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lojoqiAu . < ; Hu ■•* >- .■ ijs% /• /• . ■ * f ■ , Jettings ’V^rtt'are never bought. ^^age God’s commandment ^^^l^Rtught #Wwer more holy than the smiles That true love gives, and it knows no wiles. .Love lurks not, but shines, in a woman’s eyes. And it is an estray from paradise, Only to win ■Earth-bound souls back to heaven; ’Twill surely conquer sin; Else wherefore was there given The Christ whi died on the cross? Did His love count gain or loss? Was it bartered once for dross? His life was love, and a grander one There has not been since the world begun. Ah, me! I look at these words with surprise; I’ll disown them all—for they give but lies To the holy feelings my heart hath known.

Love’s spirit lives when ideals have flown, For its mission is ever to uplift The earth-bound ones e’en to heaven’s sun rift. I say to her who holds love has no worth, Who likens it to a groveling thing. Dying even in the hour of its birth, Ye u never have known love’s better self, Nor given it all the heart can bring; Its gold shines brighter than sordid pelf. A good woman’s love will live for one, Self-forgetful till her life is done; If he who wins her holds sacred her heart, She’ll teach him that Truth is better than Art; That, though a tree in the soil has root, Upward it rears it blossoms and fruit. Love never sprung in a soulless woman s breast; Ne’er was known by one who would stoop to lure By a single smile, or a kiss or caress. Love’s better self will forever endure. Though earth-bound, trying to save ah that is best, ~ And uplift and soothe the world-weary and bless This earth-life with a mite Os the sweet Joys of heaven; Aye, Love is infinite! , To it power is given Ctronger than Death, for it never d.es. AH noble is he who ever tries To live to the promptings of the spit And the golden rule. Such a one is above , , . The dross of the world. Name him you who can , . What you will; but I will name him a man. South Kaukauna, AVIs. lEtaWsMissim J Remarkable Romance. BY EMILY THORNTOIL

CHAPTER XXII.

. OR a few days Ethel /was confined to her room and bed. The fearful excitement she bad undergone of and stormy night air, V had produced conistant headache and I feverishness. Bu t /the kind, motherly ' care bestowed upon her by good Mrs. Cium. together with the judicious remedies of her skillful physician, at length

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restored her to her usual activity. It was a happy event for Dr. Elfenstein when he first saw her able to meet him in the sitting-room, for lie had felt very anxious lest a long fever should follow, the consequences of which could

not be foretold. When, therefore, all danger was over, he felt strangely light-hearted and gay. “Dr. Klfenstcin,” said his visitor — after his first salutation had passed, together with the joking remarks that followed —“I must now have a little se- j rious advice, and naturally come to you , for it. Os course you are aware that I must leave here?” “My dear Miss Ncvergail, have we been so unfortunate as to offend in any way that you cannot abide with us awhile?” he interrupted, teasingly. “Now, Doctor, you know better! Indeed, I am grateful for all your kindness, but I must necessarily obtain some situation in order to support myself; for you must know I am very independent in my feelings, and, therefore, to be happy, must have plenty to do.” “Is it not something to cheer up a forlorn old bachelor's home by your smiles?” “It might be a pleasant pastime, but it certainly cannot be a life work. Do you know of any person who needs a governess or companion?” “Yes; since you really ask mo so directly, I cannot deny having seen that advertisement in the Times to-day.” As the Doctor spoke he took from the table near a copy of the paper to •^-which he had referred and handed it to ‘ her, pointing to an advertisemenj; "for a young lady governess and companion lor a girl of fourteen—an invalid.” The application was to be made at Castle Cairn, the country home of the Duch] ess of Westmoreland. “The very tiling!” exclaimed Ethel, as she finished reading it. “I must certainly see to this at one?.” “Do not discompose yourself. I am attending Lady Claire Linwood, the invalid referred to, and, as I am going there in a short time, I will apply for the position in your behalf, if you wish.” “I should be glad to have you; lam sure I can perform the duties required to their satisfaction.” Asking a few questions as to the qualifications she could specify, Dr. Elfenstein at once proceeded to seek an interview with her grace the Duchess, and in a short time all was satisfactorily arranged, and the following week Ethel was to become an inmate of this grand old castle. Thither her trunks were carried, after some little difticuly in getting them from the Hall. The Saturday before she loft the “cottage” was truly a delightful one. The day had been very hot and sultry, but a cooling breeze had made the long twilight very enjoyable, so much so, that Ethel bad left the parlor and closeness Indoors to sit upon the covered porch

- - —- 'A • b^^to ht> usc from the small r'^front. ■ " ht!j>pcning to be at leisevening, had also sought its pleasures. ^J^nter chatting pleasantly for a few moments, they were interrupted by observing a singul. r-looking individual open the gate ano advance towards them. He was a man about years of age, tall, but with a slight stoop to his shoulders, slender and willowy in form. His face was rather notable for its good looks, a fine piercing black eye, placid features, and pensive smile, giving it a winning rather than a repulsive appearance. His beard was full, and pure white, reaching nearly to his waist, while long curls of snowy hair fell over his shoulders. His costume was rather on a clerical order, close vest and coat, the frock of •which reached to his knees, while a soft felt hat rested upon his head. In one hand he held a black leather wallet, in the other a stout walking cane.

Advancing to the steps, he said languidly: “May I sit on this stoop one moment? । I feel weary after a very long walk. | Assent being given, he laid down his cane, but rested the wallet on his knees; then, removing his hat, he wiped the perspiration from his high white brow. “I am, sir, a clergyman without a charge. My name is Edwin C. Stiles, and I am at present engaged in obtaining subscriptions to several periodicals and religious works. “Perhaps I could enlist your sympathy in my endeavors; if so, I would be pleased to have your namo as a subscriber to this work. ” Drawing a handsomely bound book from his pocket, he offered it to the Doctor for examination. It happened to boa work he was about buying, having heard it highly recommended, so Earle pleased the old man by ordering a copy. After receiving the desired information the stranger arose, and bidding them good evening passed onward. «p»thor si simnilar-lookinsr person,”

Ratner a siiiguiiu-ivuiviug p remarked Ethel, following him with her eyes, until he disappeared from sight. “That snow-white hair and beard make him exceedingly venerable in appearance, but I should not think him very i old. ” “About sixty-live or six only, I should judge from his skin. But his pale la e shows that his health must be poor.” “Do you think him really a clergyman?” “No one seems to know what to tuink of him. I have heard the inhabitants of the town speaking of him many times lately. All agree lie must boa very eccentric character. Did you notice the wa'let he had in his hand? It seems . that he clings to it night and day. He has been going from house to house since he camo to the village, obtaining subscriptions to his books ami pap rs, and, being very poor apparently, asks for his meals, and two or three tim s has asked for a night’s lodging. Being evidently an educated man and a clergyman, in poverty and loneliness, it has been given, but everywhere his mysterious wallet

has occas oned many remarks and con- j jectures as to its contents. If a meal i> granted he seem' grateful, and leav mg , his hat and cane in the hall takes ids wallet to the dining-room and keeps it within reach of his hand while eating. He always asks a blessing over his food, and if ho stays all night insists upon reading the Bible and praying with the -Xaanily before he retires. “llis 'Mh’7s .with the heard him, are well-worded and really ; eloquent “Several have asked where he resides, ! and if he. has a family. “His rej^y invariably is, ‘that is a painful subject, and I cannot answer.’ “So no one knows a thing about him. except that he calls himself Rev. Edwin C. Stiles.” “How strange!” returned Eth 1, as she heard the story. “Poor man! Perhaps his brain is a little unsettled.” “The villages seem to think so. Many of the young men have tried to induce him to drop his wallet by sundry tricks. They have suddenly frightened him on

the highway, have stolen in while he has been eating, and endeavored slyly to pick ; it away, but they found him ever on the alert, so were disappointed. “This morning Iwas at the village inn, and there laughed with the rest over the j failure of their last joke. It seems he ’ remained over night at Mr. Tracy’s, who has a son full to the brim df mischief. So after the old man retired for the night, wallet in hand, Reuben stole out to acquaint a fellow-plotter with the fact that -old Stiles,’ as they call him. was at their house, and to ask his assistance in ferreting out the my.-tery of the wallet. “It was agreed that one should go to his door about midnight, calling •fire, lire!’ This would naturally frighten him, and cause forgetfulness; theiefore, they expected he would run out to see where the fi, was, leaving the treasure; then the other was to dart into his room, seize the wallet, open it, and so discover the nature of its contents. The whole joke turned on themselves, however, when with the first call of tire the door opened, and old Stiles appeared, wallet in hand!” Ethel laughed merrily over the joke, and then other subjects were introduced, and the eccentric vis.tor was forgotten. CHAPTER XXIII. ETHEL’S NEW HOME. The blowing Monday, as Ethol Nevcrgail was preparing to leave the “cottape” for the “castle,” Mrs. Clum told her, laughingly, of the last joke of the season. Old Stiles, it seems, bad gone from Dr Elfenstein’s door to the Manse on Satur- j day evening, and had been allowed to remain over the Sabbath. On rising from the breakfast-table on Sunday he had asked the hour for church sefvice. Being told half-past ten, he left the houSe about ten in order to go to the church. A few minutes before church time the pastor walked up the aisle, and, before ascending the pulpit steps, happened to raise his eyes, and there, to iiis astonishment, in his own accustomed place sat old Stiles, with the mysterious wallet on his knee. Hesitating a moment in order to think ’ how be could get the half-crazy creature i from the sacred place, Mr. Lee opened a new door at the side of the pulpit, ■ and, going in, sat down in order to see if i the man would not take the hint and dei scend. - { But, to his dismay, the stratagem did t not work. si Old Stiles sat stili. i j Soon the tell stopped tolling, the or-

gan commenced the solemn' vt4nnta r ?» while the congrega«^Tsat gazing— 01 h pastor to pulpit, with its strange ;cu ' pant, in speechless wonder. After a while the voluntary t l ? a » and Mr. Leo arose in despair to pat to his place, when, to his uttej^toniShment, up got old Stiles, aiulJßJm'y laying the wallet on the dc»^^>cfore him, proceeded to give out a hymn. At this unlooked-for procedure Bev. I Mr. Leo sank back in the pew, and conj eluded to seo what the man really intended to do. He could not certainly expect to go through the who.e service without his permission. But the worthy pastor was mistaken. The man did intend it; and not only that, but carried out the intention car- • ried it out, too, to the delight and satisfaction of all present. Never had a more thrilling and elc- । > quont sermon been delivered in that • grand old church than fell upon their I astonished ears from the lips of Lev. J Edwin C. Stiles, the half-crazed possessor of the mysterious wallet. After having filled his breathless audi-

ence with wonder and surprise the strange being concluded the exorcises by an appropriate prayer, then a parting benediction, after which he seized his wallet, hat and cane, and “walked down and out,” without speaking a word, of looking to the right or left.

“Did he not return to the Manse?” “No. He just walked away, and has not been seen since in the neighborhood.” “Well,” laughed Ethel, “he certain y is the oddest human being 1 ever came in contact with. Do you think Jie hasjeft the village forever?” _ ' “No one knows; he way return at any 'moment, or ho may not. It is just as ls> takes the freak, I presume.” Bidding the kind woman farewell, and thanking her warmly for her protecting care, she ran down the patu as the coroneted coach of her grace the Dnwliess of Westmoreland drew up to the door in order to carry her to her new home, and she was soon entering the winding walks that led to the castle. She almost forgot the sadness of her lonely lot as her eager eyes drank in tho splendor of the grounds through which . t Uvopvildna Hint

they were advancing. Everything tnat could charm the senses was here found . in luxuriant perfection. Grand old trees, exquisite nooks of rarest beauty, miniature lakes, profitI sions of sweet exotics, rustic bowers, ivywreathed labyrinths for quiet rest ami reflection, were on either hand, while tho castle itself was a perfect monument of architectural magnificence. Pillars, turrets, domes and wings were all that great wealth and the most cultured taste could make them. The Duchess was a lady of remarkable beauty and grace still, although sho had passed her seventieth birthday. i Her husband. Claries Worthington. I tenth Duke of Westmoreland, a stern, . austere man. had died suddenly one year ' before; therefore, leaving the gayoties of I the metropolis, she ha I retired to t a-Ho ! Cairn, in order to spend the first year of * j widowhood amid its beautiful seclusion. I To this retreat she had brought her ' I granddaughter, Luly Clare Linwo d, i i only child of her daughter Bertha, who, , | after marrying a pear of the realm, the t i Marquis of Linwood, had soon followed

her husband to the tomb, leaving the little one to the fond care of the Dmhess. This child, then, constituted the whole family now at Castle Cairn, for h w son Edward, who since the death of his father was the rightful Duke of Westmoreland, was away from his home and had been for years, traveling through both continents. out ties, as hi’ ba I evidently prefetred a single life, never h iving present'd his parents with a daughtor-in-law. he had been at liberty to give up his time to the amusement he liked best on earth, traveling. Now, however, that his father had passed away, it was expected that ho would return in a few wi eks to fill the honorable station he was henceforth to occupy as Edward, eleventh Duke of Westmoreland. It was in this homo of almost regal magnificence that our friend Ethel Ncvergail was received as governess and companion.

She found her young charge an amiable and affectionate girl, whose lameness and delicate health caused her to prefer the quiet of this lovely home to the rush and gayety of the city. In her Ethel soon found some one to love, and before she had been with her a week she saw that her affection was fully re-

turned. Very grateful, then. *o God was she for this pleasant occupation, and this lovely sheltef in which to stay until the time should come when she was to open the package and discover the secret of her birth and the place where awaited her the small competence that her aunS assured her would be sufficient tor her maintenance the rest of her life. [to be CONTINUED. ] Women’s Ways. Ilie corners of a girl's mouth turn up until she is 20; after that age they begin to turn steadily downward. Unless a woman it quite willing to have some one open her letters for her all her life, she should never get married. If women spent as much time in keeping their husbands as girls spend in getting them, there would be less complaint of the faithlessness of nien. There are many of the qualities of a girl in the women men admire, and many of the qualities of a woman io. the girls who can keep men’s admiration. The woman who builds her hope of happiness on the flattery she receives from the men, might as well build a castle of sugar and expect it to stand a rain storm. — Atchison Globe. A. Fraying Base-Baller. She —“I understand that you are one of the praying base-ball p’ -yers, and that you are studying for the ministry. In fact, I am told you have just been ordained.” He—“lt is true.” “Are you going to take charge of a parish at once ?” “Well, I don’t know. I have received a call to a mission church at SSOO a year; also an offer from the Bostons to sign for SIO,OOO a year, and I have been wondering whether I hadn’t better devote a few years mo-re to baseball praying before accepting a regular pulpit.”— Good Neics. , Sir John Lubbock has just discovered that the death rate in London is 10P per 1,000 as against 174 in ether . English cities.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL; AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE LESSON. Reflections of an Elevating CharacterWholesome Food for Thought — Study* ing the Scriptural Lesson Intelligently and Profitably. I' The lesson for Sunday, Feb. 15, may be found in 11. Kings 2: 1-11. Golden Text.—And Enoch walked with God; and he was not; for God took him.— Gen. 5: 24. INTRODUCTOIIY. The Bible contains no more thrilling passage than this. Dwight L. Moody lias made it. the basis of one of his most effective narrative sermons. Tho conclusion, however, seems to be omitted in the present arrangement of the lesson. One more verse seems needed to complete the wonderful account. “If thou see me,” said Elijah, “taken from thee it shall be so unto thee.” Elisha bides his time, Suddenly there is a tumult. Elijah is no longer with him! He looks around, behind, above. There he goes, caught up in the air. “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof! ”

He has seen it! He has seen it! And there at his feet lies the mantle of Elijah. WHAT THE LESSON SAVS. It came to pass. Something like a decade das pass'd since the events of the last lesson. (1 Kings. 21: 1-10). When the Lord wou«l take up. Hebrew: In the taking ■ip of the Lord. Whirlwind. The ocular appearance of it. Elijah went with Elisha. Literally, as in Douay version (seo Variations), Elijah ami Elisha went or were going. Better still, set forth. Gilgal, about nine miles north of Bethel. 'Parry. First moaning, to take one s seat. ■M-The Lord hath sent. The word of the £»d is still Elijah's guide up to the last. . J-To Bethel. Better, as in Revision. As far as. 1 will not leave thee. Doubtless Elisha was aware of the impending departure. | Sons of the prophets. Students, called ions of their teacher. So Elisha instinctively calls Elijali “father” as he ascended; v. 12. At. Bethel. A school of tho prophets. The old prophet gives them a sight of himself ere he is taken away. Knowest thou. It was a matter of expectation among the young prophets, perhaps his appearance at this time being the token to them. Hold ye your peace. One word in the Hebrew; like push, which word, as by

onomatopoetic rules, it strongly resembles in sound, hasha. To Jericho. Thirteen miles further to tho southeast. Another school of the prophets was here. Thy master. They seemed io recognize, along with their implied reproof, a near intimacy between Elijali ami Elisha. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. When the Lord would take up Elijah. He was always waiting for what the Lord would. It was ever the word of the Lord that dislodged him from any tarrying spot. Gilead, Chereth. Zarephath, Carmel. Horeb, were all left at the direction of Jehovah. So here he set himself to leave tills mundane sphere at God's command. The Lord whom lie served had. he knew, a large world. In his Father's hou-f were many mansions, and sown see him set t ing fort ii lure as if going, in simple trust, aero-s from one shore to another, nigh at hand. A good Christian brother, near by as we write, was suddenly str Cken down. His last words to his pastor regarding an expected removal from one part of the city where ho resided to another were, “I am

going across the river." And lie was into the Rotter Land. Elijah does not seem anxious or tioubled. He is simply going over Jordan. The same Jehovah whom he has served on this side is there also. And

there are no Jezebels to molest. The Lord hath sent me. It wns a good last word; much tike tho man. Obedience was his marked characteristic. Elijah was always the prophet who stood before God awaiting, like a royal messenger of tho great King, his errand from the throne. “The Lord hath sent me"-set that word down for Elijah. Elliott on his death-bed said: “You see ast range sight, sir. an old ■Lan. unwilling to die." On the other hand Irvr.i ». .. .. - - i- ~o i v-t - qig alone in the blood of Christ." Mirabeau cried: “Give me more laudanum that I may not think of eternity.” And Voltaire likewise: “1 am abandoned by tod and man. I shall go t > bi ll.” And Paine: “Stay with mo. for Gid's sake: 1 cannot boar to be alone. It is hell to be alone." How much 1 cut the closing words of Wesley: “I the chief of sinners am. but Jesus (lied for mo;” or those of Cookman: -I am sweeping through the gates, washed in the blood of the La mb.” Tarry here, T pray thee. He was kind to those he left behind. His farewell visit to Bethel and Jericho give hint of this fact. And here he does not wish tocarry his younger brother, a sou in the service, with him into whatever of ordeal there may be before him He is thinking more of others

than he is of himself, we fancy. So come the great to the hour of dissolution. The dying Washington raised himself up and said to his attendants: “1 feel myself going; I thank you for your attentions; but I pray you to lake no more trouble about me. Let me go off quietly; 1 cannot last hug” Eliialfs had been a busy, trying career. Hl-work done, he would calmly, and with the least jar to those he left behind, return to the God who made him. May our last end be like his in this regard at least. Let a double portion of thy Spirit be up< n nie. He was asking in nothing of arrogance. What he wanted, as rightly interpreted. was the same sp rit possessed by his father in faith. What more indeed can we ask than the fullness of God's imparted grace? And what less ought we to crave? When we look back upon the fathers and behold their lives of simple trust, their heroic faith and strenuous endeavor in the davs wherein God place d them, we can but pray that the same enduement which was theirs be ours also, for 1 lie demands which, press upon us. Each generation must have its special baptism and inSiow of the Spirit, and each new prophet must have his “double portions.” his birthright part in the great succession. Are we really asking for so much to-day? Behold there appeared a chariot of fire. And he saw it. The blessing was his. Many a man has gone a long distance for the vision which at last brings him to the full knowledge and possession of himself, as God’s appointed servant. We have just ben glancing over the life of Francis ■ Walland, as written by his sons. In bis ^^-r written to his mother while he was still a student in Union College he tells of his vain vigils in seeking after a reassuring sense of God’s pardoning presence. He afterward tells how he had mapped out his own course of conversion, and it was for that he was waiting, always to be disappointed. At last Luther Rice preaches a sermon on “Tho Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God,” and then for the first time he realizes that the 1 love of God is his, and then and there ■ Francis Wayland finds his vocation. Elisha lias at last received his mantle. Who t lulds it to-day? Next lesson—(See Quarterly.) Thilo ophical Filh. Some people arc like the future: they ' are so full of promises and hope. As a rule we don't like the man who thinks he is smarter than the Lord. [. What a pity we cannot see the punishment as clearly as we see the temptat’on. If you have your fun. you can depend upon it that the people will have their . gossip. g If a thief were called upon for advice, I he would say, “Be honest,” and he would mean it.

A JUDICIAL MURDER. WAS AN INNOCENT MAN HANGED? Die Incoherent Talk of a Demented Woman Says Patsey Devine Mas Judicially Murdered—Recalling a Cr me Committed Ten Years Ago. [Alton (DI.) dispatch.] The Incoherent talk of a demented woman has again brought to light the history of a murder committed ten years ago, for which a man was banged, who is now proved to be innocent of the crime. Aug. 0, 1879, Aaron Goodfellow of Bloomington, was mysteriously murdered at his own door, and Jan. 10, 1881, Patsy Devine, of Alton, was executed for tKo । deed at Clinton, DeWitt County. De--1 vine was convicted by a chain of circum- ' Btantial evidence furnished by a Mrs. ' Brown and her daughter Nellie, both of ’ Bloomington, who swore that he, in i company with another man named

Harry Williams, had been at their house the evening of tho killing, and they left in a very boisterous state. A few minutes later Aaron Goodfellow was called to his dcor by two men and ordered to throw up his hands. He grappled with his assailants and received a slight bullet wound in the head, but a moment later tho assassin who was free shot him fatally in the back. It is supposed that the assassins mistook Goodfellow for a man name 1 Woods, whom they knew to have money. Tho case was taken in hand by competent officers and Devine was traced and captured. All through the trial he protested his innocence, and even on the scaffold, with the clergyman standing at his side, he declared that he did not commit tho deed. He was hanged, igowever, and nothing more was said of the case until I his accomplice, named Williams, was traced to the State prison at Stillwater, ' Minn., where lie had been sentenced to ' a term of twenty-live years for another > crime. Before pro codings could be ini stituted against him Williams died in ' that prison, but ere his death calle 1 a

priest to his beside and requested him Lt write to Devine’s aged mother, who lived at Alton, and inform her that her boy was innocent of the crime for which ho died. Tliis was published, and yet tho community generally was loath to be- j heve that the boy—he was about 24 years of age—was judicially murdered. Now comes another chapter in this strange story. Nellie Brown, whose testimony cost Devine his life, has since that time become an abandoned creature, and is now confined in our city prison almost a maniac from the use of opium and liquor. In her ravings sho talks of tho Devine case, which is constantly preying on her mind. Some time ago sho told a companion that she perjured herself as a witness at that remarkable trial, and that this had driven her to drink. She was a child at the time of the murder, and keeps crying: “They made me testify! I had to do it!” Thus it appears that this man stiff red and left his aged mother without support in the world for a crime which ho did not commit.

MONEY THEY WILL SPEND. World’s Fair Appropriation Fills Before tho Various (legislatures. World's Fair appropriations are under consideration in the several State Legislatures, and the following statement has been prepared by tho Department of Publicity and Promotion. In the following Clglll (lie Governors have prepared and recommended bills appropriating money for exhibits, but the Legislatures have not yet con vened: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah. In tho following twenty-five States bills have been introduced in the Legislatures appropriating the amount appended to sach; Alabama S ICO.OOO ■Arkansan 100.0)0 California 3)9,000 Colorado 150,0)0 lowa 150,0)0 Illinois 1,000,000 Indiana 15),000 Kansas 150,(0 ) Massachusetts 50,000 Minnesota 250,C0J

Maine .’ 40,000 Nebraska 150,CO) North Dakota 50,000 New York 25J.000 New Mexico 25,000 Ohio 100,000 Oregon 250.0)0 Oklahoma 7,000 Pennsylvania 50,009 r^ath Dakota 40,00 J Tennessee 250,000 Texas 30),909 Vermont 5,000 Washington 240,0)3 Wisconsin 75,0-O Total . .$4,097,000 lii the following four the bills have passed the Senate: Colorado, lowa, Oklahoma aid Vermont. In the following six the bills have passed the lower house: California, lowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Vermont. In tho following three bills have passed both houses; lowa, Oklahoma and Vermont, i In the following two they have also I been signed by the Governor and are in | full force; lowa and Vermont. In Ar- . kausas the bill has been defeated. — A Trick in Swimming. Says an expert swimmer: “It looks very strange to see a n an go under water with a lighted cigar in his mouth, smoke calmly at the bottom and come to the surface with the cigar burning as nicely aD if ho were smoking in his easy chair. Apparently lie duties all natural laws, but of course he doesn't. It is a simple trick, but it requires practice. Just as I throw myself backward to go down I flip the cigar end for end with ny tongue and upper lip and got the lighte 1 end in my mouth, closing n.y lips watertight around it. A little slippery-elm juice gargled before going in prevents ' any accidental burning' of the mouth. ’ Going slowly down backward, I lie at 1 full length on the bottom of the tank e and blow smoke through the cut end of .' the cigar. Just as I reach the surface > z again another flip reverses the c ga-, and there I am smoking c ilmly. The r. versing is done so quickly that r.obody notices it. ” A Community AVitliout Taxes. ! In all probability the mest enviable community in the world is tiiat in ti e > village of Klingenberg, on the .Vain, in Germany. Klingenberg enjoys the reputation of producing cne of the but wines in Germany, But this by r.o means its chief cause for g’ory. InMeal ■ of paying taxes as ordinary mortals, tho 1 i citizens of Klingenburg icceivsd each r j 350 marks from.tho income of several l factories owned by the town. The divi- ’’ sion was made after the expenses of administrations had been paid by money from the same source.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. In the Senate, January 27. a bill prohibiting the use of natural gas in flambeaus was ordered engrossed. The entire afternoon was devoted to a discussion of the concurrent resolution passed by the House withholding appropriations for the World’s Fai” until tne United States Senate has disposed of the force bill. The resolution was adopted by a strict party vote. In the House there was a favorable report from the Judiciary Committee on Mr. Gleasner’s bill for the regulation of insanity inquests, and the earn of those thus adjudged insane, and the bill was ordered engrossed. Other bills, coining from this committee, were disposed of as indicated : Mr. Baker’s, concerning grand and petit juries, indefinitely postponed: Mr. Smith's, regarding vacancies in the offices of Justice of the Peach, indefinitely postponed. Mr. Linemuth. amending the law regarding changes of venue, engrossed. The Senate, January 28, passed the followingbills: Abolishing the office of State Mine Inspector and creating the office of State Inspector of Mines; requiring manufacturing and mercantile establishments to furnish chairs for their women and girl em-

ployes when the latter are not engaged at their work; requiring corporations to pay their employes every two weeks and prohibiting the use of scrip; reducing the rate of interest on school-fund loans from 8 per cent, to 6; providing for recording in its pendents record orders of court affecting the disposition of realestate; providing that constables may arrest horse-thieves without warrant and hold them until a Wai rant can be procured. A large number of unimportant. bills were passed by the House and a few new ones introduced. The following bills were passed by the Senate, Jan. 29; Legalizing the acts of deputy county officials under age; defining rape and providing penalties; making decisions of the Supreme Court evidence in certain eases; making more specific the provisions of the Barret law for the improvement of streets and alleys and construction of sewews; giving town trustees the same authority in the matter of making street improvements as that possessed by township trustees and road supervisors; legalizing the incorporation of Leavenworth, Crawford County. The following bills were read a third time and passed: In the I House. Amending the law relating to I mortgages so as to allow but .fifteen days to record mortgages after they are made. ’Hie

present law allows forty-five days to make such record. Abolishing the office of State Inspector of Oils and creating the office of State Supervisor of Oil Inspection; enabling cities and incorporated towns to heense junk dealers, pawnbrokers and see- ! ond hand dealers; to require them to keep I registers of all pawns, purchases and exchanges. which registers shall be open at all times to the authorities, and making it unlawful for such dealers to buy, exchange or accept from persons under 18 years of age any articles or pawns except upon a written order from parents. This bill is designed to put a stop to petty thieving. Amending the act relating to the Plainfield Reformatorv. In the Senate. Jan, 30, memorial from Farmer's Alliance and various labor organizations, asking lor a number of reforms, amongthem being the passage of a lee an I salary bill, and the enactment es a law taxing corporations to increase the State Revenue. ‘Bills were introduced amending the Grubbs libel law. making Prosecuting Attorneys ex-oflleio members of Boards of County Commissioners. The Judiciary Committee reported favorable on a bill pro- । viding for the employment of five amanueu--1 ses by the Judges of' the Supreme Court, Adjourned till Monday at 11 a. m. In tae House, apportionment bills introdii 'el.

1 diicago “pot hunters” to be excluded from the Kankakee regions. Adjourned till MonI day. 2 p. in. The Senate. Feb. 2, passed a bill fixing a graded system of penalties for keeping gaming houses. The penalty for the first conviction is from $lO to SSOO fine; for the second eopviction, $25 to SLOOO fine, with imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, optional witli the -Court. The third aud all dibei-qiicnt convictions. SSO to sl,ooo' fine and imprisonment for from thirty days to six months. The Senate also passed a bill prohibiting the use of artificial means to force natural gas from tho wells or through pipe lines. This is meant to prevent tho piping of gas to Chicago. Three important measures were introduced in the House. The first provides for the establishment of a State Board, of Fire Insurance, composed of the Auditor, Secretary, and Attorney General. The duty of the commission is to equalize the cost of insurance and adjust losses. The second requires candidates before conventions to file Vith County Clerks sworn itemizpd statements of campaign expenses. The' third was a resolution appointing a committee to correspond with the Legislatures of other States to agree upon a lower legal tax rate for all.

Started the Graveyard. Out in the Erie coal fields near Burlington, Col., a few years ago a lean, freckle-faced fellow, with Spanish heels on his boots, walked into the Stone and Quartz saloon, at Burlington, and leaning his long body on his bony arms on the bar, turned round to the half dozen loiterers in the place, and with a drawl drew his lantern jaw down on his flannel shirt and said: “How long has this yer camp been a runnin’ ?” “Two years,” replied the bartender, ■without raising his eyes. “Gravevard begun vit?” “Not yet.” “ ‘Bout time the camp had one. S’pose j I start one?” I One bony arm left the bar. It never ■ reached it’s owner’s belt. There was a ■ noi-e that sounded like a man dropping I a log chain in an empty hardware store, j and this noise was followed by a crash lof ex loding six shooters from the ’ holsters. A curtain of white smoke ' railed up against the ceiling. The man I at the bar made a lurch and then fell • upon the floor. Six bullets were in his body. j A graveyard was started in Burlington ' next morning. The lean man started it j himself. Burlington is now wiped out, but high up on Boar Rib Butte is one grave. It is the ouly one the camp left. —A r . 11 Dispatch. avnoixo from th? num’ er of hairless head, that as’omtJe in the parque te, the remorseless band of tine has been on a wholesale seal, ing expedition.— Peck’s Sun. “T g: T boo:s cause the blocd toufiow to the head." seys the (hi azo San. That is the । ; reasHi the. e is often so much slack in a dude'S pants. — Seu'man Independent. : A traveler in Florida say that the most hospitabio inhabitants of the State are the all.gators. — Jfa verick. A Master ot Many Languages. John Fiske, the historian and college ! ! professor, is well versed in languages. * I When only 18, besides his Greek and 1 I Latin, he could read fluently French, j ! Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Gerj I man, and had made a beginning in 1 [ Dutch, Danish., Swedish, Anglo-Saxon, ) j Icelandic, Gothic, Hebrew, Chaldee, i ' and Sanscrit. 1 A correspondent asks: “How ought \ temperance fanatics to be treated?” You ought never to treat them at all.— Boston Post. _