PESTS OP INDIA.
Horriblo Realities and Possibilities
That Torture One.
A Rat Which Eats Your Hair at
Night.
"Along with the intense heat," says
a returned East Indian, "there go
many varieties of noxious insects. The
mosquitoes swnrra the year round,
Every bed is covered with a tont of
mosquito nutting, nnd it is the busi
ness of your boy, after having made
the bod in tho morning, to senre out
all lingering mosquitoes and then
draw tin) gnnze enrtnins close and tuck
them under the mnttrenea. On go
ing to bed yon make a little hole in
tho tont, get in quickly and draw it
tight again.
Uouso 11 les are a constant nuisance,
and there oro great flying cockroaches
two inches long, which sometimes bite,
nnd at certain seasons leave thoir great
wings lying about the house. They
el one's patent leather shoes. Flying
ants, great black creatures, come in
swarms and nlno leave thoir great
wings over everything.
The centipede, an inch and a half
long and moro venomous than that of
this country, gets into the house and
often crawls upon tho sleeper. So
long as ono keeps still there is no
danger, but the creaturo.if one moves,
is likely to dig his claws into tho flesh,
and makes an unpleasant sore. Scor
pions abound. They come out of old
-woodwork and you find them in books
that havo long lain unused. Thoir
Lite is poisonous and sometimes fatal.
"Along with the insects come the
orpents. The cobra is tho most dan
gerous. It seldom comes into the
bouses for some reason, though my
-small sister slept upon a pile of mats
ondcr which a sleeping cobra was
afterwards found. The cobra, how
over, comes into tho compound and
often bites tho 'natives. Europeans
are seldom bitten by the cobra or
othor snakes, because the European
goes about in boots that give the ser
pent notice of his coming, and also
porhaps protoct him from the bite.
As a matter of fact serpents common
ly met in India do not voluntarily go
after human prey, but are probably
more afraid of man than man of them
A barefooted native, treading noise
tossly, gives the serpont no notico of
Lis approach, and may unconsciously
-step upon him, aud then tho creature
lites in sulf-dofcnce. I knew a na
tive gardener to be bitten by a
cobra. Ho filled himself with whiskey
and walked to koop himsolf awake. An
Englishman whom I know was bitten
ty a cobra, and his friend promptly
applied tho same remedies. They
walked him all night against his drowsy
protests aud his earnest prayer that
lie bo pormitted to sleep. His life was
aaved, but he never really recovered
from the shock, though he lived many
years after. The bracelet snake is a
familiar and venomous little wretch
4hat takos ploasure in coiling up in
one's boot during the night or in get
ting into the holes of one's garments.
One soon loams to shake one's boots
before putting them ou. The natives
have a curious aversion to killing
snakes, and they have a superstition,
-shared by somo Europeans, that if a
cobra be slain its mate will oome to
avenge the act Of coarse, there is
no foundation for it, save perhaps that
widowed oobra comes in search of
her mate and incidentally meets the
slayer.
"Bats abound in India and get into
houses nnd swarm aboard a ship. One
great Indian rat, the bandicoot, with
.a snout like a pig, visits one's bod at
night and chows the ends of ouo's
hair. I know a red-headed fellow on
lioard ship whf used to grease his hair
-with oil or bear's grease. He was
visited ono night by a bandicoot, and
name upon deck next morning with
the oddest evidenoe of the baudiooot's
barboring. The muukrat swarms in
India, gets into the houses, as all sorts
-of wild creatures do, since the doors
are. merely unclosed openings. His
smell is something tremendous, and
when he merely crosses the cork of a
soda water bottle he seems to scent
the contents.
"The bite of an insect, even though
-slight, or a small sore of any kind
that would soon heal in temperate
climate, may hang on for days or
wuoks in tho heat of India, and a slight
illuess greatly weakens one. EuropoauB
luckily seldom take the native diseases,
id&, though cholera is constantly
present in India, it is on'y in
oases of peculiarly widespread epi
douiics that it ' roaohos the Euro
pean population. Tuero is no yellow
fever there, but small-pox ravagos the
uativos. If is unitizing to see how
juany natives are pook-marked. The
natives have small faith iu European
doctors, but they always take the
European cholera mixture. Of courso
no European submits himself to a na
tive doctor. Abscess of the liver is the
great terror of tho European, though
the land breeze comos laden with all
sorts of horrible possibilities.
"The change of climate as ono goes
from the coast into the mountains is
like magio. On tho journey up from
Bombay to Matoran one starts with a
pocketful of Indian cigars, trichino
polis, cheap long rolls of tobacco with
a straw through them that they may
draw. This is because they are ex
tremely wet. But when one reaches
Matcran he finds his trirhiuopolis as
dry at a punk. The thin atmosphere
of the heights has sucked them dry of
all thsir moisture." New York bun.
t m i
The Mirage.
The mirage can bo soen nearly every
day in the plains of Lower Egypt, and
also to a limited extent in tho plains of
Hungary and Southern Franco. Xow
and then something of the kind can
be seen in summer by stopping down
and looking along our sandy coasts
such as Morccambe Bay nnd the const
of Devonshire, or over the Fen dis
trict, at that season driod tip by the
summer heat.
We must remember thnt the mirage
of the desert creates nothing, but
moroly inverts bodies thnt actually c
ist a little distance off; though iu tho
Sahara, skylight rays descending are
bent upward by the hot air next the
Baud, and tho eye is actually deluded
by an impression resembling tho re
flection of skylight from water, the
illusion being increased by tho flicker
ing duo to convection currents, sug
gesting the effects of a breeze on tho
water.
Many of tho descriptions given of
tho miriige are "travelers' tales" in
tho uncomplimentary senso. One of
tho most absurdly extravagant ex
amples of this is tho following: "This
treacherous phenomenon deludes the
traveler's eye with a regular succession
of beautiful lakes and shady avenues,
and then, again with an expanse of
waving grass around a picturesque
villa ; here is presented a grove of
towering trees ; there a flock of brows
ing cattlo." Chambers's Journal.
The Tuscan Peasant.
In Tuscany you will often find peas
ants whose families have bcon on tho
samo farm for two or threo hundrod
years. They talk of themselves as
gente (tho Roman gens) of tho pad
rone (landlord), and take an affection
ate interest in him aud his family.
But tho Tuscan peasant is a thorough
conservative ; he has not yet grospo l
the changes brought about by rail
roads, stoamboats and international
communication. He hankors after a
large exteut of land on which to grow
wheat enough to provide bread for the
whole year, and is inclined to regard
other crops as accessories.
With the actual low prioe of corn
this does not suit the owner, particu
larly as it is customary in Tuscany to
grow wheat two years running on the
same land, with little or no manure.
So soon as the corn is carried (early
in July) the stubble is plowed np, and
maize or millet is grown for early
autumn cutting as green fodder. The
yield of wheat is of course wretched,
from six to thirteen fold, and en
lightened proprietors who possess the
requisite capital are dividing theix
larger farms and building the neces
sary farmhouses. Mocmillan'a Maga
zine. Dogs and Their Legal Rights.
An English Judge recently fined a
dog-fancier $125 for cropping a bull
terrier's ears. He hold that the cus
tom was a criminal one, nor could he
be moved from his determination to
discourage the extirpation of outlying
bits of auimul anatomy even by the
ingeuious argument advanced in de
fense of the extirpator that if man
didn't cut off a bull-terrier's ears,
some other bull-terrier might bite
them off in a wholly careless and un
scientific way. The learned Judge, it
is reported, made answer that "it it
better to let the dog take the chance
of having his oars bitten off by a
brother dog, with a chance of a bite
on his own account, than . to expose
him to the certainty of having them
amputated by a dog-fancier, without
a chance of returning the compli
meut" The Japanese 8 mile.
The Jupanese smile is tho most
noticeable thing about the island peo
ple The people seem always good,
natured, and smile like their own
stone gods. . Once, it is said, the
Buddha and the radinnoe of his smile
lighted up all the worlds. But a voics
came, saying: "It is not real. It can
uot last," aud the light passed away,
Nevertheless, many gods are carved
with a hutting smile npon their stony
features. New York Recorder.
ion FARM AND UARDE.
KKEPINd POTATOES ASSORTED.
Potatoes thnt are piled in cellars
need pretty close looking after in
winter. Sometimes the dangor is from
frost, but it is much more often due
;o a too warm atmosphere. Thore is
rapid exhaustion of the vigor of pots
:ocs kept for seed by having the eyes
push forth pale or white shoots, ns
;hey will when kept in the warmth
ind darkness of a large bin. It frost
nn be kept out tho seed potatoes
ihould be thickly spread on floors
whero the sun can shine upon them.
This cannot be douo in the cellar,
out toward spring seed potatoes should
be kept in upper rooms, and the tem
pcraturo be regulated by a thermome
ter and smoll stove. Boston Culti
vator. hrkuit bide of unp.r.r nrsnAxnRY.
Tho bright sido of shocp husbandry
is emphasized by Frederick Chnmbers
ono of tho most progressive of eastern
sheep men. He claims thnt although
wool has dropped from 40 cents to
less thi.u 15 cents per pound, sheep,
(including mutton nnd manure) have
paid better than any other branch of
agriculture except the dairy. Even
at present prices wool pays better than
wheat, nnd the decline in prices of
what tho wool grower has to buy is as
grent or greater thnn tno drop in wool
v.tluue. Ho belioves thnt dairying is
likely to be overdone, thnt tho rush to
quit sheep husbandry is a mintake,and
that wo shnll never attain a full degree
of agricultural sucacss until tho wasto
places nro made glad with shocp. "As
with other products, a low price- has
some to stay, but faith iu tho sheep
business should not waver." Ameri
can Agriculturist.
TO START A BALKY ItonsK.
An officer of tho police detail said
recently: "When I was a mounted
policeman I learned a most humane
snd kind method of curing a balky
horse. It not only never fails, but it
does not give tho slightest pain to tho
animal. When the horse refuses to
go, tako tho front foot at the fetlock,
and bond tho leg nt tho knoo joint.
Hold it thus for threo minutes, und
let it down, and the horse will go.
The only wny in which I account for
this ofiective mastery of tho horso is
thnt ho can think of only ono thing nt
a time, aud, having niado up his mind
not to go, my theory is thnt the bend
ing of the leg takes his mind from the
original thought. There havo bcon
some barbarously cruel methods ro
sorted to to make a balky horso go its
way, such as filling his mouth with
sand, or soverely beating the horse.
The humane societies would havo
thoir hands full to care for all thoso
cruelties to animals. If they 'only
know, tho owners of the horses would
adopt my treatment, and there would
be no trouble with the erstwhile
troublesome balky horse. "Farm and
Fireside
NEW ELECTBIO PLOW.
A German firm has constructed a
now form of eleotrio plow which has
been found successful and economical.
The plow bos a pair of wheels in the
middle, and will ruu in either direc
tion, and it is fitted with an eleotrio
moter whioh possesses the same prop
erty of reversibility. The motor by a
chain and sprocket wheel drives the
shaft over which passes a chain
stretched the length of the field. Both
ends of the chain are fastened to the
ground by triple anchors, and when
the motor is started it winds the plow
over the fields by means of the sta
tionary chain. When the end of the
field is reached, the plow is tipped up
and the motion of the motor reversed
by a switch, starting the plow back
aguiu, and at the same time laying the
chuin sidewise for he next furrow to
plowed. . When the anchors need
shitting it is done by a crowbar. To
bring the current to the motor from
the generator the two wires are mount
ed on a series of small rollers along
the ground, and they, follow the mo
tion of the plow very successfully. It
is stated that a considerable saving
might be effected by the use of this
device, especially it several farmers
should eombine and use it jointly.
New York Mail and Express.
BEES DCBINO CHANGEABLE WIMTBB
WCATHEB,
In many localities the weather has
been very cold. Bees, like all animals,
throw off moisture in their breath.
During freezing weather this oongeals
and surrounds the cluster with ioe, if
there is imperfect ventilation. No
harm may rosult until a thaw ocaurs,
for boue can endure eold when dry.
If a thaw is followed by a freeze, the
bees will usually be killed, Close, well
fitting hives have thus often resulted
in the doath of a colony, while bees in
old rickety ones, split from top to
bottom, come out in splondid condi
tion. To avoid damage in this line, in
cline the hives to the front, so that the
moisture will run out as soon as
melted. Do not allow it to close np
the entrance. Where bees are winter
ing in the oellnr sweep up nnd remove
all dead ones, so that the air will not
bocome tainted, causing uneasiness
among the living. Where roetlessncss
is apparent look to tho ventilation nnd
see thnt the air is changed. If this
does not quiet them, plnco a suowbnll
or wet sponge where they enn get at
it, as they may bo in need of wntor.
New England Homestead,
FEEDING FAT INTO MILK.
Thestatemontof tho New Hampshire
Experinteutnl Stntion referred to, to
tho effect that "by fecdiug foods rich
in fat tho proportion of fat iu the milk
is iucrensod, but thnt in time tho milk
returns to its normal character, deter
mined by tho individuality of tho cow,
and tho indications are that the in
crenso in tho fats of tho milk is not
due to tho fats iu tho food, but to tho
unnatural character of the ration," is
one of thoso commonly met with ex
cuses made to explain what is not pos
sible to bo denied, nnd a sort of
squirming out of a difficulty which is
wholly impossible to avoid by fair and
square discussion nnd proof. It is a
tacit admission of tho prevailing dis
position of somo tciontifio persons to
avoid taking back mistaken state
ments nnd ndmiting in a manly way
thnt they were mistaken or misled. It
is difficult to understand how nny un
natural character of a ration can in
crease the quantity of fnt in a cow's
milk, unless it were by the action of
tho fnts in tho ration, nnd if these fnts
add to tho fnts of tho food ouco only,
or for a time, tho fact we insist upon
is distinctly proved. The simplo
truth is really admitted by tho state
mont quoted, and iu good time it will
bo squarely confessed, if it 1b not now
fessod, by all of this wriggling aud
squirming of a fow of the experts.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,
Manure should be frequently re
moved from tho neighborhood of
barns.
Tho barnyard and its surroundings
should be well drained aud free from
standing water and filth.'
An old horseman declares that noth
ing will sell as quickly as a fat horso.
A poor horso is a slow sale, unless ho
is known to have an extraordinary
pedigree.
With reference to the eradication
of tho disease in herds already affected
it is rocommondod thnt a thorough ex
amination of the herd be made, using
tuberculin test.
Early breeding, late and continuous
breeding, as well as oxoessive and in
judicious feeding and milking are all'
frequent predisposing causes, and
should be avoided.
Those who profess to know predict
that pork will be high this year,
Whether it will or not, the pigs can
bo made to utilize many waste sub
stnnoes that are of no value except as
food for them.
Allow no strange animal to come in
contact with the herd without first
making sure by tubercullne test (whieh
is now reoognizod to be the only prac
tical method of diagnosis) that they
are free from disease.
When the snow melts the farm is in
a sloppy, disagreeable condition.
Drains or openings should be shov
eled out, if possible, and the water
carried away from the barn and the
stables as soon as it will flow.
The sheep is not as hardy as may be
supposed. Its wool is given as a pro
tection, but wool will not keep the
rain from chilling the sheep. They
should be sheltered and given straw
for bedding, which will also keep thorn
clean.
Boys who have not the pecnliat
qualifications requisite for suocessful
farming should not be urged to stay
on the farm simply because they were
raised there. Tho farmer ueeds spec
ial qualifications just as much as men
of other callings.
All animals found diseased should
be slaughtered aud the romaiuing an
imals retested at intervals. The
thorough disinfection and renovation
of all infected barns is imperative and
good drainage, light and ventilution
should be secured.
Warming milk iu the winter to a
temperature of 120 to 130 degrees
makes the oronin rise more quickly,
ehurn more.oasily and improves the
quality of the butter. If the milk is
heated too much the butter will be
soft as it is in summer and tho quality
will also be impaired.
BIVOUACS OF THE DEAD.
SOLDIER, REST I
The Boys In Blue are Steadily Dropping
Away.
Nearly Otty-ons hundred soldiers sleep lo
the quiet cemetery at the Military Home, In
Dayton, O. Ot the veterans ot the war whose
quarters are at this Institution, fully a many
bave passed away at still nnswer to theii
names at roll-call. The solemn words "Duet
to duett asbes to ashes," bave been uttered
thousands ol time by the chaplains sines
1807. when the first burial took place there.
This gnorou,hlg-nenrted Oovernmnnt hat
shown undying trieudsblp tor the veteran
slnee the war, and lue kiudly feelings which
have been surred by tbe Unmet of the coun
try's love will continue to glow fur nil limes.
In view of the met tbnt hundreds of veter
ans are burled at distant points, It Is a mat
ter ol conjecture as to tue total number who
have Uuisued the battle ol life. Iu auy event,
however, Damp-It at; is tue must populous on
tne grounds. It tuny not be ainlss to explain
tbat there are tlilrty-llve barraeks peopled
With veternue, and lb unlet city ol the uead
hits been duuuied.
"DiirmuK. so" la located on a gentle undu-
luting section ot the park Immediately north
veil ot the hospital. It overlooks tne Day
ton aud aton pike and a vast farming ooiu
uiuuity adjaceut. Kept scrupulously clean
It a traets general attentlun. Huuureds ol
row ol little quure marble stones u.ark tbs
last resting place ut the nation's defenders.
There it something Inexpressibly touching
In the soldier's situpie fuueiul. Military cere
mouy In itt niost uuustentatluut form Is here.
Vet Its simplicity uinkoa It conspicuous,
boa cely a day passes that the bulletlu boards
at the Home do uot couvey tba news that an
other ot the boys In blue has passed away.
LsjhII;- the bodies ol the dead are Interred
wliuiu twenty-four bouts after life has Med,
Tne body l itikuu at ouou to the bnseuient of
the hospuul, where It is prepared lor burial.
Clitel burgeou Major D. C. Ilulliuau noti
fies ibe relatives or immediate Iriends of tbs
desd comrade. In many eases tbe body is
tent away for burial ut tbe request of a
daughter, a sou or some very dear Irleud, fot
not a friendless soldier enjoys tbe freedom ol
a lemrul Uraneb.
Nollne of tue death of the comrade Is for
warded lo headquarters, where the official
announcement is made aud posted ou the
puMlle cump bulletin. At any time iu the
day a curious crowd maybe seen surround
ing tbe bulletlu, where uot only tbe funeral
notices are displayed, but all manner of geu
ral orders auu information ot a publlo char
acter. The assembly onll is sounded and the fu
neral escort aud llriug party assembled. Flvs
niluutes later Ibey tnnruh to tbe receiving
vault, where tbe Uearse has already preceded
tbeui. Tbe body is carried from tne hospital
lasemeut tbrouifb a tunnel a merciful pro
vision to spare tne feelings ot the sluk men in
the building.
Tbe collku is placed within the hearse, the
firing party, meanwhile, presenting arras.
Tbe comu is covered with the United
Slates llair.the Sergenut in charge commands
"Shoulder arms! lleverse arms! lly tours:
right, lorward march!" aud to tbe buttering
roll of tnuftted drums and tbe subdued musio
of tbe Hit,, the procession marches slowly to
"Barrack ail."
In reverent silence ths escort stands beside
tbe open urate, while tbe chaplain reads the
solemn burial service. At the last words are
snld and tbe mortal body of the comrade-in-arms
it lowered into tbe grave, comes tbe
Sergeant's tbarp command! "Attention!
Shoulder arms I Iteady, aim, lire!"
A crashing valley of musketry wakes the
rattllug echoes ot tbe dlataut groves and re
verbatet among the bll.s till the last souud
dies away. U breaks upon tbe ear of the
distant uity, bearing the message tbat an
other loyal defender ot tbe Hag, wbo surviv
ed the slaughter at Gettysburg, or tbe charge
at Cblokainauga. bat passed to its final ae
count A I tor ths quick, successive firing ths bugler
steps to tbe uead of too grave aud souudt
"taps." The grave is then filled aud a paint
ed stake, wearing tbe name, company, regi
ment and age ol tbe deceased, Is Uriven luio
tbe little ruouud. In due time a marble slab
Is received from tbe Quartermaster-General
of tbe tutted States Army; tbe grave is sod
ded and stone erected at the head.
Evory burial It recorded at headquarters.
a bomaxce or tii was.
Much mora might he printed about Andrew
Bee. one of the uaptor' of Jeff Davit, wbo
died lately, Beet nlisted August kg, 1862, Id
Company L. 4th Michigan Cavalry, com
manded by Colonel D. li. Uritcbard, of Al
legan, and be participated In all Its campaigns
sad marches, and battles until tbe dltcbarge
of the reglmeut at Edgefield, July 13, 1805.
In "Tbe Evenlug Tribune," of El Paso, Tex.,
f February 18, 1838, E. P. Lowe pays tbe
(ollowlug tribute to Andrew Bee:
'Andrew Bee, of Company L, was the first
man to recognise Jed Davis as be emerged
from the :eot wearing bis proper clothes and
a waisrpoof oloak. The shawl, tt on, mutt
have been removed In a Jiffy. At the moment
of capture Jeff Davis saidi 'Haven't you
better manners than Intruding on tbe privacy
of ladlesy' To this Andrew Bee replied:
We'll give you time to dress.'
"When he got outside the tent Mrs. Davis
held s ttn bucket in ber band fur him to get
some water i but Mr. Bet taldi "No, you
ean't; you're Jeff Davis, to whioh he answer
edi "lioyi, you've got me."
A few years after tbe war closed Andrew
located en a farm In Mississippi, but not mak
ing a success financially, he determined lo
return to Michigan, with but little money lo
bis pocket, While passing through a plea
sant llltlt town he met Davis, who, immedia
tely recognizing him, Invited him to bit
borne, and learning bit ciroumstanuet. gave
him 110 and an Invitation to call any time be
abould be lo town.
At tbe time of Jeffs capture Andrew
Sot a pair of gold tpectaoles, winch ha vealuoe
een lost,
In September, 1880, Bee came to Martin, of
wblcb plaoe be bad been an honored citizen
till bit death. He lived with bit daughter,
Anna In humble olrourostanoes on two and
one-half acres of ground.
Tbe funeral tervlo-s were oonduoted by ths
Rev. Thomas Monteltb, under tbe ausploet of
C. B. Wheeler 1'ott, of Martin. The pall
bearert were old comrades ot Company L
sib Michigan Cavalry.
Since tbe beglnalug of the civil war tbs to
tal peitslpoi paid to soldiers bave amounted
to I1,77,uoO,OjQ. Tblt it a large sum, but it
It 8u0,lW0,OuO lest than tbe amount paid at
Interest ou tba publio debt. Thut, at the
Rochester Post express puis It, "Tbe men
who loaned themselves to tbe Government
get lest than these wbo merely lent money,
aud tbe latter get lueir money again." Of
the two kludt of servio. tbat wblub the soldier
gave Wat far tbs greater. Let their be no
more complaint about soldiers' pensions.
Tbey are essentially unpatriotic American
Cultivator.
Baoa Riot.
Tbe levee along tbe river front at New.
Orleans was Ibe teens ot terrible rioting,
three negroes and two white men were shot
dead. Two wounded negroet Jumied luto tbe
river and are believed to be drowned, beven
men were badly wounded and two ot them
era likely to die. Others received slight
wounds. Tbe riot waa tbe result of tbe loug
ooufllot between tbs white union laborers on
tbe levee and non-union eolored men brought
to the city by the ship owners.
Bait Lake, Utun, Is rsjololng over tbs ar
rival o( natural gas, wblub ba been piped
from tbs wolls, It miles distant.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
Important Measures Oonsldsrsd by Oar
Lawmakers.
Mokdat. Mr. Fredericks, of Clinton,
presenieu a bill providing for the ereetlou of
an equestrian statue of Uonernl Hartranft
on tue oapitol grouudt at Uarrisburg, It
provides for an appropriation of 18,000. and
that the governor, ttate treasurer aud auditor-general,
with a representative of the sur
vivors of tbe Fifty-first regiment of the Penn
sylvania volunteers, and a representative ot
eack of tbe Pennsylvania regiments, which
Comprised tbe division under Hartrault's
command at tbe battle ot Ft. Stundman, shall
ooustltute a commission to procure tbe statue
and attend to Its erection.
Other bills presonted wnrei By Mr. Cul
bertsou, Allegheny, appropriating 45,000 to
ths Western Pennsylvania humane society)
Mr, Mrckrell, to regulate and establish the
to to be charged by constables Iu tbe com
monwealth) Mr. French, Wnshlugton, per
mitting religious societies to use the school
houses in tbe several tchool districts ol tne
commonwealth after school hours. The bill
regulating tbe business of plumbing and gas
Uttliig In cities of tbe second-class passed
secoud reading.
Tuesday In the sonate tbe bills to repeal
street Improvement Inws In Allegheny were
reported favorably. These bills were Intro
duced: Hardenberg, Wayne, to authorise
under the corporation act of 1874 the in
corporation of a society for the Improvement
of tne streets nnd publio places In; any city,
borougb or township, their Income from real
estate not to exceed 2D,0e0 Meredith, Arm
strong, authorise the construction ot military
highways In tbe state. The bill to establisu
a superior court at an annual salary oi 7,
000 eaca, ws discussed at length an patted
finally.
Wehesdat The three Greater Pittsburg
hills were taken up In the senate this morn
ing and passed. Tbe bill appropriating 4500
for tbe Improvement of tbe Del iware and
Schuylkill river channels passed flnallv, re
reiving 37 votes for and 6 against All tbe
Allegheny senators voted for It. Mr. Penrose
Introduced Ibe I'ennywcll local option bill,
known better as tbe lllsbop Fust bill) also
one to provide tor tbe safety ot women and
children employed Iu factories: also a labor
bill providing tbat the proprietor or tnnnngor
of every cotton, silk, woolen or other faolory
where emyloyes are paid by the yard, cut or
piece, shall supply wltb each warp a written
or printed ticket containing specifications
as to tbe work to be done auJrate of com
pensation. Tnt-RiT The bouse spent another day
wrestling with bills on second reading. Mr.
Compton, of Crawford, Introduced a bill to
provide lor tbe selection of a site and ereo
tlon of a state asylum for the chronic insane
at 'i'ltusville. It will be known as the Sec
ond State asylum for tbe chroulo Insaue of
Pennsylvania. Tbe bill asks for the appro
priation of 4230.000 to purchase tbe grouud
aud start tbe work.
The bouso committee on education killed
Senator Osborn's bill requiring tebool d I mo
tors to purchase a bigb-priced pictorial
chart. The measure has patted tbe senate,
and If it had gotten out of committee an at
tempt would bave been mads to make It a
law. '
Newsy Gleanings.
Tint business outlook Is good.
Choleiu Is raging In the State of Mines
Gereas, Brazil.
Snirmxs In PI. Potorfturg, Russia, last
year numbered 4!!.
It Is estimated Ihnt 18,000,000 bushels of
wheat will bo fed to live stock lu England
this yonr.
It has prnetlenlly Wn rteolded to hold an
International Mining Exposition lu Denver.
CoL, In ldW.
Tress are twelve women enndlilntos for
places on the London School Board this year
twelve out of 1!W.
EMrsnon William has called a meeting of
tho State Council to devise means to aid the
Prussian agriculturists.
Silas P. CAiirnNTEn has Just boon electee
Town Treasurer of Rlehtord, Vt., for the
fiftieth consecutive year.
The United States revenue cutter Corwin
left San Frnnelsco for Alaskan waters to hunt
for Illicit doalers lu whisky.
Infxcekxa Is rairlnir with virulence In
London and Berlin. The well-to-do classes
seem to be tho greatest sufferers.
The Rock Island Ral I r on 1 contributes
30,000 nnd free transportation for seeds for
destitute Nebraska and Kansas farmers.
Mob. KnnixiAN, the Armenian patriarch,
says 11,000 of his countrvmen were butch
ered by the Turks in the Bossoun district.
Dexves, Col., is to bavo a coinage mint.
It is reported thnt the richest gold strike
In the history of Southern California has
been mode about sixty miles east of Ban
ning. The gold brick swindle was successfully
worked In Blrmlnvham, Ala., on Mr. Dob
bins, a hard-working market garJner, for
40000.
The led. pendent X. of L.
Master Workman W. L. Wlitou, of tbe In
dependent K. of L., it very enthusiastic over
tbe prospects of the new order. He state
tbat originally the K. of L. had 65,000 mem
bers, tno-ti. -dt of whom have joined the
new order. Tbe only districts of any conse
quence remaining true to tbe old organiza
tion are located in St. Louis, New York and
Brooklyn, Tbe tint general assembly of the
new K. of L. will be held In Washington, D.
C, in January, 188U, at wbleh time It will
likely be decided to establish tbe headquart
ers in tbls city. He alto ttatet that the pro
posed action to get posar anion of tbe proper
ty held by tbe old order wat in tbe bandt of
attorneys and Intimated that nothing would be
done in that line for a year at least.
Hayward Sentenced.
Barry T. Hayward, convicted of the mur
ler of Catherine Glng, hat three montht to
!v. Sentence wat pasted on him by Judge
ieagrave Smith after a motion for an arrest
)f tenlence had been denied.
"Tbe sentence of tblt court," the Judge
I Id, "it tbat you be taken to tbe Hennepin
ail, and there oootlned until, after a period
if three montht. a time be fixed by tbe gov
iruor of tbls ttate. you be taken to tbe place
if executlou aud banged by the neck until
r ou are dead.
NoBbtrt Released.
Tbe Indian office bat received informattot
tbat Indians No Hblrt and Little Chief, arrest
ed on tbe UmatUla agoucy, and for wboti
safekeeping tba Indian agent asked Unite
States troops, bave been released and that at
further trouble will follow. It Is expected
that No Shirt and Little Chief will tltk
Washington.
Dissension In Cuba.
The Balrs- band of rebels la Its last Bgbt at
Los Negro bad several of Its members killed
and a large number wounded. Among tba
killed were one major and three other oltl
cert. "La Chambre" report Increasing oon
ttdenoe In the proilnoe ot Santiago de Cuba.
Ths mayor ot Mansanlllo report to the oap-taln-geueral
that on March V Estaban Turn
ayo, lleleaarlo Bamares and Douiulu Cabal
lero, the prluolpal Instigators aud leadei ot
band ot Insurgent lu the Mausaulllo dis
tricts, surrendered to tbo authorities uud
their declarations of alleglence have had a
good eieot. All report! agree that there ore.
growing dueiulou among tbe rebel. It la
reported from Uolgulo that the rebel leaden,
V arena, father and son, have surrendered.
The troop killed another bandit beiougiug
to Malaga's band aud captured four borscsv
Nicholas Bodwlu, aged 17, shot and kills!
n lutiior at Ulauvapollt, as a result of a