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uSJLaLwy\*a r*«»'i«aanBuUh nun,
TuZil^M' is    "'SH »"<l W*Wn'. foot
Mole echolngliplVd lUrousU lho street;
Ana passlniT JOjjftd ftom iioor to door,
wave hocrig not™ whlett tlttm '< lnwlow
Ttpur Slim attotition; pleitM to nay;
ottr IkjoIhi nro cloned on Now Xoat'ii aay,"
y? "ivlJ?° wo bought id nil need out
Ami left no tvneo (except tlio Rout),
let sort mul rtioirry, mio aad laroim,
iu hlilooua columns nro put dowu.
Tho butcher, too!   It Mu't ho thnt
BOHiHBy jolitla of lean ond fat
Jje™ all consumed within this hoiiee,
vralat conk assents vrotHd etarvt)a mouse,
I'll not bellovo it, nor flml f«o
Could mtclt a oonrai of ruin boj
Aud surely thin can't ho tho price
Of flgB and olmondB, prunes awl splco)
Wo haven't lly-oil on lord and <Sicee<t'   '      '*>
let rows of figures ataml for thosaa.
Aaii hers,S thu draper!  Now toy wifo
Haa gono in deht, vu hct my life.
If Evo ln Edtm stole lho fruit,
At least »ho woro no slltim suit,
And Adam had uo bills of hora
i'or goniK, or Jaco, or senlsMu f nro.
Oh, trappy timo I oh, poweful hound
Of making loyo auil tending fitment;
1 ho (Implo hloiwlngu ilea von grunts—
«io.»l graolous, hero's ,1 bill for plants f
I'll read no more, they'd drlvo mo wild:
111 liavo my own " petition fllcil."
Ite've ridden at Uto " pac« that kill*—"
I cannot pay these ChrlBtmas billa.
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W1IK1U3 AIMS THE XXOWUKS J
nv I'Eitt'v unooKK.
" Mother, where ato the floavers gono?"
Aslti'il a brlght-eyea littlo ouo,
WIiobo busy feet hail roved tho Holds
From dawn 1111 npt of (mn.
<s**^"**tsW,l<M- iho bwtaldo,
_-«r<»«F™>" bill,
JZ irdalMlU,     "..   ; ..---.
tI'Jms nil liJwblloilow^isfadef-'-i-'_ "
1 c ui find uo hawthorn bloesoma
0,1 hill oraunny Rlade."
aa'Tjaa i\m\. mi- e\fil,\, JiaUi tilceu lhe. Howem.
Tn shield fhem from the Want;
He bids them hide their tiuy heads
Till the winter')! cold Is pant.
" In lUetr cold, darli la'ds he e.'it-ea lor them,
.Vtiil win n the sprinji wiuila Wow,
Clothed In liraitty, frwh and new,
He'll hid Hid flowers grnw,
" N'ma- ri'sl olid sleep, my lltt'e rlilld.
Tin* (lod whoso wondra'iia pinver
fan Kne the liloBsoiiM Ufa. jiK.iji,
Will keep my preeinus flower."
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VOLUME, Hi;
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 3880.
NUMBER 33.
"T'OTHER DEAR GHARMEB,
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I ti ns in n quandary, ns I think you
will mlniit when I liavo stated iny cane,
and it was exceedingly provoking to bo
conscious that I was looked upon hy nil
my acquaintances ns tho luckiest man
in town, whilo I bore in my bosom tho
- inward conviction that I wns tlio wost
involved and bothered being in existence. Up to n month back, I suppose I
might, with somo show of reasonable-
v ness, hnvo beeu called lueky, lor Miss
Clara Ahlen, tlie recognized bollo of tlie
season, smiled upon me, nud the current impression prevailed Hint, if 1
would go in, I'd win.
Well, I did go iu. Hint's tho mischief of it, I went in just fnr enough to
commit myself tti tlw contest, but, beforo I lind sighted tho winning post,
something happened to givo mo pause.
Wo were at the skatiug-rinkono night,
rt large party of u«, Miss Alden being of
the number. Her special escort was a
yonng foreigner, who was being n good
ileal lionized in society just than, and
Olaro seemed to take a marked interest
in him. It did not concern me in the
least to observe this, for sinco I had
fancied myself to be hi lovo with Clara
Allien I had liad reason to congratulate
myself upon the assurance that I was
i.ot of a jealous temi>eranient, I intended pretty soon to tender to Miss
Alden n good-siz«d heart nnd a good-
sized hand and a fairly good-sized f.irt-
une, and I sincerely hoped she would
accept them. Until then, ami indeed
after then, always within tho limits of
good taste, she was frees to receivo iho
«,,    * . uttehffoils pj[. nm* Win Of,w«qwj=>w1j»swi
-ifjjj^j. ■«»«^553Sly:.-,^v0 rioifpliSPmxO. ^"1 tTiitffi"SGijs*
Alden and I understood eaeh other |>or-
fectly. We w< re very old friends, nud-
the suitability of nn tiliiunec between us
had beeu frequently suggested to each
ever sinco we could remember, I was
ipiite contented wilh this eomiiliim of
all'airs, and even supposed myself to be
very happy.
Well, this night at the rink I hnd seen
C'lavaskafe oil' with her Euglislimau,
and with an itiipetlmbed spirit I was
skimming around the rink alone when,
jast behind me, I heard a little scream
nini a little scramble and somi-botly fell.
The next" instant, as I turned, I met a
pair of imploring and beautiful eyes,
and an imploring aud beautiful voice
cried mil:
"Oh, won't you please pick me up?"
I eagerly clasped the little hands and
drew Ute prostrate young lady to her
feet. I was just iii time, for half a
dozen other men had hurried to' the
spot, among whom she recognized an
iii'tpiaiiitanee. Sho made her bow to me
and said her " thank you " very prettily,
nml then she aecei'iti'd (ho* proffered
hand of her friend and glided awav from
me. And do you know I did not like it ?
I felt distinctly vexed, for you soe she
was bewitehingly lovely and* the glimpse
I hnd of lier was merely tantalizing.
I met her afler that many times, always with tho same mnn whom I was
rather provoked to recognize as a
stranger, I now fomid myself always
watching ior that ono little figure and
following it through all tho labarvnthino
mazes of tho surging crowd upon
the rink. I forgot to speak to my acquaintances as they passed, and. al-
"»• though there wero half a scoro of young
ladies who had a right to expcct'me to
join Ihem and convoy tliem aiouiul the
rink, I skated on alone, in utter disregard of everysoeial and moral obligation
to that enect. Every now and then I
chanced tfpon Miss Alden, but I felt too
preoccupied to join, or t.ven to observe
her especially, when suddenly something
occurred that invested her with a lively
interest She had been stopping to
speak to somo friends who sat without
tbo railing looking on, antl as sho and
.,. .*— her_ escort   were    about starting out
* ngnin sho suddenly  enmo 'faco to face
' ..-TT . with my  littlo  beantr.^Thc$8s«»Wfei&
M=^*' gleam-ofw^-gmHoB~i^oaiKcos/mid
then Miss AJden exclaimed :
"Why, Daisy, where havo yon
dropped from? Wlio wonld hnve
thought of seeing you, of all people,
here 1"
'.Ehere was rather a warm greeting between tho two before Daisy explained :
" I havo como for tho winter and haye
.     been wanting to look you up, but I only
arrived yesterday.   I nm so glad to have
met you here,"
After that I henrd no moro, for thc
two friends joined hands and skated 00
together. I hung nbout them a little
way off, pretending to bo talking to
some mon who wero lounging about,
nud when I Uiought my presence would
not prove an unpleasant interruption I
skated toward Clara nnd greeted her
cordially, asking her whero sho had
boon thia long time. Sho saw through
me in a moment and showed me that
she did by disregarding roy qnestion
entirely and presenting me at onco to
her friend. Miss Lvle. I hnd soon n
gootl. many mascuhno e3res regarding
Miss Lyle with interest during the evening, and I now perceived the owner of
ono pair of theso appronching ^Css Alden with what I divined to ho tlie same
intention that liad brought me hither a
moment before; so while he was stopping to shake hnnds with Cflnra I offorod
my hands to Mias Lyleond wo glided oft
togethor. A few adroit questions on my
part elicited the fact that Miss Lylo nud
Mi«s Alden had been sehooImafeB, who
' ' ""• had not met for some years, and I fur
thermore discovered that Miss Lyhs was
slopping in town with relatives who
happened to be old acquaintances of
mine. Bo, after we parted that night,
Miss Jjyle and I mot often, and wo wero
together bo much at tha rin]{ ifyai people
had begun to remark it,
Statistics show that tliero has been n
blind as not to soe tliat she was second
to no woman in existence.   This was on
Christmas dny.   I had been to Porter's
room to have a talk with him, knowing
ho would be at leisure, and tho result j gradual and steadyjnerojisohi"the aver-
wns that ho entirely convinced mo of J ngo length of life  since tlio sixteenth
whnt I ought to do.   Still it was very ( eentury.   Much of this increased lou-
hard to make up my mind to it. ! gevity has boen duo  to  tho improved
al.   It gavo mo a sneaky feeling of late • f«nffk etc., tef&m at tic> presentr]
wheueverlgotmieof these kindinvita- f tune hy the fact, that the wealthy aver-
tions,hutlW seen no way out of tJlc , ago twelvo more years of life than the
'matter but Ui accept, and bo I had ac- i P°°r'
copted.    When I left Porter's  room I      Thb greatest  amount of cold ever
turned mv faee in tho direction  of   the J known to he endured by whito  men
Aldens with a veiyhejtvy heart.   Before ' overtook Lieut,  Schwntka's party   hi
dinner I had no opportunity to see Olnra
alone, if 1 had desired it; Imt I had ample opportunity for watching her, and I
had to   acknowledge   that I had never
seen her look better,    Hhe played, too,
And this brings mo to the poriod of
the quandary with whioh I started out.
Hero wns I, stipposod by everybody to
bo tlie favored adorer of ono lovely girl,
whilo in reality I wns hoad over heels iu
love willi another. I'or I had no doubt
about my fooling in tliis matter; it wns
unmistnknblo, I smiled grimly now
when I remembered tho days hi whioh I
had bonstod of not possessing a jealous
temperament. Why, I was jealous of
every ono who went near Daisy, J wns
infuriated if she danced and stated with
any one but. mo, and whon I saw some
awkward, clumsy man nm against her
once at the rink I felt like choking him
whon she smiled nt his apology. To
toll tho truth I was positively wretched,
If Daisy had never eome I could have
-sjnyMft ■- msi*o;nad^nirpia\¥wSfc
an oxp^esaodpuhdershmdingonthb score
of our relationship among all onr
frionds, and 1 woidd havo boon a very
cheerful anel attentive spouse to Olara k
I hnd nover seon Daisy; nnd, on tho
other hand, if I had nover scon Clara, I
might now perhaps succeed in winning
Daisy's hand, and with it everlasting
happiness.   JLt was just a case of
IIow happy oould I ho with either,
Wero t'other dear ehurmer away.
I sometimes wondered whether Clara
did not partly seo through me. Sho had
such an odd way of looking nt me somo
times with such n shrewd smile; but she
treated me bettor thnn ever. Sho was
really a splendid creature, and, tinder
imaginable circumstances, I might havo
learned to lovo her very much, m a certain way. So things drifted on until
Christmas camo. On Christmas night
thero wns to bo a grand, fancy-dress
ball at tho rink. Daisy wns going and
so was Clara, und it goes without saying
that I was on hand, lily perplexities
wero at their height, Iwas more in
lovo with Daisy than over, but fully
alive to tho matter of my duty in .another quarter. It was beginning to
wear on mo terribly nnd I concluded to hjjf,
call in tho advico of my friend Porter, a
prudent aud sagacious follow, in whose
judgment I had unlimited confidence.
How fondly I hoped he might decide j
thnt I wns under no obligation to Miss }
Alden. And how differently ho did decide ! He wns perfectly astounded nt t
my confession. Miss Alden, he said, I
was one woman picked out of 30,000,
much handsomer, much richer, much
moro distinguished than Miss Dyle; I
must bo out of my senses.   In short, he
Sho had a wreath of holly loaves find
homes on her hair, and bunohos of the
samo about her dross. Sho was skating
with a yonng mnn dressed as SantS
Claus, who, howover, gavo way when
I glided up, nnd wo skimmed away
together, iwas too happy to spoak, tho
glorious possibility of what might ho
awaiting mo burst upon mo with such
vividness. But presently I became conscious thnt she was speaking to mo,
.Sho was praising my costume, which
opened np to mo nu opportunity which
you may be suro 1 mado tho most of,
Slio blushed with pleasure at my praise,
and bo, both of its in aeonseions flutter,
wo came tipoa Clara Aiden, joyonsly
drossod and escorted by her Englishman,
They1 stepped in front of -aen Mias AMeft
rooms curtained off at that Ond ? Ko'one
seems io have discovered tliem yet,
though they aro ono of tho features of tho
evening. I think it is sueh a good idea,
and thoy are beautifully decorated ; but
when we looked in just now both of
them wero empty. Howover, as soon as
somebody loads, thoj* will bo full enough.
Suppose you two lead."
She skated off then with hor companion, and Daisy and I went to obey her
behest But into that littlo curtained
apartment you are forbidden to outer.
Suffice it for you thnt, when presently
Daisyandlemerged, we encountered Miss
Alden at once, and when sho leaned
toward mo aud whispered : " Ara I to
cotigrattdnto you?" L bowed my head in
happy nrsent.
FABM SOXES.
wife.   At Jongth, after a good joke hnd
bxpladud among tho party, John pnt
•      "fietin   "
Pica that havo been raised on milM his hend iway out. " Get in there, will
grass, clover, tuhors, and roots, till thei*you?" whispered his wifo ns she nudged
weigh 150 or 200 pounds, are gencrall.lj.him. *'No!" shrieked Jolm; "as long
~"        ethon in good condi^f as I havo ,Qio i  ""   ' " "'
tion to fatten.
PjjASTKit scattered ovor tho floors on
tho chicken house ia a powerful absorln
ent, provonting the smell which arises!
from the droppings,
TnnnBaro onohundrodand fifty named)
i:will take a peopl"
HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS.
Waktms,—Gne pint milk, ono pound
PACTS POR THE CTHtlOUS.
DcniNO tho famines in India, of which
thero havo been about ono eyery fivo
yours for tho past century, a quarter of
a pound of rce per day haa beon found
sufficient to keep grown persons in fair
condition whon not engaged in active labor.   Laborers requiro a pound and a
TjiEnBaroonohmiilroaanU fitlynametu jt       . * ,.nnf„j wost nm,
and described varieties ^^^iSffiaW^C
yot ono-halt the peoplo who grow HiM „ ,*    ,        ,   :     i,„it{110r
grain don't know- tho differenco-suclil •   "lu Wu»'*e °*UK'   , „
is the lack of training k the natimdhi$ri£ccl15rocn,°Aa,SOT'-Tl,re,0 Ml-grown
tory of plants ° • ,|«*eou encumbers, peeled and grated; one
Mnacia-a—Thft *-"t Ztr'-fmWLWt^"' cbc'"™'1 "uo<' 0,]0 tcaspooiifulrf
ofthe* liQffitQ or ofte£. 't^otM_^^^s%^
reftise.R-
^^'OT^as^oncoTlcqTu
ingnt milking' tiffle'^hi
to lot down hor milk unless food is bo^
fore her.
Wheat m the West,—The continu
ous wheat growing in tho Wes|, .follower],
as it is by burning the straw, is" certain^
soonor or later, to result in exhaustion olj
the soil. A crop of Indian corn",* whei^
wheat shows signs of flagging, is gen?r;
ally sufficient to restore the fertility.
Tiro New England Farmer reninrtaf,
that cidor made late hi tho season and
stored in a cold place, will keep sweet
bocRuso active fermentation is provented.*.
If it is rich and sweet whou it comes
from the press, and earo is exercised; in
making it from good, sound apples, it
will not become sour if kept in a moderately cool cellar, in a tight cask or in?
bottlos.
A NiinvoBS, oxeitablo steer is not .a»;
profitable to feed as a lymphatic on^
with a broad, deep, chest, for this last
is seldom disturbed by anything-—he
feeds well, sleeps well, and fats well. It
is just thirty yenrs sinco tho first Jersey?'
woro brought to this country. Thoy nttf
making a grent chnnge in our dairy IM
terosts and tha good results will becomes
moro apparent m tho ensuing year.
Tub Cabbage Woitn.—To save his cab.
bages, and ns an experiment, Jlr. How-i
ard tells the Fruit Peeonl thatho mixed;
four quarts of air-slacked lime, ono quart!
of fine salt, and a quarter of a pound
each of red and black pepper. When tlio
dow was on he applied this mixture by
add tlireo cups" of swoet milk, a fablo-
[stioonful of molted butter and threo cups j But tho titled papa set so extortionate i purchase one unless ho be ready to pay
\oi sifted Hour.   Stir in tho whites tho I a prido on tho possession of his child J a fancy value'for it—London Truth
Inst thing,   Bnko in buttered cups—I use } thnt her grandparents wero forced to op-1  \	
,10 teacups.   En(:hot, with sauce. ! poso a negative to his demands.    Con-
-   -     - MICIttUAJT ffEYT*.
There aro only 15,000 real-estate
holders in New York city in n population of 1,000,000, Tho tenempnt-houso
system is tho only resort of tho masses,
and about 000,000 of tho population livo
in this manner. The entire Pifth avenue, threo miles long, contains a smaller
number than somo of tho moro densely
populated squares.
Twinkling of stars is generally con- I wormy a lot as'could be found.   Hegavtj
I All A    ±1\   \-%n     (lurk       i-rt.      vMn!hi>Tl_n    I—    tf.y.   .«-. it.      » i -T^,.-       •» J     *i     A* ^    )i_     ..     _ \ .    .-       '
ceded to be due to moisture in tho np-
wouud up by saying thnt I wns in honor i per air. M. Moutigny, in a paper pub
bound to address Jliss Alden, though, j lished in £e« Modes, holds that very
for liis part, ho began to doubt whether 1 pronounced twinkling of tho stars indi-
tlint splendid creature could consent to ' oatas either commotion in tho upper remarry a man who was so preposterously ] gious of tho atmosphere or a sudden fall
of temperature thero, thus denoting tlio
conditions of au early appooranco of bad
weather.
moans of a large-sized tin pepper-box to
•100  cabbages,   that wero  doubtless jw
them but oue doso, hut it did its worjc sc
effectually thnt there has beon no further
troublo on account of these deslrufitiv^
pests.
Cons STtmniiK—Fields thnt hnvo beefi
cleared in time should bo plowed inroad-'
iness for early sowing of onts in sprinfc
If roots aro to follow tho com tho stubfe
may bo plowod at once nnd sown with
rye. Threo or four bushels should W
sown to the acre. This rye will furnish
a heavy crop of green fodder next Mitjf:
or an excellent early pasturo in thf
spring, or TOny be plowed under iijj
crease of the following crop.
Suekp in Wiswen,—Sheep need Jrto-
dom of action and variety of food mere
than anv of our domestic animals.
aTAKKYItfG TITLES.
A Few TiLt-im Itegrimllnjc ttiiclt HXnrrlnKVK.
ll'urln Cor. rhlliiili.|ii|ilit Tt>lrgra|il).]
Now, without entering into auy further
argument on this much discussed topic,
I shall briefly sketch the results of a few
of theso unions as thoy camo under my
own observation.
Caso No, 1 is thntof a titled gentleman
who espoused, after tha usual preliminaries of dowry and settlemouts, the
daughter of a celebrated American
financier. After a few yoars of marriago
the lady diod, leaving for her spouse the
father of an only ohild—a daughter.
Time pnssed on, nnd the husband con-
solod himself with one of tho most boattti-
UObOViotlS mouxbortf oC Lho dami-
ot Pnris, und finnlly ended by
ra{~«*wjidu^.Jb««^-<«w iir*t .cntiff) fo the possessor that thc ■onAyyk'x
1   wife wore naturally anxious "to rescue the' 'iitiiot his oinl'muster, --" "- -<^'---   ■
girl from tho contamination of her
stcp-nioHicr]s   influence   and training.
cages lias to savo to provide a portion
for his daughters and younger sous, ho
lays out nothing on the estate, and is
unable, by tho tenure under which ho
occupies it, to givo such long leases as
would induce occupants to turn it to tho
best use. Habit, moreover, had often
led tho owner to imposo numerous restrictive clauses in tho lenses thnt ho does
f.araut, which cripple the energies of the
tenant, and keop him under the tutelage
of exploded fallacies.
An occupier who wishes to buy land
has, thoroforo, to pay for it moro than it
is worth, and, beside this, lie has to ex-
pond a comparatively enormous sum
among lawyers for acquiring it. Tito
result of all this is that land has ac;ciimu-
Intoet'to n sun-1iKlnlou»oxtoflt in lho hands
of some families, that in, others it is n
. and thnt it -■*£ utmost impossible for auy yeoman, wishing
to become possessor of n small farm, to
A IjVNx, with claws an inch long, wns
on  tho burned
portion of Adrian Collego has been paid
Hbilvp GiiiDe/aE-CAEas.—Take a small I sequently the daughter of the American
bowl of bread and soak it over night in ! hello remains in tho hands of a woman
milk. ■ Iu the morning tako one qunrtol! who was famed for her depravity, over  ,,.,,,      - „    ,. ,T
milk, three eggs nnd n bit of salt, benten i among the depraved women of tho class iJc lic(l 11CM l ontiac, recently.
Hj) together with half cupful flour and | from which she spiting. Isui'Bmino claims 7,000 .inhabitants, a
ino and n-half teaspoonfuls baking pow- j Case No. 2 opened with a fair prospect t gain of 1,000 since the census in June,
der. Il wnnls to be a thick and a very . of happiness on tho part of tho nowly- j A Mount G&bmbns writer asserts that
light batter, and then it is delicious.        • wedded pair.   The bride was beautiful, j six churches and fifteen saloons aro open
Laws Vrovtsa.—Grate the rind of ' gentle, intelligent, accomplished, a de-1 Sunday in thnt placo.
two lemons, mix with tbe yolks of four i w"1 Catholic, and pasaionately in love,    T     g7 0Qq jnfmrnnco
eggs, ono pint of fino bread crumbs, one   mtil hor husband.   Ho, on tho other i portion 0|    - -
quart of milk, half cup of sugar, pinch ' hand, was young and handsome, and j promptiv
Of salt; bake twenty minutes; beat fo a ' though ho had sown his wild oafs rather j *      '    ''      ,.„„„„     ,   ,,,.       .
froth tho whites of four eggs, juice of ' Profusely, and reaped therefrom a plonti-;    nfv- -Mii. Mohto.v   of  Albion, has
j    ,™   >m   -joi ume iggs, juice oi, ^        .^ (H){s^lipro ^        *ho e; mastered a bicycle, and uow rules to and
that uuder the influence of his fair bride' frt»™ tUo l>omtH wl>01'<! ll0 preaches,
and in tho enjoyment of a. fixed and set- ' Steam was got up nt the Peninsular
tied income lie might see tho error of his' ear works in Adrian, the other day, nnd
wnys and settle down into a steady mem-; sounds of the sonorous steam whistle
ber of society. As regards the fortune,, wero again henrd for tho first time hi
ho displayed, as is usual in sneh coses,; eight years.
a vast amount of anxiety respecting it, j Fomt children of John Dver, of Co-
refusing oven to drive out with his; nuina, having recently died o'f diphthe-
betrothed  and her mother beforo  all: rin, the neighbors are now huilding a
two lemons, hnlf cup of sugar;" spread
over top of pudding and bako flvo minutes.
■* Tpukjsh Pimp,— To one gilt of rice
,8tld three.gills of broth nndsomesnlt; lei
It boil gently until tho rieo hns absorbed
liMIie Iwcth, then brown about a quarter
■df a pint of butter in a saucepan, pour
it over the rice, cover up and leave it
statid beforo the fire for a few minutes.
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It takes about  an hour to'cook, must M'naneial  preliminaries wero  arranged,, new and healthier house for the remnant
...    a.-    ..a- .,       _-a    ..,-..     ■,-■,. -a I   m»»  ll*F,r ttf z»nmaaavama<miar laaaaaaartlf       ATrta.    ~f .T.- t..~.;i	
tievcr be stirred, aud when dished up
must only be touched lightly with a fork,
B properly done, each grain of rico
.should be soft and perfectly whole. A
l;itle lomnto may be ndded, if liked.
Bbefstkak Cake.—Ono nnd one-hnlf
cap of sugar, ono cup of butter, ona cup
«t sweet milk, three eggs, two teaspoon-
fnls of cream-of-tartar, ono teaspoonful
for fear of compromising himself. Nor
could he well forgive his iuturo father-
in-law for so tying np the young wife's
dowry that it could not bo squandered.
However, their wedded lifo began
smoothly enough. Then came rumors
of the conjugal infidelities on the husband's pnrt, of gross neglect, and finally
of actual corporal ill-usnge inflicted on •
his charming wifo.
search of information about Sir John
nnd sang more brilliantly than any
woman I had ever seen, I cottld have
been very proud of sueh a wife, I reflected, if—
The other guests left early, but I lingered. I know perfectly well what 1
ought to do, and I had been slowly milking up my mind to do it if the opportunity occurred, and the opportunity did
occur. Toward nightfall o\er,v om- elm-
had withdrawn, aud Clara and I were
left alone. I took a seat very near her,
and told her I had something of a very
confidential nature to say to her. To
my surprise she rose and walked across
the room, touched the bell, waited until
tho servant came, and then ordered
lights. This was a littlo disconcerting ;
but when tlie servant had lighted the
room and departed sha came back to the
sofa, and in the coolestnnd most matter-
of-fact manner asked me to go on.
"Clara," I bogan rather timidly,
"you will bo perfectly prepared for
whnt I nm going to say. You have so
much discernment that you must hnve
seen that this moment would come. % I
Bate always hnd tho greatest admiration
and regnrd for you. I valuo your worth
most deeply.   I feel—"
Hero I paused, confused and miserable.
"Never mind what yon feel," said
Miss Alden, coolly. "Let's come to
the point, Thc upshot of it all is—
what?"
"That I want to ask you to marry me.
I will do my best to make you happy, »*
I cnn. I know I don't deserve you;
but, will you marry me?"*"
"Most certainly not," The answer
came cool, calm, determined, I wns
startled and murmured confusedly :
winter t5iey require shelter only ngninst
heavy rains and molting snows, as even
a cold storm is better than a heated barn,
Franklin's p7rty7 They wero'ovM efeven 1 at .Ipast,for Cotswolds. A rough shed,
months in sleds and journeyed abont ■ ^"'K the south and capable of bemg
3,000 miles. On .Tan. 3, 1880, the ther- ?h»«l during the ram and snow storms,
mometer sunk 103 degrees below tho J» «l«\fo stifliciout. They should then he
freezing point, Tho highest tempera- j kept in small flocks havo spacious ynnls
ttire that clay was 60 degrees below ' to roam in, and at all times, except dur-
fri-ozing point,   Por twenty-seven davs   ™S tt}? storms, ted m racks out of doos
of the family
Josnpn SuniNMt, of Johnstown, Barry
county, was chastising his son, aged Ii
years, for some triviid offense, when his
elder son interfered and shot the old
man, inflicting serious wounds.
Maktin Jauvih, captured a beaver at
...... „ «„.Uv.a.a. «.* Pratt's lake a few days since, which for
,        .,        ., ,      •       ,        ..     - .ia«™^»U,.     ^flfo^nM*^
of sodn, .three nnd one-fourth cups of : intotmlitiorit <.he U8ed to Cent her country It is three mid one-half feet
fionr.   Divide equally.    La one-hnlf add ■ ^ n BMkf,.   jfe> Uio representaUvo of long and weighs eighty pounds.-frVrtd-
ono of the oldest and noblest houses oi uin <'<»"l/.'/ P'ford.
Europe, did not disdain to lift his hand A littub daughter of Willard Stearns,
against the hapless lady who, for hex of Adrian, tried to lick the snow from an
own sorrow, had bought him and paid iron pnmp-hnndlo tho other morning,
for him with a price. The ond of tho when the mercury was below zero, nud
whole mutter is a legal separation. The, lost n good portion of her tongue hi the
husband has gono off to his lady-love,' attempt.
and the wife, uot yet thirty and in the      A wqsun at Sandstone, Jackson conn-
■ •_,■ -    _ m- .      , t very  fullness   and  perfection   of  hei  ly, aged 36 years, is tlio mother of fifteen
HoraEnMimt BniSAD.— two quarts of   -,v.0manly ehanns, has taken refogo once ■ children,  all living and healthy, none
^nifem4lc' S0]?0 to l- "P11,3i°^rc.a„over    more under the parental roof. I having ever been sick.    Thero are eight
-    Horts^of pow, fetirnng it rapidly, or f     0(iso No_ 3 is ftmt of ^ Amerikn girl' boys and seven girls, the eldest nged Ul,
*^fe^iwiSafe^£«UsJ««$wl(S ©»■■*% of anoble<*Flons>«dthejMiu^to»§wtiek. %. a-V-v
-.in nlf it «>ntfh1lHS
e.'.ol enough for tho yeast by tbfiHmcTl'tSsfiii™*^^ cl
set the pail in which it is in tho water    SSonrnrd kXTn&lr orir ^^^I^^.^^^WOoM ImD-Mftm?-
%  pail, birring it all fhe while, which soon ' SStoW »   oTAte fhe lfaj Imd i)o4Lri°,,gVil ^*« ^ l\ *}?h}a flo?r
.'<Mik t     Then stir in the renst which is    n™1001"^'      W i.ut, sue nas nan ^0.^3 landed in tliQ smdst of fho cows ill
. hm* (i.    AiuuBiii in iiieyensr, wmen w    chance to associate with tho particnlal, M1(,   bnteminf    wthmif suslniniJ ni,
already soaked and empty it .all in the   81wimon of tho aristoctocy who becamo ZmA,f '        m «wt«aii«ir aify
bn>nd pan, where tlw flour is nlrendy • herhusband, as theyare legally separated, SwBivra van vm ono of tho oldest
warmed, witii a hole m the middla Then nml, i.;i„ Rt„ r08;.ip« ;n T»«riq in a rather • ? * u\.iKn,auxa, ono ot tuo oldest
■•over it ti"hf and  sot it whero it will VV ? 1   1f - * \nXttmm* T*V'"er' residents of Gcnesco connty, thud at hia
|l»pnnWH1wiw       wnero     win    OTOdo?t stylo, lie is to he seen at half tho . ]lom0 in  Fihlt  reoendy,  iu the 83 th
prominent watering-places of Europe year of )lis „„0. Mr> Buckingham wns
driving the most dashing members of tol. mmu: yogM onu of lho lnost lu.ouli.
the iliim-monde ou ihe pnbho prome- ,u,nt m,:n iu tll0 00iuity. Ho held tho
undCB, in his open enrnnge,
i equn
one-half cup of chopped rnisins, cinnn- \
mon aud cloves to taste. This makes
four round tins. Put together iu alter-'
Hide layers of dark nnd light, with jelly j
belwceu each layer, or an icing made of '
tho whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff j
froth, aud mixed with four tnblespoon- j
fids of powdered sugar. Put this bo- j
tween the layers while thoy nro hot.
uiK-iL   in   u^it-ii, in |uni-v'U ill  : a nlttl   to  fl
iL^'fclf.n '"ff*! miA    geueral shiggish'uesso'fte'n manifested bv j nwny a cliromo to e'ustomers?"
ice easily enables the ob- j ^ |i0WM g^ t,)cy hrtve hwa wovk-       „ yt,8i     PIftyKl t]l)lt out tw0 yeal,s
acotiplo of hours, while their wind ii  ago.   Polks don't take to chromos as
the average teniperaturo was 92 degrees
below tho freezing point.
Tue Norwegian fishermen nlwnys enr-
ry with them on their expeditions n
kind of telescope called a water telescope. Tins is a tubo three or four feet
long, with an eye-pieco at ore end. The
other end, whieh is open, is placed in
the water ov
a littlo practice
server to distinguish objects at a depth
of from ten to fifteen fathoms. Tho
fishermen are thus enabled to discover
bhoals wliich would otherwise go unnoticed. Tliev then givo tho signal,
their comrades surround them with
seines, and they frequently mako wonderful hauls in places and nnder circumstances that would never have been
suspected but for the uso of tlie telescope.
Tikmcas Jefferson and John Adams
both died on tho Fourth of July, 1820.
John Adams died in liis 91st year, and
wns eight yenrs older thnn Thomas Jefferson ; Thoinns Jefferson was eight
years older than James Monroo; James j
Monroo was eighfc yoars older thnn John
Quincy Adams. The first fivo of our
Presidents—all Revolutionary men—
ended their terms of service in tho OGtli
vear of thoir ngo. Washington, born
JPeb. 22,1732 ; inaugurated, 1789 ; term
of servico expired in tho C6th yoar of
his ago. John Adams, born Oct. 10,
1735; inaugurated, 1797; term of servico
expired in tho 66th year of his age.
Thomas Jefferson, born April 21,1743;
inaugurated, 1801; term of service expired in the 66th year ofliis ago. James
j Madison, born Mnrch i, 1761;
in ordinary weather. Wliere cold store*
heavy snow,  artificial shelter is hardly
neeeasary, for Cotswolds at any rale.
How to Fr.ED.—The trouble with most
persons who keep horses,  no matter
whether ou a farm for farm work or for
: driving purposes, is they fc«d too mach
this cau be attributed the
keep warm all night.
A Good Card for the Country Where
He Lived.
A villftgo merchant from up tho conn-
are rare, ami the ground is freo from   try' had concluded Ins purchases, and was •
ready to go, when ho suddenly reniem-
liered something, and snid :
"I want your help to bring out an
idea.   Pve got tired of advertising after
tho old fashion, and I wnnt to strike '
something new."
"Didyou ever try tho dodgo of giving
What do yon mean?" j wf"s°%J?°™ M^tc,x *'.1W±J ^W"
yourself somo troublo if you had asked ! tho c?Ul yQivc °?. hP MS "
Jamos Monroe, born April 2, 1759; inaugurated,
1817; term of servico expired in the 66th
year of his age.
Watering Horses.
There is a great diversity of opinion,
ns to how often horses should bo watered
during a day, whether in summer or in
winter. We have an article now beforo
us of a writer of some distinction aa an
agriculturist, who advocates freqnent
watering of work horses, as a renewer
of tho vigor of tho animals. We cannot agree with him. Wo think both
man and beast aro generally watered too
much. Men and horses at hard work in
warm weather perspire just in proportion to the quantity,of fluids taken mto
the stomaelL Frequent drinking in hot
weather, according to onr experience,
emasculates instead of refreshes.   Some
me this question a good deal sooner,"
she stud, " and I am not conscious of
feeling particularly flattered at fho offer
of a hand so distinctly and widely separated from the heart. However, tho
point is that I havo refused yon; so you
may make tlio most of that. You
needn't wait now. I know you nro impatient, as it is timo to prepare for tbo
rink. I have declined to marry you, but
I feel enough interest in you to wish you
success. Perhaps to-night I shall be
nblo to offer my congratulations," |
She offored her hnnd, and I took it hi j
a sort of daze, which lasted nil the whilo
I was walking home and dressing, and
until I reached tho rinft.   When I en- {
tered fhe room wns full.   What a beau- j
tiful scene it was 1   All those gnyly-clnd !
men nnd girls, floating along on the pol- j .   .   .	
ished surface to tho sound of entrancing 1 years ngo, being ot Cape May, in driv-
music, made the place look liko fairy- j mg out in ouo of the stand-coaches of
land. It was tho merriest and prettiest the plnco On a very hot day, wo asked the
Christmas scene I had ever witnessed, ! driver how it wns that his horse per-
Thoro were evergreen garlands hanging i R1m-Cd so Jittlo, whilo the horses of pri-
oround, with holly bushes about here ; vnta carriages, going at n slower speed,
and there, and many of the ehitia'.'tius ! wero covered with foam. Ho replied
had been gotten up in dresses appropn- thatho watered liis horses three times a
atetothesenson. There were four great day only, though ho sponged their
cedars in the corners stuck full ol can- \ moutlis frequently, whilo tho private
dies which were now being lighted, and ; drivers watered their horses whenever
the band was playing such inspiring: thoy stopped. He said, and it seemed
Christmas music. I felt intoxicated with ; to us vory sensible, that the frequent
tho beauty and briluauoy of the scene, ; watering of horses effected no good pur-
and, putting on my skates, I was skim- poso, while it mado thom veryunoom-
ming around in an aimless sort of way, : fortablo and lothargio. Horses, 110 mat-
whe« I camo. faco to faco with tho bon- ■ ter what thoir work was, did not need
west httle vision mortal eyes were ever j watering oftener than threo timos a day.
permitted to see. It was Daisy, • Our own experience with horses all our
dressed as Christmas, in a, dress which j lifo is to tlie same effect,—Ezohanae. ■
looked as if it Wero Mi'ade'&f snow and —— 	
trimmed with icicles. I don't know [ I* is said that it requires $250,000 n
how the very cleverest imitative art year to physio tlio United States army of
conld   bftve  flevwod  suoh  »  thing.   25,000 inon—#10 n head.
also much impaired. Night is the only
timo when -hay should be fed, especially
to animals used for quick work; Oven tha
slow plow team should have but liffJe
hay at tho morning and noon feeds, hit
givo them a generous supply at the evening meal. By doiug this your horses
will keep in better spirits and condition,
and fi;ee from nny tendency to "pet
belly," which horsemen so much dislito
to see.
Bemedy roit Blight.—Josiah Hoopei,
Weschester, Pa., a veteran author, fruit
grower and experimenter, in the Ameri-
mn Garden, says: "No suro romeOf?
ean bo suggested fo prevent tho blight
in fho pear nor the yellows in the pencil,
but tho following oro not injurious anl
are certainly beneficial: Wash tho bodies
of the trees as well as tho larger branches
with ordinary thin whitewash or riwj!-
suds. Top-dross the soil beneath with
weak linie, good rich compost, unbleached wood ashes, &c, any refuse
decaying vegetable matter, iu fact, that
will furnish food for your trees, A slight
dressing of salt usod sparingly also answers an excellent purpose, and some cultivators recommend ground l*pnes and
others iron .filings.   A. hoavj iQ/ilclmsj.
iWtlr-mnckawbimtffle(atWftlS,y!Kufi[ treejfe
Uses fob Sam.—A writer in too Mural Xi w Yorker says that the snlfc question is always on tho carpet, and while it
is very certain that salt is not a manure
it is equally certain that its application
is a decided benefit. The retardation
and often complete ruin of crops by insect depredation is well known, but it is
uot at nil appreciated to its full extent.
Salt can act but in throo wnys beneficially. It. attracts moisture anil henco is
useful in dry seasons; it drives away insects, and therefore, is ireful ia all seasons, and when thoroughly dissolved by
heavy rains it acts by assisting inert or
insoluble material to become fit for plant
food. Tho first mode is a slight gain
not enough, though, to pay for the salt;
tho second is very valuable, paying for
the salt and the troublo of application
from ten to one hundred timos over, according to the prevalence and destruot-
ivoness of the inseots; the third mode is
of but little valuo because insolnbles aro
generally proof agninst its feeble action.
If wo sum up the gain from the three
modes of notion we perceive sneh a vory
decided gain that ono fair trial is sufficient to convince the most sceptical. Ths
only danger js nn excess, Cut as five
bushels per acre can do no hnrm the
dnnger is not likely over to bo alnrming,
as fow farmers Can afford to waste salt
nnywhora ^ i__
determined to Hnvo a Peep.
A lady of rather tt positive turn of
mind onco gavo ft tea-party to some jndy
friends in her bedroom, "John," she
said to her husband, as she heard the
company coming, "get nnder the bfd I"
John tried to resist, but finally succumbed, Every now and then he Would
mnko nn effort to peep out ns tho Ifidies
laughed and made merry, but h| wfts
mercilessly driven hftck by his an&orctl
thoy did.
"Havoyou offered a silk apron to the
lady making tlio heaviest x>urchase at
one time ? "
"1 have. And I had to givo it to nn
old woman who purchased an old bed-
tick and half a pound of tea."
" How would it do to givo away, say
ten half-pound packages of tea during
tho day?"
"I tried that dodge, and thoso who
didn't get tho tea wouldn't trade with
mo again. I've given away oysters, sordines,  butter, rolling-inns, washboards,
Was There a Glnclnl jran In Amcricnl
But was thero nny Glacial man in
America? To this question tlie answer
is distinct, though given with the reserve
wluch the subject justifies. For "tho
best that is known, wo nre chiefly indebted fo Dr. 0. C. Abbott, who wa's the
first to cird attention to tho stone implements found in the glneinl deposits of
fhe Delaware valley. Theso implements
nre chiefly nf nrgellife, though examples
of flint occur at higher levels. They
have been found at tho blnffs near Trenton, both in position whero deposited
and among the debris nt tho base. Dr.
Abbott says:   " Perhaps it is a wise
ollice of Sheriff for n number of terms, and
held many Other oiliees o£ trust.
Tub following is a statement of the
receipts and disbursements ttt the Slate
Treasurer's ofiice for lho month ending
Nov. 30, 1880 :
ikikutrc on fcnuil 'Sol. 1 $I,5*3,ns».iW
IUt't'illtl fof till' illaUltll       *J01,'.I^J..-a't
IVUll	
Hi, bK.-wrjicB.''
 $l,wi7,K'B.!>f|
2t!l      -iCS'M.V!
JMu.ee ku liiuut N.av. 30, W*t $l,«l,n.vvi'i
The report of the Ionia House? of Correction shows that ot 861! prisoners) received during tho year, -122"were trumps,
They were sent from Justices' courts at
a cost to the State for fees and expenses
of constables and other officers of S6,-
plements not attributed to nninter-glncinl ! cost SJ,-i29..S], making their total eost to
people, their co-equal ago with containing I fho Stato §26,100.87.
beds would never have been questioned." 1 Tub .-.alt inspection ior the vear closed
On this point the curator of the Peabody | Nov. 30, and the product of tho year is
Museum at Cambridge observed, in his i reckoned from thnt date. During the
„„„„.„.„,. tenth nnnnnl report: " Dr. Abbott has ' month of November tha amount iu-
and almost o'vcrvthiiiK else and now I l>«>h«l>Iy ohtamed data which show tliat! spected. 271,858 barrels; total product
Zst Mve someS new ¥ keen all " Tn -ex,st°a -V1 mir A.t,imtio C0!tsf' dminS I &r tho inspection year of 1880, 2,678,-
Sof kooS and %rant all khiX of ! "j0,11™ of',f "ot 1>rior to- ««tarnation 308 barrels, tho largest product in the
iir   au" *ant m icm(t8 of ! of the great gravel deposit which extends  histow  of   snlt-mAing in  Miehignn.
toward the coast from the Delaware Eiver, Tho product for 1879 Wius 2,0D8,0d0 bar-
near Trenton, aud behoved to have beon rels, The price during tho present vear
formed by glacial action. From a visit has averaged about 75 cents jier barrel,
to the locality with Dr. Abbott, I see no {Tho product this yeal' has been shipped
reason to doubt tho general conclusion ; chiefly to Chicago, Milwankco and To-
ho hns lynched 111 regnrd fo tho existence   ledo.   New blocks nnd improvements to
of mnn 111 glneinl tunes ou the Atlantic -   -   .      ..       . .        	
coast of North America."—B.   F, De-
Costa in Popular Seitnee Monthly,
customers.
Two members of tho fhni and tlio
gray-headed old book-keeper went into
committee of tho wholo with the merchant, bnt ho resisted every suggestion.
Tlio " convention " was in tlespair, when
tho customer suddenly slapped his leg,
smiled all ovor, and broke out with :
"I've got it—biggest draw yet! I
want a pair of Hie finest kid shoes in
this oity—about No. 3's. I'll tako 'em
homo and advertise to givo 'em to the
first.lady customer who can wear 'om.
Tho- catch will bo to keep back tho size,"
"You won't have 'em on your hands
long."
"Won't I?    Say, Tvo lived in
j    A Caution About Shot in Waine.
The London Zancci publishes the foi-
j lowing;   This being the season when
j game killed by shot, and probably containing the pellets, is eaten, it may bo
j worth while to caution thoso who con
over forty yoars, and I'll bot a. silk hat j S'"M tho flesh of birds with avidity
against a codfish that wo haven't got a i that the proportion of instances in which
female above 12 years old. who doesn't j shot is found is probably amail in com-
havo to tio ft towel around her head to parisott With tho number of cases in
get hor foot into No. 5's. You ought to which the pellets aro unwittingly swal-
como up there and seo tlie tracks in the lowed. It is a mntter of specnlotfon
snud after a smnrt shower. When I' how much mischief a shot amy do, when
throw ont my dodge ahd they cqnie in | it is passed into the intestines, but the
after tho shoes, they'll turn whiter than j fact that anomalous diseases have been
ghoste at tlio first look, and every 1 set up by tho presence of very small
blessed soul of 'cm will be glad to take bodies whioh have been entangled in tho
a S-cent cake of soap and keep still (folds of the mucous mombiano renders
about iV—Wall Street News.
it desirable to put tlio public on their
guard. Occasionally the most disastrous
results havo followed suoh small causes.
We have in recollection the case of a
physician who died after prolonged and
Unoxplained sufferings from lho impaction of a vory small nail whioh had
found its way info a pudding, and was
inadvertently swallowed. A littlo caro
will avoid this contingency; but, remembering the bird had been shot, some
pains  ought   certainly to bo   taken to
A Singular Asset.
"I nm a peaceable man," said tho intruder, grasping his club with both
hands, "but if yon don't come down with
$17.50 damages for my lasoerated feelings tho bombardment will begin at
once?" ,
Tho owner of tho dog paid down the
money, as ho wos afraid tho other fellow         ____«   ~~ ,v „«  „
might exasperate liim if he hit him with j avoid swallowing tho missile
n olub of that  size.    The owner Of tho •
dog also said that ho was sorry the dog
had bitten tho intruder's son,
"Why, ho ain't my son," said tho in-!
trader. j
"Whose son is he, then?" asked the as-1
tonished owner of the dog,
"Ho is tho        '    "
owod me $17,
only available . . .
dog bites on his body, wbich ho turned
over to toe for collection."
"Well, Blbeblowed."
"Oh, you needn't complain; yoii are
getting off dog choap.   I ought to mako
you pay in advance for tha next time
that boy is going to be WW—Galveston j
Mtus.
LahiUOwning in England.
At present land is a luxury. To its
possession certain social advantages aro
attached A vast amount ot Uie land in
England belongs to no one in existence.
be mado duriug tho whiter will largely
increaso tho manufacturing capacity for
next season.
The movement of forest products by
water from Snginnw river during the
season of 1S80 is tho largest in the
history of tho lumber trado of Snginnw,
although tho season closed three weeks
earlier than last year. The total shipments from tho opening 01 navigation to
the close wero 769,573,000 feet of lumber,
16S,145,400 shingles, 3-1,280,000 lath.
The lumber shipments exceed thoso of
1879 by 91,000,000 feet, Thc lumber
product of tho mills this season will approximate 770,000.000 feet, about 50,-
000,000 in excess of tho season of 1879,
and thero will be held over on tho docks
about 25,000,000 foot of lumber, mostly
of tlio lower grades.
The Port Sanilao Meportcr says;
"About twenty years ago, when Bobert
Campbell, who now resides at Paris,
Huron county, lived at this placo one of
his children, a girl about 18 months of
age, was severely burned, from tho results of which she died. The body wns
buried near whoro Mr. Campbell was
living, on tho lako shore, in sandy soil.
Some days sinco tho sexton received orders from Mr. Campbell to take up tho
body and reinter it in tho cemetery.
When tho coffin wns reached it w'iis
found to bo in a complete state of preservation, with tho exception of tho
screws, which had rusted off. Tho body
was petrified, nnd thoso who saw tho
body say sho looked the samo «s when
sho was buried, nearly a score ol years
ago.
tons, wore built ftt Philadelphia :;»We!ve,
with a tonnngo of 7,116 tens, at Wil?
mington; two, with it tonjiago of 2,816
tons at Detroit; and ono, with a towage
of Hi tons, nt Portland. Total tonnage,
25,530.
I11 the total number of vessels of all
classes built during tho yoar thore wei'o
only two States ahead of Michigan.
Tho number of vessels built in Maine
was 90; in New York, HO i and- 3»
Michigan, 65. Of the 90 built iu Maiuo
78 woro sailing vessels and 12 Avoro
steam vessels. Of (he 110 built in Now
York 59 were sidling vessels, 41 steam
vessels, 1 canal boat and 9 barges. Of
tho 65 bmlt iu Michigan 33 were sailing
vessels, 28 steam vessels and <t barges.
In 3879 tho numboi' of vessels built in
Michigan was only ii, Tho returns for
1880 show that during that year thoro
was relatively moro activity in vessel
building in Miohigan than in any other
Stato in tho Union.
According to tables in the Register's
roport tho customs receipts from Michigan for 1880 us compared to the receipts
for 1879, wero as follows;
Custom* VMrtt-t. 1880.
Detroit ...$331,039.80
Supwlar ,      0,460.10
Huron 203,973.10
Mlolilgnu.. .,,  2.70
1870.
$ltlo,<l0.Vfl
1,7!7.M
75,.nu,18
007.31
Tolul...,  Mie,4tn.1»     $201,5M.71
Tlio cost of collecting tho customs in
theso four districts was as follows:
Dislriets.                              1880. 1870.
Detroit $3!>,112,00 $l«,787,a5
Hut'OU U2,(m.50 00,678.07
Superior    8,153,74 8,85£!S5
MIelllgilll ,   2,818,0'.! 2,010.00
Total ...$02,730,77       f00,7S7.17
Tlio intovnal xovouuo jtpcoipls inthe
Michigan districts woro as lollows ;
1880.
,.fl,ITO,76U7
..    'J77,l«.!',-i.
...     13I,7KI.2a.a
..     J6!!,IU7.Bi
1870,
tl,4l9,7W,tS
- -lsyiaw
•■_.\,mm
1112,018.C0
Total , fJ,ilM,2ft).Mi      11,057,071.20
Tho cost of collecting this revenue hi
the four districts was as follows :
liisttii-h. 1880, 1870.
I'lrnt , flS,7!«.M      117,813.22
Tlllril....,    0,(189.10 11,407.01)
I'aurtb ,   e,,iu.-,r,       (!,:»!.'.'«
Sixtli     8,510.02 8,022. VJ
Total $10,909.49       $U,0S7.I,'J
The proceeds from tho sales of publio
lauds wero as follows ;
J-'riwiJIiri-im-iil— 1880
Murqllrltfl $I08,87.r..IU
Detroit        790.75
ncciU'lty      0,181.79
Jirist ttigillatt-      4,029.00
Tratxrec City	
L-
t
.<W#,2
1870.
$ 4,07O.jl
S72.1W
(i,0al.',l(i
11,079.47
ao7.8t
Trial  J.12'1,480.87      $15,9)3.',S
Tho following were tho receipts from
tho Registers' aud Kcccivers' foes:
    (
*^1
>fi
(.'mil Jbvelcer nt—               1880.
1879.
Jltirriuettd f .'.,2:12.70
? -1,288,70
Kant SaRlnim"    '.1,971.00
4,r„TiM>
Detroit....,    l,m.li
1,911.12
Ileal City    0,351.01
4.0.V.I.2T
Tjimw t'ily	
79H.!il
1,074.'.S
 :. .	
*.. ..
Total $1C,973.1'1
517,378.78
The steamboat fees returned
wero as
follows:
Cttrfoiiw Jlinli-irt.                    18S0.
1870.
Detroit $ 7,228.70
$ i;,30j.or.
llur.ui......   r,,:»i.nr,
:,,i:u.K,
Sniwrlor    -J.iiJl.KI
'.',302.30
Jlieliigau    4,h£>.ia
•1,10(1.2-1
Total "...J2l>,(iM25
$18,311.41)
The receipts from thc Marine-Hospital
tax were ns follows :
Cust/Wi* llMticl.                     1880.
1879.
Detroit..... | 5,134.21)
$ 4,8.71.45
Huron    4,244.29
3.099.28
Superior....,      (KI0.2S
501.52
Michigan    3,409.33
2,327.61
\
for eoimtry life, whether he hns tho \ tlio Treasury shows thnt during tho iis-
means to keop up nil establishment, and t cd year of 1880 iron vessels were built
whether ho is overburdened with settle- i at only four places in tho United States,
ments and mortgages, is compelled to viz.: Philadelphia, Wilmington, Detroit
own a Im'go house, with a largo garden and Portland, Ore, Thero woro thirty-
mid larjjo pleasure grounds attached to one iron vessels built, aud nil but ouo
it. As in many instances ho is indiffer- were steam vessels. Of tlio thirty steam
! ent to hia heir, and in still more frequopt veauols, ftf{Cpij, with a tonnn^tj of 15,190
Total $13,n8f.20 $11,442,70
During the focal year 1880, §7,000
wero expended on the. Cheboygan river
light station; ^.i.OOO on Stnnuard'ti
Hock light station; and §19,73?} on pierhead beacon-lights on the lakes. Tho
following are tho amounts expended iu
Michigan river-nnd-hnrbor improvements during lho yenr : Improving harbor at Prankfort, §6,000; Ludington,
$5,000; Muskegon, §3,500; South
Haven, $7,500; Thunder bav, ?C6i; An
Sable, $5,000; Black lake, §6,00ftj
Chnrlovoix, $9,000; Cheboygan,!.«3,000r
GnuidHoycn^jjOO"   --   • ■
Pontwater, ^OjO'uu^SS^uvBvi^,- ^f,\njv,
Sangatuck, §5,000; White river; SCoOOk
hnrfe df refuge, JUkc Huron, SOO.OOd;
harbor of tefngo, PortagoW«r$lO;O00.--<
Improving Detroit river, $10,000;
Saginaw river, §13,000 ; St. Clair fiate,
§3,000,- St. Afnry's laver aud canal,
£200,000. Total expended on Michigan
rivors and halbors during tho fiscal
year, 1880, $363,061.' •
Only Once.
Of tho 15,000 words in Shakspeare,
about 5,000 of thom appear only oilce ;
Of words beginning with a, 364 appear
only onco ; and with m, 310. Among
thoso beginning with m that occiii but
onco are, "magical, mirthful, mirth-
moving, moss-grown, moonbeams, matin, mural, magnificence, meander, master-piece, marrowless, martyred, mellifluous," Some, liko "mochnmes, mission, maxim, magnify, malcontent,
marsh, manna, maritime, metropolis,
medal, metaphysics, motherwit," and a
scoro of others, aro so fnmilinr it seems
impossiblo thnt Shakspeare should not
hnve needed them more thnn onco, often
so beautiful and poetical that ono
wonders they coidd fail to bo his favorites again and" again. "They remind
me," says tho essayist, "of the exquisite
crystnl bowl from which I.saw a Jewess
and her bridegroom drink in Prague,
and which was then dashed in pieces on
fho floor of tho synagogue, or of tho
Chigi porcelain painted by Bnphael,
which, as soon as it had been once removed from the Parnesina table, was
thrown into tho Tiber." His explanation is that Shnkspeore's forte lay hi
characterization, and thnt endlessly diversified. But when ho sketched each
soveral character it seems that ho was
never content till he had either found or
fabricated tho aptest words possiblo for
representing ite form and pressure most
truo to life." No two characters boing
identical in any particular moro than
two faces aro, no two descriptions, as
drawn by his genius, eould rejwat many
of tho solf-samo characteristic words.
Bach of liis vocables thus bocamo liko
those of the 7,000 constituents of a locomotive, whioh fits tho on& place it waa
ordained to fill, bnt everywhere else is
out of placo, and oven dislocated. Oil
ovory average l»ge of Shakspeare you
are greeted and gladdened by at least
live words that you nevor saw beforo in
his writings, and that you never will
see again, speaking once and then forever holding their pea«e—each not only
rare, but a nonesuch—fivo gems just
shown, then snatched away. Each page
is thus studded with fivo stars, each as
unique as tho century-flower, and, liko
the night-blooming corens, "the perfume and Supplianco of a minute." The
mind* of Shakspeare was bodied forth
as Montezuma was apparalled, whoso
costumes, howover gorgeous, were never
twico the samo.—LvppinaoU's Magazine,      	
Our Waking Dreams.
How much is our wakeful life intet-
wovon with dreams! How largely we
live in tho lights and shadows of tho imagination! Man anticipates his morrows!
His to-days ore mantled in the memories*
of his yesterdays, and though ho moves
and acts his to-day, theso yesterday
memories and tho schemes and projects
of the morrow furnish tlie pictures that
pleaso or depress—the light in which ho
lives: nnd so, absorbed in tho contem-
?lation of these, he is lost to the prosont.
/ifo is not breath; itia thought.    Our
thoughts are our years.   Activity is ago.
Ho lives   longest   who   thinks   most.
Thought is tho meter that measures oui -
moments.   And mnoh of waking thought
is but waking droam.    Indeed our tran-,
sit through this sphere may bo but »
dream—a Jong dream with its light* and
shadows, its joys, its sorrows, its hope*
its disappointments, its pains, its pleasures, whioh at last ends hi tho sleep that
knows no waking,   And then wo sleep:
indeed, hut dream no moro  foww,—■
SeymourJInd.) Times. '   J^jj-
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