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e: H-'fy f tr I HERB was onco a princo who lind reached au ago nt which his rpyul parent and himself thought it de sirable for him to marry. Ho knew ploxity of a g r e o a b 1 o princesses jrirls whom ho liked to take- on the box-seat of his coach or sit with on the stairs at dunces; hut being' a very innttci-of-fact prince, he found them all too frivolous, too superficial, too unreflective. "No," ho said to himself, "they have not the qualities which I consider con ducive to permanent happiness in mar ried life. Now, what I want is a thor oughly matter-of-fact and level-headed girl a girl who knows exactly what she is about, and 1 shall not marry un til I llnd one of that sort." At length there camo to visit in his father's kingdom a piinccss who at once struck tho prince as possessing the desirable qualities in an eminent degree. As her royal father was rich, and as she had a pretty face and ii Kedfern figure, and was always per fectly dressed, tho princo promptly fell in love with her, and, having ob tained the consent of her parents, asked her to marry him. Tlie princess received his proposal in the most delightful matter-of-fact manner. She said, however, that she could not think of decidiug so impor tant a question on 'the spot, but would take a week to consider it, and would give him her answer at the end of that time. On the appointed day the prince called at the earliest hour that would ut all do and found the princess look ing uncommonly charming iu a Paris mornlug gown. After shaking hands ho immediately asked her decision. "Woll." said the princess, "I have thought the matter over carefully and this is the way I look at it: I respect you and I admire you, aud in fact I like jou very much indeed, but I really do not kuow whether 1 am in love with .you or not, and I think it best to be in love with the man one marries, al though, of course, theie are many per sons who do not consider that impor tant." The prince said that he quite agreed with her view of the subject. "Hut " he began. "Wait a minute," interrupted the princess, "I have something more to say. Please listen attentively. I havo heard engaged girls say" hero tho princess paused for tho fraction of a .-second, but being an entirely matter-of-fact person she went on at once 'I have heard engaged girls say that the first time a man puts his arm around you and kisses you you know immediately whether you are iu love with him or not, even if you have not heen peifectly sure before. There is any sister who, as j-ou know, married JPriuce Hullion. She is awfully happy, but she has told me since that when he accepted him she really was not absolutely curtain of her feelings, but as soon as he embraced her she knew that she was madly in love with him. On the other hand, there is my dear friend, the Duchess Frou-Frou. It la not generally known that she was once engaged for a few days to a young duke from the west. She had seen a Rood deal of him and liked him, and when ho proposed to her by letter she accepted him in tho same way, think ing she was in love with him or would the when she saw him again; but when be came on aud put his arm around her and kissed her she suddenly dis covered that she could not endure him, aud broke the engagement imme diately." "Well," said tho prince and the sound of his voice was somehow a trifle odd for a strictly matter-of-fact person "suppose wo make the test" "That is what I have thought might be the best way," said the priucess. "Of course you understand that it would be entirely matter-of-fact aud experimental." "Of course," replied the prince. "But stop," interrupted tho princess, for the prince had taken a step toward her. "as so much depends upon this test, would it not bo wiser to think it over a little lirst, so as to be sure of making it in tho best way or, porhaps, evcu to take, a few lessons in kissing and embracing?" The prince looked a little disappointed at this, but, of course, ho soon saw the wisdom of tho princess' suggestion. 6hc said she was going to pay a visit in the country for two weeks, and they arranged that tho tost should be made as soon as she returned. The prince immediately sent for a professor of Delsarte and explained the bituutiou to him. "But, your royal highness," said the Delsarto professor, trembling, "I can not possibly teach your royal highness kissing and embracing in two weeks. To do that sort of thing properly, one must go through a progressive and comprehensive system of physical, meutal and moral training. Kissing and embracing aro very complex, in deed. Why," ho continued, ' growing moro and more excited, "they come al most at the vory end of tho Delsarte course, und that, us your royal high ness knows, takes fouryears." "I can't help that," said the matter-of-fact princo, "I havo got to loarn us well as I can in two weeks, and you unay come every morning directly after breakfast to glvo mo a lefason." Ko the princo took a lesson every morning dlreu'ly uftor breakfast and pent all the rest of his time practicing kissing and embracing on his valet (Tho man thought his royal muster had gone crazy, but ho did not like to speak about it) At tho end of the two weeks the Del- YSffitttil N'"r I li! "t 1 Jf I 111 M M 4 tra rr'- 7 tUffl Mljii nnrlp professor expressed htmuclf as far from satisfied. "I hope," ho said, "that if the test does not result entirely us your royal highness would desire your royal highness will not. hold mo respon sible. 1 nssuro your royal highness that If your royal highnoss will only postpono tho test for four short years 1 can tench your royal highness em bracing and kissing in tho most llnishcd and artistic manner a manner that novor fails of success perhaps, as your royal highness is so oxtraoi dinar ily clever, It could oven bo accom plished iu three years and a half." Tho princo did not tako the troublo to reply to this, but having embraced and kissed tho Delsarto professor for tho last time not as an cvldoneo of affection, but in tho way of a final re hearsal ho set off to call upon tho princess. She recoived him in the most charm ingly matter-of-fact way and said that she was quite ready for the test. Tho princo resolved not to be nt all affected by the consideration that in an other moment tho princess would bo able to decide whether she loved him madly or could not endure him. Ho determined to remember exactly what tho Delsarte professor had taught him, pulled himself together, and pro ceeded. First ho carefully put his left arm about the princess' waist not too hastily, for tho Delsarte professor had impressed upon him that the essential clement of all artistic motion, no mat ter how seemingly active, is repose and then he took her left hand iu his right and kissed her vory artistically for a person who had had only two weeks' lessons. But the princess only looked puzzled. She stopped a moment to consider and then said: "Iteally, I don't see that it has made any difference. I certainly don't dis like you, but I don't know whether I am in love with you or not any better than I did before." "Let mo try once more," said tho prince. "Well," replied tho princess, "you may try just once more." So the princo embraced and kissed her again. He kept himself well in hand this, it must be admitted, was J TitAxsrixr.D with AsroxisiiJinxr. rather an effort even though he was so matter-of-fact and got through iu even better form than before. The priucess stood looking distract ingly chic and as fascinatingly matter-of-fact as over. "I am very sorry." she said, "but I am ouito unablo to decide, and so 1 think we had better consider it settled that I am not to marry you." At this the prince, being quite over come with disappointment und morti fication, and reflecting that even if he ivent back and took the en tile Delsarto course, even if he got through iu three years and a half, the princess probably would have mar ried some one else by that time whether she were in love or not, as sho had threo younger sisters just "dying" to come out, and as she was too generous and high-minded to handicap them by hanging on so long reflecting on all this and being really tremendously in love, the matter-of-fact prince quite lost his head for once. lie suddenly threw both irms about the princess and gave her a good hug, at the same time kissing her in tho most violent and inartistic man ner, in doing this he stepped on her dress and tumbled her hair and disar ranged tho chiffon upon her corsage most dreadfully. The princess gave a little gasp and blinked a trifle and then sat down. The prince, feeling that all was lost and now quite beside himself with rage and despair, said, very rudely: "Well, do you know any better now?" He then seized his hat and stick and was about to rush out of the room, when he happened to look onco more at tho prin cess and was transfixed with astonish ment by her appearance. Her chin was quivering in the oddest manner, the pink in her checks was several shades deeper than usual, and there was an expression in her eyes which tho prince had never seen thero before, but which struck him as at tractive, although it was not at all matter-of-fact Ho stood staring at her for a moment and then the princess an- swered his rude question. "Yes," sho baid, "I Iiavo decided. 1 will marry you, although, of course, you have behaved most shockingly." The moral of this talo is that if you can't take a complete course of Del sarto it Is bettor to bo natural. Chicago Tribune. Had Ills IlniuU l'ull. The wifo of a well -known naval offi cer tolls an amusing btory of some of her experiences in Washington bociety. On oue occasipn, when she was asked to receive at an army and navy'ger m an, a congressman entered witli ,a lady loaning upon each arm. One of thu floor committee at enco approached him with the polite request that ho glvo his name, in order that ho might bo presented to Mrs. Blank, who re ceived tho guests of tho oveniug. "No, thank you," was tho noncha lant reply. "I don't care to ba intro duced. I have two ladles now to take care of and that is about as much us I cun manage. " Kunsae, City Times, I " xQ I (mm l I Ml "J&l THE UGANDA QUESTION. it May Load to tho Downfall tho Gladston'tins. of l.uhnuclicro mill 1114 Collenguri Drmnuil tho i:uruutlon or tho Province His tory of ttio V&nt Afrlou Compnnt Snotiirlnu Wnrs In Africa. Special Letter. Tho Uganda question which is nt present ngitating tho peoplo and poli ticians of Great Britain is of particular Importance, as it may cut short tho pre carious existence of the Oladstono min istry. The problem to be solved by tho ministry aud parliament is whether the country shall be evacuated or re taiued. Before entering into a discussion of the political troubles, it may bo well to give a short history of Uganda. Some years ago the British East Africa com pany, a private corporation, secured from tho sultan of Zanzibar, in various cessions, about a milliou squaro miles of territory for a term of fifty years, nnd for un annual payment of S0,000. Tho company's capital was 2,000,000, of which 1,000,000 was offered to tho public. The customs revenue in 18SS was 30,000; in 1SS9 it had Increased to 50, 000. Tho company undertook exten sive improvements in Mombasa, tho chief town of the British district; and in this, tho construction of telegraph lines, the maintenance of an armed force, aud similar expenditures, the capital lias vanished and tho receipts have not come satisfactorily to hand. The evacuation of the country was sug gested by Mr. Gladstone, when the East Africa company applied for gov ernment assistance a short time ago. His views at once aroused the opposi tion ot the religious Societies of Lon don, whose officials claim that evacua tion would leave the missionaries, us well as their native converts, at the mercy of the savages and the still more dreaded Arab slave hunters controlled by llamed Ben Muhammcd, known to the world as Tippo Tib. A statement made by Bishop Smyth ics, of the Universities Mission to Afri ca, sheds a most pccullar'light upon the whole transaction. The dignitary de clares that his missionaries were happi ly settled in Uganda beforu the advent of the East Africa company and the ex tension of the British protectorate over the country, but that the intrusion of these had changed the condition of things. Strifes have been raised and difficulties created that did not exist before, so that where once the mission ary was comparatively safe nothing can now insure safety but a Jlntish army. Summed up in a few words, the afc6 CAl'T. F, J. D. LUOAP.I). bishop's comments mean ttiat only be cause of the intervention of tho East Africa company docs Christianity now need the help o? the sword to spread the gospel. In tho parliamentary struggle about the Uganda problem tho tories will no doubt tako the side of the church against the state, if for no other reason than the purpose of undermining Mr. Gladstone's remarkable inlluciico among the religious elements of England. The radicals, headed by Mr. Laboucherc, havo always opposed the East Africa monopoly and will insist upon evacu ation, even though their action should embarrass tho liberal ministry. The bitter and banguinary conflict between the Catholic and Protestant , converts in Uganda, has. according to ( admissions made by both sides, douo a great deal to injure tue tuiristlan cause in the most populous and prosperous province of the African continent. The English contingent, tinder com mand of. Capt. F. J., I). Lugard, adopted tho old Spanish method of converting the natives by force. Thcro is, in fact, considerable resemblance between Cor tez and Lugard, "although the latter does not possess tho marvelous diplo matic and strategic resources of tho former. To promote tho interests of tho East Africa company, Capt. Lugard al lied himself to the 4,000 Protestant na tives, who fought their 25,000 Catholic fellow countrymen with a zeal born of ignoranco and biiperstition. The Prot estants did 'valiant battle. under tho British flag. The Catholics used tho red cross on a white foundation for their emblem. Tho internecine war by tho British soldiery, was concluded Tho Catholics wero banished to an islind iu tho Vic toria Nyun;:a, called Sesse, and finally departed to a province known as Bud du. Mwanga, the king of tho natives, after having been u Protestant, a heathen, a Catholic und, bome say, a Mohammedan, has onco more joined tho Church of England, and has, after many trials, been restored to tho shaky throne of the land of hia fathers. Whllo these disturbances'weru going on tho Arabs of Tippo Tib invaded tho country und captured as many of tho struggling Ugandans ns" they could. Mohuinmcdan missionaries, who spread their gospel in much tho sarno way as did tho British toldiers, added to tho terrors of tho hour. "Civilization" in a fow ycurH destroyed tho peace of a.pop ulous nation aud mudo tho natives ab ject slaves. It is surprising that in view ottiio tact that order ! being restored In a meas ure by the British troops, tho govern ment in Loudon should think of evacu ating ' tho territory won at such a tre mendous cost Capt. Lugard imme diately repairetl to England when lie heard of thu proposition. He lias been cS Industrious in circulating encouraging reports of tho country. Ho declares that tho triangular duel between Moham medans and so-called Protestants and Catholics Is forever ended nnd that the three parties havo been confortably es tablished in threo separato districts of tho kingdom. Capt. Lugard comes of u fighting fam ily. His grandfather served In tho British army, and all of his uncles aro in the rmoon'n service. Ono of them is Sir Ed ward Lugard, colonel of tho Hast Surry regiment, and tho captain's father still draws a pension as a military chaplain. Ho served through tho Afghan cam paign with tho Indian contingent, and was on tho staff in Burmali. While on half pay in 18SS lie comminuted nn ex pedition to Nyassaland, and did very good work against the Arab slave traders. In 18S0 ho explored the Sabaki route for tho East Africa company, and I rirro Tin (iiAsinn iir.x muhammed.) in 1800 he organized and carried through the Uganda expedition. "This," says so conservative an authority as London I Black and White, "is a fine fighter's and organizers record, and shows of what good stuff Capt. Lugard is made." Tho opponents of the captain will have hard work to convince those who havo come under his influence that Uganda is, not worth keeping. If Eng land intends to maintain its ascendency in Africau affairs it must secure con trol of the road to the Albert-Nyanza and the other great lakes of the dark continent. And, logically, in order to do this it cannot, do without tho terri tory of King Mwanga. Capt Lugard's pleas are ably sec onded by Mika Scmatimba, a native of Uganda, who is now visiting the English capital. Mika is a Protestant, ono of the rising young men of tho country and a stanch friend of Eng land. He predicts all sorts of disaster in case parliament should conclude to leave his people to tho mercy of tho Mohammedan freebooters. The capital and metropolis of Uganda, in which all readers of this paper must be more or less interested, is called Usavara. Henry M. Stanley, during ono of his hazardous journeys through Africa, visited the city and the "capi tal," of which lie gives tho following graphic description: "Within three hours' march from Usavara we saw the capital crowning tho summit of a smooth, ronnded hill a large cluster of tall, conical grass huts, in the center of which rose a spa cious, lofty, barn-like structure. Tho large building, we were told, was tho palace; the hill, Hubaga; the cluster of huts the imperial capital! From each side of the tall cane fence inclosing tho grass huts on Hubaga hill radiated vc broad 'avenues, imperial enough is width. Arriving at the base of the hill, and crossing by a 'corduroy' road over a broad, slimy ooze, we came up to ono of these avenues, the ground of which was a reddish clay strongly mixed with the detritus of hematite. It gave a clear breadth of 100 feet of prepared ground, and led by a gradual ascent to the circular road which mudo the cir cuit of the hill outside the palace in closure. Once on the dome-like height, wo saw that we had arrived by the back avenue, for the best view of thia j capital of magnificent distances was that which was obtained ,by looking from tho burzah of the palace and car rying the eye over the broad front high way, on each bide of which, as far as could bo defined from the shadows of the burah, the Wakingu (chiefs of Uganda) had their respective courts and houses, embowered in gardens of ba- THK CAPITAL OK UGANDA. nana and fig. Like tho inclosuro rouna tho palace courts and quarters, each avenue was fenced with tall 'matoto' (water cane) neatly f et very close to gether in uniform rows. Tho by-streota leading from ono avenue to another wero narrow and crooked." I'riendR of true civilization hope that Uganda may bo baved from tho utter' i destruction which would follow a sud den evacuation of tho kingdom, al though thu natives have but little cause to be grateful to tho English in vaders. G. W. Wnil'I'IEBT. Worno Vet. "John, you aro not listening to a word i am saying!" f "Why, my dear. I am all cars." "I know you are, and that makes it all tho moro provoking." Jury. Wui-Ht Kind or 1'ulliiro. Miss Walton la marriage a failuro in your town, Mr. Outwcst? Mr, Outwcsb I'm Barry to sny it is. Miss Walton-Why? Mr. Outwcst Lack of women. Llfa S WMwmsmm GAVE HIMSELF UP. John C. lino, thn llnnlc-IVracknr, Who In 18H1 r.rubor7loil 84,000,000 mill Fled to Cunnilii, llottirna to Now York mill Sur render Illiuseir IIclil In lloiidH or (920,-000. Nnw Yoiik, Fob. 21. John C. Eno.J wiio in 1SS4 lied to Canada in order to nvoid arrest und prosecution for hav ing embezzled nearly $4,000,000 of the funds of tho Second national hank while its president, put himself under the jurisdiction of tho authorities Monday and was admitted to bail in 520,000. For some time it has been known that Eno was likely to como back and tako the consequences of his defalca tion. His friends say it was much against his own bettor judgment that ho fled, but that ho did so upon the advice of his fa ther, and that tho only reason ho did not come back before was that ho feared tho effect upon his father, who is more than 80 years of age. Since he loft this city he has spent most of tho time nt Quebec, where he has been interested iu vari ous business enterprises, which are said by his friends to have been more or less successful. Eno arrived in this city direct from Canada at 11 o'clock Monday morning and proceeded immediately to the ofllco of his counsel, Col. Gcorgo Bliss. The two proceeded to tho chambers of Judge Wallace, wheio they wero mot by District Attorney Mitchell and a couple of his assistants. The federal indictment under which Eno was admitted to bail consists of sixteen counts. They charge that at various times from December 28, 1SSH, down to May, 1SS4, Eno, while presi dent of the Second national bank, un lawfully and with intent to defraud misapplied certain of tho moneys and funds of tho bunk, amounting in the aggregate to $0,970,000. This money had been paid in sums ranging from 850,000 to $450,000 by check to his brokers, A. Dyatt & Co., and Goffe & Kandle. lino's crime nnd flight, coming as it dUTjust after the fuilu.ro of Gr.int ii Ward ami Iho Marino bank, helped to creato almost n panic in iVnll turret In tho spring ol lfcbl. May 12 ot that year there wero rumors of troublo in thu Second national bank. John C. Kno had been made president ot the bank scleral years previous by his father, Amos It. Kno, who was tho principal stockholder. Tor tho previous two or three years young Uno had been one of the most prominent and persistent speculators on tho bull side of tho market. How. is long of the market when tho Northern Pacific broke, but ho held on, expecting a riso which never came. Tuesday, May 13, tho story came out. Kno's defalcation was said to be In the neighbor hood of 14.000.000. That night lhi directors met and decided to stand by the bank. Amos It. lino, tho young defaulter's father. Is said to have presented tho bank with securities valued tit ;J,500,ODO, the other stockholders malting up tho balance. In addition to S3,&00,X)in securi ties Kno's father deposited In the bank fl.uuo.ojo in cash and offered, it is said, to put in another million if it was thought to bo necessary. There was u run on tho bank, which lasted about a day and a half, but Its doois were never close J, and after n careful investigation tho bank examiner reported that tho Institution was perfectly sol ent Amos It. Hno was credited with being worth at that tlmo In tho 'neighborhood of 5iJ,000,OJO. Eno hail been under tho espion age of deputy sheriffs and detectives since, it first became Known that ho had made away with tho funds of tho bank, but In spite or tho cordon of pollco w hich surrounded hU h'juso ho v. as not to bo found when the United .States officers wanted to arrc3t him. lie had mysteriously disappeared, nnd it was not until socral dajs later that it was known that ho had gono to Canada In thu company of Father Duccy, who stood by him during his en tire trouble. Eno was arrested in Que bec just as ho was about to sail for I.iier pooL Ho refused to return to tho United States without extradition. Ho was kept under arrest for seicral weeks awaiting extradition proceed ings, which, whon they wero brought intocourt, proved unsuccessful. Various attempts lua been mado to cot Eno to lomo back, but w lth out result. ROACH ELECTED. North Dakota Will Semi n. Democrat to thu United States Semite. BlSMAitcif, N. D., Feb. SI. W. N. Roach (dcm.), of Grand Forks, was elected to succeed Casey as United States senator from 2sTorth Dakota Monday. Tho balloting opened with the sixtieth of the joint session, which resulted in giving Miller CO, Walsh 24, Wnllcn 10, Lamb;:, Muir 1 and Benton I. On tho next ballot tho combination of democrats, independents und somo republicans settled the long contest The election of Mr. Roach is tho unex pected thing which has threatened to happen for so long. No one was moro surprised than Mr. Roach himself. On the sixty-first ballot Mr. Roach re ceived on the first call 42 votes. This included all the democrats and inde pendents, together with Davis Halvorson, republicans. Tho of the republicans to change and first was Wineman, of Grand Forks. Several changes followed in quick suc cession, a hulf-docn being on their feet at once. Jud Lamoure was one of the first to follow Winoman, nine in all changing. Harry Oliver led the break from Miller to Casey and a number of other republicans followed until tho vote as verified stood: Roach, 51, Casey, 20; Miller, 10; Wallen, 2; Smith, 1. Senator-elect Roach was called for and addressed tho joint convention, ex pressing his thanks for tho unex pected honor. Ho promised to aid his friends of the majority party, even though ho hud been elected from tho minority in the legislature. W. N. Roach has been a resident of Dakota for thu last thirteen lears, coming to Orand Forks county from tho District of Columbia. Ho was born In London county, Va., nnd Is now 5J years of age. Ho has a family of four chil dren und is u widower. Ho 1ms stood for his party us Its candidate for governor on two dif ferent occasions, being defeated both times. Ho is nn extensive wheatgrowor. SHORT OF CARS. Wontern Itiillrnnds Vnnliln to Attend Promptly to Shipments. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21. Tho car Bhortago situation at Kansas City is as bad as ever. Tho western roads aro cramped for transportation facilities because of the arbitrary action of the eastern linos in holding cars from tho west. Eastern roads have been using tlicso cars for storage purposes, and in many eases are Ublng them for local business. The Bhortago is mounting up rapidly. Western roads aro short ubout 500 cars a day. OHIO LEGISLATURE. FrocamllnRii of tho Adjnnmotl Ronftlon of tho Hovontloth Gcnornl Aitfiomuly. Col.UMntts, Fob. H. Striate Tho Hums bill to exempt from jury duty vatornn ox-noldlcrs wrb dlsousscd briefly and dofontcd. Tho fol lowing bills woro priSBOd: Amending Socttons 47U, 473& nnd 7001 bo as to provido for tho de struction ot Canada thistles; prohibiting bar tering in county, township, municipal nnd stato vouchers or orders; nuthorlztns county clcrl to fill tho ptncl of struck Juries In cases of donth nnd removal. A numbor of looal meas ures woro Introduced. Joum Tho only bill of n gonoral naturo passed was ono to amend Section 3017, so as to provido that no mombcr of tho nnttonal guard shall hold moro thnn ono commission. Mr. Mar tin's bill providing tht tho nnnuil report ot county commissioners for publication In news papers shall show only tho total amount of tho receipts and disbursements for each fund dur ing tho year, nnd tho present condition of tho sovornl funds, w 8 discussed nnd dorcatcd yeas 11, nays 17, Tho souato bill by Mr. Gear to com pel manufacturers of binding twlno to attach a tab or label to oach ball, giving tho length of Btriug and weight of ball, under penalty ot a lino of from Si to '2o was also defeated by n oto of 37 yeas to 28 nays. Tho bills Introduced wora alt ot n looal character. A. resolution was adopted granting the hall of tho house to tho Ohio division Sons of Voterans for tho nnnual convention, June 20 aud 21. CoLUMiius, Feb. 15 Stnatt Bills wero Intro duced as follows: To tax snvlng3 associations that h ivo no capital stock; providing for tho vacation of ti county road that remnlns uu oponod for publlo uso for four years after tho order for it is made; providing for tho selling of pools In Cleveland, Cincinnati nnd Columbus, and authorizing tho municlpil authorities to rog ulato tho business. 13111s passed: Giving pro bato courts Jurisdiction nnd common picas courts nppcllato jurisdiction in joint couuty road caes; providing for tho nllowancoof at torneys' foes to executors and administrators in litigation involving property of tho cstato orin which tho will of tho decedont Is contested, whether tho will bo sot nsldo or not; exempting from tnxntlon s.nlng socletlos organized undor tho net of April 10. 1W)7, except for surplus In vested In tnxnblo securities; authorizing credi tors as woll us heirs to cause a citation to Issue, against nn administrator or executor suspectod of concealing any ptrt of nn estate. Tho sonato concurred in the houso amendments to tho Gear binding twlno bill, und it is now a law. Jloutf Tho Ltllard bill to lcgallzo gambling to tho extent of regulating tho practice, was de feated for tho third time, the oto standing 11 yeas to 41 nay. Tho following bills wero passed: Compelling manufacturers to label oach ball of binding ttUno with tho kind of ma terial nnd weight: providing that judges of courts of record shill dccldo motions nnd de murrers within twenty, and cases within ninety days from submission; directing tho labor com missioner nnd attorney general to enforce tho Fllckingcr convict labor law, tho samo tolng amended so na to mnko tho ratio of convicts employed In nny ono trado 10 per cent, of tho number of free laborers employed In that trado. Comtmiius. Feb. Id S'nate Among the bills passed tbo following wero tho most Important: Making It the duty of tho probato court, when f atlsUvil as to tho required facts by tho sworn testimony of two or moro competent witnesses, to rorord births or deaths that hnvc been omit ted from tho record: requiring tho placing of counter lloors In buildings during tho period of construction to protect tha workmen against thedamjerof falling Hills wero introduced: Requiring foreign corporations to procure a li cense from the secretarv of stito before doing business In Ohio: providing for the appointment of two addlt'onal aides-de-camp on tho staff of tho governor, with the rank ot colonel Including county rctordtrs In tho list rf other rounty officers who should bo prohibited from practicing liw lloust 1hc entlro forenoon session was taken up in tho discussion of Mr. Hayes' joint resolu tion providing for submitting ton votoof tho P"oplea proposition toumend thu constitution f-o as to provido for single loglslatli o district. Tho resolution was finally defeated j ens .W, nays 31. A number of members failed to vote nnd a reconsideration will bo asked. Hills were passed: Making It a misdemeanor punlshablo with lino nnd imprisonment for nny married man fraudulently to represent himself as an unmarried man nnd make proposals of mnrrhco to or repeatedly call on or keep company with tin unmarried femalo of good character. Coi.VMnii, Fob. 17. Stnatt-Ony htttccn members wero present when the semte con vened this morning. Ono bill was Introduced nuthorlzlng certain councils and township trus tees to unite in buying n hearse and erecting ti Miult in Joint cemetery grounds, nnd tho senatu adjourned until tho -)th. House quorum was not present nnd no busl- neis was transacted beyond tho introduction of a few bills, tho following only b;lngof n general nature: Regulating tho prnctico or medlclno li v providing n board to eximlno nnd Issuo certifi cates to physicians; eoulfvlng tho Insurnneo laws of Ohio; amending tho Workman law by giv ing to school directors Sl.tV) per day for tlmo nctu nlly emp'oyed; amending tho ditch law so that a ditch may bo cleaned on petition of ono prop erty holder; to empower tho trusfoi of lnsann asylums to tlx tho salaries of stewards and su perintendents: amending Sections 017 and 1277 sonstonllow prosocutlng attorneys to collect by suit money Illegally draw n from tho count r treasury; providing that persons suing saloon keepers for damages under tho Adair law In counties other thin that In which thiy llvo. may be exempt from tho giving of securities for costs: Increasing tho salary of the assistant lw librarian from H.OM to tl.ROO; Increasing tho power of municipal corporations nnd town ship trustees so as to permit them to carry on nnd tomploto Improvements without obtaining nuthority from tho general nssombly, Ad journed to February 20. Coi.llJiliUS, Feb. 2 ). Senate Onl v n brief ses sion of tho senato was held to-day, tho introduc tion of bills being tho chief order. Tho following only were ota general naturo: Providing that In passenger servlco on stenm railroads that engines known as whole or half decks shall bo used, whero tho mglnecr nnd llreman can bo In constant communication, und for fro'ght service whero tho "mcgul" Is used n llreman shall as sist tho engineer a lino of from 51M) to a.r00ls provided for every violation of tho act, and every day shall constitute n distinct ofTenso; regulating tho law for tho inspectionof tobacco, nnd plnclng In tho common pleas court, rather than tho probato court, tho nppolntmontof thn Inspector: amending tho binding twlno law so that It shall tuko cllcct next Soptembor. House A flood of bills wero placed In tho leg islative hopper to dav, thlrty-ono now moisurcs being introduced, though fow woro of general interest. Among tho mass wero tho following: Providing for tho establishment of a navnl nnd mnrlno service along tho fakes, consisting of threo b millions of naval artillery and ono tor pedo corps. In nil requiring 3J0 men; providing that tho samu law governing tho annexation of village shall apply to tho annotation or a town ship or u spoclul school district; to prevent Urn extermination of opossum, by making It unlaw ful to shoot tho animal botwecn March in and November 1; making tho theft of n blcyclu punlBhablo tho xamo as stealing a horwo; authorizing tho governor, socretnry of stato nnd iho nudltor to constltuto n board to ap praise nnd nssoss tho value of real und porsonul proportyof telegraph und oxpress companies for taxation; requiring th-vt n gallon of mnplu s rup shall wolgh olovcu pounds avoirdupois; providing that u person appealing from u Jus tice of tho po ice must pay tho justice for tho transcript boforo appoallng; providing that u bushel of popcorn shall weigh forty-two pounds. Sovero Storm ut Htoubniivllte. Stkuiiknviu.k, O,, Fob. SI. The most violent wind storm which has visited this city for years occurred Sunday night A heavy snow btorm was in progress at that time, (suddenly, with out any warning, a terrific wind storm struck tho city. It became so darlc Unit the electric: lights had to bo turned on. Tho falling snow was driven in every direatlon and pedestrians woro unablo to And tholr way along tho street. Tho heavy plate glass faces on tho court house clock were blown in and signs, Bomo of them twenty foot in length, wero wrenched from their fastenings and hurled into tho street A ., SI '. 1 '-I il iM I M !l ,),! I IF if4l m m lis ftl i r.H M M ILfl 11 M m iY I I ii. i