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" Hold fast In your loyal hearts, my dears, The memory of him whose life waa truth, the tc«c*«f sgood*es(>fere „ , °f • , Bo ffhall the echo ring loua and long ,"" In hearts where love and truth are strong. jj.;.': Fight off, fight down, from the path of life, * -PW® Ut( :̂iMB#ioi4i^w4lcfli )aad }o ill; )j • f %'% Stlth tr«tk IR foxx heatu ami onccttr The battle will leave you victors still. ' Then Are away, my boy t and aim •Gainst all that may sally a noble naaae I * ' "• "«*hl ulsrArs^Pe bufnfc Well*ank feright^ < v The children go on with their merry play; : i t, An<) dear ek! Grandpa, his heart is light As he honors the loyal holiday. And the mimic cannon rings out on the air, Of noise and honor it gives its ahare. TWlasii} >: . _ Hans was a beanty! A black iyeattum b<^.okol'a,̂ flt-!jorse t 5 He had a glossy, silky coat; and,with his arched neck and magnificent form, fa wan indeed a plaumxe to behold. , f, When his master bought him Hans *•» Wm api but f g«o4 training soberedThim. a little, and made him feel thai: the world had something more serious for Mm to do than pranc- _ tag and d^ngS Mll#*y JM# * this horse's master was my Colonel, and {his is *ho# I khow all about him, you 8ee-, J51* ?**. * r̂?Ofond o£ 8u8ar- One day--down in the yard, before mounting our horses for our usual •gaormng tide the man servant -lotting • hi* bridle, Baas sprung forward to till sweets I held out to him, le tip, m*t itW riding-dreSf. lei cattus cjbickly to help m®, paying: "Hans! halt!" Instantly Hans 'obeyed, and there he stood, one leg held over me, the head stretched out, and tipper lip raised; and though the sugar lay ̂ sfn jnagy * cheft, W^here it had fallen from my hand, he n^Vd^ flnoved until I was on my feet again. You may be sure he got that piece of stigar, and more io%; pat Jte . seemed to«ba still more* (Jleftfleil when his master patte3Tiim an& eaid in caressiitg tones, "My brave MUML* .f .< ' I ' Another thing ̂ liked «u to assist •^the military parades and maneuvers. Ah! then he curved his beautiful neck, t^qr^Jpgh an4 dainty step seemed. fertaris^&ffio jbinaeeM, f5I aaod my inae-H ter! My master and I! . But one day the parades were no fBpCf fif eterything • W i* deadly, 'terrible earnest. The bullets Whizzed around him, killing many poor horses and brave soldiers fighting for itypir. f^tker^aqd. , Many a tip»e vm Colonel has t6ld me, with his artns aootiad dear .old Hana* neck, he thanked his Heavenly Father that they were both spared after the battles. That W^B during the war of 1866 JD Germany. At last peacteVkturaed t<5 ffce land. Hans ^puni^ hnooflelf with his, three compan­ ions at his old quarters in Dresden, and lie was happy, I think, to be at home I«0MS. , Puring the fruiter of 1867-68 my Colonel married an American girl--- me, you know--and so, though the pa- radei weri th* Jatodt daiy rides frere prolonged, and daily sugar treats were inpfcitufced; also, Hans was pleased when tf«- ymmg wife was proud of him a|d his master,and looked very wise when she «poke to him. .Two years later he de- |>eii^ led round iayl K>u»d Se house,-with young Bert for a grate- .:§! hpxim ®n Hi S^fk. He even, liked to have baby's chubby fingers pulling his flowing mkne. Yes I Hans was 4$fever horsed is weB aft a beauty; *he was as docile and good as he was foil of life and fun. One sad, sad morning, in the summer of 1870, Beftie and his baby sister were carried from their beds to one of the svmmym of %% have a farewell look at papa. In vain Gertie cried out, " iPapachen! mamma! Hansl lieber Hans!" Papa, mounted on his good, true Hans, waved his sword in farewell to the child, but rode cm at the head of his regiment. Mamma walked on, too, followed by many wives, mothers and sisters, all of trhoni could Jftj: " Gott segne dichl Auf wiedersehen, so Gott will 1 " at the railway station-- for they were goiqg to the brave soldiers. The last view of the departing heroes that Bertie's.mamma had was as the train rolled swiftly &way--that of Hans' head, stretched over the orderly's shoul­ ders from the half-door of a closely packed horse-oar. The dear old fellow looked interested and wise; he was ~ hero in his own right, just as any man or cteattue is who doea hia duty--does 1 mm atChifpo, willingly what he is told to do by those who are wiser than he is. The train moved out of sight, and Bertie's mamma walked to her , iMfrsery to her little comforters! On the moxiiiii|( of •hs lot tember, 1870, at the great battle of Sedan, in France, between the French and German soldiers, a cruel ehassepot feall went through the Colonel's leg at the anj|l@i and oame out on the other side ©Titans' body. Alter » moment, t Hans was his officers e coming rode to an out of his Acne were falling. ThSfe ColoneJ felt ad i/ he had a much nl6rc paiaJWl'iltoifMe than his wound when he saw hie true, good Hans tremblingly patient by his side. Jit tldr Btefflient sdlne of th® Cohmei's own men marched by, and, seeing con­ sternation on their faces at the sight of ^heir wounded leader, he cried out, swinging has 4o thefia: H ' < "Forward, boys \ To-day decides;; do your best!"--in that moment he felt ihow hard it wasto be laid by, and net continue the wotk he had begun--to leave the battle-field for the sick-roem. Pale and weak from loos of blood, he fell back and waited until the busy sur- &9QT& could find time to hfilp him. 04dlenly he lelt a waxta. breath and a gentle lick on his cheek, and Hans ft-essed his head? against his masterto; then, his strength breaking completely, the Colonel threw his arms round the neck of his faithful changer, and, kiss­ ing him, cried like a child. After a while, gathering himself together, he cut olfr tfce muck-care^se^ feir^lo<$i from the head of dear Hans, and sent him away to be shot--put out of suffering-- for4p# weU he feaow th«*^neither time nof^ dkilftould ^ittDrf handsome Hans.--St. Nicholas. JLMCUBISHOR JPUJTCELL'S DEBTS. It is a well-kno^n fact that money,at 6 per cent, compounded yearly, is doubled in twelve years. Bearing this fact in mind, let the <mrio«s consider -the fol­ lowing figures: I ' ' t * ' Archbishop Purcell donned the rotje of Hi* present office in 1833, forty-sit years ago. His energy it was which built up the diocese, and caused the erection of church edifice after church edifice. In doing this the Archbishop required large sums of money, which he obtained' by the system 6f banking which hps now brought him into un­ enviable liotoriety throughout the wpri$L ^^0 r-; : Xet us assume that, in 1843, ten years after his ordination, he had reoeived on deposit $600,000, which he put into church property. Aa the property was unproductive, there remained the an­ nual interest to be provided for; but, as deposits continued .to come in, he met with no dilKcttlty in paying the In­ terest. In this manner, the curious sys­ tem of banking became one of a steady tayment of compound interest, without any return from the property iA Wfcidk the orignal principal was invested. Thus, in twelve years, the first debt $500,000 would have increased kto $1,000,000, and so on, aa follows: 1883-43... • 600,000 188B. 1,000,000 im MOO,000 1879 4,000,000 ^ OZJLA-JP ODSHJJL vj-frwoukl be summer all the yea*» • Wintry winds might rudely bl««r pile aloft the eddying snow; ifown, raiiM Miigiii | sweet girl, if thou wertotfii, $Th«rf>vi be no clouds in my life-sky. # iThen thou wilt consent, 1 know, SfspfejSi.* March came Into the world as flerctt"7 'A As Johnny Bull's great lion; | It roared around the chimney-topa, And set the windows drumming; | H tried its best to make believe The winter was just coming. W^o^^ot oMffiiprise tlnWMMfe, / *oj w^klww^ wijSiont i .JKe mrat 4R>nfit)iav<l to sc il^r dotAl And, meek M any lamb, FTO out. HO Twill be compelled to tuck Its tall Between its lega at parting. , CBUH4, Ohio. W, J, XxunlMB. ̂ THK RM OW KSOWLKDO*. ;• CMal was lhe wind. SSMI very wis* the That, centering the universe, began, Deep in the mystery of life that erst ^ Mysterious was in wisdom from the first. * Swollen existence counted Eden gain, Yielding a fruit that ladens every wain; Deep in the mystery, the deeda of men (Ir t̂ly divide eternity by ten, living we die; and yet by dying Uv6| Conceiving life, by giving life, we gtv* The fruit of death which Eve to Adam gave; Deep mysteries that lood tfce very grave. GSMTBB POINT, Iowa. Q. L. Wiurnr. BONO Of 1879. . " Ckarmi of WtaUk." ' Boast not to me the charms that grace The fairest form or fairest face; ~ Shape, bloom and feature I despise-- Wealth, wealth ia beauty to the wise. Oome, then, my Crcesa, fill my arms' 'j 'With all thy various stores of charms; ( u Shwns that of time defy the sage, ' ! ® And laugh at wrinkles and old age. Oome, that, Ohi eapaf, and with thee bring Vie thousand joys from wealth that spriag; Oh, bring the deeds of thy estate, ^ p ^ 4^y 4uJHtent8fnk)rttaglBi and plate. Still keep unseen those nut-brown locka, -- «jm>d yield thy treasures in the stocks I r "Oh, hide thlit sott, that snowy Brent, *-- And give, instead, thy iron chest. ' ̂ 4Phy guineas shame the blushing rofee, ' Which in thy cheeks unheeded blowa; Do*swe*t fonnteth«t ruby lip-- ja« t̂ y Uncle Sam's bondssb(%. Osn aught with those bright eyes compiWt 4hy diamonds, nymph, still brighter are. "tSan aught those pearly teeth excel? Thy pearls themselves please me aa well. , 4oat thou boast that beauteous ai Its bracelet boasts a richer charm. Vhose fingers, too. are lovely things; But lovelier far their brilliant lings. My passion, nymph, brooks no delay; tor charms like these can ne'er decay; ̂ Which will mot* thy fleeting /*)0ta|l?tehia4ntraiM^s after death. ItijrCABTKH, Wis. - »t WALTER M. HA ma. In this figuring there is no account of the money, used by thf Archbishop for charitable purposes, which must have been considerable,- and which steadily increased the amount of debt and the amount of annual interest; nor of certain losses which he is known to have suffered by the failure of Catholic business houses that were using Areh- iepiscopal funds.--Exchange. DARK HOURS. There ave dark honra---dark hours that mark the history of the brightest year--for not a whole month in any pf the thou«K«d «6f the pas^ perhaps, has the sun shone brilliantly all the time. And there have been eold and stormy days in every year. And yet the mists and shadows of the darkest hours were dissipated and flitted heecllesaly away. The crudest of the ice-fetters have been broken and dissolved, and the most furious storm loses its power to alarm. What a parable is all this of human f«ar--of out inside world where the heart works at its destined labor. Here, too, we have the overshadowing of dark hours, and many a cold blast chills the heart to its core. But what matters it? Man is born a hero, and it only by darkness and storms that heroism gains its greatest and best de­ velopment and illustration; then it kindles the black cloud into •» blaje of glory, and the storm bears it rapidly to its destiny. Despair not, then. Disap­ pointment wiH be realized. Mortifying .failure may attend this effort end that i 4ne; but, ohly be honest and struggle on, and it will all work well. SOUTH JERSEY'S once remunerative, but recently flat, glass-making trade is going up with a bounce. Several idle nrilla will be started in the spring. The works at Martin's Ferry have just been given a contract for twenty tons of sky­ lights for the new Government build- LACKED ACQUAINTANCE. l&klBeuva has for a long time' been known aS the most polite man in our community/but yesterday he even out­ stripped in politeness his former self. He met a friend upon the street, and thoe opened A confidential chat: Harry,* be said, "I have not been as ;mgry lor years as I was l&t evening. Bo yon beHeve it, sir, I went into the parlor of my own house, and there sat a staple, good-looking, weil-dreesed man--to every appearance a perfect gentleman, sir--with my wife seated upon his lap, and they were hugging each other, sir, and kissing too, sir? Oh, but it did make me angry sir.", "I should think so," answered Harry. "Tpfrnt did £ on n 7»..«.,; , > ' ' " What did I do, sir? why, I wal so angry I could have done anything. Sis new silk hat sat on a chair near the door, and I would have thrown it into the street, but it was raining and the hat woi^ have fitjned. Besides, you know the hat was guilty of no misde­ meanor." " Well," said his friend, getting im­ patient to know t^e pesuit^ " wkat'4id you say to him?" " Why, I said not a word to him, sir. Hiv* I not already told you he waJ a stranger. I.had never received an in­ troduction. Of course, sir, I could ^ot speak rudely to a gentleman with whem I was not acquainted. But I was very angry, sir, very angry; and'I came n*r losing my self-control, sir, very near it indeed." And La Seure stalked cm down the | street stamping the pavement ai it'%e would wreak vengeance out of thai stranger as soon as he was favored with an introduction.""" J."2fn.B3K>0^ j CZLINA, Ohio. I J ̂ J F-| "T' " I ii| Paris must be -reckoned the toad market, Toads are there sold By the barrel. Think of it! Toads setting like potatoes. Who bliyi them? Vegetable gardeners. Why! For the reason that toads devour the in­ sects that would otherwise devp&r the vegetables. Who devours the toads? Ccmtrai-y to «>me ideas--not the French people. But toads are being sold now, not devoured, and it ia with the selling we are interested. How do they vend them? The man in blouse bares his arm and thrusts his open hand into the slimy swarm and brings up two, three or four gymnastic toads, wriggling and writhing. He points out the merits and delivers them in a box by the dozen to the eager market gardener, who takes his choice and pays his price. The buying and selling is done expeditiously and quietly, and the to the venders ia great* iirr:iaL " • h»m I UT8BGXS UBB1> AM FOOD. ' ' Man does not refuse to use insects as food. Even W3, highly civiliaed as we are, do not reject the lobster, the crab, or the shrimp^ which, though not strict­ ly insects, are only articulate animals, and, until recently, were classed as in* sects by our best entcfeologists. Now, the Arab Would be disgusted to see us feeding on lobster salad; yet he finds great delight in masticating a locust, In both the Indies, epieufes eat the grub of the palm weevil, is at; large as your thumb; and Sir Jc4>ii if Forey concurs in opinion with the ancient Greeks mentioned by iElian, as esteeming a roasted grub very de­ licious food. In Jamaica, and in the Mauritius, a certain grub, which is as large as a man's finger, forms an article of food. The Indians prepare a drink from a kind of beetle, by macerating it in water and spirits. Locusts are an article of food in many parts of the world. The Ethio­ pians were called Locust-eaters on this account by the Romans. The Arabs make them into bread, first grinding or pounding them, and then mixing them with their flour. They not infrequently eat them boiled and Stewed. The Hot­ tentots esteem them ;higfr]y end grow fat <?0 them. They all make their eggs into soup. Their traditions teach that they are indebted to some great conqueror for the coming of the locust. He lives a long way northward, they say, and removes a huge stone from the mouth of a deep pit, so that the locusts escape and fly to them for food. The Moors prefer them to pigeons. Butterflies were highly relished among the ancient Greeks, and the Parthians use them freely for food. American Bed Indians are fond of them, as are the natives of New South Wales. The Chinese, who cannot af­ ford to waste an edible thing, cook and eat the chrysalis of the silkworm and the larva of the hawk-moth. Ants have their place with articles of human diet. Hottentots eat them both raw and boiled. East Indians mix them with flour, and convert them into a popular pastry. In India, ants are used to flavor brandy. In Ceylon, bees are used for food. In New Caledonia, the people eat a large spider, esteeming it a luxury, 'fte&uraer says fee knew a young; German lady wl* ate spiders. It is recorded' that the authoress, Anna Max Schure- manar ate them like nuts, and declared they were not unlike that fruit in taste. Lalanide, the celebrated astronomer, was equally fond of these " delicacies," and Kosel knew a German who spread them on his bread like butter. Humboldt caps the climax of these edible monstrosities, assuring us that he saw Indian children drag centipedes, eighteen inches long and more than half an ineh wide, frem their holes, and devour them. hoiking it by the head, so that his thmnh an^ 8^P the orifices of the ear;^6^1*^06into thf water; he cuts off * "maU P0^11 of the hair, which he twists ty ^ a little wax from the tanen. and tht font; then, anointing the baby hands and feet with the holy making the sign of the eross with iM same on the forehead, he concludes by a prayer and hcaeiMibn. '" " - • •• into the s breast, d : 4ha |MT at Msta SHM.<tefltt]Mhit fea Mil it nwtlrn ®jl'ifiSr JUJDHHS IJEtilSMTOUfc ^ FIUDAY, Much f. --SKKATH,--New bills twra latoodaoad as follows; To provide (or the pay­ ment of ^xe« on land hefplats tbarsof a1 4̂ tosnMAd dQr of ^ m sue to ^ Obonty Courts testamentary trhsteee wiibbut " sort to courts of chaooety for that logovern iife-inEtlnnpe companies.....A • was passed amending ttoe Oambl«w... .A goou portios of the day was coasuipAd in diseossing A gooti a bill logaiisuig'the illegî mato child of one John 8. WaBsoa. The bill win defeated. Hows®.--Tfcs Seaate resolatfofts te iavesK- gats the State Pnater were adopted....The bill ral&ting to ihe«mpk)jmenl of ebildcan gave rise to a long debate..... Mr. Went worth's Labor bill was discussed, amended, " Judiciary Com- SSSfl SS *A MI nBHfW and referred to the 1 TMK Bommows or BXJTIUM. Homer was a beggar; Platus turned a mill; Terence was a slave; Boathius died in jail; Paul Borghese had four­ teen trades, and yet starved with them all; Tasso waa often distressed for '5 shillings; BentivogBo was refused ad­ mittance to a hospital he had himself erected; Cervantes, died of hunger; the celebrated writer of the "Lusiad " ended his days, it is said, in an almshouse, and, at any rate, was supported by a faithful black servant, who begged in the streets of Lisbon for him; Tmgelas left his body to the surgeons to pay hie debts as far as the money would go Baeon lived a life of meanness and dis­ tress; Sir Walter Raleigh die^ on. the scaffold; Spehser, the charming, died in want; the death Collins was through neglect, first causing mental derangement; Milton sold his copy­ right of "Paradise Lost" for £15, at t]|iree payments, ami finished his life in poverty and distress; Otway died pre­ maturely, and through hunger; Let died in the street; Steele lived a life of perfect warfare with bailiffs; Gold­ smith's "Vicar of Wakefield" was sold for a trifle to save him from the grip of the law; Fielding lies in the burying- groond of #14 English lect^ry at Lis­ bon, without a stone to mark the spo^t; Savage died in prison at Bristol, wfieire he was confined for the debt of £8; Butler lived a life of penury and died poor; Chatterton, the ohild of genius and misfoHuae, destroyed himself.-- Exchange. > CURIOUS RUSSIAN CUSTOMS* It is a curious thing that among the Russians the fattier and mother of an infant not only cannot stand as sponsors to it, but they are not allowed to be present at its baptism. The godfather and godmother, by answering for the child, become related to it and to each other, and a lady and gentleman who have stood as sponsors to the same child are not allowed to marry each other. In christening, the priest takes the ohi^d, which is quite naked, and, «rit*ee,...Mr. Sherman, of th« MUitia committee, sent up the substitute Militia bill accompanied by the bulk of the majority and minority reports. Hie substitute bill repeals the present law and provide* for independent companies, battalions, and regiments, but no geuerally- organised armed auBtia, so that ths State is at no expense on account thereof. SATURDAY, March &--SXMATB.--A substitute for the Industrial School bill, was adopted by the Judiciary Committee,.. .Quite a number of committee reports ware made, and considera­ ble routine bnrinaw was translated....Bills introduced; Appropriating f&OOOto the State Board of Health; to prohibit pool-selling; to •repeal an act to rsstrsta psrsaA not attorneys from practicing before Justices ef the Peaqe. HOUSE,--*A resolution tipat . no; new bills should be received after the 16th inst was sent to the Committee on Boles....The Chair appointed Allen, of Warren, Crossthwaits and Zmk a commmss to investigate ths State Printer Bills wears intioduoed: To enable School Directors adjacent to cities to per­ mit children in such districts to attend the puMio schools of such cities; to disconnect property from cities aikhrillages: changing the name of ths Illinois Industrial university to the University of Illinois; to pro- ride for ths proper weighing and measuring of coal in mines; authorising the purchase of lands by consul UupssiateaOsnts of Hcbools; to provide for the payment of taxes on lauds before the rams shall be platfc d, vacated or sold: to regulate practice in Justioe courts j to amend the law flvreminR changes of veim«, MOJIDAY, March 10. SEN ATE.--The Bensts met at 5 p. to, and received a message from ths Governor, announcing his approval of the Ey<J* Park and adjourned. HOUBK.--The regular order, bills on second1 reading, wsstaken up, when the following msas tires were considered: Belativs to official bonds; to give effect as eviden«e to dssds of assignees,, etc.; to moss severely vanish gcava-rohbing; relating to receivers of savings banks....Mr. Mason introdoosd a Ml .lor a burglary-in- guranoe oompany...-.Mr. Snyder wap appointed a oommittee of one to Buy ths library of ths late Judgs Sidney Breesm fcasniv, Mamh ! 1. --SBWATS. -4§snator Archer presented a resolution that no new bills should be presented after March 15, unless by consent of two-thirds of the members. The resolution was laid over under the rule... .Bills were presented to rsqnir* the stamping of goods made in ths pstutontfariet, so that they may be known in ths market;, bv Senator Whit­ ing, relative to taxation; to revise the law rela­ tive to dower; to protect tls persons of rail­ road employes, requiring the roofs of bridges to be raised so as to clear ths can and employes standing thereon; to amend the law tor ths incorporation of cities- and villages; to permit persons to ohfBgs their names; appropriating #12,000 to butltt passenger ele­ vators in the state House... .The bill abolish­ ing ths State Board of'Bqaalisatian waa ths subject of a heated discussion, after which it was recommitted. Hobinc.--The report of the Oommittee on Rules restricting tbs introduction of new hills to the 15th iust • was tobled New bills were intro­ duced: Compelling clsrk»eta»nrte to keep open office from 8 a. 111. to 5 p. m. To' provide for the handling of steam and asfkty of the public; to repeal the act to preveat frauds upon trav­ elers and owners of conveyances for the trans­ portation of passengers: regulating the iu»u- agemeDt of the Reform School at Pontiac.... .The bill of Mr. RobiBon. to amend the School act, waa tabled, after discussion ....Ths bill giving the tight of sentencing prisoners to Judges was defeated, and Mn Fosospdsr's bill, abolishing the office of State House Commis­ sioners, passed with hardly a dissenting voice., WanxasiMT, Mtrch- ltt--BaJUm--Several oommittee reports were mads, ths charges against Dr. IUnch were voted down, and Park Commissioner MoCrsa was ordered ioveatir gated... .At 10 o'clock, ths special ords», Kuy- lei«lall's Fee and Salary bill was oonsidsredLand, after discussion, referred to the Judiciary Com­ mittee. ... .Bills introduced ̂ For placing ths ooatof arms of Illinois at Mount Vernon; by Senator Shutt, to amend the law of criminal jurisprudence The msmbers of ths HouSs sntsssd ths Senate ia at body, and took part ia ths exercises of respect to ths memory of ths late Senators Early, and Mills. Eulogies were delivered by sevsrsL Hsnsters, after wkioh tka Senate adjournsd. , HOUSK.--Bills wsrs oflfersd: By Mr. Orooksr, prohibiting ths payment of wages in scrip or other device reprsssafeag goods or supplies, in­ stead of money; by Mr. Mason, amending Iiealaw;byMr. Tleaeseon. amending Road law {, noy, 1 ffi! of not _ _ and say perssn lftt» Is a Who peassteist less tten |S(L< ^»iW»i§L- f̂tlary of Baflroad fftfflh K-S*KAT«.-flsiiator Mnfttt pftsented a petition praying that a law be psseed making it an offttae pnnteliabls by a 5 ̂*or any pemm to invite aoottMrto "takaa punishable byk ̂ iwHic^g" lwffK any person to knswfaigly taring into MdS Mais any domestic animals infeoted with oonisakms disSase, and reoommended that n paaa. The Committee on Apwopriationa reported hi favor of allowing the Southern Insane Hn+Htel at Anna #08,000 for expenses for the year 00m- ssencicg Julyl, 1879, and the sum of 990,060 per annutn thereafter; also a bill anproraiiMaK 176,000 for the firstyW, and ATlil seciffld yeBF. 'f* '.̂ 1or^nary expenses of the Central Hospital for the Tnssnn st Jacksonville for the next two also in favor of allowing #89,000 for -.-.vis exp*. ^nsss of the swing , SoW&rs' Orphans' Homa, $3,000 1 of necessary improvements, and |Fo) . for sewerage..•..Ssnator Artiey reported bsdt the bill, to i-epmt *i» Vagrant act without rae- .. omraeniigfion.,. .Sector I>eLaney ictroduoaA a bill providing for the enforcement of me- chanics ̂and material itan's ltans. > - ̂ House.--11m Oomokittes mi Agricnlturo (f. ported » substttoiB tot ME. Raw's Cockle-bif,̂ bill../.The House devoted nearly the eni|ii i day to the discussion of the Drainage biil. Adjourned to 5 o'clock Monday. labor in bakeries; by Mr. Murray, to givs polios* men and Arenas right of trisl sijrt apj*si to Cir- cuitCourts: by amend^EPenw law;, by Mr. Suyier, to repeal the fioart of Heal A Isw; by Mr. Dteiey, appropristtrtn fOrmain- tonanee and expenses of Natural History Museum; tar It* Wckett, amending Iiauor law; by Mr. Mock, ameadlng FeeS and 3alary brary were referred t© the Committee onEdn- ostioa... .The bill amending the set relative to Justices of the Peace and constables was passed. TAOBSDAT, Marsh IS. --8*WATB. --Bssslu- ttou- trtee iotrsdaeei • frayiotlhstthslaws ̂ smpiieg church properly, ministers, Mid priests from, taxation be repealed : for the holding of two daily sessions of the Senate untu the end of the session... .Bills offered : By Senator Munn : To provide for the election ©f four Cir­ cuit Judges au the north judicial circuit; by Senator Bonfiold, amending law in relation to criminal jurisprudence; by ^Senator Bkldk^ depositors, all the assets of such banks, and of all prom­ ises to 'iJikv0 by Senator Kuykendall, to abolish the Grand Jury; bv Senator Joelyn, to provide for payment of sneidenM sxpenses of the Thirty-tirst General Assembly; by Sen­ ator Lee to amend the act to establish houses of correction and to authorize the confinement erf convicted prisoners therein; by Senator Joslyu, to procurs sand of gravel banks Or beds to be used in repairing or constructing roads; by Senator Hunt, far an sot in regard to drainage. 1 ABTRKTURR. * The man j friends and acquaintances of ey-Policeman "W. H. Howard, who went West three years agd next spring will be pleasantly surprised by the intel* ligepce that he has finally turned njfr after five-months' absence from his fai%» |ly, during which time it was supposed that he had been murdered. Bis ad* ventures constitute a story strange m fiction, but substantiated in every point beyond doubt. After leaving this city Mr. Howard was engaged for some timp as an express agent at Omaha, Net*, and, on the 26th oi test April, after de­ positing a large sum of money, he we*! in the afternoon to the bsnradks, some distance om the city, to collect a bin of about i30. Nothing was seen or heard of nim by his wife until the hit of August, when, as she was preparing to return East, she reoeived a letter from him at St. Paul, where she shortly after­ ward rejoined him. Mr. Howard, as- h» was returning flrom the barracks, iusft been attacked by a band of some halt* dozen robbers, who evidently expected to get more plunder than they did. Howard recognised one of the fellow^ and, under these circumstances, thogr deemed it unsafe to let him return to* titer city. They aooordingly aad gagged him, :and' long distance in the ww^ds^hertf fK% left hbs to die, after giving him a terri­ ble beating. After several days he wkt found by some woodmen, in a deliriotft oonditieo, and taken to iheir hnl. There be laid for several months, hover­ ing between life and death, but finally recovered his strength, though his minia still wandered. He then wander^ away, and when he eame to his sens^f was in St. Paul. He immediately pro­ cured work,, and communicated with h|i wife. His story is corroborated by II# finding of some of his clothes in am woods, and by thn statements of those whocaredforhim during hislongiUnesd, His wife writes that she found him slh most a skeleton, btlt his health is noil steadily improving, and he has a good job in St. Paul, running a stationary etf- gine.--Springfield (Mass.) Eepubiicai|> MMMIT0 TUB MMA&& BAND* , A genttanan from Northern Olno w«0 in PhUaMphia, recently, sad wha|n 'there was intaodueed to a prominent Pennsylvanian as an Ohio man. Thn Ptinnsylwanian's first remark wast " *A * From Ohio, ehl What office do ydfc hold?" • : "None^. tir," said the Ohio min.' ̂ "None-!* said the PennqrlSrBiili^ with at lace chuck full of exclamati<» P°inte- . .< . . 1 . ..•No,.sir*. ,\{ f • "Why," gssped the astonished.ins^ "don't yon know Hayes?" "Yes> sir, X live within * oonntks of Mr. Hayes' old home." !.• . , The Pennsylvania man seemed nw>|| bewildered than ever, and took a she# of paper and covered it all over with, figares, trying to get a satisfactory solu­ tion of the problem. Finally he lookdft up and said: " "Oh, I see now. You've been ddMb something to make Hayes mad." "Not at all," replied the Ohio man. ^ % "Here, boys," yelled the Pennsylv|̂ nian to a crowd of friends. "Here, hem yon are. Here's an Ohio man Uvea near Hayes. , Knows Hayes, never ?r anything to make the President mad-̂ > don't want an office--hasn't got one. Brass band, boys, reception, 10 o'clock to-night,,, portioo--stranger, yon speak." **v The affair developed several toddie^ ; but the brass band and speech we|i postponed.--Ohio State Journal. 1. A FARMKB Of Washington eount^ Pa., aged 80, married a girl of 90. ft The wife's elder brother had previously espoused the groom's only daughter, a The old gentleman, therefore, is hi* son-in-law's brother-in-law, and his wifs is his sister-in-law's stepmother and h*? toother's stepmother-in-law, etc., etc. . f fe ; •; M .* v,>1