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E&KETOEEEr OF  THE   OH)  "EEAK.
Wien the moments of friendship are numbered,
*Hov oft it appears
That ths lave which, in laughter has slumbered
Arrows now in tears!
, >7a iraft'lends that have journeyed together
* long time, you and I;
Hiraugh sunshine and stormiest weather,
Sut the old year must die.
.And awhile in your hearts -will awaken
A bitter regret;
And the paths your feet have forsafcen
You cannot forget
Yet I pray you to mourn not my going,
Though we have been friends;
Wh slam I but one billow, whose flowing
Has touched shore, and ends?
Aud the tale of my joy and my sorrow
lives but as the trace
Of the waves, that the tides of the morrow
In turn shall efface.
Yet I leave you. as waves leave their treasures
Of coral and shell,
A gift, passing sorrows and pleasures,
Our friendship to tell.
I leave you the friendships, whose growing
Has been from my birth;
There as naught that the tide brings in flowing
Can equal their worth.
Por, as shells from the murmurs "of ocean
Steal echoes that last,
go in friendship is stored the emotion
Of years that are past.
—Spectator.
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MY  SWEETHEART.
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Do you know my sweetheart, fir?
She has fled and gone away.
I've lost my love; pray tell me
Have you seen her pass to-day?
Dewy bluebells are her eyes;
Golden corn her wayy hair;
,   Her cheeks ar e of the sweet blush-roses;
Have you seen this maiden fair?
White lilies are her graceful neck,
And her breath the eglantine;
Her rosy lips the red carnations;
Such is she, this maiden mine.
The light- wind is her laughter;
The murmuring brooks her song;
Her tears, so fuU of tender pity,
In the'clouds are borne along.        *
The sunbeams are her genial smiles;
The leaves her footsteps light;
To kiss coy flowers into life
.. Is my true love's delight.
I willtell you-who she is,
And how all things become her,
Bend down, that I may whisper best:
My sweetheart's name is—" Summer,"
— Chambers' Journal. -..
THE AMEER EESG.
Subscription I $1.50 per Annum. CLABE, MICHIGAN,
'It yas a cold winter night. I sat by
the fire at a German inn. Not far from
me was Carl Yon Arnheim. We were
both members of the German University. The fire blazed fitfully, wreathing
itself in glowing spirals around the huge
logs that were being consumed. I *was
about to go off in a doze, when, suddenly, Carl recalled me to my senses by
asking,
" Do you know that the Baron Yon
  and Tiis lovely
daughter
are in
town ?
I replied in the affirmative.
As I gazed on his face as it slowly
settled to its dark, weird aspect, I was
. ready to give crede^ji^o-.- those stories
bruited around among the students of
■ some strange, supernatural gifts with
.which Carl Yon Arnheim was endowed.
;",I had-often met him; and, from the
t first acquaintance he had somehow attached himself to me.   * ' ■■■—■■•»
Gn being asked why, by some one, he
' replied that his and'my own destinies
> were united; that I would be necessary
to "him some time in the future.
The persons he   alluded  to in. his-
.^ question to'me'were known to both. Of
•ns. Baron Yon -——' was a frank* ifree-
Jheai ted     German    nobleman:-     His
. daughter^ Eena,. -as she wascalledj was,
the .most beautiful creature r.eyersaw.^
■Not.only had*the beauty jatfaagte^j
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Tm<T evidenl^touched the heart of the"
somber, pale-faced German student,
Carl Yon Arnheim. I do not know
whether the thought of my being
attached to Eena ever troubled him.
B[e seemed confident, and feared no
rival.
But, as I watched him that night, he
had-a strange look of fierce determination on ids face. Presently he turned
towards me, and fixed his eyes on mine.
It was impossible to avoid his glance ;
a lurid light seemed playing in the very
depths of his eyes. I could not move
nor speak. Another moment and his
hands were moving before me, and I
knew" that Carl was a* mesmerist, and
that I was under h%S*35itrol. Soon I
lost all conscious/Css, and I awoke to
what, appeared a new state of existence,
I saw Carl still looking at what was
myself; but from which, in some manner, I was separated.
I had often rea'd of the duality of our
existence; but never comprehended its
meaning so clearly before. Here was I
looking on a living and breathing body,
from which the soul, the Ego of metaphysicians, was absent.
Carl still continued to gaze fixedly at
my body, then, though he spoke not, I
knew he was addressing me. There
,was.no word uttered; but still the horrible purport of his meaning was conveyed to me, the more distinctly as we
were conversing spirit with spirit.
"Knowing by his diabolical arts that I
had won the love of the Lady Eena, he
was conjuring my soul from its body,
which his own soul was to enter, while I
was to dwell the inhabitant of his body.
I could not struggle; I could only submit.
In this way he was to win the Lady
Eena, and I was to lose her forever.
Again I lost consciousness; and when I
came to myself I found the transformation complete, and Carl had departed.
I was sitting alone by the fire of the
German inn in the body of Carl Yon
■Arnheim!
I arose to leave. The little innkeeper stepped up briskly, and handed
me his bill.
"The gentleman, your friend, said
that you would settle this little account,
Herr Yon Arnheim," said he, handing
me a slip of paper.
Yes; henceforth I was to be Carl
Yon Arnheim, and he was to be myself,
I paid the bill, and then departed.
And now, as I came Out in the cold,
frosty air, the terrible truth daAvned upon my mind for the first time in its awful reality.-•' "What was I to do? Where
was I to go? Would it not be worse
than madness to try and retain the love
of Eena in my present guise! Should
I attempt that, Carl Yon Arnheim, in
his fiew personality, would forestall me
by declaring me a -madman, and Eena
would believe him. I staggered under
the weight of my misery. All night I
roamed the streets, caring not whither
I went. In the morning some of the
students passed by.
„l"There goes that queer, unfathomable genius, Carl Yon Arnheim," I
heard them say.
"What in the world has he been doing?"
"Beading the stars, perhaps, all night."
No one took any notice of my haggard aspect. -It was like Carl to look
pale and haggard. I turned a corner,
and there a sight met my eyes before
which I recoiled in horror. I saw Carl,
as "myself, glide swiftly past in the
sleigh of  Baron Yon —-—.   The latter
rushed past; and I staggered and fell—
and then knew no more.
When I recovered my senses I found
myself in Carl'sroom. I recognized it,
for I had been there once or twice before at his invitation. A physician and
one or two students were standing be-,
side the bed where I lay. I opened my
eyes and thanked them for their kindness.
Again tne horrid reality of my condition burst upon me, and I nearly
fainted again.- Eallying my strength, I
told them to leave me, as I wished to be
alone. The physician gave them a sign,
and all went out. . I lay for some moments longer, trying to reflect upon my
situation. At length I rose up and.
paced the room.
A desire for vengeance had seized
upon me. A thousand schemes sug:
gested themselves to me by which I
could obtain satisfaction, but none of
them seemed to content my morbid imagination. I looked about the room.
In one comer I espied a large, iron-
bound chest, which Carl was always particular never to open in my presence.
A thought struck me. Why might not
this chest contain secrets which it
woulcLbe.of importance for me to know ?
But how to get into it! I hesitated a
moment. Carl must have carried the
key which unlocked it in his pocket. I
felt for the key. Sure enough, there
was a large one there. * Itook it out and
tried the lock. It yielded, and I opened
the chest. ■'
There was nothing in it—except some
chemicals, several old, wrinkled and
yellow parchments, and, in a small box
by itself, an amber ring. I had a presentiment that, with these means, I was
to work my deliverance.. I examined
the manuscripts; large rolls, they were,
filled with diagrams and words.in the
Latin language. Being* familiar with
the latter, I was at no loss, to understand.
their meaning.
What! Had the day of magic returned? Here were directions for calling the powers of darkness to the aid of'
humanity;* the hidden mysteries of nature 'revealed and examined; and * dissertations or a metaphysical-character on
tlie mind of man, and its-unknown affinities with the world jof, spirits. Ali was
apparently written long- ago—-it- might
be centuries. I sp£ all day studying the
niysterious writings. Night came, and,
^after-obtaining a Httle-nourishment fov
tlie body tha^'^M miBie for the time )?e-
iUg, I lit a lamp, and, locking the door,
still' continuedriioii_p^e;gyer those woh?
derfti|?^matouscripte^^^i^^tyfere^revealiiig*
mankind*' irresistible. •- "     - *
All '"that'wasdemanded for* the possessor of this- -secret was a peculiar organization. With the body of Carl Yon
Aruheim I, of course, had obtained his
temperament and facility to use these
powers. I determined to make myself
master of them—and then—let the villain look to himself. He had forfeited
all his power by taking upon him my
organization, so great had been his love
for the beautiful Lady Eena.
Little did he think that I would act
with my inheritance asi intended. My
heart beat with hope. Already I seemed
to grasp revenge. With that amber
ring, and the knowledge of its wonderful properties made known to me by
these old manuscripts, I would bring
him down—down to the very lowest pit
of misery.
Over the way was the mansion of the
Baron, the father of Eena. It was lit
up with a thousand brilliant lights. I
heard the sound of music and dancing.
As I looked from the window I saw pass-
ing'by the opposite window, and inside
the gorgeous drawing-room, Eena and
Carl, arm in arm. I did not stagger
that time. I smiled with secret exultation. Going to my table I unrolled a~
manuscript and read:
"The odic fluid is generated by wearing the amber ring on the third finger
of the left-hand; and by the odic fluid
matter and mind axe united. When
odyle is withdrawn from the body the
mind is free, and can be commanded.'"
Then followed further directions ending with:
," Thus the amber ring, to him who
knoweth its proper use, is, to a certain
extent, all powerful.""'
*****
/Days passed. By the aid of the ring
Ikept myself informed of the movements of Carl. He was to be married
in three days, which would be the day
before Christmas. The. ceremony was
to take place in the evening.
My time was short, yet long enough
for what I had to do. Day and night I
studied and worked. My experiments
were, with a few exceptions, successful.
By the day before Christmas I was
prepared. I had perfected myself in
my art. I had no more need of the
manuscripts-—no more need of the amber ring. I therefore, for reasons of
my own, burned the whole—the manuscripts first—and then threw tl\,e amber
ring into the blazing fire. A pale light
started up; the whole room shook and
gleamed as if of phosphorescent material. Then all was silent. I went to
the window again and looked over the
way. Could I have been mistaken ? It
seemed to me that I saw, in the uncertain light of the moon, Carl Yon Arnheim raising his hands to heaven with a
lopk-betokening the greatest fear. It
was but a moment, and then he was-
gone.
My vengence should be a retribution.
One hour before the time appointed for
the marriage I was at the inn of
which I spoke at the beginning of the
story. I began the incantation which I
knew would bring Carl, whether he
wished or no, to my presence. Soon he
came. There was a wild look -in his
eyes, and he seemed overcome with terror. I made him sit where he had sat
three jveeks;;before. Then, using the
same mesmeric means he had used, reduced him to a state of insensibility.
I then, taking from my pocket a viaicon-
taining a-virulent poison which I knew
would take deadly effect in the space of
half an hour, swallowed its contents—
and, .commanding the spirit of Carl to
resuoieifcs original body, I- re-entered
triumphantly for my vengeance was complete; the soul of Carl Yon Arnheim
had gone into its former body, whence
it was soon to be driven forever by the
deadly poison I had en'ranced into his
system.
As I sprung from my seat, the surroundings, somehow, seemed, to be
changed. I was still in the same room
of the inn, and there before me sat Carl,
fast asleep. The little keeper of the inn
was bustling about as usual,* and before
me seemed lying the veritable box I had
seen burning a month before. I shook
Carl.
" What do you want?" said he, looking up.
"What do I want?" said I, half reflectively. " I believe I've been asleep,
and had a queer sort of dream—all
about magic and mesmerism. This isn't
Christmas eve, is it.?."
"Christmas eve!" he echoed. "Why,
Christmas won't be here for a month."
" Let us go," said I.
THE
Sore Throat!
recommends- th
with honey of ro]
be used as a'gar^
with sores'and ule
mouth.
Stings   and
'^AY, JANUARY 17,1879.
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Ilisli" physician
* celery, im'xed
parley water, to
tpuppse who, suffer
_th$he throat ahd
nm*. _.
{.v• —Carbonate jof
soda wet and'appliv   eternally to the"
bite of a spider, °£5r "^enompus creat-'
ure, will neutralize |['chpois6a'ous effect
almost instantly.   Sictpts liken'a. <
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THE NEXT CONGKESS.
Contested  Seats in the House   of   Representatives.
The New York World figures up the
next House, as follows.:.
Democrats 146
Eepublicans .......... .129
Nationals .",  10
Tammany    3
Vacancy through death (Twelfth New York). -,..." 1
To be chosen in California... .........:....   4
Total...  .293
It then proceeds to describe and predict the contest for seats, as follows:'
Of the Nationalsj Messrs. Gillette and
Weaver, of Iowa, will act with the
Democrats in organizing the House.
Mr. Barlow, of Yermont, is classed as
a Eepublican, being iu reality a bolting
Eepublican, though running as a
National. The Tammany" members
will act with the Democracy on national
issU6S.;.";.:-:        ■   •. -    %-.-, ,AA.   '
Delaware—There'is soine'talk of contesting Mr. Martin's seat, on tne ground
that he. Jiad' been convicted of slave-
owning and that.his pardon had not
been .properly entered," but uo thing
eame.pfit.  .     . ...^,.,.„....„.
Plorida—The    majority    for'   Hull
(Dem.^in.' the Second   district , being    ^ 	
only >13,r Bisbee (Bep.) may contest the f tassium,S'f restless at %
in case of snake-bittf-"' - **>"'
The Morning-.A}
weak-che&ted folks
and deep in ,the •<%
these mornings. .'A?*«$S
cold air^ taken witijj!/^
worth   any   amoxmf'*
astringents for quicl^
the vital organs
Boens and Sc.
| thing to be done wi
1 ceived aburn-or'6c
; part that .is -injured
! cotton, wool or.wadi
! pletely exclude the"
wool   happens \nofc
scraped potato-for ,'t)
pain.
Eye Lotions^I
liquids is a very dilut;
phate of copper, of"
Sulphate of zinc, six;
sulphate   oi,   morphijj
glycerine, two teaspoo;
table-spoonfuls. "■ '^Dx*
drops-into the,eye jiigl
and bathe 'the' Hds*
styes, pull out the ey<
and touch Ithe stye \ei
lunar caustic, moiste:
apply bread and milfe.-
Treatment of Chbi
—In reply to a quests
Medical Journal r£i
treatment for'-the
alcoholism, and a sub
stant craving for driuk'
Lauder Brunton  recc
minims of  tincture,
ironrwith-ien minims i
vomica,   as   most- „ef
tremors, combined wit!
charm
cjr^odehji_ary and
"[d-breathe long
" racing air of
cubic feet of
eligh, -vyill be
".opiates   and
"g^and healing
seat.
■Illinois—In the Fifteenth district,
the seaf of Forsythe XNat.) may be con-
testediby Decius (Demi). .Iu the . Second district, W. H. CondQU (Nat.) has
given., jiotice that he will- contest the
seat*
'S:fe'E^Dayis;
wliose kiable;
fMe
noti3e*Ts" said
was'driving, and Carl was sitting beside
the -lovely  Eena, .talking - earnestly.
When-he saw me, he threw, a maliciouSj	
triumphant glance,   Tiie gleigh £tfid all  ya.j own. ^jen, springing up, I shotited j W9jJ$ \9 hjffi»
votes,
be irregular.
Indiana—In the Ninth district, the
seat of Orth (Bep.) will be contested by
McCabe (Dem.), who was beaten by
ninety-seven- There are charges that
some twenty-five or more college students, not residents of the State, voted
for Orth, and fraud is alleged in Yer-
million and Montgomery counties.
Iowa—There is likely to be a muddle j
in consequence of the claim that the'
October election was not legal, and that j
the members elected in November are j
entitled to their seats. Elections were j
held in six districts in November, when I
the following gentlemen   obtained ma- j
on f"i P R * i
2. Hiram'Price, E.       7. E. H. Gillette, D. & N.
5. Ensfi Clark, E. 8. J. C. Holmes, D.
6. J. E. WeaYer,D. &N. 9. John Wilson, D.
The first four were elected in October,
and took this step to make their claim
good in either contingency. Bepublicans having done this as well as Democrats, it cannot be alleged that the move
was a "party dodge," and the best legal
opinion of Iowa is divided as to the
regularity of the first election.
Louisana—In the Third district,
Heber-t (Bep. and Nat.) will contest the
seat of Acklen (Dem.).
Maryland—In the Fifth district, Crane
(Eep.) will contest the seat oi Henkle
(Dem.) on the ground of fraud and interference with Supervisors.
Massachusetts—In the Sixth district,
Boynton (Nat.) will contest the seat of
Loring (Eep.), alleging among other
reasons that 413 votes for the latter did
..not specify the office to be filled. Lor-
ing's plurality over Boynton was 113.
Minnesota—In the Third district
Donnelly (Dem. and Nat.) will .contest
the seat * of Washburn (Eep.) on the
grounds of "bribery, intimidation, violence, fraud, and corruption." Washburn's majority was 3,013.
New York—In the Twenty:fif th district, J. M.. Wietipg (Nat. and Dem.)
will contest the seat of Hiscock (Bep.),
who was elected by 3,425, on grounds of
alleged corruption and intimidation.
North Carolina—In the First district,
Yeates (Dem.) will probably contest the
seat of-Martin (Bep.), the State Canvassers having declined to go behind the
returns, which on their face gave Martin 51 majority. * In the Second, O'Hara
(Eep.) will contest the seat of Kitchen
(Dem.), claiming that his votes were illegally throwu out in Halifax, Edgecombe, Craven, and Lenoir counties,
which sent up amended returns.
Pennsylvania^—In the Twentieth,
Curtin (Dem.) will contest tlut of Yo-
cum (Nat. and Eep.), on the ground of
fraud and bribery.. Yocum's majority
was 92. There is a squbble over" the
seat of Klotz (Dem.) in the Eleventh,
whicB% claimed by Albright. The Canvassing Board split, but Klotz has filed,
the judicially certified returns of all the
counties with the Clerk of the House
as a safeguard. They give him 95 majority. There has been some talk of
McCandless(Dem.) contesting the seat
of Bingham (Eep.) in the First district,
where Bingham's plurality was 7,427.
Yirginia—In the' Ninth district it is
said that McMullin (Ind. Dem.) will
contest the seat of Bichmond (Dem.),
who was elected by a plurality of 291.
Wisconsin—In the Third district,
King (Nat.) will probably contest the
seat of Hazelton (Bep.)/whose majority
was 120, on the ground of colonization
of voters in Lafayette county.
A young lady said to her lover:
"Charley, how-far is it around, the
world?''. "About twenty-four inches*
ply darling," .replied he, as his arm encircled  her  waist. •' §&§  W&s   &U the
be very best
*" one. has re-
*toiV*-lay on iha
Kick cpating ox
sd as to .com-
If*"the above
/-be. . at   hand,
jyill ease the"
; Of .the, best
oBition of sul-
_of lead.   2.
J-6ight* grains;
jtwo_  grains;
;water, four
i*#o'  or three
and - morning,
[uently?   For
.in its center,
j^arefully with'
vAt bed-time
C-AlcOHOIiISM.
.the' British
ing .the best
pf chronic
Itefor the con-
lifch exi sts, Dr.
lends   fifteen
tj|perchloride of
yancture'.of nux
TV5"-     "-? K    if '
isious fof the
>romide of pcr-
ght.   The ch'a-
Fgalqhe or with
"' "of capsicum
jVes. the" craV-
pirpose', also,;a
rof "'ammonia
».*   ■.'' '•■ *--■ -   ■_ •
ian; ^iSj.val-
! of   bismuth, with magnesia and tfraga-
I canth.—London IfedibatlRecord.
lybeate mixture,. eithej
the addition' of "tinci
(five, or ten minims);
ing "for drink,' for whicl
mixture    of   carbonQfe
infusion    ofT'
Catarrh:.—Among tae hosts of ea-
tarrhal specifics that alinost annually
are pressed upoti those Iwho are inconveniently aware that thgV possess noses,
we acknowledge the 'presence of a
stranger which is spokln of by "New
Eemedies" as follows! "Among the
new remedies for catailrh, cold in the
head, sore throat, foullbreathj asthma,
and all bronchial affections, the smoking
of a preparation, of whi|h cubebs forms
one of the principal ingredients, seems
to have been received- -pith great favor
by the medical profession and the public, and is rapidly comife into general
| use.   It can be smoke^in_ an ordinary
! pipe with ease, comfort,]
| ure, as well by the laf
as by the men of. the fi
; rect cooling applicatio*
parts which are found
tarrh and other disei
Thotfe who have triedjhis remedy say
that after smoking one Jpeful of it the
worst cases will experience immediate
relief, and a permanent |are may eventually be effected by usinifit according to
directions. [1
and even pleases and children
lily, and a di-
fmade to those
ritated in ca-
mentioned.
Tlie Vinegar-Jurl Puzzle.
The Interior tells oy, smart boy who
was an adept in measuffig liquids:
You remember the aught-quart .jug
was full of vinegar. Thetrocer had an order for four quarts, but fed only a three-
quart and a five-quart|measure in his
store. The boy was nc|allowed to pour
out and waste any of le vinegar, and
he had no other vessefi'
So the first thing hpdid was to pour
the three-quart measiul full, and then
empty it into the fi|lquart measure.
Then he poured histh»e-quart measure
full again, and filled tl|five-quart measure out of it. ft
Then his vinegar sttpd thus: Five
quarts in the five-qua||neasure, one in
the three-quart measii* and two in the
eight-quart jug.   _      ||
He scratched his hetta moment, and
then emptied the fi|fquart measure
back into the eight-quit jug.
Then he poured th^e quart which
he had in the three-qxjH; measure into
the five-quart measuref|Next he poured
his three-quart meas|| full again out
of the eight-quart j||and emptied it
into the five-quart m«ure, which had,
as we have said, one qg,rt in it.
This made four qu|| in the jug, and
four in the fiv.e-quartWeasure.
Next, our smart bpfpffered to do all
the measuring with ip two measures
and the jug. |||
As will be seen in tf above, he had
measured one quart, |*Q quarts, three
quarts, four quarts^ve quarts, six
quarts, seven quartSjjjjgit quarts, all
with nothing but la||three, five, and
outlay, .to go to his grave followed by
thtee or four carriages, in addition to
those of "his friends wliich may be in
attendance. .    .
These are only medium -funerals, and
if we should put the figures at the high
notch it would not be less than $1,000
more, or about $1,500 to die* styHshly,
and about f 600 to fade away in an ordinarily respectable, quiet manner. This
is in painful contrast with the burial of
th'e friendless poor, who have a grave
in. Potter's field—a plain wood box and
a horse and wagon to convey them to
the shore of- the "Hark river.—Cincinnati Times. -A'
•     ..      The Lottery Ticket..
An. Italian gentleman with a-nice
little income had a nice little" servant
girl, who said to him one morning,* "0,
if you-please, "won't you give me 3 francs
to buy a lottery ticket with? I dreamed,
last night -ihat No. 41,144 .»wa§"going tb.
draw the capital prize, and I want to
buy that number." _. . , . .
-_ 'He gave the »girf 3.francSj *and," next
day, on happening to look at the report
lire, Tjpr^,to ..speak, more   accurately
$ioo,-ooo.   -   : -*-*-r :-- -""■' -  •■'. ■     '
"Beturning,. quietly to-the 'house he
concealed his emotion and-said to the
servant girl, "• Susan, I -have,-long
observed with approbation your, piety,
beauty, modesty, skill in the*-art of
cookery, and other good qualities" Qal-
culated'to adorn tie highest station;.
Be mine. -Let me lead you io tHe
hymeneal alta£. * No"delay. Just as
you are."-        • .
t* Honest, iinjun?*
virgin:    • v
f You^bet.   I
spoon that   tips'
fruit-pie top"
said the blushing
swear by yonder" silver
"with  beauty  all the
." Then count ihe in,
hereafter,in the light
and regard me
of  your turtledove."  •    . "■-
" Hasten, then, Susan; put on your
bonnet and shawl, and let us take a
walk * aroupd, the block . to the only
friar's cell, where we shall be made one."
In a.few.'ininutes ihe bride-elect re-,
turned clad in a red, red shawl,-, with a
black? Velvet*.bonnet trimmed with"'sun;
flowers*and Viotoria regia. In a few
minutes .more the "ceremony had "been
performed, and the twain wefeonp. ,They
returned to the house, "wlieVe., the, husband carelessly todk: _ up the -papei^and
g'aid. with & well-counterf eitejl-'.'stait of •
siirprisejrf'.*' -:   * Z~'-~p*-' •>*■"%■-.'• A
hlfibj us
MICHIGAN LEGffSLATUEE.
Tuesday,, Jap, V.^BNATE^-That body met
at S o'clock in the evening, pursuant to adjournment. .. .Besolutions ivere Tadopted furnishing
ihe journal to the newspapers of the State, the
Supreme Court and other eourt Judges, and the
compile the inaugural proceedings, and publish
3,000 copies thereof for distribution... .Notices
were given to amend the laws relative to marriage and the liquor trafii'....Adjourned at
8:30. .        "
House.—A large number of petitions were
received for a reform school for girls.,.. A resolution for the'drawing' of seats-Tjy members
was lost... .Concurrent resolutions of thanks to,
ihe contractors of the Capitol, Commissioners,
and others, were laid over for one day under
the rules Hon. Wm. L. Abbott, Eepresenta-
tiveof Lapeer, introduced a set. of resolutions
in regard to the new Capitol, which were tabled
by a large majority Adjourned at 9 p. m.
{Che daily sessions are to commence at 10 a. m.
WBDHESDAVjJan. 8. l-SmateI—-Ji. resolution
was passed appointing a committee of two to
yeport resolutions on the dea'th of Gen. A. S.
Williams 1.. .Petitions were presented for a reform school for girls, and for- a,, change in the
Bankrupt act... .The President of the Senate
announced the following standing committees
ofthe Senate: Appropriations—Childs, Palmer,
JBrowny Shoemaker;; Judiciary;-—Huston, Patter-
Son/Bell; Ambler^Weir; Federal Belatiohs—
Brown, Dow, Pendleton; State Affairs—Billings,
Farr, Tyler; University—Moore, Brown,DuffieId;
Agricultural College—Hewitt. Billings, Hines;
Normal School—-Patterson, Duffield, Ambler;
State Public School—McPeek, t.Conant, Hodge;
Education and Public.ScEools-SHalbert, Shepard, Lewis j State * Beform School—^Dow,
McPeek, Brown; State House of Correction—
Ghaniberlain, North, Hine; State Prison—Farr,
•Cochrane, Patterson;, Asylums for Insane—
Chainberlainj Bobbins, Benjamin; Asylum for"
Deaf, Dumb and Blind—Conant, Farr, Hine;
Beligious and Benevolent Interests—Patterson,
Palmer, CLilds ; Claims and Accounts—
Dow,- SBjHjwn, Tyler";,? ;Ban£s and * In-
cqi-poratioPs-T-rPalmer, Ambler, Halberjt-;
Bailroads^-Tboker, Childs^ Stephenson; "Cities,
and Tillages—McElraj^-iPair^Tooker; Mines
and -llinerals—North; HpiJge,-" Stephenson;-
Canals, Harbors, etc.--Lewis, Palmer, Bell;
Printing—Shepard, Huston, Hodges; Con'stitu-
''tional Amendments—Bobbins,'* Moore,' Weir^
State library—DufileM, Moore, Tooker;'Military Affairs—Bobbins, Duffield, McPeek; Insurance—Hine3(iBobbins, Cochrane; State Capitol—Ambler^ ■Tboker,. Slibemaker'; ■ /.Public
Health—Tyler, Hewitt, Conant; Public Lands—
Cochrane, Stephenson, Benjaminj Immigration
—Bell, North, Lewis; Geological Survey—
Hodge, Patterson, Halbert; Agricultural *In-
tefests—Pendleton, Hewitt, Halbert; Mechanical Interests—Shoemaker^ --MeEiroy, Shepard;
■Saline Interests—Benjamin;"-Huston, Conant;
Lumber Interests—Palmer, *Stephen8on,'B"enja->
min;. J^sheries^Conant,' Chamberlain, TJine,;.
.County and Town—Stephenson,CochranejTLewis;
Eoads and. Bridges—North, Hewitt, Dow; Expiring Laws—Weir,- McPeek, Bell; Bules' and
Joint Bules—Child's, Huston, Tyler;'Engrossment and Enrollment—Ambler, Shepard; Pendleton ; Supplies, etc,—MeEiroy, Billings,.Shoemaker; Liquor- Interests—Snepard, Childs,"
MeEiroy.     . - .-.-'"
" '.House.—.Numerous petitions -were "read... ,A
as .introduced changing the illumina*
bilLTys
atifig-
dreamed   about
francs   to   buy?
ownest?"
"Oh! I didn't
money for this
Paris Paper.
you
""Where   is   it,   my
buy it.
duck of
I spent the
a bonnet."—'
oduced To" amend the compile'd laws of 1871
providing 'for the better detection of crimes
for the protection of. deer in the Lower Peninsula, and in relation to executions issued out
of Circuit Courts.. .".The petitions receiyed and
notices given were numerous.
House.—A resolution was passed awarding
the compilation of the manual to Don Henderson. .. .A bill for an industrial school for girls
was introduced A resolution calling upon
the Auditor General for a list of names, kind of
service, and compensation of officers, clerks,
and aids in the employ of the State, was laid on
the table A joiDt resolution transferring the
St. Mary's Falls ship canal tothe General Government was introduced.
eight-quart measure^ |" <j0 it with.
What It C^jto Die.
OS a corpse, the
tify the under-
|once, and takes
e* whole matter,
""his full charge
Of course, he
d, the bill of an
funeral will
When a corpse b
first thing to do is to
taker.   He comes |i
complete control of
and does not surre: '
until he receipts thA|_
furnishes everytMnj£.|
undertaker for a -e-~jp'
read.about as
Coffin	
Shroud	
Crape 	
Gloves ,.
Flowers.....	
Hearse...........
A cheaper funera
is procurable, and 9
nerals are cheape
respectable pageai
f or fxpm $50 to |7f
have tliesatisfaet
iss
4gesj20),.
:£.,	
Rentals....
fTo tai,:....
..MOO
.,20
..   10
..$537
,ij thi& of course,
'majority of fu-
this, A very
ay be gotten up
1 a po'pr man can
'<U thstrjgnountof
Our Foreign Commerce. '
Edward Nimmo, Chief of the Bureau \
of Statistics, has prepared a statement j
compiled  from   complete   c( mmercial j
reports of November, which shows the j
balance of trade for the month te have
been the unusual amount of nearly §. 2,-
000,000 in favor of the United States.
This is the largest November balance
in oiu* favor that has been noted since
records have been kept, wliich is one
of the dullest mouths of the year.   The
balance of trade in our favor for five
months of the current fiscal year, com-
menceing July 1, is $113,904,084, an increase of nearly 100 per cent, over the
balance in our favor for the corresponding months of last year.     The balance
in our favor  for   the twelve   months
ending November 30,1878, is $309,309,- j State Affairs—Johnson,
741, while that for the twelve months """""'
ending November 30, 1877, was only
$140,723,629. This shows the growth
of our commerce in a single year, and
returns for the calendar year of 1878,
which are complete, with the exception
of the last fifteen days in December,
show that the balance of trade in favor
of the United States will be nearly
$350,000,000, more than $100,000,000
more than last year, nearly $200,000,000
more than 1876, more than $250,000,000
more than 1875, and $300,000,000 more
than 1874, before which time the
balance of trade ranged from $10,000,-
000 to $150,000,000 against the United
States. The exportation of gold has
almost entirely ceased, and there has
been very little transatlantic movement
of coin for the last two months. The
statisticians of the treasury state that
the year just closing has been the most
prosperous, as far as 'foreign commerce
is concerned, in the history of the
United States.
The Pestilent Sparrow.
Concerning the utility of the English
sparrow in this country, a subject which
has been earnestly discussed by scientific men, Prof. C. V. Eiley Chairman of the United States Entomological Commission, has recently published
a letter, in which he expresses his views,
as foEows:
" I consider it useless to attempt the
extermination of the bird. It is now
established among us, and no measures
that can be practically adopted would
ever rid us entirely of it, even were
such riddance desirable. In the
country the bird will at times become
a grievous pest here, as it has been in
Europe, and farmers, for self-protec-
tionj will ever and anon have to
systematically destroy it. I would,
therefore, like to see if take its chances
with our native birds, a thing which it
is abundantly capable of doing, and
corporations should not, in my judgment, encourage its undue multiplication by producing shelter and resting-
places' beyond what the" bird may
naturally find."
The Meanest Man.
An English bridegroom residing at
Plymouth had a very eventful honeymoon. He quarreled with and thrashed
his wife the second hour after marriage,
thrashed her again at night, aftervclub-
bing' the wedding guests out of the
house, and on the second: day sold all
his clothes, excepting his trousers, for
rum, and wound uj in jail oil thelihird
dajf,  .   ' ..   ".'■'.""■
a Fbedav, Jan. 10.—Senate.—The time of the
Senate was mostly consumed in getting
ready for work, which it is thought will commence next week. The most important bill
*will be upon taxation.
House.—The House ^ passed one bill, giving
Kent eounty authority to have an assistant
prosecuting attorney Speaker Bich announced the following standing committees : Ways and Means—Holt, Hall, Al-
le 1,   Mosher,   Phelps,   J.   Strong,   Powers;
Thomson, Cutcheon,
Bedtelyon, Jackson ; Judiciary — Sawyer,
Palmer, S. W. Hopkins, Moore, Campbell, Henderson, Pailthorp; Harbors—Co ttreli, Thomson,
Eaton, Blackman, Moulton; Elections—Stanch-
field, Noah, Baldwin, Shattuck, Moulton ; Federal Belation8—Yerkes, Oliver, Estabrook,
Greene, McNabb; Private Corporations—Thomson, Briggs, Willdns, Waltz, Burton ; Municipal
Corporations—Parsons, Allen, Briggs, Willet,
Donnelly, Laubach, Knight; Internal Improvements—Ferguson, Bradley, Eeed, Kuhn, Mbe ;
Public Land3—Bowen, Cutcheon, Boss, Granger, Pailthorp; Printing—Griffey, Francis, Parsons, Goebel, Thorpe: Agriculture—Twadell,
Bennett, Barnes, Carleton, Lewis; Towns and
Counties—Brown, May, Granger, Shattuck,
McAllister; Education—Stevens, Cheney, Mc-
Gurk. Walton, Thorpe; Boads and Bridges-
Curtis, Grimes, Stearns, Ludington, Probert;
Agricaltural College—Hall, Cottrell, Johnson, Sherwood, Probert; Asylums for Insane—Willet, Chase, Eaton, Curtis, Waltz;
Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind—White,
Francis, Carpenter, Grimes, Kuhn; Beform
School—Bobertson, Stearns, Ward, Littell, Burton; Geological Survey—Yeenfliet, Boss, Wil-
kins, Sawyer, McNabb; Military Affairs—G. H.
HopkiLS, Bajonondj May, Stearns, Jackson ; State Prison—Yeomans, Oliver,
Bradley, Twadell, Knight; University—Phelps,
Sharts, Hill, Pray, Bobison; Mines "and Minerals—Young, Briggs, Estabrook, Bradfield,
Henderson; Manufactures—Ludington, Sherwood, Boss, Noeker, Powers; Lumber aud
Salt—Estabrook, Thomson, Sherwood, Walton,
Turnbull; Beligious and Benevolent Societies—
Barnes, Bobertson, Kurth, Parker, Moe;
Insurance—Allen, Moore, Carpenter, Yeomans,
Knight; Local Taxation-^-Hill, Yeenfliet,
Stearns, Donnelly, McCormick; Immigration—
Laubach, Yeenfliet, Kuitb, Miller, Girardin;
Fisheries—Gould, Kurth, Ward, Miller, Lewes;
Bules and Joint Bules—Noah, Brown, Holt, J.
Strong, Moe; Engrossment and Enrollment—
Abbott, Sharts, Noah, Yerkes, Bradfield, S. A.
Strong, McCormick; Supplies and Expenditures
—Mosher, Bennett,Bedtefyon,Parker,Hamilton;
State Iibiary—Sharts, 'Cutcheon, McGurk,
Greene, S. AT Strong; Drainage—Pray, Baldwin, Carpenter, Littell, McAllister; Bailroads—
Turck, G. H. Hopkins, Griffey, White, Bowen,
May, Turnbull; Hublic Health—Chase, Fer-
fuson, Wilkins, McGurk, Bradfield; State
'ublic School—Beed, Turck, Oliver, Miller,
Blackman; Horticu tore, Eaton, Ward,
Bennett, Greene, Hamilton; State House
of Correction—Eaymond, Campbell, Abbott,
Girardin, Noeker; Normal School—Palmer,
Baldwin, Granger, Young, Carleton; Liguor
Traffic—Cheney, Stanchfield, Gould, Bobison,
Goebel.. -. .The Speaker also appointed as Special Joint Committee on Taxation on the part of
the House Messrs. S. W. Hopkins, Hall, Stanch-
field, Ferguson and Kuhn.
Satuedat, Jan. 11.—Senate.—The Senate,
held a session of twenty minutes, and adjourned
to Monday.
House.—Bills were introduced: To secure
the payment of persons who perform labor or
furnish material for public works; relative to forcible entry and retainers; to
Erovide for the bringing of joint suits
y fellow-workmen; to amend sections 5, 6 and 7 of an .act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches,
and to add a new section thereto, whicli proposes to allow the said societies to own more
property... .A committee was appointed on
Capitol; consisting of Messrs. Moore, Turck,
-Gould, Walton and Powers.-.. .A petition trom
-OzroBissell, who applied for a writ of jbabeas
corpus in the Supreme Court wae denied, ask
ing for the impeachment of Judge Sc-illv, cf ih-i
Wayne Circuit
- Monday, Jan. 13.—S&s-ate—Er. Hg%& introduced a Ml io -establish a Michigan School
for the Blind, and to dohsplidate a::4 amend all
laws relative to education of ihe Mad in iM
State.   Passed. •.
House.—A bill was introduced td define anqt
suppress tramps....An inve'stigatioja. of the
State pointing contract *vvas ordered by a con- -
current resolution. It calls for a prompt &n&
thorough action, and a full report oil the subject from the Committees on Printing bf both
branches.
Bayard Taylor's. Tramp.
As Philadelphians we maybe excWbd
for correcting some misapprehensions
as to Mr. Taylor's memorable first journey through Europe.  Doubtless he received aid and encouragement in many
ways after he had proved what manner
of man he was.   Hut he gives- himself
.what ought to be accepted as the true
.version.- He, started on that  journey
with $li0 in money, and of this he got
$50 "from Joseph-E; Chandler, then proprietor and editor of the' United State's ^
Gazettet and.$50 more from Samuel D.
Patterson,  editor   of   the- 'Saturday
Evening Post, hotlT-pf Philadelphia.
Thesptwo sent him'further remittances-   -
while on his journey:.'' * The* most of the
remaining $40 came" from^the profits of.
a little volume of his poems, republished -
from the pages of- G?'dJiani^s PMlddet-    -
phia'Magasine,'-Wjh.ieh. volume^he says,
was i" charitably noticed by the -Philadelphia press/'   If .the circumstance is" s
worthy of. mention now, it is.nght.that   -
it should" be put as Mr. Taylor, gratefully -stated.it himself.^ZPhiladeVpliioi  .
Ledger. ."-,■• -���
Bussia as an Oil-Producmg1 Country..
Uussia promises to become a* formidable rival to the "'■United - States:.in'.the ? .
European oil''market.-   Oil" wells: neap*; ;**-
the Caspian sea are reported'-to ^cjua! in    ;
their.yield the greatest wells mTRennsyl1 * -
vania." In the oil-producing, region- iri -
Russia,'a large number-of wells "have" r
been sunk, and agreat/many more* are ~~
under-way/^Eeports from-there say^that '..
there is. as much'excitement -over the" --
discoveries as -existed?" in Pennsylvania^ -
when tlie .oil fever ^was* at .-ii$8\height.
The wells-are" drilled and-jJumpe'din-tKe-
most":primitive manner; Jind- a*-large- *
amount .of oil .is wasted 5 through- the -';•
want-of-proper,jn^uS:o£;Wymg-ife  'At   ,
present? the*bjp^mj^&f getting;^the <>il» ;.
to market is 4rpvway of "-the* "Vol&a bk&l ,"■"''
tlietJKussian canals,;tb/StfTetersbiirg."; /;
'Ii; a railroad shbrQd.be eon'stoci,ediyopiv;i
the 'Caspian to. the Blafcfcs^.rkdistanpe ij
of 400 miles,' Bussia,lfe.^t^^htf conlti ;
supply the" European mafk^."at,_sich.^
rates' as rior drive out the 'Anierican'i'
trade.—San Francisco Commercial.; '-,-
BSvages of the Small-Pox^-'-A\
Advices frouL Eio Janeiro .indicate, a
deplorable ;state of things in Cgar-a^ione :
of the northern provinces of Brazil..^.Tti"
the capital of. the province, .aTjfo named
Ceara, and a -town of,:^ptrnlore^,t]iaB.,
20,000-inhabitants/* the". deaths 'Irom,!
small-ppxtaTe.reporfed atGOO daily, ahd
among the " agricultural^ populatipji 6f/
the interior, numberirig probably 49',000-
people, the distress is .said to be so great
that',carrion' aud-.even Tcorpses. are,-being-
converted into food/  The sensational
character ofth&uewB wilt Cause it torbe *
received _• with -' caution,, but - if- -thfere'.Jae."
either pestilence or .famine'ia;'^razil-at
A
be tod^rfcja|rt*fim-.,r_,_^7S„
,amon'g those -who^are willing. Sm£affl§
to furnish out~of .their superiority tlie,*
means of allaying-Bo much suffering.
Brazil is bound to us by "fees too intimate to permit of any appeal* for aid, in"
such a cause, being disregarded.
Sales oi' Postage-Stamps.
From returns of gross receipts from
sale3 of stamps, etc., of postoffices in
the principal cities, as kept at the Post-
office Department, it is found that Chicago leads every city except New York
and Philadelphia. The returns for the
last fiscal year are as follows, omitting
cents:
Baltimore $"31,G7S Indianapolis... $ 1C5.S24
Boston  9-lfi.SlO Louisville      148.232
Brooklyn  336.534 New York  2.866;49U
Chicago.........  971,531 Pittslmrgli    213,961
Cincinnati  417,629 Philadelphia...     995.S81
Cleveland  179.130 San Francisco..   - 405.754
Detroit   178,864 St. Louis. ...-„...     465,S57
This should be a settlei^Sb the rival- .
ry  between   Chicago   and St. Louis.
The sales of stamps and general postal ;.
receipts are nearly double in Chicago
what they are in the latter city.    Either
the population of Chicago is much lar- ;
ger, or else they "are more intellectual
in that quarter—using more postage-
stamps per head.—Ilew York-Tribune,
Prof. Enapp's Teyrible Prediction.
The fact that so many fish are dying
off the coast of Florida, calls to mind the
awful prediction of PSfof. -Knapp. Prom
the juxtaposition of^btjri&M' planets to
our earth, he predicts -tnat one-half of
the population of the world, including
men and all kinds of animals, and even
vegetable life, will p^sh before or dur-:';
ing the year 1880/ \In a lecture delivered several years agOJ-he said that this
desolation would commence by the fishes
of the sea dying, ahd pestilence and
famine occurring in. more southern latitudes. The famine in China and the
yellow-fever scourge in- the South, and
now the fearful pestilence among the
fishes in Southern waters, are so many
steps in' fulfillment of Prof. Knapp's
prophecies.—East Florida Banner.
The McCrarralian Claim.
Senator Garland, of Arkansas, has prepared a bill by which it is hoped the
famous McGarrahan case will be finally •
dismissed from Congress, .where, without positive action, it seems destined to
live forever. Senator Garland proposes
to send the case to the Court of Claims, .
with the right to appeal to the Supreme
Court. His bill is in the interest of the
United States, and provides that the
Court of Claims shall also take into consideration the rights -.oi the Government in the case, since it is held by some
excellent lawyers' that neither McGarrahan nor the New Idria Company have
valid claims to the land in controversy,
"His Mother
"Above all things ih this world," said
a youth who stands on the street corners
for a living, "do I value the love of my -,
dear, good mother." "God bless you,
young man, for those noble sentiments/'
said a missionary. "Having so much
respect and love for a mother, you need
no other recommendation'to.successful
men who will aid you." "Yes,J'_epntin-"
ued the young man, "mother feeds me,
clothes me, and does my washing, and
has been doing it for twenty yeara I
don't .know what I should do without
her.
"1
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The Atlantic, cable  is  being  "duplexed," ,a process w&ich will .i&crease.
i js working capacity 70 per cent. >
Whv is an enraged snake lik 3 the letter H ?  Beeatt§e it js aa asp-irate*   "
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