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Ih SJtts ♦ 7Hr4 j k ip Orrifwj CHAPTER ll—Continued. “Why this rejoicing?” asked Lea Helges, reining in her horse before Squire Condit’s gate, and addressing Ellen, who stood with more than the sunset glow on her fair cheeks. “Oh, Lea! good news! good news!” caied Ellen, running out and taking her friend’s hand. “Then do not keep it back, Ellen, for my very soul yearns for news good, bad or indifferent; anything to break the monotony of this dull life. Ah, if I were a man I should make my own news and give the world a fresh and startling supply every day. but being only a woman, ‘a weaker vessel,’ as the dominie says, who ” Lt a would have gone on at some length in her bantering, half-real, halflaughing way, had not Ellen Condit intorruyted her by calllug “The Sea Hawk has just anchored in the harbor!” "The Sea Hawk?” echoed Lea Hedges, and for the instant the color fled, under the excitement, from her cheeks, and she sprang from her hor.-e, the spirited ■creature making no effort to get away, though there was no restraining hand on the bridle.

“Yes; she has been in sight for an hour, and Ralph has signaled that he is •coming ashore at once.’ Mother has just gone in to order supper, aud every servant on the place is hard at work to give their favorite a welcome.” “There, Ned, go home and tell Black Joe to put you in the stable.” Lea Hedges threw the bridle rein over the pummel of the saddle, and the intelligent horse, with a snort that no combination of letters could convey an idea of, tossed up his head and walked away with comical dignity. “You will come into the house and wait,” said Ellen, encircling her friend’s waist with her left arm, and making as if she were going to the house. “No, my love, we shall take the other direction,” said Lea. “To the village?” “No, to the shore. Let us greet the brave boys before their feet press the toil. Ten months since they sailed away; it has seemed like ten years. The Sea Hawk carried with her all the life and glory of the islan I. I pray that the pirates ha ve torn none of them from us. ’ This was said as the girls hastened down to the beach, a few hundred yards below Squire Condit’s house. “The pirates have not taken the Sea Hawk,” said Ellen,who, though as much rejoiced at the ship’s arrival, had neither her friend’s enthusiam nor her fluency of expression. “I knew the pirates never could take her; they might destroy her. but sho would go down with the flag flying and every living man at his post,” said Tva “The people arc cheering and the bells are ringing, Lea.” “Aye, but the < beers are all too faint to express my feeling, an J the bell tinkles,when it should clash, and clang, and boom. Hark, a gun from the ship! See the smoke rising from the port like a monster’s breath on a frosty morning. There is music in that sound. How did men fight before the roar of cannon set the warrior blood to throbbing in their veins?” Ellen Condit did not attempt to answer her frien I’s question. By this time they could see a boat lowered away from the Sea Hawk, into which six rowers and four officers got. The boat shot away from the ship, and headed straight for the beach where the girls—row the center of a large crowd of whites and gaily attired Indians —were standing. ITo n the stern sheets Capt. Denham waved his hat, and the people answered with a cheer. The men at the oars threw all their strength into the quivering blades, till the boat at each stroke seemed fairly to leap from the water. Mhi e the Captain’s cutter was still several hundred feet* from the shore he recognized among the throng the faces of Ellen, his adopted sister, and of Lea, his old playmate and friend. He rose in his place and raised his hat, an I the first and second officers d.d the same. ■ Th? people on shore supposed the gre ting to be general, and they at once sent up a cheer, which the men at the oars answered, and as they shouted the boat seemed to leap from the water, as if it, too, were animated, and share 1 in the ;oy at again touching the soil on which it was built. . Captain Den! am sprang ashore the instant the boat’s bow grated on the while beach, and the people were not surprised to see him catch Ellen in his arms, for was she not his sister? Lieutenant Dayton was near him, and his arms were about Lea, whose fine <>yes were now full of tears of '—’Valentins. was her own .nuTis . • hot lover, but of 1 Kelt tins is ^otthe time to speak. Every man at the oars was native to the place, and had mother, sweetheart, or sister to greet him. It would be a waste of time to describe what the most prosaic reader can easily imagine. The men laughed and shook Bands again and again. The women smiled through their -^ars and seemed never to weary of repeating the first greeting. And in the midst of it all. down came Squire Condit and Dr. Hedges, and to them the welcomes were repeated, and the gathering i eople cheere 1 till th > increased volume of sound rolled out to the ship. Here, the watching sailors—forced to stay on board —caught the joyous contagion, and springing into the rigging, they shouted in away that called out all the crew of the stranger, who cheered also. To speak of the feast and dances that followed that night would take a goodsized volume. The officers of “The Stranger,” as we shall call the other ship for the want of a better name, were Invited, and how

*' this was brought about, we shall now proceed to expla n. CHAPTER HI. A NEARER view of the officers And chew OF THE ST.IANOER. Whle there was no name visible on the bow or stern of the stranger—at least to tho e unable to make a close examination—on the caps of the sailors, on the coverings of the upper-deck guns, and on the many small boats swinging in readiness from the davits was the word “Wanderer.” As on the Sea Hawk, everything on board the Wanderer was in the state of perfect order which old sailors designate as “ship-shape. Thocreww.ro power ul, flerce-look-ing lellows, and, though there was not one man with gray hair or beard visible, all were in that golden prime of life when experience restrains the impulses of youth, without lessening its activity or vigor. The majority of the crew was decidedly English, but accent and face told that the minority was composed of many nationalities; not an unusual thing in this day when England, in order to recruit her warships, sent press gangs on shore, and. if occasion required, did not hesitat' to force into her service the sailors of merchantmen overtaken on the high seas. When nations became robbers in selfdefense, it is not to be wondered at that pirates were much for for plunder'.’" '" r ils ™ With one or two exceptions the officers were men between 30 and 40 years of age, an I there was that in their manner that told of perils daringly met in the past; and the adventurous spirit in their stern, restless eyes showed that, like their beautiful ship, they were wanderers, in palled on and on by the spirit of adventure, which, though rife in that age, cannot be said to be peculiar to any. Capt. William Fox, commander of the Wanderer, looked like a m m in every I way qualified f r his duties. He was । about 35 years o.’ age, rather slender I and of n edium height, with hair and : beard that would be called “golden" by i the poetic and “red" by those of a pro- ; saic turn. His eyes were blue, but with ! that steely glint that is rarely seen except in eyes of gray. Capt. Eox must have been in these waters befote, for when a yacht came alongside offering a pilot, he shouted down: “I know the channel, and I can't fail if 1 keep in the wake of the Sea Hawk." He seemed the very personification of activity, but it was act.vity without nervousness. His short, quick commands were given w.th decision, and obeyed with the promptness and regularity of fine mechanism. After the anchors were down, and the sails furled, Capt. Eot .-aid to a blackeye I officer, some years younger than himsell:

“Come to my cabin, Mr. Frenauld. I wish to speak w th y<u.” ; “Aye, aye, sir," replied Lieut. FreI nauld, touching his tap and following • the Captain down the companion-way. The cabin of the Wanderer was quite I in keeping as to neatness with the other j parts of the ship, but the furniture was , such as even an admiral could not have i afforded. The place was crowd d with i works of art. The walls were ovnil ' with pictures, the most incongiu >us te- i ligious pieces being hung side by side J i with fierce l attle pictures, and rude ' ! cupids placed in companionship with winged cherubs an I seraphic madonnas. Through the op n doors of some of i the staterooms opening into the cabin I the same lavish adornments could b? s 'en, giving the idea of a floating art- i gallery, rather than the quarter- of officers on a ship of war. I And this lavish profusion of wealth i was visible in the persons of the offii cers, certainly in the two who now reI tired to an inner cabin. Their fingers were half covered with ' rings, in which emeralds of deem st tint j and diamonds of purest water flashed, and the buckles on their shoes, or > "pumps.” as they were then called, w< re ; masses of the same gen s. After closing the door of the cabin bei hin I him Captain Fox pointed the lieutenant to a chair and sat down himself. This done, he deliberately pulled off i bis pumps, and drawing a plainer pair from a drawer near by he put them on. ; He then removed his finger rings an 1 threw them, with the shoes he had taken ; off, into a box. “We must put away these things for i the present, Mr. Frenau d,” said Captain | Fox. “It is well enough to wear them at sea, where the sight of them will inI spire our men to deeds of greater valor, ; but here they mar create suspicion, an ! ' that is the very' thing we must avert. ” “Os course, sir,” replied Lieutenant ! Frenauld, and he at once removed his ; jewels, going into another room to rei move his pumps. Coming back, he asked: “Shall I instruct the other officers, ’ Cap ain?” “No; I have ordered them to wear j nothing that does not accord with their । rank as officers in the service of the 1 good Queen Anne ” Captain Fox hesitated, and Mr. Frenauld nodded, an i s^d: "I understand, sir.” .. , 44 T I ♦ I 4 <‘ ‘ 11) t iIT 1- P n rl TH I expoc ed that < apt.iy iii <u ne mo the honor oi a \isit the Sea Hawk came to an- ■ chor.” I “Gad, sir, he would have visited us । before that if he knew who we were,” ' said Lieutenant Frenauld, with a low laugh. The Captain frowned, bit his lips, and, evidently ill-pleased with his subordi- ! nate’s levity, he continued as if he had I not heard it. | “Perhaps I should not blame Captain j Denham, lor this is his home, and the I home of most of his officers and men, ; and it is natural thatne and they should i hurry asho e to see their kinsmen and । sweethearts.” • “A sweetheart in Denham's ease, sir, 1 for, as we know, he has no kin here.” “You forget,” said the Captain, tap- > ! ping the table with the tips of his fingers -: and frowning. • i “larddn me, sir, but I did not think,” ) j said the lieutenant, apologetically, “that t it would be amiss to allude, under the . circumstances, to what we Loth know al out Captain Denham’s ancestors.” t “It is amiss, sir. Zounds! if an echo -of the facts came to his ears, all our great schemes would crumble to ashes J like the Dead Sea apples, even though f ! ?ve had them ripe in our grasp, and we z ] are near that now. Let me speak if

there be speaking necessary; It Is y ou . duty to act.” And now the captain brought his clenched hand down on the table. “I have never been below, sir. when there was work to do aloft,” repljet Lieutenant Frenauld, his dark eyes showing that he did not at all relish hfe superior’s rebuke. “Very well.” The captain's manner was mild in an instant, showing that he was an actor as well as a sailor. “We must go ashore to-night, and pay onr respects to tho authorities. In the meantime, I shall send a note on board with my compliments to Denham. Get the cutter ready with a picked crow, and a'ter supper I will go ashore, taking with mo yourself and Harry Ludlow. Full dress, mind you.” “And side arms?” asked Mr. Frenauld, as ho rose to leave. “How, sir, can an officer in her majesty’s service be in lull dress without his side arms?" sna- ped the captain, his eyes flashing again. “True, sir ” A rap at the door, and before Frenauld could say another word Captain Fox shouted: “Come in!” A han .’some lad of sixteen came tn, his <ap in one hand and a no e in the other. “Well. Don?” “The cards of two g ntlemen who have just coma aboard, sir,” replied tho cabin boy. Dun, speaking with a strong Scotch accent, and handing the paper to the captain. “Ah, by the Spirit of Blake!” cr ed the captain, here are the village fathers come to do us courtesy. They shall haM a royal welome. Stay, Frenauld, m, help me receive them. Stand by. we shall need-your sei vtees at ogee- '-jP Tho ‘ Xi® was all animation now. , His moods were like those of an Alj sky, or would have I een we o they tho direct effect of his str< ng will. 1 He sprang into h e pr.vate cabin, w'l in less tian a minute he came outattT n in a dress coat, a regulation cl ap jj l under his arm. ami a straight stiff-sw«^ belted to his hip. • He hurried on deck, where SquF® Condit, in a blue coa' with brass bl‘* tons, knee-breeches, silk hose, lo*^ sh^' 3 with silver Lu 'kies, and a weX per - dered wig with a pendenf black ribb^i, was looking a' out him with that air •of awe a landsman shows win n first f lO stoj>s on board a ship-of-war. Dr. Hedge 3, except that h's coat I ott.!e-green—a color at that time |ffeded by the medical profession—-dres-ed exactly like his friend: iwd save as to some differen *e in stature — the former being -hort and sto t—they might have passed for twin bro - hers. “1 am Goodwill < ondit," said the squire advancing to the < aptain with a bow, intended to be stately, an 1 hie right hand extended, “holding a commission under her majesty—whom may Co l preserve ns Justice of the Peace in the County of Suffolk, in the Province of New York.” To BE t ON TIM’SB 1

Quinine as n I’rotec:lnn Against Cholera. Dr. Laurie, a physician well known in India, long ago asserted that he would stake his reputation on the vL tlcacy of qninine a< a prophylactic against cholera. A flve-grain dos«' of this drug every morning while the disease is about is. he held, 3 sure preventive. During the epidemic of cholera in India last year, Dr. Hehir made certain in v-t igationc resulted In the discover.' of the'pres- , enc • in the bio id, etc., of cholera patient-, of a peculiar parasitic protozoon or microbe, although whether this is the cause or result < f the disease ha- yet to be determined. He found that this organi-m could not live in strong solutions of quinine, and he fun her found that the protective virtues of quinine were amply dem nstrated during the epidemic. He n >w commits himself unreservedly to the opinion expressed by Dr. Laurie, and recommends the use of quinine as a prophylactic in addition t > sulphurous acid. It lias b'enhis practic - for years to administer one drachm doses of acid every three hours io al! the inmat'-s of a house in which the disease breaks out during the time the patient i- in the house, lie has given it in ah ut 7,000 instances, and for the last three years he ha- not seen cholera occur in any case in which it was used. If quinine is really the effective prophylactic against cholera that these eminent authorities have such excellent cause t > believe it to be. this fell disease has b st its terrors, for nothing is easier ami less harmful than taking a live-grain dose of the drug during the epidemic of the disease. How Casto Affects Trade in India. The trades in India are governed to a great extent by the castes, and, to a certain extent, each caste is limited to a certain choice of trades. Thus a Brahmin may be a carpenter or a mason, but he may not be a waterman or a sweeper. If a chowkidar. for instance, belongs to the Brahminical caste, he “ 1S , • , ano if a Mussulman cooking * " *' ’ , ^iiouni touch them under any circumstances they would be detiled, and before they could be used again would have to lie purified by some mysterious and tedious process before the Brahmin could use them without himself losing caste. A chowkidar could not be induced to use a sweeper's broom. It would be defilement for a Hindu to receive food or water from the hands of one of lower caste than himself, and drinking water may only be received from one of a higher caste. A carpenter will not take drinking water from the water carrier who supplies the kitchen, and a Brahmin must be employed for the special purpose of bringing water to the workmen. Lach servant may get his own water, but need not bring any to the others, as they would not tai<e any from him. I hey would dry up and blow away first. One Every Three Days. Hie Fayette City (Pa.) News contains the following unique advertisement: J. G. Sanforth, undertaker, eighteen years' experience. In that tinie'l have bulled over two thousand persons. My motto is ‘Live and Let Live.’ Good goods and low prices to every one.”

KEBELLION LV HAWAII. the kanaka government is OVERTHROWN. the Queen Deposed Without Bloodshed and Foreigners Are in Control—A Delegation Comes to the United States to Ask lor Annexation. Monarchy Abrogated. Little Hawaii’s turbulent history has come to a climax. Queen Liliuokalani been deposed and four citizens, two of them Hawalians of American parentage, one an American, and one a Scotchman, are in charge of the provisional government which has replaced the island monarchy. The overthrow of the government was accomplished without bloodshed or violence, and was the work of a few hours. The crisis came as a bolt from the blue sky, though those who knew and feared the di sky Queen’s intrigues were not wholly surprised. Mail advices via tho steamship Claudine to San Francisco say that the revolt began on the forenoon of Saturday, Jan. 14, and by the following Tuesday

- DEPOSEH QVEEX EII.IVOKAI.ANI. afternoon it was ended. Tho four men who rule the islands are: Sanford B. Dole, in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs; I’. C. Jones, Finance; James A. King, Department of the Interior; William G. Smith, Attorney General. They were appointed by a citizens’ committee of thirteen, to which the people give entire control of the government. The deposed Queen at last a counts was In herjirivate residence in Honolulu, and at her own request was under an honorary guard of sixteen men. The palace stands empty, and in place of

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the native 1 ous> hold guards companies j of volunteer citizens o cupy the bar- । racks. From Monday, Jan. 16, 300 marines and sailors from the I nited States cruiser Boston have been ashore under anus to protect the L nited States Legation and Consulate and the lives and property of American citizens. Five Commissioners were dispatched Wednesday to the United States to ask this government to annex Hawaii. Tho Commissioners are: Lorrin A. Thurston, Chairman, who was Premier of the first Revolutionary Cabinet of Hawaii in 1>>88: William C. Wilder, hi ad of the Wilder Steamship Company, which does ! a transportation business among the j islands; William It. Castle, a lawyer who is largely interested in real estate in the islands; Joseph Marsden, a sugar planter; Charles I. Carter, tho son of a former Hawaiian Minister co Washington. How the Revolution Began. The Queen attempted Saturday, Jan. 14, to promulgate a new constitution, depriving foreigners of the right of ' franchise and abrogating the existing House of Nobles, and at the same tune giving herfi’'" P owerof - a {7’? I 'tvthe forU Tli' 3 was resist' d tno ioiHouse. of the community, which eign '^^ointed a Committee of Safety at j/Vinembers, who called a mass nieeWtg oH^eir class, at which 1,200 to 1,500 werepresent. That meeting adopted resolutions condemning the action of the Queen, and authorizing the committee to take into further consideration whatever was necessary to protect the public safety. Monday the Committee of Public ! Safety issued a proclamath n to the I Hawaiian people recounting the history of the islands and calling attention to I the misrule of the native line of mon- : archs. The Queen, in an address from I an upper balcony to crowds outside the i palace, denounced what she called the ! perfidy of the ministry. Represents- j tive White, from the steps of the ] alace, told the crowd that the Queen had be- ! trayed them, and demanded her death. | It was at this juncture that the < om- . mittee of Public Safety was formed, i and shortly afterward treops were anded from the Unite I States steamer . oston. The armed uprising of citizens and the proclamation of a ; provisional government followed. The ex-Queen, seeing resistance was hope- ! less, retired to her private residence, j where a guard was stationed by the new government. There was no bloodshed. Annexation to the United States as a territory : is desired, not as a state. The Boston is the only warship the United States | has at present on the Pacific Ocean,but ' a late dispatch from San Francisco says , that the United States flagship Mohican is now on her way to Honolulu and I the Ranger and Adan>s are expected to '

immediately leave the Mare Island Navy Yard for the scene of revolt. BURIAL OF MR. BLAINE. Thousands Pay Homage to the Memory of the Dead Statesman. America through its highest dignitaries has paid the last tribute of respect to the remains of James G. Blaine, says a Washington correspondent. Every effort was made to comply with the wish of the dead and his familj' and make the funeral a pr.vate one, but the surging wave of public interest swept over the barriers imposed and made his private funeral one of the most impressive of public demonstrations in honor of the dead. The most eminent men in the nation stood around his bier. All business in the nation’s capital was suspended while the funeral services were in ' progress. The presence of the 1 r>-.-dent and his ( abinet and Supreme Judges and high officials of ( ongress and of the diplomatic corps was not more significant than the homage of the waiting crowds who in respectful silence lined the streets through which the funeral cortege passt d. The body of the late ex-Secretary was removed Sunday evening at 5 o’clock and placed in the parlor on the north | side or the second floor of the Blane residence. The windows of this nom open out upon Lafayette Square, one of most delightful spots in Washington. Across thi3 plat of ground stands the State, War and Navy Building, where the dead ”man achieved his latest triumphs in statecraft and Durinn «nd evening a. number of Mr. Blaine’s friends called at the house and took a last look upon the face of the departed. The expression of the face was peaceful, and the lineaments of that well-known counte-

nance showed but few traces of the ravages of the disease that carried him off. Services at the House. The ceremonies inside the house were impressively simple. Before the hour of 10 the invited guests began to arrive ami take their seats in the front part of the mansion. There were no chairs re- i served, except for the President and tor the i i mediate family of the deceased. Eleven o’clock was the hour named for the simple service of ] rayer which was to precede the removal of the body to ! the church for the more public rites. It was only a few minutes after that hour when the mourners entered, and the President and all the distinguished concourse rose to pay fitting honor and sympathy to the sorrow of the deceased | statesman’s relatives. The family was | followed by Kev. Dr. Hamlin of the 5 Church of the Covenant, who, standing i beside the casket, in a low tone delivI ered the Presbyterian service for the ( j departed soul. As he did so, Walter I Damroseh touched the keys of the . 2 : i

I piano to a slow dirge, and the scene ' was an impressive one. Dr. Ham- ! lin returned thanks to God that by his power this life was ended only that the life of immortality might be begun. He besought the Almighty that comfort might come to every member of the stricken household, because the one that had gone out of this life had gone to immortality. Let the consolation that came from above fall tenderly and sweetly upon them. “Speak to them words of comfort such as Thou alone can teach. This we ask in the name of our Saviour, amen.” This completed the brief and impressive services, and the casket was closed | and tenderly borne to the hearse. Solj emnly and in silence the family and the ! mourning guests left the house which has been so frequently invaded by the angel of death, and the procession wended its way slowly to the church. Outside the house the street was thronged with spectators, who reverj® 1 :|i S'l j A i $ —^rf\\ F CHURCH OF THE COVENANT. ; ently doffed their hats as the pall-bear- : ers deposited their sacred burden in the i hearse, and while the attendants tem- : porarily buried it under as many flowers !as could be placed therein. The cor- ' tege then started for the churchy At the Church. The interior of the church was appropriately draped; all about the pulpit and chair rail were banked huge masses of floweis, below ■which the casket rested, j The services, which were brief, were delayed somewhat by the rush of : the " people in the street prevent-, J ing the mourners from getting into their i seats on time. At 1:30 the funeral proi cession took up its march to Oak Hill Cemetery, in Georgetown, where the i body was interred beside those of the dead man’s son AValker and his daughi ter, Mrs. Coppinger. Mr. Blaine left a will bestowing all of ; his property upon Mrs. Blaine, and | making her sole executrix without j bonds. The total value of the estate is I estimated at SBOO,OIO.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. In the House. Thursday, a bill enabling the City Council of Indianapolis to vote an appropriation of 575.000 for the entertainment of the National Encampment of-the Grand Army passed with only two votes against it. The Committee on Agriculture reported in favor of the adoption of the Fippen bill providing for the taxation of foreign money loaned in the State on farm mortgages. The report was adopted. The committee recommended the passage of the .Montreux bill providing penalties for fraudulent nursery auents. import adopted. The committee reported in favor of killing four dog bills, and the repert was adopted. The Committee on Temperanef. reported in favor of the passage of the Grossart bill requiring persons taking out a Government । liquor license to take out also State, county, and city licenses. The bill is aimed at ! h'liisos of ill-fame and gambling-houses, and is demanded by tho saloon-keepers of , the State. The report was adopted. ■ In the Senate the roll of Senators was Called for bills on second reading and a num’.' r of the measures were passed to engrossment The most important one was that by Senator Mi-Lean, which proposes to restore to the Governor the power to ap- । point member- of Boards of Directors and 1 Trustees, of which Governor Hovey was deprived. The bill was made the special order । of next Tuesday at 2 o'clock. j The Senate Committee on World's Fair applied a stuffed club to the proposed junket of the whole Indiana Legislature to Chicago . to see the Worl i’s Fair buildings. The comI mitiee reporting upon the invitation extended recommended that it be ac< epted by the Standing Committee on World’s Fair, but tiiat it wai ina Ivisab'.e and unuo -cKs-ary for the whole Legislature to go- A repo—i The subje-?*ot-teas.and sa’arics rceeiwi" ' a large share of atfent oh tn the Senate Friday. The discussion was precipitated by reports from the Fee and Salary Committee upon a number of bills, all of which were recommended for indefinite postponement. I The special committee to whom the matter

I LVIUUHIIUV uv BHQUI ’ HU UIUHLT was referred, have prepared a bill redistricting the Stata for judicial purposes. The , number of districts by this measure ha c been । reduced from fifty-four to fo;ty-four. and the : districts have been as nearly equalized as possible with reference t? the amount of business done. It is claimed forthe bill that it will save ten Circuit Judges and ten Prosecutors. whose salaries would cost, the State 830.CU0. I Senator Loveland presented a petition, with nearly 12.000 signatures, asking such amendment to the election law as will permit all political parties representatives on Election Boards. In the House. Mr. Deery of the Labor Committee, reported favorably upon Mr. Suchauek’s bill for the protection of Union labels, and the report was adopted. The committee favored the Wilson bill to shorten the hours of labor; also the killing of the Henoh and Thornton bills to prevent the discharge of employes for membership in labor organizations, asimilar measure having already passed the House. Mr. Ader's bill empowering the State Board of Agriculture to hold 240 acres of land got through by the skin of its teeth. The bill passed by a vote of 51 to 32. | Two reports come from the Committee on s Ways and Means on Mr. Van Buskirk’s bill : to appropriate $3,000 to mark the position of I Indiana troops at Gettysburg. The ma- ! joritv report, presented by Mr. Cullop, waa I for killing the bill. The' minority report, i presented by Mr. Hench, favored the pesj page of the bill after giving the House an op- ' portunity to amend it. The majority report j was adopted and the bill killed.

Senator Gage’s bill, increasing the price of convict labor to»ninety-ilve cents per day, was, Monday, referred to the Committee on Labor. In the House the “Age of Consent" bill, changing the age from 12 to 14 years, was passed. The House after much debate, pa-sed the Hench bill, punishing persons who bring stolen property into th ■ State. Sv-i ral aniendments were reported by th<- Committee on Constitutional Amendment-. Among tm-ni were making tha terms ot all County officers four years, and rendering the im-umbents ineligible for reele -tion for eight years; enabling the State to tax gross and net receipts of corporations: to in reuse the regular legislative se-sion to HM days. A iudiciary ripper bill, cutting the number ot circuits from lifty-four to forty-four, has been pro Dared. The committee investigating the Prison North affair, return with nothing but prai-e of the management. At a caucus it developed that the Cullcp bill was unpopular and will be defeated. It provided for the appointment of boards for public institutions by tiie Governor.

Both branches of the Legislature spent their time Tuesday discussing small bills,and the Senate was entirely without feature. The House passed a bill to limit the powers of township trustees and another exempting parsonages from taxation, while it kille 1 one limiting the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, and another adding insanity to the statutory grounds for divorce, Mr. Dalman introduced the same bill brought into the Senate the day before, appropriating 5200.000 to the School for Feeble Minded at Fort Wayne. Os this SIIO.OOO is asked for a new building and $60,000 for the purchase of a farm. In the Senate a bill making it obligatory on county commissioners in towns of 5.000 inhabitants to establish work-houses where no city work-house exists, and authorizing the commissioners to purchase property, erect buildings and pay for the same, was passed. The Committee on Railroads recommended the passage of Senator Chandler’s bill asking that passenger trains stop at all county-seats. I The House. Wednesday, passed the Cullop • bill, increasing the jurisdiction of the Appellate Court, sending to it all cases involvi ing $3,500 or less. After a long argument it ' killed M-MulUW^ bill, requiring that school i boards be elected by the people, instead cf ■ by the city councils, as at present, and. after a long controversy, it killed Magenity’s anti-prize lighting bill, which imposes heavy penalties on all concerned, but deflned prize lighting as “fighting with less than two-ounce gloves.” The Senate Special Committee to redistrict the judicial circuits of the State reported its gerrymander, of the courts, and, after a long argument, the report was accepted. The Senate passed a number of minor bills and one important one, extending the term of munincipal officers to four years instead of two, as at present. R. O. Crandall. an old physician of LaPorte, died of apoplexy. His body was found lifeless in a cutter by a countryman. the Doctor’s horse traveling unzuided toward home. Thieves entered the residence of J. W. Field, two miles from Windfall, and carried the farmer’s trousers out, taking §SO from the pockets. The infant child of William Sonnenburg of Wanatah, was scalded by the overturning of a coffee-pot, from the effects of which it died. Three new factories will be started in Kokomo soon, which will employ about 500 people. Samvel C. Rodkey near Rushville, was split open by a tree falling on him. Wet Figures. It is estimated that the Mississippi River annually discharges into the Gulf of Mexico 19,500,000.000.000 cubic feet of water. Os this prodigious quantity the 1-2,000 part will be sediment. Thus the Mississippi annually deposits alone into the Gulf of Mexico sufficient mud to cover a square mile of surface to a height of 240 feet.