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VOLUME III.
FA IK OTrCOY.;
lier cUft^'B a ecnjry in advance:
A moon tliat makes tlio darkness dny.
Mor shttaro ii 'iko uny lance,
And 111.0 a ivavj,i(t reed dotii away.
Kit eyes ore ovor wide avaUo,
rlwutrti divuuy m n fnwn'fi to tool
Tlio mouu Is wnm-il for lier sweet sake,
li.c Iwuicli is dwindling ou tbo tro;>.
Tbo fawn before lier flics for shame,
Toward the rti-sert, far nml wide'
Nn ^(cr baa ste, una i»w eenclaim
Tti lie Kigard&l Ity her siiie,
tl'Uo fcWn that iu tlio gtoclo doth stray—
The km of the time is nhc I
JTKm wh,) MM hill mo hopo—I pray
Ihat I may ne'er despair of tb w!
Vo me tliou art bo env and ooM ;
To othrra ovor hind a-»d near.
Onr unarm', lifco tho ivars of old,
l>o:!i linger on from year to year
Ah! that in why thy young cliook g'ows
With j raider ruddy Inn- «i fair,
As tliongli it were a distant roso
Tiuia tahest for a ve*. to wear.
PEU BBAOSrffiWE,
"Yes, sir—yes, Mr. Cliyo Soulnrd,
I've, made up iny jnind. Ii you nro ben t
on ninrrying n woman who doesn't care
one fig for you, you nro nt liberty to do
so,"
"Yery well, Pen."
Mr. Olive Soulard spoke very quietly,
nml beat hi* hands ome eyes on the girl
■with nn expression of mingled nonchalance nml amusement,
"I don't consider it very well, Mr.
Soulard," she went on, nettled by liis
quietude. "It may be very well for
You, who marry me for my money, and
so get all jou want, it's bad, mid
wicked, nnd cruel, nnd you know it,"
"Ah! Indeed, Pen, I wus not aware
that the advantages of tliis arrangement
were not mutual. I nm sure I supposed
it a purely business matter oa both
sides."
" Tobe sure, but you have everything
else to gain, and I even-thing to lose."
The shallow of a flush atom in Olive
Soulard's cheek, but it was gone before
Pinelope Brndshawe saw it, and he
answered, iu the light, careless tone he
hnd used all along:
" If you mean by gain that I give up
poverty for wealth, the miseries of
bachelorhood tor married blessedness, I
don't know but what you're right as to
that; but even then what do I gain that
you don't? You can havo tho money
without ine more than I can have the
money without you, aud reallv, Pen, if
jou are aB lovely as a Peri,*I think I
may lay claim to the good looks of An-
tinous—eh, IVu ?" running his slender
white fingers through the halo of bronze
brown curls that covered his handsome
head, nnd sending a laughing glnneo
into tho mirror opposite that reflected a
face beautiful almost as a woman's.
"Tush," said Pen, coloring with impatience, " I don't think that this is any
time to talk nonsense and make fun,"
"Perhaps not," ho replied, with a
Iiopeh-ssly comical sigh; "but I can't
lielp being jolly, d'ar. It isn't every
day one gets a fortune nnd ,n wife in a
breath, and without the troublo of asking
for her either."
"You haven't got tho wife yet, Olive
Soulard; and if you were a man you
wouldn't take her tm such conditions."
"Conditions? I didn't kuow there
were any. It's the money that is conditional, not the wife."
Poor Pen was ready to cry with vexation. The handsome, provoking fellow
only laughed nt her whatever she said,
Bhe might protest as much as she
liked against the mateli wliich
her nnelu bad planned bo arbitrarily, making the inheritance of his
money conditional on these two marrying. Olive Soulard only laughed at her,
and mndo jesting responses to all lier
appeals.
Penelope Bradshawe had been brought
up as the adopted child and heiress of
her uncle, lteese Brndshawe. A year
before, this uncle had died, leaving a
will, whieh wns not to be opened till ha
had been dead twelve months.
That will, being read at the appointed
time, proved to contain the somewhat
arbitrary dictum that his JiciuveU niece
should not have his money without she
married his beloved cousin, Olive Soulard, the said Olive being still singlo at
the opening of the wiil.
Pen Brndshawe was an exceedingly
pretty girl, but contrary, captious anil
self-willed, ns pretty girls nre npt to be,
nud sho frowned in the most decided
manner upon the unexpected tenor of
her unclo's will. If ho had given Clive
half the property she wouldn't have
minded, but to force her to make her
choico between poverty and Olive—to
oblige a saucy little "flirt liko her to
marry anybody—wns abominable.
She forgot, even in her own mind, to
ndd to the sum of her grievances on the
subject the fact that the provoking will
cut short the most delightful littlo flirtation Miss Pen had ever iudulged in.
She had known Olivo all her life; indeed, they' were distant cousins, nnd
Clive had spent a good sharo of his boyhood, nnd most of his vacations, during
school and college days, at Uncle Brnd-
shawo's house, where pretty Pen alternately petted and plagued the lifo out
of him.
It was bad enough to bo snubbed and
coaxed by so pretty a girl ns Pen while
he was in jackets nnd she in pinnfores,
but to have such a state of affairs continue—well, it wns so highly nnplcnsant
. to Mr. Clivo Soulard that he could not
conceal his oxnltation at thc turn wliich
was necessarily given to affairs by the
terms of Uncle Beese's will.
He nt once stopped the suppliant air,
and became nonchalant, careless, and at
his ease—provokingly so ono must allow, under the circumstances. Bon
Brndshawe eotdd hardly be blamed for
not liking the tables turned upoa her iu
tliis summary manner,
Sho persisted thnt she did not like
Clive ono bit, not in that wny, but sho
conld not give up her heirship and be
ft poor sewing-girl like Kitty Brj'co, or a
music-teacher like Ellen Steele, or in
short, be poor nt all, nnd so she told
Olive that she would marry him for thnt
• eason and no other, if ho had a mind to
take her, knowing that sho did not lore
him, andnever expected to, and that she
thought it a shameful piece of business
altogether—a cruel conspiracy agninst a
poor gill who couldn't help herself—
while he could.
For her part, sho should be afraid to
marry anybody that felt toward her
as sho did toward Olive Soulard, eta,
studying to say whatever she judged was
best calculated to provoke her prospective spouse out of thot Cafcy nonchalance
he had only so lately :s*samed.
But Olivo wns nO So be provoked.
He assured Pen tfeaS it made no sort
of difference lier pot loving him—the
money rk* the main object---whicli assurance, strangely enough, did not comfort Pen a particle, or make her one whit
mora resigned toherfatei Ho utterly
declined withdrawing his claim either to
0 money or Pen*
The possession of the former boing
sonditionnl upon taking tho lattor how
jould he be gravely questioned. Peu
jhought if ho wore not utterly selfish,
instead of forcing her into marrying n
man sho didn't like, ho would refuse to
fulfil the condition of tho will himself,
and so generously bestow upon hor tlio
property nnd freedom nt the same time.
Bitt Olivo disclaimed all pretensions to
unselfishness, nnd candidly told her if
she had such nn invineiblo repugnance
to him sho had better give up tho property and secure her freedom nt the same
timo,
He thought it would bo a pity to mar-
, -y a man she disliked so much ns sho
xcemed to do. Now, with him it was
different. Ho didn't dislike Pen, by
auy means; ho was rather thankful, on
the whole, tliat dear old Uncle Reese
hadn't thrown Ami Thompson iu his
way instead of Pen Brr.;fshnwo; he
eould think of plenty of worse itwunj-
bivuiees to a fine propert5' Hico tliat'thaii
Pen.
Vastly consoling this stylo of talk, waa
it not 1 Was he laughing at her, or wns
he in earnest? Had he ouly beon playing with her all that past timo, when he
seemed to live on her smiles—when a,
frown, or a petulant word, would make
him apparently tho most wretched of
men ? Or, hnd he (oh, most heart-rending supposition!) tho money iu viow all
the time, nnd only sought her to securo
that ?
It looked like it, certainly—thia sudden assumption of indifference to her
pleasure, this open exultation fo tho
terms of her unclo's will. Pen, tho
beautiful, tho bewitching, tho tantalising wns quito nonplussed. If she really
thought, if sho were iiostivoly certain,
that he wasn't doing tins to plnguo her,
that he didn't care for anything but the
money, she wouldn't have him to save
liis life ; she'd go off nnd be a governess,
or take in sewing for a living beforo she
would marry him.
No, sho wouldn't either ; in this ense
she'd hnve him out of spite, In short,
besides having a natural shrinking
from sewing for a living, Pen consciously or otheiiivi.se, did not dislike her
future spouse quite to tho extent she
pretended.    '
Somewhere in her capricious henrt
there was a soft placo for Clive Soulnrd
ill the time.
Ho wns so hnndsomc, so graceful, «H
the other girls were in love with nim if
she was not.
And so tho weeks woro nwny until the
wedding day; Olive, light-hearted, careless, laughing, bnntoriugly sympnthetie,
ten tinu'snsliiihd.someandngreeablonshe
had ever been, but not in tlio least lover-
like—anything but thnt; Pen, sulky nml
saucy by turns, but really miserable,
and secretly, for a reason slie coidd not
confess to her.-iclf, but much less So to
Mr, Olive Soulard.
He looked hia truo self—manly—not
easily baffled tliis timo.
It was on Pen's lips to say, in tho ns-
surnnoo of tho triumph sho felt to be
hors, " Oh, it is you, is it?" But, instead, sho caught at tho door unsteadily,
andsaid;
"Oh, Olive—Olive J"
"Do you lovo me, Pen? Thnt is what
I came for—what I will know."
"You haven't any right to. ask mo,
Olivo, after—after all you've said and
dono to make me think you didn't care n
straw for me, or anything but tho money," said Pen, falteringly,
" I was foolish, trying to pnyoffold
scores, that's all, I love yon bettor th nn
my life, Peu. Jf you nro uot going to
Blinre it with mo, I'll mako n bonfire of
Uncle Reese's fortuno nnd shoot mystif
afterward.   Will you come uow?"
Porhaps thnt particular bevy of wedding guests waiting below novor expert-
iisccdiji p'rofQuiidctiscnsfttiori thnn when
tho drawing-room door opened ngaiu
and Mr. Olivo Soulard marched in witii
tho look of a conquering hero, conducting Pen Brndshawe, blushing, smiling
aud tearful, but evidently glad nnd willing.
They wnlk»d strnight to tho old place,
thc inimster managed to keep his senses
undor tho most trying circumstances,
tho words woro snid—tho twain made
io ; and if ono might judge from tho
expression of the eye mid countenance,
two happier people than these never
woro matrimonial chains.
^ \ w|l;fc*. ■.*~.-jjt&*gy:'
CLARE, .MICHIGAN, Fitt*YY OCTOBER 22, ISSO.
NUMBER 25.
TERRIBLE HAB.
MICintlAN JiETTS.
Tito Mini tVlio Conlil Oiti'lPrerjirh'ii'l
Sit J'ei-hiua, Joe :»(ullmii»u, ur Tun
OuMlU-ci-.
"He was tho orfulest linr I ever seen, I,
said Cooley O'lienry aa'ho returned from
his friend's funeral.    " Why. ho told nitf'
once that ho lived on a sma'll island out
in tho Pnoiflo Ocenn, on whioh thero wns.
ft volcano.   And he snid thero wns nn
active demand out in that region for
watermelons, and ho went into the busi-*:
ness of raising them.   And he naid ono;;
year liis wholo  crop failed  except one"
molon, nnd that kopt on growing at such
a fearful rate that it crowded him off the'
lowland nnd up on the sido of lho vol-,
enno, whieh generated steam nud caused
nu oxplosion whioli blew up tho whdlft
concern  to ntoms,   and shot him four
hundred miles out to sod, where las wos
picked up by a'ldinler.   Ho us«J<*-"-^2i,J
mo that the o'i5o' ($vetf*~~v-4 ■*£•""
was that io didn't  i
crater of tho volcnnj r„,^       ^.£<^ '7$,
water-tight,  and  then  slice* opou flio ***
•watermelon mid comq sailing hqma an
tho half-shell,
"Ho would lio. He said that onco ha
wns cast awny on an iceberg, with no
baggage but n pair of skates mid a fishing polo. But he sknted nround until ho
enme across a dead whale, frozen into the
ico. So ho took off his shirt—it wns
night for six mouths that year up there
---toro it into strips for a wick, ran the
strips through tlie bamboo fishing-rod,
stuck the rod iuto the fat of the whale,
nnd lit the other end. 'He said it burned
extinct.   Ho fought tho surgnig
vty -manfully,   but to up tiVjtil. It
(sight not easily described, to seo
Ve man lnahed to a piece of timber,
jwvs of death, on a mnd nnd
jocewi, now ou a huge wavo nin-
(<?wjird the Baud hills, and }n nn-
momont carried, put ns far ns tho
mid sec, dwhed to npd f'-o, while
iitwmg ahd powerful mon were 3o«k-
' !ir£iud were' unablo ta raise a hnnd
'e, this bravo and gallant man from
' t'sj'rilile death."
tlio Present figuro of the
Earth.
'tjnpti'ZJteticZws pt the Prencli
con tai us a remntiHb]^ .Jmpi-i«
*«u M^^^NicaM&gto'irbieh
»*JH
rp of the.
Hgg«f
THE 3FAMUnc DOCTOIt,
An exchange gays : " In mild cases of
dyspepsia talco ouo teaspoonful Of sweot
oil, after eating, three times a day. In
severe forms, take a dessert-spoonful.
This followed up has cured cases whorq
doctors hayo giyen thom up. Yo who
suffer from this droad dissjfWo, don't fail
to fry it." « ' <*     :
CuiwmAiNs usually indicate < ft lo-vr
state of tim system rtud aped 6f hearty,
food nnd tonics, suph ns iron or quinine,'
A local application of n thick paste com-,
posed ot slack lime, moistened with n
yiiry little wnter and common oil, js
recommended as a good remedy,   Por
nut nccornpnniroe,ut?' of cplcl -Weather,
and, with some people, apt tt> \>o not -
only diHugreeablc^ but,, ponitivd/'paut^
'(•Like htmi nwandir in mirtmiiM rt» lm
thogajrisou atB,,"snid the oflicer. "I
hnvo sat ns Judge twenty years in»B.,"
said the Judge. "\Yith your leave, gentlemen, I havo stood iu tho ministry
twenty-Jive yenis nt N.," snid fho minister. "That settles tho dispute," said
thij hindlprd. "You.lUK Captain, havo
Inip fifteen yenrs—you, Mr. Judge, have
snt twenty yenrs—.but the nged pn&tor
\hfi!J stood iive-nnd-tweiity y$nrs, so he
Ctirtninly hns tha best right to the bed,"
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. PACTS FOK THE CUUIOUS.
»V M»», r, y.», .bdpms.
Tliero to« a mat), 'tin na4ia toll,
JAvci In oar lumoiw olty,
.   IVliom nono tlwt oyer know- W»fl wl
Oould i'IUmw lovo or iilty.
Ho wag pa Wfljtcr f Unn » uioilBe—,
I do not Birttloli tho plot?;
Ho li«l a tttiy, olcl-thuB Iioijm,
Illumined with WiiAloi-y,
Ha had a <K>$t« flitejftfle W,
Uv fitEweByinU,
 K">-K>"Sflr-.thJui^iJiilfiji.i3pflii,. _....,. _.
Nor wider Uian a jOintite;
Dlreod-tero noil 0!<}'itil<t dirty Una,
Yet all wlio yiniUired .near b)m
Ho'd squeeze iuto Uiat coat^tin tone—
V(0 folia Wore taunWto fosr him.
It wfll) Ite epat bin tuther wore,
Yea, fotlierti father a father;
Aad yot he'd worry, tease aud bo*^
Annoy, vex a|id Iratlicr
All tliat lio wot alxwt that ooat
Audits etehiol iltaeas.
Jfgr high and tow of every hots
Who could ito virtue ivitoeait.
Kow dont you wirti ho could hnyo peon
'Xhe folly of th|» pension,
And let Wa neighbors chooso between
JJia and. Dome oilier fashion ?
JIckcij;, Jnd> ,;,
*'.,<•*,*-*(..■.
>Cixe date of tho entfiest eclipse of the
sup; recorded hi {he nopals 9f ..the Ohf^
,   -     -.  -   — nepe, wheit'','onthe'*iitstitriy of-the iast
chapped hands; another oi tho uupleasv -mintl; of autumn, the suuiiad mopn,diil
tint.    nnftntlMlimimmilR' flf   r.nlfl    -ufrmthor.      nnl. rtll,*,i: l)flnnnmnTmlu.'in   tiVir,*- '*- r\*  x-n
■»**nJteuiion to the'
T *liiI(^fco;diurecli£>a.
|K*epce ut -hills audita*-
„    l^fhur'f! S&jt, or even.
WJafnaH ju* the grent pyemic!
jfigsiutio mountains suph.lis t|i^
wj mnd great clevaled,pl«to5n,t
«-]aB'd«, .Aq.'i-ifih" affect ^tlm
ititficatiojis iu any fcousiblo
p}cce\>b in. certain case)! where
upon':jd(pynted continents thero appears
toteafferjitabledefectof attraction instciid
of -t)»9-oxeess wliich might bo expected.
Vi
'ni
cfl
Sdlij
IBu*!
nnd'.
ppntjji
man;'
■, ,.*,<# "wr ^ -&*-■*#•*.
rWwmeWm,
splendidly, nud tho iceberg reflected the 1"'?,<!?*,*!1<r °Wrvptio»s nro sufticieutly
light so strongly that it wSs as bright ns ! »lnlt«ff> se?m to. point to the supposi-
dny for forty miles wound, and one ves- hm' *f* w* only nnder «-wy great
selrnu into Uie berg, thinlJing it wns a i n»ouii|mn, but even utidef the whole of j
light-house, Ho said ho sold tho ice-! eve^rgccontuwitfc there were enor-
berg to tho enptain for fifteen thousand < mous^viiies    Horo than this, tho at-
- - -   -   - ! ti-nch^n-nt the surfaco of nil the greftt j
j oceans appemvtoo gi*cat to agree with tlio
• disirib'ation   presumed    by   Glnirawt's ]
- formula, which is exact enough for most 1
"Lie ?   Well, sir,   ho bent any man I i fi0^*,, ^ ^Vir>:'s s»i?K™(ion that j
rerenme across.   Told me that ouco ont   tlio lia-fat-f tho Himalaya range reaches ,
• dowaiuto the denser htpud interior, and :
' there displaces a certain amount of tliat
; liquid, "«a that .the exterior attraction is
, Xf'itti wdMh whiro tor\ common -people
.t^iBOir.iluit io,000 lyp^'w germs will
thrive in^tho oinjnmferenciB.of *pin-hoad
s#ji ip'siblo globule, 2c ii worth jvhilo.
(for tin m to note that these germs may
'bo desifjoatadjhid baborno, hke 'thistle
s^eds, efeiyfl'Jjcro, nnd, like demoniacal
poi^assions, may jutnf) noisolessly down
nay throat. But there arc certain things
spores' cannot stand, according to the
latest nscertniijed results of science
Sonp chemically poisons them. For-redemption fly to hot water and soap, ye
who live in danger of malarial poisoning, Hot water is sanitary. Soap is
sanitary.   Fight  typhus, small-
dollars, nnd tlio cnxitaiti split iUup and
took it home, nud mndo two hundred
per cent, profit disposing of it fo ice
companies.
      _      more
tiou t|i*t uot  only under overy'great   Pos, yellow fever, aiid aguo -with soap,
-•■•"■ -     ■-     '-  -     -; Sonp is a board of health.
Oouino Sick Hkadaoue.—A Vermont.
correspondent writes that> after suffering
from sick headache for twenty years,
attacks  of
SIxctncuN cheese makers report that
tl-is season has beeu nn exceedingly
good one.
BiciiABD Jo.ves nnd wifp, of Assyria,
Barry county, have celebrated their
golden wedding.
Wir,r.iA3t D. Ssirm, of Rives, recently
cut n bee tree on his form containing 100
pounds of honey.
"David Ihuls, a young married mnn
of Port Crescent, dusw his gun townr.l
him by thu muzze1. He has but one
hand.
SnxraiENTs of iron ore, pig metal and - "it'1 pain, but he did his level best at 1 impmnwio, mus to nave, nny ... — , „„„„„_, DUU 40 „„„ w,t ■«i«s. ^«i'L'j
qnorte from fhe Lake Superior region ', l»nlHnft and pretty soon tho tongue "x «i.kunngwliy tho attrnchou nbovo j are they who find out their buutntious,
aggregate this season, to October 7 ; i bcK<ut to give nud tho tail to shorten, > Hm sca^hould bo greater thnn over the , physical, intellectual and spiritual, and
From Escanaba. 952,071 tons: from f and directly out they came, tho tongue j «">«««»*«■ ,.*L.F!$0 propounds tho foi-1 do not rum health and happiness in n
Marquette, OiHM'J tons; nnd from ' «»d tho tail, in ono long continuous ■ jf^S0,?1 , , ° dl"lc,uV*- u«']«' vam endeavor to digest something be-
L'Ause, 4S 278 t< ns-a totn of 1,5-W.S'jn ' string.   He said ho hid 'cm at homo and , tUof*efi.M. *° g^bo cwls more rnpully . yi,ad their powers.
no,t meet ltarmomously-',uv JTiuig,"* x»r iu
that-jxirt of tlie heaxpns"dc'tiiicd by &#o
nt^tsi^ tlwc^nstell«mtaPf the^crtrniou,
lirtj.tMMMrJ^Mtt^|MfjB|"*—"- ■*"- —^ ■
Brti.
it\. connrJirijiD-miri jof. the X«Qtido'n'
2'imci givea -Mie- foHowmg jtingulncbut
iuterCstipg' information 'for^Qio benefit
of, those who are iutorcstcd iu tlio study
of tho transmission of "heroditnry qualities : Tho following cases nro tnken
from a list of seventeen candidates for
election to an institution for tho instruction of deaf and dumb children : 1. A.
B. hns six brothers nnd one sister, two
of tho brothers nnd tho sistor being deaf
and dumb. 2, 0. D. lies four brothers
and one sister, two of tho brothers being
also denf nnd dumb. 3. E. F, hns two
brothers nud ouo sister. Father, mother,
two brothers, grandfather, two uncles
and au aunt nro deaf and dumb,
A JtAPiB penman can write thirty
words in a minute. To do this ke must
draw his pen through tlie space of a rod,
sixteen nnd n half feet. In forty miu-
utea his  pen   trnvcls  a furlong.   We
PITH AND POINT.
"Wojien," says a cynic, "resemble
flowers. They shut up when they sleep."
Tins' boy who wns kept nfter school
for bad orthography said he wns spellbound.
It is diflicult to become familiar \vith
fhe$ wheels of o. yatch, so many of thcin
tpival in cog.
SjSoMR womon were evidently bom to
blush, unseen—at len^t they are nov<jr
's$ou to bluslj,  ■       <   _-
?!jrii-#!de£ a,sparkling,co(piet$o-to a •
lasjiiottflblo   bellp „ grpwg,   the   more
matchless she become^",'-' *   ",;
„ It in nbsunT- to suppfjee that p. m(tu
*pfctik %\)aie,$it'b^t\.,0$neerhiSs
overcame across. Told me that ouco ont
in Nevada a mountain Hon attacked him,
with his mouth wido open. He hnd
presence of mind enough to grab it by
the tongue and pull. Tho lion roared
with pain,   but he did his level best at
months' abstinence from meat
has cured her of dyspepsia nnd nil the
ailments she has suffered from, mid her
hefdth is better thnn it hns been for
many years,   Ou ii diet of vegetables
HiorebyJossenctl, is one which, inherently i and ccrcnls, with flsh und eggs occn
application ! sionally, sho is well and strong.    Happy
ftntl       fl I IAV A    1     Axrt    (tin.*   *<<l.n   W.-./1      m*f      4-1(^l!vl    lltnilndr.iin
toiuC«ldlit cre^f 5 3 181 inXt'' 1»Bhowod 'em to me,   but ^-belief is   M,^°1ffifl1^?t?th «'^.]'««»th tho
I vcar that they were only threo  or four cow- , ^H* Ul° ™,it",<tatf!-. .A1 n del,th $,
Pen, the iuvincible, was in love at last,
and, of aU men, with Olive Soulnrd, If
Olive suspected it he kept his suspicions
to himself, nud never, by nny chance,
dropped word or look that could be con-
stiucd ns symptomatic of tho teuderpas-
nion.
Tho change in Pon Brndshawe sittce
the rending of her unclo's wili was too
marked not to bo apparent. People
commented variously upon it. Some
pitied her for being compelled to a marriage so distasteful; others thought,
wilh Clive Soulard, that it it was distasteful she alone was to blame if she
did not choose tho utterest poverty iu
preference to it.
Whims Jnr^T Dingmnu, n prominent
flsh denier of IMnekinnw, was crossing
the straits on tbe 12th inst., on the tug
Charles IVade'l, he lost $1,500 in gold
coin overboard. He was negotiating for
tliepurchnsi-of the tug boat nnd had the
money in Irs overcoat pocket. The
pocket had a hole in it, thrcugh which
the gold slipped iu the wnter.
j    James Vas Fleet, of Couvis, Calhoun
c.mnfy, wheu tHving home from town,
was accosted by n stronger,  who asked
for- n ride.   Mr." Van Fleet gave him the «
r;de,  and on   the way hived the man
to work for liim.   The mnn helped him i
to get out his Imtscs and then disajA >
peared.   A short time   afterward  Mr. j
Van Fleet, on looking for his jx.ckrt- :
book, found it gone, together wilh $20,
A ronjiEit Michigan citiz-m died lately
in LittlefieW, Meeker cot)niy, Minn.   It '
was Hon. Abner C. Smith. He wns horn
in Vermont in 1KJ4, wns admitted to the
' bar in 1S37 nt Wnshingfon nt a term of'
- T1 ... ..... , the Fuitcd States   Supreme   Court, on
Fen, menuwhilo, meditating and spec-   ..s'lminati-m of Chief Justice rmu-v, and
mating constantly tm Olive s changed de- j 0„ wotiun of Thomas II. Bcnloti. 'I'revi-
uietumr, concluded ntlnst that he was as j „,w t<> m(rt jPg to Mimu-aita .Ur. Smith
mdiflvrcnt to her as lie pretended to be; I ,.^,1^ „t Mount Clemens,
and she res-olvod, if nothmg occurred       _     ,       .     „,, , ,      ....
ucfure the wvdding-dnv, to refuse then 1    °-v ";'' trll' »f 1 ort-pnngVfl exhtlutiim ,
-o marry him, whether or uo. It0 tllls 0:tJ' Thursday night, nu employe
qi„, i.„.i ,s,„.i^ „n  *i,„ ,.„„„i  „ „   i in the elephant enr prodded one of the
H.S Xfdtl^rls^Z'   i;l?l?ntAn-some kisdeu^nnor, mnk-
with  snowy ince, **_ nnd   muslins ; j »«J» «<ft; «gjjf Sa^STS
jhim.   The "boss" elephant  observed
j whnt was going on, and relens' d tlie unfortunate man by obliging the refra.'tory :
I elephant to get "up, but the victim was
' injured so severely that it is lu-lii ved he
that they were only threo or "four cowhides imd a bull's tail dovetailed to
gefher.
"He was astonishing ns a tenth crusher, Snid he served on n gunboat during
the war which was very small nud light,
while the mortar on tho deck was very
lnrge nnd heavy, and ho said the first
time the tried to tire a tlfteeu-iuch shell,
the shell remaiued stalionary, while tho
recoil wns so great that it fired the gun-
bont four miles up the. strenm nnd landed
snrfacajof iho coutinenta. At a depth of
•i,000 niters (18,000 feet) tho ocean will
Htill-hrtye'ft fcmpernturo not remote from
0 degrto-C., whiro.at a similar depth
beueattt tlift CatthVjsrliBt tho temperature
wouldi J)§, not. far from l.'iO degrees 0,
with frequent attacks of diphtherin, I make, on nn nvcrnge, sixteen curves or
quinsy aud erysipelas, sho hns diseov- ', turns of the pen in writiug ench word,
ered the cause of all her troubles. : Writing thirty words ia a minute, wo
Fight months' nbstinence from meat ( mu.-;t make -WO to ench minute ,* in nn
hour, 28,800; in a dny of only five
hours, 1-14,000; in a yenr of 300 days,
A200,000. Thc man who made 1,000,-
001) strokes with his pen was uot at all
remarkable. JUnuy men, nowspnper
writers, for instance, make 4,000,000.
Here wc have, in tho aggregate, a mark
of 300 miles long to bo traced on paper
by such a writer in n year.
Tub proportions- of tlie human figure
ara six times tho length of tho feot.
Whether tho form is slender or plump,
tho rule holds good. Auy deviation
from it is a departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. The Greeks mado
all their btatues according to this rule.
Tho fnco, from the highest point of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the
chin, ia one-tenth of the stature.   The
A New Wav to Tbbat DrptfTirBitu.—
Quite a discovery iu the treatment of
diphtheria has beeu mado recently. A
young mou whoso nrm had been amputated was attacked by diphtheria before
healing took place; nnd, instead of thc
=$ %^■&8MJBBffllSS I K'Snrc^rySa£lj££ X J hand, from tho wrist to the middle of
SntomAto J^olinL all over it it *h.0 *PW»«k ™» ™xy %« and easily i thc. forefinger, is tho same. From tho
™«St?a^oLio?i«-em.l^ +1AAl,n Winged. Dr. Dilv& t>w)i£tetl by this, i top of the chest to the highest point of
Bo£Su!m irnvHl^ Lme*^^ !>*»*«**««» "f tliphthcna bli»l hl.Vforchcad is n HovenfliT Htheftme,
solnhfiejl trust ^ ould  have the  same . ^   x Jlig patient,.a breast, aud ou this ! *        "     "
snowy
the bridesmnids for the occasion were
being (billed nnd otherwise got ready
for thnir pnrt in the approaching ceremony.
The wedding morning came.
Forth from her chnmlxr ilonted the
bride, clad in flowing snow, nnd surrounded by her bridesmnids, like the
Queen rose in n garden of blossoms;
forth stepped the bridegroom, handsome, crnceftil, light of henrt, and exultant. Penelope let him tnkc her hand,
nnd lend her forward, without Jiftiugher
eyes till they stood at the very altar
steps. Then, suddenly, sho looked up,
first nt him, then at the assembled
giu-st.-i, nnd, drawing her hnnd from him,
she Miid, with slow, deliberate enunciation :
'' I ommr.t do it. Better poverty, better wretchedness, better anything, than
such a mnrringe ns this, I hnve, changed
my mind. Good friends, it is a pity to
disappoint yon, but thcro will bo no
wedding to-day."
So saying, sho glided through tho ns-
tonished groups and left them staring
brenthlessly after her,
Tlie luckless bridegroom knew not-
whnt to say, or to do, 'or where to look.
He was taken at a disadvantage; wounded full soro nt n point whcie, being
tender but unsuspicious, ho hnd not sufficiently guarded himself.
"Was it the mortification, tbe slight,
tho being so publicly rejected by so
lovely a girl as Peu Bradshawe?
Or did his very inmost hoart quail
with fear at the thought of losing, nfter
all, a woman who, with all her coquettish
frivolonsness, wns worth more to him
than all the other women put together
—thaa twenty fortunes like the one she
forfeited to him by refusing to become
hia wife ?
Certainly Olive Soidard's handsome
face hnd suddenly taken the hue of
death, and his voice was unsteady ns he
tried to murmur something tliat sounded like n confused apology or explanation of this strange contretemps.
The guests fell into little whispering
knots, the clergyman who was to have
officiated looked confounded, and tho
bridal attendants stole holf-friglitened,
curious glances at Olivo Soulard, who,
with his eyes downcast; his whole appearance expressiveof the agitated conflict going on within him, stood struggling vainly to recall his self-pos:.cssion!
Presently he drew nearer the ctcrgy-
man, said something inaudible to others,
and with a half-deprecatory glanco left
the room.
In a stupefaction scarcely less than
his, Penelope had managed somehow to
reach her own chamber again, and was
sitting amid the chaotic array of bridal
gear that strewed the room, when a
timid knock sounded nt the dooi'.
All her energies rallied at tho sound.
Pausing deliberately to rougo her
white cheeks, she waited for a second
knock, and opened the door.
It was Soulard himself who stood
there, jjolid, yet resolute—agitated, but
determined.
Fire seemed to flash from his_ handsomo e^es as they met hers) his nostrils quivered and dilated.
little group huddled nrouud him,    ...v..-.   -- ■,-..,     - , i--, ..   ,.       ,
is no habit that you can not rid yourself 1 fvo?. 0XI''Iftin tlw unequal distnbntion of
of it vou   are  resolved.   Xowt   in mv ■ 1'uu* nud _ soft around tue two poles, the
early youth Iwas a sailor, aud contract*!)   """"^ 1<,SA n",? '"" "f """""""," 1""""
the popuh.r habit of swearing at every* ,
thing aud nothing.   Withontprovoeation
I would rattle ofl' a string of oaths and
violate  the  commandment  a hundred
times a day.   Wheu I left tho  sea my
mother's early teaching returned to me, I
nud I meutnlly  resolved  thnt  I would I
never swear again,  Tliat was forty years
ngo, nnd I have never violated the promise I mnde myself.    Somo  of you have
little  habits  whioh yon can easily rid
yourself of; promise mo now, mj'dcnr-; .,        i,„.   , •-.
les,   that  you will   call  up your worst, tho H™** M*-r.
habit nud drop it to-night,"
general riso aud fall of continents being
determined by the excess of density ot
tho crust below the wans, and by* the
liuo or points of least resistance to internal pressure being at the middle coutinenta or at the margin of oceans.
Jtonmnce or a Violin.
The history of musicians and singers
j ia often a romance nnd a dizzy ascent
from tho depths of poverty to tho'heights
of wealth und luxury.   One of these inu-
L i siciims, already ou the first rounds of
.is  Theresa Tun, n
young Ittdiau girl." Sho is 13 years old,
health dc-
ponds largely upon the diet.   Good food
is iu many instances belter than medicine.   How mauy dishes iu common use
ought to bo discarded from our tables, it
wo would not become ncquninted with
(hnt unwelccmo visitor,  dyspepsia.    I
am convinced by observation thnt mnnv
more  might bo restored   to   health ft j
nourishing food suitable to their condi-,
tion, and needful rest from work or caro ;
wero given them, instead of stimulating
the   system  by  exciting  drinks   nnd j
powerful drugs.   Give nnture n chance j
and sho will do much toward repniring j
the wasted energies, if the kind of Sixxi !
is given that the case demands.   Thero i
cannot survive.—Limning J!f2i:iblit-an,
The old man smiled, and picked up a j ^^S^K^^S
Apportionment ofXaxi*
The following is a statement of State
taxes as apportioned to the sevcrnl counties by tho Auditor Geueral, Oct, G,
IhHO. The differences between the
nmounfcs in the second and third columns
will show thc indebtedness of ihe several
counties to the State :
,„ni i»* *i,„ I COcentaadav, but out of this sum, by
win iej mo   i   . •■.   s'    ... ,i„:i„ „„..„,i &o „„.i
j laying aside I'cent daily, saved §2 nud
conch from thc hearth,
"Wd],_ littlo beauty,
81 nLpfnced it to his ear, closed his oyes, I h°n0 »*   ,old .^oli£-'    Without in-
andsaid- «-«««uj-   , . g^^tion, and  with  only his  natural
"Hnrkllhcnr  tho sen.   It is  the jlo™ ^!^io £,6^°^^^^
»<* g 3
ft!?
ToUlB	
Alcona...., ,.
Allegan .,
Alpena........
Antrim.......
llattga ....
Uarry	
Day	
Benzie	
Urrrien	
Hraueh	
Calhoun.	
Cum..., ,
Chsriovoix.....
Cticbogan	
CblHiawa	
Olare...,.....,
Clinton.......
Delta ,
Eaton... ,
Emmet.... ...
Qi-neneo.	
Gludwin	
Grind a'ravcrtie,
Omtiot	
HilMlnlo	
Houghton....
Uuron ...
Inghttm.......
Ionia.........
Iosco ,
Icabella	
Iflle Koyftl....
Jitckgon.......
Kttlatnaxoo ...
KnlkoBlta ,
Kent	
Kmreonnw....
Luke ,.
I^ipeor	
Leelanau-....,
IrfrtlAwoo......
lilviuuBton,*.,
Mnclcinnc,..,,
afrcoinb	
JianlBlee.	
Manitou	
MarqnetW	
Ttlitmu..........
Moooeta....,,..
Menominee,...,
Midland....,,..
1II.MH1! ll«'......
Monro*'..,	
Moutoiilm......
Mnftltegon..,,..
Kevaygo..	
Onkioml.	
Oot.unn	
Ogemuw........
Ontonagon......
Osceola	
Oteego..	
Ottawa...„	
PreuqnolBlo....
tloffcoinnlon..*.
Saginaw ,.
Saullao	
Senoolcraft,....
Sliinvrtreeo ,
St. Clair .......
St Joseph......
Tuscola..	
Van Huron,....
Wanhtenow,.,,.
Wayne	
WoxfOnl,	
f630,000,000
1,950,000
13,000,000
1.900,000
000,000
800,000
10,000,000
7,000,000
650,000
20,025,000
17,500,000
21,000,000
15,000,000
450,000
1,200,000
800,000
1,000,000
0,500,000
800,000
11,150,000
300,000
16,850,000
800,000
1,500,000
2,500,000
20.025,000
1,100,000
2,500,000
13,000,000
14,000,000
1,000,000
1,600,000
100,000
20,250,000
23,000,000
1,500,000
81.000,000
800,000
1,000,000
6,250,000
600,000
27,000,000
li,000,000
800,000
H,050,000
2,000,000
100,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,025,000
0,600,000
4,500,000
4,500,000
2,200,000
26,250,000
2,500,000
800,000
700,000
2,000,000
650.000
7,500,000
750,000
750,000
10,000,000
3,050,000
800,000
0,250,000
8,250 000
18,025,000
4,000,000
11,000,000
97,250 000
WJMXtXI
1,000,000
I2
1804,831.21
2,401.14
is,otn.e3
1,910.20
1,143.70
1,02101
12,775.10
8,94157
702.03
ar.472.10
22,350,42
80,000.24
19,102.65
m.8t
1,533.01
1,022.01
1,277.61
12,130-W
1,02101
li;244.24
383.25
21,520.04
1,02101
1,010.20
3,193.77
25.68113
1,403.26
3,103.77
10,607.03
17,885.14
1,277.51
2,014.02
127.75
33,534.03
20,88173
1,916.20
36,00180
1,02101
3,277.61
7,984.44
700.61
34,40177
17,885.14
1,02101
17,040.02
2,555 02
127.75
5,110.04
2,655.02
8,198.77
1,916.20
1,016.20
1,809.45
12,130.34
5,748.79
S,tI0.04
2,810.52
33,534,63
3,103.77
1,02101
BD4.20
2,555.02
830,38
0,581,32
95M3
958.13
20,440.10
8,896.41
1,02101
11810.97
10,530.46
23,027.12
6,110.04
14,052.01
124,237.83
38,325.30
1,277.61
§33
j. s t.
succeeded in playing a number of tunes.
Tho long evenings after his daily toil ;
wero pnssed thus in digging, as it were, j
from the violin tho melodies thnt he re- !
membered.    At Inst, music mud,   ho
J. i plnced tho violin nnd the bow in the
stands nt the bow with upturned face, • J|,n?dal ?£   ^j3 1"''"''
gnzing into the heavens." -1 0l<**" tod saul
, Mcditernnenn, mid beforo mo is a ship
plunging upon tlio stormy waves. The
; crew nro huddled About in terror, nnd the
: vessel plunges nlong in tlie lightniug-
j rent, with no baud nt the helm. But
' thero is ono form tbnt trembles not.
grent v<.«-, ..u« ,
often it is necesMry that some special )
' dish should be prepared for tliem, as j
t they are necessarily deprived of so much |
: that others indulgo in,   Wa feel moro )
thau repaid for extra work when   wc
i have succeeded in getting something ta j
tempt thc npi>etito of tho sick, wilh no J
bad results to follow. 1
-^ «-^P^. Itoow," exclaimed | ffiito^™^^^
$1,067,153.35
2,401.14
22,368.09
1,910.26
1,149.70
1,02101
12,775.10
8,91167
70163
20,47110
22,856.42
31,025,41
10,151.20
674,88
1,533.01
1,02101
1,477.01,
a childish voice.
" Bight again, my ohild. Inspired by
n divine fnith, he stands unmoved in the
night; neither fenr nor pain can movo
him.   He is a true mnn, nnd—"
The old man paused; the shell dropped
from his hand, aud n look of startled inquiry enmo over his f nee. He sprnug to
his feet nnd dnnced n cancan in tho room;
ho cnlled on his pntron saint nud swore n
string of oaths thirteen feet long as he
rent the air with discordant shrieks; tho
women screamed; the ehildreu cried;
lziWit f the polices enme, nua -four neighbors ttt
M210J! Inst bore liim to tho floor and snt upon
skm* j ^lijni while another removed with a pair
compasses a bug from his enr.
Ouo little cockronch, hid in n shell,
hnd upset tho resolutions of forty yenrs'
standing.
Intellect in Brutes.
Tho central prison ntAgra is tho roosting plnce of grent numbers of the common blue'pigeon; they fly out to the
littlo daughter 6 vears ? neighboring    country   for  food  every
'Do ns I do." "The > morning, nndretum in theevening, when
they drink nt n tank just outside of the
, prison walls.   In thia tank nro a large
to his I mxmbor of fresh wnter turtles, which lie
"- j in wait for the pigeons, just under tho
fatignble bricklayer  then snid
wife,   ""You must learn the guitar."
23,444.10
1,02101
2,456.00
3,193.77
25,58113
1,405.20
8,193.77
83,440.71
17,885.14
1,277.61
2,044 02
127,78
38,498.03
Jack of nil Trades.
The  champion jnck-of-atl-trndes
be
longs to Euglaud, and lives near Chichester.   Ha has served ns  seaman in the
si'^auT i four quarters of the globe, and acted na
4r.,87i29 i stt',vnr<Jj eaihnaker, cook, mate, andnav-
i',Woi f igator.   He now hangs out his  sign as
1,277.51 ," Prof. Pullinger,  contractor, inventor,
Wot • Sherman,  builder,   carpenter,   joiner,
35,041:24 t sawyer,   undertaker,    turner,    cooper,
^'oan! ' I,ainter>  ghzier, sign painter,   wooden
i^mtm | pnmpmakor, pnper hanger, bell hanger,
2,555.02 , boat buildert clock cleaner, lock smith,
5rnu   1unljr«uft repairer, china and glass meu-
2,'655!o2 i tier,   netknitter,   wu-o  worker,   grocer,
l'ml'll i Divkei'>   fwrner,    taxidermist,    copying
lloio'ao j clerk, lotter writer, accountant, surveyor,
.. polico,
land tax and property and income tax,
aud collector of church and highway
rates."
i "But I have no guitar, and f cannot j surfaco of the water nt tha edge of it.
play." Theso objections were useless, Any bird alighting to drink near ono of
nnd the mother, urged on by her inex- t^80 forties has a good chanco of hav-
ornbloand music-loving husband, could mg its head bitten off and eaten; and tho
at last play a discreet accompani- j headless bodies of pigeons have been
ment to tho violin of Theresa. Tho . picked tip near the water, showing the
three-'lhejwjyent from city to eity j tato which has sometimes befallen the
playing in- the""<mtea and hotels, nntl k"tfs- Tlio pigeons, however, are aware
the father saved money eaouglt to take j bi thn danger, nnd have hit upon tho fob
them to Paris, A lady of Nice gave }hnv«lgv plan to escape it. A pigeon
himMleifer to. Monsieur Massnrt, Di- comes in from its long flight, and, as it
rectm^fffie Conservatory, whoimmedi- j "ears the tank, instead of flying dowu at
ately perceived tho astonishing talents | onco to the waters edge, will cross tho
of the child. Hero begins the romance .' f1"'1 »* about twenty feet abovo its sur-
of Uio story, for the father hnd uo more 1. fnCo> mii ^iCn fl.v '*"* to >^s side from
money, nnd how ivns tho little family to f ^lnch it came, apparently selecting for
live during Hie four yenrs necessasyfor I nbgliting n Bnfo spot which it hnd re-
Theresa's instruction ? Monsieur Mhs- marked ns it flew over tho bank; but
sarfi like Aladdin in tho stoiy, rubbed even when such n spot has been selected
his golden lamp, and ten obedient gett- j {]le "lr'l will not alight at tho edge of
tlemon responded by giving him ench { ™e wnter, but on tlie bank about a yard
§6 monthly for his proteges. The re- ! ^xam the water, nnd will then run down
suit of their liberality (Aid of Monsieur i imckly to the water, take two or threo
Mnssnrt's instruction is thnt tho ex- i married gulps of it, aud then fly off to
bricklayer Tun has been offered by an ' repent the same procgss at another part
euterpnsing American the expenses of j ™ the tank till its thirst is satisfied. I
himswf,'his wife nnd the young violinist, i had often witched tho birds doing this,
for a period of five years, nnd $10,000 J nnd coidd not account for thou- strango
beside. He, however, thinks it is not ; »,ode <lf arrolcmg till told by my friond,
• enough, nnd hesitates to accept thc jtlle supermtendent of the prison, of tho
oS&.~Zeiterfrom -Rome. turtles which lay in ambush for tho pig-
.—.—_^« „  | eons.    The same friend had a couple of
Entertaining -Company; M1 myunks- (Omenta rcligiosa,) tho
Guests cannot be entertained without! most wonderful bird of mimicry whicli I
some trouble,   To entertain people sue- j h"ve £°">f, "cross, not excoptmg the gray
-, .       ,. . ..   ,. . ccssfallv our must m'vo f,hmir»t>f. to ,'f I Pftli'o6 ot tiid west African coast.    One
^•g   ™smeer,land  measurer, houso ngent,   ^^ffiS to^oOaSoMl^ I rf ihosa I'"*, ^ouhtmg out in tlie
lil   theFe&om^k^T^H^ *&?* *& "^V', USEd to
3'l03.77
1,02101
804.20
2,555.02
8,10.38
60.900.38
95a 18
958.13
1,023,91
37,104.71
19,255.88
20,699,74
5,110.01
19 914.38
124 237.83
38,825.80
1,277.61
planned it.   Tim happy occurrence was j el',f'?,lf'r,"Sthe c'"i °f "»eP ^oper so
not on nccident^it wns tho result of
])i*i'Bicditafion. All the little ami sweet
social surprises of lifo; all the littlo domestic secrete  between  children   and
well thot tliey used to flock together under tho cngo, when tho bird would burst
out iuto avory gootl imitation of a human
laugh, as if it quite enjoyed the fun of
taking iu fho fowls. BTavo birds the
sense of amusement?   THs ono certainly
Oravrforfl county is attached to Kaalosko.
Sfontmortnoy county la attached to Alpona,
Osewl.'i county is Attached to Alcona,
way hi which it had cheated tho fowlfl,-^
Jfatvre.
How Uen. Torhcrt Died.
A lotter to tho Kow York Herald from j p.wettto, Which, in their unfolding, brim
mawi'^   Titusville. Fla.. savs:  "I send vou tho  i*10 household with gladness; all tho )„..,.„, ,„ , ...-       .^r—.r—. tv
lushed tti a pieco of tho wreck, and was j villaget>ttoy<iat, are only tlio natural sc-
still alive when ho reached tlio bench; i <iueuca of benevolent and good-natured
the bank being very abrupt and high '< thought tm the part of some oue who
nud n sen running mountain high, ho  hna made on effort iu behalf of others,
could not free himself.   Ho was dashed i  —
m mid out by tho action of lho sea along \ SitOKiKfl is to be prohibited among
the bench ior two nnd a hnlf miles. (.'West Point cadets, Hazing will go oD
Wheu rescued life wns found' to have be-   ns wniti, ' ,
Who Needed It Mosi.
One night a .Judge, n military officer,
nnd n minister nil applied for lodging nt
nli ilia whero there xvas but one spare
bed, nnd tho landlord wns cnlled upon
to decide whieh hnd thc best claim of
tho three.   '' I have htiu flfteeu years in
Tlio Russian Czar.
A remarkable incident has recently
been brought to light iu tho childhood
of the present Czar of Bussia. When a
boy of twelve years his father, Nicolas
I.,'mnde him a Lieutennnt in tho Imperial Guard.
The child was delighted with tho glittering uniform. Happening soon after
to cuter a hall where tho highest Tartar
Priuces of Southern Bussia were assembled in Council, he wns still moro clnted
when theso dignitaries (mnny of them
nged men) roso to pay homage to tho
heir-nppaient.
Ho crossed nnd rccrossed tlio hnll with
childish swnggcr, but nfter the second
ol ei'inuce the nobles continued their conference, and took no further notice of
the boy. Alexnnder ran in a rage to his
father to complain of them; but Nicolas
led bim before them, rebuked him publicly for his vanity and insolence, nnd
disgraced him by stripping him of his
epaulettes.
On another occasion Nicolns showed
thnt there .were times when he could control his own spirit nnd fulfil tho ordinary obligation that one gentlemnn owes
to another when ho hns wronged him.
In one of his frantic sriells of rage, he
grossly insulted an old Genernl who had
faithfully served him. The soldier resigned liis commission. Nicolas commanded him to appear before tho whole
staff, nnd then ho apologized and begged
forgiveness of the man ns publicly as ho
had offered the insult.
It is worth while for American boys to
study the lives of these Bomnuoff Princes
—tragical with mad spasms of cruelty,
love, hnte, nnd rage—in which tho ordinary passions of men nro exaggerated
into something nbnormnl nnd monstrous.
It is probable that the Bomanoffs wero
no better or worse than other men, but
thoy are subjected to a terrible temptation in tho power with whicli thoy are invested; a power which is absolute, and
which doubtless to tliem seems illimitable.
Tho American, boy, son of on ordinary
citizen, wlmse life is held down nnd ruled
from his cradle by law, by custom, and
by religion, finds it hard to control his
appetites and passions. How much
more diflicult it is for a child who is born
to tdmost absolute power fo put a yoke
on himself. In such a case the natural
tendency of all appetites is to assume
enormous proportions.
Evon the most careless boy can hero
catch a glimpse of tlio great law of compensations, and see how tho calm, solid
happiness, obtainable by tho plain
American citizen, is preferable to a seat
on tho highest throne of Europe, with
tho possibility .of tlio mad career of n
Cntlinrino, or of an Ivan the Torriblo,
An Interesting Puzzle.
Perhaps some of our renders nro not
familiar with tho following puzzle ; A
young mnn nsked nu old mnn for his
daughter in mani'ngo. The nnswer
wns;
" Go into the orchard and bring in a
parcel of apples. Givo mo one-half of
the whole numbor, nud tho mother one-
half of the balanco and hnlf nn npplo
over, and tho daughter one-linlf of the
remainder niid hnlf an npplo ovor, and
havo ono left for yourself, -without cutting tho apple, and then, if she is willing, you cau have her."
He solved the question; and how
many did ho bringV Fourteen, as you
can easily provo. Tho old woman wns
to have ono-half of the balance, which
would be three and a half, nnd half nn
npplo over, which would make four apples for her. There would be threo
Apples left, of which the daughter wns
to have one-half and half an npplo over,
which would give her two, aud lravvo the
lover his own, "without cutting the
applo,"
ttvo.-lilce Beef, ^i* preserved bj bono.,"
Win: is' i the/Kiijppiost of "-vowels"?
Because it is iii the mjdst pt bliss,
e is in hell, and' nil the;'others in purgatory.
"Anotuek man overboard," ns tho
landlady remarked when tho dead-bent
skipped oil Saturday night without paying tor big week's board.
4 A z.Amr in Jericho, Vt., hearing a
grent denl nbout "preserving autumn
leaves," put up some, but nftorward
told her neighbor that they wero uot fit
to eat.
" Ir Jones undertakes to pull my ears,"
said n loud-mouthed fello .v ou n stree.t
corner, "he'll just have his hands full."
Tho crowd looked nt the man's ears and
smiled.
An old snlt, when nsked how far north
ho had over been, replied that he bad
beeu so far north thyt " the cows wheu
milked beside a red-hot stove gnve ico
Ct-cnm,"
A South-end mau asked a one-nrmed
organ-grinder if ho wns n survivor of tho
Into war, and the organist replied:
" Hung it, do I aot as though I was
killed in it?"
Dkav huly: "Whnt's his nnmc?"
Youtighidy; "Augustus Tyler." Tho
dcaflndv: "Bless me, what n nnmo!
'Busthis Biler?' Eliza, yon must bo
mnking fun of me,"
Mothbu—"Now, Gerty, bo a good
girl, nud give Aunt Julia a loss nnd say
good-night." (Jerty—"No, no! ifl
kiss her she'll box my earn, like she did
papn'slnst night."
Sosie wicked l'nukoe snys that he has
invented n new telcgrnph. Ho proposes
to place it lino of women fifty steps
apart, aud commit the news to tho tirst
ns a very profound secret.
Mamma—"Yon ere very naughty
children, nnd I nm extremely dissatisfied witb you nil!" Tommy—" That iB
a pity; mnmma! We're nil so thoroughly satisfied with you, you know."
A South Hita debating club is wrestling with,   "Cau  a  community exist.
Arit|i<W.fe<j«a»fi£T^
olastfor a .waite,-but then it wouldn't
know wlinfrivassoin{j.on,—.JJwdcllc ,-.
Tub worst cut-up man of iliolioHr, ne-~" ...,,
cording to tbo Clevelond Voice, is that
Western reporter who, in describing the
appearance of the belle of the town nt »
local picnic, intended to say thnt she
looked nu fnit, 1ml, of course, tho types
hnd to get it " nil ft-ft!"
A IjAwver nud a preacher were discussing the direction of the wind. Tho
former said, " We go Iiy the courthouse
Mine." "Aud we go by tlie ehureh
vane,'' replied tho fi^rson. "In tho
matter of wind thnt is the best authority," snid the lawyer. And the preacher
weut heme to cogitate.
A fond mother wants to learu howher
son will "turnout." Thnt's easily done.
If he's wanted to go out nnd Weed tho
garden, he will " turn out" slowly nnd
reluctantly nud bo two hours dressing.
If he's e.Uled to seo n circus procession
go by he'd probably "tu « out" quick
and iiurt himself trying to come dowu
stai'-s and put a boot on at the samo
time.
" Whes I wns once iu danger from a
tiser," said nn old Eiwt India veteran,
"I tiled sitting down nudstnring ntliiro,
ns I hnd no weapons." "How did it
work?" nsked a bystander, "Perfectly;
tlie tiger didn't even oiler to touch me,"
' Ktr.iuge 1 How did you account for
it ? " " Well, sometimes I've thought it
wns ln-c.iusp I snt down on a high branch
of iv very tall tree."
Asnisnsr savs: "The whole glob->
em-tains 1,2(10,000,000 inhabitants. Ic
c .eh man, woman and child could pull
' "th a force of 100 pounds, to movo a,
1  r of steel 5.2S0 feet wide and as mnny
.ick, it would require tho united efforts
i * 2,000 s-ieli worlds as tbis." When n
man is washing his fnco nnd can't find a
t iwel to wipe the sonp out of his eyes,
he never thinks of this. And if any ono
was to tell him nt such a critical moment,
the probabilities arc that he woidd not
return thnuks for the informntion.
Mus. Pabtington returns from tho
sensido: "Tea, I've been ton sensido
retorfe. I Mot™* had my summer extortion, .and I must confess my anticipations surpassed my expectations. To
people in indignant circumstances the
recommendations might be satisfactory;
but it is beyond my reprehension how
People of effulgence—people who have
lugubrious homes, surmounted by all
that embezzles civilized life—cmi put up
in such caverns. They must have iu-
vested tastes."
,:v*-"
,.;;^f',^
Statistics Of the Production of Boer.
Somo official tables connected witb tho
production of beer in all the European
countries nnd the United States have
beon lately issued under authority of the
Austrian Government. The following is
a summary of the production 'during
1879: The wholo German Empire produced 18,910,510 hectolitres, or 23,811,-
117 British barrels; Great Britain, 36,-
597,550 hectolitres, or 22,375,019 barrels;
the United States of North America, 15,-
400,000 hectolitres, or 9,425,252 barrels;
Anstrin-Hnngn^y, 11,184,681 hectolitres,
orG,a38,0D0 bnrrels; Franco, 8,721,000
hectolitres, or 5,831,845 barrels; Belgium, 7,B54,000hectolitres, or 4,801,778
barrels; Bussin, 2,300,0D0 hectolitres, or
1,406,174 barrels; ihe Netherlands, 1,-
600,000 hectolitres, or 978,208 barrels;
Denmark, 1,100,000 hectolitres, or 072,-
518 barrels; Sweden, 930,000 hectolitres,
or 508,583 bnrrels; Italy, 870,000 hectolitres or 531,900 barrels; Switzerland,
724,000 hectolitres, or 448,753 barrels;
Norway, 615,000 hectolitres, or 376,000
barrels. The greatest production in proportion to tho population is in Belgium,
where 167 litres, or a littlo over Sii gallons per head, were manufactured; aud
tho siiirtllest production was iu Russia,
where the ratio was only- three litres, or
a little more tlwu 5J jsintg for every ia-.
habitant.
:i.