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From tho otoraly coaat ot hop native laaS
Sho gazed far o'w Uio bluo,
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Www tbo waves dashes up in BploadOB tsitmi f
Hor garment* on lho oolfl nea etaxi
Woro flaiap with ocean's dew.
Slra loved to come at tho close of day
AmUiKirtbobtllowDToar,	
And »'*tc!i the foaming, acollitiia opray
Wlioro hor Bailor lover had sailed away
To India's <il«tsnt 6to*a.
And now a mount? surged hpr wind {
Ono standing, fair and tall,
Where erst tho flowery Jeaoarnino
Hud droped In happy days lansayna
A cottage garden wall.
They BtOod'whon day was but begun
.   llesliio Ute wail of atone;
But when tbe west—tho dipping nun—
Betoltencd that tlie day waa dona
Sho rented thoro alone.
Bho wondered If ho thought to-nlghl      „
OfluvlnEfi-ifaitl-'i ul linino;   1 ;
Pld bo keep tbo curl no brown ond bright
1 Uat ho severed froni ita mates tho night
Ifo left (hat cottago home.
The chill winds swept tho rooty fcoiRht—
Sho linnered hy tho sea
And watched till tlie somher iringa of night
Had homo away tbo fading light
On tbo waves of eternity,
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On ludla'a distant ahoro waa ha,
Nut fondling her auburn curl,
Nor UilnUng iJt loved onea over the «oa,
But kissing beneath a banyan trca
A crostwyed Hindoo girl.
She wearily waited and sadly prayed
For A glimpse of biit aauro lilouso,
Till abo beard; and rather than bo a maid,
Sbo married a peddler of decent grade,
And went to Keeping bouse,
*Twaa a littlo cottago abo had to koop;
It otood treaidt! tlio main;
And oft oho watcbed tlie troubled deep.
When night wind* cradled the wavea aalcop,
And thought of her lore again.
"It might have brcn," slio murmured low.
Tear miilB her blue eyea dim;
And tbe sea birds eweeplng to and fro,
Tho fitful shadows that come and go,
Tonofticmtod ef bim.  ,_„  ;_,:.,_.„, t .,.„
Tia evor thus,   Ifttenda chango apart |
Stern alieoiicc glveB a weary pain,
And gossip wing" the fatal dart,
To rcud tho siuMng, hopeless beart
Or ono who waits in vain.
And love's a sacred thing that few,
Ab, very few may t-barol
And lo\ era to-day arc not no truo
Aa romance pictures tbem ont to you,
Oh, nioidvn with golden hairl
And your Jimmy or fijimny, Jobn or Carl,
N.i ut.ble. It ml and tuio,
Ec< ps <iiit> wi-tfui oje upon tlio girl
With gnldxn pais or brighter curl,
The ithiJc tliey cljcii«h yon,
Bnt let n t this difdirarlea yno;
Accept the truv. that's given;
Fi t Ji'vc that's tndtr pure and trn -,
Can Lfic, n '\crlif f.ir >on
Thia R.d'- the \i„t:h ft heaven.
Cai-.u mscnisiv. 5i. li.
tjsi; xuoi.ouest'.s ivomxo.
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VOLUME HI,
CLARE/MICHIGAN, FRIDA*, UOV.EMBEB 39, 1S80."
NUMBER 29.
givo nil tho brides ttwaj (mid he nover
gave ft girl away in his life), hang all
tho villains and dispose of itU the characters, either hy mysterious disappearance or otherwise.
After clearing liis throat, Ool. Bung-
starter begun:
THE CKOOKED BEPOETEE1
OK,
The BEEiwTERKEn's Eevsngs !
A TAtffl 01' TOE SKlUOtJB 3fjSVA}>A.
It was a dark anil stormy liight in tlio
Serious Nevada. By the llasheB of
lightninpr that almost blinded our liero,
a solitary horseman might be seen wending liis way amid the peals of thundor
tliat lined the road througb the gloomy,
Indian-haunted canyon. By getting in
front of him we can $eo. by tho flashes
of lightning tliat he is yonng, and also
that iu lus side-ppclret glistens something it won't do to fool v.ith too much.
-Ewfer^itad raioh,"^ 6%me K6Weaf'owF
Otiots mournfully over his head far up
the canyon, he grasps this shining thing,
exclaiming:
"Ha!"
Mr. Siekonibull nest!
CHAPTER II.
Wo draw nearer to our liero, and by
the electric lijjlit read "the legend inscribed npon tlie shining thing that ho
holds in a horizontal position to his
face; it in hop bitters—here a dozen members jumped to thoir feet, protesting
against auy advertisements being rung
ai on this novel without seeing tho proprietors first.   Carried.
Par above tho roaring nf tho Alpine
siorm our hero hears what appears to
Ii« the voice of a female in distress.
Plunging tho spurs iuto his noblo steed,
hn plunges madly down tho mountain
side, when, suddenly—
Maj. Jones, next 1
cnArran ui.
WONDERS OP THE OCEAN.
Ui.rov.'tli * ftml« by <lio Wwp Moil. UiTiSS"
vr» <iu tlict Kdlfu of tlie OulCMtrvul».
[Krom tlio Hew 1'orlt Bint.)
In #ie opinion of Professor A. E.
Verrill, of Yale College, the recent deep
Ken dredging expedition oft; tjie coast; of
Bhodo Wand, on the edge of the Gulf
Htream, under tho auspices of the United
States Fish Commission, proved the most
successful over sent out by this or any
other country. In ihree days more
sxieeimons woro obtained than by any
other expedition an as many months,
Indoed, tho English expedition on the
Clinlloiiger, which was at work deep sea
dredging for flvo yenrs continuously, did
not accomplish mpre or got ft larger collection.
The dredging was done from seventy-
five to one hundred and fifteen miles
soutliof
3h!ek
water being from one quarter to threo
quarters of a mile. Tho specially constructed steamer Eish Hawk, fitted up
with the most approved scientific appliances, was used, and tho expedition was
under tho direct charge of Professor
Baird of Washington. The ground was
especially favorable. A peculiar beam
trawl wos used for scraping tho bottom
of the ocean. It was a net forty or fifty
feet long. Tlio month of it was spread
open by an oak beam fifteen feet long
and six inches in diameter. Tho beam
rested upon heavy iron runners, to keep
tho network bag about two feet off tho
bottom, Tho lower sido of the mouth of
the net was formed of a receding rope,
' weighted with lead.   This ropo dragged
shape of art, let us simply confess that
the profession of the actor can now point
with prido to a large group of men
worthy of thoir art and of t* generous
public esteem."
JIOW TO AOT,
IMIMI NOTES.
Ifrwn lli« Mserlaw Agrlcllltui-lut, for KovemU'f.J
t'TOWps imvy bo left, longest bofore
rtio£*"B. but repeated iraozing makes
them pithy and innutriHous.
-Som- roots and .hollow ones, whioh
pa'Jnot ho pitted, avo profitably fed to
etthej: pigs, Bheep, oryoupg cattlo, m&
also to toti3 that »ra dry,
Eifex-BAY-work is painting and cleaning of -(cbls, oiling and wending of hnr-
W plh'ng kindlhig wood »nd such
like jobi upon every farm.
t,;Br.'iMt}fGsmftyljorepairedandpainted,
»f thiU; hp uot been already done.    The
Or Hon Ht,t -Xo—IHntn-tmelT'H WetBoil vf
•'Working MittiaelP' Vf>,
It looks easy enough to bo "natural"
on the stag©, but it is ojio of tho most
difficult things that an actor can do. This
nppoaranoo of tha volition and perfect
ease whioh cljaracterisies the groat actors
has cost them, Macready says in his
"Eeminiscenees," much time and toil to
acquire. Itis training, too, that can | .sen>s<m i favorable for pain ting, m very
alone secure a, suitable and moderated j lttli^ di«t and no insects aro likely to
gesticulation.   Tho commonest fjMili oS   adhji'O^' Uio paiut . •
actors is to exaggerate natural expressions I HHMiisrtt upon upland may now be
iuei'deHotyJ oiFeottvo; but to be oil'ect-'j pro-oft*!*T moro cOnveniehtly than at
tof Ne^yortin the region known no   i^J^fcf^lSf °Z% ^Jv_S^____K^S^ th% J£"r*   tSb<?r T.i
ing comments in tlie 2'ew(pZ<3ji«r, one of-i ^■iiin's<V*u,u"]an tln-co and a half feet
the most entertaining of tlio London   deep, if if can bo helped.
periodicals:   "The late Mr, Lewes well      m„„,,„ ,   ,     ■, -,,
l- - -   ■■■ *-™t...*    ".. TiuiAainNO must bo done generally
The late Mr, Lewes well
observed that to stand still on the stage
and not appear o guy, is one of the chief
difficulties of the art. Physical qualities
in an actor merge into intellectual, atid
in tho matter of elocution i''
i to distinguish thom, A sense
j whioh is indispensable to an actor who
j walks in the higher ranges of tho art, is an
j intellectual power. It may indeed be also
acquired by a careful tuning of tlie ear
to the rhythmical cadences of tha best
poetry; but it is still moro a natural gift,
I for in the netor this sense is to all intents
i and purposes non-existent unless it is
along tho bottom, and scraped tho shell- | fX% to *»{! spontaneous expression in
fish, shells, and'whatnot,'into the net, fe'Jf?!? b,m. «J«l«»k» wtojfc 'Ham-
Pish swimming at that depth were also ^ desenbed to tho players. The power
scooped in, and once inside thev were of self-annihilation again, involving that
entangled in pockets that prevontea their °f conceiving and realizing character,
escapL.   T?e trawl would be thrown   ^^^u?^"^^^^°l9^f±
tellectual, and   SfS",18 «»««»«l ««» »1*
if i<i imfitWRibla < ^vl-.VQ of it   It should, however,
enfeofflm    *«t'»ig%dry.   Small tarmei-s will i
iense oi ryimu,    t,,m.B ■*..:„...,"    n„ „,„,, „,_A !,_«.,.„,
escaping.
out and dra^vn along behind iho steamer,
Wlien suddenly tho scene changed. 1 making a swath half n, mile long and
" twelve or fifteen feet wide. Then a powerful hoisting engine woald bo set to
work and tho trawl and its contents
hoisted aboard tho steamer.   As many
The Gockleburr glob.
A   New   ami   Thrilling   Story,
Since the time thut the rstimable gentleman had eoijs.-nfcil tn net as Treas-
urer of our orsMi;i;.'.itiou got embarrassed and JST-snilnti'd with the funds
thereunto bcltm'sitttr we have had no
regular met tiny pluee. B' cause, since
tho Hfiiriff st> mHtli>wl.r fired ns out
Into the btiv.'l frr non-payment ot rent,
■we hnvo br> n uaaMe nutit very recently
tti find any one soft enough to give un n
risting-iilnei' witlumt our planking up
the ri itt in ndv.nnv. But patit-mv and
pern wnunv will tic 'niiipli^h wundiu's
in tht- till-Mu-i ;1 tw w 11 as the auimal
wuild ; «.> we'vi- .igitin n.hievs-d a local
Imbibition and u name. Aud we're not
going to ;uvi' it away, eitli-r, for you to
go and V'int nm- landlord, perhaps.
As all this Rcuflling round has brought
ns to th«' verge of iiinncistl eollpp^e, it
was ri'tolvi d ut«. ■ ti em iii«l>% at last inet't-
ing, that s;omem,.g .sinmid be done to
restore the late siutn quo of our treasury. It was, to curtdil an elongated
narrative, Kiiggcstfd that your sen-ant
try to find a buyer for his «ml-tlirilling
memoirs, entitled " Confessions of a
Beformed Paragraphia," and donate or
lend the proceeds thereof to the flub to
achieve its rehabilitation. Thereupon
the underwriter proceeded fo read the
manuscript for the edification of those
who hadn't had the pleasure of perusing
it, but before the second chapter was
reached I found that at least half a
dozen Cockleburrs imagined that they
were hit between wind and water, as it
were, aud that the whole thing was onlj
a malignant, insidious exposure of their
little mental corns. By assuring them
that I did not refer to them order was
restored, but before the fifth chapter was
reached the President, Col. Bungstarter,
jumped to his feet and roared at me :
" Whv do you dare, sir, drag my family
skeletons to the light of day ? "
I replied Uiat l never dragged a skeleton anywhere in my life.
"What do you mean, then, sir, by
vour impertinent reference to 'Old Doo-
Blebung?"'
"Why," I replied, "Colonel, that's a
purely "imaginary character; I didn't
think there was a Doozlebung in the
wide world."
"Didn't know Helena, Arkansaw I I
let you know now, then, that my wife's
sister married a Doozlebung, and I
' don't intend to sit quiotly by and hear
family troubles exposed; no, not even
to save the Cockleburr Olub from tho
dengue."
Further reading of tho confession had
to cease, for it was evident that there
wasn't a man in the room but was certain
that portions of tho manuscript referred
directly to him.
Vonly, tho way of the paragrapher is
hard. As it was unanimously resolved
that tho privato peccadilloes and failings
of the members of the club should not
be used as a fulcrum to boost tho financial condition thereof, wo had to cast
about for some other means to accelerate
the velocity of the air currents. Whereupon the undersigned, piqued at tho
unceremonious manner in which his
cherished literary effort had been sat
down on, suggested that somo one else
try his hand at the bellows for a wind-
ralsir. After considerable discussion it
was deeided that, whereas, it would take
too long to write a novel, or anything
else, single-handed; ond, whereas, that
all were equally implicated in the affair;
miA, whereas, that we possessed abundant raw material—of the rawest kind,
too—for tho venture: and, whereas, that
time, aud landlords wait for no man, it
won unanimously
J' ro'.i'ffl, That tho membors of this clnb
ctu'u write ono chapter, to tho boat of his ability, nd According to liis own atyle nn^ Mb cob-
cejt inn of tho exigencies of tho caso.
(!onf»idcrable ill-feeling was manifested n.i to who should namo tha title or
block out the plot, and after muoh
wriuigling it was decided that Col.
Ba'igstarter should name the offspring
as well as write the opening chapter.
Plot, thero was to ba none, each chapter
lo bi so beautifully rounded off that nb-
seneo of plot would Mot be noticed.
The Secretai,y was directed to write
jiv-t what was dictated to him, as in order fo accelerate thingsthe wnole thing
was to go right along viva voce, beginning at the President and going on
ilovn to tlie underwriter, who ytm to
Four young men avo seated around a
table, in a Southern California town,
whose features bear the stamp of intellect. Tliey wvre playing poker. The
reckless manner in wliich lhey_ won and
sost thousands proclaimed their calling,
I'liey wero nevtsptiper men.
(J'rospiug a handful of gold from the
bible, the youngest, tossing it toward
in nubum-haired maiden hard by, murmured, "Three In ers and a straight."
Is the elder dealt out three cards round,
fhe younger began fo sing in a low,
ohtiutive voice:
T!i!« In the I'.iir T 'irn.i havo nnught,
Ai.il mourn* tl it. iiam> 1 tlrt'w it n.it,
The elder Feenied lo tumble to his lay,
ti r he refused lu MriftdK* the blind nud
tnken from tho bottom of tlie ocean eaej
time tho trawl was hoisted,
of alcohol a dny wero used in preparing
rare specimens. To put them iu shape
will be the work of weeks. To thoroughly
arrange mid classify the thousands of
specimens obtained wili occupy the Commission all winter. Most of this work will
bo dono hero by Professor Verrill and
his assistants.
Eighteen species of fish werecanght
heretofore unknown and undeseribe d, besides others known  to Greenland aud
staved out, but the man with the long i Northern Enrope, but not to our coast;
rate actor, is a quality which ho shares
in common with tho poet and artist ot
dramatic genius: and is one whieh, whatever may be ite ultimate origin, is practically a divine gift, for it cannot be reduced to any laws whereby it mav bo
as-1,000 pounds weight of stuff would be I "Quired    Bnt monnwhile, in this ease,
■ -'-•'    ■•    -   ..*»      -.. 3    oan fjv   too, careful training and cultivation are
Two barrels   csseufaaL   ' Sly long experienco of ttio
alsoa wonderful variety of crabs, shrimp,
and lobster-liko creatures, some of them
very handsome, and forty species of them
entirely new. One hundred and fifty-five
different kind of shells, one hundred and
fifteen of them not beforo known on this
part of the coast, fifty-fivo not known as
inhabitants of American wnfei-s,  nnd
:i:ur di'U'tled his imte, and made it steep
Si foiiii- in; but tbe young one saw him,
unl was on the point of raising him out
if lih boots, when—
Cipt. Smith!
t'lUPTKlt IV.
When the cries grew louder and lond-,— —       --,-- .   .. .■,
■1-, until our hero, coming sudden! v to ; thirty wholly unknown to scientists here-
•Irr f,K.t of tlw enwm, befceld a female ; tofore, wero obtained. Iu addition, two
form peivlieauvionji ruck iu tlw middle ! »aw kind* of devilfish, ouo .about ij foot
if a roarin" river long; two Immured specimens of a new
Hee.lh«"of danger, he plunged his ; and pretty squid and twenty uow'kinds
it.rse into the seething waters, aud, as < # starfish were^ken. Ot theso starfish,
«■ Kftt-ped he rarouud her slender waist, thousands of specimens were netted,
m- hoiie broke awav, aud left him alono i some of exceeding beauty. Quite a nuni-
ip..u the r<n-k with the maiden. Tho ' *>« oi ™v species of corals were caught,
.vaters, with exultant gurgles, rose and f»f <>* them being brought up by thli
.•, seuAtU it was chin-deepWind there, .l>nshel.    Of  fan coral   some  beautiful
when suddenly—■
Mr. Snodgra-s next I
CHAPTER V.
When suddenly they both rolled over
unl was drowned, aud—
Heiv the club was in a general uproar
• if protest against the willful murder of
the hero right at the start.
Snodgrass was ruled out.
Mr. Simpson next!
CHAPTER VL
When suddenly the old man said, "I
see your twenty and raise you five."
" 'l call vou. * What have you got ?"
"Two pair."
"Jvo good," said the old man, gathering in the pot, until he saw that
it was two pair of aces the young one
had accumulated. There would be nothing strange in that, bnt the old man
had tliree aces himself, and had begun
to inauifeet a desiro to go behind the
returns, when a loud crash was heard,
.md with a shriek the fair maid with
the auburn liair entered, crying, '' Eire J"
CILUTEIt 711.
The scene changes. Pacing up and
down in the cell of the prison might be
seen a man about forty years of age,
more or less. Fifteen years have
,-lapsed since the stormy night we left
turn perched on a rock in tlie middle
of a mountain torrent
"Will she never come ?" lie murmurs,
as he glances toward tho door.
She enters; with a sob she. throws
herself on the prisoner's shoulder.
'tJt's no uso, Philander," sho cries ;
" they'll bring in a verdict of murder.
Tiie jury's bin playiu' poker all night to
stage hns convinced me,' writes Mac-
' ready, 'of the necessity of keeping on
tlie day of exhibition/ the mind as intent
: as possible ou tho subject of portraiture,
; oven to tho very moment of entrance on
; tho stage;' nnd it is reported of this actor
that, in tho great scene of tho third act of
! the Merehunt uf Veniee, whero ' Sliy-
I lock' has come on in a stato of intense
rage and grief at the flight of his daughter, he used to spend somo minutes be-
! hind the scenes, lashing himself iuto
j imaginative furj' by cursing notto voce,
j nnd shaking violently a ladder fixed
. against the wall." _
j                Humbugged Again.
j    i saw so much said about tho merits of
i Hop Bitters, and my wife, who was nl-
i ways doctoring and nover well, teased
me so urgently to got lier somo, I eon-
eluded to bo humbugged again; and I
am glad I did, for in less than two
months" uso of thoJlittom mjr wifo -woS;
cured,  and  alio has  remained   bo for
eighteen  months since.     I liko suck,
humbugging.—H. T,, St. Paul.—Pioneer-Press,	
A Bangerous Character.
"Where aro you from?" asked tho
Judge, as the. complainant stood up.
"Why, Jedge, I'm right from Ouster
City in tho Blaek Kills.   They call mo
specimens wero obtained.   Hundreds of
sea anemones, brilliantly colored, some
of them measuring a foot across, de- j Wliooxiin' Antelope, 'eanso I'm'tho ter-
lighted tho eyes of the men of science, j ror of all that region."
One strango discovery was a worm iu- \ " And yet you say this man, half your
habiting a quill like a goose quill. The j mzq, thumped you till your faco looks
qnilla were about a foot long, and i like a load of coal ?"
soon after being taken out of the water j " That's tho way I mix it, Jedge," re-
grew so hard that they could be and wero ; spouded tho Whoopin' Antelope. "Just
used  for  pens.   They stood up in tho j us soon aa he hit mo I drawed back fer
mud at the bottom bf the sea. Tlio
worms iuside wero opal colored, and
when taken out of their strango tenements glistened aud presented a rather
pretty appearance, so far as color was
concerned. They were raked up by
thousands, and none of the scientific men
ever heard of them before.
The records of the temperaturo at different depths were always made with
great care. At a depth of from 100 to
14'2j fathoms the temperature was usu-
nllyfrom 51 deg, to 53 (leg., Fahrenheit,
Erom 1-12J to 325 fathomB itwas from 42 then
deg. to -13 deg., and at 500 fathoms it - ■ *
was 4.0 deg. The pressure at 500 fathoms
or over was very groat, sufficient to crush
and press together tho wood tliat encased
the thermometer until it was n shapeless
mass, and so to press tho rope used to
lower the instrument that it come up
hardened and squeezed together until it
resembled a shapeless bar of metal.
When yruu can get tho thrasher—so it is
wll to speak for it in season. Tho
scoufcr grain is thrashed tho moro thero
be
iin-
prow rainy days as they como by thrashing hy hand.
Pioko Boots.—Treuehes four feet
wide aud two feet deep aro of a sizo well
suiteil to either a moderate or severe winter. If put iii too largo heaps, or too
deep nits, roots heat, aud, of course, do
not Jo well. Cover with straw, and
lightly with earth, patted down to shed
rain, tad ventilate well.
Boot-tops and small roots may bo fed
to cou^ aud young stock quito freely,
bofore they heat, which they will do
quickly, if in heaps. It is -well to lay
fheni on tho north side of somo building, tfbero they will not become suu-
drieil, for thus they will bo kept much
longer than in any other way.
.Mjotub Aim Compost.—Tho season is
still /avorabie for tho growth of tlio com-
postheap. Weeds and all sorts of hedgerow mbbisli ought to bo burnt, for the
seeds aro ripe, and we can not depend on
their germinating in tho compost heap.
Grassy soils, (ho tops of the roofs which
can not bo fed out, leaves, and wood or
swamp mould, and all such tilings add
bolh bulk and value to tho heap.
Houses, though tliey may still bo kept
at pasture, if desirable, should havo a
shed at least to rt>trent to during liard
storms. Bo not work them at all on the
road if they huvo colds or tho prevalent
influenza, absurdly called "epizooty,"
tlie best cure for which is a warm, tury
stable, and perfect rest, although thej*
ought to liavo a good run in tho pasture
during Uie warmest part of overy day.
iffckiKo,—Should thoseason continue
dpi diteliing in the swamps is in order.
Injuuck swamps dig tho main ditches
d'jjier aud broader than necessary, say
trmt'w three feet wido at tho bottom, and
em^^ioft nt tho top, and throw out
e JSMteon ono sido to Ho and froezo
"*°i«?'ig,*ito$f&- thtrtusuocKrtiwd wstw
fi*tffMwh by themselves, to bo burned
wflS summer whon thorougldy dry.
ifiatErreu Wobk.—Should any of tlie
proper iwrk of last mouth have been neglected, such as Bowingwiuter grain, husking com, otc, it may perhaps still be
done. Corn-husking may be done at
any time. Bye may be sown as long as
there is a prospect of a fortnight of open
weather. Wheat sown iu November
often does well, so if tho ground is prepared your plans need not he changed,
for tho probabilities are in favor of good
Crops, though late sowing lias nothing to
recommend it.
Beets and mangels are protected by
tluir broad leaves from frosts which
furnish his readovs with jokes, he is
stupid; if ho does, ho is* a rattlo-bead,
lucking stability; if he condemns iho
vttong, he is a good fellow, but lacks
discretion; if ho lets wrongs and injuries
po unnientioned, ho is ji coward; if lie
indulges in personalities, be is a blackguard ; if ha does not, hia paper is in.
.sipid. Jn short, if ho edits a paper
properly, and sticks to truth and facts,
hois a fool, and doesn't know bow to
edit a paper hftlf as •well as his readers
could.
Canoeing in the United States.
When John Macgregor, of tho Inner
Temple, published his entertaining account of tho Jlob Jloy'n thonsaud-milo
voyage, on the lakes and rivers of Europe,
ho established cauooing as a summer
xwsthno,    . t i
XJie introduction (it canoeingjin tli»
UiitU'd abiWii»V;M «|to:toJi»v.o..t»keu
plnceTun'sro; wiibii tfio^' owtorfe Cuiio?
Olub was founded by William L. Alden.
Tho Indian birch and dug-out, it is truo,
belong to tho canoo group, but they are,
at best, rudo craft, unfit for general
cruising, and had long beforo gono into
disuse, and come to bo valued ouly as
relics of an uncivilized condition. Americans have enthusiastically adopted tlio
pastime, nud it is only a question of timo
when canoes will bo as frequently seen
lUCUIGAH IfEWS.
Tins Waldron donation to Hillsdale
College amounts to $15,000.
Tfcpuoip fever is very prevalent in Oxford and of a violent form.
A nbw two-story brick block will bo
erected nt Onro next spring.
Txteiu! aro prospects of a now oleomargarine faotory in Dotroit.
Six weddings in .ono day ia tho way
thoy do business in Battlo Creek,
AMtAKOEMja'TS nro nearly,completed
for a, telephone exchange in Adrian.
Thb Clinton woolen-mills luivo ;.ur-
chased 00,000 pouuds of Wisconsin wool.
The township of Clinton, Mjiqomb
county, has ft new and convenient town
hall. .   •
A juifty postoffico named Butb bos boon
eutublisbiid iu'jtihwinan tow^hip.-Hurpn
WtiMZ%A*:;-Z«-?-t*Z ^-Mi'lV'^isS^
A Giuw Bapids man won $1,800 on'
election, and is having an "awfully
good time."
Tnn Wushtenaw County Supervisors
havo re-established tho office of Drain
Commissioner.
Ax East Saginaw enthusiast wagered
his home and lot on the result of the
elections—und lost.
A ntotbek of new buildings are being
on our bays, lakes, aud rivers as sail and , (,reetea ftt Menominee, among them an
row boats^ Besides our long coast-lino,
wo have an immense system of inland
water, a great part of which is as yet
unexplored, and eaunot for years be explored by any other craft than the light
and easily portaged canoo. Thore is uo
ono of the States in wliich long cruises
may not be made.
It has been stated, upon authority,
tliat summer cruises may bo made upou
the waters of Wisconsin alone for thirty
yeais without retracting or exhausting
tho territory, In the northern portion
of tho Stato there aro almost numberless
unexplored lakes, some of largo size,
that aro connected by rivers and smaller
streams, A canoo may for instance be
launched upon Pewaukee Lake, a beautiful sheet of water about twenty miles
west of Milwaukee, and then follow a
elegant brick school-house
Tub Presbyterian Church at Muir,
Ionia eounty, has jmt procured an 800-
pound bell at a cost of &2G2,
Pnoi', llAititiNOTOX has received a new
telescope and transit instrument for use
iu the student's observatory.
(    A srABRiAGis is reported from Lexiug-
j ton, Sanilac county,, between a youth of
20 years and a woman of GO,
Theue will bo 800 freight cars added
! to the rolling i>tock of  tho Kalamazoo
I division of the Luke Shore road.
j    It is estimated that fully 200,000,000
I fe"t of lumber will bo held over on the
1 mill docks of the. Saginaw river, this
i winter.
The census of Raseoinmou  couuty
wiuding course tlu-ough a delightful conn- I footed up 1,117—wen, women and. chil-
try, through lake to rivulet, and from '
rivulet to lake, the lakes varying in length
from threo to eight miles, and in width
from one to four miles. Leaving the
lakes, the cnuoe*iay follow Bock Biver,
and passing many beautiful towns and
villiages, striking the Mississippi at Bock
Maud, Illinois. Many of tho Western
(notably Minnesota and Michigan),
Eastern, and Middle States offer equally
attractive field for summer cruising,
Canada is as yet almost unmapped.
Twenty-five miles to the northward of
QuelK c tho exploring canoeist is boyond
tho bounds of civilization, and at the entrance to a region of picturesque lakes,
tliat, with their connecting streams, form
a chain tdmost unbroken, savo by rapids
ond falls, to either tho Hudson Bay
country or tho Sagueuay, and tho little-
known" territory still to tho northward.
Long cruises havo been mado by
Americans. Tho Kleine, Frit*. (A. H.
Sieetri«xl> luio. followed' -the'Conij*}* of tho
Mississippi from tho extreme heacl-waters
lo Bock Island, Illinois; tho Maria
'Jlwresa (N. H. Bishop} has cruised by
inland waters trom Lansinghurg, 2STew
York, to the month  of tho
dreu—but they managed to poll 1,026
[ votes.
I Johnnie Kkai/oy, of Bay City, pulled
j a horee's tail, and tlie auimal kicked
| Johnnie in the. fnee so ihat he will never
lie pretty again.
Boiiebt Lorr, of Harrisville, 1ms pur-
j chased 1,800 acres of pi.ie land in the
j vieinitv of Hubbard hike, wbich he esti-
I mates will cut ;55,800,(10 J feet of logs.
'    Tub Homer Indue man wants to bet
j that Homer has some sidewnlks that eun
throw Ool. MoLftughliu, Silo Purdy, or
any otiier wrestler in the State, in a fair
J tussle.
Tub Adventists have just completed a
new church at Alma, said to be fhe
finest church in Gratiot county. They
have also a flourishuig society in St.
Louis.
A rsTKTFjED body was found in tho
BiHsell Street Cemetery, Detroit, the
oilier day by laborers who aria al work
removing remains.
StnvEit eels two or throo feet in
length have been caught m Saginaw
tivir, probably the growth from ft plant
mnde bv tlie Pish Commissioners three
Wilmington, Yt.; fthilj&ttled at "Teeum-
seh in 1887. Ho 'nasfetetl in the organization of boyilhoAVliigWid. ttepubheau
parties in .Mc]iigan,ftnd served several
terms in the Stato Senate aud in tho
Constitutional CoRverifioa of 3877. Ue
was a prominent ineiuber of tho Stato
bar for many years, and in that profes-
«on atid m ■(t-baiikoititcqiiiroda-IaYgo.--
fortune,   ■ .
I?Iiclil{jan immature, l$80nSl.
(BciiuWlcaua iu romnu; Democrat* In italic; funion
iu mnull qihw ; "ro-o.ectca; -tntouihijr of » former
jr,C(jiBiotilro,J
SESAW.
1, f James Oapliu, Wayne,
2. fJohli Qroimcl, Wayne,
8. Tlionins Monhon, Wayno.
4. David B, Jtose, WlKhfeiiair,
5. \Jahn filrong, Jr„ Jfonroo.
C. 3Ji'jicklcy BhiiM', Lenawee.
7.  AY, I?, Goodwin, Jnolwon.
S. *Jbliii C. PiiUeiwm, CaUioau.
'   9.   A. Ihcltonmin, ltill-idalo.
10. fCliorks Upson, Brunch,
il,   Eiiob '1'. Lovell, Kulumpzpo.
32.   Henry I'ord, Y«n Itoeu.
18.   Xhaiqn s Still's, JJerrien.
W, fW. O, Edsfcll, AilcgdH.
16.   Lewin Dnrltce, Bttrry.
16. *Jolux g. Tookw, Iiigtuim,
17. W. M, Kilpatrick, Bhiawassce. '
18. n'etor Dow, .OaUliiud.
IS), *S. It. Billings, Gfneifeci.
20,- f JohnT. IticFi, Lapeer.
21. ■«". B. MoGurlc. St. Clair.
22. fUicliiirJ Wiuwr, Huron,
23. Jqlin Welch, Snginnw.
24. 13. II. gtiiiiton, Ionia.
25. Hwii'v C, jiutuiell, Kent.
2(1. *GuWgo A. JTiU'r, Oitawn,
27. *W. P.. Air.bliT, Occam.
2!},   Giles T. Brown.
29.   O. P. Oibn-on, Bay.
HO.   A. lliittavs.
31. W. P. Smtt-
32. J. II. CUaiKller, Houghton.
Republicans, 3U j Dcmocrutu, 2.
HUPlU3I3iTA'frVEH- ,'    „
/UU>gp«--Jct lUhUieU * Gi o*l-y Eaton; 2(1, F.
GpMinui. •  '     - - j,   ' *      . -■        '. ,
AliKina—* J. JO. jrui-tthial.
Antrim, tic—Oh**. X/JTmiM*.
Bcnssto—W. W. linrion.
.  Bi-irlen—1, "L. Jr. Wurd ; 2, L. O. 1-ylo; 3,
W, S. SBtlM'tl. L ■,.„,.
Brunch—1, S. H. Bennett; 2, D. 3, Boston.
C'uHioim—1, * Gey.  liotiertson j  2, * J. H.
Campbell; 3, Cliau. Ativtiu.       ,
Clans—J. H. Hitcbcos.
Cheboygan, etc.—Htnry W. So.vmonr.
Clinton—1, AY. II. Hifeu; 2, It. B. Cam.".
Doha, etc.—Bobert Slephennon.
Eaton—1, * H. SI. Wilkins; 2, D. Hawkins.
(lcmi>iM-l, A 8. PiU'Wdgo; 2, H. B, Diller.
Grand Trivewe, etc.—S. 0. Aloll'ttt.
Graliiit—Wilbur Kelson.
Hillsdale—1, E. A. l'omcroy j 2, Nathan Al-
vord.
Itoiiglitmi—3. B. North.
Huron—.James Eukiuf.
Ingh(im-1. S. II. CAiuinn; 2, W. W. Hoot.
Ionia-i, A. M. Willett; 2, A, J. Gibbs.
Isab 11a, etc.—H. Woodruff.
Jackson—1, C. Yarrington j 2,   ff.  11.   M'ol-
colt; 3, E. H. Beiden.
Kahuiazoo—1, "Jonatban Parsons ; 2, *J. V.
Oliver.
Ktut-1, N. A. Earle, +C. W. Prindlo ; 2, C.
W. Garlield: 3, H. Parmelee.
Lake, etc.—Bobert J\ Duiidaa.
Lapeer—1, FrankKendriek; 2,GoorgoDavcn-
nort.
Lenawco—1, G. T. Waring;  2,  IV. C'orlnu ;
3, *il. Corpentor.
Livingston— fWm. Ball.
Macomb —1,   *)!' Parker;   2,   Alexander
Grant
MmJblto-O. M. Wing.
Marquette—1, JiihnMutest/; % O.D.Nelson.
Sleoosta—JL P. Gale.
Midland, etc.—+0. E. M. Cutcheon.
Jtonroe—1, J. E. Eisenmann; 2, W.Uaekell.
Montcalm—Stalhom \Y. La Ba.
JtuAegon-W. M. Harlord.
KewavRO—E. E. Edwards.
Oakland -1, Wm. S. LilleU; 2,11. A. Wyck-
off; 3, *Cbas. Baldwin.
Oceana~A. H. Lewis.
Ontonagon, etc.—James Jlercer.
Osceola, ttc—E. 11. Martin.
Ottawa—1, Cornelius Yan Loo; 2, J. B. Per-
ham.
Saginaw—1, Jacob Knapp;  2, *Jobn S, Es-
t.'t'.r'iol,-; 3, H. ,7. Hopkins.
Hamlae—1). Mclntyre.
Hliiawassee—1,   O.   W.   Cooper; 2,  J.  W,
Dewiy.
St. Cl.ilr-1, C. A. Blood j 2, *L H. WMte ;
3, W. II. liallentino.
Ht. Joseph—I, J. C". Uistop; 2, f G. B Mark-
ham.
Tuscola—*C!eo. II. Granger.
Yan Buren—1, +A. B. Copley; 2, II. H. How-
ant.
Washtenaw—1,   Edward  Kins;   2,   L. D.
Kinno; 3, /. S. doiinan. _
Wayne—1, M. Y, Borgman, *G. H. Hopkins,
Ciias. Ewers, Henry Kiel, Adam E. Bloom, 11.
BtfliiO, Geo.. B., Jleujiek;% C.JS- Mvl&atAU-
S, *£ber W, Cottrcll; I, A-1'- YQUI13.
Bepublicans 85, Democrats 13, Imioa %
to the month tif tho huwauneo
lil'ver; the ffulifilr (Charles E. Chase) in
1K78 cniLsed from 2few York to Quebec } y°ar8 nS<>-
bv connecting waterways, theuce bv por- ; A mttms daughter of L. B. Dcs-
ttige, through thc valley of the Chaudi- f voignes, rei-iding near Mendon, St.
ere, to tho head-waters of aud down tho j Joseph county, was lulled the other day
  * "        "1 Long j by the accidents discharge ot  a putol
room, and there wos a brick lodge right   wonW 0therwise injure them and cause
in tho way.   Backed right up against it. -    -
I went to let go with this yer left fist,
what's scattered moro'n a ton of brains
at different times, and, dog_ my cats,
thero was a street-ear right in front of
me.    Didn't have the room, Jedge.   If
I'd had tho room I'd been Lelpiu' the
Coroner viow tho corpse now."
"How much room  do you want?"
asked the Judge,
fheni fo dicay; but as soon as the leaves
are wilted  fhe growth of tho root is j
die cited, aud they should   be harvested 1
ami pitted at once.    Tho same is true of
carrots.   They bear very littlo freezing,
and the frosting of the leaves is lhe sig- ]
il.il for  rapid   gathering.   One of the j
most convenient methods is lo plow a |
farrow clous to tho row—and mu a sub- j
. .   _,      ,,_      i soil plow close on the other side.   The)
«'I want a whole prnirio, Jedge. Whon   ^    fe ,nav {hen be pu]]ea unbroken,
I draw back liko this, seo! I need space.       d   itk   - feet cnse_
I  lunge,    so.   Lookl   Then   I
fetches liko this, and where'd the man      PomoraY.—The poultry year   cnlmi
bo if I had room ? I was afraid of break- j nates this mouth.   With plenty of com,
ing some man's real estate with lu'm,   mit something to pick up in the fields,
-■'■-"   ■■ —-   '        '      mi.-,.,—1    poultry increase rapidly iu weight,  and
Connecticut Hi ver, to and through Long
Island Sound, h> New York. Mr. tt H.
Faruham has recently completed a
Canadian voyage embracing the Sagueuay, its tributaries, and other watercourses. In 1879 Mr. Frank Zihlermado
a cruise of about 120!) miles, fromltacine,
Wisconsin, to New Orleans. Many less
extended cruises have been made, and
clubs have beeu orgiuized in the largr-
eilies.—C. P. Chase in Harper's Muyea
:ine.
Debilitated Digestion.
Inthe "Memoirs of Count Segur"
there is the following anecdote: "My
I mother, tho Countess do Sogur, being
: asked by Voltairo respecting her health,
J told him that tha most painful feeling
: she had aroso from tho decay of her
I stomach and the difficulty of find-
1 ing any kind of aliment tliat- it could
get fhe hang of the e-ricVw,?, ond'soue '.l,ear- ,^oltaje!. ^ W of consolation,
infernal moke main a cold hand o' fours f assured her that he was once for nearly
on tlie foreman, an' ho is in fur hangiu' * J^ur m ft6 s*m? s^y mi believed to
ve now" °     i be incurable, but that nevertheless a
J '   1 very simjile remedy had restored hi-1.
CHAPTEB YHL • ^ consisted in taking no other nourish-
mi »   „n ..„„ „■»„ ««:0i,„,i i ment than yelks of eggs beaten up with
So g&i?Sf. lost game of *«* « Vetoes aj%ate, » lEougli
seven-uPp wi4 tho Ihefiff, whfn sud- ' ^circumstance took place as far back
donlr— ' ?years a8°> antl I'-speeted so ex-
r\Tr n mon Ti<-Tt 1 i traordinary a tierson as Vollaire, it is as-
Jir. ureen next 1  . tonislling h(W liulo it is ]mownj tod hm-
CHAPTER IX. rarely ihe remedy has been practiced.
A tremendous roaring noise is hoard j JJ8 ««««*. Iwwever. in cases of debility
and an earthquake strikes  the place,   ?«nnot bo questioned, and tho foUowing
tearing the jail asunder, and thopris- !«,^?modo of preparing this yaltxable
Didn't dare turn loose* That's whero
ho fetched mc. Send him out to Dakota rath me. That's all I want. Mako
him como whero there's distanco to
movo around in. Givo mo a fair show
with him, but don't confine me whero
there ain't room, S'poso I'd smash a
house irith him ! S'poso Fd jest slung
ldm around liko I ought to! Who'd
paid for tho holocaust? Who'd been a
fathor to tho orphans I'd hnvo manufactured? Who'd have married the
widows of those who fell around like
chips? That's the reason I lefc up,
Jedge. I'd rather bo smashed than a
murderer of tho innocents. That's
whoro ho took advantage of me, Kne
liim, Jedge. Lock him up for a term of
years, or I may forget myself if I find
him loose."
"I think I'll lot him go," replied-tiltf
Judge.
"Then let mo go first. Keep him here
twenty minutes. Let me get whero I
can't seo him when lio comes out, or I
won't be responsible for the earthquake.
oner (who, tho reader knows, is our
hero) and the maiden fly to the railroad
in time to—
Mr. Peters next 1
CHAPTEB X.
In timo to get run over by the 0:15
express.   A simple cross marks  their
articlo of food as recommended by Sir
John Sinclair: Beat up tho egg in a
bowl, aud then add seven table-spoonfuls of cold wator, mixing tho wholo
well together; then add two table-
spooufuls of farina of potatoes; let it be
mixed thoroughly with tho liquor in tho
bowl. Thau pour in as much boiling
water as will convert the whole into a
loaf.resting place-United in life, united i.™ ^ mix ft ^   „ mny ^ ^^
""This novel may be a little jerky, but ftll»° .OT with «io addition of a little
it has enough raw material in it for a H^^T/ *mack° ^y™
dozen ordinary yarns. And, if it is jerky, consumptive disorders, This dull 11
you must remember tliat no two wWs ^ aua <**&, digested, extremely
view things from tho same standpoint. I wholesome and nourishing. Bread or
To tho hands of our countrymen wo
commit ourselves.   Officially,
Jack Homespun.
"P.  S.—If any trouble grows out of
this, I want it distinctly understood that
wholesome  and nourishing.
biscuit may be tokau with it as the
stomach gets stronger.
Swing on Theftiers.
Prof. Swing, in tho Chicago Alliance,
i^not'implic^ted iTtLlbovljonly"m   th«» "PP^is to theatricftl people :   " It
.L Ire   ii WPprtlK  flpHirn.llll*   thftt:  nil  nm*  rrtn,
amanuensis.
tr. H.
seems desirable that all our much-admired actors iind actresses should respect the religious opinions and feelings
of many of their best friends and decline
to produce thoir playB on that day sacred to religion, if tho ruen and women
of the church are the friends now of the
I drama, cannot the great actors help the
A World of Good.
One of tho most popular medicines
now before the American publio is Hop
Bitters,   You see it everywhere.   Peoplo take it with good effect.   It builds
them up.   It is uot as pleasant to the , - .   —
taste as some other Bitters as it is not a '• Christian world to keep one night of tho
whisky drink, It is more like tho old-! week sacred to the Almighty ?" Be-
faslu'oned boneset tea that lias done a ! ferring to the stage generally, Prof,
world of good, Il you don't feel just j Swing .gays : "Without pausing to
riftUt try Hop Biters*—if«»<i« Mills,   ' seek a philosophy for » new eto, in thifl
"town. If you're a patriot, Jedge, you'd
bettor hold him baok for half on hour."
"You won't touch him," said the
Judge to the defendant.
"Don't trust him, Jedge," interrupted
the complainant, "If you're goin' to
let him go, I'll stay here. Lock me in
a cell. Bkndcuft' me. Bind me with
shackles, but don't let mo get at him.
My bilo is risin', Jedge, I ain't safo,"
"Ibelieyelwillgiveyou ten days,"
mused the Judge.
"Mako it a month, Jedge. Make it
long enough to cool me oif, and mako
him leave town. Thero ain't room for
us both. Make him get out, Jodgo, if
you want io save life."
And he gathered himself into a small
bundle and crept around his antagonist
and made a bound for tho Black Maria.
"I don't mind going to jail," ho oh-
served to a fellow-traveler, "but I hate
to spill blood," and, aa the fellow-traveler handed him one on tho bridge of the
nose, ho foil under the. seat nnd shook
with suppressed passion. — Brooklyn
Eagle.   	
" Wtnii you and your sou occupy 6no
room ?" as'ked a hotel cleric of a woman
of 35, who arrived at Omaha -with a boy
of 10, " Thin is not my son," she said
with emphasis, " but my husband. We
are on our bridal tour."
A oaot in Holt county, M.O., $0t on-
tangled in a-pilo of rails, and remained in
that condition for a period of forty-ona
days, without food Of Wfttor. It OMM
out nil right,
should bo forced so long as tho weather
»mnins moderate. When the thermometer goes lower and lower, they will
stop gaining suddenly, and hardly hold
their own, though consuming moro feed.
Oi course that wonld be tho time to kill
if every body would not kill at ouce.
'Uioso who havo warm, airy houses for
tlieir poultry- cau profitably hold on to
them until tfio reaction comes and prices
rise; but those who watch tho market
rajjy tako advantage of fluctuations as
they como at any time.
Tllg Horrors ofltnssian Criminal Loir.
As to tho manner in Avhich Nihilists
Sro treated in prison tho following ease
moyservQ as an example:
' Ai&3&*i«yested ior a small press
■^fem^mlisoveffiber. Ho was placed in
ss.cell so Bniall thafc it "was almost impossible to stand-upright in ifc, while walking
Wf\s out of tho question. Tho window
was broken, and tho stoveleBs dungeon
lier First Watch.
Sho comes to school a few minutes late.
She walks up the aisle, and lays her noto
of excuse upon the teacher's desk.
There is a smile curling the corners of
her lips j she subdues it resolutely. Her
eyes sparkle ; sho fixes their glance upon
tho floor. Her hands havo an unusual
tendency to fumble about tho region of
her belt. She rexwsses it sternly and
drops them at her side.
Sho passes back to her seat. Her carriage, her gait, her overy motion, aro
pervaded by such an evident desire to
appear unconscious, tliat her schoolmates
that he was tampering with.
Fax.ntb J. Cjwkfei:, who recently
j uiarrii d Ulysses S. (irant, Jr., was bom
■ iu Adrian, her father, ex-Senator Chaf-
! fee, of Colorado, having form.u'ly been u
; merchant iu that city.
Titn salt product of Michigan for Oc-
j tob-r was '2'X>,'i'X> barrels; total product
! for the inspection j ear to date 2,417,332
1 ban-els ; the product for fhe year which
i closes Nov. 3!) will be about 2,700,000
boirels, and 7UO.O0O barrels in excess of
' the product of 1S70.
1 TnE winter fishing in Ludington ia
! just beginning. Whitefish ore sold by
' tho fishermen at & cents per pound, and
j next month they expect to get 5 and G
i fpntft.     TIia fintoh is frood.
,   , . -    ,      sotm filled with snow and ice.   L. JL,
I won't bo liable for ^obliterating the   w]w had only his trousers and shirt on
Cents.    The catch is good.
A. W. Bennett, of Sand Lake, Kent
couuty, was thrown off a load of hay in
that village by the breaking of the
binder, and fell in such a manner as to
break his neck, killing him instantly.
Four Bepublican candidates for Congress in Southern States are graduates
' of Ann Arbor, and two nro elected—viz.,
gi-ince up as she goes by to see if sho has j John   D.   White    in    Kentucky,   and
on a new dress.    No, she has not. Augustus H. Pettibone in Tennessee.
Sho takes her seat, and bends ossid-1 At least §700,000 a yenr is paid for
uousty over her task. Her seat-mate j labor in Menominee saw-mills and for
turns nnd scrutinizes her keenly; her j logging operations. The amount ex-
eyes stop at the belt; she gives a start, j pended annually in this manner on both
claps her hands noiselessly behiud her   aiiXm of tho creek will aggregate at least
$1,300,000 cash.
A 3-tbab-okd boy of Charles Frie-
m, ... , ,   .      ,       berger, of the town of Waterloo, fell in-
The owner of tlie mystery shakes her   to £0 'dsteru  nnd ,vben tokcu ont was
,n,1 mth nm.ntz.r1  »,.„r-lm/r,,,rr.! but tim I ^^     ^ ^^ wfts yery sb(dIoW) bufc
desk, and looking at the teacher to see if
sho is observed, bends eagerly forward to
examine.
wlieii imprisoned, was left without any
additional clothing, without boing even
for ono moment removed from tliis cell
for fivo months. The only covering given
him was a thin blanket, thrown in at
night and taken away in tho morning.
■The faotthat torture is applied in Bus-
giivn jftils ia so well known thafc tho relatives and friends of prisoners continually
by to convey them poison in order that
theso unhappy victims may escape tho
terrible suffiSwigs they are subjected to.
Tho mother of H  herself supplied
her son with prussio acid "in case he
fibouldhe questioned." In the case of
Solovieff, one Trnpp publicly boasted
"ho would soon make the prisones Bpeak
in all tonguea," a boast which ho would
undonbtly havo tried to execute but for
tho threats of the Nihilist Committee,
who so effectively intimidated the prison
authorities that Solovieff was "only
hanged."
"Wo willingly risk our lives," a Bussian exile said to rao lately, "wo die
gladly in our fiauso; the only thing wo
do fear is tho torture. Most of us carry
poison; but this is now so Well known
tliat doctors aro always in attendance to
administer antidotes ftt tho first sign of
poison having heen h^en."
EditorM Troubles.
If an editor omits anything, ho is lazy
if ho speaks of anything us it is, ho is
mud; If lie smooths down tho rough
places, ho is bribed; if ho calls things
by thoir proper names, ho ia unfit for
fli£ position of editor j ii ho does nof
head with affected nonchalance; but the
inquirer 2>ersists. At last she succeeds,,
ana itis produced. A gold watch 1 Thoy
open it, shut ifc, examine tho works,
compare ifc with tho school-clook, exchange pantomimic congratulations and
explanations. Finally, theytclegraph its
existence to tho neighboring girls by a
series of nods aud winks, unintelligible
save to the initiated.
At recess, all cluster around to express
their admiration; tho owner receives
their bursts of approval with proud humility. During class, she yawns overy
five minutes, aud then draws it out to
seo if it is not timo for dismissal.
On her way home, sho compares it with
every church-clock sho passes. Sho
holds it up to her ear to bo suro it is going ; she feels of her belt to be suro it is
there. She times her walk to school;
she times her tea; she times her studies;
sho times tho making of her toilet. She
receives with derisive incredulity any
suggestions that she may not take proper
care of it.
It lies heneath her pillow that night,
and tho noxt morning, she forgets to
wind it up. ThO day after, sho drops it,
and it has to bo taken to tho jeweler to
be repaired. By next weok, sho has resolved to wear it only on groat occasion*,
and when sho goes out of to wri.
publio Lnuif Sales.
Duriug the pa«t twelvo years the foi
lowing havo been the sales and locations
of publio lands in the States and Territories; .
A crc*.
KallBM M,057,557
Nebraska 9,510,800
California S,as9,41'J
MlmiMotu 7,510,U3C>
Dakota  7,«1,283
Michigan..,,... 3,812,807
WiECOlialli...... 3,05H,i;ll
Artntiaw 8,12S,(!.W
Oregon..., i!,lfiM V"
Amtwms........ 3,181 «)'
WwWngtouTcr. 2,l2S,H,1li
MlrtQUW........ l,Hil!,3I7
Co'oroflo.,,.,,.. l,797,UM.
town 1,008,18a
Florid* ,, ltM«,M"
Am*.
Uiali...,.»,,..., 1,U»,")M
Louisiana....
Mittii!t!8!jtpi......
Mi.ntAiiu........
Idaho....	
3,812,807 Nevada.	
1««» ■■•» vriwinn	
N'cw 3fox(co. -..
Wyoming.......
Indiana	
UtiMils	
OliiiW... .„.
ii;M,S«i
790,8Ui
6;!>,>s88
4Hu,.lCt)
M,M»
107,210
i.w,«o;i
211,180
si^ir
l'.",31i(
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tho child fell face downward and was, it
is supposed, smothered.
The lumber shipments from Saginaw
river for tho month of October were 87,-
000,000 feet, and for tho season to Nov.
1, 711.000,000 feet, an excess over tlie
shipments last year of 113,000,000 feet
of lumber,
Mao Haiistead, a bee-hunter, had
climbed a treo near Bennington, Shiawassee county, to secure some honey,
and fell from a height of sixty feet.
Several ribs were broken, also his thigh
bone, but tho wonder is he was nofc
killed outright.
Fbas'kB. C&abke, Begister of Deeds
for Monroe County, died in Monroe last
weok. Mr. Clarke was elected Clerk of
Monroe County in 1860 and servedono
term. In 1874 he was chosen Begister
of Deeds, and was re-elected iu 1876 and
1878 by increased majorities. Ho has
been a victim of consumption for tho
past ten years.
The vacancy in the office of Coroner,
at Dotroit, created by the death of Peter
Oakes has never been filled. All the
jiarties except tho Greenbackers forgot
this when printing their tickets, Joseph
Locke, Greenbaoker, was the only candidate for Coroner to fill tho vacancy, and
hence was elected, auiTis entitled to the
pay and emoluments of tho office until
the 1st of January next.
The fifteenth annual session of the
Michigan Bee Keepers' Association will
be held at Lansing, Dee. 3, when tin
following questions will be _ discussed
1. Evidences of superiority in different
races of bees ; 2. Best method of wintering boos ; 3. Bost methods of obtainius
surplus honey; 4. Practical volna ancl
cost of foundation ; 5. Poisonous honey,
iinciont and modem; 6, Prevention,
danger and ouro of foul brood.
Hon. Pbkmt BimiS died tit his residence in Teeumseh, last M&Jk, after fi
loag illness, aged! %  Ho tffca \ip^ in
An .Elephant Story.
The elephant soemed to get tired first,
and, just as the first f-taiak of dawn began to show itself iu tho sky, he turned
round and walked leisurely away. For
a minute or two I heardhim crashing
among tho thickets, and then all was
quiet again, as if ho'd gone right away,
"Now," thought I, "is my time to
decamp, too," iuid down the treo I
slipped as nimbly an an acrobat. But I
soon found that I'd been reckoning
without my host, for I had hardly
touched the ground when thero eame a
crash like fifty mad bulls charging
through as many glass houses, and out
from tho thicket, with his great white
tusks leveled at me like bayonets, camo
my friend, fho elephant, who had been
on the watoh for mo all tho time I
Whether I should have, run, or stood
my ground, and how I should havo
fared in either case, can never be known
now, for just at that moment my foot
slipped, aud down I camo close to tho
true. The next moment there was a
smash as it two trains had run into each
other, and I made sure that I was
knocked into a hundred pieces at least,
and that it was all up with me.
I soon became aware, however, that I
was still alive and sound, while a shrill,
frightened cry overhead told me plainly
that ifc was the elephant who hod got tho
worst of it this lime. I scrambled lo
my feet, gingerly enough, for the brnter s
great fore legs were stamping ancl pound •
ing like steam-hammers within arm'l
length of me, and there I saw a sighl
which, scared as I was, mado mo laugh
till I could hardly stand.
I had fallen just in time to escape tho
blow of tho elephant's tusks, wliich had
struck themselves so deep into the tree
that he couldn't pull tliem out again;
and there he was, hard and fast, hke a
ship run aground. The animal's look of
disgust and bewilderment at finding
himself in such a fix was as good as a.
play to behold; but just then I was in
uo humor to stop and admire it, for I
knew thafcho might break loose yet, and
that if ho did it would bo all over with
me.
I My first impidse was to tako to my
heels at once; but fche next moment I
thought better of it, and decided to settle Mr. Elephant instead. I quietly
pioked up and reloaded my gun (wliich
had luckily escaped his notice, or ho'd
have trampled it to bits), and, scrambling
up into tho tree again, sent a bullet into
Ins forehead, which did ite business, and
left him standing bolt upright in a very
picttu-esque attitude, indeed.—Tales of
Tndla.   	
What a Telegram Did.
A. piece called the "Death Of Lincoln"
was produced at Munich in the latter
Ijart of I860. Tho author resided afc a
distanco from the town, ancl was communicated with Uy telegraph concerning
two or three important changes, Tlie
author wished the murder of Lincol u to be
narrated—not to take placo on the stage;
but the manager was against this, as he
waa a sensation-lover, and he, therefore,
senfc a peremptory telegram to the author in these words: "The murder
must bo committed in the box. Beply
quickly." 'Tlio telegraph employe who
received tlie message was so alarmed
that, instead of forwarding it to the address, he communicated it at ohce to the
Commissioner of Polico, who in his turn
considered tho information of sufficient
importanco to put his brethren of the
police on tho qui vivo at Munich, and
tho machinery of tho law was at onco
put into operation to arrest the murderous conspirators. Happily the manager
Was alilo to 'convince the authorities, iind
so tho matter ended with a sensation
story for tho papers, which turned out
to be a cnjoitaf puff preli&JRMJ for tiie
piecf,
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