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..o,her Meeting Of the Leading
" Chicago Ministers.
p.marks by messrs. collyer, Ryder,
Hcrlord, and Thomas.
eooeral Agreement TINT They VIII
Get What They Gun,
-, Mat Commit tho Mistake Of Try
1 Ing to Get Everything
ri, p.,ul,s Which Wsnld Follow II fciltits Got
"' ,lli1ed Up in the Natter.
II Is Agreed that tho Bnainess aon
shoula Take the Initiative.
~,,r coAlnltTrEE's RECoMMESDA'
Al" T1DNS,

tn" .r1DSS.
4po,ncr Meeting Of ministers nnd citizens IT.
.,..staa Ia TIC movement for tho observance of
~ ] s'v,I SABBATH was held Yesterday morning in
.ss .ss C,atk Street Methodist Church. The at-
.s.1,nco ~" was crcp larger than at tho preceding
rretlpg o,,c week ago.
- The meeting WIS called to order hY the Rev.
n. aoolw.,,, who nominated tl.e Rev. Robert
c,l1rrr to preside. Tilu nomination was n'atlo
.s,ntno,,s. upd Mr. Collycr touk the eflafr.
r.hn 1acy. Simeon Gilbert. oi the AdsaHef, was
.ho,cn Secretary. Tue meeting was opened
r,th nrayer pY the Rev. g. II. Everest.
qhe Kcy. Or. Goodwin, Chairman Ut the Com.
,,,ttcs calling tllr meeting, rcnd The following:
nnn f,on,mIttcc repurt that, In accordance With
n. Instructions OF the meeting hofti On hinndhy
IL III tley haye acnt ont Invitations TO OIL tue
eers, Of t1o city and vicinity 50 far a. lelF ad.
M hays not rccuvcu Fucl Invitation llas beon
snr To- totae aycratglt or failure to Get lie right
.adtrss Thetu has bcen no iEtrHtlotlal omsstfon
1t tny nuc III 1ll of the range lf tlc denon'aaAttGn-
The Committee o1or tho folln"'n0 rccommenaa'
fTr,t--That in view Of the prevalent mad nlarm.
t,s frsrcratluu Of st.D sabbath, whGFaby The peace
n lie community IL disturbed, tho snirt Of Inv
ft,nt,s aroused, the tendencies Of vice anti rrfmo
;ncrrAsct, tac tn,r has Conle for urgent Efforts to
tatu,c by all the ncAns ia onr power Ihc DcItcF CD"
1t1yancc o! thu daY. -,
t,1amd-Thnt i,nss- meeting of citizens sympa.
th1mr With this nDvsmcDt be held In Fnrweli Hall
'TnurIiay, MAY Ii. at p. til. and that commit.
t.t be appointed by this ineetlng to arrange there
3hIrd-That tte PASTORS Of the city bo Invited 10
dal1yc. Jsculls4ra upon this subject next sabbath.
81 ~ apou .heseattct as .,lny lc pussiblc,
, 1879-05-06

I1r. Thomas thought TINT. socially anI relig-
lously, tl.ey were iu tEausit!H' gu The huliuaY
question. Gu the Que cxtrcu,a wA4 ut old,
, 1879-05-06
who arc alrcnt1y enjoying tho reward Of their

vlttNesp
,n "Mf :, Xs: fa.,s. IN n,,n. yS% se' mo 'omsh'"
M. prefer to maInta'n silcncc for tho
present."
~ 10 not mcan A. to your retaining .yoHr
ol'sai s11, pGs'it!son' but As !" Tho sp'f'tua''c
NJ imyc no special plans. ]. havc published
this t,oak because t e thc truth, and ''ccausc
fctt lint must publish IT,"
but this wnrx viii probably make Yon the
leader Of apirltual!snt 1T this country. VIII 1t
notln
70 no! There are far mora prominent men
IN u than aft,. ani 4nt disciple. lheso
Eiiis."' '~ '0' ''~" '~' ~ =
..Aso yon follower Of seedrnborga"
:" No; 2wtdcnb0.g was a Spirltnalst, to ba |
aurc, hut mi not spccta!ly welded to his pc.
cullar .l1ctrinc."
"W,Il you fursn MI association OF your own to
propagate your tileoriess'
No, iIavc M ancI Intention"
then May hsx yon What Ypu will do, Mr.. |
ktddIc!"
s'That Is for ,hc future to determine. You
can feost'ly zee that nm in earnest, Or should
not hare published this book. Nuw do me tic
justice to read i: for by this book mean to
stand or 10 |af!.7 |
EXTRACTS rnoM Nh. RIDDLES WORK.
Tie few extracts from Mr.. Henry Ktilc's
bools entitled, "SpIrituaI Comln,nlcasiona;
presented below, convey on!y partial idea ot
tlt variety a.Ml curiutts conversations al ines
taEIs 'u'n nI osnu su"al,!'eh IN, ;" -, 1hnun; 1
n,ir lhtesestln!; iAet0 II VIII ~ hHlee'! WV.
SDaRsPeaFo sDcils al5 haEhe SnAResuea[c',
This. II Is hopcd Will Tor ever set this disputed
question OF 0.thoErallv ut rest. Nrary all the
snuts many of the prominent ministers. }lhjtQg-
nt,t1ers usni scientific rcn 0f fGrnpr ttnes:
n,ncts itkr Hrrnn AMI Ilne. ynw YnrE nnlItt.
ni,us s,,r,, ns TtrsoI ,,ul rat, orn iii r., In
I.'ts -. ,~t,,.t. ~. - w r., f,,runn,,.
ne..u ia,!it i tna ~ uuHis' H.. ~ - .I ~. ~,
Elisahsth fim,Inm ;i,.t rem arr mi r. s"tt IN
Heaven
wAnot,s DE LAFAYETTE.
t,.rt,r,,,,r ,vftt, :, law .n,r. rrtv ,ho Noro,fs
M a,nrnt!, ~" - ,vi, % T." f,,,,,f th"t tn. Enrisb
!. .r.n' eh,i., H., W ~ ,s',s os cm,l1 hc ~.
.s,u,, 80. NJ t,,, 20 ~ .,,t," - tor hnt
| = urort,,rr % Wi.1, i" drnrs IN ri" IliioaIorf-
49,, ,,,''a rnn"i,",ar IT,, W a,nI h. Iast"us IN
,. ea" ~. .,' e"''
,u,..,;. ~ ~ .r.r'.,n s,,,.s .,1,u ,,o-, hv
"If -. ~ -, ,,,tss r,,r tha r"n,m.nd ~
~ l:anc,,I ~ @ a,,.r.o mrnv H. Iha iiInr nj
WsahfaHtnn t,,a ~ .n. i,.ii.n."t ~ ,snrn II, I'm
t r. t"t t'ue auao"ei ., .,iitm1 ,,m.. W
eHtG ':.atsn , % ~ NMs.e' ~ Ill., ~ "n..n n i,.s
HsS % ~ rnGfcu t mvHIs ~ ~ ~, Il X n,.
% nn .. r" by ~ ~ ~ ,"nat ron r.. .,,;,.ns In
. t 'r, ~ ~ ~ w fn n, ~ ~, ii .trht ~ rEtrn
~ % i.%n. ~ 80 ,.,, ~ - T. :. ,rmi fand NJ ntcasmr"
I ~" snrn,t tt. " "tptiu ,,a ,I.a vim TN t"anrs
., ,! P's' .;s,t ",. ,.t 'u nns ' xrfT.aJ lii
t,t,t,t th-',"h on,t"rcn , @ ~ ,tyino wns
po",.e,. ",. ,orn .ntoIE" n Mas; ~ III ,nw
1
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The Rev. Mr.. Tcntecost hoped the meeting
would hear !ren Mr.. Coliycr betoro proceeding
10 adopt thu resolutions.
Mt. Coilyer sail hu had nlwnys hnd deep
interest III this question, although Ao could not
take exactly tile gronud that some did. They
should bu large and generous md as conslderate
Is possible "rherc !s," lie continued, "a great
deal of Intelligent conviction ranged In opposl-
,Ion to such views even rs | may hold, You
know two or three times In The last twcnty
1ears, WHEN attempts llnye been nlnde 10
ptappc With this question null brlng It
Into sorne better BhnDo than that III which
# has always lain, tho result has been
last in a!tes!hg thr balanee Of political power
70 that somehow, as we were trying to right
,hhgs a. ono cld, they wrnt far inurc utterly
wrong III ths Other end Hns. wh!tu VIC mnY siayu
done something, ncrcrll1,lg to our conviction, II,
s,rsgtttenthE out st~ question Md il giving men
afeelng that ttrtE wAs sncyetlnrss they hadn't
thousEt uf about all tfs, yet It rot the city into
bs4 hM.s, a,H! resulted IN BAD thti.s generally,
lHY laoht think tllat ycrY much good ,yAs 1nnc,
HdS, x We can strike so,te way III whci wt
ca get this Qugss!on before the pub
!s In a great, broad, generous spirit
ass Will bs universally rtrbgl,izeti, IN q spirit
Slze, al'l get them to tecl tl,at the welfare
u lite city. tn some measure turns at
once upuM the better observation OF the Sab
bath, md on the right government Of tic city,
ihsn think Tint something nav be done Tint
h.s neTtr been done before 10 lcfp nfpng IN Tits
ala'emcnt we atl have In our hearts. Zap
p!auscl Tie inecting now is open. mud tic
bitter thing to do will he III i,o right ou and say
Jour f'ay Us swiftly as you ran." lLaushterl
, 1879-05-06

morning, noon, or night. [Applausc.] would
nrnscctltc n.y iuat tint Ina ills taloun opeu on
Runtlay l,clofr o'cio.k. and would prosecute
hnv tiinn that doesn't clsso Tint snnoM by Z
%'e'ock s . IN sunlay SyenI"g 5Apn@seil n4n,;,5,i
laucr-bccr saloons as far NJ can. 'ihe t'ernan
iaVcr.berr uar}en n The great difficulty ~ thts
tnsc, md II yOu rnnbinn the ticrInil eculc1s te
rcsprctabfu null the dsrrputab,e portions o. y
a1atnst US, yn, ton,bipe f,suh!Y lust. HUT u,
On the other lM,ll, VIC arc satisfied win rceoR"
nfzing aoue ot t!ese thing as beyond our chn-
troll q posslo'y ertniss!nlc Under ai Inc Sr,
l,opo OF success. Now. substantially thls = y
what think It Is desirable TO attc,nnt to %, u.
In t1ue Judgment pf the McotaG. It Is csirAp!o
to<lu anything. That Is the first thing t, de-
eide. would hare tho subject tnlke'i aluslt
MID referred to n committee carefuf!y selected
to look II uyer, Gtnl finally report as to what.
In their combined wisdD.n, 1t Is best to nttctnnt
to DO, / world no: rush Into this thing nniy
way but deliberately consider wllnt, tlt1ler aIl
Tho circumstances Vi tle ease, Is wtsest and best
III regard 70 the question Ut attempting to CHI
iurye the Sunttny Law nCainst tLoso xho keep
open tltcir saluUns on Sunday before h'eloSE.
mako no distinction between tlIc whisky SALOON
recognition Or nationalit!es tl,tt will not be i'll
tluraet, ttluk, by faIr:inlnlca pcop1c, how're
ever thu wh1aky.shop bc &C, mich worse, ~ u
ieer beer saloon; an II saloon is open
inter O'Clock. close It II you enn. Applause.
Leave It nndistnrbett It II eon'u Itself 10 thoae
tines. AMI thus allow tlr Oer1nan to go i'ls
to his tdcns. know Il carries with It inischlcf
ol harm, hut | would do what stated At tllu
first, mt wl1at Wish to do but what can do"
{Applause.
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lOLal .-.'..-.A .."s'.'.'.'t t.s...''.. 1tooo
Thu list OF vessels llas been arranged, not ac-
cor,illg 10 cln,s ur Tatc Us la tllu nctnI rcUstur
but uycurttll,,. to duty ur condition. This at-
rangcmeut gives thu following result:
NHtAter Nur.ber
r. afr<tssts. ofguas.
, 1879-04-04
A Factory In Cll!na.

Up4ftn AHfkfff&ff.
The fact that WooIen mill ts to be built In
China under the direction ot two German get,-
tlenot,, u1Le al engineer an.l the Other InAut,-
fncturcr from AK Ia Chapeie, has latulY excited
soIne discussion In Lancashire. Theirs 10 talk
also OF d cotton mil somewhere In tho wat EHi;
pifc,-the Chinese papers arguing, from TUG oln
exclusive point Of View, tllat II mil ara ll'it
will no longer have IN inducements 70 conie
there, md Western civilization. with Ito pusil.
ing md aggressive agents. will eeaso to trouble
The st.o OF tho proposed woolen.rnlll-the
grat to be built md managed un Westcfn p!tn'
cIplca in the Land uf thu sati-ts a. l.acnoWtn. @
tic Capital OF thu Province OF kautul. ID North
cast China PFoper. The rroYiuca llns popuH.
lion oi l6,00, ,0l01 anu tho Capital is = tlfse- ~
months Journey BY Land from shaneaa9 Ihe
wool for thu mill ID to bs obtained 1rum the
slouguls, driyLns IN the!r shecE 1n'l E1hta ior
tho purpose, lii the region Of Yellow i!sSer the
ia,ni ID Cultivated and productive; hns to rsov'
snnIca rs for tho most part a howing wilderness
The autbority to erect mills within the litntta
of lis Etnpire las been conccded HIth great Fs-
luctsuce nlll a. choice OF wills. But it Is lob
sons choice. Wien thu Clsnese mills have
tributed, u,ll thu Celcatiaa merchants have moi
vet learned the pruccss. Canal Anu railroad
tystelas, tho telegraph, and all the cuntEtyanccs
~ which modern trnilG successfully carried op
must come next; ind all t!lesc things III.
foreigner must teach them. Thts WILL 10 IN
| task not Of ono but Of tuauy Jears. It Is ny
Que, howayer, TINT Neel cause muci alarm J!
this century. Or this generation. Tho bu!!din.
Of q hundred cntton-inils In China would no
| do SO tuuch harm to tue trade III Lancashire Z
| the landing thcrc of single carlo OF AcF good
oyerweighte1 With starch ntid clay.
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MADAME BONAPARTE.
uetsy Patterson, nr Baltimore, Who Mar
rlctl Jcronle IsaItnpnrto In 1909.
Forf,I

netsy fnttorson' .. hait'h'ore' WM" a1"e-
rled JcroMe noItnpnrto !" 1Soa.
fdlo York Eeea'no itff: |
NJ would rather bc the wifc OF jerome Bona
norto ouu hour thau The wife Of any other man
far ia - NJ ,,,n cstImanln Nine nonanortc.
1or l'e: ~ suo Nv h,ro ,oI' .", nh" aeo,,
ol baiiimofe,,s tepottc" ~ navy saa uo'' soou
first Napoleon, her friends suggested that pcr-
hans tro,,b,o was IN store for her Tic trouble
sps =. 49,. ~, t,,o 9l,h of Dcccr,tcr 1sn9
came. ~ "us o' '''o @11" y Desoe, Aoop
that jerome bonapaTtc, commander o. french
frieute, WAS married In Baltimore TO Miss Eliza
hcth Patterson, tho beautiful daughter Of tho
,rs.I,nv a,i,ow,er william Pa,tcrson. ne.
wealthy s"'po"ilel' "".''.a iaeeoa' ~,
tara the tnnrf'ago her iathef opposeu H. a'a
scut bis daughter to Vtrgin!a to get her away
fro,n the frustrating foreigner. After tie mar
rtn,,o thc Enperor Napolcon opposed Il, ansl
Hase luz 4.''pso4 s,ap s,.,fs ,,tn w.. ~ nos
ordered thai ule young WIG saop,u nob W pes-
mittcd 10 set foot on the sou OF frnhce.
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Ja!tus Casnr. Among tho ruins also arc tic
romatns Of Christian. Church.
Tile n,olorn village Ia small and insignificant,
o 5at q e 61sk 6 y Kse
ptcttrcsqleiv aftliatel on the bnnk md aanked
by trcrs md gardens. The whole aspect Of The
country ts pleasing. Tho cu!t!rahlo land e1-
tends BACK ssvsTs miles l1o o e ri rvss ~, a. fa1S
OF suGar-cane for tic factory. Uesfdcs The
great factory thcro "a d largo 1ousa With hN,nlo
harc1 apartments. where the Governor OF this
diatrict Ercsldcs-pcrhaps because tte factory
ptensanter than Luxor. or Eznell above. III.
Goycrnor's house hns au extcnstge g1r!!cn OF
t!ouors,-where usually abundan:cs OF roses
grow,-laid out By the old Mohao,msd Az,
s r'sGa''ssn LID ss T 9u:si siiP'fEss fEe S; s
lRSs; lims;, 'p'spa Fiji f0"i' i lot much grown
ia tllo upper valley, but tlis. plantation shows
take the trouble 10 g. out md water ZIG trees
IN 1915 tho previous inundatlon had hecn 40
high tint It had entirely wasl,cd out tlis garden
and plnnlation,. leaving neitfser flowers nor
SsPsasda' sepsssd a a yss7 yss ksy 81 ts s 'fs s
below the town Is d splendid avenue OF great
sycamoro 1gs extending along tho river
and then turning inland; opposite: on the right
bank sre some p!etnrssa.;e Villages VIII,
Of wheat and beans. md, ~ background to
the whole, rises tho yellow desert md \ splcn:
did range Of mountains. 1t is hard to think ii
sucll a sconc Of beauty ami pcaco prey tn
famine, md OF the efmpte people. who need &c
little, sitting and starving In abIect despair.
It il almost incredible to read TINT these peo-
| pic arc beyond relief, Ant TINT tho "famtnc \
believed to be still worse IN the inland hamlots'
There are no inland tamlcta far from tho river,
nntl not IN easy reach from Il. The whole la,W
is In sight from tic deck Of ono Of tht
Khcdivess stcamboats. All the, population
ran be easily reached. Ermcnt is 458 mtfcl
from Cairo, but there arc plenty Of fast sailing
nlong the riycr to gtvo Information, aud foot
can bc easily dispatched to the relief Of tht
unpcr valley. 1t is strange that VIC hear OF III
efforts to feed tho starving people.
, 1879-04-04
M,DONALD AND WALLACE.
Their Oplntons Of Tlllon, Hendricks, Tim.
dali, and Grant.
sgatht" 1rdshington DtspeicA II Cincinnati En-

Their Oplntons Of Tlllons Hendricks. 1snn'
dali, nnd Grant.
" "ga.ht" 1rdshfn9ton DtspsicA {" Cincinnati In"
gafFtr.
1aeaom6anicd Senators Wallace. Garland, and
Mcdonald 10 Washington on Sunday, after their
investigation Of tho Philadelphia election. Nc
Donald expressed tho opinion that there Would
be severe contest between TEldcn and anti
TIlden, and ho believed that Tlldaa would be
beaten. 1lc thought the Democratic candidate
would be either Hendricks or Thurman. Ho said
II wns a mistake to suppose TINT uondricks had
lost any support.
II don't sce," said Mcdonald, "hon Hen
bricks cau aeal1 TAXA the second place on the
ticket It was q sacrifice on bis part to do it be-
fore. Ills friends IN Indiana arc hostile to hls
p.ayl,,e sccoul fiddle to Mr.. Tlldon. 1t is not
ir1o that ueulricks IL deficient In pluck and
fortitude. He Is not o bollteerent nai,, but III
action Ii firm and sound. DON'T think lie is
lnnn III intense ambition. When called 10 ata.
| The people of ludiann lovo him, ind think ne
RcpuulIeaus there have perfect confidence IN nls
Mr. Mcdonald laid that he rcta!ocd f!s whole
Notwithstanding It made Republican Pfcsl.
dent, Hu thought It was bright thing In The
story Of the country tlat two hostile parties, III
tlelr mutual lear oil civil war, hnl agreed upon!,
L q
As TO 'riIdun, Senator Mcdonald said: "llc
had IL In ills power to stop tic Electoral Commits
SION at any TINS IIecould have donelt whon Judge
Davis rctllscd to sit. Judges Field and Cltilo1u
wanted Tll,cu to interposu nt That time atd atop
The Commission, because they knew that the lie
publican Judges would be ,paEtisan." ~
Mr. Mcdonald said: II don't thlnk tha'
Hayes has bcun fallure. lie has tried to gov'
crn according to law ind moderation" Nc
Donald paid d compliment to Marshal Kerns' u
Philrdelphia, but said that hls testimony was I
clear robuke 10 the Federal Election lnWs.
Scnator Walaeo said that DO regretted tn.
contest between himself and Speaker Randall
When he cnlered TIM Senate he bad offered y!
baud to Randall, a,.l said: 1.-The world IL bii
trcachcrons, and kept ns hts stipend!afes Ger
tain Bolcnitans, ylo would he gontcn; G,,i W.
according to Wallace, was practieing, all hE
tricks In Pennsylvania. II hc could not get I'll
nomination lie wpntcd the party beaten.
It rns ratl.cr singular ts'At all these Demo
cratic Senators spoao OF Gen. Grant III terms q
thv Ctcatcst kindness. AfcDouaia said thai
: wht)g Grant did not know much ahont law, h
always exhibited the law OF common seuso.
, 1879-04-04
EGYPT.
Tho Fan,ine-Er,ncnt, tho Village fru1n
Which tho News CntMos.
Hartford Eouranf,

Tho Fau,ine-Er,ncnt, tho Village frum
whtcl, tho News C0nos.
Iorifofd Couranf.
In old times, when thcTo was famine elee-
where, there was usually "plenty In Egypt"
But now, Will, less population than II had be-
Iuro tho hloslem conquest. Egypt Ia occa-
sIoua)ly piuchcd, especially II tas rarely hnp-
neus) tho annual humiliation is too little or too
great. At any rate, excessive taxation makes
rvneyalIy shurt commons for TIC Wrctchcd
inhabitants Of tho upper valley, and they
have sunk into state OF inlprovldenee AMI
Indifference. Thcsu is Ut the best, along the
river oniy narrow margin OF cultlTabla so!s,
md ut late years travellers have seen eTen parts
OF tl,at abandoned because tic ta1es on It ate
up s,l tho husbandman could rase. Hcre nsid
there OIL tho river dAtc.pams wcro Lett without
water 10 d!e, because there was heavy tux on
cach tree, u,,d the produce was barely enough
10 pay te tax, and lett listla uo fruit over 10
nav the owner for Ills ceatc1ess toll In dipping
Mnler from tho Nile % nourtfh It.
Tile ordinary condition OF many Of tho lnhab-
itanls on tho Upper Ntlc would seem TO Us very
near 10 suIer!nE md starvation, ous their %anS
tuFr IN l!lelr wrctclled mud'houses. they have
M clothes except the single garment on their
bucks, and they aro satisfied WITH !nouicun OF
rrarsr hreud anA Ivy Ereens fa'nesea Hon,
mild lin. they need little clothing aud no hro,
md II tipy work little there Is leas necessity fos
\ much foui. Whun. thereforc, there 10 q ~ fsH'
inr," II Il cop0ltioIl VI absotute want which We
Gun scarcely coacetYe-no herbs, roots, or any
| rcllsu 10 eat.
Wu are not Informed By tho dispatch that an
nouucrs the talHlnu in The valley above Ihebcs
what IL ilae ilumeGsatc cause. Hut It IL pcEhar.
owing TO thu excessive inuudasion Of last yea1
which DESTROYED lor tho titne tie growing eroNs
aud Of course therc had been 10 acc1mulet!o1
Of provls!unei the people literally live 1fo'l
hand to mouth.
Tie llt,u village Of Esmens, from which th'
news corues, il Que Of tho prettest places in tn
upper country. Il II on tl!s wcst oank a. apon gu
ansient IIerllonshIs, al.d lhrrc ars yet slslbi
sou,o .',slgnitleant suaas vt ut old temples. On
ot them, called the Ataulmcist. or "lylng.iu
loute,n was built BY tho fascinating Cleopatra
aud on tha !sner will Is yot seen what 70 SUI
posed to bu III authentic portrait OF the Queen
who i accompanied by NeosEaas, her sou
, 1879-04-04
A Gloomy Prospect.

= 3173FH1 FFEd FTE2J. = ~
A Woodward avenue druggist yesterday put
minded over Ills bottlu tho boy nsked:
"Dill you put auy sugar III ~"
~ don't think did, was tho rcp1y.
"WcIl, then, / don't believe inn'll touch
d1op OF 1t. ] ctt some medicine lIuEe 'tolllst
day. md m couldn't even hire hcr to tulSe Il,
cause Il wasn't sweet She's purity stek, nus
she's down on medicine.
"Wcll, how docs your father mauagot"
II IIe don't uuanaEe ut all. lfe tries to hire
MOTHER hut you acc sln'B Too OLD to care 10!
caully md peanuts, uMd too yonllu to waat
speciaclcs or u snu1T.box, md there VIC are, you
scc, II them oplon drs.ughts on her feet don't
do my good, I'll bat I'll hare asepmotl!er 'lo''
fall
, 1879-04-04

ton to tho bus!ucss douc IN Illinois By lite
insurance companies not chartered by the State. |
The pcs[.Loncrs claim that the contracts Of anf
oi, the tustness and tho requirements ot Us
charter, bs uniform, nn,l that It would DO i'm
possible for elich companies to vary thcir eosl.
Tracts to suit the lorat laws Of TIC dltieleMt
tive ot each State to regulate its own corpota'
tions nni to provide the necessary safeguards,
md full compliance With the laws OF thc
State whore organized, nni the 1tlaielona 'aW
now upon the statule.6ooks q thls State Is a.. Al
that can bc, Justly required. They say TINT TIE
passage oi any bill which would compel life.
insurance companies Of ulhcr statas to cease
doing business in ll!lnols would, N their opin'
Ion, be seriously Injurious to tic pubic IN
tefcsts. -.-...
EIGnTT.ftrK DAYS.
The Illinois General Assembly has now been
IN session ctchty.h7o days. with no prospect Of
a. immediate adjournment. To-day there AZ; are
consume at least tlrce weeks Of tile ttme ot tte
!louse to dispose Of. There arc hEtS-elAnt
House bills on third rca'1inF, which represents
Mt least two weeks moro Of hard work. There
order eighteen Senate bills on second reading,
two Scnntc bills on third rcadll.E, and eight
Senate bills which l,are becn postponed. 1!1eso
rcnrcsesst at least two moro weeks. IL WI take
set 10 come from the Senate, making IN all
about seventy days moro harder work than ms
ycs been dono to dispose Of legislation now on
the calendars OF the two branches VI the leGis-
lature. In addition tU this there are IN tlle
llat,ds of committees and Mt the printing o1lee
not less than $40 bills, which Will
require 100 days to dispose Of. Tile
reople Of tho State Of lllinofs car, therefore,
caunt upon the present scsslon OF the l.ca1sln'
turc coniin uing until about the 1st Of Oetoner
next, providing oil the pendng business Is tlts-
posed Of 1t may DO we'll TO state, however,
tl,ut no previous Gnncral Assembly has com
plotted ali It's business, ntd there is no probable
ty that this one Will be any different FROG, the
rest 1t is likely tint thu session Will close
about tho middle Of May By abandoning all lhG
business then pending, IN whateger condition It
may be.
TIE Road LAW.
Tile vencrnble DR.. Rogers. Of Bloomington,
! thia morning oecupicl the Chair Tor MI hour or
more, during which the Road Law, famous bill
containing 125 sections, was read third tiFHo
| nutl put upon It's passage.
| Mi. Harrington characterized tho present bill
! as loosely drawn, md objectionable IN MnnY re-
spects. The subject of highways was to-day IS
important au interest to tho State Us the rail.
wayB. The p1cscnt systcHl hnd been tried. and
lIn,l been found to work very we'll, and ho was
| opposed to any change.
Alr. Granger spoku ia favor Of tho impending
mcnsltre, claiming that all Of his constituents
| wcre In favor OF tile change.
Mr.. Ilobison, Of Fulton, spoke against the
bill, stating tElat 1t was expensive, aui was not
md could not bc snado to be uniform Iii ita
operations.
The roll wss then called aud tho blli was
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, 1879-04-04
An Imperiai Isnhy's Household.

II must b. q beautiful thing to bc llussIan
tarpaysr. @ TI.e household q hts ..lmperial
Wigl,licss" thu G1allu Duko Michael Alexandra
wityh, agcd months, Is limited to iittsen per
sons. 'fhu English nurse receives l45 Eublss;;
TiiSlIess' j table. Considering the price Of
pjnt Of milk, Ills .sIulpeEIal lilghaess 7, must b.
we'll supplied. Tllc old Emperor Nicholas asked
ooe .iay iur some talow foF application 70 SORE
foot. Ycars uftcrvard Minister oi the imperla1!
not,nlis Of tullow which appeared fn thu weekly
ntwouuts of tic Enperor's personal necessities;
wsrcupou 1t was discovered u,ut for ten whole
vrnr. th.s u1nount lad bccu charged weakly.