THE WHITE HOUSE.
PAST ANI miU.HKNT OFTIIH
l.l'UITVK MAN4IO.
It l-lrc OiM'iipant Wens Hie
Aflamss-s lt I'artlnl ll ruction
by the Hrlllsh Hoiv It Came
tu tin Ter-titeil While.
UK White
House of to
day, say the
Ni-'w York
World, I a
palace com
pared tu the
White Home
of tlm pint.
Yet it w.i of
t lie Wliitn Home of the pint tint Mr.
John Ailunn, its tint occupant, spn'te in
plowing terms, writina to her daughter
ill'. 'tli house i upon n grand and
superb rmli-, rei ilrin about tinny
setviint to lit toil il nml keep the apart
ments in proper order; nil establishment
Very Hell proportioned to the I'lesi'lcnt's
salary." So naive and so aiinple-niinde I
weir the fjtcat dame of our eat ly hi
I irjl
Ami how rmc It that Mr. Adam
win tin; first mcipmt of the White
House' Simply because the ne.it of
(invcrnmcnt win not tranaferre I to
"Washington until toward tins close of
her husband term, November, TS'llt.
Tije change had indeed linen decided mi
on ten enrs lieloie, and no early a l'M
a prize of hid been ofleied for the
lest plan lor a Presidential mansion.
Anions the competitors wa .limes
IIoIihii, a yonii'i Irish nrrhileet, who
hud established himclf in Charleston
ami mis building the large, substantial
and picturesquely imeontli houses whtc I
atill remain the characteristic leutures of
TIIK WHIT
that ton. He had not seen much of
the world, nor had lie much originality
or versatility of intellect. Sii in pre
paring for hi master work he tu U lor
bis model one of the finest homes that
had comu within hit field of vision, the
palace, ol the Duke of I.cinstcr in
Dublin. Tim in its turn was an imita-
TIIK PIIF.SIDKNT' t.inn.sltT.
tion of tho comparatively lignt and i.rr
structures which tlio Italians learned to
build when the rest ol Kuropo wus liv
ln(i in mussivt piles of brick or gloomy
fortiHod antic. An Americnn-Inali
Imitation of nil Irish imitation of a
uieditvval Italian villa audi Is the in
lellecuml genesis of our l'resideutial
mansion.
For, a falo willed it, Mr. Iloban won
the prize. This was attested by the
followmir ccrtiticatu publislieil in the
city of Washington on July 18, 17'.li:
"James Iloban's plan of tho palacn
be iug approved by the President, he is
entitled to the reward promised and
choose a (,'uld medal of cii;lit or tcu
guineas value and the balance iu money.
James Iloban is hereby le'aitied in the
public service. I to is to make the draw
ings and superintend the execution of
TIIS PltKSIDEXT
hi plan of the palace, (or which he will
icceivc 300 guineas a Ynr."
riot ice two thiu.ts about this certifi
cate. First, that the compensation for
the utchitect is fixed at abaut $1300 a
year. Iinagiue a modem architect tin
dertaking a (treat public work for such
n sum as tiintl Then, second, let your
inlud lest lor second ou tho word
s'pslacs." Does it not call up all torts
of associated idea of royalty and nritj
tocrscy aud courtly wavt'f So at least
thought the ynuug Itepublic. And
straightway a great protest went up I ram
"nil over the land at this ;mg of loieign
(ashious. CuuieiS he.it btloiu tutf
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storm. It wa decided that Ih now
building should he known as tho 'I'.t
ecutivo Mansion" manlo& belnri ihen a
term of coinmou use for the better class
dwelling of tho Southern gentry. Kit
actly when this moro stately name was
superceded by the popular nickname of
the White House is not known with cer
tainty. There is a tradition that this was
a reminiscent compliment to the former
home of Martha Washington, the pluee
where the future Father of Ins Oinmtry
ViiuiS.iC, - " -
msroitir risr ttnoit
spent iiis honeymoon, which was faeiil
iurly known by the same t.auie. Hut. the
story I rather dhercditol. The term is
moro authentically thought to have
gained currency at the time when the
building first became a white house In
fact, et the time when it was rebuilt af
ter being burned by the Uritish, and
when all traces of their vandalism were
obliterated by a liberal use of the paint
pot.
HOfSK.
tin October I, ljtt'i, the comer stone
of the omnium was laid in a bare Held,
sloping to the I'otoir.ai!. Washington
himself was present. It is a pity that
people in those days cared little for cen
tennial anniversaries. A postponement
of the ceremony just twelve days would
have given it a certain historical appro
priatencs'. The 1:1th of October, 1701,
would have marked tlie tcr-ceiilen.iry of
the discovery of America.
In HI I the British army, under Gen
eral l!o-s and Admiral C'ockhiirn, having
taken possesion of Washington and
b.lined the Capitol, finally wound up by
netting tiieto the Kxeculivo Mansion just
as they were about to retreat to their
ships. One memento of this tire sur
vives to-day the so-called Oiloert
Stuart portrait of Washington still hang
ing in the Ivist I tonic, now known to be
the work of an imitator of no apecial
fame. The story is still told of how Mr.
Madison cut this picture out of its frame
with a pair of shears tj save it from tlie
enemy when she lied from the town. Tho
story is a pretty one, but it is juit as
apocryphal as tlie ascription of tue pict
ure to ttilbeit Stuart. In her own let
ter describing the flight Mrs. Madison
says that Mr. Ciistis, Washington's
nephew, hastened over from Arlington
to rescue the prsoious portrait, and that
a seivant cut the outer frame with an
nxo so that tho canvas cjuld be reiuovud
stretched on the inner lia ii-1.
When the I'resident'j family returao I
to Washington they rented a housu to
live in wbilo the White IIoihc Itself was
being repaired uud reconstructed. Ilo
ban, the original architect, was callo.i iu
to do the restoration. Wnen everything
was finished the mansion was bigger and
grander than before, bat eveu yet it wa
neither big enough nor grand enough
lor the greatest oltic ial of tno greatest Itu
public in the world. General Jackson,
in spite of indeed, partly because of
the very democracy of hi. tastes was dur-
UBO ItOOM.
ing both his terms a loud uiurmurer. The
rooms were not large enough for the
motley throngs ho gatheied at hi recep
tions. The crowds wodged and pressed
him agaiust the wal't and almost choked
tbu liie out of him; la ii'js wsero even car
ried fainiing out o.' tbu building. At last
he gave up tho public feeds which had
become a feature of his administration,
allttgiug that tboy were uuisauce to
himself and to bis friend all owing to a
luck of proper acjoiuiaodatioas,
I' lotn that tiuia ou to tue present the
discomfort and loudcnusciet of the
Woite House have been felt moro and
uiyrv sevcielf by its oucupauts. The
ever increasing nee la of tho 'resident
official life have encroached more ami
more upon hi livinft-aptrtinents, until
now of tho thirteen apartment on the
second floor six are used for the exam
live ifll;es and anle-roonv, and two for
dressing-rooms, leafing only five bed
chambers. A memorable nml rather mortifying oc
cision, when the exigencies of the I'reil
dent'i home were exposed to the gale of
the world at larite, was during the viit
or tm whitk not:.
of the Prince of Wales to this country
in 18U0. He had been Invite ! to spend
fivo day at tho White House, lluchan
nil's family was one of the smallest that
ever dwelt in the White House. It con
sisted only of him nml his uiece, Miss
Harriet Lane. Yet h was chagrined to
find that ho would hae to divide the
Prince's suite with the Ilritish Minister.
The Prince himself was stowe I away iu
tho little room occupied by Mrs. Cleve
land as a boudoir and moro recently as a
bedroom by Mis. Mclvee and her chil
ilieu. The President gave up l is own
mum to the Duke of Newcastle and
found extemporized ipiarters in one of
the ante-rooms.
Kvrry succeeding President ha suf
fered in soiiietning the same way,
though his sullerings have not been so
publicly displayed. It w is only by
crowding .several me nbet of the house
hold into one room that families likj tho
Uinnts aud the. U trlields could find any
acconiinoilation whatever for guests.
Kven President Arthur found himself
uncomfortably crowded wheu exercising
hosnitality. It wes a great annoyance
to Mrs. Cleveland, a young brl le fond of
company, that sue could not entertain
more than two guest at n time. What
was an nnnoyauco to Mrs. Cleveland was
a positive discomfort to Mrs. Harrison,
whoo family occupied every available
room in the building.
One of Mrs. Harrison's first thought
when she came to the White Hons) was
to devise some remedy that mignt re
lieve her successors from tho trials wnicu
she had to undergo. She poured out her
mind to Mr. illaine, who agieud that it
wa nu outrage and a disgrace, that
while million nf dollars had been spent
to keep tho National Capitol truly repre
sentative of a great people, not a dollar
had been votod to make the home of the
executive head of that people even ap
proximately worthy of the dignity which
it housed. The proper way out of the
difficulty, he thought, was Cio enlarge
ment of tlm proicut liuil.liug ma In in
acccrdanco with its ordjr of arcuitco
tore, aud tho ndditiou ol wings on each
sidu where the purely olUcial part of the
President s duties migot be translerrcd.
Something of this sort iiad vaguely
floated through Sirs. Harrison's mind.
ICncouragud by the Secretary' approval,
she began to rednco her ideas to order.
With tbu assistance of Colonel Joiin M.
Wilson, U. 8. A., engineer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, and Mr.
Fredorlck D. Owen, she made a scries of
charcoal drawings, which were submitted ,
to a Washington architect. With these
drawing a a basis the architect made a
design, which was enthusiastically in
dorsed by Mrj. Ilatrison.
The maiu idea is to retain the old
building substantially intact, iuterfering
as little at possible with it historic In
terest, and only to render it mora hu'rit
able. For this purposo wings are to be
added on the west and the east sides,
tho whole forming a tort of crescent.
To the west wing would be transferred
all the Kxecutivo otlices. A grand salon
for diplomatic or other large receptions,
parlors, reception and retiring rooms
would occupy tho tint floor, while tho
secoud Hoar would be giveu up to tho
Presideut't olllccs and the Cabinet
room. The east wing would be museum
and art ga'lery. The White House, as
it stands, has no rooiu on its walls for
further portraits. Mrs. Harrison's idea
was that the art gallery should contain
portraits of all tho Preiidonls and their
wives, at well at of all other American!
who have distinguished tliemsclvet in
otiielal or military life. In the museum
might be preserved such furnishing of
tho White House as may be removed
from time t3 time. Everything con
nected with tbit bistorlo building hi a
bistorio value, aud Mr. Harrison held
that it wj vandalism to destroy or tell
it. Indeed, when she first caun to the
Whit) Uouit) tho went Jto.u girrct to
1
a piti vatr connmnrt.
foliar searching lor old piece nf fur'
nituro and tin china aud silver ol
ptovioui Adniinl at rations.
A ('iinnd Shaped Omnltn ft nek ,
Cnriou rock formation aro to be
found all ever the ;orld, but most nf
them feipiiro n long tt retc'i of the im
agination beforo the objects they are
laid to represent can bn seen. In Arizona
there is one thnt i deserving of first
place. It is a short distance east nf tho
stage road between Tucson and Ovicte,
and stands on a knoll Mvcral fect nliove
tho surrounding sandhills. When lint
teen tho effect i startling, anil tho Blind
has to get over a shock liob.ro the iecii
liar object can be comprehended. A
described by tho San Francisco Cal! it i
a most perfect representation of a camel,
and is formed of one piece of granite.
No effort of tho imagination It required
to peiceiva the "ship of tiio desert"'
sta'iili'ig like a sentinel In the midt of
the sand nml almost venlurele-s bill.
This curiosity is ol the colossal si.e,
but pcrfictly proportioned. It is n'o.iut
sixty feet high, and is very white and
smooth. There are very few lissures on
tlm surface, and they, strangely, aro In
tho proper places to torm features. Tho
only real projection from tho Miriace is
exactly placed for an eycbro.v. Tho two
hump ere plainly to be seen and the ni ck
is curved beautilully. The rock is rially
a solid piece rising Ironi the ground, but
the effect of legs is produced by a clump
of dark colored brusu that grow beside
the stone. The white stone show plninls
at both side of the brush and the effect
of leg Is iinmisiakaV v prod need. Tin
rAMKi.-sn.trKii oiianitr noc.
strangest part of it 1 that it look like a
camel from all sides and at nil time of
the dsy or night. There i no disguis
ing the resemblnuce.
llow the rock got Into it present
shape i one of the great uiysteiies ol
uature.
A Snail Pace.
"A snail's pace" need no longer bs
used as a term more or less iudeiinite;
those skilled in tho science of 'suail
ology" can tell you just to a dot the
snail's rate of navel. These interesting
facts were ascertained by some wonder
ful experiment at the Florence. Italy,
Polytechnic Intstitution iu MSJ, and
those inclined lo be exact can now ue
liguicft to support their arguments.
It was all done iu this way: A half a
dozen of the mollusk were permitted to
crawl between two points tcu feet apart.
Kxacl time was kept Irom the start to
the finish, and thus tho average 'paca"
was a'cei turned. The experimenters re
duced their figure iuto tables of fee
yards, rods, lurlongs, etc., nod tbu
iouu'l that it would take a snail exactly
fourteen day to travel a mile. Phila
delphia Press.
Kchiilnsllo ( ante 'its.
Some t'tino ago the Puns Municipal
Council ordered the creation of a num
ber of scholastic canteens, as they aro
termed, whicn furnish food gratuitously
to children attending tiio elementary
schools, woo are so ill-fed that other
wise they would nut be strong enough to
do the work required of them. A rop
lurtlier iu a similar direction has uow
been taken. Representation having been
mado to the Council tbat during the
wintry weatiier some of the littlo ones
came to school in a pitiable state for
want of proper clothing, it ba been de
tailed to ascertain how many such chil
siren are to bn found, and to provide
woolen material for them to be mado u
into garment. New York Post.
The Up aail Dunns vl 7iishiii
i i
L,:.'e.
SUUCm
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
two rTAf, Acrnirs.
BuTin.riim. John Houlcv, a hrakeman
on the North IVtinsvlvsnin road, while try
Inrj lo hoard his train fell under the wheel
and was cround lo pieces. Ilegley wn '2
years old and resided In Philadelphia.
James Winters, a section band on the liela
ware. Lackawanna & Western railroad was
atruelr bv n pa-seiiBer train and almost In
sisiitly killed. He Mcppeil out of the way
of n coal train In front of Hie passenger
train. He was about 10 years old.
intr.H MW'i Kxcii.Mt viri.n.
HrsvKR I i.-.. l-nrmers of Lawrence
and lb-aver counties report that the maple
syrup nroduet this season breaks tlie record
of many years. Since tlie season began the
suiiiir cnui.s have been running night and
day. The abundance fifth np and I"
iiiiiisii il we-tnss is attributed to the ex
ceptiotially cold winter.
h.mtr c n K'.oi ii wii.t. ere v v. niKin trims.
I'll 1 1 in i ram. The supreme Court, re
fused lonrant a special allocatur in the case
of Anarchist Henry llauerand l arl N'olil,
of ritlshur. Ily refusing to grant the
speclnl allocatur the Supreme
Court confirms the conviction and sentence
nsr in iv moors ami kills anoimkr.
lliHiKsrotrv fin Saturday evening, Wil
liam Mel'heeters, n liny. while altemptinit lo
shoot ailotf. shot and almost Instantly kill
ed William I'oe, a ll'-year old sou of !J. W"
I'oe, a el. known citizen.
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IICOWSKO IV .! Ill I KIT nv WATVS.
I!!K ':sbi itu. A little flsiiRhter fif James
Mulligan, of I'rabtree, aired about one year,
fell into a bucket ol water in which her
father had washed himself and was drown
td.
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A FA MOTS I A IlKKIt KXDF.fl.
MIS M. V. T!Yf'ltt, SKII l.fl I, fill, BI'I'.ITI.A
IOK, IO.SII. 1 If K HKsf l.r fir .'. A 1 1.-
emu ! i iio. r.
Mrs. f. V. Taylor, faoious as the first
women to entratre iu tlie oil well sufiplv
liosiricsi, iliiit at Ihe Monnmrahela house,
rillsliurg on Mnnihiv. Iter death is attri
liuleil lo injuries s;tsial'ieil mi the Washing
ton oranc i of tho I'aiiliaiidln Inst July. Ib-r
suit uaiiisf tb railroad company was to
have come up Tuesday inoiiiiiiif. The case
wits prHipiiiieil.
Mrs. Taylor arrived In I'itlshuri? fin the
1 'it Ii nf the month irom ainhridee Spiiuns
and went lo the Allirkenv (feneral hospil
al. Huliseuueoilv stie innlt up resilience lit
the MniioiiKshf la linue and would
have eon on to Washington, where her
suit tor t.Vi.oun Hvainst tl I'anhiinill Coin
panv was to lie heard The accident hap
pened mi I he :ird nf July. The conductor
nf the train was tryiiuf to uiiikea "rtyinn"'
switch, and iu Ihn juli that billowed .M i .
Tavlor'a spin was neriouslv inpi-d. She
leaves three children .Mamie. I'.iliih and
(leorge. .Mrs. Taylor was nnlv in her :ilh
year.
'I he deceased lady was known throughout
the country for iier criurse in enierinif,
such a business undertaking as the nil well
siipiilv trade. Mih pr.isp-re.l. however, and
from her ntllces in the H'lclity Title
Trust huilihni! did a business of over Juo.
Ism a year. Her first exper enc io th lius
iness was while she was acting ns hookkeep.
er fur an oil well simply hnu-e. She fbs-coverrs-l
thnt ibero was h sliortai;e fif cast
Inns in tha country iiini set to work to eith
er iiuv Ui or iiliiiiin options on the eutiie
supply, beiiiii ntsisieil in funds tiy a lavr.r
stite turn iu a specul itiou in ttie oil market.
Ily this tnesii she cflccteil a corner and was
atile to dicta' prices. Mrs. Taylor then
went into business fur herself nui was as
:ool at contrm linn in the field as her male
cnnipclitois.
a in: ni z.i:ii i' vimion tii.
TNK MllliKlfli a l !Ni AsrKlf of Tl W RK OK
MKNIU II I'll FXKi I r I C I f.CIICVI V.
If (luimn no I he lin aril of Cantons has
reirotii'iiemii'fl execiitive cleiiieue'.' lo A tie
Homrd, who was for manv years a leiror
In tlie re-nplenf i.orlion-ol l.aiic ister count v.
He couimitteil ninny rolitieries nnd wa
knowiiasthe "Wc'lsh Mountain fiiiilaw."
The rccoriimeiirlaiiori is baseii upon the fact
thai l!u..iriMias serveil nil of the time
wil hout commutation lor which he was
senieiicetl on nnv crime that be actually
commiitiil. besides a term fur jail breaking
ami lins already -erve I US years in a luition
lor the ofliui'e of which afier discovered
evidence ssiistied th board rtiar he was not
guilty. I his com iiisloii ut tlie hoard is
based on a co'ifessiou of one nf iIih prin
cipal witnesses ug.iiust liim that she perjur
ed herself, and the discovery of lb actual
Perpeiniiois nf ill nfleti e who S' Ouitted
lu.ard of all compliciiy. The bnard also re
commended the pardon "of .lames S. Ilngsn,
cashier nf Ihn linnk of Ameriia. louvicied
of eiiiliex.lemfiit
TRAMPKf) ItV I AT'n.K.
MRS. JOHV TRll F .11 KT IIK1IH in Tra
IUIII.H KoCll.
SnsiiON Mrs. .lolin I'riiemet a horribla
death here. She bad gone lo milk the cows
In the barnyard and. not returnitig.a search
discovered her mutilated corps in the eat.
tie yard, tramped ulmosi out of recognition
by the cattle.
ri Hi.tc si imot, HnrNKri.
Karvsnrm. The puhlii! school lions
valued at lg,0U0 and itisureil for S.0no. was
burned. The ;iuo children in attn.Hni
weie gotten out wi'hont panic or injury.
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TIIK HFVI.Xi.l or S MfVKH.
Siimoxiv. lie aus Patrick r'ord.a mine
boss at Naialie.niade a mistake in turning in
a couple of Hungarian's time lust nioulh.
one nf them, its yet unknown, crushed iii
skull with a Hikr at a dam ball, rhure
day night, and with confederates carried
the remains to Ford home in order to
make it appear that he had been throat)
from n horse. Xo arrests have beon nude.
AX Ol.n Mil SI III) i.ols HH K To Ills I
HuiRKHCeu JNiicuel Hoiick. who iia
served veral terms in the peniteniiarv.was
sentenced liv the liniiphin couiiiv cnu'rt to
10 years in Hie eastern peniMiiiary lor a
number of burI-iries coninnt'eil in Him
city.
A niVlllt P FOR lOl.lMlTtR I rt hi iocs.
Mksiivii.i.i After la-o years, tliree
motitlis anil !i days.tlie Delamater assipneu
began the paymeiit to creditors nf a divi
denil of 5.2 per cent. Tli prospects us to
ol her payments are not stated.
Tkk Irea'nc-nt nf paupers hu.,e i by iu.
I'lair eouiiiy aiilbnruies ivill l msde Ui
subject ot an itivestigat. .in. Tlie iur di
reciors liav a tei ca-e llit will h made
the basis of au official nupnry. An old wo
man of th nlmslioiise died reteutlv. and
Hie body, alter Iwing prparil lor "burial,
was taken to fha alinslious burial gr id!
whvre lh culUu was oHued for a llnal Inuli
at the dead. It Ki hargeil that Hi curpse
instead of being deceuilv coti.ed. was
simply wrapietlssu an nld'sheei.and thai tue
usual attention gnen the dead iu pieiaiiinu
I hem for burial hail lieeu sbameiully ncl
conspicuously oiuiited,
Coxk's iron breaker at Oneida, is on lire
and it it said there is no means of linh in,
the flames. The tola) loss to luauuitici v
and building will be IAiu.iksj.
At Huntingdon the judge of lb licen
Court announced thai licenses were mauled
to eight of tb 11 applicants. This is uue
more tbau bad liceus lost yetr.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
KoR' v-Stn ii f)sv. In lh Senate toiUf
these bill were introduced: To make it a
misdemeanor in wittully Interfere with tin
property nf pifK lines or other association
envrsgeil in lb lranporla'lon of petroleum,
oil or gas; also tnnlarg the powers of
trust companies so as to tirovid that court
Into which money may he paid or brought
mav hv order direct Hie same to be deposit
ed wltli any such corporation. To authori)
Courts of Common I'feasto grant transfer
of liipior license. To provide for lb cr- .
lion of a honor ilens conn, lo hear and
dispose of applications, dividing the Slum
Into 'Jl districts. To make counlie liable
for protrty destroyed III cotiscipienc of
env mob or rint, and for the xpetisof tbu
National (iuard summoned lo suppress tlm
satnr.
I lie bills were passed finally: To fix
liquor hi tie at t.'i'io in citii of Hie third
class having 8o,non Inlialiiiants
or over: IIUO In cities con
taining between sUnnO and hh.oiO and
fxsi in cities cniitaitiiiiu under lii.trio. Kur
tlie apimitiirtietit nf receiver in cases whetw
corporations have been dissolved bv Judg
ment ot ouster ii(ion prtKeediiigs of fUJ
waranio.
In the house thi morning the a-'t pro
viding for the licensing til unniitiiraiii I
mal piT'nns 21 years or over who resid? or
are employed in this State, requiring thiol
10 pay 'i per vear.esm up on third reailms;
Mr. Kan of l-'aveile, the author of tb hill,
said th nurpose of litis hill is to equali
the burden ol l'H l taxation, and lo close up
a gap that is not confetti plated in any other
revenue hill. He referred to Hie great m is
of luretgners of the lowest e'sss of civilisa
tion found in Kumfa who have beu
brouu,ht here to displace Americatis and who
inlest iiidusti ial and cummercial center.
They are not citun and they seldom
remain her. When they luive acciimuln'isl
a snrlicient sum they return to their t ativn
land and others come lo take their place.
It is lime to tali a halt in extending tlie
baud of charity to subjects of a foreign
government and neglecting our own citi.ein
Public opinion wi l not much longer toler
at va-ion of th Immigration tpieitioti.
I bis bill does not deal with that, however.
It avs that verv man. no tnsiief, whthor
a ciliiteti or not, shall pav a lax. The ai t
was amended so that ol the lax collected in
townships one third itoes for the support of
tli roads, one-third for tlm support of
schools and one-third lo the count v. In
cdtes mid boroughs tho revenue is lo Imi
distributed as the reveilles from othestaxei
now are. A fter the amendment had been
Inserted, th bill passe. I third reading.
Nearly the entire balance nl th sssion of
lb House was occupied in discussing l-'aer'
bill. In fompel the attendance of children
between the age of 8 and 12 years at sclneil
at least six consecutive weeks, which wa
amended on second reading so a to proved
that the ai tsshall not applv to any etii'
that ha been or is being otherwise Instruct
ed in the common Kuglish branches of
larning for a like period of time. The bill
passed in its amended shape.
I'uirrv-SKVKMH lis v. These hills to dV
passed the senate finally: House It II to pro
vine fur the erection of a new department
11 Hiding anil repairs to the Capitol and ap
propriating 'i'J.'i.Sift to pay the ti ssarv e
I enes. To provide for the Incorporation
fit' wholesa' mercantile c m naiiu-s. I lia
Hover bill In regulate the iiicorioration ol
social, Iraternnl mid beneficial associations
and lo protect the rights of the member.
To amend the act prohibiting the manutac
lure ami sal or olefirnarvarine by provid
ing thai th penalties collected under it h
given to III Stnie Hoard of Agriciilluie. To
define th meaning of huiier. cbees ami
oU-ofnargariti. To regulate Ihe satisfaction.
xiingtiishnirit or discharge of dowers,
legacies, nr fit her charges upon land by ju
dicial decree, where the legal presumption
exists from lapsol time or where payment
ot th siime lias been made in full and mi
satisfaction, extiniruisbtiieiit or relea-e or
payment tbereot aptiears of record. To
make brutal treatment, nf a husband by t
wife grounds for a divorce. To di.-coiirage
secret marriages,
A coiicnrient resolution was adopted pro
viding for adjournment 'his meek until the)
fo I0-.1 imr Wedtiii-fl iv evening to enable
Ihe Senators lo aneiid lo their first of April
business.
In tlie Hons Mr. Smith, of ISiHYird. in-
I Irodii ed a lull lo amend the school law re
lating to the special I X tor building pur
poses by allowing a maximum tax ot l'l
mil s lo lie a-se-seii for building and school
purposes. At the ntteruiHin session of the
1 lnii.se thes bills pas-ell secoud reading.
Seriate lull lo require iust ruction and
practii of pbysicial cuhine in punlu:
schools iu cities of first and senud class.
Senate b II anthuriiug liquor license hond's
men Irom any part ol ih county loexecut
a bond. To repeal th prnbiniiory liquor
law iu Ml. Plea-ant. We-imoreland county
KnrTY-KioiiTii Thy. Mr. Crady.of Phila
delphia, introduced in tli senate a bill
cliangingihe prititingsdiednle so a fojn'ak
lb prices conform with th iims. The
present scedu e was made iu IH77 when lith
ographic printing was done nh a hand pre.
The bill was prepared by Stale Stiarinleu
dent of Public Printing iirier.
The following hills were al"o introduced
III tlie senate to-dav: To live tlie heirs of de
ceased members ol limited partnership
equal interest in the pr dits possessei by
surviving members. To authorize cities In
make appropriations for establishment and
maintaneiic nf free libraries, and to con
demn property for that purpose.
The piinlic printing and hardware busi
ness bills ware reported favorably.
These bills passed finallv: To provide for
punishment of election bribers and thoai
rec eiving bribes; to provide f(1r half holi
days on Saturday; to qiiir littr protec
tion of the health and morals of school
children in the various school districts; To
increase Hi maximum punishment for
first conviction of mMler in Ihe first de
gree to JU years, to keep public highway
from becoming blockaded with snow:to ex
tend the act to punish person lor disturbing;
meet in lis to theatrical exhibitions.
The senate then adjourned unlit nest
Wednesday evening aitt o'clock.
In th house th Cotton bill enlarging thai
provisions nf the act preventing and pun
ishing i ruelty to animals was reported fa
vorably. The bill repealing the act nf ISftl permit
ting township voters lucast their ballot in
adinining boroughs wa reported ntgatively
Irom 111 a Judiciary lieneral Com mi tie Mr.
Hewitt, of Blair, 'contended in commit'
that the law is constitutional, and predicted
that Ihe Supreme Court would sustain hi
position. Th hill to appropriate aiiO.isiO to
Ihe World's hair I ommission. in addition
to Ihe :ioo.i00 appronriaied liv the last Leg
islature, was reported favorably, and. on
motion of chairman Marshall, Timday.
Wednesday anil Thursday next were derng.
nateil lor its consideration ou the thru nee
esssrv readiii.'s.
The house then proceeded to th consider
ation on second reading nf Ihe Nestutt road
bill, which passed second readine,
i onsiderable time wus devoted to the con
sideration nu second reading of Speaker
Hewitt's bill lo prevent th adulte-aiion of
drugs, foods, and spiiilous. fermeiiiesl or
mall liquor in ihe Slate. Th lull pus.
second reading. A large number or bill
tiaasrd second reading, after which th
ions adjourned until Tuesday morning.
uiuawlaat Eeaantrle.
Charles Lamb' dear old book lab
friend i ieotga Dyer, could never be
got to nay an ill word, even ot tho
vilest miscreant. 'Coue now,
licon(," said Laruo one day, on teai
itiU intent, "now what do you aay of
Williams?" (Williams wa the Hat
clitT Highway murderer, the Jack the
Hipper of his day, celebrated In Ifct
Quiucey's "Murder a a Viw Art.")
"Well. Mr. LamD," reolied Dyer, ' I
must admit lie wa u somewhat
ccutric character."