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AROUND A BIG STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. Jardon of Four Men Said , to Have Been Unjustly Convicted--What Mr. Gehr Says -- Organization and Co- Operation Urged by Gov. Altgeld. MineJRioters Pardoned. .ticiv. Altgeld pardoned John L. Gehr, D;iirif! Caddell, John Heathcot and Charles Jones, who were sentenced to the iienilentiary at Joliet for the murder •of t\vo miners named Blower and Dixon, who were killed during'"the riot at Little -& Co.'s mine in Tazewell ^-ouiit y. J tine 6, 18!M. The Governor say.4: "It is .evident that, if the defendants were guilty, as •charged, then these sentences were en­ tirely inadequate, and, considering t-he fact that there was great excitement and strong pressure for conviction, the short­ ness of the sentence fixed would suggest -.that jurors inrtst have had some doubt about tin* guilt of the defendants. Since the conviction there have been some re-" inarkable developments which show com clu'sively t hat the men convicted had noth- , ihg to do vyith the-killing of either of the. - two t.tien at the niihe nor wit h the destruo- 'tioiidf any-property.-.but that I'eter Lit­ tle, ojie of fire owners of the njine, was £e- sponsible,for' all that occurred there that day.; This appears from the statement 'of-..his. brother; .Edward Little, who was IjWiSMit. at the 'rime, aiid-fram a- number. ofSotber witnessesi" About-1,000 people; inoVt of them, coal miners and labor lead­ ers. assembled at Bartoiiville to .welcohu5 home the pardoned miners. Mr. Gehr saiil: "There was no reason for sending us to the penitentiary. We were standing " still when we Were tired 011. There is no excuse for a violation of law. but some­ times the provocation is too great to with­ stand. We were fighting against a slav­ ery worse than the chattel slavery of 18(51!. The miners of to-day do not receive the treatment the slaves did then. They are considered worth 110 more than the mule that draws the car." Altnreld to the Farmers. At the Farmers' Institute at Springfield. Gov. Altgeld spoke as follows: "The farm­ er should be powerful in directing legis­ lation-and in all other matters, and he should lie powerful in advancing his own interests, but he is not. Every time a constrftdniion takes place there, is an evi­ dence of greater power and the individual is placed in the background. This con­ solidation has so taken ill ace - that the little factories and railroads are practi­ cally wiped out of existence. Cue thing is noticeable in all this consolidation, and that is. the larger concerns are able to take care of themselves and survive and tiic minor organizations perish. No pow­ er has been found in this country to stop ' it. There was a time in the history of the world when the owners of land were the princes of this country. It is not so to­ day. 4n all times, and in our times, the people who work the land are the only one* the government can safely rely upon, (ha­ state should have a more just system of taxation. Honest efforts have been made --bv some to revise the svsU'ni-of taxation-. but to no avail. It was tried by my pred­ ecessor. Gov. Oglesby. but he met with 110 success. Men representing, the great colorations came down from Chicago in order, so they said, to revise this law. But the truth of the matter was they came to see that the law was nor disturb­ ed. Those men represented the great con­ solidations, ami they did not want a re­ vision of the tax law. The only way to meet concentration is by concentration. The farmers must organize. You will find the same influence at work in the national government. The interstate commerce law was enacted for the purpose of protecting individual shippers from ex­ orbitant rates. This law is not being enforced. Why? Because it did not suit the corporations. Their representa­ tives carried it into the Federal Court. One Federal judge pulled a tooth out of it. and another did the same, and the re­ sult was that the law became a dead let­ ter. Having killed that law. the same judges' found in it defective points, and they made a cudgel to pound the bacV.s of the dinner pail men. I do not say the jndtres were corrupt, but they were ap­ pointed to suit the corporations. You never heard of a delegation of farmers going to the White House and getting the President to appoint a Federal judge who would work for their interests. The safe­ ty of our institutions depends on the toil­ ing classes. We could not get along with­ out corporations, and do not want to do without them, but the tiling for you farm­ ers to do is to put yourselves iii their places, where you can cope with them. This will depend upon yourselves alone. The farmers.are way behind in this mat­ ter. You must look out for yourselves first, by organization, and then you will be able to meet these great questions." State News in Brief. G1 >v. Altgeld has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of Charles II. Smith and an unknown man called "Al," who are wanted at Milton. Dupage County, for the murder of Edward Ott. At Pawnee, burglars entered the bank of IxK-kridge Brothers, prepared to blow open the bank vault. In moving about the place they touched a wire of an elcc- tric alarm, which was being put in the bank and started a great gong, which aroused the .village. The burglars tied, leaving their tools behind. Tommy Dusenberry. a child residing at Freeburg, has a wonderful amount of grit for one of his years. A week ago the lit­ tle fellow fell and broke his a rim but said nothing to his parents about tin-.accident. The next day while playing with powder his eye was injured by an explosion. De­ spite the injuries he remained quiet for three days, when the intense pain drove him to a confession. Medical assistance was summoned and it was found that the boy's eye was hopelessly injured and it was necessary to rebreak his arm in or­ der to set the bones properly. Harry AL Pindell. proprietor of the i 'eoria Daily Herald, has been advised that he is one of the heirs to the estate of $."00,000 left recently by Mrs. Henry C. Noble, wife of an attorney of Columbus. Ohio. Some of the fair s'ex^of Marion are •claiming other privileges this year than those of love making. Two prominent married'women, Mrs. James Jordan and Mrs. Charles Roberts, met in |>enison's dry goods store and amused the large crowd of customers and clerks for a short rime with a genuine rough-and-tumble knockdown and drag out scrapping match. In the United States Court at Spring­ field, William O'Connor pleaded guilty to a charge of passing counterfeit coin, and was sentenced to two years in the peni­ tentiary. ' Town's block, one of the principal buildings in Elgin, was considerably dam­ aged by fire Sunday morning; Tlie build­ ing waS damaged to the extent of- $5,000. Wolaver & Winne, shoe dealers, suffered the heaviest of any of the occupants, their entire stock being ruined. The Grand Union Tea Company, in the adjoining store, sustained a heavy loss, A. M. C- Tod son, dealer in butter, and -other ten­ ants had ipinor losses. The origin of the fire is unknown. Three hrothers named Lettner, n-hile skating Sunday night-011 the Illinois river at La con, broke through the ice and were drowned. ; O .. William Orrman and his divorced wife, Elizabeth Orrnian. were remarried at Da» catur. They had been divorced nine years and both are now. 47 years old. Burglars robbed the store of llammer- ton, Dunseth it Co., at Reason, for the second time in eighteen mouths, • The postoffiee was in the same room, but' was not molested. - . At Canton, two damage suits for $10,- 000 each have been commenced against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-, road Company by Mrs. C. A. Barnes. One is for the death of her child in an acci­ dent: on the railroad last October and the othe r is for injuries-sustained by herself in the same accident. •' . George Paulius, a convict at'the Joliet penitentiary, who made a confession that; he accidentally shot Joseph G. Mcintosh in Chicago in August, 18D3, now denies the story. He has been placed in the hos­ pital and the penitentiary officials say he is suffering with temporary insanity and that they have -no faith in his con­ fession. The Chicago City Council passed over- Mayor Swift's veto a measure known as the General Electric ordinance, by a Vote of 50 to IS. It is charged that the ordi­ nance sw as passed by the. most "corrupt methods'.- It gives unprecedented liberties to the promoters, and- permits 'fheni io run street railway cars for twenty year* Wijliout paying license to the city. The . ir.it.v attorney says it is illegal, and that any^rt'emptetf operations under it\;,anxbe easily stopped. . The fanious M<?Bride will case was'end- .ed at Peoria, the jury decided iu. favor, of Charles II. Bunn. Two years ago Michael McBride, a prominent Mason, died, leaving all of his estate, about $U0.- OOO. to Bunn. his clerk. A brother from Iowa contested the will 011 tlie ground that undue influence'had been brought to bear upon his brother in making his will. Tne case was tried recently and the jury disagreed. On the second trial the w ill., was allowed to stand. Bunn has con­ tinued Mcflride's tailor business sin^e his death. Of all the prisoners doing sentence at the Joliet penitentiary none was better known than George Stahl. He was leader of the prison orchestra, and his musical compositions are known everywhere. At the prison lie was a familiar face at the chapel, where he sold music 011 bis own account. He had many friends outside, also, and strong efforts made to secure a commutation of his sentence have finally been successful, and he has been released, having served since Aug. 17, 1891. Stahl was sent to the prison from Chicago for burglary. lie was a good prisoner during his confinement. Marshal A. A. Teel, of Ashley, whose throat was cut by Albert Cameron Sun­ day night, is now in a fair way to recover. Teel is very fleshy and, although the wound is seven inches long and two inches deep. 110 arteries were severed. Cameron was arrested for disturbing the peace. He requested the officer to permit him to go home and promised he would appear in court next day. He was released and then stole up behind* and cut the officer's -throats--Great ind-tgntrtkm--was aroused among the people of that section and posses are still in pursuit of Cameron. The Illinois ('anal Commissioners made their annual report to Gov. Altgeld. The report shows last year to have been very prosperous, notwithstanding a decrease of nearly $(5,(KM) in tolls and lockage as com­ pared with 1804. The total receipts, from all sources during the fiscal year'justClos­ ed were $80,008. and the disbursements $75,948, leaving a net gain of $10,120, swelling the balance 011 hand to $48.5M. In addition to this there is due the canal about $'2,500 upon water power and "ninety feet strip" lenses. One of the most important acts of the board for the last year was the disposal to Chicago parties of the old spoil bank on both sides of the canal at advantageous rates for the State. John Rogers, awaiting trial in the Fed­ eral Court at Springfield for. robbing the po.stoflk'o at Ilockport, Ind., was taken Wednesday morning to the office of ("nit- ed States District Attorney Shutt for a conference with that official. While the two were sitting alone in the private office-Rogers asked to see a copy of the indictment. Mr. Shutt stepped into the next room to get it and When he returned a few minutes later the prisoner had dis­ appeared. A door leading to the corridor of the building had been left with the key in the lock and Rogers, unlocking the door, $ had walked out. He has not yet been recaptured. He was implicated in a partially successful attempt to blow up the jail with dynamite a few weeks ago. The secret marriage of Roland Shunt- way. Jr., to Miss Mamie Baird at .Madi­ son. Wis., was more of a surprise to Miss Lulu 'Gallup, a society girl of Rockford. than anybody else, and she is prostrated over the announcement. She stated tie? other day that she had been cngageVl to Shumway for over a year. She ha.-* ft eon wearing a diamond ring which she hi gave her. While he was recently home from Ann Arbor law school for the holi­ day vacation, he was with her constantly and talked over future plans' for their wedding. They have made no secret of their engagement and he hits told friends of it. He attended church with Miss Gal­ lup Sunday evening and she accompanied him to the train, when hi1 said he was taking his departure to return to Ami Arbor. Instead it is understood he went to Madison and that his marriage took place Saturday, instead of iii September. The parents of Miss Gallup are very in­ dignant over the affair. The affair is the talk of the town. William Lally and .lames Holgsbu, of Eldena. were arrested for attempting to wreck an Illinois Central train at that place. They were held in $500 bonds. Joseph Petit expected to move to Nash­ ville. Tenn. He and Lally had a quarrel about a girl, and Lally. to get even, in­ tended to wreck the train Petit was on, and persuaded llolgson to help him. Deputy United States Marshal Cham­ berlain and Detective Porter.of Spring­ field, arrested Jacob Johnson at Mulberry Grove on the charge of issuing counter­ feit $5 gold pieces. Martha E. Holden, known to the world of newspaper readers as "Amber," died in St. Luke's hospital at Chicago. DeatV was immediately due to an operation ]»*. -formed in the vain hope that her lif„ might be saved from the ravages of an incurable disease. Th% surgeons and the attendants at her bedside knew the case was hopeless, for she did not rally from the shock consequent upon the operation. " Rev. J. D. Jordan, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, has received a -call from the Second Baptist Church at Little Rock. Ark. He will accept the call. Vandals have been looting vacant cot­ tages on the Lake Bluff camp grounds. The village board is trying to stop tho pilfering and has posted notices offering a reward of $100 for information that wi!» lead to the arrest of tilie culprits, . •T-hei'« are but few people at Lake in win­ ter and the s^vera'^ indred syminer cot­ tages, many of which, eon tain lioti sell o it- goods, have practically no protection night froni thieving tramps or other mis­ creants. CAPTURING 3IARKETS OF WORLD 8eeds raised iti tlis United States,and Dlorketed. in 8Mkm Foreign Countries duriruj the tu/o jiscalyears ndiiiq t)une3o 8THiHioVl £7,9^2,221 Cellars'. Dollars' 189 W1895 Clover Qr\d Uoi'.'flrs' Million Million :Doilars Seeds £xportei t 1895 ft orman ... Thrift \ THE SENATOR'S BLUNDER. WORSE, AND MORE OF IT. As we have the November statement .if our imports and exports, it is well to continue the comparison of our foreign trade between the first and second years of the 13orman tariff. Taking our im­ ports during the three months after it went into effect. September to Novem­ ber. 1804, also for the corresponding months a year later, and in 180." under the McKinUjy tariff we have the fol­ lowing: Imports of foreign goods-- McKlnley tiorman tariff.-*-- tariff "• First vear. Second year. Mouth. 1893. 18Q4. 1S!>5. Sept . $46,303,590 $50,047,(598 $05,2X4,089 Oct .. 51,769,234 60,019,986 75,056.312 Nov 49,263,363 50,567,482 63.343,759 Tt'l 147,336,187 $161,235,166 $203,636,069 During the first three months of the Gorman tariff we imported foreign goods worth $13,898,079 more than iu 1893 under protection. This year, the second one of the Gorman tariff, we bought .$412,400,000 more than in the three mouths of its first year and $.">•'>,- 300.0»k.i more foreign stuffs than under protection. Now for our exports': Exports of American goods -- " MeKiriley Gorman tariff.--- tariff First vear. Second year. Month. 1893. 1894. ' 1895. Sept . $70,014,413 $57,820,737 $57,062,482 Oct . . 85,915,677 82,482,422 85,092.383 N o v . . 9 0 , 1 4 5 , 7 9 1 7 9 , 9 5 4 , 0 0 5 8 5 , 1 5 1 . 2 6 7 Tt'l $246,075,884 $220,257,164 $227,306,132 In tlie first three months of the Gor­ man tariff our exports of American produce and manufactures were worth $'J.">,S10,000 less than in 1803. This year .there has been an improvement and these exports were worth $7,000,000 more than in 1804, but still $18,704),000 less than in 1803. Now we can get the balance of trade for each period: Excess of exports, Sept. 1 to Nov. 30-- 1S93 $98,739.6JM 1S'.I4 53,021,9»S 18<)5 23,671,072 Where the balance of trade was in our favor to the extent of nearly $100,000.- 000 during the three months of I8O0, under protection, it was less than $G0,- 000.000 iu our favor during the' first three months of the Gorman tariff and only $23,070,000 111 our favor in the first three months bf the second year of the new law. The loss in our favorable trade balance was $39,700,000 iu three months of the first Gorman year and over $75,000,000 in the second year period. The longer this bill is in force the worse it is for us. Its last state is worse than the first. Let Louisiana Celebrate. It has been suggested by the Cham­ ber of Commerce of New Orleans that the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Louisiana into the Union be celebrated, on Dec. 20, 19015, by a great international exposition of the products of the world 's progress. Such a celebration would practically include Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota. North and South Dakota, Kansas, Ne­ braska. Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Or­ egon. Washington and parts of Utah and Colorado, as these States were in­ cluded with the purchase of the Louis­ iana of to-day when the French flag was lowered in 180.'?. The idea is a good one. because it cannot fail to con­ vince our Southern friends of the great advance that the country has made, both in its. agricultural and industrial resources, during the undisturbed pe­ riod of protection that ended In ISO!'., a policy that, let us all hope, will again be i:: r.peration in 1903. Kxpcricnce Has proved It. I have no hesitation in declaring that a tariff for revenue only--that is, a tariff law under whose provisions the largest amount of revenue can be rais­ ed in the easiest manner lor the "Govern* ment--would be more disastrous to our people than free trade, for, while it would leave open and free competition to all countries in everything we raise or manufacture, it would increase the cost of those we cannot and yet must have, the factor of competition being left out.--W. F. Frye, United States Senator. \ Points to Ponder Over. Eleven Southern States mined 2S,.'i21,- G08 tons of coal in 1894. or more than twenty times the product of same States twenty years ago. Exports of manufactured goods nine months of 180."> were $145.703,r»8(i. against $133.- 378.009 a year ago. If is to be hoped Congress will arrange to meet the Gov­ ernment's ordinary expenses by protec- •ion to American industries rather than aid aliens to get our gold and displace our laborers by filling our markets with" foreign made goods.--Clapp's Circular. Want to Hear from Grovcr. We have been waiting for a ringing message from the .President on the sub­ ject of protection for the United States. If Mr. Cleveland is willing to fight John Bull OTi behalf of the Venezuelans, why not on our own account? If he objects to John B.ull'fci invasion there, why not object to his invasion here, at home, in our own markets? If there is to be a lockout of Mr. Bull from Venezuela, why not also from the United States'.' Wise Western Words. The safety of our American institu­ tions against foreign invasion lies not only in a patriotic citizenship which at a moment's notice would create a vol­ unteer army of defense, but it also con­ sists in the great natural resources we enjoy. Destroy the wool industry and what would be the result in case of a foreign war, with our ports blockaded and dependent upon foreign wool to clothe our army and our people? This is, in my opinion, one of the strongest reasons for protecting and fastering t«e productions of wool.--J. W. Babeot M. C. from Wisconsin. SHODDYMADE TROUSERS. Bradford's Clirtstnma Grcctiiren May your Christihas be unmeution- ably happy, and your New Year one of u n c h e eke red prosperity. No breeches of De- light ami Lo.ve, Thro' Life may you e'er see. But, where you go. in a y Fortune strow Unmentionable glee May Joy and Peace, „that never cease. On you be always "spoons," And ('are and Doubt be both Flayed Out, Like Cast Off Pant­ aloons. WELL SHRUNK What a ' shame PRICE $1.00 and insult to Amer­ ican labor, when the exports of shoddy made goods from England alone, dur­ ing the last eleven months of 1805, reached the following gigantic figures: t-Wool £140,552 £452,876 Woolen and worsted yarns 9,77S 142,787 Woolen tissues 267,179 1,386.607 Worsted tissues 1,031,481 4,333,055 £1,448,990 £6,415,325 Increase £4,966.335 YANKEE. Bradford, Eng., Dec. 21, 1805. John Hull's Motive. The reason why John Bull is so anx­ ious for us to have sound money is be­ cause, under tariff reform, he is selling us so much more of his goods that be is interested in the nature of the payment of our debts. The Tariff Reform Club works hard to carry out John Bull's ideas. Democratic Paper's Views. There are perhaps few men in the country who have clearer conceptions 011 theoretic finance than Mr. Carlisle; but in practical finance be must -be ranked among the babes and sucklings. --The Journal of Commerce and Com­ mercial Bulletin. V tow He "Unintentionally Secured a ' Clerkship for u Constituent. Back in the 'TO's. when Zach Chand­ ler was at the head of the.Interior De­ partment, a young man from one' of the Western States'came to Washington to try clerical life in one of the depart­ ments, says a writer in the Washington Star. He had been quite a ward poli­ tician in his Western home and imag­ ined both the Senators from his State would be glad to do him a favor. He spent, several days taking in the sights jit the capital, then went up to the Sen­ ate one afternoon and sent up his card to Senator Blank, The Senator re­ sponded promptly, had the visitor shown into the marble room, and for some time they "sat 011 the sofa to­ gether, talking of home news and home crops. Then the young man broke the ice by informing the Senator just what kind of a place he wanted--didn't care much what department it was in. "Well, I don't know," said the Sena­ tor. "Such places are not to be found every day, and there are hundreds here from about eVery' State, in the Union looking for almost anything in the shape of an appointment. "Conic up to my house about S o'clock to-night," said the Senator, "and we'll talk the matter over," " , Promptly at the appointed time he. pulled the. doorbell and was ushered in­ to the library, where lie found the Sen­ ator puffing a 'cigar and looking over the evening paper. .» ."Ah, good evening, 'Mr. ----I Was just thinking of you," said Senator Blank. "I have written a strong latter to Secretary Chandler requesting him to give you a position in the Interior Department"--picking up an unsealed letter from his desk and handing it to tlie young office seeker--"and I would suggest that you call at his office and present it about 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. I have also mailed the Secre­ tary a little personal note, letting him ktiow fliat when I want anything in his office I want it bad." The young Westerner was bowed out of the room with smiles and a hearty handshake. At his hotel he sat down to think over his .good luck; then he thought of the Senator's letter and pulled it out of his pocket and read: "Dear Chandler--Some time to-mor­ row morning a young citizen of my great and glorious State will call on you with a strong indorsement from me for a clerkship. I have no earthly interest in him, so I turn him over to your ten­ der mercy. Let him down easy. Yours, "BLANK." The young man "dropped tl^e letter, and a big sigh struggled up from un­ der his watch pocket. "I wonder what he saiil in the little note he mailed to the Secretary?" thought the young can­ didate^ Then lie realized that the Sen­ ator had given him the wrong letter, iind he at once determined to ca 11 at the Interior Department the next morn- ing and see what the next chapter would bring forth. About 10 o'clock the next forenoon the colored messenger showed the young iiian into Secretary Chandler's office. "Senator Blank told me last night he had written you and advised t$e to call on you this morning," said the young gentleman. "Ah. yes," smiled the Secretary, good- iMtturedly, picking up from his desk an open letter and glancing over it. "The Senator speaks of you in the highest terms, and is very urgent in his re­ quest for your appointment. Wait a moment*" and. touching a bell, he sent his messenger for the chief clerk. After a moment's conversation with the chief clerk the Secretary said: "You are fortunate. There is a $1,- 200 clerkship made vacant by resigna­ tion this morning, and 1 have ordered your appointment to the place." A month later Senator Blank was walking through the patent office, and in the corridor met the new clerk in his office coat. The Senator was surprised and a trifle disconcerted, but he shook hands with his young friend and said he was glad to see him there, "Well, I'm glad to be here," respond­ ed the clerk. "And, Senator," putting his hand inside his vest and looking squarely in the other's eye, "right in my inside pocket I keep that li*tie personal note you thought you ma ed to Secre­ tary Chandler, telling hi a when you wanted a thing you wanted it bad." Explanations were unnecessary. The Senator went out of public life and died long ago, but the clerk manages to squeeze along through the hard times on his $1,800 a year. advance of his time. Was it not better to'gq on with his painting of a partridge tliau| to take^i^arms when he heard tmf€' Louis IX., at the head of a great force, had come~to seize on Anjou? He knqw that resistance was useless, and was not going to fret over what he could not help. Some miniatures he painted are.now shown at the Niational Library, and are exquisite. His first wife, Isabelle, now lying in her tin coffin, used to weary him with her energy and heroics. She was always thrusting him and herself into tragic scrapes. His second wife, Jeanne do Laval, was a congenial spirit. They both used to wander over hill and dale in search of poetic inspiration. Rene's ballads were worthy of being illustrat­ ed by himself. "Regnant et Jeanneton; ou, Les Amours d'un Berger et d'une Bergereuse," are an eclogue with a key. Rene was the* shepherd, and his Jeanne the shepherdess;--Paris corre­ spondence London, Truth. FELT HONORED. SHE NEEDED A CHANGE. Why All That Fuss, Then ? Secretary Carlisle says that "no sur­ plus revenue, however large, could ex­ tricate us from our present difficulties, or give assurance of safety in the fu­ ture." Why on earth, then, was there so much fuss and bother about that "tariff for revenue only?" How They Hate Us. The tariff law was to be repealed, not because our country had not prospered and our industries had not increased and multiplied almost beyond the dreams of its framers, but because it was Republican.--Bellamy Storer, M. C Protection --Free Trade. The exports of 1805 in domestic mer­ chandise were $75,812,338 less than in. 1804: and the imports were $7G,975,34.'J greater in 1805 than in 1804.--Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treas­ ury, Dec. 16, 1805. Why Any Delay? Nearly every appropriation is in terms, or by necessary implication, a direction to the executive authorities to expend the money.--Secretary Car­ lisle's annual report. Pay the sugar bounty_then. A Higher Wall Wanted. To check the imports of Japanese manufactured goods, tariff rates of pro­ tection must be established very much higher than those under the McKinley law. Good Republican Policy. Raise revenue, not debt. Increase wage earnings, not interest payments. San Frauciscos fire department com­ mittee has declared against tall build­ ings and recommended the passage of a n ordinance prohibiting the erection c J fireproof buildings of a greater height than 100 feet, and providing that buildings that are not fire-proof shall uot exceed eighty fpet. in height The Mortgage. A mortgage makes a man rustle and it keeps him poor. It is a strong-Incen­ tive to action and a wholesale reminder of the fleeting months and years. It is fully as symbolical in its meaning as the hourglass and scythe that mean death. A mortgage represents indus­ try because it is never idle night or day. It is -like a bosom friend, because the greater the adversity the closer it sticks to a fellow. It is like a brave soldier,, for it never hesitates at charges nor fears to close in on the cnemj-. It is like the sandbag of the thug--silent in application, but deadly in effect. It is like the hand of Providence--it spreads over all creation and Its influence is everywhere visible. It is like the grasp of the devil-fish--the longer it holds the greater its strength. It will exer­ cise feeble energies and lend activity to a sluggish brain, but no matter how debtors work tlie mortgage works harder still. A mortgage is a good thing to have in a family--provided al­ ways it is in somebody else's family.-- Truth. Old King Rene's Tomb. Tlie "long-forgotten tomb j of good King Rene and Isabelle of Lorraine, his first wife, was accidentally brought to light the other day in tlie Cathedral of Angers. Isabelle's tin coffin was not opened, but Rene's was. A crown, a scepter, an orb--the insignia of his vain sovereignty over Naples--were were found in Rene's leaden coffin. As they were covered with green oxide, the gold used in making them must have been well alloyed' with copper. Scott is down 011 Rene in "Anne of Geierstein." l*ut he is not less mis­ taken in judging him than in "Peverll of the Peak" making out Charlotte de la Tremoille a Catholic of the deepest dye. Charlotte was, to the end of her days, a stanch Protestant, and was a "good creature." Rene was ail'exqui­ site artist and a philosopher. In re­ spect t*> philosophy, he was greatly in Got TirCd of a. Constant Salt Meat I>ict. When Miss,Young went to teach school .in district Number Seven, a small community .in Maine, she was told by many friends and relatives tliat it was too lonely a ,place for her to remain in contented; but she was of a cheerful" disposition, and undertook her new du­ ties with a hopeful spirit. So. Mys a Youth's Companion correspondent, who proceeds to tell how the experi­ ment resulted. " Ou Miss Young's first visit home It Avas"noticed that she look­ ed pale, but to all inquiries she re­ plied that she was as well as usual. "Now, 1 want to know, Fayette, wliati is the matter?" her aunt said one day, soon after her arrival. "Is your school too hard for you? Don't you like the people? Or what is the matter?" "Are you going to have beefsteak for lunch. Aunt Susan?" was the some-i what irrelevant response. "Yes, but that isn't answering my question. I want to know why you don't like your school." "I do like it. Why, the children aro the best-behaved little things you ever saw, and so quick to learn! Did I tell you about little Nathan Ash?" "No, you didn't. Well, then, don't the parents like you? Or is it the folks where you board? Don't they treat you well? If they don't I'd change. feecanse ^He Had Met a Bigger Manj than Uncle Sam. An hour a.fter midnight the other' night a patrolman found a man seatedl on the steps of the postoffiee with his elbows on his knees and.his head in his hands, says the Detroit Free Press, and giving him a shake the officer said: sNSiBome, old man7 - this is no lodging house!" ./NO, Sir," replied the man, as he roused up. "this is the postoffiee. I knew it when I sat down here. It is seldom I mistake a postoffiee for a lodg­ ing house.- Did you suppose I was la­ boring under the impression that I had turned into a cheap room on the fourth floor back and left orders to be called at 7 o'clock in the morning?" "You'll have to move on," replied the officer. , t "Isn't this a^ Government building?" . "Yes, sir." • • , > " • • • "Owned and run by the^Goverhaient of the United States?" , "Yes. sir." /„ " " ,:- ; "And has Uncle Sam ordered me to move on?" ;V; • ^ "No, sir, but I have, and you don't want to linger over an hour." "My dear sir," said the night, hawk, as he looked up, "are you a bigger man than Uncle Sam?" , r\. "I am; sir!" replied, the officer, as he dallied with is club.* - .. "Then I bow to oireumstajKes and will move "on. Could, you spate me.,-a photograph?" - . ' "No. sir."- v • • :& . ... ' "Will you give me your autograph?" "No, sir." "Then let me gaze at you fOr half a minute to indelibly impress your fea­ tures upon the tablets of my memory. That will do. and> I thank you. I have met a bigger man than Uncle Sam, and I shall be able to describe him to the children gathered at my knee. Officer,! tap. me over the head with your club." "There it is!" said the officer, as he fetched him one on his battered-old hat.. "'1 nanks--thanks awfully! I have not only seen a bigger man than Uncle Sam, but (?) ! ! zz boom! % %--@." Terror of Engagement Time. The daughter in a wealthy household in close neighborhood to Central Park is engaged to be married, and the news of the engagement has been published. "We all wish I hadn't," says paterfam­ ilias. "because since it got out it has Oh, yes, the Smiths aro the ki.v^&t -looked as though we would not be able people in the world. I don't suppose j to enjoy life or even to stay in town. I should have come home just now if j The mail we receive and the people the Smiths hadn't killed their calf," and Miss Young sighed. Her aunt looked at her in evident as­ tonishment. who try to get in to see my wife or myself arc such as to cause consterna­ tion Both the letters and the visitors come from tradesmen who would like "For the land sakes, Fayette! I do j to furnish flowers for the wedding or hope you ain't so poorly as to be upset j to cook the wedding supper (whether by a thing like that! I declare to it, we were to have one or no), or to supply you're worse off than 1 had any idea the chinaware or the cabs. They are of." from stationers who desire to print the "No, not exactly; but 1 haven't tasted ; cards, from engravers, from jewelers, meat, fresh nieat, tli;i-t-is, aiid I wateh(^I -fi'<>»i-4i'essuKikers and-tailors and-mil- tliat calf hopefully." ! liners, from caterers who will furnish "Pity sakes!" waiters, napery. china, glass, plate-- "You see, up there they don't '•kill* 1 oveu a bridegroom if we ran short, I very often. When they do. the whole Imagine. The letters pile up beside my neighborhood shares In the meat. It wife's plate every morning and the so happened that the Smiths had a calf most stylish engraved cards, bearing to sacrifice, and i'watched that inno-, ,h(' uauies of men and women of whom cent animal from day to day, and final- iuever heard, aie sent up to the dis- ly was told that the butcher had per- I "'acted woman from the front door all formed his work. day long. Interesting? Yes. very; "I listened to the division of that ani- | ̂P^hilly the covert suggestion by a nial hungrily. Such a neighbor was to ' Jowelei;' or two that if we desire to have so much, another a smaller or larger quantity; but by careful com­ putation I found that half the animal was to be kept for family use, and I went to school cheerfully. "But at dinner 110 roast or steaks, as I had fondly hoped. Finally I made some inquiry as to what disposal was made of the calf, and was told that what meat they kept they had salted down for future use. "That was the final stroke. I simply had to come home. As long as 1 could see the calf I had courage: but after that failed me, I felt that I needed a va­ cation." Smugglers' Tricks. Some amusing anecdotes are related in connection with the recent discover­ ies of smugglers' tricks. A few years ago an individual in an ecclestiastical Costume used to cross the frontier from Switzerland into France every morn­ ing with a large breviary in his hand. He was a man of dignified aspect, and received every mark of deference from the customs officers, who sometimes accompanied him part of the way of Ills daily stroll. At last a letter put the authorities 011 the alert, and the presumed priest was found to be a pro­ fessional smuggler, who had contrived, to introduce into France at least a thousand watches in -his breviary, which on examination proved to be a tin box. Very curious also was the ex­ perience of a former inspector general of customs here. During a visit to Geneva he bought a clock, and instruct­ ed the vender to forward it only when swell the display of wedding presents of gold or silver or jewels they can be had on hire."--New York Sun. Gossip. How frequently is tlie honesty and integrity of man disposed of by a smile or a shrug! How many good and gen­ erous actions have been shrunk into oblivion by a distrustful look or stamp­ ed with the imputation of proceeding from bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper. Look into compa­ nies .of those whose gentle natures should disarm them, we shall find no. better account. How often does the reputation of a helpless creature bleed by a report--which the party who is at the pains to propagate it beholds with much pity and fellow feeling-- that she is heartily sorry for it--hopes in God it is not true--however, as Arch­ bishop Tillotson wittily observes upon it, is resolved in the meantime to give the report her pass, that at least It may have fair play to take its fortune in the world to be believed or not, according to the charity of those into whose hands it shall happen to fall.--Addison. Hercules Killed the Hawk. Some passengers over one of the Ber­ lin canal bridges the other day noticed the sudden appearance of two black points in the sky at a considerable dis­ tance away, which developed into two •lucks. Behind them, at a lower level, flew another bird, which suddenly rose into the air above the ducks, and then shot down upou him like an arrow. One of the ducks flew sideways to­ ward the Tliiergarten; the other, closely lie had informed him of his return to pursued by its enemy, flew slanting in- Paris, adding that lie must be careful to the canal, and, reaching the water to pay the duty. One of the first things exactly behind the bridge, dived, while that he noticed 011 his arrival ,at his , the hawk, iuL his blind haste, struck home was this identical timepiece in i against the head of a statue of Her- his drawing-room, and in reply to his questions his coachman explained that the tradesman had himself stowed the clock away in rfis carriage. It is cai- cules and fell, once more flapping its great wings, dead on the pavement of the bridge. The bird was a splendid specimen, the wings having an ex- cul{itea that only one out of ten profes- pansion of more than three feet. sional smugglers is ever caught.- don Telegraph. -L011- Agttysterious Face. While a v^Jrknian engaged in a Pue­ blo, Colo., stone yard was dressing a block of stone his chisel laid bare a rouud knob or knot near the surface of the rock. A stroke of the hammer Of Fabulous Cost, Ivory mats are exceedingly rare; it Ls said by those who know that only three exist in the whole world. The largest of tfiese measures eight feet by four feet, and. though made in a small hill State in the north of India, has an almost Greek design for its vigorously applied for the purpose of ™ only used on state oc- smoothjng down the nodule had the casions, when t e raja sat on it to effect of dislodging it entire. An in- s'£u important documents. The origl- vestigation proved that the under side na* cost * ma* 18 fabulous, for six of the stone knot bore a perfect model thousand, four hundred pounds of ivory of a human face . were used,, in its manufacture. The itinost strlos of ivorv must have been, A Swiss InnovHtiou. A dry goods firm in Basle, Switzer­ land, advertises that during the an­ nual fair, now being held there, it will give a good dinner or supper free to every purchaser of 30 francs' worth of goods. The Swiss newspapers seem puzzled by this novel exhibition of en­ terprise; anyhow they condemn it. taken off the tusks, as the mat is flexi­ ble tis a woven stuff, and beautifully fine. . Acme of Politeness. The acme o^politeness was reached by a mining superintendent who, ac­ cording to Tit-Bits, posted a placard reading: "Please do not tumble down the shaft^ • A Large Sponge. The largest sponge ever sent to mar­ ket was from the if&diterraneau. It was ten' feet in circumference and threw in diameter. - There is great indignation in a church when some other -'hhreh announces a» When a man disputes with a fool tlie entertainment on a night that^the first fool is doing the very same thing. church had already sp£kei> Cor. Botanical. "I guess," said the South Washington woman who reads everything, "that the Canada thlstlfe is about the worjst specimen of its kind extant." "No," replied her husband; "the garb­ age plant Is worse."--Washington Star.