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<^mti ^lemn stroke and slow,
rjaj'gEeat clock strikes the blow
That seals the closing yearl
And while the hollow sound- -
Sweeps all the city round,
' Falls many a sigh^and tear*
Tcsnsffor some precious dead,
Sighs^o-er some treasures fled,
*.,.  Both from the breakingr heart I
■'•■"•Oh thou relentless year,
Ta what far-distant sphere
Dost thou from earth depart?"
I spgke, and thought to trace
.   The .flying year's wild race,
•  By modern lore or art.
The dead year answered not—
And backward fell my thought,
To pierce me like a dart.
But at my side I see
Hie young year's majesty.
Hushed with the morning's dawn.
"Tell me thou year," I cry,
"How dost thpu prophesy?
• What lot for me hast drawn?"
' Tq my low cry he said:
'■lift up thy drooping head,
Nor let wild fear dismay.
"For while I may not tell
What in my months may dwell,
This I may kindly say:
"Howe'er thy life may run,
With prizes lost or won,.
Peace give I thee to-day."
Then from the far- off sky
Fell forth some angel's cry,
In fading Christmas laj':
"Glory to the King new born,
Glory to the New Year's morn,
Peace to tho world to-day."
"To-day, but how to-morrow?
Has that its cup of sorrow?"
But all the year would say,
Lifting liis young wings to soar:
"1 can tell no more, no more—
Peace be to thee to-day."
SaUiune" tmfflcld.
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TO-MOKEOW.
t To-day cau sing of yesterday.
Songs tender, tinct with sorrow; _
But mute she comes along the way—
All-beautiful to-morrow.
fac is full of prophecies
Her lips have still withholden,
nd gazing in her radiant eyes,
ong turns to silence golden.
Hope rapt beside her pathway stands,
Asks nothing but the vision,
And turns at night with empty hands,
Still dreaming of fruition.
Ah, beauty! soon as present, gone,
• Most fleet and most beguiling;
Why are onr hearts forever dr awn
By that strange, far-off smiling?
Why is it that from new delays
New faith they still can borrow?
Oh, is it that among the days
Comes heaven's first good-morrow?
She will eome in with no alarms, •
Under this same low portal,
And clasp us as in mortal arms,
And we shall turn immortal!
Varl Spencer.
A EASniiI_JAIL
A Story of Home and WeUttetl Love.
thoroughly incensed; "take that! "and,
seizing the plate of. muffins, she took
aim at Phil's head; but, being a woman,
her aim was not so accurate as it might
havo been, and the plate went through
the window, smashing in th® tile of
Eitz James Jones, who was passing," gthdn
the muffins were scattered in wild confusion about the room.
Phil was indignant. He laid his hand
on the poker.
- " Oh, strike!" exclaimed Fanny. " It
will only be in place with your other
conduct. Don't let any notions of honor restrain you, because you never had
4ny."
" Fanny, beware; you try me too far."
"Ill go home to pa, that I will. You
inhuman monster you—I'll be divorced
from you this very day*. So there!'*''
and the platter of ham made a- journey
after the muffins. .
Just at that moment- Phil's Uncle
John, a shrewd old fellow, appeared on
the scene. He surveyed the group with
an anxiotis twinkle of the eye.
"What's the matter, Fanny? Any*
thing gone wrong?" he inquired.
" Gone wrong! Matter enough! Oh
Uncle John, he's a wretch, and set out
to strike nre with a poker."       ,y.-.~
And she thrcw-a plate, of muffins and-
ham af me." " -
"He's a monster, Uncle John. I'll
be divorced from him this very day.
He is worSe than a savage." *-      :
" So he is," cried Uncle John., entering warmly into the spirit df the
thing.
" So he is "—stripping off his coat—-
* ancl I'll settle the matter at once.. You
stand back, Fanny; I'll givo him such a
thrashing as he'll be likely to remember.
Striking his wife with a poker ,indced!
HI rectify matters;" anci Uncle John
grasped' tho    long-handled     feather-
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Philemon Hayes and Fanny Eay had
been just three weeks married.
Tliey sat at breakfast in their cozy
dining-room one fine morning in suni-
jner, totally infatuated with each other.
Kever sueh happiness as theirs before!
The felicity of Adam and his lady before they made the acquaintance of the
serpent was not to be mentioned in the
same breath. ■'-'"-
Thegkissed each other between every
cup b'r coffee, and embraced twice—
sometiuies thrice—during every meal
Just now they were sneaking of disa-f-
greerf cats. Some friends of theirs had
fe*2«ai cut, andrefused to fall in again.
"Tfe "vaver will disagree, will we, Phil,
;"'.-er?'" riied Mrs. Fanny.
"DA  &&1  "Will the heavensfall?"
"„ sincerely hope not.o It- would be
decidedly disagreeable," laughed Fanny;
"but, if I thought we should ever quarrel
and have harsh thoughts toward, each
other, I should be tempted to terminate
my existence."
"My precious Fanny!" cried Phil,
springing up aud upsetting the toast
plate on the carpet, of which he was perfectly oblivious in his eagerness to get
his arms around Fanny—"my foolish
little darling! as if we should ever be
so absurd (a kiss)! May Ibe drawn ancl
quartered (another kiss) if I ever speak
one word that shall cause a tear to fill
the divine eyes of my dearest (a third
explosion) Fanny!"
"O, how happy you make me, Phil. I
shall try so hard to be just the faithful,
loving wife you deserve. Now finish
your breakfast, deary. The toast will
be growing cold. And O, Phil, did you
notice Mrs. Smith's horrid new bonnet
last night? I declare it destroyed all
my pleasure in the *music. . I do wish
people who wear such untasteful bonnets wonld stay at home from these delightful concerts !"
"So do I, Fanny. I noticed the ugly
thing the moment we entered the hall.
Blue flowers and pink ribbons, and she
as dark as a Creole!"
"No, my love; tho flowers were green.
Green and blue look so much alike by
gaslight."
"I know they do, but I noticed it so
particularly that I could not be deceived^
Blue—especially light blue—looks fearfully on a dark-complexioned woman."
"So it does, Phil; I quite agree with
you, dear. But the flowers were not
blue, they were green. I saw them at
Mrs. Gray's shop before they were purchased."
"My dearest—Fanny, of course you
think yourself right, love, but I have a
very good eye for color, and noticed
these flowers with great attention. Blue
anemones with yellow centers."
"Green hibuscus with white centers,
'my dear Phil. Yery pretty for a light-
skinned woman, but horrid for a brunette."
"Why, Fanny, how absurd!
could not determine a color
studied it half the evening!"
" But it was by gas-light, my love. It
would look altogether different by daylight.   It was such a pale green."
" It was such a pale blue. I remember I thought of the sky before a storm."
"And I thought of the sea. It was
nearly sea-green."
" Why, Fanny—ridiculous \
sky-blue."
"How you do contradict
Philemon.   It was a very light
"A$d I insist it was blue."
"Dayou mean to tell me I lie? "
"I mean to tell you you are mistaken."
"Which amounts to the same thing."
"You make tho application, Mrs.
Fanny Hayes."
"Mr. Philemon Hayes!"
"Fanny!"
"I say it was green, sir!"
"I say it was blue—so there!"
" You are a wretch, Phil—a real mean,
heartless wretch!" and Fanny pushed
ba-\k her plate angrily.
" And you are an opinioned, self-willed
woman!" and Phil, in his agitation, upset the coffee, scalding the cat's back
and himself at the same time,
""The deuce!" cried he, rubbing his
red fingers with his handkerchief. " I
wish I had never seen a woman!"
"What's that, sir?"
" Confound the women! They're a
curse to the world!"
."      -THE MMAIa CAPITAL, •
Letter from Our Own Correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 18,1879.
The death of two Congressmen within
& week—Julian .Hartridge, of Geoi*T
gia, and Gusfavus Schleicher, of
Texas— has again directed attention to the impure air of the Capitol,
and produced a nervousness among surviving member^ that may possibly lead
to the adoption of-measures for the bettor ventilation of the Bepresentatives
Hall. Feeble attempts in this direction
have been made heretofore, but they
amounted to nothing. Both members
died of pneumonia, whieh has beon
quite prevalent among members tins
winter, and wliich prominent physicians
attribute to the foul air of the hall.
THE 3STE>y ABMY BILL;
The friends :M the new bill for the
reorganization of the army are doing
some hard work to convince Congressmen that they will be doing the right
and proper thing in ^passing th£ measure. Chief among the workers for the
bill is Gen. Sherman. An equal number of hard licks are being put in by the
opponents of the measure. It, is. a, nip-v
ancFtuck fight, and it will-take1 a better
prophet than your correspondent to
foretell wliich side will come out ahead.
There is not a great amount of interest
taken in the matter", oiitside of army
and official circles. Secretary of War
MeCrary bitterly antagonizes the bill,
as, in his opinion, it virtually strips the
War Minister of authority and vests it
in the General of the Army.
the electoral count.
A meeting of the House committee,
of which Mr. Southard, of Ohio, is the
Chairman, appointed to revise the laws
regulating the counting of the electoral
ISrancfflourished lTttoeateri££fy t votes for President and Vice President,
around    the   head    of   "his   neiihaw.   was   ^Icl tl >   other day,  and   it was
" There,
New York. Both bills' .aggest that the
cost of taking the een as need not exceed $3,000,000, or abe „t 15 per cent,
less than that of 1870.   "
CQEBtN-BUi--3B.
With  Senators Sh: r>n.  and  Jones
back in their seats; som ." of the friends
'Outh   Carolina
'to unseat Gen.
'occupies a seat
^ Senators,' and
<it direction will
There are at
the head of his nephew,
sir, take that,-and that, and
that !""■ exclaimed he, bringing down tho
feathers on the shoulders of the amazed
Phil. " Fanny, my dear, I'll not leave
a bone of him whole."
Fanny's round, blue eyes had been
growing larger and larger—and now her
indignation broke.
" John Hayes! "* she cried,;" you're
a heathen, and an old meddling vag-"
abond! Let Phil alone! He's my dear,
dear-hnsband, and you've no right to
touch'him.. He's, an angel. He never
intended to strike me. Be still striking
him, or youll be sorry!" and Fanny
seized the broom from behind the door,
and-pfe23ared to do battle.
"Stand back!" cried Uncle John;
" he's   a monster, ancl deserves death
a woman ought to be hung." ""
Fanny's eyes blazed. She flew at
Uncle John with thp spite of a tigress,
and the way the trio went round the
room was worth witnessing. Uncle
John after Phil with the duster, and
Fanny after Uncle John with the
broom. .    .
Phil made "a spring for the window,
but there was a whatnot in the way,
ancl getting his leg entangled in 'that
he brought the whole concern to the
floor. Anibrotypes, books, vases, rare
china ancl a hundred cherished curiosities, all were involved in a direct ruin.
Phil went clown with the other things,
agreed to report adversely to the passage of Senator Edmunds' bill, so that
there is little probability of the latter
measure becoming a law during the
present session. The main difference
between the Edmunds bill and the one
reported by Mr. Southard's committee,
now before the House, is this: The
form.er provicies;,fthat all controversies
arising in a State regarding the vote for
President and Vice President shall be;*
referred to a tribunal to be designated
by the Legislature, and makes tjwjde-,
cision of this tribunal conclusive. "The
House bill provides that such controversies shall be referred to the highest"
j judicial tribunal in a State, whose de-
i cision shall be subject to a reversal by
i a concurrent vote, of .the two houses.
7 tween the5,~t\TO~"lbilIsv, out' these are "oif
minor importance. There is as little
probability of the passage of the
Southard bill as there is that of the
Edmunds bill, so that it looks very
much as if our present clumsy
electoral machinery, the inefficiency
of wliich came dangerously near
causing a second civil war in
1876, will be found still in operation
in 1880.:     ■
THE MONGOLIANS.
. A good deal of attention is boing directed to the Chinese problem this winter—more, in fact, than it has ever be-
  o     fore received from public men.   This is
Uncle John   stumbled, over him, and'I probably  accounted for   by  the   fact
As if
when
It was
me, my
green."
Fanny only saved herself by seizing tho
bell-rope, which brought her two servants to the spot.
Of course they took Phil and Uncle
John for housebreakers, and if Fanny's
explanations had not been enforced by
sundry touches* of her broom-stick the
consequences might have been serious.
The "first moment of ctflm was seized
upon by the young couple to embrace
each other.
"My angel-Fanny!"       :       •
"My precious Phil!"
And thei?. followed an .explosion like
.the'bursting of beer bottles.
Uncle John left the houso/buying this
interesting performance, still "firmly of
the opinion that the surest way of reconciling^ wife to ^Ji6r-husband-is, to get a
third jfersori to-help abuse-him. -
Bayard -Taylor and Ejs Habits;
Bayard Taylor wrote a beautiful hand.
He detested blind and slovenly writing,
and used to  say that   any man could
write plainly who would make an effort.'
His manuscript was the delight of printers.    Mr.   Taylor  wrote   quietly  ancl
steadily, and produced a great deal more
"copy" in a given time than any one
would suppose-Mm capable -of who observed his apparent ease and absence of
hurry.   He was rather- careless in his
dress, but  not, like   Horace Greeley,
enoughnso to beconspicnous. .Hellkedi
a stout, plain suit of clothes that could
be worn a long time, a loose-fitting gray
overcoat-and a broad-brimmed slouch
hat.      He     was     a     hearty    eater,
and was   fond   of   the     German   national    beverage*   which  he    habitually drank at dinner.   In religion he
might have been classed as a Unitarian
or a Deist, though he had great reverence for the faith of his Quaker ancestors.   In his later years the desire for
travel wo^e off, and he used ;tp-set-ronton tr journey with much* ''reluctance.
After seeing * and knowing well all the
great cities of the world his preference
was New York.   He often said he had
rather live there than in any European
capital.   Taylor's wife was the daughter
of the celebrated German astronomer,
Prof.   Hansen.   Ske is a lady of fine,
culture and considerable literary talent..
A school history of Germany, written
by her husband for use in American
schools, was recently translated by her
into German.   Their daughter, Lilian,
closely resembles her father as he appeared in liis youthful   days.   Taylor
built tiie1 house near  Kennett squaire
where his parents still live, and where
they celebrated their golden-wedding
nearly 4ett years ago.   Hfe called tlie
place Cedarcrof t, and hoped to pass his
old  age   there.— G. ,W.   Bmalleu, in
Cleveland Set aid*     '""
"that both the Bepublican and Democratic parties-are maneuvering for campaign advantages in California this fall.
It is evident that the true solution of
the Chinese question is radical and
practical legislation. Blaine's head was
level when he said, at a dinner party
here, not long ago, that self-preserva-
w Jm Imi$ |" Giiml Mrs. H>yes, now j. 1877»
Boston's imports in 1878 were $36,-
610,759 as compared "with $47,720,661 in
1877v Her exports in 1878 were $40,-
938,465 as pQj»p8«4 wife |43f 563^9 in
tion is the highest law, and that the
people.of the Pacific coast have a right
to demand "and seeiire the instant relief
that the great evil demands.
PERPETUATING A MONOPOLY.
In August, 1862, a patent was granted
to McKay & Mathies forthe celebrated
machine for sewing boots and shoes, and
the owners of the invention have made
the snug sum of $5,000,000 clear profit
out of it. .But" it seems they are not
rich enough, and sigh for more wealth.
Tho patent expires in August, and they
are besieging Congress and spending
money freely to secure an extension.
The boot and shoe manufacturers are
fighting against the extension, and it is
hoped they may be successful. Public
sentiment is decidedly against the extension of patents and the perpetuation
of these monopolies.
THE FAMOUS, M!GABnAHAN  CLAIM.
At last"there is a "probability of the
celebrated McGarrahan case being terminated, p . This irrepressible claim has
been-'befbre Congress'tod the courts
-for more than twenty years, and has
cost millions of dollars. Senator Gar-
lancV'of Arkansas, has been giving the
matter some attention, and has prepared
a bill which-refers the entire subject to
the Court of Claims for final adjudication, with the right of appeal to the
United States. Supreme Court., It is
thought that the lands in dispute* rightfully belong to the Government, as
neither-MeGarrahani nor the New Idria
Company, which is in possession of the
property, has ever received a_ patent for
the same from the United 'States. If
Senator Garland's bill passes, the claims
of the Government to the property will
be urg6d before ihe court.
NEW POSTAGE  STAMPS.
A new postage stamp has been ordered by the PostofficeDepartment, to
be used on letters not prepaid. Heretofore a letter being posted and wanting a
stamp hash'been;' "held "at the office at
which the letter was mailed. Tiie Postmaster of the office has then written to
the individual addressed, saying that
such a letter has been held in that office
for him, postage not having been pre-
*phid. The lie'w stamp,'whieh has just
been ordered under the new regulation,
is put on a letter not prepaid and sent
to theBostmdstefaif tlie' Offiee of destination, who is charged with the
amount due, and collects the same from
the person addressed, on the delivery of
the letter.
THE  CENSUS  OF 1880.
Thei-e/^e -noV be|ore Congress two
bills providing for tlie 'taking of the
next census—one  introduced by  Mr
of Mr. Corbin/:of
claim that they are abl*
M. C. Butler, who no\
as one of the Palmett
that a movement in tl
be made at an early da -,
present in the Senate,,iiiirty-six Democrats and thirty-niiic*^ Bepublicans.
Butler could nov vote' Xa his own ease.
Patterson and Conover in this are
pledged to Butler. JTMs would give
a tie vote upon the qu^Vjion, if Senator
Davis should refuse ag'in to vote; but
it is doubtful that h(' ^rould refuse in
this case, as he refusec] beforo largely
upon the ground that -ids vote was not
needed. In case he shbnld not vote, it
is hoped by CorbhV Tthat Wm. A.
Wheeler would bo allowed to cast the
vote that would break ijie tie, but there-
is no doubt but that"'the Democratic
Senators would resist to the last any
attempt upon the pafjj of the Vice
President to cast aijfcein a case involving a seat in the Senate. c
THE  STATE OF BAKOTA.
A bill has been introduced in the
House to admit tho Territory of Dakota
into the Union as a Staiie. It is claimed
by the friends of thirj new candidate
for the honor of Statehood, that she
possesses the numerical qualifications to
entitle her to come into the Federal
family. ,  .
Beecher and Iloulton.
How splendid Beech'Vs peoplo -stand
by him! He received J ,300 calls yester-
clay—300 more than 'last year, whose
New Year fell oi}-a hrucu pleasanter day.
It speaks volumes fc? the affectionate
fidelity of»the human heart that so
many good men and v jmen have followed him up and d'.vm the ragged
edge of remorse and &«. pair, lived with
him in the cave o'f glrf 'in, seen him on
his knees beforov,Tlie Z~>t-& Tilton, and
read his passionate sel/V seusation without losing confidence in liim. But
Frank Moulton -is pr Millar with his
friends, too. I saw Mi; a moment yesterday, making- erJ"
breezy, agreeable as ev
ting rich; and Mrs. I»Xc>
of the day of judgrac
of a 4&rge and adt?"-
and Tilton lecture.
and Bow^n's Inde/y i; _
head of - religion: -
Leonard feacon, the. -
_the_jKhole ^^t*    _  -_
ali, everybody, if you please, except the
poor woman, who, whatever the facts,
was the victim of the tragedy; who lives
in the depths of woe, deserted by Mr.
Beecher, and repudiated by Plymouth
Church, wMch at first supported her,
fed by the contemptuous hand of charity extended by him who was once her
husband!   It is pitiful I
While I was writing the above paragraph Frank Carpenter came in.
i I asked him who it was that Beecher
| alluded to last week before a Sunday-
{ school, when lie said that he had re-
j cently rode in the cars near a man
j who had once been his friend, and
| they did not see each other all day.
"Why," said Carpenter, "that was
Moulton. I dined with Frank tho other
day and he told me about it. They
meet repeatedly, but never speak, of
course. The worst of it was that, during the ride, Frank's overcoat got into
Beecher's seat somehow, and the old
fellow was going to carry it off by mistake, when Frank sent the conductor
and recovered it. Then, when they got
to Utica, where Beecher was to lecture
in the evening, and the Mutual Friend
was to address the Dairy Convention
the next clay, they were seated, by the
ingenious dining-room Mogul, face to
face at tho table. Frank told friends
seated -sTith Mm a story of a Frenchman
EBIGIB WEATHEK.
Some Kemarikably CoM Winters in Europe.
What passes in England and Continental Europe for "a severe winter,"
says the New York World, would be
regarded in the North 3rn States and
Canada as a comparatively mild and
open season. "Forty-six degrees of
; frost," as the London papers sMveringly
put it when calling the hard winter of
1860, lose much of their importance
when translated into our "fourteen below zero;" and siij,ce the invention of
the thermometer it is doubtfut if the
njei'cury has gone in England below 20-
degj        ,    :
In. 1789 a cold wave swept aU over
Europe; and from November to January
people crossed the Thames "at the Custom House on the ice. Again from
CMistmas eve, 1794, to Feb. 14, 1795,
England experienced aseaSon of intense
cold, only intermitted for one day, Jan.
23. December, 1796, was also remarkably cold; on Christmas day,the thermometer in London marked 16 deg.
below zero, the greatest cold registered
up to that iaSie. On theISthtof5JSaiu*.-
ary, 1810 the quicksilver was frozen
solid at Moscow. t The winter of 1812,,
during wMeh Napoleon's army struggled home from Bussia, leaving «450,000
dead men, to mark the track _ it had
taken, was a very cold one. "This is
pleasanter th|n;Mbfecow," said the Em-
perorf rubbing Ms hands over a fire in
the-palace he had .regained a,fter posting across Europe; the soldiers he left
behind were literally frozen stiff. In
1814-England endured a-winter of exceptional severity. A writer in a London paper wrote a few days ago that he
that winter walked on the Thames
from Horseferry road to London bridge
and back. The Portreeve of Trav-
istock set out to take the oath of office
at the (Quarter Sessions, thirty-two
miles away, and, as the "Annual Begister "records, was stopped by ice after
proceeding twenty-one miles and imprisoned in a little hamlet for twenty-six
days without communication from the
outer World. Soldiers marching from
town to town were frozen to death on
the road. The snow drifted in the
streets to suchaheight that aU the shops
were closed; by the middle of January
London bridge was blocked, but that
made no difference, for the Thames was
completely frozen over a, few days later,
when a frost fair was" opened on the
river and abullockroastedwhole. For
many days there were no mails, though
the postoffice put forth all its powers to
banst had brought - into 'tilie ■ room ihe
night before, defclt■____? a;blawifon the
backr6f 'Ms nebk^ which .hdaliy Severed
Ms headfrom Ms-bedy.f Death was in*
stantanedus,' and the soul of : the suppliant foUdfred the half-uttered pmyer
to the -othef !world. - * The" terrible d'eed
done, the woman' Went't&'s'W neighbor's
house'and told himf td'^o over, &s jshe
had j-itritck her luislaand £,ti.d might' liave.
killed 'hjitf. * 'He h$d tiii-eaf ened, *she:
said," to • ItfH -5£&?. Mrs!;;<DMfdwg31 ;ex*
Mbited not tTxe least'sign of ;em!5tion,
and talked ilHcbncernedly, abqrit- the
dreadful thing she ' had - ftonev *" Mr.
Caldwell was an intelligent farmer-pf
about' 45 years, in* easy circumstances,'
and both: he andriris wife were respepta-*
ble membprs of the ^Orthodox. church.
For the past two yearstji6 ware taictfceen
partially tfe^anged, so tauch^sothat* her*
sister had "beeksent fofVd kelp wotclf- of
lier movements. There was notMngbut1
liappiness in the relations of husband
and. wife, and the woman's devilish deed
is universally attributed to insanity,
pure and simple.
^% A Pimple on the Wose.
It is a sad thing for a man to lose a
ag
tin
character fs!? t&itinp&t ism AieafUflesg/sj
after spending half a century in acquiring it. But an amiable citizen of Denver—a gentle, peaceable man, who reads
the News every day and goes to church
on Sunday-j-unforigrnaitely ?fi^ds« |iim-
self in thatptedicanient/ L Aboiife a; week
o a pimple commenced developing on
;he tip of Ms nose, and to that soul-
harrowing affliction he owes all the
troubles of Ms life. It has bereft him
of £h^ piibhc^c&nfideiice^eQnvejrtecI-Ms.
happy home into alkrfrlfng*"wifd5rhess,J
and made Mm the miserable object for
scorn to point her slow, unmoving finger at. The origin of pimples is a curious phenont.ejtt©i^tjrey4evelo^slo|\iy.
The first indication of their piesence^—
especially on the nose—is a faint cardinal color delicately diffused over the
glutinous muscle on the /tip of the olfactory apparatus. Unless closely examined, it might be mistaken for a
whis%®opsj)iu£i4& ^jSy&qp. tl^is fefyl
natural mistake that the gentleman in
question is   suffering  so severely. _, It
.V-j.   ,
ago; an'd,
who sold, for $2 apiece, macaw eggs
that hatched ducks, and, when tho
purchaser of the eggs wanted Ms money
back, tho Frenchman said: ' Non! non!
By no meence! I can gif no moneys
back. I cannot be responsible for dc
morals of my micaw!' Beecher smothered a five-gallon laugh in his napkin,
and the apoplectic effort sent the blood
clear up to the top of Ms head."—New
York Cor. Indianapolis Journal.
Murdered in 1878.
The Cincinnati Commercial thus
summarizes the murders and homicides
in the United States in 1878:
Persons poisoned 25
Women killed by abortion 12
Persons lulled by thieves 57
Killed in political quarrels 13
Fathers kill sons IS
Insane murderers 13
Prostitutes killed If
Mo thers kill tlieir children 37
Bagnio fatal quarrels 10
Men killed in common quarrels 25S
Bar-room and drunken quarrels 74
Wives killed « 6s
Child murders    9
Accidental killing ." ... 69
Justifiable 28
Killings on .account of dogs    4
Killings on account of wives 64
Card and gambling quarrels 15
Feuds 5B
Parricides  _°
Fatal quarrels about property  oo
Mobs kill 29
Wives kill husbands 11
Officers kill persons  58
Officers killed 3"
Prostitutes lull men    2
Fraternal fatal quarrels 11
Seduced -women kill seducers    fi
Thieves shot  ?(
Negroes killed 112
Negroes kill. 102
Kaped and killed I'l
Persons killed on account of language or oppro-
"brious epithets used 13
A Technical Crime
The President has very justly pardoned H. C. Hodges (in response to the
petition of the Judge and eleven of the
jury who convicted him last year), a
Louisville (Ky.) postal employe who
was guilty of technical violation of the
law in making a mail key when the regular one was lost. Hodges had two
keys when the lost one was restored, but
never used either to steal anything, and
gave up the one he had made as soon
as he found that he was technically violating the law in holding it. Yet red
tape imprisoned the man for some time,
fco the distress of the wife and five ehil-
§xm clspea&ng o» Mm Ior support.
red-headed,
, and he is get-
;on that, "slice
"' is the center
• cocial circle;
Zi audiences;
"' -'-•v..•'"-at the
t  c?id        - — —       -
-    ",""•-> "nf  compel overseers and parocMal authori-
/    'Z"Z~       ties "to elez? ihe highways, and sent      tl _,   _ .
roads along wMcli toiled^mail coaches "^Tas^rai'itov* _o"^
drawn by ten horses. No coal could get
to London, and when the householder's
supply of fuel gave out there was nothing for him but to sMver and wait. It
was difficult even to reach the butcher's
shop, where there were neither fowls
nor vegetables to be had. The children
had to be keptwarm and amused within
doors, where all day long the lamps were
lit, for the snow-drifts shrouded the
panes. The water-pipes were all frozen,
and people had to melt snow in pails
within the fenders. The Solway was
frozen over for the first time within the
memory of living men, and the crews of
coaster's and fishing-boats starved and
perished of cold at sea, being unable from
the accumulations of ice to make port.
In the Scandinavian peninsulas the
winter of 1849 was a most severe One;
in various parts of Norway, on the 2d
of January, the mercury froze and "persons exposed to the atmosphere lost
their breath." Five years and a day later
the thermometer in London registered
—8 degrees; the railroads and rivers
were blocked, coal rose to an enormous
price and the metropolis was threatened
Avith darkness from the inability of the
gas companies to procure a fresh supply. The next winter, when the allied
forces were sMvering in the Crimea,
was to the full as severe. On the 20th
of "January, 1855, the lakes were frozen
over; on the 22d of February fires were
made on the Serpentine in Hyde Park,
and in tho fens in LincoMshiro was established a traffic on the ice thirty-five
miles long.   The spring was late, and
there was cold weather till the 26th of
June. In 1860, England experienced
probably her coldest  weather.    From
the 23d to 30th of December the cold
was intense.   At Torquay the mercury
went down to 20 deg. below zero.   In
Hyde Park it Was at 17 deg., and a letter in the Times recorded that a horse
had been seen " with icicles at its nose
three inches in length and as tMck as
three fingers," a sight by no means uncommon   in   Lower    Canada.      The
Thames was partially frozen in its tidal
reaches, and from Teddington lock to
its most remote  sources was covered
with ice -from-sig: to ten or even twelve
inches in tMckness,   Skating  parties
were arranged for journeys from Oxford
to London and back, and the year in
question  will  always   be   memorable.
among  skaters   as the one in   which
round-heeled irons finally superseded
all   others.    On   the 9th of  January,
1861, there were bonfires  and grand
displays of'fireworks on the ice in St.
James' and the other parks.   January
1867, was another cold month, snow and
ice  practically   suspending  traffic   at
London for several days, though people
offered cabmen fares of 15 and 20 sMl-
lings a mile.   It was on the 15th that
the ice in Regent's Park gave way beneath some 500 skaters, of whom forty-
one were drowned.   Still another cold
season was the winter of 1870-1, during
wMch the poor people of Paris and the
illy-equipped Bepublican levies of Gam-
betta suffered so severely.
was first noticed by Ms wife, who called
his attention to it with the remark that
a man who had a helpless family and an
amiable wife coidd. not afford to spend
his time and/money^t l*£an@ngi JjSound
saloons and in beastly dissipations.
V But, my dear, what are %ou talMng
about?"    .
"That's right, sir; get mad—fire up
and beat me!"
"But, my dear—?'
vv-r*r] „^rv-wur. y-
if  I had heeded it then, I
should not now be a drunkard's wife."
" What is it you say? Coijfound.it,-
madam, I don't understand you" at'all!'
"That'sit, Mr. S.—go on—complete
your cruelty at once—strike me down
at your feet—smash the furniture—
abuse the cMldren. Oh, I knew it
would come to tMs after a^wMle," and
the poor woman gavelierself over to an
agony of weeping.
Stunned, bewildered and half insane,
Mr. S. seized Ms hat and rushed out of
the house. At the door he met the
mhiister. The good man was startled
by the apparition of the angry man
dashing past, and heard a muttered
curse, the purport of wMch he failed tb
distinguish. It might have been a
groan of despair, or it might have been
an oath. But he saw the inflamed countenance and the angry nose and Ms suspicions took defiMte shape. Proceeding
with Ms call, "he found tlie Weeping5
wife, who confirmed Ms worst forebodings. Mr. S. had been drinking to excess of late, and had commenced to
abuse Ms family.
The mimster at once convoked an assembly of deacons and laid the matter
before them. It was all done in the
strictest confidence, but in an hour the_
news had spread through, the town,"
Mr. S. was a marked man, ancl that, awful nose, growing ahgrier" in ats crimson
hue, confirmed the rumor and sealed
Ms fate.
That was a week ago, and ever since
he has been busily engaged in picking
up the stray tiireads of his character
and making a public spectacle of Ms
nose, in proof that it was only a pimple after &ll—Denver (Gol.) Neivs. „.--
; ' Tuesday, Jan. 14.—&o«is.—In.iko r'ecosca
of Lieut. <Joy.--Sessions, Senatw^hiigar.—C-pircl
the] chair. A special orde? wag mr-t - -;gi> ?:'i-
day morning to elect a President pro ■^~,^s.,.
The .Judiciary Committee reported, adve-r-Zq r>.i
tbo WH to provide for the "better rletstfics o\
crime Some 1,300 nominfttsoiio for nor.'
ries public were received loy flic Senr.fc.
.   Housa —The" Bouse adopted the rc-pori on
;niileage  for  members and emplojeo... .Iir.
Allen introduced a bill making an appropriation
for .completing and finishing sttiiSdiBg....Ur.
Thompson's resolution on State printing v/as
jsasseu, which caused a shtirp debate,.. .Prof.
B. C. Kedzie -was invited to lecture before tlio
House on illuminating oils.
" Wednesday, Jan. 15.-i-SeSAiee.—Thes&urJs
passed a,n act to amend an act in relation to •
witnesses in criminal cases giving foaS'"vis foi-   ;
lows: " The people of the Stateolrl&jMgan .eb.
act that it shall not be nccessa.rj3a &t$*criminal case for any vritness to • give -bfl.it iot im
appearance as witness in such, cause, unless
required to do so  by the order of  a J^St0.
of    a   court    of    records , or    a    Circuit*
Court     Commissioner.     All    laws    contra-
vening   this   act  are hereby repealed.,...
.Ihe.bdl in relation to marriage-, and solemnization thereof waa tabled... .A.' concurrent resolution was adopted thattbe Committee on Print-
•ing be instructed fo investigate tlie State Printers....The Judiciary Committee reported adversely on the bill in relation to executions issued by Circuit Courts... .In executive session
the T,300 'Notaries Public were confirmed.
- -»House.—Bills were introduced;  To provide
for the better caro of pauper and destitute
children; authorizing the formation of associations' for intellectual, scientific, aesthetic, re- '
Jigiou& or liberal culture; in rotation,
,to trials - by jury... .The " Committee on
internal Improvements reported favorably on ' the joint resolution authorizing tho Board of Control to transfer St.
Mary's ship canal to the GonSral Government."
... .A bill for an unconditional extension of two
years of the Marquette and. Macldnae railroad
grant was'Introduced. A supplementary bill
•grill.be introduced within a f ew.days, practically restoring to tho market certain, portions of
thesd lands in; Chippewa counljr.
Thussday, Jan' 16.—Senate.—Tho Com-,
mittee km Education inade an advergereportoa
the bJJWor fhe.suppprt of teachers1 institutes..
A resqlutlo.n that thp .Commissioner of the Land
Office-furni&irinformation relative to selling
Agricultural College. lands at $3 per acre that -"
slionld have ' brought $o ' was passed..,.
The "resolution 'for the* appointment of .a
*«{enogJ.-ftJJher ;was indefinitely postponed....
Senate hills:), 4 and 6, passed in committee of
the whole; were discussed....Th6 bill for th®
bettej:. detection of crimes-.and offenses wan
reported baolc, with a recommendation for its
Eassage At thc afternoon'session. Senator
Nuffield resigned from the Committee on Uni^ -
versify, on' 'account of his brother, Itev. Geo.
Dufl&kl,.1ioiD'g a Begent,
hispjace.    ...
House.—BUls ,'wero introduced: To furnish
vaccine to r tho inhabitants of cities and villages; creating & Twenty-Fourth judicial cir-
>|iit from the Seventh.and Sixteenth circuifftj
'tB incorporate tho village of. Brooklyn; io
amend tho laws of 1857 io provide for the incorporation of villages; to repeal-a certain-isec-
tion of the Si ate laws of 1877, to authorize the
Warden of the State prison to receivc~mor,eya
due on contracts, whilo said section v/as in
force; for a chair of eclectic medicine in the
turivereity; to amend and "authorize the formation .of corporations to establish, rural cemeteries and care for the same; allowing th©
Board of Supervisors of Bay county io receive
certain.lands from the Bay Cqiuity Agricultural
Society for certain purposes; to amend an act
to provide forthe appointment of a. State He-
pferter; relating-to-alienation by deed, proof.
Senator Bodgo trios
and*recol*ding"of conveyances, and canceling
of mortgages.
Eeidax Jan. 17.—Senatk—Bills were introduced; .Jn relation to liability of cities, villages,
and townships for neglecting to repair sidewalks and Btreofs; to authorize and regulate
insurance other than life, fire, aud miirine; to
establish a State hospital at Ann Arbor; in relation - to foreclosure of mortgago by
advertisement; in relation, to plank
roads; in relation to aon-forfeitnn3 of
policies of lifo insurance; relative to Eafefsg
interests; .relating tcfr teachers' insutufcij
to authorize the directors- of tht-. Sctroit f.:.:_
Milwaukee railroad to be repro-cnfeu c:: Z.:
Board, of Directors by proxy; ~ Z ralt'orf. Z.~
of adulteration of honey.\-^-S£-^JZi^£,-z--—
was elected President pro tem.
r .House.—Bills were introduced: Eelative to
establishing water-cdurses and locating ditches;
relative to laying out, opening, locating,
or constructing water-courses,' ditches or
drains by Township Drain Commissioners;
relative to forcible entries and detainers; to incorporate the village of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa county; relative to officers having the care
of highways and bridges, and their several
powers and duties; relative to trial of issues of
facts in Courts of Chancery: relative to affidavits of non-residents; making an appropriation for the purchase of books for the State
library .'...Both houses adjourned until Monday evening, at 8:30.
Monday, Jan. 20.—Senate.—Pursuant to
ad jourmnent on Friday last, the Senate met this
evening at 7:30. Numerous petitions were presented, and notices given for the introduction
of bills_ at some future day.
House —The House passed a joint resolution
forthe transfer of St. Mary's Falls ship canal to
the General Government The following joint
resolution was introduced as an. amendment to
/the constitution, to stand as article 4, section 1:
"All the specific taxes, except those received
from the mining companies of the Upper Pen-
insxda, ghall.be applied in paying the interest
upon -the primary school, University,
ancl other educational funds, and
the interest and principal of the Stato "debt in
the order herein recited, until there shall be_ a
sufficient amount in the sinking fund to extinguish the Stato debt, other .than the amounts
due to educational funds. When such specific
taxes shall be ordered to and constitute a part
of the general fund the Legislature shall provide for an annual tax, sufficient, with othor resources, to pay the estimated expenses of the
State Government, and such deficiency as may
occur in the resources.
Education of the Eyes.
We may not be called upon to hunt
white foxes in the snow; or to save our
life and our child's by splitting with an
arrow an apple on its head; or to identify a stolen  sheep    by looking in its
a
face    and    swearing   to  its  portrait;
but we must do many things essential
to    our    welfare,    which    Ave   would
do a great deal better if we -had an eye
as trained as we readily might  have.
For example, it is. not every man that
can Mt a nail., square on the head or
drive it straight in with a hammeiv ^ew
persons can   draw^a straight line,  or
cut a piece, of-clotii-br paper .even; sjill
fewer can use''-a pencil as di-ai?gh^men
and fewer still' can* paint' with colors
Yet there is not a calling in which an
educated^ eye," Mce in   distinguishing
form, color, size, distance, and the like,
.•will not  be   of  great  service.     For,
though it is not to be deMed that some,
eyes can be educated to a greater extent
than others, there can be no excuse for
any neglecting to educate the eye.  The
worse it is, the more it needs education;
Nebraska Ticlinis of the Stake.
At noon to-day the bodies, or rather
what remains" of the bodies, of Mitchell
and Ketchum were brought to Kearney.
They were found in a shallow grave
Only" a short distance from their funeral
pyre. "We have no intention of attempting a description of the remains. The
English language does not contain
words, and we have not command of
expressions, strong enough to paint the
scene which is illustrated by these
charred and mutilated bodies. B-eporte
wMch have been received during the
past week were sufficient to cause a cry
of indignation to arise from every man
in the commumty, but the reports are
notliing as compared with the reality.
The two bodies lie upon a table in the
undertaking establishment of F. J.
Switz. They are burned, blackened,
and mutilated beyond recogMtion, destitute of clotMng, ears and arms gone,
flesh cut and gashed, muscles contracted, and a look of horrible agony upon
the face of each. The marks of the
"loose ropes" are npon their necks,the
marks of the hot irons are upon their
wrists, and the marks of the torturing-
kmf e are upon their bodies. The knife
did not cut deep enougii to kill, but
only deep enough to cause the most excruciating torture to the shrieking victim.   If this affair were written without
the hotter it is, the more it will repay it., foundation iu fact, and merely the creation  of the  most  sensational novel-
Beheaded at Prayers.
Hamlet  refrained  from   killing Ms
mother's husband while the latter was
his knees, but Mrs. John S. Cald-
on
well, of South Byfield, Mass., had no
such scruples when she decapitated her
husband with an ax. Sir. Caldwell was
jmeeling at a chair offering Ms morning
devotions, the only other person in the
house being Ms sister-in-law, who was
in the same devout posture, when Mrs.
Caldwell stealthily entered the room,
gadi esatghjng up m ax, wMcli her km-
'A Pleasant Expression.
A young man from the country was
in town- yesterday, and he entered a
photograph gallery to. have Ms picture
taken. After seating him, the operator
told Mm to assume a pleasant expression* 'iThink of something cheerful,"
he said; "think of your girl." A terrible scowl took possession of the young
man's face, and Jumping up he exclaimed, "Think .of the deuce I" -She
went home with .another fellow last
night, and? she can go to thunder, for all
me!'? He .e^idpntiy thought of her, but
the pleased: expression was not forth-
coming.—Torrisloidn Herald.
Boast monkey ig !lieIjib§FM$ disli,
writer of this country, it could not be
pictured so horrible as it is. The bodies Were saturated with oil before the
match was applied. They were* hung
by "their manacled wrists just "high
enough to keep them from getting
away from their barbarous captors, and
then they were mutilated, cut, and
gashed, and tortured by flames burning
the bare flesh, from wMch the skin had
been removed, until a death, long prayed,
for, came to put a limit to their terrible
sufferings.
We have seen all the horrors of war,
but have never before seen any sight so
well illustrating: the devilish ingenuity
of infuriated rQen m M&^£S($W