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,, • ! • • • ______ ^ ; ^'4: rv\ ' >v-' I T way really very hard on the poor Duchess, especially after all the roil and labor she had ungrudging­ ly exitt'$<Jed on her unattractive prog­ eny. Her, lot had always been hard enough ever since she had been a duch­ ess; even before her wedding cake-had grown stale she had been coping with difficulties, brutal difficulties which it required all her strength of mind to face, and now, when a good share of those difficulties were laid to vest with her husband, the late Duke, in the fam­ ily vault at Longlands; now, when she had just managed to retrieve the shat­ tered ducal fortunes by bringing off the engagement of her ugly, dissipated son, the present Duke, to Olaudina-Putnam, the richest American heiress of the sea­ son, now- for this blow to fall upon her, It was really too bad. The only balm to her anguish was that it had fallen in Longlands, in the wilds of Yorkshire, and that the whole, thing, might be hushed up artd hustled into Oblivion without anyone being the wiser. She had gone to Longlands to recruit after her superhuman expenditure of ei^rgy during the Loudon' season; her only guest was Claudia Putnam, her son's fiancee, with whom, she was busy plan­ ning alterations and renovations for the new regime. But the moment was robbed of all its savor by the horrible catastrophe; this --what else could she call it?--this driv­ eling idiocy of the least plain and most hopeful of her six ungainly daughters. She would have kept the hateful story to herself if she could, but her heart was too full) for silence; besides. C&iudia had her fair share of Yankee shrewdness- she might suggest a brilliant solution of tlie problem--so, as they sat over a cup of tea in her boudoir, the Duchess opened her new trouble to her future daughter-in-law. 'Tifi afraid, Claudia, dear," she be­ gan. "that we are going to have serious trouble with Henrietta." Claudia was very fond of the Duchess, so she tried to look sympathetic, though with Lady Henrietta, who was wrapped up in par­ ish work, who wore impossible clothes, and did her hair grotesquely, she had no sympathy whatever. "Dear me!" she replied. "I'm sorry to hear it; I hope she's not sick." "Sick!" repeated the Duchess. "I wish she were, or anything half so sensible. The fact is, she has been and got her­ self entangled in a most unbecoming love affair." -M+ very wide, and set down her teacup with a jerk. "My!" she exclaimed; "and who on earth has been making love to Henrietta?" The Duchess lowered her voice. "My dear." she said, impressively, "it is Mr. Gibson, the curate. She vows she will marry him. Isn't it awful?" "Ilather awful for the curate," thought Claudia to herself. Aloud she said: "Have I ever met Mr. Gibson?" "Certainly not, my dear; we do not lnvl te him here. He is not a gentle­ man." "Then where did Henrietta meet him?" "Oh, in the cottages and at the school. You see, she likes parish work, and I encourage her; it sets such a good ex­ ample, and we've always had a married curate before. However, when Mr. Gibson came I never thought of chaper­ oning her, becaruse, you see, he isn't a gentleman." "Hut, I suppose. Henrietta thinks lie will make her a suitable husband?" "My dear," cried the Duchess, "she can't possibly think so. Why, his father keeps a saddler's shop! He hasn't been to the University. Oh, it's altogether dreadful! And she's as obstinate as a mule about it." She broke off as the door opened to admit a young man in a shooting suit. He was a plain, inslgnillcant-looking personage, with an air of extreme self- approval. "I've just been telling Claudia about this stupid1 affair of Henrietta," went on the Duchess. "And. what does Claudia think about it?" asked the plain young man. who was Claudia's accepted lover and who deposited his long limbs on the sofa beside her and tried to bestow a furtive caress on the hand nearest to him. "1 guess I'm pretty well taken by sur­ prise," said Miss Putnam, drawing her hand out of her lover's reach. "So'm I," said the Duke, placidly. "I'm dashed if I can imagine what he sees in Henrietta. She ain't pretty; t'other way about, rather; she's got. no money, and she's years older than he is. I'm dashed if I'd marry a woman like Henrietta, even if I was a saddler's son. I'm dashed if I could even feel spoony on her." Miss Putnam looked at him. She was going to marry a man very like Henri­ etta. and she did not feel very spoony on him; she had accepted him for sun­ dry reasons, love being by no means the first or foremost. "He must be an awfully susceptible chap," went on his grace, "to lose his heart to a girl like Henrietta. And he's so obstinate, too, about it; seems as if he really cared about her. I thought, perhaps, it was mostly ambition--her title, and that sort of thing, you know-- and I've offered him all my influence In the way of a leg-up to preferment, but he won't hear of it. Funny thing, ain't it? Now, if it had been a girl like you. Claudia " - "Duchess,'* cried Miss Putnam, sud­ denly interrupting her lover, "I have an inspiration. You just send Henrietta away. She can go to Jericho, or any­ where else, for a inonihJa»so. and when she comes back Aa-engagei!) en t «/>'?! 1 be broken afiStftfin^HB^^^Kvou bet." questions, understood !§ land. They might to her. So to her it was 'and the next day Henrietta was packed off to a married cousin in South Wales. The following day, at Lady Henri­ etta's customary hour, Miss Putnam walked Into the village school-room. She wore a dainty blue cambric frock, which fitted her as no frock in all Hen­ rietta's lifetime had ever fitted her. The little boys and girls Opened their eyes wide to look at her, so did the schoolmistress, who was hearing the whole school in Its church catchism. "Good-morning," said Miss Putnam, sweetly, "I'm staying at the Towers. I have come in Lady Henrietta's place this morning. She has gone away for a few weeks, and she would like you ail to know it." She looked round the room as she said it, and finally fixed her eyes on tiie curate's frank, simple face. "I hope." he began, hesitatingly, "that Lady Henrietta is, not ill. This absence is so uh--unforeseen." \ "Guess not," said Miss'Putnam. "She isn't ill, she never was better in her life; but the Duchess thinks a change will do her a-World of good." "Her grace is very cruel," murmured the curate. . ' •"* ... beg your pardon?" said Claudia, blandly. ' "I was about to say," resumed the curate, turning to the expectant chil­ dren. "that as her ladyship is unable to come this morning you will be de-, prived of the interesting object lesson she generally gives you. I'm sure you will all be very sorry." "Oh, they shan't miss their object les­ son," said Claudia, still more blandly. "I'Ve promised Lady Henrietta to give it to them for her." The curate had*been in the habit of staying for Lady Henrietta's object les­ son--to keep order for her, he would have said, had the Duchess questioned him. So he stayed to keep order for Claudia, which was quite superfluous, for if her manner of administering in­ struction was not of a nature to keep the attention of restless children, there were her fascinating gown and her pretty trinkets, not to speak of the charm of her face, to hold her audience spellbound. And when the lesson was over he had got into the way of walking with her ladyship along the school lane and through the park. Ho escorted Miss Putnam to-day. because he wanted to ask how long his liege lady's banish­ ment was to last. "I don't know," was Miss Putnam's reply; "I suppose she won't come back till the Duchess chooses." "The children will miss her sadly," moaned the curate. "Guess we must make it up to them," said Claudia graciously; "I've promised Henrietta to stand as much in the gap as possible." He gave her a grateful look. object lesson," she went on; "to-mor­ row ?" "Oh, no," said the curate; "to-mor­ row's geography day. Her ladyship always gives a geography lesson on Thursday." So Claudia put on another bewitching frock, varied her trinkets, and did her best with a geography lesson on Thurs­ day, which was mainly devoted to a flattering but inaccurate description of the United States. On Friday she wres­ tled with sums, and by degrees she learned the whole school routine. She also visited, under Mr. Gibson's escort, one or two of Henrietta's old women, who, he thought, would feel themselves neglected in her absence. Her fiance laughed at her. "I see what you're up to," he said; "of course, it's a clever move, but it's rather rough on a susceptible ass like Gibson." "Why do you call him an ass?" asked Miss Putnam, sharly; "because his father is a saddler?" "It's a splendid opportunity for you to make yourself popular in the parish, dear." said the Duchess. "Of course, when you are mistress here you will like to be popular among the people." "I suppose I shall," said Claudia, musingly. But in spite of her incipient popular­ ity she would not have the marriage hurried on; she was equally deaf to the Duke's impatience and the Duchess' hints. "There are such heaps of things to do and to think of before anything can be fixed," she said, vaguely, when her fiance urged the matter upon her. "Well, get on with the heap of things, then." he retorted,"and don't trifle away so much time at that confounded school." And Lady Henrietta was still in ban­ ishment in South Wales. Finally, 31iss Putnam's stay at Long- lauds came to a rathe? unsatisfactory end. for she Avent away to London leav­ ing the wedding day unfixed and the hangings of the new drawing-room uii- cliosen. The day after her departure there were two letters for the Duchess--one from the curate, the other from Miss Putnam. She opened the former first, because she felt more curious as to its contents. .2^""'" "Madam," it ran. "although your grace did not seriously entertain my proposal for the hand of Henrietta, I feel myself in honor bound to let you know that my eyes have been opened to the folly and unsuitability of the marriage for which I would fain have had your sanction. I have written to Lady Henrietta, explaining, as far as I can, the folly of our past, and begging her to forgive me if she be in any way a sufferer by our mistake. I am leaving Longlands at once, therefore the em­ barrassment of any further meeting will he avoided. Yours, faithfully W. Gibson." The Duchess heaved a sigh of intense relief. This was Claudia's doing. Clau dia wfis a right down ejever girl. She had certainly spent a great deal of valu­ able time in treading in Henrietta's footsteps, but she had disenchanted Mr. Gibson and lifted a horrible incu­ bus office family shoulders. She was reall.yfar too good for that frtupid. mud­ dle-headed son of hers; still. she (the Duchess) supposed that a title was an finite attraction to a born democrat, so things were, after all. not so very uneven. Then she took up Claudia's letter; "Dear child," she murmured as she broke the seal. "My dear Duchess." she read; and with each succeeding line her dismayed astonishment increased} "I'm glad f came to stay at Longlands before I took the irrevocable step to the altar. I don't want to say anything nasty or mean. but, really, I neyerdld care about the Duke. 'I only accepted him because I thought you'd make up your mind to have me for a daughter-in-law. I should have made him perfectly miserable if I had married him. Mr. Gibson finds, too, that he made a great mistake in thinking he cared for Henrietta. He ex­ plained it all to me, and l am quite sat­ isfied. He aud i: are going twdSe mar­ ried before Advent. I shan't mind hav­ ing a saddler for a father-in-law. Yours", always, Claudia Putnam." The Duchess threw the letter across the table to her son. "Read that, South­ down/' she said. "We've got Henrietta out of her scrape most splendidly." It really, was too hard on the poor Duchess.--St. Paul's. A WHARF RAT. One Seen in a AValk Alone South Street. "I had read about "Wharf rats, aud hea^d about them often," said a man. "The other day I saw one. I was walk­ ing along South street, and I saw a Sound boat whose sailing-hour was about due, and I thought I'd like to-see her start out. You couldn't see mucli of her from the wharf at which she lay, on account of the pier shed; and so 1 went round and down the Wharf on the other side of the ship. The wharf was housed over, but it had the usual open­ ings in the sides, and froni one of them I got a good view of the boat I wanted to see, directly opposite at work taking on the last of the steamer's load. Over there it was all activity; where I was it was all quiet. There was no boat on either side, and only a truck or two aud three or four men on the wharf. "While I stood there in- the broad opening looking at the boat aud at the flags floating over it a rat apeared six or eight feet away, on that side of the opening toward the river end of the wharf; it came out from alongside of or under the stringpiece, where it was cut off so that the floor of the wharf might in the opening be unobstructed to the edge. "I don't know how big wharf rats grow, but this was the biggest rat I ever saw; it was a big rat, and yet, big as it was, it didn't seem monstrous; that is, it didn't seem like a rat of unit&ual size for the place, for it acted as though it belonged there and was perfectly familiar with the place and its sur­ roundings. It was quick and smooth in its movements, but not hurried. The instant it-appeared It started across the opening. It crossed in front of me, within a few inches of where I stood, but without deviating from its course, and disappeared under the correspondr ing end of the stringpiece on the other side. "Iu the presence of that rat I felt like a stranger. Where he came from and where he was going I didn't know, nor what his errand was, but it was.plain enough from the ease and certaint.v with which he moved that he knew that wharf from bulkhead line to pierhead in every spile and brace, and probably Ion th- street--iust-as well. IT WORKS ifeAINST US LOSSES RESULTING FROM THE ' GORMAN TARIFF. Totals Wool Woolens He didn't stop to look at the boat; he wasn't interested in it, as I was, for he lives there and sees it every day."-- New York Sun. Some Rare Minerals. "Once in a while," remarked a min­ ing man last evening, "you hear of a man who claims to have found a miue of bismuth, aud basing his calcula­ tions upon a price of say $2 a pound, he heralds his find and thinks he has a for­ tune within his grasp. The fact is, there is no bismuth produced in this country and there are only about thirty tons imported. So if any one could put 100 tons on the market it would bring| the price down to 25 cents, at lea st.V "Of cobalt not more than 200 tons are used annually ih the world. "In regard to mica--I am speaking now of the uses it is put to in electrical appliances--the East Indiau product is driving the Canadian product out of the market. Mica that is in the least associated with iron is useless for this purpose. It is much the same with some of the rarer minerals. Were tel­ lurium found in large quantities its value would lessen, but, as only a few ounces are found each year, not enough to supply the demand, why the value is enhanced." , Three-fifths of the nickel produced in the world comes from Canada. The production in other portions of the world is so small as to cut no figure in the statistics of mineral productions.-- Spokane Review. He Wanted the Best. A little story, which emphasises the fact that there is a great deal of human nature where one would scarcely expect to discover it. is told of an old Quaker. Many years ago, when church organs were regarded with disfavor by many people, it was proposed to introduce one into a New England meeting house, one of the pillars of which was an old man of Quaker blood. He was one of the most violent op­ ponents to the plan, and expressed his views so strongly that the person Who was collecting money for the organ, when it was at last decided to have it, did not venture to call upon the old Quaker for a subscription. He met him on the street one day, and was greatly surprised when the old man took out a substantial-looking wal­ let. and presented him with a most gen­ erous sum to add to his collection. "Why," stammered the young man. "I--I am greatly obliged, sir; but I hardly thought you would care to be asked to contribute." "My son." said the Quaker, with a suspicion of a twinkle in his serious eye, "if thee will worship the Lord by machinery, I would like thee to have a first-rate Instrument." To the Poorliouse at. 106, A negro at the age of 106,. together with his aged wife, was sent to the poorliouse a few days ago at Williams- town, Mass. Forty years ago he ran away as a slate from the South and up to the time of his removal lived in the same old cabin. The negro's name is Parsons. He lias a hard growth, a sort of horn, on the top of his head, and is famed for breaking with his head a grindstone which he mistook for a cheese. 1 1 No white man is as "big feeling" as the. negro who belongs to a minstrel show, and appears in the street parade.. 11' a man behaves himself,, people say he is cunning, and hides his meanness. Great Britain Finds Here an Enor- moualy Enlarged Market for Manu­ factures! While American Mills Are Idle--Effect Upon-the Wool Trade. England's Great Triumph. Last week we received by special cable, says the American Economist, the total value of the exports of woolen goods from Bradford up to Dec. 81. 1895, the first complete year Of our ex­ perience ih actual free trade in wool. The result confirmed what every pro­ tectionist anticipated and, proclaimed. Our free trade was of more benefit to the English than to American manufac­ turers. Bradford shipped us woolen goods worth £5,701,242. This was an Increase of £3,4*73,649 over and above the annual shipments during the full McKinley tariff period from 1891 to 1894. American free trade dn Wool ben- ented Bradford to the extent of an ad­ ditional $17,000,000 in a single year. • The annual returns of the British Board 'of Trade fori 1895 were made public iu London on Wednesday morn­ ing. The total exports, of wool, of wool­ en tissues, of worsted tissues, of woolen and worsted yarns from all ports in the. United Kingdom,, for the full year of 1895, were promptly cabled us. They appear ia the following table with sim­ ilar reports from the United Kingdom for the four previous years: . s: Our experiment With free trade in wool for one year has enabled the Eng­ lish manufacturers of yarns, woolens and worsteds to sell more than four times as much of their goods as they did in 1894, and 150 per cent, more than their average annual sales during the entire protection period from 1891 to 1S94 inclusive. So much for the boon registered an era pf conspicuous prog­ ress aud unexampled prosperity, but it witnessed a national administration under President Harrii-son unexcelled in honesty, power and patviotism by any of its predecessors.- Of this rich in­ heritance the Democratic party he- comes the trustee for the people. It is my hope that it may suffer no loss or waste in their hands. I wish the coun­ try could be assured it would not. If it does, the trust will come back to us, and it will come back to us with the doubly-renewed confidence of tli'e':peo- p t e . * v r ' ' Why the Gold G&es. . Here is an exhibit: Foreign'g6ld movement,at;N&w;York: Excess of Year. Exports. Imports. Exports. 1805 $99,262,338 $26,117,637 $73:144,601 1894 101,821,375 20,621.024 81.200,351 $20^1,083.713 $40,738,661 $154,344,952 During these two years of a Demo­ crat ic administration the excess of gold exports over gold imports at New York was $154,344,952. This was only $8,- 000.000 les^'than, the entire amount of the national bond issues under this ad­ ministration. We must borrow money to pay for the extra foreign goods that we buy just as soon as the policy of protection to the United States is abol­ ished, or even threatened'. i ILBIN0IS STATE NEWS OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. Rottenness in Chicago's Charity- Unique Co-operative Plant. Project­ ed at Peoria--Undue patriotism of School Children Will Result inJPeath. Charities Need Reforming. The Chicago Tribune says: "Over $2.» 500,000 is contributed annually for tlyo relief of.' the"cityV destitute and home­ less: But it doesn't all go to„the deserv­ ing poor. Thousands of dollars are squan­ dered in keeping alive costly, useless or unworthy concerns. There are over 200 societies begging for support. As high as 50 pec cent of subscriptiolisffeiven by kind people never reaches those for whom in­ tended,. The whole,system is wrong, and there1'is great necessity for consolidation." • Pay the Sugar Bounty. The Fifty-third Congress appro ated $5,000,000 for the payment of su­ gar bounty claims that were earned prior to June 30, 1895. Democratic Treasury Department jugglery,through the use of pliant tools, prevented the payment of this honestly, earned mon­ ey. Commissioner Miller's annual ro- sport for last year states that the total claims amount to $6,111,505.44. The whole of this amount should be paid instead of duly $5,000,000 as originally appropriated. It woiild only be honest, too, to pay a year's interest in addition. Congress should at once appropriate Exports of Wool and Woolen Goods. .- -From the United Kingdom to the United States 1891. 181)2. 1893. 1804. 1895. Wool, including toreigwaud colonial..£3,013,803 £2,950,457 £1,957,002 £1,803,929 £-1.018.224 Woolen tissues 681,473 «08,772 482,492 313,072 1.404,591 Worsted tissues 2,138,844 2,778,430 2,014,510 1,270,101 4,832.144 Woolen and worsted varns 87,804 27,077 23,044 11,091 149,248 Annual Average. ..£5,871,984 £0,371,345 £4.477,048 £3,398,193 £11,004,207 Protection. Free Trade. Free Trade, 1891-94. 1895. Increase. £2,434,403 £4,018,224 £2,183.701 2,595,595 r 0,445,983 3,850,388 Totals.... • - £5,030,058 £11.064,207 £0,034,119 of free raw material to our woolen manufacturers. Now as to wool. The United King­ dom sent us, iu 1895, over 150 per cent, more English, foreign and colonial wool than in 1804, the increase in values being $14,000,000. Compared with the entire McKinley protection period, 1891 to. 1894 inclusive, this increased value of wool sent here last year was almost $11,000,000--that amount more money taken away from American farmers, while our manufacturers lost trade worth $19,000,000 additional. Never within thirty years have we jimpnrtfKl into tbp United States, from Payment for Paraders. The New York importers are being _well repaid for that grand parade which they gave in honor otj Mr. Cleve­ land in 1892, as the following state­ ment of our imports of foreign goods shows: Imports at New York: Month. 1894. 1895. September ... $41,646,154 $41,697,882 The boot-black never fails to improve each shining hour all countries, as much wool as was sent us from the United Kingdom alone last year, and we have yet to learn the value of our wool imports that were shipped directly to this country from Australia and South America. Then we must take cognizance of the shrinkage in the price ol' wool, as compared with the McKinley period, that our farmers did sell, before we can arrive at any correct idea of the entire losses indicted upon American sheep farmers by one year's policy of Democratic free trade which, it was intended, should be a rob­ bery of the many farmers for the ben­ efit* of the few manufacturers. The Democratic scheme was partly success­ ful. It lias robbed the farmers; but it has failed to be of any benelit to the manufacturers. It has robbed them, too. The United Kingdom shipped to this country, last year, more woolen tissues than in 1S91 and 1892 combined, and more than In the three years of 1892, 1893 and 1894 combined; more than twice the quantity shipped in 1891 or 1S92; three times as much as in 1893; and considerably more than four times as much as iu 1894. Of worsted tissues, the United King­ dom sent us, last year, almost as much as in 1891 aud 1892 combined, more than as much as in 1892 and 1893, and almost four times as much as in 1894. Of yarns she sent lis 50 per cent, more than dn all four McKinley tariff years. We have to go back to 1873 before we find that the United Kingdom made us such large shipments of her woolen manufactures. In 1S90 the output of our domestic woolen factories aud our imports of foreign woolen goods to­ gether were worth a total of $380,000,- 000. Last year the United Kingdom sent us woolens worth $32,000,000. To this we must add the imports from France and Germany, which will prob­ ably aggregate $30,000,000 for the year, the combined shipments of the two countries having averaged $20,000,000 a year for ten years past. This will give us a total of $60,000,000 worth of foreign woolens imported tinder the first year of free trade in wool. It must have reduced the output of our own factories last year below their out­ put of $338,000,000 when the census was taken in 1889. If not, then there must be some very large stocks of wool­ en goods unsold, either in the hands of our manufacturers, of the importers or of the wholesale and retail trade. Not only this. There was an average advance of 7 per cent, in the price of woollastyear. while there was less than 1 per cent, of advance in the price of woolen goods. If our woolen manufac­ turers have not had experience enough with free raw material, then they will never get it. Of last year's American wool clip there were 102,000.000 pounds unsold in dealers' hands on Jan. 1, 1896. The value of the unsold woolen goods it is Impossible to arrive at. But it is infinitely more than the demand of our people, whose purchasing power has been so greatly,restricted since 1893. McKinley's True Propliecy. Considering the verdict of the people in 1892, '94 and "95, the following from a speech of Hon. Wm. McKinley at-tho annual dinner of tlje Republican League of Ohio, in honor of Lincoln's birthday, and delivered on Feb. 14, 1893, seems almost prophetic: "ft was iu this year, 1892, wh'jle in the enjoyment of unexampled prosperi­ ty. that the Republican legislation which made this condition was^Jis the Democratic leaders would have us be­ lieve, repudiated by the people, and the Democratic policy of British free trade ajjjirl wildcat money indorsed. I do not believe it. Ilf they act upoji that belief they will be promptly repudiated by the people. Not only has the year 1892 $6,111,505.44 for the sugar producers and make the payment mandatory. Let this be done before members of Congress return to their family fire­ sides. Oetober November December ... 39,053,896 32,380,866 40,457,710 48,975,028 39,572,83-1 43,269,159 Trains for Passengers. Among the opinions handed down by the Supreme Court was one in the . case of the People vs. the St; Louis, Alton and Terre. Haute> Railroad .Company, which is of considerable importance. Citizens liv­ ing along the line of the road tiled, a peti­ tion with the railroad and warehouse commissioners; asking, that the • railroad company be inquired-to furnish bettor train service between Du Quoin and Eldo­ rado, a distance of fifty mile*:.- The com- mission, upon hearing,' ordered the com­ pany to put on van additional train each way for .the • Exclusive use of .passengers, and the. transmission of mail Sand ex­ press matter. The company refused to comply with the order, holding -that it could not do so without, suffering finan­ cial loss- Whereupon the commission in­ stituted a mandamus proceeding in the Circuit Court of Franklin County. The court found for the corporation, and the commission took at!1 appeal to the Su­ preme Court, which reversed the judg­ ment of the lower court. The Supreme Court holds that a railroad company, un­ der its charter, obligates itself to furnish the public reasonable accommodations; that a train run for the double purpose of freight and passenger traffic makes the passenger service secondary, and is not in compliance with the statute requiring a reasonable service. Farmers to Fight the Trusts. What is destined to serve as the great­ est and most powerful enemy to trusts and monopolies is the co-operative manu­ factory which will probably be located in Sangamon County, near Springfield. An erroneous idea has gone-abroad that the project is backed solely by the grange of the State. The Grange as an organiba- tion is not behind the undertaking, but members of the Grange hold the stock- The holders of the stocksritfst be prac­ tical farmers to organize a company un­ der the laws of the\State of Illinois to engage in the manufacturing enterprise. The articles which it is contemplated to manufacture will be everything used by a farmer, from a p-vir of shoes to a steam engine, but at first farm implements will be the principal product. It is not the plan to establish cut prices on the imple­ ments manufactured, but they will he placed on the market at the prevailing $ubjeet-to^aii-purohasers and in wm. Total $153,538,626 $173,515,803 The four months of the second year of "tariff reform" have resulted iu an increase of $20,000,000 in our imports of foreign goods over the early months of its first year. The commission on an extra twenty millions are not to bo sneezed at, although not nearly so profitable as the commissions on a gold loan. New York's Proof. The exports of American products and manufactures, from the port of New York, amounted to $360,776,967 iu 1894 and only $351,196,606 in 1895. There was a decrease of $9,580,000 last year, not a very satisfactory showing for the Empire City to make in captur­ ing the markets of the world. But lasl year's imports at New York were $S3, 200,000 greater than in 1894. and the other fellows are doing very well in capturing our markets. Which Is True, Which False? Secretary Carlisle's annual report last mouth stated that there was no defi­ ciency of revenue. Yet the statement issued by the Treasury Department, up to the eiid of last year, shows a deficit of $15,327,733 for the half year. What are we to believe? -pr petition with other manufacturers. The business is to be conducted on a sound business basis and the fanners will not look for their profits in the cheapness of the goods they buy, but in the dividends which the manufactory is expected to pay. Chicago sc.hool teachers successfully op­ posed a reduction of salaries. Edward J. Norton a farmer of D»*and, was kicked to death by a horse. I. C. Higgs, of If cm ia. has. been arrest­ ed oJi a charge of operating an illicit dis­ tillery and "selling whisky illegally. - A- C. and Morris I la filer, eigarmakers, were arrested at Olney on a charge ofLob- taitfing mouey by false pretenses in Ow-. ensboro, Ky. ^ Miss Ann Loveless died at her home at Cadock. She took a dose of rough on rats by mistake for medicine for the re­ lief of toothache. The funeral of Alderman Frank Lawler, of Chicago, was witnessed by over 10,0§0 people. The entire ..Common Council and over sixty city officials attended. Robert Nicol, father of Hugh Nicol, the well-known ball player and manager of the Rockford team, died, aged 76 years. He celebrated his golden wedding three years ago. Gov. Altgeld has issued his requisition upon the Governor of New York for the extradition of H. Deane, wanted at Chi­ cago for passing a. forged check and un­ der arrest at Utica. ' Gov. Altgeld has restored the rights of citizenship to Herman Lampe, of Nash­ ville; John P. Landreth, of Edgewood, and Richard Mines, of Bluffs, who have- served penitentiary terms. - The State council of administration of the Grand Army of the Republic selected- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 12, 13 and 14 next, as the dates upon which the State encampment will be held in Cairo. , ' / " - Robert Morrison,; «an eipert bridge builder of Chicago, was found dying af his hotel in St, Joseph, Mo. A gas jet was open m the room.' He has a wife and four children somewhere in Canada. It. is thought to be a case of suicide. Capitalists from Indiana are in Deca­ tur for the purpose of establishing a big tin plate plant, to give employment to 300 people aud to pay out $50,000 a month for labor. The fuel and water are satis­ factory. Ten acres of ground on the railroad are required, but no bonus is asked. Hougaard's dog Jack, which stood pa­ tiently over the dead of the murdered family until they were found, was bought • at the public administrator's sale at Chi­ cago for $14.75 by Mr. Jurgenson, a coal dealer. Museum managers and their fabulous bids did not materialize. The sale realized about $500. The bill of the undertakers, Kenny & Doherty, is only $312. When the case of Eddie Cook, charged with the murder of Minnie Bennett, was brought up for trial at Lincoln a change of. venue was granted to Mason County by Judge Herdman. This case was tried at the last term of the Circuit Court, when Cook was sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary, but a new trial was granted. The sentiment caused through the reports of the previous trial in the papers of the county, as well as the feeling caused by the crime, brought about the change of venue. Trainmen on the Effingham accommoda­ tion report that at Pierrou, a small sta­ tion on the Vandalia line west of Van- dalia, a lot of wood choppers who were camping in the woods got on a spree. One of the number would not imbibe a? n- Vifti.V.d'Ai They Count Ties Now. President Cable, of the Rock Island, in an Interview In Chicago, said: "Pas­ senger traffic is vesy light. This is a good iudex to the condition of general business. People are not traveling be­ cause times^ are hard and money scarce." What It Amounts To. Government of, by and for bond syndi­ cates.--N. Y. World, Jan. 3, 1896. This Is the way a Democratic pa­ per speaks of a Democratic admin­ istration at the dawn of a new year. Lose Just One-Hal/. The price of Ohio XX wool was 33 ceuts per pound in 1891, under McKin­ ley protection. It was worth only 16% cents in 1895, under Democratic free trade in wool. Increase of "Wealth iu Great Brt ain. During "the last two centuries the wealth of Great Britain has increased fortyfold. Free Wool's Benefit (?). Total Value of WOOLEN GOODS Iflanafaclared in Bradford England., and Shipped U the United States ffaltudar jW8}IB9M awl J £ 6.ooo,ooo Shipped .£ 5.OQO.OOQ Shipped £ 4,oao,ooo Shipped ' £ 3,006,000 Shipped 12,000^000 Shipped. Average of tta jour y«rs, / - X2,227jS93 ISs. 5d:- «g 1,000.000 Shipped 5,70! ,2M First (Sofrmm Hear Kou; do the hands .- employed in (and. laid off from) oar American UJoolen Albert Wallace to Hang. The Supreme Court announced its de­ cision adversely to Albert. Wallace, un­ der sentence of death in Tazewell Coun­ ty. Wallace is a bachelor; ,'lie lived near Delavan. His father had willed most of his property to the defendant's sister. Mrs. John W. Bowlby. because of Albert's drunken habits. On this account he had frequent quarrels with the Bowlbys. One night in February Wallace wont to Bowl- by's house aud. after using abusive lan­ guage, apparently departed. As lie left he took with him a shotgun and, after he got outside, lie fired through the win­ dow, killing lus sister. Mrs. Bowlby, shooting the face off of John Boxvlby and putting out the eye of a man named Lyman. The jury found Wallace guilty and he was sentenced to death, the time being fixed within twenty-seven days, in­ stead of within twenty-five days, of the next term of court, as the law directs. On this technicality the case was carried to the Supreme Court. Farmer Is a Fuilure as a Fine. Gottlieb Engle, a farmer living east of Elgin, bought a long pine pole to he used as a flagstaff at the district school near his home. The staff was loaded on the wagon and Mr. Engle sat astride at on the end near the horses. He arrived at the school during recess, when a crowd of scholars caught hold of the end of the pole^farthest from the farmer aud pulling it down sent him skyward. The horses ran away, the wagon was smashed, and Mr. Engle was so badly hurt he cannot recovcr. ' ' State News in Brief. The Masons of Winnebago County have organized a relief association for paying immediate expenses during sickness or up­ on the death of a brother. The biggest partition suit in St. Ciirfr County of late years was brought Thurs­ day. It involves the Wildermau estate at Freeburg, consisting of 1,000 acres of farming land and other property, ag­ gregating in value $100,000. The prop­ erty was accumulated by three brothers, James. John and Thomas Wi]derni;::i. who lived together with - their families and placed all earnings together in a com­ mon fund. Strange to relate there-was no trouble with the brothers' co-operative business methods until John and Thomas died of old age and it was desired to set­ tle up the estate. It was then found that it was the worst mixed up estate ever of­ fered for settlement in that section of the State. There are fifty heirs and an end­ less amount of litigation will follow. John W. Russell, Clint Venters and John Osborn, farmers living near Center- ville, became involved in a quarrel. Rus­ sell was beaten and kicked about the head and left by the roadside until found next morning. He died from his.injuriW. Venters and Osborn are in jail. Three men entered the store of W. K. Williams at West Liberty.^nd blew open the safe. The force of the explosion de­ stroyed the front of the building and jar­ red houses a mile distant. The robbers: obtained little money. Sheriff MeWil liains left with bloodhounds to track the robbers. The Chicago University debaters met defeat at Iowa City. la-, in the discus­ sion of the question, "Resolved, That further territorial extension of the Unit-, ed States is-undesirable."' They espous­ ed the negative. Mrs. Lippard, the aged Rockford lady who is referred to in the Washington..dis­ patches as being arrested in that city, is Mrs. Mary G'ebhardt, of Rockford. She is a familiar character oh the streets; traoting attention by wearing wooden shoes. For years she has had a delusion that she owns a large tract of Wisconsin timber lands, of which she has been, un­ justly deprived." She went to Washington a month ago and will be brought hack. •M freely as the rest desired. They Shall? stripped him of his clothing and held hit* fon a hot stove. Not satisfied with this, they took a red-hot poker and rubbed it up and down his back, burning deep fur­ rows in his flesh, and finished their fiends ish work by taking molasses and flour and smearing it over his entire body. y* Chicago merchants have just won a notable victory, which will enable them to compete hereafter for the interior Illi­ nois business with the merchants from Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Toledo and other Eastern points, who reach interior Illinois points by the inter-State cross roads. The Illinois Central, which lias suffered more from the competition than any of the other cross roads, has decided to make a gen­ eral reduction in rates between Illinois l'oiuts and thereby place the Chicago merchants in a position to meet the com­ petition of the merchants from points out­ side of this State. It is understood the other Illinois roads will follow the exam­ ple set by the Illinois Central. Daniel Core shot and killed John Dillon in Justice Shotwell's court at Waukegan Wednesday. Core had intended to kill his enemy, Joseph Backer, but as he fired the shot Dillon jumped between them and re­ ceived the fatal bullet in his left breast. All three men were farmers living near Half Day. Core nnd Backer owned land adjoining and had loug had trouble abouf .. the fences. Core had several times threat­ ened to shoot Backer. Sunday Backer and Dillon met Core and had another quarrel about the land aud fences, and again Core threatened to shoot Backer. On Monday Backer decided to have Core arrested for threatening to kill him and was in Half Day. Core came along with a shotgun and revolver and called for Backer to come out of a store where he was, but Backer went out the rear way and avoided the angry farmer. He drove to Waukegan and swore out a warrant for Core's arrest for threatening to kiil. Con­ stable Rice arrested Core and took him to jail, but neglected to search him. It seems that Core had a revolver in his pocket, and when taken into court for a hearing he pulled his revolver and fire** at Backer, killing Dillon instead. Core was at once disarmed aud taken to jail, saying lie regretted having killed the wrong man. Dillon, who was killed, was a bachelor, aged 50 years. Daniel Core is about the same age, and has a wife and family, and claims to have been per­ secuted by Backer until he could stand i^: no longer. He is said to have an ugly dis- position.. ami to be easily angered. The occurrence was so unusual that it caused great excitement there, and at first there was talk of lynching. The authorities are blamed for their carelessness in allowing l'im to go u!>searched. t-'J -- i The New York Children's Aid Society sent forty-five boys -ami girls to homes in the West and South.- Preston Payne, a young man who was studying law at Rockford, became enrag­ ed at his landlady Monday morning qnd shot and kilW himself. His father. Charles Payn^Jis a wealthy ranchman at Antonito, Colo., and formerly lived iu Rockford. Nat Goodwin has brought a libel suit against the Chicago Tribune for S?50,000 damages through his attorneys. Goodrich. Vincent & Bradley.' The article which brought on the suit alleged that Mr. Good­ win put in the greater part of 'Shturday night at a gaming tabic, which. Mr. Good­ win Say S; is absolutely untrue. The thirty-year charter of the George­ town turnpike in St. Clair County expires in a short time and an effort will be made before, the county board of supervisors to secure renewal of the grant. The fight versus toll roads has been going on for ten years and lias had more or less to do with county polities. < Hiicers of the National Home Rtiildiug and Loan Association of Bloom ing too deny the charges of mismanagement and the right of the State to interfere. They claim the association instead of beii)g. as claimed. $65,000 to the bad. hew a surplus , of at least $150,000, &nd that-the appoint­ ment of a receiver would be reckless in­ justice to them-and sUjckhotderf* • • . . •• ..