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BY LUCIUS 0. WEST.
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Sf jSretc&en faic&Bell Gretehen rare,
And she a minei%"claughter,
With -winsome *wa^ and guileless air,
* Spurned lovers all that sought her;
Cooied well her father's meager fare,
% And treasured all he taught her.
Ser inborn tact, devout ot art, -
... 33iough.reared in crude rusticity,
Had given to her that matchless grace,
Sa ©harming in simplicity,
Of mind, and heart, and form, and faee,
■Which troth and worth doth e'er impart.
Once o'er a mountain's -wooded slope,
In search of flowers of rarer grace,
This -wild rose strayed, till, bending low.
The heavens all radiant like her face,
To hiss the earth at sunset glow,   -
Proclaimed too great her rambling scope.
When shadows spanned the everglade,
As lower sank the setting sun,
Grew pale each ermine-tinted cheek,
Grew pale and corpse-like as a nun,
And, like a chess-piece brought to check,
She halted 'neath a fir tree's shade.
" Sweet bird, sweet bird," she weeping said.
"With hands pressed 'gainst her panting breast,
As, 'neath the tree, her liquid eyes
She raised toward a songster's nest,
Suspended 'neath the ermine skies
Which tinged earth's mantle green with red.
Oh, change your sorig> my pretty bird,
^ Andsingtome,'swee<H-where's my home?
You're up so high, pray look and see
Beyond yon mountain's glistening dome."
Clear notes like water dropping free
Was all the sound Bell Gretehen heard.
Soon wearied sank she to the ground,
Where slumber robbed all chance for fear;
And, when earth donned her morning dress.
Upon the scene there did appear
And gaze upon her loveliness
A hunter bold with gun and hound.
Wild flowers nodding, bending low,
In wanton winds her form caressed;
* No signs of life were seen save this—
The startled heaving of her breast.
He, stooping, gently snatched a kiss,
And murmured, " She will never know—"
Know what. John Stark?" she blushing said,
Tip springing like a startled deer.
" How daTe you take by stealth from me,
When in my sight you'd have a fear!
'Tis theft, bold sir, and 1 decree
Just retribution on your head,"
" I'll stand a suit—and offer this
As offset to your charge, fair Bell:
Since I'm a thief by subtle art,
And yon will ceasa'fioi to rebel,
In innocence you've stole my heart—
Hence owe at least another kiss.
"Now, since you've lost your way. my sweet,
And I came here your steps to guide,
Pray let me lead you through all life—
Ah, Bell! why turn? why pout? why chide?
Why press your he$rf to quell its strife ?
fill my heart, 'tis meet, 'tis meet.
"No rich reward can ever reap
The doubting, never-trusting heart 1
Gome, be my mate, and I here swear
My truth to thee.   Ah, sweet! why start?
Fair womanhood's charmed grace you'll wear—
Ah, sweet! my sweet: why do you weep?
"Tour father's -willing, and the points
* • Of rites and forms you oft have raised
Need have no weight.   See, pure and free,
.   Ton crystal stream.   No scoffs are raised
Because beyond it weds the sea,
And consummates what God appoints. .
"Ah, Bell 1 dear Bell! you yield, you bow
Your head in maiden shame.   Why weep ?
With me kneel on this flower-decked mound.
Now mark: ' As soweth we we reap.'
Swea:r loyalty and love profound,
And God will bless our wedding vow."
He raised those charms with willing arms,
Ah,wildwood's fairest daughter!
And bore her, with new sweet alarms,
Across tbe gurgling water,
And vowed to shield her from all harms,
As 'neath Ms roof he brought her.
for years, out there, this happy pair,
By " Eocky Peak." near " Crumbs' Fort,"
Have lived; of children reared their share;
Drank deep of bliss and comfort. *   .
" life lived again," I've heard him swear,
" He'd do the same 'f he swung for 't."
"STEVEK MIND."
What's the use of always fretting,
At th? trials we shall find
Evef^fewn along our pathway?
Travel on and "'never mind."
~-.*w7fl onward; working, hoping,
7~3t no lingering glance behind
-r-,'ao trirjs once encountered;
t?oln cfiec.fi, and "never Blind."
".""■'' is jitZ' i<3 prst forevi?ri
no your test, and '-never"miner." -" -
And if those who might befriend you,
Whom the ties of nature bind,
Shoul 1 refuse to do their duty,
Look to Heaven and "never mind."
Friendly words are often spoken
Wheesthe feelings are unkind;
Take th&m for their real value,
Pass them by, and "never mind."
Fate may threaten, clouds may lower,
Enemies may be combined:
If your trust in God is steadfast,
He will help you, "never mind."
A BRA.YE   SLOT.
He Says So, ancl He Ouglit to Know.
I am a brave man. The reader may be
tempted to doubt this statement a little later, and so I take the trouble to repeat it: I am a brave man. I am not
a military hero, nor a celebrated naval
officer; I have never rescued any human
being from the jaws of death. I am
merely a housekeeper and a brave man.
Our new girl, Betty, has been in the
house for two months. We never
found an opportunity of being displeased, and were beginning to congratulate ourselves upon this unprecedented good fortune in selecting a domestic. My wife and ^on started for
Margate about a fortnight ago, leaving
me to follow at my leisure.
Everything went .on quite smoothly
for a week, when a gentleman called at
my office in a state of wild excitement.
He related a most pitiful tale. It appeared that Hs family had, like my own,
departed to a watering-place, and left
him in charge of the house and servants. As there was no particular cause
for alarm, -he spent his evenings out.
Judge of his dismay, on returning one
night, to find his front door open; servants and silver had fled together.
That story made a great impression
on me. I was not in the habit of returning home much before midnight,
and for that very evening had promised to dine out with a few friends.
My Wife's last words had been, when
we parted, " Now, John, you must be
be very careful about the house. Betty
is a good cook, but she may be only
waiting for an opportunity."
Of course I promised; but how did I
keep my word? . By dining out and
never reaching home until all hours,
utterly regardless of the little woman's
command. This, I resolved, should be
my last excursion. I would devote the
remainder of my evenings to guarding
my household property.
The dinner - passed off pleasantly
enough, but a vague presentiment
of danger hovering above my head
marred in a measure what would otherwise have proved a delightf ol evening.
My companions were a trifle displeased
when I insisted upon leaving them
early, and I reacted home before 10.
I at once hurried to my house, walking
so fast that the perspiration rolled from
my forehead like Tain. As I opened
the gate, my notice was called to a light
.burning faintly in the front kitchen.
Oar new girl had not yet retired, and I
opened the front door as noiselessly as
possible. I went up to a little room on
the second floor, and sat down to finish
a couple of letters.
Soon after, the dock struck 11. I
thought it strange that Betty was up so
late, and presently I heard her coming
up stairs. I believed that she was
going to bed;but, pausing a moment on
the top stair, she turned and went below again. What did that mean? I
turned out the gas, and descended to
my bedroom on the floor below. I began to xwfeep? cwitl was on the pint of
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retiring, when I heard the girl coming
up for the second time. She paused oh
the landing as if to listen. I coughed
twice, and crossed to the window. This
apparently satisfied her, as she went
down immediately. My suspicions were
aroused fully. Hastily throwing off my
shoes, I crept softly to the head of the
stairs and listened.
I heard Betty enter the kitchen, leaving the door open behind her. I went
down to the next landing, and paused
again. Hark! there were voices in the
kitchen; a man's voice, I was ready to
swear. Clutching the banister for support, I listened. Through the open
door I could hear the man's voice quite
distinctly. I had no difficulty in making out his words
"Well, is the governor asleep?"
"Not yet," the girl replied. "I heard
him just now walking across the room."
" Then we must wait a bit longer,"
eaid the man.
" Go on," said the girl, " with what
you were telling-me about the—"
" O, ay, to be sure," broke in the man.
" Well, you see, we wanted to put it off
a little while, because he was rather
lean; but, howsoever, we killed him."
"Hark!what's that?" suddenly cried
my female domestic.
I knew what it was. I had uttered a
hollow groan. The man was a murderer.
He had killed him, whoever he was, and
would very soon settle me.
I do hot know what mysterious power
took hold of my limbs, but the next
minute I found myself in the middle of
my room, shaking like an aspen. How
many steps I came up at a time will
never be known to my mind. It must
not be believed that I was frightened;
the trembling of my limbs was due to a
nervous affliction Which always .troubles me whenever there is danger. When
in this state I act unconsciously, without
being aware of or responsible for my
actions. • The door was double locked
and bolted behind me, and I crept to
the front window.
Heaven only knew how many thieves
and perhaps murderers were at that
moment assembled in the kitchen,
awaiting only Betty's signal tb plunder
the house and slaughter me. Nobody
must think that I was afraid to go down
stairs and* ask who sat there; on the
contrary, the reader is expected never
to lose sight of the fact that I am a
brave man.
The clock .struck midnight. I left
the window and went over to my wife's
dressing-table. Hastily gathering up a
few stray rings and other articles of
jewelry, I tied them in a handkerchief,
and resolved to defend it with my Kfe.
The nest question was how io defend
my property. X must hfivs n v.-cr/ -yn.
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seven bolts*""'Witbcat-liketrea"d~I crept"
up to my son's room, and found an old
rusty sword, which had been gloriously
carried upon the gory field by my
great-grandfather. With this venerable
relic I felt bold as a lion, and crept
cautiously down to the bedroom again.
It was 1 o'clock. I resumed my
post at the window and waited.
Two o'clock. The policeman passed
without giving a single glance at the
house. I spent my time in looking
from the street to the door, expecting
every moment io behold the burly form
of a gaunt, masked burglar creeping vi-
ciousl/ up behind my chair.
Three o'clock. The silence on every
side was so profound that I could hear
the rapid pulsations of my own heart.
Four o'clock. Still I waited, and
still no change. At 5 the lamp-hghter
ran through the street, putting out the
gas; and the market carts came along
from all quarters. It wanted but a few
minutes of 6, when I saw the figure of a
man pass cautiously out of -the kitchen
up into the street. I gave a great sigh
of rehef. The night of terror was
passed. I placed the trusty sword in a
corner of the room, and tlrrew myself
upon the bed. Despite the din cf the
street, I managed to sleep soundly for
two hours. When I awoke the sun was
already high. After breakfast I sent
Betty for a paper. During her absence
I gathered up all the silver spoons and
forks, and placed them in a carpet-bag
which I had prepared for that purpose.
I left the hoxise in a state of the wildest
excitement, not daring to accuse the
cook, lest she should escape with all the
furniture and coals during my absence.
I ran to the telegraph office, and sent a j
dispatch to Margate. In the street!
was accosted with:
"Hallo, Benson! Carpet-bag all
packed.   Going to meet Mrs. B. ? "
I replied that I was going to meet
Mrs. B., but where I did not see fit to
explain. The bag remained under my
desk all day, and it was in my hand
when I encountered my wife at the station.
She breathlessly asked what had gone
amiss, and I related my fearful ordeal of
the past night. She fully entered into
the peril of the situation; I called a cab,
and we were driven home. Betty answered the door, with glaring eyes at
seeing her mistress.
We went down to the kitchen. There
sat the man. I knew him in a second,
and turned toward my wife.
" Wlio is this? " I roared, seizing Betty by the wrist.
" Who  is  what ?"   stammered   the
S-u***-
" This man—this assassin—who entered this house by stealth, with the
idea of plundering me while I slept?"
"Plunder?" echoed the affrighted
girl. " Why, bless you, my master, this
is Billy, my brother!"
I turned pale, and glanced toward my
wife.
" Your what? " I yelled, purple with
rage.
" He's my own brother. I haven't
seen him for five years. He arrived
from Kilkenny three days ago, and
stopped here while he was looking for a
situation.
"Where did you sleep?" inquired
Mrs. Benson, turning to the man.
"Betty said she'd smuggle me upstairs into one of the attics, after the
master was asleep, and never say a word
to any 6ne about it. But it seems the
i diclij'fc go t*9 bed at all last
night; so Betty and me sat up till this
morning, talking of the old country."
I was too bewildered to o'ffer a reply.
""Share, I am no thief," the man went
on. "You might have heard us talk if
you had listened. I didn't try to hide
-didl?"
It was indeed true. Billy was no assassin—the him that they had killed
was their pig, and they couldn't afford
to wait till he was fat-—but as honest a
working man as I ever hope to find.
We said nothing to Betty, and I took
the spoons and forks out of tne carpetbag, throwing them upon the table,
without saying a word.
I need not speak of my wife'-s compliments, but she insisted on going back
to Margate. She certainly did make a
few unpleasant remarks, and went so
far as to call me a , but I assured
her she was mistaken. I am a brave
man.
The old sword still stands in the corner behind the chair. I don't think I
shall ever have courage to take ijb up to
my son's room again; but, for all that, I
am, if not physically, certainly morally,
a brave man.
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MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday, Jan. 28.—Senate.—Bills passed:
To provide for the care and preservation of
rm3^ooked! men, Amsterdam
^ "*>^steAlus.
Ok?*him -to a
Calais; but Ihey .are running, and popular, at Berlin, St. Petersburg, Yienna,
Stockholm, Christiaua, Hamburg, Bre-
and Brussels, on the
Continent.   Like the British flag, the
sun never sets on American street-cars,
which are also running in Havana, and
...   ,,.      . ,,   a--»,,— -,-    .       .    ...atthe principal cities of Mexico, Bra-
so that he might WgtiLA?*,»'one °f | zil, Uruguay;the Argentine Eepublic,
the  frequent sp$||lf . .oughing to j 0hili, Peri;j Venezuela,  Guayaquil in
which he was subjA^f-^/r? and night j Ecuador, San Jose in  Costa Bica, and
the folks hadtakeEV. "«v"ii5vms in watcli-   ... j.~ *u"„ „.,*u„«4..,*~..*i  *«- n^;u.™ „■«.
cars out of all that republic's cities but   estates of persons missing or absent andsUPr
- - -     -        - •*     - - posed to be dead; to authorize boards of health
""  cities, villages and townships  to furnish
consumptive's' bed^.^vf^u tUfc necessary
that he should '- - ^**: {   L —--*--"-
aid bftj&p'.W' constantly,   at i
*fu tmi™^° *? °n"e ? zil>
ifc.  s-nsrllsKr , .miorhino* to   ™'
SITTING BULL.
the folks had takers., :«S"h| iiras in watch-1
ing by his bedside^ -'» £ ZV^forming such
duties as his aggrav] ^r^e-jjeipanded.
Between the hour'
in the morning he "V.
with a  most  violet'!'_
which racked his ii "f.
him completely   exl.
after.     On    "\Vedne-
Sweeny took her sc-.co
h&x\
%ljr£. and 2 o'clock
"regularly taken
'iliifcoi coughing,
'}n and ^rendered
.   it-ett' for  hours
*■ -night    Mrs.
y „his bedside,
J.-Biink into a
3*oni out with
&. Hand-to-Haml Encounter
Sinner.
["Chicago Times Interview with Frank Girdxd, the
Famous Scout.]
The reporter asked the plucky scout
if he had ever come across SittingpBall.
" Yes," was the reply. "I once had a
hand-to-hahd encounter with him. In
the spring of 1864, a body of Sioux
camped on the opposite side of the
river, within a mile and a half of the fort.
Sitting Bull and a party of twelve came
on a visit to the Berthold Indians, who
were still in their winter quarters. They
afterward came to the fort, and I told
Sitting Bull that I could only allow himself and a few o| the principal men of
the tribe to come inside and trade. He
knew that regulation was customary
when we were a little weak, and he made
no objection. I further told him to go"
iato the store and trade at our regular
priees, and when he was through I
would satisfy him by giving him anything,that he wanted, but I could not
penhit him to fix the price. He went
into the store and got some Iroquois
shells, which are largely used by
the savages for°purposes of ornamentation.. He offered five buffalo robes
for them, but the price was ten, and the
store man would not accept his offer.
Sitting Bull came into my office and
said he would not give more than five
robes for the shells. _.Uold .i"'~- -1-".
6ould uoU*i/-"sJ*1,'"J'
T A '*^,»ay'.'"ITnowing the treacherous
nature of the Sioux, I watched, him
over my shoulder. He had his arms
crossed on the stock of a double-barreled gun, the muzzles of which were
resting on the floor. As I stepped
away from him, Sitting Bull raised the
gun and was bringing it to bear upon
me, when I dropped the shells, seized
and threw up the barrels of the gun,
and knocked the caps off with my
thumb. While I was doing this the
second chief of the Bees, who was in
the office, pulled out his revolver and
covered Sitting Bull, asking me in Indian, " What do you say?" I thought a
second or two and the friendly chief repeated his question, but I answered,
No."
The newspaper man suggested that
Mr. Girard had missed a glorious opportunity of ridding the United States
army of one of its most dangerous enemies.
"Well," said the scout, smiling, "we
don't always know how things will turn
out,
thought if Sitting Bull was killed in
side tbe fort there were sufficient Indians in his camp to have smoked us
out. He left shortly after this little episode, looking anything but pleased, and
he sent me word by Bloody Knife that
he had an arrow in his quiver which he
would never use until he met me again.
I returned the compliment by sending
him word that I had a rifle which always spoke the truth when it spoke,
and that when I saw him he would hear
of it. This challenge remained in force
for two years, when Sitting Bull Avas desirous of visiting the Berthold Indians.
He sent two runners with a pipe of peace
and asked me to smoke and terminate
the feud. With this pipe he sent two
fine American horses, as a sort of in *
ducement for us to smoke. At the solicitation of the chiefs of the Berthold
Indians I smoked the pipe, and gave the
horses to the head chiefs at the fort. I
sent word to Sitting Bull that as he
came so would I receive him; if empty-
handed, so would I be, but if he had a
bow and arrows, I would have my pistol. From that day to this I have never
had the pleasure of meeting Sitting
Bull. I understand that he came to the
village at dark and always returned to
his camp before daylight."
and waited until
3leep.    Being  alici:-/\
her day's labors, for^.'^fcOlfedy carries on
the  business   of  ?rAk Undertaker,   the
watcher stole to an /\%ning room and
threw herself on a Uv^fto snatch a few
moments' rest befo^^er patient was
are to be substituted for omnibuses at
Bogota, the capital of Colombia.
OUR EXPORT TRADE.
Sflie I'roduce and Xive- Stock Showing of tlie
Past Year.
There has been a decided increase in
the exportation of American produce
and live stock during the past year.
The Bureau of Statistics at Washington
has returns to the 31st of October, in
full, and a circular containing the information will be published in a few
days.
The following is a comparative state*
ment of the value of agricultural im
with tiie old j taken with his midai^,?-* attack.   It was j plements, exported from  this country
during her absence fee ia his side that
the sick man saw th: burly forms of I
two men oil the shoe?*, ,atside the window of his apartrAfC, ^on the second
story rear, acting ha. s*.;eh a manner as
to satisfy him that' fch'" ? were upon an j
errand of robbery. , -; **, -
Long sickness* hact-. rendered him j
completely helplesSj2;und his voice j
could not be raised- ^ove a whisper, j
and by  these   cu'crii^tances he  was |
during the first ten months of 187$ and
the corresponding months of 1877:
1S78. 1877.
Horse-powers $    21,619 § 1!1,0S0
Mowers and reapers  1,017,442       fQ5,S32
All other agricultural implements 1,502,634 S34,!)30
The following is a /comparative statement of the value of live stock exported :
1878.
Hogs §  337,533
Horned catlte  6,704,721
Horses      864,151
326.610
regard to breadstuff's:
1S77,
$ 210.T92
2.12^,444
413.245
469,S34*
823,3bl
in
...$
compelled to Ue tod "\<ait the issue of j Mules
events.   Presently he'saw the window  Sheep...,....................    427,273      823,
raised, and the two is^n stealthily en-      The fehowing is similar statement
tered his room.    Thfc/Kthey crept to
his bedside, and one >\i the villains, to
silence him, dealt a lx!?,vy blow upon
his forehead. *, The, nan was helpless.   	
The wretches bound I-'ifeet with cords,} ^e.'.V.'.'
and shackled liia.bosr "arms with rop§s
that cut deep into 1£ '-' bloodless skin
and filled his hp'Uy "-ith pains. But
still their awful work was but half finished.   Seating ihav; 7;e" might ;6r;f out
to almost stifle his .ah*
ration.   Seizing one-\
thieves ripped ^ opess,
emptied the feather:"
Having thus sect "?'<■
they searched H    -  .',
Colli0^"""
* the /pillows,-the
■lie ticking* and
npon the floor;
:emseltes .a, sacL*
Iho house _a&d
' -i srira
Barley	
Bread and biscuit..,
Indian corn....:....
Oats....
1S78.
1.1S0.424
012,783
40,145,SS4
1,999.856
2,939,745
102,886,983
1877.
$ 1,054,041
5.S.761
36.108,t)S0
470.901
1.640,767
51,0'5,080
16,897,788
525.289
"Wheat ...:....  _,.,........
Whe<ft flour.    22,273.937
Prepared breaSstuffs.      1,760,291
It will be seen, by the above tables
that there is scarcely an article of mer-
_ _ ehandise the amount of which exported
they gagged Ms raotlt"; V* and covered hi? ihas p.ot largely increased during the f Quite ^interesting Rebate ^qrose;  Tho^matter
head with a towel to . U a manlier as  past year, and to some of the great arti-1 X^St^SS^^ffehSl
dy feeble rlespi-   cles of export the increase is enormous.
IE-
vaccination   to"  inhabitants   tiiereof Joint
resolutions were passed; Asldng Congress for
an appropriation for the inlprovenrejit of the
channel of Lake St. Glair, at the mouth'of
Clinton river, and for dredging of the channel
of eaid liver; to aid in securing homestead right to settlers upon certain so-called
railroad lands in the counties of Allegan,
Ionia Kent, Muslfegon and Ottawa...,Bills
introduced: To provide a remedy againstper-
sons selling liquors to husbands or children in
certain cases; by Mr. Duffield, relative to the
prohibition of the taxation, assessment and collection of illegal fees by county officers and- to
punish the violation'thercof by proceedings in
the Circuit Courts; by Mr. Hewitt, relative to
the rate of interest on money: also, to amend
i.n act relating to interest upon installments
falling due on written contracts A petition
from the Eaton county Supervisors vas received, asldug for tbe passage of a bill to prevent double assessments.
House.—Bills passed: Eelative to duties of
County Clerks, and County Treasurers; incorporating the villages of Petoskey and lshpeming Bills introduced:   By Mr. McCormick,
relative to appeals from judgments of Justices
of the Peace by persons convicted in criminal
cases; by Mr. Jackson, authorizing ihe town-
Bhip of Sault Ste. Marie, in Chippewa coupty,
to borrow money to pay any judgments against
said township, and to*bond the township for
payment of highway indebtedness; by Mr. Shattuck, for the appointment of Commissioners and
Inspectors of Lumber, and to deflue their duties;
I by Sir. Cutcheon, relative to summonses from
I Justices' courts; by Mr. Young, for incorporation of Scandinavian societies; by Mr. Moore,
for the establishment of wills during the life of
testators; by Mr. Moulton, relative to judg
ments of Justices of the Peace and other officers; by Mr. Moulton, for tho enlistment, organization, equipment and" musterifig into the
State service of a military company at Grand
Bapids; by Sir. Xvloulton, relative to appeals-
1 front Justices' courts; by Mr. Moulton, relative
] to dockets of Justices of the .Peace in criminal
i and quasi-criminal cases: by Mr. Bowen„ for an
1 appropriation for the supportiOfthe Stateiteforid
j Schoolforl879and 1880;byMr,Bowen,foranappropriation for a bhapei, new cottage or wing,
additional dormitoi'y accommodations* by Mr.
Goebel, for a railroad from Detroit to some point
on Lake St Clair; by Mr. Moulton, relative to
j fees of Justices of the Peace an jl constables; by
j Mr. Sawyer, providing for salaries'of iBtate officers The usual flood of kerosene oil and
! deer petitions poured in A remonstrance, was
} made against the passage of the Senate bilT
' providing that the Probate Judges of Ingham
1 county have power to appoint a Probate Register.
j  Representative Gould inti;p^Q(jd ■» resolu-
| tioa to prohibit*card-playing-inihe'cotoinittee
rooms, postoffice, cloakroom, etc.,of the Capitol.
the education*of females', by llr. Turck, 1-ela- ■
tive to fraudulent >ud part-paid.shares of the
«tock of railroad companies j Dy Mi". Ustabrook,
yjltrS™?**. - *Ji?   responsibility   of • insurance
r Estabrook, to protect oymees^^^"^ZrZ'
thelwaters of Lake Michigan and theT^aiiEsWa..
shores thereof. '
\Wbxdxy, Jan. 31.—SkbtatE.—A . bill was
passed to amend the law relative to f oreclosure
of mortgage ty advertisement.. ,.Bill^ introduced: By Mr. Wfiir, to amend thelawB governing courts held by Justices, of the Peace;
by Mr. Shoemaker, to amend the law forthe
incorporation of mutual fire insurance companies ; by Mr. Farr, to provide for taking appeals
in Justices' courts'.
House.—Bills were introduced, as follows:
Bv Mr. Hall, to make au appropriation for the
i Agricultural College: by Mr. Baldwin,
to amend the law relative to the sizo
of packing barrels for fruits and vegetables; by_ Mr. Mosher, to' regulate the
sale of intoxicating liquors; by Mr. Henderson, to amend the law relative to divorce
from bed and board; by Mr. McGurck, to organize the county of Custer; by Mr. Holt, to
protect the owners of logs lumber and timber
floating in or lying on the ba-ks of the waters
of this State; joint resolution authorizing the
Board of Auditors to issue land scrip
ih lieu of outstanding internal improvement warrants; by Mr. G. H. Hopkins,
to authorize the Governor to cause fix
annual inspection of the Michigan Military
Academy, commission its officers, and appoint
its  graduates brevet  Second lieutenants in
the State militia Bills passed;   House bill to
restore to market -certain swawp lands in
Gratiot county; House bil to'amend ihe law
re'ative to highway officers; House bill relative
to the salaries of county officers... .The Legislature adjourned to-day till the 10th, in order
that the Legislative committees might have an
opportunity to visit the various State institutions.
jLmAuvr-case," and
make their escape.
In  the  meantime
been making feeble
his head  from the suffocating towel.
He had partly succeeded to his object,
and in twisting his body in a last effort
he fell out of bed upon the floor with
a heavy thud.   The noise   oceasioned
by his fall alarmed the thieves, who 1 Goia coin
dropped tlieir bag and sprung through j silver bullion...
It will he seen that the shipments of
wheat have more than doubled, which
is also the case with rye, and the prepared breadstufis (which includes farina
and other articles of food manufactured)
ft"r<j]i of i havo Increased more than* three times;
o£ situ . k-—s==^==c-?=f^iJ-—•—'-*— «'«*'-* TiPK-.iiv»Tv;f"vsed
t-iA-^^, ~—	
 ^UcM'VUi-alga^-be aotieed, ]
shipments  of  horses Jiave !
introduced to properly investigate the charges
t brought against W. *S. George & Co., State
j Printers, to the effect that tliey use a peculiar
j style of type which increase's*fhe cost of print-
I ing jto the State by Sper.csnt.; jalso that^that
iinfl have procured their Contract with ifte'State
j by bribing other contractors to withdraw bids.
^T.*.!''.'- . TlCC."'
WEDXEsnATj Ja<n 29.—Senate—Bills introduced:   By Mr. Conant, to amend an act for
--"-^--~"~vw>ytioii _qf .associations for yachting*
All Honorable Spy.
In his letter,- resigning* the* position
of Government Director of the Union
Pacific "railsoarl, Ms. Charles*Francis
Adams, Jr., states • very clearly and
forcibly the difficulties which surround
that position. It is impossible, he say's,
for "any one to discharge satisfaetorily
the duties of a Government Director under the present laws. These* duties, involve a thorough knowledge of the
whole subject of railroad construction
and management, the closest and most
painstaking attention to detail to the
annual inspections of the property to
which the Government is so largely interested, and. a constant Immiliajtion of
•the official in .the fact that he isJ at all.
times the guest of the corporation he is,
expected to supervise. Mir. A&nsi says
on this point:
"To a person in any way sensitive it
is fas from pleasant to be the guest of a
corporation; to eat and sleep and live at
its expense; to accept every possible attention and hospitality from its officers,
aud, meanwhile to keep careful note of
eyery point open to criticism, and, when
the ..time comes, to-speak openly. and
"truthfully, no matter how much what is
said may hurt. Neither is it agreeable
to do a public duty faithfully and ait
the same, time to accept the money- of
one who suffers from the performance
of the duty even though that one" be a
corporation. Yet the Government Director who does his duty must, under
the law as it now stands, either do this
or go "wholly unpaid. As long as tkfe
system continues, it is practically, to-,
evitable that services of a purely formal
^character can only be looked for. The
aetive Government Director is at best
but an honorable spy."  .,
. The Statistics ol'.ToMecOi   ;-*'.;
The statistics of the total and individual consumption of tobacco in the
leading countries of the world furnish
interesting and. suggestiye figures.
Some of the totals are enormous. 3?or-
tostance, to Austria ths
<    ^ke^'L .. .
?the tovalid*--^;   --^oi«j the
efforts to release 1 doubled.
On the other hand the shipments of
gold and. silver, both to bullion and
ccto, have largely decreased, as will be
shown by the following table:
1878.
Gold bullion § 10S.S80
0.083,047
S.f07,067
rived irom-Tlie sanTotr iifio;uca\ii,^^i^--j-.^>r *
Mr. Ambler, to amend act on courts held "By
^faces of the Peace; by Mr. BiUings, to amend .    „
societies roFco¥#ol%ie^ow»
32il:40 in ib7-7; in'iiiij,-A. ■«■«'
17,200 tons, and in Germany the
esti-
the window and escaped. The disturbance also aroused Mrs. Sweeny from
her sleep, and she rushed into the
apartment to find the sick man stretched
upon the floor, speechless and helpless,
half enveloped to his bed clothing,
amid the scattered feathers and the
plunder of the thieves.
I,fc03.532
172,000
1S77.
:    f58.S97
14,017;754
11,270,404
8,030,440
409,797
Business Failures in 1878.
The annual circular of the mercantile
agency of B. G. Dun & Co. gives the
number of business failures in the
"United States in 1878 as 10,478, with
T.   -,        .,      n ,,     ..-   ,. n   liabilities  amounting  to  $234,000,000.
??"£ Cc?^dexe^esitn^nI,"??  This record shows an increase over 1877
of 1,171 in the number of failures and
§40,000,000 in the amount involved.
The following statement shows the number of failures, with their total and
average liabilities, reported to this coun
try since 1872:
Trade dollars ,....
Other silver coin	
Large increase is also seen to other
articles of merchandise; the shipments
of beer in bottles to 1877 were valued at
§70,483, while those for 1878 were $112,-
439. The exports of unmanufactured cotton increased 30 per cent., while the exports of    manufactured   cotton  were
equal in all items to the previous year.
The shipments of    leather  increased
! about 25 per cent., and those of oils
j show a similar increase.   'The amount
I of lard oil exported in 1877 was $376,-
{ 477, while that to 1878 was $1,074,459.
I The export of bacon increased 25 per
cent., and the same may be said of fish.
poses.
! House.—Bills were introduced: By Mr. Par-
i sons, authorizing the Ladies1 Library Association
' of Kalamazoo to hold properiy, real aud per-
i sonal; by Mr. Ward, relative to graded and
: high schools; by Mr. Palmer, to amend law for
j incorporating companies for mining, smelting,
and manufacturing iron, copper, silver, mineral
coal, and other ores; hy Mr. Hill, to prevent
i tramping and vagrancy; by Mr. Donnelly, for
i taking . private property for public use
' and opening streets and alleys in cities
i and villages; by Mr. Donnelly, to
j authorize formation of gas-light companies;
i by Mr. "Willet, for compensating persons
; who may hereafter suffer false imprisonment
• in the State prisons at Jackson or Ionia; by Mr.
[ Donnelly, to amend the act relative to incor-
1 poration of mutual fire-insurance companies.
j Bills passed: Mr.  Griffey's bill to extend
j the time two years for the construction of a
1 railroad from the Straits of Mackinaw to Mar-
1 quette harbor, which appropriates sixteen sec-
j hons of swamp laud p r mile to any railroad
1 company that sliall construct and complete
i such railroad in running order before Dec. 31,
j 1881; to amend the law relative to Boards of
1 Health in cities and villages; to amend the act
ulation and
Tall and Short Men.
A Catamount Huntress.
Miss Susie Jones, daughter of Capt.
Jones, a pioneer settler of the county,
last week noticed that the dogs had
"treed" some animal near the house,
armed herself with a gun, and proceeded to investigate the matter. No sooner
had she approached the tree than a gigantic catamount sprung to the ground.
The dogs followed in close pursuit over
tangled -weeds and through the dense
■willows and forests of the Tuolumne
for near a mile, when the animal again
took to a tree for protection. The
brave girl trudged on alone, with her
gun on her shoulder; and, on coming
up with the dogs, soon discovered his
catship in unusually close proximity;
but, not daunted by Hs glaring eyes
and ferocious appearance, took deliberate aim and fired. The cat made a
spring, but fell to the ground dead.
Swinging the monster over her shoid-
ders, she carried him home to triumph
as a trophy of her prowess. A friend
sent us the animal, and we found it to
be one pf the largest of his species.
The young-lady hunter has only seen
some 14 or 15 summers, and is a native
of pijr QQ\iuty,—Mod^to (Cal.) News,
Tear. Kuniber.
1S7S 10.478
1&77 8,S7-2
1S76 9.092
1S75 7,740
1S71 5.S10
1S7.S 5.183
1872 4.009*
Total
Liabilities.
§2-J4.303.1?2
190,009.930
191,117,780
201.009.353
159,239,(100
228,499,000
1*21.050,0.0
Average
Liabilities.
§22,309
21,491
21,020
25.977
27,313
41.0SO
29,750
to provide for the organization, re]_
management of the Asylum for the Insane, and
_ __ „ . -,., ■ effectually to provide for the care, maintenance
Just after I left Honcoye Palls a_ tall j ana recovery of the insane.
Joint Session.—Both branches ofthe Legislature assembled this afternoon in Bepresentatives Hail tb unite in doing honor to the mem-
Prom a tabulated statement which the
circular contains we extract the following, indicating the geographical sections
to which the failures for the past year
have occurred, with the amount of liabilities *in each locality:
j man sat down to the seat to front of me.
! I had noticed him standing wearily
I about on the platform, andl pitied him.
My heart was full of sympathy for him^
I am always sorry for a tall man. Some,
times, when I get before an audience
and have to stand on my tip-toes to
look over the f oot-lights, I wish I was a
trifle taller than I am. But this longing is only momentary. It passes away
as soon as I see an unusually tall man.
in
ory of Congressmen A S. 'Williams, recently
deceased. All State officials and many prominent men from Detroit were present Eulogistic
resolutions wero dratted by a joint committee,
aud read in an impressive hianner by Representative Cottrell. Short laudatory speeches were
also made by different members.
Thuksday,   Jan. 30.—Senate.—Bills were
STATES.   »
Eastern States....
Middle States	
Southern States..
Western States...
Pacific States   and
Territories	
No. in
Business,
No. of
Failures.
79.705
S29.SS5
90,2s)7
240,933
28,301
Amount oj
Liabilities.
To tai for V S	
Dom. of Canada..
074,741
£0,347
1,734 $ 35,294,026
3,199 95.293,400
1,415 20.322,901
3,430     04,309,503
094]    13,103,170
10,478 §234,3S3,132
1,0971    23,908,017
The failures are al^o given by quarters for the last foiir years, those for
1877 and 1878 being as follows:	
1S7S.}
\Fail-
tures
First quarter,.. .[3,555
Second quarter.. 2.470
Third quarter...[2,853
Fourth quarter. .11,800   §
Liabilities.
$S2.07S,R20
48,718,910
liC^363
1877.
\Fail-
Liabilities.
2,809 §54.53S,074
1,SS0| 45,008.097
l,f-16 42.340,05-5
2.307   4*i,717,GS0
 ;moi%\-
Abont^, km
John Stevenson^l 10f**fpSfc the first
street-car to 183j|ojni/Sived to see
nearly 400 street ra in|y built in the
United States, andlu Sis first foreign
shipment to Batavi -«• y,, to 1858. The
attempt to introdu^bt stg<et-cars to London caused a riot,ah^rhich the rails
were torn up; but now American cars
are running at Londc^\ Liverpool, Nottingham, Leeds, "Womrhampton, Hull,
and Birkenhead, to England; at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, in Scotland; and at Swansea, in Wales. In
the British possessions; also, they have
been established at Montreal, Quebec,
Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, St. Johns
andHahfax,totheDominion; atthe Cape
of Good Hope, the onlyplace to Africa;
at Christ Church, "Welhtigton, and Dun-
edtoin New Zealand; ^t Bombay, the
only place to India; at Kingston, in
Jamaica; at  Adelaide, JPort Adelaide,
ivaA Gamberton,m South Australia, and
■A •-  — *    .   ■- ■
an   uxiusuttxxy icui lllilu. ■ (1. To &men_^Qlawrelatingto churches
You see, a very tall man is always pur- • * .... -. °   -
sued, haunted by one unvarying joke.
Every short or ordinary-sized man that
i and religious societies; to amend the law relat-
j ing to foreclosure of mortgages by advertise-
* ment; to amend the act prescribing proceedings
j against debtors by attachment... .Bills intro-
j duced:   By Mr.   "Weir,   to  change the com-
! mencement of the fiscal year of the city of De-
i truit from tee 1st day of February to the 1st
j day of July, and  to authorize the Common
| Council to provide mea* s to maintain the City
i GoVvenment   during the interim occasioned
by    such    change;   by   Mr.   Cochrane,   to
amend the act establishing the Detroit House
of Correction and authorizing the confinement.
! of convicted persons therein; by Mr. Moore, to
j incorporate  the village of Bidgeway in the
county of Macomb; by Mi-.  Conant, to amend
the law i elating to courts held by Justices of
the Peace; also to amend the compiled laws of
i 1871 relating to replevin of beasts distrained;
by Mr. Hino, to prevent the infection of foot-
rot among sheep; by Mr. Ambler, to amend
the act governing courts held by Justices of the
Peace.
Housf.—Bills were passed: To authorize the
approaches him throws back his head,
affects to gaze up into the heavens with
a very painful effort, and asks, " Isn't it
pretty cold up where you are?"   Just
watch the next man you see meet a tall
one and see if this conundrum doesn't
follow the first greeting.   Just watch,
and see if you do not ask it yourself.
And this must be dreadfully wearing on
the tall man.   I have observed that, as
a rule, big men, tall men, are   good
natured.   It is we little fellows  who
have waspish tempers.    So the tall man
never   resents this venerable joke by
sitting down on the man who gets it off.
He smiles drearily, and with a weary
effort to appear interested, and tries to
look as though he had never heard it   ^^of AuSable to borrow money to be used
before.   It must be a perfect torture  ^ construction of a briage and to issue bouds
for the tall man to bear this question
fifty times a day for thirty or   forty
years. Sometimes, when I hear a dozen
men ask a tall man of my acquaintance
this question, in direct succession, and
see Mm endure it so patiently, I wish I
was the Colossus of Bhodes, and a little
man four feet eleven and a half would
come up to me some day when I felt
right good, and stare up at me with a
grin longer than his body, and ask me
" If it wan't pretty cold up there? " and
I would hold him up by the neck, and I
would swing my brazen leg until it got
the motion of and impetus of a walking
beam, and then I would kick the little
fellow so high that he could read the
names of the streets on the street
lamps in Uranus, and I would sarcastically shout after him, "No, it's red
hot!" Have tall men no rights that
we who live eight or ten inches nearer
the earth are bound to respect?—Bur-
delte.     ^_	
Never blow down a lamp-chimney.
It may return the compliment aj!<i blow
you up.    """ "'"" "     *
therefor; to legalize the election of officers of
certain school districts, which provides that any
election hereto ore held in any other manner
than by ballot is legal and valid; maHng an appropriation for the State Beform School to
cover the deficiency in expenses for the year
1878, which appropriates $2,022.51; to incorporate the village of Marcellus A joint
resolution was passed to amend section
1  of  article li of the  constitution   of   the
State, relative to specific real estate taxes	
Bills introduced: By Mr. Campbell, relative to
courts iu chancery; by Mr. White,- relative to
payment of expenses of Circuit Judges; by Mr.
Campbell, relative to insurance; by Mr. Ward,
relative to observance of the first day of the
week; by Mr. Henderson, amending the law relative to inn and hotel keepers; by Mr. Goebel,
relative to actions againstrailroad companies for
negligence; by Mr. Estabrook, amending the city
charter of East Saginaw; by Mr. Cheney, for the
relief of the State treasury by the collection and
payment of certain assessments on logs and
lumber floated on rivers and waters of Michigan; by Mr. Turck, authorizing the election of
Town Drain Commissioners and empowering
them to locate, establish aud eonstruet ditches,
drains and water courses; by Mr. Cheney, to
amend the act of incorporation of the village of
Eockford; by Mr. J. Strong, relative to County
Superintendents of Poor; by Mr. Stanchfield,
relative to public roads through orchards; by
Mr. Littell, to open tho Agricultural College
ancl all educational institution? "o| ths gtat? %qx
tion varies from one month to another.
Thus, taking the observation from two
French and Italian factories, we find
that in thos^ countries it increases to
January, the cold weather; decreases to
March, with the beginning of spring;
rises again; but during the heats of July
falls to a minimum, to rise gradually to
a maximum during the cold weather of
December.
The following table shows the approximate average consumption for several different countries  per head and
per annum:
Austria 3.25
Germ any.
 ...4.00
Hungary. 1.91 England 1.S2
France. 1.90 Russia 1 .--'2
Italy 1.55 (United States  ...3.52
How much money per head of the
population is spent by their inhabitants
is approximately deducible from the
amount realized by tobacco taxation to
some of the countries:
Austria-Hungary... §1.14iEngland  $1.12
France  1.08 United States  1.08
Italy 1.041
Erom these figures it is apparent that
the consumption of the stimulating
weed is increasing rapidly.
A Warning to Cat-Keepers.
Testerday morning, as two ladies were
preparing their toilet, an accident of
perhaps a serious nature occurred. The
elder lady was sitting with a large cat
at her feet. Suddenly, without warning, the animal seized one of the legs of
the lady, and tore the flesh with its
teeth and claws. Before the younger
lady, her daughter, could como to her
assistance, the.wounds inflicted by the
cat were many and painful. The young
lady took hold of the little enraged
beast and pulled it quickly away. The
cat, infuriated to a tigerish anger, then:
sprung at her, its tail swollen as large
as a human arm, and scratched her, besides badly tearing her dress. A neighboring gentleman was appealed to for
help, and, bythe aid of the young lady'u
tight grip on the cat's*neck, and a dumbbell in the hands of the gentleman, the
furious creature was killed. A physician was called to dress the wounds of
the elder lady, who is afflicted with
erysipelas in the laceiated limb, and
whose safety is a matter of anxiety.—
Wilmington (N. C.) Sun.
A Cow's Large Yield of SBItc
The Echo Earm f ersey cow, Filbert,
No. 3,630, which received a Centennial
award at Philadelphia, is certainly keep-
tog up her reputation as a large milker.
Erom the 29th of October last to Dec.
21 she gave 2,665^ pounds of milk,
averaging for the sixty-four days
over 41* pounds (201 quarts) per
day. Her milk for three days in November last made 6| pounds of butter
—2£ pounds per day—-which at "such a
season of the year is much above the
average. Id August, 1876, when only
two years old and weighing but 700
pounds, she gave 9491 pounds of milk.
She now weighs 1,095 pounds, and, as
to 1876, is each month giving more than
her own weight to milk. She was sired
by Mr. Starr's Centennial prize bull
Litchfield.—Litchfield {Ct.) Enquirer
Some of the apples sent out from
Pelham, Mass., this season, went to
Bussia, and were sold in St. Petersburg
for $7 and $8 per barrel.
The Liberian ship Azor has returned
to Charleston, and will probably talc§
a&9$hw cargo q| f^jMes tg 4fei?B'r
-t^^&OMi&miitwmmmii&M.,^