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rBAPFUR X**.—Continued. So now we know as much about the •matter. or very nearly as much, as Geraldine did herself. She had been •quipped for her morning ride, wh p and gloves in hand, ere she had broa hed the sub ect, and there had been no time for discussion, nor for mentioning the idea to Cecil, who was in waiting outside: more than th s an opportunity for conveying the de ision to Beilenden unheard had to be watched for and altogether it seemed as if site were engaged in someth.ng contraband. Beilenden was in the row that morning, and it seemed to young Raymond that the confidence of the previous night had not deserted him. He was riding, moreover, which he had not once before done, so that he could now join company with the cousins if he chose and he did choose. He put his horse alongside of theirs as a matter of co.:rse, and their was nothing to be said. Presently Geraldine murmured something to him aside, bhe bent over her sad le to do so. affecting to steady a fidget on the part of her horse but it could scarcely have been anything to do with “Sii' Lancelot's" res lessness which I rought the instantaneous look of pleasure into hnrcomi anion sface as he listened. What co ild it haie been.' Beilenden looked, indeed, as ho felt, / greatly pressed. “We can take a fourth, you know,’’ he ob. erved, •‘would one of your cousins like to come'” “They have been already, all ex- s cent < ceil " here Geraldine stopped suddenly. What was she saying? bhe did not want < ecil asked, would have been sadly put out had he been so. and here she war, as it were, hinting for an invitation for him. So it was taken, evidently. "Shall I ask him'.-'” said Beilenden. after a moment’ pause. Ko answer. Lie glanced at her, saw that he sho k. have none, and was more contented than ever. In truth, it had been the merest slip of the tongue on i eraldine's part, the bald statement of fact, s nee she was already beginn ngto wish that th ■ ring of the do r-bell would not quite so frequently mean yo ng I aymona's voice in the hall, and step upon the stair and what it was not to be taken so completely lor granted that he was to be of the party whe ever anything was arranged between her and Ethel and Alicia. They < ould not now go to a concert, nor a Hower show, ior a picture gallery they could scarcely walk, shop, or dri.e. b.t what the brother would Ixi met somewhere even if be had not started with the rest at the outset. To be sure, if he had been now as belore the merely attentive cousin and usful companion, his company might still have been welco net but a'ack a gir.'s uner ing instincthad told her of late that the time for this had past Those constant visits, those uneasy looks, those close and frequent crossexaminations. those fitful dayso moody depression succeede d by bursts of lightheartedness and relief all carried their own tale. To ask him now to make a so rth as Beilenden sgu ts And for herself, to have to Bit by Beilenden s side, conscious of those ealous watchful eyes following every movement, those sharp ears on the catch lor every word? She could not uo it. “Gently gently, Sir Lancelot.” “Your horse isfidgeting for acanter, Miss Campbell.'’ And o i they all went, and not another word was said about the opera: but the affair came off nevertheless. The strawberry tea brought ho itn pro ement n matters, in so far as its givers were concerned. Geraldine and her grandmother arrived late, and stayed aowust.irs eatingicesand rinking coffee, until after the recital ha I begun. Mrs. Campbell considering that she might please herself an i take any libertiesshechoe in her daughter's hous >: and. accordingly. when at length the two came upstairs, the la -ge room was full to the brim, and i.ot a chair to be bad upon seeing which granny protested that she was gla I it was so, for she preferred remaining in the cooler atmosphere of the landing o itside. to any a : ount of fine re itation in a panting, breathless, overcrowded drawingroom. Geraldine was of the same opinion: ghe had be< n surfeited with amusements of late and the sounds from within excited no curiosity or desire for more in her bosom. Presently she drew her chaperon Out upon the balcony, cool and te.i piling under its shady awning, and Banked in with flowers: and Ce 11 who, is ill-luck woi id have it, had got Wedgedin nt the very far end of the largest ro mi. close by the platform upon which he ha 1 had to introtuce the reciter, and from whence s bseqvent escape had been impossible, could just perceive the wreath oI rosebuds for wh cii he had been looking, flit past in the far di=tanse, hopelessly out of reach. He must now perforce wait for the half ho. r's interval ere anything could be done. IS A ever had speaker been so weangome: never hud performance seemed of such unending length: lans were fluttering, lace scarfs were being loosened, ositious were being cliang d, yuwns were being stilled, and it became evident that every one was hot, and tired, and longing to move, and bored to death, and the 1 ckiy author o! the misvhief Knew that he had only himself to thank for the general ennui. He had selected a few long pieces, instead of a greater number of short ones, h s idea being that on e by Gera dine s side, ho should not be required to

move so often, and do his part as host. He had to d his cousin to be early, and fancied she had promised to be so in which case she too would have been up beside the little platform, and close I to the large window where he had kept places vacant as long as he could. He had known she would like the air, and she might, he thought, have trusted him to see she had it. He was now caught in his own trap. The rosebuds vanished, w hither he could not follow: and then, when the long-look< d-for interval did at last come, and starting from his set, he had managed to struggle down the room a little way—being almost rude to one and another in h s determination not to be detained, his mother— his mother again! caught him an.l all unwitingly frustrated every advance by presenting a lady of conseq enee. for wn.m his arm to the tea-room was re uired. What a place of torment was that warm, whizzing, buzzing tea-room to him. < eraldine was not there, as ho had faintly hoped she might be; but innumerable other ladies were, and as all. or nearly all of them, were known to him, and as men we e few, it followed that he had to wait on one and anot.ier, procure tea for this fair,«o ee for that, and carry cakes, and butterrolls, and stiawberries about, till his . very soul sickened within him. In the fullness of her sat si act ion at the time when the tea-party had been in embryo, his mo her had ordered with so liberal a lianu that no fewer than three kinds of cool, budding, delicious cream iced, clotted, and plain were now offered with the strawberries, to be accepted according to taste, and this choice, necessitating delay and compliment, was the last straw on the camel’s back to the unfortunate lover. He thought he should never have done, never get upstairs again. As fast as he had satisfied some, others appeared and his own dame was not to be persuaded into impatience to reascend. Ko; she thanked him, bu' she was quite comfortable, and quite willing to wait a little while wh re she I was. She had found some friends to talk to. Would he come for her presj entiy? Still no Geraldine. He had just made up his m.nd to rush upstairs and b.-ing down bis < ousin, regardless of obstructions. when he was beckoned up by his rightful charge, and the chance passed, , since, when he had deposited her above upon a sofa, the room had near y tilled again, and the second part of the programme was about to begin. He would not be caught again, he vowed and to d himself he knew bet- , ter t han to be so nd inside the doorway: so flew back to the landing, and hovered there, p ering this way and that, hanging over the banister, scanning the hall below, making short dis ursive Hights into the balcony, b it never once tak ng a real look among the seated audience until the whole thing was over, and they, too, had risen. And then. Just as he was about to ask his mother and his sister whether the vision oi the rosebud wreath had been a delusion on his part, and Geraldine had never really been near the p are at all. whom should he see but her fair self coining down from the far, fur end of the room. Irom behind the platform indeed, where young madam had enscon eu tierself during all the latter part of the entertainment, having seen her cousin salely pass downstairs in the interva , and feeling secure . hat he would not re-enter the great room on his return. she had been disporting herself on the balcony Beilenden with her, during the ear.y portion of the afternoon, and we may tesuro he had not left her afterwards. , They had both enjoyed the recital, and had 1 stened to it with a ] oliteness born of contentment with their own situation and the surroundings. Granny had been with them, well enough pleased, too; granny was beginning to have her own ideas about Sir Frederick. and to think that his punish- , ment had perhaps lasted sufficiently long and so no one had helped poor Cecil, and his mother, who ought to h ive been h s chief support, had done him an act al >n ury. | “A great success, Charlotte,” qouth the old lady, blithly, to her daughter as she now passed out: "a very pleasant parly. If I had your rooms Is ho dd have iiked to try something of the kind myself. But though our little house su ts me admirably, it is not intended tor entertaining. Another year, perhaps we may be accommodated a Little mo o commo iiously. ’ “I bad all three kinds of cream at once, Cecil,” wnispereo Gera dine as if i e were sure to laugh and be delighted: 1 hud, in feed: and they were - or rather it was io good. And such strawberries! It was the strawberriej that kept granny and me downstairs we could not tear ourselves away from the strawberries, could we, granny?' “lhey were delicious, certainly,” assented granny. "Charlotte, you must tell me your greengrocer, or did these come from your own garden?’ for they were now in a family group, and could ask family < uestions. No. the strawberries had not come from their garden there were none so Hne in their garden: bit these had I een s pplicd by Lad Raymon I’s own particular market woman her mar-ket-woman wit > whom she had dealt so • years and yeai s, an who had never disa pointed her, and might be de- ) ended upon for anything else she i ndertook. Before she had finished a gratified eulogy. Cecil saw Ger Idine twitching his grandmother's sleeves to go. “You are ina great hurry,” said he, moodily. “Be ause we are late. lam not in a hurry to go. but in a hurry to be gone. Therein lies the difference. If w.- are not gone w thin a few momen s we shall have to scamper thro gh all the evening afterwards, and ray poor dear does not like to scami er.” One of two things in the little speech bad a strange Ha or of In hmarew in his ears a; he listened. He had never, for one thing, heard granny tailed his cousin's ‘ poor de r ’ : e ore in 1 ondon. lie had not seen her coaxed, and hustled in th ,t childish ashion of late. Geraldine herself, moreo er. looked eau ier, trisKer, more mischievous uni fro csome than she ha i prerented herself to tne wori I as a grown young lady. He fancied she ga re a little

siflp m she ran downsta'rs to the carriage. Where were they going that evening? he wonderea. 'He had not known of anything being “on.” Was it too late to ask? He was still undecided when the carriage rolled away: and perhaps it was well, for he might not have been invited to oin the < arty. and. whether he had a not. ne would certainly have disapproved of it. The ladies were going to pass an out-of-door even.ng in the illuminated gardens, then growing to be the novelty most talked abo it, and a night for which had often been planned, but some other amusement bad as invariably inter, ened. Geraldine had actually not been yet. in eonso mence and now, on Bellenden s suggesting that he co id | rocure for her and Mrs. Campbell admission to the lightingtower if they would per nit him to accompany them, who «.ould have refused so good an offer? From thee ec-tric-lighting tower, he as ured them, in omparabiy the best view of the scene wa, to be obtained: an I the mass of people the thousands of colored lights, and the silvery so ntains with their ever-changing hues and tints flying up into he dark sky overhead — the whole was a sight worth seeing. For his part, he liked the place, there was so much to be teen, and so many c rious things to be investigated. He liked the a uarium—had they really never seen a large a uarium and Geraldine was so fond of sea creatures? He m stt..ke he -, atleast. to look at the anemones The anemones were finer than any he had seen anywhere. And with the last topic had come a certain hesitation, and noth had known of what t e other was thinking. But it had all ended well. He had been bidden to dine in Mount Street at any early hour, and the carriage had been ordered to be at the door lor the three to go to the gardens at soon after 8 o'clock. It was the remembrance of th s early dinner which had set Geraldine to twitching her grandmother s sleeve at the Raymonus . [TO BE CONTINUED.] A Cure for Bores. Os the Hungarian statesman Fran cis Deak it is related that he used to rid himself of troublesome visitors by telling them the following story: “Once, when in Paris, Na, Oleonl. paid a visit to a hospital for old soldiers. Here he perceived among the rest a man who hid lost one of his amis, and he entered into conversation with him. “ ‘Where did you lose your arm?’ asked the Emperor. •“At Waterloo, your Majesty.’ “ ‘Then, no doubt, you curse the Emperor and your country every time you look at your mutilated limb'!’ “ No, indeed.’ protested the veteran, ‘for the Emporor and my native land 1 would readily sacrifice my other arm, if needs be.’ “ ‘I can hardly believe that,’ the Emperor quietly remarked, and passed on. “But the soldier, anxious to prove that he was in earnest, immediately drew a saber from its sheath and lopped off his other arm.” Here Deak would pause and fix a penetrating look on his visitor. “Well, what have you to say of such a man and such an action?” “A sublime act of self-sacrifice. A truly noble character?” This was the style of reply invariably given. “But the story has one flaw,” he would gravely add. “What is that, pray?” “It is simply impracticable. How could a one-armed man contrive to cut off his only remaining arm?” Religious Musical Boxes. Swiss music boxes of an elaboration almost unsuspected by the average New Yorker are sold by German-speak-ing Swiss in the German quarter. They are of all shapes and sizes. Not only may the German drink his beer to the tune of the “Watch on the Rhine,” played by a contrivance in the false bottom of the mug, but there are also musical flower pots, cigar temples, work boxes, and artificial birds in cages. Odder still are a musical crucifix playing aTe Deum, pious statues with like musical attachments, and pictures for the stations of the cross that play appropriate sacred music. These tilings cost all the way from $2 to <250, and some made specially to order bring much higher p ices. The musical phonegraph has somewhat injured the sale of musical boxes of the nickel-in-the slot varie y, though they are still made and sold.—New York Sun. The ' Frost. Fisb. A enrious fish, tiie “frost fish” of New Zealand, has been recently exhibited in Edinburgh. It was brought over to England by one of the meat carrying steamers in the refrigerator, and is described as nearly five foot in 1 mgth. with flat sides about four inches deep, and at the thickest part not m >: e than one inch through. It has a lo ig, hard, sharp head, armed with several sets of formidable teeth, a most delicately transparent back fin running fom head to tail, about as fine as a film of gelatine; the taper at the tail not more than a quarter of an inch across, and the tail is of very small size for such a fish, measuring not more than two and a half inches across the outer edges, .ludigng from its present appearance the fish in its natural state must be as silvery as a herring, though without scales. The “frost fish” is said to be excellent eating. Powers of the French President. The President of the French Republic lias no veto power, certainly not in the same form as that exercised by the President of the United States. But he has powers not possessed by our President. He can adjourn the Chamber of Di puties at any time, although not more than twice in the same ses sion, for any period not exceeding a month; he can close a regular session at any time after it lias lasted five months and, wi h the c< nsent of the Senate, he tan dissolve the Chamber o Deputies at his discretion, but in tlia cas he is compelled to order a new election to I? held within two months after dissolution.—Brooklyn Eagle.

SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceeding-* of the Senate and House of Representatives — liuport&ct Measurea Discussed and Acted L'pon —Gist of the Busiupm. The National Solons. A compromise currency p’an was offered in the Senate Tuesday by Mr. Manderson* of Nebraska, a Republican. Senator Chandler offered several amendments to the railroad pooling bill and secured adoption of a resolution calling for information regarding the trunk lines. The bankruptcy bill was debated, a substitute on the lines of the old Torrey bill being offered. The Senate Committee on Finance discussed the various currency bills before it. A fret? silver measure offered by Chairman Voorhees was defeated on a tie vote. A canvass of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings showed a majority favorable to the Chicago postoffice bill. The bill to repeal the differential duty on sugar from bounty-paying countries was passed by the bouse—239 to 31. The House Committee on Elections decided the Steward-Childs contest in favor of the latter, who is the sitting member. The House committee amended the administration currency bill by striking out the section requiring import duties to be paid in gold, reducing the tax on circulation and shortening the term of bonds. During the discussion of the currency question in the Senate Wednesday Mr. \ e-t said he would follow the President’a lead no longer. The Senate ratified the Japanese treaty after adopting an amendment to strike out the ten-year limit, illiam R. Tibbals, of Illinois, was confirmed by the Senate as supervising inspector of steam vessels for the Fifth District. The House entered on a discussion of the Pacific Railroad bill, for which three days were set apart. A bill for the punishment of train wreckers was agre«*d on by the House Committee on Interstate Commerce. The Chicago postoflice bill will be favorably reported to the Senate with the provision for its completion in three years omitted. Pacific Railroad funding bill was dig cused in the House Thursday and much opposition to the measure was developed. Gorman and Hill made strenuous efforts to have the Senate take some immediate action on the pressing financial question. It is said Germany is determined to force a tariff war upon the l nited States in order to satisfy the agricultural party. But little outside of routine business was done in either house. Many bills were introduced in each branch. The House Friday adopted a resolution ’•ailing on the President so: information concerning the action of British subjects during the rebellion in Hawaii. Congressmen Breckinridge, of Kentucky, ami Heard, of Missouri, called each other liars in the House and were earned to apologize. Senator Teller, representing the silver element, gave warning of opposition to any financial plan not agreeable to him It is stated serni-officially that Secretary Carlisle will be appointed to the Supreme bench to succeed Justice Jackson. An omnibus bill for the payment of Southern war claims to the amount of $715,G63 was defeated in the House Monday. A rule setting apart Tuesday. Wednesday ami Thursday for consideration of the currency bill was adopted by the House. Hawaiian correspondence submitted to the House shows Great Britain has not interfered with affairs of the republic. The Senate passed the bill to establish a national military park at Gettysburg, Pa., and it now goes to the President. SNOW IN THE WEST. A Plow Which Tacklco Drifts Thirty Feet in Depth. Reports come from the West of snowdrifts on the railroad over the Siem Mountains, which are said to be the heaviest for years. Hard packed snow lies from thirty to fifty feet deep, and it requires constant work with -now plows to enable trains to get through at all. The rotary pl w is about the only thing which does really effective work, though the i i W * 1 THE KU iKY PLOW AT WORK. push plows are used in conjunction with them. Near a place called Dunsmuir is a huge drift, particularly hard to handle. This is the way the men attempt to manage hero. A number of engines coupled together take a flying start of about half a mile at this bank of snow, and slowly force it off the track. Every time they strike it from two to three of them are buried out of sight in the drift. The others are uncoupled and back away. The buried engines are then dug out by shovelers. r J hoy then couple on and another assault is made on the drift. SOME NO i ED MEN Who Became Famous in Their Younger Mays, Pitt, the younger, was in Parliament i 21. Edison was famous for his inventions v hen 23. Galileo discovered the isochronism of he pendulum at 19. Sb::! speare left school at 14; Clay at !: h.'.in Briglit at 15. N;i;,oleon at 27 commanded the army E.dy. At 25 was Emperor.

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. Whar Our Neighbor* are Doing Matter* of General and Local Interest—Marriage* and Death*—Accident* and Crimes- I’eraoual Pointer* About Indianiana. Minor tttate News. Hexky Cuppy, 81, the first Treasurer of Jay County, is dead at Laurel. Chickex-pox is afflicting Mishawaka youngsters. Ax immense tin-plate factory will be located at Converse. Akdekson has secured a barbed-wire plant and a plow factory. Joll C. Lym and Frank Dew broke jail at Shoals, and are still at large. The White River iron and steel company of Muncie, has resumed operations. Thebe are seven skunk farms within a radius of seven miles from Chesterton. Joel J. Cash of Boone County, was probably fatally injured in a runaway accident. The Bristol Banner says many acres will be planted in fruit in that vicinity next spring. Lawkexce county commissioners have contracted for the construction of five new iron bridges. The .Jeffersonville Law and Order League has caused the saloons to remain closed on Sundays. The price of bread has been placed at three loves for 5 cents at Crawfordsville, or sixty loaves for a dollar. Scottsburg merchants have agreed to stop handling cigerettes as soon as the stock on hand is disposed of. The Jackson Mining Company, Brazil, has been forced to close their mines on account of the big reductions in coal. The east-bound passenger train on the Evansville and Richmond road.wasditched near Seymour, causing a delay of about ten hours. Cai’T. Brandt, an eccentric character of Crothersville, took strychnine, which he mistook for pulverized alum, and died an hour later. A church in Lafayette has appointed a committee of three nurses to take care of ail babies bronchi there while the mothers sit in the audience and enjoy the sermon. Successful revival meetings are in progress at the Greensburg Methodist churches in which the regular pastors have been assisted by Rev. Appleby of Indianapolis. Burt Anderson, who lost his job at Anderson when the wire works shut down, walked to his home in .Jeffersonville, and his feet were so badly frozen that he is now in the hospital. .1. Barney Wermes was killed by a train while walking on the Pan Handle tracks near Logansport. His ears were protected by a muffler which prevented him from hearing the train. Ri:v. Nicholas Pittinger of Delaware County, had his purse, containing 50 cents, stolen eighteen years ago, and last week a neighbor confessed to the del'd and returned the 50 cents, with $1 50 interest. At Muncie. Company G, Forth Regiment which recently disbanded, has been reorganized. William Wagner, has been elected captain. The merchants and business men of the city are pushing the organization. Bud Armstrong, was killed while in the woods, near Kokomo, cutting trees. A large limb fell and crushed him to death. The victim's father, Lanta Armstrong, standing by, was warned away in time by the son, but the latter, in hisefforts to save his father, was himself killed. An encounter occurred on the streets of Bloomington, the other day. between Company H of the State Militia and students of the State University. The militia boys were angry because several students paraded the streets wearing badges on which was printed: “Class ’96, Indianapolis, Indiana University.” There is bitter feeling between the towns people and the students, who want the college transferred to the capital city. President Eli Halderman.'of the Marion street railway, boarded a street car the other day. The new conductor did not know him and demanded his fare. Mr. Ilalderman told him he was broke. The conductor demanded his fare or said he would have to put him off. The president of the road did not produce the live cents and he was put off. The conductor turned 40 colors w hen told who the man was but he still holds his job. The Board of Public Works of Indianapalis, composed of James A. Wildman and Andrew F. Cramer, Republicans, and F. J. Meyer, Democrat, have tendered their resignations to Mayor Denny in a body. The retirement of the Board is the result of an investigation orderd some weeks ago by the Council, and which has been in progress up to within a few days ago. Mayor Denny states that he is convinced that the Board is honest, but the resignations will be accepted. A fatal railway accident occurred at North Judson, on the Indiana, Illinois & lowa railway. The through freight train westbound was taking coal, when theseeond section ran into the first. In an attempt to esea] e conductor William Vincent was crushed to death between the caboose and the car ahead. Brakemen Pangburn jumped into a pile of ties and received a severe rupture, besides several minor external bruises. Coal heaver John Lain was thrown from the top of the cab of the engine and was badly scarred up. He will recover, as will also the brakeman. The Ministerial Association of Logansport has considered resolutions of the local lodge of Good Templars, requesting the preachers of the. city to call a mass meeting to devise means of assisting the local authorities in suppressing lawlessness. The ministers decided to decline to call such a meeting and adopted a lengthy paper giving their reasons. They decline to retied on the officials of tne city, who they consider desirous of enforcing the laws. The association cannot assume civic responsibilities of any kind, but the preachers as individuals announce their willingness to aid in any movement for the public good and to use their pulpits for this purpose. Two strange men entered the house of John Hellenburg, residing near Todd Postoffice, Jackson County, and when Mr. Hellenburg arose the burglars began firing at him, shooting him through the breast. His wife and two sons, with acorn knife,joined in the tight and the robbers were driven off, leavingjthe floor covered with blood. The skull of one of the sons was fractured and one of the robbers was seriously cut w ill, the corn knife. It is not known just how seriously the wounds are. Mr. Hellenburg had just received a check for $503 to pay on some land. It is supposed tiiis was known by the parties. There is no clue to the would-be-- • d erers

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. The roll eall in the House,Monday,showed sixtv-one memtiers present—six short of a quorum. Representative Merntt said that news had eoine to members of the House of the death of J. D. Thayer of Warsaw, a memlier of the Senate, and he asked permission to introduce the following resolution, which was adopted by a rising vote: Whereas, Death has removed from our midst one of the distinguished members of the General Assembly in the person of the Hon. J. D. Thayer, a member of the Senate, who departed this life at his home at 6 o’clock this morning; be it Resolved. Tiiat a committee of five members of the House be appointed by tlie Speaker to prepare suitable resolutions respecting the death of Hon. J. D. Thayer, and report the same to this House, and that the same be made a special order for next Monday at 2 o’clock. As a further mark of respect Representative Merritt moved that the House adjourn, and the motion was adopted. The Senate convened, but out of respect of Senator Thayer, adjourned until morning. A concurrent resolution was adopted in the House Tuesday, for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the offices of the Attorney General and the State Treasurer. The democrats endeavored to amend it so as to carry the inquiry back to the republican officials, but the majority voted it down. Under the resolution the committee is empowered to employ two expert accountants and to go through all the books and papers of the two offices for four years back and administer oaths and compel answers to questions regardingall matters in connection with such offices. The investigation is to be completed and reports made to the two bouse not later than Feb. 15. The most important bills that found their way into the senate related to labo: and were introdued as distinctive labor m< asures The first bill is aimed at the relfef fund system of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sj stems, and at the hospital system which is to be established by the Big Four. The bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation doing business in this state to hold back any part of the wages of employes under pretense of investing the same or of establishing any fund for the relief or maintenance of sueh employes; or under pretense of assisting, relieving or maintaining such employes when sick or disabled, that all such witliliulding and diverting of the wages of employes shall be adjudged by the courts as unlawful and contrary tv public policy, and all violations of the statute shall be punished by a line not to exceed S2IX) and imprisonment in the country jail not to exceed six mounths, or both, in the discretion of the court. The second measure relates to blacklisting and provides that when an employe is discharged by an employer the latter, upon demand, shall give him a written statement showing for w hat charge he was discharge. If this is refused and the employer after attempts to interfere with the employe getting work elsewhere he shall be lined not exceeding SSOO. Tin: Senate devoted nearly all us Wednesday to eonsinvration of Senator Haggard’s bill appropriating $100,<X)0 for the erection of a Soldiers' Home at Lafayette. The bill was amended in several unimportant particulars. ami was ordered to engrossment. T|ie following bills were passed: Raising the salary of the Criminal Judge of Marion County to $4,000; permitting a homestead exemption us S6OO, and SSO of personal property; exempting from taxation cemeteries that are not run for profit; relating to the vacating of abandoned highways. The House passed the following bills; Legalizing an issue of Court House bonds by the Commissioners of Blackford County; enabling trustees to receive lands and donations for the use of churches and religious societies: defining fraudulent marriages and providing penalties; striking out the 80 per cent, clause in insurance policies. The Senate, Thursday, killed the bill to strike out of promissory notes and make illegal the clause providing for the collection of attorneys’ fees. Among the new bills introduced was one providing a fine of from SSO to SSOO for any hospital who refuse to give a body for dissection purposes as provided by law; a bill providing a tine of from SSO to SSOO for any person who sells or offers to sell adulterated milk, cheese, or butter. The Committee on Judiciary reported Senator Shiveley’s libel bill and recommended its passage. It provides that a person aggrieved at a newspaper must give three days’ notice before filing a suit for damages for libel. If suitable retraction is made it is provided that the plaintiff may recover only for the damages actually sustained. It was a dull day in the House as will as in the Senate. The bill providing for the office of State Boiler Inspector held the boards for an hour. The bill was finally made the special order for Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. The House passed Hundley’s bill providing for the abolition of the office of Natural Gas Inspector, and also a bill requiring the trimming once a year of hedges down to a height of three feetRepresentative Robinson introduced a bill in the House, Friday,that is designed to meet the recommendation embodied in the Governor's message, to the effect that the Governor be invested with authority to deal with offenses where the local authorities are negligent or where they flatly refuse to discharge their duties. Representative Terhune introduced a bill to take from the State Geologist the appointment of Mine Inspector and Coal-oil Inspector, and place the appointing of tiiese officials with a Board to be composed of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, and Attorney General. Other bills introduced are: Providing that a first case of intoxication shall be punished by a fine of $5, the second $25, the third SIOO and a jail sentence; after that the offender shall be known as a common drunkard, and it shall be a finable offense to sell him liquor; making it competent for nine out of twelve jurors to render a verdict. The Senate held a half hour's session and then adjourned over until Monday. The business transacted was limited to the introduction of bills. A Brave Man. Day—Marc Anthony was a brave man to address the mob as “friends, Romans, countrymen.” Weeks—Why so? Day—Pretty skittish business calling an angry mob “countrymen.”— Exchange. A considerable number of Berlin doctors have started a “Warenhaus,” or warehouse, forth? supply of general merehapdise as well as medical stores.