.--Industries and Iron, London. What It Hez Done. "Whut hez this Democratic free-trade Congress done?" asked the rural stump speaker in strident tones of Indigna­ tion. As he paused for a reply a man with a big double bass voice-answered: "It hez done the American people."--- Washington Star. Not to Be Fooled. She held hersfelf so still to catch what he was muttering in his dreams that she hardly breathed. "Mary " "That's me," she thought to herself, as there was no occasion for her to think of any one else. "Mjary mndt have that new wrap, even uiough I do have to take it out of the bookkeeper's salary. It Is too bad, too. He is the only support of a wid­ owed mother." All was still again. She lay there and thought some more, "He's, just as mean as he can be," she murmured. "I don't believe he was asleep at all."--Indianapolis Journal. Ice Without an Ice House. Within a few years neighboring farm­ ers have learned that they can put-up Ice to keep well through the summer without a covered house. They pile the ice upon any spot most convenient, providing for good drainage at the bot­ tom. A tight board fence is built around the pile at a proper distance from the Ice. The space between the fence and the Ice is packed with sawdust, the top of the pile covered thickly with the same material, and the thing is done. A roof is considered unnecessary. It is found that ice will keep well through the warm weather put up1 in this Din­ ner. ' Cutting, hauling And packing ice means hard work, and plenty of It, and I know a few dairy farmers who choose to avoid it, as well as the considerable trouble attending its daily use through the summer. These farmers have water running In a steady supply upon their premises, or springs handy by, and set their milk in cold water. They do not claim that they get all the «?mwn t'rora the milk in this way, but nearly all, and believe that the loss is more than made up by the saving of labor. It should be mentioned that these farmers are lo­ cated at quite a distance from the near- ert ponds.--Hartford Times. s^cty- Millet. A s&ty-four-page bulletin, just issued from the Michigan Agricultural College Experiment Station, is devoted to mil­ let Ninety species are mentioned, and a number illustrated. In brief, millet is used chiefly as a "catch crop" for hay, since it can be sown whenever it is dis­ covered that a seeding of the perma­ nent grasses has failed, or that a hard winter or insects have destroyed the clover. It may be sown w hen too late to plant corn.. It requires good soil, preferably sand, and is especially adapted to new land. Sow half a bushel per acre for hay, one peck if for seed. Millet hay is usually cured by cocking it up when partially dry, and allowing it to stand for several days before being housed, as is often done with clover. Millet hav is a strong feed and should be used with caution, being alternated if practicable, with other fodder, especially if fed to horses. It Is safer and more palatable if cut before the seed begins to ripen. The best va­ riety is German millet, providing the soil Is good and It can have the entire season. For late sowing, in poor soli, use common millet Hungarian grass In fertile soilsi, in moist seasons, will give a large yield of excellent fodder. Don't Know Him Now. Hogs and Pneumonia. The annual death of hogs from pneu­ monia is becoming almost as great as that of human beings, and it Is a dis­ tressing sight to see the fine, healthy looking, fattening hogs suddenly die. In winter and early spring this danger Is at Its height and every owner feels* happy if he succeeds in bringing his floe!: through all right without losing more than one or two from pneumonia. This disease in hogs can be looked at In nearly the same light as that of pneu­ monia In human beings. There are preventive measures, but very few real cures after the disease has assumed a dangerous symptom. The full-blooded, fattening hogs seem to take pneumonia quicker than the lean and thin stock, so that, as a rule, the farmer loses his most valuable animal first. The condi­ tion of the hogs is probably rather weak, and exposure to inclement and raw weather gives them a heavy cold, which results In pneumonia. Hogs- that are sheltered In warm places too much are more susceptible to heavy colds than those exposed more, and on the other hand, those that have no care given them at all run such risks of get­ ting the disease that many die. The real preventive measure is ti) keep the hogs in excellent physical condition and ac­ custom them to fresh, cool air, but not expose them to unnecessary storms or inclement weather. Give them quarters with reference to perfect ventilation, but do not expose them to drafts or wet places. When the animals show the first scrwptoms of a cough they should be separated from the flock and be placed in a warm, dry place. Then apply turpentine twice daily all along their ehest and around their ribs as a counter irritant If they are exposed" to very cold weather in their quarters, they should be blanketed after each application of the turpentine. Hot blankets folded over the chest is very good when* the animals are breathing heavily. Six to ten drops of extract of aconite root given every two hours will be the only internal medicine necessary. The great thing is to prevent tbe ani­ mals from catching further otfld. They need a quiet place where they can He down and not be exposed/to annoyance from the other hogs and where no cold drafts can blow upon them. This treat- . ^ new, but In view er*!* number of hogs that hate died of pneu- mpnia a repetition of it may prove of* •flue to some. The chief thing is to prevent tbo disease by careful method^ of protection; Then, with a little com­ mon sense, the flock can be brought through the winter all right The time to act is when the animals show the, first signs of coughing. Do not wait until it becomes a deep, hacking, labor- cewgfe,- twr late.--Philadelphia Inquirer. Cold Weather for Feeding» So much is said about the danger and loss from exposing stock to cold weath­ er that It might be inferred that those whose business It is to fatten animals will be best pleased by mild and balmy weaklier during the process. The fat­ tening animal has in itself th e best protection against cold, and such weather, with a plentiful supply of pure air, only makes well-fed stock the more thrifty. When the air is cold It furnishes a greater supply of oxygen to the lungs. This removes impurities in the blood, and the next step is to in­ crease the appetite. All practical feed­ ers know that whenever a warm spell of weather occurs in winter the feed must be at once lessened. It is almost Invariably accompanied by a loss of the thrifty growth that the animal liad while the cold weather gavci /ft ft hearty appetite. ,. Machine for Catching Apples. Many contrivances have been de­ vised for facilitating and cheapening the work of picking apples, but none has come into universal use. An im­ proved apple-catcher is now the sub­ ject of an application for a patent Tht apparatus Is made in two parts--of can­ vas or any other strong, durable fab­ ric, such as sailcloth. The lower part, or main canvas, is forty feet across, in the form of an immense saucer, the center about the tree coming down to the ground. Above this is the hood, about twelve fee* square, and highest in the center. When this is adjusted about the tree the branches are shaken and the apples find their way down to the ground in a pile at the base of the tree. It is claimed that fruit can be gathered In one-half the time and at one-half the expense of hand-picking, and with marked improvement in condition. Thi "apple catcher" is especially service­ able when gathering fruit from lofty trees. It may be used for stack cover­ ing when not required for fruit gather­ ing. It is also made in smaller sizes for gathering pears, plums, nuts, etc.-- New York Evening Telegram. Something that Pays. The wideawake farmer is always on the lookout for something that is profitable. In his investigations he often happens across some specialty that pays fair dividends, but circum­ stances do not permit him to engage in it at the time. In iliese depressed times it is very difficult to find a spe­ cialty that pays fair profit, although the farmer has a broad field from which to select Ope of the most prof­ itable specialties in which a farmer with considerable grazing land can en­ gage, Is raising cows. Good milch cx)ws bring all the way from $25 to $50, while an eighteen-months-old heifer can be bought for $12 or $15. It can be readily seen that liy buying a drove of heifers now and breeding them, one year hence the purchaser can double and perhaps treble his money, while his farm would not be one whit worse off. I do not say that there will be money In it four years hence, but I do claim that there Is money in fet at the present time and there will con­ tinue to be until too many enterprising farmers raise heifers for cows. But who ever heard of a number one milch cow being a drug on the market? Be­ sides, should the farmer not be able to dispose of his cows immediately on becoming fresh, he can well afford to keep them a few weeks. A number one fresh cow always pays her way, which is more than can be said of some other animals.--Correspondence Ohio Farmer. ; . Odds and Bud*. - No receptacle for soiled ctothlhg, even if handsomely decorated, should be kept in a sleeping apartment. In baking bread or rolls put a sauce­ pan of boiling water into the oven. The steam will keep the crust smooth and tender. . , Much of the heavy cake and bread is the result of the oven door being bang­ ed when closed. Close the door gently as possible. ' To make clothes wash easily: Mix one tablespoonful of paraffine oil with one pint of soft soap, and soap all white clothes; put them to soak over night and yojB will have very little rubbing to do. f j Cut doughnuts out an hour or more before they are fried and allow them time for Rising. They will be much , lighter th|in when fried as soon as they j are cut. Try cutting them at night and . frying them in the morning. j A pretty way to use old piece laces of bold pattern is to lay them over bright outlines with fine silk, working through both lace and silk. Then chainstitch all the outlines thus formed to the silk. Put In fancy stitches here and there with gold thread. Then cut away all the net foundation of the lace. This will leave the design clear on the silk. I It is said that the smell of cooking 1 cabbage will not penetrate the house, ! indeed will hardly be disagreeable in • the kitchen itself. If the cabbage is thrown into boiling salted water, and j then set further back on the stove where it will cook at ^ temperature of about two hundred degrees. The time required for cooking it tender at this temperature is from twenty to thirty : minutes. J j We have had many^oirectlons for cooking rice in JJie<f>roper way. The latest comes from Syria, where they wash it in four, five or six waters, or until the last water is clear. A table- spoonful of butter is then heated in a vessel until It bubbles, and the rice is added and mixed. 'Then salted water is added "generously," and the rice is cooked without stirring until it is ten­ der and "the water is all absorbed." Borax water Is excellent for sponging either silk or wool goods, that are not soiled enough to need washing. In washing cashmere or wool goods put a little borax in the water. This will cleanse them much more easily and bet­ ter, without Injury to the colors. Do not rub them on a board, but use the hands, and throw on a line without wringing. Press them on the wrong •idet and they will look almost like now. yO^EDFOB HE % W CHOSEN TO 8UCCEKO HIMSELF. flood of Post-Campaign Oratory Jm Both Houses of the Legislature-- Ctallom and XacVedgfc Are Hie*!* Ciillom for Another Six YeanbP1 Springfield correspondence. Tuesday was political-oratory day feg the General Assembly. Both branches elected Senator Cullom his own successor after a series of si>eeelies which covered the range of argument in the last cam­ paign and the debates in Congress on Hawaii and financial questions. Not all of the members were present, the votes showing that Senators Hunter (Rep.) and Niehaus, Mahoney, Ford, Green, Paisley, and Solomon (Dem.) were absent, as were Representatives Driscol (Dem.) and Gower and Kline (Rep.). The result waa: , '.S , Cullom, 32 Senators and 90 Representa- ' V / tives--122; MacVeagh, 13 Senators and ' 60 Representatives--73. Senator Col- lom was formally declared the choice of both houses. He was not in either bodjr IJmM during the speechmaking, but was near , enough in the lobby to hear the selected ̂ orators. f' Senator Littler led off for him ia a Ra- •. • if publican talk and Senator Higbee fol- lowed for Mr. McVeagh, teaching main- ly on the principle of nominating the can- ' didate for United States Senator in Stato £& I' ^ convention, where the people and not the politicians would name the man. He paid ^ ^ a high compliment to Mr. MacVeagh ask | , '/.iV.s; o SHELBT *. CULLOM. noWWfeS who was a credit to ino ueinw-' cratic party. After thent came Senators Coon, Leeper, Aspinwall, Johnson, Craw­ ford, Hamer, Mussett, and Fitzpatrick. The popular interest was in the House, , • * v where the galleries were crowded, many ladles being present. Mr. Butler made the nominating speech for Senator Cul- , ^ lom. Free P. Morris delivered a panegyric . upon Mr. MacVeagh and the principles he espoused, which he declared were the principles of the Democratic party. He was wildly cheered by his party friend^ •and 3!t? ess- gratulations for the effort Judge Callahan was the first to second Cullom's nomination. Mr. O'Donnell of McLean County seconded the nomina­ tion of Mr. MacVeagh, commending his declarations during the political canvass and closing by saying that he was "a Chesterfield in private, a scholar in poli­ tics, and a president in embryo." Mr. Miller of Cook followed for Senator Cul­ lom. Mr. Stoskopf of Stcpheuson Coun­ ty was the next for Mr. MacVeagh. Mr. Berry of Carroll County seconded the nomination of Senator Cullom and took occasion to score the Democracy. The other speakers in the House were Daugh- erty, Sharrock, Shelby, and Buckner for (̂ ulloin. and Fleming and Dean for Mac­ Veagh. All of the speakers received the customary demonstrations of approval their respective sides of the honse. , * * Bontinc Proceedings. In the House Monday Mr. Weston in­ troduced a resolution deploring the death of the daughter of Vice President Stev­ enson, which was adopted by a rising vote. There was less than a quorum <•( members present, and no attempt was made to transact fnrther business. Sen­ ator Hamer, in the absence' of Lieat. Gov. Gill, called the Senate to ordor. There were few members present in tholr seats. The joint resolution from the House, calling on Illinois jiieiubers in Congress to support the bill 69w pending there pensioning Gen. John A. McCIer- nand, was received. It went over uud»ir the rules. Rev. M. F. Troxcll, chaplain pf t}ie Senate, in offering prayer, referred in touching terms of sympathy to the death of the daughter of Vice President Stevenson. * Tuesday the Senate and House assem­ bled jointly to ballot for United States Senator. But two nominations were made--Sljelby M. Cullom by the Republt- ! cans and Franklin MacVeagh by the, j Democrats. Mr. Cullom was elected by a strict party vote. Many bills were intro- ' duced in both branches. One is of particu­ lar interest to the physicians. It came from Representative Kilcourse of Chica­ go and provides for the erection of a hos­ pital for the insane, of Western Illinois. I It is the same bill introduced by Repre­ sentative Payne at the last session. It ' passed the House, but was killed in th» Senate. It is to be a homeopathic hos- , pital. A sensation in the Senate Wednesday 1 was an attack by Senator Homer upon General Grant for his attitude toward (leta£raf John A. McClernand. The occa­ sion was the consideration of the resolu­ tions adopted by the House asking the Senators and Representatives in Con­ gress to vote for the pending bill for the pension of General McClernand. Among the bills introduced in the House was one by Mr. Moritzson providing for the incor­ poration of political parties and defining the method by which they shall hold prim­ ary elections. Senator Leper iut reduced a bill to prohibit fortune telling, th^ fore­ cast of future events and the discovery of lo'i i-operty. It fixes penalties for vio­ la .on of the provisions of the act The Senate Thursday created th new'i-ouiniittees--on farm drainage, coin's monument and fish and game; list of standing committees heretofore ported was adopted. %e House received resolutions as follows: Providing for the submission to the people of a constitu­ tional amendment providing that the State shall raise its revenue by a tax ip proportion to the value of the property, the value to be determined by the general assembly; asking that the committee on penal and reformatory institutions be instructed to investigate fully the sub­ ject of convict labor. Many bills were introduced, being read by title ouly. Ifcttfc branches adjonrued until Tuesday. . ' ' £1 * : 1 Private Marks on Watches. Fine watches are commonly kept la :>rtfer by the dealers from whom thejr are bought When such a watch was taken the other day to a famous jew­ eler to be regulated the jeweler said: "It i§ very dry; you have net had H cleaned since 't>l." "How do yon know tjiat?" asked the owner. "We put a private mark at an incouspicuous point whenever such a watch as thlft is clean­ ed," answered the man, "mA Um> last date your watch shows I* York Sun. vr /jrx V.J •' • '••'•i', • t'1 A