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ft * » , y - > s^st i#V'.-'i: >'i" r^i» f fcl ij m an -^ ' K "A r^*W> d CONCERNING PROPOSAL^. HA 4 V-'.O'r" * *• * y. - ?X%"\ ' £0r» T'S jolly hard line#," Bailey Jl Juuior flinging himself ng ci down in Jack's armchair. ; i i4'Whai's hard lines?" I asked, thinking the same time that although'he had tieou Jack's best man when we wer& married he need not be quite so fam­ iliar with Jack's own particular arm­ chair. 1 never like to see any one at home iu. Jack's chair, because, if I am left a widow. I mean to keep it sacred tfri .lack's memory. '•." *'A. fellow isn't allowed to see Baby Jones alone for five minutes." 41 Why do you want to see her alone?" I teaid. for the fifth Jones girl, in my mind, was still a child. Perhaps this was due to the fact that she is called "Baby," but .Tack says it's because •he's not allowed to have her 17th birthday until the two eldest girls are Mamma Jones may be right; more than four girls out at one time is ajfreat responsibility. Bailey Junior, who had retained the suffix "Junior" ever since he went to a&iool with his eldest brother, looked at tne in surprise. "Why do I want to see her alone?" he replied; "because 1 Want to propose, of course; a fellow OfU't propose with an audience." /•You propose!" 1 echoed. "Propose to'Baby Jones:" Aud pray why shouldn't IT" he ask- «d. "Anything the matter with me?" lie pulled down his coat and stuck out his brown riding boots on my new hearth nig. Bailey Junior prided him­ self oh liis bootmaker. "1 can afford to keep a wife; Jack's married." "O, but Jack's quite different," I said. **JjHuy OU(S can see in a moment that Jack's different. Besides, you'll never *<st the chance," 1 continued, remem- beriug Mamma Jones' theory. ffWhy the deuce not?" \ -Because the four others have to .go «ft first, and they must go in proper or- «ter. Jack says so." ? ""What's Jack got t6 do with it?*! *0, nothing," I answered; "but Jack's •s clever;'he always sees through things." "Why have the others got to go 'off* first V" Bailey Junior asked. "Baby's marriage hasn't anything to do with the others." "Oh. yep, it haft; you don't under- •tand." ' So. 1 don't; and I'm hanged if any ' tee else dot*. Why can't they begin Iflarrying from the other end?" "Because if the county knows that Baby's old enough to marry, that would make the others Just too old, don't you see? It's a point of honor with the Baby to remain under 17 till the eld- girl's off." "Phew!" said Bailey Junior, "now I ice; that's why she's so closely guarded and why the eldest girl is always thrown in my way; but I won't have her, 1 will tell you. No Mamma Jones In the world will make me marry the eldest; none of your serviug for Rachel business for me." "That's right," I said, "but you'll have to wait for Baby until some other fellow does want the others." *0, Lord!" he exclaimed, in a tone of voice which was scarcely complimen­ tary to the eldest Miss Jones; "and I sail for India this day week." '•I'm awfully sorry," I said; "but that's the principle and code of honor ttt the Jont s family. You can't pick out the best and leave Mamma Jones sad­ dled for life with the plain ones." Bailey Junior was silent, and I tried VfBy best to think of some plan to help him out of hi3 difficulty. It was of no use to suggest asking Baby Jones to tepend the day with me and letting Bailey Junior meet her here, for the Jones girls never went about singly; they hadn't enough friends to go all found, so that if you asked one to tea ^•o always came. They were such a devoted family. • -"Dear little girl," he said, "sacrificed '• her elder sisters. She'll be thirty tfore she pets her hair up at that rate, wonder what her age really is?" ' "She's probably got mixed herself," >£. said; "but isn't it up yet? It will be ((etting quite worn out." ? , "It's in a sort of maidenly plait," ir!|ailey Junior said, reflectively, "awful- ' \$jjp becoming, don't you know, but " . ' "But it's time she wore quite long presses, and put it right up, isn't it? •A big girl old enough to be married in V;f ; 3£»°rt skirts. Jack thinks it horrid." ^4 think they're lovely," Bailey junior answered, "so arched and slen- ^ '}<ler. Just think of the eldest girl's." "O, no one doe3," I said; "she was \ iiput Snto lonS skirts before she left the % liursery, and she was never allowed to -jplay lawn tennis." She took Bailey Junior's letter and opened it. "I must ask mamma," she said, "for the poor fellow seems quite anxious, and he's in such a hurry. He wants ~e to wire back yes or no. He needn't be so impatient when it's only n>e he wants." "Baby," I said coaxingly, "don't ask your mother until you have sent the wire. Mothers don't always under­ stand these tilings." Then I turned and left her reading the letter slowly to herself. "Bella will be awfully cross," I heard her murmur; "perhaps he has an elder brother who wouldn't mind marrying Bella." By the same fcost next evening I re­ ceived two letters. The one was from Bailey Junior, asking pie to plead his cause with Baby Jones. It was an ar­ dent. romantic letter, showing a vast Imagination and a limited understand­ ing of the character of his future wife, and the other was from Baby Jones. It was not so romantic, but, Jack says, It is full of common sense, and charac­ teristic of the Jones family. It ran thus: "Wired back yes. But it cost me thirty ihlllingB!"--Westminster Budget, LAW AS INTERPRETED. Land bought by a Judgment creditor in good faith on execution sale is'held, in Pugh vs. Highley (Ind.), 44, L. R. A. 392, .to be free from secret equities. An ordinance granting the exclusive privilege to maintain waterworks in a town for thirty years is held, in Thrift vs. Elizabeth City <N. C.), 44 L. R. A. 427, to be in conflict with the constitu­ tional provision against perpetuities and monopolies. The ineligibility of a person who re­ ceives a majority of the votes cast for an office is held in State ex rel. Good ell vs. McGeary (Vt.), 44 L. R. A. 446, to give the minority candidate no right to the office, at least when those who vot­ ed for the other person did not know •that he was ineligible. An increase in the value of a home­ stead is held, in Gowdy vs. Johnson (Ky.) 44 L. R. A. 400, to be insufficient to authorize a revaluation and reassign­ ment--at least if the increase was not rapid or extraordinary and no unrea­ sonable outlay had been made on the premises. The failure to furnish automatic car couplers in common use for freight cars is held, in Troxler vs. Southern Rail­ road company (X. C.k 44 L. R. A. 313, reaffirming the decision in Greenlee vs. Southern Railroad Company. 41 L. R. A. 399, to constitute negligence per set for which a railroad company is liable to an employe who Is injured in attempting to couple cars having skel­ eton drawheads of unequal height White Lie* in Society. A man of doubtful veracity is respon­ sible for this, according to Polly Pry in the New York Herald: "Nothing amuses me so muchr" he writes to me, "as to notice the efforts of two women who have just been in­ troduced to impress each other with their importance. It generally takes some such Shape as this: I am delighted to meet you. I heard Mr. Smith say such swefet things about you.' ,,,, » "'Awfully nice 6*You to say so. Which Mr. Smith was it? The cousin of the Vanderbilts?' " 'Not exactly--it was----' "'We know the Vanderbilts very well. And ' " 'No, it wasn't that Mr. Smith. It was the one that we met at George Gould's. He is ' " 'Did you go to the Bradley Martins' greet dinner?' " "No; it was awfully provoking, but we bad an engagement that night sit the Waldorf to meet Prince * , " 'Indeed! That's the great trouble in society; so many dates clashing, don't you know! Why, the night we made up a box party for the opera-- that wonderful performance of "Faust," you know--we had to give up attendhig a muiscale that ' "And so on and so on. until the two fair frauds retire to their respective corners--I mean rooms--each satisfied that the victory is hers." ON DRUMHEAD. <}£<' . Bailey Junior's furlough was up, and . Itv fee went back to India without having t* f'i>* ... iy proposed to Baby Jones. I met her six ^ weeks later, and she told me she had u. ... toad a letter from him asking her to <rjimarr.v hlm- Slje seemed much aston- <•, Jished that he should want to marry her * "•- "<&ud not her eldest sister. The Joneses : -jare not an imaginative family, and Isuch an unconventional proceeding had r .» -not suggested itself to the youngest of 0 the family. . j "Poor old Bailey!" I said. "He sat tp* 'for an hour and a half talking to Bel- "v; ,y'^la.'.'--that is the eldest girl's name-- ^ j"the day he went to say good-by. hop- •v that you would come in; he was g " determined to propose to you before he * jf>." - sailed." # £ ' , B a b y J u n e s o p e n e d h e r e y e s w i d e . ;£$V-r M, ' he really? But he ought to have ^ *" **} "t'$ Jkuowtrthat mamma said he was to mai '-y Hell a. I was sent out to do some , shopping, and the others staid in their room* and said they were out. I won­ der why be didn't propose to Bella?" "Because he^was in love with you," I said. ""Don't you like him. Baby?" "O. yes," she said slowly; he's nicely "sunburned, and" (with a Uttje sigh) do ittnBe&'s'turn ' . ** ' '*s * \ » ̂'i SOME NOTED ARMY AND NAVY -fixmouTiotid. A Quarter-Breed Who Died SinginR m Seminole Death Sons -- Summary Treatment of Kaaiasa K(MMr «ad His Companion*. The articles of war in the regulations governing the army and navy provide that no death sentence shall be carried out without the approval of tbp chief executive. Times have been In the twin services, however, when the exigencies Df discipline have seemed to demand that soldiers and sailors should be shot or strung up without waiting for word »ither of approval or disapproval from headquarters at Washington. A few sf these summary executions mark the last chapters of some of the most thrill­ ing tales of campaign life on sea and land. One of the earliest of these "death examples" set by commanding officers in the field who constituted themselves the last reviewing authority was that •f a quarter-breed Seminole Indian Who. enlisting in the United StateB •rmy. endeavored to betray the brave little band of Major Dade to the hostile reds in the everglades of Florida. The story of this execution and of the cir­ cumstances leading to it is but little 2bore to-day than an army tradition, the whole thing being involved in much mystery. Not long after the shooting «f the quarter-breed, Dade's entire command was annihilated by the Semi- noles. Almost the only thing which to­ day recalls that tragedy of the swampe Is a plain white marble shaft which rises at West Point not far from Kos­ ciusko's garden to commemorate the death of Dade and of bis 300 intrepid followers. Osceola, the chief of the Seminoles. saw a number of his subordinate lead- --i --- of twelve a|!6jie»men and about: ninety apprentice The Somers* destina tlon W#s the Alrlcan coast, where It was to aid in the protection of Ameri­ can commerce. WJiea It was about halfway acfoss it was noticed that Spencer was hobnobbing with the crew; that he was giving some of the men money and others brandy and to­ bacco. One night a seaman named Wales Imparted secretly to Captain Mackenzie the details of a plot concoct­ ed by Spencer tA murder all the officers and to seize tlrebrig for the purpose of entering upon a career of piracy. The story that Wales told was so horrible in its outlines that Captain Mackenzie treated it at first with ridicule, but the actions of certain members of the crew soon showed that there was something In the wind. The officers held a con­ sultation and agreed that Spencer's ar­ rest was imperative. The crew was as­ sembled at evening quarters when the son of the secretary of war was arrest­ ed. Upon his person was found the de­ tails of the plan for killing the officers, seizing the ship and the throwing over­ board of the younger apprentices, whom the paper referred to as "useless biscuit consumers." The document was written entirely In Greek, Spencer being a classical scholar. Luckily there was another officer on board who read the language. After the seizing of Spencer many of the crew became disobedient, sullen and mutinous in action. Then Captain Mackenzie ordered the arrest of Small and Cromwell. Af^er this the sullen ones among the crew behaved worse than ev^r. The officeia held a consulta­ tion and it was agreed that unless an example were set the Somers would meet the fate of the Bounty. They sign­ ed a recommendation that the three ringleaders be banged at the yardarm. The three culprits were strung up, Spencer and Small confessing their guilt and saying that they deserved their fate. When the Somers reached New York Captain Mackenzie commu­ nicated with the department. A court If latorjr of a quart* to ir of three the res- Head Q}CfeOWS> C«tClfl*iON O* nfcMR.Y- EXECUTIONS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. Temperature of Diamonds. A good diamond, is a good deal colder than an imitation, and the lapidaries say that the best way to detect this j difference in temperature is to touch the stones to the tongue. Sapphires, emeralds, rubies, garnets, and other precious stones may be tested in the same way--the real stone is invariably colder than the imitation. The lapi­ daries do not give a reason for the dif­ ference, but it may be found, perhaps, in the greater density of the real stones, which'/riiakes them better conductors of heat. Trade in ISvnporated Vegetable?, Evaporated vegetables were fitst put up for the Alaskan market, but the business is being developed more large­ ly for export to other parts of the world. The saving in freight rates on these dried vegetables is very material, and sometimes more than offsets the cost of evaporating and packing. A carload of dried canned potatoes con­ tains 3,000 bushels, but would hold only 500 bushels in their natural state. Women have a way of talking about "cleaning up after a party" as If the guests threw the chairs at each other pastime, and did cake walks on the ds and tables. fbr A>ed MPS m A crank is often a roan who refuses 'to loan money to a deadbeat who has expectation of paying back. ens sign a treaty with the whites by which the Indians' land was to be giv­ en up. Osceola, asked to sign the pa­ per, stepped forward, drew his hunting knife and struck its blade through the document and deep into the desk upon which it was laid. "There is my sig­ nature," he said, and strode from the room. From that instant war was on. One of the witnesses of this fearless act was the soldier whose blood was one-quarter Indian. It stirred in him an admiration for Osceola that made him swear to himself later to aid the Indian chief's cause. A familiarity with the country on the part of the quarter-breed led Dade to select him as a guide. The soldier led the com­ mand straight to an ambush, which was discovered by a fortunate circum­ stance just in time to save the com­ mand from the annihilation which, however, came later. There was a drumhead courtmartial. The guide was sentenced to be shot at sunrise. His last requests were granted. He remov­ ed from his person all signs of the uni­ form of the United States. He put on leggings and hunting shirt of deerskin. Then this man, three quarters white and only one-quarter red, sang the death song of the Seminole Indians and died with five bullets in his breast. If a man will picture-to himself the sensation that there would have been in the United States if Admiral Dewey had strung up to yardarm "until he was dead" the son of Secretary of War Alger on the charge of mutiny and had done this without communicating with the authorities at Washington, he may get some adequate idea of the excite­ ment of the American people in the year 184:», when it was learned that Captain Alexander Siidell Mackenzie of the brig Somers had hanged Ensign Philip Spencer, the son of President Tyler's secretary of war, John C. Spen­ cer. This execution took place on the high seas and with Ensign Spencer were hanged Ordinary Seaman Small and Boatswain's Mate Cromwell. Prior to being ordered to the Somers, Speneer had been on a ves-e! in the south Atlan­ tic squadron and while there had be­ come involved in some practices which secured his removal from his vessel. He was saved from dismissal from the service by sheer force of his father's political influence. When he was or­ dered to Captain Mackenzie's brig that officer objected to the assignment, say­ ing that he had no use for the "base son of an honored father." Spencer went along, however, and for a while behav­ ed himself fairly well. There were the three over rifles. cue the repo/t of the execution was sent to Washington. One of the short­ est orders ever iaiued from the war de­ partment wair.jtha^SttffWer: "No court of Inquiry necessary. R. C. Dram, Ad­ jutant General." '• • ,.r is ; QMftS'Sife The occupants of a balloon a mile high command a radius of ninety-six miles. In Berlin the pawnshop is a royal and philanthropic institution. Any profit that is made is spent on charity. A French scientist has made some plants "artificially Alpine" by keeping them in an ice box all night and expos­ ing them to the full action of the sun during the day. London's general omnibus company runs 1,300 omnibuses, which carry 190,000,000 passengers a year, and run 29,000,000 miles. It owns 15,351 horses and employs 50,000 men. The annual receipts are about $6,000,000. A fly so minute as to be almost Invis­ ible ran three Inches in a half second, and was calculated to make no less than 510 steps in the time a healthy man would take to breathe once. A man with proportionate agility could run twenty-four miles in a minute. Milk; butter and meat are treated with boric acid, and we are told that Its consumption results in depriving the head and face of its hair. Dr. Jameson Evans, of Birmingham, cites a case In whldh a. man lost all his hair in an astonishing manner by taking so man. grains daily of boric acid. Other cases have been noted, so that it would be well to keep a watchful eye upon tlhe use of this acid. The window sasihes which were re­ moved recently at the Machias (Me.) Congregational Church, to give place to the new memorial windows, were found to be perfectly sound and free from, blemish of any kind, notwith­ standing the fact that they had been doing service for sixty-two years. They were made from old-growth pumpkin pine. The nails used in the casings were "hand made, and were probably the handiwork of som$ black&ojti&i of "ye olden time." ;;; Bird Sister of Charity. Milne-Edwards, director of the Jar- din des Piantes in Paris, relates the fol­ lowing story of two Java sparrows: "They were both hens and in ths same aviary wfcth a parrot, which" took a dislike to one of them. One day the parrot picked a quarrel with one of the sparrows, tore out its feathers, and finally broke its leg with a blow of its beak. The poor little thing could ao longer stay on a perch. It lay shiver­ ing on the ground, to the evident grief of the companion bird. She went about the aviary picking up straws, feathers and leaves, to make a bed for the in­ valid. She accomplished wonders of dexterous management In lifting up the feaitherless sufferer and placing it on the couch. But the weather was cold ait night The charitable bird placed Itself beside the one wLth the broken leg, and extended a wing over it to keep it warm.* The position must have been uncomfortable, not to say patoful, but M. Milne-Edwards never came at night to see how "this feath­ ered sister of charity" was behaving without finding it with its wing loving­ ly extended. The invalid died. The other bird began to mope, lost appetite, withdrew imto a corner, drooped and dried also. Was tt Instinct that prompt­ ed it to make a bed and keep the other bird warm? No, it was sentiment, and charitable sentiment, guided by reason. That bird was not only charitable, but virtuous, and really deserved the Mont- yon prize. enrjr §' A writer in tUcTjit. I/Ouit43Jofee-Demo­ crat gives an interesting account of the rise and decay of the Jansonlst commun­ istic colony at Bishop Hill, 150 miles from Chicago. The Ja&sonists, as thejr have been known in this State for half a century, derived their name from their leader. Eric Janson, a Swede, born i» Bisihopskulla in 1808. At the age of 26 years Eric Janson, who was afflicted with rheumatism, experienced what he roenrded as a miraculous Care, and thenceforth devoted himself to a relig­ ious life in obedience to a voice which, he declared, spoke to him, telling him he was cured and bidding him to rise and serve God. Janson, though uneducated, seems to have had a peculiarly effective eloquence, and rejecting all ritual forms of worship taught that the scriptures must be accepted literally, in which belief he soon had a numerous following. The "Jansonites," as thfy were soon called, early met with persecution in Sweden, and Janson determined to remove to America. Oiaf Olson, one of his follow­ ers, was sent ahead to find a suitable location, reaching Chicago in 1845. He soon found a spot that seemed suitable a few miles from Galesburg. Here he was joined the following year by Eric Janson and others, but the location was changed to Henry County at a spot near Galva. Colonists from Sweden followed by the shipload until more than 1,000 had reached the settlement A tract of rich land was purchased in common and frame and log dwellings soon put up. Tha cholera in 1849 reduced the colony to less than 1,000 people, but they were not dis­ couraged, tiough their efforts at propa­ gating their beliefs were not very success­ ful. Through their relations with the communists at Pleasant Hill, Ky., the Jansonists soon learned to raise excellent stock which became renowned through the northwest' The colony prospered in other respects also. A great brick build­ ing was erected with a* common dining room extending its entire length of 450 feet and 80 feet breadth. Everything went well with the colony until the cele­ brated Root tragedy, which made such a sensation nearly half a century ago, cost the life of Eric Janson. The excitement and misrepresentations connected with this event gave the settlement wide and unfavorable notoriety and were the, be­ ginning of the decline. v ABANDONED BY PROMOTERS. of inquiry was ordered and he was cleared from blame. In spite of this fact his chief, the secretary of the navy, ordered his arrest on the charge of murder. He was tried and acquitted by a board of officers and President Ty­ ler approved the verdict. After the close of the civil war Gen­ eral Custer was ordered to western Kansas to check the ravages of the Ki- owas, Comanches and Arapahoee. He was then a lieutenant colonel in the regular establishment, but he had an independent command in th£ field. Cus- t.r was at a long distance from head­ quarters and with no means of commu­ nication. During months of campaign­ ing he was practically a law unto him­ self. He crushed the Indians, and, to use his own words, he expected when he returned to civilization to at least have it said to him. "You have done well." Instead of this verbal patting on the back from his superiors, how­ ever. Custer was ordered into arrest on the charges of cruelty and of ex­ ceeding his authority in the field. It was declared at the time that Custer had ordered a detail of men under a noncommissioned officer to go out from camp and bring back some men who, having secured some liquor, were hav­ ing a jollification at a distance on the prairie. It was charged that he order­ ed the sergeant to shoot the men in case they refused to return. The men, being hilarious with liquor, did refuse to return and the order of death was carried out. Despite Custer's magnifi­ cent career in the civil war, this tak­ ing of the law into his own hands was not condoned and he was sentenced by a court-martial to two years' suspen­ sion from rank, pay and command. The army execution most pathetic in detail and surroundings and j;et which was wholly justifiable apparently by the circumstances was the shooting of Private C. B. Henry by order of Lieu­ tenant Greely in the far north. Greely's party was starving to death. Its con­ dition was getting more terrible each day. A few shrimps and a little edible moss was all that the explorers could get to sustain life. Some of them were already dead from starvation. Henry was detected on several occasions stealing more than bis share of the food. He was warned three times and his offense was condoned. The other members of the party saw Henry gain­ ing In strength day by day, while they weakened by starvation. Then once more he was detected stealing food. Greely wrote out an order of execution, loaded three rifles, two with ball and e and gave , " vr£ vjt * >;•,./ ?|fv.;^r. • What. Be Was Thinking About. Mr. L--, a clergyman, had accepted an invitation to talk to the patients of a lunatic asylum. ' In his address h« said he would try to talk on subjects they could grasp readily, using lan­ guage that was simple. One of th« subjects treated was that of the moti> ers who threw their, children into the Ganges, thinking they were appeasing: the wrath of the gods. During his talk about this, Mr. L-- noticed one of his congregation, a man, who had his eyes riveted upon him. The man's face was a study. His attitude was so defiant and so fiendish that it aimoyed the speaker. After the discourse Mr. L-- went among the patients. He met the man with the glaring eye, and took his hand. The minister told him he bad noticed his close attention to some por­ tions of the sermon. "I noticed," said Mr. L--, "that you were particularly interested when I spoke about the mothers throwing their babies into the River Ganges. I would like to know, my good feiiow. What was passing through your mind while I was talking on this subject?" The maniac glared again at the preacher, and replied, "I was wonder­ ing why your mother didn't tbrow you in." , : An Object Liesson in Mexico. An American farmer near Guadala­ jara tells Modern Mexico how he con­ vinced his Mcxican neighbors that oxen could do more work under Amer­ ican yokes than under the old-faslilon- ed head yokes, so generally used In the republic. The American brought sev­ eral modern yokes from the States and used them with success. The curiosity of his Mexican friends was aroused and they proceeded to ask questions. "Well." said the American, "when you lasso a steer and the lasso gets around'his neck, what do you do?" "Turn him loose," was the reply. "Why?" "Because he's too strong for us that way." > "That's it," answered the American. "His strength is in his neck, not in his horns." The Mexicans saw the point, and now yokes of United States manufac­ ture are generally used in that neigh­ borhood .--Modern Mexico. Propoaed ha Salle Cannty Railroad la Declared a Failure. The proposed La Salle County Railroad has been declared by the promoters a failure. It was projected two years ago to connect La Salle, Peru, Ottawa and Streator, and the projectors hold all the franchises necessary for operation in those towns and have an option on the right of way through the entire county. The franchises were secured principally through the efforts of Congressman Wal­ ter Reeves of Streator. Charles Rathbun ,and C. C. Barr of Streator and W. W. Taylor of Ottawa evolved the scheme of construction and interested Holcomb, Naugle & Co., railway constructors of Chicago. Mr. Reeves was then inter­ ested. The Streator Council gave a 35-year franchise at onoe. The La Salle County Supervisors next granted the use of the highway between Streator and Ottawa. The Council there gave a 35-yeax fran­ chise a few hours after Gov. Tanner re­ pealed the Allen law, and the franchise was therefore void. Three days later the Ottawa Council held a special meet­ ing, extending the 20-year franchise. The promoters sought the privilege of using the banks of the Illinois and Michigan canal from Ottawa to La Salle, but were denied by the canal commissioners. They then secured options to purchase the right of \fay to La Salle. The La Salle Coun­ cil refused twice to give a franchise, but granted one on the third application early last July. At tha't time Mr. Reeves addressed a mass meeting at La Salle, saying the rail­ way bonds were already negotiated and work would be started at once. Since then nothing ha<s been done, and now the announcement is made that Kintz Broth­ ers, New York bond brokers, have been unable to sell the bonds, and the project has been abandoned in consequence. The promoters have spent several thousand dollars in surveying and securing fran­ chises for the road, wihich was to have cost $1,000,000 in construction. THANKSGIVING, Governor Tanner Officially t-'ela A^ide November 30 as Such. Gov. Tanner's Thanksgiving proclama­ tion is worded as follows: State of Illinois, Executive Office--Cen­ turies before the dawn of tl.e Christian era, David, King of Israel, mindful of the mer­ cies which had been visited upon his people. Issued this proclamation of thanksgiving: "Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, aud the majesty; "For all that is in the beavens and in the earth la Thine; Thine Is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. "Both riches and honor come of Thee, and Thou reignest, and In Thy hand is power and .might, and In Thy hand It Is to make great and to give strength unto all. "Now, therefore, God. we thank Thee and praise Thy glorious name." With a like dependence upon the Lord of all nations and of all nges, with a like faith in an overruling Providence, it Is meet that we should make like acknowledgment of the blessings with which our lives have been crowned and the divine source from which mil good- things come. Wherefore I, John R. Tanner, Governor of the State of Illinois, In accordance with the proclamation of ' the President of the United States, do hereby designate Thursday, Nov. 30, A. D. 1899, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer and ask that the day be observed uj the peopie of this State in the way and manner recom­ mended by our worthy chief magistrate and In the spirit which inspired the llrst thanks­ giving among God's chosen people. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the great seal of the State of Illinois. Done at tbe city of Springfield this 27th day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand elgh.£ hundred and ninety-nine, and the year of the independence of the republic the one hundred and twenty-fourth. JOHN R. TANNER, Governor. By the Governor: JAMES It. HOSE, Secretary of State. In almost any church cona^rej^ttion, a woman can be seen quietly weepimg during some of the hymns. •When the cat's away the mice are not very long in finding it out, either. 9 THF. STATJP MPTPrtPrtf IC £ ,<*2 THE STATE METROPOLIS. . j # . - - 1 • j , v 2... . ,£ 'A :.k*. , 1 kw*m Marian Clifford, 2 yeaVs old, swallowed carbolic acid and died la a few minutes. The body of Theodore Zeiblo was found in the north branch of the river by boys who were playing on the bank. While pupils of the Fallon school were playing cowboy, John Ryan was lassoed and nearly choked to death, his arm be­ ing broken in the play. Maj. Walter W. Todd, cashier at the custom house and well known in Grand Army circles, died at his residence of heart failure. He was 60 years old and a widower. Robert T. Lincoln was elected presi­ dent of Pullman's Palace Car Company, succeeding to the place which has been vacaint since tbe death of George M. Pullman. Seven cents s quart will be the price charged for milk to the consumers of Chicago. This action was taken by a committee of the Chicago Milk Dealem' Association, the result of an advance In orice by the producers to the dealers fkwu 35 cents to 40 cents a caa. 7 > ,, The members of the Illinois National-J"" ~ Military Park Commission met at th^^ Sherman House in Chicago recently ancf : prepared the program and itinerary ojfj>^ the Illinonis delegation which will journeapS;* to the battle ground reservation upon tb4®v occasion of the dedication of. the-niftety^V two monuments to the military organize tktns from this State which fought in thojl civil war. The commission began ifaf work eight years ago, and lately has comf ^ 'J*, pleted the monuments to the various . memits and batteries--two?$f ^expeasi^^l^ design and imposing appearance and nine* ^ ^ ty others in groups. The white Barr^ . , granite shaft which will be JJUjivei, the crest of Missionary itttige will to a height of eighty feet. Ic Will mounted by a bronze allegorical BguftffcC "Peace," and at the base will . representing the four arms of thev'S*?**. ^ vice--navy, artillery, cavalry and try. The cost of the monument waatg 000. At tbei .top of Orchard Knolj be dedicated a bronze figure of a pi soldier carrying a flag. The cost of latter piece of sculpture was<$10,( of the monuments will be' battlefields of Chickamaug Ilidge, Chattanooga and tain, the historical fights^of paign which lasted from Sept>? November in 1863. A rate ofj mile has been secured from tt|^raf dnd it is expected that 30Cb Illii will go with the commissioners Governor, who will be accotnpai his staff. The main body of the people will leave Chicago Nov. 23. exercises will begin at 10 o'clock thai ^ morning. After music by the militar^ij®J bands there will be the invocation, foK - l o w e d b y m o r e m a r t i a l a i r s a n d t h e a d » " ^ dress of Gov. Tanner, who will formally present the Illinois monuments to the Nar tionai Park Commissioners. Gen. H. \1 Boynton will accept the shafts in behalf^ of the commissioners. Many persons dis-':' „• ; tinguished in war and politics will dei||f!l'^ Hver addresses, and there will be guest| t"" present from all parts of the country, ; * among them the commissioners of Shiioh» •' Vicksburg and Gettysburg national reser- ,< vations. • • , - The bulletin of the Stafte board of char-, t J. ities for the quarter ending Sept. 3# *•* /.; states that during the quarter the tota|r<p| receipts of the fifteen institutions undet the board's control have been $769,470^,. and the expenses $596,501, of whicli ! $340,905 was ordinary expenses and $255.- J""*," 595 on account of special expenses. The . owtstandihgi Indebtedness at the close of • C the quarter was $111,465, but to meet-' this the institutions had $211,209 ca&fc • in hands of local treasurers, $79,980 esti* :• ' mates on account of special appropriaS ; tions in the State treasury undrawn an# ; . 154,000 on account of ordinary expens^^Jfe appropriation due prior to current quaK • • ter, making the surplus a/t the end of the quarter $233,724. The number of in,* mates at the beginning of the quartet, was 9,063 and at the close 9,930, the av- -s % erage during the quarter being 9,132.. The gross per capita cost of maintenance, , v was $37.33. Deducting the receipts not', * 4 from the State treasury the net per cap* ; * its cost to the State was $34.49. Th^lstg!^ amount of appropriations in the Stat# treasury, undrawn at the cloee of tha ... ' quarter, was $3,897,236.80. The follow* t ing shows the average net per capita cos^ j ; ; for the quarter for all of the State char" itable institutions: Northern Insane Hospital...«».. Eastern Insane Hospital Central Insane Hospital Southern Insane Hospital....... Western Insane Hospital Asylum for Insane Criminals. ,<f Institution for Deaf and Dump.. Institution for Blind Asylum for Feeble-minded Children... 35 Soidlers and Sailors' Home.... 'M Soldiers' Orphans' Home 35 <" Soldiers' Widows" Home 67 2BfV- >• Eye and Ear infirmary 61 6V,* Home for Juvenile Female Offenders.. 44 1ft The Illinois Board of Fish Commissions ' 5- ers has submitted its report for. the two4 - years ending Sept. 30, 1898. The calcu- J-'J lations of the. iocrea&c- in the output o| fish have been made upon the basis o| the annual report of the Fishermen's As- - ; sociation, giving the amount of fielt bought, taken and sold at twenty-twO points on the Illinois river. The catcjCVj^ for the year 1898 amounted to 9,703,298 - * •" pounds, valued at $279,482. In the itenuf of this total it appears that 85 per cent ' of tlhe fish taken are of the coarser sort*i 1 sudh as carp, buffalo, catfish, suckers^ - and white perch, while the black basf „ - ^ represents only one-half of 1 per cent. Carp alone represent 56 per cent of thfC w h o l e a m o u n t , a n d s o m e t i m e s t h e y h a v S > , f ; brought a better price on the fish boat#. than the best table fi^h we have. They are more plentiful than ever in the Illi*H\ . nods river, are growing to immense size> < and increasing wonderfully in numbers,: -s Carp have been accused of driving out all the game fish and destroying th<s » young of other fish, but the commission- ' ' *, ers cite numerous instances in lake# "/ a'krag the river witere large hauils of carp have been made, one in particular aggre- gqfiiiK 30,000 pounds, and yet that lak«. hag furnirfied the best.bass fisWng in .V the State. J v ; * V The judgment of the Circuit Court of ' . Williamson County has been affirmed by' the Supreme Court in the case of Bo*. nardo and Colombo versus the peoples ^ : Tony Bonardo was convicted of the mur* -% der of John Young, Jr., in 1897, and ' George Colombo was convicted of man* -, i slaughter and sentenced to twenty-live years in the penitentiary. . ,*j The Governor has appointed A. C. Mathews of Pittsfield a member of th§| State board of canal commissioners ,t£s succeed F. M. Ryan of Streator, r# & 1$ In the case of John tiraham versus the people the judgment of the Circuit Court of Perry County has been reversed by the Supreme Court and the case remand-" e d . H e w a s c o n v i c t e d o f a t t e m p t i n g t « ; o b t a i n m o n e y f r o m J o h n A . B o w l i n , 4 ' ' I V . former member of the Legislature, by th# f/'-* "gold brick" game. The evidence showw ed that he not only attempted to obtain r* money, but actually obtained $1,500. Als^ that the crime was committed in Alexan« AjT der County, and the lower court was re» versed for these reasons. "* "" • ' • The corner stone of the re«iytefe4 gamon County court house was laid # u. few days ago. Gov. Tanner, ex-Senator , Palmer, Congressman Caldwell and ©th*. ers participated. ' --> >; '- r 'l' i The adjutant general has appointed Harry Greenlee navigating officer of the naval militia of Illinois, to rank as lieu­ tenant commander. -1 A niest of trarantulas found in a bunch; of banana* by Lambio Angek>, who keep# a fruit stand at Clark and Harrisoi|. •> | streets, Chicago, caused considerable ex< V * a, ^ksr * O //• ^ t t.. Sk... A ss&a lu, ' ..A . -V .. ... w.' it., •: " V, jMjU A '