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ABOUND A BIG STATE SUMMIT IS REACHED Mli vlng" languages., Fie Is reticent ana modest abo^t his command of it, as he Is about his other qualities. Yet the following incident, which happened some years ago in Wales, shows that, his knowledge of Italian is very wide, indeed. Then the Italian ambassador had been introduced to Mr. Gladstone by a Welsh country squire. The two former presently left the, house together and walked for sev­ eral hours UP and down the green lanes in animated conversation. Finally, the Ambassador returned to his friend, the squire, and expressed his boundless admiration of Mr. Gladstone's perfect grasp of the Italian language. For three hours, he said, we have been discussing the most intricate subjects in heaven or earth--subjects bristling ypith intri­ cate terms. And never once has Mr. Gladstone been at a loss for a word, nor has lie used a single Word that did not express his" meaning with perfect clearness.--Pittsburg Dispatch. llnports, Jan. 1 to March 31, 1895 . . . .$16,2<j0,500 Godkin figures, six months to Feb. 28, 1895 . $17,383,292 A comparison of the figures of the Bureau of Statistics of the "Treasury De­ partment shows that our imports of foreign woolen goods under the first three months' operation of the Gorman tariff reached $16,260,500, as against imports worth only $8,132,335 during the first three months' operation of the Mclvinley tariff. Under tariff reform, in three months, we have bought double -the quantity of woolen goods from Editor Godkin's foreign friends, who, no doubt, will appreciate the effort made on their behalf in the Evening Post and recognized the master jug­ gler's craftiwork in his very successful efforts to reach the summit of Mount Mendacity. fcRljEF COMPILATION OF ILL! NOIS NEWS. GOTHAM EDITOR CLIMBS TO THE TOP OF MOUNT MENDACITY. Arrested Horse Thief commits Suicide --Peoria Fishermen Use a Boat'Too, Small and Two Drown--Injustice in Imprisonment of Dwight L. Wing. A System of Jugglery with Figures That Free Traders Practice--Inven­ tions Used to Peceive Casual Read­ ers-- Know-lt-All Writers Caught. Godkin in a Corner. The editor of the New York Evening Post is never so unfortunate as when he writes upon the tariff question. Mr. Godkin's recent silence in this direction had almost led us to believe that he was beginning to comprehend the vnstness of his ignorance upon this subject. As a juggler and falsifier of figures Mr. Godkin's ability is so well known that it hardly needs fresh confirmation, but Kiilla Himself in the JaU, Marshal J. W. Nicholson, of Hinsdale, lias the body of Oswald'Schneider, two mules, a huckster wagon and contents on his hands. All Sunday the farmers came to Hinsdale and looked at the unshaven face cif the dead man. He had told the marshal- his name jvas William Schultz. About a month ago D. P. Lee and a man jtamed Lyman, both of Downer's Grove, four miles west of Hinsdale, each lost a buggy. The same night "Joe" Schnei- •d'er,. night-marshal at Hinsdale, saw. pass­ ing through that place a long, blaek-cov- eced wagon drawn by two mules. In tow «of this were two buggies. Friday night the black wagon was seen going north throngh Fullersburg. At 11 o'clock the engineer at Mammoth Springs saw it going through that, village. The engineer -awakened Otto Ahrens, a farmer, and' in less than, five minutes the farmers of "the Vicinity were out with their best guns 'and rifles. Fanner Ruchte and others .surrounded the male team arid paced it all the way to Fullersburg. Here, when the wagon pulled up in the main street, Iluchte and Ahrens commanded a halt. The black wagon stopped and a dozen long arifle barrels looked at it. The driver of the mule team was thus kept a prisoner in his wagon until Marshal Nicholson ar­ rived. The marshal handcuffed his pris­ oner and landed him in the Hiusdale lockup, at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. The man died a few moments later. When the marshal made an investigation he found that the prisoner had broken a win­ dow pane and with a piecQ, of the glass had cut two deep gashes in his left wrist. In the pocket of the dead man was found .a piece of paper upon which the prisoner had been seeh to write while the farmers guarded him. This paper was a blank statement of Oswald Schneider, dealer in wood, hay and general teaming, at Gil­ berts, 111. On one side of this was written !in purple ink and in German ̂ "Glybouru avenue, back of Division, cars begin. Take this to Halsted street and the third house on the right is it." Just below this was written: "No. 9 Graze street." At 4737 Paulina street, Chicago, Detective Sergeant Cramer solved the mystery. The •dead man's name was Oswald Schneider. •Cramer found in Schneider's rented barn, in the rear of 4925 Dryer street, eight or ten sets of harness, a buggy, several Ahorse blankets, lap robes, whips and vari­ ous other articles which answer the de­ scriptions of- the stuff that was stolen from the DuPage County farmers. Cra­ mer expects to find some of the stolen horses within a few days. Free Trade Results. -A...yei\y extensive View of the com­ mercial and financial record of English trade is given in the London Economist. It appears that the imports of foreign countries retained for English con­ sumption would have shown an in­ crease of 9.95 per cent in 1894 as com­ pared with 1893, with the exports of English goods 3.35 per cent larger than in 1893, ifallowance were made for the decline in prices last year. As a matter of fact, however, the actual values; showed an increase of 0.9 per cent in imports and a decrease of 0.9 jper cent, in exports. • In 1S94 there Was an enlargement; of Me foreign trade of the United King­ dom. but- at prices that indicate stag­ nation. The smaller margin of profit derived from trade in 1894 showed that the average prices of that year's im­ ports were 7.91 per cent lower than in 1893, while the average prices of ex­ ports were 4.27 per cent lower. As the Economist says, "It meant not only more and more work for no more el­ even less money; but when prices were persistently slipping away, the value of stocks deteriorates, and losses accrue." It would seem, however, that there has been at least a little silver lining to this dark cloud, and that the English manufacturers did not transact such a bad business as appears upon the sur­ face. Owing to the lower prices, the English imports cost $150,000,000 less than they would have cost had the prices of 1893 been maintained, where­ as, the loss in their exports reached only $4S,000,000. In textile industries there was a gain of $46,350,000 through the lower value of raw materials im­ ported, as against a loss of $25,000,000 in the lower prices of yarns and fabrics sold to other countries, making their gain in this respect over $21,000,000 at the expense of the producers of the raw material and the purchasers of their manufactured goods. JUGGLING WITII FIGX RES. it is well to point out that his most re­ cent effort to uphold the existing "tariff reform" measure was entirely devoid of tlie slightest semblance of fact or veracity. This Baron Munchausen of the "Tariff Reform" party says: "That under the McIviuley.Jariff the Importations of wooleu goods were greater than under the present tariff. If a schedule of exportations of woolens were made up for the corresponding periods, they would probably show a contrary result--that is larger exporta­ tions now than then." Mr. Godkin was too lazy to add to­ gether each month's figures^of our im­ ports and exports, but he published an imaginary half year's imports sirhply by cutting in half the returns of our im­ ports for the year ending June 30, 1S92, comparing them with our imports of woolens during the six months ending Feb. 28, 1S95, which latter were given at $17,3S3,292. Mr. Godkin convenient­ ly forgets to tell his readers that his tariff reform rates on woolen manu­ factures did not take effect till Jan. 1, 1895, and that during three months only, ending March 31. 1895, our im­ ports of all woolen goods reached $16,- 260,500 as follows: Treasury Department values of Gor­ man tariff imports o£ woolen manufactur­ ed goods for three months, January, Feb­ ruary and March, 1S95: Carpets and carpeting $473,537 Clothing, ready made, etc. . .. 315,852 Cloths 7,400.04C Dress goods, women's and children's 6,793,128 Knit fabrics. .. ." 205,933 Shawls. 69,927 Yarns 505,97i All other 496,097 Fate of Several Measures. Gov. Altgeld gave out three veto mes­ sages Monday. One kills the Lowenthal bill, one the bill providing for the forma­ tion of a board for the examination of horseshoers and the third kills the bill re­ lating to lire escapes. lie approved the following bills: To enable park commis­ sioners or park authorities to make local improvements; appropriating $1,249,000 for each of the years 1895 and 18913 for the ordinary expenses of the State charitable •institutions; making appropriations for repairs at the State charitable institu­ tions; to provide for State .scholarships in the University of Illinois; to enable rail­ way corporations of other States to pur­ chase leased lines in this State; to create the Illinois. Farmers' institute; to exempt certain personal property from attach­ ment and sale on execution and from dis­ tress for rent. The following bills become laws without the Governor's approval: To provide for the annual inspection of militarv^academies; fixing the compensa­ tion of members of the General Assembly at $1,000 for each regular session and $5 a day for each special session and 10 cents a mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the State capital; prohibiting barber shops from keeping open on Sunday. ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME. How an Impecunious Youth Under­ took to Pay a Debt of $30. •'That little bill?" said the debtor, pleasantly. "Oh, yes, of course* Well, you need not worry about that an/ more. I've got things down to a sys­ tem now." "You've been a long time doing it," suggested the creditor. "I realize it," returned the debtor, .'"but It's all right now. \'ou see, $30 is more than I can afford to let go of at any one time, but now I can get it to­ gether without missing it. You see, a man never misses his small change, so I've bought a little bank that I can drop it into every night. You've no Idea how fast it accumulates." "I've heard of the plan before," said the creditor. "If a man lives up to it and doesn't hold out on the bank it mounts up rapidly." "Oh, I live up to it," protested the debtor. "I put every cent of small change into it every night, and it's all for you." " 3* "I may hope then " "My dear sir, you may more than hope. The system makes the payment in full an absolute certainty. It over­ comes all obstacles and it's only a ques­ tion of time " "How much time?" "Well, that's rather difficult to say. You see, the amount of small change I find in my pockets varies, and " "What do you call small change?' i "Pennies. I--what's that? -Oh, well, sue if you want to. That's what a man gets for trying to do the right thing." Spring Changes in Milk. It is interesting to notice the varia­ tions of butter fats made by herds and cows which may be accurately shown by the Babcock testing machine. When grass first comes in the spring and farmers begin to decrease their grain ration, exchanging it for the most per­ fect ration ever grown, the flush feed of May and June, the increasing yield is perceptible. In the case of well-bred Jersey herds it is remarkable. Hol- steins and only ordinary natives ap­ pear to respond less liberally to the change of food and conditions. The Babcock machine, and - what it will prove to the wideawako dairyman may be made of inestimable value to him. Common in Europe. The use of a third cylinder on a loco­ motive, where the latter is a compound engine and the steam has two chances to expand, is no novelty. Such a plan is quite common in Europe. But a three-cylinder locomotive of the single expansion type is much more unusual, and, indeed, was unknown until quite recently. It is an American invention, too. --^ ; • " New Prophet. A new religious prophet has arisen among the Georgia negroes In the per­ son of Jerry White. Jerry is a negro about 40 years old and is very black. He came into Athens, Ga., recently from Oglethorpe County, where he has been promulgating his doctrines. He claims to be? a prophet of God. Charitable. The Board of Health of New. York City has received a gift of $25,000 from Mrs. Miuturn to establish a pesthouse where patients will receive better at­ tention than is commonly accorded them. She was moved to this deed by the incarceration of a friend in the mis­ erable quarters now used. Hope to. Strike Oil. • Pelee Island is to be tested for oil wells in view of'the higher price„ of that product. The soil is saturated with oil, but there may be no chancft tor flowing wells. •-- ,.?<«*• '• J \Ye are often made supremely happy hy what we don't get. Profit and Less. Total $16,260,500 Godkin figures, :+ix months to February 28, 1895 $17,383,292 The foregoing statistics that we give in detail are taken from the monthly reports of the Bureau of Statistics on the Treasury Department, the totals for each month--January, February, and March--being added together. Godkin was too lazy to do this, but forced a balance for half of a year that is not yet ended. Whether among his other imaginary talents lie deems himself to have been gifted by the Almighty with a foreknowledge of our trade in foreign woolen goods, or whether he has re­ ceived advance information from his English friends as to the extent of their exports during the coming mouths, we are unable to say, but people will be inclined rather to rely upon the sta­ tistics of the Treasury Department than upon any <£vvy of an imaginary "year's importation by two" that Editor God­ kin is pleased to juggle. As the present tariff, on woolen manu­ factured goods took effect only on Janu­ ary 1 last, therefore a proper com­ parison of its workings with the Mc- Kinley tariff can only be instituted by showing the value of our Imports of foreign woolen goods during the earlier months of the Mclvinley tariff, im­ mediately subsequent to its passage, taking the same number of months di­ rectly after the passage of the Gorman tariff. These imports we * givtr- Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. 1890, immediately Germany Feels Aggressive. So long as the discriminating duty against German beet sugar imposed by the recent tariff law is maintained, Germany seems determined to inter­ pose obstacles in the way of the impor­ tation of American products. First was the prohibition against cattle; next came restrictions on canned goods; then a commission to ascertain if American cotton could not be sup­ planted by other kinds of German manufactures, and now the State De­ partment has been notified, through its consular representative at Bremen, of a proposed change in the German cus­ toms tarilf, by which the duty on cot­ ton seed oil will be increased 250 per cent, over present rates. Among the many additions to existing duties this seems to be the most important, and it is said to meet the wishes not only of the protectionist oil manufacturers of Germany, but of the Agrarians as well The present duty on American cotton seed oil is four marks (one dollar), and it is to be raised to ten marks. If, however, the imported cottoii seed oil is to be used for soap, it may be offici­ ally drugged until unfit for food, when it is to be admitted at the rate of eigh- ty-five cents.--Baltimore Journal of Commerce. Southern Coal Interests. Of the 83,166,088 tons of coal pro­ duced in the Appalachian or Atlantic seaboard coal field in 1892, practically 23,000,000 tons--to be exact, 22,908,585 tons, or 27y2 per cent.--were from Southern mines. The value of this coal at the mines was $20,983,543. Its production gave employment to 37,- 837 persons an average of 240 days in the year. With the exception of farm­ ing, coal mining probably gives employ­ ment to more persons in the chief coal producing States of the South--Mary­ land. West Virginia. Tennessee and Alabama--tlian any other industry, and anything that interferes with the pros­ perity of this industry causes wide­ spread disaster in these states, not only to the miners and those interested, but especially to merchants, farmers and railroads which depend so largely for their prosperity upon coal mining, There must be no free coal. Illinois Man in a Frcnch Prison. Several months ago a person was arrest­ ed at Paris, France, claiming to be one Dwight Luther Wing, of Springfield, and who was held for an attempt to hypothe­ cate Rock Island, Peoria and St. Louis Railway bonds <?n the financial market in Paris. The man was thrown in jail there, jiihI subsequently established the fact that he was the original Dwight Luther Wing, and that the bonds were all right, but he is still in prison in Paris. He has resided in Springfield for many years, but some time ago left. Wing in 1890 was a prom­ inent citizen, well known in St. Louis, Chicago and other cities, and universally liked. He did a great deal toward ex­ tending capitalizatiftn in Springfield and was one of the prominent business men of the State. Secretary of State Hinrichsen wrote die French charge d'affaires at Washington in reply to inquiries as to Wing and the road. urntnoAurf \\ / ' \ ' REACHES THE SUMMIT. after the enactment of the Mclvinley tariff, adding thereto a line showing the value of the imports during the first three months of the Gorman tariff, and also appending the Godkin divvy com­ puted from our imports of a year that has not yet ended, divided by two: Treasury Department values of Mc­ lvinley tariff imports of woolen manufac­ tured goods for three months. October, November and December, 1890: .Carpets and carpeting....... $330,032 Clothing,' ready made 395,650 cloths ...: ,2-i48'I4G Dress goods....... 3, t OS, <02 Knit fabrics... .s. . • Shawls 127.S78 Yarns 159,881 All other. 1,023,703 A Tale of the "Wind. There's a tidal wave a'coming Grover C., Grover C., It's in the air a'humming, WOe for thee; Don't you hear the voters yell? Listen to the"tale they tell, That your party's going to Grover C. •Springfield Union. A Sure Poison. The Gorman tariff law should be al­ lowed to work out its own ruin. It should not be altered in any particular. This will be the quickest way in which to kill free trade. . Total. Gorman tariff, three months'