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facts fois globe trotters. ThiagH of Gnral Interest Not OenemUy Kuotm to Tourists. The German military budget oontaing nn item of 1,750 for the breeding, training, and maintenance of earlier pigeons. From Russia it is reported that a meteoric stone which recently dropped from the heavens contained a number of diamonds. Three Englishmon now have statues in France Lord Brougham at Cannes, Jeaner at Boulogne-sur-Mer, and tthakspeare in Paris, It is worthy of note that one-eighth of

all classes of blindness in Russia am due to smallpox, and one-half only to direct eye diseases. The deposits in the French Savings Bark in 1888 increased from 118,568,976 francs to 129,949,900 francs. The depositors increased from 547,898 to 561 540. It is stated that more than 2,000,000 glass eyes are made every year in Germany and Switzerland, while one French house manufactures 300,000 of them annually. Licensed houses have decreased in Holland during recent years by nearly one-fourth, no fewer than 12,000 out of its former 47,000 public houses have been closed by the Btate. Archdeacon Philpot, of Mina Lodge, Oak Hil), Surbiton, is the oldest living clergyman in the Church of England. He win his 100th year. He graduated as far back as 1812. According to the annual report of the Salvation Army, in the United Kingdom they use 1,575 buildings, with seating accommodation for 700,500 persons, the rent roll being 100,000. In France no novel, Jiowever popular the author, is published at a higher price than three shillings, and it is only when a book has made a hit that it is brought out at an enhanced charge. "A monster blast has just taken place in a granite quarry on the Duke of Argyll's Scotch estate. Five tons of gunpowder were deposited in aa-fexcavated chamber, and when fired displaced 75,000 tons of granite. England has more than half the cotton spindles of thd world, and uses more ;an half the cotton worked by them, while English spinning is unrivalled in the excellence of its production and the cheapness of its price. The firm of Bass is said to havfc 750,00t) invested in casks, uses a hundred tons of hops a week at a cost of from ten to thirty guineas a hundredweight, and has three breweries in "the town of Burton, one of which alone cost 90,0Q0 to build. An extraordinary collection was made in Blackburn the other day, when sermons were preached at the St. George's Presbyterian Church in that town. The sum of 1,000 was asked for, but over 1,222 were collected at the three services. There is, perhaps, not a city in Europe where more drink is consumed than in St. Petersburg. TheV population is considerably short of onenillion, yet they drink every day 10,000 bottles of wine, 1,500,000 pints of ale, and 1,600,000 glasses of vile spirituous liquor known in the eoontry by the riame of vodkL Of the 180,000 or 200,000 foreigners believed to be in Paris, 170,262 have made the necessary declaration of residence. Of these 2,302 are Americans, 7,668 English, 26,109 Germans, 43,712 Belgians, 21,144 Swiss, 8,488 Russians, 5,758 Austrian 2,763 Spaniards, and 24,178 Italians Forty-nine different nationalities are represented, the list containing natives of even such distant countries aDehomey, Paraguay, Persia, Siam, and Nubia.

Yellow Fever Microbes. A yellow fever microbe has the a-

pearance of three joints of sugar cane. I got them from Washington in a ghuis tube that somewhat resembled a gourd, says a well known doctor. The tiny microbes are placed in the big end, but by looking at it you could never tell there was anything but air in it. The small end is sealed up and the microbes are in there, though apparently dead. Some microbes live in such places for twenty years. We will suppose, nov.7 that we wont to lock at some of them under the microscope. Upon the little glass sKdj we put a drop of gelatine of the consistency that will not ran. We take a cambric needle, and after heating it, to destroy all microbes that may I e in the air, we quickly break the seal of the glass tube and insert the needlo, drawing it out quickly andresealing the neck of the tube. We insert the needle in the drop of gelatine on the side, and quickly put on the little cover to shut out such germs or microbes that maybe floating about in the air. Then we place the slide in the microscope. In forty-five minutes the microbes have fully aroused from their Bip Van Winkle sleep, and now you see what curious things they are. As I said before, ' they resemble three joints of sugar cane, but the joints are not straight but at opposite angles. Take this fellow, for instance, and you see a joint drops off, leaving him with two joints. Presently another joint joins on the dropped joint, and by this time a third appears cn number one. Now look at number two, and there is a third joint. Now a joint drops from number one, and by the time it gains another joint number two drops a joint, and this, with the joint from number two, join together, and them is microbe number three. Anotliejfknnt grows on numbers one and tworoone crops from number three and these, joining together, mak mfObe number four, and so they go n iratil the little drop of gelatine is a working, seething

mass of microbes. '&m' Now, these microbes Be in the blood of a yellow fever patient, and there is where they live. Target in a blood i corpuscle, and eat out alljye red part as a darky eats out the reaQfecat of 9

watermelon, and the blood is then

drop of clear fluid. To give you an id m i 1 r.

01 now many you can crowa into a puscle of blood, let me say that it ta

o,200 corpuscles to make an R?h

you can string just 150,000 micr

across the diameter of a corpuscle,

tieauently you can tret billions

billions of microbes in a drop of

The theory is that these micro

up cue's blood so fait as to take

from hiifi in a very ?hort urne. Some j

men can stand the letting of more blood than others, and consequently some men recover from the yellow fever, Herald of Health, Cool. In 18B3, Gen. Franklin was put in military command of an expedition against Sabine Pass, on the coast of Texas. The expedition was not successful, and tie ships returned to New

Orleans. On the way thither there was one night a collision between a large sea-goicg steamer and the light jrivevboat used for headquarters. That fol

lowed is narrated by an officer si Gen. Franklin's staff: One side was apparently smashed inA panic seized the crew; captain, pilot, engineer, hands, all rushed for the steamer. Most of our headquarters company and officers followed the example. I was reading in the cabin. The crash and the cries attracted my attention. I went on deck, and tried for a moment to restore order, but in vain. The soldiers on the steamer shouted : "Come on board! come on board! You're sinking! There's a great hole in your side !" The waves dashed our little boat against the side of the steamer, and the light planks of the wheel-houso were grinding and crashing. I can easily understand how contagious is a panic. It was with a great effort I restrained myself from following the example set me, I knew, however, that my place was with the General, and I went in search o:f him. He was on the hurricane-deck, seated on the sky-light, quietly smoking a cigar. "General," said I, "aren't you going; to leave her? "I don't believe she'll sink," he replied. "But she is an abandon od ship, tir; every one has left her." fcHavo they? are you sure? Til make sure, I replied; and going to the wheel-house, I found it deserted. Then I looked into the engine-room I remember the engine looked so grim and stiff in its solitude. When I reported the state of affairs to Franklin he consented to go. We found a quiet place aft, and as the waves tossed our light vessel up to a level with the steamer, he sprung upon her deck. I attempted to follow, but the vessel was not tossed high enough. So I watered my chance, and plunged head-foremost into a port-hole, where friendly hands caught me,-and prevented my fatting on the deck. But our little steamer would not sink. Franklin a once ordered out the boats, secured the Captain and the crew, and returned on board. The outer shell of the boat was crushed in, and she was leaking badly, but the inner ceiling was unhurt. I thinlc the General never quite forgave me for persuading him to leave her.

Old Kewrate Prison. It is deemed certain that Newgate Prison will soon be torn down. A London newspaper gives is history, bo far back as the reign of'King John there was a prison there, maintained by the corporation of the city of London, who had also the Compter, in the Poultry, for the detention ,jpf minor offenders., and who, at a rmc later papod, used Bridewell, near BlackfriaSBj? for the punishment of disorderly apprentices and women. The ancient prison at Newgate was destroyed by the great fire of London in 1666; another prison was then erected, which was that out of which Jack Sheppard, the notorious housebreaker, contrived to make his escape in the reign of George II. This building was pulled down in 1782 and. the one now standing was erected, in different portions, between that date and 1872, -the architect being Mr. George Dance, ZXr . A, ; but one part was burned, down almost as soon as it was built in the Gordon riots of 1780. The outer walls of granite are 3 feet thick; the front in Newgate streetis 115 fet Ion 5, and that in the Old Bailey is 295 feet, with a stern, imposing aspect. There are two lodges for turnkeys and the keeper's house in the center of the Old Bsaley front, behind which is the chapel. The interior of the prison was rearranged in 1857 and 1858 from the designs of Mr. Bunning, the city architect. The quadrangle, occupied by men convicted of felony, is 124x64 feet, and each of the two wings forms another quadrangle. There are 168 ordinary cells, each measuring 13x7 feet, 9 feet high, with a barred window 3 feet 6 inches high, and 2 feet 6 inches wide; the cells were warmed with hot air, and the furniture was a hammock bed, slung at night across the width of the

cell, a wash-stand with basin, a closepan, a folding table fixed to the wall, a stool and shelves of slate. Besides these there aie eight punishment cells for the refactory and sixteen reception cells.

VOTED IT GOOD SPOUT.

THE LONDON VIEW OF THE AlttEUlCAN NATIONAL GA-MK.

INDIANA LEGISLATlJltE. mnsvivswAxmni.

THE HUSBAND'S BAD MAS NEKS.

A Thrilling:

A WEKK'S DOINOH OF OIJIK JLAW-MAKKKS.

STATE

Story 1' nit on Bodily from 1 Ihnj

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A picturesquely commonplace, ordin

ary, unemotional New England day.

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Bream of Federation. What if the world should some day see the kingdom of Great Britian free and independent, the United States of America free and independent the United States of Australia no less free and independent than the other two, and any other United States that may grow tip elsewhere among men of English speech, all united, not in an impossible federation, not by any political :;ie, but by the "sentiment," if that is to be the word, of a common origin, speech, and history ? And a speaking, outward sign of union might be found. While etery member of such a brotherhood should keep its full political independence, each might greet the citizens of the other, not as strangers, but brethren. That is, a citizen of any one might at pleas ure take up the citizenship of any other. Naturalization is now so easy everywhere that the grant of such v material privilege could but make a alight change. Still, as expressive of international brotherhood, it would bo weighty, indeed. Nor need we of necessity wait - till the United States of Australia can, .as such, join in the bond,, but it will be a bright day when they oan.Z'dward A. Freeman, Historian..

tho field for

The see it at Ciiicagos, 7 ;

A Wl 1-ConteateiI Cinmo at the Oval Cricket Gronmh WitnensuJ W 8,000 Spectators, I nl tiding the JPilnuo of Wales Cordially Received. jCaMe limtcli from London. The American base-ball toama -iave-l their first game upon English soil on Tuosdtiv afternoon, and aside from the miserable condition of tho weather, tho event may withont doubt be put down as the most memorablo in the history of tho American national panic. Tho drizzling rain which was falling when the boys turned out of bed in the morning roased toward noon, only to give plaee to a genuine rresentative London fog. whih settled down lik a nail upon the city as well as upon tho spirits of the players President Hpalding determined to can y out the pro gramme announced, however, if it was in any way practicable, and at half-past twelve 0 'c oc k the teau 1 3 cut cvimI two 1 lan d som e drags in front of the First Avenuo Hotel and were driven to Ksnfdngton Oval. Here a number of prominent members of the Surrey Cricket Club had prepared an elaborate luncheon for the party, the commit teo which received the players as they entered the clubhouse consisting of the Duke of linccieuch, the Puke of Beaufort, the Earl of Coventry, t'ae Karl of Bessborough, the Karl of Sheffield, t::io Karl of Londe6borough, Viscount Lewishani, Viscount Oxeubridge, Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Hawko, lxml Lvttletrn, the Lord Mavor, Mr. White, Charge d'Affoixes of the United States; Mr. Waller, Consul Genoral of 1 lie United States; Sir ifcginald Hanson, aud Jh "W. G. Grace. The formalities of introduction over. Viscount Dxenbridge, as Chairman of the committee, welcomed the teams to England and to London in an address which, ih'.mgU brief, was thorouglly expressive of tho warmest hospitality. During tne repast which followed the Americans were made, through tho courtesy and tho cordiality of their hosts, to feel thoroughly at homo. Capt. Anson remarked afterward that, after a!?, the English nobility embraced a surprising number of royal good fellows, A Ve forgot entirely," said Anson, "ttfat we wore lunching with Lords and Iukes. I never felt more thoroughly at oo.se in my life, and the rest of the boys seemed to leei as liiuch at home as I did." Toasts to the Queen, the President of the United States, to tho Prince and Primers of Wales, and to the rest of the royal family, aud to the American base-ball clubs were drank, aud then President Spalding responded ir. a happy address to the last. Finally, alter the toat proposed by Mr. AVhUe, Chaise d'Atlaiies of tho United .Stated in England, had b.'en drunk to S'iscouut Oxen bridge and tho Surrey Cricket Club, three hearty American cheeru ver: given lVr all. Tho players then adjourned to their dressingrooms to "prepare for the gamp. Mea itine the fog had bvn growing denser, but The crowd continued to pour through the gates until the clubhouse balconies were filled and a great assemblage of humanity encircled the oval, their moving f.gurea looking not unlike distant specters in the sticky, drifting fog. When play commenced there were 8.000 people upon tin? grounds, and had the day boeu fair this number, in the opinion of mary, would have been doubled. Despite the dampening effect ot the loo'io and rain the liveliest interest in the player aud iu the game was everywhere manifested among the gi$at crowd. Every American prt'Si; was closely questioned as to the rules, and the ;:iomta of play, and as to the characteristics nr. d r ords of the players ; and, indeed, ii may be safely said that never before have Ei gHhmeu been so familiar with the American i&ujh of

base-ball as they are at the present time. Shortly after'S o'clock tho players too': the field for practice, aud, although tho turf was soft and in the woret imaginable condition for fielding or base running, they ave an ovewdingly pretty exhibition of the preat American sport, the brilliant throws and eatcvues hi-iug warmly ajijdauded as fast aa they occurred, aud that was prettv fast. Dr. W. G. Grace and W. AW Head, t he celebrated English cricketers, watched the w nkof the men from one of tho club-house windows, and time and again accorded the baya their hearty applause. The anxiety of the crowd to see the gams commence, however, soon made itself manifest. After the boys had indulged in ten or fifteen minutes of nreliminarv practice cries of "Play b&l, play ball 1" and "Begin the game !" (just as happens" on every diamond in America) arose from all parts of tho oval. Thereupon George Wright walked upou the field and called all the American boys to tho bat for the game, which then opened amidst almost breathless silence. As exhibition aftr exhibition of swift throwing to oases, of pretty fielding, and of (dean hitting and desperate baserunning followed one another munnura of admiration were heard, while time and ,galn the crowd burst into htarty applause, which continued to the close of the game. While Chicago was at the bat in tho second inning there was a stir among the occupants of the grand stand in front of the club-house, and then the huudreds of spectators arose and lifted their hats as tho Prince of Wales took a 8at at a big -window with Prince Christian aud President Spalding. Play was immediately stoppad when the Prince appeared, and Copt. Anson, calling the boys up to the homo plate, led them in three hearty cheers and a et ill heartier "tiger" for the Prince. The act called forth resnonsive cheors from the spectators. The Prince watched the game with keen interest until the closo of the eighth inning, asking President Spalding innumerable questions as tho game proceeded, and nodding his head approvingly as he grasped the points of tho play. At the closo of the fifth inning an intermission of ten minutes was called and the players, led by Ward and Anson, ascended to the Prince's point of view ar d were formally presented lo the future King of England. The Prinoo had a pleasiut word aud a cordial grasp of the hand for each of the players, and comxlimented them

upon tneir piaviuH. juore cneers greeted tno

team: j as th'y descended and took the remaining innings of tho game, tho end of the ninth inning stood ; All-Americas, 4.

The Speaker of tho House of Commons made arrangements for tho members of the teams to visit ilia House in a body. The Century Club, on tho nomination of Mr. WhiteSecretarv of tho American legation, elected the players hon

orary members during their stay in Ijoiidou. In

the evening thoy were the guests of Hmry ing and Ellen Terry at tho Lyceum Theater, The general impression seems to be that game is far beneath cricket, aud that it

never be adopted in England. Tho Post says'that the general vcrdiat of En- I nlishmen. if not cricketors, will bo that, there is I

no gome they would rather play than iase-boll. liASE-BALL UATIEKS. Wher Some of the Clubs Will Meet at Biffr-rent Date. The base-ball season opens April 24 a.nd closes Oct. 5. The schedule of some of the clubs is as follows : Chicago at Home With Boston, June 2, 29. July 1, 2, Aug. 8, 9, 10, Sept. 2;i, 21, 25 ; New York, June 24. 25, 26. 27, Aug. 5, ti. 7. Sept. 2(5, 27, 28: Philadelphia. June 19, 20, 21, 22, Aug. 12, 13. 14, Oct. 3, 4, it ; Washington, Julv 1 (a. m. and p. 5, 6( Aug. 15, 10, 17, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2; Pittsburg. May 8. !. 10, 11, June 11, 12, 13, Aug. 22, 23, 24; Cleveland, June 1, 3, 4, 5, Aug. 1, 3, 3, Sept. VJ,20, 21 ; Indianapolis, June U, 7, 8, U. July 22. 2il, 24, Sept. 10, 17, 18. Chicago Abroad At Boston, May 28, 2!), 30 (a. m. and p. m.), July 18, 1!, 20, Sept. 0, 10, 11 j New York. Mav 22. 23. 24. 25. Julv 15. 16. 17. Sent.

32,13,14; Philadelphia, May i:t, 14,15, 10, July

Resolutions Ottered BIIU Introduced Some Fassed mid Others iJcftsiUufl A Summary of the Proceedings

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tho will

ii, in, is, bept. a, 4; Washington. Mav 17, 18, 20,21, July 8, 9, 10, Kept. 5, ti, 7 ; Pittsburgh, April 24. 25. 2t. 27. Julv 2i. 30. 31. Amr. 29. 30 31 !

Otm "baby cruiser -will be the Petrel, 870 fcoriij, ready for trial in a few week. Sli$ will carry four 6-inch guns and do her maneuvering mostly in Chinese

aters.

Cleveland. Mav 3. J. ti. 7. June 14. 15 17. Amr.

: 24,27,28; tnrtiunapolis, April 29, 30, May 1, 2,

duiy 2to, aa. si, Aug. iy, zu, si. Indianapolis at Home With Boston, June 24. 25, 20, 27. Aug. o, 0, 7, Sept. 20, 27, 2.S; Mow York, Juno 28, 23, July 1, 2, Aug. 8, ), 10, Bept. 23, fc, 145; Philadelphia, Julv 4 fa. m. and r. m.). a. i. Anc.

35, 10, 17, Sept, 30, Oct. 1, 2; Chicago, April g, 30, May i, 2, July 25, 20, 27, Aug. 10, 20, 21 ; Washing. ton, June 1J, 20, 21, 22, Aug. 12, 13, 14, Oct. 3, 4, 5; ! Pittsburgh, May 3, 4t C, 7, June 14, 15, 17, Sop-,. 19, j 20,21; Cleveland, April 24, 25, 20,27, July 11, 12,

13, AUg, 22, S3, VA. Indianapoliu Abroad At Boston, May 2.!, 23, 24, 25, July 15, 10, 17, Sept. 2 ia. ro. and p. m ), 3; Now Yorlc, May 2ft, 29, JW a. in. and p. m.), July 18, 19, 2(1. Sept. 5, o, 7; Chicago. Juno 0, 7, ft, 10, July 22, 23, 21, Sept. 10. 17. 1k; Philadelphia. May 17, 1ft, 2.T 21, Julv 8, 0, 10, Sopr. 12, 13, 14 ; Cloveland, Mav 8, D, '10, 11, July :), 3L. 31, Aug. 2'.), 30. 31; Washington. May 13, 14. 15, 10, July 11, 12, 13, Sept. 0, hi, 11 ; Pitttfburg, Juno 1, 3, 4, 5, Aug. 1, 2, 3, 20, 27, 2S. Boston at Home With Nott York, May 8, 9, 10, 21, Juno 6, 7, 8, Aug. 19, 2J, 21 ; Philadelphia, June 1, 3. 4, 5, Julv 20, 30, 31, Sept. !!0, 17, 1ft; Chicago, May 28, 2i), 30 (a. ni. and p. m.), July 18, 19, 20, Sept. 0, 10, 11; Washington, Jun. 13, i f, 15, 17, July 22, 23, 24, Aug. 22, r23, 24; Pittsburgh. May 13, U, 35, 10, Julv 11,12, 13, Sept. 5, 0,7; Cleveland, May 17, 18, 20, 21, July 8, if, 10, fcopb. 12,13,14; Ii-idianapoliH, May 22, 23,24,85, July 15, 10, 17, Sept. 2 ta. in. and p. in.), 3. Boston Abroad At Now York, April 24, 2-, 26. 27, Jane 10, 11, 12, August 2'J, 30, 31 ; Philadelphia, April 2l, 30, May 1, 2, July 25, 20, 27, Augiwt 20, 27, 23 ; Chicago, Juno 2. 2), July 1, 2, August 8. 9, 10, Sept, 23, 24, 25; Washington, Mav 3, 4, 5, 7, August lf 2, 3, Sept. 10, 2o, 21 ; Piltsbnrg, Juno 10, 0, 21, 23, August 12, 13, 14, Oct. 3, 4, 5 : Cleve

land, July 1 (a. in. and p. in.), 5, 0, August 35, its,

Juuu.24, 2d,

17, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2; Jndiumtpolirt, 26, 27, August 5,0, 7, Sept. 20, 27, 23.

March (. In the Senate the contested

election case of Grimes vs. Bieltowski was taken up, and the contestant (tt Democrat) m-ah seated. A substitute for the deficiency appropriation bill, containing a section making it a felony for the Auditor to isSuo a warrant for tho payment of money when there has been no appropriation made for it, was passed by tho Democratic maioitv. Marc ft 7. Senate Bills passed: .Making appropriations to meet deficiencies; repealing the act making it a felony for any person to interfere with the running of a railroad train, or to intimidate any man from working. HorsE Bill pasued: Authorizing the State Treasurer to borrow $1,400,000 with which to meet the deficiency in the State Treasury, Two more political bills were vetoed by the Governor, and passed over the veto. March 8. The following Senate bills were pansed in tho House: To provide for the establishment of kindergartens for children between the ages o:: four and six years; to provide for the release of liens in deeds to real estate; to authorize the purchase of ten acres of land for the use of the hospital for tho insane at Logansport; an act to provide for the execution of tho bond of County Treasurer, beiug Sec. 5U11, of 11. S. of 1881; to authorize railroad companies organized under laws of the State, but not under the acts of the Legislature, entitled uAn act to provide for the incorporation of of railroad companies," etc.; to legalize gifts, donations, sales, and transfers of money, stocks, bonds, and other property by an incorporated city or town in the State; to prescribe the acts of judges and clerks iu guardianships; to provide for the establishment of branch highways, deliniug their width, etc.; to require of railroad companies to give notice to passengers of delayed trains; to legalize the incorporation of the town of liusse Iville, Putnam County; to legalize tho town of Hunlsville; to regulate the nale and manufacture cf dynamite; to repeal an act entitled" an act touching the duties of towrship trustees with reference to liquidating and contracting indebtedness of townships in certain cases," approved March 5, 1883. March 9. The appropriation bills were passed. Also a bill authorizing the State officers to negotiate a loan of $1,400,000 to meet obligations falling due before the next meeting of the General Assembly. The Governor vetoed the bill prohibiting the piping of natural gas out of the State, but it was immediately passed over the veto. March 11. The Fifty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Indiana ad journed sine die to-day at 6 p. m. The day was mainly devoted to the adoption of resolutions of thanks, and to the reception of messages from the Governor. About fifty bills that were passed .Saturday were not presented to Mr. Hovey till to-day, and the Assembly had to wait until! his excellency had time to consider them. When ho got through with this work he sent word to both houses that he had no more use for them, and an adjournment was taken without day. All the bills passed have become laws by the approval of the Governor or by passage over his veto and by allowing them to become laws without approval or disapproval, with the exception of house bill 299, which was "hung up." It was not presented to him within the last two days of the session, and the Governor exercised his constitutional privilege by refusing to accept :tt. This bill provides for tho vacation of cemeteries within tho corporation of cities. Mr. Hovey has a great respect for the resting place of the dead and does no believe in disturbing old graveyards. In this sentiment he is no doubt backed by a large majority of the people. Three bills passed yesterday afternoon which he approved the high license bill, Mr. Barrett's bill requiring that all money now on hand or that may be collected on delinquent taxes on account of the State House fund be transferred to tho general fund and bo made immediately available and a bouse bill expediting the location of roads. These bills were taken to the Governor about fifteen minutes before adjournment and promptly signed by him. The session of the Senate was tho more exciting of the two houses. The high license bill in the morning and the report of the insane hospital investigation in the afternoon gave the "talkee much" senators an opportunity to be heard for the last time at least in the fifty-sixth general assembly. The House had its fun Satnrday and was unusually quiet for the last day. Frequent recosses were taken, as there was nothing to do except occasionally to adopt a resolution or concur in 0110 from the Senate. No House bills passed. Tho high license and the road bills, which passed tho Senate, were house bills and no other action was required by that body except in the high license bill whose title was amended in the Se::iate. The House concurred in the amendments by a vote of 4.9 to 30. The only bill passed by the House was tho Barrett bill, relating to the State House fund which, of course, passed under suspension of the rules. It was 5 o'clock when Mr. Barrett introduced it and at 5 15 it was a law. Mr. Harrell made several ineffectual attempts to suspend tho constitutional rules and pass the senate bill to continue the insane hospital investigation. Sixty-seven votes were necessary to susJend the rules, and the highest vote Mr. larrell could secure was f9.

Tlw sun bavins risen some three

hours previously was now about throe hours high. Its rays, shining through tho second story back parlor window of a plain, frame dwelling house on a quiet street in D ismal ton, lit up a split-bottomed chair occupied by a thin-haired young woman evidently suffering from heartburn. Tho window, it should be mentioned., was ordinary construction, being made of pine sash and 9x14, or possibly 10x1 1 glass. The putty had dropped oif in places, and the fastening at the top of tbe lower sash w&s partially broken off, as if it had been hastily raised by inserting aviax or soup ladle at the bottom and prying upward. This mighl: have been done in a moment of forgetfulness by the auburnhaired and contemplative domestic who was employed at a stipend of $3.50 per week to clo the cooking and look after the house. The young woman who sat in the chair was near-sighted and wore steelrimmed glasses. She was not handsome, but there was an expression about her sallow face, with its square jaw and aquiline nose, slightly reddened at the tip, that sometimes caused peraons who met her to look at her a second Mine. "Mother." she said to an angular matron who entered the apartment, I am impressed with the conviction or perhaps I should say that at i;imes I am dimly conscious of an impression that this life of excitement is niaking me slightly nervous." And she put way the yarn stocking she was darning aud . picked up a late New England novel, by Jennie Homes. "Peninsula," said her mother niter a pause, during which she had been watching the uneasy slumbers oi a dejected cat that lay limply on the rug before the Are, "I think you had hotter spend a few months in Italy. What shall we have for dinner?" 11. Three weeks later. Rome. Vatican. C atacombs. Pigeons. Gloomy sunshine. Oppressive feeling of ennui. 44 Mother," said Peninsula, as the two stood in front of the Paraphilia-Doria. palace, "isn't that aged horse terribly lame? Ah, me! What is life gocd for, I wonder, anyhow ?" ''My daughter," replied the mother, with a dreary yawn, as .she aimlessly looked at her watch and remembered that she had not wound it since she left Pisinalton, "we will go to Venice." in. Gondolasi. St Mark's. Pervading dampness, odors of garlic and pensive memories of Venetian days, Continuation of ennui. Mother," I long for my Xew England home. Life here is so intense, so aquatic, so " "I know it, my daughter. And the eggs are boo Oriental. I want; you should not become too much excited, Eemember how the story of Anna Quillburn worked upon your sensitive nature," "Mother!" exclaimed Peninsula, in a voice of hopelests melancholy, "wewiU return home." IV, Dismalton, another ordinary New England day. The mother and daughter alighted froni a two-seated carryall, had their trunks earned into the house, paid the man, and went in. They had returned home. A few more chunks of putty had i alien from the second story back window,' and the cat wTas rather thinner i;hau formerly. Otherwise the place was unchanged. "What time is it, mother?' "I think'said the mother, looking at the sun, "it must be about 11 o'clock. Or half-past," she added, reflectively. v. The evening shades had fallen, but a faint odor of boiled cabbage still pervaded the quiet New England hon e. There was a knock at the front door. The bell, it should be explained, was out of repair. The caller was shown into the parlor. "I have called, Peninsula, to " Tho young village doctor paused a moment to suppress an involuntary spasmodic action that looked like a yawn, but may have been a hiccough. Ihave called, Peninsula, to ask if you will marry me." "Fotheringay," she answered, looking at the hickorv wood lire in the grate Avith painful incertitude, fcI cannot say whether I will or not." Chicago Tnbune. The Forests of the United States A century ago the entire belt of 03untry east of th e Alleghenies was aptly described as a primeval forest. Here and there the settler's ax had made a clearing for his little farm, but these inroads made comparatively no impression. With the advent of railroads, using thousands of acres each year for ties, and with saw-mills industriously at work on every stream, the forests began to melt away; until of late years an alarm has. been raised that the country would soon be denuded. The' alarm is uncalled for. It is true that much has been used and more wasted, but the forests that remain aro enormous in area, and will fully supply all our national needs if ordinary care is exercised. Separating tho States into groups, tha six New England States are credited with a forest area of 19,193,028 acres; the four Middle States with 17,030,000; the fourteen Southern States, inchuling Maryland and leaving out Missouri, with 232,800,000; the nine Western States with 80,3.58,768; the four Pacific States 52, 630,000, and the seven Territories with 03,0S4,000. It -will thus be seen that of the entire UCISSG acretj of forest included in this estimate, tho fourteen Southern States possess fully one-half. These statistics f how that, while ihe jurocess o denudation has been carried to an uu healthy extreme in the Eastern, Middle, and a few of tbo Western States, the forest area still remaining in this country is a magnificent one. If tho estimates of the department ar-a rppvoxima,toly correct, tho timber lands of the country, exclusive of Alaska, 'cover an urea equal to fifteen States the size of Pennsylvania. - (loki&n Vayiu

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A2any a Wife' Heartache A friend was spending the day with me the other day, and whih ishe vn here our pastor called. After he left the friend, said: "Did you ever notion with what respect Mr. Conrad speaka oi his wife, and how courteously hci treat her at all times ?" I nodded assent ami my friend went on: "I suppose my husband is as gooJ a man as ever lived, but his mother diet not train him to be courteous to ladies. His sisters were his e laves, and therebv ho is spoiled as a husband. I wished A cor.ld train several hundred boys to bihusbands for the next generation. Do you suppose they'd consider it fcheiir prerogative to drive the girls out of tim easiest chair, take i;he sunniest corner of the room, the best place by the light, throw books, papers, or slippers dolm for some one to put away, grow up with .the idea that a wife must be a valet and. the rest of the household stand respedfullv bv to obev orders? You smile., but this is anything but a subject to laugh over. "I really believe that husbands never think how their unkind ways hurt. They. don't realize the difference to as, for instance, in their manner when the;f come to dinner. All day the wife hu been alone with the children and servants, and is more hungry for a kimi word from her husband than an epicurean feast. He comes in just as the dinner bell rings. Tor a wonder dinner is t-a lf fl an

Couldn't ho have saved the heart stab by saying: "That's a pleasant sound to a hungry fellow, and what hinders him from add ing, what would bo the milk and honey to a weary soul all the vest of the day nay. all the rest of her life Yon are a good wife, Cornelia. And if dinner is not ready why need he say: "Of cours not; never is In working mottoes for the home why hasn't some one taken Wcslev's remack : 'I Need Thee Eveiy Hour?' "When I think I have a hard time I just think of the women who have no servants, I ut who themselves care fearthe children, wash, iron, cook, mencii churn, milk, cany wood and water, all for less than an Irish servant girl's wages. Of course men appreciate thi wives; of course they do, buthey keep their polite manners and courteous ways for other men's wives. One time James thanked me for saving him rooito beside me at the concert, and then sort of apologized for being polite by fcayir g he thought it was my sister Mary." Atlanta Constitution.

Catching an Albatross Every one has heard of the sailorsf superstitious reverence for the albatross, how they would not harm them for worlds, and all that. It may have been true in olden times, but the modern sailor has very little in common with Coleridge's w Ancient Mariner." Jack Tar of to-day doesn't mind sailing on Friday, and lias very little reverence for Mother Careys chickens, or the albatross. Indeed, be will catch the latter without scrupla. Here is a tale of a curious capture: 4iI was, one day,M says a sailor, "fishing off the stern with a fine twine lino, when a large albatross plumped suddenly down on my bait and was hooked before I could preven t him. The ship was barely moving through the water, so that I was able, after a long time, to 'keep him on and play the big bird right up to the stern. Now came the crisis. Would my line lift him out of th water? I thought it would. I raised his weight gently, pulled cautiously up another foot, and I would hve been able to grasp the neck. At that moment he gave a wavecf his wings; the extra resistance broke the tw;ine, and down he flopped into the urate?, "wings extended, but making no effort to leave the spot. For a sefcond or two he lay still under me almost within my reach. Off I went on to him, seized a wing in my right hand, and found myself having a regular rough-and-tumble with the bird in the water. It never offered to bite. I was- able to change hands and get the bird by the feet with my right hand; then drawing my breast up over his tail, I grabbed the neck with my left hand, I had a pretty hard tussle to do i;his, for the lard was very strong and fought from under me; but when I had 1 he neck in my left hand 1 let go the fe 3t with my right and toot hold of the right wng close to the body. I had only dropped about tea yards astern in doing his, but nowr the bud swam with me cn his back, and I was able to steer it after the ship. I made great way, overhauled the ship and swam right alorgside, A rope's end was thrown me, and I made the bird fast, let it go, and saw it huiled on. board, swimming with the ship. Afterward, I went up the rape's -end myself, having actually caught and mastered an albatross in the .water by hand, a fea in bird pursuit to be proud of as an ornithologist or a sailor." Golden Days. There Ar e Dogu and Dogs. . "Indeed I do' said Athelwald, speaking :.n low, earnest tones, as a man com muning with hit. own thoughts. Yes I do love dogs. In fact, wherever I go I am fond of them. But I like a shy, coy, shrinking dog, who hies away to the . dim and shadowy recesses of thm umbrageous woodshed when he hears the footfall of the stranger, and cam only be won to sociability and intimacy; by love and kindness nd patient plead ing. I like not and cannot learn to love the bold, forward mass of canine insolence and pert obtrusiveness ths.t comes sneaking Out from behind the lilac busk when one is halzway between tho gate and piazza, and nestles up Do a utrangr with all the easy freedom of an old acquaintance, and drags one all cver the lawn backward, with no thought of one" comfort or dignity1 and with dry; convulsive sob that died away in his throat he walked bitterly toward the gents' furnishing department, and the old book-keeper noti?ed with sorrow not unmixed with grief, s iihe youn man turned away, that his fawn colored, trousers had been deftly repaired in th postern gate with irregular patchwork of olive groen in two abadea. Boh Bur iieite. j