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COURIER.

BY H. J. FELTUS.

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Tos. death of Budolph has brought to the surface once more the rotten social relations of the leading families of Europe. Where homes and social purity are despised and -abused there can be neither stability' nor security. The "DnbpH and Princes' of Great Britain

have had a police record during the past ten years not much above that of a bawdy house. Herbert Bismarck ran away with another man's wife, and Rudolph was hardly well married when his wife was driven to leave him because of his amours. Spanish intrigues, once so notorious, are now quite in the shade of Germany, England and Austria. Even Russia has slightly- reformed by way of comparison. Crowned heads above dishonorable hearts?

r The American j nry system is again and again before the great jury of the American people, anddt is pronounced invariably the chief humbug connected with our institutions. The latest illumination of the case is in the trial of exAlderman Gleary, the New York bood-ler-Every intelligent man in. New

York City has not only full knowledge

-J: of the crime, but has formed pronounced 31 opinions of the eame. The result is,

pis U the jury must be culled from a class ot

inferior or dishonest men. It is quite

enough that a juror can swear that he will undertake to follow the testimony,

and decide according to its weieht, and

will use his intelligence in coming to an

honest decision It is time to get rid of

our Old Man of the Mountain. :

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Cabefux estimates have been made

of the dogs in the United States; and the t number is said to be not far from 20,0CO,-

000. or one doc to every three or four

' persons an average of one dog to every

s&fS-" familvin the land. The expense of

feeding and caring for this canine popu-

latioa is estimated at $200000,000. The

?H S average expense of a poor family is net :M over $400 per year, so that the cost of :"S our dogs would support 500,600 families flilp of the poorer sorti orSOO.OGO families at ;MtM - a cost of $L0C0 each. These figures are

not exaggerated, and are a fine illustra

tion of our wastefulness. If we ate pup

pies itj would not be so baa. We- only

let the puppies eat us. One dog in about

thirty is of the least value whatever,and

not over one in 160 pays for keeping.

Besides, there is no means oi spreading

disagreeable diseases like dogs that run everywhere. C0KDEKSEI) STATE NEWS.

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Bedford is now a city. .. : Muucie wants a Work House. - Sugar camps have been opened: Anderson gamblers are being raided Krank L. Sawyer, a prominent business man of Seymour, is dead. A Methodist revival at Peru has; resulted so far in261 conversions. Therelieious revival at Lyons resalt-

ed in sixty-six church accessions. "

Francis Murphy will begin . temper-

- ance work at JjOgansport, snort !y.

-: Gea P. Smith's S&,000 residence, near

. bheibynhei was destroyed by nrei.

. Micnigan Uitv nas "eleven Urms ex-

:h r ; n clusively engaged in handling fiah.

7 Foxes were never known to be so

t numerous as now in Morgan county. ' v ; Col. Martin Adams, who has resided in Clark county since 1808, is fatally ill.

Mrs. Anna O. Lakin, Grand Matron, order of the Eastern Star, died at Terre Haute, Tuesday. ; ? i XjE. Smith, forger and horse-thief, was sent north from Wabash; on. the 25th for four years. . ' John T. Swift,' aged 72, and Mrs. Nancy Walker, 52, north people of Sey.mour, were married, on the 26th. .. .. . " Mueller's bakery, at Shelbyville, burned Saturday morning and Frank Eolgeth, a baker, lost his life, fie was asleep in the building. John Reno; - one of the notorious Renos, has applied for a liquor license at Seymour and his application, is meeting with great objection. Julias Knell, of Porter county, has

hrsnrettfre remains of a mastodon on his

farm. One of the teeth is4n good .condition and weighs nine pounds. There was a boiler explosion near MUlersburg, on Monday, resulting in the death of Charles Skeeis, of Evansville, . the engineer. Pieces of the boiler were blown several hundred yards away; ' ; It is claimed that Clark county is rapidly becoming the largest fruit growing section west of the Alleghanies and east of California. During the past year 30,003 peach trees were planted. f

bylvester Grubbs, the condemned murderer under sentence of death at

yincennes, wants no appeal made for

executive clemency, saying that if he - t i a

can not do giyen. ms noerty ne preiers to

De executed. 8 '

: The Supreme Court decided,Saturdav,

that bicycles ire vehicles and must be kept off the sidewalk. A singular fact in connection with this decision is that it was handed down almost in the same

hoar that Judge Coffey, of that tribunal, was struck by one of these .vehicle8, bestrode by a careless "vehiclist,, and

severely injured. - :

Over two years ago Adolph Wysong's boy crowded a piece of leather up his

uubc, wucib ib ceuiKiutni uuut a lew days ago. Meanwhile his parent? were

put to great expense, doctoring him for

nasai crouoie, ana it was only Dy acci

dent that the real cause was discovered. Since its removal the boy has flourished. Indianapolis News.' Henry Strohm, of New Paris, the young man who left home and shipped on a whaler at San Francisco, and was wrecked on the Phillipine Islands, undergoing extraordinary adventures with the savages before his escape, has again reached home. Hia trip covered two

yea's, and his suifenngs enlisted.Secre-

-y Bayard in hiabehalt : .

. While the Freshmen of Wabash College were banqueting.Friday night, mischievous Soph mores laid out a line of hose, and as the former came out of the Banqueting hall they were met with a stream of freezing cold water, thoroughly drenching them. , Ayonog man nameci Christian, of Indianapolis, is said to have been dangerously prostrated by the nervous shock. -..

Several weeks ago five persons were

tascen suddenly ill after dnnkrng water from a well on the farm of James Owens, In Park county, since which time three have' died, while the others are stilt sick: An analysis of the water has been made by Professor Coulter; of Wabash College, and it was found to be fairly swarming with a peculiar microbe,' a germ that produces typhoid fever! -' Fred Hoffman, a farmer, near Kingston, was foui:d dead in bed Thursday. Last Christmas he. told his wife he would die on New1 Year's; and. again last Friday, that he would die on &his birthday. Tnursday was his fifey-ninth anniversary!' Previously to going to his room he took some kind c2 medicine, and when found by his wife he was lying dead on the floor, with blood

& I N running from his nose and ears. -

Thomss Locke, a country school teachj er near Peru, had trouble with his schol5 r ars which culminated a month ago by ;; ; $hf nupila jef uainf to ttend whoou

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Since then the teacher has gone regularly to the school building, opened it, gazed all day long at the empty benches and put in his claim for salary. He refuses to quit, and, as no charges have been preferred against him, the trustee can not dismiss him or refuse him his salary when due. Nearly a hundred of Indiana Union soldiers who participated in the seige of

Yicksburg, met at Indianapolis, Friday, and per fected an organisation by the election of the following ofiicers: President Alvin P. Kovey. First Vice Prealdeht W. S. Shnrmnn.

Seeond Vice President K A. Cannon. ThiM Vice Tresident A. J. Smith. Fourth Vice President T. J. I ncus. Fifth Vice President G. F. MeGhmis. Sixth Vice President J. W. Heidington. Seventh Vice President-A. Logon. Secretary G. W. Brouse. Assistant Secretary J. C. IVhe&tv Second Assistant Secretary W. C. Lamb. Corresponding B. Cnmrjhcll. - Treasurer Nirarod Headingtoa. Resilutions were adopted expressive

of the sentiments the members on

pensions, past and to come.

Hardscrable, a little hamlet in Jeffer-

soa county, was the scene, one mpht last week, of one of the most despicable

raids yet made by the "White Caps" in that section of the State; the cow

ardly ruffians breaking into Willard Davis's home late at night aud tarring and feathering his wife, Til lie Davis, while he himself, was subjected to great indignity. A search wns made for Emeline Davis, the divorced wife of his brother, but she escaped from the house and was afterward found nearly frozen to death; she having taken reiuge in a email cabin. The cause of the outrage was due to the fact that the conduct of the woman was not approved. J. C Bladen, of the same county, whom some gossiping woman accused of mistreating his child, was also raided by the "White Caps,': who switched him and then made him run in a circle on the frozen ground, crawl on his hands and knees and do other unpleasant things. Thomas Bray ton, same county, accused of mistreating his family," was also mobbed quite recently. ; Mention has been made of the tribulations attending the efforts of some Mormon missionaries to proselyte in a strip of country embracing portions of Dubois, Crawford, Lawrence and Harrison counties, where "White Caps" formerly flourished vigorously. These missionaries preposterously claimed that they could make the lame walk, the blind Bee, and could resurrect the dead, and two of them penetrated into Dubois county and boldly proclaimed that they were divinely appointed apostles of God, specially commissioned to bring a losC world back to the Mormon faith. They also professed to work miracles, and people for miles around gathered to see them restore to sight an old woman who had been blind for a half a century. The miracle, failed, and the missionaries claimed it was due to the feebleness of the patient. Mean wh ile the old lady was wrought to the highest pitch of excitement, and nervous prostration incident upon the discovery of the deception practiced was to much, and she sank with nervous prostration, and was reported in a dying condition. On Friday the Mormons were warned, to leave the neighborhood, which they refused to do. Friday night there wa3 another conference, . and while the elders were bidding defiance to

the warnings which had been received, they were seized by masked men, some converts who attempted to interfere were r. cl ubbed away, and the captives were taken to the woods and stripped,

after which fifty lashes were administered. During the entire castieation

the MormonB kneeled and continued in

prayer, Atter tne oeating, notice was given that if found in that locality, by davlieht thev wonld be hune. Elder

Williams, one of them, made his way to Winslow. twenty-four mileB distant, arriving thoroughly exhausted, and in a pitiable condition. He left his companion by the wayside, the latter being

unable to proceed runner, . ana it is re-.

ported that he died' from exposure and the effect of the punishment received. Indianapolis News, : CHINESE LIQUOR. Simple Ways of Making: Distilled and. Fermented Wines.

2?. T. World, . , With but a single exception all Chinese liquors are made by fermentation. The exception in question is calledushow due," or ''burning liquors," so named because of its fiery nature. It is a regular brandy, and the pure show due will burn when ignited until every particle of it is gone. It is the same color as our regular Caucasian brandy and is usually distilled from a species of glutenous rice called "noi maL" The noi mai due

commonly used by the Chinese in this

country is not the real article except in name. I have seen very good show due made from sweet potatoes. The only first class show due is made in the

provinces of Shantung, Chili and Honan. Immense quantities of it are

manufactured and sent all over the em

pire and into the southern provinces of

Kwong Tung and Fooken, and from

there occasionally sent into America.

The fermentation or manufacture of

otner Chinese liquors are so primitive m their methods that as a rule every farmer makes bis own supplies when occasion demands, such as New Year's, betrothalsweddings or other occasions of extreme happiness. Sweet potato, broom corn, millet or wheat are generally; employed to make the3e temporary drinks, although fruit (especially pears) are sometimes used. The materials are soaked with common yeast and boiled and subsequently sealed up in air tight tanks for about twenty days. The liquors are then withdrawn and are ready for use, but no good orthodox Chinamen would ever think of taking a drin unless at Kis meals. He sips the liquid between the mouthfuls of meats and never drinks it cold, for invariably the wines are heated to a boiling point and kept on the fire drinking. In this way th e Chinaman as

a rule never gets &s "tight" as the Christians, as their "domentaries" ai-e chucked full with other goods besides the exhilarating show due, and the use

of the latter must cease at least five

minutes before the conclusion of the meal.

Wines and liquors are so cheap and so

easily made in China that it does not

pay as a rata to run factories nor even

keep saloons, except in eating shops.

When a man "treats" in China it is al

ways a dinner, and therefore he seldom

"treats." Woxo ChinFoo.

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Hoi man, the Great Objector.

Washington letter, Philadelphia Record.

The Judge is over sixty-six years old.

He locks more youthful. He is a native

Hoosier and has been twentv-four years

a member of the House. At first he sered six years and then dropped out for two terms. He next served ten years and again fell qA two terms.

Since then he lias been eight years a

member. He was re-elected last fall. The Judge has round shoulders and a

spare frame, but is really more vigorous . than he appears. He has thin hair, deep blue eyes high cheek bones and a smooth upper lip. He carries a tuft of Florida moss on his chin. Be dresses in conventional black . and wears a turnover collar. He uses eye$)aaeA and

KING SOLOMON'S MINES.

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD. CHAPTER IX. CoNTiNuan. TWALA THE KIKQ. We stood and watched the lovely siglt, whilst the stars grew pale before fern's,, chastened maiesty, and felt our heart3 lifted up in the presence of a beauty we could not realize, much less describe. Mine has been a rough life, but there are a itw things I am thankful to .have lived for, and one of them is to have seen that moon rise over Kukuaualand. Presently our meditations were broken in upon by our polite friend In fadoos. "If . my lords are ready we will journey on to Loo, where a hut is made ready for my lords to-night. The moon is now Dright, so that we shall not fall on the way." We assented, and in an hour's time were at the outskirts of the town,, of which the extent, mapped out as it was by thousands of camp fires, appeared absolutely eudles3. Indeed, Good, who

was aiwavs lonu oi u unu jviwu, uuiwu ened it "Unlimited Loo," Presently we

came to a moao wivu vuv-uimc, where, we were met by the rattle of arms and the hoarse challenge of a sentry. Infadoos gave some password that I could not catch, which was met with a salute, and we passed on through the street of the great grass city. f After nearlv an hour's tramp, past, endless lines of huts, Infadoos at last halted at the gate of a little croup or huts which surrounded a small court-yard of powdered limestone, aud informed us that thrse were to be our "poor" quarters. We entered, and found ihat a hut had been assigned to each of us. These huts were superior to any whichvwe had seen, and in each was a most comfortable bed made of tanned, skins spread upon mattresses of aromatic grass. Food tso was ready for us, and as soon as we bad washed ourselves with water, which stood ready in earthenware jars, some young women of baudsome appearance brought us roasted meat and mealie cobs daintily served on wooden platters, and presented it to us with deep obeisances. ,We eat and drank, and then the beds having by our request been all moved into one hut, a precaution at which the amiable young ladies smiled, we flung ourselves down to sleep, thoroughly wearied out with our long journey. When we woke, it was to find that .the ran was high m. the heavens, and that the female attendants, who did not seem to be troubled by any false shame, were already standing inside the hut, having been ordered , to attend aud help us to "make ready." "Make ready, indeed," growled Good, "when one has only a flannel shirt and a pafr of boots, that does not take long, I wish you would ask them for my trousers." . I asked according!', but was informed that these sacred relics nad already, been taken to the king, who would see us iu the forenoon. Haying, somewhat to their astonishraent and disappointment, requested the young ladies to step outside,, we proceeded to make the best toilet that the circumstances admitted of. Good even went to the length of again shaving the right side of his face; the left, on which now appeared a very fair crop of

whiskers, we impressed unon him he must on no account touch. As for ourselves, we were contented with a good wash and combing our hair. Sir Henry's yellow locks were now almost down to his shoulders, and he looked more like an ancient Dane than ever, while my grizzled scrub was fully an inch long, instead of half an inch, which in a general way I considered my maximum length. By the time that we had eaten pur breakfasts and smoked a pipe, a message was brought to us by no less a personage than Infadoos himself that Twala,

tne Kins:, was ready to see us. it we

would be pleased to come.

We remarked in repiv .that .we should

prefer to wait till the sun was a little

higher, we were yet weary from our

iourney, etc , etc. It was always well,

when dealing with uncivilized people,

not to be in too great a hurry. They are apt to mistake politeness for awe orn-

vlitv. So, although we were quite as

anxious to see Twala as Twala could be

soueo us, we sat down and waited for an

their, employing the interval in preparing such presents as our slender stock of goods permittednamely, the Winchester rifle which had been used by po Ventvoeel. and some beads. The

rifle and ammunition we determined to

presentto bis Royal Highness, and the

beads were for his wives and courtiers.

We' had already given a lew to Infadoos and Scragga. and found that they were

delighted with them, never having seen

anvthioglike them before. .At length

we declared that we were ready, and

guided by J nfadoos, started off to the

levee. Umbopa carrying the rifle and

beads. After walking a few hundred yards,

we came to an in closure, somet hing

like that which surrounded the huts that had been alotted to us, only fifty times as big. It could not have been less than six or seven acres in extent. All round the outside fence was a row of huts, which were the habitations of the king's wives. Exactly opposite the gate-way, on the further side of the open space, was a very large hut, which stood by itself, in which his majesty resided. All th e rest was open ground" that is to say, it would have been open had it not been filled by conryaoy after company of warriors, who were muster ed there to the number of seven or eight thousand. These men stood still as statues as we advanced through them and it would be impossible to'give an idea of the grandeur of the spectacle which they presented in their waving rjjumes, their glancing spears, and ironbacked ox-hide shields. The space in front of the large hut was empty, but beiore it were placed several stoolB. Qn the three of these, at a sign from Infadoos, we seated ourselves, Umbopa standing be-

tuna us. .as ior miaaoos, ne took up a position by the door of the hut, So we waited for ten minutes or more in the midst of a dead silence, but conscious that we were the object of - the concentrated gaze of some eight thousand pairs of eyes. It was a somewhat trying ordeal, but wo carried it ofl as best

we could. At lengh the door of

the hut opened, and a gigantic

figure, with a' splendid tiger-

Bkm karros ttnng over its ahoulders, stepped out, followed by the boy Scrag

ga, and what appeared to us to be a with

ered up monkey, wrapped in a fur cloak. The figure seated itself upon a stool.

Pcragga, took his stand behind it, ana

the withered-up monkey crept on all

fours into the. shade of the hut and squatted down. Still there was silence. Then the gigantic figure slipped off the karroBS and stood iip before us a truly alarming spectacle. It was that of an enormous man with the most entirely repulsive countenance we had ever beheld. The lips were as thick as a Negro's, the nose was flat, it had but one gleaming black eve (for the other was represented by a hollow in the face), and its whole expression was cruel and sensual to a degree. From

the large head rose a magnificent plume of white ostrich .feathers, the body was clad in a shirt of shining chain armor, whilst round the waist and right knee was the usual garnish of white ox tails. In the right hand was a huge spear. Round the neck was a thick torgue of gold, and bound on to the f orhead was a single and enormous uncut diamond. : Still there was silence; but not for long. Presently the figure, whom we rightly guessed to he the king, raised the great Bpear in its hand. Instantly eight thousand spears were raised in answer, and from eight thousand throats rang out the royal salute., of "Koom." Three times this was repeated, and each time the earth shook with the noise, that can on lv be compared to the deepest notes of thunder. "Be durable, Qvp4pl;" tdpd out

come from "it is the

eight hum-

thin voice which seemed to the monkey iu the shade,

king." "It is the king," boomed out t.hnnsand throats in answew, "Be

ble, oh, people, it is the king." . , Then there was silence again dead silence. Presently, however, it was broken. A soldier o a our left dropped his shield, which fell with a clatter on the lime-stone floor. Twala turned his one cold eye in the direction of the noise. "Come hither, thou," he said, in a voice of thunder. A.fiue young maujstepped out of tho ranks, and stood before him. "It was thy shield that fell, thou awkward dog. Wilt thou make me a reproach in the eyes oi: strangers from the stars? What hast thou to say? And then wo saw the poor fellow turn pale under his dusky skiu. "It was by chance, oh, calf of the black cow." he murmured. a "Then it is a chance for which thou must pay. Thou has made me foolish; nreoarc for death."

"I am the king's ox," was the low an

swer. ... "Scragga," roared the king, "let mo

see how thou canst use thy spear. Kill me this awkward dog." Scragga stepped forward with an illfavored grin, and lifted his spear. The

noor victim covered his eyes with his

hand and stood still. As for us, we were

petrified with horror.

"Once, twice," he waved tne spear

and then struck, oh, (togs right home

the spear stood out a foot behind the soldier's back. He flung up his hands

and dropped dead. From the multi

tude around rose something like a mur

mur, it rolled round and round, and died away. The trigody was finished; there lav the corpse, and we had not yet reaMzed "that it had been enacted. Sir Henry sprung up aud swore a great rath, then, everpowered by the sense of silence, sat down again. "The thrust was a good one," said the king; "take him away." Four men stepp&d out of ranks, and lifting the body of the murdered mau carried it away. "Cover up the blood-stains, cover them up," piped ou t the thin voice from the monkey-like figure; . "the king's word is spoken, the king's doom is done." Thereupon a girl came forward from behind the hut. bearing a jar filled with

powdered lime, which she scattered over the red mark, blottmg it from sight. Sir Henrv meanwhile was boiling

with rage at what, had happened; indeed it was wi th difficulty that we could

keen him still.

'Sit down, for Heaven's sake." I whis

pered; "our lives depend on it." Hevielded and remained quiet.

Twala sat stilt until the traces of the

tragedy had been removed, then ad dressea us. ...

"White people, no said, "wno come

hither, whence 1 know not, why I know

not. greeting."

"Greeting Twala. King of the Kuku-

anas," 1 answered.

"White people, whence come ye and

what seek ye?"

" We come from the stars, ask us not

how. Wo come to see this land."

"Ye come from far to see a little thing.

And that man with ye," pointing to Umbopa, "does he come from the

stars?" ...

"Even so: there are people of thv

color in the heavens above; but ask hot

of matters too high for thee, Twala, the

king."

"Ye speak with a loud voice, people

of the stars," Twala answered, in a tone

which I scarcely liked. "Remember

that the stars are far off. and ye are

here.. How if I make ye as him whom

they bear away.

I laughed out loud, though there was

little laughter in. my heart.

"Oh, king," I said, "be careful, walk

wearily over hot stones, lest thou

8ho.uldst.burn thy feet;, noid. thy spear

by the handle, lest, thou shouldst cut thv hands. Touch but one hair of our

heads, aud destruction shall come upon

thee. w hat, nave not tnese. pointing

to lntadoes and bcragga (who, young

villain that he was, was employed in cleaning the blood of the soldier off. his

spear,)." told thee what manner of men we

are? xiast thou ever seen the naes oi us?" and I pointed to Good, feeling

quite sure that he. had never seen anybody before who looked in the least like

him as he then appeared.

"It is true, I have not," said the king.

"Have they told thee how we strike

with death from afar?" I went on.

"They have told, me, but I believe them not. Let, mo see von kill. Kill

me a man among those who stand yon-der"-and he pointed to the opposite

side of the kraal "and I will believe.

"Nav. 1 answered: "we shed no

blood of man except in just punishment; but if thou wilt S(ie, bid thy servants drive in an ox through the kraal gates, and before he has run twenty paces I will strike. him. dead.". "Nay," laughed the king, "kill me a man, and I will believe," "Good, oh, king, so be it,"I answered, coolly, "do thou walk across the open space, and before thy feet reach the gate thou shalt be dead: or, if thou wilt not, send thy son Scragga" (whom at that

moment it would have given me much

pleasure to shoot). On hearing this suggestion Scragga

gave a sort of howl, and bolted into, the

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Twala frowned majestically; the sug

gestion did not please him.

"Let. a. young ox be driven in, he said. Two men at once departed, running

swiftly. ,

"Now, Sir. lienry," said i, "do

frhoot. 1 want to show this ruffian

not the only magician of

I am

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Sir Henry accordingly took the "ex

press," and made ready.

'I. hope 1 shall make a good shot, ne

groaned.

"Yon must," 1 answered. "If you

miss with the first barrel let him have

the second. Sight for 150 yards, and wait till the beast turns broadside on.

Then came a pause, till presently we

caught sight of an ox running straight

for the kraal gate. It came on through

the gate, and tnen, catching sight of the vast concourse of people stopped stupidly, turned round, find bellowed. : "Now's your time," I whispered; ' Up went the rifle.

Baug! thud! and the ox was kicking on his back, shot in the ribs. The -semi-hollow bullet had done its work well,

and a sigh of astonishment went up from

the assembled thousands. I turned coolly round "Have I lied, oh, king?" "Nay, white man, it is a truth," was the somewhat awed answer. "Listen, Twala, I went on. uoqx,, hast seen. Now know ye we come in peace, not in war. See here ( and I held up the Winchester repeater), here is a hollow staff that shall enable yeu to kill even as we kill, only this charm I lay upon it: thou shalt kill no man with it. If thou liftest it against a man it shall kill thee. Stay, I will show thee. Bid a man step forty: paces and place the shaft of a spear irt the ground so that the flat blade loois toward us." In a few seconds it was done. , "Now, see, I will break the spear." Taking a careful sight, I fired. The bullet struck the fiat of the spear, and broke the blade in fragments. .! Again the sigh of astonishment went up. "Now, Twala, (handing him the rifle) "this magic tube we give to thee, and by and by I will show thee how to use it, but, beware. how thou usest the magic of the stars against s, man of earth," and I handed him the nfle. He took it very gingerly, and laid it down at his feet. As he did so I observed the wizened, monkey-like figure creeping.up from the shadow of the hut. It crept on all fours, but when it reached the place where taking sat, it rose upon its ieot, and throwing the furry covering orT Jts face, revealed a most extraordinary aad weird countenance. It.., was (apparently) that of a woman of great ace. so shrunken, that hi size it was ao

larger than that o( a vcar-okl child, aifd was Jg&ds up a eqp?M$$ of deep yib

low wrinkles. Set in the wrinkles was a sunken slit, that represented the mouth, beneath which the chin curved outward to a point, .There was no nose to speak of; indeed, the whole countenance might have been taken for that of asundried corpse had it not been for a pair of large black eyes, still full of fire and intelligence, which gleamed and played under the snow white eye-brows aud the projecting parchment-colored skull, like jewels in a charnel-house. As for the skull itself, it was perfectly bare, and yellow in hue. The figure to whom this fearful countenance, which caused a shiver of fear to pass through us as we gazed on it, belonged.stood still for a moment, and then suddenly, projected a skinny claw armed with nails nearly an inch long, and laid it on the shoulder of Twala, the king, and began to speak in a thin, piercing voice. "Listen, O king! Listen, 0 people! Jbisten, O mountains and plains and rivers, home of the Kukuana race! Listen,: 0 skies and sun, 0 rain and

storm and mist! Listen, all things that

live and must die! Listen, ail dead

things that must live to die again! List

en, the spirit of life is in mo, and I

prophesy. . I prophesy! I prophesv!"

Tho words died away ma faint wail.

and terror seemed to seize upon the

hearts of all who heard them, including

ourselves. The old woman was very terrible.

"Blood! blood! blood! rivers of blood; blood everywhere. I see it, I smell it, I taste it - it is salt; it runs red upon the

ground, it. rams down from the Bkies,

"Footsteps! footsteps! footsteps! the tread of the white man coming from

afar. It shakes the earth; the earth

trembles before her master.

"Blood is good, the red blood is bright; there is no smell like the smell of howshed blood. The lions shall lap it and

ro3r, the vultures shall wask their wings

in it, and shriek in joy. lit 1 1 T

"l am Oku x am oms i nave seen much blood, ha, ha! but I shall see more

ere I die, and be merry. How old am I,

think ye? Your fathers knew me, and

their fathers knew me, and their fathers' fit T1.. I", 1f

zatners. i nave seen me white man, and know his desires. I am old, but the mountains are older than I. Who made the great road, tell me? Who wrote in pictures on the rocks, tell me? Who reared uo the three silent ones yonder, who" gaze across the pic, tell me?" (And she pointed toward the three precipitous mountains we had noticed on the previous night.) "Ye .'know not, but I know. It was a 1 li - . - 1 - ...1. ' r

wnne peopie wno were oeiore ye are, who shall be when ye are not, who shall

eat ye up, and destroy ye. Yea! vea!

yea! "And what came they for, the white ones, the terrible ones, the skilled in magic and all learning, the strong, the unswerving? What is that bright stone upon thy forehead, O king?' Whose hands made the iron garments upon thy breaet,0 king? Ye know not,but I know, I the old one, I the wise one, I the Isanusi!" (witch doctrees). ... Then sue turned her bald vulturehead toward us. "What seek ye, white msn of the stars ab, yes, of the stars? Do ye seek a lost one? , Ye shall not find him here. He is not here. Never for ages upon ages has a white foot pressed this land; never but once, and he left it but to die. Ye come for bright stones; ye shall, find them when the blood is dry; but shall ye return whence ye came, or. shall ye stop with me? Ha! ha! ha! "And thou, thou with the dark skin and the proud bearing" (pointing her skinny finger at Umbopa), "who art thou, and what seekest thou? Not stones that shine, not yellow metal that gleams; that thou lea vest to f white men from the stars. Methinks I know thee; methinks I can smell the smell of the blood in thy veins. Strip off the girdle" Here the features of this extraordinary creature became convulsed and she fe!i to the ground foaming in an epileptic fit. and was earned off into, the hut. The king rose un trembling, and waved his hand , Instantly the regiments began to file off, and in ten minutes, save for ourselves, the king, and a few attendants, the great space was left clear. , "White people," he said, "it passes in my.mind to kill ye. Gagool has spoken strange words. What say ye?" , I laughed. "Bo careful, O king, we are not easy to slay. Thou hast seen the fate of the oz; wouldst thou bo as the ox?" The king frowned, "It is not well to threaten a king." " We threaten not, we speak what is true. Try to kill us, O king! aud learn." The great man put his hand to his forehead. "Go in peace," he satd,at length. "To

night is the great dance. Ye shall see

it. i?ear not that 1 shall set a snare for

ye. To-morrow I shall think." , "It is well, 0 king" I. answered; un

concernedly,, and then, accompanied by

infadoos, we rose, and went back to our kraal.

Ccnlinned next week.

How He Broke the News. Lincoln (Neb.) Journal.

You say that I am pale and flustered,

and shivering in my shoes; I'll be hanged

if you wouldn't shiver if vou had to

"break the news' I suppose you have

heard now vuimoy is stretched on a

bunk down there, with a pint or more of

his own blood mixed up with, his auburn

hair? Well, they made me a Joint Com

mitteetogo to his house and tell his

wife all about the scrimmage, and what

ot her man befell. I went to the house

up yonder, not mashed on the job, you

bet, and my classic and blue-veined

forehead was bath ed in a quart of sweat.

The woman was i:a the kitchen,a singing

a plaintive song, but she dried up when

she saw me, for she knew there was something wrong. When I coughed and I hemmed and stammered, and "madam," said I, "be brave! your husband is now a-lyirig " Oh, Lord! what a shriek she gave! And 6he walked up and down a-moaning and wringing her furrowed hands, and her hair fell downlike 6ea weed adrift by the ocean sands. "Oh, heaven," she cried, "my husband! They've taken my love from me," and the way that she reeled and staggered was a sight for a man to see; "so brave, so kind and so noble! So loving, so grand and strong, and now must I wait his coming in vain all the dark day long! and his children will wail in sorrow and never again in glee troop down in the misty, twilight and cluster about his knee." . And so she went on a-ravihg, her screams for a block were heard, and I like a graven image stood there without saying a word. It seemed like my tongue was frozen or glued io my pearly teeth, and hardly a breath came upward Irom the paralyzed lungs beneath. But I braced up all of a sudden, and "Mad

am," said I again, "I'm sorry I'm deuced sorry-to have caused you this needless pain; Jet up on your frenzied screaming; you don't need to weep and wail, your old man ain't dead by a long shot; he's only locked up in jail." She glared at ne for a .minute or two, then she said: "So the darned old loafer is down there in jaii again?" Then she picked up a tub and smashed it over my princely head, and I saw she was getting ready to paint the landscape red . Sp I ski pped th rough tho gate and moseyed so fast that I tore my Bhoes; and they don't make me a committee in the future to "break thenews."

THE STATE LEGISLATURE

The Senate on the 20th passed the bill

creating a supreme uouit oolul -m-w-

by a party vote, cyra a dui pro for a State Geologist and a mine and coal inspector by tho legislature oamp

and the csual wrangle was thereby

precipitated A message waa rcBi r from the Governor reciting that -Am

great comqlainC 8""r

regard to tho 1""? Asylum at Indifl tifl). oha. Whether such

A o full tiTtrl . "r itvetJ,cr

tion of its management anf erations. The expenses of -tu eS3 for the month of January f55 to the enormous sum of :. 83flW the fiscal year ending October; -sfkjga the expenditures amounted to M The coal bill for that year w. .W 019.91, the gas bill 15,840.35, ma total for gas and. coal of $3t,2,MUC. These items seem to bo enormous rone institution. I respectfully requ 'ty that a joint resolution be passed autho. : izing the Governor to appoint three or'

live nonpartisan eicr.erts, le appointment to be confirmed by the b8nate; whose dutv it shali be to make a full and thorough examination of the condition, management, acconns ,an ex nAni;tiimB f oii u, voient- anfl

with a commit teeJrom th a TTania t.

a iwatuio m reiauon to the combination i t pork and beef-piickers. The Governor etoed the hill creating a supreme court

o mimission. By ft party, vote the bill

vt m promptly r assed over the veto.

si ne senate, -on the 23d, passed bills

as- ioiiows: io prohibit exnloaion o

dyy lamito m certaia cases; the Pleasants aW Aril ins)- l.:71 , tr

.wu. uwbk mui. various oms were advi need, and a fw indefinitely post-

MM. - I J . . ... ' ''"

i.re yuac passea tne mil to build a

sewer at tho northern penitentiary. The? was not a quorum present and the bus 'ness trDtna iicted was of a routine

ehaiactei

reformatory institutions and ma 6 " i reports at such times as tho GeziJ1 4 1.1 .11 1 1 - 1 HT---

n3ciuuiy may uireci. joiiueou ouerou a resolution demanding that some re? port should be made by the committee on benevolent institutions. Thompsou,

An electrical launch, with

ucck pi'ow, is bfclag built ia

for ftuUfti'j

a

swan's

chairman of the committee, made a verr

bal report, , stating that the hospital had been visited .and found all right from cellar to garret. . and that Phil Ganen, . the Treasurer, had made an afli'davit declaring that the funds were all right. Barrett offered a. resolution which read: "Eesolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That a .committee of four be appointed by i he Senate to act with a committee to be appointed by tb House, two members to be selected by the majority and two, by the minority on the part of the Senate, to fully and thoroughly investigate ihe condition oi affairs of the Indiana Hospital for the Tnsane, with power to send for persons and papers, to employ a stenographer and expert accountants and to report at as early a day as possible. Johnson proposed as a substitute that tho Governor select five experts, and that their names be submitted to the Senate for approval. The substitute wa3 rejected, aud Barrett's resolution was adopted. Another resolution was adopted providing "that the joint committee investigate the books of the Auditor of State and report whether the expenditures of the benevolent institutions for the year 1888 reached $87 , C00, a3 stated 'in the Governor's message, or only $75,519 as stated in the Auditor's report." Cortz Ewing, elected to succeed Carpenter, unseated, was sworn in. The Republicans resorted to dilatory tactics, however, and delayed the event for some time. Bills passed: to make Hancock the 18th and Henry the 53d judicial circuit; to establish a State Board of Charities. Numerous bills were reported irom committees. The -House passed following biils: concerning public offenses; to protect sheep husbandry; to legalize town of Rensselaer, to appropriate $5,000 for the Soldiers' Orphans' Home; to empower certain trustees in Steuben county to sell certain lands; to "create the 33d, 35th and 50th judicial circuit;3; to equalize acts of trustees of Booneville; appropriating money for Deaf and Dumb Institute; to regulate insurance companies. A resolution requesting Indiana Representatives iu Congress to vote for the arrears of pension bill was adopted. The Senate concurrent resolution for an investigation of the Insane Asylnm was adopted after increasing the committee to five from the House. The bid to regulate the sale of drugs was indefinitely pqsrponed. The Pleasauts.school book bill was passed 12 votes only being cast against it. The nays were: Adams of Morgan, Covert, Cranor, Dryer, Hobson, Linck,' Hoon, Logan, Mendenhall, .. Raygan, Stanley and Stubblefield, all Republicans. The Senate on the lf2Ist passed the follewing bills: To regulate insanity inquests; relating to city sinking-fund commission; relatine to the Beaver lake lands; toatuhorize the organization of corporations to conduct health resorts and manufacture .medicines; to appropriate $60,000 for buildings at the State University; relating to the issuance of $3,905,000' in bonds to be redeemable after fifteen years; to refund the State debt: to legalize certain acts of Michigan City authorities; amendatory of the school law; to appropriate SlSoOOQ for the completion and furnishing of the three additional hospitals for the insane; to abpropriato $27,(300 to provide fire protection for the building at the Reform School for Boys, and beating the same: for the registration of plumbers in larger cities; relating to the Howaki and Tipton

county courts; to . prevent the use oi

stoves m any naggage or passenger car by railroad companies; to prohibit contracts of waiver by which persous sgree to purchase goods at a particulair store (pluck-me store.) 1 The nouse passed bills as follows: Concerning cemeteries .and voluntary associations; concerning term of li fe coacicts, fixing.the life term at 25 years; relating to public notices, to empower county, commissioners to appropriate money for the erection of soldier memorial structures; relating to crime; concerning voluntary associations; concerning the appointing of deputy sheriffs. The resolution to pay expenses of the Peyton-John contest was adopted. The Foster fee and salary bill was defeated by ayes 39, nays 54.. The nays were: Adams of Morgan,. Applegate, Askrew, Bell, Bernethy, Bigam, Briant, Carrick, Carroll, Claypool, Covert, Cox; Fowler. Giadio, Goodwin, Harley, HarreiJ, Hay; Henry, Heiney, .... Hughes, Iddings ,

Kobbe, Lang8taff, Lege, Linck, Loop, Logan, McGovney, McKittrick, McQuilken, Manwarring, Moon, Nolan, Nugent, Patton, Peyton, Pickhardt. Pierce, Pleasants, Ragon, Robbins, Sehmuck, Stanley, . Stephenson, Stubblefield. Timmons, Vandolah, Whitworth, Wood ward. Work and Zoercher. The Senate on the 22d passed bills as follows: To amend the act to regulate

the practice of medicine; to enable county commissioners to purchase toll

roads and make them free; to pay b. f,

Thompson for services, to make accesso-

ries to a criminal act cnareeaoie as

principals; to create separate judicial circuits of Floyd and Clark counties:

to regulate manufacture and aale of

dynamite; relating to telegraph com panies; to prohibit obstruction to

ditches. A resolution was adopted requesting members of Congress to vote for

the arrears of pension act. The bills to

exempt ex-soldiers and sailors from working on the roads and to requsre

farmers to mow down weeds, thistles

and briars in the roadwav failed to pass

for want of a constitutional majority. A message from, the Governor vetoed

the bill creatine a Supreme Court com-

mision on account of its unconstitutionalitv. By a party vote the bill was

promptly passed over the veto. The House passed bills as follows. Authorizing county commissioners to purchase lands for establishing orphan's homes; to pay claim of Vulcanite company; to , create department of geology; concerning voluntary societies;, relating to the appointment of humaue" inspector; to define the crime of riotous; conspiracy; to equalize acts of board of commissioners of . Lagrango county; , to regulate life insurance companies; "con

cerning tne opening ana vacation Qi highways; concerning the levying of tax for library purposes, relating to the institution for tho feeble-minded; to con fer additional powers on town marshals. A resolution instructing, the Governor to appoint an experienced committee of three to. draft a fee' aid

Ralarv bill to he returned to tho next

(General Assembly wag tabled, A re0 lwtlon was adopted, providing for a wh:

Tlie SeL'ate on tl le 25th passed bills as follows: .For .the annomtment of a

custoiJiaii ot the bf te House; to accept

tiie lauus auu -ap propnate 4U,UU0 for thfy removal of Mo:mence rock; to make Mavion a separat judicial circuit; to lega )ize i ucorpora' ;5on -of Warsaw; relative ivo county , coj a missioners and high

ways; provia lug r.or night schools m

cities of .5,(100 or e ver; for the relief of

Racba el Coy; to g revent the waste of

natural cas.

The HouseUiled (34 to 33) to pass the Kill frt niirrfliiA 1ft noma rf lrrl

tga4ifcpi'rl3.c8pifeal. Bills passed: To pTovuW' for a live stork sanitary com-

m ieiio.a and Slate yeterinarv; to legalize

act s Oi ujuui-8 oi xiunringourg; con

cen Xing taxation o: dogs; to provide for

cerbjin. urns due on account of the build-

in g of, tht' State House; concerning elections: to a. iuire plats of new additions

r 'cities o(6 er 7n 0 '0 to be submitted ?Af city c(?v. ,miE3ioners before being flifi 1 ru rd H Pa cerfeam claims of filed on r??o.t A m 0 r d

irom the GoirK for.

statement ci tne aenc. - aHnnTJ

Pref ide nt. The usual

passed between the members 23d Senator Brauneman callo4

first.

Pleasantries On the

Senator

c.. i:--- rr j...i...i:phh. were

transferred to the House. Mr. Ada18' of Morgan, suggosttid that the gb"wb; man from Madison (Mr.; Foster) is" .a tiar and an . infamous scoundrel." M. Foster afterward evened things up by

calling Mendenhall a bar and Mendenhall, noi to be outdone by anybody,caUed Mr. Foster a liar. Polit ics raged in the Senate on the 26th, being precipitated into the dis-cusj-ion of the bill to elect three, separate trustees for each of the Benevolent institutions. The nomination of A. D. Vanofidoi, of IIadion, as a trustee for the Reform School for Boys was confirmed. (Haistlna Commander of O. A. R. in Indiana. ) The aboye named bill was then passed, there being only Three votes apainst it, Other bills passed as follows: Concerning the terms of the directors of the northern Slate prison; to provide for a settlement with the Stane-house Commissioners, when the State Capitol shall be turned over to the State; concerning city and town assessors, to establish a Department of Geology and Katural Gas Resources ( passed over the Governor's veto, yeas 23, nays 23; to provide for the. man agement of the three additional hospitals for the insane; concerning the death penalty, and providing that executions shall be in the prisons North and South yeas 37, nays lo; to appropriate $49,C00 for removal of a ledge of rock at Momence, III.; to appropriate .$200 to .pay a Senate warrant drawn last session; out unpaid; to legalize the incorporation of Center Point, Ciay county. : , : A joint . session of the Senate and House for the election of the officers to be choseu by tho General Assembly began at 11:30 o'clock; The Supreme Court Commissioners were elected first. The Republicans! presented no nominees arid refused to vote, for the reason, as stated bv Alford. whose name was the

first called, that they believe the law unconstitutional, anil that the election

would have no force. The result of the

election wanis follows:

for General Assembly- will be $ 1,864.970; ' To this should be added ! undrawn 5 amounts on appropriations for raoldiers monument, Soldiers' Home, &c.r makmc t.hft wltnln nffcrrfiirato 9 OAR ft9Ai? vv

To this must be still further added ap: propriations for Feeble-mtnded'': lnM&--Z? : tutc, Reform School, and such other ' items as may bo determined bv the General Assembly, estimated at $1,280,970 - t Inqury shows that there wiJl be la dfei licit over all reports for the fiscal years; 1889, 1890 and 1891 of $2,052,410, and that a loan of $2,200,000. will be neceaBav ry. There is now in the general fund embraced in the accounts to which the? irj Governor alludes but $25,000; The Gov?. r v l' em or recommended a long loan, as oner : vcould be placed more advantageously L than a short on el B is suggestions were Z referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,, ::'X-r The Pleasant's school book bill pro; ? vides that the State Board of Education-, shall constitute a Hoard of Commission- -: ers for selecting or procuring the com-; -pilation of a series of text-books, none l ; of which shall contain anything of partisan or sectarian character, and aWt of them shall be at least equal in - 'size . and quality as to matter, material, stylo of binding and mechanical execution' tor the books now - in general use; Tho , Commissioners shall; advertise iofe.t sealed proposals from', publisheri I

oi wxir oooks to lurmen them ft - for a term of five years, statiriffA :'LMi4M

specmcally the price, at which eacn r book will be furnished. Propasals shall ' , - : also be received from authors who liava manuscripts of books and from persons who are willim? to iinnertak thft

miiuviuu ui uuinoi . Ail- uiua iiv- iiiiiiiimib, ,

ers must be accompanied bv a Imnd tiwki&rr- y: MzZM

'mi

wftww, acceptable- toV the Governors

ana it proviaes that no Did shall be

considered unless accompanied bv an

amoavit xnat tne oiaaer ib in nowise,

directly or indirectly, connected wi

any other bidding firm, and that HW

or scheme whereby the benefits of com

petition are tlenied to the people of the

State. . G any comneterit author oflentf i

vo give the State the use of his booka j 1 the commiionera are required to accepilr it. The Board shall; not contract lorl ;?

books which will cost --Echool-palrai m 'ore thai?, the following prices: Spelling? ho. k, 10 cents: first reader, 10 cents:?

6eco,nd eader 15; third read er,25; fourth? W-

arithme do; complete arithmetic; 45;

element' geography, 30; complete geography;. ' 75 elementary SnglislL grammar, 2Sf complete English jrrarn mar, 40; phjgy5; history of .the u-n ;tA stataH. St dnd copy books; 5. .s

it required thatrit shallbe madci a parff " ;

of the terms an onoinonsT ot event. 1

contract that the Jitateahau not be lia-j ble to any contrac Jr ior any sum, bnl)

the contractors shall receiye tneir pay solely and exclusively Jrpm the sale v of the books. After the vjpontracts have

been made the GoveraorVall wsne a; , proclamation announcing cto the , people, and within thirty da. after publication the trustees of eyefyv whoop, corporation in the State shall oerVV. to ' -the superintendent of their respekW counties the number of" text-booK; , that , will be required in the'' -schools. .The County Superintend ent shall forthwith transmit the?' " reouisitions to the State : 8nper- i

intendent, who in turn wid make ja re:om'sition unon the contractor for . the

books, which must he shipped directly? to the County Strmtendenta; .."Thift;;

books can be sold for casn oniy, and tne trustees are held liable oh their official bonds for the money. ;The trustees, shall make settlements every three months. Special bonds ior carrying out,

the provisions .. ot the act are requuea : from County Superinteitdents. The;: ' 5

only appropriation providev? f or in the

v m

3&

1; 9

'JSB

act is $1,000, to be used in. Awing the

.'git''

Supreme Gonrt Commissioners First

Dtftrict, vv. J5. .Mhjack, vmcennes;

second district, j e.ptna v.,.newt isortn Vernon: Third, John E. Coffroth, La-

fay et te: Fou rth, Robert Lowry, Fort Wayne: Fifth, Mortimer Kye, Laporte.

' State Statistician AV. A. Peele, Jr., In-

diananolis. State Geoloctst. S. S.

Gorby. : -

Prison Directors North 'James Bheni-

haa, Indianapolis; J. W. French,. Lafay

ette, ana Jbevi mock, uiunton. Prison Directors South W. B. Mc-

Devoid. Princeton, F. Parks. Jefferson-

ville, and R. E. Slater, Lawrenceburg.

The House passed the following bills: To legalize the acts of the board of sixty

commissioners or vveus county; to pre

vent treating in saloons, drug stores, or

other places where liquor is sold; , to authorize . bridge companies owning

bridges across streams forming bounda

ry lines of this btate to acquire, own

and operate steel railroads in connec

tion therewith; to. authorize '.the. judges

of the Supreme Court to purchase f:om

the administratrix of F. V. y iehe a

coovof the laws: concerning offenses

and their punishment; to protect squirrels; to establish a department ol eeolocv and". natural resources in tluf

State over the Governor's veto yeas

50. navs 38 1: to anpropriate money to

Purdue XJnversity, concerning appro

priations for education of pauper chil

dren; concerning the, duties of circuit clerks; 'to require" township trustees and

trustees. of towns and villages to make and publish an annual financial state

ment; to anthorhe the sale of certain

State lands and the recovery of lands

belonging thereto. LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The Senate committee which is to

investigate the Hcspital for the Insane is comnosedof Havs and Shockney for

the Republicans aiud Burke and Howard

for the Democrats.

The bill introduced by Senator Kennedy, authorizing the State officers to

negotiate a loan of 553,905.000 with which to refund the, present State debt at a

lower rate of interest, was passed by the

Senate. Thursday morning. It is be

lieved the bill, if it becomes a law, will save the State abcut $117,000 per year.

flrivfirtafiinc pxnenseB. it is esumaioa

that the cost of new books conplete p; the whole State, under-the fixed 'cale bfe.

nricea. will not exceed $300.00(f 'v but if : -

new. books are ; not ' adopted it "a poprortionately less-V ; C 4

The bill providing for the appoint

all cities having a dobt of over , $100,000:1 of growing a mouatacher: ;

The Knee Breeches Revival in Boat

St Ixmis Globe-Democrat-

If rumor be not very much aatra tailless dress coats andj black isilk:--' kn' ckerboc kers are at this moment H&j. "V preparation at the studios ot1:w or three of the swellest local toilors, for . i wear by certain gilt-edged young :P'M'' sons here before the comina of lent, ,'t 't?. concerted-effort is evidently to-be made; very soon to make the novelty popular i .n Beaeon street and Back Bay Ba! uot surprised if , in a week or api yon v. ' newspaper contains a telegraph dispatch,. . from this quarter conveying the mbr .. mentous intelligence of -the endowef, ' ment of the new costume by Beaton's " oomparablej ennesse dpree; '. ; 'v. ; " ' ; ,: i Let it be understood, that . Bostott J

is very proud of her gilded youth. This; is an enormously, rich community the' most so, for its size, in the worldandrvf . :

there is no lack of spending: money the bovs whose papas own hal the ;; VVestern rail ways and mortgages onthpV farms and towns along them. In point ; ? . of thoroughgoing idleness, so borions occupations are concerned,, the0 bean-fed dude is not excelled by any of1 .. his kind elsewhere. The extreme lan- -'.

guor of his New York rival, however, n& does not at all affect. ; )a the contrary; he is apt to be athletic and much gtwn to out-door sports; Vis not the amateur tennis championship of the world evejn now held by R. D. Sears, a scion of Boc-l ton-s wealthiest family almost? . The-K

suit of this is that the local calf is excel- -

lently developed, a fact which has

important bearing upon the queetion ot., ,

wearing knee breeches. . J-

A possible accompaniment to thee

dress reform movement which has comer

up for discussion-is the suggested' abo?

lition of the moustache, SNo gentlemen

in the last century would hye thought

SI

.'A

i

Mi

lies passed both houses and been referr

ed to the Governor. It provides that

the commission so sippointed shall be

empowered to refund a city's bonded in-

aeoieaness at a tower race oi interest, n

possible. . , . . .,y

Senator Mount's bill proposing to

change the plan of . distributing the school fund was defeated in the Senate

Thursdav morning. The plan is to have

the distribution based upon the num

ber of children attending school at least

sixty days each year, instead of upon

the number of chi ldren of school ace

There were man v objections to the bill,

but the most effective one was that it would greatly ..lessen... the amount of money going to cities under the present

law. : ........ ... :.,:,...

Mr. Willard's bill declaring twenty-

five vears a life sentence passed the

House, Thursday. It allows for good

time, and ufe convicts who have served

seventeen years and nine months will be paroled "for life, if this bill passes the

the Prison South who will receive the

benefit of this bill- O. T. Bailey, of

Dearborn county, .and .fames Aston. The

former has been confined for eighteen vears and Aston for twenty -three and

one-half, years. There are three or four

life convicts in the Prison North who

will be let out by this bill, if enacted

Bneu Wohster, ot Aileiu who has been in the Jpen" twenty-four years; George

Stanor, -of. Madison, eighteen years, and

Robert Robinson, twenty-nine years.

In response-to'. .an inquiry from the

House, the Governor, Tuesday, trans

mittert to Sneaker .Nibfoek a statement

showiurr the financial Condition of the State. Estimating the tax: levy of twelve cents on each $101) remaining as now, the revewue is placed at $1,400,000 for ea oh c f the r years 1 339 and 1890, .while the actual espeuHtti, for the: year end-

Washington Grttio. . 1 .. v , -.

On one occasion when Tom OcWltwev .

returned home from Congress, there was y very little travel upon the railroad, and1

he was the only person of con sequence on the train. When it stopped at his town " .. Si there was an unusual crowd4 around tha; '

depot, and, naturally enough, ha thought it had assembled to welcomt him. So he stepped, out on the plat?;

form and began;- '.V . -X

"Gentlemen, I thank you for this ,

heartv demonstration- - ,

Demonstration! thunder,1 said on f

of the crowd, "John Dills has just com-

mitted suicide in the depot -,f '

A Slight Disappointment, . . Landlord (looking out of the window)

There comes Widow Jenkin's boy; and I do believe he's coming to pay the?

back rent. I'll go to the door myself..,

Littlo Boy (at the door)r-Ja sentr moi ?

for a receipt

iAndlordV-All nght, my li

step right in and I'll write it oute

Little Boy We're goin to have: i&V -r;

pany to-morrer, ana ma wants tor-

lemon jell, ? II'hJ

Paris eats a vast quantity ojfartallC

Every day 9;,000 pounds are sent ti the ,

city from the gardens pi Burgundy;

Champagne, Provence and Poiton,where

they are specially reared for this put

pose, xney are not only eaten as a-

d elieaoyi but aluo on account of -trir i

hiiibly"iiiria auUtiii ": :-

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