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The old tars in th n.-vn'. horn havo ft new scheme lor abuuuink at least 8 bart each year of the pension to which Ihey would be entitled if they wen iotlamatea of the Government institution on Gray's Ferry road. By a peouliar twist In the law when an old tnan-VKwarsman accepts the benefits of the home he is obliged to surrender his pension. A few knowing ones among the veteran salts have found tut that this law does not apply to (Soldiers' and Sailors' homes in other parts of the country, and they occasionally obtain leave of absence from the naval home and obtain admittance to the home at Hampton, Va., where they remain for a few months at a time. Ourinir this period they receive their Ension money, and after accumulating ) or 1100 they return to the Gray's Perry establishment, where they stay until they have spent the cash, and then take another profitable leave of absence. Philadelphia Record. Xovet Fire Protection. One of the cheapest, simplest and most efficient devices for the proteo Hon of shingle roofs from fire is being Introduced in some cities. It consists f "" fi 1 1 " 1 - -tfr Tiiim nratumenvs notice the root can do uuuucu and rendered impervious to sparks and blazing fragments blown from the burning buildings in the neighborhood. Tho device is at once so simple and effective that one wonders why its introduction was not coeval with that of water mains and hydrants. Boston Beat Estate Record. Atlanta's First Ksusw Was MurthaCTflle. Atlanta, Ga., was until forty-six years ago known as Marthasville, and the city was incorporated under that name. It was given in honor of Miss Martha Atlanta Lumpkin, the youngest daughter of Governor Lumpkin, who is still living, at the aire of 66 years, aear Athens, Ga., being now Mrs. Martha Campton. The came Marthasville was changed to Atlanta by the Legislature on the petition of the citizens, and greatly to the disgust of Governor Lumpkin. The fiftieth anniversary of the first incorporation as Marthasville will be celebrated this year. New York Tribune. The Strongest Defend agarnst Ill-hearth, debllitr and nearvousnesa Site promote digestion, activity ot the liver and regularity of the bowel with the inconvarable alterative and tonic. Hostetter'a Stomach. Bitten, a medicine without a drawback, fete and thorough, and hiring the highest profession 1 eviction. It promotes aa adequate accretion ot the gastric juices that act as solvents of the food, and Insure its conversion Jetto rich, sourlahfna; blood.which never fails to eonor the drafts for strength made upon it by jhe rest of the system. Aa a laxative ot the sowers it is natural and gentle in operation, irst at the same time effective. By directing; Sbm bile into it proper channel it removes the atany sad harassing symptoms ot liver contJUtnt. Heartburn, nausea, aide headaches, atiioneliuss.rhcnmati m, malaria and kidney ramble are remedied by it. Limited Kdacatioax in The common people of Russia as a ,tie speak only their own tongue. A' targe proportion of them cannot read he bewildering characters Roman, 3 reek, and composite which form their alphabet, and to help their ignorance the shop walls are covered ver with rudely minted pictures of articles for sale within. The butcher's hop has a picture of meats of all sorts nd shapes, the tailor's walls are covered with paintings of coats and trousers. The pills of the apothecary nd the vegetables of the green grocer re advertised by pictures upon the Joors and windows of their stores. Sew York Times. T. J. t'KKMST A CO.. Toledo, O., Props, at Hall' Catarrh Core. onr S10J reward for any case of catarrh that can not be cored by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Semi for Imttmnntajj, teas. SoJd by Druggist, 73a. Peas Swift's Unpronounceable Xante. A writer in .Notes and Queries, referring to the origin of "houyhuhnm." says that this curious jumble of letters was devised by Swift to represent the whinnying of a horse. It is a dissyllaDie. i nave neara k variously projounced by educated persons. The prevailing pronunciations may be phonet'eally rendered as follows: "Hoo-himz," hoo-irrmz," "whin-imz," and "hoo-in-bnz." The initial aspirate is always sounded. Pope uses it as a dissyllable: sTer, wotild kind Jore ray organs so dispose To hymn hsrmon tons Hon jhnhnms through the Tbb evils ot malarial disorder?, fever, weakness, lassitude, debility and prostration are avoided by taking Bacchant's Pills, Be Was, Too. George Aren't you afraid much andy will hurt your complexion? Ethel Yes. You are, too, ain't you? New York.Weekly. Sore fhroet eared at one by Hatch's Carvers! Cough Syrup. tSa. The difficulty about common sensa is that it is so tremendously scarce that it Isn't common. A HEWS are rarhteoed when aba turns to the right medicine). The chronic weaknesses, delicate) derangements, and painful disorders that afflict bereex, are oared by Dr. Piercea lavorite Pi bsli iption. In Dearing-down tii si, perlrxtteal pains, ulceration, inf smrnetion, and vary kindred ailment its a positive iscntdy. . -T1 - JgCussxMtSiita, rJOpgtnsf Count. K.S D. B.V. Piaaaa, Buffalo, N. T.: Star Sir Please accept my thanks for the good your medicines have done for se. I truly bsMeve the) Favorite Prescrlotion" saved my lite; it ate sure and certain cure. I am banns' perfect health; I am rfnnf Mri am. At all , my housework. srery invalid laay should take Dr. Pierces Mma ruoATc. favorite Prescrlptionsnd E FTJQATK. PIERCE A. CURE ely's CatarbH ImfcAM dALm Oseanaea the Hawai Paaaagr, Allay Pain and , HeaJa tlie 8ores. Beetorea the of Taste TBYTHB CUBE, MfOaati to aoDlld Into etch nourtt JfntgiBk. FVia fid rnt at iraarrriiit.. or hv MVW BROTHERS. M Warrtn&t, -Jfrnw Yot. 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CHAPTER XVII. MANNING ENCOUNTERS GROUNDWIG. It was a lucky circumstance which placed the impostor in charge of the telegraph, or else that message would have been in Mary's hands and he would have been an outlaw against whose life every man's hand might be raised. How wisely providence plans, thought the impostor,and how strangely the things He proposes comes about. Again his telegraph service came to his aid. Without sharing his plans with others and knowing that he could use the wires with the utmost secrecy, ho sent the following dispath: To Mrs. Caroline Carter. Holmstead, Conn. I am in trouble. Ton oan help me oat Iave on the first train. Don't fail. Wire me when you will start. Louis. It was two weeks to the time fixed for the wedding. In ten days at the outside Louis Patterson would be in New York, and in three days more he could reach his home. To detain him in that city and prevent his leaving until theTmarriage should have been solomized was the first plot to consider. If, upon the discussion of that scheme with the adviser he had summoned, it should be considered impracticable, then ho would take the chance and run the risk of arousing Mary's suspicions, by undertaking to persuade her to fix an earlier day for the marriage. The idea of living in a foreign land had been discussed, and as Mary had no kindred to hold her to her old home, she consented to that plan and became earnestly in favor of it. It had already been given out that the bridal tour would be across the ocean, but it was thought best not to acquaint the neighborhood of the fact that the leave-taking after the wedding might be a final one. Thus far and thus successfully had the plans of Louis Patterson advanced when the awful message came from the supposed dead to the known dead. In good time Mrs. Carter arrived. She was the woman in black. She had been instructed by telegraph to repair to a secluded spot in the adjacent forest, where she was at once joined by the impostor. They met inside a rude cabin, built by a woodsman for shelter in the winter, and hardly had the two persons recognized each other, than Louis whispered in a tremulous voice that would at such a time and place have frightened into hysterics any other save such as she. '"Mother, where is Groundwigl-"' At the mention of this name, the woman started as if to dodge a blow aimed at her head, and, shaking like an aspen leaf, and with a voice unlike that of a human being, and uncontrollable as it was unnatural, she answered: "Why do you ask that question of me?" "Because I want to use him. I want to use him bad, I want to use him quick and I know that you not only know where he is, but that where you go he goes, and where he goes you go. Tell me quick; is he not near here? I did not telegraph you to bring hira with you, because a woman of your quick brain oftner does the right thing with out the telling them by the telling." "I can tell you he is" not with me, and, further more, I do not know where he is. Can I not bring some one else to assist you?" "Mother, I -know you speak falsely. There is no time to trifle with me. The minutes passing so rapidly may be fatal ones,' and you know what it means if my plans miss carry. "I tell you, woman, it is a desperate scheme I must have executed, and It will take a desperate man to do it. Do you know of another creature living, that can take the place of Silas Groundwig where there is something unusually damnable to be accomplished?" "I do not understand you Charles Manning, if you " "Hush, woman! For heaven's sake, do not speak that name here. The leaves are listening, the very air is full Of ears, and that name pronounced out side these woods and all is lost. Tell me, and tell me quick, where is Groundwig?" "Before I answer that question, you tell me what this wicked scheme is, that only he can do." "Mrs. Carter you are mad to keep me here in waiting, even for only a moment. You will ruin all by your foolish curiosity. Know then that I want him to go to New York, and I want you to take a message to him, instructing him how to carry out the Mhemeihave planned." "Tell me what that scheme is and I will take your message to him," and hod she been made of iron she could not have bore herself more coldly or ' answered more unconcernedly. "Will you pledge eternal secrecy?" . "Yes, yes, I like that. Secrets I can Jo trouble lor me to do so. on the face of the earth am I to Share the secret with except with you and Groundwig? I swear now and eternally." "Then hear me. Louis Patterson is not dead. "O do not start or interrupt me. Enough for you to know he has sent a message here that three days ago he 1 would sail from Liverpool for New York. '''In six days he will land in that city. . "You see precious time has already been lost. In two hours the east Ixmnd limited express is duo here. I wil signal it and you must get aboard, and make all speed to deliver Groundwig my letter." "But Groundwig is not East, ho is WeJt." . "West! What gi-eat crime is he planning in the West? "No matter. I don't care. In three

hours the mail train goes west. Be man, who perjured his soul in the will ready to take that. How far west is rase, has fled from justice and will he? How long will it take you to reach never return, and besides, youp marhim? Woman, I must know that. i riage with him was illegal because he "Speak, I beseech you, speak quick, had another wife at the time you mardont wast another precious moment ried him. trembling as though the night air was "I am a justice of the peace. I want chilly when the heat is really oppres- you to join hands. Don't hesitate, tdve." Don't protest. There is no legal imThe woman was now so agitated that pediment in the way of your marriage. It Was with difflcn'ty she could utter a . I see you understand me. word. For the first time she threw j "So. joining hands, by virtuo of the aside her veil and with a wild demoniac authority vested in me by the laws of this look, exclaimed; State I pronounce you man and wife. "Groundwig is this moment at the This act removes from me all taint of

house of Mary " The impostor did not wait for the -sentence to be completed. He knew too well what Groundwig's presence at Mary Nordrum 's meant. The girl had crossed his path and he had sworn to be revenged. With steps fleeter than the deer the impostor bounded through the forest and was not many minutes reaching the house. It was past the hour of midnight. Not a light to be seen anywhere. All was still as silence itself. The door opened with the turn of the knob, and as it opened a man sought to rush out The impostor quickly I

grappled him and held himaain a vioe. He knew well who his prisoner was and calling him by name, demanded to know the purpose of his visit. Not waiting for an answer, but with one hand grasoingthe fellow by the throat, with the other he struck a match and lit a lamp he saw standing on the table. A glance revealed the whole situation. Mary Nordrum lay prostrate on the floor, insensible, and apparently inanimate, perhaps dead, killed by the villian, who, by another turn of the hand, could be sent to mako his peace with Heaven. The turn was not made. One miscreant had further use for the other. Flinging him to the floor, and telling him if he moved a finger he would choke him to the death, ho hnt, nmr the cirl. and. satisfied she was alive, imea ner in nis arras to . laid her on the sofa. He then noticed lilted her in nis arms ana a nan in her hand. Ho knew what that J TJ Irnnnr vv l thot ' meant. Silas Groundwig was up to his old tricks. There was not a minute to lose. The fellow was in the act of rising. Grappling him again, CharleB demanded t lie paper ho had forced Mary Nordrum to sign. Denial was useless. Yet the denial was made, and Charles, forcibly thrusting his hands into the fellows pocket, pulled out what appeared to ho a legal document. But before he could open it to ascertain how wicked the plot the fellow was engaged in this time, Groundwig spitting out the words, with a hissing lisp, whispered in a voice which sounded as though it came from the throat of a fiend from the regions below, bade the young man, "Put back that paper and let me go, or I will tell Mary Nordrum you are Charles Manning and not Louis Patterson!" Without a word in reply Charles handed him back the paper, and Silas Groundwig went out into the night and disappeared in the forest. CHAPTER XVI IT. GOD'S GIFT OF DREAMS. At the moment of Groundwig's escape Mary awoke, and, seeing her lover bending over her, she throw her arms about his neck exclaiming in the most agonizing manner. "Thank God. it was only a dream!" 'But Mary, dear, it was not a dream. It wag real thnt " "Not a dream? Not adream, did you say? What! that you are not Lotus Patterson, not my Louis, my love, my lifn Knt, a dream! You sav it was u A. rvnlain iuifm.a T im mai) 1 raving, stark mad." "Calm vourself. my love, vou are ex-1 cited now, and no wonder. Yes, I see j j'ou have dreamed many horrid dreams ana imagined au sorts oi areaaiui thinirs. but it was no dream that a villian entered your house and threat- j aJZ. t , .. : MkrDI 11X3 till UOU lil JUUI W.MW I real, tnat was no dream, for I saw the monster put the paper in his pocket but he fled before 1 could grapple witn him and take it from him." "Yes. yes; it all comes to me now. I remember bo distinctly. His voice sounded so like that awful Groundwig. ,"LS neLKS 2,. i Ill Ug bUVBCU U Ull.li V-W...V. " " - breathe, and said he would kill me unless I signed his paper. "No, he didn't tell me what it was, and O, I was too frightened to read it when he told me to. "He put a pistol to mv head, and with a horrid oath, said he would kill me unless I signed my name. I took the pen and wrote, and then I must have swooned, fori remember nothing more until I awoke and found you bending over me. "O, horror! that was all real, and real as it was, it was a merry frolic, yes, a merry frolie, compared to the dreadful dream I did dream afterward. A great monster stood over me. I thought it was Groundwig. His big, black, glaring eyes pierced through my very heart, and I dreamed he was killing me when you came and caught him by the throat, and then through his clenched teeth, he hissed in a whisper, " 'I will tell Mary Nordrum you are Charles Manning and not Louis Patterson,' and then I awoke. How good God is to fill our bitterest cups with dreams, Charles takinsr Mary's hands in his, i looked straight into her eyes i as if to close y study ber thoughts, and failing ninffitwS .tsSiAoSs i ner to compose nerseu ana let sucn a frightful fancy pass forever from her thoughts. "It was but a dream," he said, "a horrid and a strange dream. Its i strangeness makes it the more adream; and were every other dream that every mortal should dream hereafter to come true, the one my Mary dreamt never could. Let Heaven be praised." "Amen," responded the timid 'girl, who had been devouring each word as it fell from Charles Manning's lips, as though her lover were a saint or nend and she knew not which. Then the old aunt, who had been aroused from ner slumbers by the unusual tumult, came, and Charles, placing Mary in her care, kiesed the pale cheek of the still frightened girl and bidding her goodnight went out into the darkness, where he met, as he knew he would, both the woman in black and Silas Groundwig. For a moment neither soke. Charles broke the silence by demanding of Groundwig the paper he had forced Mary Nordrum to sign. Groundwig did not possess the power to resist the demand, but plead the privilege of burning the paper. Manning consented. The document wos produced, Charles examined the signature, saw it was in the trembling hand of Mary Nordrum, then lighting a match, set the paper on fire and watched it burn until only a little spot of black ashes and Silas Groundwig's black heart knew the paper's contents. "Silas Groundwig!" The name was lmrely whispered Charles Manning whispered it but it was one of those whispers that devils might envy the art to utter. "You are in my power: you know it butter than I do. I propose now to have a little plain talk with you. You sent me a drift when I was a mere lad, be causcl was from out of wedlock. This LI t'T !! nTfZ ryea,s 1 Aether JU " ' Wman Your wue,Louis.Pattersou smother. is dead. Your husband the lvinir Hickillegitimacy. lean now hold up my head and say to the world, I am a man. I "Do not go, Silas Groundwig, I have more business with you. "iou have heard the story of my, meeting Louis Patterson. Don't start. You need i not be afraid of him yet. You have also learned that 1 became madly, passionately, insanely in love with Mary Nordrum. I "Louis Patterson has only himself to , blame for it. He told to me the story of his love, not only once, but a hun dred times, and. as he dwelt upon her cnarms, ner loveliness ot person, her beauty of character, it was my fate to j

love. I could not resist that fat. I swore to marry her. "That 1 might do so I have sacrificed my honor and whatever good name I may have ever had, and all the hope I ever possessed of life beyond the grave. But my love is sincere and pure as mortal ever had for woman, I cannot make myself believe otherwise. "I have told you. before that Louis Patterson was dead, and you have rejoiced over it because your life was in his hands, should he return. "Now, Silas Groundwig, let me tell you that Louis Patterson lives, and, well don't interrupt mo, and pray don't faint, fainting Is woman's privilege when shocked, not that of a Btrong man; hear me t hrough he will land in New York in less than a week, and will be here in three days afterward. This vast continent is not big enough for both you and he to live or together. He will hunt you down as the son hunts the assassin of his mother. You uml I both have a like interest in preventing him from leaving New York. "Ah, I see you comprehend the drift

of my remarks. It is well. I see you aro willing to undertake the job and yom. fruitful mind already has a p f jtg accomplishment. But th pian ere . i , t must Do no tragedy unless tne urama will not satisfy the audience. "You understand me? "You are to proceed at once to Now York and detain Louis Patterson there until after the marriage. The time fixed for that ib only ten days distant. "Mary and I hare the sale of our property nearly completed. Immediately upon our marriage we shall make a foreign tour, and in some great city be lost forever, as far as LouiB Patterso will ever know. "I will be in charge of the telegraph, and you can send your message to me, and I will risk all publicity. TO BE CONTINUED. Llohfield and Dr. Johnson. Lichfield is, of course, the official pilgrimage for all admirers of the good old doctor. Few places aro more thoroughly permeated with the flavor of the JohnsonKn legend; and though the ordinary sightseer is satisfied with whit is shown in the marketplace, there are many more memorials almost more suggestive, and that appeal more forcibly and romantically to the well-skilled visitor. It is pleasing to find that as the culte increases the natives are every year beginning to take more and more interest In their great townsman; though apart from this attraction, the place is charming as a spedi men of a cathedral town, from its placid, unsophisticated tone, the sylvan or rural aspect of portions ot the town, and the exquisite cathedral itself, small and elegant as It is, in """ aav overpowering fanes. There is a placid, old-world tranquility about tne piace. we can near ine -caw-caw" of the rooks very far aloft; and, looking up, we see some tall trees clustered and these parsonic birds flfn about. A sense of pensive retrospect comes on us as we stand in the marketplace by the good old Gothic church, where the sage sits perched on his pedestal and bent down gloomily, as he gazes at the quaint paternal mansion op posite, now tenantless and somewhat dilapidated. Finding our wav to "The Johnson's Head," a cheerful. looking bookseller's snop, the proprietor, a pleasant, kindly enthusiastic man, took us in hand Alderman Lomax, who had been Mayor of the city. We were first shown his own special "curios." This thick, faded Malacca stick, with its heavy ivory top, quite brown with age, is the doctor's quite "Homeric," as he would have said, from its size. Here was his armchair of dark wood, rather light and airy for his bulk. These relics came from Kichard Green's Museum, which was often visited by Johnson. There was a curious por. trait, too, done by some local artist of the time, in a fantastic hat and dress, but a fair likeness. It was painted for Mr. Wickens. who knew Johnson Gentleman's Magazine. Bohemia's Big Garnet Industry. Among stones used for persona adornmeut the garnet Is not the most insignificant. The various sinnes if this class are found in manv j countries; India, Asia, Greenland, iAustra., Americ, nave k.nshln in !- Uon In the United States garnets are found in Ar izona, and that maiden State may yet show to the world that she has vast wealth in her crude jewel box. The flncsu and most beautiful garnets to be found come from Pohemia, in which country there aro engaged, in what may be called the garnet Indus, try, about 3,000 cutters; in all, including garnet hunters, merchants and workmen, there are nearly 10,. J00 persons engaged in handling this stone. Mining for garnets is not a complicated nor expensive work, and the preparation of the stone does not require unusual skill. The technical school of Bohemia prepares boys at an cariy age to work in this department of skilled effort, and youths of 15 years of age are among the successful laborers who fit the garnet for market. The garnet arrays itself in many glories such at the shades of violet, yellow, blue, green, and black but the tlnest manifestation of the garnet irlory is that of the deep red, having its face burning with ceaseless fire, as if bearinR within consciousness which blushes at the gaze of the admirer. Sfa Louis Post-Dispatch. Romance or a Substitute. A romantic affair has occurred in the Turkish army. A short time ago the discovery was made quite accidentally, in Pristma, that a young girl named Hauko had I ecn serving for three and a linlf yearn under her brother's name, Alt ltedscheb, in tb Fifteenth liegiuient there, und had distinguished herself by specially good conduct. The Sultan war inrormea or tne unncara or ca e ot a woman housing with men for years i unveiled. When he learned that the yu"K K taken this daring step ! . " , "w 1"-v- " ud will, stuyyvi u ui uia muuiiiri, iiuui military service, he bestowed the Chefakat Order of the Third Class upon her, and has given hera pension of five Turkish pounds a month. She was, of course, sent hon.c at once, and her brother remained free from serving. London 'fid-Bits. Let the Cobbler Htick to His Last. A country clergyman has favored me with a somewhat lenetny dissertation upon the Victoria catastrophe and the lesson it conveys. With much that he says I agree. But I fancy it would hardly be prudent of. me to publish it. It I allow a parson to air his ideas as to bow the Victoria should have been saved some naval officer would retaliate by expounding his views on the salvation ofsouta. This might prove embarrassing, Laboucherc's Truth. The devil has no quarrel with the man who undertakes to bea Christian wlthour making any change in bit habits.

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SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Sinker, and What They Are Doing fur thu Oooii of Uie CountryVarious Measures l'rnposcd. Discussed and Acted I'pun. Doings of Congress. Thursday, tho Fenate talked mid did: nothing. In the Hou9i, a hill truntiiii' sonio 2.'Ki'1 sen's of Kind In Arizona to uso1 In oouneotion wltli the H'rrUorlal prison at Ytiiiri. wub imsscl Tho bill rciioliin.' railroad roinpnuit: which have l'pen urant'.Hl rights of v;ty ihrou?h Territorial lands of tlo I'rjl'ocl Status tn maintain Mallon at all town ilfs estalillsho 1 liy tliu Interior ri'partincnt, rnrolvt'd soino attent ion, tlinii not final. :ind ronWciailoii of tho iirlntln; Ml! tva then resumed, but v as suspended whn by a proving order the House proneeo'l to vsv Its Iribuio t' th" ir.emory of the late Reprpsentativo liith'er of Pennsylvania. At, the ri'iwlu.l m of the memorial services ih !l ns at :i;4. it in., as a further mark of re-pect to the memory of the deceased, ndjourned. Asl'io from sonic spai-it-o,lir anfl fruitless atlemp's to :o( licllo i i n the repeal hill. ih Seiiait t'rkluy confrnicd a larce batch if iippolntii'Oiis I1 e must nolo bin of which was that of Van Ali o for tin- Italian mission, hy a vote of to 22. The Attorney general tr.nimlitetl t" the House, pursuant to resolution, the In form 'tt Inn reluting to ihe I'r.ion 1'iiclUc Railroad. He says tho Government vas not made a party to the receivership proceedina and had nonotlco 1 1 such proceedings; 'hat there Is axave doubt es to their validity as far us the United States is concerned, and that in their practical n eratlon iboy lend to seriously prejudice the Interests of the Government as protected by existing lava The At'oroey flencra,! further fays thnt tho only action yet TaUon by the oepurtmpit has teen tho employment of (ieorue Hoalley as sporlal counsel for the United States. In the second mornlnB hour M- iiynum called up tho hill to remit 50 percent of the duties dill1 on exhibits at the Wrrld'a Fair. An .iivonnment as adopted extending the provisions of the act to mch exhibits as may bo transferred to tho midwinter Exposition at Kan Francisco. As amended the resolution was then passed. This does not app'y to Roods sold or contracted for for before the passage of the resolutionSaturday tho Senate talked. The House was in session only three hours, two-thirds of the time being devoted to the further consideration ef the prlntinK bill. It reached a vote, but no quorum arpea,riii2 it went over to bo the unfinished business nt the 8rst session. A 1:111 was passed directing the construction or a revenue cutter for use on the Now Dnsland coast. Dullness reigned In the Senate proper on Monday, but there was some lively skirmishing on the outside when tho President's altitude on tho compromt-o bill became known. Tho dobate on tho bankruptcy bill began In the House. There l a great deal of determined opposition to the measure led by snmo of the ablest lawyers in the II' use. like Culberson. Stone. and H ntucr. The bill to provide for the construction of a steam revenue cutter on the (treat lakes to replace the Andy Johnson was passed. The cost of the new vessel is not to exceed Sl'73.000. The public printing bill aud a resolution distributing K37.000 now held by the receiver of the Mormon Church for charitable purposes were al90 passed. Tho Smate met at 10: 30 Tuesday morning and soon afterward took up the silver purchase repeal bill, Senator Stowurt resuming his speech, which was interrupted Monday when tho recess was taken and ehlch he began several weeks ago. In the House Mr. Oates favorably reported from tho Judiciary Committee a bill to amend the naturalization laws of the United Hates, The Speaker announced that he would Wednesday give a decision on the point of order raised Monday relative to the status of a bill ouce discussed In the morning hour. The Senate Wednesday resumed Its talk on silver. It was apparent to nil that tho unconditional repeal men felt In high feather. In the House, after the transaction of some minor businoss, the debate upon the bankruptcy bill was resumed, and occupied the full time. The Frog Market. Thirty, thousand frogs a week are brought Into the Buffalo market. Even the local fishermen are devoting much ef heir time to collecting frogs, for 100 (if which they arc receiving 1 at tho present time. A Buffalo fish company is the largest buyer. It freezes the lugs for quick New' York consumption, and also stores largo quantities for profitable sales at other neasons. The business of securing tho frogs in very remunerative to the man who knows their haunts. Twolvo hundred were brought into the city on a recent evening by a fisherman who takes them along the lake shore on tho Canadian tide. One of them was a cow frog that weighed two and an eighth pounds and sold for a dollar and a quarter, its lugs being as largo as thoso of a goodidzed spring chicken. There are three methods of killing the frogs with a stick, by spearing, and by shooting. The best time to hunt for them Is nbout the middle of the day, when thoy come out of their hiding-places and seek the meadows, pastures and fields where the grain has been cut, in search of insects. Very few frogs are cuught in the marshes or on the banks of the lakes, as it is only at night thoy gather in those localities. In w inter they aro either caught with a net, which is (lipped under the ice, or dug out with a spade from the side f the banks, and are invariably causrht in clusters, for they huddle together. Adam and Eve Were Negroes. The originator of the doctrine that de sun do move" will bo gratified to learn that no less an authority than Methodist Bishop Turner has worked out a theory that Adam and Eve were black. Goology tells him that at the probable time when man first appeared on the earth the climate was as hot as it is now in mid-Africa. The Bishop doesn't think it necessary to explain further, but it follows naturally in his mind, wo suppose, that the complexion of man. exposed to a red-hot sun, must have been like unto that of the baked apple. When man took to wearing clothes and dwelling under shelter, as the northern climate grow colder, ho, of course, faded, while the negro in the torrid zone kept the original color. Notes Irom the Capital. THE Treasury Department will take steps to build up the gold reserve, which has now been invaded to tho exlent of $15,000,000, leaving it in round figures at $85,000,000. ' Chief Justice Fullkr has denied a motion of counsel for Virginia to reopen Its boundary line dispute with Tennessee, decided in the latter's favor at the last term of court. Information has reached the Stato Department of the disappearance of Dr. D. Scott Moncrieff, formorly assistant in the Pcabody Musoum of American Archaeology of Harvard University. It has been definitely decided tht.t tho now cruiser Oregon, built by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, will be launched on Nov. 20. Bids were opened at the Navy Djfiartment for the construction of three ight draught gunboats of about 1. -00 tons displacement, tho cost of which Is limited, exclusive of arinanent and speed premiums, to $400,000 each. 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; A Oum-Chawlnc Fish. It is not always safe to judge by appearances, for often, as the poet Longfellow says. "Things are not what they soom." Some years ago the writer of this article was fishing from a boat in Mississippi Sound opposite Biloxi, when growing tired of a niece of gum which she hod been trying in vain to learn to like, she dropped it into the water. What was her astonishment when within the next halfhour sho caught a fish with this identical pieco of gum in its mouth. This is a fish story, but it is absolutely true, and not so very remarkable either, when one remembers that there were n half-dozen linos hanging from the boat at the time, each holding a tempting bait, so that the fish who had snapped up tho gum would be apt to linger noar the luring snares and be eventually caught. Harper's Young People. Severe Iawg In a Small llepnbllc. It is said that San Marino, the diminutive Italian Republic, and the oldest government of its kind in existence, has the most sevore c riminal laws of any civilized country known. Thieves have the right hand chopped off, and murderers aro hurled over a precipice into the deep gorge of Feri. As a result of this severity, no murder was chronicled for a long time, until some years ago, when a woman was convicted of having wantonly killed her young daughter. Notwithstanding her prayers for mercy, the sentence of the law was strictly adhered to. Pittsburgh Dispatch.

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