1880-11-26; Clare County Press

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BT JENNIE _ OWEH.
Tbo faco too oft ta but B monk
Which hides Ihe heart bolow,
And oft lt beanm with sunny smile*
Whilo dark tha heart with woo,
A smile may hide a breaking heart
As asm-era hldo a tomb,
And uone would guess that w'neath oonld b»
Such loneiiueus and gloom.
A handsome faco oft marts a heart
That's stained with crime and Bin.
Ab somotlmes fruit tuoat fair to see
In rottenness within.
Tho sweetest nut that oyer grew
la hid in rough brown ease,
And so a puro and honest heart
Oft hides 'neath homely face,
If life Is Uien a masquerade,
" Judge not" wan wlne'y said,
For who appears a fairy nymph
May prove aa Imp instead.
But wait, for thero shall eome a titn*
When masks no mora shall hide
Men'a vices aud tho wow that lay
Close hid by human pride;
But every heart shall be unmaeked
Beforo the Judgment throne,
And every secret kin and vico
Aad sorrow shall be known;
And every kindly word and deed
That was In mercy given
Shall show upon the human hoart
Bofore our God In heaven.
Ojfxuaa, III.
iiMiiii m iiiHi«i»vi^^anMwnaiwnniaBpqpH
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VOLUME III.
•t:
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRlDAJf^OVEMBEIl 26, iSSO,
NUMBER 30.
i Tl
TIIE FAMILY DOCTOR.
FAXCVS CHANCES.
O um-, brothers, let ns ring a dirge—
A din'o for myriad chances dead;
In uHef your mi.urufnl accents merge—
StttR, sing Uift girls we wight have wed.
Sweet lips wero those we never pressed
In lnvp that never lost the dew
In "im'lght of a lovo confessed—
Kind were the girls wc never knew.
S;nu liny, sing low, while lu the glow
Of fancy's hour those forms wo trace,
lt werlng nrmuid tho years that go—
Thoae yeara aur lives can ne'er replace.
Haiti lips an> "tinse'tliat nover'tttfii     "" '
A cue! word; d"ar eyea that lead
Thi- heart on in a li'ithe concern;
Whlt.alanJ of her we did not wed j
Vair hab or ilirk, that falls along
A form that ni ver shrinks with time-
Bright Ini-jyp of a rea'm of song
Standing beside onr yearB of prime.
Whr»n you shall u \ then n.ay we know
The heart is dead, the man Is old;
l.l.t.- c:ri no otle-r eharni bestow
Wlun girtowia might have loved turn cold.
-Hi.' II. lM'!ii-i.)i,in lliijirr'. Ma-ituiiir.
A Dinner That Walked Off.
Bt ODIVE THORNE.
The way it begun, Iiaunah wns cross
that day. Por one thing, slio had a big
Thanks/h iug baking to do in au old-
ftuhioned house, where pies and cakes
wero made Iiy tho qnantity.
Thai, while sho wos out of the kitchen
a moment, Margery, in n frolic with
puss, hail upset the chum with its loittl
of cream nil over the snow-white floor.
Thftt made plenty of extra work; but
the crowning disaster wns to find, when
she went to the pautry for th* beans she
intended to bake, that it boltleof brandy
that she had kept last, summer to bathe
her ankle, whieh she had sprained iu
falling down the cellar-stairs, had been
upset.
Jt stood far out of the way on the top
shelf, but, unfortunately, the dish of
beans was directly under it, and the
brandy had dripped over them, soaking
them so thoroughly that it was not possible to use them.
But the worst was yet to come. On
finding tho beans ruined, sho simptv
emptied them into the pail which stoo'd
at tim kitchen door, and, washing her
hands, set to work to knead her big pan
of pufFv bread-dough.
Now the kitchen-door opened into a
woodshed, and tbe ash-pail, with the
beans on top, was supposed to be safe
enough; but, unfortunately, on this
special afternoon, the outside doiir was
ajar.
The beans had not been there long before tho turkeys came around to be fed,
ns usual; and one of them, of a prving
—"*""* S£*»t«*d Jfce open-door, Jin<j, ^
wapmtectfcg ;$&»"/ (gioAjthhigs
tfet casa© out* of tha door, lqniouy
hopped ©a tho Stop and walked in.
Nothing io toe seen but piles ot wood
for the season, now getting severe, and
—ye-*--« p.til with something in it.
"Ah! that looks good; 1*11 try it,"
thought, the curious turkey (uo doubt).
She did try it, and, not being sensitive
in either taste or sinei 1, she never stopped
trying it until she had swallowed all the
top ones, soaked in brandy, and then
turned to go,
The elfi-rt was sad.
Her head whirled around, it is supposed ; at any rate, her legs refused to
liold her up, and she fell to the ground
insensible.
Half an hour later, Hannah went out
for more wood to rcpleiu.-h her flre, and
in the gathering darkness stumbled over
the turkey still lying there.
A glance ut the fowl, to sec that she
was not outwardly hurt, and another at
the pail, told the shameful story.
" Ht>re's a line bit o' work !" exclaimed
Hannah, turning the Iiuip turkey over.
"The idiot has gone and killed'herself
entirely with those beans! I'd like to
know who left open that door! Well,
wt 11, I want a turkey for Thanksgiving,
and this one died by accident, nnd its
meat will be as good as though I'd
wrung her neck."
So muttering and grumbling to herself, after fixing her tire, she atta -ked
the turkey, for, though she was sometimes cross, she was always economical,
and sho knew no questions would bo
asked as to how it came to its end, provided it was fat, aud was roasted well.
In a few minutes, she had the feathers
off, except those on the wings and tail,
aud she laid the picked turkey on a
bench to cool, shutting the door "to keep
out the cat while she finished some other
work.
Meantime, tea-time arrived; the family eame home, and were all at the table,
when the door burst open and Hannah
rushed in, evidently frightened out of
her wits.
" O, Mr. Winslow,"sbe cried, " there's
something in the woodshed 1—all in
white, and it ran after me when I went
for some wood, and I daren't go out
there, if you plnzo 1"
Hr, Wiusiow, fcupposing noma animal had got in, left the table, and, arming liimself with the poker as he passed
through the kitchen, throw open the
door.
Silence antl darkness only.
Yet in a moment came an andible
rustling on the woodpile, and an indistinct glimpse of something white.
" Bring the light, Hannah I" called
Mr. Winslow; and, taking a candle from
her trembling hand, he led tho way to
the strange object.
"It's a white—why, no, it isn't 1" he
interrupted himself, as he drew nearer
to the ilnttering, frightened thing. "It's
—1 decline, it's a picked turkey 1 W"here
on earth—"
"A picked turkey!' screamed Hannah. " Sure, and can it bo the one I
picked myself tliis evening has come to
life?"
" How did you kill it?" asked Mr.
Winslow.
"I didn't kill it at all. The botherin*
crater killed itself ating beans that got
st ttked iu my brandy, and I had to stop
my work and dress it before it cooled."
"Well, it evidently was not dead,"
said Mr, Winslow; "bnt, now it's
dr.-ssed, you better cut off its head."
" Oh no, papal" cried Margei-y, who
stood on the steps. "Don't kill tho
pi i'ir tldng! I'll take care of it somehow."
"But it'll freaze, dear," said papa,
goiug back into the kitchen.
" No, I'll fix it up; I'll make it something to wear. Please let me I" pleaded
31 ivgery, earnestly.
" Well, I don't caro, child," said her
fniher, laughing, "Do as you like,
ami dress it up, I want a fat gobbler,
ivi'l not a flvts-pmuut hen'tmkef, tat
fbmilseglntig,"
vithKris.   Every morning "sbo was on ,    'lures, broad* solos for the shoes are
: hand for her breakfast, and, in Bjiito of ; now in owlw#   jy^ ,vnm foet wiU save
many a doctor's bill.
Aftor some  trouble,   the  shivering, i fed her, and she ato as though she was !
naked turkey was caught and carried in-! starved, i —— •—
to the warm kitchen.   It was carefully '    When sho liad finished her meal she j    *or a common cough, hop and bono;
wrapped in an old skirt for tho night, : went out again, and about noon her lit- I sofc candy-drops are excellent,
and tied into a basket. ' tie mistress sought her again, and again •    Arrows before breakfast, well inos-
The astonished creature rebelled and | she was missing, "    i Heated,   are  an  aid  to the  digestive
fought against tlie indignity of wearing ,    Tin's now became the regular thing ' organs,
at tianuel skirt; but cold conquered it,   with — •      — •        -
and at lost it cuddled dowu quietly in its ; hau<
strange new bed. ; watching, sho would slip away and lrido
Through the long .Sunday that foi-; go that no one could iiud her again. ,    T , ,-,,...•, -i     t
lowed the turkey was kept a oloso pris- i p00r Margery was almost lieart-bro. I Z",/ou kav<> coW f,0Gt slt,c1taly ,a
oner, and by the next morning many ken at this tendency to vagrancy in hev I w»w6w whoro the sun's rays have unob-
nlans had beon thought out i'or its com- ! pet, but Hannah only smiled and said : i f,tl-Uo^" ««5«is«<w. npa let them^all on
'' Wait a bit, and you'll see something ' llu' extremities from knees to toes,
nice." !    Dr. J?oote's Health Monthly my? ihtd.
But, though Hannah had her sua-' " Lager beer is a good gargle for sore
picions, she was not prepared for what j throat Totnperance people need not
really occurred one day. swallow  it,   and  intemperate persons
Aftor Uiis strange conduct had boen j should not." '   ( ,,
going on for a fow weeks, thoro eame a I    Cums for Onmi)iaAras.—Slice raw po- f
day when Hannah had another scare, t totoest with the skins, on, aud, sprinkle' &
WIND.
j ^W from their cerulean setting, snatches
! tht^feathers from tho American eagle, j ■	
Ji!l$> tlio air with poetic melody, and ) i«««*««i«ir t«iic win, «  m*   mi«h*i
ajirs und swings and surges iu liis own ) «o.»i«> ©mer.
wjuence liko a twittei'ing bluebird oii |Fr«m the cwi»g.i Time..]
lort.
That wns a great day to Margery, who
was confined to tho houso by delicato
lungs, and who longed for something to
pass away the hoars when lessons were
>ver and the daily sewing "stint" finished.
The new
fMend of a pendant eherrv limb. Mr.
J*is is the P. Henry of Missouri.— ,%'t.
A«h> Post-Dispatch,
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., Ht»a.OTs.^amethiug,to do |
pet was fed, and uio lossonaai
hurried through, so tliat by noon she , .      , :, ,  ,    ,     ,     .        -
was free to carry out her plans. hoard them and she dared not go up.
By this time, the turkey had found ' . While she stood in the wood-shed tell-
out that Margery wouldn't hurt it, aud
was not so frightened as it had boen last
night; so when tho littlo girl took it hi
her arms, it made no objection.
"Stow you must havo a name," said
Margery, softly, carrying her new plaything off into her own espechl corner of
the big kitchen, where work and Hannah never came. "Let me see," she
went on, "I'll name yon after my lovely
doll that got broken—KrUtim.—antl i
must make you some clothes, so you can
walk around, and not be hobbledTupso,"
With tho help of mamma, the busy
little girl contrived a sort of eoat for
Kristiue. It was made of au old shawl,
and was bright scarlet, with blaek and
whito plaid.
It camo pretty well up on the neck,
and of courso covered the naked legs;
the wings were lift inside. It was fastened together at the breast, and was
really a pretty good iit—considering.
As ornament Margeiy sewed some of
tlie fringe of the shawl around the neck,
like aruff, atthe edges wliere wings ought
to be, and aronnd ihe legs-. Ho, when
dressed, the unfortunate, or rather tho
nanghty turkey, looked like a new plaid
variety of scarlet flamingo, with side-
pockets and fringed drawers.
The appearance of Kristiue stalking
ironnd in her new wilt was very
funny. How the boys did laugh ! and
•veil papa had to wipe awav the laughing tears.
In this dress, the next morning,
after she had been fed daintily, Margery introduced her to her old friends of
the poultry-yard by opening (ho kitchen
door and letting her walk out where the
turkeys were taking their breakfast.
Margery thought thoy wonld be glad
to see her, but alas ! this distinguished
stranger in gay afliro was not recognized. They stared and seoldi d at her,
and the old gobbler milled up his
feathers, and dragged his wings on (he
• gtouud, antl came to her, saying, angrily—
" (xobble-gobble-gobblp 1"
"affa=s*e"wM'g4^A-^*"*e$^ °i tittle sal*, atid, *Td
»ynoon she i wieapm thewo^ied>ahi1&*Ts^^^^
torn of the dish, wash with it the' ci
blains; one application is air'thnt is
ing Margery in a whisper about it, the
) child heard a step that sho know.
Kris hopped down on to tho top stop
, of tho stairs which led to the room
1 overhead. After a moment she hopped
1 to the next, and after her came, ouo by
one, twelvo baby turkeys.
; necessary.
A Good CrmK kor Coeds.—Boil two
ounces of ihixseed in ond quart of
. water; strain, and add two ounces of
. rock candy, one-half pint of honey,
! juice of three lemons; mix and let all Jm a gi2 ^^ m& 114* females,
boil well; let cool, and bottle.   Dow j *1(?r business th" larger number <nn
Immigration Statistics.
'io whole number of passengers aril in the United States for the year
[ng with ,Tune, 18P.Q, was 534,405. Of
o'about 180,000 were by hind pass-
ft'om Canada, Mexico, etc., and iu
J numbers -135,000 by soa, pf whom
%or nearly 70 per cent., landed
i*X York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal-
' > and San Francisco follow iu or-
JWmbers.
Incipal occupations of tho adult
''  arri**>K iv 187!), m far ns
'tt
sctti,   >y
: ran
i iiy, winie Jtiannali rushed np
- dismay and saw a sight that shocked
her more than the fear of tramps,
Iu that room trunks and things not in
use were stored, and a month or more
ago Hannah had carried up there a
large, square, "squawbasket" withacover—a basket such as the Oneida Indians of New York State make for various household uses of their white sisters. This basket was noarlv full of the
winter supply of woolen slockulgs, ait
neatly mended and laid away till fall.
In this basket, on theso soft stockings,
had Madame Kiistine madu her nest and
hatched out her interesting family.
She must have found the door ajar,
aud managed to pry off the cover, whieh
lay on one side, a..d here shehadh.ddeu
all theso weeks.
The room w.is put in order and the
door closed, and Kristine was prodded
with a place in tlio yard. Every day
sho wandered off with her babies, but
she never started until she had vinited
the breakfast-table with her whole
brood to get her regular morning meal.
At first it was funny to see them run
around and pick up crumbs, but as they
grow it began to bo troublesome to have
a flock of turkeys so much at home iu
the house. So maninia made a i.ew law,
that Kristine* and her family must be led
ftt the door.
After that, her Hfe was like that of the
other turkeys, only sho knew her name
and would come when called, and never
failed to run np to Margery whenever
She saw her.
And the dinner that walked awav bust
year supplied twelve dinners this ve-tr,
and provided Mnrgei-y with a fine U,t of
pocket-money for hor pains.
the better.
How PuortiE Get Siok.—L'ating too
much nnd too fast; swallowing imperfectly masticated food ; using too much
fluids at meals; drinking poisonous
whisky and other intoxicating drinks ;
repeatedly using poisonous medicines;	
keeping late hours at night, and sleeps  U° ocenpat on
ing late in the morning; wearing cloth-1 /   Totals.,
wearing
. ... , . , tt«tobf(? it f areliitec ,
che)*ists, 43 ; druggists, H ; dont-
51; editors and journalists, 21;
afeinecVR (civil), 22; engravers, 61;
Jwvyors, SO; painters. 25; photogra-
l$ox8, 28; sculptors, 43; surgeons, 16.
IJiO whole number of   "professionals"
"'  "" ""'"' '   ' - --a.  -      >       in
ere :
If thero is a man living pre-eminently
j entitled to talk about wind it is Sergeant
j William Line, of the Signal Servico Sta-
1 tion in Milwaukee; the offlcor who, for
t five long years, held tho post of honor
jind danger at tho  summit of Mount
Washington—the very home-stretch of
the winds of this hemisphere; where oue
hundred miles per hour is a zephyr, and
where the inconceivable volocity of two
hundred niihSs <per hour is not unusual;
whoro the cups of tho anemometer, after
standing the test of ono hundred and
ninety-six miles p;er hour, become twisted
and torn, and fail to testify further of
thij tornado's wrath.
"I have seen it blow some, in my
time," remarked Ute. Lino, "bnt for
•cnUtthhitt definite about my experience
mstilfp^ «-■«■'- -^- ■-» —*-- l~ -ls—
Margery screamed with delight, and ono cmfnl befo o Ied^ one alf air,7m",,1!".lB|,li
n to catch Kris aud pet tho wlinlofaw- ; ^f°or^ {^L^Sft, %»£ ^S^fe"'^ '""I. KT*?'
r, while Hannah rushed np stabs in ; ZZituAr jouclnnlt H  -\m_ > miners, 2,472; she
2,759; clerks,
shoemakers, 1,119;
tailors, 1,002 ;' fawners, 21,8(10 ; laborers,
1^,897;: merchants and traders, 4,801;
Karnnts,   0,804 (6,352 females).
Aggregates wero as follows :
toifewliHialu	
■ Skilled workers..
*3tllsceIIanefius...,
Malts.
.    1,513
. cs.mt
. 23,838
Female*.
121
014
IflSl
67,934
The
Totals.
1,M
.yoti'tptWj
ords.wero "brought out abu
kpondenfc examined them.
Tinder date of December 16, 1876, is
tno following eniry—rather modest aud
business-like under the circumstances;
it being borno in mind tho locality was
Mount Washington, and the elevation
6,286 feet;
Temperaturo fell to—40 degree* (forty degrees below zero), and tho menu temperature
for tlio day waa 22.5 degreea, with the wind nt
SO miles nt 7 n. in.; 120 mile* at 12:22 p. m.;
3G0 miles at 4:57 p. in.; 100 miles at fl p. m.t
(ind 180 miles at midnight. Tlio force of the
wind wm terrible, and ut times ninssea of ice
would bo bl iwn loose from tlio rocks.
December 17th—Httt-rtrtino  still  contimios:
«'(!-•» ' l°NVeB' temperature  forly-livo  degrees  below
i'J'Sm I z-ro.   Tbo wind's velocity whs greatest frmii
81.77S
115 to 1:30 a. in., when it must have leaoliee
200 miles per hour, aud continued until loiifc
after daylight,
■ a constant gale, with tho attending colt!
of mountain-top in winter.  Upon several
wind blew at the rate of considerably
over two hundred miles per hour on the
summit of Mount Washington. " But,'
said tho officer,   "it will bo necessary
•  ... * . ,, ,   .-* ,i-.Mi;aaaiaaa    oanaaai   ailULt;     1U   *JU1V1    HI
ing parties; compressing tho stomachic m jIe}mit while within lat
to gratify a vain and foolish passion for.^nnany sends tho lareest nuu
te years
1  -      a- .,       .   ,   .,,•,      -iK5eimany sends tho largest number to • .      .,     -    , _. ,.-.-,,,,
dress; harassing the mind with bon'oweOTllj^Xjjjj^i States—mucli the largest if i occasious bergeant Lino estimated (tin
troubles: swallowing   quack nostrum^f wp com,t Seandinaviaus Germanic, Us is ] anemometer failing to register) that tin
for every imtgniary ill, taking meals $.1:proy,er.   According to English statistics,    w,m1  ,,w "* n,» r"
irregular intervals. ,: f 2,4^5,000 persons left Roland from May|
Bejiedv fobBjwitjiema.--Thomethfil.SSl, to the close of 1876, and of these j
od of treating that form of pulmonar^f 95 per cent,   came to America,   The 1 . ,        , .   .,  ,  .,
consumption which consists in tlio uttiI enormous immigration now arriving, not j £* y?" w explain tnat tuo pressure ol
cerntiotis in the substance of the lungs,* ( only from tho British islands, but from tl>« wind at au eleya ion ol over six thon-
by means of blisters on the chest, anil \ tho continent of Europe, has attracted I sand feet is much less, relative to ib
thus giving an artificial outlet of tWH wide attention and evoked much di-cus-
Immors which otherwise discharge, frarfl.'s sion as to its effect upon our country,
the lungs, has been successfully applied:! Atready wq have taken in over 10,000,000
to various other diseases in whieh th.<J'!of immigrants, but we have room for
vital entar.s were attacked. Even yarM 100.000,000 in onr vast territory. Let
ous f.nms of internal inflammation njtiy S them come from all decent nations ; all
,'a.    al.,'.    ....... 1...    .J-.,™   a„    at..    ...t ;i*'' ,.t.  >    11..1 .a 1    aa           .
back to open the passage-way, while
she walks to tho window or opening, be-
liind which sit the clerk and election
judges, gives her name, drops her vote
on tho box, and returns. Her age is not
inquired into."
JDC11IGAN NEWS.
111 (his way be drawn fo fho exteraiK i w* ask is that thov shall,as soon as may ' ^e ?ive '"
and the latest nppliVafion <if thismeth<?|. bo, become American citizens. station wi
has been made with diphtheria.   D£ |    Cal.Milations have been made of tho '■ ao_ K1^ u
Davis, of Mankato, ^linn., blisters ithe! amount of money brought by immt-
chest of his piti.'iits suffering from ] grants, and S100 for each person has
diphtheria, and tho ttlceration, whici ! fat-a thought to be within the mark,
otherwise takes place in the throat, wiil i This would makt>._y,000,000,000 in cash;
appear on. the chest, while the tliroSt . but tlw bone and muscle that como with
becomes free. He discovered thii while ! the gold nnd silver has been worth far
treating a wounded man, who got dipti- i njnro than that great sum to tho indus-
„ therm before his wound was healed.tfiad ,- try and progress of the great republic—
Krihtino seemed to be disheartenetl at  —  tho Gnpum-.Hion appeared in tho wcttid i jVcw York Herald.
^m-:c6dto§S*ari:'th-S l^»'otliWittTSs%*rUEt?OR»-.0-Pra'HfHI«)U^uyafKAtl.-. «4»P* ».f|]£.t!aS'^<„   ,   ..> „...^ ifeiU^w^:
nnal    .ol-aiTalr-    -aaafra     aa    aa^a^aan^      no     ll.A.a»l. . , -.  -^ - ■' J     -     -.  •■■.    J "'..'j on.' Tiiaffi   .,<•  .'•'.     'ru,**L*ll™F*,tt*     . -
and simile into a corner, ns though; ,
ashamed- of .her fine dress. Then the
family crowded around her to punish
'•"-   impertinence   in coming  ahiong
her
them, and actually began to p?ck at her,
Margery, who was watching from the
window, could hardly believe her eyes
at Iirst; but yes, they were actually
peeking at the poor outcast, who ftnally
tied screaming across the yard. Margery ilew to the door, and Kristino hurried in, just in time to escape the wholo
famiiy, who were close upon her.
" You poor, d"ar Kristine i" she murmured over her when she had her safely
inarms. "Did they peek you?—the
naughty things ! You sha'n t go with
t'aitm any more 1 Yon shall stay with me
in the house,"
So it came to bo at last. Hannah
grumbled n little, but, after all, she
couldn't say much, for it 'was by her
own fault that the poor thing lost its
own winter coat. Before long the fami-
j ly grew quite attached to Margery's pet,
whose name they shortened to Kris.
On her part, Kris was a very bright
bird. She. would come when called by
name, aud she never failed to be oil
hand at meal-times, when she would
walk around the table and receive delicate bits from every one.
While her little mistress wassludying
or sewing, Kris woidd stand and look at
her, turning her knowing head first one
sidi> nnd then the other, and sometimes
saying, in a reflective way :
"Quitl"
As soon as books and work were put
away she was ready for play. In fact,
she enjoyed her strange life very much,
and grew fat under it, so that pretty
soon the boys began to tease Margery
by suggesting that her pet was ready to
take her place on the table."
Tho only time she seemed to be uncomfortable was wheu the ' cheerful
ktehen was scrubbed.
Ko sooner did Hiimah appear on the
scene with scrubbing-brush, and go down
on her knees to polish the floor, than
Kris would hop, by a sort of ladder
wliich one of tho boys had made for her,
up to a corner of tlio high mantel over
the fireplace, and there she would sit,
all humped up and miserable, till fho
Work waa done, or until her little mistross came and took her into tlie sitting-
room.
The placo where Kris was intended to
spend the timo of her banishment
from the yard was a large chamber
over the woodshed, which was
kept warm by the kitchen chimney, and
there's where Her bed or roost was prepared for her, and where she was shut
Tho tttmniit rt>I>oi-t,uf tne Indittn B.irem for
ttSOixtiiUts a continue i sti-adv' advancament
toward civiltzitwa <>a tin part <if iit:,rlj-all thc
[udian tribes, anil a vy rruurkaUi- yra^n-s
lummy iustnti <■«, ispivi .'.iy a;nt>ii{ tlw <»»c-
l.illUaaand Ura'.t-Hums. In Dakota an! tin- l'u-
i-i.i? eo.-u-t tbe Iml.aus ivlkctcd ei tin- Yal.ima.
Jp-ncy. 'fin- dtttiaiidKiiiinn tin lituvau by tL<
Iidiniw of a liir.jp nwjoi-ity uf til" a^eueit ■» fur
implements with whieh tu i-np.Ke tUmtopcr-
f inn manual labor are f.v 1 tyniid tV un-atis
at the disposal of til" ali-putm-nt far that pnr-
The di
,  . ... SteJiSaT., . ... ,
A'riuiiHy or ctmnu'ieon*.  - Aiiefent flbot-Xakfnif
Tho chameleons havo long been sn i Tho first mention of a book inthe
object of peculiar interest to scientiilo . Bible is in Genesis v. 1, where it is im-
investigators, because of their curious ' plied that some kinds of records were
power of altering their appearance to , kept from the very days of Adam. Some
conform to surroumUug objects. Dr. * think tliat the book of Job was written
Bachelor, of Midnapore, India, has given t earlier thau the books of Moses. Within tho Popular Science Monthly the out doubt it belongs to the time of the
result of  numerous observations of a * patriarchs.
family of chameleons which he has been Books in the early ages were written
keeping. The chameleon does not change ! on fhe leaves of the papyrus, on skins,
its color always to match its surround* '• on cloth, on tablets of stone, of wood,
Bpeed, than it is at, tho sea luvel. ,Tust
what the proportionate difference is I
will uot undertake to state, yet it is considerable. In our official calculation?
we estimate everything ou tho basis ol
tlio sea level; so that, for instance, when
ve give the pressure at this (Milwaukee)
-'"--■ e really approximate, and dt*
'io exact pressure.
Somo calculations may be of interest* j
A velocity of a littlo more than li miles
per hour gives a pressure of ono pound
to the square foot; a velocity of 28 miles
per hour gives a pressure of A pounds;
50 miles per hour gives a pressure of
only 12} pounds per square foot; yet a
velocity of 100 miles per hour strikes
hard at CO pounds to tho square foot
There isn't much need of estimating fur-
t-ttltt
U'lVt
J til
ings, but its power to hide itself by a
change of form is no less wonderful. In
a normal state of rest the color is of light
pea-green, at times blending irith yellow,
The least excitement causes tranverse
stripes to appear, running across the
back and nearly enciivling the body.
Thpse stripes occupy about tho same
amount of space as the groundwork, and
are most susceptible to change of color.
At first they In-come deeply green, and,
ire of the Indians to I.iIki; is -'ijili'y
•a-;. t.nd a It ■&> number mv w.Uii; and
«' a' i in;,. ;,t n rial Uttl I'liivuiis. alii tin-
lAi-iaat'iit i'l llu •• ma-mi r i.f [iiitiiii,' in and
i-i fur l'ie crop* ni-id   i-hows unit  U-a-
aa   III"    t!'0   p.-I    a'lit    }1,->A'S   IIA'   Rl'ldttilll.V
-.1% tb'iitu a »i'.f Mippot liir,' i'a-iini i ni.
tiaiiU'- .rcir Iiiduus la tin- VitUd .sun a.
t i.'it.laeaif Ala-al.a, is rt'|iurif<I nt 2ij.!i.',s, ul.
a.f ni-iat.i. cei'ii el tut ls.niiii, at-- u.iri-i.r
'< • urtdir iiiii- a i-iiiir.il ot amui-ie. ut tha-
(aim i-i|i( a. 'J'ticfjv.lv'd Iiit.itUs nam i-i tin
'in-.tor..- iiuiu'aiti' Wi.f.iii. and tin- un-tvil./vl
17.731'. 'J'iu-'cu'r. i'l lini'id nnuilit-is, -sr,,t tat
lid,. siuJiiii.ii.il, -i i.nuu -n Xnv jie.t •>, ai.
•"'I-ri Muntrna, 17 Wl) iu Arizona, ind li.n.ili
in Wiislitn-dou Ti'iitory. It appears tiiiu mc
fn-.. r.i nf 3.tn.il Indians iu New VorU Slate,
ii a nitn'c iMan lii.nmi m the Stale of Mu-iiiK&n,
l'aii n»l'i>iv;"i;{ tai'e seiat.i the taltln-taUlttal ra'
sil'ti t.i ludiuti li'li.r dur ng tbe jut lay ladi-
laiis, i-.cV- ve of live emlized iribVs of tin- In-
di:i-i Tei'.iwv:
: ri-rr-s b-olien by Indians	
'atr*'- t-i* tmtail	
Tl .mf'-sii' -.\uuit raided....,....
, aiaa1'e'B i.'c'nn -mei'il	
liaiclie'sai: aiais nini barley rai.eit
' liiliallr-s ii   Vi j(- tila li raiwil	
Nl'tuberti: I iLHif tvj t'lt ,.,
"San bin ; a'utt e-ivtul I	
N'll.'ll.ir ul laijriial.wi l',|	
Hit .'•'.rf Ctritiinl Tit!, s.
Xlllllbt"-,i' tn/'a Cil IllutCll..	
Niunliei- ur li.i-lu- -a u{ viiu-at laifiiHt
Xuiiahe'-i-  li.ti-'ie s of i-oru rai.Mil
Mtl-ilie
rat-eil,
Xiu.'liirai Imi'li-inf le^ctalies rat-eil. ..   5*J3,iioU
N!rai!.Pr!'.rli 11* ."r S'ei'ir;.'!;^:;:::;:::; i*5;Sw I to"™* "* itsmde's, and at'tho same time
Ni>!i,u-of ut eosvjie'ii....'.'.'.'""'..'.'..'.'. 2'j7!e4e i expands itself upward and downward till
Niiiiiii-rnf Hi..i'(>oH»j'd...  ............ ... ... ... _   ..
Ui'i   I'jtlieyi  r r...\lv boar
of lead and of brass. Among the Hebrews tlie sacred books were usually
written on skins prepared liko the
parchment of modern times. To form
even one principal section of the Bible
many skins had to ba sewed together.
When written upon, tho connected skin
or volume was rolled upon a round piece
of wood, or, if long, upon two piews
from the two ends. The reader therefore unrolled the   book to the place he
, depends greatly on attending circum
stances of rain, snow, hail, &e. &c; aud,
as I said before, wo only approximate
the real pressure during any gale.
There arc some things nbout winds that
would seem very strange to the average
person," continued Sergeant Line, "and
they are the subject of constant study
and experiment. Now there is no instance on record of n hurricane having
crossed the equator, nor of having been
encountered on the equator. A cyclone,
or hurricane, has not only a general forward movement—averiu'g from ten to
forty miles per hour—but nlso has a
gyratory motion about the storm center
that will givo a velocity to the wind of
a hundred or more miles per hour.    As'l
The Catlhoun county jail bonds—
^17,000—have been floated at il per
cent.
* aa.
Menojhkeb wants a firstrclass hotel
building. One costing $20,000 will
answer.
Funk, a cooper of Orion, has made
26,000 apple barrels and contracted for
tlieir delivery t% farmers.
Ths total number ot books, pamphlets
and maps on the shelves of the State
Library at Lansing is 34,022.
A Ti;tiEi'iTO>'ia connection is to be. es-
tbtojhed between Jiiekson and Michi£i»n
^ATT^iitQuiswK -be«> /Awner fTowvS
tons ot choicest while h&neyin'theco!
in the Detroit market tliis season.
W. A. Jacobs, a former Battle Creek
boy, has betn elected to the State Senate of Missouri from the Fifth district.
The fisheries on Bois Blanc island are
yielding handsomely this season, the
catch averaging over 500 a night lately.
Tub population of Lenawee county is
18,300. The vote polled was 12,270, or
a little wore thau ono in "four of the
population.
"Hahdwood" Surra, of Hint, expects
to make 40,000 cords of wood into chtu-
.•oai and £Ct out §100,000 worth of oak
timber this winter.
CAi.not!.v county has been compelled
to pay the ftdl salary of itsaTudgeol Pro-
fite. which the Botu'd of Supervisors attempted to reduce.
I* is calculated that tho season's op
»>rntions   of   the   Tit tube wnsseo   Boom
Oonipauv will reach, if not exceed, 000,
WO.OOO feet.
Thb apple crop in Lenawee county,
which was so laruo tliat no home market
•ould be found, bids fair to be almost
i complete loss, as the fruit is rotting.
Jilts. Lt'cv Day, a resid nt of Hudson
for forty-six years, died last week at tin
. tdvanecd age. of OK years. For thirty-iivt
fears she has been a member of the Congregational Church.
A coRN-cmn belonging to William
."'onley, of Marshall, and containing ovei
"JOO bushels of corn, gave way and
crushed si\- hogs to death whieh wen
ainder it.
Kat.iA>ia'/.oo, wilh a population ol
12,000, flourishes under a village charter,
md is not ambitious to become a city,
ft is one of the least-governed and best-
sjoverned communities in America.
Gov. CitoswEiaii bas been called upon
within the last year to appoint four Cir-
juit afttdges to fill vacancies caused bj
resignation, nnd each appointment wo>
jonlirined by the people at the recent
■lection.
A Saginaw mill owner got too near a
if the excitement continues, gradually ' wanted, and rolled it up again when lit1
change to black. When placed upon a , ceased to read. (See Luke iv. 17-20.,)
tree, the groundwork becomes a deep • Tho volume thus rolled upon the piece -.
green, and the Btripes a deeper green or, of wood could be easily tied and sealed,
black, aud so long as they remain on the , {.See Isa. xxxix. 31; Dan. xii. 4)
^illiiUr
Nliniba-r
-Nui!il"-r
Manlier
Nit'iibvr
K.itnli
•ti~
The labor of mating, copying and
multiplying books ny hand was very
great. Many persons spent their whole
lives in this toilsome work. As the copying of the sacred writings icquired great
care, in order to avoid eiror-i and to make
thc books readable, persons had to be
trained to the task. Indeed the copying
o* tho scriptures came to be a second art.
In this way arose the profession, and, as
may be said, the learned caste ot tho
' scribes. As they had tho care of the
rolls of volumes of the law, they were
sometimes called lawyers. Not only did
they make copies of the sacred text,
but thoy claimed to explain it, and thus
acquired great influence with the people.
From our Lord's reproofs to the scribes
of his day, Wo learn thut they did not
dVilVi'i'i'ii'illfii^' Jt bet,°nlcstl8 t!lil1 M "■ knife, aud then always uso their influence for good,
hetaoo'-sliavi-u-i'tiiuopfnitionauiont; tbe Uif-' v3(nm\ !*oxs} H"? <»id? it has the form of       The chief scribes amonc   tho   ■'
■ *   ■     •  •  ' - au ovate leaf which lacks a nnd-rib, but
the serrated line of the belly and the serrated back simulate tho serrated edges
of a leaf.   When thus expanded it has
trees the color does not change. Placed
on the scarlet leaves of the dracerna and
among the red flowers of tho acacia, no
change was observed. But its changes
of shape are still moro remarkable.
Sometimes it assumes the form of a disconsolate mouso sitting in a corner;
again, with back curved and tail erect, it
resembles n crouching lion, which no
doubt gave ori;nn to its namo, chamai-
teon, orgroundlion. Byinflatingitssidait
flattens its belly, and viewed from below,
takes the form of an ovate leaf. The
tail is the petiole, while a whito serrated
T;.^S;*^,3^i^"iiViiJ!W,M*!: ^ vWdininsftom nose to tip of nail
i....  ibises! over the belly, becomes the leaf s midrib.   Still again, throwing out the air, it
part of his nndereoat with it, By a great
•ilort he kept himself off tlie shaft till it
was stopped.
Thebe is a remarKttbie and mysterious
work, evidently an old fort, in the town
if Sylvan, Osceola count)- The findei
iielieves from the indications that it
must be at least 230 veal's since the fort
>vas abandoned.
The lVninsttiftr Car Company has as
snmed the obligations of the Car Manufacturing Company, of Adrian, sus
ponded sine 1S73. taken possession ol
Che premises, and expect ti have 200
lands at work inside of twenty days.
 _  ..  ^        Tub Sims Hotel, at Orion, recently
said before, n hurricane never crosses the j burned, was the property that figured in
equator; bnt a cyclone north of the line j t ao Orion-lottery scheme, for which mam
will have its gyratory motion from right j t ekets were sold last summer, but on
to left, while so'jth *of the equator the j whieh no drawing has yet taken place,
motion is invarirbly directly opposite, or ; TnE Saiioutd Bank of Michigan, Io
from left to right. , eMiA ftt 3rnrshnj]i havinR surrendered
A .Woman's Dress. - ' its chartt r, will do no more business
Bob Bnrdette, in the course of an "u^r the above title. The heirs of H.
articlo in the Burlington Hawkeye ou ' -\- I'l'"™ f°'J"'l 't necessary to close tip
tho rights and wrongs of women, says:' the attairs ot he bank for a spcediei
Our wife wants a dross. After two or ; settlement of the estate. While hviii-.-
threo or half a dozen stores have been j j1- J- pyrrln "«'il3 «>« licllv.v mna ot tht
ransacked for goods,  tho dressmaker is I institution.
17".
41."a.   .a
OlS'.ISI
a-jj.iiw
o7ii,l;.j
5U,5!£a
7S>)1.
HIH.liT
yn,3:w
:iai,4jl
sought out The matter of measurement is tedious, and then the matter of
fitting is one of numerous nnd repeated
trials.    Fiuallv the dress is finished and
The constitutional amendment voted
on this fall was to empower the Legislature to pass an act authorizing Detroit
to tax itself for a bridge or tunnel across
sent home.    Then it is sent bnek to be   ti10 Detroit river.    Itwas oopo-ed by
futut Iml ii'i tai'aitx, kxelm-hcof the live civil-
\i.v\ *ii-iiii-.t iii cbe Imli.iii Teintory, which have
licet att-'tideJ Ly o« r 7,0W0 children mid taught
by 3iG teaebi-rs.   'J'Uo educational work of tbe
^"SentbnuX «?° power to, sway Itself, so asJajiJaltoniasrantl"thtts'at tbdrleet
;;"■.[»/ wuiH cwt < i■ tue ilium titiitt-c uimtvmi- < ,      -*■       , , "     %      ■        -    iv  '
aiioii8maJc-t>vC:oti^rtiiHrortIu^upi>oftof Uio   present an  edgo to nn observer, tlma
. ........t.. ,..r.J. It... .........  T...T.* .....     ...    ..a...... .^....   I    nninlln     nJtrl...r.   L*.  .la     —.,nn—.a   nf    nn*.ntit&iJ
cUoils, Fifty thousand Indians nttoveu.eeu
i nj-euf'es b,mo no treaty school fands whatever,
: .ml idncatioual laetlities mast (Upend entirely
j on yt neral impropriation foreduoalwii. Anions
. tbo.-e tribes there arc at lt-nai 7,110(1 children o"f
' si-lioul age. lU-por's from the bcliools on tlie
, various resMviitions nro full of i-iuoimigi-
| uiuil, showing increased and moro regular
I iil'e.Kl.uico of pupils, and mowing interest
J in ('duration ou tho part bf parent"." It,
: ,'oni]i:iuut-e wit • the uppi.als from iie;;kpU'd
• iifi-iiJec, the bureau 1ms mitde «n'aii'*(aiunt
for erecting eleven boarding-school bmldinus
greatly adding ta its means of eonceiS?
ment. Hnlf a. dozen chameleons plafeld
in a small tree, not threo feet in diameter
across the top, aro very difficult to discover, although ouo is certain thoy must
bo there.	
A Monkey's .Suicide.
One of the most novel deaths that ever
ocenrred in this section took place here
to-day, the victim of which was a monkey
owneel by Mr. Rockwell Syrock. The
animal was quite a favorite with all tho
children for miles aronnd, and know
most of them. For several years post
Jocko's owner has boon in the habit of vis-
sueh proceedings. On tho 25th of June
Alex Howard, a negro, was to have been
executed hero for tho murder of an old
man,   but  the Governor respited him.
up eveiy night; but she was so lonely t during tiui~comiui; season, and for the esfuli-
and unhappy, and tried so hard to get ('lament of  tuirtven new boarding  schools-
out, and Margery was so fond of lier for I f^'^i'l!"' "10 L%taSh<"!!? °,r aiF ld,"d mT
a«lnvmntP th'it ihe mnieriillv mil ilri-um ' P'OVlded for tne 8,a(Xf Hati Carlos Apaches uud
apia^umte, tliat sue genmaiij got (lown Wirium Shoshones, t.nd tho llist lo.idoi^
before breakfast and did not go back ' schools opened for tho 25,000 Indians at tb. •■'
until bedtime, which is at dusk in the ! other agenctcs.	
turkey fam'ly, y u know.
Well,   the winter passed   away and
spruig came.    Kris grew a new set of
feathers under her plaid dress, and when n„y bave nowseventv-iime lion**: and. litioe
the weather became warm, mamma said 'the 1st or J,miiarvli»'f, over scvriiy families
sho must leave oil her dress, and go out I bave moved mto lionses. Meddle lou'ia' persons
Of doors With the rest. So the first really , aJ'(' *li» e»f»von«B to iudnco Uiel'o.icaa jo . uu|)   „, ral„„. itDi„^„ „—
^aff'b»eel7o 1°k °ff lhG r6<1 i tt&G^M tribe L!-'e i TUo' gibbet was «eoted and ill the pre-
cliess and diovo her out. f„ (1„(;„Uv aemwl the Agt nt tl.tt they are sat-   bmmary arrangements madefor carrwtig
Kris had not forgotten her cool l'o- Ufkd and do w de-uv to.cturn. out the negro's sentence, when tbe Exception in the winter, so sho at first  — ;  i eeutive interposed his power and post-
was careful not to go too near the tur- A Hamietx peasant, unmstructed in ; «0ned it. Syrock visited the jail with the
keys, though they did not object to her j microscopical research, and not possess- : nionkey nnd examined these propara-
nowin her feather-dress. After a few ' ing the requisite instruments of pre-1 tions. 'The animal seemed tobe unusually
days she stayed most of the tune with i cisiou, has devised for liimself a new i curious, audwatchedthe scnfl'oldtrapwith
them, only coming when called, and test for discovering the presence of Wu,tful oyes. Since that time ho has
generally making a yisit to^tlio tablefor ' trichinte in pork. When he. killed a pig i)eeu phivitig hanging in his masteii's
her usual treats.                                      I lie was careful to send a portion of it—a   barn,   This morning he was found dead,
Sho had not beeu out yery long when i ham or a sausage—to liis pastor, and suspended by a clothes-lino to on* of the
one morning Margeiy went out to seo i Uien waited the consequences for four- xntlem of tho building.-— Qoldsboro (JX,
her, and she was gone,    No one had , teen days.     If  his pastor remained   #) (;of. c/iicar/o Times.
Seen her since breakfast.   Margery felt I healthy, then ho felt perfectly easy in     '        ' - ——.	
very badly, and, after looking all about. [Ms mind, and well assured that his pig Biilinj the American Englo Uarefoftck.
cams to the sad conclusion that she had ; fulfilled tho requisite Conditions of The crested oratorical jayhawk of the
fltrayed away ond got lost, for the wholo I soundness of food, and he proceeded to Mississippi valley is Mr. Flaming Wb't
flock wandered far off to feed, But tho I disposo of it accordingly in his own Farris; of tho St. Louis bar. When ho
next morning, at breokfnat-time, Kris j family, This ingenious method of re- rises to expound tbo political .issuo? of
¥nlked ta as usual ml began to bsg search liw not beon considered Bftfiu- the day hi* mind glows likft .a bridli-feUa
fcjf toad,   Mwgwy Uug^ef hs? Km tmtovy bj- the tljstriet jdiysioiitn, * in tlw (Awixty «igbt,  He plmlut %$
among the Jews
wero teachers. In tho outer court of the
temple wore many chambers, in whicli
they sat on elevated platforms and overlooked their pupils,   who sat on lower
WXferi we remember tho wars, the.,
captures and fho persecutions of the j
Jews, we may well consider the safo- j
keeping and handing-down of tbo sicred t
records to modern times as among the j
wonders of Divine Providence.—Golden :
X)ays.
Oriental "Progress." j
What in tlie modern slang of social !
science is called "progress" is breaking I
taken in here and let out there, and ut
last, after the customer has been fitted
more times for that ono dress than her
husband has been measured for three or
four years, the dress comes homo for the
last time and is pronotuiced by the
wearer, her friends, and the dressmaker
as a beautiful and perfect fit, and is finished.
Beautif td it certainly is, far more beau-
tifnl than anything her husband ever
wears. Colors and material, style, blending shades and contrasting bits of color,
are all iu the perfection of good taste.
Ko man can improve upon tliat. But it
isn't finished. When it is completed as-
far as the skill of tlio dressmaker can finish it, and it is put on, it has to be
pinned. Somewhere; sometimes in two
or three, often in half a dozen places.
If always requires a pin. Leave out the
pin and the dress is all awry somewhere.
On all this broad continent tliero is not
one American woman who can dress so
as to make any kind of an appearance in
g<x>a2 society without pins.
Now, suppose our tailor should send
our suit home, and when we had put on
out hi Oriental lands where hitherto it j tho coat wo had to pin  it  at the back ?
Iintl   1ia.-i»    Irtmi- i>«,-1,.»  ...111.   Ui-J-l,.    SilfMs.t.li-r*        ■     /~w..   .... .. Al-^    _» _       _„„_ „..« ,1 „«   I..*-*-
has been kept under with littlo difficulty.
But the notions peculiar to countries of
railroads and steamboats seem to accompany that sort of locomotion wherever it
goes. Thus in Constantinople within
a few years the Turks are beginning to
go to publio houses and drink liquor
openly, even in tho neighborhood of tho
Or suppose there was no suspeuder buttons oft, and we had to use pins there?
Suppose he made our shirts so we-would
havo to pin on the collar,—how long
woidd such a shirt or such a suit of
clothes stay in the house ? Who woidd
be responsible for the language used by
tho man who had to pin his coat ?   No
mosques. This is in tho faco of the j tailor would dare to so tempt the wrath
strict prohibition of the Koran, which of an independent mail. But woman—
enjoins total abstinence. Tho women, alas, she patiently pins on the dress that
too, imitating their European sisters, aro [ she paid some ono $30 or $10 to mako,
gradually dropping the veils which con- f aud doesn't think anything about it. We
ceal their features. They now wear a ' will not pursue this painful subject
thin gauze veil which practically hides j Let the women of America   take  it up,
notliing; bnt on seeing an ofllcial approach, they drop a heavier ono. Still
further East the English magistrate in
the district of India whero tho " car of
Juggernaut" is brought out has, boforo
allowing it to movo on ita annual procession of crushing the faithful tinder its
wheels, ordered patent Safety-brakes
upon the car.
and think about it, and learn, in the
noblo independence of womanhood, to
make their clothes before they pnt
thom on.
The women of Salt Lake City have organized  a  "Woman's National Anti-
Women at the Polls.
. A correspondent at Cheyenne de-
i .acribes how women voto iu Wyoming ;
"Thelawl-equires^ a cleared space of
' fifteen feet square in front of the ballot-
I box.   Tlw utmost quiet prevails, nud
       _._..   i when n lady walks up to deposit her
I'olygamy Society," It is tho purposo ! ballot she meets nothing but deference
of this society to furnish the public, with ' find politeness from olliclids and specta-
ftdl information respecting the working ; tmv. Usually Ihey ride up to the pallet tbo system in Utah, in the hopo that j iug-plftoes in carriiiges provided by the
tho oftoct of suoh knowledge will bo j pirty manager*, Thp lady, with her
to awftHpft publio sentiment dn tlio gub' i votM nlrendy prepared, iiHglita ivm the
Jcot, ' enrrfoge, flic crowd, if any, Huiefly fnila
- "   t
the best citizens of tliat city, and received
little support where its purpose wos-
known through the State. The vote of
Detroit was: For, 2,050; against, 8,-i01.
Orai attention has been called to a doj
that was killed below here ou the Au
Sable and brought here for shipment,
that had upon the left side of her head
a completely developed horn nbout sh
inches long with oue prong about two or
three iiiUbes long. The right sido ol
her head was perfectly smooth and in no
way different from tfiat of an ordinary
tloo. This is the first time that we havt
ever seen or heard of a doo that sported
liorus.—Poseommon Pioneer.
Martik Metcali', of tbis eity, has
been the first to raise grayling by artifi
cial culture, and United States Fisl
Commissioner Baird requests him to forward the full account of the experiment,
aud also oi the natural history and hab
its of that species of fish, to bo embodied in the forthcoming national roport.
Air. Metcalt will also forward to Com
missioncr Baird at Wasliiugton a t-peei-
men of live grayling, for the pmpose ol
dlustrating the report to be published
as above.—llatlle Creek Journal.
Learn to Sleep.
Tlie true art of sleeping is the power
to shut one's self within one's self under
any circumstances. The man who can
thus take rest is refreshed and strength
oned under mauy circumstances which
would keep other people weary and
Wakeful. Ho is master of overy situation
as regards his own rest. Some men, by
long habit, find themselves able to take
sleep with the samo ease th.it others
would tako a glass of water. They can
sleep either while perched on a high
stool or rattling along in a railroad cat
at forty miles an hour. Tlio economy of
wear and tear on the lives of such people is wonderfid. The mau who cannot
sleep ttnless ho has first removed his
clothes, put put tho light and climbed
into his bed is at a great dhadvanfage.
Greater yet is his disadvantage if he can
sleep in no bed but his own, There are
Borne wiio are possessed with the notion
that their own bed is tlie only om in
which they Can slumber. These people
aro utterly wretched when traveling, or
obliged to absent themselves from home
on business, But ho who has accustomed
himself to sleep can enW that boon flj
any time or place, a}$ js mode bettfij
M*S bflppte* ttwwtoy, '   "
CtiT'J'IKS.
HI II/DSOBHTK.
Iu iny Muptuni, on the wall,
Is a bracket, bluck and Kojd,
Ani! on the pedestal, looltlin; ilovra,
A marble cast of Olytie—• Parian mold.
Ould and wlille, mid fair and s 111,
ta tliu statnet'o nnon the wa'l,
And I bare named it—could piu tell
Tlio iiom tie plume t does not yonr heart rcculll
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A million fair ls driving by;
Her eye a have answered with their snjlie;
Sho Is Olytle.   *   »   «   solilream.
And Arl-Aia, and ponder all the while.
I have crowned my 01) tie fair;
Iiry love I os answered with a unlle,
Itorbujut (mysterious sweet tho word!
t can but ask in the after while,
JflLWAVKKK, WiB.
PITH ANT> POINT.
somethiilg for not- ™ ■   "        *   '4
A oiaornns comparison—Matching
silks.
Even the chestnut worm will turn
when roasted.
It is the flat who loves to havo others
flatter him.
It don't take a very fast horse to catch
the epizootic.
The man who missed his footing
probably had his boots stolen.
No danger of counterfeit coins in
Spain.   The money there is real.
Lovin' a cottage is jnore common
than lovin" the cottage's mistress.
The killing of the devil may soon be
expected.   It's an impending event,
KoBEitTCotaiTEB preached inNewYork
on "The Mau Who Lied for His Farty,"
and tho next day seventeen pew-holders
sent in their resignations.
An insignificant little barrel-hoop
lying upon tho sidewalk has been
Jcnown to yank a man right out of the
church and hurl him into iho_ ranlos of
'backsliders;^,    -;— .
Ax Ohio maiden sued a man for breach
i>jtiuu in)cb ft uusw9
dtighi to pay*him ""'"
marrying her, '       •,
"Does the cistern ever givo out?"
asked the gentleman who wdnted to rent
the house, "Neyer but once, and that
wos before they kept beer for salo in tho
corner grocery."
"Sir down," said a handsomely
dressed and vivacious young lady at a
fashionable watering placo; " sit
down; it's about the only thing you can
do hero without being obliged to pay
for it."
A touno lady of two-and-twenty refused to wed a man < f SO, saying he wns
neither ono thing nor yet another. Ho
was too old for a husband and too young
to hold out any immediate hope for widowhood.
" Science enumerates 588 species of
organic forms in tho air we breathe."
Just think of it. Every timo you draw
in a breath a wholo zoological garden
slips down your windpipe, and no free
ticket to tho press,
A l'OCNQ man, while attempting to
fix a "misplaced switch" on a young
lady's head in a ball-room, stepped on
her dress and "wrecked the train," She
told liim to "conductor to a seat, and
be more car-ful in future."
"I ONDEitSTANu," said the Galveston
Recorder, " that yon are a confirmed
drunkard." "Dat's whar you is too
soon, .ledge. I ain't been confirmed iu
no church yit, but de blue-light Baptises
is giben Satan a heap ob worry about
me."
XtATEiJTt, when soft, sweet hreczea blew,
The mosher, blithe nnd nay,
B oomeal rndlutit In a Hannel suit,
His ulttcr p-icted awny.
But now eiist winds h'ow cold nnd chill,
His spirits get reduced 1
Ho hastes to sh -ot the ftaunet suit,
Tor ulsters rulu Uia roost.
What a relief it is to turn from the
political editorials in exchange-, to the
calm, dignified statements to be found
in the local notices of patent medicines. Tliere is no lying in patent-medicine advertisements.—Peck's rMiliuau-
kee Sun.
"What," exclaimed Demosthenes, as
he ItSOkdd.. ttajttntlf itpdifuliis- -hcarerissjg-g.;
"can bo more valuable to •a-greafc-peoplo ---„,
than a freo batllot, a full vote, and a fair
count?" "A b_r'J," growled Diogenes,
. as he put his tab on liis head and moved
on.—Puck.
When a Yankee is struck by a thunderbolt, and knocked eudways dear
across a ten-acro lot, the only regret he
feels npon recovering consciousness is
the disheartening fact that he can't capture the bolt and exhibit it for money.—
Xorrhlown Hrrald.
A fond mother said to' her little sou ;
" Tommy, my dear, I am going to give
you a little companion soon; wliich
would you prefer, a little boy or a little
girl ? "'" Well, mother," replied Tommy,
" if it is the same to you, I would rather
have a little donkey."
*" Mr. Smtth, you said yon once officiated in the ptilptt. Did you m-.-uii that
you preached?" "No, sir; I held the
light to the man thatdidpreaii." "All!
the court understood you differently. It
supposed the discourse came directly
from you." "No, sir; I only threw
light upon it."
Ksew Better.—An old mother heard
one of her daughter-in-law's callars say,
" Aly father was an ambidexter," After
tho visitor's departure the listener ox-
pressed her indignation by saying,
" That stuck-up huzzy was lying all the
time. I knew her father well, year iu
and year out, and his name was Smith,"
The Violin.—A young artist who
lives iu a boarding-house wants to know
how he can learn to play the violin without disturbing the other boarders.
" Soap your bow, young man, soap your
bow, and bathe the. strings twice a dav
in sweet oil. Then you can sit up all
night and play overtures, and nobody
will mind it."	
"First Efforts."
I long for some patent method for convincing every man, woman and child, .
who is poor, unhappy, or wants pin-
money, that they cannot rush into litera-
tnro pell-mell, and make money at will.
Above all, I should like a legal penalty
imposed upon ovory oae who sends a
"first effort" to mo. It is an equal
"effort" and by no means my "first"
for mo fo read their poetry, and for them
to writo it. I am fust becoming a
misanthrope from the amount of trash,
garnished with neither sense, grammar,
rhymo, nor metre, that my fellow creatures perpetrate with a view of fame and
fortmie. Will anyone ever convince this
crowd of imbeciles that to writo even
decently demauds previous cultivation,
information, and common sense; or that
real genius is liko any other diamond,
and needs careful cultivating and xrolish-
ing? I supposo not!—AUantie. Magazine.
"Patronizing" a Paper,
Some ignoramus writ.s us about
" patronizing " tho Pedf/er.^
Patronize is good English, but not
good American. Wo have no use for
such a word iu this country.
All honest aud just trade i.i an advantage to both parties. WTo make
money manufacturing and selling tho
Ledger. Onr subscribers, in buying it,
get more than their money's worth.
Both parties are benefited. There is no
patronizing ou cither side.
Only persons not imbued'wilh the
true American doctrine—the true American spirit—ovor talk about "patronizing " a papor.
Of course, the relationship of publisher and reader, especially when continued for a long series of years, naturally begets a strong tio of mutual friend'
ship.—New York Zedyeir.
A new electrical street lamp-lighter
has been exhibited in Boston with
marked success. In three circuits about
three miles of wire are laid. In nn instant every lamp pojraectiiig with the
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