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XV -- n I e CHIP AND HIS CAMERA. C HIP TAYLOR lived in a section of country where dollars looked /"about as big. as cart wheels for 1 h\ very good reason that they were •about as hard to get. By all sorts of hard work and many kind| of self-de- nial Chip had succeeded by the time he' had reached loth yelti, in sav­ ing about flu, which made him seem a ca pitalist to all the other boys and also to a great many men. and as everyone knew that Chip was a wideawake fel­ low who was anxious ip get into steady business for himself, so that he could make life easier for his widowed moth-/ or and his little sisters, there was no end of acquaintances who tried.to get into partnership with him and help him spend- his money., ' But. Chip's father had always said that partnership was a hard ship to sail in: he had tried it. and he know, so the boy 'looked persistently'for some busi­ ness. in which he eoUld make his own way. anOl one day he found .it by pur­ chasing a small second-hand camera and becomulg a tramp pliotagrapher. Chip's customers had to pay for his education, for some of the pictures which he took during his first few weeks were about as dreadful as could be imagined by a man with a uiglit- mare, but the customers were hot art critics; besides, Chip's pieces were olieap, and he was the only man in the business, so lie made a little money from the very start, which is more than some of the world's greatest artists have done. The young photographer had a good head for business, too; lief did not set up a studio and smoke bad tobacco and grumble about the dullness of busi­ ness. lie took his whole kit in his hands and roamed about the country, in search of people who he thought would be the most likely customers- farmers with horses which they thought would sell well in the city if dealers could know how they looked: women who thought their babies were •the prettiest that ever lived, and young people who were in love with each other, and who, therefore, wanted to exchange pictures. Anyone who has tried amateur pho­ tography ka«ws"tbfi't'-t4'ei ,e are "many s)ips ; 'tween the cup and the lip," c$\ i<> speak more to the point, between.tlie plate and the finished picture. There are about as many ways of spoiling characters, and Chip, without meaning to do anything of- tlie kind, tried tliein. all. Practice makes perfect, so, in the course of time. Chip found himself clearing about $1 a day, which was a lot of money for anyone to earn in that part of the country. Little by little he learned that por traits of young people were the most profitable part of the business, and he began to be smart enough to take the pictures of pretty girls on credit or for nothing, trusting to luck to find out which young man was lin?t or most "gone" on each girl. Then he would offer the young man. in strict confi­ dence, to get him the girl's portrait at the customary price. Chip tried the system in reverse-- that is, by "taking" some of the more popular young men, trusting to work them off upon ;.susceptible girls, but somehow this plan did not amount to much. Either the girls hadn't any money, which is quite likely, or, still more c- ly. they didn't want young men's faces badly enough to pay for them, so Chip gave it up as a bad job and left his lat­ est plates of young men to tie devel­ oped when he had nothing else to do. One of these undeveloped plates was of Frank Wilsey, the best-looking and the most popular store clerk in the vil­ lage. Almost any girl would pay a cent a yard extra for material for a calico dress for the pleasure of pur­ chasing from Frank Wilsey. and she would wait *n hour to be served by Frank rather than buy of tlw jH'opi^e- xor himself. Frank was a "great catch" in the es­ timation of all the girls and their moth­ ers. and he became all the more so be­ cause ho declined to be caught. Suddenly,however,in the way that the unexpected has of turning up in even i he least promising places, something occurred which set all the village girls m become jealous and arivioiis. Some people who seemed to be rich, for they were traveling by carriage, with two servants in a buggy following, were obliged to stop in the vilage and call a physician for one of their party, an old lady. 'Hie physician said the invalid must rest for several days, so there was a lot of scurrying to find proper accommoda­ tions for the'party. there being no hotel in the place. They were finally accom­ modated by old Mrs. Trewley. whose husband had bnilt the biggest house in the town and died just us the house was completed. Old Mrs. Trewley quickly became the most, popular woman in the village; neighbors who had almost forgotten her sx>on found excuses to morrow some­ thing, or to ask a question which they had long wanted to ask--ahything.»for an excuse to find out about people whom they had never seen, but who seemed to be rich. The village interest in the strangers increased when one of the newcomers, a handsome young woman who seemed TO wear her Sunday clothes all the time, appeared on the main street of the vil­ lage and dropped into the two or three •stores, apparently because she could not amuse herself unless she was buy­ ing something. Or course Frank Wilsey did his best to sell her something,'and sell her as much of it as possible; people who paid cash, instead of having things charged, and who did not try to "beat down" i lie prices asked, were as scarce in that village as saints in rum shops. , Ir did not take the visage girls and •other gossips loug to~learn that the young woman, whose name was Eu­ nice'Trait, did most of her purchasing at the store in which Frank Wilsey was clerk, and that anyone else who went into that store' while Miss Trait. was there was bbljged to wait until the stranger had made Jier purchases.' They also learned, or thought they did. that the young woman took as much time as possible in transacting her business. And it was all because she wanted an excuse to talk as long as she could with Frank Wilsey, who certainly did all in his power to be obliging. Public opinion was divided on the subject; the older people said that of course It was Frank's business to sell all he dould to a person who would pay ready cash, while the girls said that Miss Trait was a bold, assuming, .artful, hateful thing, and was merely making a plaything, of a young'man . who ought to be old enough to have his eye-teeth cut and not to let anyone, make- a fool of him. Public interest on the subject became so great,that two apple-par,ing and one quilting bee were started in great haste •so that, there m iffht be some goods' big talks. . ' In the meantime Miss Trait, who . was no fool, became Immensely weary of her enforced stay in a village where she knew no one and found nothing to do. ' One day, while she was making some small purchases at the store, Chip Tyler dropped in for a moment, with his camera, and Frank asked him how business. The young woman, after lis­ tening a moment, asked abruptly*. "Are you an amateur photographer?" "I'm the only photographer of any kind in this whole country, ma'am," replied Chip with a pardonable pride. "I've always wanted to learn some­ thing .about, it," said Miss Trait. "I wonder IfT could employ you to teach me?" "I'm ready for anything, ma'am, that pieans business," said Chip. The lady made some inquiries of Frank Wilsey. who said that Chip "was a clever little fellow, and his studio was in his mother's own house, and that the boy had made some pictures which were not bad, so within an hour Chip was engaged, at the princely sal­ ary of a dollar an hour, to teach Miss Trait all he knew about photography. lie began by taking a picture of Miss Trait herself, telling her the meaning of each detail of the operation, and after the sitting he had her take a pic­ ture of her instructor. Then teacher and pupil went into the room, with windows screened with yellow paper, which Frank had called his studio, and --Chi]) t:mgh4, -Miss Trait to "develop" a plate. Chip began with his own portrait, which the pupil herself had taken, and it "came out" so well that the pupil was delighted and insisted upon hold­ ing tile plate in the sunlight outside, Po that it might dry quiAly and be "printed." Meanwhile Chip developed the plate of Miss Trait herself, in taking which he had been extremely careful, for it would be a great, feather in his cap to display the portrait of so notable a per­ son a "specimen." But the peculiar way in which that picture slowly came out in the devel­ oping "bath" made him wonder greatly. No other person had been near by when the picture was taken, but the shadows seemed those of a man instead of a woman. As the details appeared it be­ came evident that lie had used, by mis­ take, the plateholder containing a plate for which Frank Wilsey had "set." Well, never mind; he would finish it, and then pose Miss Trait again, on the plea that the platp was bad. But how oddly Frank's vest showed oil the plate! Chip could not understand it. Chip finally washed and "lixed" the plate, set it aside to dry and posed Miss Trait once more. The lady wished to develop it herself, of which Chip was very glad, for he wanted to print that picture of Frank, and find out what was the matter with it. He soon found out, for a print, taken quickly in the sunlight, .showed that the matter with | Frank's vast was that it was entirely j -."-ovared by a faco "as pretty as a pic- | tnre" of Miss Trait! lie hod acciden­ tally taken her picture on a plate which j had already been used once, although not developed, and the offset was a print, which--well, it looked as if Miss Trait had given her confidence and her her heart to Frank Wilsey and was resting her head on his breast. Chip thought the picture very dread­ ful. that is. it might be, if his new pupil chanced to see it--so he made haste to hide the print, and also to put the print­ ing frame and plate out of sight. But isn't it astonishing how things will per­ sist in working just as they shouldn't, in spite of all you may do to prevent? Miss Trait developed and dried her plate, and looked at it sidewise, as Chip had taught her to do. and she greatly liked tlie expression, and was wild to take a print from the plate at once. Chip tried to empty the printing frame--his only one---without beipg seen, hut Miss Trait's eyes had not been trained in a big city for nothing. It was quite plain to her that her youthful teacher was trying to hide the plate which he took from the frame, so she said: "IvOt ine see that plate, please." "It's a spoiled one." said Chip, throw­ ing the plate upon the floor. Fp to that time he never hSul dropped a plate, no matter how lightly, without hearing the sound of breaking glass, but the dreadful plateof Frank Wilsey and Miss Trait fell as solidly at» if it had been a stove lid. Chip stooped to get it. but Miss Trait was too quick for him; she got the plate and took it to the light, saying: "What is it?" ."It's an awful blunder--that's what it is," replied Chip, in desperation. MI, stupidly used a plate on which another picture had been taken, hut not de­ veloped." "How funny!" .said. Miss Trait. Then the lady insisted upon making a print from it. and Chip thought seriously of running away acd never coming back to town again--not. at least, tintil the Traits had departed. He got ready to run. and then from -a corner of the house observed his pupil closely. Miss Trait exposed the Diet tire to the' light Two minutes later he-saw her shade it with her shoulders and look at it cu riously. Then he Ileard her laugh. Oh. that laugh! It seemed to Chip that her laugh gave him a new lease of life, for it was a merry laugh, and one of the long kind that seemed as if it didn't know how to stop. Chip thought it safe to go back to his room. Miss Trait joined him within a few minutes, and said, in a matter-of-fact-way: "Now I kniKv how spirit photographs may be taken/ I'll have a lot of fun with them when I go back home." Chip was so gratefuV that he felt like falling at Miss Trait's feet, but he didn't do it; neither did he ever see that plate again, and he could not say that he was sorry at the -loss. Still, being a boy. he could not help doing a lot of wondering. Miss- Trait really seemed to think the photographic.mistake a good joke. How would Frank Wilsey regard it? There was one way to find out. Chip toned and otherwise completed the single print he had taken from the offending pkite. lie bided his time, and one even­ ing lie showed it to Frank, at the store, telling him that it was one of, the ac­ cidents of photography. Frank looked at. the picture as if he doubted his own eyes, then he blushed and said;' "I'd give air my hopes of life for such an accident in earnest." Stranger,still, just such ah accident finally came of it. The picture.set the young people to thinking about each other a great deal, and made tliem .rather awkward when they met. and each knew wliaLthe other was think­ ing about, so in the course of time-Miss Trait became -Mrs. Wilsey, and Chip, in 'store clothes," suclf as had never'been seen in his native town, gave away the bride, for, as the bride herself, said: "If (it hadn't been for that dreadful photograph we mightn't have learned to tljink seriously of each other."-- Pittswurg Dispatch. UNCLE SAM'S LIGHTNING ROD. ANXIOUS TO LEARN, SPECULATORS INQUISITIVE IN REGARD TO FREE WOOL. STIie American Kcdiioraist Takes Pleas­ ure in Giving Some Information-- decrease in the Value of Horses- How Wte Capture the Cotton Markets Wall Street Wants to Know. Can you give me the statistics tip to tlate of the importations of wool and woolen goods into this country for the past year and fhree years? If you can give me the information or put me on the track to obtain it, I will be greatly obliged. WM.jk LOUNSBERY. 5 Wall street. * We Can furnish the information, and dp so witii pleasure, for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1895. and live preced­ ing years: ' * , Imports of wool and woolen goods: Year ending Wool. Woolen goods. •Tune 30. . Pounds. Value. 1890 i.... ... . .105,431,285 $50.5S2,432 1891 . .. : 120.303:1348 41 ,@00,080 1802 148.070.052 35,505,879 1893 172.433,83S : 3S.04N.5ir, 1804 .'. v. ;. . . . .. 55,152,558 ' 19,391.850 1895 .-.. / . . .206.133,900 30.542.390 The McKiuley tariff .went into effect 'n October. 1890, hence the figures in the first.line represent our imports of wool 'and wotoleas under the law of 1883. While Wo imported more wool under The Great Wughinuton Monument and Its Alumiimm Tip. The Washington monument has once again demonstrated its apparent invul­ nerability to ordinary attacks of light­ ning. It has been Struck several times by discharges of a tmospheric electricity without, sustaining any damage, due, probably, to the fine system of light­ ning arresters with which the shaft is provided. As is well known, the apex of Hie shaft is capped with a small pyramidal block of aluminum, and up to the last storm that cloud-piercing point had escaped the heavenly bolts of electricity that have almost constant­ ly played around and about the tall, white column of marble, (in a recent morning^pe city was visited with a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by many strokes of lightning, and one of the most vivid of these struck the alum­ inum point. The impact was followed by the appearance of a ball of tire shoot­ ing down tile lightning rods and disap­ pearing in the earth. The visitation caused considerable excitement--at--the time, which was not allayed until it was ascertained that no casualties or serious results of any kind had occur­ red. The matter was reported to Col. Wilson, the engineer officer in charge of the monument, and the aluminum point was inspected, as well as could be done, with the aid of powerful field glasses and found to be wholly intact and unharmed. I lie onlj way in which this belief can be thoroughly established, however, is by a personal inspection of the metal, and this can be done by sending a rig­ ger up the outside of the shaft to its extreme tip, .>,>() feet from the ground. hot her this will be done will not. be determined until later. Col. Wilson was compelled to leave the city on of­ ficial business in New England and will not return for several days. The cap of the monument has not. been exam­ ined since it was first put in place sev­ eral jears ago, and there is consider­ able curiosity t<iso how it has stood its long exposure to the elements in its lofty perch in tile clouds. Its latest, ex­ perience with the usually disastrous electric fluid wiJl probably cause an examination to be made in the manner Indicated, by sending a rigger up to the top of the monument just as was done when the aluminum point was put in position.--Architecture and Building. Her independence Threatened. A republic that,was fourteen cen­ turies old when General Washington and his army were fighting the forces of King George III., including the hired Hessian contingent, is in danger of los­ ing independence--the blessing which nur colonial ancestors achiwr<*d in that .memorable struggle. The wee common­ wealth of San Marino, on the east side of the Apenuine mountains, in Italy, by long odds the oldest of all existing republics, is threatened with this ir- remedial disaster. One of the pro­ visions of the treaty under which jtaly guaranteed the liberty of- San Marino is to the effect that the re­ public shall coin no money, but adopt the coinage of Italy. But Italian money got to be very scarce in Snn Marino, and the little commonwealth, on the plea „of absolute necessity, minted . a limited number of gold and' silver pieces for the use of the people. This 'did not disturb the parity, but it fractured the treaty, and Signor Crispi. the Italian prime minister, pro­ ceeded to annul tho gauranty of inde­ pendence. This means tin; merging of Sail Marino into the kingdom of Italy. As the republic is too weak for success­ ful resistance, she will probably yield to this harsh decree of cruel fate.-- Washington Posr. Two Big Land Owners. Henry Miller and Charles Lux. cattle­ men. of San Francisco, confess to own­ ing more than 14.000,000 acr.\s of l,.vul in three States. This estate is as large as Greece with the Ionian Isles. It is four times the area of Alsace-Lorraine, over which France and Germany fought. It is, but little smaller than Ireland, and half again as large as Switzerland. It is twice as large as Belgium and one-third the sixe of Eng­ land and Wales together. --Westminster (iazette. They Build Great Structures. The, largest structure on the earth, when compared with the size of the builders, is.the ant hill of Africa. Some of these mounds have been observed fifteen feet high and nine feet in diam­ eter. If a human habitation were con­ structed on the same scale it would bf more than seven miles high. A "low descending sun"--one that treats hi# fa thee disrespectfully. hanges that would afford pro< fit to American industries. Decrease in Value of Horses# ^ v 1892. 1895. Number.. . 15.498.140 15.893,318 Total value.$1,007,593,030 $570,730,.r»80 Value per -> liead0. . . . $05.01 $36.29 Department" of Agriculture reports give the foregoing farm figures. Since MeKinley protection in 1892 the num­ ber of horses increased by 400,WO; their total value decreased in three years by $43'0,8<)3,050; the loss per animal was $28.72. This is the way the free traders kept their promises to improve the con­ dition of our farmers; ------~ The Pearl Button Industry/ In 1893 we imported' 13,057,042 lines of pearl buttons. In 1895 we imported 18,537,049 lines. Americans., under the Gorman tariff, were deprived of the work that could have been utilized in making 5,500,000 lines of pearl buttons. The amount of duty collected on for­ eign pearl buttons in 1893 was $395,- 245. In 1895 it was $241,193. By the Gorman law, the American Govern­ ment lost $150,000 of revenue- while American labor lost'the work-of mak­ ing o, 500.000 lines of button^. Who de­ rived any benefit from this speenjs of "tariff reformV" Not our government, not. our workers; but foreign' manufac­ turers, and foreign labor. Rapturing Cotton'Markets, The new crop, year for cotton i's. be­ ginning badly in opening up the mar- (Scple) buttons and Button Forms ? TtlajkHci »yi tW United Stales ? duYimj ilie (wojiscal^eara Cndmg June 30 189 Vy 1895 I Million 750,000 •7SO,000 Dollars Dollars' 1 250,000 2 SO, 000 Dollars lie McKinley law.nip to 1893, our iu>. ports of woolen goods decreased by f21.000.000 in value between 1890 and 1892. As the last line represents the workings of the Gorman law for only •six months, the woolen schedule not going into effect until last January, we s 'ive the imports of wool and woolens lown to SepteiulH'r 30 last, thus show­ ing how the free wool schedule has worked during nine months: Nine months Wool. • Woolen goods, to Sept. 30. Pounds. Value. 1895 193,559,281 $45,882,305 1894 58,404,500 12,950,970 In nine months of this year we have Imported over three times as much wool as in the corresponding period of 1894, and 21,000,000 pounds more than in the full year of 1893. If this were an indication of additional activ­ ity in our woolen mills it would be n good sign. But it is not, because we find that our imports of woolen goods in nine months of this year exceeded by $7,800,000 the total imports for the whole 1893 fiscal year. We have bought, in the nine months. 21,000,000 pounds more wool than in all of 189.'! and the home market has been contracted to the extent of $7,800,000 for that period, or at the rate of $10,000,900 a year. 10von this does uot represent the full amount of the American market for our ! woolens that has boon taken from us this year, because of the extraordinary quantity of cheap, shoddy goods that are being imported,.hence the full ex- ent of the injury to American labor and manufacturers is not represented even by the sum of $10,000,000. Moreover, there must be an unusual accumula­ tion either of wool or of woolen goods in this country.--American Economist. A Great Load Lifted. Imports of foreign goods: November 30, 1894 1895. Free of dut v . $352,020,215 $355,301,803 Dutiable . . . 201,551,295 384,114,414 Totals . . . .$014,177,510 $739,410,217 This is the latest statement issued from the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department. It will be noted that we imported foreign goods, in eleven months of this year, to the value of $125,238,707 more than in 1894. It will also be noted that the increase in our imports of "free" goods was but $2,075,588 under the law that was to lift the great load of McKinley "tariff tax" from our backs. It will also be noted that the increase in our imports of dutiable goods, upon which the "tar­ iff tax" has to be paid, was $122,503.- 11!J. "The great bulk of these dutiable goods could, and would, have been made in the United States under Mc­ Kinley protection. But, under "tariff reform," they were made abroad and a groat load of labor was lifted from American wage earners, who have b„een enabled to take a long rest while labor abroad was busy. Whether American labor appreciated this enforced vaca­ tion is dpubtful. It can hardly have paid the butcher's bill. But then a great load of work was lifted from the shoulders of American labor. £- -- , \ „ - kefs of the world. During the first three months, Aug. 1 to Nov. 30. our exports of cotton were 1.220.028.722 pounds last year and only 755,990,132 pounds this year, a loss of 404.y32.5<.KI pounds in three months of 1895. In money the lost trade was represented by almost $8,000.<hmi. This is a costly way to capture foreign markets. The Good Old Times. I'veil the general unanimity of opin­ ion among Congressmen that a bill must be passed, to provide aditioual revenue for the .government, is encouraging. It begins to look like the good old days of protection when a tariff for deficiency only was an unknown quantity. Then there was revenue enough, and some to spare for paving off/he national debt. A Pointer for Farmers. English farmers once tried an export bounty. Next they tried free trade, and, finally, they have to come to tlie policy of protection to save themselves from utter ruin and annihilation: This is a lesson to American farmers. Needs Nui-aing. Secretary Carlisle's financial fore­ casts have been so utterly unreliable in the past that he will find few to be­ lieve him at this late stage in the Demo­ cratic game, ne ts one of "the babes and sucklings" of free-trade finance. Clieer L'p, Senators. Faint heart never won fair lady, and a faint heart yill never provide more revenue for the treasury, check the issue of more bonds or afford proper protection to American labor and in­ dustries. Caution to Cattle Growers. The loss experienced in eleven months of last year, to Nov. 30, in cap­ turing the cattle markets of the world, was $11,900,000 as compared with the corresponding months of 1894,,. A Reminder. The Congressman, forgetful of the mandates of the people who elected him, will be sorry when he consults with his constituents. v.Mcitio for Grovel". Dead ducks have nt> use for "ener­ vating paternalism." |880 r~\ Want Wages, Not Interest to Pay. More than one possible candidate for ic uohiination of President in 1890 has ieeu mentioned as favoring another is­ sue of bonds, or giving authority to the Secretary of the Treasury" to issue bonds at his pleasure. This is idle talk. No sane maiv would ever allow <> liis name to be submitted to the St. Louis Republican convention who had voted to increase the national debt, for the purpose of paying current expenses, before he had used every honest en­ deavor to provide sufficient revenue by New York's Best Interests, -1600 million OoHars" --I WO million uimars AR0UNJD A BIG STATE BRI^F COMPILATION OF NOIS NEWS. ILL1- Railroad S^ileage, Capital, Receipts and Operating Expenses in Illinois-- Wisconsin Central Snes the Balti­ more and Ohio for Rent. . Illinois Leads All th^-Rest. The annual report, of the Illinois Rail­ road and Warehouse Commission shows that Illinois still leads all the States in -the Umon in the totnirailways construct­ ed and in operation. It has 10,471.93" miles, being .18.29 miles of road per 100 square miles of territory and 301 miles of road for every 10,000 inhabitants. There were 137.02 .miles of road built during t&> last year. The railway capital stock of these roads (177 in number) Shows: Capital -.stock,. $978,503,848; funded debt. $1.189.4l8.r»lf>; cUrrenf~lia- bilities. $97.720.S(Mi; total. $2.2tir»,703,109, being per mile capital stock of $20,005. or a total per mile of $dO,39."». The propor­ tion of capital stock to the total railway capital is 45.19 per cent. The increase in total railway over 1894 is $153,120,454. The incomes, of these "road's" were' as fob •lows:. Gro'ss earnings .from operation, $208,009,980: operating expenses.' $lXfv- ;8<9,077:. income from operation; $89.i8!>. - 903; income front other sources. $13..'W0, :~ 408; total income. '$102.517.311 r expense's assignable to-filed charges, $80,3(Mt.942;' net income of thirty-tune road's. $23.<>30.- 4(9; net .deficit; .forty-five roads, .$7,803.- 544. Sixteen operating and nine leased roads paid dividends, during the. ; year- amounting-' to $22,402,170. Dividends during 1895'show decrease"<?f $2,839,570; bcing 11.29 per cent. The earnings .and income hi this State were: Passenger department revenues. $10,5(iS.153: mails. $2.000.SI2: express ami baggage, $1,500.- 474: total. $20,095,823. Freight revenue.' $44,971,391. Grand total earnings and ini-ftine. $70,203,579. This shows revenue from passengers per" train mile to have been 21,:, cents. Per ton of freight per mile. 1 'i cents. The passenger depart­ ment shows a decrease from last year of $5,423,958, or 24.(50 per cent, in the re­ ceipts from passengers; an increase in receipts from mails of $131.(507: increase in receipts from express and baggage of $120,003. being a total decrease from pas­ senger department of $5,218,255. or 20 per cent. The freight depart­ ment shows an increase in receipts of $2,(571.541. The total earnings from operation show a decrease of $1,347,851. The total earnings and income show de­ crease of $1i244,958. The total expendi­ tures in Illinois for the year were $72.- 171,953. of which $48,191,558 was for operating expenses and $23,980395 for fixed charges. The number of passen­ gers carried, earning revenue", in Illi­ nois. was 03.485.413. Toils of freight carried. earning revenue. 03.4N5,- 413. The number of employes in Illinois is given at (52.755. an in­ crease of 1.555. The amount paid in taxes in Illinois during the year was $!.- 145.202. Of 1 he amount of taxes reported 11.\ t Lie illiuoi.-s Central Railroad Company, $573,452 thereof is 7 per cent, of the gross receipts paid to the State, and is included in the total amount of taxes re- porteil paid hy this company. I?. i!v <). Kngines Tied Up. For three hours Saturday evening the Chicago passenger end of the Raltimore and. Ohio Railroad was doing business with the Sheriff of Cook County rather than with the public at large. Four of the company's big passenger engines, the only machines available in Chicago to haul the trunk line's patrons to the Fast, were guarded by^wo custodians from the Sher­ iff's office/the company's bank account of $47.(MM)/with the .National Hank of America had been attached and garnish­ ment proceedings had been tiled against all Western roads against whom the Ral­ timore and Ohio -holds outstanding ac­ counts. The court proceedings which made such an unexpected coup possible were inaugurated by the Wisconsin Cen­ tral Kailroad. which occupies conjointly with the Raltimore and Ohio the big Cen­ tral station at Harrison street and 5th avenue. It is claimed by the former road that its Eastern •companion is in arrears for rent and terminal improvements to the extent: of $ 14,5011 and it was for the pur­ pose of recovering this amount that writs of attachment were issued. Biirnliaiii's I'lans Set Aside. Plans made by I>. 11. Rurnham, of Chi­ cago, for the new library hall at Cham­ paign, to cost $150,000, were adopted. Gov. Altgeld asked for an opportunity to be heard before the board, and that body has reconsidered the action by which the plans were adopted. The design ac­ cepted by the board is of the Grecian style and did not catch the eye of Gov. Altgeld. He is a warm friend of the got hie. and will probably insist on fhis stylo being used. Made Ha>ppy by a Clvkragoan. Whan St. .lames' Roman Catholic Church, of Rockford. w«is burned three years ago, among other things destroyed was a large painting. "The Descent from the Cross," a copy from Rubens. The congregation was made happy Sunday by the presentation by Miss Agnes Doyle, a young Chicago artist, daughter of Austin J. Doyle, of a magnificent altar piece to replace the one destroyed. The painting is after Hoffman's "Gethseinane." ami was very handsomely done by .Miss Doyle, who was there to present it to the church in person. '1-, •: - Total ForeignTrade • :: (Imports a-nA Exports') ^79,994,507 . : • . .3890,009,WW1 . - 'BooTniffiotv-Ooiiafs .1 • ' ' Udo -lOOlTiJllionQollars- _ 400 lUhich Interest is Better 1M Coring for? State News in Brief. The new flouring mill erected at Mills- tndt a few weeks ago was partly destroy­ ed by fire. The loss is $30,000. The mill was insured. George Butcher, aged 80. and Mrs. Sa­ line Stevens, aged 77, were miirried at Winnebago. Both are active, the groom being an itinerant preacher.! Mrs. J. T. Payne, wife of a prominent Baptist minister, living west of Mount Vernon, gave birth to a baby girl weigh­ ing fourteen and three-quarter pounds. Fir.' completely destroyed the valuable saw-mill plant of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company in Cairo, together with a large quantity of finished lumber and three cars of veneering loaded for ship­ ment on Illinois Central cars. Three hundred men are thrown out of employ­ ment. and the loss on the mill property alone is estimated at $100,000. It was in­ sured for $79,000. T,his property was owned by the Paepcke-Leicht' Lumber Company, of Chicago, which is also the proprietor of the Chicago Packing Box Company.-""The mill was "burned down a few months ago. and had just been rebuilt. Representative farmers from various portions of Montgomery County met in Hillsboro and organized a county farm­ ers' institute for the discussion-and pro­ motion of the agricultural interests of Montgomery County. Charles W. Thompson, principal of the colored schools of East St. Louis, after an attempt 'to kill his wife, Laura M„ from whom he had been separated, com­ mitted suicide by shooting himself in the head. Thompson and his wife have been separated six weeks. She had entered suit for a divorce, Charging cruelty, but those who know the facts say she was jealous of the attentions paid by her hus­ band to one of his assistants. At Lincoln th»-3-year-n 1 d syu of Mrs. M, Cleveland .accidentally killed himself with a"revolver. „ „ - ' The JBrnl of Brojnrn Bros., jewelprs,, rif Gentralia, lias assigned to Henry R. Brown, of Bellaire, Ohio. Liabilities, $1:017; assets,not given. The 3-year-ijld daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Booker, of Decatur, while playing hi the kitchen, tipped over a vessel of hot water and was fatally scalded."' The man who was run over ajid killed Tuesday near Marion by a Cairo Short Line traiii, has been identified as W. L. rhreldkell, a farmer who resided near Providence, Webster •County, Ky. Several days ago E. W. Swan, a rapm- ber of Nevius Post. Grand Army of rtir> Republic, Rockford, returned from Louis­ ville, where he went hist September to attend the encampment, and reported that Sept. 7. at Jeffersonville, fnd.. he was married .by Justice Hancc to Miss Fan­ nie CurtjiiSrij The young lady, who is now in Cleveland, writes strongly denying the marriage* . Miss Curtiss is a young girl and'a nieoc of Swan's. A dispatch from the justice confirms the story of the mar­ riage. Swan was frightened on learning of the severe penalty for marrying a nieces It is believed he must have hypnotized tha girl into the alliance. ; The receipts of the Secretary "of State's office for the last six months were the largest in the history of the office for a like period. The increase is due to the new law increasing the fee.s tor the- In­ corporation of companies for profit. For the last six months of 1894 the. receipts were * J ul'y, $3,085: A ugust, $4,273; Sept tember, $3,480; October^ $9,117; Novem­ ber. $5,187; -and for. December. $4.899r--a total of $30,042. For. fhe last six months of 1895 the receipts were:' July, $7,005';- August. $7,844;' September. $8,121; Octo­ ber, $ib,591: November, $10,488:-and for December, $13,440: The total amount re­ ceived was $58,819. As the Alton limited was approaching Bloomington-Tuesday a passenger who had boarded the train at Chicago with a ticket to St. Louis wn.s seen to enter the closet. A sound as of a heavy blow was heard soon after, but nothing was thought of it until blood was seen flowing from iindtty the door. The door was broken open when near McLean and it'was found that the man had shot himself through the forehead. ^Papers on his person show- boarding at the Barnes Hotel, Chicago, 204 North Desplaines street. The man was a roughly clad Gerinau. about 40 years old and had a satchel with him and $190 in money. Detective Michael Heidelmart. of the' Harrison street police station, at Chicago, was the victim of a practical'joke. Ho had long boasted that.nobody could pick his pockets. In the morning when he left Justice Richardson's court, which was crowded, he discovered that his solid gold watch was missing. Nearly all the police officers in the station learned of this, and for two hom*s lie was made the object of their jests. Finally several detectives offered to assist him in finding his watch, and after a short hunt it was found on the Sergeant's desk, wrapped in an enve­ lope. on which was written: "Left by -4fvrd' Adams for Heidelnian, whose pock­ ets could not be picked." , ' Justice Jarvis Bluine, of the West Chi­ cago avenue poli e station, was passing underneath the Alley "L" structure at 13th street at 1:30 o'clock Thursday-morn­ ing, in company with his daughter May. Two masked men sprung from the shadow of the structure and attacked the magis­ trate. One of them threw his arms about Mr. Blume's neck and tried to strangle him. The other made an attempt to find his povket book. Justice Bltirae has"had experiences with robbers before and he knew what to do. Making a feint to assist the robber he ,dr»w his revolver and fired without an instant's warning. The man uttered a cry of pain and tried to run. lie went a Jew steps and fell, with bleed streaming fiom wound in his abdomen. Befor# the pelev arrived the man v.-f s dead. v A suit has been filed at Carlvle against the estate of Rufus N. Ramsay, late State Treasurer of Illinois, by William H. Nichols and his*daughter. Mrs. Louella Irwin. They had $1,121 deposited in the defunct Ramsay bank. Treasurer Ram­ say carried insurance on his life as fol­ lows: Equitable of New York, $10,000: Covenant Mutual of Galesburg, $7,500; Knights of Honor, $2,000; A. O. LT. W., $2,000; Bankers' Life of Iowa, ^7j50C'. The policies have all been paid in full. This suit is instituted to recover the pre­ miums paid by Ramsay from 1889 to, .1894. The complainants allege that the- Ramsay bank was insolvent between the above dates, and that the funds used to pay policy premiums legally belonged to the bank's creditors. A demand is made that the amounts thus paid for insurance be inventoried, as assets of the estate. Four thousand workmen of the Illinois Steel Company's works have had their New Year vacation indefinitely extended. The steel-working plants at Joliet, South Chicago and Chicago shut down Tuesday night, and when fhey will resume opera­ tions is not announced. It is said tiiat for some tiirte the workmen have been dissat­ isfied with the scale of wages. This dis­ satisfaction is said to have been gaining strength until the men decided to strike. Every month, acording to an agreement with the company, a committee of the workmen has called at the offices of the works to inspect the contracts to see if the scales were being rightly drawn. Lately, during these visits, the committee has complained. The men say that the company promised to have the matter adjusted, but kept delaying. To forestall a strike'the company is accused of shut­ ting down its works. On the other hand, the company disclaims all knowledge of. dissatisfaction existing among the work­ men; Officers say that the reasons for closing are a necessity for extensive re- ' pairs and dullness in the steel market. The blast furnaces and the works at Mil­ waukee and Hammond will be kept run- ning. It is said that the company is1 only following a custom usual arnohg iron­ workers. It is said the company has in­ vited the men to a conference during the idle time to talk over matters of co&pnon interest, and to arrange an amicable scale of w ages to pievail when rolling is resumed. Gov. Altgeld declines to talk about the resignation of Adjutant General Oren- dorff. but there are some indications that lie may reconsider his determination on the subject and' request its withdrawal. This is believed to be the reason of his re­ fusal to discuss the matter. Brewer A. Hendricks, a saloon-keeper and Democratic politician of Hillsboro. committed suicide. He was County Clerk of Montgomery County for eight years, lie had been drinking heavily and brood­ ing over financial troubles for several days. He leaves a widow and two chil­ dren. Gov. Altgeld has appointed Dr. A. Lee Hatch, of Jacksonville, a member of tht» State Board of Pharmacy to succeed Dr. Homer H. Green, of Bloomington. whose term has expired. The appointment will take effect Jan. 1. A young man giving the name of W. K. Smith forged a number of checks on II. P. Bremerkamp, a grain merchant of l>e- catur, On Saturday the ebedks were pre­ sented to business men after banks had closed, and Smith claimed they were m payment for, wheat. Cashier Khinger^ tected the forgery Monday mcrning when the merchants presented tha cheeks at the bank. It is thought the amount will reach several hundred dollars.