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ALLIGATOR'S SMALL COUSIN. • THE STATE CAPITAL: TROOPS ARE LANDED. BRITISH SOLDIERS IN POSSES- SHPN OF CORINTO. Berioua Complications Are Likely to Grow Out of the Affair--Corinto Is Declared a Closed Port--City Practi­ cally Deserted. i I - • J f ii ' . ... Nicaragua's Sharp Move. The occupation of Corinto by English forces was peaceably accomplished and, according to late Nicaragua advices, the British flag is floating over the public buildings in the town. Twelve boat loads of marines and blue jacket's, numbering between 350 and 400 men, left the shipsfi They met no resistance whatever on land­ ing, and took peaceful possession of the town, making their headquarters at the barracks. Proclamations announcing the occupation were posted at the' corners of the streets. The town is deserted, three-fourths of the population having withdrawn to the interior. The local officials locked all the public buildings, and took the keys with them. All was quiet, the mariiies and blue jackets returned to their ships, leav­ ing behind a guard of about fifty men. Later on some excitement was visible. In concluding his communication to the commander of the port, Rear Admiral Ste­ phenson wrote as follows: ' ' "In the event of its being your inten­ tion to offer. resistance to my occupying the town. I give you this timely notice to remove all women and children to a place of safety, well away from the town, as I intend my ships to open fire on the .prin­ cipal buildings." Nicaragua's reply to the ultimatum of Great Britain is in substance as follows: "The Government of Nicaragua regrets its inability to comply with your wishes. There cannot be a doubt that jqjtice bids it refuse to comply with the ultimatum, and it considers the proposed method of carrying the ultimatum into effect as con­ trary to sound principles and the rights of persons. In virtue of this the Govern­ ment solemnly protests against the mili­ tary occupation of the port of Corinto, against all acts of jurisdiction which you or any of your subordinates may exercise in Nicaraguan territory, and against any violent means that may be used to force Nicaragua to comply with the ultimatum as being contrary to the sovereignty of the republic and highly offensive to its dignity and independence. The Govern­ ment persists in proposing arbitration or any other means recognized by the laws of nations for the settlement of the ques­ tions in dispute." The reply means that the Government of Nicaragua declines to accept any re­ sponsibility for consequences which may fpllow the occupation of Corinto. The President has ordered that no Pacific mail steamers shall call at Corinto. The Nicaraguan Government is sending ot»t a circular note to the European and other nations justifying its conduct during the present incident. Uses .Uncle Sain to Secure Delay. It is said that the Central American re­ publics, Guatemala, San Salvador and Costa Rica, strongly urged Nicaragua to pay the $7.1,000 indemnity to Great Brit­ ain. President Yglesias even went so far as to offer to contribute one-fifth of the amount, but popular sentiment in Nicara­ gua was so set against England that the administration decided not to yield, and the only response received by President Yglesias to his offer was a copy of Nicara­ gua's answer to Admiral Stephenson's ultimatum. The United States attempted to adjust the pending dispute between Great Brit­ ain and Nicaragua. Ambassador Bayard, acting under instructions from Washing­ ton, represented to the British foreign oftiee that Nicaragua, if given two weeks' additional time from the expiration of the three days fixed in the ultimatum, would meet Great Britain's demand for the pay­ ment of £15,000 indemnity for the expul­ sion of Proconsul Hatch. Lord Kimberly acceded to this, and, as it was presumed that the State Department at Washing­ ton was acting for Nicaragua, it was thought that the incident would be closed without any further complications. But, as Nicaragua refused at the last moment to acquiesce in this arrangement, the orig­ inal plan of occupying Corinto was car­ ried out. It is now believed here that Nicaragua secured the intermediation of the United States for the sole purpose of delay. HOUSE-CLEANING TIME. (BIG CONNER IN WHEAT. The Spring Poet Muses on Things Now Uppermost in Our Minds. FATHER, dear father, come home with me now, For ma has some carpets to beat; She's got all the fur­ niture out in the road, From the front porch clear down to the street. The stove must come down and be put in the shed, And the yard must be cleared of dry grass, For it's time to clean house and the devil's to pay. And the front window needs a new glass. Father, dear father, come home with me now. And brins some bologna and cheese. It's most twelve o'clock and there is nothing to eat, I'm so hungry I'm weak in my knees. Ail the dinner we'll have will be scraps and such And we'll have to eat standing up, too, I1 or the table and chairs are out in the yard: Oh, I wish spring house cleaning was through! Father, dear father,- come home with me now, For ma is as mad as a Turk; She says you're a lazy old thing, And that she pro­ poses to put you to work: T h e r e's painting to do, and paper to hang. And windows and casings to scrub, F o r i t ' s h o u s e c l e a n i n g t i m e , and you've got to come home, And revel in suds and cold grub. HOMAGE TO GRANT. Impressive Memorial Exercises Held at Galena, Illinois. Galena, 111., paid homage to the mem­ ory of her great soldier-citizen, Grant, on the anniversary of his birth. The city was in gala attire. Flags floated from all public buildings and every private house and business block was decked in flags -and--buntingi--The exercises of the day began at 2 o'clock, when a special train arrived from Chicago bearing H. D. Es- tabrook, of Omaha, orator of the day; H. H. Ivohlsaat, Thomas Nast, Melville E. Stone and others. A parade formed at the Illinois Central station and moved to Turner Hall. The column was headed by Dr. B. F. Fowler, the grand marshal, with forty mounted aides, alnd members of the Grand Army of the Republic, Union Veteran Legion, Co. M, Illinois National Guard, and civic organizatio&g were in line. Chicago Packer Said to Have Becured1 All Available Stocks. •. Wheat made another long, stride Jup- ward in Chicago Satnrday^the July op­ tion closing at 64% cents, which is 1% cents higher than it closed Friday night. Numerous causes for the day's advance were given, the most prominent of which was the hitch, in the Japan-China peace. The Post prints a story that P, D. Ar­ mour has practically cornered the mar­ ket, controlling all available wheat. It is said that William H. Wallace, who is1 reported to control all the available stock of contract grade of wheat in New York, is closely connected with the latter on the deal. Armour's holdings are said to be enormous and his control of the stock is said M be the real cause of the late ad-< vance in prices. • e • The features in corn were the covering? by Phillips in the pit and the big cash sales, 350,000 bushels at least. In oats there was simply changing with the >iay,. rather weak considering the surround­ ings. -Provisions were helped slightly by wheat. The trade was not large. » • There was hot much excitement accom­ panying the advance, 'but it took evident straining to repress it.( The usual statis­ tical news of the day was bearish and the weather was favorable for the growing crop, but everything had to yield to the confidence of the bulls in what they con­ sidered the smallness of the country re­ sources.1 v The week's clearances from both coasts amounted to 700,000 bushels less than on the week before. The Min­ neapolis and Duluth receipts aggregated 334 carloads, compared with 137 a year ago, and the total at the primary West­ ern markets was 277,000 bushelf as against 170,000 bushels on the correspond­ ing day of the year before. The Atlantic port clearances of wheat and .flour for twenty-four hours were equal to 373,000 bushels. Those figures were all in favor of the bears, but were utterly disregard­ ed in the trading, which latter was ruled as already " indicated by a scarcity of wheat believed in by the bulls! The bears refused to seek information beyond what they could see, and they refused to seek information beyond what was given on the blackboard regarding the details of 68,000,000 bushels in the visible supply. A SOLDIER FORTY-EIGHT YEARS. CAN NOW GET FACTS. PUBLIC PRINTER PEDDLES OUR TRADE STATISTICS. Gen. McCook Retires from the Service of Uncle Sam. After ^ long and honorable career as a soldier, extending over a period of forty- eight years, Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook has retired from the service of Uncle Sam. He is the last survivor of a gallant family which gave a father and every son to the military ser­ vice in defense of the country and of whom four laid dowu their lives on the battle field. Gen. McCook entered the United States Military Academy in 1S47 and was grad- i MAJ. GEN. M'COOK. uated from there. He was appointed lieutenant in the Third Infantry in 1852. At the outbreak of the late war he became colonel of the First Ohio Volunteers and breveted major for bravery at the first battle of Bull Run. He received the rank of colonel for his gallantry at the battle of Shiloh. In 1862 he became major gen­ eral of volunteers and was later trans­ ferred to the command of the Twentieth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, where he distinguished himself in several impor­ tant battles. For gallant and meritori­ ous services during the war he was bre­ veted major general. In 1867 Gen. McCook was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-sixth In­ fantry and two years later was trans­ ferred to the Tenth Infantry. In 1875 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Sherman and was promoted to be colonel of the Sixth Infantry in 1SS0. He was appointed brigadier general in 1S90 and assigned to the command of the Depart­ ment of Arizona. He was promoted to be major general Nov. 9, 1894. Tfo Will the czar and the mikado permit the Chinese emperor to sit on the fencej and see them go by? Now it is Texas that has had hail stones as large as goose eggs. Isn't it nearly time-to tackle some other kind of egg? The economical young man is begin­ ning to "clean" his last summer's straw hat and make it look worse than it did a year ago. An Iowa farmer has been swindled out of $1,200 by sharpers. Let us hope that he has saved enough to subscribe for his home paper. The poets of land are fighting shy of the financial question, probably because they have had such limited experience with the subject. The chief opponents of Canada's annex­ ation to this country are the men who used to feel at home here, but would not feel that way now. The Missouri Pacific officials were warn­ ed about an attack of train robbers the other day. The modern train robber has his advance agent, it appears. The Wagner season is on in St. Louis and a Chicago paper says there hasn't been so much noise in the old town since the interstate brass band contest of 1871. Let us hope that although Commander Ballington Booth, of the Salvation army, has renounced Queen Victoria, he will still keep a watchful eye on her boy, Albert Edward. A polite stranger chatted phjasantl.v with the cashier of a New Jersey bank the other day and a confederate stole over $20,000. The cashier now refuses to Re­ lieve that talk is cheap. The girls-of the University of Michigan will graduate in calico gowns in order to be able to subscribe more^liberally to the gymnasium fund. There's li new-woman idea that is likely to make the new man do some hard thinking. No parental care ever falls to the lot of a single member of the insect tribe. In general, the eggs of an insect are destined to be hatched long after the parents are dead. An Interesting Comparison of Cus­ toms Receipts--What the Wilson Tariff Has Accomplished--Farmers Are Tired of Democratic Sneers. \ Fifteen Cents a Copy. The expense of printing the monthly summary of imports and exports has always been paid out of the general fund appropriated for the printing of the Treasury Department, and Con­ gress has never been concerned, either directly or indirectly, with its Issue un­ til now. The full amount of money for the printing of the department fon ihe current year was appropriated as usual, and under ordinary circumstances there would have been no question as to the issuance of the regular monthly report. The Public Printer, however, under the new authority with whlich he lias been ordained by Congress, has decidedly that the monthly summary is a "document," and therefore conies under the general provision of the new printing law, which provides that the it looks more toward free trade prln clplQs than any other. It is not a rev­ enue tariff law. It is simply a nonde­ script, made up of deals and compro­ mises, and open bribery. Its protective./ features are chiefly for the benefit off trusts--notably the sugar combine antl< the Standard Oil. It has not given work to one single American toiler, but lias robbed thousands of them of the employment they had. It lias not rais­ ed the standard of wages iu a single American industry, but has lowered' it throughout the country.. It has not opened a foreign market for a barrel of pork or a bushel of wheat or a dollar's worth of manufactured goods, but has destroyed a considerable portion of the foreign markets already possessed by Americans. It lias not brought a dollar of money Into the country, but has sent millions out--Buffalo Express. The Farmer's Tired Feeling. The. American farmer is getting tired of Democratic sheers at the home mar­ ket He has been studying the subject in the light of practical experience. The demand of his products is undiminish­ ed, but he feels the effect of the scarci­ ty of cash through slack work and small wages, occasioned by the opera­ tion of tlft? new tariff law. The farmer probably feels most sensibly and keen- IOWA IS IN Awful Carnage Done by a Cy­ clone in Sioux County. DEATH CAME ROARING Pounced Like a Tiger Upon Its Prey. ^ THE SIGN OF THE TIMES. Haste makes waste maybe; yet some­ how you seldom see an ex-hustler In the almshouse. Ebi flfator IBfjcryk Mtmj AMAIUISDUSTBY I FREE WOOL mwmWd A FRELmNJItlGfTO- liead of an executive department shall not print more than one thousand cop­ ies of any document not expressly au­ thorized by law. As the summary is mentioned in no laW by name or by im­ plication. the Public Printer has refus­ ed to print more than one thousand cop­ ies for the use of the department. The statistics, however, can be secur­ ed under Section 09 of the new law regulating public printing, which reads as follows: "Sec. GO. A catalogue of Government publications shall be prepared by the Superintendent of Documents on the first (fay of each month, which shall show the documents printed during the preceding month, where obtainable, and the price thereof. Two thousand cop­ ies of such catalogue shall be printed in pamphlet form for distribution." The Public Printer is compelled by this section to sell copies of the month­ ly summary of our imports and exports, which he now holds to be a "docu­ ment" and he has begjn to sell the "document" at the rate of fifteen cents per copy. This is the first intimation the public has had of this fact, and it is to be hoped that the additional rev­ enue thus acquired vill be appreciated at the Treasury Department- in these days of uncomfortable deficiences. Receipts and Deficiencies. The customs receipts during the first seven months of the McKinley law were $127,123,942, those of the first seven months of the Wilson law are $96,547,646. The internal revenue re­ ceipts under the McKinley law .were in the first seven months $80,4S8,340; those of the first seven mouths of the Wilson law $59,359,616. The total re­ ceipts during the first seven months of the McKinley law were $219,583,107, those of the first seven months of the Wilson law were $161,744,668. The total receipts during the closing seven, months of the McKinley law Were $197,584,324, against $161,744,688 in the seven months of the new law, with importers rushing in their/hew goods and buyers filling the shelves which they had permitted to become empty in order to get the benefit of the new tariff. So take the new law any way you may. compare its operations with the McKinley law at its beginning or at its ending, and you will find it at a dis­ advantage. There lias not been a sin­ gle month since'the new tariff went into effect without a deficiency. The average deficiency has been $6,000,000 a month, while the McKinley law show­ ed a surplus of $21,000,000, or an aver­ age of $3,000,000 a month, in its first seven months. Even in all the unfa­ vorable conditions of its last seven months, it only created a deficiency of $2,000,000 a month, against the $6,000,- 000 a month which the Wilson law has shown under the favorable conditions in which it found the markets for for­ eign goods. Here are the figures, side- by side, comparing the operations of the Wilson law with those of the McKinley law in its first or last seven months; the read­ er can take his choice: Receipts, fir^t seven months Wflson law, $161,744,668; McKinley, $219,583,- 107. Receipts, last seven months of McKinley law, $197,584,324. Defi­ ciency first seven months of Wilson law, $43,507,322; surplus first seven months of McKinley law, $21,(509,397. --New York Tribune. It. The Wilson law is not a protective law. It is not a free trade law, though ly any impairment of domestic indus­ tries. The fields are dependent upon the factories. They work together and usually benefit each other. The for­ eign market bxixs now from 6 to 8 per cent, of our farm products, while the slurred and despised home market con­ sumes from 92 to 94 per cent. The more this home market is protected in its varied sources of vitality, the bet­ ter it is for the farmer. He has Ho chance in Europe except in times of war or famine.--Hawkeye, Burlington, Iowa. Remember the Record. Under a consistent system of protec­ tion the revenue was sufficient for pub­ lic needs, our workshops were thronged with well-paid wage-earners, and in our foreign dealings we sold more goods than we bought. Under the present anti-protective law, general business and industrial prostration has prevail­ ed, the revenue has fallen far below necessary expenditures, and the Gov­ ernment's income climbs up toward its outgo only as a result of larger imports, smaller exports, and a turning of the trade balance against us. This means depression in our manu­ facturing enterprises and discomfort for workingmen who have been thrown out of employment or had their wages cut down. It means that under the new tariff we have not only failed to capture the "markets of the world," but have actually suffered losses in that direction, as well as surrendered parts of our great home market Such is Democratic tariff reform up to date. The record should be kept in mind, for it may be some time before the Treas­ ury Department gives out any more fig­ ures for the information of the people on the subject--Democrat and Chron« icle, Rochester, N. Y. The Theory. WHATFREf TRAOE tiCAfl5 HIGHER WAGES CHEAPER NECESSITIES Hfcf€K PRXCS m Ff\0DUtIi MORE RACTOR£5,nORE,, . pRoswjtRin. t rf From Two Hundred to Three-Hundred Lives Lost--Fair Villages and Fer­ tile E ields Devastated--Schoolhouses in the Path of the Storm, and Teach­ ers and Pnpils Annihilated--Wires Down and Tracks Washed Out--Res­ cuing Parties Work in a Wild Revel of Wind, Rain and Lightning. The Condition HM-fi } P 0 v n p p T 1' " S I I I Preceded only by a clouded afternoon, unaccompanied by the usual awful phe­ nomena of funnel-shaped clouds and greenish, copper-colored sky, but attended by electric discharge of dire fatality, a cyclone swept over Sioux County, Iowa, Friday afternoon, killing scores of people and devastating a vast and fertile region. The storm originated near Sioux Center, and passed from southwest to northeast Probably two hundred people were killed. A pitiful feature of the disaster is the, number of youthful lives crushed out by the cruel Wind. Four school houses near Sioux Center were destroyed, while school was in progress, and at each one from three to ten children wejre killed or. .in­ jured. Many of the children were killed or injured.- Many of the children were carried from a quarter to half a mile before they were dropped. Two little daughters of John Koster, a farmer near Sioux Center, were picked up as they wore leaving the School house and dashed into a wire fence and both were killed.! Two sons of C. H. Haggie, at the same school house, had their legs broken and received other injuries, from which they will die. Mr. Haggie's house is near the school, and, although he escaped, his daughter was so badly injured that she cannot live. Tho parents of many of the children escaped the storm, and were nearly frantic with anxiety to learu whether: their little.ones are dead or alive. The towns of Sioux Center, Ireton, Or­ ange City, Perkins, Doou, Hull, Sheldon, Alton, Ashton, Sibley and Le Mars were almost directly in the path of the cyclone. Fatalities were at once reported from Sioux. Center, -Ireton,--Orange City and Perkins. How many of the thrifty coun­ try folk on the busy farms between these little towns met death in the rushing wind can only be conjectured. The cyclone was followed by a furious wind and rain storm, which had not abat­ ed in violence at midnight. In the wind and rain and darkness the rescuing par­ ties made slow progress, while particu­ lars of the Catastrophe were not to be had at all At midnight the fatalities in the various towns were estimated •!& follows: Sioux Center 50 dead Perkins ; 40 dead Doon 10 dead Sibley 5 dead It is feared returiT5~froin the more re­ mote points and from the farms in the country will double the death list. All the telegraph wires being down, the names of the victims could not be had at once. Damage Will He Knormous. No intelligent estimate of the damage inflicted can bo made, but it will reach into the millions.' A curious feature of the cyclone was the accompaniment of electrical violence.. Many deaths by light­ ning are reported. Numerous victims were found lodged in the trees, where they had been hurled by the storm, and so seriously injured that death ii Wpected inoeutarily. Two grown boys who had come from the field near Alton at the approach of the storm were injured in the barnyard, one seri­ ously and the other fatally. Wires were completely stripped from the posts, and in some places posts were all taken from the ground. Horses,>cattle and vehicles were hurled through the air like chaff, and the country for three-quarters of a mile wide and many miles in extent is entirely wrecked. Where had stood tine residences could be found nothing but a cellar hole and in some cases a few twisted timbers, while strewn on the ground were" portions of the buildings and furniture, bearing not the least semblance of their original form and useless except for kindling. Fields that were beautiful as green carpets with the sprouting grain are now as bare as in the bleak months of winter. Trees are uprooted and all is desolation along the ; trail of the destroyer. Sioux Center, a small town forty-five miles north of Sioux City, was first to re­ port the disaster. The first news was re­ ceived by the Sioux City and Northern Railway from its agents at Sioux Center. The dispatch read: "Cyclone passed one mile northwest of here. School house near town blown down, teacher and several children killed and many injured. Exact number and names have not yet heen learned. Whole country in the track of the storm devas­ tated. Sioux. City and Northern tracks between Perkins and Doon washed out for several miles." One man arrived in Sioux Center late in the evening: lit1 reported that his house was blown away tflid his family killed. He himself escaped and says that at -least 200 or 300 people must have b(jen killed. Parties-were sent out from Hull, Sioux Center and Orange City, but their work was-carried on iu total darkness and in the midst of a tremendous wind and rain storm. i- i i Probably Wiped Out, Perkins, a small town between Sioux Center and Doon, was directly in the path of tin' storm and was 'almost entirely wipe( out. With wires all down, tracks washed out and the roads full of debris, it was no easy matter to reach it. Phy­ sicians set out from Hull, Orange City and Sioux Center, but met with every conceivable obstacle iu their effort to reach the scene of the storm. The storm did not reach Sibley proper in its most furious form, or the fatality must have been frightful. It was most violent half a mile east of the town. There, the farmhouse of Herman Bellkamp was "completely demolished and Mrs. Bell­ kamp and two children killed. A mile further on the storm struck the dwelling of John Walterman. reducing it to kindling wood. Mrs. Walterman was struck on the head by a flying piece of a joist and instantly killed. Walter- man himself was painfully bpiised and William Walterman's shoulder was crushed Mrs. Walterman held her year- eld baby in .her arms and the baby es­ caped without a scratch. John Coghlan and family escaped by taking refuge in a cyclone cave, but his home and barn were destroyed. The Whitney school house was wrecked and D. Whitney's barn destroyed. The barns of Roscberg, Hamblin, Little, Child and Blackmore, a few miles west of Sibley, were wrecked. . A woman is reported killed by lightning near Ashton. He's a Fierce-Looking Little Fellow, the Iguana, but Not Really Brave, f ^.-The Iguana is^very little fellow who belongs, like his cousins, the gecko"and the chameleon, to a very big family. This family includea such large animals as alligators, crocodiles, lizards and many -other strange creatures. The iguana has a long, slender body, tapering In a curious way intb a long tail which in tumltapers into a point He has a queer crest running from his head to the end of this tail, and his body is covered with small scales. A soft pouch or bag hangs from below his chin, but for what purpose it is used naturalists seem to be divided in opin­ ion. •• • " ' Some Iguanas live in trees, others dig themselves holes in the ground, and some varieties live" upon the seashore and are gulte fond of swimming about in the water. The eggs of the iguana are^usually laid in the sand and are not hard like "a hen's egg. but soft like leather, and yellow in color. , The Igu­ ana's tail, like that of most of his cousins, is very useful to him. He uses it for a Weapon, slapping and inflicting severe wounds upon his enemies by means of its sharp notches. In the water he uses his tail like a snake, drawing his legs closely to his side and projecting himself along by means of the tail alone. TbeJi iguana is a fierce-looking little reptile when attacked. He raises him­ self upon his forelegs, loking very sav­ age, but he is uot really brave, and if you should come across an iguana nodding his head at you and trying to frighten you to death by wagging\hts tail, just stamp your foot at him and be will guickly lower his crest and scruuy off into bis hole.: WHAT ILLINOIS' LEGISLATURE! IS DOING. In French India. As the evening falls, the lights shine through the little casements of pearl shells, and the sound of the guitar or violin is borne upon the breeze; the beil of the cathedral tolls for vespers, and the gelled figures of the women can be seen on the shore flocking to the sacred edifice. It was here that St. Francis Xavier preached; his memory is yet fragrant through the land, and most of the people still are Catholic. Presently the moon rises over the Ghats and lights up the distant ruins of the robber fort­ ress, on a lofty and seemingly Inacces­ sible buttress, and throws an ever- widening beam of silver upon the si­ lent tide of the river. Soon the town Is in repose and free from all sound, save the challenge of the sentinels each hour, or the bark of the wretched dogs that turn over the refuse heaps for bones and fish offal. The friendship of the French Gov­ ernor for the agent rose out of an ad­ venture with a panther which haunted tho purlieus of the old monastery on the headland which served as a coun­ try residence for the former. The brute was the terror of the household and de­ stroyed all their pet animals, but no one was found brave enough to encoun­ ter it until the agent undertook to /'sit up" near the carcass of the last "kill," and, with the moon in bis favor, gave the quietus to the panther with an express bullet. The Governor could never be too grateful, and bis pretty little brunette daughter, iu the white muslin dress and broad straw hat, who had lost her pet rabbits through the depredations, smiled sweetly and admiringly upon the Englishman. Thereafter he was al­ ways a persona grata, and a hero in the small social circle of Selambique; welcomed to the exclusive "at homes" of the wife of the Colonel of infantry, and invited to participate In the ar­ rangements of the ceremonials and sports of the annual fete.--The Gentle­ man's Magazine. Making the Finest Olive Oil. Curiously enough the crudest and most barbarous process of all produces the very finest grade of olive oil; a grade so fine and so rare, indeed, that It is seldom used, in America, at any rate, except for the lubrication of watches and delicate machinery, and in surgery. A stone vat is built with a Small Internal depression. Over this is erected a heavy frame of untrimmed timber supporting at its center, which is also the center of the vat, a vertical spindle which supports a horizontal rod upon which is affixed a heavy roller of hard wood, in the Oran district of Algiers, or of porous stone in Northern Morocco, and in the hill regiou of Tunis. In some of these regions the women are the oil makers, and may be seen tramping around and round the vat, tugging the pole in pairs, while another woman stirs the mass in the great stone trough, the children standing or squat­ ting about watching the proceedings with infantine interest When the pulp has been sufficiently mashed, the wo­ men scoop it up in small quantities into bags which are wrung into stone jars and pots. These latter are sealed with cloths coated with wax, and in this shape are shipped to Europe, where the contents are carefully decanted in­ to flasks and vials containing a few ounces each, and bringing a high price in the large cities of the world, chiefly, as has been said, fot' extra fine me­ chanical purposes, though, like the "trufflesof Avignon," it also reaches the table of the epicure. An Impartial Record of the Work Accomplished by Those Who Make Our Laws-How the Time "Haa Been Occupied During the Pdbt Week. , **"- ~~ > . Doings of State Dads. In the House Friday Mr. McCarthy; obtained unanimous consent to ibtroduce the following resolution: "Resolved, That the members of the XXXIXtb General Assembly of the State of Illinois do hereby request the daughters of Illi­ nois not to accept the hand in marriage of any person who is not a citizen of the United States by right of birth^or natur­ alization, as we are of the opinion that the daughters of Illinois should be otic in their views, and should-disres gard the title of any foreigner and marry none but a citizen of the United States^" Qn motion of" Mr. Butler the resolution was referred to the committee on federal .elations. The Chicago drainage bill, with the Leeper amendment attached, was passed to third reading in the Senate. When the House met for its brief ses­ sion Monday afternoon Representative Hallock, of Will County, obtained unani­ mous consent for the introduction of a I resolution relating to convict labor and the ship canal. He wants the convicts at Joliet put to work extending the Chi­ cago drainage canal as a waterway from Lockport to Joliet. Mr. Hallock is a member of the special committee that has •been investigating the subject of convict; labor, and he thinks the plan contem­ plated by his resolution will help to solve the prison labor problem. • Be has also been interested in the fight over the drain­ age biils as a partisan of the valley peo­ ple. Mr. Hallock thinks by this means the valley people may secure what they failed to secure by seeking to have amend­ ments added to the Chicago drainage bill compelling the sanitary district to com­ plete the channel as a waterway from Lockport to Joliet. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Penal and Reformatory Institutions. The Senate Tuesday passed the Chicago drainage bill, which was also advanced » to third reading in tho House. The Sen­ ate also passed a bill for the applica­ tion of civil service reform to employes of -the Cook County Board. House bill providing for the acceptance by the State of the conveyance of the Lincoln monli^" ment and appropriating thereto $25,000, passed by unanimous vote. Other billa passing the Senate were: Senator Kings­ bury's, to provide for placing the United States flag on school houses, court houses, etc.; Senator Leeper's. to a^&end the act relating to public warehouses, to prevent the owners from discriminating against those who store grain and providing a penalty therefor in place of causing such warehouses to lose their right to be in­ spected; Senator D. A. Campbell's, amend­ ing the election law providing for an ncrease of the salary of chief clerks from $2,000 to $3,500; Senator Herb's, amend­ ing the act to create a bureau of labor statistics, providing for the establishing in county seats and smaller towns of State employment agencies under the control of the Labor Commissioners; the House bill to regulate the granting of franchises and special privileges to cities and villages and incorporated towns. The House did nothing of importance. The Senate Wednesday w^s occupied in the investigation of department stores of Chicago, but could elicit no information from F. H. Cooper, of Siegel, Cooper & Co. The Crawford bills relating to street and elevated railways were passed by the House, and now await the Governor's signature. There was a quiet but deter­ mined tight against the bills, but without success. There were S9 votes in favor of each bill to 40 against. By a vote of 94 to 44 the House refused to adopt a- resolution for final adjournment May 24. The Senate Thursday passed the Mar­ quette Memorial bill, and concurred iu the House amendment to the elevated road bill. Senator Johnson introduced a bill to prevent persons from falsely as­ suming to possess the attributes of the deity, or falsely assuming to be the son of God. If the bill passes it will put an end to such nuisances as Cyrus Teed, the "Anointed," who has a so-cajled heaven in Chicago, and Schweinfurth, who runs a disgraceful resort near Roekford, which he calls a heaven. The balance of the day was consumed by affairs of minor impor­ tance. The House completed no work. The Gold-Headed Cane. 1 i' I figure, said the clerk In the jewelry store, that this year Detroit gave fully one thousand gold-headed canes to her good citizens. It is always a matter of mild surprise to me when a delegation calls at the store for a souvenir, and deliberately selects a gold-headed cane. To my mind it is about as useless a gift a& can well be imagined. No ten of the one thousand gold-headed canes sold in this city during the holidays will ever see actual service over a period of ten days. The man who Is honored feels that it is too showy, too valuable, or too bad taste, to carry a. gold-headed cane, and after a few weeks he quietly puts it in some dark closet in his home. "When is it heard of next?" asks some one. "Usually when the recipient has died," is the reply. "His will is found to contain this clause: 'And to my be­ loved grandson, Paul Augustus, I give and bequeath the gold-headed cane pre­ sented to me by the members of the Rip and Tear Club, Christmas, 1S94." Allen's Motion. -... . Senator Allen caused a little quiet amusement in the Senate recently, says the Washington Post, Mr. Chandler was talking at an unusually late hour, and everybody was impatient to close the debate and go home. Suddenly Mr. Allen arose and motioned apologet­ ically to Mr. Chandler, who paused In his remarks to bear what tho Nebras- kniSenator had to Sayi • "Will the Sen­ ator allow me to Interrupt him to make a motion?" asked Senator Allen. "Cer­ tainly," said Mr. Chandler. "Then I move," said Mr. Allen, "that the- Sen­ ate do now adjourn." Athletic Su-anger--"I want a good trainer, and I have been directed to you. What are your terms?" Profes­ sional Athlete--"Thirty-five dollars a week and expenses. When does the light come off?" Athletic Stranger-- "Fight nothing! I'm a candidate for the? Indiana Legislature."--Chicago Tribune. "Please ma'am," said the cook. "I'd like to give a week's notice." "Why, Mary, this is a great surprise. Do you hope to better yourself?". "Well, no, not exactly .that," answered Mary, with a blush. "I'm going to get married!"-- Christian Register- , ' Long Distance Talking. t The people of Albania practice long­ distance talking without the aid of the. electric current. They Iiave a clfnoifs 5 habit wb<jn they meet of passing each other with a nod, or perhaps a hand- x ;j clasp and a few muttered words, and then wait until they get to the top of" two hills to begin to talk. You march along after your Albanian guide audi meet another. On you -go and forget that you met anybody, when suddenly, on arriving at the top of a hill, your guide turns around ind yells out, "Oh, Georgio-o-o!" or whatever the name may be. spinning out the syllable to great length. The echo has hardly died away before Georgio answers from his hill, and these two leather-luaged fel­ lows roar at each other for perhaps a half hour, at an interval of a quarter mile or more. Why they keep up this * exasperating habit no one knows, and no Albanian will tell. S | , | v; A Model Friend. What true friendship consists iu de­ pends on the temperament of the man who has a friend. It is related that at the funeral of Mr. X.. who diet! ex­ tremely poor, the usually, cold-blooded Squire Tightfist was much affected. "You thought a great deal of him, I suppose?" some one asked him. "Thought a great deal of him? I should think 1 did. There was a true friend! He never asked me to lend him % cent, though I knew well enough he was starving to death!"' i & •