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A Land League Convention .has been called to meet in Dublin between the time whon the Irish Coercion bill is passed by tho Honse of Commons and the time when it becomes law. The local branches are to select delegates immediately, and the delegates thus chosen are to hold -themselves in readiness to attend promptly on being notified by telegraph. It is expected that the delegates will be arrested. Prince William, of Hohenzoilern, son or the Hereditary Prince Leopold, and who his been chosen as the heir to the reigning Prince of Bonmania, was kidnapped by three men recently and taken across the Rhine by them, but afterward managed to escape, thus cheating the kidnappers of their expected ransom. Michael Davitt, one of the leading Land League agitators, has been arrested in Dublin. As he ia now on tickefe-of-leave for connection with Fenianism in 1866, it will probably go hard with him. -"Upon the discussion of Irish affairs in ths British Honse of Commons on the 3d inst., Vernon Harcourt refused to inform Parnell what conditions of his ticket-of-leave Davitt had violated to cause his arrest, the Irish members shouting Shame" and the others cheering. The Speaker refused to hear John Dillon, who continued to talk, and a motion for his suspension was adopted, - and he was forcibly removed by the Sergeant-at-Arma. When Gladstone rose to speak, O'Donohue moved to adjourn. Parnell proposed that Gladstone be no longer heard, whereupon the former's suspension was moved and carried, the vote being 405 to 7. On his refusing to leave he was escorted out by six officers, the Home-Rulers waving their hats. Finnigan was then suspended, and, as twenty-seven HomeBnlers refused to vote, they were suspended in a body and removed singly by the Sergeant -at-Arms. Tho Coercion bill was then decided to be urgent The North German Lloyds steamer Kronprizo Frederick Wilhelm met in collision with an unknown steamer off Cruxhaven, England. Tho unknown steamer sank in three minutes. Six persons were drowned. Michael Davitt was taken before a London Police Magistrate and was by him committed to PentomiUe Prison to serve out the unexpired portion of his sentence seven years. It is reported that a rich lead of gold ore has been atmck near the town of Canete, Chili. Many of the nuggets already taken out are said to be of unusual size, some of them selling for 8120. There U great excitement in the vicinity, and adventurers are florVm- t .ere from all directions, Davitt has been tr . .ferred to Dartmoor prison, the author'! i - .earing an attempt at rescue. It is reported that he will be released on promising to remain away from Ireland. The King of Anantee has declared war against England, and stores and ammunition have been ordered to the Cape coast from Madeira. Thomas Caxlvle, the eminent English his torian, has just died in London, at the ripe age of 86 years. He was buried in the churchyard of his native town in Scotland. The steamer Bohemian, Capt. Gunrdy, which left Boston Jan. 27 for Liverpool, was wrecked on the Irish coast the other night Thirty-two persons were drowned. Twentyone of the crew, including the second officer,

were iawA. The vessel is an entire loss.

iv a colliery explosion in Staffordshire.

England, twelve men perished. . Itichard Graves McDonnell, who in his time was Governor of South Australia, Nova and Hong Kong, is dead. He was an Irishman by birth, and 66 years old. The Brit'sh Government has ordered two regiments, consisting of colored men from the Barbadoes, to the Gold Coast, Africa, to do battle with the King of Ashantee's army. At a recent French Ministerial council it was stated that the United States Government had agreed to France's proposal for an International Monetary Conference at Paris this

Invitations will be sent asking other

ts to participate. The double

standard will be the principal topic of discussion. The Indian Government has at last closed up its accounts for the Afghan war, and they reach tho rounl sum of 8100,000,000, or $70,000,000 more Uian the highest estimate. Another light has taken place between the South African Boers and the British, under Sir George P. Colley, in which the English troops were successful, both sides losing heavily. A fixe in the Victoria Dock, London, destroyed eighteen .railway trucks and eighteen grain-laden barges and damaged two. The total loss is estimated at $2,200,000. A forced loan of $13,000,000 has been ordered by the Sultan of Turkey. King Alfonso, of Spain, has formed a new Cabinet, with Senor Saguata as Prime Minister. ,. . " PenonaJL Henry Lame, who acted as body-servant to Gen. Mercer during the Revolutionary war, died the other day, at Mount Vernon, lad., in his 123d year. Jennie Robertson, who donned male attire and enlisted in the Union ranks at the outbreak of the Bebellion, and served several years aB a soldier and teamster, died in the hospital at Naahville, a few days ago. Albert, who won second place in the recent pedestrian match at New York, has been selected by O'Leary to walk against Bowefl, next south. At the opening of the Supreme Court at Wilmington, Del, Chief Justice Comeygs called the attention of the Grand Jury to the recent utterances of Bob Ingersoll in that city. The Judge thought that they were blasphemous, and indictable as such under the laws of the State.' Dr. William Trevitt, who was Secretary of State for Ohio for three terms, and who held various other political offices, died at Columbus in his 72d year. - Hon. Andrew K. Kay. who represented one of the New York districts in Congress from 1849 to 1851, died recently at VYinslow, N.Y. General Mexico has not been without its cold spell this winter.' Some persons have been frozen to desth at Pueblo and Matamoras. The President of the Union League of - America has called a meeting of the National Committee of the organization at Washington on the 2d of March. On the 3d there will be a public meeting, and on tho following day the - League will participate in the Presidential inauguration ceremonies. The bill for the prevention of tho consolidation of telegraph lines has been passed by the Ohio Legislature. As the certificate has not yet been filed with the Secretary of State of Ohio, the act of consolidation will be inoperative as far as the hues in that State are concerned. The Ways and Means Committee of the House has decided to report favorably on the bill reducing the taxation on bank checks and bank deposits, upon proprietary medicines, upon matches, and in favor of repealing the 10-per-cent, package tax on export tobacco. Canadian cattle imported into England in the future will hive to be slaughtered at the port of entry. The Canadian shippers will thus be put on the same footing with American shippers, A man and his wife died at Marietta, Ohio, recently, from trichhue, A man named Wtn, Lnnger died at Freemansburg, N. Y.f a few days ago. His wife died on the day of his funeral his two sisters died a few days afterward, and a lady who attended the latter during their illness died also. The victims were attacked by cliihV, the nature of which is not fully understood.' Five other persons of the same family were attacked, but have recovered. Crow King, Silting Bull's second in command, with 315 of the hostile Indians, has surrendered at Fort Buford. He wantd to go after Sitting Bull, and thinks he can hi luce Him to give i.iuu-clf up. Brennin, Secretary of t;ie Irih National I tnd League, will vuit this country in order

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to promote tho spread of tho organization among the Irish-Americans. Walsh, another prominent Land-Leaguer, will viit Australia in the interest of the league. The National Stoveniafeors Association, which met at Detroit, elected I. K. Myers, of Cleveland, President for the ensuing year. The official figures give Pennsylvania a population of 4.282,786, of which S5.680 are colored. The native population number 3.695,25S. and the foreign-born population 537,533. During tho year 1880. 512,931.224 letter, 163,048,912 postal-cards, 496,706,132 newspapers, making iu all 1,605,502,892 piece?, were passed through the United States mailt.

ITinancial and Industrial. A mortgage for $45,000,000, covering all the property of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, is being prepared for record in each of the three States. The Northern Transit Company has soid seven of its propellers to Eastern parties at prices ranging from $16,000 to $20,000 each. At a meeting of Directors of tho Western Union Telegraph Company, Gen. Eckert was chosen General Manager. Jay Gould and KusseU Sage are among the new Directois. The New Tork State Bank Superintendent, in his annual report, shows that, during the year 1880, additions aggregating $45,000,000 were made to the deposits of the savings banks of that State. A new line of ocean steamers will commence to ply between New Orleans and London in a month. The line will consist of fifteen steamers and wilt bo largely employed in the transportation of breadstnffy. One vessel will leave Now Orleans every week. Political. Tho Senate Judiciary Committee considered the President's nomination of Mr. Billing for Judge Woods' snccessor, and Mr, Forster's nomination as successor to Stewart L. Woolford, on the 7th fnst., but took no act:on, nor is it likely to do .so before the 4th of March. It didn't even consider Stanley Mvilhews nomination. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs decided by a unanimous vote to report in favor of a strict construction of tho Monroe doctrine, believing that "Americans must rule America Henry W. Oliver, the Republican caucus nomine, formally withdrew from the contest for tho rennsyivania Senatorehip on the 9th inst. 1BHre and Caeraaltiea The First Baptist Church at Cambridgeport, Mass., has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $105,000, partially covered by insurance. The works of the Wando Manufacturing Company, on the Ashley river, near Charleston, 8. C, were totally destroyed by fire. The lose (68,000) is fully covered by insurance. By the burning of tho Mudge block, Utica, N. Y., the First National Bank and several merchants were deprived of business facilities, the loss being estimated at $50,000. . Two men and two boys were drowned at Fan Biver, Mass., by the breaking up of the ice. The grocery house of the Greeley-Burnham Company, the largest in St. Louis, caught fire from the breaking down of a shelf full of matches in cases. It was speedily destroyed, as was also the adjacent store of S. B. Sale & Co., the coffee warehouse of Long & Hart, and the candy factory of O. H. Peck man fc Co. The flames were only checked when within twentyfive feet of the bridge. The total loss is believed to have been $400,000. The large pork house of J. C. Ferguson A Co., at Indianapolis, burned down the other day. The loss is stated at about 6500,000, chiefly on stock A fire at Omro, "Wis., destroyed ten stores, a planing-mill, a carriage factory, and o:her buildings about half the business portion of the town. The loss is estimated at 6200.000. Dr. Hartley's Reformed ": Jhuroh, at Utica, S. has burned down. Loss, $65,000. Tho village of Walnut, ninety miles wet of Des Moines, Iowa, has been the victim of a destructive conflagration. Loss over $50,000. - At Buffalo, N. Y., the old part of the groat railway depot fell in with a tremendous crash, doing much damage to person and property. Five dead bodies were token from the rums, and it was thought more would be discovered on clearing away the wreck. Tho steamer Josephine-, plying between New Orleans and Havana, was wrecked a fow days ago. All hands were saved. The loss it placed at 200,000. Crime and Criminal Mrs. Catherine Miller and George Smith, her paramour, were hanged at Williamsport, Pj., for the murder of Mrs. Miller's husband on the 18th of March last. On the scaffold, Smith said that he was instigated to the murder of Miller by Mrs. Miller, who asked him (Smith) to marry her a fow hours after the murder. Mrs. Miller was only 17 when she married her husband, who was then 40. The marriage was a forced one, as Bhe loved Smith. Three men attempted to outrage Miss Georgia Hamblet, a young and highly-accomplished woman of Augusta, Ark. Her screams brought assistance before the brutes could accomplish their designs. The parties who committed tho outrage were caught and put in jaiL In the evening a mob gathered, took them from prison, and hanged them to fi tree on the bank of the river. Tho ghastly work was completed by flinging the dead bodfes into the river. The murdered men are reported to be the sons of wealthy planters of Monroe county. New York thieves flung a bar of lead through the window of a jewelry store in Sixth avenue, while the proprietor was sitting inside and abstracted $4,000 worth of diamonds and watches. John J. Berry, the embezzling bank cashier of Hackeneack, N. J., has gone to the State prison for five years, Xavier Wilhelms, a saloon-keeper of St Louis, murdered his mistress, Agolia Margot, and killed himself. James Fowler asked Abo Barnes to drink with him, at Custer City, Dak. Barnes declined, and Fowler shot him dead. Fowler's dead body was found next morning suspended to a tree near the scene of tho Bhooliug, Joseph N. Thibault was hung at Annapolis. ML, the other day, for tho mnrder of Charlotto Hill. Marshal Abington, of Colliersville, Tenn., went to arrest an unknown rough in a saloon at that point. Tho rough resisted aud fired two shots, wounding Abington and a young man named Payne. The latter then blew off the rough's head with a shot-gun.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The concurrent resolution on the Electoral count, introduced by Senator Morgan on the isth of Jane of last year, was discussed In the Senate on Thursday, Feb. 8. The resolution declares that the President of the Senate Is not invested by the constitution with the right to count tho votes of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States Senator Edmunds was opposed to the coniri deration of the resolution at the present time, and mured to lay it on the table, which was negatived by a vote of 32 to 20. Hoar, Windom, Booth and Gonkling were oppoaed to the consideration of the question, as important and pressing business awaited the action of

the Senate. During the discussion Conkling said he agreed with Morgan that th; Vice President had no power in the matter of tho count,, nnd that tho Semite and HtniFo had qnai-jiulicial authority over ifc. Senator Kibnutiris moved an amendment to Uie effect that ncitl the Senate, House nor President of the Senate w ro invested by tho constitution with tho power to make the count, but the amendment was rejected by a party vote of 28 to 18. The Republicans then obHented themselves to prevent a . quorum, and there was no Anal action on tho resolution, Tho ITonse took up the Apportionment bill. Mr. Cox offered an amendment Axing ttie numler of Representatives at 307, while Mr. Sherwin, of the Census Committee, favored 301. The debate then assumed a political cast. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, declared that the second section of the Fourteenth amendment could not be practically enforced by legislation. Mr. White denied that there was a property qualification in force iu Pennsylvania, Tho bill went over without action. Mr. King introduced a bill appropriating $20,000 for the distribution of cone peed. The Indian appropriation was reported with the Senate amendments, which were agreed to. Tho River and Harbor bill, which appropriates about $11,000,000, was reported. A motion to take up tho bill to retire flon. Grant was defeated iu the Senate on the 4th inst The Morgan resolntion in regard trTte. Electoral count was passed ; also the House bill appropriating $26,000 for a national museum, as well as a measure setting aside $175,000 to equip a veael to eeareh for the Jeannetto. In tho House, a bill was reported, authorizing tbo States ef Ohio, Indiana and 1 Ilium to prosecute Miits against the Government in the Supreme Court of t!:o Unitt d States. An act for the sale of Indian lands iu Kansas was passed, tho rate being Axed at f3 per acre. In tho debate over a pension biil Mr. Atsins expressed the belief that the Arrearages act would coat tho Government $1,000,000,000. Tbo United States Senate was in session a short time on Saturday, Feb. S, and passed a joiut resolution inviting the Government and people of France and the family of Lafayette to Join In the Yoritown celebration. Bills were passed for the erection of a public building iu Quinry, III,, and to arect a monument at Wyandotte Mission, in Ohio, The Houpe pawed both the Senato joint revolutions in regard to the electoral count Some hours were pent in debate on the apportionment question. The United States Senate took up the letter of the Secretary of the Interior In relation to census frauds In South Carolina, on the morning of Monday, Feb. 7. Messrs. Butler, of South Carolina; and Gonkling, of New York, got into a rather personal altercation ovor the matter. Replying to the language contained in a speech by Mr. ConUhig, during the campaign, Mr. Butler Fpoke of its charges and insinuations as being as malignant in their purpose against tho South &a the heart that inspired their utterance, and asserted that, although the evidence of the correctness of the census figures was conclusive and overwhelming of the author's charge, he had not had the honesty to make amends for his dishonorable perversions. Mr. ConkUng replied to Mr. Butler that he inferred that the latter had deigned his remarks as an aiwault upon him for something he hud said in a speech last September. He thought that Mr. Butler had taken a long t'.me to reply. As for the vtiporings of that Senator he had no concern. Mr. Butler The Baggering insolence of the Senator from New York has no concern for me, Mr. Conkling Tho Senator is a person with whom I do not choose to bandy words or epithets here or elsewhere, least of all here. The cnbject was then dropped. In a debate on tho District bill, Mr. Thnrman declared that he would vote for licencing the sale of liquor. Senators Hamlin and Tlmnnaii were appointed tellers for the Senate in the electoral count uieetiug. Ct. nei deration of the Pension Appropriation bill occupied the remainder of the session. The House refused to suspend the rules and pass a resolution to appoint a commission to report a basis for a reciprocity treaty with the British provinces. 1 he River and Harbor bill received a similar refusal. Bills were introduced: By Mr. Washburn, of Minnesota, providing that railroad companies can occupy such public luudH as thi-y may need for right of way of any proponed line by making entry at the Land Ofltoo and paying the Government price; by Mr. Honesou, compelling railroad companies to prnv idc all passenger coaches "with axes, fire-extinguishers, etc., and to punish with linen such companies as violate the law;) by Mr. Ford, for distribution of the public landB; by Mr. Turner, a joint resolution that Congress has no power under tho constitution to impose a tariff except for the purpose of raising revenue; by Mr. Gillette, a resolution of sympathy for the Irish. The Senate bill pasted relative to tho non-forfeiture of vessels for breach of the Revenue laws. Messrs, House aud Crowley were appointed tellers to make a lint of the electoral votes on the part of the Honse. Mr. Brace mado an adverse report to tho Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 8. on the joint re?o?uriou to provide for the enforcement of the eight-hour law. The Pension bill came up iu committee of the whole, and on amendment by Mr, Plumb was agreed to, appropriating $200,000 for fifty examiners Mr. Blair introduced a resolution-for a constitutional amendment to prohibit, al ter tho year 1000, the manufacture, sale or exportation of Jbjuors i xoept fur medical or mechanical purposes. The credentials of Philetus Sawyer, of Wisconsin, and Ar:hur P. Gorman, of Maryland, were presented. Senator ConkHng introduced a, feries ol resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for detailed information as to the administration of the v York Custom House and the working of the cavil-service rules there. The resolutions were adapted. The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported to the House and referred to tlio committee cf the whole. The east gallery was set apart for the use of the familiei and guests of Senators and members desiring to le present at the electoral count. The Honse went into committee on the Legislative bill, which was considered but not disposed of. Appropriate resolutions on the death of Congressman Farr, ef 3few Hampshire, were adopted Kulngic-3 were de ivered by Messrs. Brigg, Hall, Ray, B.'and, Bowman, Shcrarin and others. In accordance with tho constitution, the electoral votes were openeJ cn Wednesday, Feb. 9, in the Hall of the Houe, in the manner preBCrited by the concurrent resolution adopted u few days ago. Vice President Wheeler and the Senate filed info the Hall of Representatives thortly after 32 o'clock, the former taking a seat beside tho Speaker, and the latter being given chairs in the front row of de.ks. The tellers having taken their places, tho Vice President opened' the package containing the certificates of election and handed them to the tellers, who announced the vote. When the Georgia certificate was read, the Vice President said that, as the vote was cast on a flav other than that fixed by act of Congress, the remit would not be recorded until it should appear whether the counting or omitting would affect the general result. All tho certificates haling been opened and read, Senator Thurman announced in the language of tl resolution that if the vote of Georgia lie counted the result would be, James A. Gar acid '314 votes, and WjnfloUl S. Hancock 155 votes: but if the vnt nf Georgia bo not counted the result would 1, James A. Garfield 214 votes, and Wiutield S. Hancock 1H votes. In either cap James A. Garfield had received a majority of all the electoral votes. He made a similar statement regarding the vote for Vice President. The Vice Preideiit then declared Garfield and Arthur elected for the four years beginning on the 4th of Mardi, and the Senate retired to its chamber. The Honee and Senate passed a resolution netting forth that no further declaration of the result of the election was necessary. In the Senate, Mr. Wattage submitted a resolution calling on tho President for information in regard to the naturalization by the United States of natives of Spain. Mr. Windom introduced a bill authorizing the Mexican National Railway Company to c nntriu-t a bridge to the center of the llio Grande. The Pension Appropriation bill was passed. On motion "of Mr. Voorhees, the joint resolution grunting condemned cannon to the Morton Monumental Ast-ncia-tion passed. The House parsed the Legislative Appropriation bill.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

The Enormous Pension Business Persons whose tender and patriotic impulses induced them to look with favor upon the law for paying arrearages of pensions will be interested to learn from the correspondent of the Jlerald at "Washington that "the business of pension claim agents has grown to vast dimensions," and that there are "agonts in this business who employ from fifty to a hundred clerks, and some eren more. " Neither the agents nor their clerks can be expected to work for nothing, and it is a pertinent question, How much of the money clings to the fingers of middle men who handle it, and how much reaches the heroic and disabled servants of tbo Bepublio? New York Evening Favorite Beverages. Ill take a light drink, said the gasman. Give me something mild, said the timid man. Give me a straight drink, said the soldier. Crooked whisky for me, said the hunchback. Let me have something with body in it, said the undertaker. I'll take a Bonrbon sour, said the misanthrope. Give mo a brandy smash, said the hoodlum. I'll take a cocktail, said the poultry dealer. Give me a punch, said tho Jiorse-car conductor. I'll take a cobbler, said tho shoemaker. Give me a schooner, said the sailor. I'll try a pony, said the horse-jockey. I'll tnke some bitters in mine, said the disappointed lover. Hot 'era up again, said the proprietor of tb-bowling-alley. 4

It is said that a poultice of fresh tea leaves moistened with water will cure a stye on the eyelid. The true philosophical way of treating burns or scalds is to at once exclude the air, with cotton batting, flour, scraped, potato, or anything that is handiest, Eab-achb. Take ft small piece of cotton wool, make a depression in the center and rill it with pepper, gather into a ball and tie it up ; dip it into sweet oil aud insert it into the ear. Mr. Scott, of Jersey City, claims that the following will positively cure neuralgia : Take the leaves of tho large field thistle (not the Canada), press 'a gallon measure full of them and fill the measure full of water. Boil them down to a haif-gallon. Strain off the water and let it cool. Of this take a wineglassful every morning before breakfast and a wineglassfal every afternoon just before tea. Take tho leaves of the same kind of thistle, put them into a clean cloth, and pound them into a. jelly. Put a layer of this on the afilicted part ; bind on with cloths every night. Be sure and get the leaves fresh. Colds, taken in hand promptly, are easily remedied. If they are allowed to cling ou for a few days, they usually " r un their course" of a couple of weeks, if not much longer. For a slight cold, accompanied with sore throat, a simple remedy, often effective, is a teaspoonful or more of powdered chlorate of potassa in a tumbler of water all that will dissolve. A teaspoonful of the solution is to be gargled in the throat and swallowed, repeating it every hour or so. A sudden, severe cold is most often broken by a gentle physic of calcined magnesia or castor oil, with warm foot bath, and avoiding any chill or draught of air for a day or two. For filling up of the lungs and much gathering or coughing use a simple cough sirup, made by mixing equal quantities of sirup of ipecac, paregoric and castor oil, or sweet oil ; shake well, and take from half to a full teaspoonful, according to ago, three or more times a day as needed. A worm sweat is good, if great care be taken to have no chilly feeling for a few hours after. If one does not cool off verv gradually, more cold will be taken. Croup is, in some families, much dreaded. Its guttural cough is unmistakable after having once heard it. When first noticed administer sirup of ipecac ten drops for an infant, up to twenty drops to a large child every hour or so until vomiting is produced, Then use the above cough sirup three times a day, or more if needed. If more than a blight attack, the simp of ipecac is accompanied with foot baths as warm as can be borne, with a table-spoonful of good mustard stirred into each gallon of water. In addition the chest and neck are well bathed with camphorated oil or volatile liniment, and covered with flannel lined with thick cotton batting. It is well where croup is feared to keep ready for use a flannel cut to fit the chest and neck, with tying strings on the neck corners, and with thick cotton batting stitched on to the under side. These remedies have proved effective in ordinary croup. If at all severe and not

yielding immediately to the above simple

home treatment, a physician must be called in. The Yard Measure. Every one is acquainted with the nature and utility of the yard measure. It is the British standard of length, regulating all other measures, and consequently is the foundation of business transactions and professional operations of many different kinds. But its high utility is entirely dependent upon its fixed and uniform dimensions. It would be in the greatest degree inconvenient and unsatisfactory if a yard in one part of the kingdom meant something different to the measure which passed under the same name in another, or if the least variation were found in the yard measures of different parts, Hunce it is necessary to have some authoritative, standard by which the dimensions of the yard shall be accurately adjusted, and according to which the regality or otherwise of any measurement may be determined. Mauy curious particulars are connected with the formation of this authoritative standard of the country; and few persons unacquainted with the facts would have any idea of the interest which thus ak taches to so common an object as the yard measure. In our early history disputes often arose in the measurement of cloth, etc., and frauds were frequently committed. To check them Henry I. ordered a standard yard to be made and kept at "Winchester, and decreed that it should be of the length of his own arm. Tins was a rough and ready mode of settling the matter, which presents the greatest contrast to the formation of a standard measure to the present time. The disadvantage attending it was that, iu the event of the standard being lost or destroyed, it would be next to impossible to construct another of precisely the the same dimensions. To avoid any such difficulty, a scientific basis bos been taken in modem times for the formation of the standard yard measure. Plainly stated, this basis is the exact length oj the clock pendulum which vibrates seconds of time in the latitude of London. This may appear to some to be a simple rule, by which the standard may be determined with comparative ease; but on the contrary, it is a matter requiring the most minute and accurate research, which only astronomers and mathematicians of the highest attainments are competent to undertake.

Impromptu Ingenuity. A striking instance of ingenuity in taking advantage of tho resources of nature in an emergency is found in Sir Samuel Baker's account oWiis travels in Abyssinia. His stock of soap had become exhausted; and as ho possessed abundance of various kinds of fat, including that of elephants, hippopotami, lions and rhinoceros, he determined to convert a quantity of the grease into soap. For this purpose, ho. required both potash and lime; and how were these to be obtained ? The negleek tree, he found, was exceptionally rich in potash ; ho therefore burned a large quantity, and made a stiong lye with tho ashes, which ho concentrated by boiling. There was no limestone ; but the river produced a plentiful supply of oyster shells, which, if burned, produce excellent- lime. What was next wanted was a kiln in which to burn the shells, and this he constructed out of one of those groat ant hills, which rio to ten ?c.t high, common to hi valleys, and which possess a very hard external crust. Two natives hollowed out one of those hills; a proper draught hole was made below from the, outside; it was loaded with -w.whJ, and filled with some six bushels of oyster shells, which were, again covered with fuel ; and after burn

ing twenty-four hours a supply of excellent lime was obtaiued. Then commenced his soap boiling, which was efiectcd in a large copper pot of Egyptian manufacture. The ingredients of potash, lime and fat were then carefully mixed; and after boiling ten hours, and having been constantly stirred, he obtained excellent soap, of which he had in all about forty pounds weight Vermont Equity. There was a certain Vermont farmer named Brown, w ho owned a large sheep farm, and who, once on a time, finding himself in difficulties, came down to Boston and consulted his brother-in-law, who was a lawyer, as to ways and means of raising money. The lawyer, who was a keen man of business, and had money to spare, agreed to lenfl the farmer such sums as he required, provided the latter would give him a first mortgage ou the sheep farm. The farmer assented to this, the mortgage wTas duly made and recorded, and the farmer returned home to Vermont with money in his pocket. Time went on, and the farmer paid interest promptly, tho same passing through the hands of one John Smith, who was a man of mark in the farmer's neighborhood, and had accordingly been deputed by the Boston lawyer to receive the interest and forward the same to him. At length, however, Farmer Brown, finding little market for his wool, and having invested in certain worthless outlying farms, again fell into difficulties, and this time sought the advice and assistance of his neighbor, Smith, who, after looking over the matter, agreed to advance Brown certain sums and take security, by mortgage of the farmer's carts, wagons, horses, sheep-shears, and other personal property, the farm itself being already mortgaged to the Boston lawyer. But Brown still failed to prosper, and at length could pay interest neither to the lawyer nor to Smith. Then it was agreed that his assets should be fairly divided between the two mortgages, and Squire Joyce, a Justice of the Peace in the neighborhood, who was a member of the same church as Smith, was selected to act as referee. The parties met at the Squire's office, and each spoke for himself, the lawyer first. Said he : "I have a first mortgage on the farm, duly executed and recorded, and of course, the farm must belong to me." "Not much!" said Smith. "I have ft mortgage later than yours, on the personal property, and if that isn't enough to cover my debt, I shall grab tho farm too. My equity is superior to yours. Isn't that so, Squire?" The Squire liemmed and hawed and finally said to the lawyer ; " You consented to Smith's mortgage, didn't

FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS,

Women physicians practiced their profession in Egypt over 3,000 years ago, and then, as now, there were medical schools that adopted tho coeducation plan. The tallest trees in the world are in Australia. A fallen tree in Gippsland' measured 435 feet from the root to the highest point of the branches. Another, standing in the Dundenong district in Victoria, is estimated to be 450 feet from tho ground to the top. The chamois, bounding over the mountain, are indebted in no small de

gree to a species of pheasants. The bird acts as a sentinel ; for as soon as it gets sight of a man it whistles upon hearing which the chamois, knowing the hunters to be near, sets out at full speed. Thb twinkling of the stars is generally admitted to bo due to moisture in the upper air. M. Montigny, in a paper published in Lett Modes, holds that a very pronounced twinkling of tho stars indicates either commotion in the upper regions of the atmosphere or a sudden fall of temperature there, thus denoting the conditions of an early appearance of bad weather. When a strong east wind blows over the Sea of Azoy the waters retire in a remarkable manner, and the people living on one shore can cro&s dry-shod to the other. But this hazardous journey sometimes involves the fate of Pharaoh, for a sudden change of wind will bring the water quickly back to its usual place, and travelers are frequently swallowed up by the fickle waves. It is on record that in the year 1531 a poor old man, residing in Tarentum, near Naples, was the subject of a very marvelous change at the age of nearly 90. His skiu peeled oft, it is said, and a new, soft and smooth skin supplied its place ; his muscles again became plump and yielding ; the wrinkles disappeared from his face, and the white hairs from his head ; the fresh complexion of youth replaced the one, and dark, curly locks the other. Fifty years later ho again became decrepit with a second age ; and he died after he had passed his 150th year ! Thb following problem is given to some new beginner in arithmetic to solve : The English language has one "t " and four substitutes for it, namely, et as in eteisiphon,"ptasin "ptisan," phth as in "phthisic," th as in " Thomas." It also has "a" and ten sub

stitutes for "a." namely, ai as

"vain," ay m "ray

"eight, eig as m "reign, ey as m "they," aig as in "campaign," ea as in "break," au as in "gauge," ao as in goal, aigh as in " straight." Combining the above, how many ways are there of spelling the word " tailor?" and then, writing the second syllable lar, ler, lir3 lor, iur, lyr, larr, lerr, lirr, lorr, lurr, lyrr, llarr, llerr, llirey llorr, llurr, llyrr, lour, laer, lleur, llaer, how many different ways are there of spelling the whole word "tailor?" Australia, with Tasmania, is only a little less in size than Europe. The hottest climate in the world probably occurs in the desert interior of Australia. Capt Stuart hung a thermometer on. a tree shaded from bcth sun and wind. It was graduated to 127 rieg. Falirenheit ; yet so great was the heat of th6 air that the mercury rose till it burst the tube, and the temperature must have been at least 128 deg, Fahrenheit apparently the highest ever recorded in any part of the world. For three months Capt Stuart found the mean tempcraturo to be over 101 deg. Fahrenheit in the shade. Nevertheless, on the southern mountains and table lands three feet of snow sometimes falls in a day. Snowstorms have been limown to last three weeks, the snow lying from four to fifteen feet in depth, and burying the cattle. What to Bo with Hats in Church. To all wearers of silk hats, when once they get inside the church, the hat becomes a serious difficulty. Of all the various expedients by which ingenious church-goers have endeavored to dispose of their hats there is no one that has not proved fallacious. The extreme danger of placing a hat in the aisle immediately outside the pew is univeraally known. The first lady that Bweeps up the aisle carries with her a confused mass of defenseless hats, which are deposited in the shape of a terminal moraine in front of the pew which is her final goal. Of course the hats which have been subjected to this process are reduced by attrition to a rounded form, and are covered by scratches, reminding one of glacial action on mountain bowlders. However interesting they may be to geologists, they are of no further value as hate, and can rarely be bent into a shape that will allow their owners to wear them. In the days when expansive crinolines were in fashion the fate of the hat deposited in the aisle was still moie appalling. When a well-dressed lady passed by in its vicinity it disappeared totally from human sight There are cases on record where one fashionable women has thus caused the disappearance of thirteen separate hats during her passage from the church door to the pew in the neighborhood of the pulpit What was the final fate of the hats was never ascertained. They simply vanished and left no trace behind. As to putting one's hat on the floor beneath the seat no man who follows this reckless course can expect anything but disaster. If there is a small boy in the pew he will infallibly discover that hat and kick it into the further end of the pew within the first thirty minutes of the service. If there is a lady in the pew a surgical operation will be required to remove her boot from the interior of the hat, while in any event the hat is certain to absorb every particle of dust within a radius of eight feet and to fasten it to the floor with the aid of forgotten Sunday-school gumdrops. Noither under the seat, on the seat nor in the aisle can the worried hat find rest, and the plan of establishing a hat pound in the vestibido, whero the hats can be ticketed and kept during service, would simply result in converting a church into a- hat'exchango, where the sinners would secure all the good hats and the saints would be compelled to content themselves with the worn-out and worthless ones. Uurdette on Hartford. It was ft bitter cold day when the traveling combination which I have the honor to feed gathered its solitary valine and stepped ashore, at Hartford, Ct. The Dutch found this beautiful city here nearly 250 years ago, and the first thing they "did was to establish Colts ir.nv and go into the insurance business. You can get insured here in auy way and for anything you wish mutual, endowment, tontine, accident, intentional, mvundie, differential, protoplasmic, 15a tist, Old School IVcshvteriun, Congregational, Bob lugersoll, reuaissuntto, Gothic,

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"That makes no difference," interrupted Smith. " I did it for you ! " " Jes1 so, jea so," said the Squire. "I remember. The whole business was mighty simple. Yon jest consented as this Boston man's attorney to Brown's making a mortgage to you." "But what of it," cried the lawyer. " He couldn't give any binding assent to make this mortgage better than mine." "Perhaps not in law," said the Squire, "but, in equity, in equity, my dear sir ; we go by equity hero in Vermont." " Yes, I call it inequity," said the lawyer, sotto voce. " Besides," said the Squire, ! I am inclined to believe that it was the intention as between Smith and Brown that the mortgage of the carts and fixings should include the farm too though the writings don't jest say so. Wasn't that so, Smith ? " " Certain ! " said Smith. " Bnt that makes no difference," cried the lawyer, " you must go by the record. I've authority on that point," and he produced a bag full of books, "Young man!" cried Justice Joyce severel v. " I'd have you know that this Court isn't hide-hound by precedents. I sit here to do equity as I understand it JEquitas nan scquitur legem. Ahem " "That's so in Vermont, by jingo I " cried the lawyer, waxing wroth. " Order in the court ! " cried the Squire, "Besides, I mean to make it a rule in my court that tho last mortgage shall always have priority. It's so with wills, why not with mortgages ? Answer that, you Boston chap." The lawyer was dumbfounded, "I find on the whole cose," said Squire Joyce, summing ivp, " that the farm and personalty must be sold and Smith's debt paid, no matter what becomes of this Boston mau. And Smith,

you say you have an interest in the Leelrighta' and blacksmiths' shops up

to tho village, and Brown owes a running account at both places, you just bring iu those bills and mebbe I don't say certain, but mebbe we can fix those up if there's any balance." The lawyer took his books back to Boston a wiser man. Smith grabbed the farm and sheared the sheep and said tauntingly to the lawyer, "What are yon going to do about iiv'SpringJicld (Mass,) Hepublinan. The Careful Father, In a carriage of a train bound from Vienna to Pesth, one evening, there were five passengers an Englishman, two Magyars, a mild looking man of sixty, and a handsome young German, who seemed dreadfully sleepy. The Englishman observed that the sexagenarian essayed to chat with the young German,, who, however, yawned and soon slumbered. Tho sexagenarian become garrulous, and lamented his son's carelessness in money matters. "See him now, going to sleep in a carriage full of strangers. I think I'll give the young man a fright for once in his life," and lifting up the lapel of his coat, he laughingly drew out a pooketbook. At Pressburg the careful father said ho must get out for a minute, but when the train moved on he didn't return. When the young man woke up they told him that his father had gone out and taken his pooketbook. "My father!" he shrieked, and, clutching his empty pocket, burst into a voile y of most unfilial imprecation. "I haven't got a father," he howled out "I never saw the old scoundrel before. Good God! that pocketbook contained 3,000 florins. He must have seen it when I took my ticket " Cohn-Meaxj Fritters. Two cups oj white meal, three cups of sweet milk, one-half cup of flour, four eggs, beaten separately, a tablespoonful of melted butter, a teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat the yelk, to them add the milk, butter, salt and meal, beat hard, add next tho whipped whites, and last the flour and baking bowder. Drop at once into boiling la d, Eat with a lard liquid sauce. The batter should be just thick enough to drop readily from the spoon. Make tho fritters of small sizes.

j Byzantine, greenback, composite, Corin

thian, Scotch, cheviot, gossamer, seamless, new Wheeler & Wilson, barbed wire, liver pad, and hard finish. It is the central and distributing point for the cn-

! tire insurance business of America. No ! insurance company is gonuinc unless

" Hartford'' is blown upon the bottle. PRIMEYAL MAN. Ills Habits and Appearance Described by prof Boyd Uawktna. At a meeting of tho British Associa Hon, Prof. Boyd Dawkins lectured upon "Primeval Man." Prof. Dawkins, generalizing frcm the distribution of the animal remains found in the early tertiary periods, concluded that Europe was then joined to Africa. The evidence found in the midpliocene period of the existence of the river-drift hunter in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, North Africa, and also in India, brought us, in his opinion, face to face in that period with the primitive condition of human culture on which, in all probability, all progress had been based. The absence of geographical limitations already referred to would account for the freedom with which the hunter passed to and fro. Subsequently, in the cave-men he found the successors of the river -drift huntermen of much higher type. He gave their habits the following hypothetical description : They dressed themselves in skins and wore gloves not unlike those worn at the present time. They woi e necklaces and armlete, and probably pierced their ears for the reception of ear-rings for ornamentation. They used red raddle, and indeed some of the practices of the present time might be looked upon distinctly as being survivals. The skins with which they clothed themselves they sewed together with bone needles, uid, from the sketches they had left behind on hones and pieces of skin and the like, it appeared that they were able to form a distinct idea of the creatures which they hunted, the representations thus left probably being the trophies of the chase. They were fowlers and fishermen, and it was evident from the figures of ftttimaU which had " been discovered that the hunters of these times had great facilities in representing forms of animals on bone, but their attempts at representing the human form were rude. They had also left behind them evidence of the art of sculpture. They were ignorant of metals. They had no domestic animals. Apparently they were not in the habit of burying their dead. We were not aware of what sort of physique they had, but there was reason to believe they were most closely related to the Esquimaux. They were wholly different from the river-drift men. The river-drift man

was in a state of primeval savagery ; the cave man was of a higher type, but in bis turn was wholly inferior to the farmer, herdsman and merchant who followed him. We had this proof of the development of the human race in times before liistory began, and it occurred to him they had no reason for fixing any limit as to where progress would end, his opinion being that man would go on increasing in knowledge and improving in the arte of civilization until in perhaps not a very remote tenure he would bo as superior to the men of 1880 as we were superior to the early hunters and cave men.

Population of Indiana. The following statement exhibits the results of the first count of population according to the schedules returned to the Census Office by the enumerators of Indiana by counties :

TtraJ. female. JWtan.

Counties

Adams 16,385 Alien 15,766 Bartholomew. . . 22,777 Benton 11,108 Blackford 8,021 Boone 25,tf2S Brown 10,294 Carroll 18,347 Cass., 27,fil0 Clarke 28,638 Clay 25,853 Clinton '23,473 Crawford 12,358 Daviess 21,552 Dearborn.. .... 2fi,ii50 Decatur .7 19,779 DeKalb 20,225 Delaware.. 22,928 Dubois 15.991 Elkhart 8;J,454 Fayette 11,394 Floyd 24,MX Fountain 20,228 Franklin 20,092 Fulton 1,301 Gibtwn 22,742 Grant 23,18 Greene 24.995 Hamilton 24,809 Hancock. 17,123 Harrison 21,326 Hendricks 22,975 Henry 24,016 Howard 19,584 Huntington .... 21,805 Jackson. 23,059 Jasper. M65 Jay 13,282 Jrfferuou 25,977 Jennings lfi,453 JnhuBon W.937 lino 26,323 Kosciusko 26,493 La Grange. 15,630 Lake. 1091 Lapcrle 30,976 Lawrence. 18,543 Madison 27,531 Marion 102,780 Marshall 23,416 Martin 13,47 Miami 24,683 Monro 15,75 Montgomery.... . 27,316 Morgan 18,899 Newton M67 NoWe... 23,007 Ohio 5,56 J Orange 14,363 Owen 15,901 Parke 19,460 Terry 16,997 l'lko 16,384 Porter 17,229 lWy 20,857 Pnlaakl 9,851 Putnam 22,502 Uaudolph....... 26,437 Kip!ey 21,627 Hindi 19,238 St. Joseph 4 33,176 Hrotfc 8,:3 Shelby 25,256 Sponcer 22.122 Htarki- 5,105 Steuben,,., 14,644 Sullivan 20,336 Switzerland. . . . 13,336 Tippecanoe 35,9(56 Tipton 14,402 Union 7,673 Vanderburgh. . . 42,193 Vermillion 12,025 Vigo 45,656 Wabash 25,242 Warren 11,497 Warwick 20,162 Washington .... 18,954 Wayne 38,614 Welle 18,442 Whfto... 13,795 Wbiteley 16,941

7,445

26,481 11,265 5,054 3,909 12,674 4,984 8,896 13,524 14,003 12,287 11,289 6,160 10,601 13,230 9,797 9,794 11,152 7,861 16,570 6,617 12,619 9,640 9,995 6,916 11,134 11,429 11,400 12,149 8,379 10,601 10,978 11,894 9,647 10,677 11,388 4,547 9,332 , 13,314 8,115 9,598 12,624 12,829 7,570 7,239 14,767 ' 11,095 13,302 5:, 420. 11,301 6,5.S7 11,717 7,941 13,237 9,318 3,867 11,257 2,794 7,108 4,913 9,416 8,373 8,125 7,993 9,919 4,743 11,059 12,896 10,470 9,447 15,957 4,u73 12,276 10,819 2,393 7,'264 9,S84 6,708 17,567 6,981 3,776 21,151 5,744 22,324 12,382 5,476 9,820 9,397 19,371 8,882 6,543 8,317

1,400

9,182 1,282 1.460 193 414 121 640 2,403 2,460 2,648 323 210 1,021 4,112 994 1,194 467 2,119 2.123 681 3,295 1,191 2,414 505 1,136 404 278 316 512 1,048 488 351 342 1,155 1,505 814 558 2,455 1,201 344 2,091 665 630 4,008 7,174 327 654 14,715 1,305 235 1,240 2D8 779 297 837 1,12 324 48 303 406 2,324 68 3,476 1,889 1,123 586 539 2,929 600 5,507 155 775 1,767 556 370 392. 386 4,491 295 290 6108 202 4,789 945 450 1,269 267 2,878 685 828 735

CoVd. 2 205 138 5 17 237 "36 199 2,531 298 - 69 2 302 54 235 1 215 68 29 240 1S6 107 11 22 1,030 V64 257 762 72 349 408 68U 3'J8 10 342 isi iHi 402 354 62) 4S 14 1 25:1 Ml 127 845 1) HI 240 34; 423 HI 86 47 205 1M 126 290 207 27 211 953 6 574 564 150 542 285 1C 2fctf l,4i2 '"s 1-16 214 306 61 136 3,833 74 1,5J1 268 t9 617 3 1,711 5 3 108

The State 1,978,362 067,686 143,765 39.569 Including in tho Mate 33 Chinese, 4 Japanese and 233 Indians and nalf-brecda. The now rules for relaying base-bnll remove the pitcher five, feet further from the batter. This is not to preveut tho pitcher froni getting ' broke up(" but for the sole and only purpose of allowing the batter to spread to better advantage WENDEiiii Fhilltps says that no reform, moral or intellectual, ever came down from the upper classes of society. "Each and all," Bays he, ""some up from the protest of martvi i ;otiiMw Doctors say the wearing of seal skin is unhealthy. l Yes ; it is decidedly unhealthy for tho seals. The more it is worn the faster the seals die."

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Wedkebday, Feb. 2. Sbkatjs; A number of r bills on third reading were taken up ad passed, principally legalizing and amending acta. When Senator Tan Vorhis toll for hm establiHhnientand maintenance of State Board of Hoalth and Bureau of Vital Stfttnsucs was called up, considerable opposition developed, tho, Senators arguing tbat it was a oel!MS measure.;-, and likely to prove expensive. The bill failed

by a vote of 1H to 26. .Later in tae aay, nowevery.

tho vote ty wmcn ub pjuwage was acioaiea wa reconsidered, an waa also tne voto on engroea- ? tneut, mid the bill waa referred to the Health Committee. Representatives and Senators in. CongroBS were Uistructed to nse all the means in their power to secure an appropriation of . $100,000 for widening and deepening the channel of the Kankakee river, so as to make it Bar-' igablo in Indiana. Tho bill providing for the li conning of engineers of stationary engines -was dUcnKsed, and referred with instructions;' to make its provisions cover portable as well as stationary engines. The vote by which the bill amendatory of the Railroad Bridge law ws engroKBed was considered, and it was recommitted. The consideration of various . measures relating to a constitutional convention on tho resubmission of the amendments to the peopio: was made the sneoial - order for to-morrow

afternoon.

House. Among tbo new bills lntrodu-ed was a liquor-Ucense measure and a bill for the election ol County Superintendents and teachers in district schools by a popular vote. The debate upon compulsory education was postponed until Tuesday. The bill for refunding city indebtedness was referred for amend ments. The bills for vacation of cemeteries ' within tho corporate limits and for- the election of a Police Jndge in Indianapolis passed. Among the provisions of the Liquor bill, licenses are reduced to $50 per year, bnfc cities and towns are permitted to increase to to auy amount, and it is made a misdemeanor to sell to habitual drunkards. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum investigation was ordered to begin next week, and the investigation of tho. risou, south, matters is set down for. Tuesday next. Thursday, Feb. 3. Senate. James P, Harney, Trustee of tho Feebie-miuded Children Institute, came before the Senate, demanding an investigation of his official acts. Senator . Hart's amondmt nt authoiizing the deduction of indebtedness from the assessment list, came within an ace of Acceptance, but was finally .- referred. Tho Howe resolution ordering an

ed. Bills were introduced prohibiting the sale . nf firearms n Viilimn nnildv IK ironra nf arrk

and providiug for payment of expert witnesses. The contested-election caeo of W. B. Brownleo

vs. Chaa. L. Henry, from Madison county, was settled by the acceptance of tne committee report,, that the last named retire from his Sena

torial seat. A resolution was introduced expressing tho sentiment of the Senate that the ridiculous feat tires of Senator CadwalladerV famous Whistling bill, passed two years ago, was due to careless enrollment and engrossing.

senators nnaner, ixjn, ana uayne were placets npon tho joint committee to investigate the Insane Asylum, and Senators McCartney and Howard were appointed to look after the House r of Refuge. Housx. The joint resolution ordering en investigation of the Insane Asylum was passed, and Representative Berriman appointed Chair

man, the resolution passing by a strict party vote. Lloyd's bill, authorizing the purchase and conversion of" toll roads into free routes, was favorably reported upon, bnt was afterward recommitted, with instructions It osx that- Yo -J " fT nt tflA l&OA 1

voters of the county are necessary before pnr-

cnaso is raaae. A snarp political ueoate was had over the passage of the bill establishing a ' Superior Conrt in "Vigo comity, the Democratic members of the committee reporting adversely, because the bill abolished the Criminal Court.. The bill Snally passed, 54 to 33. Clark county presented a claim of $4,000 for the prosecution and conviction, in 1874, of Wm. Kennedy, a convict who killed one of the guards in tho prison South, , - Fbtdat, Feb. 4. Skkixc The bill providing for the establishment and maintenance of pub-

cities rf over 10,000 population passed. Semitor Alenzies introduced a bill establishing a eommission of five lawyers to be annomted bv the Supreme bench to aid the court in bringing forward the immense legislation now on the docket The afternoon was occupied with discussion of the resubmission of the constitu-' tional amendments, and the proposed constitutional convention. House. A number of bills were reported from committees, including the measure prottnatrinr tKa nltrttitfrtn v anil aid loaAO.

Iwbu buw uuvuiivu wvj nuu i.vn u mowsors, which was amended by omitting the city of Indianapolis from its operation. The bill was then engrossed. The Fish Commission bill was reported favorably, with amendment reducing the number of members of the board to six, and the proposed appropriation from $,5,000 to $2,000. After discussion it was referred to a sjwcial committee for further consideration. Several road bills were considered, but no definite action taken. Mr. Thompson's bill repealing the act authorizing counVoa. and townships to vote aid to tho

v;uiimiiii;uuu oi riiiuunuH, nits itrpuneu , ably from tho Committee on County and Town Bum no hp. but the bill was referred to the Bail-

road Committee. Upon the motion to engross Mr. Meredit h's bill to establish a board to mnn-

to have the Governor's nominations of DirecV

ors connrmea oy me riouse instead oi tne senate, but the House voted it down; An amend-, mont proposed by Mr. Flovd, that the nominatinim bo confirmed bv the Honse and Senate iu

junt convention, was referred, with the bill, to -(ho Prison Committee. The bill for the payment of non-resident witnesses in Stato -cases, waa referred to the Committee on Fees -and Salaries.

troduced : ADnrooriatins $20,000 annually to

ment of homes and schools for children now in

the poor-house -, increasing tne pay oi uto

Upeaser oi tne uoue to per uiem ; uromr Jng a board of thirty inspectors for the benevolent institutions, to serve without pay, and six members to be women ; providing that all ministers of the gospel of good moral standing, and graduates of a reputable theological college, shall have the right to preach in this State, and any minister of reputable character, but not a graduate, who has preached for ten consecutive years, may continue to preach. A committee was directed to inquire into tho feasibility of selling University Park. Hottbe. The House fought for several hours over a resolution admitting George Meuser to tho Soldiers' Home. It was finally adopted. a atT-Antr nrnsonra rlnvnlnn&d for the nassaircof

what is known as the Bridge law, permitting cities to issue bonds to insure construction, etc., but no definite action resulted. A bill was introduced requiring courts to commit girls under 16 rears of age to the Female Keformatory, Instead of the county iil. Monday, Feb. 7.Senate. Tho Senate passed the session wrestling with the hill providing for the resubmission of the constitutional amendments. The bill, however( was ordered engrossed, and made the special order for to-moiTOW afternoon. House. About twenty new bills were introduced, among whwh were : Abolishing the Grand Jury system, and bringing prosecutions before Justices of the Peace, and thence ou appeal to the Cruninal Circuit Court ; establishing a whipping-post for wife-boaters;, providing for the separation of the Popart-, ment of Geologv from the Bureau of Status- . ..ot.no a hntviAfttAfl.dnxemntion law. for.

lllUO , QUAUMU " wm.- 1 $1,500 in real estate and $1,000 in personal property where tho debtor is the head of a family, and in other cases $300 in books or tools when the debtor is not a family man. Tuesday, Feb. 8. Senate. The Senate tMLBuri t,hft dav considerinc bills on second

leading. A resolution was adopted fixing on Fridav morning to take a voto on the bill calling a" Constitutional Convention, and resubmitting the amendments. A concurrent resolvtion was also adopted calling a joint convention on Fridav for the election for a Prison Director. HoubeT A. considerable and somewhat heated debate was developed upon Ryan's Compulsory Education bill It abolishes separate schools for colored and white children. The Legislature will visit the Normal School at Terre Haute on Thursday. A resolution was adopted enlarging tho scope of the investigating committees of the several benevolent institutions so as to inquire concerning the selection of officers thereof. -? '

Trichina in Oleomargarine. An expert physician of Boston, haying instituted a microscopic examination of oleomargarine, found man foreign substances in it, and among others the egg of a tape-worm, which ho says is common in oleomargarine, it being in the animal fat of which the stuff is made. His view is indorsed by that of Dr. Dollinger, tho celebrated English, scientist, namely, that oleomargarinett nothing but raw fat, and they who eat it take the risk of trichinosis and ail. Buoh diseases. In this connection the Boston physician said of butter ; 11 Pure butter is a great nerve food, and contains a largo amount of concentrated nourishment for the nervous system. It haa been correctly inferred, wo think, that impaired nervous systems can be im-: proved more rapidly by the use of butter, other things being equal, (nan by any otj P&