? H Mo Co foi iv Tl ni) Ik G at ft a i c I TUV II I III II L'TlITlin II ru .! I msncil' I H AT COMES TOO LA.TK.I lUIiiUIUUbCDUhUUlUOl. T. H. If ARTE R, Edit ajd Faa'a. MIDDI.K.IIt l!(;U. 1'A , MA l!. HI. MC, - - . ' . i. j The Sunday-School Magazine, of Philadelphia, My that while San Frn cisco hat h population of .300,000, hi churches will neat only S3, 000 people. The Si. Louis Ilepublic takes no stock in (he theory of the overproduction of cotton. It says that when the Southern farmers raise all their foo IttulT t'uey can not produce t' much cotton. Hut tho trouble it th.it they will not raise all their foodstuff for a Ion;; time to come. A Denver bonnier made disparaging remarks about the rooking net before bin), and much to hit suiutcinetit the landlady sued him (or $.'0,00(1. Ida merriment died away when the jury brought in a verdict for $.V), nod ha hna put in hit time aince ill wondering what there ever wat in the episode tu strike him at humorous. Fork ta dearer now than it ha been in ten yeart, or in Uitmtrck boiiti to make war on the American hoj. Thit it doubtlcs in part due to the opening of Luropcsti markets I t our ork. With better priret for por'a betnt have alto rdvanccd, and thetralition.il New Lnj;. land dish of pork a:i beam h it now to be paid for by tlio-e who waul I enjoy it. The London tiraphic htt a portrait and sketch of I'otart, a Miori cunnib.il, who it eighty-lire jean old an J still hat a K"o I set of natural teeth. He hit not eaten a white nun nine,- IM'I. He s.iks well of white folk, but for a lead diet prefer a Maori, at the wliitet, or "Pakehs,,'" have" salty an I bitter flavor." I'ot ira mut Live a to teutive memory of hit tate. Toe statement publLthe i by the New York ftuu of Coatul K'Xisevelt at Mrmselt that it hat been found protitaV.c to sain rargoet of horte meit from thit city to llelgium to tuppty the tables of the poorer classes imy be newt to mitt New York er. A i"'od hortetteak it not uapalat alile, and though its edibility tu dit covered rather late in the diy, tn numls of working people in Karope are now ilail to pay a little over ait cent a poun I or it. Leef it cntire'y leyo:id ttieir mcius, and so it the v.uie I bill of fare that wot'. wording people ia thu farorcJ las I eojoy ever v. . v .. In the opinion of the Chicago Herald "the criminal art gallery the wont fruit that hat been produced by graftio rivilizttioo en barntrutn. It it b 1 enough to have the pirtrnt of a convict ed felon place on exhibition fir all the world to tee, even after he shall have expVed bit crime Iy t.-rvin hit ter.n o( iiiipriionmcut. If he sluuld desire to return to benett life the ioctTicethle licet o! hit counteti m ; ; ia thj pictures of the roquet' gallery re a its-. La,- a a 1 It'uu o irupiita'i a i;im: him. hither there tunll be nj roquet cl. Icry, or e?er T,"Jt, wii'jtrier uo ler o I'Ci f.ro:ectna or n it, tiio'jl l htvi- a pia-e in the pticU?jlir d.tp'.ay o.r p.jr. tr nit." Italy exKSiid every year '.bj,00 l.'O for her tol lier, and lo-.t than $i,0 )i,0 )0 for tchoolt. In Spain it rrntt l ) l.0')i,. lion to main the army, and only l,." ) ),. ODD to e iii'-ale the culdre:i, but then, it it tho t-KCopliou to tlud a Spiuith farnuT who it able to ret 1 or write. (i.T.uiny homtt of bein in tje forem tt mi umoiti the Natiom in he Kullurkampf of the world; yet ahe etpen li O J't.dO ) on h-r army, wlulu f I ),() ",' udee nel tulli .'ieiit for tii'3 c lu'U'.ion of her c'uildreu. I'rtuce miijt.iiut an army tt au eipeiH'! of $ 151.0 J J, 'J JO and nn. poitt her tehoolt with $i 1 ,00 1,0)0. The l inte l State ef pen 1 $ 1 1 5,0 J J,)U for public achooM, while the uruiy and luvy coil only $5 1,0 ) J, 0 10. Kvery one that hat ohterve 1 tlie trr.it. menl of private tol l en in Kuropcm ar miet koowt ho like ca'tle they are re (,'ir le I. Not lon ao, relatci the Ujf. lalo Courier, a tt ldle l ieu w.at arrange i between olli :crt of thy Austrian and i'ru-vtiau arimei, the courte. lyinr from Viennt to liertm. A number of hoit;t werokilluiiu thit tri.tl of cnduriiiee. Kfcently the Aair;an tiivernmeut h.it been drilling tol I mm in thu lield, with the thermometer at ei'.ite'in bulo.v z;ro, in order to tett the relative end jr iticjof the Auttriaut, Hungarian, an 1 I'olet in t. aervico. In determining tint point to the tatiafaction of the (Jovernment, 1 1 f I toldier ha 1 their haudt or feet badly froceu. Thete tiling are uot likely lo leten the atreaut of emigration tu America. l.AWYKK (Lo k IClflflrf client.) -VVcli, have j-'jii at lnil de-iib-d t take tnj advice and piy tbla bill of mlii"?' 7; lienl "V -." Lawyer "Vcrj Ttli; (t clerk) John, add ' to Mr A iiith' bill for further advro." iu TU a wtariamt world, thla world of our, IVith it tangtaa amall and (rat IUwe1thatHnothertbiiprinilag fljwen, And ita baplmt atrlfe with fat,. Hut tlx darkett day of It detolat dayi Meet the belp that cjmo too lata. Ah! wot for the word that Is never tail Till the mr It ritaf to bear, And woe. for tha lack to the fainting bead Of tba ringing tbout of cheer; Ah! woe for tlw laggard feet that treat In tha mournful wa ; of tba bier. What bonteth help when tha heart U numb? U'hat txmtrth a broken apar ' Of love throw.) out when tba lipt ara dumb, And bfe't larouailri(tath far. Oh ! far an 1 fait from tha all n put, Iter tlu inoaniuj bar? A pitiful thing tha gift to-Jav That (a drcma an nothing wort!). Though If It had come but ywtfr.lar It had brimmed with tweet the earth A fading rr in a death-cold hand. Tint perithed in want aud dearth. Who fain would help in thia world of ours W hero sorrowful t-i niunt fall. llrin ln-lp in titio to tht waniuj powrt Kre the bir It tprvii I with the pad; Nor ten. I rwrr t whxn the (1 ijt a1- luria), And tlw dead Ivy on I your rail. For Imltlinj m't in thi ilrarr wovM, With its tanitlen muill nn I grat, l lono'omo night and Hi weary la ', And lratru glm f'rlorn with fate, I tln Litter grief, too dmp (or tenri. Of the help that eouit toi lat. Margaret K. Snngtr, in lUrp-i'j Panr. A Drummer's Adventarc. T it ninny ycart tinre I lirtt went "on the m.i l," nnd I believe my fellow comiuer ciala now reckon roe at 'cute at thry make them. I!ut I am not nh:imed to conTett I hut I wai not tea 1y made. Kxperivntin docet "experience doe it;" mid, like nmny other, I li.id to pay for mv ex. prriem c, not in money, at it eventually tinned out, but in pcrtorml libertr. It win my timt circuit in the employ ment of Hinde mid Cooper, wholeta'le jeweler and xilvrrtmitht, of llirmin- linn. My round was an ex'ensive one from Stirling, on the ede of the Scot- tiih Hiyli':ind, to Invernet. the ' north. I mule the round twice a year, j in April and October, traveliag with ' t imple and collecting account. My I turo out contitted of a horns and trjp-1 j "machine," they call i; in tlio nortu i and I made the journey in short ttaet, and altogether found the work very pleat tnt and enjoyable. I was on my way from Perth to Edin burgh on mv southward journey. My call were over with the exception of one or two ia Stirling an-' on in Linlithgow ' reaching Ed S, tnv Vtd- . , , i ft .. -.. " ' i 1 1 t. "Can I see Mr. Macgreorl" I atked a shopman, at I drew up at the door of aa obviously ttoribiog establishment in the High Street of Stirling. "Mr. Macgregur's rot in hliu-elf. Who it it that's asking for hiiuV "Turner, from Iliadc and Cooper, liirmi'igh.tm." I entered the shop. A man. half gee tlerr.vi I .inner, half j ickey, w.tt standing at the counti-r making some pu:chie. Ao tldiriy to in ca ue !or .tr l lo addrest UiC. What ' came of Mr. N-iiiith!" Lc t'kel. Naitaiith w it my predeces-or on tlie round, hut adv tr.cin,' ycarih id reu lered hit removal t i n leti I ih.ir.on oae ex pcLcnt. Explained .i iu.;c'u to uiy int rrogato: . They'll :i'.l mis Mr. Nii-mith on the fo:id," he said. "1 hive kaovu him mM-lf ler neaily thirty yeir. You've never been tint way he.nr. 1 think?" 'N . thu it my tir. exoenea-j ia .Holland, even." "Vou'll like it, i: d t'lt N 11111. th w.t viry loud of r.." 1 a-, ate ). "Mr. Mac'tcjor wu. anx'iut riu t in) - -If, 1 know ; li.it he hi-m M- ro see had t go ti ELcburgh. He s u I 1 w:ii to go for young Mr. Micgieg"!' if you tilled before hi return )!i, very well Y 'Uiig Mr. Macregnr, I nsaJe out a s )1;( i(or, w hose ortha were alnn.N". i.ext door, lie had, as it not unutual in Scotland, a ided to hit b-gal dutu thai of bauk manager lo al manager lor one of the Edinburgh hmk. On the cutty of young Mr. Macgrcgor, at .vcryotie called him, we adjourned to a little room behind the slop, separated (r im it by a g'a't partition, the vie through which was only irtiully ob jured by a number of i"r sod plated go )J arranged on shelve. Ourbubiiiets wat toon transacted. Mr. Ma'.gregor banded m n roll of uotct of the lit ili-.li Linen Company 't iitak, tonic eight Imu lreil pouivK in wuich 1 counted und found cdiicc The fore man, who bad been .itieiiJing to t:ie horsey individual I have aire If rtferrr I to, handed me a t ret.li order n Lit rut let's handwriting. 1 w n pie tied to lee it was a large one, and, ing'-.ly st'.itti ;! with the buaiuuts of tin. d; , proceed'; J lo my hotel. It was thu eve of Tryst at I'tlkirk, no, far from Stirling, tht gr-i,' r.tttlo unrkt'. uf Scttlaud, fieipieuted hy haifcr and tellers Iroiu all part, of ot it. kin,' lorn. Stirliu wat crowded with vitlUirt, at UMial on such an iii i as'oii r.d v, a"-r t brief rest, and baiting toy Urm, I de termined to drive on as fa.- tt Lioli'.o'w, ind pats the night there. I bad a good dinrnr, t, mm J'tt on (he piinlof rutiring lc my fim wht'i the noise of wl eelt rtpi )' atia tb window attracted my nV'.t.tu,. There wat a knock at t. wrr 'i, and a few niouiei.i afttr tlU at.ltr looked in, saying' 'A gentleman to fnn, tsV," "Show the Keutleuta. it" Rut be did not require showtna lo. for be bad followed close oo the waiter! heels. He came hastily forward and shook me warmly by the hand. He was an elderly gcotlemaa, whote long white beard and white l:cka pave him a rery venerable appearance. An elder of tho Kirk of Scotland at least, I said to my. self. He wat travel-stained, and obvi ously very agitated. "Mr. Turner, I am glad to have been able to meet you," he said. Yea?" I replied interrogatively, for I had no idea who be was. "My namc'a M.icreijor Macgreiror of Stirling. Your principals kuow mo well." "I assure you I am ptad to seo you," I replied, now shaking Ins hand in turo: "your name ia a familiar ooe in our bouse; bur." observing his emotion, "I bopo there's nothing wrongf' "I hope not, my younj friend," he replioJ; "at lcatt, nothing but what can be .amended, I hope. May I aik jou if you have aent off tho notes you got from my sou to-lay f" "No. I shall wait till I reach Edin burgh," said. "Thank Heaven!" lie fervently ejacu lated, and then bunt into a loud tit of tobbine, the tear running down bit cheeks and over Ins venerable lieard. "Mr. Turner," he said in a broken voice, and u. intervals between hit tolc. "you seo befcre you an old man who hat lived for over seventy years a blamelcts life, respected by everybody, ami yet my L'ray bain are to bp brought down in sorrow to the grave. My son, my ton! Thank liod bis mother's dead !" I had some dit!l-:ultv in prcvailins upon the old gentleman to try to restrain Ins agitation, and at hut managed to gel (torn his ad storv. It teemed that lor some months nast a largo number of forged notes, purport ing to be genuine draflt on the liritith Linen Company' Hank, had been in cir culation, and people wrro aomchtt chary about rcreivitig anv without the moat careful examination. When 1 heard thit my hand moved inttinctivcly to mv breast povkel. "Wilt n moment, Mr. Turner," said he old gentleman. "My son, who wat at steady and promising a youag man at you il hud in all the Loth in m nud Ster lin jshire too, hat lately given way to drink anil horse-racing and gambling. I have been suspect ijg for some time that hit money matters were not in tlnj bt t of order, and I don't like the look of hit associate, especially at Tryst tunes. Here I recalled the individual I Ld mytelf teen in the ahop, but had not noticed any communication bi'lweou him and young Macrego,-. "lo make along story short," re sumed the worthy old man, "my fore man apprised me at soon at I got home that my son had duly paid you, but no: with the note he knew 1 bad left for that purpose. ( left bint lltuk of Eng land uotct. It he has paid you in thai money no barm it done, but'' "No, be bat not," I said, bccomln;; almost at agitated rmy ol4 Irieod him if , A I c- - r -j o. siwu r -sar the Mi.ViiriVr?u Linen: By thit timo I had my pocket bonk nut, and banded lum one of the roll of notes his precious son bad given tu;. Micregor examined it carefully. "It wciut all right, I am thankful to say." he rem irkeJ ; then holding it be tceu him and the light on the table: It's a forgery; the watermark's wrong!" Oue hy one we examined the roll. The watermark iu all wat ideutical, and consequently all were at had at the tint. Ag.uu the old mill broke 1 D, and my on it heart w as an my mouth, I cm tell you. At last, to my intense relief, pulling his pocket-b 10k iroiu hi pocket, he K.i ' 1 : "Mr. Turner, only you and I know of the i rim--' loy wretched sou has com mitted. His fate, au 1 mine, too, I mir ay, are in your hand. Will oti give me those note for genuine ones? I have them here in my luud. 1 will send my - in out of the country. He r.ehly de serve prosecution; but lot in .-g of on to hive pity, uot upon li.ai, Lu; .ipou me. " 1 really thankful ti b? able to oblige old Mar;;iegor, etiecially at by doing so I saved myself further trjiible ia the matter of the forged note. A prosecution would mean a Ios of time and money, und what would mv employ ers have thought of my lack of caution f The old gentlemen took bis leave w ith every proretatioa of gratitude, fervent -ly assuring me that he would remember ma that night aud many a uight to cauio at the throve of grace. I drove into Elmbtirgh next moroiog. I ie!t tiie horte an J trap a, the livery rtablu Naitmith l.a-1 been in the habit of using, and bc'ooK mytelf to an hotel it. I'rinees ttre'.-t. Thence I wrote to my principal, in'd'.tmg the notes that no v.'euie.i doubly previous. I retained one ot ten poiin li, a I had ttill a d,tv or two t i upend ia tin before my return t- lliriiiiogliani. I litpjrt'Qc), however, to gel through ail my busiuett that after noon, and o i tht f'jlloariiig morning pre piled to le. I hat not left myself iiiuch tune to i. it';h the train, and w chaliiig in t'.e d.'i.ri r xjiu al the wait er' delay wi'.i tht re"-itiled bill and tr: clmnge for my Uo-poi.nd note. 1 wat try ira 7 Jt t!J:e myf-lf with the vic.v of the Vi'vrfiy roocunient, jutl in Iroat of the l l, m'titu I htar I fn,c ooe enter the r.. ( oef by the step il wat not the itt.v, f I d.d not turn my head. 'I La wh'evr il sti, however, t.iti uit tv M., and, tou'dung me on the h' !'J., : "iVillyou is H'ssl rmiftft ti vi m this way I" 'So, I Wl it t'ft U'm t,t iuj train at it "Voor trtin "il' htrt tt ti t iui time " "What d rtA, a1 ! you!" "Ulnnatfsw v tttm un. liio'lti'if wW.," 't wtw tl.at I'm ad!flvv, av-J )H vt4 ft w.tlt me ti tha pIlr o.ttr," It wt utWt I tmU "Anythlnff yoo ear mar be used la evidence against you," be warned me. On ovr way to the station he told me that my ten-pound note tu a forgery, that others ot a similar kind bad been in circulation, and that suspicion pointed to me as one of the gang uttering them. My southern accent was, ia his oyet, enough to justify any suspicions of me, ai the notee were Importations from the other side of the Border. I told my etory to the chief polica official, the Prociirator-Fiscal, but I could see I waa not believed. Inquiries would, however, be male at Birmingham and Stirling. The magistrate before whom I waa brought in tbecoureo of the morning remanded me for a week. I did not apply for bail, at I knew no one in Edinburgh, except one or two customer of our bouse, and they bad only my word for my Identity, On the fifth day of my Incarceration t waa told that some one bad called to sea me. In a waitioar-room I found llr. Hinde.young Mr. Mtcqreuor.nnd nn old gentleman whom I did not know. He turned out to bo the young man'a real father, not tho venerable swindler of Linlithgow. Mr. Hlnde informed me that I had sent him nearly chght hundrod pounds' norm oi lorded uotea, and that bo had narrowly escaped arrett himtelf on seek- nig to get chango for one at Warwick, i"ui fortunately the inquiries from EJin birgh bad helped to explain matters. He further told me that two mon bad been apprehended in Falkirk, ooo ot whom had sought to pata oue of the genuine notes of which I bad been fwindlod. and payment of wldch bad been Hopped by young MaegTcgor. A solicitor waa engaged to appear for me and I was allowed out on bail, the two Macgregors, who were well-known, be coming responsible for my appearance. Two days after 1 again appeared in the dock, and to my great aatisfaction I hero stood in it also the old gentleman whose acquaintance I bad made at Liu- iithi'ow, and the horsey man I had sien in Micgregor' shop. My venerable old friend had dispensed with bit beard and wig. They had served their turn. I waa discharged from custody, and cnllcd upon to give evidence. Tho whole of the notct bad been recovered,, a fact which cause 1 me uo little gratification. I had been the victim of a gaug who had come to the Irytt to get their notes .placed; ami the conversation overheard t in Macgregor'a ahop by the old man's i companion, and, no douut, the sight of j what took place iu the back room, bad i suggested their scheme, which my de I parture for Liulitbgow had adn.irably i lurthered. j Along with other two they were sen j fenced to fourteen year' penal servitude i each. Since then 1 do not allow semi ! menl to come in the way of busiuest. Fishes Sleep. "Never saw a fish sleep, cut" said Coroeitut Hinman. 'Well, I have. I've s;ea theui sleep souud and much to their sorrow, etoeciallv rSttit'l. Thera ia nothin ' more sr tn in a fluh. Yah rVnViv - fr.at'ybii'tadrcfilsp up U tbM7 nor drop a )ebble anywhere within fifty reet ot them L11: what tney will dodge away; thit is, when they are not asleep. How I came to know to muc1! of this i that I have caaght them without bait whuu they were sleeping, although (did use a hoot and line. The first ooe that I ever can ;ht this way was a large cat ttth that 1 observed daily to be in oue particular spot the bate of a wooden pile that supported an ice home chute ' that led on. into the water. A kind of ucst wat taere, a depression in the mud, and hete that cattish wat to be fouad every il iy at about p. tn. It would lay for houts iu the rays jf the afternoon utj and never move. 1 decided to catch it. First I tidied around there day after day, bir to no purpose. liait of any ku d wasn't any inducement to that cat li'U. I conclu led that it mint be asleep, wiien it would allow a fat minnow to wiin by aid never toiiua it. I got a sharp pi.iin hook, wIim-ii I properly weighted, no that it would act direct. ( lowered it au I moved it slowly up to tho ide of tho lull. Then I turned the line that the book wat dirt-ctlyt under it. Then I gave a pi jerk; the cattish I tlarte 1 away, but not very far. I had t him foul, and all bei uti he was sleep ! iag. I have 1 iiijht piae and suulith the time way at less; a do.on dilTereut ' limis." Al. Iu.t ti lobe-Democrat. A Piscirrry of Gold io a Wi ll. "1 as ooe of the first to discover . g ld iu the Loilwr District of New South I vValu," said Harold Meyer, of Australia. "Tao fact that gol.l existed there was 1 i.ot krotvn until 1 1 i , when I announced my discovery by staking my claim and beginning opcrationt. My discovery ! t purely accidental. It was rather intereiliug, alto. I own a large cattle imcri in the Kmber District, a very fertile territory, to say the least. For my own ' accommodation I dug a well, and some rune feet down I struck quite a small stream, that feed tlie well mott excellent ly. Oae day, some two montht after ue well bad Ijeen tlnittied, J accidentally drip;-! a mtgue. into it. I tried in a ' i',i n ditl irent wayt to secure it aaln, but t no f.uroote. . Finally I gave (no mt'ter up in d.tgut riomo three weeks lvr I vwiUr I Sydney , and while there to'jght to t :ure a magnet. Whan ( n-v.h! I hornii I iomie Lately prepared to r ter the old 'tut:, I lowered my pur c'iv, fas''i'-d to a cor I, down lut i the ae; au i tUm'.j uiovd II aUiut, After the-'litriefs of au hour of tui;h ilmult. ory nliUij I fnlt that I had a double bd ot affiitblii, and pulled up. it tt my Hitgbaf, but apparanlly wofully liratd. It tu tovtr I ( uiupb-lnly t.tii ahiuing (lartb U that f could Ml uomed. aUly tpll, Lin rstiilnation 1 ' 1 that lhy wrgold, I rtpastifl , KtumKt,l, and In Iwsrily foot hours !) mtgMit mtyla quite a showing, (Jf 1 n'ihtH I tj itjtat'lstirig SMfpnit (1,t ni Ibelswid. at J pxm f'imd that j tk.H I'tv.t, I forrntd a ftotit' 1 ihj, a I t.d lU UtUtm ' Urn O'li't'H Jltj(til."'lli, iVtU UMlJsuttf', It, lute Ara Oootl Bailor. Irery vessel that float bas as part 1 her company a family of rata. They trivet tba world over, on both team airl aalllng craft, but aeldom nake mire than ona voyage, on tha bulk Of, carrier, aa the cargo cauaea among Hero a distemper which not only In Jirea tha lung of the rat bat also claogt tha color of their balr. tennsylYania Legislature. HiRTtmt Dir. In the Senate the fot- in bills wera introduced: 'rovidion for monthly returns and pay- ntt by county and city officers of moneys eived by Ihetu for Use of the Sinte. rKuttiorl.iiia the recording of Instruments Iriwriting acknowledging payments and tifrtioti of niortgnfos. ratilying satisfac tions herrtolore so ma le, and providing list rertitlnt roplrs tliereoi' tnsv ! admit- t at evidence, also providing for railroad tety gates In boron uhs. To require a nse of .. for blllianl aii'l nool rooms. The Senate bill lo require murderers to (executed In iilienimrir wat urgalivply portel. These Senate bills were favorably ported. Mr, rt)S aitf,iiitiir rlm.'tion vs at legal holidays, .sir. K.lr.ns lo rftiviile for lb" condamnatloii of proiertv fhrbiidire purposes, mid to mithoriie appointment of women as notaries public. Mr. l otion s bill. proMisinir an amendment tt Constitution lo irive women the right of ifTraxf-, was lavoralilv teKrll. ' I'ractlcally the entire session of the House was talrsn up in rending nnd referring pe titions. They relntpd lo almost evcrv im portant hill on the ralendnr. and include! over lot) from pnstora ami memlx-rt of rhurches priUetlng against any lU'olitlm lion of the Hiindiiv inws. I n t lit other aids of the question Mr. .Miii-hbrouner of Alle gheny, preMild a peihloti stgnrd by ,0is) voters of the First l..vilHtive district, ami two O'lu-rs igned by l.istl residents othel than voters, asking lor the p is-age of iIih Kerb bill, iermit'iiig the salo of newspa pers, cigars, soda water, rle., and the run ning ol steam, eleeirio and horte ears on Bimdiv. lhf hills w-re inlrodueo.1 In the house RiHiiilnng ronie ils lo iiuike a nlati or drat I of roads iened and laud cut in boroughs to have it rt-eorded In recorder's otMrr. To amend an act lor incor poration of cities of the third class by xtend:ng power of city councils to allow SM-rcriitRun for prompt tiavment of taxes and to add penalties lor tioii-usvment of same. IntrTV-Mtwr IMT. in rne snait the bills constituting JefTerson conn 'V a separate Judicial district, au thorizing appointment oi a dairy and foo.1 conimltaioiier, and raising the limit of cor-porat- capitalization lo .K),i0,tK)J were ptssed. Tlie fol'owlng bid wat passed finally: To proviile that whii women having loiii mis sions as notaries public marry, they shall ! tiittlfd to a new commisiiion in their Uiarrinl name, without nt't charge. ThelfolloMing bills were liitriHlui ed: Sir. (Sehrr. of I'.erkt, lo reiirnl .s tion 1.1 of the Vt if Septemlx-r '.M. 17!M. entitled a snpplisment to t las pi tml laws, ami empow. ermg ( rand Juries to impose co-tt In mi, demeaiiora on aldermen, justices of the peace, lonsublrs, detectives and oilier of Hcet. Mr. Sevfert.ol' l.aucatter making it a misdemeanor for ilateetivet lo carry on their perso i siiini-ss without a licence. Mr. Fow, of Philadelphia in make un appro priation of iiv),uik, to be usad at a contin gent fund in tha suppression of epidemics and tols In coutnd of the (iovernor and the State Hoard of Health, also, 'eclating a violrft on of the Plate Hoard of Health a m'sdisineanor. Thtt Marshall Rnnday Nwspaer bill met its do')m in tha Hons Judiciary tieneral t'omnliiiee Tuesday afternoon, lielng in-ga-lived y a vote of II to H. Mr. Marxliall tsid L e tnnught it utrles to attempt to place 'tie il on tna calendar over t ia commit. I ; I II -K4 wm4JWln'ppj'e.for public iigtiungio ami i mill 1110 ? -jri. nip irirnoi oi ma Din the bill tried to have aition postptmad for week. so that poll lions might na heard. on Messrs. Cessna ami Hewitt led the right for immedi ate action, and were success! nl. In the house Mr. Kby of lamcstter ofTsred a bill directing elections to ba held from time to time on lha propriety of granting licenses tosell intoxicating liquors Aim! by Foy mating an appropriation of $100,000 to be used aa a contingent lund in tht snppres sion of epidemics aa the result of great dis aster. Tha rsle.idar of hit's on final passage nnd third reading was eonsidvred and the lot lowing passrd: An ait lo provide (or the licensing and r'gulution of lying in hospit als; au act to provide lor the incorporation of casualty insurance companies not alreudy firovided lor under thu present insurance awt of the .sime. The bill providing for the exnensea of ihe school directors of the common wealth in at tending tha tri-eunial convention to elect CDiinlv suerintenilrius, und to provide penalties lor receiving any money or valua ble thin j for IIih atteudum-aor a 'vote at tha time time precipitated a heated Uebate.aiH was ptvsed liliaMv. The following bills wera also pad: To fix the term ol ottii e of no'aries public and rrgulaiing ihair npoiiiimeiit; do prohibit employment of minors in or hboui eleva tor under LI years old To prohibit other than the applicants Iroiu paying fur natur alisation papers; To 1 Ionian Labor l'sy in b-tleiiitir I rom MomUv to Saturday. Tniniv-Sw nin It v In tha Senate lo-day the ilnrruig bill lo close elecioii I Kills ut 4 p. ni. wat negatively reorted. The billowing bills were iuirisluced: l'ro viding lor HpiHtintiiifiit ol trusteva of nor tnnl x liiols by (iovernor. i'nr protect ion and propigatioii of lisli 111 private ponds or streams. To create tho ollii a ot ussislant uperiiitemb'iit of neliools 111 eitii-s coiiimu big over loo. IM) popiiluiion; also, to prevent, pril llmg ol priMluca and merchandise in cities ol the s'coud and llnrdeia-ses without a license. These; bills passed Mnaily: To cren's a Ktsle Hoard ol I 'inlrrtakers, to prohibit the Use of olroiiiargnriiiei 01 -1 1 is I or 1 hurilable iii-titulioiit; to provide lor inspts tni of veski-ls nn inland Htreams; to provido lor publiciitlou ol history of birds and 11111 ill Malt of IVniisvlviiiiia in Ihe ipiu-ierly ru Hri ol Ihe Si uii- Hoard of Agriciiliurtf. The Senate t hen punted lilinlly IIih bill aullioiix iug cnmmilment of Illinois bv mnirisirairs tonroHr charitable Institution. Tha lol lowing hills ulo ps-si-d linaliy: 'I o reim burse Co Hit rs lor reelri'iioii ami rrcoii irui lioa "f eouuty bridges swept nway by flixxlsof Is'i.lo ui.proioiiile t n.'Mo repa r bank aud i'baiiiK'1 of I ill creek in I 'ratiloril coniily, iIiiiiiiiuisI by llooi la-t year. The tnal Ibeii nd jonined. In Ilia lit us 1 lo dav a bill was Inlrixlueeid by Mr. Inw, of I IoI.mI. Iidiis. making II un In wlul lor apy prson, corpoiatou or ni I'Sflliarslilp 10 lak pos-e sum of pironiil pririirriy, sold or l"i s-d undi-r Iba luslall Inenl plan, upon wlnrli at least OO per cent .f lha telilug or li'MM-d valua Is paid. Willi' out llrsl having lasued a Mill of replevin lor Sjln Alining Ilia olbi-r bills Inlrmluced was tha following I'ovldiug for iba crea tion of a board lit lusiei loM lor Iba iht vis on and reipilation of corMitHious In lb It I omruoiittflii.ih supplying iiMtural or aril fli lal gat or aliciMi lly lor llghl, heat or oaar, or all. lo Ilia public legulailng Ilia Manner of turn slung and lltliiulha 111I11I liliuii 1 barges for iba suma lo oosiilimis, laailog of luelars llsad lo meaaiira Ilia sup ply. and provldibg reiisllis for vlolslloii llirof. Mr i mion, of Alleflieny, leporlad from ha Hons Judicial y 1 oiuinlliea, with a naiiva riiiiiii"iidiioii 11, a Maithall bill listing II Miilawlid to Publisb, sell and da liter iewtstpaa oil rlalibaMl, Sir. Seaiiur of Indiana, ffuiad a motion th il Iha House pOMad lo Iba loiisldelaliou of Iba bill Iu probibd iha fain tiling of llonoi, by salt, glfia, n oibarl, oil T'' os'loi iav, but (10 niial tv 1 ion tvat lisvl, A lartft tiiilubar Of billt pataad sa'nm I ItsllbH, Slid ill House alpbf nad TnrTy-Tni PtT. In the Senste to-day the following billt were introduced: I'roviding for a recount of vote In eon tested election cases. To give street railway the same power poesesited by ateam railroad companies so far as appointment of police la concerned. To prevent the spread of tu berculosis among domestic animals. To prohibit peddling without a license. To give a husband grounds for divorce if nit wife treats him brutally and barber loutlv. A resolution trss adopted postponing ac tion nn the deatb of Senator Neeb until next Wednesday evening at A o'eba-k. These bill passed finally: To conttllnta faiwret.re county a aeparate Judicial dis triet: 10 quiet titles tn land which lias eease-i to be used bv corporations having right to eminent domain: to give manufacturer, spinners and throwsters of cotton, woolen and silk gooils a ben on property of otli-r that may come into their Kssesiott: to au thorite cities to purchase, maintain, use and rondeni'i bridge erected and iu use over rivers ami streams separating or dividing any part or district of turn cities; to author ire municipal corporations to anpropriat private binds and property for their use m the construction, maintenance and use of bridges in order lo connect public parkt or other public propertiet The nill to pr vent the scaring of lish bv Ilia us of to'chlightt wat defeated. The Senate then ailjocriird. In the House to-day Mr. Farr. of Larks wanna in'rodueed a bill appropriating fj. ittl.isai to tha several school districts of tlis I otiiinoiiwealtli. to lie u. exclil-'.vely lo the puri hase of text books ami I'tirnishiiis; the same free of cost to the pupils of th piihba scImmiIs. Thit tnenstire anpplements Ihe Farr free text book bill, which makes it obligatory upon s hool diirn ts 10 f iirun 1 hooka and scliooi supiliet lire of charge t.) Ihe pupils of the putilie schools, oua-ibiril eai h year until all are ftirni-hej. . Among the bill lavornhly reported from committee were the following: Kxemptin ' all cattle from istationof any sort whs'i ever: repealing the ait lo prevent the cmis.ii idation id piK- lines, amending the t orpor. Btion ai t etteiiduw i's provisions to ln; compHtiies. The bills lo pievent the form 1 t, lion of trusts. and to abolish the inheritamv 1' tat on rnoiiey beue.iibeii i 1 secianati b . k pitals were r'Hirlei negatively. C Mr. Lull. of Sullivan, prcx-uted the nv- M norily report in Ihet rawlord roomy elecli .:i content, t onirary to expectation the ret port of the majority, prrsetiiel on Tucsd-w was not called up. Tlie matter K ill coai-? up in the House early next week, when 1! heated discussion Is sure 10 follow. Tli-f, llemocrats will be supxirted ly et Spenk f ers Hewitt and I'etsna and I'o pro-eiilauv. Cotton, of Allegheny. There seems boat ever. 110 doubt ol the adoption of ilia tint Jorify report. The minority report den? mainly with the votes of rambridge, Sp.ioJ" ami 1 me townsmpt rej,ste,i uy .lodge l.-n I, uitsoii nrrao-f 1 ury wereitist 111 1 no inns, :, boroughs. This a lio.i of ttie Court tlie r port attacks strongly, setting fort 11 t tint sin : polling placet have ln-eti ieiigin.ed hv lie conns and bv acts of Assembly, and ' liu tlie law 01 1.T.11; lrgali:tmg tiiem, lias nev .1 l..n ,u,. r.v. I tMiiIt,t.,.ii,i,.i...l . J '-ii ..iiiui-i. iiiiv 1 1 11 ii Mm I lie r rxirt then sums up the status of the vm.. cast, us Unit counted and alter being cam ed VV, I'. HUIiny having received ii, i votes, of Vihich I VI were illegal tolilsiila in lownships of atubriil.'e, Sp i"a and I'inr lenvillir O.T'.M. W. II. Andrews ren ive.l 1, M, ol which 1st were louiid to he lllejif (outside tlie township named.) leaving In-1 tl. 7 I legal votes und making i 1 ur ' v plurality .kI. It com lud.-s with resolnn.r. : to the fleet that SV. I', llighy was el; . i .IA...M.I ,l.,l .,..lllt...l .....I. .I.n..l. 1 t cin icii. uui j ici inir'i, lie 1 1117 i-.llll alio entitle.! ton seat in the House The ia dar wat clearisl of billt on second reai,:,r after which the House adjourned. 1 HiitTv.i'oi am iav. Hie Senate f not in session to day, having adjourned nr. til Monday evenittir. in the House a bill of great Importance t patrons ol electric light companies was piv sented by Mr. Keinoeiil. of libation, t regulate charge for supplying electric ligh' uuiii.iKnMicirKuiaini as ionoa: in a 1 --.-.-"'.. . v i.suii., vm-. ter day of 24 hours for each arc lump; fo light supplied to individuals in the m cities anu towna. 21 cents per dav lor e;n are lamp, and one quarter of out cent pr hour for each incandescent lamp. A vi li lion of the law i punishable by n line 1 not lest than tlUO nor more than flftm. A bill was introduced by Mr. Hurdick. 1 Mnlvean, amen ling the iu-t authoritiiJ Hoanltof Control of Ivlurat ion i 11 citie i the second class to estabiih aud nininu f tchisil for iiisiriiction iu the ineehiimei arts ami Kindred subjects, so as lo exii"I the provisions thereot to lilies of the tin t claa. Mr. Seylert. o' l.n ticaster. ititroiltiir a bill making an appropriation of tVi.no t complete a iiioiiumeiii to the memory of t Revolutionary aoldiera buried at l.plirt Mr. Kuhbai k, ol 'An v ne, introduced a 1 , to uuiho.-i7.e any Kolilier or sailor to tei ( uit ngainst any county, city. ward. boroiuf or townsliip 111 the Ci iiiiniinviealth to t over the amount ol money to which he ti? came entitled by reason of his enhstni' In the service of the I'mteil Siatet ami i-1 aecredileii to any county, city, ward, l. otigti or townshin in the State. A bill ' lutrMluce by Mr, llroadlie.nl. of l.ueiv' to prevent lonegn cor Krui ions from nun anihrieite coal without license and to y vent its exhaustion. A preamble recite that tha antliri coal tiisl ol the world, comprising an iirny s,o()iuue nines, it wiioiiy cotil.ntiod 1 iu the State ot IVunsr I vaniu. There r litis f now actually no undeveloped coal Ian Ihe l.ehuh, Stiamokin and Mount ( 11W coal llelda of the Wyoming region, and region 1 likely to be exhuusted in live)'! nl the present rate of consumption, ji limit Ihe production foreign eorxra f uru reipiirnl by the bill to lake out a lioi to mine coal, and must not sell coal for livery outside of the Male for less thu:' per Ion. Heavy iieualtias are provide , Ihe violat ou of the act. A large numb1 billt were read the lirst lime, and then l lioiita adjourned until Monday evanir Tools ot tba I'vraiold llullila-s. A two-yoara' Httnly nt tJIcli cotivltici'd Mr. I'liiidt ra l'elrlo llio Lv'yiitl.iii atonu-workers of t" jcart ago liad u nurpi Islug acijii, aticc wilti wliut let vo been t iiiitltl' iiKMlcrn tut iln. Aiiiunif t lie iiiuny 1 used by tlio pyramid builders i lailli nolld and tubular (lulls ' atralubt nnd circular aawa. (Irilla, llko llioso tif lo-day, were, t un 0x1 liunuu, act Willi Jewels (!' ably corundum, as tlio illaumiHl' very acurrc), and even Initio toob' Micii nittliiK edges, hd K-iiuii L wat tlio diiiility of tlie ttibiil.ii t' and tint fkill uf tho worlitucn, Hut I'lil t liiK murks In hard cu Iflvo no liiilliMlhiii of wear of thci' wlillo a cut of a Icntli uf an lu h' inado In the hardest fuck .it" reviiliil Inn, and a liolu tlinuigli k tho liunlcal and auftcat tiinici I il ' Ixucd pel feci I y amuulli and um'i liinit. Of Hut mat ci lil ' Lbnuigli mi'lliod of inukliig llio tools ti"" Is known Ve let Tear. It Wllllld ImI llllMIStlblrt to fl parallel in Iha pro, r eat uf t h" l'i Males In Mm Intl tmi yeats, Day lliul Lite ami flsea up"" f Aiiieflnaii pnuplu It sees an a'l'l -(f I,fiOi),(iHMha dally arriimu,,'r of all mankind (iiitillii. wlib li It L11 mis t i n of ia i t v Mi'i u'" llmi of all nmiiklinl billable I'lilNd HUt4 tl
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