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REAL ISSUE REMAINS of various other tilings. But those who are deluding themselves with the hope that the convention will remain silent on the question of protection, or that its voice will be a whisper or as word a quibble, are doomed to bitter disap­ pointment. The voice will be a clarion call. That word will be a watchword. We cannot yield to our friends, tlie enemy. any jot or tittle in regard-to protection; but wo .will cheerfully let them ehoost* for that principle, so far as their own statements arid discussion are concerned, whatever nomenclature tnay be best pleasing to themselves. They are at liberty to call ifMcKlnley- ism or Reedism or Harrisonism or Alii- sonism or any other ism whatsoever. What they call it is a* matter of entire indifference to us. It is quite sufficient for us to know that if is Republicanism, which is merely another way of spelling Americanism.--Boston-1 Adverfser. WOMEN MONEY LENDERS Borne of Them Unable to Read--Hard Terms to Borrowers. "Perhaps you will be surprised wnen I tell you that there are such people as women money lenders, as some of my poor parishioners know to their cost," remarked a hard-working London- cur­ ate. "These women--there-are two in my parish--out-Shyloek Sliyloek. Two pence is the usual charge for the loan of a shilling for a week, or, rather often, it is not a week, but for a shil­ ling borrowed any time through a week Is 2d is expected on the following" Sat­ urday. Women are their only custom­ ers, and .they make the very" few bad debts, as those who borrow generally do so without their husbands' knowl­ edge, and, consequently, are only too anxious to repay as soon as they are able, or else the lender Would soon threaten to 'split' to their husbands. Besides, some of these people are so in the habit of borrowing two or three shillings every week that they are afraid, if they did not repay the bor­ rowed money on the Saturday, their borrowing powers would be at an end. For a sovereign lent a shilling a week interest is charged until the money is all repaid, and not less than two shil­ lings a week is taken by way of in­ stallment toward repayment; of, the loan. If any week the installment is missed, the interest must be paid, and no reduction is.made in the interest as the principal is reduced. A woman is often cajoled into taking, some article of finery frorii the irrepressible tally­ man, thinking she will be able to pay for the article by the 'easy' installment plan, so glibly explained to her- Get­ ting behind for two or three weeks in her payments, the credit draper threat­ ens to summon her husband. To .avoid this, the woman goes to the money lender, who 'obliges' her with a sov­ ereign. . on condition that she repays three shillings a week for ten weeks. "It is not often that .these female usurers will lend more than a sovereign at a time. However, in the case of a person dying, and pending the benefit of insurance money being received, they will lend three or four pounds to the bereaved family, frequently de­ manding as much as a pound for the use of four for a week. "One of the money lenders to whom I refer deals only with female hawkers and street sellers. Owing to the pre- cariousness of their calling, these peo­ ple constantly find themselves without the wherewithal to purchase their stock in trade. On a Friday evening as many as ten to fifteen women will borrow sums varying from five to thirty shillings in order to make their pur­ chases at the early markets on the following morning. On a Saturday evening, toward midnight, the money lender makes the rounds of her clients' stalls, often taking every penny from the stallholder, which forces the hawk­ er to trade on Sunday morning. "It hardly seems credible, but one of these money lenders can neither read nor write, keeping account of all money due to her in her head with unfailing accuracy. This woman is an unbeliever in the stability of banks, and always carries her stock in trade oh her person, a not inconsiderable sum, seeing that one week, she told me, she had lent $135 in odd shillings." The Exact Quantity. An Irishman was hauling water in barrels from a small river to supply the inhabitants of the village, which was not provided with water works. As he halted at the top of the bank to give his team a "blow" before proceeding to peddle the water, a gentleman of the inquisitive type rode up and, after pass­ ing the time of day, asked: "How long have you been hauling water for the village, my good man?" "Tin years or more, sor," was the simple reply. "Ah! And how many loads do you make a day?" "From tin to fifteen, accardin' to the weather, sor!" "Yes. Now I have one for you, Pat," said the gentleman, laughing. "How much water have you'hauled altogeth­ er?" The Irishman jerked his thumb in the direction of the river, at the same time giving his team the hint to start, and replied: "All the water what yez don't see there now, sor."--Judge. HOME, SWEET HOME. How John Hqward Pay^ie Came to V His Own at Last. In a dirty little ship, in March, 1883, the remains, of John Howard Payne, who gave his soul to the world in Home, Sweet- Home, was landed one gloomy, cloud-darkened morning at a dirty ob^ scure dock in the dingiest portion of the shore line of Brooklyn. ; •: The remains were inclosed in a plain, cheap coffin, which was encased in a rough,, unplaned box, dud the Whole covered by a greasy and dilapidated American flag. Placed in a hearse not of the neatest style, and behind horses not the best kept, and followed by three carriages, containing a lot of shabby- looking aldermen, they were conveyed to the city hall in New York, the pro­ cession being almost unobserved until it got to the park, when the unusual spectacle of a funeral procession enter­ ing there attracted a few of the con­ stant loungers, who stood by and asked each other who was dead. The time during which the box con­ taining the remains was in the Gov­ ernor's room at the city hall was not marked by any special feature other than curiosity on the part of several thousand people, who made it conven­ ient to drop in at the hail, and the in­ tended poetical action of two or three ladies, who deposited soihe flowers and a carefully treasured rosebud upon tho American ensign which covered the re­ ceptacle in which the body was brought over from Tunis, where he had died. And these were the honors that were paid to the ashes of John Howard Payne when they arrived at the shores of the country which gave him birth. Well, you see, he wasn't a dead mili­ tary hero. Only the author of an immortal mel­ ody. Riches and Resources. One afternoon of a hot summer's day, I, in company with a friend; called upon an old, old lady, tier form was bent and attenuated, her hair was thin and white, and her face had that mottled or moldy look one sometimes sees upon the faces of the aged. My first thought when she came into the room was, wfiat an unattractive old lady! but as the conversation went on I was charm­ ed by her sweet voice, the easy flow of her language, and, particularly, by the graciousness with which she spoke of everyone. Her eyes began to glow and a dainty pink, like a faded rose leaf, came in her cheek. Finally the talk drifted to another aged lady. Iler form was bent and at­ tenuated, reft of her husband. Our old. lady turned to my friend, saying: "Do you know if she has any re­ sources?" "Oh, yes," answered (he friend, "she was left with a very large property." A faint, pretty smile went over the face of the aged one, as she answered: "Oh, I don't mean money, I mean resources. Has she an interest in life, in people, in things? Does she read? Does she think? Money or property is of use, in that it enables us to provide ourselves and dear ones with the ne- eessities, the amenities, and luxuries of life, but. when old age and affliction Comes, and when we lose those near and dear to us, then money falls short and our resources must come from a higher power and from within." The old face shone as from the light of an inward lamp, and as we soon af­ ter took our departure we remarked: "What a charming woman," and in the after days how often we thought of the difference between riches and re­ sources. THE STATE CAPITAL. MGES DURING THE PAST WEEK, TARIFF QUESTION THE ONE TO BE DECIDED. WHAT ILLINOIS' LEGISLATURE IS DOING. jacltsoii May L'e Pardoned--Causes of Chicago Fires--No Wives for Indi­ gent Veterans--Mysterious' Murder, NoHe Other Can Obliterate It Unless «ie Democrats Are Prepared to -Make -Lncouditioiial Surrender- Business Failures Continue. An Impartial Record of the Work Accomplished by Those Whd Make Our Laws--How the Time Has Been Occupied During the Past Week. at LiricolA. Has Served Twenty-six Years. Efforts are being put forth to secure the pardon oTTjouis W. Jackson, who has been m the penitentiary since^l809. More than 11,000 convicts have arrived at the prison since Jackson was admitted, but all of them have either served their -sentences, been pardoned, died, or been transferred to the insane .asylum. Jack­ son was induced to kill a man m-W-ashs . ington County, as he supposed, to save his own life. All of the jury which tried him and the other officers of the court are dead. Killed at the Porch of His Home. A Lincoln dispatch says: Lewis Me- Afee, a farmer, was mysteriously mur­ dered Sunday morning on the porch of ..liis; country residence, close, to Zion. Church. His son and wife werdx not more than fifty yards away performing morning work: when the murderer crept to the house in his baVe feet and at" close range'shot his victim in the back. The shot brought Mr. McAfee's- son to the scene in time to see his father fall dead. The assassin was traced through the fields to the city limits and then to the heart, of tlie city, "When he disappeared. A strange man Who was hovering in the eieig.hborhood several days was also seen running through the fields after the •crime. The only motive assigned is rob­ bery, but there was no incentive for this, as valuables wore not kept in the house. Mr. McAfee has resided in Logan Coun­ ty since 1841v He had not a known ene-. ray. The family offer a reward of $200 ^for the arrest and conviction of the mur­ derer -and the county and State increase iriiy the usual reward. Which Was the Last to Die? The remains of Dr. Hogan, Mrs. Ho­ gan and their child, drowned in Lake Geneva July 7, arrived in Joliet Friday afternoon. The three caskets containing the bodies were brought from Elgin, where the funeral services were con­ ducted. A special coach attached to the regular train contained the funeral party. Half a hundred carriages and private conveyances were in waiting at the sta­ tion when the train arrived. Father Hogan owned valuable real estate in Joliet, besides carrying $20,000 life insur­ ance made payable to his sister. . Dr. Hogan carried $7,000 insurance with his wife as beneficiary. An interesting question arises as to who are heirs of Father and Dr. Hogan. It is presumable the child died before Dr. Hogan or his wife, and the courts may hold under the old common law that he, being the strong­ er physically, outlived his wife. This may divert the $7,000 insurance money to the nearest relatives of the Joliet Ho­ gan family, which is now extinct. Since Father Hogan was carried down with the Dispatch and his sister floated, it may be that she was the last of the four to die. s . , -- -- History of a Year's Fires. The annual report of Fire Chief Swe- nie, of Chicago, says that, of 5,174 fires, <586 were due to unknown causes, 220 to explosion of lamps, 171 to explosion of gasoline stoves, 212 to defective tlues, ISO 'to children playing with matches. 199 to chimney sparks, 197 to locomotive sparks, 72 to known incendiarism, 270 to suspected incendiarism. Four new companies have been organized, and four new engine houses built. Of accidents, 40 slight, 27 severe, 0 serious, and 5 fatal. The value of fire department property is $2,440,001. Veterans Must Not Marry. The new law relating to old soldiers and their families and their support by the county has stirred up something of a rumpus at the Quincy Soldiers' Home, and Supt. Kirkwpod issued a decree to the effect that any member of the home who gets married must leave the home. His reasoning is that a veteran who feels able to support his wife is also able to support himself, and does not need the shelter of the State institution. Cannot Conceal It. There is a great deal of" fermentation going on iii regard to "money every­ where. Europe and our own land are agitating the subject, and perhaps the whole matter will be virtually settled before another Presidential and Con­ gressional election. But aside froin that it is well known where the two great parties stand. Tile issues all center about the vital question of a protective tariff. The Republicans of Kentucky could make no mistake in making a heroic proclamation on a question which is of the life of the Re­ publican pa,rty as protection is. BUt it may be considered presumptuous for the Republicans of any one State, es­ pecially of a State that has never gone Republican, to assume to set" the pace of the party oh a question which is undergoing the process of development. Tjiie doctrine of the Republican party is bimetallic and will be until changed by a* rihtional convention, and we itn- dertake to say that the convention; of 1S90 will make no such change. The two parties may or may hot pre­ sent a contrast next year on the silver question. No prophet can foretell how that will be. But unless the Ethiopian changes his skin the tariff will be as much the dividing line in 1890 as it was in 1S92. No other issue can oblit­ erate that line, unless the Democrats are prepared to make unconditional surrender, which is not likely. There is no reason to suppose that either the Cleveland and Palmer faction or the Altgeid and Bryan faction has any idea of abandoning free trade. They will not express themselves so foolish­ ly as they did three years ago. "Larry" Neal and his plank have floated into the sea.-tif oblivion and been lost, but tlie Africari is of tlie same complexion, whether playing the banjo or quietly dozing in the shade of the woodpile. If the party which brought on the busi­ ness paralysis of 1893 thinks it can make tlie people forgetful of that rec­ ord by clamor over what was done twenty years before it is greatly mis­ taken.--Inter Ocean. Doings of State Dads. •« ; The first business the House did Wed­ nesday was to. pass the arbitration bill by a vote of 117 to 1. After that it-went into committee of the whole to discuss the revenue bill introduced by Mr. White of Whiteside. It was 12 o'clock when the committee arose and reported progress. Col. Merriam then asked leave to intro­ duce his resolution to investigate alleged boodling. "Alter a bewildering succession of, changing of votes, permission was de­ nied by a vote of 00 yeas to 38 nays--less than a two-thirds aliirmative. The Sen­ ate did nothing. - Wednesday the House was in committee of the whole nearly all day, debating the revenue question. In regular session several bills were introduced. The Sen­ ate did nothing. . ' '4 In the Senate, Thursday Mr. Fitzpat- "tick's., bill increasing the tax levy was taken up and advajiq^d to• third reading. The Senate arbitration bill was advanced- to third reading after an amendment had been adopted reducing the salary oi the members of the board to $1,500.- Senator Herb' s bill taxing express companies was also sent to third reading: The House did nothing of importance,» but . was thrown into the wildest Confusion by the introduction of a bill legalizing pool-sell- ing on race courses. Tlie committee of the whole House Fri­ day morning completed its work on the revenue' bill. The Senate advanced to third reading the House arbitration bill, which was amended so that it now con­ forms to the Senate bill. In most re­ spects the two bills ate similar and even identical in language. As to the constitu­ tion of the board the House bill provides: "One only of them shall be an employer. or selected from some association repre­ senting employers of labor, and only one of them shall be selected from some labor organization." The Senate bill provides on the same point: "One, and one only, of whom shall be an employer of labor, and one, and one only, of whom shall be an employe." Two bills were introduced at the shori session of the House Monday to regu­ late the charges of sleeping car compa­ nies. Mr. Ingersoll's bill authorizing the State Board of Equalization to increase the aggregate assessment of the State 25 per cent., instead of 1 per cent., was read a first time and referred to committee of the whole. Mr. Challacomb, a country member, introduced a bill to repeal the libel law passed at the regular session. The House did not have a quorum. The Senate met and adjourned without trans­ acting any business.- There was no quorum. But He Knjoyed the Quarrel. At the trial of an action for libel brought by Dr. Levingstoii against'tlie San Francisco Civic Federation, Por­ ter Aslie, a friend of Levingston, and himself an attorney, >yas called as a witness. He testified regarding a cer­ tain letter, ostensibly written by Lev­ ingston, that it was not written by him alone; be admitted, with apparent re­ luctance, that he, Ashe, bad assisted in preparing it. When asked if others were concerned, his apparent reluc­ tance to reply was so great that the plaintiff's attorney at once objected. The defendant's attorney, scenting some damaging admission behind the unanswered question, pressed the mat­ ter. For half an hour the attorneys argued, and dually, after a mighty war of words, the court decided that the question might be put. So put it was. "Who," said the defendant's attorney, impressively, "was the person present besides yourself and Dr. Levingston?" To which the ingenuous Mr. Ashe, who had sat in silence throughout the legal battle, replied, blandly, "Nobody." i8| A Study of Eggs and Hay. The free trade editors are not the only people who want to look further back- Ward than .1894 to compare the work­ ings of the Gorman dnd McKinley tar­ iffs. Farmers have been looking back­ ward and asking.Us to investigate'the tariff, question as affecting their-eggs and hay? We have done so. . Taking the first eight mouths Of each tariff period, the McKinley act from Oc­ tober, 1890, to the end of May. 1891,- and the Gorman act from September, 1S94, to the end of April, 1895, we have the quantities and values of our .im­ ports, of eggs for each eight months, as follows: Quantities of imports of eggs for eight months: Oct. 1. 1890- Sept. 1. 1894- May31. 1891. April 30, 1895. McKinley tariff. Gormaii tariff. Eggs, doz 1.09S.300 2,159,047 Average McKinley price, 15U> cents per dozen. Values of imports of oggS for eight months: Oct. 1,1890- Sept. 1. 1894- May 31. 1891, April 30. 1895. McKinley tariff. Gorman tariff. Eggs $257,541 $278,301 Average Gorman price, 13 cents per dozen. This shows that, during the first eight mouths of the Gorman tariff, our im­ ports of foreign eggs increased by near-, ly 500,000 dozen. The amount of mon­ ey that was sent abroad for Gorman tariff eggs was only $20,000 more than •ijtVthe McKinley period, because the 4fiNrer importations of Gorman eggs re­ d u c e d t h e a v e r a g e p r i c e f r o m 1 5 t o 13 cents per dozen, a fact that our farmers will not forget. Turning next to the hay crop we find that, during the first eight months of the Gorman tariff, we imported 114.000 tons more hay than during Hie first eight months of the McKinley tariff period, nearly $800,000 more money be­ ing sent out of tlie country to pay for foreign hay than under protection. Those details are: Quantities of imports of hay for eight months: Oct. 1. 1S90- Sept. 1. 1894- May 31. 1891. April 30. 1895. McKinley tariff. Gorman tariff. Tons. Tons Hay 25,420 1.39,157 Average McKinley price. $7.30 per ton. Values of imports of hay for eight months: Oct. 1. ISStO- Sept. 1, 1S94- May 31. 1891. April 30, 1895. McKinley tariff. Gorman tariff. Hay $182,333 $970,973 Average Gorman price. $7 per ton. Free Trade's Marked Feature. Iron Filings as a Fertilizer. G. W, Prescott, of Highland, who took the medal for the best box of pack­ ed oranges at the late State circus fair, has been experimenting with iron fil­ ings in his young orchard. Being mas­ ter mechanic of the Santa F© system in Southern California at San Bernar­ dino, he knew more about iron filings than he did about guano or any other fertilizer, and, knowing that a certain amount of iron in the soil was essential to a healthy growth of the tree and the production of fruit, he put live pounds of this material around each tree, and as a result he has a highly colored orange where before lie had a pale col­ ored fruit. The cost is insignificant. A thousand trees on ten acres will require 5,000 pounds of tilings, which cost $4 per ton--$10 for the ten-acre orchard. Of course, this application of iron is not intended to supersede all other fer­ tilizers, but simply to supplement them in order to give a good color to the fruit and enable the grower to put an attractive orange on the market, and incidentally to assist him occasionally in winning a gold medal. The railroad shops at San Bernardino tan furnish one ton per day of this material, and other shops can also assist in supplying the demand.--California Producer. Capital Offenses in England. °|fl England formerly punished wjfl| death a great number of crimes,' some of them most trivial in character. At the beginning of this century there were 200 capital offenses on the statute books. A wiser and more humane pol­ icy was adopted. Now there are only four crimes which invite the death pen­ alty in England--setting fire to the Gov­ ernment dock yards or arsenals, piracy;, treason and murder. But a person clearly proven guilty of any of these has little chance of escape. His execu­ tion quickly follows conviction and jus­ tice is enforced while the offense is fresh in the public memory, and the example is most likely to be effective as a warning to those disposed to do evil. Total values. I $0,830.27. > $10,231,555 The net increased imports during the eight months of the Gorman tariff pe­ riod were worth $3,400,000. Of leaf to­ bacco we imported over $3,000,000 worth more in Gorman tariff times, and if this extra $3,000,000 had been distrib­ uted among our own tobacco growers it \yould have been better for them, better for their farms, better for the labor they employ, better for the stores where the farmers trade, and better for man­ ufacturers and their employes. Business Failures Continue. Tlie statistics of trade failures in the United States having been compiled for tlie fiyst half of the current year, it is well to compare them with corre­ sponding, periods in former years, which we do,.since 1890, as follows: Number of Year. failures. IS! 15 0,597 1894 .0,528 1893 0,239 1892 .5,351 1891 0,037 1890 5,400 From all that our free trade friends have been telling us we have come to the conclusion that business had re­ cently been so prosperous that trade failures were almost unknown in the community. After the panic of 1893 we were assured that the business atmos­ phere had been cleared, that all the weak business houses iiad gone to the wall and that, as business impioved. it would be on a solid and substantial basis, with "credits unimpaired and se­ curities excellent. What is the result? The number of trade failures throughout the :-,uutry have been steadily increasing. Duting the first half of 1893 there wei\? sss more failures than during the corre­ sponding period in 1892. In 1891 there were 289 more than in 1893; in 1895 the "Tecord lias beerf broken with 09 more' than in 1894, a total of 0.597 trade fail­ ures. This business barometer affords an interesting study. If the weak ha! all gone to the wall loug -ago, then the continuation of this free trade admin­ istration must be dragging down «qme of the stronger houses. " Protection and Republicanism. The national Republican' convention of ISiid-wlTfienunciate the principle of ^protection of American industries. It will enunciate-this principle with crys­ talline clearness and an emphasis never surpassed since, in the infancy of the Republican party, it nailed to its mast­ head the flag of protection, which it has never lowered for a single moment by a single inch. The national Republican eonveptiau of 1896 will declare in favor The "St. Louis" and the British Press If any attack has been made upon this American built ship, American readers may expect to see it copied in the New York Evening Post and other journals that have for years attacked the laws under which it is possible to build great ships in American yards. President Cleveland will, also have a copy to gloat over and aid him in fur­ ther attacks upon our shipping laws and American shipbuilding. The only unpleasant thing about the "St. l/ouis" is that the President condemned the laws under which she was built, at her launching. As an enemy of American enterprise and progress the President should be Studiously ignored at future launcliings of American ships. He should go to the Clyde, and speak to his British supporters, whenever he feels like condemning American ship­ building.--Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester."N. Y. >3 Ralph's Pigeon English. Julian Ralph, when he went to China, prepared himself very carefully in pigeon English, which he had been to'ld he would find useful, and on dis­ covering a Chinaman in his bedroom at a hotel in Shanghai, remarked: "Hello! What ting? What fashion man you belong? What side you come?" To which the Chinaman replied: "This is Mr. Ralph, 1 presume. We have mutual friends who suggested my calling on you. Oh! that's all right. I spent eight years at school in Norwich, Conn." "Ah!" said Mr. Ralph, partially re­ covering his presence of mind, "veiy well, vely well." Queen Victoria's Mother. Her majesty's father, the Duke of Kent, who was George III.'s fourth and most respected son, died Svhen the fu­ ture queen was only 0 months old. Her widowed mother then became Victo­ ria's sole guardian. She utterly refused to allow either George IV. or William IV. to control her daughter's education. Despite commands and curses the cour­ ageous duchess, a stranger in a strange land, persecuted and derided, kept the young princess from the sorry courts of her uncle, George IV., and of the eccentric and passionate William IV. Iii saving Victoria from her uncles the Duchess of Kent gave England an irre-s proachable queen. ' The Jersey Mosquito. In the town of Quantuck, N. J., which lies in a low, hot nook, surrounded by swampy land, tlie mosquitoes have been so thick this season that, when the breeze is gentle, they form a thick, black cloud over the town. On several occasions of late this has been so no­ ticeable that the hens have gone to roost at. noon, under the impression that it was already nightfall, and without performing their daily task of egg lay­ ing. As the poultry business is a lead­ ing one in the town, the fanciers suffer­ ed for a time considerable financial loss, until the device was hit upon of sending up small dynamite cartridges among the thickest swarms of mos­ quitoes, by means of a kite, flown by a wire, which, at the right moment, con­ vey# a current of electricity to dis­ charge the dynamite. After a few dis­ charges the air is so cleared that the hens can resume operations, and the gory remains of the dead mosquitoes, falling to the ground, are plowed in as fertilizers.--New York Recorder. A Business Woman. Enterprising chemist--Here's a card, madam. Every time you buy some­ thing to the value of a quarter I'll punch a hole in it. When eight quar­ ters are punched you get a siphon._o£... soda-water free. Madam--That's a fine idea. I'll take $2 worth of postage stamps now.---Ex­ change. "Don't .you know, prisoner, that it's very wrong to steal a pig?" "I do now, your honor. . They make such a' row.* -Tld-Blt* • V • A Hygienic Floor. For hygienic purposes, the floors of the hospital wards in Lyons, France, are covered with a solution„of paraffin in petroleum, which gives them a brown tint and makes them impervious to "everything." A. single application is said to last two years. Thus prepared, the floors can be wiped daily with a damp cloth, moistened with some anti­ septic solution. The floors of school rooms, barracks, etc., and of- private houses, when uncarpeted, can be treat­ ed in the same manner with advantage. Yale's All Right. Even the colleges have caught the ground swell. Yale this year will grad­ uate 1 <>4 Republicans, 40 Democrats and 0 Prohibitionists. Formerly most college graduates were free-traders and therefore naturally inclined toward the Democratic party, though they were quite likely to drift into the Republican camp after a little practical experience. But free-trade doesn't "go" now. even with college boys.--Times, Troy, N. Y. The First Military Prisoner. The United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., is designated as the place for the execution of the remaining portion of the sentence in the case of military prisoner Carl Beck- man, late private Company E, Sixth Infantry, tried by a general court-mar- tial aud found guilty of grand larceny and sentenced to be dishonorably dis­ charged, forfeiting-all-pay.- and to be confined in such penitentiary as the reviewing authority, may direct for one year and six months. This is the first, military prisoner assigned to con­ finement in the Federal penitentiary. He is at present at Fort Thomas, Ivy. --Kansas City Times. A Queen's Hobby. ~ Queen Margheritaef Italy-has a curi­ ous hobby, the collection of shoes. She has a pair that belonged to Joan of Arc; those worn by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her way to the scaffold; a pair of slippers of Marie Antoinette, and shoes once owned by Ninoq Len- clos and by Queen Louise of Prussia. Her dearest treasures, however, are the knitted silk socks "arid the little leather shoes first worn by the Prince of Naples. Is an An American by Descent. Mrs. Cragie, who has just won her suit for divorce, is American by doe- seeivt;--it" appears, though English -by idrth. Her father, John Morgan Rich­ ards, is one of the wealthiest wholesale chemists in London. She becarno the wife of Mr. Craigie when she was 19 and has gone through a thorough sys­ tem of fiu-de-stecle culture for years, having "the assistance of private tu­ tors in every subject she ^ared to take up.--Richmond Dispatch. An Exception. Newed--Yes, my wife is a fine cook. She can beat my mother... Mack--That's rather strange, isn't itl Newed--No, my mother neve¥ kne^v bow.-~Harlem Life.