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ANP TMEOLOGT. A cannibal maiftni lorstl too weH A n iesloitary good, Acd be loverl her, but 6are1 not tell His love, tor fhna it stood : A cannibal b e and a clergyman be. And their treads were wide apart ; And bow cortld be tnk, for sentiment's sake A cannibal to his heart ? Oh, 'twas a problem veirfng, very, Vox the cannibal maid and the missionary. Indeed it wast

3ut the cannibal maiden's love grew bold, v For she waa a simple thing. And thus her love to ber love she told : -Oh. merry me ! Be my king ! for I love yju, my sweet, sell enough oh, te Tie a terrible thing, X know ; Bat I mnst. ie jour bride, or encompass you I mnt, for I love you so!" Oh. 't waa problem vexing, very. To ihe moid, but more te tie missionary. Indeed it was. fie looked into the depths of her dark brown Witti their wealth of love and trust, And he cried in the flesh of glad surprise, "Ah, weH, tf I must, I must r . They were wed on that day tor 'tis even the J way That passion must conquer creed ; And a happier pair it's remarkably rare V- To discover it ia indeed t , And so 'twas setth-d nicely, very, s For the eannibal maid and the missionary. Indeed it was.

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Tlie ball was over. Carriage after carriage; rolled up to the magnificent portal, and each in its turn rattled off amid tie clatter and laughter of its occupant?. 1 Leaning on the arm of an elderly gentleman stood a beautiful girl, hooded and cloaked- The two were evidently awaiting their carriage, for the old gen tleman uttered irritably : "Well, well, will our turn ever come? I told Joseph particularly to be here on time." The girl paid little or no attention to tier companion. Her eyes were directed coward a finely-built young fellow who was talking earnestly to a friend. Will he not even bid one good night?9 she thinks, tears starting to her eyes. At this moment the gentleman and , his friend walked out into the street, . arm in arm. V At this juncture their carriage drove jj .up, and after administering to Joseph a reproof for his tardiness, the old gentleman handed his fair companion into the vehicle, followed, and slammed the 1 door to. Joseph spitefully cut the off crrav with the whip, and they were

7 w hurled rapidly away. At the next street they passed the before-mentioned gentleman and his friend ; but he did not see the white face, with its quivering lips, nor the tear-laden eyes that looked out upon him for a second as the carriage flew past. And yet, strange to say, the young men were at that very moment speaking of her The younger was saying : HaL, why the deuce did you act so coldly I might sav, almost rudely to v Miss Thornedale to-night? Why, it was the talk of the whole room. Do you know thai in the lobby she waited for you to say good-night to her, when you dragged me off so precipitately ?n v A sigh was Hal e rejoinder. "Can it be that you don't care for her ! Can't you see, man, that she's head over ears in love with you? A pained expression passed for a mo- ' Dent over Hal's handsome face as he . answered : 4f: Yes, alas, I have seen it.w a "What!" exclaimed lus companion. You've known it, and atill treated her like a brute! Halsted Moore ytfu have l a heart of adamant ! W "Chester, would that I had would that I had r fi There was something in his tones so . indescribably sad that his friend looked at him for a moment in astonishment. I say, Hal, what's up with you tonight? I've sever known you to be like this before. No answer to this The question was not pushed, and so they walked on in ' silence, until Hal's companion suddenly stopped. u Well, here I am at home. Will you step in tor a while?" Hal evidently did not hear, for he returned bo answer. "Hal, you've something on your mind. Now don't deny it; your face shows it only too plainly. Muid I don't ask your confidence; but if I can be of any use in extricating you from any trouble, pecuniarily or otherwise, command me, and if it's in my power it will be done." Hal grasped his companion's outstretched hand, and said fervently : "Thanks, old fellow, thanks! You have teen a true friend to me, Chester, and therefore why should you not have my confidence? Yes, I have something on my mind, something that is making me miserable, and life well night unbearable. j Chester led the way to his apartments, and soon both were ensconsed in easy chairs, pipes in hand. The friendship cf these two men had - originated at Florence, where both were . studying pointing. Their support depended entirely on their calling, both being special artists on a popular weekly. Halstead Moore lived with his mother in a neat little cottage in the suburbs. Little or nothing was known of the Moores or their past. On this subject Hal had never opened his heart to i Chester, and the latter, with uncommon delicacy, forebore embarrassing his friend with questions. After a few nervous puffs Hal plunged abruptly into his recitaL "Chester, you asked me awhile ago

whether or not I cared for Helen Thomedale. I da care for her; nay I love her, I. idolize her! By day by night, she is before me; my thoughts, my dreams, are but of her ! In view of this fact, you will wonder more than ever at my treatment of Miss Thornedale. I will tell you the set-ret of my trouble." He had overcome his agitation and now spoke with due deliberation, "My parents marriage was the result of an elopement, in consequence of which my paternal grandfather cursed his son on his deathbed. He prayed that ruin might follow till his er dea vers and those of his chitfSrea. This death-scene affected my father deeply. He became

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months latei, a neighbor Lroke t?o terrible intelligence to my mother that her husband was dead, drowned while crossing the ice-covered river on a homeward journey. His body was never recovered. Among his effects was found a sealed letter which was to be delivered to me (I was then two months old) when I should attain my majority. My mother carefully preserved that letter unopened, and on my 21st birthday delivered it to me. It contained a sketch of what I have told yon, and concluded with an injunction never to marry, as the consequence must be unhappiness. That injunction I look upon as a message from the dead, and one that I must hold sacred. Now you know why I do not declare my love to Helen Thornedale." Chester had becomo deeply interested in his friend's recital. At the conclusion of the narrative he settled back in his chair and exclaimed : Well, well! Who would have thought such a romance mingled with the matter-of-fact Old Hal's life." Two months later saw Hal and Chester on their way to the north of Scotland, where thev hiid been sent to sketch a y picturesque series of ruins. They had letters of introduction to a part owner of the paper, Hugh MacLeod, who cordially invited them to make his dwelling their head quarters. Only too happily did they accept this kind offer, nor had either of them cause to regret the step, as we shall see. Hugh MacLeod, of Bonnie Park, was a gentleman of leisure, living in quiet, unostentatious stvlo with an onlv daughter, Laura, a sweet, unaffected girl of eighteen summers. The old gentleman was delighted with his visitors, offering fclem every attention, even accompanying them on their sketching tours. They had been there about a month when one morning Mr. MacLeod proposed a lifctlf excursion to some old ruins that would make capital subjects for their pencils. The friends acquiesced, and Laura was forthwith instructed to order luncheon. They arrived at their destination, and Hal and Chester were soon busy transferring several picturesque views' to their sketch books, while the gentleman stood by chatting. Laura in the meantime had wandered off through the woods in search of wild flowers. Now, boys," said MacLeod, presently, "when ye've sketched your fill here, 111 take ye up to the Vulture's Nest for a fine landscape view." "Vulture's Nest! What an ominous name!" ejaculated Hal. "Yes, and it's had an ominous history, too. It deserve it name from the number of vultures that used to flock there. Many are the terrible experiences the people hereabouts have had with the creatures. Why it was only two years ago that Donald fctaurt's daughter was attacked at Vulture's Nest by two of the vile creatures, and before help could reach her she was so terribly torn about the face as to be disfigured for life. It's never safe to venture up there unarmed, for even vet " A piercing shriek, followed by another, and another, here rent the air, and the three men simultaneously started to their feet. Once more that terrible cry for help rang out. "MyGodP'shontedMacLecd. "Laura's voice ! The Vulture's Nest !" With blanched faces the men hurriedly grasped their rifles and dashed off toward the spot whence the cries seemed to come. Suddenly, as they issued from a thick undergrowth, a terrible bight burst upon them. Far above, on an overhanging rock, her figure clearly outlined against ft background of azure, anguish depicted on every line of .her face, stood Laura MacLoed, while above her circled an immense vulture, the uncanny nick outstretched and the small eyes srarkling with greedy expectation. The men stood spellbound, and then, with a shout, Chester led the way up the incline, his eyes fixed on the girl he had learned to love so well. At that moment the monster ceased circling about its victim, and prepared for attack. Just as it poised itself for the last fatal swoop, the sharp report of a rifle rang out on the still air, and the creature fell dead at the feet of its intended victim. The next moment a man emerged from the shrubbery near by, with a rifle, still smoking, trailing after him. He ran to the now prostrate girl, and kneeling beside her chafed her wrists and held to her lips a small flask. By this time Chester and his two companions, breathless, and speechless, reached the spot where Laura lay. "How can I thank you, sir? You have saved my darling's life," cried Mr. MacLeod, sobbing with joy. Laura soon returned to consciousness and Chester explained to her what had taken place. During the excitement which followed her strange saviour was entirely forgotten. When, however, they had regained claniness, they found that he had disappeared as silently and suddenly as he had come. They searched the surrounding ground for some trace of kim, but without avail. It is needless to state that no more sketching was indulged in that day. One evening, a week after the adventure on Vulture's Nest, our friends were all congregated in the drawingroom at Bonnie Park, when a servant made his appearance with the announcement that a man had called and desired to see Mr. MacLeod. The old gentleman immediately rose and followed Benjamin out of the room. Soon his voice was heard in the hall extending a hearty welcome to his visitor, and the next moment he re-entered the room arm in arm with none other than their elusive friend of the Vulture's Nest incident. He was a remarkable looking man, tall and erect in carriage, with a sad, handsome face, golden brown board, and deep blue, penetrating eyes. Laura thankod him with her own sweet simplicity, and Chester and MoLeod were loud in the praise of her coolness and bravery. Hal stood a little aloof from the $?oup and concentrated his gaze on its central figure. For him the stranger had an inexplicable fascination. After they had thanked him to their heart's content the stranger made known the objest of his visit. Ho im

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counter, and thinking one of the parky must have lost it, took the first opportunity to return the trinket a small, oddly-shaped affair, on seeing which Hal exclaimed: "My locket! You have made me your debtor, sir, for I prize this trinket very highly. It was a gift from my father to my mother before I was born." The stranger started slightly, and a death-like pallor overspread his face. "Would you have any objection to my seeiug the interior of that locket!" Hal looked surprised, but silently ope aed the trinket and presented it to the stranger. The latter gave a hasty glance at the picture within and started back, almost dropping the locket as he did so. "I beg your pardon for my awkwardness. And is this a picture of your mother?" ""es, taken a short time after her marriage," answered Hal. " Strange, strange !" muttered the other. "Can it be a mere coincidence? No, it is impossible! Loving sir, I know not who you are, but the picture you have shown me is that of my wife." "Tour wife?" gasped Hal. "Yes; shois dead. She and an only chili were killed in a railway accident. Hal turned ghastly pale. It flashed through his mind that his mother and he once had a narrow escape from death in a railway accident soon after hi 3 father's demise. A startling suspicion was dawning on his mind. In an unnatr ral voice he spoke : "Have yon undoubted proof that thev were reallv killed in that accident?" T lie stranger took from his pocket a time-stained newspaper. He pointed silently to a paragraph describing a fata railway collision ; and there, in the list of dead, Hal saw "Mrs. Julia Moore, widow, and her baby boy, Halstead Moore." The paper dropped from the young man's lifeless hands. "My God! man, what is your name?" he cried. The stranger's face was white with suppressed excitement as he answered : "Archibald Moore." "Father," cried Hal, "lam Halstead Moore, your son !" The next moment father and son werti locked in their first embrace. But little more remains to be told. A week later the husband and wife whom fate had so cruelly torn adunder were once again united and happy. Some months after, in a quaint little Scotch church, a double wedding ceremony was performed. Laura MacLeod changed her name for that of Chestei Lawrence, and Helen Thornedale became the happy wife of Halstead Moore.

CARIj DU2SDER.

"The Hidden Hand." The last time Gov. Curtin was in Washington he amused the Mississippian exceedingly by relating a peculiar experience that an actor named Thome once had in Mempliis, Tenn. This man named Thome, it seems, was from

Decatur, in the Keystone State, and was related to that well-known actor oi the 9ame name who used to play in the "Black Flag." Thome belonged to a company that was playing The Hidden Hand" at one-night stands principally. He had given instructions to have Memphis billed heavily. When lie got off the train at Memphis he was extremely anxious to find out how well his play had :een advertised there. The first mUn he approached near the depot was an old negro, of whom he inquired: uDo you live here?" "Yes. sah," resjxmded the old negro, "I been livin here since 'fo' de wah." "Have vou heard anvthing of the play, 'The Hidden Hand?'" Vell, I guess I has. I was dar when it was played. I seen ic played." This Mas indeed news to Thorue, for he imagined that his play Lad never been given in Memphis. He then asked the negro who played it.

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him de 'nasltnal man. I waited on de gemman, but I didn't have nuthin to do wid de game. I seed de 'nash'nal man' slip two jacks in his loot, an etter while, when dare was a big jack pot up, de 'nush'nal man' drawed fo' jacks; en our Mr. Brown, what libs here in Memphis, he drawed a six-shooter, an de 'nash'nal ni9n' he lef ; but, fo' de Lawd, stranger, a hid han' ain't been played in Memphis sence dat night." St. Louis Itepubliv. They Appreciated Mini. Charles Dickens believed that no man is so depraved and degraded as not to appreciate noble sentiments, when expressed to him in language he can understand. The following is the experience of George Kiddle, the celebrated reader, before the prisoners of the Elmira lieforniatory : "A reception? Well, rather. I was put at my ease at once. I opened, as I had intended, with the 'Sleeping Car,' and Mr. Howell's farce never had a more appreciati ve hearing. The allusion to train robbers was received with yells of delight. But the climax of applause was reserved for Shakspeare, and Browning's How They Brought the Good News For a moment, I thought myself in Boston. 'Wolsey's Downfall' and 'Marc Antony's S peech O ver Ctesai's Body' were also received with rapture. The cries of the mob, in the latter piece, seemed to please the audience particularly, and the final shouts of 'Pluck down forms, benches, anything were almost drowned by the apparent excitement of the men. "I have heard actors say they liked playing to sympathetic gallery gods. Here was Pelion on Ossa, with Ossa a wart in comparison. In The Boat Race,1 from Robert Grant's 'Jack Hall I introduced some of the late election cries. Buch as 'In the soup and 'He's all right The audience was perfectly familiar with them. In fact, nothing had to be explained in the entire program." Perfectly Sale. Wife (petulantly) Such a lump of selfishness. The house was full of strange noises last night, and I didn't dare close my eyes once; and there you were sleeping like a log. Burglars might have carried ub both off and you wouldn't have known it. Hunband (wearily) Donft fret, my dear. If they ever oaJTy you off they'll bring you back. New Y&rk Wevk,hj.

Somo Things That. Hot her Him. If &he vhas a cold day some ody wants to know if he vhas iold enough for me. Can I have it shus'; so eedd or warm? Vhas I to be tier bhudge ? If he vhas a hot day somepody wants to know if she vhas hot enough for me. Suppose he was or wasn't ! Can I haf dot weather like I want him? If I shlip down on der sidewalk, more ash tea peoples come around und sav: "Eli, Dunder, did you fall down?" If I doan fall down, how vhas I dere? I lend a man some money und he pays her back und it vhas all right. I lend him some more und he shumpsoudtuud eaferpody says : , Vhat a fool you vhas ! you ought to havo known better!" Last summer I like to hire a man for ten shillings a dav to work around mv house, but I cau't find nopody. As soon as winter comes und nopody can work more ash feefty fellers strike mo for a quarter und say der poor vhas growing poorer eafery day. If it vhas so warm in der winter dot nopody can cut ice der newspapers vhas saying dot der peoples vhill be robbed next summer by de r ice man. If it vhas so cold dot der ice vhas two feet thick der newspapers vhr.s saying dot der ice man was squeezing der life-blood out of der countrv. Vhen der dnvs vhas short der gas man says my bill vhas high because der eafnings vhas so long. Vhen der days vhas long he says I must expect big bills because I have so much company. If I make some shange for a customer und gif him 10 cents too ranch, he puts it in his pocket und say honesty vhas der bst policy. IJ: dot shange vhas 10 ?ents too short, he makes, a great row und says dere vhas no inducement in dis world for a man to be honest. Then a milkman comes into my place for a glass of beer, he says he cau't taste some hops in dot brew. Vhen I sip his milk and ask him vhere he got dot water, he vhas so mad he wants to light me. A man conies in my place eafery day for weeks und says it vhas strange der peoples doan' make me Gofernor. I lend liini $2 und I doan' see him again for three months. Den I meet him und ask vhy he doan' pay, und he says she vhas strange der peoples doan ride me on a rail. Eaferypody comes to me und savs I vhas a good feller, und dot means I must help eaferypody. If I go to some one und call him a good fellow he winks out of his eye at me und says: uDo you pelief I vhas some greenhorns, eh?" Fife hoonered poys go by my house on a sleigh-ride, ur.dsooch a yelling und tooting you nefer heard. My poy Shake goes out purty soon und whistles for his dog, und a policemans comes along und says: "Shtop dot noise, you young Dntchmans! Doa-v you know you vhas making eafery body seek?" If I goes py som (3 clothing shtore for a coat, und der price vhas too high, der man savs to me: "Dunder. I like to assure her dot I doan' make 50 cents cn dot coat at $15. I haf only ten left." I buys him, und two days later I see a big sign in der papers: "Big drive! 1,000,000 of do.se same coats at $8, und doan' you forget him." One day a nan meets me xind says liberty vhas dead und der Republic gone oop. Der next Soonday der police doan catch his saloon open und he slaps me on der back und says: "Liberty vhas all right, und der Republic vhas der best in der world !" I can't make him oudt. Maype it vhas petter I doan come to America. Detroit Free Press. The Lime-Kiln Club. Ihave been requested," said Brother Gardner as the meeting opened, to present to dis club dis eavenin de query, Is de whito man improvin'?" Elder Toots said he was glad the subject had eomo up. The white folks were always concerned for fear the colored race was retrograding, but the lKKt belonged on the other foot. Within twenty years the white man had invented the telephone, but alas! the States had to pass laws to keep him from sending cuss words over the wires. The white man had erected wonderful bridges, imp rov od the telegraph, brought out new crdcr.3 of architecture, improved in painting and sculpture and elevated the standard of schools and societv. but there was another side to the picture. The white man had discovered other ways to beat the laws passed for the protection of life and property. Lying, swearing, stealing, and embezzling were hardly counted as sins. Visitors

had picked pockets and stolen overcoats. Men who were paying the highest pewrent in church were doing the heaviest stealing. Dressing had become an art, but running in debt and beating creditors had become a greater one. The elder had nothing against thewhi:eman on account oi his color. The Lord had made him white, and he was not to blame for it. But when the white man stood on a corner and claimed to own the earth, it was well to investigate his claim. Waydown Bebee said he had always felt kindly towards the white man, and had always been willing to extend him a helping hand. He could remember back for a quarter of a century. If there were any decided improvements he could not name them. If the white man was better educated, so were all other men. If inven tions were more numerous, other races had helped to make them so. Take the white man as a man and he has doubtless retrograded. He was losing his reverence for the Bible and the laws. He was living fast and looso, full of gossip, suspicious, and having no care how he made his money, bo long as he made it. If the white man had got nearer to the moon by means of the largest telescope in the world, he had also discovered new liquids to get drunk on and new ways to beat the law. If the soul had become more poetic lawsuits for debt had also become more numerous. If the average mind was living nearer to Milton and Shakspeare just as many bodies were being committed to state prison. "Gem'len," said Brother Gardner, as he arose, "de queshun has no doubt bin decided in do negative, but we shouldn't b'ar down too heavy on de white folks. Dey has had a heap of tribulashun, espeshually in dis kentry. I fur one, hev great an5 abidin' faith in do fuohwr of de

white man. Hs in gradually learnin9 to speak de troof, an' to keep his hands off of odder folkses' chickens. Time will make him fear or respect de law, brush up his manners an' compel him to realize dat buildin' big skule houses doan' make manners nor bring biznesn. Let us gin him a fair chance to shw de stuff he are made of. De answer to de query will darfo' be : 'He ar' improvin' mighty slow, but expects a change of fodder will make him hustle We will now dispel de iu.ee tin' an' adjudicate homewards. Detroit Free Press.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

Politeness in the Home Circle. True politeness is founded on consideration for others, yet it is so much a matter of form or habit that politeness is sometimes shoAm where there is no consideration ; it is sometimes neglected where there is affection and every reason for kindly consideration. Thus, in the intercourse of near relatives made familiar with each other by daily meetings there is naturally less formality than between people who are only thrown together by the chance of a few hours or days at long intervals. But along Avith the laying aside of formality some necessary features of politeness are sometimes sacrificed by relatives and very close friends. The youth who is careful to salute his lady friends and acquaintances according to the usages of good society sometimes forgets to pay the same respect to his sister, not because he is wanting in affectionate regard, but because he has grown so familiar with her that it seems awkAvard to him to treat her in any formal way. Yet Avhen he meei;s her in company he should, out of consideration for her, be markedly polite and attentire. Although politeness necessarily follows to a great extent set forms, it should have its origin in affection for the individual, or, in a more general way, in consideration for others. When the young man be gins to behave at home with less politeness than he exhibits abroad, there is much danger that gradually he Avill lose that consideration for his immediate relatiAres which he should haA-e and exhibit. H may begin by entering the j'amily room without formal .greeting; absorbed in his own thoughts or pursuits, he will soon begin to leave his sister and his mother to look out for themselves in the small affairs of life, and gradually but surely he will cultivate a selfish disposition in home affairs that will make him a bad or indifferent son or brother. It is a small matter in itself whether a young man finds a chair for his sister or mother when they should, be seated, anticipates their desire for a glass of water, cheerfully helps them 1x their wraps, and offers them the thousand little attentions without which and in his absence they could get along very Avell by their own exertions, but it is not a small matter when neglect of sich attentions lessens

! his consideration for them, develops his

selfishness, and gradually undermines the affection that should unite the family. Politeness in society between acquaiutances and friends is demanded by custom- There is no need to remind that it should be exhibited. Toiiteness at home and between near relatives, even between husband and wife, though of much more imjortance in ever way, is not so obviously necessary, and is too often neglected- Baltimore Sun. The Cockroach. The cockroach is ov tew colors, sorrel and black. They are always on tha move, and kan trot, I should say, on a good track, and a good day, clear around the house, in cluss tew three minitts. Their food seems tew consist, not so much in what they eat as in what they travel ; and often finding them dead in my soup at the boarding-house, I hav cum to the conclusion that a cockroach kan't swim, but t'.iey kan float. Naturalists hav also declared that the cockroach has no double teeth. This is an important fockt, and ought tew be

introduced into all the primary schoolbooks ov Amerika. But the most interesting feature ov this remarkable bugg is the lovelyness ov their natures. They kan't bite nor sting, nor skratch, nor even jaw back. They are so amiable that I hav even known them tew get stuck in the butter, and lay there all day, and not holler for help, and aktually die at last with a broken heart. To realize the meekness ov theze uncomplaining litde cusses, let the philo-

sophick mind just for one moment compare them with the pesky flea, who lights upon man in hiz strength and woman in her weakness, like a red hot shot; or to the warbliug musketo, wild from a Nu jersey eat-tail marsh with hiz dagger in hiz mouth, ackeing for blood; or, horror ov horrors ! to the midnight bed bugg, who creeps out ov a crack az still and az lean az a shadow, and hitches on to the bosom ov buty like a starved leech. Every mau ha.z a right to pick hiz playmates; but as; for me, i had rather visit knee deep among cockroaches than to hear the dicing embers ov a single muskeetei's song ia the room jineing, or to know that thare was just one bed bugg left in the Avorld and he waz waiting for my kandle to go out and for me to pitch into bed. In conclusion, i;o show that I ain't fooling, i would be Avilling, if I had them, to swap ten fust class fleas any time for a small sized cockroach, and if the follow complained that I had shaved him in the trade, I would return the cockroach and sware that we waz oven. New York Weekly. Not the Fighting Kind. Smith Yes, you see strange things in a smoking car. Jones No doubt of that. B. There was this morning. Two men got into a dreadful quarrel. J. Yes? S. Yes; they called each other by the vilest of names, sneaks, skins, chumps, snoozers, soakers, and so forth. I thought every moment they would fight. J. And didn't they fight? S. No; you see they were pugilists. itoston Courier. "Of what school of novelists is Miss Amateur?" "Well, I judge from the crudeness of her style that she belongs to the 'Young Ladles' Boarding Sohool "Harper's Bazar.

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Jtcsoluttonft OTerertIriUU Introduce (tome Fattsed and Otlior Defeated JL Hummary of the Proceedings

Feb. 23. A resolution was adopted in t ao Senate requiring the Committee on Eailroads to report the bill referred to i::, providing, substantially, that the long ind short haul clause of the interstate Commerce act should apply tt railroad traffic in Indiana. The follow iag bills were passed: The school texttook; to prohibit the explosion of dynatiite within 1,200 yards of any ledge of rock suitable for building purposes, without the consent of the owner thereof. House Bills passed: To build a e ewer for the Prison North; to exempt honorably discharged soldiers ami tailors from paying poll tax. Feb. 25. There was a red flag fluttering in the House to-dry, and for several reconds there was danger of "bloody gore" so much so ths.t a lady fainted. A bill was under consideration providing for the purchase oi ten acres of land fronting the Logansport Insane Asylum, unci Mr. Foster urged the purchase, and Mr Adams, who opposed it, got into heated discussion, in which the "lie was exchanged frequently. The Speaker ordered the words of both gentlemen taken down. The bill failed to pans by n vote of 34 nays to 33 ayes. The House t ook up the Election hill, passing it by u Tote of (3 to 21. All who voted in the :iegitive were Republicans. The Senate held a brief morning ssst;ion, passing a bill creating the office of ;itate House Custodiatt, and engrossing ;ke Kankakee Land till. Then it adjourned to see Harrison off. In the afternoon it passed a bill making separate Judicial Circuits out of Marion and Hendricks Counties, and also the one reorganizing the Fire and Police Departments of the city and placing them under one control. The Republicans opposed this bill with might and mahu Feb. 26. A bill depriving the Governor of the right to appoint a State Mine Inspector and an Oil Inspectox wa6 passed over Gov, Hovey's veto. In the Senate a bill was passed repealing the law limit ing the rates oi rents allowed for the use of telephones. A bill was also passed appropriating $50,000 for cutting a channel for the Kankakee River at Momence, 111. In the House a compulsory school bill was passed to engrossment. Feb. 57. A bill providing for livn stock inspectors in certain cities wan passed. While prohibition was under discussion in the Legislature, Representative Willard accused the Republicans o.t Pharisaism, and told th era they were in their anti-liquor attitudes. Representative Stanley (Republican) made some reply and Willard responded acrimoniously reflecting on Stanley. Representative Linck (Republican) asked the Speaker if Willard had not called Stanley a liar. Willard took up the question; and said he had not. "Yes, you did said Linck; "you callecl him a liar, but you can't call m one." He then ad vanced to Willard ic. a passion and struck him in the face. Willard wa? seated at the time Thoro was great excitement and a rush toward the contestants, resulting in their separation. Linck's language was tab en down, and after cooling down ho humbly apologized. He said Williar i had greatly ex Asperated kim and he had struck hir? while smarting under Willard's sup .posted reflection on his colleague.

In the Senate, the bill taking feet from the Supreme Court Reporter, and making his salary $4,000, was discussed and engrossed. A bill providing for 8 board of public works in Indianapolif w&ci also engrossed. Feb. 28. In the House Mr. Linck was suspended for his assault upon Representative Willard. Bills passed Appropriating $20,000 to pay a deficiency caused by the defalcation of the Warden of the Southern Prison, and $15,000 tci , improvements; increasing the homestead exemption from $900 to $1,000; reducing the rate of interest on the school fund; authorizing county commissioners to appropriate money for the establishment of homes, for indigent old women. After the Senate adjourned the Democratic members took possession, called the body to order, and elected a President pro tern. jfarcft 1. Sexate Bil ls passed: Establishing a board of public works fci Indianapolis; including the Fire Department of that city in the metropolitan police measure; providing for beef inspection. House Bills passed: Organizing and' regulating the State militia; increasing the tax levy in Marion County. A number of important bills were engrossed. Tho indefinite postponement of a bill pertaining to liquor license was recommended by a committee. A resolution was offered to suspend the sentence oi Representative Linck and reduce hit tine, Miss W. Isn't your husband good fco give you so much money every week to put in the bank! What are yen saving it for? Mrs. L. As soon asl have enough I intend to get a divorce The Man Was Th ro. Indignant Wife (appearing suddenly in refreshment bazaar near theater Bo here is where you have come to find that man, is it? I'd like to see Hit man. Is he here? Husband (foebly) Yes, my dear There he is. (Points to his own reflect tion in the mirror back of the bar) Wil) yon join him? Whatll it be, my lovol Chicago Tribune. A. dumond is hardened enough not to feel cheap, even though it is cut

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