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AROUND A BIG STATE _ r " " ' BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLI­ NOIS NEWS. 6a(cl Fate of a Chicago Sportsman-- Ramsey's Creditors Win Their Suit --Queer Antics of a Rnggs Farmer In Chicaso--Saja Jose Scale Fcarcd» Ingrain's Fate Known. Wonl was received in Chicago Wed­ nesday evening confirming previous mis­ givings as to the fate of W. W. Ingram, formerly in the wholesale cheese busi­ ness in South Water street. Wednes­ day afternoon searching parties near Miehigamme, Mich., found his body in the woods, completely buried in the snow. He had been missing since Nov. 1, and citizens had been searching for him in the vicinity where he was last seen. Mr. Ingram set out for a deer Hunt Nov. 1. i In the evening he did not. return. After a few days a general search was under­ taken. The unfortunate sportsman was found lying beside a deer he had shot. Both were covered with snow to a depth . of,two feet. No indications were discov­ ered as to the cause of death. Mr. In­ gram was r>7 years of age. Ills residence was at 30S COlh street. He was interest­ ed in summer cottages at Elkhart, Wis., and was in the habit of visiting the hunt­ ing regions in" Northern Michigan, near Ishpeming, every sea son s- Mr. Ingram leaves* a widow, two married daughters ^ and two sons. His . son, Lawrence T. Ingram, is manager of the Hotel Ingram, at 308 00th street. - v ' - V f Diread Pest. Invades Illinois. • The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture has received a letter from S. A. Forbes; State entomologist, in which he eatys the attention of Illinois fruit­ growers to the fact that the San Jose' scale--the most dread of the scale in­ sects--has been found this fall at three widely separated points in Illinois, viz.: Quincy, Tower Hill, in Shelby County, and Auburn, in Sangamon Coftnty. In all these cases the insect was shipped in from Eastern nurseries, which became infected several years ago by means of importations* from California. Some of these nurserymen have sent to their Illi­ nois customers shipments at a time when their premises were m6re or less infested \>y this scale. Such shipments, thus far reported, number 159, sent to no less than 118 Illinois locations. Prof. Forbes says he has undertaken to inspect as rapidly as practicable all lots of stock so re­ ceived. with a view to locating all actual­ ly infected, and to give all-needed advice and assistance for the extermination of this pest. To further his efforts, Prof. Forbes requests those who have received nursery stock since 1887 from New Jer­ sey, Pennsylvania. Long Island, Mary­ land, Way-cross (Georgia), Cambridge (Massachusetts), Florida and Idaho, to carefully examine those trees for scale insects and report the results to him at Urbana. If such insects are found, in­ fested twigs or clippings of bark should be sent for examination, since the San Jose scales cannot be distinguished with certainty from,other less injurious forms by the uninstructed observer. Uiidxessed s rathe Street. James Briggs, of Huggs, 111., created a sensation at Chicago Sunday night when* he tried to. change his clothing in the street. A crowd of urchins gathered and their shouts attracted the attention of men and women returning from churches in the vicinity. Finally a policeman ar­ rived, and then the fun began. Briggs came in from his country home Sunday to purchase a suit of clothes. He found what lie wanted in a Clark street pawn shop. Sunday evening he started for the West Side, and his wanderings took him to Ashland boulevard and Park avenue, lie had not lost the bundle of new cloth­ ing, and he suddenly was seized with a desire to see huw lie would look in the,, new garb. Then he began to divest him­ self of his garments. He stripped to his underclothing and a mob gathered to watch the apiirently crazy man. An offi­ cer appeared on the scene and told Briggs he was under arrest. Brings demurred, The officer tried to drag the prisoner to -* the station, a couple of blocks away, but Briggs weighs 24."» pounds and the police­ man made up his mind that he woull ueed some assistance, and he telephoned for the patrol wagon. The prisoner fought and kicked and yelled. The ofli- eers perspired and swore, but finally got the man loaded into the wagon and car­ ried him off. Ramsey Heirs Must Pay. A legal contest of interest to the Car- lylc creditors of the deceased State Treas­ urer Rufus N. Ramsay was brought to a close by Circuit Judge Alonzo S. Wil- derman in a decision rendered Tuesday afternoon. He orders Julia I)., widow, Efiie C., Elijah P. and Edna W. Itamsay, children of the dead banker, to turn over to the depositors $3,070. Several months ago suit was instituted against the Ram- says by the creditors for the purpose of recovering the above amount, which rep­ resents the money paid out as premiums on life insurance by the deceased finan­ cier. The complainants alleged that the bank was insolvent five years previous t>> the time of death of the owner; therefore money thus,.used during that period be­ longed to tli.e depositors. The Court up­ held this contention. Ramsay left $29,- 000 in life insurance, which was paid to the widow and children. The defendants will probably appeal the case. Stc ie News in Brief. A carload of cattle which were quaran­ tined at the Chicago stock yards suffering from "lumpy jaw" were killed, and health inspectors say there is no danger of the disease spreading. Commissioner Iverr denies the report that game in a semi-decayed condition is being sold on South Water street to proprietors of cheap restaurants. The new prison for female convicts at the .Toliet penitentiary was thrown open to the public Saturday night from 8 to 12 o'clock. Immense throngs were shown through the magnificent building by offi­ cers and attendants. Transfers from the old prison were made on Monday. Lying in Seminary Township. Fayette • s. County, is a forty-acre tract of land that has just been pre-empted by I). W. Sey- bert. In looking over some Government reports a few days ago he discovered the land bad not been taken up and at once made application for pre-emption papers. The land is worth $10 an acre. At Galena Mrs. Josephine Hasejbacher, aged 05, was divorced from her husband, Adam, aged SO. They had been married , but four months. The charges were cruelty and non-support. Chris Schreiber paid $17.59 for the privilege of riding four blocks at Chicago in a.cab Friday whose number indicates it belongs to Matt Joyce. The police are searching for the cabman and two other men. At Canal and Randolph streets the cabman stopped and started an argument .'over the. fare due him. While the men were talking two rough-looking fallows walked up, garroted Scheiber and took all his money. Then they and the cab­ man disappeared . Mr. and Mrs. Horace Tucker, well- kqown residents of Rockford. 'celebrated" their golden ^vedding," assisted by mauy friends. The Illinois Watch Company resumed operations at Springfield and announced that its factory would run on full time. All of the company's traveling men have •btfen ordered* to take the road. Fred Galster. township collector and a thrifty farmer near P*na. and Robert Watt, his neighbor, are victims to the amount of $480 each of a brace of sharp­ ers. who secured their notes for cheap pianos. William D. Moore, who had lived in McLean County since 1852, and was one Of the county's richest farmers, is dead: He was born in Champaign County. Ohio, in 1821. He leaves a widow, five sons and two daughters. E. F. Kuutz, a farmer pf Freeport, was found.lying dead in the kitchen of a neighbor who lived across, the road from him, having shot himself through the head. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide, due to finaucial troubles. Rev. M. M. Durand, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Pana, created a surprise and sensation among his flock by returning froni Oliver with a bride in the person of Miss Barbara Wal­ ton. Rev. and Mrs. Durand were ten­ dered a public reception. V .Tames Hannaford entered a Peoria sa­ loon Tuesday morning, greeted a number of friends, and entering a closet fired a bullet through his brain. He died in less than an hour. Mr. Hanuaford was 43 years of age and once was engaged in business at /Tiroli. Two years ago he Was the nominee, for County Clerk, but was defeated by Charles A. RMdel. After his defeat he was adjudged insane and sent to. the Jacksonville asylum, where he, remained until the day , after the .nap* tioiial. election, •when lie returned to Peo­ ria as cured. , Anton Schlosser, a stonecutter of Cairo, believes that divine power has ordered him to go to Cuba, and Wednesday left for that troubled isle. For many weeks he has been engaged in constructing a unique craft, which was rolled from his shop on the same wheels by which it is propelled in the water. The boat is about fifteen feet long, and is liued with gal­ vanized iron. The wheels are about four feet in diameter, and he turns them by foot-power. The craft left for the South at noon Wednesday, and was traveling at the rate of ton miles an hour when it disappeared from view. Aaron G. Karr, once a prominent and successful member of the bar of McLean County, was taken to the county poor- house Thursday. Twenty years ago he was considered the ablest young attor­ ney in Bloomingtou, and his legal learn­ ings and judicial attainments were such that he was consulted in the most im­ portant cases coming before the McLean Circuit Court. Twelve years ago his mind began to give way and he has grad­ ually become worse. For some time past he lias been in an imberfle condition. Be­ ing penniless and without friends he has at last become a public charge. He is aged 53 and' unmarried. The bodies of James Ware, aged 30, and Mrs. Ella Ricketts, both of Blooming- ton, were found lying on the Locust street viaduct across the Chicago and Alton Railway in that city Tuesday night. A little dog lay on the dead man's breast. There was -a. buUet-holc iii-the forehead-- of each, and a pistol, several chambers of which had been discharged, lay beside the bodies. The man had evidently shot the woman and then turned the weapon on himself. The woman, was the wife of Teamster Albert Ricketts. The man was the son of Mrs. Ellis, who occupied a part of the house, the remainder of which -was occupied by Ricketts and his wife. The Supreme Court of the State has made a most important ruling in its opin­ ion deciding the case of T. B. Rhodes and others against the Missouri Savings and Loan Company. The Court finds that the Missouri Guarantee Company sold paid-up stock which entitled the hold­ er thereof to participate in all the profits of the company, and to receive a dividend of 0 per cent, per annum on the amount payable therefrom, payable semi-annual­ ly out of the profits accrued to such stock; and paid-up non-participating stock, which pays a dividend of 7 per cent, was also issued. The Court says a corpora- • tion which has authority to derive its revenue by these means is a building as­ sociation only in name, and merely a money-lending, dividend-paying corpora­ tion. As all. or nearly all. building asso­ ciations issue paid-up stock, this ruling is of deep interest to capitalists and bor­ rowers. A terrible railroad wreck by which scores of lives might have been lost was prevented by chance Wednesday night. The Burlington freight train was sent out from Peoria ahead of the night pas­ senger train, and to this fact alone,,eighty passengers can congratulate themselves that they are alive. When the freight reached the switch two miles west of Ed­ wards Station it suddenly flew the track. Every car composing the train went off the rails, with the tender of the engine. The engine aloue remained on the track. Seven of the cars were completely de­ molished, all the otlyrs badly wrecked and the track was torn up for a distance of 200 yards. The cars were tossed about i;i every conceivable position, some of them standing on end. Three of them were loaded cattle cars and about twenty head of stock were crushed, thus indi­ cating how terrible the disaster would have been had the passenger train with its eighty people aboard gone out first. An examination as to the cause of the disaster showed that a deliberate at­ tempt had been made to wreck the train by throwing the switch open and locking it. It was evident that those who made the attempt intended to wreck the pas­ senger train, probably for. the purpose of robbery, if not for the" more diabolical motive of wholesale murder instigated by revenge. Several attempts have, teen made to wreck trains in that vicinity lately. Jesse R. Cox. of Leroy, the oldest man who voted in the last election in McLean County, died at his home, aged 88. He was born in Lancaster, Pa. He served in the Ninety-fourth Illinois Infantry, under Gen. McNulta, and was a member of Thomas Riddle Post, G. A. R. The Illinois Central is cutting down forces and wages of section men of the various sections. Several of the men of the Pana section were discharged, and wages of the remainder cut from $1.10 to 90 cents a day. Decrease^ in traffic and business generally is given as the cause. At Peoria the jury, in the case of John Pi Isom returned a verdict finding the de­ fendant guilty of manslaughter and fix­ ing his punishment at three years. July 25 last, he,and Lee Mays, a Decatuw negro who had been in Peoria but a few days, got into a dispute which resulted In Isom shooting and killing Mays. ^ Gold-bearing quartz has been discov­ ered in two places in Alexander County, ,aud it has created great excitement. The, first fouud was in Maj. E. W. Halliday's artesian well in Cairo at a depth of 750; feet, and the other on the farm of Dr. M.i Harrell, at Olive Branch, the.latter being; on the surface. The finds at both places are what is known as free gold. WHAT OF THE TARIFF , :--: L THE GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE ADDED REVENUE. tt Is Proposed that the Dinjjley Bill Be Passed and a Commission After­ ward Appointed *9 Adjust the Tariff --Republican Majority in Concresa. Suceestion by Sherman. The government must not be per­ mitted to go on without some addition of revenue. The present Congress should do all in its power to overcome the revenue deficit. It seems that the measure that has the most favorable ehanee to pass is the Dingiey bill. This was constructed to temporarily restore the revenues. It was drafted by Chairman Dingiey of the Ways and Means Committee, after consulta­ tion with Speaker Reed in the late ses­ sion of Congress. It passed that body easily and was stifled in the Senate. The Dingiey bill increases the du­ des of the Wilson bill 15 per cent, on everything except wool and woolen goods, sugar and lumber. Wool- is taken from the free list and made duti­ able at 40 per cent., while a correspond­ ing increase is placed on woolen goods. Lumber is removed from the, free list and- made dutiable at 15 per cent., while sugar, which the Wilson bill made dutiable, is not touched. This is purely a revenue expedient. It, is not satisfactory, because of the. ad valorem system, which is so conducive "to fraud, but it would aid the revenues immensely and to a degree give pro­ tection to American industries. It is "the best tiling that can be done in the circumstances. This bill should be passed through the Senate if possible. There is con­ siderable doubt whether it can be pass­ ed, but the chances for doing so have been improved by the altered attitude of the silver men and by the belief that Senators Brice and Gorman will put no obstacles in the way of its pas­ sage. It had generally been assumed that Mr. Cleveland >vould not veto this measure if it were to pass and there is no ground to suppose that lie has changed his mind on that p$int. Doubt­ less the Republicans will ascertain the President's purpose in this matter be­ fore pressing the bill in the Senate, and they will make every effort to learn whether it has a chance in the Senate before urging it, unless they become convinced that it is well to put those men on record who are ready, from motives of spite or partisanship, to interfere with a restoration of the Government's revenue. If the Dingiey bill were passed, and it appeared that a tariff commission were, impossible, Congress should be summoned in extra session to restore the protective tariff and to get rid of the iniquitous system of ad valorem duties. Senator Sherman, a public , man whose abilities and patriotism are fully recognized, except by a few carp­ ers and" absurd individual^," suggests that the Dingiey bill should be passed aad provision made for a tariff com­ mission to adjust the tariff. Of course, such adjustment would be on protect­ ive lines and to provide revenue also. If this commission were appointed it would take considerable time for it to complete its report, but when com­ pleted and passed by Congress there would be little doubt that it would set­ tle the tariff for years to come and take it out of politics. That is most desir­ able, for the country needs to have a stable basis on which to do business and one that will afford protection without being too drastic in its duties. The suggestion of Mr. Sherman is an admirable one and deserving of most serious consideration. -- Springfield (Mass.) Union. The Return of Prosperity. -""It is sure that some weeks, and pos­ sibly some months, must elapse before the country at large can feel all the good effects of the revival of trade; but the revival is a certainty, not a specu­ lation. It already is in progress. Dun's Review, a trade journal utterly without politics, reports that 390 establishments that were idle before the election have resumed work since Tuesday, Nov. 3, and 300 have increased the number of persons employed. "Every day," says Dun's, "adds thousands to the number of those who are able to buy a week's supplies, and gradually to make up for months of enforced economy." The last clause of the sentence is significant. "Months of enforced economy" were often months of accumulating debts; these must be paid before the old-time (purchasing power again manifests it­ self. The return of prosperity comes in bet- (ter guise in that it does not. wear the robes of speculation. "Business men," says the Weekly Review of Trade, "are anxious to prevent anything like ficti­ tious excitement. There is a greater de­ mand for supplies, materials and pro­ ducts. The speculative markets have been reacting, which is merely nat­ ural." We may add that it is as health­ ful as it is natural. Excepting a re­ turn of panic, nothing could be more pujurious to the commonwealth than an eruption of speculative fever. Trade is in a convalescent condition, and will acquire new strength daily. All is as well as is possible after two years of panic and nearly two of stag­ nation. But while these cheering signs are plainly visible, there are not want­ ing a few malicious ix>liticians and agi­ tators who are circulating false stories of decreased wages and of discharges of numbers of persons from great works. Chicago has been made the center of this storm of fa lsehood. As a matter of fact, none of tiie great indus­ tries of this city have reduced the ^vageis of operatives or diminished the number of them. Chicago is sharing in the prosperity of the whole country, and is finding daily new employment for the thousands that long have been unwilling idlers.--Chicago Inter Ocean. ~r~ Hawaii Airain. The Hawaiians are not slow t-o rec­ ognize that the election of William McKinley does not mean that this country will continue ini*iical to their interests. The Hawaiians hope that they may be annexed. That is a ques­ tion that must be answered later on. The Hawaiian republic has shown it­ self fully capable of managing its' af­ fairs creditably and there is no appar­ ent reason why it should not be ac­ cepted as a territory, but it is a ques­ tion jvhether we want to admit It to the Union immediately. One thing that the Ulilted States should do as quickly as possible is to authorize the construc­ tion of a cable to Hawaii with per­ mission to continue it to Japan. That cable would be e)feeedingly useful to our merchants, afford us communica­ tion with the Hawaiian islands with­ out waiting on the mails and also be of strategic importance in the event of war. Tin Plate. The establishment of the tin plate in­ dustry was one of the results of the McKinley bill. The industry gave em­ ployment. to thousands of workingmen and despite the reduction of tiie duties on tin .plate effected in the Wilson bill, the production of tin plate has steadily increased.- The ubiquitous free trader will assert that the reduction of the duty did not hurt the industry because it has grown nevertheless. But how can he say it would not have been twice as large now had the McKinley rate continued? The great fact connected with the tin plate subject is the estab­ lishment of its manufacture by the Mc­ Kinley law. Consumers have found that the American tin plate is good, and so they use it The tin plate in­ dustry is a crowning triumph for pro tection. .• v . , Some Inteirestink Figures. It is twenty-four,years since a Repub­ lican presidential candidate has had a majority of the popuhfr vote. In 1872 Gen. Grant had a, popular majority of 727,000. \ Four years later Hayes was in a minority of 340.000. Garfield's plurality over Hancock in .1880 was only 7,000, and he lacked over 300,000 of a popular majority. In 1884 Cleve­ land had a plurality of 02,683, but lie was short 222,(KM) of a majority, and four years later he fell about the same amount short of a majority. But in the last presidential election Cleveland fell further behind a popular majority than any man who has been placed in [the White"House. lie had 380.000 plu­ rality, but'he failed of a majority by about 050,000. --Philadelphia Press. ' •). A Timely Attitude. Present agitation is unnecessary for the cause of silver coinage, and will only prove a disturbing factor in the present experiement. We have no in­ terest iti silver coinage, per se. We were working for the prosperity of the people and believed that the restoration of silver to coinage was the surest and shortest way to its accomplishment. But by a tremendous popular majority tiie country has elected to try another way in preference to ours. We say. let us make the experiment fair, complete and convincing. If prosperity can be attained in this way we shall hail it gladly and not refuse it simply because it was not attained in our way. Let us give the gold standard a fair trial.--Au­ gusta (Ga.) Chronicle. House of Representatives. The Republicans will have 207 mem­ bers of the House, the Democrats 137 and the Populists thirteen, twice as inany as,they ever had before. This gives the Republicans a majority of 57. Of the Republicans, five are for free silver, while two of the Demo­ crats favor gold. That gives sound money a majority of fifty-one in the House, which is wholly sufficient for practical purposes. In fact, it is a ma­ jority that is almost too large. Busi­ ness could be transacted the more eas­ ily and with more rapidity if the ma­ jority were .smaller. However, the House will do business, with Mr. Reed as Speaker. May Deem It Well. Democrats, like the President, who were driven out of tiie party by its sur­ render to silver and Altgeldism, knew it meant, incidentally and inevitably, the success of protection. Of the two evils they accepted that as infinitely the less evil and vicious. Under the conditions that prevail the President may deem it best for the country to permit such bill as the party in power devises to become a law without his approval.--Vicksburg Commercial. The Awful Mark Hanna. Contrary to the usual custom, Mr. Hanna is pursuing his campaign activ­ ity after election. Not only is lie keep­ ing up the price of wheat at enormous expense, but bribing hundreds of fac­ tories, railroads, mines and mills to renew and extend operations. Can the toiling masses stand this sort of thing? --Portland Oregonian. No Anglo-Maniac. McKinley is no Anglo-maniac. Un­ der his administration English goods will have slim chances in our markets. They will not be crowding out Amer­ ican products, as during the reign of free trade under Democratic rule. Let good Americans bear this in mind.-- New Orleans Item. Flutes in Walking Sticks. Walking cane flutes are made by fit­ ting into one end of a flute a handle and into the other a length with a ferrule attached to form the lower cud of the cane. There are also made violins in the form of walking canes. The cane is a shell. The violin bow is carried in­ side the cane and may be got at by un­ screwing the head of the cane. Screw­ ed on again the head forms a rest. A part of one side of the cane may be.re­ moved, revealing the strings^ Tiie bridge, lying flat when the cane is clos­ ed, is set up when the violin is to be brought into use. The pegs upon which the strings are wound may be turned in tuning with a key that is carried in the cane. The tone of the walking cane violin is like that of the ordinary violin. These walking cane instruments are musical novelties, sold to people who want something out of the ordinary and curious. They are also used for prac­ tice. ' Western Farm Mortgages. Exaggerated representations have been made in regard to the hardships of farmers in the West who have given mortgages on their lands. The facts are that less than one-lialf of the farms are mortgaged and that the decline in prices of produce has not produced such a decline in the value of the farms. The Ballet Dancer--Where are you going to Spend your vacation. Willie? Leading Old Man--Papa and mamma insist that I visit them at the old farm. Where are you going? The Ballet Dancer--Oh,"my grandchildren have ar­ ranged a nice quiet little time for me at the seaside.--Answers Autumn Road Making. The man who failed to fix his leaky roof because he couldn't repair it while it was raining and it didn't need fixing in fair weather, has thousands of brother pupils of his school of philoso­ phy in all sections of the country. They don't repair the public high­ ways for the same reasons. During the autumn, when, the weathev is us­ ually dry. the roads become fairly good without any particular attention being paid to them. The farmers liave: time to do more or less work on them then--but. pshaw! what's the use of fixing roads whfn they do not impera­ tively demand it? ; The following spring the rains come and the roads become impassable, but the farmers are then too busy to give a moment's time to. road building. - • And so it goes, year after year. How are the roads in your vicinity'? Isn't there a lot of repairing that should be done now, so that the highways may be serviceable next spring? Use of Roads. According to Col. Albert A. Pope, the census returns show that there are in the United States about 15,000,000 horses, over 2,000,000 mules and 49,000 asses. The annual cost of feed lor these animals is about $1,575,000,000. On tine stone roads one horse can haul as much as three horses can haul over the average dirt road of this coun­ try. It is estimated that it would be necessary to build about 1.000,000 miles of macadamized road in the Uni­ ted States, in order to have as good a system of public highways as is found ju several European States. At the cost of $-4,000 per mile, this would in­ volve an outlay of $4,000,000,000. It has been estimated that if one-half of the draft animals could be dispensed witli by the building of such roads, there would be an annual saving of $788,000,000 in the feed bill. This is 3 per cent, interest on $36,000,000; conse­ quently if road bonds were issued bear­ ing 3 per cent, interest, more than 0,- 000.000 miles of macadamized road could be built without increasing the annual expenses one dollar. ' . The people, Colonel Pope shows, are actually paying 3 per cent, on $20,000,- 000.000 in order to keep up the present bad roads, while it would not cost one- sixth of that sum annually to build the 1,000,000 miles|necded in order to put this country on a par with France in the matter of good roads. WOULDN'TCOOK BEEF MONDAYS Servant Girl Gets Pointers in a Police Court as to Her Rights. Matilda Mousel Is a New York serv­ ant girl who has rights. She knows more about rights now, however, than she did last week. Her poverty reduced her to becom­ ing a cook in the house of Mrs. J. E. L. Davis, who lives on 03d street, neai Fifth avenue, and her pride inspired her to refuse to cook anything but game on Monday. It happened that last Monday was Mi's. Davis' day to have roast beef. Matilda was expected to prepare the beef. She ascended to the library in high indignation, bear­ ing the unroasted beef in her hand, "Is it this you'd have me cook to­ day?" she asked Mrs. Davis. "Certainly." said Mrs. Davis, "and don't roast it too much." "Indeed, I'll not roast it at all." "And why not, if you please?" asked her amazed employer. "Game is proper on Mondays. Fetch me a partridge an' I'll cook it, but beef I Phough!" "You,may go at once," said Mrs. Da vis "That I won't," retorted the girl. "I'm hired for a mouth, an' the month I'll stay, if 1 die for it. I know my rights." "•'Very well; we slialj see," said Mrs. Davis, and she went to the East 07th street police station for aid. Policeman Burger came. He tried persuasion first. Then he tried the pa­ trol wagon, and Matilda, kicking and howling, was taken away. In York- ville police court she told Magistrate Brann that she knew her rights. The magistrate told her that other persons had rights also, and fined her $3. Ma­ tilda was much surprised. f * She Learns Its Value. Two young girls dressed in stylish tailor-made gowns entered a State street jeweler's shop. They asked to see diamond rings, and for a few mo­ ments pretended to be very much inter­ ested in the gold circlets and their brill­ iants. All at one of them fished in her pocket-book and produced a ring set with a most beautiful emerald. "Could you duplicate a ring like this?" she asked. "Yes," said the jeweler. "For how much?" The girl hesitated just the least bit asking that question. The jeweler glanced at a friend, wink­ ed and smiled. He told her the price, and then the girl asked; "This is.a rather valuable ring, isn'tt it?" "Yes, quite valuable." "Well, I shall see mamma first, and if I- decide to have the ring duplicated I will let you know." "She'll not be back," said the jeweler after the door had closed. "Happy crea­ ture! She really never intended dupli­ cating the ring, but she was mortally anxious to find out how much her fiance had paid for it. For that was her engagement ring; and you know she had to know how much the trinket was really worth. His depth of affection is largely measured by the value of his engagement ring. Now she's happy, Did you notice the beatific expression when Itold her my price? Happy youthj They are pretty much all alike."--Chi> >ago Chronicle.' ,t>. GOETHE'S FORESIGHT. _ _ - United States to Control Nicaragua Canal and Britain Suez Canal. It is not generally known that Goeth« foresaw not only the construction of the Suez Canal, but of the Nicaragua Canal' as well, and foresaw also that the former would have to become the possession of England and the latter the possession of the JJnited States. A writer in the London Spectator trans­ lates from EckeiViann the following re­ port of Goethe's conversation at a din­ ner in his house: " 'Humboldt,' said Goethe. 'ha<rf indi­ cated, witli great local knowledge, sev­ eral points\ where, by making use of some rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, one might,! perhaps, attain the object in view, even more advantage­ ously than at Panama. The decision of all this is reserved to the future, and to a grand spirit of enterprise. So much is certain, that if a cutting bis possible of such a character as would allow ships with ahy kind of cargo and of every, even the greatest size to pass through such a! canaFfrom the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean there wrould result for the whole of the civilized world, also for the not civilized part of mankind, the most incalculable advan­ tages. I should, however, be astonished if the .United States were to let slip the opportunity ,of getting such a work into their own hands. One may foresee that that youthful country, with its pro­ nounced tendency toward the West, will have seized upon and peopled, within thirty or forty years, even the wide stretches Of land beyond the Rocky Mountains. One may also fore­ see that along all this coast of the PrVific. • where nature has already cre­ ated the racist spacious and most secure harbors, there will gradually arise very important commercial towns, which will become tlife intermediaries of a great intercourse between China and the East Indies oil the one side and the United States on the other. But in • that case it will be not only desirable, but almost a matter of necessity, that merchant vessels as well as men-of-war shall maintain a more rapid communi­ cation than has so far been possible by the wearisome, disagreeable and costly navigation round Cape Horn. I repeat, then, that it is absolutely imperative for the United States to effect a cutting from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. And I am certain that they will achieve that aim. I should like to live to see it. But that is not possible in my case. Secondly, I should like to live to see effected a joinihfe of the Rhine with the Danube, But that were another gigantic undertaking, and I doubt its being carried out. more es^ pecially when I contemplate the small- uessof the means that Germany can dis­ pose of. And, thirdly, I should like the English to be in possession of a canal of Suez. These three things I should like to live to see .and It would be really worth while to hold out here, for their sake, another fifty years.' "-^Literary Digest. x Not Used to Luxuries. The peculiar sorrows of a Pennsyl­ vania colored man are thus set forth by the Record of Philadelphia: A tall and heavy-footed colored man limped painfully into a large shoe store in Plioenixville one day recently, and began to complain to the proprier tor that he had been swindled. "Dese hyar shoes," he said, "suhtinly is de wu'st I ebah see. Dey jes' natchelly got me all tied up in knots." "What seems to be the trouble?" in­ quired the proprietor. The colored man scratched his pate for a minute, and said, "Fo' de Lawd. I doan' know. Hit slio'ly seem laik somebody done cast a spell on dem. Fust dey feels all right, an' den de nex' day dey liu'ts mos' drefful." The dealer took a look at one of the shoes; then he began laughing.."You're not used to wearing shoes, are you?" he asked. "Well, boss," was the reply, "I doan' weali dem much, da's a fack." "Well, the trouble is, you've got them on Jhe wrong feet." "No, sab! No, sab!" cried the negro, "dey ain' nuffin' wrong wif mah feet." The dealer explained the difference between right and left, and the custo­ mer went away happy. Knots Tied by Machinery. If inventions continue to multiply al the present rate, the day may speedily come when man will have to sit with folded arms while his work and even his pleasures are turned out for him. Science has lately given us a marvel in the shape of a card-counting machine. Two of these most interesting automa­ ta now working are used for counting and tying postal cards into small bun­ dles. Two of the machines are capa­ ble of counting 500,000 cards in ten hours and wrapping and tying the same in packages of twenty-five each. In this operation the paper is pulled off a drum by two long "fingers" which come up from below, and another finger dips in a vat of gum and applies Itself to the wrapping paper in exactly the right spot. Other parts of the machine twine the paper around the pack of cards and then a "thumb" presses over the spot where the gum is, and the package, tied with the paper slip, is thrown upon a carry belt ready for delivery.--Popular Science News. Something New. The Chicago Times-Herald says that a Western gentleman lately found his new cook in the drawing-room, gazing with much interest at the aquarium. "Well. Biddy," said the gentleman, in a kindly tone, "what do you think of them?" "StH-e, sor," answered the cook, "upon my soul, if they ain't rale lovely! An', begorra, perhaps you wouldn't belave it, but this is the first time that I iver saw red herrings alive before!" No More Season Tickets. M. Porel has given up the season ticket system at. the Paris Gymnase and Vaudeville theaters, on the ground that it entails more work on the part of the artists than it is worth. A German paper contains the follow­ ing advertisement: "Any person who can prove that my tapioca contains anything injurious to health will have three boxes sent to him free of charge." --Fliegende Blaetter. "How did you learn to skate?" a lit­ tle boy was asked. "Ob!" was the In- cocent but significant answer, "by .get­ ting up every: time I fell down." The brightest jewels are the hardest and coldest. TO MAKE STATE LAWS NAMES OF MEN IN THE NEW 1 LEGISLATURE. Successful Candidates at the Recent Illinois Election-- Republican Ma­ jority on Joint Ballot Unchanged-- Will Have Election of U. S. Senator. Our Commonwealth Solons. The Republicans will have the sam« majority on joint ballot in the General Assembly of Illinois that they had-in the last Legislature--viz.. forty-six. Two years,ago there were ninety-two Republicans in the House and thirty-three in the Senate, a total of 125. In the next - General Assembly there will be 125 Re­ publicans--eighty-seven in the House and thirty-eizht in the Senate. The-Demo­ crats will ha&> sixty-six members of tho House and only thirteen in the Senate, a total of 70. This includes as Democrats three Populists--Senator Dresser of Greenville and Representatives Blood, of Mount Vernon and Bryant of Omaha. The successful candidates - for the •. House, with their postoffice addresses, are as follows, those whose "house number* are given living,,in Chicago: Dlst. Name and postoffice adilress. Politics. 1-7-Williain <3. Laub, 2543 Halsted St....Rep Chas. A. Wathler, 365 Fifth ave. .. ..Rep John C. Sterchie. 295 Wahash ave. .Dem 2--I'eter A. Unwe, 235 S. Leavjtt st.. . .Rep Aug. W Nohe, 947 Clifton Park ave.Rep Peter .1. Meijinnis, 1193 Jackson boulevard ......... . . Dem 3-HSeo. W. Miller, 1T5 Dearborn ,st... . .Rep , ' Obas. \V. Kothnf).£e!, .914 <>7fh str.. ..Rep' -; John P. McHoorty. 202 E. 55th st; . .Den» 4--Car! ,F. Weidinaier, 5124 Etonian ave.Rep Michael J. Butler, .572S State st... - - Dem •John Standacher, 5059 Wentworth avenue .... ... .v % Dem • 5--John C. Buckner, .3642 Dearborn St. .Rep , Wm. O. La Monte, 3122 South Park awnue . Rep „v. Joseph Powell, 5201 Madison ave .Rep 6--Geo. M. Boyd, 51" Racine ave......Rep Chas. M. Eldredge. 296 Sheffield ave.Rep _ Henry Bartling. 54 Seminary ave.Dem <--Win. Thieman, Elk Grove Rep Clark J. Tisdel. Evaliston .......Rep Boss C. Hall, Oak Park.Dem 8-- Du Fay A. Fuller, Belvidere........Rep Geo. B. Lyon, Waukegan.. ...Rep Jacob S. Edelstein. Belvidere.. Dem 9--David E. Shanahan, 2722 Main St. . .Rep John O'Shea, 3715 Parnell ave.... ..Dem Christian R.Walleck. 57S 17th st...Dem 10--Lars M. Noling. Rockford..........Rep Victor H. Bovey, Pond Creek,... ....Rep Henry Andrus, Cherrv Vallev.... .Uep 11--Ernest C. Schubert, 579 N\ Hoyne avenue Rep g Walter Sayler. 2381 N. 42d court.... .Rep Joseph S. Schwab, 149 Potomac a ve.Dem 12--James B. Berryman, Scales Mound.Rep David C. Busell. Milledgeville.... ,.Rep Michael Stoskopf, Freeport ...Dem 13--James P. Cavanaugh, 40 Ruble st...Rep Wm. Carmod.v, S55 Halsted st ;Dem Edward J. Novak. 581 Center ave. ..Dent 14--Chas. P. Bryan, Elmhnrst... ... Rep Wm. P. Hunter, Elgin .Rep Samuel Alschuler, Aurora ....Dem 15--Henry D. Xlcholls. 522 12tli st Rep Pat J. Meaney, 287 S. Jefferson st. .Itep Peter F. Galligan, 15 Miller st .Dem 16--Ed. C. Curtis, Grant Park ...Rep Almet Powell. GOman Rep Freeman P. Morris, Watseka.,... .Dem 17--Albert Glade. 9 N. Curtis st-........ .Hep Dati'l V. MeDonough, 84 Center ave.Dem Frank J. Brignadeilo, 47 Grand ave.Dem 18--Chas. A. Allen, Hoopeston Rep Martin B. Bailey. Danville..Rep G. W. Salmans. Danville...........Dem 19--John F. Qnnnstrom. 632 Lake st..,.Rep Bobert C. Busse, 276 N. Paulina St..Rep Benjamin M. Mitchell, 75 North Avers ave .Dem 20--Oscar F. Avery, Pontlae...,; Rep Isaac B. Hammers. Panola..........Rfep John L. MeGulre. Metamora ...DfittT 21--Fred A, RU'Sse,"u0i4 N. Clark st.....Rep David J. Retell. 639 Fullerton ave. .Rep James H. Parrel!, 57 Beethoven pi. .Den; 22--Duncan M. Funk, Bloomingtou .Rep Arthur J. Scrogin. Lexington.: Rep .Tames 1". O'Doiiuetl, Bloomington.. .Dem 23--Lawrence Ivilcourse, 93 N. Frank- v Uu st..... ; Rep Albert J. Olson, 263 Franklin st. ...Rep Denis E. Sullivan, 410 LaSalle ave. .Dem 24--Aqullla J. Daugherty, Peoria.......Rep Alva Merrill. Hallook Rep Almon H. Bristol. Cliillieothe. Dem 25--John Kahjstedt Monee. Rep Wm. H. Steen. Braid wood .....Rep Joseph Kain. Braldwood. ...Dem 26--^Jonatiiau Merriani, Atlanta .....Rep Johu.W. Johnson, Canton., ....Rep Irving H. Trowbridge. Marseilles.. .;Rep John McLaehlan. La Salle Dem 2S--Lawrence Y. Sherman, Macomb.. ...Rep Ulysses A. Wilson. Rushviile..... ..Rep Wm. A. Conipton. Macomb ....Dem 29--Washington I. Guffin, Pawpaw. Rep John K. Ely, Maston .Rep James Braneu, Sycamore... ....Dem SO^-Samuel B. Garver, Farmer City....Rep Seymour Marquis, LWaud.. ... .• Rep Henry C. Suttle, ICenney.. -..Dem 31--George Murray. Elmlra Rep Jerry W. Dinneen, Albany..........Rep Caleb C. Johnson. Sterling .Dem 32--David C. White, Forest City Rep Joseph A. Horn. Mount Pulaski....Dem J. M. Large, Athens .......Dem. j 33--William Payne. Osborn :...Kep^ * Edwin W. Houghton. Galva ...Rep William MeEnffy. Rock Island Dem 34--John B. Joy. Concord Rep Frank L. Hall, Perry Dem John D. Huffman, Bluffs ......Dem 35--Frank A. Murdoek, Oneida... Rep James O. Anderson. Deeorra Rep James B. Barnetl. Coldbrook ..Dem 36--George B. Metcalf. Greenfield Rep William V. Bhodes, Wrightsville.. .Dem Williatri T. Conlee, Carllnville DeflP" 37--Charles F. Ivincheloe. Loraine.,... .Rep Elmer A. Perry, Mount Sterling.. .Dem George W. Montgomery, Clayton. ..D'ern 3S--Thomas F. Morey, Greenville.:.... .Rep Obed E. Loyett St. Elaio...........DeB* Joseph P. Price, Irving .Denf 39--Charles E. Selby, Springfield ..Rep Abnei G. Murray. Springfield...... Refc ' Geo. L. Harnsberger, Springfield.. .Dem? 40--Caleb B. Torrence, Cowden Jtep Isaac B. Craig. Mattoon........ Dem .Joseph P. Barrieklow, Areola..... .Dem 41--James E. Sharrock, Taylorville. Rep William G. Cochran. Sullivan Rep Oliver T. Atchison, Lovlngton Dem 42--'Thomas B. Needles. Nashville.. Rep Hugh V. Murray, Carlyle..........Dem John A. Barnes, Louisville. Dem 43--Fenton W. Booth, Marshall Rep n. B. Ilussman, Effingham.... .Dem Eb Stewart. Toledo...............Dem 44--Samuel A. Williams, Friendsvllle.. .Rep B. S. Organ, Mount Carniel, ...Dem Nathan D. Bryant, Omaha. Pop. Dem 45--William H. Latlirop. Newton .Rep Duane Gaines, Newton ..Dem Wllliasn Ilnrt. Bell Air »..i..Dem 46--Wallace B. Flannlgan, McLeans- boro a Rep F. G. Blood, Mount Vernon... Pop. Dem Daniel It. Webb. Benton ....Dem 47--Charles L. Wood, Hamburg . .Rep. John A. Shepard. Jerseyvllle. ...... Dem Robert B. English. Hardin... Denl 48--Robert C. Brown. Sparta.... Rep Harry- B. Ward, Duquolu Rep f .1 Robert H. Allen, Shiloh Hill.. Dem 49--John E. Thomas, Belleville Rep Louis Perrottet. Mascoutah...;.... .Rep Jule C. Jarvis. Centerville Station..Dem 50--Elbert H. Dickson, Oakville .Rep William DeWoody, Corinth.........Rep William Q. McGee. Cairo....... sU.Deoi 51--Joseph W. King. Eddyville.. -Rep William H. Parrlsh, Harrisburg Rep Fletcher A. Trousdale, Metropolis. .Dem Twenty-one Republican and four Demo­ cratic State Senators hold over. Of tha twenty-six Senators elected Nov. 3 sev- ' euteen are Republicans and nine are Democrats, as follows: Dist. Name and postoffice address. Polities. .2--Selon H. Case. Chicago Rep 4--Daniel F. Curley. Chicago ..;.Deni 6-- William Sullivan. Chicago .':.Rep 8--Flavel I\. Granger, MeHenry....... Rep 10--Deios W. Baxter, Rochelle......... Rep 12--Homer F. Aspinwall, Freeport...... .Rep 14--Henry H. Evans, Aurora.' .....Rep 16--Isaac M. Hamilton. Cissna Park .Rep 18--<"harles Boga rdus. Paxton Rep 20--Robert B. Fort. Lacou Rep 22--George W. Smbbletield, Bloomingtou Rep 24--James D. Putnam. Elmwood ..Rep 26--W. Scott .Edwards. Lewistowu..... Rep 28--William E. Manifold, La liarpe lH»itt 30--Henry M. Dun hi p. Savoy........ . Rep - 32--Arthur A. Leeper, Virginia ....Dem 34--Edward McConnel. Jacksonville... .Dem 36--William I.. Mounts, Carllnville .Dem '38-- Nat. S. Dresser."Carllnvilte.... Pop. Dem 40--Stanton Pembertpn. Oakland.......- Kep 42--Charles E. Hull. Salem............ Peat 44--John Landrigan. Albion. l*eot - 46--Joseph T. Payne, Mount Vernon....Dem 47--David R. Sparks. Altou.............Rep> 45--Albert C. Bollinger, Waterloo.. I... Rep 50--Walter Warder, Cairo...:...; Rep The Kueijip Cure. "S;iy, Weary, wot are you walkiu* 'round in yer bare foots, fer'f" ' ; "I'm rryin* dis yer new Kueipp cure."* "Wot fer. Weary?'* » " 'Cause some dinblasted snoozer stole «aeshocs>:"--Cleveland Plain Dealer. • i1 •